ARE WE READY TO GO? ALL RIGHT?
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BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHY? RIGHT NOW IT'S 10:30, OH 10:31.ALL RIGHT, WE'RE READY TO START THE MEETING.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL.
[Roll Call]
THANK YOU, CHAIR SANWONG.THIS IS YULIE PADMORE TAKING ROLL.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH DIRECTOR ROSARIO.
HERE. CHAIR AND DIRECTOR OLIVIA SANWONG.
HERE. WE ALSO HAVE AGM LISA GOORJIAN.
ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL, ELIZABETH MACKENZIE.
HERE. STAFF IN SUPPORT IS MYSELF, YULIE PADMORE, DEBORAH FULLER, AND AMIR AZIZ.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, AND THEN BEFORE WE BEGIN, DO WE? WELL, OKAY, LET'S FIRST DO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[Approval of Minutes]
FEBRUARY 21ST, 2024.HAVE THERE BEEN ANY EDITS TO THOSE MINUTES OR DO WE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I DON'T HAVE ANY THINGS TO ADD, SO I'M READY TO MOVE IT.
SO YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY, PERFECT. SECOND.
OKAY. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? I DON'T THINK SO. PERFECT. SO UNANIMOUSLY THREE ZERO.
THIS MEETING MAY BE ACCESSED AS FOLLOWS.
IN PERSON HERE AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS AT 2950 PERALTA OAKS IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.
ALSO LIVE VIA ZOOM VIRTUAL MEETING PLATFORM.
THE ZOOM LINK IS LOCATED ON THE MEETING AGENDA WITH THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE, AND ALSO THE THIRD OPTION IS VIA THE PARK DISTRICT LIVE STREAMING PLATFORM, WHICH IS ALSO LOCATED ON OUR WEBSITE, EBPARKS.ORG.
PARK DISTRICT FACILITIES AND MEETINGS COMPLY WITH THE AMERICANS DISABILITY ACTS.
IF SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS ARE NEEDED.
TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE CONTACT US.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED CAN BE SUBMITTED TO YOU BOARD OPS COMMITTEE AT EBPARKS.ORG.
SO THIS IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE ROOM.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON ZOOM? WE HAVE NO ONE ON ZOOM.
[Informational Items]
INTRODUCTION. YEAH.I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN INTRODUCTION WHILE THE PRESENTERS ARE COMING UP, AND JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT ABOUT THIS ITEM IS THIS IS PART OF THE WORK PLAN, THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN TO GET AN UPDATE FROM THE INTERPRETATION AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND SO TODAY WE HAVE KEVIN DAMSTRA.
SO HE'LL BE PRESENTING AND IT'S JUST AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM, BUT WE'RE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS BECAUSE THIS PRESENTATION, I THINK, REALLY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF CONNECTING THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES AND SORT OF WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALIZED IN THE FIELD AND WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I AM THE SOUTHEAST WORK GROUP REGIONAL INTERPRETIVE AND RECREATION SERVICES MANAGER.
THE SOUTHEAST WORK GROUP CURRENTLY OVERSEES SIX OF OUR WORK GROUPS.
IF YOU GIVE ME JUST ONE MOMENT, I WILL BRING UP THE POWERPOINT.
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THANK YOU.THE SOUTHEAST INTERPRETIVE SECTOR CURRENTLY OVERSEES SIX DIFFERENT WORK GROUPS.
INDICATED ON THIS MAP IS THE NORTHEAST, DELTA, SOUTHEAST, AND DEL VALLE WORK GROUPS.
AS WELL AS THE SOUTHWEST WORKGROUP, WHICH INCLUDES ARDENWOOD HISTORIC FARM AND THE VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY SERVICES WORKGROUP, WHICH IS OUR PARKS, TRANSPORTATION AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES.
THESE WORKGROUPS OVERSEE 11 LARGE PROGRAMMATIC AREAS, INCLUDING THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE DONE AT THE VISITOR CENTERS, AS WELL AS LARGER PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE VASCO CAVES TOURS, THE THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK PUBLIC ACCESS TOURS, A PARTNERSHIP WITH PEOPLE WHO CARE, WHICH IS A LONGITUDINAL AND DEEP ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE SECOND MOBILE VISITOR CENTER BASED OUT OF SHADOW CLIFFS, AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER PROJECTS THAT HAPPEN ACROSS THE PARK DISTRICT.
THESE ARE CONDUCTED BY 39 PERMANENT STAFF MEMBERS AND APPROXIMATELY 25 SEASONAL STAFF, AND THESE STAFF ARE A CRITICAL LINK BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND OUR PARK RESOURCES. THEY'RE CONTINUALLY MAINTAINING HIGH LEVELS OF PUBLIC SERVICE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PILOTING NEW INITIATIVES TO, AND BUILDING STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS.
OUR STAFF IS CONTINUING TO GROW AND TO CHANGE, ALLOWING THIS TEAM TO BUILD STABILITY WHILE ALSO BRINGING IN NEW IDEAS AND EXPERIENCE FROM OUTSIDE THE PARK DISTRICT, AND MY SLIDE IS NOT MOVING FORWARD.
YEAH. WE'LL JUST TAKE A MOMENT, I THINK.
YEAH. WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE, SO THANK YOU.
I WILL ACTUALLY TAKE THIS MOMENT TO PUT A PLUG IN THAT THIS SATURDAY IS EARTH DAY, AND SO THERE SO, KEVIN, THE INTERPRETATION RECREATION TEAM SPEARHEADED BY OUR VOLUNTEER SERVICES COORDINATOR AND ALL PARK STAFF ACROSS THE DISTRICT ARE THERE ARE MANY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES BEING AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATE, TO VOLUNTEER.
I'M SURE WE'LL GET AN UPDATE AFTER THE FACT ABOUT THE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF OUR VISITOR NUMBERS, BUT THIS IS A VERY KEY DAY FOR THE PARK DISTRICT IN TERMS OF STEWARDSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO I DID JUST THOUGHT I'D PLUG THAT IN WHILE WE'RE WAITING.
YEAH. I WANTED TO ADD I THINK THE STAFF PERSON'S NAME IS JESSICA SLOAN, RIGHT? THAT IS. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S A A GREAT EVENT.
OKAY. THANK YOU AND MY APOLOGIES FOR THE CONFUSION WE ARE BACK ON TRACK WITH OUR PRESENTATION.
VERY QUICKLY, I WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE DIFFERENT STAFF THAT WE HAVE AT OUR PARKS.
AT ARDENWOOD HISTORIC FARM, OUR STAFF HAS REMAINED FAIRLY CONSISTENT.
THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT CURRENT VACANCIES RIGHT NOW.
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THOSE ARE OUR GARDENER POSITION, ONE OF OUR FARMER II POSITIONS, AND OUR SUPERVISING NATURALIST POSITION IS CURRENTLY VACANT.THOUGH WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY MOVING INTO THAT ROLE WHO WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK.
SO WE WILL BE UPDATING THE BOARD ON THOSE POSITIONAL CHANGES HERE SOON.
OUR BLACK DIAMOND MINE STAFF, THIS SLIDE SAYS BIG BREAK THIS.
BLACK DIAMOND MINE STAFF HAS A NEW POSITION.
THIS IS ED TAYLOR AS OUR NATURALIST AIDE, WHO WILL BE WORKING UNDERGROUND IN THE GREAT HOUSE VISITOR CENTER AND ASSISTING WITH PROGRAMING, AND WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE A VACANCY AS A NATURALIST OUT THERE AS WELL.
DEL VALLE STAFF HAS ADDED JOSH [INAUDIBLE], OR ARMOSINO, MY APOLOGIES, AS OUR NEWEST NATURALIST, THIS IS THE SECOND NATURALIST POSITION THAT WAS ADDED IN 2023.
SUPERVISING NATURALIST ASHLEY HOUTS IS OUT ON LONG LEAVE RIGHT NOW, WITH ACTING SUPERVISING NATURALIST NATALIE HURTADO CONTINUING IN THAT ROLE THROUGH AUGUST, WE BELIEVE.
COMMUNITY SERVICES AND VOLUNTEERS CURRENTLY ENCOMPASSES BOTH THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AND THE PARKS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM . IN THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES PROGRAM, JESSICA SLOAN, WHO WAS MENTIONED EARLIER FOR THE WORK FOR EARTH DAY, IS OUR CURRENT ONLY SUPERVISOR. THOSE POSITIONS THAT SHE OVERSEES INCLUDE TWO RECREATION ASSISTANTS THAT HELP OUT WITH OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAMING, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE PARKS TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH HANDLES ALL BUSSES FOR SCHOOLS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND OTHER NEEDS THAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS.
THESE PROGRAMS HELP TO BUILD AN ENVIRONMENTALLY AND HISTORICALLY LITERATE POPULATION.
THIS INCLUDES STUDENTS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
IN ADDITION, THESE INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS HELP TO SUPPORT DISTRICT INITIATIVES LIKE THE 30 BY 30 PROGRAMING THROUGH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE WORK LIKE OUR VOLUNTEER PROJECTS.
IN 2023, WE SERVED OVER 1500 CLASSES, REACHING OVER 44,000 STUDENTS BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE WERE IN-PERSON.
IN OUR PARKS, OVER 228,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED OUR PUBLIC PROGRAMS. OUR VOLUNTEER SERVICES DEPARTMENT HELD OVER 100 DISTINCT VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. THESE ARE THINGS LIKE THE RECURRING WEED PULLING PROGRAMS OR CLEAN-UP EVENTS THAT HAPPENED AT DIFFERENT PARKS.
