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THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMUNITY MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17TH, 2024, BEGINNING AT 10:37 AM IS NOW OPEN.
UM, AND I, UH, JUST NEED TO MENTION THAT I HAVE, UH, COMPLIED WITH THE PROVISIONS OF AB 2 4 4 9 REGARDING MY REMOTE APPEARANCE TODAY.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY MY DAUGHTER IS SICK AND I NOTIFIED THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THAT THIS MORNING AND SAID THAT I NEEDED TO APPEAR REMOTELY AND WILL KEEP MY AUDIO AND VISUAL ON THROUGHOUT THE MEETING.
AND THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE IN MY ROOM.
UH, SO NOW ON THE MEETING, UH, I'D
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LIKE TO ASK OUR RECORDING CLERK, UM, TO PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE.YES, PRESIDENT, UH, ECK ECHOS, DIRECTOR WASPY HERE.
DIRECTOR CORBETT HERE, GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH HERE.
AND DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER ALVAREZ HERE.
PRESIDENT ECCLES PRESENT REMOTELY.
DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THAT PART? YES, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.
TODAY'S MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT.
WE ARE PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO LIVE VIA ZOOM BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL OR LEAVING A VOICEMAIL.
THIS INFORMATION IS NOTED ON THE AGENDA, AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES, PRESIDENT ECCLES ONTO THE MEETINGS MEETING.
CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM THERE ARE NO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS? NOT ON THE AGENDA FIRST.
THERE ARE NO, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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SO WE WILL PROCEED WITH OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE REBUILDING AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY GRANT APPLICATION.UH, GOOD MORNING, KATIE HORNBECK, GRANTS MANAGER, UM, HERE PRESENTING ON THE RAISES GRANT APPLICATION.
SO WHAT IS RAISES? UM, SO RAISES WAS PREVIOUSLY OR INITIALLY KNOWN AS THE TIGER GRANT TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT GENERATING ECONOMIC RECOVERY DISCRETIONARY GRANT.
UH, THEN IT WAS LATER CHANGED TO THE BUILD PROGRAM, BETTER UTILIZING INVESTMENTS TO LEVERAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN WE LANDED ON RAISE, UH, THIRD TIMES A CHARM.
REBUILDING AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE WAS SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY.
SO THIS IS A DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR INVESTING IN SURFACE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, THE PROGRAM PRIORITIES, UH, OR PRIORITIZES PROJECTS WITH LONG-TERM BENEFICIAL OUTCOMES, JOB CREATION, ECONOMIC STIMULUS, INNOVATION AND PARTNERSHIP.
IT, THE RAISES PROGRAM, UH, EXCUSE ME, RAISES PROJECT CRITERIA, UH, ARE LISTED HERE.
UH, THIS IS WHAT, UH, THEY ARE, UM, MEASURING OUR, ARE THE APPLICATIONS AGAINST, UH, IS IT REDUCING, ARE THE PROJECTS REDUCING POTENTIAL SERIOUS INJURIES? IS THIS, ARE THE PROJECTS REDUCING TRANSPORTATION RELATED POLLUTION? IS IT CONNECTING PEOPLE TO JOBS AND SERVICES? EDUCATION AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, GETTING PEOPLE OFF ROADS, UH, THE READINESS AND 20% MATCH, UH, CRITERIA DOWN THERE.
SO THOSE ARE BOTH, UH, CRITERIA THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UM, UH, GRADED ON THE, FROM THE DOT REVIEWERS, AS WELL AS SOMETHING WE INTERNALLY ARE CONSIDERING AS WE PREPARE OUR APPLICATION.
SO, READINESS, UH, IS DETERMINED AS, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN THIS PROJECT BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS? UH, DO WE HAVE, WHERE ARE WE WITH RIGHT OF WAY? IS THAT, IS THAT REQUIRED? IS WHERE ARE WE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING, WHERE WE ARE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS? DO WE HAVE THE MATCH FUNDING? CAN WE HAVE THE MATCH FUNDING? SO THOSE ARE ALL QUESTIONS WE'RE ASKING OURSELVES
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INTERNALLY AS WE DECIDE WHICH PROJECTS TO PUT FORWARD IN AN APPLICATION.AND THEN ON THE UH, DOT REVIEW SIDE, UH, IT IS REQUIRED THAT WE HAVE 20 20% MATCH, EITHER SECURED OR PENDING.
UH, THEY WANNA KNOW, THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO GET A SENSE FROM OUR DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE'RE PUTTING FORTH, THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT CAN GET DONE.
UH, SO IN THAT REGARD, PLANNING PROJECTS TEND TO BE, UH, SEEN AS RISKIER.
UH, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THE POT FOR, UH, PLANNING PROJECTS.
SO WE ARE, WE TEND TO PUT FORWARD OR HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN PUTTING FORWARD, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
SO IN THIS ROUND OF RAISE FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THERE'LL BE 1.5 BILLION AVAILABLE.
