Good morning everybody. I just want to say good morning. I'm calling this meeting to order for
June 4th, 2025 for the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority, San Bernardino Council
of Governments. Today the board will be acting in the capacity of both entities therefore the board
members will be entitled to receive a hundred dollar stipend for doing business as the authority
and a hundred dollar stipend for doing business as a cog. So we're going to be journeying to a
closed session but today a closed session we have a conference with the legal council regarding
existing litigation. Are there any members of the public that wish to speak on any item?
I see none at this time. I'm going to be going to closed session. Thank you. We'll be back in a few
minutes today. I'm going to first of all go to my, my attorney to my right. Is there any reportable
actions closed session? No reportable action was taken. If we can please stand for the pledge of
allegiance to Mr. Denison. Please join me in the pledge to our flag. Ready begin. I pledge allegiance
to the flag of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
Thank you, Rick.
Thank you.
Madam Clerk, attendance, please.
When I call your jurisdiction, please state your name.
Adelanto.
Ramos, present.
Apple Valley.
Archbishop.
Barstow.
Jim Silva, present.
Baker Lake.
McCarrick.
Chino.
Unishila.
Chino Hills.
three more kids. Bolton. Frank Navarro. Montana. Grant Harris. Bill Hasse. Pisperia. Josh Poland.
Highland. Larry McCallum. Loma Linda. Thank you. Montclair. Niedels. Jan Turnigan. Ontario. Ontario.
Thank you. Well, Rancho Cucamonga. Redlands all Barrett's real toe. Joe Baca, San Bernardino. Helen Tran. 29 palms. Damn, it's your upland not present Victorville Deborah Jones, you type of Judy Wolfie, Yuca Valley, Rick Danson, county supervisors, first district, not present second district present.
State your name please.
Carbon Dares, present.
Third District.
Dawn Rao.
Fourth District, not present.
Fifth District.
Parker Jr., present.
Inter-Caltrans Exhibition Representative.
Catalina Penning.
Thank you, we have a quorum.
Thank you, Madam Clerk.
Appreciate that.
Announcements, employee recognition.
We have some employees recognized this morning.
We have three new team members
joining this agency this month.
Eric Ortiz is a Management Analyst
in the legislative public affairs department.
Where are you Erica?
There you are.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Gregory Winberg is a GIS analyst
in the planning and regional program department.
There you are, sir.
And our very own Victoria Hernandez is an executive assistant
in the support service department.
Where is she?
Please join me in welcoming Erica, Greg and Victoria.
Welcome aboard.
We also want to announce that Daniel Rodriguez
has been promoted to accounting supervisor
in the finance department.
Congratulations to Daniel.
I'm gonna kick this over to my left here
about Hawaiian Shirt Day.
Can you tell me a little bit about that, Ray?
You don't mind?
Yeah, don't forget July 2nd,
our next board meeting is Hawaiian Shirt Day.
We were gonna have a number of board members
who used to be on this board
are gonna come back for that event
as they have in the past.
And any of you that think you're gonna wear a tie that day,
You might wanna rethink that.
Ray, I'm gonna ask a question.
I know this will probably be one of your last meetings.
And the question I have for you,
would you get offended if I wore a beard?
I don't know how many Hawaiians have beards, sir,
but no, I would not be.
Okay, I just wanna make sure.
Thank you for doing that, I appreciate that.
Special recognition.
Finally, I want to ask Danny Ramos to come forward
to say a few words.
Through Mr. Ray Wolf first, join me up here, sir, please.
I know the days are on, I'm very happy to serve the appreciation and thank you for all of your amazing work that you have done for the entire time you've been here, for the challenges that you've been fighting with on your life.
What I present this took you to you
in a rightful recognition of the 13 years
that dedicated leadership has started
founding of California State's authority and relax.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Daniel, thank you.
They told me, it's only gonna be about a minute.
What happened?
Thank you, appreciate it.
Thank you, Daniel.
So at this time, agenda notice or modification,
Madam Clerk?
Revise agenda item number 44
and revise support material for agenda item number 46
were posted and distributed and that concludes my notices.
Thank you, ma'am, appreciate that.
Public comments, are there any members of the public
that would like to speak on any subject
within the board's jurisdiction?
I do have a card here, Karen Norberger.
Are you here, Karen?
Okay.
And I apologize if I butchered your last name.
Oh, thank you.
Good morning, everyone.
Beautiful day out here in San Bernardino.
Hello, my name is Karen Nobrega.
And I'm here today as a senior associate
for California Consulting.
I'm a San Gabriel Valley native
and former longtime deputy city manager
for the city of Duarte.
I retired a few years ago
and now work in the grant writing space.
California Consulting is the state's largest
grant writing company.
We have contracts with more than 140 cities and counties,
special districts and school districts
across the state of California.
We opened 21 years ago and our team is composed
of 54 strong team members.
We are headquartered in El Segundo, California.
Our grant team has written more than 1,600
federal, state, and private foundation grants.
Those applications have brought in over $1.6 billion
for our clients.
First quarter of 2025 was a record for us,
bringing in over $55 million for our clients.
Clients here in the Southern California region,
Just to name just a couple of them, you guys,
really quickly, Erwindale, 29 Palms,
Moreno Valley, Industry, West Hollywood,
Beverly Hills, Brawley, McFarland, San Gabriel,
Baldwin Park, Artesia, Carson, El Segundo,
and so many more.
And as you know, just by reading in the news,
there are, I know sometimes the news
may be a little confusing these days,
but there still are a lot of federal grants out there,
still are a lot of state grants out there.
And it's nice to have a company like us
to represent you through some of these difficult times.
Our grant writers write applications for everything,
public works, fire parks, everything.
Active transportation is a very big grant for us
from crosswalks, flashing stop signs, bike lanes, et ceteras,
ATPs that have been funded.
HSIP, we won a record 16 HSIP awards this year
for our clients.
And for those of you know how complicated that grant is,
it's pretty amazing.
Caltrans also has the sustainable transportation to fund
and there are many other fantastic grants that we write
such as attain safe streets and roads for all raise
and many others.
I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have.
My contact information was provided to the clerk.
I'll be here and again, have a great board meeting
and thank you for allowing me to take a moment in your time
and present this morning, take care.
Thank you ma'am, appreciate that.
Let me go to the public.
Any other public comments?
Yeah, I see none.
Conflict of interest.
Do any members have a conflict of interest
that they wish to disclose?
Board members, if you have not already done so,
please submit your conflict of interest form to the clerk.
Okay, I see none.
Information items, agenda items two through seven,
information items do not require a vote.
They are received and file
and they are routine and uncontroversial.
consent calendar, agenda items eight through 34.
Anybody wish to remove any?
Hold on for a second.
I think Don-
Second.
Hold on.
Don, we'd like to remove something, I believe.
I'd like to pull 34 please.
We're gonna pull 34.
So now do I have a motion for the remainder?
I can go back to 34.
Let's do 34 first.
Thank you.
So presenter on this would be Mr. Wolf or Kerry, or Josh.
Go ahead, Josh.
Morning, President Marquez and members
of the SBCTA Board of Directors.
On May 14th, 2020 to 2025 staff brought in informational
or a presentation on AB 98 and the cleanup bill efforts
that are surrounding AB 98.
the county. During that LPC
item. Board felt strongly
committee members fell strongly
to oppose the item, so they
decided to change the
recommendation from
informational item to a I
oppose item. So that's what
happened in LPC. We've
reflected that in the board
item. I'm here to answer any
questions you may have on the
And so I think it's really
important, although we share
the sentiment of the
opposition, I don't believe
that we can have our team work
towards changing amendments and
getting things in if we oppose
only. So I would like to make
an alternate substitution
motion that we oppose unless
amended. That's typically what
We have a motion on 34 seconds and just real quick if I could don I apologize when the
committee heard this we didn't realize that and we would have looked at it differently
had we realized that I know that San Bernardino county on behalf of all the cities is working
diligently on trying to get verbiage in there so uh on behalf at least from from my town we would
to support that motion.
