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ALL RIGHT. SO, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE IT JUST A MOMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL IS WELL ONLINE.
SO, I'M GOING TO TAKE A PAUSE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD TO CONFIRM THAT.
OKAY, I BELIEVE THAT I GOT THE THUMBS UP.
SO, AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT OUR CLERK DOES ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
HERE WE GO. BOB REID? PRESENT. FRANCIS MENDOZA? HERE. MY APOLOGIES.
AND I BELIEVE THAT COMPLETES OUR ROLL, DID I? OH, AND ED VALENZUELA.
THIS IS WHY I USUALLY GO AROUND THE ROOM.
AND. MADAM CLERK, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ZOOM WEBINAR.
OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO SO? I CAN DO THAT.
TODAY'S MEETING IS HELD PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT.
THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT INTENDS TO HOLD MEETINGS THROUGH A HYBRID PLATFORM OF IN-PERSON AND REMOTE ATTENDANCE TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE VIA REMOTE ATTENDANCE THROUGH THE PARK DISTRICT'S VIRTUAL PLATFORM.
THE PARK ADVISORY MEMBERS AND DESIGNATED STAFF WILL, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTION, PARTICIPATE IN PERSON AT THE PARK DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS HERE AT PERALTA OAKS.
WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO IN PERSON OR LIVE VIA ZOOM.
ALSO, BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL OR LEAVING A VOICEMAIL, THIS INFORMATION IS NOTED ON THE AGENDA.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN.
AND I WANTED TO NOTE THAT MEMBERS CARD HAS ARRIVED AS WELL.
THANK YOU. AND SO NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVIDE A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
AND I THINK THIS IS PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE AS THIS IS NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.
SO WE HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE UNSEATED LANDS OF THE OHLONE PEOPLE, AND THAT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HUICHIN TERRITORY, WHICH IS THEIR TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL AND SHARED HOME.
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THE OHLONE PEOPLE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN RECIPROCITY WITH NATURE, UNDERSTANDING THE SEASONS AND CYCLES OF THE NATURAL WORLD, MANAGING RESOURCES FUNDAMENTAL FOR SURVIVAL, AND IMPORTANT TO CULTURAL PRACTICES, ALL WHILE PASSING DOWN THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE.
WE HONOR WITH GRATITUDE THE LAND ITSELF, THE WILDLIFE LIVING IN THESE LANDS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STEWARDED IT SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL AND WHO CONTINUE TO REMAIN DEEPLY CONNECTED TO IT TODAY.
THANK YOU. AND I'M ALSO ASKING THAT ALL JOIN AND CELEBRATING NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AS WE HONOR TRUTH IN HISTORY AND AWARENESS OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES FACING THE NATIVE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE EAST BAY, THE NATION, AND THE WORLD.
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THE PARK DISTRICT STRIVES TO PROMOTE ACCURATE AND HOLISTIC DEPICTIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN OUR PUBLIC AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR NATIVE VOICES, AND WE ASK OTHERS TO JOIN US IN LEARNING ABOUT CALIFORNIA NATIVE PEOPLES FROM CALIFORNIA NATIVE PEOPLES.PLEASE VISIT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT'S WEBSITE FOR PROGRAMS. AS THE PARK DISTRICT CONTINUES TO CELEBRATE NOVEMBER, WHICH IS NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.
WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER TODAY WHO IS PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.
MEMBER MARSH. DIRECTOR MARSH IS APPEARING REMOTELY.
PACK MEMBER MARSH IS PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO ASK PACK MEMBER MARSH, ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR ARE THEY PRESENT, OR WILL THEY BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM AT YOUR LOCATION? MY HUSBAND AND MY SON MAY COME IN PERIODICALLY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THEY'RE BOTH OVER 18.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW.
I DID WANT TO MAKE A NOTE BEFORE WE MOVE ANY FURTHER.
STAFF BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT ON THE AGENDA.
SO, THERE ARE TWO PRESENTATION ITEMS LISTED.
THE SECOND ITEM, WHICH IS THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2024 DRAFT OBJECTIVES AND WORK PLAN.
THAT IS ACTUALLY MEANT AS AN ACTION ITEM.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING THAT UNDER ACTION ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
IT'LL BE FIVE ROMAN NUMERAL ONE.
[Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda]
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED ONE OF THREE WAYS.
ONE WOULD BE VIA EMAIL TO PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THEY MAY ALSO SUBMIT IT VIA VOICEMAIL AT (510) 544-2002 AND LEAVE A MESSAGE WHICH WILL BE TRANSCRIBED AND GIVEN TO THE PAC MEMBERS AND MADE A PART OF PUBLIC RECORD.
AND I'M JUST LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM AND I SEE SOME FOLKS WHO ARE SITTING IN THE BACK.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ITEM? OKAY. PLEASE COME FORWARD.
YOU HAVE THREE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
HEAR ME? MY NAME IS ROY KELLY.
I'M A PLANNER WITH THE TRAILS PROGRAM HERE, UPSTAIRS AT THE EAST BAY PARKS.
SO, GUILD TRACT FARM IS A SMALL URBAN FARM UP IN ALBANY, NORTH OF BERKELEY.
ABOUT ONE ACRE. AND IT WAS A CREATED IN 2012 BY THE COMMUNITY THERE.
AND IT'S STILL RUN BY THE COMMUNITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UC BERKELEY, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER COMPONENTS SUCH AS THE CITY OF ALBANY AND THE ALBANY SCHOOL BOARD. SO, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF AN HONOR OF REPRESENTING THE FARM AS PART OF MY GRAD WORK, GRAD STUDENT WORK AS A UC BERKELEY GRAD STUDENT A FEW YEARS BACK, AND ALSO CONTINUING TO VOLUNTEER THERE.
SO, THERE'S PRODUCE OVER THERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS IN RELATION TO WHAT THE CHAIRWOMAN WAS SAYING.
THEY WORK WITH THE LAND TRUST TO ACTIVELY STEWARD THE LAND.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE BEEN PROUD OF.
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CAN BE FOUND IN THIS CORRIDOR ALONG THE EAST BAY AREA.THEY'RE ALLOWED TO STAY THERE AND HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE HUMAN COMMUNITY THERE.
THERE'S PLENTY OF PRODUCE TO GO AROUND.
AND A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, SOME QR CODES IF YOU'D LIKE TO SCAN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO, I JUST WANTED TO PROMOTE THE GUILD TRACT FARM.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, JULIA AND ERICH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE IN PERSON WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE COMING FORWARD.
IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON A NON-AGENDA ITEM? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED.
AND THEN HAS THE CLERK RECEIVED ANY EMAILS OR SPEAKER'S CARDS? OKAY. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DID NOT.
AND I'M SHARING WITH FOLKS THAT WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ABOUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, INCLUDING THE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM DIRECTOR COFFEY THE PRESENTATIONS AND ACTION ITEMS WE'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY, THE PARK DISTRICT 2024 BUDGET, AS WELL AS THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2024 DRAFT OBJECTIVES AND WORK PLAN, AS WELL AS THE REPORT FROM THE CHAIR.
[Informational Items]
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM DIRECTOR COFFEY.SO, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS.
DIRECTOR. ARE WE APPROVING THE MINUTES?
[Approval of Minutes]
I'M SORRY. YES.THANK YOU. I SKIPPED OVER THAT.
WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FIRST.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MOVE, OKAY, THANK YOU.
YEAH. DID YOU HAVE A CHANGE? YEAH, I WAS ASKED.
OKAY, SO LET ME ASK MEMBER CLAXTON.
WOULD YOU APPROVE? ARE YOU MOVING APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES WITH THAT AMENDMENT? YES. OKAY, GREAT.
THANK YOU. OKAY. AND I THOUGHT I HEARD A SECOND.
WAS THAT ONE OF THE BOBS? OKAY, OKAY.
YES. SO, MEMBER SIMMONS HAS SECONDED.
THANK YOU. AND, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
YES. AND WE'LL GO IN ORDER OF THE ROOM.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR COMMENTS FROM DIRECTOR COFFEY.
IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK AMONG THE PACK AND YOUR CURRENT MEMBERSHIP.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEW MEMBERS OF THE PACK.
BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, MY NAME AGAIN IS COLIN COFFEY.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM WARD SEVEN, WHICH IS NORTHERN CONTRA COSTA, BASICALLY THE HIGHWAY FOUR CORRIDOR FROM HERCULES ALL THE WAY OUT TO BRENTWOOD.
AND I'VE BEEN ON THE ELECTED BOARDS SEVEN YEARS NOW GOING ON EIGHT.
AND PRIOR TO THAT, I SERVED ON THE PAC FOR 13 YEARS EIGHT, AS AN APPOINTEE OF MY PREDECESSOR, DIRECTOR TED RADTKE.
AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS AFTER BEING OFF THE PAC FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, I WAS SERVING AS AN APPOINTEE OF THE CONTRA COSTA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SO, IT IS ALWAYS FUN FOR ME TO COME BACK AND BE IN THIS POSITION TO REPORT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THOUGH SOME FOLKS HAVE BEEN AROUND BEFORE.
BOB, YOU'VE BEEN YOU AND I SERVED ON THE PAC TOGETHER AT ONE POINT.
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SO, YOU'RE BACK.YOU HAD TWO ROUNDS LIKE I HAD TWO ROUNDS.
AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND BE IN THE SAME, SAME BODY ONCE AGAIN.
WE HAVE A CAUCUS ON THE ELECTED BOARD OF PAC MEMBERS OLIVIA AND JOHN MERCURIO AND ME.
NOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.
SO, IT'S INTERESTING AND IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PAC, TO THE DISTRICT AND TO OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF INPUT THAT WE GET FROM THIS MEMBERSHIP AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN PROVIDING FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE PARK DISTRICT.
I WANTED TO JUST TALK A COUPLE OF MINUTES TODAY ABOUT SOMETHING I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT, WITH SOME EXCITEMENT IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT YEAR, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE RENEWED MASTER PLANNING PROCESS IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN JANUARY OR THEREABOUTS.
SO, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT, FOLKS TAKE A LOOK AT THE ZOOM RECORDING OF THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF NOVEMBER 1ST TO SEE BRIAN'S PRESENTATION SO THAT YOU'LL HEAR IT ONCE AGAIN AND BE MORE ATTUNED TO THE DETAILS, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY DETAILED REPORT.
WHEN IT COMES TO THIS BODY IN JANUARY I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN PREPARATION OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S 2013 MASTER PLAN.
AND IN 2012 AND 2013, MY MEMORIES, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A TWO-YEAR PROCESS OF REPORTING FROM THE PLANNERS AND ATTENDING PUBLIC HEARINGS AND PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS, AND ULTIMATELY VOTING AT THE PAC LEVEL ON APPROVAL.
AFTER MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND PAC INPUT BEFORE IT WAS ADOPTED.
AND OF COURSE, THEY'RE DESIGNED FOR ABOUT A TEN-YEAR SHELF LIFE.
THESE MASTER PLANS, THEY ARE OUR GUIDANCE, OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR MAIN SOURCE OF WHAT THE DISTRICT'S HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH OVER ITS THE COURSE OF ITS NEXT TEN YEARS OR SO. THERE ISN'T A DATE CERTAIN APPLIED TO IT.
SO OUT OF DATE THAT WE DON'T LOOK AT IT.
I LOOK AT IT ALL THE TIME AND IT CONTINUES TO BE USEFUL.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO START THAT PROCESS.
OF COURSE, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS TO SOME DEGREE, BUT IN EARNEST NEXT YEAR.
SO, KNOWING THIS, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT CROSSES HAS CROSSED MY MIND FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW OF WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT PRESENTS FOR THOSE OF US ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THOSE OF US AT THE PAC IN PARTICULAR SINCE THE PAC WILL HAVE A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT ROLES IN THE PROCESS. I RECALL HAVING THAT ROLE IN 2013.
AND FROM WHAT I'M READING PLAN, THE PLANNERS ARE ANTICIPATING EVEN MORE PAC MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS THIS TIME AROUND.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE QUITE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROCESS.
WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, KIND OF CASUALLY BY THE PLANNERS AND THE GENERAL MANAGER, IS THAT THEY LEARNED THAT MUCH OF THE MASTER PLANNING THAT HAS GONE ON WITH THE PARK DISTRICT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES HAS BEEN WHAT YOU WOULD CALL UPDATE PLANNING.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE THIS THICK DOCUMENT.
IT'S DOWN THERE ON THE ON THE TABLE, AND WE GO THROUGH IT, AND WE UPDATE IT.
SO, BEFORE 2013, THERE WAS A 97 PLAN.
AND FROM WHAT I GATHER, AND I HAVE THUMBED THROUGH SOME OF THESE PAST PLANS, THEY ALL LOOK ALIKE IN OUTLINE AND IN TOPICS AND MUCH OF THE TEXT BECAUSE.
SO, THEY DO LOOK ALIKE WITH UPDATES FOR CHANGES IN WHAT'S OCCURRED IN THE VARIOUS FACETS OF THE MASTER PLAN.
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THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT THIS TIME, THEY, BEING OUR PLANNERS, BRIAN HOLT IN PARTICULAR, WHO'S LEADING THIS PROCESS? THE FIRST INDICATION IS HE HAS COME TO US IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, HAS COME TO US WITH WHAT THEY ARE CHARACTERIZING AS DEVELOPMENT OF A, QUOTE, NEW SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN.NEXT YEAR IS OUR 90TH ANNIVERSARY, AND THEY PLAN TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH ALL OF US.
TO START A NEW PLAN AND NOT JUST TAKE THE OLD PLAN, THE 2013 PLAN AND GO THROUGH IT AND UPDATE IT.
AS BOB'S BEEN A MAYOR AND A COUNCILMAN, AND CARLIN KNOWS THE CONCEPT OF ZERO-BASED BUDGETING.
THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING PLANNING CONSULTANTS TO DO THIS.
WE'VE ALL BEEN INTERVIEWED BY A CONSULTANT WHO HELPS US HIRE THE CONSULTANT.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT. AND THAT ALL TOOK PLACE OVER THE LAST MONTH.
AND BOARD MEMBERS WERE ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
I CAN SHARE SEVERAL OF THEM WITH YOU.
BUT WHAT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD.
JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF THE PRESENTATION YOU'LL GET FROM BRIAN.
AND SO, YOU CAN WORK ON IT IS A VERY INTERESTING ROLE FOR PAC.
SO, NOTE TO SELF, NOTE TO ME AS A BOARD MEMBER FROM THE PLANNERS.
WE PLANNERS ARE GOING TO WORK ALONG WITH YOURSELF AND RESPECTIVE PAC MEMBERS TO VISIT VARIOUS PARK SITES WITHIN YOUR WARD, AND TO ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION WITH STAFF REGARDING WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN AND HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED. ONCE THIS INTERNAL OUTREACH IS COMPLETED INVOLVING YOU FOLKS AND BOARD MEMBERS, WE WILL WORK TO, IN PARTNERSHIP, IDENTIFY THE EXTERNAL PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS ACTIVE IN YOUR WARD, IN THIS CASE, MY WARD, AND BEGIN MORE EXTERNAL OUTREACH.
