[Roll Call]
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ALRIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, UH, EAST BAY REGIONAL.
EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ORDER FOR NOVEMBER 27TH, 2023.
AND, UH, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE IT JUST A MOMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL IS WELL ONLINE.
SO I'M GONNA TAKE A PAUSE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD TO CONFIRM THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT I GOT THE THUMBS UP.
UH, SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO ASK THAT OUR CLERK DOES ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
AND I THINK THAT COMPLETES, OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT COMPLETES OUR ROLE.
DID I? OH, AND ED VALENZUELA, THIS IS WHY I USUALLY GO AROUND THE ROOM.
EVERYONE, SOMEONE TRYING TO GET IN.
AND, AND MADAM CLERK, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GONNA SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ZOOM WEBINAR, OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO SO? I CAN DO THAT.
UH, 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, UM, AND, AND DESIGNATED STAFF WILL, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTION, PARTICIPATE IN PERSON AT THE PARK DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS, UH, HERE AT PERALTA OAKS.
OCCASIONALLY, MEMBERS OF THE PARK ADVISORY MAY ATTEND REMOTELY PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT AS AMENDED BY AB 2 4 4 9.
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.
UH, 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, UH, BEGIN.
AND I WANTED TO NOTE THAT MEMBERS SCAR OFF HAS ARRIVED AS WELL.
AND SO NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UH, PROVIDE A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
AND I, UH, THINK THIS IS PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE AS THIS IS NATIVE AMERICAN, UM, HISTORY MONTH.
UH, 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 THEWE AND 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.
AND I AM ALSO ASKING, UH, THAT ALL JOIN IN CELEBRATING NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AS WE HONOR TRUTH IN HISTORY AND AWARENESS OF CONTEMPORARY
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ISSUES FACING THE NATIVE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE EAST BAY, THE NATION AND THE WORLD.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, UH, AS THE PARK DISTRICT CONTINUES TO CELEBRATE NOVEMBER, WHICH IS NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.
AND, UH, NOW I AM GOING TO SHARE, WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER TODAY WHO IS, UH, PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.
UH, MEMBER MARSH DIRECTOR MARSH IS APPEARING REMOTELY, EXCUSE ME.
UM, PAC MEMBER MARSH IS, UH, PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.
AND, UM, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK, UH, PAC MEMBER MARSH, ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR, UH, ARE THEY PRESENT OR WILL THEY BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM AT YOUR LOCATION? UM, MY HUSBAND AND MY SON MAY COME IN PERIODICALLY, UM, BUT AS OF NOW, NO.
THANK YOU FOR, YEAH, THEY'RE BOTH OVER 18.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW.
UM, I DID WANNA MAKE A NOTE BEFORE WE MOVE, UH, ANY FURTHER, UH, STAFF BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, UH, THAT ON THE AGENDA.
SO THERE ARE TWO PRESENTATION ITEMS LISTED.
UH, THE SECOND ITEM, WHICH IS THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 2024 DRAFT OBJECTIVES AND WORK PLAN, THAT IS ACTUALLY MEANT AS AN ACTION ITEM.
SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING THAT, UH, UNDER ACTION ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
UM, IT'LL BE FIVE, UH, ROMAN NUMERAL ONE.
[Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda]
ON.UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
UH, AND I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO THE CLERK WHO CAN SHARE WITH US HOW UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED.
PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED ONE OF THREE WAYS.
ONE WOULD BE, UH, VIA EMAIL TO PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, AT EBAY EB PARKS.ORG.
UM, THEY MAY ALSO SUBMIT IT VIA VOICEMAIL AT 5 1 0 5 4 4 2 0 0 2.
AND, UH, LEAVE A MESSAGE WHICH WILL BE TRANSCRIBED AND GIVEN TO THE PAC MEMBERS AND MADE A PART OF PUBLIC RECORD.
UH, THE THIRD OPTION IS BY JOINING THE MEETING VIA THE ZOOM LINK, WHICH IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.
THE SUBMISSION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS WAS NOTICED ON THE AGENDA AND IN THE PARK ADVISORY PACKET POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE NOVEMBER 22ND.
ALL EMAILS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE ON FRIDAY LAST WEEK ARE DISTRIBUTED, UH, TO THE PAC MEMBERS.
UH, AFTER THE MEETING, ANY EMAILS THAT HAVE COME IN AFTER THIS DATE WILL BE ORGANIZED AND GIVEN, UM, AS, AS MENTIONED AFTER THIS MEETING.
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.
YOU HAVE THREE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, I'M A PLANNER WITH THE TRAILS PROGRAM HERE UPSTAIRS AT THE EAST BAY PARKS.
UM, TODAY I'M ALSO HERE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRODUCE THAT WAS PROVIDED FROM GILT TRACK FARM.
UM, SO GILT TRACK FARM IS A SMALL URBAN FARM UP IN ALBANY, UH, NORTH OF BERKELEY, ABOUT ONE ACRE.
AND IT WAS, UH, CREATED IN 2012, UH, BY THE COMMUNITY THERE AND STILL RUN BY THE COMMUNITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UC, BERKELEY, UH, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER COMPONENTS, UM, SUCH AS THE CITY OF ALBANY AND THE ALBANY, UM, SCHOOL BOARD.
SO, UH, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF AN HONOR OF REPRESENTING THE FARM AS PART OF MY GRAD WORK, GRAD STUDENT WORK, UH, AS A UC, BERKELEY GRAD STUDENT A FEW YEARS BACK, AND ALSO CONTINUING TO VOLUNTEER THERE.
SO THERE'S PRODUCE OVER THERE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS, UM, IN RELATION TO WHAT THE
UM, THEY WORK WITH SEOR HAY LAND TRUST TO ACTIVELY STEWARD THE LAND.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE BEEN PROUD OF.
AND ALSO WITH THE ZER C SOCIETY, PROVIDING REFUGE AND, UM, CONTINUING TO STEWARD THE LAND SO THAT MONARCH BUTTERFLIES, UH, WHICH ARE HIGHLY ENDANGERED AND, UM,
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CAN BE FOUND IN THIS RI CORRIDOR ALONG THE EAST BAY AREA.UM, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO STAY THERE AND, UM, HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE HUMAN COMMUNITY THERE.
UM, THERE'S PLENTY OF PRODUCE TO GO AROUND, UM, AND A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, SOME, UH, QR CODES IF YOU'D LIKE TO SCAN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO, JUST WANTED TO PROMOTE THE GILT TRACK FARM.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH JULIA AND ERIC FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE, UH, IN PERSON WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE COMING FORWARD.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON A NON AGENDA ITEM? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED, SO I AM GOING TO CLOSE THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, AND BRING THIS BACK TO, UH, SO WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THAT.
UM, AND THEN HAS THE CLERK RECEIVED ANY EMAILS OR SPEAKERS CARDS? OKAY, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DID NOT.
AND, UH, I'M SHARING WITH FOLKS THAT, UH, WE ARE GONNA PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ABOUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, INCLUDING, UH, THE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM, UM, UH, DIRECTOR COFFEE, UH, THE PRESENTATIONS, UH, AND ACTION ITEMS. WE'RE GONNA HEAR TODAY, THE PARK DISTRICT 2024 BUDGET, AS WELL AS THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 20 TO 24 DRAFT OBJECTIVES AND WORK PLAN, AS WELL AS THE REPORT FROM THE CHAIR.
AND NOW, UM, I'M GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA HERE.
[Informational Items]
NEXT ITEM IS INFORMATIONAL AND WE'RE GONNA BE HEARING FROM DIRECTOR COFFEE.SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS.
[Approval of Minutes]
ARE WE APPROVING THE MINUTE? I'M SORRY.WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FIRST.
IS THERE, UM, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MOVE.
DID YOU HAVE A CHANGE? YEAH, UM, I WAS ABSENT.
SO LET ME ASK MEMBER CLAXTON, UH, WOULD YOU APPROVE, ARE YOU MOVING APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES WITH THAT AMENDMENT? YES.
AND I THOUGHT I HEARD A SECOND.
WAS THAT ONE OF THE BOBS? YES.
SO MEMBER SIMMONS HAS SECONDED.
UH, AND, UH, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
AND WE'LL GO IN ORDER OF THE ROOM.
SO WE'LL START WITH MEMBER HENRY.
APPROVED MEMBER ESPANIA ABSTAIN.
I WASN'T PRESENT AT THE MEETING.
NOW, NOW IT'S TIME FOR COMMENTS FROM DIRECTOR COFFEE.
IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK AMONG THE PAC AND YOUR CURRENT MEMBERSHIP.
THERE ARE, UM, GEEZ, SINCE THE FIRST TIME, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEW MEMBERS OF THE PAC.
UH, BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, MY NAME AGAIN IS COLIN COFFEE.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM WARD SEVEN, WHICH IS NORTHERN CONTRA COSTA, BASICALLY THE HIGHWAY FOUR CORRIDOR FROM, UH, FROM HERCULES ALL THE WAY OUT TO BRENTWOOD.
UH, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE, UH, ELECTED BOARD SEVEN YEARS NOW, GOING ON EIGHT.
AND PRIOR TO THAT I SERVED ON THE PAC FOR 13 YEARS, UH, EIGHT, UH, AS AN APPOINTEE OF MY PREDECESSOR DIRECTOR, TED RAKEY.
AND THEN, UH, AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS AFTER BEING OFF THE PAC FOR A COUPLE YEARS, I WAS, UH, SERVING AS AN APPOINTEE OF THE CONTRA COSTA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
UH, SO IT IS, UM, ALWAYS, UH, FUN FOR ME TO COME BACK AND, UH, BE IN THIS POSITION TO REPORT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SO, SO SOME FOLKS HAVE BEEN AROUND BEFORE.
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YOU AND I SERVED ON THE PACK TOGETHER BACK AT ONE POINT.SO YOU'RE BACK, YOU HAD TWO ROUNDS.
AND, UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND GOOD TO SEE YOU BEING IN THE SAME, UH, SAME BODY ONCE AGAIN.
UH, THERE ARE NOW THREE OF US.
WE HAVE A CAUCUS ON THE ELECTED BOARD OF PAC MEMBERS, OLIVIA AND, UH, JOHN RIO AND MYSELF.
NOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.
SO IT'S INTERESTING AND IT'S, UM, A TESTAMENT TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PACT TO THE DISTRICT AND, UH, TO OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN TERMS OF THE, UH, 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 A COUPLE OF MINUTES TODAY ABOUT SOMETHING I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT WITH SOME EXCITEMENT IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND, UH, I UNDERSTAND YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE, UH, RENEWED MASTER PLANNING PROCESS IS, UH, GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN JANUARY, UH, OR THEREABOUTS.
BRIAN HOLT, OUR CHIEF PLANNER, UH, CAME TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, NOVEMBER ONE.
SO I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND THAT FOLKS TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UM, ZOOM RECORDING OF THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF NOVEMBER ONE, UH, TO SEE BRIAN'S PRESENTATION SO THAT YOU'LL HEAR IT ONCE AGAIN AND, UH, BE MORE ATTUNED TO THE DETAILS BECAUSE IT'S A VERY DETAILED REPORT, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS BODY IN, UH, JANUARY.
UH, I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN PREPARATION OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S 2013 MASTER PLAN, UH, IN, 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, UH, AFTER MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND, UH, PAC INPUT, UH, BEFORE IT WAS ADOPTED.
AND OF COURSE, THEY'RE DESIGNED FOR ABOUT A 10 YEAR SHELF LIFE.
UH, THESE MASTER PLANS, THEY ARE OUR GUIDANCE, OUR CONSTITUTION ARE OUR, UH, MAIN, UH, UH, SOURCE OF, UH, WHAT THE DISTRICT'S HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH OVER.
ITS, UH, THE COURSE OF ITS NEXT 10 YEARS OR SO.
THERE ISN'T A DATE CERTAIN APPLIED TO IT.
UH, THE 2013 PLAN IS NOT OUT, 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 GONNA START THAT PROCESS.
OF COURSE, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS TO SOME DEGREE, BUT IN EARNEST NEXT YEAR.
UH, SO KNOWING THIS, IT'S, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT CROSSES, HAS CROSSED MY MIND FOR A COUPLE 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.
UH, SINCE THE PAC WILL HAVE A LOT OF, UH, OF, UH, A LOT, A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE PROCESS.
I RECALL HAVING THAT ROLE IN 2013.
UH, AND, UH, FROM WHAT I'M READING PLAN, THE PLANNERS ARE, UH, ANTICIPATING EVEN MORE, UH, PAC MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS THIS TIME AROUND.
AND IT'S, UH, GONNA BE QUITE A, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROCESS.
WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, KIND OF CASUALLY BY THE PLANNERS AND, AND THE GENERAL MANAGER, IS THAT, UH, THEY LEARNED THAT MUCH OF THE MASTER PLANNING THAT HAS GONE ON WITH, UH, THE PARK DISTRICTS 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, UH, 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, UM, SOME, SOME OF THESE PAST PLANS, THEY ALL LOOK ALIKE IN OUTLINE AND IN TOPICS AND MUCH OF THE TEXT, BECAUSE WITH THE PARK DISTRICT, OUR PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH A, B, C, OR D UH, WITHIN THE NEAR FUTURE ALWAYS EXTENDS OUT TO THE NEXT NEAR FUTURE AND THE NEXT NEAR FUTURE.
UH, SO THEY DO LOOK ALIKE, UH, WITH, UH, UPDATES FOR CHANGES IN WHAT'S OCCURRED, UH, UH, IN THE VARIOUS FACETS OF, OF THE MASTER PLAN.
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UH, THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT THIS TIME.THEY, BEING OUR PLANNERS, UH, BRIAN HOLT IN PARTICULAR, WHO'S LEADING, UH, THIS PROCESS.
UM, THE FIRST INDICATION IS HE HAS COME TO US AND THE PLANNING, UH, DEPARTMENT HAS COME TO US WITH WHAT THEY ARE CHARACTERIZING AS DEVELOPMENT OF A QUOTE, NEW SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN.
SO WE'RE GETTING AWAY FROM THE CONCEPT OF MASTER PLANNING, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DISTRICT'S SECOND CENTURY.
UH, NEXT YEAR IS OUR 90TH ANNIVERSARY, AND THEY PLAN TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH ALL OF US, UH, TO START A NEW PLAN AND NOT JUST TAKE THE OLD PLAN, THE 2013 PLAN, AND GO THROUGH IT AND UPDATE IT.
UH, AS, AS BOB'S BEEN A MAYOR AND A COUNCILMAN, AND, AND CARLIN KNOWS THE CONCEPT OF ZERO BASED BUDGETING, YOU JUST START OUT AT ZEROS WITH EVERYTHING AND, AND, AND GROW FROM THERE, RATHER THAN JUST UPDATING WHATEVER YOUR BUDGET WAS LAST YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO WITH THE MASTER PLAN.
AND, OR, I'M SORRY, THE DISTRICT'S SECOND CENTURY PLAN
UM, 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.
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
AND, UH, THAT ALL TOOK PLACE OVER THE LAST MONTH.
AND BOARD MEMBERS WERE ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
I CAN, I CAN SHARE SEVERAL OF THEM WITH YOU.
UM, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD, JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF THE PRESENTATION YOU'LL GET FROM, UM, BRIAN, AND SO YOU CAN WORK ON IT, IS A VERY INTERESTING ROLE FOR PAC, THE PAC AND PAC MEMBERSHIP.
SO, NOTE TO SELF, UH, NOTE TO, TO ME AS A BOARD MEMBER, UH, FROM THE PLANNERS, WE PLANNERS ARE GOING TO WORK ALONG WITH YOURSELF AND RESPECT OF 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 IN 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, ET CETERA, SPECIFIC TO EACH WARD.
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 IT, AND HE GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH INPUT WE'RE GONNA SEEK FROM OUR OWN WORKFORCE, WHICH IS GONNA BE EXTENSIVE.
AND, UM, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, UM, 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 THERE, THERE ARE GONNA BE TWO MAJOR PROGRAMS GOING ON IN 2024.