So again, just for my personality to suppose,
unless it's amended, correct?
We would oppose the bill unless it is amended
and that direct staff to work with the bill authors,
the two of them and their staffs on specific amendments
that they'd like to see that would benefit
the transportation authority.
Can I see a couple of my directors have questions.
Mr. Alan Walker.
Thank you, Mr. Chu.
We did talk about this extensively at committee.
My feeling is this is that we took a strong opposed position
to the original 98.
And I don't really want to take any action
that might give the perception
that we're softening our position on 98.
I understand about the amendments
that might be coming through,
but frankly, I don't see any amendment
that would make 98 palatable to me.
I did have a discussion with Otis
about how he presents this to the authors.
So it isn't just a straight, we don't want to listen.
So we can convey the concerns that the board has
as well as an interest in continuing conversation.
So, I mean, I have no problem with the conversation
I have with Otis, but to take it straight,
I guess opposed unless amended,
I can't imagine a management would make it palatable
for all of us.
I understand what the supervisor is saying.
But again, my concern is the perception.
Thank you, Mr. Walker.
Mrs. Jones.
Yes, thank you, Mr. President.
So first of all, thank you for the substitute motion.
I think oppose without, unless there's amendments,
I think it actually puts us in a better position
to leverage and to take a strong stance that we do oppose
and here's what you got to do to make it better.
I think that actually is a strong statement.
So I know that Victor Vail would stand
in support of that for sure.
Thank you, Deborah.
Apaneda.
First of all, if I'll find that Tana will stay with the polls.
When this bill came forward,
This bill was only for the Inland Empire,
and these people all voted in that legislature
to make sure it just affected our area.
There was no regard for the jobs
and economic development of this area in that.
There may be amendments that might fix it
to a certain extent, but I just don't believe
that they really want to amend anything
that will make it better for this industry
as well as this region.
In addition, the only reason why they are looking
for these amendments or they'll even talk to you
about the amendments is probably because
they can't get it passed throughout the state
because most legislators understand the value
of this industry to their communities.
I understand you can come up with amendments
to kind of fix it.
I get all that, but I think this board needs to stay strong
and oppose this legislation, period.
Thank you, ma'am.
Appreciate that, Frank, Mr. Michaels.
Yeah, I do agree with the substitute motion.
And the reason for that is we don't know
what will be amended.
In fact, one of those things,
and I would agree with what Mayor Warren indicated
about it only applies to the Inland Empire Riverside
and San Bernardino counties.
But I'm not so sure that the amendment would include
it will apply beyond just the Inland Empire
and go out to other cities,
maybe across the whole state of California
for that matter.
So without knowing what the amendments are,
it doesn't mean we're gonna all of a sudden,
because there's one amendment,
all of a sudden support the legislation.
What it means is we oppose this piece of legislation
unless amended to our legislative policy committee
satisfaction and this board satisfaction.
And that's why I would support the substitute motion.
Thank you, sir.
So at this time, I'm gonna go with the substitute motion first.
So all in favor for the substitute motion?
Say aye.
Aye.
Don's motion.
First-
Don's motion that is correct.
Supervisor Rao has made a substitute motion
to revise the position to oppose unless amended.
I mean, I'm not sure who the second is.
Was it Bishop?
Okay.
Okay, everybody, any other questions on that?
Larry?
No, I don't have any questions.
I would suggest a roll call vote.
What's that?
I would suggest a roll call vote.
Thank you.
Mr. Michaels, another question?
No.
Okay, any public comments on this one item
or the consent calendar?
Okay, I'm gonna call for a vote.
All in favor?
Say aye.
Any opposition or abstention?
Opposed?
Let's go ahead and do a roll call.
Yeah. Okay, go ahead.
When I call your jurisdiction,
please state your vote.
Adalanto?
Apple Valley?
Bishop, yes.
Barstow?
Silva, yes.
Big Bear Lake?
Yes.
Chino?
Chino Hills? Yes. Colton? No. Fontana? No. Granteras?
Hasparia? Yes. Highland? No. Lomolinda? Montclair? Yes. Needles? Yes. Ontario? No.
Rancho Cucamonga? Redlands? Yes. Rialto? Yes. San Bernardino? Yes. 29 Palms? Yes.
Victorville. Yes, you type. Yes. Yucka Valley. Dennis and yes
supervisor second district
Armand errors. Yes, their district row. Yes
Good district pocket junior. I I have 21 in favor five opposed the substitute motion passes
Thank you. Just a clarification. So we did take it in the post position unless amended. Thank you, Madame clerk. Appreciate that
So let's go to consent calendar all in favor for the consent calendar
Okay, here we go. This is my last meeting,
so I'm really happy about that.
So let's go with a motion and a second
on the consent calendar.
Motion, please.
Second, please.
Okay, now I'm gonna call for a vote.
All in favor?
Any opposition or abstention?
The consent calendar passes unanimously.
Thank you so much, appreciate that.
Let's go to the discussion calendar,
agenda item number 35,
update on the FSP program
and the 2024 FSP Driver Recognition Awards,
our very own Kelly Lynn as a presenter.
Go ahead, Kelly.
Thank you very much, I appreciate it.
The San Bernardino Transportation Authority
began the San Bernardino freeway program
on January 3rd, 2006.
Kind of hard to believe that much time has already passed.
The FSP program consists of a fleet of tow trucks
that travel on selected or specific San Bernardino freeways
during peak periods of congestion to assist motorists
that are stranded or in disabled vehicles.
Over the years, the Freeway Service Patrol Program
has benefited many, has provided benefits
to Mote to the traveling public,
including reducing the amount of time a motorist
is in an unsafe situation when they're stranded
on the side of the freeway.
It also helps reduce traffic congestion,
as well as decreasing fuel consumption,
vehicle emissions, and secondary incidents.
In calendar year 2024,
our freeway service patrol drivers
assisted more than 68,000 motorists
in San Bernardino County,
and they assisted them with various things
such as addressed a little over 6,000 accidents,
helped with almost 7,000 flat tires,
And they also kindly assisted about 16 motorists
that somehow locked themselves out of their vehicle
while they were stranded on the side of the freeway.
Over the past 12 years, San Bernardino
has recognized outstanding drivers
that have gone above and beyond
and provided excellent assistance to motorists.
And this year, we would like to recognize four
of our outstanding above and beyond
freeway service patrol drivers.
The first one that we're gonna recognize is Dominic Cloy.
He's with, he works with a Royal Coaches towing.
He's being recognized for the Public Choice Award.
And just the Public Choice Award is where you've received
the highest number of positive customer surveys
from the motoring public.
Just very quickly, every time our drivers assist a motorist,
Every motorist is handed what we call a customer survey card
and they are invited either through a phone call
or through a website to let us know
what their experience was like.
And Dominick gets a lot of compliments.
So thank you very much Dominick
and I should also note this is the third year in a row
that Dominick has been the top public choice award winner.
The next driver we'd like to recognize is Juan Valdez Jr.
He is one of our drivers of excellence,
and I should note in order to even be eligible
for one of these awards,
each driver had to perform a minimum of 1200 assists,
not have any write-ups during that calendar year of 2024,
and also received numerous compliments from motorists.
and so Juan is recognized as a driver of excellence
for calendar year 2024, so thank you so much.
The next driver of excellence we would like to acknowledge
is Clifford Lopez.
Clifford also is with Royal Coaches Towing,
and I should also mention that he did provide 2,969 assists,
so thank you very, very much.
And then lastly, we have, last but not least,
we have our top driver, which is Terry Perez.
And he is with Pomona Towing.
He performed 2,799 assists.
And I should also mention that this is Terry's second year
in a row of being the top driver for San Bernardino County.
So if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them,
but we just wanted you to be able to meet
these outstanding gentlemen
that assist our motoring public every day.
