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LOT.WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, MAKE SURE YOU PRIME GO.
UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE CLOSED SESSION OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE 16TH DAY OF JANUARY.
UH, WE'RE BE BEGINNING TODAY AT 1107.
[ROLL CALL]
YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? YES.AND GENERAL COUNCILOR BURGO HERE.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE WAITING ROOM TO SPEAK AND CLOSE SESSION? NO.
LET'S FORGO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR TALKING WITH US AND LET'S
[CLOSED SESSION ITEMS]
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION.IF THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE ARE ADJOURNED AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON INTO THE, UH, ALRIGHT.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE JANUARY 16TH MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
UH, WE'RE BEGINNING TODAY AT ONE 12.
[ROLL CALL]
YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? YES.AND GENERAL COUNSEL VIRGO HERE.
UM, AND MEMBER CORBET, WOULD YOU, UH, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE? YES, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AND AMERICA.
AND TO REPUBLIC STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE MIDDLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT]
WOULD YOU DO THE, UH, NATIVE AMERICAN 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 HUAN TERRITORY, WHICH IS THEIR TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL AND SHARED HOME.
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THE OHLONE PEOPLE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN RECIPROCITY WITH NATURE, UNDERSTANDING THE SEASONS AND CYCLES OF THE NATURAL WORLD, MANAGING RESOURCES FUNDAMENTAL FOR SURVIVAL, AND IMPORTANT TO CULTURAL PRACTICES, ALL WHILE PASSING DOWN THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE.
WE HONOR WITH GRATITUDE, THE LAND ITSELF, THE WILDLIFE LIVING IN THESE LANDS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STEWARDED IT AND WHO CONTINUE TO REMAIN DEEPLY CONNECTED TO IT TODAY.
[ANNUAL ROTATION OF OFFICERS]
WE'LL MOVE TO THE ANNUAL ROTATION OF BOARD OFFICERS.THIS IS AN ANNUAL, ANNUAL EVENT, OBVIOUSLY BY THE TITLE.
AND, UM, TODAY WE'RE GONNA WELCOME OUR NEW, UM, OFFICERS.
I'M SUPPOSED TO TALK OF MY EXPERIENCES FROM LAST YEAR.
WELL, LAST YEAR WAS, WAS AN INTERESTING YEAR,
IT WAS AT TIMES A FUN YEAR AND, AND, AND AT TIMES EXCITING.
UM, IT WAS MY HONOR TO BE THE PRESIDENT AND, UM, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF, ESPECIALLY THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND HER STAFF, AND ALL STAFF MEMBERS FOR, UM, FOR A GREAT YEAR.
UM, SO, UM, I WANNA THANK THE OUTGOING BOARD OFFICERS AND YOU ALL PROMOTED UP ONE POSITION AND, UH, UM, IT ALSO SAYS, I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY FAREWELL TO THE OUTGOING OFFICERS, WHICH I ASSUME IS THE, I'M THE ONLY OUTGOING OFFICER, SO I'LL SAY GOODBYE TO MYSELF A LITTLE LATER,
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NOW IS ACKNOWLEDGE, I MEAN, SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS, UH, I'M GONNA PASS THE GAVEL, BUT BEFOREHAND I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND, AND, UH, WELCOME AND WISH THE BEST OF LUCK TO OUR NEW PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR ECCLES AND OUR NEW VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR CORBETT, AND OUR TREASURER DIRECTOR MERCURIO, AND OUR SECRETARY, DIRECTOR SAN JUAN.
SO, WELCOME ABOARD AND GOOD LUCK IN THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, I'M TOLD I NEED TO CEREMONIOUSLY PASS THIS GAVEL, SO I DUNNO IF THAT WAS A FORWARD PASS, LIKE IN FOOTBALL OR JUST DO THIS
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, DIRECTOR WASPY FOR, UH, YOUR EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP OVER THE PAST YEAR.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY, UH, QUITE AN INTERESTING YEAR.
AND I THINK HA, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR
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DEEP KNOWLEDGE AND DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN THE PARK DISTRICT AS WELL AS YOUR KIND EFFECTIVE PATIENT LEADERSHIP STYLE REALLY, REALLY DID MAKE A DIFFERENCE.IT REALLY MADE IT MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE FOR, FOR ALL OF US.
AND, UH, YEAH, IT WAS AN EVENTFUL YEAR.
WE WENT FROM A DROUGHT TO 13 ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS, AND WE ROLLED OUT THE FIRST OF ITS KIND LARGE SCALE FUELS REDUCTION PROJECT.
UM, THE CARBONATOR THAT WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT IN AND WITH 360 ACRE PROJECT IN ANTHONY CHABOT PARK, AND ACQUIRED THE 768 ACRE FINLEY ROAD.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE, THE VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS OF ROBERTS POOL REPLACEMENT, WHICH I KNOW IS SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART, AS WELL AS TYLER RANCH STAGING AREA, GRAND OPENING, AND THE DOOLITTLE BAY TRAIL EXPANSION.
SO IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A BUSY YEAR AND ACCOMPLISHED A LOT, AND I AM REALLY EXCITED AND PLEASED TO BE, UM, COMING IN AS YOUR NEW PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.
I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH ALL OF, UM, MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD AS WELL AS WITH MANAGEMENT AND, AND REALLY EVERYBODY HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC.
UM, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A VERY, ANOTHER VERY EXCITING YEAR.
I MEAN, WE DON'T EVEN, THE YEAR HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN, BUT WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE HAVE ON TAP, UM, OUR 90TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG DEAL.
WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY DIGGING INTO OUR NEXT, UH, DISTRICT PLAN AND GETTING THAT UNDERWAY.
AND, UM, AS WELL AS I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR NEW, UM, EQUITY OFFICER AND WE REALLY CENTERING, UH, DIVERSITY AND EQUITY IN, IN OUR WORK.
UM, AND REALLY THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF IT.
I HOPE YOU'RE EXCITED, UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY.
IMPORTANTLY, OH, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR, FOR DIRECTOR WASPY, UH,
AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE, YOUR SCRIPT.
BUT WE DON'T WANNA FORGET THAT EITHER.
SO WHERE, WHO HAS THE PHOTOGRAPH? SEE RIGHT THERE.
SO, SO THIS IS, UM, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPH.
WELL, YOU CAN OPEN IT, BUT IT'S OF ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE PARKS.
OKAY, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, DENNIS.
[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
WITH THAT ONTO OUR AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?
UM, SO WE, SO FIRST OF ALL, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE'RE WE'RE GOOD? AND DID WE ALREADY DO THIS, THE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
[SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]
OR DO WE HAVE NO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS? OKAY.OTHER THAN OF COURSE, YOUR PHOTO PRESIDENT ECCLES, COULD WE, UM, DURING OUR SPECIAL PRESENTATION, TAKE A PICTURE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AT THE DSS? OR DO YOU WANNA DO THAT LATER? OH, SURE.
NO, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
WAIT, WHAT ARE WE DOING?
AND THEN IF I COULD JUST ASK YOU ALL TO STAND BY THE FLAGS RESIDENT IN THE
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CENTER.I THINK SHE JUST SAID PUT YOU, THAT'S OKAY.
YEAH, SO YOU WANT TURN ACTUALLY, DIRECTOR.
YOU WANT ME STRAIGHT? YEAH, THEY'RE LEANING IN TOWARDS YOUR LEADERSHIP.
OH, I MAKE SURE WE HAVE CHAIRS FIRST.
WAS SHE TRYING TO MAKE US LAUGH OR DID SHE MEAN THAT YOU'RE IT'S OKAY.
I'M GONNA IT UP EVERY TIME THAT, YEAH.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR TODAY? YES.BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, COULD I READ THE, UH, THE CLERK, UH, STATEMENT? SURE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT'S IN THE ROOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DO NOT SEE ANYONE IN THE, IN THE ZOOM WEBINAR ROOM.
SO PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED ONE OF THREE WAYS VIA EMAIL TO PUBLIC COMMENTS@EEBPARKS.ORG VIA VOICEMAIL AT 5 1 0 5 4 4 2 0 1 6, AND LEAVE A MESSAGE WHICH WILL BE TRANSCRIBED AND GIVEN TO THE BOARD AND MADE A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD, OR SIMPLY BY JOINING THE MEETING VIA THE ZOOM LINK, WHICH IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, WHICH WAS POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
THE SUBMISSION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS HAS BEEN NOTICED ON THE AGENDA AND IN THE BOARD PACKET, WHICH WAS POSTED ON FRIDAY, JANUARY THE 12TH.
ALL EMAILS RECEIVED PRIOR TO DEADLINE ON MONDAY, JANUARY THE 15TH.
AND BECAUSE IT WAS A HOLIDAY, WE DID, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN TODAY.
THEY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD AND EXECUTIVE TEAM.
ANY EMAILS THAT HAVE COME IN AFTER THIS DATE WILL BE ORGANIZED AND GIVEN TO THE BOARD AFTER THIS MEETING.
AND WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENTER.
AND THAT IS, UM, RENEE PATTERSON.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MA'AM.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MEMBERS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT BOARD.
MY NAME'S RENEE PATTERSON, AND I WORK HERE AT PERALTA OAKS.
I'M HERE TODAY TO, UM, REMIND YOU THAT WE STILL HAVE A PROVES FILING OUT THERE WITH THE PURPOSES STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BOARD WHERE AFSCME FILED AN UNFAIR PRACTICE CHARGE ON AUGUST 26TH, 2022.
UH, THAT CHARGE IS FOR BAD FAITH, BARGAINING, INTERFERENCE, DIRECT DEALING, AND UNILATERAL IMPLEMENTATION.
AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN I DON'T COME TO THIS BOARD MEETING BECAUSE THAT WILL MEAN THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED, BUT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME, OH, IT COULD TAKE FOUR YEARS OR WHATEVER, BUT I'M JUST SORT OF ASTOUNDED BY THIS WHOLE THING THAT NOT ONE LITTLE THING HAS HAPPENED WITH IT THAT I KNOW OF AT LEAST.
SO, UM, AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, I'LL JUST KEEP COMING TO THE BOARD MEETING AND REMINDING YOU, REMINDING EVERYBODY, ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING, THAT WE HAVE APPROVED FILING OUT THERE AND WE'RE STILL
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WAITING FOR SOME KIND OF, UM, SOMETHING TO HAPPEN WITH IT.UM, I BELIEVE WE, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR GENERAL COUNSEL FROM CLOSED SESSION? NO.
PRESIDENT LES, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
CONSENT CALENDAR, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS TO, UM, PULL ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? NO.PRESIDENT EC ECHOS HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD HAS ANY, NO.
DOES ANYONE HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THEY'D LIKE TO RAISE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? OH, I JUST WANTED, UM,
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON, UH, OH, THAT WOULD BE, UH, ITEM 12.
AND, UM, AND THIS IS, UH, JUST, AND THIS, THIS WAS CLARIFI CLARIFIED FOR ME BY, UM, MY QUESTION WAS THAT THIS IS NUMBER 12.
ITEM 12 APPROVED PRE-QUALIFIED GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND APPROVED SELECTION OF METRO CONTRACT GROUP AS THE FURNITURE DEALER FOR THE IMPROVED PERALTA OAKS NORTH PROJECT, UM, 29 55 PERALTA OAKS COURT.
AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS, THIS, UH, APPROVAL TODAY WAS, UM, STRICTLY FOR THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT, THE FURNITURE CONTRACT.
AND THAT, UM, UH, THERE IS STILL A WINDOW OPEN FOR IF, IF WE CHOOSE TO, UH, UH, INSERT A PLA INTO THE PROJECT.
SO, UH, AND I WANT TO THANK, UM, UH, WR FOR THAT, FOR THAT INFORMATION, BUT I, THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENT I HAD TO MAKE.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE CONFIRMED THAT.
I'LL BE GLAD TO MOVE THE CASSETTE CALENDAR FORWARD.
ON, UH, NUMBER FIVE, THE PAC REAPPOINTMENTS.
I JUST WANTED, JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY, UM, APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE AND PLEASURE THAT WE HAVE SUCH QUALITY MEMBERS ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WHEN YOU GO AND YOU READ THOSE, THOSE, UH, LITTLE BIOS THERE, UM, ALL THE THINGS THAT THOSE FOLKS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IS, IS, IS REALLY, UM, REALLY A PLEASURE TO SEE.
