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From YouTube: San Bruno City Council Meeting July 10, 2012 10b. Mosquito and Vector Control District
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San Bruno City Council Meeting July 10, 2012
10b. SMC Mosquito and Vector Control District Review
B
Thank
You
mr.
mayor
members
of
the
City
Council
I
just
distributed
a
updated
version
of
the
letter
that
is
in
front
of
you
tonight
for
consideration
to
LAFCO
relative
to
the
item
that
mr.
Michael
addressed
in
his
public
comment
having
to
do
with
the
mosquito
and
Vector
Control
District
in
their
sphere
of
influence
and
municipal
service
review
through
laughs
go
the.
B
Lafco
adopts
spheres
of
influence
as
plans
for
the
probable
boundaries
of
cities
and
special
districts
and
in
the
fulfillment
of
its
responsibilities.
Lafco,
and
this
county
and
others
is
responsible
for
completing
periodic
municipal
service.
Reviews
of
the
agencies,
within
its
with
within
the
county.
B
The
review
notes
in
some
detail
that
the
law
that
allowed
the
formation
of
mosquito
and
Vector
Control
districts
specifies-
and
this
is
in
state
law,
that
the
board
be
comprised
of
a
voter,
/
resident
of
each
city
in
the
county
and
one
appointed
by
the
County
Board
of
Supervisors.
So
in
the
case
of
San
Mateo
County,
the
statute
requires
that
the
board
be
comprised
of
21
members,
one
each
from
the
20
cities
and
one
from
when
appointed
by
the
Board
of
Supervisors.
B
The
LAFCO
review
has
considered
this
feature
of
law
and
has
it
has
presented
a
proposed
determination
that
the
governance
structure
in
the
size
of
the
board?
Again
in
our
case
21
members
and
the
method
of
appointment
by
individual
city
councils,
constrains
the
accountability,
the
visibility
and
responsiveness
that
the
district
can
provide
to
the
health
and
safety
needs
of
the
public,
compared,
for
example,
to
that
which
is
provided
by
a
directly
elected
county
board
of
supervisors,
City
Council
or
a
directly
elected
special
district
board.
B
B
In
response
to
this
review,
as
I
indicated
in
as
mr.
Michael
indicated
earlier,
the
district
is
seeking
support
from
cities
who
are
represented
on
the
mosquito
and
Vector
Control
District
Board
in
this
process
to
weigh,
in
with
respect
to
our
own
observations
about
the
district's
accountability,
the
district's
service
and
the
district's
governance.
B
Again,
the
report
identifies
that
the
district
is
performing
and
successfully
and
effectively
in
meeting
its
charge
to,
among
other
things,
take
actions
to
prevent
the
spread
of
west
violin
iris
in
West
Nile
virus,
as
well
as
to
generally
protect
the
public
health
and
safety
related
to
mosquito-borne
diseases
in
the
area
of
accountability
as
I
dicated.
The
report
indicates
that
there
are
concerns
about
the
statutory
governance
structure
that
is
in
effect,
and
it's
its
accessibility
and
accountability
to
members
of
the
public
and
in
the
area
of
response
to
the
alleged
embezzlement.
B
Since
2003
again,
the
LAFCO
board
will
hold
a
public
hearing
on
the
proposed
determinations
that
are
outlined
in
the
review
report
on
July,
eighteenth
and
again,
the
district
is
seeking
a
comment
and
support
by
cities
that
are
part
of
the
district
on
the
proposed
determinations
and
actions
that
might
result
from
the
LAFCO
board.
Accepting
the
review
report
and
its
tutor
nations,
and
specifically,
is
again
mr.
B
regal
indicated
among
those
determinations
is
our
actions
that
would
lead
potentially
to
the
dissolution
of
the
district
and
the
absorption
of
the
current
responsibilities
and
funds
now
flowing
to
the
district
for
its
operations,
the
transfer
of
those
to
the
County
of
San
Mateo,
presumably
to
the
Environmental
Health
Department.
You
have
before
you
a
letter
that
was
suggested
by
the
district,
with
some
modifications
that
I
made
to
better
address
this
city's
particular
perspective.
B
It's
in
front
of
you
tonight
with
recommendation
that
you
consider
it
that
you
consider
authorizing
the
mayor
to
execute
that
letter
on
behalf
of
the
entire
city
council
and
before
I
turn
it
over
to
your
questions.
I
would
just
note
for
the
record
that
district
board
members
are
seeking
this
support
from
throughout
the
county,
but
at
this
time,
with
a
little
bit
of
research,
staff
is
not
aware
of
the
status
of
any
other
cities.
B
So
at
this
time,
I
do
not
have
information
that
would
allow
me
to
advise
you
about
what
other
cities
are
doing,
based
on
requests
that
they
are
receiving
from
the
district.
So
with
that,
I
would
be
happy
to
answer
your
questions
and
note
that
mr.
ricola
and
mr.
gay
are
in
the
audience
and
I'm
sure
they
would
be
happy
to
take
any
questions
director
to
them
as
well.
Any.
C
This
is
all
the
result
of
the
embezzlement
is
that
is
that
something
that
you
know
we
can.
All
that
is
clear
is
that
this
is
not
necessarily
something
that
LAFCO
has
decided
they're
going
to
review
or
something
for
some
other
reason
to
to
scrutinize
the
district.
But
this
is
because
you
know,
namely
San
Carlos,
asked
for
the
grand
jury
to
study
it,
and
then
you
know,
and
then,
as
a
result
of
as
a
result
of
the
embezzlement,
as
not
mean
it
was
not.