Thank you.
Just give another round of applause, please.
Thank you for outstanding job.
Appreciate it.
Let's go to agenda item number 36,
selection of officers for fiscal year 2025, 2026.
I won't present this item, but before I do that,
I just want to let everybody know
the people that did put in an interest.
For President Rick Denison, thank you, Rick.
I appreciate that.
for Vice President Deborah Jones.
Thank you, Deborah.
Mr. Duterte, thank you.
Mr. Ramos, thank you.
So the nomination committee met to discuss
candidates' interest in serving as President
and Vice President for the upcoming term
and have brought forward the following recommendation
for the Board to consider.
Council Member Rick Denison for Board President
and Supervisor Joe Baca for Vice President.
Do we have any public comments on this item?
Are there any questions from the board of directors?
Just want to congratulate both Rick and Joe Black.
I'll be happy to make the motion.
I just have one copy yet.
Can we in the future of the staff report include
all the candidates who apply for those positions,
at least we know in advance of that,
but that's my motion for both Rick and Joe.
Second the motion.
Joe, excuse me, clarify that.
So I have a first, John, and then second.
Okay.
Okay, and the call for vote all in favor?
Right, sorry, Tamara, Tamara, I got questions here.
Deborah Jones.
I don't have questions, but I am so thankful
that we have these two people before us.
I think in their own rights,
they are exceptional candidates,
the perfect fit for what we're gonna be facing
in the next couple of years.
But also I think the combination of the two,
I mean, I think we're gonna have a great power team
representing our agency.
And so I'm presuming this is a foregone conclusion.
It ought to be.
Congratulations.
Thank you, Deborah.
Aparna?
First of all, I want to congratulate
both of these candidates.
I think they're going to do an outstanding job.
But I would like to echo John's comments about transparency
in this process, where they are listed in the staff
report, all the nominees.
And hope that in our motion, I don't
know if we need a motion to do that,
but include that in the motion to accept.
You have not seen it. Thank
you. Mr Bishop. Yes, thank you
again. I like to congratulate
both of you. I just want to
make mention is you were
listening. The majority of the
people who were put in for the
position of either president or
leadership. You've done an amazing job. And I do just have one request. Can we
disqualify Supervisor Baca for the Hawaiian shirt next month so he doesn't
tie with me again? Or is he still allowed to? Thank you, sir. Mr Navarro. Yes, thank
you, Mr President. Again, congratulations to both Rick and Joe. I haven't sat in
each one of those offices in the past. You guys have your hands full, and I
wish you all the luck to bring this agency movement forward. Thank you. Thank
I think I'm right.
Go ahead.
Give them a round.
Here we go.
Yeah, I know.
So I do have a motion and a second.
All in favor?
Any opposition or abstention?
The item passes unanimously.
Again, congratulations.
So let's get to business now.
Agenda item number 37, SBCTA proposed fiscal year budget
2025-2026.
Lisa Lazard is presenter.
Morning, Mr. President and board members.
this actually includes a public hearing.
So do we need to open the public hearing?
Yes, we do.
Thank you, let's open the public hearing.
Thank you.
So the proposed budget was presented last month
at the May board meeting for review
and is being presented here today
for the adoption of the fiscal year 2026 budget
and the approval of the budget action plan.
The budget is balanced and the estimated revenues
and carryover balances will cover the appropriations,
estimated revenues are at 1.01 billion.
Carryover balances are at 279 million
and appropriations are at 1.28 billion.
Please note, we did add some clarifying languages
for the Council of Government and Express Lanes
to explain the use of the estimated revenues,
not budgeted as appropriations.
For the Council of Governments,
will be for future program activities specifically is related to the housing trust as it hasn't
started yet and then for the express lanes the revenue will be used as to fund reserve
requirements for the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation act well the budget
includes one hundred and thirteen point three million dollars for transfers and that will
fund rail projects, planning and transit activities, debt service payments, and direct fund costs,
which also include reserves for emergencies, improvements at the depot, and information
technology systems. The budget includes 87 staff positions, and some of the changes include
reclassification of the director of project delivery and express lanes, and a reclassification
of the chief of express lanes to the deputy director
of express lanes.
Reclassification of a management analyst two
to a management analyst three and fund administration
and a project controls analyst two
to a project controls analyst three and project delivery.
It also includes elimination of the director
of express lanes and a project controls analyst three
in project delivery.
an addition of an assistant project delivery manager
and a programming manager and fund administration.
Salary increases include up to 3% for a merit increase,
3% of a cost to living increase and $1,300
to go toward medical premium subsidies.
The budget reflects a strong cash position
and projected ending fund balances of 650.5 million,
which includes reserves of 49.6 million.
This concludes my presentation.
I'm happy to answer any questions.
Great presentation, thank you.
Let me go to the public first.
Any public comments or questions on this item?
Any board member comments or questions?
Second.
Let me close the public hearing.
At this time I'll entertain a motion and a second.
Mr. Navarro moved it.
Second.
Ms. Ramos.
Okay, call for a vote all in favor.
Any opposition or abstention?
The item passes with 25 in favor.
Zero opposed.
One abstention, abstention being Redlands.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Lisa.
Let's go to agenda item number 38,
appropriation limits for fiscal year 2025, 2026.
And you're the presenter again, approval.
Got a motion and a second.
Any questions from the public?
Questions from the board members?
I see none.
Call for vote all in favor.
Any opposition or abstention?
The item passes unanimously.
Thank you so much.
Let's go to agenda item number 39,
executive director employment contract.
I will present this item.
First of all, I wanna thank the board of directors
in closed session last month for dealing with me
and the information was,
a lot of information was provided to you.
So the incoming executive director's compensation
was negotiated by the board,
President pursuant to a May 7th closed session
to discuss labor negotiations.
Approval of the employment contract
would compensate the incoming executive director
at the rate of $340,000 per year.
Do we have any public comments on this item?
Do you have any board comments on this item?
So I got a motion and a second.
Aquanet, I saw your light, is there a question?
I'm sorry, Ramos.
Okay, call for vote all in favor.
Any opposition or abstention?
The item passes unanimously.
Thank you.
Kerry, congratulations.
OK, agenda item number 40, General Counsel Employment
Agreement Amendment.
I will also present this item.
The board met in closed session on April 2
to evaluate the performance of the general counsel
and discuss labor negotiations.
In recognition of the general counsel's performance,
the board approved a 3% merit increase,
which with the 3% COLA all employees are receiving
brings the general counsel's total salary
to $309,514.92.
At this time, do you have any public comments on this item?
Any board member comments on this item?
Okay, so you know, can I have a motion please and a second?
Call for a vote, all in favor?
Any opposition or extension?
The item passes unanimously.
Okay, I just wanna say it passed
so you don't have to kick me again, okay?
Yes, sir. Good. Congratulations. Agenda item number 41, new position in reclassification. Our new
executive director, Carrie Schindler, is presenting. So thank you, President Marquis and esteemed board
members, for your trust and approval of my contract. I'm deeply honored and excited to lead SBCTA
SB cog under your strategic direction and thank you and continue to serve our
region. I'm committed to advancing our shared vision for transportation and
working together as the cog with a balanced budget of about 1.3 billion
dollars that you guys just approved and as we advance our mission to enhance
transportation options and the cog while seeking a new sales tax measure it's
imperative that our organizational structure evolves to meet the
increasing demands and complexities of our agency. We have done a tremendous
amount over the last 13 years and we keep doing more and more and it's
fantastic and I would like to bring I'm bringing forward a request to look at
the upper part of our organizational structure. The item goes into details
about why I'm doing it. The proposed new position and reclassification are
strategic steps to ensure we have good span of control and the right talent and resources
in place to drive our initiatives forward efficiently and effectively. These changes
will bolster our team's capacity to manage and execute high priority transportation projects
and initiatives such as SR 18, SR 62, support our access to Ontario International Airport,
maximize the benefits of Bright Line West coming to Kukamonga Station, build out our
managed lane system we'll have 22 miles of construction on our highway system
with it start underway within the next year it's huge and we're doing this while
we support our transit operators and seeking an extension to our existing
sales tax measure and I want to do this all the while while continuing to be a
strong force in the region and also a strong diplomatic force in the region so
so we can serve as an ally to our partners
and then build on that and elevate our region even higher.
