Dec 19, 2023 Board of Directors Meeting

UM, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS SESSION? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PRESIDENT.

ADJOURN TO THE CLOSED SESSION.

WITH NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, THEN WE WILL

[CLOSED SESSION ITEMS]

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND WE'LL TURN OFF ALL THESE CAMERAS AND, OKAY.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO OUR DECEMBER 19TH MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

OUR FINAL BOARD MEETING FOR THIS YEAR.

UH, WE'RE BE BEGINNING TODAY AT 1 0 4.

MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE? YES.

[ROLL CALL]

PRESIDENT WASPY.

EXCUSE ME.

DIRECTOR COFFEE HERE.

PRESIDENT WASFI? HERE.

GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH.

HERE.

GENERAL COUNSEL.

VIRGO HERE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

UH, DIRECTOR CORBIT, WOULD YOU LIKE THIS, PLEASE? YES.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE JULY OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

NATION LIBERTY.

LIBERTY SHALL AND MEMBER ROSARIO, WOULD YOU READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, PLEASE? YES.

WE HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE UNSEATED LANDS OF THE OHLONE PEOPLE AND THAT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNE TERRITORY, WHICH IS THEIR TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND SHARED HOME.

SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THE ELONE PEOPLE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN RECIPROCITY WITH NATURE, UNDERSTANDING THE SEASONS AND CYCLES OF THE NATURAL WORLD, MANAGING RESOURCES FUNDAMENTAL FOR SURVIVAL, AND IMPORTANT TO CULTURAL PRACTICES, ALL WHILE PASSING DOWN THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE.

WE HONOR WITH THE GRATITUDE OF THE LAND ITSELF, THE WILDLIFE LIVING IN THESE LANDS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STEWARDED IT AND WHO CONTINUE TO REMAIN DEEPLY CONNECTED TO IT TODAY.

WE WILL MOVE NOW TO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

THE AGENDA PACKET IS BEFORE YOU, UH, ANY IF WE HAVE MAY ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

SO MOVED.

A MOTION BY MEMBER ECCLES AND A SECOND BY MEMBER ROSARIO.

UH, HEARING.

NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THE AGENDA IS IN PLACE.

UM, WE MOVED NOW TO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ONE THIS MOR MORNING OR WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENT PRESENTATION, BUT LATER.

WE'LL MOVE NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

AND, UH, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU TELL FOLKS HOW THEY COULD COMMENT AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING WITH US? YES.

PRESIDENT WASPY, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN SEND, UM, COMMENTS IN THREE WAYS VIA EMAIL TO PUBLIC COMMENTS@EBPARKS.ORG VIA VOICEMAIL AT 5 1 0 5 4 4 2 0 1 6, LEAVING A MESSAGE WHICH WILL BE TRANSCRIBED AND GIVEN TO THE BOARD AND MADE A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.

OR SIMPLY BY JOINING THE MEETING VIA THE ZOOM LINK, WHICH IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, WHICH WAS POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE LAST WEEK, THE SUBMISSION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS WAS NOTICED.

ALL EMAILS RECEIVED PRIOR TO DEADLINE ON MONDAY, DECEMBER THE 18TH HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD AND EXECUTIVE TEAM.

ANY EMAILS THAT HAVE COME IN AFTER THIS DATE WILL BE ORGANIZED AND GIVEN TO THE BOARD AFTER THIS MEETING.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MADAM CLERK, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY EMAILS OR SPEAKERS CARDS FROM THE PUBLIC? WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY EMAILS, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE COMMENTER IN THE ROOM.

THAT IS MS. RENEE PATTERSON.

WELCOME, RENEE.

AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, RENEE.

AN UNFAIR PRACTICE CHARGE ON AUGUST 26TH, 2022.

UH, MY NAME IS RENEE PATTERSON.

I'M AN ADMIN ANALYST HERE AT THE DISTRICT IN OPERATIONS, BUSINESS SERVICES.

I WORK ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE PERALTO OAKS BUILDING, AND I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A REMINDER THAT THE AFSCME FILED, UM,

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THIS IS WITH PERS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BOARD, AND THE CHARGES WERE BAD FAITH, BARGAINING, INTERFERENCE, DIRECT DEALING, AND UNILATERAL IMPLEMENTATION.

SO I DO THIS AT, AT EVERY BOARD MEETING THAT I CAN MAKE IT TO, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO DO IT UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS.

UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT SOMETHING IS THAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN AND, UM, I'LL CONTINUE TO COME SEE YOU AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

YOU'RE MOVING VERY EFFICIENTLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

UM, EXCUSE

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

ME, PRESIDENT WASP.

I HAD ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.

OH, PARDON ME.

WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE WAY.

THANK YOU, .

UM, I DO HAVE ONE, UH, QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT AND THAT IS TO INTRODUCE FORMALLY OUR, UM, NEW AND ACTUALLY OUR INAUGURAL EQUITY OFFICER HERE IN THE PARK DISTRICT, JOSE GONZALEZ, WHO JUST STARTED WITH US YESTERDAY.

AND, UM, JOSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA JUST COME UP AND SAY A QUICK HELLO TO THE BOARD, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE HIM AT.

WE HAD A, AS I THINK YOU ALL KNOW, WE DID A NATIONAL SEARCH, UH, IN ORDER TO FILL THIS POSITION.

AND, UM, JUST ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO HAVE JOSE HERE WITH THE PARK DISTRICT.

UH, THANK YOU.

I JUST WANNA VERY QUICKLY AND SIMPLY EXPRESS SALUTATION AND GRATITUDE, SO IT IS NICE TO, UH, MEET AND SEE ALL OF THE ESTEEM BOARD HERE AS WELL.

AND ALSO, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO DOING MY PART TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT AND ALL THE WORK THAT IT UNDERTAKES.

SO THANK YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING YOU ALL AGAIN SOON.

JOSE, WELCOME, WELCOME AND VERY NICE TO HAVE YOU.

OKAY, NOW WE'LL MOVE TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

THE CONSENT CALENDARS BEFORE YOU, UM, DOES ANY, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED? ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS? I MEMBER COFFEE, GO AHEAD.

RIGHT AHEAD.

, GO AHEAD.

I ASKED FOR ITEM FIVE TO BE, UH, PULLED SO THAT, UH, OUR AUDIENCE CAN GET A FEEL FOR THE NEW, UH, FINE SCHEDULE THAT WILL BE COMING INTO PLAY, UH, POTENTIALLY A SIGNIFICANT NEW OPERATIONAL FACTOR IN THE EAST, EAST BAY PARKS.

I KNOW THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT OPERATIONS, BUT I THOUGHT JUST A COUPLE MINUTES HERE WOULD BE, UH, A GOOD IDEA FOR ADDED PUBLICITY.

AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

EXCELLENT IDEA.

ANYONE ELSE? MEMBER ZO? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO PULL, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OFFICERS FOR 2024.

ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PULL ANYTHING? OKAY, THEN LET'S START WITH NUMBER THREE, THE APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OFFICERS FOR THE 2024 YEAR.

MAY I JUST INTERRUPT JUST A SEC? WE DO HAVE TWO COMMENTS ON, UH, COMMENTS ON THIS, THIS, UM, ON THE AGENDA ALSO.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, ON NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER NUMBER SIX RIGHT NOW, THE OTHER ONE ISN'T NUMBER SIX, IS IT? TWO COMMENTS ON THAT? YES.

THE OTHER ONE'S GONNA BE, WELL, WE'LL START WITH NUMBER THREE THOUGH, IF THAT'S OKAY.

JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW NUMBER ROSARIO.

UH, I PULLED THIS IN MY ITEM BECAUSE, UH, UH, AS YOU MAY KNOW THAT I AM NOT GONNA BE RUNNING AT THE END OF 2024.

AND SO I WILL, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ACQUIESCE MY SEAT AS TREASURER FOR 2024 AND THAT WILL GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, THE NEWER MEMBERS TO BUMP UP AND, AND TAKE THAT POSITION.

SO I OFFER THAT AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE, UM, TO THE SCHEDULE.

AND I THINK THAT WAS WELL DESCRIBED IN OUR PACKET.

UH, AND I THANK YOU, DEE, THAT'S, UM, AN EXCELLENT ACT ON YOUR PART.

I THINK THAT'S GONNA GIVE OTHER MEMBERS, NEWER MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MOVE AHEAD AND LEARN, LEARN THE ROPES OF BEING IN PART OF THE, UH, OFFICER TEAM.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DEE.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT SEPARATELY, MADAM COUNCIL? MAYBE AT THE NEXT AGENDA.

I MEAN, THE PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO ACTUALLY PULL THE ITEMS AND VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, ESTEEMED BOARD.

AND THEN VOTE ON THE REMAINING CONSENT ITEMS AS ONE MOTION SHOW.

THE ITEM IS POLLED.

AND LET'S MOVE TO, UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

WE'LL VOTE ON THE END AFTER THE FULL CONSENT CALENDAR.

UH, NUMBER FIVE IS THE AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH A FINE SCHEDULE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS AND NUISANCE ABATEMENT CITATIONS.

LISA, WERE YOU GONNA FOLLOW UP ON THAT OR? YES.

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WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M LISA GORGEN, THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF OPERATIONS HERE.

THANK YOU DIRECTOR COFFEE FOR PULLING THIS.

THIS IS A REALLY, UM, EXCITING, UM, IT'S ALL RELATIVE, BUT FOR US, EXCITING, UM, ITEM BECAUSE IT IS A, IT'S, IT'S A SECOND STEP TO A BOARD ACTION.

THE BOARD TAKING ACTION LAST YEAR TO PROVIDE, UM, THE DISTRICT AUTHORIZATION TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE ADMINISTRATIVE FINES, UM, AND CITATIONS.

SO I'M GONNA DEFER TO PUBLIC SAFETY TO TALK ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE FINES AND CITATIONS.

UM, BUT ALSO IT GIVES US, UH, THE ABILITY TO ISSUE NUISANCE ABATEMENT FINES.

AND SO ON THE OPERATION SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN WE HAVE ENCROACHMENTS OR WHEN THERE'S BEEN, UM, ISSUES WHERE THE DISTRICT IS, IS, UM, INCURRING DAMAGE, IT GIVES US A TOOL OF ENFORCEMENT.

AND SO IT ALLOWS OUR PARK SUPERVISORS, OUR UNIT MANAGERS, TO REACH OUT TO, UM, UH, DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT MAY BE ENCROACHING, UM, AND LET THEM KNOW, HEY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ENCROACHING AND THIS IS A VIOLATION.

AND, UM, THE RECOURSES FOR YOU TO IS TO REMOVE IT.

TO REMEDY IT.

AND THEN AGAIN, THIS TOOL ALLOWS US TO HAVE SOME TEETH SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH A FINE AND THEN ALSO BE ABLE TO RECOUP, UM, THE COSTS FOR WHAT IT COSTS TO REMEDY.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR GOVERNMENT, WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM ON, UH, PROCEDURES THAT WE'LL START, UH, IMPLEMENTING NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN, UH, AS WE PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE NEXT YEAR WITH A STATUS OF HOW, HOW, HOW THIS PROCEDURE AND POLICY IS WORKING.

SO I'M GONNA, UM, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO PUBLIC SAFETY 'CAUSE I THINK YOU HAD SOME, UH, MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE.

I'M, UH, DAVID PHILLIPS, ACTING CAPTAIN OF SUPPORT SERVICES WITH YOUR DISTRICT'S POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, I APPRECIATE THE, THE BOARD PASSING RESOLUTION LAST OCTOBER, UH, ALLOWING THE DISTRICT, UH, TO GO FORTH WITH ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS.

UH, IT WAS UNTIL THIS POINT, UH, THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A FINE FOR THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS.

THE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM IS TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, THE FINE SCHEDULE FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS.

UH, THE CALIFORNIA'S, UH, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION ALLOWS, UH, POLICE, UH, PUBLIC AGENCIES TO ISSUE ADMINISTRATIVE FINES.

UM, THERE'S LANGUAGE WITHIN THE LEGISLATION, UH, NOT TO EXCEED CERTAIN LIMITS.

WE ARE, UH, GOING, WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS IN WHICH YOU SEE ON, UH, PROBABLY AN ATTACHED LIST, THERE'S ABOUT 60% OF THE ORDINANCES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION.

UH, THOSE 60% OF THE ORDINANCES DON'T INVOLVE PUBLIC, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, UH, OR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, CONCERNS FOR THE DISTRICT.

THESE ARE KIND OF MINOR NUISANCES, UH, THAT WE THINK CAN BE ADMINISTERED, UH, ENFORCED THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION FOR THAT A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UH, FINE.

UM, THE MAJORITY, WELL IN BOTH COUNTIES, ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, IF YOU WERE TO BE ISSUED AN INFRACTION AND TO GO TO COURT AND BE FIND, FOUND GUILTY, IT WOULD COST YOU $280.

SO THIS WAS, UH, THE ABILITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, ALSO WITH, UM, PARK OPERATIONS TO COME UP WITH A MIDDLE GROUND, UH, WAY TO, UH, ENFORCE THESE VIOLATIONS OF THE ORDINANCE.

UH, THAT WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A WARNING AND INFRACTION.

SO CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN SOMEBODY WOULD PAY IF THEY WERE ISSUED AN INFRACTION, WHICH WOULD BE A CRIMINAL PROCESS RATHER THAN THE CIVIL PROCESS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DAVE? MEMBER COFFEE? YEAH, SO I'VE READ THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL A COUPLE TIMES AND I'M STILL CONFUSED ABOUT, UH, IN WHAT INSTANCES INFRACTION AND MISDEMEANOR ONLY.

AND I'M LOOKING AT THE TWO COLUMNS IN THE CHART OF, UH, FINES.

UH, I GUESS I'M ASKING FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THOSE TWO COLUMNS.

WE HAVE CHECK MARKS IN THE COLUMN DESIGNATING, INFRACTION AND MISDEMEANORS, AND THEN WE HAVE DOLLAR VALUES OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION FEE.

SO I'M WONDERING ADMINISTRATIVELY, WHAT IS THAT DISTINCTION? SO THE COLUMNS WHICH YOU'RE REFERRING, THE COLUMN ON THE LEFT, UM, WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE TABLE, UH, WOULD SAY INFRACTION AND MISDEMEANORS

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ONLY.

SO THOSE WOULD BE, UM, ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION.

SO THE OFFICER DOESN'T HAVE THE DISCRETION TO ISSUE AN ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION FOR THOSE CERTAIN ORDINANCES.

UH, THE COLUMN ON THE FAR RIGHT WITH THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UM, ANNOTATION WITHIN THE COLUMN INDICATES THAT OFFICERS HAVE THE ABILITY AND DISCRETION TO ISSUE THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION FOR THAT, UH, REDUCED AMOUNT BEFORE GOING, UH, ON SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS FOR THE SAME, UH, ORDINANCE VIOLATION TO THEN GO TO INFRACTION OR MISDEMEANOR.

SO THE INFRACTION OR MISDEMEANOR ITEMS LIKE UNAUTHORIZED CAMPING, THERE ISN'T AN OPTION TO LEVY A, AN ADMINISTRATIVE FINE.

IT'S ONLY A CITATION.

THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.

SO THOSE CHECK MARK MARKS DESIGNATE ONLY CITATIONS.

I UNDERSTAND IT.

NOW, HOW, AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, ARE ALL THESE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE TABLE, HOW WILL THE CITATION VERSUS ADMINISTRATIVE FINE BE, UH, ADMINISTERED? HOW IS THAT GOING TO, AS A PRACTICAL MANNER WORK ITSELF INTO PARK OPERATIONS? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

AND THEY ARE BOTH SEPARATE.

UH, SO THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS ISSUED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, HAVE A DIFFERENT MANNER IN WHICH THEY, UH, THE FINES ARE, ARE RECEIVED OR THE, THE MONEY'S RECEIVED.

UH, IF YOU'D RECEIVED AN ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION FROM A POLICE OFFICER, UH, SIMILAR TO OUR PARKING TICKETS, THERE'S A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR THAT HANDLES, UH, ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD AND, UM, DISPUTE OR CONTESTED, UM, VIOLATIONS AT LEAST IN THE FIRST ROUND.

SO MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR JASON, OR JUST OPERATIONALLY MY UNDERSTANDING, WHEN WE ADOPTED, UH, THIS NEW, UH, FINE SCHEDULE, OR AT LEAST THE ITS EXISTENCE, THAT THE FINE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE FINES CAN BE ADMINISTERED BY OTHERS THAN POLICE OFFICERS.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE RATHER THOROUGH LIST OF POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS HERE, THERE ARE ALL THESE ADMINISTRATIVE FINES, UH, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE THEN TO BE ADMINISTERED BY OTHERS THAN POLICE OFFICERS.

IS THAT CORRECT? GOOD AFTERNOON, JASON BERG, ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL.

SO, DR. COFFEY, YOU'RE CORRECT IN THAT THE, THE WAY THIS IS STRUCTURED IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS WILL BE ISSUED THROUGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE OTHERS TO ISSUE CITATIONS UNDER THE ORDINANCE DEFINED AS AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER.

SO FOR NUISANCE ABATEMENT, THE PLAN IS TO HAVE THAT BE DONE THROUGH OPERATIONS.

UM, THE PLAN IS TO IS TO HAVE UNIT MANAGERS DO THAT, THOSE CITATIONS, AND THAT'S FOR NUISANCE ABATEMENT.

AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO KEEP THOSE TWO SEPARATE IN THE SENSE OF ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS WILL BE HANDLED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NUISANCE ABATEMENT WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH OPERATIONS WITH A ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS THAT WILL BE ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THEN IMPLEMENTED THROUGH OPERATIONS.

ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IF AT DOWN IN THE FUTURE THE PARK DISTRICT WAS INTERESTED IN HAVING OTHERS OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS, THERE WOULD BE A LEVEL OF TRAINING AND, UM, GETTING UP TO SPEED ON THAT PROCESS.

SO AT THIS POINT, USING OTHERS THAN POLICE OFFICERS IS, ISN'T CONTEMPLATED, BUT IT'S A POTENTIAL.

AND YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.

I'M, UH, THERE ARE ISSUES OF ENFORCEMENT IN WHICH HAVING POLICE OFFICERS, UH, COVER THE SCOPE OF ENFORCEMENT IS PROBLEMATIC GIVEN, UH, THEIR VALUE TO, UH, TO THE PARK SYSTEM.

UM, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO HAVE POLICE OFFICERS PATROLLING RIDGE LINES RIGHT.

FOR ILLEGAL BICYCLE USE.

UH, AND THERE'S A POTENTIAL IF NEEDED FOR AN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM TO BE DEVELOPED FOR THAT.

THAT THAT'S CORRECT.

THE WAY THIS IS STRUCTURED, IS IT BEING AN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY, IT CAN BE ADOPTED ADMINISTRATIVELY AND ALSO AMENDED ADMINISTRATIVELY.

THE WAY THIS IS STRUCTURED NOW, THE DISTRICT BELIEVES IS AN ADEQUATE DIS UH, USE OF RESOURCES AND, UH, DISTRIBUTION AMONGST THE DEPARTMENTS.

IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT IF WE'RE FINDING THAT THERE'S GAPS IN ENFORCEMENT THAT GIVES THE GENERAL MANAGER THE AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE THOSE TO ISSUE CITATIONS.

IF ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE WAY THIS IS SET UP, AND I CAN LET THE PUBLIC SAFETY WEIGH IN ON THIS, BUT RIGHT NOW WITH ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS, WE'RE USING A THIRD PARTY VENDOR.

PUBLIC SAFETY IS TRAINED IN THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE IT.

IT'S GONNA BE ISSUED AKIN TO IT LIKE A PARKING CITATION.

SO IF THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE

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SO FOR NOW, WE BELIEVE WE CAN HANDLE IT THIS WAY, WHERE THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT IS HANDLED THROUGH OPERATIONS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS IS HANDLED THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

POLICE SERVICE TECHNICIANS.

I NOW UNDERSTAND IT'S, UH, A LOT CLEARER FOR ME AND, UH, ALL I WANT TO TEE UP WITH MY COLLEAGUES IS THE BRIAN'S PILOT PROJECT IS GOING TO GIVE US A GOOD FEEL FOR, UH, ILLEGAL, UH, OFF TRAIL BICYCLE USE ISSUES AND HOW THOSE ARE IMPACTED.

AND I JUST THINK THIS IS A POTENTIAL TOOL FOR ENFORCEMENT, UH, AS WE, UH, GET DEEPER INTO THAT PROJECT AND LOOK AT ITS OUTCOMES.

UH, AND WE MAY HAVE TO THINK OF BETTER MEANS OF ENFORCING THESE NEW RULES THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.

ANYWAY, I'LL LEAVE IT WITH THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU.

I GUESS, DAVE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION.

SO WE, WE GOT INTO WHO'S GONNA GIVE THE TICKETS? AND I, I UNDERSTAND I WOULD WANNA KEEP IT WITHIN THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT OR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT, AND I APOLOGIZE, I'M GONNA BUTCHER THIS.

OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCE OFFICERS, I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE NAME, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, POLICE SERVICE.

DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO POLICE SERVICE TECHNICIANS? THANK YOU.

I WON'T DO THAT AGAIN.

UH, TELL ME, DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY, I MEAN, I, I, I SEE THAT LITTERING IS A A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UM, UH, ITEM ON THIS AND I FIND THAT VERY COMPELLING.

AND I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT EXERCISE, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE VERY BUSY.

COULD COULD THAT GROUP DO THAT WITHIN THIS PROVISION? GOOD AFTERNOON.

AGAIN, DAVE , UH, CAPTAIN SUPPORT SERVICES, UH, I THINK LAWFULLY THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, BUT I THINK WHAT JASON WAS ALLUDING TO, UH, IS ALL THE TRAINING, UH, 'CAUSE OUR PUB UH, POLICE SERVICES TECHNICIANS, UH, DON'T HAVE ALL THE TRAINING, UH, AND COMMUNICATIONS AND SELF-DEFENSE AND, UM, AND TACTICS THAT WE DO, WE'D HATE FOR, TO PUT ANYBODY IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'RE IN PHYSICAL CONFLICT OVER, UH, A CITATION THAT GENERALLY WOULDN'T LEAD TO AN ARREST.

UM, SO MY ANSWER WOULD BE THE POTENTIALLY FOUR EVENTUALLY WITHIN, UH, FUTURE BUDGETS THAT WE WOULD HAVE AS POLICE SERVICES TECHNICIANS ASSIGNED TO THE STREET CAN STILL ISSUE PARKING CITATIONS.

