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          ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE TOLD BY PRIME GOVT WE CAN MOVE AHEAD AND START THE MEETING. 
          CORRECT? GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THIS IS THE BOARD LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. 
          WE'RE MEETING ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, AND WE'RE STARTING THE MEETING AT 12:32. 
          AND I WILL ASK RECORDING CLERK ASHLEY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE OF THE
COMMITTEE. 
          [Roll Call]
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS ASHLEY GRENIER, RECORDING CLERK, TAKING ROLL. 
          CHAIR COFFEY HERE, DIRECTOR MERCURIO DIRECTOR SANWONG HERE. 
          AND WE HAVE PARK DISTRICT STAFF COORDINATORS IN THIS MEETING. 
          DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, DR. 
          ANNA ALVAREZ HERE AND CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS ERICH PFUEHLER HERE. 
          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 AGENDA. 
          IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ASHLEY. 
          [Approval of Minutes]
NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES THAT HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED. 
          IS THERE A MOTION ACCORDINGLY? I'LL MAKE A MOTION SINCE I WAS HERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IF THERE'S AN ISSUE. 
          I THINK YOU WERE ON THE ZOOM DIRECTOR. 
          MERCURIO. SO YOU CAN SECOND. 
          NO, NO, NO. 
          SO THEN, WELL, I'LL SECOND AND ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, SAY AYE. 
          ABSTAIN, AND ONE IS TWO. 
          YES. ONE ABSTENTION. 
          DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA? I'LL LOOK AROUND THE ROOM. 
          NO PUBLIC ANYTHING APPARENT ON ZOOM OR ANY OTHER REQUESTS. 
          NO REQUESTS. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 4 INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. AND IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION FROM THE COMMITTEE, WE'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 4B UP TO START
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. SO THIS WILL BE UPDATE ON LOCAL ACTIONS TAKEN BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS BRIAN HOLT. 
          [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 QUICKER
AHEAD OF THE AGENDA AS MY DAUGHTER HAS HER FIRST SWIM MEET THIS AFTERNOON, SO I NEED TO DASH OUT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE HER TO THAT. 
          SO SO I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR HUMORING ME HERE. 
          WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ITEMS FOR YOU TODAY, LARGELY REGARDING OTHER JURISDICTIONS IMPROVING
PARKLANDS AROUND OURS. 
          SO SO WE'LL DIVE INTO THAT HERE. 
          THE FIRST ITEM I WAS GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU DATES BACK TO SEPTEMBER. 
          THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE ACTIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEN, BUT THIS IS WITH REGARDS TO
THE DRAFT WATERFRONT MARINA TRUST LAND USE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF MARTINEZ. 
          SO, AS YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR, THE THE PARK DISTRICT. 
          OH. I'M SORRY. 
          SO AGAIN, FIRST ITEM WE WILL DISCUSS HERE IS THE CITY OF MARTINEZ DRAFT WATERFRONT MARINA
TRUST LAND USE PLAN. 
          SO AGAIN THIS IS AN AREA OF THE TED AND CATHY RADKE MARTINEZ REGIONAL SHORELINE. 
          A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY HELD BY THE CITY OF MARTINEZ IS A PORTION OWNED BY THE EAST BAY
REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND AND SOME, SOME ARRANGEMENT THERE. 
          SO THE THE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED THIS PLAN. 
          THIS WAS DEVELOPED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          PARK DISTRICT STAFF DID PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN. 
          SO WE MET WITH CITY STAFF AND CONSULTANTS A COUPLE TIMES TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR INPUT. 
          YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE LAND USES ARE THAT ARE LAID OUT HERE. 
          FOR BOTH CITY LANDS, WHICH IS THE MARINA AND THE PARKING AREA AROUND THERE, AND THEN
AREAS THAT ARE LEASED BY THE CITY FROM THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES THE SPORTS FIELDS AND SOME OF THE WATERSHED LANDS OVER ON THE I GUESS IT
WOULD BE THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. 
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SO SO WHAT IS PROPOSED IS SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING SPORTS FIELDS. 
          OF COURSE, THE BOCCE BALL COURTS THERE ARE BELOVED AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE AREAS. 
          SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING. 
          LOOKING AT IMPROVING THE MARINA AREA AND PROVIDING SOME LEVEL OF AN EVENT CENTER. 
          EXPANDING THE YACHT CLUB. 
          PROVIDING SOME WATER ACCESS FOR, SAY, KITE SURFING OR KAYAKING AND THEN INCLUDING SOME
SOME RESTAURANT OPTIONS, COFFEE STANDS, OTHER THINGS THERE. 
          AND THEN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, LOOKING AT SOME, SOME RESTORATION OF SOME OF
THE THE TIDAL INFLUENCED LANDS THAT ARE IN THERE. 
          THIS HAS BEEN A A TOPIC OF LONG STANDING INTEREST BOTH TO THE CITY AND TO THE PARK
DISTRICT. 
          IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN TO THE MARINA AREA DOWN THERE. 
          IT'S LONG BEEN A MAINTENANCE CHALLENGE FOR THE CITY TO TO DREDGE THAT MARINA. 
          I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT SITE IS UNDERUTILIZED CURRENTLY AND CAN BE RELATIVELY. 
          YEAH, IT'S FOR FOR THAT THAT SITE ON THE WATERFRONT, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE. 
          SO, SO THIS IS A PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED PARTLY REQUIRED BY THE STATE, BUT ALSO TO HELP
GUIDE THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USES OUT THERE. 
          I SHOULD SAY AT THIS TIME, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT ANY FUNDING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO
IMPLEMENT THIS OR THAT ANY PARTNERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO SAY, TO SAY, DO SOME OF THE EVENT CENTER OR OR, OR RESTAURANT SITES. 
          BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY OF MARTINEZ AS, AS THIS MOVES FORWARD TO
TO ENSURE OUR INTERESTS ARE THERE AND TO HELP ACTIVATE THAT WATERFRONT. 
          THE NEXT ITEM. 
          ANOTHER VERY LONG STANDING ITEM THE ORINDA CITY COUNCIL REVIEWING ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT. 
          ACTUALLY, THIS DATE IS THIS IS A LITTLE DATED IN THAT IT ACTUALLY JUST A NEW DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT. 
          JUST WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK, AND WE EXPECT IT TO GO TO THE CITY
COUNCIL HERE SOON, WHICH IS TO EVALUATE THE THE DEVELOPER OG PROPERTY OWNERS LLC REGARDING THE THEIR PROGRESS IN MEETING THE VARIOUS
COMMITMENTS THAT THEY'VE HAD UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK
DISTRICT. 
          SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE AS YOU GO OVER HIGHWAY 24 AND THE WILDER DEVELOPMENT
IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 24, THE WILDER DEVELOPMENT IS LARGELY COMPLETE. 
          THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING SOME IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CITY. 
          AND IN ADDITION, THERE'S A COUPLE ITEMS THAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS INTEREST, HAS HAD
INTEREST IN. 
          AND MOST NOTABLY IS THE WESTERN HILLS OPEN SPACE. 
          SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF ORINDA AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE TO TO ENSURE WHATEVER IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED TO BE MADE IN THE WESTERN HILLS OPEN SPACE TO GET IT TO A POINT THAT THE PARK WILL PARK DISTRICT IS IS ABLE TO
ACCEPT THAT PROPERTY. 
          SO THAT'S THINGS LIKE FENCING AND GRAZING INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THERE WAS SOME INCLUDED IN THERE, SOME EXPANDED PARK ACCESS, TRAIL ACCESS AND PARKING
THAT THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF ORINDA ON TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO SIBLEY AND WESTERN HILLS OPEN SPACE
THROUGH THE WILDER DEVELOPMENT. SO THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE ONGOING. 
          AND AND WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED AS WE GO THERE. 
          CITY OF ALAMEDA. 
          THIS IS AT ALAMEDA POINT, HAS STARTED TO HOLD WORKSHOPS ON A PROJECT THAT THEY'RE
CALLING DE-PAVE PARK. 
          VERY ILLUSTRATIVE NAME, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IS DE-PAVING AN AREA OF
THE FORMER ALAMEDA POINT NAVAL AIR STATION TO TO BRING IN TO RESTORE SOME WETLANDS, I BELIEVE, BOTH TIDAL AND UPLAND WETLANDS AND CREATING SOME
BOARDWALKS AND MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          SO AGAIN THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THAT WE HAVE INTEREST IN FOR FOR VARIOUS REASONS. 
          OF COURSE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE I GUESS IT WOULD BE THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE FORMER
NAVAL AIR STATION. 
          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, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN EXPANDING THE BAY TRAIL
ACCESS AROUND THE FORMER NAVAL AIR STATION, WHICH WOULD GO THROUGH OR ADJACENT TO THIS DE-PAVED PARK AREA, WHICH IS SHOWN 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 LONG TIME COMING. 
          THERE'S BEEN SOME PARK IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE WATER FRONTAGE HERE. 
          AND THEN NOW THE CITY IS LOOKING AT DE-PAVE PARK AREA. 
          SO WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH THE CITY AND THE DESIGN OF THIS AND HAVE SHARED OUR THOUGHTS
ON THE LARGER OPEN SPACE VISION FOR THE FORMER ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR STATION. 
          AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM AS THEY WORK TO BUILD THIS. 
          BUT YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN HERE, WHICH AGAIN, IS REALLY DE-PAVING A BIG
PORTION OF THE AREA BRINGING IN SOME TIDAL INFLUENCE. THERE IS SOME, SOME UPLAND WETLANDS THAT WOULD BE CREATED. 
          THESE WOULD BE POSSIBLY MITIGATION AREAS FOR CITY OF NAVY ACTIVITY OR CITY OF NAVY NAVY
ACTIVITIES ELSEWHERE ON THE BASE WHERE THEY NEED TO CREATE SOME WETLANDS. 