UH, I'VE NOTICED SOME OF THE PERCENTAGE BREAKDOWN, AND THIS ACTUALLY ISN'T ALL OF THEM, BUT PROVIDED THIS TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW THAT 1.5 GETS SMALLER AND SMALLER AND SMALLER, AND IN REGARDS TO WHAT IS GONNA, WHAT WILL BE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR OUR PROJECTS, UH, THE MINIMUM GRANT AWARD IS 5 MILLION, NOT TO EXCEED 25 MILLION.
AND THERE IS A, A HISTORY OF, UM, UH, APPLICANTS PUTTING IN, YOU KNOW, REQUESTING LET'S SAY 24 MILLION WITH SEVERAL PROJECTS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMING BACK SAYING, WE'LL GIVE YOU HALF OF THAT, OR A THIRD OF THAT, AND SOME NEGOTIATION ON WHAT PROJECTS WILL GET FUNDED.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO US IN, UH, TIGER TWO IN 2010.
UM, OUR APPLICATION WAS, I THINK AROUND THE 24 MILLION, UH, DOLLAR DOLLAR MARK, AND WE HAD SEVERAL, I THINK SEVEN PROJECTS, AND WE ENDED UP FUNDING FIVE OF THEM.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST THING TO NOTE IS THE FUNDS MUST BE EXPENDED BY 2033.
UH, SO JUST IN THESE LAST FEW YEARS.
SO MOST RECENTLY, UH, WE SUB IS BEGINNING IN 2019.
UH, STAFF AT THE TIME, UH, MET WITH BOARD MEMBERS AT THE TIME, AS WELL AS OUR, UH, LOCAL PARTNERS, REGIONAL PARTNERS, INTERNAL STAFF, TO CREATE A LIST OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE IN ALIGNMENT, UH, AND BE POSSIBLY CONSIDERED COMPETITIVE AGAINST THE RAISE PROGRAM CRITERIA.
UH, WE CAME UP WITH A LIST OF 20 REGIONAL PROJECTS.
WE HIRED A CONSULTANT TO ANALYZE THOSE PROJECTS, UM, AGAINST THE GRAYS CRITERIA AND COMPOSITED A SCORE.
AND WE LOOKED AT THAT INTERNALLY AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE EIGHT PROJECTS WE WANTED TO SUBMIT IN 2021.
UH, WE, OUR APPLICATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 24 MILLION.
UH, WE WERE NOT, UH, SELECTED FOR A GRANT AWARD, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, AND IT TOOK ALMOST A YEAR TO GET FEEDBACK FROM DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS WHY WE DIDN'T SUBMIT IN 2022.
WE WANTED TO GROUND TRUTH, WHAT, WHAT WAS GOOD, WHAT NEEDED IMPROVEMENT IN OUR APPLICATION.
THEY, THEY RESPONDED STRONGLY TO THAT APPLICATION.
UH, THEY HAD SUGGESTED, UH, POSSIBLY REMOVING THE PLANNING PROJECT.
IT WAS SLIGHTLY RISKIER, UH, PERHAPS NARROWING DOWN EIGHT PROJECTS TO FEWER, UH, REALLY JUST PUTTING THOSE FORWARD THAT WERE THE, THE STRONGEST OR MOST COMPETITIVE.
SO WE TOOK ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND THEN IN 2023, SUBMITTED ANOTHER RAISE APPLICATION WITH FIVE PROJECTS.
THE ASK WAS, UH, EIGHT, UH, 18.9 MILLION.
WE HAD MORE IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK FROM DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
UH, IN THAT ROUND, OUR APPLICATION ACTUALLY MADE IT TO SECRETARY BUTTIGIEG DESK AND WAS, WHILE NOT SELECTED, WAS RECEIVED, UH, A PROJECT OF MERIT.
UM, AND SO WE AGAIN, WENT SIFTED THROUGH THEIR FEEDBACK AND DECIDED INTERNALLY WE WANTED TO SUBMIT JUST ONE PROJECT IN THIS NEXT ROUND OF FUNDING, WHICH IS WHAT I'LL GET TO HERE NOW.
SO THE PROJECT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT IN THIS, THIS RAISE ROUND IS THE, UH, WHAT WE'RE CALLING, UH, THE RICHMOND BAY TRAIL GAP CLOSURE PROJECT.
UM, INTERNALLY, IT'S ALSO BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE POINT PINOLA TO WILSON POINT PROJECT.
THE RENAMING, UH, AT LEAST IN THE GRANT APPLICATION, IS DUE TO JUST PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT MORE GEOGRAPHIC, UH, CONTEXT AND ORIENTATION TO THOSE FOLKS WHO AREN'T OBVIOUSLY FROM THE BAY AREA.
UM, AND HERE IT IS NOTED ON THE MAP, THIS PROJECT WAS SUBMITTED BOTH IN THE 2021 PACKAGE AND THE 2023 PACKAGE.
