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0:00:24Commissioner, are you ready. Yes, thanks. Thank you so much. And we are recording. Good morning. Today is February 17th, 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 This is a Business Meeting of The Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County. We have all three commissioners present this morning in The Hearing Room. And we will start with an Items to Note for the Record, and that is several resignations from our Community Action Programs administering board, and that is Patrick Dillon and Lisa Maes, who served as low - income representatives, David Begleiter who served as a Public Sector Representative in Alexander Kalkhofer who served as a private sector, a presentative, and that's just a note for the record. We will now sit as the Board of Dirts of The Boulder County Housing Authority, and we have one item on our consent agenda. We have a motion. Move approval. Second. All in favor. Aye. We will now sit as the Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County, and we have a consent agenda consisting of 6A through J. Move Approval. Second. All in favor. Aye.

0:01:42Aye. Moving on to discussion items. We have an appointment to the intellectual and developmental disabilities more of the advisory Council and Robin Valdez is with us. Good morning. Good morning, Madam Chair Commissioners, Robin Valdez with the Commissioner's Office. Before you, our applicants to the intellectual developmental. Disability meal - levy advisory Council, it's better. We have three vacancies on this board. We had a reappointment request by Jolie Marshall, who was applying for a member at large. The following applicants applied for the person with IDD or Family Caregiver representative. Nathaniel George, Leah Brums, Jill Tapper, and Robert Morris II. And the following applicants applied for member at large poll landers, Brie heard Hearst, Matt Maguillan, and John Barberis for your consideration. There were recommendations. I think Madam Chair and Commissioner Stolzman had an opportunity to talk with the Borleason. And the recommendations are. To appoint Jill Tapper and Robert McMorris. I'm sorry, Robert Moores II, for the persons with, or family caregiver representative seats. And McMullen for the member at large for your consideration. Yeah, thank you for that, Robin, and thanks for coordinating that meeting with Rebecca to get that recommendation. Any questions or discussion from the board. Just wanted to share some of the things we talked about with the Staff liaison. We're just potential conflicts of interest and how those would be handled or

0:03:44minimized with different applicants. We had more great applicants than we can appoint. So just about the fit and who else was on the board and how everything would piece together as a puzzle. And I think we came up with a solid recommendation for the board. Thank you. Thanks, Aureman, for the information. You've been working on a whole lot of hours of applications, interviews, reviews of staff ladies, ons, et cetera. So thanks for that work. And that helps Commissioner Scholzman just understand I wasn't part of that particular meeting, but just to clarify, weren't interviews for this. Okay, thank you. It sounded like it was just a meeting with a couple board members with staff liaison and with you, Robin, if that's what I'm understanding. And their resumes. So they had like the questions filled out. And so there was content from the applicants, just not verbal content, written comment. Great, thank you. Great, and so with those questions and that discussion, I think a motion would be an order, I would frame it as accepting the recommendation on appointments. Move approval of the recommendation of appointments for the intellectual or developmental disability mill levy advisory Council.

0:04:58Second. All in favor. Aye. We will move on to appointment to the scientific and Science Cultural Facilities Board. And Robin Valdez again. And this particular representative to the Board of the Science Coaster Facility District Board of the Directors, representing Boulder County, uh, we had a reappointment request from Teresa Parent, as a member at large, and two additional applicants, lead assurement, and Sarah the grid for member at large for your consideration. And you did hold interviews. Yes, thank you. Questions or discussion. Just a thank you. Thanks, Robin. Um, yes, we did have interviews. I didn't hear you articulate what you were recommending there. I just heard you, unless I missed it, just in regards to the reappointment request and then the new applicants. Or all three of these recommended to join the board, or did I miss the? No, just one representative. That's what I thought.

0:06:09I just didn't hear you articulate that right now. And the print doesn't show a differentiation or, um, a written statement there. I'm happy to share some comments. So, um, it was, we have this wealth of riches in people who applied us, serve on these boards and commissions. And we were really lucky to get the three applicants that we did each would be remarkable and serve the Community very well in this. Um, from my perspective, um, reappointing Ms. Perrett is an appropriate move at this time. She's been doing a great job. Um, and having another term to keep working on that progress, um, a really good approach. And hopefully the other candidates will apply for other positions in the future because they're also tremendous. Yeah. And that's, that was my impression as well from the interviews.