UH, BUT WE WOULD, WOULD NOT BE LOOKING FOR THEM TO ISSUE, UM, PERSON TO PERSON CITATIONS THAT WOULD, IF NOT ADMINISTRATIVELY BE, UM, UH, A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

HMM.

YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY I, I JUST FIND THAT IT'S WITH 73 PARKS AND, AND, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW YOUR STAFFING LEVELS, BUT I KNOW THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OF YOU, UH, THAT I'M THINKING OF A SCENARIO IF A PARK RANGER'S WORKING IN A PARK ACTIVELY SEEING PEOPLE LITTERING OR, OR DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND JUST A CALL TO GET A, A POLICE SERVICES TECHNICIAN TO GIVE A TICKET, I THINK, BOY, THAT WOULD BE SO, SO, UH, SO HELPFUL IN MY OPINION.

UH, AND THAT'S JUST AN EDITORIAL POLICY.

DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW, I MEAN, DO OTHER AGENCIES, I KNOW OTHER AGENCIES HAVE KIND OF GONE TO THE POLICE SERVICES TECHNICIAN MODEL.

DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO WRITE CITATIONS OR DO THEY GET THE TRAINING? OR IS IT JUST US THAT, YEAH, LET ME, LET ME SPEAK TO THAT.

AND I THINK THE, UM, KIND OF THE POINT THAT JASON WAS MAKING EARLIER IS IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, THIS IS NEW AND YOU KNOW, AS IT EVOLVES, I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE OTHER PEOPLE IN ORDER TO DO THIS.

AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT.

UM, IT'S A MATTER OF TRAINING AS THE CAPTAIN MENTIONED.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA, YOU KNOW, STICK SOMEBODY OUT THERE WITH A BOOKLET AND JUST SET THEM ON THEIR WAYS.

UM, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT OTHER AGENCIES, ABSOLUTELY THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHER AGENCIES THAT HAVE NON-SWORN, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ISSUE THESE CITATIONS.

AND, UM, AND THERE'S LOTS OF NEIGHBORING, UH, AGENCIES THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM.

SO I, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE JUST KIND OF ITERATIVELY AS WE GO THROUGH IT, ARE GONNA, UM, YOU KNOW, COME BACK TO YOU AND PROVIDE THAT REPORT.

SO LOTS OF FLEXIBILITY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

MEMBER CORBETT, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE AN UPDATE IN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MONTHS YOU, SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR, WHATEVER, JUST SO WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, DATA ON HOW IT'S GOING AND, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS BOARD MEMBERS WE DO GET ASKED QUESTIONS BY PEOPLE WHO EITHER, UH, DID, YOU KNOW, UM, GOT IN TROUBLE BECAUSE THEY DID SOMETHING, OR OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE AT THE PARKS THAT ARE WONDERING WHY SOMETHING HASN'T BEEN

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LOOKED AT.

SO IS THERE SOME WAY WE COULD IN ANOTHER, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER YOU THINK IS A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME, SIX MONTHS OR SO TO HAVE A, A REVIEW AND SEE HOW THAT'S GOING SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT IT AND SEE IF WE CAN BE HELPFUL AS WELL.

UH, DIRECTOR CORBERT, LISA GORGEN, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OPERATIONS.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE HAVE THIS AS A, AN UPDATE AS PART OF THE BOARD OF BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO BRING AN UPDATE, UH, PROBABLY NEXT FALL.

SO NEXT FALL THAT I THINK THAT WILL GIVE US ENOUGH TIME NEXT SUMMER.

, THAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME .

YEAH, I MEAN, WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU ON THE SCHEDULING, BUT I THINK WHAT, UM, AGM GO'S MENTIONING, YOU KNOW, IT STILL TAKES US A LITTLE WHILE TO GET SOMETHING UP AND RUNNING.

SO JUST BEING REALISTIC ABOUT AT LEAST A FULL SIX MONTHS WORTH OF, OF DATA AND INFORMATION.

SIX MONTHS.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE ACTUAL DATE, BUT IT'LL BE SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT TOO, BECAUSE WE DO HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND, YOU KNOW, GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THEM TOO, AND LETTING THEM KNOW THE HARD WORK THAT'S GOING ON TO IMPROVE THINGS.

SO, AND THE HARD WORK PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DO TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

SO, UM, THANK YOU.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

THANK YOU, OLIVIA.

YEAH, I JUST WANNA ADD TO THE COMMENT ABOUT THE FOLLOW-UP.

I THINK WHAT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL IN THAT FOLLOW-UP AS, UM, COLIN AND DENNIS EACH MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, COLIN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, UNSANCTIONED TRAILS AND HOW THAT MIGHT GET ENFORCED.

AND THEN DENNIS MENTIONED LITTER AND HOW THAT MAY GET ENFORCED.

AND I KNOW THE OTHER, UM, BIG ONE THAT I HAD MENTIONED DURING THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE WAS DOG WASTE.

AND SO MAYBE WHEN WE DO THE UPDATE, IF THERE'S A WAY TO AT A MINIMUM, COLLECT SOME INSIGHTS FROM OUR OPERATION STAFF AT SOME, AT THE VARIOUS PARKS ON THOSE THREE SPECIFIC TOPICS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

BECAUSE I THINK THOSE ARE THE THREE THAT ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE THE ONES THAT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME SORT OF AMENDMENT IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT, IT, IT MAY LIKELY BE ALONG THOSE THREE TOPICS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

AND WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM SIX, THE AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR LANDSCAPING SERVICES FOR PERAL OAKS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, UH, PERALTA OAKS NORTH, AND THE TRUDEAU TRAINING CENTER TO GINA MANAGEMENT, INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000.

AND MADAM CLERK, WHO HAS A COMMENT ON THAT? I, YES, UH, ROSS MITCHELL, DO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR? THANK YOU.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

HELLO, UH, ROSS MITCHELL, PRESIDENT AME 2 4 2 8.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

UH, 'CAUSE AT OUR LAST MEETING, DIRECTOR ROSARIO MENTIONED THAT, UH, THE LANDSCAPING AT TRUDEAU AND SOME OF OUR OTHER AREAS THAT ARE NOT PERFORMED BY AFSCME IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE RETURNED TO BEING DONE WITH ASME WORKERS.

UM, WE SHARE IN THAT, UM, SENTIMENT, UH, LOOKING AT THIS RESOLUTION, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT I SEE IS THAT THIS LIKELY WOULD PUSH THAT BACK, UH, AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS.

UM, WHAT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IS WITHIN THIS FIRST YEAR, UM, TIMEFRAME THAT THERE BE SOME ANALYSIS FOR PRESENTING THE BOARD MEMBERS WITH ALTERNATIVES, UM, TO BRING THAT WORK BACK UNDER AME, WHETHER THAT'S WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, A TRADITIONAL GARDNER STAFF OR GARDNER AND SOME OTHER, UM, ADDITIONAL STAFFING POTENTIALLY, UH, WORK, UH, UNDER A, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, OR, UH, OTHER CREATIVE WAYS.

AND ASME WOULD LOVE TO BE, UH, PART OF THAT CONVERSATION AND COME UP WITH WAYS THAT WE CAN BRING THIS WORK BACK UNDER AME SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO OUR SORT OF BIG BUILDINGS, TRUDEAU HERE, THEY CAN SEE, UM, MORE OF THE GOOD WORK THAT ASME MEMBERS PERFORM.

GARDENER POSITION FROM REDWOOD AND, UH, AND, UH, CONCESSION THAT OUT.

SO ANYONE WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT? YEAH, SO YOU GO FIRST.

IT'S, GO AHEAD, DEAN.

YEAH, I MEAN, UH, UH, I MENTIONED THAT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST, UM, THE TRUDEAU CENTER, WHICH USED TO BE RUN BY PARK STAFF, UM, UNCOUPLED FROM, FROM THAT GROUPING.

AND, UH, COULD IT BE, I MEAN, I LEAVE IT UP TO OPERATIONS HOW THEY COULD, HOW, HOW THEY COULD DIVVY THAT WORKUP.

BUT I USED TO, REINHARDT RAILROAD USED TO HAVE A GARDENER, AND, UH, UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE, UH, WHEN PROTA OAKS, OR NO, WHEN TR THE TRIO CENTER WAS THE, UH, THE, UH, UH, HEADQUARTERS, UH, THAT GARDNER TOOK CARE OF THAT, THAT POSITION.

THEN WHEN IT TRANSITIONED TO PROTA OAKS, THEY, UH, WAS, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO TAKE, TAKE OUT THE, REMOVE THE

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SO, UH, SO I HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF WANTING TO, TO RETURN THAT TO, UH, PARK OPERATIONS.

UH, I, I THINK, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE, UH, THE ADDITION OF SOME WORK AT ROBERTS AND, UH, AND, UH, A GARDNER POSITION AT, UH, UH, TRUDEAU, UH, WOULD BE, COULD BE SHARED BETWEEN THE TWO OR IT COULD BE EVEN, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SHARED WITH, UH, THE EXISTING, UH, GARDNER POSITIONS AT THAT REPORT TO THE, UH, UH, FACILITIES DIRECTOR UNDER SARAH.

SO, UH, YEAH, I THINK IT'S HIGH TIME.

I, I THINK THAT THAT PARTICULAR AREA IS, IS, UH, UH, HAS BEEN IN NEGLECT REALLY.

AND I THINK, UH, A GARDENER ON, ON THE SCENE THERE WOULD BE, WOULD, UH, REALLY, UH, ENHANCE THE AREA MEMBER COFFEE.

SO D WOULD THIS BE AN APPROPRIATE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE TO GET BOTH THE, UH, HOW, HOW YOUR PROPOSAL WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AND WHAT THE ECONOMICS OF IT WOULD BE? YEAH, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE AN ANALYSIS OF IT AND THEN, UH, WE COULD BRING IT BACK TO O OPERATIONS AND, AND THEN, UH, SEE ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY DECOUPLING THAT THAT CONTRACT, THE LANDSCAPING CONTRACT.

RIGHT.

NO, I UNDERSTAND.

AND IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.

SO FOR COUNSEL, WOULD THIS CONTRACT PRECLUDE, UH, THE BOARD FROM INVESTIGATING AND, UH, SEEING IF IT CAN IMPLEMENT THIS TYPE OF PROPOSAL? NO, IT WOULDN'T PREVENT YOU FROM LOOKING INTO MAKING ANY CHANGES IN THE, MOST OF OUR CONTRACTS ARE TERMINABLE ON 30 DAYS NOTICE, SO.

GOOD.

SO WE HAVE A POTENTIAL AGENDA ITEM FOR OPERATIONS.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

MEMBER CORBERT.

AND WOULD THE, UH, THE WORK TO KEEP THE PLACE LOOK GOOD, , WOULD THAT CONTINUE UNTIL WE TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT ANY CHANGES MAY BE? IT WON'T SLOW DOWN THE ACTUAL WORK ON THE, ON THE GARDENS WILL IT OR NOT.

SO IF YOU, IF YOU MOVE TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT, THIS CONTRACT IS GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT AND IT WOULD STAY INTO, IN EFFECT, UNTIL A DECISION WAS MADE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO IT.

SO A CHANGE COULD BE MADE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MUCH.

THAT'S GREAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE, I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT, DAVE, I FORGOT, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS AN OPTION.

I DIDN'T KNOW IT HAD GONE BEFORE OPERATIONS, BUT I DO RECALL THAT WE HANDLED ALL OF THIS WITH GARDENERS FROM PARKS AND IT WAS JUST AN ENHANCEMENT.

AND I THINK ROSS MAKES AN EXCELLENT POINT.

I THINK THIS WOULD BE PERFECT FOR A YOUTH EMPLOYMENT JOB TO, EVERYBODY'S GOT A VAN.

I'M, I'M USING THE MODEL OF CIVICORE, OF COURSE, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE VANS, THEY'VE GOT CREWS.

THEY COULD COME IN HERE, DO THIS WORK, THEY COULD COME GO OVER TO TRUDEAU, DO THE WORK, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT, GREAT ENHANCEMENT TO OUR PROGRAMS WITH YOUTH.

IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE TO ME.

AND AS LONG AS I, I THINK I UNDERSTOOD YOU THAT, I MEAN, GARINA WOULD GO MONTH TO MONTH AS TILL WE DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE OR THERE WE HAVE NO CONTRACTUAL, WE CAN SPLIT IT ANY TIME IS WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.

WELL, YOU CAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE OR TABLE THIS, THAT WOULD BE THE CONTRACT IS GOING TO STAY IN EFFECT, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING THEIR WORK.

IF THERE WAS A DECISION MADE TO, UM, CHANGE THE SCOPE OF THEIR CONTRACT, WE WOULD DO A CONTRACT AMENDMENT OR TERMINATE THAT CONTRACT, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU DECIDED.

BUT, UM, WITH, WITH NO, NO PENALTY ON OUR PART, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA ANSWER RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR EXACT CONTRACT, BUT MOST OF OUR CONTRACTS SAY THAT WE CAN TERMINATE FOR CONVENIENCE.

SO THAT MEANS FOR ANY REASON THAT WE HAVE.

SO, SO WITHOUT KNOWING THAT AS OUR COUNSELOR, WOULD YOU SUGGEST THAT THE BEST METHOD WOULD BE FOR US TO JUST TABLE THIS ISSUE, THIS ITEM RIGHT NOW? NO, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REASON THAT YOU NEED TO TABLE THIS.

I, I JUST WANTED TO ADD REALLY QUICKLY THE CONTRACT, EVEN THOUGH THE CONTRACT TERM, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT ALLOWS AN EXTENSION OF 2028, YOU'RE ACTUALLY, IT'S A ONE, IT'S ONLY A ONE YEAR INITIAL CONTRACT WITH THE ABILITY TO EXTEND IT.

SO IT REALLY, I MEAN, IT WOULD TAKE US, I JUST WANNA BE REALISTIC, AT LEAST THAT TIME PERIOD FOR US TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

UM, IF WE WERE TO, TO COME TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, FIND STAFFING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO DO THIS.

SO REALLY I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU APPROVE IT AS IT IS HERE TODAY.

YOU'RE ONLY, IT'S ONLY A ACTUAL ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE ABILITY TO EXTEND IT LATER.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH HAS BEEN PULLED.

AND WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING, DOES EVERYONE WANT TO LEAVE IT IN THE CONSENT PACKAGE? OKAY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS FROM ANYONE? OKAY.

WE HAVE A CONSENT CALENDAR INTACT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF

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WE'LL VOTE ON SEPARATELY.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT CALENDARS, UH, ITEMS ONE THROUGH 15 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE OUT.

SO MOVED, MOVED BY MEMBER CORBETT SECOND, SECONDED BY MEMBER ECCLES.

UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING? NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NOW LET'S MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD OFFICERS FOR 2024.

UM, YEAH.

UM, I MOVE TO AMEND THE, UH, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE WHERE, UH, I WOULD STEP DOWN FROM TREASURER AND, UM, I WOULD GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE QUEUE AND THE NEXT PERSON UP WOULD BE SECRETARY JOHN RIO.

AND THEN OLIVIA WOULD ALSO MOVE UP AS SECRETARY.

AS SECRETARY.

SECOND.

GEE, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

SO, UM, FOR, FOR ANNOUNCEMENT PURPOSES, IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THIS DOCUMENT, ARE THE, WE WERE VOTING FOR THE INCOMING PRESIDENT ELIZABETH KELS, THE VICE PRESIDENT ELLEN CORBETT, THE TREASURER NOW BASED ON THIS AMENDMENT WILL BE JOHN MERCURIO, AND THE SECRETARY WILL BE OLIVIA SAN WONG.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD, SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR? SIGN BY, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ACQUISITIONS, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, UH, THE INFORMATIONAL PROJECT UPDATE ON THE, REPLACE THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER AT THE EEC PROJECT AT THE TILDEN NATURE AREA.

CONGRATULATIONS.

NEW OFFICERS, AND WE'LL MOVE NOW TO MOVE THE REST OF THEM.

IG YOUR PARDON? WE DO, HAVE WE MOVED THE REST OF THE ITEMS? YES, WE HAVE.

UM, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO, THERE'S 20 ITEMS. FOLLOW ALONG YOUR BOOKLET, UM,

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WELCOME, REN.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

BOARD MEMBERS, UM, MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO PRESENT OR INTRODUCE JIM DEVLIN, WHO WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM.

UM, THIS ITEM IS ABOUT THE EEC PROJECT, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE IT.

AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST, WE BROUGHT TO THE LAST BOARD EXEC MEETING, UH, A SUGGESTED SCHEDULE ABOUT HOW WE WOULD ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR THE E ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

UM, AND SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE.

UM, WE ARE EXCITED TO KICK OFF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AND WE WILL ENGAGE IN THAT IN NEXT YEAR.

UM, AS PART OF THAT PRESENTATION TO THE EXEC TEAM, WE PROPOSED WHEN WE WOULD GO TO THE PUBLIC AND WHEN WE GO TO THE BOARD, SO THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST, UH, TOUCHPOINTS WITH THE BOARD.

UM, WHAT WILL BE PRESENTED TODAY WILL BE THE INFORMATION THAT WILL BE SHARED AT THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE AT THE END OF JANUARY.

SO WE HAVE THREE OF THESE.

THIS IS THE FIRST ONE, AS I SAID, IN THIS PROCESS.

UM, SO WE HAVE THE FIRST, EXCUSE ME, COUPLE SCHEDULED OUT.

UM, AND THIS AGAIN, IS A PROCESS FOR REACHING OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND GETTING INPUT AS TO WHAT THE NEEDS AND DESIRES ARE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE EEC FACILITY.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JIM, JIM DEVLIN, WHO'S OUR DISTRICT ARCHITECT AND MANAGING THIS PROJECT TO RUN US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION THAT, AGAIN, WILL BE SHARED AT THE FIRST COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETING.

THANK YOU, REN.

GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M JIM DEVLIN, UM, ARCHITECT AND PROJECT MANAGER IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.

AND I WILL PRESENT, BE PRESENTING TO YOU, UM, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PRESENTATION, NUMBER ONE FOR THE TILDEN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION REPLACEMENT PROJECT TO THE RIGHT.

THERE WE GO.

WITH ITS SURROUNDING NATURAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE, A STATE-OF-THE-ART EDUCATION AND EXHIBIT EXPERIENCE THAT IS INVITING AND ACCESSIBLE, AND ALSO TO CREATE A FACILITY THAT REFLECTS THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT DESIGN PRACTICES.

SO WHAT IS THIS PROJECT? WELL, THIS IS A PROJECT, UM, TO REPLACE THE EXISTING TILDEN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FACILITY.

AND IT, IS THERE A WAY THAT IT, HMM, WELL, I CAN'T READ ALL THE TEXT.

I CAN AN EXHIBIT WITH A NEW FACILITY.

UM, THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT IS A BUILDING COMPLEX, FULLY INTEGRATED

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SO WHAT IS THE, UM, WHAT IS THE PROJECT? WELL, HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE TILDEN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER, ALSO OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE TILDEN EEC.

IT WAS BUILT IN THE 1970S.

TO THE BUILDING WITH RAMPS AND LIFTS, UM, SOMEONE COMING INTO THIS FACILITY A HAS TO FIND THOSE RAMPS.

UM, IT'S ADJACENT TO THE LITTLE TILDEN LITTLE FARM, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS, UM, SORRY, I'M NOT WELL IN THE PHOTO UP IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS THE EEC AERIAL PHOTO SHOWING THE BUILDING, THE CENTER.

AND TO THE LEFT IS THE, UH, SECURITY RESIDENCE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT.

AND THE TILDEN LITTLE FARM IS UP AT THE TOP OF THAT AERIAL PHOTO.

THERE WILL NOT BE ANY WORK DONE TO THE TILDEN, UM, LITTLE FARM.

AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE CLEAR THAT IT'S, THIS PROJECT IS SOLELY DEALING WITH THE TILDEN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER AND THE ASSOCIATED SECURITY RESIDENCE.

SO WHERE IS THIS PROJECT LOCATED? THE TILDEN, EEC IS LOCATED IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, RIGHT THERE ON IT'S WESTERN BORDER WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY.

IT'S LOCATED IN THE, MAYBE THE MOST WESTERN PORTION OF THE COASTAL RANGE IN A CANYON.

HERE'S A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK.

IT'S, IT'S LOCATED IN THE TILDEN NATURE AREA, WHICH IS A PARK THAT'S JUST NORTH OF THE TILDEN REGIONAL PARK AND JUST SOUTH OF A WILDCAT REGIONAL PARK.

AND IT'S LOCATED IN THE HILLS, UM, JUST EAST OF KENSINGTON, THE COMMUNITIES OF KENSINGTON AND IN BERKELEY.

SO ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WILL COME UP IS, WHY ARE WE REPLACING THE TILDEN EEC? WELL, THE DISTRICT, UM, CONDUCTED A HIRED A CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT A DISTRICT VISIBILITY STUDY THAT REVIEWED THE OPTIONS OF RENOVATING OR REPLACING THE FACILITY.

AND THE STUDY RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE 50 PLUS YEAR OLD BUILDING, UM, FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.

ONE, THE BUILDING SE SYSTEMS HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE.

THE EXTERIOR ENVELOPE IS DETERIORATING.

WHEN I SAY EXTERIOR ENVELOPE, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE EXTERIOR WALLS, THE ROOF, AND THE WINDOWS.

THE BUILDING CURRENTLY DOES NOT MEET, UH, BUILDING AND ACCESSIBILITY CODES, AND THERE'S A, A DEFINITE NEED FOR FIRE PROTECTION UPGRADES AT THAT FACILITY.

FOR INSTANCE, THE BUILDINGS IS NOT CURRENTLY SPRINKLED.

MAYBE MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE NEW FACILITY WILL ALLOW FOR IMPROVED CONNECTIONS TO THE TILDEN NATURE AREAS, NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, WHICH INCLU I'LL GO IN MORE DETAIL, THE VISIBILITY AND WELCOMING.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO THE TILDEN NATURE AREA, AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM, WHICH IS GREAT, IS GOING TO THE TILDEN FARM, LITTLE FARM, OR MAYBE GOING ON SOME OF THE TRAILS.

WELL, MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT THERE IS A, UM, VISITOR CENTER, ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC LOCATED IN THE PARK.

THEY'LL GO TO THE, UM, LITTLE FARM AND LEAVE THEIR, MANY PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN INTERVIEWED.

THEIR IMPRESSION IS THAT IT'S A PRIVATE, UM, OR INSTITUTIONAL OFFICE BUILDING.

UM, THE, THE ENTRY DOOR IS TURNED AWAY FROM LITTLE FARM.

