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[ROLL CALL]
HERE.AND PRESIDENT WASFI? YES, I'M HERE STILL.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? MADAM CLERK? YES.
WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, MICHAEL DYSON.
UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN PROMOTE HIM.
HE SHOULD BE UP IN JUST A SECOND.
WILL YOU ASK HIM WHAT TOPIC HE, MR. DYSON, ARE YOU SPEAKING ON AN ITEM THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT ON THE AGENDA? NO, IT HAS TO BE ON THE, ON THE AGENDA.
THAT IS ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA.
MR. DYSON, CAN YOU HEAR US? HOLD ON.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR US NOW.
WHAT IS THE, GREAT, WHAT IS THE TOPIC THAT YOU'RE GONNA JUST, UH, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON, SIR? UH, CAMPING AT ANTHONY CHABOT, CAMPING AT ANTHONY CHABOT.
THAT IS AN ITEM THAT IS AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
YOU CAN COME BACK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AT SIX O'CLOCK AND COMMENT OH, OKAY.
SO JUST COME BACK TO THE SAME MEETING ID YES, SIR.
ALRIGHT, YOU DISCONNECTED? WELL, IF THERE ARE NO
[CLOSED SESSION ITEMS]
FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, THEN WE WILL ADJOURN TO THE BOARD ROOM.THERE ARE, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
LET'S GO TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE, UH, DECEMBER 5TH MEETING OF THESE BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
UM, WE'RE MEETING THIS EVENING AND STARTING AT 6 0 8.
SO, WELCOME EVERYONE, AND THANKS FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.
UM, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
[ROLL CALL]
CALL THE RULE? YES.PRESIDENT WASFI, DIRECTOR MECURIO.
AND DIRECTOR CORBETT WILL BE HERE MOMENTARILY.
WILL DID YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT]
WOULD YOU READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR US, PLEASE? YES.WE HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE UNSEATED LANDS OF THE OHLONE PEOPLE AND THAT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE IAN 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 RESOURCE, 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 AND WHO CONTINUE TO REMAIN DEEPLY CONNECTED TO IT TODAY.
[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.EVERYONE HAS THE AGENDA PACKET BEFORE THEM.
UH, IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES, LET US KNOW.
IF NOT, WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
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UM, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.THE AGENDA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIAL PRESENTATION.
WELL, WE DO HAVE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, BUT NOT AT THIS POINT TONIGHT.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
UH, MADAME CLERK, CAN YOU TELL FOLKS HOW THEY CAN, UM, PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS? MUST BE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SIMPLY SEND AN EMAIL TO PUBLIC COMMENT@EEBPARKS.ORG VIA VOICEMAIL AT 5 1 0 5 4 4 2 0 1 6.LEAVE A MESSAGE WHICH WILL BE TRANSCRIBED AND GIVEN TO THE BOARD AND MADE A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD, OR SIMPLY BY JOINING THE MEETING VIA, VIA THE, UM, WEBINAR LINK, WHICH IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
THIS SUBMISSION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS WAS NOTICED ON THE AGENDA AND IN THE BOARD PACKET, WHICH WAS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE ON DECEMBER THE FIRST 2023.
ALL EMAILS RECEIVED PRIOR TO DEADLINE ON MONDAY, DECEMBER THE FOURTH, HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD AND EXECUTIVE TEAM.
ANY EMAILS THAT HAVE COME IN AFTER THIS DATE WILL BE ORGANIZED AND GIVEN TO THE BOARD AFTER THIS MEETING.
AND IF YOU ARE HERE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOU'RE IN THE ZOOM ROOM, UM, AT 30 SECONDS, MY VIDEO WILL APPEAR AND THAT'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE LEFT.
HAS THE CLERK RECEIVED ANY EMAILS OR SPEAKERS CARDS FROM THE PUBLIC OR FOR ANY ITEMS ON OPEN SESSION? ACTUALLY, UM, UH, ON OPEN SESSION, ON THE SESSION OR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA OR ON OPEN SESSION, WE PUBLIC THE COMMENTS TODAY YES.
ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, CORRECT? YES.
THERE'S ONE IN THE, EXCUSE ME.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S TWO ONLINE.
THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE MICHAEL DYSON.
LET ME ELEVATE HIM TO PANELIST.
MR. DYSON, YOU'RE INTO IN THE MEETING.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, SIR.
SO YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW? YES, SIR.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
UM, I JUST WANNA BRING A MATTER THAT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS CAMPING AT ANTHONY VILLE PARK ON, UH, JULY, UM, 12TH OF THIS YEAR.
UM, I CHECKED IN AND SET UP MY CAMP AND, UH, AND I LEFT FOR THE DAY.
WHEN WE RETURNED THAT EVENING, MY TENT HAD BEEN, UM, BENT, BRUISED, AND BROKEN CUT FROM THE LINES.
AND, UH, I THOUGHT, WOW, IT MUST HAVE HAD A REAL BAD STORM.
SO, UH, IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT, IT WAS ALMOST DARK, SO I JUST PUT THINGS TOGETHER AS BEST I COULD AND WENT TO BED.
BUT WHEN I GOT UP IN THE MORNING, I SAW THAT THE LINES HAD BEEN CUT, THERE WAS GREASE ON THE TENT AND SO ON.
SO I ASKED MY NEIGHBORS IF THEY'D SEEN ANYTHING.
AND WHAT THEY TOLD ME WAS THAT THE PARKS PEOPLE AT THE ANTHONY SHABO HAD COME, TAKEN MY TENT, CUT IT FROM THE LINES, AND THREW IT IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK, DROVE IT AWAY, DID WHATEVER THEY DID WITH IT, THEN CAME BACK, UM, THREW IT OUTTA THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, UH, BACK INTO MY CAMPSITE AND DROVE AWAY, UM,
SO ANYWAYS, UM, I WENT DOWN TO THE OFFICE AND, UM, AT THAT POINT, UH, THEY SAID, UM, THAT THEY HAD, UH, THOUGHT IT WAS AN ABANDONED TENT, WHICH, UM, I WAS SURPRISED.
AND, UH, ANYWAYS, THEY OWNED UP TO, UH, ONLY AFTER I HAD DONE MY INVESTIGATION, THEY OWNED UP TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
THERE WAS NO NOTE LEFT ON MY TENT, NO NOTHING.
UM, THEN, UM, BUT ANYWAYS, SO THEY SAID, WE'LL GIVE YOU A FORM AND YOU CAN FILL IN THE FORM AND, UH, FILE A CLAIM AND YOU CAN, UH, GET A REPLACEMENT TENT.
SO I DID EXACTLY THAT AND, UH, SUBMITTED IT.
AND, UM, THEN THEY HIT ME WITH ADDITIONAL FORMS. SO, UM, UH, I ASKED THEM, UM, IS THERE GONNA BE MORE? AND, UH, THEY DIDN'T RESPOND AND, UH, THEY'RE GETTING
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QUITE LEGALISTIC AT THAT POINT.SO, UM, UH, I DIDN'T WANNA GO DOWN THE LEGALISTIC PATH, SO I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA BE A MATTER OF, UH, I, I HAD ALREADY PURCHASED A REPLACEMENT TENT FOR THE ONE THAT THEY, UH, DAMAGED.
AND, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE END OF IT.
BUT LIKE I SAY, THEY BROUGHT UP THE LEGAL FORMS AND THEN THEY BROUGHT IN THE LAWYERS.
AND, UM, AT THAT POINT I'M FEELING LIKE I HAVE TO RECIPROCATE, UH, UH, WITH THAT KIND OF ACTION, WHICH I REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO.
AND I TRIED TO EXPRESS TO THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, I WASN'T INTERESTED IN GOING DOWN THIS LEGALISTIC, UH, PATH.
AND, UM, AT THAT POINT THEY QUIT COMMUNICATING WITH ME.
AND WE'VE BEEN SINCE, UM, I SUBMITTED MY CLAIM FORM, UH, FOR REPLACEMENT TENT.
UM, ON, LET'S SEE THE DATE HERE.
UH, MR. DYSON, THAT'S THE OF JULY.
MR. DYSON, THAT'S YOUR TIME TO PRESIDENT WAPI.
WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO CONTINUE? UH, THANK YOU MR. DYSON.
I, I, I HOPE WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THIS WITH, WITH SOMEONE.
UH, UH, I'M GETTING A NOD FROM OUR, UH, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER, PARK OPERATIONS, LISA GORGEN, UH, MR. DYSON WILL HAVE HER FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
UH, AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE YOU FACED.
IT'S ACTUALLY WITH LEGAL, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO, TO IT.
AND YOU'LL BE HAP YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED UP BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, YOU HEAR FROM THAT, THAT PUTS US, THAT PUTS US BACK TO EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.
UH, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND I THINK, UM, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND, UM, IF, IF, UM, LET US KNOW HOW IT TURNS OUT, COME BACK AGAIN.
MR. THANK YOU, MR. MAX WILSON, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.
I AM GONNA ELEVATE YOU TO PANELISTS.
MR. WILSON, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES,
SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, THANK YOU.
UM, HELLO, MY NAME'S MAX WILSON SLIDE KISS.
MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL IN BERKELEY.
UM, I'M ONE OF THE 50 OR SO MEMBERS OF THE ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM.
UM, AND I'M JUST HERE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT LIKE, WHY I AM, WHY I REALLY WANT THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL, UH, PROJECT TO HAPPEN.
UM, SO FOR THE PAST YEAR OR SO, I'VE KIND OF BEEN WORKING FOR THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL ADVOCACY TEAM, WORKING WITH THE SIERRA SIERRA CLUB.
UM, AND ALONG WITH THAT I'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING AT THE BRIANIS LIKE, UH, PILOT PROJECT AT THE INFORMATION BOOTHS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, AND I THINK JUST, I GUESS, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF COME UP OVER THIS TIME OF JUST WORKING WITH THE SIERRA CLUB, UM, EVEN IF WE MIGHT HAVE OPPOSING VIEWS AT TIMES, I THINK WE'VE BOTH KIND OF COME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT TRAIL WORK IS A BIG ISSUE, UM, IN TILDEN WHERE I RIDE, UH, LIKE TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK.
UM, AND I THINK TWO COACHES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KIND OF BRING IT UP AND SET UP VOLUNTEER TRAIL WORK IN TILDEN FOR THE PAST YEAR, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE STAFF HAVE BEEN UNWILLING TO ACCOMMODATE.
UM, SO I THINK THAT IS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I, AND I KNOW A LOT OF TEEN PEOPLE, A LOT OF TEENAGERS JUST LIKE ME, WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE IN.
UH, I PERSONALLY VOLUNTEER AT LIKE THE OAKLAND PUMP TRACK AT CHINA CAMP.
UM, ALSO IN, UH, MARIN, UH, I DO A LOT OF VOLUNTEER TRAIL WORK AND TO SEE TILDEN AND WILDCAT NOT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY IS KIND OF SOMETHING I, I WOULD REALLY ENJOY, UH, AND WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF MY COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALEX, I CAN'T PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME.
I'M ALSO A MOUNTAIN BIKER ON THE, UM, BERKELEY HIGH MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM.
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I'VE BEEN RIDING BIKES SINCE I WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD, UM, ON THE TRAILS IN WILDCAT.AND I RIDE DEARLY SPEND ABOUT 10 HOURS UNTIL THEN A WEEK WITH THE ROUGHLY A HUNDRED OTHER PEOPLE ON MY, UM, MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM, BERKELEY HIGH.
UM, AND YEAH, I'VE ALSO, I'VE DEFINITELY NOTICED THE INCREASE IN, UM, THE USE OF THE TRAILS.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, THERE ARE LIKE WAYS TO COMBAT THIS AND YES, THE, THE, UM, MORE TRAIL WORK, ESPECIALLY LIKE, LIKE WELL ORGANIZED TRAIL WORK BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF, UM, HIGH SCHOOL MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAMS HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THEM THAT WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO HELP.
UM, I HAVE GONE WITH MY TEAM BEFORE TO PLACES LIKE CHINA CAMP WHERE WE'VE LIKE DONE A LOT OF WORK AS A TEAM.
UM, SO I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY HELP THE PARK AND ALSO THE, UM, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL IN THE WILDCAT REGIONAL PARK WOULD HELP TAKE STRAIN OFF OR HELP REDUCE HOW CROWDED IT IS ON A LOT OF THE OTHER TRAILS IN TILDEN, LIKE, UM, AND WILDCAT LIKE HABE OR SOUTH PARK SINGLE TRACK, WHICH ARE BASICALLY OUR ONLY OPTIONS DURING THE WEEK.
UM, I'M ALSO THE SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL COORDINATOR FOR MY SCHOOL.
UM, I PLAN LIKE THINGS LIKE BIKE TO SCHOOL A DAY AND STUFF.
AND THROUGH THAT I'VE DEFINITELY NOTICED AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE BIKING AND LIKE RIDING BIKES.
AND I THINK THAT LIKE HAVING OPTIONS TO MOUNTAIN BIKE IS LIKE REALLY HELPING WITH THAT AND HELPING GET MORE PEOPLE INTO BIKING IN GENERAL, WHICH IS JUST, UM, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO HELP PROMOTE THAT.
SO YEAH, MORE, UM, HAVING ORGANIZED WORK DAYS ON TRAILS THAT, UM, NEED IT AND ALSO THE WILDCAT BLOW TRAIL SHOULD, YEAH.
THAT SHOULD BE CARRIED THROUGH WITH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER WORK AND THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TONIGHT.
THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE THEN TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? WE'LL, LATER ON IN THE EVENING OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE BEFORE THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
IS THE FIRST ITEM IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WHICH INCLUDES 10, 12 ITEMS. UH, DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON ANYTHING OR WANNA PULL ANY ITEMS OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? MEMBER CORBETT, I, I HOPE I'M RESPONDING TO THE RIGHT THING.THERE'S, UM, THERE'S SOME, UH, ITEMS FROM THE PAST, UH, MEETINGS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CORRECTIONS ON THEM.
WOULD THAT BE PART OF THIS? YEP.
THE, UH, BOARD MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 17TH MEETING, ARE YOU REFERRING TO? YES, YES, EXACTLY.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, UM, GO AHEAD AND INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH EACH ONE BY ONE, UH, SUBMIT THESE TO OUR CLERKS IN ORDER TO, UM, CORRECT THIS FOR THE NEXT EXCELLENT IDEA.
SO THERE NEEDS TO BE CORRECTIONS FOR THOSE, UM, BOARD MEMBER, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR ATTENDANCE AND MEETINGS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA IF YOU GIVE THOSE TO OKAY, I'LL OUR CLERK THAT SHE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, ANYTHING FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HEARING? NONE.
UH, MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
UH, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION]
YOU.WE'LL MOVE TO FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION, THE 2024 PROPOSED OPERATING PROJECT AND PROGRAM BUDGET.
UH, ONE SECOND WHILE I PULL UP OUR PRESENTATION.
I, YOU JUST NEED TO ENABLE SOME SCREEN SHARING HERE.
UM, MAYBE WE CAN LIKE SLOWLY GET STARTED WHILE THAT PRESENTATION IS COMING UP.
SO I'M DEBORAH SPALDING, ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER, AND I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO YOU ON THE 2024 PROPOSED OPERATING AND PROJECT BUDGET AND ALL RIGHT.
AND HERE I THINK IS THE PRESENTATION.
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UM, BEFORE I BEGIN, UM, I WANNA THANK THE BUDGET TEAM THAT HELPED PULL THE TWO BUDGET BOOKS TOGETHER.UH, JANINE BAYONA, WHO'S HERE TODAY, OUR BUDGET MANAGER, AND THEN ALSO SHANNON RICE, WHO WAS OUR ACTING ADMIN ANALYST TOO.
SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT THEY BOTH DID, UH, SO MUCH HARD WORK ON THIS, UH, BUDGET.
AND SO I WANNA THANK THEM BEFORE WE BEGIN.
AND NOW I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO OUR GENERAL MANAGER.
IS THIS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY? ALL RIGHT.
SO DEB AND I ARE GONNA, UH, TAG TEAM ON THE PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, IT ISN'T QUITE SO AWKWARD.
UM, UH, I'M GONNA JUST GONNA GIVE SOME OVERALL, UH, REMARKS AND THEN, UH, DEB'S GONNA GET INTO A LITTLE BIT ON THE PROCESS.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS.
UM, I JUST WANNA ECHO WHAT, UH, DEB SAID ABOUT THANK YOU TO THE TEAM.
AND REALLY I WANNA EXTEND IT, ESPECIALLY TO DEB SPALDING, UM, TO, FOR STEPPING IT UP AND, UM, FOR REALLY TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS, UM, ALONG WITH JANIN, WHO TOOK ON HER FIRST BUDGET HERE.