UH, THIS IS A BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTION, UM, CONSTRUCTION OF A 0.9 MILE PAVED CLASS ONE MULTI-USE EXTENSION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL.
UH, WHAT WE REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS PROJECT, BOTH WHERE IT'S LOCATED, ALSO, IT'S CLOSING A GAP ALONG THE SHORELINE BAY TRAIL, UH, CAN, WHICH WILL THEN PROVIDE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES OF CONTINUOUS STRETCH OF BAY TRAIL.
UM, AND THIS, UH, OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE REMAINING PROJECTS FELT THAT THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WAS GONNA GARNER THE, THE, THE, THE MOST BE THE MOST COMPETITIVE, UM, ESTIMATED TOTAL PROJECT COST IS CURRENTLY 8 MILLION.
UH, SO WE ARE GOING TO, WE WILL BE REQUESTING
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80% OF THAT TOTAL PROJECT COST, SO 6.4, AND OUR MATCH REQUIREMENT WILL BE 1.6.OUR TIMELINE HERE, UM, OBVIOUSLY HERE TODAY, UH, TO GET YOUR SUPPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF MOVING THIS FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD ON FEBRUARY 6TH.
THE APPLICATION IS DUE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, AND THEN ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE MADE IN THE FALL.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE MY PRESENTATION.
JUST READING THE RECOMMENDATION IN FULL, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SUPPORT THE GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S RAISE PROGRAM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RICHMOND BAY TRAIL GAP CLOSURE PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 6.4 MILLION.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I'VE, UH, SEAN DUGAN HERE, OUR TRAILS PROGRAM MANAGER IS ALSO COULD ANSWER PROJECT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M SURE WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THAT AND QUESTIONS.
UM, SO, UH, DIRECTOR CORBETT, OUR DIRECTOR, WASPY, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ASK? I I JUST HAVE A QUICK, YOU HAVE QUICK COMMENT THIS, GO AHEAD.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? THIS LOOKS LIKE A REALLY GOOD, UH, PROJECT.
I JUST WONDER, UM, UM, I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THERE WAS A LIST OF A FEW OTHER PROJECTS TAKE WE TOOK A LOOK AT TOO, AND THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WAS CHOSEN.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO, UM, MAYBE, MAYBE IT'S ON THIS AND I JUST DON'T SEE IT, TO SEE WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS WERE THAT WERE RE POSSIBLY REQUESTED OR MIGHT BE IN THE FUTURE? CERTAINLY, YES.
UM, I CAN PROVIDE YOU BOTH THE INITIAL LIST THAT WAS CREATED, UH, BACK IN 2020, AND THEN I CAN ALSO SHOW YOU HOW IN WHAT WE SUBMITTED IN 2021 AND 2023, AND THEN WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
SO THEY'RE ALL PULLING FROM THAT, THAT MAIN LIST.
AND WERE THOSE STRICTLY CHOSEN BY THE BY STAFF, OR DID THE BOARD GET A CHANCE TO PUT A WORD IN ON WHICH PROJECTS TO LOOK GOOD? MM-HMM.
UH, WE CAME TO THE BOARD BOTH AT, UH, EITHER THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OR THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE BEFORE GOING TO THE FULL BOARD, UM, AND THEN BEFORE SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION.
SO IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE, UM, EFFORT AND INPUT AND DIRECTION ON WHAT TO SUBMIT.
AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WAS DONE THAT THE, THAT THE, THE TRAIL LIST WAS GENERATED OR CREATED? THAT THE BOARD WAS ASKED WHAT THE OPINION WAS ON, ON THE PROJECTS, UH, THAT I SAID WOULD'VE BEEN 2019 OR 2020 WHEN THAT LIST WAS CREATED.
AND YOU CAN SHARE THAT LIST WITH ME AT SOME MM-HMM.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS, UH, SUBMITTING THIS GRANT AND LOOK FORWARD FOR SOME SUCCESS.
SO WE HIRED A CONSULTANT AND I KNOW THAT IT'S, I'M, I'M SURE OUR, OUR EVERYTHING IS DONE PERFECTLY.
UH, I REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN 2018 OR 2019 WHENEVER IT WAS, AND, AND MET WITH THOSE FOLKS AND THEY HAD SOME PRETTY STRICT STRINGENT CRITERIA MM-HMM.
BUT I THINK WE'VE HONED IT DOWN REALLY, REALLY WELL.
DID DOES THE CONSULTANT DO THINGS LIKE, I, I KNOW IN THE, IN THE OUR LITERATURE THAT WE GOT IN OUR PACKET, THEY'VE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED.