AND SO ONE OF THE KEY OF THIS PROJECT IS TO, TO MAKE, TO, TO BETTER INTEGRATE THE VISITOR CENTER EXPERIENCE WITH THE TILDEN LITTLE FARM AND THE OTHER, UM, AMENITIES OF THE PARK, DAYLIGHT IN CONNECTION TO SITE.

UM, BESIDES THE ROTUNDA, THE, THERE'S VERY LITTLE WINDOWS OPENING OUT TO THE PARK, WHICH THE VISITOR CENTER IS TRYING TO PROMOTE THIS OPEN SPACE, AND IT ACTUALLY SORT OF CLOSES IT OFF IMPROVED BUILDING PERFORMANCE.

THIS IS GETTING BACK TO THE BUILDING ENVELOPE.

IT'S A, A WOOD SHINGLE BUILDING, NOT IDEAL FOR FIRE PROTECTION, BUT ALSO IT, IT'S REALLY REACHED THE END OF HIS LIFE AND WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY, NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY REMOVED, MOVING DOWN TO INVITING AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.

WHEN YOU ENTER THE BUILDING, YOU'RE GREETED WITH STAIRS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS, UM, BUILDING WAS, WAS DESIGNED WHAT, 20 YEARS BEFORE? UM, THE AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT WAS PASSED IN 1990S.

SO THOUGH THERE'S BEEN, UH, MODIFICATIONS MADE

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IT'S NOT REALLY CLEAR WHERE THEY ARE.

IT'S, UM, A LITTLE BIT AWKWARD FOR SOMEONE IN A WHEELCHAIR TO HAVE TO, THEN ONCE THEY GET UP TO THE ROTUNDA LEVEL, THEN THEY HAVE TO GO DOWN TO GET TO THE, THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM OR THE RESTROOMS. THEN FINALLY, THE IMPROVED BUILDING SYSTEMS. THE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING SYSTEMS HAVE ALL REACHED THEIR END OF THEIR LIFESPANS AND, UM, WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED.

SO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT PROGRESS ON THE PROJECT.

COMPLETED TO DATE IS THE FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT I JUST DISCUSSED.

UM, THE DISTRICT HAS ALSO CONTRACTED FOLLOWING DESIGN CONSULTANTS.

THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM IS EHDD AND CMG LANDSCAPE AND THE ASSOCIATED ENGINEERS.

UM, EHDD IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ARCHITECTURAL FIRM HERE IN THE BAY AREA.

THAT'S DONE SINCE SUCH PROJECTS AS THE EXPLORATORIUM, UM, LANDS END AND THE RECENTLY COMPLETED, UM, TUNNEL TOPS, UH, VISITOR CENTER AT THE PRESIDIO, WHICH THEY DID IN, UM, WITH THE GROUP CMG LANDSCAPE.

WE'VE ALSO HIRED THE EXHIBIT DESIGN TEAM OF ALDER REACH PAIR AND ASSOCIATES, AND THEY'RE AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, UM, EXHIBIT TEAM THAT YOU MAY KNOW THEIR TURTLE BAY PROJECT, UM, EXPERIENCE AT, UH, IN REDDING.

AND THEY ALSO DID THE MOUNT, UH, OR SORRY, DENALI NATIONAL PARK IN ALASKA.

SO CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN IS THE PRE-DESIGN PHASE FOR THE EXHIBIT DESIGN, WHICH WE'LL, WE'LL TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT.

EXCUSE ME, I MISSED ONE.

AS FAR AS WORK THAT'S COMPLETED, WE'VE COMPLETED THE PRE-DESIGN PHASE FOR THE BUILDING AND THE SITE, AND I'LL GO INTO THAT SHORTLY.

UM, SO WHAT'S IN PROCESS NOW IS THE PRE-DESIGN PHASE FOR EXHIBIT DESIGN.

ALSO IN PROCESS NOW IS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

UM, NUMBER ONE THAT INCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION I'M SHARING WITH YOU.

IT'LL ALSO INCLUDE AN ONSITE EXHIBIT THAT'LL BE LOCATED AT THE TILDEN, UM, EEC LOBBY.

AND THERE'LL BE ON ONLINE SURVEY AND COMMENTS ON, ON A WEBPAGE.

AND ALL THAT WILL BE COMING UP, COMING UP, UM, IN JANUARY.

WHAT'S AND THEN PLANNED AFTER THIS, UM, PRE-DESIGN PHASE IS ENTIRELY COMPLETE, IS THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE FOR BOTH BUILDING SITE AND EXHIBITS.

AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL LATER.

SO THIS IS THE, UM, THE PRE-DESIGNED FOR THE BUILDING, UH, AND SITE.

I'M GONNA DESCRIBE THE PROCESS THAT WE, WE WENT THROUGH WITH OUR DESIGN CONSULTANTS.

FIRST THING IS THE DESIGN CONSULTANTS VISITED THE SITE.

THEY CAME OUT AND FAMILIARIZED THEMSELVES WITH THE, UM, EXISTING CONTEXT AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.

THEY ALSO VISITED THE, THE FACILITY TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT OPERATES WITH THE PUBLIC AND WITH STAFF.

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY NUMEROUS MEETINGS, UM, WITH THE STAFF, UM, WHERE WE, EXCUSE ME.

I THINK AT THIS POINT I'D ALSO LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, REALLY INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.

UM, MIKE MORAN AND SARAH FEDERALLY FROM, UM, INTERPRETIVE AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND THEY'VE BEEN BRINGING IN A LOT OF THEIR NATURALISTS FROM THE, THE FACILITY TO HELP US WITH THIS PROCESS.

AND ALSO WANT TO THANK TODD SONO AND, UM, JEN WEBER FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND THE CREATIVE DESIGN GROUP WHO'VE BEEN HELPING US, UM, COORDINATE, UM, THE EXHIBIT PROCESS.

BUT WE'VE HAD THESE MEETINGS WHERE WE'VE DISCUSSED, UM, THE EXISTING FACILITY, THE PROS AND CONS, WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK.

BUT ALSO WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THE PROGRAMS THAT FUNCTION AT THAT FACILITY BE EVEN BETTER.

UM, I THINK WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE VERY ROBUST PROGRAMS THEY HAVE DURING THE WEEK.

HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN COME THROUGH THAT FACILITY.

AND THEN ON THE WEEKENDS, UM, THERE'S ALSO PROGRAMS, UM, NUMEROUS PROGRAMS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THEN, UH, FINAL PHOTO, THE THIRD PHOTO THERE TO THE, TO THE RIGHT THAT REPRESENTS US DEVELOPING THE BUILDING PROGRAM AND THE BUILDING PROGRAM IS WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT SPACES DO YOU NEED FOR THIS FACILITY.

UM, AND WE KIND OF CREATE A LIST OF ALL THE ROOMS AND SPACES THAT ARE NEEDED AND START TO GET AN IDEA OF THE SIZE OF THEM.

AND WE'RE JUST NOW STARTING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT RELATIONSHIPS CERTAIN SPACES SHOULD HAVE TO OTHER SPACES.

UM, NOW COMING OUT OF THIS PROCESS, UM, WE, WE REITERATED THE PROJECT GOALS OF BUILDING A COMPLEX

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THAT'S FULLY INTEGRATED WITH THE SURROUNDING NATURAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE, STATE-OF-THE-ART EDUCATION AND EXHIBIT EXPERIENCE THAT IS INVITING AND INACCESSIBLE, AND A FACILITY THAT REFLECTS THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT DESIGN PRACTICES.

BUT SOME OTHER THINGS CAME UP DURING THE PROCESS.

ONE IS THAT, THAT THIS IS GONNA BE THE EXPERIENTIAL AND CULTURAL HUB OF THE TILDEN NATURE AREA AND THE DISTRICT, AND ALSO WILL PROBABLY BE THE DISTRICT'S FLAGSHIP VISITOR, UM, SERVING FACILITY.

WE ALSO THINK IT'S A, IT SHOULD BE A MODEL OF STEWARDSHIP OF THE, UM, WILDLAND AND URBAN INTERFACE, WHICH HAS BECOME SUCH A CRITICAL ISSUE HERE IN THE EAST BAY, AND A PLACE OF BELONGING THAT PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A GROWING AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE NATURE NEARBY.

SO AS I DISCUSSED BEFORE, THEY, THE CONSULTANTS CAME OUT AND VISITED THE SITE AND MADE, AND, UM, MADE OBSERVATIONS, YOU KNOW, ON THIS DRAWING HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE EEC AND THE ASSOCIATED, UM, SERVICE YARD THERE, SORT OF IN THE, ALMOST IN THE CENTER OF THE PHOTO.

AND THEY SORT OF LOOKED AT HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THIS.

UM, YOU COME FROM THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE ARRIVE FROM THE PARKING LOT.

YOU COME THROUGH AND YOU PASS THROUGH, UM, OVER THE CREEK INTO THIS SORT OF OPENING IN THE WOODS.

AND THAT'S THE LOCATION WHERE WE INTEND TO, UM, TO BUILD THE NEW VISITOR CENTER, BASICALLY IN THE SAME LOCATION AS THE EXISTING VISITOR CENTER.

FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, IT'S A NICE LEVEL AREA, IT'S, IT'S DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE LITTLE FARM, WHICH WE WANNA CREATE CONNECTIONS TO.

AND IT'S ALSO HAS THIS OPENING IN THE WOODS SO WE, UH, CAN MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF, UM, MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF VEGETATION THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE PROJECT.

WE THEN LOOKED AT THE, UM, THE PLACE AND THE EXPERIENCES.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU COME FROM THE PARKING LOT, THERE'S THIS SENSE OF CREATING A GATEWAY AND AN ARRIVAL POINT THAT WILL, WE HOPE WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE VISITOR CENTER.

AND HERE AT THE VISITORS VISITOR CENTER, WE SEE IT BEING A PLACE FOR ORIENT ORIENTATION AND DISCOVERY.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE COME HERE WITH THEIR CHILDREN TO GO FOR A A DAY HIKE.

AND CURRENTLY, IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE KNOW, YOU'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHICH PATH TO TAKE, UM, ON THE TRAIL.

AND IF THE VI VISITOR CENTER ISN'T OPEN, OR IF YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT THERE IS A VISITOR CENTER THERE, YOU MIGHT START TAKING YOUR CHILDREN UP WILDCAT CREEK PEAK WHEN IT ACTUALLY WOULD'VE BEEN A BETTER EXPERIENCE TO WALK DOWN THE WILDCAT CREEK TRAIL.

SO THE IDEA IS WHEN THEY WOULD ARRIVE, THIS WOULD BE, THERE WOULD BE A PLACE THERE FOR GETTING ORIENTED TO THE AMENITIES IN THE PARK AND ALSO THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT, AT THE PARK AT THAT TIME.

AND IN, AND IN THE COMING, UM, PERIOD, THEY STARTED TO ANALYZE THE PARK AS FAR AS, UM, THERE'S CERTAIN PLACES WHERE THERE'S MORE IMMERSION IN NATURE, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE, THE CREEK, UM, RIP REPAIRING CORRIDOR.

AND THEN UP IN THE, THE WOODED, UM, HILLS THAT SURROUND, WE LOOKED AT AREAS WHERE, UM, THERE'S INTERACTION EXPLORATION OVER AT THE, UM, LITTLE FARM.

AND THEN STARTED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT SORT OF VIEWS WOULD WE WANT TO HAVE FROM THE VISITOR CENTER TO REINFORCE THE, UM, EXHIBITS INSIDE THE VISITOR CENTER ALSO TALKED ABOUT GATHERING SPACES BEING SPREAD THROUGHOUT.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF HAVING SO MANY SCHOOL CHILDRENS COME THROUGH A FACILITY LIKE THIS ON DURING THE WEEK IS THAT BUSLOADS COME IN AND YOU REALLY CAN'T HAVE ALL THE, UM, STUDENTS COME IN ALL AT ONE TIME.

THEY HAVE TO BREAK 'EM INTO SMALLER GROUPS.

AND THE IDEA IS TO CREATE SPACES, LITTLE NICHES AND NOOKS WHERE THEY CAN, UM, ACTUALLY HAVE FORM LITTLE SORT OF INFORMAL, ALMOST LIKE AMPHITHEATER, UM, SITUATIONS WHERE THEY CAN START THE PROGRAMS AS THEY, THEY BREAK THE, THE STUDENTS INTO SMALLER GROUPS, DRIVERS AND CONSTRAINTS.

UM, THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE, THE ISSUES WE ARE LOOKING AT.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DARK GRAY OR GREEN, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU, UM, REPRESENTS A FLAT AREA THAT'S DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE LITTLE FARM, WE LIKE IT BECAUSE IT'S FLAT, IT MAKES FOR GOOD CONSTRUCTION, IT MAKES GOOD FOR LEVEL PLAZAS, ACCESSIBLE PLAZAS, AND IT ALSO HAS THAT GREAT CONNECTION TO THE, UM, LITTLE FARM.

WE THEN OVERLAID THAT WITH, UM, THAT RED OR ORANGE, UM, BLOB THAT REPRESENTS, UM, A FIRE SAFE ZONE.

WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK TO SEE HOW WE CAN SITUATE THE BUILDING SO IT HAS THAT, UM, THAT FIRE FREE ZONE AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING.

ANOTHER ISSUE THAT, UM, HAS COME UP IS THE

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ACCESS TO THE FACILITY FROM THE PARKING LOT.

UM, AND SO THEY STARTED TO ANALYZE THAT.

I'M GONNA GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT WITH THIS NEXT SLIDE.

SO, AS YOU MAY KNOW, WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE PARKING LOT, UM, TO, TO COME TO THE TILDA NATURE AREA, YOU GO DOWN A SLOPE THAT TAKES YOU DOWN TO THE CREEK BED, YOU CROSS THE CREEK, AND THEN YOU GO BACK UP ANOTHER SLOPE, WHICH IS A CHALLENGE.

UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS ON HOW TO, TO REMEDY THAT SITUATION.

THIS IS JUST SORT OF FI WE, WE HAVEN'T, WE DON'T PROPOSE A SOLUTION AT THIS POINT THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED IN SCHEMATIC DESIGN, BUT THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE FACTORS TO WEIGH IN THAT ON THE, ON THE SIDE OF THE F OPPOSITE SIDE FROM THE PARKING LOT, THE FACILITY SIDE, YOU COULD CREATE A RAMP THROUGH A PLAZA THAT COULD GET YOU UP FROM THE CREEK, UM, TO THE LEVEL OF LITTLE FARM IN THE, IN THE VISITOR CENTER OR, AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE IT BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING.

ONE IDEA THAT'S BEEN LOOKED AT IS CREATING A NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE CREEK THAT WOULD BE AT THE SAME LEVEL, UM, UP HIGH OF THE PARKING LOT AND UP HIGH AT THE OTHER SIDE OF, UM, WHERE LITTLE FARM IS THEREBY ELIMINATING THIS DROPPING DOWN INTO THE CREEK AND ALSO HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF FOCUSING THE, THE, UH, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC TOWARDS THE, THE NEW FACILITY AND SEPARATING THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC FROM A LOT OF THE SURFACE FIELD SURFACE VEHICLE TRAFFIC THAT TAKES PLACE ON DIRT ROADS THAT PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY USING.

THIS REPRESENTS THE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM, AS I DESCRIBED BEFORE.

IT'S, IT'S JUST A LIST OF SPACES AND, AND THE ESTIMATED SIZES THAT THEY NEED TO BE IN ORDER TO CREATE THE FACILITY.

FACILITY THAT WE WANT.

OVER ON THE, THE FAR LEFT IS THE PUBLIC SPACES.

UM, IN THE MIDDLE IS, UH, BACK OF HOUSE SPACES.

UM, THE, THE DARK BLUE REPRESENTS SPACE FOR ADMINISTRATION.

THE, THE WHITE BOXES BELOW IT REPRESENT THE SPACES THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT.

UM, BLUE BLOCK.

THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF, UH, WHAT WE CALL AN ADJACENCY DIAGRAM.

THIS IS NOT A FLOOR PLAN, BUT IT'S STARTING TO GIVE THE DESIGN TEAM AND THE DISTRICT STAFF AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SORT OF RELATIONSHIPS, UM, SPACES SHOULD HAVE TO EACH OTHER.

UM, WHERE SHOULD THE EXHIBIT WHO, WHICH SPACES NEED TO BE NEAR THE LOBBY AND WHICH DON'T, WHICH SPACES NEED TO BE NEAR THE RESTROOMS AND WHICH DON'T NEED TO BE QUICK.

THIS HERE IS SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS THAT'S BEEN DONE.

SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP THE WAY, FINDING ISSUES, HOW SOME PEOPLE WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVE AT THE PARK ARE UNCLEAR ON, ON WHERE THEY SHOULD BE GOING, WHERE, WHERE THEY CAN GO.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LAWN AREA AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE VISITOR CENTER AND JUST HOW WE WANT TO TREAT THAT.

UM, WHAT ARE WE TO LOOK AT OPTIONS FOR TREATING THAT GOING FORWARD.

AND THIS IS JUST A MORE ANALYSIS ON THE LANDSCAPE.

ONE OF THE KEY IS WE WANNA DO MORE NATIVE PLANNING AND SPECIFICALLY WANT THAT PLANTS TO BE LOCAL TO THE WATERSHED OR THE IMMEDIATE CONTEXT OF THE NATURE AREA, NOT JUST NECESSARILY CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS, BUT REALLY TRULY NATIVE TO THIS AREA.

UM, AS I TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT CREATING OUTDOOR SPACES FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE HELD HERE.

NOW WE'RE GONNA GET TO THE, UM, EXHIBIT PORTION, UM, WHICH WE'RE IN THIS, UH, IN PROCESS OF.

AND I'M GONNA INVITE MIKE MORAN UP JUST TO DISCUSS, AS I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE IN, THIS IS IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW, THE PRE-DESIGN, UM, FOR THE EXHIBITS.

SO MIKE, AN FORTUNATELY ALSO SARAH'S HERE.

SO I'M MIKE AND SARAH.

THANKS VERY MUCH JIM AND, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.

THANKS.

I AM MIKE MORAN, UH, REGIONAL INTERPRETIVE AND RECREATION SERVICES MANAGERS FOR THE NORTHWEST REGION THAT INCLUDES TO THE NATURE AREA.

UH, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK, ESPECIALLY SARAH FEDERALLY AND HER STAFF DONE A LOT OF GREAT INNOVATION IN ONE OF OUR TRADITIONAL SPOTS.

SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO REALLY SHOW THEIR CREATIVE FLARE

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AND THEY'VE COME UP WITH, UM, A LOT OF REALLY WONDERFUL HOPEFUL THEMES AND DEVELOPMENTS GOING FORWARD.

AND I'M GONNA TALK TO LET SARAH TALK A BIT MORE ABOUT THAT RIGHT, TOO.

THANKS.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M SARAH FEDERALLY FROM TILDA NATURE AREA.

AND, UM, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A GREAT PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING, UH, WHAT ARE THE KEY FEATURES THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON AT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS INTERPRETATION AT THE CENTER.

WHAT ARE THE KEY KEYSTONE SPECIES? WHAT ARE THE KEY HABITATS? WHAT ARE THE UNSEEN THINGS THAT WE CAN INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO? UH, AND SO THROUGH THAT, WE'VE, UH, COME OUT WITH OUR, OUR MAIN THEME, UH, THAT THE DY UH, THAT THE DYNAMIC WILDCAT CREEK WATERSHED EMBODIES DRAMATIC CHANGES THAT DEFINE THE LANDSCAPE, THE VALUES, AND THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS OF THE EAST BAY.

THAT'S A VERY BROAD, UM, THEME, BUT IT'S ENCOMPASSING OF, UH, THE IDEA OF CHANGE AND THAT THIS IS A CHANGING SYSTEM AND IT HAS CHANGED THROUGH TIME.

IT ENCOMPASSES THE HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF THE PARK DISTRICT, THE HISTORY OF THE LAND, UH, THE HISTORY OF THE NATIVE, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT, THAT ONCE WERE STEWARDING THAT LAND AND ARE THERE TODAY.

AND WE WANT TO BRING IN, UM, THROUGH THEMES, UM, MORE, UH, DETAILS ABOUT THESE.

AND, UM, SO SOME OF OUR SUB THEMES ARE THAT THROUGH TIME THE WATERSHED HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF SUSTENANCE, A COMMERCIAL WATER SUPPLY, A GRAZING LAND, A EUCALYPTUS PLANTATION, FLOOD HAZARD, AND A PLACE OF REFUGE AND RECREATION.

UM, PLANTS AND ANIMALS REVEAL THEIR ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE CHANGING ECOSYSTEM.

WILDCAT CREEK IS THE ULTIMATE DRAINAGE OF NEARLY 7,000 ACRE OF A NEARLY 7,000 ACRE WATERSHED TRAVELING 13.5 MILES FROM ITS ORIGIN ON ULMER PEAK IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY IN RICHMOND.

ALONG ITS JOURNEY, THE CREEK CARVES AND SHAPES THE LAND AND PROVIDES RICH AND BURIED HABITATS FOR MANY PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES.

AND FINALLY, UH, PEOPLE HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN THE HEALTH OF THE ECOSYSTEMS AND FROM PERSONAL TO POLICY LEVELS.

AND SO, UH, THIS OFFERS US A, UH, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, OFFER, UM, A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, A LOT OF THE, OF COMMUNITY INPUT AND PERSPECTIVE IN OUR VISITOR CENTER AND, UM, CONTINUE TO OFFER WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THAT, UH, FIT THESE THEMES.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, UH, YOU OFTEN HEAR THE TERM THEME, SUB THEME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INTERPRETIVE RECREATION FACILITIES.

AND THESE ARE THE STATEMENTS THAT CAPTURE WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THESE PLACES.

I MEAN, EVERY VISITOR CENTER MAY DO A BIRD WALK, EVERY VISITOR CENTER MAY DO A WETLANDS WALK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THE RESOURCES THAT DEFINE THE PLACE ARE WHAT REALLY DEFINES OUR THEME AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.

SO IT MAY HAVE THE SAME NAME BIRDWALK, BUT YOU'LL FIND A VERY DIFFERENT THEMATIC APPROACH HOW WE PRESENT THE RESOURCES AT TILDEN THAN YOU MAY SAY OVER DOUG SIDE AND CRAB COVE.

SO THIS THEMATIC DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY THE FOUNDATIONAL THING THAT WE DO BEFORE WE START EVEN THINKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTING PROGRAMS THAT HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD.

AND, UH, THANKS TO JIM AND THE WHOLE PROCESS, UH, WE'VE STARTED TO INVOLVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERPRETER PROGRAMMING, THEMATIC EXPERIENCES AND EXHIBITS ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS A REALLY, THAT THAT IS THE STATE OF THE ART.