AND IT GIVES ME CONFIDENCE THAT WE, WE, WE HAVE A GREAT, UH, ADVISORY GROUP OUT THERE THAT, THAT DON'T APPEAR TO BE APPOINTED JUST BECAUSE THEY WANNA BE ON A COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY REALLY HAVE, THEY REALLY BRING SOMETHING TO THE, TO THE, TO THE BODY AND TO THE DISCUSSION.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, A STRONG GROUP LIKE THAT BUILDS A STRONG GROUP IN THE FUTURE.
SO I, I HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE QUALITY OF THE PARK ADVISOR COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUTSTANDING AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
AND ALSO, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE FOLKS FOR WANTING TO CONTINUE SERVING 'CAUSE THEY'RE REALLY AN ASSET.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
I'LL BE GLAD TO MAKE THAT MOTION AND ALSO AGREE WITH THOSE COMMENTS THAT YOU JUST MADE.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYONE ELSE HAD COMMENTS.
SO DOES, DO I HAVE A SECOND THEN FOR, UH, DIRECTOR CORBETT'S MOTION? OKAY.
UM, SO NOW ONTO OUR NON-CONSENT
[GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE]
ITEMS. YOU FIRST HAVE, UM, THE APPROVAL OF THE 2024 PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE OBJECTIVES.GOOD AFTERNOON, ERIC FEELER, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
I'M SIMPLY HERE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM.
UM, AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR MECURIO FOR HIGHLIGHTING OUR PAC MEMBERS.
UM, IT'S A VERY GOOD GROUP AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM THIS YEAR.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE AT LEAST BALLINGER WHO WILL, UH, GO THROUGH THEIR OBJECTIVES FOR 2024 AS REVIEWED BY BOTH THE PAC GENERAL MANAGER AND, UM, AND THE, UH, BOARD OF COMMITTEE, BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND PULL UP THE SLIDE DECK.
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ALL RIGHT.LISA BALLINGER, LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY MANAGEMENT ANALYST, AND PART OF THE GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS TEAM.
UH, GOING INTO TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I WANNA SHARE THAT THIS HAS BEEN, UM, A WORK IN PROGRESS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AS MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WORKING WITH, UH, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, ERIC FEELER ON UPDATING THE ROLE STATEMENT OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
FROM THAT UPDATED ROLE STATEMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO GROW WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, AND PAC LEADERSHIP INTO WHAT DO WE WANNA ENVISION THE FUTURE OF THIS GROUP, AND WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF THIS GROUP'S WORKLOAD TO BEST SUPPORT, UH, THE PARK DISTRICT? SO, UH, BY WAY OF REMINDER, THE UPDATED VISION OR ROLE STATEMENT FOR THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES AND ADVICE TO STAFF AND TO THE BOARD ON ISSUES, PROJECTS, AND POLICIES OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND SO THE QUESTION WE ASKED OURSELVES GOING INTO THESE, THESE OBJECTIVES IS BOTH WHAT'S COMING ONLINE IN 2024 THAT WE WANT TO WORK ON, THAT WE NEED THESE PERSPECTIVES, AND THEN HOW CAN WE BEST ACTIVATE THIS ROLE STATEMENT? AND SO THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION IS ON THE PROPOSED OBJECTIVES FOR THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR 2024.
UM, THERE ARE INTENDED TO WORK IN BALANCE AND COMPLIMENT TO ONE ANOTHER.
THERE'S NO HIERARCHY OF THE OBJECTIVES, BUT REALLY, UM, INTENDING TO SUPPORT THE PAC ON ENGAGING ON THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S WORK PLAN.
SO I'LL WALK US THROUGH, UH, THE SIX ELEMENTS AND THEN, UM, AT THE END, WE ARE SEEKING APPROVAL OF THESE OBJECTIVES FORMALLY.
SO THE FIRST OF THE PROPOSED OBJECTIVES IS TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN, UM, IN THE ROLE AS A COMMUNITY LIAISON TO THE AGENCY IN SUPPORT OF STAFF AND LEADERSHIP IN THE BOARD.
UH, THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD BE ASKED, UH, TO HELP CHAMPION, UH, CONVERSATIONS, SUPPORT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IDENTIFY COMMUNITIES THAT NEED FURTHER ENGAGEMENT AND HOLISTICALLY SUPPORT THE VISION OF THE PARK DISTRICT FOR ITS SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN.
OUR SECOND OBJECTIVE IS TO EXPAND THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE EAST BAY'S BIODIVERSITY AND THE ROLE THE PARK DISTRICT SERVES IN PROTECTING NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.
THIS IS REALLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE PATHWAYS TO 30 BY 30, UM, AND OH WELL, THE MISSION OF THE AGENCY.
AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAC MEMBERS ARE WELL EQUIPPED, UM, AND SHARE A STRONG FOUNDATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK THAT OUR STEWARDSHIP TEAM AND OUR OTHER TEAMS DO TO PROTECT THE BIODIVERSITY.
SO THAT WAY WHEN THEY'RE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHEN THEY'RE SERVING AS A LIAISON, UH, THEY HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE, UM, AND ALSO FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON RECREATION, LOOKING AT THAT BALANCE OF THE TWO.
AND SO, UM, THIS WILL CONSIST OF BOTH INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS THOSE INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATIONS, PROVIDING THE FOUNDATION FOR, UH, POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UH, YOURSELVES THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
OUR THIRD PROPOSED OBJECTIVES IS TO MAINTAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF AN ENGAGEMENT ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S ACTIVE CAPITAL PROJECTS, AS WELL AS OUR PROGRAMS. SO, UM, AS WE IDENTIFIED AND, AND PUT A DEFINITION ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITIZATION MATRIX, THOSE ARE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS THAT HAVE A START AND AN END DATE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS, WE HAVE OUR MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS, OUR PAVEMENT PROGRAMS, OUR WILDFIRE MITIGATION PROGRAMS, AND THOSE ARE ONGOING, UM, THEY DON'T HAVE A FORESEEABLE END DATE.
SO MAKING SURE THAT THE PAC HAS A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF WORK THE PARK DISTRICT DOES FOR WHEN WE BRING FORWARD UPDATES TO POLICIES OR NEW POLICIES, THEY SHARE IN THAT UNDERSTANDING.
SO, AGAIN, THIS WOULD CONSIST OF BOTH INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATIONS, UH, WOULD BE THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS, MAINTAINING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S FUNDING PROGRAMS. UM, AND THIS IS REALLY CONNECTING THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO OUR EXTERNAL, UH, RELATIONSHIPS.
SO THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL SERVE A ROLE IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT GRANTS WE'RE GOING FOR, WHAT THOSE PROJECTS LOOK LIKE, AND HOW CAN THEY BE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY IN SUPPORT OF THOSE PROJECTS.
UH, WE'VE HAD SUCCESS PREVIOUSLY OF PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEES PARTICIPATING ON GRANT SITE VISITS WITH AGENCIES.
WE'D REALLY LIKE TO EXPAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, GETTING THEM OUT INTO THE PARKS, UH, SUPPORTING THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
THE MORE THAT GRANTING AGENCIES HEAR FROM COMMUNITY VOICES, THE STRONGER OUR APPLICATIONS ARE.
THE PAC WILL ALSO PROVIDE COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT OF PARK DISTRICT LOCAL FUNDING MEASURES AND INITIATIVES.
THIS IS A CORE PART OF THE ROLE OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THEY ARE OUR FORMAL OVERSIGHT ON MEASURE AA, MEASURE WW, MEASURE CC, AND NOW MEASURE FF.
AND SO THEY'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE.
UM, AND THEY'LL ALSO SUPPORT THE PARK DISTRICT AS WE CONTINUE DOING LOCAL VOTER SURVEYS AND EXPLORE WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE FOR EXPANDING, UH, LOCAL REVENUE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN OUR SIXTH OBJECTIVE TO ROUND IT OUT IS PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON PARK DISTRICT POLICIES AND PRACTICES.
SO AGAIN, CORE TO THE ROLE OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHOULD, UH, CHANGES BE RECOMMENDED ON EXISTING POLICIES SUCH AS ORDINANCE 38, SAFETY PROCEDURES, THE NAMING POLICY.
UH, THESE CONVERSATIONS WILL GO BEFORE THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO SERVE AS THAT COMMUNITY, UH, PERSPECTIVE AND SUPPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN THEIR DECISION MAKING.
AND SO WITH THAT, THAT COMPLETES THE, THE SORT OF OVERVIEW PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
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APPROVAL TODAY.THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND, UM, GIVING US A LITTLE BIT MORE ON IT, BUT QUESTION ABOUT, UM, UM, I GUESS IT WAS NUMBER, NUMBER ONE, THE WHOLE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU TITLE THOSE ONE THROUGH SIX THINGS, BUT THE FIRST ONE SEEMS TO BE, UM, THERE COULD BE, UM, AN APPROACH WHERE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS COULD ACTUALLY GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE PRESENTATIONS TO WHATEVER GROUP THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT WITH.
AND, AND IT'S NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN HERE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT EVEN IMPLIED, BUT I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST IMPLY IT.
UM, I, I THINK, UH, THAT THEY, SOME OF THE MEMBERS WOULD WANNA DO THAT.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK EVERY ALL OF 'EM WOULD WANT TO DO IT.
I CAN IMAGINE THAT NOT BEING SOMETHING THAT IS FAULT IS IN EVERYBODY'S BAILIWICK.
BUT, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED? UH, THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION.
SO, I WAS ACTUALLY HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH CHIEF OF PLANNING BRIAN HOLT THIS MORNING.
HE'S GONNA BE OUR FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE YEAR TO THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN, IN A WEEK OR SO.
UM, AND THE INTENT OF THIS STATEMENT IS TO KEEP IT FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PUT THE PAC INTO THE PLAN THAT OUR PLANNING TEAM HAS PREPARED FOR THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN.
UM, AND SO THE, AS THE PLANNING TEAM IS FLUSHING OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE PAC WILL HAVE AN ACTIVE ROLE.
AND SO IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC PRESENTATIONS, I, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT CALENDARED OUT YET.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLIMENTING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND SO WE WANTED TO KEEP THIS STATEMENT BROAD ENOUGH YEAH.
THAT ALLOWS FOR FLEXIBILITY FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP, BUT SPECIFIC ENOUGH TO ASSERT THAT THE PAC WILL HAVE A ROLE.
YEAH, NO, I, AND, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY FEAR OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S GREAT, THERE'S GREAT BACKUP HERE.
I KNOW THAT IF, IF, IF WE WERE TO ASK THEM TO GO INTO THE COMMUNITY, THAT WE'D BE ARMED WITH ALL THIS MATERIAL AND REALLY NOT GOOD, GOOD PRESENTATION, UH, PIECES AND, AND SUCH THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE.
AND PROBABLY WHEN THEY'RE ALL DONE WITH IT, THEY'D PROBABLY GET A SUPER WARM AND FUZZY FEELING, AND I THINK SO, AND A LOT OF, A LOT OF POSITIVE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, REACTIONS TO IT.
SO THAT'S JUST, I, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT, THAT, THANK YOU.
RIO? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, UH, COMMENT THAT, UH, THIS IS GREAT.
I, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE, UH, PAC NEEDED A GREATER, BIGGER FOCUS, UH, AND, AND THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO.
AND, UH, I THINK THIS, THIS DEFINITELY LEADS THE WAY FOR THAT POSSIBILITY AND TO USE THOSE, I MEAN, LIKE, UH, DIRECTOR MCCREE SAYS THAT THIS IS A TREASURE TROVE OF BRAIN TRUST THAT WE HAVE, AND WE SHOULD, THEY SHOULD, UH, ONE, BE ABLE TO USE IT, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TOO.
THIS IS, UH, A GREAT ADVANCE FORWARD.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? JUST QUICK ONE, JUST TO REPEAT MY SUGGESTION THAT I'VE MADE IN THE PAST THAT THE, UH, BUDGET PROCESS BE BROKEN INTO TWO MEETINGS OF THE PAC RATHER THAN DONE ALL AT ONCE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE ONLY HAD A FEW DAYS WITH IT, I THINK THE WAY WE DO IT IS, IS, IS, IS GOOD FOR THE BOARD, IN OTHER WORDS, HAVE IT INTRODUCED AND THEN, UH, HAVE A SECOND MEETING IN WHICH THERE'S A DISCUSSION.