THOSE INDIVIDUAL TYPES OF PROGRAMS OCCURRED OVER 1200 TIMES FOR NEARLY 4000 VOLUNTEERS, VOLUNTEERING OVER 20,000 HOURS. PARKS TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED BUSSES FOR 184 PROGRAMS IN 2023.
PEOPLE WHO CARE IS A LOCAL NONPROFIT LOCATED IN PITTSBURG, CALIFORNIA, THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED A LONGITUDINAL AND DEEP ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH AND BUILT OUT A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS SUPPORTED THEIR EFFORTS IN OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THAT COMMUNITY.
AT BIG BREAK, OUR ALL ABILITIES DAY HOSTED ITS SIXTH YEAR OF THE ALL ABILITIES DAY PROGRAMING, WELCOMING PEOPLE OF ALL DIFFERENT.
IN A VERY DELIBERATE WAY THAT MATCHES UP WITH OUR DEI INITIATIVES.
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ON A MORE OPERATIONAL SIDE AT THE BEGINNING OF 2023.AT ARDENWOOD AND DEL VALLE, WE HAD A LOT OF RECOVERY WORK ON OUR INTERPRETIVE FACILITIES TO DO.
ARDENWOOD LOST OVER 98 TREES THAT NEEDED TO BE CUT DOWN, NEEDED TO BE REMOVED FROM THAT AREA, AND DEL VALLE IN THE IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE STORM DAMAGE THAT HAPPENED THROUGH THE PARK, THE NEW VISITOR CENTER WAS ALSO FLOODED, THOUGH SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN SOME OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS.
THERE HAS BEEN REPAIR WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THAT AND TO THE EXHIBITS TO BE ABLE TO GET US BACK INTO THE VISITOR CENTER BY THE SUMMER F OCUS IS OUR GOAL, AND THAT WORK CONTINUES.
CURRENTLY, OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM SUPERVISOR CONTRACTS WITH FIVE BUS COMPANIES AND 12 UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR OUR PARKS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
IN 2024, AS WE LOOK TO TRY TO SPLIT THIS POSITION, OR AS WE HAVE SPLIT THIS POSITION, WE HAVE CREATED A NEW VOLUNTEER SUPERVISOR TO OVERSEE PARKS TRANSPORTATION.
THE NEW POSITION WILL ALLOW THE WORKGROUP TO FOCUS ON EXPANDING OUR BUS SERVICES, AND TO PURSUE POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES TO HELP TO ADDRESS THE PARK ACCESS NEEDS THAT WE KNOW EXIST.
IT WILL ALSO REMOVE THESE DUTIES FROM THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES SUPERVISOR, ALLOWING THAT POSITION TO FOCUS ON INCREASING OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE PARK DISTRICT.
THIS WILL ALLOW THAT VOLUNTEER SUPERVISOR TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR PARK OPERATIONS AND STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS OTHERS IN VOLUNTEER PROJECTS THAT ARE GROWING AND DIVERSIFYING.
THE IDEA OF JUST HAVING VOLUNTEERS COME OUT TO DO A CLEANUP AT OUR BEACHES IS STILL ONE OF THE MAJOR VOLUNTEER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, BUT IS NOW ALSO BEING PARTNERED AND COUPLED WITH THINGS LIKE THE BRIONES PILOT PROJECT AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER MORE IN-DEPTH AND EVEN HIGHER SKILLED VOLUNTEER PROJECTS THAT CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPAND.
THIS STAFF CONTINUES TO BE A CRITICAL LINK BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND OUR PARK RESOURCES.
THROUGH ITS DIRECT WORKLOAD OF ADDRESSING THE PARK'S TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, AND ALSO THROUGH THE INCREASED CAPACITY OF OTHER STAFF WITHIN VOLUNTEER SERVICES, PARK OPERATIONS, STEWARDSHIP, AND BEYOND.
DURING 2024, WE ARE FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SUPPORT FOR SERVICES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
SO RIGHT NOW, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND DO COMMITTEE MEMBERS QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? GREAT. THANK YOU. THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT PRESENTATION.
IS THIS YOUR FIRST ONE AS? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
SO QUESTIONS REGARDING THE LONGITUDINAL STUDY, IS THAT EQUIVALENT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING AT OAKLAND WITH PERALTA HACIENDA AND THE RICHMOND RANGERS? IS THAT THE SAME? THE PEOPLE WHO CARE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE? THAT IS A LONGITUDINAL DEEP ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT HAS SOME SIMILARITIES, BUT IT IS NOT FOLLOWING THE EXACT SAME MODEL AS THE EXISTING ADVENTURE CREW ONE OR ADVENTURE CREW TWO PARTNERSHIPS.
SO WE'RE STILL PLANNING A JUNIOR RANGER TYPE PROGRAM IN THE ANTIOCH AREA, IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT THAT PROGRAM WILL LOOK LIKE IS HARD FOR ME TO SAY.
IT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH PEOPLE WHO CARE.
MANY OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE THAT EXIST WITHIN RICHMOND RANGERS OR EXIST WITHIN, YOU KNOW, TILDEN'S JUNIOR RANGER PROGRAM IN CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO CARE, WHERE THEIR FOCUS, WHERE THEIR NEEDS ARE AND WHERE THEIR DESIRE IS, ARE LEADING US INTO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LONGITUDINAL AND DEEP ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM, BUT IT WILL HAVE
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A STRONGER CONNECTION TO THE TO THAT COMMUNITY THROUGH THAT PARTNERSHIP.EXCELLENT, AND THEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF NUMBERS ABOUT ATTENDANCE, AND SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, I'M ALWAYS ASKING FOR DATA AS TO THE BREAKOUT OF THOSE YOU KNOW, THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHO'S WHO'S ATTENDING OUR PROGRAMS. WHO ARE WE REACHING OUT TO? WHO DO WE NEED TO, WHO ELSE DO WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO? SO IS THAT DATA AVAILABLE? SANDI, I'LL LET YOU.
HELLO, DIRECTORS, CHIEF SANDI FUNKE HERE.
SO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A STUDY WITH SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY WORKING WITH DOCTOR YOSHINO'S LAB, AND SO WHAT WE ARE DOING THROUGH THAT STUDY IS LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES OF HOW TO COLLECT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FROM OUR EXTREMELY VARIED PROGRAM MODELS. WE ARE QUITE UNIQUE IN THAT WE HAVE DROP-INS, WE HAVE LONGITUDINAL PROGRAMS, WE HAVE SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WE HAVE ROVING.
GREAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, AND I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT AS PART OF OUR WORK PLAN LATER THIS YEAR. EXCELLENT, AND THEN WHERE DO THE AMBASSADORS FALL INTO? IS IT UNDER I&R? THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS ORGANIZED AND MAINTAINED BY PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.
HOWEVER, OUR VOLUNTEER SERVICES SUPERVISOR DOES SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE BACK END OF BEING ABLE TO COLLECT DATA AND AND MANAGE THE SOME OF THE SIGNUPS THROUGH OUR VOLUNTEER DATABASE SYSTEM.
EXCELLENT, AND THEN OH YOU MENTIONED YOU HAD OVER 100 VOLUNTEER EVENTS THAT INCLUDE WEED PULLING, YOU KNOW, RESTORATION PROJECTS.
SO HOW MANY STAFF DO YOU HAVE TO DO THAT PORTION, TO SUPERVISE THAT PORTION? THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS TWO RECREATION ASSISTANTS THAT ASSIST OPERATIONS AND STEWARDSHIP STAFF WITH THOSE PROGRAMS. MANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE TAKEN ON BY RANGERS ACROSS THE PARK DISTRICT TO MAINTAIN THOSE PROGRAMS, AND THEN OUR VOLUNTEER SERVICES DEPARTMENT HELPS OUT AND ASSISTS AND ADDS MORE STAFF TO IT, BUT IT IS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS BETWEEN OPERATIONS AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES.
EXCELLENT. I MEAN, THE REASON I ASK THIS BECAUSE I WAS, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A PARK RANGER SLASH VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR THAT WOULD DEAL WITH THOSE KIND OF PROGRAMS AND SOME KIND OF INTERESTED HOW THIS PROGRAM IS DOING, AND IF THE PARKS ARE BEING SERVED WELL ENOUGH OR THEY COULD BE USED MORE OR SO YEAH JUST INFORMATION, BUT OVERALL, I THINK WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. OH, I JUST WANTED, REGARDING ARDENWOOD WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE DIG DEEP FARMS? IS THAT UNDER YOUR PURVIEW, OR IS THAT WOULD THAT BE OPERATIONS? IF YOU'D LIKE TO, SURE.
YES. WELL LET'S SEE, I THINK WE HAVE RUBY TUMBER, THAT'S ACTUALLY IS UNDER BUSINESS SERVICES IN PART OF AS PART OF OPERATIONS.
SO WE CAN RUBY CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, I THINK, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
YEAH. THANK YOU.YEAH I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PICTURES OF STAFF BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY ANYMORE.
[CHUCKLING] SO IT WAS VERY HELPFUL, AND I CAN START CONNECTING FACES AND NAMES.
ELLEN, DID YOU WANT TO GO? OF COURSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND I GUESS WHAT I WOULD WANT TO KNOW MOST IS HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES THAT DO THIS SORT OF WORK? WHAT'S THE BEST WAY THAT YOU USE IN PROMOTING THAT?
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WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO INCREASE OUR STAFFING LEVELS? YEAH, AND WE SEE THAT THERE'S A FEW OPEN POSITIONS AND THOSE POSITIONS ARE ALL IN PROCESS OF BEING BEING FILLED.THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE PROCESS, BUT AS I MENTIONED, OUR SUPERVISING NATURALISTS AT ARDENWOOD THE INCOMING SUPERVISING NATURALIST BEGINS NEXT WEEK. OKAY.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO GET THEM FILLED AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH ALL THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THOSE DISTRICTS THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON? THE CONNECTIONS THROUGH THOSE SCHOOLS OFTEN THE PERSONAL CONNECTION, THE STRONGEST CONNECTION HAPPENS AT THE VISITOR CENTER LEVEL, WHERE OUR SUPERVISING NATURALISTS AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALISTS MAINTAIN REGULAR COMMUNICATION AND CONTACT WITH THOSE SCHOOLS.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHOOLS KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR.
