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IT'S BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE SEEN EACH OTHER.
UM, SO GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE TODAY.
AND THIS IS THE START OF THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, BEGINNING AT 10:33 AM AND WE ARE NOW OPEN.
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I BELIEVE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY APPEARING REMOTELY, SO WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO TAKE ROLL CALL FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE HERE IN PERSON.UH, A GM LISA GORIAN HERE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE MICROPHONES.
COULD YOU GET MICROPHONES FOR LISA AND LIZ? AND LIZ? THANK YOU.
UM, SO LISA'S HERE, LISA GORIAN, UH, ELIZABETH MCKENZIE.
UM, TODAY'S MEETING IS BEING, UH, IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT.
STAFF IS PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, MAY DO SO BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL, LEAVING A VOICEMAIL, OR JOINING LIVE VIA ZOOM WITH A HYPERLINK, UH, PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA LOCATED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEEDINGS, WE WILL BEGIN.
SO WE ARE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THE AGENDA THAT WE HAVE HAD POSTED.
WE DON'T HAVE, UM, ANY MINUTES TO REVIEW TODAY, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
WE DO NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AS OF YESTERDAY, TWO 20 AT 3:00 PM.
HOWEVER, UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE IN PERSON, YOU'RE WELCOME TO, UH, SHARE A PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL AS ANYONE WHO'S ON ZOOM.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO'S SUBMITTED A SPEAKER CARD OR REQUEST TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THIS TIME? NO.
THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ACTION ITEMS, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY ITEMS ON ACTION ITEMS. SO WE'RE
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MOVING RIGHT ALONG.GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
I'M RUBY TMR AND I'M THE ACTING BUSINESS SERVICES MANAGER.
I'M HERE TODAY WITH AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON THE LITTLE HILLS, A LITTLE HILLS POOL CONDITION ASSESSMENT.
I'M ALSO, UH, JOINED HERE TODAY BY RON JORDAN FROM THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, WHO HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS PROCESS FOR THIS PRESENTATION TODAY, I'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION OF THE POOL, UH, THE ASSESSMENT THAT WAS CONDUCTED ON THE LITTLE HILLS POOL, AS WELL AS THE FINDINGS, AS WELL AS THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE POOL.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PHOTO, THIS IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF A PRISTINE, PERFECT POOL.
I WILL ASSURE YOU IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THAT TODAY.
THE LITTLE HILLS POOL IS LOCATED AT 18 0 1 3 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD AND SAN RAMON.
IT'S A DAY ADJACENT TO LOST TRUMPUS REGIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVE, BUT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY PART OF THAT PARK.
IT IS OPERATED BY PALMDALE ESTATES AND EVENTS UNDER A CONCESSION AGREEMENT, AND HAS, UH, BEEN UNDER A CONCESSION AGREEMENT SINCE DECEMBER, 2021.
IT IS A RESERVATION ONLY SITE, UH, MEANING THAT IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR, UH, POOL USE IN THE SAME WAY THAT ROBERT'S POOL OR OTHER POOL AND LAGOON FACILITIES ARE.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE A RESERVATION IN ORDER TO UTILIZE THAT SITE, AND IT'S BEEN PREDOMINANTLY UTILIZED AS A WEDDING AND EVENT SPACE.
SO CORPORATE EVENTS, CHURCH PICNICS, AND THEN VERY POPULARLY AS A WEDDING, UH, VENUE.
HERE'S A, A PHOTO KIND OF, OF THE LAYOUT OF LITTLE HILLS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE POOL IS LOCATED.
UNSURE, IF YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR ONLINE, BUT THAT'S THE LOCATION OF THE POOL.
AND ONE THING OF NOTE HERE IS THAT THE POOL ITSELF IS ONLY 50 FEET AWAY FROM BULGER CANYON CREEK, WHICH IS, UH, A, A CRITICAL, UH, FACT HERE FOR SOME BACKGROUND.
SINCE, UH, THE POOL HAS BEEN UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF PALMDALE ESTATES, IT'S BEEN VERY UNDERUTILIZED, UM, SINCE THEY TOOK, ONLY SINCE THEY TOOK OVER, ONLY ONE RESERVATION WAS REQUESTED FOR THE USE OF THE POOL, MEANING THAT THERE'S BEEN VERY MINIMAL USE.
I THINK GENERALLY IF YOU'RE HAVING A WEDDING, YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO USE A POOL.
THERE'S ALSO A VERY HIGH COST OF MAINTENANCE.
OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU'RE NOT UTILIZING A POOL, THERE'S STILL THE COST OF POWERING THE POOL, BUYING THE POOL CHEMICALS, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S ON, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE WATER IS CLEAN SO THAT THAT'S A RATHER HIGH COST.
AND IN RECENT YEARS, CONTRA COST, ENVIRONMENTAL
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HEALTH ALSO IDENTIFIED A LOT OF CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUES.SO THESE WERE, UH, HIGHLIGHTED AND INFORMED TO THE DISTRICT, AND WE HAD TO BRING THOSE THINGS UP TO CODE IN ORDER FOR US TO EVEN MAKE THE POOL USABLE TO BETTER INFORM OUR LONG-TERM DECISION OF THE USE OF THE POOL.
THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT CONTRACTED ROGERS STRINGER AND MCCLELLAND TO DO A FACILITY ASSESSMENT TO EVALUATE THE CONDITION OF THE POOL.
AND, UM, THEY DETERMINED THAT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF UPGRADES REQUIRED TO BRING THE POOL INTO CODE COMPLIANCE.
A MINIMUM OF $700,000 WAS THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT, BUT CHANCES ARE, IT COULD BE MORE.
THESE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDED REP PLASTERING OF THE POOL, UPDATING THE STEPS AND THE DECK, AND IMPROVING THE OVERALL DRAINAGE, FILTRATION, AND PIPING SYSTEM OF THE POOL.
UM, THEY ALSO FOUND THE STUDY ALSO FOUND THAT THE ADJACENT SYSTEMS, SUCH AS THE EVAPORATION POOL, WERE ALSO INSUFFICIENT AND THERE WAS NO, UH, SANITARY SEWER.
AND THEN ONE POINT, AS I ALLUDED TO BEFORE, IS THE FACT THAT THE POOL ITSELF IS LOCATED A MERE 50 FEET FROM MALLINGER CANYON CREEK.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERFLOW HAZARD HERE IN THE EVENT THAT THE POOL OVERFLOWS AND ANY WATER SEEPS INTO THE CREEK.
AND THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY DETRIMENTAL TO, UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION THERE.
AFTER CONDUCTING THE ASSESSMENT, UH, RS AND M FOUND THAT THERE WOULD BE A RATHER HIGH COST TO PERFORM ALL OF THIS WORK IN EITHER RENOVATING OR REPLACING THE POOL ENTIRELY.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS OF THE POOL BEING LOCATED TO THE CREEK, OR OF COURSE, SIGNIFICANT.
AND THEN ALSO, AS I SAID BEFORE, THERE'S A RATHER HIGH COST IN OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE SWIMMING FACILITY.
AND THEN COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT THERE IS A LACK OF USE AND THIS OVERALL COST OF REPAIR AND RENOVATION WOULD EXCEED THE COST OF DEMOLITION, THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST STEP.
AND THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY MADE TO US, THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD IN DOING A DEMOLITION OF THE POOL.
AND AT THIS JUNCTURE, THAT IS WHAT STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING.
THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT ARE ADVANCING A DEMOLITION FORM THAT IS ROUTED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
IT GOES STRAIGHT UP TO THE GENERAL MANAGER, AND ASSUMING THAT THE DEMOLITION FORM IS, UH, COMPLETED AND APPROVED, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD IN DEMOLITION AND THE PRE-DESIGN PROCESS.
THE PRE-DESIGN PROCESS INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, PERMITTING, COSTING, SCOPING, ALL OF THE, ALL THE FUN STUFF THAT GOES, UM, AHEAD OF A PROJECT OF THIS CALIBER.
WE WILL THEN SEEK AWARDS, UH, SEEK BIDS AND AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THE DEMOLITION.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY THERE'S, THERE'S A FEW POSSIBILITIES AND NEXT STEPS, BUT THERE ARE, UM, ADJACENT PROJECTS THAT ARE OCCURRING NEARBY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE COUPLED WITH THE DEMOLITION OF THE POOL, RESULTING IN SOME COST SAVINGS.
SO, UM, OUR HOPE IS TO MAYBE EVENTUALLY CONVERT THIS POOL INTO AN EVENT SPACE OR DANCE AREA SO THAT SURFACE AREA CAN BE UTILIZED AS ADDITIONAL EVENT SPACE AT THE VENUE.
THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO INVITE RON JORDAN IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COMPONENTS.
AND THEN I THINK A GM GORIAN HAS A COMMENT.
AND, UM, UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THE ASSESSMENT THAT WE HAD, UH, DONE ON THE POOL.
I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US TODAY.
AND THEN DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY REAL QUICK? YEAH, THANK YOU.
SO AGAIN, LISA GORGEN, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF OPERATIONS.
I THANK YOU RUBY AND RON, UM, FOR THE PRESENTATION, I KNOW YOU WORKED ON IT TOGETHER.
I THINK RUBY MENTIONED, OR IF NOT, I'LL MENTION, UM, WE, THIS WAS A SITE OF A BOARD SITE TOUR IN SEPTEMBER, SO, UH, WE VISITED IT AT THAT TIME AND WE HADN'T RECEIVED THE FULL, UM, REPORT I THINK AT THAT TIME.
BUT I THINK AT THAT TIME WE DID, UM, VISIT THE POOL AND HEAR SOME OF THE CHALLENGES, UH, BOTH FROM RON AND THE CONCESSIONAIRE.
AND THEN WE DID VISIT THE SITE OF THE WE WEDDING WHERE MOST OF THE WEDDING, UM, ACTION TAKES PLACE.