INFORMATION GAINED FROM THESE LISTENING TOURS, ALONG WITH EXTENSIVE INFORMATION THAT IS BEING COMPILED BY PLANNING TRAILS AND THE GIS STAFF, WILL BE ASSEMBLED INTO A COMPREHENSIVE WARD REPORT THAT WILL CONTAIN A SERIES OF MAPS, DATA AND OTHER INFORMATION THAT WILL PROVIDE A BASELINE SNAPSHOT OF THE FACILITIES, INTERESTS, NEEDS, RESOURCES, ETC.
THESE WARD REPORTS WILL THEN BE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR USE AS A BOARD MEMBER OR PAC USE.
AS WE CONTINUE OUTREACH EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, BUT IT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE PUBLICLY AND TO THE FUTURE CONSULTING TEAM TO PROVIDE BASELINE INFORMATION REGARDING THE VARIOUS WARDS.
AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING THAT'S BIG NEXT YEAR? ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE BEGUN COORDINATION WITH THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT REGARDING COORDINATION OF THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN OUTREACH PROGRAM, WITH THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY ACTIVITIES PLANNED THROUGHOUT 2024.
SO, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TWO MAJOR PROGRAMS GOING ON IN 2024.
WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY, AND WE'RE GOING TO TIE THAT IN SOMEWHAT TO PLANNING FOR THE NEXT CENTURY OF THE EXISTENCE OF THIS PARK DISTRICT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING ALL OF US CAN, I THINK, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE JOB WE'RE HERE TO DO, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP LEAVING WHEN WE RETIRE FROM OUR PARK DISTRICT ACTIVITIES IS WHAT WE PLANT FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.
AND I FREQUENTLY LOOK BACK ON THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE 1930S AND THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH THAT MEANS TO US AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO DO FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
SO THAT THAT PROCESS HAS BEGUN.
I'M EXCITED BY THE FACET OF THIS THAT DIDN'T EXIST WHEN WE WERE DOING IT LAST TIME OF, I GET TO WORK WITH MY APPOINTEES ED AND DENISHA AND OTHERS.
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IF YOU'RE NOT APPOINTED BY A WARD ELECTED WARD MEMBER.JUST WHICH WARD YOU LIVE IN; I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE ASSIGNMENT.
SO, IF THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE OR SPECIAL DISTRICTS OR THE UNION YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL BY GETTING TOGETHER WITH THE WARD DIRECTOR AND GOING FORTH INTO THE PARKS AND INTO THE TRAILS WITH A PLANNER, WITH OUR STAFF AND CONDUCT THESE LISTENING TOURS AND COME UP WITH IDEAS FOR WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.
SO, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THERE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN 2012 OR 2013.
I SPOKE TO TED RADTKE FREQUENTLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE 2013 PLAN.
I REMEMBER SITTING WITH HIM DURING SOME PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS LOOKING AT MAPS.
AND SO, SO I HAD THAT RELATIONSHIP, BUT IT WASN'T FORMAL.
IT WASN'T A PLANNED ACTIVITY FOR PAC MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS, AS IT APPARENTLY IS FOR THIS ROUND.
I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO GET A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
YES. AND SO, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM.
SO, THIS ISN'T JUST YOUR APPROACH, DIRECTOR COFFEY.
EVERY DIRECTOR IS GOING TO BE TAKING THIS APPROACH IN THEIR AWARDS.
SO WHAT QUESTIONS, IF ANY, DO YOU, ANY OF THE PAC MEMBERS HAVE? YES, SUSIE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
THE WORK PLAN. IT'S ONE PIECE OF YOUR WORK PLAN.
RIGHT, RIGHT. SO, AND I WROTE DOWN THAT I'D LIKE TO ATTEND WARD THREE, AND YOU SAID I WAS INVITED.
AND I'LL TALK TO DENNIS ABOUT IT.
AND WHEN WILL WE KNOW WHEN THOSE MIGHT BE? SOMETIME IN 24 OR.
OKAY. YEAH, I HAVE I WOULDN'T VENTURE TO GUESS A WEEK OR A MONTH WHEN THAT PROCESS STARTS.
YEAH, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S REFRESHING, I THINK, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND SAY, WELL, LET'S JUST KIND OF GET BACK TO BASICS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN BUILD. WHAT'S BEEN BUILT RIGHT NOW IS GREAT, AND IT'S WORKING, AND IT'S ACCOMPLISHED A GREAT DEAL.
SO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T SHORTCHANGE OR BACKTRACK ANY OF THAT.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD NOW, PARTICULARLY HAVING TO DO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS RECOGNIZED FORCE OF NATURE UNTIL FAIRLY RECENTLY.
AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GET LESSER.
SO, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WERE ANY PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON DEALING WITH THAT SORT OF IN THE PREAMBLE OR THE DIRECTIONS AND HOW TO SET UP THIS PLAN? ABSOLUTELY.
I'M GUESSING THEY'LL UNLIKE ANY PREVIOUS MASTER PLAN.
JUST THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE'RE SPENDING ON WILDFIRE MITIGATION AND ANTICIPATION OF CONTINUED DIFFICULTIES WITH THE EXTREME WEATHER WHIPLASH THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY DEVOTING A LOT OF RESOURCES, A LOT MORE MONEY THAN, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THIS BOARD IN 2017 FOR CLIMATE RELATED ISSUES AND CLIMATE PLANNING.
AT THIS POINT, THERE ARE TRAILS OUT THERE THAT WERE BUILT MORE THAN TEN YEARS AGO.
I'M THINKING, FOR INSTANCE, OF THE DOTSON MARSH THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO BE ABOVE WATER OUT ON THE SHORELINE 60 YEARS FROM NOW.
AND THAT WAS AT LEAST TEN YEARS AGO, THAT MAYBE MORE THAN THAT TRAIL WAS BUILT.
SO, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
I THINK AT THIS POINT IT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR FACET OF OUR NEXT CENTURY PLAN.
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I GUESS THE OTHER ASPECT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT COMMENT ON IS THE EMPHASIS ON DIVERSITY, CULTURAL AND OTHER KINDS.IS THAT GOING TO BE EMBEDDED IN THE PLAN AS WELL? I HESITATE TO SAY YES IN, IN THAT I THINK THAT PROGRAM AND THE POLICIES AROUND IT ARE SEPARATELY GENERATED.
SO, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE GENERATED OUT OF THE MASTER PLAN.
THEY MAY BECOME INCORPORATED INTO THE MASTER PLAN OF THE NEXT CENTURY PLAN.
SO, I DON'T I THINK WE'RE ALREADY DEVELOPING POLICIES.
WE HAVE BOARD RESOLUTIONS ON IT.
AND I HAVE HIS NAME SOMEWHERE, BUT WE'RE BRINGING HIM ON JOSE GONZALEZ.
AND HE WILL, OF COURSE, BE IMPROVING ON THE POLICIES WE'VE ADOPTED TO DATE.
AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR VISION FOR THE NEXT CENTURY.
SURE. WHAT LEVEL IS THIS APPOINTEE? IS THIS PERSON? HE'S GOING TO BE A SENIOR MANAGER IN THE GM'S OFFICE VOICEMAIL RESOURCES.
WELL, THANK YOU, IGOR. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? OH, YES. BOB. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR COFFEY, FOR YOUR REMARKS AND TELLING US WHAT'S COMING THIS NEXT YEAR.
WITH REGARD TO THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY, IS THERE A FOCUS ON A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME, OR IS IT GOING TO BE ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? ALL PARKS OR FOCUS MAYBE MORE ON TILDEN.
WE'RE KIND OF IT ALL GOT STARTED.
AND A COUPLE, AT LEAST A COUPLE OF DIRECTORS ARE PROBABLY UP FOR REELECTION.
AND LISTENING TO YOU, I THINK YOU'RE UP NEXT YEAR.
WHEN YOU SAID SEVEN OF EIGHT, I WAS COUNTING IN MY MIND AND SAID SEVEN OF EIGHT MEANS.
BUT ANYHOW, SINCE YOU'RE NOT, THAT'S GOOD.
I WAS JUST GOING TO INQUIRE A BIT, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IF, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S KNOWN WHAT THE MAJOR FOCUS OF THE 90TH CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES ARE GOING TO BE.
THEN I'LL REFER AGAIN TO CHECKING OUT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THE LAST.
I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON THE 90TH.
AND THEN AT THE FULL BOARD LEVEL, DIDN'T WE? AND THESE THINGS ALL COME TOGETHER FOR ME BECAUSE I'M ON BOTH.
SO THAT PRESENTATION HAS BEEN DONE BY SUSAN, BY THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOLKS, AND THEY HAVE CREATED AN OUTLINE OF WHAT THEY PLAN SO FAR TO DO FOR THE 90TH.
AND IT IS ONLINE AND PRESENTED IN THOSE TWO MEETINGS, PROBABLY THE LAST 1 OR 2 GOING BACK EXACT COMMITTEE MEETINGS. AND I THINK OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, SUSAN, MADE THAT PRESENTATION.
WE'RE OUT HIRING A COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS WHO WILL BE THE KEY PERSON IN CHARGE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL OF IT.
AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK IT'S ALL PARKS ALL YEAR.
AND THEN I BELIEVE MANY OF US HAVE SUGGESTED WE TAKE IT ON THE ROAD FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS AROUND EACH OF THE REGIONS WITHIN THE TWO COUNTIES IN ORDER TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP WHERE THEY ARE, RATHER THAN TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY IN THESE VAST TWO COUNTIES TO SHOW UP IN OAKLAND FOR AN EVENT.
IT'LL BE A TRAVELING CELEBRATION.
INCLUSIVITY. ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PAC WITH A QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR COFFEY.
OKAY. I BELIEVE THIS IS ALSO AN ITEM THAT I READ.
WE WERE GOING TO BE OPENING UP TO THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO, WAS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON DIRECTOR COFFEY'S COMMENTS?
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OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY COMING FORWARD.DIRECTOR MARSH, I DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR A QUESTION? NO, I DON'T, THANK YOU, COLIN, I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION.
HOW LONG DOES THE INTERVIEW PROCESS TAKES? IS IT GOING TO BE, LIKE, A YEAR LONG, OR IS IT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE AN END? OR JUST AS LONG AS IT TAKES US TO GO THROUGH THE PARKS? THEY WERE THE.
THE NOTES I HAVE HERE WEREN'T SPECIFIC TO THE TIMING OR HOW OFTEN IT'S GOING TO OCCUR.
JUST THAT IT'S GOING TO OCCUR.
WHAT I CAN BASICALLY GUARANTEE IS THAT PAC MEMBERSHIP WILL HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE INPUT INTO THE NEXT CENTURY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE STICK MS ON THE ON THE WALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, YOU ALL WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE INPUT INTO BOTH THE PROCESS AND THE SUBSTANCE OF OUR NEW MASTER PLANNING.
WHAT'S NEW HERE IS A SPECIFIC ROLE IN COORDINATED WITH BOARD MEMBERS AND PAC MEMBERS.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'LL BE DOING THAT OR HOW OFTEN.
AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ON ZOOM WITH A HAND RAISED.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON YOUR COMMENTS.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING IF YOU WOULD LIKE OR IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE.
WE UNDERSTAND ENOUGH BUDGET, BELIEVE ME.
WELL, GOING BACK TO THE AGENDA SO NEXT WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION THAT WAS A PERFECT SEGUE TO THE PARK DISTRICT 2024 BUDGET. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND INTRODUCING YOURSELF ONCE YOU GET SET UP, PLEASE.
GETTING THE LITTLE STEP STOOL OUT.
SO, GIVE ME A SECOND. WHILE I REMEMBER HOW TO DO THE SCREEN SHARING HERE OR ASK FOR HELP.
ALL RIGHT. SO, BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO INTRODUCE AND THANK JANELLE AND FIONA, OUR BUDGET MANAGER.
SHE JUST STARTED HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.
JANE ELLEN, WILL YOU STAND UP, PLEASE? SO, SHE WON'T STAND UP.
SHE'LL WAVE TO YOU FROM HER SEAT.
SO, SHE JUST STARTED HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.
I'M GOING TO SAY, LIKE, 7 OR 8 MONTHS AGO HAS COME INTO THE JOB RUNNING.
SHE WAS ALSO SERVING AS ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER DURING THIS TIME.
SO, I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH OUR TYPICAL BUDGET CYCLE.
SO, OUR PROCESS BEGINS IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.
SO JULY AND AUGUST WE START DEVELOPING OUR REVENUE EXPECTATIONS AND THEN WE START BUILDING.
ONCE WE HAVE OUR REVENUE SORT OF FIGURED OUT, WE START BUILDING OUR OUR BASE BUDGET.
SO THAT'S THE NEXT LIGHTER BROWN CIRCLE.
AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THESE LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION.
ONCE WE HAVE ALL THAT SORT OF BASE INFORMATION FIGURED OUT, WE TURN IT OVER TO THE DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS, AND THEY MAKE THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS IN OUR FINANCE SYSTEM DIRECTLY. AND THEN THE AGMS OF EACH DIVISION HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR PROPOSALS TO THE GENERAL MANAGER.
FROM THERE, WE TAKE THOSE PROPOSALS THAT FIT WITHIN OUR AVAILABLE BUDGET AND THAT FIT WITHIN THE NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED BY THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY, AND WE BRING FORWARD OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
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PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN AGAIN, IT GETS ADOPTED AT THE DECEMBER 19TH MEETING.AND THEN WE LOAD THAT BUDGET UP JANUARY 1ST.
AND AS WE BUILD OUR BUDGET, OF COURSE, WE ARE ALWAYS MINDFUL OF A PARK DISTRICT'S MISSION STATEMENT THAT WE PRESERVE A RICH HERITAGE OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES AND PROVIDE OPEN SPACE, PARKS, TRAILS, SAFE AND HEALTHFUL RECREATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND ABOVE ALL, AN ENVIRONMENTAL.
NOT ABOVE ALL, BUT VERY IMPORTANTLY, AN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC GUIDES THE DISTRICT AND ALL THAT WE DO.
AND SO THEN, DIVING DOWN INTO THOSE LITTLE BUBBLES, I SHOWED YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO, REVENUE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FIRST YEAR, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE LOOK AT IS PROPERTY TAXES.
AND THAT'S 90% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND ABOUT 80% OF OUR ENTIRE OPERATING BUDGET.
SO, A REALLY SIGNIFICANT SOURCE BECAUSE WE'RE IN THIS FUNNY CYCLE THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE COUNTIES, WE HAVE THE KNOWN INCREASE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR FROM THE TWO COUNTIES. BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR.