UM, AND THEY'VE JUST HAVE BEEN SUPERHEROES THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
SO SINCERE, THANK YOU, UH, TO, TO YOU GUYS.
UM, BUT REALLY TO THE ENTIRE TEAM BECAUSE THIS WHOLE BUDGET PROCESS REALLY IS, UM, ALL HANDS ON DECK WITHOUT, WITH EVERY SINGLE DIVISION, UH, WORKING WITH EACH OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS ON WHAT THE REQUESTS ARE.
UM, AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, MANY MORE REQUESTS THAN WE ARE ABLE TO FUND.
IT'S, UM, NOT UNIQUE TO THIS AGENCY.
UM, BUT REALLY THEY DID A LOT OF, UM, OF HARD WORK AND IN LOOKING AT STRATEGICALLY WHAT, UH, WHERE THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE MAKE SOME INVESTMENTS, NOT JUST IN THIS YEAR, BUT LOOKING AT LONGER TERM.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK ON THIS.
AND THE, THE PRODUCT REALLY SHOWS, UM, A A LOT OF, A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL WORK.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF, I WOULD SAY THE THIRD BUDGET THAT WE'VE DONE WHERE WE HAVE, UH, BENEFITED FROM SOME BEST PRACTICES ON BUDGET PROCESSES.
SO INCREASED TRANSPARENCY, I, I HOPE THAT IS COMING THROUGH IN THE BUDGET BOOKS, UM, AS WE ARE WORKING TO TWEAK OUR PROCESS HERE AS WE'RE, WE'VE BECOME A BIGGER AGENCY.
AND THEN REALLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, REALLY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT STILL CONTINUES TO BE KIND OF A WORK IN PROGRESS AS WE WORK WITH YOU ALL ON THE, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON THE DIFFERENT STUDY SESSIONS, BUT ALSO JUST THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAVE WITH YOU AND YOU HAVE ABOUT YOUR WARDS, UM, WITH THE WHOLE TEAM.
AND SO WE REALLY, UM, WORKED HARD TO TRY TO THOUGHTFULLY PUT IN A LOT OF YOUR PRIORITIES.
UM, AND CERTAINLY YOUR, YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOOK THERE, WE COVER A LOT OF THE THEMES THAT WERE, THAT WERE ACROSS THE, THE ENTIRE BODY.
UM, UH, WHAT, JUST KIND OF LAST THING I WANNA SAY BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS IS WHAT YOU REALLY ARE SEEING IN THIS BUDGET IS, UH, THE, UM, WHAT I CALL THE KIND OF THE, THE KICKOFF OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR US TO DO THE WORK AROUND THE, THE NEW DISTRICT PLAN, UM, WHICH WILL KICK OFF NEXT YEAR.
SO, CONTINUED INVESTMENTS ON THAT, BUT ALSO REALLY STRATEGICALLY SETTING US UP TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH YOU ALL, WITH OUR EMPLOYEES, UM, AND ALL OF OUR AGENCY PARTNERS ON WHAT WE WANNA BE WHEN WE GROW UP HERE FOR OUR NEXT 90 YEARS.
SO REALLY, REALLY EXCITING TIME IN THE PARK DISTRICT 2024.
UH, I THINK I GAVE THIS PRESENTATION TO THE EMPLOYEES LAST WEEK, AND, UM, THEY KIND OF LAUGHED WHEN I SAID THAT 2024 IS GONNA BE THE BEST YEAR THAT EVER IN THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND, 'CAUSE I THINK PEOPLE SAID, OH, WE ALWAYS SAY THAT.
I ACTUALLY REALLY, REALLY KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT THIS IS REALLY, UH, THE, THE MOST EXCITING MOMENT, I THINK FOR US AS A, AS A TEAM.
SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OFF TO DEB TO KICK US OFF.
ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA WALK YOU GUYS THROUGH THE, THE ANNUAL BUDGET CYCLE.
A LOT OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT, UM, WE'LL GO THROUGH IT ANYWAY.
SO WE ARE ON A CALENDAR YEAR, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM MOST OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES THAT ARE ON A, UH, THEIR, THEIR BUDGET CYCLE IS ON THAT JULY ONE THROUGH JUNE 30TH, BUT WE'RE JANUARY ONE THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST.
SO OUR BUDGET PROCESS STARTS DURING THE SUMMER.
UM, SO FIRST STEPS WE START DEVELOPING OUR REVENUE EXPECTATIONS.
I'LL GET INTO MORE DETAIL ON, ON FUTURE SLIDES, BUT JUST WALKING YOU THROUGH THIS RATHER QUICKLY.
UM, REVENUE EXPECTATIONS IN JULY AND AUGUST, UH, LOOKING AT WHAT OUR BUDGETARY NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE, UM, BUILDING OUR BASE BUDGET IS WHAT WE CALL IT.
AND ALSO DURING THAT SUMMERTIME PERIOD, WE'RE COLLECTING BOARD AND DIVISION AND COMMUNITY, UH, INPUT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES THIS YEAR, WHAT DO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IS GETTING INTO THE NEW BUDGET? UM, THEN WE TURNED IT OVER TO THE DEPARTMENTS.
THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER INTO THE FINANCE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, ALL OF THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS, AND THEN THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO PRESENT THAT TO THE, UH, GENERAL MANAGER.
SO THE AGMS HAVE MEETINGS AND THEY WALK THROUGH, HEY, THESE ARE MY TOP PRIORITIES AND HERE'S WHY.
FROM THAT, THEN THE BUDGET TEAM KICKS INTO ACTION.
WE CREATE THAT PROPOSED BUDGET BOOK.
IT GOES TO THE BOARD IN DECEMBER TWICE.
UH, SO THIS FIRST MEETING'S A PUBLIC HEARING, AND
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THEN IT'LL BE, UH, HOPEFULLY ADOPTED ON THE 19TH.AND THEN WE HAVE OUR NEW BUDGET FOR JANUARY 1ST, AND THEN WE DO IT ALL AGAIN.
SO THE FIRST FA FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT OUR REVENUES AND OUR SPENDING, AND THEN WE'RE STARTING THAT PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.
SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS, OF COURSE WE'RE KEEPING IN THE FOREFRONT, UH, OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND ALL OF OUR BUDGET DECISIONS REALLY HAVE TO BE, UH, BASED ON THIS FRAMEWORK.
AND SO NOW I'M GONNA DIVE A LITTLE MORE DEEPLY INTO EACH ONE OF THOSE LITTLE CIRCLES THAT I WAS SHOWING YOU EARLIER.
UM, SO, UH, BUILDING OUR REVENUE BUDGET.
SO WHAT DO WE LOOK AT FIRSTLY, UH, PROPERTY TAXES.
SO, UH, 90% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET COMES FROM PROPERTY TAXES.
AND ROUGHLY 80% OF OUR TOTAL REVENUES ARE TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS.
UM, SO THE WAY WE FIGURE THIS OUT IS, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'RE ON THIS CALENDAR YEAR, BUT THE COUNTIES ARE ON A FISCAL YEAR, WE ONLY HAVE INFORMATION KNOWN FROM THE COUNTIES FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2024.
AND THEN WE USE AN ECON ECO ECONOMY ECONOMICS FIRM, SORRY, UH, BEACON ECONOMICS TO PROVIDE US WITH A PROJECTION FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR.
SO WE TAKE THOSE TWO PIECES, WHAT WE HAVE FROM THE COUNTY, AND OUR PROJECTION WE GET FROM BEACON ECONOMICS, PUT IT TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S OUR REVENUE EXPECTATION FOR 2024.
UM, SO THIS YEAR, THE EXPECTATION IS A 6% INCREASE.
UH, ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT REVENUE SOURCE IS FEES AND CHARGES.
AND SO WE GET THAT INFORMATION PRIMARILY FROM THE OPERATIONS TEAM.
UH, THIS YEAR YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED OUR REVENUE EXPECTATIONS FOR FEES AND CHARGES IS COMING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WE ARE UNDERTAKING A, A BIG MASTER FEE SCHEDULE, UH, REVIEW RIGHT NOW, AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE COMING FORWARD.
SO WE WANTED TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE FOR THAT AND NOT BE TOO AGGRESSIVE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE SWIMMING FACILITIES THAT ARE GONNA BE CLOSED E EITHER FOR SOME OR, OR ALL OF THE YEAR.
SO WE, UH, HAVE LOTS OF OTHER FUNDS IN ADDITION TO OUR GENERAL FUND WHERE ALL THAT PROPERTY TAX REVENUE GOES INTO.
WE HAVE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND INTERNAL SERVICE, UH, FUNDS AND DEBT SERVICE FUNDS.
SO WE'RE DOING ALL OF OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS, UH, FOR THOSE AS WELL.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE'RE BUILDING OUR, OUR BASE BUDGET.
SO WE TAKE ALL OF OUR EXISTING EMPLOYEE COSTS AND WE BUILD IN ANY KNOWN SALARY, INCREASES ANY KNOWN BENEFIT INCREASES.
AND THIS YEAR A SIGNIFICANT ONE WAS, UH, WE HAD SOME KAISER INCREASES, UH, 10%, UH, FOR OUR KAISER MEDICAL PREMIUMS. UH, WE ACCOUNT FOR ANY BASE BUDGET INCREASES THAT WERE PLUGGED IN IN PRIOR YEARS, MAKE SURE THEY'RE CARRIED FORWARD.
WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT OUR DEBT SERVICE AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS ARE FOR THE, FOR THE 2024, BUT WE'LL, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING LONGER TERM, SO WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING IN, IN YEARS OUTLYING.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR PER ALTO OAKS NORTH.
AND, UH, SO LOOKING AT SOME NEW DEBT ISSUANCE THAT'LL BE COMING THERE AND THAT WE NEED TO BE PLANNING FOR THAT.
AND, AND AGAIN, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE WANT THE DISTRICT TO BE HERE FOR A HUNDRED MORE YEARS.
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT BUBBLE IS COLLECTING OUR, UM, INPUT FROM THE BOARD, FROM DIVISIONS AND FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE HAVE OUR BOARD STUDY SESSIONS, UM, AND AT THOSE FIRST, THE AGMS PRESENT THEIR GOALS AND THEIR CHALLENGES AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE FOR THE COMING YEAR.
AND THEN THE BOARD PRESENTS THEIR PRIORITIES, WHAT, WHAT DO THEY WANNA DO IN THEIR WARD AND WHAT DO THEY THINK ARE THE GOALS FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
AND THEN ANOTHER WAY WE GET INPUT IS FROM THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT'S DONE ANNUALLY, TYPICALLY BY THE LEGISLATIVE, UH, GROUP.
AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A BIT.
SO ONCE WE HAVE ALL THOSE PIECES, WE PUT TOGETHER A MEMO THAT GOES TO THE DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS, AND IT LAYS OUT THE EXPECTATIONS.
SO WE LET EVERYBODY KNOW THIS YEAR THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A, A MORE MODERATE BUDGET YEAR, UM, IN COMPARISON TO HOW WE HAD, UM, HAD SOME PRETTY BIG BUDGET YEARS IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
SO WE WANTED PEOPLE TO HAVE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS.
SO EVERYONE ENTERS IN THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS INTO OUR FINANCE SYSTEM, AND THEY WRITE A BUDGET MEMO, AND THEN THEY PRESENT THEIR REQUESTS TO THE GENERAL MANAGER.
AND SO THEY'RE, THEN WE HAVE ALL THIS DATA AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIT IT ALL TOGETHER, FIGURE OUT WHAT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED, HOW IS IT GONNA FIT INTO THE AVAILABLE, UH, REVENUE THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND, AND THEN THE BUDGET TEAM GETS TO WORK.
WE PUT TOGETHER THOSE TWO BUDGET BOOKS WITH ALL THE PROPOSALS IN THEM, AND IT GOES TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FIRST IN NOVEMBER.
UH, AND THEN IT GOES TO THE BOARD TWICE IN DECEMBER.
AND IDEALLY WE'LL HAVE A NEW BUDGET ON JANUARY 1ST.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT GIVES YOU THE BASIC PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH.
AND JUST KIND OF A REMINDER OF SOME OF THE BUDGET BALANCING PRINCIPLES THAT WE LOOK AT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE, ALL OF THE REQUESTS THAT ARE PUT IN FRONT OF US.
AND, UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ EACH OF THESE, BUT JUST TO KIND OF, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE DO, UM, YOU KNOW, TRY TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF OUR, OUR VALUES HERE AND, UM, CERTAINLY
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OUR FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AS AN AGENCY.UM, LOTS OF THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE BUDGET THAT MAY NOT BE THE MOST FUN.
UM, WHICH WE FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THIS, UH, FOR 2024 THAT ARE NEW LEGAL AND REGULATORY MANDATES THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS.
SO THERE'S SOME BIG TICKET ITEMS IN THERE, UM, NAMELY FOR, UM, SOME OF OUR SEWERS THAT ARE, UM, NON-NEGOTIABLES THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO FUND.
UH, AND THEN CERTAINLY LOOKING AT, UH, EXIST, UH, PRESERVING OUR EXISTING CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN OUR PARKS BY LOOKING AT OUR MAINTENANCE.
AS DEB MENTIONED, WE TAKE THE INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY, UM, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED IN JULY, AND WE DID PRESENT ON THAT HERE.
AND, UM, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA SPEND SOME MORE TIME NEXT YEAR DIGGING INTO A SPECIAL STUDY SESSION IN THE SPRING AFTER WE HAVE THE, UM, RESULTS BACK FROM OUR NEXT SURVEY, WHICH IS GOING TO ALSO INCLUDE SOME, UH, FOCUS GROUPS, UM, IN, IN, ALSO IN OTHER LANGUAGES AS WELL.
SO WE'LL HAVE A, A LOT MORE DATA AS WE GO INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AS WELL.
BUT, UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE WERE SOME THEMES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT COMMUNITY SURVEY.
UM, NAMELY LOOKING AT OUR IMPROVING ACCESS, THE PERCEPTION OF SAFETY, UM, AND THEN TRAILS AND TRAILS AND TRAILS.
AND THEN, UH, JUST TO SAY FOR THE FIFTH TIME, MAYBE, UH, THE INPUT FROM THE BOARD STUDY SESSIONS WE HAVE FOUND INTERNALLY WITH THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, THESE HAVE BEEN REALLY USEFUL, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM EACH OF YOU, NOT JUST PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAVE WITHIN YOUR WARD, BUT EACH OF YOU REALLY HAS BEEN ABLE TO GIVE US SOME INSIGHT INTO YOUR PRIORITIES ARE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE DISTRICT WIDE, WHICH WE REALLY APPRECIATE.
UM, AND SO THERE WERE SOME THEMES THAT CAME OUT OF THOSE STUDY SESSIONS THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED HERE.
AND I KNOW, UH, CLAIRE DID A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO CATEGORIZE THOSE FOR YOU.
UM, AND, UH, WE REALLY REFERENCED THOSE QUITE A BIT AS WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE PROPOSALS FROM THE AGMS TO MAKE SURE WE WERE TRYING, THAT WE WERE CAPTURING AS MANY AS WE COULD AND WE WERE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, YOUR PRIORITIES.
SO INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAILS, UH, CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION.
THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF AN, UH, INCREASED INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE THERE, OBVIOUSLY WILDFIRE PREVENTION, AND THEN, UH, EXPANDING PUBLIC ACCESS FOR ALL.
SO JUST TO, UH, RUN THROUGH A COUPLE OF, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS HERE, UH, ON INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE, WE ACTUALLY ARE PROPOSING, UM, UM, A NEW PROJECT THERE FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
KIND OF THINKING ABOUT IN THE PARK DISTRICT.
WE HAVE THE ANTICIPATED UNANTICIPATED RIGHT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND AS WE ARE DEALING WITH THE CHANGING CLIMATE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE AND MORE OF THESE.
UM, THIS YEAR WE HAD 12 ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE.
UM, WE ALSO HAD SOME EXTREME HEAT DAYS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DROUGHT THAT WE HAD, UH, IN PRIOR YEARS, BUT WE HAVE THE EMERGENCY TREE ISSUES, UM, THAT, UH, THAT WERE THE COMBINATION OF THE DROUGHT AND THEN THE STORM.
SO WE HAVE A PROPOSAL HERE TO START, REALLY A NEW PROJECT AND, AND REALLY WANNA CONTINUE TO INVEST AND PUT MORE DOLLARS INTO THIS EVERY YEAR, WHERE THE DIVISIONS ARE ABLE TO BE VERY NIMBLE, UM, AND ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE EMERGENCY REPAIRS, UM, WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING TO COME TO THE BOARD, UM, FOR, FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS.
ALSO, LOOKING AT INCREASING THE DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE GENERICALLY FOR OUR SWIM FACILITIES.
AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THERE GOING TO REQUIRE SOME VERY LARGE INVESTMENTS LONGER TERM, BUT WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE CONTINUED TO TRY TO, TO PUT SOME DOLLARS, UH, SET ASIDE SOME DOLLARS THERE FOR REPAIRS.
UM, ALSO A LARGE, UH, REPAIR THAT IS NECESSARY AT LAKE ANZA ON THE DAM.
UM, SOME INCREASED DOLLARS FOR CULVERT REPLACEMENTS, UM, GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO, TO, UH, EXPAND IN TERMS OF OUR RESOURCES.
AND, UM, ALSO SOME INVESTMENTS ON OUR REVENUE GENERATION.
UM, JUST HIGHLIGHTED ONE THERE.
AND REPLACING THE FLOORING AT THE RESERVABLE FACILITIES TRAIL DEVELOPMENT, UM, 300,000 FOR THE NEW, FOR A NEW POTENTIAL BIKE TRAIL AT WILDCAT CANYON.
AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW TO IDENTIFY THE, UH, WHAT THE POTENTIAL MIGHT BE, UM, UH, DOLLARS TO COMPLETE THE DOOLITTLE DRIVE SECTION OF THE BAY TRAIL, UH, PERMITTING FOR THE NEW TRAILS.
VERY EXCITING AT SIBLEY, UM, ALSO AT DEER VALLEY.
AND THEN, UM, UH, 50,000 FOR THE PRESERVE MANAGEMENT PLAN AT CLAYTON RANCH.
AND WE'RE WORKING VERY, VERY HARD AS I KNOW, DIRECTOR MERCURIO IS AWARE ON A CREATIVE WAY TO GET THAT OPENED UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
NEXT SLIDE ON CULTURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION.
SO THIS IS REALLY A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, UM, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, TO CREATE A NEW CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT, UM, WITHIN A
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SD.AND THIS IS REALLY IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK WE'VE BEEN GETTING FROM THE BOARD THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
AND, UM, REALLY THE SUCCESS, I THINK, OF SOME OF THE SEED FUNDING THAT WE, THAT WE PUT IN PLACE A FEW YEARS AGO.
UM, REALLY THIS IS A BURGEONING AREA OF WORK, AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE A NEW PRINCIPAL PLANNER WHO IS GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO THIS FUNCTION, SO VERY, VERY EXCITING.
UM, THAT INCLUDES, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR TRIBAL ACCESS, UH, FOR SITES AND CONSULTATION.
UM, ANOTHER MILLION, UH, 1.3 FOR COYOTE HILLS.
ALSO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE SIBLEY KOKER, WHICH IS, UH, IS, UH, A WONDERFUL NEW, UH, OPENING, BUT THAT REQUIRES SOME MONITORING AND VEG MANAGEMENT, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION DISTRICT-WIDE.
AND THEN, UH, MAKING ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT ON OUR GRAZING PONDS IN TERMS OF FUEL MANAGEMENT, UH, CONTINUES TO BE RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
AND, UM, SO YOU'LL SEE THERE THE 2.4 MILLION OF THE GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION FOR FUEL MANAGEMENT, BUT THAT IS JUST ONE, UH, PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND, UM, AND THAT INCLUDES ALSO MEASURE FF AND JUST A, A FEW HIGHLIGHTS ON EXPANDING PUBLIC ACCESS.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY LINE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS, BUT WE JUST HIGHLIGHTED A FEW OF THEM.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT 3 MILLION IN WW FOR MLK SHORELINE FOR THE DAY USE AREA PROJECT.
VERY EXCITING, UM, FOR THE NEW DECK AND PICNIC AREA AT, AT THE SHORELINE, AS WELL AS THE UTILITY UPGRADE AT CROWN BEACH.
UH, THE NEW, UH, FLUSH RESTROOM AND SHOWERS AT ANTHONY CHABOT.
AND THEN THE HALF A MILLION FOR THE TILDEN EEC DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE, UH, ARE GETTING THAT PROJECT MOVING.
UH, I'M JUST GONNA ROLL THROUGH A FEW OF THESE.
THESE WERE SLIDES THAT THE, THAT THE DIVISIONS PUT TOGETHER JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, SOME THINGS THEY WANTED TO, TO, UH, TO MENTION TO YOU.
SO CONTRAL LOMA, I ALREADY MENTIONED SIBLEY.
UM, AND ALSO WE'RE LOOKING AT RENEWING AND EXTENDING OUR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERMITS WITH THE RESOURCE AGENCIES.
SO LOTS OF WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO STREAMLINE THESE PROJECTS AND GET THEM DONE, UM, A LOT FASTER WITHIN FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT.
UH, THAT FIRST BULLET POINT THERE IS VERY EXCITING.
WE HAVE A NEW, IT'S A DRAFT FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR, UM, OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION SERVICES.
AND AS PART OF THIS BUDGET, WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING, UM, UH, THE IMPLEMENT THE MOST OF THE FIRST YEAR IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, AND, UM, THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO NOW START TO CATCH UP ON SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE TO, UM, BE IN THIS CURRENT CENTURY.
UM, AND THAT INCLUDES NETWORK CONNECTIVITY AND SECURITY FOR REMOTE PARK LOCATIONS, UM, AND MANY, MANY, MANY OTHER LINE ITEMS, WHICH WE WILL BE COMING TO YOU, I BELIEVE, IN THE FIRST QUARTER, UM, OF NEXT YEAR TO REPORT OUT ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH DAVID RUSTING ON, UM, ON FINALIZING THAT REPORT.
UM, ALSO WE ARE, WE ARE, UM, WORKING ON THE TRANSITION TO THE NEW, UH, DEFERRED COMP PLAN ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED OR APPROVED RATHER.
AND, UM, SOME JUST DOING SOME, UH, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND HAVING OFFICE SERVICES TAKE ON, UH, THE CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF OUR UTILITIES.
IT DOESN'T SOUND VERY EXCITING.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THE PARK SUPERVISORS ARE THRILLED ABOUT THIS
SO, UH, HR, WE HAVE A, UH, A LOT OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO PROPOSE HERE, AND, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT THE BOARD HAS DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO, UM, TO BEEF UP OUR HUMAN RESOURCES, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, NOTHING HAPPENS HERE WITHOUT THE THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO, UH, HAVE A REVISED SUPERVISOR ACADEMY, UM, THAT, UH, REALLY IS, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING EMPLOYEE LED AND IT'S, UM, SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE REALLY CLAMORING FOR EXCITING, UM, NEW THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING ON THAT, AS WELL AS OUR TRAINING CATALOG.
SO, UM, THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT, HEY, WE'RE GONNA TEACH YOU HOW TO USE EXCEL.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE REAL SKILLS THAT WE NEED HERE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROMOTE FROM WITHIN AND, UM, AND GROW OUR WORKFORCE.
UH, AND THEN COLLABORATING WITH LEGAL TO HAVE SOME, UH, STREAMLINING AROUND OUR CONTRACT PROCESS OPERATIONS.
UH, SO, UH, YOU'LL SEE IN THERE LOTS AND LOTS OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE AROUND, UM, WHAT OUR EMPLOYEES NEED TO DO, THEIR JOBS, TOOLS, VEHICLES,
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EQUIPMENT TRAINING, UM, AND, UH, LOOKING AT, UM, ADDING STAFFING IN SOME KEY AREAS THROUGHOUT THE PARKS.UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET INTO IT IN A MINUTE, BUT WE'RE PROPOSING ABOUT 15, JUST OVER 15 FTES AS PART OF THIS BUDGET.
UH, AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE IN, IN PARK OPERATIONS, SO DIRECT LINE STAFF AND, UM, MANY, MANY MORE, UH, THAT WE KNOW WE NEED, UM, THAT WE'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT AS WE GO THROUGH OUR MASTER PLAN PROCESS NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE, UM, LOTS OF WORK, WHICH I'M ACTUALLY GONNA TALK ABOUT AT THE END OF THE MEETING HERE AROUND, UM, OUR, UH, TWO CELEBRATIONS.
SO WE HAVE THE 90TH BIRTHDAY PARTY, UM, WHICH IS A YEAR LONG PROCESS FOR US NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.
AND THEN ALSO THE FOUNDATION HAS THEIR 55TH.
SO, UM, YOU'LL, THERE'S SOME INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN THE BUDGET AROUND THAT, AS WELL AS, UM, INCREASING OUR, UM, OUR USE OF MULTILINGUAL SIGNAGE FOR KEY MESSAGING.
SO, UM, A GM, UH, SHU AND HER TEAM OVER AT CDG ARE REALLY WORKING HARD ON HOW TO PRIORITIZE, UM, ALL OF THOSE NEEDS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN OUR PARKS ON OUR SIGNAGE, UM, AND WORKING WITH A SD ON, UM, NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO NEED, UH, NEW SIGNAGE.
AND THEN WITHIN PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, WE ARE WORKING AWAY ON FILLING THOSE VACANCIES.
AND I REALLY WANNA JUST EXTEND A THANK YOU TO CHIEF KRES FOR COMING IN AND STEPPING UP AS AN, UH, INTERIM HERE, UH, IN THE, THIS, UH, LAST YEAR AND FOR CRANKING AWAY TO FILL THE VACANCIES, BUT NOT JUST FILL 'EM, BUT FILL 'EM WITH QUALITY CANDIDATES, UM, AND WORKING HARD TO THEN RETAIN OUR, OUR STAFF.
WE HAVE A, UM, AND JOB OFFER TO THE NEW, UH, POTENTIAL NEW A GM OF PUBLIC SAFETY SLASH POLICE CHIEF, UM, WHO WE HOPE WILL START, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, CONTINUED INVESTMENTS THAT YOU, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, AROUND FUEL MANAGEMENT, UH, AND ALSO TRANSITIONING FROM A PILOT TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH ANTIOCH, UM, ON THE WATER SAFETY PROGRAMMING THAT WE TRIED OUT LAST YEAR.
AND, UM, WANNA GO AHEAD AND ROLL THAT INTO A RAIL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIFEGUARDS.
AND I'M GONNA HAND IT BACK TO DEB.
ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA WALK YOU GUYS THROUGH THE NUMBERS, SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL NUMBERS IN THE BUDGET.
SO OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS BALANCED, INCLUDING THE USE OF FUND BALANCE, AND THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES WILL BE 316 MILLION.
AND BREAKING THIS DOWN INTO, UH, THERE'S VARIOUS WAYS WE CAN BREAK IT DOWN.
SO FIRST I'LL, I'LL LOOK AT IT BY FUND TYPE.
SO ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THAT BUDGET IS GENERAL FUND MONEY, 8.9 MILLION SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, UH, 32 MILLION IN PROJECTS, 34 MILLION IN OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, AND ABOUT 39 MILLION IN OUR DEBT SERVICE FUNDS.
AND YOU CAN ALSO BREAK IT DOWN BY TYPE OF EXPENDITURE.
SO ABOUT HALF, A LITTLE OVER HALF OF OUR EXPENDITURES ARE FOR PERSONNEL COSTS, SO SALARIES AND, AND BENEFITS, UH, 22% FOR SUPPLIES AND SERVICES, UH, 12.4% DEBT SERVICE.
AND THEN WE HAVE INTRA DISTRICT CHARGES AT 9.4%, CAPITAL OUTLAY, 4.1%, AND THEN A TINY LESS THAN 1% FOR INTER-AGENCY AGREEMENTS.
AND NOW, FLIPPING OVER TO THE REVENUE SIDE, UH, WE HAVE 291.9 MILLION IN, IN TOTAL REVENUES BUDGETED.
UM, AS I'VE SAID REPEATEDLY, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS.
UH, THE NEXT LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE IS FEES AND CHARGES, AND THEN PROPERTY USAGE.
MISCELLANEOUS IS COMING IN AT 3.6, AND ACTUALLY 2 MILLION OF THAT IS, UH, FROM THE PENSION TRUST, WHICH YOU MAY RECALL, WE'VE SET UP IN, IN PRIOR YEARS.
AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO, WELL, WE STARTED LAST YEAR DRAWING DOWN ON THAT.
SO WE'RE DRAWING DOWN 2 MILLION FROM THE PENSION TRUST TO RECOVER THE, UH, COST OF OUR CALPERS MISCELLANEOUS PENSION.
AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT FOR GRANTS AND INTER-AGENCY, UH, RESOURCES.
WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE QUITE A BIT OF GRANT FUNDING, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THAT COMES IN DURING THE YEAR, UM, AS GRANTS ARE APPROVED BY DIFFERENT GRANTING AGENCIES.
AND SO WE DON'T PUT THEM INTO THE BUDGET NOW.
WE PUT THEM IN AS THOSE GRANT AGREEMENTS ARE SIGNED, AND THE MAJORITY GO FOR PROJECTS.
AND THIS IS JUST A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THAT.
SO 82% TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES IS THE NEXT LARGEST.
UM, AND AFTER THAT, EVERYTHING IS, IS REALLY SMALL PERCENTAGES.
AND NOW GETTING INTO THE FTE SECTION OF THE BUDGET.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING ADDING 15.25 NEW ADDITIONAL FTES, WHICH WILL BRING US TO 978.5 TOTAL.
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UH, FT E STANDS FOR FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS.WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE THAN 1,100 EMPLOYEES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, BUT A LOT OF THOSE ARE SEASONAL, TEMPORARY.
AND SO IF YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE ALL THOSE FRACTIONAL POSITIONS, IT'S 978.5, UH, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS, AND HERE'S HOW THAT STAFFING BREAKS DOWN BY DIVISION.
SO 9.75, GOING TO OPERATIONS, TWO NEW STAFF TO A SD, UH, TWO TO FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, ONE TO HUMAN RESOURCES AND 0.5 TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
I THINK THIS, UH, SLIDE GIVES YOU SOME CONTEXT.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT LESS OF A ROBUST BUDGET YEAR THAN WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST TWO.
SO WE'RE ADDING 15.25 NEW POSITIONS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
MOST AGENCIES WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT IN THE PRIOR YEARS, UM, WE HAD REALLY BIG, UH, REVENUES AVAILABLE.
SO, SO THIS LOOKS SMALLER IN COMPARISON.
AND THIS GIVES YOU THE CONTEXT OF THE LAST 10 YEARS OF, UH, POSITIONS ADDED.
SO THAT, UH, WRAPS UP THE OPERATING BUDGET OF, UH, SLIDES.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE OVER TO THE, THE PROJECT BUDGET.
AND, UM, FIRST I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH HOW WE DIVIDE UP.
SO WE HAVE OVER 400 PROJECTS, UM, ACTIVE AT THE DISTRICT, AND IT'S USUALLY BETWEEN FOUR AND 500.
WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVE PROJECTS, AND SO WE CAN'T SHOW THOSE ALL IN THE BUDGET.
BOOK IT, I MEAN, IT WOULD JUST TAKE UP A LOT OF PAGES.
UM, SO THE WAY WE BREAK IT DOWN IS WE TAKE THE BIGGEST PROJECTS AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONES, WE GIVE THEM A PAGE WITH A PICTURE, AN UPDATED FUNDING STATUS, OPERATING IMPACTS, UH, WHAT THE FUNDING SOURCES ARE, EXPENDITURES TO DATE, AND REALLY TRY TO GIVE A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT THOSE.
MORE IMPORTANT, UH, WELL-KNOWN PROJECTS.
AND THEN WE TAKE ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, IN DIFFERENT GROUPINGS AND SHOW THEM TOGETHER.
AND WE THINK THAT SHOWS YOU THE, LIKE, HOW THE PARK DISTRICT IS EMPHASIZING CERTAIN AREAS OF WORK.
SO FUELS MANAGEMENT IS ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS, AND IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED IN THAT FUELS MANAGEMENT AREA, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE PUTTING QUITE A BIT OF RESOURCES TOWARDS THAT.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON SOME OTHER SLIDES HERE.
UM, THIS SLIDE SABRINA'S GONNA TAKE.
UM, THIS IS JUST A REMINDER, UH, AND I KNOW YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT MAYBE FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, THOSE 83 PROJECTS THAT DEB MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DECIDE WHICH ONES TO GO IN WHICH YEAR? AND, UM, YOU ALL ADOPTED LAST YEAR YOUR POLICY AROUND THE PRIORITIZATION OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND, UM, IT'S BEEN VERY USEFUL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REFERENCE THAT, TO BE ABLE TO SCORE THE PROJECTS AND RANK THEM, UM, BASED OFF OF THOSE CRITERIA.
AND JUST A REMINDER, UM, EVERY PROJECT HAS THE ABILITY TO GET 135 POINTS, AND WE LIST THERE THE, UM, THE, THE CATEGORIES THAT WE RANK THEM BY.
AND THERE'S DIFFERENT WEIGHTS FOR THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, UM, EXCEPT FOR THE ONES THAT ARE EXEMPT, IF THEY'RE DEEMED ESSENTIAL.
