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ALL RIGHT.SO WE ARE TOLD BY PRIME GOV WE CAN, UH, MOVE AHEAD AND START THE MEETING.
THIS IS THE BOARD, UH, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
WE'RE MEETING ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, AND WE'RE STARTING THE MEETING AT 1232.
AND I WILL ASK RECORDING CLERK ASHLEY,
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IF YOU COULD PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE.THIS IS ASHLEY GRENIER, RECORDING CLERK TAKING ROLE.
UH, CHAIR COFFEY HERE, DIRECT DIRECTOR MERCURIO HERE, DIRECTOR SAN WONG HERE.
AND WE HAVE PARK DISTRICT STAFF COORDINATORS IN THIS MEETING.
ANA ALVAREZ HERE AND CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
AND TODAY'S MEETING IS HELD PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT.
WE'RE PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO LIVE VIA ZOOM BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL OR LEAVING A VOICEMAIL.
THIS INFORMATION IS NOTED ON THE AGENDA.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN.
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UH, NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES THAT HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.IS THERE A, UH, MOTION ACCORDINGLY? I'LL MAKE A MOTION SINCE I WAS HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE.
I THINK YOU WERE ON THE ZOOM DIRECTOR OF CHURO, SO YOU CAN SECOND NO.
AND, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, SAY AYE.
AND ONE'S TWO? YES, ONE ABSTENTION.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS? NOT ON THE AGENDA.
NO PUBLIC, ANYTHING APPARENT ON ZOOM OR ANY OTHER REQUESTS? NO REQUESTS.
SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM FOUR, INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. AND IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION FROM THE COMMITTEE, WE'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEM FOUR B UP TO, UH, UH, START, UH, UH, INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. SO THIS WILL BE
[Update on Local Actions Taken By Other Jurisdictions]
UPDATE ON LOCAL ACTIONS TAKEN BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
BRIAN HOLT, CHIEF OF PLANNING TRAILS AND GIS THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ACCOMMODATING MY REQUEST TO MOVE UP HERE A LITTLE BIT, UH, QUICKER, UH, AHEAD OF THE AGENDA AS MY DAUGHTER HAS HER, UH, FIRST SWIM MEET THIS AFTERNOON.
SO I NEED TO DASH OUT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE HER TO THAT.
SO, UM, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, YOUR HUMORING ME HERE.
UM, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ITEMS FOR YOU TODAY, UH, LARGELY, UH, REGARDING, UM, OTHER JURISDICTIONS, UH, IMPROVING PARKLANDS AROUND OURS.
UM, SO, UH, SO WE'LL DIVE INTO THAT HERE.
UM, THE FIRST ITEM I WAS GONNA SHARE WITH YOU, UH, DATES BACK TO SEPTEMBER.
THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE ACTIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEN.
UH, BUT THIS IS WITH REGARDS TO THE, UH, DRAFT WATERFRONT MARINA TRUST, UH, LAND USE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF MARTINEZ.
SO, AS YOU, UH, MAY BE FAMILIAR, UM, THE, UH, THE PARK DISTRICT, OH, I'M SORRY.
SO AGAIN, UH, FIRST ITEM WE WILL DISCUSS HERE IS THE CITY OF MARTINEZ DRAFT WATERFRONT MARINA, UH, TRUST, LAND USE PLAN.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS AN AREA OF THE, UH, TED AND KATHY RADKEY MARTINEZ REGIONAL SHORELINE.
UM, A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, UH, HELD BY THE CITY OF MARTINEZ, A PORTION OWNED BY, UH, THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
AND, UM, AND SOME, SOME ARRANGEMENT THERE.
UM, SO THE, THE, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED THIS PLAN.
THIS WAS, UH, DEVELOPED, UM, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
UM, PARK DISTRICT'S STAFF DID PARTICIPATE, UM, IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN.
SO WE MET WITH, UH, CITY STAFF AND CONSULTANTS A COUPLE TIMES, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR INPUT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE, UM, WHAT THE LAND USES ARE THAT ARE LAID OUT HERE, UM, FOR BOTH, UM, CITY LANDS, WHICH IS THE MARINA AND THE PARKING AREA AROUND THERE.
AND THEN AREAS THAT ARE LEASED, UH, BY THE CITY FROM THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES THE SPORTS FIELDS.
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UH, WATERSHED LANDS OVER ON THE, UM, I GUESS IT WOULD BE THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.SO, UM, SO WHAT IS PROPOSED IS, UH, SOME, UH, SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING SPORTS FIELDS.
OF COURSE, THE BOCCE BALL COURTS, THERE ARE BELOVED AND, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE AREAS.
UM, SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING, UM, LOOKING AT, UM, IMPROVING THE MARINA AREA, UH, AND PROVIDING SOME LEVEL OF, UH, AN EVENT CENTER.
UM, UH, UH, EXPANDING THE YACHT CLUB, UM, UH, PROVIDING SOME, UH, WATER ACCESS FOR, SAY, UH, KITE SURFING, UH, OR, OR KAYAKING.
UM, AND THEN INCLUDING SOME, UH, SOME RESTAURANT OPTIONS, UH, COFFEE STANDS, OTHER THINGS THERE.
UM, AND THEN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, LOOKING AT SOME, UM, SOME RESTORATION OF SOME OF THE, UM, UH, THE TIDAL INFLUENCE LANDS THAT ARE IN THERE.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF LONGSTANDING INTEREST BOTH TO THE CITY AND TO THE PARK DISTRICT.
UH, IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN TO THE MARINA, UH, AREA DOWN THERE, UM, IT'S LONG BEEN A, A, A MAINTENANCE CHALLENGE FOR THE CITY TO, UH, TO DREDGE THAT MARINA.
UM, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT SITE IS, UH, UNDERUTILIZED CURRENTLY, UM, AND CAN BE RELATIVELY, UM, UH, UH, YEAH, IT'S, UH, FOR, FOR THAT, THAT SITE ON THE WATERFRONT, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
SO, UH, SO THIS IS, UH, A PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED PARTLY, UH, UH, REQUIRED BY THE STATE, BUT ALSO TO HELP GUIDE THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USES OUT THERE.
UM, I SHOULD SAY AT THIS TIME, I DON'T KNOW THAT, UM, THAT ANY FUNDING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO IMPLEMENT THIS OR, OR THAT ANY PARTNERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO SAY, UH, TO SAY, UH, DO SOME OF THE EVENT CENTER OR, UM, OR, OR, UH, OR RESTAURANT SITES.
BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY OF MARTINEZ AS, AS THIS MOVES FORWARD, UH, TO, UH, TO ENSURE OUR INTERESTS ARE THERE AND, AND TO HELP ACTIVATE THAT WATERFRONT.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM, UH, ANOTHER VERY LONGSTANDING ITEM, UH, THE ORINDA, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, REVIEWING, UH, ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
ACTUALLY, THIS, UH, DATE IS, THIS IS A LITTLE DATED IN THAT, UH, ACTUALLY JUST, UH, A NEW DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
UH, JUST WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, LAST WEEK, AND WE EXPECTED TO GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, HERE SOON.
UM, WHICH IS TO, UH, EVALUATE THE, THE, UH, DEVELOPER OG PROPERTY OWNERS LLC, UM, REGARDING THE, UM, THEIR PROGRESS IN MEETING THE VARIOUS COMMITMENTS THAT THEY'VE HAD UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR, FOR THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE, UM, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE, UM, AS YOU GO OVER HIGHWAY 24, UM, THE WILDER, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 24.
UH, THE WILDER DEVELOPMENT IS LARGELY COMPLETE.
UM, THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING SOME IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CITY.
UM, UH, AND IN ADDITION, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE ITEMS THAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS INTEREST, HAS HAD INTEREST IN.
UH, MOST NOTABLY IS THE WESTERN HILLS OPEN SPACE.
SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, UH, THE CITY OF ORINDA AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE TO, UH, TO ENSURE WHATEVER IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED TO BE MADE IN THE WESTERN HILLS OPEN SPACE TO GET IT TO A POINT THAT, UH, THE PARK WILL PARK DISTRICT IS, IS ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S THINGS LIKE FENCING AND GRAZING INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, THERE WAS SOME, UH, INCLUDED IN THERE, SOME, UH, EXPANDED, UH, PARK ACCESS, TRAIL ACCESS, UH, AND PARKING THAT, UH, THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY ORINDA ON, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, UH, THAT, UH, UH, THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO SIBLEY AND WESTERN HILLS OPEN SPACE THROUGH THE WILDER DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE ONGOING.
AND, UM, AND WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED AS WE GO THERE.
CITY OF ALAMEDA, UM, THIS IS AT ALAMEDA POINT, UM, HAS STARTED TO HOLD WORKSHOPS ON A PROJECT THAT THEY'RE CALLING, UH, DEEP PAVE PARK.
IT'S A VERY ILLUSTRATIVE NAME, 'CAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IS DEEP PAVING, AN AREA OF THE FORMER ALAMEDA POINT NAVAL AIR STATION, UH, TO, TO BRING IN, TO RESTORE SOME WETLANDS, I BELIEVE, BOTH TIDAL AND UPLAND WETLANDS, UM, AND CREATING SOME BOARDWALKS AND MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC.
SO, AGAIN, UM, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE INTEREST IN FOR, FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
UM, OF COURSE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH, I GUESS IT WOULD BE THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE FORMER NAVAL AIR STATION.
UH, THE PARK DISTRICT IS SET TO RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 150 OR SO ACRES OF WHAT HAS TENTATIVELY BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES REGIONAL SHORELINE.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN, UM, UH, EXPANDING THE BAY TRAIL ACCESS AROUND THE FORMER NAVAL AIR STATION, UH, WHICH WOULD GO THROUGH OR ADJACENT TO THIS DEEP PAVE PARK AREA, WHICH IS SHOWN, UM, SHOWN IN THE CIRCLE HERE.
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IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO ALAMEDA POINT RECENTLY, YOU'VE NOTICED THERE'S A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING ALONG SEAPLANE LAGOON.SO THAT'S BEEN A, A LONG TIME COMING.
THERE'S BEEN SOME PARK IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE WATER FRONTAGE HERE.
UH, AND THEN NOW THE CITY'S LOOKING AT DEEP PAVE PARK AREA.
SO WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH THE CITY AND THE DESIGN OF THIS AND, UH, UM, HAVE SHARED OUR THOUGHTS ON THE LARGER OPEN SPACE, UH, VISION FOR THE FORMER, UH, ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR STATION.
UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM AS THEY, THEY WORK TO BUILD THIS.
BUT YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THE, UM, CONCEPTUAL DESIGN HERE, WHICH AGAIN, IS REALLY DEEP PAVING, UH, A BIG PORTION OF THE AREA, UM, BRINGING IN SOME TIDAL INFLUENCE.
THERE IS SOME, UM, SOME UPLAND WETLANDS THAT WOULD BE CREATED.
THESE WOULD BE, UH, POSSIBLY MITIGATION AREAS FOR CITY OF NAVY ACTIVITY OR CITY OF NAVY, NAVY ACTIVITIES ELSEWHERE, UH, ON THE BASE WHERE THEY NEED TO CREATE SOME WETLANDS.
UM, AND, UH, AND THEN AGAIN, INCORPORATING, UH, THE TRAILS, UH, AND PROVIDING SOME FISHING AREAS AND THE PARKING LOT TO PROVIDE ACCESS THROUGH HERE.
UH, AND THEN I BELIEVE LASTLY IS, UH, A PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BY THE CITY OF FREMONT.
UM, THIS WOULD BE, UH, NEAR, UH, VARGAS PLATEAU, UH, NEAR AN AREA THAT, UH, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON, UM, EXPANDING, UH, THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL THROUGH WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE LOUIS PROPERTY, UM, TO CONNECT TO, UH, TO NILES CANYON AND MISSION BOULEVARD, UH, AND ACROSS DE VARGAS PLATEAU.
UM, SO YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THAT ALIGNMENT HERE ON THE MAP ON THE LEFT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE.
UM, SEAN DUGAN TRAILS PROGRAM MANAGER HAS BEEN ABLE TO SECURE A LOT OF THE, THE APPROVALS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THAT.
SO THIS PROJECT IS ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
UM, BUT IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, VALLEJO MILLS HISTORICAL PARK, IT'S A CITY PARK, HAS LONG BEEN, UM, AGAIN, UNDERUTILIZED OR PERHAPS OVERUTILIZED BY, UM, BY, UH, UH, UH, THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, AND THERE'S BEEN VARIOUS EFFORTS TO TRY TO ACTIVATE THAT SPACE TO, TO MAKE IT AGAIN, AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UH, SO THE EFFORT HERE IS TO DEVELOP FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS WITHIN THE PARK, UM, AND TO PROVIDE SOME, UH, TO PROVIDE SOME EXPANDED PARKING, UM, AS WELL AS DEVELOPING A, A DOG PARK IN HERE.
AND I KNOW, UM, BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS WERE RECENTLY DISCUSSED AT THE FREMONT LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, UH, WHERE STAFF WAS ABLE TO GET SOME INPUT WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, UH, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT AND, UH, AND CONTINUING TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY OF FREMONT ON, ON THEIR PLANS IN THAT AREA, UH, FOR THAT.
SO WITH THAT, THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT I HAVE TO SHARE.
UM, AT THIS POINT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, AND, UH, ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
UH, ALL THE QUESTION ON MARTINEZ, BUT I WANT TO LOOK TO MY COLLEAGUES FIRST DIRECTOR.
I ACTUALLY HAVE QUITE A FEW COMMENTS, SO IF YOU WANT JOHN TO GO FIRST, THAT'D BE FINE TOO.