THAT'S HOW THE BUSINESS IS DOING IT NOW, INSTEAD OF HAVING A FACILITY AND TRYING TO FIT THEMES IN EXHIBITS INTO THAT FACILITY.

SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY EXCITING, REALLY CUTTING EDGE, INNOVATIVE WAY OF DOING THIS KIND OF A PROJECT, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PLACE DESERVES.

SO IT'S BEEN VERY EXCITING.

SO WE'LL JUST DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS.

UM, ONCE THIS, UH, PRE-DESIGN PHASE IS COMPLETE, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE, UM, EARLY NEXT YEAR.

AND THAT WILL INCLUDE DEVELOPING THREE BUILDING SITE PLAN OPTIONS.

AND THEN WE WILL SELECT ONE OF THOSE BUILDING, UM, SITE PLAN OPTIONS TO DEVELOP FURTHER

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SIMULTANEOUSLY.

WE'LL ALSO BE DEVELOPING THE EXHIBITS.

I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT AS WE DESIGN THE EXHIBITS, THAT'S INFLUENCING THE BUILDING.

AND THEN INFLUENCE IS, IS BACK THE BUILDING'S INFLUENCING OR THE SITE MORE INFLUENCES THE EXHIBITS.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMPLETELY GOING PROCEEDING HAND IN HAND WHERE IT'S NOT GONNA BE A SITUATION WHERE WE DESIGN A BUILDING AND THEN JUST BRING IN EXHIBITS.

THEY'RE GONNA BE, UM, COMPLETELY INTERTWINED.

THEN FOLLOWING DURING THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE, WE'LL HAVE, UM, THE FOLLOWING UPCOMING COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THERE'LL BE TWO.

UM, MEETING NUMBER TWO IS SCHEDULED TENTATIVELY TO TAKE PLACE FEBRUARY 28TH, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THE THREE DESIGN OPTIONS.

MEETING NUMBER THREE, TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 10TH.

THAT PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE PRESENTING THE PREFERRED SCHEME THAT WE INTEND TO DEVELOP.

AND THAT BRINGS THIS, UH, PRESENTATION TO AN END.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, UM, WE'RE HERE TO.

THANK YOU JIM.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, BOARD MEMBERS, MEMBER CORBERT? I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M VERY IMPRESSED BY, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED TO US AND EXCITED ABOUT SEEING ALL THE WORK AND THE IMPROVEMENTS AS THINGS GO ALONG.

IT'S A GREAT, UH, LOCATION AND PART OF THE PARK DISTRICT.

MANY OF US HAVE PROBABLY BEEN BEEN GOING THERE SINCE WE WERE LITTLE KIDS TOO, ALONG WITH PARENTS.

UM, SO IT'S JUST SO, UM, WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVEN MORE IMPROVEMENTS AT THIS VERY BEAUTIFUL SPOT.

AND AGAIN, ALSO ONE OTHER THING, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GOOD WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING VERY RECENTLY, AS SOME ISSUES HAD TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN THAT AREA.

AND THANK YOU FOR LOOKING OUT TO MAKE PLATES IS SAFE FOR EVERYONE.

AND, UH, AND UM, AND, UH, YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, .

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MEMBER ROSARIO.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THE PRESENTATION.

UH, UH, I'M REALLY CURIOUS TO, TO SEE WHAT THE SCHEMATIC DESIGNS ARE GONNA BE, UH, WHETHER IT CONTINUES TO BE A CIRCLE OR SEMI-CIRCLE OR, OR EVEN SOMETHING LIKE A BIG BREAK.

UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW WHEN BIG BREAK WAS PUT IN, THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE PROTOTYPE OF, THEY WERE THINKING THAT IT MIGHT BE BIG BREAK.

THAT MODEL THERE MIGHT BE THE, UH, THE PRECURSOR TO THE REST OF THE, ANY FUTURE REBUILDS OF VISITOR CENTERS.

SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE, SEE THAT.

AND MY QUESTION IS, AS FAR AS TIMELINE, WHERE IS THIS, UH, IN COMPARISON TO COYOTE HILLS? UH, REN BATES, CHIEF OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, THIS IS MUCH FURTHER ALONG THAN COYOTE HILLS AT THIS POINT.

UM, WE'RE FOCUSING ON ONE AT A TIME.

AND SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S BEEN SELECTED.

AND THIS IS ONE WE'LL PROCEED WITH AT THIS POINT.

WE HAVE, UH, PRELIMINARY SITING DESIGNS FOR COYOTE HILLS, BUT THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR AS WE'VE GOTTEN ON THAT PROJECT.

SO I TAKE IT FROM THAT STATEMENT TOO, THAT, UH, OLE WOULD BE AFTER COYOTE HILLS OR WOULD WE, UH, THERE WAS A, A PRIORITY STUDY DONE A FEW YEARS AGO BY OUR FORMER CHIEF OF INTER TURPEN REC.

I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND I THINK IT'S, WE ARE LOOKING AT PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS AND WE COULD REEVALUATE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE GM HAS A COMMENT.

I WAS JUST GONNA SAY EXACTLY WHAT HE JUST SAID, WHICH IS IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE UP TO THE BOARD, SO WE'D BE COMING BACK TO YOU AND IF YOU WANT TO ADJUST THAT.

UM, BUT AS REN SAID, IT'S NOT REALLY KIND OF AN IMMINENT DECISION THAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW.

EXCELLENT.

OUT THERE SO THAT WE CAN TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE TO DO SOME FUNDRAISING.

WELCOME MEMBER LES.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

IT'S VERY EXCITING AND I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED.

THERE'S A LOT I'M EXCITED ABOUT, BUT I WAS PARTICULARLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT HOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SPACE AND THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES AS WELL AS REALLY TRULY LOOKING AT MAKING THIS INVITING AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.

AND OF COURSE, HAVING STATE OF THE ART EDUCATION AND EXHIBITS AND, UM, AND AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOKING AT THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING AND THE DESIGN OF THOSE EXHIBITS HAND IN HAND.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY, UM, REALLY EXCITING.

UM, SO IT'S, I'M, I CAN'T WAIT.

, I KNOW IT'S A, I KNOW IT'S A, IT'S A WAYS OUT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, THIS IS GREAT.

UM, SO ACTUALLY TO THAT POINT, UM, SO WHAT IS, I KNOW WE HAD AN UPDATE ON THE TIMELINE, UH, LAST TIME I THINK YOU CAME, BUT DO WE HAVE A SENSE FOR LIKE, WHEN WILL IT ACTUALLY, LIKE HOW LONG IS THIS PROCESS GONNA BE? I KNOW IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE, BUT, BUT JUST STAND UP HERE.

UM, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WE'RE EXCITED FOR IT TOO.

RE BATES CHIEF OF DESIGN EXPRESSION ONE MORE TIME.

UM, I THINK THE TIMELINE IS WE NEED TO GET, UH, THIS FIRST DESIGN RENDERED AND PUT

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I THINK DURING THAT TIME WE'LL ALSO THEN DEVELOP PER, PER PLAN SET FOR CONSTRUCTION BIDDING AND PERMITTING.

AND SO THAT WILL PROBABLY TAKE ANOTHER YEAR, I WOULD SUPPOSE, IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING THAT.

AND THEN IT'S CONTINGENT UPON WHEN WE GET ALL THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE A FIRM NUMBER ON YET 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN TO FULLY DO A COST ESTIMATE ON.

BUT I THINK IT'S, UH, GONNA BE WELL WORTH THE EFFORT.

AND, UH, SO BEST TIMELINE I THINK IS THAT WE'RE AT LEAST A COUPLE YEARS OUT BEFORE CONSTRUCTION, AND SO THAT JUST GIVES US TIME FOR PROCESS FUNDRAISING AND, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

AND YOU SORT OF ANTICIPATED MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH WAS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE ESTIMATED SIZE OF THE BUDGET AT THIS POINT? BUT DO YOU, I MEAN, IS THERE A, A RANGE OR WOULD YOU RATHER NOT SAY, OR WHAT UH, I THINK WE'RE GOING ON A SQUARE FOOT.

DO DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT, AND I DON'T, CAN'T RECALL EXACTLY, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT 45 TO OH, HOW MUCH, OH, 25 TO $30 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR THE BUILDING AND THE BUILDING OH, FOR THE ENTIRE SITE.

OH, SORRY.

JIM'S TELLING ME, AND I'M SPEAKING BEFORE HE GETS COMPLETE.

UH, HE'S FEEDING MY ANSWERS.

UH, 25 TO 30 MILLION TOTAL FOR THE PROJECT AT THIS POINT IS WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND, UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WAS JUST INTERESTED TO KNOW, I I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE STARTING EARLY WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE WORKSHOP THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY.

SO WHAT TYPE OF, UM, COMMENT IN PARTICULAR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FROM THE PUBLIC? LIKE, I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS PEOPLE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

ARE THERE SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO CALL OUT IN THESE WORKSHOPS TO GET INPUT ON? OR WHAT IS THE STRATEGY? I'LL TAKE A FIRST STAB AT THAT AND THEN LET THE TEAM CHIME IN IF THEY SEEM OTHERWISE.

UM, SO I THINK THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS.

SO PART OF THIS PROCESS IS EXPLAINING TO OUR CONSTITUENTS THE CONSTRAINTS THAT THERE ARE FOR THAT SITE SO THAT WE CAN SORT OF CURTAIL OR REEL IN THOSE COMMENTS.

'CAUSE TO YOUR POINT, IF YOU GO AND OPEN AND ASK OPEN QUESTIONS, YOU GET ALL KINDS OF HOPES AND, UH, EXPECTATIONS THAT MAY NOT BE FULFILLED.

AND SO I THINK PART OF THAT IS THAT WE WILL SHOW CONSTRAINTS AND THEN LOOK TO SORT OF, I THINK IN TERMS OF THIS, HOW PEOPLE USE THE SITE, WHAT THEY THINK, WHAT THEY COME TO LEARN ABOUT AT THERE.

I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS, OR HEAR IS HOW PEOPLE UTILIZE THE SITE, WHAT THEY WANT AS A SERVICE THAT'S THERE.

AND THEN FIGURING HOW THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE NEEDS, WANTS INTO THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE, AND THEN THE INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMMING FOR THE SITE.

ANYTHING TO ADD? OH, THAT'S REALLY QUICKLY.

MIKE MIRANDA, INTERPRET AND RECREATION SERVICES MANAGER.

THANKS AGAIN.

UM, ACTUALLY YOU CAN USE ALL THE VERBIAGE THAT REN JUST USED AND THEN JUST SAY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING FOR, UM, INTERPRETIVE SERVICES TOO.

WE WANNA FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.

IT'S A BRAND NEW OPPORTUNITY TO MIX THE BUILDING, THE FACILITY WITH THE RESOURCE AND OUR SERVICES.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT IS, WHAT'S OUR NEXT PHASE AND HOW WE'RE GONNA MEET THE, THE NEXT 90 YEARS AND A HUNDRED YEARS OF THE DISTRICT GOING FORWARD FROM THERE, UH, SARAH'S STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN COLLECTING PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS FOR EVERY SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT COMES THROUGH.

SO WE GET A LOT OF GOOD INPUT THERE.

SO WE HAVE A GOOD BASELINE.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME MORE BROAD RANGE EXPECT OR, UM, UH, INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE'RE JUST SIMPLY MISSING OR THAT WE CAN ADAPT OR THAT THEY WANT TO DO, THAT WE CAN MAKE FIT INTO OUR THEMATIC APPROACH.

WONDERFUL.

UM, YEAH, I THINK FOR WHEN I CAME INTO THIS ROLE, IT WAS ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AGO, UM, WE HEARD ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN AND THE BOARD HAD A PREVIOUS BOARD HAD APPROVED THE CAMPAIGN.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

I ANYTHING FROM ANYONE ELSE? COLIN, DIRECTOR ROSARIO, I BELIEVE IT WAS 2018 WHEN WE WERE PRESENTED WITH THE PRIORITY 10 PRIORITY LIST FOR VISITOR CENTERS.

AND WE HAD A FAIRLY VIGOROUS DEBATE, DIDN'T WE? , UM, BETWEEN THIS PROJECT AND, UH, POINT PINOLE AND WE NEVER CA CAME TO A DECISION AND THE NEXT TIME THAT ISSUE CAME BACK TO US, IT WAS IN THE FORM OF A PROPOSAL FROM THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION TO MAKE THIS THE FOCUS OF A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN.

WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY QUESTION OF LAUREN OR WHOEVER.

UM, WHAT IS THE STATUS SINCE THAT WAS A CENTRAL FOCUS OF WHY THIS PROJECT PREVAILED OVER POINT PINOLE, WHAT, WHAT IS THE, UH, STATUS OF THE, THE FOUNDATION'S, UH, PROPOSED CAMPAIGN? AND IT WAS BEFORE YOUR TIME, SO IF YOU'RE NOT UP ON IT, THE HISTORY AT LEAST.

HI, I AM LAUREN BERNSTEIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION.

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AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT IN WHATEVER WAY IS HELPFUL.

AND SO SINCE THIS IS A PRIORITY PROJECT, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MY BOARD TO GET US CAMPAIGN READY.

AND SO WE'RE KIND OF ALSO JUST LIKE THE, WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE WITH THE TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT.

SO JUST AS THE PROJECT IS IN PRE-DESIGN, WE'RE IN PRE-CAMPAIGN PLANNING, WHICH JUST MEANS GETTING OUR, UM, STEWARDSHIP AND CULTIVATION, WORKING WITH OUR DONORS, TRYING TO IDENTIFY FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN FUNDING THIS.

UM, AND JUST KIND OF GETTING OUR FUNDRAISING MACHINE UP AND RUNNING SO THAT, UH, WE CAN BE READY WHEN THE PRE-DESIGNED PHASE IS OVER.

AND WE KNOW.

'CAUSE THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO KNOW IS HOW MUCH IS THE PROJECT? AND NOT ONLY HOW MUCH IS THE PROJECT GONNA COST, BUT HOW MUCH DOES THE DISTRICT NEED THE FOUNDATION TO FUNDRAISE? 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S OTHER FORMS OF FUNDING AND CAPITAL STACK.

SO, UM, THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW TO START OUR CAMPAIGN.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE TRYING TO GET READY SO THAT WE CAN BE ALIGNED WITH THE DISTRICT'S TIMELINE.

AND MY, MY MEMORY IS LAST YEAR, AGAIN, BEFORE YOUR TIME, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO GET, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE TO FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS WAS, YEAH.

SO THAT WAS DONE, WASN'T IT? YEAH, SO DEVON AND, UM, REN HAVE COME TO A BOARD MEETING AND, UH, PRESENTED ABOUT THE PRE-DESIGN IN OUR FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING.

AND I THINK DENNIS WAS THERE, UM, WHEN THAT HAPPENED.

AND SO WE, WE, WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER, THE DISTRICT IS INVOLVED.

AND THEN, UM, THE GENERAL MANAGER, UM, DIRECTOR ECCLES AND DIRECTOR WASPY WERE ALSO, UM, ATTENDED OUR BOARD RETREAT IN NOVEMBER.

UM, AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT MORE.

IT WAS KIND OF BROUGHT UP AND JUST GENERAL, GENERAL SUPPORT FROM THE FOUNDATION TO THE DISTRICT.

SO YEAH, IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

, ANYONE ELSE? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO, UM, AGAIN, AS, AS ALL OF US, UH, OBVIOUSLY ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THAT'S GONE, GONE ON ALREADY.

AND THIS, THE GENESIS OF THIS PROJECT GOES BACK YEARS BEFORE I WAS, UH, ON THE BOARD, OBVIOUSLY, AND I KIND OF SEE NOW, UH, THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S STARTING TO GET SOME MOMENTUM.

IT'S BUILDING MOMENTUM AND IT'S GETTING GOING.

IT'S A BIG MACHINE.

IT'S BUILDING A PUBLIC BUILDING IS A DELIBERATIVE PROCESS.

YOU DON'T JUST GO OUT THERE AND ONE PERSON DECIDES AND IT'S DONE.

THIS IS AN A, THIS IS A PUBLIC PROCESS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO IT, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, THE BUILDING AND THEN WHAT GOES IN IT.

I HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT WHAT MIGHT GO IN IT.

I'LL LET YOU KNOW, .

UM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED ACTUALLY, UH, HAVING BEEN INVOLVED WITH SOME PUBLIC PROCESSES THAT HAD SUCCESSIVE MEETINGS INVOLVED IN THEM.

YOU'RE BANGING 'EM OUT PRETTY QUICKLY AND IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, WHAT, TWO AND A HALF, TWO, TWO MONTHS, TWO AND A HALF MONTHS WHEN THE FIRST ONE TO THE, TO THE UH, TO THE, YEAH, YEAH, TO THE, UH, TH THE LAST ONE BEF AND THE LAST ONE IS, IF I HAVE, MY NOTES ARE CORRECT, THE PREFERRED SCHEME COME.

WOW.

THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT IN, IN A SHORT TIME.

SO I, I THINK, UM, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS AN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE VEHICLE IS ACCELERATING, UH, AND, UH, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT.

AND WE'RE ALL GONNA BE ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT A FEW YEARS BEYOND THAT.

SO, THANKS.

UM, SO JIM, I, I WAS WONDERING, REMIND ME AGAIN, IS THIS GONNA BE LEAD SILVER, LEAD GOLD, OR LEAD PLATINUM? RIGHT NOW? THE GOLD IS LEAD GOLD.

GOLD.

UM, THANK YOU.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IIII, I LIKE THE WAY WE HAVE THE INTERPRETIVE FOLKS TALKING ABOUT THE INSIDE OF THE ENVELOPE AND HOW THE INTERPRETIVE, UH, EXHIBITS ARE GONNA BE.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE OUTSIDE FOLKS, UH, TALKING ABOUT IT, WHAT THE BUILDING'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.

I, I KIND OF THINK THAT THE, AND, AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA, UH, WHERE IT'S, WHERE IT'S SET IN THE MIDDLE OF A BEAUTIFUL FOREST.

UM, AND I MIGHT ADD THAT WE, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE LINES OF, OF VIEW SHED, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO PARK AND YOU HAVE TO KIND OF MOVE A LONG WAY.

AND YOUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE, WHEN WE GET ALL ESOTERIC AND TALK ABOUT THE FOCUS OF THE BUILDING AND WHAT IT'S GONNA LEAD YOU TO, I THINK THE, THE, UM, THE, UH, THE BUILDING SHELL, OR THE ENVELOPE ITSELF IS GOING TO BE A QUOTE EXHIBIT.

I THINK IT'S GONNA BE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

AND I HATE HESITATE TO SAY THIS WITH CHIEF TYLEE IN THE ROOM.

OH, MAYBE SHE LEFT.

HECK OUTTA ME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HARDSCAPING.

UM, OH, PARDON ME, SHE'S HIDING.

DON'T LISTEN TO THIS, EILEEN.

IT SCARES THE

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AND I, I HEARD, YOU KNOW, OR, UH, WHATEVER WE DO TO PREVENT FIRE.

AND I JUST SEE A BIG CONCRETE STRUCTURE.

AND I, I, I, I, I'M, I, I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN THE ARCHITECT, THE PEOPLE, THE THINGS YOU'VE SAID THEY'VE DONE.

UH, I'M CONFIDENT THEY'LL, THEY'LL, I HOPE THEY UNDERSTAND, UH, 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A FARM.

MM-HMM, , I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE, THE, THE ENVELOPE OF THAT BUILDING JUST INCREDIBLY GORGEOUS AND NOT JUST HARDSCAPED AGAINST FIRE, UM, IS, IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

ESPECIALLY WHEN LAUREN'S TALKING ABOUT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO GET, CONVINCE PEOPLE WHEN WE SHOW THEM BEAUTIFUL RENDERINGS OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE, THAT IT IS IN FACT ATTRACTIVE AND, AND EXPRESSES THE NATURE AND, AND, AND, AND IN OF THAT AREA.

AND THAT ARE OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO INTERPRET THAT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY, UM, UH, 2 CENTS WORTH.

UM, I, UM, YEAH, I'VE BEEN JUST A SIDELIGHT.

I'VE GOT GREAT CONFIDENCE IN OUR, UH, FOUNDATION TO, TO RAISE THIS MONEY.

I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE HARD FOR 'EM.

I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY ENERGIZED AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO 'EM, UH, GETTING THIS PROJECT DONE.

SO, UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC OR ANYONE HERE SEEING NONE? UM, THIS WAS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORTS.

AND IF I MAY, CAN WE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK? SO, UM,

[FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION]

LET'S CONTINUE.

UH, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO, UH, FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION, THE ADOPTION OF THE 2024 OPERATING PROJECT AND PROGRAM BUDGET AND APPROVAL OF THE 2024 ARTICLE EIGHT B CALIFORNIA APPROPRIATION LIMIT, OR AS WE CALL IT, THE GAN LIMIT.

DEBORAH.

OH, YES.

AND THEN THERE WERE ALSO SOME COMMENTS MADE THAT THERE WERE SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT WEREN'T MAYBE BROUGHT FORWARD ENOUGH IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.

, DEBORAH, SAY THAT AGAIN, .

ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M DEBRA SPALDING, ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER.

AND THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS THE ADOPTION OF THE 2024 OPERATING BUDGET AND PROGRAM AND PROJECT BUDGET.

AND A SECOND RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE 2024 ARTICLE 13 B CALIFORNIA APPROPRIATION LIMIT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE GAN LIMITS.

UH, SO THIS FIRST SLIDE IS JUST RECAPPING, UH, WHERE WE'VE BEEN ALREADY.

SO WE'VE HAD, UH, QUITE A FEW PUBLIC REVIEWS OF THIS BUDGET.

UH, FIRST BROUGHT IT TO THE BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER, THEN TO THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THEN WE HAD A STAFF PRESENTATION.

UH, THE FIRST A BOARD MEETING ON DECEMBER 5TH WAS A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE WE INTRODUCED THE BUDGET.

GOT INTO A LOT OF DETAIL.

AND TODAY'S BUDGET ADOPTION, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT BRIEFER OF, UH, OF A REVIEW, A REVIEW OF THE BUDGET.

UM, BUT I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S PROVIDED FEEDBACK.

IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL, AND WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE ALL OF YOU AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OF YOUR FEEDBACK INTO THE ADOPTED BUDGET BOOK.

UH, SO TO SUMMARIZE, OUR 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET IS BALANCED WITH PLANNED EXPENDITURES, TRANSFERS, AND USE OF FUND BALANCE FROM ALL FUNDS OF 351.8 MILLION.

AND THIS IS JUST A PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF REVENUE BY TYPES.

YOU CAN SEE THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS, MOSTLY PROPERTY TAXES.