YOU, YOU MADE THE, YOU KNOW, YOU MADE THE, GOD FORBID, I WON'T REPLY, WE DIDN'T, YOU MADE THE SECOND POOL, UH, UH, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT DID THEY GIVE ADVICE ON HOW TO GET THERE? AND IS, ARE, IS THERE A STRATEGY? AND MAYBE IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, SEAN, I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT YOU WERE AROUND FOR TIGER AND I KNOW THAT WAS A MILLION YEARS AGO AND A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET OF CRITERIA, BUT WE WERE REALLY, REALLY SUCCESSFUL THAT, I KNOW WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET THE TIGER GRANT, BUT, UH, IS THERE, I GUESS QUE WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? I, I HOPE WE LOOK INTO THE HISTORY OF THAT, AND I HOPE WE, YOU KNOW, CAN FILL IN THE BLANKS THIS TIME.
UM, FORTUNATELY WITH THIS, UH, THE LAST ROUND FOR THE 2023 FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED, THEY ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH EACH, UH, CRITERIA METRIC AND TOLD US WHAT OUR SCORE WAS.
AND SO WE, SO WE NOW KNOW WHAT SPECIFIC AREAS WE NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME IN, AND THEY GAVE A COUP SOME SPECIFIC POINTS TO TOUCH ON.
UM, THE OTHER BENEFIT TO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS IS THAT, UH, WE CAN SPEND MORE TIME EXPANDING OUT ON THE PROJECT.
SO WE'RE LIMITED TO, I BELIEVE IT'S 20 PAGES.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, EIGHT PROJECTS, YOU CAN ONLY SPEND SO MUCH TIME.
SO YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN IN A SMALL SPACE AS POSSIBLE.
SO NOW WITH JUST ONE, WE CAN REALLY START TO BUILD OUT LIKE, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS FOR QUALITY OF LIFE OR ECONOMIC IMPACT? WE CAN HAVE, UM, CONCEPTUAL RENDERINGS, LIKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE SORT OF HAVE TO LEAVE OFF.
SO, UM, SO ANYWAYS, SO I THINK THE BASIC ANSWER IS YES, WE'VE RECEIVED SOME VERY SPECIFIC FEEDBACK THAT I THINK WILL BE HELPFUL IN THIS NEXT ROUND.
AND THAT, AND THAT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT'S PROBABLY WHY, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE HONED IT DOWN TO THIS PLACE IN
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RICHMOND, STRETCH OF TRAIL IN RICHMOND.SO THE CRITERIA THERE WHEN THEY GRADED YOU ON THE OTHER PROJECTS, THIS RICHMOND PROJECT IS GOING TO BE THE CLOSEST TO THE CLOSEST TO THE BEST.
AND, AND, UM, OH, UM, SO THEY DO ROUNDS OF THESE EVERY YEAR? UH MM-HMM,
UH, IT'S AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE.
UM, EVERY STATE IS REQUIRED TO BE RE UH, THE RECIPIENT OF ONE AWARD.
I BELIEVE LAST YEAR, IN THE LAST ROUND THERE WERE FIVE OR SIX THAT WERE AWARDED TO CALIFORNIA.
I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT NUMBER, BUT IT WAS A HANDFUL OF THEM.
UH, BUT JUST AS DISTRIBUTION, THEY, EVERY STATE DOES, DOES NEED TO GET AN AWARD.
IF I MAY, JUST FOR REFERENCE, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE LARGEST WAS FOR, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE IN OAKLAND RELATED TO BUILD OUT OF THE HOWARD TERMINAL.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.
UM, WAIT, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YEAH.
UM, YEAH, SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE, KATIE.
I, UM, AM THRILLED TO HEAR THAT THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS CHOSEN TO GO FORWARD.
THE CLOSING THE GAP FROM POINT PINOLE TO POINT WILSON IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL HAS BEEN ONE OF MY HIGHEST PRIORITIES SINCE I FIRST GOT ONTO THE BOARD.
AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY A GREAT, UM, GREAT CANDIDATE FOR THIS, THIS AWARD.
UM, THE, IF WE CAN CREATE A, A BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN, UH, CORRIDOR THERE, PEOPLE CAN COMMUTE FROM UP NEAR HERCULES, UM, DOWN TO THE POINT PINOLE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS AND OTHER JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT AREA.
IT'S ALSO NEAR, UM, SOME LOWER INCOME AREAS.
UM, SO I THINK IT, IT, YOU KNOW, SORT THAT CRITERIA IN TERMS OF CREATING MORE ACCESS FOR OUR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
UM, SO I'M JUST VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT ON A LOT OF LEVELS AND REALLY HOPE, I REALLY HOPE YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL.
IT'S, IT'S READY TO GO AND
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I REALIZE WE, WE SKIPPED OVER THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.SO BEFORE WE GO TO OUR INFORMATIONAL ITEM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND TAKE CARE OF THAT.
WE HAVE THREE, UH, SETS OF MINUTES FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LAST FALL.
UM, IF ANY, DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS OR IS SOMEONE, WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A, A MOTION TO? I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL THREE OF THEM.
AND I, I DO HAVE A QUICK LITTLE, UH, QUESTION.