I, I CAN GO, I CAN GO REAL QUICK.
SINCE, SINCE YOU JUST FINISHED WITH FREMONT, I'LL, I'LL JUST CHIME IN SINCE I WAS AT THE LIAISON MEETING, AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION, AND HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE IN DEPTH INSIGHT ABOUT THAT CONVERSATION.
BUT YES, THE, THE, THE ENCAMPMENT WAS DISCUSSED, UM, QUITE A BIT AS WELL AS PARKING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME CONCERN 'CAUSE BOTH DOG PARKS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE VERY POPULAR.
AND RIGHT NOW, I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 25 PARKING SPACES IN THIS PLAN.
UM, WHEN WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION JUST TO THE LEFT OF THIS RENDERING, THERE IS A SPOT WHERE CITY OF FREMONT HAS IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL 25 PARKING SPACES, BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THE CURRENT PLAN.
AND THEN WE DID ALSO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS WILL CONNECT TO, UM, THE, THE, THE GARRIN TO VALLEJO MILLS TRAIL THAT YOU SEE HERE, ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT OF, UM, THE SLIDE.
AND, UM, AND JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT COULD ALSO POTENTIALLY BE A VERY POPULAR TRAIL, ALTHOUGH IT IS QUITE STEEP GOING UP AND GOING DOWN.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL LINE AND, UM, ONE OF OUR, UH, IMPORTANT CONNECTORS.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION THAT THAT MEETING WAS LAST WEEK WITH, UH, THE CITY OF FREMONT.
IN TERMS OF A FEW OTHER COMMENTS I HAD, I MEAN, THIS IS ALWAYS SUCH A HELPFUL REPORT, AND IT'S ALWAYS SO GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT THIS THOUGH, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS HAPPENING, AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE TO THE POINT WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, RENDERINGS AND, UH, PLANS.
AND ALSO THERE MIGHT BE A FEW ITEMS THAT
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MAYBE WE AS DIRECTORS ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH.AND THEN I KNOW THERE'S ALSO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT LIAISON MEETINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT CITY OF FREMONT'S MENTIONED HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER LIAISON MEETING I HAD IN THIS PAST WEEK WAS YESTERDAY WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT, WHICH IS BOTH THE WATER SUPPLY, UM, AGENCY, AS WELL AS THE GROUNDWATER BASIN MANAGER FOR THE CITIES OF FREMONT, UNION CITY AND NEWARK.
AND, UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I WAS PREVIOUSLY ON THE ZONE SEVEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND WHEN I WAS SPEAKING TO ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES FROM ZONE SEVEN, THERE'S A LOT OF CURIOSITY AT THIS MEETING YESTERDAY WITH A CWD SINCE ONE OF THE MAIN TOPICS WAS, UM, DEL VAL.
AND, UM, SO AS WE WERE CATCHING UP, THE THING THAT CAME UP A LOT LAST NIGHT, UH, IN THAT REVIEW OF THE A CWD MEETING WAS LOS VAQUEROS
AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT LIAISON MEETING RECENTLY, IS THAT CORRECT? OH, I'D HEARD THAT THERE HAD BEEN, WELL, THERE WAS ONE, BUT IT WASN'T REALLY RECENTLY.
MAYBE JULY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ANYWAYS, MY POINT HERE IS THAT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT LIAISON MEETINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS, AND THEY, THEY, THEY DO OVERLAP.
THEY'RE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO HAVE LIKE, SOME SORT OF TRACKER.
UM, SO THEN, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER EXAMPLE I WAS THINKING ABOUT, I KNOW YOU'RE SO KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THIS, BRIAN, 'CAUSE WE WERE OUT AT DUAL AND CANYON, UH, WHAT, SIX WEEKS AGO, I WANNA SAY APPROXIMATELY.
UM, AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE DUBLIN BOULEVARD EXTENSION PROJECT AND HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THAT PROJECT.
SO WHAT IT'S GONNA DO IS GONNA CONNECT DUBLIN BOULEVARD TO NORTH CANYONS PARKWAY CONNECT DUBLIN TO THE CITY OF LIVERMORE.
AND, UM, THERE'S A, THERE THERE'S DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES IN REGARDS TO DEVELOPMENT, UH, FROM THE CITY OF DUBLIN VERSUS THE CITY OF LIVERMORE.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE FOUND THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL IN THIS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY DIRECTLY IMPACT THE PRESERVE THAT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS CURRENTLY OWNS, BUT I MEAN, IT'S IN DOLAND CANYON.
SO CERTAINLY IT'S A TOPIC TO BE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO FOLLOW.
AND I KNOW THAT BOTH THE CITIES OF LIVERMORE AND DUBLIN HAVE EACH DONE SOME POLLING AND HAVE, UM, GATHERED SOME INSIGHTS FROM, UH, A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF THEIR PUBLIC.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF I, AND I, YOU KNOW, SINCE I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CLOSELY, I COULD EASILY LIKE, PUT THE LINK UP FROM EACH OF THOSE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS IN REGARDS TO THEIR POLLING AND THE INSIGHTS OF EACH OF THE CITIES.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO START, UM, COLLECTING THIS INFORMATION, AND I KNOW IDEALLY IT'D BE GREAT IF WE HAD LIKE THIS SHARED EXCEL SPREADSHEET ON OFFICE 365, BUT I KNOW, LYNN, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
THERE'S LIKE SOME BROWN ACT CONCERNS WITH THAT.
UM, IF IT'S, IF THERE'S, IF WE HAVE THIS SHARED SPREADSHEET AND IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW TO MANAGE THAT THE BEST.
WELL, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO GET TOO OFF TOPIC IN TERMS OF THE TOPIC HERE, WHICH IS THE ITEMS THAT BRIAN PRESENTED.
SO IN TERMS OF BROWN ACT, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE I'M JUST TRYING TO CONNECT SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW TO THE TOPIC THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
SO, UM, I'M SURE THERE'S A CONNECTION.
I'M JUST, AND THEN I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE SPREADSHEET OFFLINE.
SO I GUESS, SO JUST LIKE WITH LOCAL ACTIONS, I, I JUST DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE TO PUT ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.
WE CAN DISCUSS THAT RIGHT NOW YOU'RE PRESENTED WITH THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA AND THE ONES THAT AREN'T ON THE AGENDA WEREN'T, UH, THE PUBLIC DIDN'T GET NOTICE THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THEM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, I'M JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THIS GROUP,
UM, SO, UH, MARTINEZ, THE MARTINEZ SITUATION THERE AND THAT PLAN THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH I USED TO WORK DOWN PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT, UM, AREA, AND I KNOW IT PRETTY WELL, ALTHOUGH IT'S CHANGES OVER THE YEARS, BUT ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE BAY TRAIL AND, AND, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE A PROJECT TO THE WEST OF THERE TO BRING THE, YOU KNOW, TO IMPROVE THE BAY TRAIL ACCESS INTO MARTINEZ.
BUT NOW I'M THINKING ABOUT THE OTHER, ON THE OTHER, ON THE OTHER SIDE, ON THE EASTERN SIDE.
AND I'VE, I'VE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT THIS FOR LITERALLY YEARS, IS HOW WILL THERE EVER BE A REAL, AND THIS IS, I HOPE THIS IS, I I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE BAY TRAIL RELATES TO THIS PROJECT.
I GUESS THAT'S MY BASIC QUESTION HERE, TO, TO ANSWER THAT BASICALLY, I MEAN, THE BAY TRAIL WOULD, UM, AND DOES TIE INTO THIS PROJECT.
SO, UH, BAY TRAIL WOULD BE YOUR, ONE OF YOUR PRIMARY, YOU KNOW, NON-MOTORIZED ACCESS TO
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TED AND KATHY RADKEY, MARTINEZ REGIONAL SHORELINE, AS WELL AS ANY OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PLANNED AS PART OF THE CITY OF MARTINEZ, UH, PROJECTS.UM, TO ANSWER YOUR OTHER QUESTION REGARDING, UH, THE BAY TRAIL TO THE EAST OF HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A HARD GAP.
UM, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S EAST OF HERE AS YOU HAVE A LOT OF REFINERY, A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL LAND, UM, AND, UH, CERTAINLY PART OF, PART OF OUR ONGOING EFFORTS AS PART OF OUR WORK, UM, ABAS, MTCS, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY THE BAY TRAIL COMMUNITY, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW WE CLOSE GAPS.
UM, BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY A HARD GAP.
YOU KNOW, LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF TIMES DRIVING BY THERE.
I ALWAYS
SO, SO IT DOES HAVE, IT DOES HAVE A, A, A REAL TIE IN HERE TO THIS.
PART OF THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO HAVE THE BAY, TO HAVE THE BAY TRAIL AS CLOSE TO THE BAY AS POSSIBLE, AND TO ALSO HAVE CONNECTIONS THAT BRING PEOPLE TO THE BAY.
AND, AND I, AND I SEE FACILITIES HERE IN, IN THIS, IN THIS PARK, UM, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO, TO, ESPECIALLY THE LONGER DISTANCE TRAVELERS ALONG THE BAY TRAIL.
THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THEM.
SO YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY A WAY POINT.
SO, ON, ON THIS MAP, BRIAN, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THEY HAVE DEVELOPED ANY KIND OF TIMEFRAME FOR ANY OF THIS.
IS THIS GONNA BE HAPPENING OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS? YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE THE PLAN AND HOPE THAT, UH, HOPE THAT FOLKS COME AND EMBRACE IT AND, AND BRING IT FORWARD.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A TIMEFRAME FOR THIS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT, LIKE I SAY, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN ANY REAL FUNDING IDENTIFIED FOR IT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO THIS.
SO I WOULD NEED TO GO BACK AND SORT OF SEE IF THERE'S, UM, SOME LEVEL OF PHASING, UH, OR DIFFERENT THINGS I INCLUDED IN THERE.
PART OF THIS, UM, PART OF WHAT WAS DRIVING THIS WAS SORT OF TWOFOLD.
I MEAN, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DOES REQUIRE THAT, UH, MARTINEZ AND ANY OF THE CITIES THAT HOLD, UH, TRUST LANDS HAVE AN UPDATED TRUST, LAND USE PLAN.
SO THEY WERE, WERE ESSENTIALLY REQUIRED TO DO THIS.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE IMPETUS OF, UH, JUST WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE MARINA? AND THAT'S BEEN, AS YOU'RE FAMILIAR, A LONGSTANDING CONVERSATION WITH MARTINEZ MANY YEARS.
UM, SO I THINK, UM, UH, SO I WOULD NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT SPECIFIC TIMEFRAMES AND, AND JUST REALLY WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ASPECTS OF THIS ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE RESTORATION? THE, THE, UM, WHAT ARE THEY DESCRIBING IT HERE AS THE 21 TIDE LAND RESTORATION AND PASSIVE RECREATION? THAT WHOLE AREA IS VERY UNDERUTILIZED IN OTHER, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S A TRAIL THAT KIND OF GOES MEANDERS OVER TOWARD THE REFINERY AND THEN AROUND BACK TO THE BASEBALL FIELDS.
AND THAT WHOLE AREA COULD REALLY USE, UH, RESTORATION, I THINK IS IS THE RIGHT WORD.
UM, YOU KNOW, MARTINEZ, LIKE A LOT OF THE BAYFRONT COMMUNITIES ARE ALL LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHORELINE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE ADAPTATION, RESTORATION PROJECTS.
AND OF COURSE THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING FOR THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO THIS WAS AN AREA THAT THEY SAW WOULD BE A POTENTIAL FOR THAT.
AND, UH, DID REACH OUT TO US AND SAY, YOU KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN? UM, AND OF COURSE THE PARK DISTRICT'S ALWAYS INTERESTED IN SEEING, YOU KNOW, RESTORED SHORELINES.
SO, UH, SO WE SAID, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, UH, WE WOULD SUPPORT THAT IN YOUR PLAN.
UM, AND I THINK NEXT STEPS FOR THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND THE PARK DISTRICT WORKING COLLABORATIVELY IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING FUNDING FOR THAT, IF THAT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD.
IT'D BE A WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT TO THE, THE SHORELINE GENERALLY.
AND AS YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY WOULD, UH, UH, PEOPLE SHARE THE TRAILS.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'LL START ON THE RADKEY SIDE AND END UP OVER ON, UM, ON THE TIDE LAND SIDE, UH, FOR HIKING WALKS.
SO I, I'M REALLY ENTHUSED TO SEE THAT.
UM, THE ONE MORE THAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT, IF YOU HAD ANY, UH, UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE AUGMENTED ACCESS OVER THE RAILROAD IS, UM, THOUGHT OF, WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? UM, I WOULD NEED TO GET BACK TO YOU SPECIFICALLY ON THAT.
I THINK THERE JUST, I COULDN'T FIND IT ON THE MAP.
UM, OH, IT'S JUST CUT OFF HERE JUST BELOW WHERE YOU SEE JOE DIMAGGIO DRIVE.
AND SO PART OF IT WAS JUST HOW DO, UM, HOW DO YOU IMPROVE, UH, THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN DOWNTOWN TO THE WATERFRONT, TO THE WATERFRONT PARK AND, AND I THINK LOOKING AT, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RAILROAD ACCESS.
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KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT IF IT'S A, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN OVERCROSSING OR IF IT'S JUST AT GRADE IMPROVEMENTS.UM, AND SO WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK.
AND FINALLY OF HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION OF THE NEED FOR PARK DISTRICT APPROVALS ON, ON THE LANDS THAT ARE LEASED FROM THE PARK DISTRICT? UM, YOU KNOW, NOT SPECIFICALLY ON THE APPROVALS.