By aligning the roles and responsibilities
as I've outlined in the item,
it aligns with our current needs.
It aims to streamline operations
and enhance our service delivery across the agency.
These adjustments reflect our commitment to excellence
and our proactive approach to adapting
to an evolving landscape.
I appreciate the board's consideration
as we continue to build a forward thinking agency.
I'm excited about the opportunities
and confident that with your continued support,
we will achieve remarkable milestones in the coming year.
Thanks again for your confidence
and I ask for your consideration
of these organizational changes.
With your approval, we'll have to swap out
a couple of pages in the budget book.
Although we do have the budget,
we do have capacity in the budget
for the increased cost associated with it.
We do need to update a couple pages
as I indicated in the financial impact statement.
With that, I'm happy to take any questions.
Thank you, Kerry.
Let me go to the public.
These are Redlands resident by the way.
Fantastic.
Any public comments on this item?
Any board member comments, Deborah Jones?
I just wanna, I'm gonna jump the gun here
and move adoption of staff's recommendations.
Okay, no other questions.
I have a question. Daniel? Second. Okay. You're second. Motion in a second. I do. I do. Aquanetta,
you scare me is why I always look at you first. You got it. Thank you. Okay. I got a motion
in a second. I'm going to call for a vote. All in favor. Any opposition or abstention?
The item passes unanimously. Thank you so much. Appreciate that. Thank you, Gary. Let's
Let's go to agenda item number 42, board appointments.
Marlene Roman, presenter.
That was easy.
Any public comments on this item?
Board member comments.
Can I have it?
Okay.
Let me call for a vote.
All in favor?
Any opposition or abstention?
The item passes unanimously.
Perfect.
Thank you so much.
Agenda item number 43, release of an RFP for on-call risk management service.
Jeremy Holiday is, or Jenny, I'm sorry.
Holiday is a presenter.
Sorry, Jenny.
No worries.
It's funny, my brother-in-law
actually jokingly calls me Jeremy too.
He told me that.
It's an insider, he must have.
Good morning, board president,
morning members of our board.
This item just asked for your authorization
to release a request for proposals
for on-call risk management services.
This contract will be used on an as-needed basis only
to assist the department with compliance reviews,
any decision-making that is complex
regarding risk management,
as well as providing a gap, I'm sorry,
providing resources when there is a gap,
such as when the risk manager is unavailable.
We anticipate it to be three years with two one-year options
and we do anticipate it to come in under $100,000.
Again, just as on an as-needed basis
and I can take any questions.
Let me go to the public first.
Any public comments on this item?
Any board member comments on this item?
I move it, Mr. President.
I have a question real fast.
So we do have a risk manager today, correct?
So by us doing this,
that will eventually be eliminated, that position?
I don't believe that, I'm not sure.
I don't know if Ray, you have any insight on that?
That's not part of the discussion here today.
Okay, thank you so much, appreciate that.
So I do have a motion and a second.
Call for vote, all in favor?
Any opposition or abstention?
The item passes unanimously.
Agenda item number 44, I-10 corridor,
phrase and express lane contract number two,
construction and maintenance agreement
for the Kaiser SPUR overpass
and a temporary encroachment agreement
for contract 2A, Sal Chavez is the presenter.
Good morning, President Marquez and board members.
I'm here to request approval for two items.
Recommendation A is the construction
and maintenance agreement known as the CMA,
with Union Pacific Railroad and Caltrans
on the Kaiser Spur Overpass,
and recommendation B is a temporary encroachment agreement
known as the TEA with Union Pacific Railroad.
Both are for the I-10 corridor
for Aiden Express Lane Project contract two.
For recommendation A,
the CMA defines roles, responsibilities, and funding
for the construction and maintenance
of the Kaiser Overpass.
Staff received the draft CMA in May,
which states that the agreement amount of $187,500
is only an estimate of UP's construction costs
and other expenses,
and that UP will be reimbursed for actual cost incurred.
The CNM also states that UP may recalculate
and update the estimate,
which will be submitted to SBCTA
in the event SBCTA does not start construction
on the portion of the project located
within the railroad right away,
within 12 ones from the execution of the CNM.
UP struck out a provision
that the estimated amount would be increased
only upon the written agreement with all parties.
Without this sentence,
this allows UP to unilaterally increase
the amount without a written amendment.
You can reference page 660 of the agenda item.
Although SBCTA expects that any increase
will be made pursuant to an amendment,
the CMA as written does not require it.
Also on June 2nd, Caltrans made corrections
to exhibit E of the CNM,
pertaining to contract right of entry agreement,
which may require further review of the CMA.
Considering that close to a dozen past CMAs
were executed with the same language,
SBCTA is recommending that the board authorize
the executive director or his designee to negotiate,
finalize and execute the CMA subject to approve us
to form by SBCTA general council.
For recommendation B, staff received the TEA
in May of this year.
Like the CMA, the TEA states that the amount of 50,000
is only an estimate of UP's project management
and construction management costs
and that UP may be reimbursed for actual costs incurred.
And the TA estimate may be recalculated up and updated by UP
which we submitted to SBCTA in the event that SBCTA
does not commence construction on the project
located within railroad properties within six months
from the date of the execution of the TA.
Because the CMA and TA are required
for the right of way certification by June 12th
for the funding to be allocated
at the June California Transportation Commission,
staff is recommending that the board
authorize the executive director or as a designated name
to execute the TEA subject to approval
as to form by SBCDA.
General counsel, this concludes my presentation.
Thank you.
Any public comments on this item?
Any board member comments on this item?
Mr. Chair?
Yes, sir.
Out of ignorance, where is the Kaiser SPUR overpass?
It's just east of Etiwanda, interchange?
Okay. I'm looking for a motion and a second on this item. Bishop will make a motion. Bishop seconds.
Call for a vote all in favor. Any opposition or abstention? Let the record reflect that
Supervisor Armandares has stepped away. The item passes unanimously. Thank you, ma'am.
Appreciate that. Let's go to agenda item number 45. REAP 2.0 CTC Partnership Project List
members again. Staff is
requesting to amend the CTC
partnership project list for
the reprogram. There's two
projects that are before you.
One is to basically swap out
the funds that that are
included in the item 17 of the
calendar where we're swapping
And then we have a, we've got
So it's pretty straightforward.
I know if you have any questions on the item.
Thank you, Josh. I appreciate that.
Any public comments on this item?
Board member comments Mr. Bishop, or I'm sorry.
I just want to say thank you very much to the effort that was put in by staff for this
consideration because it was a last minute push to get this through and it means a lot
obviously to the City of Big Bear Life so thank you.
So is that a motion?
Yes, motion.
Perfect.
Bishop will second the motion and we agree.
All in favor, any opposition or abstention?
Thank you, Madam Clerk. Agenda
item number 46 Brightline West
Project updates. And Ryan,
you're up, sir. Thank you very
much. Good morning, board
president and board directors.
Over the past five years, SBCTA
and Brightline have been
coordinating, resulting in
numerous executed contracts. As
matter of fact, just last
month, the board approved two
have to do is bring up the
the office of the secretary of
transportation. However, I am
pleased to announce that joining
us online today is Asha Jones,
vice president of corporate
affairs at Bright Line West.
will be presenting the
Brightline West project update.
Brightline West, Vice President,
Corporate Affairs, Asha Jones.
Ms. Jones, can you admit yourself, please?
Yes. Okay. Can you hear me now?
We can, Asha. Go ahead.
All right. Thank you.
Apologies for that there.