0:07:02They, all three of them were very good. We'd be fortunate to have any of them. And my, I guess my general philosophy on these is if we have somebody who's eligible for reapment and they've been serving well that I think it's appropriate to, uh, to reappoint them. And it's not, I mean, any of them, as I said, would have been good, but Teresa's eligible. We're also approaching a really important, um, you know, time and life of SCFD in terms of reauthorization by the voters. And she's been serving very diligently as a board member and having that continuity as it moves forward in the negotiations that need to be made between whether we're going to adjust the amounts that are available for tiers one, two, and three. And the eligibility criteria for, uh, tiers one, two, and three. Those are very contentious negotiations often. And so I think just having, having that continuity is helpful. That sounds great. Thanks just from the, um, the conversations and the interviews with folks that reauthorization was a big topic of discussion and just understanding what is needed now, um, there was a lot of conversation in regards to how we continue to build up different tiers, um, to be able to understand and know the opportunity is not just here with Boulder County, but other, um, sectors of the

0:08:30funding allocations with S. C. FD. It's a great interviews and really, um, similar comments in regards to the amount of people that are really interested in participating with Boulder County and different volunteer opportunities. And I also agree and I'm happy to support a motion in the reappointment request. Okay. So I think we're ready for a motion. I move approval of Ms. Parrot to the Science Cultural Facilities District. Second. We have a motion and a second, all in favor. Aye. And so that is approved 7C. We have an appointment to the planning commission. And I actually don't see anything in my eScrybe packet on this. Request, but I'm happy to listen to you, Robert. So, um, this particular board will have, uh, three vacancies by the end of February, uh, and The people who are in those positions are George Kersel, Sam Libby and Rita Mana who decided to seek reappointment requests. We did have, uh, fourth applicant, but the applicant decided to drop out before the, uh, we conducted the interviews. Okay. I just, sorry, just a quick question. Thanks, Robin. This is one I didn't, there was a, there was a blank page in the packet. So I didn't have anything to review last night either. Just, just from a standpoint of the record and however that whatever might, might have been there. Um,

0:10:11to make sure that that gets added. And then the second piece is this is the one I understand in the past we have done interviews, but it sounds like there was a change. And like you just mentioned, there was a withdrawal of an applicant. And so you've, you've come to this meeting based on a staff liaison conversation for recommendation. Is that correct? Okay. Cause I wasn't part of the interviews and I didn't think they happened, but I just wanted to clarify that. Thank you for that. Um, actually, uh, withdrawal came, uh, came pretty late in the process, uh, right before we were, um, you were going to conduct an interviews. And so, you know, at that point and also based on the poorly Ason's recommendations, um, I'm forwarding that for your consideration. Good. Thank you.

0:11:00So just from my perspective, the three candidates were in the middle of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Process. And so reappointing the people that have been working on it seems like a logical step to me. Likewise. So we have 7C. I would move that we reappoint the Planning Commissioners to their seats. Second. Okay. All in favor. Aye. Thank you, Commissioners. Uh, we now have 7D, which was originally on the Agenda as a consent item. And it has been moved to discussion. And this is replacement of an ARPA contract for Community Basemental Health Awareness Grant. And do we have Marnie Huffman Green. On the screen? There she is. Good morning, Marnie. Thank you for being here possibly on short notice. Not sure, um, to, to talk with us about, uh, this, the recommendation that you're making on this. Good morning, commissioners. Marnie Huffman Green for The Record. I'm the American Rescue Plan Act Mental Health and Social Resiliency Program Manager, as well as the interim co - manager of the Strategic Initiative Division. Our Community Services.