WE'RE GONNA BE CELEBRATING THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY, AND WE'RE GONNA TIE THAT IN SOMEWHAT TO, UH, PLANNING FOR THE NEXT CENTURY OF THE EXISTENCE OF THIS PARK DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING ALL OF US CAN.
UM, I, I THINK REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE JOB WE'RE HERE TO DO, WHAT WE'RE GONNA END UP, UH, LEAVING WHEN WE, UH, UH, RETIRE FROM OUR PARK DISTRICT ACTIVITIES IS, UH, WHAT WE PLANT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
AND, UH, I FREQUENTLY LOOK BACK ON THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE 1930S AND THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH THAT MEANS TO US AND, AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO, UH, DO FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
UH, SO THAT PROCESS HAS BEGUN.
I'M EXCITED BY THE FACET OF THIS THAT DIDN'T EXIST WHEN WE WERE DOING IT LAST TIME, OF, UM, I GET TO WORK WITH MY APPOINTEES, UM,
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ED AND, AND, UH, DANISHA, UH, AND OTHERS.IF YOU'RE NOT APPOINTED BY A WARD, ELECTED WARD MEMBER, JUST WHICH WARD YOU LIVE IN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE ASSIGNMENTS.
SO IF THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, UH, APPOINTED BY THE, UH, MAYOR'S CONFERENCE OR SPECIAL DISTRICTS, UH, OR, UH, THE UNION, UH, YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL BY GETTING TOGETHER WITH, UH, THE WARD DIRECTOR AND, UH, GOING FORTH INTO THE PARKS AND INTO THE TRAILS WITH A PLANNER, WITH, WITH OUR STAFF, AND CONDUCT THESE LISTENING TOURS AND, AND COME UP WITH IDEAS FOR WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.
SO, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THERE AND ANSWER ANY, UM, QUESTIONS, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE.
'CAUSE TO ME THAT'S AN EXCITING THING TO LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR.
AND IT'S EXCITING TO GET TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR PAC DIRECTORS.
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN,
UH, I REMEMBER SITTING WITH HIM DURING SOME PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS LOOKING AT MAPS.
AND, UH, SO, SO I HAD THAT RELATIONSHIP, BUT IT WASN'T, UH, FORMAL, IT WASN'T A PLANNED ACTIVITY FOR PAC MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS, AS IT APPARENTLY IS FOR THIS ROUND.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND WANTED TO, UM, WELL, THANK YOU.
I GUESS YOU'RE GONNA GET A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM, SO THIS ISN'T JUST YOUR APPROACH, DIRECTOR COFFEE, EVERY DIRECTOR IS GOING TO, TO BE TAKING THIS APPROACH IN THEIR AWARDS.
I WAS READING THROUGH A MEMO WE GOT IN OCTOBER FROM BRIAN HOLT, UH, ADDRESSED TO EACH OF THE, UH, SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS.
SO, WHAT QUESTIONS, IF ANY, DO ANY OF THE PAC MEMBERS HAVE? YES, SUSIE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
YOU ANSWERED SOME QUESTIONS THAT I HAD ABOUT TONIGHT'S WORK.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A DRAFT OF THOSE, UH, PLAN OBJECTIVES.
SO THE WORK PLAN, IT'S, IT'S ONE PIECE OF YOUR WORK PLAN, RIGHT, 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, AND WHEN WILL WE KNOW WHEN THOSE MIGHT BE? SOMETIME IN 24 OR, YEAH, DON'T, OH, YEAH.
YEAH, I HAVE, I WOULDN'T VENTURE TO GUESS.
SO A WEEK OR A MONTH WHEN, WHEN THAT PROCESS STARTS.
UH, IT'S REFRESHING, I THINK TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH, SAY, WELL, LET'S, LET'S KIND OF GET BACK THE BASICS AND SEE WHAT, 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, UH, SHORTCHANGE OR BACKTRACK ANY OF THAT.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, UH, IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD NOW, UH, PARTICULARLY HAVING TO DO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.
UH, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS A RECOGNIZED FORCE OF NATURE UNTIL FAIRLY RECENTLY.
AND IT'S NOT GONNA GET LESSER, IT'S GONNA GET GREATER.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY PARTICULAR, UM, EMPHASIS ON DEALING WITH THAT, UM, SORT OF IN THE PREAMBLE OR THE DIRECTIONS AND HOW TO SET UP THIS PLAN.
I'M GUESSING THEY'LL, UNLIKE ANY PREVIOUS MASTER PLAN, THERE'LL BE A CHAPTER ON IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S SO MUCH ENERGY, SO MUCH TIME AND RESOURCES NOW OF THE PARK DISTRICT IS PUT INTO CLIMATE ISSUES.
SO YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY DEVOTING, UH, A LOT OF RESOURCES, A LOT MORE MONEY THAN, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THIS BOARD IN 2017, UM, FOR CLIMATE RELATED ISSUES AND CLIMATE PLANNING.
AND, UH, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN CLIMATE CHANGE, SEA LEVEL RISE PLANNING FOR MANY YEARS AT THIS POINT.
UH, THERE ARE TRAILS OUT THERE THAT WERE BUILT MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO, I'M THINKING, FOR INSTANCE, OF THE DOTSON MARSH THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO BE ABOVE WATER OUT ON THE SHORELINE, UH, 60 YEARS FROM NOW.
UH, AND THAT WAS AT LEAST 10 YEARS AGO THAT MAYBE MORE THAT THAT TRAIL WAS BUILT.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
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THINK AT THIS POINT IT'S GONNA BE A MAJOR FACET OF OUR, OUR NEXT CENTURY PLAN.I GUESS THE, THE OTHER ASPECT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT COMMENT ON IS THE EMPHASIS ON DIVERSITY, CULTURAL AND OTHER KINDS, UH, IS THAT GONNA BE EMBEDDED IT IN THE, UH, PLAN AS WELL? I HESITATE TO SAY, UH, YES.
IN, IN THAT I THINK THAT PROGRAM AND THE POLICIES AROUND IT ARE SEPARATELY GENERATED.
SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE GENERATED OUT OF THE MASTER PLAN.
THEY MAY BECOME INCORPORATED INTO THE MASTER PLAN OF THE NEXT CENTURY PLAN.
UM, SO I DON'T, I THINK WE'RE ALREADY DEVELOPING POLICIES.
WE HAVE BOARD RESOLUTIONS ON IT.
WE JUST HIRED WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO OF THE NEW DEI OFFICER, THE FIRST DEI OFFICER FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.
UH, AND I HAVE HIS NAME SOMEWHERE.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'RE BRINGING HIM ON WHO'S JOSE GONZALES.
AND HE WILL OF COURSE BE, UH, IMPROVING ON THE POLICIES WE'VE ADOPTED TODAY.
UH, AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR VISION FOR THE NEXT CENTURY.
SO WHAT LEVEL IS THIS OF GRANTEE? IS THIS PERSON MEAN? HE'S GOING TO BE A SENIOR MANAGER IN THE GM'S OFFICE, DEVOTE SOME REAL RESOURCES.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? OH, YES, BOB, I DO.
UH, THANK YOU DIRECTOR COFFEE FOR YOUR, YOUR MARK IN TELLING US WHAT'S COMING THIS NEXT YEAR WITH REGARD TO THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY.
IS THERE, UH, A FOCUS ON A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME, OR IS IT GONNA BE ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ALL PARKS OR FOCUS MAYBE MORE ON TILL THAN WHERE IT KIND OF, IT ALL GOT STARTED? THAT'S ONE QUESTION.
YOU MENTIONED TWO BIG THINGS, UH, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A THIRD BIG THING NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS AN ELECTION.
AND A COUPLE, AT LEAST A COUPLE DIRECTORS ARE PROBABLY UP FOR REELECTION AND LISTENING TO YOU.
WHEN YOU SAID SEVEN OF EIGHT, I WAS COUNTING MY MIND.
AND SINCE SEVEN OF EIGHT MEANS, BUT ANYHOW, SINCE YOU'RE NOT, THAT'S GOOD.
I WAS JUST GONNA INQUIRE A BIT.
BUT, UH, MAYBE YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IF YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT THAT'S KNOWN, WHAT, WHAT THE MAJOR FOCUS OF THE 90TH CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES GONNA BE.
UH, 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, UM, BECAUSE I'M ON BOTH.
SO, UH, THAT PRESENTATION HAS BEEN DONE.
UH, BY SUSAN, BY THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOLKS, AND THEY HAVE CREATED AN OUTLINE OF WHAT THEY PLAN SO FAR TO DO FOR THE 90TH.
UH, AND IT IS ONLINE AND PRESENTED IN THOSE TWO MEETINGS.
PROBABLY THE LAST ONE OR TWO GOING BACK EXEC COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AND I THINK OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, SUSAN MADE THAT PRESENTATION, SO I CAN'T IMPROVE ON THAT.
UH, WE'RE OUT HIRING A COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, UH, 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.
I I THINK THEY'LL, THERE'LL BE A MAJOR EVENT AT SOME POINT, HOPEFULLY A, A FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER, MAYBE, UH, CELEBRATING THE 90TH.
AND THEN I, I BELIEVE MANY OF US HAS HAVE SUGGESTED WE TAKE IT ON THE ROAD FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS AROUND EACH OF THE REGIONS WITHIN THE, UM, TWO COUNTIES IN ORDER TO ENGAGE, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP WHERE THEY ARE, RATHER THAN TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY IN THESE VAST TWO COUNTIES TO SHOW UP IN OAKLAND FOR AN EVENT.
YEAH, THAT'S SO IT WILL, IT WILL TRAVEL.
IT'LL BE A TRAVELING CELEBRATION.
I APPRECIATE THAT INCLUSIVITY.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PAC WITH A QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR COPY? OKAY.
UH, I BELIEVE THIS IS ALSO AN ITEM THAT I READ.
WE WERE GOING TO BE OPENING UP TO THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, SO IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT
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ON DIRECTOR COFFEE'S COMMENTS? OKAY.I DON'T SEE ANYBODY COMING FORWARD.
UM, ALSO, I'M SORRY, UM, DIRECTOR MARSH, I, UH, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR A QUESTION? NO, I DON'T.
HOW LONG DOES THE, UM, INTERVIEW PROCESS TAKES? IS IT GONNA 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? UH, THEY WERE, THE, 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, UH, BASICALLY GUARANTEE IS THAT PAC MEMBERSHIP WILL HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE INPUT INTO THE, UM, NEXT CENTURY PLAN.
UH, BOTH AT YOUR MEETINGS, AT PRESENTATIONS, AT THESE MEETINGS, UH, BY ATTENDANCE AT PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS.
I RECALL AS A PAC MEMBER ACTUALLY JUST DOING SOME VOLUNTEER WORK AT THOSE SESSIONS TOO, HELPING PUT THINGS ON THE MAPS AND, YOU KNOW, THE STICKUM ON THE, ON THE WALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, YOU ALL WILL HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE INPUT INTO BOTH THE PROCESS AND THE SUBSTANCE OF OUR NEW MASTER PLANNING.
UH, WHAT'S NEW HERE IS A SPECIFIC ROLE, UH, IN COORDINATED WITH BOARD MEMBERS AND PACT 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 GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON YOUR COMMENTS.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
UM, AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING IF YOU WOULD LIKE, OR IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE, WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH BUDGET.
WELL, GOING BACK TO THE AGENDA.
UM, SO NEXT WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION, UH, 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 A LITTLE STEP STOOL OUT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
I'M DEBORAH SPALDING, ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER.
AND, UH, PLEASE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE PROPOSED OPERATING AND PROJECT BUDGET FOR 2024.
SO GIVE ME A SECOND WHILE I REMEMBER HOW TO DO THIS SCREEN SHARING HERE, OR ASK FOR HELP.
UH, SO BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO, UM, INTRODUCE AND THANK JANIN BAYONA, OUR BUDGET MANAGER.
SHE JUST STARTED HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.
JANIN, WILL YOU STAND UP, PLEASE? UH, SO SHE WON'T STAND UP.
SHE'LL WAVE TO YOU FROM HER SEAT.
SO SHE JUST STARTED HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT, UM, I'M GONNA SAY LIKE SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
UH, HAS, HAS COME INTO THE JOB RUNNING.
SHE WAS ALSO SERVING AS ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER DURING THIS TIME.
SO SHE WAS DOING A LOT OF TASKS.
AND, UH, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE OUR, OUR BUDGET, UM, READY TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY.
UM, SO I WANNA WALK YOU THROUGH OUR TYPICAL BUDGET CYCLE.
ONE THING THAT'S DIFFERENT, UM, HERE FROM A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES IS THAT OUR FISCAL YEAR IS A CALENDAR YEAR.
SO A LOT OF AGENCIES ARE JULY ONE THROUGH JUNE 30TH.
BUT ACTUALLY WE ARE JANUARY ONE THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST.
SO OUR PROCESS BEGINS IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.
SO JULY AND AUGUST, WE START DEVELOPING OUR REVENUE EXPECTATIONS.
UH, 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 LATER BROWN CIRCLE.
UM, THEN LATER IN THE SUMMER, WE START COLLECTING BOARD AND DIVISION AND COMMUNITY INTEREST IN VARIOUS WAYS.
AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THESE, UM, LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION.
ONCE WE HAVE ALL THAT SORT OF BASE INFORMATION FIGURED OUT, WE, UH, TURN IT OVER TO THE DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS, AND THEY MAKE THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS IN OUR FINANCE SYSTEM DIRECTLY.
AND THEN THE, UH, AGMS OF EACH DIVISION HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR PROPOSALS TO THE GENERAL MANAGER.
UM, FROM THERE, WE TAKE THOSE, UH, PROPOSALS THAT FIT WITHIN OUR AVAILABLE BUDGET, UM, AND THAT FIT WITHIN THE NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED BY THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE BRING FORWARD OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
UM, SO FIRST IT GOES TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THEN IT COMES TO THE PAC, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
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AND THEN IT COMES TO THE BOARD TWICE IN DECEMBER, UH, DECEMBER 5TH, THAT'LL BE A PUBLIC HEARING.AND THEN AGAIN, IT GETS ADOPTED, UH, AT THE DECEMBER 19TH MEETING.
AND THEN WE'RE, WE LOAD THAT BUDGET UP JANUARY 1ST.
EVERYONE HAS THEIR MONEY THAT THEY CAN SPEND.
AND WE SPEND OUR FIRST SIX MONTHS JUST TRACKING HOW'S IT GOING, MAKING ANY ADJUSTMENTS.
AND AS WE BUILD OUR BUDGET, OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS MINDFUL OF A PARK DISTRICT'S MISSION STATEMENT THAT WE PRESERVE A RICH HERITAGE OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES AND PROVIDE, UH, OPEN SPACE PARKS, TRAILS, SAFE AND HEALTHFUL RECREATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND ABOVE ALL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ONLY, NOT ABOVE ALL, BUT, UM, VERY IMPORTANTLY, AND 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, UM, MORE SO REVENUE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FIRST YEAR, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE LOOK AT IS PROPERTY TAXES.
AND, UM, THAT'S, UH, 90% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND ABOUT 80% OF OUR, OUR ENTIRE OPERATING BUDGET.
SO A REALLY SIGNIFICANT SOURCE, UM, 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.
UH, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, SO WHAT IT'S GONNA 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, AND WE TAKE THEIR BASELINE.
THEY GIVE US THREE DIFFERENT PROJECTIONS, LOW BASELINE AND HIGH.
AND WE TAKE THEIR BASELINE PROJECTION USUALLY, UH, 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.
UH, 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 SO THEY KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEW FACILITIES MIGHT BE COMING ONLINE OR WHAT MIGHT BE GOING OFFLINE TEMPORARILY, UH, FOR RENOVATION OR WHATEVER.
AND THAT ACTUALLY IS THE CASE THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE SOME SWIMMING FACILITIES THAT ARE GONNA BE OFFLINE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE HAD TO REDUCE OUR REVENUE EXPECTATIONS IN FEES AND CHARGES.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING I'LL NOTE IS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH A, UH, MASTER FEE SCHEDULE REVIEW, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE ARE ALSO SORT OF LEAVING SPACE FOR THAT FEE SCHEDULE TO BE POSSIBLY REVISED DURING THE YEAR.