SO THERE ARE, UH, SOME IN THERE THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE BUT TO FUND THEM.
UM, AND THOSE ARE IN THE, THE PROJECT BOOK.
SO THIS HAS BEEN, UM, REALLY, AGAIN, A WORK IN PROGRESS AND THAT KIND OF, AS WE WORK THROUGH THE PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY IN THE QUEUE, UM, AND THAT, UM, ARE, YOU KNOW, DEEMED ESSENTIAL, WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO COME BACK TO YOU AND PROBABLY TWEAKING THAT CRITERIA, TWEAKING THE, THE WAITING AND, UM, AND CERTAINLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE PROJECT BOOK REPRESENTS YOUR PRIORITY.
SO JUST WANTED TO AGAIN, HIGHLIGHT THIS POLICY THAT YOU PASSED AND THAT IT IS REALLY BEING PUT TO, UH, TO, TO USE AND TO, TO, UM, IMPLEMENTATION HERE.
AND THEN SOME, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WONDER, WHERE DOES ALL THIS REVENUE COME FROM FOR OUR PROJECTS? SO HALF OF IT IS FROM DISTRICT FUNDING SOURCES.
SO THAT COULD BE THE GENERAL FUND.
IT COULD ALSO BE OUR, UM, MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT FUND, THE MERR FUND.
UM, AND IT COULD BE FROM LIKE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND SOURCES.
UM, THE NEXT LARGEST SOURCE IS GRANTS.
SO AGAIN, I MENTIONED IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE NOT BUDGETING THAT MUCH FOR GRANTS, BUT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE THOSE DURING THE YEAR, ALMOST ALWAYS FOR PROJECTS.
AND, UH, SO 23% OF THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR PROJECTS COMES FROM GRANTS FUNDING SOURCES.
THE NEXT LARGEST IS BOND FUNDING.
AND THAT'S, UM, PRIMARILY MEASURED WW BUT ALSO OUR PROMISSORY NOTES.
AND WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF OUR AA BONDS THAT WE ARE APPROPRIATING.
AND THAT LAST 6% IS FROM OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
THAT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE A, LIKE MAYBE WE HAVE A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT WHERE, UM, THEY'RE BUILDING SOME HOUSING NEAR, UH, SOME ONE OF OUR PARKS.
AND SO THEY'LL GIVE US SOME MONEY TO HELP CONSTRUCT A STAGING AREA.
SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE.
AND SO THIS SLIDE HELPS TO GIVE YOU A, A BIT OF A SENSE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET.
SO, UM, AGAIN, PROGRAMS ARE WHERE WE TAKE, WE HAVE LOTS OF LITTLE PROJECTS AND WE SHOW YOU THEM ALL TOGETHER.
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6.1 MILLION IS BEING APPROPRIATED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, 6 MILLION FOR LAND USE PLANNING AND DESIGN PROJECTS.1.3 MILLION FOR, UH, SERVICES ENHANCED THROUGH SPECIAL FUNDING IS ACTUALLY OUR MEASURE FF UH, FUNDING SOURCE.
SO WHEN WE'RE ALLOCATING THAT MONEY INTO PROJECTS, UH, WE, WE PUT IT INTO A PROGRAM AND IT HAS THAT NAME SERVICES ENHANCED THROUGH SPECIAL FUNDING, UH, 1.3 MILLION FOR TECHNOLOGY AND WORKSPACE IMPROVEMENTS, AND 3 MILLION FOR WILDFIRE HAZARD REDUCTION.
AND THEN BELOW IS JUST A LIST OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING FUNDED.
AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES THAT ARE GIVING YOU THE NICE PICTURES OF THOSE PROJECTS.
SO WE'VE GOT THE IMPROVED KELLER BEACH PROJECT AT MILLER KNOX TO HELP IMPROVE THE ACCESS TO THAT, UH, NICE LITTLE BEACH, UH, AT CROWN BEACH, DOING THE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION THAT'S NEEDED THERE TO SUPPORT THE PLANNED EXPANSION OF THE MEMO, UH, CROWN BEACH AREA.
AND, UH, THEN ANOTHER ONE THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT FOR STAFF IS, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THIS, UH, SERVICE YARD AT POINT PINOLE.
AND THAT WRAPS UP THE PRESENTATION.
UH, SO THIS IS THE, THE TIMELINE OF, OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, IT'LL GO TO THE PAC, I'M SORRY, IT'S BEEN TO THE PAC.
UM, AND HERE WE ARE, UH, DOING THIS, UH, INTRODUCTION TO YOU.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL BRING IT BACK AGAIN ON DECEMBER 19TH FOR BUDGET ADOPTION.
SO I'LL DROP THIS AND, UH, BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? WELL, SOMEBODY'S GOTTA RAISE THEIR HAND OR INDICATE THAT THEY'RE IN.
WANNA DO IT? D GO RIGHT AHEAD.
UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS WENT FOR THE PAC.
DO WE HAVE THE COMMENTS FROM THE PAC INCLUDED IN OUR PACKET? UH, WE DO NOT HAVE THEM INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.
I DID TAKE A LOT OF NOTES AT THAT MEETING.
I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, BUT I DIDN'T, YEAH, I DID NOT HAVE THEM IN TIME FOR THE, FOR THIS MEETING.
YEAH, THEY HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU, YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU SHOWED THE SLIDE WITH, WITH THE, UH, NUMBER OF NEW EMPLOYEES THAT THAT IS GONNA BE HIRED THIS YEAR, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO BREAK THAT OUT TO SHOW HOW MANY OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE REPRESENTED EITHER POA OR 2 4 2 8? YEP.
AND THEN, UM, UH, ALSO WANTED TO, UM, OH, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS HAD TO DO WITH THE FACT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THE, UM, UH, THE ORG IN THE ORGANIZATION CHART, THE SMALL TRAILS CREW IN THE YEP PROGRAM.
AND, UM, I THOUGHT THERE SHOULD BE A HIGHLIGHT.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONING.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE CORRECTED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE SHOULD BE A, A PARAGRAPH OF, UH, THE ACTIVATION OF THE SMALL TRAILS CREW AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE YEP UNDER MASKED.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE MENTIONED.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S A SIGNIF SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
AND, UM, AND IT MEETS WITH OUR, WITH OUR GOALS TO, UH, TO FOCUS ON TRAILS.
AND THEN, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO CONTINUE MY ADVOCACY FOR, UM, OH, I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, UH, I BROUGHT UP THAT I NOTICED THERE'S A STEEP CUT IN SUPPLIES AND, UM, SERVICES.
AND I, I MAY HAVE MISSED SOMETHING.
THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN THE, IN THE NARRATIVE, AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, UH, THAT STATES THAT, THAT THOSE FUNDS AREN'T BEING CUT, THEY'RE BEING MOVED OVER, THEY'RE BEING CENTRALIZED.
SO, UM, THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY LOSING THOSE.
SO I STAND CORRECTLY, BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN THE NARRATIVE TO TELL THE PUBLIC, UH, WHAT YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WE WILL, WE WILL CLARIFY THAT FOR SURE.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN I, I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE MY ADVOCACY FOR AN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTANT FOR, UM, THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
UH, IN THE FINANCE MEETING ON, IN, UH, MAY, WE GOT PRESENTED WITH AN AUDIT AND OUT OF 31 AUDITS, THERE WERE, I'D, I WOULD SAY FROM SIX TO 10.
IT HADN'T, HADN'T HAD AN AUDIT IN 10 YEARS.
SO THOSE ARE SOMETHING, UH, UH, I THINK NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
'CAUSE 10 YEARS IS TOO, DEFINITELY TOO LONG.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ALSO ADVOCATE FOR, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR ROBERTS REINHARDT AND REINHARDT REDWOOD.
UH, THEY, THEY'VE, UH, I KNOW WE,
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I, I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT TR CHURRO CENTER WE HAD, UH, THAT'S CONTRACTED OUT AND IT'S IN THE, IT'S, IT'S BUNDLED UP.I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE, BREAK THAT OUT.
'CAUSE ORIGINALLY THAT WAS PARK STAFF WORK, AND WHEN TRUDEAU CENTER MOVED, WHEN WE MOVED HERE, UH, THEY CHOSE TO CONTRACT THAT OUT.
AND WE HAVE A SIDE LETTER TO THAT AGREEMENT ON, WITH 2 4, 2 8 ON HOW THAT GETS MANAGED.
BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S TIME TO TURN THAT OVER TO, TO PARK STAFF.
IT'S A SMALL, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A SMALL AREA.
AND I, AND I THINK THAT THE ROBERT'S CREW COULD PROBABLY, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, THAT ROBERT'S CREW NEEDS, IT PROBABLY NEEDS A GARDENER AS WELL FOR THEIR NEW, UM, NEW, UH, INSTALLATIONS THERE.
SO, UH, BUT OVERALL, I THINK THIS IS, UM, A GREAT, WONDERFUL JOB.
UH, VERY, VERY, UH, VERY EASY TO FOLLOW.
AND, AND I AGAIN APPRECIATE ALL, ALL THE, UM, ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS.
I, I DON'T HAVE A, A TON OF QUESTIONS, BUT JUST IN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE FUNDED IN THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, IT'S JUST, UH, QUITE IMPRESSIVE.
AND, UM, FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN DIFFERENT AREAS, SOMETIMES IT'S OUR DISTRICT OR SOMEONE ELSE'S DISTRICT, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE WHAT'S GONNA BE DOING GONNA BE DONE IN THE NEXT YEAR.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE THOUGHTS ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND, UH, I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE MARTIN LUTHER KING SHORELINE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN PARTICULAR.
BUT, UM, EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST ACTUALLY IS, IS, IS WONDERFUL.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A VERY, VERY BUSY YEAR.
A LOT OF GOOD STUFF BEING DONE, AND WE'RE CATCHING UP IN SOME AREAS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON IN THE PAST AND, AND REALLY GETTING THERE THIS YEAR AND SOME OF THEM.
SO IT'S VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE THAT.
UM, ANYONE ELSE? I DO, OLIVIA, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
UM, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BEING ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON THIS, SO I, I MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS THAN MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE ME, IF THAT'S OKAY.
BUT OVERALL, I WANNA SAY, I THINK THIS IS REALLY WELL ORGANIZED AND WELL DONE AND INFORMATIVE, AND I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ARE ONLY, UM, I ONLY HAVE THEM BECAUSE OF HOW GOOD THIS REPORT IS.
SO I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT POINT'S CLEAR.
UM, SO I, I THINK, AND PART OF IT IS, UM, SO I GUESS I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
I, I'M GONNA START AT THE BEGINNING AND I, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I GUESS PROFESSIONALLY, I'VE, I'VE READ A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING PARTS OF THESE REPORTS IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET MESSAGE AND ALSO SOME OF THE, UM, ECONOMIC INDICATORS.
SO I'M GONNA START THERE REAL QUICK.
UM, OVERALL I THINK THE BUDGET ME MESSAGE IS REALLY GOOD.
THE ONE GAP THAT I SEE THOUGH IS WE DON'T REALLY MENTION MUCH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, UM, AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, A FEW SENTENCES ABOUT THAT BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE WORK WE DO, AND I, I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE IRON HORSE TRAIL IS REALLY DEPENDENT ON COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS.
AND SO I THINK HAVING THAT AT THE BEGINNING IN, YOU KNOW, OUR UM, YOU KNOW, GENERAL MANAGER'S MESSAGE MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT IS JUST SO IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR AGENCY.
UM, ANOTHER MINOR, MINOR THING, I THINK THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY LOGO LOOKS GREAT, BUT FOR SOME REASON THE ONE LOOKS A LITTLE BIT OFF FOR 1934.
SO I KNOW THAT'S A VERY STYLISTIC ITEM, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, NOW'S THE TIME TO GET THAT.
AND I GUESS I ALSO WANNA JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION.
SO TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, IS OUR PUBLIC WORKSHOP WHERE WE'RE PRESENTING THE BUDGET, RIGHT? SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US, THE BOARD, TO WEIGH IN.
I KNOW FOR ME, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, BUT ALSO FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, HOW OUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE HAD TWO TIMES BEFORE, AS WAS ALREADY MENTIONED, RIGHT.
DURING THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND DURING THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ALSO WEIGH IN.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, AND THEN SOME OF MY OTHER COMMENTS, I THINK I'M GONNA NOW SKIP AHEAD HERE.
WHERE DID IT GO? MAYBE I WROTE IT IN A DIFFERENT SECTION.
TRY TO KEEP IT ORGANIZED, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.
UM, ALRIGHT THEN I'LL JUST GO TO ONE OTHER ONE THAT I HAVE TAGGED HERE ON PAGE A 10.
UM, THE DISTRICTWIDE PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR 2024.
UM, SO THERE IS ONE THING, AND AGAIN, I GUESS THIS IS ON THE PUBLIC
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AFFAIRS LINE.SO WE TALK ABOUT ONLINE MAPS, BROCHURES, AND DOCUMENTS.
AND I THINK ONLINE WE'RE MOSTLY TALKING ABOUT WEBSITE.
I AM NOT SURE IF WE'RE TALKING ALSO ABOUT MOBILE, BUT I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN I TRY TO ACCESS OUR MAPS ON MOBILE, IT'S NOT THE MOST MOBILE FRIENDLY AND WE MAY NOT SOLVE THIS IN 2024, BUT I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ON OUR LIST OF SOMETHING TO, UM, LOOK AT.
'CAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE NOW USING THEIR PHONES AND THEN THEY RELY ON EITHER GOOGLE MAPS OR ALL TRAILS.
AND SOMETIMES THAT INFORMATION ISN'T ALWAYS CORRECT OR SOMETIMES CAN LEAD PEOPLE TO BE USING TRAILS MAYBE THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE USING.
UM, AND THEN, YEAH, OKAY, SO IT'S A BUDGET OVERVIEW STARTING ON SECTION B WHERE I HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS
UM, SO A LOT OF THESE, YOU KNOW, I THINK BIG PICTURE I HAD A NOTE HERE ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC INDICATORS.
I THINK THE FREQUENCY OF CHANGE THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS THINKING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF 2020, IT'S JUST BEEN SO REMARKABLE, RIGHT? SO THERE, THERE'S JUST BEEN SO MUCH RAPID CHANGE.
AND IT MAY BE THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF NOTE ALONG THOSE LINES BECAUSE IN HERE, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL RESERVE BA BANK AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER RATE HEIGHT EXPECTED BEFORE THE END OF 2023.
AND I THINK SOME OF THAT, UM, POSSIBILITY IS NOW BEING DIMINISHED.
BUT I THINK THAT ALSO SPEAKS TO THIS FREQUENCY OF CHANGE COMMENT THAT I MADE.
UM, AND THE THING IS, IT'S SO TOUGH TO PREDICT THE FUTURE, JUST IN GENERAL, RIGHT? SO WE DO OUR BEST WITH THESE ECONOMIC INDICATORS.
UM, AND SO I KNOW WE JUST GOT SOME NEW DATA BACK AND THEN THIS WAS PROBABLY DRAFTED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, I THINK I RECEIVED THIS IN THE MAIL, THESE BUDGET BOOKS IN THE MAIL BEFORE SOME OF THE MOST RECENT DATA WAS RELEASED.
UH, AND SO IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, RIGHT, TO CATCH UP.
SO I THINK IF WE COULD HAVE SOME SORT OF NOTE ABOUT THAT AND, AND, AND MAYBE EVEN IF WE COULD ALMOST DATE IT, UM,
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I I, I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS LOOKING SHARP.
THAT'S REALLY, I, I GUESS I CAN TAKE THAT ON.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME PERSONALLY.
SO I THINK IF WE CAN JUST HAVE SOME OF THESE NOTES IN THE BEGINNING, IT WOULD HELP.
YEAH, I'LL, I'LL, SORRY, JUST INTERJECT AND SAY I DO UPDATE THIS FOR THE ADOPTED BUDGET, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, IT CHANGES SO QUICKLY.
SO, BUT, AND I'LL PUT IN SOME CLEARLY LIKE WHAT DATE I'M REFERENCING IF I'M PICKING SOME DATA POINT.
THAT'S, YEAH, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, IT'S GONNA BE, SO, YOU KNOW, DATA COMES AFTER WE PUBLISH AND WE SEND OUT THESE BOOKS IN THE MAIL.
AND I MEAN, THAT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE.
SO I THINK AS LONG AS WE HAVE NOTES IN THE BEGINNING THAT, THAT, THAT CAN HELP US TO LOOK SHARP.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME FORECASTING LIKE SOME OF THE EAST BAY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FORECASTING, AND IT, I, I, I DO BELIEVE IT'S, IT'S DECENT IN TERMS OF THE AGGREGATE, BUT THEN WE HAVE POCKETS OF THE EAST BAY WHERE SOME OF THE TRENDS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN EACH OTHER.