I ALSO APPRECIATE, UM, DEB SPALDING OF OUR FINANCE TEAM, WHO'S HAVING ACTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH ERIC AND I ON HOW THAT MIGHT SHAPE UP FOR 2024.
I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE JUST RECENTLY BEEN MADE.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT USED TO HAPPEN A FEW YEARS BACK.
UM, BUT OF COURSE, WE HAD SOME SITUATIONS WHERE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GO OUT IN THE PUBLIC, BUT THAT'S GETTING BEHIND US NOW.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO VERY, UH, VERY MUCH AGREE WITH WHAT MY, MY CONSULTANT HERE, EXCUSE ME, MY COLLEAGUE HERE HAS SAID, AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE A STUDENT MORE OF THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE? I THINK THIS IS GREAT.
I SUPPORT IT, AND I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE 2024 STATE ADVOCACY CONFERENCE, AFTERNOON.
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CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, AND WANTING TO GO THROUGH, UM, OUR, OUR, UH, DELEGATION AND OUR MEETINGS COMING UP IN SACRAMENTO.WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO IT.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, LISA'S HARD WORK ON ORGANIZING THE MATERIALS FOR THIS CONFERENCE.
AND THEN ALSO LAUREN BLANCHARD ON OUR TEAM, WHO'S BEEN HELPING TO ORGANIZE THE MEETINGS AND SCHEDULE THEM.
UH, WE DID A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR WHERE WE'VE DONE ALL THE PREPARATION BASICALLY IN-HOUSE AND INTERNALLY.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE TEAM.
AND THEN, UH, JUST WANTED TO SHARE, UH, THAT THIS BROCHURE THAT, UM, LISA WAS ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER, UM, IS IN YOUR BOXES FOR REVIEW, UM, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE WE GO TO SACRAMENTO.
AND IT LISTS ALL THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS, WHICH WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH QUICKLY, UM, ON THE POWERPOINT.
SO WHEN IS IT? UH, IT'S TUESDAY, JANUARY 30TH, UM, AND WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31ST, ARRIVING AT ABOUT 9 45 AND PLANNING TO BE OUT OF, UM, SACRAMENTO BY TWO 30 ON THE 31ST.
AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, AS I MENTIONED, OF ARRANGING MEETINGS.
BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS FOR LUNCHEONS THAT WE'LL BE GETTING TO A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
AND JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE, UM, TWO ADVOCATES THAT WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH WHILE WE'RE IN SACRAMENTO.
UH, DOUG HOUSTON, UH, A LONGTIME ADVOCATE WILL BE HELPING US WITH SOME OF THE CLIMATE BOND CONVERSATIONS.
AND THEN EEC, WHICH IS A FIRM FOUNDED BY REED ADDIS WILL BE HELPING US WITH SOME OF THE OTHER LOGISTICS, UM, WITH PARTICULAR OFFICES.
AND IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WE GO THROUGH THE ASKS, UM, AND RECOGNIZE THE CONTEXT IN WHICH WE'LL BE THERE, WHERE THE BUDGET IS PREDICTED TO BE AT LEAST 38 BILLION TO 39 BILLION OF A SHORTFALL.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE A STRATEGY IN TERMS OF MAKING MEMBER ASKS, EVEN IF THE BUDGET, UH, DOES NOT, UH, RECTIFY ITSELF THIS YEAR.
UH, BUT OVER TIME, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND OUR DELEGATION ABOUT PROJECTS IN THEIR DISTRICT, UH, SO THAT WHEN THERE IS A BUDGET SURPLUS OR ADDITIONAL FUNDING AVAILABLE, UM, THEY ARE ABLE TO, TO MAKE THOSE ASKS.
AND THERE ALSO POTENTIALLY COULD BE A CLIMATE BOND.
SO THE ASKS ARE INTENDED TO BE BOTH REFLECTIVE OF A DIRECT MEMBER, UH, REQUEST, OR, UH, SOMETHING THAT COULD APPEAR IN A, A POTENTIAL CLIMATE BOND.
SO, BEGINNING WITH, UH, OUR SENATORS, UM, SENATOR BILL DODD, UH, REPRESENTS A LITTLE BIT OF THE, UH, EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
UH, HE, UH, IS FROM NAPA, AND HE IS ALSO THE CHAIR OF, UM, OF THE WORD.
I HAVE IT, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE.
UH, BUT BECAUSE HE'S IN, UH, NAPA, WE THOUGHT, UM, HIGHLIGHTING OUR ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS REALLY ALL OF OUR WILDFIRE RESILIENCE WORK.
UH, HE'S BEEN A CHAMPION ON THOSE ISSUES.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO EDUCATE HIM ON OUR WORK, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO THE CARBONATOR, UH, AND POTENTIALLY INVITE HIM TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UM, AS, AS HE CONSIDERS WILDFIRE ISSUES STATEWIDE, UH, YOU WILL SEE ON A NUMBER OF THE SLIDES, THE EXEMP EXEMPTION OF SEQ FROM CQA OF EXISTING ROADS AND TRAILS.
THIS IS WHEN WE PURCHASE A PROPERTY, A RANCH PROPERTY THAT HAS CATTLE OR GRAZING, UH, ROADS AND TRAILS ON IT ALREADY.
UH, THAT THOSE BE EXEMPT FROM FURTHER SEQUEL REVIEW, BECAUSE OUR USE FOR THEM WOULD BE TRAILS AT, AT MOST, UM, POTENTIALLY SOME VEHICLE USE, BUT NOTHING MORE THAN WAS ALREADY, UH, EXISTING WHEN WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.
SO HAVING THOSE EXEMPT, THOSE, THOSE PARKS OR THOSE AREAS EXEMPT FROM SQL, WOULD ENABLE US TO OPEN UP THE PARKS, UH, A LITTLE BIT QUICKER AND PROVIDE, UH, ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC WHO ARE INVESTING IN THEM.
AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE ON EACH OF THESE SLIDES, A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ASK.
WITH REGARD TO THE CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS ON BRINGING THE CORPS BACK TO THE EAST BAY.
UH, THERE'S A SITE AS, AS I THINK YOU ALL KNOW, AT, UH, HOLLY COURT IN LOS TRUMPUS, UH, BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD, WHERE WE, UH, ANTICIPATE THE CONSERVATION CORPS, UH, BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP IT WITH THEIR OWN FUNDING, UH, THAT WOULD HOUSE TWO CREWS FOR THE EAST BAY.
UH, THE, THE REQUEST SPECIFICALLY THIS YEAR IS, UM, THE, THE, ACTUALLY, THE CONSERVATION CORPS HAS MADE A $2 MILLION ASK OF THE BUDGET, UH, OF THE GOVERNOR FOR PLANNING TO DEVELOP THE FACILITY.
UH, AND THAT PROCESS IS OBVIOUSLY WORKING ITS WAY AS THE, AS THE BUDGET INTRODUCED WAS JUST RECENTLY INTRODUCED, AND WE'LL BE DEBATED, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
BUT WE DID DO A DELEGATION LETTER WITH OUR ENTIRE DELEGATION SENDING IT TO THE GOVERNOR, UH, WITH THAT TWO, TWO, SUPPORTING THE TWO $2 MILLION REQUEST FROM THE CONSERVATION CORPS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
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SENATOR STEVE GLASER, UH, WAS ABLE TO SECURE SOME FUNDING AND LAST YEAR'S BUDGET FOR RODDY RANCH.AND WE WILL BE GIVING HIM AN UPDATE ON THE PLANS FOR THAT, FOR THAT PROPERTY.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, UH, BECAUSE IT'S IN HIS DISTRICT, WE MOVED UP THE CONSERVATION CORPS REQUEST, UH, TO THE SECOND PRIORITY ON, ON HIS LIST.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE ROADS AND TRAILS STATUTORY EXEMPTION WITH REGARD TO THE ROADS AND TRAIL STATUTORY EXEMPTION, THOSE WILL BE ASKED OF ALL OF OUR MOSTLY INLAND, UM, DELEGATION.
WE HAVE ANOTHER SE QA EXEMPTION THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING UP.
I BELIEVE IN THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE'LL BE ASKING FOR MOST OF OUR COASTAL MEMBERS, OFFICE OF SENATOR SKINNER, THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, UH, WE'RE GOING ASK HER FOR FUNDING FOR TIDE, TIDE, THE TIDEWATER DAY USE AREA.
THAT'S A PROJECT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN HAR IT'S BEEN HARD FOR US TO GET, UH, STATE FUNDING, UM, MOSTLY BECAUSE, AND I THINK DIRECTOR ROSARIO POINTED THIS OUT MOSTLY BECAUSE THE POPULATION IS NOT DIRECTLY NEARBY, AND IT IS A CHALLENGED ACCESS TO GET INTO THE STAGING AREA.
UH, BUT THE OTHER PART OF IT IS THAT IT, IT WAS A FORMERLY REDLINED AREA AND IN THE CALIFORNIA OUTDOORS FOR ALL DOCUMENTATION, THEY DO CALL OUT THAT, UH, FORMERLY REDLINED AREAS, UH, DO, DO NEED GREEN SPACE.
AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT MAKING THAT CONNECTION, UH, MIGHT HELP US WITH OUR ELIGIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE'LL BE MAKING THE $5 MILLION ASK OF BOTH SENATOR SKINNER AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER MIA BONTA BONTA, UH, AND THIS, UH, BECAUSE SHE'S ALONG THE COAST LINE, UH, WE WILL BE TALKING TO HER ABOUT THE STATUTORY EXEMPTION FOR RESTORATION PERMITTING.
THAT IS A, UH, PROGRAM THAT THE GOVERNOR SIGNED INTO LAW COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, THAT IS SET TO EXPIRE IN 2025.
IT ENABLES, UH, RESTORATION PROJECTS TO HAVE AN EXPEDITED REVIEW.
WE ARE CURRENTLY USING IT, UH, ON A PROJECT AT THE HAYWARD SHORELINE, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT SUNSET OF 2025, UM, REMOVED, AND THEN ALSO, OR AT LEAST EXTENDED.
AND ALSO, UH, THERE ARE SOME LIMITING, UH, LIMITING LANGUAGE IN THE LEGISLATION WITH REGARD TO ACCESS.
AND WE WANT TO CLEAN THAT UP AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT WHEN WE DO RESTORATION PROJECTS, PUBLIC ACCESS IS ALSO EQUITABLE.
PUBLIC ACCESS IS ALSO PERMITTED.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE CONSERVATION CORPS, UH, REQUEST FOR BOLLINGER CANYON, UH, SENATOR WAHAB, UH, IS, UH, AGAIN, A COASTAL, UH, PERSON.
WE ARE ACTUALLY ASKING HER OFFICE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN CONVERSATION WITH HER STAFF ABOUT INTRODUCING THE STATUTORY EXEMPTION FOR RESTORATION PERMITTING.
UH, WE ARE MOVING THAT PROCESS ALONG WITH HER BECAUSE OF THE HAYWARD SHORELINE PROJECT AND HER, UH, INTEREST IN THE HAYWARD SHORELINE.
UH, SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A, AN ANSWER BEFORE WE ARE IN SACRAMENTO, BUT IF WE DON'T, UH, WE'LL BE ASKING HER OFFICE THAT THEY'LL BE WILLING TO INTRODUCE THAT AS A, AS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
UM, KEEPING IN MIND, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE EQUITABLE ACCESS IS INCLUDED AS PART OF IT OFFICES ASSEMBLY MEMBER GRAYSON, ALSO MAKING A LEGISLATIVE ASK OF HIM WITH REGARD TO THE ROADS AND TRAILS STATUTORY EXEMPTION.
WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS STAFF.
AND, UH, WE ALSO ARE MEETING WITH THE TWO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES IN THE ASSEMBLY, UH, TO, TO GET ADVICE ABOUT HOW TO, TO MOVE THAT LEGISLATION FORWARD.
UH, SO FAR WE'VE HAD VERY GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT IN THAT REGARD.
SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD THIS YEAR.
AND THEN WE, BECAUSE OF HIS INTEREST IN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FIRST ROADS AND TRAILS EXEMPTION, WE DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, FOR HIM ALSO, THE, THE RESTORATION PERMITTING, UM, EXEMPTION.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE ARMY CORPS, OR, I'M SORRY, CONSERVATION CORPS, UH, ASSEMBLY MEMBER OF BUFFY WICKS, WHO'S NOW CHAIR OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
UH, WE WILL BE MAKING A DIRECT ASK FUNDING ASK OF HER WITH REGARD TO THE WILSON POINT GAP IN THE BAY TRAIL IN RICHMOND.