C
B
B
B
There
is
nothing
in
my
understanding
or
experience
or
exposure
to
the
district
north
at
I'm,
aware
of
from
previous
City
involvement
with
the
district.
That
would
suggest
any
concerns
that
we
have,
and
in
fact,
as
I
indicated
in
the
written
report,
but
did
not
say
in
the
oral
report
tonight.
Mr.
Rico
I
believe
has
been
a
particularly
effective
representative
for
you,
as
the
City
Council
and
for
our
community
as
a
whole.
In
that
he
takes
these
responsibilities
very
seriously.
B
He
is
very
aggressive
in
providing
information
both
to
you
to
staff,
as
well
as
making
that
available
and
encouraging
us
to
make
it
available
to
members
of
the
public
generally,
just
as
he
did
tonight
about
the
activities
of
the
district
and
its
presence
in
and
around
San
Bruno.
So
I
would
say
the
answer.
There
was
a
long-winded
way
of
saying
yes
to
your
question.
D
Think
that
was
stated
very
well
you're
correct.
Initially.
The
first
report
by
lafco
and
may
was
about
the
embezzlement
and
we
went
through
a
great
deal
of
education
of
LAFCO,
showing
them
all
of
the
activities
at
the
district
has
taken.
We
went
through
a
lengthy
investigation
by
the
district
attorney's
office,
a
San
Mateo,
County,
Sheriff's
investigative
office
of
the
staff
and
the
embezzlement.
We
had
a
forensic
audit
that
was
done
by
CG
eulenberg
for
the
entire
period
that
the
two
individuals
were
on
board.
D
Those
two
individuals
are
now
in
in
jail,
they've
gone
through
the
pre-trial
hearing
and
the
rest
of
it
will
start
occurring
here
pretty
quickly.
The
district
has
made
all
the
corrective
actions
that
were
suggested
by
dr.
Peter
Hughes
who's.
As
you
well
know,
director
of
internal
audits
for
the
Orange
County,
then
he
was
recommended,
of
course,
by
the
controller's
office.
Bob
Adler.
The
district
has
has
made
auditoria
love.
The
auditor
they've
made
changes
to
the
policies
built
internal
control
manuals,
I
mean
everything
has
been
corrected.
D
We
have
a
reserve
account
that
allows
us
to
address
emergencies
that
are
going
on
in
the
county
and
maybe
because
we
do
have
a
small
reserve.
Maybe
that's
why
the
county
is
looking
at
dissolving
a
district.
We
honestly
do
not
know
why
the
county
has
taken
this
position
of
our
large
board.
It's
mandated
by
state
law,
there's
nothing.
We
can
do
about
our
board
in
the
size
of
our
board.
We
were
meeting
with
all
the
LAFCO
commissioners
and
all
of
our
legislators
on
our
board
is
an
incredibly
effective
board.
D
One
of
our
best
members
is
standing
right
here:
robbery
cool
he
is
active
on
our
finance
committee.
He's
at
he's,
chair
of
our
policy
committee,
he's
been
the
one
that
has
been
redrafting:
policies
for
the
district,
he's
the
one
that
helped
with
the
selecting
of
the
new
auditor
for
the
district.
We
have
dr.
Scott
Smith,
he's
an
infectious
disease
doctor
from
Stanford
University.
We
have
veterinarians
on
our
board
that
allow
us
to
get
into
the
veterinary
community
to
do
all
the
work
with
diseases
associated
with
animals.
D
We
have
other
board
members
that
are
involved
with
you
know
all
foster
city,
rick
wyckoff.
As
you
know,
rick
wyckoff
is
on
our
board
donna
rough
for
another
priority
console
member
from
East
Palo
Alto
is
on
board.
We
have
an
excellent
board,
which
we've
been
trying
to
explain
the
Lascaux
that
dissolving
our
board
is
not
going
to
give
you
better
governance.
If
you
take
this
program
and
you
dissolve
it
and
you
move
it
into
the
county,
it
will
dissolve
and
go
away.
D
The
reason
why
we
know
that
is
because
the
county
environment
of
health
dissolve
their
vector
program
and
gave
it
to
us
yes,
so
we
know
that
this
program,
if
it
goes
to
the
county,
it
will
be
gone
and
you'll
never
have
a
district
again
in
the
future.
So
that's
what
has
us
concerned
and
we're
looking
right
now,
because
I
have
basically
a
hundred
and
five
city
council
members
that
have
direct
access
to
this
district.
D
So
we
have
a
lot
of
activity.
That's
going
on
and
we
feel
like
all
of
this
LAFCO
experience
that
we're
going
through
is
taking
time
away
from
what
we
should
be
doing
so
we're
looking
to
the
cities
that,
if
you
want
to
continue
with
this
program
but
the
way
it
is,
we
really
need
everybody
to
step
up
to
the
plate
and
support
it.
And
we
really
thank
your
city
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
in
this
effort
and
we're
happy
to
answer
any
questions
at
any
time
and
I
know.
Robbery.
A
Thank
you
very
much
I
just
because
the
mayor
saying
that
I
know
you
as
a
board
of
that
challenges,
and
that
goes
along
with
the
territory,
but
you're
you've
addressed
them
and
continue
to
address
them,
but
I
think
any
challenges
the
county
has
in
absorbing.
This
far
outweigh
anything
you
can.
You
can
accomplish
so
I
would
ask
this
city
council,
to
give
me
permission
and
authorize
me
to
sign
this
letter
in
support
of
in
support
of
the
district.