AND I THINK SPATIALLY WAS REALLY ABLE TO SEE, UM, THE SYNERGY BETWEEN THE TWO LOCATIONS AND, UM, REALLY COUPLING RENOVATIONS NEEDED FOR THE DANCE FLOOR, THE, FOR THE WEDDING VENUE, AND THEN HOW THAT WOULD, UM, REALLY LEVERAGE THE DEMOLITION OF THE POOL, HOW THAT COULD REALLY ASSIST THAT.
SO AS RUBY SAID, THIS IS REALLY AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM, A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, UM, ONSITE PRESENTATION TO REALLY AS A MATTER OF PROCESS WALK THROUGH WITH THIS COMMITTEE, KIND OF
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THE, UM, BATON PASSING BETWEEN, UM, THE OPERATIONS, BUSINESS SERVICES EVALUATION OF THIS SITE, REALLY MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON DATA THAT THIS, THIS SITE IN ITS CURRENT FORM IS SORT OF BEYOND ITS LIFE, UM, AND LOOKING TO, UM, TURN IT INTO, REPURPOSE IT SO IT BETTER FITS THE NEEDS OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS WANTING, UM, FROM THIS CONCESSIONAIRE.AND SO WHEN I SAY BATON PASSING, I REALLY ALSO AM ALLUDING TO THAT IT'S TRANSITIONING OUT OF BUSINESS SERVICES SORT OF OFFICIALLY OVER TO, UH, THE A SD DEPARTMENT.
AND SO IT'LL BE ON A TRACK WHERE IT'LL NOW TURN INTO PROBABLY A CAPITAL PROJECT, UM, OR AT LEAST IT WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THE BOARD AS PART OF THE CAPITAL PRIORITIZATION AND, UM, GO THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
SO THE DEMOLITION IS REALLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS HERE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, BUT, BUT WE OF COURSE WANT, UM, THE FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD.
SO THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF FRAME THAT A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL FRAMING.
THANK YOU, UM, SO MUCH, UM, FOR DOING THAT.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP FOR BOARD QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND THEN, UH, REMIND ME THAT WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
UM, I SEE MY, MY COLLEAGUE HERE TO THE RIGHT IS EAGER TO GET IN FOR HER QUESTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M EAGER 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S TOO BAD AND IT'S SAD THAT IT HAS, IT'S NOT READY TO GO ANY FURTHER THIS POOL SYSTEM.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGH, UH, RESEARCH THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND IT DOES LOOK THAT IT'S, IT'S MOST REASONABLE TO, UM, TAKE OUT THAT SPOT AND TURN IT INTO OTHER, ANOTHER FACILITY THAT CAN BE USED IN THAT BEAUTIFUL SPOT OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
IT'S, AGAIN, I, I KNOW I'M SURE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE, IT'S KIND OF TOUGH TO HAVE TO SAY NO, NO MORE POOL, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE LAND AROUND IT AND WHAT'S THERE NOW THAT IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO, UM, PUT IN A NEW POOL AT THIS TIME.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOROUGH RESEARCH ON THAT, AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
COLIN, I, I'M CURIOUS, YOU SHOWED A PICTURE OF THE POOL WHEN IT WAS IN A PRISTINE CONDITION AS YOU DESCRIBED IT, UH, WHICH MAKES ME THINK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THAT POOL? AND I THINK IN A SENSE THAT MEAN THAT I'M ASKING WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF LITTLE HILLS? DID WE ACQUIRE THAT SITE? WAS IT AL ALREADY AN EVENT SITE? WAS IT A, UM, WAS IT SOMETHING ELSE? AND DID WE CREATE IT AS A EVENT SITE? DID WE BUILD THE POOL OR WAS THE POOL THERE? I'M, I'M, I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT WHY THERE'S A POOL THERE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE POOL WAS BUILT IN THE 1950S, AND AT LEAST IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO, IT HAS BEEN MANAGED BY A CONCESSIONAIRE AGREEMENT.
IT'S THAT IN-BETWEEN HISTORY THAT I'D HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON YOU WITH YOU.
UM, WHAT HAPPENED AFTER WE ACQUIRED THAT SITE TO TODAY? SO I CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
YOUR GUESS IS WE ACQUIRED THE WHOLE SITE WITH THE POOL, AND DO YOU KNOW? I, I BELIEVE SO.
I BELIEVE SO THAT THE POOL AS, AS RUBY STATED, IS A WELL OVER 50 YEARS OLD.
AND AS PART OF THIS PROCESS DOES NEED, UH, A CULTURAL RESOURCES TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, THE POOL ALSO.
SO IN THEORY, IT COULD HAVE BEEN, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN, UH, SOMEBODY'S HOME ON THAT SITE AND THEY HAD A POOL AND WE ACQUIRED IT AS MAYBE PART OF AN ACQUISITION AROUND LAS STRASS AND, AND, UH, TURNED IT INTO AN EVENT SITE BECAUSE THERE WAS A POOL THERE.
DO WE KNOW IF THE, I I MEAN, WHEN IT WAS IN A PRISTINE SHAPE, WAS IT USED REGULARLY? WAS WAS IT A POPULAR FEATURE? DO WE KNOW? I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE DATA ON HOW OFTEN IT, IT'S, IT WAS USED IN THE PAST.
THE DATA I DO HAVE IS HOW, HOW IT IS UNDERUTILIZED.
UM, IN THE RECENT 10 YEARS, I'VE ONLY BEEN WITH THE, I'VE ONLY BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT SIX YEARS, AND, UM, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T GET RESERVED.
PEOPLE WHO, UH, BOOK FOR WEDDINGS, YOU KNOW, DON'T WANT TO SEE A POOL IN THE BACKGROUND WHEN THEY TAKE PICTURES AND THEY DON'T UTILIZE THE POOL.
SO I'M UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT STATUS, AND I'M AGREEING WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.
I'M JUST TRYING TO RECONCILE IN MY MIND, I'M THINKING OF A SITE I DO KNOW AND HAVE FOLLOWED FOR MANY YEARS IS CASTLE ROCK, RIGHT?
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MM-HMM.AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHEN CASTLE ROCK WAS A RESERVED, UH, EVENT SITE WITH THE POOL, UH, AND MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, UH, UH, MY LAW FIRM RESERVED IT ONCE AND WE HAD A, A, A FIRM EVENT AT CASTLE ROCK, AND THE POOL WAS A VERY POPULAR PART OF, UH, OF, OF UTILIZING THAT SITE.
UH, BUT, AND, AND TO THIS DAY, I THINK THE CASTLE ROCK POOL IS, IS IS STILL POPULAR, UM, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOW IT HAS PUBLIC STATUS, I, I GUESS THAT'S RIGHT.
SO I'M JUST RECONCILING IN MY MIND WHAT HAPPENED HERE COMPARED TO, UH, CASTLE ROCK, WHICH, WHICH, UH, APPARENTLY HAS A DIFFERENT HISTORY.
SO I'M, I'M ACCEPTING OF THE RECOMMENDATION AND ITS, UM, APPROPRIATENESS AND, UH, UH, AND, AND THINK AND, AND THANK STAFF FOR PUTTING A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT AND CONSIDERING, UM, WHETHER THERE WAS ANY VIABILITY TO KEEPING A POOL THERE.
SO I, I'M, I'M APPRECIATIVE DIRECTOR COFFEE.
I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY.
UM, IN REGARD TO THE COMPARISON OF THE TWO POOLS.
CASTLE ROCK WAS PREVIOUSLY MANAGED BY CONCESSIONAIRE IN A SIMILAR SORT OF MODEL AS LITTLE HILLS, BUT IT BECAME CONVERTED AS A PURELY DISTRICT MANAGED PARK IN A, IN A SENSE THAT WE STAFF IT WITH DISTRICT STAFF AND IT'S OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR RESERVATION AND, UH, WALK-UP USE, UH, FOR, FOR SWIMMING.
BUT AT LITTLE HILLS, UH, TO ENTER THAT AREA, TO UTILIZE THAT AREA, IT'S, YOU HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY RE RESERVE THE WHOLE LOCATION.
AND GENERALLY THOSE RESERVATIONS ARE FOR, NOT TO SAY THEY'RE NOT UTILIZED, THEY DON'T UTILIZE THE POOL, BUT MOSTLY IT'S A VET WEDDING VENUE AND THEN CORPORATE PICNICS AND, UH, GROUP EVENTS, LARGER GROUP EVENTS.
AND THE MARKET FOR WHATEVER REASON, HASN'T HAD AS MUCH OF AN APPETITE FOR SWIMMING FOR, FOR THOSE THINGS IN RECENT YEARS.
BUT THAT KIND OF PREVIOUS HISTORY I CAN LOOK INTO, DON'T BOTHER
AND SO THAT WILL, WE, IT'LL JUST BE PART OF IT, BUT WE WILL, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
AND I THINK ONE THING THAT I'VE CONTINUED TO HEAR, AND, AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THIS TOO, IS THE ROLE OF THE, UM, POOL JUST TO SUPPORT STAFF EVENTS.
SO I THINK THAT'S SORT OF THE, MAYBE NOT THE 50-YEAR-OLD HISTORY, BUT SORT OF IN THE 20 TO 30-YEAR-OLD HISTORY IS SUPPORTING, UM, DISTRICT, UH, SAFETY FAIR EVENTS WHERE SWIMMING WAS PART OF THAT SAFETY FAIR.
SO, UM, BUT IT IS, I THINK AS DIRECTOR COFFEE WAS SAYING DIFFERENT THAN WHEN THE DISTRICT PURCHASED, UM, CASTLE ROCK, WHICH WAS CLEARLY A AREA THAT HAD, IT HAD BEEN PART OF A HISTORIC, UM, FORD FOUNDATION.
I THINK THE FORD FAMILY BUILT THAT.
AND IT, IT DOES HAVE A QUITE A RICH HISTORY THERE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS CONTINUES TO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S OPENED TO THE PUBLIC, WE STILL, UM, HAVE THAT PART OF THAT LEGACY.