0:12:18I prepared a short 7 slide PowerPoint this morning to help ADE discussion if that's okay with all three of you. That would be great. Sure. Just quick check. Can you see my screen? Yeah. Thank you. Um, so Commissioners, as you all know, this is a quick review, but the ARPA monologue and social resilience projects, uh, started in 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 after a thorough Community Wyatt Engagement Process. And as you know, there were three essentially huge buckets of work that came out of the Community Engagement Process and the working groups to help BID-226-25 and inform what the Community want to do with these ARPA funds, approximately three million was allocated to build a brand new Community Mobile Response. Hub. And then five million dollars was allocated to a general bucket of equitable access to really focus on opening the front door. Um, I'll unpack the different buckets there and then specifically for this discussion talk about the mental health awareness trainings. As you all know too, this is one time funding with a requirement to be fully spent down by December 31st, 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 This is just a quick overview as we just discussed Community Mobile Response, which is now known as CAT. Centralized Navigation Team, which is now known as Wellmind. And then under the Equitable Access, uh, grants essentially three buckets. As you

0:14:00all know, Mental Health vouchers and Community Base grants were given to approximately 12 different well - known Community Agencies. Uh, 500, 000 dollars was given to Strain and BVSD. And the last bucket, um, that was set to be allocated, which we started working on in 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 was 500, 000 dollars that was earmarked for mental health awareness trainings and support. Please interrupt Commissioners if I'm talking too fast. We have some questions. Um, so in terms of the mental health awareness training bucket, uh, after the County Wine engagement, it was prioritized by Community members and stakeholders that we really wanted to work on decreasing the barriers to access for mental health support. And behavioral support. And all of these grants were designed to expand Community - based culturally responsive mental health awareness trainings. This bucket that I'm here to talk about more was again 500, 000 dollars to really look at prevention stigma reduction and really expanding mental health awareness trainings, not just in an office, for example, nine to four, really ensuring that trainings aren't only accessible in the community. Our neurodivergent friendly. And of course, offered in spash and English. Um, so you all might remember as well, but I know you have so much on your plate that, again, I hope I'm not being too weedy. Um, in October of 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 uh, after we

0:15:26opened up an RFP process to see who might be interested in applying for mental health awareness training grants, we actually only received one agency that was a for - profit private equity agency in Florida. Um, so, uh, along with very tight collaboration with the ARPA admin team, we decided to try to pilot something very unique. Obviously in alignment and in discussion with county attorneys where we just set a, in the newspaper, uh, one page ad around folks that might be interested, um, we really wanted to try to see if we could elicit agencies or grassroots agencies that in the past hadn't been able to access federal local grants. So we got about 30 submissions. And then after really thorough process, uh, nine agencies were selected. They were allowed to put in proposal again, just one page between 10, 000 and 100, 000, really making sure where operationalized ARPA equitable access, excuse me, Ekle by access funding and the equitable access goals. Um, this is way too weedy, but just a one page Microsoft form. So that folks could apply. So goal again, just a review was to lower any administrative barriers to apply, really centering historical industry of communities and trying to figure out if we could really support a cohort of agencies that didn't just work separately, but together to support, um, rural and

0:16:49local communities around mental health awareness trainings. So, uh, 500, 000 dollars was allocated between these nine different agencies. Bouldermile Luna Caldura, my emotion clinical family, health and wellness, NAMI, natural highs, peak to peak, The Parent Engagement Network and Pen and Hope. Context for our discussion today. And again, my apologies Leslie Irwin at ARPA was going to join. But last minute she's not able to. So I can answer questions for all of us and or circle back to the ARP admin team. One of, we had, I think, I think I had come maybe six months ago, seven months ago when there was an ask to extend some funding for Rocky Mountain Equality. And as you all suggested and as is really important in terms of my Purview is we want to make sure no dollars, um, get some back to Treasury. So myself along with ARPADMIN team have worked with the 22 or so agencies that have been provided ARPA funding across the board to really see if there are any earlier barriers. Happy to report everyone spending down, um, and doing incredible work. In fact, we also have Kim Strong from The ARP Admin team who's going to be doing an evaluation specifically on these mental health awareness, um, training grants. We did, uh, in the late fall, I think, I want to say early

