Dec 12, 2023 Operations Committee Meeting

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

[Roll Call]

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TODAY IS DECEMBER 12TH AND IT IS 12:34.

AND WE ARE MEETING IN PERSON TODAY AT THE PARK DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS AT 2950 PERALTA OAKS COURT.

AND OCCASIONALLY BOARD MEMBERS ARE CAN CAN PARTICIPATE BY ZOOM OR HYBRID, BUT WE'RE ALL HERE TODAY, SO MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE LET THE PUBLIC KNOW HOW THEY CAN PARTICIPATE? YES. CHAIR ROSARIO, FOR THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S MEETING, THEY CAN JOIN HERE IN PERSON AT DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS.

JOIN LIVE VIA ZOOM ON THE MEETING PLATFORM.

OR THEY CAN WATCH VIA THE PARK DISTRICT'S LIVE STREAM.

AND THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.

THANK YOU. AND CAN WE PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? DIRECTOR SANWONG HERE.

DIRECTOR. CORBETT HERE.

CHAIR ROSARIO HERE AGM GOORJIAN HERE.

EXCELLENT. AND ITEM NUMBER TWO.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES. THERE WERE NONE.

SO WE'LL GO TO.

NUMBER THREE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS NOT ON THE AGENDA? WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

EXCELLENT. AND SEEING NONE IN THE ROOM, WE'LL GO TO ACTION ITEMS NUMBER FOUR, WHICH THERE ARE NONE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS WHICH THERE ARE SIX.

[Informational Items]

WELCOME, MIKE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CHAIR ROSARIO DIRECTOR SANWONG AND DIRECTOR CORBETT GM GOORJIAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US.

MY NAME IS MIKE MORAN. I'M ONE OF THE REGIONAL INTERPRETIVE RECREATION SERVICES MANAGERS.

I COVER THE NORTHWEST REGION, WHICH INCLUDES THE FINE FOLKS AT TIDEWATER BOATING CENTER AND OUR TENANT THERE THE OAKLAND STROKES.

AS PART OF THEIR LEASE AGREEMENT OAKLAND STROKES PROVIDES A ONCE A YEAR UPDATE ON THEIR ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DANA HOOPER TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

IT'S NICE TO BE BACK IN PERSON.

I THINK IT'S BEEN SINCE WHAT, 2019 SINCE WE STOOD HERE.

SO THAT'S FANTASTIC.

I HAD SOME SLIDES THAT I SENT.

ARE THEY GOING TO COME UP SOMEWHERE? HOW DO I DO THAT? MIC] ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I BROUGHT A FEW OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS STARTING ON MY RIGHT, MARK ZEMKE DAN HERBERT.

AND OVER HERE IS RACHEL YATES.

AND YEAH, WE'RE JUST VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.

OKAY. THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO WAS JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE KIND OF WONDERFUL COMMUNITY WE HAVE DOWN AT TIDEWATER.

OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE REALLY CREATED A BOND BETWEEN THE OAKLAND STROKES AND THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT STAFF THAT'S DOWN THERE.

IT'S VERY COLLABORATIVE, COLLEGIAL.

IT'S JUST A REALLY WONDERFULLY POSITIVE PLACE TO BE RIGHT NOW.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO KELSEY, MEGAN, MORGAN, STUART AND AARON DOWN THERE.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S TRULY WONDERFUL.

SO WHO ARE THE OAKLAND STROKES? IT OCCURS TO ME THAT THAT MAYBE A FEW OF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE.

SO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF FACTS ABOUT THE OAKLAND STROKES.

SO WE'RE A YOUTH ROWING CLUB WITH PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

WE CURRENTLY SERVE ABOUT 275 ATHLETES IN THE EAST BAY.

WE ARE A NO CUT TEAM THAT PROVIDES EVERY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, DEVELOP AND RACE AT A LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL.

AND I THINK THAT THAT MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF MEANING, BUT TO TO YOU THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH ROWING, BUT IN ROWING THERE IS NO BENCH.

RIGHT. SO WHEREAS A FOOTBALL TEAM MIGHT BRING 60 STUDENTS TO A FOOTBALL GAME AND ONLY 30 OF THEM GET ON THE FIELD, WHEN WE BRING 60 STUDENTS TO A REGATTA,

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WE PROVIDE ROBUST FINANCIAL AID.

OUR PROGRAM ENSURES THAT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IS NOT A BARRIER TO ENTRY OR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION WITH THE OAKLAND STROKES.

WE DRAW STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND BEYOND.

SO I JUST DID A LITTLE SCROLL THROUGH OUR ROSTER, AND WE HAD STUDENTS FROM AS FAR AWAY AS EL CERRITO IN THE NORTHWEST, FREMONT IN THE SOUTHWEST, PLEASANT HILL IN THE NORTHEAST, AND PLEASANTON IN THE SOUTHEAST.

SO WE HAVE A REALLY WIDE DRAW AREA.

WE HAVE A HISTORY OF SUCCESS WITH A TOTAL OF 21 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND WE HAVE COUNTLESS REGIONAL AND NATIONAL MEDAL WINNING BOATS.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND WE HAVE A STRONG HISTORY OF SUPPORTING OUR ATHLETES INTO COLLEGES.

SO WE HAVE OAKLAND STROKES ALUMNI ACTIVELY ROWING IN COLLEGE RIGHT NOW, WHICH AGAIN, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT.

OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE STUDENT ATHLETES OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO ROW, DEVELOP, AND COMMIT TO A TEAM THAT COMPETES AT A NATIONAL LEVEL.

OUR PROGRAM FOSTERS STRENGTH OF CHARACTER, A STRONG WORK ETHIC, SELF-CONFIDENCE, AND RESPECT FOR OTHERS.

OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE REALLY MADE A VERY CONCERTED EFFORT TO TO TAKE STEPS TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH INTO THE LOCAL OAKLAND YOUTH.

AND THAT IS, OF COURSE, WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY.

[INAUDIBLE] OKAY, SO WHAT THIS IS, IS A MAP THAT SHOWS THE OAKLAND STROKE SERVICE AREA. SO THIS SERVICE AREA IS DEFINED BY OUR LEASE WITH THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

AND WHILE OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AREN'T LIMITED TO THIS AREA, THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE FOCUS ON WHEN WE TALK TO THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

AND SO WHAT YOU SEE ARE SORT OF TWO SHAPES THERE.

AND THOSE ARE DEFINED AS THE DRAW AREAS OF THE FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL AND CASTLEMONT HIGH SCHOOL.

RIGHT. SO IN THE SORT OF NORTHWEST AREA THAT HAS THE FRUITVALE DISTRICT AS WELL AS INTO OVER TO, TO A LITTLE BIT BEYOND HIGH STREET, THAT'S THE FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL DRAW AREA.

AND THEN THE OTHER AREA THERE IS THE CASTLEMONT HIGH SCHOOL AREA THAT EXTENDS DOWN TO SAN LEANDRO.

AND SORT OF, FUNNILY ENOUGH, ALSO THE OAKLAND AIRPORT.

NOT SURE THERE'S STUDENTS COMING FROM THE OAKLAND AIRPORT, BUT I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS FUN THAT THAT IT CONNECTED THERE.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WHERE OUR ACTIVE PROGRAMS ARE.

SO OUR ACTIVE PROGRAMS AND OUR ACTIVE PARTNERS COME FROM THROUGHOUT THAT DISTRICT AND ARE ALL FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE BOATHOUSE TIDEWATER AQUATIC CENTER, SHOWN THERE IN ORANGE.

WE KIND OF GROUP OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INTO TO KIND OF TWO CATEGORIES.

THE FIRST CATEGORY IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

SO THESE ARE OUR EFFORTS TO ENGAGE WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR ROWING.

SO THIS MIGHT BE GOING TO COMMUNITY EVENTS, ACTING AS VENDORS, TALKING WITH FAMILIES, JUST SORT OF SPREADING THE WORD.

AND THEN WE ALSO RUN LEARN TO ROW PROGRAMS. IDEALLY THOSE ARE TRIPS TO TIDEWATERS, BUT WE ALSO GO AND VISIT SCHOOLS TO JUST TRY TO SPREAD THE WORD AND TOUCH AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE TO SHOW THEM WHAT THESE, THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PARTICIPATORY PROGRAMS. AND SO THOSE ARE THE, THE LONGER TERM PROGRAMS WHERE WE'RE BRINGING IN STUDENTS AND EMBEDDING THEM INTO THE OAKLAND STROKES IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SEEDING THE BUG OF ROWING THAT THAT GOT ME INTERESTED AS A HIGH SCHOOLER AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS BEING HERE AS WELL.

AND SO THE TWO THAT I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY ARE RISE HIGH SCHOOL ROWING ENRICHMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS A SEMESTER LONG CLASS FOR STUDENTS AT A PARTNER HIGH SCHOOL IN FRUITVALE. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS OUR STEM TO STERN MIDDLE SCHOOL ROWING PROGRAM, WHICH IS A TEN WEEK PROGRAM THAT'S INTEGRATED WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM.

AND THAT ALSO GOES ON TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE MOST IDENTIFIED BARRIERS TO YOUTH ROWING.

SO IN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE DO GO TO A LOT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS IN EAST OAKLAND.

AND THE IDEA HERE IS THAT WE WANT TO TALK TO PARENTS.

WE WANT TO TALK TO KIDS.

WE WANT TO GET LITTLE KIDS INVOLVED.

AND IDEALLY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF A STUDENT COMES HOME FROM SCHOOL AND SAYS, HEY, I WANT TO GO ROW THEIR PARENTS HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT, RIGHT? OR MAYBE THEY TALKED TO SOMEONE WHO'S HEARD ABOUT IT.

AND SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE SUCH A FOREIGN THING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LONG LIST OF PROGRAMS THAT WE ATTENDED IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.

THE WELO SUNDAYS IN THE PARK IS HIGHLIGHTED THERE BECAUSE THAT'S AN ONGOING COMMITMENT.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN PAST YEARS.

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AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, THEY IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS REALLY NO OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE YOUTH TO TO GET OUT AND BE ACTIVE.

SO THEY STARTED A PROGRAM IN BROOKDALE PARK THERE OFF OF HIGH STREET.

AND THE OAKLAND STROKES QUICKLY CAME IN AND PARTNERED WITH THEM TO JUST PROVIDE WAYS FOR OAKLAND YOUTH TO BE ACTIVE.

AND THAT'S BEEN ONGOING EVERY SUNDAY SINCE THE FALL OF 2020.

AND WE'VE BEEN THERE MORE OR LESS EVERY WEEKEND.

THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE GONE TO ARE LISTED UP THERE.

I WON'T READ THEM OUT FOR YOU, BUT JUST REALLY, ANY PLACE WHERE WE SEE THE COMMUNITY GATHERING, WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT IF WE CAN.

THE OTHER PART OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ARE OUR LEARN TO ROW PROGRAMS. SO THESE ARE FREE, 1 TO 2 DAY SESSIONS WHERE STUDENTS ARE INTRODUCED TO LEARN TO ROWING AND REALLY KIND OF TAKE A LEARN BY DOING METHODOLOGY.

SO WE WORK TO GET THEM ON THE WATER AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

EACH SESSION INVOLVES 1 TO 2 LOCAL SCHOOLS OR ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT THE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING WITHIN THEIR PEER GROUP.

IT'S AN ONGOING PROGRAM, AND WE TRY TO HAVE A SESSION EVERY 1 TO 2 MONTHS.

IN 2022-23, WE HAD SIX SESSIONS AND 58 ATHLETES DOWN AT TIDEWATER.

THE ATHLETES ARE THEN ENCOURAGED TO JOIN OUR STEM TO STERN PROGRAM, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM, OR OUR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM.

MOVING ON TO THE FIRST OF OUR PARTICIPATORY PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR ARISE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM.

THE ARISE HIGH SCHOOL IS IN THE FRUITVALE DISTRICT, RIGHT AT THE FRUITVALE BART STATION, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM SINCE 2021.

WE HAD PROGRAMS WITH THEM BEFORE, BUT IN 2021, THEY CREATED THEIR COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING PROGRAM.

AND WE'VE BEEN A PROGRAM PROVIDER IN THAT SINCE THE FALL OF 2021.

THE STUDENTS ARRIVE FROM ARISE ATTEND A TWO PERIOD ENRICHMENT PROGRAM AT TIDEWATER FOCUSING ON ON ROWING, ON WATER ROWING.

OUR 2022-23 PROGRAM STATISTICS INCLUDE 25 WEEKS OF PROGRAMING, 50 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.

WE HAD 20 STUDENTS AND WORTH NOTING THAT THIS IS A FREE PROGRAM TO BOTH THE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO TO ARISE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

AND THEN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS WORKING ON ENCOURAGING THOSE STUDENTS TO JOIN OUR SUMMER CAMPS, OUR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM, SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP ROWING. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THREE ROWERS THAT DID THAT THIS LAST SUMMER.

SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE WATER THERE, IF YOU SQUINT, YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND THAT'S THAT'S SAN FRANCISCO.

WE TOOK THESE THREE ATHLETES, ALEJANDRO ON THE LEFT, GUILLERMO IN THE MIDDLE AND JOEL ON THE RIGHT.

FROM TIDEWATER ROWD THEM OUT UNDERNEATH THE BAY FARM ISLAND BRIDGE AND SAW SAN FRANCISCO.

IT WAS A REALLY NEAT EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.

ROWING HOME WAS LESS NEAT BECAUSE WE HAD A SCHEDULE TO MEET AND WE WERE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS HAPPEN.

SO WE WORKED WITH THEM AND WITH ARISE TO PROVIDE AN INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY WITH THE OAKLAND STROKES DURING OUR LAST YEAR OF SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM.

SO FOR THREE WEEKS THEY WERE DOING TWO AND A HALF ROWING HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK OF ROWING WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 2.5 HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK OF CAMP COUNSELING WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPS.

SO HELPING THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS LEARN HOW TO ROW, CARRY BOATS, CARRY EQUIPMENT.

AND THAT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL AND JUST A REALLY GOOD WAY TO KEEP THESE THREE ATHLETES ROWING.

MOVING ON FROM THERE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR STEM TO STERN MIDDLE SCHOOL ROWING PROGRAM.

THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN RUNNING SINCE THE FALL OF 2021.

AND THE THREE PILLARS OF STEM TO STERN ARE ROWING INSTRUCTION, SWIMMING LESSONS AND STEM EDUCATION.

AND THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THOSE THREE PHOTOS.

WITHIN STEM TO STERN, WE ALSO INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM PRACTICE, PRE AND POST PRACTICE, NUTRITIONAL STACKS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO COVER PROGRAM FEES. STEM TO STERN IS A PROGRAM HAS A NOMINAL REGISTRATION FEE, BUT THEN THERE ARE NO PROGRAM COSTS BEYOND THAT INITIAL LOW FEE. WHAT WE FOUND IS WITH THAT, WITH THAT REGISTRATION FEE, IT SORT OF REMOVES THE STIGMA OF A FREE PROGRAM.

SO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU RUN FREE PROGRAMS, THEN PEOPLE AREN'T DON'T FEEL NECESSARILY LIKE THEY HAVE TO COME ALL THE TIME.

BUT IF YOU CHARGE $20, THAT MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER THAT IDEA THAT THEY'RE REALLY OPTING INTO THIS PROGRAM.

AND IT'S HELPED OUR ATTENDANCE SINCE WE MOVED TO THAT MODEL.

THE THING THAT I FEEL IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF STEM TO STERN IS WE'RE PROVIDING THESE THINGS LIKE TRANSPORTATION, SNACKS SCHOLARSHIPS.

BUT ONCE THE ATHLETES ARE AT THE BOATHOUSE, THEY'RE JUST A MIDDLE SCHOOL ROWER.

SO THEY'RE EMBEDDED IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL ROWING PROGRAM.

THE COACHES DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN STEM TO STERN.

NONE OF THE ATHLETES KNOW WHO'S IN STEM TO STERN.

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AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT THEY NOT BE HELD OUT AS A DIFFERENT PERSON.

RIGHT. AND SO IN OUR 2022, 2023 PROGRAM, WE HAD 20 WEEKS OF PROGRAMING, 80 HOURS OF ROWING INSTRUCTION, TEN HOURS OF SWIMMING INSTRUCTION, TEN HOURS OF STEM INSTRUCTION.

WE HAD 19 ATHLETES IN THE STEM TO STERN PROGRAM, AND AN ADDITIONAL THREE ALUMNI STEM TO STERN ATHLETES WERE ROWING IN OUR UNDER 15 ADVANCED PROGRAM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND STEM TO STERN IS REALLY A MODEL PROGRAM THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLICATE WITH OTHER PARTNERS, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO DO A LOT OF REALLY COOL THINGS.

YOU KNOW, ONE IS TO PROVIDE SWIM LESSONS THAT CAN BE A BIG BARRIER FOR FOR ENTRY.

IT ALLOWS US TO BRING IN INSTRUCTORS AND STAFF THAT ARE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S A HUGE THING.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ROWING IS A BIG PART.

THERE'S A COUPLE ROWING PHOTOS THERE.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE GET IS, IS THE PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SMILING CHILD WHO'S ENJOYING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO, YEAH, IF, WE CAN, WE'RE LOOKING, TO TAKE THE LESSONS THAT WE'RE LEARNING THERE AND APPLY THEM TO OUR OTHER PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THOSE PROGRAMS. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BEHIND THE SCENES LOOKING AT STAFFING AND COSTS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF OUR OPERATING EXPENSES, INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND GRANTS.

AND CURRENTLY WE'RE PRETTY HEAVILY INTO THE OPERATING EXPENSES.

WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR ABILITY TO APPLY FOR GRANTS AND FIND INDIVIDUAL DONORS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW OUR PROGRAMS. IN 2022-23, WE HAD 2000 STAFFING HOURS, 250 VOLUNTEER COACHING HOURS A LITTLE LESS THAN 64,000 IN STAFFING COSTS, A LITTLE MORE THAN $40,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID.

THE TWO GRAPHS ARE SHOWING YOU THE TOP GRAPH IS SHOWING YOU STAFF VERSUS VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SO 21 ON THE LEFT, 23 ON THE RIGHT.

YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GROWN OUR STAFF COMMITMENT TO TO OUR PROGRAMS. AND THEN THE BOTTOM GRAPH IS SHOWING OUR SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID 2021 ON THE LEFT, 23 ON THE RIGHT SHOWING THE GROWTH IN THAT AS WELL.

AND THE LAST THING I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH IS A HIGHLIGHT FROM ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

SO THIS IS A QUOTE FROM JOHN WARREN, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT AT ARISE HIGH SCHOOL.

HE SAYS WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE OAKLAND STROKES FOR THE IMPORTANT EXPERIENCE THAT THEY PROVIDE TO THE STUDENTS OF ARISE HIGH SCHOOL.

THEIR ROWING CLASS OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES TO TRY NEW ACTIVITIES, LEARN COLLABORATIVE SKILLS, AND DEVELOP GREATER PERSEVERANCE.

IT HAS BEEN A DELIGHT TO PARTNER WITH THEM OVER NUMEROUS YEARS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE.

AND I'LL SAY THAT LAST SENTENCE ALSO APPLIES US TO THEM.

JOHN WARREN IS JUST A FANTASTIC PARTNER AND REALLY LIKE WORKING WITH ARISE.

AND WITH THAT, LET ME SAY THANK YOU.

AND WE WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. I WILL TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES.

WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? OLIVIA, DIRECTOR SANWONG.

GREAT. WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

I ACTUALLY HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU DO, SO IT WAS REALLY A NICE INTRODUCTION FOR ME.

I BELIEVE I MAY KNOW ONE OF YOUR PLEASANTON STUDENTS, HOWEVER, BECAUSE I DO KNOW ONE OF MY FRIEND'S DAUGHTERS DOES ROW IN OAKLAND, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANOTHER ROWING GROUP FOR PROBABLY US. YEAH.

SO I'M THINKING IT'S PROBABLY YOU. SO THAT'S GREAT.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL AND I CAN SHARE I KNOW THAT THE AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THIS STUDENT'S FATHER, THE STUDENT REALLY ENJOYS THE PROGRAM.

[LAUGHTER] SO THANK YOU.

LET'S HOPE THAT THAT'S THE CASE.

BUT YES, I YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS AMAZED AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT COME FORWARD THROUGH THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS.

AND THIS ONE'S JUST SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE SHORELINE AND WATER SAFETY, I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT STEM TO STERN HAS INCLUDED THE SWIM LESSONS, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ONE OF THE STUDENTS THAT GOES THROUGH YOUR PROGRAMS, OR MAYBE THEY MIGHT HAVE A COUSIN OR A FRIEND, AT LEAST THEY'LL HAVE SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WATER SAFETY KNOWLEDGE, HOPEFULLY SHOULD SOME SORT OF EMERGENCY HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

AND I THINK TO ALL OF US.

SO REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS EXCEPT, YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO, I GUESS IN TERMS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK INVOLVEMENT, I GUESS MAYBE JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT.

SO WE STARTING IN 2011, I SEE IN THE STAFF REPORT WE DID A LONG TERM LEASE WITH THE PROGRAM.

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OKAY. OKAY. AND SO WITH THAT THOUGH, THEN SOME OF THE PARAMETERS ARE.

I CAN ANSWER THAT. OKAY.

SO WE'RE ON THE FIRST OF TWO FIVE YEAR EXTENSIONS.

SO IT'S A TEN YEAR LEASE WITH TWO FIVE YEAR EXTENSIONS.

SO WE'RE ON THE FIRST OF OF THE FIVE YEAR EXTENSIONS.

AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET THE SECOND FIVE YEAR EXTENSION.

SO THAT WOULD GO THROUGH 2021.

AND SO IN DOING THIS WE DO THIS IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT FOCUS AREA OF THAT MAP THAT YOU SHOWED US IN OAKLAND.

CORRECT? YEP. WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, STRIVING FOR IN TERMS OF OUR PROGRAMING AND OUTREACH AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE OUTDOORS AND FIND DIFFERENT RECREATION ACTIVITIES, WHICH I THINK ROWING IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE, I APPRECIATED YOU SHARING THE OPERATING EXPENSES.

SO I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING FROM THROUGHOUT THE EAST BAY THEY MAY POTENTIALLY BE PAYING TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM.

SO DOES THAT HELP FUND SOME OF YOUR ORGANIZATION? CORRECT. YEAH. OUR OPERATING EXPENSES ARE OUR PROGRAM FEES.

OKAY. OKAY. PERFECT.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF EXPANDING AND MAYBE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ON THE BEGINNING END, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE HAD INTERACTION WITH OUR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION, BUT MAYBE THERE COULD BE THAT CONVERSATION AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

I KNOW OUR FOUNDATION ALSO WORKS A LOT IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, FUNDRAISING AND LOOKING AT GRANTS FROM PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND REALLY ALSO DOES HAVE A LOT OF YOUTH INITIATIVES.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S ALREADY SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.

AND IF NOT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING.

WOULD BE WONDERFUL JUST TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.

YEAH. YEP YEP OKAY.

PERFECT. WELL THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND FOR SHARING THIS INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU DO THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER IT'S SO NICE TO SEE THIS PROGRAM WITH THE THREE, YOU KNOW, THE THREE STUDENTS WHO ARE OUT TOGETHER.

THAT'S SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE NEW, RIGHT? THE THREE STUDENTS, TYPICALLY YOU'VE HAD ONE IN THE GROUP THAT SO THAT.

SO YEAH, WE'VE GOT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT BOATS AND ACTUALLY THAT WE USED TO ONLY ROW WHAT WE CALL BIG BOATS.

YES. BUT THE PANDEMIC MEANT THAT WE HAD TO PURCHASE A LOT OF SINGLE PERSON BOATS.

SO GETTING THOSE THREE STUDENTS OUT IN A SINGLE PERSON BOAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND IT'S THERE'S TWO DYNAMICS AT PLAY, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE IN A TEAM BOAT, THERE'S A TEAM ASPECT TO IT THAT'S REALLY KIND OF AWESOME.

BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO WHEN YOU'RE IN A SINGLE PERSON BOAT, THEN IT'S JUST YOU MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN.

AND THAT CAN ALSO BE A REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.

AND ARE THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE FROM YOU KNOW, NOT THE SAME GROUP THAT'S ALWAYS THERE FOR THE PROGRAM? IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE ARE NEW GROUPS.

THEY WERE THEY WERE PART OF THE ARISE PROGRAM.

SO YEAH, THEY WERE THERE WITH THE LARGER GROUP.