          AND AND THEN AGAIN INCORPORATING THE TRAILS AND PROVIDING SOME FISHING AREAS AND A
PARKING LOT TO PROVIDE ACCESS THROUGH HERE. 
          AND THEN I BELIEVE LASTLY IS A PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BY THE CITY OF FREMONT. 
          THIS WOULD BE NEAR VARGAS PLATEAU AND NEAR AN AREA THAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON
EXPANDING THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL THROUGH WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE [INAUDIBLE] PROPERTY TO CONNECT TO TO NILES
CANYON AND MISSION BOULEVARD AND ACROSS TO VARGAS PLATEAU. SO YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THAT ALIGNMENT HERE ON THE MAP ON THE LEFT. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE. 
          SEAN DOUGAN, 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. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH VALLEJO MILLS HISTORICAL PARK, IT'S A CITY PARK HAS LONG BEEN
AGAIN, UNDERUTILIZED OR PERHAPS OVER UTILIZED BY BY THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND THERE'S BEEN VARIOUS EFFORTS TO TRY TO ACTIVATE THAT SPACE TO, TO MAKE IT AGAIN
AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 
          SO THE EFFORT HERE IS TO DEVELOP FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS WITHIN THE PARK. 
          AND TO PROVIDE SOME TO PROVIDE SOME EXPANDED PARKING. 
          AS WELL AS DEVELOPING A DOG PARK IN HERE. 
          AND I KNOW BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS WERE RECENTLY DISCUSSED AT THE FREMONT LIAISON
COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE STAFF WAS ABLE TO GET SOME INPUT, AND WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT AND, AND CONTINUING TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY OF FREMONT
ON, ON THEIR PLANS IN THAT AREA FOR THAT. 
          SO WITH THAT, THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT I HAVE TO SHARE AT THIS POINT. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          AND ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 
          THANK YOU BRIAN. 
          ALL THE QUESTION ON MARTINEZ, BUT I WANT TO LOOK TO MY COLLEAGUES FIRST. 
          DIRECTOR. I CAN GO FIRST. 
          I ACTUALLY HAVE QUITE A FEW COMMENTS. 
          SO IF YOU WANT JOHN TO GO FIRST WOULD BE FINE, TOO. 
          EENY MEENY MINEY MO. 
          OKAY, I CAN GO. I CAN GO REAL QUICK. 
          SINCE YOU JUST FINISHED WITH FREMONT. 
          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 ENCAMPMENT WAS DISCUSSED QUITE A BIT, AS WELL AS PARKING. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME CONCERN BECAUSE BOTH DOG PARKS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE VERY
POPULAR. 
          AND RIGHT NOW I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 25 PARKING SPACES IN THIS PLAN. 
          WHEN WE HAD 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 THE GARONNE,
TO VALLEJO MILLS TRAIL THAT YOU SEE HERE ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT OF THE SLIDE. 
          YEAH. SORRY. 
          IT'S OKAY. AND AND JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT COULD ALSO POTENTIALLY BE A VERY POPULAR
TRAIL, ALTHOUGH IT IS QUITE STEEP GOING UP AND GOING DOWN. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL LINE AND ONE
OF OUR IMPORTANT CONNECTORS. 
          SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION THAT THAT MEETING WAS LAST WEEK WITH THE CITY OF
FREMONT. 
          OKAY. 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 PLANS. 
          AND ALSO THERE MIGHT BE A FEW ITEMS THAT MAYBE WE AS DIRECTORS ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH. 
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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 IS MENTIONED HERE. 
          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 AGENCY AS WELL AS THE GROUNDWATER BASIN MANAGER FOR THE CITIES OF FREMONT, UNION CITY AND NEWARK. 
          AND 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 ACWD SINCE ONE OF THE MAIN TOPICS WAS DELVAL. AND SO AS WE WERE CATCHING UP, THE THING THAT CAME UP A LOT LAST NIGHT IN THAT
REVIEW OF THE ACWD MEETING WAS LOS VAQUEROS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CCWD, AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A CONTRA COSTA WATER
DISTRICT LIAISON MEETING RECENTLY. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? I HAD HEARD THAT THERE HAD BEEN WELL, THERE WAS ONE, BUT IT WASN'T REALLY RECENTLY. 
          IT WAS DURING THE SUMMER, I BELIEVE IT WAS. 
          YEAH, MAYBE JULY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH. ANYWAYS, MY POINT HERE IS THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT. 
          LIAISON MEETINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS, AND THEY DO OVERLAP. 
          THEY'RE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO HAVE SOME
SORT OF TRACKER. 
          SO THEN, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER EXAMPLE I WAS THINKING ABOUT, I KNOW YOU'RE SO KNOWLEDGEABLE
ABOUT THIS, BRIAN, BECAUSE WE WERE OUT AT DOOLAN CANYON WHAT, SIX WEEKS AGO? I WANT TO SAY APPROXIMATELY AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE DUBLIN BOULEVARD EXTENSION
PROJECT AND HOW YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THAT PROJECT. 
          SO WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO, IT'S GOING TO CONNECT DUBLIN BOULEVARD TO NORTH CANYONS PARKWAY,
CONNECT DUBLIN TO THE CITY OF LIVERMORE. 
          AND THERE'S A THERE'S DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES IN REGARDS TO DEVELOPMENT 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 DOOLIN 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 GATHERED SOME INSIGHTS FROM A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF THEIR PUBLIC. 
          AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          AND, 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, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO START 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. 
          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 I JUST WANT TO 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. 
          SURE. SO IN TERMS OF THE 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 I'M SURE THERE'S A CONNECTION. 
          I'M JUST AND THEN I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE SPREADSHEET OFFLINE. 
          I'M HAPPY TO. OKAY. 
          YEAH. SO I GUESS SO JUST LIKE WITH LOCAL ACTIONS, I JUST DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE TO PUT
ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND LIAISON MEETINGS. 
          RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE PRESENTED WITH THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA AND THE ONES THAT AREN'T
ON THE AGENDA WEREN'T THE PUBLIC DIDN'T GET NOTICE THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THEM. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          YEAH. NO, THAT MAKES SENSE. YES. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I'M JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THIS GROUP. 
          THIS IS GREAT. SO, MARTINEZ, THE MARTINEZ SITUATION THERE AND THAT PLAN THAT THEY HAVE,
WHICH I USED TO WORK DOWN PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT AREA, AND I KNOW IT PRETTY WELL, ALTHOUGH IT'S CHANGED OVER THE YEARS, BUT ALWAYS
THINKING ABOUT THE BAY TRAIL. 
          AND I KNOW WE HAVE A PROJECT TO THE WEST OF THERE TO BRING, 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 BEEN WONDERING ABOUT THIS FOR LITERALLY YEARS, IS HOW WILL THERE EVER BE A REAL. 
          AND THIS IS I HOPE THIS IS 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 AND DOES TIE INTO THIS PROJECT. 
          SO BAY TRAIL WOULD BE YOUR ONE OF YOUR PRIMARY, YOU KNOW, NON-MOTORIZED ACCESS TO TED
AND CATHY RADKE MARTINEZ REGIONAL 
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SHORELINE, AS WELL AS ANY OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PLANNED AS PART OF THE CITY OF
MARTINEZ PROJECTS. 
          TO ANSWER YOUR OTHER QUESTION REGARDING THE BAY TRAIL TO THE EAST OF HERE, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S A HARD GAP. 
          AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S EAST
OF HERE IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF REFINERY, A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL LAND, AND CERTAINLY PART OF PART OF OUR ONGOING EFFORTS AS PART OF OUR WORK [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY, THE
BAY TRAIL COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF HOW WE CLOSE GAPS, BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY A HARD GAP. 
          YEAH. OKAY. 
          I UNDERSTOOD, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF TIMES DRIVING BY THERE, I ALWAYS I ALWAYS
HAVE THE SAME THOUGHT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN THIS BE DONE? YOU KNOW AND I GUESS WE JUST HAVE TO MAYBE HOPE FOR THE BEST IN ONE WAY, OR ALSO EXPECT
THAT THERE'S SOME CREATIVE MINDS OUT THERE THAT CAN COME TO SOME RESOLUTION. SO ANYWAY, OKAY, SO SO IT DOES HAVE IT DOES HAVE 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 I AND I SEE FACILITIES HERE IN THIS, IN THIS PARK. 
          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 WAYPOINT. 
          YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU, JOHN. 
          SO ON ON THIS MAP. 
          BRIAN THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE, AND I'M WONDERING IF THEY HAVE DEVELOPED ANY KIND OF
TIME FRAME FOR ANY OF THIS. 
          IS THIS GOING TO BE HAPPENING OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? TEN YEARS? YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE THE PLAN AND HOPE THAT HOPE THAT FOLKS
COME AND EMBRACE IT AND BRING IT FORWARD. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A TIME FRAME 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 SOME LEVEL OF PHASING OR DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THERE. 
          PART OF THIS PART OF WHAT WAS DRIVING THIS WAS SORT OF TWOFOLD. 
          I MEAN, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DOES REQUIRE THAT MARTINEZ AND ANY OF THE CITIES THAT
HOLD TRUST LANDS HAVE AN UPDATED TRUST LAND USE PLAN. 
          SO THEY WERE WERE ESSENTIALLY REQUIRED TO DO THIS. 
          AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE IMPETUS OF JUST WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE MARINA? AND THAT'S BEEN, AS YOU'RE FAMILIAR, A LONG STANDING CONVERSATION IN MARTINEZ, MANY
YEARS. 
          SO I THINK SO I WOULD NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT SPECIFIC TIME FRAMES AND JUST REALLY
WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT ASPECTS OF THIS ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD? SO DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE RESTORATION? THE THE WHAT ARE THEY DESCRIBING IT HERE AS THE 21 TIDELAND RESTORATION AND PASSIVE
RECREATION. 