0:18:11December talked to Clinica slash, excuse me, mental health partner slash Clinica. I still got to work on that. And they, we had a great open conversation around not being able to fully spend down, uh, especially looking at what they had already spent in the trainings that you did. So proactively, um, we looked at the scope, worked with county attorneys in the ARPA admin team and then followed Treasury Guidelines that we could shift funding to two of those agencies, La Luna Kultura and Natural Highs who provide, uh, trainings in a very similar scope to what was the original funding agreement with Clinica, both agencies provide these mental health awareness trainings in Spanish and English. This maintains scope consistency, equity alignment, make sure we have full RB utilization and avoid returning any dollars. Um, again, just making sure we're continuing the strength and grassroots, equity centered agencies, maximize our federal investment and just makes sure we're really strategic and responsible when we're looking at this last year of funding. So I know that was a lot, but any questions, um. Nandra help support. Yeah. Thank you, Marnie.

0:19:26Uh, thanks for throwing that together. Um, very helpful. So Commissioner's questions. Thank you very much for being here today. I have a few questions. Just, it wasn't clear to me from the packet of information. What process was used to solicit what agencies might be eligible for the remaining funding? Or if we just chose them. Uh, great question. Commissioner Saltzman. There was just a decision based on who had spent down dollars and then more specifically, um, because of Treasury guidelines which scope was most aligned with Clinica. All right. And, um. I don't know how my colleagues will feel, but, um, in the past, I don't know, six or eight months or so. There was a separate process that was used that looked for, um, different community needs. And I know Rocky Mountain Equality didn't receive funding in a different program for this sort of work. And so I wonder what the conversation was about, um, potentially selecting Rocky Mountain equality to receive the funding. So Rocky Mountain Equality has approximately 735, 000 dollars of ARPA funding.

0:20:36They were in the Community Based Grants, um, and not specifically with mental health awareness trainings. So they still have funding that they're spending down. Um, so that's not the question I asked, but I appreciate that. Like, so I know natural highs also has received lots of money from the county in different ways. My question is really just if Rocky Mountain Equality was considered to provide mental health training for disproportionately affected communities. They weren't because based on Treasury and I'm sorry Leslie's not here based on Treasury Guidance. We weren't, uh, it was advised to not reopen, uh, The funding of the agencies that were originally selected and had applied Rocky Mountain Equality did not apply for this small mental health awareness training bucket. So the, so you were only considering agencies that applied for this bucket of funding. That received the bucket of funding for mental health awareness trainings so that we could spend on these dollars. And so would it be possible to have a list of the agencies that we could consider this morning.

0:21:37Um, I, I can tell you the agencies, if you want me to pull up the PowerPoint that had received, uh, The Mental Health Awareness trainings, I can't speak to with Leslie not being here. Who would qualify based on the scope? But Commissioner Stilzman, if you'd like me to circle back to the ARP admin team to discuss. It depends. I mean, it depends if my colleagues are interested in this conversation or not. It may or may not be needed. Like if they're ready to go and move forward, that's, then it's not necessary. And so I'll just wait to see what the rest of the conversation is. Um, Commissioner Lo Ching. Thank you. Thanks Marnie for the presentation for being here this morning. Um, just to clarify two different pieces, the way her the presentation is that there was, um, 30 organizations who had applied for this particular fund. And nine were selected. So it was kind of interested too. That's what was my interpretation of because of the ARPA guidelines and the processes that you were advised to go back to those nine. The question I have is what number are we talking about from a dollar number when I quick glanced at this as a consent item previously on the Agenda for this morning. I'm looking at a hundred thousand number, but then when I

0:22:51looked at the documents on page two 10 around 210 of the packet, it looks like there's a breakdown there of what's been recommended of 20, 000 and then 25, 000. So just to clarify what numbers we're actually talking about. And then in the page two of your document, The memo that was submitted, um, numbers that were missing the actual numbers. I don't have to explain it under number three review of reporting and fiscal data. To me, it looked like there was numbers missing. It had a number sign and then XXX as though someone was maybe going to fill that in. So just, just to understand those numbers that we helpful. Okay. Um, Commissioner Lojan, let me answer the first one. So excellent question 100, 000 dollars was originally allocated to Clinica. They are, they have spent down approximately 50, 000 and are providing mental health first BID-226-25 QPR and a plethora of trainings. We also ensured that trainings before ARPA were not being provided in Spanish. So part of the grant. Simulation was at the increase therebylingual access. So, uh, after conversation, there was about 40, sorry, my math. One second. My daughter will not be happy with me. 45, 000. That's right. 20, 000 to go to La Luna Kultura and then 25 to Natural Highs for the record if it's helpful when folks