AND, AND LITTLE HILLS, I THINK IS, HAS A DIFFERENT HISTORY.
I JUST COULDN'T HELP BUT JUXTAPOSE THE, THE MM-HMM,
UM, THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL TO REVIEW, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE RECEIVING THIS AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM BECAUSE IT, IT'S ALWAYS JUST GOOD TO HAVE THE EXTRA INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY AS, YOU KNOW, YOU DESCRIBED THIS BATON PASSING TO A ESD AND THAT, THAT THIS WILL PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, COME UP THEN AS WE EXPLORE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE, AT LEAST THREE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS WHO WILL BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS PARTICULAR, UH, SITE.
UM, I, I WILL SHOW, YOU KNOW, I, I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE BOARD SITE TOUR, SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY.
AND IT MAY BE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, OR SOME OF MY THOUGHTS COULD BE REPETITIVE FROM THAT DAY.
UM, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, I AM HEARING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROXIMITY TO THE CREEK AND THE OVERFLOW HAZARD.
I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, DID WE EXPERIENCE AN OVERFLOW EVENT? UH, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME HISTORIC STORMS THESE PAST TWO YEARS, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THE CREEK DID OVERFLOW INTO THE POOL.
NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT ONE OF THE PICTURES THAT, UH, RUBY SHARED WHERE IT SHOWED THE POOL WITH BROWN, UM,
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FROM THAT LAST STORM WE HAD LAST YEAR, A LOT OF THAT SILT AND MUD THAT CAME OFF THE SIDE OF THE HILL AND MADE ITS WAY TO THE POOL AND, YOU KNOW, FURTHER MADE IT, UM, MORE OF A CHALLENGE TO, AS DEBRIS AND STUFF GETS IN, GETS CLOGGED INTO THE, THE PIPES AND ABSOLUTELY STUFF.UM, THE OTHER THING IS THE CHEMICAL BUILDING, AND THE TWO FILTERS FOR THE, THAT SERVICE, THE POOL ARE CLOSER THAN 50 FEET TO THE CREEK, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY AT, SIT AT TOP OF BANK.
YEAH, I MEAN, THIS, THIS IS A SERIOUS TOPIC RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW, UM, IN BETWEEN SONNO AND FREMONT, WE HAVE A REALLY IMPORTANT STATE, HIGHWAY 84 ALONG NILES CANYON, AND I'M NOT, NOT SURE IF EVERYONE HERE HAS SEEN THE NEWS, BUT A PORTION OF THE ROAD FELL INTO ALAMEDA CREEK, AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT THROUGHWAY.
UM, AND I'M USING THIS AS AN EXAMPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTED PLACES IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, THE CHEMICAL, UH, BUILDING FOR THE POOL OR THE POOL ITSELF NEAR THE CREEK, YOU KNOW, MOTHER NATURE MAY HAVE HER WAY ON DURING A CERTAIN STORM.
AND THESE ARE THINGS TO JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR EYE ON.
AND SO I, I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD TO INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THIS, UH, DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO SECRET THAT I'M PERSONALLY OBSESSED WITH THE IDEA OF EXTREME WEATHER.
UH, I DO LIVE IN THE TRI-VALLEY AREA.
IN FACT, WHEN I MET WITH DIRECTOR MERCURIO ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL TRAIL, WHERE DUBLIN AN MEET, I DID RIDE MY BIKE THERE, AND I DISCOVERED I ONLY LIVE SEVEN AND A HALF MILES FROM, UH, THAT POINT OF SAN RAMON IN DUBLIN, WHERE HE CAME FROM A MUCH FURTHER LOCATION.
SO WHILE THIS IS TECHNICALLY NOT IN WARD FIVE, I'M NOT GOING TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WARD FIVE VERSUS WARD SIX.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH SAN RAMON HAVING GONE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIGHT ON THE DUBLIN SAN RAMON BORDER.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WITH WHERE I LIVE, WE HAVE THIS, UM, IDEA OF THE TRI-VALLEY THAT INCLUDES DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, PLEASANTON, BUT ALSO SAN RAMON AND DANVILLE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT IDEA IN THE TRI-VALLEY, WE DO HAVE THIS MICROCLIMATE, AND THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, NO KNOWLEDGE.
AND WITH THAT MICROCLIMATE, WE DO TEND TO GET HIGHER TEMPERATURES WITH HEAT.
AND SWIMMING POOLS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT IN REGARDS TO THE HOTTER WEATHER.
UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT THOUGH, UM, ONE THING WE'VE NOTICED, I, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT AFRAID TO ADMIT, YOU KNOW, IN THE TRI-VALLEY, WE DO ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BUBBLE.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF SWIMMING POOLS, ACTUALLY.
AND I, I, I BELIEVE IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT SWIMMING POOL OPTIONS IN SAN RAMON ALONE, OR IN THE TRI-VALLEY, YOU KNOW, ACROSS, YOU KNOW, SAN RAMON, DANVILLE, PLEASANTON, LIVERMORE, DUBLIN, YOU'LL FIND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SWIMMING POOLS.
AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, THIS PARTICULAR SWIMMING POOL IS NECESSARILY, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ONLY OPTIONS, UH, IN THAT AREA.
I, I KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANOTHER POOL WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIO, ROBERT'S POOL, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SITUATION, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, OUR EFFORTS TO KEEP ROBERT'S POOL IN OUR PORTFOLIO.
SO I, I THINK IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS DECISION FOR THIS PARTICULAR POOL.
AND, AND IF ANYTHING, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WITH THIS IDEA OF EXTREME WEATHER, SO WHILE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR CURRENT SITUATION WITH ALL THESE STORMS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT BEFORE ALL THESE STORMS, WE WERE IN A VERY SEVERE DROUGHT.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE WERE HAVING IN THE TRI-VALLEY WHERE WE HAD VERY LIMITED WATER SUPPLY, WAS THAT THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH WATER TO FILL ALL OF THE SWIMMING POOLS IN THE TRI-VALLEY AREA.
AND THERE WERE SOME EFFORTS AND SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO FILL IN THE SWIMMING POOLS, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT LIMITED WATER SUPPLY.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING TO, TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE'RE EXPLORING, UM, THIS SPECIFIC SWIMMING POOL OPTION.
SO I THINK, UM, THIS HAS BEEN ALL REALLY HELPFUL AND IT'S AN INFORMATION ITEM, SO YOU DON'T REALLY NEED US TO, TO MAKE A DECISION.
AND I THINK THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.
DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, WE DO NOT.
WELL THEN I THINK IF THERE'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY, TOO.
UH, THE WINTER STORMS, I'LL GET THIS QUEUED UP.
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SHARE SCREEN.CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? I'M, OOPS, I'M SHARING.
I'M ROBERT KENNEDY, UH, YOUR CHIEF OF MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES.
AND I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UM, THE RECOVERY FROM THE 23 STORMS THAT CAME THROUGH.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE, UM, WE SAW A LOT OF MASSIVE DEVASTATION THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT.
BLACK DIAMOND MINES, A NUMBER OF CULVERTS BLEW OUT.
UM, PLEASANTON RIDGE, WE SEE ONE OF OUR FORD CROSSINGS COMPLETELY WASHED AWAY BECAUSE OF THE TORRENT OF WATER THAT WENT THROUGH THERE.
AND THEN VASCO HILLS, UH, ROUND VALLEY, WHERE WE JUST HAVE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE PARKS NETWORK.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE RECAP, WE HAD 13 ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS THAT CAME THROUGH IN 2023.
UH, WE SAW LANDSLIDES, CULVERT, FAILURES, BRIDGE AND DOCK, AND PEER FAILURES.
UH, A LOT OF EXTENSIVE FLOOD DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT.
UM, A LOT OF SEDIMENT AND DEBRIS REMOVAL, UH, NEEDED TO TAKE PLACE BECAUSE OF, UH, THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT CAME DOWN THROUGH OUR WATERSHEDS, UH, AND HAZARD MITIGATION, UH, RELATED TO OUR FACILITIES AND COMPLEXES THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING.
UM, BUT YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT TEAM WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
AND, UH, OUR, OUR FOLKS MOBILIZED AND GOT TO WORK.
UH, WE DOCUMENTED OVER 258 PROJECTS THAT NEEDED TO, TO, UH, TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
AND WE COMPLETED 96 OF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, PRIOR TO THE CLOSEOUT OF 23, UH, WITH 72 REMAINING FOR, UM, THAT PORTION OF 2023 THE LAST TIME WE HAD MET.
AND I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THAT WE NOT ONLY COMPLETED OVER 72 PROJECTS, BUT WE'VE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS GOING INTO 2024, UH, FROM 80 TO 74.
UH, AND WE ACTUALLY COMPLETED, UH, 86 TOTAL PROJECTS WITH IN-HOUSE STAFF, UH, AND A MIXTURE OF OUR PROJECT COORDINATORS.
UM, WITH THAT BEING, UH, BEING SAID, UH, WE HAD A PROJECT COORDINATOR WITHIN, UH, THE RANKS OF MASS THAT TOOK ON FOUR PROJECTS, UH, RELATED TO OUR FACILITIES.
UH, WE HAD A LOT OF HAZARD MITIGATION.
'CAUSE AS YOU, AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, UH, WHEN WATERS RISE, OUR BUILDINGS TEND TO GO UNDERWATER.
AND WITH THAT THERE'S MOLD, UH, AND OTHER POTENTIAL HAZARDS THAT GET EXPOSED WHEN WE HAVE TO MITIGATE THOSE MEASURES.
SO THEN WE UNCOVER LEAD, WE UNCOVER ASBESTOS.
AND AGAIN, THE, THE MOLD MITIGATION WAS A BIG PART OF OUR RESTORATIVE EFFORTS.