          THAT WHOLE AREA IS VERY UNDERUTILIZED. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, 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 RESTORATION, I THINK IS IS THE RIGHT WORD. 
          YEAH. 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 I DID REACH OUT TO US AND SAY, YOU KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'D BE INTERESTED
IN? AND OF COURSE, THE PARK DISTRICT'S ALWAYS INTERESTED IN SEEING, YOU KNOW, RESTORED
SHORELINE. 
          SO, SO WE SAID, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE WOULD SUPPORT THAT IN YOUR PLAN. 
          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. YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'D BE WONDERFUL. 
          IT'D BE A WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT TO THE THE SHORELINE GENERALLY. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY WOULD PEOPLE SHARE THE TRAILS. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, YOU START ON THE RADTKE SIDE AND END UP OVER ON ON THE TIDELANDS SIDE FOR
HIKING WALKS. SO I'M REALLY ENTHUSED TO SEE THAT THE ONE MORE THAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT IF
YOU HAD ANY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE AUGMENTED ACCESS OVER THE RAILROAD IS THOUGHT OF. 
          WHAT WHAT WOULD THAT BE? I WOULD NEED TO GET BACK TO YOU SPECIFICALLY ON THAT. 
          I COULDN'T FIND IT ON THE MAP. 
          YEAH. OH, IT'S JUST CUT OFF HERE, JUST BELOW WHERE YOU SEE JOE DIMAGGIO DRIVE. 
          AND SO PART OF IT WAS JUST HOW TO HOW DO YOU IMPROVE THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN DOWNTOWN TO
THE WATERFRONT, TO THE WATERFRONT PARK? AND I THINK LOOKING AT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RAILROAD ACCESS. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT IF IT'S A, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN
OVERCROSSING OR IF IT'S JUST AT GRADE IMPROVEMENTS. 
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AND SO WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK. 
          OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS ON THAT. 
          AND FINALLY HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION OF THE NEED FOR PARK DISTRICT APPROVALS ON ON THE LANDS THAT ARE LEASED FROM THE PARK DISTRICT? 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, YOU KNOW, VERY SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH. 
          BUT ON A HIGH LEVEL, YOU KNOW, WE FELT THAT YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE USES THEY WERE
APPROVING IN HERE AT THIS CONCEPTUAL LEVEL WERE APPROPRIATE. GOT IT. 
          SO FOR MY COLLEAGUES BENEFIT THE, THE BOUNDARY YOU SEE THAT'S DESCRIBED AS NON CITY TRUST
LANDS THAT ENCOMPASS THE BALL FIELDS, THE BOCCE COURTS, THE SKATE, THE 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 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. 
          WE DON'T APPROVE. 
          WE COORDINATE, WE TALK, AND WE MAKE SURE THE ACTIVITIES ARE CONSISTENT WITH OUR OUR
PARKLANDS AND TRAILS NEXT DOOR. ANYWAY. 
          THANK YOU BRIAN. YEP. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ACCOMMODATING ME. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. 
          HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. TELL YOUR DAUGHTER WE'RE ROOTING FOR HER. 
          ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? I'M NOT SEEING ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          OKAY. UNDER THIS NEW SYSTEM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE
CHAIRED A MEETING UNDER THIS NEW ZOOM PLATFORM THAT WE'RE USING. I CAN'T NECESSARILY SEE HANDS GO UP. 
          CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          WE CAN AS HOSTS. 
          BUT YOU ARE SO. 
          YES. I'M NOT LOOKING DOWN HERE FOR HANDS ANYMORE. 
          I'M WATCHING SOMEBODY WATCHING. 
          CORRECT. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ASSUMPTION TO GO WITH. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS GOING TO BRING US BACK TO LET ME GET BACK TO THE AGENDA TO ITEM 4A
GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS REPORT. 
          [Government and Legislative Affairs Report]
FIRST IS THE YEAR IN REVIEW. 
          ASHLEY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL. HELLO EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME IS ASHLEY GRENIER. 
          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. 
          LOTS OF FUN PHOTOS. 
          AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN UP TO THIS YEAR, THE PHOTO YOU'LL
SEE HERE I WILL SPEAK TO ABOUT TOWARDS THE END, BUT THIS IS OUR INAUGURAL 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, WE HAVE AN OPENING SLIDE JUST OF SOME PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS TO
SORT OF SHOW Y'ALL SOME QUICK STATS, SORT OF BY THE NUMBERS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY FOR THE YEAR. 
          SO OF EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE SCREEN WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OF THE 22 AND A HALF MILLION
DOLLARS YOU'LL SEE THERE IN STATE AND FEDERAL MEMBER ASKS $5.5 MILLION ARE ADVANCING FOR 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 $1.3 MILLION FOR WILDFIRE 
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MITIGATION AND $900,000 FOR THE MARTINEZ BAY TRAIL PROJECT. 
          THIS YEAR, OF COURSE, WE CONTINUE TO WORK DILIGENTLY ON OUR RELATIONSHIP BUILDING,
INCLUDING 14 STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT EVENTS THIS YEAR. 
          92 LETTERS OF WERE INITIATED AND DISTRIBUTED. 
          AGAIN, JUST SHOWING HOW OUR STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENTS HELPS US GARNER SOME TANGIBLE SUPPORT. 
          AND AS FAR AS THE LEGISLATION FOR THIS YEAR, WE CONSIDERED 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. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO TO HIGHLIGHT MORE IN DEPTH OUR SUCCESSES FOR THE YEAR, 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 22ND AND 23RD, ALONG WITH THE BOARD GENERAL MANAGER AND
DEPUTY 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,
WHICH I WILL DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION. 
          AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WANTED TO JUST SHOW Y'ALL OUR SEVEN ADVOCACY GOALS THAT GUIDE OUR
WORK. 
          IN 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 CLIMATE FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO THIS YEAR THE RAISE GRANT PROGRAM REALLY STOOD OUT FOR US. 
          WE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO THAT FOLLOWING REVIEW THE APPLICATION ADVANCE TO THE
SECRETARY'S DESK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WAS NOT SELECTED. 
          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 SEEMS LIKE AT LEAST HALF OF THE PARTICIPANTS WHO
JOIN US HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THAT PARK BEFORE. 
          SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO HAVE THE PUBLIC COME TO OUR PARKS AND CONNECT WITH THEIR ELECTED
OFFICIAL AS WELL. 
          AND NEXT YEAR WE'RE EXCITED. 
          WE'RE 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 5 OR 6 THIS YEAR. 
          NEXT IS THE ECOSYSTEM STEWARDSHIP ADVOCACY ADVOCACY GOAL. 
          SO HERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES FROM THIS YEAR TO HIGHLIGHT OUR WORK FOR ECOSYSTEM STEWARDSHIP. 
          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 THAT IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. 
          AS SEEMS LIKE MOST OF THESE SITE VISITS ARE. 
          THE SECOND PHOTO IS SHOWING THAT OUR MEMBERSHIP WITH THE TOGETHER BAY AREA GROUP THAT WE
WE NOT ONLY PARTICIPATED IN THE SPRING CONFERENCE THIS YEAR, BUT WE PROVIDED A FIELD TRIP TO SHOWCASE THE RESTORATION WORK AT MCCOSKER 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 TRAMPAS TO HIGHLIGHT
THE POTENTIAL HOLLY COURT BOLLINGER CANYON SITE FOR CIVICA, AS WELL AS THE WORK OF THE SMALL TRAILS CREW FOR THE PARK DISTRICT. 
          THE CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS CIVIL COURT AND CAL FIRE WERE IN ATTENDANCE, SHOWING A
STRONG SENSE OF COLLABORATION ALREADY FOR THIS POTENTIAL PROJECT. 
          SO THE POTENTIAL CORE FACILITY AT LAS TRAMPAS WILL PROVIDE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND A
PATHWAY TO GREEN JOBS, LIKE WITH THE EAST BAY REGIONAL 
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PARK DISTRICT FOR MEMBERS OF THE ANTIOCH, RICHMOND, OAKLAND, FREMONT AND OTHER
SURROUNDING BAY AREA COMMUNITIES, IT ALSO CAN PROVIDE AN EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR A DESIRABLE 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. 
          SORRY. SO THE OTHER EXAMPLE FOR GREEN JOBS 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. 
          THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THE ANNUAL YOUTH JOB FAIR HELD IN FEBRUARY THROUGH A
SORT OF DEAR COLLEAGUES EMAIL THAT WE SEND OUT ABOUT ONCE A MONTH OR SO. 
          IT'S AN EMAIL INITIATIVE, AGAIN DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OF OUR EAST BAY ELECTED OFFICES. 
          AND I BELIEVE THE VIRTUAL JOB FAIR WILL BE HAPPENING AGAIN NEXT YEAR. 
          ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO SEA LEVEL RISE PREPAREDNESS. 
          SO THIS YEAR, THE HAYWARD MARSH RESTORATION PROJECT CONTINUES TO BE A 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. 
          IT 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 FOCUSED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES WE FACE WITH PERMITTING, PERMITTING WITH THESE RESTORATION PROJECTS. 
          ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO OUR WELCOMING VISITOR USE FACILITIES ADVOCACY GOAL FOR THIS
YEAR, ASSEMBLY MEMBER ORTEGA. 
          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 TO THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT
CHICAGO 50, WITH SENATOR GLAZER AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER 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 ALLOWS US OR HELPS US TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH POTENTIAL FUTURE LEADERS. 
          AND OUR LAST ADVOCACY GOAL 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
OUR BELOVED CARBONATOR AND A HEARTY THANK YOU NOTE SCREENSHOT ON THE RIGHT FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER BAUER KAHAN'S OFFICE AND THEN ANOTHER
QUARTERLY ELECTED STAFF SITE VISIT TO TILDEN HIGHLIGHTED THAT TREE REMOVAL WORK BEING DONE AT THAT SITE. 