Thank you all for just taking the time
to include us on the agenda.
All right, so many of you already know that the goal of our company is to connect city
pairs that are too long to drive and too short to fly.
So you'll see in the yellow, that is our Florida alignment, that is our first alignment in
the US, and I'll cover that.
And then in the green is what we're here to talk about today, the California, Southern
California-Nevada alignment.
The orange areas are just areas of potential and discussion.
We know that high-speed rail is a new industry, and the whole country is able to benefit,
but those are just ideas that are being talked about, not necessarily by us, but by the industry
as a whole.
Next slide.
All right, our Florida station, our Florida alignment, excuse me, opened in 2018 with
a focus on Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach.
We did inline stations, or infill stations, excuse me, in Aventur and Boca Raton in 22,
And those are similar to what we're doing
in Hisparia and Victor Valley.
We went on to launch our flagship station
in Orlando in 2023.
And that station is actually in the airport.
So it's in terminal three.
They were building a new terminal.
We were building the station
and it all just came together at the same time.
I just wanna say we do track our customer satisfaction there.
We match against large companies across the country
because we want this to be an experience.
So it's definitely about moving people quickly,
but we want them to enjoy themselves.
So we really look at that.
Next slide.
What we're building next.
Next slide, I'm going to give you a...
All right, so this is Brightline West,
Las Vegas to Southern California.
You'll see the yellow alignment.
We are all electric trains.
It is 218 miles from Las Vegas to Rancho,
hitting speeds of 186.
We know that high-speed rail begins at about 175.
We're going to be over that.
so we're definitely true high speed rail.
You'll see the green and that represents
how we'll connect with the Metro link in Rancho Cucamonga.
And then the potential for once you're on the Metro link
and all the other hubs that are in Rancho for transit,
all the areas you can go.
Next slide.
All right, so I get this question a lot.
We are primarily a single track railroad.
We do have passing sidings
and have four different areas there, as you can see,
going into Rancho, that is a fifth area,
but only approximately 37.4 miles is double track.
So this is a single track.
So you're moving straight through and the trains,
the conductor just leaves the front, goes to the back
and it switches and he goes right back.
So there's no need to turn around.
Next slide.
All right, so our product delivery approach.
The civil design build is split into four contracts.
We call it Nevada, then there's California Civil North,
California Civil Middle and California Civil South.
This is the area where we're doing the highway modifications
that we're working with cities along the alignment to do.
The rail embankment comes in here, the barrier interface,
and we built up to the sub-ballast.
The next contract is the tracking systems build,
and that's the train controls,
the overhead catenary communications,
also the concrete ties, the ballast,
the things that come in next, and this is kind of an order.
And then lastly, the station and facility is designed.
We have three contracts, one for the Vegas station,
one for the Rancho station,
and then one for the inline stations,
as well as our vehicle maintenance facilities,
both in Sloan and Apple Valley
and the maintenance of way buildings.
So that's one contract.
Next slide.
This gives you a better idea of our contract work zones.
You'll see that I tell people in Vegas all the time,
only 34 miles of the rail is actually in Nevada.
The majority of the rail is in California,
but that breaks down where those contracts are.
And you'll notice we do have some overlap
with the SBCTA express lanes project close to Rancho.
We are coordinating and working together
to make sure that's efficient and effective
and we're not putting too much on the folks.
So I know when they see those orange cones in Nevada,
we call them our state flower because we have so many,
but to have our two systems working together
to make sure that we kind of make, you know,
just make it easier for folks.
Next slide.
All right, our Las Vegas station.
We own 110 acres for this station.
We're gonna be building on approximately 20 acres.
So the other 90 is gonna be transit oriented development.
Those discussions are just beginning.
We don't have anything laid out specifically yet,
but the idea is we want to compliment
what's happening in that area.
And that's the same model for all the stations.
we look at transit-oriented development, it will fit what's needed there. We'll go to the next slide
because it's going to show. All right, you'll see in the green, that is where the Brightline
West Station is in Las Vegas. It's across from one of our huge shopping outlet mall areas,
but it's at the gateway to the strip. So, of course, the strip has all of the hotels and casinos,
but also we're close to the airport. We're close to the future airport multimodal center.
the A Stadium that is coming in. It's the last team we're taking from California. That's it.
The Raiders Stadium is there. You'll see Allegiant Stadium. But we know when people come in where
they want to go and we want to ease them, get them there quickly working with our casino partners
to create systems that move folks exactly where they need to go. Next slide. All right. For our
high desert stations, we partnered with the SBCTA and I say partner, but you guys led this effort
for us to get the RAISE grant. And without that, we would not have been able to do this. So thank
you, thank you, thank you. But these are inline stations in the high desert area. So you'll see
Victor Valley fits in with the area. We recognize it's kind of right there in the middle of the
desert, but we know everything around it is going to grow. And the Hesperia Station, you'll notice
that this is when we came to SBCTA and we had our plan. You guys were kind enough to work with us in
in exchange for losing that lane of service,
what we were able to do was work out
a commuter system in this area.
And that's that local rail service agreement.
So there are designated trains times in the morning
and in the evening to move people who are going to work.
And so we're excited to have that.
That'll be the commuter portion.
And we look forward to just making sure
that it meets the need,
working to make sure that the pricing fits
kind of what MetroLink is already doing
that folks can really use it and move quickly. Next slide. All right, our Southern California
station. This is in Rancho and also in partnership with the SBCTA. You'll see that large parking
structure on the first one. We know that people didn't want to park and ride, so we want to make
sure that we can accommodate that. The station will be built right over the Metrolink station.
So when we say seamless, it's similar to subway systems in other states where you just get off
a train, go down to Escalator, get on your next train. Scheduling the timetable so people can
move quickly. Like I said, seamless, the ticketing and branding, you'll be able to buy one ticket
that will take you from Las Vegas or any of the other pickups into if you're going to LA or
wherever you're going that Metrolin goes, it will be one ticket so that you don't have to stop.
We want it to be quick and efficient. Next slide. All right, the Siemens American Pioneer. This is
our train. This is the first of its kind. Siemens is building it specifically for us, fully electric,
as you can see, 430 passengers. We will be able to couple the trains, so if we need to move more
people either way, if there's a Chargers game or Raiders game or whatever people are moving to,
we'll be able to couple those trains and move more people. Our initial order is of 10 train sets.
They've already started building and working on those, and we will look to the future to add more
trains as we see more demand. Next slide. This is just a quick overview of our timelines up today.
So we selected Siemens in May. They announced a New York facility in September. It's in Horseheads,
New York, an area that they've worked in before. And then the grant agreement was signed in
September of 24. I always tell people we were awarded in December of 23, but if you've ever
negotiated with the federal government, you know that that takes time. In March, we issued 2.5
billion in our private activity bonds, very successful. We have more bonds that we're holding
till later in the project. And currently right now today, and one of the reasons that Adrian was not
able to do this is we're finalizing our contracts with our design and build teams. So you will see
announcements in the very near future that address what our contractors are doing. And then we're
working on a pretty detailed outreach plan to make sure we're talking to everyone near or possibly
impacted by the project so that people know in advance what's coming up. Next slide. That
is our contact information. I know the staff has everything, but I encourage people to follow us on
social media. And this is a pretty popular project. So we have people who've created their own
social media who like to say that they are representing the train and it's not always
true. So please follow us there. And thank you for this opportunity. Thank you. Great job. Great
presentation. Let me go to the public any public comments on this or questions? Any board of
directors comments or questions? Mr. Wapner. Thank you very much, Mr. President. Great project
I supported 100%.
My only question is on timing.
I'm hearing that it's not going to be done
in time for the Olympics.
And I just need to know is there any way
that we can expedite
so that we can depend on it for the Olympics?
Hi, yeah, I wish.
We were really shooting for the Olympics
with the delay of the grant
as being awarded in December 23,
but not actually getting it until September 24.
That kind of put us behind.