UH, IT'S A, UH, WOULD CONNECT 18 MILES OF TRAIL.
SO WE'LL BE ASKING HER OFFICE FOR A DIRECT APPROPRIATION.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, THAT WILL ALSO BE FEATURED IN OUR FEDERAL ADVOCACY AS WELL.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE TWO, THE, UH, EXEMPTION ON PERMITTING FOR RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION COURT REQUEST ASSEMBLY MEMBER MIA ANTE, WE MENTIONED EARLIER WITH SENATOR SKINNER.
UH, WE'LL BE MAKING THE ASK OF THE TIDEWATER, UH, DAY USE AREA, UH, THE $5 MILLION REQUEST THINKING, ED, IF WE HAD BOTH THE REQUEST FROM THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE, UH, THAT WOULD STRENGTHEN ITS CHANCES.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, THE PERMITTING AND CONSERVATION CORPS.
UH, FOR ASSEMBLY MEMBER LORI WILSON,
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UH, BIG BREAK.SHE DID, UM, COME HAVE A VISIT TO BIG BREAK EARLY ON IN HER TENURE AS AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER, UH, DIRECTOR COFFEE, UH, WAS THERE IN, IN ATTENDANCE.
UH, THERE ARE, UH, UH, EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO DO SOME RESTORATION AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AT BIG BREAK.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HER COME BACK AND LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT SO THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES, UH, FOR FUNDING, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT TO HER IN HER OFFICE.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, THE OTHER TWO, UH, ISSUES, AND THAT'S KINDA REPETITIVE.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL ALL BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM BY THE END OF THE DAY.
TWO DAYS ASSEMBLY MEMBER BAUER KAHAN.
UH, WE HAD ASKED HER WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, TWO, UM, CQA EXEMPTIONS, UH, TO SUPPORT THEM KNOWING THAT SHE HAS A HI HISTORY IN CA, UH, SHE'S BEEN A CA LAWYER, UH, BUT HER OFFICE, UH, BECAUSE SHE MOVED OFF THE PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMMITTEE, UH, UH, ASKED US IF WE COULD FIND A DIFFERENT SPONSOR, BUT THEY'RE STILL SUPPORTIVE OF THE WORK.
SO WE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING, UH, THE ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT WORK, INCLUDING THE CARBONATOR, WHERE SHE HAD STAFF FROM HER OFFICE COME OUT AND, UH, TOUR THAT EQUIPMENT ALREADY.
AND THEN AGAIN, UM, TALKING TO HER ABOUT QUA.
AND THEN THE CONSERVATION CORPS IS WITHIN HER, UH, THE SITE FOR THE CONSERVATION CORPS WOULD BE WITHIN HER ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT.
AND SO WE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THAT WITH HER AS WELL.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, LIZ ORTEGA SHOWED AN INTEREST, A STRONG INTEREST, ACTUALLY, IN OYSTER BAY PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT.
UM, LAST YEAR SHE HAD A SITE VISIT ON SITE AND HAD MADE A BUDGET REQUEST, UH, THAT DID NOT GET ADVANCED.
SO WE'LL BE MAKING THE SAME REQUEST OF HER AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR $2 MILLION FOR THE OYSTER BAY PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT.
UH, SHE DID FIND AFTER HER SITE VISIT THAT THAT WAS A AREA THAT, BECAUSE OF IT'S A FORMER LANDFILL AND IS BEING, UH, TURNED BACK INTO GREEN SPACE, WAS SOMETHING THAT SHE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING.
SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, TO WORK WITH HER OFFICE ON THAT.
AND THEN AGAIN, UH, THE PERMITTING EXEMPTION AND CONSERVATION COURT REQUESTS, UH, ASSEMBLY MEMBER ALEX LEE, WHO'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN TERMS OF SITE VISITS AND DOING WALK AND TALKS IN THE PARK.
PARK DISTRICT, UH, HAS, UH, VISITED, UH, ANTHONY CHABOT AND SEEN THE TREE MORTALITY ISSUE, AND IS INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS ON WILDFIRE RESILIENCE.
SO WE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING THAT WITH HIM, AS WELL AS, UH, THE RAILS AND TR ROADS AND TRAILS, EXEMPTION AND CONSERVATION CORPS.
AND THEN OUR, OUR UNIQUE MEETINGS OR, OR NON, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION MEETINGS.
UH, ONE IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT DOUG HOUSTON HAS HELPED PUT TOGETHER AS A, UH, LUNCHEON, UH, LUNCH AND LEARN CONVERSATION WITH EDUARDO GARCIA ABOUT THE CLIMATE BOND.
HE'S AUTHORED A BILL IN THE ASSEMBLY, $15 BILLION CLIMATE BOND AND FOR INVESTMENTS.
AND, UH, OUR PREFERRED CATEGORIES ARE WILDFIRE RESILIENCE, SEA LEVEL RISE, UH, PREPAREDNESS, UH, THE CONSERVATION CORPS REQUEST, AND THEN WHAT WE'RE CALLING, UH, LOOSELY LAKE HEALTH, WHICH IS WATERSHED AND LAKE, UM, HEALTH THAT COULD, COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR DREDGING AND, AND, AND RESTORING SOME OF OUR RECREATIONAL LAKES.
UH, SO WE'LL BE HAVING LUNCH WITH HIM AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
AND THEN OUR OTHER, UH, LUNCH THAT'S BEEN SCHEDULED IS WITH THE CONSERVATION CORPS.
UH, THEIR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, LARRY HOGANS AND, UH, THEIR STAFF PERSON FOR RECRUITMENT AND OUTREACH, UH, WILL BE MEETING WITH US TO TALK ABOUT, UH, BOTH THE BUDGET REQUEST OF THE $2 MILLION THAT THE CORE HAS ADVANCED, UH, BUT THEN ALSO POTENTIALLY A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, HAVING SOME, SOME CONSERVATION CORES IN THE EAST BAY QUICK, MORE QUICKLY.
AND THEN OUR LAST, UM, MEETING WOULD BE WITH LISA LANE MAG MAGER.
UH, SHE IS THE NEW DEPUTY, UH, SECRETARY FOR FOREST AND WILDLIFE WILDFIRE RESILIENCE.
UH, WE HAD A VERY EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP WITH HER, UH, PREDECESSOR, JESSICA MORRIS.
UH, SO WE'LL BE BRINGING HER UP TO SPEED.
SHE IS GOING TO BE TOURING THE CARBONATOR FEBRUARY 22ND.
AND, UM, SHE ALSO WAS, UH, IN ATTENDANCE AT OUR SACRAMENTO LEGISLATIVE LUNCH, UH, BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE LOOK FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE.
UM, I, I DON'T THINK I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING, WE WILL BE MEETING IN THE MORNING AT THE OFFICES OF EEC, UH, TO GO THROUGH THESE, UH, PRESENTATIONS AGAIN.
BUT ALL THE INFORMATION IS IN THE BOOKLET THAT IS IN YOUR BOXES UPSTAIRS RIGHT NOW.
AND HOPEFULLY, UM, AS WE'VE, WE'VE BUILT IN QUITE A BIT OF REDUNDANCY, AS YOU CAN TELL.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE, MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO GET THROUGH THE MEETINGS IN A, AN EFFICIENT WAY AND, UM, HAVE
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SOME SUCCESS.SO THAT I WOULD TAKE SOME QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DOUG? DIRECTOR ROSARIO, GO AHEAD.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE ALL THIS STUFF AHEAD OF TIME.
UH, BUT, UM, UH, REGARDING THE CCC CAMPS, UH, THIS IS, UH, AN IDEA THAT, UH, DIRECTOR WASPY HAD HAD PUT FORWARD.
WOULD IT BE, UH, UH, A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLY USING YURT YURTS AS A, UH, AS A POSSIBILITY TO HELP, UH, LESSEN THE COST OF DES DESIGN AND ACTUAL, UH, REAL BUILDINGS? I'M NOT SURE IF WE KNOW WHAT THEIR, THE CCCS POLICY IS WITH REGARD TO THAT.
I, I DO KNOW THAT FOR THE PERMANENT FACILITY, THEY DO ENVISION A, A MORE OF A COMPLEX, UH, WITH A HIGH SCHOOL AND WITH A COMMUNITY MEETING ROOM AND HAVING SORT OF THE MODERN, UM, TECHNOLOGY AND FACILITY.
SO I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HAVE A POLICY ON, UM, THE TEMPORARY SITUATION WITH THE, WITH THE YURTS.
YEAH, I WAS JUST THINKING IF, UH, UH, IT WOULD HELP MAYBE JUMPSTART THEIR PROCESS, UH, IF THEY HAD SOME KIND OF FACILITY WHERE THEY COULD GO TO IMMEDIATELY, UH, OR QUICKLY AND THEN, UH, AND THEN BUILD IT, BUILD AROUND IT.
UH, GO AHEAD AND DIRECTOR CORBETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
THIS IS ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE ALL THESE DETAILS ABOUT EACH OF THE LEGISLATORS THAT WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET.
UM, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM WE WILL ACTUALLY BE MEETING WITH? I KNOW THAT'S NOT ALWAYS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WAY FAR IN ADVANCE, BUT HAVE WE HAD IT? OH, IT'S NOT WORKING.
SO WHAT I WAS ASKING IS IF WE COULD, UH, UH, KNOW ALREADY WHO WE'RE MEETING WITH.
DO WE KNOW YET, OR, I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW IN ADVANCE, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC YESES OF MEETING WITH SOME OF THESE LEGISLATORS? YEAH, WE THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
DIRECTOR CORBETT, WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING TO GET MEETINGS WITH THE ELECTEDS THEMSELVES.
AND, UM, LAUREN IS CURRENTLY, AS WE SPEAK, UM, TRYING TO SCHEDULE THOSE, THOSE MEETINGS.
AND I KNOW ORTEGA WAS ONE AND I DON'T, WILSON AND SKINNER.
WILSON AND SKINNER AND SKINNER.
AND ALSO, UM, I THINK IT, IT'S PROBABLY IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING TO US, BUT DO WE ALSO HAVE THE LIST OF WHICH COMMITTEE EACH OF THESE MEMBERS SERVE ON? BECAUSE THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE IN OUR MINDS WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING VARIOUS ISSUES WITH THEM.
YEAH, THAT IS A EXCELLENT POINT.
AND I DID GO THROUGH THIS MORNING IN PREPARATION FOR THIS TO LOOK AT THE COMMITTEES.
UM, BUT WE WILL PROVIDE, UH, PROVIDE THAT LIST TO, TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, TO US.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT LAST PART YOU PROVIDED TO.
WE WILL COMPILE THE LIST AND PROVIDE THAT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL WITH COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS, ERIC AND, AND LISA.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
UM, GOSH, I WAS, I WAS HOPING MORE MEMBERS WOULD COME, BUT, UM, LET'S SEE.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET MORE MEMBERS.
BUT, UH, AND A FOLLOW UP TO DIRECTOR ROSARIO'S POINTS.
IF WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UM, THE CCC FOLKS, I SURE HOPE WE CAN KIND OF PROMOTE THAT CAMEL IN THE TENT TYPE OF DEAL.
'CAUSE I CAN ONLY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT WOULD BE, YURTS WOULD BE NOT THE PLAN, BUT IF THERE'S A GROUP THERE, THEY'RE DOING THIS.
I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND OUR PARK DISTRICT COULDN'T PROMOTE THEM TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WOULD BE FORCED TO CONTINUE IT.
THERE ARE CONSTITUENTS SEEING A FIRE CREW WORKING OUT THERE, OR UNDERSERVED YOUTH GETTING JOB TRAINING AND WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
HOW COULD WE NOT HIT THAT ONE OUTTA THE PARK? SO RATHER THAN SIT THERE SAYING, OH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY, WE'VE GOT A BUDGET SURPLUS, WHY I, I HOPE WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME ALTERNATIVES LIKE YURTS, MAYBE.
AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH OUR DELEGATION, ERIC, IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, EXPERIENCING A UNIQUE TURNOVER OF LEGISLATORS.
SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL HAVE FOUR NEW STATE SENATORS, UH, WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE TWO COUNTIES.
AND, UH, WE ALL UP, UP HERE AND, AND YOU FOLKS SHOULD BE GIVING THOUGHT TO, UH, HOW WE'RE GONNA APPROACH THESE PEOPLE WHO WE WILL HAVE A GOOD IDEA AFTER MARCH, WHO THEY'RE GONNA BE.