OBVIOUSLY THE CITY IS AWARE OF THAT, AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY DID REACH OUT TO US AND COORDINATE WITH US EARLY ON SO THAT THEY WEREN'T PROPOSING LAND USES THAT WE WOULD BE RIGHT OUT THE GATE OPPOSED TO.
SO I THINK WE DID LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, SURE WE'LL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING DESIGN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH.
BUT, UH, ON A HIGH LEVEL, YOU KNOW, WE FELT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, THE USES THEY WERE APPROVING IN HERE AT THIS CONCEPTUAL LEVEL WERE APPROPRIATE.
SO FOR MY COLLEAGUES' BENEFIT, THE, UM, THE BOUNDARY YOU SEE THAT'S DESCRIBED AS NON-CITY TRUST LANDS THAT ENCOMPASS THE BALL FIELDS, THE BOCCE COURTS, THE SKATE, THE, UH, UH, SKATEBOARD RINK THERE, THAT THOSE AREAS ARE LEASED FROM THE PARK DISTRICT TO THE CITY.
AND WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THOSE AREAS, THE PARK DISTRICT NEEDS UNDER THE LEASE TO APPROVE THEM.
FOR INSTANCE, THE LAST ONE I'M AWARE OF WAS THEY UPGRADED THE LIGHTS AT THE BALL FIELDS, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO, AND THE PARK DISTRICT HAD TO GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO THAT.
HOWEVER, THE WORK THEY DO AT THE MARINA OR UP ON THAT SECTION NOT COVERED BY THE LEASE, UM, WE DON'T APPROVE.
UH, WE COORDINATE, WE TALK AND, AND WE MAKE SURE, UH, THE ACTIVITIES ARE CONSISTENT, UM, WITH, UH, OUR, OUR PARKLANDS AND TRAILS NEXT DOOR.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, UM, ACCOMMODATING ME.
UH, I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
TELL YOUR DAUGHTER WE'RE ROOTING FOR HER
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? UH, NOT SEEING ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IT WAS UNDER THIS NEW SYSTEM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I CHAIRED A MEETING UNDER THIS NEW, UH, ZOOM PLATFORM THAT WE'RE USING.
I CAN'T NECESSARILY SEE HANDS GO UP.
UM, WE CAN AS HOSTS, BUT YOU ARE SO, YES.
I'M NOT LOOKING DOWN HERE FOR HANDS ANYMORE.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ASSUMPTION TO GO WITH.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS GONNA BRING US BACK TO, LET ME GET BACK TO THE AGENDA
[Government and Legislative Affairs Report]
TO ITEM FOUR, A GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS REPORT.FIRST IS THE YEAR IN REVIEW, ASHLEY.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, HELLO EVERYONE.
I'M ACTING LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS PROGRAM.
AND TODAY I GET TO PROVIDE YOU A YEAR IN REVIEW ENCOMPASSING OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR THROUGH OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN UP TO THIS YEAR, THE PHOTO YOU'LL SEE HERE, UM, I WILL SPEAK TO ABOUT TOWARDS THE END, BUT THIS IS OUR INAUGURAL, UM, GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS STAFF WORKSHOP.
SO I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROGRAM.
SO JUST TO GET US STARTED, UM, WE HAVE A OPENING SLIDE JUST OF SOME PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS TO SORT OF SHOW Y'ALL, UM, SOME QUICK, QUICK STATS SORT OF BY THE NUMBERS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, FOR THE YEAR.
SO OF EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE SCREEN, UH, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OF THE 22 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS YOU'LL SEE THERE IN STATE, STATE AND FEDERAL MEMBER ASKS FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ARE ADVANCING, UM, FOR, UH, GRANT CONTRACTS.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT ON PROVIDING A FORMAL UPDATE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THESE PROJECTS IN THE NEW YEAR.
ADDITIONALLY, 1.9 MILLION IN COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING CONTINUES TO ADVANCE THROUGH CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES, INCLUDING
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1.3 MILLION FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION AND $900,000 FOR THE MARTINEZ BAY TRAIL PROJECT.UM, THIS YEAR OF COURSE, WE CONTINUE TO WORK DILIGENTLY ON OUR RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, INCLUDING, UH, 14 STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT EVENTS THIS YEAR.
UM, 92 LETTERS OF, UH, WERE INITIATED AND DISTRIBUTED.
UM, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING HOW OUR STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT HELPS US GARNER, UM, SOME TANGIBLE SUPPORT.
AND AS FAR AS THE LEGISLATION FOR THIS YEAR, UH, WE CONSIDERED, UH, 35% HAS BEEN CHAPTERED AND 62% ARE IN COMMITTEE LEAVING, 4% VETOED.
AND JUST A REMINDER THAT WE ARE AT THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR IN A TWO YEAR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WILL BE, WE WILL BE GOING MORE INTO DEPTH ON THE STATE LEGISLATION THAT WAS SUPPORTED THIS YEAR.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
ALRIGHT, SO TO HIGHLIGHT MORE IN DEPTH OUR SUCCESSES FOR THE YEAR, UM, JUST VISUALLY PRESENT TO YOU WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO.
SO FIRST IS THE STATE ADVOCACY CONFERENCE THAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF JANUARY, BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
WE PARTICIPATE IN ANNUALLY WITH BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH AND DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER DR. ALVAREZ.
THIS YEAR WE MET WITH OUR STATE DELEGATION AS WELL AS THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR AND CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS.
IT IS THROUGH THESE VISITS THAT WE HAVE THAT ESSENTIAL FACE-TO-FACE TIME AND CAN SET THE TONE FOR FUTURE ADVOCACY.
ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN MAY, UM, 22ND AND 23RD, ALONG WITH THE BOARD, UM, GENERAL MANAGER AND W GENERAL MANAGER AS WELL.
WE CONDUCTED THE ANNUAL FEDERAL ADVOCACY CONFERENCE AND DURING THESE MEETINGS WE WERE ABLE TO PRESENT ON OUR NEED FOR FEMA FUNDING AFTER THE PAST WINTER STORMS AND ENGAGE WITH OUR DELEGATION ON OUR APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S RAISE GRANT, UH, WHICH I WILL DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WANTED TO UM, JUST SHOW Y'ALL OUR SEVEN ADVOCACY GOALS THAT GUIDE OUR WORK.
AND THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WILL HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE ACHIEVED, WHERE WE'VE ACHIEVED SUCCESS WITH EACH OF THESE ADVOCACY GOALS.
AND IN MANY CASES, MORE THAN ONE OF THESE GOALS ARE PRESENT IN OUR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. SO FIRST WE WILL START WITH, UH, CLIMATE FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION.
SO THIS YEAR THE RAISES, UM, GRANT PROGRAM REALLY STOOD OUT FOR US.
WE SUBMITTED APPLICATION TO THAT, UM, FOLLOWING REVIEW, THE APPLICATION ADVANCE TO THE SECRETARY'S DESK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WAS NOT SELECTED.
UM, HOWEVER, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO OUR PARTNERS DURING THIS PROCESS WHO PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 34 LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, REGIONAL AGENCIES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.
NEXT IS OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH ADVOCACY GOAL.
AS YOU KNOW, THE WALK AND TALKS ARE AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO CONNECT ELECTEDS TO OUR PARKS.
AND IT'S ALSO A GREAT WAY TO GET THE PUBLIC OUT INTO THE PARKS TO ENJOY THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF NATURE AS STATED IN THIS ADVOCACY GOAL.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE OFTEN HAVE ABOUT, IT SEEMS LIKE AT LEAST HALF OF THE PARTICIPANTS, UM, WHO JOIN US HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THAT PARK BEFORE.
SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO, UM, HAVE THE PUBLIC COME TO OUR PARKS AND CONNECT WITH THEIR ELECTED OFFICIAL AS WELL.
WE WE'RE HOPEFUL TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEER EVENTS IN OUR PARKS WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PHOTOS FROM A FEW OF THE WALK AND TALKS.
I THINK WE DID FIVE OR SIX THIS YEAR.
UM, NEXT IS THE ECOSYSTEM STEWARDSHIP, ADVOCACY ADVOCACY GOAL.
SO HERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES FROM THIS YEAR TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, OUR WORK FOR ECOSYSTEM STEWARDSHIP.
UH, WE HOSTED A QUARTERLY ELECTED STAFF SITE VISIT AT TILDEN REGIONAL PARK TO HIGHLIGHT THE ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT THAT IS OCCURRING ONCE THE DEAD AND DYING TREES ARE REMOVED IN THE AREA.
AND YOU'LL SEE BY THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT, UM, THAT IT WAS WELL ATTENDED AS SEEMS LIKE MOST OF THESE SITE VISITS ARE.
UM, THE SECOND PHOTO IS SHOWING THAT OUR MEMBERSHIP WITH THE TOGETHER BAY AREA GROUP, THAT WE, WE NOT ONLY PARTICIPATED IN THE SPRING CON CONFERENCE THIS YEAR, BUT WE PROVIDED A FIELD TRIP TO SHOWCASE THE RESTORATION WORK AT KER CREEK TO CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION PARTICIPANTS.
AND THAT'S ON THE RIGHT THERE.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE'LL GO TO OUR GREEN JOBS ADVOCACY GOAL.
IN OCTOBER, WE HOSTED A QUARTERLY ELECTED STAFF SITE VISIT AT LAS TRUMPUS, UM, TO HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL HOLLY COURT BOLLINGER CANYON SITE FOR CIVICORE, AS WELL AS THE WORK OF THE SMALL TRAILS CREW FOR THE PARK DISTRICT, THE CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS, CIVIC CORPS, AND CAL FIRE.
WERE IN ATTENDANCE SHOWING A STRONG SENSE OF COLLABORATION ALREADY FOR THIS, UM, POTENTIAL PROJECT.
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FACILITY AT LOS TRUMPUS WILL PROVIDE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND A PATHWAY TO GREEN JOBS, UM, LIKE WITH THE BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, UH, FOR MEMBERS OF THE ANTIOCH RICHMOND, OAKLAND FREMONT, AND OTHER SURROUNDING BAY AREA COMMUNITIES.IT ALSO WILL, CAN PROVIDE AN EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR DESIRABLE, UH, CAREERS.
AND WE, THE PARK DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON FORMALIZING A DELEGATION LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THIS FACILITY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT OF A SCREENSHOT OF THAT ON THIS, OR NO, THAT'S THE EMAIL WE SENT, OR NO, THAT'S THE JOB FAIR.
SO THE OTHER EXAMPLE FOR GREEN JOBS, UM, THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS OUR, THE ROLE OF THIS TEAM, THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM, IS TO SHARE EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH ELECTED OFFICES WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THE ANNUAL YOUTH JOB FAIR, UM, HELD IN FEBRUARY THROUGH A SORT OF DEAR COLLEAGUE'S EMAIL THAT WE SEND OUT, UM, ABOUT ONCE A MONTH OR SO.
IT'S AN EMAIL INITIATIVE, UM, AGAIN, DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OF OUR EAST BAY ELECTED OFFICES.
AND I BELIEVE THE VIRTUAL JOB FAIR WILL BE HAPPENING AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
ALRIGHT, UM, GO MOVING ON TO SEA LEVEL RISE PREPAREDNESS.
SO THIS YEAR THE HAYWARD MARSH RESTORATION PROJECT CONTINUES TO BE A STR STRATEGIC CASE STUDY FOR PREPARING THE SHORELINE AND CONTINUING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS AS THE SEA LEVEL RISES.
OUR FIRST QUARTERLY ELECTED STAFF SITE VISIT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED IN JANUARY.
THAT'S THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT.
UM, IT SEE COINCIDED WITH THE KING TIDES AND WAS A GREAT WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE REAL NEED FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE VISITED THE HAYWARD SHORELINE, THAT'S THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT WITH THE SECRETARY AND THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ALONG WITH GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH AND DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER DR. ALVAREZ, TO CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP BUILDING ON AN EXECUTIVE LEVEL AND HAVE THOSE FOCUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES WE FACE WITH PERMITTING, PERMITTING WITH THESE, UH, RESTORATION PROJECTS.
ALL RIGHT, UH, THAT MOVE TAKES US TO OUR WELCOMING VISITOR USE FACILITIES ADVOCACY GOAL FOR THIS YEAR.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER ORTEGO, THAT'S THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT, CHAMPIONED A MEMBER ASKED FOR THE OYSTER BAY PUBLIC ACCESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AND ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT GO THROUGH THIS YEAR, SHE HAS COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO CHAMPION THIS PROJECT.
AND SHE'S JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, SHE SPENT ABOUT TWICE AS MUCH TIME AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TOURING THIS SITE AND ENVISIONING THE FUTURE OF THE PARK ON THE RIGHT.
WE HAVE A VISIT, UH, TO THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50 WITH SENATOR GLASER AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER GRACE GRAYSON'S STAFF AND INTERNS.
AND WITH THIS VISIT, WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES NOT ONLY FOR STAFF, BUT ALSO THE INTERNS, UM, ALLOWS US OR HELPS US TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH POTENTIAL, UH, FUTURE LEADERS.
AND OUR LAST ADVOCACY GOAL, UM, TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR WILDFIRE RESILIENCE WORK THIS YEAR.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A SUCCESSFUL STAFF AND INTERN SITE VISIT ON THE RIGHT THERE IS OUT TO, UM, OUR BELOVED CARBONATOR AND A HARDY THANK YOU NOTE SCREENSHOT ON THE RIGHT FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER BAUER HAN'S OFFICE, AND THEN ANOTHER QUARTERLY ELECTED STAFF SITE VISIT TO TIL TILDEN, UM, HIGHLIGHTED THAT TREE REMOVAL WORK BEING DONE AT THAT SITE.
