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[Roll Call]
A NEW YEAR, SAME OLD PAC, NEW CHAIR, A NEW CHAIR.THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME SERVE AS YOUR CHAIR THIS YEAR.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN YEAR.
I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 4:04 P.M.
LET'S SEE. SO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE ROLL CALL.
BUT SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR, I WONDER IF WE COULD DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE I THINK, OH, I DON'T SEE SOMEBODY, BUT WE'LL HAVE A NEW MEMBER MAYBE JOINING US. AND SO, AS WE GO THROUGH ON THE ROLL CALL, AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED, WE PLEASE NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'RE HERE, BUT JUST LET US KNOW YOU'RE APPOINTING AUTHORITY AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE, AND WE CAN GO AROUND AND REMIND EACH OTHER OF WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE COME FROM.
[INAUDIBLE] NEIL, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF SOMEONE CAN UNBLOCK MY VIDEO.
I'M NOT ABLE TO. IT SAYS A HOST IS BLOCKED IT, SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU GUYS CAN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ECHOLS.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW.
OKAY. GO AHEAD WITH YOUR ROLL CALL.
YES, MA'AM. OH, I JUST SAID THANK YOU, AND PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR ROLL CALL.
OH, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ECHOLS.
I AM CO CLERKING WITH LAUREN BLANCHARD TODAY, AND SO I'M GOING TO CARRY OUT AS THOUGH, AS I HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, JUST TO BE PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE FOR LAUREN HOW SHE'LL PROCEED IN THE FUTURE.
SO, I WILL GO AHEAD AND START ROLL CALL.
I LIVE IN BRENTWOOD, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COLIN COFFEY.
AND ERICH, I'M ACTUALLY I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE KIND OF MADE ADJUSTMENTS IN PUBLIC YET IF EVERYONE KNOWS THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO.
CARLIN WAS THE PRESIDENT, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF AT THE LAST MEETING IF FOLKS ARE AWARE.
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT OVER? NOT SURE THE QUESTION, BUT WE DID HAVE AN ELECTION AT OUR LAST MEETING FOR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, AND UNANIMOUSLY NEIL TSUI
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WAS CHOSEN AS CHAIR AND LORNA ESPANA IS CHOSEN AS VICE CHAIR.THANK YOU AND WELCOME, AND MEMBER CARLYN OBRINGER.
THANK YOU. AND I JUST SINCE WE WERE GOING AROUND THE ROOM, MAYBE OUR NEWEST MEMBER.
SO I WILL GO AND THEN IT'LL BE YOUR TURN.
AND GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KARINA LOPEZ.
I RESIDE IN SAN LEANDRO, AND I'VE BEEN APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE HERE IN ALAMEDA COUNTY.
WELCOME AND THAT CONCLUDES UP AND MEMBER SORRY WE ALREADY SAID VICE CHAIR LUANA ESPANA HERE.
AND THEN CHAIR TSUTSUI IS HERE AND SO.
I WAS APPOINTED BY ELLEN CORBETT AND I RESIDE IN SAN LEANDRO, AND I LIVE IN EL CERRITO, APPOINTED BY THE CONTRA COSTA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. GREAT.
THANKS EVERYONE. IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU AND WELCOME TO KARINA.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I HAVE THE TYPICAL BLURB ABOUT THE BROWN ACT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
TODAY'S MEETING IS HELD PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT.
THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT OR PARK DISTRICT INTENDS TO HOLD MEETINGS THROUGH A HYBRID PLATFORM OF IN-PERSON AND REMOTE ATTENDANCE TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE VIA REMOTE ATTENDANCE THROUGH THE PARK DISTRICT'S VIRTUAL PLATFORM, ZOOM.
OCCASIONALLY, MEMBERS OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MAY ATTEND REMOTELY PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, AS AMENDED BY AB 2449, WE ARE PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING.
THIS INFORMATION IS NOTED ON THE AGENDA.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN.
SEEING NO QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL.
CALL ON VICE CHAIR ESPANA TO READ OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
WE HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE UNSEATED LANDS OF THE OHLONE PEOPLE, AND THAT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT'S HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE WEEJUN TERRITORY, WHICH IS THEIR TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL AND SHARED HOME.
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THE OHLONE PEOPLE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN A RECIPROCITY WITH NATURE, UNDERSTANDING THE SEASONS AND CYCLE OF THE NATURAL WORLD, MANAGING RESOURCES FUNDAMENTAL FOR SURVIVAL AND IMPORTANCE 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 SINCE TIME AND MEMORIAL WHO CONTINUE TO REMAIN DEEPLY CONNECTED TO IT TODAY.
AND ALSO, PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AS WE HONOR TRUTH IN HISTORY AND AWARENESS OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES FACING NATIVE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE EAST BAY, THE NATION, AND THE WORLD.
THE PARK DISTRICT STRIVES TO PROMOTE ACCURATE AND HOLISTIC.
THE PARK DISTRICT STRIVES TO PROVIDE TO PROMOTE ACCURATE AND HOLISTIC DEPICTIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN OUR PUBLIC AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR NATIVE VOICES, AND WE ASK OTHERS TO JOIN US IN LEARNING ABOUT CALIFORNIA NATIVE PEOPLES FROM CALIFORNIA NATIVE PEOPLES THEMSELVES.
PLEASE VISIT THE DISTRICT'S WEBPAGE FOR PROGRAMS. AS WE CELEBRATE NOVEMBER, NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
DO WE HAVE ANY PAC MEMBERS JOINING US REMOTELY? OKAY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE DIRECTOR ECHOLS JOINING US REMOTELY.
ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM AT YOUR LOCATION DURING THIS MEETING? NO. OKAY.
[Announcements]
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TODAY. AND SO, WE CAN WELCOME THAT PERSON AND THEN ALLOW THEM TO STAY FOR AS LONG AS THEY CHOOSE.AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR MOVING ANNOUNCEMENTS UP TO THIS PART OF THE AGENDA.
SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
SO, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
COULD WE PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE. YES.
AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JOSE G.
GONZALEZ, WHO IS OUR FIRST EVER EQUITY OFFICER FOR THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS DISTRICT.
AND I BELIEVE HE'S ANA ALVAREZ, ARE YOU GOING TO INTRODUCE HIM? OKAY, SO I WASN'T SURE.
AND SO, WE WILL HAVE AN INTRODUCTION AND THEN AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME COMMENTS FROM MR. GONZALEZ HIMSELF. I AM SO SHORT, I HAVE TO GO TO THE SIDE OF THE PODIUM, BECAUSE THEN I CAN'T SEE YOU WITH THE COMPUTER.
I JUST WANTED TO COME BY AND SAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR! WISHING YOU THE BEST FOR AN AMAZING 2024.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED WITH THE NEWLY ELECTED CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
2024 IS PROMISING TO BE AN AMAZING YEAR FOR THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AS WE'RE CELEBRATING A 90TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'LL HEAR MORE FROM DIRECTOR ECHOLS ON THAT, BUT ALSO FOR SO MANY REASONS, WE CONTINUE TO MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY TO ACCELERATE THE OUR MISSION DELIVERY TO THE CONSERVATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD AND THE EAST BAY, AS WELL AS THE CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE AND NATURE AND ON THE PEOPLE SIDE OF THE EQUATION, WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND IT'S MY PRIVILEGE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIRMAN TSUTSUI, TO ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE OUR INAUGURAL EQUITY OFFICER, JOSE GONZALEZ, WHO JUST RECENTLY JOINED THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
BUT THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO INTRODUCE HIM IS TO TELL YOU IT'S BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY TO GET HERE, SO THERE'S A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS AND HOPES PLACED ON HIS SHOULDERS. NO PRESSURE, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY A TREMENDOUS STEP FORWARD AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND WE FEEL VERY BLESSED TO HAVE JOSE, JOSE'S EXPERTISE, HIS APPROACH AND HIS DEMEANOR IN BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS VERY CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS AND STEPS THAT WE ALL TOGETHER NEED TO TAKE SO THAT WE CAN TRULY ADDRESS EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND OTHER PATHWAYS THAT WILL LEAD US TO A PLACE OF BELONGING WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRULY CONNECTED WITH THE LAND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THE NATURAL WORLD, AND WHERE WE CAN REALLY CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY THAT COMES WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
SO, WITH THAT, AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, JOSE, WELCOME TO THE PARK DISTRICT.
I LIKE THE SIDE OF THE PODIUM SEE, IT'S LIKE IT'S A GOOD CHOICE.
I'LL START BY FIRST SAYING THANK YOU.
SO, JOSE GONZALEZ, HE HIM HIS.
I'LL RESPOND TO ANYTHING OFFERED WITH JOY AND RESPECT.
I WANT TO JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO REALLY KIND OF SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.
SO, YOU KIND OF GET A SENSE OF WHAT I'LL BE DOING HERE.
AND IT SHOULDN'T BE THE ONLY TIME THAT YOU SEE ME.
OF COURSE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN.
THE THREE QUICK THINGS ARE ONE IS I WAS JUST ACTUALLY WRITING AN INTRODUCTORY EMAIL TODAY.
IT'S LIKE WHAT I AM, WHAT I'M NOT.
AND I SAID, UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THE MAGIC WAND THAT CAN JUST SAY FIXED, AND IT'S ALL DONE.
HAVING SAID THAT, THOUGH, I THINK EVEN IN MY VERY SHORT START TIME HERE, I'M REALLY EXCITED BY BOTH THE POTENTIAL AND THE EXCITEMENT THAT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, BUT ALSO KEY STAFF AND BODIES SUCH AS YOURSELVES.
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BECAUSE OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T BE HERE, AND LIKE I SAID, SO IT'S A VERY INTENTIONAL CHOICE TO BE HERE AT THE DISTRICT AND BE IN SERVICE IN THIS WAY.TWO, IS THAT MY JOURNEY HERE, I'M AN IMMIGRANT FROM MEXICO, SO FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT, GRADUATE, LIKE ALL OF THAT PATH AND JOURNEY, AND WHILE I COULD HAVE HAD OTHER OPTIONS IN TERMS OF CAREER WISE, THAT I THINK WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN SURPRISING FOR ME, THE FACT THAT SOMETHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL WORK AND OUTDOOR AND NATURE ACCESS WORK, ESPECIALLY RECONNECTING REALLY PEOPLE AND NATURE AS PART OF A HOLISTIC ECOLOGY.
AND SO REALLY GLAD TO BE ABLE TO BRING THIS HERE.
AND THEN LASTLY IS, LIKE I SAID, I HOPE THIS WILL NOT BE THE ONLY OF COURSE.
AND SO, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO KIND OF ALL THE INTENTIONAL FOCUS THAT THIS BODY IS GOING TO HAVE NOT JUST FOR THIS YEAR, BUT I THINK MOVING FORWARD AND THE ROLE THAT THAT IT PLAYS. SO JUST KNOW THAT THAT I'VE, I AM ATTENTIVE, I'M PAYING ATTENTION.
AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU PROVIDE.
THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GUIDE MY DIRECTION AS I WORK WITH SABRINA GENERAL MANAGER.
AND OF COURSE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE STAFF AT LARGE.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU BETTER.
AND SO I'VE BEEN ALERTED THAT WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE PAC WHO ARE ACTUALLY JOINING US REMOTELY.
SO, IF WE GO BACK TO ROLL CALL AND HAVE THEM ALSO COMMUNICATE THEIR ACTUALLY CHAIR, I BELIEVE AND I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THIS, BUT AND MAYBE ERIC CAN CLARIFY, BUT I THINK THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED ATTENDEES AND NOT PARTICIPATING PAC MEMBERS TODAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF, PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I'M WRONG HERE.
DO WE KNOW IF THEY POSTED THEIR LOCATION AHEAD OF TIME? MY UNDERSTANDING IS I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE YET.
OKAY. YEAH. THEN IT'D BE PUBLIC.
OKAY. SO, THEY'LL BE PARTICIPATING AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
SO STILL CAN OFFER COMMENT IN THAT CAPACITY.
SO, SINCE WE MOVED ANNOUNCEMENTS UP TO THIS PART OF THE AGENDA, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
BECAUSE WE WON'T COME BACK TO IT LATER.
ARE THERE ANY PAC MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. MEMBER. SIMMONS.
I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THIS FITS UNDER THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT SOMEBODY NODDED THEIR HEAD.
I'M PRESIDENT OF SOMETHING CALLED THE WALNUT CREEK WATERSHED COUNCIL.
IT'S THE LARGEST WATERSHED IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
INCLUDES PARTS OR ALL OF NINE CITIES AND TOWNS.
AND WE ARE, TOGETHER WITH THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, WHICH HAS BUILT A LOT OF CONCRETE IN THE WATERSHED, AND THE CONTRA COSTA RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT ARE STARTING AN EFFORT TO CREATE A THE FIRST EVER WALNUT CREEK WATERSHED RESTORATION PLAN.
IT'S OF INTEREST TO THE DISTRICT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT MOST OF LAS TRAMPAS A GOOD PART OF BRIONES, ALL OF DIABLO FOOTHILLS, ALL OF SYCAMORE VALLEY.
SO, AND A LOT OF THE PAVED TRAILS ARE ALSO IN THE WATERSHED.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THERE IS PRETTY, I THINK, PRETTY IMPORTANT.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A PLAN LIKE THIS.
BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A WEBINAR HOSTED BY THE CONTRA COSTA LIBRARY SYSTEM ON FEBRUARY 7TH FROM 6 TO 8 P.M., AND THIS GIVES YOU SOME GUIDANCE AS TO HOW YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR IT.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
WE DO NOT SEE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
THEY WON'T GIVE IT TO US. SO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OUR CONTACTING YOU.
BUT IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO LEARN ABOUT THE WATERSHED, TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR THE WATERSHED, TO HAVE A CHANCE TO CONTRIBUTE, TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU AWARE OF THIS ONE LITTLE AREA OR BIG AREA THAT COULD USE SOME RESTORATION ACTIVITY? WE'RE GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN CREATING WETLANDS IMPROVING RIPARIAN HABITAT AND THE LIKE.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND I HOPE SOME OF YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO PARTICIPATE.
