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14 - 20 de Abril, 2023 © El Popular I 3A www.elpopularnews.com "MEDI-CAL" VIENE de primera página NOTICE OF HEARING AND SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD UNIVERSAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 On the 23rd day of May, 2023, at the hour of 2:00 p.m., in the Chambers of the Board of Super- visors of the County of Kern, in the Kern County Administrative Center, located at 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California, a Public Hearing will be conducted to consider the enactment of, and hear any objections to, an Ordinance establishing the schedule of Universal Solid Waste Collection Charges for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 for all residential properties in the Metropolitan Bakersfield Universal Collection Area. This Ordinance will establish a schedule of service charges for residential property which will be collected along with the County's property taxes and will become a lien on the property, if unpaid. The Board of Supervisors will also consider a Report filed by the Public Works De- partment titled "Metropolitan Bakersfield Universal Collection Area and Schedule of Solid Waste Collection Charges for Fiscal Year 2023-2024." Issues and recommendations in the report in- clude the following: 1. Designate the use of each parcel of real property in the Metropolitan Bakersfield Universal Collection Area as residential or non-residential; 2. Describe the amount of the proposed service charge for each parcel of real property in the Metropolitan Bakersfield Universal Collection Area should the proposed Ordinance be enacted, and the Report approved; 3. Maximum annual rates for universal solid waste collection for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 in the Metropolitan Bakersfield Universal Collection Area will increase as per the following: Metro Bakersfield UCA Annual Fees: o Single Residence or Mobile home (per home)** • Current Fee = $324.12 • Effective July 2023 = $368.64 o Multi-Residences or Mobile homes (per home)** • Current Fee = $299.52 • Effective July 2023 = $368.64 o Apartments (2-4 units) (per apartment)** • Current Fee = 299.52 • Effective July 2023 = $368.64 o Apartments (5+ units) (per apartment)** • Current Fee = $324.12 • Effective July 2023 = $368.64 o Condominium (per condo)** • Current Fee = $270.36 • Effective July 2023 = $368.64 o Mobile home park (per mobile home)** • Current Fee = $270.36 • Effective July 2023 = $368.64 o All Expanded Areas per residential unit** • Current Fee = N/A • Effective July 2023 = $368.64 **Fees shown include the Admin Fee of $12.00 per unit per year Additionally, the Kern County Board of Supervisors (Board) may approve future rate ad- justments in the universal solid waste collection charges based on the prior fiscal year All Urban Consumers Index compiled and published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for Garbage and Trash Collection (Series ID: CUUR0000SEHG02) without a protest hearing for five years. If, in any year, the rate adjustment approved by the Board is lower than the amount resulting from the application of the CPI, the difference may be carried over and applied by the Board to future rate adjustments. In the event the cited index is substantively changed or is no longer published, the Board will select a substantially similar index. Any affected person may submit written protests to the report. Written protests must be signed by the objecting party, indicate the subject property and be delivered to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors prior to the conclusion of the public hearing. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the Board of Supervisors may adopt, revise, change, reduce or modify any fee set forth in the Report filed by the Public Works Department or overrule any or all objections, and shall make its determination upon each fee as described in that Report. The Public Works Department has considered the environmental impacts of this action and concluded that this action is exempt from further environmental review pursuant to California En- vironmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15273 and Public Resources Code Section 21080(b) (8) because it is the establishment of operational rates and charges. Additionally, it has been determined that this action is exempt from further environmental review pursuant Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with a certainty that this action will not have a signi- ficant effect on the environment. Complete copies of the proposed Ordinance and the Report filed by the Public Works De- partment are on file for inspection with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Fifth Floor, 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California. Alternatively, you may request copies by calling the Public Works Department at (661) 862-8900 or by making a request via email at waste@kern- county.com. Anyone wishing to present evidence or be heard regarding this matter may appear at the hearing of this matter or any continuation thereof. If you challenge the action taken by the Board of Supervisors on this matter in Court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the Public Hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing. DATED: March, 28th, 2023 KATHLEEN KRAUSE Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By:/s/Megan Simpson, Deputy Clerk NOTICE OF HEARING AND SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE COMMERCIAL ZONE 2 SOLID WASTE COLLECTION CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 On the 23rd day of May 2023, at the hour of 2:00 p.m., in the Chambers of the Board of Super- visors of the County of Kern, in the Kern County Administrative Center, located at 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California, a Public Hearing will be conducted to consider the enactment of, and hear any objections to, an Ordinance establishing the schedule of Solid Waste Collection Charges for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 for commercial property in Garbage Zone 2. The Board of Supervisors will also consider a Report filed by the Public Works Department titled "Commercial Zone 2 Solid Waste Collection Charges for Fiscal Year 2023-2024". Issues and recommenda- tions in the report include the following: 1. Designate the use of each parcel of real property in Commercial Zone 2 area as commercial (non-residential). 2. Describe the amount of the proposed service charge for each parcel of real property in the Commercial Zone 2 area should the proposed Ordinance be enacted and the Report approved. 3. Maximum monthly rates for solid waste collection for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 in the Commer- cial Zone 2 area are to be set by container size as per Table A for commercial properties. The maximum rate also includes the Solid Waste Administration Fee which is charged per commer- cial unit per month based on provisions in County Ordinance and contracts with the individual haulers. The Solid Waste Administration Fee will be held constant at $1.00 per commercial unit per month (as defined in Kern County Ordinance Code Section 5.36.055). 