Also, there is a lot of testing that has to happen.
So you will see trains and things moving,
but in terms of the testing that we have to go through
for the feds, we do not believe
we'll be able to make that date.
It is unfortunate because I know the Olympics,
I've already started my Olympic savings account
because I wanna be ready to go when things are live.
But unfortunately, we won't be able to meet that time.
Is there anything that governmental agencies can do
to help move along a little quicker?
I will go back to the team and check, as it stands right now, once we get started with
construction, that's going to really tell the story how quick we can move.
There are still permits and things that we have to get smaller.
We have the majority because it's a federal project.
But as we're working with cities, everybody's been really great and really helpful in trying
to help us expedite things.
I think it's something that as we get going, if there are updates, I'll make sure that
if there's anything that they're asking for that might move it,
that they're able to reach out directly.
But I can't give an exact right now.
Thank you, Asha.
Mr. Bishop?
Thank you very much, Mr. President.
Short-term last president.
Thank you, Asha.
That was a great presentation.
We really appreciate it.
And on behalf of the town of Apple Valley
and all of San Bernardino County, we can't wait.
Now, I know we would like to move things up
as quickly as possible.
We missed the Olympics.
Oh, well, that's OK.
Maybe we get the World Cup, but we
are so looking forward to this project.
And we just want to thank you so much for all the work
and your team's been doing.
Thank you.
And a special thanks to you.
I mean, as I go through the cities,
the support we've had has been tremendous.
And I just thank you guys for taking the time to even help
me understand the different processes and working
with our engineering team.
So thank you, guys.
And thank you.
you know, I call you with all kinds of questions.
I really appreciate you.
Thank you, Asha.
Mr. Desrae, a question?
John, Mr. Baca.
Yeah, just a question that I have.
I noticed that, you know, starting in Victorville,
it's very un-Victorville.
Is there any plans in the future for this project
to stop in Barstow because it's just going right through?
Currently, not at this time,
but I know that folks have been asking for that.
trying to get this up and going as it is and then look at what may be possible in Florida.
That's what we did. It was like let's get this first part going and then we kept growing. Right
now they're looking at going into Tampa and working on those things. So I never say never,
but for this initial part they're going with what they have. I understand that, but in the future I
hope that it can be included in part of their process because we want our cities to grow and not
become ghost towns too, as well by bypassing those cities. Thank you, Mr. Blanca. Deborah?
Yes, thank you very much. Ms. Jones, speaking for Victorville, we certainly join with Art
Bishop's comments. We are all excited for this project to come to town and we thank you for all
of your work and your great presentation. Are we still looking at December 2028 as the go-to date?
Yes, that is exactly what we're looking at. Like I said, we're going to see trains moving
before that date because of all the testing that has to happen and it will a lot of the testing happens in Nevada, but you'll see trains, but in terms of getting people on we're still looking at December 28.
I know for New Year's folks would love to have have that having sat in eight hour traffic myself between here in Orange County.
So that is still the date. What we'll do is make sure that we're keeping people updated,
especially when construction starts. So there'll be weekly updates to our elected officials
kind of where we're at and what's next. Excellent, thank you. Thank you again for
your presentation. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you. Any other questions? I see you
know, and Asha, thank you so much. Great presentation. Thank you. Have a good day.
item 47, release of RFP for the Regional Homeless Strategic Plan.
Monica, I believe you're the presenter?
Monique.
Hi, good morning.
In the interest of time, we're going to move relatively quickly, but we want to give you
an overview of what is coming down the pike for San Bernardino Council of Governments.
So item 47 for your consideration is a request to approve the release of a request for proposals
for a consultant team to assist us with the preparation of a Regional Homeless Strategic
Plan.
from the city. And I'm joined
by you. You might recall that
the regional homeless strategic
plan comes out of discussions
with this board and the city
county manager's technical
advisory committee due to the
increase in the homeless
populations across the region
and a desire for member
agencies to collaborate on
strategies on how to address
them. I'm joined by Diane
Reynolds from the county of
San Bernardino this morning to
update the board on initiatives
that the county has put in
place that will be the
foundation and the starting
point for the homeless
strategic planning effort.
sorry okay just to provide some quick context and background this is the point
in time count that the county takes on an annual basis essentially the homeless
population has doubled in our county since 2018 and the need for the
creation of the collaborative plan is based on conversations with the board
ad hocs and city managers through the work plan process update that we went
through this last fall this is a priority of every sub region and it was
priority of 21 of the 25 jurisdictions. So in an effort not to duplicate efforts, reinvent the
wheel, our goal is extreme partnership with the county as well as all of our member agencies.
County has implemented much infrastructure and network of programs and projects due to service
that they've already engaged in to these marginalized populations and we're really
going to build off of it. We worked closely with Diane, Carrie Harmon, and Marcus Dillard to create
a scope of work that will be the manner in which we proceed with creating the regional strategy
that includes the voices and the buy-in of all member agencies. So with that I'm going to turn
it over to Diane to talk about some of the existing programs and projects as we build up the strategy.
Thank you Monique and good morning everybody. It's my pleasure to be here today and to highlight
the partnership between the county and SB Cog on this very important initiative that we have
to focus on our homeless population and how do we address the issue and reduce our numbers.
I want to start by just talking about our point in time count our most recent point in time count
and want to highlight that it we were able to see a reduction this year to 22,620 which is a 14
reduction in our homeless population and that is due to the the work of everybody here in partnership
in this room on this this issue along with the county's efforts. Some key points I just want to
to make about our homeless population that we wanted to highlight and focus on as an
organization as a county is that we are seeing more than three-fourths or 83% of our homeless
population are residing in about eight of our cities. So Barstow, Colton, Fontana, Ontario,
Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, San Bernardino and Victorville are sort of the epicenter
of our homeless population in the areas that we need to tackle the homeless issue. More
than one-third of our unsheltered adults and children were counted as
homeless for the first time in the last 12 months prior to the homeless count.
Approximately one-third of our unsheltered adults stated they first
became homeless in the city of San Bernardino. 21% of unsheltered adults
answered yes when asked if they had been incarcerated in the last 12 months, so we
know that there's some areas to focus on and some areas to provide some
additional resources knowing that kind of data exists.
Additionally, about 13.5% of our homeless individuals
have been in foster care previously
or reported they were in foster care.
So that's another area of concern for the county.
Jumped ahead there.
Wanted to also make mention that in October of 2023,
the county had appointed a homeless ad hoc committee
led by our vice chair, Supervisor Baca,
as well as Supervisor Kurt Hagman
to focus on the root cause of homeless
and to focus on policy recommendations
to the full board to address the issue
and to look at the overall continuum
and how the county is doing in this area
and what we need to do to improve.
So there was a lot of work done with the ad hoc
and we appreciate the time and the effort
of our board members to participate in that
and to help guide the county's policy decisions
as it relates to homelessness.
Also through OHS, our Office of Homeless Services,
As the administrative entity designated
to administer homeless housing assistance
and prevention grant funding on behalf
of San Bernardino County Continuum of Care
entered into a contract with Homebase as well.
They are conducting a comprehensive evaluation
of homelessness response system within regional specificity
and an assessment of gaps and needs
that reflect both system-wide and sub-regional perspectives.
Furthermore, we understand that there's issues
with information gaps when it comes to tackling the issue
out in the community and as well as strategically
problem solving around the issue,
there's a lack of coordination of systems.
Those lack of coordination of systems within our county
also reach into our community when providing support
and solutions and creates hurdles for us to actually
tackle the problem, address the problem,
and strategically look at the problem as well.
So we established the Homeless Multidisciplinary Team
In 2025, in the spring of this year,
starting off with a strategic planning session,
it consists of 13 county departments
that touch homeless populations in various ways,
and looking at how we can, using Assembly Bill 210
and Assembly Bill 728, actually share data,
share information, and be able to have a better landscape
of where the problems exist,
where the touch points are with our population,
if we have multiple departments
touching some of the same individuals,
how we can coordinate services,
be more efficient with our services
and be more effective in the long run.
