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Home My WebLink About15.a. (Handout) Board President McGill Report and Announcements 15.a. (Handout) Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Board Meeting November 5, 2020 Board Member McGill Items 15.a. Reports and Announcements FUTURE MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES WITH PAID EXPENSES AND/OR STIPEND Mayors' Conference (Zoom) November 5, 2020 CC SDA Meeting November 16, 2020 Admin Committee Meeting (Teams) November 17, 2020 CALPELRA Virtual Conference November 16-20, 2020 t MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES THAT EXPENSES AND/OR STIPEND WAS PAID Admin Committee Meeting (Teams) October 20, 2020 REEP Committee Meeting (Teams) November 2, 2020 Admin Committee Meeting (Teams) November 3, 2020 OTHER SALIENT ITEMS Attended: East Bay EDA Innovation Awards October 15, 2020 EBLC Board Meeting October 16, 2020 JFKU/NU Trustee Board Meeting October 16, 2020 CoCoTax Executive Committee Meeting (Zoom) October 19, 2020 EBLC Opportunity TF Meeting October 21, 2020 Bay Area Economic Profile Webinar October 22, 2020 2 Attended: (cont) CALAFCO Board Elections (I was re-elected) October 22, 2020 CALAFCO Board Meeting (I completed my term as Board Chair; I have included my annual report and an announcement regarding my re-election to the Board herewith) October 23, 2020 University of Michigan Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisory Board Meeting and Screening of Brave Blue World October 23, 2020 WDB of CC Board Meeting November 3, 2020 Will Attend: CALAFCO Legislative Committee Meeting (Zoom) November 6, 2020 WDB of CC Youth Committee Meeting November 10, 2020 State Senator Bill Dodd Town Hall November 10, 2020 CALAFCO Board Meeting (Zoom) November 13, 2020 GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT Acknowledgement from City of Pleasant Hill to our staff 3 CALAFCO CHAIR REPORT 2020 We are living in interesting times! Every time I think it can't get worse; it does. As I write this, we our now plagued by record heat and fires. Often past chairs have written something like"...it was a challenging but rewarding year". I will say it has been a challenging year; I don't think I can call it rewarding, but I have been proud to see how CALAFCO rose to the challenge and pivoted to address the impacts thrown on us by this pandemic. We have moved to virtual meetings, made Zoom available to our member LAFCOs, held weekly(now monthly)meetings with our member LAFCOs Executive Officers and Clerks and made a series of virtual CALAFCO U classes and"on demand webinars" available free to our members; we continue to focus on"value added"to our members. Much of the credit for this, and its success, is do to efforts by our Executive Director, Pamela Miller, who we were fortunate to retain, as an employee, after she announced her retirement; we are indebted to her. Of course many others pitched in to make this possible and the CALAFCO Board provided needed support. We were forced to cancel our annual conference. Many LAFCOs were directly impacted as were many government agencies. Many have died, the economy was rocked and many individuals struggle to meet basic needs; essential workers continue to provide service and others are forced to work out of economic necessity-risking their, and their family's, health and lives. My father, the youngest of four, was born in 1927. As I grew up, his parents from time to time, talked about the influenza pandemic of 1918. I used to find those stories surreal; people confined to their homes, a red notice nailed to the door and many, many deaths. My grandparents not only endured that pandemic but in their lifetime faced WWI, the Great Depression and WWII. Much of this is now relegated to "just history". My grandparents came thru it and some day 2020 will also be relegated to history. In Sacramento, the wildest legislative session in history is now adjourned; our funding bill died this year but we were successful in our push back of SB 414 (but like a vampire it will likely rise again next year). The CALAFCO Legislative Committee deserves recognition and thanks, along with the Advisory Committee. All our Members deserve acknowledgement and appreciation for their outstanding efforts and support this challenging year. I'm proud that CALAFCO more then survived this challenge. Our dues change let us avoid a structural deficit and a loss for the year even with the cancellation of the annual conference. Our prudent reserves let us cover unexpected costs, especially legal as we navigated AB5, converting Pamela and Jenny to employees. We continue to serve our member LAFCOs and remain a viable, and respected, voice in Sacramento. Thanks to all of you. Sincerely, Michael R. McGill, P.E. Chair, CALAFCO Contra Costa LAFCO Special District Member President, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Master of Zoom ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Lou Ann Texeira <louann.texeira(a�_lafco.cccounty.us> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020, 11:19:05 AM PDT Subject: CONGRATULATIONS to Commissioner Mike McGill Greetings, Please join me in congratulating Mike McGill as he was re-elected to the CALAFCO Board of Directors. Mike was elected to the CALAFCO Board in 2012 and served as Treasurer, Secretary, Vice Chair and is currently serving as Chair. At today's CALAFCO Board meeting, the Board and the CALAFCO Executive Director thanked Mike for his service as Chair in 2020. CALAFCO Board members acknowledged Mike's dedication, professionalism, courageousness, graciousness, and unwavering leadership during these challenging and unprecedented times. Please join me in congratulating Commissioner McGill on his re-election to the CALAFCO Board and service as the 2020 CALAFCO Chair. O • • rCWWOW" S s Lou Ann Texeira, Executive Officer Contra Costa LAFCO 40 Muir Road, 1" Floor Martinez, CA 94553 925-313-7133 LouAnn.Texeira(a)_lafco.cccounty.us