File #: 24-377    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 3/20/2024 In control: County Administrative Office
On agenda: 5/7/2024 Final action: 5/7/2024
Title: Fiscal Year 2024-25 Measure Z Recommendations
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. 1.1 - Letter from Chair Campbell, 3. 1.2 - Measure Z Final Rankings, 4. 2.1 - City of Fortuna - 202,901 - School Resource Officer, 5. 2.2 - Office of Emergency Services - 188,324 - Evacuation Software, 6. 2.3 - Humboldt Senior Resource Center - 36,300 - Shelf stable food for seniors, 7. 2.4 - FFFSMF - 25,000 - Financial assistance to single mothers, 8. 2.5 - Arcata - 118,591 - Juvenile Diversion Counselor, 9. 2.6 - City of Trinidad - 95,702 - Contracted Service with Sheriffs Office, 10. 2.7 - Sheriffs Office - 108,490 - Laser Scanner, 11. 2.8 - Willow Creek and Blue Lake Fire - 216,000 - Out of District Response, 12. 2.9 - County Administrative Office - 275,000 - Grant Consulting and Writing Service, 13. 2.10 - Fire Chiefs - 2,400,000 - Equipment, Dispatch, Planning, 14. 2.11 - Healy Senior Center of Southern Humboldt - 24,598 - Meals on Wheels in SoHum, 15. 2.12 - Sky High Training - 25,000 - Boxing ring, enrollment fees at IOC, 16. 2.13 - Jacoby Creek Road Safety Committee - 4,000 - Speed table, 17. 2.14 - City of Blue Lake - 35,000 - Contracted Service with Sheriffs Office, 18. 2.15 - City of Rio Dell - 80,244 - Clerical support position, 19. 2.16 - Redwood Parks Conservancy - 76,595 - Lifeguard, 20. 2.17 - Public Works - 500,000 - Prep and chip seal Mattole Road, 21. 2.18 - Public Works - 165,000 - Old Arcata Road, 22. 2.19 - Public Works - 125,000 - Elk River Road, 23. 2.20 - Public Works - 45,000 - Cathey Road, 24. 2.21 - KMC - Ambulance Service - 447,620, 25. 2.22 - Public Works - 1,100,000 - Replace 3 pieces of heavy equipment, 26. 2.23 - Public Works - 25,000 - Westhaven Drive, 27. Measure Z Letter to Bd._WillowCreekBlueLakeFPD5_1_24.pdf
Previous Action/Referral: 24-902

To: Board of Supervisors

From: County Administrative Office

Agenda Section: Departmental

Vote Requirement: Majority

SUBJECT:
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Fiscal Year 2024-25 Measure Z Recommendations
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Review and provide direction on the priority list from the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Measure Z Expenditures for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25, and;
2. Provide other direction as needed.

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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's Strategic Plan.

Area of Focus: Safe & Healthy Communities
Strategic Plan Category: 1001 -Support and sustain partnerships between public safety and partner agencies to enhance public safety in our communities

DISCUSSION:
The Citizens' Advisory Committee on Measure Z Expenditures is tasked with receiving public input and recommending projects, programs or activities to be funded by the Board with revenue from Measure Z. The committee uses an application process to develop recommendations and this year it received 23 applications requesting more than $6.32 million in funding. There is a total of just over $4.13 million available to be allocated in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget cycle. The committee met in March to develop a prioritized list of recommendations (Attachment 1.2) and its finalized list recommends funding five applications as follows, in order of priority:

1. $500,000 Public Works Department: Prep chip and seal 2 miles of Mattole Road
2. $1.10 million Public Works Department: Replacing 3 pieces of heavy equipment
3. $202,901 City of Fortuna: Reinstate School Resource Officer to serve the Eel River
Valley
4. $188,324 Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services: Evacuation software platform Genasys
5. $2.10 million Humboldt County Fire Chiefs' Association: Apparatus, equipment, dispatch
fees, training, planning.

If your Board chooses to follow this list, it will leave an additional $45,665 available for alloca...

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