SO WE DIDN'T WANNA BE TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH THOSE, UH, FEE PROJECTIONS.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE LOOK AT OUR OTHER FUNDS.
UH, WE HAVE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS THAT HAVE EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE NEEDS.
UM, WE HAVE MANY SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS THAT ARE FOR SPECIFIC AREAS.
WE LOOK AT THOSE REVENUE EXPECTATIONS AND THEN DEBT SERVICE OBLIGATIONS, AND WHAT THE REVENUE REQUIREMENTS ARE TO MEET THOSE BOND OBLIGATIONS.
IS MY VOICE LOUD ENOUGH FOR YOU ALL TO HEAR? OKAY, GOOD.
UM, SO THEN WE BUILD OUR BASE BUDGET AND OUR BASE BUDGET, I KNOW EARLIER, UM, UH, DIRECTOR COFFEE 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 AND AN MOU, UM, AND BENEFIT INCREASES IS A BIG ONE.
UM, KAISER MEDICAL PREMIUMS INCREASE 10% THIS YEAR.
UM, AND ANY BASE BUDGET INCREASES THAT WERE APPROVED IN PRIOR YEARS ALSO WILL GET LOADED IN DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, ANY OTHER LONG-TERM COSTS.
UM, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE CURRENT YEAR, WE START THINKING ABOUT, WELL, WHAT DO WE NEED TO PLAN FOR FOR 2025? SO WE TRY TO HAVE ALL OF THIS IN MIND AS WE'RE BUILDING OUR BASE BUDGET ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.
UH, THE NEXT BUBBLE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS COLLECTING THE BOARD DIVISION AND COMMUNITY INPUT.
SO THERE'S VARIOUS WAYS WE GET THAT.
ONE OF WHICH IS THE BOARD STUDY SESSIONS THAT ARE HELD IN THE LATE SUMMER, UM, AT THOSE, THE, THE AGMS FIRST PRESENT THEIR GOALS, AND THEY'RE, UM, WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO ACCOMPLISH AND WHAT THEIR CHALLENGES ARE, UH, EXPECTED TO BE IN THE COMING YEAR.
AND THEN THE BOARD PRESENTS WHAT THEIR, UH, VISION IS, BOTH FOR THEIR WARD AND FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
UH, AND THEN CO COMMUNITY INPUT IS CO IS COLLECTED VIA SURVEY, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
UH, SO ONCE WE HAVE THOSE THREE PIECES, WE PUT TOGETHER A, 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, UH, GOING TO BE MORE OF LIKE A MODERATE, UH, 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, UM, WE HAD MORE SIGNIFICANT REVENUES TO WORK WITH, AND THIS YEAR WAS MORE MODERATE.
AND SO STAFF HAD THAT COMING INTO IT.
AND THEY, THEY PUT IN, I THINK, UH, FEWER, UH, REQUESTS THAN THEY MIGHT HAVE OTHERWISE.
UH, THEN THEY HAVE THE AGMS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR PROPOSALS TO THE GENERAL MANAGER.
SO THE GENERAL MANAGER HAS ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, AND WE WORK WITH HER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN BE INCLUDED, WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
UH, AND THEN WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.
I THINK SOME OF YOU WERE MAILED COPIES OF THESE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE RECEIVED IN TIME.
BUT TWO, I DID TWO BUDGET BOOKS, YES, I GOT IT.
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AND ONE, UM, PROJECT BUDGET BOOK.AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, SO IT COMES TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER, AND THEN, UM, SEE TO THE PAC AND THEN TO THE FULL BOARD.
AND, UH, YEAH, TWO HEARINGS IN THE DECEMBER, UM, WITH THE BOARD.
AND THEN THAT NEW BUDGET HAPPENS DEC UH, JANUARY 1ST, EXCUSE ME.
UH, WANTING TO WALK THROUGH OUR BUDGET BALANCING PRINCIPLES THAT WE, UM, KEEP IN MIND AS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SHOULD GO IN, WHAT MAYBE SHOULD NOT BE PRIORITIZED.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION SO THAT WE'RE HERE FOR THE NEXT A HUNDRED YEARS AND, AND MORE.
UM, WE KEEP IN MIND OUR MISSION TO RESTORE, PRESERVE, AND PROTECT SCENIC, NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.
UH, WE WANNA KEEP IN MIND OUR EMPLOYEES NEEDS NOT ONLY CURRENTLY, BUT IN THE FUTURE FOR THEIR RETIREMENT, UH, IS A BIG ONE.
AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT.
UH, ANY LEGAL AND REGULATORY MANDATES HAVE TO GET BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.
AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF THOSE THIS YEAR.
UM, ANY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE REALLY LEADING US TOWARDS VISION ACHIEVEMENT, WE TRIED TO PRIORITIZE THOSE.
AND THEN ANOTHER IMPORTANT ONE IS, UM, MAINTAINING THE ASSETS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
SO, UM, PARKS AND FACILITIES THAT ALREADY EXIST, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THOSE AREN'T MAINTAINED WELL? UH, 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, UM, THESE TOPICS.
SO IMPROVING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO AND WITHIN THE PARKS, UM, PERCEPTION OF SAFETY IN PARKS.
AND, UH, THIRDLY, INCREASING ACCESS TO PARKS AND TRAILS.
THOSE WERE THE THREE KEY INPUTS FROM FROM THAT COMMUNITY SURVEY.
AND THEN, UH, FROM OUR BOARD STUDY SESSIONS, THERE WERE MANY, MANY, UH, TOPICS THAT CAME UP, BUT THERE WERE SOME THAT REALLY, LIKE PEOPLE COALESCED AROUND.
UM, ONE OF THEM WAS MAINTAINING, UH, AND IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
UM, COMMITMENT TO TRAIL DEVELOPMENT WAS ONE THAT WAS, I THINK EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT, UM, EMPHASIS ON CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION.
UH, WILDFIRE PREVENTION CONTINUES TO BE A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR EVERYONE.
AND THEN EXPANDING PUBLIC ACCESS, UH, FOR EVERYONE.
SO TAKING ALL THOSE UNDERLINED ITEMS, UM, NOW HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE, THE PROJECTS AND PROPOSALS THAT ARE, THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD THAT FALL INTO THOSE CATEGORIES.
SO FOR INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE, UM, A MILLION DOLLARS IS BEING SET ASIDE INTO A NEW PROJECT THAT IS INTENDED FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS PAST YEAR, AT THE, AT THE END OF 2022, IN THE BEGINNING OF 20, 22, 23, WE HAD, UH, REALLY SIGNIFICANT STORMS THAT CAME THROUGH AND DAMAGED A LOT OF OUR PARKS AND TRAILS AND REALLY REPRIORITIZED WHAT, UM, PROJECTS WERE BEING WORKED ON, UM, 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, WE KNOW THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF IT'S JUST WHEN IS GONNA HAPPEN.
SO HAVING FUNDING SET ASIDE SO THAT WHEN THOSE EMERGENCIES HAPPEN, WE'RE READY TO RESPOND.
UH, IN ADDITION, ANOTHER MILLION WAS SET ASIDE FOR SWIMMING FACILITY REPAIRS.
WE HAVE VARIOUS SWIMMING FACILITIES THAT ARE, UH, AT VARIOUS STAGES OF NEEDING WORK DONE.
UM, AND SO PUTTING THIS MONEY ASIDE WILL ALLOW US TO PRIORITIZE THOSE WHEN THAT TIME IS RIGHT.
UM, ANOTHER MILLION FOR THE LAKE ANZA DAM, WHICH IS IDENTIFIED AS, AS, UH, NEEDING EMERGENCY REPAIR BY THE, BY THE STATE.
UM, 300,000 FOR CULVERT REPLACEMENT.
UM, A QUESTION CAME UP IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
IS THAT ENOUGH TO DO ALL THE WORK? I, I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S A START AND IT'S SETTING ASIDE THE, UH, BEGINNING OF, OF A LOT OF WORK THAT'S NEEDED ON CULVERT REPLACEMENT.
AND THEN THE OPERATIONS DIVISION IS, UH, PLANNING TO REPLACE THE FLOORING AT ALL THEIR RESERVABLE FACILITIES.
UM, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T REPLACE THEM NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE COSTLY IN THE FUTURE.
UH, MOVING ON TO TRAIL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THERE'S A, A LISTING OF PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, PLANNED, UH, IN THE COMING YEAR.
UH, THE NEW BIKE FLOW TRAIL AT WILDCAT CANYON IS A SIGNIFICANT ONE.
UM, CONTINUING WORK AT THE DOOLITTLE DRIVE SECTION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL.
UM, BEGINNING WORK FOR NEW TRAILS AT THE SIBLEY KER, UH, PROPERTY, UM, A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR, UM, CONTINUED WORK ON THE DEER VALLEY STAGING AREA AND TRAILS.
AND THEN, UH, STARTING UP THE PRESERVE MANAGEMENT PLAN AT CLAYTON RANCH.
UNDER THAT CULTURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION AREA WE'RE, UM, PROPOSING CREATING A NEW CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT THAT'S IN THE ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT, UM, UH, DIVISION, AND HAVING A NEW PRINCIPAL PLANNER POSITION THAT'LL BE DEDICATED TO THAT FUNCTION.
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AND AN ADDITIONAL 75,000 TO ASSIST WITH TRIBAL ACCESS TO SITES AND CONSULTATION.UH, 1.3 MILLION FOR THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROJECT AT COYOTE HILLS.
UH, OVER 600,000 FOR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AT SIBLEY KER FOR THAT PROJECT THAT'S COMPLETED.
BUT IT NEEDS, UH, MANAGEMENT MAINTENANCE OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, 600,000 FOR ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ACROSS THE DISTRICT AT VARIOUS SITES.
AND THEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR MAINTAINING OUR GRAZING PONDS.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF GRAZING PONDS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, UH, MANY OF WHICH NEED, UH, MAINTENANCE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SORT OF CHIPPING AWAY AT, AT A BIG PROJECT LIST, UM, IN THE FUELS MANAGEMENT AREA, 2.4 MILLION, UH, FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR FUELS MANAGEMENT WORK.
SO SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT, UM, EACH YEAR WE'VE BEEN INCREASING OUR ALLOCATION BY A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO IT WAS GOING TO BE 1.4 MILLION.
WE'RE PUTTING IN ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION OR RECOMMENDING AN ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION.
UH, 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, UH, WORKING ON.
SO PUTTING QUITE A, QUITE A SIGNIFICANT ALLOCATION FOR THAT FUELS MANAGEMENT WORK.
AND THEN WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE MEASURE FF, WHICH ALSO PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT, UH, ONGOING FUNDING FOR FUELS MANAGEMENT WORK.
AND THEN THAT LAST, UH, AREA OF THOSE THAT WERE, UM, HIGHLIGHTED FROM THE BOARD STUDY SESSIONS WAS EXPANDING PUBLIC ACCESS.
SO HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS.
UM, 3 MILLION FOR THE MLK SHORELINE TIDEWATER DAY USE PROJECT, 600,000 FOR THE MLK, ANOTHER MLK PROJECT, UH, DECK AND PICNIC AREA.
UM, 700,000 FOR THE MCKAY AVENUE UTILITY UPGRADE, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR EXPANSION OF THAT CROWN BEACH AREA.
UH, 600,000 FOR A NEW RESTROOM AND SHOWERS AT, UH, ANTHONY CHABOT'S CAMPGROUND AT PUMA POINT AND 500,000 TO, UH, WORK ON THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS OF THE TILDEN EEC.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S QUITE A, QUITE A LOT OF, UM, LISTING OF PROJECTS.
AND NOW I'M GONNA GET INTO SOME OF THE, UM, PROPOSALS THAT CAME FORWARD FROM THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF WHAT THEIR WORK WILL BE IN THE COMING YEAR.
SO SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE USED TO HAVE THAT DONUT, UM, THAT TALKED ABOUT WHAT OUR DIFFERENT, UM, OBJECTIVES AND, UM, VISIONS WERE FOR WHAT WORK WE WOULD BE DOING.
WE'RE PAIRING THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT.
PARTLY, UH, AS DIRECTOR COFFEY MENTIONED, BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS A NEW, UH, SECOND CENTURY, UH, DISTRICT PLAN, WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THAT OLD PIE, UH, 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.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO WITHOUT FURTHER, UH, PREAMBLE.
SO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION GROUP IS LOOKING AT A PROJECT AT CONTR LOMA TO IMPROVE RESTROOM AND PICNIC FACILITIES.
UM, IN THE PLANNING AREA, THEY'RE, UH, WORKING TO FORMALLY OPEN THE KER PROPERTY, WHICH WILL PROVIDE 250 ACRES OF NEW ACCESS.
AND IN THE STEWARDSHIP DIVISION, THEY'RE WORKING TO EXTEND THAT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERMIT, UM, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO PERMIT SOME OF OUR PROJECTS MORE QUICKLY AND GET SOME OF THIS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WORK DONE MORE EFFICIENTLY, UH, IN FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
A LOT OF, UH, EFFORT AND, UM, FUNDING IS BEING PUT TOWARDS, UM, INFORMATION SERVICES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLAN.
UM, AND JUST SOME OF THAT WORK IS, UH, ENHANCING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY AND SECURITY FOR SOME OF OUR REMOTE PARK LOCATIONS.
UH, 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, UH, WERE IN CHARGE OF, UM, THE UTILITIES FOR THIS BUILDING AND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER MAIN FACILITIES NOW THEY'RE GONNA TAKE ON ALL PARK, UH, LOCATIONS.
SO IT'S, I THINK IT'S GONNA HELP US WITH OUR, UM, ABILITY TO MANAGE THOSE COSTS.
BUT IT IS, IT'S QUITE A BIG, UM, TASK THAT HE'S TAKING ON IN HR.
ONE OF THEIR BIG PROJECTS IS OFFERING A REVISED SUPERVISOR ACADEMY, UH, FOR NEWLY PROMOTED MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS.
UM, THEY'RE PUTTING OUT AN ELECTRONIC TRAINING CATALOG.
IT'LL MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO SEE WHAT, WHAT, UH, TRAININGS ARE OUT THERE AND THAT FIT OUR NEEDS.
AND THEN WORKING WITH THE LEGAL DIVISION TO STREAMLINE OUR CONTRACT AGREEMENT PROCESS, AND IN PARTICULAR THE INSURANCE REVIEW PROCESS OF THAT IN OPERATIONS.
UH, THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS ADDRESSING A LOT OF MANDATORY AND REGULATORY REQUIRED TASKS.
UM, UH, SUPPORTING POSITIONS THAT WERE ADDED IN PRIOR YEARS WITH VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT IS A BIG FOCUS.
UM, ADDING STAFFING TO SUPPORT, UH, PIPELINE NEW AREAS THAT ARE, THAT ARE BEING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UM, ADDING STAFF AND EQUIPMENT TO UNLOCK KEY SERVICE DELIVERY.
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IMPROVE ON WHAT EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES WE HAVE, UM, 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? AND IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD, THE PARK DISTRICT'S 90TH IS GOING TO BE A BIG PRIORITY.
AND, UH, IN TANGENT WITH THAT, THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION IS HIT HITTING ITS 55TH ANNIVERSARY.
THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON, UH, IMPROVING THE PARK DISTRICT SIGNAGE AND IN PUTTING IN MULTILINGUAL SIGNAGE FOR KEY MESSAGING.
AND THEN LASTLY, COLLABORATING WITH A SD ON CERTAIN PROJECTS TO GET, UH, 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, UH, STILL HAVE 14 SWORN OFFICER VACANCIES AND FIVE DISPATCHER VACANCIES.
THEY'RE CONTINUING THEIR, UH, FUEL REDUCTION TREATMENTS.
I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY HAVE THE 1500 ACRES IN THE EAST BAY URBAN INTERFACE, AND THEN 365 ACRES IN ANTHONY CHABOT, AND THEN 35 ACRES UNTIL THEN THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND THE LIFEGUARD, UH, TEAM IS WORKING ON TRANSITIONING TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH ANTIOCH UNIFIED, UH, TO PROVIDE BETTER WATER SAFETY PROGRAMMING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THE NUMBERS.