SO A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH TEACHERS BECAUSE THE STUDENTS WILL CHANGE WHILE THE TEACHER DOES NOT, AND THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BUILD OUR FIELD TRIPS INTO THEIR CURRICULUM IN A STRONGER WAY, AND THEN FOR CERTAIN SCHOOLS OR FOR AREAS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO DELIBERATELY EXPAND SERVICE, WE WILL DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH WORK INVOLVING OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH STAFF OR INVOLVING OUR SUPERVISING NATURALISTS, WHERE WE'LL SPECIFICALLY REACH OUT CERTAIN VISITOR CENTERS LIKE BIG BREAK AND DEL VALLE HOST TEACHER NIGHTS EVERY YEAR.
DEL VALLE'S TEACHER NIGHT, I BELIEVE, IS COMING UP NEXT WEEK WHERE THEY INVITE THE TEACHERS TO COME OUT TO THE PARK TO LEARN ABOUT THE FIELD TRIPS AND TO LEARN HOW TO ACTUALLY REGISTER AND ENGAGE WITH OUR SYSTEMS IN AS EASY A WAY AS POSSIBLE.
DO WE HAVE ANY PARTICULAR SCHOOL AREAS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH RESPONSE, AND MAYBE WE CAN DO MORE TO GET THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS INVOLVED? THERE ARE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE STRONGER SERVICE THAN THAN IN OTHERS, OR WHERE WE HAVE STRONGER CONNECTIONS THAN IN OTHERS.
SOME OF THAT IS VERY PURPOSEFUL AS WE ARE LOOKING TO CONNECT WITH WITH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED OR IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DON'T RECEIVE QUITE AS MANY RESOURCES AS OTHERS AND WITH THE BALANCE OF WHAT WE CAN OFFER AS FAR AS OUR STAFFING AND AS FAR AS OUR JUST OPERATIONS COMPONENT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN BRING TO A FIELD TRIP ON A DAY.
THERE'S A BALANCE THAT OCCURS THERE.
WE ARE ABLE TO TRACK THOSE THROUGH OUR GIS SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE OUR SERVICE LEVELS ARE BASED UPON, WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE, THAT ARE COMING FOR OUR PROGRAMS, AND I DID YOU ALREADY TALK ABOUT THIS OR WAS IT IN THE INFORMATION? IS THERE A WAY TO GET IN TOUCH MORE WITH SOME OF THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE AS MUCH CONNECTION AS SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS, SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SOME SCHOOL AREAS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE PROGRAMS ALL THE TIME, AND THERE'S SOME THAT THERE'S NOT AS MUCH.
IS THERE WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING TO INCREASE THAT IN VARIOUS AREAS? SO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST AND THE SUPERVISING NATURALISTS AT THOSE PARKS WILL TYPICALLY REACH OUT, AND IF THEY HAVE CONTACTS AT THE SCHOOLS, THAT'S GREAT. MOST SCHOOLS ALSO POST THE TEACHERS EMAILS OR CONTACT INFORMATION ONLINE.
WE ALSO HAVE GONE TO PRINCIPALS AND SUPERINTENDENTS.
WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT MAKING COLD CALLS IF WE NEED TO.
SO THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE TO EVERYONE IS A GOOD THING.
WONDERFUL. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE BY THE NUMBERS SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE, AND I THINK DEE HAD ALSO REFERENCED THIS, AND I'M CURIOUS WITH SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, HOW DO SOME OF THE, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, ADULT COMMUNITY LEADER PROGRAMS FIT INTO THIS? IT MIGHT BE ON THAT SECOND BULLET POINT IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC PROGRAMS, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, I'M THINKING ABOUT, I KNOW, AT BIG BREAK, WE BRING THROUGH A LOT OF GROUPS, WHETHER IT'S METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT IN LOS ANGELES OR THE WATER EDUCATION FORUM.
IS THAT INCLUDED IN THESE NUMBERS THAT WERE ON THIS SLIDE, AND IS THAT PART OF THAT SECOND BULLET POINT ON PUBLIC PROGRAMS? YES. THE SECOND BULLET POINT, FOR EASE OF THE PRESENTATION, WE PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER THAT WASN'T STUDENTS.
PERFECT. HOWEVER, WE DO TRACK DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS, BOTH INTERNAL PARK PROGRAMS VERSUS EXTERNAL PARK PROGRAMS. SO THERE IS SOME BREAKDOWN BEYOND THIS.
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NOT TO EVERY GRANULAR DETAIL, BUT THERE IS SOME FURTHER BREAKDOWN BEYOND THIS, AND BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING INFORMATION TO HAVE AT SOME POINT SOMEWHERE.I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THIS SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT I THINK IT IS HELPFUL TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE HAVING GROUPS YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THE WATER EDUCATION FORUM OR METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, COMING THROUGH.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO INCLUDE IN SOME REPORTS SOMEWHERE.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE THE SPECIFICS YET, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT GETS BOOKMARKED, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THOSE, YOU KNOW, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN MIKE MORAN ON ONE OF HIS TOURS WITH WATER EDUCATION FORUM UP AT BIG BREAK, AND I WAS SO INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED WITH HIS OVERVIEW, BUT THEN ALSO HOW HE'S ABLE TO INTERACT ON THE, YOU KNOW, OUR DELTA RELIEF MAP THAT'S OUTSIDE, AND YOU KNOW, SOMEONE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT SOME OF YOU KNOW, THE WATER FLOWS COMING FROM STOCKTON, AND, YOU KNOW, MIKE WAS SO GOOD AT INTERACTING WITH THE AUDIENCE, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD THE MANAGER OF THAT PORTION OF THE DELTA THERE WHO WAS ABLE TO, WITHOUT ANY PREPARATION, BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION, AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS THAT I'LL SHARE FOR MYSELF INDIVIDUALLY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT INCORPORATED IN SOME SORT OF REPORTING AT SOME POINT.
YEAH. SO I THINK I MAYBE GO ON A LIMB EVERY OTHER YEAR BUSINESS SERVICES GIVES THEY SORT OF TRADE OFF BETWEEN OUR RESERVABLE FACILITIES UPDATE OR ON OUR RESERVATIONS, AND SO LAST YEAR WE DID RESERVABLE FACILITIES.
SO YOU HEARD ABOUT THE BRAZILIAN ROOM, AND SO THIS YEAR THIS IS SOMETHING BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE, THE DATA THAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT PROBABLY GETS TRACKED BY OUR RESERVATIONS.
SO WE CAN CERTAINLY THAT'S A GREAT CATEGORY THAT FOR US TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON.
YEP, AND I'D BE CURIOUS IF THERE'S OTHER YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, IN THIS REGION OR THE OTHER REGION, IF THERE'S OTHER GROUPS SIMILAR TO, YOU KNOW, THESE PROFESSIONAL GROUPS OR IN THE CASE OF METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ELECTED BODY THAT'S COMING THROUGH REGULARLY FOR FOR TOURS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT, AND SOME OF THIS, WE ALSO TRACK THROUGH OUR SAMARITAN DATABASE AS WELL, WHICH IS UTILIZED FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS, FOR SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND FOR VOLUNTEER DATABASE.
WHAT WAS THE DATABASE? IT'S CALLED SAMARITAN.
SAMARITAN, OKAY. THAT'S THE PROGRAM SOFTWARE NAME, BUT IT WITHIN INTERP AND RECREATION, IT'S WHERE A LOT OF OUR INTERNAL T RACKING HAPPENS.
OKAY, COOL. THAT'S HELPFUL TO HEAR, AND THEN IN TERMS OF, I THINK IT MIGHT EVEN BE THE SAME LINE ON THIS BY THE NUMBER SLIDE, THE VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING, I BELIEVE IT WAS AT OUR 90TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT IN JANUARY AT SUNOL.
THE BIOBLITZ PROGRAM, AND I HAPPEN TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ERICA, ONE OF OUR NATURALISTS AT SONOMA, AND SHE WAS MENTIONING HOW SHE'S ABOUT TO DO A VIRTUAL PROGRAM ON ZOOM AND SHE HAD PEOPLE FROM AUSTRALIA REGISTERED TO ATTEND HER VIRTUAL PROGRAM, AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED TO HEAR THAT, AND SO I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE ALSO CAPTURING IT'S OKAY THAT IT WASN'T HERE, BUT I THINK THE GLOBAL REACH AND ALSO THE REACH BEYOND THE EAST BAY IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR US TO ALSO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, HOW WE TRACK THAT INFORMATION, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WITH METROPOLITAN WATER, THAT'S ALL OF, YOU KNOW, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS WILL COME BACK WHEN WE DO THE RESERVATIONS REVIEW, BUT ALSO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN, IT WOULD BE NICE TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT IN OUR YOU KNOW, OVERALL PLANNING.
YEAH, AND I THINK THAT GETS BACK TO WHAT SANDY SAID ABOUT HOW WE COLLECT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.
SO WE'RE, I THINK LEARNING HOW WE CAN DO THAT ACCORDING TO BEST PRACTICES.
SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
YEAH, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED TO HEAR ABOUT THE VIRTUAL PROGRAM, AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SHOWCASE ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE EAST BAY AND, YOU KNOW, OUR AMAZING NATURALIST STAFF, AND SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I HAD A QUESTION EARLIER WHEN WE WERE PUTTING ON OUR WORK PLAN, KIND OF AT THE END OF LAST YEAR OR BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, THINKING ABOUT OTHER NATURALIST GROUPS AND I KNOW THE ONE THAT I'VE BEEN REALLY FOLLOWING IS THE SFPUC, THE ALAMEDA CREEK WATERSHED VISITOR CENTER THAT I IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE PUSHED THAT BACK TO OPENING AT THE
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END OF THIS YEAR, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER VISITOR CENTERS.YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, STATE PARKS, THERE'S ALSO US FISH AND WILDLIFE AT DON EDWARDS.
HOW MUCH DO WE COLLABORATE OR HOPE TO COLLABORATE WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER VISITOR CENTERS IN THE EAST BAY? I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE A VERY STRONG PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH MANY OF OUR SISTER ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES ACROSS THE BAY AREA AND REALLY ACROSS THE STATE.
THE VISITOR CENTER THAT YOU MENTIONED DOWN AT SUNOL MY PREDECESSOR, [INAUDIBLE], ACTUALLY SAT IN ON THEIR EARLY PLANNING PROCESSES TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE RENOVATION WORK WE WERE DOING AT THE SUNOL VISITOR CENTER COMPLIMENTED THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING, AND VICE VERSA.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLACES LIKE THAT WE, WE COLLABORATE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL, AND YOU KNOW, I CAN SHARE.
SO I ACTUALLY SIGNED UP FOR ALAMEDA CREEK ALLIANCE.
I MENTIONED THIS AT THE BOARD MEETING YESTERDAY, BUT I'LL MENTION IT AGAIN SINCE YOU'RE HERE.
YOU KNOW, ALAMEDA CREEK ALLIANCE IS DOING THEIR VOLUNTEER NATURALIST TRAINING RIGHT NOW, AND I SIGNED UP FOR IT BECAUSE I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE ALAMEDA CREEK WATERSHED AND WORKING WITH THAT GROUP, AND THERE'S ABOUT 12 PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THAT COURSE, AND THERE'S VOLUNTEER HOURS REQUIRED, AND THEN ONCE YOU FINISH, YOU GET A CERTIFICATE AND THERE'S A WHOLE RANGE OF FOLKS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN THIS, INCLUDING SOME PEOPLE THAT REALLY WANT TO GET INTO THE NATURALIST CAREER, AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO, PLEASE YOU KNOW, LET ME KNOW WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES I COULD SHARE WITH WITH THAT PARTICULAR TRAINING GROUP, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST FROM A GOOD CROSS-SECTION OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION, AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH US AND THOSE JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, I THINK THAT COMPLETES BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.
OKAY. ONE MORE, ONE MORE. YEAH, LET'S DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THIS PAST WEEKEND.
I WAS OUT IN FREMONT, YOU KNOW, AT WHEN THEY WERE HAVING THE BIG OUTDOOR EVENT AT THE PARK AND THE STAFF WAS REALLY DOING A FABULOUS JOB.
THE WEATHER WAS A LITTLE COLD AND WINDY, BUT THEY HAD BIG SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND THEY WERE SHOWING PEOPLE ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, THE WORK, YOU HAVE TO ADD A PARK DISTRICT, AND IT WAS VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE KIND OF PROGRAMS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.
THAT WAS THE ANNUAL SHEEP SHEARING FESTIVAL DOWN AT ARDENWOOD HISTORIC FARM.
PEOPLE WERE LEARNING A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO TAKE CARE OF PARK AREAS AND ANIMALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY SHEEP, AND IT WAS QUITE, QUITE INTERESTING AND SOMETHING WE CAN BE VERY PROUD OF, AND THE WORK THAT'S DONE TO HELP TRAIN THE STAFF THERE THAT'S WORKING WITH THESE PUBLIC PEOPLE.
YEAH, IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
JUST FROM OUR WHEN WE ATTENDED THE WAS IT THE CO-MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC LANDS WITH THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WAS WHAT YOU GUYS NEEDED TO ENCOURAGE THAT MORE PARTICIPATION AND FOR YOU TO ABLE TO WORK MORE WITH OUR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HERE IN, IN OUR TWO COUNTIES.
SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME UP WITH LANGUAGE OR AND THEN BRING IT TO THE BOARD, BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU.
SO, PLEASE TAKE THAT TO HEART.
OH, JUST APPROVING OF THOSE COMMENTS.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT? MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM, SO UNLESS THERE AREN'T ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OR STAFF.THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS WAS A GREAT OVERVIEW.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM.
FIVE B PARK OPERATIONS LAKES UNIT UPDATE.
YEAH. SO WHILE DAVE'S GETTING SET UP, I'LL JUST AGAIN GIVE A KIND OF AN OVERVIEW.
THIS IS ON OUR WORK PLAN FOR THE DIFFERENT UNITS TO GIVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM DAVE VANCE WHO'S THE LAKES UNIT MANAGER.
CURRENTLY WE WERE HERE LAST MONTH AND WE GAVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR THE RESTRUCTURING.
SO AS THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LAST ONES WHERE WE'LL SORT OF FOLLOW THE OLD PROCESS AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, YOU MAY SEE A COUPLE UNIT MANAGERS AS WE'RE SORT OF SHIFTING AROUND, BUT I DID JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO JUST SAY THAT WHILE DAVE HAS SEVERAL PARKS IN HIS UNIT THAT ALL HAVE LOTS GOING ON WE'RE FOCUSING TODAY ON GIVING AN UPDATE ABOUT DEL VALLE, IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE WE WERE THERE AT THE BOARD SITE TOUR LAST YEAR.
I THINK YOU SAW IT WHEN IT WAS STILL SOME OF THE CLEANUP HAD HAPPENED, BUT THERE WAS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO, AND SO WE THOUGHT THIS WAS AN APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK SINCE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE VISITING IT THIS YEAR TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S NOT THE ONLY PARK WITHIN DAVE'S UNIT THAT SUSTAINED A LOT OF DAMAGE, BUT THIS WAS THE ONE WE THOUGHT WOULD BE MOST RELEVANT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DAVE VANCE.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SO. AN OVERVIEW, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ATTENDANCE TOTALS, STORM DAMAGE, STORM DAMAGE, REMEDIATION, THE CAMPGROUND UPDATE, THE WEST SIDE RESTROOM, COMPLETION OF THE THAT PROJECT, AND THE CONCESSIONAIRE UPDATE.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE A SLIDE ON THE NUMBERS COMPARING 2022 AND 2023.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE STORMS IN LATE 2022, DECEMBER 31ST, WITH THE FLOODING STARTING, WE WERE ACTUALLY CLOSED FOR A GOOD THREE MONTHS BECAUSE OF FLOODING AND ALSO THE DEBRIS THAT WE HAD COME DOWN AND SUCCUMBED TO THAT WE HAD TO CLEAN UP BEFORE WE COULD MAKE IT SAFE FOR THE PUBLIC.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT YOU COULD SEE THE NUMBERS DECLINED EARLY ON IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH IN MARCH, WE HAD OPENING AND CLOSING BECAUSE THERE'S A POTENTIAL OF FLOODING AGAIN.
MOVING INTO INTO APRIL, WE STARTED OPENING THINGS UP AGAIN AND THEN GOING INTO SUMMER FOCUS.
THE MAIN BODY OF THE PARK WATER QUALITY WAS IN OUR FAVOR THIS YEAR, OR LAST YEAR, EXCUSE ME, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BLUE GREEN ALGAE AS WE HAD IN YEARS PAST. SO IT OPENED UP OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ACTUALLY RECREATE IN THE PARK FOR SWIMMING AND BOATING.
SO HERE'S A PICTURES OF SOME OF THE DAMAGE THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED.
DECEMBER 31ST, AS I SAID EARLIER, 2022 STORMS BROUGHT HIGH PRECIPITATION CAUSING CAUSING THE LAKE TO FLOOD. IT HASN'T FLOODED IN THE PARK FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
WE GOT UP TO 721FT, WHICH TYPICAL DURING WINTER.
WE'RE USUALLY AT 690 TO 680FT ELEVATION.
SO DURING THE WINTER AND EVEN NORMAL SUMMER, OPERATIONS WERE AT 703 ELEVATIONS.
SO WE'RE REALLY EVEN ABOVE OUR SUMMER FOCUS, AND HIGH WATERS BROUGHT DOWN A LOT OF THE RAIN AND PRECIPITATION BROUGHT DOWN A LOT OF DEBRIS AND AND SLASH I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, IN 2022, WE HAD THE SCU LIGHTNING COMPLEX.
THE WINTER OF 2020 AND 2021, THEY'RE FAIRLY LIGHT AS FAR AS PRECIPITATION GOES, LIKE A NORMAL YEAR WHERE WE ANTICIPATED A LOT OF THIS DEBRIS GETTING WASHED DOWN INTO THE LAKE AND THE SURROUNDING THE CAMPGROUND AS WELL, AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
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SO LATE 2022 WHEN WE HIT THESE PRECIPITATION, THE RAIN EVENTS AND THEY CARRIED ON THROUGHOUT THE WINTER.ALL THIS DEBRIS WASHED DOWN, WHETHER IT WAS ASH.
IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THIS DEBRIS, YOU SEE THE BURN SCARRING ON THE TREES THAT CAME DOWN.
SO ALL THIS MATERIAL THAT WE'RE EXPECTING IN 2020-2021 NEVER CAME DOWN UNTIL 2022-2023, CAUSING ALL THE SILT AND DEBRIS COMING DOWN.
I WANTED TO DO A COMPARISON BETWEEN THAT LAST SLIDE, WHICH IF YOU LOOK AT THE ARROW THERE ON THE LEFT PICTURE THERE, YOU COULD SEE THAT 'S THE TOP OF THE BUILDING AT OAK POINT.