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SO JUST FOR THOSE WHO ARE FOLLOWING OUR ONGOING SAGA WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A MEETING ON FEBRUARY 20TH TO HOPEFULLY SIGN THE TERM SHEET WITH THE MASTER DEVELOPER CANDIDATE.IT IS NOT THE SPECIFIC PLAN, BUT JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW.
SO THAT IS FEBRUARY 20TH, A TUESDAY AT 6:30 P.M..
AND YOU CAN WATCH ON ZOOM IF YOU'RE INTERESTED OR COME IN PERSON TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
GREAT. THANK YOU. MEMBER OBRINGER.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM PACK MEMBERS? YES. MEMBER. MENDOZA.
I JUST WANTED TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT ON JANUARY 25TH SAVE MOUNT DIABLO IS HAVING A STATE OF THE MOUNTAIN ADDRESS, AND SOMEBODY THERE IS GOING TO GET A MOUNTAIN STAR AWARD THAT WE KNOW VERY WELL.
CARLIN JUST WANTED IT'S ALL I'LL SAY, MOUNT DIABLO WEBSITE.
ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THERE'S A TWO-SPIRIT POWWOW.
THE BIGGEST TWO SPIRIT POWWOW.
TWO SPIRIT IS LGBTQ FOR INDIGENOUS FOLKS.
AND IT'S HAPPENING AT THE FORT MASON CENTER ON FEBRUARY 10TH.
SO, I INVITE YOU ALL TO THAT AS WELL.
GREAT. THANK YOU. MEMBER MENDOZA.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM PAC MEMBERS? NO. OKAY, SO I'LL CLOSE THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE, WHICH ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
[Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda]
I KNOW THERE WAS ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS CIRCULATED TO MEMBERS VIA EMAIL ABOUT THE NIMITZ WAY PATH.SO THAT'S BEEN ENTERED INTO THE RECORD.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT MIGHT BE HERE OR JOINING US REMOTELY? YES. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE KELLY ABREU.
AND SO JUST ONE MOMENT, KELLY, AS I PROMOTE YOU TO A PANELIST.
AND KELLY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT PUBLIC ACCESS AND ESG.
THERE WAS A MENTION OF MOUNT DIABLO JUST NOW, AND MOUNT DIABLO HAS A WELL-KNOWN CONTROVERSY WHERE PEOPLE ON THE SOUTH SIDE JUST BLOCKED OFF A GATE THAT HAD BEEN THERE THAT AN EASEMENT FOR BICYCLISTS OR KIND OF A ROAD THROUGH A PATH THROUGH A PRIVATE ROADS AND STREETS UP TO THE MOUNTAIN.
SO, THE SHORTCUT TO THE MOUNTAIN NOT REALLY A SHORTCUT, BUT IT WAS A SAFE PATH TO THE MOUNTAIN.
AND PEOPLE PUT UP A FENCE AND BLOCKED IT, AND THAT WAS THAT WAS QUITE CONTROVERSIAL.
AND THIS IS EMBLEMATIC OF WHAT'S GOING ON EVERYWHERE WHERE PARKS THESE REMOTE REGIONAL PARKS ARE BEING ACCESS TO THEM IS INCONVENIENT FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO OWN GIANT ESTATES NEXT DOOR.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO COMPANIES AND MAYBE PUBLIC AGENCIES WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ELEMENTS THE WALL STREET JOURNAL RECENTLY HAD A STORY ABOUT HOW MANY COMPANIES NO LONGER WANT TO TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE.
THEY'RE FACING AN INVESTOR BACKLASH WITH POLITICAL PRESSURE AND LEGAL THREATS.
AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE CALLING IT WOKE CAPITALISM.
AND IN ORDER TO AVOID THIS KIND OF POLITICAL CRITICISM COMPANIES ARE STARTING TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE QUIET ON THESE ISSUES.
AND THEIR SOCIAL GOALS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY.
THE DIVERSITY PROGRAMS ARE OFTEN PART OF THE ESP AGENDA BUT ARE FACING RENEWED ATTACKS THROUGH THE SUPREME COURT ON THINGS LIKE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND BUT THE LUCKILY FOR THE PARK DISTRICT, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PART OF ESP IS PROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR OF THE THREE.
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AND THEY'RE THE COMPANIES SOME COMPANIES ARE SWITCHING, THEY'RE GOING OVER TOWARDS PHRASES LIKE OUR PEOPLE, OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, AND OR A BROAD GENERIC PHRASE LIKE RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS.SO, YEAH, I THINK THESE, THESE THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE FACING SOME PUSHBACK.
KELLY. AND THEN WE I WOULD MOVE FORWARD NOW, I THINK, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
OH, DID I SKIP OVER APPROVAL? I DID. SORRY TO TAKE THAT OUT OF ORDER.
[Approval of Minutes]
SO, WE DID HAVE THE MINUTES ATTACHED PREVIOUS TO THE CIRCULATED AGENDA.SO, I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
AND ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING? AND SEEING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN MOTIONS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
SO MOVED BY PEOPLES AND SECONDED BY VALENZUELA.
COULD YOU TAKE THE ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE? I WAS ALSO ABSENT. GREAT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR ROLL CALL.
THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU EVERYONE.
LET'S SEE. SO WHERE ARE WE NOW.
SO THAT DOES THAT CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? I AM LOOKING AT OUR LIST OF ATTENDEES AND NO ONE HAS THEIR HAND UP.
AND SO HAND UP WOULD SIGNIFY THAT SOMEONE'S INTERESTED IN MAKING A PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO I WILL SAY NO AT THIS TIME.
[Informational Items]
AND SO MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.THEN WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.
AND SO WE HAVE BOARD PRESIDENT DIRECTOR ECHOLS JOINING US REMOTELY TODAY.
I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU.
I CAN GO AHEAD AND START, I SUPPOSE, BUT I THINK STAFF IS WORKING ON IT NOW.
I WONDER IF DIRECTOR ECHOLS COULD BE MADE A CO-HOST.
WOULD THAT HELP? WELL TRY THAT.
GOOD IDEA. WELL, I'D LIKE TO START BY CONGRATULATING BOTH NEIL TSUTSUI AND LUANA ESPANA ON THEIR NEW POSITIONS AS CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
CONGRATULATIONS. REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU THIS YEAR AND BEYOND.
ALSO WANTED TO WELCOME WITH OPEN ARMS OUR NEW EQUITY OFFICER, JOSE GONZALEZ.
I WAS SO GLAD THAT HE COULD BE HERE TODAY.
I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO CENTER EQUITY IN EVERY SINGLE THING WE DO, AND I'M CERTAINLY LOOKING FOR JOSE'S GUIDANCE AND HELP WITH THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE THE PARK DISTRICT A TRULY WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE PLACE.
SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK TO CREATE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OUR PARKS, TO OUR PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS IMPROVE OUR OUTREACH SO THAT WE'RE REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS AND NEEDS FROM OUR PARKS AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
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REFLECTS THE FULL DIVERSITY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.IN BOTH RECRUITMENT, HIRING, RETENTION, PROMOTIONS, YOU NAME IT.
SO, SO REALLY, REALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE OUR NEW EQUITY OFFICER ON BOARD NOW.
THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EXCITING YEAR HERE AT THE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.
WE HAVE BOTH THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY, AS YOU WELL KNOW, AND THE DISTRICT PLAN.
BOTH ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO FOR OUTREACH AND TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE PARK DISTRICT TO YOU KNOW, LEARN WHAT WHAT PEOPLE WANT, WHAT THEY NEED, ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO TO THE DISTRICT PLAN.
THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY, I THINK YOU ALL HAVE, I THINK SUSAN OR SOMEONE MAY HAVE ALREADY COME TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY, BUT JUST SO JUST BIG PICTURE, WE WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE OUTWARD FOCUSING FOCUSED THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
THERE'LL BE PUBLIC EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE'LL HAVE A BIG BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN MAY, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, BUT THERE WILL BE THERE WILL BE EVENTS IN EVERY, EVERY WARD, EVERY PART OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND I CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT AND ENGAGED IN THAT.
I'M TRYING TO GET BEYOND OUR SORT OF USUAL SUSPECTS WHEN IT COMES TO OUTREACH.
AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR INPUT ON THE DISTRICT PLAN AND HOW WE CAN BUILD A PLAN THAT IS THAT IS ROBUST AND, INCLUDES EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO INCLUDE AND WILL GET US INTO THE NEXT TEN YEARS AND BEYOND.
IT'S A GOOD START TO THE NEXT CENTURY OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND I SHOULD SAY, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT THERE IN PERSON.
SO, I'M HERE, STUCK IN THE REMOTE WORLD.
BUT I'M GLAD THAT I COULD AT LEAST BE HERE TODAY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
GUYS AND GALS, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO ASK OR OTHERWISE.
WE CAN MOVE ON TO HEAR FROM BRIAN.
GREAT. WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US REMOTELY.
YEAH. AND THAT IS A PERFECT TRANSITION INTO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
BUT BEFORE WE GET THERE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR ECHOLS FROM THE PAC? NO.
DID YOU SAY THERE IS A DATE FOR THAT CELEBRATION? I THINK YOU SAID MAY.
DID YOU SAY EARTH DAY OR BIRTHDAY? BIRTHDAY'S IN APRIL.
DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH. I'LL START TO GO THEN.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE ACTUAL SPECIFIC DATE HAS BEEN RELEASED YET, BUT I THINK IT WILL BE SOON.
BUT THERE WILL BE A BIG GRAND BIRTHDAY PARTY SOMETIME IN MAY, AND IT WILL BE A BIRTHDAY PARTY, ALTHOUGH I LIKE THE IDEA OF THINKING IT ALSO AS PART OF EARTH DAY TOO. BUT. BUT IT WILL BE A BIRTHDAY.
SO, THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE, NOT AN ACTION ITEM.
I'LL GET TO TURN ON MY VIDEO, AND WE HAVE BRIAN HOLT IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH IT.
CHAIR TSUTSUI. MEMBERS OF THE PAC.
I'M BRIAN HOLT CHIEF OF PLANNING TRAILS AND GIS AT THE PARK DISTRICT.
SO VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT TO REALLY WATCH WHAT'S ONE OF OUR FIRST EXTERNAL SORT OF MEETINGS ON WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO AS THE DISTRICT PLAN.
AS WE SORT OF KICKED THIS OFF.
SO, BY WAY OF CONTEXT, GO AHEAD, FEEL FREE TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
WE DURING WE'VE THE BOARD HAD DIRECTED US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXISTING MASTER PLAN AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO UPDATE THAT DO THAT.
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SO, THE GENERAL MANAGER HAD SORT OF GIVEN US DIRECTION THAT 2023 WAS, WAS THE YEAR TO PLAN FOR THE PLAN.AND SO NOW WE'RE HERE IN 2024 AND WE'RE KICKING OFF THIS EFFORT AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO BEFORE I REALLY GET INTO MY PRESENTATION, AS WE GET SET UP HERE I WANTED TO OKAY, VERY GOOD.
JUST BY CURIOSITY, HOW MANY WERE INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THAT 2013 MASTER PLAN? OKAY, GREAT.
GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE THIS TIME AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO, I AM GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
I'VE GOT WHAT I HOPE WILL BE A RELATIVELY QUICK PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE SORT OF WALK US THROUGH THE HISTORY OF MASTER PLANS HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT, AND, AND THEN WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE A BIT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO PROVIDE SOME INPUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE'RE REALLY JUST GETTING STARTED HERE.
SO WE'VE REFERRED TO THIS AS THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN AND AS YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALL BEEN PART OF OUR NAMING EXERCISES. EVERYBODY HAS OPINIONS ON NAMES.
SO, WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE NAME OF THIS AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
BUT THE IDEA IS REALLY WE'RE MOVING INTO OUR 90TH ANNIVERSARY HERE.
AND AS WE LOOK BACK AND AS WE LOOK TOWARDS WHAT WILL BE THE PARK DISTRICT'S NEXT CENTURY, WHO DO WE REALLY WANT TO BE AS AN AGENCY? SO THAT'S REALLY PART OF THE FOCUS HERE.
SO, WALKING BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT THROUGH HISTORY, I'VE GOT THIS THIS GIF UP HERE.
AND IF YOU WATCH IT, IT STARTS IN 1935, WHICH IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE START OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THE GROWTH THROUGH THE YEARS HERE FROM WHEN OUR FIRST MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS REALLY THAT OLMSTED HALL REPORT THAT IDENTIFIED OUR FIRST THREE PARKS OF TEMESCAL, REDWOOD AND, AND TILDEN, ESTABLISHING THOSE FIRST PARKS IN THE OAKLAND HILLS.
AND THAT WAS REALLY THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND THEN THEN YOU START TO SEE OUR EXPANSION INTO SOUTHERN ALAMEDA COUNTY.
SUNOL, ALONI, BRIONES STARTED TO COME ONLINE IN THE 60S AND THE 70S.
YOU START TO SEE THE ANNEXATION OF EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
AND AS WE MOVE INTO THAT AREA, SOME GROWTH AROUND DEL VALLE.
AND IT'S REALLY IN THE 80S THAT YOU START TO SEE THE GROWTH OF THE PARK DISTRICT COME TOGETHER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN MEASURE A, OUR FIRST BIG LAND ACQUISITION BOND MEASURE, WAS PASSED. SO, YOU START TO SEE THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IN THE PARK DISTRICT THAT STARTED TO HAPPEN IN TERMS OF LAND.
AND THAT CONTINUED ON THROUGH THE 90S AS WE SEE GROWTH OUT AROUND MOUNT DIABLO AND LOS TRAMPAS SOME OF THE PARKS AT PLEASANTON RIDGE THOSE OTHER AREAS.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE PASSED MEASURE WW.
SO JUST REALLY EXPLOSIVE GROWTH SINCE 2008 UNTIL TODAY.