UH, SO OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS BALANCED WITH, UH, PLANNED EXPENDITURES FROM ALL FUNDS, TOTALING 316 MILLION.
UH, THE BREAKDOWN BY FUND, YOU CAN SEE THE VAST MAJORITY IS IN OUR GENERAL FUND, ABOUT TWO THIRDS.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER FUNDS ARE MUCH SMALLER.
AND ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT OUR APPROPRIATIONS IS BY TYPE.
UM, SO THE LARGEST, MORE THAN 50% OF OUR COSTS ARE PERSONNEL, UH, NEXT SUPPLIES AND SERVICES, AND THEN DEBT SERVICE, UH, INTER-DISTRICT COSTS, CAPITAL OUTLAY.
AND THEN INTER-AGENCY AGREEMENTS IS A, IS A SMALL FRACTION ON THE REVENUE SIDE.
UH, TOTAL REVENUES 291 MILLION, AGAIN, PROPERTY TAXES, UH, AND OTHER TAXES ARE THE FAR AND AWAY, THE LARGEST PORTION OF OUR REVENUES, FEES AND CHARGES IS 45 MILLION.
UH, AND THEN PROPERTY USAGE, 2.5 MILLION.
MISCELLANEOUS, THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT IS A $2 MILLION THAT WE SET ASIDE IN PRIOR YEARS INTO A PENSION TRUST.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DRAW DOWN 2 MILLION FROM THAT THIS YEAR TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF OUR MISCELLANEOUS PENSION UNFUNDED LIABILITY.
AND THEN LASTLY, ON TOTAL RESOURCES, UH, 0.7 MILLION FOR GRANTS AND INTER-AGENCY.
AND I'LL JUST, UH, ADD HERE, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE QUITE A BIT MORE IN GRANT REVENUE.
UH, AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE HEARD FROM KATIE, I KNOW SHE COMES TO SPEAK TO YOU, UH, TO YOU PERIODICALLY.
UM, 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.
UM, 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, UM, HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN.
SO 82% IS TAXES AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS, UH, 15.6% CHARGES FOR SERVICES AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST REALLY, REALLY SMALL PERCENTAGES.
SO WE'RE ADDING 15.25 NEW, UH, FTE THIS YEAR.
UH, WE ACTUALLY, SO THAT BRINGS US TO 978.5 TOTAL, FTE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE WELL OVER, I THINK, 1,100 EMPLOYEES DURING OUR SUMMER MONTHS.
SO FTES IS FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT, BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF FRACTIONAL, UM, TEMPORARY OR SEASONAL EMPLOYEES DURING THE SUMMER.
SO THAT'S, 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.
UM, THEN A SD IS GETTING TWO FTE, UH, FMS TWO FTE, HUMAN RESOURCES ONE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS 0.5.
UH, TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF CONTEXT, UH, I, I HAD MENTIONED HOW OUR LAST TWO YEARS WERE REALLY BIG, UH, BUDGET YEARS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE.
SO THIS IS SHOWING YOU THE NUMBER OF NEW POSITIONS ADDED, UH, OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.
UM, BUT COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, PEOPLE HAD MORE MODERATE EXPECTATIONS.
AND NOW, UM, I'M GONNA HOP OVER TO THE PROJECT SIDE OF THINGS.
THE PROJECT AND PROGRAM BUDGET.
I HOPE THIS ISN'T GOING TOO LONG, SORRY.
UM, 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, UH, WITH A PICTURE AND A DEPICTION OF THE CURRENT FUNDING STATUS, UH, WHERE IT IS IN ITS LIFESPAN, WHETHER IT'S IN DEVELOPMENT OR IN DESIGN AND, UH, DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION.
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TO DATE.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, UM, THE COMMITMENT THAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS IN THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO THERE ARE 10 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, UM, AND, UH, ONE OF THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, IS FUELS MANAGEMENT.
SO BY LOOKING AT THEM ALL GROUPED TOGETHER, YOU CAN SEE WHILE THE PARK DISTRICT DOES PUT A LOT OF, UH, RESOURCES INTO FUELS MANAGEMENT, UH, ONE THING THAT WE IMPLEMENTED IN THIS, UH, LAST YEAR'S BUDGET IS CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.
WITH SO MANY PROJECTS OUT THERE ALL COMPETING FOR FUNDING, UH, THIS PRIORITIZATION ALLOWS US TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, WHAT, WHICH ONES SHOULD GO FIRST? AND SO WE, UH, OUT OF 135 POINTS, WE SCORE BASED ON THOSE CATEGORIES THERE, WHICH I WON'T READ THROUGH.
UM, SOME PROJECTS GET EXEMPTED FROM SCORING IF THEY'RE ESSENTIAL.
SO IF IT'S WORK THAT'S REQUIRED BECAUSE OF SOME LEGAL OR REGULATORY, UH, MANDATE, UM, FUNDING FOR ALL OF OUR ACTIVE PROJECTS IS, UM, 50% IS DISTRICT FUNDS.
SO THAT COULD BE GENERAL FUND, IT COULD BE OUR, OUR MER MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT FUND.
UH, OR IT COULD BE A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.
21% COMES FROM OUR BONDS, AA OR WW.
UM, 23% COMES FROM GRANT REVENUE AND THEN 6% IS OTHER.
AND THAT COULD BE LIKE MAYBE AN AGREEMENT WITH A DEVELOPER THAT, UM, THEY'LL HELP US WITH THE STAGING AREA.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THIS IS DEPICTING, SO 27.5 MILLION, UH, IN, IN PROJECT APPROPRIATIONS THIS YEAR.
SO JUST HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
SO IN THE PROGRAM AREA WHERE WE LUMPED TOGETHER A LOT OF SMALLER PROJECTS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE GETTING SIX OVER 6 MILLION LAND USE PLANNING AND DESIGN OVER 6 MILLION, UH, 1.3 MILLION.
THAT'S ACTUALLY MEASURE FF IS, UH, BUT THAT'S A FANCY NAME FOR MEASURE FF UM, ANOTHER 1.3 MILLION FOR TECHNOLOGY AND WORKSPACE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN 3 MILLION FOR A WILDFIRE HAZARD REDUCTION.
AND THEN JUST A LISTING OF SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS.
AND THEN, UH, HERE ARE SOME PICTURES AND A BIT OF DESCRIPTION ABOUT JUST SOME OF THE, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE BOOK.
SERVICE YARD AT POINT, PINOLA.
AND, UH, WRAPPING UP, SO THIS IS THE TIMELINE OF THE BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS.
SO FIRST IT WENT TO FINANCE COMMITTEE.
TODAY I'M HERE WITH YOU, 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, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE FULL BOARD, UH, AFTER WE TAKE SOME QUESTIONS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A I'LL STOP SHARING AND, UM, YEAH, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
I FORGOT TO MENTION OUR, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, I BELIEVE WE SENT THE BUDGET BOOKS TO THE FOLKS WHO WERE ON THE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE PAC, BUT IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE, UM, WEBSITE FOR ANYONE WHO TO ASK ABOUT IS INTERESTED AND WHO DIDN'T GET A HARD COPY.
SO, OH, AND IT'S INFORMATIONAL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION.
YES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST TALKING WITH ERIC.
SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE AGENDA AS, UH, AS ACTION.
SO, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR THOROUGH PRESENTATION.
I WANNA SEE IF PEOPLE HAVE, UM, QUESTIONS WE ARE GONNA START.
'CAUSE IGOR, I KNOW YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE LOTS, SO I'LL GIVE YOU TIME TO THINK OF THEM AND WE WILL START WITH IRENE.
UM, AND GO WORK AROUND THE ROOM IF ANYBODY HAS A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
UM, NOTICING THAT THE WILDFIRES REDUCTION HAS A LARGE, UH, BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR 3,075,000.
ALSO NOTICING THAT, UM, TRIBAL ACCESS AND CONSULTATION PROTOCOL IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET AT 75,000.
UM, WONDERING IF THERE'S, UM, UH, POSSIBILITY OF COMBINING THOSE TWO, HAVING PARTNERSHIPS WITH TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS TO, UM, LOOK AT TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE OR TECH TO ENSURE THAT WILDFIRE REDUCTION IS DONE IN A CULTURAL WAY AS WELL AS, UH, A PRACTICAL WAY.
AND THE SECOND QUESTION WAS, UM, ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR FLEET AND HOW THAT HAS CHANGED IN ORDER THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
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ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT, BUT ALSO, UM, INCREASE THAT ALLOCATION TOWARDS, UM, UH, OUR ETHICS.UM, YEAH, I, I, UH, I I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY COOL IDEA.
I'LL PASS IT ALONG, UH, UH, REGARDING THE TRIBAL CONSULTATION FOR FUELS MANAGEMENT, AND I DID WANNA POINT OUT THE 75,000, UM, IS, UH, MAY, MAY SEEM SMILE.
WE ARE ALSO ADDING AN ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON, SO, UM, SO IT IS, IT'S SLIGHTLY MORE THAN MAYBE IT LOOKS LIKE JUST THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
AND THEN, UM, REGARDING THE FLEET, UH, WE DO HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN FOR GREENING OUR FLEET AND AS VEHICLES, UM, REACH THAT AGE THAT THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED.
UM, BRINGING IN E VEHICLES WHEN IT'S POSSIBLE, I'LL, I WILL DEFINITELY PASS THAT COMMENT ON, BUT, UM, JUST SO YOU DON'T THINK THAT IT'S NOT, UH, ON OUR, ON OUR MENU ALREADY, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE THINKING ABOUT.
ARE YOU SUBJECT TO CARB? SORRY, CAN YOU START FROM MOVING TO THE MEMBERS? SURE.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION THAT WAS, AM I ON OR OFF? AM I ON? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU OFF.
UM, A FOLLOW ON TO THE QUESTION ABOUT EVS, IS THE PARK DISTRICT, UH, SUBJECT TO THE CARB RULES, UM, FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES TO HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR, UH, CONSIDERATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES STARTING AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR? I BELIEVE SO, BUT, UM, YES.
COULD OUR A GM OF OPERATIONS IS SAYING YES.
WE'LL JUST KEEP GOING DOWN THE LINE IF YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION.
HOW ABOUT BRUCE? I, A QUICK COMMENT ON THE, UM, STAFF REPORT YOU ROTATED TODAY.
I THINK THE THEMES YOU PUT ARE EXCEPTIONAL AND THEY, THEY REALLY TIE INTO WHAT I HEAR FROM PEOPLE IN TERMS OF LAND ACQUISITION IS SO IMPORTANT AND TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE, THE FIRE SUPPRESSION.
AND THEY ALSO TIE REALLY WELL TO THE, UM, SECOND CENTURY PLAN.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND AGAIN, I THINK THE THEMES ARE REALLY SPOT ON WITH WHAT PEOPLE WANNA SEE.
I, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THESE THINGS VERY WELL.
UM, SO, UH, FIRST QUESTION I HAD, AND I ALWAYS ASK THIS QUESTION, SO GREAT PRESENTATION.
I ALWAYS, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS, UH, BUDGET PROCESS IS THE FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT FOR SOME LEVEL OF STAFF.
UM, I'M A GREAT PREPONDERANT OF MULTI-YEAR BUDGETING.
UM, AND THERE, THERE WILL BE SOME SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF, UM, STAFFING UTILIZATION.
UM, EVEN A TWO YEAR BUDGET KIND OF GIVES YOU A YEAR IN BETWEEN.
UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING I SAY EVERY YEAR, BUT, UH, IT, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A GREAT WORK.
UM, AND I THINK YOU GET THE SAME RESULT EVEN IF YOU APPLY THAT TO TWO YEARS.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME VOLATILITY IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE TAX REVENUE AND FUNDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, YOU DO ACT FOR AS WELL, CORRECT? YES.
SO YOU HAVE SOME 10 YEAR TRENDING THAT YOU COULD ALSO USE TO KIND OF SEE HOW YOU COULD SMOOTH OUT COSTS AND, UM, UM, REVENUE FOR, FOR A TWO YEAR CYCLE.
UM, AND I'LL KEEP BRINGING IT UP UNTIL I'M NOT ON THE PACK ANYMORE, BUT I DO THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING THAT CAN HELP SAVE STAFF SOME TIME TO DEVOTE TO OTHER THINGS.
UM, YOU HAD, UH, PROJECTED, UH, 6%, UM, BUT I THOUGHT THE, THE REPORT SAID IT WAS A COMBINED 2.99.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? YES.
OR US? SO THE, SO THE 2.99 IS FOR THE SECOND HALF.
I GUESS THERE'S, 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.
SO WE BUILD IN THE FACT THAT AS WE'RE WATCHING THE FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE REALIZING OUR REVENUES ARE COMING IN SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT HAD BEEN BUDGETED.
AND SO WE'RE BUDGETING SIX, IT'S A 6% INCREASE FROM WHAT THE 2023 BUDGET WAS.
AH, SO, SO IN THE, I, SO WE HAVE THE BEACON PROJECTION, WHICH SAYS THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR IS GONNA BE 3%.
THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR IS, IS LIKE 5%.
UM, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE FOR 2023 TO DATE, UM, I'M SAYING IN TOTAL IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A 6% INCREASE.
UH, THANK YOU ALSO, THAT'S GOOD.
MOVING OUR WAY DOWN TO MEMBER REED.
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UH, ONE THANK YOU.AND, UH, IT'S PRETTY COMPLETE.
BUT YOU DID MENTION, UM, PENSION COSTS.
ARE WE FULLY FUNDED ACTUARIALLY? UM, WE ARE NOT FULLY FUNDED, SO WE STILL HAVE AN UNFUNDED LIABILITY, UH, BOTH FOR OUR SWORN AND MISCELLANEOUS, UM, OUR, OUR UAL, UH, WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING THROUGH THIS PENSION TRUST THAT, THAT, THAT I DID, UH, TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY.
SO WE HAVE A REALLY, THE, THE WAY THAT PARK DISTRICT'S CALPERS COSTS, UM, HAVE WORKED OUT, UH, 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.
UM, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR BIGGEST YEAR OF OUR, OF OUR PAYMENT THAT'S NEEDED.
AND THEN IT'S GONNA ACTUALLY SMOOTH OUT IN THE FUTURE YEARS AND COME DOWN.
SO WE'RE, UM, SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE, WE STILL HAVE A, A BIG UNFUNDED LIABILITY, IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA START COMING DOWN AND BEING, BECOMING A, A SMALLER PERCENTAGE IN FUTURE YEARS, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.
YEAH, WE'RE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN, THAN MOST AGENCIES, SO, SO THAT'S GOOD.
UH, A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TRAIL TRAIL BUDGETED FOR, UH, IMPROVING TRAILS AND EXTENDING TRAILS.
NOW THAT WE HAVE ACCEPTED, UH, E-BIKES MORE ON OUR TRAIL SYSTEM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR INCREASED TRAFFIC, UH, FARTHER INTO OUR TRAILS THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST? AND SECOND QUESTION, UM, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE VEHICLES THAT WE'RE KEEPING UP AND WE'RE PLANNING TO BUY IN THE FUTURE.
ARE WE PLANNING TO, TO, UH, PURCHASE VEHICLES THAT ARE SITE ONLY COMPARED TO STREET, STREET VEHICLES TO HELP REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT THAT LIKE THE SITE VEHICLES COULD BE, UH, RECHARGEABLE TYPE THING? AND, UH, VERY LAST THING, UH, WE TALKED, 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.
UM, YEAH, I'M, I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THOSE OTHER AREAS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT.
UM, I KNOW, DO WE HAVE, UH, A TRAILS GROUP THAT IS, UM, 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? UM, SO I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY THINK INCREASED TRAFFIC WILL HAPPEN, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO COLLECT THAT DATA AND THEY, WE, THEY, WE DID PROVIDE THEM WITH FUNDING FOR TRAIL COUNTERS THIS YEAR TO HELP THEM GET MORE DATA ABOUT WHERE TRAIL USE IS HAPPENING.