THIS IS WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
SAME BUILDING, AND IT HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
THE ROOF WAS WIPED OUT DUE TO THE FLOODING.
THE PARKING LOT TO THE RIGHT WAS THE MARINA PARKING LOT, AND THAT PICTURE THAT YOU SAW THE SLIDE BEFORE, IT WAS JUST COVERED WITH THAT DEBRIS I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT WASHED DOWN FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA.
SO STAFF WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE, AND CLEANING THIS UP, TRYING TO GET THIS OPENED UP AS FAST AS WE CAN WITH WITH WHAT WE HAD, AND IT WAS A BIG IMPACT ON, YOU KNOW, OUR BOATING AND OUR RECREATION.
SO, IT WAS A GROUP EFFORT THERE.
THE MARINA SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
WATER WAS ABOUT SIX FEET INSIDE THAT BUILDING WHICH CAUSED IT UNUSABLE TO WHERE WE HAD TO REMOVE THAT AS WELL AS THE [INAUDIBLE] DOCKS, WHICH YOU SEE TO THE RIGHT, AND IT COMPLETELY DESTROYED THEM WITH THE WITH THE FLOODS THAT WE HAD AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
I THINK THE LAST TIME YOU GUYS WERE OUT.
LOOKED LIKE THE LAST PICTURE WHERE THE ARE FREE FLOATING.
THE BOATHOUSE IS ACTUALLY SPINNING IN A CIRCLE.
IT'S STILL ATTACHED TO SOME OF THE CABLING.
SO AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE DEBRIS THAT WASHED DOWN, PARK STAFF, IN THE EAST SIDE ALONE, WE HAD ROUGHLY ABOUT 40 DISTRICT STAFF WORKING ON REMOVING THE SILT AND DEBRIS, AS WELL AS CUTTING UP TREES AND CLEANING UP THE PARKING LOTS.
REMOVING THAT, WE HAD TWO CIVICORPS CREWS AS WELL, ASSISTING WITH THIS CLEANUP THROUGHOUT THE PARK AND MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS, AS WELL AS OUR MAST DEPARTMENT, WHICH INCLUDED WATER UTILITIES, OUR ROADS AND TRAILS DIVISION, AND OUR CARPENTRY WHETHER IT'S THE PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS AND CARPENTERS ALL HELPED US OUT WITH GETTING THIS WORK DONE, AS WELL AS DOING CONTRACTS FOR THE ROOFING OR ROOF REPAIRS FOR THE BUILDINGS.
WE REMOVED OVER 426 TONS OF MATERIAL FROM JUST THE EAST SIDE ALONE BETWEEN SILT.
THE BUILDING REMOVALS, AS WELL AS TREE DEBRIS AND SUCH.
SO I KIND OF BROKE THIS INTO TWO DIFFERENT AREAS.
ONE WAS THE PARK, THE COMMON AREA WHERE THE PUBLIC USE, AND NOW GOING INTO THE CAMPGROUND THE CAMPGROUND WAS HEAVILY SILTED MAINLY THE LOWER PHASE TWO, WHICH IS CLOSEST TO THE CREEK OR THE INLET INTO THE LAKE, AND WE HAD IN SOME AREAS UP TO A FOOT OF SILT IN SOME OF OUR CAMPING AREAS.
SO THANKS TO ROADS AND TRAILS, THEY CAME IN THERE, CLEARED OUT THE ROADS, REMOVED ALL THE SILT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ASSESS THINGS AND WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO FINISH THE REMEDIAL WORK, WHICH IS THEY WENT INTO EACH CAMPGROUND AND EACH PHASE OF THE CAMPGROUND, EXCUSE ME, LOWER PHASE TWO OF THE CAMPGROUND AND REMOVING OF THE SILT.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S UP TO LIKE 2 TO 12 INCHES OF SILT.
THEY REMOVED 1850 TONS OF SILT IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER OF LATE 2023.
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EXCUSE ME. AT THAT POINT, WE ONLY HAD 25% OF THE CAMPGROUND OPEN.WE STILL, EVEN THOUGH THEY REMOVED THE SILT, WE STILL HAD TO DO SOME DRAINAGE REPAIR AS WELL AS CULVERTS, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU SOME SLIDES OF THAT NEXT AND LOWER PHASE THREE, WHICH IS THE CONNECTOR TO THE UPPER PHASE FOUR CAMPGROUND.
WE HAVE TWO FORD CROSSINGS, WHICH WERE DAMAGED.
HERE'S THE FORD CROSSING ON THE LEFT THERE.
THAT WAS THE ACCESS POINT WHERE IT CROSSES OVER THE CREEK FROM THE UPPER PHASE OF THE PARK, THE CAMPGROUND GOING INTO THE LOWER HALF OF THE CAMPGROUND GOING TOWARDS THE SOUTH END OF THE PARK, AND THE ROAD HAD ERODED OR THE ASPHALT FAILED TO, WHERE WE HAD TO GET A CREW IN THERE AND DO SOME OF THE WORK AND REPAIR THAT.
THIS IS SOME OF THE SHOTS THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH.
WE LOST SOME SOME OF OUR CAMPSITES, WHICH WERE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING BACK, AND THEN ALSO WITH THE FLOODING THAT WE HAD, WE HAD EXTENSIVE EROSION THROUGHOUT.
WE LOST RETENTION PONDS FOR CATTLE AS WELL AS SOME STABILITY ISSUES WITH SOME OF OUR TRAILS, WHICH WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT TODAY. CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE CAMPGROUND AREA, DOES IT HAVE A SPECIFIC NAME, THE ONE THAT WAS HIT ON THIS? I WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO HAVE SPECIFIC NAMES.
WHEN DEL VALLE WAS I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IN MY HEAD EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS.
WHEN DEL VALLE WAS DEVELOPED, IT WAS DEVELOPED IN FOUR STAGES.
FOUR STAGES. THE FIRST STAGE, MEANING THE MAIN BODY OF THE PARK, THE DAY USE AREA.
THE SECOND STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS THE CAMPGROUND.
SO UPPER PHASE TWO IS THE UPPER PART OF THE CAMPGROUND WHERE THE CAMP STORE IS.
LOWER PHASE TWO, WHICH WAS THE NEXT PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS BELOW THAT WHERE THE CAMP STORE IS, AND THEN LOWER PHASE THREE, WHICH WAS THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH WAS TOWARDS THE SOUTH END OF THE CAMPGROUND, WHICH DROPS DOWN FROM THE UPPER PHASE TWO AND THEN PHASE FOUR, WHICH IS ABOVE PHASE THREE.
SO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CLEANUP AS WELL AS REPAIRS THAT WE HAD TO DO IN ORDER TO OPEN UP THE CAMPGROUND. WE HAD TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO HAVE THE ROAD REPAIRED, WHICH OUR ROADS AND TRAILS WERE ON IT, AND THEY THEY MADE THE CONNECTOR FROM PHASE THREE, THE FORD CROSSING AGAIN, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE CULVERT REPAIRS THAT THEY DID.
I CAN'T RECALL THE NUMBER OF SILT THAT WE REMOVED OUT OF THERE, BUT THIS AREA WHERE YOU SEE THE WATER STANDING THERE WAS ABOUT SIX FEET OF SILT.
SO THEY REMOVED ALL THAT, REBUILT THE BANKS AND SEEDED AND DID EROSION CONTROL.
SO IT WAS A GROUP EFFORT AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THEY DID.
I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THE DURING THE CLEANUP THAT WE'RE DOING THERE.
WE ALSO HAD THIS PROJECT GOING ON, WHICH WAS THE VISITOR CENTER RESTROOM.
EXCUSE ME. YEAH, THE VISITOR CENTERS.
THEY'RE THE OLD WOODEN OPEN AIR RESTROOMS THAT WE HAD, FIVE STALLS FOR THE MEN, FIVE FOR THE WOMEN.
THEY REMOVED ALL THOSE BUILDINGS.
WE WENT TO A BRICK AND MORTAR STYLE UNISEX BUILDING, WHICH IT PROVIDES ADA ACCESS, WHICH WE HAVE FOR ADA RESTROOMS IN THIS TEN COMPLEX RESTROOM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN IT UP THIS YEAR, AND WE DIDN'T SEE ANY LINES FORMING OUTSIDE THERE WAS GREAT.
I THINK IT WAS A GOOD DESIGN FROM OUR DECO DEPARTMENT, BRINGING THIS DESIGN FOR US AND WORKING THIS AREA IN A WAY FOR FUTURE FOOTPRINT FOR OTHER ITEMS, HOPEFULLY A VISITOR CENTER ADDITION FOR EDUCATION BUT THAT'S MORE TO COME ON THAT, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW THE FINISHED PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD INTO THE,
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OUR RENTAL OR OUR RESERVABLES THE DOCKS, THEY RELIED HEAVILY ON THE DOCKS BECAUSE THEY RENTED THE BOATS FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE.DURING THIS PROCESS, WORKING WITH BUSINESS SERVICES, THE CONCESSIONAIRE AND CHIEF CASTILE, WE WORKED OUT A WAY TO GET A DOCK SYSTEM THAT WAS TEMPORARY GOING THROUGH THE STATE TO GET THE APPROVAL AS WELL AS DWR TO HAVE THIS THIS TEMPORARY DOCK SOLUTION FOR THEM TO ALLOW RECREATIONAL BOATING FOR RENTAL, ANOTHER AMENITY FOR US TO PROVIDE TO OUR PUBLIC.
PART OF IT, TOO, WAS THEIR BUILDING THEIR MARINA BUILDING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE PICTURE, BUT IT WAS UNDERWATER AND WE HAD TO BASICALLY DEMO' THAT.
SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT WAYS TO ADD MORE BOATS FOR RENTAL.
YOU KNOW, A SYSTEM OF HOW THEY CAN BRING MORE BOATS ON THE WATER FOR RENTAL.
THANK YOU. WOW, THAT WAS A GOOD OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH US.
I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU SAW IT.
YEAH, BUT FOR ALL EVERYBODY TO COME TOGETHER AND HELP US OUT MEANING ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS OTHER STAFF FROM OTHER PARKS COMING IN AND JOINING HANDS AND HELPING THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YOU KNOW, CLEAN THIS UP IS A BIG PROCESS.
I MEAN, I HADN'T SEEN WHAT IS IT, THE OAK POINT RESTROOMS. I REALLY HADN'T SEEN THIS, WHERE YOU HAVE THE YELLOW ARROW.
YEAH, I HADN'T REALLY SEEN THAT COMPARISON BEFORE TODAY, ACTUALLY.
SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS UP TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMITTEE FIRST FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
YEAH. SO THESE, CONGRATULATIONS.
THESE DISASTERS ARE ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER.
SO, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE? WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE LESSONS YOU GUYS LEARNED? I CAN TELL YOU, ONE THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON IS GETTING A DISCONNECT, A DISCONNECT FROM PG AND E, BECAUSE WE RELY ON PG AND E TO COME OUT, SHUT DOWN OUR POWER SO WE CAN REMOVE PANELS THAT ARE IN A FLOODPLAIN.
SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS IS WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE CAMPGROUND, ESPECIALLY THE AREA THAT FLOODED IS SOME OF THE CAMPSITES WERE LIKE, SET OFFSET FROM THE ROAD REALLY FAR BACK.
SO WE LOOKED AT WHERE WE HAD THESE CAMPSITES, BRINGING THEM FORWARD CLOSER TO THE ROADWAY, HIGHER ELEVATION, AND TRYING TO MAKE IT ONE, HOPEFULLY FOR THE PUBLIC, IT'S EASIER FOR THEM TO GO INTO THE CAMPSITE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, TREKKING, YOU KNOW, DEEP INTO SOME OF THESE AREAS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE DEFINING WHERE THE LAYOUT IS AND MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY, NOT ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BUT FOR OUR STAFF AS WELL, AND BRINGING IT HIGHER UP AND AND HARDENING IT A LITTLE.
IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR FUTURE.
WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS? SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT WE DO HAVE PICNIC OR CAMPING SITES, DO WE NEED THEM IN THIS AREA? MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE PUTTING THEM.
SO WE'RE TAKING ALL THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LESSON LEARNED.
IT WAS MY FIRST FLOOD AS A MANAGER.
SO IT WAS AN EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE, AND YES, WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND WAYS HOW WE COULD DO THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GO INTO THE PLANNING STAGE FOR THE EVEN THE MARINA, LESSONS LEARNED.
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WE DID THAT WITH THE LAST FLOOD THAT WE HAD IN 2017 WITH THE KAYAK CENTER WHERE WE BROUGHT IN IT'S LIKE MOBILE ON A TRAILER TOUR. DURING THESE EVENTS, WE CAN HOOK UP, MOVE IT OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN, WHICH WE ACTUALLY IT'S PART OF OUR ROUTINE FOR THE WINTERTIME ANYWAYS AS WE MOVE IT, REGARDLESS OF FLOOD, AND JUST PREPARE JUST IN CASE.SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT OPTION FOR THE MARINA BUILDING.
ONCE WE PUT THAT IN, MAKE IT MOBILE TO WHERE IN THE EVENT OF A FLOOD, WE COULD DISCONNECT, MOVE IT OUT OF HARM'S WAY AND PUT IT BACK ONCE EVERYTHING'S DONE. YEAH.
EVEN THE WITH THE BRICK AND MORTAR TYPE BUILDINGS LIKE THE ROMTEC OR [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE PUT IN THERE HARDENED A LOT BETTER THAN THESE OLD WOODEN STRUCTURES, AND IT'S PROVEN WITH THE FLOOD THAT WE HAD IN THE CAMPGROUND.
WE JUST HAD TO GO IN THERE, HOSE THEM OUT, AND VERY LITTLE WATER INTRUSION AND, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT STAFF DID, SANDBAGGING THINGS, WE CUT LOSSES BY NOT HAVING FLOOD WATER IN THERE.
SO I KNOW WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE A LOT OF THE EXHIBITS IN THE BECAUSE THAT WAS ANOTHER GROUP EFFORT.
DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH SILT HOW THAT AFFECTED THE DEPTH OF THE LAKE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE MORE YOU TALK ABOUT THE WEST, I CAN'T TELL YOU THE COMPLETE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LAKE ITSELF, BUT I KNOW FROM THE WATER HAS RECEDED IN THE WEST SIDE ALONE, THE SOUTH END OF THE LAKE, ACROSS WHERE THE SWIM BEACH IS, IS ROUGHLY UNDER EIGHT FEET OR SO WATER.
WE'RE GOING TO, WE TALKED TO PUBLIC SAFETY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET NEW DEPTHS ON THAT, BUT WE'RE IMAGINING IT'S ALMOST 6 OR 7FT OF SILT UNDERNEATH THAT WATER, SO IT MIGHT BE VERY SHALLOW WHERE IT WAS EIGHT FEET DEEP.
YEAH, I MEAN, IT COULD PLAY INTO HOW OFTEN AND WHERE BLUE-GREEN ALGAE POPS UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S POPPING UP IN THE LAKE.
IS IT MORE IN THE SHALLOW AREAS, WHICH I SUSPECT BECAUSE IT'S WARMER? HISTORICALLY, YES.
YEAH. SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE BLUE GREEN ALGAE IN THOSE SHALLOW AREAS BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED DEPTH OR INCREASE.
INCREASE OR CAN I JUST JUMP IN ON REAL QUICK? YEAH, BECAUSE THAT BEACH, THAT SWIM BEACH THERE AT THE SOUTH END OF THE LAKE, ALSO THE WAY THE WIND TYPICALLY FLOWS IN THE WATER FLOWS TO THAT SOUTH END, AND SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE WITH ONE OF OUR WATER QUALITY TESTERS, AND THE THEORY IS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS FLOWING THAT WAY FROM THE LAKE, THAT ALSO CAN THEN CREATE MORE OF A CONCENTRATION POTENTIAL FOR THE BLUE GREEN ALGAE TO FORM.
GREAT, AND THEN I THINK THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION.
WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THAT SILT? I MEAN, A LOT OF THAT SILT, ESPECIALLY IN THE CAMPGROUND, LOOKED LIKE IT WAS RELATIVELY CLEAN.
ONCE IT GOT WET WE ACTUALLY CONTRACTED THAT WORK OUT.
IT'S PART OF THEIR CONTRACT TO FIND PLACES TO REPURPOSE THE FILL OR THE DIRT THAT WAS REMOVED, AND IT GOT TRUCKED OUT OF THERE.
WE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO USE IT IN OTHER AREAS, BUT IT WASN'T QUALITY.
I'M ALWAYS THINKING, WHERE CAN WE USE THIS STUFF? OKAY, GREAT, I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, WELL DONE ON THE EFFORT TO CLEAN UP AND AND THEN..
GO AHEAD. SO I NOT KNOWING ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS BUT THE DEL VALLE LAND YOU KNOW THAT HAD TO BE MOVED HOW DO I SAY THIS? WE HAVE OTHER PARKS IN THE DISTRICT THAT NEED LAND.
IS THAT LAND THAT COULD MOVE TO OTHER PARKS THAT WE HAVE?
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ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE SILT OR THE DEBRIS? YEAH, WHAT YOU HAVE TO MOVE OUT.I KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT THE MATERIAL WE REMOVED OUT OF THERE.
OKAY. WE DEFINITELY COULD HAVE USED IT AT DEL VALLE IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT JUST FOR THE STABILITY OF THE MATERIAL WAS NOT GOOD FOR COMPACTION OR REUSE IN THAT WAY.
YES. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE DEAL WITH THAT IN OTHER AREAS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRT TO BRING IN AND FILL IN SPOTS, LIKE OVER CLOSER TO THE BAY, RIGHT, SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY I'M SO VERY IMPRESSED BY YOUR YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATION OF WHAT HAD TO BE DONE THERE, AND IT'S NOT LIKE ONLY ONE YEAR DOES ONE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT THE LAKE AREA AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IMPROVING IT AFTER THESE KIND OF THINGS HAPPEN BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
VERY IMPRESSED BY THESE PHOTOS THAT REALLY SHOW YOU WHAT HAS TO BE DONE AFTER THE YEAR OF A STORM, AND IT'S NOT EVERY YEAR THAT YOU HAVE A BAD STORM, BUT IT'S SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IT'S BEEN MORE THAN ONCE, AND IT IS REALLY QUITE IMPRESSIVE THE WORK THAT'S DONE.
IS THERE ANY THOUGHT ON WAYS TO DO MORE TO KEEP THE I GUESS THIS IS IT, RIGHT, BECAUSE EVERY YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. EVERY YEAR IS DIFFERENT, RIGHT? [CHUCKLING] IN 2017, THE IMPACTS TO THE PARK WHEN WE FLOODED THERE.
IT WAS ACTUALLY THE WHOLE PARK.
IT WAS MORE A LOT OF TREE BLOW DOWN DEBRIS THAT WASHED DOWNSTREAM, BUT NOT TO THIS EXTENT, AND THEN EVEN THIS YEAR THAT THIS FLOOD OCCURRED.
THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE WAS PREDOMINANTLY IN THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK AND THE TRAIL SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT, AND THEN MOSTLY THE CAMPGROUND, THE LOWER PHASE OF THE CAMPGROUND. SO THE IMPACTS WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF THE PARK.