BUT THOSE THREE ATHLETES HAD KIND OF THEY'D DONE LIKE MULTIPLE SEMESTERS OF IT.

SO THEY HAD TO THEY GOT TO HAVE A LITTLE SPECIAL.

YEAH SPECIAL EXCURSION.

AND THAT'S VERY POSITIVE.

IT'S EXPANSION OF SOME OF THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE DOING AND GETTING NEW STUDENTS OUT INTO THE PROGRAM.

YEAH. AND THAT'S A VERY IMPRESSIVE.

WHAT DO YOU SEE TO DO TO GET MORE AND MORE NEW STUDENTS INTO THE PROGRAM? BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF NEIGHBORHOODS NOT TOO FAR BY, AND IT SHOULD BE NICE TO GET MORE STUDENTS FROM THOSE AREAS INTO THE PROGRAMS. I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB OF BUILDING THAT, RIGHT? BUT IT'S SO NICE TO EVEN GROW THAT EVEN LARGER.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A FEW THINGS.

ONE IS JUST FINDING MORE PARTNER SCHOOLS.

YOU KNOW, WE DO KNOCK ON A LOT OF DOORS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR ABILITY TO ANSWER THAT KNOCK IS PART OF WHAT LEADS TO THEIR SELECTION TO BEING DOWN IN THE BOATHOUSE.

SO, SO SOME SCHOOLS JUST DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH FOR THAT.

AND WE DO NEED HELP AT THAT LEVEL.

THEY'RE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN RECRUITING ATHLETES FOR US.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND JUST OUR ABILITY TO GET ONTO THE CAMPUS TO RECRUIT THE ATHLETES AND CONTACT PARENTS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO FINDING THOSE NEW PARTNERS, I THINK, IS THE BIG THING, AND FINDING SCHOOLS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WILL TALK TO US AND PARTNER WITH US AND HELP US GET THEIR ATHLETES, THEIR STUDENTS DOWN.

AND THAT'LL CONTINUE TO BE PART OF YOUR GOAL FOR THE FUTURE FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.

ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE WE CAN SEE HOW THINGS ARE GROWING.

AND THAT'S ALL VERY POSITIVE.

WHAT OTHER KIND OF THINGS CAN WE DO TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE FOR SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS NEARBY?

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YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK YOU GUYS ARE HELPING US OUT A WHOLE LOT.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY IN A NEWSLETTER TO PUT A LITTLE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE OAKLAND STROKES OR A LITTLE INFORMATIONAL PIECE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE NEWSLETTERS THAT YOU PUT OUT THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

AND THEN JUST THE CONTINUED SUPPORT THAT WE GET DOWN THERE TO ALLOW US TO RUN OUR PROGRAMS IS REALLY ALL WE ASK FOR.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED TODAY TO CONTINUE TO GROW, THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SWIMMING LESSONS AS WELL, THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.

IT'S BEEN SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO GROW SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

SO IS THERE MORE THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT TO GET MORE AND MORE STUDENTS INTO IT? BECAUSE THEY'RE.

RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A BARRIER TO THAT ANY MORE OR LESS.

ANY STUDENT, I THINK IT'S EMBEDDED INTO THE STEM TO STERN PROGRAM.

AND THEN AND FOR LET'S SAY, THE ARISE, WE'VE BEEN STARTING TO OFFER THAT.

BUT THEN IT GETS DOWN TO TO THEIR SCHEDULING AS WELL.

NOT EVERY STUDENT HAS AFTER SCHOOL ON FRIDAYS AVAILABLE TO GO TAKE SWIMMING LESSONS.

SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO WORK INTO OUR OTHER PROGRAMS BECAUSE IT IS, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S HELPFUL AND IT'S VITAL FOR THEIR COMFORT ON THE WATER.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE ON THE WATER, THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE ON TOP OF IT.

AND WHAT CAN YOU SEE? WHAT OTHER THINGS CAN YOU SEE US HELPING YOU CONTINUE TO MOVE AND GROW? I'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT ONE AND GET IT BACK.

I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD AND IT'S WORKING REALLY WELL.

SO I'D HAVE TO GO AWAY AND THINK, BUT I'LL DO THAT.

BUT THE PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S ALL VERY POSITIVE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.

SO I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH MORE TO SAY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR A LONG TIME, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND HOPING TO SEE MORE GROWING AND GROWING AS WE GO ALONG.

THANK YOU. WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD OTHER THAN I KNOW THIS PROGRAMS. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU.

I MEAN YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, AND I KNOW DIRECTOR CORBETT AND I WHEN WE FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD TOGETHER, WE WERE WE REALLY WANTED TO WE CHALLENGED YOU TO DO MORE OUTREACH, AND I REALLY APPLAUD YOU ON YOUR EFFORTS HERE.

IT'S REALLY STARTING TO SHOW RESULTS.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ROWING CLUB AROUND.

THERE'S JACK LONDON SQUARE, THERE'S BERKELEY.

SO FOR A SPORT THAT DOESN'T ISN'T AS POPULAR AS FOOTBALL OR SOCCER, YOU KNOW THERE'S A SMALL NICHE THERE, AND AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO IT.

AND SO ONE THING ABOUT SWIMMING, WHERE DO YOU GUYS DO YOUR SWIM LESSONS? SO WE WE PARTNER WITH A SWIM CLUB CALLED OAKLANTIS.

AND THEY PROVIDE THE SWIMMING LESSONS FOR US BECAUSE THEY HAVE CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND THEY'VE GONE TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT POOLS.

I THINK THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

GREAT. GOOD.

YEAH, THERE'S I MEAN, THERE'S ANOTHER POSSIBLE CONNECTION WITH OUR OWN LIFEGUARD SERVICES THEY'RE LOOKING TO PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TRYING FOR WITH THE OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A WHILE NOW, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE WE'VE I THINK WE'VE DONE SOME LESSONS AT CASTLEMONT, BUT SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PURSUE MORE, MORE OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT WOULD BE. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK YEAH, OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND CASTLEMONT ARE BOTH QUITE CLOSE.

AND SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE ANY EXCUSE TO GET ON THE CASTLEMONT CAMPUS.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH.

SO SAY THE WORD OAKLAND STROKES ABOUT A THOUSAND TIMES.

YEAH. GREAT.

SO I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OTHER THAN.

OH, YOU HAVE ONE MORE. I DON'T THINK I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE.

MAYBE. MAYBE I HAVE. DO YOU ALSO WORK WITH SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEXT DOOR TO THE OAKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, TO SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE SOME STUDENTS INTO THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS WITH THE NEARBY SCHOOLS? YEAH, WE CONTACTED A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THE THING THAT WE FIND IS THAT HIGH SCHOOLS DON'T WANT US ADVERTISING ON CAMPUS.

THEY, FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE HAVE ALREADY STUDENTS THAT ARE THERE, THEY DON'T WANT US ON CAMPUS.

AND SO IN THE SPRING, WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE'LL THROW A BUNCH OF ROWING MACHINES INTO A TRUCKS AND GO AND TAKE OVER MIDDLE SCHOOL PE CLASSES.

AND IN AN EFFORT TO SPREAD THE WORD AND ALSO RECRUIT FOR OUR SUMMER CAMPS.

AND THOSE ARE INCREDIBLE AND ALSO HORRIBLY EXHAUSTING DAYS, DOING SEVEN PERIODS, 6 OR 7 PERIODS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PE WITH YOU KNOW, 100 KIDS IN EACH ONE.

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AND WHAT CITIES? ALAMEDA. WE'VE DONE THROUGH THE TUNNEL IN MORAGA AND LAFAYETTE.

I KNOW MONTCLAIR IS TECHNICALLY OAKLAND, BUT IT FEELS LIKE A DIFFERENT PART OF OAKLAND.

WE'LL DO MONTCLAIR.

I THINK WE'VE GONE TO BERKELEY IN THE PAST AS WELL, SO.

YEAH. SORT OF. AREAS NEARBY, THE BOATHOUSE.

HOW ABOUT SAN LEANDRO? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME INCREASE IN YOU KNOW, TEACHING SWIMMING LESSON TYPE OF THINGS.

SO I DON'T THINK WE'VE GONE TO SAN LEANDRO, BUT WE DEFINITELY SHOULD LOOK AT THAT.

SAN LEANDRO. SAN LEANDRO.

YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN TO SAN LEANDRO, BUT BUT WE I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

THAT WOULD BE GOOD. THAT'D BE GREAT.

I'D LOVE TO GO THERE. YEAH.

YOU HAVE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE GETTING INVOLVED IN THE SWIMMING PROGRAMS, SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD SPOT.

COOL. OKAY, GREAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. CHAIR ROSARIO.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. WE DO HAVE ONE HAND RAISED.

GREAT PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON KELLY, ARE YOU WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? KELLY, CAN YOU HEAR US? RAY. WELL, WE CAN ENTERTAIN IF WE CAN GET IT BACK ON LATER, WE CAN.

OH THERE HE GOES. OKAY.

YOU MIGHT BE ON MUTE. I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

I CAN'T HEAR YOU. NO.

SO. IS THE SOUND TURNED DOWN OVER HERE ON OUR END? YES. STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU.

WELL, JUST ONE SECOND.

IT'S IT'S NOT ON MUTE HERE.

OH, YEAH. MY MICROPHONE IS WORKING.

YEAH. NO.

YEAH, MY MICROPHONE IS WORKING NOW.

OKAY, OKAY.

GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD. NOW. OKAY, GREAT.

THE YOU KNOW, ROWING IN HIGH SCHOOL OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO, FOCUS A LOT ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, TALKING AROUND THE SUBJECT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME CHALLENGES THERE.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT JUST HIRED SOMEBODY WHOSE SPECIALTY IS DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

SO MAYBE BRING HIM IN.

AND GET SOME GET SOME EXPERT ADVICE OVER THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE GOAL OF BRINGING IN MORE PEOPLE.

OF COURSE. I HAVEN'T SEEN TOO MUCH ASIDE FROM, YOU KNOW, GENERALITIES AND STUFF.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY, LIKE LISTING OF WHAT IS YOUR TARGET MARKET, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THEIR YOU KNOW RACIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION THAT YOU'RE SERVING? WHAT IS THE YOU KNOW, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, THE KIND OF YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF METRICS FOR YOUR PARTICULAR GROUP.

AND HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO THE TARGET POPULATION AND SO ON, YOU KNOW, THE JUST THROW OUT THE STEREOTYPE, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT THE STEREOTYPE OF THE THAT MOVIE WITH THE WINKLE, WINKLE VIE TWINS WHO WERE ROWING AT HARVARD.

I MYSELF KNOW A WOMAN A YOUNGER WOMAN, OBVIOUSLY, WHO WAS ROWING AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CLASS STEREOTYPE THERE.

THESE ARE PLACES THAT ARE YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S MAYBE EVERYONE SHOULD START ROWING IF THEY WANT TO GET TO HARVARD.

BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS YOU KNOW, I THINK WE REALLY NEED A LOT MORE DETAIL, A LOT MORE DETAILED WORK ON THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND MAYBE GET SOME EXPERTS IN TO HELP ON THAT ON THAT TOPIC, AT LEAST START WITH THE STATISTICS AND PUT YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST SLIDE THAT I'D BE LOOKING FOR IS WHAT DO YOU WHAT HOW ARE YOU DOING ON THAT ON THAT TOPIC? THANKS. THANK YOU.

KELLY. GOOD POINTS.

WHICH KIND OF BRINGS TO MIND WE SHOULD I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A NEXUS FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

DEPARTMENT WITH EMILY [INAUDIBLE].

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE MAKING SOME CONNECTIONS THERE.

AND THEN ALSO, PLEASE FOLLOW UP WITH THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION.

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SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

GOOD SUGGESTION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

ALL RIGHT. NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

LET'S SEE. OH, THANKS.

NICE TO MEET YOU ALL.

AND THE NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 5B THE 2023 WORK PLAN REVIEW.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

I'M RUBY TUMBER, ACTING BUSINESS SERVICES MANAGER.

TODAY I AM PRESENTING THE 2023 WORK PLAN, THE SORT OF SERVES AS A REPORT CARD FOR US, REPORTING OUT EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE COMMITTED TO PRESENT TO THIS COMMITTEE IN 2023 AND LET YOU KNOW HOW WE DID AND WHICH ITEMS WE PRESENTED ON, AND PERHAPS SOME THINGS THAT WILL BE MOVED TO 2024. I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT FOR ALL THE 28 SCHEDULED ITEMS, WE PRESENTED EVERYTHING BUT FIVE ITEMS AND THESE ITEMS WERE EITHER HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY OR SIMPLY WILL BE MOVED TO A FUTURE DATE.

AND WE ALSO DID ADD ADDITIONAL TOPICS THAT WE PRESENTED ON THIS YEAR THAT ARE NOT REFLECTED ON THIS CALENDAR.

THIS IS THE CALENDAR THAT WAS MEMORIALIZED AT THE BEGINNING OF 2023.

SO WITH THAT SAID, IN TERMS OF POLICY REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, WE DID PRESENT OUR 2024 CONSOLIDATED FEE SCHEDULE, WHICH THANK YOU, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, YOU APPROVED THIS AT THE DECEMBER 5TH BOARD MEETING, AND I'M PRESENTING TODAY ON THE DISTRICT WIDE FEE STUDY.

SO I'M MARKING THAT OFF THE LIST IN TERMS OF OUR CONCESSIONAIRE AND SPECIAL USE AGREEMENTS.

WE DID BRING FORWARD OUR NATIVE HERE NURSERY SPECIAL USE AGREEMENT, OUR LAKE ANZA FOOD CONCESSION, OUR CROWN BEACH BOARD SPORTS ITEM, AS WELL AS OUR COUPLE OF CARETAKER AGREEMENTS, OUR OYSTER BAY DISC CLUB SPECIAL USE AGREEMENT, AND CASTLE ROCK ARABIANS SPECIAL USE AGREEMENT.

A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DID NOT BRING FORWARD TODAY WERE EITHER DISCONTINUED.

THAT'S THE AMERICAN TOWER COMMUNICATION SITE AGREEMENT.

THEY DECIDED NOT TO PROCEED, SO THAT'S WHY WE DID NOT HAVE TO RENEW THAT AGREEMENT.

THE REDWOOD VALLEY RAILWAY AGREEMENT IS IN FLUX.

SO WE'RE FIGURING OUT KIND OF THE LONG TERM DECISION THERE.

AND THE COYOTE HILLS REGIONAL PARK AGRICULTURAL LEASE RFP WILL BE POSTED NEXT YEAR.

AND LET'S SEE THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SPECIAL USE AGREEMENT WE HANDLED THAT ONE ADMINISTRATIVELY.

SO IT DID NOT HAVE TO COME TO COMMITTEE.

WE ALSO PROVIDED A NUMBER OF INFORMATIONAL REPORTS AND DISCUSSION TOPICS.

RIGHT NOW I'M GOING OVER THE 2023 WORK PLAN.

SO CROSSING THAT OFF AND SHORTLY I WILL PRESENT THE 2024 DRAFT WORK PLAN.

AND SHORTLY SARAH WILL ALSO BE PRESENTING THE RESERVABLE FACILITIES PROGRAM UPDATE.

AND AS YOU JUST SAW, WE RECEIVED THE UPDATE FROM THE TIDEWATER OUTREACH PROGRAM THIS YEAR.

WE ALSO RECEIVED TWO PRESENTATIONS FROM BOTH OF OUR REGIONS IN INTERPRETIVE AND RECREATION SERVICES, AS WELL AS THREE OF OUR UNITS IN PARK OPERATIONS.

THOSE WERE SHORELINE INTERPRETIVE PARKLANDS AND DELTA.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, WE SWITCHED YEAR TO YEAR BETWEEN THE THREE UNITS.

SO THIS YEAR WE DO THREE, THE NEXT YEAR WE DO ANOTHER.

AND IN TERMS OF THE REORG, WE MIGHT KIND OF RECONSIDER THAT IN THE FUTURE.

EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING AN ANNUAL UPDATE OF THE DISTRICT WIDE CONCESSION MAINTENANCE FUND AND PROJECTS.

THIS YEAR, WE DID NOT PRESENT ON THAT ITEM.

WE FOUND THAT PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF HOW SLOWLY CMF GROWS FOR SO MANY OF OUR CONCESSIONAIRES.

WE WERE REPORTING ON THE SAME INFORMATION YEAR AFTER YEAR.

THEY KIND OF HAVE TO ACCUMULATE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THEM TO DO ANY SORT OF SUBSTANTIVE PROJECTS.

SO WE WILL BE REVAMPING THAT PRESENTATION AND PROBABLY REPACKAGING IT FOR THE FUTURE.

WE ALSO RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM MAST, AS WELL AS AN UPDATE ON THE BRIDGE YARD CONCESSION.

AND THIS COMMITTEE ALSO COVERS TOPICS FROM PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL.

AND THEY PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW AND HISTORY OF THEIR MOUNTED UNIT EARLIER THIS YEAR, AN UPDATE ON THEIR VOLUNTEER TRAIL SAFETY PROGRAM, THEIR AIR SUPPORT UNIT, AND A PRESENTATION ON THEIR CARBONATOR PROGRAM.

SO I JUST WANT TO FIRSTLY SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

THAT HELPED US GO TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

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I THINK THIS IS GREAT THAT WE'RE REVIEWING, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD SET OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND IT'S IT LOOKS LIKE WE DID EVERYTHING.

AND YES, SOME THINGS HAPPEN OVER THE YEARS.

IT'S HELPFUL TO HEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, THE AMERICAN TOWER COMMUNICATIONS DECIDED NOT TO CONTINUE.

AND SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS.

SO I THINK IT'S GOOD TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE LIST AND REVIEW IT.

AND I CAN SHARE. YOU KNOW, I'VE REALLY ENJOYED BEING ON THIS COMMITTEE THIS PAST YEAR.

I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT THE PARK DISTRICT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS MAKE THIS COMMENT, YOU KNOW, I WAS ON THE PAC FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS, THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I THOUGHT I KNEW QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE PARK DISTRICT. AND THEN, I BELIEVE, SPENDING ONE YEAR ON THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

I REALLY LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE PARK DISTRICT BASED ON THE WORK PLAN.

SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.

YOU KNOW, LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE PARTNER WITH IN DIFFERENT WAYS, WHETHER IT'S CONCESSIONAIRES OR, YOU KNOW, OAKLAND STROKES, WHO WE JUST HEARD FROM, OR MORE RECENTLY, ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE OYSTER BAY DISC GOLF GROUP.

AND I THINK WHEN I THINK ABOUT OUR UPCOMING 100 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN SOMEHOW HAVE THIS ORGANIZE IN THAT STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALSO HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, ONLINE, WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY SHOWCASE ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE DO WORK WITH IN THESE DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.

I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE WE ARE DOING A LOT OF REALLY GOOD WORK, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PARTNERSHIPS.

AND I THINK WE ALL GET THERE.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADD IN THAT COMMENT, SINCE I KNOW WE ARE REALLY GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON STRATEGIC PLANNING NEXT YEAR.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES I SEE WITH THESE REGIONAL PARKS IS JUST ALL THESE AMAZING, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS THAT WE PARTNER WITH.

AND EVEN I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF OUR CONCESSIONAIRES.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

I'M REALLY GLAD I GOT TO BE A PART OF THIS THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS FOR NEXT YEAR.

DIRECTOR CORBETT.

ANY QUESTIONS? JUST AS IMPRESSIVE AS USUAL.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.

I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EXCEPT FOR.

JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND I KNOW YOU WILL BE GOING TOWARDS THE REST OF THESE.

SOME OF THOSE ON THE LIST WON'T BE ON THE LIST AGAIN, BUT SOME WILL DEFINITELY HIT THE LIST.

SO THIS IS HONESTLY A VERY IMPRESSIVE LIST OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GETS DONE TO KEEP THINGS GOING HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT GOOD WORK.

I CAN'T TAKE ALL THE CREDIT.

IT'S A TEAM EFFORT FOR SURE.

WELL, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN.

YEAH. TO GET INCLUDED.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION IS REDWOOD VALLEY RAILWAY AGREEMENT.

THAT'S THAT'S COMING UP SOON.

IT'S AN ONGOING ITEM DIRECTOR, SO I DON'T HAVE A FINITE TIMELINE FOR THAT ONE.

OKAY. YEAH. IT IS CURRENTLY IN A HOLDOVER.

OKAY. AGREEMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN A, SOME FASHION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THAT ENTITY.

OKAY. ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS ABOUT THE REDWOOD VALLEY RAILWAY IS THAT IS SUCCESSION.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T OWN THAT.

AND DEPENDING ON THE YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, THE OWNER IS THINKING YOU KNOW, THERE'S POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD GO AWAY. SO I THINK WE SHOULD WE SHOULD BE BE COGNIZANT AND LET POSSIBLY LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY AS WELL.

BECAUSE, LIKE, LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T OWN THAT FACILITY.

AND UNLESS IT'S UNLESS THERE'S A PLAN SUCCESSION TO WHERE IT I DON'T KNOW, IT GETS FORWARDED TO WHERE IT CONTINUES AS A LEASE WITH ANOTHER OWNER OR PARTNERS, WHATEVER.

THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

SO WE SHOULD BRACE THE PUBLIC FOR, FOR THAT POSSIBILITY AND OURSELVES TOO.

BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT OURS.

AND IT IS BELOVED, TOO.

SO WE JUST WANT TO GET IT.

THE MORE WE STAY AHEAD OF THAT, THE BETTER.

SO GREAT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GREAT YEAR.

AND LOOKING FORWARD TO TO THE PROGRAMS FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND EXCELLENT WORK BY YOU AND YOUR STAFF.

LISA GOOD JOB YOUR FIRST YEAR.

[LAUGHTER] DENISE THANK YOU.

AND THEN ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? WE HAVE NO COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

GREAT, GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SO MOVING ALONG.

OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM.

I'M STILL THE SAME PERSON.

SO HELLO AGAIN.

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SO STAFF HAS DEVELOPED A KIND OF A DRAFT FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT THE OUTGOING COMMITTEE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHIME IN AND ADD ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE FOR 2024.

AND THIS WILL BE FORMALIZED IN JANUARY WITH THE INCOMING COMMITTEE IN ADDITION TO THEIR COMMENTS.

SO YOU KNOW, JUST FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES DICTATE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS COMMITTEE AS REVIEWING AND RECOMMENDING OPERATIONAL POLICIES TO THE FULL BOARD, ENSURING OPERATING OBJECTIVES ARE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PERIODIC REPORTS EVALUATING PROGRAMS TO ENSURE OPERATION IS IN ACCORDANCE TO OUR ESTABLISHED POLICIES, AS WELL AS REVIEWING CONCESSIONAIRE AND SPECIAL USE AGREEMENTS AND ANNUALLY CHANGING FEES AND CHARGES.

SO WITH THAT ALL SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE PLAN TO HAVE ON OUR CALENDAR NEXT YEAR.

THIS IS A ROUTINE ITEM.

WE WILL BRING FORTH OUR 2025, WHICH IS CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT 2025 CONSOLIDATED FEE SCHEDULE NEXT YEAR, AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR FEE STUDY.

THIS IS KIND OF THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT PROJECT.

WE WILL THIS WAS THE ITEM THAT WAS MOVED ALONG FROM 2023.

BUT POST OUR RFP FOR THE AGRICULTURAL LEASE AT COYOTE HILLS REGIONAL PARK AND HOPEFULLY THE REDWOOD VALLEY RAILWAY AGREEMENT. WE HAVE A CARETAKER AGREEMENT AT DUMBARTON.

EXCUSE ME. DUMBARTON QUARRY CAMPGROUND ON THE BAY.

LONG TITLE.

AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT FORTH IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR.

WE ALSO JUST FINISHED OUR RFP PROCESS FOR THE LAS TRAMPAS STABLES RFP, AND OUR RECOMMENDATION WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THIS COMMITTEE IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR.

WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION SITE AGREEMENT AT MISSION PEAK THAT WE WILL BRING FORWARD FROM BUSINESS SERVICES.

WE ARE ALSO CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN AN RFP PROCESS FOR THE ARDENWOOD WEDDING AND FOOD CONCESSIONS.

SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS ALSO COMING FORTH IN THE EARLY PART OF NEXT YEAR.

I WILL ALSO REVIEW A PLEASANTON ROAD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, A SPECIAL USE AGREEMENT WITH THE TRI-CITIES HORSEMEN OUT AT MARTINEZ REGIONAL SHORELINE, AS WELL AS OUR SPECIAL USE AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF FREMONT FOR THE PATTERSON HOUSE.