I WASN'T HERE ON THE COMMITTEE AT THE TIME, SO I AM JUST GOING TO STAY OUT OF THE VOTE ON THAT.
AND THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PASS IT, I'M ASSUMING.
BUT WE'LL NEED A SECOND FROM SOMEONE.
I GUESS I CAN SECOND THEN, SO I, I WILL, I WILL SECOND.
OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS, ABSTENTION.
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AND NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR INFORMATIONAL ITEM OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.CALENDAR DIRECTOR, PRESENT, I, WE MOVE THE RECOMMENDATION.
AND DID YOU PUBLIC COMMENT? I'M SORRY? WAS THERE, IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE RAISE ITEM? NO, THERE'S, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL TO, UH, FORWARD THIS TO THE FULL BOARD, THE RAISE, UM, GRANT APPLICATION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I COULD SECOND THAT.
OPPOSED? UH, SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
DID YOU, UH, DID YOU SAY I, YOLANDA, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
SHE WAS ASKING IF YOU HAD SAID, I GOT MY THING ON.
DID YOU? YES, I, I, YES, FOR THE RECORD, ABSOLUTELY.
DIRECTOR SSIS IS LYNN BURKO ALSO, WHEN, UM, THERE IS A REMOTE PARTICIPANT SUCH AS YOURSELF, IT
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TECHNICALLY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, THAT'S THE VOTES BY ROLL CALL.YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT BY ROLL CALL WHEN EVERYONE'S PRESENT IN THE BOARD CHAMBERS.
WELL, JUST THOUGHT I'D GET US STARTED OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT HERE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK AND CAPTURE THAT? NO, YOU DON'T NEED TO.
I THINK IT'S FINE JUST GOING FORWARD, BUT JUST YOU A REMINDER.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S MOVE TO THE LOOK AHEAD CALENDAR.
DIRECTOR EOLS, UH, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, DR. ALVAREZ.
AND I MOVED HERE SO THAT I CAN SEE YOU
BUT, UM, I'LL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM BEFORE YOU PERTAINING TO THE 2024 LOOK AHEAD CALENDAR, WHICH IDENTIFIES, UM, AGENDA ITEMS, PROPOSED AGENDA ITEMS IN CONSIDERATION OF THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UM, IN 2024.
THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A PLANNING TOOL BOTH FOR STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS, AS IT PROVIDES A PREVIEW OF THE BUSINESS ITEMS THAT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION TO THE FULL BOARD IN 2024, OR BUSINESS THAT MAY BE CONDUCTED BY THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
PERTAINING TO HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS, UM, IN PRESENTING THIS INFORMATIONAL PIECE, I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT IT IS A BALANCED, UH, PROPOSAL FOR THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2024 LUCA AHEAD CALENDAR.
IT HAS ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF ITEMS AS WE ACCOMPLISH IN 2023.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UH, DID A LOT OF WORK, UH, POLICY WORK IN 2023, UM, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL IN, IN 2024.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON OTHER ADDITIONAL ITEMS, UM, THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY PERTAINING TO POLICY.
BUT JUST TO RECAP WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN 2023 PERTAINING TO POLICY WORK, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD THE SPONSOR THE NEW SPONSORSHIP POLICY FOR THE PART DISTRICT.
YOU ALSO GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW OF A CLIMATE EQUITY ASSESSMENT THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY AN INTERN FROM TUFT UNIVERSITY TO, UH, THE BEGINNING OF POLICY WORK, CONSIDERING WHAT IS THE RIGHT CRITERIA IN, IN CONDUCTING CLIMATE EQUITY ASSESSMENTS ALONG A SHORELINES IN THE BAY AREA.
AND THEN ALSO YOU SAW THE SIGN AND BUILD POLICY AS WELL, AS WELL AS HEARD FROM DIFFERENT CASE STUDIES FROM THE LAND DEPARTMENT PERTAINING TO THE LAND USE ACQUISITION CRITERIA.
2024 LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, WHAT WE SEE IN THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU, AND LET ME GO AHEAD AND GET THAT TO YOU ON THE SCREEN, UM, YOU HAVE, THEY FALL INTO SEVEN IN SIX CATEGORICAL AREAS.
AND, UM, STARTING WITH ABOUT 10% OF THE ITEMS ARE HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. DO YOU WANNA MAKE IT A LITTLE SMALL? THANKS,
THANK YOU FOR THE ASSISTANCE ON TECHNOLOGY
SO MOVING ON, UM, THE SIX CATEGORICAL ITEMS THAT WE HA THAT FOR THE ITEMS THAT FALL INTO FOR 2024, IT STARTS WITH, UM, HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS AND THE HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. THAT'S ABOUT 10% OF THE PROPOSED 35 ITEMS THERE.
ROBERT, IS THERE A WAY FOR YOU TO ZOOM IN ON THE DOCUMENT? I THINK IT'S HARD TO READ.