UM, OUR ROADS AND TRAILS, UH, TEAM, UH, TOOK ON TCP PROJECTS AND AGAIN, WE, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, CLOSE OUT 86 PROJECTS, UH, 25 WITH OUR ROADS AND TRAILS, UH, TEAM, UH, IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, STEWARDSHIP, AND THEN 61 PROJECTS WITH OUR PROJECT COORDINATOR.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY UTILIZED A PROJECT COORDINATOR, UH, TO TAKE ON NATURAL RESOURCE AND NATURAL ELEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
SO IT WAS A GOOD ADDITION TO US BEING ABLE TO DO MORE WORK, UH, ANNUALLY DURING THE TCP PROCESS, WE GET ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30 AND 35 PROJECTS DONE.
SO TO HAVE, HAVE THE ADDITIONAL PROJECT COORDINATOR ON TO TAKE ON THOSE 61 PROJECTS REALLY GALVANIZED OUR RESPONSE EFFORTS, UH, AND ALLOWED US TO MOVE A LOT MORE DEBRIS.
SO THAT PROJECT COORDINATOR WAS ABLE TO GO TO 16 DIFFERENT PROJECT LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAD 61 DIFFERENT PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE REMOVING DEBRIS, AND WE REMOVED OVER 5,000 CUBIC YARDS OF SEDIMENT AND DEBRIS.
AND THAT'S JUST MOVING HEAVEN AND EARTH.
AND A LOT OF THE STAFF, UM, IN THE, THE OPEN SPACE AREAS REALLY APPRECIATED THAT ADDITION BECAUSE IT ALLOWED US TO GET OPEN AND BACK ONLINE SOONER.
UM, NOW I'M JUST GONNA GO INTO THE SLIDESHOWS PICTURE SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS.
AND OUR PROJECT COORDINATOR, ERICA GUERRERO, WAS ABLE TO GO IN THERE AND DO A FLOOD RECOVERY FOR THAT FACILITY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, FLOOD WATERS CAME DOWN OFF THE HILL, UH, INUNDATED THE BUILDING AND MADE IT UNUSABLE FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, ERICA HAD TO GO IN THERE AND DO AN ASSESSMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE WAS, AND THEN HOW WE WERE GONNA, UH, RELIEVE THE WATER DAMAGE FROM THE WALLS BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE GOT INSULATION AND THINGS THAT LIKE TO, TO SOAK UP WATER.
AND SO PART OF THE MITIGATION RESPONSE IS TO ABATE THE POTENTIAL HAZARD, BECAUSE AS BUILDINGS SIT, THEY CREATE MOLD.
SO WE CONTRACT IT OUT WITH A, UH,
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INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST TO REMOVE THAT HAZARD AND GET IT BACK TO ITS FUNCTIONING STATE.SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE TOP PICTURES, THAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE HVAC CONDENSER UNIT COMPLETELY SWAMPED.
AND THEN THE LOWER PICTURES, YOU CAN SEE THE MITIGATION, UH, EFFORTS TAKING PLACE TO REMOVE THAT MOLD.
AND THEN OUR RESPONSE TO THE FLOOD IS, LET'S RAISE OUR ASSETS TO HIGHER LEVELS SO THAT THEY, WE DON'T GO THROUGH THE SAME THING AGAIN.
UM, SKYLINE RANCH, EQUESTRIAN CENTER, UH, RECEIVED A LARGE AMOUNT OF, UH, WATER DURING, UH, THAT 23 STORM.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL FACILITY.
AND SO AT THIS PARK LOCATION, WE, THIS IS A COMBINATION OF, UM, OUR DEN, OUR HYGIENIST, OUR INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST, UH, GETTING RID OF THE MOLD, AND THEN OUR TRADES TEAM BEING ABLE TO REPAIR, UH, AND GET IT BACK INTO PRISTINE WORKING ORDER.
UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, AN EQUESTRIAN FACILITY THAT OPERATES HERE.
SO IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE HAVE THE FACILITY THAT'S, UH, HEALTHY AND PROPER FOR, UM, FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE OUT OF AND LIVE SINCE THEY'RE PROVIDING A SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT.
AND SO THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO EXPEDITE THAT WORK, UH, AT THE REDWOOD SCHOOLHOUSE, UH, TO GET THIS DONE.
A COMBINATION OF PROJECT COORDINATION AND THEN OUR TRADES TEAMS. UH, SO HERE ARE THE BEFORE, UH, PICTURES, UM, AGAIN, REMOVAL OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS INUNDATED WITH MOLD AND WATER.
UM, AND THEN HERE'S THE REPAIR WORK.
AND SO THIS IS JUST A TESTAMENT TO WHAT OUR TRADES FOLKS ARE ABLE TO DO IN AN EXPEDITED AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, TO GET THINGS BACK UP AND RUNNING.
AND IT'S LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED.
UH, AND I FEEL PRIVILEGED TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM BECAUSE THEY DO SUCH GREAT WORK.
UM, AND THIS PROJECT ALONE WAS OVER $44,000 BETWEEN THE MITIGATION AND THE REPAIR WORK.
AS WE MOVE ON TO, UH, THE WORK THAT OUR ROADS AND TRAILS TEAM, UH, TAKES ON, WE, WE ENTER WILDCAT CANYON, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE FOOTBRIDGES THERE.
AND SO FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, IN DISTRICT HISTORY, WE'RE ABLE TO USE A PROJECT COORDINATOR TO GO AFTER THIS WORK, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH OUR ROADS AND TRAILS TEAM CAN DO WITH, UH, THE, THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE A PROJECT COORDINATOR COME ON AND CONTRACT OUT A LOT OF THIS WORK, REALLY EXPEDITED, UM, UH, OUR ABILITY TO REMOVE THAT OVER 5,000 CUBIC YARDS OF DEBRIS.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S IMPACTED ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER WITH ALL OF THE TREE BRANCHES AND SILT AND SEDIMENTATION THAT COMES DOWN OFF THE HILL, ULTIMATELY IMPACTING THE ENVIRONMENT.
UM, BUT WE DO A GOOD JOB RESTORING, UH, IT BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR SANITATION CREW UTILIZING THE VAC ON TRUCK THAT WE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY ON TO, TO ACQUIRE.
THEY'RE CLEARING A CULVERT THAT WAS IMPACTED BY SEDIMENT COMING DOWN OFF THE HILL, BUT THE VAC ON TRUCK MAKES QUICK WORK OF THAT, UH, ALLEVIATES THE PLUG AND GETS THE WATER FLOWING BACK TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO DOWNSTREAM.
AND SO AS WE'RE ABLE TO MOBILIZE OUR EQUIPMENT AND STAFF, WE CAN UTILIZE OUR EQUIPMENT TO, UH, UM, GET TRAILS BACK OPEN AND ENSURE THAT THESE ASSETS ARE HERE FOR, UH, GENERATIONS TO COME.
HERE'S ANOTHER, UH, CULVERT THAT WAS IMPACTED.
THIS IS A LARGE 66 INCH, UM, CULVERT, UH, IN, UH, WILDCAT CANYON AT THE RADO STAGING AREA.
AND YOU COULD JUST SEE HOW MUCH WATER WANTS TO FLOW THROUGH THOSE, UH, TUNNELS AND CULVERT SYSTEMS, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT DEBRIS OUT.
UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A COORDINATED EFFORT BETWEEN OUR STEWARDSHIP FOLKS AND THEN OUR PROJECT COORDINATOR.
JUST IDENTIFY THE LOCATION, WHAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED, AND THEN HOW WE'RE GONNA PERFORM THAT WORK.
ANOTHER FOOT BRIDGE AT REDWOOD REINHARDT.
UM, IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE THESE BRIDGES THAT ARE PASSABLE AND WE DON'T GET RID OF THE PRESSURE THAT BUILDS UP BECAUSE OF THE SEDIMENT AND DEBRIS THAT BUILDS UP, WE CAN LOSE THAT, THAT BRIDGE AND ACCESS TO THAT TRAIL.
SO, UH, WE MADE AN EFFORT TO, UH, PRIORITIZE ACCESS NOT ONLY FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, BUT ALSO FOR OUR PARK STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR OPERATIONAL, UH, NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT DEBRIS OUT OF THERE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AND PROVIDE ACCESS.
LAS TROAS, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT LITTLE HILLS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A FISH LADDER THAT IS WITHIN THE PROPERTY THAT WAS HEAVILY IMPACTED BY SILT, UM, AND PLANT MATERIAL COMING DOWN OFF THE HILL.
AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET IN THERE, CLEAR THAT CULVERT, MAKE SURE THAT THE, UM, THE ACTUAL STREAM BED IS READY TO TAKE ON ANOTHER STORM AND CHANNEL THAT WATER WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.
BUT YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE BEFORE, HOW HEAVILY IMPACTED IT IS WITH SEDIMENT, AND THEN HOW CLEAR IT IS NOW AND READY TO RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, ANY NUMBER OF STORMS THAT COME IN THE FUTURE.
UM, RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, OUR CLIMATE CHANGE PATTERNS.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF ROADS AND TRAILS.
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OUR STEWARDSHIP TEAM HAD REPAIRED ONE OF OUR, UH, PONDS IN PLEASANTON RIDGE, AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTRACT TO, UM, RESTORE THE DAM AND SPILLWAY.AND THEN AHEAD OF THE STORMS IN 2023, WE WERE ABLE TO DO STORM, UM, MITIGATION WORK.
SO OUR TEAMS PUT UP, UH, PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO REDUCE THE FLOW OF WATER IMPACTING THIS PROJECT SITE, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THE WORK THAT WAS JUST DONE DIDN'T WASH AWAY WITH THE, THE HEAVY, UM, ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS.
SO STRAW WADDLES STRAWS ARE STRAWS PLACED DOWN ON THE GROUND JUST TO MITIGATE THAT FLOW, SLOW IT DOWN, AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, UH, BEING DIVERTED, UH, TO ITS PROPER PLACE.
UH, AND AGAIN, UH, OUR, OUR TEAMS MOBILIZE.