0:24:12were, uh, encouraged to apply anywhere between 10, 000 and 100, 000. La luna khotura had only applied for 10, 000. So there was also discussion that it felt equitable and given the scope to give La Luna cultura more funding. So, uh, that was the process. Second question, Commissioner, I apologize. Um, this around, excuse me, I can circle back around the document of what was missing and update that for the record. Great. Thank you. Yeah. Thanks, Marnie. I think the question is I had as I was reviewing the memo, which was submitted, was really why, why, why these two organizations and not any of the others. And so, and I, and, you know, you explain, uh, what you've already now explained again, which is it has to be somebody that an organization that already qualified and was awarded funding for this particular purpose. Um, and you, you showed the criteria, but I, I was curious because this was originally coming to us as a consent matter, you know, why those two organizations and not any of the others. Yeah. And my apologies that Leslie's not here.

0:25:30Let me do my best. Give it our conversations with County Attorneys and the ARP Admin team as a three VNO Treasury guidelines are quite strict. And, um, in order, and it's not even technically a reallocation in order to readminister, uh, these funds. It had to be Aiden Z's providing a very similar scope. Um, and so there was lots of conversations back and forth at these two agencies met that criteria. Um, and also that these two agencies had fully spent down their dollars. Um, but I'm more than happy to circle back and make sure that I update the memo and that we could tell you a little bit more thoroughly of why those, um, agencies were chosen. And if there is an appetite for the board to figure out a new way to make sure those dollars can be allocated or reallocated, I want to do what's best for the community. I know that there's been a push to just make sure we don't have any money clawed back. And so we thought it would be proactive when we had our conversations with Clinica that it looked like they weren't able to fully spend on those dollars. But again, I don't think I'm doing it adequate job synthesizing the conversations that went on between the ARPA admin team and the county attorneys that I can do

0:26:42more work on that. Yeah. I appreciate you. You're trying to relate information to us that you may not have firsthand access to between Leslie and the County Attorney's Office. So. I think what would be helpful. You did have a slide of the organizations that received funding out of this bucket. Maybe if you could just put that back up. And then what I heard you say is that it even has to be not just out of this bucket, but it has to be like for like in terms of the focus of the, of the, um, spending, okay. So, um, there also was my apologies commissioner, B for enacting their own. So was with Treasury guidelines. And again, I can circle back and clarify this to in order to redistribute funding. It had to be under 50, 000 dollars and the agencies, again, let me, let me not speak, um, the agencies that could be eligible. Not only had to have the same scope, but there was a certain dollar amount that was funded again. I can do more research to get those numbers back to you, but here are the agencies that were awarded. Just for the record and for all three of you, um, under natural highs, there was actually two, uh, specific programs awarded.

0:28:03So AccuDetox was one and then anxiety is your superpower was another one. Also just to avoid confusion, you'll see parent engagement network. So Pen was awarded just Penn was awarded a certain amount and then Penn and Hope Coalition worked together and applied and got another bucket of money. Okay. Thank you. I, you know, I think what I'm anticipating may be my fellow commissioners are as well is, you know, an organization that was on that list saying, Oh, we didn't know that there might be some more money that we could get and how come they got it. And we didn't get it. And so I'm just wanting to make sure I understand all the limitations and restrictions and the things that you were looking at and making the recommendation. And I appreciate what you were able to provide for us. Any other questions. Thank you, Commissioner Levy. I think the other thing that is coming up for me that's a little different than what you just described is, I hear from Community Members The importance of mental health first BID-226-25 And so it's a bit of a non sequitur for me to hear that like Clinica doesn't have any need for this funding to provide mental health first BID-226-25 training in Spanish. I just don't understand that. My apologies, Commissioner Solsonce, I think I misspoke. Clinica