SO, WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF 2024.
SO, WE USE A FIRM CALLED BEACON ECONOMICS TO HELP US WITH THAT.
AND THEY DO A PROJECTION FOR US.
THEY GIVE US THREE DIFFERENT PROJECTIONS LOW BASELINE AND HIGH.
AND WE TAKE THEIR BASELINE PROJECTION USUALLY.
AND WE DID THIS YEAR AND BUILD THAT INTO OUR BUDGET.
AND SO, IN TOTAL WE ARE EXPECTING APPROXIMATELY A 6% INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES THIS YEAR.
WE THE SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE FROM THE PARK DISTRICT IS FEES AND CHARGES.
AND THAT MAINLY THAT INFORMATION COMES FROM THE OPERATIONS DIVISION.
AND THAT ACTUALLY IS THE CASE THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE SOME SWIMMING FACILITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE OFFLINE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SO, WE HAD TO REDUCE OUR REVENUE EXPECTATIONS IN FEES AND CHARGES JUST A TAD.
SO, WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH THOSE FEE PROJECTIONS.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE LOOK AT OUR OTHER FUNDS.
WE HAVE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS THAT HAVE EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE NEEDS.
WE HAVE MANY SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS THAT ARE FOR SPECIFIC AREAS.
IS MY VOICE LOUD ENOUGH FOR YOU ALL TO HEAR? OKAY, GOOD. SO, THEN WE BUILD OUR BASE BUDGET AND OUR BASE BUDGET.
I KNOW EARLIER DIRECTOR COFFEY WAS TALKING ABOUT ZERO BASED BUDGETING.
WE DO A BASE BUDGET WHERE WE CARRY FORWARD EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
SO, ALL KNOWN EMPLOYEE COSTS CARRIED FORWARD, AND THEN WE BUILD IN ANY KNOWN SALARY INCREASES, LIKE IF THERE'S AN AGREED UPON COLA IN AN MOU AND BENEFIT INCREASES IS A BIG ONE. KAISER MEDICAL PREMIUMS INCREASED 10% THIS YEAR.
ANY OTHER LONG-TERM COSTS, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
WE START THINKING ABOUT, WELL, WHAT DO WE NEED TO PLAN FOR 2025? SO, WE TRY TO HAVE ALL THIS IN MIND AS WE'RE BUILDING OUR BASE BUDGET ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.
THE NEXT BUBBLE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS COLLECTING THE BOARD, DIVISION AND COMMUNITY INPUT.
AND THEN THE BOARD PRESENTS WHAT THEIR VISION IS, BOTH FOR THEIR WARD AND FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
AND THEN COMMUNITY INPUT IS COLLECTED VIA SURVEY.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
SO, ONCE WE HAVE THOSE THREE PIECES WE PUT TOGETHER, THE BUDGET OFFICE PUTS TOGETHER A MEMO.
WE GIVE THAT TO THE DIVISIONS AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS OUR EXPECTATION FOR THE YEAR.
THIS IS KIND OF THE FRAMEWORK YOU'RE WORKING WITH.
AND SO WHAT WE LET EVERYONE KNOW IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF LIKE A MODERATE BUDGET YEAR, AND THAT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THEIR EXPECTATIONS BE A BIT MORE MODERATED FROM WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
WE HAD REALLY, WE HAD MORE SIGNIFICANT REVENUES TO WORK WITH, AND THIS YEAR WAS MORE MODERATE.
AND SO, STAFF HAD THAT COMING INTO IT.
AND THEY PUT IN, I THINK FEWER REQUESTS THAN THEY MIGHT HAVE OTHERWISE.
THEN THEY HAVE THE AGMS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR PROPOSALS TO THE GENERAL MANAGER.
AND THEN WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
I THINK SOME OF YOU WERE MAILED COPIES OF THESE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE RECEIVED IN TIME.
BUT TWO BUDGET BOOKS, I GOT ONE OPERATING AND ONE PROJECT BUDGET BOOK.
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AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, SO IT COMES TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER AND THEN SEE TO THE PAC AND THEN TO THE FULL BOARD.AND YEAH, TWO HEARINGS IN THE DECEMBER WITH THE BOARD.
AND THEN THAT NEW BUDGET HAPPENS JANUARY 1ST.
EXCUSE ME, I WANTED TO WALK THROUGH OUR BUDGET BALANCING PRINCIPLES THAT WE KEEP IN MIND AS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SHOULD GO IN, WHAT MAYBE SHOULD NOT BE PRIORITIZED.
WE KEEP IN MIND OUR MISSION TO RESTORE, PRESERVE AND PROTECT SCENIC, NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.
WE WANT TO KEEP IN MIND OUR EMPLOYEE'S NEEDS, NOT ONLY CURRENTLY, BUT IN THE FUTURE FOR THEIR RETIREMENT IS A BIG ONE, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT. ANY LEGAL AND REGULATORY MANDATES HAVE TO GET BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.
AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF THOSE THIS YEAR.
AND THEN ANOTHER IMPORTANT ONE IS MAINTAINING THE ASSETS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
SO, PARKS AND FACILITIES THAT ALREADY EXIST, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THOSE ARE MAINTAINED? WELL? AND THEN THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
SO, THIS YEAR, OUR LEGISLATIVE DIVISION CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF OVER 600 RESIDENTS.
AND THE SURVEY RESULTS THAT THEY RECEIVED FOCUSED ON TOPICS, THESE TOPICS.
SO, IMPROVING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO AND WITHIN THE PARK'S PERCEPTION OF SAFETY IN PARKS AND THIRDLY, INCREASING ACCESS TO PARKS AND TRAILS.
THOSE WERE THE THREE KEY INPUTS FROM THAT COMMUNITY SURVEY.
COMMITMENT TO TRAIL DEVELOPMENT WAS ONE THAT WAS, I THINK EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT.
EMPHASIS ON CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION.
WILDFIRE PREVENTION CONTINUES TO BE A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR EVERYONE.
AND THEN EXPANDING PUBLIC ACCESS FOR EVERYONE.
SO, TAKING ALL THOSE UNDERLINED ITEMS. NOW HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND PROPOSALS THAT ARE, THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD THAT FALL INTO THOSE CATEGORIES.
SO, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE.
$1 MILLION IS BEING SET ASIDE INTO A NEW PROJECT THAT IS INTENDED FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS PAST YEAR, AT THE END OF 2022 AND THE BEGINNING OF 20 2023, WE HAD A REALLY SIGNIFICANT STORMS THAT CAME THROUGH AND DAMAGED A LOT OF OUR PARKS AND TRAILS AND REALLY REPRIORITIZED WHAT PROJECTS WERE BEING WORKED ON BY OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, BY OUR MAST TEAMS. AND SO, WE REALIZED THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME FUNDING SET ASIDE SO THAT WHEN WE KNOW THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF, IT'S JUST WHEN IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN. SO HAVING FUNDING SET ASIDE SO THAT WHEN THOSE EMERGENCIES HAPPEN, WE'RE READY TO RESPOND.
IN ADDITION, ANOTHER MILLION WAS SET ASIDE FOR SWIMMING FACILITY REPAIRS.
WE HAVE VARIOUS SWIMMING FACILITIES THAT ARE AT VARIOUS STAGES OF NEEDING WORK DONE.
AND SO PUTTING THIS MONEY ASIDE WILL ALLOW US TO PRIORITIZE THOSE WHEN THAT TIME IS RIGHT.
ANOTHER MILLION FOR THE LAKE ANZA DAM, WHICH IS IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING EMERGENCY REPAIR BY THE STATE.
300,000 FOR CULVERT REPLACEMENT DISTRICT WIDE.
A QUESTION CAME UP IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
IS THAT ENOUGH TO DO ALL THE WORK? I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BUT I THINK IT'S A START.
AND IT'S SETTING ASIDE THE BEGINNING OF OF A LOT OF WORK THAT'S NEEDED ON CULVERT REPLACEMENT.
BECAUSE IF WE DON'T REPLACE THEM NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE COSTLY IN THE FUTURE.
MOVING ON TO TRAIL DEVELOPMENT.
IF THERE'S A LISTING OF PROJECTS THAT ARE PLANNED IN THE COMING YEAR.
THE NEW BIKE FLOW TRAIL AT WILDCAT CANYON IS A SIGNIFICANT ONE.
CONTINUING WORK AT THE DOOLITTLE DRIVE SECTION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL.
BEGINNING WORK FOR NEW TRAILS AT THE SIBLEY MCCOSKER PROPERTY.
UNDER THAT CULTURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION AREA, WE ARE PROPOSING CREATING A NEW CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT THAT'S IN THE ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION AND HAVING A NEW PRINCIPAL PLANNER POSITION THAT WILL BE DEDICATED TO THAT FUNCTION AND AN ADDITIONAL 75,000 TO ASSIST WITH TRIBAL ACCESS TO SITES AND
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CONSULTATION. 1.3 MILLION FOR THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROJECT AT COYOTE HILLS.OVER 600,000 FOR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AT SIBLEY MCCOSKER FOR THAT PROJECT THAT'S COMPLETED.
BUT IT NEEDS MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF GRAZING PONDS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, MANY OF WHICH NEED MAINTENANCE.
SO, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SORT OF CHIPPING AWAY AT A BIG PROJECT LIST.
IN THE FUELS MANAGEMENT AREA, 2.4 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR FUELS MANAGEMENT WORK.
SO SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT EACH YEAR WE'VE BEEN INCREASING OUR ALLOCATION BY 100,000.
SO IT WAS GOING TO BE 1.4 MILLION.
WE'RE PUTTING AN ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION OR RECOMMENDING AN ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION.
SO, 2.4 MILLION BECAUSE THERE'S SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REALLY WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO KEEP WORKING ON. SO PUTTING QUITE A QUITE A SIGNIFICANT ALLOCATION FOR THAT FUELS MANAGEMENT WORK.
SO HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS.
3 MILLION FOR THE MLK SHORELINE, TIDEWATER DAY USE PROJECT, 600,000 FOR THE MLK AND OTHER MLK PROJECT DECK AND PICNIC AREA 700,000 FOR THE MCKAY AVENUE UTILITY UPGRADE, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR EXPANSION OF THAT CROWN BEACH AREA.
600,000 FOR A NEW RESTROOM AND SHOWERS AT ANTHONY SHABBOS CAMPGROUND AT PUMA POINT, AND 500,000 TO WORK ON THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS OF THE TILDEN EEC.
ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S QUITE A LOT OF LISTING OF PROJECTS.
SO, SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE USED TO HAVE THAT DONUT THAT TALKED ABOUT WHAT OUR DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES AND VISIONS WERE FOR WHAT WORK WE WOULD BE DOING. WE'RE PARING THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT, PARTLY, AS DIRECTOR COFFEY MENTIONED, BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS A NEW SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN. WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THAT OLD PIE DONUT, WHICH WAS TIED TO THE OLD MASTER PLAN.
SO, THIS IS SORT OF MOVING US IN A DIFFERENT, A BIT OF A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
AND IN THE STEWARDSHIP DIVISION, THEY'RE WORKING TO EXTEND THAT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERMIT, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO PERMIT SOME OF OUR PROJECTS MORE QUICKLY AND GET SOME OF THIS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WORK DONE MORE EFFICIENTLY.
IN FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, A LOT OF EFFORT AND FUNDING IS BEING PUT TOWARDS INFORMATION SERVICES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLAN.
IN FINANCE, WE'RE WORKING ON TRANSITIONING TO A NEW DEFERRED COMP PLAN.
ADMINISTRATOR AND OFFICE SERVICES HAS BRAVELY AGREED TO TAKE ON THE CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF ALL UTILITIES DISTRICT WIDE, SO THEY PREVIOUSLY WERE IN CHARGE OF THE UTILITIES FOR THIS BUILDING AND SOME OF THE OTHER MAIN FACILITIES.
NOW THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ON ALL PARK LOCATIONS.
SO, IT'S I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH OUR ABILITY TO MANAGE THOSE COSTS.
BUT IT IS IT'S QUITE A BIG TASK THAT HE'S TAKING ON IN H.R., ONE OF THEIR BIG PROJECTS IS OFFERING A REVISED SUPERVISOR ACADEMY FOR NEWLY PROMOTED MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS.
THEY'RE PUTTING OUT AN ELECTRONIC TRAINING CATALOG.
IT'LL MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO SEE WHAT.
WHAT TRAININGS ARE OUT THERE AND THAT FIT OUR NEEDS.
THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS ADDRESSING A LOT OF MANDATORY AND REGULATORY REQUIRED TASKS SUPPORTING POSITIONS THAT WERE ADDED IN PRIOR YEARS WITH VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT IS A BIG FOCUS. ADDING STAFFING TO SUPPORT PIPELINE NEW AREAS THAT ARE BEING OPENED TO THE PUBLIC.
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AND REALLY INITIATING A RESOURCE ALLOCATION STUDY.SO, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO OPERATE OUR PARKS? WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO OPERATE NEW PARK LANDS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN OPENED? IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD, THE PARK DISTRICT'S 90TH IS GOING TO BE A BIG PRIORITY.
AND IN TANGENT WITH THAT, THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION IS HITTING ITS 55TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND THEN LASTLY COLLABORATING WITH ASD ON CERTAIN PROJECTS TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT.
SO, ONE OF THEM IS KELLER BEACH AND ANOTHER BIG ONE IS THE TILDEN EEC.
IN PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY ARE CONTINUING THEIR EFFORTS TO FILL THEIR VACANT POSITIONS, AND I KNOW THEY MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS THIS YEAR, BUT STILL HAVE 14 SWORN OFFICER VACANCIES AND FIVE DISPATCHER VACANCIES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE CONTINUING THEIR FUEL REDUCTION TREATMENTS.
I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY HAVE THE 1500 ACRES IN THE EAST BAY URBAN INTERFACE AND THE 365 ACRES IN ANTHONY CHABOT AND THEN 35 ACRES IN TILDEN THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND THE LIFEGUARD TEAM IS WORKING ON TRANSITIONING TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH ANTIOCH UNIFIED TO PROVIDE BETTER WATER SAFETY PROGRAMING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THE NUMBERS.
SO, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS BALANCED WITH PLANNED EXPENDITURES FROM ALL FUNDS TOTALING 316 MILLION.
THE BREAKDOWN BY FUND, YOU CAN SEE THE VAST MAJORITY IS IN OUR GENERAL FUND, ABOUT TWO THIRDS.
AND THEN THE OTHER FUNDS ARE MUCH SMALLER.
AND ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT OUR APPROPRIATIONS IS BY TYPE.
SO, THE LARGEST, MORE THAN 50% OF OUR COSTS ARE PERSONNEL AND SUPPLIES AND SERVICES AND THEN DEBT SERVICE INTERDISTRICT COSTS, CAPITAL OUTLAY AND THEN INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS IS A SMALL FRACTION.