AND THE NEXT LARGEST REVENUE TYPE IS OUR CHARGES FOR SERVICES, WHICH IS ABOUT 15% OF THE BUDGET.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST TINY SLIVERS, UH, 0.8% PROPERTY USAGE.

THE MISCELLANEOUS 1.3% IS ACTUALLY US DRAWING DOWN FROM A PENSION TRUST THAT WE FUNDED IN PRIOR YEARS, AND THEN 0.2%, UH, INTER-AGENCY AGREEMENTS.

AND NOW LOOKING AT THE EXPENDITURES BY TYPE, YOU CAN SEE THAT ABOUT HALF OF OUR BUDGET IS PERSONNEL COSTS.

SO SALARIES AND BENEFITS, ABOUT 22% IS SUPPLIES AND SERVICES.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, OUR NEXT LARGEST CHUNK IS ACTUALLY DEBT SERVICE.

SO THAT'S PAYING FOR THE BONDS THAT WE'VE SOLD FOR OUR MEASURE WW, UM, IN PRIOR YEARS.

SO WE'RE PAYING THE DEBT SERVICE ON THAT AT 12.4%, UH, INTER-DISTRICT CHARGES, AND THEN CAPITAL OUTLAY, 4.1%.

AND THEN INTER-AGENCY AGREEMENTS A SMALL 0.6%.

WE WERE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO ADD NEW STAFF THIS YEAR, 15.25 POSITIONS.

UH, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE IN OPERATIONS, SO 9.75 FTE TO OPERATIONS, UH, TO A SD TWO TO FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, ONE ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON TO HUMAN RESOURCES, AND THEN 0.5 TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

AT OUR LAST MEETING, IT WAS REQUESTED TO HAVE A BREAKDOWN BY BARGAINING UNIT, SO 12.25 OF THE NEW FTE ADDED OUR REPRESENTED BY AFSCME.

AND THEN THREE NEW FDE ARE UNREPRESENTED.

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SO JUST TO, UM, LIST THEM OUT A LITTLE, A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY HERE.

SO, UM, A, A BIG MOVE THAT'S HAPPENING THIS YEAR IS WE'RE TAKING ALL OF OUR UTILITY BUDGETS, UH, MOVING THEM FROM OPERATIONS TO OFFICE SERVICES TO CONSOLIDATE.

AND THE INTENT IS TO GET, UM, BETTER SERVICE DELIVERY, UM, WELL, NOT SERVICE DELIVERY, BUT BETTER MANAGEMENT OF THOSE SERVICES.

IF WE HAVE ONE PERSON IN ONE DEPARTMENT THAT'S, UM, UH, TAKING CHARGE AND ABLE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING IN A MORE HOLISTIC WAY.

UM, WE ARE CREATING A NEW CULTURAL SERVICE UNIT IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

UM, OUR INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS GETTING THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN UNDERWAY IN 2024.

WE'VE ADDED A NEW POSITION IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND THE INTENT OF THAT POSITION IS TO STREAMLINE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS AND PARTICULARLY HIGHLIGHTED, UH, TCP PROJECTS AND WANTING TO KEEP MOVING THOSE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN LASTLY, A NEW VOLUNTEER PROGRAM SUPERVISOR IN THE INR DEPARTMENT.

JUST A FEW MORE HIGHLIGHTS.

WE HAD QUITE A FEW LISTED IN THE, IN THE LAST, UH, PRESENTATION.

SO NOW MOVING OVER TO THE PROJECT AND PROGRAMS BUDGET.

AGAIN, JUST A FEW SLIDES IN THE, UM, DECEMBER 5TH PRESENTATION, I GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON, UM, TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR DESCRIPTIONS, OUR PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS, GET SOME MORE DETAIL ABOUT COSTS AND, AND THE PHASES THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH ON THESE PROJECTS.

AND THEN ALSO REQUEST TO ADD MAPS WHERE POSSIBLE.

SO I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO, IN FACT, I KNOW WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THIS YEAR, I HOPE IN A FUTURE YEAR TO BE ABLE TO ADD THAT.

BUT WE ARE GONNA ADD SOME MORE DOTS, UH, ONTO THIS, WHICH IS LIKE THE FRONT, UH, MAP THAT GOES IN THE FRONT OF THE BOOKS.

WE'LL ADD SOME MORE, UH, LISTING OF PROJECTS AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.

'CAUSE THAT WAS A QUESTION LIKE, WELL, WHERE SPECIFICALLY IN THAT PARK IS THAT PROJECT HAPPENING? UM, AGAIN, SUMMARIZING FUNDING SOURCES FOR OUR PROJECTS.

SO THIS IS LOOKING AT NOT JUST THE NEW PROJECTS, BUT ALL OF OUR ACTIVE PROJECTS.

SO IN THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR PROJECTS COME FROM DISTRICT SOURCES.

SO THAT COULD BE THE GENERAL FUND, IT COULD BE OUR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT FUND.

UH, COULD BE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

UM, THE NEXT LARGEST IS ACTUALLY GRANTS.

SO WE GET GRANTS FROM ALL SORTS OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL SOURCES.

UH, AFTER THAT, IT'S BOND SOURCES.

SO PREDOMINANTLY MEASURE WW, BUT ALSO MEASURE AA AND, AND SOME PROMISSORY NOTES.

AND THEN THAT'S, UH, 6% OTHER COULD BE, UH, INSURANCE PROCEEDS, CONCESSIONARY MAINTENANCE FUNDS, DEVELOPER FUNDS.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY A RANGE OF, UH, DIFFERENT SOURCES.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN LAST SLIDE IS, UH, THE GAN LIMITS.

THE SECOND RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACKET IS TO APPROVE THE GAN LIMIT.

SO THIS IS AN ANNUAL CALCULATION THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE DONE, AND, UH, THE INTENT IS TO CAP PUBLIC AGENCY APPROPRIATION.

SO THERE'S A CALCULATION YOU HAVE TO DO, UM, WHICH WAS REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON NOVEMBER 20TH, AND WAS POSTED IN THE NEWSPAPER AS REQUIRED ON NOVEMBER 17TH.

UH, JUST SAYING THAT IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME REVIEW IT IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO.

AND OUR GAN LIMIT CALCULATION IS 527.8 MILLION.

IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE A REALLY BIG TWO COUNTY AGENCY AND IT'S, IT'S BASED ON POPULATION.

UM, SO THAT FAR EXCEEDS OUR APPROPRIATIONS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE LIMIT OF 195.4 MILLION.

UH, SO I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, AND THEN THERE ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS TO BE APPROVED AND I WILL STOP SHARING AT THIS TIME.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU DEBRA.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? WELL, IF THERE ARE NONE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU.

AND YOUR BUDGET STAFF.

WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOUR BUDGET STAFF? OH, YEAH.

UM, SO I'VE TAL WON SE PAN WHO'S HERE.

UM, SHE IS OUR PROJECT ADMIN ANALYST TOO.

UH, SO GLAD TO HAVE HER, UH, BACK.

SHE'S ACTUALLY, UH, ON PARENTAL LEAVE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, SO GLAD TO HAVE HER BACK.

AND THEN JAN AND BAYONA IS, UH, NOT HERE TODAY, BUT SHE'S OUR BUDGET MANAGER.

AND THEN A LOT OF YOU GUYS IN THE ROOM, UH, PROVIDED A LOT OF SUPPORT, SO THANKS TO EVERYBODY.

WELL, IT'S, AND SHANNON RICE, WHO'S ALSO NOT HERE, WELL TASK, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND IT ALWAYS COMES OUT REALLY, REALLY WELL, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S STARTS FROM THE LOWEST LEVEL IN OR, OR AT A BOTTOM AT A, WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? YEAH, EVERYBODY'S INCLUDED IN THIS.

IT FILTERS ITS WAY UP.

UH, EVERYBODY'S INVOLVED.

I DIDN'T WANNA SAY THE LOWEST, UH, THE EQUALIST.

BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU.

IT'S A GREAT PROCESS AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL YEAR.

WE, I THINK WE HAD A QUESTION, A RAISED HAND OVER THERE, AND THEN WE HAVE A RAISED HAND.

SUMS UP.

OH, NO, WAIT, I HAVE THE OP.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA ASK.

I WAS GONNA SAY, I WAS GONNA ASK OUR TREASURER TO MAKE THE MOTION, BUT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT, PRESIDENT WASPY, WE DO HAVE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO COMMENT YES.

ON THIS ITEM.

OH, I'LL BE READY TO MAKE THE MOTION.

WE CAN DO THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES AND HAVE SOME, LET'S HAVE THE MEMBER, THE PUBLIC SPEAK NOW.

CAN I?

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SURE.

YEAH, BECAUSE, UM, BECAUSE I, I'M ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND I HAD A, A LOT, A LOT AND, UM, A LOT INVOLVED HERE, UM, ON THIS PROCESS.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR BEING REALLY THOROUGH WITH, UH, WITH THE, THE DOCUMENT.

AND I NOTICED THAT, UM, THERE WERE SOME, UM, SUGGESTED, UH, ADDITIONS, CHANGES, EDITS, WHATEVER, THAT ARE GONNA BE INCORPORATED.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE IT A, A, UM, EVEN BETTER.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, LIKE, I THINK I SAID SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES BEFORE, IT'S, IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S AN ASPIRATIONAL DOCUMENT.

THE WHOLE IDEA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE APOLOGIZING, GEE, WE CAN'T ADD THE MAPS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT IN TWO WEEKS.

THAT'S OKAY.

, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT SUGGESTION WAS TOTALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR NEXT TIME.

YOU KNOW, AND THEN IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE JUST PART OF IT, YOU KNOW, NOW AND THEN MOVE IT IN.

BUT ANYWAY, I THINK THAT'LL HELP, UH, THE, THE ANYONE WHO'S NOT AS FAMILIAR AS WE ARE TO UNDERSTAND THE PROJECTS BETTER IF THEY CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THEY ARE AND HOW THEY RELATE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT.

SO, UM, AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, THANKS TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED, IT'S, I, I PERSONALLY KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO DO THESE THINGS AND, UH, YOU'VE DONE IT.

LET US HEAR FROM THE, OH, MEMBER CORBETT.

WELL, WE CAN HEAR FROM THE PERSON FIRST.

NO.

COMMENTS.

LET'S HEAR FROM THE PERSON FIRST THEN.

ROSS MITCHELL, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.

THANKS AGAIN.

UH, ROSS MITCHELL, HERE ASK ME.

2, 4, 2, 8, PRESIDENT.

UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK ONCE AGAIN ON, UH, THE BUDGET AND SPECIFICALLY SOME OF THE, UM, PORTIONS IN IT TO DELETE, UM, POSITIONS.

UH, ASK ME POSITIONS.

UH, YOU KNOW, I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ADDITION OF SEVERAL ASK ME POSITIONS.

UM, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL HELP IN A LOT OF OUR, UM, SPOTS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC BETTER, UM, AND ARE VERY HAPPY FOR ALL THE ADDITIONS THAT WE HAVE.

UM, BUT WE ARE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE DELETION OF THE ADMIN ANALYST TOO.

UM, IN CONVERSION TO A MANAGEMENT ANALYST.

UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WORK, UH, IS PROPERLY CLASSIFIED AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL.

UM, AND, UH, THERE'S ALSO THE, A WP SUPERVISOR, UM, BEING DELETED, UH, AND CONVERTED TO A SMALL TRAILS CREW, CREW LEADER.

UM, I WANNA BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT IN OPPOSITION TO ADDITIONAL TRAIL CREW LEADERS.

THERE'S CERTAINLY PLENTY OF TRAIL WORK TO BE DONE.

UM, AND THAT POSITION IS NEEDED, BUT IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE, UM, AN OR PROPOSITION WE COULD USE BOTH THOSE POSITIONS.

UM, AND WHEN, AND THE DISTRICT'S MADE SEVERAL STATEMENTS REGARDING, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE USE OF THE ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM SUPERVISOR, UM, HAS SAID MANY TIMES TO ASK ME THAT THERE WAS NO PLAN TO, UH, DELETE ANY ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM SUPERVISOR POSITIONS.

UM, AND THAT IT WAS NEEDED FOR THE EXPANSION OF OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

UM, BUT HERE WE ARE.

AND THERE IS NOW A PLAN TO MOVE FROM TWO TO ONE ALTERNATIVE WORK, PRO WORK PROGRAM SUPERVISORS, WHICH, UM, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WOULD NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO EXPAND OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL FOLKS ON THIS BOARD HAVE ASKED FOR A FULL, UM, REVIEW OF ALL OF OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING, OUR STAFFING LEVELS.

AND WHILE WE'VE HAD REPORTS, INFORMATIONAL REPORTS OUT ON SOME, WE HAVEN'T HAD, UH, THE FULL PRESENTATION, UM, THAT SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE ASKED FOR.

SO WE THINK THE DELETION OF THIS POSITION IS PREMATURE, UM, AND WILL CAUSE MORE CONFLICT AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, CLEAR LANGUAGE IN OUR CONTRACT THAT THIS WOULD NEED TO COME TO ASK ME THROUGH OUR ARTICLE 19 PROVISIONS, UM, WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS FOLLOWED IN THE PAST REGARDING, UM, CHANGES TO ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM.

UH, SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM SUPERVISOR.

I HOPE THAT WE COULD MAINTAIN THAT ADMIN ANALYST TOO, POSITION AT, UH, WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE THE PROPERLY CLASSIFIED LEVEL.

UM, AND, UH, I WILL LEAVE IT THERE.

INFORMATION BACK TO THE FULL BOARD AND TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER REALLY GREAT, UM, FUNDING FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES WE'RE INVOLVED IN AT THE PARK DISTRICT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, ROSS.

I THINK WE'VE COME TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE 2024 PROPOSED OPERATING PROJECT AND PROGRAM BUDGETS FOR THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT MEMBER CORBET TREASURER.

CORBET, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION? I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE THE COMMENTS PER, PER SHEET ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMITTEE TO THEN BRING

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I COULD TALK FOR HOURS, BUT I'LL JUST LEAVE IT LIKE THAT.

, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU'VE DONE WITH THE STAFF YOU WORK WITH AS WELL IN GETTING THIS ALL PUT TOGETHER FOR MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY HOURS.

AND AS THE COMMITTEE, VERY, VERY APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND WITH THAT, I THINK IT'S VERY POSITIVE THAT WE MAKE A MOTION ON THIS MEASURE.

, THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND A SECOND BY MEMBER ECCLES.

UH, ANY FURTHER COMMENT? HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

AND NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, APPROVE THE 2024.

YEAH, HE'S GETTING SECOND.

NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE THE 2024 APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT.

AND DO I HAVE A MOTION TO DO THAT? I MOTION ON THAT TOO.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION.

I MEMBER CORBET AND A SECOND BY MEMBER MERCURIO.

THANKS, JOHN.

UH, ANY FURTHER COMMENT? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

MOVE NOW TO GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS.

OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, BOTH MOTIONS PASSED THE UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

GREAT HARD WORK, INCLUDING THE GREAT FINANCE COMMITTEE.

UM, WE'LL

[GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS]

I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY BY PETE DE QUINCY.

HE'S WAVING, HE'S COMING UP.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, PETE DE QUINCY LIFEGUARD SERVICE MANAGER FOR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

UH, THANK YOU PRESIDENT WASPY AND THE BOARD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH A RECAP OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SOME OF OUR, UH, PLANS FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON.

UH, AGAIN, JUST AS A NOTE, THIS IS THE 85TH YEAR OF OUR LIFEGUARD SERVICE AT THE REGIONAL PARKS, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO PUT GLASSES ON BECAUSE I AM STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT.

MY APOLOGIES.

ALL RIGHT.

WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS AGAIN, UH, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN REGARDS TO OUR ATTENDANCE HERE AT THE REGIONAL PARKS.

UH, SPECIFICALLY AT OUR AQUATIC FACILITIES.

WE'RE GETTING BACK INTO A BETTER, HEALTHIER NUMBERS.

UM, I THINK IT WAS PRIOR TO THAT WAS 230,000.

NOW WE'VE MOVED UP TO 240,000 VISITORS.

UH, WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS OF 40,000, THE LIFE JACKETS LOANED THE SWIM TEST, THE WATER SAFETY TOXIN ATTENDANCE IN OUR SWIM LESSONS.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT OUR WATER RESCUE, SPECIFICALLY 41.

I'M HERE TO REMIND AND NARRATE THIS IDEA THAT OF THE 41 RESCUES THAT WE'RE STRIVING NOW OF ONLY ZERO, WE SPENT 40,000 PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS TO REDUCE THAT.

SO THE NUMBER HASN'T INCREASED.

WE ARE ALWAYS STRIVING TO PROVIDE PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS, PREVENTATIVE METHODS OR METHODS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES AS BEST WE CAN.

AND THAT INCLUDES OUR SWIM LESSONS, OUR WATER SAFETY TALKS, OUR LIFE JACKETS THAT WE LENT OUT.

AND AGAIN, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE OUR LIFE JACKET LOAN LOANER PROGRAM WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION, WHICH THEY'VE ALWAYS HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY.

UM, SO LET'S KEEP GOING IN THAT REGARD.

UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID SEE HAPPEN THIS YEAR, UM, SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT.

WE DID PARTNER WITH ANTIOCH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A PILOT PROGRAM TO REALLY PROVIDE SERVICES TO THAT COMMUNITY BECAUSE CONTRAL WAS CLOSED AND POSSIBLY WILL CONTINUE TO BE CLOSED AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IN 2022 WAS PARTNERED WITH AMBROSE RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT AND OPENED THE AMBROSE AQUATIC CENTER TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL SWIMMING AND SWIM LESSONS.

WE DID THAT AGAIN WITH ANTIOCH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN OPENING ANTIOCH HIGH SCHOOL IN DEER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WE CAN GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS WHEN WE GO THROUGH SOME OF THAT PROGRAMMING, OUR JUNIOR GUARD PROGRAM AS LISTED HERE.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT AT COLE CANYON AND

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CROWN BEACH, THE AIDS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THAT PROGRAM.

AGAIN, COLE CANYON, DON CASTRO, AND CROWN BEACH LIFEGUARD CADETS, AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF A CHAIN OR A STEPS OF GROWTH FOR OUR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS AND OUR AQUATIC ADVENTURE CAMP.

I KNOW I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT AQUATIC ADVENTURE CAMP IN A WHILE AGAIN, AND WE DO HAVE NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

IT'S OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, WHERE WE PROVIDE AN OUTDOOR AQUATIC CAMP FOR NON-SWIMMERS.

WE SPECIALIZE IN PROVIDING THAT, UM, RECRUITMENT THROUGH THE CHERRY LAND AREA, SPECIFICALLY IN ASHLAND.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS.

AND SO, AGAIN, IT'S A SMALL PROGRAM, BUT IT'S A MIGHTY PROGRAM AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IT.

SWIM LESSONS.

WE'VE DONE OUR SWIM LESSON PROGRAM NOW AT AMBROSE, ANTIOCH, DEER VALLEY HIGH, COLE CANYON, AND DON CASTRO.

AND THOSE ARE TWO SITES THAT WE USUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF SWIM LESSONS WHATSOEVER.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN REGARDS TO THE NEW TYPES OF PROGRAMMING THAT WE'VE INITIATED THERE BACK IN 2022 AND 2023.

UM, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME OF YOU, BUT NOT OFFICIALLY BECAUSE WE WERE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT HOW WE WERE PILOTING IT.

BUT THE IDEA FOR THAT PROGRAM AT COLE AND DON CASTRO IS, LET'S SAY YOU COME TO THE PARK, YOU'VE PAID YOUR FEE FOR RECREATIONAL SWIMMING.

HOW ABOUT WE PROVIDE YOU A FREE SWIM LESSON WITH THE FEE OF THAT THREE O'CLOCK, COME GET A SWIM LESSON, SWIM LESSON FOR YOUR SON, DAUGHTER, FAMILY MEMBER, ADULT, ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY.

JUST SHOW UP THREE O'CLOCK, WE'LL GIVE YOU A LESSON.

AND WE DID THAT.

WE STARTED TO WORK OUT SOME OF THE HICCUPS IN 2022 WITH UNDER A HUNDRED PARTICIPATION, UH, A HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS.

AND THEN THIS LAST YEAR WE DID OVER 600.

SO AGAIN, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR 2024, HITTING A THOUSAND AND EXPANDING THAT PROGRAM.

AND I'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON SOME OF THE OTHER SLIDES.

SO AGAIN, HOW DO WE REALLY SERVE THAT 240,000 VISITORS THAT COME TO OUR PARK AND THEN GOING INTO OUR BAY ADVENTURE PROGRAM? UH, OUR BAY ADVENTURE PROGRAM AT CROWN WAS A PILOT THIS YEAR, AND IT'S BASED OFF OF THE AQUATIC ADVENTURE.

CAN WE PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT CANNOT SWIM ACCESS TO THE WATER AND TEACH THEM SAFELY HOW TO RECREATE IN AND AROUND THE WATER AT ANY OF THE BODIES OF WATER THAT WE HAVE IN THE REGIONAL PARKS? AND THE IDEA IS WE'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO SWIM.

WE'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO RAFT, WE'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO DO A STANDUP PADDLE BOARD, WE'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO DO WATER POLO.

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SWIM? NOT AT ALL.

THAT'S OKAY.

AND AGAIN, WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF SUCCESS IN THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, NOT ONLY JUST ARE WE WORKING ON WATER SAFETY, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THIS IDEA OF ACCESS.

WE'RE FINDING THAT A LOT OF OUR YOUNG CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS REALLY ARE STRUGGLING TO GO BEYOND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A PARK THAT IS THEIR PARK, UH, THERE'S OPEN SPACE, THAT IS THEIR OPEN SPACE.

AND AGAIN, CAN WE PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME? I HAD A RECENT CONVERSATION WITH A BUNCH OF EIGHT TO 10 YEAR OLDS OUT OF LINCOLN SQUARE, UH, THROUGH OAKLAND PARKS AND RECREATION.

AND I TOOK 'EM DOWN TO CROWN BEACH.

AND ONE INDIVIDUAL, I ASKED HIM, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE CROWN BEACH? AND HE SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN THERE.

I'VE BEEN TO THE BEACH TWICE.

AND THIS WAS CROWN WAS THE SECOND TIME.

AND WHEN I ASKED THEM ABOUT WHOSE PARK THIS WAS, THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN IDEA.

AND SO WE WENT THROUGH A QUICK TUTORIAL ABOUT THIS IDEA THAT YOUR FAMILY, YOUR PARENTS, YOUR AUNTS, UNCLES, NIECES, GRANDPARENTS AND NEIGHBORS HAVE PAID THROUGH TAXES TO SUPPORT THIS PARK.