SO YOU CAN JUST SEE REALLY WE HAVE A SYSTEM NOW OF PARKS THAT ARE NO LONGER ISLANDS OF INDIVIDUAL LANDS, BUT THEY'RE REALLY CONNECTED AND CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AND CONNECTED TO OTHER PARKLANDS LIKE MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK AND CITY PARK LANDS AND CONNECTED TO A LOT OF THE WATERSHED LANDS THAT WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EAST BAY MUD OR CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT OR SAN FRANCISCO.
SO A DIFFERENT PARK SYSTEM FROM SOME OF THE THAN WHAT WAS WHAT WAS PLANNED FOR IN THE PAST.
SO, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A NEW LOOK AT MASTER PLANNING FOR THE PARK DISTRICT AND AGAIN, SORT OF MOVING AWAY FROM THAT TERM MASTER PLAN.
BUT WHAT BUT BUILDING OFF THE SUCCESS OF THE PAST PLANNING THAT'S BEEN DONE, BUT REALLY SHIFTING OUR EMPHASIS TOWARDS EQUITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY, AND WE'LL SORT OF GET INTO KIND OF HOW WE LANDED ON SOME OF THOSE.
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THE EAST BAY MUD WATERSHED LANDS DEVELOPED BY FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED JUNIOR AND ANSEL HALL.THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY A BIT OF A ACQUISITION DOCUMENT IN THAT IT SORT OF SET THE FRAMEWORK OF SORT OF WHERE ARE THOSE FIRST PARK LANDS GOING TO BE AND REALLY HONED IN ON THOSE, THE OAKLAND HILLS THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS TILDEN GOING TO LOOK LIKE? AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DIAGRAM DOWN THERE ON THE BOTTOM.
SO WHERE WAS THE MERRY GO ROUND GOING TO BE? WHERE WAS THE BOTANIC GARDEN.
AND, AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER FACILITIES THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVED IN TILDEN TODAY.
SORT OF A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE EXERCISE, REALLY PLANNING FOR HOW DO WE DEVELOP SOME OF THESE FIRST PARKS? IT WAS DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.
AND AGAIN, YEAH, FOCUSED ON THOSE FIRST, FIRST PARKS.
1964 CAME ABOUT WHAT WAS CALLED THE FORWARD PLAN.
AND THIS WAS REALLY INSTIGATED BY MEASURE B, WHICH WAS THE ANNEXATION INTO CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
AND THIS WAS AND THIS IS A BIT OF A THEME IN THESE EARLY, EARLY, EARLY PLANNING DOCUMENTS IS THAT THEY WERE REALLY GENERAL MANAGER FOCUS OR GENERAL MANAGER AT THE TIME WAS SORT OF DIRECTING THESE EFFORTS.
AND SO, THIS GUIDED THE ANNEXATION INTO CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
SO, IT LOOKED AT SOME OF THE EXISTING PARKS.
DID SOME OF THAT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SORT OF WORK FOR, FOR SOME OF THE EXPANDED PARKS AT SUNOL AND GRASS VALLEY, WHICH BECAME LAKE CHABOT, DON CASTRO, BUT THEN ALSO IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, PARK NEEDS BEYOND THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES LOOKING TOWARDS ANNEXATION INTO CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND IDENTIFIED FUTURE PARKLANDS SUCH AS BLACK DIAMOND MINES OR POINT PINOLE.
SO, KIND OF THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, A CAMPAIGN BROCHURE THAT WAS PUT OUT AT THE TIME.
AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A REAL FOCUS ON SORT OF LOOKING AT RAISING REVENUE AND WHAT THAT WAS REALLY GOING TO COST, WHAT THE INVESTMENT WOULD TAKE TO ESTABLISH SOME OF THESE NEW PARKLANDS.
SO THAT REALLY GUIDED US FORWARD THROUGH THAT ERA UP UNTIL 1973.
AND I KIND OF REFER TO 1973, THE 1973 MASTER PLAN AS, AS THE FIRST REAL COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK DISTRICT. AND UNLIKE THOSE THOSE EARLIER PLANS THAT WERE DONE FOR THE PARK DISTRICT, THIS WAS THE PLAN THAT THAT REALLY TOOK IT EXTERNAL AND WENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO ASK THE PUBLIC, WHAT DO YOU ALL WANT TO SEE IN OUR PARKLANDS? I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS REALLY ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS REALLY FORMED TO SORT OF SERVE AND ASSIST, AS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MASTER PLAN. BUT A LOT OF THIS WAS INSTIGATED BY AB 925, WHICH AUTHORIZED THE PARK DISTRICT TO LEVY ADDITIONAL TAXES.
SO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE EFFORT WAS TO REALLY IDENTIFY HOW THOSE TAXES ARE GOING TO BE SPENT.
17 PUBLIC HEARINGS FORMED, A 83 MEMBER CITIZENS TASK FORCE A 60 MEMBER PUBLIC AGENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEY BROUGHT IN STEWART UDALL, WHO HAD WHO HAD RECENTLY RETIRED AS A SECRETARY OF INTERIOR AND HIS CONSULTING FIRM TO LEAD THAT EFFORT.
AND THIS IS WHERE SOME OF OUR METRO AREAS AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT THAT WE KNOW TODAY.
AND JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE HISTORY, I JUST FOUND THIS QUOTE INTERESTING.
HE WAS AN EARLY STAFFER WORKING WITH STEWART UDALL AND HELPED DEVELOP THE 1973 MASTER PLAN.
AND THIS QUOTE WAS JUST KIND OF INTERESTING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST THIS CAME FROM HIS ORAL HISTORY, BUT JUST BASICALLY SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PARK DISTRICT WANTED TO GO AND GET MORE MONEY. AND THE STATE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, AND OTHERS CRITICS SAID, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO USE THAT MONEY FOR? AND THAT'S REALLY WHY THIS EFFORT WAS UNDERTAKEN, WAS TO GUIDE HOW HOW FUNDS RAISED WERE GOING TO, WERE GOING TO BE SPENT.
SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE GOT A MASTER PLAN THAT WAS WAS RELATIVELY PRESCRIPTIVE IN ITS POLICIES AND LAID OUT REALLY CLEAR GUIDELINES THAT REALLY TRIED TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE PUBLIC'S CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE LAND WAS GOING TO BE ACQUIRED OR HOW IT WAS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED. OF COURSE, THERE WAS THE THE TENSION BETWEEN CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE PROTECTION AND ESTABLISHED OUR PARKLAND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
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FOR PRESERVES VERSUS RECREATION AREAS, ESTABLISHED A LOT OF THE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES.AND THAT WAS BUILT OFF OF THE TWO COUNTY REGIONAL TRAIL PLAN THAT HAD BEEN DEVELOPED.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS THERE ON THE RIGHT.
SPECIFIC POLICIES THAT GUIDED US.
AND THAT WAS, LIKE I SAY, NECESSARY AT THE TIME, BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY IN RESPONSE TO CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE PARK DISTRICT WAS GOING TO SPEND THESE TAX MONIES THAT WE WERE RAISING AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE RESPONDING TO THE PUBLIC'S INTERESTS THERE.
SO MOVING FORWARD FROM THAT 1973 MASTER PLAN, I LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THE MASTER PLANS THAT CAME FORWARD FROM THERE, REALLY, THEY ALL BUILT OFF OF THAT 1973 MASTER PLAN. AND TO SOME DEGREE AND I DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN THIS TO BE PEJORATIVE, BUT THEY WERE OFTEN REALLY COSMETIC UPDATES.
THEY UPDATED, PERHAPS UPDATED THE LANGUAGE, SOME UPDATED THE EXHIBITS, UPDATED THE LOOK AND FEEL, BUT THERE WASN'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS A REAL SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE. 1980 WAS A REVISED MASTER PLAN THAT WAS REALLY TO KIND OF RESPOND TO THE PASSAGE OF PROP 13 AND THE RECOGNITION THAT A LOT THAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE 1973 MASTER PLAN WOULD HAVE TO BE DIALED BACK BECAUSE OF REDUCED REVENUE.
BUT IT REALLY CARRIED FORWARD MUCH OF THE SAME POLICIES AND GUIDELINES FROM THE 73-MASTER PLAN.
1988, AGAIN, REALLY KIND OF UPDATED THE IMAGES AND MADE SOME MODEST TEXT CHANGES, SORT OF REORGANIZED SOME OF THE POLICIES IN THE MASTER PLAN, BUT AGAIN, CARRIED MORE FORWARD MUCH OF WHAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THAT 1973 MASTER PLAN.
AND THEN THE 97 MASTER PLAN WAS DEVELOPED THAT WAS DEVELOPED WITH A LOT OF BOARD EXECUTIVE INPUT, AGAIN, A MASTER PLAN TASK FORCE.
SO, THE PAC WAS PUT TOGETHER AT THAT TIME.
SO, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH, WITH THIS BODY, A NUMBER OF PUBLIC FORUMS. THIS IS WHERE THE AGENCY REALLY STARTED TO SEE MOUNTAIN BIKING EMERGENCE EMERGING AS A, AS A REAL AS A REAL ISSUE TRAIL CONFLICT BECAME A REAL FOCUS IN THE 1997 MASTER PLAN, BUT AGAIN, CARRIED FORWARD A LOT OF THOSE SAME POLICIES THAT WERE DEVELOPED IN PREVIOUS MASTER PLANS.
AND THIS IS WHERE OUR MISSION STATEMENT FIRST SORT OF CAME FORWARD.
SO THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 97.
AND I JUST FOUND THESE COUPLE ARTICLES REALLY INTERESTING, JUST THAT OPPOSITION TO THE MASTER PLAN AT THE TIME, CONCERN FROM SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY AROUND, AROUND ZONING OUR PARKS.
SO, IDENTIFYING ZONES FOR, SAY, RECREATION VERSUS CONSERVATION AND WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE I THINK TODAY, WE'VE RECEIVED REQUESTS TO, TO KIND OF DO THAT SAME THING FROM SOME OF THE SAME ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THE CONCERN WAS THAT THAT WAS SEEN AS EXCLUSIVE, EXCLUDING BIKERS.
AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFLICT AROUND, AGAIN, BIKING AND HIKING ON TRAILS.
SO, I JUST MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE TRAIL USE TRAIL CONFLICTS IS A PERENNIAL ISSUE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE AS WE DEVELOP THIS DISTRICT PLAN.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE PACK.
AND SO, SOMETHING CERTAINLY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DIVING INTO IN THIS EFFORT.
BUT, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO DISCUSS.
SO, SO WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT IT TO BE THE FOCUS OF THIS EFFORT.
SO FAST FORWARDING TO 2013 AND OUR MASTER PLAN IN 2013.
AND A NUMBER OF US WERE AROUND AT THE TIME I MYSELF WAS HERE.
AND, AND REMEMBER THAT EFFORT.
AND AGAIN, IT WAS A GOOD EFFORT.
IT WAS REALLY DEVELOPED PARTLY IN RESPONSE TO THE PASSAGE OF MEASURE WW AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THE RECOGNITION THAT IT NEEDED TO BE SPRUCED UP. THERE WAS A NUMBER OF POLICIES THAT WERE ADDED IN THERE AROUND CULTURAL RESOURCES.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE STARTED TO SEE LANGUAGE ABOUT TRAILS FOR ALL IN THE MASTER PLAN AND INCLUDED SOME, SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT MOVE FORWARD THERE. BUT REALLY, AGAIN, LARGELY A VISUAL UPDATE TO THE MASTER PLAN, MANY OF THOSE SAME POLICIES.
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AND AS YOU READ THIS, A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE IN THIS 2013 MASTER PLAN IS VERBATIM FROM OUR 1973 MASTER PLAN WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN 1973.SO, WE'RE NOT REFERRING TO THIS AS AN UPDATE OF THE MASTER PLAN.
THIS IS A NEW EFFORT. WE'RE DEVELOPING A NEW A NEW PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT A NEW PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT AND REALLY THE RECOGNITION THAT REALLY SINCE COVID BUT SINCE 2013 THE PARK DISTRICT'S EXPERIENCED A LOT OF CHANGE.
WE'VE SEEN INCREASED CONCERNS ABOUT TRAIL CONFLICT.
EQUITABLE ACCESS IS AN ESPECIALLY AFTER THE INCREASE IN USE THAT WE SAW DURING COVID 19.
WE'RE SEEING INCREASES IN INCIDENTS OF WILDFIRES.
WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH DROUGHT, SEA LEVEL RISE.
SO, CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW WE RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE, HOW WE HOW WE BRING IN THE EFFORTS OF 30 BY 30 AND THE GOOD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AROUND THAT AND HOW WE ADDRESS DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND JUST RESPOND TO A NUMBER OF THESE EMERGING ISSUES.
SO, THE QUESTION SORT OF COME UP OF, OF WHY ARE WE DOING A NEW PLAN? AND REALLY, IT'S TO RESPOND THAT CHANGE IS ALREADY HERE.
IT'S NOT TO ANTICIPATE FUTURE CHANGE.
AND THIS IS AN EFFORT TO REALLY ADDRESS THAT.
SO, WHAT DOES THAT CHANGE LOOK LIKE? IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE GROWTH OF THE PARK DISTRICT SINCE 1973, AGAIN, WHERE A LOT OF THOSE, A LOT OF THAT EXISTING LANGUAGE IN THE MASTER PLAN EXISTS THE EAST BAY HAS GROWN INCREDIBLY SINCE THEN, AND THE PARK DISTRICT'S GROWN BUT FROM 24 OR SO PARKS TO TODAY, 73.
AND THEN JUST SINCE 2013, WHEN THIS EXISTING MASTER PLAN IS WAS IN PLACE HAVE GROWN, HAVE GROWN FROM SOME 50 SOME PARKS TO 73 PARKS AND JUST A LOT OF GROWTH.
AND OF COURSE, WE FORECAST ADDITIONAL GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE EAST BAY.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT THE LEFT BAR IS OUR DEMOGRAPHICS IN 2000.
THE RIGHT BAR IS OUR DEMOGRAPHICS IN 2020.
SO THIS BAR OF WHITE ONLY YOU CAN SEE IS GETTING SMALLER.
AND AS WE LOOK AT THE POPULATION OF THOSE UNDER 18 YEARS OLD.
