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A commissioner moved to approve the minutes; the roll call recorded affirmative votes from Stephanie Holstich, Christine Casey, Dr. Anthony DeRicci, Richard Hung, Eugene Lee, Paige Martini and Jacqueline Todock. Mark Lloyd was recorded as absent. The chair announced the motion passed.

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Lundgren said the county executive will convene a kickoff meeting for departmental leaders to begin CAP implementation and that the county is preparing reach-code work to exceed baseline state building codes where cost-effective. “The cap is now approved and it's expected that everyone be working diligently towards the goals in the CAP,” Lundgren said.

Staff described a sequencing constraint: the county must wait for the state-approved CBEC compliance software and associated cost-effectiveness studies before finalizing any reach-code package that would take effect after the next state building-code cycle on Jan. 1, 2026. Lundgren said staff are targeting reach-code measures for new and existing residential construction and will conduct robust outreach.

Lundgren also described regional programs and partnerships. He said the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District ran a commercial landscaper trade-in program for gas equipment and that state rebate opportunities are expanding for electrification. He said a county request for funds for a residential trade-in did not advance in the county budget this cycle but that the subject remains on staff’s radar.

On resilience, Lundgren reported that the county and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) have discussed microgrids, virtual power plants and resilience for critical county facilities, including proposals that would pair solar, battery storage and electric-vehicle assets with community-serving sites. He said the county applied for U.S. Department of Energy technical assistance alongside SMUD to study microgrid opportunities for county facilities and that staff provided a support letter for a SMUD project that was not awarded.

Lundgren said the county will participate in community events such as Earth Day at Southside Park and will continue to coordinate interjurisdictionally on building-electrification efforts through an MOU with the city of Sacramento, Elk Grove and SMUD.

Commissioners asked about outreach, rebate programs and the status of federal/state funding for electrification and resiliency projects. Lundgren said staff will continue outreach through the Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force and the county’s departments and that he will follow up with interested commissioners on funding opportunities and technical-assistance timelines.

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The proposed ordinance creates two business-license categories — stationary and roaming vendors — and requires anyone selling food to obtain a health permit for a compact mobile food operation (CMFO). County staff said the draft ordinance would apply business licensing to unincorporated Sacramento County while the health-permit requirements would apply countywide.

Janae Monasterio, director of the county Environmental Management Department, said the package is intended to implement the state Safe Sidewalk Vending Act while protecting public health and safety. “The goal of our ordinance is to provide a clear pathway for the people that want to vend on the sidewalks…while balancing that with public health and safety,” Monasterio said.

The draft ordinance includes operational restrictions that county staff described as safety-based. Among the distances and limits listed in staff slides and the public presentation: a 200-foot buffer from libraries, police stations and government buildings; 100 feet from outdoor dining areas; 20 feet from crosswalks; 45 feet before and 5 feet after bus stops; 15 feet from fire hydrants and driveway aprons; 10 feet from a business during business hours; and a minimum 18 inches of pedestrian passage from the curb edge. Staff also proposed prohibiting vending on bicycle-only paths and on sidewalks with slopes greater than 5 percent.

Chad Rindy, director of the Department of Finance (presenting for Laura Jacobson), told the commission the business-license fee proposed for board consideration is $61 annually; Rolando Villarreal, division chief for environmental health, said the county will use an existing CMFO health-permit category currently billed at $381 annually while staff complete a fee evaluation.

Villarreal described common health problems EMD inspectors find at unpermitted food vending operations: lack of handwashing, no temperature control or refrigeration, no approved commissary, and limited access to restrooms. “We see a lot of these tents…no refrigeration, no way to keep time and temperature control,” he said, adding that EMD can impound food it determines to be contaminated or unfit for consumption.

For enforcement, staff said they will emphasize education and outreach first and rely on the administrative-penalty schedule defined in state law for repeat violations. The state-prescribed schedule cited in the presentation includes graduated fines for operating without a license ($250 first, $500 second, $1,000 subsequent within a year) and separate administrative schedules for business-license and health-permit code violations. Staff said penalties may be reduced if vendors obtain required licenses within 10 days of a violation.

Parks staff proposed using concession agreements to manage vending inside Sacramento County regional parks, where concessionaires would be permitted spaces and the county could set time, place and manner restrictions. Monasterio said the parks concession approach is intended to avoid “a free for all” in the parks and allow the county to manage the number and placement of vendors.

Public commenters and advisory-group representatives raised concerns about how vending would operate in the American River Parkway and other sensitive natural areas. Betsy Wyland, speaking for the American River Parkway Association and as a representative attending for a Parkway Advisory Committee member, urged bilingual outreach and said the Parkway’s existing management plan treats commercial activity differently than other county parks. “All parks are not created equal,” Wyland said, asking how concession agreements and the ordinance would preserve Parkway ecology and visitor experience.

Commissioners pressed staff on outreach to vendors. Staff said they had held two recent public outreach sessions for the business community and invited park advisory groups, but acknowledged they had limited direct contact with existing sidewalk vendors and plan extensive education, including workshops in English and Spanish. Monasterio said the county has already run education and training for food vendors since the retail food-code changes and will expand outreach during implementation.

Monasterio and staff reminded the commission that the state laws that limit local authority — including SB 946 (the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act) and more recent changes like SB 972 — define many of the permissible local rules, and that the county’s ordinance seeks to align the county code with the retail food code and state statutes.

The county scheduled the first reading of the ordinance package before the Board of Supervisors for 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 28. Monasterio told the commission staff will return for additional board steps if the supervisors request revisions.

Staff said the implementation approach centers on interdepartmental coordination — business licensing, environmental management, regional parks, code enforcement, the sheriff’s office and economic development — and repeated that education will be a priority before escalating to penalties or license revocation for egregious or repeated violations.

If adopted by the Board of Supervisors, the county would impose the business-license and health-permit requirements, enforce the operational buffers and safety standards listed in the draft ordinance, and expect concession agreements to govern vending inside county regional parks.

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