AND IN ESSENCE, THIS IS YOUR PARK.

UH, AND THEN THAT MEANS YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE WATER, TO THE OPEN SPACE.

AND FOR THEM, IT WAS THAT FIRST TIME EVER HAVING THAT DISCUSSION.

BUT THEY SEEMED VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THE NEXT THING I ASKED THEM, WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO WAS GET IN THE WATER.

IT'S DECEMBER, IT'S COLD, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? WE'D LIKE TO GET IN THE WATER.

ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? IT'S DECEMBER, IT'S WINTER.

THEY STILL WANTED TO GET IN THE WATER FOR 10 MINUTES.

AND YOU KNOW, THE CHAPERONES LIKE, IF YOU GET YOUR FEET WET AND SANDY, YOU WILL NOT GET IN THE CAR.

THEY GOT THEIR FEET WET AND THEY GOT SANDY AND THEY STILL GOT TO GET IN THE CAR.

BUT THE, BUT THE IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE REALLY SEEING IS ARE WE PROVIDING THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ACCESS? AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE REGIONAL PARKS LIFEGUARD SERVICE, THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT COME UP AND

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WE'VE HAD A COUPLE DISCUSSIONS, UH, SABRINA AND I, IT'S REALLY ABOUT THIS IDEA THAT WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE A SAFE RECREATION AQUATICS EXPERIENCE AT THE REGIONAL PARKS IF YOU VISIT.

SO THOSE 240,000, THOSE SAME 240,000, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION, WATER SAFETY PROGRAMMING, ACCESS TO PROGRAMMING, ANYTHING WE CAN DO.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, IS WHAT ARE WE DOING TO SERVE THE COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS, THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND OUR PARKS, THAT DON'T REALIZE THAT CROWN BEACH IS REGIONAL PARKS THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT CONTRA IS REGIONAL PARKS.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT SPECIFICALLY COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY, WORKING HARD IN EAST OAKLAND, WORKING WITH NEW GROUPS THAT WE'VE NEVER WORKED BEFORE.

THAT KIND OF MAKE ME NERVOUS BECAUSE IT JUST MAKES ME NERVOUS BECAUSE I REALIZE THAT I HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW AND BE OPEN.

AND SOMETIMES I'M AFRAID BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER.

I HAVEN'T WORKED WITH THAT GROUP.

AND WE'RE GOING INTO NEW TERRITORY AND WE'LL GO INTO SOME OF THOSE.

ALRIGHT, OUR PARTNERSHIPS.

SO FOR OUR PARTNERSHIPS THIS YEAR, WE WENT BACK TO A LOT OF OUR ORIGINAL PARTNERS AND WE STARTED TO SECURE INSTEAD OF THE HANDSHAKE MOUS BECAUSE THERE'S A CERTAIN POWER OF HAVING MOUS.

UH, IF I WERE TO LEAVE AND WIN THE LOTTO OR GO TO AUSTRALIA AND NOT COME BACK, WE REALLY NEED SOME SORT OF FORMALIZATION.

AND SO HERE'S JUST A LIST OF A FEW OF THEM THAT WE HAVE MOUS WITH ALBANY UNIFIED, AMBROSE, UM, ANTIOCH UNIFIED, WHICH WE PILOTED AND WE'RE WORKING ON A NEW ONE, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES.

EMERYVILLE MARTINEZ, PITTSBURGH.

AND YOU MIGHT SAY, WELL, PETE, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT CITY OF OAKLAND? YES, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY OPR, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WHAT ABOUT SAN LEANDRO? YES, THAT'S A DIFFERENT ONE AS WELL.

AGAIN, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO FORMALIZE SOME OF OUR OLD AGREEMENTS? MAKE THEM OFFICIAL, AND THEN PROVIDE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.

UH, SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES COULD BE AS SIMPLY AS SUPPORTING WITH RESOURCES, JUST PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT OR PROVIDING A FEW INSTRUCTORS TO HELP THEM PROVIDE A LIFEGUARD TRAINING CLASS OR DOING A FULL ON ENGAGEMENT WHERE WE COLLABORATE WITH THEM AS PARTNERS.

UH, SO AGAIN, I KNOW THAT I'VE TALKED WITH LYNN AND WE'LL PROBABLY BE BRINGING A LOT MORE MOUS UP FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

ALRIGHT, IN LOOKING AHEAD, LET'S GO BACK.

GREAT PICTURE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, WE LOVE THEM.

WE LOVE OUR PARTICIPANTS.

AGAIN, CONTRA, NOT CONTRA, BUT DELVAL AND CROWN BEACH.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, SPECIFICALLY ON HOW WE ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS REALLY CHANGING THE NARRATIVE OF OUR LIFEGUARD SERVICE.

IN REGARDS, YES, WE DO HAVE LIFEGUARDS, BUT WHAT ARE THEY REALLY? THEY'RE WATER SAFETY PROFESSIONALS.

THEY KNOW HOW TO LIFEGUARD, THEY KNOW HOW TO PROVIDE SWIM LESSONS.

THEY KNOW HOW TO PROVIDE WATER SAFETY, EDUCATION AND PROGRAMMING, AND THEY KNOW HOW TO PROVIDE OUTREACH.

AND SO WE'RE USING A MORE, AN EXPANDED ROLE OF THAT.

AND SO ONE OF THE EASY LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE THEM WATER SAFETY TRAINING AND SWIM LESSONS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A, A LARGER, UH, RESULT WHEN IT COMES TO DAILY FREE SWIM LESSONS AT OUR SITES, THE NEW PARTNERSHIPS.

AND I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR ROSARO IS PROBABLY GONNA ASK THIS, SO I'M GONNA BEAT YOU TO IT.

UM, WE'RE CLOSELY WORKING ON HOW DO WE REALLY HAVE A, A STRONGER PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SURROUNDING ROBERTS.

SOME OF THEM THAT WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH IS OAKLAND PARKS AND REC.

WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, SPECIFICALLY SKYLINE HIGH.

WE'VE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUTDOOR AFRO AND JACK AND JILL OF AMERICA.

SO AGAIN, SOME OF THE OTHER TALKS WE'VE HAD ON HOW TO GET MORE, UH, PARTICIPANTS AND WHAT THEY WANT.

WE'VE HAD NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AT TASSAFARONGA RECREATIONAL CENTER, AND WE'VE ALSO DONE THOSE WITH ALAMEDA FAMILY SERVICES AND ALSO WITH OAKLAND HOUSING AUTHORITY.

SO AGAIN, WHAT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS WORK WITH GROUPS THAT WE'VE NEVER WORKED BEFORE WITH.

THAT MAKES ME NERVOUS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY AN ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING, BUT WE'LL FIGURE OUT IT TOGETHER.

COURAGE WISE, I NEED TO HAVE THAT.

AND THEN AGAIN, AS WE DEVELOP THOSE TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS FOR ROBERTS, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THEY NEED AS OPPOSED TO US, TO US TELLING THEM WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

SO IT'S MORE ORGANIC AND THERE'S MORE BUY-IN.

UH, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS REFOCUS ON OUR VMAS OPERA DARE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT WE EVER HAD.

WE'RE GONNA GET THAT BACK UP AND RUNNING, AND WE'RE REALLY GONNA

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WORK ON NOT ONLY EXPANDING OUR CAPACITY, BUT FILLING OUR CAPACITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CLOSELY WORKING WITH, WITH OPR BROOKLYN PARKS AND REC IS WE HAVE OPEN SLOTS IN OUR CURRENT WATER SAFETY PROGRAMS. LET'S FILL THOSE SLOTS.

AND ONCE WE FILL THOSE SLOTS, LET'S SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO EXPAND.

AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I KNOW THAT, UM, I DID NOT TALK NECESSARILY ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING AT ANTIOCH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SINCE IT'S MENTIONED HERE, I'M GONNA GO INTO DETAIL BECAUSE IT'S THE POOL ADVENTURE PROGRAM.

WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE WORKED WITH ANTIOCH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THAT THEY HAVE GREAT POOLS, MULTIMILLION DOLLAR POOLS, BUT A MAJORITY OF THEIR STUDENT BODY, WHICH IS THEIR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL, DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO SWIM.

AND SO IF WE ARE WORKING ON THIS DIVERSITY AND EQUITY AND INCLUSION LENS, WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER CLASS AS AN ISSUE.

AND MAYBE THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SWIM.

MAYBE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS OR THE FINANCIAL MEANS.

AND SO WE STARTED PROVIDING, AGAIN, LET'S PROVIDE YOU A CAMP, GET YOU ENTICED IN THE IDEA THAT AQUATIC RECREATION IS A GREAT THING.

WE'RE GONNA ADD WATER SAFETY TO THAT, INCLUDING SWIM LESSONS.

AND THEN THE HOPES IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO MIND, WHEN YOU GO TO OTHER PLACES AND YOU THINK ABOUT US IN THE LONG TERM WHEN IT COMES TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN SEASONAL, IN OUR SEASONAL WORKFORCE.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE A POOL ADVENTURE PROGRAM IS.

WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH IT.

AGAIN, WE DID NOT REALIZE, UM, THE COMMITMENT THAT WE NEED TO DO TO REALLY MAKE, UM, A COMMUNITY WATER SAFE.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO DO THAT, UH, JOURNEY AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE ARE GOING.

UH, IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE FAILED TO ANSWER, I KNOW THERE'S ONE I NEED TO BRING UP.

UH, MY STAFF, ALL OF THE STUFF THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT MY PERMANENT STAFF, WHICH HAVE BEEN ME WITH ME FOR YEARS.

THEY'RE INCREDIBLE.

I CAN'T THANK 'EM ENOUGH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THEY HAVE, BUT THEY REALLY WERE THE DRIVERS AND THE PROVIDING THAT LEADERSHIP GUIDANCE FOR OUR SEASONAL STAFF, WHICH WAS ALMOST 140 SEASONAL EMPLOYEES.

AND AGAIN, IT WAS THE WORK OF THE SEASONALS AND THE PERMANENCE THAT REALLY DROVE THIS.

AND WE, AND WE REACHED THESE TYPES OF NUMBERS AND OUTREACH IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I DO HAVE A, UM, IT'S JUST BEEN APPROVED.

WE HAVE THE FIRST TIME A 2023 ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE, THE LIFEGUARD SERVICE.

IT IS IN PRINT AND IT WILL BE AVAILABLE EARLY IN 2024, SO THAT ALL OF YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.

SO, UM, THAT WAS MY EIGHT SLIDES.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ? YEAH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? PETE? JOHN, GO AHEAD.

I DO.

I JUST, I JUST, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOW ALMOST A YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN, THAT WE'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD AND, UM, I'VE, I'VE COME TO REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WHENEVER YOU'RE UP THERE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE NOT ONLY INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, INFORMATIVE, BUT, BUT I'M GONNA BE INSPIRED AND I'M GONNA BE, UM, ENCOURAGED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UM, YOU'RE REALLY, I MEAN, I CAN'T, FIRST OF ALL, I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYBODY ELSE DOING THIS.

I KNOW SOMEDAY YOU, YOU'LL BE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA GET TO RETIRE, BUT I JUST PICTURE YOU, YOU'RE THE GUY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT DOES THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, YOUR WHOLE, UH, YOUR WHOLE, UM, FOCUS ON SAFETY AND AND EXPANDING THE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE SAFE IS REALLY COMMENDABLE.

THAT, THAT, THAT THE EFFORT IS BEING MADE.

AND I WOULD SAY IT'S A PRETTY SAFE BET THAT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE, BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, SOME A LIFE WILL BE SAVED.

A LIFE WILL BE NOT BE LOST BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO IN A, IN A WATER SITUATION THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU ON THAT, UH, DIRECTOR, I'M GONNA PASS THAT TO MY STAFF.

BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING THE HARD WORK.

SURE, SURE.

AND I, HOPEFULLY THEY'RE LISTENING AND HEARING THAT RIGHT NOW.

'CAUSE UH, THAT IS WHAT I'VE ASKED THEM TO DO.

BUT AGAIN, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT COMPLIMENT BECAUSE YEAH.

BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE THE GUY SORT OF COORDINATING IT ALL, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE TAKING IDEAS FROM THEM, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ARE, YOU'RE STILL MAKING IT GO.

UM, BUT I DO HAVE KIND OF A, UM, A NUTS AND BOLTS QUESTION HERE.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

JUST A BASIC QUESTION.

UM, 43,000 PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS TAKEN.

UH, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE EXAMPLES OF THAT'S A LOT.

ACTIONS OF EXPLAINING TO, UM, AN ADULT WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THEY PROVIDE CHILD SUPERVISION TO THEIR CHILD.

WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THOSE? ABSOLUTELY.

SO A LIFEGUARD'S JOB, 99% OF THE TIME IS PREVENTATIVE WORK.

AND THAT CAN INCLUDE ASKING, UM, A PATRON TO MOVE INTO CHEST DEEP WATER OR, HEY, WHAT WE NEED TO SEE IS AN OVERARM STROKE.

IT'S ALSO EXPLAINING, UH, THE USE OF WHY THOSE ARM FLOATS ARE NOT COAST GUARD APPROVED, AND WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BE TAKING THOSE OUT.

WE'VE ALSO DONE PLENTY OF PREVENTATIVE

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AND AGAIN, THE LIST GOES DOWN AND DOWN, UH, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

IT'S NOT SWIMMING IN AREAS THAT ARE UNGUARDED.

UH, IT GOES INTO THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT THE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE DOING.

UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES LIKE, HEY, GUESS WHAT? YOUR LIFE JACKET ISN'T FITTING PROPERLY.

LET'S, UH, GET YOU A NEW JACKET AND THEN HAVE YOU GO OVER HERE FOR A DIFFERENT STATISTIC AND WE'LL PROVIDE YOU A LIFE JACKET AND TEACH YOU HOW TO USE IT, APPLY IT, OR DON IT, I SHOULD SAY.

SO A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT LIFEGUARDS DO IS SUPER UNATTRACTIVE.

IT'S NOT RESCUE, IT'S NOT EMERGENCY, IT'S NOT THAT EXCITING, BUT IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE ON A FAMILY BEING SAFE AT OUR SITES AS OPPOSED TO HAVING SOME SORT OF AQUATIC INCIDENT.

AND, UH, AGAIN, MOST AGENCIES, UH, BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, REALLY STRUGGLE AT ARTICULATING THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTATIVE MEASURES AND DEFINING THOSE.

DOES THAT HELP? IT? IT DOES.

AND AND I'M IMPRESSED THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THOSE THINGS.

I GUESS THAT'S PART OF THE JOB OF BEING A LIFEGUARD IS TO HAVE TO DOCUMENT WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

RIGHT.

SO ABSOLUTELY.

IF WE DON'T DOCUMENT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

RIGHT? I THINK WE ALL LEARN THAT IT'S NOT, AND NO, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD TAKE CREDIT FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE.

SO, AND YOU'VE DONE THAT.

SO ANYWAY, UM, ANYWAY, THANK YOU AGAIN.

NO, THANK YOU.

AGAIN, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE, UM, THE OBSERVATIONS THAT YOU PROVIDE IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE MUST HAVE WITHIN THE LIFEGUARD SERVICE AT TIMES.

UH, I'M LOOKING TO THE LEFT.

OLIVIA, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

AS, UM, YOU KNOW, MY FIRST JOB WAS AS A LIFEGUARD.

SO THIS REALLY, YOU KNOW, IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO HEAR ABOUT.

AND IT MAKES ME PROUD TO BE PART OF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT THAT WE DO HAVE SUCH ROBUST LIFEGUARD SERVICES PROGRAM.

AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE ANNUAL REPORT.

AND I THINK THAT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF REALLY, UM, EXCITING PROGRAMS THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A TOUGH COUPLE OF YEARS FOR YOUR GROUP JUST GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC SITUATION.

AND THEN ALSO I'LL SHARE, YOU KNOW, THE SUMMER I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME, AND I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS BEFORE, WORK WITH SOME HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS TO TEST THE WATER QUALITY AT DELVAL, UM, SHADOW CLIFFS AND QUARRY LAKES IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THOSE, UH, BODIES OF WATER ARE OKAY FOR SWIMMING.

AND I KNOW THAT THE DAY THAT WE WENT TO QUARRY LAKES, IT WAS CLOSED, UM, BECAUSE OF THE WATER QUALITY TESTING.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT CAN MAKE BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR LIFEGUARD SERVICES.

'CAUSE WE WERE THERE AND, YOU KNOW, NO ONE WAS ABLE TO ENJOY THE WATER AND THE LIFEGUARD CHAIRS WERE EMPTY.

AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WHEN WE WERE THERE, WE WERE MAYBE TWO WEEKS OUT FROM THE POSSIBILITY OF QUARRY LAKES REOPENING AND JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW YOUR GROUP HAS TO THEN REMOBILIZE, UM, AND GET STAFFING IN PLACE FOR THE MOMENT THAT THE WATER QUALITY TESTS COME BACK AND SHOW THAT IT'S, IT'S OKAY TO SWIM THERE.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER IN REGARDS TO OUR LIFEGUARD SERVICES PROGRAM, IS THAT THERE, THERE IS A LOT OF, UM, UNCERTAINTY EVEN THOUGH WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MOVED OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC PHASE, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, UH, WATER CONCERNS, UM, IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING I'LL, I'LL SHARE IS, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF MY OWN EXPERIENCE, I WORKED AS A LIFEGUARD AND WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR.

BUT BEFORE THAT, THE PROGRAM I WAS A PART OF, UH, THROUGH THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, WHEN YOU WERE, I THINK 14, YOU COULD BE A WATER SAFETY AIDE.

AND WE WERE VOLUNTEERS AND WERE ABLE TO HELP, YOU KNOW, TEACH THE SWIM LESSONS AND BE AT THE POOL.

AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY FUN TIME TO BE THERE.

AND THEN THAT'S HOW THEY GOT YOU TO, YOU KNOW, JOIN AND BECOME A LIFEGUARD AND WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR ONCE YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE THREE TO FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN BRING IN SOME OF THE YOUNGER FOLKS AS, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS.

AND THEY COULD BE WATER SAFETY AIDS.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE AQUATIC ADVENTURE CAMPS AND SOME OF THE, UM, DIFFERENT WATER SAFETY PROGRAMS THAT AREN'T HAPPENING IN THE WATER.

MAYBE THAT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE, UM, TEENAGERS WHO AREN'T QUITE YET OLD ENOUGH TO BE A LIFEGUARD, BUT MAYBE HAVE AN INTEREST AND THAT'S A WAY TO BRING THEM INTO THE PROGRAMS. OH, ABSOLUTELY.

UH, WE WORK HARD AT TRYING TO IDENTIFY YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE AGES.

EARLIEST AGE IS, I THINK WE START, UH, LOOKING WHEN THEY START SWIM LESSONS.

SO IT COULD BE A FIVE OR SIX.

AND DEPENDING ON THE TRAJECT, THE TRAJECTORY OF HOW THEY'RE GOING, WE WILL MOVE THEM INTO A JUNIOR GUARD PROGRAM OR AN AQUATIC ADVENTURE CAMP, THEN INTO AN AID PROGRAM AND INTO A CADET PROGRAM.

AND AGAIN, WHAT WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED QUITE, UH, VIGOROUSLY IN REGARDS TO VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT ARE, IS IT PUTS US IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOURS AND LABOR LAWS.

SO IF THEY ARE A PAID PROGRAM, THEN THEY CAN BE THERE A LOT LONGER AND THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ACCESS TO.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THE, THE ROUTE WE GO.

BUT

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AND THEN THE, THE AGE GROUP OF 16 TO 22 YEAR OLDS MUST UNDERSTAND THAT FLEXIBILITY AND NOT TAKE IT PERSONAL, THAT IF THE WATER IS NOT OPEN OR THE PLACE THEY WANNA WORK WITH IS NOT OPEN.

SO I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH ON THAT OBSERVATION.

AND WE CAN ALWAYS DO MORE, WE CAN ALWAYS DO MORE FOR OUR YOUNG COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND GETTING 'EM IN OUR PROGRAMS. SO THANK YOU.

IT'S GREAT TO HEAR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.

RECORDS.

DIRECTOR CORBIN, ON THOSE KIND WORDS THAT YOU HAD.

WELL, AT THE RISK OF, UH, REPEATING SOME OF THE GOOD WORDS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD, I, I REALLY, I, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS ON BOTH SAFETY AND, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN KIDS WHO HAVEN'T HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I, EVERYONE'S ALREADY SAID THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SO CRITICAL AS A, YOU KNOW, LIFE SKILL, AS SAFETY AND, UM, AND ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, RECREATIONAL AND ACCESS.

SO, UM, SWIMMING'S A GREAT SPORT AND, YOU KNOW, SORT OF BRINGING UP NEW, NEW LIFEGUARDS FOR THE FUTURE IS ALSO WONDERFUL.

IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IF SOME OF THESE KIDS CAN KIND OF MOVE, MOVE UP TO THAT AS WELL, IT'D BE GREAT.

SO, UM, I, I LOVED ALSO HEARING ABOUT ALL OF THE, THE CAMP PROGRAMS AND ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING.

'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY CRITICAL TO THIS WORK, ESPECIALLY THE INCLUSIVITY.

SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU.

I, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH NICE THINGS ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, THINGS I HAVE TO SAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID AND THANK YOU TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BE FOR BEING SO CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF FINDING PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND EVEN SENIORS TOO AS WELL.

THE ABILITY TO, UH, SWIM, LEARN HOW TO SWIM.

IT'S NOT A NEW THING THAT PEOPLE ARE AT CERTAIN AGES NOT KNOWING HOW TO SWIM AND THAT THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THESE PROGRAMS OR THEY MAY NOT HAVE A PLACE NEARBY WHERE THEY'RE GROWING UP THAT HAS HAVE THE KIND OF PROGRAMS THAT THEY NEED TO LEARN.

BUT ONE THING THAT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE BY, BY WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IS GOING TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT PLACES THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT TERRITORY, WHICH IS HUGE.

AND FINDING THAT THERE'S, UM, COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE COULD DO MORE TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE AND OLDER PEOPLE INTO PROGRAMS TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM.

AND THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING, UH, REMARKABLE THAT YOU'RE DOING.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY GREAT.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BRAND NEW , IT'S NOT THAT EACH YEAR EVERY STUDENT KNOWS HOW TO SWIM.

UH, YOU GO OUT THERE AND YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THAT, AND YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE AND OLDER PEOPLE INTO PROGRAMS. THAT'S, THAT'S SO IMPRESSIVE.