AGAIN, PROPERTY TAXES AND OTHER TAXES ARE THE FAR AND AWAY THE LARGEST PORTION OF OUR REVENUES.
FEES AND CHARGES ARE 45 MILLION.
AND THEN PROPERTY USAGE 2.5 MILLION.
AND THEN LASTLY, ON TOTAL RESOURCES, 0.7 MILLION FOR GRANTS AND INTERAGENCY.
AND I'LL JUST ADD HERE, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED QUITE A BIT MORE IN GRANT REVENUE.
AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE HEARD FROM KATIE, I KNOW SHE COMES TO SPEAK TO YOU TO YOU PERIODICALLY.
BUT WE DON'T BUDGET THOSE DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WE BUDGET THOSE GRANTS AS THEY ARE RECEIVED.
SO, IN REALITY, IT'S MANY, MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, MAINLY FOR PROJECTS, BUT IT LOOKS VERY SMALL IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE BUDGET AT THIS TIME AND THEN JUST SHOWING YOU PICTORIALLY HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN.
SO, 82% IS TAXES AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS, 15.6% CHARGES FOR SERVICES.
AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST REALLY, REALLY SMALL PERCENTAGES.
SO WE'RE ADDING 15.25 NEW FTE THIS YEAR.
WE ACTUALLY SO THAT BRINGS US TO 978.5 TOTAL FTE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE WELL OVER I THINK 1100 EMPLOYEES DURING OUR SUMMER MONTHS.
SO THAT'S THE FULL TIME EQUIVALENT.
AND HERE IS WHERE THE STAFFING IS BY DIVISION.
SO, OPERATIONS GETS THE LARGEST CHUNK WHICH MAKES SENSE.
THEY ARE OUR LARGEST DIVISION.
THEN ASD IS GETTING TWO FTE FMS TWO FTE HUMAN RESOURCES ONE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS 0.5.
SO, THIS IS SHOWING YOU THE NUMBER OF NEW POSITIONS ADDED OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.
BUT COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS PEOPLE HAD MORE MODERATE EXPECTATIONS.
I HOPE THIS ISN'T GOING TOO LONG.
SORRY. SO OUR PROJECT AND PROGRAM BUDGET, WE BREAK OUR WE BREAK EVERYTHING DOWN INTO EITHER A PROJECT, IN WHICH CASE IT GETS A FULL PAGE IN THE BOOK WITH A PICTURE AND A DEPICTION OF THE CURRENT FUNDING STATUS WHERE IT IS IN ITS LIFESPAN, WHETHER IT'S IN DEVELOPMENT OR IN DESIGN AND DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION AND THEN FUNDING SOURCES TO DATE.
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AND THEN WE HAVE MANY, MANY OTHER PROJECTS.SO THERE ARE 83 THAT ARE THAT GET A FULL PAGE, AND THEN ABOUT 300 PROJECTS THAT ARE GROUPED TOGETHER INTO PROGRAMS. AND THAT GIVES YOU YOU DON'T GET AS MUCH DETAIL ABOUT THEM, BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE COMMITMENT THAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS IN THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO THERE ARE TEN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AND ONE OF THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, IS FUELS MANAGEMENT.
ONE THING THAT WE IMPLEMENTED IN THIS LAST YEAR'S BUDGET IS CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.
WITH SO MANY PROJECTS OUT THERE ALL COMPETING FOR FUNDING.
THIS PRIORITIZATION ALLOWS US TO FIGURE OUT WELL WHICH ONES SHOULD GO FIRST.
AND SO OUT OF 135 POINTS, WE SCORE BASED ON THOSE CATEGORIES THERE, WHICH I WON'T READ THROUGH.
SOME PROJECTS GET EXEMPTED FROM SCORING IF THEY'RE ESSENTIAL.
SO, IF IT'S WORK THAT'S REQUIRED BECAUSE OF SOME LEGAL OR REGULATORY OR MANDATE.
FUNDING FOR ALL OF OUR ACTIVE PROJECTS IS 50% IS DISTRICT FUNDS.
SO THAT COULD BE GENERAL FUND.
IT COULD BE OUR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT FUND.
OR COULD BE A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.
21% COMES FROM OUR BONDS AA OR WW.
23% COMES FROM GRANT REVENUE AND THEN 6% IS OTHER.
THIS IS DEPICTING SO 27.5 MILLION IN PROJECT APPROPRIATIONS THIS YEAR.
SO JUST HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
SO, IN THE PROGRAM AREA WHERE WE LUMP TOGETHER A LOT OF SMALLER PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE GETTING SIX OVER 6 MILLION LAND USE PLANNING AND DESIGN, OVER 6 MILLION, 1.3 MILLION.
AND THEN JUST A LISTING OF SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS.
YEAH. SERVICE YARD AT POINT PINOLE.
SO, THIS IS THE TIMELINE OF THE BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS.
SO FIRST IT WENT TO FINANCE COMMITTEE.
AND THEN IT'LL GO TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON DECEMBER 5TH AND ON THE 19TH.
AND SO, WE ARE HOPING THAT THE PAC WILL RECOMMEND THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE FULL BOARD.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST. I'LL STOP SHARING AND.
YEAH, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
I FORGOT TO MENTION OUR, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO I BELIEVE WE SENT THE BUDGET BOOKS TO THE FOLKS WHO WERE ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE PAC, BUT IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED AND WHO DIDN'T GET A HARD COPY.
SO. OH, AND IT'S INFORMATIONAL.
I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION.
SO. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR THOROUGH PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO SEE IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS.
AND WE WILL START WITH IRENE AND GO WORK AROUND THE ROOM.
IF ANYBODY HAS A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
NO. OKAY. HOW ABOUT YOU, FRANCIS? YEAH. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
NOTICING THAT THE WILDFIRES REDUCTION HAS A LARGE BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR 3,075,000.
ALSO NOTICING THAT THE TRIBAL ACCESS AND CONSULTATION PROTOCOL IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET AT 75,000.
WONDERING IF THERE'S POSSIBILITY OF COMBINING THOSE TWO, HAVING PARTNERSHIPS WITH TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS TO LOOK AT TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE OR TECH TO ENSURE THAT WILDFIRE REDUCTION IS DONE IN A CULTURAL WAY AS WELL AS A PRACTICAL WAY.
AND THEN SECOND QUESTION WAS ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR FLEET AND HOW THAT HAS CHANGED.
I KNOW THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT A LOT OF THE STAFF, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THE LION'S SHARE OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE DOING THE TRANSPORTATION ARE OPERATIONS STAFF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM ARE SUPERVISORS WHO ARE DRIVING THE HEADQUARTERS OR GOING FROM PARK TO PARK, NOT NECESSARILY NEEDING A 4X4 VEHICLE, BUT COULD USE WITH AN INCREASE IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT, BUT ALSO INCREASE THAT ALLOCATION TOWARDS OUR ETHICS.
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SO JUST THOSE TWO QUESTIONS.THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A REALLY COOL IDEA.
I WILL PASS IT ALONG OF REGARDING THE TRIBAL CONSULTATION FOR FUELS MANAGEMENT.
AND I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THE 75,000 MAY SEEM SMILED.
WE ARE ALSO ADDING AN ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON.
SO, IT IS IT'S SLIGHTLY MORE THAN MAYBE IT LOOKS LIKE JUST THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
BUT YEAH, GREAT. GREAT COMMENT.
AND THEN REGARDING THE FLEET WE DO HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN FOR GREENING OUR FLEET.
I WILL DEFINITELY PASS THAT COMMENT ON.
BUT JUST SO YOU DON'T THINK THAT IT'S NOT ON OUR MENU ALREADY.
IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE THINKING ABOUT.
ARE YOU SUBJECT TO CARB? SORRY. CAN YOU START FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE MEMBERS? SURE. I JUST HAD A QUESTION THAT WAS IN MY ON OR OFF AM I ON? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
A FOLLOW ON TO THE QUESTION ABOUT EVS IS THE PARK DISTRICT SUBJECT TO THE CARB RULES FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES TO HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR CONSIDERATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES STARTING AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR.
GOOD. OUR AGM OF OPERATIONS IS SAYING YES.
LUANA. WE'LL JUST KEEP GOING DOWN THE LINE IF YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION.
I HAVE A COMMENT ON THE STAFF REPORT YOU WROTE DATED TODAY.
SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THE THEMES ARE REALLY SPOT ON WITH WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE.
ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THESE THINGS VERY WELL.
SO, FIRST QUESTION I HAD, AND I ALWAYS ASK THIS QUESTION, SO GREAT PRESENTATION.
I ALWAYS IT SEEMS LIKE THIS BUDGET PROCESS IS THE FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT FOR SOME LEVEL OF STAFF.
I'M A GREAT PROPONENT OF MULTIYEAR BUDGETING.
AND THERE WILL BE SOME SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF STAFFING UTILIZATION.
EVEN A TWO-YEAR BUDGET KIND OF GIVES YOU A YEAR IN BETWEEN.
AND IT'S SOMETHING I SAY EVERY YEAR, BUT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A GREAT WORK.
AND I THINK YOU GET THE SAME RESULT, EVEN IF YOU APPLY THAT TO TWO YEARS.
YOU DO ASK FOR AS WELL, CORRECT? YES. SO, YOU HAVE SOME TEN-YEAR TRENDING THAT YOU COULD ALSO USE TO KIND OF SEE HOW YOU COULD SMOOTH OUT COSTS AND REVENUE FOR, FOR A TWO-YEAR CYCLE.
AND I'LL KEEP BRINGING IT UP UNTIL I'M NOT ON THE PAC ANYMORE.
BUT I THOUGHT THE REPORT SAID IT WAS A COMBINED 2.99.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? YES. SO, THE 2.99 IS FOR THE SECOND HALF.
I GUESS THERE'S A COUPLE ANSWERS TO THIS.
SO, THE 2.99 IS FOR THE SECOND HALF, THE 24-25 YEAR, THE 6% INCREASE IS OVER THE 23 AMOUNT.
IT'S A 6% INCREASE FROM WHAT THE 2023 BUDGET WAS.
THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR IS LIKE 5%.
THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING OUR WAY DOWN TO MEMBER REID.
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ONE. THANK YOU. NICE PRESENTATION.APPRECIATE IT. AND IT'S PRETTY COMPLETE.
BUT YOU DID MENTION PENSION COSTS.
ARE WE FULLY FUNDED? ACTUARIALLY. WE ARE NOT FULLY FUNDED, SO WE STILL HAVE AN UNFUNDED LIABILITY BOTH FOR OUR SWORN AND MISCELLANEOUS.
OUR USUAL WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING THROUGH THIS PENSION TRUST THAT THAT I DID TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY.
SO, WE HAVE A REALLY THE WAY THE PARK DISTRICT'S CALPERS COSTS HAVE WORKED OUT RELATED TO HOW WE CAME INTO CALPERS KIND OF LATE.
WE HAVE THIS REALLY BIG LUMP OF UNFUNDED LIABILITY THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT, RIGHT NOW.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR BIGGEST YEAR OF OUR PAYMENT THAT'S NEEDED.
AND THEN IT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY SMOOTH OUT IN THE FUTURE YEARS AND COME DOWN.
SO, WE'RE SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE WE STILL HAVE A BIG UNFUNDED LIABILITY, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO START COMING DOWN AND BEING BECOMING A SMALLER PERCENTAGE IN FUTURE YEARS, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.
THANK YOU. YEAH, WE'RE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN MOST AGENCIES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TRAIL BUDGETED FOR IMPROVING TRAILS AND EXTENDING TRAILS.
NOW THAT WE HAVE ACCEPTED E-BIKES MORE ON OUR TRAIL SYSTEM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR? INCREASED TRAFFIC FARTHER INTO OUR TRAILS THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST? AND SECOND QUESTION WE TALKED ABOUT THE VEHICLES THAT WERE KEEPING UP AND WERE PLANNING TO BUY IN THE FUTURE.
ARE WE PLANNING TO PURCHASE VEHICLES THAT ARE SITE ONLY COMPARED TO STREET VEHICLES TO HELP REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT THAT, LIKE THE SITE VEHICLES COULD BE RECHARGEABLE TYPE THING.
AND VERY LAST THING WE TALKED ABOUT THE STORMS, THE STORM DAMAGE REPAIR WAS JUST AT ROUND VALLEY A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH SOME FAMILY MEMBERS, AND THE STORM DAMAGE THAT'S OUT THERE WAS REPAIRED AND LOOKS VERY NICE.
IT WAS VERY NICE TO TRAVEL ON THAT PATH.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THOSE OTHER AREAS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT.
I KNOW WE HAVE A TRAILS GROUP THAT IS WORKING ON COLLECTING DATA ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR CURRENT TRAIL USAGE? WHAT KIND OF USERS ARE THEY? ARE THEY WALKING? ARE THEY ON BIKES? SO, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEIR, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY THINK INCREASED TRAFFIC WILL HAPPEN.
BUT I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO COLLECT THAT DATA AND THEY WE DID PROVIDE THEM WITH FUNDING FOR TRAIL COUNTERS THIS YEAR TO HELP THEM GET MORE DATA ABOUT WHERE TRAIL USE IS HAPPENING. AND REGARDING VEHICLES, IF WE ARE PUTTING FUNDING TOWARDS SITE ONLY, WE DEFINITELY DID HAVE SOME REQUESTS COME IN FOR LIKE ATVS.
IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU MEAN? YEAH. SO, THERE ARE THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT THE PARK SITES USE WITHIN THEIR PARKS IS ATVS OR THE FOUR-WHEELER ONES.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE CALLED.
AND I DO THINK I'VE BEEN HERE NOW 15 YEARS.
BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THAT WE'RE HAVING MORE REQUESTS FOR THE SMALLER LIKE SITE SPECIFIC ONES.
YEP. MEMBER SIMMONS, THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO LET YOU ANSWER THAT OR LIKE YOU TO ANSWER IT.
IT'LL BE AN EASY QUESTION FOR YOU TO ANSWER, BUT IT'S MORE COMPLEX TO ASK.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS WHERE ARE THE FUNDS FOR THE 90TH YEAR CELEBRATION? I DIDN'T I WAS SORT OF LISTENING FOR THAT.
YEAH. THE SECOND QUESTION AND I'M GOING TO USE THE 2022 BUDGET AS AN EXAMPLE.
YOU PROBABLY CLOSED THAT BUDGET, SAY, IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR AND YOU HAD A SURPLUS.
I ASSUME YOU HAD A SURPLUS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SURPLUS.
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT SURPLUS? WHERE IS IT IN THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION? DO THE ASSISTANT GMS GET TO KEEP THAT MONEY AND ROLL IT OVER.
DOES THE BOARD REALLOCATE IT? WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT MONEY, AND WHERE DOES IT APPEAR IN THIS WHOLE BUDGET PROCESS? YEAH. SO, AGAIN, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE MIGHT RECALL THAT WE USED TO HAVE A MID-YEAR BUDGET PROCESS.