AND, UH, WE ALL SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT, UH, HOW TO, UH, EDUCATE THOSE FOLKS.
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ELECTEDS WHO HAVE ALREADY, UM, WORKED WITH US, UH, EXTENSIVELY.TWO WILL BE FROM OUTSIDE OUR JURISDICTION AND NOT ALL THAT FAMILIAR WITH US, SO SOME THOUGHT.
UM, AS WE PREPARE FOR SACRAMENTO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, UH, TOPICS I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IN THE LOCAL NEWS HAS BEEN THE KING TIDES AND THE IMPACT BOTH ON THE BAY, WHICH IS OUR SHORELINE, AS WELL AS COMPARED TO THE IMPACT OF THE SHORELINE ALONG THE PACIFIC OCEAN, AND KIND OF HOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
CERTAINLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE IMPACT ALONG THE DIRECT OCEAN SHORELINE, BUT, UM, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US AS WE PREPARE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN, UH, BULLET POINTS IN REGARDS TO THE RESTORATION PERMITTING, IS HOW HAVE THE KING TIDES IMPACTED OUR SHORELINE.
AND JUST TO KIND OF HAVE SOME OF THE, UM, INFORMATION READY TO GO, UH, WHEN WE GO UP TO SACRAMENTO.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REASON I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS IS AT THE END OF DECEMBER, AND I KNOW I TALKED TO DENNIS ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT ON KQED, THEY HAD, UM, THEY HAD A STORY ABOUT THE NEWARK SHORELINE.
AND RIGHT NOW, UM, THERE ARE SOME EFFORTS TO, UM, TO WORK WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE WITH THE DON EDWARDS, UM, SITE TO EXTEND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROTECTIONS ALONG THE NEWARK SHORELINE.
HOWEVER, THERE'S ALSO, UH, EFFORTS TO DEVELOP HOUSING ALONG THE NEWARK SHORELINE.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE, THE, THE TENSION THAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
AND SO WITH THAT, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST TO KNOW HOW THE KING TIDES HAVE IMPACTED OR HAVE NOT IMPACTED, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE SHORELINE.
UH, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING I, I KNOW I'M PERSONALLY NOT FAMILIAR WITH.
SO, YOU KNOW, WAS NEWARK VERY IMPACTED BY THIS? AND THEN ALSO I NOTICED WITH THE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, ASSEMBLY MEMBER LEE DOES, I, I BELIEVE HE REPRESENTS NEWARK, SO WE MAY WANNA CONSIDER, UM, I, I KNOW IT'S ANOTHER BULLET POINT, BUT INCLUDING HIM ON THE RESTORATION PERMITTING, UH, ITEM.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH ERIC AND LISA FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION AND THOUGHT THAT'S GONE INTO THE GOALS FOR THIS YEAR AND, UM, HOW WE WILL PRESENT THOSE GOALS AND HOPEFULLY BE SUCCESSFUL.
UM, SO THANK, OH, WE HAVE, OH, OKAY.
I, I MOSTLY JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO, UM, TELL, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, TO EXPRESS MY, UM, UH, INTEREST IN, IN, UH, THAT YOU ARE TAKING A LONGER VIEW OF THE ASKS THAT WE MAKE, THAT GIVEN THE CURRENT BUDGET SITUATION, UH, THE CHANCES MAY NOT BE THAT GREAT, BUT TAKING THE LONGER VIEW, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KEEP HAMMERING ON THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR, THEY GET THE MESSAGE AND THEY REMEMBER IT, AND IT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF A, A MORE OF A KNOWN QUANTITY.
AND THEN WE, WE, WE DO, UM, HAVE SOME ACCOMMODATIONS MADE.
UM, THE OTHER THING WAS, UM, IT'S KIND OF A KIND OF A WORDING ISSUE THAT WE'VE GOT GOING IN OUR MATERIAL HERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE CATEGORY OF ROADS AND TRAILS, AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE ROADS ARE THE, THE RANCH ROADS, RIGHT? AND, AND THAT'S JUST A TERM THAT WE USE HERE TO, I, I, I, UNTIL, UH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL LIKE A, A FEW WEEKS AGO,
OH, AND THEN ALL THOSE OTHER TRAILS THAT WE HAVE.
SO MY SUGGESTION TO YOU IS, UH, TO, TO MAKE AN, AN, AN ALLOWANCE OF THAT, UM, UM, TERMINOLOGY FOR THE UNINITIATED.
AND MY SUGGESTION IS NATURAL SURFACE ROADS, IF YOU WANT TO USE THE, IF YOU WANNA KEEP, IF YOU WANNA SPLIT THE THING ONE, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE WORD ROADS, BUT PUT NATURAL SURFACE IN THERE, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP TO UNDERSTAND.
AND THEN AS, AS WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS, WE SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THOSE WIDE, YOU KNOW, TRAILS THAT ARE 10 FEET WIDE THAT YOU GO ON, WE, WE, WE CALL THOSE ROADS IN OUR, IN OUR TERMINOLOGY, IN OUR CULTURE HERE.
UM, BUT THEY'RE REALLY TRAIL, THEY'RE REALLY TRAILS.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT, UM, PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES.
ALL RIGHT? SO I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WORTH, WORTH, UH, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT.
AND I, I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO THINK IN TAKING THE LONGER VIEW THAT WE DON'T CALL 'EM AT ALL IN OUR, IN OUR AGENCY, WE DON'T CALL 'EM ROADS ANYMORE.
WE CALL 'EM NATURAL SURFACE ROADS OR WIDE TRAILS OR SOMETHING, SOMETHING ELSE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ROADS RUNNING THROUGH, UH, BLACK DIAMOND MINE.
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ARE TRAILS, REALLY.YEAH, APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
OKAY, WELL, UH, THANKS AGAIN, UH, ERIC AND LISA AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL YOUR GOOD WORK ON THIS.
AND I BELIEVE WE NEED A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2024 STATE ADVOCACY GOALS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THAT? NO, IT'S JUST OH, OH, SOMEONE SAID I, OKAY.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT ACTUALLY ACTS FOR TWO MOTIONS HERE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
[ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION]
ON THEN, WE'RE, UM, WE HAVE THE ACQUISITION STEWARD AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION ON AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT FOR 900,000 TO BKF ENGINEERS.GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS, UH, REN BATES, CHIEF OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
UM, IN 2022, WE WERE, THE DISTRICT RECEIVED MONEY FROM THE STATE IN ORDER TO BEGIN DEVELOPMENT OF OUR, UH, THURGOOD MARSHALL HOME OF THE 50, UM, I'M GONNA THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50.
I HAVE TO READ THAT TITLE EVERY TIME.
UM, SO WHAT WE ARE, WE ARE HERE TO SEEK AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A CONSULTANT CONTRACT SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN, UH, BID DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I'M PULLING UP THE PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW, SO IF YOU BEAR WITH ME, UM, I AM GONNA INTRODUCE EVA ROSE LEVITT, WHO'S THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT AND PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, AS I PULL THIS UP, I'LL LET EVA TAKE OVER AND GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT, UH, PROJECT, UH, UPDATE TO DA TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT AS WE ARE TO DATE, AND THEN ALSO THE ASK OF OUR, THE AUTHORIZATION, AND THEN WE WILL RECEIVE QUESTIONS AFTER THAT.
AS REN MENTIONED, MY NAME IS EVA ROSE LEVITT.
I'M A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND I'M PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE DEVELOP PUBLIC ACCESS SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD PROJECT AT THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50, OOPS, SORRY, I'M JUST HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE ADVANCING THE SLIDE.
UH, SO OUR RECOMMENDATION TODAY FOR THE BOARD IS THE AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR $900,000 WITH BKF ENGINEERS FOR THE DEVELOPED PUBLIC ACCESS SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD PROJECT AT THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK.
UH, SO THIS IS A KIND OF A ROUGH PROJECT TIMELINE FOR THE RECENT PARK DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, AND I, THIS OUTLAYS A LITTLE BIT OF WHERE WE'RE GOING AND, UH, THIS PINK ARROW INDICATES WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH JUST ISSUING THE RFP.
UM, I'M GONNA TOUCH ON THESE PHASES IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
IN 2020, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPTED THE THURGOOD MARSHALL LAND USE PLAN.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE LAND USE PLAN INDICATED WAS THAT THIS PARCEL, WHICH IS, UM, BASICALLY DEFINED BY BAILEY ROAD TO THE NORTH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WHITE LINE THAT BIFURCATES THE PARK SITE, THAT'S WHAT WE REFER TO AS SOUTH OF BAILEY.
AND THAT PARK WAS, UM, UH, BASICALLY IDENTIFIED TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FIRST BECAUSE IT DOESN'T RELY ON THE CITY OF CONCORD'S MASTER DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION OF UTILITIES.
SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S KIND OF FREE FROM, UM, FROM THOSE ENCUMBRANCES.
UH, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THE LAND USE PLANT DID IS IT SET ASIDE ABOUT 40% OF THAT SITE AS A SPECIAL PROTECTION FEATURE, WHICH MEANS THAT THAT AREA IS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
IT IS CRITICAL HABITAT FOR SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES.
SINCE THE, UH, LAND USE PLAN WAS APPROVED, DISTRICT STAFF HAS BEEN REALLY BUSY IN A ROBUST, UM, DETAILED SITE ANALYSIS PERIOD.
AND WHAT THIS MEANS BASICALLY IS IT'S A REALLY ROBUST DATA GATHERING THAT INFORMS US, IT INFORMS THE DISTRICT EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA STUDY, DESIGN, PERMIT, AND ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCT.
HAVING PERFORMED THAT DETAILED SITE ANALYSIS, WE ARE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A PRELIMINARY
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CONCEPTUAL PLAN, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE, UH, CONSULTANTS DEVELOP.THE PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW WAS DERIVED AFTER TWO ROUNDS OF, UM, MULTI-DIVISIONAL DISTRICT STAFF REVIEW BY ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STAFF THAT YOU SEE LISTED HERE, AS WELL AS SOME CONFERENCE WITH THE CITY OF CONCORD, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO BAILEY ROAD AND A PARK, THAT PARK KIND OF INTERFACE.
AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH AND EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT SCOPE ELEMENTS.
SO THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A MODIFIED ENTRY INTERSECTION.
THE GOAL THERE IS TO MAKE A MORE WELCOMING PARK GATEWAY AS WELL AS SAFER INGRESS AND EGRESS.
AS YOU KNOW, BAILEY ROAD IS A VERY HIGH SPEED ROAD, SO, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A LARGE STAGING AREA, APPROXIMATELY 50 CARS WITH OVERFLOW SPACE FOR BUSES AND EQUESTRIAN TRAILERS.
UM, THERE WILL BE TYPICAL COMFORT STATION AMENITIES AT THAT STAGING AREA.
SO, UM, FOUR VAULT RESTROOMS, DRINKING FOUNTAIN, SEVERAL DROP-IN PICNIC AREAS, UM, INCLUDING A PICNIC SHELTER.
WE'RE ALSO, UM, GOING TO DEVELOP AN INTERPRETIVE PLAZA AT MAGAZINE 44, WHICH IS ONE OF THE, UM, REMNANTS AMMUNITIONS MAGAZINES, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA INVEST IN SOME PUBLIC ACCESS AND EXHIBITORY AND INTERPRETATION AT MAGAZINE 44.
THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO HYKEN PICNIC AREAS AT THE UPPER ELEVATIONS, ONE OF WHICH, UH, WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ADDITIONAL, UM, INTERPRETIVE ELEMENTS, SOME ACCESS TO MAGAZINE 57 AND A PICNIC SHELTER.
THE OTHER ELEMENT THAT, UM, WE HAVE COME UP WITH IS THE ROAD AND TRAIL DIAGRAM, AND I'VE HEARD DIRECTOR RIO'S COMMENTS ON TERMINOLOGY JUST NOW.
UM, AND THE GOAL OF THIS CIRCULATION SYSTEM IS REALLY THAT IT'S FUNCTIONAL AND REWARDING AS A STANDALONE CIRCULATION SYSTEM, MEANING IN THE INTERIM, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY TRAIL CONNECTIONS NORTH OF BAILEY ROAD, AS WELL AS WE DON'T HAVE THOSE REGIONAL PARK CONNECTIONS LIKE TO OTHER, SAY, BLACK DIAMOND MINES, FOR INSTANCE.