AND OF COURSE, WE WOULD ALWAYS WANNA SEE MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND YOU DO SO MUCH OF THAT.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOUR INTEREST AND CONCERN ABOUT THAT.

AND, UH, I, I KNOW THAT THAT'S PART OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS, ADDITIONAL PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEARN, OH YEAH, I COULD GO TAKE PART IN THIS SWIM LESSON.

UM, THERE'S, THERE'S ENTIRE PARTS OF, UH, CITIES THAT WE REPRESENT WHERE THERE'S AREAS WHERE THERE'S NO PROGRAMS. THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN YEARS AGO, AND NOW THEY DON'T HAVE THEM ANYMORE.

SO I JUST VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE SO CONCERNED THAT THERE'S PLACES THAT WE HAVE TO FIND TO HAVE THESE KIND OF PROGRAMS. UM, I WON'T NAME ANY PARTICULAR CI CITIES OR COMMUNITIES, BUT I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

YOU COULD FIND PLACES WHERE THERE'S NO SWIMMING LESSONS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS DON'T PARTICULARLY HAVE THEM.

AND THEY DID YEARS AGO, BACK WHEN I BACK WHEN I WAS A KID, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SWIM LESSONS AROUND FOR ALMOST EVERYBODY.

UM, AND THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE INCREASED.

AND YOU ARE WORKING ON THAT.

YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN UP ON THAT, AND I KNOW THERE'LL BE MORE TO DO.

AND IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT KIND OF INTEREST AND AND CONCERN THROUGHOUT ALL THE CITIES THAT WE REPRESENT.

SO, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE FINDING SWIMMING PLACES, WHAT THEY'RE, THEY'VE GONE AWAY, BUT YOU ARE WORKING TO GET KIDS AND SENIORS INTO THESE PROGRAMS. IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

IT'S NOT AN EASY THING.

'CAUSE , IT'S NOT EVERY YEAR SOMEONE HAS A PROGRAM, BUT, UM, YOU'RE WORKING TO CONTINUE TO SORT OF INCREASE THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET SWIMMING LESSONS AND GET INTO THESE PROGRAMS SO THAT THEY CAN BE PART OF THE FUTURE OF SWIMMING PROTECTION AND LEARNING.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

NO, THANK YOU.

UH,

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UH, I'M JUST GONNA DO A QUICK PLUG.

AS A REMINDER, I JUST PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO MY TEAM.

I REALLY WANT TO COMPLIMENT, UH, THE HARD WORK OF ERIC, NURSE KYLE MAXWELL, AARON ROTH, TYLER WASPY, NELLIE CASRE, MCKENNA BUCKMAN, AND LINDA RANDALL BECAUSE THEY ARE THE, THEY ARE THE COGS IN THE WHEEL THAT HELP DRIVE THE MISSION OF THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

SO I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM.

AND AGAIN, THEY ARE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS WHEN IT COMES TO WATER SAFETY.

SO MY HAT'S OFF TO THEM AMAZING PROGRAMS AND CONTINUES TO GROW IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE.

SURE.

DENNIS HAS BEEN HERE LONGER THAN THOSE OF US, AND ALL OF US ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE ABILITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO, AND SENIORS TO FIND PROGRAMS. YES.

, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.

YOU'RE ALWAYS A YOU'RE ALWAYS A GREAT SHOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, I I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR, UH, ALL YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

IT'S A, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.

IT'S QUITE A RESUME.

AND I ALSO, UH, APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS, UH, IN, IN TRYING TO ENGAGE IN, UH, IN OAKLAND.

AND, UM, WE'LL GET THERE.

I'VE BEEN TALKING TO A COUPLE, UM, O-O-U-S-D, UH, UH, TRUSTEES AND, AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK SOMETHING OUT.

MM-HMM.

BUT, UM, UH, BUT I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THERE AND I KNOW YOU'VE TA GOTTEN SOME LESSONS, UH, UH, AT CASTLEMONT.

SO, UH, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

AND, UM, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED, 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S LIKE A NATIONAL SHORTAGE FOR LIFEGUARDS, UH, EVEN US, BUT, UM, RECRUITING FROM, UH, MASTER'S PROGRAMS. THERE'S A LOT OF SENIORS OUT THERE THAT ARE REALLY STRONG SWIMMERS AND, UH, I THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY GET SOME LIFEGUARDS OUTTA THEM, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THAT GROUP.

THEY WOULD LOVE TO TEACH.

I BET.

ABSOLUTELY.

DE SINCE I AM A PART OF A MASTER'S PROGRAM, AND YES, UM, THERE IS A GREAT AMOUNT OF SWIMMERS AND I THINK, UH, OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED WITH THEM AT THIS POINT, BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE SHOULD ADDRESS AND WE WILL ADDRESS THAT IN 2024.

JUST REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THE MASTER'S PROGRAMS WITHIN THE BAY AREA SPECIFICALLY, THAT COULD REALLY SUPPORT SOME OF OUR LOCALIZED EFFORTS.

UH, AGAIN, GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE PASSIONATE ABOUT SWIMMING.

UM, YES, I SWAM THIS MORNING AT FOUR IN THE RAIN .

UM, SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.

I THINK, UH, SOME OF THE BIGGER CHALLENGES THAT YOU MENTIONED IS THAT, UH, THERE IS A CHALLENGE OF DEVELOPING TRUST, AND SOMETIMES THAT TAKES TIME AND IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT, IT'S NOT ABOUT MY NEEDS AND MY TIMING, IT'S ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR TIMING, AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO JUST LISTEN.

UH, LISTENING SEEMS TO BE THE MOST POWERFUL THING THAT WE COULD PROVIDE.

UH, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN THE PAST, I KNOW PERSONALLY THAT I COULD DO A LOT MORE OF IT, AND IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE US A LOT FARTHER IF I DID PROVIDE MORE GUIDANCE IN REGARDS OF HOW TO LISTEN AND JUST BE PATIENT.

UH, AGAIN, IT'S NOT ON, IT'S NOT DEPENDENT ON ME, IT'S DEPENDENT ON THE GROUP THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH.

SO THANK YOU, DEE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

PEOPLE, ONE INSTRUCTOR PER THE RED CROSS IS ONLY ALLOWED TO TEACH SIX PARTICIPANTS.

THANK YOUR TEAM.

I WILL, COLIN, YES, I THINK I'VE THANKED YOU AND YOUR TEAM AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN TIMES WITH ENTHUSIASM FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE DEER VALLEY AND ANTIOCH HIGH AND, UH, AMBROSE.

UH, ONE OF THE LEAST FAVORITE THINGS I FIND MYSELF DOING THESE DAYS IS EXPLAINING TO PEOPLE IN EAST CONTRA COSTA WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE LAGOON.

AND THANK GOODNESS I CAN TURN RIGHT AROUND AND START TALKING ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN, IN AMBROSE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE, UH, THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING THAT IS, IS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERS IN BRENTWOOD, ANTIOCH OAKLEY.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION, AND THAT IS, WHAT IS THE PROGRAMMING YOU'RE DOING UNDER THE MOUS WITH A CITY LIKE MARTINEZ OR PITTSBURGH? YEAH, UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO, LIKE, FOR THE CITY OF MARTINEZ, WE REALLY MET WITH THEM AND TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS? AND A LOT OF MY EQUIVALENT, LET'S SAY AN AQUATIC SUPERVISOR OR AN AQUATIC COORDINATOR OR A RECREATION COORDINATOR, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTAIN MQS MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS.

UH, AND ONE OF 'EM IS LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR OR HAVE THAT ABILITY OR WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR TRAINER.

THE CHALLENGE IS, IF YOU HAVE A SMALL DEPARTMENT AND YOU HAVE THOSE SKILLS, YOU HAVE TO THEN CARVE OUT TIME TO PROVIDE THAT CLASS TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT ABILITY.

SO IF YOU HAVE A LARGE CLASS, LET'S SAY 12

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AND SO IF YOU HAVE 12, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA FIND THAT EXTRA INSTRUCTOR? AND SO THE PARTNERSHIP, OR MOU THAT WE WENT INTO WITH MARTINEZ WAS, LOOK, IF YOU HAVE A CLASS, WE'LL HELP YOU, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU AN INSTRUCTOR AND WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

AND I ALWAYS TELL 'EM, YEAH, I'M GONNA TRY TO ENCOURAGE SOME OF THEM TO COME WORK FOR US.

BUT THE, THE CHALLENGE ALWAYS IS TO WORK IN WATER THAT YOU CANNOT SEE.

THE BOTTOM IS A BIG STOPPING BLOCK FOR A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS.

AND SO IF THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED, WE'RE NOT GONNA PUSH IT, BUT WE ARE GONNA SUPPORT MARTINEZ IN THEIR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT ALLOWS THEM TO PROVIDE MORE PROGRAMMING AND FOCUS ON WHAT THEY NEED TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE HAVE A STAFFING RESOURCE OF A SEASONAL LIFEGUARD THAT WE'VE TRAINED AS A LIFE, UH, LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE ALL BENEFITING FROM IT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

DOES THAT HELP DIRECTOR COFFEE? YEAH.

WELL, PETE, I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UHOH COMMENTS.

LET'S GO FOR IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR ALL YOU DO AND ALL YOUR STAFF DOES, AND, AND I LOVE THE WAY YOU'VE PIVOTED THROUGH COVID THROUGH SOME OF THESE CLOSURES OF SOME OF OUR FACILITIES AND, AND YOU'RE REALLY REACHING OUT AND INTO COMMUNITIES.

I LOVE THAT.

I, I, I, YOU KNOW, PHILOSOPHICALLY I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA.

I THINK YOU GOING TO A SWIMMING POOL AND TEACHING KIDS HOW TO SWIM AND RECREATE IN A POOL STINKS.

I THINK WE'VE GOT A RESOURCE HERE TO TAKE A KID TO A LAKE, A REAL LAKE IN NATURE IS MY IDEA OF A, OF AN EXPERIENCE.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR, WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENED.

IT WAS NONE OF YOUR FAULT.

BUT I LOVE THE WAY YOU'RE REACHING OUT.

UM, I THINK IT'S ON SOME OF US, UH, HERE I LOOKED AT YOUR, THE SLIDE THAT SHOWED, UH, WHERE YOU'RE DOING YOUR PROGRAMS. I'M EMBARRASSED THAT WE'RE NOT DOING NOTHING AT TES SCALE.

AND WE USED TO DO LOTS AT TEMESCAL, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE TEMESCAL BECAUSE IT'S POLLUTED LIKE CRAZY MOST OF THE TIME.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO BRING SOME POLITICAL WILL ON SOME PEOPLE TO MAKE THAT A NICE LAKE.

AGAIN, UH, THERE'S REASONS IT'S POLLUTED AND, AND MESSED UP.

AND TO SUGGEST THAT WE USED TO HAVE A LIFEGUARD ACADEMY THERE, WHICH WE USED TO TALK ABOUT GETTING KIDS FROM THE INNER CITY TO GET THEM NOT ONLY SWIM LESSONS, BUT JOBS, GOOD PAYING JOBS AND ENTRY LEVEL PARKS INTO THE JOBS, AND THEN SUGGESTING THEY GO TO A LIFEGUARD ACADEMY THAT USED TO BE AT TEMESCAL AND THEN WAS CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE WATER QUALITY.

AND THEN THEY HAD TO GO TO HOW DO YOU, HOW DOES A KID FROM THE INNER CITY GET TO DON CASTRO? WE WORRY ABOUT THEM JUST GETTING FROM THE INNER CITY TO TEMESCAL, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL URBAN LAKE, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL URBAN LAKES IN THE COUNTRY.

BUT TO SUGGEST, OH, NOW WE'RE GONNA, YOU GOTTA GO TO CASTRO.

HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK? THAT'S NOT YOUR PROBLEM.

THAT'S A GOVERNANCE PROBLEM IN, IN MY OPINION, ANYWAY.

I LOVE THAT.

I LOVE THE WAY YOU PIVOTED.

I I, I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, BUT WATER RECREATION, WHAT A GREAT IDEA.

I MEAN, WHY CAN'T WE TAKE AT CRAB COVE AND HAVE KIDS THAT WOULDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY WATER POLO? NOBODY'S, THERE'S, WELL, I MEAN, IT'S GETTING VERY POPULAR NOW, BUT IN THE OLD DAYS, THAT WAS JUST KIND OF AN EXCLUSIVE, UH, UH, SPORT.

NOW YOU CAN SET UP STUFF LIKE THAT.

I, IS THAT AT CRAB COVE? THAT IS AT, UH, CROWN BEACH? YEAH, RIGHT THERE.

OR PARDON ME, CRAB CROWN BEACH.

BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT A GREAT IDEA.

WE SHOULD, I, I HOPE YOU PROMOTE MORE OF THAT.

I, I, I STARTED THINKING YOU CAN TEACH KAYAKING AND, UH, WHATEVER THAT INFLATABLE PADDLE BOARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU CAN REALLY, REALLY GET, UM, THE WHOLE WATER RECREATION.

I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT.

I KNOW HOW YOU SAVED PEOPLE'S LIVES AND KEEP THEM FROM DROWNING BY BEING LIFEGUARDS, AND THEN YOU TEACH THEM HOW TO SWIM AND YOU TEACH WATER AWARENESS, BUT WHAT ABOUT WATER RECREATION? SO I THINK HE REALLY REACHED OUT, AND I THINK THAT'S A, I THINK THAT'LL BE A KEY THING IN THE FUTURE.

I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT INNOVATIVE IDEA.

UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT.

THE, THE INFORMAL SWIM LESSONS, I THINK THAT'S A TREMENDOUS IDEA.

YOU KNOW, SIGNING UP FOR SWIM LESSONS IS A FORMAL DEAL YOU HAVE TO COMMIT, BUT IF YOU JUST SHOW UP AT A PARK AND YOU'RE THERE TO OFFER SWIM LESSONS, PEOPLE MIGHT GET REALLY EXCITED BY THAT AND CONTINUE.

I HOPE YOU CONTINUE THAT.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

UM, CAN I ANSWER A COUPLE ON THOSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MEANT OR COMMENTS? NO, NO, NOT AT ALL.

INCLUDING MYSELF, THINK ABOUT THINGS.

NO, OF COURSE.

GO AHEAD.

YOU KNOW, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IDENTIFY IS THE NEED TO MOVE SOME OF OUR ACADEMIES SPECIFICALLY.

SO WE HAD TWO ACADEMIES THIS YEAR IN 2023, WHICH WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE EVER DONE THAT.

AND I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A VERY REALISTIC QUESTION.

IF WE'RE GONNA SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, HOW IS THAT INDIVIDUAL GOING TO GET TO OUR ACADEMY SITE? AND WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE DOING TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY SO THEY HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE EMPLOYED BY US.

AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT.

AGAIN, SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES, I THINK IS JUST HOW WE,

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AND MAYBE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TURN IT ON ITS HEAD AND SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.

SO WE ARE DOING THAT AGAIN.

UM, AND I, I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, WATER SAFETY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ACTION ITEMS, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE CHANGE, SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CITIES AND COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE BY BODIES OF WATER.

AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS THAT IF YOU CAN'T GO TO FORMALIZED SWIM LESSONS, CAN WE GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU IN SOME WAY IN A PROGRAM, WALK ON THE BEACH, WALK AT OUR LAKE, CAN WE SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES AND JUST WATER SAFETY? AND AGAIN, UM, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO REALLY REACH THAT 240,000, UH, VISITORS THAT COME SEE US ALREADY TO EXPAND THEIR HORIZONS AND, AND THEIR AWARENESS ABOUT WATER SAFETY? AND THEN WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO FOR THE 2.8 MILLION THAT WE SERVE IN THE TWO COUNTIES TO GET THEM ACCESS TO THE REGIONAL PARKS, AND THEN WE'LL TEACH 'EM WATER SAFETY IF WE NEED TO OR TEACH IT AT THEIR SCHOOL OR THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING.

ABOUT THEIR LIFESAVING PROGRAMS AND THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY WERE HAVING.

AND, UM, I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO HEAR IT'S YOUR 85TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH COINCIDES WITH OUR, UH, 90TH, I THINK NINETIES NEXT YEAR.

85 IS THIS YEAR FOR US.

SO OH, IS 85 THIS YEAR, UH, CELEBRATE YOUR 86TH .

YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO PARTNER WITH YOU.

I, I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING.

UH, WE ARE ONE DENNIS .

WELL, OKAY.

BUT, OKAY.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THE 90TH, THE LIFEGUARDS HERE? , YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT, WHATEVER THE AGE AGENCY WOULD LIKE US TO DO, WE WILL DO.

WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, I, I THINK GET TOGETHER WITH, UM, BRENDA MONTANA.

I, I, I REMEMBER, I MEAN, I REMEMBER SOME OF THE OLD LIFEGUARDS THAT WERE HERE THAT STILL HAVE GENERATIONS OF, OF FAMILY THAT WERE LIFEGUARDS HERE, THAT WERE LIFEGUARDS STARTED OFF, UH, UH, BOB O'BRIEN STARTING THE WHOLE PROGRAM.

THAT WHOLE, IT'S, IT'S A RICH HISTORY.

AND I THINK IF YOU CAN INTERPRET THAT, THAT WOULD REALLY BE AN, UH, AN ASSET TO OUR 90TH.

UM, I GUESS, UM, AND, AND HOW'S, HOW, HOW ARE, HOW'S RECRUITING GOING? AND, AND WHAT, WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROOKIES AND, AND, UH, VETERANS? UM, DOES IT, HAS THAT CHANGED? YEAH.

UH, WE LOOK AT, UH, WE DON'T REALLY CALL 'EM ROOKIES.

WE CALL 'EM FIRST YEARS.

AND SO THE IDEA ABOUT RE IS ALL ABOUT RETENTION.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? WE SPENT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN RECRUITING AN INDIVIDUAL TRAINING THAT INDIVIDUAL, GETTING THEM ACCLIMATED TO OUR CULTURE AND BUY-IN FOR OUR CULTURE.

AND THEN WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO BRING THEM BACK? BECAUSE ALL THAT HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY JUST LEARNED IS SUPER IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND US TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

AND SO WE LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT CERTAIN LEVEL OF STICKINESS TO REALLY BRING BACK OUR FIRST YEARS AND HAVE THEM BECOME SECOND YEARS, THIRD YEARS, AND SO FORTH.

WE'RE PRETTY GOOD IN REGARDS TO OUR RETENTION.

WE HAVE A, A HISTORY OF 3.6 SEASONS THAT STAFF WILL STAY WITH US, WHICH IS REALLY HIGH, CONSIDERING THAT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS ABOUT ONE SEASON OR A HALF A SEASON.

AND SO, AGAIN, I SAY THAT NOW, BUT WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY ALWAYS WORKING ON OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF OUR RETURNING STAFF.

THEY REALLY PROVIDE, UM, THAT PASSION AND THAT, UH, PRIORITY OF PUBLIC SERVICE, UM, TO THE NEXT GROUP THAT'S COMING THROUGH.

AND SO, YEAH, DO WE ACTIVELY RECRUIT? WE'RE DOING IT ALL THE TIME.

AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT RECRUITMENT ISN'T JUST A SEASONAL THING THAT WE DO IT SPRING BREAK.

WE'RE DOING IT EVERY MONTH, AND WE'RE DOING IT IN WAYS THAT WE'VE NEVER THOUGHT WE HAVE, UH, WOULD HAVE TO DO OR THOUGHT OF DOING.

SO SCHOOL GROUPS, WE GO TO HEALTH FAIRS, WE GO TO, UM, WE WERE JUST RECRUITING, UH, AT CHINATOWN, UH, AT THEIR, UH, LAST IN NOVEMBER AT THEIR PARTY, THEIR HEALTH, UH, PARTY ON THE BLOCK.

WE'RE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN TO GET OUR NAME OUT THERE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

DO I THINK IT'S ENOUGH? PROBABLY NOT.

I THINK WE NEED, WE CAN DO A LOT MORE.

SO, UM, WELL, DOES THAT HELP? THAT'S, IT HELPS VERY, VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I, YOU'RE A MODEST GUY.

I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU, YOU ARE THE FORCE BEHIND THE LIFEGUARD SERVICE.

UM, I THINK YOU JUST SPENT A LITTLE TIME IN AUSTRALIA REPRESENTING THE PARK DISTRICT AND YOUR INTEREST AS THE WORLD LEADER, WORLD LEADER IN AQUATICS AND LIFE SAVING.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

THANK YOU, DENNIS.

UH, YEAH, NO COMMENT ON THAT, .

YES, I DID PRESENT AT THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON DROWNING PREVENTION IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA.

I SPOKE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR VMAS OPERA DARE PROGRAM AND HOW WE CONNECT WITH THE LATINX COMMUNITY AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS AND WHERE WE NEED TO TAKE IT IN THE FUTURE.

AND I GOT TO BE BUNDLED WITH, UM, A LARGE GROUP OF INDIGENOUS MAORI THAT WERE TALKING

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AND IT WAS VERY NICE TO FEEL THAT WE HAD A LOT OF THE SAME CONNECTIONS ON HOW DO WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND, UM, WE ON A GLOBAL SCALE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON WITH OTHER, UH, GROUPS.

SO YES.

WELL, AND IT IS A SOURCE OF GREAT PRIDE FOR US.

SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

UH, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS ONE? THANK YOU.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO IT, BUT, UH, I ALWAYS LOVE TO SAY, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A SEA CHANGE FROM WHEN ROSARIO AND I WERE FIREFIGHTERS WHEN WE'D SEE DROWNINGS EVERY YEAR.

HOW LONG HAVE WE GONE WITHOUT A DROWNING IN A GUARDED AREA? YEAH.

YES.

THAT WAS A QUESTION.

WAS IT 14 OR 13 YEARS? UH, WE, I THINK ARE NOW ON 13.

EXCELLENT.

AND, UH, IT'S JUST PART OF WHAT WE DO.

UH, IF ANYTHING, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, GM LANDRETH PROVIDED ME A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CLARITY THAT WE DO GREAT WORK IN OUR GUARDED FACILITIES, BUT WE CAN DO MORE FOR ALL OF OUR BODIES OF WATER AND KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE.

AND SO WE HAVE WORKED ON TRYING TO CARVE THAT OUT AND SEE HOW THAT IS BECAUSE AGAIN, UH, THERE'S A CERTAIN EXPECTATION THAT OUR LIFEGUARD SERVICE, OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON DROWNING PREVENTION.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? AND SO WE'VE STARTED TO TAKE INITIATIVES ON THAT.

I KNOW THAT ERIC NURSE HAS BEEN REALLY PUSHING THAT.

AND SAME WITH KYLE MAXWELL.