0:29:27was providing mental health first BID-226-25 and QPR along with other trainings, both in Spanish and English. They given a bunch of factors. I think one of them was a merger as we checked in with all 22 agencies that are receiving this funding to make sure they're spending now money. So we don't lose anymore. It was acknowledged that they were not, they assess. They were not able to spend down essentially about 45, 000 dollars. They already, they have more money to spend down that when they looked at their capacity, they didn't feel it. They could spend those dollars down and wanted to have a discussion to see if other agencies could use that. So they are absolutely doing mono health, mental health first BID-226-25 And we'll continue, um, through the end of 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 Does that make sense? So they still are spending down. No. No, I hear, I hear you. I'm just there. They had a projection of a certain amount of training they could do.

0:30:26And you're saying they can't do that amount of training. So that. Presumably we thought there was a need for that amount of training. And we're paying for it. So it's still a bit of a disconnect for me. It's not that I don't understand what you're saying. There's just a disconnect in the universe sitting out there for me. Thanks, Barney. This is super helpful. I appreciate you taking the time to move, um, as the ask to move from consent to discussion is really helpful. What I'm understanding from the presentation is that you have gone back in a pretty thorough process in regards to communicating with the different agencies who have received funds to check in and see that's one of the questions we've had is we've continued because our BO is a 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 response. Um, and a 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 process here at the county, um, just to check in because some of our nonprofits, unfortunately have for a whole variety of different reasons as we was just discussed here at the dais, either meredged or had to kind of change their, um, focus or otherwise, um, and so I think that's really important for us to understand who's still doing the work and how is it aligned or not. I appreciate, um, the share of the concern about clawback because I feel like that is very real

0:31:40situation. And so I, this helps me understand how these two, these two particular awardees, um, came to the, to your, um, good to the right for the recommendation in this item. I too, Commissioner Stolzman was curious about Rocky Mountain equality and just understanding how could they not be on this list and be considered. And so it was really helpful to understand that they did not apply for this particular grant fund, which again was a 22 process. And so for me, my takeaway is, um, disappreciation for the really stringent, uh, requirements that federal funding really involves. And here we are in 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 and you all are still trying to tie up these, these BOs and ensure that we don't have any issues. So that's really important. And it also makes me, um, curious around the question that I think we all come back to is how do we make sure that our partner organizations know about all the different types of fundings, all the different grants, the tax funds, et cetera. And they're all, they all have these different restrictions and these different applications and these different processes. And I think we all know that and we're all trying to do our best to make sure that folks have as much information and opportunity to be part of Boulder County resources. And this is just one

0:33:00other grant. So I really appreciate understanding more about what is happening in regards to get us to this recommendation. I don't think I have anything to add. Thank you. So I think the question now is whether we're comfortable moving forward with the recommendation as set forth in the MMO, um, on page 210 of our packet or whether we want to have any additional, you know, table it, um, have any additional discussion about it for a future decision. I'll just say for myself, um, now that it's all been much more fully explained, I'm comfortable moving forward with the recommendation in 7D. I'm at, I'm happy to move a motion forward. And less commissioner Salzman. You had another question. Oh, just answering Commissioner Levy's question. I really appreciate the conversation and the additional information. I also appreciate the sentiment of trying to, um, get community, get funds into community to make a difference and be helpful. I don't feel like this is a process. We should be using, um, at this time. So like we, you know, 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 got ARPA funds. It's been a lot of work for staff, um, things change over a period of time.