SO, WE WOULD DO LIKE SPEAKING OF FULL EMPLOYMENT.
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WE WOULD DO OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND THEN WE WOULD CLOSE OUT THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER MID-YEAR BUDGET PROCESS WHERE WE WOULD ALLOCATE ANY SURPLUS.LAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY DID AWAY WITH THAT PROCESS.
THE BUDGET IS BALANCED WITH THE USE OF FUND BALANCE.
SO, WE ALREADY HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT OUR OVERAGE IS GOING TO BE.
SO, IT'S SOMETHING WE STARTED DOING LAST YEAR AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT MORE LAST YEAR.
I DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS A REALLY BIG CHANGE FOR PEOPLE TO GET AWAY FROM THAT MID-YEAR EXPECTATION OF LIKE, DON'T WORRY, I DIDN'T GET IT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, SO I'LL ASK FOR IT AT MID-YEAR.
AND WE'RE LIKE, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A MID-YEAR.
ASK FOR IT. IT'S IT REALLY IS A BEST PRACTICE TO DO ALL AT ONCE.
AND JUMPING FROM THAT, IT'S EVEN A BETTER PRACTICE TO DO MULTIYEAR BUDGETING.
MAYBE THIS YEAR WILL BE THE YEAR.
I DID COME FROM AN AGENCY THAT DID A TWO-YEAR BUDGET CYCLE, SO I KNOW IT CAN BE DONE.
I THINK JALEN DID TOO, SO WE KNOW IT CAN BE DONE.
JUST YEAH, IT'S LIKE GETTING THE TEMPLATE CHANGED AND ALL THAT STUFF HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
ANY QUESTIONS? YES. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION FOR THE MATERIAL THAT WAS SENT OUT.
IT'S REALLY HELPS TO GET A SENSE AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
I ALSO HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
THE PARAGRAPH, THE SENTENCES THERE THAT DESCRIBE DRAWING FUNDS FROM THE PENSION TRUST FUND TO HELP STABILIZE RATES AND REDUCE THE CALPERS PENSION COSTS.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, I THE FACT THAT YOU'RE WITHDRAWING SOMETHING FROM SOMETHING RELATED TO PENSIONS GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT FULLY FUNDED YOU KNOW, YOU WONDER WHY YOU WOULD DO THAT.
THAT WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO, LIKE INSIDE BASEBALL.
SO, EVERY YEAR FROM CALPERS, WHICH IS OUR RETIREMENT PLAN, THEY TELL US WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE BASED ON THEIR CURRENT COST AND THEIR UNFUNDED AND THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY.
AND THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY IS THE AMOUNT THAT'S OWED BASED ON THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE MARKET OR UNEXPECTED CHANGES LIKE MAYBE CALPERS HAD PROJECTED FOR AGENCIES TO BE ADDING STAFF AND THEY DIDN'T, SO THEY DIDN'T HIT THEIR REVENUE TARGET.
SO WE HAVE THIS WE HAVE OUR KNOWN OUR PENSION COSTS THAT ARE RELATED TO OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN WE HAVE THIS UNFUNDED LIABILITY THAT'S REALLY OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.
IT'S KIND OF BASED ON LIKE WHAT HAPPENS WITH CALPERS INVESTMENTS.
AND SO, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
SO, OUR RATES CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, AND THEY'VE BEEN GOING UP.
AND SO, WE CAN SEE, OH, THEY'RE GOING UP.
AND THEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO START COMING DOWN AGAIN IN TWO YEARS.
AND SO ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, MAYBE SIX YEARS AGO, WE SET UP A PENSION TRUST ACTUALLY WITH SOME OF THE MID-YEAR MONEY WHERE WE HAD FUNDS LEFT OVER AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND WE SAID, LET'S SET SOME OF THIS ASIDE INTO A PENSION TRUST, KNOWING THAT OUR RETIREMENT COSTS ARE GOING TO BE INCREASING.
WE PUT IT ASIDE KNOWING THAT IN SEVERAL YEARS, YOU KNOW, TODAY WE NOW HAVE MUCH HIGHER RATES.
AND SO, WE'RE NOW PULLING DOWN FROM THAT PENSION TRUST.
SO, WE'RE LIKE TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH THAT, THAT PROCESS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS. AND SORRY THAT WAS THAT WAS CONFUSING.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLANNING IN THE SENSE THAT YOU WERE ANTICIPATING HAVING TO DO THAT.
AND YOU'VE KIND OF GOT A LITTLE KITTY OF MONEY STUCK AWAY.
ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD BECAUSE I'M NEW TO THE AREA AND WHATNOT BUT IS LAND ACQUISITION INCLUDED AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OUTLAYS.
SO, WE DO CONSIDER A LAND ACQUISITION TO BE A CAPITAL OUTLAY.
THERE'S NOT A PARTICULAR APPROPRIATION IN THIS BUDGET FOR IT.
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IN PRIOR YEARS, WE'VE SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR LAND ACQUISITION.IT'S STILL THERE WHEN WE NEED IT.
IT'S THERE, BUT IT'S NOT APPROPRIATED.
SO, YOU DON'T SEE IT IN THIS BUDGET, AND IT IS CONSIDERED A CAPITAL OUTLAY.
WELL, IT'S KIND OF YOU CAN'T QUITE PREDICT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO EXACTLY.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO, WE HAVE IT SET ASIDE AND IT'S READY.
YEAH. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD CONCERNED THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS AND I UNDERSTOOD WHY YOU DON'T INCLUDE THEM IN THERE, BUT I READ SOME OF THIS.
YOU KNOW THAT LAST YEAR YOU HAD UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF OVER $300 MILLION, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS SITTING SOMEPLACE, PRESUMABLY EARNING INTEREST, WHICH IS PRESUMABLY A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR THAT YOU DON'T SHOW THAT AS REVENUE ANYWHERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT AFFECTS THESE NUMBERS.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT AN INCONSEQUENTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, I'M SURE.
YEAH. IT'S REALLY SO LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
YEAH. WELL, ALL GOVERNMENTS IN CALIFORNIA ARE LIMITED IN HOW THEY CAN INVEST THEIR FUNDS.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO INVEST IN THIS VERY SAFE WAY, WHICH IS GREAT.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO INVEST IN STOCKS SO WE CAN INVEST IN BONDS.
SO YES, THIS YEAR OUR INVESTMENT EARNINGS ARE DOING RELATIVELY WELL.
SO, WE'RE ON TRACK TO PROBABLY END THE YEAR AT LIKE 4 OR 5 MILLION IN INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
BUT WE DON'T BUDGET IT BECAUSE IT'S SO VARIABLE.
AND ALSO, ANOTHER GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENT IS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU HAVE TO DO AN ACCOUNTING ENTRY THAT'S CALLED A MARK TO MARKET WHERE YOU ACCOUNT FOR WHAT. IT HAPPENS IF YOU HAD TO SELL EVERYTHING TODAY, WHICH IS UNREALISTIC, LIKE IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT WOULD EVER HAPPEN.
BUT YOU HAVE TO DO THIS BIG ACCOUNTING ENTRY.
SO, IF YOU HAVE THIS YEAR THE MARK TO MARKET WILL SHOW A POSITIVE.
BUT IN OTHER YEARS IT'LL SHOW A BIG NEGATIVE.
AND SO, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR BUDGET TO ACTUAL AND YOU'RE LIKE BOY, YOU ARE OFF BY A LOT.
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING. SO, WE DECIDED TO STOP BUDGETING FOR IT.
WE DO HAVE INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
AND AGAIN, AS WE'RE DOING OUR PROJECTIONS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO END THE YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND LIKE, HOW ARE OUR REVENUES COMING IN? BUT WE'RE NOT BUDGETING FOR IT.
AND THAT WAS A CHANGE WE DID LAST.
WE JUST IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR.
SO, WE'RE SEEING HOW IT'S GOING, I GUESS I WOULD SAY, AND MAYBE WE'LL CHANGE AGAIN.
AT SOME POINT THAT GETS ALL ACCOUNTED FOR AND REPORTED.
AND THAT'LL ALSO COME TO THE PAC.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS DID, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T BUDGET THEM THERE.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN.
THANK YOU. YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR A VERY ENLIGHTENING PRESENTATION.
I'M TOTALLY AMAZED AT YOUR COMMAND OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT EVERYBODY ASKS YOU ABOUT.
WELL, YEAH, THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
SO. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT APPLY THAT TO MAYBE A BRIEF DISSERTATION ON DEBT.
DEBT SERVICE? TO ME, THAT'S JUST A SOMETHING TO AVOID.
IS THIS MONEY WE COULD BE SPENDING TO SOMETHING BESIDES PAYING INTEREST? AND I'M WONDERING, IS THERE A CONSIDERED TO BE A SORT OF AN OPTIMAL BALANCE IN WHICH IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE THAT? YEAH, THAT YOU'RE PAYING OFF COMPARED TO OTHERWISE.
YES. SO, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHERE TO BEGIN.
SO, THE PARK DISTRICT DOES HAVE A DEBT POLICY, WHICH WE IMPLEMENTED MAYBE LIKE 7 OR 8 YEARS AGO.
AND IT DOES GET INTO THOSE QUESTIONS OF LIKE, WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR THE PARK DISTRICT TO ISSUE DEBT? YEAH. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS VERSUS THE COSTS? THE DEBT THAT YOU'RE SEEING.
SO BACK IN 2008, WE WE GOT APPROVAL FROM THE VOTERS TO ISSUE OUR MEASURE, WW BONDS.
AND THEN WE ISSUE THAT IN TRANCHES IS WHAT IT'S CALLED LIKE SERIES.
AND SO WE THEN HAVE DEBT SERVICE THAT WE OWE ON THOSE BONDS THAT WE ISSUED.
AND WE WORK WITH FINANCIAL ADVISORS TO HELP US STRUCTURE.
HOW MUCH SHOULD THAT DEBT SERVICE BE? WE DON'T WANT TO OVERWHELM TAXPAYERS.
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SO, WE STRUCTURE OUR DEBT SERVICE SO THAT WE ARE KEEPING IT TO BE IT'S LIKE, I THINK $5.80 PER 100,000 THIS YEAR.SO, SOMETHING THAT'S THAT PEOPLE WON'T LOOK DOWN AT THEIR TAX BILL AND BE LIKE, WHAT IS THE PARK DISTRICT DOING TO ME? BUT IT'S, WE'RE ISSUING DEBT FROM THAT MEASURE, WW AUTHORIZATION THAT WE GOT BACK IN 2008, AND THAT'S THE DEBT SERVICE THAT THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED HERE.
SO, WE BUDGET FOR IT, AND THEN WE GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO THE COUNTIES.
SO THAT IT'S A SUPER COMPLICATED TOPIC.
I HOPE THAT SORT OF MADE SENSE.
BUT WE DO. I GUESS THE BIG THING TO UNDERSTAND MAYBE IS THAT WE DO HAVE A DEBT POLICY AND IT SAYS LIKE, WHEN SHOULD WE ISSUE A DEBT? SHOULD IT BE 30-YEAR DEBT, 20-YEAR DEBT? WHAT ARE WHAT ARE REASONS THAT YOU WOULD ISSUE DEBT VERSUS TRY TO DO LIKE A PAY GO SITUATION, PAY IT FROM YOUR EXISTING FUNDS.
SO, WE DO HAVE THAT POLICY AND WE DO FOLLOW IT.
DID YOU PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE INTEREST RATES YOU HAVE TO PAY.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT WAS IT. OKAY.
WHAT? YOU'RE LAUGHING? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.
DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? I DON'T KNOW. WELL, I HAVE ONE, SO I JUST WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND.
I KNOW THAT YOU PUT ON THE SCREEN BRIEFLY.
YEAH, SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S.
YEAH. YEAH. WHERE LIKE WHERE DOES THAT FIT.
AND I IT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FUNDING THIS YEAR, IS MY RECOLLECTION.
THERE SHOULD BE A SCORE THERE.
OKAY, MAYBE YOU CAN FIND IT BEFORE I CAN, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS, RIGHT? YEAH. AND SO, EVERY YEAR IS THAT THE PROCESS? IT GETS EVALUATED EVERY YEAR.
IS. DID THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR REQUEST FUNDING RIGHT NOW? SO, WE ASKED PROJECT MANAGERS TO REQUEST FUNDING IF THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED IT DURING THE YEAR, THEY SHOULD REQUEST IT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THEY MAY HAVE, LIKE GRANT SOURCES THAT THEY KNOW ARE COMING IN.
THEY MAY HAVE FUNDING THAT WAS APPROPRIATED LAST YEAR, AND THEY'RE STILL LIKE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
SO, IT MAY YEAH, IT MAY BE THAT THEY DIDN'T REQUEST FUNDING FOR IT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT GOT FUNDED.
OKAY. WELL, I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
SO IT'S IT'S LIKE A IT'S A SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
IN OTHER WORDS, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR.
SO, WE DID HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE SCORED AND WERE LIKE, OH, THAT DIDN'T COME OUT VERY HIGH, BUT IT'S HALFWAY DONE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE STOP WORK BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SCORE VERY HIGH. SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE STILL MOVING THROUGH, BUT NEW PROJECTS COMING IN ARE GETTING SCORED, AND THAT IS OUR PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE SCIENTIFIC ABOUT IT.
GOT IT. AND SO WHAT HAPPENS THOUGH I KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT.
AND AGAIN THIS IS THE EXAMPLE I'M MOST FAMILIAR WITH.
AND MAYBE THERE'S LIKE A MATCHING GRANT THAT'S NEEDED OR A MATCHING COMPONENT? HOW DOES HOW DOES THAT WORK? IS THERE FLEXIBILITY IN THE SYSTEM OR NO.
I THINK THE THERE'S NOT FLEXIBILITY IN THE SCORING, BUT A SCORING COULD CHANGE.
BLESS YOU. BASED ON SO WHAT YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE THINGS THERE.
AND SO PROJECT READINESS IS ONE OF THOSE SCORING CATEGORIES.
LIKE, HEY, WE HAVE WE NOW HAVE FUNDING FROM THIS.
AND THEN PARTNERSHIP IS ANOTHER WAY.
THAT IS ANOTHER SCORING CATEGORY.
CAN YOU GET YOUR PART DONE? THEN IT WOULD GET MORE POINTS.
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YES. SO THE SO THE SCORING ITSELF IS, IS SHOULD NOT BE LIKE INFLUENCEABLE.BUT I THINK THE SCORES CAN CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHERE IT IS KIND OF IN ITS LIFE.
LIKE IT'S GOING TO START MOVING UP.
ON THE SCORING. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MAKES SENSE. YES, I LIKE IT.
OKAY. SO WE'VE HAD EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO GO AROUND.
SO I'M GOING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC HERE WHO KNOW.
IT LOOKS LIKE MEMBER MARSH HAS HER HAND UP.