SO YEAH, WE TAKE IT SERIOUS.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO BOARD COMMENTS.

ALRIGHT, CAN I, CAN I RUN AWAY NOW? .

ALRIGHT, GREAT.

WE'D ALL LIKE TO GET OUR PICTURE TAKEN WITH YOU, WITH THE SNOWMAN IF YOU WAIT AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

? NO.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE CLOSED SESSION.

DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? THANK YOU.

UH, PRESIDENT WASPY.

UM, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

AND

[BOARD COMMENTS]

DO YOU HAVE A MINUTE? DO YOU WANNA GO FIRST? NO, THAT'S OKAY.

UH, JOHN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? SO ON DECEMBER 6TH, I WENT TO THE HOLIDAY LUNCHEON AT THE BRIDGE YARD BUILDING.

UM, FIRST TIME I EVER DID THAT, AND I WAS REALLY, UM, AMAZED AT THE SCOPE OF THAT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A LUNCHEON, BUT IT'S REALLY A FESTIVAL.

AND I WAS ESPECIALLY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME CHRISTMAS SHOPPING THERE IN THE CENTER WHERE ALL THOSE ITEMS WERE BEING OFFERED BY THE MAKERS.

UM, AND THEN ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, I WENT TO MIKE REEVES RETIREMENT RECOGNITION, UM, EVENT HERE IN THIS ROOM.

AND, UM, SAD TO SEE HIM GO, BUT IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON FOR HIM.

AND THEN LATER THAT DAY, UH, I WENT TO, UM, CAL STATE EAST BAY FOR THE MOUNT DIABLO BEACON LIGHTING CEREMONY, WHICH THEY HOLD THERE EVERY YEAR, EVERY DECEMBER 7TH.

AND THAT WAS A VERY MOVING EXPERIENCE.

AND, UH, THERE WAS A GREAT SPEAKER THERE.

THERE'S AN ACTUAL SURVIVOR OF THE ATTACK WHO DID A TALK.

HE'S 99 YEARS OLD.

HE TREMENDOUS, UH, ENERGY.

THAT GUY STILL HAS CHUCK, HIS NAME IS CHUCK.

UH, AND HE GAVE A GRAVE A GREAT TALK AND LOTS OF OTHER VETERANS AND SUCH, UH, THERE.

AND, UM, IT WAS A, A, A GREAT, A GREAT EVENT.

AND THEN ALSO ON THAT DAY IN THE EVENING, I WENT TO THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE IN, UH, SAN RAMON.

AND THEN, UH, ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, ON THE, ON THE EIGHTH, UM, SAVE MOUNT DIABLO, UH, OFFERED A, UM, WHAT THEY CALL THE DIABLO RANGE COLLOQUIUM, WHICH WAS A COMBINATION IN-PERSON AND ZOOM EVENT I ATTENDED AT ZOOM.

UH, BUT IT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO, UH, BRING ATTENTION TO THE, NOT JUST MOUNT DIABLO, BUT THE WHOLE DIABLO RANGE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP OF OUR DISTRICT, IT'S SORT OF THE LOWER RIGHT HAND QUADRANT GOING DOWN TO THE SOUTHEAST.

AND, UM, IT'S IN MUCH OF THE DIABLO RANGES IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE FLORA, THE FAUNA.

THEY HAD, BIOLOGISTS SPEAKING, MANY DIFFERENT SPEAKERS JAMMED INTO A THREE HOUR PERIOD.

AND I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE DIABLO RANGE AND THE, UM, POTENTIAL FOR CONSERVATION THAT COULD BE DONE THERE.

UM, ON, AND THEN LATER THAT DAY, ALSO ON THE EIGHTH, WE, UM, SEVERAL OF US BOARD MEMBERS, UH, ATTENDED THE, UH, THE, UM, RADKEY AWARD PRESENTATION TO OUR CONGRESSMAN DENIA, UH, ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL AT THE PLEASANT HILL BART STATION.

AND THAT WAS, UM, UM, AND WE GAVE IT TO A DESERVING INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS ALSO AN EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE, UM, INDIVIDUAL.

UM, HE MADE THAT CLEAR.

UM, ON THE 11TH, UM, I HAD LUNCH WITH JOSH RODIN,

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WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF BROOKFIELD PROPERTIES, WHICH IS A ENTITY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, HAVE TO BE ABLE TO KINDA LIKE INTERFACE WITH BECAUSE THEY'RE DEVELOPING THE NAVAL WEAPONS STATION AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE NEIGHBORS.

SO I WANTED TO DO A MEET AND GREET.

UM, HE HAD ONE OF HIS STAFF MEMBERS THERE, UM, TO JUST SO WE KNOW EACH OTHER AND WE KNOW THAT, UH, THERE IS A DESIRE TO COOPERATE.

ON THE, UM, THE NEXT DAY ON THE 12TH, I WENT, I WAS INVITED TO GO TO A LUNCHEON IN, IN DANVILLE, THE SHARING THE SPIRIT LUNCHEON, WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY THE, UH, DANVILLE AREA CHAMBER, WHICH WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE, UM, VERY, UH, SEVERAL NON-PROFITS IN THAT AREA THERE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.

UM, AND THAT WAS A NICE CHANCE FOR NETWORKING TOO FOR ME.

UM, AND THEN ON DECEMBER 13TH, UM, I WENT WITH NAOMI AND RACHEL ON A TOUR OF THE FINLAY RANCH AND DUAL AND CANYON LAND BANKED PROPERTIES, WHICH I HAD NEVER SEEN.

UM, I HAD BEEN WANTING TO DO THAT SINCE THE SUMMER, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO GO OUT THERE IN THE SUMMER, SO I HAD TO WAIT TILL TILL NOW TO DO IT.

BUT IT WAS GREAT AND THEY, UM, IT WERE ABLE TO BASICALLY GET ME ACQUAINTED WITH THOSE PROPERTIES AND THE POTENTIAL THERE, ONE MORE THAN THE OTHER.

BUT, YOU KNOW.

AND THEN ON THE 15TH, UH, UH, UM, OF THIS MONTH, UM, I, AS A ALTERNATE, UM, I ATTENDED THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

MEMBER ROSARIO.

KEEP YOU GUYS ON YOUR TOES.

SO, UH, I TOO ON THE, ON THE SIXTH AT ATTENDED THE, UH, HOLIDAY EVENT AT BRIDGE YARD.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE, UH, THE EMPLOYEE TEAM THAT PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER.

THAT WAS, UH, QUITE WELL DONE.

UM, AND THE FACT THAT IT'S, UH, EMPLOYEE INSPIRED AND, AND, UH, AND VOLUNTEERED TO PUT IT TOGETHER, IT, IT'S, IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL.

UH, I TOO, UH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE MICHAEL REEVES RETIREMENT PARTY, UH, ALTHOUGH WE GOT TO SAY A GOODBYE AGAIN, UH, THIS, THIS MORNING.

UM, AND THEN, UH, THE HOLIDAY EVENT FROM THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION AND THE PAC THANK YOU LAUREN AND YOUR BOARD FOR HOSTING THAT, THAT, THAT WAS FABULOUS.

UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO RELAX, LOOSEN OUR TIES AND TALK.

AND THEN, UM, UH, AND THEN ON THE 12TH I ATTENDED THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING, AND, UH, ON THE 13TH I ATTENDED THE ALAMEDA COUNTY MAYOR'S CONFERENCE IN PIEDMONT, WHICH, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T ATTENDED THAT ONE, THAT'S, THEY HAVE THAT NICE COMMUNITY HALL.

IT'S, IT, IT'S, IT'S QUITE ELEGANT.

AND THEN, UH, AND HENRY HERE TODAY, AND THEN I, I REQUEST TO, UM, THAT, UH, WE END, UH, THE MEETING TODAY IN HONOR OF, UM, ANTHONY PINNELL, SABRINA'S FATHER PASSED AWAY.

SO I HAVE A LITTLE STATEMENT TOO.

IN DOWNTOWN PLEASANTON, UH, WHERE I VOLUNTEERED AT OUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE POURING SOME DRINKS.

THANK YOU DEAN .

ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE GOING, UH, ZIGZAG BACK AND FORTH.

I LIKE IT WAY TO CHANGE THINGS UP FOR THE FINAL 2023 MEETING.

UM, SO SINCE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, WE HAD A VERY, UH, INSIGHTFUL FREMONT LIAISON MEETING ON DECEMBER 7TH AT ARDEN WOOD.

UM, GOOD CONVERSATION OVERALL WITH, UH, FOLKS FROM THE CITY OF FREMONT.

UH, AND BEFORE THAT WE WERE INVITED TO GO ON A TOUR AT THE PATTERSON HOUSE, WHICH WAS NICELY DECORATED FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

SO I ENJOYED, UH, THAT OPPORTUNITY.

UM, ON THE 11TH WAS THE PAC AND FOUNDATION, UH, ANNUAL DINNER.

AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO ALL GET TOGETHER.

UM, I KNOW WHEN I WAS ON THE P-A-C-I-I ENJOYED THAT VERY MUCH.

AND SO IT'S GREAT TO NOW GET TO DO THAT AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

I I DID ENJOY HAVING THE FOUNDATION THERE, LAUREN, SO THANK YOU FOR ORGANIZING THAT.

AND IF IN THE FUTURE WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A REALLY NICE, UH, TIME FOR EVERYONE TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND MIX AND MINGLE.

ON THE 12TH, UH, IT WAS A BUSY WEEK THAT WEEK ON THE 12TH WE HAD OUR OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE 14TH, UH, DENNIS AND I GOT TO HAVE A REALLY GREAT LIAISON MEETING WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT.

THAT'S THE WATER DISTRICT THAT SUPPLIES WATER AND MANAGES THE GROUNDWATER BASIN IN THE CITIES OF NEWARK FREMONT, AND UNION CITY.

ON THE 15TH, WE HAD OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, AND THEN THIS PAST WEEKEND ON THE 16TH, UM, THERE WAS AN EVENT

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AND I TOOK SOME OF OUR CALENDARS WITH ME AND I TOLD PEOPLE THAT IF YOU TELL ME WHAT YOUR FAVORITE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK PARK IS, I WILL GIVE YOU THE CALENDAR.

AND SO IT WAS ACTUALLY, I REALLY ENJOYED IT BECAUSE IT WAS GREAT MARKET RESEARCH.

UM, AND YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT THE NUMBER ONE PARK WAS.

I CERTAINLY SENT DENNIS THE TEXTS WHEN, UH, IT TURNED OUT IT WAS LAKE CHABOT.

UH, ABOUT HALF THE RESPONDENTS THOUGH, THAT SAID LAKE CHABO SAID, OH, SO DO YOU LIVE IN CASTRO VALLEY? AND THEY SAID, YES.

SO IT TURNS OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CASTRO VALLEY LIKE TO COME HANG OUT IN DOWNTOWN PLEASANTON.

THE NUMBER TWO PARK, OF COURSE, WAS SNO.

AND THEN ALSO MANY OF THE RESPONDENTS NEEDED ME TO HELP BRAINSTORM PARKS.

AND ONCE I SAID, PLEASANTON RIDGE, SHADOW CLIFFS, SNO, THEY SAID, OH YEAH, I LOVE ALL THOSE PLACES.

UM, SO THAT WAS KINDA FUN.

I DID GET A FEW MOUNTAIN DIABLOS AS THE ANSWER AND I HAD TO CLARIFY THAT IT WAS A STATE PARK, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

UM, BUT IT'S A REALLY GREAT EXERCISE.

SO IF YOU HAVE CALENDARS TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I RECOMMENDED.

'CAUSE IT'S A REALLY FUN CONVERSATION STARTER, AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEIR RESPONSES ARE.

AND PEOPLE LOVED RECEIVING THE CALENDARS AS WELL.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP REAL QUICK 'CAUSE YOU MENTIONED THE DIABLO RANGE.

MM-HMM.

JOHN, I, I KNOW THAT THERE IS A STATE PARK, TESLA STATE PARK OUT THERE, AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE VISIONING PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

AND THERE'S BEEN SOME SURVEYS AND SOME CONVERSATIONS, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S QUITE THE DEBATE BECAUSE IT IS A PLACE RICH IN BIODIVERSITY.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VISIONING PROCESS, THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BIKE TRAILS AND CAMPING AND LOTS OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

AND SO I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT HERE IN TERMS OF CONFLICTS.

I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING ON OUR RADAR SCREEN.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE, UM, WHERE THAT MIGHT, UH, FIT IN, IN REGARDS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING.

UH, MOSTLY MY CONTACTS AT L-A-R-P-D ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN KEEPING ME IN THE LOOP ON THAT PROJECT.

AND THEN, UH, SIMILARLY, I, I JUST SHARED THIS PODCAST WITH FROM KQED WITH DENNIS ABOUT THE NEWARK WETLANDS.

THERE'S A BIG, UH, CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF NEWARK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO BUILD HOUSING ON, UH, WETLANDS THAT HAVE NOT, UM, REALLY BEEN DEVELOPED AT ALL.

SO THEY'RE ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING WETLANDS ALONG THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE RIGHT NOW.

AND, UM, CITY OF NEWARK IS LOOKING AT BUILDING, YOU KNOW, SHORELINE HOUSING.

SO I, I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW THAT FITS INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE PROJECT, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTIONED THIS SINCE YOU HAD MENTIONED THE DIABLO RANGE, JOHN, AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT IN 2024.

THANK YOU, ELLEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, I'LL PROBABLY COPYING SOME EVENTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED.

EXCUSE ME.

UM, LET'S SEE.

OF COURSE, WE HAD A MEETING ON THE FIFTH 6:00 PM OPEN SESSION, UH, ON DECEMBER 16TH.

WE HAD, UM, THE LUNCH WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, FELLOW STAFF, PEOPLE WE WORK WITH, WITH THE PARK DISTRICT ON THE SIX, ALSO ON THE SIXTH.

UM, I ATTENDED THIS DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS HOLIDAY PARTY ON DECEMBER 7TH.

UM, I ATTENDED THE RETIREMENT EVENT FOR MICHAEL REEVES, WHO WE SAW EARLIER TODAY.

AND WE'LL MISS HIM.

THANKS FOR ALL HIS GREAT WORK.

UM, DECEMBER 11TH, THE PARK DISTRICT WINTER HOLIDAY EVENT.

IT WAS SO NICE TO BE THERE WITH ALL THE VARIOUS FOLKS AND VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF.

AND THEN ON THE 14TH, UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER, UH, SAN LEANDRO DEMOCRATIC CLUB HOLIDAY PARTY THAT I ATTENDED.

SO, UH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, COLIN.

SHOWING UP AT HOLIDAY PARTIES WITH THE CALENDARS AND HANDING THEM OUT INSTANTLY MAKES YOU POPULAR.

AND THE OTHER ADVANTAGE IS YOU CAN START UP CONVERSATIONS WITH PERFECT STRANGERS AS YOU'RE GIVING THEM THIS BEAUTIFUL CALENDAR, AND THEY'RE SO APPRECIATIVE.

AND, UM, I ATTENDED A HOLIDAY PARTY IN BRENTWOOD SUNDAY AND GAVE OUT A LOT OF CALENDARS, DIDN'T KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT I LEFT THERE, YOU KNOW, HAVING, UH, HAVING, UH, LEARNED, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY LIKE IN THE PARKS.

IT WAS, IT'S A VERY NICE TOWN.

IT'S, IT'S, I WISH WE COULD HAVE CALENDARS ALL YEAR TO HAND OUT, BUT I GUESS THAT WOULDN'T BE PRACTICAL.

UH, ON THE, UH, LEMME SEE.

I MISSED MENTIONING AT OUR MEETING ON THE FIFTH, UH, ON DECEMBER ONE, I ATTENDED THE CONTRA COSTA BAR ASSOCIATION'S, PORT CHICAGO EXONERATION TASK FORCE.

UH, ALSO THAT EVENING, A AN EVENT WITH THE ASSEMBLYMAN, UH, GRAYSON IN CONCORD.

UH, AND I THINK THE REST HAVE ALL BEEN MENTIONED.

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I ALSO ATTENDED THE HOLIDAY PARTY AT BRIDGE YARD, UM, MIKE REEVES RETIREMENT GATHERING THE, UH, RADKEY AWARD, UH, WITH CONGRESSMAN DISON, UH, THE HOLIDAY EVENT WITH THE PAC AND FOUNDATION BOARD.

UH, ALSO WAS VERY WELL DONE.

UH, ON THE 13TH I ATTENDED THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, AND ON THE 15TH, UH, ALLEGED COMMITTEE MEETING.

AND THAT, UH, THAT COVERS IT FOR ME.

ELLEN, DID YOU HAVE AN ADDITION? UH, YES.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I ANNOUNCED THIS FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW.

WE ALL KNOW THAT WE WILL BE CELEBRATING MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY COMING UP IN JANUARY, AND THAT'S JANUARY 15TH, AND IT WILL BE THE LAST FEW, UH, YEARS.

IT HASN'T BEEN HELD IN A BUILDING BECAUSE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, HEALTH ISSUE CONCERNS.

AND SO, UM, THIS YEAR IT WILL BE HELD AGAIN AT THE, UH, THE VETERANS HALL ON, UH, 99 HAGEN BERGER ROAD, STARTING AT 10:00 AM THAT'S JANUARY 15TH, MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA THANK THEM FOR PUTTING THAT BACK TOGETHER, ORGANIZED, AND I WILL BE SENDING YOU SOME INFORMATION.

I HOPE YOU CAN ALL ATTEND, MANY OF YOU HAVE ATTENDED IN THE PAST.

AND, UH, APPRECIATE THAT.

IF YOU CAN COME.

SO THAT'S COMING UP JANUARY 15TH, 10:00 AM IN OAKLAND.

I, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER, UM, PRESENTATION ON SOMEONE WE'VE LOST, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TOO, THAT WE, UM, UH, ALSO, UH, RECOGNIZE, UM, JUDGE, UH, BADER GINSBURG AND HER, HER PASSING AS WELL TO THE US, UH, FORMER US SENATOR, UH, FOR HER GOOD WORK THAT SHE'S DONE AS WELL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO, UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE HOLIDAY EVENT AND, AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT AS ALWAYS.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE, UM, UH, EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION GROUP COMMITTEE THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER.

UH, THE ONLY COMMENT I WOULD HAVE, DIFFERENT MEMORY ELSE.

I LOVE THE CRAFTS PEOPLE THERE.

IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WE'RE ACCENTUATING THAT OUR PEOPLE DURING THEIR CRAFTS, BEING ABLE TO SELL THEM AND SHARE THEM, SHARE THEIR ART WITH US.

UM, ATTENDED MIKE REEVES RETIREMENT, UH, NICE EVENT AND SORRY TO SEE 'EM GO.

UH, UH, THE SAME DAY AS THE FREMONT LIAISON COMMITTEE.

I HAD A, HAS A MEETING.

SO WE HAD HASA, WHICH WAS .

UM, WELL, IT WAS, IT WAS A HASA MEETING, AND, UH, IT WAS A DISCOURAGING DAY BOY.

UM, AND SO WAS FREMONT.

I HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION OF THAT MEETING THAN YOU DID, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT GROUP.

UH, SO, UM, I ATTENDED THE COMBINED, UH, HOLIDAY PARTY, THE BOARD, UH, PACK AND THE FOUNDATION.

UH, LAUREN, THANK YOU FOR, UH, WORKING THAT OUT.

I, I, I THOUGHT IT, IT WAS WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EVENT.

I LIKED THE VENUE, LIKED EVERYTHING.

JOHN MARTIN IS A WONDERFUL MAN FOR HAVING DRAKES, AND I APPRECIATE THAT A LOT.

UH, UM, I ATTENDED THE ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT E-B-R-P-D LIAISON COMMITTEE.

THEY HAVE SOME INTERESTING PLANS FOR LAKE DALE VAL.

UM, UH, BUT, UH, THAT REMAINS, THAT'LL BE A LONG CONVERSATION FOR A LONG TIME.

UM, ATTENDED THE RADKEY AWARD CELEBRATION, YOU KNOW, BOY, AND, AND, AND WHO COULD YOU GIVE A BETTER AWARD TO? AND A GREATER GUY WHO HAD REALLY APPRECIATES IT AND HANGS OUT WITH YOU AND STAYS AROUND AND TALKS TO EVERYBODY LONG AFTER THE EVENT'S OVER, UH, OTHER THAN CONGRESS MEMBER DE SONIA, WHO JUST A WONDERFUL GUY AND A WELL DESERVED RECIPIENT.

UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMPLIMENT SAF.

THE, THE, THE JOB THEY DID WAS GREAT.

AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH ASHLEY, UH, ACTING PERSON IN THE POSITION, JUST ORGANIZING IT, DOING IT GREAT.

IT WAS SMALL, BUT IT WAS PERFECTLY TIMED.

EVERYTHING WENT WELL.

PHOTOS WERE OUT, THE PRESS RELEASES WERE OUT.

IT WAS, IT WAS JUST A GOOD EVENT.

AND, AND, UH, I APPRECIATE STAFF FOR DOING THAT.

UM, I TOO ENJOY THE CALENDARS.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE FUN TO GIVE OUT.

UM, AND EVERYBODY TRULY ENJOYS THEM.

UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ANNE AMP, WHICH I ENJOY DOING.

AND SHE HAD BROUGHT UP AND, AND JUST FOR SOMETHING MUST HAVE, THINK ABOUT GENE SIRI, UH, A LONG TERM, UM, VISIONARY AND PARK BOARD MEMBER, UH, SERVED HERE A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE ANYTHING FOR HER.

UM, UH, ANNE WAS SUGGESTING WE MIGHT WANT TO DO SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF A BENCH AT POINT.

PINOLE, HER BELOVED PARK THAT SHE ADVOCATED FOR, FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD DO THAT WITH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT BOARD CONTINGENCY FUNDS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD WORK OR DONATIONS OR WHATEVER, BUT I'D LIKE EVERYBODY TO THINK ABOUT THAT IN, IN THE FUTURE OR IN THE NEXT YEAR, PROBABLY IN OUR ANNIVERSARY YEAR, BECAUSE SHE WAS ONE OF THE, UH, LIONESSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION IN HER TIME.

UM, AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYBODY.

UH, THIS HAS ALL BEEN A LOT OF FUN.

AND WELL, DEE IS GONNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, UM, ANTHONY PINNELL.

BUT, UH, ELLEN, WHAT'S UP? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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SO WE COULD FEINSTEIN, WHAT DO I SAY? FEINSTEIN? NO, NOT, NOT FEINSTEIN.

WE, WE DID RECOGNIZE FEINSTEIN IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

I'M TALKING ABOUT US SUPREME COURT.

ISN'T WE? WE CAN DO THAT TOO.