ALRIGHT, THIS GROUP ALSO, UM, WORKS WITH THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO WE WANTED TO SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS, UH, FROM THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THIS YEAR.
OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND HAS CONFIRMED A NEW PURPOSE STATEMENT.
UM, HAVE ENGAGED ON THE 30 BY 30 INITIATIVE AND HAS PROVIDED ADVOCACY SUPPORT THROUGH LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS.
AND SOME OF THE FUTURE GOALS FOR THE PAC WILL BE TO CLARIFY ANNUAL PROJECT OR OBJECTIVES AND ENGAGE ON THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN.
SO LASTLY, I MENTIONED THE, OUR FIRST GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS STAFF WORKSHOP.
SO THIS WAS THE GOAL OF THIS WORKSHOP WAS TO HAVE ALL STAFF ACROSS THE PARK DISTRICT, UM, COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY SEE IN EACH OF OUR ADVOCACY GOALS AND HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT, UH, THAT WORK AND THEIR WORK.
UM, THE RESULTS OF THIS WORKSHOP WERE VERY POSITIVE.
ONE OF OUR GOALS WAS TO HAVE ABOUT 30 STAFF IN ATTENDANCE, AND WE EXCEEDED THAT GOAL, UM, WITH ABOUT 40 STAFF MEMBERS FROM 12 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
ONE ATTENDEE SAID THAT THEY LEARNED MORE ABOUT WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS DO AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS.
UM, AND ONE OF THE
I THINK IT WAS MAYBE TWO HOURS LONG, AND THEY WANTED IT TO BE EVEN LONGER.
WE CO COLLECTED
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POSITIVE.UM, ALSO NOTE THAT THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DID CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM P FREE TO POST WORKSHOP.
SO THE, THAT'S WHAT THE, THE DIAGRAM IS SHOWING.
UM, BLUE IS A HIGH UNDERSTANDING, ORANGE IS MEDIUM AND GREEN IS LOW UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DOES.
SO ON THE LEFT SIDE IS, WAS THEIR UNDERSTANDING BEFORE THE WORKSHOP AND ON THE RIGHT WAS THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF, OF THE WORK WE DO ON THE RIGHT.
SO, UM, IT DEFINITELY HAD, UH, A VAST IMPROVEMENT.
SO THIS WORK YEAR'S WORKSHOP WAS FOUNDATIONAL IN NATURE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DIVING IN MORE DEEPLY ON THE ISSUES WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN FUTURE DISCUSSIONS.
SO IT'S BEEN GREAT GETTING TO WORK WITH THIS TEAM.
I'VE BEEN ON THE ACTING HERE SINCE APRIL AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT ALL THEY ACCOMPLISH AND WHAT YOU ALL ACCOMPLISH NEXT YEAR.
AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE TEAM.
AND I ARE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
I'M SORRY WE COULDN'T KEEP YOU FOLKS BUSY THIS PAST YEAR.
I'LL, UH, LOOK TO MY COLLEAGUES LIB ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS.
THIS IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND THOROUGH AND IT'S JUST KIND OF GREAT TO SEE ALL THAT WE DID OVER THE PAST YEAR.
AND THE PHOTOS ARE ALWAYS FUN TO LOOK AT.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
SO THE OBVIOUS, UH, OBSERVATION I HAVE IS THE WORK THAT YOU FOLKS DO IS A KEY TO SUCCESS HERE IN THE DISTRICT, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE IT TOUCHES SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WHAT WE DO AND HELPS US TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL, YOU'RE HELPING US TO, TO ACHIEVE THESE THINGS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF FOR A LONG TIME.
SO THAT'S ONE THING, BUT I'M A SPECIFIC QUESTION.
THE RAY'S APPLICATION, IT, IT, IT WAS STATED THAT IT, IT MADE IT TO THE SECRETARY'S DESK, YOU KNOW, AND I'M, I'M, I'M WONDERING HOW, HOW TALL WAS THAT STACK, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST TO GET A SENSE OF HOW CLOSE WE CA CAME.
WAS IT, WAS IT LIKE, WELL, YOU'RE STILL ONE IN 10,000 OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IS IT, I I HAVE A FEELING IT'S PROBABLY A, A REALLY GREAT ACHIEVEMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DID.
BUT, UH, I'M, I'M WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AND GIVE, GIVE A KIND OF A BROAD SENSE OF HOW MANY THERE WERE IN TOTAL AND THEN HOW MANY MADE IT MADE IT INTO THAT FINAL CUT.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, KATIE HORNBECK, GRANTS MANAGER.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME.
I I DO HAVE IT SO I CAN PROVIDE, PROVIDE IT TO YOU AFTER THIS WORKSHOP OR AFTER THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, BUT THEY DID GIVE US THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED AND THEN HOW MANY MOVED FORWARD, UH, TO THE DESK.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY HOW MANY WERE SELECTED.
BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, OVER A THOUSAND APPLICATIONS.
AND I BELIEVE THEY ONLY WENT WITH A FEW HUNDRED.
UM, BUT THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO GIVE AT LEAST ONE AWARD PER STATE.
UM, SO THAT NARROWS THE FIELD DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UM, ON THE WHOLE, IT WAS VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
WE RANKED, UM, HIGH IN EVERY CATEGORY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE.
SO WE ARE REAPPLYING FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND YOU'LL SEE ME AGAIN HERE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN JANUARY.
YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE COACHING THING THAT GOES ON WITH THESE GRANTORS IS, IS THAT THEY, THEY, THEY WANT MM-HMM,
AND SO I THINK WE FALL INTO BOTH THOSE CATEGORIES AND SO YEAH, THAT, THAT, THAT'S GOOD.
IT HELPS ME, THE TWO, THE 200 NUMBER HELPS ME TO KIND OF GRASP ON THE, UH, THE SCOPE WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, SO.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN ASHLEY.
WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF ALL YOUR WORK THIS YEAR, AND, UH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE HAVING YOU, UH, WORK WITH US AND WORKING WITH YOU AND, UH, ONLY GOOD THINGS, UH, FOR YOUR FUTURE, I HOPE.
IT'S BEEN, I'VE, I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR 10 YEARS AND I GOT TO STEP INTO A DIFFERENT ROLE.
I'M USUALLY ON THE FRONT LINES, YOU KNOW, TEACHING FOLKS.
SO IT WAS NI NOW I HAVE A MORE HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE PARK DISTRICT AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH LISA AND ERIC AND NEWLY AND THE TEAM.
JUST TO, UH, ECHO WHAT YOU SAID.
WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL OF ASHLEY'S WORK THIS YEAR AND WE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU AND SHE'S BROUGHT A LOT TO THE TABLE AND, AND IMPROVED SOME OF OUR SYSTEMS, SO WE REALLY ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BRING US TO FOUR A 2 20 23 PARK DISTRICT SUPPORTED STATE LEGISLATION.
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GOOD AFTERNOON.LISA BALLINGER, LEGISLATIVE POLICY MANAGEMENT ANALYST.
UH, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, THE GOVERNOR TOOK BILLS INTO CONSIDERATION, SIGNED SOME, VETOED SOME, AND MOVED THEM FORWARD.
AND SO, UH, WE WORKED WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM TO SIFT THROUGH, UH, BOTH THE LEGISLATION THAT WE TOOK, SUPPORT POSITIONS ON, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND SO JUST TO GIVE A QUICK, UH, REPORT FOR YOU ALL, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, JUST FORMALLY FOR, FOR THOSE NEW TO THIS PROCESS.
AS PART OF THE 20 23 20 24 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS TAKES FORMAL POSITIONS ON BILLS.
UM, AND TODAY'S REPORT IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE BILLS THAT WERE SUPPORTED AS WELL AS OTHERS OF INTEREST.
UH, IN TOTAL, THE PARK DISTRICT TOOK A SUPPORT POSITION ON 26 PIECES OF LEGISLATION THIS YEAR OF, UH, THOSE THAT WERE SUPPORTED, 35% HAVE SINCE BEEN CHAPTERED BY THE GOVERNOR.
AND THOSE ARE IN THE REPORT TODAY.
4% OR ONE BILL WAS VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR, AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
AND THEN THE REMAINING BILLS, THIS IS YEAR ONE OF A TWO YEAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, CONTINUE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD IN 2024.
AND SO WE'LL KEEP TRACKING THOSE.
SO IN THE REPORT, UH, WE PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE VARIOUS BILLS THAT WERE CHAPTERED, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON THOSE.
THE ONE BILL THAT WAS, UH, VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR IS THE CALIFORNIA POCKET FOREST INITIATIVE, UH, WHICH SOUGHT TO USE A NEW, UH, FORM OF PLANTING VEGETATION TO ENHANCE, UH, THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS OF A DIVERSIFIED ECOSYSTEM.
UM, IN THE VETO MESSAGE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNOR, UH, HE SHARED THAT THE BUDGET SHORTFALL WAS THE REASON FOR VETOING THIS NEW APPROACH.
UM, DOING A, UH, SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PLANTINGS OF VEGETATION IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS THE CONTEXT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE ADDITIONAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO THE BOARD.
'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THEM PREVIOUSLY IN COMMITTEE.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IN OUR PACKET IS TO ME, MAYBE JUST VERY EXCITING.
WE HAVE OFFICIALLY HAVE A CALIFORNIA STATE MUSHROOM.
UH, WE ARE NOW ONE OF FIVE STATES THAT HAS A CALIFORNIA STATE MUSHROOM.
IT'S THE, UH, CALIFORNIA GOLDEN CHANTERELLE.
UM, AND THIS MUSHROOM IS ONLY FOUND AT THE BASE OF OAK TREES.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL FIND IN OUR PARKS AND THAT OUR PUBLIC CAN ENJOY.
AND SO, UM, IN MY MIND, THAT'S A VERY TANGIBLE EX EXAMPLE OF HOW LEGISLATION CAN RELATE TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND HELPING PEOPLE CONNECT, UH, WITH THEIR OPEN SPACE.
UH, CONTINUING AB 2,297 PRESCRIBED GRAZING GRANT PROGRAM.
THIS IS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT FORMALLY CODIFIES, UH, CONSERVATION GRAZING AS A WILDFIRE PREVENTION ACTIVITY.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE HOPE TO SEE CAL FIRE GRANTS AND OTHERS BECOME AVAILABLE FOR CONSERVATION GRAZING INVESTMENTS TO HELP TO MITIGATE WILDFIRE, UH, AB 334 PUBLIC CONTRACTS.
UH, THIS WAS A LANGUAGE CLARIFICATION, UH, BILL THAT TO CLARIFY CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROCEDURES, UM, IN CONTRACTS AND HOPEFULLY WILL HELP TO RELIEVE, UH, SOME CHALLENGES CURRENTLY BEING FACED BY PUBLIC AGENCIES.
NO, I CAN'T FIND, THERE'S NO PAGE NUMBERS ON RECORD.
NO, UH, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO WERE YOU ABLE TO FIND IT? NO.
CAN YOU HELP US WITH WHERE IT IS? SO, SO GO TO THE PICTURE PAGE HERE AND IT'S THE NEXT ONE HERE.
AND THEN IT'S JUST A FEW MORE TO GET TO THE PIECES OF LEGISLATION.
I HAVE IT
SO IT'S LIKE, SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THAT THANK YOU.
HERE, I GOT ALL DATA, DON'T WORRY.
SO THE SUMMARY EXISTS AND THEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE ONES OF INTEREST.
SO YEAH, JUST HAVE TO GO ONE MORE PAGE.
YEAH, BECAUSE YOUR NAME WASN'T, WASN'T ON THE, I COULDN'T MATCH IT UP.
NO, AND WE'RE ALL HERE HERE NOW, SO AS MUCH AS I CAN.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE TOO.
SO, UM, ON AB 3 38, UH, THIS IS FOR FUELS REDUCTION WORK.
AND THIS IS, UM, GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE, UH, WAGE AMOUNTS FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION EFFORTS.
IT DOES EXEMPT CONTRACTS LESS THAN $500,000.
AND SO WE'LL BE TRACKING THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR EFFORTS.
AB 6 52 IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDES REGULATION.
UH, THIS IS A FORMATION OF A, UH, A JUSTICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, WHICH SEEKS TO PROVIDE TANGIBLE STEPS TO HELP IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH, UH, FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS.
AND SO WHAT THIS COMMITTEE, UH, WILL DO IS REVIEW SOME OF THE CURRENT, UH, POLICIES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE REGULATION, UM, AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO HELP IMPROVE, UH, HOPEFULLY BIODIVERSITY ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AS WELL AS COMMUNITY HEALTH.
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AND THAT WAS, UH, AUTHORED BY A MEMBER OF OUR, OUR DELEGATION ASSEMBLY MEMBER, LEE AB 1548.UM, THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN, UH, EXPANDING RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO LEVERAGING GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUNDING.
UM, IT'LL BE LOOKING TO PROMOTE IN-STATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR ORGANIC WASTE AND EXPANDED RECYCLING FACILITIES.
AND SO THE HOPE IS THAT THROUGH THIS LEGISLATION, NOT ONLY WILL THERE BE EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESSFUL WASTE MANAGEMENT, UM, BUT THAT THERE WILL ALSO BE A UNIFORMING OF MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH COULD HELP US AS AN AGENCY THAT WORKS WITH MULTIPLE COUNTIES AND DIFFERENT WASTE MANAGEMENT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS.