0:34:23And I'm just not comfortable moving them into the buckets in this way. I don't see this transforming, um, the community or being responsive to the ARPA needs, um, I guess I don't feel like everything was fully explored on who Clinica could subcontract with or how they could fulfill what they initially, um, thought they would do for the community and what partners they could work with. So I won't be supporting it at this time, but I understand where everyone's coming from and appreciate all the work. Good. Okay. So then Commissioner Luchamino, if you'd like to make a motion. Thank you. I'll move item 70 for approval. Okay. Second. All in favor. Aye. Those opposed same sign. Okay. So that is approved with Commissioner Stolzman voting. No. Thank you for being here with us this morning. Um, Marnie and jumping in really appreciate it. So 7E is now our resolution 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 - 012 that designates Parks and & Open personnel to enforce our county regulations governing the use of Boulder County Open Space. And good morning. Good morning. Um, commissioners, and my name is Aaron Hartnen. I'm a senior park ranger with Parks and & Open And I'm here to ask you to grant Pryce Hadley, The Authority to Enforce The Rules that Govern Parks and & Open Property. It's a commission limited commission. Um, just to

0:35:54go into our parks and enforce the rules that we have set aside to make sure The Parks are safer visitors and wildlife and resource natural resources. I've also like to tell you a little bit about price. He comes to us with 12 years experience as an EMT. Also a senior watershed ranger at the city Longmont, as well as the Ranger Supervisor at Picking County. Um, and he's filling the role for us as a visitor safety specialist Park Ranger. Well, thank you. And welcome. Um, Commissioners, any questions, comments. No questions. Thank you. No questions either. Thank you for being here and very excited to have, um, more folks working on this. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. No, welcome. Thank you. It sounds like you've got a very rich background. A lot of experience to bring to it.

0:36:48And, uh, as you know, from all your previous roles, uh, how visitors encounter, um, rangers in that enforcement, uh, when it's needed is really, really important. It's definitely a skill that, you know, that can determine whether the outcome is good or not. So really appreciate, um, having the opportunity to have somebody with your professional background in this position. So, uh, we have in front of us resolution 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 - 012. May have a motion. Move approval of resolution 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 - 012. Second. All in favor. Aye. Thank you so much. Yay. And we next have Resolution 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 - 013. And this is 7F, that designate Parks and & Open Personnel to enforce county regulations governing the use of County Open Space, Aaron. Yes. Thank you. So Aaron Hartnett again. So this is for a seasonal ranger that's returning this year Marjorie Ortega. She is coming back a little early this year to help us with our patrol and program needs. Um, so I'd like to ask you to give her her commission as well. And the only difference really is that hers has an expiration at the end of her season where prices is for the duration of his employment. Okay. Thank you. Questions comments, commissioners. No comments. No questions. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Then we're ready for a motion. 7F. Move a privilege -

0:38:25013. Second. Okay. Emotion and a second on the table. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. And so that is approved. Thanks for being with us. And. Now I'm trying to get. My. Agenda to go. Back to where it's supposed. To be. So we have now come to item eight confirmation of Executive Session Good morning, Commissioners Natalie Springett Commissioners Deputy for the Record. I'm here to confirm that the Executive Session Topics that were noticed at the February 10th and February 11th Business Meeting of the Board were discussed as scheduled. And this is simply a note for the record. So I'm happy to take us to item nine, which will require a vote. So Commissioners, I'm here to request Authorization for the Board of County Commission to go into Executive Session on Wednesday, February 18th, 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 at 1 p. m. Pursuant to C. R. S. 24 - 6 - 402 subsection 4 B legal advice to discuss the dandelion brigade at Al versus Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County Boulder District Court case 2024-DJ-25-538-04-2 CV - 127. So moved. Second. All in favor. Aye. Aye.

0:39:48And now the next item on our agenda is our monthly meeting with The Head Start Division. We were informed earlier this morning that they are experiencing a power outage. And so our director, Akani, uh, is not able to join us either in person or remotely. And so we will table this to a future meeting. Do we have a date for that? Yes. Commissioner Levy. I would request tabling to a date of February 24th at 9. 30 a. m. Okay. So we will do that. Do we need a motion to table it to a date certain. Yes, I would request a motion. All right. Then we'll, uh, have a motion, please. I move we table to Head Start Division Monthly Report. Until next week. At 9 30 a. m. Second. Okay. We have a motion and a second all in favor. Aye. Aye. So we have done that. And back to my agenda for the day.

0:40:47That brings us to the end of our Public Business. And we will be adjourned. Thank you.