UM, AND PERHAPS, 'CAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I FOLLOW THIS, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECENT REPORT, AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS DATA CAME OUT AFTER THIS WAS PUBLISHED, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF HOUSING PRICES, I, I BELIEVE THE RECENT DATA CAME OUT THAT DOUBLE AND IN PLEASANTON HOUSING PRICES ARE NOW, UH, TRENDING HIGHER THAN IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
AND SO I THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME DIFFERENT TRENDS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
UM, SO IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO NOTE THAT, I THINK IT MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME EXPERIENCE ACROSS BOTH COUNTIES AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BEST, UH, WRITE THAT.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK TO KEEP TRACK OF.
AND THEN I, I THINK I REALLY, OKAY, SO ON B FIVE, UNDER EAST BAY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE BAY AREA ECONOMY CONTINUES TO FEEL THE IMPACT OF THE 2020 COVID SHUTDOWNS, MAYBE I ALMOST WOULD PREFER TO SAY 2020 COVID PANDEMIC VERSUS SHUTDOWN SHUTDOWNS CAN BE SUCH A POLITICAL TERM IN SOME PARTS OF, UM, THE EAST BAY.
AND THEN I'D ALSO SAY I, I'D ALSO RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE REBOUND, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE LAST THREE YEARS IN TERMS OF THE BAY AREA ECONOMY, I THINK IT'S REALLY BEEN ALMOST THIS BOOM AND BUST TYPE OF ECONOMY BECAUSE I PERSONALLY, AND I THINK THERE'S DATA TO THIS, SAW THAT THE BAY AREA REALLY BOOMED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, BOTH IN THE, YOU KNOW, HIGH TECH SECTORS AND THE BIOTECH SECTORS.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE, UM, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER WRITING HERE.
SO WRITING INTO HERE, BECAUSE THAT, THAT ALSO MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT, RIGHT? THAT WE'VE BEEN KIND OF HAVING THIS LIKE, INTERESTING CYCLE, UM, TRYING TO KEEP THIS SHORT
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LEMME SEE WHAT NEXT THAT I HAVE.I THINK I'M, SO I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION MIGHT HAVE TO DO MORE WITH THE IT STRATEGY PLAN.
AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REPORT IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
UM, I'M CURIOUS, WHEN WE RECEIVE THE REPORT, WILL THAT THEN BE A FINISHED STRATEGY PLAN OR WILL THERE BE TIME FOR US ABOARD DWAY? 'CAUSE I DO SEE THAT THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF, UM, QUITE ITEMS FOR THE IT BUDGET THAT ARE INCLUDED IN HERE.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE IN THERE ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE TO DO, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SECURITY ISSUES, SOME JUST BREAKING NETWORK ISSUES.
SO YOU'RE SEEING SOME INVESTMENTS IN THERE FOR THE, FOR THE COMING YEAR THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE WON'T BRING, UM, THINGS FORWARD AS REQUESTS, UM, NEXT YEAR IF WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO FUND THEM AND AS WE FINALIZE THE PLAN.
BUT REALLY IT IS A, IT'S A, IT'S A MEANT TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT.
UM, AND IT INCLUDES, UH, A STAFFING PLAN THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED OVER THE COURSE OF, IT'S A FIVE YEAR PLAN, BUT IT'S LIKE A SEVEN YEAR IMPLEMENTATION, UM, ESSENTIALLY.
UM, AND THEY, YOU KNOW, NO SURPRISE THEY'VE, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A HIGHLIGHT ON THAT, THEY HAVE ANALYZED OUR STAFFING AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GROSSLY UNDER RESOURCE FOR THE SIZE OF OUR AGENCY COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES GROSSLY.
UM, BUT WE KNOW WE CAN'T FUND ALL THAT IN ONE YEAR.
SO YOU'LL SEE A STAFFING PLAN, YOU'LL SEE A GOVERNANCE PLAN, UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS AND KIND OF, UM, A LOT OF STRATEGIES AROUND THAT.
SO, UM, IT'S STILL IN DRAFT FORM, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE SOMETHING AS THE POLICY MAKERS, THERE'LL BE SOME TOUCH POINTS FOR YOU.
YEAH, BECAUSE I GUESS IF I GO TO ONE OF THE OTHER PARTS OF THE BOOK WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE IT PROJECTS, AND I GUESS THIS IS MY BIG THING, AND I THINK THIS WILL BE A MULTI-YEAR.
SO THINKING ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, I, I DO THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE US A COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET THERE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S IN THE IT STRATEGY PLAN, I GUESS IS MY ONLY POINT IS THINKING ABOUT ALL OF OUR D DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMER DATABASES.
AND I DO SEE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EVEN, I, I WOULD INCLUDE THAT, YOU KNOW, CAMPING RESERVATIONS, RIGHT? AND I SAW THAT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT SEPARATED OUT AT THE END, I THINK OF BOOK TWO FROM ONE OF THE OTHER IT SYSTEMS LINE ITEM.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF THE SEVEN YEARS, WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO HAVING A, A GOOD PLAN IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE MANAGING CUSTOMER DATA AND THAT WE'RE GONNA START TO THINK ABOUT HOW THEY MIGHT COMMUNICATE AND CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE RESPONDING TO SOMEONE WHO HAS MADE A CAMPING RESERVATION, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE STILL PART OF OUR, YOU KNOW, CONSTITUENCY.
AND SO WE WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THAT IN AT SOME POINT.
I CAN SAY AFFIRMATIVELY THAT IS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
THAT WAS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE, UM, REQUEST ACROSS THE DIVISIONS.
THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID WAS JUST CONSISTENT IN OUR NEED TO REALLY CENTRALIZE THAT.
I DO SEE THAT IT WILL TAKE, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ONE OR TWO YEARS TO FULLY GET ON BOARD, BUT I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE LOOK TO HAVING THIS PRESENTED TO US, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE IDENTIFIED AS A, AS A NEED FOR THE PARK DISTRICT AGENCY.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE PROJECT, THERE, IT IS, THE, THE, THE PROJECT VOLUME TWO AND THE 83 PROJECTS.
YOU KNOW, ONE THING I NOTICED IN TERMS OF THE ORGANIZATION, I NOTICED IT'S IN, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS.
SO I GUESS I'LL START AT THE BEGINNING.
SO THERE'S A GREAT MAP OF OUR METRO SECTORS, UH, PAGES FOUR AND FIVE, BUT WE DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THE METRO SECTORS.
AND I COULDN'T REALLY FIND A REFERENCE TO IT WHEN I TRIED TO LOOK IN OTHER PLACES.
AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AS A BOARD AND IN THE BOARD WORKSHOPS, AND I KNOW I CAN REFERENCE THIS MAP IN ANOTHER PLACE, BUT I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN WE HAVE THESE REPORTS TO HAVE THEM TO HAVE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE REPORT.
SO MAYBE JUST DEFINING, UM, YOU KNOW, WHY WE DO THE SECTORS AND, UM, MAYBE MAKING IT LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE BOLD, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE HIDDEN WITH THE CITY NAMES AND THE COUNTY NAMES MAYBE LIKE, KIND OF POP IT OUT A LITTLE BIT
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO, I THINK THE PROJECT THAT WE'LL MENTION WHICH SECTOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS ARE IN.
AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HELPFUL TO, SO IN TERMS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PROJECTS, UM, I, I, I LIKE THAT IT'S AN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, BUT I THINK THE DISTRICT WIDE ONES SHOULD BE BUMPED UP TO THE FRONT.
BUT THIS IS A STYLISTIC THING, SO IT'S, UH, IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE MAKE OR BREAK, BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF TOUGH TO FOLLOW.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH LIKE A BLACK DIAMOND MIND AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DELVAL AND THEN YOU GO TO DISTRICT WIDE.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT I NOTICED.
AND SPEAKING OF DELVAL, UH, ELIZABETH AND I RECEIVED AN EMAIL AND I DON'T THINK OUR CLERK'S OFFICE
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HAS RECEIVED IT.SO I THINK I'M GONNA FORWARD IT TO YOU FROM A CONSTITUENT.
I BELIEVE IN, UM, ELIZABETH'S DISTRICT WHO REGULARLY USES CAMPSITES AT DEL VAL AND HAD A QUESTION ABOUT A ROAD THAT LEADS TO THE CAMPSITE AND WHEN THAT ROAD'S GONNA BE REPAIRED FROM THE STORM DAMAGE EARLIER THIS YEAR.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT IN THESE REPORTS, BUT I KNOW IT'S ON OUR LIST SOMEWHERE.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE RELATED MORE TO THE FEMA LIST.
UM, SO JUST SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD OF THAT COMMENT.
BUT THEN ALSO, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
'CAUSE THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, PLACES THAT NEED REPAIRS THAT, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE LOOKING AT THAT AREN'T INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
I THINK IT MOSTLY HAS TO DO WITH THE FEMA PROCESS.
I'D HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT YEAH.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT SPECIFICALLY.
AND SO THEN BETWEEN NOW AND THE 19TH, SO THE 19TH, WE WILL VOTE TO FINALIZE THE BUDGET.
SO SOME OF, UM, OUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS TODAY WILL THEN BE ADDRESSED IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
UM, AND SO THEN I THINK I MIGHT END THERE FOR NOW.
I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL.
I GUESS MY ONLY LAST QUESTION, UH, THE L-A-R-P-D QUESTION, I THINK I'M GONNA ASK ON F 11 IN THE VOLUME TWO.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND, L-A-R-P-D, MURRAY TOWNSHIP AND THAT BUDGET LINE ITEM, IS THAT THE MONEY THAT WE GIVE TO L-A-R-P-D AS PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH THEM? OR IS THIS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ON F 11? SO, SO THAT PAGE F 11 IS, UM, PRELIMINARY LAND ACQUISITION.
AND WE, BECAUSE OUR MEASURE WW FUND DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT MURRAY TOWNSHIP AREA, WE'VE SET ASIDE FUNDING IN CASE THERE'S AN ACQUISITION WE WANNA DO IN THAT MURRAY TOWNSHIP AREA.
SO WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO US.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE.
UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR LAND ACQUISITION.
WHERE WOULD THE L-A-R-P-D BE FOUND IN THE, IT'S OKAY.
MAYBE LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE.
UM, I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S IN FM'S BUDGET.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE OTHER ONE I THINK WE HAVE, UM, MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE CONTINUING THAT ARE IN THE PROJECT LIST.
DID WE WANT TO, DO YOU WANT ME TO SEND YOU ANOTHER EMAIL ABOUT SOME OKAY.
IF THERE'S SPECIFICS ON THAT, THEN WE CAN FOLLOW UP.
I'LL DO THAT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, AND THEN I GUESS MY, MY FINAL POINT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, UM, DIRECTOR ROSARIO'S EARLIER POINT ABOUT HOW WE DON'T REALLY MENTION, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE SMALL TRAILS CREW AND THE, UM, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I KNOW I SPOKE ABOUT DURING OUR PRIORITY SESSION AND I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN HAVE SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE, YOU KNOW, LIST OF OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN HELP IDENTIFY GAPS.
I, I, I THINK I WANNA, YOU KNOW, DO A PLUS ONE ON DIRECTOR ROSARIO'S COMMENT ABOUT HOW MAYBE WE SHOULD MENTION WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IN THE NEXT YEAR IN REGARDS TO YOUTH PROGRAMMING.
BUT ALSO I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THIS COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH PROGRAM SO WE CAN IDENTIFY GAPS.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE REASON, THERE'S TWO REASONS I REALLY THINK, UM, STRONGLY ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW IN, IN PLEASANTON AT PLEASANTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THERE'S A PROGRAM, IT'S CALLED WORKABILITY, AND IT'S FOR YOUNG ADULTS THROUGH AGE 22.
AND IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON HELPING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, YOU KNOW, WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, AUTISM, UH, THOSE WHO MIGHT BE DEAF OR BLIND, REALLY TRYING TO HELP THEM TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO BEING ABLE TO HAVE JOBS IN THE WORKPLACE.
AND I, I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS BE A PART OF THIS, ESPECIALLY, AND SPECIFICALLY SHADOW CLIFFS.
UM, 'CAUSE PART OF THIS PROGRAM, I KNOW THAT THEY TEACH, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE YOUNG ADULTS HOW TO USE THE LOCAL BUS SYSTEM, THE LIVERMORE AMADOR VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE WHEELS BUS SYSTEM, AND WE HAVE A BUS STOP IN FRONT OF SHADOW CLIFFS THAT, UM, THE FREQUENCIES EVERY 15 MINUTES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE EVERY 15 MINUTES.
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING THE GAPS, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE BE A PARTNER WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE? AND THEN TO THE EARLIER POINT WHEN WE HAD THE PRIORITIES WORKSHOP, YOU KNOW, I I, I ALSO THINK THAT AS A BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY, I ALWAYS USE THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS SHARED WITH US BY PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT A YOUNG PERSON WHO HAS AN ANKLE MONITOR.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO, UH, THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT GROUP TO, TO BE ABLE TO OFFER JOB OPPORTUNITIES TO.
AND I THINK THAT IF WE, UM, REALLY PRIORITIZE HAVING THIS, YOU KNOW, COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS, THAT THAT MIGHT HELP US IDENTIFY SOME OF THE GAPS.
AND THEN WE CAN ALSO WEIGH IN, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, MENTIONING THE ANTIOCH SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP FOR WATER
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SAFETY.AND I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT.
AND SO I, I THINK THAT THAT'S MAYBE ONE OTHER AREA THAT I DIDN'T REALLY SEE IN HERE THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE GETS MENTIONED.
AND ALONG WITH YOUR MANY EXCELLENT POINTS, YOU DID BRING UP THE PROCESS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
SO TONIGHT, SO I'D LIKE TO REVIEW, WE, WE
SO YOU CAN BE, AND WE ARE IN A PUBLIC HEARING.
I HOPE YOU HEARD ME ANNOUNCE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I THINK MY MIC WENT DEAD FOR A COUPLE SECONDS WHEN I DID ANNOUNCE THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
BUT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'RE LISTENING TO EVERYONE, AND WE WILL AGAIN, MEET ON DECEMBER 19TH TO HOPEFULLY RATIFY THIS BUDGET AND GO FORWARD FROM THERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
JOHN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, ELIZABETH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO? I'VE ALREADY BEEN.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, GREAT JOB.
I KNOW THIS IS A REALLY HEAVY LIFT, PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER AND, UM, TAKES A LOT OF TEAMWORK ALL ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.
AND OF COURSE, UM, YOU KNOW, I LOVE HOW WELL ORGANIZED ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS ARE AND, AND THE PICTURES AND THE SLIDES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO LEARN ABOUT THE, UM, THE NEW PROJECT EMERGENCY FUND, THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S BEING ALLOCATED THERE.
I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA KEEP GETTING MORE OF THESE FLOODS AND MORE OF THE, YOU KNOW, DAMAGE TO OUR SHORELINE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, MUDSLIDES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND A ALONG THE SAME LINES, OF COURSE, THE ONGOING INVESTMENT IN OUR WILDFIRE FUEL, EXCUSE ME, WILDFIRE FUELS MANAGEMENT.
UM, AND THAT OBVIOUSLY IS, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
UM, REALLY HAPPY TO SEE TOO THE INVESTMENT IN THE SWIM FACILITIES.
I THINK THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE, UM, IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO COME TO OUR PARKS AT A, AT A REASONABLE FEE AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS REALLY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO, TO POOLS OR LAKES OR OTHER PLACES TO SWIM IF THEY DON'T COME TO, UM, SOMEWHERE IN OUR PARK.
SO, SO APPRECIATE THAT, THAT EFFORT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE RE THE NEW CULTURAL RESOURCE UNIT, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT AND HOPEFULLY WILL HELP TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON, UM, PARTNERSHIPS WITH, WITH OUR, OUR, OUR NATIVE, UH, THE NATIVE COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE BAY AREA.
AND REALLY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO, TO RESPECT AND TO, UM, EDUCATE ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THIS, THIS LAND THAT THEY HAVE STEWARDED FOR SO LONG.
AND, UM, SO I'M, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO SEE THAT.
UM, AND THEN MORE SPECIFICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MY DISTRICT, I, I'M, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN MY DISTRICT AND IT'S, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE ALL OF THAT.
I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SERVICE YARD AT POINT PINOLA IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN COMING AND, YOU KNOW, VERY EXCITED TO, TO SEE THE MONEY IN HERE TO, TO GET THAT OFF THE GROUND, UM, OR AT LEAST STARTED.
AND, AND, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY I'VE BEEN TRACKING CLOSELY THE, THE WORK AT MILLER KNOX AND KELLER BEACH.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT PUBLIC WORKSHOP AND GOT A LOT OF INTEREST.
AND IT'S, IT'S, UM, EXCITING TO SEE THAT MOVING ALONG AND THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER AT TILDEN.