IT'S ALSO IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET THAT I LEFT, RIGHT THERE, YEAH.
IS IT BETTER LIKE THIS HERE? IS THAT BETTER, DYLAN? YEAH, IT'S MUCH BETTER.
CAN WE PROCEED DIRECT TO CORBETT? READY? I BEEN READY ALL ALONG.
SO LET ME GO BACK AND BEFORE I GO INTO DIVE DEEP INTO THE CATEGORIES, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE, UH, PROPOSED 2024 LOOK AHEAD WAS CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, WHICH ARE HERE JOINING US TODAY.
AND THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
SO I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF THE A GM OF A SD KAWASAKI, THE AG GM OF OPERATIONS, LISA CORIAN AND THE A GM OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS SUSAN CHU.
AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE CHIEF OF PLANNING HERE AS WELL, BRIAN HOLT.
SO WITH THAT, IN THE FIRST CATEGORICAL AREA IS HOUSEKEEPING.
AND WHEN I SPEAK OF HOUSEKEEPING, IT REALLY, UH, IT'S ABOUT AGENDA PLANNING TOOLS.
SO YOU WILL FIND THAT IN THE LOOK AHEAD.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS, STARTING WITH THE 2024 LOOK AHEAD CALENDAR, BUT ALSO THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WORKS IN
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COLLABORATION WITH STAFF FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOARD MASTER CALENDAR.AND THAT WILL BE FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO YOU WILL FIND THAT ITEM TWICE IN THE LOOK AHEAD.
UM, SO THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY THE DATES FOR ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE EAST BAY PARK DISTRICT AS PART OF THE 2020 FIFTH 2025 BOARD, UH, MASTER CALENDAR.
ALSO, ABOUT 10% OF THE ITEMS FALL UNDER THE CATEGORY OF GRANTS, WHICH YOU HEARD ONE OF THEM TODAY.
WE DO HAVE, FOR THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES, THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UH, IS REQUIRED TO HEAR AND CONSIDER ITEMS PERTAINING TO THE SUBMISSION OF NOT ALL OF THE GRANTS, BUT CERTAINLY VERY SPECIFIC GRANTS THAT WILL BE IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND YOU WILL ALSO FIND THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU THIS YEAR THE GRANT SCHEDULE FOR, AS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, THE GRANT SCHEDULE FOR, FOR 2024.
THE NEXT CATEGORICAL ITEM IS ABOUT 14% OF ALL OF THE, UH, PROPOSED CALENDAR FALLS UNDER THE CATEGORY OF PLANNING AND LAND USE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ON THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS ON THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, OR IN THE MONTH OF MAY, AS WELL AS IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, UM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS COMING FORWARD TO, TO TOUCH BASES WITH THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE SECOND CENTURY, UH, PLAN.
SO 2024 WILL BE REALLY, UH, A BIG YEAR IN TERMS OF A PLANNING PROCESS AND, UH, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TOUCH BASES WITH, UH, OUR CHIEF OF PLANNING, BRIAN HOLT, WHO'S LEADING THIS EFFORT IN COLLABORATION SUPPORT WITH A GM OF A SD KEN MASAKI.
THE NEXT CATEGORICAL AREA, WHICH IS ABOUT 20% OF THE, UH, OF THE PROPOSED CALENDAR OR SEVEN ITEMS, SPEAKS TO, UM, REPORTING OUT, UH, TO THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON SPECIFIC ITEMS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN OF INTEREST IN THE PAST, OR ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, REQUESTED IN THE PAST BY BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE TYPE OF TYPE OF REPORTING NOW THAT YOU WILL FIND IN 2024.
WE WILL BE HEARING FROM THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION ON THEIR ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2023, WHICH IS COMING TO YOU IN FEBRUARY AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, OUR A GM OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE ITEM TO THE CALENDAR, UH, TO HAVE TO HAVE YOU LISTEN TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE CREATED DESIGN GROUP.
AND SO SHE WILL BE, SO SINCE SHE WILL BE ABLE TO COME HERE AND PROVIDE US WITH AN UPDATE.
THE NEXT TWO CATEGORICAL AREAS, UH, HOLD THE MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS, UH, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
ONE IS ON CAPITAL, AND THE SECOND ONE IS ON PARTNERSHIPS AND AGREEMENTS IN TERMS OF CAPITAL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY, UM, FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PER YOUR BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES, UM, IS TO UNDERSTAND NOT ALL OF THE CAPITAL ITEMS, BUT CERTAINLY THE SIGNIFICANT AND MOST, UM, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PIECES THAT THE PART DISTRICT IS CARRYING ON CAPITAL PORTFOLIO.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN 2024, WE DO HAVE THE PERALTA OAKS NORTH PROJECT COMING TO YOU.
AND THAT PROJECT WILL CONTINUE TO COME BACK, NOT ONLY TO YOU, BUT ALSO TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, TO THE FULL BOARD SINCE IT'S SUCH A SUBSTANTIVE AND, UH, LARGE PROJECT.
JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE FEMA PROJECTS, WHICH ARE ALSO SLATED TO COME TO YOU IN 2024.
AND THE TILDEN EN UH, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER, THERE ARE OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE CHIEF OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION RAN BATES THAT HE IS PROPOSING TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU.
UM, AND WE HOPE TO HEAR, UH, HOW THE STAFF IS PROGRESSING ON THAT, THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORICAL AREA IS ALSO 23% OF THE ENTIRE 2024 BAR, UH, BOARD.
IT SPEAKS TO THE CATEGORICAL AREA OF PARTNERSHIPS AND AGREEMENTS.
SO PER THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES, YOU ARE REQUIRED AS BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, TO CONSIDER ANY AGREEMENTS THAT, UH, FOR JOINT POWERS OF, OF AUTHORITY OR AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, GOVERNMENTAL JURISDICTIONS.
AND THEN THERE'S OTHER TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS, UM, ENHANCED AND ENTERED INTO TO BE ABLE TO, UH, CONDUCT OR DELIVER ON OUR MISSION ON A REGIONAL LEVEL.
ONE OF THE, UH, TO SPOTLIGHT ONE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL BE COMING IN FRONT OF YOU TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IS TO GET THE BAY AREA.
WE SHOULD BE COMING TO YOU THIS YEAR.
AND ALSO WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE BAY RESTORATION REGULATORY INTEGRATION TEAM.
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UH, THE BRIT PROGRAM, IF YOU RECALL, THE BRIT PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION AUTHORITY BACK IN 2019, AND THE EAST REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IS A KEY MEMBER OF BRIT THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO, UM, ACCELERATE PAID RESTORATION WORK THROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF REGULATORY PERMITTING AGENCIES AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL.SO WE'LL BE RECEIVING AN UPDATE FROM STAFF IN TERMS OF HOW WELL THE PART DISTRICT HAS DONE, UH, WITH THAT PROGRAM AND WHERE THE PROGRAM'S FUTURE GOALS WILL BE IN AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN 2024 AND 2025.
SO WITH THAT, UM, DIRECTOR ECHO SOME BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, LOOK AHEAD FOR THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
UM, UH, I'M HERE AS WELL AS THE AGMS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST OF ADD, ADDING ANY MORE ITEMS TO THE CALENDAR.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, DIRECTOR WASP OR DIRECTOR CORBETT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ONE MINUTE PLEASE.
HI, WE'RE, UM, UM, KITZ OVER HERE.
UM, I, I'LL START IF YOU WANT.
I, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT, UH, PLAN FOR US IN THE FUTURE.
MY ONLY QUESTION IS IF SOMETHING COMES UP, IS THERE A WAY WE COULD, UM, UH, BOARD MEMBERS OR STAFF MEMBERS OR ANYBODY, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR ADDING, UH, AN ITEM TO THIS IN, IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP? YOU CAN CERTAINLY, UM, SHARE YOUR INTEREST TODAY.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.
AND ALSO, YOU COULD ALWAYS REACH OUT TO STAFF, UH, AND WE CAN CONSIDER YOUR REQUEST AND PLACING THOSE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
THE LOOK AHEAD CALENDAR IS A, IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW TOOL FOR THE PARK DISTRICT, AND IT'S INTENDED TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT THE, UM, THE, THE, THE DIFFERENT, THE WORKLOAD THAT'S COMING FORWARD FOR, FOR THE ITEM, BUT IT'S NOT RESTRICTING US OR LIMITING US IN ANY WAY.
WELL, I, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING OFF THE HAND OFF MY TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW, BUT I BET 10 MINUTES AFTER THE MEETING I WILL.
I WAS JUST, JUST A GENERAL QUESTION.
IS THERE A WAY TO MOVE ANY OF THESE ITEMS UP?
UM, IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT CAN BE MOVED UP? I'M CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT SLIDE BACK
SO IS THERE ANY WAY TO MOVE THAT UP AS TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE, THE PLACEMENT OF THE ITEMS ON, ON THE PROPOSED CALENDAR? IT'S REALLY BASED ON THE READINESS OF THE PROJECT AND, UM, SO WHEN, AS A PROJECT PROGRESSES, UH, WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING SUBSTANTIVE TO BE ABLE TO REPORT OUT TO THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION, I WILL HAVE TO LOOK, UH, TO A SD AND WE'LL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE DESIGN, UM, AND FROM DECO AS TO THE READINESS IF WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD OR NOT.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A WAY OF MOVING THAT PROJECT FORWARD? AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TELLING ME IT'S, YOU'RE LETTING US KNOW WHERE IT IS NOW.
IT'S BEEN TAKING MANY YEARS TO GET GOING.
UM, I THINK SOME OF US EXPECTED IT TO START A LITTLE SOONER THAN IT DID AS IT MOVED ALONG.