I THINK, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, THE PATTERSON HOUSE BELONGS TO THE CITY OF FREMONT IN A PARK THAT WE MANAGE OWNED BY THE CITY OF FREMONT.

IN TERMS OF INFORMATIONAL REPORTS AND DISCUSSION ITEMS, WE WILL HAVE THE 2024 BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE WORK PLAN, FINAL REVIEW, AS WELL AS THE 2025 DRAFT.

BASICALLY, WHAT I'M DOING TODAY, EXACTLY A YEAR FROM FROM TODAY EVERY YEAR WE ALTERNATE BETWEEN THE TWO DEPARTMENTS AND BUSINESS SERVICES. SO TODAY WE WILL HEAR FROM RESERVABLE FACILITIES.

NEXT YEAR WE WILL HEAR FROM THE RESERVATIONS PROGRAM.

WE WILL GET OUR ANNUAL UPDATE FROM THE TIDEWATER OUTREACH PROGRAM.

AND WE WILL ALSO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE REORGANIZATION OF PARK OPERATIONS.

WE WILL ALSO GET BOTH UPDATES FROM THE SOUTHEAST AND NORTHWEST REGIONS OF INTERPRETIVE AND RECREATION SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE THREE PARK UNITS THAT WE DID NOT PRESENT ON THIS YEAR THAT WOULD BE RECREATION AREAS, LAKES UNIT AND PARKLANDS UNIT.

WE WILL ALSO RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM MAST AND UPDATE ON THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT IMPLEMENTATION.

I THINK THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS COMMITTEE WHEN WE JUST BROUGHT THIS ITEM FORWARD LAST MONTH, AND WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS FROM OUR PARTNERS AT PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING AN UPDATE ON AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS, THEIR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROCESS A GENERAL PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE, AS WELL AS UPDATES ON THE DISTRICT WIDE FUELS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THEIR DRONE PROGRAM.

AND I DO HAVE MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SAFETY HERE IN CASE THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS REGARDING THOSE ITEMS. WITH THAT SAID LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY ROBUST CALENDAR, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HEAR IF THE COMMITTEE HAS ANY ADDITIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT NEXT YEAR.

ANY ADDITIONS.

I'LL TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES.

DIRECTOR SANWONG.

YES. THIS LOOKS LIKE A VERY ROBUST CALENDAR.

THAT'S A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF IT, I THINK, BUT I THINK IT IS REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE THIS READY TO GO SO THAT WHEN NEXT YEAR'S COMMITTEE MEETS IN JANUARY,

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I THINK IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE.

SO I SUPPOSE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF MY COMMENTS ARE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE THIS YEAR.

SO I GOT TO HEAR THESE PRESENTATIONS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH COMMITTEES NEXT YEAR.

SO IF BY CHANCE I'M NOT ON THIS COMMITTEE NEXT YEAR, AND I'LL CERTAINLY BE VERY SAD TO NOT BE WITH YOU, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE AMAZING COMMITTEES IN GENERAL.

SO IT MIGHT ALSO BE GOOD TO TRY SOMETHING NEW.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS ON HERE THAT I PERSONALLY AM INTERESTED IN.

I KNOW I CAN WATCH THE RECORDING.

BUT I'M ALSO CURIOUS WE'LL JUST LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT QUARRY CAMPGROUND ON THE BAY, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT THAT'S WITHIN WARD FIVE, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR ME TO BE FAMILIAR WITH.

IS THERE OUTREACH TO THAT DIRECTOR FROM EACH OF THE WARDS WHEN SOMETHING'S COMING FORWARD WITH ONE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS OR MAYBE EVEN JUST, YOU KNOW, QUICK NOTE.

HEY, YOU KNOW, THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO REVIEW THIS AT, YOU KNOW, MEETING ON SUCH AND SUCH DATE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE TIME, YOU KNOW, TO TO WATCH WHILE IT'S HAPPENING LIVE OR WATCH THE RECORDING AFTERWARDS THAT THAT COULD BE HELPFUL.

YEAH. WE CAN ARRANGE THAT.

OKAY. GREAT.

BECAUSE I SEE A COUPLE OTHERS ON HERE TOO, THAT I KNOW I'M GOING TO WANT TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW.

YOU KNOW, WITH THE RESERVATIONS PROGRAM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I YOU KNOW, GOT INVOLVED IN AT ONE POINT IN THE SPRING, LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER.

AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY BIG COMMENTS IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE WORK WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, IT DEPARTMENT IN THE LONG RUN? AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S THE IT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'S ALSO HAPPENING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF STRATEGIC PLANS HAPPENING AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS, WHICH I THINK IS EXCELLENT.

BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT PIECES THAT ARE GOING ON.

SO I THINK MAYBE WHEN THAT COMES FORWARD, MAYBE IF THERE COULD BE YOU KNOW, JUST A QUICK OUTREACH TO THE IT DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THEY CAN ALSO EITHER BE A PART OF THAT PRESENTATION OR PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND IN TERMS OF WHERE THIS PROGRAM IS IN RELATION TO THE IT STRATEGY PLAN.

I THINK THAT COULD BE REALLY GOOD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, WE'LL SAY WE'LL DO A LONG TIMELINE.

IF IT HAPPENS SOONER, EVEN BETTER.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT DATABASES, INCLUDING RESERVATIONS, BE BETTER CONNECTED.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED.

SO THAT'S ONE THAT I SEE HERE ON THE LIST.

THE OTHER ONE LOOKING AT THE DISTRICT WIDE FUELS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, I THINK WE'RE DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK HERE.

THE ONE TOPIC THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW THIS YEAR, 2023, AND THAT I THINK ABOUT A LOT AGAIN, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE I LIVE AND THE IMPACTS OF THE SCU FIRE OF 2020 YOU KNOW, MAYBE THINKING ABOUT THAT REGION AS WELL.

AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING OR MAYBE WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PRETTY LARGE OPEN SPACE THAT EITHER YOU KNOW, WE OWN OR THE LAND MANAGERS OF BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, DEL VALLE OUT TO MISSION PEAK AS WELL AS I KNOW, THE SCU FIRE WASN'T JUST IN THAT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO ALONG VASCO ROAD.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO ALSO REVISIT IN REGARDS TO FUELS MANAGEMENT.

EXCELLENT. DIRECTOR CORBETT.

WELL, WE COULD TALK FOR HOURS ABOUT ALL OF THE ITEMS ON THIS LIST.

AND PARK DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE BUSY ON MANY OF THESE THINGS.

THE ONE THING I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CONTINUE TO ADD TO THE TOP IS THE TIDEWATER WORK.

THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THE OUTRAGE, THE OUTRAGE, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, THE BAY OUTREACH ISSUES, ALL OF THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE ARE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR FORESTS, IN THE FIRE, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE PROBLEMS. BUT WE'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB ON THAT.

BUT WE CAN'T FORGET THAT THE THE ISSUES OF WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THINGS COMING IN FROM THE, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS, BECAUSE OF WHAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING AT THE BAY, THE EDGE OF THE BAY.

AND, YOU KNOW.

DIRECTOR CORBETT ARE YOU REFERRING TO LIKE, SHORELINE LOSS? LIKE EROSION IS LIKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT OR.

YEAH YEAH. AND IT'S YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S IT'S LISTED, BUT I'M JUST SAYING SHORELINE ISSUES ARE WAY AT THE VERY, VERY TOP.

WE JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY NEXT YEAR.

OKAY. AND SO IT SHOULD BE NEAR THE TOP, JUST LIKE OUR CONCERN ABOUT PROTECTING US AGAINST FIRES.

THOSE ARE REALLY, REALLY TOP ISSUES.

WE HAVE TONS OF REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES, BUT THOSE ARE WAY AT THE TOP.

THANK YOU. RIGHT.

AND THEN I SHARE DIRECTOR SANWONG'S CONCERN ABOUT OUTSIDE OF OUR OUR 26 MILE ESTABLISHED FUEL BREAK.

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IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A REPORT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THOSE OUTLYING PARKS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN FUEL BREAKS AND HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT.

HOW IS FIRE AND OPERATIONS WORKING TOGETHER ON THAT? BECAUSE THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS AS WELL.

AND THEN WHEN WE'RE GOING TO THESE ARE ALL GREAT TOPICS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE INTERPRETIVE AND RECREATION SERVICES FOR BOTH REGIONS DO THEIR UPDATES, IF THEY COULD SUPPLY DATA AS TO WHO'S USING IT, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.

AND BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT FOR YEARS.

AND, I THINK WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN COLLECT SOME OF THAT DATA.

SO ANY DATA THAT YOU CAN THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE AS TO HOW WE'RE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

AND THEN ON THE MAINTENANCE AND SKILL TRADES IF THEY COULD, TO INCLUDE IF THEY CONCLUDE IN THEIR REPORT STORM DAMAGE THAT WAS NOT COMPLETED IN THIS YEAR.

AND HOW MUCH OF THAT WORK IS, IS ONGOING OR IN PROGRESS OR COMPLETED FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THEIR PROJECTS GOING OUT AND THEN ALSO IF THEY COULD HIGHLIGHT THE SMALL TRAILS CREW, THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE WITH THEM AND THE YEP PROGRAM AND HOW THOSE TWO PROGRAMS ARE ARE DOING AS WELL.

OKAY. AND THEN AND THEN WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY, THE ANNUAL PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE.

IF WE COULD GET AN OVERVIEW OF CRIME STATISTICS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHERE THEY'RE HAPPENING, AND IF THERE COULD BE LIKE AN OVERALL MAP SHOWING WHERE ALL THOSE INCIDENCES ARE.

I THINK THAT THAT DATA IS AVAILABLE.

AND I THINK IT'D BE GOOD INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD AND THIS COMMITTEE.

AND THEN YEAH.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DRONE PROGRAM.

SOUNDS VERY COOL.

AND THEN YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S IT.

BUT YEAH. FULL PROGRAM.

BUT THAT'S HOW WE ROLL.

[LAUGHTER] WE GOT A LOT.

YES. YOU SPARKED MY, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTS.

SO. THANK YOU. YEAH.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF I COULD ADD MAYBE, MAYBE THIS MIGHT ALSO HELP FUEL SOME MORE CONVERSATION.

SO I GUESS THIS IS A COMBINATION OF SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE INTERPRETIVE AND RECREATION SERVICES OVERVIEW AND THE DATA OF WHO IS USING IT AND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, IT MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT. AND THIS MIGHT ALSO RELATE, YOU KNOW, TO THE PARK OPERATIONS REORGANIZATION.

AND AS THAT GETS EXPLORED AND THEN ALSO TO MY EARLIER COMMENT ABOUT YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO THE IT DEPARTMENT AND THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, RESERVATIONS, PROGRAMS AND DATABASES.

YOU KNOW, I DO SEE ONE GAP.

AND IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A TRUE SALES AND MARKETING TYPE OF ORIENTATION HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.

SO I DO SEE A GAP IN REGARDS TO THINKING ABOUT OVERALL CUSTOMER INSIGHTS.

AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, HOW WE USE CUSTOMER DATABASES.

AND I ACTUALLY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS WHO WORK IN OUR VISITOR CENTER HAVE A TON OF INSIGHTS ABOUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHO'S COMING TO OUR PARKS, WHO'S USING IT, MAYBE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE THINK ABOUT BOTH THIS IT STRATEGY PLAN AS WELL AS THE OVERALL 100 YEAR OR NEXT 100 YEAR STRATEGY PLAN, I THINK THAT THERE'S A TRUE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, VISITOR CENTER STAFF BUT ALSO OPERATIONS STAFF AS WELL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING AT THE KIOSKS OR WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ON THE GROUND IN THE PARK RANGERS WHO HAVE A LOT OF INSIGHT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE COLLECT SOME OF THAT INSIGHT FROM OUR OWN EMPLOYEES TO BOTH YOU KNOW, FEED THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THEN ALSO USE IT, YOU KNOW, AS ACTION ITEMS. AND I KNOW I'M ALSO ON THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, AND WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY TO DO OUR SURVEYS AND FOCUS GROUPS, WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD STILL CONTINUE TO DO.

BUT I CAN SHARE, YOU KNOW, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WE DO A LOT OF ANALYSIS BEFORE WE GO OUT AND SPEND MONEY ON SURVEYS AND FOCUS GROUPS.

AND SOME OF THAT IN-HOUSE ANALYSIS MIGHT BE WHERE WE WILL ACTUALLY TALK TO, YOU KNOW, THE FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE INTERACTING WITH THE CUSTOMERS.

WE HAVE THOSE FOLKS HERE.

AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT THAT.

AND AGAIN, THIS MIGHT BE PART OF THAT SEVEN YEAR PLAN.

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BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE I MAKE THAT POINT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF INSIGHTS THAT WE CAN GLEAN FROM, YOU KNOW, OUR FRONTLINE STAFF WHO ARE INTERACTING WITH OUR PARK USERS EVERY DAY.

HEY, THAT JUST TRIGGERED SOMETHING, TOO, FOR ME.

COUNTERS. AND SO THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A REPORT SOMEWHERE ABOUT THE CUMULATIVE DATA THAT'S COLLECTED ON ALL THE EXISTING AND THE NEW COUNTERS.

YEAH, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.

I THINK ONE THING WE'RE WE'RE BEING NEW.

I'M TRYING TO NAVIGATE WHEN IS IT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE VERSUS SOME OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES.

SO WE'LL WORK WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER TO HELP SUSS THAT OUT.

BUT THAT IS A THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER THOUGHT ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

A LOT OF A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW OUR PUBLIC SAFETY WORKS.

SO IT MIGHT BE A GOOD TO INCLUDE IN THEIR UPDATE OPERATIONALLY HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OFFICERS DO THEY HAVE? WHAT. HOW MUCH TERRITORY THEY'RE COVERING.

WHAT? YOU KNOW HOW MANY OFFICERS ARE ON DUTY IN A PARTICULAR SHIFT? WHATEVER. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE NEW MEMBERS ON THE BOARD.

HOW THAT WORKS.

EXCELLENT. ANY BOARD COMMENTS NOT COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE HAVE NO COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

GREAT, EXCELLENT.

DIRECTORS IF I MAY. YES.

JUST CAN I REPEAT BACK THE WHAT I'VE HEARD I KIND OF CONSOLIDATED SOME ITEMS BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SAID.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE UPDATES FOR BOTH OF THE I&R REGIONS, YOU REALLY WANT TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL DATA ON USAGE.

SOUNDS LIKE DEMOGRAPHY DATA.

A UPDATE ON THE FIRE IMPACT TO THE DISTRICT FROM THE SCU COMPLEX FIRE.

YOU ALSO MENTIONED FUEL BREAKS, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO A KIND OF PROGRAMMATIC UPDATE ON THE FUELS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

SO PERHAPS THAT COULD ALL BE ENVELOPED IN ONE.

I DEFER TO PUBLIC SAFETY ON THEIR PRESENTATION.

AND DIRECTOR SANWONG, YOU TOUCHED ON A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY NEEDS, WHETHER THEY'RE CUSTOMER DATABASES OR OPERATIONS, INTERFACE WITH THE DISTRICT WIDE STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO WORK OUT HOW IF THIS, THIS COMMITTEE OR PERHAPS FINANCE COMMITTEE SINCE IT'S UNDER MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT.

AND THEN TO ADDRESS DIRECTOR CORBETT'S COMMENT ABOUT REPORTING OUT ON SHORELINE ISSUES, CLIMATE CHANGE, SHORELINE EROSION, SOME KIND OF UPDATE ON THAT.

AND THEN [INAUDIBLE], AN UPDATE ON DEFERRED STORM DAMAGE FROM 2023.

HOPEFULLY WE WON'T BE ADDING 2024 STORM DAMAGE TO THAT CONVERSATION, AS WELL AS AN UPDATE ON SMALL TRAILS AND THEIR WORK WITH YEP.

AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE, AN OVERVIEW OF CRIME STATISTICS IS THAT DOES THAT ALL SOUND RIGHT? YEAH, OKAY.

GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR CORBETT.

THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER ISSUE WITH ME.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS MORE COMPLEX TO THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE LAND WHERE WE HAVE THE PARKS AND WE'RE WATCHING THE LAND, BUT WHEN WE'RE NEXT DOOR TO OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE SHORELINE OR AREAS THAT HAVE FOREST, ETC..

AND ONE THING I'VE NEVER REALLY I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IS HOW WE WORK NEXT DOOR WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, WHO MAY HAVE THE SAME ISSUES THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH, WHETHER IT'S FIREFIGHTING OR FLOODING OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT MAY BE.

WHAT IS OUR YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR NEIGHBORS ON DEALING WITH SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT COULD BE IMPACTED ON ONE SIDE THAT'S ON THEIR LAND OR ON OUR SIDE AND MOVING TO THE OTHER, WHETHER IT'S ANY OF THOSE ISSUES WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NEXT DOOR TO OTHER PLACES WHERE WE DON'T NECESSARILY OWN THE LAND OR CONTROL THE LAND, BUT OUR NEIGHBORS DO.

SO HOW DO WE WORK WITH THEM? YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE TO I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO WHEN YOU WORK CLOSELY WITH ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ENTITY THAT DEALS WITH A FIRE OR ETC.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP? WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS ON, YOU KNOW, ISSUES WITH REGARD TO WATERFRONT AND OR FIRES

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HOW DO WE WORK WITH THEM? IS THIS PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT? WELL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SOME OF IT'S JUST AUTOMATICALLY WHERE WE WORK WITH THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR ON CERTAIN ISSUES.

BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE HOW WE DO MORE OF THAT, TO WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER TO PROTECT AREAS FROM FIRE OR FLOOD OR, YOU KNOW, JUST MORE SOME SORT OF CONVERSATION.

MAYBE THERE'S MORE OF THAT GOING ON THAN I KNOW ABOUT, BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH NEIGHBORS ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT ARE TOUGH ISSUES.

AND TYPICALLY, AGAIN, I'M THINKING ABOUT FIRES AND FLOODS.

UNDERSTOOD. DIRECTOR SANWONG.

YEAH I'LL ADD TO THAT ACTUALLY, THIS DOES BECOME REALLY A COMPLEX TYPE OF SITUATION, BUT I THINK YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT FUELS MANAGEMENT AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. I THINK WE'RE DOING SUCH AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE CARBONATOR PROJECT, BUT WE HAVE SUCH A BIG DISTRICT THAT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEN.

AND IT'S NOT EVEN JUST NEIGHBORS, RIGHT? BECAUSE EMBERS CAN, DEPENDING ON HOW THE WIND'S FLOWING.

RIGHT? IT CAN JUMP DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY LINES THAT MIGHT BE TWO PROPERTY LINES OVER.

AND I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW THIS SUMMER WE DID HAVE A FIRE AT SHADOW CLIFFS.

AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE EMBERS CAME FROM A FIRE THAT WAS ACROSS STANLEY BOULEVARD AND JUMPED OVER THE ROAD.

SO I GUESS MAYBE SOME OF THESE COMMENTS COULD BE SHARED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TEAM AS THEY PRESENT, AND JUST KNOW THAT WHILE WE REALLY THINK THAT THEY'RE DOING SUCH AMAZING WORK WITH THE CARBONATOR, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX IN TERMS OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE PARK DISTRICT.

YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE LIKE ESPECIALLY AROUND FIRE, JUST THE OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S A HUGE UMBRELLA STATE RESPONSE AREA, LOCAL RESPONSE AREA, AND THERE'S ALL THESE MANDATED MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS BETWEEN AGENCIES.

IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE NEWER MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND THOSE.

I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THEM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, WE HAVE 33 CITIES THAT WE, THAT WE WORK WITH.

SO IT'S A TALL ORDER.

BUT IF WE CAN GET AN OVERARCHING IDEA OF HOW THOSE THINGS AGREEMENTS WORK, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

YEAH. ONE OTHER ISSUE, AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PART OF THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN THE DISTRICT, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CROSS LINES, GO BACK OVER LINES WHERE THAT BELONGS, WHO'S, IN CHARGE OF TAKING CARE OF IT.

AND THAT'S A MORE OF A COMPLICATED ISSUE THAN I THINK WE THAT WE KNOW ABOUT.

I THINK OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THIS, BUT IT'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS, BUT NOBODY CARES WHAT LINE THEY'RE ON.

BUT IT IMPACTS US DEPENDING ON WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED.

IT'S NOT JUST US ON THE BOARD.

I MEAN, I THINK WHAT GETS PRESENTED HERE, REALLY, IT'S FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE THESE PRESENTATIONS AND TO BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY BETTER UNDERSTAND AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REFERENCE IF SOMEONE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

IN MAKING SURE THAT, WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS, BUT I'LL SAY IT ANYWAY.

DISTRICTS THAT MIGHT BE NEARBY THAT DON'T HAVE SOME OF THE SAME PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN WATCHING TO KEEP BAD THINGS AWAY FROM OUR LAND, YOU KNOW? SO WE WORK WITH THEM IN A WAY THAT WE DO THE BEST FOR THE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

BUT IT'S THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS MOVE FROM, YOU KNOW, BORDER TO BORDER.

THEY DON'T WAIT AND SAY, OH, I'M JUST GOING TO DO IT AT THIS CITY THIS WEEK.

IT MOVES AROUND.

SO YEAH, THOSE ARE THINGS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE PROBABLY DO.

AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT.

YEAH, ALL GOOD STUFF.

I MEAN, I THINK SINCE THE 1991 FIRE, I MEAN, A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES, OF BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED THROUGH MUTUAL AGREEMENTS.

BUT IT'S GOOD FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THOSE.

I MEAN, I RECALL PRIOR TO 91 RESPONDING TO A FIRE ALONG GRIZZLY PEAK, TWO HOUSES WERE ON FIRE AND ONE I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS OAKLAND AND BERKELEY, BUT ONE DEPARTMENT STOPPED AT THEIR BORDER.

AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST BY PROVIDING WE ACCESSED SOMEBODY'S HOUSE, BACKYARD AND PUMPED PROVIDED WATER TO THE ACTUAL FIREFIGHTING UNITS WITH WATER FROM SOMEBODY'S POOL.

WE HAD A WATER TENDER AND A PUMP, AND WE JUST PROVIDED WATER FOR THOSE FIREFIGHTING.

SO BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE.

ONE DEPARTMENT STOPPED RIGHT AT THE BORDER, AND THE OTHER PART HAD HAD TO GO AS BEST THEY COULD AND WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST.

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HOPEFULLY THAT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE.

BUT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY EDUCATE OUR PUBLIC AS TO THOSE AGREEMENTS.

SO. GREAT.

GOOD. GOOD STUFF.

THANK YOU.

GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. STILL NO. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

CAN I WE TAKE A LITTLE BREAK? SURE. YEAH.

TEN MINUTES. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE.

WE ARE BACK IN SESSION.

THANK YOU. I NEEDED THAT LITTLE BREAK.

JUST ONE MORE SECOND. OKAY.

I HEARD THAT TONE.

THESE ARE GREAT.

THANK YOU. YEAH. WONDERFUL.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE CAN PROCEED.

EXCELLENT. WELCOME BACK EVERYONE.

WE ARE BACK IN SESSION.

WELCOME BACK.

HI. COMMITTEE.

IT'S RUBY TUMBER AGAIN.

ACTING BUSINESS SERVICES MANAGER.

SO AS YOU JUST SAW ON OUR 2023 WORK PLAN, WE HAD A SCHEDULED UPDATE FROM OUR RESERVABLE FACILITIES WORK GROUP.

SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR FACILITY SUPERVISOR, SARAH LAMBOURNE FOR HER PRESENTATION.

I'M LIKE, THAT DOESN'T LOOK FAMILIAR.

WELCOME, SARAH. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON. AS RUBY MENTIONED, I'M SARAH.

I'M THE RESERVABLE FACILITIES SUPERVISOR, AND I'M HERE TODAY WITH AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON THE RESERVABLE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.

WE OPERATE THE BRAZILIAN ROOM IN TILDEN PARK IN BERKELEY, SLASH, UNINCORPORATED ORINDA, AND THE TEMESCAL BEACH HOUSE, WHICH OVERLOOKS LAKE TEMESCAL IN OAKLAND.

FERN COTTAGE IN EL SOBRANTE IN KENNEDY GROVE RECREATIONAL AREA.