UM, THE OTHER GOAL OF THIS CIRCULATION SYSTEM IS THAT IT PROMOTES BENEFICIAL USES OF THE SITE AND DISCOURAGES NEGATIVE BEHAVIORS.
IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, DISTRICT STAFF ISSUED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR ENGINEERING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES.
THREE FIRMS SUBMITTED, AND OUR SELECTION COMMITTEE RANKED BKF ENGINEERS THE HIGHEST.
UM, THEIR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WILL BE FULLY FUNDED BY THE PROJECT, WHICH RECEIVED AN ALLOCATION OF THE GRANT SPECIFIED FUNDS FROM THE STATE BUDGET ACT OF 2022 IN THE AMOUNT OF 3 MILLION.
ONCE WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT ON BOARD, THEY'LL HELP, UM, MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD THROUGH DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND PERMITTING.
ONCE THE PROJECT HAS ITS PERMIT APPROVALS AND ITS CONSTRUCTION FUNDING, THEN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CAN ISSUE A BID AND START CONSTRUCTION.
SO ONCE AGAIN, OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD IS TO AUTHORIZE THE AWARD AND EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR $900,000 WITH BKF ENGINEERS FOR THE DEVELOPED PUBLIC ACCESS SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD PROJECT AT THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50.
THANK YOU, AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ALONG WITH OUR CHIEF WR THANK YOU.
MC, UH, DIRECTOR MECURIO? YES.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT AND, AND RECOGNIZING THAT, UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT ASSET FOR THE, THE, THE WHOLE DISTRICT, BUT PARTICULARLY, UM, THE RESIDENTS OF CONCORD, UM, BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT IN MANY OF THEIR BACKYARD AND VERY CLOSE BY.
UM, THE, THE ONE THING THAT TROUBLES ME ABOUT THIS THOUGH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT BAILEY ROAD IS REALLY, IS A HIGH SPEED ROAD.
UM, IT'S JUST AT THE POINT WHERE IT'S ENTERING OR LEAVING THE CITY OF CONCORD.
AND SO THE SPEEDS GET TO BE FAIRLY HIGH THERE.
I MEAN, I'VE DRIVEN THAT ROAD MANY TIMES.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE EXPRESSED A CONCERN ABOUT THIS IN THE, IN THE PAST THAT, UM, WE HAVE NOT, WE HAVE NOT, UH, REALLY ACCOMMODATED, UM, NON-MOTORIZED ACCESS TO THIS, THIS SECTION OF, OF, UH, OF, OF THE, OF THE PARK.
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AND WE, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS IS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SOUTHEASTERN BORDER.SO THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING.
AND SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED, UM, I, I, WELL, LEMME BACK IT UP.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CREATE THE, THE CORRECT ACCESS FOR THIS, WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE THE CORRECT ACCESS FOR THIS PARK ON THE DAY IT OPENS.
AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF ACCESS ALONG BAILEY ROAD THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE BICYCLES AND, UM, AND, UM, HIKER, KERS PEDESTRIANS, UM, IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY OF CONCORD AND THE COUNTY.
BECAUSE BAILEY ROAD, THIS LITTLE SECTION OF COUNTY ROAD THERE, I, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
AND, AND YEAH, I'VE, I'VE MENTIONED THIS TO SOME FOLKS FROM THE CITY OF CONCORD, JUST INFORMALLY NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST VERY, VERY INFORMALLY JUST THE FACT THAT, HEY, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
AND WE, WE DIDN'T PUT IT IN OUR PLAN ORIGINALLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY BELIEVE WE NEED TO BACK UP AND DO THAT.
UM, I'VE ALSO MENTIONED IT TO THE COUN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, WHO HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZED, UH, WHEN I MENTIONED THIS TO HIM, HE SAID, OH YEAH, YOU'VE, I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THERE.
SO, SO THEY'RE AMENABLE TO LOOKING AT WHAT THEY, WHAT THEIR PART OF IT WOULD BE.
SO, UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT WHEN, UH, BK BKF GETS IN THERE AND STARTS WORKING, THAT, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS TO, IS TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE CONNECTION FROM CONCORD INTO THE PARK.
AND THEN WE NEED TO DO OUR PART TO CONSTRUCT SOME NEW TRAIL CONNECTION INTO THE EXISTING TRAIL PLAN THAT WE HAVE.
UH, RE BATES CHIEF OF DESIGN CONSTRUCTION, UH, DIRECTOR MECURIO OVER HERE, YOUR REQUEST, UM, WE DO, OR I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
THOSE ARE ENTITIES THAT WE WOULD BE, WE NEED TO WORK WITH BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY, AS IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU POINTED OUT THAT WE HAD, DON'T HAVE DIRECT NON-MOTORIZED VEHICLE ACCESS.
THERE AREN'T ANY OF THOSE AMENITIES IN THE APP APPROPRIATE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, FOR US TO MAKE A CONNECTION TO THAT AND NOT HAVE A SIDEWALK WOULD BE UNSAFE.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT TO BE A WHOLE SYSTEM IN TERMS OF HAVING A CONNECTION THAT THEN PUTS A PEDESTRIAN SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO IT.
'CAUSE THE OTHER THING THAT MAY HAPPEN, AND THIS IS ME SPECULATING, IS THAT WE HAVE CERTAIN PARKS THAT THERE'S ONLY ACCESS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I MEAN, PROVIDED WE ARE PUTTING A STAGING AREA IN HERE, BUT IF WE JUST PROVIDED A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, THAT COULD BECOME A STAGING, INFORMAL STAGING AREA IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IF THERE AREN'T APPROPRIATE PS FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITIES TO ACCESS THAT POINT, IT COULD OPEN US UP TO ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINTS FOR VEHICLES AS AN UNINTENDED, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.
SO WE WILL LOOK AT THIS AS WE DEVELOP THESE PLANS OUT.
I THINK WE HAVE OUR SCOPE SLATED FOR OUR, I MEAN, THAT SCOPE IS NOT PART OF THIS CONTRACT RIGHT NOW AS WE'VE NEGOTIATED IT.
WE CAN ADD THAT IN AS IT'S, AS IT IS APPROPRIATE.
BUT I DO THINK THAT AS AN AGENCY, IT'S A GREAT COMMENT, BUT WE DO NEED TO WORK WITH OUR OTHER AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A WHOLE SYSTEM AND THAT WE ARE PROVIDING SAFE ACCESS FOR EVERYONE INTO AND OUT OF THAT CONNECTION POINT.
YEAH, NO, I, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT, THAT IS CRITICAL.
AND IN FACT, CONCORD DOES HAVE A, A DG TRAIL THAT LEADS UP TO THE CREEK, THE, UH, THE CREEK WHERE THAT BRIDGE IS ON BAILEY ROAD, AND THEN IT JUST STOPS RIGHT THERE.
MY INTENTION WAS TO CONNECT THAT AS, AS IT ALWAYS WAS INTENDED TO BE A CONNECTION INTO, INTO THE WHATEVER REGIONAL PARK IS BUILT.
UM, IT'S JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME THAT THAT DG PLA PARK, UH, TRAIL WAS PUT IN, THERE WAS NO NOTHING TO GO TO.
THERE IS SO, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM CONCORD BOULEVARD, UH, UP TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR PARK, UM, WOULD BE A FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD CONNECTION TO BE MADE.
I, I'D LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, IF I MAY.
I, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, FROM ATTENDING NUMEROUS PROGRAMS AND WALK AND TALKS OUT THERE, IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT TO ME, UH, ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THAT THIS WAS A MISTAKE.
THAT WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS PLAN IN 2020, WE COLLECTIVELY DIDN'T PROVIDE THAT ACCESS AND DIDN'T, UM, INCLUDE IT.
AND I THINK WHAT WE NOW KNOW IS, IS WE NEED TO DO IT.
AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT'S BEEN POINTED OUT TO ME IS PEOPLE WILL ENTER THROUGH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ANYWAY,
AND, UH, SO YOU, WE SHOULD AGAIN, BE GIVING THOUGHT TO THAT.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, JUST, I MIGHT ADD ONE MORE COMMENT.
I, I TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR BEING ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT OVERLOOKED IT BECAUSE I, I OVERLOOKED IT.
I WAS ON THE PAC WHEN WE, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS PLAN, AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT.
I DIDN'T SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I LIKE TO THINK THAT I'M LIKE, I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT TRAILS IN CONCORD, BUT I MISS THAT ENTIRELY.
AND NOW I, I REALLY, REALLY FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY TO OWN UP TO THAT AND, AND, UH, REALLY DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO HAVE THAT READY ON DAY ONE.
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UH, SO THAT ACCESS CAN BE FOR EVERYBODY.UM, I MAY BE REPEATING SOMETHING, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE GRANT THAT WAS AWARDED.
UM, IS THERE A TIMELINE DEADLINE IN REGARDS TO THIS GRANT THAT WE HAVE TO USE THE FUNDS BY A CERTAIN DATE? OR WE, UH, DO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT FLEXIBILITY THERE? WELL, I WOULD DEFER TO OUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT, BUT, UM, I DON'T, I BELIEVE THAT, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS, UH, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK.
UM, THE URGENCY HASN'T BEEN COMMUNICATED TO ME ON THAT SUBJECT, SO.
I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT AND I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT.
UM, I, I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION I WOULD ASK, LIKE I ALWAYS DO IS WHAT'S OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH BKF ENGINEERS? HAVE WE WORKED WITH 'EM BEFORE? ARE THEY, UH, HOW DID THEY STAND OUT AND WHAT WAS THEIR EXPERIENCE IN SIMILAR PROJECTS OF HIGH QUALITY BUILT WORK? YES.
UM, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE DID RANK THEM VERY HIGH.
THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN FOR THE DISTRICT ITSELF, AS WELL AS OTHER, UM, SIMILAR PEER AGENCIES.
UM, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS WAS A SIMILAR RAIL TO RAIL TO TRAIL CONVERSION PROJECT THAT THEY DID IN ALAMEDA COUNTY.
SO I HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT.
UM, AS WELL AS, UM, NUMEROUS, THEY, THEY DO A LOT OF WORK FOR THE DISTRICT, AND SO THEY HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD HERE.
HI, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD.
UH, IS THERE, REGARDING THE, THE ENTRANCE THERE IS, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN TAKE, TAKE SOME OF THAT LAND AT THE ENTRANCE TO, TO SOFTEN THAT, THAT HARD RIGHT TURN INTO THE, OR HARD TURN INTO THE PARK? EXACTLY.
PART OF OUR TEAM OF CONSULTANTS WILL INCLUDE A TRAFFIC ENGINEER WHO'S GONNA LOOK AT THE GEOMETRY THERE TO HELP GET THE, UM, BASICALLY TRAFFIC CALMING SPEEDS, LOOK AT THE TURNING RADII, ALL OF THAT TO HELP CARS SAFELY ENTER AND EXIT THE PARK FOR, YOU KNOW, CARS THROUGH TRAFFIC TO SLOW DOWN TO ENABLE THAT.
UM, THEY'VE ALSO, WE'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY STUDIES DONE, TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT THE FUTURE FOUR WAY INTERSECTION COULD LOOK LIKE WHEN WE ARE READY TO OPEN NORTH OF BAILEY ROAD.
AND THEN IT BECOMES A, A MAJOR GATEWAY FOR PARK VISITORS WHO ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THEIR PICNIC IS SOUTH OF BAILEY OR NORTH OF BAILEY.
AND THEN MY QUESTION IS, UH, REGARDING THE PARKING LOT, 50 CARS IS NOT A LOT, AND I, I, I CAN, I CAN ENVISION, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE A POPULAR PARK, BUT, UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OVERFLOW.
WHERE'S, IF THAT PARK PARKING LOT FILLS UP, WHERE IS THE PUBLIC GONNA BE ABLE TO PARK? SO, UH, RIGHT NOW THE PRELIMINARY PLAN HAS A, A STAGING AREA AND REALLY ROUGH DESIGN FOR 50 AUTOMOBILES, AND THEN A LARGE OVERFLOW AREA FOR EQUESTRIAN AND BUSES.
THAT'S, I THINK, FIVE AND SIX MAYBE OF EACH.
SO A REALLY LARGE EXPANSE FOR OVERFLOW.
THE, THE LAND USE PLAN ALSO, UM, KIND OF INDICATED AN AREA FOR A SMALLER 25 CAR STAGING AREA CLOSER TO THE PARK ENTRANCE, WHICH WE COULD BE CONSTRUCTED FAIRLY EASILY ONCE DEMAND HITS THAT LEVEL.