IS THERE A WAY TO MOVE, MOVE ITEMS FURTHER AHEAD? BECAUSE I KNOW EVEN IF WE MOVE IT FURTHER AHEAD, IT COULD SLIDE A LITTLE.
I I DON'T MEAN THAT RUDELY, I JUST KNOW IT'S A VERY, UM, IMPORTANT PROJECT AND IT WON'T BE THE, WON'T BE THE EASIEST OF PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON.
YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS ON THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO, UM, CERTAINLY WE CAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PUT SEPTEMBER AS A PLACEHOLDER, SO IF THERE IS AN UPDATE THAT DECO HAS SOONER THAN THAT, WE WILL, WE WILL BRING IT FORWARD.
I KNOW WE ARE BRINGING THE FINANCING PLAN TO YOU VERY SOON.
I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH.
SO THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FULL BOARD TO, UM, TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE FINANCING PLAN, WHICH WE'LL REALLY HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT.
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KNOW, IT DOES TAKE A LONG TIME FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS.UM, I KNOW THAT WE WE'RE DELAYED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE, UM, UH, PERMIT PROCESS WITH THE CITY, UM, WHICH IS TAKING AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF TIME.
IF WE HAVE AN UPDATE SOONER THAN SEPTEMBER THAT IS NEW, WE'LL WE'LL BRING IT FORWARD, BUT YOU WILL SEE THE FINANCING PLAN VERY, VERY SOON.
MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT, UM, IT'LL SLIP SOME MORE JUST AS IT HAS.
IT'S, 'CAUSE IT'S A HUGE PROJECT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THOSE THAT WE HAVE TO GET OUR APPROVAL ARE VERY BUSY TOO.
YEAH, THAT'S A NICE WAY TO PUT IT.
UM, AND THEN JUST, I'M SORRY, REAL QUICK.
UH, DIRECTOR CORBET, AND THEN JUST IF YOU CAN RECALL, THERE WAS THE, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE ITEM YESTERDAY AT THE BOARD MEETING THAT WAS, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN PARALLEL SO THAT, UM, WE ARE REALLY STAFF'S DOING A GREAT JOB, SO WE CAN MOVE INTO THAT AS SOON AS WE AS POSSIBLE.
BUT THE ITEM IN FRONT OF THE BOARD YESTERDAY YOU DID APPROVE, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE F, F AND E FURNITURE, UM, RIGHT? YES.
UM, YEAH, FOR THE, THE PROJECT.
SO THEY'RE DOING MANY THINGS IN PARALLEL, TRYING TO GET THIS GOING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN PUT THAT FURNITURE, RIGHT? YES.
BUT I'M JUST, I'M JUST HOPING THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MOVE THAT FORWARD BECAUSE MOVING IT FORWARD DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'LL CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD BECAUSE IT IS A VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, COMPLICATED PROJECT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
I'D, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS THAT OPINION.
YEAH, I, I CERTAINLY, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT PROJECT AS EARLY AS, UM, FEASIBLE AS WELL.
SO, UM, IF THERE IS SOMETHING NEW, I HOPE THAT STAFF CAN BRING IT FORWARD BEFORE SEPTEMBER.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE, THE FINANCING PLAN.
AND I, AS, AS, UH, THE GM JUST SAID, I SOUNDS LIKE WE WILL GET AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT DURING THAT PRESENTATION AS WELL.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A, A BIG PROJECT AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL VERY INTERESTED IN STAYING ON TOP OF.
YEAH, AND, AND I ALSO, UH, JUST WANTED TO CONCUR WITH, UH, DIRECTOR WASPY.
UM, IN TERMS OF ANY OTHER ITEMS, I DEFINITELY, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE, THE LOOK AHEAD 'CAUSE IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT'S COMING AND WHEN, UM, I, I, I DO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE ARE THINGS THAT COME UP UNEXPECTEDLY AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS MAYBE THE PLACE WE NEED TO HEAR THEM AND DISCUSS THEM.
SO DEFINITELY WANNA ALLOW FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY, UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THEMSELVES FEEL WE NEED TO DISCUSS.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR GIVING US A PREVIEW OF THE YEAR.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, A GOOD YEAR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO SINCE THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM, WE DON'T NEED TO, UM, TAKE ANY VOTES HERE.
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THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OH, ACTUALLY I DIDN'T ASK.I I, I'M ASSUMING WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO, TO, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS, IF ANY.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FROM OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS? UH, NO.
IF NOT, I JUST WANNA SAY IT'S VERY NICE TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE BEING ASKED TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT.
AND I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
WELL, WELCOME DIRECTOR CORBETT, OR SAY VICE PRESIDENT CORBETT.
UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
AND, UM, YES, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, WITH, WITH ALL OF YOU, WITH, UH, DIRECTOR CORBITT AND DIRECTOR ROSSBY AND ALL OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND STAFF.
AND, UM, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT 1116.