THE SHORELINE CENTER DOWN BY THE OAKLAND AIRPORT OVERLOOKING THE SAN LEANDRO BAY IN OAKLAND, AND CAMP ARROYO, A 139 ACRE PARK AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION CAMP IN LIVERMORE, AND ALL OF THESE FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO RENT TO THE PUBLIC BY RESERVATION ONLY.

SO FROM OUR HEADQUARTERS AT THE BRAZILIAN ROOM, IT'S ROUGHLY 15 TO 50 MILES FROM FACILITY TO FACILITY.

AND DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE HEADED AND THE TIME OF DAY AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH TRAFFIC, THAT CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO 2 TO 3 HOURS. SO IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE BEST COVERAGE, OUR CREW IS SPLIT INTO TWO GROUPS AT CAMP ARROYO.

WE'VE GOT A PARK CRAFT SPECIALIST, WAYNE LINDELOF, HERE AND A PARK RANGER.

THAT POSITION IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND IN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS.

WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION.

THEY ARE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PRESERVING WELLNESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CHILDREN LIVING WITH LIFE THREATENING ILLNESSES CHRONIC ILLNESSES, DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENCES, AND YOUTH AT RISK.

AND THEY DO THAT THROUGH SUPPORT AND UNIQUE EXPERIENCES.

SO TTFF MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR CHILDREN TO ATTEND SUMMER CAMPS AT CAMP ARROYO, SUCH AS PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR CAMP OR AUTISM CAMP OR BEREAVEMENT CAMPS.

AND THEN WE HAVE A CONCESSIONAIRE, UNITED CAMPS, CONFERENCES AND RETREATS, AND THEIR SUBSIDIARY, WEB OF LIFE FIELD SCHOOL OR WOLF SCHOOL.

AND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS MANAGE RESERVATIONS OF CAMP ARROYO, CUSTODIAL MAINTENANCE.

AND THEY OPERATE THE SUMMER CAMPS FOR THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS OUTDOOR EDUCATION CAMPS FOR FOURTH THROUGH SIXTH GRADERS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

CAMP OVERNIGHT CAPACITY IS 144 CAMPERS, BUT WE ALSO HOST MUCH LARGER DAY GROUPS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.

REOPENING AFTER THE PANDEMIC WAS KIND OF A SLOW CLIMB IN 2021.

WE ONLY SAW 26 RESERVATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 93 DAYS CAMP BEING IN USE AND HOSTING ONLY ABOUT 1800 PEOPLE.

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SO IT'S ON THE CLIMB.

WELL, THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION AND UCCR AND WOLF SCHOOL ARE FOCUSED ON PROGRAMS AND EDUCATION.

OUR CREW MANAGES MAINTENANCE.

SO LIKE MOST PARKS, WE MAINTAIN ROADS AND TRAILS AND CULVERTS AND TREES AND TURF AND IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, FUELS MANAGEMENT.

YOU KNOW, STORM DAMAGE MITIGATION MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND SO ON. BUT IN ADDITION TO THOSE REGULAR PARK THINGS, CAMP BOASTS 30 STRUCTURES.

WE'VE GOT SIX DUPLEX CABINS, SO 12 OVERNIGHT CABINS.

A LARGE DINING HALL, A SWIM FACILITY WITH TWO POOL HOUSES, TWO RESIDENCES, TWO YURTS, AN INFIRMARY, OUR WORKSHOP, THERE'S MODULAR OFFICE BUILDINGS, A GARAGE, A SPORTS COURT, A BOCCE BALL COURT, A CLIMBING WALL, A ROPES COURSE WITH A ZIP LINE.

AN ORGANIC GARDEN THAT THE KIDS WORK IN AND AN AMPHITHEATER.

AND THEN INSIDE THESE STRUCTURES, WE'VE GOT 24 SHOWERS, 75 BUNK BEDS, 33 TOILETS, 20 HVAC SYSTEMS, 17 WATER HEATERS, SO MANY DOOR HANDLES.

AND MOST OF THESE DAYS, THERE'S 144 CHILDREN PUTTING ALL OF THESE THINGS TO GOOD USE AND KEEPING OUR TWO STAFF MEMBERS VERY BUSY.

NEXT YEAR WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A COUPLE OF LARGER PROJECTS AT CAMP ARROYO.

WE'LL BE REPLASTERING THE POOL AND HOPEFULLY DOING EXTERIOR PAINT FOR ALL THE BUILDINGS IN UPPER CAMP.

THE REST OF OUR CREW FOCUSES ON THE FOUR RESERVABLE FACILITIES.

WE'VE GOT THREE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS AIDES.

THEY FOCUS MOSTLY ON CUSTODIAL MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE.

A FEW YEARS AGO, WE WERE ABLE TO RECLASSIFY OUR FOURTH BUILDING AND GROUNDS AIDE TO A PARK CRAFT SPECIALIST, AND THAT HAS REALLY BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.

OUR BUILDING AND GROUNDS AIDES ARE ABLE TO LEARN FROM AND ASSIST THE PARK CRAFT SPECIALIST WITH SOME MORE SKILLED MAINTENANCE PROJECTS AND TASKS.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THE FACILITIES SAFE AND FUNCTIONING AND KEEP THE DOORS OPEN.

WE'RE NOT HAVING TO HAVE AS MANY MAINTENANCE HOLDS SO TRADES CAN COME IN.

AND TO THAT POINT, WE'RE TAKING SOME OF THESE MINOR MAINTENANCE THINGS OFF OF TRADES LIST.

WE ALSO HAVE A GARDENER THAT'S DEDICATED TO OUR FACILITIES.

HE MANAGES OUR UNIQUE BOUTIQUE VENUE, GARDENS.

AND I ALWAYS SAY HE'S PART OF MY MARKETING PLAN BECAUSE THE GARDENS ARE SUCH A BIG DRAW FOR THE FACILITIES.

AGAIN, THESE GUYS DO MAINTENANCE LIKE MOST PARKS, TURF AND IRRIGATION, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE, GARDENING, MINOR PAINTING AND PLUMBING.

BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THEY ALSO HAVE A TON OF CUSTOMER INTERACTION.

THEY DO TOURS AND ORIENTATIONS FOR CUSTOMERS, AND THEY REALLY ARE KIND OF ALL JUST CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERT AGENTS FOR THE DISTRICT. THEY HELP THE PUBLIC PREPARE FOR THEIR EVENTS, WEDDINGS, CELEBRATIONS OF LIFE AND OTHER MEMORABLE AND IMPORTANT LIFE EVENTS THAT REALLY DESERVE KIND OF A HIGHER LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.

IN ADDITION TO MANAGING MAINTENANCE, WE'VE GOT AN EVENT MANAGEMENT COMPONENT TO OUR DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'LL TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS.

GENERALLY A CUSTOMER IS LOOKING FOR A VENUE.

WE'LL CALL OUR OFFICE AND ASK QUESTIONS.

THEY'LL SCHEDULE A TOUR, THEY'LL COME TAKE A LOOK.

AND THEN ONCE THEY'VE DECIDED TO BOOK THE BUILDING, THEY CALL THE RESERVATIONS DEPARTMENT AND LET THE RESERVATIONS DEPARTMENT HANDLES FEE COLLECTION, GETTING SIGNED CONTRACTS INSURANCE, DOCUMENT COLLECTION AND SO FORTH.

AND THEN THEY ENTER ALL OF THAT INTO ACTIVE NET, THE DISTRICT'S RESERVATION PROGRAM.

AND THEN OUR OFFICE PULLS FROM THAT TO GENERATE OUR DEPARTMENTAL SCHEDULE.

WELL, IN OUR CREW HAS SET SCHEDULES AND DAYS AND HOURS THAT THEY WORK.

WE'RE ALWAYS KIND OF FUSSING AROUND HERE AND THERE AND ADJUSTING BECAUSE ULTIMATELY OUR SCHEDULES ARE DETERMINED BY THE PUBLIC RESERVATIONS.

SO THIS IS JOY LIGHT.

SHE IS OUR SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST.

AND SHE MANAGES OUR CALENDAR.

AND THIS IS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF AN AVERAGE WEDNESDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAYS ARE THE TWO DAYS OF THE WEEK THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF IS ON DUTY.

THE REST OF THE WEEK, WE COULD HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 3 PEOPLE ON DUTY SERVICING THESE FACILITIES.

SO JUST TO TAKE A QUICK LITTLE WALK THROUGH THIS DAY THE BUILDINGS ARE COLOR CODED AND THEIR NAMES ARE ABBREVIATED.

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STAFF IS ASSIGNED TO TASKS USING THEIR INITIALS.

SO JUST FOLLOWING THROUGH A DAY, THE TOP LEFT HAND SIDE, IT SAYS TEN STONE MASONRY REPAIRS YI STAIRS.

THAT MEANS THAT YULIAN IVANOV IS GOING TO BE AT THE TEMESCAL BEACH HOUSE, WORKING ON STONE MASONRY REPAIRS ON THE STAIRS.

FROM THERE YOU GO STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE RED BELOW THAT MLK DRYWALL REPAIR.

SO HE'S GOING TO FINISH UP THE MASONRY AND GO OVER TO THE MLK SHORELINE CENTER TO PATCH A WALL.

BACK UP AT THE TOP IN YELLOW BR GARDEN PCC SEVERAL YELLOW ITEMS THERE.

SO THAT'S PATRICK CODY [INAUDIBLE] OUR GARDENER, IS GOING TO START IN THE GARDEN.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S AN EVENT THAT STARTS THERE THAT DAY AT 8:00.

SO HE'S GOING TO GET THAT YARD TIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL FOR THAT EVENT RIGHT NEXT DOOR BR CLEAN DL.

WE'VE GOT A BUILDING AND GROUNDS.

[INAUDIBLE] LIONS HE'S GOING TO BE CLEANING THE INSIDE WHILE PATRICK'S CLEANING THE OUTSIDE.

AND THEN THAT EVENT STARTS AT 8:00.

IT'S A CELEBRATION OF LIFE CHE MEANS CHRIS EVANS EVENTS IS THE CATERER.

BUMPY NEXT DOOR TO TEN CLEAN JS.

WE'VE GOT JOSUE SOURTOE, OUR BUILDING AND GROUNDS AIDE.

HE'S GOING TO CLEAN THAT BUILDING FOR THE EVENT.

THAT LOOKS LIKE A UNION MEETING THAT STARTS AT 4 P.M., AND THEN HE GOES RIGHT INTO THREE TOURS WITH POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS AT THAT FACILITY.

HE GOES TO LUNCH.

HE COMES RIGHT BACK TO TEMESCAL FOR AN ORIENTATION AND TWO MORE TOURS.

OUR GARDENER HAS NOW JUMPED ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE TEMESCAL GARDEN TO CLEAN UP THAT BEFORE THE UNION MEETING.

AND THEN EVERYBODY KIND OF CONVERGES AT THE MLK SHORELINE CENTER.

THEY'RE GOING TO JUMP IN ON THAT GENERAL MAINTENANCE, MAYBE HELP JULIAN WITH THE DRYWALL REPAIR AND CLEAN UP OF THAT.

PATRICK'S GOING TO WORK OUTSIDE ON THE YARD AND THE DECKS.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT OUR HVAC CONTRACTOR COMING IN FOR PREVENTIVE QUARTERLY MAINTENANCE, SO THEY'LL OVERSEE THAT.

AND THEN JOSUE AND LORENZO, THE BGAS ARE GOING TO GO BACK UP TO THE BRAZILIAN ROOM.

THAT MORNING MEMORIAL ENDED AT FOUR.

THEY HAVE ONE HOUR TO GET IT CLEANED UP.

AND GOOD TO GO FOR ANOTHER EVENT THAT STARTS AT 5 P.M..

IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS ANOTHER MEMORIAL.

THERE'S A CATERER THAT ARLINGTON ASSIGNED TO THAT, AND THEY'LL TAKE THAT THROUGH TO MIDNIGHT.

THEY'RE THE KEY HOLDERS, SO THEY'LL MANAGE THAT EVENT AND LOCK IT UP AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.

OUR CREW DOESN'T DO ANY SETUP FOR PUBLIC EVENTS.

CATERERS AND CUSTOMERS FOR NON CATERED EVENTS UNDERSTAND AND ARE TAUGHT THAT THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO LEAVE THE FACILITIES ESSENTIALLY HOW THEY FOUND IT.

AND THEN WE COME IN AND DO A DEEPER CLEAN LIKE FLOORS AND WINDOWS AND TOILETS AND RESTOCKING EVERYTHING.

EVENTS THAT END LATER THAN 7 P.M., AND ALL EVENTS ON THE WEEKENDS AT THE BRAZILIAN ROOM ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CATERER.

WE HAVE A LIST OF 15 APPROVED CATERERS.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CATERER, YOU MUST SELECT ONE FROM THIS LIST.

WE GO OUT TO RFP FOR THIS EVERY FIVE YEARS.

ONCE THE CATERER IS SELECTED FOR THIS LIST AND THEIR CONTRACT IS SIGNED, THEY DO AN INITIAL KIND OF INTENSIVE TRAINING WITH OUR CREW.

AND THEN THEY DO ONGOING TRAINING BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY, THEY'RE LEARNING TO BECOME SITE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.

ONCE A CUSTOMER BOOKS THE CATERER THAT CATERER IS THEIR SITE REP FOR THE EVENT.

THEY'RE THE KEY HOLDER, SO THEY GRANT ACCESS TO THE BUILDING.

THEY DO THE SETUP, THEY EXECUTE THE EVENT, THEY CLEAN IT UP AND HELP THE CUSTOMER GET THEIR DEPOSITS BACK.

AND THEY SET THE ALARM AND THEY LOCK IT UP, AND THEY'RE THE LAST ONES OFF THE PROPERTY AT THE END OF THE NIGHT OR DAY.

OUR STAFF'S NOT ON SITE FOR EVENTS, BUT OUR SCHEDULE AND OUR PHONE NUMBERS ARE POSTED IN EVERY KITCHEN.

SO WHOEVER IS ON DUTY OR ACTUALLY ALL OF US ARE ALWAYS ABLE TO BE REACHED.

SO THE CATERERS ARE ESSENTIALLY AN EXTENSION OF OUR STAFF.

AND THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS US TO OPERATE THESE FOUR FACILITIES SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 18 HOURS A DAY, WITH SUCH A SMALL CREW.

PER THE CONTRACT, OUR CATERERS PAY A FEE FOR EACH EVENT TO THE DISTRICT.

IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR FOOD AND BEVERAGE TOTALS BEFORE TAX.

SO WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A SPREADSHEET THAT'S ALREADY PRE FORMULATED TO CALCULATE THESE PERCENTAGES FOR THEM.

THEY JUST ENTER THEIR F AND B TOTALS.

AND EACH MONTH THEY EMAIL THESE INVOICES AND THAT SPREADSHEET TO OUR OFFICE.

AND WE AUDIT THAT AND HELP THEM WITH IT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.

AND THEN THEY MAIL THAT SPREADSHEET WITH THEIR CHECK TO FINANCE.

THE FEES FOR SOCIAL EVENTS ARE COMPUTED AT 11.5%.

SO THAT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO A 4% CONCESSION FEE, 7% GOES INTO A FACILITY MAINTENANCE FUND, AND 0.5 GOES INTO A PROMOTIONAL FUND. AND OUR OFFICE MANAGES THE PROMOTIONAL AND MAINTENANCE MONEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTRACT TO KEEP THE FACILITIES SAFE AND FUNCTIONAL AND OCCUPIED.

EACH RESERVATION HOLDER IS ASKED, HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT US? AND THE DROP DOWN MENU INCLUDES ALL OF OUR MARKETING PLATFORMS, AS WELL AS THINGS LIKE FROM A FRIEND OR INTERNET SEARCH.

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THE MOST POPULAR ANSWER.

WORD OF MOUTH.

SECOND MOST POPULAR INTERNET SEARCH AND THEN RETURN CUSTOMER OR ATTENDED A DIFFERENT EVENT OR A PRIOR EVENT THERE.

HISTORICALLY, WE'VE INVESTED IN POPULAR EVENT VENUE MARKETING PLATFORMS LIKE THE WEDDING SPOT OR HERE COMES THE GUIDE AND WE HAVE ADS IN EVENT RELATED PUBLICATIONS AND YELP ADS.

BUT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, IT'S BEEN MORE PRODUCTIVE FOR US TO FOCUS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND LOCAL INDUSTRY PRESENCE.

OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE STAFF TRAININGS, AND WE HAVE REALLY JUST TAKEN A STRONG FOCUS ON THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR OF THESE AGING FACILITIES AND SERVICE LEVEL IMPROVEMENTS AND WHAT I LIKE TO JUST CALL OPERATION SPARKLE.

JOY AND I BELONG TO THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF ILEA, WHICH IS INTERNATIONAL LIVE EVENTS ASSOCIATION, AND WE BELONG TO A BAY AREA NONPROFIT VENUE MANAGERS GROUP.

AND OUR WHOLE CREW MAINTAINS A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL CEREMONIES AND TRENDS SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST REACH AND SERVE OUR DIVERSE PUBLIC. THIS YEAR, THE BRAZILIAN ROOM WON THE EAST BAY TIMES AND EAST BAY EXPRESS READERS CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST WEDDING VENUE IN THE EAST BAY. STILL THE RENTAL FACILITIES WERE CLOSED FOR THE MAJORITY OF 2020 AND 2021.

SO THE NUMBERS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HERE, KIND OF PRE-PANDEMIC SURVEY OR, YOU KNOW, LOOK, LOOK BACK AND A COMPARISON FOR 2022 TO 2023.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THESE NUMBERS SHOW A REDUCTION IN A TOTAL AVERAGE OF EVENTS OF 65 EVENTS.

BUT CONSIDERING THE MLK SHORELINE CENTER HAS NOT REOPENED SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND HOSTED A HISTORICAL ANNUAL AVERAGE OF ABOUT 130 EVENTS, WE'RE ACTUALLY SHOWING AN INCREASE OF 65 EVENTS ACROSS THE OTHER THREE FACILITIES.

SIMILARLY, ATTENDANCE IS DOWN BY 2400.

HOWEVER, WITH THE MLK SHORELINE SHOWING AN ANNUAL AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 5088 PEOPLE.

THE ATTENDANCE IS ACTUALLY UP BY ABOUT 26-2700 ACROSS THE OTHER THREE FACILITIES.

YOU CAN RENT FOR INSIDE MARTIN LUTHER KING EVENTS THESE DAYS.

NO, IT'S NOT OPEN.

IT'S PICTURED HERE.

IT'S GOT ITS NEW PAINT JOB AND IT LOOKS NICE AND BUT THAT THAT PROJECT HAS MOVED INTO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT.

I BELIEVE THERE WAS A BUDGET ITEM THIS YEAR FOR THAT.

BUT THEY'RE HANDLING THAT PROJECT, AND WE DON'T HAVE A REOPENING DATE AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL PICTURE.

THANK YOU. NICE TO KNOW IT'S OPEN.

SO WE ALSO TRACK USAGE BY TYPE OF OUR FACILITIES, LIKE BUSINESS OR SOCIAL OR WEDDINGS OR BIRTHDAY PARTIES, MEMORIALS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT TIME SLOTS AT THE BRAZILIAN ROOM.

YOU CAN DO A DAYTIME AND EVENING, OR YOU CAN DO A BUYOUT WHERE YOU'VE GOT TEN HOURS YOU CAN SQUISH IN THE DAY THERE.

SO WE TRACK HOW THOSE THINGS ARE TRENDING AND HOW IT CORRESPONDS WITH REVENUE, MARKETING AND SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE MORE BUYOUTS PEOPLE DO AT THE BRAZILIAN ROOM, THEN THERE ARE FEWER EVENTS TOTAL AND FEWER GUESTS SERVED.

SO WE LOOK AT THOSE KIND OF TRENDS.

AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT REVENUE.

SO EVERY JANUARY WE OPEN RESERVATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

SO NEXT MONTH WE'RE GOING TO OPEN.

WE'LL START TAKING RESERVATIONS FOR 2025.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE TAKING RESERVATIONS FOR 2024, WHICH WE STARTED BOOKING IN JANUARY 2023.

SO WE TRACK REVENUE COLLECTED PER YEAR AS WELL AS EVENT REVENUE, OR THAT'S MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THAT CALENDAR YEAR. A THREE YEAR STUDY PRE-PANDEMIC, FROM 2017 TO 2019 SHOWED AN AVERAGE REVENUE COLLECTED OF $824,000.

AND THE 2020 2021 REVENUE COLLECTION WAS DOWN TO ROUGHLY $750,000, BUT THE EVENT REVENUE WAS ONLY 265. SO WE'RE ALWAYS KIND OF ABLE TO PROJECT WITH THAT REVENUE COLLECTION NUMBER AND THEN GET A REALISTIC LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED THAT YEAR WITH THE EVENT REVENUE. SO THEN WE SEE THE SURGE IN 2022.

OF COURSE, REFLECTING ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT WERE POSTPONED WHEN WE WERE CLOSED FOR THE PANDEMIC.

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AND WE SEE THE EVENT REVENUE CONTINUE TO TREND UPWARD, BUT REVENUE COLLECTION IS NOW KIND OF STARTING TO DIP A BIT BACK DOWN TO LIKE WHAT WE CONSIDER NORMAL OR PRE-PANDEMIC NUMBERS. SO THIS HELPS US FORECAST AND PLAN FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE.

AND IT REMINDS US THAT JUST OF THE INHERENT HUMAN DESIRE TO GATHER AND THE VALUE OF PROVIDING THESE BEAUTIFUL VENUES TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

GREAT. QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? DIRECTOR SANWONG.

YEAH. GREAT OVERVIEW.

THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, YOU ALREADY HAD PREPARED THE DATA AND WE WERE JUST SPENDING ALL THIS TIME TALKING ABOUT DATA AND THE PRECEDING ITEM.

SO GOOD JOB AT, YOU KNOW, PREDICTING SOME INTERESTS FROM US.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE YOU KNOW, I ALSO JUST TOOK A QUICK VISIT TO THE WEBSITE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT EVENTS, AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY WELL ORGANIZED.

I'LL SHARE IN TERMS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENT VENUES, I THINK EVENTS CAN GET REALLY? WHAT'S THE BEST WORD? I GUESS I'LL TAKE IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT ALL YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF WINERIES IN LIVERMORE AND THEY'RE FOCUSED A LOT ON SPECIAL EVENTS.

AND IT GETS REALLY EXPENSIVE REALLY FAST.

RIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO, FOR EXAMPLE, PLAN A WEDDING AT A WINERY IN LIVERMORE.

BUT IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SETTING, AND I THINK IT'S SO WONDERFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER ALSO OFFER, YOU KNOW, THESE AMAZING EXPERIENCES AT OUR PARKS.

AND I ALWAYS THINK, OH GOSH, IT'D BE GREAT IF WE HAD MORE EVENT SPACE.

I THINK AT ONE POINT I TRIED TO OFFER COYOTE HILLS AS AN EVENT SPACE TO ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION.

AND LISA HERE IS LIKE, OH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT I THINK IT GETS COMPLICATED AS A BUSINESS MODEL.

IF WE WERE TO HAVE TOO MANY EVENTS SPACES AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT, BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO SHOWCASE OUR PARKS.

THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, IT DOES GET A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING BECAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE BRIDGE YARD AND ARDENWOOD AS YOU'RE PRESENTING, AND I SEE IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL FOR EVENT SPACES ON EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK LAND.

AND SO I THINK IT'S PRETTY WELL ORGANIZED FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHERE WHERE IS ARDENWOOD IN THIS PRESENTATION AND WHERE IS BRIDGE YARD? BUT IT MAKES SENSE ON, ON THE WEBSITE.

SO I'LL JUST MENTION THAT AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S EVER ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS, THAT COULD BE MENTIONED.

AND THEN ALSO I WAS THINKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PICNIC AREAS BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM THAT IS VERY POPULAR, AND I BELIEVE THAT MIGHT BE COVERED NEXT YEAR WHEN THERE'S THE RESERVATIONS PRESENTATION.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES. I CAN'T COMMENT ON THAT.

WE HAVE SEEN A HUGE INSURGENTS OF USE OF OUR PICNIC SITES FOR WEDDING OR LIKE GUERILLA WEDDINGS ACTUALLY TOO THAT ARE HAPPENING MAYBE KIND OF WITHOUT US KNOWING AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE PARKS.

I THINK IT'S REALLY A REFLECTION OF THIS POST PANDEMIC WORLD IN WHICH WE'VE HAD THESE DEFERRED CELEBRATIONS.

