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From:Clerk of the Board
To:Pickett, Andy; Ring, Brian
Cc:Reaster, Kayla; Boatwright, JP; Hatcher, Casey
Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Meeting Venue
Date:Thursday, January 12, 2023 4:43:46 PM
Please see email below that was sent to the Board.
Shaina Paulsen
Associate Clerk of The Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
T: 530.552.3304 | F: 530.538.7120
From: Nichole & Louis Nava <nava125@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 3:26 PM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>; Connelly, Bill
<BConnelly@buttecounty.net>; Kimmelshue, Tod <TKimmelshue@buttecounty.net>; Durfee, Peter
<PDurfee@buttecounty.net>; Ritter, Tami <TRitter@buttecounty.net>; Teeter, Doug
<DTeeter@buttecounty.net>
Cc: Nichole Nava <nava125@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Meeting Venue
Good afternoon,
I am writing to you on a work break in the hopes of receiving a reply from one or all of you Supervisors. I
previously made this same request a couple of years back and followed up again in my December email
below, which did not receive a single response. My understanding is other community members have
made this same request, some even from different political viewpoints, which should indicate that it is a
non-partisan issue deserving of attention. I fail to understand why this request cannot be accommodated
and strongly urge you to agendize this request and adopt it after discussion.
Serving the people is what you signed on for and I think you must realize that many people who would
attend the BOS meetings are unable to do so as it would cost them time and money they don't
necessarily have to travel from other places in the county to Oroville ongoing. It seems only fair to spread
the opportunity to Chico, the largest city in our County of Butte, and that you consider making it in the
evening once per quarter, at minimum, in order for others to attend. Those living on the margins are
especially hard-pressed to make these meetings, as are the single parents among our residents. I have a
hard time and I am not in either category but can't really afford to regularly miss hours of work which
equates to too much money lost to my two people/one income household, so imagine the burden that
presents for someone very low-income and single. They must feel like their voices go unheard as well.
And when you don't respond to our emails, it only underscores the perception that we are missing out on
being taken seriously by not showing up in person. You are getting an imbalanced representative voice of
community members by staying the course you have adopted over the years.
Thank you for your consideration of this email request, and again, I surely hope to have a considered
response from our area Board members.
Sincerely,
Nichole NavaChico, Butte County, CA On Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 02:42:43 PM PST, Nichole Nava <nava125@yahoo.com> wrote:
Good afternoon Butte County Board of Supervisors, I am writing in to request once more that you move one meeting per quarter to Chico. In addition, anevening meeting would be appreciated to allow more working individuals to attend. It is cost prohibitive toattend in light of the inflationary situation we are all in. Chico is the largest populated city in Butte County and as such it makes sense to at least allow for aquarterly opportunity for our residents to take part in this important civic process. There have beenmultiple times when quite a number of us have wanted to attend meetings given the topics beingdiscussed, yet we decided we couldn’t afford the time and money to do so given we must take an extrahour just to travel there and back. We would appreciate you give serious consideration of our request and grant the citizens our request. Thank you. Nichole Nava