UM, AND REGARDING VEHICLES, IF WE ARE, UM, PUTTING FUNDING TOWARDS SITE ONLY, WE DEFINITELY DID HAVE SOME REQUESTS COME IN FOR LIKE ATVS.
IS THAT KINDA WHAT YOU MEAN? YEAH, SO, SO THEY'RE, UM, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT THE PARK SITES USE WITHIN THEIR PARKS IS ATVS OR, UM, THE FOUR-WHEELER ONES, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE CALLED.
UM, IN ADDITION TO, TO THE MORE TRADITIONAL TRUCKS AND ON-ROAD VEHICLES, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT SPLIT IS.
AND I, I DO THINK I'VE BEEN HERE NOW 15 YEARS.
I DO THINK I SEE THAT SPLIT CHANGING TO BE MORE TOWARDS LIKE THE A TV AND FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE.
BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT'S LIKE A, A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY I'VE DONE, BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THAT WE'RE HAVING MORE REQUESTS FOR THE SMALLER, LIKE, SITE SPECIFIC ONES.
UM, MEMBER SIMMONS, THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, ONE QUESTION, VERY EASY, AND THEN I'M GONNA LET YOU ANSWER THAT.
I'D LIKE YOU TO ANSWER IT, THEN I'M GONNA ASK A MORE, IT'LL BE AN EASY QUESTION FOR YOU TO ANSWER, BUT IT'S MORE COMPLEX TO ASK.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS, WHERE, WHERE ARE THE FUNDS FOR THE 90TH YEAR CELEBRATION? I DIDN'T, I WAS SORT OF LISTENING FOR THAT AND I WAS, YEAH.
IS IT, WHERE IS THAT? THAT IS BUILT INTO THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS BUDGET.
THEY, UM, $90,000 FROM THE 90TH IS THEIR BUDGET REQUEST, WHICH WE FUNDED, SO, OKAY.
UH, THE SECOND QUESTION, AND I'M GONNA 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.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SURPLUS.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT SURPLUS? WHERE IS IT IN THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION? DO THE, DO THE ASSISTANT GMS GET TO KEEP THAT MONEY AND ROLL IT OVER? DOES THE BOARD REALLOCATE IT, UH,
SO WE WOULD DO, LIKE SPEAKING OF FULL EMPLOYMENT, UM,
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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.
UM, LAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY, UH, DID AWAY WITH THAT PROCESS.
AND, UM, YOU, I, IT WAS SORT OF SUBTLE, BUT YOU MAYBE NOTICE THAT I SAID IT'S BALANCED WITH THE USE OF FUND.
THE BUDGET IS BALANCED WITH THE USE OF FUND BALANCE.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT OUR OVERAGE IS GOING TO BE, AND WE'RE APPROPRIATING THAT, UH, AS PART OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SURPLUS AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A MID-YEAR BUDGET PROCESS.
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.
UM, 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.
WE'RE LIKE, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A MID-YEAR ASK FOR IT.
IT'S, IT REALLY IS THE BEST PRACTICE TO DO ALL AT ONCE.
AND, AND, UM, JUMPING FROM THAT TO, IT'S, IT'S EVEN BETTER PRACTICE TO DO MULTI-YEAR BUDGETING.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOING IT FOR, FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE'VE JUST HAD A LOT OF LIKE, UH, UNEXPECTED THINGS THAT KEEP, YOU KNOW, TAKING PRIORITY OVER GETTING THERE.
BUT, UM, MAYBE, MAYBE THIS YEAR WILL BE THE YEAR.
UM, I DID COME FROM AN AGENCY THAT DID A TWO YEAR BUDGET CYCLE, SO I KNOW IT CAN BE DONE.
I THINK JAN DID TOO, SO WE KNOW IT CAN BE DONE.
UH, JUST, YEAH, IT'S LIKE GETTING THE TEMPLATE CHANGED AND ALL THAT STUFF HASN'T, HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
MEMBER PEOPLES, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, YES.
I THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION FOR THE MATERIAL THAT WAS, UH, SENT OUT.
IT, UH, UH, REALLY HELPS TO GET A SENSE AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
I, I ALSO HAVE, UH, UH, SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
UH, UH, ONE OF THEM, UH, CONCERNS THE, UH, UH, THE PARAGRAPH, THE SENTENCES THERE THAT DESCRIBE DRAWING FUNDS FROM THE PENSIONS PENSION TRUST FUND TO, TO HELP STABILIZE RATES, UH, AND, AND REDUCE THE, UH, CALPERS UH, PENSION COSTS.
AND I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHEN THEY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RATES, WHAT YOU MEANT BY THE RATES THERE, WHAT'S YOU'RE TRYING TO STABILIZE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, UH, THE FACT THAT YOU'RE WITHDRAWING SOMETHING FROM SOMETHING RELATED TO PENSIONS, UH, UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT FULLY FUNDED, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU WONDER WHY YOU WOULD YOU, YOU WOULD DO THAT? YEAH.
I, THAT WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO, LIKE INSIDE BASEBALL.
UM, SO, UH, EVERY YEAR FROM, UH, CALPERS, WHICH IS OUR RETIREMENT, UH, PLAN, THEY TELL US WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN, UH, 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, UM, CHANGES LIKE MAYBE CALPERS HAD PROJECTED FOR, UH, 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, 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 AS INVESTMENTS.
UM, AND SO I ALWAYS, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
SO, UM, OUR RATES, UH, CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND THEY'VE BEEN GOING UP AND WE, WE KNOW THIS 'CAUSE WE HAVE, UM, A, IT'S NOT JUST THEY GIVE US THE RATES FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, BUT THEY TELL US WHAT IT'S GONNA BE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND SO WE CAN SEE, OH, THEY'RE GOING UP.
UM, AND THEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA START COMING DOWN AGAIN, UH, IN TWO YEARS.
UM, AND SO ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, MAYBE SIX YEARS AGO, WE SET UP A PENSION TRUST, UM, 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 SOME SET SOME OF THIS ASIDE INTO A PENSION TRUST, KNOWING THAT OUR, OUR RETIREMENT COSTS ARE GONNA BE INCREASING.
WE PUT IT ASIDE KNOWING THAT, UH, IN SEVERAL YEARS, YOU KNOW, TODAY WE NOW HAVE MUCH HIGHER RATES.
AND SO WE'RE NOW PULLING DOWN FROM THAT PENSION TRUST.
SO IT WAS ALL PART OF, LIKE, WE DID A 10 YEAR PLAN TO BUILD UP OUR PENSION TRUST AND TO, TO DRAW IT DOWN.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LIKE TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH THAT, THAT PROCESS.
AND, SORRY, THAT WAS CONFUSING.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, GOOD PLANNING IN THE SENSE THAT YOU WERE ANTICIPATING HAVING YES.
AND YOU'VE KIND OF GOT A LITTLE KITTY OF MONEY STUCK AWAY THAT YES.
UH, THE, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD, 'CAUSE I'M NEW TO THE AREA AND WHATNOT, BUT THE, UH, UH, IS LAND ACQUISITION INCLUDED AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OUTLAY? YES.
SO WE, WE DO, UH, CONSIDER A LAND ACQUISITION TO BE A CAPITAL OUTLAY.
THERE'S NOT A PARTICULAR APPROPRIATION IN THIS BUDGET FOR IT.
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ALREADY BUDGETED, UM, SET ASIDE, SORT OF LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SETTING ASIDE FUNDING FOR, FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS THIS YEAR AND FOR POOL REPAIRS THIS YEAR, IN PRIOR YEARS, WE'VE SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR LAND ACQUISITION.IT'S STILL THERE, UH, 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.
YEAH, WELL, IT'S KIND OF, UH, YOU CAN'T QUITE PREDICT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO EXACTLY.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
SO WE HAVE IT SET ASIDE AND IT'S READY, READY WHEN THE LAND IS THERE.
THE, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD CONCERNED, UH, UH, THE, UH, INVESTMENT EARNINGS, AND I UNDERSTOOD WHY YOU, YOU DON'T INCLUDE THEM IN THERE, BUT IF I READ SOME OF THIS, YOU KNOW, THAT LAST YEAR YOU HAD UN EXPENDED 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.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT AFFECTS THESE NUMBERS.
YEAH, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN INCONSEQUENTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, I'M SURE.
IT, IT'S REALLY SO, UM, LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WELL, ALL GOVERNMENTS IN CALIFORNIA ARE, UM, LIMITED IN HOW THEY CAN INVEST THEIR FUNDS.
WE'RE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO INVEST IN THIS VERY SAFE WAY, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT AS A RESULT, WE DON'T EARN A TON OF INTEREST EVEN IN YEARS THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS LIKE, WOW, THE STOCK MARKET DID GREAT.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO INVEST IN STOCK SO WE CAN INVEST IN BONDS.
UM, SO YES, THIS YEAR OUR, UH, INVESTMENT EARNINGS ARE, ARE DOING RELATIVELY WELL.
SO WE'RE ON TRACK TO PROBABLY END THE YEAR AT LIKE FOUR OR 5 MILLION IN INVESTMENT EARNINGS, BUT WE DON'T BUDGET IT BECAUSE IT'S SO VARIABLE.
UM, AND WE 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 WOULD HAPPEN 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 A, 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.
IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS ONE WOULD, UM, MAYBE THINK, BUT BECAUSE OF WE'RE SO LIMITED IN HOW, UH, WE CAN INVEST BY GOVERNMENT CODE.
UM, BUT IT IS SOMETHING, AND AGAIN, AS WE'RE DOING OUR PROJECTIONS OF HOW WE'RE GONNA END THE YEAR, WE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND LIKE, HOW ARE OUR REVENUES COMING IN? UM, BUT WE'RE NOT BUDGETING FOR IT.
AND THAT WAS A CHANGE WE DID, UM, 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, BUT, UH, THAT GIVES YOU SOME, A LITTLE BIT OF A POT OF MONEY THERE THAT YOU CAN USE FOR SOME UNEXPECTED COST ACTUALLY.
AT SOME POINT THAT GETS ALL ACCOUNTED FOR AND REPORTED.
SO THE, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL DO OUR, OUR ACT FOR OUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, 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, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING IN.
AND IGOR, WELL, THANK YOU FOR A VERY ENLIGHTENING PRESENTATION.
AND I'M TOTALLY AMAZED AT YOUR COMMAND OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT, UH, EVERYBODY ASKS YOU ABOUT AND SAY, WELL, YEAH, THIS, THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER.
SO, UH, I WAS WONDERING IF WE MIGHT, UH, APPLY THAT TO, UH, MAYBE A, A BRIEF DISSERTATION ON DEBT DEBT SERVICE.
TO ME, THAT'S JUST A, SOMETHING TO AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE IF WE COULD YEAH.
BECAUSE IT'S MONEY WE COULD BE SPENDING TO SOMETHING BESIDES PAYING INTEREST.
AND I'M WONDERING, IS THERE A CONSIDER TO BE SORT OF AN OPTIMAL BALANCE IN WHICH, UH, IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE THAT YEAH.
THAT YOU'RE PAYING OFF COMPARED TO OTHERWISE? YES.
SO, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHERE TO BEGIN.
SO THE PARK DISTRICT DOES HAVE A DEBT POLICY, UH, WHICH WE IMPLEMENTED MAYBE LIKE SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO.
AND IT DOES GET INTO THOSE, UM, QUESTIONS OF LIKE, WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR THE PARK DISTRICT TO ISSUE DEBT? UM, YEAH.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS VERSUS THE COSTS, UH, THE DEBT THAT YOU'RE SEEING? SO, UM, THE DEBT THAT YOU'RE TALKING, THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THIS BUDGET THAT'S DISCUSSED IN THIS BUDGET IS ACTUALLY OUR MEASURE WW BONDS.
SO BACK IN 2008, WE, WE, UH, GOT APPROVAL FROM THE VOTERS TO ISSUE OUR MEASURE WW BONDS.
UM, AND THEN WE ISSUE THAT IN TRANCHES IS WHAT IT'S CALLED, LIKE SERIES.
UM, AND SO WE THEN HAVE DEBT SERVICE THAT WE OWE ON THOSE BONDS THAT WE ISSUED.
UM, AND WE WORK WITH FINANCIAL ADVISORS TO HELP US STRUCTURE HOW MUCH SHOULD THAT DEBT SERVICE BE.
WE DON'T WANNA OVERWHELM TAXPAYERS.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY, THE, THE BOARD OF
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DIRECTORS SAID, MAKE SURE THAT DEBT SERVICE DOESN'T EXCEED $10 PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND OF ASSESSED VALUATION.UM, SO WE STRUCTURE OUR DEBT SERVICE SO THAT WE ARE KEEPING IT TO BE, IT'S, IT'S LIKE, I THINK $5 AND 80 CENTS, UM, PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND THIS YEAR.
UM, 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
AND THAT'S THE DEBT SERVICE THAT THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED HERE.
SO WE, UM, WE BUDGET FOR IT, AND THEN WE GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO THE COUNTIES, THEY PUT IT ON THE PROPERTY TAX BILLS, AND THEN THAT MONEY COMES IN WHEN WE GET OUR PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS.
WE ALSO GET THE, THE MONEY FOR THE DEBT SERVICE THAT'S OWED.
SO THAT DOES THAT, IT'S A SUPER COMPLICATED TOPIC.
I HOPE THAT SORT OF MADE SENSE.
UM, BUT WE DO, I GUESS THE, THE BIG THING TO UNDERSTAND MAYBE IS THAT WE DO HAVE A, UM, A DEBT POLICY AND IT SAYS LIKE, WHEN SHOULD WE ISSUE A DEBT? SHOULD IT BE 30 YEAR DEBT, 20 YEAR DEBT? UM, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE REASONS THAT YOU WOULD ISSUE DEBT VERSUS TRY TO DO LIKE A PAYGO SITUATION, PAY IT, UM, FROM YOUR EXISTING FUNDS.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT POLICY, AND WE DO FOLLOW IT AS YOU PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE INTEREST RATES YOU HAVE TO PAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT WAS IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION,
WELL, I HAVE ONE, SO I JUST WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND.
I KNOW THAT YOU PUT ON THE SCREEN BRIEFLY.
UM, THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT YOU TRY TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF FUNDING, HOW THEY GET PRIORITIZED.
SO I'M JUST GONNA ASK, WHERE IS THE, UM, THE THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50? IS IT LIKE WAY DOWN THERE? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? SINCE, SINCE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET SOME STATE FUNDING, BUT ALSO, SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YEAH, YEAH.
WHERE, WHERE, WHERE DOES THAT FIT? WHERE'S, UM, SO I'M FLIPPING OPEN THE PROJECT BUDGET BOOK TO SEE, OR I CAN LOOK THERE TOO.
IF I JUST NEED TO LOOK ON THE PROJECT BOOK, I CAN DO THAT.
UM, AND I, IT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FUNDING THIS YEAR IS MY REC RECOLLECTION.
THERE SHOULD BE A SCORE THERE.
MAYBE YOU CAN FIND IT BEFORE I CAN, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS, RIGHT? YEAH.
IS THAT THE PROCESS THAT GETS EVALUATED EVERY YEAR? OTHER THING IS, DID THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR, UM, REQUEST FUNDING RIGHT NOW? SO WE ASK 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.
MAY BE THAT THEY DIDN'T REQUEST FUNDING FOR IT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT GOT FUNDED.
WELL, I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
AND SO IS THAT THE PROCESS WHERE IT'S, IT LITERALLY GOES THROUGH A RANKING SYSTEM AS OPPOSED TO ME REACHING OUT TO MY DIRECTOR AND ASKING FOR ADVOCACY? SO IT'S, IT'S LIKE A, IT'S A SCIENTIFIC METHOD, IN OTHER WORDS.
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR.
AND I'LL SAY LIKE, WE JUST IMPLEMENTED IT LAST YEAR.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE LIKE, AT VARIOUS STAGES OF THE PIPELINE ALREADY.
AND SO IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO STOP.
SO WE DID HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE SCORED AND WE'RE LIKE, HUH, THAT DIDN'T COME OUT VERY HIGH, BUT IT'S HALFWAY DONE AND WE'RE NOT GONNA LIKE STOP WORK.