THEY ACQUIRE THE MATERIAL AND BECAUSE THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS AND THEY'RE TRAINED, HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT THESE, UM, MITIGATION MEASURES AND PREVENTATIVE MEASURES IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE OUR ASSETS ARE MAINTAINED FOR YEARS TO COME.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST OUR LAST ONE.
THIS IS ON LAKE SHABO WESTSHORE, UH, TRAIL.
UH, WE HAD A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UM, LAST YEAR, AND WE WERE ABLE TO CLEAR THIS TRAIL PRIOR TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT HAPPENING.
AND AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST A COLLABORATION WITH OUR PROJECT COORDINATOR TO MOBILIZE, UM, UH, TRUCKS.
AND WE UTILIZED OUR ROADS AND TRAILS CREW TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE ALL OF THAT DEBRIS AND TRUCK IT OUT.
UH, AND SO WITH OUR TCP PROJECTS, WE SPENT OVER $370,000 GETTING THAT DEBRIS REMOVED, TRAILS OPENED UP, UH, AND MAKING IT SAFE FOR PATRONS.
AND THEN WITH OUR FACILITIES, WE SPENT UPWARDS OF 150,000 IN COUNTING, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE WORK TO DO.
UH, ONE OTHER MENTION, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SANITATION CREW AND WATER UTILITIES CREW WERE MENTIONED BECAUSE THEY ALSO RESPONDED IN THIS EVENT TO BE ABLE TO PUMP DOWN LIFT STATIONS, CLEAR CULVERTS, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR, UM, OUR INGROUND TOILET FACILITIES WERE CLEARED PRIOR TO ANY HIGH WATERS, UH, INUNDATING THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND SO AGAIN, IT'S A JOINT TEAM EFFORT TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO STORMS. UH, WE HAVE A GREAT CREW OF PEOPLE THAT RESPOND AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE AND ARE ON STANDBY, ESPECIALLY THIS PAST WEEKEND WHEN WE HAD ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC TYPE RIVER COME THROUGH.
UM, AND THEY'RE HERE TO DO THIS WORK.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL, AND THE PICTURES ARE, THEY'RE REALLY WORTH SO MUCH IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT YOUR TEAM, UH, MANAGES AND COMPLETED.
UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM STAFF BEFORE WE GO TO BOARD? QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS? UM, JUST ONE OTHER, I THINK JUST FOR THIS ITEM AND, UH, THE ITEM THAT WE JUST HAD, THESE WERE ALL PART OF OUR WORK PLAN.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER, WE WENT OVER OUR WORK PLAN LAST MONTH, AND SO, UM, WE HAD BEEN, THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM DIRECTOR ROSARIO AT THE END OF LAST YEAR TO HAVE A STORM UPDATE, UM, UH, BY THE, UM, MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES DIVISION.
SO I THINK MAYBE ROBERT COVERED THAT AT THE BEGINNING, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTIONED THAT AGAIN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT.
UH, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND THERE'S A FEW LITTLE ONES MORE TO GO.
IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE.
AND KNOWING THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAD TO BE DONE AND YOUR QUICK MOVEMENT ON IT, IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
AND, UM, I JUST DID WANNA ASK YOU ABOUT LAKE CHABOT.
IS THERE STILL A SPOT ON LAKE CHABOT THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON? I SAW THE MAP, BUT I DIDN'T, I I'VE HEARD THERE'S A SPOT THAT MIGHT STILL, UM, BE NOT POSSIBLE TO WALK THROUGH.
EVERYTHING AT LAKE CHABOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND RESTORED.
UM, THERE, IT, THERE WAS ROCK SLIDE DEBRIS, UH, THAT CAME DOWN, BUT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN ENSURED THAT THOSE TRAILS ARE OPEN, BUT I CAN LOOK INTO IT TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL TRAILS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED, UM, WITH THE GIVEN STORMS THAT HAVE COME UP RECENTLY.
I'VE HEARD FROM SOME, UM, CONSTITUENTS, BUT IT MAY HAVE ALL BEEN REPAIRED BY THE TIME THEY MADE THAT COMMENT.
SO, UM, IT IS VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEE THESE KIND OF STORMS IN THE PAST IN THE WORK THAT, UH, HAS HAD TO BE DONE TO KEEP OUR PARKS OPEN.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
EVEN MOVES A LITTLE FASTER THAN PAST YEARS.
MAYBE THE STORM WASN'T AS BAD.
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THAT THEY DO.OUR STAFF IS VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN GETTING THIS STUFF DONE QUICKLY SO PEOPLE CAN GET IN AND USE THOSE PARKS.
UH, COLIN, EVER, EVER SINCE WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING REPORTS ON THE WORK BEING DONE IN RESPONSE TO LAST YEAR'S STORMS, I'VE BEEN, UH, VERY IMPRESSED BY THE, UH, AMOUNT OF, UH, THESE PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE HANDLING IN HOUSE, SO TO SPEAK, WITH EXISTING MASS RESOURCES.
AND THAT JUST IS AN INCREDIBLE FEAT AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY SAVES THE PARK DISTRICT'S SUBSTANTIAL, UH, FUNDS IN TERMS OF NOT USING OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS.
AND OF COURSE, OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED TO USE OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO EXCLUSIVELY WITH, UH, MASTER RESOURCES.
UH, YOU REFERRED TO WILDCAT CANYON, UH, AND THAT PROJECT NEEDING TO EM EMPLOY A PROJECT COORDINATOR.
AND I'M CURIOUS WHAT A PROJECT COORDINATOR IS, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT DOES IT, IT'S, IS IT THE EQUIVALENT OF A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OR, UM, UH, I'M, I'M, I'M CURIOUS AS WHO IS IT THAT YOU HIRE TO BE A PROJECT COORDINATOR AND IS, IS THAT, UM, PART OF A PROCESS OF BRINGING IN OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS OR DO YOU USE A PROJECT COORDINATOR TO WORK WITH MA PERSONNEL? HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, PLACE ONE OF OUR EXISTING EMPLOYEES INTO AN ACTING CAPACITY.
VINCENT SEBASTIANI WAS ON THE ROADS AND TRAILS CREW AS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR.
UM, HE PUT IN FOR THE ACTING ASSIGNMENT AS A PROJECT COORDINATOR THAT IS IN-HOUSE TO THE DISTRICT.
UH, AND THEN THEY GO THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS TO SEEK BIDS, TO DO THE DEBRIS REMOVAL.
UM, AND THE REASON WHY WE NEEDED TO BRING IN A, A PROJECT COORDINATOR, BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT NEEDED TO BE MOVED, UH, AND THE CAPACITY ISSUES THAT WE FACE WITH OUR ROADS AND TRAILS CREW, WE, WE'VE GOT A CREW OF, UM, 24 EMPLOYEES WITHIN ROADS AND TRAILS, AND WE'VE GOT OVER 250 PROJECTS THAT ARE ON OUR GIS LIST RIGHT NOW RELATED TO TCP.
AND THROUGH THOSE LISTS, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE 25 PROJECTS THAT WERE OF HIGH PRIORITY THAT OUR ROADS AND TRAILS STAFF CAN DO IN-HOUSE.
AND THEN THE REMAINING PROJECTS, INSTEAD OF JUST LEAVING THEM TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER CYCLE, WE'RE ABLE TO PUT IN PLACE THIS PROJECT COORDINATOR, UH, AND UTILIZE, UH, THE BIDDING AND JOCK PROCESS TO GET A LOT OF THIS DEBRIS REMOVED.
UM, AND SO IT, IT WAS A, IT'S A GREAT, UH, COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BECAUSE AGAIN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, STEWARDSHIP, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT IN A JURISDICTIONAL LOCATION.
WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT PERMITS IN PLACE.
AND SO THE PROJECT COORDINATOR ACTS AS LIKE A PROJECT MANAGER, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, COORDINATES ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS, MAKE SURE THE RESOURCES ARE THERE, UH, AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, COLLECT AND PROCESS THE MATERIAL, UH, IN A WAY THAT FEMA WILL RECOGNIZE BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
SO WHERE, WHAT SITE ARE WE PICKING IT UP FROM? AND THEN WHERE IS IT GOING TO? AND SO WE HAVE TO KEEP ACCURATE RECORDS FOR ALL THAT WORK.
AND SO THAT WAS, UM, A GOOD USE OF A PROJECT COORDINATOR TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT DATA, CO UH, COLLABORATE AND COORDINATE WITH STEWARDSHIP, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, DOCUMENTATION OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS, INSTEAD OF HIRING AN OUTSIDE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, YOU ARE USING EXISTING STAFF AND CREATING TEMPORARY SUPERVISOR ROLES.
WELL, THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE A PERMANENT POSITION WITHIN, UH, MASS NOW.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE BOARD, UM, AUTHORIZED THIS POSITION IN THE 2022 BUDGET YES.
AS PART OF, UH, ADD AN ADDITION TO THE MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES.
UM, AND IN, IN THE, IT IT'S IN THE ROADS AND TRAILS, UM, UNIT I THINK IS RIGHT.
SO, WHICH IS JUST AS YOU WERE POINTING OUT ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO LEVERAGE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE.
SO THIS WAS, SO, SO THE POSITION WAS CREATED AND AS OFTEN, WE'LL, WHEN WE HAVE A NEW POSITION, WE'LL HIRE FOR AN ACTOR.
AND SO VINCENT WAS THE ACTOR LAST YEAR.
AND SO ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT RON JORDAN IS A PROJECT COORDINATOR AS WELL.
SO, UM, IT'S A POSITION WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT.
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SO LUCKY TO HAVE THESE POSITIONS BECAUSE THEY REALLY, UM, ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE IN-HOUSE STAFF OFTENTIMES, BUT THEN SOMETIMES, UH, CONTRACT OUT STAFF, UM, IT'S KIND OF A FULL FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR THE DISTRICT.SO, YEAH, DEFINITELY THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS SITUATION, IT WAS A FORCE MULTIPLIER.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'RE ABLE TO DO WHAT, 96 PROJECTS IN ONE, IN ONE TURN, OR SORRY, 86 PROJECTS IN ONE YEAR.
SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME, UH, DENTS IN THAT EXISTING LIST OF TCP PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M COORDINATING AND WORKING WITH STEWARDSHIP RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PERMITS IN PLACE GOING INTO THE NEXT TCP CYCLE, AND WE HAVE AN ANTICIPATED, UM, UH, MONTH OF JULY TO HAVE THOSE PERMITS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO CREATE NEW SUPERVISORIAL ROLES FOR EXISTING STAFF IN WHATEVER DIVISION OF OUR WORKFORCE, IT, IT HAPPENS TO TAKE PLACE.
RESULTS IN SUPERVISORIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARK RANGERS WHO MAY OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, NOT GET THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, AND YOU'RE DOING THE SAME THING WITHIN THE SKILLED TRADES.
AND I JUST AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD AS THE EMPLOYER, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THE WHERE, WHERE WE CAN DO THAT FOR OUR WORKFORCE AND CREATE AVENUES FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE ON NEW AND AND HIGHER ROLES.
THAT THAT'S JUST A GOOD THING.
AND LIKE I SAID IT BEFORE, I FEEL PRIVILEGED TO BE IN THIS POSITION.
'CAUSE A LOT OF THESE PIECES WERE THERE.
WE JUST NEEDED TO BRING OUR TEAMS TOGETHER AND REALLY THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND DETERMINE WHAT IT WAS THAT WE NEEDED.
UH, AND SO AS LISA MENTIONED, I WAS ABLE TO, UH, PUT THINGS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THEN YOU ALL, UM, AWARDED US WITH THOSE POSITIONS.
AND SO NOW WE'RE, UH, MAKING GOOD ON THOSE PROMISES AND GETTING THE WORK DONE.
YEAH, I, I HAVE A FEW, UM, QUESTIONS AND THEN SOME COMMENTS.
UM, I HOPE MY QUESTIONS ARE PRETTY ACTUALLY SIMPLE.
SO THE PLEASANTON RIDGE POND, DO YOU KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT, UH, STEWARDSHIP MIGHT CALL TURTLE POND? OR, I, I BELIEVE IT IS.
IT IS, BUT THEY GO BY NUMBERS.
SO I, I, I GET, I JUST, THERE'S, THERE'S SO MANY NAMES OR NUMBERS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
SO I, I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, UH, DAVE RECI QUACK, WHO ACTUALLY, UH, FACILITATED THAT PROJECT.
AND THEN WE PARTNERED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS SAFE GOING INTO THE WET WEATHER SEASON.
'CAUSE A SD DID TAKE ME OUT ON A TOUR, UM, IN THAT AREA AND MADE SURE TO POINT OUT TURTLE POND TO ME.
SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE THE SAME ONE.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO PUT IT TOGETHER IN MY, MY BRAIN HERE.
UM, AND THEN I, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA SHARE SOMETHING MAYBE MORE ON A SWEETER NOTE.
I, I BELIEVE, IS IT THAT DEFCON TRUCK? IS THAT WHAT YOU CALLED IT? OH, THE VECON TRUCK.
NO, I THINK THIS IS, UM, MY, MY PREDECESSOR ANNE, WE CAMP'S FAVORITE ITEM.
I'VE HEARD HER TALK ABOUT IT A COUPLE OF TIMES, SO I, I JUST HAVE TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE I KNOW SHE HAD, UM, THE AMBITION FOR THIS TO POTENTIALLY BE FEATURED IN A PARADE.
UM, AND, AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THAT, BUT, AND I, I, I'D LOVE TO HEAR THIS AS A FOLLOW UP, BUT, UM, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT OF WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED HERE.
EVERY YEAR, THE CITY OF ANTIOCH, UH, HOLDS A BIG TRUCKS DAY YEP.
AT ITS COMMUNITY CENTER OFF OF DEER VALLEY ROAD, AND, UH, THE PARK DISTRICT BRINGS THAT BACK TRUCK
SO, YOU KNOW, IT, THERE'S THIS HUGE PARKING LOT FULL OF REALLY BIG TRUCKS.
AND WHEN, WHEN IS THIS ISN, NANCY? OH, WHEN I KEEP ME POSTED WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT NEXT, I WANNA SAY FALL, BUT YEAH, I'VE BEEN GOING EVERY YEAR HANG OUT WITH SPENCER.
UM, AND IS IT BRIAN? BRIAN SKINNER, YES.
YEAH, BRIAN, BY THE WAY, THESE FOLKS ARE INCREDIBLY GOOD AMBASSADORS IN TERMS OF THEIR ABILITY TO INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PRETEND TO, YOU KNOW, GO TO MOMS AND SEE IF THEY WANT TO TRY THE SUCTION WITH THE KID
AND IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S TEAMING WITH, UH, YOUNG PARENTS AND YOUNG KIDS AT THAT EVENT.
AND IT'S JUST ONE OF THE FUN THINGS I GET TO DO.
UM, THEY ALSO BROUGHT ONE OF THESE HUGE TRUCKS THAT, UM, UM, MOVES, UH, CATERPILLAR AROUND.
IT WAS A DOZER WE BROUGHT OUT.
AND OF COURSE, THE KIDS GET IN THE TRUCKS AND
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YEAH.HONK THE HORNS AND IT'S JUST A GREAT EVENT.
SO WE DO, WE DO DO DO THAT PUBLIC.
AND I, I THINK IT'S FUN, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT, IT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
UM, AND THEN FOR OTHERS WHO MAYBE AREN'T AS, YOU KNOW, FAMILIAR WITH THIS SECTOR, IT, IT IS JUST A GOOD WAY TO, TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS TRUCK AND WHY, YOU KNOW, IN OUR CASE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC MONEY IS USED TO PURCHASE, UH, YOU KNOW, SUCH AN IMPORTANT, UH, PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
AND, AND I'LL JUST SHARE REAL QUICK, AND I KNOW YOU HAD ANOTHER COMMENT, BUT I JUST WANNA SHARE ONE THING.
'CAUSE I KNOW IN THE PLEASANTON HOLIDAY PARADE, PLEASANTON CEMENT READY MIX, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT ACROSS FROM SHADOW CLIFFS PARK, IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE FINAL, UM, ENTRANCE IN THE PLEASANTON HOLIDAY PARADE.
AND THEY ALWAYS DECORATE IT WITH HOLIDAY LIGHTS, AND IT IS A CROWD FAVORITE EVERY YEAR, AND IT'S THIS HUGE CEMENT TRUCK.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE JUST SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE ABLE, I THINK THE BIG PARADE IN LIVERMORE, I THINK THEY HAVE TWO, IT'S 4TH OF JULY AND THE LIVERMORE RODEO, WHICH IS JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE IN JUNE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE IT BE ONE OF THOSE PARADES AND LET ANN KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE JUST A SWEET GESTURE TO CONSIDER.
DID YOU WANT HUDSON? OH, OKAY.
UM, ANYWAY, SO THAT'S JUST WHAT I THOUGHT OF WHEN I SAW THAT WAS THAT'S WHAT ANN LIKES TO TALK TO ME ABOUT FUN WITH THAT EVENT.
BUT I, I'D BE INTERESTED IN THAT ANTIOCH PARADE AS WELL.
I THINK IT IS GOOD TO SEE IT'S AN ANTIOCH THING.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION, I'M JUST CURIOUS.
SO 5,000 CUBIC YARDS IS A LOT.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT DEBRIS AND, AND WITH THE DEBRIS IN GENERAL, I THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DEBRIS AND THERE IS STILL SOME DEBRIS OUT THERE.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER COMMENT I'M GONNA MENTION IN A MOMENT.
BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH ALL OF THIS? SO IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, WE'RE ABLE TO COORDINATE DROPPING THE, UH, THAT DEBRIS WITHIN PARK SPACE.
UH, WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS APPROVED BY OUR STEWARDSHIP TEAM.
UH, AND THEN OTHER PLACES IT GETS HAULED OFF TO A LANDFILL.
BUT SINCE IT'S, UM, DIRT AND SEDIMENT, UH, THAT HELPS WITH THE COMPOSTING PROCESS AT OTHER LOCATIONS, WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP AS MUCH OF THAT DEBRIS ON PROPERTY AS WE CAN.
AND SO, AS LONG AS WE COORDINATE WITH OUR STEWARDSHIP FOLKS AND WE GET PERMISSION, UH, WE HAVE THOSE LAY DOWN AREAS KIND OF DEFINED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT.
SO THEN THAT BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER POINT.
I HAVE TWO MORE THAT I WANNA MAKE.
SO THE NEXT ONE IS THINKING ABOUT MUCH, MUCH SMALLER PROJECTS.
SO YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW THERE'S 250 PROJECTS ON THE GI IS AND THAT THERE'S A PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.
UM, BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME SMALLER ONES THAT CAN ALSO MAKE, UH, AN IMPACT.
AND MAYBE THEY'RE NOT EVEN ON THE PRIORITIZATION OR ON THE GI IS OR IT COULD BE REALLY LOW PRIORITY ON THE GI IS AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I, I REALLY LIKE TO SEE US CONSIDER, IF I THINK ABOUT LIKE A FIVE YEAR TECHNOLOGY PLAN, I THINK WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE, SO I'M GONNA MENTION IT AGAIN, IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE ENGAGE PARK USERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT ON THE TRAILS AND SEEING THINGS THAT MAYBE COULD BE REPAIRED OR, UM, IMPROVED? HOW CAN THEY SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK WITH US IN A, IN AN EASY TO CAPTURE WAY? AND I KNOW, UM, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S MANY CITIES AND I THINK EVEN THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA USES AN APP, THE MOBILE CITIZEN APP, WHERE IF, UM, THE END USER DOWNLOADS IT TO THEIR PHONE, THEY CAN TAKE A PHOTO AND THE PHOTO WILL HAVE SOME OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES INCLUDED, AND THEN THAT GETS UPLOADED TO A DATABASE.