The MDT includes 13 county departments
that work directly with individuals
experiencing homelessness or at risk.
And we're currently finalizing our MOUs
interdepartmentally for that so that our agencies
will be able to coordinate information
and we're planning to have a signing party in August
to commemorate that new agreement, shared agreement.
And what will come next is having some support
with developing systems, what we're calling a data lake
to actually share information and be able
to extract information for all of our county departments
that are interacting or interfacing with our homeless.
We believe that will actually translate to action
in the community and with the cities as well
and being able to tackle the problem.
So as well, we're doing a lot of work in shelter
and housing expansion in fiscal year 23-24,
the county delivered 359 new affordable housing units.
To date, in fiscal year 24-25,
the county has delivered 236 additional beds,
which includes 140 shelter beds
and 96 affordable housing units.
We also already have 62 of permanent supportive housing
and 18 units of affordable housing
in construction right now and 659 beds in pre-development.
I mentioned, I touched on the foster youth point
about the 13.5% reporting that they were former foster youth.
So that is also something that the county is focusing in on
and finding solutions for.
And so we have an innovative project
that we are going to be pitching here shortly
to our developer community on a 20.5 acre parcel of land
that the county owns, for 300 or more market rate
and affordable housing units,
combined with a youth center campus
and housing for our foster youth as well,
but also wraparound services including workforce development
and other services to help support our youth
to avoid the long run concerns about homelessness
for that population.
We are also working on with our land use department
through Carrie Harmon, our community development
and housing director, a pro housing designation application.
So that is something that is underway as well.
Pro housing communities are eligible for funding incentives
and additional resources through state grant programs
to speed up production of housing and scale up efforts
to meet critical housing needs.
So we're very excited about pursuing that as well.
And just to summarize, last but not least
of all the efforts the county is making right now,
we're focused on an educational campaign,
and this actually stemmed from a meeting
with the city of San Bernardino's churches
regarding the homelessness issue,
and it was brought up that it's very hard
to navigate county services, which we understand,
and know how to communicate to the community
where to best find services as it relates to homelessness.
So we've launched a campaign,
and we have launched our first video
coming from the Office of Homeless Services
to just provide a 30-second advertisement
on how to get help from the county
and we'll be pushing that out on our social media
and our various channels,
but expect to see more from some of our other departments
that interface with homeless
or provide those types of services
to see more of those commercials coming out,
just sharing information and helping people understand
how to navigate our system.
And without further ado, sorry,
I just want to thank the COG
and I want to thank Monique for the opportunity
to partner on this very important topic.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Okay, and so to wrap up the conversation,
I'm gonna quickly go through the strategic planning process,
the deliverables oversight structure
that we'll be implementing as we go through this.
Strategy is gonna be collaborative effort.
Let me move this slide forward.
Okay, it's gonna be a collaborative effort
through the regional coordination of the jurisdictions.
We'll be inventorying existing resources
what the county has in place already,
prioritizing programs and projects
and identifying strategies
for partnership and implementation.
This is gonna be a two-year process
an estimated cost of about $750,000. These are the deliverables for the plan and the attached scope
of work to the item goes into detail as to the method for each one of these deliverables.
And then this is the oversight and decision point structure that we're working from to gain feedback,
input and direction as we move the plan forward over the two years. Obviously this board is going
to be the full governing party for this project. An ad hoc is going to be established when we come
back with a consultant contract and the ad hoc will provide feedback and input so that we can
take that to the board. City County managers tack ad hoc will be established to provide
feedback and insight into the administrative budgeting and capacity strategies we would be
identifying. We are looking at implementing a cross-sector advisory committee. We're envisioning
this group to be individuals from public health, behavioral health, local jurisdictions, coast teams,
law enforcement, and other agency staff that are on the front lines of your jurisdictions that
that actually make contact with the population regularly,
really looking at the boots on the ground perspective.
And so if the board approves this item,
we will issue the RFP and have a consultant contract
for consideration by the end of the first quarter
of this next fiscal year.
And so with that, we are happy to take any questions
you might have.
Ronique, Diane, thank you, great presentation.
Let me go to the public first,
any public comments on this item?
Any board of directors comments?
I see, Deborah.
Thank you, thank you very much
to the wonderful presentation,
I can only imagine that there are many folks in this room
that think that the 13% figure for those
who were in foster youth have encountered homelessness.
So with that in mind, when you talked about
that particular population,
is that referring to those who've aged out of foster youth?
They say that they were a foster youth
or they're on the street and they are actually still youth.
they're reporting being former foster youth.
Yes.
So having been aged out or are they still,
are some of these under 18 is what I'm asking?
Let me just refer to my team real quick
to see if they actually pulled that specific granular data.
No, okay.
Yeah, we don't have it that granular,
although we can always change the format of our questions
to get a better sense.
Yes.
I think there's a strong need
for dealing with kiddos that exit,
they're aged out right and they and they've not been properly equipped right I think that lends
itself to a huge problem yeah but this program that we're talking about moving forward with
potentially is it dealing with minors or is it aged out foster youth so I I can speak to that
through the county's program so we are actually working on an initiative to focus on those that
are actually before they're aged out of the system to try to help support them and provide
some intervention earlier on with our foster youth. So there's several ways to tackle it.
The project that I'm referring to here is for aged out youth, but we also are doing
interventions within our CFS organization to support them far before that period of
time.
So with CFS being involved for those that are still minors, right?
Yes.
So, is this a residential program because you mentioned wrap around services or is it, yes, the warm creek project potentially is a is a actual residential program. So that would have to be adjudicated they would have to be placed in the care of the residential program.
Correct. Okay, thank you. You're very welcome.
Thank you.
Daniel Daniel. Thank you Ray.
I'd like to.
as we look at this strategic plan make sure that everyone understands we're developing a plan
or out of that plan we expect to follow and with that is there a way that we can package this
altogether so that we can inform all the cities because we represent cities here we bring our
information back to our cities but we really need to focus on getting the word out so that everyone
that is in this space knows this is going on and how it benefits the entire county.
Yes, we can absolutely take that into consideration as we plan our outreach strategy for this.
But question, is it just to develop a plan or have we developed what we're going to get out
of the plan other than sharing information? No, so what we're planning on getting out of this
particular process are strategies. So the very first part is really kind of going to get to the
data? What do these populations look like within your jurisdictions? What resources are already
existing? Are there opportunities to fill the gaps? Are there jurisdictions that want to partner
on whatever services these populations require? So that's kind of the first part of this. And
from there, we'll be able to identify recommendations and strategies for how you can partner. It doesn't
look like a navigation center. It doesn't look like opening an office for these folks to come in and
and find resources.
So those are what we're gonna be dealing with first,
putting those strategies together,
understanding what the cost is gonna be
for each one of these things,
cost allocation to the jurisdiction
that wanna participate in these strategies
because you all know this is not top down, right?
Your needs in Rongo Basin are different
than the needs in the West Valley
are different than the needs in the high desert.
So what does the collaboration effort look like
that is specific to your areas?
And then what does that cost from there?
And the reason why I think it's important
to define exactly what is gonna be the result of this
is because I know the county has their various boards
with nonprofits, the same thing.
Just making sure that we're all on the same page
to achieve the same goal.
And I would hope that goal is to eliminate homelessness.
Any other board questions?
Yeah, comments.
Two and a half years ago, I brought this up
and I appreciate where we are right now
with what the county's doing.
Obviously what SP Cog is doing a leadership by, by, uh, Supervisor
Bach and Hagman, uh, this is a serious issue as we know, it's just going to grow.
Um, you know, my code enforcement staff and Montclair is telling me that what
they're witnessing now is downtown LA or giving bus passes to people to
come out to San Bernardino County.
There's certainly more and more than obviously the Olympics coming down.