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.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENS THOUGH? I KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE EXAMPLE I'M MOST FAMILIAR WITH.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF, SAY, A CONGRESS PERSON OR A STATE LEGISLATURE GETS FUNDING TO DO SOMETHING RELATED AND MAYBE THERE'S LIKE A MATCHING GRANT THAT'S NEEDED OR A MATCHING COMPONENT? YEAH.
HOW DOES, HOW DOES THAT WORK? IS THERE FLEXIBILITY IN THE SYSTEM OR? NO, I THINK THE, UM, THERE, THERE'S NOT FLEXIBILITY IN THE SCORING, BUT A SCORING COULD CHANGE, UH, BLESS YOU.
UM, BASED ON, SO WHAT, YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE THINGS THERE, LIKE MAYBE YOU'RE GETTING FUNDING FROM A GRANT SO THAT THERE'S, I FORGET, LIKE 12 OR SO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
AND SO PROJECT READINESS IS ONE OF THOSE SCORING CATEGORIES.
SO IF IT SUDDENLY HAD LIKE A LOT OF MONEY COMING IN FROM ANOTHER SOURCE, PROJECT READINESS WOULD BE A LOT HIGHER.
LIKE, HEY, WE HAVE, WE NOW HAVE FUNDING FROM THIS.
AND THEN PARTNERSHIP IS ANOTHER, UH, WAY THAT, UM, IS ANOTHER SCORING CATEGORY.
SO IF YOU HAD A PARTNERSHIP FROM LIKE, WHATEVER, I DON'T KNOW SOME OTHER AGENCY THAT WAS LIKE, HEY, WE WANNA, WE REALLY WANNA GET THIS DONE AND WE'RE WORKING ON THIS ASPECT, CAN YOU GET YOUR PART DONE? THEN IT WOULD GET
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MORE POINTS.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.
IF IT'S IN LIKE, JUST LIKE A GLIMMER IN SOMEONE'S EYE VERSUS LIKE, HEY, WE HAVE A WHOLE PLAN.
WE HAVE FUNDING READY, WE HAVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
LIKE IT'S GONNA START MOVING UP ON THE SCORING.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MAKES SENSE.
UM, SO WE'VE HAD EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO GO AROUND.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC HERE WHO KNOW? AND IS THERE ANYBODY, OH, LET'S ASK.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE MEMBER MARSH HAS HER HAND UP.
UM, THE FIRST ONE YOU TALKED ABOUT MULTI, UH, LANGUAGE SIGNAGE.
IS THAT GOING TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE TAGAL, MANDARIN, OR IS IT JUST GONNA BE ENGLISH AND SPANISH? HOW MANY LANGUAGES ARE WE TALKING WHEN YOU SAY MULTILINGUAL, UH, SIGNAGE.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
UM, BUT I CAN FIND OUT AND GET BACK TO YOU.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HERE KNOW? OKAY.
UM, THE OTHER ONE YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY THROUGH LISA, SORRY, UH, LISA, UH, UH, GORIAN IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND SHE'S SAYING THE INTENT IS TO, IS TO KEEP IMPROVING THE NUMBER OF LANGUAGES AND THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE LISA
THE, UH, A GM OF OPERATIONS, LISA GORIAN.
I THINK THIS IS COMING FROM, UM, THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
SO THIS IS REALLY A, I THINK, UM, TO REFLECT YOUR QUESTION IS, IS, IS FOR THE DISTRICT TO, UH, BE MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE LANGUAGES THAT ARE SPOKEN IN, IN THE DISTRICTS THAT WE SER THE, IN THE PARK DISTRICT, THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT ANYTHING'S BEEN DECIDED YET.
UM, AND I THINK MORE WORK WILL BE, NEED TO BE DONE TO, TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO THIS IS A BUDGET ITEM TO HELP SUPPORT THIS EFFORT.
UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY IN THE PARKS.
HOW DOES THAT LOOK? UM, I, FOR ONE, LIKE TO GO TO THE PARK AND, UH, NOT HAVE ANY INTERRUPTIONS, SO NO PHONES OR WHATEVER.
SO I'M HOPING IT'S NOT TOO BIG OF AN UPGRADE.
UM, WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO, UH, JUST SIGN OFF.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES TO OUR, UM, RIGHT.
THE, THE PRIMARY POINT RIGHT NOW IS REALLY, UM, 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, UM, SERVICE.
AND SO WE CAN'T PUT IN LIKE, ELECTRONIC, UM, YOU KNOW, CREDIT CARD TECHNOLOGY, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THAT'S MAINLY WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, UH, AT THIS TIME.
AND YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT HAVING A PARTNERSHIP WITH ANTIOCH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT LOOKS AS FAR AS THE, UM, EDUCATION FOR WATER SAFETY? I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S YEAH, IT'S, IT'S THE, YEAH.
THE LIFEGUARD SERVICES DIVISION, UM, HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
I KNOW THEY DID SOME WORK THIS YEAR.
I DON'T HAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT EXACTLY HOW IT'S BEING ROLLED OUT, BUT I KNOW IT'S IN PROGRESS ALREADY.
I CAN, I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA CLOSE OUT THIS ITEM.
SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THOROUGH VETTING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
VERY THOROUGH, UM, AND VERY INFORMATIVE.
THE NEXT ITEM, I SEE LISA, COMING FORWARD, UH, FOR OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
AND SO WE'LL GIVE HER JUST A MOMENT TO GET SET UP.
AND, UM, AND LISA, WHEN YOU'RE READY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, PROVIDE YOUR TITLE SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, UH, WHO YOU ARE.
UH, THIS WAS AN INFORMATION ITEM.
AND SO, UM, AND SO THIS IS WHAT, UH, LISA'S GONNA BE PRESENTING TO US, IS OUR 2024 DRAFT OBJECTIVES AND WORK PLAN.
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AND I DID SEND THIS OUT TO EVERYBODY.UM, 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? UM, I, I DON'T THINK SO.
UM, USUALLY, AND WE'VE, WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST WITHOUT NOT PROPERLY NOTICING THINGS AND TAKING ACTION.
I MEAN, DO WE USUALLY MAKE A, UM, A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS? I'M, I'M GONNA TURN IT, I'M GONNA, UH, ASK ERIC HERE.
IS, IS THE QUESTION ON THE WORK PLAN OR ON THE, IT'S ON THE, IT'S ON THE BUDGET.
HISTORICALLY, THERE HAS BEEN, UM, A, A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PAC.
UM, I THINK FOR, FOR THIS YEAR, WE WANTED TO TRY TO HAVE A, HAVE IT BE AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM, UM, BUT I THINK FOR NEXT YEAR, AND, AND IT'LL BE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IN OUR, UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT THE OBJECTIVES FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND, UM, THE P'S ROLE IN, IN THE BUDGET IN TERMS OF, UM, MORE INPUT EARLIER ON.
AND SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO LISA WHENEVER SHE'S READY.
OH, AND THE ONE THING I DID WANNA SAY WAS I DID SEND THIS OUT.
I SENT IT ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO AND HAD ASKED FOR INPUT.
UH, AND SO, UM, NEIL, WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, AND LISA AND I MET, WE REVIEWED ALL THE INPUT AND IT WAS INCORPORATED, UH, INTO THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE TONIGHT.
SO, UM, 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, AND READ IT AND BE THOUGHTFUL, AND THEN GIVE US TIME TO, 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 LISA'S READY.
LISA BALLINGER, LEGISLATIVE POLICY MANAGEMENT ANALYST.
IT'S GREAT TO, TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
UM, JUST A POINT OF CLARITY BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE SLIDE DECK.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU ALL ON THESE OBJECTIVES.
THAT'LL THEN GO BEFORE OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OUR DECISION MAKING BODY TO, UM, TAKE A RESOLUTION ON AND SORT OF LOCK IT IN AS YOUR WORK PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, IN YOUR PACKET, I NOTICED, UH, THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCREPANCY.
SO YOUR STAFF REPORT, UH, FOR WHATEVER REASON, DOESN'T HAVE THE MOST UP-TO-DATE LANGUAGE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
AND SO THE RESOLUTION WILL BE ON THE PRESENTATION LANGUAGE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO THE BOARD.
SO AS WE'RE TALKING THROUGH, UH, 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, UH, RECEIVED, UH, BY EMAIL IN, UH, EARLIER THIS MONTH.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME FOR READING THIS IN ADVANCE.
UM, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD DISCUSSION TODAY.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND WALK US THROUGH THE SLIDES AND SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS I'M HOPING TO ANSWER IN THE NARRATIVE OF THE PRESENTATION.
UH, ONCE I CONCLUDE, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, ERIC FEER, TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS, UM, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR CONVERSATION.
SO TO BEGIN, THESE ARE OUR 2024 PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE OBJECTIVES.
AND WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THESE OBJECTIVES IS WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ACTIVATE AND BUILD ON THE ROLE STATEMENT THAT YOU ALL ADOPTED, UM, 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 INTO THE BOARD ON ISSUES, PROJECTS, AND POLICIES OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY SEEING THAT AS THE CORE GOAL, THE CORE, CORE PURPOSE OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THE SIX OBJECTIVES ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT, UH, IMPLEMENTING THAT IN PRACTICE.
SO THE SIX OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, TODAY, THE NUMBER ONE IS PROVIDING COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN.
UH, THIS IS A 10 YEAR UPDATE TO THE AGENCY-WIDE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, THIS IS CALLED SECOND CENTURY BECAUSE IT IS TAKING US INTO OUR 100 YEARS.
UM, IT WILL NOT BE A 100 YEAR PLAN.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PAC
AND WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE THAT OUR KICKOFF PRESENTATION IN JANUARY.
OUR NUMBER TWO COMES TO US, UH, 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 BIODIVERSITY AND ROLE THE PARK DISTRICT SERVES IN PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES.
AND I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN WE GET ON THAT SPECIFIC SLIDE TO CONTAIN, CONTINUE ON SORT OF A HIGH LEVEL.
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
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BIT OF THAT JUST NOW WITH, UH, FINANCE, UH, MANAGER, DEB SPALDING.SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT INTO NEXT YEAR, MAINTAIN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S FUNDING PROGRAMS. UH, THANK YOU.
WHO, THOSE OF YOU WHO WENT OUT OF YOUR WAY LAST YEAR TO GO ON SITE VISITS, UH, ENGAGE ON LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR GRANTS, AND WE WANNA EXPAND THAT ELEMENT OF YOUR ROLE, PROVIDE COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT OF PARK DISTRICT LOCAL FUNDING MEASURES AND INITIATIVES.
AND I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE THE WORD, THE WORD COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT THERE.
SO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS THE, THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
THEY ARE THE POLICY SETTERS OF THIS AGENCY, BUT THE PAC IS SERVING IN A ROLE OF COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT ON OUR LOCAL TAX MEASURES, FF AND WW, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRACKING AND HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT WE COMMITTED TO.
AND THEN LASTLY, IS 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, UH, 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, UH, 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.
SO NUMBER ONE IS PROVIDING COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN.
UH, YOU ALL WILL HAVE A DESIGNED ROLE, UH, 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, UH, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOUR COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES HELP GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PHASE OF PLANNING FOR THE PLAN, UH, TO PUT ON AN RFP FOR SOMEBODY TO HELP US GUIDE, UM, THAT WORK.
AND SO WE WANT THE PAC TO BE A PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS ENGAGEMENT EARLY, ONGOING, AND MEANINGFUL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE OF WHAT OUR NEXT 10 YEARS LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND SO YOUR TOP ROLE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE CORE, WE WANNA PRIORITIZE THIS AS PART OF YOUR WORK PLAN.
AND SO WE MADE THAT OUR TOP OBJECTIVE.
SECOND, AND IN COMPLIMENT IS EXPANDING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARK DISTRICT BIODIVERSITY AND THE ROLE THE PARK DISTRICT PLAYS IN NATURAL RESOURCES.
SO AN ELEMENT OF YOUR, YOUR POSITION HERE ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS SERVING AS COMMUNITY LIAISON AND MAINTAINING A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
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 WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING PRESENTATIONS BEFORE YOU TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE, UM, AND TO EXPAND THAT KNOWLEDGE.
AND SO SOME EXAMPLES OF PRESENTATIONS THAT'LL COME BEFORE YOU NEXT YEAR.
OUR STEWARDSHIP TEAM IS WORKING ON A FINE SCALE VEGETATION MAPPING PROJECT THAT'S REALLY LOOKING AT THE BIODIVERSITY, UM, AND RESOURCES HERE IN THE EAST BAY.
AND SO THEY'D LOVE TO COME, UM, BEFORE YOU ALL AND SHARE AN UPDATE ON THAT PROJECT AND HOW IT'S GONNA BE HELPING US WITH MANAGING OUR RESOURCES SUSTAINABLY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO MITIGATING WILDFIRE AND OTHER CLIMATE THREATS.
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF, OF A DIRECTION TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.
UH, AND THAT'S OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO MAINTAINING AN UNDERSTANDING AND ENGAGED ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S ACTIVE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, UH, MORE AND MORE WE'RE SEEING, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO JUST DO IT FOR ITS OWN MERIT, UH, GRANT REQUIREMENTS, WANTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EARLY ON IN A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE PAC IS A GREAT PLACE, UH, TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
AND SO BRINGING CAPITAL PROJECTS LIKE THOSE WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, THE TIDEWATER PUBLIC EXPANSION PROJECT, COYOTE HILLS, ET CETERA, BEFORE THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A DIALOGUE ON WHAT IMPLEMENTATION LOOKS LIKE, UH, WILL NOT ONLY BE HELPFUL FOR EXPANDING YOUR UNDERSTANDING, BUT HELPFUL TO THE PROJECT ITSELF.
UM, AND THEN ALSO OUR PROGRAM.
SO THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE LIFEGUARD, UH, PROGRAM.
AS PART OF THE BUDGET, OUR LIFEGUARD TEAM CAN COME BEFORE YOU ALL AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON THEIR PROGRAM.
AND THEN ALSO OUR FUELS MANAGEMENT WORK.
WE WANNA 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, OUR GRANTS WORK, UM, 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.
UM, I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE HEARD OF, UH, OUR RESPONSE TO THE 2023, UH, 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 WANNA BRING AN UPDATE, UH, 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 WANNA GIVE TO OUR EXPERIENCE GOING THROUGH, UH, 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, UH, MEASURE CC, UH, THOUGH WE'VE, UH, SORT OF CEASED IN COLLECTING REVENUE, WE'RE STILL WORKING TO SPEND THAT DOWN.
MEASURE FF 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, UH, PRO THE PROJECT AND COMMITMENT LIST OF THESE MEASURES, UH, WE'LL BRING UPDATES, UH, TO YOU ALL TO SERVE AS THAT COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT AS WAS, UH, COMMITTED TO IN THE MEASURE ITSELF.
UH, THIS IS ALSO A PLACE WHERE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL FUNDING MEASURES WILL BE TOUCHED ON.
SO THE PARK DISTRICT DOES ANNUALLY SERVE OR SURVEY ON VOTERS' WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT EXPANDING TAX REVENUE FOR REVENUE FOR THE AGENCY.
AND SO AS, UH, THAT SURVEY WORK IS DONE, UH, WE WOULD BRING IT BEFORE THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AWARENESS.
AND THEN OUR SIXTH, UH, GOAL, AS I NOTED, IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CATCHALL, 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, UM, AND SAFETY PROCEDURE CHANGES COME INTO, INTO, UH, CONVERSATION BRINGING THOSE BEFORE THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHANGES TO RECREATIONAL POLICIES.
AND THE PARK DISTRICT'S NAMING POLICY ARE SOME EXAMPLES, UH, LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND OTHERS.
AND SO, UH, THIS IS SORT OF AS THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF BEING A GOVERNMENT AGENCY MOVE FORWARD, UH, YOU ALL HAVE A ROLE IN BE BEING THAT COMMUNITY VOICE AND THAT COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT ON MAKING SURE THAT WE DOT ALL OUR I'S AND CROSS ALL OUR T'S.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
UM, OF COURSE WE'LL DIVE IN DEEPLY AS WE ACHIEVE EACH OF THESE OBJECTIVES TOGETHER.