4. The Kern County Board of Supervisors (Board) may approve future rate adjustments based on the prior fiscal year Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all Urban Consumers, Garbage and Trash Collection (Series ID: CUUR0000SEHG02) without a protest hearing for five years. If, in any year, the rate adjustment approved by the Board is lower than the amount resulting from the application of the CPI, the difference may be carried over and applied by the Board to future rate adjustments. In the event the cited index is substantively changed or is no longer published, the Board will select a substantially similar index. Any affected person may submit written protests to the report. Written protests must be sig- ned by the objecting party, indicate the subject property and be delivered to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors prior to the conclusion of the public hearing. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the Board of Supervisors may adopt, revise, change, reduce or modify any charge set forth in the Report filed by the Public Works Department or overrule any or all objections, and shall make its determination upon each charge as described in that Report. The Public Works Department has considered the environmental impacts of this action and concluded that this action will not have a significant effect on the environment and the action is statutorily exempt from further CEQA review per Public Resources Code Section 21080(b) (8) and Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15273 of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines. Complete copies of the proposed Ordinance and the report filed by the Public Works De- partment are on file for inspection with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Fifth Floor, 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California. Alternatively, you may request copies by calling the Public Works Department at (661) 862-8900 or by making a request via email at waste@kern- county.com. Anyone wishing to present evidence or be heard regarding this matter may appear at the hearing of this matter or any continuation thereof. If you challenge the action taken by the Board of Supervisors on this matter in Court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the Public Hearing described in this Notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the Public Hearing. Dated: March 28th, 2023 KATHLEEN KRAUSE Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By:/s/Megan Simpson, Deputy Clerk TABLE A Commercial - Zone 2 Cal estén atentos a las notificaciones de sus oficinas locales. Si los sobres son amarillos, deben proporcionar más información y deben responder de inmedi- ato para mantener su cobertura médica. Por ello, los residentes del Condado de Kern que reciben la cobertura Medi-Cal también deberán estar alertas para realizar el proceso de revisión y que mantengan sus beneficios. Hay que estar atentos a lo que soliciten las oficinas administrativas de Medi- Cal a fin de actualizar los datos y evitar perder sus beneficios médicos. Residen- tes del Condado de Kern deberán proporcionar información que se les requiera para actualizar sus beneficios de cobertura médica. En este sentido, la Subdirectora Adjunta del Departamento de Servicios de At- ención Médica, Yingjia Huang, explicó que durante la Pandemia del Covid-19, las normas federales detuvieron los procesos de elegibilidad anual que se re- aliza en un proceso normal para la atención médica anual. "tres años después se reinicia el proceso", apuntó. Huang dijo que este proceso consta de actualizar direcciones, números de teléfono y direcciones de correo electrónico y recomendó que la forma más fácil de hacerlo es en línea. Explicó Huang que todos los afiliados al Medi-Cal tendrán diferentes meses de renovación médica. Y, por lo tanto, según el mes de renovación, es posible que se renueven automáticamente, anotó que si reciben una carta por correo de la oficina médica local del condado que diga "felicidades, su atención médica se renovó por un año". Y si no son elegibles, si no se renuevan automática- mente, lo que sucederá es que la oficina local de Medi-Cal enviará un paquete por correo el cual vendrá en un sobre amarillo". Huang recomendó se el sobre amarillo se devuelva lo más pronto posible, antes de la fecha del vencimiento o de lo contrario, perderá su elegibilidad al programa médico. De no ser elegible, el condado enviará automáticamente su información a Covered California que es el intercambio del estado para que usted compre un seguro con un crédito fiscal de prima. Ahí, Covered California, ofrecerá opcio- nes de coberturas médicas de acuerdo con el que usted elija. Mientras tanto, la directora ejecutiva, Children's Partnership, Mayra Alvarez, dio a conocer cifras de la atención médica de los infantes en California, dijo que se trata de apoyar a las comunidades a mantener su cobertura Medi-Cal ya que estos servicios son esenciales para la niñez de California, indicó que durante la pandemia aumentaron los problemas de salud mental en niños y jóvenes. En esta cobertura médica que reciben mas de 15 millones de personas, 5.7 mil- lones son niños dependientes del Medi-Cal "Más de la mitad de todos nuestros niños en California dependen este prograna" ofreció un dato interesante, una buena parte de los inscritos en el programa, son personas de color y "de hecho, casi el 70 % de los niños inscritos en Medi-Cal son niños de color. Es un sal- vavidas para muchos en nuestras comunidades, y es un programa que sigue estando disponible para los millones de inscritos". Sobre la comunidad latina Mayra Álvarez que en un análisis federal se ha encontrado que los niños son susceptibles a perder la cobertura médica como resultado de no conocer bien el proceso administrativo y sus procesos, pero no porque no sean elegibles. "Las oficinas locales de Medi-Cal están ahí para ayudar al miembro de Medi- Cal a determinar su elegibilidad", dijo la analista asociada de programas gu- bernamentales, Departamento de Servicios de Atención Médica de California, María Romero Mora, explicó que los beneficiarios pueden contactar a personal de oficinas administrativas locales para que los apoyen en como deben respond- er de acuerdo a sus planes médicos y aprender a navegar en línea, lo más impor- tante es que las personas no pierdan su cobertura médica. Romero Mora aseguró que "cualquiera, independientemente de su estatus migratorio, independientemente de sus ingresos, puede solicitar Medi-Cal. Empecé a trabajar con niños indocumentados para inscribirlos en emergencias médicas en un plan de salud local. Eso fue hace 15 años, y estamos en una posición mucho mejor y recordó que ya está en puerta el año de 2024. Departamento de Servicios Humanos del Condado de Kern en el 100 E. Cali- fornia Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93307. Visite https://www.kcdhs.org/.