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OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
THIS IS THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON MARCH 5TH, 2024, BEGINNING AT 1:08 P.M.. COULD OUR CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
[ROLL CALL]
DIRECTOR COFFEY.HERE. DIRECTOR CORBETT WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY.
HERE. GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH SHORTLY.
GENERAL COUNSEL BOURGAULT HERE.
OKAY. COULD DIRECTOR MERCURIO PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?
[LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT]
DIRECTOR COFFEY WILL READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.CERTAINLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE TODAY MEETING ON THE UNCEDED LANDS OF THE OHLONE PEOPLE.
THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS HERE ON PERALTA OAKS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HUICHUN TERRITORY, WHICH IS THEIR TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL AND SHARED HOME.
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THE OHLONE PEOPLE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN RECIPROCITY WITH NATURE, UNDERSTANDING THE SEASONS AND THE CYCLES OF THE NATURAL WORLD, MANAGING RESOURCES FUNDAMENTAL FOR SURVIVAL AND IMPORTANT TO CULTURAL PRACTICES, ALL WHILE PASSING DOWN THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE THAT WE CONTINUE TO USE TO HONE OUR OWN ABILITIES IN STEWARDSHIP.
WE HONOR WITH GRATITUDE THE LAND ITSELF, THE WILDLIFE LIVING IN THESE LANDS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STEWARDED IT AND WHO CONTINUE TO REMAIN DEEPLY CONNECTED TO IT TODAY.
OKAY, SO IF OUR CLERK COULD PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW PEOPLE MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[PUBLIC COMMENT]
PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED ONE OF THREE WAYS VIA EMAIL AT PUBLIC COMMENTS AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK EBPARKS.ORG VIA VOICEMAIL AT (510) 544-2016 AND LEAVING A MESSAGE WHICH WILL BE TRANSCRIBED AND GIVEN TO THE BOARD AND MADE A PART OF PUBLIC RECORD OR THREE BY JOINING THE MEETING VIA ZOOM LINK, WHICH IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.HAS THE CLERK RECEIVED ANY EMAILS OR SPEAKER CARDS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ANY ITEMS ON THE OPEN SESSION? NOT ON THE OPEN SESSION.
OKAY FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD WITH THAT THEN.
RENEE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I'M HERE TODAY AGAIN TO REMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE A PERB FILING AND WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN AFSCME, WHICH FILED AN UNFAIR PRACTICE CHARGE ON AUGUST 26TH, 2022, WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BOARD.
SO I'M JUST COMING TO REMIND YOU, I'VE HEARD RUMORS THAT SOMETHING MIGHT BE HAPPENING.
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SOON, AND WHAT SOON MEANS I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE.WHO KNOWS SINCE THIS STARTED IN 2022, WHAT SOON MEANS, BUT HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR, AND BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO COME REMIND YOU UNTIL SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN.
THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, I THINK I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA TODAY.
[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
SO MOVED.DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR? OH, WELL, ACTUALLY, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? I GUESS I CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND DO A VOICE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. IT'S UNANIMOUS, AND SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
WERE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANYONE WANTED TO PULL OFF? THE CONSENT CALENDAR OR ANY FOR EITHER DISCUSSION OR TO VOTE ON SEPARATELY? QUESTIONS WERE SUBMITTED BY DIRECTOR MERCURIO.WERE ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED? YES.
MAY I HAVE A QUESTION ON ITEM FIVE AND THEN ITEM 12? OF COURSE.
OKAY. DID YOU HAVE SOME ON ITEM FIVE? OH. I'M SORRY. OKAY.
I CAN'T FIND WHERE I'M GOING, BUT ITEM FIVE.
I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ANTIOCH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE AQUATICS DEPARTMENT TAKING THAT GREAT STEP AHEAD TO DO THIS.
I'M TOLD IT'S FUNDED BY THE FUNDING THAT WAS TO BE USED AT CONTRA LOMA, THEIR SWIM FACILITY, AND MY QUESTION IS, DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHEN CONTRA LOMA IS GOING TO COME BACK ONLINE? GOOD AFTERNOON. REN BATES, CHIEF OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
DIRECTOR WAESPI ROSS, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE ARE LOOKING I THINK WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR THE MAY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO BRING BACK PROPOSALS OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO BRING CONTRA LOMA UP ON TO ONLINE SO THAT DISCUSSION CAN HAPPEN IN TERMS OF WHAT TOTAL COST WOULD BE.
JUST AS A REMINDER, WE DID A STUDY IN 2021, I THINK, THAT LOOKED AT REMOVING THE SAND HOW WE WOULD HAVE TO THEN UPGRADE THE LAGOON SUCH THAT SAND IS PROBABLY HAS BEEN A MAINTENANCE ISSUE FOR YEARS.
THE THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF CODE COMPLIANCE, ADA COMPLIANCE, AND THEY ALL WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IF WE REMOVE THE SAND AS WE IMPROVE THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT UP TO COMPLIANCE WITH CODE.
SO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS TO COME UP WITH OPTIONS IN TERMS OF A MINIMUM REPAIR AND THEN TO WORKING WITH OPERATIONS TO FIND OUT WHAT OTHER OPERATIONAL NEEDS WOULD NEED TO BE IMPROVED.
SO THERE'LL BE TWO OPTIONS THAT WILL BRING AND PLANNING TO BRING TO THE EXEC COMMITTEE, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS IN MAY TO SHARE WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TEAM TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ON THE APPETITE FOR THE DISTRICT TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND WHAT THOSE WILL ULTIMATELY ESTIMATED THE COST.
JUST FOR A MOMENT, IF I COULD ASK PETE.
THE BACKGROUND WE HAVE ON THIS CONTRACT, PETE SPEAKS TO REGULAR RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS, AND WHEN YOU WERE HERE LAST YOU SPOKE OF, I WANT TO REMEMBER AN AQUATICS ADVENTURE PROGRAM, AND I WONDERED IF YOU COULD JUST DESCRIBE AGAIN FOR US WHAT THAT WAS, BECAUSE I JUST REMEMBER AND I DON'T I
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HAVE GOT TO LOOK UP MY NOTES WHERE THAT WAS, BUT YOU'RE HERE, AND I WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY A SOUNDED LIKE A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.WHAT WE'RE STRIVING FOR THERE IS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDING AQUATIC RECREATION AND WATER SAFETY AT THEIR PHYSICAL POOLS, BOTH ANTIOCH HIGH AND DEER VALLEY HIGH POOLS, AND PROVIDING THEM ASPECTS OF WATER SAFETY THAT THEY WOULD NATURALLY GET AT CONTRA LOMA THROUGH OUR PROGRAMMING THERE.
WHAT WE FIND IS WE'VE DONE THAT THIS LAST SEASON AND WE WERE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
WE'RE HOPING TO GO BACK AND REPEAT THAT AGAIN AND THEN USE THAT EDUCATION MORE OF AS A FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT IN THAT AREA. THIS IDEA SPECIFICALLY THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FACILITY THAT IS EMPLOYED AND TRAINED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SERVE THE COMMUNITY, AND SO THAT IS OUR ULTIMATE GOAL THERE, AND SO CURRENTLY WE ARE WORKING WITH ANTIOCH HIGH, DEER VALLEY HIGH AND DOZER LIBBY MEDICAL HIGH, WHICH ARE ALL THREE HIGH SCHOOLS WITHIN THE ANTIOCH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OKAY, GREAT. SO I GOT IT DOWN.
I GOT IT DOWN NOW, AND THE CONCEPT OF, YOU KNOW, A GAINING EXPERIENCE WITH THESE KIDS AND TRAINING WITH THESE KIDS AND THEN ACTUALLY USING THE POOL OF KIDS THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR RECRUITING FOR OUR OWN PURPOSES IS JUST BRILLIANT.
I REALLY LIKE THAT, AND IT IT ADDS A FACET TO THIS I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND.
YEAH. NO PROBLEM, DIRECTOR COFFEY.
OKAY, SO IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? I BELIEVE THAT DIRECTOR WAESPI HAD A QUESTION ON 12.
SO ITEM 12 IS THE AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDS FROM THE CALIFORNIA FIRE SAFE COUNCILS FIRE CAPACITY GRANT PROGRAM FOR FUELS MANAGEMENT, WILDCAT CANYON, AND BOY, I REALLY SUPPORT THIS. I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
IF WE CAN GET $100,000 TO HELP OUR WORK THROUGH THE STATE.
I'M WONDERING IT SAYS IN THE BODY OF THE LANGUAGE HERE THAT THERE ARE 400 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $125 MILLION THROUGHOUT THIS PROGRAM.
I'M WONDERING, THIS IS ONE FIRE SAFE COUNCIL.
I'M NOT I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I'M WONDERING HOW MANY FIRE SAFE COUNCILS ARE THERE WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES, BECAUSE I WOULD ASSUME EVERY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL WOULD PROBABLY BE BY THE WUI, THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE, AND WHY HAVEN'T THEY RECEIVED GRANTS OR HAVE THEY? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO, SEE OR WORK WITH CHIEF THIELE AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
OKAY, GREAT. BECAUSE I THINK I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
IF THEY'RE GIVING OUT BIG TIME GRANTS LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME.
I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING.
THANKS. THANKS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
GOOD POINT, AND I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE VARIOUS FUNDING IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR TODAY, BOTH IN TERMS OF GRANTS AS WELL AS MEASURE F FUNDS.
EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THIS, AND SO WITH THAT CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SECOND MOVE BY DIRECTOR MERCURIO AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR ROSARIO.
OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION PASSES, AND WELCOME, DIRECTOR CORBETT, AND WE HAVE DIRECTOR CORBETT APPEARING REMOTELY. SO THEREFORE, I NEED TO ASK DIRECTOR CORBETT IF THERE ARE ANY INDIVIDUALS OTHER THAN HER IN THE ROOM WITH HER WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, AND YEAH.
CAN YOU HEAR US, DIRECTOR CORBETT? I THINK YOU'RE MUTED.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD MY QUESTION.
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WELCOME. OKAY.OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS STARTING WITH THE ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.
[ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION]
GOOD AFTERNOON.PRESIDENT ECHOLS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THE NORTH BASIN STRIP PROJECT.
IT'S IN LINE WITH THE PARK DISTRICT'S ONGOING EFFORTS FOR CLIMATE SMART AND SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES, WHICH ARE IN LINE WITH THE STATE'S 30 BY 30 GOALS, AND CURRENT MOVEMENT.
SPECIFICALLY THE THREE PILLARS OF 30 BY 30.
ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY AND ACCESS TO NATURE.
THE PROJECT BUILDS ON PRIOR WORK.
SO THE PARK DISTRICT HAS BEEN DEVELOPING OUT EAST SHORE FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS NOW.
STARTING WITH THE BERKELEY MEADOW FROM 2004 TO 2009.
AFTER THAT, THERE WAS DEVELOPMENT, AS THE BOARD KNOWS, AT ALBANY BEACH AND THAT WAS FROM APPROXIMATELY 2009 TO 2020 AND MOST RECENTLY WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE BERKELEY BRICKYARD BEING THREE OF THREE OF THE MAIN IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN AT EAST SHORE.
BETWEEN THESE TWO AREAS, ALBANY AND BERKELEY IS THE NORTH BASIN STRIP, AND IT IS ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING UNDEVELOPED AREAS OF EAST SHORE, AND THIS THIS PROJECT WILL LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT THERE.
THE, OUR PLANNING GROUP BRIAN HOLT'S TEAM RECENTLY COMPLETED.
THE BOARD HAS HEARD OF THIS BEFORE.
IT'S THE RISK ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION PRIORITIZATION PLAN, AND IT DID DESIGNATE THE NORTH BASIN STRIP AS BEING A PRIORITY AREA SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH TIDES LOSS OF PUBLIC ACCESS FROM THAT.
SO THE PROJECT WILL BE LOOKING INTO THAT.
OUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION AUTHORITY FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT, AND WE'VE ASSEMBLED A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONSULTANT TEAM TO SUPPORT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TO ADVANCE THIS PROJECT, AND SCOTT'S GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THIS ITEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON.
PRESIDENT ECHOLS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
MY NAME IS SCOTT STOLLER. I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER WITHIN THE RESTORATION PROJECTS UNIT IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THIS EXCITING PROJECT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON.
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS IS TO PROVIDE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE DISTRICT TO AWARD A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT TO THE CONSULTING FIRM FOR $630,000 TO SUPPORT THE RESTORATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS PLANNING AT THE NORTH BASIN STRIP IN THE MCLAUGHLIN EAST SHORE STATE PARK.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE 20 ACRES THAT COMPRISES THE NORTH BASIN STRIP, WHICH INCLUDES THE PANHANDLE THAT EXTENDS NORTH ALONG THE TOM BATES REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX. THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES, ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE VIRGINIA STREET EXTENSION, AND THEN ON THE WEST IS PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF BERKELEY.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROJECT TIMELINE AND REALLY IS HIGHLIGHTS WHAT I'LL BE DELVING INTO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER ON THE LATER SLIDES, BUT JUST ON A HIGH LEVEL. I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN HIGHLIGHT THAT THE GENERAL PLAN IS REALLY THE GUIDING LIGHT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING FOR DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS AT THE PARK.
THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2002 AND REALLY HAS BEEN, AS CHRIS MENTIONED IMPLEMENTED OVER THESE LAST 20 YEARS, AND IN 2020 IS WHEN WE REALLY STARTED TO LOOK AT THE NORTH BASIN STRIP A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY WITH THE RAPP, AS CHRIS CHRIS MENTIONED, AND THEN AFTER THAT PLAN WAS UNVEILED, WE APPLIED FOR GRANTS FROM THE RESTORATION AUTHORITY THAT WERE PLANNING TO WORK THROUGH, AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR BLUE AREA.
WE INTEND TO GO THROUGH THIS THIS PLANNING PROCESS, AND THEN AT THE END OF IT, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF A PREFERRED CONCEPT AND TO PROCEED WITH CEQA.
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SO STARTING AGAIN WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, AND JUST TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE STATE PARK ITSELF.IT'S A MIX OF TIDELANDS AND UPLAND AREAS, AND MOST OF THE UPLAND AREAS, INCLUDING THE ENTIRE NORTH BASIN STRIP, IS COMPRISED OF FILL PLACED IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY.
THE EXTENTS OF THE OF THE ENTIRE STATE PARK GO FROM THE CITY OF RICHMOND ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH EMERYVILLE AND OAKLAND TERMINATING AT THE BASE OF THE BAY BRIDGE. THE DISTRICT OPERATES A STATE PARK UNDER AN OPERATING AGREEMENT THAT WAS RENEWED IN 2013 WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR ANOTHER 30 YEAR TERM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL PLAN PROVIDES REALLY THE GUIDANCE FOR PROJECT ELEMENTS THAT WILL BE CONSIDERING FOR THIS PLANNING PROCESS.
A COUPLE OF COMMENTS JUST ABOUT THE BAY TRAIL RAPP AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE RISK ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION PRIORITIZATION PLAN. IT REALLY LOOKED AT SEA LEVEL RISE VULNERABILITY ALONG OUR SHORELINE PROPERTIES, AND THEN THE IMAGE THAT'S SHOWN HERE IS A RENDERING OF THE NORTH BASIN STRIP AREA INCORPORATING SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL GENERAL PLAN.
THE RAPP WAS LED BY WRT, WHO WAS OUR LEAD CONSULTANT FOR THIS PROJECT, AND REALLY, THEY LOOKED AT PRIORITIZING NATURE BASED ADAPTATION PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION, RECREATION, CRITICAL MOBILITY, AND ALSO BUILDING IMPORTANT INTERPRETIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
IN 2022, WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION AUTHORITY THAT WAS AWARDED FOR $600,000, AND THE DISTRICT IS CONTRIBUTING $100,000 TO FULFILL OUR GRANT REQUIREMENTS.
IN 2023, THIS PAST FALL, WE ISSUED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, AND WE RECEIVED PROPOSALS AND INTERVIEWED TWO FIRMS THAT WERE BOTH WELL QUALIFIED.
THE TEAM WAS THE HIGHEST RANKED, BUT BOTH TEAMS WERE REALLY WELL QUALIFIED AND WOULD PRODUCE WHAT WE FELT WERE WOULD BE HIGH QUALITY WORK PRODUCTS, BUT WHAT REALLY STOOD OUT WAS THEIR ABILITY TO ARTICULATE A WELL CONSIDERED AND LAYERED PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN AND THEIR FAMILIARITY WITH THE SITE AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS FROM THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE ORIGINAL GENERAL PLAN BACK IN 2002, IN FACT, AND THEN THEIR ABILITY TO ASSEMBLE A PROGRAMMATIC RECREATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS PLAN.
THEIR TEAM ALSO INCORPORATES AND INCLUDES SOME PIONEERING MEMBERS OF THE RESTORATION COMMUNITY THAT WILL LOOK AT NATURE BASED, RESILIENT SHORELINE DESIGN OPTIONS, AND REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IN THIS PRE-DESIGN PHASE IS TO DEVELOP A PRELIMINARY DESIGN THAT CREATES A RESILIENT SHORELINE THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO SEA LEVEL RISE, AND THAT'S COUPLED WITH PUBLIC ACCESS THAT'S ROOTED IN THE GUIDANCE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN.
SPECIFICALLY, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE TOUCHING ON ARE THE TECHNICAL STUDIES LISTED HERE LOOKING AT SEA LEVEL RISE, BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, GEOTECHNICAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTE CONSIDERATIONS, AND THEN THE UTILITY SYSTEM CAPACITY.
THIS WAS TAKEN EARLIER THIS YEAR DURING A KING TIDE, AND JUST ILLUSTRATING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING BAY WATERS COMING UP TO AND CROSSING THE EXISTING TRAIL THERE.
THIS SLIDE IS AGAIN PULLED FROM FROM THE GENERAL PLAN, AND WHAT WHAT THIS ILLUSTRATES IS SOME OF THE ELEMENTS IN THE GENERAL PLAN THAT WILL BE CONSIDERING.
I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT THEM QUICKLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, WE SHOW THE POTENTIAL OF REGRADING OR EVEN INSTALLING BENEFICIAL FILL TO IMPROVE HABITAT ALONG THAT SHORELINE AND TO ADAPT, OBVIOUSLY TO, TO SEA LEVEL RISE, AND THEN ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE THERE WAS CONSIDERATION AND WILL BE CONSIDERING DAYLIGHTING SCHOOLHOUSE CREEK, WHICH DRAINS FROM THE CITY OF BERKELEY AND THEN WITHIN THAT NORTH
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BASIN STRIP AREA.THIS IS OUR TENTATIVE PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BUSY SLIDE, BUT REALLY THE TAKEAWAY IS THAT THE PROJECT WORK THAT'S SHOWN IN GREEN AT THE TOP IS FILTERED THROUGH THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON OUR WAY TO EACH OF OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, AND THAT PROCESS REPEATS THROUGH THREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE'LL BE COMING TO THE FULL BOARD TO CONSIDER ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY DESIGN THAT IS THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE AND THEN TO MOVE INTO THE CEQA PHASE.
IN TERMS OF THE USE AND SOURCE OF FUNDS.
THE PROJECT HAS 600, HAS $700,000 IN IT, AND THIS CONSULTANT CONTRACT WOULD TAKE 630,000, LEAVING SOME FUNDS REMAINING IN THE PROJECT, AND THEN JUST TO RECAP WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS, AND THAT IS TO AUTHORIZE THE AWARD OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR $630,000 TO WRT FOR THE RESTORATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS PLANNING FOR THE NORTH BASIN STRIP WITHIN THE MCLAUGHLIN EASTSHORE STATE PARK.
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR ROSARIO.
PRESENTATION. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PROJECT, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING.
OOPS. I'M SORRY. THERE YOU GO.
I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT WHAT I JUST SAID.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
QUESTION ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE.
WHEN WE DO, BECAUSE WE'RE BASICALLY WHAT ARE WE BASING OUR CALCULATION OR PROGNOSTICATION ON SEA LEVEL RISE, WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE.
ARE WE USING A STUDY FROM TEN YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING MORE RECENT? YES. SO I MEAN SEA LEVEL RISE.
THE PROJECTIONS ARE UPDATED EVERY SEVERAL YEARS, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE RELYING AND WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANTS TO LOOK AT THE LATEST DATA AND TRENDS, AND THEN WE'LL BE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY, COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY THE MOST SALIENT DESIGN CRITERIA FOR THE PROJECT.
OKAY, GOOD BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE SEA LEVEL RISE IS OCCURRING MUCH QUICKER THAN EVEN FORECASTED BUT AND THEN GOING BACK TO I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS THIS AREA WAS CAPPED.
WHAT WAS THE TOXIN THAT WAS THERE? I DON'T HAVE A LIST OF OF THE TOXINS WITH ME.
PRIMARILY IT'S CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS THAT IS LOCATED IS IT COMPRISES THE LANDFILL THERE, AND JUST MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT FROM THE GENERAL PLAN AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE AT THAT TIME.
THE, THE CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN WERE IDENTIFIED SOMEWHAT SPORADIC, LIKE SPORADICALLY LIKE LIKE THERE WASN'T LIKE IT'S NOT A VERY CONTAMINATED SITE FROM MY RECOLLECTION.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE POINT ISABEL.
NO, AND THEN THINKING OF POINT ISABEL, DO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE IF THE CAP WERE TO BE EXPOSED OR DAMAGED IN SOME WAY? AGAIN, LOOKING AT POINT ISABEL.
I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
REN BATES, CHIEF OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
DIRECTOR ROSARIO, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN EXISTING AGREEMENT FOR THAT.
THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE IS JUST AN OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
I THINK ONCE WE GET IF IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THERE THAT WE'LL NEED TO DO, WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT WITH THE STATE, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE IS NOT AN EXISTING AGREEMENT FOR ANY SUCH STIPULATIONS OR CONDITIONS IF SOMETHING IS FOUND.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE AVOID WHAT WE OUR EXPERIENCE WITH POINT ISABEL.
GREAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT.
DIRECTOR MERCURIO. YEAH, I THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE GRAPHICS ARE NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEE LOOKING DOWN THE IN THE FUTURE, HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ENJOYING THAT AREA AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE RESTORED AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE PROTECTED AGAINST THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE BAY WAVES AND ALL THAT, BUT WHILE WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A NEW SECTION OF THE BAY TRAIL, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE'RE DESIGNING IT TO ACCOMMODATE THE HEAVY USE THAT
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OUR REGIONAL TRAILS GET, ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA LIKE THAT.THAT'S A GREAT THING ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THERE'S SO MANY SUCH A BIG POPULATION IN THAT AREA THAT WILL BE DRAWN TO IT, AND SO THE RENDERING LOOKED TO ME LIKE IT'S MORE THAN TEN FEET.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I COULD NOT YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO WAY TO SCALE THAT EXACTLY, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT 12 OR 15 WOULD BE WITH SHOULDERS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE CROSS SECTION THERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST TO BE ABLE TO SORT OUT ALL THOSE USERS, YOU NEED MORE SPACE, AND I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US WHEN WE'RE BUILDING SOMETHING NEW, TO NOT DO IT THE OLD WAY, BUT TO REFLECT THE INCREASED USAGE AND INCREASED ACCESS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.
THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THAT COMMENT.
THANK YOU. THIS IS REALLY INFORMATIVE AND IT'S GREAT TO REVIEW THIS.
REAL QUICK, AND I THINK THIS WAS JUST VERIFIED, BUT THIS LAND THAT WE'RE THAT THIS PROJECT IS FOR, IT'S OWNED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT WE HAVE THE OPERATING AND LICENSING AGREEMENT THROUGH, IT LOOKS LIKE 2043.
THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
YES. SO WE DO NOT OWN THE LAND, AND THEN MY OTHER IT MIGHT BE MORE OF A COMMENT.
YOU MENTIONED THE FUNDING COMING FROM.
OH, SURE. CHRIS BARTON, RESTORATION PROJECTS MANAGER ONE THING TO ADD, JUST ON THE LAND OWNERSHIP, SO THE PARK DISTRICT HAS AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN EASTSHORE STATE PARK ALONG WITH STATE PARKS.
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, IT'S DEFINED IN THE OPERATING AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH WITH STATE PARKS AND THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ENVISIONED HERE AND THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH IS ALL DEFINED IN THAT OPERATING AGREEMENT, BUT AS FAR AS PROPERTY OWNERSHIPS AND RIGHTS, WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE WORKING HERE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE. EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU, AND I GUESS ON THAT NOTE, IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IS THERE A CHECKPOINT WITH THE STATE WHERE THE STATE PARKS WOULD ALSO HAVE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THIS PROJECT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY, AND SO MY COMMENT, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THE FUNDING WAS MENTIONED FROM MEASURE AA.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION AUTHORITY AND I THINK I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS AS MORE OF A COMMENT, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THIS WENT TO THE VOTERS IN 2016, AND IT'S A PARCEL TAX THAT PROPERTY OWNERS PAY EACH YEAR, AND THAT'S WHAT GOES TO HELP FUND PROJECTS LIKE THIS, AND IF I'M INCORRECT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME ON THAT, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE THIS FUNDING IS COMING FROM.
YES, AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SHARE.
YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS. ALTHOUGH IN HEARING ALL THIS, I'M SO DID THE STATE AND OUR AGREEMENT DEFINE WHO WAS GOING TO PAY FOR STUDIES LIKE THIS? WHO WAS GOING TO PAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THIS? IT'S I UNDERSTAND IT'S ALL US, AND IF BUT WE DON'T OWN IT, WE OPERATE IT.
I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT, I MEAN, SO IF WE FIND SOMETHING, I MEAN, A CAPPED LANDFILL.
EVERYTHING, INCLUDING BATTERIES, LIKE AT POINT ISABEL.
SO WHAT WOULD LEAD US TO BELIEVE THERE'S NOT ANYTHING OTHER THAN WE DID A STUDY BEFORE THE PRELIMINARY STUDY, DID IT? I MEAN, I GUESS IT'S AN UNANSWERABLE QUESTION.
ARE WE GOING TO FIND SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S NOT TO OUR LIKING AND IF WE DO, WILL THIS BOARD HAVE THE CHOICE TO SUGGEST THAT? AS LOOKING AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL MAP THAT WE'VE GOT YOU KNOW, THE TOM BATES SPORTS CENTER IS BEAUTIFUL.
THE NORTH BASIN STRIP LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE DEVELOPED.
BERKELEY MEADOWS GREAT, AND EVERYTHING BELOW IT BRICKYARD'S TREMENDOUS.
JUST LEAVE IT THERE AND LET ANIMALS KILL THEMSELVES OR MUTATE THEMSELVES LIVING THERE.
YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, CAN WE JUST NOT DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S IS THAT AN OPTION OR WILL THAT BE AN OPTION OR WILL WRT LOOK INTO THAT? WELL, I THINK YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE DO NOTHING ALTERNATIVE, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE COGNIZANT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING AT POINT ISABEL AND THE ISSUES WITH, WITH SOME OF THESE LANDFILLS, AND, AND OUR INTENTION IS REALLY TO LIMIT ANY EXCAVATION THAT WE MAY
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DO IN TERMS OF IF WE'RE DAYLIGHTING THE CREEK OR IF WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, RUN UTILITIES OR SOMETHING, BUT REALLY THE INTENTION IS TO BE BUILDING YOU KNOW, PLACING FILL ON TOP OR PLACING FILL OUTSIDE OF THE CURRENT SHORELINE AND NOT TO DIG INTO THE EXISTING LANDFILL TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, AND THEN THE TECHNICAL STUDIES WILL BE LOOKING AT THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE WE MAY BE DOING THAT TO DO ADDITIONAL RECONNAISSANCE ON THE MATERIALS WITHIN THE LANDFILL, AND IF I COULD JUST ADD ON REALLY QUICKLY TO THIS, JUST YOU RAISED SOME VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THERE, DIRECTOR WAESPI AND THESE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING AT THE STAFF LEVEL, JUST ABOUT THE LANDS THAT WE OPERATE THAT WE DO NOT OWN.I THINK CROWN BEACH IS A GREAT EXAMPLE WHERE WE ARE DOING THIS WITH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE BUT RECEIVE NO FUNDING AND CONTINUE TO MOVE THAT SAND IN A SISYPHEAN WAY EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
SO THERE ARE LOTS OF BIG QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, AND I THINK AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROJECT, WE MAY COME BACK TO YOU, AND THERE ARE SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING AT THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL, WHEN THERE ARE OTHER PROPERTIES, AS YOU ALL KNOW, ONE VERY LARGE PROPERTY THERE THAT IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE OPERATING AFTER THIS YEAR, AND IF THE STATE GETS INVOLVED IN THAT AND WANTS US TO PERHAPS OPERATE THAT, THEN THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME VERY DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW OUR ARRANGEMENT.
SO I WOULD SAY MORE TO COME, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY ON THIS PROJECT, SCOTT'S RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MINIMIZE IT, AND IF SOMETHING COMES FORWARD, WE'LL WE'LL BE PROBABLY BACK IN FRONT OF YOU AND I THE COUNTER, I THINK YOU BRING UP AN EXCELLENT POINT OR AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.
SO THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH ALAMEDA, THAT'S A STATE PARK THAT WE RUN BUT THE CITY OF ALAMEDA DECIDES THAT IT'S OBVIOUSLY IN THEIR INTEREST TO HAVE SAND ON THAT BEACH EVERY YEAR.
SO THEY SPLIT IT 50/50, DON'T THEY, THE COST OF THE SAND? THEY DO ON THE ANNUAL BUT NOT ON THE BIG FIXES.
SO WHEN WE EVERY AND I'M LOOKING AT LISA GOORJIAN OVER THERE, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE ROUGHLY EVERY TEN YEARS OR SO THAT WE WERE HOPING THAT WE WOULD HAVE BE DOING THE BIG REPLACEMENT ON THE SAND, BUT BECAUSE OF THE EROSION ISSUES AND ALL SORTS OF WEATHER EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MUCH MORE FREQUENT, AND WE'VE BEEN EATING, I BELIEVE ALL OF THOSE COSTS, AND THOSE ARE THAT'S A VERY LARGE TICKET ITEM.
THAT'S NOT JUST THE ANNUAL REPLACEMENT.
MAYBE THEY COULD HELP OUT, AND BECAUSE IT'S TO THEIR BENEFIT.
I'M SORRY, REN. I APOLOGIZE, AND ALSO WHAT FINALLY [INAUDIBLE].
DID I PRONOUNCE THAT RIGHT? THAT MEANS AN INVASIVE SPECIES, ESSENTIALLY.
RIGHT. OR SOMETHING THAT WASN'T THERE, SOMETHING THAT REPLACED WHAT WAS THERE AND I'M W HAT IS THAT? IS IT IS IT SOMETHING NOXIOUS OR AWFUL, OR IS IT COYOTE BRUSH THAT USUALLY INVADES? YEAH, IT'S PRIMARILY JUST WEEDY, WEEDY MATERIAL.
COLIN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OH, OKAY. GREAT.
OKAY. BEFORE I GO BACK TO OLIVIA.
DIRECTOR CORBETT, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BEING SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN THE BAY AREA, THIS IS A GREAT PROGRESSION OF A PROJECT.
IT'S A YOU KNOW, IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD NOW, THOUGH.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
YES. TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE LANDFILL CAPS.
IT MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING.
I KNOW WHEN I READ ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND THE SHORELINE AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 1970S, AND, AND PLEASE, AGAIN, FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME ON THIS.
THIS IS JUST WHAT I'VE READ, THAT THERE WAS THE SAVE THE BAY MOVEMENT THAT HAD HAPPENED IN THE 1970S BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OVER, YOU KNOW, LANDFILLS DOTTING THE SHORELINE, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT AND OTHER PROJECTS WHERE WE HAVE THIS SITUATION, MAYBE THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING TO GO BACK TO.
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YOU KNOW, WHERE WE GOT THE FUNDING FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT FROM MEASURE AA AND THE RESTORE, THE SAN FRANCISCO RESTORATION AUTHORITY. YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO MAY HAVE SOME INSIGHT IN REGARDS TO YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH LANDFILLS AND WHERE THERE'S LANDFILL CAPS, BECAUSE I HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT THERE'S OTHER PROJECTS AROUND THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY THAT MIGHT BE ENCOUNTERING SOMETHING SIMILAR.SORRY. REN BATES, CHIEF OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
THIS SITE IS JUST HAS BEEN FILLED BY DEBRIS, AND SO IT IS FILL THAT'S BEEN PLACED THERE, BUT IT IS NOT A LANDFILL THAT HAS BEEN DECOMMISSIONED AND THEN HAS A CAP THAT IS THEN IS REGULATED. SO IT'S A BIT DIFFERENT.
POINT ISABEL IS NOT EVEN A LANDFILL.
IT'S ACTUALLY IT'S A DISPOSAL SITE THAT HAS A CAP.
SO IT'S I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDFILLS.
SO OYSTER BAY IS DEFINITELY A LANDFILL AND IT HAS A CAP REQUIREMENTS, AND SO THIS SITE IS NOT THAT IT'S BEEN IT HAS BEEN PLACED BECAUSE IT IS FILL IN THE BAY, BUT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY A LANDFILL THAT HAS BEEN CLOSED AND THEN HAS TO HAVE A CLOSURE ORDER THROUGH THE WATER BOARD AND OTHER ENTITIES, AND SO IT IS THERE ARE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT, AND THIS SITE DOESN'T HAVE THAT, BUT I THINK YOUR YOUR COMMENT IS NOTED.
THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SCOTT, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND REN AS WELL FOR ALL THE INFORMATION.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BEING TURNED INTO PARKLAND, AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF BROADER CHALLENGES WITH THE STATE, AND I KNOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT AND WORKING ON THAT AND APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT THAT'S GOING INTO THAT AS WELL, AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.
THANKS. THANKS SO MUCH, AND NOW WE'RE ON TO THE UPDATE ON THE TILDEN.
WE HAVE I WAS THINKING IT WAS INFORMATIONAL.
SO WERE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND I'M WONDERING, SINCE WE HAVE SOMEONE REMOTE, DO WE HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE? YES. IF WE'RE TAKING A VOTE AND THERE'S A REMOTE PARTICIPANT, YOU HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
WELL, I WILL MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE AWARD OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR 630,000 WITH WRT.
IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU. I GUESS WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
WE'VE BEEN ADVISED WE SHOULD DO ROLL CALL WITH ONE PERSON ONLINE.
OKAY, SO CAN YOU PROCEED? YES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT NOW, WE'LL MOVE.
YEAH, I WAS SO EAGER TO GET TO THE EEC.
[CHUCKLING] I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF AGAIN, I GUESS, FOR THE RECORD. THIS IS REN, CHIEF OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
EXCITED TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE BOARD.
THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE EEC PROJECT.
EEC STANDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER AT TILDEN IN THE TILDEN NATURE AREA.
SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WERE AT THE BOARD WITH A PRESENTATION, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGS THAT STAFF HAS CONDUCTED WITH THE HELP OF OUR CONSULTANTS, AND IT TOOK MANY FOLKS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT JIM DEVLIN, OUR DISTRICT ARCHITECT, AND MIKE MORAN ARE HERE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THOSE MEETINGS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT, AND AS WELL AS OFFER THE SHOW THE THREE OPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN RECOMMEND MAKE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS.
SO WITH THAT INTRODUCTION, I WILL INTRODUCE JIM DEVLIN TO COME UP AND GIVE A PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD
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MEMBERS. I'M JIM DEVLIN, ARCHITECT FROM THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, AND.I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU THE LATEST UPDATE ON THE TILDEN EEC REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
ALL RIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE GOALS FOR THE PROJECT.
WHAT THE PROJECT IS, THE PROJECT IS TO REPLACE THE EXISTING TILDEN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER FACILITY AND ITS ASSOCIATED EXHIBITS WITH A NEW FACILITY, AND THE GOALS ARE A TO PROVIDE A BUILDING COMPLEX THAT'S FULLY INTEGRATED WITH THE SURROUNDING NATURAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE.
IT'S ALSO TO CREATE A STATE OF THE ART EDUCATION AND EXHIBIT EXPERIENCE THAT IS INVITING AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL THE PUBLIC, AND A FACILITY THAT REFLECTS THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT DESIGN PRACTICES.
THIS SLIDE HERE IS JUST SORT OF TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT R EPLACING.
THE PICTURE IN THE CENTER IS THE EEC.
THE PICTURE UP IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS AN AERIAL VIEW, AND THE IDEA IS TO REPLACE THE EEC AND THE ASSOCIATED SECURITY RESIDENTS THAT'S ADJACENT TO IT, BUT I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE TILDEN LITTLE FARM IS NOT A PORTION OF THIS PROJECT.
IT WILL NOT BE IMPACTED DIRECTLY BY THIS PROJECT.
THE PROJECT'S LOCATED IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
IT'S SORT OF ON THE WESTERN BORDER WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY.
IT'S LOCATED IN THE TILDEN NATURE AREA, WHICH IS SOUTH OF WILDCAT CREEK AND NORTH OF THE TILDEN REGIONAL PARK AND IT'S ADJACENT TO THE COMMUNITIES OF KENSINGTON AND BERKELEY, BUT REMEMBER, IT'S IN UNINCORPORATED CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
SO HERE I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROGRESS.
WE'VE COMPLETED THE PRE-DESIGN PHASE FOR THE BUILDING AND SITE AND THE PRE-DESIGN PHASE FOR THE EXHIBIT DESIGN AND THEN IN JANUARY, WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING WHERE WE PRESENTED THE PRE-DESIGN PHASE, AND WE ALSO HAD AN EXHIBIT UP AT THE TILDEN EEC ROTUNDA LOBBY, AND THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A WEBSITE WITH PLENTY OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT.
WE HAD COMMUNITY MEETING NUMBER TWO, WHICH WAS ON FEBRUARY 28TH, I BELIEVE, AND THAT IS WHERE WE PRESENTED THE THREE DESIGN OPTIONS TO THE PUBLIC, AND AN ON-SITE EXHIBIT IS GOING UP, I BELIEVE, SOMETIME THIS WEEK AT THE SITE, AND SO THEN THE NEXT STEPS IN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE IS TO SELECT A PREFERRED DESIGN OPTION TO DEVELOP THAT PREFERRED DESIGN OPTION, AND THEN TO ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE EXHIBIT DESIGNS.
PRESIDENT ECHOLS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND ALL IN ATTENDANCE.
I'M IN THE NORTHWEST REGION, WHICH IS WHERE THE TILDEN EEC RESIDES.
I AM TASKED WITH PRESENTING WHAT OUR WORK IS UP TO DATE WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, ALDRICHPEARS ASSOCIATES, AND IT HAS BEEN QUITE THE PROCESS WITH THEM.
THEY'RE INCREDIBLY INNOVATIVE, CREATIVE GROUP THAT HAVE STEERED US IN THE INTERPRETIVE DEPARTMENT TO REALLY GATHER AND DISTILL OUR IDEAS, PUT TOGETHER THE STORY OF THE EEC, THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS.
WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT 50 AND BEYOND? AND SO WE'VE BROKEN THIS DOWN.
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EPA HAS BROKEN IT DOWN INTO THREE DIFFERENT STEPS.WE HAVE EVERYTHING. ALL THIS IS REALLY PERTAINING TO THE VISITOR JOURNEY.
HOW IS THAT EXPERIENCE GOING TO BE FELT WHEN A VISITOR EITHER ANTICIPATES COMING TO THE EEC OR GETS THERE AND GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND THEN PROCEEDS INTO THE TILDEN NATURE AREA? FIRST OF ALL, WE START WITH OUR THEMES, AS WE DO IN ALL OF OUR INTERPRETIVE PROJECTS.
WE'LL ALSO MOVE ON TO SOME CONTENT RELATIONSHIPS, HOW SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT MAKES TILDEN NATURE AREA AND WILDCAT CREEK WATERSHED SO UNIQUE, SUCH A COMPELLING PLACE, AND THE STORY OF ADJACENCIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING IN THIS VISITOR CENTER, THESE EXPERIENCES THAT ARE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER, AND HOW DO THEY RELATE TO EACH OTHER INTO THIS GRANDER PICTURE? SO THIS IS NOT AN EXHIBIT DESIGN PRESENTATION AT ALL.
THIS IS THAT PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THESE EXHIBITS.
SO FIRST OF ALL, WE'LL START WITH THE THEME, AND THE PRINT IS KIND OF SMALL THERE.
SO GO AHEAD AND READ ABOUT OUR OVERALL STORY IS ALWAYS TO DO WITH WILDCAT CREEK WATERSHED.
THE DYNAMIC WILDCAT CREEK WATERSHED EMBODIES DRAMATIC CHANGES THAT DEFINE THE LANDSCAPES, THE VALUES, AND THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM OF THE EAST BAY.
SO ALL THAT WE'RE DOING IS GOING TO BE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THAT PARTICULAR THEME, AND OUR SUB-THEMES BREAK OFF AND SUPPORT THAT OVERARCHING THEME, ALLOWING US TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE WATERSHED.
FIRST ONE WE HAVE THROUGH TIME, THE WATERSHED HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF SUSTENANCE COMMERCIAL WATER SUPPLY, GRAZING LAND, EUCALYPTUS PLANTATION, A FLOOD HAZARD, AND A PLACE OF REFUGE AND RECREATION.
PLANTS AND ANIMALS REVEAL THEIR ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN OUR CHANGING ECOSYSTEM.
THE WILDCAT CREEK CARVES AND SHAPES THE LAND PROVIDES RICH AND VARIED HABITAT FOR MANY PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES, AND PEOPLE HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN THE HEALTH OF THIS ECOSYSTEM, FROM PERSONAL TO POLICY LEVELS, AND THESE ARE ALL THINGS IN THE PRESENT TENSE, BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE GRANDER HISTORY, THE HUMAN HISTORY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON HERE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN SUCH A VARIED AND REMARKABLE WAY AND GOING FORWARD.
SO THIS IS A OUR STATEMENT OF THEMES THAT WILL CAPTURE ALL OF THOSE STORIES.
ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A TRICK TO THIS HERE I'M GOING TO HIT.
THERE WE GO. THANKS VERY MUCH.
THESE ARE THE CONTENT RELATIONSHIPS, AND THESE CONCENTRIC OVALS REALLY HELP US TO CLARIFY HOW THE DIFFERENT STORIES RELATE TO EACH OTHER. WE HAVE THIS EDDY, THIS WATER BODY THAT YOU SEE RIGHT IN THE CENTER, AND THE HEART OF TILDEN NATURE AREA REALLY IS WATER.
THE WATERSHED YOU HAVE JEWEL LAKE, YOU HAVE THE PONDS THERE.
IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT THAT WATERSHED.
SO THIS VISUAL, VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF HOW ALL THESE STORIES ARE CARRIED BY THESE, THESE THEMES AND CONNECT TO THESE THEMES IS REALLY CENTERING AROUND THAT WATER, THAT EDDY, BUT THEN WHEN YOU HAVE THE UP CLOSE FEELING OF THE WATER, THE PLANTS, ANIMALS, YOU'RE STUDYING THIS AND YOU'RE EXPERIENCING THE WATER, YOU TAKE ONE STEP BACK AND YOU'VE GOT TILDEN NATURE AREA WRIT LARGE.
HOW DO WE GO ABOUT INTERPRETING THAT? AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS THROUGH TIME AND PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY IMMERSED IN THE ENTIRE TILDEN NATURE AREA EXPERIENCE, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE OUT ONE MORE STEP TO THE WATERSHED, AND THIS IS THE HEADWATERS UP AT THE PEAKS OF THE EAST BAY HILLS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BAY, THAT THIS WATERSHED SYSTEM SUPPORTS WILDLIFE, PLANTS, MIGRATIONS, STORIES ALL THE WAY FROM THE HEADWATERS DOWN TO THE BAY AND THE WATERSHED PROVIDES US WITH A REALLY GREAT VIEW.
ANOTHER WORD FOR A WATERSHED IS A CATCHMENT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE USE VERY MUCH IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT I REALLY LIKE USING THAT WORD BECAUSE IT DOES CATCH AND CAPTURE AND HOLD AND SHARE MANY OF THE STORIES THAT WILL BE PRESENTING AT THE VISITOR CENTER AND THE TILDEN NATURE AREA, AND IT ALSO ILLUSTRATES HOW PROCESSES AND HAPPENINGS THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED IMPACT AND SUPPORT AN ARRAY OF COMMUNITIES, HUMAN COMMUNITIES THAT USE THE AREA, THE NATURAL COMMUNITIES, THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES THAT GO ON HERE, AND THEN WE MOVE OUT TO THE PARK DISTRICT, WHICH IS REALLY KIND OF OUR GRAND PART OF THE CATCHMENT WHERE WE REALLY EXPLORE HOW WE AS HUMANS HAVE CHOSEN TO INTERACT WITH PARKLANDS IN GENERAL AND TO THE NATURE AREA, AND THIS WILDCAT CREEK WATERSHED IN PARTICULAR.
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PEOPLE TO THEIR PARKS? AND YOU ALSO SEE THESE, THESE RED THREADS THROUGH HERE.SO THIS IF YOU WERE JUST TO LOOK AT THE CONCENTRIC SPHERES, YOU MIGHT THINK OF SEPARATION, BUT WE REALLY WANT FOLKS TO LOOK AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT ASPECTS THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES OR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
WHAT IS THE PERSPECTIVE THAT WE COULD SHARE THROUGH AN OHLONE SENSIBILITY HISTORICALLY, PRESENTLY, AND INTO THE FUTURE? HOW WOULD FOLKS LOOK AT THIS PLACE, THE TILDEN NATURE AREA AND THE WATERSHED WRIT LARGE, AS A NATURALIST OR AS A CONSERVATIONIST, OR WHAT IF YOU WERE THE ANIMAL ITSELF USING THAT WATERSHED? WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS PLACE THAT CONNECTS YOU AS AN ANIMAL, AS THAT SPECIES TO THIS PLACE AND WHAT IS IT THAT WE AS HUMANS HAVE DONE TO IMPACT IN GOOD WAYS, BAD WAYS, IN DIFFERENT WAYS, ALL THE ABOVE THAT PARTICULAR SPECIES RIGHTS.
WAS IT THAT ONE? THERE WE GO, BUT ALL THROUGH ALL THIS, YOUR INTERPRETATION, AS YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS GRAPH, THAT'S OUR BIGGEST TENET, AND THE ADJACENCIES. THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING CONCEPT THAT APA SHARED WITH US WORKING WITH SARAH'S TEAM, REALLY GATHERING UP SO MUCH INFORMATION IN THE HISTORY AND THAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT HER TEAM HAS TO REALLY DECIDE WHAT IT IS THAT HAS HAPPENED TO TILDEN, WHAT DO WE WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN? AND FOR ALL PARK EXPERIENCES, THERE'S IF YOU START ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'VE GOT THE ARRIVAL, YOU'VE JUST PULLED INTO THAT PARKING LOT, OR YOU'VE JUST CRESTED THAT HILL AND YOU'RE COMING DOWN AND THERE'S THAT ARRIVAL SENSE.
WE ARE HERE, WE ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON OUR ADVENTURE, BUT BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY GET OUT OF THE CAR, YOU'RE STARTING A DECOMPRESSION WHEN YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GET INTO THE TILDEN NATURE AREA REALLY REAP THOSE GRACES THERE.
SO THAT IS PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS, AND THEN YOU GET UP TO THE RECEPTION WHERE YOU'RE ORIENTED.
YOU'RE IN THE VISITOR CENTER NOW OR YOU'RE IN, YOU'VE JUST CROSSED THE BRIDGE OVER TO WHERE THE LITTLE FARM AND THE VISITOR CENTER MIGHT BE, AND YOU'RE BEING RECEIVED BY THIS PARK. HOW IS THAT EXPERIENCE GOING TO BE MAXIMIZED BY THE DESIGN OF THE VISITOR CENTER AND THE EXHIBITS AND THE LANDSCAPING, TOO? SO THAT'S YOUR ORIENTATION.
I'M HERE. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NEXT? YOU GO INSIDE THE BUILDING AND ITS INTERPRETATION, INTERPRETATION, INTERPRETATION.
THAT'S OUR CENTRAL TENET, AND THAT REALLY PROVIDES FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE AND CONNECT TO THE PARK THROUGH THESE GREEN LITTLE SPOTS THAT THE SECTIONS OF THE CIRCLES THERE THROUGH ORIENTATION, GETTING AN IDEA WHERE YOU ARE THROUGH PLAY, THROUGH REFLECTION, THROUGH EXPLORATION AND TOUCH AND CONNECTION, THESE ARE ALL AVENUES THAT WE CAN USE THROUGH INTERPRETATION TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THAT POSITIVE INTERACTION, THAT CONNECTION PEOPLE HAVE WITH THEIR PARKS ONCE YOU'RE INSIDE THE BUILDING, AND THAT INTERPRETATION IS ALL INTEGRATED WITH THE SITE.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING OUT THROUGH THE PERIMETER OF THE BLUE CIRCLE, YOU'LL SEE THE YELLOW CIRCLES THERE AGAIN WITH THE ARROWS ATTACHED TO THEM, AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET OUT INTO THE PARK.
SO YOU'RE HAVING PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS, VISUAL CONNECTIONS, SENSORIAL SENSORY CONNECTIONS TO THESE PLACES TO GET OUT, ENJOY THE WATERSHED, GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE TRAILS. CHECK OUT THE LITTLE FARM.
WE WANT TO CONNECT THE VISITOR CENTER TO THE LITTLE FARM.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND NOW IS THAT THEY ARE, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, YOU COULDN'T GET MUCH MORE SEPARATE FROM THE EXPERIENCE BETWEEN THE TWO AMENITIES. SO WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND EXPLORE ABOUT.
SO ALL OF THESE, THE THEMES, THE RELATIONSHIPS, THESE ADJACENCIES ARE ALL DEVELOPED IN CONCERT WITH THE ARCHITECTS AND THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY REFRESHING VIEW THE DISTRICT HAS TAKEN IS THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING A BUILDING AND THEN DEVELOPING EXHIBITS AND INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS TO GO INSIDE THAT BUILDING, WE'VE WORKED WITH EHDD, APA AND CMG, OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, TO PUT ALL THOSE IDEAS TOGETHER AT THE VERY BEGINNING, AND THAT REALLY MAKES FOR A MUCH MORE SEAMLESS EXPERIENCE.
IT'S EXCITING WORK, BUT IT'S MUCH MORE SEAMLESS, AND IT MAKES A WHOLE LOT MORE SENSE IN DEVELOPING THE MAXIMUM RETURN ON THIS KIND OF A PROJECT. SO IT'S A HOLISTIC PROJECT.
IT'S A HOLISTIC EXPERIENCE, AND ALTHOUGH THIS DOESN'T TELL US WHAT THOSE EXHIBITS ARE GOING TO BE, IT DOESN'T TELL US IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SCREENS, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PANELS, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TOUCH THINGS, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE COMING
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BUT THIS IS REALLY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE DEVELOPING THAT PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF WHERE WE GO NEXT, AND THAT'S BEEN A GREAT PART OF THIS PROJECT.WORKING WITH APA, EHDD AND CMG AND THE DISTRICT TEAM HAS BEEN A REAL PLEASURE.
IT'S BEEN A REAL GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR INNOVATION.
I'M GOING TO NOW TAKE YOU BACK TO LOOKING AT THE BUILDING PER SE AND THE SITE.
SO FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE, THE DESIGN TEAM, JUST SORT OF EXPLAINING HOW THEY TRIED TO MEET OUR GOALS FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH I STATED EARLIER IN THE PROJECT OF BEING MORE INTEGRATED WITH THE CULTURAL NATURAL RESOURCES.
THEY'RE CREATING A NEW ENTRY EXPERIENCE FOR TILDEN NATURE AREA AND WELCOMING ALL TILDEN NATURE AREA VISITORS AND PROVIDING A MORE DIRECT CONNECTION TO LITTLE FARM IN NEARBY PARK RESOURCES, AND THEN CONSOLIDATING THE SURFACE ACCESS, AND I'LL EXPLAIN THESE AS WE GO THROUGH THE SLIDES INVITING AND ACCESSIBLE, PROVIDING A MORE DAYLIGHT AND VISUAL CONNECTION ACROSS THE SITE.
THAT'S KEY TO US, BECAUSE THE EXISTING FACILITY IS SORT OF ENCLOSED AND YOU DON'T YOU DON'T REALLY SEE THE SITE WHEN YOU'RE INSIDE OF IT BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE FROM INSIDE OUT, AND ALSO FOR PEOPLE VISITING THE PARK TO SEE INSIDE AND JUST ENHANCING THE VISITOR SERVICES AND ACCESS THROUGHOUT, AND THEN FROM A SUSTAINABLE, WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPROVING THE BUILDING PERFORMANCE IN SITE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT 50 PLUS YEARS.
SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE NEW PLANS, I WANTED TO GO OVER THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
UP HERE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS THE LITTLE FARM THAT'S RECTANGLE IS THE COW BARN.
IT'S THAT GRAVEL AREA WHERE EVERYONE SORT OF MIXES BEFORE MOVING DEEPER INTO THE FARM.
THIS IS THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER, AND THEN DOWN HERE IS THE SECURE THE EXISTING SECURE SECURITY RESIDENCE DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHEET.
JUST OUTSIDE THE SHEET WOULD BE THE WATER, THE WILDCAT CREEK TO THE NORTH.
UP HERE ARE THE TRAILS THAT LEAD THROUGH THE FOREST UP TO WILDCAT PEAK.
DOWN HERE. YOU CAN SEE WE'RE LOCATED.
THIS IS THE ARRIVAL FROM THE PARKING LOT.
SO CURRENTLY PEOPLE WHO ARRIVE COME.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE GO STRAIGHT UP THIS ROAD INTO LITTLE FARM, AND MANY OF THEM, ON THEIR WAY OUT, ARE GREETED BY A BLANK WALL OF SHINGLES.
IF YOU KNOW THE AREA AND HEAD ON OUT.
JUST ASSUMING THAT THIS IS SOME SORT OF DISTRICT OFFICE SPACE OR RESEARCH CENTER OR SOMETHING THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PUBLIC, AND ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO CHANGE THAT EXPERIENCE. SO NOW I'M GOING TO ENTER INTO THE.
SCHEME ONE, ALSO NICKNAMED THE EDDY SCHEME.
WELL, MAYBE I'LL SITUATION ONCE AGAIN.
THIS IS THE DIRECTION YOU'RE COMING FROM THE PARKING LOT.
CREEK DOWN THIS WAY AND LET'S SAY THE FOREST UP HERE AND BACK HERE IS THE SERVICE ROAD THAT LEADS TO THE SERVICE YARD. WHEN YOU ENTER FROM THE PARKING LOT, YOU'LL COME UP THIS TRAIL. THIS AREA WILL BE, AND YOU COME TO A PLAZA AREA THAT WILL BE MORE DEVELOPED AT THAT.
YOU ENTER THE BUILDING AND THIS HAS A STRONG VISUAL CONNECTION.
HERE. AS YOU ENTER THE BUILDING.
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MAYBE I'LL JUST DO IT VERBALLY.THAT'S COMMON TO ALL THE THEMES.
TO YOUR LEFT IS THE CLASSROOM, AND THE LARGER RECTANGLE DOWN IS THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM.
YOU SORT OF ENTER INTO A LARGE PUBLIC SPACE THAT HAS SMALLER NICHE SPACES ADJACENT TO IT.
SO THE BLUE DOWN AT THE LOWER, THE BLUE RECTANGLE SHAPE REPRESENTS THE WATERSHED OR THE CREEK EXHIBIT, AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE EXHIBIT AND ITS WINDOWS ARE FOCUSED TOWARDS THE RIPARIAN CORRIDOR OF THE CREEK.
THE GREEN IS HAS TO DO WITH THE FOREST, AND THE MEADOWS IS THE THEMES, AND WHEN YOU LOOK OUT THE WINDOW FROM THERE, YOU'RE LOOKING OUT ONTO THE MEADOW AND THE FOREST, AND THERE'S BOTH OF THESE SPACES WOULD HAVE DOORS THAT LEAD OUT TO TRAILS THAT WOULD LEAD YOU OUT TO THERE.
THEY ALSO WOULD HAVE OUTDOOR EXHIBITS.
THAT MIGHT DRAW PEOPLE OUT TO IT ALSO.
THE BEIGE IS THE REFLECTION AREA, AND THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THERE MIGHT BE READING MATERIAL.
THERE'S PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO QUIETER AREAS FOR PEOPLE TO REFLECT.
IT'S ALSO A PLACE MANY PEOPLE ARE.
CHILDREN CAN BE, CHILDREN WITH CERTAIN DISABILITIES CAN BE OVERWHELMED BY THE ACTIVITIES OF THE EXHIBIT, AND THE PARENTS LIKE TO TAKE THEM TO AN AREA THAT'S A LITTLE QUIETER, BUT WE'D ALSO LIKE THEM TO HAVE VIEWS OUT TO THE NET, TO THE NATURE AREA, THE.
INFORMATION DESK IS IN THE CENTER BETWEEN THE BLUE RECTANGLE AND THE BEIGE RECTANGLE, AND THAT SQUARE RIGHT BEYOND, TO YOUR LEFT BEGINS THE SERVICE.
YOU'LL SEE. DOWN IN THE FAR LOWER LEFT CORNER IS THE SECURITY RESIDENCE.
IN THIS SCHEME, THE SECURITY RESIDENCE REMAINS AS IS.
WE WOULD DO SOME RENOVATION WORK TO IT, BUT IT'S NOT.
IT'S NOT DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED.
IT WILL REMAIN, AND THEN THE SECURITY RESIDENTS AND THE TO THE LEFT OF THE ADMINISTRATION SPACE IS THE.
STAFF PARKING AREA AND DROP OFF AREA, WHICH IS THEN CONNECTED TO THE AND I'LL SHOW FURTHER SITE SLIDES CONNECTED TO THE SERVICE ROAD.
THIS IS SCHEME NUMBER TWO, CALLED THE BRANCH SCHEME.
ONCE AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THE RED ARROW REPRESENTS THE ENTRY TO THE BUILDING.
WHEN ONE ENTERS THIS THERE IS A SORT OF A CORRIDOR.
YOU WALK THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR INTO A MIXING AREA THAT HAS THE INFORMATION DESK, AND TO YOUR LEFT IS THE BLUE SORT OF A BLUE TRIANGLE THAT REPRESENTS THE WATERSHED EXHIBITS AND THE CREEK, AND TO THE NORTH IS THE REFLECT IN THE FOREST.
WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS SCHEME THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE? THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS YOU SORT OF WALKED INTO ONE LARGE SPACE WITH LITTLE AREAS.
THIS ONE, YOU SORT OF DISCOVER NEW SPACES AS YOU AS YOU WALK THROUGH IT, AND THERE AND THE EXHIBIT SPACES ARE IN MORE DISCREET SPACES. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE SEPARATED AND NOT ALL SORT OF MIXED TOGETHER AS MUCH.
SO IT WOULD BE RENOVATED BUT NOT DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WOULD BE THE WINDOWS FACING OUT TO THE TO THE ACTUAL SPECIFIC, ONCE AGAIN, SPECIFIC INTERPRETIVE AREAS OUTSIDE THAT RELATE TO THE EXHIBITS INSIDE.
THIRD AND FINAL SCHEME IS THE CLUSTER SCHEME.
ONCE AGAIN YOU ENTER AT THE RED ARROW, SIMILAR LOCATION IN THE PREVIOUS SCHEMES.
THE TO YOUR RIGHT IS THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM AND TO YOUR LEFT IS THE RESTROOMS.
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YOU COME INTO AN AREA, YOU KIND OF COME INTO THE WATERSHED OR CREEK EXHIBIT AREA, AND IF YOU MOVE UP TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE GREEN, AND THE BEIGE REPRESENTS THE FOREST AND THE REFLECTION AREAS.SIMILAR IN THE SCHEME OF THE ADMINISTRATION IS TO THE LEFT, AND THEN IN THIS SCHEME, THE SECURITY RESIDENCE WOULD NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED WITH A NEW STRUCTURE.
SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A SCHEME A AND A SCHEME B AND A SCHEME C FOR THE LANDSCAPE.
IT'S ANY OF THESE LANDSCAPE SCHEMES CAN GO WITH ANY OF THE BUILDING SCHEMES.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES YOU MAY RECALL WHEN I CAME HERE PREVIOUSLY FROM THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND THEN ALSO FROM THE PRE-DESIGN, WE REALIZED WE HAVE AN ADA ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THIS FACILITY.
NOW YOU COME TO THE PARKING LOT.
AT THE END OF THE PARKING LOT IS A ROUNDABOUT TURNAROUND THAT.
THAT IT MAY NOT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IT, YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT, BUT IT'S SLOPED.
IT SLOPES TOO MUCH, AND SO THERE IS GOING TO NEED TO BE SOME GRADING WORK DONE IN THAT AREA TO ACTUALLY BRING IT TO AN ACCEPTABLE ADA GRADE. THIS SCHEME PRESENTS THE IDEA OF A NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, A NEW ENTRY TO THE PARK, AND THAT'S THAT BROWN LINE COMING OUT OF THE CIRCLE HEADED DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE VISITOR CENTER.
THIS HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING THE LEAST DROP AND RISE FOR SOMEONE COMING TO THE PARK.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO THAT I'LL SHOW YOU OTHER SCHEMES.
YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN TO THE CREEK AND THEN COME BACK UP TO THE VISITOR CENTER.
YOU LEVEL WITH THE JUST A FEW FEET BELOW THE VISITOR CENTER LEVEL.
THE SCHEME, THE CURRENT EXISTING PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IS ELIMINATED AND THE IS REPLANTED WITH NATURAL PLANTING AND ONLY TO THE FAR RIGHT OF THE CIRCLE.
YOU CAN STILL SEE THE ROAD THAT SERVICE ROAD FIRE ROAD THAT LEADS INTO LEADS YOU TO DOWN TO WILDCAT CREEK AND THE SERVICE ENTRY FOR THE PARK.
THIS SCHEME ALSO FOCUSES AS MUCH OF THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AS POSSIBLE TOWARDS THE VISITOR CENTER AND LITTLE FARM, AND BRINGS YOU TO SORT OF A PLAZA AREA THAT WE COULD THEN ORIENT PEOPLE TO THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES IN THE PARK.
BUSLOADS COME, AND WHAT THE STAFF HAS TO DO IS BREAK THOSE STUDENTS UP INTO SMALLER GROUPS WITH NATURALISTS THAT THEN CAN ROTATE THROUGH THE VISITOR CENTER EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T POSSIBLY BRING THEM TOGETHER ALL AS ONE LARGE GROUP, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THESE DEVELOPING THESE NODES FOR THE VARIOUS GROUPS.
ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS IS THE LAWN.
SO BUT WE ALSO IT'S VERY POPULAR LAWN AREAS WITH THE TODDLERS THAT COME TO THE LITTLE FARM.
SO THE IDEA IS TO RESTRICT THE LAWN AREA TO SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEM, BUT NOT TO HAVE THEM TAKING UP THE ENTIRE GROUND PLANE.
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BETWEEN THE VISITOR CENTER AND THE WILDCAT CREEK RIPARIAN CORRIDOR.THERE'S THOSE TWO GREEN DARK GREEN OVALS.
THIS ONE WAS A SCHEME THAT SUGGESTED THE IDEA OF WE WOULD ELIMINATE THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, OR THE PEDESTRIAN PATH THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS, AND FOCUS ALL THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ONTO THAT ROAD, THAT SERVICE ROAD.
THE IDEA CREATING A SERVICE ROAD AND ADJACENT TO A VERY DEFINED PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.
THE REASON THE CONSULTANT SUGGESTED THIS IDEA WAS THAT THEY WANTED.
CURRENTLY, WHEN SOMEONE'S NEW TO THE PARK COMES THERE, THERE'S IT'S A BIT CONFUSING.
SO THEIR IDEA WAS IF YOU LOOK AT THE ROTUNDA, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BUILD A GATEWAY THROUGH THE ROTUNDA, MAYBE A BOARDWALK THROUGH THE OAK TREES THAT ARE IN THE ROTUNDA, CREATING A GATEWAY THAT THEN FOCUSES ALL THE PEOPLE COMING DOWN FROM THE PARKING LOT TO ONE POINT AND THEN DOWN THAT ONE POINT DOWN TO THE SORT OF CREEK LEVEL, AND THEN BACK UP TO THE VISITOR CENTER.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS HAS A REQUIRE MORE GRADING FOR THE ADA PATH BECAUSE YOU'RE DROPPING DOWN LOWER.
THE IDEA BEING IT REALLY BECOMES AN ATTRACTION.
FOCUSING ON ATTRACTING THE SMALL TODDLERS AND VISITORS TO THE LITTLE FARM.
THIS THE FINAL LANDSCAPE SCHEME C HAS HANDLES THE ROTUNDA SIMILAR TO THE SCHEME I JUST SHOWED WHERE THEY CREATE A GATEWAY THROUGH THE OAK TREES BUT IN THIS SCHEME WE WILL UPGRADE THE EXISTING PEDESTRIAN PATH TO BE ADA ACCESSIBLE.
SO IT WILL REQUIRE SOME WORK THROUGH.
SOME SOME GRADING WORK AROUND THE AROUND THAT PATH.
WHEN YOU COME ACROSS THAT EXISTING PATH THAT BRINGS YOU TO ONCE AGAIN DOWN TO THAT LOW AREA, AND THEN YOU'LL NEED TO WORK YOUR WAY BACK UP ON ADA PATH, BUT UP TO THE ENTRY AREA OF THE VISITOR CENTER, AND THEN FROM THE ENTRY OF ALL THESE SCHEMES, THE VISITOR CENTER, THERE WOULD BE AN ADA PATH THAT WOULD LEAD OVER TO THE TILDEN LITTLE FARM.
THIS SCHEME EXPLORES THE IDEA OF A GRANDER PLAZA BETWEEN THE MEADOW AND THE VISITOR CENTER, SORT OF A SIMILAR TO WHAT THE SITUATION WE HAVE THERE NOW, WHERE THERE'S A DECK AND A SMALL LAWN AREA ADJACENT ADJACENT TO THAT DECK. THIS IS THE THREE SCHEMES PUT TOGETHER ON ONE SHEET.
THIS IS SCHEME. A LANDSCAPE SHOWN WITH ALL THREE OF THE BUILDINGS.
SO WHICH SO THE CURRENT PATH OR ROAD DOWN TO JEWEL LAKE IS THE GRAY ONE? YES. DO YOU WANT ME TO GO? LET ME GO BACK TO A LARGER IMAGE AND MAYBE I'LL TRY.
IS THAT DIRT ROAD THAT LEADS DOWN TO JEWEL LAKE AND ON TO WILDCAT PARK? OKAY, SO IN YOUR GO BACK TO THE ONE WHERE YOU HAVE A NEW ENTRANCE TO THE FULLY NEW ENTRANCE, I GUESS IT'S IN A . THIS ONE? YEAH. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING FOR PEOPLE WHO, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I KNOW FROM SARAH AND MIKE THAT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE EITHER GOING TO JEWEL LAKE OR GOING TO THE NATURE AREA.
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CORRECT, THAT WAS THE THOUGHT THAT OBVIOUSLY THE LOCALS ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY TAKE THE SHORTEST ROUTE, AND SO BUT WHAT WE'RE MAINLY CONCERNED WITH IS WAS THE NEW PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE AND COME TO THAT ROUNDABOUT AND NOT NOT SURE WHICH OF THOSE PATHWAYS THEY SHOULD TAKE.THIS HERE IS JUST REPRESENTS THE PLANTING INTENTIONS.
REALLY, THE IDEA IS JUST TO BUILD UPON WHAT'S THERE.
WHEN YOU COME FROM THE ROTUNDA, YOU'LL CROSS THE RIPARIAN CREEK AND ALL THE LANDSCAPING.
THERE WILL BE NATIVE PLANTS ASSOCIATED WITH A RIPARIAN CORRIDOR.
YOU COME UP AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE BUILDING, YOU'LL SEE IN SORT OF A TAN COLOR IS THE POLLINATOR.
THAT WOULD BE PLANTS, SOME EDUCATIONAL PLANTINGS.
ALL NATIVE, BUT MORE SPECIFIC TO THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THE, I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT THE REDDISH COLOR THAT'S BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE WILDCAT CREEK ROAD.
WOULD BE A REDWOOD ECOLOGY SIMILAR TO AS YOU WALK DOWN IT.
NOW, THERE'S REDWOODS, AND WE WOULD JUST SORT OF EXPAND UPON THAT TO THE, TO THE, TO THE NORTH OR TO THE, BETWEEN THE FORESTED OAKS AND THE VISITOR CENTER.
THE IDEA THERE IS TO CREATE A MEADOW ADJACENT TO THE VISITOR CENTER, BUT IT ALL BE TIED IN WITH THAT SORT OF OAKLAND LANDSCAPE.
JUST WANT TO UPDATE PEOPLE ON THE NEXT STEPS ON THIS PROJECT IS TO SELECT A PREFERRED DESIGN OPTION IN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND DEVELOP AND DEVELOP THAT PREFERRED DESIGN OPTION.
WE'LL ALSO BE CONTINUING WITH DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXHIBITS.
WE ALSO HAVE AN UPCOMING COMMUNITY MEETING, NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 10TH, AND THE TOPIC OF THAT DESIGN, THAT WILL BE THE DESIGN PROGRESS AND THE PROJECT TIMELINE. SO AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU THE.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE STAFF FOR THIS ON THESE THESE OPTIONS.
I'LL START WITH THE LANDSCAPE.
AS FAR AS THE ENTRY TO THE FACILITY, OUR PREFERRED OPTION IS THIS SCHEME.
THERE'S THE ISSUE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS AND THE ISSUE OF THE HOW HOW IT WOULD WORK WITH THE SILTATION POND.
OUR SECOND PREFERRED SCHEME IS SCHEME C, AND THAT'S REALLY DEVELOPING WHAT'S EXISTING THERE AND IMPROVING THE EXISTING SITUATION.
WE ALL SORT OF CAME TO THE AGREEMENT THAT OPTION B, FUNNELING EVERYONE TO THE SERVICE ROAD, JUST WE DID NOT THINK WAS AN IDEAL SOLUTION, EVEN THOUGH IT SOLVES SOME PROBLEMS. IT JUST, WE BELIEVE CREATED NEW ONES WITH THE CONFLICT OF PEDESTRIANS, WITH THE VEHICLES.
AS FAR AS THE LOCATIONS OF THE LAWN AND THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF THE PLAZA AREA.
ONCE WE SET OUR GET MORE SET ON THE BUILDING PLAN.
ONCE WE HAVE A PREFERRED BUILDING PLAN, THEN THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT CAN REALLY FOCUS AND START TO DEVELOP THOSE OUTDOOR PLAZA AREAS AND PATHWAYS, AND WE CAN DETERMINE THE BEST SOLUTION THAT MIGHT START TO INFORM US WITH THE BEST SOLUTION FOR LOCATING THE TURF AND OTHER AMENITIES. MOVING TO THE BUILDING.
THAT'S RECOMMENDED BY STAFF IS THE BRANCH SCHEME, SCHEME NUMBER TWO, AND I THINK I'LL GO THROUGH AND EXPLAIN SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES WE FELT FOR THIS SCHEME. FIRST, WHEN YOU'RE ARRIVING, IF I CAN DO THIS WITHOUT.
AS YOU'RE ARRIVING TO THE FACILITY FROM THE PARKING LOT AREA.
THIS BUILDING REALLY OPENS UP, I THINK, IN A MORE INVITING THAN THE OTHER SCHEMES, AND I CAN SHOW YOU GO BACK TO OTHER SCHEMES IF YOU'D LIKE IT REALLY I THINK DRAWS PEOPLE, DRAW PEOPLE IN.
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THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SHEET, WHICH IS FROM THE PARKING LOT.ANOTHER NICE THING ABOUT THIS BUILDING IS YOU MAY NOTICE THAT COMPARED TO THE OTHER ONES, IT'S A COLLECTION OF SMALLER MASSES, SMALLER FOOTPRINT, INSTEAD OF BEING ONE LARGE BUILDING SITTING IN THE IN THE MEADOW, IT'S ALMOST A CLUSTER OF SMALLER ONES, AND IT WHAT THAT DOES A NUMBER OF THINGS FOR US.
ONE OF IT IT BRINGS THE SCALE DOWN OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS MORE IN KEEPING WITH THE, I THINK, THE LITTLE FARM, THE SOME OF OUR EXISTING CULTURAL RESOURCES, AND IF YOU LOOK JUST EVEN LOOKING AT THE COW BARN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SCALE OF THAT COW BARN IS SIMILAR TO THE SCALE OF THESE WINGS OF THE BUILDING, WHEREAS THE OTHER BUILDINGS WERE JUST LARGE BLOCKS, WHICH WOULD HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT FEEL THAN THE SCALE OF THE BUILDINGS AT A LITTLE FARM.
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF THIS IS THAT WHEN YOU COME INTO THE BUILDING.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR THE STAFF, REALLY MANAGING THESE BUSLOADS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN THAT COME HERE DAILY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR IS IT'S CRITICAL THAT THEY HAVE A WAY TO BREAK UP THE GROUPS INTO SMALLER GROUPS IN ORDER TO MANAGE IT.
OTHERWISE IT CAN GET A BIT CHAOTIC.
SO THIS SCHEME, STAFF FELT, DID THE BEST JOB OF THAT OF BREAKING THE EXHIBIT AREA INTO SMALLER, DISCRETE AREAS WHERE THEY COULD SEND SMALLER GROUPS OF STUDENTS TO AND THEN CIRCULATE THEM THROUGH THROUGH THE BUILDING.
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF THIS BUILDING IS WE FEEL THERE'S A MORE OF A SENSE OF DISCOVERY.
THE OTHER BUILDINGS, YOU WALK INTO THEM AND YOU SEE A BIG SPACE, AND THAT'S THE END OF THE DISCOVERY WITH THIS PROJECT, AS YOU WALK INTO THE SPACE, MAYBE I CAN TRY AND WALK YOU THROUGH IT WITHOUT MOVING THE SLIDE, BUT IF YOU WALK THROUGH IT, YOU COME AND THE FIRST THING YOU SEE, YOU START TO GET VIEWS THROUGH THE WINDOWS AND OF THE EXHIBITS, AND AS YOU CONTINUE TO WALK, YOU'LL SEE.
SO THERE'S MORE OF A SENSE OF DISCOVERY, AND WE THINK THAT THE MORE THE MORE EVERY TIME YOU COME BACK TO THE FACILITY OVER MULTIPLE TIMES, YOU'LL KIND OF DISCOVER TO LOOK AT IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS VERSUS JUST THE LARGE SPACE.
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE IS BY HAVING THE SMALLER SCALE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, WE BELIEVE TALKING TO OUR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WILL BE ABLE TO USE MORE OF THE LUMBER FROM THE EXISTING EEC TO BUILD, TO REUSE THAT LUMBER AND BUILD THIS SCHEME, BECAUSE IT HAS THE SHORTER SPANS THAN THE LARGER VOLUMES.
SO IF YOU CAN ALMOST IMAGINE THE IDEA IS THESE WINGS WOULD HAVE THESE MAYBE GABLED ROOFS THAT OPEN CEILINGS, AND PART OF THE STORY WOULD BE THAT THOSE THAT THOSE CEILING RAFTERS WOULD BE BUILT WITH SOME STRUCTURE THAT WE REPURPOSED FROM THE EXISTING TILDEN EEC.
WITH THAT, I GUESS I KIND OF WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.
OKAY. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO START BECAUSE I HAVE TO LEAVE A LITTLE EARLY.
SO WHAT WHAT I WAS WONDERING, AND YOU SORT OF COVERED IT IN THIS LAST BIT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAT THROUGH THE WORKSHOP, I WAS REALLY WONDERING, SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT CRITERIA WILL YOU USE TO REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW ALL OF THESE DESIGNS FIT TOGETHER? DOES THAT JUST IS THAT JUST GO BACK TO THOSE ORIGINAL THEMES THAT YOU LAID OUT IN THE BEGINNING IN TERMS OF ACCESS AND ACCESSIBILITY AND ALL OF THAT OR YES, THOSE WELL, THOSE ARE OUR THREE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, BUT THE OTHER FACTORS THAT COME INVOLVED IS, I THINK I BROUGHT UP IS HOW THE STAFF OPERATES THE BUILDING, AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S A UNIQUE BUILDING.
I DON'T KNOW MANY BUILDINGS THAT REALLY IN THE AREA THAT HAVE THE AMOUNT OF SCHOOLCHILDREN THAT COME THROUGH, AND THAT'S JUST ON THE WEEKDAYS AND ON THE WEEKENDS THERE'S DIFFERENT PROGRAMS GOING ON.
SO IT WAS A COMBINATION OF THOSE GOALS, STAFF NEEDS, AND THEN SORT OF SOME PROFESSIONAL ADVICE FROM OUR EXHIBIT. WE HIRED AN EXHIBIT DESIGN CONSULTANT THAT'S DONE NUMEROUS VISITOR CENTERS, AND THEY ALSO HAD RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY MADE TO GUIDE
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US IN OUR CHOICE, OUR CHOICES.GREAT, AND THEN THE OTHER THING, AND THIS DID COME UP IN THE WORKSHOP, BUT I ALSO STRONGLY FEEL THAT WE SHOULD REALLY HIGHLIGHT AND CENTER THE NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE FIND A WAY TO DO THAT AS WELL.
AS I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE WORKSHOP, ALSO THE LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY AND WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EXHIBITS ARE AVAILABLE TO FOLKS WHO WHO DON'T HAVE ENGLISH AS A FIRST LANGUAGE.
RIGHT, BOTH THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND THE LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY, AND I THINK NATIVE PLANTS WERE THE THREE KEY THINGS THAT CAME UP IN THE PUBLIC WORKSHOP, AND , WELL, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE NATIVE PLANT, OKAY.
I'M NOT EVEN RAISING THAT ONE.
SO AS FAR AS THE LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, WE SPEAK A LOT OF LANGUAGES IN THE BAY AREA.
SO THE IDEA OF OF EVERY PANEL TRYING TO COVER EVERY LANGUAGE WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.
THEN THAT OPENS UP THE DOOR TO ANY LANGUAGES.
SO I THINK BOTH BOTH OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE GOOD.
ALL RIGHT. WELL I'M GOING TO I THINK I WILL GO AHEAD AND JUST GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JOHN.
THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOING WE'RE IN THE QUESTION PHASE, SO.
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO GO START OFF.
HI AGAIN. MIKE MORAN, INTERPRETIVE AND RECREATION SERVICES MANAGER.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.
WE'VE HISTORICALLY THOUGHT OF AS ADA ACCESSIBILITY, AND NOW THE STATE OF THE ART IS THAT WE'RE MUCH BROADER IN OUR APPROACH, INCLUDING LANGUAGES AND THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH A STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE AND WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS AND SUCH THAT WE CAN ADDRESS LANGUAGES THROUGH A LOT MORE THAN TWO LANGUAGE BROCHURES, THROUGH LENDING OUT HEADSETS.
GREAT. WELL, THAT IS REALLY EXCITING, AND I DO ALSO WANT TO SAY I JUMPED RIGHT INTO MY QUESTIONS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY JUST HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, AND THIS IT MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS LISTENING FOR THE SECOND TIME, OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST THE WAY YOU PRESENTED, BUT IT REALLY CAME ALIVE FOR ME TODAY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS AND REALLY HOW THIS ALL CAN FIT TOGETHER TO CREATE THIS REALLY INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU. JUST A FOLLOW UP ON DIRECTOR ECHOLS COMMENTS ABOUT HOPE WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING AS FAR AS ADA THE SITE CHALLENGE BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER HUGE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS WELL AS SENIORS AS I'M ONE TOO, BUT JUST TO COMMENT ON BRIDGES.
THEY'RE NICE, BUT THEY'RE EXPENSIVE, AND THEY ALWAYS NEED MAINTENANCE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, BUT THAT'S, BUT I REALLY LIKE THE CONCEPTS, THE OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
I REALLY LOVE THE, THE CONCEPT OF HOW YOU GUYS HAVE LOOKED AT THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THE, THE ACTUAL WATERSHED AND INCORPORATING THAT INTO THE PLANS, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT ALL OF OUR PARKS THAT SAME WAY YOU KNOW, HAVE A BIG OVERARCHING STORY, WHAT THAT PARK IS AND WHERE IT'S AT.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WHAT HAPPENS.
THANK YOU. VERY, VERY GOOD WORK.
ALL RIGHT. WHO'S NEXT? ANY OTHERS? THANK YOU.
I ATTENDED THE TWO COMMUNITY FORUMS, AND I HAD A FEW RECURRING QUESTIONS THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND.
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WERE TRAINED JUST TO BE OBSERVERS AT THOSE SESSIONS, SO I'M GLAD THIS OPPORTUNITY IS PRESENT TODAY.MIKE BROUGHT IT UP AS WELL, AND THAT IS THE HISTORIC DISCONNECT WITH THE LITTLE FARM BETWEEN THE EEC PHYSICALLY AS A FACILITY AND THE LITTLE FARM PHYSICALLY AND AS A FACILITY, AND AS I LISTENED TO THE DISCUSSIONS DURING THE COMMUNITY FORUMS THAT THE NEED TO BRING LITTLE FARM AND THE EEC CLOSER TOGETHER, BOTH CONCEPTUALLY AND PHYSICALLY, KEPT COMING UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO I HAVE NOTICED IN MY OWN EXPERIENCE THAT YOU KNOW, HAVING COME TO THE LITTLE FARM AS A KID AND OBSERVED OVER THE YEARS, THERE ARE AN AWFUL LOT OF YOUNG COUPLES WITH YOUNG KIDS THAT COME TO LITTLE FARM, EXPLORE LITTLE FARM, AND THEN TURN AROUND AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HEAD DOWN TOWARD JEWEL LAKE, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT FACADE OF THAT BUILDING DOESN'T NECESSARILY ATTRACT THE PARENTS WHO HAVE SPECIFICALLY COME THERE TO VISIT THE LITTLE FARM, BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIG DEAL WITH THE KIDS AND WHAT THEY HEAR FROM THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. SO I AM VERY PLEASED THAT YOU'VE LANDED ON A PHYSICAL SCHEME OF IN TERMS OF THE PATH THAT TAKES PEOPLE FROM OR TO LITTLE FARM, RIGHT SMACK DAB IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE EEC, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE VOLUME, YOU'RE GOING TO ATTRACT THESE FOLKS WITH KIDS TO ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING INVITING SPECIFICALLY TO THEM, AND SO HERE'S MY QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU CONNECT? THE LITTLE FARM EXPERIENCE WITH THE EEC AND VICE VERSA, AND THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A NATURAL BASIS FOR WHY THERE'S A DISCONNECT BETWEEN LITTLE FARM AND THE EEC.
HISTORICALLY, I PRESUME SARAH IS THE NATURALIST HERE, AND MIKE, BUT I JUST PRESUME THAT TALKING ABOUT COWS, PIGS, GOATS AND CHICKENS REALLY DON'T MESH WITH A FACILITY THAT IS THEMED TOWARD THE WILDCAT WATERSHED, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT JUST DON'T MESH.
SO HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT GIVEN TO THE EXHIBIT SCHEME, THE PROGRAMMATIC SCHEMES OR OTHERWISE? THE NOT YOU'RE DOING IT PHYSICALLY IN BRINGING THEM CLOSER TOGETHER.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT TO PROGRAM PROGRAMING, BRINGING PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITS OR SOMETHING TO CONNECT THE EEC WITH LITTLE FARM AND FARMS AND FARM ANIMALS TO KIND OF MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
SO THE PARENTS WILL WANT TO GO INSIDE THE EEC? WELL, I'LL LET EITHER MIKE OR SARAH TOUCH THAT ONE.
OKAY AND JUST A MONTH OR TWO AGO, I BROUGHT MY GRANDBABY UP THERE WITH, AND MELISSA MANAGED TO DO A READING SESSION FOR LITTLE KIDS IN THE EEC, AND SHE WAS OVER AT THE LITTLE FARM AND TOOK TOOK MY GRANDBABY AROUND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS POSSIBLE TO CONNECT THEM, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT KIND OF THOUGHT YOU'VE GIVEN.
YEAH. THANK YOU, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, DIRECTORS.
I'M SARAH FETTERLY, THE SUPERVISING NATURALIST AT TILDEN NATURE AREA, AND A ONE OF THE IDEAS IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE LAND USE OF THE WATERSHED, AND TRADITIONAL USES IN THAT LAND INCLUDED DAIRY FARMING AND SOME OTHER RANCHING ENDEAVORS IN THAT AREA, AND SO AS PART OF OUR EXHIBITS, I CAN SEE INCLUDING SOME OF THAT IN AN EXHIBIT AND THEN BEING ABLE TO EXIT RIGHT OUT ONE OF THOSE WINGS OF THE VISITOR CENTER, DIRECTLY OUT TOWARD, YOU KNOW, TOWARD THE FARM, AND SO USING OUR SPACES TO PHYSICALLY CONNECT TO THE FARM, TO A PATHWAY THAT LEADS THERE AND HAVING THAT AS AN EXTENSION TO THE FARM.
SO ONE OF THE GREAT IDEAS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED THROUGH ALDRICHPEARS AND THROUGH OUR NATURALISTS IS DEVELOPING THE OUTDOOR INTERPRETIVE SPACES.
SO YOU CAN START WITH LIKE INDOOR EXHIBITS THAT THEN EXTEND OUT.
SO WE COULD DO THAT WITH WATERSHED AND MAYBE HAVING YOU KNOW, SOME MANIPULATIVE THINGS AND EXHIBITS
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INSIDE THE BUILDING, AND THEN YOU WALK OUT INTO A PLAZA WHERE YOU CAN PLAY WITH WATER, FOR EXAMPLE.SAME WITH THE FARM WHERE WE MIGHT MOVE FROM TALKING ABOUT THE RANCHING HISTORY IN THE, IN THE VALLEY AND THEN MOVING OUT TOWARD THE FARM WITH SOME PHYSICAL MODELS OF ANIMALS OR PATHWAYS LEADING DIRECTLY TO THE FARM.
OKAY. SO THERE IS SOME INTERPRETATION OF FARM ANIMALS OR FARMING HISTORICALLY.
SO YOU CAN DO A BIT OF HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION IN THE EEC, AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME SIGNAGE IN THE LITTLE FARM AND LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF FARMING IN THE TILDEN HILLS OR THE OAKLAND HILLS OR SOMETHING IN THE EEC TO TRY TO GET THOSE PARENTS TO STOP BY. OKAY. SO THAT, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M THIS IS MY MARKETING THOUGHTS GOING INTO THE WORK YOU ALL ARE DOING ON THE EEC. SO THE OTHER COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I HAVE ARE MORE ARCHITECTURAL.
LIKE I THINK ONE IS WE HAVE ARCHITECTS WHO DID TUNNEL TOP AND THAT NATURE CENTER THERE.
IS THAT CORRECT AS MY MEMORY? THAT IS CORRECT. WHEN YOU WALK INTO THAT NATURE CENTER.
IT'S I REMEMBER TWO THINGS BEING STRUCK WITH THE VOLUME IN THE ROOM AS YOU WALK IN INTO THE FACILITY AND HOW BUSY IT IS AT THE SAME TIME, AND ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH OUR EXISTING EEC IS YOU WALK IN AND YOU'RE IN KIND OF A SMALL, ENCLOSED ROOM BEFORE YOU WALK UP INTO THE LARGER ROOM WITH ALL THAT VOLUME, IS THERE THOUGHT TO HAVE I'M WONDERING WHAT WILL BE THE VOLUME OF THE FACILITY AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BETTER EXPRESS THAT.
SO WHERE DOES THAT END UP? WELL, ONE THING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EARLY IN THE STAGES OF ACTUALLY LOOKING AT I USE THIS TERM MASSING.
I KNOW IT MIGHT BE JUST A CONFUSING WORD BUT BUT IF YOU WILL, YOU WOULD WALK IN TO THAT CORRIDOR AND THERE WOULD BE IT'S NOT THE IDEA IS NOT TO WALK INTO A FLAT SORT OF CEILING.
OKAY. THAT'S GOOD, AND THEN THEN COME AND THEN IT ACTUALLY STARTS WITH THE IDEA IS MAYBE THAT.
YOU'RE LOOKING UP AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND IT'S WE WOULD PROBABLY.
WE'LL PLAY WITH THE PLATE HEIGHT AND WHAT THE PLATE HEIGHT IS.
IT'S JUST WHERE YOU HAVE A WALL AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ANGLED RAFTERS.
THAT'S THE PLATE, AND SO THE TYPICAL HOUSE THAT'S AT EIGHT FEET, BUT YOU CAN PUSH THAT UP TO TEN, 12, 14FT, AND THAT GIVES YOU A WHOLE DIFFERENT FEELING OF SPACIOUSNESS.
THAT ANSWERS THAT, AND LASTLY ALL ALL THE ALL THE VERSIONS, THE THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS HAD SIGNIFICANT SPACE SET ASIDE FOR REFLECTION, AND I'M JUST IGNORANT.
WHAT WITHIN THE FACILITY, WHAT PHYSICALLY OR EXHIBIT WISE WHAT IS A ENCOMPASSES REFLECTION? I UNDERSTAND THE TERM, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT TRANSLATES.
ANYTHING YOU MAY REMEMBER OVER BIG BREAK, THERE IS A SEATING AREA THAT'S A REALLY SMALL IDEA.
FROM THERE, YOU CAN HAVE A QUIETER PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN DO STORY READING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S JUST A PLACE YOU GO.
IT'S NOT LIKE THE A CHAPEL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE QUIET.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE INTERPRETATION IS STILL OCCURRING, BUT IT'S AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
IF I DODGED ALL AROUND IT AND MISSED IT, NO, YOU.
SO THERE IS SOME FORM OF EXHIBITS THAT GO ALONG WITH ESTABLISHING REFLECTION SPACE.
I'M I GUESS IN MY MIND I CONSIDER REFLECTION SPACES USUALLY BEING OUTSIDE.
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RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT POINT AND IF YOU NOTICED ON THE GRAPHIC THAT WE HAD EARLIER ON THAT HAD THE CIRCLES AND HAD INTERPRETATION IN THE CENTER, THAT THERE WERE PHYSICAL VISUAL SPACES CONNECTING THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE.SO YOU'RE STILL DOING INTERPRETATION.
THAT'S MY THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND IF I JUST MADE FOR EVERYBODY JUST A MATTER OF VERNACULAR PROGRAMS WE USE THE TERM HERE, AND I LEARNED THROUGH THIS PROJECT THAT AN ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM IS IS THE IS THE BUILDING ITSELF, AND AN INTERPRETIVE PROGRAM IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH, AND ALSO WE'RE USING THE TERM THEMES, AND THAT'S THE OVERARCHING IDEA. SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXHIBITS IN THESE DIFFERENT AREAS, ALL THE THEMES CAN WELL BE ADDRESSED IN EACH OF THOSE AREAS IN THE WATERSHED AREA, IN THE FOREST AND MEADOW AREA, AND IN THE REFLECTIVE AREA.
YEAH, I WAS REFERRING TO PROGRAMING AS INTERPRETATION.
GREAT. THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE WITH IT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT DESCRIPTION.
ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO OLIVIA.
YES. SO I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE NEXT STEPS.
SO YOU MENTIONED THE SELECTION OF A PREFERRED DESIGN OPTION, AND YOU ALSO SHARED WHAT THE STAFF.
I THINK THAT'S EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK STAFF.
PREFERRED OPTIONS ARE IS THERE GOING TO BE A POINT WHERE THE BOARD WEIGHS IN? IS THAT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, AT THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE HAVE ON THIS PROJECT OR IS THAT TODAY? REN, CHIEF OF DESIGN CONSTRUCTION.
DIRECTOR SANWONG, I THINK TODAY IS THE DAY TO CHIME IN.
THAT'S WHY WE PROVIDED THIS WITH YOU.
ALL THE HOPE FROM STAFF LEVEL IS THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AND HEAR WHAT YOU ALL HAVE TO OFFER IN TERMS OF COMMENTS ON THAT, AND SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN HOPEFULLY TO JIM'S POINT AND TO DIRECTOR COFFEY'S QUESTION ABOUT MASSING, HAVE A MOCKUP FROM THE OUTSIDE TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE VERTICALLY AND SOME RENDERINGS FROM INSIDE TWO THAT YOU WOULD GET A SENSE MORE OF THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE SPACE, AND TO THAT END, WE IT'S IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.
WE CAN'T IT'S BETTER TO DO THAT ON ONE OPTION THAN TO DO IT ON ALL THREE, BECAUSE OF JUST THE RESOURCES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO SORT OF DEVELOP SOME OF THOSE OUT, AND SO THE THOUGHT WAS TODAY, TO SHARE WITH YOU AT THE PREVIOUS TIME WE SHARED THE PRE-DESIGN THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC, WE WENT TO THE PUBLIC AGAIN AND SHARED THESE THREE OPTIONS TO HEAR WHAT THEIR COMMENTS WERE AND WEIGH THOSE INTO THE STAFF'S DECISION AND THEN BRING IT TO YOU ALL TO CHIME IN, GIVE US YOUR INPUT, MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK THAT FINAL PREFERRED OPTION WITH THE BOARD, AND THEN GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC AND SHARE THAT WITH THEM AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH, AND AT THAT POINT THEN WE WOULD HAVING A FIRM CONCEPT AND THAT'S BEEN VETTED THROUGH.
EVERYONE TURNED OUR CONSULTANTS LOOSE TO MAKE A FULL FINAL RENDERING THAT WOULD THEN BE USED TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROJECT WITH PERHAPS FUNDRAISING AND JUST GENERAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND EXCITEMENT FOR THE PROJECT FROM THE PUBLIC, SO WE COULD BOLSTER SUPPORT THAT WAY.
YES. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
SO THEN I HAVE A QUESTION I GUESS ON THE SLIDE WITH THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
SO THE CURRENT SPACE, THIS ONE.
YES. SO I DIDN'T SEE THE SERVICE YARD MENTIONED ON THIS, AND I THINK, OKAY, SO OH, WHEN YOU SAY.
WHEN I SAY THE SERVICE YARD WOULD BE UP THIS ROAD.
IT'S UP HERE. THERE'S A SERVICE YARD JUST OFF OF THAT LOOP ROAD.
DEPENDING ON HOW FAMILIAR, THERE'S A ROAD THAT LOOPS GOES FROM THAT WILDCAT CREEK ROAD.
YOU CAN TURN RIGHT RIGHT ABOUT HERE.
I FORGOT THE NAME OF THAT THE PARK, WHERE DOES LOOP ROAD IN TILDEN?.
LONE OAK. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
THANK YOU. IT TERMINATES IN LONE OAK.
OKAY, AND SO THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO.
YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
THE SERVICE YARD WILL REMAIN WHERE IT IS.
OKAY. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS FROM AN EXISTING PERSPECTIVE IS THIS IS THE STAFF PARKING.
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YEAH, AND THEN INSIDE THIS BUILDING HERE THERE IS A SHOP SPACE.IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A TWO CAR GARAGE, 400FT², AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE OTHER SCHEMES, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THIS AREA OUT HERE, THIS HERE IS THAT GARAGE.
THIS IS THE RESIDENCE, AND THEN THIS.
MAYBE NOT THE BEST NOMENCLATURE.
IT'S REALLY STAFF PARKING, AND WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN THAT SPACE? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S SOME SORT OF PLANTS.
I THINK WHEN I LOOK AT THAT EXISTING CONDITION SLIDE.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE SORT OF IN PROXIMITY HERE.
APPROXIMATELY IN THIS AREA. HERE? YES. I THINK IT'S UP HERE, HE SAID.
SO IT JUST LOOKS LIKE THE PLANTS AND STUFF WOULD BE REMOVED FOR THAT'S CORRECT PARKING LOT.
RIGHT, AND ONE OF THE IDEAS IS TO MOVE THAT UP ONTO THE SERVICE ROAD.
RIGHT NOW, AS YOU WALK BY THE VISITOR CENTER, YOU KIND OF SEE THE PARKING LOT, AND THE IDEA IS WE WOULD THAT PARKING LOT WOULD SORT OF GO AWAY, BE TUCKED AWAY BEHIND THE CORNER. SO ON THAT MAJOR THOROUGHFARE WE WOULD CONTINUE LIKE REDWOOD TREES AND KIND OF TRY AND MAINTAIN THAT.
YEAH, SORT OF LIKE DISNEYLAND STYLE, RIGHT? CORRECT. YEAH.
OKAY, AND THEN THERE WAS ONE OF THE SCHEMES YOU HAD MENTIONED WHERE WE DIDN'T REALLY LIKE IT AS MUCH, OR STAFF DIDN'T REALLY LIKE IT AS MUCH BECAUSE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, ANYONE WAS GOING ANY OF THE PEDESTRIANS, ANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING ON, ONE OF THE WALKING TRAILS WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PARKING LOT AREA.
I THINK PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS SO IMPORTANT.
SO AS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE FROM US HERE, I LIKE THE OPTION THAT KEEPS THAT SEPARATE WHERE IT IS MORE OF THAT DISNEYLAND STYLE BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU KNOW, CAST MEMBERS ONLY, STAFF PARKING.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD DESIGN IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, GIVES GIVES OUR STAFF THE SPACE THAT THEY NEED TO DO THE BEHIND THE SCENES WORK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR PARKS AND THEN I GUESS IF YOU WANT SOME OTHER FEEDBACK, THE I LIKED A LOT OF YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU SHARED IN REGARDS TO SCHEME TWO WITH THE BRANCH SCHEME, WHERE IT DOES BRING DOWN THE SCALE OF THE BUILDING, AND IT CLUSTERS, THE SMALLER MASSES.
SO I SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, WHAT STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED IN REGARDS TO THAT SCHEMING SO THAT'S MY FEEDBACK ON THAT, AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE HAVING THE THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
I'M CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE CAPTURING THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND DOCUMENTING IT? AND MORE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I THINK LATER, AS WE GO OUT FOR FUNDING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT, THAT COULD BE REALLY USEFUL.
MAYBE FOR GRANTS OR, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, OUR FOUNDATION.
WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS DECIDED UPON, WAS ALSO GOING TO POTENTIALLY DO A BIG FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN FOR THIS, AND I THINK THAT THIS COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GATHERING RIGHT NOW THROUGH THESE MEETINGS AND THIS PROCESS COULD BE VERY VALUABLE WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.
WELL, ONE OF THE FORTUNATE THINGS OF THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE NOW, I'M SORT OF A LUDDITE, AND I USUALLY COMPLAIN ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, BUT ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE TECHNOLOGY OF THESE ZOOM MEETINGS IS THAT ALL OF THAT IS RECORDED AND SO I'M GIVEN A SPREADSHEET THAT'S ACTUALLY OF ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED AND THEN HOW THEY WERE ANSWERED. SO AND THEN COMBINED WITH WE CAPTURE A VIDEO OF THE ENTIRE MEETING.
SO TWO YEARS FROM NOW WE WANT TO GO BACK AND LIKE WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT MEETING.
I THINK THAT'S GREAT, AND I HOPE THAT WE INTERNALLY WITHIN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK STAFF, WHOEVER IS THE POINT PERSON FOR STARTING TO COMPILE THOSE INSIGHTS, WILL, YOU KNOW, RECEIVE THOSE RECORDINGS, RECEIVE ANY NOTES THAT YOU HAVE FROM THIS PROCESS JUST SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND REINVENT THE WHEEL IN TERMS OF GATHERING COMMUNITY INSIGHTS, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT CAME OUT IN THESE MEETINGS AND WILL COME OUT.
[01:55:01]
I GUESS WE HAVE ONE MORE AT LEAST SCHEDULED.YEP, AND SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO EMPHASIZE THAT, AND THEN THE OTHER POINT THAT I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE IS YOU KNOW, I DO MY OWN ANECDOTAL SOCIAL MEDIA LISTENING AND I CAN SHARE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'VE SEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TILDEN, IT REALLY IS LOVED ACROSS THE ENTIRE EAST BAY, IF NOT THE ENTIRE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, AND I THINK THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT POINT, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, CAPTURE THAT INSIGHT THAT YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY IS A TOP DESTINATION WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO CONNECT WITH NATURE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND THE SAN FRANCISCO EAST BAY.
I KNOW IT'S OUT THERE IN REGARDS TO SOCIAL MEDIA CONVERSATIONS AND CONTENT, AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM, YOU KNOW, US HAVING COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND US DOING PRIMARY MARKET RESEARCH, BUT IT'S STILL JUST AN IMPORTANT DATA POINT IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS, AND I THINK CAN ALSO HELP US AS WE GO OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, GRANT FUNDING AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN FOR THIS PROJECT, AND THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY.
YOU'RE ON, BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR MIC ON, TOO.
IS IT WORKING NOW? THAT'S GOOD.
I AGREE WITH THE THINGS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY SAID, AND THIS MIGHT NOT BE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ARE WE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO GET TO THIS BEAUTIFUL FACILITY FROM THROUGHOUT OUR AREA? YOU KNOW, THERE'S FOLKS THAT GET IN THEIR CARS OR GO WITH THEIR BUS TRIPS YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH OUR CURRENT BUS FOLKS IS, I THINK, AN IMPORTANT THING.
WHAT WHAT ARE WAYS WE CAN CONTINUE THAT WE MIGHT THIS MIGHT NOT BE ALL PART OF TODAY'S CONVERSATION, BUT I ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FULL ACCESS THROUGHOUT OUR AREA TO SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING? IS THERE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE ACCESS FOR ALL THAT I KNOW IS THAT THERE WAS AC TRANSIT DID HAVE A STOP AT THIS LOCATION PRE-COVID.
I BELIEVE DURING COVID THAT STOP HAS BEEN TERMINATED.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT'S NOT ALL PART OF THE WORK YOU'RE DOING, BUT WE AS A BOARD SHOULD CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE FIGURING OUT WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S FULL ACCESS TO THIS PARK AREA.
YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE, AND IT'S JUST IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
IS THAT PART OF A DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD AT ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION, WE DO HAVE TRANSPORTATION ABILITIES FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO THESE PARKS, BUT ARE WE WORKING ON WAYS TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY? ANYTHING ELSE? I'M WAITING.
DIRECTOR CORBETT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
IT'S MORE OF A SITE DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECT.
SO AS YOU STATED, I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A BOARD POLICY ISSUE TO TAKE ON IN TERMS OF HOW THE REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CAN REACH THE PARKS AT THIS POINT, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IS NOT LOOKING INTO THAT AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT.
[02:00:07]
GO AHEAD. DIRECTOR CORBETT, THANKS VERY MUCH.THIS IS MIKE MORAN, INTERPRETIVE RECREATION SERVICES MANAGER FOR THE REGION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S STILL AWARE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING A LOT OF BUS TRANSPORTATION THROUGH OUR PARKS EXPRESS PROGRAM THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION AND OTHER AREAS.
SO WE HAVE TRULY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR TO PROVIDE BUS TRANSPORTATION, AND THAT'S HANDLED THROUGH OUR PARK TRANSPORTATION WORK GROUP, AND SO THAT IT'S NOT NEW. THAT'S NOT PARTICULARLY PART OF THIS PROJECT, BUT IN PLANNING FOR INCREASED USE AT THE EEC AND AT OTHER PARKS AS WE GO FORWARD, THAT IS ALWAYS PART OF OUR CONSIDERATION IS TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, THE AMOUNT OF BUSSES THAT WE CAN USE TO BRING, AND THOSE ARE FOR STUDENTS.
SO TO BRING STUDENTS IN AND OTHER POPULATIONS, AND I CERTAINLY I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND LET ME JUST SAY, TOO, THIS IS AN AMAZING PROJECT.
BEING SOMEONE WHO'S GONE TO THESE PARKS SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID AND THEN TAKING MY LITTLE KID, IT'S JUST WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS CONTINUED APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO US.
TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE THIS GREAT FACILITY.
SO BUT OTHER OTHER WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT MIGHT NOT HAVE AS MUCH OF AN ACCESS TO GET TO THE PARK DISTRICT, HOW WE CAN IMPROVE ON THAT.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE LIKE IT WAS SAID.
IT'S SOMEWHAT OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS IMMEDIATE PROJECT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, BUT I MEAN, I SHARE YOUR CONCERN, AND I WOULD CERTAINLY ADVOCATE FOR US CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THIS AND DEFINITELY NOT LET IT JUST, YOU KNOW, LET IT GO BY SOMEHOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT WE ALREADY DO, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE THINGS TOGETHER AND PROVIDE JUST PHENOMENAL ACCESS TO THIS, TO THIS BUILDING WHEN IT'S DONE.
YEAH. I THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.
LET ME JUST SAY FURTHER THAT THIS IS A FABULOUS PROJECT THAT'S BEEN WORKED ON AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND IT REALLY IS A GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE AND WE'RE ALMOST THERE, BUT FOR SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN GOING TO THIS PARK SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID, IT'S QUITE IT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE ALL DOING.
THANK YOU. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
DON'T GET UP, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY PEOPLE COME TO THE EEC AND THE LITTLE FARM PER YEAR? ABOUT 78,000.
THANK YOU, AND THEN SO WE'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS SO FAR.
HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATED, LIKE, SHOWED UP, COMMENTED? WE HAD 30 FOR MEETING NUMBER TWO, AND I THINK IT WAS AROUND 24 FOR THE FIRST MEETING.
OKAY. THANK YOU, AND GEE, I GOT A MILLION THINGS TO SAY.
FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR SAVING THE RESIDENCE.
WE PROBABLY SAVED A MILLION BUCKS OR MORE.
I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE INTERPRETIVE OPPORTUNITY.
I MEAN, THAT CRAZY BUILDING THAT SOMEBODY DECIDED TO BUILD.
THE OLD ONE. ARCHITECTURALLY, I THINK IT'S SIGNIFICANT.
I KNOW NONE OF YOU WERE HERE, AND NO ONE HAS YEAH, THERE'S NOBODY HERE EXCEPT DEE AND I IT WAS IT WAS INCREDIBLE, AND TO INTERPRET THAT, I THINK WOULD BE WONDERFUL AND MAYBE AN INTERPRETIVE PANEL ON THE RESIDENCE OR ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENCE, I THINK WOULD BE FUN.
I KNOW THERE'S A BIG COMPOST BIN THERE, A BIG UGLY COMPOST BIN THAT THEY TAKE, THE MANURE AND SHAVINGS FROM THE LITTLE FARM AND USE THEM THERE. I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE INTERPRETIVE TOOL.
I KNOW IT DOESN'T FIT ANYWHERE, BUT IT SURE IS.
PEOPLE COME UP THERE FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS, SO I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT INTERPRETIVE TOOL.
I HOPE IT'S LEFT THERE AND I HOPE IT'S INTERPRETED WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
GEE, WHAT OH, COLIN, I AGREE WITH YOU.
WE SHOULD HAVE A CATCH LINE TO GET PEOPLE UP THERE WITH FARMING.
[02:05:01]
MAYBE FARMS IN BERKELEY.OKAY. I AS FAR AS THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, I LOVE THE IDEA OF A BRANCH.
I THE IDEA OF WALKING INTO THAT BEAUTIFUL, INCREDIBLE PIECE OF NATURE UP THERE AND WITH ALL OF THE MOVING PARTS AND GO INTO A RECTANGULAR BUILDING WOULD KILL ME, I THINK. AS I SIT IN THIS ROOM, I LOOK, I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A NICE SLIDE PRESENTATION.
YOU COULD SHOW LOTS OF NATURE AND A SLIDESHOW.
I HOPE THERE'S NOTHING BUT WINDOWS EVERYWHERE.
WHAT IS IT ALL KIDS OUTSIDE OR GET KIDS OUTDOORS OR WHATEVER? THE SLOGANS ARE THE ABILITY TO LOOK OUTSIDE, I THINK IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT WHEN THE PLANTINGS YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE LAWNS NORMALLY.
I DON'T EVEN LIKE IRRIGATED MEADOWS A WHOLE BUNCH, BUT I WHEN I LIVED THERE, IT WAS AMAZING TO WATCH CREATIVE KIDS AND CREATIVE NATURALISTS, I.E.
TIM GORDON, HAVE I LOOK OUT MY WINDOW IN MY BACKYARD AND I'D SEE KIDS ROLLING DOWN THOSE HILLS.
HE WOULD GET KIDS CRAWLING IN MUD OUT THERE.
SO I THINK A BIG AREA, YOU CAN'T DO CONCRETE.
I MEAN, A LAWN, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK IT'D BE A REAL, REAL, IT'S AN ASSET TO THAT AREA, AND IT MIGHT DRAW PEOPLE INSIDE IF THEY'RE HAVE A WINDOW OUT, LIKE IN THAT SLIDE.
DON'T GO TO IT. IT'S NO PROBLEM, BUT ONE OF THE AREAS LOOKS OUT RIGHT ONTO THE LAWN, AND I WOULD BE DRAWN TO GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY IF I SAW OTHER PEOPLE DOING THAT, AND I KNOW THAT NATURALISTS DO THAT TYPE OF WORK.
DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO.
OH, YEAH. I HOPE THERE'S LOTS OF SKYLIGHTS BECAUSE THAT AREA IS SO WELL, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF LIGHT THERE, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF TO LOOK AT STRAIGHT UP, BECAUSE THERE ARE CANYONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU MENTIONED WITH THE PLANNINGS, EXPANDING A REDWOOD FOREST.
THAT COULD BE AN INTERPRETIVE TOOL ALSO.
WE COULD WITH JUNIOR RANGERS OR VOLUNTEERS.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE. JUST DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE AND START TAKING OUT THE EUC'S OVER HERE.
PLANT SOME REDWOODS AND HAVE TWO DIFFERENT FORESTS TO INTERPRET AND LOOK AT, AND I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THIS AND I WISH, I KNOW IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THE ADA ACCESSIBLE PARKING.
I BUT THERE IS NO WAY YOU COULD GET ADA ACCESSIBLE PARKING AND ALLOW FOLKS THAT NEED THAT INTO WHERE THE SERVICE YARD IS, RIGHT? THEY WOULD BE GOING THROUGH THE TRAIL, RIGHT? YES, AND IT ALSO LEADS TO OTHER.
SO I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT OF CREATIVITY THAT'S BEEN GOING INTO THIS ALREADY, AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THE BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE AS THE IDEAS WERE KICKED AROUND AND KIND OF HONED IN ON WHAT WE SEE THERE NOW.
I THINK IT'S VERY VALID AND I LIKE THAT A LOT, BUT AND I THINK ANOTHER BENEFIT OF THAT, HAVING THOSE DIFFERENT ROOMS IS I THINK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A PARENT AND I'VE BEEN A CHAPERON ON THESE SORTS OF TRIPS THAT GO TO PLACES LIKE THIS, AND I CAN'T HELP BUT REMEMBER HOW NOISY IT WAS WHEN THERE'S 40 YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE EXCITED, AND WE WANT THEM TO BE EXCITED, RIGHT? WE EXPECT THEM TO BE EXCITED.
[02:10:09]
LOWER. SO THE REST OF US WHO ARE PART OF THE WAY DON'T GET TOO STRESSED OUT.THE, THE IMPACT OF A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN THE ROOM, AND THEN COLIN ASKED.
I WAS I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE REFLECTION SPACE AND WHAT GOES IN THERE.
. IT'S A LOT OF SOME OF THE NEWER LIBRARIES HAVE THAT SORT OF APPROACH WHERE THERE'S CUSHY CHAIRS AND SUCH AND A PLACE TO BE QUIET AND CONTEMPLATE AND REFLECT, AND I LIKE THAT IDEA.
I THINK WE NEED WE NEED WE NEED MORE OF THAT IN OUR WORLD.
THERE WAS A MENTION OF QR CODES, AND SO I WENT TO A NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE LAST YEAR, AND THERE'S AN EXHIBIT HALL THE SIZE OF LEVI STADIUM THAT HAD EVERYTHING.
IT WAS HUGE AND NOT QUITE, BUT THERE WAS A PRODUCT THERE, AND I TALKED TO THE GENTLEMAN AND IT WAS QR CODES THAT ARE APPLIED TO LIKE A PARK HORSE KIND OF EXERCISE SITUATION, AND THEIR THING WAS, Y OU KNOW, YOU GO TO THOSE IF IT'S IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU GO TO IT EVERY DAY OR EVERY OTHER DAY.
IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME EXERCISE.
SO THERE'S A TIME ELEMENT TO IT.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD KIND OF INVITE YOU TO LOOK INTO THAT ASPECT OF FIRST OF ALL, THE QR CODES ARE THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT.
ATTRACTIVE COST, YOU KNOW, FROM A COST STANDPOINT, I THINK, BUT TO SOMEHOW WORK IN, YOU KNOW, WHERE AT DIFFERENT TIMES, THE MESSAGES, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GET WOULD CHANGE.
TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN DO THAT, AND THEN.
SO I'D BE REALLY INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW THEY COPED.
WITH, WITH BASICALLY NEW ENGLAND TEMPERATURES HERE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WENT WITH THE CLIMATE AS IT CHANGED TO A WARMER R EGIME THAT WE HAVE NOW, AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S OBVIOUS PARALLELS TO WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW TOO, BUT ANYWAY, I JUST AND THEN JUST THE WHOLE GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE BAY AREA LIKE 10,000 YEARS AGO? WELL, THE BAY WAS A VALLEY, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS IT WAS A LOT DIFFERENT.
SO GOSH, I REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME STUFF ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS, YOU KNOW? SO ANYWAY I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT AHEAD OF YOU, BUT YOU'VE DONE A LOT, AND THANKS FOR FOR PUTTING THAT OUT THERE SOME SOMETHING THAT WE CAN KIND OF GET OUR BRAINS AROUND AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE DON'T HAVE A VOTE ON THIS ONE.
THIS IS INFORMATION. ALL RIGHT.
SO ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS.
OH. OH YOU'RE NOT RAISING YOUR HAND.
YOU'RE WAVING. OKAY, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS IS NEXT.
[BOARD COMMENTS]
WE'RE GOING TO BOARD COMMENTS.I WANT TO START WITH, YOU KNOW, YOUR ANY ANY COMMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE.
YOU WANT ME TO? YEAH. GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[02:15:04]
FEBRUARY 21ST I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE OPS COMMITTEE AS A ALTERNATE FOR DIRECTOR ROSARIO, WHICH WAS REALLY GOOD FOR ME TO DO.I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THE OPS COMMITTEE ON THE 21ST.
ON THE 22ND, I HAD MY ONE ONE ON ONE DISCUSSION WITH OUR GENERAL MANAGER ON THE 23RD.
ATTENDED. SARAH JUST LEFT, ATTENDED CARQUINEZ STRAIT PART OF THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OUTDOOR ADVENTURE.
PART ONE, AND PART TWO WAS A WALK LED BY OUR BIOLOGIST ROSE SAMUELSON, WHO TOOK US BACK TO THE BULL VALLEY STAGING AREA, AND WE WALKED INLAND ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE CARQUINEZ STRAIT REGIONAL SHORELINE, TO SEE THE REFORESTATION PROJECT UNDERWAY.
THIS IS WHERE HUNDREDS OF DEAD EUCALYPTUS TREES WERE REMOVED.
WITH ALL OUR INNOVATIVE MACHINERY, AND BIOLOGISTS LIKE ROSE TOLD THE STORY OF HOW SHE WOULD WALK THE GEORGE MILLER TRAIL COLLECTING ACORNS, AND THEN TAKE THOSE ACORNS AND GO OVER TO THE REFORESTATION AREA AND PLANT THEM, AND TODAY THERE ARE LITTLE FLAGS IDENTIFYING BUCKEYE OR COAST LIVE OAK OR BLUE OAK PLANTINGS SURROUNDED BY GOPHER CAGES AND DEER CAGES ALL OVER THE HILLSIDE.
SO IT WAS FASCINATING TO SEE/HEAR BIOLOGISTS EXPLAIN THE SCIENCE OF IT, THE ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE OF IT, AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL OUTING, ALONG WITH FOLKS WHO WERE JUST ALONG FOR THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OUTING THAT IT ENCOMPASSED.
SO THAT WAS A GREAT AFTERNOON MORNING, ACTUALLY THE 25TH WITH DIRECTOR MERCURIO, WE ATTENDED OUR SECOND BLACK HISTORY MONTH OUTING AT THURGOOD MARSHALL WITH A PROGRAM BY THE BLACK DIAMOND NATURALISTS THEMED ON THE PORT CHICAGO TRAGEDY AND THE SUBSEQUENT SO-CALLED MUTINY TRIAL OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50 AND THIS ONE WAS ATTENDED BY CONGRESSMAN DESAULNIER, WHO WAS NOT THERE IN SOME PRE-PLANNED CONGRESSIONAL.
HE JUST WANTED TO SHOW UP AND PARTICIPATE IN IT, AND MY TAKEAWAY FROM ATTENDING TWO OF THOSE SESSIONS IS THAT PARK IS DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED JOHN, A REFLECTION FACET TO IT, BECAUSE AFTER THESE VERY EMOTIONAL PROGRAMS AND THE ONE ON ONE PERSON, WE ALL TOOK PART IN TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORIES OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50.
AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER TODAY THE 28TH, I ATTENDED JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST KICKOFF FOR ITS MEMBERS INTO ITS GOALS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE COMING YEAR, WHICH WERE AMBITIOUS.
THAT EVENING I ATTENDED THE SECOND EEC TILDEN PUBLIC FORUM THAT WE WERE JUST SPEAKING OF.
ON THE 29TH, I ATTENDED THE HERCULES DEMOCRATIC CLUB, MY HOMETOWN CLUB.
ON THE FIRST I ATTENDED WITH ALL OF YOU, THE TRAILS WORKSHOP, AND THAT COVERS MY MY OUTINGS FOR THE END OF FEBRUARY, BEGINNING OF MARCH.
YES. SO SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING, FEBRUARY 21ST, WE HAD OUR OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE 23RD, I MET WITH A MEMBER FROM DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT THE DUBLIN BOULEVARD EXTENSION THROUGH DOOLAN CANYON, AS WELL AS THE NEW IRON HORSE TRAIL BRIDGE OVER DUBLIN BOULEVARD.
FEBRUARY 28TH WE HAD OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE.
29TH, I HAD MY 1 TO 1 WITH OUR GENERAL MANAGER, AND WE ALSO WENT TO DEL VALLE TO MEET WITH THE RANCHERS WHO ARE LOCATED NEXT TO DEL VALLE, AND THEN MARCH 1ST WAS OUR TRAILS STUDY SESSION.
ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR WAESPI, ARE YOU READY OR SHOULD WE? I WAS HOPING YOU DIDN'T SEE ME.
I DIDN'T BRING MY NOTES, AND I APOLOGIZE.
OKAY. WE'LL GIVE YOU EXTRA TIME NEXT TIME.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.GO AHEAD. I'M GOING TO ADD MY NOTES IN AT A LATER TIME, TOO, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO AFTER THE 19TH LAST BOARD MEETING I ATTENDED THE INDIGENOUS COAST STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC LANDS CONFERENCE, AND I REALLY IN ROHNERT PARK, I REALLY WANT TO THANK ANA ALVAREZ AND FOR INVITING ME AND ALSO BEING ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS WITH JOHN JARVIS AND THE RANCHERIA TRIBE THERE.
FANTASTIC CONFERENCE THAT PULLED IN NATIVE PEOPLES FROM FROM ALASKA, CANADA, UTAH, MEXICO AND THE YUCATAN AND LOCAL AGENCIES IN CALIFORNIA.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT TRIBES WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES TO WORK THE LAND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD A LOT OF STAFF THERE FROM INR, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE WE HAD A DISCUSSION OF WHY, HOW CAN WE DO MORE FROM WE'VE DONE SOME OF THAT WORK ALREADY, BUT HOW CAN WE DO EVEN MORE AND BETTER AND IT TURNS OUT WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY AND SO THEY THEY OUR STAFF NEEDS POLICY TO GUIDE THEM SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO POSSIBLY MORE WITH CO-MANAGEMENT WITH NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLES, YOU KNOW, IN OUR AREAS.
SO I HOPE WE CAN LET HAVE STAFF LET US KNOW WHAT THEY NEED AND WE CAN CRAFT LANGUAGE AND HOPEFULLY VERY SOON COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF LANGUAGE THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR STAFF TO DEVELOP CO-MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES WITH OUR NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
REALLY WAS AMAZING, AND THEN ON 2024, I ATTENDED THE JOB FAIR AT LAKE TEMESCAL.
WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED, AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR FOLKS THAT STAFF THE TABLES THERE THEY'RE ALL VERY ENTHUSIASTIC, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND SO IT WAS JUST WELL DONE.
IT SEEMS LIKE ONE'S NOT ENOUGH, AND THEN ALSO ON THE 27TH, I HAD MY ONE ON ONE WITH SABRINA, TOOK HER TO PIEDMONT STABLES TO KIND OF SEE THE STATE OF THE ART OF OR STATE OF STATE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
I TOOK SABRINA THERE, I THINK WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST ONE ON ONES, AND IT'S JUST GOTTEN WORSE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT TAKEN CARE OF AND THEN ATTENDED THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON FINANCE ON ON THE 28TH AND IN BETWEEN, I WAS IN ARIZONA FOR THE FUNERAL OF MY BROTHER-IN-LAW MICHAEL KRUEGER ROBIN'S OLDER BROTHER, AND HE WAS VERY BITTERSWEET.
HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE MAN AND HUMAN BEING.
RETIRED COLONEL FROM THE ARMY RANGERS AND HEN HE ALSO DURING HIS SERVICE, HE ALSO TAUGHT PHYSICS AT WEST POINT. VERY SMART MAN.
THERE WAS A COUPLE OF GENERALS ATTENDED HIS FUNERAL, AND HE HAD A GREAT HE HAD A GREAT MIND.
IN FACT, WHEN HE RETIRED, HE WAS THE HIGHEST CIVILIAN IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, AND HE WAS TASKED WITH INTERNET SECURITY FOR THE MILITARY, AND THEN GOT THAT DONE, AND THEN HE FORMED HIS OWN COMPANY, AND HE WORKED ON HE'S ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT WORKED ON STABILIZING ALL THE PHONE NUMBERS THAT WE ALL ENJOY RIGHT NOW.
HUGE TASK, BUT HE WAS VERY WELL RESPECTED.
HE HAD, HE SUCCUMB TO A LONG TERM BATTLE.
TEN YEARS WITH PANCREATIC CANCER AS A SMALL, A RARE, SLOW MANIFESTATION OF THAT DISEASE, BUT HE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE HIS TWO SONS.
ONE HIS OLDEST SON, JOSHUA HE WASHED OUT OF HE DROPPED OUT OF THE ANNAPOLIS ACADEMY, BUT MADE UP FOR IT LATER BY BECOMING A DOCTOR FOR THE, HE'S AN EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY, AND THEN HIS YOUNGEST SON GRADUATED FROM WEST POINT AND IS NOW WORKING FOR BANKS
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BUT HE'S GOT TO SEE HIS FOUR GRAND GRANDCHILDREN TO BE BORN, AND THAT WAS THAT WAS SOMETHING HE WANTED TO SEE, AND IT WAS GLAD THAT HE GOT TO DO IT, AND I JUST PRIVILEGED TO KNOW TO KNOW THE MAN AND HIS FAMILY, AND, OF COURSE, I BONDED WITH HIS GRANDKIDS.WE JUST ROLLED AROUND IN THE DIRT ALL DAY, BUT WITH THAT, AND I APOLOGIZE.
I COULDN'T SEE COULDN'T ATTEND BEVERLY LANE'S SON'S FUNERAL TO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE GOT TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THAT, SO THANK YOU.
WELL, I THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US.
SO ON FEBRUARY 20TH, I WENT TO THE BOARD MEETING HERE 28TH, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND ON THE 29TH COLIN AND I WERE IN OAKLEY AT DUTCH SLOUGH.
I WAS COUNTING ON YOU TO GIVE ALL THE DETAILS, BUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FAR MORE UP TO SPEED ON THAT HISTORY OF THAT PROJECT THAN I AM, BUT IT WAS A GOOD TOUR OF A THOUSAND ACRE RESTORATION.
A WETLAND UPLAND RESTORATION, TIDAL SLOUGHS REVEGETATION, REROUTING OF MARSH CREEK, THE ACTUAL MARSH CREEK TO DISCHARGE IT INTO THIS WETLAND, RATHER THAN JUST SHOOT IT OUT TO THE TO THE DELTA IN A CANAL, BASICALLY, AND WE HAD A VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE JOHN KANE WAS THE TOUR GUIDE, GAVE US A VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE TOUR.
IT'S A PROJECT THAT WAS DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES.
THAT'S RIGHT. LED. YEAH, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND THE MARSH CREEK TRAIL OUT.
INTO THE EXPLICITLY TO THE END OF MARSH CREEK TO MAKE IT TRULY TO THE DELTA.
A TRAIL THAT FOLLOWS THE ENTIRE, WELL, A HUGE PART OF THE COURSE OF MARSH CREEK.
JUST DIRECTLY NORTH OF OAKLEY, YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE SUBDIVISIONS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT ENDS, AND THEN THERE YOU ARE IN THIS PRISTINE AREA, AND YOU CAN'T TELL THAT IT WAS ENGINEERED EITHER.
IT'S HIGHLY ENGINEERED, BUT IT LOOKS VERY NATURAL AFTER ONLY FOUR YEARS.
I TOO WENT TO THE EVENT WITH CONGRESSMAN DESAULNIER AT THURGOOD MARSHALL, WHERE WE LEARNED WHERE THE FOLKS THERE WE ALREADY KNEW, BUT THE FOLKS THAT ATTENDED THERE LEARNED WHY WE CALL IT HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50.
IT KIND OF EVOKED THE SAME FEELINGS.
YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND WHAT THE IMPACT ON ON THE SAILORS AND THEN ON THE FIRST, I WAS AT HERE AT THE BOARD TRAIL STUDY SESSION.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, BUT THERE ARE IF I MAY AND IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE WOULD CLOSE THE MEETING IN MEMORY OF DOUGLAS LANE.
DOUGLAS LANE, HIS SON, WHO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES PEOPLE.
THERE WAS ALWAYS SUPPORT PEOPLE AND I, I PERSONALLY, I REMEMBER DOUG PICKING US UP FROM A WASHINGTON TRIP AND PICKING US UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND TAKING US HOME, AND HE DID MUCH, MUCH MORE FOR HIS MOM, BUT I THINK HE WAS A SUPPORTER OF PARK DISTRICT AND A SUPPORTER FOR HIS MOM.
SO WE COULD DO THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU. I AGREE, I WAS THERE, I WAS AT THAT SERVICE AS WELL, AS WAS DIRECTOR COFFEY, AND IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO LEARN ABOUT BEVERLY'S SON AND ALL THAT HE ACCOMPLISHED IN HIS LIFE AND ALL THE FUN THAT HE HAD.
. IT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
SO, YES, I WE SHALL ADJOURN THIS MEETING NOW IN HONOR OF DOUGLAS LANE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.