AB 1637, THIS IS GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
SO IT'S NOW STATE, UH, RE REQUIRED BY THE STATE THAT, UH, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES USE A.GOV ADDRESS.
AND SO BY JANUARY 1ST, 2029, EITHER OUR ADDRESS WILL NEED TO BE UPDATED TO.GOV OR IF SOMEONE WERE TO GO TO EB PARKS.ORG, THEY WOULD BE REDIRECTED TO EB PARKS.GOV AUTOMATICALLY.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE A CHANGE WE'LL BE WORKING ON.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS A LITTLE BIT RETROACTIVE, BUT IT, I IDENTIFIES JULY, 2023 AS THE OUTDOOR WORKER APPRECIATION WEEK.
AND SO, UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR THE BOARD.
UM, 'CAUSE OF COURSE WE DO APPRECIATE OUR OUTDOOR WORKERS.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS BOTH ON THE, UH, ADDITIONAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION OF INTEREST AS WELL AS THOSE THAT WERE SUPPORTED BY THE PARK DISTRICT.
LISA, ARE THERE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? I, I HAVE QUESTIONS.
UM, AND LYNN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STRIKE ANY OF MY QUESTIONS.
I, I GUESS I JUST TAKE A BROAD INTERPRETATION WHEN I SEE LOCAL, I THINK, OH, WELL THIS IS WHERE ABOVE YOU
SO MY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE'RE LOOKING AT STATE, WILL BE RELATED TO THE STATE, BUT IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE PART OF THE AGENDA.
SO I'LL LOOK TO LYNN FOR THAT INTERPRETATION.
UM, SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, I KNOW WE'RE IN, UH, SO THIS IS A REVIEW AND LOOK FORWARD OF, UM, SO, SO YOU SAID, MADE A COMMENT ABOUT HOW WE'RE IN YEAR ONE OF A TWO YEAR SESSION.
AND SO WE'RE ABOUT TO START THE TWO YEAR SESSION.
AND I, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND SO THIS IS THE QUESTION, I'LL WAIT FOR LYNN TO INTERPRET.
UH, A LOT OF THE COMMITTEES HAVE CHANGED.
SO THERE'S NEW COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND I GUESS JUST 'CAUSE I, I DON'T HAVE AS MUCH EXPERIENCE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE, SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT THINGS.
AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW, UH, MY ASSEMBLY MEMBER, ASSEMBLY MEMBER, REBECCA BAUER CAHAN HAD BEEN THE CHAIR OF THE, UM, WATER PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMMITTEE, BUT IS NOW NO LONGER THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE HAS MOVED TO A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT MAY, YOU KNOW, IMPACT OUR LEGISLATIVE WORK AT THE STATE LEVEL.
YEAH, I'M SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO CHILL YOUR QUESTIONS.
I THINK IT'S, THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION TO ASK ERIC AND LISA.
UM, MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE, THE LEGISLATION WHICH HAS GONE THROUGH COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE ON THE FLOOR AND OR BE REDIRECTED BACK TO COMMITTEES WITH THE NEW MEMBERS, BUT IT WOULD STAY WITHIN THE COMMITTEE THAT IT HAD BEEN ASSIGNED.
DO YOU, UH, E ERIC FEELER, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS? THE, UM, ONE THING THAT I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT IS STAFF IS USUALLY CONSISTENT.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, AND SO I, I THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT LEGISLATION THAT'S PENDING BEFORE PARKS, WATER AND WILDLIFE, I THINK THERE STILL IS A BASIS OF, UM, KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PARK DISTRICT POSITION, UM, THROUGH THE STAFF AND WE'LL BE COMMUNICATING WITH THE NEW CHAIR, UM, NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND IS IT, IS THE NEW CHAIR, UM, SHE'S FROM THE PENINSULA, RIGHT? SO MID, MID PENN I BELIEVE IS PART OF THAT DISTRICT? I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE WORK CLOSELY WITH MID PENN.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THE AB 1637, I BELIEVE THERE HAD BEEN AN EARLIER ITERATION OF THIS.
I, I, I WENT TO A C AN ALAMEDA COUNTY CSDA MEETING WHERE THIS WAS DISCUSSED.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD MENTIONED THEN WAS THAT THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT AGENCY WOULD HAVE TO BE SPELLED OUT ALSO, SO NOT JUST WITH THE.GOV EXTENSION, BUT IT WOULD BE, WE'D HAVE TO WRITE OUT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.GOV.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S NOT PART OF AB 1637, THOUGH.
THIS IS REALLY JUST ABOUT THAT.GOV EXTENSION.
I WILL GO BACK AND CHECK THAT LANGUAGE WAS NOT IN THERE WHEN REVIEWING THE BILL.
IF, IF I MAY, I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, AND THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL IS THAT THE ENTIRE NAME OF THE AGENCY WILL HAVE TO BE, SO IT WILL
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BE, NEED TO BE, LIKE YOU SAID, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.GOV.BUT IT'S BEEN A, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES, SO WE'LL SEE IF THAT'S WHAT IT ENDS UP BEING.
AND THEN, UM, AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO THE FOLKS WHO DO MANAGE OUR WEBSITE, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THESE EXTENSIONS EXIST AND THAT IF WE HAVE TO GO MIGRATE TO A.GOV AND OR POTENTIALLY WRITE OUT THE ENTIRE NAME THAT WE WE'RE READY TO OWN THOSE DOMAINS? WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THAT ACTION YET, BUT WE WILL.
JOHN? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER.
ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
[Update on Grants]
FOUR C UPDATE ON GRANTS FROM SEPTEMBER 29 TO NOVEMBER 20.KATIE, REAL QUICK, JOHN IN OUR PACKETS, IT'S THE ONE RIGHT AFTER THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
KATIE HORNBECK, GRANTS MANAGER, UH, PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON GRANTS APPLIED AND GRANTS AWARDED SINCE THE LAST TIME PRESENTED.
SO THIS IS THE PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN, UH, SEPTEMBER 29TH AND, UH, NOVEMBER 20TH.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE, UH, SUBMITTED 10 APPLICATIONS IN THIS WINDOW OF TIME.
THE THREE THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT ARE, UH, THREE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION AUTHORITY TO THEIR MEASURE AA PROGRAM.
UH, THIS PROGRAM IS, UH, TYPICALLY ANNUAL.
UH, AND THIS YEAR WE SUBMITTED TWO APPLICATIONS TO, UM, PROJECTS HAPPENING IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND ONE IN ALAMEDA COUNTY.
UM, THE AWARD NOMINEE OR THE AWARDS ARE, UH, USUALLY MADE OR ANNOUNCED, UH, IN THE SPRING.
SO MAYBE FEBRUARY, MARCH IS WHEN WE'LL FIND OUT IF WE'VE MOVED FORWARD.
UM, I'VE ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE KELLER BEACH PROJECT, SO THAT'S NUMBER THREE, UM, ON THIS PDF, UH, WAS NOT SELECTED TO MOVE FORWARD FOR FURTHER REVIEW.
UH, THEY DIDN'T FEEL THAT THE RESTORATION COMPONENT WAS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO REALLY BE, UM, CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE IN THEIR PROGRAM.
SAY AGAIN? WHICH ONE WAS THAT? THIS NUMBER? UM, THREE, UH, MILLER KNOX, THE KELLER BEACH PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN MOVING TO GRANTS AWARDED.
UM, THE ONE I'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THE THIRD ONE, UH, THE FUELS MITIGATION AT ANTHONY CHABOT.
UM, THIS IS, UH, THAT 1.3 MILLION THAT WAS REFERENCED EARLIER IN ASHLEY'S PRESENTATION.
UH, THESE FUNDS WILL LIKELY COME THROUGH FEMA OR CAL OES IN THEIR PDM PRO OR THEIR PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION PROGRAM.
UM, BUT YOU WON'T FIND THAT OUT USUALLY UNTIL THE SPRING WHEN THEY REACH OUT TO START INITIATING NEXT STEPS.
UH, FEDERAL MONEY JUST ALWAYS TAKES A LONG TIME.
UM, AND I, IT, WHILE LISA HAD, WAS FINISHING HER PRESENTATION, I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO FIND THE, THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE RAISE APP, UH, PROGRAM.
SO, UM, 11 APPLICATION, OR SORRY, 11, 11,000 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE, UH, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WITH A TOTAL OF $15 BILLION IN REQUEST.
UH, THE PROGRAM HAD 2.2 BILLION AVAILABLE, UM, AND THIS AWARDED 162 PROJECTS.
OF THAT ONE SIXTY TWO, A HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN WERE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
UM, I'LL JUST NOTE WITH THE 2.2 BILLION THAT WAS AVAILABLE, UH, 50% OF THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR URBAN PRO PROJECTS AND 50% OF THAT IS SET FOR, UH, RURAL.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THINGS START TO DWINDLE DOWN.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA CORRECT MYSELF, IT WAS, UH, AT LEAST ONE GRANT PER STATE, UH, WAS GIVEN NOT TWO LIKE I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.
SO I'M HAP HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS REPORT OR, UH, GRANTS RELATED.
THIS HOPEFULLY THIS ISN'T TOO COMP.
SO, SO WE WERE AWARDED THE, THE, THE ONE THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED, UM, OF GRANTS AWARDED NUMBER THREE MM-HMM.
IT'S, IT'S MOST LIKELY GONNA BE FEMA CALLAWAY'S.
SAME PROGRAM AS LAST TIME, BUT IT'S NOT FINALIZED YET.
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KATIE.ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM? NO COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
THERE IS A DISADVANTAGE TO NOT HAVING THAT, THAT FUNCTION ANYMORE.
[Legislative Program Updates]
TO LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM UPDATES.ITEM FOUR D UPDATE ON SITE VISITS AND MEETINGS.
ACTING LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT ASHLEY GRIER.
SO I'LL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE SITE VISITS.
UH, WE, WHICH HAVE OCCURRED SINCE OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 27TH.
SO FIRST IS ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, WE HELD OUR ANNUAL SACRAMENTO APPRECIATION LUNCHEON IN SACRAMENTO.
UM, WE HELD IT OUTSIDE ON THE CAPITAL GROUNDS THIS YEAR WITH PARTICIPATION FROM BOARD MEMBERS, GENERAL MANAGER, LANDRETH, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGERS, SHU GOR AND WESA, AND OUR GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS STAFF.
AT THE LUNCHEON, WE HAD 22 PEOPLE ATTEND FROM ELECTED OFFICES AS WELL AS EXTERNAL AGENCIES.
AND MOST OF THE PARTICIPANTS STAYED THE WHOLE TIME AND HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH EVERYONE.
ON OCTOBER 6TH, WE HAD, UM, OUR, ONE OF OUR ELECTED OFFICE STAFF SITE VISITS, THE FOR TO HIGHLIGHT CORES, CREWS AND COLLABORATION AT LOS TRUMPUS.
UH, SO WE COLLABORATED WITH OUR, THE FUELS CREW, THE SMALL TRAILS CREW AND OPERATIONS, ELECTED OFFICE AND AGENCY STAFF, UH, MET TO DISCUSS AND ENVISION THE FUTURE OF THE HOLLY COURT.
BOLLINGER CANYON F CORE FACILITY.
14 ELECTED OFFICE STAFF WERE IN ATTENDANCE FROM LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL OFFICES.
IN ADDITION, STAFF FROM CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS, CIVIC CORPS, AND CAL FIRE IN ATTENDANCE.
A LETTER REQUESTING $2 MILLION FROM THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WAS SHARED WITH ATTENDEES ON OCTOBER 9TH UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, DR. ANNA ALVAREZ AND THE CALIFORNIA EPA DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TRIBAL AFFAIRS AND BORDER RELATIONS.
MOIS MORENO RIVERA CO-HOSTED A FOCUSED GATHERING WITH AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL, UM, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITIES OF PROVIDING EX, EXCUSE ME, EQUITABLE ACCESS AT A SITE WITH CONSIDERABLE TOXIC CLEANUP AND HABITAT RESTORATION.
UM, THE CAL EPA SECRETARY YANA GARCIA AND THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR CALIFORNIA'S TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDS.
JUAN ALTA MURANO JOINED THE EVENT AS WELL, UH, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
UH, ERIC FEER SHARED THE HISTORY OF THE DOTSON FAMILY MARSH, UM, WHICH IS WHERE THE EVENT OCCURRED.
AND THE NEARBY PARK VILLAGE COMMUNITY PARK DISTRICT STAFF MADE CONNECTIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL LATINO OUTDOORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM SURROUNDING AREAS.
AND WE CONTINUED OUR RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH THE SECRETARY AND DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE CALIFORNIA EPA ON OCTOBER 9TH.
WE HELD OUR LAST WALK AND TALK OF THE YEAR WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER LEE AT ARDEN WOOD.
UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONNECTED WITH THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER, UM, DURING WALK AND TALK LED BY NATURALIST CHRISTINA GARCIA AND DIRECTORS WASPY AND SAN JUAN PROVIDED OPENING REMARKS AND, UH, JOINED ALONG WITH THE WALK AND TALK AS WELL.
WE HAD 10 FOLKS ATTEND AND MOST EVERYBODY THAT WAS INTEN IN ATTENDANCE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE MEMBER AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR DIRECTORS WASP AND SAN JUAN, AND AGAIN, CONTINUED OUR PO OUR POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH THE MEMBER AND STAFF.