          ALL RIGHT. THIS GROUP ALSO WORKS WITH THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SO WE WANTED TO SHARE
SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THIS YEAR. OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND HAS CONFIRMED NEW PURPOSE
STATEMENT. 
          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 COME
TOGETHER TO DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY SEE IN EACH OF OUR ADVOCACY GOALS AND HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT THAT WORK AND THEIR WORK. 
          AND 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 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. 
          AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MOST POINTS OF FEEDBACK WE GOT WAS TO MAKE THE WORKSHOP LONGER. 
          I THINK IT WAS MAYBE TWO HOURS LONG AND THEY WANTED IT TO BE EVEN LONGER, SO IT WAS
GREAT. 
          WE COLLECTED A FEEDBACK SURVEY TO HELP INFORM US FOR NEXT YEAR AND MEASURE OUR SUCCESS. 
          AND AGAIN, JUST VERY, VERY POSITIVE. 
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ALSO NOTE THAT THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DID CHANGE
SIGNIFICANTLY FROM FREE TO POST WORKSHOP. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THE THE DIAGRAM IS SHOWING BLUE IS A HIGH UNDERSTANDING, ORANGE IS MEDIUM
AND GREEN IS LOW UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT GOVERNMENT AND 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 IT DEFINITELY HAD A VAST IMPROVEMENT. 
          SO THIS 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. 
          ALL RIGHT. 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 ACCOMPLISHED 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. 
          SO THANK YOU. I'M SORRY WE COULDN'T KEEP YOU FOLKS BUSY THIS PAST YEAR. 
          JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. 
          THANK YOU ASHLEY. 
          I'LL LOOK TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          OLIVIA 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. 
          SURE. SO THE OBVIOUS 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, BECAUSE 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 A SPECIFIC QUESTION. 
          THE RAISE APPLICATION, IT WAS STATED THAT IT MADE IT TO THE SECRETARY'S DESK. 
          YOU KNOW, AND I'M, I'M WONDERING HOW HOW TALL WAS THAT STACK? YOU KNOW, JUST JUST TO GET A SENSE OF HOW CLOSE WE CAME. 
          WAS IT WAS IT LIKE, WELL, YOU'RE STILL 1 IN 10,000 OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IS IT? I HAVE A FEELING IT'S PROBABLY A REALLY GREAT ACHIEVEMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DID. 
          BUT I'M WONDERING ABOUT THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, AND GIVE A KIND OF A BROAD SENSE OF HOW MANY THERE
WERE IN TOTAL AND THEN HOW MANY MADE IT, MADE IT TO THAT FINAL CUT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, KATIE HORNBECK, GRANTS MANAGER. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME. 
          I DO HAVE IT SO I CAN PROVIDE IT TO YOU AFTER THIS WORKSHOP OR AFTER THE COMMITTEE
MEETING. 
          BUT THEY DID GIVE US THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED. 
          AND THEN HOW MANY MOVED FORWARD 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, BUT THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO GIVE AT LEAST
ONE AWARD PER STATE. 
          SO THAT IT NARROWS THE FIELD DOWN A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT ON THE WHOLE, IT WAS VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 
          WE RANKED 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. 
          YEAH. NO, I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE COACHING THING THAT GOES ON WITH THESE
GRANTORS IS THAT THEY, THEY WANT THEY WANT TO SEE SUCCESS AND OF COURSE THEY WANT THEY WANT RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES TO GET THESE FUNDS RIGHT. 
          AND SO I THINK WE FALL INTO BOTH THOSE CATEGORIES. 
          AND SO YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. 
          IT HELPS ME THE TO THE 200 NUMBER HELPS ME TO GET A GRASP ON THE THE SCOPE WE'RE LOOKING
AT HERE. 
          SO OKAY OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN ASHLEY. 
          WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF ALL YOUR WORK THIS YEAR, AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE HAVING YOU
WORK WITH US AND WORKING WITH YOU AND ONLY GOOD THINGS FOR YOUR FUTURE, I HOPE. 
          YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          IT'S BEEN. I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR TEN YEARS, AND I GOT TO STEP INTO A DIFFERENT
ROLE. 
          I'M USUALLY ON THE FRONT LINES, YOU KNOW, TEACHING FOLKS, SO IT WAS NICE. 
          NOW I HAVE A MORE HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE PARK DISTRICT, AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH
LISA AND ERICH AND JULIE AND THE TEAM. 
          SO THANKS, THANKS AND CHAIR COFFEY, JUST TO 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 IMPROVED SOME OF OUR SYSTEMS. SO WE REALLY ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU ASHLEY. 
          THANKS, ERICH. 
          SO THAT WOULD BRING US TO 4A TWO 2023 PARK DISTRICT SUPPORTED STATE LEGISLATION. 
          THIS IS LISA. 
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GOOD AFTERNOON. LISA BALDINGER, LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY MANAGEMENT ANALYST. 
          SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, THE GOVERNOR TOOK BILLS INTO CONSIDERATION, SIGNED SOME, VETOED
SOME, AND MOVED THEM FORWARD. 
          AND SO WE WORKED WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM TO SIFT THROUGH 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 REPORT FOR YOU ALL, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE
ANY QUESTIONS. 
          JUST FORMALLY FOR FOR THOSE NEW TO THIS PROCESS, AS PART OF THE 2023-2024 LEGISLATIVE
SESSION, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS TAKES FORMAL POSITIONS ON BILLS. 
          AND TODAY'S REPORT IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE BILLS THAT WERE SUPPORTED, AS WELL AS
OTHERS OF INTEREST. 
          IN TOTAL, THE PARK DISTRICT TOOK A SUPPORT POSITION ON 26 PIECES OF LEGISLATION THIS YEAR. 
          OF 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. 
          CONTINUE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD IN 2024. 
          AND SO WE'LL KEEP TRACKING THOSE. 
          SO IN THE REPORT 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 VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR IS THE CALIFORNIA POCKET FOREST INITIATIVE,
WHICH SOUGHT TO USE A NEW FORM OF PLANTING VEGETATION TO ENHANCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS OF A DIVERSIFIED ECOSYSTEM. 
          IN THE VETO MESSAGE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNOR, HE SHARED THAT THE BUDGET SHORTFALL WAS THE
REASON FOR VETOING THIS NEW APPROACH. 
          DOING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PLANTINGS OF VEGETATION IS VERY EXPENSIVE. 
          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, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THEM PREVIOUSLY IN COMMITTEE. 
          THE FIRST ONE IN OUR PACKET IS, TO ME, MAYBE JUST VERY EXCITING. 
          WE HAVE OFFICIALLY HAVE A CALIFORNIA STATE MUSHROOM. 
          WE ARE NOW ONE OF FIVE STATES THAT HAS A CALIFORNIA STATE MUSHROOM. 
          IT'S THE CALIFORNIA GOLDEN CHANTERELLE. 
          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 IN MY MIND, THAT'S A VERY TANGIBLE EXAMPLE OF HOW LEGISLATION CAN RELATE TO
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND HELPING PEOPLE CONNECT WITH THEIR OPEN SPACE. 
          CONTINUING AB 2297 PRESCRIBED GRAZING GRANT PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT FORMALLY CODIFIES 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. 
          AB 334 PUBLIC CONTRACTS. 
          THIS WAS A LANGUAGE CLARIFICATION BILL THAT TO CLARIFY CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROCEDURES IN
CONTRACTS AND HOPEFULLY WILL HELP TO RELIEVE SOME CHALLENGES CURRENTLY BEING FACED BY PUBLIC AGENCIES. 
          NO. OH. CAN YOU HELP US WITH WHERE IT IS? 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. 
          OKAY, I HAVE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO. AND WE'RE ALL HERE HERE NOW. 
          SO. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. SO ON AB 338, THIS IS FOR FUELS REDUCTION WORK. 
          AND THIS IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE 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 652 IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDES
REGULATION. 
          THIS IS A FORMATION OF A JUSTICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH SEEKS TO PROVIDE TANGIBLE
STEPS TO HELP IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS. 
          AND SO WHAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL DO IS REVIEW SOME OF THE CURRENT POLICIES AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE REGULATION AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO HELP IMPROVE HOPEFULLY, BIODIVERSITY, ECOSYSTEM HEALTH, AS WELL AS
COMMUNITY HEALTH. 
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AND THAT WAS AUTHORED BY A MEMBER OF OUR DELEGATION, ASSEMBLY MEMBER LEE. 
          AB 1548. 
          THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN EXPANDING RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
          SO LEVERAGING GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUNDING, IT WILL 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, 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 ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AB 1637. 
          THIS IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. 
          SO IT'S NOW STATE REQUIRED BY THE STATE THAT A 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 EBPARKS.GOV
AUTOMATICALLY. 
          SO THAT WILL BE A CHANGE WE'LL BE WORKING ON. 
          AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS A LITTLE BIT RETROACTIVE, BUT IT IDENTIFIES JULY 2023 AS THE
OUTDOOR WORKER APPRECIATION WEEK. 
          AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR THE BOARD BECAUSE OF COURSE WE DO
APPRECIATE OUR OUTDOOR WORKERS. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS BOTH ON THE ADDITIONAL PIECES OF
LEGISLATION OF INTEREST, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT WERE SUPPORTED BY THE PARK DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU LISA. 
          ARE THERE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? I HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          AND LYNNE PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STRIKE ANY OF MY QUESTIONS. 
          I GUESS I JUST TAKE A BROAD INTERPRETATION WHEN I SEE LOCAL, I THINK, OH WELL, THIS IS
WHERE I CAN ASK MY QUESTIONS ABOUT LOCAL JURISDICTIONS. 
          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 LYNNE FOR THAT INTERPRETATION. 
          SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS I KNOW WE'RE IN SO THIS IS A REVIEW AND LOOK FORWARD OF 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 LYNNE TO INTERPRET. 
