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MEASURE X COMMUNITY
ADVISORY BOARD

September 22, 2021
5:00 P.M.
1025 Escobar St., Martinez

Mariana Moore, Chair

BK Williams, Vice Chair

Agenda Items:

Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the Committee

Present:	Mariana Moore, Chair; BK Williams, Vice Chair; Edith Pastrano; Kathryn Chiverton; Jim Cervantes; Odessa LeFrancois; David Cruise; Dr. Michelle Hernandez; Sharon Quezada Jenkins; Michelle Stewart; Ali Saidi; Jerry Short; Ruth Fernandez; Debbie Toth; Sandra Wall; Susun Kim; Cathy Hanville; Pello Walker; Gigi Crowder; Melissa Stafford Jones; Diana Honig; Lindy Lavender; Peter Benson; Steven Bliss
Absent:	Kimberly Aceves-Iniquez; Sandro Trujillo; Genoveva Calloway
Staff Present:	Lisa Driscoll, County Finance Director; Enid Mendoza, Senior Deputy County Administrator


1.				Roll Call
				Staff provided instruction for access to English live transcription (automated closed captioning), and live simultaneous Spanish and American Sign Language interpretation and then conducted roll call. For voting purposes At-Large Alternate Diana Honig replaced Kimberly Aceves-Iniguez. There was a quorum. There were approximately 61 participants.

2.				Staff recommends MXCAB receive the Record of Action for the September 17, 2021 meeting.
				The Roll Call section of the record of action was corrected. Peter Benson replaced At-Large member Kimberly Aceves-Iniguez. With that correction the record of action was accepted.
				Attachments:
				Record of Action MXCAB 9-17-21
				Public Comment - Climate Equity
				Public Comment - Fire


3.				CONSIDER adopting a motion to accept the Funding Recommendations for FY 2021-22 stated in the attached Measure X Community Advisory Board Report; and request an allocation of Measure X funds, not to exceed $20,000, to hire a professional report writer to prepare a final needs assessment document for publication.
				The Advisory Board discussed the attached Measure X Community Advisory Board report. The sections highlighted in yellow were updated for clarity from the version published on 9/17. The updates added better definitions, added a statement about funding the County hospital, and revised the appendicies. Chair Moore made a motion to ACCEPT the Funding Recommendations for FY 2021-22 stated in the revised Measure X Community Advisory Board report; and request an allocation of Measure X funds, not to exceed $20,000, to hire a professional report writer to prepare a final needs assessment document for publication. The motion was seconded by District II representative Jim Cervantes. At approximately 6:44 PM, the MXCAB took a six-minute break. Public comment was asked for and received by seven members of the public in two languages. At the conclusion of public comment the MXCAB unanimously voted in favor of the motion. The motion passed.
				Attachments:
				MXCAB Report and Recommendations 9-17-21
				Results of 9-8 MXCAB Meeting Poll
				Measure X working document revised during meeting of 9-22-21


4.				Accept attached written public comments.
				Written public comment received after the agenda was posted is attached with the record of action.

5.				The next meeting is currently scheduled for October 6, 2021.
				There were no changes to the current meeting schedule.

6.				Adjourn
				The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:31 PM.

The Measure X Community Advisory Board will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend Measure X meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting.

Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the County to a majority of members of the Measure X Community Advisory Board less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at 1025 Escobar St., 4th Floor, Martinez, during normal business hours.

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Live Transcription (Automated Closed Captioning) is available in English via Zoom - Click the "Live Transcript" button from the in-meeting Zoom toolbar and select one of the options from the pop-up menu.

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Measure X Community Advisory Board meeting agendas and videos are available in Spanish at: http://64.166.146.245/agenda_publish.cfm?id=&mt=ALL

For Additional Information Contact:

Lisa Driscoll, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 655-2047
lisa.driscoll@cao.cccounty.us