YEAH, WE HAD WATER RISE AND IT GOT UP TO THE VISITOR CENTER, BUT WITH WHAT STAFF DID, YOU KNOW, PREEMPTIVE TO THE FLOOD GETTING THERE, YOU KNOW, SANDBAGGING, YOU KNOW, PUTTING UP PLASTIC TO KEEP AS MUCH AS THEY COULD WATER OUT OF THESE BUILDINGS AND, AND PROTECTING THEM.
I THINK WITH STAFF DOING THAT, IT WAS LOWER IMPACT ON, SAY, THE WEST SIDE OR EVEN THE CAMPGROUND.
WE HAD A PLAN OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WHICH HELPS A LOT DURING THIS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A FLOOD PLAN.
SO YEAH, WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO MITIGATE AS MUCH, YOU KNOW, AS WE COULD.
IT'S NOT EVERY YEAR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF YOU KNOW FLOODING, SO TO SPEAK.
WE HOPE NOT. [CHUCKLING] WE HOPE NOT, BUT VERY IMPRESSIVE WHAT WAS DONE IN THIS, THIS ONE YOU JUST SHOWN US, AND IT'S JUST IT'S JUST AMAZING THE WHAT PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THIS AND YOU PUT MORE THAN YOUR PHYSICAL STUFF INTO FIXING THIS.
YOU PUT YOUR HEARTS ALMOST INTO CREATING YOU KNOW, CREATING THE LAKE THE WAY WE NORMALLY WANT TO SEE IT IN THE SUMMERTIME, RIGHT, BUT IT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE WHAT WAS DONE, AND WE NEVER REALLY KNOW AHEAD ON A YEAR RIGHT? IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WEATHER, BUT A VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE WHAT WAS DONE, AND I HAVE TO SAY YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE JUST, I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT WE USE THE RIGHT WORDS, BUT OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THE PARK CARE SO MUCH ABOUT OUR PARKS AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU PUT INTO THIS AND HOW TO FIX IT THE NEXT TIME, NEXT YEAR, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THIS OR NOT, OR COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS OF SOMETHING THAT CAN MAYBE HELP AGAINST FLOODING IN SOME AREAS OR NOT, IT'S THINGS WE LEARN EVERY YEAR RIGHT, BUT YOU GUYS ARE VERY IMPRESSIVE WITH THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I THANK THE STAFF THAT I HAD AND THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE FOR HELPING US OUT.
YEAH, PLEASE TELL THEM WE APPRECIATE THAT.
YEAH THIS IS SUCH A GREAT OVERVIEW.
I REALLY LIKE THE VISITOR COUNT DATA SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE, AND IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO AGAIN, SAVE THIS MAYBE FOR LATER TO KIND OF SHOW WHERE THE PARK WHEN THE PARK WAS OPEN AND NOT OPEN OR OPEN P ARTIALLY BECAUSE I THINK LATER ON YOU MENTIONED THAT
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WAS IT ONLY 25% OF THE CAMPGROUND WAS VIABLE FOR PUBLIC USE LAST SUMMER, 2023? SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAD WHAT LOOKS TO ME TO BE FAIRLY HIGH VISITOR COUNTS, THAT'S ONLY WITH A QUARTER OF OUR CAMPGROUND SITE.I THINK PART OF THAT IS DUE TO THE WATER QUALITY IN THE YEARS PAST 2022-2021 AND BEYOND, WE HAD WATER QUALITY ISSUES WITH BLUE GREEN ALGAE TO WHERE WHEN WE OPENED UP, WE CAN ONLY OPEN UP AND SAY THE EAST SIDE AS OPPOSED TO THE WEST SIDE, AS YOU POINTED OUT, WHERE'S EVERYTHING GO? SO I THINK PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, WATER QUALITY AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ENJOYING OUR PARK.
WHAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, SHARE WITH THEM, AND YEAH, THE NUMBERS, AS YOU COULD SEE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, WE ACTUALLY WERE HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, SO I THINK THAT HAS A LOT TO ADD TO THAT.
YEAH, AND I DO HAVE TO WITH THIS 25%, I FORGOT TO MENTION IT IN MY SLIDE IS WE'RE ACTUALLY OPENED UP 100% THIS YEAR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PHASE FOUR.
RIGHT NOW, WE STILL HAVE WATER FLOWING ACROSS THERE, AND FOR THE SAFETY REASONS, WE WANT TO WAIT TILL THAT RECEDES MORE BEFORE WE OPEN THAT SECTION UP FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT WE'RE READY TO GO 100%, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE FIVE, SIX SITES THAT WE HAVE TO RECONFIGURE.
THAT'S AMAZING. YES, THAT'S INCREDIBLE WORK FROM EVERYONE ON STAFF.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I DO HAVE TO MENTION DWR, WE WERE WORKING WITH THEM DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO LOWER THE WATER, BUT AS YOU KNOW, DEL VALLE IS MADE TO KEEP THINGS FROM FLOODING DOWNSTREAM, AND WE'RE THE BATHTUB THAT HOLDS THE WATER.
SO, I MEAN, I WAS GOING TO MENTION THIS.
I HAD ONE OTHER COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE, BUT I WILL SHARE.
I MEAN, I THINK OUR ABILITY TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH SO MANY OF THESE OTHER AGENCIES IS REALLY VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF DEL VALLE. SO WHETHER THAT'S DWR OR ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WHO MANAGES THE, YOU KNOW, THE FLOOD RELEASES INTO THE ARROYO DEL VALLE, EVEN, YOU KNOW, THE LOCAL WATER AGENCIES THAT I YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE ON THE SOUTH BAY AQUEDUCT. SO THAT'S ZONE SEVEN, ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT, ACWD, AND SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, WHICH I THINK THEY'VE TRIED TO DROP THE SANTA CLARA PART.
SO JUST VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, BUT EVEN THE LOCAL CITIES ALONG THE ARROYO DEL VALLE, I KNOW IT WASN'T EVEN THE DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 RAIN THAT RUINED MY LOCAL BRIDGE.
I LIVE NEXT TO THE ARROYO DEL VALLE AND MY LOCAL TRAIL THAT I CAN WALK TO FROM MY HOME.
ONE OF THE ARMY CORPS RELEASES INTO THE ARROYO THAT DAMAGED THAT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, WHICH THE CITY OF PLEASANTON STILL HASN'T YET FIXED, BY THE WAY, BUT MY POINT IS, IS THAT DOWNSTREAM YOU HAVE ENTITIES LIKE CITY OF PLEASANTON, EVEN SUNOL AND SFPUC THAT ARE ALSO VERY MUCH STAKEHOLDERS IN REGARDS TO THE FLOOD RELEASES FROM ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALSO HAVE WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIO AND I BELIEVE WITHIN THE LAKES UNIT IS SHADOW CLIFFS, CORRECT? YES AND SO I KNOW I TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT, AND I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE THIS A REAL QUICK POINT FOR TODAY, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT SHADOW CLIFFS AND THAT AREA THAT'S KNOWN AS THE CHAIN OF LAKES IS A PART OF THIS LONGER TERM SOLUTION WITH DEL VALLE IN TERMS OF US YOU KNOW, WITHIN THAT REGION BEING ABLE TO HAVE LOCAL WATER STORAGE BEING ABLE TO POTENTIALLY MOVE WATER IF WE HAVE EXCESS WATER AT DEL VALLE AND KEEP IT IN THAT AREA, AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO WORK THROUGH ALL THAT, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SHADOW CLIFFS IN THIS CHAIN OF LAKES AREA, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE OUR OTHER, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER AGENCY PARTNERS THAT ARE THERE TO WORK WITH ON THIS BECAUSE I THINK THE SUCCESS OF DEL VALLE IS THAT ABILITY TO MOVE FLOOD WATERS AS WELL AS ALSO YOU KNOW, HAVE MORE OF A SYSTEM IN PLACE.
I'M TRYING TO KEEP THIS REALLY SHORT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO THIS TOPIC.
ON THAT NOTE, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING HOW THIS WAS THE REALLY THE FIRST TIME IN, YOU KNOW, 40 YEARS THAT OUR LAKE DEL VALLE PARK HAD REALLY FLOODED TO THIS EXTENT IN TERMS OF THE HIGHER LEVELS
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AND I KNOW PART OF THAT WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LAKE LEVEL INITIALLY BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 ALSO STARTED OFF AT KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL, RIGHT? SO IT'S A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, MANAGING THAT LEVEL.YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT, WHEN I DO THE MATH, THE 40 YEARS, I THINK DEL VALLE OPENED.
SO I THINK THE RESERVOIR OPENED BY DWR IN THE EARLY 1970S AS A PARK.
SO REALLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE JUST HAD MAYBE 1 OR 2 YEARS IN THE EARLY 1980S WHERE WE HAD HIGHER FLOOD LEVELS, AND SINCE THEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE IT UP UNTIL THIS PAST YEAR, AND I'M JUST BALL PARKING ESTIMATES.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GET EXACT DATES.
I COULD SAY THAT TO THE LEVEL IT GOT IN 2022-2023.
IT WAS THE 80S THAT IT GOT TO THAT LEVEL AND EVEN BEYOND.
YEP. WE HAVE FLOODED, BUT A LITTLE MORE MANAGEABLE.
YEAH, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? NO. OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? GO FOR IT. GREAT PRESENTATION, DAVE.
STEVE CASTILE, CHIEF OF PARK OPERATIONS.
SO JUST ALONG THOSE LINES, I THINK WHAT DAVE WAS TRYING TO REITERATE IS THAT BASICALLY IT HIT RECORD LEVELS ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO OR ABOUT THAT TIME AT THE VISITOR CENTER WHERE IT ACTUALLY PUT THE VISITOR CENTER COMPLETELY UNDERWATER, BUT WITHIN EACH FLOOD AREA, WE CAN GET TWO TO THREE OR FOUR FLOODS WITHIN THAT SAME YEAR AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT HAPPENS.