          A LOT OF THE COMMITTEES HAVE CHANGED. 
          SO THERE'S NEW COMMITTEE CHAIRS. 
          AND I GUESS JUST BECAUSE 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 MY ASSEMBLY MEMBER, ASSEMBLY MEMBER REBECCA BAUER-KAHAN,
HAD BEEN THE CHAIR OF THE 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. 
          SO THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION. 
          YEAH. I'M SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO CHILL YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          I THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION TO ASK ERICH AND LISA. 
          OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. 
          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? ERICH. 
          ERICH PFUEHLER, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS. 
          ONE THING THAT I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT IS STAFF IS USUALLY CONSISTENT. 
          NOT ALWAYS, BUT USUALLY. 
          SO WHEN THERE'S A ROTATION OF COMMITTEE CHAIR, THEY'RE USUALLY SUPPORTED BY THE SAME
INDIVIDUALS. 
          SO THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 
          AND SO I THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT LEGISLATION THAT'S PENDING BEFORE PARKS, WATER AND
WILDLIFE, I THINK THERE STILL IS A BASIS OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PARK DISTRICT POSITION THROUGH THE STAFF, AND WE'LL BE COMMUNICATING WITH THE NEW CHAIR NEXT YEAR. 
          OKAY. AND IS IS THE NEW CHAIR? SHE'S FROM THE PENINSULA. 
          RIGHT. SO MID-PEN, I BELIEVE, IS PART OF THAT DISTRICT. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. 
          THAT'S GOOD, BECAUSE I KNOW WE WORK CLOSELY WITH MID-PEN. 
          AND THEN THE AB 1637, I BELIEVE THERE HAD BEEN AN EARLIER ITERATION OF THIS. I WENT TO SEE, 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. 
          IT COULDN'T BE EB OR PD. 
          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 THAT WAS
CHAPTERED. 
          HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE CASE. 
          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 BE NEED TO BE, LIKE YOU SAID, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.GOV. 
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BUT IT'S BEEN THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES, SO WE'LL SEE IF THAT'S WHAT IT ENDS UP
BEING. 
          AND THEN AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO THE FOLKS WHO DO MANAGE OUR
WEBSITE 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'RE
READY TO OWN THOSE DOMAINS. 
          WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THAT ACTION YET, BUT WE WILL. 
          OKAY, JOHN, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER. 
          THANK YOU LISA. THANK YOU. 
          ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL MOVE TO 4C. 
          [Update on Grants]
UPDATE ON GRANTS FROM SEPTEMBER 29TH TO NOVEMBER 20TH, KATIE. 
          REAL QUICK. DRAWN IN OUR PACKETS. 
          IT'S THE ONE RIGHT AFTER THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. KATIE HORNBECK GRANTS MANAGER. 
          PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON GRANTS APPLIED AND GRANTS AWARDED SINCE THE LAST TIME PRESENTED. 
          SO THIS IS THE PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 29TH AND NOVEMBER 20TH. 
          YOU CAN SEE WE'VE SUBMITTED TEN APPLICATIONS IN THIS WINDOW OF TIME. 
          THE THREE THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT ARE THREE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY
RESTORATION AUTHORITY TO THEIR MEASURE AA PROGRAM. 
          THIS PROGRAM IS TYPICALLY ANNUAL, AND THIS YEAR WE SUBMITTED TWO APPLICATIONS TO PROJECTS
HAPPENING IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND ONE IN ALAMEDA COUNTY. THE AWARD NOMINEE OR THE AWARDS ARE USUALLY MADE OR ANNOUNCED IN THE SPRING. 
          SO MAYBE FEBRUARY MARCH IS WHEN WE'LL FIND OUT IF WE'VE MOVED FORWARD. 
          I'VE ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE KELLER BEACH PROJECT. 
          SO THAT'S NUMBER THREE ON THIS PDF WAS NOT SELECTED TO MOVE FORWARD FOR FURTHER REVIEW. 
          THEY DIDN'T FEEL THAT THE RESTORATION COMPONENT WAS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO REALLY BE
CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE IN THEIR PROGRAM. 
          SAY AGAIN, WHICH ONE WAS THAT? THAT'S NUMBER THREE. 
          MILLER KNOX, THE KELLER BEACH PROJECT. 
          YES. AND THEN MOVING TO GRANTS AWARDED. 
          THE ONE I'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THE THIRD ONE, THE FUELS MITIGATION AT ANTHONY CHABOT. 
          THIS IS THAT $1.3 MILLION THAT WAS REFERENCED EARLIER IN ASHLEY'S PRESENTATION. 
          THESE FUNDS WILL LIKELY COME THROUGH FEMA OR CAL OES IN THEIR PDM OR THEIR PRE-DISASTER
MITIGATION PROGRAM. 
          WE WON'T FIND THAT OUT USUALLY UNTIL THE SPRING WHEN THEY REACH OUT TO START INITIATING
NEXT STEPS. 
          FEDERAL MONEY JUST ALWAYS TAKES A LONG TIME. 
          AND I WHILE LISA WAS FINISHING HER PRESENTATION, I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO FIND THE THE
BREAKDOWN FOR THE RES PROGRAM. 
          SO 11 APPLICATIONS OR 11,000 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION WITH A TOTAL OF $15 BILLION IN REQUEST. 
          THE PROGRAM HAD $2.2 BILLION AVAILABLE. 
          AND THEY AWARDED 162 PROJECTS. 
          OF THAT 162, 113 WERE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND 49 WERE PLANNING. 
          I'LL JUST NOTE, WITH THE $2.2 BILLION THAT WAS AVAILABLE, 50% OF THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR
URBAN PROJECTS, AND 50% OF THAT IS SET FOR RURAL. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THINGS START TO DWINDLE DOWN. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO CORRECT MYSELF. 
          IT WAS AT LEAST ONE GRANT PER STATE WAS GIVEN, NOT TWO LIKE I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS REPORT OR GRANTS RELATED. 
          GO AHEAD. HOPEFULLY THIS ISN'T TOO COMPLEX. 
          SO WE WERE AWARDED THE ONE THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED OF GRANTS AWARDED NUMBER THREE FOR THE
FIELDS MITIGATION. 
          WE WERE AWARDED BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT AGENCY OR WHAT PROGRAM IT'S GOING TO COME
THROUGH QUITE YET. 
          BUT WE WILL. WE WILL. 
          YEAH. IT'S IT'S MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE FEMA CAL OES'S SAME PROGRAM AS LAST TIME, BUT
IT'S NOT FINALIZED YET. 
          YEAH. GREAT. 
          WELL THAT'S EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. 
          GOOD REPORTS. GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, JOHN. 
          COULD. YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. KATIE, ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM? 
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NO COMMENT AT THIS TIME. 
          THERE IS A DISADVANTAGE TO NOT HAVING THAT THAT FUNCTION ANYMORE. 
          BRINGS US TO LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM UPDATES. 
          [Legislative Program Updates]
ITEM 4D UPDATE ON SITE VISITS AND MEETINGS. 
          ALL RIGHT, ACTING LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT ASHLEY GRENIER. 
          SO I'LL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE SITE VISITS, 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. 
          WE HELD IT OUTSIDE ON THE CAPITOL GROUNDS THIS YEAR WITH PARTICIPATION FROM BOARD
MEMBERS, GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGERS SHIU, GOORJIAN AND WISOCKY, 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 OUR ONE OF OUR ELECTED OFFICE STAFF SITE VISITS THE FOR TO
HIGHLIGHT CORES CREWS AND COLLABORATION AT LAS TRAMPAS. 
          SO WE COLLABORATED WITH OUR THE FUELS CREW, THE SMALL TRAILS CREW AND OPERATIONS. 
          ELECTED OFFICE AND AGENCY STAFF MET TO DISCUSS AND ENVISION THE FUTURE OF THE HOLLY COURT
BOLLINGER CANYON CORE FACILITY. 
          14 ELECTED OFFICE STAFF WERE IN ATTENDANCE FROM LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL OFFICES. 
          IN ADDITION, STAFF FROM CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS CIVIL COURT AND CAL FIRE IN
ATTENDANCE. 
          AS A RESULT OF THE MEETING, A LETTER REQUESTING $2 MILLION FROM THE 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 MOISES MORENO, RIVERA CO-HOSTED A FOCUSED GATHERING WITH AGENCIES INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERS TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITIES OF PROVIDING, EXCUSE ME, EQUITABLE ACCESS AT A SITE WITH CONSIDERABLE TOXIC CLEANUP AND HABITAT RESTORATION. 
          THE CAL EPA SECRETARY YANA GARCIA, AND THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR
CALIFORNIA'S TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDS, JUAN ALTAMIRANO, JOINED THE EVENT AS WELL. 
          CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS ERICH PFUEHLER SHARED THE HISTORY OF THE
DOTSON FAMILY, MARSH, WHICH IS WHERE THE EVENT OCCURRED, AND THE NEARBY PARCHESTER VILLAGE COMMUNITY. 
          PARK DISTRICT STAFF MADE CONNECTIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL,
LATINO OUTDOORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM SURROUNDING AREAS, AND WE CONTINUED OUR RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH 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
ARDENWOOD. 
          COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONNECTED WITH THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DURING THE WALK AND TALK, LED BY
NATURALIST CHRISTINA GARCIA AND DIRECTORS WAESPI AND SANWONG, PROVIDED OPENING REMARKS AND JOINED ALONG WITH THE WALK AND TALK. 
          AS WELL, WE HAD TEN FOLKS ATTEND, AND MOST EVERYBODY THAT WAS IN ATTENDANCE WERE ABLE TO
SPEAK TO THE MEMBER AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR, DIRECTORS WAESPI AND SAN WONG AND AGAIN CONTINUED OUR OUR POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH THE MEMBER AND STAFF. 