IT DOESN'T INVOLVE EMAIL OR SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, MANUALLY ENTERING INTO A DATABASE.
AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE, AND I, I BELIEVE IT IS BEING DISCUSSED.
SO I JUST WANNA MENTION IT AGAIN HERE AND, AND BECAUSE OF THE EXAMPLE I WANNA USE IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD OUR, I THINK I MENTIONED THIS YESTERDAY, WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST 90TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT IN OLE ON THE BIOBLITZ, UM, WHEN WE WERE WALKING AROUND TO KNOLL, THERE IS RIGHT NEAR THE SNO VISITOR CENTER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STORMS FROM 2023, A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, EROSION AND SEDIMENT, UH, CAME DOWN THROUGH THE CREEK THERE.
AND, UM, TWO OF OUR SIGNPOSTS ARE PRETTY SUBMERGED.
AND I THINK THERE IS A POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, TRIPPING HAZARD THERE.
AND ALSO THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT, UM, SIGNPOSTS RIGHT NEAR THE VISITOR CENTERS, PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH TRAIL TO, TO TAKE.
AND, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S REALLY HIGH PRIORITY TO, UH, EXTRACT THOSE SIGNPOSTS AND PUT THEM IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION AND OR MOVE THAT SENT SEDIMENT.
UM, AND, AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW, HAVE, HAVE WE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE CI MOBILE CITIZEN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT SPECIFIC APP, THAT'S JUST THE ONE THAT I'M PERSONALLY FAMILIAR WITH.
YOU KNOW, ARE WE, WHERE ARE WE IN THAT PROCESS? DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR S JUAN, I, I'M GONNA JUST JUMP IN FOR, FOR ROBERT AND,
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AND JUST, UM, REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, THE CHIEF OF IS ON A STRATEGIC, UM, IS PLAN.AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT, AT ALL THOSE, UM, THERE'S A WHOLE, WHOLE, UM, VARIETY YES.
OF TECHNOLOGICAL, UM, IMPROVEMENTS.
I THINK THAT WE ALL, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS WHERE WE DO WANT, UM, TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE.
SO, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE SORT OF WORKING WITH IS, AND, AND THEY'RE SORT OF, THEY ARE SORT OF IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH THAT.
UM, I KNOW ROBERT IS WORKING ON, UM, IMPLEMENTING A PILOT, UH, PROJECT WITH REGARD TO, UM, MORE OF A ASSET MANAGEMENT AND WORK ORDER SYSTEM.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT IS, THAT IS IS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
BUT, BUT, UM, LEVERAGING, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, EYES AND EARS TO HELP US, I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DAVID'S LEADERSHIP WITH THAT.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, SHARING THAT.
I THINK THAT THAT'S ENOUGH THAT, THAT I NEED TO HEAR FOR TODAY.
UM, 'CAUSE MY OTHER POINT IN THAT IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY HERE.
SO LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME REASON THESE SIGNPOSTS AT SNO, I'M USING THIS AS AN EXAMPLE, AS A HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE, BUT LET'S SAY WE DO GET A LOT OF, OF, YOU KNOW, UPLOADS POTENTIALLY IF THERE WAS THIS HYPOTHETICAL APP AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD ALSO BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR VOLUNTEERS, RIGHT? POTENTIALLY MAYBE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SAFETY SITUATION WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, A VOLUNTEER CREW COULD DO.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ENOUGH OF THESE PARK USERS WHO ARE SAYING, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE THINK COULD BE IMPROVED, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE ALSO GOOD PEOPLE TO TRY TO REACH OUT TO.
IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VOLUNTEER DAY AND, YOU KNOW, WORK ON, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKING THESE SIGNPOSTS, PUTTING THEM IN A MORE, YOU KNOW, VISIBLE LOCATION THAT'S SAFER NEAR, YOU KNOW, THE SNOW VISITOR CENTER, COME JOIN US.
SO I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT TODAY, UM, I, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT NEXUS IS BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE MASS TEAM AND, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS AND IS, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT, UH, IS VERY SIMILAR AND COULD POTENTIALLY, UH, WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY ALL WORK TOGETHER ON THIS.
YEAH, THERE, THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES.
UH, PARK OPERATIONS MAST, UM, AND STEWARDSHIP ARE REALLY PILOTING THE, THE NEXT GENERATION OF, UH, INTAKE FOR PROJECTS THAT WE SEE OUT IN THE FIELD THAT LOAD INTO OUR GIS SO WE CAN VISUALLY SEE WHERE THINGS ARE.
SO THAT COME TIME FOR THE TCP WINDOW, WE HAVE HIGH PRIORITY HEALTH, LIFE AND SAFETY ISSUES.
WE HAVE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS THAT ARE, UM, THERE AND THEN PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.
AND SO THAT'S JUST GONNA WORK ON OUR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND BEING ABLE TO EXPEDITE SOME OF THIS WORK.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY WITH STEWARDSHIP WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THESE PERMITS AND REGULATORY PROCESSES, UM, EXPEDITED SO THAT WE CAN DO MORE OF THIS WORK YEAR ROUND.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S EXCITING AND UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO MENTION THAT ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE THIS, UM, THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE IN SUNOL, LET'S MAKE ME THINK ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS PART OF THAT 2023 STORM, UM, YOU KNOW, DAMAGE OR STORM RESULTS.
UH, AND THEN MY FINAL POINT'S ALSO KIND OF SIMILAR IN REGARDS TO THIS IDEA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS NEXUS WHERE I SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS STARTING TO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT A VENN DIAGRAM STARTING TO KIND OF OVERLAP.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS REALLY HELPFUL TODAY TO SEE THE ACTUAL EXAMPLES.
AND I SHARE THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALL JUST IN SACRAMENTO RECENTLY, AND ONE OF OUR, UM, ONE OF OUR MEETINGS IN SAN FRANCISCO WAS WITH THE CALIFORNIA CIVIC COURT OR CALIFORNIA CIVILIAN CORP.
UM, AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME IF I GOT THAT WRONG.
UM, BUT, BUT MY POINT HERE IS, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THIS, ABOUT HOW THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT 50 YEARS HERE IN THE EAST BAY, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE SOME SORT OF SIMILAR TYPE OF SITUATION WHERE WE COULD GET THESE 86 PROJECTS THAT WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING THAT ARE RELATED TO SOME SORT OF WEATHER EVENT.
AND HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THE CCC, THIS CALIFORNIA CIVILIAN CORP, YOU KNOW, BE AVAILABLE TO BE MOBILIZED TO ADDRESS PROJECTS THAT WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING, THAT WEREN'T ON OUR WORK PLAN AND, AND HOW THAT'S SO IMPORTANT AND, AND, AND, AND HAVING THIS HOSTED IN THE EAST BAY.
UM, AND SO I THINK WHAT COULD BE HELPFUL IS HOW WE CAN INTEGRATE SOME OF WHAT WAS HERE TODAY, UH, YOU KNOW, INTO THAT CONVERSATION ON THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SIDE AS WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD THIS CCC CAMP IN THE EAST BAY AND GET THAT FUNDING, UM, FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION OF IT.
I, I, I THINK THAT THERE, THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEXUS HERE.
UM, AND SO I, I COULD SEE THESE, THE PRESENTATION FROM TODAY BEING A, A PART OF THAT EFFORT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, SIMILARLY, I
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KNOW WHEN WE WERE IN WASHINGTON DC LAST SPRING AND THAT THIS IS COMING UP AGAIN IN MAY, YOU KNOW, A LARGE PART OF OUR CONVERSATION WAS IN REGARDS TO FEMA AND FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS IN REGARDS TO STORM DAMAGE.AND SO I ALSO DO RECOMMEND SHARING, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO,
AND THEN MY FINAL POINT IS THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FINANCE.
I BELIEVE IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WE APPROVED THE FIRST EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY FUND OR SOME SORT OF MECHANISM SO THAT THERE'S FUNDING SET ASIDE IN THE BUDGET FOR THESE UNANTICIPATED PROJECTS.
AND SO I THINK THAT AS WE REVIEWED THAT ON THE FINANCE SIDE, IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL TO SEE SOME OF THE PHOTOS FROM TODAY.
LISA HAS, UH, GIVEN US A CHARGE IN, UM, REALLY DETERMINING WHERE THINGS ARE.
UM, 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AND WHAT IS IT GONNA TAKE TO MAINTAIN THE ASSETS THAT WE DO HAVE.
AND SO FOR US IT'S HOW DO WE STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF INTAKE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, BUT THEN ALSO HOW DO WE STREAMLINE THE INTAKE FOR OUR ROUTINE PREVENTATIVE WORK THAT WE DO ANNUALLY? AND SO, UH, BEING ABLE TO CLEARLY DEFINE OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, KNOWING WHERE THINGS ARE, PAINTS A PICTURE ON WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO GET THERE.
AND SO AS WE COLLECT A LOT OF THIS DATA, IT'S GONNA INFORM US ON HOW LARGE OUR TEAMS NEED TO BE IN ORDER TO KEEP UP.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, EXCITING TIMES MORE TO COME, UH, AS WE ROLL OUT NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND REALLY, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT OUR VAST AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.
SO THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PRESENTATION TODAY, SO I'M REALLY GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
AND I GUESS MY, MY, MY FINAL POINT IS I THINK THERE'S, I ALWAYS THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THAT OLD, THOSE OLD ALGEBRA PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO TRAINS THAT DEPART THE STATION AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MEET UP? UH, YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND THINGS THAT WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING.
AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THIS ACTUALLY LISTENING TO THE LITTLE HILLS PRESENTATION.
I THINK THERE'S ALSO THIS AGING INFRASTRUCTURE TRAIN TO KEEP IN MIND TOO.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BUILDINGS MAY BEING LOWER TO THE GROUND AND YOU KIND OF HAVE THIS, THESE CONFLICTING MOMENTS WITH THE STORMS AND AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AT LEAST WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT THIS CAN OCCUR FOR ANY OTHER TYPE OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENT.