SO THIS BAR ON THE LEFT AGAIN IS UNDER 18 YEARS.
THIS BAR ON THE RIGHT IS OVER 18 YEARS.
AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT PERCENTAGE WHO IDENTIFY AS WHITE ALONE IS GETTING SMALLER.
SO SO WE RECOGNIZE A NEED TO RESPOND TO THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.
SO WE DEVELOPED SOME OF THESE JUST BROAD GENERAL GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR A NEW DISTRICT PLAN AGAIN, ROOTED IN THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY AND RESILIENCY AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH.
THAT HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT THEME OF OF ADDRESSING EQUITY AT THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND WE JUST HEARD WE HAVE OUR FIRST EQUITY OFFICER HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND THEN RESILIENCY IS A CONCERN.
AND WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING OF RESILIENCY IT'S NOT JUST CLIMATE RESILIENCY.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN REALLY TALK ABOUT CLIMATE RESILIENCY WITHOUT ALSO TALK ABOUT FISCAL RESILIENCY, RIGHT? I MEAN, CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HUGE, HUGE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND HOW DO WE RESPOND TO WHAT ARE VERY EXPENSIVE CHALLENGES? SO FISCAL RESILIENCY, STAFFING RESILIENCY, HOW DO WE JUST MAKE OURSELVES A MORE RESILIENT AGENCY? BUT BEYOND THAT, LOOKING AT HOW DO WE EXPAND ACCESS? THERE'S ALWAYS AN INTEREST IN HOW WE OPEN UP NEW PARKLANDS AND OPEN UP OUR LAND BANK PROPERTIES, BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND ACCESS WITHIN OUR EXISTING PARKLANDS. SO HOW DO WE ACTIVATE EXISTING AREAS? ACTIVATE OUR SHORELINE, ACTIVATE EXISTING PARKS.
SO HOW DO WE INVEST IN SOME OF OUR OLDER PARKS AS WELL? ANYTIME WE TALK ABOUT EXPANDING ACCESS, WE NEED TO BALANCE THAT WITH HOW DO WE ENSURE STEWARDSHIP OF OUR NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.
SO HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT AND STEWARD AND RESTORE AND ENHANCE THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE? AGAIN, HOW DO WE ENHANCE EXPERIENCES? SO HOW DO WE INVEST IN SOME OF OUR EXISTING AREAS, MAKE FOR A MORE WELCOMING AND INVITING PARK EXPERIENCE?
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AND SOME OF OUR PARKS THAT THAT ARE MOST HEAVILY USED AND PERHAPS COULD USE SOME LOVE.AND THEN AGAIN, EMPHASIZE CONNECTIVITY.
THE PARK DISTRICT IS NO LONGER AN ISLAND OF PARKS OF OURSELVES.
EACH OF OUR PARKS ARE IT'S THEIR LANDSCAPE LEVEL PARKS.
OUR REGIONAL TRAILS CONNECT TO EACH OTHER, BUT WE ALSO CONNECT TO WE CONNECT TO CITY PARKLANDS.
OUR REGIONAL TRAILS CONNECT INTO CITY TRAIL SYSTEMS. WE CONNECT TO STATE PARKS, WATERSHED PARK, WATERSHED LANDS.
SO THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED AS A, AS A FRAMEWORK.
SO, WE'RE REALLY UP IN THAT UPPER LEFT-HAND QUADRANT, PREPLANNING.
AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH ON A WARD BY WARD LEVEL AND LOOKING AT PULLING IN INFORMATION THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PAC AND OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND ULTIMATELY THE PUBLIC ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE WE SERVING IN EACH WARD, WHAT FACILITIES ARE IN EACH WARD, AND PUTTING TOGETHER A WARD REPORT THAT SUMMARIZES THAT AND REALLY TRYING TO PUT ALL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER AND THEN GOING IN AND LOOKING AT DOING A NEEDS AND CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING WHERE ARE OUR MAJOR GAPS AND NEEDS AT THE PARK DISTRICT WHERE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE NEED FOR STAFF, FACILITIES, SERVICE YARDS, OFFICES. WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC PICNIC AREAS AND OTHER SITES AND REALLY TRYING TO GET A LIST OF WHAT ALL OF THOSE NEEDS ARE.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE DRIVEN INTERNALLY BY MY STAFF AND REACHING OUT INDIVIDUALLY TO, TO GET A LOT OF FRANKLY, THERE'S A LOT OF EXISTING INFORMATION THAT THAT WE NEED TO JUST PULL TOGETHER.
THERE'S BUT THEN WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING ON A CONSULTANT TEAM.
WE'RE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
HOPE TO HAVE THAT OUT SOON LATER IN THE YEAR, BRINGING ON A CONSULTANT TEAM THAT WILL THEN START DOING A LOT OF THAT EXTERNAL OUTREACH TO HELP CRAFT TAKE THAT EXISTING INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AND UNDERSTANDING OUR NEEDS, AND THEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO HELP CRAFT THAT VISION, WORKING WITH THE BOARD AND YOU ALL AND SORT OF WORKING THROUGH LOOKING AT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND PRIORITIES AND THE TRADEOFFS AND ULTIMATELY COMING UP WITH SOME ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS AND A STRONG IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SO WHAT DO WE HOPE THAT TO COME OUT OF THIS EFFORT? FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND OUR GENERAL MANAGER HAS HAS STATED THIS AS WELL, IS REALLY A BELIEF THAT THAT THIS PROCESS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE PRODUCT AT THE END OF THE DAY.
SO REALLY ENSURING THAT WE'RE DOING A GOOD EQUITY BASED OUTREACH THAT, AGAIN, BRINGS IN A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERHAPS THE PARK DISTRICT HAS NOT TRADITIONALLY HEARD FROM.
SO REALLY MAKING THAT EFFORT TO, TO REACH OUT TO, TO THOSE TO THOSE GROUPS AND THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER UNDERREPRESENTED IN PARK DISTRICT MATTERS TO DATE GIVES US A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE FOR SOME FOCUS STRATEGIES.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A TRAIL STRATEGIC PLAN PRIORITIZING OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE PURSUE LAND ACQUISITION. SO, LOOKING TOWARDS SOME GUIDANCE ALONG THOSE LINES.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AGENCY WIDE ISSUES THAT THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH HERE.
SO, PROGRAMING WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES OUR INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMING LOOK LIKE? TRAIL DESIGN GUIDELINES.
IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE TRAIL CONCERNS? CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO DO THERE.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND WILDLAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES THAT I KNOW IS OF INTEREST TO A LOT.
SO, SO ULTIMATELY, ALL OF THIS REAL EFFORT IS TO REALLY ALIGN A LOT OF OUR WORK PLAN WITH THE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND WITH RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF EMERGING ISSUES FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AND EQUITABLE ACCESS AND, AND JUST OUR GROWTH.
SO WHEN WE'RE COMING TO THE PAC, COMING TO THE BOARD, IT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT THERE'S A THROUGH LINE FROM OUR DISTRICT PLAN TO THE BUDGET TO OUR GRANTS, APPLICATIONS, TO OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, AND THAT WE'RE ALL WE'RE ALL WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME OUTCOME.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK INTERNALLY ON STAFF ENGAGEMENT.
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SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET OUT AND MEET WITH MEET WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF TO GET INTERNAL INPUT.SO I'VE BEEN HOLDING PRESENTATIONS WITH DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS, AND WE'VE HAD TABLES AT VARIOUS STAFF EVENTS WILL BE ACTIVE DURING A LOT OF THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS TO GET INPUT.
AND THEN LOOKING TO FORM SOME STAFF WORKING GROUPS TO REALLY CONTINUE TO GET STAFF INPUT AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CUSTOMERS OF THIS DISTRICT PLAN AND WILL BE WORKING WITH IT AS IT'S IN PLACE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS AROUND THE ROLE OF THE BOARD.
THE BOARD WILL BE PROVIDING FREQUENT UPDATES TO THE BOARD AT ALL KEY MILESTONES.
WE'RE HOPING TO WORK WITH YOU ALL TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHICH WARDS YOU'RE MOST ENGAGED IN.
WHETHER YOU'RE APPOINTED BY A BOARD MEMBER OR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.
BUT WHICH WARDS YOU'RE MOST ENGAGED IN THAT, THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN? AND THEN WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO ENGAGE WITH YOU ALL IN THE OUTREACH AND THE BOARD.
IN TERMS OF HOW WE GET THAT INPUT.
SO, THE ROLE OF THE PAC, REALLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU ALL HAVE, HAVE DISCUSSED BROADLY OF WHAT THE ROLE OF THE PAC IS, AND THAT'S REALLY TO SERVE AS A LIAISON IN SUPPORT OF THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE OUR STAFF ENGAGE WITH YOU TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INPUT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
SO AGAIN, WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE HERE AT MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND KEY POINTS TO TO GET YOUR INPUT.
AND THEN AS YOU ALL HEAR FROM YOUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY GROUPS AND JUST OTHER FORUMS HAVING YOU ALL BE ABLE TO BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO US SO THAT WE CAN SO THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO THEN THE ROLE OF THE CONSULTANT TEAM, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING ON A CONSULTANT TEAM.
THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A LOT OF THE EXTERNAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TAKING A LOT OF THE EXISTING DISTRICT INFORMATION PULLING THAT TOGETHER TO REALLY PUT THAT INTO, YOU KNOW, DIGESTIBLE GOALS, PRIORITIES AND ACTIONS AND REALLY GOING THROUGH AND DOING THE FINANCIAL ASSESSMENTS TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE, WHERE ARE OUR GAPS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK TOWARDS FINDING SOME SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE LARGER, LARGER CHALLENGES.
SO. SO I HAVE RECEIVED QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE BUDGET? HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO TRAIL STRATEGIC PLAN? SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS AND I THINK I MENTIONED THAT OF JUST YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN OVERARCHING UMBRELLA SORT OF DOCUMENT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE WEEDS IN TERMS OF WHERE TRAILS ARE.
THIS IS REALLY GOING TO PROVIDE THE BROAD GUIDANCE THAT WILL THEN HELP US AGAIN, HAVE THAT THROUGH LINE FROM OUR BUDGET, THROUGH LAND ACQUISITION GUIDE, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS OUR TRAILS, AS WE'RE DOING MORE TRAILS PLANNING HELP STEER OUR GRANT EFFORTS.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY CONSISTENT WITH THE WORK THAT GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
SO WE'RE ALL WE'RE ALL MOVING, MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
SO THE GIST OF OF WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT AND WE'VE GOT THREE QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS, IS JUST QUICKLY BECAUSE WE'RE A LARGE GROUP, BUT, BUT WANT TO, TO GO AROUND AND JUST HEAR HERE QUICKLY YOUR ANSWERS TO EACH OF THESE THREE QUESTIONS.
SO, POSE THE QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE THREE MAJOR TOPICS THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE DISTRICT PLAN? AND IF YOU COULD JUST KEEP THAT TO, YOU KNOW AGAIN, THREE, THREE MAJOR TOPICS.
AND THEN WE'VE BEEN ASKING THIS OF, A NUMBER OF FOLKS INTERNALLY AND WE'LL END EXTERNALLY.
SO, IT'S HELPFUL TO US TO SORT OF HEAR THAT.
WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL HOW YOU AS INDIVIDUALS WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED.
SO, I THINK SOME FOLKS MIGHT BE MOST INTERESTED IN GOING OUT AND PERHAPS GIVING PRESENTATIONS TO OTHER GROUPS OR MAYBE OTHER GROUPS OR OTHER FOLKS WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO SOME OF THE MORE DETAILS.
SO, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED.
AND, AND THEN I THINK AND THEN AND THEN A QUESTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RAISE IS SORT OF WHAT ORGANIZATIONS AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS IN YOUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ENGAGED IN THE SECOND CENTURY PLAN? AND I'M GOING TO CAVEAT THAT LAST QUESTION A LITTLE BIT, AND THAT WE KNOW A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE VERY INVESTED IN THIS EFFORT.
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SO SIERRA CLUB, NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY, SAY MOUNT DIABLO.A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH AND WE VERY MUCH VALUE THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND INPUT WE, WE ARE FULLY EXPECTING AND, AND WILL BE PLANNING FOR A VERY HEAVY ENGAGEMENT FROM THOSE GROUPS.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE DON'T OFTEN HEAR FROM.
SO, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO HEAR FROM YOU, ALL THOSE GROUPS THAT YOU MAYBE THINK HAVEN'T BEEN REPRESENTED IN PARK DISTRICT IN THE PAST THAT THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE THAT YOU SHOULD BE ENGAGED IN GOING FORWARD.
AGAIN, MY THOUGHT WAS WE COULD JUST KIND OF GO AROUND THE TABLE.
BUT YEAH, RECOGNIZING WE'RE AN HOUR IN HERE DEFER TO YOU ON HOW BEST EFFICIENTLY DO THAT.
GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A GREAT TIME TO BE ON THE PACK BECAUSE THIS IS YOU KNOW, A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SORT OF SHAPE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE PARK DISTRICT FOR NOT ONLY THE NEXT TEN YEARS, BUT FOR EVEN BEYOND THAT GOING FORWARD.
AND SO I THINK MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD DO FIRST IS SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PACK, AND THEN AND THEN WE CAN QUICKLY GO AROUND AND PEOPLE CAN GIVE THEIR RESPONSES TO THESE QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES AFTERWARDS.
AND SO FIRST, YEAH, LET'S JUST OPEN IT UP TO THE PACK GENERALLY FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAN.
ARE THERE KARINA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS FROM ITS INCEPTION ON THIS ON THIS ROUND.
MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE A TIME FRAME? AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AT WORKFLOW ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE LIKE SUBCOMMITTEES AND SO FORTH OF THE PACK? YEAH. THEY'RE TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING ON A CONSULTANT TEAM.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, JULY OR SO OF THIS YEAR AND THE CURRENTLY AND THIS IS A THIS IS AN AMBITIOUS SCHEDULE IS THAT THAT WOULD BE SORT OF A 12 MONTH, A ONE-YEAR SORT OF ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE WOULD HOPE TO HAVE THAT WRAPPED UP AT YOU KNOW, THE MID PART OF 2025 IS KIND OF HOW WE'RE SEEING RECOGNIZING THAT YOU KNOW, WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, THAT IT COULD TAKE LONGER, OR IT COULD GO QUICKER, WHO KNOWS? SO, WE'RE BEING FLUID WITH THAT.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, YEAH, THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.
YEAH, I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS.
IT'S A, IT'S NICE THAT IT'S A LONG-TIME FRAME THAT GIVES US SOME SORT OF CHANCES TO SORT OF READJUST IF WE NEED TO AND SEE IF WE CAN DEVELOP A PROCESS THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS FROM PAC MEMBERS? MEMBER DIETER. NOT REALLY A QUESTION.
SOME OF US MAY HAVE A INPUT ON ONE QUESTION, BUT NOT ANOTHER.
SO JUST TO YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
RIGHT? SO, IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING.
I THINK I SAW ANOTHER HAND OVER HERE.
MEMBER REED. USUALLY IN THIS PROCESS, THERE'S, THERE'S A VISION OF WHAT THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN TEN YEARS OR 20 YEARS.
THE DANGER, I THINK, IN USING THIS SECOND CENTURY PLAN IS, WHAT'S IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN 100 YEARS? NOW IS THAT WHAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IF WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF ENVISIONING WHAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH IN 100 YEARS WHERE WE WANT TO MOVE TOWARDS IT.
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RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO SEA LEVEL RISE IN TEN, 20, 50 YEARS.SO, A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE AS STAFF ARE WORKING ON ARE REALLY 20, 30, 50-YEAR PROJECTS.
SO, SO A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN, SAY, WHAT A CITY GENERAL PLAN MIGHT BE, WHICH DOES GUIDE.
GIVE, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY CITY GENERAL PLANS HAVE A TEN, 20-YEAR SORT OF TIME FRAME.
AND THIS VERY MAY WELL NEED TO BE UPDATED IN TEN, 20 YEARS.
SURE. BUT REALLY LOOKING AT THE, THE, THE VISION, THE GOALS AND SOME OF THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
THAT THAT COULD HOPEFULLY BE RESILIENT FOR FOR, YOU KNOW, 100 YEARS.
YOU KNOW, I HAD KIND OF THE SAME, YOU KNOW, RESPONSE.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME WHAT YOU'RE REALLY DOING IS SETTING IT UP TO WHAT YOU EXPECT TO DO.
TWO THINGS. ONE IS TO UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING.
YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE CHANGES AND THERE ARE CHANGES.
THE WORLD IS CHANGING DRAMATICALLY, AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE CHANGES ARE COMING FROM.
BUT THEN THE PLAN, IT SEEMS TO ME, OUGHT TO BE REALLY FOCUSED ON WHAT CHANGES HAVE TO OCCUR IN THE ORGANIZATION IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT FUTURE WORLD, WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE SECOND CENTURY OF THE EAST BAY PARKS DISTRICT.
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I MEAN, THAT'S A IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING TO UPDATE OR CHANGE THAT MAP.
THERE'S ENOUGH HERE THAT CAN KEEP US BUSY FOR A LONG TIME.
SO, LIKE YOU SAY, IT'S CHANGES OF HOW DO WE DO THAT? OR WHERE DO WE WHERE DO WE BEST YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZE SOME OF OUR SPENDING AND RESPONDING TO SOME OF THESE EMERGING ISSUES? YEAH. HOW THE DISTRICT POSITIONS ITSELF TO DEAL WITH THAT FUTURE WORLD AS BEST WE CAN SEE IT AT PRESENT.
THE PREPLANNING, SOME OF WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH IS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS AND I PRE LOOKED, I GOT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT I JUST LOVE DATA AND I'M JUST REALLY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW HAVE WE DONE AT OUR, YOU KNOW, ACRES PER CAPITA.
BECAUSE THAT COULD CHANGE WHAT THE NEXT.
BUT IT WOULD MAKE ME TRY TO LIKE HOW DO I TRIAGE? WHERE ARE THE ISSUES? HOW DID WE DO ON THE OTHER PLANS? WHERE DID WE FALL SHORT? HOW CAN I PICK MY TOP THREE? HOW CAN I FIGURE OUT WHERE I'D WEIGH IN? SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING THING AND MAYBE EVEN AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO ALL THIS TODAY, BUT NO, CERTAINLY GET THAT STARTED.
FROM FOUR PARKS TO 73 PARKS FOR 600,000 PEOPLE TO 3 MILLION PEOPLE.
BUT WE SEEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, BUT MORE DATA TO TRY TO HELP FIGURE OUT.
AND OF COURSE, THE EQUITY PIECE AND HOW THAT BALANCES I'VE EVEN WITH THE BICYCLE THING, I'M STRUGGLING LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE REALLY BICYCLE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY HIKE VERSUS RIDE A HORSE VERSUS.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M A DATA PERSON PERSONALLY, AND I HOPE THAT CONTINUES TO DRIVE THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER A CRUNCH, WE'RE UNDER A CRISIS, AND WE'VE GOT TO REALLY TRIAGE AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON THE NEXT SECOND CENTURY, AND IT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING TO BE PART OF THIS.
SO, I AND I WAS REMISS IN SAYING THAT I DO HAVE TWO OF MY STAFF MEMBERS HERE TAKING STAFF.
SO, I GOT AMANDA SANDERS AND RAY INGRAM HERE, AND SO I HEARD YOU SAY YOU WANT A DATA DRIVEN PROCESS.
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AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT COMMENT, THAT'S THE TYPE OF TYPE OF FEEDBACK THAT WE WANT, AND YEAH.YEAH, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS JUST OUR FIRST PASS THROUGH.
RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE OUR FIRST SORT OF LITTLE BITS OF INPUT.
BUT THERE WILL BE REPEATED VISITS AND REPEATED OPPORTUNITIES.
HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND INTERACT WITH OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND SO AND SO.
WE DON'T HAVE TO FEEL TOO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY AT THIS MEETING TO SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS. RIGHT. REALLY AN INTRODUCTION.
MEMBER HENRY. YOU JUST SAID SOMETHING, ACTUALLY KIND OF BUILD ON THAT, TOO.
IT'S A GREAT SLIDE THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH THE PARK HAS EXPANDED.
BUT I THINK TO ADD TO THAT WOULD BE HOW MUCH IS REALLY EXPANDED FOR PUBLIC USE.
SO HOW MUCH IS IN LAND BANK? HOW MUCH IS STUCK IN WHATEVER PROCESS? BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING BOARD MEMBERS, THAT IT CAN BE REALLY DIFFICULT AND CUMBERSOME TO GET TRAILS OPEN.
SO I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE THIS KIND OF FALSE SENSE OF, WE'VE GROWN ENOUGH, WHEN IN FACT WE MAY HAVE ALL THIS LAND, BUT IS IT REALLY USABLE? THE OTHER QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH OF THAT LAND SHOULD, YOU KNOW SHOULD ACTUALLY BE OPEN? MAYBE THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT NEED TO BE PROTECTED FOR PURELY FOR RESOURCE PROTECTION.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT OR SHOULD WE GO ON TO OUR THREE QUESTIONS HERE.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S TAKE QUESTION NUMBER ONE.
AND MAYBE WE'LL JUST GO AROUND THE TABLE THIS WAY.
AND THEN QUESTION NUMBER TWO WILL REVERSE IT AND WE'LL COME BACK AROUND.
SO THOSE OF YOU HERE GET READY TO GO TWICE IN A ROW REALLY QUICKLY.
ONCE IT BOUNCES AROUND AND THEN AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US WILL STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS FIRST ONE IDENTIFYING THE TOP THREE QUESTIONS, RIGHT.
THERE ARE SO MANY THAT COULD THAT WE WANT TO BRING TO THE TABLE.
BUT YOU KNOW LET'S TRY AND JUST KEEP IT TO THREE.
AND SO, I'LL GO LAST ON THIS ONE.
AND SO, LET'S PASS IT TO MEMBER CHANG FIRST AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO MOVE AROUND.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I ACTUALLY AGREE, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PROBABLY SHOULD BE IS HOW WELL DID WE DO IN THE LAST TIME? AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF ASPIRATIONAL GOALS, BUT WITHOUT REALLY THE LIKE THE LOGISTICAL TECHNICAL ABILITY TO SELF ASSESS, YOU KNOW, PAST PROCESSES AND THEN THE CURRENT PROCESS, THEN WE DON'T KNOW REALLY HOW WELL WE'RE DOING.
AND SO THAT'S ONE IMPORTANT THING ALSO THAT I WOULD DITTO.
I'M SHOWING MY AGE HERE, I WOULD WHAT'S ANOTHER WORD FOR DITTO.
AND SO IN A SPACE LIKE THE BAY AREA WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LIMITED GEOGRAPHIC REACH AND, AND CITIES ARE UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE UNDER, UNDER PENALTY TO EXPAND HOUSING.
AND I THINK EVEN REALLY SAYING THAT THE PLAN NEEDS TO HAVE A REALLY STRONG LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING COMPONENT TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A BALANCE BETWEEN GROWTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND THEN THIRDLY YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EQUITY INCLUSIVITY AND THEN THE EMPHASIS HERE AND YOU KNOW, JUST I HAVE SOME KIND OF IN THE TRENCHES IDEAS, WHICH I'LL SHARE LATER.
BUT REALLY, ONE OF THEM REALLY SHOULD BE AROUND AFFORDABILITY AND ON PROGRAMING AND THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO PROGRAMING OF ALL ECONOMIC LEVELS AND THAT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS, THE PROGRAMING AND THE, THE MARKETING MATERIALS AND SO FORTH, AND I HAVE ALREADY SEEN SOME OF THIS, BUT REALLY THAT WE CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THAT THERE'S LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR A VERY DIVERSE, DIVERSE TWO COUNTIES.
AND I THINK THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN NOW IS OVER.
I THINK MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE HERE KNOWS THAT NUMBER BETTER, BUT AT LEAST 84.
SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WHILE PEOPLE ARE AGING IN PLACE, THAT CAN STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE OPEN SPACE IN A WAY THAT'S SAFE AND INCLUSIVE? THANK YOU. GREAT.
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THANK YOU. YES, I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS OR THREE TOPICS.AND I WOULD FIRST SAY THAT THE 2013 MASTER PLAN HAS SOME GREAT POLICIES THAT ARE IN THERE.
THEY SEEM TO BE TIMELESS, AND THEY TO ME, THEY COULD ALMOST BE ADOPTED IN THIS NEW PLAN.
AND I AM HOPING THAT THEY ARE.
AND IF ANYTHING IS LEFT OUT FROM THOSE POLICIES, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE PAC SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S BEING LEFT OUT.
THE OTHER THING IS LAND ACQUISITION.
I ASSUME I SAW YOUR SLIDE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF IT, BUT IT SHOULD REMAIN A PRIORITY.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO PROTECT OPEN SPACE ALL AROUND.
AND HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO OPERATE THE ENTIRE PARK DISTRICT? SO THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS PRIORITIES.
HI BRIAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I WILL START WITH THE EQUITY GOAL.
I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE THERE.
BUT EQUITY IS REALLY HARD TO MONITOR OR MEASURE.
AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT AGE.
AND I SAW I HEARD AGE BEING MENTIONED EARLIER.
AND THE OTHER LET ME MAKE SURE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PROVIDE FOR PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGES? AND THE PROJECTIONS GO TO 2040.
AND I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME, SOME THOUGHT TO THAT.
I'M LOOKING PARTICULARLY AT THE CHANGES HERE SLIDE AND IF THAT'S A LOOK BACK THAT'S GREAT.
IF IT'S A LOOK FORWARD I GOT A COUPLE CONCERNS.
AND THAT KIND OF SURPRISED ME.
I SAW SOME INDICATORS OF IT, BUT ONE OF THE INDICATORS THAT WASN'T THERE IS INVASIVE SPECIES.
I WAS SURPRISED THAT COVID 19 WAS THERE TO THE EXTENT THAT IT WAS IN PART BECAUSE GOING BACK, NONE OF THE PLANS TO DATE PROBABLY MENTIONED THE SPANISH FLU OF 1918.
AND IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE PANDEMICS FOR ANOTHER 100 YEARS, WHY IS IT A FOCUS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR A SECOND CENTURY PLAN? YOU WON'T BE SURPRISED BY MY LAST COMMENT, WHICH IS.
PARKS LIKE CITIES FOCUSED ON GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES.
BUT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WATERSHED HEALTH.
AND A WATERSHED IS A VERY DIFFERENT COMPONENT.
IT DOESN'T RESPECT THE POLITICAL COMPONENTS AND WILDLIFE DON'T RESPECT THE POLITICAL COMPONENTS.
GOTTA SAY, THOUGH, IT LOOKS WEIRD.
NOT SEEING YOU IN A GREEN HAT.
SO NICE TO SEE YOU WITH A BALD HEAD, JUST LIKE MYSELF.
AUTHENTIC INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE WHEN I SAY AUTHENTIC, WE CAN SEE EXAMPLES IN SONOMA COUNTY WHERE THEY HAVE CO-MANAGEMENT OF TOLAY REGIONAL PARK, AS WELL AS THE THAT'S REGIONAL SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL PARKS AND ALSO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AT POINT REYES.
THEY HAVE CO-MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL SEASHORE WITH THE GREAT RENT, RENT RANCHERIA.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ALSO SEE IT AT CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS [INAUDIBLE] STATE PARK UP NORTH.
ANOTHER TOPIC I'D LIKE TO SEE IS, JUST AS FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED, DI PRINCIPLES.
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DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. SO JUST WANTING TO CONTINUE THAT AND HAVING JOSE GONZALEZ AS THE EQUITY OFFICER IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.ALSO WITH THE EMPHASIS THIS IS THE THIRD TOPIC ON EQUITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY.
WOULD LIKE TO SEE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS ALSO A TENET OF THE PARK DISTRICT, AS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HAS ALL THOSE THINGS COMBINED, ALONG WITH THINGS THAT FOLKS HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED, LIKE OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION ENSURING THAT THEY'RE HAVING ACCESS TO EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OPEN SPACE WITHOUT ALSO MANAGING THE VERY REAL APPLICANT, THE VERY REAL REALITY OF MANY OF OUR UNHOUSED FOLKS LIVING IN OUR PARKS IN, IN AN UNSUSTAINABLE WAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE THREE TOPICS EXPLORED.
I'LL JUST JUMP IN BEFORE WE MOVE OVER TO THE NEXT TABLE.
AND STILL NINE PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE, SO QUICKLY.
I WROTE DOWN SUSTAINABLE STAFFING, INCLUDING LEVELS AND DEI, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, PARTICULARLY WILDFIRE 30 BY 30 AND INPUT FROM OHLONE PEOPLE MORE AS WHAT FRANCIS SAID, BECAUSE HE'S MUCH MORE ENGAGED WITH THAT AND UNDERSTANDS SO CO-MANAGEMENT, EQUITABLE ACCESS LANGUAGE, PHYSICAL ABILITY.
THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE REAL COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
I WANT THE COMMUNITY, THE LARGER BAY AREA COMMUNITY, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PARK DISTRICT IS AND WHAT ITS PLANS ARE AND HOW IT HAS DONE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE EDUCATION SO THAT PEOPLE I MEAN, WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND THE FACT THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAD NO CLUE THAT WE EVEN EXISTED DIDN'T REALLY COME UP ON OUR RADAR, AND I THINK THE TRUTH IS, THE SAME IS TRUE FOR THE PARK DISTRICT, THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM KNOWING ABOUT THE PARK DISTRICT AND WHAT IT'S DOING.
AND BECOME ENGAGED ON A MUCH LARGER LEVEL THAN THEY HAVE BEEN.
SO, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY BROUGHT UP SOMETHING NEW.
SO, I'LL ADD EQUITABLE ACCESS.
BUT ALSO LET'S DEFINE WHAT THAT IS.
GREAT, THANKS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK THAT HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS HELPFUL IN TERMS OF TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED.
AGAIN, I'LL BUILD ON MY EARLIER COMMENTS.
THE WE NEED TO IDENTIFY ADAPTATIONS NEEDED TO MOST EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE FUTURE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION, INCLUDING PARTICULARLY, I THINK, CLIMATE CHANGE.
I THINK CONTINUED AGGRESSIVE INVESTMENT IN PROTECTING NATURAL AREAS AND OPEN SPACE.
I THINK ESPECIALLY TO ENSURE ECOSYSTEM CONNECTIVITY IS IMPORTANT, AND I THINK FACILITATING INVOLVEMENT BY ALL RESIDENTS OF THE EAST BAY AND IN DISTRICT ACTIVITIES AND DECISIONS.
YOU KNOW, THAT INCLUDES ACCESS TO PARKS.
THE COMMENT WAS MADE EARLIER ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] HOUSING NUMBERS.
MAYBE THERE'S BALANCE AND THE YOUNGER GENERATION AREN'T HAVING AS MANY CHILDREN.
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AND MAYBE THAT'S PUTTING MORE PRESSURE, BUT I JUST I'D LOVE THIS NEXT LOOK TO REALLY LOOK CLOSELY.LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A DATA DRIVEN NUMBER AND REALLY TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL SPEAK AS A VOICE AND WE SPEAK AS HORSE RIDERS AND HIKERS AND BUT WHO'S SPEAKING FOR THE PLANTS AND THE LOSS OF THOSE? AND WHERE ARE THOSE AREAS WHEN WE ZONE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THOSE PLACES IN OUR PARK THAT ARE MAYBE OFF LIMITS TO EVERYTHING? OF COURSE, CLIMATE.
ALL THESE THINGS POPPED UP ON THE SCREEN ABOUT GROWTH, BUT CLIMATE WAS REALLY DRIVING MOST OF THEM.
YOU KNOW, THE THE FIRE, THE DROUGHT, THE RISK, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GO, YOU KNOW, FOR HEAT RELATED RELEASE, MAYBE THEY'RE GOING TO COUNT ON OUR PARKS MORE. AND WE NEED THESE TREES THAT WE'RE LOSING.
WE REALLY NEED TO FIGURE AND TRIAGE THAT.
AND THERE'S PROBABLY MORE PANDEMICS COMING, AND THERE'S PROBABLY MORE SUDDEN OAK DEATHS COMING.
AND I'D SAY THE THIRD IS DEFINITELY AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE, AN EQUITY ISSUE.
BUT REALLY, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE NEXT SEVEN GENERATIONS IN THE FUTURE DOWN THE ROAD.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS LIVABLE FOR ALL SENTIENT BEINGS, NOT JUST OURSELVES? HI. THANK YOU.
I'M FROM EAST COUNTY, CONTRA COSTA, BRENTWOOD, AND OUR GROWTH IS, IS THERE I MEAN, WE ARE GROWING LOTS OF HOUSES, OAKLEY, BRENTWOOD, ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING UP WITH THAT POPULATION.
AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH PROJECTS LIKE THE RODDY RANCH PROPERTY, EMERSON RANCH PROPERTY, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT.
THAT'S A HUGE PROCESS OF SAVING WETLANDS THERE, WHICH ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COUNTY.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BE SURE THAT THESE PARKS ARE ALSO ACCESSED BY NOT HAVING TO DRIVE TO ALL OF THEM, THAT THEY'RE CONNECTED TRAIL WISE.
IF PEOPLE CAN WALK OR BIKE TO SOME OF THESE TRAILS AS FAR AS ACCESS, I THINK OUR PARKS NEED TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. OUR POPULATION IS GETTING OLDER, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES.
AND I FEEL THAT SOME OF OUR PARKS, YOU CAN'T GO VERY MUCH PAST THE PARKING LOT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF ISSUE OF TRYING TO GO ANY FARTHER.
LAST, WE IN 1997, YOU TALKED ABOUT MOUNTAIN BIKING.
I MEAN, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BIKES WERE WERE BOUGHT THIS PAST THIS PAST YEAR.
AND TALK ABOUT TRAIL CONFLICT OF WHAT'S GOING ON OR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE HAVE TO BE SURE THAT WE MANAGE OUR TRAIL SYSTEM TO ALLOW FOR THIS GROWTH, BECAUSE THIS IS ALLOWING A GROUP OF THE POPULATION THAT ARE GOING TO GO MUCH FARTHER INTO OUR PARKS WITH THEIR E-BIKES, AND ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TRAIL CONFLICT, THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY FOR THESE PEOPLE TO USE OUR PARKS AND ENJOY THEIR PARKS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE REALLY THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS.
SO BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE END OF THIS, I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO ADD.
THE ONLY THING I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO BASICS FOR ME, FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.
I MEAN, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR ONGOING OPERATIONS FOR THE ORGANIZATION, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING PARKS AND THEN THE NEW PARKS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE BEEN LAND BANKED.
YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? CLIMATE CHANGE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
I AGREE THAT'S A TOP PRIORITY.
AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF EQUITABLE ACCESS.
SO ONE PIECE THAT I WANT TO LIFT UP IS WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE POPULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SURVEYED THAT HAVE NOT TRADITIONALLY FELT WELCOME WITHIN THE PARK DISTRICT AND EVEN HAVE A NEGATIVE VIEW OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS HERE.
YES. THERE'S BEEN SO MANY THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS.
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I WANT TO JUST AS FAR AS ONE THING THAT I HEARD A LOT AND I DEFINITELY THINK IS BEFORE WE EVEN LOOK AT ANYTHING ELSE, IS DEFINITELY HAVING A REPORT CARD.BUT FOR ME, I THINK NUMBER ONE ISSUE IS CLIMATE CHANGE.
JUST LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH THE FIRES AND RAINS AND HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT OVER TIME AND IN THE FUTURE? WHEN I THINK ABOUT EQUITY IN THE PARK, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT EQUITABLE ACCESS, BUT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT HOW THE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS ARE CHANGING.
AND ARE WE INVESTING IN THOSE POPULATIONS AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME FUTURE STEWARDS OF THE PARK? BUT ALSO, THAT WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE OUR PARK ACTUALLY REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY AND DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR AREAS. NOT JUST IN USERSHIP, BUT ALSO IN STAFFING.
AND AS FAR AS ONE THING THAT AS IS THAT AS WHEN YOU MENTIONED PARK MEMBER VALENZUELA MENTIONED AS FAR AS ABOUT MOUNTAIN BIKES AND E-BIKES, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES IN GENERAL.
BUT WHAT'S THAT NEXT GROWTH OF TECHNOLOGY FOR OUTDOOR ACCESS? AND WHAT ARE WE DESIGNING THOSE TRAILS FOR? BECAUSE THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS IS A SUCCESSFUL REGIONAL PARK.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, WATERSHEDS TRAIL ACCESS AND ALSO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT STABILITIES OF THE CITIES BEING ABLE TO MANAGE THEIR PARKS OR ASKING THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS TO MANAGE THEIR PARKS OR DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES.
SO HOW DO WE NOT JUST PLAN FOR OURSELVES AS A REGIONAL PARK, BUT HOW DO WE INCLUDE MAYBE SOME OF THOSE CITIES AND TRAIL SYSTEMS SO THAT WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THOSE LARGER IMPACTS AND SPREAD THEM OUT? SO IF THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, BIKERS, HOW DO WE CONNECT ALL OF THOSE TRAILS SO THAT THERE'S MORE ACCESS OR IF SOME PARKS MIGHT BE LOST IN ANOTHER CITY, CAN WE PREDICT THAT AND SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT, LIKE THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ABSORBED SOME PARKS OVER TIME.
YEAH. SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I SEE.
SO FOR ME, I WOULD SAY MY NUMBER ONE IS ALSO CLIMATE CHANGE.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THOUGHT AND EFFORT PUT INTO PLANNING FOR WHAT OUR PARKS WILL LOOK LIKE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW WE WILL MANAGE THAT. BUT I THINK ALSO THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE TO THAT COIN IN THAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS A UNIQUE ROLE TO PLAY AS A CARBON SINK.
AND ARE WE MANAGING OUR LANDS IN A WAY THAT REALLY SORT OF OPTIMIZES OUR CONTRIBUTION TO SUCKING ALL OF THIS CARBON OUT OF OUR ATMOSPHERE? NUMBER TWO, I WOULD SAY, WOULD BE THE PERENNIAL, THIS PERENNIAL QUESTION EVER SINCE THERE'S BEEN A PARK DISTRICT, PROBABLY THE BALANCE BETWEEN RECREATION AND CONSERVATION.
AND SO HOW DO WE THREAD THAT NEEDLE WHERE WE PROVIDE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME DON'T DEGRADE THE QUALITY OF THE HABITATS.
AND YOU KNOW, MANAGE THEM IN A WAY THAT SORT OF MAXIMIZES BIODIVERSITY TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.
AND THEN I THINK FOR NUMBER THREE, IT'S CLOSELY RELATED TO THAT ONE.
AND IT'S CLOSELY RELATED TO THE EQUITY ISSUE AS WELL, IS I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO SORT OF MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE PARK DISTRICT FOR EVERYBODY SOMEWHERE.
BUT WE NEED TO THINK PROACTIVELY.
I THINK ABOUT WHAT WHAT ARE THE PLACES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SET ASIDE FOR THIS ACTIVITY VERSUS THAT ACTIVITY, OR WHAT ARE THE PLACES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SET ASIDE FOR THAT ARE PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE FOR PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS, FOR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES? RIGHT. AND SO I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THINK INTO THE FUTURE ABOUT WHAT THOSE DIFFERENT NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE FOR OUR DIFFERENT LANDS.
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AND AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN MANY CASES THAT WILL BE A REQUIRE US TO HAVE PARTICULAR LANDS SET ASIDE FOR PARTICULAR THINGS.POINT ISABEL IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO WALK DOGS.
RIGHT. AND SO I THINK WE CAN IMAGINE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARKS FOR OTHER TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AS WELL.
AND SO I WILL ALSO GO FIRST ON NUMBER TWO.
HOW WILL YOU, AS A MEMBER OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN? I THINK, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT WILL PROBABLY COME FROM WHAT THE CONSULTANTS THINK ARE GOOD WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH US AND HAVE US ENGAGE WITH OTHERS.
BUT I REALLY LIKE THE MODELS THAT WE'VE SEEN PREVIOUSLY WITH THE SORT OF RETHINK AND REDESIGN OF THE DOG POLICY AND THEN AGAIN, THE TRAILS POLICY, WHERE WE HAD COMMUNITY GROUPS COMING TOGETHER IN SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WEEKEND SESSIONS OR EVENING SESSIONS WHERE WE COULD SORT OF CROSS-POLLINATE AMONG PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS THAT HAVE, IN SOME CASES, VERY DIVERGENT OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING.
BUT I THINK THOSE WERE OFTEN VERY PRODUCTIVE BECAUSE IT ALLOWED US TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY ESTABLISH THAT THERE WERE MANY MORE AREAS OF AGREEMENT THAN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE GROUPS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT THERE WERE.
AND SO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THESE COMMUNITY GROUP SETTINGS WERE VERY PRODUCTIVE.
AND I THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD REALLY ENJOY BEING INVOLVED IN.
AND SO I THINK WE'LL GO BACK AROUND THIS WAY NOW, THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
MY BACKGROUND IS IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
SO AS FAR AS LENDING ANY SKILLS THEY'RE AS APPROPRIATE.
AND THEN JUST AS FAR AS REALLY SEEING HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR DIFFERENT DIRECTORS.
SO, I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY JUST AS FAR AS TO PAC MEMBERS TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES AND HELP WITH THE OUTREACH AND CONNECT WITH OUR POPULATIONS AND GET THAT FIRSTHAND TESTIMONY OR QUESTIONNAIRES OR INFO AND REALLY FINDING DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE IT'S ACTIONABLE SO THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN SEE THAT THEIR INPUT HAS CHANGED OR INFLUENCED OR BEEN LIKE, CONSIDERED. SO I GUESS SO MY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE, IF I HAVE ANY, IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND IN PARTICULAR WITH CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
AND THEN ALSO THERE'S PLENTY OF ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAPPEN IN CENTRAL.