          LASTLY, JUST LAST WEEK ON DECEMBER 8TH, WE PRESENTED REPRESENTATIVE MARK DESAULNIER WITH
OUR 2023 RADTKE CHAMPIONING ADVOCACY AWARD ALONG THE IRON HORSE TRAIL WITH GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH, A
DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER ALVAREZ, AS WELL AS AGM SHIU AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE REGIONAL PARKS
FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS DIRECTORS WAESPI, MERCURIO AND COFFEY, AS WELL AS REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION. 
          PAST BOARD PRESIDENT, IMMEDIATE PAST BOARD PRESIDENT HAUSRATH PROVIDED REMARKS AND A
PRESS RELEASE AND MEDIA ADVISORY ALL POSTED. 
          AND IT'S ALL UP ON OUR WEBSITE NOW. 
          AND IT WAS JUST IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND REALLY ENJOYED RECOGNIZING [INAUDIBLE] WORK. 
          AND HE HAD REALLY GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE PARK DISTRICT AND BEING ALONG THE IRON
HORSE TRAIL. 
          IT WAS WAS A NICE PROGRAM. 
          AND THOSE ARE ALL THE SITE VISITS THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. 
          SO WE WILL TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. 
          AND IT WAS NOTABLE. 
          AT THE [INAUDIBLE] AWARD PRESENTATION, A BICYCLIST CAME BY AND MANAGED TO TELL THE
CONGRESSMAN 
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AND MOST OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT TO GET OFF THE TRAIL. 
          THAT WAS THAT WAS THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE. 
          IT WAS BEING USED, RIGHT. 
          WE SAW BICYCLISTS, FAMILIES, PEOPLE WALKING, YOU KNOW. 
          BUT YEAH, HE WASN'T THAT OFF BASE, ACTUALLY. 
          YEAH. DO WE HAVE EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IN MORE WALK AND TALKS NEXT YEAR? I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE YOU GET UP. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE 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
TO BEGIN COORDINATION WITH THEM FOR WALK AND TALKS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE A LIST OF ABOUT TEN OFFICES. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHO CONSISTENTLY DOES WALK AND TALKS WITH US. 
          REPRESENTATIVE ERIC SWALWELL. 
          REPRESENTATIVE MARK DESAULNIER ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT. 
          ALSO OFFICES WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST BUT HAVEN'T FOLLOWED THROUGH. 
          AND WE DO HAVE OFFICES THAT HAVE MADE US AWARE THAT THIS IS NOT A 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. 
          SO THAT WAY WE CAN MANAGE OUR TEAMS 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. 
          OH, OKAY. THERE IS MORE STRUCTURE THAN I THOUGHT. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST AD HOC. 
          YOU WILL PROBABLY WANT TO PROACTIVELY REACH OUT TO LEGISLATORS WHO WILL HAVE NEWLY ACQUIRED LAND IN THEIR DISTRICTS. 
          I'M THINKING IN MY WARD OF THE NEW SENATOR THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT'S GOING TO
REPRESENT EAST CONTRA COSTA OAKLEY AND BRENTWOOD, I BELIEVE. 
          SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A BRAND NEW STATE SENATOR THAT THAT REGION WILL LIKELY BE NEW TO
THIS NEW SENATOR. AND IF WE COULD REACH OUT TO THAT PERSON'S OFFICE WHEN THEY HAVE A STAFF AND
TALK ABOUT IT, IT WOULD BE I THINK, HELPFUL TO THEM LOOKING AT IT. 
          ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR. 
          NO QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE LIST, SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO REVIEW AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
NEXT YEAR. 
          YEAH. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU ASHLEY. 
          THAT THAT DID STAND OUT TO ME. 
          SENATE DISTRICT THREE, I THINK. 
          SO ON OUR MAP IN OUR NEW PROGRAM, IT'S LET ME SEE IF I CAN. 
          ANYWAY, YOU'LL LOOK IN FAR EAST CONTRA COSTA. 
          IT'S DISTRICT THREE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. I GOT IT RIGHT. 
          SO THE CANDIDATES FOR THAT SENATE DISTRICT ALL SEEM TO BE OUT OF SOLANO COUNTY, MOSTLY. 
          OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM, RIGHT? YEAH. SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME NO PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS. 
          AND YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          THAT MOVES US TO ACTION ITEMS 5 FIRST IS PROPOSED 2024 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. 
          [Action Items]
AND WE HAVE BOTH THE COVER MEMO AND THE ACTUAL PAMPHLET THAT YOU FOLKS STARTED DOING, I
THINK, LAST YEAR. 
          AND YOU'LL HIGHLIGHT NEW THINGS, I SUPPOSE. 
          YES. SO BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL ALL MEMBERS ARE IN THE CORRECT SECTION OF
THEIR PACKET. 
          PROPOSED 2024 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM FROM THE GMS OFFICE, ERICH'S NAME ON IT. 
          YOU'RE GETTING CLOSE. 
          THERE YOU GO. IT IS A BOOKLET. 
          [INAUDIBLE] IT LOOKED VERY FAMILIAR. 
          SO I'M, I'M THINK WE'RE WORKING OFF OF LAST YEAR'S THAT YOU FOLKS SPENT A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF TIME DEVELOPING FOR LAST YEAR. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. AND I'LL TALK THROUGH WHAT'S NEW THIS YEAR. 
          ALL RIGHT. PLEASES THE BOARD. 
          [01:10:02]
HELLO AGAIN FOR THOSE NEW JOINING US, LISA BALDINGER, LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY MANAGEMENT
ANALYST AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT ON OUR PROPOSED 2024 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. 
          SO BY WAY OF CONTEXT, THE 2024 PROPOSED PROGRAM IS WITHIN OUR PACKET TODAY. 
          THIS DOCUMENT IS USED TO GUIDE THE WORK PLAN OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS STAFF
AND OUR OVERALL ADVOCACY PROGRAM. 
          WITHIN THE THE PROPOSAL, YOU HAVE SEVEN ADVOCACY GOALS WHICH ALIGN WITH OUR MISSION,
VISION AND VALUES. 
          AND SOMETHING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO EMPHASIZE HERE IS THAT WITH THOSE GOALS, WE DO
HAVE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES. 
          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 PROGRAMING, 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 AND FAIL TO TO
SHARE IN 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 IS WITHIN THE PROPOSAL 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. 
          WE ALSO DISCUSSED THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AT THE STAFF WORKSHOP WITH PARK DISTRICT
LEADERSHIP, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THEM IN FINAL FORM TO YOU ALL TODAY. 
          OF THE PROPOSED OBJECTIVES, 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% FOCUSED ON ADVOCATING FOR EITHER DIRECT FUNDING OR COMPETITIVE FUNDING GRANTS WHICH
BENEFIT THE PARK DISTRICT. 
          SO, BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, AS WE'RE SEEING THAT 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. 
          ONE IS FOCUSED ON THE STATUTORY EXEMPTION FOR RESTORATION PERMITTING, WHICH SUNSETS IN
2025. 
          THAT'S A STATUTORY EXEMPTION WITHIN CEQA. 
          AND WE'RE LOOKING TO EXTEND THAT AND REFINE THE LANGUAGE AROUND PUBLIC ACCESS. 
          AND THE SECOND PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS TO WORK TOWARDS PROVIDING A STATUTORY EXEMPTION
FOR EXISTING ROADS AND TRAILS ON LAND ACQUIRED BY THE PARK DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC ACCESS 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 COMMITTEES SUPPORT ON THE PROPOSED
OBJECTIVES. 
          WITHIN YOUR PACKET. 
          YOU DO HAVE EACH OBJECTIVE AS WELL AS CONTEXT ON 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 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 STUFF. OKAY. 
          THE IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE, AND I THINK WE COULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS AND SURELY
BENEFIT OUR TWO NEWEST BOARD MEMBERS. 
          BUT IN IN TERMS OF I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND PEOPLE, WE ALL HAVE TO BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH
THIS WHOLE BOOK, THIS BOOKLET, AND FOR THAT REASON, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEW THINGS FROM I'D BE HAPPY TO. SO WE DID DISCUSS THIS IN DEPTH AT THE SEPTEMBER BOARD WORKSHOP. 
          FOR THE MOST PART, THE BOARD SHARED POSITIVE FEEDBACK IN SUPPORT OF WHAT WAS PROPOSED FOR
2024 AND ALSO SHARED SOME GREAT, EXPANSIVE IDEAS THAT WE KEPT 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 I WANTED TO TO NAME THAT THE LARGEST CHANGE IN TERMS OF THE PRIORITIES IS UNDER
SEA LEVEL OR WAS IT? YES, UNDER SEA LEVEL RISE PREPAREDNESS. 
          WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING FOR THE HAYWARD MARSH PROJECT. 
          HOWEVER, WITH STAFF FEEDBACK AT THE WORKSHOP, 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 AND WILL SERVE THE SHORELINE COMMUNITY OF OAKLAND. 
          I THINK THAT'S GOOD. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THE OTHER CHANGES WERE FURTHER REFINEMENT OF THE LANGUAGE. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER THE GREEN JOBS, EXPANDING CONNECTION WITH COLLEGES AND EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS AND OTHERS AS WE HEARD FROM THE BOARD. 
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ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IN TERMS OF LAYOUT OF THE DOCUMENT, DIRECTOR
COFFEY, YOU DID HIGHLIGHT THAT IT IS A CONSISTENT LAYOUT AND WE'RE HOPING TO LOCK THIS IN. 
          AND SO WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS THAT THESE OBJECTIVES, PREVIOUSLY, THEY WERE CALLED OUT IN A
SEPARATE SECTION THAT SAID THE ANNUAL OBJECTIVES. 
          AND THEN WE HAD THE GOAL SORT OF AS SUPPORT. 