AND YOU KNOW, AS SARAH SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THE BOOKS OPEN UP FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW QUICKLY IT BOOKS UP.

AS SOMEONE WHO IS RECENTLY IN KIND OF THE WEDDING VENUE KIND OF SEARCH MYSELF IT'S VERY BUSY.

AND SO PEOPLE ARE GETTING VERY CREATIVE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ALSO SAVE MONEY.

AND OUR RESERVATIONS FOR OUR PICNIC AREAS AND GROUP SITES ARE ALSO A LIKE A FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE FOR MANY PEOPLE.

AND THERE'S INCREASED POPULARITY WITH OUR SMALLER VENUES THAT WE USED TO HAVE A HARD TIME BOOKING.

LIKE FERN COTTAGE HAD A HUGE INCREASE IN USAGE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THAT'S WONDERFUL. AND I THINK THERE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, A CONNECTION.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS.

I'VE BEEN FINDING MYSELF SAYING THIS A LOT.

YOU KNOW, OUR PARKS ARE MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.

YOU KNOW, DURING THE PANDEMIC, PEOPLE DISCOVERED US AND ARE COMING BACK AND RETURNING.

AND THAT'S GREAT FOR US THAT WE'RE MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.

AND I THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CONNECTION TO NATURE AND THE OUTDOORS THAT HAS REALLY TAKEN HOLD OF, YOU KNOW, OUR EAST BAY POPULATION SPECIFICALLY.

BUT THEN I THINK OF A LOT OF AMERICANS IN GENERAL.

AND SO THEN THERE'S THAT DESIRE TO HAVE CELEBRATIONS, YOU KNOW, AT PICNIC SITES AND AT OUTDOOR SPACES, WHICH IS GREAT FOR US.

BUT YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I ALSO THINK A LOT ABOUT CORPORATE EVENTS, BECAUSE I WAS RECENTLY SOMEONE RECENTLY WAS TALKING TO ME ABOUT HOW REI IN FREMONT LIKES TO HAVE AN ANNUAL EVENT AT DAIRY GLEN SITE AT COYOTE HILLS.

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I COULD HAVE GUESSED THAT, BUT I HADN'T REALLY PUT THAT TOGETHER UNTIL SOMEONE TOLD ME ABOUT THE ACTUAL EVENT.

WE DO SEE A LOT OF OF BUSINESS EVENTS, BUT THEY'RE PLACES LIKE REI GENERALLY REQUIRE A LARGER VENUE THAN WHAT'S IN, LIKE, MAYBE A BRIDGE YARD, RIGHT? BUT NOT ANY OF THESE SMALLER FACILITIES.

BUT WE DO A LOT OF SMALLER BUSINESS MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT SO MANY OF THE BIG ROBUST HOLIDAY ONES.

BUT LIKE KAISER HAS THEIR BUSINESS MEETINGS.

ALAMEDA COUNTY HOSTS THEIR MEETINGS AT THE BEACH HOUSE.

SO WE DO SEE A LOT OF CORPORATE BUSINESS.

YES. SO THAT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR.

YES. SO I THINK YOU KNOW, I KEEP ON GOING BACK TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT I GUESS THAT COULD ALSO BE A PRETTY INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, CHAPTER WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS THINKING ABOUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS.

I'M SURE IT'S ALREADY BEING WORKED ON.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO REITERATE THAT POINT.

AND I THINK A PRESENTATION LIKE TODAY WILL HELP, YOU KNOW, FEED INTO THAT COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.

SO THANK YOU. THIS IS REALLY GOOD.

THANKS. SO.

DIRECTOR CORBETT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THROUGH MANY OF THESE PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS.

HAPPY TO SEE THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING IS MOVING ALONG.

DO WE KNOW WHEN THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR RENTING? WE DON'T. THEY HAVEN'T STARTED THE I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE IN THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING PHASE.

SO OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT IS WORKING ON IT.

YEAH. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT.

OOPS. YES.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THAT THE TIMELINE IS FURTHER OUT THAN WE HAD EXPECTED, SARAH AND I JUST WERE RECENTLY TALKING ABOUT IN THE INTERIM, PERHAPS OPENING IT UP SINCE THE DECK WAS RECENTLY REFURBISHED AND JUST HAVING A VERY FINITE RESERVATION WINDOW THAT WE MAY OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC, SO THAT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE ARE EXPLORING.

AND IT WAS FOR THE EARLIER PART OF THE CLOSURE, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF WORK DONE.

IT NEEDED A NEW HVAC SYSTEM.

YET, LIKE RUBY SAID, WE HAD TO REPLACE THE DECK.

SO WE WERE OVER THERE DOING AND WE DID REDID THE SIDING AND PAINT AND THE ROOF.

SO IT WAS GETTING IT WAS HAVING A SPA YEAR AND IT IS LOOKING SO MUCH BETTER.

IT IS LOOKING SO MUCH BETTER.

YES. AND SO OUR CREW CONTINUES TO GO OVER AND JUST DO MINOR MAINTENANCE AND FIX THE THINGS THAT WE CAN FIX WHILE IT'S CLOSED.

AND THEN I THINK WE WERE KIND OF WAITING TO COORDINATE THAT TIMING.

WE WERE LIKE, WELL, WE COULD REOPEN IT NOW BECAUSE IT HAS HEAT AND AIR AND A DECK THAT YOU CAN WALK ON, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO KIND OF OVERLAP WITH THE BIGGER PROJECT BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT TO START.

SO YEAH.

BUT YOU ALSO HAD SOME PLANS FOR WORK ON THE LAND RIGHT NEXT TO THE SPOT.

AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? YEAH, THAT'S PART OF THE REHAB PROJECT.

SO THAT'S INCLUDED THE FULL KIND OF LIKE SHORELINE CENTER, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE CONCEPT DRAWINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.

THEY'RE STILL WORKING.

THAT'S STILL GOING TO INCORPORATE THE ADJACENT PICNIC SITE.

AND THEN ALSO THE APPROACH TO THE BUILDING IS HAVING AN ADA MAKEOVER.

OKAY. COULD I GET A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IN THE DISTRICT AND THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT USE THE PARK AREA AND VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE TO BE GOING BACK INSIDE, SO. ME TOO.

YEAH, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE COULD TAKE ME THROUGH OR AT LEAST GIVE ME SOME MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW SOON WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING TO USE THAT FACILITY. I'D LOVE IT TAKE ME THROUGH.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE DO A LITTLE MEETING DOWN THERE OR SOMETHING.

OKAY? YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. WHATEVER WORKS.

I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT, BECAUSE I'M HEARING FROM PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO OPEN? I KNOW, SO ARE YOU. I KNOW WE ALL ARE.

[LAUGHTER] IN DEMAND, BUT IT LOOKS GOOD FROM THE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, FOR SURE.

HOW SOON DO YOU THINK I COULD GET A LITTLE UPDATE TOUR IN THERE? WHAT? MAYBE AFTER THE MEETING, WE CAN.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT SCHEDULING SOMETHING.

SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I JUST HAD IT COULD ALSO BE A GOOD BOARD SITE TOUR CANDIDATE.

I'M NOT SURE WHEN THAT GETS FIGURED OUT, BUT OF ALL THE ONES THAT WE REVIEWED TODAY, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN TO.

I GUESS IT'S NOT OPEN RIGHT NOW.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD SEE THE INSIDE OF EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT OPEN YET.

YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY, THANKS.

THANK YOU. I AM SO GLAD YOU HIGHLIGHTED THE SCHEDULE FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES ON A DAY.

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A HUGE ADVOCATE THAT WE ARE NOT STAFFED CORRECTLY AS ON THE GROUND, AND YOUR SCHEDULE SHOWS

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AND I KNOW I PULLED A THEN CFO, DEBRA AUKER ASIDE, AND I PUT OUT A SCHEDULE OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO RUN REDWOOD WITH FOUR RANGERS AND A PARK SUPERVISOR, AND YOU HAD TO COVER SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, YOU KNOW, AND ON THE WEEKENDS YOU'RE COVERING FROM 11 TO 7.

AND THEN YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE SCHEDULE OF YOUR CREW, YOU'RE LUCKY IF YOU HAVE 1 OR 2 DAYS TO MEET WITH YOUR WHOLE CREW.

AND SO AND IN THOSE TWO DAYS, YOU GOT TO HAVE TRAINING AND COMMUNICATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, GROUP PROJECTS, WHATEVER.

SO I'M REALLY GLAD YOU PUT THAT UP THERE.

IT REALLY GOES TO SHOW THAT HOW WE COULD USE MORE PEOPLE.

YOU COULD USE MORE PEOPLE.

AND TO THAT, I WAS WONDERING WHY TRAIL CENTER IS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR BECAUSE TRUDEAU CENTER IS A RESERVABLE AREA AND ALSO.

BY OFFICE SERVICES JUANCHO'S FACILITY MANAGER.

SO HE OVERSEES THAT PROPERTY.

NOT WHY I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY THAT WAS DIVVIED THAT WAY, PER SE, BUT.

YEAH. WELL, I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING IN THIS BUDGET, AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT BUDGET, BUT I WAS ADVOCATING FOR A GARDENER FOR TRUDEAU CENTER TO THEN BE SHARED WITH THE ROBERTS CREW, AND THEN TRUDEAU CENTER TECHNICALLY FALLS WITH THE REINHARDT REDWOOD CREW RIGHT? BECAUSE I REALLY ADMIRE THE GARDENS AT YOUR FACILITIES AND TRUDEAU CENTER REALLY NEEDS SOME TLC, AND THE LANDSCAPE OPERATION UP THERE RIGHT NOW IS JUST KIND OF A MOW AND BLOW OPERATION.

BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT FALL BACK UNDER EITHER YOU OR THE PARK AND HAVE A GARDENER ASSIGNED TO THAT. THAT'D BE GREAT.

AND WE COULD EXPAND YOUR OPERATION, TOO, IF YOU WANT, BUT.

SURE. SO THAT'S.

I HAD THROWN THAT OUT THERE, BUT YEAH I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT GOT PLAYED OUT.

AND THEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR STAFF IS NOT AVAILABLE DURING OR NOT ON SITE DURING EVENTS, DOESN'T THE RESIDENTS THE NEXT DOOR, IS THAT STILL THERE? YES. SO DON'T THEY RESPOND IF SOMETHING OR CAN THEY RESPOND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS THERE? ABSOLUTELY. YES. THE RESIDENT CAN RESPOND.

I THINK GENERALLY THEIR PHONE NUMBER IS NOT POSTED.

THEY ARE REACHED THROUGH DISPATCH.

SO IF, CATERERS WOULD NORMALLY CALL ME THEY'LL CALL I HAVE A WORK CELL PHONE.

SO IF IT'S AFTER HOURS AND THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON, THEY USUALLY TRY ME FIRST.

IF THEY DON'T CATCH ME THEY MAY OR MAY NOT TRY THE GUYS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE DISPATCH NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER POSTED IN THE KITCHEN.

AND SO THEY'LL CATCH DISPATCH.

AND IF DISPATCH CAN'T REACH STAFF, THEN THEY'LL CALL THE RESIDENT.

AND I MEAN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BRAZILIAN ROOM.

THE OTHER FACILITIES DON'T HAVE RESIDENCES ASSOCIATED.

YEAH. BUT YEAH THE RESIDENT DEFINITELY LIKE IF YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY IF THE CATERER CALLED ME AND IT WAS 10 P.M.

AND THEY HAD A CLOGGED TOILET OR SOMETHING, FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULD CALL THE RESIDENT AND SAY, CAN YOU POP OVER THERE.

YEAH. YOU KNOW. YEAH.

IT'S EASY. ISN'T IT A CONDITION OF THAT PARTICULAR RESIDENCE TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES THERE? OR AS SARAH SAID, THERE'S A PROCESS.

YOU KNOW, THE CATERERS ARE SORT OF THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE.

THEY ARE ON THE GROUND.

THEY'RE DEPLOYED THERE FOR THAT REASON.

AND THEN THERE ARE THE STAFF THAT MAY BE ON CALL THAT EVENING.

AND THEN THERE'S DISPATCH.

IF IT WAS LIKE MORE OF A BIGGER EMERGENCY.

BUT COULDN'T CATCH ANYONE. YEAH.

IF ALL OF THE ABOVE OPTIONS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, A SORT OF A TRIAGE.

BUT WHEN WE ENGAGE IN THE RESIDENT AGREEMENT FOR THE BRAZILIAN ROOM RESIDENTS, IT IS PART OF THEIR LIST OF DUTIES.

YOU KNOW, IT'S CLEAR TO THEM THAT THEY ARE LIVING RIGHT NEXT TO A VERY BUSY EVENT SPACE AND THINGS WILL HAPPEN.

AND SO THEIR AGREEMENT IS CONCOCTED ACCORDINGLY.

GREAT. GOOD.

AND THEN IS THERE A WAY TO ACCOMMODATE FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE THE ECONOMIC ABILITY, DON'T HAVE THE ECONOMIC ABILITY TO RESERVE ANY OF OUR SITES? IS THERE SOME KIND OF SUBSIDIZATION OR GRANT PROGRAM? WELL, I KNOW THAT WE DID A FEE STUDY.

WE DO A COMP STUDY EVERY YEAR.

BUT WE PRESENTED A FEE STUDY A FEW YEARS BACK.

AND OUR VENUES ARE REALLY ARE AFFORDABLE.

THEY'RE VERY AFFORDABLE.

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YOU KNOW, IT'D BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TO RENT ANY OF THEM.

WE DO FEE WAIVERS FOR NOT FOR PROFIT AGENCIES, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY KIND OF GRANT PROGRAM.

SO THE DISTRICT DOES IT JUST RECENTLY ADOPTED A SPONSORSHIP POLICY.

SO IF IT WAS ANOTHER AGENCY OR A NONPROFIT THAT WANTED TO UTILIZE EITHER DISTRICT FUNDS OR IN-KIND SERVICES, SUCH AS USE OF OUR, OF OUR FACILITIES, THEY CAN GO THROUGH THAT SPONSORSHIP PROCESS AND THEN ALSO FOR RESERVATIONS IN GENERAL.

WE DO HAVE A FEE WAIVER PROCESS THAT GOES THROUGH OUR AGM, AND THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC CRITERIA.

IT'S NOT JUST YOU'RE A NONPROFIT, YOU CAN GET A REDUCTION YOU HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA IN ORDER TO GET FEE WAIVERS.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE TAYLOR FOUNDATION.

THOSE ACTIVITIES LIKE THE ZIPLINE AND THE ROCK WALL THEY CARE THE INSURANCE FOR THAT OUTSIDE.

WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE ACTIVITIES.

THE OPERATOR DOES. YEAH.

YES. IT IS PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH BOTH ENTITIES FOR THEM TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE NECESSARY INSURANCE TO BE ON SITE. OKAY, GOOD.

AND THEY TRAINED THEIR STAFF.

THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE PROFESSIONALS COME OUT AND TRAIN THEIR STAFF TO OPERATE THE ZIPLINE, CLIMBING WALL AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO IT'S NOT JUST OUT THERE NOT WINGING IT.

OKAY? [LAUGHTER] YEAH.

NO, WE USED TO HAVE A THERE USED TO BE A THE EAST BAY CIVIC CORP USED TO HAVE A ZIPLINE IN ANTHONY CHABOT, AND I THINK THEY HAD TO TAKE IT DOWN BECAUSE OF INSURANCE STUFF.

SO. BUT WE USED IT.

[LAUGHTER] WE USED IT TOO.

BUT OKAY.

THAT'S GOOD. GOOD TO HEAR.

THAT COULD BE A GOOD BOARD TOUR.

YEAH. OKAY.

AND THEN I THINK THAT IS IT FOR MY QUESTIONS.

WELL DONE.

THANK YOU. I THINK YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SEE YOUR VENUES BECOME MORE AND MORE POPULAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING COMES ONLINE.

AND THEN I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE POPULAR NUMBER.

YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, IF IT GETS TO THE POINT, DON'T BE SHY ABOUT ASKING FOR HELP.

YOU KNOW. CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.

IN YOUR BUDGET REQUEST. SO OKAY, WE ALL CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS ON THE GROUND.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL LOOKING GOOD.

THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

OKAY. GREAT.

GOD, I'M SO GOOD TODAY.

[LAUGHTER] YES. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE NOW AT 5E REVIEW 2023 COST ALLOCATION PLAN AND FEE STUDY.

RUBY'S THE STAR OF THE SHOW TODAY.

I HOPE I DON'T LOSE MY VOICE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE.

OH, THERE WE GO.

GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, IT'S RUBY TUMBER ACTING BUSINESS SERVICES MANAGER.

TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING AN INFORMATIONAL OVERVIEW OF THE FEE STUDY AND COST ALLOCATION PLAN.

FOR MY PRESENTATION TODAY, I WILL PROVIDE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY AND A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

OUR OBJECTIVES FOR THE FEE STUDY, THE METHODOLOGY EMPLOYED, OUR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS NEXT STEPS.

FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

WE WILL BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING.

IN 2022, BUSINESS SERVICES WAS TASKED WITH CONDUCTING A FEE STUDY ON ALL DISTRICT WIDE FEES.

WE WERE ALLOCATED $50,000 IN OUR BUDGET.

THANK YOU, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND WE ENGAGED IN AN RFP PROCESS LATE LAST YEAR.

AND FROM THAT PROCESS, WE SELECTED MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP AS OUR CONSULTANT FOR THIS PROJECT.

MATRIX HAS 20 PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PROVIDING CONSULTING FOR ALL FACETS OF PUBLIC SECTOR WORK.

THIS INCLUDES PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS AND RECREATION, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION.

YOU KNOW, A WHOLE BREADTH OF WORK THAT THEY PERFORM, AND SPECIFICALLY THEY HAVE PERFORMED OVER 250 STUDIES SIMILAR TO THIS ONE FOR PUBLIC

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FOR THIS PROJECT WE WORKED WITH COURTNEY RAMOS AND KHUSHBOO INGLE, WHO I BELIEVE MIGHT BE ON THE CALL, OR THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN WHISKED AWAY FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

THEY WERE OUR PROJECT LEADS.

AND THEN INTERNALLY WE WORKED WITH OUR AFO, DEBORAH SPAULDING, THE BUSINESS SERVICES MANAGER, TIFFANY MARGULICI, MYSELF, RENEE PATTERSON, AA2.

AND THEN JUST CROSS-DIVISIONAL INPUT FROM SO MANY CHARACTERS AT THE DISTRICT, FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER TO, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE BELOW THAT. OH.

I'M SORRY. MY FONT IS OFF KILTER THERE, BUT I'LL SAY IT OUT LOUD.

WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, WHAT IS A FEE STUDY AND A COST ALLOCATION PLAN? A FEE STUDY IS AN ANALYSIS ON FEES FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH AN ORGANIZATION OR AGENCY.

THE PURPOSE IS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND FACTORS SUCH AS COST RECOVERY, MARKET COMPARISONS, AS WELL AS REVENUE GENERATION.

AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY, WE LOOKED AT ALL OF OUR FEES IN OUR FEE SCHEDULE.

THIS IS EVERYTHING FROM SWIM, LAGOONS, PARK ENTRY, OUR PERMITS, YOU NAME IT, WE GOT IT.

A COST ALLOCATION PLAN IS KIND OF ONE SUBSECT OR ONE PIECE OF THAT FEE STUDY.

IT HELPS INFORM THAT IT IS A TOOL USED TO UNDERSTAND HOW AN ORGANIZATION ALLOCATES COSTS, AND HOW THOSE COSTS ARE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS PERSONNEL AND SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE AGENCY.

SO KIND OF UNDERSTANDING HOW EVERYTHING IS PARSED OUT WILL HELP INFORM OUR COST RECOVERY.

ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO DO THE WORK THAT WE DO, AND HOW DOES THAT COST RELATE TO WHAT WE ARE CHARGING FOR THAT WORK? AND ONE THING TO REMEMBER HERE IS THE FEE STUDY IS AN ANALYSIS.

IT IS NOT PRESCRIPTIVE.

IT IS NOT TELLING US WHAT WE NEED TO CHARGE THE PUBLIC.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY TELL US HOW TO CHANGE THE FEES.

THAT IS AN INTERNAL DECISION PER THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO SAY HERE THAT THIS IS AN ANALYSIS THROUGH MORE OF A FINANCIAL LENS.

WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE EXPENDITURES, OVERHEAD, COSTS, RECOVERY, THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THERE ARE SO MANY LENSES THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT FEES THROUGH.

FOR EXAMPLE IT CAN BE A MEANS OF CROWD MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT A PARK ISN'T OVERRUN WITH THE PUBLIC. IT CAN ALSO BE A WAY TO MITIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

THAT'S WHY FOR SISTER AGENCIES LIKE EB MUD THAT DO WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, THERE IS AN ENTRY FEE TO GO INTO WATER BODIES THAT ARE FOR DRINKING.

SO IT'S PURELY NOT ABOUT REVENUE IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.

I'M SORRY. MY IT'S GETTING STRETCHED ON THE SCREEN.

BUT FOR THIS BODY OF WORK, WE HAD A FEW KEY OBJECTIVES.

WE WANTED TO REVIEW OUR FEE STRUCTURE.

WE WANTED TO DETERMINE COST COMPONENTS.

WE WANTED TO CALCULATE THE FULL COST OF DOING THE WORK THAT WE DO.

WE WANTED TO REVIEW AND REVISE OUR FEES, DEVELOP A REVISED FEE SCHEDULE.

AND IF YOU DO REMEMBER FROM OUR BOARD OPS COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER, AS WELL AS THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT WAS JUST RATIFIED ON DECEMBER 5TH, WE KIND OF HAVE A NEW LOOK TO OUR FEE SCHEDULE THAT MAKES IT'S ORGANIZED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

AND THAT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS PROJECT.

AND YEAH, ULTIMATELY, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE OUR FINDINGS TO THE BOARD.

LIKE I SAID, WE LOOKED AT THE FEES AND OUR FEE SCHEDULE.

WE HAVE NOT YET DONE A DEEP DIVE ON OTHER FEES THAT WE MAY CHARGE, SUCH AS PROGRAMS. AND I KNOW THAT IN THIS COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY THE COST OF WHAT WE ASK FOR SPECIAL USE AGREEMENTS HAS COME UP SO THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF A FUTURE PHASE OF THIS PROJECT.

WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS SORT OF ANALYSIS BEFORE AT THE DISTRICT.

SO WE ARE KIND OF FIRSTLY CREATING A BASELINE TO JUST UNDERSTAND ONE SUBSECT OF FEES BEFORE WE LOOK AT ALL OTHER ONES.

FOR THE METHODOLOGY, KIND OF THESE ARE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HELPED INFORM THE STUDY.

WE LOOKED AT STAFF COSTS.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT INTO THE NITTY GRITTY.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PROCESS, ON AVERAGE, A ENCROACHMENT PERMIT OR HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? YOU KNOW SOMEONE TO LOOK AT A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS CAN LIKE, DIFFER WILDLY, BUT WE KIND OF HAD TO CREATE SORT OF AN AVERAGE.

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AND FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR TIME.

IT WAS KIND OF A FRACTION OF THEIR SALARIES, BENEFITS, PRODUCTIVE HOURS OVERHEAD FOR THE DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION.

YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE INVOLVED THAN OTHERS.

AND THEN OTHER THINGS LIKE HR COSTS OR THE GENERAL MANAGER'S TIME, THOSE ARE KIND OF SMOOTHED AND BAKED OUT THROUGHOUT.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT PARK USE OVERHEAD.

THIS CAPTURES COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MAST, THE TIME IT TAKES FOR OUR TRADES FOLKS TO GO OUT TO DO REPAIRS AND FIXES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

ALSO KIND OF TANGENTIAL TO THAT ASD TIME, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TIME FOR A GENERAL PARK USE AND SUPPORT.

IT ALSO INCLUDED, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, ALL OF THE INDIRECT COSTS THAT COME WITH JUST RUNNING THE AGENCY.

THAT'S THINGS LIKE HR, IT, THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE, OUR AGM'S ADMIN TIME, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THOSE ARE, AS I SAID BEFORE, BAKED IN THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO.

AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT MATERIAL AND LAND COSTS.

SO THIS IS KIND OF EXPENDITURES.

AND I WILL SAY IT WAS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.

THIS STUDY, IT WAS LOOKING AT 2022'S BUDGET.

IT WAS THE MOST RECENT COMPLETED BUDGET WITH A FULL YEAR OF EXPENDITURES.