LASTLY, UM, JUST LAST WEEK ON DECEMBER 8TH, WE, UH, PRESENTED REPRESENTATIVE MARK DENIA WITH OUR 2023 RADKEY CHAMPIONING ADVOCACY AWARD ALONG THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, UH, WITH GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH, A DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, ALVAREZ, AS WELL AS A GM CHU AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS DIRECTORS, WASPY MERCURIO AND COFFEE, AS WELL AS, UH, REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION.
UM, PAST BOARD PRESIDENT, IMMEDIATE PASSPORT, PRESIDENT HOUSE ROTH, UM, PROVIDED REMARKS AND A PRESS RELEASE AND MEET ADVISORY WILL ALL, ALL POSTED.
AND IT'S ALL UP ON OUR WEBSITE NOW.
AND IT WAS JUST, IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND, UM, REALLY ENJOYED RECOGNIZING DA SONYA'S WORK.
AND HE HAD REALLY GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT, UM, THE PARK DISTRICT AND BEING ALONG THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS A NICE PROGRAM.
AND THOSE ARE ALL THE SITE VISITS THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY.
SO WE WOULD TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
AND IT WAS NOTABLE AT THE, UH, DE SONIER AWARD, UH, PRESENTATION.
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A BICYCLIST CAME BY AND MANAGED TO TELL THE CONGRESSMAN AND MOST OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT TO GET OFF THE TRAIL.THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE.
WHERE WE SAW BICYCLISTS FAMILIES YEAH.
PEOPLE WALKING, YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH.
UH, HE WASN'T THAT OFF BASE, ACTUALLY.
UM, DO WE HAVE, UH, EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IN, UH, MORE WALK AND TALKS NEXT YEAR? I DIDN'T WANNA MAKE YOU GET UP
I DO HAVE A MICROPHONE, THE CAMERA.
UM, FOR, FOR NEXT YEAR WE DO, UH, PLAN TO CONTINUE THE WALK AND TALK PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, UH, TO HELP, TO PUT SOME STRUCTURE ON IT SO WE'RE NOT SURPRISING OUR NATURALIST COLLEAGUES WITH WALK AND TALKS IS THAT NOW GOING FORWARD IN MARCH, OUR LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT WILL BE CALLING ALL OFFICES, UH, TO BEGIN COORDINATION WITH THEM FOR WALK AND TALKS.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE A LIST OF ABOUT 10 OFFICES.
WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHO CONSISTENTLY DOES WALK AND TALKS WITH US.
SO REPRESENTATIVE ERIC SWALWELL, REPRESENTATIVE MARK DE SIER ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT.
UM, ALSO OFFICES WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST BUT HAVEN'T FOLLOWED THROUGH.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE OFFICES THAT HAVE MADE US AWARE THAT THIS IS NOT, UH, NECESSARILY WHAT THEY LIKE TO DO IN PARKS, BUT THEY'D RATHER GO OUT FOR A UNIQUE SITE VISIT.
AND SO WE FACTOR THAT IN, UM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN MANAGE OUR TEAM'S WORK PLAN TO THE BEST OF ITS ABILITY AND LET OUR COLLEAGUES KNOW.
SO IN TERMS OF WALK AND TALK, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHOULD EXPECT THEM TO OCCUR BETWEEN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER ANNUALLY.
THERE IS MORE STRUCTURE THAN I THOUGHT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST AD HOC
UM, YOU WILL PROBABLY WANT TO PROACTIVELY REACH OUT TO LEGISLATORS WHO WILL HAVE NEWLY ACQUIRED LAND
I'M THINKING IN MY WARD OF, UH, THE, THE, THE NEW SENATOR THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT'S GONNA REPRESENT EAST CONTRA COSTA, UH, OAKLEY AND BRENTWOOD, I BELIEVE.
UH, SO THERE'S GONNA BE A BRAND NEW STATE SENATOR, UH, THAT, UH, THAT REGION WILL LIKELY BE NEW TO THIS NEW
AND IF WE COULD, UH, REACH OUT TO THAT PERSON'S OFFICE WHEN THEY HAVE A STAFF AND TALK ABOUT IT, IT WOULD BE, UH, UH, I THINK HELPFUL TO THEM IN LOOKING AT IT.
UH, DIRECTOR? NO, NO QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE LIST, SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO REVIEW AND I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR.
ASHLEY, YOU MADE THE COMMENT I WOULD'VE MADE
WHAT SENATE DISTRICT? SENATE DISTRICT THREE? I THINK SO.
ON OUR MAP IN OUR NEW PROGRAM.
IT'S, UH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN, ANYWAY, IT, YOU'LL, IT LOOKING FAR EAST CONTRA COSTA.
SO THE CANDIDATES FOR THAT SENATE DISTRICT ALL SEEM TO BE OUT OF, UH, SOLANO COUNTY MOSTLY.
THINK IS OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME NO PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT REQUESTS.
[Action Items]
ACTION ITEMS FIVE.FIRST IS PROPOSED 2024 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE BOTH THE COVER MEMO AND THE ACTUAL, UH, PAMPHLET THAT YOU FOLKS STARTED DOING, I THINK LAST YEAR.
AND, UH, YOU'LL HIGHLIGHT NEW THINGS, I SUPPOSE.
UM, SO BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANNA MAKE SURE ALL ALL MEMBERS ARE IN THE CORRECT SECTION OF THEIR PACKET.
PROPOSED 2024 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM FROM THE GM'S OFFICE.
ERIC'S NAME ON IT, I'M RECOMMENDING LEGISLATION.
IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE? THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE THAT.
IT, I BELIEVE IT'S BEFORE THAT IN THE PACKET.
IT'S, IT'S RIGHT AFTER THE LIST OF WALK AND TALKS THAT WE JUST HAD.
WELL, THE, THE, THE, IT LOOKED VERY FAMILIAR.
SO I'M, I THINK WE'RE WORKING OFF OF LAST YEAR CORRECT.
THAT YOU FOLKS SPENT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME DEVELOPING FOR LAST YEAR.
AND I'LL, I'LL TALK THROUGH WHAT, WHAT'S NEW THIS YEAR.
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PLEASE AS THE BOARD, UH, HELLO AGAIN, UH, FOR THOSE NEW JOINING US, LISA BALLINGER, LEGISLATIVE POLICY MANAGEMENT ANALYST.UM, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT ON OUR PROPOSED 2024 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM.
UH, SO BY WAY OF OF CONTEXT, UH, THE THE 2024 PROPOSED PROGRAM IS WITHIN OUR PACKET TODAY.
UH, THIS DOCUMENT IS USED TO GUIDE THE WORK PLAN OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS STAFF, UM, AND OUR OVERALL ADVOCACY, UM, PROGRAM, UH, WITHIN THE, UH, THE PROPOSAL, UH, YOU HAVE SEVEN ADVOCACY GOALS WHICH ALIGN WITH OUR MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES.
UM, AND SOMETHING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO EMPHASIZE HERE IS THAT, UH, WITH THOSE GOALS, WE DO HAVE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES.
UH, AND THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE FELT WENT ACROSS CLIMATE FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION AND GREEN JOBS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO ALL OF THEM.
AND SO THOSE ARE EQUITABLE SERVICE DELIVERY, CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC, INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, LAND ACQUISITION, AND ENSURING THE FISCAL HEALTH OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND SO I WANTED TO JUST NOTE THOSE BECAUSE WE OFTEN FOCUS ON THE GOALS, UM, AND FAIL TO, TO SHARE IN, UH, VERBALLY THOSE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT GOAL AREAS WE'RE CONTINUING TO PRIORITIZE.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF WHAT'S UNIQUE FOR 2024, WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FOR YOU TODAY TO TAKE ACTION ON, UM, IS WITHIN THE PROPOSAL, UH, FOR EACH GOAL, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THREE OBJECTIVES, A LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL OBJECTIVES.
THESE OBJECTIVES WERE FIRST BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE SEPTEMBER, 2023 BOARD WORKSHOP.
UH, WE ALSO DISCUSSED THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AT THE STAFF WORKSHOP WITH PARK DISTRICT LEADERSHIP.
UM, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THEM IN.
FINAL FORUM TO YOU ALL TODAY, UM, OF THE PROPOSED OBJECTIVES, UH, WE BALANCE THEM ON THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR PROGRAM.
33% ARE STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THIS IS OUR WALK AND TALKS, VOLUNTEER EVENTS AND CREATING SPACE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEIR OFFICES, OUR AGENCY PARTNERS, AND THE PUBLIC TO CONNECT ON THE ISSUES OF PRIORITY FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.
29% FOCUS ON ADVOCATING FOR EITHER DIRECT FUNDING OR COMPETITIVE FUNDING GRANTS, WHICH BENEFIT THE PARK DISTRICT.
UH, SO BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, AS WE'RE SEEING THAT THE, THE BUDGET MAY BE IN SHORTFALL NEXT YEAR, REALLY ADVOCATING TO PROTECT THE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAMS THAT THE PARK DISTRICT BENEFITS FROM WITHIN THE STATE BUDGET.
AND THEN 30% OF OUR PROPOSED OBJECTIVES ARE FOCUSED ON LEGISLATION POLICY OR REGULATION CHANGE.
SO WE DO HAVE TWO PIECES OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, ONE IS FOCUSED ON THE STATUTORY EXEMPTION FOR RESTORATION PERMITTING, UM, WHICH SUNSETS IN 2025.
THAT'S A STATUTORY EXEMPTION WITHIN CQA.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO EXTEND THAT AND REFINE THE LANGUAGE AROUND PUBLIC ACCESS.
AND THE SECOND PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS TO WORK TOWARDS, UM, PROVIDING A STATUTORY EXEMPTION FOR EXISTING ROADS AND TRAILS ON LAND ACQUIRED BY THE PARK DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, UH, AT A MORE EXPEDITED RATE IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR MISSION, WHILE TRUSTING IN US AS A RESOURCE CONSERVATION AGENCY TO PROTECT THE RESOURCES THAT NEED TO BE PROTECTED.
AND SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO REQUEST THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE'S SUPPORT ON THE PROPOSED OBJECTIVES.
UH, WITHIN YOUR PACKET, YOU DO HAVE EACH OBJECTIVE AS WELL AS CONTEXT ON, UH, FEEDBACK THAT WAS MADE FROM THE BOARD AND STAFF AND WHERE CHANGES WERE MADE SINCE THE BOARD WORKSHOP, I'D BE HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH EACH OBJECTIVE, UM, FOR DISCUSSION OR GO TO SPECIFIC ONES THAT ARE OF INTEREST TO THE BOARD.
WELL, YEAH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU HIGHLIGHT NEW, NEW STUFF, NEW STAFF.
UM, THE CO IT IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND I THINK WE COULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS AND, AND SURELY BENEFIT OUR TWO NEWEST, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, BUT IN, IN TERMS OF, I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND PEOPLE, WE ALL HAVE TO BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS WHOLE BOOK,
AND, UH, I, I JUST WANT YOU TO HIGHLIGHT THE, THE NEW THINGS FROM I'D BE HAPPY TO.
SO WE DID DISCUSS THIS IN DEPTH AT THE, UH, SEPTEMBER BOARD WORKSHOP.
UH, FOR THE MOST PART, THE BOARD RIGHT SHARED POSITIVE FEEDBACK IN SUPPORT OF WHAT WAS PROPOSED FOR 2024, AND ALSO SHARED SOME GREAT EXPANSIVE IDEAS THAT WE KEPT, UH, TO CONSIDER INTO FUTURE YEARS WHEN THEY BE POSSIBLE.
AS WE SHARED WITH THE BOARD, THEN WE'RE SEEKING OBJECTIVES THAT ARE TANGIBLE AND ACHIEVABLE WITHIN THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR.
AND SO WANTED TO, TO NAME THAT.
UM, THE, THE LARGEST CHANGE IN TERMS OF THE PRIORITIES IS UNDER, UM, SEA LEVEL OR WAS IT YES, UNDER SEA LEVEL RISE PREPAREDNESS.
WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, UM, ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING FOR THE HAYWARD MARSH PROJECT.
HOWEVER, WITH STAFF FEEDBACK AT THE, THE WORKSHOP, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT THAT PROJECT WASN'T QUITE READY FOR DIRECT STATE FUNDING.
AND SO WE SHIFTED OUR PRIORITY FOCUS TO THE TIDEWATER PROJECT, WHICH IS WITHIN A DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY, UM, AND WILL SERVE THE SHORELINE COMMUNITY OF OAKLAND.
THE MAJORITY OF THE OTHER CHANGES WERE, UM, FURTHER REFINEMENT OF THE, THE LANGUAGE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER THE, THE GREEN JOBS EXPANDING, UM, CONNECTION WITH, UH, COLLEGES AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND OTHERS
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AS WE HEARD FROM THE BOARD.ALRIGHT THEN, AND THEN, OH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IN TERMS OF LAYOUT OF THE DOCUMENT DIRECTOR COFFEE, YOU, YOU DID HIGHLIGHT THAT IT IS A CONSISTENT LAYOUT AND WE'RE HOPING TO LOCK THIS IN.
UM, AND SO WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS THAT THESE OBJECTIVES, UH, PREVIOUSLY THEY WERE CALLED OUT IN A SEPARATE SECTION THAT SAID THE ANNUAL OBJECTIVES.
AND THEN WE HAD THE GOAL SORT OF AS SUPPORT.
UM, NOW EACH OBJECTIVES IS HOUSED WITHIN THAT GOAL SECTION.
AND SO YOU HAVE THE KEY ADVOCACY GOAL FOLLOWED BY THE NEXUS TO MISSION AND VISION, AND THEN SUPPORTED WITH THE 2024 LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE OBJECTIVES.
SO JUST TO HELP, UM, WITH READING THROUGH THE DOCUMENT.