UM, WE DIDN'T PUT IT IN ON THIS FIRST PHASE BECAUSE THERE AREN'T REALLY ANY TRAIL CONNECTIONS THERE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING TO HIKE TO RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT THAT EXPLAINS SOME OF WHERE WE HAVE SOME CAPACITY TO GROW.
WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UH, TO THE DESIGN, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE? NOPE, HEARING NONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
VERY INFORMATIVE AND THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND VERY EXCELLENT POINTS ARE RAISED.
UM, AND NOW I DO NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.
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WE GOT, UM, ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING FROM OUR GENERAL MANAGER? UH, THANK YOU PRESIDENT ECCLES.I JUST HAD ONE QUICK, TIMELY, UH, BIT OF NEWS THAT JUST CAME INTO MY INBOX.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME, UM, THANK YOUS AND APPRECIATIONS FOR YESTERDAY'S MLK DAY OF SERVICE AND JUST GOT SOME STATS HERE FROM OPERATIONS WE HAD AT OUR THREE LOCATIONS, A TOTAL OF
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762 VOLUNTEERS YESTERDAY, UM, WHICH IS THE LARGEST TURNOUT THAT WE'VE HAD IN OVER FOUR YEARS.SO THE WEATHER COOPERATED, AND, UM, WE HAD A WONDERFUL TURNOUT.
I WILL SEND THIS OUT TO ALL OF YOU WITH SOME MORE STATS ON THE ACTUAL, UH, YARDAGE AND TONNAGE OF GARBAGE COLLECTED.
'CAUSE IT IS QUITE EXTRAORDINARY.
SO I'M JUST READING THIS AND I JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND SAY A QUICK THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF FROM, UH, UH, RESERVATIONS, OUTDOOR REC, UM, BLACK DIAMOND, AND OUR VOLUNTEER STAFF, AND JUST REALLY ALL OF OPERATIONS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
AND I THINK SOME OF YOU ARE OUT THERE AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION.
[BOARD COMMENTS]
BOARD COMMENTS, AND WE'LL START WITH, WE'LL START WITH THIS END AND JUST GO DOWN.SO WE'LL START WITH, UH, DIRECTOR ROSARIO, IF YOU'RE READY.
UM, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD HOLIDAYS.
AND, UM, UH, SO STARTING WITH, UH, JANUARY 2ND, I HAD MY INTERVIEW WITH THE, FOR THE, UM, FOR THE, UH, 21ST CENTURY PLAN.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN ON ALSO ON THIS, ON THE 12TH, I HAD A, A INTERESTING, UH, CONFERENCE OR SHORT CONFERENCE, UH, REGARDING SMART AND CONNECTED COMMUNITIES.
AND THIS IS A, UH, A GROUP OUT OF THE UC, BERKELEY, THEY'RE DOING RESEARCH ON, UH, HOW DURING WILDFIRE EVENTS, HOW COMMUNITIES ARE CONNECTED, HOW DO, HOW DO THEY COMMUNICATE, AND HOW DO THEY INTERACT? AND SO, UH, I HAD TO LEAVE EARLY, SO I MISSED THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.
THEY, THEY ACTUALLY CREATED A MODULE OF, UH, UH, HOW TO, HOW TO IMPROVE, UH, UH, COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
AND SO, UH, BUT THIS IS, THIS REALLY GOES INTO THE, UH, OUR, UH, OUR CONCERNS AROUND EVACUATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, UH, THIS IS A REALLY HIGH POWERED GROUP OF, UM, UH, UH, SCIENTISTS FROM, FROM UC, BERKELEY.
SO, UH, IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, DIABLO FIRE SAFE COUNCIL, OAKLAND FIRE SAFE COUNCIL, BERKELEY FIRE WAS THERE, OAKLAND FIRE WAS THERE.
UH, I WAS THERE REPRESENTING THE PARK DISTRICT, BUT AL ALSO, UM, I JUST WANTED A SHOUT OUT TO, UH, UH, CAPTAIN MCINTYRE FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
HE'S, HE WAS ACTIVE IN THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN ANOTHER, UH, CONFERENCE ON THAT AND, UH, SEEING SOME OF THE RESULTS FROM THAT.
AND THEN, UH, I ATTENDED THE, UH, ON THE 15TH AND ATTENDED THE MARTIN LUTHER KING RALLY.
IT WAS FOR THE, FOR THE FIRST ONE IN FOUR YEARS, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY WELL RUN AND, UH, VERY ENJOYABLE, UH, AND HEARTFELT.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY REALLY RESPONDED, UH, QUITE WELL TO THAT EVENT.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER EVENTS THAT WERE GOING ON THAT DAY, UH, THEY HAD A FULL HOUSE.
SO, UH, REALLY ENJOYED THE, THE, THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE, UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT SHOWED UP TOO.
AND THEN, UH, AND THEN I'M HERE TODAY AND THEN, UH, JUST HAVE A REQUEST TO, UH, THE, UH, POSSIBILITY OF, UH, ADJOURNING, UH, IN ON, IN MEMORY OF, UM, UH, OFFICER WAN LEE, THE OAKLAND POLICE OFFICER THAT, THAT PASSED AND, UH, WHILE ON DUTY.
SO ON, UM, DECEMBER 19TH AT THE BOARD MEETING, UM, DECEMBER 21ST, I MET WITH, UM, CAROL LANE, WHO, WHO, UM, IS A ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE EAST BAY TRAIL DOGS, WHICH IS A GROUP OF MAINLY RETIRED PEOPLE WHO DO VOLUNTEER WORK ON TRAILS, MAINLY TRAIL MAINTENANCE, SOMETIMES TRAIL CONSTRUCTION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY MOVE AROUND TO, UH, CITY OF WALNUT CREEK OPEN SPACE, UM, YOU KNOW, SAVE MOUNT DIABLO, UH, PARK DISTRICT AND MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK.
THEY, THEY, THEY LITERALLY WORK IN THE EAST BAY.
AND, UM, SO I MET WITH, UM, THE VOLUNTEER WHO SORT OF GETS 'EM ALL THEIR WORK.
SHE'S, SHE'S SORT OF THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, CAROL LANE.
UM, SHE WAS INTERESTED IN MAKING A STRONGER CONNECTION WITH DIABLO FOOTHILLS REGIONAL PARK, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE HEART OF WHERE THEIR MEMBERS LIVE, AND THEY LOVE THAT PARK, AND THEY LIKE TO MAKE MORE CONTRIBUTIONS.
SO, UM, WE MET, AND I, AND I'VE, I'VE INTRODUCED THAT IDEA TO STAFF THAT, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT THEY'D BE MORE INVOLVED IN THAT PARK.
UM, ON, UM, DECEMBER 29TH, UM, DIRECTOR COFFEE, AND I MET WITH, UM, UM, DIRECTOR EMERITA BEVERLY LANE AND HAD A WONDERFUL LUNCH AND TALKED ABOUT JUST A WHOLE NUM RANGE OF THINGS.
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A A LOT OF KIND OF GOING OVER SOME OF THE GREATEST HITS FROM THE RECENT PAST.IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.
UM, ON JANUARY 2ND, I, UM, WAS, WAS ON THE MEETING WITH THE BOARD RETREAT, PRE-PLAN, HAVING THAT INTERVIEW FOR THAT.
AND, UM, BRINGS US TO YESTERDAY.
I TOO WAS AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
UM, MULTICULTURAL RALLY IN OAKLAND.
AND, UH, I HAD ATTENDED THAT ON REMOTELY LAST YEAR.
OF COURSE, EVERYBODY
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO DIRECTOR CORBETT FOR HER ROLE IN THAT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY, UH, I REALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS, THAT IS SUCH A GREAT EVENT.
UM, IT, IT, THERE'S A LOT THERE.
I MEAN, THERE, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
AS I TOLD DIRECTOR ROSARIO AFTERWARDS, I SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE A VARIETY SHOW, BUT IT'S ALL FOCUSED ON, ON, ON, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, RACIAL ISSUES IN, IN, IN, IN OUR WORLD, YOU KNOW? AND SO, UH, IT WAS GREAT FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UM, ONE IS, UM, I JUST HAPPENED TO, UH, WHEN DRIVING IN THE CAR, I HAD THE RADIO ON, AND I HAD, UM, THERE'S A, UM, UH, A SHOW ON, ON NPR CALLED THE WORLD.
IT'S LITERALLY ABOUT THE WORLD.
AND HOW DO YOU DO THAT IN AN HOUR? WELL, THEY MANAGED TO DO IT IN AN HOUR, BUT THEY ALSO MANAGED TO SINGLE OUT AN, AN, AN ITEM ON THAT WAS FOCUSING ON BIOCHAR.
SO THAT WAS, UM, I WOULD INVITE ANY, YOU KNOW, ANYONE AROUND HERE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT'S THE WORLD.
UM, LAST THURSDAY, UM, THEY HAD A WHOLE, UH, UH, SEGMENT ON, UH, A FELLOW ON CAPE COD WHO DID A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO SOIL AND FOUND OUT THAT, UH, THERE'S SOME SOIL IN THE AMAZON THAT'S THE BEST ON EARTH.
AND THE REASON IT IS, IS BECAUSE IT, IT, THE, UM, THE, THE NATIVE PEOPLES, THE, UH, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO LIVED THERE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS ROUTINELY BURNED THE, THE FOREST AND BUILT THE SOIL UP TO A WAY THAT MAKES IT VERY FERTILE.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT WAS AN, I DIDN'T EVEN CATCH THE WHOLE THING.
I GOTTA GO BACK AND LISTEN TO IT MYSELF.
BUT I THINK THERE'S THINGS TO BE LEARNED, UM, FROM THAT, THAT WE COULD SORT OF REFER TO, UM, TO BACK UP WHAT WE'RE DOING EVEN MORE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, UM, THANKS AGAIN FOR THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS ON THE, UH, IN, IN OUR PACKET, DIRECTOR CORMAN.
UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT JUST ONE EVENT, AND THAT WAS THE MARTIN LUTHER KING EVENT THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY, BUT IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL EVENT.
SO HAPPY TO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE, UM, OF US THERE TO CELEBRATE AND TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT.
AND IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF YOUNG GROUPS THAT CAME AND SANG AND TALKED ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT HE TAUGHT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HOW THINGS SHOULD BE DONE, UH, TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ALL LIVE IN.
IN ADDITION, WE HAD SEVERAL, UH, SPEAKERS.
WE HAD ASSEMBLY MEMBER MIA BONTA AND M TAO FROM THE CITY OF OAKLAND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHEVA REED, WHO ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK OF MARTIN LUTHER KING.
AND, UH, EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, WE HAD, UH, PRESENTATIONS, BUT WE HAD SO MANY YOUTH GROUPS THAT CAME AND SANG, AND THAT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF THE ENTIRE, UH, PROGRAM.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO HAVE MY COLLEAGUES THERE TO REPRESENT THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE PARK DISTRICT TO ACTUALLY HELP FUND THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.
SO IT WAS REALLY A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL EVENT WITH ALL KINDS OF GREAT THINGS TO SEE, ESPECIALLY WATCHING THE YOUNG CHILDREN AND, UH, DOING THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND SINGING AND TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING.
SO, UM, IT'S ALREADY READY TO START PLANNING AGAIN,
BUT THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT WERE THERE.
AND THANKS AGAIN TO THE PARK DISTRICT FOR HELPING FUND THIS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT EVENT.
UM, ON JANUARY 1ST ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, I HAD HELD MY ANNUAL, UM, HIKE UP MISSION PEAK.
UH, THANKS, DIRECTOR COFFEE AND MILA FOR COMING DOWN SOUTH TO SEE THAT, UH, SPECTACLE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL LIKE MISSION PEAK, AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE GOING UP STANFORD AVENUE WAY.
UM, UH, ON JANUARY 5TH, I MET WITH A CONSULTANT TO, UH, TALK ABOUT, UH, PRIORITIES FOR THE STUDY SESSION, UH, OR RETREAT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS FRIDAY, OR NEXT FRIDAY, PARDON ME.
UH, ON JANUARY 10TH, I ATTENDED THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION MEETING, UM, GREAT, GREAT TALK BY, UM,
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OUR COLLEAGUES AT ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT TALKING ABOUT WATER AND, AND, UH, THE FUTURE.AND, UH, JUST, I WAS THE ONLY REGIONAL PARKS DISTRICT MEMBER THERE, AND HE WASN'T REFERRED TALKING TO ME, BUT HE WAS SURE, UH, ED STEVENSON, THE, THE, UM, GENERAL MANAGER WAS JUST HEAP AND PRAISE ON OUR COLLABORATION AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS WE DO TOGETHER.