AND THAT WAS EVERYTHING FROM PAPER COSTS, THE COST OF STOCKING A LAKE WITH FISH DIRECT MATERIAL COSTS AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ALL EXPENDITURES. SO IT WAS A VERY DEEP DIVE.

AND THEN COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH FACILITY SPACE AS WELL AS OVERTIME RATES.

OH. EXCUSE ME.

IN THE ATTACHED REPORT, WHICH KNOWING THIS COMMITTEE, I KNOW YOU ALL READ IT VERY CAREFULLY.

YOU WILL FIND A DEEP DIVE ON ALL OF THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND AS YOU'VE SEEN, IT'S A VERY DETAILED REPORT.

AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE WILL DISCUSS THINGS KIND OF AT A VERY MACRO LEVEL OF FINDINGS.

AND I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.

SO RATHER THAN DO A DEEP DIVE, WE'RE GOING TO DO KIND OF THE 2000 FOOT REVIEW OF THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO WITH THAT SAID, ONE KEY TAKEAWAY THAT WE WERE HOPING TO UNDERSTAND IS HOW MUCH ARE WE RECOVERING WITH ALL OF OUR FEES? WE ARE ACTUALLY RECOVERING ABOUT 36%.

MEANING THAT WE ARE UNDER RECOVERING AND YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT MAKING KIND OF A VALUE STATEMENT THERE.

IT'S ACTUALLY COMPARABLE TO OTHER AGENCIES, SPECIFICALLY THOSE THAT DO THE WORK THAT WE DO IN PARKS AND RECREATION.

THE AVERAGE COST RECOVERY FOR AGENCIES SUCH AS OURS IS BETWEEN 20 AND 50%.

SO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING A PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.

WE DO A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUBSIDIZATION FOR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.

A RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME OUT OF THE STUDY WAS THAT THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE UPDATE OUR FEES AND DO A VERY ROUTINE SORT OF LOOK AT THEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, EVERY YEAR WE DO BRING FORTH OUR PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

GENERALLY, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS UPDATING OUR FEES FOR OUR CONCESSIONAIRES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ENTITIES.

SO A LITTLE, A LOT MORE REVENUE DRIVEN THAT WE ARE AS A PUBLIC AGENCY.

SO WE'RE ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY UPDATING THOSE.

BUT THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE OTHER SORT OF ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC AND COMB THROUGH THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE REGULARLY.

THEY ALSO SAID THAT WE SHOULD CREATE A SET OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES, WHICH WAS ALSO ECHOED BY OUR GENERAL MANAGER THAT KIND OF LAID OUT THE BENEFIT AND RECOVERY OF OUR FEES.

AND I WILL GET INTO A LITTLE I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE EVER DID THIS SORT OF EVALUATION.

THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE DO A COMPREHENSIVE FEE UPDATE EVERY 5 TO 7 YEARS.

EVERY YEAR, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST FEW, THE EXPENDITURES HAVE KIND OF SWUNG VERY WILDLY BECAUSE OF SO MANY ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, WHETHER IT'S FLOODS, FIRES, GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

SO THINGS THEY CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

SO IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THIS WITH A DEEPER DIVE.

AND THEN WE DID A COMPARISON.

IT WAS PART OF THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY TO LOOK AT OUR FEES AND HOW THEY COMPARE TO OUR SISTER AGENCIES IN THE AREA.

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AND THE GENERAL FINDING WAS THAT MANY NOT ALL FEES THAT WE CHARGE FALL WITHIN MARKET COMPS.

AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A PLACE LIKE THE BRAZILIAN ROOM THAT ANOTHER COUNTY MIGHT NOT HAVE OR YOU KNOW, JUST DIFFERENT SERVICES.

SO TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, WE DID AN ANALYSIS AND IT'S IN THE REPORT, YOU WILL FIND THAT MANY THINGS ARE COMPARABLE TO A MARKET ANALYSIS.

CERTAINLY THE REPORT DOES A DEEPER DIVE OF EVERY SINGLE FEE AND ITS INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL COST AND THE COST OF PERFORMING THE WORK BEHIND THAT FEE.

AND IT'S THAT CALCULATION THAT TELLS YOU THE COST RECOVERY.

SO YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE REPORT FOR EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL FEE.

BUT THIS CHART HERE IT INDICATES RECOVERY AT MORE OF A DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL AND THEN CONSOLIDATES EVERYTHING THERE FOR THE ENTIRE STUDY.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET THAT 36% NUMBER.

AND AS I SAID, THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT BREAKDOWNS BY FEE ARE IN THE REPORT DOWN TO THE GRANULAR FEE LEVEL.

AND AS YOU KNOW, A GOVERNING BOARD.

WHAT DOES THAT INFORMATION MEAN TO YOU? TO THIS COMMITTEE OR TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS BASED ON WHAT TYPE OF FEE IT IS, WE CAN USE THIS COST RECOVERY PYRAMID INDICATED HERE AS SORT OF A TEMPLATE WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING FEE DECISIONS.

FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, WE TYPICALLY SEE THE COST RECOVERY POLICY DEVELOPED AT THE SERVICE TYPE OR COMMUNITY BENEFIT FACTOR.

THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS THE COST RECOVERY PYRAMID, AND IT IS UP TO US AS AN AGENCY TO DETERMINE KIND OF WHAT COST RECOVERY LEVEL THAT WE WANT TO SEEK DEPEND ON, DEPENDING ON WHAT USE THAT FEE SERVES.

SO FOR EXAMPLE SOMETHING THAT SERVES THE WIDEST SWATH OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH MIGHT BE JUST SIMPLY ENTERING A PARK, USING A POOL, USING A PICNIC TABLE, PERHAPS THOSE THINGS BASED ON THIS SORT OF PHILOSOPHY SHOULD BE THE MOST SUBSIDIZED. WE DON'T NEED TO SEEK AS MUCH COST RECOVERY THERE.

HOWEVER, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM, AS I WALK AWAY FROM THE MIC, SOMETHING THAT IS HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED, THAT SERVES ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE POPULATION, LIKE A PRIVATE DAY CAMP OR, YOU KNOW, AS SARAH JUST DID, LIKE A PRIVATE EVENT.

YOU SHOULD PROBABLY SEEK FULL COST RECOVERY THERE BECAUSE THE BENEFIT IS A LOT MORE INDIVIDUALIZED.

SO, PER THE RECOMMENDATION OF THIS REPORT AND FROM OUR OWN GENERAL MANAGER, WE CREATED A SET OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO HELP DICTATE OUR PHILOSOPHY AROUND FEES.

IN IT, WE INCORPORATED ASPECTS OF THE COST RECOVERY PYRAMID.

THE DISTRICT DOESN'T HAVE A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS THAT OVERSEES HOW WE MAKE FEE DECISIONS.

THE AIM IS TO USE THESE AS A FOUNDATIONAL SORT OF STEERING DOCUMENT WHEN CONSIDERING, DEVELOPING AND UPDATING DISTRICT FEES.

MANY OF THESE PRINCIPLES WE ALREADY EMPLOY.

THIS IS JUST MEMORIALIZING THAT IN WRITING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

IT INCLUDES SORT OF A VALUE COMPONENT INCORPORATING IDEAS OF EQUITY, FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY, WHICH ALSO GIVE CONSIDERATION, EXCUSE ME, WHILE ALSO GIVING CONSIDERATION TO COST RECOVERY.

SO WE DEVELOPED TEN NICE SQUARE NUMBER.

SO THE FIRST ONE WAS WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC BENEFIT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FEES.

CONSIDER THE BROADER PUBLIC INTEREST AND BENEFITS DERIVED FROM THE SERVICES OR ACTIVITIES FUNDED BY THE FEE, AND ENSURE THAT THE FEES WITH THE WIDEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT ARE THE MOST SUBSIDIZED, WHILE THOSE WITH THE MOSTLY INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT ARE THE LEAST SUBSIDIZED.

THIS IS WHAT I JUST DISCUSSED IN THE AFOREMENTIONED COST RECOVERY PYRAMID.

HOWEVER, WE SHOULD ALSO SEEK SOME DEGREE OF COST RECOVERY.

IT COSTS MONEY TO DO THE WORK THAT WE DO, SO FEES SHOULD AIM TO RECOVER SOME PORTION OF THE COST OF PROVIDING A SERVICE, AND THIS IS BEST UNDERSTOOD BY DOING STUDIES SUCH AS THIS.

WE ALSO SHOULD LOOK AT THINGS THROUGH AN EQUITY AND FAIRNESS LENS.

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SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL A BALANCING ACT OF, YOU KNOW, SO MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS.

AND WE SHOULD CONSIDER OFFERING FEE WAIVERS OR REDUCED RATES FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

AND YOU WILL FIND SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TOWARDS THE TAIL END OF THAT REPORT.

OF COURSE, THERE'S KIND OF THE BORING STUFF TOO LEGAL COMPLIANCE IS OF COURSE, IMPORTANT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING FOLLOWS LAWS, REGULATIONS AND ALL THE RIGHTFUL STATUTES WHEN IT COMES TO LEVYING A FEE AS A PUBLIC AGENCY, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO AIM FOR TRANSPARENCY.

WE WANT TO MAKE THE FEE STRUCTURE AND THE CALCULATIONS TRANSPARENT AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID BEFORE, WE COME TO THIS COMMITTEE WITH OUR FEE SCHEDULE, EVERY YEAR WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAME UP WITH THAT ANALYSIS.

WE DO OUR MARKET COMPARISONS, AND SHOULD WE CONTINUE THIS ENDEAVOR IN THE FUTURE AND TO FUTURE PHASES, WE WILL CONTINUE DOING SO.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST FIVE.

AND THEN THE SECOND HALF IS STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INVOLVING RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS.

THAT'S PEOPLE LIKE CONCESSIONAIRES COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THIS FEE SETTING PROCESS.

AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS COMES TO A PUBLIC COMMITTEE, THIS IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR INPUT.

AND AS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WANT TO REVIEW AND ADJUST AND HAVE THIS BE AN ONGOING PROCESS WHERE WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT FEES AND KIND OF ADJUSTING ACCORDINGLY.

AND COLLECTION OF FEES SHOULD BE EFFICIENT.

THE WORLD IS CHANGING.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE COLLECTING CHECKS FOR EVERYTHING, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE MOVING WITH THE TIMES AND CONNECTING WITH THE PUBLIC IN A WAY THAT WORKS FOR THEM AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE COLLECTED EFFICIENTLY, EFFECTIVELY.

AND THEN ALSO KIND OF FROM AN AUDIT PERSPECTIVE WITH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DEFENSIBLE PAPER TRAIL.

AND OF COURSE, WE WANT TO PERIODICALLY REPORT ON OUR FINDINGS AND COME TO THIS COMMITTEE OR THE FULL BOARD IN THE FUTURE.

AND YOU KNOW, PROVIDE OUR FINDINGS ON FEE COLLECTION UTILIZATION AS WELL AS THE IMPACT TO THE PARKS.

AND THEN, LAST OF ALL, SENSITIVITY TO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

YOU KNOW, THE LAST 20 YEARS THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH SWING IN THE ECONOMY UP AND DOWN THAT WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THESE ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS OR OTHER UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY IMPACT A FEE PAYERS ABILITY TO MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO THE DISTRICT.

SO IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS AND THE TIMELINE, IT IS OUR HOPE THAT IN THE EARLY PART OF NEXT YEAR TO BRING THE SAME REPORT AND OUR FINDINGS TO THE PAC SO WE CAN GET SORT OF THAT PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS PROCESS AND GATHER ANY THOUGHTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS THERE.

AND THEN FROM THERE, PROVIDE MAYBE A MORE ROBUST RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

EXCUSE ME, THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MAYBE EVEN BRING IT BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE AGAIN IN THE FUTURE AND START WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN FINANCE WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING A REVENUE PROJECTION FOR 2025.

SO WE START DOING THAT THE SUMMER BEFORE THE YEAR.

AND SO NEXT FALL WHEN WE COME WITH OUR FEE SCHEDULE RECOMMENDATION, WE HOPE TO INCORPORATE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IN A MORE FINITE WAY WHEN WE ADOPT THE 2025 FEE SCHEDULE.

AND THEN AS THE REPORT SUGGESTED, WE HOPE THAT THIS IS A CYCLICAL PROCESS AND THAT WE CONTINUE DOING THIS IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER IT'S FIVE, SEVEN, TEN YEARS OR MAYBE EVEN DOING IT OURSELVES.

IF, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF LEARN HOW TO FISH WHEN IT COMES TO DOING THIS ANALYSIS.

AND THAT IS MY REPORT AND RECORDING SECRETARY DO WE BY ANY CHANCE HAVE OUR CONSULTANTS ON THE LINE? OKAY. I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME OF THEIR SUPPORT, BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD TO DROP OFF DUE TO TIME.

OKAY. I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS I MEAN, THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND VERY TIMELY THOUGH.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMITTEE DIRECTOR SANWONG.

WE'LL START WITH YOU. YES.

THIS IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND VERY THOROUGH AND VERY GOOD.

SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE GET TO REVIEW THIS TODAY.

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I REALLY LIKE THE PYRAMID, AND I REALLY LIKE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, BUT I ALMOST WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY, MAYBE WHEN THIS IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE OR HOW WE SHARE THIS WITH THE PUBLIC.

THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I WOULD HAVE AT THE VERY BEGINNING, OKAY, IN TERMS OF SHOWING THIS OVERALL, JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WANT THAT SUMMARY AND THAT VISUAL AND IT'S THEY'RE BOTH REALLY GOOD AND THEY'RE GOOD ENTRY POINTS, I THINK FOR ANY TYPE OF REPORT.

AND I'M SURE SOME OF WHAT WE FOUND HERE COULD GET INCORPORATED IN OTHER REPORTS, AS WE KEEP ON REFERENCING ALL THESE OTHER REPORTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE PARK DISTRICT.

SO IT'S GREAT THAT THIS IS KIND OF THAT ONE THAT'S GOING TO HELP LEAD THAT WAY.

I WAS WONDERING WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOME OF WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, I DON'T THINK, I THINK THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE GOOD AS THEY ARE, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF LIKE ENHANCING IT AND MAYBE THIS ALSO THESE COMMENTS MIGHT BE FOR SOMETHING ELSE DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT I THINK THAT THE ORGANIZATION OF THE TEN OF THEM ARE REALLY GOOD.

THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I MIGHT RECOMMEND TO ENHANCE.

SO THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC BENEFIT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FEES AND PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS IS THAT IT'S A REALLY GREAT WAY TO INTRODUCE THE PARK DISTRICT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

AND EVEN THOUGH I LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, OUR PARKS ARE MORE POPULAR THAN EVER, THERE'S STILL SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT OUR PARKS, OR THEY MIGHT KNOW THEIR LOCAL PARK, BUT NOT REALIZE WHO EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IS.

AND THINK ABOUT TAKING THAT DAY TRIP, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE ELSE WITHIN THE EAST BAY TO GO TO, YOU KNOW, A PARK THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN SOMEONE'S BACKYARD.

AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT THESE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND I THINK ABOUT THIS A LOT. YOU KNOW, THERE STILL CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF A FEELING OF INTIMIDATION ABOUT GOING OUTDOORS.

RIGHT? YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY IS THAT MULTI-MILE HIKER OR AS COMFORTABLE GOING ON BACKPACKING OVERNIGHT TRIPS. AND AGAIN, I THINK WHEN I THINK ABOUT SOME OF AND SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN THE FEE STUDY.

BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE'S PLANNING SOME SORT OF EVENT OR SOME SORT OF ACTIVITY IN OUR PARKS, THERE IS A PUBLIC BENEFIT BECAUSE IT CAN BE MORE OF THAT ENTRY POINT FOR SOMEONE THAT MAYBE DOESN'T FEEL AS COMFORTABLE GOING ON THEIR OWN TO DO THESE ACTIVITIES.

AND I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY GO NOW INTO A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE.

AND ALSO I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

SO ON 24 AND THE PAGE 24 ON THE REPORT, I THINK I SAW THIS SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE REPORT, BUT THIS IS THE ONE THAT I HAVE READY TO REFERENCE.

SO TALKING ABOUT THE OHLONE WILDERNESS REGIONAL TRAIL PERMIT PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY YOU KNOW, SEEING OUR REVENUE VERSUS ANNUAL COST.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, GOING ON THESE BACKPACKING OVERNIGHT TRIPS, IT'S SO MUCH FUN.

YET I CAN EVEN SHARE.

PERSONALLY, I LIKE TO GO WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS ORGANIZING THE BACKPACKING TRIP BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE.

I ALWAYS LIKE TO BE THE FOLLOWER ON THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I NEED TO DO IT MORE OFTEN TO FEEL MORE, YOU KNOW, COMFORTABLE IN TERMS OF ORGANIZING ON MY OWN.

AND I WONDER YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT THAT ENTRY POINT.

AND AGAIN, I KNOW I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, REI AND FREMONT, BUT I KNOW REI AND FREMONT DOES PLAN SOME OF THESE BACKPACKING TRIPS TO OTHER PARKS.

I DON'T THINK THEY CURRENTLY PLAN THEM IN OHLONE WILDERNESS OR IN ANY OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS.

BUT I WONDER IF THERE IS AN OPTION TO START THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE OHLONE WILDERNESS SPECIFICALLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH SOME OF THESE PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE REI OR I THINK THERE'S SOME INDEPENDENT OPERATORS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PLANNING, YOU KNOW, A TWO NIGHT BACKPACKING TRIP THROUGH THERE.

IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD YOU KNOW, CONSIDER LOOKING AT BECAUSE IT MIGHT HELP AGAIN WITH IN TERMS OF HELPING PEOPLE TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, VISITING OUR PARKS AND DOING SOME DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE OVERNIGHT BACKPACKING AND LONGER HIKING TRIPS.

SO I THINK, WE'RE AT A REALLY GOOD POINT HERE.

AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT PUBLIC BENEFIT, THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER ONES, IS JUST INTRODUCING OUR PARKS AND INTRODUCING DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECREATION ACTIVITIES TO PEOPLE THAT MAYBE AREN'T AS THAT DON'T DO IT REGULARLY.

AND THEN I LOOK AT NUMBER THREE, EQUITY AND FAIRNESS, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, I ALSO THINK A LOT ABOUT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS.

SO I THINK MAYBE THAT ONE COULD BE ENHANCED JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AND CERTAINLY THAT COULD FALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

I THINK THAT THERE.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF SOMEONE HAS LIKE A PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, THEY MAY NOT FEEL AS COMFORTABLE DOING SOMETHING LIKE HIKING MISSION PEAK.

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INCENTIVE. ORGANIZATION OR SOME SORT OF LIKE INTRODUCTION OR SOME SORT OF PREPARATION AS WELL TO GET TO THAT POINT, BECAUSE MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT A REGULAR HIKER, BUT YOU HAVE A GOAL TO GO TO MISSION PEAK, MAYBE IT'S GOOD TO START OFF WITH SOME OTHER TRAILS FIRST BEFORE, YOU KNOW GOING TO MISSION PEAK.

SO I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE TO JUST ENHANCE THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN YEAH, SO GOING BACK TO OHLONE WILDERNESS SPECIFICALLY, BUT I KNOW ALSO YOU HAD REFERENCED THE DATA POINT, THE 36%, WHICH WHILE WE'RE IN RANGE WITH COMPARABLE AGENCIES, AND WE DO HAVE THAT PYRAMID TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL IN TERMS OF WHERE WE WOULD WANT THE FULL COST RECOVERY VERSUS SOMETHING SUBSIDIZED.

I SUPPOSE IN THE NEXT PHASE MIGHT BE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING SPECIFIC, SUCH AS THE OHLONE WILDERNESS REGIONAL TRAIL PERMIT, SO WHERE WE CAN MAYBE THEN START TO EVALUATE, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO TRY TO INCREASE REVENUES TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSER TO A BREAK EVEN TYPE OF POINT.

IS THAT, IS THAT ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS OF THIS PROCESS? YEAH.

THE WIDEST BRUSHSTROKE, WELL SORT OF IN A WAY IT DID GET DOWN TO THE INDIVIDUAL FEE LEVEL, BUT IT'LL BE UP TO US AS AN AGENCY TO DECIDE AT THAT IN THE MINUTIA.

LIKE THIS IS THE FEE.

DO WE WANT TO INCREASE IT? WE SEE THAT WE'RE GETTING I BELIEVE WHAT I SAW WAS 11% COST RECOVERY.

PERHAPS WE SHOULD SEEK MORE, OR IF IT'S REALLY IN OUR INTEREST THAT WE WANT TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY BACKPACKING AT OHLONE WILDERNESS THAT'S SUBSIDIZED ENTIRELY.

PERHAPS WE REMOVE THAT FEE SO THAT THAT WILL BE A DECISION FOR US TO MAKE.

AND I'VE NOTED YOUR KIND OF SPECIFIC INTEREST IN THAT ITEM.

AND GOING BACK TO YOUR COMMENT EARLIER, DIRECTOR SANWONG, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE REALLY TOUCHING UPON IS OUTREACH AND HOW OUTREACH CAN HELP LIMIT THAT BARRIER TO INTRODUCTION TO THE PARKS.

IT'S PERHAPS THE FEE IS NOT THE BARRIER, IT'S REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S THE BARRIER.

SO WE CAN ABSOLUTELY TALK WITH OUR I&R DEPARTMENT.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ALL THESE ARE GREAT COMMENTS.

AND I JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT RUBY SAID NOW THAT WE HAVE THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, IT GIVES US THAT LENS TO LOOK AT ALL THE FEES.

SO WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET.

RIGHT? WE JUST SAID LIKE THESE ARE OUR FEES.

NOW WE HAVE THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

NOW WE CAN USE THEM AS A TOOL TO BRING BACK TO YOU WHEN WE'RE EVALUATING OUR FEES.

RIGHT. AND THEN THAT PYRAMID, WHICH I REALLY LIKE.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S AN INDUSTRY STANDARD.

YEAH. SO WE HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF INTRODUCING THE PARKS TO PEOPLE.

THEN THAT COULD SOMEHOW FALL WITHIN THAT PYRAMID SCALE.

AND THEN I THINK ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT POTENTIAL ON THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AND JUST IN GENERAL ON THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL FUTURE BALLOT MEASURE.

AND I THINK THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD ALSO BE REALLY HELPFUL TO JUST KEEP TRACK OF IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THAT PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WE HAVE THIS STUDY BECAUSE I THINK IT'LL JUST BE ANOTHER TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX AS WE START TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE A POTENTIAL BALLOT MEASURE.

DIRECTOR CORBETT. I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, EXCEPT JUST TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE A STUDY THAT SHOWS US WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE'RE GOING, AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

SO APPRECIATE HAVING THAT SORT OF STUDY.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THIS THOUGH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS IS SO WELL DONE.

I REALLY CONGRATULATE THE STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT ON A JOB WELL DONE, BUT I TOO, I REALLY LOVE THE PYRAMID.

AND I'M HOPING THAT THIS BOARD AND FUTURE BOARDS WILL PREFER THE KEEPING THE BASE LOW AND SERVING THE GREATER AMOUNT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.

ONE THING, ONE OBSERVATION I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FEE STRUCTURE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US I THINK IF THERE'S AN AREA FOR FULL FEE RECOVERY, IT WOULD BE THERE.

BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE FINES FOR SAY, DAMAGE TO, LET'S SAY, LITTERING OR SOMEBODY WE DISCOVER, WE FIND SOMEBODY DUMPING, THEY GET A CITATION.

BUT IT SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE RESTITUTION, WHAT IT COSTS TO CLEAN THAT UP AND OR IF THEY CLEAN IT UP THEMSELVES.

I MEAN, SO I REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDED TO SOME OF THESE SOME OF THESE FINES, IT SHOULD BE FINES PLUS RESTITUTION.

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SO I THINK IN THOSE AREAS, WE COULD REALLY IT MAKES SENSE TO DO FULL RESTITUTION IN THOSE CASES.

AND THEN AROUND PARKING FEES I THINK THIS BOARD HAS BEEN VERY CONSISTENT IN KEEPING THEM VERY STABLE.

AND WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER ABOUT CROWD CONTROL, THAT'S VERY TRUE.

I MEAN, I REMEMBER WORKING AT REINHARDT REDWOOD WHEN WE FIRST STARTED CHARGING FEES.

IT WASN'T TO CHARGE, IT WASN'T TO MAKE MONEY, BUT IT WAS TO CONTROL THE ACCESS BECAUSE REINHARDT WAS EXTREMELY BUSY.