THEN IT'D BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO GO THROUGH SPECIFIC CONTENTS, IN OTHER WORDS, TO UH, UH, ASK QUESTIONS AND, UH, COMMENTS.
FIRST I WANTED TO ASK, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COMMITTEE APPROVE THE PROGRAM.
AND IS IT APPROPRIATE TO REFERENCE THE DECEMBER 15 GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM, WHICH IS QUITE COMPREHENSIVE AND THE PROGRAM BOOKLET SO THAT WE'RE APPROVING THAT WHOLE PACKAGE? THAT THAT WOULD BE JUST FINE.
AND ARE WE, UM, RECOMMENDING IT IT BE APPROVED BY THE FULL BOARD OR DOES THIS NOT GO TO THE FULL BOARD? THIS WILL GO BEFORE THE FULL BOARD ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOLLOWING YOUR APPROVAL, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE BOTH THE PACKET AND THE COVER MEMO.
SO ALL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION YOU RECEIVED TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO YOUR COLLEAGUES.
SO I WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE VOTING TO DO.
AND, AND I THINK TECHNICALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE APPROVING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD.
DIRECTOR SAN WONG, TAKE YOUR TIME.
THERE'S A PAUSE IN THE ACTION RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, I CAN'T FIND IN HERE WHAT, AND THAT, THAT'S MY FAULT.
SO IN TERMS OF WHERE TO FIND THAT IN YOUR PACKET, I'LL FIRST HELP WITH THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO REFERENCE IT IN THE DOCUMENT, BECAUSE THAT HAS PAGE NUMBERS.
SO ON PAGE 19, YEAH, PAGE 19 OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM DOCUMENT, WE HAVE OUR 2024 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM PROPOSED OBJECTIVES.
AND UNDER STATE WE HAVE THE OBJECTIVE OF IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE'S PATHWAYS TO 30 BY 30 GOALS, ADVANCED LEGISLATION TO EXTEND THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
STATUTORY EXEMPTION FOR RESTORATION PROJECTS.
ALSO, UH, REFERRED TO A SERP, UM, FOR SHORTHAND OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE PUBLIC RESOURCE CODE TO REMOVE THE 2025 SUNSET, WHILE ALSO EXPANDING LANGUAGE TO SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE.
THIS IS A STATUTORY EXEMPTION THAT WAS ADVANCED, UH, I BELIEVE IN 2021, UM, INTO CQA.
UH, IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED BY THE PARK DISTRICT.
WE, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE IT FOR OUR HAYWARD MARSH PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, HOWEVER, IN THAT PROCESS, OUR STAFF IDENTIFIED THAT THE LANGUAGE, UH, WHICH REFERRED TO AS INCIDENTAL PUBLIC ACCESS, UH, PROVIDED FOR A GREAT DEAL OF, UM, SORT OF SUBJECT INTERPRETATION.
AND SO THERE'S INTEREST, UH, BECAUSE IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE PARTIES ASKING TO REMOVE THE 2025 SUNSET ON THIS EXEMPTION.
UM, THAT, WHEN THAT IS DONE TO ALSO STRENGTHEN THE LANGUAGE AROUND ACCESS.
AND SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING TO TAKE THE LANGUAGE, WHICH IS IN THE CALIFORNIA'S PATHWAYS TO 30 BY 30 DOCUMENT AROUND PUBLIC ACCESS AND EMBED THAT INTO THE STATUTORY EXEMPTION.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF PUBLIC ACCESS, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHEN THE PARK DISTRICT GOES OUT TO DO RESTORATION PROGRAM OR PROJECTS, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO USE THE STATUTORY EXEMPTION FOR PROJECTS, WHICH ALSO INCLUDE PUBLIC ACCESS COMPONENT.
CURRENTLY, IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON PROJECTS WHICH ARE ONLY RESTORATION WITH VERY LIMITED IF PUBLIC ACCESS AT ALL.
SO THE PUBLIC ACCESS LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO INCLUDE IN A FUTURE, UM, UPDATE OF THIS, OF THIS SECTION, UM, IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PATHWAY TO 30 BY 30 DOCUMENT, WHICH SEEKS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS TO SUPPORT FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL
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STEWARDS, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND OTHER BENEFITS, BECAUSE YOU NEED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS NATURE TO GAIN AN APPRECIATION FOR NATURE, TO PROTECT NATURE.AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND SO FOR THE HAYWARD MARSH PROJECT, WE WERE ABLE TO INCLUDE THE BAY TRAIL SECTION, BUT THAT WAS A UNIQUE, UM, CONSIDERATION.
AND SO AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD, WE WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT BAY TRAIL PATHWAYS AND OTHERS CAN BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PROJECT'S SCOPE WHILE PROTECTING THE MOST SENSITIVE RESOURCE HABITAT.
AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT RESTORATION COMPONENT IS NOT COMPROMISED WITH THE ACCESS ELEMENT.
SO IT'S ONLY FOR RESTORATION PROJECTS.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA HELP US IF WE WANNA BUILD A TRAIL IN OKAY.
YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, CORRECT.
IN DIABLO FOOTHILLS, IF THE PROJECT IS PUBLIC ACCESS, THIS IS NOT A GOOD FIT FOR IT.
IF THE PROJECT IS RESTORATION, IT, IT WOULD THEN ALLOW US TO HAVE THE PUBLIC ACCESS ACCESS ELEMENT.
I GUESS, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE CONTEXT.
WHAT I'M, WHAT I, MY REAL INTENT OF BRINGING THIS UP WAS I SUPPORT THAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHAT I JUST SAID ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS, BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU ARTICULATED IT VERY WELL, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK IT'S GENERALLY REGARDED THAT WE COULD PROBABLY BE TRUSTED TO KNOW HOW TO LOOK AT THE IMPACTS OF OUR PROJECTS AS OPPOSED TO A SOMEBODY BUILDING A SHOPPING CENTER SOMEWHERE.
WHICH IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A BLUNT INSTRUMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT APPLIES TO EV EVERYBODY.
WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SPECIALISTS AND WE HAVE AN INTENT TO BE PRESERVATIONISTS AS WELL AS ACCESS CREATORS.
UM, AND SO IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT PROCESS.
SO I HOPE WE, I HOPE THIS IS A, A ENTREE INTO SOMETHING A LITTLE BROADER IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY COMPREHENSIVE AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GREAT.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
I DO THINK IN THE MATRIX OF ALL THE DIFFERENT TOPICS WE TOUCH UPON AND ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT ALSO TOUCH UPON THE TOPICS, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE COULD STILL CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ON.
UM, I, I SUPPOSE FOR MYSELF, JUST GIVEN THE YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD IN 2023, I, I, I TEND TO ZERO IN.
AND ALSO JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I CAME FROM A FLOOD, UH, PROTECTION AGENCY PRIOR TO THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT ABOUT OUR STORM.
SO RIGHT NOW I SEE THIS IN HERE UNDER THE FEDERAL SECTION UNDER ECOSYSTEM STEWARDSHIP.
WE DO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE FEMA DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM AND THE STORMS OF 2023, AS WELL AS THE 2017 STORMS ARE MENTIONED HERE.
AND THEN I, I, I'VE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT PARK DISTRICT LAND SERVE A ROLE IN FLOOD PROTECTION, WETLAND BUFFERS, WATER RECHARGE, AND PROTECTION OF CRITICALLY NEEDED BIODIVERSITY.
UM, AND THEN TALKING ABOUT HOW THESE PUBLIC PLACES HAVE FACED UNPRECEDENTED WILDFIRES AND FLOODS OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS.
I THINK IN HERE THAT, THAT WE, WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.
SO MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD INCLUDE AS PART OF OUR, YOU KNOW, 20, 24 CONVERSATION.
AND ALSO, RIGHT NOW WE ONLY REALLY HAVE IT IN THE FEDERAL SECTION, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY, I KNOW DEFINITELY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO ALONG THESE LINES.
SO, UM, I'LL JUST LEAVE MY COMMENTS AT THAT.
AND THEN I GUESS I'LL JUST SKIP AHEAD REAL QUICK.
I, I'M JUST ALSO LOOKING ON PAGE 20.
UH, IN THE, IN THE, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE CALLING THIS? WE'RE CALLING THIS THE PROGRAM PACKET WHERE WE LIST ALL THE AGENCIES.
SO AGAIN, UNDER THE STRATEGIC PARTNERS, I THINK RELATED TO THE COMMENTS THAT I JUST MADE, THERE MIGHT BE A FEW MORE THAT WE COULD ADD THERE.
SO WHEN WE GO, COME BACK TO, TO TALK ABOUT THIS, I, I, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS ALONG THOSE LINES.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIC PARTNERS? YES.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S UNDER THE ECOSYSTEM STEWARDSHIP SECTION.
I'M JUST HAVING A HARD TIME THINKING THERE ARE EVEN MORE
WELL, I, I MEAN, AGAIN, FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE.
WE DO QUITE A BIT OF WORK WITH THEM.
THAT, THAT ALL YOUR QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW? YES.
BUT MORE TO COME AND YOU GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE FULL, FULL BOARD.
I JUST WANNA SAY WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR WHY WHAT TWO YEARS.
UM, THIS IS VERY AMBITIOUS, UH, AND REQUIRES A LOT OF WORK.
AND I CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, OUR RESOURCES DEVOTED TO ALL OF THIS, UH, BOTH INTERNALLY AND
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EXTERNALLY.'CAUSE IT BEARS NOTING, UM, THAT WE HAVE, UH, ADVOCATES, PROFESSIONAL ADVOCATES IN SACRAMENTO AND WASHINGTON, DC AND I MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON, ON, UH, THAT ISSUE OR MAYBE NEXT YEAR FOR THE NEW COMMITTEE.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, UH, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT AT LEAST FOR THIS DIRECTOR, UM, WHEN YOU FOLKS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER, UH, YOUR BUDGET AND LOOKING AT THIS, DON'T BE SHY.
THERE'S TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FUNDING OUT THERE, AND WE HAVE TO DEVOTE WHATEVER RESOURCES WE CAN BRING TO BEAR TO GO AFTER THIS FUNDING, BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL.
AND THIS JUST REMINDS ME OF HOW AMBITIOUS THAT IS AND HOW MUCH OUT THERE THERE IS, AND HOW, HOW MANY RESOURCES NEED TO NEED TO BE DEVOTED TO IT, AGAIN, INTERNALLY OR IN TERMS OF THE CONSULTANTS WE HIRE AND, AND SPECIALISTS.
SO THAT, THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT.
ANYTHING FURTHER? ANY FOLLOW UP? OKAY.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION PER OUR DISCUSSION EARLIER OF WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING? WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE, UH, THE, THE FULL BOARD ADOPT THE PROGRAM AS DESCRIBED IN THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM AND THE, UH, PROGRAM BOOKLET.
I WOULD MOVE THAT IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR RIO AND I'LL SECOND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR SAN WONG.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? SO THREE, UH, IN FAVOR, UH, FOR THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO MY OVERSIGHT WAS ACTUALLY JUST PART OF THAT ASSUMPTION.
SO NOW WE GET TO FIVE B, WHICH IS RECOMMENDED LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT ERIC.
ERIC FEELER, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FEDERAL BILLS TO, UH, PROPOSE FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR SUPPORT.
AS LISA INDICATED EARLIER, OUR STATE LEGISLATION IS ESSENTIALLY ON HOLD UNTIL THEY RECONVENE IN JANUARY.
UM, SO WE ONLY HAVE FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO DISCUSS TODAY.
UH, AND I BELIEVE TODAY IS ALSO THE LAST DAY THAT CONGRESS WILL BE IN SESSION UNTIL THE NEW YEAR AS WELL.
UH, THE FIRST BILL IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, I THINK IS AN HONOR THAT WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER.
UH, IT'S A RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF SENATOR DIANE FEINSTEIN.
AND ONE THING OF IMPORTANCE IS TO NOTE HER ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY.
UH, HER WORK ON, UH, THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY, ON THE MOJAVE DESERT, ON LAKE TAHOE, ON A NUM, NUMEROUS OTHER NATIONAL MONUMENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
UH, AND THEN IN ADDITIONALLY TO THE PARK DISTRICT, SHE WAS A HUGE CHAMPION OF OUR WILDFIRE RESTOR, UH, UH, RESILIENCY WORK.
UH, IN FACT, AT A COUPLE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, SUPPORTED DIRECT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THAT.
AND ALSO WAS A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION AUTHORITY AND GETTING THAT MEASURE ON THE BALLOT, AS WELL AS THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY PROGRAM OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, WHICH, UH, WE CELEBRATED EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, AND RECEIVED SOME GRANT FUNDING FOR SOME OF OUR WORK IN THE BAY.
SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT CHAMPION FOR THE STATE, UH, FOR THE NATION, AND ALSO FOR, UH, FRANKLY, THE PARK DISTRICT.
THE SECOND BILL ON YOUR LIST IS, UH, DEALING WITH REDUCING WASTE IN THE NATIONAL PARKS ACT.
UH, THIS HAS COME BEFORE YOU SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
UH, AND IT'S KIND OF A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ADMINISTRATIONS, UH, INTERPRET RULES DIFFERENTLY.
AND SO THIS BILL WOULD CODIFY THE ELIMINATION OR THE BANNING OF PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES IN NATIONAL PARKS.
CURRENTLY THE STATUS IS THEY ARE BANNED, BUT THAT WAS, UH, NOT THE POSITION OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
AND SO UNTIL IT'S RECOGNIZED, UM, AND CODIFIED INTO LAW, IT'LL BE BASED ON THE INTERPRETATION OF WHOSOEVER IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
AND WE HAVE SUPPORTED THAT, THAT BILL IN THE PAST.
UH, THE THIRD BILL ON YOUR LIST IS THE WILDFIRE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES ACT.
THE SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF THIS IS THE $3 MILLION, UH, LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM.
UH, I'M SORRY, THE $3 BILLION LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM THAT WOULD ASSIST SOME OF THE WORK WE DO IN THE WILDFIRE RESILIENCE SPACE.
UH, THE BIGGER TICKET ITEM IN THIS BILL IS ACTUALLY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
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A $30 BILLION, UH, PROGRAM FOR, UH, VEGETATION MANAGEMENT IN NATIONAL AND FEDERAL LANDS.THE BILL ALSO CREATES A, UH, UH, RESTORATION LANDSCAPE.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE LARGELY GOING TO BE FEDERAL, BUT A VERY GOOD PRECEDENT FOR SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT SPACE.
UH, AND THEN IT ALSO CREATES A COUNTY STEWARDSHIP FUND.
THIS COULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PARK DISTRICT OPERATING IN TWO DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
WE REALLY DO, UH, ARE FOR THE MOST PART, UM, ONE OF THE LEADING AGENCIES IN THE WILDFIRE RESILIENCE SPACE.
UH, BUT HAVING A COUNTYWIDE PLAN IN EACH COUNTY COULD HELP, UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION OF, UH, OF OUR WORK.
UH, NUMBER FOUR, UH, IS THE RESPONSIBLE WILDLAND RECOVERY ACT.
AND THIS SIMPLY GIVES THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE THE ABILITY TO WAIVE THE COST SHARE REQUIREMENTS.
UH, IF THERE IS, UH, WHEN, WHEN DOING RESTORATION PROJECTS IN COMMUNITIES ADJACENT TO FEDERAL PROPERTIES, IF THERE IS, UM, UH, RESTORATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, UH, USUALLY THERE IS A COST SHARE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO PAY INTO UNDER C CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
THIS WOULD GIVE THE, UH, SECRETARY THE AUTHORITY TO WAIVE THOSE COST AGREEMENTS.
THE FIFTH ON YOUR LIST IS THE, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UM, I BELIEVE IS ACTUALLY IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM THAT, UH, WAS JUST OUTLINED TO YOU IS THE CIVILIAN CLIMATE CORPS.
UH, THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE CONSERVATION CORPS AND WORK PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION EFFORTS IN, IN NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
HISTORICALLY, THAT WOULD REALLY WORK IN THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE ADAPTATION AND CLEAN ENERGY SPACE.
IT PROPOSES TO PROVIDE 1.5 MILLION JOBS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
UH, SO DEFINITELY IT IS ALIGNMENT WITH OUR GREEN JOBS, UH, OBJECTIVE IN OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM.
THE SIXTH BILL IS THE BREAK FEAR BREAK FREE FROM PLASTIC, UH, ACT AND SIGNIFICANT TO THIS ACT WITH ESTABLISH A NATIONAL BOTTLE BILL OF 10 CENTS PER, UH, CONTAINER BEVERAGE CONTAINER.
AND THE REVENUE COLLECTED FROM THAT, THAT ISN'T, UH, RETURNED TO PATRONS, UH, WHO RETURNED THEIR CANS.
AND, AND BOTTLES WOULD GO TOWARD A FUND THAT WOULD ESTABLISH, UH, RESOURCES FOR WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS, WHICH IS AN EFFORT THAT OUR, UH, COMMUNITY SURVEY WORK REALLY SEEMS TO INDICATE OUR PUBLIC SUPPORTS.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT WOULD ALSO, UH, BAN THE EXPORT OF PLASTICS OF CERTAIN PLASTICS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
AND IF YOU'RE READING THE, THE NEWS, THE OCEAN IS FILLED OF PLASTIC, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT A WAY FOR A LOT OF COUNTRIES TO DEAL WITH IT.
AND SO THIS WOULD HELP MAKE A DENT INTO THAT EFFORT.
UH, AND THEN IN ADDITION, UH, IT DOES BAN THE USE OF A NUMBER OF SINGLE USE PLASTIC, UH, ELEMENTS SUCH AS PLASTIC UTENSILS.
THINGS YOU GET WHEN YOU ORDER CARRY OUT FOOD FOR THE MOST PART.
SEVEN, UH, SEVENTH BILL ON YOUR LIST IS THE NATIONAL COORDINATION ON ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE SECURITY ACT.
SO IN, IN ADDITION TO DEVELOPING A STRATEGY, IT WOULD LITERALLY CREATE A POSITION IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO FOCUS ON, UH, RESILIENCY AND WOULD ALSO, UH, CREATE AN INTER-AGENCY WORKING GROUP, AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING A COMMUNICATION HUB NATIONWIDE ABOUT THE STRATEGY.
AND THEN THE EIGHTH BILL ON YOUR LIST, UM, SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO HOME WOULD ESTABLISH THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK.
WHILE THE BILL ITSELF SIMPLY STATES THAT THE PARK SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IT DOES CALL FOR A, UH, POTENTIAL FOR AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF OAKLAND TO ENTER INTO A CONVERSATION WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING THE HISTORIC SITE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF OAKLAND.
AND THEN ON THE, THE NUMBER, THE NINTH BILL ON YOUR LIST IS, UH, A STUDY TO, UH, ABOUT SOIL, UH, ON FEDERAL LANDS.
AND THIS WOULD REALLY HELP INFORM, UH, OUR STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT, AND PARTICULARLY HOW WE, UH, APPLY CERTAIN THINGS LIKE BIOCHAR AND OTHER, UH, ELEMENTS TO OUR LANDS.
UM, UNDERSTANDING THE CONCERNS OF ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS AND HISTORICAL, UH, TOPOGRAPHY, BUT GLEANING INFORMATION FROM THE FEDERAL STUDY WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR TEAM'S EFFORTS IN THE FUTURE.
AND WITH THAT, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LIST OF FEDERAL BILLS THAT WE ARE SEEKING, UH, RECOMMENDATION FOR SUPPORT ON.
ANY QUESTIONS? AND AGAIN, SO THIS IS GONNA BE, UH,
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RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE OUTLINED LEGISLATE LEGISLATION, UH, FOR, UH, ADVANCEMENT TO THE FULL BOARD, CORRECT COMMITTEE.THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING ACTUALLY.
UM, SO IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE WITHIN THE SPACES THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT ALSO IS HAPPENING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
UM, I I, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE LIST.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, ALRIGHT.
LET'S SEE IF, UH, LET'S SEE IF DR.
NO, I, I, UH, I'M IMPRESSED AT THAT, THAT, THAT THERE'S A THINKING OUT THERE IN, IN OUR, AMONG OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATORS TO APPROACH THESE, THESE ISSUES AND, AND ISSUES IS A EUPHEMISM.
THERE ARE PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW, UH, THAT, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE US THERE'S A LOT OF LEGISLATORS OUT THERE THAT WOULD NOT, I CAN SEE EASILY THAT THEY WOULDN'T SUPPORT THESE THINGS FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A WAY TO GET THESE THROUGH.
AND SO I, I, I FIRMLY, UH, AGREE THAT THESE ARE, UM, CAUSES AND ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO GET BEHIND.
UM, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD SUPPORT THESE.
UM, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY REALLY ARE A PROGRESSIVE THINKING.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING.
AND, AND BY THE WAY, I JUST SAW SOMETHING IN A STORE THE OTHER DAY.
IT WAS A, I THINK IT WAS A GARMENT, I'M NOT SURE, BUT IT WAS MADE FROM OCEAN PLASTICS.
SO THEY'RE GOING OUT THERE AND THEY'RE GRABBING THAT, OR I GUESS THEY'RE GOING OUT.
GRABBING THAT STUFF, BRINGING IT BACK AND MAKING STUFF OUT OF IT, WHICH IS LIKE, IN MY MIND, THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS THOUGHT SHOULD BE DONE, BUT I JUST CAN'T, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT THE ECONOMICS OF THAT IS, BUT IT, THERE, THERE IT IS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S OUT THERE.
AND WE CAN SUPPORT THOSE THINGS, UH, BY PURCHASING THEM.
SO, JUST A SIDE NOTE, IT, IT JUST STRUCK ME HOW MANY OF THESE PROPOSALS ARE WHOLLY DEPENDENT ON WHAT HAPPENS IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS? GOD,
SO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE.
I WANTED TO GET IT IN THE RIGHT ORDER THIS TIME.
YES, DIRECTOR SAN WONG MAKES THE MOTION TO FORWARD TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
AND IT'S SECONDED BY DIRECTOR RIO.
ANY OPPOSITION OR ABSTENTIONS? NO.
SO THIS WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE FULL BOARD WITH THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
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SO THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM SIX ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS ANNOUNCEMENTS.I'LL LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, I'LL GO FIRST TO STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, I'M REMINDED BY MY COLLEAGUES, UH, WANNA WELCOME LAUREN BLANCHARD, UH, ACTING OR TEMPORARY, UH, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, UH, WILL BE SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS TEAM.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER.
AND IF, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE A MIC, UM, SHE COMES TO US BY WAY OF, UH, FORMALLY THE MAYOR OF OAKLAND'S OFFICE.
UM, SO GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE IN THIS SPACE.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HER AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER.
EVENTUALLY, EVERYONE WILL BE FORMALLY FROM OAKLAND.
UM, WOULD YOU TELL ME HER NAME AGAIN? LAUREN
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? STEPH? OLIVIA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS TEAM, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE INSTRUMENTAL IN, UH, ORGANIZING LAST MONDAY, THIS, THIS PAST MONDAY'S EVENT THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, OUR BOARD, THE, UM, PAC AS WELL AS THE FOUNDATION BOARD.
IT WAS REALLY NICE TO CELEBRATE THE END OF THE YEAR AND GET TOGETHER IN PERSON AGAIN.
AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE TYPES OF EFFORTS.
AND THEN I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT.
DO WE INVITE IN REGARDS TO OUR
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SITE VISITS? 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH THE FOUNDATION BOARD REGULARLY, AND I WAS WONDERING IF WE INVITE THEM TO OUR SITE VISITS THAT WE DO.AND, UM, SO IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE FOUNDATION BOARD'S INVITED TO THE SITE VISIT, WE'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE EXECUTIVE, UH, DIRECTOR LAUREN, UH, BERNSTEIN.
HOWEVER, I WILL SHARE THAT WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BERNSTEIN ON INVITING, UM, THE FOUNDATION BOARD TO JOIN ON PAC FIELD TRIPS NEXT YEAR IN ORDER TO HELP, UH, CULTIVATE A SHARED LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND, AND OPPORTUNITY.
YEAH, AND I I JUST SAY, JUST IN GENERAL, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
ANY, ANY OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR US TO CONTINUE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ALWAYS THE END OF THE YEAR EVENT, ALTHOUGH I REALLY GLAD IT WAS AT THE END OF THE YEAR EVENT THAT WE WERE ALL TO GET TOGETHER.
AND I KNOW WE'RE COMING BACK FROM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PANDEMIC AND GATHERING IN PERSON AND SOCIALIZING.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE SOME DIFFERENT COORDINATED EFFORTS.
BUT I I, I REALLY DID ENJOY THIS PAST MONDAY, SO THANK YOU FOR ORGANIZING IT AND BRINGING US ALL TOGETHER.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY, VERY NICE.
I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS THREE FAVOR PARTIES NEXT YEAR ARE GONNA BE A LOT OF THEM
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS OUR FINAL LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 2023.
AND, UM, WE DON'T YET HAVE OUR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OUT FOR 2024.
SO JUST IN CASE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE SAME GROUP NEXT YEAR, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THIS TEAM.
I REALLY ENJOYED BEING A PART OF THIS COMMITTEE.
THIS, THIS WAS MY TOP CHOICE COMMITTEE AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT I GOT TO BE A PART OF MY TOP CHOICE.
I WAS VERY, UM, EAGER THAT'S A COMPLIMENT TO, TO, TO BE HERE.
AND I, I THINK I, I, I'VE LEARNED A LOT AND, UM, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
AND I ALWAYS ENJOY WHEN THE PAC MEMBERS COME, GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT A LOT MORE WITH THOSE FOLKS.
SO FOUNDATION, I, I COULD IMAGINE THAT THAT MEMBERSHIP WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IN MAKING THEM IF THEY CAN.
THEY'RE BUSY PEOPLE, BUT HOPEFULLY, JOHN, ANYTHING IN CLOSING? NO, I GUESS I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I'M HAPPY TO BE AN ALTERNATE
IT'S KIND OF A GOOD, IS THIS YOUR FIRST MEETING? I, HE'S HERE ONCE BEFORE.
I THINK I WAS HERE EVEN ONE MORE.
I'M REALLY, I'VE, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STUFF THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO ME.
BUT, UM, AND HERE, HERE'S A, HOPEFULLY A PREDICTION.
MY EFFORTS ARE BETTER APPLIED ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
MY, MY TALENTS ARE MORE ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
THAT'S JUST A LITTLE STATEMENT I'M MAKING OUT.
YOU CAN'T LOBBY HER AT I KNOW.
BUT IT'S IN THE, IT'S, IT'S OUT THERE.
NOW WE CAN, WE CAN FORWARD IT TO HER, ASK HER REVIEW.
SO THE BEST COMBINATION IS FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SO NOTE NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENT OF OUR BOARD AND I DID WANT TO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING IN DIRECTOR WASP'S STEAD AS HE HAD A CONFLICT.
AND WITH THAT, WE STAND ADJOURNED.