UM, AND WE ARE SEEKING FORMAL APPROVAL FROM YOU ALL, UH, AS PART OF TODAY'S CONVERSATION.
AND AS A REMINDER, FORMAL APPROVAL OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE SLIDE DECK PRESENTATION AND NOT, UH, YOUR PACKET SPECIFICALLY.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT TO ERIC FOR CLOSING COMMENTS.
UH, ERIC FEELER, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, UM, WANT TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE ELISA'S WORK ON, ON THESE OBJECTIVES, UH, VERY THOUGHTFUL AND, UM, DILIGENT WORK AND WANNA THANK THE PAC MEMBERS FOR THEIR INPUT ON IT.
UH, THE GOAL HERE, OR THE HOPE HERE, IS THAT THESE OBJECTIVES WILL, UH, ARE DESIGNED TO GUIDE OUTCOMES, UM, SO THAT WHEN PRESENTATIONS COME BEFORE THE PAC, UH, THEY ARE FITTING WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE SIX OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR.
AND THAT WE WILL BE USING THAT INPUT, UH, AS STAFF AND AS THE BOARD, UM, MAKES DECISIONS, UM, 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, UM, REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT MORE TO ADD.
SO, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND APPRECIATE THE INPUT.
AND SO, AGAIN, HOPEFULLY THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ABLE TO REVIEW, UH, IN ADVANCE SAW, YOU KNOW, EVIDENCE OF YOUR COMMENTS INCORPORATED.
AND SO I DID WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY THOUGH IF PEOPLE HAD OTHER COMMENTS.
UM, AND SO GO AROUND AND, AND OPEN THAT UP.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO THE LAST, SHALL BE FIRST, SO TO SPEAK.
SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UM, UH, MEMBER, UH, MARSH, NO QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD PLEASE, UM, MEMBER 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? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
ALL, HOW ABOUT YOU, MEMBER PEOPLES, UH, I, AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS AND, AND WHATNOT.
UH, I HAD PROVIDED SOME COMMENTS WHICH I SEE REFLECTED, UH, IN HERE, BUT ON, UH, OBJECTIVE TO, UH, ONE THING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION IN MY COMMENTS WAS, YOU MAKE REFERENCE TO SENSITIVE ECOSYSTEMS, AND I WOULD SUGGEST DELETING THE WORD SENSITIVE.
I, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EAST BAY ECOSYSTEMS AND START TALKING ABOUT SENSITIVE, YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS SOME ECOSYSTEMS ARE NOT GONNA BE CONSIDERED IN OTHERS.
AND I THINK WE'RE REALLY, WHEN YOU THINK IN TERMS OF SYSTEMS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
UM, MEMBER SIMMONS, ONE SLIGHT, UH, EDITOR EDITORIAL SUGGESTION.
AND THEN ONE QUESTION, THE EDITORIALS ON NUMBER THREE, WHERE IT SAYS, MAINTAIN UNDERSTANDING OF AND ENGAGE ON ENGAGE IS MORE LIKE A VERB.
AND I WOULD THINK ENGAGEMENT MIGHT BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, THE STRUCTURE OF THAT PARTICULAR GOAL.
MY SECOND THING, AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT I LEARNED ABOUT IT TONIGHT, WAS, UM, WHERE WOULD
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YOU PUT PARTICIPATE IN 90TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ACTIVITY?UM, I BELIEVE THAT COULD GO UNDER PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON PARK DISTRICT, UH, PRACTICES UNDER NUMBER SIX.
OH, WAS THAT IT? IF I MAY? UM, UH, MEMBER SIMMONS, I, I THINK IT'S INCORPORATED IN THE, UM, UH, SECOND CENTURY PLAN.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF BEING CO-BRANDED, SO IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S IN BOTH PROBABLY.
HOW ABOUT YOU, SUSIE? THANKS FOR CLARIFYING SOME OF MY QUESTIONS.
I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
FIRSTLY, I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW, I'LL SHADE BLIND.
THOSE COLORS MEAN NOTHING TO ME.
THAT'S WHY I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ON OR NOT.
OH, UM, RED AND GREEN ARE A SPECTRUM OF COLOR THAT I HAVE A, A REALLY HARD TIME DISTINGUISHING.
UM, SO WHAT I'VE NOTICED FROM WHAT THE SLIDES WERE TO THESE, THE, THE ORDER HAS JUMPED AROUND.
SO IS IT, UM, IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE WAS ANY PARTICULAR ORDER THAT GAVE THEM PRIORITY, BUT IS THAT, SO THE, UM, ONE OF THE EDITS THAT WE RECEIVED ALL WRITING IT THROUGH WAS SWAPPING ITEM NUMBER THREE IN 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 INTERESTS, EXCUSE ME.
BUT TO SIGNIFY THAT IT'S REALLY CATCHING WHATEVER DOESN'T, UH, FIT.
THERE WAS THE VISION OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO PROVIDED THAT EDIT.
AND THEN THEY ALSO WANTED TO PUT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AND COMPLEMENT NEXT TO THE BIODIVERSITY.
BECAUSE REALLY WHAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY DOING HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT IS BALANCING OUR NATURAL AND OUR RECREATION AND OUR CONSERVATION.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS THE, THE VISION OF THE MOVE.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TO SIGNAL PRIORITIZATION CHANGES, BUT MORE, UH, TO PUT INTO A, A MORE FLUID NARRATIVE.
UM, AND THEN JUST POINT OF ORDER, IT'S, 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.
I MEAN, I, BECAUSE WE'RE SUBJECT TO THE, WE'RE SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT.
NO, WE ARE, 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, AND ERIC, YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE THIS, I APOLOGIZE, BUT MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE IN ORDER TO FOLLOW WITH THE BROWN ACT, I THINK THAT PEOPLE CAN VERBALIZE, AND WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE EXPRESSING INTEREST AND APPROVAL.
BUT I I, BASED ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY HERE, I WOULD SAY IF IT WASN'T AGENDAS PROPERLY, THEN WE CAN'T MAKE A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE HAVE DIRECTOR COFFEE WHO IS PRESENT, WHO IS HEARING WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND IF THE OTHER, YEAH, AND IF THE OTHER, UM, UH, 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 CITY, I HAVE 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 IT'S LIKE A HUGE ITEM.
AND SO, SO THAT'S, THIS IS MY, MY, MY RECOMMENDATION HERE.
SO, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.
HONESTLY, SINCE WE ARE A PUBLIC AGENCY, DID YOU, DID YOU HAVE SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT DEV? A WAY TO GET AROUND THE BROWN ACT? UH, THERE'S A PERSON WHO ADVISED ME AND MY ORGANIZATION FOR 10 YEARS ON THE BROWN ACT, AND THIS IS AFTER ALL, NOT A FINAL DECISION, THE BOARD.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN SAY WHETHER WE CAN ACT OR NOT.
NO, I DON'T HAVE MALPRACTICE COVERAGE ANYMORE.
WHAT IF WE PROMISE NOT TO SUE
SO, SO THE POINT IS, I MEAN, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE EXPRESSING, YOU KNOW, UM, AFFIRMATION SUPPORT APPROVAL INFORMALLY FROM THE PLAN.
SO WE WILL, UH, UH, WE CAN CONTINUE AROUND THE RIM AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE, THE QUESTION.
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BY WAY OF CONTEXT ON THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS DOCUMENT, UM, IS WE WILL BE BRINGING IT BEFORE OUR BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT THEIR DECEMBER MEETING.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 PAC FEEDBACK WAS INTEGRATED INTO THE PROPOSAL THAT WE BRING BEFORE THEM.
SO, ROLAND, WERE YOU DONE? DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I
UH, 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.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GETTING STUFF IN ADVANCE TO YOU.
I NOTICED THAT THREE AND SIX HAD FLIPPED, AND NORMALLY STUFF IS LISTED IN ORDER OF PRIORITY NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY SAYS.
AND, UM, 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 YEARS AGO.
SO I, AND, AND AS A GROUP HERE, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE E-BIKE POLICY.
SO I REALLY, I HOPE THAT'S NOT PUSHED TO THE BACK.
UM, 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, IN CONVERSATION WITH, UH, WHOEVER OUR FUTURE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ARE.
I KNOW YOU'RE MAKING A VOTE TONIGHT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACHIEVING ALL OF THESE OBJECTIVES AND NOT NECESSARILY PRIORITIZING ONE OVER THE OTHERS.
UH, LUANA THANK YOU FOR THE VERY THOUGHTFUL PRESENTATION.
AND I THINK AS FAR AS WHAT IMPRESSES ME ABOUT THE PROPOSED, UM, 20, 24 OBJECTIVES IS IT REALLY GIVES US A CLEAR LENS AS FAR AS WHAT OUR PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE, UM, COULD BE FOR THE COMING UP NEW YEAR.
AND, UM, I, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS MORE CLARITY THAN I HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND ALSO, UM, 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, UM, THE, UM, OTHER REPORTS WE HEARD ABOUT TONIGHT.
UM, 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, UM, JUST WANTING TO COMMENT ON THAT AND SAY GREAT WORK.
I WANTED TO POINT OUT NUMBER TWO, EXPAND UNDERSTANDING OF THE EAST SPACE BIODIVERSITY ROLE THE PARK DISTRICT SERVES IN PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES.
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.
UM, IN THE WORK THAT I DO WITH INDIGENOUS CULTURES ALL OVER TURTLE ISLAND, YOU COULD ARGUE THAT NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES ARE ONE IN THE SAME.
AND I, I'M NOT SEEING THAT IN ANY OF THE OTHER OBJECTIVES.
UM, IN KEEPING WITH THE CULTURAL, UH, PIECE.
UM, ALSO HAVING BEEN A MEMBER FOR THE PAST, I GUESS FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS NOW, I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM A LOT OF, UH, UM, 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.
AND IF I COULD RECOMMEND ONE THAT IT WOULD GO INTO IS OBJECTIVE NUMBER SIX, PROVIDE GUIDANCE RECOMMENDATIONS IF I'M NOT SEEING IT EXPLICITLY THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF FOLKS JUST REALLY WANTING TO ENSURE THAT CULTURAL DIVERSITY IS REPRESENTED WITHIN THE, UM, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO.
WELL, MY COMMENT IS THIS, AND I DID HAVE THE CHANCE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, REVIEWING EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS THAT, UH, WAS ABLE TO SUBMIT AND THEN ALSO TALKING WITH LISA AND NEIL, UM, AND ERIC, I THINK AT ONE POINT.
SO I'VE, I THINK I'VE SAT WITH THIS DOCUMENT, UM, A LITTLE MORE.
UM, I DO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE STAFF'S, UM, THOUGHTFULNESS IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
AND I REALLY VIEW THIS DOCUMENT AS YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED AS CHAIR, WELL, LIKE TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A, UM, AN OBJECTIVE, RIGHT? TO TRY TO GIVE MORE MEANING AND MORE DEFINITION TO WHAT IT MEANT TO SERVE ON THE PAC AND THE RULES AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES, BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT NEBULOUS IN THE PAST, AS LUANA 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.
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AND I THINK THIS IS HELPING TO GET US HERE.AND EVEN TONIGHT, UH, WE ARE HEARING EARLIER FROM DIRECTOR COFFEE ABOUT HOW, I MEAN, I, I WAS EXCITED AND I COULD SENSE THE EXCITEMENT IN THE ROOM ABOUT HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR, UH, WARD DIRECTORS AND, UM, HAVE EVEN MORE OF A, UM, A DIRECT APPROACH IN TERMS OF INPUT INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND IT WAS A VERY HEAVY LIFT.
AND I REMEMBER WE HAD DISCUSSIONS FIRST SIX MONTHS AND WHAT WAS THIS GONNA REALLY LOOK LIKE? AND SO HERE IT IS.
AND SO I JUST AM REALLY DELIGHTED AND APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS BY VARIOUS STAFF MEMBERS.
SO IF I WERE TO TAKE, UM, IF WE WERE TO TAKE A VOTE, I THINK I'VE HEARD, UH, UNANIMOUS SUPPORT, SO THE DIRECTOR CAN TAKE THAT BACK, UH, THE INFORMAL FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED THIS EVENING ON THIS INFORMATION ITEM.
AND, UH, WE DO HAVE TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO IS THERE ANYONE HERE, IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC? I NEED A CARD.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO STILL COME FORWARD STATEMENT.
I SERVE AS A COMMISSIONER ON LAFAYETTE PARK TRAILS AND REC COMMISSION.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TO SEE HOW THIS ORGANIZATION OPERATES.
UM, I CAN ONLY SPEAK AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY, UM, REPRESENTATION.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW CITIES CAN GET INVOLVED AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE GENERAL REGIONAL PLAN.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
WELL THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TONIGHT AND, UH, ON ZOOM, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WHO'S NOT PART OF THE MEETING THERE, SO, UM, IS THERE ANYBODY WITH A HAND RAISE THAT I'M MISSING? THERE IS.
WE HAVE A NEW SYSTEM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE TECH HERE, BUT OKAY.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE AMELIA MARSHALL, JUST GIVE US A MOMENT HERE, AMELIA.
AND DID WE HAVE ANYONE TRYING TO MAKE COMMENT EARLIER IN THE EVENING? NO.
YEAH, SO THERE'S A LITTLE, UM, A LITTLE WINDOW AT THE TOP THERE.
AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT THIS EVENING.
AND, AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, SENT PERSONAL CHATS TO EVERYBODY IN THE ZOOM TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS A NEW SYSTEM AND THAT, UH, WE WOULD ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF WE MISSED ANYTHING.
SO, UH, AMELIA, WE'VE JUST PROMOTED YOU, UH, TO A PANELIST SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, A COUPLE OF TECHNICAL COMMENTS, JUST, UH, 'CAUSE UH, 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, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT WORKED TO RAISE A HAND.
UH, MY COMMENT IS THE, EXACTLY THE SAME AS I THINK THAT IS, UH, PAC MEMBER FRANCIS MENDOZA, UH, REGARDING YOUR ITEM TWO.
UH, THE PARK DISTRICT MISSION STATEMENT CALLS OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.
AND YET THAT ITEM TWO, AS, UH, THE PAC MEMBER MENTIONED OMITS, THE WHOLE CULTURAL PIECE.
AND SO THAT, UH, IS AN OMISSION THAT OUGHT TO BE CLEARED UP BEFORE THIS GOES FORWARD.
IT'S IMMENSELY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THE, UH, 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.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? WE HAVE, UM, MR. BRUCE OLSSON.
UH, BUT HIS HAND IS NOT RAISED.
I'M GONNA RAISE HIM AS A PANELIST JUST TO CONFIRM.
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HE DOESN'T ACCEPT BRUCE.UM, YOU MAY NEED TO ACCEPT A PROMOTION ON YOUR END.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT FROM BRUCE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? AND AMELIA, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE FURTHER COMMENT, BUT, UM, IF NOT, THEN, UM, IF YOU COULD TURN YOUR
I WILL SAY THAT, UH, IT'S GREAT THAT THIS IS A HYBRID FORMAT SO THAT FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE CAN, UH, ATTEND VIA ZOOM, BUT I CAN'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PAC MEMBERS.
I CAN SEE THE PODIUM JUST FINE.
BUT, UH, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHO IS SPEAKING AND GET ANY BODY LANGUAGE OR GET ANY CONTEXT LIKE THAT.
SO I GUESS NEXT TIME I'LL HAVE TO SHOW UP IN PERSON.
OKAY, WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, WE'RE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT AND WITH THIS ITEM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.
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UM, WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE ITEMS TO GO.UH, NEXT WE'VE GOT THE ELECTION OF 2024 OFFICERS FOR DISCUSSION.
AND IS THIS ONE OF YOUR ITEMS, ERIC? UH, TYP TYPICALLY WOULD BE HANDLED BY THE CHAIR.
BUT WE ARE, WE ARE LOOKING TO, UH, ELECT A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR A TWO YEAR TERM, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY MM-HMM.