UM, AND I, I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, JUST THANK THE, THE PEOPLE WHO CAME ON EARLIER TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL.
UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT OUR PARKS ARE OPEN FOR, FOR, FOR EVERYONE AND, AND TO, FOR HEALTHY RECREATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE A LOT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, COMING TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WANT FROM OUR PARKS TOO.
AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE MONEY PUT TOWARDS REALLY EXPLORING THAT OPPORTUNITY OR THAT POSSIBILITY, UM, FURTHER.
AND LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE? I GUESS THAT'S PROBABLY IT FOR ME FOR NOW, BUT I'LL BE ABLE TO SAY SOMETHING MORE NEXT TIME IF I THINK ABOUT IT.
SO, SO I HAD A CHANCE, UH, WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE TO LOOK AT THIS AND, AND, AND, UH, SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT IT ALREADY.
SO, YOU KNOW, MY COMMENTS ARE NOW ARE MOSTLY GONNA BE THINGS THAT WERE JUST DREDGED
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UP BY EVERYTHING THAT YOU, YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, WITH THE OTHER, BY OTHER FOLKS AND WHAT WAS SAID HERE.IT'S JUST GOT GOT MY BRAIN DREDGING, YOU KNOW,
SO I, I WANT, AGAIN, AGAIN, SAY, UH, THE SIX THEMES, FIVE OR SIX, I THINK IT'S FIVE IN ONE PLACE AND SIX SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BUT IT'S, LET'S SAY SIX THEMES ARE SO IMPORTANT AND FRANKLY, INSPIRATIONAL TO ME TO SEE THEM, UH, STATED THERE UPFRONT IN THE DOCUMENT.
UH, I MEAN, YOU COULD PUT 'EM IN DIFFERENT COLORS.
I MEAN, IT WOULD, IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME TO HAVE THAT THERE SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT'S, WHAT ARE OUR BIG, OUR BIG THINGS.
WHAT ARE WE REALLY TRYING TO DO HERE? AND, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE REAL WORLD, THE BUILT WORLD, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND ALSO THE PROGRAMS TOO.
SO I LIKE, I WANNA, UH, SAY THAT, UM, GENERALLY, UM, IT'S JUST THESE ARE, THESE ARE, UH, A TWO VOLUME DOCUMENT, REALLY GREAT.
UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER, UM, BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN I WAS ON THE PAC FINANCE COMMITTEE IN THE 1990S, UH, THE, UM, THE PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS CONSISTED OF THE PROJECT, THE PROJECT'S TITLE.
THAT WAS IT, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS ALWAYS THE GUY GOING, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS IMPROVE PARKING LOT? YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, OH, THAT'S AT THIS PARK AND IT'S GONNA BE THERE, AND OH, WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT THAT? WELL, WE DON'T DO IT THAT WAY.
WELL, NOW WE DO, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY, UH, THAT WE DO.
UH, AND, BUT I, I, I THINK, UH, THERE IS, I HAVE A FEELING THAT THERE IS SOME DESIRE ON THE PART OF YOUR, UH, FOLKS TO, UM, DO, UM, WHAT WE CALL A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TAKE INCREMENTAL STEPS AND THAT MIGHT INVOLVE, UM, MAYBE THE, SOME MAPS, UH, IN THERE, UH, MAYBE NOT EVERY SINGLE PROJECT, BUT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME MAPS IN THERE.
AND ALSO, UM, UM, EXPANDED PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS IN SOME CASES.
UM, THEY COULD BE A LITTLE MORE DESCRIPTIVE, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, WHICH JUST WOULD ELIMINATE QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS MIGHT HAVE ABOUT WHAT THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY GONNA BUY FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR DOLLARS.
UM, I ALSO LIKE THE $1 MILLION REPAIR, UH, ALLOTMENT.
UH, IT'S JUST RECOGNIZING A FACT OF LIFE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA ENABLE US TO GET ON THESE THINGS A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE EFFICIENTLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE NEED TO DO 'EM.
SO JUST RECOGNIZE WE'RE GONNA HAVE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO SPEND IT, BUT I BET WE DO.
UM, AND I BET, AND IN FIVE YEARS, THAT WON'T BE $1 MILLION ANYMORE.
BUT THAT'S JUST OUR FIRST SHOT, RIGHT? YEAH.
HOW DO THESE PROJECTS FIT TOGETHER? HOW DO THEY WORK IN TANDEM? SO I REALLY LIKE THAT.
UM, IT GIVES US THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND HOW THEY TIE TOGETHER.
AND AS I, AS I LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIONS ARE A REALLY IMPORTANT THING IN THIS DISTRICT.
WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO DO CONNECTIONS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE CAN SEE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THOSE PROJECTS THAT WAY.
UM, I WANNA, UM, I WANT TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON ABOUT, UH, VOLUNTEER, UH, VOLUNTEER, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'VE HAD, I THINK ALL OF OUR TRAIL OPPORTUNITIES WERE VOLUNTEER, WE'RE, WE'RE FOCUSED ON BRIAN'S THIS YEAR, AND I THINK WE JUST FINISHED THE LAST ONE, THE DIG DAYS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TWO COMMENTS FROM YOUNG FOLKS HERE THIS EVENING, AND I AGREE WITH THEM IF THEY'RE STILL WATCHING.
UH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE, WHAT I WANNA DO,
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, I THINK, I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE, UM, I'M HOPING NEXT YEAR THAT WE'LL HAVE A WAY TO GET SOME MORE OF THOSE PROJECTS GOING.
I, I, UH, I EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE KIND OF ORGANIZING THEM MAYBE IN A DIFFERENT WAY WITH MAYBE SOME DIFFERENT STAFF AND ENABLE THEM TO THERE TO BE, UH, VOLUNTEER DAYS SCATTERED OR ALL AROUND THE DISTRICT IDEALLY WOULD BE GREAT, UM, FOR BUILDING TRAILS.
UM, THAT'S HOW I STARTED WITH THIS DISTRICT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S, IT WAS THE ENTRY DRUG FOR ME, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, THE GATEWAY DRUG.
YOU GET TO GO AND BUILD TRAILS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT WAS, IT, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS OBVIOUSLY, UH, ADDICTING, RIGHT? 'CAUSE I'M STILL HERE.
OH, UM, I HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR A, A PROJECT THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE, UM, VERY SIMPLE, UH, CONCEPT.
UM, WE HAVE AN, WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE OPENING UP THE SOUTH OF BAILEY AT THERMO THURGOOD MARSHALL, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50.
WE'RE GONNA BE OPENING UP THAT IN
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TWO TO THREE YEARS.AND WE'VE, IT'S COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE'S NO SAFE AND USEFUL PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ACCESS TO THAT PARK, PERIOD.
SO IF WE COULD JUST HAVE AN ALLOWANCE FOR PLANNING, UM, AT, AND, AND BE ABLE TO GET STARTED WITH THAT NEXT YEAR IN, IN, IN SOME MANNER, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE IT DONE BY THE TIME THE PARK OPENS.
BUT I, I WAS OUT, UM, WITH OUR TRAIL, A COUPLE OF OUR TRAILS FOLKS, AND WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT, AND THERE ARE SOME, IT COULD BE DONE, JUST, WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT.
AGAIN, UH, THANKS FOR, FOR ALL THE, THE, THE WORK, EVERYBODY, AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.
COLIN, ANYTHING? YOU GETTING GOOD? NO, I'M GOOD.
I'M, I REMEMBERED I WAS GONNA SHOWER ACCOLADES LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAS TONIGHT, BUT WE PROBABLY SHOULD DO THAT IN TWO WEEKS, RIGHT? WHEN WE RATIFY THIS THING.
I KNOW ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS.
I, THIS IS MY NINTH TIME THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR.
UM, IT, IT JUST, IT'S A BETTER DOCUMENT.
UH, IT'S MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT AND GETS OUT TO MORE PEOPLE, IN MY OPINION, THAN WE EVER HAD IN THE PAST.
UM, I, I LOVE THE WAY IT, IT, IT CHANGES.
IT'S, I'VE SEEN BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO KIND OF SEE IT.
AND YOU, YOUR POINT OF THE, THE SIX VALUES THAT WE SHARE, YOU KNOW, WE STILL WANT TO GET PEOPLE INTO THE PARKS.
WE WANNA EXPAND PUBLIC ACCESS.
WE WANNA DO SOME OF THESE THINGS WITH CULTURAL RESOURCES AND, AND REALLY IDENTIFY THAT AND GET INTO IT.
I LIKE THE WAY WE'RE REALLY STEPPING BACK AND SAYING, WE'RE GETTING THE HECK BEAT OUT OF US EVERY COUPLE YEARS WITH THESE INCREDIBLE STORMS. AND, AND I THINK IF WE REALLY LOOK BACK AT WHAT WE REALLY DO BEST, IT'S, WE PROVIDE AN OPEN SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THESE CRAZY CITIES AND GET INTO THE PARKS.
AND SO WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO OUR CORE OF KEEPING PARKS OPEN, MAKING MORE TRAILS, SERVING MORE PEOPLE AND, AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE ON OUR TRAILS, UH, AND DEALING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE.
SO I'M, I'M REALLY HAPPY WE KIND OF, THAT'S, THAT'S COME TO THE, IT'S NOT THE FANCIEST STUFF AND THE, THE FUNNEST STUFF, BUT IT'S, IT'S, I THINK IT'S SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS.
I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY, UH, THAT WE'RE SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS ON THE SWIM FACILITIES.
I THINK IT'S A NICE IDEA TO GO TO AMBROSE AND PLACES LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK BRINGING PEOPLE TO LEARN TO SWIM IN A PARK IS A HECK OF A LOT BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE, IN MY OPINION.
UM, UH, I LOVE THE IDEA OF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
I HOPE WE CAN GET THESE REPAIRS DONE REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY.
I KNOW WE WAIT AROUND FOR FEMA, BUT I THINK WE CAN, IF A TRAIL CLOSES, WE SHOULDN'T WAIT SIX MONTHS BEFORE WE OPEN IT AGAIN.
I THINK WE GOTTA CUT A LITTLE HOLE THROUGH THERE AND SAY, TREAD LIGHTLY.
DON'T FALL AND DON'T SUE US, BUT HAVE A GOOD TIME.
PEOPLE DO THAT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, AS A SIDE NOTE, JUST THINGS I'VE NOTED, UM, SINCE, UH, DIRECTOR ROSARIO'S BEEN HERE, HE'S BEEN ASKING FOR A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM SUPERVISOR.
I'M VERY HAPPY THAT'S INCLUDED.
I THINK VOLUNTEERS ARE AN INCREDIBLE PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
THEY'RE GREAT AMBASSADORS, AND I THINK THEY NEED SOME MORE SUPERVISION AND MORE DIRECTION.
AND WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF WORK FOR THEM THAT WOULDN'T BE TAKING ANYONE ELSE'S WORK AWAY FROM THEM.
IT WOULD JUST BE AN ENHANCEMENT TO OUR OPERATIONS.
I'M VERY HAPPY WE'VE GOTTEN MORE RANGERS, MORE PARK SERVICE ATTENDANTS.
WE'RE GETTING BACK TO THE CORE A LITTLE BIT.
I, I, I THINK I NOTED A, I, I DON'T KNOW IF I NOTED IT CORRECTLY, BUT I NOTICED WE'RE, UH, GETTING A HALFTIME, UH, UH, FOUNDATION, UH, STAFF MEMBER.
I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY IN A COMPROMISE.
I HOPE IT WAS A COMPROMISE WE MADE, WHICH I LIKED THOSE TYPE OF COMPROMISES.
WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND FIGURED OUT A REALLY GOOD WAY TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE FOUNDATION.
AND I HOPE THAT POSITION IS A DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT OFFICER.
UH, SO THEY CAN RAISE A BUNCH OF MONEY FOR THAT, UH, TILL AND EEC REPAIR OR REDO REMAKE.
UM, IF I, IF I MAY JUST TO RESPOND TO THAT.
IT IS, IT IS, UM, IT'S LISTED AS A HALFTIME, BUT THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF, IT WILL TAKE HALF THE YEAR TO CREATE THE POSITION AND RECRUIT FOR IT.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THE FOUNDATION WOULD PAY FOR HALF AND THEY, THEY'VE AGREED TO PAY FOR A PORTION OF IT.
UM, OH, I, I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE WE BUDGETED $90,000 FOR THE, THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY OR EVENT PART, EXCUSE ME, YEAR LONG ANNIVERSARY RECOGNITION, I GUESS WE'LL CALL IT.
UM, AND I GUESS FINALLY, UM, I DO HAVE A DISAPPOINTMENT OR, OR A WISH, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE GREAT WORK WE'RE DOING IN FIRE SUPPRESSION, UH, FIRE, PRE-FIRE MITIGATION,
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EVERYTHING WE DO, I THINK STILL GONNA HAPPEN.WE'RE GONNA GET FIRES, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET FIRES THAT ARE BIGGER, UH, MORE INTENSE BASED ON, UM, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND I REALLY THINK WE'VE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY OR WE'RE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY BY NOT ADDRESSING THE ON-CALL FIRE ISSUE.
I THINK WE NEED ON-CALL FIREFIGHTERS.
I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT IT IS THE, THE, THE, UM, MODEL THAT WE'VE USED FOR OVER 40 YEARS HERE.
AND I KNOW WE DON'T, THE PAST IS AWFUL, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND I THINK WE'RE REALLY IN PERIL, OR, OR, OR IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING AND WE GET A BIG FIRE, AND WE HAD A ON-CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH A NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE IN THE PARKS READY TO GO KNOWING THE PARKS.
SO THAT WHEN A CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSON COMES AND SAYS, HEY, TAKE ME UP TO THE BIG OAK TRAIL, OR WHERE IS THE BIG OAK TRAIL? YOU'LL HAVE A PARK STAFF MEMBER WHO'S A FIREFIGHTER WHO WORKS THERE THAT CAN TAKE THEM TO THE SCENE, TELL 'EM ABOUT THE TOPOGRAPHY, UH, EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND NOT TO MENTION PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, AN ON-CALL FIREFIGHTER IS NOT JUST A FIREFIGHTER.
THEY'RE A TRAINED, UH, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN.
AND IF WE'RE ALL HIKING IN PARKS AND WE FALL DOWN, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A PARK RANGER THAT IS IN FACT AN ON-CALL FIREFIGHTER ALSO THAT CAN DO THAT TRANSFER OF CARE OR KEEP YOU STABLE TILL THE TRANSFER OF CARE OCCURS.
AND THAT'S A BIG ISSUE AT A PARK.
THAT'S, WE WE'RE WAY FAR AWAY IN PARKS.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, I, I HOPE WE CAN RESOLVE THAT ISSUE IN THE NEXT SHORTLY, I HOPE.
AND I JUST REALLY QUICKLY ON THAT, YOU'RE, YOU ARE CORRECT IN NOTING IT IS NOT IN YOUR BUDGET.
IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE, UH, ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED AROUND THE PROGRAM.
BUT I AM REALLY PLEASED TO SAY, ACTUALLY AMANDA GAO IN MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT AS HER FIRST PROJECT SINCE SHE WALKED IN.
AND, UM, THEY'RE VERY SOON THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT A PROPOSAL TO ME.
SO I'M HOPING IN THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING SOMETHING TO YOU.
ALRIGHT, SO IF, UM, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE FORCED ALL YOU TO BE HERE, BUT, UH, YOU'RE STILL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YES.
AND WE NOTE WE HAVE SCOTT BOROUGH'S, UM, UH, LETTER TO US.
UM, HE HAD THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE THE MEETING, BUT HE, HE, OKAY.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT'S, UH, ON, ON THE SCREEN THAT WE'D LIKE TO SPEAK? WE'LL, IN THAT CASE, ROSS, PARDON ME? GO AHEAD.
HEY, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR TO THE BOARD.
UM, I GUESS I'LL JUST START WITH, UH, DIRECTOR WASPY, YOUR COMMENT AROUND, UH, ON-CALL FIREFIGHTERS.
UH, WE HAVE MANY ASPE MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SIGNING BACK UP FOR THAT PROGRAM AND CHAIR THE DESIRE TO SEE IT.
UM, BACK, UM, REGARDING THE BUDGET, UH, PROPOSAL AND HEARING TODAY, UH, THERE IS A LOT TO, LIKE IN, UH, THE BUDGET.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW POSITIONS BEING ADDED AND SOME OF THE CORE POSITIONS BEING ADDED.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT.
UM, WE LOOK AT THE NEW, UM, POSITIONS, THE CYBERSECURITY ADMINISTRATOR, SANITATION LEADER, AND FINANCIAL ANALYST.
UM, WHEN WE MET WITH THE DISTRICT ON THOSE, THERE, UH, WERE NO EXTERNAL COMPARISONS DONE FOR EITHER THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS OR THE COMPENSATION LEVELS.