IT WAS $0.25.

AND IT WORKED.

OF COURSE. THEN WE AND AS YOU SEE NOW IT'S AT $5.

BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'LL SEE OUT PEOPLE PARKING OUTSIDE OR HAVE EXPENSIVE CARS AND BUT SO YEAH, I THINK PARKING FEES CAN BE SEEN AS A POINT OF DISCRIMINATION.

I PARTICULARLY LOOK AT ROBERTS WHEN WE HAVE A FULLY ACCESSIBLE PLAY AREA, PROBABLY THE ONLY WE ONLY HAVE ONE FULLY ACCESSIBLE PLAY AREA, PROBABLY IN THE PARK DISTRICT OF THIS SIZE.

AND IT'S HIDDEN BEHIND A PARKING FEE.

AND SO IF.

SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY ADDRESS THAT.

AND IF PEOPLE ARE DISABLED AND THEY WANT TO USE THAT, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT FOR FREE.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO BUILDING MORE OF THOSE.

AND SO YEAH, I THINK THIS IS GREAT.

MY QUESTION IS WHERE WOULD THIS POLICY RESIDE? WOULD THIS BE IN THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES OR MOST OF OUR POLICIES ARE IN THE FINANCE.

THEY ARE SORT OF HOUSED IN FINANCE WHEN THEY HAVE TO DO WITH OBVIOUSLY THIS THESE HAVE TO DO WITH FINANCES.

SO, SO WE WOULD AGAIN, WE WOULD WORK WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER TO SORT OF NAVIGATE IF IT'S A JOINT FINANCE COMMITTEE, BOARD OPS OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS REALLY A TOPIC THAT OVERLAYS BOTH OF THEM.

YEAH. GREAT.

YES, DIRECTOR CORBETT.

I DO HAVE ONE OTHER ISSUE JUST TO BRING UP.

FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS GREAT TO HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION AND REALLY SHARE THAT WITH US.

BUT IF YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT GOES AROUND AND MOVES THROUGH MANY OF OUR DIFFERENT PARKS, THERE ARE PLACES WHERE THERE MAY BE DAYS WHERE FEES ARE NOT BEING COLLECTED FOR WHATEVER REASON IT IS, MAYBE BECAUSE IT'S A HOLIDAY OR WHATEVER, BUT IN SOME CASES IT'S A DAY WHEN NORMALLY THINGS SHOULD BE COLLECTED, BUT THEY'RE NOT BEING COLLECTED.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT? I MEAN, WE DO HAVE SOME AREAS WHERE THAT'S NOT HAPPENING, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THERE'S PLACES WHERE.

YEAH, I THINK WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.

YEAH, THERE'S, A LOT OF THAT.

SO IS IT WORTH IT? IS IT NOT WORTH IT? DO YOU HAVE A PARK WHERE THE PARKING.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE PARKING LOT IS TOTALLY EMPTY, BUT EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THE PARK IS FULL OF CARS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT GOING TO GO INSIDE AND PAY, OR THEY GO INSIDE AND IT'S NOT BEING COLLECTED THAT DAY.

SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN THERE'S DO WE REALLY PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ALL OF THE PARKS AND.

EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME.

WE HAVE PARKS THAT GET CHARGED FOR THE USE OF THE PARKS AND SOME THERE'S NO CHARGE AT ALL.

AND IT'S A BIG SPACE AND THERE'S PLENTY OF BEAUTIFUL THINGS TO SEE, BUT THERE'S JUST NO CHARGE TO GO PARK IN THAT PARTICULAR PLACE.

SO IT'S JUST SO EVERYTHING IS SO UNUSUAL AND DIFFERENT FROM PARK TO PARK.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO ABOUT THAT.

I THINK YOU BRING UP A GREAT POINT, DIRECTOR CORBETT AND THAT'S I THINK WHAT'S SO EXCITING ABOUT THIS REPORT IS IT GIVES US SOME TOOLS NOW TO EVALUATE THOSE SITUATIONS.

THANK YOU. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEP? YEAH I THINK USING THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING, I THINK THAT WILL HELP US MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP AS RUBY DESCRIBED.

THE OTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT IS THE COST THERE IS TO COLLECT THE, YOU KNOW, THE FEES.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF YOU'RE PAYING PEOPLE IN A SPOT WHERE YOU MAYBE YOU'RE PAYING THAT PERSON MORE OF A SALARY THAN YOU WOULD PICK UP IN

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DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? CORRECT.

THAT, I THINK, IS WHAT? REALLY? EVERY PARK IS SO DIFFERENT.

YEAH. NO, I THINK THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL THAT YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING IT.

AND THAT'S I THINK WHAT WE HOPE TO ADVANCE WITH THIS, THE RESULTS FROM THIS STUDY, BECAUSE THEY REALLY DO SHOW US THAT DETAIL.

YEAH. IT'S EXCITING.

YEAH. THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD AND SOMETIMES.

ALL RIGHT. BUT IT'S GOOD TO BE TAKING A LOOK.

BUT I DON'T KNOW DO YOU IS IT REALLY WORTH IT TO CHARGE THAT KIND OF MONEY AT A PARKING LOT IN CERTAIN PLACES? THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ASKED.

THANK YOU. I REALLY LIKE HOW WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD UPON EACH OTHER'S COMMENTS TODAY.

SO I THINK MAYBE WE'VE REACHED A GOOD POINT IN THE YEAR TOGETHER.

AND THEN IT'S GOING TO ALL CHANGE NEXT YEAR.

SO TO THAT POINT, I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT THE NEXT STEP IS TO KIND OF EVALUATE THE DIFFERENT PARKING SITUATIONS.

AT ONE POINT I'D THOUGHT OF IN REGARDS TO THAT IS WHEN THAT EVALUATION HAPPENS TO EITHER REACH OUT TO BOTH FINANCE AND OR THE FOUNDATION WITH MEMBERSHIPS, BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AS WELL.

RIGHT. SO WHEN YOU BECOME A MEMBER OF OUR FOUNDATION, IT INCLUDES THE PARKING PASS.

SO THEN YOU BYPASS HAVING TO PAY THE FEE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THAT CONVERSATION.

SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I MENTIONED THAT THEY, THAT EITHER ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE ENTITIES ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT NEXT STEP.

AND THEN THE OTHER POINT I MEANT TO MENTION EARLIER, I REALLY LIKE THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS. I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PART OF THIS STUDY, AND I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE DO OTHER STUDIES IN OTHER DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT STUDIES THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DOING SO MANY I'LL USE THE IT STUDY AGAIN AS AN EXAMPLE THAT WE'RE ALSO AND I'M SURE THIS IS HAPPENING.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO REITERATE THIS, THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE SIMILAR AGENCIES.

AND I'M REALLY GLAD IT'S INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.

AND I JUST WANT TO ADD WITH PARKING FEES AND A LOT OF OUR PARKS, THEY'RE TYPICALLY CHARGED JUST ON THE WEEKENDS.

AND AGAIN, IT'S A CONTROLLED DEVICE.

BECAUSE IT OTHERWISE IT'S YOU'LL HAVE PEOPLE JUST GOING INTO A PARK THAT'S ALREADY FULL AND THEN BEING DISSATISFIED ABOUT HAVING TO PARK OUTSIDE AFTER GOING THROUGH THAT.

BUT IT'S BUT I THINK IF WE KEEP IT LOW ENOUGH AND LIKE I SAID, MOST OF THE PARKS ARE OPEN DURING THE WEEK.

AND, WE TYPICALLY CHARGE ON THE WEEKENDS.

ALSO I WANTED TO SAY THE COMPARATIVE STUDY I MEAN, THIS REALLY BUILDS ON THE WORK THAT NOAH DOES WHEN HE PRESENTS THE FEE SCHEDULES.

HE DOES AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT JOB OF DOING COMPARATIVE STUDIES WITH OTHER OTHER AGENCIES AND LIKE SERVICES.

SO IT BUILDS ON THAT.

AND I JUST JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO NOAH BECAUSE HE DOES A FABULOUS JOB IN DOING THAT.

SO YES. HE DOES.

WITH THAT, ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THERE ARE NO COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS IS VERY WELL.

UNIVERSALLY GOOD STUFF.

VERY WELL ACCEPTED, VERY TIMELY.

AND IT'LL GIVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS A GOOD BASIS FOR MAKING DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AT THE DISTRICT INVOLVED WITH THE STUDY AND OUR PARTNERS AT MATRIX WHO REALLY THE BRAINS BEHIND THIS OPERATION. YEAH, IT WAS VERY WELL DONE.

VERY WELL DONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR FINAL ITEM OF THE DAY OF THE YEAR.

OF THE YEAR. OH, WOW.

MY GOD, THAT'S RIGHT.

I ASKED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, I DIDN'T.

YEAH. ITEM 5F PUBLIC SAFETY DRONE PROGRAM.

I LOVE THAT WE'RE ENDING THE YEAR WITH DRONES.

I APPRECIATE THE ENTHUSIASM SO FAR.

THIS IS GREAT. WHILE WE'RE LOADING.

YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO FOLLOW A LOT OF THE STATISTICS ON WORD OF THE YEAR, RIGHT? AS LIKE A WAY OF CAPTURING KIND OF OUR SPIRIT OF THE YEAR.

AND I THINK A LOT OF THE WORDS RELATED TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN.

SO THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO END 2023.

WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

MY NAME IS LIEUTENANT GIORGIO CHEVEZ.

I'M WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT, AND I SERVE AS THE LIEUTENANT IN THE SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION.

TODAY I'M ACCOMPANIED BY A CAPTAIN, FIRE CAPTAIN KEN SIMPSON FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND HE'S GOING TO BE CO PRESENTING WITH ME TODAY.

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WE FEEL THAT THE TIMING IS RIGHT BECAUSE PUBLIC SENTIMENT HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.

PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THAT THE UTILIZATION OF DRONES HAS HELPED PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES, AS WELL AS PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO JUST POSSESS THEIR OWN DRONES AND USE THEM FOR THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR CHILDREN OR FOR THEIR OWN RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.

SO WE FEEL IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THAT THEY'VE REALLY BENEFITED HOW WE APPROACH DIFFERENT THINGS, ESPECIALLY IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY SECTOR.

THIS IS THE INFORMATION WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS A CULMINATION OF ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF WORTH OF COMMITTEE WORK, PROBABLY TWO YEARS NOW.

RIGHT, CAPTAIN? AND IT'S WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GATHER SO MUCH INFORMATION FROM OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, AS WELL AS FROM OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS WHO ALREADY UTILIZE DRONES IN THE DISTRICT. SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL WITH THE DRONES THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED AND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO PURCHASE IN THE FUTURE, THEY ALL HAVE AXON CAPABILITY, INTERCONNECTIVITY.

SO A LOT OF THE THE TOOLS THAT OUR OFFICERS USE OUT UTILIZE ON THE FIELD HAVE AXON.

AND THEY ALL ARE SUPPORTED BY ONE COMPANY.

SO WE HAVE OUR BODY WORN CAMERAS OUR DASHBOARD CAMERAS, AS WELL AS OUR VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING THAT WE'RE UTILIZING FOR OUR USE OF FORCE AND OUR TASERS.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING OR ADDING DRONES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR BUDGET REQUEST FOR 2024 HAS BEEN APPROVED, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE TWO MORE DRONES TO ADD TO THE TWO THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH ARE NOT BEING UTILIZED YET BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE STEPS TO GO THROUGH.

WE HAVE OUR POLICY THAT'S BEEN VETTED THROUGH LEGAL WHICH IS BASICALLY AN ADOPTION OF LEXIPOL POLICY.

AND IT HAS BEEN CATERED TO THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT.

A COUPLE THINGS FOR INTERNAL PURPOSES.

WE DEVELOPED AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL POSTING, WHICH WILL BE UTILIZED FOR WHEN WE POST FOR DRONE OPERATORS.

SO AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION EACH DRONE IS GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO A PARTICULAR DRONE OPERATOR, ONE WHO'S BEEN WHO'S GONE THROUGH THE TRAINING AND HAS RECEIVED THE FAA LICENSE IN ORDER TO OPERATE A DRONE.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY VISION AND GROWTH, AS WELL AS HOW WE CAN UTILIZE DRONES FOR OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION TOOLS.

SO AN OVERVIEW OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS TODAY IS A KIND OF ALREADY DOVE INTO IT IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY DRONE.

THE FOUR PILLARS OF A PUBLIC SAFETY DRONE PROGRAM, TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND PRODUCTIVITY.

AND THEN A RECAP OF EVERYTHING WE'VE DISCUSSED TODAY.

SO WHAT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY DRONE? A DRONE IS A UAV.

IT'S AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE THAT'S OPERATED BY A PERSON WHO HAS A REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE.

IT'S A SMALL DRONE UNDER 55 POUNDS.

IT'S PORTABLE AND FIELD DEPLOYABLE.

SO THEY'LL BE CARRIED IN A CASE, TYPICALLY IN THE BACK OF A POLICE VEHICLE OR A FIRE RIG.

AND IT HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT CAPABILITIES AS FAR AS CAMERA GOES.

SO THEY HAVE NORMAL CAMERAS, INFRARED CAMERAS AND THERMAL OPTIONS.

IT ALL REALLY DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF LOADOUT THAT WE WANT TO EQUIP EACH DRONE WITH, DEPENDING ON ANYTHING THAT'S MISSION SPECIFIC.

SO FIRE MAY REQUIRE A DIFFERENT CAMERA THAN POLICE UNITS MAY REQUIRE.

AND THEY'RE USED FOR MANY DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY SECTOR, USED FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE, DETECTING HOTSPOTS ON FIRES, LOCATING SUSPECTS, WHICH I'LL TOUCH INTO A LITTLE BIT LATER AND FUELS MANAGEMENT AS WELL.

SO THE FOUR PILLARS FOR STARTING A DRONE PROGRAM IS REGULATORY CERTIFICATES, AS I KIND OF ALLUDED TO A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

ONCE WE SELECT THE DRONE OPERATORS, WE'LL HAVE TO OBTAIN A FAA DRONE PILOT'S LICENSE, WHICH IS GOOD FOR TWO YEARS.

AND THEY WILL BE GOING I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THE CLASSES.

I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT A WEEK OR SO.

SO THEY'LL BE ATTENDING THAT COURSE AND THEY'D HAVE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE IT BEFORE OPERATING A DRONE IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

NEXT IS DRAFTING A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE AND IS READY TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

THIRD IS THE TRAINING.

SO POST IS OUR PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT GOVERNS A TRAINING FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

SO WE'LL BE WORKING MONTHLY WITH OPERATORS WITHIN THE REGION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UP TO DATE WITH TRAINING AND THAT SKILLS, THE PERISHABLE SKILLS, DON'T FALL TO THE WAYSIDE, AND THAT OUR OPERATORS ARE DILIGENT IN THEIR TRAINING AND USAGE OF THE DRONES.

AND LASTLY IS EQUIPMENT.

SO HAVING THE DRONES THEMSELVES, THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE BATTERIES THAT ARE OPERATIONAL READY IN CASE WE'RE OUT IN A, YOU KNOW AN INCIDENT WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A FIRE THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF MAPPING AND WE'D HAVE TO SWAP OUT BATTERIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION, OR WE'RE SEARCHING FOR SOMEBODY OUT IN THE WILDERNESS AND NEED TO SWITCH OUT BATTERIES OR SWITCH OUT DRONES, FOR THAT MATTER.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO MISSION SPECIFIC THINGS.

AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO CAPTAIN SIMPSON.

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YEAH. CONTINUE ON SOFTWARE INTERCONNECTIVITY USING THE AXON SOFTWARE THAT'S CURRENTLY UTILIZED FOR THE BODY-WORN CAMERAS WITH THE PD.

SAME DATA STORAGE IS CURRENTLY USED IN PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION.

ALSO WORKED WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S LOOKING GOOD ON THAT SIDE.

PROVIDES ABILITY FOR LIVE STREAM FOR DRONE CAMERAS.

THAT'S JUST A LINK THAT WE CAN SEND OUT TO SELECT AUDIENCE SO THEY CAN SEE THE THING THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING BASICALLY, LIVE.

FLIGHT PLANNING AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT IS INCLUDED IN THE SOFTWARE AS WELL.

TRAINING AND REGULATORY CERTIFICATES.

THE TRAINING IS ABOUT $1,600 PER STUDENT.

THE CLASSES ARE OFFERED LOCALLY.

STUDENTS EARN AN FAA DRONE PILOT'S LICENSE.

A REOCCURRING FAA CERTIFICATE EVERY TWO YEARS.

AND THAT'S $160 PAID ALMOST ENTIRELY TO THE FAA JUST FOR THAT ADDITIONAL TEST.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR LOCAL AGENCIES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND DEVELOPED A NICE NETWORK TO BASICALLY MIXED IN WITH ALL THE LOCAL TRAININGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OCCURRING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED.

DRONES ARE REGISTERED WITH THE PILOT UNDER THE FAA RULES.

THIS REQUIRES PURCHASING.

WE LOOKED INTO TRYING TO FIND OPTIONS FOR RENTING THE EQUIPMENT BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY CHANGES.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO FAA REGULATIONS, IT'S A REQUIRED PURCHASE.

AND I BROKE IT.

SO THE HARDWARE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OR THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS THE MAVIC 3 THERMAL COST IS UNDER $21,000 FOR TWO. THIS INCLUDES A WHOLE LAUNDRY LIST OF EQUIPMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.

SO SPOTLIGHTS, POWER CHARGERS, CABLES, EXTRA PROPELLERS.

CRASH INSURANCE PLAN.

A BUNCH OF OTHER HARDWARE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE INDIVIDUAL DRONE ITSELF TO HELP SUPPORT OUR OPERATIONS SO WE CAN SWITCH SOME STUFF OUT FOR DIFFERENT USES.

SOME OF THE STATISTICS OF THE EQUIPMENT IS MAX SPEED IS ABOUT 45MPH.

MAX FLIGHT TIME IS ABOUT 30 MINUTES ON AVERAGE.

THAT IS IMPACTED BY WEATHER CONDITIONS.

OBVIOUSLY THE WINTER CONDITIONS, THE SHORTER FLIGHT TIMES, WE'LL HAVE TO SWAP OUT BATTERIES A VERY HIGH RESOLUTION THERMAL CAMERA, 48 MEGAPIXEL VISUAL CAMERA, WHICH KIND OF BLOWS MY MIND.

ONBOARD SENSORS FOR OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE, WHICH IS ALWAYS KEY.

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

THE WORK GROUP, BASICALLY, ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, WE PUT TOGETHER A WORK GROUP TO TO START PUTTING ALL THESE PIECES TOGETHER.

IT'S A FAIRLY LARGE PROGRAM WITH A LOT OF MOVING PIECES.

AND WE BEGAN GOING OUT AND MAKING FRIENDS WITH OTHER AGENCIES, RIGHT.

PICKING THEIR BRAIN, BRINGING ALL THE INFORMATION BACK AND FIGURING OUT WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THE APPLICATION WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS NOT A SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM.

WE WILL NOT BE MONITORING ANY PARK USERS.

THE PROCEDURES PROVIDE RIGOROUS OVERSIGHT AND UPHOLD THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PRIVACY AND PROFESSIONALISM.

WE CREATED A WORKING GROUP WITH OTHER PARK DISTRICT PARTNERS.

ENSURE OUR SOPS ARE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES GIS.

STEWARDSHIP WORKFLOW WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ALREADY WERE DOING WITH FUELS MANAGEMENT, RIGHT? WE WANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY IMPACT FOR ANY OF THE LITTLE CRITTERS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED.

WE DON'T WANT TO FLY OVER ANY SENSITIVE SPECIES OR DISPLACE ANYTHING, JUST LIKE ALL OF OUR WORK THAT WE DO WITHIN PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS TAKEN CARE OF.

UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY FOR EFFICIENCY FOREST INVENTORY.

THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF WORK USE FOR THESE PARTICULAR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

FOREST INVENTORY FOR TREE DIEBACK PROJECTS, FOR EXAMPLE ANTHONY CHABOT WE HAD ALL OF OUR FUELS REDUCTION COORDINATORS, AS WELL AS SOME FIRE CAPTAINS GOING OUT IN THE FIELD, HIKING THROUGH ANTHONY CHABOT GOING THROUGH AND ASSESSING THAT 1500 ACRES FOR THE TREE MORTALITY.

IT TOOK SEVERAL WEEKS, ALMOST FIVE WEEKS IN TOTAL.

WE'RE USING A REALLY, I THINK, CLEVER METHODOLOGY, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SEE EVERY SINGLE PIECE.

BUT STILL VERY LABOR INTENSIVE.

DRONES WOULD ALLOW FOR RAPID INVENTORY WITH THINGS LIKE LIDAR PROVIDE HIGHER ACCURACY, AND A VERY QUICK TURNAROUND TIME WHERE WE CAN FLY THE ENTIRE

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FUELS PROJECTS BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS.

I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN THE FUELS PROJECTS WHERE WE HAVE A FIRE CAPTAIN OR FUELS COORDINATOR TAKE A PICTURE FROM ONE SPOT, AND THEN THEY DO THEIR BEST TO TAKE THE SAME PICTURE FROM THE NEXT SPOT.

AS THE PROJECT CONTINUES.

THIS ONE, WE CAN ACTUALLY PROGRAM IN A GPS LOCATION AND HAVE THAT DRONE FLY TO THAT SAME SPOT, LOOK AT THAT SAME AREA AND TAKE THAT SAME PICTURE.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO TELL A LOT MORE OF OUR STORY OF HOW MUCH WORK WE'RE DOING WITH THOSE NEW ANGLES AND MORE ACCURATE DEPICTIONS, SEARCH AND RESCUE NIGHTTIME OPERATIONS WITH THERMAL CAMERAS TO RAPIDLY SEARCH FOR VICTIMS IN A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS TOO DANGEROUS FOR HELICOPTERS.

THERE'S BEEN MANY TIMES WE'VE BEEN CALLED OUT FOR LOST HIKER OR SOMEBODY WHO WAS LAST SEEN IN THE PARK, AND THERE'S POWER LINES IN THE AREA.

IT'S NIGHTTIME. WE CAN'T GET ANY ROTOR WING AIRCRAFT IN, BUT WE CAN USE SOME OF THE THERMAL IMAGING WITH DRONES TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT BIRD'S EYE VIEW, TO GET OUR RESCUERS TO THE VICTIM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WILDFIRE MAPPING AFTER FIRE SUPPRESSION AIRCRAFT HAVE CLEARED THE SCENE DRONES CAN SEARCH FOR HOT SPOTS AND MAP FIRE PERIMETERS.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? I'VE HAD OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS TELL US THAT WE TAKE MOP UP TO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL THAT WE WE ALWAYS TAKE, TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE TOOLS WHERE WE CAN GET UP THERE, GET THAT BIRD'S EYE VIEW, GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF EVERYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE, AND MAKE SURE IT'S OUT.

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THOSE THERMAL CAMERAS CAN DO.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE NORMAL VISUAL PICTURE, YOU SEE BASICALLY ONE SMOKER AND MAYBE SOME SOME WHITE ASH IN THE AREA. WHEREAS YOU TURN ON THAT THERMAL, YOU CAN SEE THOSE ORANGE DOTS BEING THE HEAT THAT'S STILL THERE.

WE STILL NEED FIREFIGHTERS TO GET OUT THERE AND MOP ALL THAT UP.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE TOOLS THAT WE CAN REALLY, REALLY USE TO HELP MAKE SURE WE PUT EVERYTHING OUT.

AND IT'S ALL THE WAY.

SOME VISUAL COMPARISON.

THIS IS FROM LAST JANUARY.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE PERSPECTIVES THAT WE CAN GET.

RIGHT? SO YOU SEE THE FIRST OFF, A HANDHELD CAMERA, THAT'S JUST ME STANDING IN THE BEST SPOT WHERE I CAN GET A PICTURE OF THE AFFECTED AREA AND JUST SNAPPING A PICTURE WITH MY PHONE.

THE NEXT ONE YOU CAN SEE WITH SOME OF THE GREEN DATA, THAT'S A SCREENSHOT FROM EAGLE TAKEN AND FLYING OVER AND TAKING A SHOT.

AND THEN THE FINAL ONE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS THE DRONE FOOTAGE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET FOR THE REQUEST FOR GIS.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT GIVES US KIND OF A MORE OPTIONS AND A BETTER OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENED, HAPPENING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, AND THE OTHER IMPACT TO THOSE AREAS AROUND IT.