          NOW EACH OBJECTIVES IS HOUSED WITHIN THAT GOALS 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 WITH READING THROUGH THE DOCUMENT. 
          ALL RIGHT, THEN IT'D BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO GO THROUGH SPECIFIC CONTENTS IN
OTHER WORDS, TO ASK QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. FIRST, I WANTED TO ASK. 
          THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. 
          THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COMMITTEE APPROVE THE PROGRAM. 
          CORRECT. AND IS IT APPROPRIATE TO REFERENCE THE DECEMBER 15TH 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. 
          SO SO YEAH. 
          AND ARE WE RECOMMENDING IT BE APPROVED BY THE FULL BOARD. 
          DOES THIS 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? THAT IS CORRECT. SO ALL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION YOU RECEIVED TODAY WILL CONTINUE
TO YOUR COLLEAGUES. 
          OKAY. SO I WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE VOTING TO DO. 
          RIGHT. AND I THINK TECHNICALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE APPROVING A RECOMMENDATION TO
THE FULL BOARD OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. I'M GLAD I ASKED. 
          JOHN. NO. 
          NO QUESTIONS. DIRECTOR SANWONG. 
          TAKE YOUR TIME WE'RE DOING JUST FINE. 
          [INAUDIBLE] YES. 
          THERE'S A PAUSE IN THE ACTION RIGHT NOW, SO I CAN'T FIND AND HEAR WHAT. 
          AND THAT'S MY FAULT. I'LL ADMIT THAT I CAN'T FIND THE PART IN THERE YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT, AND I WAS I WAS INTERESTED IN IT, AND I REMEMBER READING IT TWO DAYS AGO OR WHENEVER IT WAS A DAY AGO. 
          ABOUT STREAMLINING THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR PROJECTS THAT WE DO THAT. 
          YES. SO IN TERMS OF WHERE TO FIND THAT IN YOUR PACKET, I'LL FIRST HELP WITH THAT. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT? IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO REFERENCE IT IN THE DOCUMENT BECAUSE THAT HAS PAGE
NUMBERS. 
          YEAH. OH I SEE OKAY. 
          YES. SO SURE. 
          SO LET'S SEE. SO ON PAGE 19. 
          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 REFERRED TO AS SERP, 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, I BELIEVE, IN 2021 INTO CEQA. 
          IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED BY THE PARK DISTRICT. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE IT FOR OUR HAYWARD MARSH PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          HOWEVER, IN THAT PROCESS, OUR STAFF IDENTIFIED THAT THE LANGUAGE, WHICH REFERRED TO AS
INCIDENTAL PUBLIC ACCESS, PROVIDED FOR A GREAT DEAL OF SORT OF SUBJECT INTERPRETATION. 
          AND SO THERE'S INTEREST BECAUSE IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE PARTIES
ASKING TO REMOVE THE 2025 SUNSET ON THIS EXEMPTION, 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. SO ACCESS SO IN TERMS OF PUBLIC ACCESS, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHEN THE PARK DISTRICT GOES OUT TO
DO RESTORATION PROGRAM OR PROJECTS, 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 UPDATE OF THIS,
OF THIS SECTION IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PATHWAY THAT'S THE 30 BY 30 DOCUMENT, WHICH SEEKS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS TO SUPPORT FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS, ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION AND OTHER BENEFITS. 
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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 CONSIDERATION. 
          AND SO AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT BAY TRAIL
PATHWAYS AND OTHERS CAN BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PROJECT 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 GOING TO HELP US IF WE WANT TO BUILD A TRAIL IN. 
          OKAY. YES. 
          YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, IN DIABLO FOOTHILLS. 
          IF THE PROJECT IS PUBLIC ACCESS, THIS IS NOT A GOOD FIT FOR IT. 
          IF THE PROJECT IS RESTORATION, IT WOULD THEN ALLOW US TO HAVE THE PUBLIC ACCESS ELEMENT. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I GUESS THANK YOU FOR THE CONTEXT. 
          WHAT I MY REAL INTENT OF BRINGING THIS UP WAS I SUPPORT THAT. 
          I THINK THAT'S A LONG TIME IN COMING. 
          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, 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 SOMEBODY BUILDING A SHOPPING CENTER SOMEWHERE, WHICH IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A BLUNT INSTRUMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT APPLIES
TO EVERYBODY. 
          WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SPECIALISTS AND WE HAVE AN INTENT TO BE PRESERVATIONISTS AS
WELL AS ACCESS CREATORS. 
          AND SO IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT PROCESS. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY IT. SO I HOPE WE I HOPE THIS IS A ENTREE INTO SOMETHING A LITTLE BROADER
IN THE FUTURE. 
          I SHARE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          INTERESTING. OVERALL, I'LL SHARE THAT I THINK THIS IS REALLY COMPREHENSIVE AND IT'S
GREAT. 
          AND 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. 
          I SUPPOSE FOR MYSELF, JUST GIVEN THE YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD IN 2023, I TEND TO ZERO IN AND
ALSO JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I CAME FROM A FLOOD PROTECTION AGENCY PRIOR TO THIS YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT ABOUT OUR STORMS RIGHT NOW. 
          I SEE THIS IN HERE UNDER THE FEDERAL SECTION, UNDER ECOSYSTEM STEWARDSHIP. 
          WE DO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FEMA DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM AND THE STORMS OF 2023, AS
WELL AS THE 2017 STORMS ARE MENTIONED HERE. 
          AND THEN 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. 
          AND THEN TALKING ABOUT HOW THESE PUBLIC PLACES HAVE FACED UNPRECEDENTED WILDFIRES AND
FLOODS OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS. 
          I THINK IN HERE, WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. 
          SO MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD INCLUDE AS PART OF OUR, YOU KNOW, 2024 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 I'LL JUST LEAVE MY COMMENTS AT THAT. 
          AND THEN I GUESS I'LL SKIP AHEAD REAL QUICK. 
          I'M JUST ALSO LOOKING ON PAGE 20 IN THE, IN THE 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 COME BACK TO TO TALK ABOUT THIS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS
ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          THANK YOU. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIC PARTNERS? YEAH. PAGE 20. 
          PAGE 20. 
          SO IT'S UNDER THE ECOSYSTEM STEWARDSHIP SECTION. 
          YEAH, I'M JUST HAVING A HARD TIME THINKING THERE ARE EVEN MORE. 
          WELL, I MEAN, AGAIN, FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE. 
          YEAH. WELL YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DO QUITE A BIT OF WORK WITH THEM. 
          OKAY. THAT. 
          THAT ALL YOUR QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW? YES. ALL RIGHT. 
          BUT MORE TO COME AND YOU GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE FULL, FULL BOARD. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR QUITE, WHAT, TWO YEARS? THIS IS VERY AMBITIOUS AND REQUIRES A LOT OF WORK. 
          AND I CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR RESOURCES DEVOTED TO ALL OF THIS BOTH INTERNALLY
AND EXTERNALLY, 
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BECAUSE IT BEARS NOTING THAT WE HAVE ADVOCATES, PROFESSIONAL ADVOCATES IN SACRAMENTO AND
WASHINGTON, D.C., AND I MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON ON THAT ISSUE OR MAYBE NEXT YEAR FOR THE NEW
COMMITTEE. 
          BUT IN ANY EVENT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT AT LEAST FOR THIS DIRECTOR WHEN YOU FOLKS
ARE PUTTING TOGETHER YOUR BUDGET AND LOOKING AT THIS, DON'T BE SHY. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          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 NEEDED NEED TO BE DEVOTED TO IT AGAIN, INTERNALLY OR IN TERMS OF THE CONSULTANTS WE HIRE AND SPECIALISTS. 
          SO THAT THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER? ANY FOLLOW UP? OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION, PER OUR DISCUSSION EARLIER OF WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING? WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE THE THE FULL BOARD ADOPT THE PROGRAM AS DESCRIBED IN THE
GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM AND THE PROGRAM BOOKLET. 
          I WOULD MOVE THAT. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR MERCURIO AND I'LL SECOND. 
          SECONDED BY DIRECTOR SANWONG. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. 
          SO THREE IN FAVOR FOR THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD. 
          I SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          MY I ASSUME SO. 
          SO MY OVERSIGHT WAS ACTUALLY JUST PART OF THAT ASSUMPTION. 
          [INAUDIBLE] SO NOW WE GET TO 5B WHICH IS RECOMMENDED LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT, ERICH. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, ERICH PFUEHLER, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS. 
          AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FEDERAL BILLS TO PROPOSE FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR SUPPORT. 
          AS LISA INDICATED EARLIER, OUR STATE LEGISLATION IS ESSENTIALLY ON HOLD UNTIL THEY
RECONVENE IN JANUARY. 
          SO WE ONLY HAVE FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO DISCUSS TODAY. 
          AND I BELIEVE TODAY IS ALSO THE LAST DAY THAT CONGRESS WILL BE IN SESSION UNTIL THE NEW
YEAR AS WELL. 
          THE FIRST BILL IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS AN HONOR THAT WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER. 
          IT'S A RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN. 
          AND ONE THING OF IMPORTANCE IS TO NOTE HER ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY. 
          HER WORK ON THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY, ON THE MOJAVE DESERT, ON LAKE TAHOE, ON A NUMEROUS,
NUMEROUS OTHER NATIONAL MONUMENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 
          AND THEN IN ADDITIONALLY TO THE PARK DISTRICT, SHE WAS A HUGE CHAMPION OF OUR WILDFIRE
RESTORATION RESILIENCY WORK. 
          IN FACT, AT A COUPLE OF 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 WE CELEBRATED EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          AND RECEIVED SOME GRANT FUNDING FOR SOME OF OUR WORK IN THE BAY. 
          SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT CHAMPION FOR THE STATE, FOR THE NATION, AND ALSO FOR FRANKLY, THE
PARK DISTRICT. 
          THE SECOND BILL ON YOUR LIST IS DEALING WITH REDUCING WASTE IN THE NATIONAL PARKS ACT. 
          THIS HAS COME BEFORE YOU SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS, AND IT'S KIND OF A TYPICAL EXAMPLE
OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ADMINISTRATIONS 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 NOT THE POSITION OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. 
          AND SO UNTIL IT'S RECOGNIZED AND CODIFIED INTO LAW, IT'LL BE BASED ON THE INTERPRETATION
OF WHO'S EVER IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. 
          AND WE HAVE SUPPORTED THAT THAT BILL IN THE PAST. 
          THE THIRD BILL ON YOUR LIST IS THE WILDFIRE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES ACT. 
          THE SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF THIS IS THE $3 MILLION LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM, I'M SORRY, THE $3
BILLION LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM THAT WOULD ASSIST SOME OF THE WORK WE DO IN THE WILDFIRE RESILIENT SPACE. 
          THE BIGGER TICKET ITEM IN THIS BILL IS ACTUALLY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
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IT'S A $30 BILLION PROGRAM FOR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT IN NATIONAL AND FEDERAL LANDS. 
          THE BILL ALSO CREATES A RESTORATION LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PROJECTS. 
          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. 
          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 ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, ONE OF THE LEADING AGENCIES IN THE WILDFIRE
RESILIENCE SPACE. 
          BUT HAVING A COUNTYWIDE PLAN IN EACH COUNTY COULD HELP IN TERMS OF UNIFORMITY OF
INTERPRETATION OF OF OUR WORK. 
          NUMBER FOUR IS THE RESPONSIBLE WILDLAND RECOVERY ACT. 
          AND THIS SIMPLY GIVES THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE THE ABILITY TO WAIVE THE COST SHARE
REQUIREMENTS, IF THERE IS, WHEN DOING RESTORATION PROJECTS IN COMMUNITIES ADJACENT TO FEDERAL PROPERTIES, IF THERE IS A RESTORATION THAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE USUALLY THERE IS A COST SHARE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO PAY INTO UNDER CERTAIN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          THIS WOULD GIVE THE SECRETARY THE AUTHORITY TO WAIVE THOSE COST AGREEMENTS. 
          THE FIFTH ON YOUR LIST IS THE SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE IS ACTUALLY IN THE LEGISLATIVE
PROGRAM THAT WAS JUST OUTLINED TO YOU WAS THE CIVILIAN CLIMATE CORPS. 
          THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE CONSERVATION CORPS AND WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION EFFORTS
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. 
          SO DEFINITELY IT IS ALIGNMENT WITH OUR GREEN JOBS OBJECTIVE IN OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. 
          THE SIXTH BILL IS THE BREAK BREAK FREE FROM PLASTIC ACT, AND SIGNIFICANT TO THIS ACT WOULD
ESTABLISH A NATIONAL BOTTLE BILL OF $0.10 PER CONTAINER BEVERAGE CONTAINER, AND THE REVENUE COLLECTED FROM
THAT THAT ISN'T RETURNED TO PATRONS WHO RETURN THEIR CANS AND BOTTLES WOULD GO TOWARD A FUND THAT WOULD ESTABLISH
RESOURCES FOR WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS, WHICH IS AN EFFORT THAT OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY WORK REALLY SEEMS TO INDICATE OUR PUBLIC
SUPPORTS. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT WOULD ALSO BAN THE EXPORT OF PLASTICS OR CERTAIN PLASTICS TO
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. 
          AND IF YOU'RE READING THE THE NEWS, THE OCEAN IS FILLED WITH PLASTIC 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. 
          AND THEN IN ADDITION, IT DOES BAN THE USE OF A NUMBER OF SINGLE USE PLASTIC ELEMENTS SUCH
AS PLASTIC UTENSILS, THINGS YOU GET WHEN YOU ORDER CARRYOUT FOOD FOR THE MOST PART. 
          SEVEN 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 RESILIENCY AND WOULD ALSO CREATE AN INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING A
COMMUNICATION HUB NATIONWIDE ABOUT THE STRATEGY. 
          AND THEN THE EIGHTH BILL ON YOUR LIST. 
          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 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 NUMBER, THE NINTH BILL ON YOUR LIST IS A STUDY TO ABOUT SOIL ON
FEDERAL LANDS. 
          AND THIS WOULD REALLY HELP INFORM OUR STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT AND PARTICULARLY HOW WE
APPLY CERTAIN THINGS LIKE BIOCHAR AND OTHER ELEMENTS TO OUR LANDS, UNDERSTANDING THE CONCERNS ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS AND
HISTORICAL 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
RECOMMENDATION FOR SUPPORT ON. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN SO THIS IS GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE OUTLINED
LEGISLATION FOR 
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ADVANCEMENT TO THE FULL BOARD. 
          CORRECT. COMMITTEE. 
          THIS GOOD, GOOD LIST. 
          THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING, ACTUALLY. 
          SO IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE WITHIN THE SPACES THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT ALSO IS
HAPPENING IN YOU KNOW, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE LIST. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT. 
          ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE IF LET'S SEE IF MERCURIO HAS SOME QUESTIONS. 
          NO, I, I'M IMPRESSED THAT THAT THERE'S A THINKING OUT THERE IN OUR, AMONG OUR FEDERAL
LEGISLATORS TO APPROACH THESE, THESE ISSUES AND ISSUES AS A EUPHEMISM. 
          THERE ARE PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT 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 YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A WAY TO GET THESE THROUGH. 
          AND SO I FIRMLY AGREE THAT THESE ARE CAUSES AND ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO GET BEHIND. 
          AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD SUPPORT THESE I MEAN,
THEY'RE THEY REALLY ARE PROGRESSIVE THINKING. 
          IT'S, IT'S THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING. 
          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. 
          YEAH, 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 THERE, THERE IT IS. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S OUT THERE. 
          AND WE CAN SUPPORT THOSE THINGS BY PURCHASING THEM. 
          SO JUST A SIDE NOTE. 
          IT JUST STRUCK ME HOW MANY OF THESE PROPOSALS ARE WHOLLY DEPENDENT ON WHAT HAPPENS IN
NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS. 
          I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TO GET THROUGH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND A PRESIDENT WHO WOULD SIGN
THEM BECAUSE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY WE'LL HAVE A PRESIDENT WOULDN'T SIGN ANY OF THESE, LET ALONE ALLOW, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM GET THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SENATE. 
          SO PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE. 
          NO COMMENT. I WANTED TO GET IT IN THE RIGHT ORDER THIS TIME. 
          YES. DIRECTOR SANWONG MAKES THE MOTION TO FORWARD TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. 
          SECOND HERE. AND IT'S SECONDED BY DIRECTOR MERCURIO. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
          THERE'S THREE IN FAVOR. 
          ANY OPPOSITION OR ABSTENTIONS? NO. SO THIS WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE FULL BOARD WITH THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDED
APPROVAL. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU ERICH. 
          SO THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 6 ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          [Announcements]
I'LL LOOK AROUND THE ROOM. 
          I'LL GO FIRST TO STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS. 
          NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. ALL RIGHT. 
          MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          WE DO HAVE. WE DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          I'M REMINDED BY MY COLLEAGUES. 
          WANT TO WELCOME LAUREN BLANCHARD ACTING OR TEMPORARY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT? WILL BE SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS TEAM. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MIC. 
          SHE COMES TO US BY WAY OF FORMERLY THE MAYOR OF OAKLAND'S OFFICE. 
          SO A 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. 
          AND WOULD YOU TELL ME HER NAME AGAIN, LAUREN. 
          YES. OKAY. 
          LAUREN. THANKS. 
          WELCOME. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS STAFF? OLIVIA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU KNOW, THIS TEAM BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE INSTRUMENTAL IN
ORGANIZING LAST MONDAY, THIS THIS PAST MONDAY'S EVENT THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, OUR BOARD, THE 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 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 SITE VISITS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT
OF INTERACTION WITH THE FOUNDATION BOARD REGULARLY. 
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AND I WAS WONDERING IF WE INVITE THEM TO OUR SITE VISITS THAT WE DO. 
          AND SO IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE FOUNDATION BOARD IS INVITED TO THE SITE VISIT,
WE'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LAUREN BERNSTEIN. 
          HOWEVER, I WILL SHARE THAT WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BERNSTEIN ON
INVITING THE FOUNDATION BOARD TO JOIN ON PAC FIELD TRIPS NEXT YEAR IN ORDER TO HELP CULTIVATE A SHARED LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          YEAH, I JUST THINK JUST IN GENERAL, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          YEAH. ANY ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO CONTINUE. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST ALWAYS THE END OF THE YEAR EVENT, ALTHOUGH I'M 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 PANDEMIC AND GATHERING IN PERSON AND
SOCIALIZING. 
          SO THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME DIFFERENT COORDINATED EFFORTS. 
          BUT 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. 
          IT WAS, YEAH. 
          I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS WE FAVOR PARTIES. 
          NEXT YEAR YOU'RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF THEM. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS OUR FINAL LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 2023, AND
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 WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU. 
          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 EAGER. 
          THAT'S A COMPLIMENT. TO TO BE HERE. 
          AND I THINK I'VE LEARNED A LOT. 
          AND AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT YEAR AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. WELL TAKEN. 
          GOOD COMMENTS AND I ALWAYS ENJOY WHEN THE PAC MEMBERS COME. 
          GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT A LOT MORE WITH THOSE FOLKS. 
          SO FOUNDATION I COULDN'T 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? YEAH. I'M REALLY I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STUFF THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, YOU KNOW? ANYWAY, AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO ME, BUT AND 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. 
          ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR ECHOLS, PLEASE SHOW NOTE. 
          NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENT OF OUR BOARD. 
          AND I DID WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING IN DIRECTOR WAESPI STEAD, AS HE HAD A CONFLICT. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE STAND ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.