Agenda

YOLO HABITAT CONSERVANCY

July 15, 2019

MINUTES

The Yolo Habitat Conservancy Board met on the 15th day of July 2019, starting at 5:30 p.m. in regular session in the Board of Supervisors' Chambers in the Erwin W. Meier Administration Building, 625 Court Street, Woodland, California.

Present:	Jim Provenza
	Pierre Neu
	Will Arnold
	Martha Guerrero
	Xochitl Rodriguez
Absent:	Don Saylor
	Matt Dulcich
Staff Present:	Petrea Marchand, Executive Director
	Chris Alford, Deputy Director
	Phil Pogledich, County Counsel

5:30 P.M. CALL TO ORDER

Pledge of Allegiance

Approval of the Agenda Order


					Minute Order 19-29: Approved agenda order with the recommendation to move consent item 10 to the regular agenda. MOTION: Provenza. SECOND: Rodriguez. AYES: Arnold, Guerrero, Neu, Provenza, Rodriguez. ABSENT: Saylor.

Public Comment: This is time reserved for the public to address the Conservancy Board on matters not on the agenda.

No public comment.

Board Correspondence

CONSENT CALENDAR


					Minute Order 19-30: Approved consent agenda item nos. 5-9. Item 10 moved to the regular agenda. MOTION: Arnold. SECOND: Guerrero. AYES: Arnold, Guerrero, Neu, Provenza, Rodriguez. ABSENT: Saylor.


	5.			Approved May 20, 2019 meeting minutes.

	6.			Approved contract with Tschudin Consulting Group for $77,000 for land use planning services related to implementation of the Yolo HCP/NCCP.

	7.			Approved contract amendment with Estep Environmental to add $20,000 to his existing contract for biological services related to implementation of the Yolo HCP/NCCP.

	8.			Approved first amendment to loan agreement with Yolo County to provide a second loan of $50,350.

	9.			Approved an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding with the Yolo County Department of General Services for geographic information system (GIS) and related services.

	10.			Approved contingency policy.


					Minute Order 19-31: Approved recommended action. MOTION: Provenza. SECOND: Arnold. AYES: Arnold, Guerrero, Neu, Provenza, Rodriguez. ABSENT: Saylor.

REGULAR AGENDA

11.

Authorized Executive Director to execute a contract with Dirk Brazil for Executive Director services in the amount of $175,000.


					Minute Order 19-32: Approved recommended action. MOTION: Provenza. SECOND: Arnold. AYES: Arnold, Guerrero, Neu, Provenza, Rodriguez. ABSENT: Saylor.


	12.			Approved new contract with AMB Consulting for $40,000 to provide real estate acquisition services and approved sole source request.


					Minute Order 19-33: Approved recommended action. MOTION: Arnold. SECOND: Rodriguez. AYES: Arnold, Guerrero, Neu, Provenza, Rodriguez. ABSENT: Saylor.


	13.			Approved easement monitoring policy, easement violation and enforcement policy, and easement amendment policy; and authorized the Executive Director to submit an application for the Conservancy to hold conservation easements and manage and steward mitigation land to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.


					Minute Order 19-34: Approved recommended actions. MOTION: Provenza. SECOND: Guerrero. AYES: Arnold, Guerrero, Neu, Provenza, Rodriguez. ABSENT: Saylor.


	14.			Approved updated policy related to providing mitigation receiving site credits in lieu of the land cover fee and approved new policy related to land/easements in lieu of land cover fee.


					Minute Order 19-35: Approved recommended actions, including the addition of wetland fees to the approval of the new policies. MOTION: Rodriguez. SECOND: Guerrero. AYES: Arnold, Guerrero, Neu, Provenza, Rodriguez. ABSENT: Saylor.

15.

Received Executive Director update.

Member agency workshop surveys

CLOSED SESSION

16.

Public Employee Performance Evaluation
Government Code Section 54957
Title:Executive Director

ADJOURNMENT

Next meeting scheduled for: September 16, 2019