AND I KNOW EAST CONTRA COSTA AS WELL AROUND, YOU KNOW, INVITING YOU, BRIAN, FOR EXAMPLE, TO COME TO MUSIC AND MARKET UNTIL THE [INAUDIBLE] PLAZA AND GET 5000 PEOPLE OR LESS TO GIVE INPUT ABOUT THIS.
SO, SO THINKING THROUGH THOSE KINDS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AS APPROPRIATE.
AND I THINK PROBABLY I MEAN, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CONSULTANT, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT THERE WILL BE SMALLER CHUNKS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE ON, NOT JUST THIS ENTIRE PLAN, BUT AND THEN LOOK, LOOKING FORWARD TO SOCIALIZING CERTAIN IDEAS, CERTAIN CONCEPTS HERE AS WELL, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A PLACE LIKE WE DID WITH SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT NEIL MENTIONED, CHAIR TSUTSUI MENTIONED, AS WELL AS EVEN THE NAMING OF THE THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO OUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE THEIR HAND RAISED.
SINCE THEIR HAND IS RAISED AND THEY'RE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, IT WOULD HAVE TO WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TO ADDRESS ANY TO ADDRESS PUBLIC COMMENT UNTIL THE ITEM IS CONCLUDED.
SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IS TO NOTE EVERYTHING AND PREPARE FOR YOUR THREE MINUTE TIME SLOT. THANK YOU.
APOLOGIES FOR THE INTERRUPTION, MEMBER VALENZUELA.
FROM THE EAST COUNTY. LIKE I SAID, I VOLUNTEER AT BIG BREAK REGIONAL PARK, AND WE'VE ALWAYS CONSIDERED OUR PARK THERE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
AND I THINK THAT FEELING IN THE EAST COUNTY IS PRETTY MUCH ALL OVER ABOUT THAT, ABOUT SMALL, SMALL GROUPS OF PEOPLE, LOTS OF INPUT. SO, I'D BE WILLING TO BE A PART OF ANY OF THAT OUT IN THE EAST COUNTY.
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GREAT. WELL, I DEFINITELY BE HAPPY AND EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON ANY TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, TASK FORCE SUBCOMMITTEES, THINGS LIKE THAT.I HAVE NOTICED THE PARKS TAKING ON MORE AND MORE LANDS THAT NEED CLEANUP.
AND AS A SUPERFUND BROWNFIELDS PERSON FOR 21 YEARS AND I WORKED WITH TRIBES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S SOMETHING A SKILL SET I COULD BRING TO THE TABLE.
I'M ALSO AN EDUCATOR AND A TEACHER.
AND OUR NEXT QUESTION ON ORGANIZATIONS AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
YOU KNOW, I'M VERY ENGAGED IN MY 501C3 WITH A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS.
AND I THINK PARTICULARLY I KEPT HEARING THINGS LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE.
THERE'S A LOT OF SUSTAINABILITY GROUPS, CLIMATE GROUPS THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN TRADITIONALLY INVOLVED, THAT, YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO HELP BRING TO THE TABLE OR JUST BE PART OF MAKING THIS A ROBUST OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT EFFORT.
THIS IS THEIR FUTURE THEY'VE GOT TO LIVE WITH THIS.
THANK YOU. I, I THINK BUILDING ON SOMETHING YOU SAID, NEAL, THE HAVING REALLY ROBUST DEBATES WITHIN THE PACK WITHIN THE COMMITTEE ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED HERE WAS WE HEARD A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS THERE, AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY USEFUL TO BE ABLE TO DEBATE THOSE AND SEE IF WE COULD COME UP WITH A CONSENSUS ON WHAT MIGHT BE THE TOP THREE, 4 OR 5, WHATEVER IT IS TOPICS THAT THE PLAN OUGHT TO ADOPT.
AND IT WOULD BE A I THINK WITH THAT KIND OF DEBATE AND WITH THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE TABLE HERE IT WOULD BE AN INFORMED DEBATE AND INFORMED RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THAT.
I THINK PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT ARE HELD ON THIS WOULD BE VERY USEFUL.
YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS SUBMITTING COMMENTS ABOUT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PLAN ARE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT.
SO, FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO HELP OUT WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO, IF THERE'S EVENTS IN MY COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT'S A CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR IF IT'S A COMMITTEE MEETING OR SOMETHING WITHIN MY WARD AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT WANTS COMMUNICATED, THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I'M PART OF THE HORSE COMMUNITY IN THE BAY AREA, AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING TO TRY TO CREATE MECHANISMS FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO COMMUNICATE. SO IF THEY HAVE CONCERNS OR IF THERE'S INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW, I CAN GET THAT TO THEM.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONGEAL THAT COMMUNITY.
MOST OF MY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PARKS HE'S STATE PARKS HAS BEEN AS A DOCENT AT COYOTE HILLS AND THEN ALSO NOW BEING A PAC MEMBER.
THERE'S LIKE FIVE PARKS IN FREMONT.
I'D LIKE TO ATTEND LISTENING SESSIONS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD SET THEM UP OR IF THE PARK DISTRICT WOULD BE SETTING SUCH THINGS UP, LIKE IN OUR WARD FOR, FOR EXAMPLE BUT LISTENING SESSIONS FOR STAKEHOLDERS AND THESE WOULD BE PARK VISITORS.
THAT'S IT. MY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE IS IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, WORKING WITH YOUTH NATURE CONNECTION.
ESPECIALLY NEAL, SINCE HE'S PROFESSOR IN BIOLOGY.
SEE, THE FUNGI AND THE MYCELIAL NETWORK THAT'S UNDERNEATH.
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DO. SO, I CAN CONNECT FOLKS WITH INDIGENOUS TRIBES LIKE MUWEKMA, OHLONE, SOGOREA LAND TRUST FIRE MITIGATION THROUGH CULTURAL PRACTICES, AS WELL AS JUST ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH SAVE CALIFORNIA SALMON AS THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DIRECTOR.SO, WATERSHEDS AND RIPARIAN FISHERIES AS WELL.
I PREFER THAT TO TRAIL CONFLICT.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU REWRITE THAT ONE SLIDE.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S PRETTY MUCH COVERED WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
I JUST THINK AT TIMES, TOO, IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR MEETINGS BE LESS LONG IS SOMETIMES WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED JUST TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS TO FOR THE RECORD, FROM, FROM OURSELVES.
THANK YOU. MOST OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID I AGREE WITH.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMPLEXITY AND THOUGHTFULNESS OF THE GROUP.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE BE ABLE TO JOIN IN AND HAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE, BUT NOT JUST AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM, BUT ALSO SO THAT THERE'S SOME ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT AND THEN PERHAPS TAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, A DEEPER DIVE AND ACTUALLY ENGAGE CITIES DIRECTLY THROUGHOUT SO THAT THOSE TRAILS CAN BE MADE SEAMLESS.
THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLANS THAT CITIES HAVE ARE WORK WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
CLIMATE ACTION PLANS WORK IN CONCERT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
AND THAT IS I THINK THERE'S SOME SILOS, HONESTLY.
AND I THINK THAT THOSE CAN BE IMPROVED, THOSE CAN BE IMPROVED UPON THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
I GUESS I'M A SUBJECT EXPERTISE IN HOUSING, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
BUT WE CAN QUICKLY GO THROUGH FOR NUMBER THREE.
AND I THINK FOR TWO THAT COME TO MY MIND, ONE WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE INVOLVED ARE BRUCE BYATT'S TRACK, WHICH IS THIS, THE TRAILS ADVOCACY GROUP IN RICHMOND.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THEM INVOLVED.
AND THEN THE UC BERKELEY INSTITUTE FOR PEOPLE, PARKS AND BIODIVERSITY HAS A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE ESPECIALLY INVOLVED IN NATIONAL PARKS POLICY AND PLANNING, BUT WOULD BE, I THINK, VERY INTERESTED IN THE REGIONAL PARKS AS WELL.
AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT BACK AROUND THIS WAY.
WE'RE GOING TO BALANCE. AND SO.
OH GREAT. YOU'RE ON THE SPOT AGAIN RIGHT AWAY.
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE MORE THAN ONE JOB THAT ARE FACING POVERTY, FOOD INSECURITY HOUSING INSECURITY, JOB INSECURITY, AND JUST REALLY DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF NECESSARILY TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND A SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUP THAT ARE JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AS WELL, THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, FEAR OF AUTHORITY AND ARE WORRIED WHEN THEY SEE UNIFORM.
I KNOW THIS HAPPENED IN MY OWN FAMILY.
WHEN THEY SAW PARKS UNIFORM, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS ICE BECAUSE IT WAS A GREEN UNIFORM.
AND, AND I HAD TO TALK TO MY PARENTS, WHO ARE BOTH CITIZENS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS TO BE A LOT OF LIKE, CULTURAL SENSITIVITY IN THIS PROCESS.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO MEET THE COMMUNITY WHERE IT IS AND REALLY DO OUTREACH, REALLY IN THE TRENCHES THAT ARE NOT IN TRADITIONAL GROUPS, BUT AND, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLICITY OF LANGUAGES. AND THAT'S REALLY A CONUNDRUM THAT MOST JURISDICTIONAL BODIES TRY TO.
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THEY PONDER AND TRY TO CONQUER.THANK YOU. AND BRIAN, DO I NEED TO SAY THE ENVIRONMENTAL ROUNDTABLE? LIKE I SAY, THERE'S SOME FOLKS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY KNOW WE'LL HEAR FROM.
I'M SURE YOU WOULD INCLUDE THEM IN SOME OF THE LOCAL GROUPS IN ALAMEDA.
BUT WE HAVE BIKE WALK ALAMEDA AND FRIENDS OF THE PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE CAN WHENEVER YOU DEEM THAT TO BE APPROPRIATE, I WILL ADD THAT.
SO, I'D BE REMISS IN NOT MENTIONING THEIR WORKFORCE DIVERSITY COMMITTEE, WHICH I WAS A LARGE PART OF THROUGHOUT MY CAREER AS A NATURALIST WITH EAST BAY PARKS LATINO OUTDOORS, WHO WAS JOSE GONZALEZ FOUNDED, WHICH IS WHICH HAD CELEBRATED HIS TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY LAST YEAR.
AND THEN THE MULTICULTURAL WELLNESS GROUP THAT MONACO RAN BEFORE SHE RETIRED.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM CONTINUE THEIR WONDERFUL WORK AND NOT HAVE IT DROP OFF.
ALONG WITH THE INDIGENOUS GROUPS I MENTIONED BEFORE, [INAUDIBLE] OHLONE.
THAT'S IT. THE OHLONE INDIGENOUS GROUPS ECHO THAT AND SINCE I'M FROM WARD THREE AND SOUTH FREMONT, IT'S FREMONT, UNION CITY, AND NEWARK.
THERE'S A NEW PARKS URBAN FOREST MANAGER, AND THERE'S A GROUP CALLED URBAN FOREST FRIENDS IN THAT AREA THAT'S REALLY TRYING TO INCREASE THE CANOPY IN THOSE AREAS.
WE'RE PRETTY LOW WHEN YOU COMPARE US TO PALO ALTO, MENLO PARK, PLEASANTON.
THE METROPOLITAN HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION.
SO ACTUALLY, THE GROUPS I IDENTIFIED, THEY'RE ALL IN THE TRAIL USER WORKING GROUP.
SO, SAKE OF TIME, THERE'S NO REASON TO GO THROUGH ALL THOSE.
BUT I DO THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY I BROUGHT UP BEFORE WHERE WE SHOULD BE CAPTURING OR WE'RE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE WHO USE THE PARKS, BUT THEY'RE NOT PART OF ANY ORGANIZED GROUP, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE I TALKED TO ON THE TRAILS AND I TALK TO PEOPLE A LOT, THEY'RE NOT IN A GROUP, BUT THEY'RE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT PARK USE, WHETHER THAT'S TRAIL CONFLICT, WHICH IS HUGE, OR.
IT ALSO TIES INTO THE SATISFACTION WE SEE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO DO THAT.
BUT I REALLY THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE WAY IS EVERYBODY'S GOT A PHONE, PUT QR CODES ON ON THE POSTMARKS, ON THE SIGN BOARDS AND STUFF, LESS PAPER. I REALLY THINK THAT'S A WAY TO IF YOU WANT TO SURVEY PEOPLE.
AND ALSO IDENTIFIES WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, WELL, HOW MANY LANGUAGES DO WE NEED TO PUT SIGNS IN? WELL, IF YOU'RE ON A QR CODE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
SELECT YOUR OWN LANGUAGE. IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE 2 OR 3.
SO I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
I THINK A LOT OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE MADE HERE I AGREE WITH, I THINK PERHAPS THERE ARE TWO, TWO GROUPS OR TWO AREAS THAT WE NEED TO ALSO LOOK AT. ONE OF THEM IS DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S A CATEGORY THAT'S ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE AND THE COUNTIES AND WHATNOT.
USE THAT. AND IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THIS, AND THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEGUN TO WORK IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
SO THERE ARE THERE ARE GROUPS WITHIN THESE IDENTIFIED DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES THAT I THINK WOULD BE INTERESTED IN GETTING APPROACHED ABOUT THIS.
THAT'S NOT ONLY THE THE WATERSHED, THOSE THAT OWN THE WATERSHEDS, EAST BAY MUD AND SO FORTH, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF RANCHERS AND SO FORTH. IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN PROTECTING OPEN SPACE AND WHATNOT AND THESE NATURAL AREAS WE
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DON'T THAT LAND DOESN'T HAVE TO BE OWNED BY EAST BAY PARKS OR SOME OTHER ENTITY.IF THE RANCHES AND WHATNOT ARE MAINTAINING IT AS OPEN SPACE AND WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM AND INVOLVE THEM IN THIS AND, BRING THEM ALONG AS WELL AS ALL THESE OTHER USER GROUPS THAT WE TALK ABOUT, BUT THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT TO PROTECTING AREAS.