So, um, you know, at the end of the day, the goal here is get people off the
streets, get into some shelter or someplace else,
but we've got to get people off the streets.
Thank you.
Thank you, John.
Any other questions?
I see none.
Can I please have a motion and a second on this one item?
Second.
Okay, I'm gonna call for a vote.
All in favor?
Any opposition or abstention?
The item passes unanimously.
Thank you very much.
Great presentation.
Board member comments.
Let me look around the room here.
Yeah, right.
Well, first of all, thank you for everything you've done
is the president. Um, just a quick comment. Friday at nine a.m. Um, there's gonna be a
vote for the S. C. A. Q. M. D. Governing Board at a diamond bar, and it's gonna be for the
proposed amendment 11 11 11 21 to vote. No, I know that we here as a S. B. C. T. A. 99
of us voted to oppose this.
So I'm asking if you can join the Zoom
or go there in person,
our center Ochoa Bogue and my assembly woman,
Latisha Castile, they're opposing this too.
This is gonna be a hardship on, you know, middle-class.
They said there's gonna be a thing for people
for a lower income.
But let me just tell you something like this, you know,
as we local officials are fighting for affordable housing,
This is another step on us to make a less affordable housing.
Plus a quick example.
I had to buy a pump for my pool two years ago.
I ordered the pump and it was $300.
They set us from California.
It cost me $700 because we had to have a two phase one
because of the restrictions here.
My city during January was out eight days without power.
We had to beg the state representatives
to okay us to buy generators with gas.
I had a senior apartment complex that's privately owned,
all electric, they had no food, they had no heat,
they had nothing.
We spent 130,000 on my general fund.
And when I see all these budgets,
my budgets only barely $9 million, so that hurt.
But I had to make sure those residents were taken care of.
So this right here, voting yes on this one, us.
So I strongly recommend that you get out there
and we have representation here
that a no vote will be processed and we could kill this.
And that's all I have, thank you, Ray.
Sir, thank you.
Deborah Jones.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Just wanna give my thanks to you for serving well
and faithfully this past year.
I always got the impression
you gave a lot of thought to preparing for meetings and just from my point of view it seems
like we put you through the paces but for such a time as this you served as our president and
again congratulations to our incoming president and vice president. Thank you. Thank you Deborah.
Alparnada. Just wanted to tell everyone that at 1201 today there is going to be a huge announcement
from the city of Fontana. Check your social media, okay? I'm not gonna tell you. I can't,
I cannot divulge the 1201. And Ray, we really do appreciate your service and I look forward
to our new leadership. So thank you. Thank you. Mr. Bishop? Yes, first off, Ray, we are going to
miss you. That came from an old time friend of yours from his area. I was supposed to tell you
back. Carrie, congratulations. Ray, number two. The year went quick, didn't it? It's amazing how
quick. Just real quick, I want to remind everybody. When we have an agenda for your city and you get
your agenda and there's a transportation portion on the agenda that you're approving on the consent
and a part of those dollars came from Measure I. I'm just going to tell you what I do. I always
asked the mayor to poll those so I can speak and so I can talk to the people on tv about the
importance that Measure I plays in local roads within our own communities. I would urge all of
you over the next year as we prepare to move Measure I forward for an increase to take this
that opportunity at your own council meetings to any any budget item on transportation that has
measure $8. No matter how big or how small to make your public aware how important the measure I
is throughout San Bernardino County. Thank you very much. Thank you Mr. Bishop. Unis. Along those
lines the other thing that we do is we also post signs on every project that it's funded by
measure. So that way as people are driving by seeing construction they know what. Mr. Mapella.
Thank you very much. Speaking to the AQMD item that's on Friday. As you know, I represent the
San Bernardino Suttis on my AQMD board, and I encourage any public participation that you can
bring to the board. However, I will say the item is not going to pass. It'll probably wind up to
to be a 6-6 vote. It may be 7-5 against. It all depends on one of the LA representatives
voting yes or no. And I will be trying to get him to vote for a no position which would
completely kill the bill. If it's a 6-6 vote, obviously it can be brought back at sometime
in the future. So I will be opposing it and we would welcome any support from anyone who
wants to publicly speak. But remember, there's going to be hundreds of people who want to
speak and probably limit the time to one minute or 30 seconds. So I encourage everyone who
what she wishes to state their opinion.
Please do.
Thank you, sir.
Mr. Varle.
Yes, thank you.
Kind of echoing Mr. Bill Hussey's comments.
I also have a community that's got, you know,
disadvantaged people.
And I thank Mr. McCallum for his comments
about opposing 11, 11 and 1121.
It would be a great detriment to a lot of people.
And I know that all of us here in this table
have areas of our community
that would be detrimental to their residents.
And I thank Mr. McCown for his stand on that
and anything we can do to convince that LA member.
Let us know.
Thank you Mr. Vorrell.
Mr. Anderson.
Yes, thank you, President Marquez.
I just wanna say thank you for your leadership this year,
guiding the board as a whole to a lot of projects
who mean a lot to our communities individually,
like you had just spoke of, they're great.
But the county as a whole,
county of the whole has made very great strides
and we'll continue to do so under our new leadership,
which we reinforce today with Carrie.
And we appreciate you, Ray, for thank you
for all of your work.
And most of all, your guidance, Ray,
as vice chair has been invaluable.
I've learned so many things from you.
There was a comment there from Deborah Jones
about how you study and you take a deep dive
and deep interest into the things that we do every day
for our residents.
So thank you for that.
I look forward to this year with Baca Jr.
Thank you, sir.
And yeah, thank you to everyone here for your support.
Thank you Mr. Anderson.
Couple of things I'd like to say.
First of all, congratulations, Rick.
You're gonna do a heck of a job this next year.
And then Mr. Joe Baca, supervisor, congratulations.
I wanna thank my board of directors.
You guys are such professional, professional individuals.
Your patience that you showed me this past year,
I truly appreciate it.
Your collaboration.
I just wanna say thank you for everything that you did
to help me this past year, and I went by pretty fast.
There's a group of people that were there for me too,
as the year did go past, was my staff.
My staff, we have one of the best staffs in California.
I just wanna say thank you to my clerk, my attorney,
executive director, deputy director,
everybody here in the room, staff-wise,
thank you for all your hard work, appreciate it.
You really made me look good this past year.
Thank you guys.
Let's move it over to Mr. Ray Wolf.
All right, thank you much.
I know this has been a long day.
We've got just a couple of comments.
First of all, there are snacks in the back room
for board members,
because we did anticipate the meeting was gonna run long.
I actually am gonna lose a bet,
because I expected the meeting
was gonna go a little longer,
even though I do have the mic
and I could filibuster, I think, right?
But I'm not gonna do that.
But I just wanna speak briefly.
Briefly, you know, as you're aware, we lost a real champion in commissioner, CTC commissioner,
Joe Tavallone last year.
Someone who worked closely with us and our CTC and championed our issues to the broader
state transportation commission, and we have not had that same level of support at the
commission. Although I do want to thank Executive Director Tanisha and several other
commissioners for stepping up and helping us on specific issues. But recently we have
began to foster a relationship with a commissioner out of San Francisco who actually grew up in the
Inland Empire, Darnell Grisby. And we had, Kerry and I had an opportunity to meet with the chair,
He's the chair of the commission right now with chair grizzby along with the monday morning group a group of advocates out of riverside county
and inland action a group here in san bernadino county on monday
And I just want to report out that it was a very good conversation
I think chair grizzby really does understand that there are conflicts with the needs of our communities in the inland empire
Relative to the direction the state is trying to push
everyone to go and and so is is thoughtfully trying to balance those conflicting issues. So
it was it was good and I expect as Carrie steps into this role that we'll continue to nurture the
relationship with Chair Grisby. We hope that at some point the governor will appoint someone from
the Inland Empire but I'm not sure that's actually going to happen. So that's all I have thank you.
Thank you. At this time the meeting is now adjourned. Thank you.