I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK.

YEAH, THAT WAS THAT WAS ACTUALLY THAT WAS OUT IN MILLER KNOX OUT BY WHERE THE PRIVATELY OWNED ENGINEERED EMBANKMENT FAILED.

AND IT WAS ACTUALLY SOME OF THE IMPACT WAS MOVING BECAUSE OF THE EARTH MOVEMENT WAS IMPACTING PART OF THE PARK DISTRICT.

BUT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE OR ALL OF THE FAILURE WAS ACTUALLY OCCURRED ON THAT PRIVATELY OWNED ENGINEERED HILLSIDE. SO YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THE FIRE SUCCESS STORIES.

I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE POLICE SUCCESS STORIES.

WE'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE THEM IN MANY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THANKS TO OUR BROTHER AND SISTER AGENCIES.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD THE DUBLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT HELP US WITH THEIR DRONES, LOCATE AND SAFELY APPREHEND AN ATTEMPT MURDER SUSPECT AT ONE OF OUR PARKS.

WE HAD BERKLEY PD USE THEIR DRONES TO HELP OUR OFFICERS SEARCH AND LOCATE AN ARMED SUSPECT IN A OPEN FIELD WITH HIGH BRUSH, WHICH IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

BRENTWOOD PD ALSO HELPED US WITH THEIR DRONES, AND THEY HELPED US MAINTAIN A VISUAL ON A RAPE SUSPECT WHO WAS ARMED WITH A GUN UP ON A HILLSIDE AND VERY HARD TO GET TO.

AND THEN LASTLY, AND THIS IS JUST A FEW EXAMPLES, OF COURSE SEVERAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, SHERIFF'S OFFICES HAVE ASSISTED US WITH SIMILAR SITUATIONS, INCLUDING LOCATING LOST OR OVERDUE HIKERS, AS WELL AS INJURED PARK PATRONS WHO WERE HARD TO REACH IN HARD TO REACH LOCATIONS.

AS WE KNOW, WE HAVE MANY VALLEYS, MANY HILLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND THIS JUST HELPS US SIGNIFICANTLY.

THIS IS A GREAT TOOL.

IN ADDITION TO HAVING EAGLE AVAILABLE FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TOP NOTCH PUBLIC SAFETY TO ALL OF OUR PARK PATRONS.

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THE COST OF $21,000 INCLUDED SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT.

THE BUDGET CODE THERE IS LISTED CAPTAIN SIMPSON COVERED WHICH DRONE MODEL WE WENT WITH, WHICH WAS THE TWO WHICH THE MAVIC THREE THERMAL KITS.

WITH THE APPROVED BUDGET, WE PLAN ON PURCHASING TWO MORE DRONES AND GETTING FOUR OPERATORS TRAINED NEXT YEAR.

TRAINING COSTS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT $8,000, AND IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE FOUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE TO OBTAIN THEIR FAA DRONE PILOT'S LICENSE AND POST REIMBURSABLE TRAINING.

SO WE'LL BE GETTING MONEY BACK FOR THAT POST TRAINING AS WELL.

AND LASTLY IS TO ADOPT OUR POLICY HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH OUR NEXT BATCH OF POLICIES.

AND THAT IS IT.

ANY QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR SANWONG. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU. REALLY GOOD OVERVIEW ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

MY FIRST QUESTION. DID WE HAVE DRONES BEFORE 2023, OR IS THIS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT WE PURCHASED DRONES AND ARE USING? FIRST YEAR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

OKAY, OKAY.

AND THEN SO WE HAVE TWO RIGHT NOW IN THE 2024 BUDGET PROCESS.

WE'LL HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SO THAT WILL BE FOUR TOTAL.

HOW MIGHT THESE GET SPLIT ACROSS, YOU KNOW, POLICE AND FIRE.

OR WE JUST WORK SO WELL TOGETHER THAT THEY'LL BE SHARED AS NEEDED.

SURE. SO FOR THE I'LL TALK ABOUT THE POLICE ASPECT AND YOU CAN TALK ABOUT FIRE.

SO THE VISION RIGHT NOW IS TO GET SIX TO START OUT WITH HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS SINCE WE HAVE SIX PATROL SHIFTS, THEY WOULD BE SPREAD OUT EVENLY.

SO WE'D HAVE ONE ON A DAY SHIFT, ONE ON A SWING SHIFT AND ONE ON A GRAVEYARD SHIFT FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE WEEK.

THAT WAY WE HAVE OPTIMUM COVERAGE AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF OUR TEAMS THAT ARE WORKING.

AND SO FIRE RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE DO WORK SO CLOSELY WITH THE PD, A LOT OF THE SEARCH AND RESCUE AND THOSE EVENTS ARE GOING TO BE COVERED PRIMARILY LIKE THE ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR THINGS LIKE FUELS MANAGEMENT.

WE'LL JUST BE A NORMAL REQUEST WHERE WE ASK FOR FLY OUT, FLY OVER AND MAKE SOME THINGS HAPPEN.

IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW.

AND THEN I THINK ONE OTHER IDEA THAT POPPED INTO MY HEAD IS YOU WERE SHOWING THE PHOTOS, RIGHT, WITH EAGLE AND THEN THE DRONE, AND THEN YOUR OWN HANDHELD MIGHT BE TO ALSO. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S HOPE FOR TWO ADDITIONAL DRONES TO GET UP TO SIX DRONES, IS THAT CORRECT? SO MAYBE THE NEXT TIME THAT COMES FORWARD, JUST TO SHOW THAT COST SAVINGS OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE DRONE TO GET SOME OF THE OVERHEAD SHOTS, WHILE EAGLE IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND I SUPPORT US HAVING EAGLE, YOU KNOW, IT DOES COST A LOT OF MONEY TO OPERATE EAGLE.

AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DRONE PROGRAMS IN PLACE THAT WILL ALSO HELP US, YOU KNOW, BETTER UTILIZE EAGLE AND NOT HAVE TO ALWAYS USE IT FOR THE OVERHEAD SHOTS.

SO THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT JUST POPPED INTO MY HEAD AS YOU'RE PRESENTING TO THINK ABOUT.

AND THEN I REALLY LIKE HOW YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES.

I ACTUALLY WROTE THAT DOWN AS A QUESTION.

AND THEN THE SLIDE CAME UP.

SO THANK YOU.

I THINK THE OTHER ONE, YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK COULD BE INTERESTING TO ADD TO THIS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR WITH IT.

BUT THINKING ABOUT WILDLIFE, SINCE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE PARK DISTRICT AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO GET VISUALS ON YOU KNOW, SPECIES OF SPECIAL PUBLIC INTEREST.

I KNOW NEAR MOUNT DIABLO THIS YEAR, CALIFORNIA CONDOR WAS SPOTTED.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER SPECIES PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN.

SO I THINK HELPING TO TELL THAT STORY AS EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT COULD BE HELPFUL.

BUT THEN I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR WILDFIRE OR WILDFIRE.

EXCUSE ME, WILDLIFE RISKS.

YES. ALSO WILDFIRE RISKS, BUT WILDLIFE RISK WITH THE DRONES.

AND I THINK YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS WITH THE SENSORS AND, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO SENSE THOSE COLLISIONS.

SO I THINK ALSO THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO HAVE THE DRONES IN THE AIR AND, YOU KNOW, I USE THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR AS AN EXAMPLE OF A SPECIES OF MUCH INTEREST, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DRONE IS ABLE TO SAFELY BE IN THE AIR SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOME YOU KNOW, SAD COLLISION TYPE OF SITUATION.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE TRAINING THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN HELP BE A LEADER IN TERMS OF SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL.

IN TERMS OF HOW THOSE SENSORS ARE BEING USED TO PREVENT THESE TYPES OF COLLISION, POTENTIAL COLLISION EVENTS.

YEAH. SO WE'LL BE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH OUR PARTNERS IN STEWARDSHIP, MAKING SURE, LIKE CAPTAIN SIMPSON ALLUDED TO EARLIER, THAT WHEN WE ARE IN THOSE AREAS, WE'RE VERY CAREFUL AS TO AVOID SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A PROTECTED SPECIES OF SOME SORT OR SOME, YOU KNOW, A SPECIAL NESTING AREA SPECIFICALLY, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I DEALT WITH THE PEREGRINE FALCONS AT CASTLE ROCK YEARS AGO.

SO THAT WAS AN AREA THAT WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECTED EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T OURS.

THE TRAILS LEADING UP TO IT WERE SO WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PAYING SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO THAT AREA.

SO WE WILL ABSOLUTELY DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MANAGE THAT AND AVOID THOSE SITUATIONS.

[02:50:06]

AND IF YOU DO GET ANY GREAT PHOTOS, MAKE SURE THEY GET SHARED.

ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL DO.

DIRECTOR CORBETT.

SO WITH THOSE RECORDS THAT YOU HAVE WITH OTHERS DOES IT DOES IT MAKE SENSE THAT IT'LL BE COLLECTED WITH OTHERS THAT ARE COLLECTING INFORMATION NEAR OUR PARKS OR IN OUR PARKS WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU COLLECT AS WELL? SO THE INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT FROM THE POLICE SIDE IS BASICALLY GOING TO BE SPECIFIC TO AN INCIDENT.

SO IT'LL BE YOU KNOW, LOCATING A SUSPECT OR MAKING SURE WE HAVE A VISUAL ON A SUSPECT.

OR TAKING AERIAL SHOTS FOR EVIDENCE.

FOR EXAMPLE. SO THAT INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE LOADED UP INTO EVIDENCE.COM, WHICH IS WHAT WE UTILIZE FOR ALL OF OUR EVIDENCE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING ALL THE LEXIPOL AND EVIDENCE GUIDELINES, NOT ONLY PER THE STATE, BUT THERE'S ALSO FEDERAL GUIDELINES AS FAR AS RECORD AND RETENTIONS GO.

SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT FALLS UNDER THE EXACT SAME THING THAT WE UTILIZE FOR OUR BODY WORN CAMERAS, AS WELL AS OUR DASH CAMERAS IN OUR VEHICLES.

AND THEN FROM THE FIRE ASPECT, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'D BE UTILIZING OR BE SHARING INFORMATION.

PROBABLY BEHOOVE THEM IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER ON CERTAIN AREAS.

BUT I'LL LET YOU TAKE THAT.

YEAH. FOR SURE. YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT WORKING AND COLLABORATING WITH ALL OF OUR REGIONAL COOPERATORS IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION VERY RAPIDLY.

AND HAVING SOMEBODY ON THE GROUND AT THE INCIDENT COMMAND POST WITH A CAMERA, BASICALLY SAYING WHERE ALL THE HOT SPOTS ARE, THAT CAN BE IMMEDIATELY SHARED ON THE FIREGROUND.

THE DIFFERENT FUELS MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS THAT WE CAN HAVE AS FAR AS BEFORE AND AFTERS, HELPS US TELL THAT STORY TO ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND COOPERATING AGENCIES OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING, HOW MUCH BIOMASS IS ACTUALLY GETTING TREATED THROUGH ALL OF OUR WORK HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.

SO, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S A COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM.

AND IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY.

AND I HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

WITH THE SAVING OR, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT INFORMATION AND SAVING IT.

HOW LONG DO YOU SAVE IT FOR AND WHO DO YOU SHARE IT WITH? YOU KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

WHERE DOES THAT RECORD, WHERE DOES THE RECORD GO AND HOW LONG DOES IT STAY THERE? AND WHAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE, WHEN YOU SAVE IT, HOW DO YOU SAVE IT? WHERE DO YOU SAVE IT? WHERE IS IT SITTING? WHAT'S. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SURE. SO I'LL BREAK IT UP INTO TWO PIECES.

SO WE CAN, LIKE, CAPTAIN SIMPSON WAS TALKING.

WE CAN SHARE REAL TIME INFORMATION IN A RAPIDLY EVOLVING SITUATION WITH OUR PARTNERS WHO ARE ASSISTING US OUT IN THE FIELD.

THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL. WE CAN PROVIDE A LINK TO SHARE THAT VIA AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ENCRYPTED AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SAFE.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONLY A SPECIFIC TO THE PEOPLE WE'RE SHARING IT WITH ONCE THE INCIDENT IS DONE IT GOES ON TO A USB I'M SORRY, NOT USB, A THUMB DRIVE, AND WE CAN UPLOAD IT TO EVIDENCE.COM, WHICH IS OUR CLOUD BASED PLATFORM FOR ALL OF OUR EVIDENCE.

AS FAR AS HOW LONG IT STAYS THERE, IT DEPENDS ON THE CRIME.

SO IF IT'S A MISDEMEANOR OR A FELONY, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT RETENTION PERIODS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE UTILIZE AS A RULE OF THUMB, WHENEVER WE'RE KEEPING EVIDENCE AND WHEN WE DO OUR PURGING AS WELL.

AND SO EACH TIME IT'S COLLECTED, IT'S COLLECTED AT THAT TIME AND STAYS THERE FOR A WHILE DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION WHERE THERE NEEDS TO BE SAVED OR.

YES, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

HOW WE SAVE IT AND WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE PUT IT AND WHO HAS WHO CAN GET TO THE ACCESS OF IT.

AND SURE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, I'M ONE OF OUR SUPER ADMINISTRATORS FOR EVIDENCE.COM.

ACTING CAPTAIN [INAUDIBLE] IS ALSO A SUPER ADMINISTRATOR.

SO WE MANAGE THE OVERALL PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT.

SO EVERY OFFICER HAS TO BE ABLE TO UPLOAD THEIR BODY WORN CAMERAS SINCE EACH ISSUED ONE, AS WELL AS THE INFORMATION THAT'S, HELD ON THEIR DASH CAMERAS AS WELL.

SO EVERY OFFICER HAS AN INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT THAT THEY UTILIZE TO LOAD UP INTO EVIDENCE.COM, AND IT'S TAGGED SPECIFICALLY TO THE OFFICER WHO RECORDED IT.

SO IN THE INSTANCE OF A DRONE, WHOEVER THE DRONE OPERATOR IS, THAT INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE LINKED TO THAT OFFICER OR SERGEANT OR FIRE YOU KNOW, FIRE PERSONNEL THAT'S GOING TO BE UTILIZING IT.

SO IT'LL BE TIED TO THAT PERSON.

AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE TAG IT TO AN INCIDENT.

SO DISPATCH WILL GIVE US A CASE NUMBER UTILIZING OUR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM.

[02:55:05]

SO IT WILL BE EASY TO LOCATE THAT INFORMATION.

AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER BEFORE REGARDING RETENTION PERIODS, IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE CLASSIFICATION OF THAT INCIDENT IS.

AND THAT'S GOING TO DETERMINE HOW LONG WE KEEP IT FOR.

BUT IT'S ALL IN EVIDENCE.COM.

OKAY, SO THE RECORDS ARE SITTING SOMEWHERE IN THE .COM.

IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S JUST A PLACE WHERE IT GETS SENT TO.

YES. AND IT STAYS THERE UNTIL, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER REASON TO LET.

YES. WHETHER A DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEEDS IT FOR CHARGING, WE WOULD MAKE A COPY OF THAT AND PROVIDE IT TO THEM.

YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A RECORDS ACT WHERE SOMEBODY IS REQUESTING THAT INFORMATION, THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THAT.

YEAH, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME RULES WITH REGARD TO WHO YOU CAN SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH.

RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THIS IS VERY COOL.

[LAUGHTER] REGARDING TRAINING, I WAS WONDERING, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE OUR EXISTING HELICOPTER PILOTS TRAINED? BECAUSE IT WOULD PROBABLY BE REALLY EASY FOR THEM.

AND DURING THEIR OFF TIME WHEN THEY'RE NOT FLYING, THEY COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THEY'D BE GOOD DRONE OPERATORS.

ABSOLUTELY. WE THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY A POTENTIAL FOR THE FUTURE.

WE WANT TO BE EQUITABLE AS FAR AS GIVING PLENTY OF PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME DRONE PILOTS.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE RECRUITING AND RETENTION ASPECT OF IT AS WELL.

SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE OUR PILOTS WHO HAVE A SPECIFIC SKILL AND NICHE.

AND WE HAVE OUR TACTICAL FLIGHT OFFICERS AS WELL BEING ABLE TO OFFER A DRONE OPERATOR SPECIALTY TO SOMEBODY COMING FROM, LET'S SAY ANOTHER DEPARTMENT HAS A COUPLE YEARS ON ELSEWHERE AND WANTS TO TRY SOMETHING NEW, I THINK THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT EXISTS THERE IS VERY SPECIAL FOR US TO HAVE HERE AT THE DISTRICT. THAT'S GREAT.

AND THEN ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF EAGLE IS THAT WHEN WE'RE IN A DENSE CANOPY SITUATION WHERE THEY CAN'T SEE AND WE HAVE TROUBLE ON THE GROUND GETTING OUT WITH THE RADIO, THEY KIND OF PROVIDE A CONE OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE CAN DIRECT.

WILL THE DRONES BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SAME CAPABILITY WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY COULD BE LIKE A RELAY FOR OUR RADIOS TO COMMUNICATE OUTSIDE.

IT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA AND ANYTHING CAN BE DONE WITH TECHNOLOGY, BUT THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S A GREAT MANY APPLICATIONS FOR EAGLE THAT A DRONE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TOUCH.

YEAH, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO DROP A COUPLE HUNDRED GALLONS OF WATER WITH A DRONE.

[LAUGHTER] THIMBLE. RIGHT? YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT HUMAN REPEATER IN THE SKY TO BE ABLE TO PASS ON THOSE PIECES OF INFORMATION. BUT THAT BEING SAID, THERE IS TECHNOLOGY THAT'S CONTINUOUSLY BEING DEVELOPED.

EVEN IN THE COURSE OF THIS WORK GROUP TECHNOLOGY EVOLVED.

YEAH. AND WE ADAPTED.

BUT JUST THAT'S REALLY GOES INTO THE POINT THAT WE DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IN THE PRESENTATION IS THAT EAGLE SERVES A VERY IMPORTANT PURPOSE, AND THIS PROVIDES ANOTHER LAYER TO THAT OVERALL PICTURE.

AND SO IN NO WAY ARE WE LOOKING TO DISPLACE THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

IF ANYTHING, IT ENHANCES IT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY ENHANCES THE SERVICE WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE OUR CONSTITUENTS.

YEAH, I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY TO PUT IT LIKE A, SOME KIND OF LIKE A HOTSPOT ON THE DRONE SO THAT YOU CAN EVEN GET OUT ON YOUR CELL PHONE, YOU KNOW, EXTEND EXTEND YOUR RANGE. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. BREAK OUT THE DUCT TAPE AND JUST.

YEAH. YEAH.

UKRAINIANS ARE REALLY GOOD AT THAT.

YEAH. I'M SURE THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE.

YEAH. IT'S JUST RIGHT NOW, IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.

YEAH. AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, PROOF OF CONCEPT.

YEAH. THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.

NO, I THINK MY FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE WITH THIS WAS AFTER THE 91 FIRE THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

WE HAD THE FIRE IN THE SAME EXACT SPOT IN 1992.

AND AT THE TIME IN THE THIS TIME WE STAYED OVERNIGHT, BUT WE HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF OSCAR, THE OAKLANDS HELICOPTER, WHICH WAS EQUIPPED WITH INFRARED. AND THEY KEPT US BUSY ALL NIGHT.

AND I THINK IF WE WERE TO USE THAT TECHNOLOGY IN 91, THE OAKLAND HILLS FIRE WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.

AND I THINK THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE TOOL.

JUST YOUR PICTURE UP THERE SEEING THE ONE SMOKE COLUMN AND THEN A SEA OF RED EVERYWHERE ELSE.

THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE IT'S UNDERGROUND IT COULD POP UP.

AND THEN THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 91 FIRE.

BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY.

[03:00:01]

RIGHT? SO, YEAH.

AND IT REALLY SUPPORTS THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND, THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND.

YEAH. TO GET OUT THERE AND DO THE WORK THAT WE'RE ALL SO PASSIONATE ABOUT.

YEAH, I'M ALL FOR IT.

EXCELLENT. OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU.

WELL, WITH THAT, YES.

I AM GOING TO JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT.

I JUST REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE AND FIRE WHO WORKED.

THEY MENTIONED THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR TWO YEARS, REALLY ACROSS THE AGENCY.

SO I'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL MEETINGS IN VARIOUS SEATS THAT I'VE HAD AND JUST REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR COLLABORATIVE NATURE.

AND REALLY, I THINK WE HEARD TODAY JUST BEING VERY SENSITIVE TO THE IMPACTS OF THIS NEW TOOL THAT WE HAVE AND REALLY TRYING TO GO SLOWER, TO GO FASTER TO GET IT RIGHT.

EXACTLY. THANK YOU.

GREAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

LOOKING FORWARD.

YES. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

ITEM NUMBER SIX. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?

[Announcements]

OKAY, WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OF YOU.

SO THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING, AND DENISE BROUGHT COOKIES.

THANK YOU, DENISE, FOR RUNNING THESE MEETINGS AND THEN TO ALL OF YOU, CERTAINLY BECAUSE THESE ARE, I THINK, VERY SUBSTANTIVE MEETINGS. THERE'S A WE COVER A LOT AS AS DIRECTOR SANWONG SAID, I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT OPERATING THE DISTRICT.

AND SO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TODAY AND, AND GOT ALL YEAR FROM ALL OF YOU HAS MADE US DO OUR JOBS BETTER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND REALLY THANK YOU.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH, I THINK I THINK IT HELPS THAT WE HAVE THIS NICE OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF AND THE BOARD MEMBERS AND LEGAL.

AND SO IT'S I THINK IT REALLY MAKES US ALL BETTER.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I JUST LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS.

I'VE REALLY ENJOYED BEING ON THIS COMMITTEE.

I BELIEVE THIS IS MY FIRST BACK IN EARLY JANUARY, BEFORE WE HAD A BOARD MEETING, BEFORE WE HAD OUR LOVELY, YOU KNOW, SWEARING IN CEREMONY WITH CONGRESSMAN DESAULNIER WE HAD ON ZOOM BECAUSE WE WERE STILL MEETING ON ZOOM.

WE HAD THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

SO THIS WAS MY FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

SO I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT ABOUT OPERATIONS.

AND IT WAS KIND OF GREAT TO GET STARTED ON THE BOARD WITH YOU, LISA, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU MOVED OVER TO THIS ROLE FROM YOUR PREVIOUS ROLE AND I THINK I'VE LEARNED A LOT, LIKE I MENTIONED, EVEN THOUGH I WAS ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR EIGHT YEARS, I THINK ONE YEAR ON THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE CAN ALSO BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE PARK DISTRICT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY LIKED YOUR COMMENT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, DEE ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD UPON EACH OTHER'S COMMENTS AND HAVE A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION, AND THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS DO HELP FOSTER AND FACILITATE, YOU KNOW, WITH THREE PEOPLE VERSUS SEVEN.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S HOW WE CAN ALSO KIND OF GET INTO SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, DEEPER INSIGHTS.

AND YOU KNOW, I MIGHT NOT REALIZE THAT I HAVE THIS IDEA UNTIL I HEAR, YOU KNOW, ELLEN SPEAKING ABOUT SOMETHING.

I'M LIKE, OH, WAIT, I WANT TO BUILD UPON ELLEN'S COMMENT.

SO I THINK THAT THAT ALSO REFLECTS VERY POSITIVELY ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE AND THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING ORGANIZED.

SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, THANKS SO MUCH LISA, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

AND THIS IS AN AMAZING COMMITTEE, AND I VERY MUCH ENJOY BEING ON THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL AND HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE.

AND SO MUCH GETS DONE.

IT'S IT'S INTENSE AND THERE'S BEEN SO MANY GOOD THINGS GOING ON IN THE STATE.

AND WHEN THE STAFF COMES IN AND DOES WHAT IT DOES AND PRESENTS WHAT THEY PRESENT, IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.

IT'S HEAVY DUTY AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING A LEADER IN THIS PROCESS.

VERY MUCH SO VILLAGE.

YES. EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

SO IT'S A GREAT YEAR, GREAT YEAR.

AND THERE'LL BE MORE GREAT YEARS IN THE FUTURE.

EXCELLENT. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, WELL, WITH THAT, EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY AND LET'S HOPE THAT PEACE PREVAILS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

AND LOVE AND KINDNESS TO ALL.

YES. ALL YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

SO. ABSOLUTELY.

WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.