AND IN THE FUTURE, I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE HORSE.
BESIDES, WHAT WAS ON THE TWIC, I DO THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER CLIMATE GROUPS OUT THERE.
I'M TRAINED IN PART OF THE AL GORE CLIMATE REALITY TEAM, AND THERE IS A CONTRA COSTA HUB AND AN ALAMEDA HUB, AND THEY LIKE TO WORK ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICY SPECIFICALLY FOR DRIVING CHANGE. I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME GOOD FOLKS THERE.
350 CONTRA COSTA 350 BAY AREA IS ANOTHER GROUP.
I HEARD MANY TIMES TODAY THE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE.
THE YOUTH GROUPS I MENTIONED, THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT THERE'S A LOT OF YOU KNOW, ECO HEALTH CLUBS.
CONTRA COSTA HAS THE CELIA, THE SUSTAINABLE LEADERS AND STUDENT LEADERS IN ACTION.
SO, THERE'S GROWING PITTSBURGH, PYA PITTSBURGH YOUTH ACTION GROUP IS WORKING ON CLIMATE.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF YOUTH GROUPS OUT THERE WORKING ON IT.
YOU KNOW, LABOR JOBS, BIDEN'S NEW, YOU KNOW, AMERICA'S CLIMATE CORPS BRINGING MORE JOBS GETTING MAYBE THE RICHMOND, THE URBAN TILTH, THE SOME TYPE OF TRAINING, YOUTH TRAINING IN THERE AS WELL.
AND OF COURSE, OUR USUAL GREEN BELT ALLIANCE, SIERRA CLUB ALL OF THOSE.
YOU WE'VE WE BOUGHT LOTS OF LANDS THAT WERE NOT NECESSARILY NEAR CURRENT POPULATIONS.
BUT THAT'S WHERE ALL THE GROWTH IS GOING TO GO.
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING TO THE DIFFERENT CITIES WITH THEIR PLANNING COMMISSIONS, CITY COUNCILS, THAT WHEN THEY START GROWING TOWARDS OUR PARKS, THAT THEY DON'T CUT OFF ACCESS, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE A CAR TO GO TO THE PARK THAT WE HAVE AT FOOT PATH, BIKE PATH THAT TO REDUCE CAR TRIPS.
AND SO WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT IN OUR, IN OUR PLAN.
WELL, THERE'S GOING TO BE HOUSES THERE IN 40 YEARS.
AND SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S COVERED IN SOME WAY.
THANK YOU. SO I'M TYPING UP MY LIST SO I CAN SEND IT TO YOU.
BUT I HAVE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS THAT I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE MENTION.
ALSO SO I WORK FOR A HEALTH PLAN, AND I KNOW THAT HEALTH PLANS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH BY GETTING OUT INTO THE PARKS SO THERE COULD BE SOME KIND OF PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY? I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST THROUGH THE FOUNDATION.
THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A PARTNERSHIP.
SO IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO TO ENGAGE THOSE IN BOTH COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE, THE YOUTH COMPONENT, BUT THAT MIGHT BE A WAY TO NOT ONLY ENGAGE WITH THE NEXT GENERATION, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HAVE NOT BEEN INVESTED IN AS THEY SHOULD BE IN THE PAST AND ALSO COMMUNITY COLLEGES AS WELL.
SO THERE COULD BE SOME IDEAS AND SOME PROGRAMS. AND I WAS EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE CAL STATE EAST BAY, CONCORD CAMPUS OR WHATEVER.
THEY'VE DEMANDED IT TOO. NOW I KNOW THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO.
I KNOW YOU'RE SMILING BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SO I WILL SEND MY IDEAS AND YOU CAN DO WITH THEM WHAT YOU WILL.
I'LL DEFINITELY SEND OVER MY LIST TOO.
BUT HERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS AND I'M GOING TO THINK A LITTLE BIT.
VOICES WE DON'T NORMALLY HEAR BUT ARE DEFINITELY THESE GROUPS ARE ENGAGED.
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SO DEFINITELY GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY AND ALSO GIRLS INC OF THE ISLAND CITY AND ALAMEDA.THIS KIND OF FITS IN DIFFERENT MODULES.
THEY HAVE AT DIFFERENT AGES ABOUT ENVIRONMENT DECISIONS.
AND THEY'RE SMART, BRILLIANT YOUNG WOMEN.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A WEST OAKLAND WEST OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO TOUCH AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT NONPROFITS IN THE AREA QUICKLY.
IT ALSO HAS THE MAIN GATHERING POINTS.
SO AS FAR AS THE DIRECTOR, DEFREMERY PARK IS IN THERE.
THE OAKLAND LIBRARIES AND DIFFERENT FAITH GROUPS AND DIFFERENT HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
SO IT'S VERY QUICKLY A WAY TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT.
CRUCIBLE IS WORKING WITH LIKE WOBO AND VICKIE SPAY, BUT THEN ALSO A LOT OF KIND OF WHAT YOU MAY CONCERN AS UNDER REPRESENTATIVE.
SO THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A CONFERENCE IN MARCH AND THEY'RE STARTING TO WORK IN IT.
SO THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A DIFFERENT KIND OF YOUTH ORIENTED, BUT ALSO KIND OF A MORE BIPOC COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE ON BIKING AND OTHER ISSUES.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IN SAN LEANDRO.
THEY REALLY HAD A GREAT KIND OF FORM WHEN THEY DID THEIR WHOLE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
SO JUST AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE YOUTH FROM THAT POPULATION.
SO THERE'S ORGANIZATIONS LIKE AEDAN MAC WITH REPRESENTATIVES, THERE'S THE MEV, AND THE MEV IS GREAT BECAUSE THERE'S A BILINGUAL COMPONENT TO IT.
SO, YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SPEAK SPANISH WHO ARE WITHIN THE MEV, AND THEY'RE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR EMPOWERMENT FROM GROUPS BECAUSE USUALLY LANGUAGE IS A BIG BARRIER.
ALSO, IN WEST OAKLAND AND HE'S NEWER TO THE SCENE.
WEST OAKLAND CULTURAL ACTION NETWORK, SO YOU MIGHT KNOW THEM FROM GUIDED TOURS AND EVERYTHING.
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A REALLY ACTIVE FORM THAT HE HOSTS IN HIS BACKYARD.
SO EVERYTHING FROM AIR QUALITY WHERE MIA BONTA AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS CAME.
SO THAT IS A NICE KIND OF COMMUNITY FORM TO BRING PEOPLE.
AND PLUS, HE HAS A GREAT NETWORK PARTNER AGENCIES.
THIS IS DEFINITELY A HUGE OPPORTUNITY.
FROM EVERYONE, AS YOU GUYS HAD MENTIONED, LOCAL LAND TRUSTS TO YOU KNOW, GROUPS LIKE THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL TO YOU NAME IT. BECAUSE THE MASTER'S PLANS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE LONG TERM, BUT THEN ALSO BECOME PART OF YOUR MASTER PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD.
DIFFERENT PLANS IF YOU KNOW THEY'RE SYNERGISTIC BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATIONS.
OH, AND THEN HIGHER GROUND OVER IN EAST OAKLAND.
SO THEY DO LIKE A LOT OF CLEANUPS.
AND THEN ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED FOR ALAMEDA'S ALAMEDA POINT COLLABORATIVE.
AND I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK OF THE FORMERLY HOMELESS, WE DON'T THINK ABOUT ALL THE CHILDREN.
A MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS AT ALAMEDA POINT COLLABORATIVE ARE CHILDREN.
THEY FEED INTO RUBY BRIDGES, BUT THERE'S ALSO A TEEN CENTER, SO THERE'S A PLACE THERE TO MAYBE ACTIVATE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH FORMERLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN ABOUT KIND OF PARKS AND ACCESS.
AND THIS IS KIND OF I KNOW A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT TRAIL ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE I SIT ON DIFFERENT TRAIL BOARDS OUTSIDE OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS, BUT THESE ARE, I THINK, A FEW GROUPS.
AND WE COULD THINK MORE ABOUT GETTING TO SOME OF THOSE VOICES THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HEAR IN THIS AND ALSO TO YOUTH AND THEN YOUTH JUSTICE OUTSIDE AND STUFF AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
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AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME GREAT CONTACTS THERE AND EVERYTHING.GREAT. THANKS EVERYONE. SO THAT'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION.
I'M SURE BRIAN AND HIS TEAM ARE GOING TO COMPILE IT ALL TOGETHER, BUT FEEL FREE.
LIKE I SAID, IF YOU THINK OF THINGS AFTERWARD I'M SURE YOU CAN SEND THEM ON.
I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOINED US REMOTELY.
SO COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
SO MADAM CO SECRETARIES OR CO CLERKS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MANAGE THAT? SURE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A COMMENT FROM SCOTT BARTLEBY.
JUST ONE MOMENT AND I'M GOING TO ELEVATE YOU.
ALL RIGHT. AND THE TIME IS NOW 6:14.
WE'LL LET YOU WHEN YOU WHEN YOU START.
HELLO, SCOTT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.
HI. I'M ADVOCACY DIRECTOR FOR BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF THE EAST BAY.
WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE DISTRICT SINCE OUR FORMATION IN 1987.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS ONE OF THE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.
I THINK THEY'LL BRING DEFINITELY A A GOOD ASPECT OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
AND WILL BE STEWARDS OF THE FUTURE.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU REACH OUT TO, TO THOSE GROUPS AS WELL.
AND I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT A RECREATION ROUND TABLE BE FORMED.
WE HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ROUND TABLE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A RECREATION ROUND TABLE.
AND I, I'M GOOD TO SEE ON THE DRIVING PILLARS THE FOUR ITEMS THAT WERE THERE TO DRIVE.
THE PLAN FOR THE NEXT CENTURY.
AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN AN IMBALANCE BETWEEN RECREATION AND CONSERVATION, AND THEY'RE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, BUT I THINK RECREATION HAS BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED. AND I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
BOTH INSIDE THE PLAN AND OUTSIDE THE PLAN TO GET GREATER INPUT THERE.
LAST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT BUILDS ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS IN THE NOVEMBER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE PAC MEMBERS.
THE MEETINGS ARE VERY LONG HERE.
YOU'RE VERY THOUGHTFUL, AND I THANK YOU FOR COMMITTING YOUR TIME TO THIS.
SO I DON'T SEE THAT WE HAVE I JUST WANT TO ASK THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CASEY FARMER AND IGOR SKARADOV TO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT.
LOOKS LIKE IGOR RAISED HIS HAND.
SO I'M GOING TO PROMOTE YOU TO PANELIST.
WHEN YOU'RE READY. IGOR, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
IGOR YOU'RE ON MUTE, SO I'M JUST GOING TO CHECK WITH YOU.
WE'LL WAIT TILL YOUR SOUND IS AVAILABLE.
HERE WE GO. IS THIS WORKING NOW? YES. WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
THANK YOU. WELL, THIS WON'T TAKE VERY LONG.
I HAD A QUITE A LIST OF STUFF HERE THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE GOT BROUGHT UP.
AND ONE BY ONE, OR SOMETIMES MORE OFTEN THAN THAT, BUT COVERED BY PREVIOUS SPEAKERS.
SO, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR A VERY THOUGHTFUL AND VERY FAR-RANGING DISCUSSION.
SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY.
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AND JUST CHECKING REALLY QUICKLY.IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE CASEY FARMER AND THERE ARE NO COMMENTS.
I'M SORRY, NO RAISED HAND THERE.
SO. IT APPEARS WE HAVE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.
CASEY, BEFORE YOU START, THE TIME IS NOW 619, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. I AM CASEY FARMER, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, AND I PROVIDED A FEW NAMES OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CHAT.
AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE SOME OF THAT WITH STAFF AND SOME CONTACT INFORMATION AS WELL.
I HAVE DONE A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
I LED THE CENSUS ENGAGEMENT EFFORT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, AND I KNOW THERE ARE GREAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS, SO I WILL PASS THAT ALONG. THANK YOU.
CASEY. THERE ARE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.
GREAT. THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL OF YOUR INPUT.
BRIAN, DID YOU HAVE SOME CLOSING? I WAS JUST I JUST SAYING I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT.
LIKE I SAY, WE'RE ACCEPTING COMMENTS ON A RUNNING BASIS.
SO, IF YOU HAVE OTHER, WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPILING A LIST.
CARLIN MENTIONED THE MUSIC AND MARKETS EVENTS AND CONQUERED.
SO BE HELPFUL TO HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
WE'RE IN AN INFORMATION GATHERING STAGE RIGHT NOW SO DUMP IT ON US.
THANK YOU. MEMBER DESCHAMBAULT, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I DO, MAYBE IT CAN GO UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN RIGHT NOW FOR THE CLIMATE CORPS FELLOWS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROGRAM, BUT THIS COULD ACTUALLY BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HAS NOT HAD ONE OF THOSE CLIMATE CORPS FELLOWS BEFORE OR GET 1 OR 2 OR FOUR OF THEM TO HELP WITH THIS PROCESS.
THE APPLICATION PERIOD IS OPEN RIGHT NOW.
GREAT. WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT. THANKS.
AND WITH THAT, ALSO THE CAL PUBLIC SERVICE INSTITUTE.
AND THEN OUR FINAL ORDER OF BUSINESS IS A REPORT FROM THE CHAIR.
I DON'T HAVE A REPORT. EXCEPT ONE THING I WAS GOING TO ASK IS IF WE COULD GET THE DATES POSTED FOR THE FUTURE PAC MEETINGS, ESPECIALLY ANY THAT ARE NOT ON THE REGULARLY OCCURRING MONDAYS.
I KNOW LAST YEAR WE HAD MAYBE 1 OR 2, SO AND POPULATE OUR CALENDARS WITH THAT.
SO, I ASSUME THAT THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER ARE ALWAYS AN ISSUE WITH THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS.
ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.
SO, I WILL CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:22 P.M..
THANK YOU EVERYONE. SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.