THE FIRST ONE YOU TALKED ABOUT MULTI LANGUAGE SIGNAGE.
IS THAT GOING TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY LIKE TAGALOG AND MANDARIN, OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE ENGLISH AND SPANISH? HOW MANY LANGUAGES ARE WE TALKING WHEN YOU SAY MULTILINGUAL SIGNAGE.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I CAN FIND OUT AND GET BACK TO YOU.
THE OTHER ONE YOU TALKED ABOUT UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY.
SORRY. LISA GOORJIAN IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND SHE'S SAYING THE INTENT IS TO IS TO KEEP IMPROVING THE NUMBER OF LANGUAGES AND THE AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE.
LISA GOORJIAN. I THINK IT'S A YES.
I THINK THIS IS COMING FROM THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
YEAH, YEAH. SO THIS IS REALLY A I THINK TO REFLECT YOUR QUESTION IS, IS, IS FOR THE DISTRICT TO BE MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE LANGUAGES THAT ARE SPOKEN IN, IN THE DISTRICTS THAT WE, THE, IN THE PARK DISTRICT, THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT ANYTHING'S BEEN DECIDED YET.
AND I THINK MORE WORK WILL NEED TO BE DONE TO, TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO THIS IS A BUDGET ITEM TO HELP SUPPORT THIS EFFORT.
YOU TALKED ABOUT UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY IN THE PARKS.
HOW DOES THAT LOOK? I, FOR ONE, LIKE TO GO TO THE PARK AND NOT HAVE ANY INTERRUPTIONS, SO NO PHONES OR WHATEVER, SO I'M HOPING IT'S NOT TOO BIG OF AN UPGRADE. WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO JUST SIGN OFF.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WHEN YOU SAY TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES TO OUR EXISTING PARKS? OH, RIGHT. THE PRIMARY POINT RIGHT NOW IS REALLY TO THE PARK SITES WHERE OUR STAFF ARE, WHERE THEY'RE NEEDING TO GET THEIR WORK DONE, AND MAYBE THEY HAVE, LIKE, REALLY SLOW CONNECTIVITY OR EVEN THINGS LIKE REVENUE COLLECTION CAN BE INHIBITED WHERE WE DON'T HAVE GREAT SERVICE.
AND SO WE CAN'T PUT IN LIKE ELECTRONIC YOU KNOW, CREDIT CARD TECHNOLOGY, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THAT'S MAINLY WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AT THIS TIME.
OKAY. AND YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT HAVING A PARTNERSHIP WITH ANTIOCH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT LOOKS AS FAR AS THE EDUCATION FOR WATER SAFETY? I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S. YEAH.
IT'S THE. YEAH. THE LIFEGUARD SERVICES DIVISION HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
I KNOW THEY DID SOME WORK THIS YEAR.
I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
ALL RIGHT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. AND I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE OUT THIS ITEM.
SO THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR A THOROUGH VETTING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM I SEE LISA COMING FORWARD FOR OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
AND SO WE'LL GIVE HER JUST A MOMENT TO GET SET UP.
ABSOLUTELY. I'M GOING TO SHARE MY.
AND I DID SEND THIS OUT TO EVERYBODY.
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DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES. THIS WAS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO HAVE AN ACTION BEFORE THE BOARD PASSES THIS BUDGET, DO WE? I DON'T THINK SO.USUALLY. AND WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST WITHOUT NOT PROPERLY NOTICING THINGS AND TAKING ACTION.
I MEAN, DO WE USUALLY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS? I'M GOING TO TURN IT.
HISTORICALLY THERE HAS BEEN A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PACK I THINK FOR, FOR THIS YEAR, WE WANTED TO TRY TO HAVE A, HAVE IT BE AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THE PACS ROLE IN THE BUDGET IN TERMS OF MORE INPUT EARLIER ON.
AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO LISA WHENEVER SHE'S READY.
OH, AND THE ONE THING I DID WANT TO SAY WAS I DID SEND THIS OUT.
I SENT IT ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO AND HAD ASKED FOR INPUT.
AND SO, NEIL, WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, AND LISA AND I MET, WE REVIEWED ALL THE INPUT AND IT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE TONIGHT.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.
WHAT WE WHAT OUR GOAL WAS, WAS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SIT WITH THE DOCUMENT AND READ IT AND BE THOUGHTFUL AND THEN GIVE US TIME TO ADD THIS TO THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT SO THAT IT WASN'T JUST, HEY, READ IT.
AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE NEW IDEAS COME OUT TONIGHT, ALL THE FEEDBACK.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE LISA IS READY.
GOOD EVENING, LISA BALDINGER, LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY MANAGEMENT ANALYST.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
JUST A POINT OF CLARITY BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE SLIDE DECK.
THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU ALL ON THESE OBJECTIVES THAT WILL THEN GO BEFORE OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OUR DECISION MAKING BODY, TO TAKE A RESOLUTION ON AND SORT OF LOCK IT IN AS YOUR WORK PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR.
IN YOUR PACKET, I NOTICED THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCREPANCY.
SO YOUR STAFF REPORT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, DOESN'T HAVE THE MOST UP TO DATE LANGUAGE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
SO AS WE'RE TALKING THROUGH THE LANGUAGE TODAY AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PRESENTATION FORMAT IN THE PACKET, THAT'S THE MOST UP TO DATE LANGUAGE THAT INCLUDES YOUR FEEDBACK RECEIVED BY EMAIL IN EARLIER THIS MONTH.
SO TO BEGIN, THESE ARE OUR 2024 PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE OBJECTIVES.
THERE WE GO. AND WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THESE OBJECTIVES IS WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ACTIVATE AND BUILD ON THE ROLE STATEMENT THAT YOU ALL ADOPTED IN, I BELIEVE, LATE 2021. AND SO THE UPDATED ROLE STATEMENT OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES AND ADVICE TO STAFF AND TO THE BOARD ON ISSUES, PROJECTS AND POLICIES OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY SEEING THAT AS THE CORE GOAL.
THIS IS A TEN YEAR UPDATE TO THE AGENCY WIDE STRATEGIC PLAN.
THIS IS CALLED SECOND CENTURY BECAUSE IT IS TAKING US INTO OUR 100 YEARS.
IT WILL NOT BE A 100 YEAR PLAN.
OUR NUMBER TWO COMES TO US FROM OUR ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS A CORE GOAL FOR THEM, AND THEY WANT THE PAC TO BE INCLUDED IN IT, WHICH IS EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE EAST BAY'S BIODIVERSITY AND ROLE THE PARK DISTRICT SERVES IN PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES.
OUR THIRD OBJECTIVE IS MAINTAIN UNDERSTANDING OF AND ENGAGE ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S ACTIVE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. YOU ALL JUST DID A LITTLE BIT OF THAT JUST NOW WITH FINANCE MANAGER DEB SPAULDING.
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SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT INTO NEXT YEAR, MAINTAIN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S FUNDING PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. THOSE OF YOU WHO WENT OUT OF YOUR WAY LAST YEAR TO GO ON SITE VISITS, ENGAGE ON LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR GRANTS, AND WE WANT TO EXPAND THAT ELEMENT OF YOUR ROLE, PROVIDE COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT OF PARK DISTRICT LOCAL FUNDING MEASURES AND INITIATIVES.AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE WORD COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT THERE.
SO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
THEY ARE THE POLICY SETTERS OF THIS AGENCY.
AND THEN LASTLY, AS SORT OF A FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT OF THE WORK OF THE PAC SINCE IT WAS FIRST CREATED, IS PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON PARK DISTRICT POLICIES AND PRACTICES. AND SO THIS IS BOTH A CORE ELEMENT OF YOUR ROLE, AND IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH ANYTHING THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN ONE OF THE OTHER SIX.
SHOULD SOMETHING NEED TO COME BEFORE THE PAC IN THE COMING YEAR.
SO I'LL EXPAND ON EACH OF THESE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN I DID JUST NOW.
YOU ALL WILL HAVE A DESIGNED ROLE THAT I AM NOT PREPARED TO SPEAK TO TODAY, BUT CHIEF OF PLANNING BRIAN HOLT WILL BE HERE IN JANUARY TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL HOW WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOUR COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES HELP GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN.
AND SO WE WANT THE PAC TO BE A PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO YOUR TOP ROLE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE CORE.
WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE THIS AS PART OF YOUR WORK PLAN.
AND SO WE MADE THAT OUR TOP OBJECTIVE.
SO AS YOU'RE REPRESENTING AS SORT OF AN AMBASSADOR TO THE PARK DISTRICT, TO OUR COMMUNITIES, AND THEN ALSO AS YOU'RE PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO OUR STAFF ON PRESENTATIONS, YOU'RE TO HAVE A FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
AND SO SOME EXAMPLES OF PRESENTATIONS THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU NEXT YEAR.
AND SO THEY'D LOVE TO COME BEFORE YOU ALL AND SHARE AN UPDATE ON THAT PROJECT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE HELPING US WITH MANAGING OUR RESOURCES SUSTAINABLY, AND THEN ALSO MITIGATING WILDFIRE AND OTHER CLIMATE THREATS.
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A DIRECTION TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.
AND THAT'S OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO MAINTAINING AN UNDERSTANDING AND ENGAGE ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S ACTIVE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, MORE AND MORE WE'RE SEEING, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO JUST DO IT FOR ITS OWN MERIT GRANT REQUIREMENTS.
WANTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EARLY ON IN A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE PAC IS A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
AND SO BRINGING CAPITAL PROJECTS LIKE THOSE WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, THE TIDEWATER PUBLIC EXPANSION PROJECT, COYOTE HILLS, ETC., BEFORE THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A DIALOG ON WHAT IMPLEMENTATION LOOKS LIKE WILL NOT ONLY BE HELPFUL FOR EXPANDING YOUR UNDERSTANDING, BUT HELPFUL TO THE PROJECT ITSELF AND THEN ALSO OUR PROGRAMS. SO THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE LIFEGUARD PROGRAM.
AND THEN ALSO OUR FUELS MANAGEMENT WORK.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO BE GIVING CONTINUOUS UPDATES TO YOU ALL AND HOW THAT'S GOING.
MAINTAINING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S FUNDING PROGRAMS. AND SO THIS IS LOOKING AT OUR GRANTS WORK AND SORT OF THAT BIG SCALE FUNDING PROGRAMS. AND SO THIS WOULD BE PRESENTATIONS FROM GRANTS MANAGER KATIE HORNBECK ON THE PARK DISTRICT GRANTS PROGRAMS, UPDATES ON THE 30 BY 30 PROGRAM AND THE PARK DISTRICT'S ROLE IN IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEN ALSO UPDATES.
I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE HEARD OF OUR RESPONSE TO THE 2023 ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS AND THE STORM DAMAGE THAT CAME OUT OF THAT, AND SO WE'RE WORKING TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS IN RESPONSE TO THAT AND WORKING WITH FEMA AND CAL OES TO DO SO.
AND SO WE'D WANT TO BRING AN UPDATE TO YOU ALL.
SO THAT WAY YOU HAVE A STRONG UNDERSTANDING AND PARTICIPATION IN THE SORT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PROCESS AND ANY FEEDBACK THAT WE WANT TO GIVE TO OUR EXPERIENCE GOING THROUGH.
PROVIDE COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT OF PARK DISTRICT LOCAL FUNDING MEASURES IN ADDITION INITIATIVES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE WRITING OF ALL OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S LOCAL FUNDING MEASURES.
SO WE HAVE MEASURE CC, THOUGH WE'VE SORT OF CEASED IN COLLECTING REVENUE.
WE'RE STILL WORKING TO SPEND THAT DOWN.
MEASURE F IS THE EXTENSION OF MEASURE CC, A PARCEL TAX BRINGING IN ABOUT $3.3 MILLION A YEAR.
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THEN WE HAVE MEASURE AA AND MEASURE WW, WHICH WAS THE 500 MILLION EXTENSION OF MEASURE AA, A DISTRICT WIDE BOND MEASURE.AND SO AS THE PARK DISTRICT IS WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THE, THE PROJECT AND COMMITMENT LISTS OF THESE MEASURES WILL BRING UPDATES TO YOU ALL TO SERVE AS THAT COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT AS WAS COMMITTED TO IN THE MEASURE ITSELF.
THIS IS ALSO A PLACE WHERE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL FUNDING MEASURES WILL BE TOUCHED ON.
AND THEN OUR SIXTH GOAL, AS I NOTED, IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CATCH ALL, BUT ALSO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE ROLE OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON PARK DISTRICT POLICIES AND PRACTICES.
AND SO THIS IS AS ORDINANCE 38, UPDATES AND SAFETY PROCEDURE CHANGES COME INTO INTO CONVERSATION, BRINGING THOSE BEFORE THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHANGES TO RECREATIONAL POLICIES AND THE PARK DISTRICT'S NAMING POLICY ARE SOME EXAMPLES LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND OTHERS.
AND SO THIS IS SORT OF AS THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF BEING A GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
OF COURSE, WE'LL DIVE IN DEEPLY AS WE ACHIEVE EACH OF THESE OBJECTIVES TOGETHER, AND WE ARE SEEKING FORMAL APPROVAL FROM YOU ALL AS PART OF TODAY'S CONVERSATION AND AS A REMINDER, FORMAL APPROVAL OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE SLIDE DECK PRESENTATION AND NOT YOUR PACKET SPECIFICALLY.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT TO ERIC FOR CLOSING COMMENTS.
VERY THOUGHTFUL AND DILIGENT WORK, AND I WANT TO THANK THE PACK MEMBERS FOR THEIR INPUT ON IT.
THE GOAL HERE, OR THE HOPE HERE, IS THAT THESE OBJECTIVES WILL ARE DESIGNED TO GUIDE OUTCOMES SO THAT WHEN PRESENTATIONS COME BEFORE THE PACK THEY ARE FITTING WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE SIX OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR, AND THAT WE WILL BE USING THAT INPUT AS STAFF AND AS THE BOARD MAKES DECISIONS NOT ONLY ON THE, ON THE SECOND CENTURY PLAN, BUT ALL THE OTHER ISSUES THAT THAT LISA DISCUSSED HERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT MORE TO ADD.
SO APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND APPRECIATE THE INPUT.
AND SO I DID WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, THOUGH, IF PEOPLE HAD OTHER COMMENTS.
AND SO GO AROUND AND OPEN THAT UP.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST, SO TO SPEAK.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH MEMBER MARSH.
MEMBERS SIMMONS REQUESTED IF WE COULD PUT THOSE SIX UP ON THE SCREEN SO THAT WE HAVE A VISUAL.
AND AND SO NEXT I WILL TURN IT OVER.
WE'LL GO AROUND THE ROOM THIS WAY.
SO, IGOR, HOW ABOUT YOU? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. IT'S THE COMPLIMENTS.
HOW ABOUT YOU, MEMBER PEOPLES? I AGAIN, REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS AND WHATNOT.