UM, YOU KNOW, A CURSORY REVIEW, UM, ON OUR END SHOWS THAT THE FINANCIAL ANALYSTS, PARTICULARLY THE JOB DESCRIPTION, UM, ISN'T REALLY IN LINE WITH OTHER FINANCIAL ANALYST POSITIONS AND IS ALSO QUITE, UH, LOW IN THE COMPENSATION LEVEL.
UH, SO WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, GOING THROUGH ALL THREE OF THOSE POSITIONS AND CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DISTRICT ON THOSE.
UM, AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT, UM, WE, WE JUST RECEIVED JOB DESCRIPTIONS ON, UH, SOME OF THE NEW MANAGEMENT, UH, POSITIONS.
SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE IF, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE ASK ME THAT BEING INAPPROPRIATELY CLASSIFIED IN THE MANAGEMENT FROM THE, UH, AFSCME THAT SHOULD BE AME BARGAINING WORK.
UM, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IF WE GOT, UH, NOTICED EARLIER ON THOSE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE HAVING A CONTRACT ISSUE OVER THAT.
UM, REALLY ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS NOTICE IF THERE'S NEW POSITIONS AND IT'S DETERMINED THAT THEY'RE NOT IN THE BARGAINING UNIT.
UM, IF WE JUST GOT THE NOTICE, THEN WE COULD AVOID SITUATIONS LIKE WE HAD WITH THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST BEING IMPROPERLY, UH, CLASSIFIED AS MANAGEMENT AND HAVING TO BE REWOUND SEVERAL YEARS LATER.
UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE ON A PATH TO POTENTIALLY HAVE MORE ISSUES LIKE THAT.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DELETIONS, UM, IN THE, UH, THE
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PROPOSED BUDGET.UM, ONE PARTICULARLY DELETING AN ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST TO AND ADDING A MANAGEMENT ANALYST.
UM, THERE'S TONS OF OVERLAP IN THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS BETWEEN THE ADMIN, ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST AND THE MANAGEMENT ANALYST POSITION.
WE'VE TRIED TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO, TO DEAL WITH THIS, WHAT'LL BE AN ONGOING CONFLICT.
UM, AND WE JUST THINK THIS IS INAPPROPRIATELY CLASSIFIED.
WE THINK ALL THE WORK IDENTIFIED, UM, IS PROPER FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST.
UM, AND, UH, I GUESS I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE FOR THAT ONE.
UM, WE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE DELETION OF THE PARK GRAPH SPECIALIST IN THE ROADS AND TRAILS UNIT.
UM, THAT'S, AND TONS OF YOU ON THE BOARD HAVE SAID WE NEED MORE ROADS AND TRAILS, AND WE'RE JUST DELETING A POSITION, ADDING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE DELETION OF THE A WP SUPERVISOR AND ADDING A SMALL TRAILS CREW SUPERVISOR.
UM, THERE'S BEEN TONS OF COMMENT HERE ABOUT HOW THE DISTRICT IS, UH, LOOKING TO EXPAND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WAS, WE'RE NOT MOVING TO DELETE ANY A WP SUPERVISORS.
UM, BUT THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
UM, WE'LL SEND MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
SO IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC SESSION AND WE'LL
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MOVE ON TO GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS.I GUESS I, DO I NEED TO AMIR SOMETHING TO SHARE THIS? AMIR, ARE YOU GONNA HELP HER? I ALREADY HAVE PERMISSION TO DO THIS.
I JUST HAVE A, A COUPLE QUICK SLIDES HERE AND JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR 90TH ANNIVERSARY FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND, UM, AND THEN I ALSO HAVE, UM, AN UPDATE ON OUR, I THINK YOU GUYS ALREADY GOT YOUR BOXES, SO MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN, SEE, IT'S BEEN UNVEILED ALREADY.
UM, SO JUST, UH, BRIEFLY, I JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE A, AN UPDATE ON THE, THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH OUR PLANNING.
AND JUST TO REMIND THE BOARD, WE, UM, HAVE REALLY TRIED TO TAKE A, UH, UM, COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO THIS WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO WE ACTUALLY, UM, SOLICITED VOLUNTEERS, AND WE HAVE OVER 30, I BELIEVE SUSAN ON THE COMMITTEE, UM, FROM EVERY SINGLE DIVISION AND DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE BEEN BRAINSTORMING O OVER A COUPLE MONTHS AND HAVE COME UP WITH SOME, UM, UH, STRUCTURE HERE.
THIS IS JUST SOME OF WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
THERE IS A LOT MORE, AND I THINK SUSAN TALKED ABOUT THAT AT, UM, MAYBE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RECENTLY, BUT MUCH MORE TO COME, UM, FROM THE EMPLOYEES.
SO AS WE'RE, UH, YOU SEE THERE THAT AT THE TOP LINE, WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING A SIGNATURE EVENT ON MAY 11TH, ON SATURDAY AS AN ALL DAY EVENT, UM, AT THE PARK.
THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM, WE WERE HEARING FROM OUR EMPLOYEES AND FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY WANTING TO HAVE THIS BE A DISTRICT-WIDE ALL HANDS, UM, CELEBRATION IN MAY AND HAVE IT BE REALLY INCLUSIVE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING IT THERE AT THE PARK AND HAVE IT BE A TRUE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL.
I KNOW THE BOARD WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND EAST BAY MUD'S, UH, BIRTHDAY THAT WE, UH, WE ACTUALLY HELPED HOST AT LAKE TEMESCAL LAST MAY, BECAUSE YOU ALL WERE IN DC.
BUT I WAS THERE ON, UH, TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT, AND IT REALLY WAS A, A REALLY LOVELY EVENT.
SO THAT, UM, HELPED TO INSPIRE THIS IDEA.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT, UH, IN EVERY MONTH TO DO SOMETHING.
SO IT'S A YEAR LONG CELEBRATION.
UM, PUBLIC AFFAIRS IS PARTNERING WITH INR TO HIGHLIGHT SOME CELEBRATIONS, UM, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE EXPLORE YOUR PARKS ADVENTURE SERIES PROGRAM.
SO THERE'LL BE HIKES, THE BIOBLITZ, UM, AND, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS WHERE PARK GOERS CAN HELP GATHER SCIENTIFIC DATA AND REALLY BE IN OUR PARKS AND TO HELP HELP US CELEBRATE.
SO ALL OF THAT WILL BE REALLY BRANDED AS PART OF OUR, OUR BIRTHDAY.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE, WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND IN EACH OF YOUR WARDS.
SO REALLY, REALLY FOCUSED ON, UM, TRYING TO REACH A BROAD AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE, UM, AND NOT JUST HAVE, UM, UH, JUST A
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SELECT GROUP, UM, THE PROGRAMS THAT, UH, WE ARE USING OR ARE GOING TO DESIGNATE AS REGIONAL CELEBRATIONS.UM, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU ALL SO THAT WE CAN INVITE THE PUBLIC AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR PARTNERS IN EACH OF OF YOUR COMMUNITIES.
SO LOTS OF OF WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THERE AROUND REALLY, AGAIN, CREATING, UH, UM, INCLUSIVE SPACE FOR THE CELEBRATIONS.
UH, AND WE ALSO ARE PLANNING ON, UM, HAVING SOME SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES AROUND OUR HERITAGE CELEBRATION MONTHS, WHICH REALLY, FRANKLY, AT THIS POINT OR IN, IN EVERY ONE OF THESE MONTHS.
UH, I THINK SUSAN TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, SOME SWAG THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR MONTHS.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF SURPRISES, UH, IN THE WORKS FOR, UM, BOTH THE EMPLOYEES AND FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, THAT I, I THINK YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE THRILLED ABOUT, UM, THAT WILL BE ROLLED OUT NEXT YEAR.
UM, BUT WANTED TO AT LEAST GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE FUN THAT WE ARE PLANNING, UM, AND ESPECIALLY THAT, THAT MAY SIGNATURE EVENT.
I KNOW, UM, UH, DIRECTOR SUNG JUST MENTIONED IT.
UM, THIS WAS, UH, A LOGO THAT WAS GENERATED IN HOUSE.
WE DID NOT GIVE OUR, THE, UH, STAFF ANY PARAMETERS ON THIS, BUT REALLY JUST ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE CREATIVE.
AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE SEEING THIS ON, I BELIEVE, EVERYTHING THAT, UH, THAT WE PRODUCE NEXT YEAR.
UM, WE ARE GONNA BE CO-BRANDING, UM, JUST ALL OF OUR, OUR MATERIALS, ALL OF OUR EVENTS, ALL OF OUR SWAG, UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE AMAZING WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE FOR OUR FIRST 90 YEARS AND TALK ABOUT, UH, THE, THE WHAT'S TO COME.
AND LASTLY, I DO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, SHOW THE NEW CALENDAR, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU GUYS ALL GOT YOUR BOXES TODAY.
UM, TO GIVE OUT AND TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WANT TO GET ONE THIS YEAR, IT'S SUPER SPECIAL.
UM, I'VE GOT A A, A SLIDE THERE THAT SHOWS IT, BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T DO IT JUSTICE.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SPECIAL 90TH BIRTHDAY, UM, CALENDAR WITH A GOLD LEAF ON THE FRONT, AND EVERY YE EVERY MONTH, UH, HAS A SPECIAL PHOTO OF BACK IN 1934 AND SOMETHING NOW.
SO IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS, UM, UH, THE YEARS OF, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, OF OUR 90 YEARS OVER THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN ALSO REALLY THINKING ABOUT, UM, MOVING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE, THE FORWARD LOOKING, UM, MESSAGING THAT WE WANNA HAVE HERE.
SO YOU HAVE YOUR, YOUR CALENDARS IN HAND, AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO ALL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR ALL THAT YOU DID TO PUT TOGETHER, UM, THE CALENDAR THIS YEAR.
IT IS REALLY SPECIAL AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR CREATIVE IDEAS AROUND THE, THE ANNIVERSARY, UM, FOR ALL OF NEXT YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL STOP SHARING.
ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS BY BOARD MEMBERS? OLIVIA, UM, GREAT IDEA TO HAVE THE PHOTOS FROM 1934.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THOSE ARE.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, SO WITH OTHER EVENTS AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE LIST OF EVENTS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME REGULAR, I GUESS ANNUAL, THEY SEEM LIKE ANNUAL EVENTS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, THE GATHERING OF THE OHLONE PEOPLE.
SO THEN WE'LL BE USING, YOU KNOW, THIS BRANDING AND INTEGRATING IT AS PART OF SOME OF OUR REGULAR EVENTS.
SO THEY MIGHT NOT BE LISTED ON THE LIST OF ANNIVERSARY EVENTS, BUT THEY WILL STILL BE TAKING PLACE AS THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY.
SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF WHAT THE, THE TEAM CAME UP WITH, WHICH IS, AGAIN, WE ALREADY HAVE ALL THIS AMAZING PROGRAMMING AND WE CAN DO SOME CO-BRANDING.
AND THEN REMEMBER WE ALSO HAVE YOUR NEW DISTRICT PLAN.
UM, SO THE BIRTHDAY WILL ALSO BE AN, UH, WHAT I AM CALLING A KIND OF A VEHICLE FOR US TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AROUND OUR DISTRICT PLAN.
ANYONE ELSE? YEAH, UM, GO AHEAD.
AND I HAVE MY IDEA, I ALREADY HAVE MY IDEA OF WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO.
SO, UM, UM, WARD SIX WILL BE WELL COVERED.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S GREAT TO, GREAT TO HAVE THEM NOW.
I'VE BEEN REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, AND I AM VERY MUCH IMPRESSED JUST WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING INSIDE.
IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT CONCEPT.
I FIND MYSELF TALKING ABOUT THE 90TH A LOT AS I CIRCULATE AND GET OUT AND ABOUT, I GUESS REFLECTS A PERSONAL EXCITEMENT ABOUT IT.
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UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE SOME KIND OF STANDARDIZED, UH, SLIDE DECK OR TALKING POINTS ABOUT THE 90TH FOR US TO START U USING WHEN WE'RE OUT AND ABOUT, OR GIVEN A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT IT.THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
UM, SUSAN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THERE IS A, UM, DRAFT THAT, UH, THEY'VE ALREADY KIND OF PUT TOGETHER AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT TOO AS, UH, EACH OF YOU GIVES US SOME FEEDBACK, SO, OKAY.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A BIG FUN EVENT.
UM, IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER,
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WE'LL MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE FROM THE CLOSED SESSION.THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT WASPY.
UM, TODAY IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO AUTHORIZE ONE ITEM THAT IS OUTSIDE THE GENERAL MANAGER'S AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE A CANDIDATE FOR POLICE CHIEF, UM, AND A GM OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND THAT IS, UM, UP TO SIX MONTHS OF SEVERANCE FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS.
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WE WILL NOW MOVE TO BOARD COMMENTS.THERE WAS A SUGGESTION MAYBE TO PASS ON THE BOARD COMMENTS TILL NEXT TIME.
NOT TOO MUCH WAS GOING ON EXCEPT D MAYBE.
LET'S, SO LET'S DO THE BOARD COMMENTS.
WRAP IT UP WITH ONE PRE PROVISO.
IF YOU TAKE A LONG TIME, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO READ THE BEDTIME STORY TO US.
SO LET'S START WITH, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, MERCURIO.
SO, UM, LET'S SEE, UH, THE BOARD MEETING ON THE 21ST.
UM, AND THEN ON, UH, NOVEMBER 27TH, UM, I WAS INVITED TO, UM, TOUR, UM, A, UH, UH, A HIGH SCHOOL IN OAKLAND CALLED CRYSTAL RAY DE LASELL, EAST BAY HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, UM, THIS WAS, THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF, UM, MY RECENT APPOINTMENT TO THE EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.
AND THAT, THAT, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THAT CAMPUS CAME AND SPOKE TO THE BOARD AND THEY GAVE SUCH A, A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION OF THE PROGRAM THAT THEY OFFERED THERE.
THIS HIGH SCHOOL IS A, UM, HAS A PROGRAM THERE FOR 400 STUDENTS.
IT'S IN A, IT'S IN A FORMER CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, BUT ONE THAT CLOSED AND THEN THEY OPENED IT UP AGAIN AS THIS OTHER KIND OF PROGRAM THING.
IT'S, IT'S IN THE FRUITVALE DISTRICT.
AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY, THE STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL, SOPHOMORE, UH, FRESHMEN THROUGH SENIOR, ALL PARTICIPATE IN A WORK PROGRAM.
SO COMPANIES AND AGENCIES ALL AROUND THE BAY AREA, UM, UM, BE, BECOME INVOLVED IN THIS.
AND THEY OFFER A, A, A POSITION AND, AND IT'S A REAL POSITION.
AND THEN FOUR DIFFERENT STUDENTS WORK ROTATE THROUGH THAT EACH WEEK.
SO ON A MONDAY, SOMEBODY GOES TUESDAY, SOMEBODY ELSE GOES, THE SCHOOL GIVES RIDES TO, UH, THE LOCATIONS.
AND THESE STUDENTS GET FOUR YEARS OF ONE DAY A WEEK EXPERIENCE UNDER THEIR BELTS BEFORE THEY GRADUATE.
AND I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE SOME PUBLIC AGENCIES IN THEIR, IN THEIR PORTFOLIO, AND I WANTED, I WANTED OUR AGENCY TO HAVE A CRACK AT GETTING INVOLVED IN THAT.
SO I'VE REFERRED THEM TO, UH, UM, TO OUR FOLKS TO TALK THAT OUT AND SEE HOW THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
BUT, UH, I WAS VERY MUCH IMPRESSED, UM, AT, AT THE, UM, AT THE, AT THE LOOK OF IT, UH, AT THE, UH, ENTHUSIASM OF THE STUDENTS.
UM, I TALKED WITH ANNIE NGUYEN AND ASHLEY GUTIERREZ THERE, AND, UM, THEY HAD ME, THEY HAD ME CONVINCED THAT, UH, IF WE CAN AT ALL MANAGE THIS, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE US BE PART OF THAT.
I THINK IT'S A NATURAL FOR US.
UM, ON THE 29TH OF NOVEMBER, I, UM, WAS AT THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL, UM, RESOURCES COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, ON THE 30TH.
UM, I HAD THE, UM, PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE OF TOURING A PART OF MY WARD WITH SEAN DUGAN AND SUZANNE WILSON TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL TRAIL PROJECTS.
GOSH, WHO WOULDN'T WANNA DO THAT? UM, SO WE WENT TO FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND WE, AND I, UM, SHOWED THEM SOME OF, SOME OF THE, UH, POSSIBILITIES THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, TO DO.
ONE OF WHICH WAS THE PROJECT THAT I MENTIONED HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT GETTING ACCESS UP INTO SOUTH OF BAILEY, UM, WITHOUT DRIVING A CAR, BASICALLY IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THERE.