AND MAY I SHARE, UM, THOSE WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST AND WE CAN ALSO TAKE NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
BUT, UM, I HAVE SPOKEN TO NEIL, ALTHOUGH HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
HE IS INTERESTED IN SERVING AS CHAIR.
UH, HE SERVED WITH ME AS VICE CHAIR OF THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND I KNOW HAS CHAIRED THESE MEETINGS A FEW TIMES WHEN I WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND NEIL, UH, BUT ALSO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTED TO PUT THEMSELVES FORWARD AS CHAIR OR SOMEONE ELSE FORWARD.
SO COULD WE TAKE A FORMAL VOTE ON THE CHAIR? IS THERE AN ORDER WE HAVE TO DO IT? YES.
YOU WANT TO STEP DOWN? YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE MY TWO YEARS AND THAT'S TRADITIONALLY WHAT THE TERM HAS BEEN.
SO, UM, IT HAS BEEN, I MEAN, I'M, I'M GONNA HAVE BOARD CHAIR COMMENTS SO I CAN SPEAK MORE TO THAT LATER.
BUT, UH, I AM IN SUPPORT OF NEIL HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY, SO YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH OF ME.
AND, AND I, I WILL STILL BE ON THE PAC OF COURSE.
AND, AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, RICK RICKARD WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR ME.
HE, WHENEVER HE, I WAS HIS, UH, VICE CHAIR FOR TWO YEARS AND THEN HE WAS STILL ON THE PAC 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, UH, I WON'T BE, UH, HAVE THE TITLE OF CHAIR ANYMORE, BUT I STILL AM HAPPY TO ENGAGE IN SUPPORT WHOEVER THE NEW CHAIR IS.
SO I GUESS I'M MAKING A MOTION FOR NEIL TO BE THE CHAIR.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? OH MY GOODNESS.
UH, AND SO MADAME CLERK, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
SO WE'LL START WITH PAC MEMBER PEOPLES, I MEAN, REED POLY G
AYE, UH, CURRENT CHAIR? UH, OBRINGER AYE.
I'M GONNA TEXT NEIL THE GOOD NEWS A LITTLE BIT LATER THAT HE WAS UNANIMOUSLY, OH, EXCUSE ME.
THERE WAS A LITTLE TECHNICAL GLITCH THERE.
UM, AND SO THIS WOULD TAKE EFFECT IN JANUARY BECAUSE IN DECEMBER WE HAVE A, WE HAVE MORE OF AN INFORMAL GATHERING THAN A, IT'S NOT A FORMAL MEETING.
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UH, AND THEN VICE CHAIR.SO, UM, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH, UH, LUANA AND SHE HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SERVING AS VICE CHAIR, UH, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYBODY ELSE WHO WAS ALSO INTERESTED.
UM, BUT IF NOT, UH, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE A, OR, OR LUANA IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING.
UM, YEAH, IT, IT, IT WAS A REAL HONOR, UM, JUST AS FAR AS TO EVEN BE, UM, ASKED.
UM, I GREW UP HERE IN THE EAST BAY, UH, RUNNING ON THE TRAILS AND HAVE, UM, BEEN EVERYTHING FROM AN AMBASSADOR TO PART OF THE TRAIL USER WORKING GROUP AND THE MULTICULTURAL, UM, UM, ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, I WOULD REALLY, UM, LOVE TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY AND, UM, JUST AS FAR AS, UM, SORRY,
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING BOB? PEOPLES NO.
SO I HEARD A, I HEARD A NOMINATION FROM SOMEONE AND SEVERAL ARE YOU SECONDING IT? OKAY.
SO DOV WAS, DOV WAS THE MOTION MAKER, BOB, SECOND BOB PEOPLES WAS THE SECONDER.
AND SO IF WE COULD, UH, TAKE THE, UM, ROLL CALL PLEASE.
AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, PAC MEMBER ROLAND WILLIAMS. VOTE.
I THINK THAT WAS, I, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT, IT'S GOING BE LIKE THAT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW LEADERSHIP.
AND DO WE NEED, UM, I, 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 WANNA SAY ANYTHING? OKAY.
AND, UH, 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 APOLOGIES.
UM, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, FOR OUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, THOUGH CHAT IS DISABLED, WE ACTUALLY, YOU ARE ABLE TO CHAT THROUGH Q AND A.
SO IF YOU SEND IN A QUESTION, UH, YOU ARE ABLE TO CHAT, UH, WITH, UM, WITH US THROUGH Q AND A.
UM, CURRENTLY I DO NOT HAVE, UH, ANY CHAT, UM, FROM A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AMELIA MARSHALL.
'CAUSE I THINK A HAND RAISED WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MOST EFFICIENT AND FASTEST WAY.
UM, SO I WILL, UM, 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 WANNA 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 MUCH OF IT WAS VIRTUAL 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.
UM, BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY STICKING IT OUT.
AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM ADDS SO MUCH VALUE TO THE, TO THE PAC AND, AND, AND THE PARK DISTRICT, I'M SURE IS VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU PARTICIPATING.
AND IT'S FUNNY, AS I SIT HERE AND THINK ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, I
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HAD TO TRY THREE TIMESAND ERIC KNOWS, 'CAUSE WE HAD 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.
AND FINALLY IN 2019, THERE WAS AN OPENING AND, UH, AT THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE.
AND SO, OH, I KNOW ANOTHER TIME
I FIRST GOT ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2016 AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE WORKED.
SO I SAW THAT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY TO BE THE MEMBER.
AND, UM, AND SO I CAME AND I WAS BRAND NEW.
IT WAS MY FIRST MEETING JANUARY, 2017.
WELL, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THERE WAS ALREADY SOMEBODY WHO KNEW EVERYBODY ELSE, ALL THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND SO THAT PERSON, UH, UH, GOT APPOINTED AND, AND FORTUNATELY I GOT THE WARNING A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE ACTUAL VOTE.
SO I WENT UP AND I SAID, OH, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA 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.
SO, UM, I'M THRILLED TO HAVE HAD THE, THE, THE HONOR OF, OF CHAIRING THIS GROUP THAT I REALLY DID WANNA BE A PART OF.
IT TOOK, IT, IT'S, IT'S VERY HARD TO GET ON HERE.
I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THAT MYSELF.
WELL, I JUST, UH, WANNA SAY, AND I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, THAT I THANK YOU FOR LEADING OUR MEETINGS.
LEADING A MEETING REQUIRES SKILL AND ABILITIES, AND YOU, UM, HAVE THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME CHALLENGING TIMES AND I HAVE EVEN TOLD YOU PERSONALLY ONLY YOU COULD HAVE MANAGED.
UM, I'M NOT SO SURE THAT ANYONE ELSE COULD HAVE, UM, WHEN YOU BRING YOUR SKILLS HERE.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO OPEN UP A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR YOU.
WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I WANT TO THANK ERIC AND YULI AND LISA TOO.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, 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, UM, A, YOU KNOW, WORTHWHILE FOR EVERYBODY.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, YOU KNOW, YULI, UH, HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO, UH, I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S 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.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU YULI FOR THAT AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT, UM, YES, THAT'S WORTH A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
NO, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNICAL SKILLS AND THANK YOU AMIR, FOR HELPING US BE ABLE TO DO THIS HYBRID.
IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO BE, UM, TO, TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE FROM WHEREVER, UM, AND, AND ENGAGE BECAUSE THE PARK DISTRICT DOES SPAN TWO COUNTIES, RIGHT? AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THE PARK DISTRICT, BUT, UM, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YULI ALSO WITH ALL HER WORK THROUGH THE EMPLOYEE BLACK COLLECTIVE AND YOU KNOW, THE, I MEAN LEADING TO, UM, THE, THE NAMING OF THE THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50 AND CONCORD AND, AND EVEN OUTSIDE, BEYOND PARTICIPATING IN CONCORD'S JUNETEENTH EVENT AND, AND CONNECTING ME WITH, WITH SOMEONE FROM THE CONTRA COSTA BAR ASSOCIATION TO SPEAK ABOUT THE EXONERATION OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50.
MY POINT IS THAT THAT, UM, STAFF MEMBERS, EACH OF YOU DIRECTOR COFFEE YOU OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS AND OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING.
AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE WITH YOU AS A PAC MEMBER GOING FORWARD.
JUST, I WON'T BE TALKING AS MUCH.
UM, AND I THINK WE, I SAID I WAS GONNA OPEN THIS UP TO THE PUBLIC.
DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
AND SO LET'S SEE IF AMELIA OR ANYONE ON, EXCUSE ME, MEMBER MARSH AND UM, ALSO THE, THE, IF THERE'S ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE MEMBER MARSH, THAT YOU, UM, ARE INCLUDED.
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OKAY, THANK YOU.IS THERE ANYBODY TRYING TO CHAT IN THE Q AND A? WE HAVE NO, UH, CHATS IN THE Q AND A.
SO LEMME JUST PULL UP THE AGENDA AGAIN.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS. I DON'T
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HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, ALTHOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, ERIC, JUST, JUST TO, UM, STATE THAT, UH, AS OF NOW, UM, WE HAVE TO SIGN THE CONTRACT AND, AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE PAYING FOR EVERYTHING.UH, BUT WE'RE PLANNING ON THE DECEMBER 11TH EVENT BEING AT DRAKE'S, UM, UH, DEALERSHIP DOWNTOWN.
UM, THE TIMING OF WHICH, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE INCLUDING THE REGIONAL PARKS, FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS, AS WELL AS OUR BOARD MEMBERS, UM, MAY BE A LITTLE LATER JUST TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, PEOPLE'S SCHEDULE FOR A NETWORKING EVENT.
IT MAY BE FIVE TO SEVEN INSTEAD OF FOUR TO SIX, 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 IN A MORE INFORMAL SPACE.
IS THIS, UH, IS THIS, UH, UH, MEMBERS ONLY OR PLUS ONES OR WHAT'S HAPPENING TO BE? UH, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
UM, TO, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, I DON'T KNOW YET BECAUSE I NEED TO CHECK IN WITH THE FOUNDATION IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE, HOW WE'RE FINANCING EVERYTHING.
AND, UH, FOR THE AUDIENCE, THE QUESTION WAS, UH, ARE THERE, UH, IS THERE ROOM FOR PLUS ONES, JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, ALSO TO, UH, TO CLARIFY, I THINK THERE ARE TWO DRAKES, RIGHT? UM, DID YOU MENTION THE, THE, IT'S, IT'S THE DEALER.
IT SAID DOWNTOWN OAKLAND, DEALERSHIP DOWNTOWN.
SO IT'S THE DOWNTOWN OAKLAND LOCATION.
AND SO IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, DON'T WE USUALLY HAVE, UM, BOARD MEMBER OR I MEAN PAC MEMBER COMMENTS AND I SEE BOARD, YOU KNOW? YEAH, I DON'T SEE THAT ON THE AGENDA.
I, I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UM, IT'S WITHIN THE ANNOUNCEMENT SECTION.
SO IF, IF MEMBERS OF, IS THAT RIGHT, ERIC? PER CORRECT.
SO DOES ANYBODY, WE'LL START WITH IRENE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED TO SHARE? UH, YES.
FRANCIS, SOMETHING THAT, UH, DIRECTOR COFFEE ALLUDED TO, AND ERIC SAID THE NAME OF, UH, JOSE GONZALEZ, THE NEW EQUITY OFFICER FOR THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE HIM, FOUNDER OF LATINO OUTDOORS AND OUTDOOR EQUITY ADVOCATE.
SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AND JUST QUESTION, BECAUSE I THINK OUR NEXT, UM, MEETING FALLS ON A HOLIDAY.
SO DO WE HAVE ANYTHING AROUND THAT? UH, ARE WE MEETING NEXT MONTH? SO WE DON'T HAVE A PAC MEETING IN DECEMBER.
UM, IT'S JUST GONNA BE THE, THE INFORMAL GATHERING AND THEN WE WILL RECONVENE ON THE FOURTH MONDAY IN JANUARY.
LUANA BRUCE, ROLAND, I JUST HAD ONE COMMENT.
UM, SOME FOLKS IN TOWN KNOW I'M ON THE PAC AND, UM, SO THEY USE LAKE CHABOT A LOT.
AND, UM, THEY SAY THE PARKS ARE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE AND VERY CLEAN.
UM, THEY, THEY, THEY SAID THERE'S A ONGOING ISSUE WITH, UM, UM, UH, 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 THE, LET THE, THE EXPERTS TELL US ABOUT IT.
BUT THAT'S, IT SEEMS TO BE, AND I NOTICE IT TOO WHEN I'M OUT, BUT, UM, I'VE NEVER BROUGHT IT UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT IT'S, 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? Y YEAH, AND ROLAND, MY OBSERVATION THE LAST YEAR OR SO IS THAT IT'S GOTTEN BETTER JUST FROM MY PERSONAL ROAMING AROUND.
AND IN THIS WAY, YOU USED TO HAVE, AND YOU STILL DO, BUT THERE USED TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE GRABBING THE BAGS AND USING THE BAGS AND THEN LEAVING THEM ON THE TRAIL.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA CARRY THEM AND THEY'RE GONNA PICK 'EM UP WHEN THEY GET BACK AND DON'T.
WE HAD THAT GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
AND WE DID, UH, THE, I PUBLIC AFFAIRS DID THIS AFFIRMATIVE CAMPAIGN.
THERE IS NO POOP FAIRY
AND THAT, I'M GOING TO GUESS WAS
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A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT THAT CAMPAIGN WAS UNDERTAKEN.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, AND I, SO IT KIND OF, IT'S COUNTERINTUITIVE TO WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.
BUT I, 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.
MAYBE ASK SOMEONE WHAT THEY SUGGEST IN ADDITION TO THE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE.
WELL, I REMEMBER THAT, THOSE SIGNS.
I MEAN, SO WHEN PICK UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF US HAS TO PICK IT UP.
WELL, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW WHOSE WORD THAT IS, BUT MAYBE TAKING THAT DIRECTLY TO THEM AS WELL, WHOEVER THE DIRECTOR IS.
SO THANK YOU FOR, THAT'S DENNIS WHO PRACTICALLY LIVES THERE, SO
SO IF THAT'S GOING ON, DENNIS WOULD KNOW.
DEV, HOW ABOUT YOU? NO, SUSIE.
LAST WEEK, UH, MY HIKING GROUP, WE WENT ON, UH OH, OF COURSE.
UH, LAST WEEK MY HIKING GROUP WENT IN REDWOOD REGIONAL PARK AND WE WENT INTO THE UPPER WATERSHED.
AND IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF LADYBUGS, THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR TO GO UP THERE AND, AND SEE THAT.
JUST, I, I'M NOT EXAGGERATING.
THERE ARE MORE LADYBUGS THAT YOU COULD EVER COUNT IN 10 LIFETIMES.
SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THAT'S ONE OF OUR SEASONAL ATTRACTIONS THAT WE CAN ENJOY.
WHICH TRAIL? WHICH TRAIL? UH, THE ONE THAT JUST GOES UP, THE WATERSHED THAT FOLLOWS THE CREEK STREAM TRAIL.
SO IF YOU GO ON, THERE'S A BRIDGE THAT GOES ACROSS AND ANOTHER ONE THAT GOES UP MM-HMM.
IF I, IF I COULD MAKE COMMENT ON SPECIFICALLY WHERE IT'S USUALLY AROUND THE STREAM AND PRINCE TRAIL INTERSECTION, SO PRINCES AND STREAM, RIGHT, RIGHT AROUND THAT BRIDGE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN I'LL JUST CLOSE IT OUT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW FOR THE NINTH YEAR, THE PARK, I'M SORRY.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING MEMBER MARSH? NO.
I I WAS JUST GONNA EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO THE PARK DISTRICT FOR PARTICIPATING FOR THE NINTH YEAR IN THE, UM, IN GREEN FRIDAY.
AND, UM, I JUST THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL COUNTER BALANCE TO WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS ON THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.
AND, UM, I, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WENT OUT AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF BASICALLY THE FREE ACCESS TO THE PARKS.
SO JUST WANNA EXPRESS MY APPRE APPRECIATION TO THE PARK DISTRICT FOR THAT.
AND NOW WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE ARE ADJOURNED.