I HAD PROVIDED SOME COMMENTS WHICH I SEE REFLECTED IN HERE, BUT ON OBJECTIVE TWO.
I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EAST BAY ECOSYSTEMS AND START TALKING ABOUT SENSITIVE.
YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS SOME ECOSYSTEMS ARE NOT GOING TO BE CONSIDERED IN OTHERS.
OKAY. MEMBER SIMMONS, ONE SLIGHT EDITORIAL SUGGESTION AND THEN ONE QUESTION, THE EDITORIALS ON NUMBER THREE, WHERE IT SAYS MAINTAIN UNDERSTANDING OF AND ENGAGE ON.
AND I WOULD THINK ENGAGEMENT MIGHT BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE STRUCTURE OF THAT PARTICULAR GOAL.
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ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES? THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.I BELIEVE THAT COULD GO UNDER PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON PARK DISTRICT PRACTICES UNDER NUMBER SIX.
OH, WAS THAT IT? IF I MAY MEMBER SIMMONS, I THINK IT'S INCORPORATED IN THE SECOND CENTURY PLAN.
THEY'RE KIND OF BEING CO-BRANDED, SO IT'S IN BOTH.
HOW ABOUT YOU, SUSIE? THANKS FOR CLARIFYING SOME OF MY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION.
GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.
AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
GREAT. OKAY, FIRSTLY, I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW I'M SHADE BLIND.
THOSE COLORS MEAN NOTHING TO ME.
THAT'S WHY I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ON OR NOT.
OH RED AND GREEN ARE A SPECTRUM OF COLOR THAT I HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME DISTINGUISHING.
SO WHAT I'VE NOTICED FROM WHAT THE SLIDES WERE TO THESE, THE ORDER HAS JUMPED AROUND.
SO IS IT IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE WAS ANY PARTICULAR ORDER THAT GAVE THEM PRIORITY.
BUT IS THAT SO? THE ONE OF THE EDITS THAT WE RECEIVED, ALL WRITING IT THROUGH, WAS SWAPPING ITEM NUMBER THREE AND ITEM NUMBER SIX TO PUT THE PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON PARK DISTRICT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AT THE END, NOT NECESSARILY TO SIGNIFY THAT IT'S OF LESSER INTEREST, EXCUSE ME, BUT TO SIGNIFY THAT IT'S REALLY CATCHING WHATEVER DOESN'T FIT.
AND SO THAT WAS THE THE VISION OF THE MOVE.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TO SIGNAL PRIORITIZATION CHANGES, BUT MORE TO PUT INTO A MORE FLUID NARRATIVE.
IT'S INFORMATIONAL ON THE AGENDA.
AND ARE WE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE TO MAKE THIS AN ACTION ITEM TONIGHT? SO EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT ME.
WE'RE SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT.
SO THAT'S MY THAT'S MY CONCERN IS THERE WAS A CLERICAL ERROR AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW, I MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE IN ERICH. YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE THIS.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE IN ORDER TO FOLLOW WHAT THE BROWN ACT.
I THINK THAT PEOPLE CAN VERBALIZE.
AND WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE EXPRESSING INTEREST AND APPROVAL.
SO WE HAVE DIRECTOR COFFEY WHO IS PRESENT.
SHIU IS HEARING WHAT'S HAPPENING AND IF THE OTHER.
YEAH. AND IF THE OTHER THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS CAN HEAR THE, THE SYNOPSIS AS WELL.
BUT I WOULD JUST SAY BECAUSE OF THE CLERICAL ERROR, IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT AND I WILL JUST SHARE LIKE I LITERALLY I HAVE A, A BIG CITY COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT AND THE, THE CITY CLERK FORGOT TO DO A PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER.
AND SO WE HAD TO MOVE THE AGENDA ITEM TO DECEMBER 12TH.
AND SO SO THAT'S THIS IS MY, MY MY RECOMMENDATION HERE.
SO SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.
OKAY. I WOULD CONCUR WITH THAT.
HONESTLY, SINCE WE ARE A PUBLIC AGENCY, DID YOU DID YOU HAVE SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT? DEV. JUST WAY TO GET AROUND THE BROWN ACT.
SO MAYBE HE CAN SAY WHETHER WE CAN ACT OR NOT.
NO, I DON'T HAVE MALPRACTICE COVERAGE ANYMORE.
WHAT IF WE PROMISE NOT TO SUE? OKAY, SO SO THE POINT IS, I MEAN, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE EXPRESSING, YOU KNOW AFFIRMATION, SUPPORT, APPROVAL INFORMALLY FROM THE PLAN.
SO WE'LL WE CAN CONTINUE AROUND THE ROOM.
AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE THE QUESTION SO NOBODY'S IN TROUBLE.
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AND SO WHAT I WILL COMMIT TO TODAY IS WE'RE TRACKING ALL OF THE EDITS THAT YOU ALL PROVIDE TO US.AND SO WE WILL SHARE THAT PACK FEEDBACK WAS INTEGRATED INTO THE PROPOSAL THAT WE BRING BEFORE THEM.
OKAY. SO ROLAND, WERE YOU DONE? DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
BRUCE. SO ROLAND TOOK A BIG PART OF MY QUESTION, BUT I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, BY THE WAY.
REALLY GOOD. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GETTING STUFF IN ADVANCE TO YOU.
I NOTICED IT THREE AND SIX HAD FLIPPED.
AND NORMALLY STUFF IS LISTED IN ORDER OF PRIORITY NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY SAYS.
AND MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC AND FOR ME, FOR WARD FIVE.
I KNOW THAT ORDINANCE 38 AND RECUSE POLICIES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND LIKE IT WAS A VERY BIG DEAL.
THERE WAS A BIG PROTEST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE E-BIKE POLICY.
SO I REALLY I HOPE THAT'S NOT PUSHED TO THE BACK.
I JUST THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT COULD BECOME A VOLATILE ISSUE AGAIN.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT.
AND AS WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THESE OBJECTIVES NEXT YEAR, WE WILL ALL BE WORKING TOGETHER.
AND SO ERIC AND I WILL BE IN CONVERSATION WITH WHOEVER OUR FUTURE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ARE.
LUANA, THANK YOU FOR THE VERY THOUGHTFUL PRESENTATION.
AND I THINK AS FAR AS WHAT IMPRESSES ME ABOUT THE PROPOSED 2024 OBJECTIVES IS IT REALLY GIVES US A CLEAR LENS AS FAR AS WHAT OUR PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE COULD BE FOR THE COMING UP NEW YEAR.
AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS MORE CLARITY THAN I HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND ALSO EACH OF THEM HAVE BEEN REFINED WITH A DIFFERENT INPUT.
SO AS FAR AS I EVEN FEEL LIKE AS A MEMBER, I COULD CLEARLY ARTICULATE THIS TO PEOPLE AS FAR AS WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE, WHAT WE'RE GOING OUT TO DO, AND THEN ESPECIALLY HOW THE OBJECTIVES REALLY TIE IN WITH THE OTHER REPORTS WE HEARD ABOUT TONIGHT. SO AS FAR AS WHEN DEB SPALDING PRESENTED, SO I CAN SEE JUST AS FAR AS FROM FROM THOSE PRESENTATIONS LIKE, OKAY, HERE'S CLARITY THAT'S CONNECTED RIGHT HERE, ONE WITH WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS.
SO JUST WANTING TO COMMENT ON THAT AND SAY GREAT WORK.
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, LISA.
WONDERING IF AT SOME POINT IN OUR, YOU KNOW, CODIFICATION OF OUR OBJECTIVES IN PRIOR YEARS, IF THAT'S BEEN EXPANDED TO CULTURAL RESOURCES AS WELL. AND THE WORK THAT I DO WITH INDIGENOUS CULTURES ALL OVER TURTLE ISLAND, YOU COULD ARGUE THAT NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES ARE ONE AND THE SAME, AND I'M NOT SEEING THAT IN ANY OF THE OTHER OBJECTIVES.
AND IN KEEPING WITH THE CULTURAL PIECE.
ALSO HAVING BEEN A MEMBER FOR THE PAST, I GUESS 4 OR 5 MONTHS NOW, I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM A LOT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY WITHIN OUR CONSTITUENCY AND HOW IT SHOULD REFLECT OUR STAFF AND ALSO ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ALSO IN THE OBJECTIVES.
I'M NOT SAYING IT EXPLICITLY THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF FOLKS JUST REALLY WANTING TO ENSURE THAT CULTURAL DIVERSITY IS REPRESENTED WITHIN THE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO. WONDERFUL.
OKAY. WELL, MY COMMENT IS THIS.
AND I DID HAVE THE CHANCE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, REVIEWING EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS THAT WAS ABLE TO SUBMIT AND THEN ALSO TALKING WITH LISA AND NEIL AND ERICH I THINK AT ONE POINT.
SO I THINK I'VE SAT WITH THIS DOCUMENT A LITTLE MORE.
I DO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE STAFF'S THOUGHTFULNESS IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
AND I REALLY VIEW THIS DOCUMENT AS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED AS CHAIR, LIKE TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A AN OBJECTIVE RIGHT, TO TRY TO GIVE MORE MEANING AND MORE DEFINITION TO WHAT IT MEANT TO SERVE ON THE PACK AND THE RULES AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES, BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT NEBULOUS IN THE PAST, AS LOUWANA SAID.
AND I THINK THAT THIS DOCUMENT AND THIS WORK, I MEAN, IT'S TAKEN A FEW YEARS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT HAD TO GO INTO THIS AND CRITICAL THINKING AND DISCUSSION. AND I THINK THIS IS HELPING TO GET US HERE.
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AND EVEN TONIGHT, WE ARE HEARING EARLIER FROM DIRECTOR COFFEY ABOUT HOW, I MEAN, I WAS EXCITED AND I COULD SENSE THE EXCITEMENT IN THE ROOM ABOUT HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR WARD DIRECTORS AND HAVE EVEN MORE OF A A DIRECT APPROACH IN TERMS OF INPUT INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND I REMEMBER WE HAD DISCUSSIONS FOR SIX MONTHS AND WHAT WAS THIS GOING TO REALLY LOOK LIKE? AND SO HERE IT IS.
SO IF I WERE TO TAKE IF WE WERE TO TAKE A VOTE, I THINK I'VE HEARD UNANIMOUS SUPPORT SO THE DIRECTOR CAN TAKE THAT BACK.
THE INFORMAL FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED THIS EVENING ON THIS INFORMATION ITEM.
AND WE DO HAVE TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO IS THERE ANYONE HERE? IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC? YOU'RE WELCOME TO STILL COME FORWARD.
HI. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JANE REISMAN.
THANK YOU. I LIVE IN LAFAYETTE.
NO PROBLEM. I SERVE AS A COMMISSIONER ON LAFAYETTE PARK TRAILS AND REC COMMISSION.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TO SEE HOW THIS ORGANIZATION OPERATES.
I CAN ONLY SPEAK AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY REPRESENTATION.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW CITIES CAN GET INVOLVED AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE GENERAL REGIONAL PLAN.
SO. FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TONIGHT.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WHO'S NOT PART OF THE MEETING THERE.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY WITH A HAND RAISE THAT I'M MISSING? THERE IS. THERE IS. OKAY.
YES. SORRY, CHAIR. WE HAVE A NEW SYSTEM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE TECH HERE, BUT.
OKAY, IT LOOKS LIKE AMELIA MARSHALL.
AMELIA, WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU SET UP.
AND DID WE HAVE ANYONE TRYING TO MAKE COMMENT EARLIER IN THE EVENING? NO. OKAY, GOOD.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE. I A LITTLE WINDOW AT THE TOP THERE.
IT'S VERY SMALL. YOU CAN BARELY SEE IT.
AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT THIS EVENING.
OH, SORRY. AND, AND WE ALSO HAVE SENT PERSONAL CHATS TO EVERYBODY IN THE ZOOM TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS A NEW SYSTEM AND THAT WE WOULD ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF WE MISSED ANYTHING.
YEAH. OKAY, SO AMELIA, WE'VE JUST PROMOTED YOU TO A PANELIST SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY, HERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
A COUPLE OF TECHNICAL COMMENTS.
JUST BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT FOR FOLKS AT PERALTA OAKS TO SEE WHAT THE ZOOM AUDIENCE IS SEEING, BUT THE CHAT IS DISABLED, SO I COULDN'T REPLY TO YOUR COMMENT.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT WORKED TO RAISE A HAND, SO.
HOORAY! MY COMMENT IS THE EXACTLY THE SAME AS I THINK THAT IS PACK MEMBER FRANCIS MENDOZA.
REGARDING YOUR ITEM TWO THE PARK DISTRICT MISSION STATEMENT CALLS OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.
AND YET THAT ITEM TWO, AS THE PACK MEMBER MENTIONED, OMITS THE WHOLE CULTURAL PIECE.
AND SO THAT IS AN OMISSION THAT OUGHT TO BE CLEARED UP BEFORE THIS GOES FORWARD.
IT'S IMMENSELY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THE PARKS ARE LOCATED, THE TRIBAL RELATIONS WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE INDIGENOUS TO THIS AREA, AND ALSO THE VALUABLE RESOURCES THAT THE PARK DISTRICT MUST STEWARD IN ADDITION TO ITS NATURAL RESOURCES.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO COMMENT.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? WE HAVE MR. BRUCE OLSEN.
I'M GOING TO RAISE HIM AS A PANELIST JUST TO CONFIRM PROMOTING.
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BRUCE, YOU MAY NEED TO ACCEPT THE PROMOTION ON YOUR END.OH. DECLINED. OKAY, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT FROM BRUCE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? AND AMELIA, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE FURTHER COMMENT, BUT IF NOT, THEN IF YOU COULD TURN, I WILL SAY THAT IT'S GREAT THAT THIS IS A HYBRID FORMAT SO THAT FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE CAN ATTEND VIA ZOOM, BUT I CAN'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PACK MEMBERS. I CAN SEE THE PODIUM JUST FINE.
SO I GUESS NEXT TIME I'LL HAVE TO SHOW UP IN PERSON.
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WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE ITEMS TO GO.NEXT, WE'VE GOT THE ELECTION OF 2024 OFFICERS FOR DISCUSSION.
AND IS THIS ONE OF YOUR ITEMS, ERIC? TYPICALLY WOULD BE HANDLED BY THE CHAIR, BUT WE ARE WE ARE LOOKING TO ELECT A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY IF A PERSON DOES NEED TO, TO STEP OFF THAT WE CAN SWITCH OVER AFTER A YEAR IF THERE'S A REASON TO DO SO. AND MAY I SHARE THOSE WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST AND WE CAN ALSO TAKE NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND NEIL BUT ALSO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTED TO PUT THEMSELVES FORWARD AS CHAIR OR SOMEONE ELSE FORWARD.
YOU LIKE NEIL? OKAY, SO COULD WE TAKE A FORMAL VOTE ON THE CHAIR? IS THERE AN ORDER? WE HAVE TO DO IT.