UM, UH, ALSO ON THE 30TH, LATER ON, I WENT TO THE SAVE MOUNT DIABLO DONOR APPRECIATION EVENT, UM, WHICH IS REALLY MORE THAN A DONOR APPRECIATION EVENT.
IT'S ALSO KIND OF A YEAR END REPORT FOR WHAT SAVE MOUNT DIABLO HAS DONE
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FOR THE YEAR.AND EVEN THOUGH I FOLLOW THEM PRETTY CLOSELY, UM, THAT THEY REALLY, UM, HAD SOME GREAT THINGS TO, TO CROW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND TO, TO, TO, UM, TALK ABOUT ACQUISITIONS AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE.
UM, ON, UH, DECEMBER 3RD, I WAS WITH SOME OF YOU AT THE TYLER RANCH STAGING AREA, GRAND OPENING.
DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GO ON A HIKE, SO I GOTTA GO BACK PROBABLY ON A WEEKDAY AND DO THAT.
YESTERDAY, UM, I WENT OVER TO THE PUBLIC, UM, SAFETY BUILDING AND MET WITH, UM, CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEF JUST TO GET A, JUST TO GET A NICE BRIEFING ON WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT, KIND OF A THING.
AND, UH, UH, THE TWO HOUR MEETING WENT ALMOST TWO AND A HALF HOURS
I'M, I'M, UH, I HAVE GREAT RESPECT AND, UH, FOR THEM AND I HAVE EVEN MORE NOW, UM, TO, TO JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DONE DONE IN THE PAST.
UM, AND THEN THIS MORNING, UM, I HAD GOTTEN A, A, UH, SOME, SOME COMPLAINTS, COMMENTS, WHATEVER FROM CITY OF CONCORD ABOUT STUFF GOING ON, ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL IN THE NORTHERN PART OF, OF CONCORD REGARDING UNHOUSED PEOPLE AND, AND, AND THEIR PRESENCE, UH, ALONG THE TRAIL.
AND WHEN I WAS FINISHED WITH THAT, WE, WE HAD SEVERAL, UM, POLICE OFFICERS, UH, UM, STEVE CASTILE WAS THERE, UM, DAVE KENDALL, UM, AND, UH, CARLOS, WHICH, WHOSE NAME, LAST NAME I FORGOT,
UM, WE, WE WERE ALL THERE AND WE WALKED THERE ALONG THE WAY AND TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE OUR FOLKS ALL WORKED TOGETHER REALLY WELL.
YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE, AND THEY'RE DOING ALL THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH REALLY IS ONLY, ONLY 20 FEET, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S STUFF GOING ON ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND SO I GUESS THERE'S SOME FOLKS OUT THERE THAT THINK THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE CORRIDOR, AND WE'RE NOT.
SO I THINK WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING WAS, UM, THEY MENTIONED THAT THE, THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE OTHER AGENCIES, THE SHERIFF, THE CITY OF CONCORD, UH, AND OTHER, OTHER AGENCIES, FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT KIND OF WAXES AND WANES OVER THE YEARS ACCORDING TO WHO'S, WHO'S, WHO'S ON BOARD AND WHO'S RETIRED AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO I ENCOURAGE THEM TO, UM, MEET MORE OFTEN, UH, WITH, WITH, UH, EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED IN, IN DEALING WITH THAT ISSUE, UH, IN ORDER TO KEEP THE CONNECTIONS FRESH AND TO SHARE INTEREST.
UM, IT'S, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE ONE THING THEY DID MENTION IS OUR, OUR FOLKS DO ROUTINELY ENGAGE, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH, IN, IN AN INFORMAL WAY WITH THE FOLKS LIVING OUT THERE AND THEY FIND, UM, VERY CONSISTENTLY THAT THEY REFUSE TO, TO ACCEPT, UM, OFFERS TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND THEY, THEY LIKE BEING, THEY JUST LIKE BEING THERE.
AND I'LL, I'LL KIND OF LEAVE IT AT THAT, BUT, UM, ANYWAY, THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
AND, UM, HOPEFULLY SOMETHING GOOD.
WE'LL COME OUTTA THAT SOME EVEN BETTER.
UM, SO REAL QUICK, I, I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAS BEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE PLEASANTON AREA, BUT I THINK THE NEXT TWO WEEKS THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE FREMONT AND TRI-CITIES AREA.
SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST.
BUT YES, UM, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD, DENNIS AND I GOT TO BE IN THE PLEASANTON HOLIDAY PARADE ON DECEMBER 2ND WITH OUR VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEER TRAIL SAFETY PATROL, AS WELL AS TWO MEMBERS FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT WAS A REALLY, UH, LOVELY EVENT.
AND I HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR NEXT YEAR'S PARADE.
AND I ALSO HEARD THAT, UM, THE DUBLIN ST.
PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN MARCH, THE VOLUNTEER TRAIL SAFETY PATROL WILL BE THERE.
AND SO I HOPE TO JOIN THEM AND MAYBE WE CAN GET A FEW OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, LIKE A DIRECTOR MERCURIO OUT TO DUBLIN FOR ST.
UM, YES, DECEMBER 3RD, TYLER RANCH, THE GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION IN SNO WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT.
I THINK WE MIGHT'VE HAD PERFECT WEATHER FOR THE EVENT, UM, WHICH IS GREAT JUST CONSIDERING, I KNOW IT GOT PUSHED BACK BECAUSE OF THE STORMS EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF WORK TO REPAIR THE STORM DAMAGE AND GET IT READY, BUT I'M SO EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE IT IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT GOT US TO THIS POINT,
UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE TRAILS AND BE ABLE TO SEE THE WONDERFUL VIEWS AROUND THE BAY AREA.
AND THEN, UM, LAST NIGHT, PLEASANT TEN'S MUSEUM ON MAID HAD THEIR
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ANNUAL EVENT.AND IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T NECESSARILY GO THERE AS AN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS BOARD MEMBER, BUT I FELT LIKE I WAS TALKING A LOT ABOUT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS AND I WAS THERE, SO THAT'S GOOD.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID COME UP, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAD SOME MEMBERS OF THE PLEASANT 10 CITY COUNCIL THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THE BOARD HAD RECEIVED A MEMO FROM THE PLEASANT 10 CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO, UM, ME JOINING THE BOARD HERE, BUT I'M AWARE OF THAT MEMO IN REGARDS TO THE GAMS PROPERTY.
AND SO THAT, THAT, THAT WAS A CONVERSATION I HAD LAST NIGHT ABOUT THE LIAISON MEETING, AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US TRY TO GET THAT SCHEDULED MAYBE IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 2024.
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, ENTHUSIASM, ENTHUSIASM ON THE CITY COUNCIL SIDE IN PLEASANTON.
SO I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS MENTIONED HERE.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I MENTIONED THIS A WHILE AGO WHEN I FIRST STARTED, UM, YOU KNOW, AT ZONE SEVEN, UH, IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, IN TERMS OF THE AGENDA ITEMS, BEFORE WE WOULD HAVE BOARD COMMENTS LIKE THIS, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE AN A, AN ACTUAL ITEM, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. AND SO I'VE BEEN MOSTLY PUTTING THEM INTO MY BOARD COMMENTS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THAT SEPARATED OUT.
AND I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, I, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM IN THE FUTURE ON, UM, YOU KNOW, MOSQUITOES AND MAYBE REACH OUT TO OUR MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICTS.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT TOPIC.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I'M BRINGING THIS UP AGAIN BECAUSE I KNOW THE PREVIOUS MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LIGHT ON THE AGENDA, SO THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, HEAR ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICTS.
UM, SO WHEN WE HAVE LIGHTER AGENDAS, MAYBE WE CAN THINK ABOUT THOSE ITEMS THAT COME UP IN, UM, FUTURE AGENDA RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, I KNOW I, I DON'T BELIEVE I'M THE ONLY, UM, YOU KNOW, MEMBER OF THE BOARD THAT'S REQUESTED THIS, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO SCHEDULE A SAFETY DRILL FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BOARD MEETINGS.
AND SO AGAIN, WHEN WE HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA WHERE IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER, I THINK THESE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US HAVE IN THE NEAR TERM.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT ALSO MADE ME THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MY TIME ON ZONE SEVEN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE WAS THIS FRIDAY MEMO EVERY WEEK, OR MOST EVERY WEEK.
AND, UM, IT WOULD INCLUDE REPORTS OF THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT ZONE SEVEN.
BUT AT THE BOTTOM THERE WAS ALWAYS A LOOK AHEAD IN REGARDS TO AGENDA ITEMS. AND SO WHILE IT WASN'T ALWAYS FIRM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD A DATE IN APRIL, 2024, SOMETIMES THAT COULD GET ME FORWARD OR PUSHED BACK, BUT AT LEAST IT GIVES, YOU KNOW, US A SENSE OF WHAT'S COMING UP IN REGARDS TO BOARD MEETINGS.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE TO ALSO CONSIDER, BECAUSE THEN ALSO CAN, WE CAN KIND OF GET A SENSE OF WHEN THERE MIGHT BE A LIGHTER AGENDA AND WE CAN ADD SOME OTHER TOPICS SUCH AS MOSQUITOES OR, YOU KNOW, HAVING A SAFETY DRILL FOR DURING BOARD MEETINGS.
WELL, I'M GONNA BE SHORT AND SWEET.
UM, SO ON THE 29TH, I ATTENDED THE NATURAL CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE ON THE 30TH OF NOVEMBER.
UM, HAD MY, UH, WARD SITE VISIT WITH OUR GENERAL MANAGER, SABRINA LANDRETH AND A GM KEN WESA, AND, UH, MANY MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM.
UM, MIKE REEVES, RE BATES, BRIAN HOLT, MATT GROWL, UM, AND I AND ACTING CHIEF OF ACQUISITIONS, RACHEL LEM.
AND I JUST REALLY, UM, IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR ON NORTH RICHMOND AND, AND GET A INCREDIBLE BRAIN DUMP FROM MIKE REEVES ON HIS WAY OUT IN TERMS OF ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HE'S BEEN HAVING, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS WITH, WITH PROPERTY OWNERS OUT THERE AND WHERE EVERYTHING STANDS AND WHAT ARE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE PARKS IN NORTH RICHMOND.
SO THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS A MORNING WELL SPENT.
UM, AND YEAH, AND THEN, UH, YESTERDAY I HAD, UM, MY PRE-BOARD MEETING FOR THIS MEETING AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I TOO ATTENDED THE, UH, TYLER RANCH OPENING AND ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.
I ALSO ATTENDED NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, UH, THIS MONTH.
AND I, UH, ESPECIALLY WANTED TO MENTION TO DIRECTOR ROSARIO THAT I DID ATTEND THE PAC MEETING THIS PAST WEEK AND THE BUDGET PRESENTATION AND THE BUDGET WAS, UH, IN MY VIEW, VERY WELL RECEIVED BY, UH, THE PAC MEMBERSHIP.
I'M SORRY I MISSED THE TYLER RANCH OF IT.
IT SOUNDED FABULOUS, SO I'M GLAD YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO GO THERE AND BE THERE.
I WAS HOPING I COULD DO THAT, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT
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THAT, THAT, UH, WEEKEND.IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, OF COURSE WE ALL CELEBRATED THANKSGIVING AND
THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO HAVE MY MEETING WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER ON NOVEMBER THE 29TH.
WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE WANNA GET DONE, AND IT'S ALWAYS IMPRESSIVE HAVING THOSE MEETINGS WITH MS. LANDRI.
UH, THERE'S ANOTHER EVENT THAT I WENT TO THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF JUST A LITTLE LOCAL EVENT ON DECEMBER 2ND.
AND THAT WAS, UM, JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THAT WAS JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD PARTY, BUT IT WAS ALONG THE CREEK IN SAN LEANDRO.
AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION PEOPLE ARE HAVING ABOUT HOW THE, UH, VARIOUS, UM, UH, ISSUES WE'VE HAD WITH THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE STORMS THAT BEGAN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND HOW THEY IMPACT OUR ALONG THE CREEK AREAS.
SO WE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
BUT, UM, OUR PARK IS NOT IN IT
AND LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE? UM, THAT'S ABOUT IT I HAVE FOR ACTUAL EVENTS, UM, THAT WEEK.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE OTHER WORK YOU ALL WERE INVOLVED IN.
UM, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD THANKSGIVING AND, UM, I WAS ON VACATION FOR MOST OF THE, FOR MOST, AT LEAST FOR ABOUT A WEEK.
UH, AND I WANTED TO WISH MY, UH, MY FATHER-IN-LAW, ANOTHER HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
HE TURNED 91 AND, UH, HE'S DOING GREAT.
AND THEN, UM, UH, I JUST HAD A MEETING ON THE FOURTH WITH CONSTITUENTS, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE OAKLAND OID, THE OGLE SJO AT THE BAY TRAIL, AND I'M HERE TODAY AND, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HOLIDAY EVENT TOMORROW.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY I'LL GET BACK IN TIME FOR, UH, TO, UH, TO SEE OFF, UH, MICHAEL REEVES.
BUT, UM, ALSO HOPING WE CAN, UH, CLOSE IN HONOR OF, UH, UH, IN MEMORY OF, UH, BETH STONE.
UM, SO, UM, ON DECEMBER 2ND, I ATTENDED THE PLEASANTON PARADE WITH, UH, DIRECTOR SAN WONG AND A BUNCH OF GREAT VOLUNTEERS.
IT WAS REALLY WELL ORGANIZED AND, AND A WHOLE LOT OF FUN.
UM, ON THE THIRD I WENT TO THE TYLER RANCH OPENING, AND THAT WAS TREMENDOUS.
I'M GLAD ALL OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, MOST OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WERE THERE.
AND GREAT, IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE STAFF THERE FOR SOME REASON.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A NICE DAY OR, OR THERE WAS SPECIAL INVITATIONS, BUT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY AND EVERY LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION IN GETTING TYLER RANCH STAGING AREA GOING WITH THEIR KIDS, HAVING A LOT OF FUN.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY A, A NICE, NICE EVENT, UH, AND LOTS OF GREAT NEWS COVERAGE ON IT.
UM, UH, EXCELLENT JOB BY, UH, UH, THE, THE, UM, UM, STAFF TO PUT THAT WHOLE THING TOGETHER.
UH, AND THEN YESTERDAY I HAD THE PRE-BOARD MEETING, UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TOMORROW TO THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATION EVENT TOMORROW AT THE BRIDGE YARD.
UH, I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO MIKE REEVES', UH, GOING AWAY CELEBRATION ON THE SEVENTH, UH, THIS COMING FRIDAY, THE, UM, RADKEY AWARD.
I HOPE EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH THE RADKEY AWARD.
IT'S WHAT OUR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT DOES.
UH, EACH YEAR WE HONOR A, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL HERO WHO'S HELPED THE PARK DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
IN, IN THE CASE OF, UH, MARK DE SONIA, WHO'S GONNA RECEIVE THE AWARD THIS YEAR.
UH, IT'S A GREAT EVENT, UH, IF YOU CAN BE THERE.
IT'S AT, UM, ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL IN WALNUT CREEK.
UH, AND IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION, GET BACK TO ME.
TWO TO THREE IN THE AFTERNOON, SHORT EVENT.
WE GIVE IT, GIVE MARK AN AWARD, TAKE SOME PICTURES.
UM, ON THE DECEMBER 11TH, UH, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS NOTED THAT WE'VE BEEN INVITED TO THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND FOUNDATION, UH, HOLIDAY CELEBRATION.
IT'S AN EVENT AT DRAKE'S, UH, IN OAKLAND.
SO, UM, SHOULD BE A FUN MONTH.
SO IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ADJOURN THIS MEETING IN MEMORY OF BETH STONE, WHO WAS A LONG-TERM EMPLOYEE FOR THE PARK DISTRICT AND A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING.
SO, WITH THAT, UNLESS YOU WANNA MAKE A COMMENT, JUST THAT BETH WAS, UM, SHE WORKED FOR THE PARK DISTRICT FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS, MOST OF THAT IN THE LAND DEPARTMENT, AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE CALLED IT THEN
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE, UM,
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UH, WELL, SHE WAS, SHE REALLY, REALLY WAS SOMEONE YOU LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING AND SEEING EVERY DAY, UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAD A CHANCE TO COME UP HERE.BUT, UM, SHE WAS, UH, SHE MADE THAT CONVERSION FROM, UH, LOW TECH TO HIGH TECH AND, UH, SHE DID IT WITH A PLUM.
AND, UM, SO, UH, I REALLY WANTED TO CONGRATULATE HER, UM, HER, UH, OR MEMORIALIZE HER, HER SERVICE TO THE PARK DISTRICT AND, UH, CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY.