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YOLANDE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL?
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YES, PRESIDENT ECHOLS.PRESENT. GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH.
HERE. DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER GENERAL COUNSEL BOURGAULT.
HERE. THANK YOU, AND MADAM CLERK, IF YOU WILL ALSO MENTION HOW PEOPLE CAN MAKE COMMENTS.
TODAY'S MEETING IS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO LIVE VIA ZOOM BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL OR LEAVING A VOICEMAIL. THIS INFORMATION IS NOTED ON THE AGENDA.
OKAY, AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT WE ARE HOLDING THIS MEETING PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, AND WE'RE PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING, AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN.
OKAY. SO IF WE'RE READY, IS THERE COULD SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY
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7TH? SO MOVED.MOVED BY DIRECTOR WAESPI AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR CORBETT.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? NO, PRESIDENT. GREAT.
WELL, THEN WE WILL, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE TO AUTHORIZE ENTRY INTO A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH SAN FRANCISCO
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ESTUARY PARTNERSHIP TO ACCEPT FUNDS FOR THE HAYWARD AREA SHORELINE PLANNING AGENCY, HASPA.KATY HORNBECK, GRANTS MANAGER, HERE TO DO A QUICK PRESENTATION REQUESTING YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD FOR AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY PARTNERSHIP.
THE EPA HAS A PROGRAM CALLED SAN FRANCISCO BAY WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUND.
THEY WOULD BE THE LEAD APPLICANT, AND WITHIN THEIR APPLICATION, THERE WOULD BE A TASK CARVED OUT FOR THE PARK DISTRICT TO COMPLETE WITH FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
I'LL NOTE THAT THE PARK DISTRICT SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO THIS PROGRAM LAST YEAR AS WELL FOR THE BROOKS ROAD PROJECT AT TILDEN, WHICH WE WERE AWARDED THAT FUNDING, BUT SFEP SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION SPECIFICALLY CALLED THE PIVOT POINTS MOVING NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS FOR WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND SHORELINE ADAPTATION FROM PLANNING TO ACTION.
THIS PARTICULAR GRANT PROGRAM REQUIRES EITHER A PARTNER OR ONE OR MORE PARTNERS, OR THAT YOUR PROJECT IS LOCATED WITHIN A DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY, AND SO FOR OUR PROJECT FOR THE BROOKS ROAD PROJECT, WE PARTNERED WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE AND SFEP PARTNERED WITH US, AND I BELIEVE 1 OR 2 OTHER AGENCIES.
SO WITHIN THEIR WITHIN THEIR GRANT PROPOSAL, THE TASK ASSOCIATED TO THE PARK DISTRICT AND WHAT WE WOULD IMPLEMENT AND RECEIVE GRANT FUNDS FOR WOULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR THE HAYWARD AREA SHORELINE PLANNING AGENCY, OR HASPA.
I'LL SAY THAT THERE'LL BE A PRESENTATION LATER THIS MORNING TALKING MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT HASPA.
SO HOPEFULLY ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON HASPA SPECIFICALLY CAN BE ANSWERED THEN AND THEN I CAN ADDRESS ANYTHING GRANT RELATED, BUT I'LL GIVE A VERY BRIEF BACKGROUND ON HASPA.
SO THE MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY THE HASPA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WHICH WE ARE A PART OF IN 2021.
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THAT INCLUDES FEASIBILITY, COST EFFECTIVENESS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT.BECAUSE THE PARK DISTRICT HAS BEEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEAD FOR HASPA, THAT'S WHY SFEP HAD REACHED OUT ASKING IF THEY INCLUDED THIS SCOPE OF WORK IN THEIR APPLICATION, WOULD WE BE WILLING TO ADMINISTER AND MANAGE THAT TASK WITHIN THE WITHIN THE GRANT APPLICATION IF WE RECEIVED FUNDS? SO WE AGREED TO DO THAT.
IF THEY WERE SELECTED FOR GRANT FUNDING, WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT WE WOULD THEN NEED TO GET APPROVAL FROM OUR BOARD TO ENTER INTO A FUNDING AGREEMENT TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
THERE'S TWO TASKS. ONE IS THE HASPA IMPLEMENTATION.
SO ADMINISTERING HASPA, SELECTING THE TEAM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND DESIGN OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, AND THEN OTHER TECHNICAL STUDIES TO IDENTIFY HOW TO PRIORITIZE PROJECT PLANS AND THEN HASPA JPA GOVERNANCE.
SO THE ASSESSMENT OF HASPA JPA GOVERNANCE EVALUATION, INCLUDING OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, AND THEN STRATEGIES AROUND HOW THE FUNDING, HOW THE PERMITTING, HOW [INAUDIBLE] WAS GOING TO WORK FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS WITHIN THAT MASTER PLAN.
SO THE FUNDING AGREEMENT, SFEP IS THE LEAD AGENCY.
THE PARK DISTRICT WOULD BE A SUB-AWARDEE, SO OUR AGREEMENT WOULD BE WITH ONLY SFEP.
STAFF TIME WILL BE TRACKED AS MATCH OR IN-KIND SERVICES FOR THE WORK DONE ON ON THE GRANT.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS ASKING THAT THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THIS ITEM TO THE FULL BOARD FOR AUTHORIZING ENTERING INTO A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH SFEP TO ACCEPT THOSE FUNDS FOR THE HASPA SHORELINE MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 550,000, AND WE'LL GO TO THE BOARD WITH THIS SOMETIME IN MAY, AND THAT IS IT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
YES. THANK YOU, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS.
THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
HASPA'S BEEN AROUND, LIKE YOU SAID SINCE 1970, BUNCH OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE TRYING TO PRESERVE THE SHORELINE DOWN THERE AND WE KIND OF GOT REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT IT IN 2021 AND DECIDED TO GO WITH A MASTER PLAN.
NOW ALL WE NEED IS MONEY, AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THOSE GRANTS BECAUSE THE WHOLE ADMINISTRATION IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MASTER PLAN IS GOING TO BE A REAL CHALLENGE FOR US. SO THANKS SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. WELL, IF YOU'RE READY.
IF THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I'LL DEFINITELY MOVE THE MOTION.
YOU KNOW WHAT, DIRECTOR WAESPI? I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT BRUCE BEYAERT WAS ON THE LINE, AND NOW I DON'T SEE HIM ANYMORE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS GOING TO COMMENT ON.
OKAY. WELL, I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM BRUCE.
NOW HE'S GONE. OKAY, WELL, I DON'T THINK HE WOULD OBJECT.
YES, I THINK YOU WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THIS.
SO I WILL CONTINUE MY MOTION AND LOVE TO HEAR FROM BRUCE LATER IF HE COMES BACK.
OKAY. SO WE HAVE A OKAY THANK YOU.
SO MOTION BY DIRECTOR WAESPI AND SECOND BY DIRECTOR CORBETT.
WE HAVE SEVERAL INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.
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OKAY. GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT ECHOLS AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.I'M DEVAN REIFF, PRINCIPAL PLANNER HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.
PLEASED TO BRING YOU A BRIEF REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE HAYWARD AREA SHORELINE PLANNING AGENCY, HASPA, WHICH YOU'VE JUST LEARNED ABOUT THANKS TO KATY AND SPECIFICALLY THE NEW JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY AGREEMENT, WHICH IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR ADOPTION.
EXCUSE ME. THIS IS I'VE GONE TOO FAR, TOO FAST.
SO, HASPA, AS DIRECTOR WAESPI MENTIONED IS A 54 YEAR OLD JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY FORMED BY THE PARK DISTRICT, THE CITY OF HAYWARD AND THE HAYWARD AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT, OR HARD.
NOW, WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPACTS FROM SEA LEVEL RISE ALREADY BEING FELT AND CAUSING TEMPORARY DAMAGE TO OUR FACILITIES THERE, WHICH IS THE HAYWARD REGIONAL SHORELINE.
HASPA NEEDS AN UPDATED LEGAL AGREEMENT AND NEEDS MORE MEMBERS TO START BUILDING THE ADAPTATION PROJECTS AT THE SHORELINE, WHICH WILL KEEP THIS HABITAT AND RECREATION AMENITIES AVAILABLE TO ALL FOR THE FUTURE, AND FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE'VE INCLUDED TWO POTENTIAL TRUSTEE AGENCIES IN MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT EXPANDING HASPA TO BECOME A FIVE MEMBER AGENCY.
THAT'S THE ALAMEDA COUNTY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT AND THE ORO LOMA SANITARY DISTRICT.
SO HASPA'S BOUNDARY, AS SHOWN HERE IN BLACK, IS BASICALLY NORTH OF THE HAYWARD SAN MATEO BRIDGE, SOUTH OF THE UNINCORPORATED SAN LORENZO BOUNDARY, WEST OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS, AND INCLUDES SEVERAL MILES OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE.
WE ACTUALLY ARE THE LARGEST LANDOWNER AT ABOUT 40%.
THE NEXT LARGEST LANDOWNERS ARE HARD, AND THE CITY OF HAYWARD EACH AT ABOUT 20% AND THEN FURTHER DOWN SMALLER LAND OWNERSHIP, BUT EQUALLY CRUCIAL ARE ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND THE ORLEANS SANITARY DISTRICT.
THEY HAVE REALLY CRUCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE SANITARY FACILITIES AND FLOOD CONTROL PROTECTION FACILITIES, ALL WHICH LINE THROUGH THIS AREA.
SO IDEALLY, HAPSA WOULD HAVE BOTH OF THESE AGENCIES IN ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND STAFF IS WORKING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND JUST AS AN ASIDE, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN USE A POINTER, BUT DECO WAS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE DESIGN FOR THE HAYWARD MARSH RESTORATION PROJECT, WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE DARK GREEN PROPERTIES CLOSEST TO THE HAYWARD BRIDGE DOWN THERE AT THE SOUTH OF THE OF THE MAP.
IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE HAYWARD MARSH RESTORATION.
I'VE GOT A COPY HERE, IF ANYONE'S EVER CURIOUS.
THE MASTER PLAN IS VERY AMBITIOUS.
IT'S GOT ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN IT THAT ADD UP BACK THEN TO ABOUT $1 BILLION COST.
THAT COST, AS DIRECTOR WAESPI HAS SAID, HAS SURELY RISEN TODAY.
ONE OF THE GAPS IN THIS PLAN, WHICH THAT GRANT THAT KATY WAS MENTIONING WILL HELP US ADDRESS, IS THAT AS COMPREHENSIVE AS THIS PLAN WAS, THERE NEEDS TO BE A REFINED IMPLEMENTATION EFFORT TO DECIDE WHICH OF THESE 20 PROJECTS ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, WHICH ARE FUNDABLE, WHICH ARE FEASIBLE, WHICH ARE GOING TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EVENTUALLY BUILT.
SO THE HAYWARD MARSH RESTORATION PROJECT IS ONE OF THOSE.
THAT'S TO BUILD A LIVING LEVEE AT THE HAYWARD.
EXCUSE ME, THE ORO LOMA MARSH, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT MORE A LITTLE BIT LATER.
SO WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE ON THE HAYWARD SHORELINE? THIS MAP SHOWS ONE SCENARIO, A VERY MODEST SCENARIO COMPARED TO ALL THE OTHERS THAT ARE OUT THERE OF TWO FEET OF SEA LEVEL RISE.
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WITH SOME OF THE STORMS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, YOU SEE THAT IN FACT, MOST OF THE SHORELINE IS INUNDATED WITH ONLY THE COUNTY LANDFILL THERE IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH WOULD NOT BE, AND YOU CAN NOTICE THAT THE FOOTINGS OF THE HAYWARD SAN MATEO BRIDGE ARE ALSO INUNDATED.HOW DO WE PROTECT AGAINST THIS? WELL, ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT IS TO STRENGTHEN HASPA, AND WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING SINCE 2022 WITH THE FIVE AGENCIES.
WHAT WE'LL HAVE BEFORE YOU IN A FEW MONTHS OR NEXT MONTH WILL BE A NEWLY NEGOTIATED JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL EXPAND HASPA FROM THREE AGENCIES TO FIVE, AND THERE'S CURRENTLY A PLAN EVEN BEING DRAFTED TO ADD MORE AGENCIES.
HASPA HAS A POSITION RIGHT NOW THAT WE COULD BECOME A SUBREGIONAL AGENCY, WHAT'S CALLED A SUBREGIONAL AGENCY FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION, WHICH FITS IN WITH THE NEW STATE LAW THAT THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS IMPLEMENTING.
SO THIS NEW JPA WILL ALLOW FOR THE HAYWARD SHORELINE SPECIFIC PLANNING AGENCY HASPA, TO APPLY FOR GRANTS, AS YOU'VE HEARD ALREADY, PURSUE FUNDING AND COMPLETE SOME OF THE ADAPTATION PROJECTS IN THE MASTER PLAN.
SO IT WILL ALLOW THE PARK DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, TO DIRECTLY PARTICIPATE IN THE FUTURE PROTECTION OF THIS CRUCIAL MARSH HABITAT FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES, WHICH INCLUDES SALT MARSH, HARVEST MOUSE, AND THE LEAST TERN, AND ALSO THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
SO I'LL JUST QUICKLY SHOW YOU ONE COMPONENT OR TWO COMPONENTS OF THE JPA AND THEN WE'LL FINISH UP.
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE DID WAS LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT WANT TO BE PART OF HASPA, AND WE NOTICED VERY QUICKLY THAT SOME ARE VERY SMALL IN TERMS OF THEIR OPERATING BUDGET, AND SOME ARE QUITE LARGE, INCLUDING THE PARK DISTRICT.
SO WE CREATED THREE TIERS OF MEMBERSHIP DUES SO THAT DIFFERENT AGENCIES COULD PARTICIPATE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, AND THE SMALLEST, OF COURSE, AS YOU SEE HERE IS THE ALAMEDA COUNTY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT.
SHORELINE IS JUST A VERY SMALL PART OF OUR OVERALL PERCENTAGE.
SO THE PARTIES HAVE NEGOTIATED THIS TIERED DUES STRUCTURE TO BE FLEXIBLE AND FAIR FOR ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF OPERATING BUDGET AND RESPONSIBILITY AND THEN THE LAST DETAIL I'LL SHOW YOU IS THE IDEA OF WEIGHTED VOTING, SO THAT THE PARTIES AGREED TO TIE THESE THREE TIERS OF MEMBERSHIP TO BOTH THE ANNUAL DUES OF THE ORGANIZATION AND TO THE IDEA OF WEIGHTED VOTING, WHICH I WON'T GET INTO, OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT THE PARK DISTRICT SHOWN HERE WOULD HAVE ABOUT 24% OF THE TOTAL DUES, WHICH WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE ABOUT 130,000 IN THE FIRST YEAR.
IF WEIGHTED VOTING WERE EVER CALLED FOR, WE WOULD ALSO HAVE 24% OF A VOTE.
WE'RE EXPECTING THAT MOST OF THE VOTING WOULD ALWAYS BE ONE AGENCY, ONE VOTE, TYPICAL MAJORITY RULE, BUT WE'VE BUILT IN THE FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW FOR WEIGHTED VOTING IF ONE AGENCY WANTED THAT, AND THE REASON WEIGHTED VOTING IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THE PARK DISTR ICT WILL BE PARTICIPATING AT A HIGHER AMOUNT OF COMMITMENT, BOTH FINANCIALLY AND STAFF TIME, AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT REFLECTED FOR A MATTER OF FAIRNESS IN THE VOTING THAT WILL ALLOW THE PARK DISTRICT TO HAVE MORE INFLUENCE ON A FUTURE VOTE.
SO THE MOST RECENT HASPA MEETING RAISED THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE FIVE AGENCIES.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE COMMITTEE IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO BRING THE FULL DISTRICT ADOPTION.
BRING THE FULL BOARD ADOPTION OF THE JPA THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET.
IT'LL BE SOMEWHAT REVISED BY THE TIME IT COMES BACK HERE TO JOIN THE JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY FOR HASPA AND INCREASE THE SHORELINE PROTECTION AND HABITAT THAT'S SO CRUCIAL TO ALL OF US.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? DIRECTOR CORBETT. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON SOMETHING YOU SAID.
YOU SAID SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT NOT CONTINUE TO BE INCLUDED.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE MAY NOT GET ALL FIVE AGENCIES.
CERTAINLY THE THREE AGENCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PART OF HASPA HAVE INDICATED THEY WANT TO JOIN, AND A FOURTH AGENCY HAS INDICATED IT WANTS TO JOIN, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR AT THIS MOMENT THAT ALL FIVE THAT WE HAVE BEEN PURSUING WILL JOIN.
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DO WE NEED THEM I MEAN, THOUGH, I MEAN THEIR INVOLVEMENT? THEY HAVE BEEN SO INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OF NEGOTIATIONS THAT I WOULD SAY WE DO NEED THEM, BUT OF COURSE, IT'S THEIR BOARD'S DECISION WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO JOIN HASPA AT THIS TIME.YOU KNOW, THERE'S 535 MILES OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE, I THINK AND EVERYBODY'S GOT TO DEAL WITH IT, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST LOOKING THE OTHER WAY AND NOT DOING ANYTHING, BUT WE'RE RIGHT THERE.
WE GOT A $450,000 GRANT FROM THE, WHAT WAS THAT, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION? AND SO WE'VE GOT A MASTER PLAN IN PLACE.
SO WHAT WE NEED NOW IS STRONG FIRST, WE NEED STRONG MEMBERSHIP, AND WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND THAT, AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN AND GET GRANTS, JUST LIKE KATY HAD MENTIONED IN OUR LAST PRESENTATION.
HAYWARD MARSH LOTS OF PROJECTS IN THERE AT 20, AS YOU MENTIONED.
WE HOPE WE CAN GET THIS DONE, AND JUST AS A HIGHLIGHT HAYWARD SHORELINE.
IT'S INTERESTING. IT'S KIND OF THE SLEEPY END OF THE BAY.
NOBODY GOES TO HAYWARD SHORELINE, BUT IT'S FILLED WITH BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY.
I MEAN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO A HORIZONTAL LEVEE IN SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES DISTRICTS.
FOR SOME REASON, HAYWARD DIDN'T SEEM TO DEVELOP THEIR SHORELINE.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO RUN A HORIZONTAL LEVEE PAST THE RUSTY PELICAN AND SCOTT'S SEAFOOD.
YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
PEOPLE HAVE USED THE SHORELINE AND DONE A GREAT JOB.
PEOPLE ARE FINDING SOLUTIONS TO SEA LEVEL RISE.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT RUN THE WHOLE SHOW, GET EVERYTHING GOING, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR EFFORTS, AND I HOPE WE CAN RELIEVE YOU OF SOME OF THOSE, AND YOU CAN WORK AS THE TECHNICAL ADVISORS LIKE WE REALLY NEED.
COULD YOU HOLD YOUR MICROPHONE CLOSER TO YOU? IS THAT BETTER? SO I'M JUST WONDERING.
THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT, AND YOU KNOW, GREAT, GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU. WILL IT EVER MAKE ANY SENSE TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER COMMUNITY DOWN THE WAY? SAN LEANDRO, FOR EXAMPLE, IT HAS A HUGE SPOT WITH THIS LAND THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED IN A POSITIVE WAY WITH, YOU KNOW, THE WORK TO KEEP THE, YOU KNOW, SOME CERTAIN NATIVES LIVING, AND PLANTS AND ALL THAT.
SO DOES IT MAKE ANY SENSE AT ANY POINT TO HAVE SAN LEANDRO BE PART OF A RELATIONSHIP ON THIS? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE SAME PLACE.
IT'S THE SAME SORT OF LAND AND USAGE OF LAND TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MAY HAPPEN ALONG THAT COASTLINE? YES. THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT DIRECTOR CORBETT SAN LEANDRO STAFF HAS REACHED OUT TO US.
THEY ARE DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN SOME WAY WITH HASPA.
HASPA ALSO HAS A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH WE AT THE PARK DISTRICT RUN, AND SO STAFF FROM SAN LEANDRO COULD CERTAINLY JOIN THAT, AND THAT MIGHT BE THE FIRST STEP IN BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE SAME ISSUES IN SAN LEANDRO ARE THE SAME HERE IN HAYWARD ON THE HAYWARD SHORELINE.
SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY WELCOME THAT.
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KNOW ABOUT THIS LAND AND HOW IT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF, AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH EACH OTHER, AND IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO SAN LEANDRO, I THINK, TO ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT HAYWARD HAS AND VICE VERSA, BECAUSE IT IS THAT SHORELINE THAT'S BEEN SORT OF PROTECTED ALL THESE YEARS AND NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO BE IT'S SOMETHING I REALLY CARE ABOUT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN UP AND DOWN THAT AREA FOR QUITE A WHILE AND WORKED HARD BACK BEFORE I WAS ON THIS GROUP TO GET THE FUNDING FOR THE SHORELINE AREA IN SAN LEANDRO, AND IT MAKES SENSE THAT THOSE SHORELINE AREAS SOMEHOW WORK TOGETHER.SO ANYWAY, I'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT IN THE FUTURE.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY PART OF THIS, BUT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE SINCE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER, THEY MIGHT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEVAN.
THIS IS VERY INFORMATIVE AND VERY EXCITING, AND I HOPE YOU GET THE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS THAT YOU ARE AIMING TO GET AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HOW THIS ALL COMES TOGETHER, AND SINCE THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM, WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE, RIGHT? YEAH, INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
SO I THINK UNLESS ANYTHING ANYONE HAS ANYTHING FURTHER WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
SO NOW WE HAVE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON TOGETHER BAY AREA PARTNERSHIP.
LISA BALDINGER, LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY MANAGEMENT ANALYST HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT, AND I'M ALSO REPRESENTING EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AS A BOARD MEMBER OF TOGETHER BAY AREA. IN ADDITION TO MY ROLE AS A BOARD MEMBER, I SERVE ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF TOGETHER BAY AREA AS THE TREASURER.
SO BY WAY OF CONTEXT TOGETHER BAY AREA IS A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 75 MEMBERS OF NONPROFITS, PUBLIC AGENCIES, LOCAL NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES GROUPS, AND WE'VE RECENTLY EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MISSION ORIENTED BUSINESSES TO EXPAND KIND OF GROWTH AND COLLABORATION.
THE MISSION OF TOGETHER BAY AREA IS TO BE A CHAMPION OF AND A REGIONAL VOICE FOR, THE RESILIENT LANDS AND WATERSHEDS THAT ARE INTEGRAL TO THE THRIVING BAY AREA AND ALL PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, AND THE VISION IS A BAY AREA THAT IS A HOME TO HEALTHY LANDS, PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES WHERE WE ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF THE CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY CRISIS THROUGH COLLABORATION. WE LIVE IN A JUST AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY, WHERE WE LIVE IN RIGHT RELATIONS WITH THE LANDS THAT SUSTAIN US NOW AND WILL SUSTAIN US FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND SO ROOTED IN THE MISSION AND VISION OF THE ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS THE GOALS OF THE MEMBERS, TOGETHER BAY AREA RECENTLY WENT THROUGH A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO UPDATE THE GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO I'M PLEASED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY WHAT THESE GOALS ARE.
OUR GOAL AT TOGETHER BAY AREA IS TO CONSERVE 50% OF THE LANDS IN THE BAY AREA REGION.
WE ALSO STRIVE TO BUILD REGIONAL CAPACITY WITH NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL ALLIANCES, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION TOGETHER BAY AREA, AND THE WORK THAT THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM ACTIVELY ENGAGES ON, IS WORKING TO SECURE SIGNIFICANT AND STABLE PUBLIC FUNDING THAT IS EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE IN DISTRIBUTION REALLY FOCUSED ON CLIMATE GOALS AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, TOGETHER BUILDS AND NURTURES A SOCIAL NETWORK OF PRACTITIONERS AND PROFESSIONALS.
SO A TOOL FOR THIS IS THE CONSERVATION LANDS NETWORK.
THIS HAS BEEN AN ASPECT OF TOGETHER BAY AREA FOR OVER A DECADE NOW, STARTING WITH WORK UNDER THE BAY AREA OPEN SPACE COUNCIL, WHICH TRANSITIONED TO TOGETHER BAY AREA AND CONSERVATION LAND NETWORK, IT'S A TOOL, A GIS MAPPING TOOL, AND ALSO A MEANS OF COLLABORATION.
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SO YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE WORK OUR STEWARDSHIP TEAM HAS DONE WITH FINE SCALE VEGETATION MAPPING HERE IN THE EAST BAY CONSERVATION LANDS NETWORK, THEN LEVERAGES THOSE MAPS OF VARIOUS COUNTIES INTO A REGION WIDE NETWORK TO HELP TO IDENTIFY HIGH PRIORITY CONSERVATION ZONES, AS WELL AS URBAN BENEFITS AND SORT OF THE WHOLE COHESION OF THE AREA.ADDITIONALLY, LEVERAGING THAT TOOL, TOGETHER SUPPORTS SOME DIFFERENT REGIONAL COORDINATION GROUPS.
ONE THAT'S FULLY ACTIVATED IS THE WILDFIRE DATA WORKING GROUP AND REGIONAL COORDINATION WITH FLAME, AND THIS WORKING GROUP EAST BAY PARK STAFF DOES PARTICIPATE ON AND THEY COORDINATE ON TOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES AND AND MEANS TO ADDRESS WILDFIRE MITIGATION FOR ECOSYSTEM STEWARDSHIP ACROSS THE REGION.
SO THEY DO ABOUT TWO SACRAMENTO DAYS A YEAR, WHERE REGIONAL REPRESENTATION GOES TO SACRAMENTO SPEAK WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOUT THE POLICY PRIORITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION.
A LARGE FOCUS OF THIS WORK IS SIGNIFICANT AND STABLE FUNDING FOR THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY, AND SO PROTECTING THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY FUNDING DUE TO ITS ABILITY TO SUPPORT UPLAND AS WELL AS SHORELINE INVESTMENTS FOR CLIMATE MITIGATION, AND THEN ALSO STRIVING TO ENGAGE ALL VOICES IN THIS ADVOCACY WORK TOGETHER BAY AREA HAS RECENTLY LAUNCHED LAUNCHED WHAT THEY'RE CALLING POLICY LEARNING SESSIONS, AND SO THEY HAD A POLICY 101, WHICH IS REALLY THE FOUNDATION OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WORK IN PUBLIC FUNDING.
THEY PLAN TO HAVE FUTURE SESSIONS FOCUSED ON THE BUDGET, AND SO THIS IS A PLACE FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE A BACKGROUND IN POLICY WORK OR A DEGREE IN POLICY WORK TO COME AND LEARN, BECAUSE THEIR VOICE IS ADDITIVE TO THE DISCUSSION ON POLICY AND PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, AND SO IT'S REALLY A LAUNCHING POINT TO EXPAND EQUITABLE INVOLVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, WORK IN PUBLIC FUNDING.
THIS IS THE SECOND COHORT IS JUST BEING FORMED THIS YEAR WORKING WITH REDBUD RESOURCE GROUP, AND THIS IS A NINE MONTH PROGRAM THAT HELPS TO EXPLORE, DISMANTLE AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PUBLIC AGENCIES, NONPROFITS, AND NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES.
TOGETHER BAY AREA, WITH SUPPORT FROM MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS IS ALSO LAUNCHING THE RESTORING RIGHT RELATIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT'S FOCUSED ON NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM DISCUSSED THROUGH RESTORING RELATIONSHIPS, AND THEN FOR AGENCIES WHO ARE PERHAPS NOT IN THE COHORT, DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY YET TO JOIN THE COHORT, OR ARE JUST INTERESTED TO EXPLORE WHAT RIGHT RELATIONS MEANS FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION.
TOGETHER BAY AREA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH REDBUD RESOURCE GROUP, IS ALSO HOSTING A SERIES OF SHORTER EVENTS WORKSHOPS THAT ARE TITLED GOING BEYOND LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. SO WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF THOSE COMING UP IN APRIL, AUGUST AND NOVEMBER.
SO IT'S A ONE DAY SESSION TO EXPLORE WHAT IT MEANS TO GO BEYOND LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN TERMS OF CO-STEWARDSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL PARTNERS, AND THEN ANOTHER BIG ASPECT OF TOGETHER BAY AREA'S WORK IS, OF COURSE, THE REGIONAL COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION THROUGH THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, AND SO THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE IS TAKING PLACE MAY 7TH TO 10TH.
IT IS AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION THIS YEAR THAN PREVIOUS YEARS, SO IT WILL BE IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND SO FOCUSING ON CONSERVING AND STEWARDING 50% OF THE BAY AREA'S LANDS BY 2050, BUILDING TRIBAL ALLIANCES AND FOSTERING RIGHT RELATIONS, AND SECURING SIGNIFICANT AND STABLE FUNDING ARE THE CORE FOCUSES OF THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE CONFERENCE.
THE FORMAT SINCE FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN REALLY A HYBRID FORMAT WHERE THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE IS VIRTUAL, LOOKING AT SETTING THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT THE DISCUSSIONS WILL BE, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.
THE SECOND DAY OF THE CONFERENCE IS IN PERSON.
IT WILL BE AT THE FORT MASON CENTER, AND THEN THE THIRD AND FOURTH DAY OF THE CONFERENCE ARE FIELD TRIPS AROUND THE REGION TO LEARN AND SORT OF CROSS-POLLINATE OUR KNOWLEDGE AND SO JUST TO CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION, SHARING SORT OF HOW WE CAN ALL GET INVOLVED IN TOGETHER BAY AREA IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
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SO WANTED TO SHARE THESE DATES AS EAST BAY PARKS IS A MEMBER OF TOGETHER BAY AREA.SO THE BOARD AND STAFF ARE ALL WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THEM WHILE WE HAD THE TIME TODAY.
SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
LISA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
VERY INTERESTING AND GREAT WORK.
DIRECTOR WAESPI OR DIRECTOR CORBETT, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO WHAT'S YOUR BUDGET? YOU SAY YOU'VE GOT 75 MEMBER AGENCIES? THAT IS CORRECT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO CIRCLE BACK WITH THAT, THE ANSWER.
OKAY, GREAT, AND SO I'M FASCINATED BY I KNOW 30 BY 30 WANTS TO CONSERVE 30% OF OUR LAND AREA TO CONSERVE IT, AND YOUR GOAL IS 50%.
SO, AND THEN THERE IN YOUR PRESENTATION THERE WAS 5 MILLION ACRES OF SPACE IN THE TEN COUNTIES TO DO THAT. SO WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET 2.5? I MEAN, HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED 2.5 MILLION ACRES OF LAND THAT YOU COULD CONSERVE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO TOGETHER BAY AREA STAFF THROUGH THE CONSERVATION LAND NETWORK, WHICH IS THAT MAPPING TOOL I DISCUSSED IS LOOKING AT SORT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF WHAT CONSERVATION MEANS, AND SO THEY'RE EXPANDING THAT TOOL ALSO INTO THE URBAN AREA, LEVERAGING URBAN GREENING AS PART OF THE PERCENTILE, AND THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN WHERE THE HUMANS LIVE AND WHERE THE NATURE IS IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS, THEY'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE AGENCIES WHERE THAT MAY BE POSSIBLE, AND SO IT'S SORT OF YES AND NO.
SO, SO YES, STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED THAT IT'S FEASIBLE TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, LEVERAGING DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO CONSERVATION, AND NO, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC MAP WITH EXACTLY WHAT THAT LAND ACQUISITION PROJECT IS.
THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK. SOUNDS GREAT.
DIRECTOR CORBETT. COULD YOU TELL US JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT ROLE IF WE ATTENDED WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE'D BE THERE TO LISTEN TO THE SPEECHES AND, YOU KNOW, COORDINATE, BUT TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE HOW IT WOULD BE IMPACTED OR WE WOULD BE IMPACTED OR, YOU KNOW, TELL ME JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
GREAT, SO DEPENDING ON WHAT EVENT OR WORKSHOP YOU HAVE INTEREST IN GOING.
OF COURSE IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT FORMAT, BUT TAKING THE EXAMPLE OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE YOUR ROLE WOULD BE ATTENDING AS A REPRESENTATION OF EAST BAY PARKS, BUT THERE WOULD ALSO BE BOARD MEMBERS FROM OTHER AGENCIES AROUND THE REGION.
SO YOU'D HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK AND COLLABORATE.
THE CONFERENCE WILL ALSO PLAN TO HAVE BREAKOUT SESSIONS ON THE DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT I HIGHLIGHTED.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A BREAKOUT SESSION ON RIGHT RELATIONS AND REGIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, OR A BREAKOUT SESSION ON POLICY AND PUBLIC FUNDING FOR LAND CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, AND SORT OF HAVE THAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES.
WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.
AGAIN, A VERY VERY EXCITING AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.
SO NEXT UP IS THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL RICHMOND GAP CLOSURE PROJECT.
I HAD TO CHECK THE TIME THERE.
I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS AFTERNOON YET.
I'M SEAN DOUGAN, I'M THE TRAILS PROGRAM MANAGER IN THE ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION AND TODAY I'LL BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL RICHMOND GAP CLOSURE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE PINOLE, SORRY, POINT PINOLE TO WILSON POINT PROJECT, AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE HISTORY WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO, THIS IS ONE OF TWO STOPS INTERNALLY THAT WE TAKE ON A FOR THE CEQA PROCESS.
SO THIS IS CONSIDERED A PUBLIC MEETING UNDER THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
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SO A LITTLE BACKGROUND.YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE.
YOU CAN SEE THE GAPS THAT STILL EXIST IN THE BAY TRAIL IN ORANGE AND COMPLETED GAPS.
I'M SORRY, AND COMPLETED PROJECTS IN GREEN.
THE CIRCLE SHOWS THE POINT PINOLE TO WILSON POINT SEGMENT.
IT'S ABOUT 0.9 MILES AND WHEN COMPLETED ALONG WITH THESE OTHERS IN ORANGE, THERE WILL BE ROUGHLY A 30 MILE CONTINUOUS SEGMENT OR SECTION OF THE BAY TRAIL FROM CROCKETT TO OAKLAND.
SO MOVING WEST TO EAST OR LEFT TO RIGHT ON THE PROJECT, WE START AT THE POINT BUSINESS PARK NEAR POINT PINOLE. THE AREA IN RED THERE IS KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN THE PHOTO.
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THESE WAREHOUSES HAVE BEEN BUILT WITHIN THE BUSINESS PARK, AND THEY'VE ALSO BUILT A SEGMENT OF THE BAY TRAIL ALONG WITH THEIR IN THE PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING.
WE DID A STUDY, COMPLETED A STUDY IN 2005, AND WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL WAYS TO GET THROUGH THIS AREA.
ACTUALLY, TWO WAYS IN PARTICULAR WERE EITHER FILLING NEXT TO THE RAILROAD AND IN THE WETLAND ON A LEVEE LIKE STRUCTURE FOR THE TRAIL OR BUILDING BOARDWALK STRUCTURES ON PIERS THROUGH THESE AREAS, YOU CAN SEE THE TWO DOTS.
THERE ARE WETLAND FEATURES THAT WILL NEED TO BE TRAVERSED.
WE'VE TALKED TO THE THERE'S A 50 FOOT WIDE EASEMENT.
THE COUNTY ACTUALLY OWNS THIS BALL FIELD AND COMMUNITY CENTER, AND WE'VE TALKED TO THEM AND ARE IN ACTIVE NEGOTIATIONS OVER AN EASEMENT THAT WE CAN ACQUIRE FROM THEM HERE. THEY'RE NOT TERRIBLY CONCERNED, BUT THEY THIS PARK IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE LESS THAN ENTHUSIASTIC TO MANAGE.
IT DOESN'T RECEIVE A LOT OF USE.
IT'S SORT OF ISOLATED, AND OF COURSE, THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE BEING DIRECTED OUR WAY AS WELL.
AS FAR AS THE FUTURE USE OF THIS PARK, BUT WE'RE DOING A TRAIL PROJECT.
WE ACTUALLY OWN A LITTLE STRIP OF PROPERTY HERE FOR ACCESS ALONG THIS PATHWAY, AND THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, FORMER SEAVIEW SCHOOL PROPERTY THAT THE SCHOOL WAS DEMOLISHED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND THEY'RE DISCUSSING WHAT THE FUTURE USE OF THIS PROPERTY WILL BE.
THERE HAS BEEN A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL FOR DENSE HOUSING, AND THERE'S A COMMITTEE CALLED THE 711 COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN MEETING, AND AS A PART OF THAT COMMITTEE, THEY WILL RECOMMEND TO THE DISTRICT WHAT THE FUTURE USE OF THIS PROPERTY IS, BUT ONE OF THE RESOLUTIONS THAT THEY DID PASS IS THAT THEY WOULD GIVE THE PARK DISTRICT AN EASEMENT OVER A PORTION OF THIS LAND FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL.
WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR THE FINAL CONCLUSION OF THAT, AND WE'RE FOLLOWING THAT VERY CLOSELY.
I SHOULD MENTION THAT'S GARRITY CREEK.
THERE'S A WHAT WE THINK IS ABOUT A 70 FOOT BRIDGE THAT IS PROPOSED TO GAP THAT, AND THEN WE ENTER INTO THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD PROPERTY, WHICH IS THIS IS A PART THIS PROJECT WAS PART OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 2016 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD FOR A LONGITUDINAL EASEMENT ON THE OUTER 15FT OF THEIR TRACKS, AND THIS IS A GOOD VIEW HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT VERY WELL, BUT THERE'S AN OLD PIPE, THE CULVERT HERE, AND THERE'S SOME UTILITY ISSUES ON THIS HILLSIDE THAT ADD TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS PROJECT.
WE'LL NEED TO NOTCH A TRAIL IN THAT HILLSIDE, AND I'LL SHOW YOU AN EXHIBIT LATER.
THERE'S A HIGH PRESSURE GAS LINE ALONG THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS.
IT'S ALSO A FIBER OPTIC LINE, AND THERE WAS THIS ROGUE GAS LINE THAT WAS OWNED BY SHELL AND THEN TRANSFERRED, AND SO WE'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING THE HISTORY OF THESE UTILITIES, TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROJECT HAS A FATAL FLAW IN IT.
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THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE DISCOVERED THAT GAS LINE THAT WAS UNKNOWN IS ABANDONED, AND WE CAN JUST SEVER IT AND CLOSE IT, AND THAT WILL SAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, IF NOT $1 MILLION ON THE PROJECT COST POTHOLING TO FIND THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE OTHER UTILITIES ALONG UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD HAS BEEN DELAYED BY THE WEATHER AND THE RAIN, SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION SOON.YOU CAN SEE THE GAS LINE MARKERS THERE.
SO WE WANT TO BE SURE WHERE EXACTLY THAT IS AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO CONFLICT.
THERE WILL BE A MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM INCLUDED WITH THIS ONCE IT'S RELEASED, AND MOST OF THE MITIGATION MEASURES IN THIS DOCUMENT REALLY PERTAIN TO BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, HABITAT RESOURCES AND THE WETLANDS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
WE'LL NEED TO MITIGATE FOR THAT ONCE WE DETERMINE WHAT THOSE IMPACTS ARE.
THE PARK DISTRICT SENT OUT LETTERS ON MARCH 12TH TO TRIBES ON THE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION LIST TO DETERMINE IF ANY OF THE TRIBES WANTED TO FORMALLY CONSULT ON THIS PROJECT. WE'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL, BUT THAT PROCESS IS NOT ENDING UNTIL MARCH.
WHERE THAT WINDOW TO RESPOND CLOSES.
ONCE WE FINISH THAT PROCESS, WE WILL INCORPORATE ANY MITIGATION MEASURES THAT WE COME UP WITH IN CONSULTATION WITH THE TRIBES, AND WE WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE A DRAFT DOCUMENT BY THIS SUMMER TO BE RELEASED FOR A 30 DAY PERIOD.
MOST OF THE VEGETATION IN THE AREA IS NON-NATIVE GRASSLANDS, BUT THERE ARE SOME WILLOW THICKETS AND CREEPING RYEGRASS IN THERE THAT WE'LL NEED TO MITIGATE FOR THERE. THOSE ARE CONSIDERED SENSITIVE NATURAL COMMUNITIES.
THERE ARE 15 LISTED WILDLIFE SPECIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY RESIDE, FORAGE OR MOVE THROUGH THE SITE, AND THOSE INCLUDE THE CALIFORNIA RED LEGGED FROG, BURROWING OWL, AND THE WESTERN POND TURTLE, WHICH IS VERY LIKELY TO MOVE FROM A THREATENED SPECIES TO AN ENDANGERED SPECIES VERY SOON HERE BUT IN ORDER TO MITIGATE FOR THAT, WE ARE LEANING TOWARDS IN THE CURRENT DESIGN IS SUGGESTING THAT WE WILL BUILD BOARDWALK STRUCTURES OVER THESE WETLANDS, AND THAT WILL GREATLY REDUCE THE IMPACT TO THOSE SPECIES AND TO THOSE WETLANDS.
THERE ARE 2.2 ACRES OF WETLANDS IN TOTAL, BUT THE WAY THAT WE'RE DESIGNING IT, WITH A 710 FOOT BOARDWALK AND A 70 FOOT BRIDGE OVER GARRITY CREEK, THE PROJECT WILL ONLY PERMANENTLY IMPACT 0.366 ACRES OF THAT.
DIRECTOR CORBETT HAD A QUESTION.
OH, I DIDN'T SEE THAT. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
JUST GOING BACK TO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES.
YES. IT'S GETTING WORSE, YOU'RE STATING? I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
IS THAT THE COMMENTS? YEAH, THE WESTERN POND TURTLE IS A CANDIDATE TO BE ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST INSTEAD OF THE THREATENED SPECIES LIST, IS WHAT I'M TOLD BY OUR STEWARDSHIP STAFF, AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THERE'S THINGS WE CAN DO TO SLOW THAT DOWN, OR IT'S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT IS BEING GONE THROUGH RIGHT NOW FOR THAT LISTING BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, OR IN A WAY WE CAN MAKE IT A BETTER SITUATION, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING FOR THE PROJECT IMPACTS.
YES. OKAY. WE'RE YEAH, WE'RE LIKE I MENTIONED, WE HAVE 2.2 ACRES OF WETLANDS.
THE WAY WE'RE DESIGNING THE PROJECT, WE'RE ONLY IMPACTING 0.366 OF THAT.
OKAY. SO THAT WILL MAKE IT LESS OF A PROBLEM.
ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, WHERE WAS I HERE? WELL, THIS IS A GOOD SLIDE.
THE RED LINE IS THE SECTION THAT WE'RE WE'RE SPEAKING OF.
IT'S THE UNION PACIFIC MOU AREA, AND THEN THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS SORT OF THE, THE DESIGN VIEW OR A CROSS SECTION OF THE VIEW OF WHAT THE TRAIL WILL LOOK LIKE AND HOW IT WILL BE CUT INTO THE HILLSIDE.
LET'S SEE, WE RELEASED, OH, I SHOULD MENTION THAT OTHER MITIGATION MEASURES INCLUDE PRE-CONSTRUCTION SURVEYS, IMPLEMENTING AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR ALL CONSTRUCTION PERSONNEL, NATIVE SEED COLLECTION, TRANSPLANTING, AND THEN TEMPORARY FENCING AROUND OTHER SENSITIVE NATURAL COMMUNITIES TO PREVENT IMPACTS OR ACCESS DURING CONSTRUCTION.
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IN THE SUMMER OF 2023, WE SENT A SURVEY TO BOTH THE NEIGHBORS RIGHT ALONG THIS RED LINE AND THIS WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE.IT IS A PORTION OF IT IS IN PINOLE.
A PORTION OF IT IS IN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY.
THE FIRST OF ALL, WE KNEW THAT BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS PROJECTS THAT THE NEIGHBORS WOULD LIKE TO BE CONTACTED IN A MORE INTIMATE WAY, AND SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.
WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 AND MET AND NOTICED MULTIPLE TIMES THE NEIGHBORS AND TENANTS OF THESE HOMES AND THE OWNERS OF THOSE HOMES, AND HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING AT MONTALVAN OR MONTARABAY COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS IN THAT BASEBALL PARK AREA, AND THEY THEY WERE CONCERNED MAINLY ABOUT VIEWSHED AND PRIVACY AND SECURITY ISSUES, AND SO AS YOU SEE THE DESIGN HERE, WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THEM THAT ACTUALLY, WE'RE STABILIZING YOUR PROPERTY AND PUTTING IN A WALL THAT'S A SUNKEN ABOUT 6 TO 8FT BELOW YOUR PROPERTY SO YOU WON'T SEE PEOPLE.
YOUR VIEW WILL NOT BE IMPACTED, AND THOSE PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO LOOK INTO INTO YARDS, AND THIS ALONE REALLY ALLEVIATED MOST OF THE CONCERNS, AND THEN OTHERS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS.
SOME WANTED NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS AND SOME DID NOT BECAUSE OF PARKING ISSUES.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS TRAIL WOULD BE IF THEY GOT IN THEIR CAR AND DROVE TO PINOLE SHORE STAGING AREA, OR ATLAS ROAD AT THE ENTRANCE TO POINT PINOLE AND THAT'S JUST NOT A THAT'S NOT A GREAT SITUATION.
SO THE SECOND SURVEY THAT WE RELEASED AND WE PUT ONLINE WAS QR CODE SURVEYS.
WE NOTICED THE NEIGHBORHOOD PUT UP NOTICES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTERS AND THE HOA ETC.
WE RECEIVED LIKE 477 RESPONSES FROM THAT, AND THE AND THE OVER 400 OF THEM WERE GET IT DONE QUICKER, MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE RESPONSES HERE.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO MEET MY FRIENDS IN POINT PINOLE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAVE TO DRIVE.
CLOSING THE GAP IS CRUCIAL TO IMPROVING USABILITY OF THE BAY TRAIL, AND IT'S IN THE COMMUNITY'S BEST INTEREST TO ALLOW TRAVEL BETWEEN COMMUNITIES WITHOUT THE INCURSION OF MOTORIZED TRAFFIC, AND THERE'S MANY, MANY MORE OPEN ENDED COMMENTS LIKE THAT, BUT GREAT PROJECT.
REALLY, WE THINK AND WERE ABLE TO CONVINCE THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE'RE ALLEVIATING THOSE CONCERNS BY THE DESIGN ALONE, BUT AS WE MOVE INTO FINAL DESIGN, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THOSE NEIGHBORS CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL WORKS OUT AND THAT THE FENCING IS RIGHT, AND THERE IS A SECTION OF TRAIL ALONG THE BACK OF A PROPERTY.
WE'VE OWNED A PROPERTY UP THERE SINCE 1989, AND IT'S BEEN USED BY THE NEIGHBORS HOWEVER THEY WANT, AS IT SITS AND WAITS FOR US TO COME BUILD A TRAIL, AND SO THERE'S DOG RUNS AND GATES TO IT, AND PEOPLE ARE USING IT AS THEIR OWN PERSONAL PARK.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ADJUSTMENT.
SO WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE THAT ALL WORKS OUT.
AS I MENTIONED, ONCE WE CONCLUDE AB 52, WE HOPE TO RELEASE THIS DOCUMENT AROUND MAY, END OF MAY, AND THEN COMING TO THE BOARD IN SUMMER TO ADOPT AND APPROVE THE PROJECT AND FINALIZE THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN IN FALL, WHICH, LIKE I SAID, IS SOMEWHAT DELAYED BY THE POTHOLING, BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE AT THAT POINT, WE CAN MOVE IN.
THIS IS, BY THE WAY, THIS IS A VERY, VERY LOFTY SCHEDULE.
I'M GIVING YOU THE BEST CASE SCENARIO RIGHT HERE.
WE CAN MOVE INTO FINAL DESIGN AT THAT POINT, AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE FUNDING WE HAVE FOR THAT, AND IF WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THIS PROJECT MOVING AND FINALIZE THE DESIGN, WE COULD BUILD AS EARLY AS 2026, BUT WE I'VE STOOD HERE MANY TIMES AND SHOWN YOU THE 20 PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING ALREADY, AND THE DECO'S DOING ALL THEIR PROJECTS. WE HAVE CAPACITY THAT WE NEED TO ALLEVIATE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO GET THIS GOING.
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NOW. WE WERE AWARDED 500,000 FROM THE WEST CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.THOSE ARE STATE TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION PROGRAM FUNDING FUNDS THAT THEY'RE COLLECTING THROUGH PROJECTS AND MITIGATION, AND THAT MAY BE ENOUGH TO GET US THROUGH FINAL DESIGN.
WE HAVE APPLIED OR WE YES, WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THE RAISE GRANT.
THOSE AWARDS ARE PENDING JULY 2024.
THAT WOULD BE FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TO SUPPLEMENT THAT 500 IF WE NEED IT, AND THEN WE ARE PLANNING TO APPLY FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUNDING THROUGH THE STATE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 3 TO 5 MILLION.
I FORGET WHAT THEY CALL IT VALUE ENGINEERING.
WE WERE ABLE, WE'RE SEEING THE PRICE AT A PRETTY GOOD PLACE BUT WE WILL RECEIVE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATES ONCE WE HAVE A FURTHER DESIGN, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THOSE RIGHT NOW, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BEFORE BEFORE YOU TAKE DOWN THE SLIDES, I DID WANT TO JUST ASK.
SO CAN YOU SHOW US WHERE THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THE TRAIL? WHOOPS. WHERE ON THE MAP? I THINK A GOOD, AND I APOLOGIZE IF IT'S SMALL HERE THE THERE THE ABANDONED SCHOOL SITE.
PART OF THE DISCUSSION WITH THE 711 COMMITTEE THAT IS ADVISING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TO HAVE AN EASEMENT FROM CYPRESS DRIVE HERE ALONG THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH A 20 FOOT EASEMENT OR SOMETHING THAT GOES LATERALLY AND PERPENDICULARLY TO THE BAY TRAIL THERE, AND MANY, MANY ARE EXCITED BECAUSE THEY JUST WANT TO GET THERE, AND SOME LIKE AGAIN THERE'S PARKING.
THERE COULD BE PARKING CONCERNS, AND WE HAVE THOSE, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THE DISTRICT, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HEAVILY LEANING TOWARDS PROVIDING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE RESPONSE THAT WE'RE GETTING POSITIVELY.
SO I HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THANK YOU, AND GREAT COMMENTS.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, I JUMPED THE QUEUE HERE, BUT DIRECTOR WAESPI OR DIRECTOR CORBETT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT TO GO FIRST? OKAY.
THANK YOU, SEAN. SO I LOVE THAT SLIDE YOU JUST HAD UP THERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE, I PICTURE A TRAIL THAT BY YOUR DRAWING IS GOING TO BE 14, POTENTIALLY 14 FOOT HIGH TO MY LEFT IF I'M LOOKING AT IT THERE, WHICH WHICHEVER DIRECTION I'M GOING, AND THEN AN EIGHT FOOT TALL CYCLONE FENCE AND ONLY A 15 FOOT WIDE CAUSEWAY IS HOW LONG IS THAT GOING TO BE LIKE THAT? BECAUSE THAT SEEMS KIND OF CONFINING TO ME.
CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION TO YOU, PLEASE? YEAH. THE I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE SPEAKING MAINLY OF THE RAILROAD SECTION, CORRECT.
WELL, NO, THAT'S THE QUESTION I'M ASKING.
YEAH. SO THIS SECTION IN YELLOW, THE RAILROAD IT DEPENDS ON THE HEIGHT OF IF WE CAN RAISE THE TRAIL UP AND AWAY FROM THE RAILROAD VERTICALLY, THEN OUR FENCE COULD BE BELOW THE TRAIL.
SO YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT A FENCE, BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE A POINT WHERE IT'S AT GRADE WITH THE RAILROAD, AND THEIR REQUIREMENT IS STRICTLY EIGHT FOOT TALL, NO CLIMB FENCE WHICH IS LIKE AN EXPANDED METAL DIAMOND TYPE OF FENCE.
WE CAN LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS FOR THE FENCE THAT ARE VISUALLY MORE PLEASING, BUT MAYBE VINYL COATED, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT, AS YOU KNOW, THE RAILROAD IS VERY DIFFICULT, AND THEIR STANDARDS, STANDARDS AND SAFETY IS THEIR THING.
SO BUT AS WE, AS WE RAISE, WE'RE HOPING THAT FENCE EYE LEVEL IS BELOW THE TRAIL.
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I'M REMINDED OF THE PROJECT YOU DID WHAT IS CALLED PINOLE SHORES, I'M FORGETTING, FIVE YEARS AGO.IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S NOT ANYTHING LIKE I PERCEIVE THIS TO BE.
IS IT BASED ON BECAUSE WE WERE WAY HIGHER THAN THE RAILROAD.
THAT'S THE REASON WE WERE ON THE BLUFFS ABOVE IT.
THERE IS AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE ALONG A LOT OF THAT, AND IT WAS THAT'S MY THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
THAT'S MY CLARIFYING QUESTION BECAUSE I DIDN'T NOTICE IT.
THEY APPROVED THAT AT LONE TREE POINT BUT THIS IS RIGHT ON THE TRACKS AND TRESPASS ISSUES ARE ALIVE AND THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THEIR MAIN CONCERNS HERE.
SO, OKAY, WELL, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE MORE PROGRESS BEING MADE ON THIS.
THIS IS A HUGE PRIORITY FOR MY WARD ANYWAY AND ACTUALLY FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.
SO I THINK WE HAVE BRUCE BEYAERT ON THE LINE.
YOLANDE, IF YOU CAN GIVE HIM ACCESS.
BRUCE, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING YOU TO A PANELIST SO THAT YOU CAN SPEAK.
THERE YOU GO. OKAY, MR. BEYAERT, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME, BRUCE? THERE YOU GO. I THINK I'M UNMUTED NOW.
THIS IS EMBODIED VOICE, BUT NOT A FACE.
OKAY. YOU MIGHT NEED TO ACCEPT THIS.
OKAY. DIRECTOR WAESPI HAS ONE MORE QUESTION WHILE BRUCE IS GETTING HOOKED UP.
SO DO YOU HAVE A ROLE OR DO YOUR STAFF HAVE A ROLE IN THE TRAILS AND GREENWAYS CONFERENCE? ARE YOU PRESENTING? YES, WE ARE.
WE ARE PRESENTING ON THE BRIONES PILOT PROJECT, AND THAT WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY.
OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
CHAIR ECHOLS DIRECTORS CORBETT AND WAESPI.
AS YOU KNOW, I'M CHAIR OF TRACK TRAILS RICHMOND ACTION COMMITTEE TO COMMEND STAFF WITH THE GREAT JOB THEY'RE DOING ON THIS REALLY IMPORTANT BAY TRAIL GAP CLOSURE PROJECT, AS MANY CHALLENGES AND STAFF IN THE DISTRICT HAS MET THEM AND OTHER STRETCHES OF THE CONTRA COSTA SHORELINE OR SAN PABLO BAY SHORELINE AND ADMIRABLE FASHION, THIS PROJECT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT'S GOING TO ALLOW THOSE FOLKS TO BICYCLE COMMUTE TO MANY JOB CENTERS NEARBY IN RICHMOND AND THE POINT PINOLE AREA, THERE'S AMAZON, WHOLE FOODS RESTORATION HARDWARE, UPS, FEDEX, YOU NAME IT.
WILL BE COMPLETE FROM ACTUALLY FROM RODEO TO YERBA BUENA ISLAND.
I WAS ENCOURAGED BY SEAN'S COMMENT THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION IN 2026.
SO CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY FOR MOVING THIS PROJECT ALONG.
I HAD MY HAND RAISED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON A TOPIC, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO I'D APPRECIATE IF IT'S POSSIBLE AT THE RIGHT POINT TO MAKE A NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT.
I RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE YOU COULD HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT NOT ON THE AGENDA AT THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
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THANK YOU. OKAY.OKAY. NEXT UP, WE HAVE A INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON THE IMPROVING PERALTA OAKS NORTH PROJECT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'M REN BATES, CHIEF OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
[CHUCKLING] SO I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE'VE BEEN KIND OF WHERE, WHERE HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT.
AS STATED, THE PROJECT LOCATION IS ACROSS THE STREET.
THE PARK DISTRICT PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY IN 2019 WITH THE INTENT TO MAKE IT A PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE SPACE. SO IT WAS BUILT IN 1983 BY AS A PURPOSE BUILT BUILDING FOR THE STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND.
IT'S A STEEL FRAME BUILDING OF APPROXIMATELY 107,000FT², OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY 65,000FT² IS OCCUPIABLE AND WILL BE UTILIZED FOR STAFF SPACE AND OFFICES.
SO AFTER THE PURCHASE IN 2019, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION BEGAN EFFORTS IN 2020 TO DEVELOP PLANS FOR THE TENANT IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING.
SO TO THAT, WE'VE COMPLETED MOST ALL OF THESE STEPS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU.
THE BUILDING PROGRAM IS ABOUT DEFINING THE SPACE.
WHO ALL IS GOING TO BE IN THERE? WE ALSO DETERMINED THAT WE WERE SEEKING LEED CERTIFICATION OF GOLD SO THAT WE COULD SHOW THERE WAS MANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT, AND THAT WAS DETERMINED, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE BOARD AS TO WHAT CERTIFICATION WE WOULD SEEK.
SO THERE WOULD BE ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE, AND THAT INCLUDES HR, OUR RESERVATIONS GROUP, PUBLIC SAFETY, CLERK OF THE BOARD, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A NEW BOARDROOM OVER THERE, OF WHICH WE SPENT SOME TIME INDIVIDUALLY WITH BOARD MEMBERS TO DISCUSS THAT AS PART OF THE PROCESS.
THEN WE GOT THROUGH OUR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT THAT'S LOOKING AT THE BUILDING WHERE THOSE SPACES CAN FIT IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH SPACE IS REQUIRED FOR WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS AND WHAT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS ARE AND SO THAT STARTS TO ASSIGN SQUARE FOOTAGES AND THAT GETS US INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
WE DID HAVE A MEET AND GREET AND OPEN HOUSE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
THERE WAS A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT.
WE HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY HAD INITIAL FOLLOW UP WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER NEIGHBORS.
AS WE'VE BEEN IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED MOST OF ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS CONCERNS, AND SO IN THAT INTERVENING TIME, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS SO THAT FOR A BUILDING OF THAT SIZE AND NATURE IS QUITE AN ENDEAVOR.
SO WE SUBMITTED OUR FIRST PLAN SET TO THE CITY OF OAKLAND FOR PERMITS REVIEW IN 2022.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL HAVE OUR PERMITS IN HAND SOON FROM THE CITY OF OAKLAND.
THAT INCLUDES SITE PLANS, RENOVATION TENANT IMPROVEMENT PLANS, A DEMOLITION PLAN.
THESE ARE ALL THE PERMITS WE'RE APPLYING FOR FROM THE CITY OF OAKLAND.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID A PREQUALIFICATION PROCESS FOR CONTRACTORS.
WE PUT OUT A PROPOSAL FOR CONTRACTORS AT THE END OR IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
WE BROUGHT THAT LIST TO THE BOARD IN JANUARY.
WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS, TYPICALLY FOR TENANT IMPROVEMENTS.
WE DON'T DO A LOT OF THOSE HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT BECAUSE WE'RE A PARK DISTRICT, BUT IN TERMS OF THAT FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT ARE TYPICALLY NOT INCLUDED, BUT WE'VE DECIDED IN TERMS OF DELIVERY AND MAKING IT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE IN, WE'RE HAVING FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR SCOPE OF WORK SUCH
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THAT THEY CAN COORDINATE, THAT THEY CAN GET ALL THAT INSTALLED AND PROVIDE THAT.THAT SAID, WE DID GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF SELECTING THAT FURNITURE DEALER.
IT'S A LOCAL COMPANY, AND THEY ARE COVERED BY SIMILAR TO A CMAS WHERE THERE'S A STATE SELECTED COMMITTEE TO SORT OF VET OUT PRICING FOR FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT.
HERE'S A FLYER WE HAD FOR OUR 2022 NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
WE HAD A ZOOM MEETING AND THEN A FOLLOW UP ON SITE WHERE FOLKS COULD COME.
THEY BROUGHT THEIR HORSES OUT.
I'LL SHOW A COUPLE OF THE FLOOR PLANS HERE SO OR THE FLOOR, EACH FLOOR, AND HOW WE'VE DEVELOPED IT.
SO THE LEGENDS HERE THE BLUES AND PUBLIC SAFETY SPACE GREENS, DISTRICT ADMIN, THE ORANGISH IS ALL STAFF AND THEN THAT BEIGE COLOR IS WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS.
IT'LL BE MOSTLY PUBLIC SAFETY FOR RECORD STORAGE AND RETENTION.
THERE WON'T BE ANY PUBLIC PARKING WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING.
THAT'S FOR SAFETY REASONS, AS IT WILL BE A PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
HERE'S THE FLOOR PLAN FOR THE FIRST LEVEL.
THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE YOU WILL ACCESS THIS, AND SO THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS DOWN HERE, AND THAT WILL BE THE MAIN THAT'S THE MAIN ATRIUM AREA THAT WILL BRING YOU INTO THE SPACE.
THE BOARDROOM WILL BE HERE WITH A WALL THAT CAN PARTITION, WALL THAT CAN BE REMOVED SO THAT THIS CAN BE OPERATE AS AN EOS IN TERMS OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THE GREEN AREAS ARE HR AND RESERVATIONS DEPARTMENT ROUNDS OUT THE FIRST FLOOR DOWN HERE.
THERE IS AN ELEVATOR THAT WILL BE KEYCARD ACCESS, AND MOST OF THE SITE WILL BE KEYCARD ACCESS.
LEVEL TWO. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ALL PUBLIC SAFETY.
THERE'S A LUNCHROOM AND A ACCESS TO THE PATIO SPACE OUT HERE.
SO THIS WILL BE UTILIZED PRETTY MUCH BY ALL PUBLIC SAFETY AND REMINDER, AS I KNOW EVERYONE KNOWS, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR FIRE SAFE OR OUR FIRE, POLICE, LIFEGUARD SERVICES.
THIS IS A ACCESS POINT TO THE TOP PARKING LOT, WHICH WILL BE SECURED AND ONLY FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS MOST PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE ALL STAFF SPACE IS A FITNESS AREA, WHICH I KNOW HAS BEEN A POINT OF CON TOPIC TOPIC THAT IS STILL IN THE BUILDING.
THE GOAL IS TO MAKE A CAMPUS FEEL, AND SO WE WILL HAVE A BUILDING CONNECTION.
SO THAT'LL BE PART OF THE PROCESS AND PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES I'M GOING TO BREEZE THROUGH.
TOBY'S DONE THESE, SHOWN THESE, AND KIND OF DONE THE 360S.
SO THESE ARE JUST CONCEPTUAL IDEAS BUT THERE'S THE BOARDROOM WITH A SIMILAR SETUP TO WHAT THE SITUATION IS IN HERE WITH SCREENS, THE PODIUM, THE DAIS.
THIS ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT THIS AREA, THIS IS A WALL THAT CAN OPEN UP TO THE ATRIUM, AND SO THIS CAN BE ENCLOSED, OR IT CAN OFFER SPACE THAT'LL SPILL OUT INTO THE ATRIUM AND LOBBY AREA IF THERE IS AN EVENT OR A BOARD MEETING THAT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL SPACE.
I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HERE WHERE THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE SPILLING OUT OF THIS ROOM.
SO THIS IS TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
FORTUNATELY, THOSE AREN'T THERE AREN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY.
HERE'S THE BREAK ROOM LOOKING EAST, AND THEN RENDERING OF OFFICE SPACE.
WE'RE HOPING TO GET THOSE BACK RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
WE'RE HOPING TO GO OUT TO BID AT THE END OF APRIL.
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SO WE THINK OUR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.THAT SAID, THERE'S ALWAYS SOME QUESTIONS THAT ARISE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO OPEN BIDS IN JUNE, POTENTIALLY COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO SEEK BOARD AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN JULY AND THEN HOPEFULLY BEGIN COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.
IN TERMS OF THE STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS, THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICES BUILDING, AND IT IS WE ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A FAULT, AND SO THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SEISMIC THAT HAS TO BE DONE TO THIS BUILDING TO MAKE IT FUNCTION AS WELL ONE FOR CODE IN PROXIMITY TO THE DEFAULT, BUT ALSO TO OPERATE AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICES BUILDING, AND LIKE I SAID, IN TIMES OF EMERGENCIES HERE'S OUR ESTIMATED PROJECT COST AT THIS POINT BASED ON OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
SO CONSTRUCTION IS ESTIMATED AT $70 MILLION.
WE HAVE $3 MILLION WITH CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CONTINGENCY COSTS.
WE HAVE $9 MILLION FOR SOFT COSTS FOUR AND A HALF, HALF OF THAT IS ALREADY ENCUMBERED FOR ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING PERMITS, BUT WE ANTICIPATE STILL THERE WILL BE OTHER FEES FOR UTILITIES.
WE WILL BRING IN A WHOLE NEW PG&E SYSTEM AND SO WE HAVE IN PROCESS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO GET A TEMPORARY POWER SYSTEM UP THERE FOR WHEN WE WERE INTO CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN LASTLY, THERE'S 3 MILLION IN FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION OF THIS.
EL DORADO COUNTY DID A PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 2019.
SO THAT WAS PRIOR TO PANDEMIC, AND IF YOU COULD RECALL, OR AS YOU ARE AWARE, SINCE THE PANDEMIC, COSTS HAVE ESCALATED A LOT, BUT IN THIS ONE THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2019 COST 50 MILLION AND IT WAS 110,000FT².
MOUNTAIN VIEW, I BELIEVE THEIR CITY COUNCIL JUST APPROVED A $200 MILLION PROJECT.
IT'S NOT MOVING FORWARD, BUT THEY DID JUST RECENTLY APPROVE THAT.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT FACILITY.
SAN RAFAEL DID A 44,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO DETERMINE.
MARTINEZ CONTRA COSTA COUNTY JUST COMPLETED EMERGENCY OPERATE.
WELL, NOT JUST THEY COMPLETED IN 2020.
THAT WAS 44 MILLION FOR A 38,000 SQUARE FOOT.
SO AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, THIS IS 65,000 AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $70 MILLION.
PALO ALTO JUST DID A $118 MILLION PER PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THEN LASTLY, AND MOST OF THOSE WERE ALL NEW BUILT PROJECTS.
RENO IS DOING A RENOVATION OF A PUBLIC OF A EXISTING FACILITY FOR THEMSELVES.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD BIDDING, AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING IS THAT THEY PRE-PANDEMIC, THEIR INITIAL COSTS WERE 34 MILLION AND NOW IT'S UP TO 70 MILLION. SO IT'S VERY COROLLARY, AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT THAT IS A REPURPOSED BUILDING THAT'S SIMILAR NATURE, AND THEY ALSO HAD TO DO STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE IT AN ESSENTIAL SERVICES BUILDING, WHICH IS COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO HERE.
IT'S JUST IT WAS, LIKE I SAID, A BRIEF RESEARCH OF THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THOSE AS COMPARABLES IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE FOR OUR COSTS AND OUR ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS.
SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS I'M ABLE AND GO FROM THERE.
YOU'RE WELCOME. DIRECTORS? DIRECTOR WAESPI OR DIRECTOR CORBETT.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY.
SO OF THE 65,000FT² OF USABLE OR SPACE THAT'S GOING TO BE USED, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE, HOW MUCH IS POLICE AND HOW MUCH IS ADMINISTRATION? I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT PERCENTAGE FOR YOU, BUT I WOULD SAY IT BORDERS ON 75 TO 25.
LIKE, I CAN GET THAT EXACT NUMBER FROM SQUARE FOOTAGES AND TAKING IT OFF ON THE COLORS, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT AS A GUEST, JUST FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, I WOULD SAY 75/25.
ACTUALLY, SINCE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN AND JUST ASK.
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CAN YOU REPEAT THE USE THE USABLE? SURE. SO THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHICH IS THE SPACE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE WALL, IS 107,000FT², BUT THAT INCLUDES TWO PARKING AREAS, ONE AT THE BOTTOM FLOOR AND THEN ONE ON THE FIRST LEVEL FLOOR.SO THAT EATS UP THAT 40,000FT².
SO IT'S PARKING, AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT INITIALLY.
SO THE PARKING ON THE BOTTOM BASEMENT FLOOR WILL REMAIN PARKING.
WE'VE LOOKED AT POTENTIAL OPTIONS NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT AS THE DISTRICT IS GROWING AND WE ARE MEETING ALL OF OUR OFFICE SPACE, THERE IS ONE PARKING FLOOR THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO STAFF OR THAT'S THERE THAT COULD BE CONVERTED TO OFFICE SPACE IN THE FUTURE IF NEED BE, SO THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 65,000 COULD BE INCREASED, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT CURRENTLY AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
SO YOU SAID THE TOTAL IS 170 SQUARE FOOT, 1-0-7-0-0-0, 107,000FT².
OKAY. I WAS WONDERING HOW YOU GOT THE 40 OUT OF THAT.
OKAY, THAT MAKES A MORE SENSE.
OKAY. MY MATH IS SOMETIMES OFF, SO.
ALL RIGHT. NO, I MAYBE DIDN'T HEAR YOU RIGHT.
THANK YOU, AND I'M SORRY IF I INTERRUPTED YOU, DIRECTOR WAESPI.
GO AHEAD. THAT WAS IT? OH, OKAY. DIRECTOR CORBETT.
I HAVE A ZILLION QUESTIONS, BUT I WON'T ASK THEM ALL TODAY.
WITH REGARD TO WHERE THE WHERE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH STAFF, WELL, A STAFF PERSON, BUT ALSO A CONSTITUENT.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO MEET WITH CONSTITUENTS, WHERE WOULD THAT BE? COULD WE DO IT ON IN THE BUILDING? I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO HAVE OUR, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS AND DO OUR CONSTITUENT WORK.
CAN YOU TELL ME ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THAT? THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT LATER, IF IT'S NOT REALLY.
I THINK THERE ARE SPACES THAT COULD BE SET ASIDE IN TERMS OF AN OFFICE SPACE.
WE'RE NOT FULLY THERE'S SOME ROOM FOR GROWTH IN TERMS OF WHERE AND THEIR SPACE.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OPEN SPACES AND CONFERENCE ROOMS THAT COULD PROBABLY BE UTILIZED AND SET ASIDE FOR WHEN BOARD MEMBERS OR OTHER FOLKS WANT TO SPEAK WITH CONSTITUENTS OR WORK WITH THAT. SO AND THERE ARE SOME CONFERENCE ROOMS SET UP SO THAT THEY'RE READILY ACCESSIBLE OFF THE FRONT, THE ENTRANCE.
SO THAT IS PRETTY MUCH PUBLIC FACING, AND WE SET UP THOSE SPACES SO THAT THERE COULD BE OFFICE MEETING SPACES WITH EXTERNAL JUST STAKEHOLDERS OR CONSTITUENTS, DEPENDING ON WHERE IT IS, AND THERE'S ALSO THAT OFFICE, THAT ROOM ADJACENT TO THE BOARDROOM, WHICH COULD HAVE BE OPENED UP FOR EVEN LARGER GROUPS.
SO THERE ARE SPACES THERE THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS TO USE, AND IF FOR THE MEETINGS YOU'RE DISCUSSING, JUST NOT PURPOSE DESIGNED PURPOSE, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT PEOPLE ARE FLEXIBLE AND SORT OF WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE A FLEXIBILITY AND FLOOR SPACE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPACES, AND SO WE'RE NOT PURPOSELY SETTING ASIDE A BUNCH OF OFFICES THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE UTILIZED ALL THE TIME.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME ALL THIS TODAY, BUT WHERE THERE'LL BE SPACE AVAILABLE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO MEET WITH THE PUBLIC IF THEY HAVE TO MEET WITH THEM AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WHERE THE MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE HELD.
THAT'S WHERE MEETINGS, THE CONVERSATIONS WILL HAPPEN AND WHERE THERE'LL BE SPACE IN THE PLACE, YOU KNOW, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE HOW WE'VE DEVELOPED THAT TO GIVE THE, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE THE BOARD MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THEIR JOB TO IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS.
I JUST, IT DOESN'T I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT SPACE AND OPPORTUNITY TO DO OUR PART OF THE JOB IN SUPPORTING OUR UNDERSTOOD THAT WE REPRESENT.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT.
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STAFF WE HAVE THAT'S WORKING WITH THEM, AND THAT SHOULD BE PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT BUILDING AS WELL.UNDERSTOOD. BUT, OTHER THAN THAT, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'RE MOVING ALONG.
DO YOU HAVE ANY I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE STATED SOME DATES, BUT WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT DATE WISE TO GET GOING WITH OUR PLANNING? SO, YEAH. LIKE SURE.
THE PERMITS ARE IN THE CITY OF OAKLAND RIGHT NOW.
GREAT. YEAH, THAT'S THE GOAL, AND COME BACK IN JULY FOR THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THAT CONTRACT.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'D BE BUILDING IN JULY STARTING.
WE'LL HAVE TO GET A BOARD APPROVAL, AND THAT IS SLATED FOR IF WE OPEN BIDS IN JUNE.
WE COULD, BASED ON TIMELINE FOR ADMINISTRATION PURPOSES.
IT USUALLY TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT AND FOR A CONTRACTOR TO MOBILIZE IN.
SO WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T START UNTIL AUGUST AT THIS POINT.
WE WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT IN GETTING CONTINUING TO HAVE THIS MOVE FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING.
THANK YOU. OKAY, WE HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT FROM DIRECTOR WAESPI A QUESTION.
REN, I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT UNDER FURNISHING FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT, WOULD THAT INCLUDE STUFF ON THE WALLS? AND I'M THINKING OF, I'M THINKING OF SOMEBODY OR SOMEHOW WE GET PICTURES OF BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS OF HALF DOME AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WHEN IN FACT WE HAVE THE PARK DISTRICT AND I'M ALSO THINKING OF WHEN WE WENT TO SACRAMENTO FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE UP THERE, WE WENT TO THE NATIONAL NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCIES OFFICE BUILDING UP THERE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS INCREDIBLE, JUST THE USE OF NATURAL MATERIALS.
I HOPE THAT IF THIS DOES INCLUDE IF THIS 3 MILLION INCLUDES PUBLIC ART AS MY COLLEAGUE, YOUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, BEVERLY USED TO ALWAYS TALK ABOUT AND PROMOTE.
I THINK WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT RESOURCE.
I HOPE WE FEATURE OUR PARKS SORT OF LIKE THE HOSPITALS DO.
WITH YOU KNOW, FLOOR TO CEILING.
IS THAT AND SIMILAR TO THE WALL HERE IN THE LUNCHROOM, IT HAS THE BIG IMAGE THERE IS, AND IF THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT AT THAT AT SOME OF THE RENDERINGS THAT I SHARED IN PART OF THE PRESENTATION, I'M NOT GOING TO PULL IT UP, BUT YEAH, THE INTENT IS THAT THERE WILL BE SOME LARGE WALLS THAT ARE COVERED WITH AN IMAGE, AND I THINK WE'RE LOOKING TO UTILIZE IMAGES OF OUR PARKS.
RECENTLY WE WENT DOWN TO MID PENINSULA OPEN SPACE.
THEY JUST RENOVATED THEIR OFFICES AND THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF VERY MUCH, AS YOU DESCRIBED, SOME ART PIECES AND PHOTOS AND WE'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THEIR PROCESS AND HOW THEY DID IT AND FOUND VERY SPECIFIC THINGS ABOUT HOW MUCH THE IMAGE HAS TO BE, BUT YES, THE INTENT IS THAT WILL HAPPEN.
THOSE AREN'T FINALIZED IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY ARE, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS.
GREAT. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS, BECAUSE I FULLY CONCUR THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT AND FEATURE OUR PARKS AND THE BEAUTY OF OUR PARKS AND, AND I THINK WE COULD DO THAT WITHOUT TOO MUCH TROUBLE SINCE WE HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PARKS.
OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD? ALL RIGHT. I CAN ALWAYS THINK OF MORE.
[CHUCKLING] OKAY, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE PROJECT SEEING THE NEXT UPDATE.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TODAY? I DON'T THINK SO.
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NOT ON THE AGENDA AGENDA.OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR ECHOLS, DIRECTORS CORBETT AND WAESPI.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD A PUBLIC COMMENT, SOMETHING NOT ON THE AGENDA.
YOU HAD A VERY FULL PACKED AGENDA TODAY.
I'D LIKE TO RAISE AN ISSUE THAT WAS COVERED DURING THE BOARD'S TRAILS STUDY SESSION ON MARCH 1ST, AND WHICH TRACK COVERED IN A MARCH 4TH FOLLOW UP LETTER TO AGM WAUSAUKEE
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AND THAT IS THE NEED TO START NEGOTIATING WITH THE RAILROADS TO OBTAIN AN EASEMENT TO EXTEND THE BAY TRAIL NORTH FROM POINT [INAUDIBLE] TO POINT SAN PABLO.IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE LAND, YOU HAVE NOTHING.
HOWEVER, THERE'RE UNDERLYING PROBLEMS AND COMPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF A HISTORIC RAILROAD EASEMENT.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE DISTRICT TO START NEGOTIATING THE RAILROADS.
THEY HAVEN'T DONE THIS. IT'S BEEN PUT OFF FOR 15 YEARS.
PUT OFF BECAUSE IT'LL BE DIFFICULT AND TAKE TIME.
WELL, THAT IS A REASON TO START THE NEGOTIATION.
SO TRACK HOPES THE DISTRICT WILL OPEN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE RAILROAD TO EXTINGUISH THESE OLD HISTORIC RAILROAD EASEMENT SO IT WILL HAVE CLEAR TENURE OVER THAT STRETCH OF LAND.
CHEVRON IS WILLING TO COOPERATE.
SO I'M HOPING THE STAFF WILL TAKE THIS ON.
IT'LL TAKE TIME, AND BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE TIME, THAT'S THE REASON TO START NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I THINK THAT IS ALL.
THANKS, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.