UH, SO I GUESS THEY REALLY DO WANNA PUT A LOT OF WATER IN LAKE DEL VAL.
BUT IT, IT WAS VERY KIND AND, AND HE WAS VERY GRACIOUS AND SO WAS, UM, UM, THEIR DIRECTOR, JIM, JIM, JIM WHO, WHAT JIM, WHAT IS HIS NAME? DOESN'T MATTER.
LONG TIME DIRECTOR DOWN THERE.
UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, AND I MIGHT ADD COMPLIMENTS TO THE, UH, STAFF FOR THE CALENDAR.
I HAND OUT CASTRO VALLEY SEDITARY DISTRICT, UH, PARK ADVISORY OR COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HANDED THEM OUT AT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION.
THEY JUST GRAB 'EM AND GO FOR 'EM.
SO THANKS AGAIN, GREAT PRODUCTION.
AND, UH, UM, ANYWAY, UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, THAT AFTERNOON, UH, JANUARY 10TH, UM, THIS SUNDAY, THIS PAST SUNDAY, I TOOK A WALK WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, I FORGOT HER LAST NAME, ERIN FROM COYOTE HILLS, A NATURALIST DOWN THERE, UH, WHO DID A KING TIDE WALK.
AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
SHE, SHE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
IT WAS A COLD, RAINY DAY, IF YOU REMEMBER.
UM, I WAS HOPING FOR WIND AND STORMY DAY TO MAKE THE, THE TIDES GO OVER THE LEVEES.
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT THERE WAS, YOU COULD SEE THE SWELLING THAT WAS OCCURRING.
UH, WATER WAS COMING IN AT A GREAT RATE.
UM, AND ERIN DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF INTERPRETING.
WE HAD 24 PEOPLE THERE, I THINK.
AND, UH, SHE BLEW UP A, A SUN.
AND THEN SHE BLEW UP AN EARTH, AND SHE BLEW UP A MOON AND HAD PARTICIPANTS, UH, OH, GEEZ, I, I'D GET MYSELF INTO THIS, WHAT IF THE SUN SITS, THE SUN JUST SITS THERE AND DOESN'T MOVE, THE EARTH REVOLVES AROUND.
THE SUN REVOLVES, AND THE MOON SPINS EVERY 24 HOURS AROUND THE EARTH AS THE EARTH IS MOVING AROUND THE SUN.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES KING TIDES, OR THAT'S WHAT DRAWS THE, THE
AND SHE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF EXPLAINING IT, UNLIKE ME.
BUT IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I ENCOURAGE YOU, THERE'S STILL A COUPLE MORE KING TIDES, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE MORE, UM, UH, PROGRAMS, UH, THAT THE REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IS, IS LEADING, UH, UH, TALKS ABOUT THAT AND MAKING THE AWARENESS OF SEA LEVEL RISE.
SO, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IF YOU, IF YOU CAN.
UH, AND THEN YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION.
UH, UH, CONGRATULATIONS, DIRECTOR CORBETT.
AND IT WAS AN EXCELLENT, UH, EXCELLENT SHOW.
AND, AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S SO FUNNY.
I LOVE GOING BACK THERE SIMPLY BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE IRWIN LYNCH, UH, JOAN SIO AND OTIS SANDERS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT WORKED FOR THE PARK DISTRICT FOR YEARS AND YEARS, THESE GUYS WERE FOUNDING MEMBERS.
I'M PRETTY SURE, UH, OTIS IS LONG RETIRED, SO IS JOAN.
BUT THEY ALWAYS COME BACK AND THEY ALWAYS PARTICIPATE, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS REALLY INTO IT.
AND IRWIN, OF COURSE, IS A SUPERSTAR WHO WAS NOT ONLY OUT THERE DIRECTING PARKING, BUT PRESENTING AWARDS AND DOING, HAULING STUFF AROUND.
HE'S, HE'S EVERYWHERE AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT,
I THINK YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF DESCRIBING THE KING TIDES, ACTUALLY.
SO, NICE JOB WITH THAT SUMMARY.
UH, IT REMINDS ME, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING, I, I, I HAVE TO SHARE THIS 'CAUSE I'M JUST SO PROUD OF HER.
UM, SO WITH MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE, I DID FOCUS IN AN AREA OF SCIENCE, AND I FOCUS ON PHYSICS.
AND ACTUALLY MY PHYSICS PROFESSOR WHO TAUGHT ME SOME OF THE PHYSICS BEHIND OF WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, UH, SHE'S ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN THAT WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR PHYSICS.
SO, YES, SO I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
UM, ANDREA GZ AT UCLA, I THINK SHE WENT TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, SO JANUARY 4TH, I HAD MY MEETING FOR THE BOARD RETREAT PLANNING.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT THE SHORELINE, AND I KNOW I REFERENCED THIS EARLIER, UM, AND I GUESS ALSO AS WE THINK ABOUT PREPARING FOR MAY WHEN WE GO TO WASHINGTON, DC, ALTHOUGH I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MAY REVIEW THIS BEFORE MAY, UM, JUST THINKING AGAIN ABOUT THE US DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND DON EDWARDS, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, THERE'S THE AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM, WHICH I THINK IS PART OF THE FEDERAL 30 BY 30.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT'S BEING REFERENCED IN REGARDS TO THE NEW YORK SHORELINE.
BUT ALSO, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THINKING ABOUT FREMONT, DUNBARTON QUARRY HAS A TRAIL THAT GOES TO DON EDWARDS AND CONNECTS TO THAT SHORELINE AREA.
SO, UM, WELL, IT MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY OUR PROJECT OR OUR LAND, YOU KNOW, WE CONNECT THE TRAILS TO THAT AREA.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS, WOULD BE INTERESTING, UM, TO FOLLOW UP.
BUT YEAH, I THINK NEXT WEEK LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A BUSY WEEK HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.
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BEEN NICE TO HAVE A FEW WEEKS BREAK FROM MEETINGS AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.UH, ON DECEMBER 20, I, UH, ATTENDED A SITE VISIT WITH, UH, CONGRESSMAN GARAM MENDES STAFF, LOCAL STAFF, UH, ARRANGED BY ERIC.
WE, UH, WENT TO RODEO TO SEE THE SHORELINE AND POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT THE DISTRICT, UH, MIGHT, UH, SOMEDAY PURSUE AROUND RODEO.
UH, AND THEN WE ALSO VISITED THE, UH, SIDE OF THE BAY TRAIL, UH, GAP.
UH, AT POINT WILSON, UH, ON THE 28TH, I DID, UH, ATTEND A NICE LUNCHEON WITH DIRECTOR RIO AND BEV LANE, AND TALKED A LOT OF HISTORY ON THE 29TH.
UH, I HAD A, A MEETING ON HIS VERY LAST DAY WITH MIKE REEVES TO GO OVER, UH, WARD SEVEN AND, AND PROPERTY ISSUES ON THE FIRST.
I DID ATTEND ALONG WITH THE MASSES, UH, DIRECTOR WASP'S, UH, MISSION PEAK HIKE.
UH, ON THE FIFTH I ATTENDED A TASK FORCE MEETING OF THE CONTRA COSTA BAR ASSOCIATION, THE PORT CHICAGO TASK FORCE.
UH, I ALSO HAD THE MEETING WITH THE, UH, RETREAT CONSULTANTS.
THEY SEEM TO BE, UH, VERY ENGAGING.
UH, ON THE 10TH, I ATTENDED ALLEGED COMMITTEE, UH, AND ON THE 11TH I ATTENDED THE CON, UH, CONTRA COSTA MAYOR'S CONFERENCE.
AND, UH, DR. ALVAREZ WAS THE LEAD PRESENTER FOR THE GROUP THAT NIGHT.
AND SHE DID A FABULOUS JOB, VERY ENGAGING, AND I GOT A LOT OF, UH, REAL POSITIVE, UH, FEEDBACK AFTER, AFTER HER PRESENTATION.
UH, AND, UH, I REALLY FELT PROUD OF, UH, OF, UH, DR. ALVAREZ AND THE ORGANIZATION THAT, UH, WE ARE PLAYING SUCH A LEADERSHIP ROLE AMONG, YOU KNOW, ALL THE MAYORS OF CONTRA COSTA, WHO WERE ALL COPIOUSLY, TAKING NOTES AND PICTURES OF THE SLIDES.
AND, UH, UH, IT JUST, IT WAS A, A REAL GOOD FEELING TO, UH, PARTICIPATE.
SO I'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH SOME OF MY ACTIVITIES OVER THE BREAK IN BEGINNING OF JANUARY, UM, STARTING WITH THE 22ND OF DECEMBER, UM, MET WITH STAFF REGARDING THE TILDEN JUNIOR RANGER PROGRAM.
GOT AN UPDATE ON THAT AND THE SURVEY THAT WENT OUT RECENTLY TO PARENTS, AS WELL AS THE UPCOMING WORKSHOP.
AND CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO ATTEND THAT IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE AND GIVING THEIR OPINION ON THINGS.
UM, ON THE 29TH, UH, MET WITH STAFF REGARDING PLANNING FOR THIS YEAR'S BOARD MEETINGS IN PARTICULAR, UM, INCLUDING ASSIGNMENTS FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO THE BOARD AND, AND LIAISON COMMITTEES.
UM, ON THE 8TH OF JANUARY, UH, CHIEF TYLEE AND, UM, ASSISTANT CHIEF CARRIE HEALY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO JOIN ME AT A MEETING WITH THE BERKELEY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL ON ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN AND AROUND BERKELEY.
WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
UM, BUT MOSTLY THEY, THEIR QUESTIONS ARE MOSTLY AROUND THE NEIGHBORING AREAS NEAR NEAR THE CITY OF BERKELEY.
AND WE WERE JOINED ALSO BY, UM, BERKELEY'S A FIRE CHIEF IN THAT ZOOM MEETING.
AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO, TO THANK CHIEF TYLEE AND CHIEF, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF HEALY FOR THEIR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S, I, I KNOW HOW BUSY THEY ARE, AND THERE'S LOTS OF GROUPS THAT WANNA MEET WITH THEM.
AND, AND THEY WERE VERY, UH, GRACIOUS WITH THEIR TIME AND WE'RE VERY INFORMATIVE.
UM, ON THE NINTH, UH, I MET WITH OUR CONSULTANTS ON PLANNING FOR THE 2024 BOARD RETREAT, UM, ON THE 10TH, UH, ATTENDED THE BOARD LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON THE 12TH, HAD THE PRE-MEETING REGARDING THE BOARD MEETING WITH, UM, WITH OTHER BOARD OFFICERS AND, AND SOME OF OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS.
AND THEN YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE, THE ANNUAL BERKELEY MARTIN LUTHER KING BREAKFAST, WHERE THEY WERE REALLY CELEBRATING, UM, CELEBRATING THE, THE YOUTH MOSTLY.
IT WAS REALLY, UM, GREAT ALL OF THE PERFORMANCES AND JUST, I, IT MAKES ME FEEL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR FUTURE WHEN I SEE, WHEN I SEE THE TALENT THAT'S COMING UP, UM, COMING UP IN THE RANKS WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
UH, I DO WANNA THANK, UM, DIRECTOR CORBETT FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND THE MULTICULTURAL RALLY IN OAKLAND, AND REALLY EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THAT EVENT AND EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED.
AND ALSO, UH, A SHOUT OUT TO OUR STAFF AND THE, THE RECORD NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS WHO, WHO WERE OUT IN THE PARKS YESTERDAY.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S PHENOMENAL.
'CAUSE REALLY IT IS, IT IS ABOUT SERVICE.
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YOU EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED.UM, AND I THINK THAT BRINGS ME UP TO TODAY, UH, EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT.
I KNOW IT'S A BIG JOB AND, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU IN THIS ROLE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO SAY BEFORE WE ADJOURN? UM, WELL, I WILL DO, I WILL DO THAT ONE, YES.
SO, UM, YEAH, SO, SO AS, UH, DIRECTOR ROSARIO, UH, SUGGESTED WE'LL ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF OAKLAND POLICE OFFICER WAN LEE, WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN A VERY SAD, TRAGIC, UH, SITUATION.
UM, SO WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED IN HIS MEMORY AT 2:47 PM THANK YOU.