YOU WANT TO STEP DOWN? YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE MY TWO YEARS, AND THAT'S TRADITIONALLY WHAT THE TERM HAS BEEN.
SO IT HAS BEEN I MEAN, I'M GOING TO HAVE BOARD CHAIR COMMENTS SO I CAN SPEAK MORE TO THAT LATER.
BUT I AM IN SUPPORT OF NEIL HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH OF ME AND AND I WILL STILL BE ON THE PACK, OF COURSE.
AND ALSO YOU KNOW, RICK RICKARD WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR ME.
HE WHENEVER HE, I WAS HIS VICE CHAIR FOR TWO YEARS AND THEN HE WAS STILL ON THE PACK.
AND SO HE WAS AROUND TO SERVE ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND JUST HELPING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL THOUGHT PARTNERSHIP, IF YOU WILL, AS LONG AS HE WAS HERE. SO I WON'T BE HAVE THE TITLE OF CHAIR ANYMORE.
BUT I STILL AM HAPPY TO ENGAGE AND SUPPORT WHOEVER THE NEW CHAIR IS.
YES. SO I GUESS I'M MAKING A MOTION FOR NEIL TO BE THE CHAIR.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? OH MY GOODNESS. OKAY, I SEE IRENE.
OKAY. AND SO, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
YES. MADAM CHAIR, SO WE'LL START WITH PACK MEMBER PEEPLES.
ONE OF THE BOBS. I MEMBER MAHADEVAN I MEMBER CLAXTON I MEMBER VALENZUELA I MEMBER SIMMONS I MEMBER PEOPLES I MEMBER SCARF I CURRENT CHAIR.
OBRINGER I MEMBER DIETER I MEMBER MENDOZA I MEMBER.
WILLIAMS I OKAY, I'M GOING TO TEXT NEAL.
THE GOOD NEWS A LITTLE BIT LATER THAT HE WAS UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'M SORRY.
THERE WAS A LITTLE TECHNICAL GLITCH THERE.
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AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYBODY ELSE WHO WAS ALSO INTERESTED.BUT IF NOT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE A OR.
LUANA, IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING.
JUST AS FAR AS TO EVEN BE ASKED.
I GREW UP HERE IN THE EAST BAY.
RUNNING ON THE TRAILS AND HAVE BEEN EVERYTHING FROM AN AMBASSADOR TO PART OF THE TRAIL USER WORKING GROUP AND THE MULTICULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY.
SO AND, AND JUST AS FAR AS REALLY MAKE A COMMITMENT TO OUR PARKS AND BE KIND OF YEAH.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING, BOB PEOPLES? NO. OH, OKAY.
OKAY, GREAT. SO I HEARD I HEARD A NOMINATION FROM SOMEONE.
AND SEVERAL. ARE YOU SECONDING IT? OKAY, SO DEV WAS DEV WAS THE MOTION MAKER.
BOB PEEBLES WAS THE SECOND OR.
AND SO IF WE COULD TAKE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE ROLL CALL.
VOTE. YES MADAM CHAIR, AND WE'LL START WITH PACK MEMBER ROLAND WILLIAMS. OH, I PACK MEMBER BRUCE HENRY.
YES. YOU COULD VOTE FOR YOURSELF.
I PACK MEMBER FRANCIS MENDOZA.
I PACK MEMBER IRENE DIETER, I CHAIR CARLYN OBRINGER, I PACK MEMBER IGOR SHKADOV I PACK MEMBER BOB PEOPLES I PACK MEMBER.
ED VALENZUELA I PACK MEMBER SUZI CLAXTON I PACK MEMBER.
BOB REID I AND THAT CONCLUDES OKAY.
OH. MEMBER MARSH PACK MEMBER MARSH.
THANK YOU. I THINK THAT WAS I, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IT'S LIKE THAT.
IT WAS I THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
YES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW LEADERSHIP.
AND DO WE NEED I SUPPOSE THIS IS OPEN, I GUESS.
I GUESS WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE IS I SHOULD HAVE PUT THIS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE VOTED.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT PROCEDURAL ERROR.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN THE ROOM.
WELL, YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? OKAY. AND WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING? AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT UNDER OUR NEW SYSTEM, BUT THEY CAN STILL.
SO IF YOU SEND IN A QUESTION, YOU ARE ABLE TO CHAT WITH WITH US THROUGH Q&A.
CURRENTLY I DO NOT HAVE ANY CHAT FROM MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, AMELIA MARSHALL.
SO I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE NO COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS BOARD CHAIR COMMENTS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN A REAL PRIVILEGE AND HONOR.
THANK YOU FOR PERMITTING ME TO SERVE AS YOUR CHAIR OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL THAT WE'RE BACK HERE IN PERSON AND THAT EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IN SPITE OF I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THOSE VIRTUAL MEETINGS FELT MORE LIKE WE WERE RECEIVING INFORMATION AND IT WASN'T AS EASY TO ENGAGE.
BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY STICKING IT OUT.
AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM ADDS SO MUCH VALUE TO THE TO THE PACK.
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AND ERICH KNOWS BECAUSE WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER A LONG TIME.THE FIRST TIME WAS ACTUALLY IN 2011, AND I BELIEVE THAT COLIN WAS APPOINTED AT THE TIME, AS HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN, AND THAT WAS BY THE CONTRA COSTA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
OR THE SECOND TIME I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT EITHER.
SO I SAW THAT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY TO BE THE MEMBER.
AND AND SO I CAME AND I WAS BRAND NEW AS MY FIRST MEETING JANUARY 2017.
SO I WENT UP AND I SAID, OH, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO THROW MY SUPPORT BEHIND THIS PERSON, RIGHT? SO IT AND SO THEN I HAD TO WAIT MY TURN UNTIL 2019.
BUT IT WAS REALLY WORTH THE WAIT.
AND IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE.
SO BUT YES, IT WAS IT WAS ALMOST A DECADE IN THE MAKING.
YES. I MEAN, YES, IT TOOK IT'S VERY HARD TO GET ON HERE.
I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THAT MYSELF.
LEADING A MEETING REQUIRES SKILL AND ABILITIES.
I'M NOT SO SURE THAT ANYONE ELSE COULD HAVE WHEN YOU BRING YOUR SKILLS HERE.
SO I JUST LIKE TO OPEN UP A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THANK YOU. WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I WANT TO THANK ERIC AND JULIE AND LISA TOO.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MORE AND MORE LATELY, BUT I MEAN, ERIC CHECKS IN REGULARLY, AND WE REALLY DO PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND THOUGHT INTO HOW TO MAKE THIS A MEANINGFUL TIME, BECAUSE I KNOW WE USUALLY SPEND ABOUT THREE HOURS TOGETHER, AND I WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO THE MEETING AND REALLY BE EXCITED ABOUT IT RATHER THAN, WE'RE ALL BUSY PEOPLE, WE'RE ALL ENGAGED WITH MANY THINGS.
RIGHT. AND SO I WANT THIS TO BE A, YOU KNOW, WORTHWHILE FOR EVERYBODY.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU KNOW, JULIE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, SHE IS DOING THIS AGAIN, STAFFING US ON TOP OF HER REGULAR JOB BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A PERSON YET WHO HAS BEEN FOUND TO SERVE IN THIS, IN THIS ROLE.
HONESTLY, NO THANKS ARE NEEDED.
NO, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNICAL SKILLS.
AND THANK YOU, AMIR, FOR HELPING US BE ABLE TO DO THIS HYBRID.
TO BE ABLE TO BE TO, TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE FROM WHEREVER AND ENGAGE BECAUSE THE PARK DISTRICT DOES SPAN SHIU COUNTIES.
RIGHT. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THE PARK DISTRICT.
BUT BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW JULIE, ALSO WITH ALL HER WORK THROUGH THE EMPLOYEE BLACK COLLECTIVE AND, YOU KNOW, THE I MEAN, LEADING TO THE NAMING OF THE THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50 AND CONCORDE, AND EVEN OUTSIDE BEYOND PARTICIPATING IN CONCORD'S JUNETEENTH EVENT AND CONNECTING ME WITH WITH SOMEONE FROM THE CONTRA COSTA BAR ASSOCIATION TO SPEAK ABOUT THE EXONERATION OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50.
JUST I WON'T BE TALKING AS MUCH.
AND I THINK WE, I SAID I WAS GOING TO OPEN THIS UP TO THE PUBLIC.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
THAT'S FINE. AND SO LET'S SEE IF AMELIA OR ANYONE ON EXCUSE ME, MEMBER MARSH.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, MEMBER MARSH, THAT YOU ARE INCLUDED.
THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, I APPRECIATE IT.
[02:20:01]
OKAY. THANK YOU.IS THERE ANYBODY TRYING TO CHAT IN THE Q&A? WE HAVE NO CHATS IN THE Q AND A.
SO LET ME JUST PULL UP THE AGENDA AGAIN.
OKAY. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[Announcements]
ALTHOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS.ERICH. JUST JUST TO STATE THAT AS OF NOW, WE HAVE TO SIGN THE CONTRACT AND, AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE PAYING FOR EVERYTHING, BUT WE'RE PLANNING ON THE DECEMBER 11TH EVENT BEING AT DRAKE'S DEALERSHIP DOWNTOWN.
THE TIMING OF WHICH, BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE INCLUDING THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS OUR BOARD MEMBERS MAY BE A LITTLE LATER, JUST TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE'S SCHEDULE FOR A NETWORKING EVENT, IT MAY BE 5 TO 7 INSTEAD OF 4 TO 6.
BUT STAY TUNED AND WE'LL WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SETTING THAT UP FOR US.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SOCIALIZING WITH EVERYBODY AND A MORE INFORMAL SPACE.
IS THIS A MEMBERS ONLY OR PLUS ONES OR.
AND FOR THE AUDIENCE, THE QUESTION WAS ARE THERE IS THERE ROOM FOR PLUS ONES? JUST TO CLARIFY ALSO TO TO CLARIFY, I THINK THERE ARE TWO DRAKES, RIGHT.
OKAY, SO WHAT'S THE DOWNTOWN OAKLAND LOCATION? GREAT. OKAY.
AND SO IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, DON'T WE USUALLY HAVE BOARD MEMBER OR NPC MEMBER COMMENTS? AND I SEE, YOU KNOW.
YEAH. I DON'T SEE THAT ON THE AGENDA.
I MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S WITHIN THE ANNOUNCEMENT SECTION.
OKAY. GREAT. SO DOES ANYBODY WILL START WITH IRENE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED TO SHARE.
SOMETHING THAT DIRECTOR COFFEY ALLUDED TO IN ERICH SAID THE NAME OF LET'S SAY GONZALEZ, THE NEW EQUITY OFFICER FOR THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM, FOUNDER OF LATINO OUTDOORS AND OUTDOOR EQUITY ADVOCATE.
SO DO WE HAVE ANYTHING AROUND THAT? ARE WE MEETING NEXT MONTH? SO WE DON'T HAVE A PAC MEETING IN DECEMBER? IT'S JUST GOING TO BE THE THE INFORMAL GATHERING, AND THEN WE'LL RECONVENE ON THE FOURTH MONDAY IN JANUARY.
SOME FOLKS IN TOWN KNOW I'M ON THE PAC, AND SO THEY USE LAKE CHABOT A LOT, AND THEY SAY THE PARKS ARE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE AND VERY CLEAN.
THEY, THEY SAID THERE'S AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH DOG POO AND IT'S THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT? I SAID, I DON'T KNOW, I'LL BRING IT UP AND LET AND LET LET THE EXPERTS TELL US ABOUT IT.
AND I NOTICED IT TOO, WHEN I'M OUT.
IT IS A THING, AND IT'S ALWAYS A THING.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO ABOUT IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? YEAH. AND, ROLAND, MY OBSERVATION THE LAST YEAR OR SO IS THAT IT'S GOTTEN BETTER JUST FROM MY PERSONAL ROAMING AROUND.
WE HAD THAT GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
AND WE DID THE I PUBLIC AFFAIRS DID THIS AFFIRMATIVE CAMPAIGN.
THERE IS NO POOP FAIRY WITH THE SIGN.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A SIGN IT WAS A AND THAT THOSE SIGNS WERE EVERYWHERE.
AND THAT, I'M GOING TO GUESS, WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT THAT CAMPAIGN WAS UNDERTAKEN.
[02:25:04]
A LOT OF EFFORT WAS IN THAT BECAUSE OF THE BAG PROBLEM.AND SO AS SOMEONE WHO'S, YOU KNOW, DOING OUR PARK TRAILS OR REGIONAL TRAILS AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK, I'VE NOTICED I'VE JUST IT'S JUST WHO ELSE. BUT I WOULD KIND OF CONSCIOUSLY WATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE THE POOP BAGS.
BUT YES, SO IT KIND OF IT'S COUNTERINTUITIVE TO WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, BUT I'VE JUST BEEN THINKING TO MYSELF, IT'S GOTTEN BETTER BECAUSE OF THAT CAMPAIGN THAT GETS PEOPLE TO PICK UP THE BAGS AND NOT JUST LEAVE THEM THERE, BUT.
IN ADDITION TO THE FERRY SIDE SIDES.
THERE'S WELL, THE, I REMEMBER THOSE SIGNS.
YEAH. I MEAN. SO IN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF US HAS TO PICK IT UP, YOU KNOW.
SO THANK YOU FOR DENNIS WHO PRACTICALLY LIVES THERE.
SO. SO IF THAT'S GOING ON, DENNIS WOULD KNOW.
OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING. LAST WEEK, MY HIKING GROUP, WE WENT ON THE.
OH, OF COURSE, SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
LAST WEEK, MY HIKING GROUP WENT IN REDWOOD REGIONAL PARK AND WE WENT INTO THE UPPER WATERSHED.
THAT'S JUST. I'M NOT EXAGGERATING.
MORE LADYBUGS THAN YOU COULD EVER COUNT IN TEN LIFETIMES.
SO JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THAT'S ONE OF OUR SEASONAL ATTRACTIONS THAT WE CAN ENJOY.
WHICH TRAIL? WHICH TRAIL? THE ONE THAT JUST GOES UP THE WATERSHED.
IT FOLLOWS THE CREEK STREAM TRAIL.
SO, PRINCE AND STREAM RIGHT AROUND THAT BRIDGE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
VERY COOL. AND THEN I'LL JUST CLOSE IT OUT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW FOR THE NINTH YEAR, THE PARK.
YES. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? MEMBER. MARSH? NO.
I WAS JUST GOING TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO THE PARK DISTRICT FOR PARTICIPATING FOR THE NINTH YEAR IN THE IN GREEN FRIDAY, AND I JUST THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL COUNTERBALANCE TO WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS ON THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.
SO JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE PARK DISTRICT FOR THAT.
OKAY. AND NOW WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
SEE YOU IN DECEMBER.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.