AND SO, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT AS A POINT.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S ALSO ONE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE AS WE THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT NEXUS OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE'RE GOING TO PLACES LIKE SACRAMENTO AND WASHINGTON DC WERE YOU ALL APPROVED IN THE 23 BUDGET? THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE GROUP? AND SO THAT IS THAT NEXUS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UH, NATURAL SURFACE FACILITIES AND THEN OUR NATURAL SURFACE ASSETS, UH, VERSUS OUR BUILT FACILITIES.
SO AS THAT MAJOR MAINTENANCE TEAM GETS UP AND RUNNING, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING ON THAT CHARGE.
AND SO AGAIN, THAT'S IN CONCERT WITH OUR PARTNERS IN DECO.
WHERE IS IT? HOW MUCH OF IT IS THERE? AND THEN HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THAT WORK? BUT YEAH, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE IS A CONVERGENCE OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT COMING TOGETHER.
WE ESTABLISHED THAT MAJOR MAINTENANCE GROUP AND, UH, WE'RE GETTING READY, UH, TO TAKE SOME ACTION.
SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF CHANGES.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? WELL, AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN ANY, ANY LAST COMMENT IN ADDITION TO A LOT OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU SAID.
WE'RE JUST SO, UH, THANKFUL AND SO IMPRESSED BY THE MAJ, THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND GET THROUGH.
YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP, SO MANY PROJECTS ARE ALREADY DONE.
AND THIS IS FEBRUARY
IT'S, IT'S JUST VERY IMPRESSIVE.
HATS OFF TO OUR TEAM AND OUR CREWS, UH, WORKING HARD.
I I JUST, THEY MAKE THIS LOOK EASY.
THEY DO ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING.
SO IT'S, I'M, I'M JUST DOING A PRESENTATION AND REPORTING OUT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING ALL THE HARD WORK.
SO ROADS AND TRAILS, SMALL TRAILS, SANITATION, WATER, UTILITIES, ALL OF OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF, THEY'RE DOING ALL THE HARD WORK.
WELL TELL THEM I WILL, THAT WE VERY MUCH THANK THEM,
AND I DON'T, I THINK YOU'RE ALL SET.
SO OFFICIALLY, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IT'S AN INFORMATION ITEM, SO I THINK THEN WE'RE ALL SET.
THIS WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO REVIEW.
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THEN I BELIEVE WE NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH I TEND TO MOVE MY PAPERS AROUND, BUT I THINK IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, ANNOUNCEMENTS.UM, SO DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STAFF, UH, YOU KNOW, BOARD MEMBERS? ARE THERE ANY, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ITEMS THAT YOU WANNA SHARE IN REGARDS TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE? IT'S
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JUST LOOKING AWFULLY GOOD.DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? JUST, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL IN FOR DIRECTOR ROSARIO, AND, UH, IT'S, UH, ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS.
UM, SO I DID HAVE ONE ITEM, AND I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, BUT I KNOW ON OUR WORK PLAN WE HAVE THE ANNUAL PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT, UM, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN WE MIGHT SEE THAT HERE ON THE AGENDA? AND IT'S OKAY IF WE DON'T.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE AN, AN AREA THAT I, I'D LIKE FOR US TO SHARE WITH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY AS THEY, UH, PREPARE THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, AND SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS, UM, I'LL SHARE WHERE IT CAME FROM.
ME PERSONALLY, I WAS AT DELVAL A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
I HAVE A NEW GOAL WHEN I GO VISIT A PARK TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, WALK THE TRAILS WHILE I'M THERE.
AND, UH, WHAT THAT, WHAT HAPPENS IS SOMETIMES THAT MEANS I'M ACTUALLY GOING ALONE ON THE TRAILS AND I FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE DOING THIS.
BUT I THINK WHEN WE HAVE THE ANNUAL PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE, I THINK SOMETHING ABOUT GENERAL SAFETY AND MAYBE THIS SPECIFIC EXAMPLE, HIKING ALONE.
BUT IT ALSO MAKES ME THINK, AND MAYBE I LISTEN TO TOO MANY OF THESE, YOU KNOW, OR WATCH TOO MANY OF THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, TRUE CRIME CASTS.
AND I KNOW, I KNOW
AND I KNOW FOR ME, YOU KNOW, MY CONNECTION POINT HERE AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, IT'S NOT RELATED TO HIKING ALONE, BUT THIS WAS THE IDEA THAT I HAD WHILE I WAS HIKING ALONE.
UM, I GUESS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I KNOW WE'RE CONNECTED TO, UM, IS THAT, UM, I IS, YOU KNOW, IS IS THE LACY PETERSON CASE.
I, I I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, OUR, OUR DETECTIVES DISCOVERED THE BODY AND SO THEN WE WERE THE LEAD AGENCY IN REGARDS TO THAT CASE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR PARKS.
AND SO THAT ANGLE OF, YOU KNOW, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, I I I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BE PART OF THE ANNUAL PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE IN OUR WORK PLAN.
AND I'M HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AS THEY'RE PREPARING FOR THIS IF THEY JUST WANT TO HAVE A QUICK PHONE CALL.
UM, SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S MY ONLY POINT WITH THAT ONE.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MY NEXT ONE WAS THIS COMMITTEE SCHEDULE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING OUR, YOU KNOW, MORNING COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND DAYTIME MEETINGS, IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MOST CONVENIENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
BUT THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, SERVING ON THIS BOARD, IT DOES LIMIT, YOU KNOW, WHO, UM, MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS.
AND I KNOW THE PREVIOUS, UM, BOARD THAT I WAS ON, THEY, THEY TYPICALLY WOULD ASK ME MY SCHEDULE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULING OUT THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE OPEN TO EXPLORING A DIFFERENT START TIME, UH, THAT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, AMENABLE TO PEOPLE THAT MAYBE HAVE WORK REQUIREMENTS.
SO I'M GONNA DEFER TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THESE COMMITTEE WERE SET, UM, LAST YEAR AND THAT I THINK THEY'RE SET.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UM, IT WAS PASSED.
THERE'S A RESOLUTION ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO ANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE OTHER THAN CANCELING A MEETING WOULD NEED TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD AGAIN, UH, WITH A RESOLUTION.
BUT, UH, IT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK INTO YEAH.
AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WOULD NEED TO.
I I, I, I, I'VE COMMITTED TO THIS FOR THIS YEAR.
I, I JUST THINK THAT, UM, WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED THAT THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE ENTIRE BOARD.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, I GUESS GOING INTO 2025.
CAN I JUST MENTION THAT MY MEMORY IS, WE HAD A MASTER CALENDAR PRESENTED ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS? NO, IT WAS ONLY PRESENTED AT ONE BOARD MEETING TO THE ENTIRE BOARD.
WELL, TO THE ENTIRE BOARD, BUT I GUESS WE GOT IT AT A, UM, THERE WAS A COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE LEVEL COMMITTEE, YEAH.
THERE WAS A COMMITTEE MEETING THAT IT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE MAYBE THE EX YEAH, THE EXECUTIVE REVIEWED IT.
AND THE TIMING OF THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS HAS BEEN SET FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
AND FRANKLY, I PERSONALLY HAVE RESISTED EVENING MEETINGS OR, UH, HAVING TO HAVE PEOPLE, UM, DEAL WITH COMMUTE HOURS, UH, INCLUDING BOARD MEMBERS.
THAT IS, WOULD BE QUITE INCONVENIENT.
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OF ZOOM AND OUR RECORDING THESE MEETINGS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF VIEWERS THAT, UH, LOOK AT OUR MEETINGS AND REVIEW OUR MEETINGS WELL AFTER THE FACT THAT THEY'RE HELD, HELD, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ON, ON YOUTUBE.SO I ACTUALLY THINK OUR EXISTING SCHEDULING OF COMMITTEES AND BOARD MEETINGS IS, UM, OPTIMAL IN, IN TERMS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT THIS POINT.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE EVENING BUDGET, UM, HEARING THAT WE HAVE ONCE A YEAR IS, UH, I JUST HEAR COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO COMMUTE IN HERE AND THEY'RE GONNA WATCH ON ZOOM OR, OR YOUTUBE ANYWAY.
SO I I JUST THAT THE, THE, THE SUGGESTION OF CHANGING OUR COMMITTEE SCHEDULES OR OUR DAYTIME MEETINGS WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON THAT.
I, I JUST THINK IT, I'M JUST RAISING THAT NOTE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, ILL JUST, THIS ITEM IS NOT AGENDIZED, SO IT'S JUST ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SO WE SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS.
YEAH, THE, THE BROWN ACT ALLOWS FOR THAT'S FAIR.
UM, OPEN-ENDED DISCUSSIONS OF FUTURE AGENDAS, WHICH, UH, SO I THINK ACTUALLY WE, WE CAN DISCUSS THIS.
YEAH, I GUESS MY ONLY ONE WAS ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC COMMITTEE, BUT UH, IF WE HAVE THAT RESOLUTION, THEN THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
I WOULD JUST SAY THIS IS NOT THE FIRST OR LAST TIME THIS ISSUE WILL BE DISCUSSED.
WE'VE, IN PAST YEARS TALKED ABOUT MAKING CHANGE AND WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE DID HAVE AND TALKED WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT IT.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT EVERY SINGLE YEAR, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE WHAT WAS MOST APPROVED, UM, IN THE LAST TIME IT WAS VOTED ON.
SO, UM, THIS IS AN ISSUE YOU WILL TALK ABOUT EVERY SINGLE YEAR, I'M SURE
SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD THOUGH TO BRING UP YOUR THOUGHTS AND UH, AND GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST THING FOR US FOR CONSTITUENTS IN GETTING THE WORD OUT ON WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I BELIEVE WE CAN NOW CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.