THE WATER COMES IN, THE WATER GETS TO A CERTAIN LEVEL.
IT SITS THERE FOR A WHILE BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE HELD BECAUSE YOU CAN'T RELEASE IT DOWNSTREAM, AND THEN THE SEDIMENTATION DEBRIS FLOW, EVERYTHING SETTLES OUT, AND THEN THAT'S WHAT CREATES A LOT OF THE DAMAGE TO OUR RECREATIONAL AREAS FOR THAT BUT YEAH, EVEN WITHIN ONE SEASONAL STORM BETWEEN 22-23 OR WHAT WE RECEIVED IN 16-17, WE COULD HAVE FLOODED UP TO FIVE TIMES WITHIN THAT SAME DURATION PERIOD.
SO WITHIN THESE LAST ONES, WE COULD HAVE FLOODED, YOU KNOW, UP TO 8 TO 10 TIMES PER EVENT.
WELL, AND I CAN TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED IN 2017 FROM.
I GUESS FROM MY ZONE SEVEN EXPERIENCE, SO IT'D BE HELPFUL TO HEAR YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS.
IN 2017, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DID RELEASE A LOT OF THE WATERS PRETTY QUICKLY, PRETTY RAPIDLY, TO THE POINT THAT DOWNSTREAM, WHICH IS AROUND IT'S CALLED THE ARROYO DE LA LAGUNA, AND IT'S RIGHT AROUND WHERE THE LOWER GOLF COURSE IS FOR CASTLEWOOD COUNTRY CLUB.
THAT'S THE PART WHERE WE DID SEE A LOT OF THE RAPID FLOW, AND IT DID START TO TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE CREEK BANK AND GOT PRETTY CLOSE TO SOME PROPERTY OWNERS, PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL, AND THIS IS ALL OVER THE NEWS, AND SO BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN 2017, THAT'S I THINK LED TO THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE FLOOD RELEASES BUT THEN THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM FOR US, BECAUSE IF LESS WATER IS RELEASED FROM DEL VALLE AND WE GET THESE SEQUENCES OF ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS, IT CAN THEN FLOOD SOME OF OUR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
SO AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO INTO THIS, BUT THIS BRINGS ME PERSONALLY BACK TO THE CHAIN OF LAKES, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SHADOW CLIFFS IS LOCATED AS THAT POTENTIAL SOLUTION FOR THE AREA. YEAH.
THEY'VE BEEN FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LEARNING CURVE, AND I WAS THERE FOR THE 17 STORMS, YOU KNOW, AND I KIND OF MADE THE MISTAKE WHEN I FIRST CAME IN WITH THE PARK DISTRICT, AND I SAW HOW LOW THE WATER LEVELS WERE, AND I SAID, MAN, DO WE EVER GET ANY WATER OVER HERE? THE END RESULT ON THAT ONE, I THINK FROM WATCHING IT WAS THE VOLUME THAT HIT THE WATERSHED.
I MEAN, IT WAS A DELUGE OF WATER THAT CAME IN THAT WAS UNPRECEDENTED.
IN 2017 YEAH, I THINK IT WAS A PERIOD OF EIGHT HOURS AND WE GOT OH, IT WAS JUST SO MUCH.
I WATCHED IT RAISE A COUPLE FEET IN A HALF HOUR.
YEAH. IT WAS SO FAST, AND WE REALLY TRIED TO DO RELEASES OUT THERE AND THEY WERE DOING THE RELEASES, BUT WE HAD TO STOP IT BECAUSE IT REALLY REACHED A THRESHOLD CAPACITY, LIKE YOU'RE MENTIONING, OF PAST 5000 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND DOWNSTREAM, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO PUT THE BRAKES ON AND STOP IT, BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO INUNDATE AND REMOVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE AREAS LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO IT WAS A WHOLE EVERYTHING WAS ALIGNED TO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY DID THE BEST THAT THEY COULD AND WE DID AS WELL COLLABORATIVELY, BUT IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT IT WAS GOING TO FLOOD ON THOSE YEARS. NOTHING WE COULD HAVE DONE.
YEAH, AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SENTIMENT, DIRECTOR CORBETT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR, THIS AMOUNT OF FLOODING, AND I THINK WE ALL HOPE FOR THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE ACTUALLY, YESTERDAY AT THE END OF THE BOARD MEETING DIRECTOR ROSARIO, YOU TALKED ABOUT JUST ALL THE DIFFERENT WEATHER PATTERNS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD, AND THEN I COME HOME FROM THE BOARD MEETING AND I SEE
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IMAGES FROM THE DUBAI AIRPORT AND HOW IT LOOKS LIKE AN OCEAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN THAT THEY GOT IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, YOUR POINT YESTERDAY IS AN IMPORTANT ONE ABOUT HOW WE DO SEE THESE REALLY EXTREME, STRANGE, SEEMINGLY UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER EVENTS.YET THEY'RE HAPPENING AT A MUCH HIGHER FREQUENCY, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE'VE REALLY BEEN IN SUCH A GREAT POSITION AS A STAFF TO RESPOND TO EXTREME DROUGHT, EXTREME HEAT.
THE SCU FIRE, I KNOW WAS RIGHT AT THE SHORELINE OF LAKE DEL VALLE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WAS IT 13 ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS LAST YEAR? EVEN THIS YEAR WITH I THINK WE'RE PRETTY PREPARED FOR THE RAIN, BUT JUST HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, BACK AND FORTH OF MAJOR RAINSTORM AND THEN, OH, IT'S 80 DEGREES AND THEN, OH, WE'RE GOING TO GET RAIN AGAIN.
WHILE IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN AS EXTREME AS LAST YEAR, IT STILL REQUIRES A LOT OF YOU KNOW, STAFF RESPONSES IN TERMS OF THAT CHANGE, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE PAST WEEK, ACTUALLY, TO GO TO THE WEST BEACH WHERE THE NEW RESTROOMS ARE AND GOT TO SEE THE NEW RESTROOMS. THAT WAS GREAT. I SAW THE VISITOR CENTER WITH THE NICE NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO COME MEET THE NATURAL STAFF, YOU KNOW, GO AND MEET AT THIS LOCATION, AND REALLY, I THINK MY POINT HERE THAT I WANT TO MAKE IS YOU WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT ALL THESE EVENTS HAD HAPPENED IN TERMS OF THE WEATHER EVENTS.
I MEAN, REALLY DEL VALLE'S BACK UP AND READY TO GO ASIDE FROM THE VISITOR CENTER, BUT I KNOW WE'RE GETTING CLOSE ON THAT, AND SO REALLY GREAT JOB, AND I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO GOING FORWARD, BUT I THINK HAVING THIS CONVERSATION TODAY IS HELPFUL AND WILL HELP US AS WE CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU. REAL QUICK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU. OKAY, WONDERFUL, AND THEN DID WE HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS? THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS ON THIS ONE.
YEAH. JUST BECAUSE YOU TRIGGERED SOMETHING.
NOW THAT WE'RE ENTERING A LA NINA PERIOD, WHICH IS DRIER.
I MEAN, I MEAN, DEPENDING ON IF THERE'S AN EXTENDED DROUGHT, I MEAN, THERE COULD BE A TIME WHEN WATER IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN RECREATION, AND SO IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE'RE LEARNING THINGS ABOUT THEY MIGHT PURPOSELY FLOOD THE CAMPGROUND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE OF WATER STORAGE NEEDS. SO THAT'LL HELP RECOVER ONCE THAT PERIOD IS OVER, IF EVER.
SO YEAH, TAKE THOSE LESSONS, KEEP LEARNING THOSE LESSONS AND KEEP LEARNING THEM AND KEEP IMPLEMENTING THOSE LESSONS LEARNED.
WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER LESSONS LEARNED ON A MORE GO AHEAD.
MY COMMENTS JUST WOULD BE, IT'S REALLY QUITE IMPRESSIVE AND WE SEE IT EVERY OTHER YEAR.
IT'S IMPRESSIVE IN A CERTAIN WAY OR IN ANOTHER WAY.
OUR STAFF VERY, VERY HARD TO DEAL WITH THESE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT THINGS THAT HAPPEN.
NO MATTER WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE, RIGHT? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? BUT WE SO MUCH APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND ON ALL OF OUR FACILITIES, BUT THIS PARTICULAR AREA CAN GET HIT REALLY HARD.
WE SAW THAT AGAIN TODAY, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU GUYS ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY, VERY DEDICATED.
ALL RIGHT. SO I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR DAY WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[Announcements]
ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE AS PART OF THE--YES? GO FOR IT.I MEANT TO BRING SOME PICTURES, BUT I'M TECHNICALLY CHALLENGED.
I GOT SENT PICTURES FROM SKYLINE RANCH, AND SHE'S HOLDING HER FIRST FIRST DAY OF CLASS FOR, I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL, BUT IT'S A PUBLIC PUBLIC SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WEST OAKLAND, AND THEY'RE COMING UP FOR FIVE WEEKS.
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HORSES AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE? SHE'S DOING IT NOW.
SHE SENT ME THE PICTURES TODAY.
IS SHE INVITING US TO COME OVER? WELL, SHE ALSO HOSTS A, SHE ALSO HOSTS A COMMUNITY DAY DURING THE SUMMER.
SHE INVITES THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND THEY HAVE THE PEOPLE GO IN THERE AND THEY CAN SEE THE HORSES, AND SHE HAS A SOMEBODY SELLING COOKIES AND DRINKS, YOU KNOW, REFRESHMENTS AND AND THEN THEY GO THROUGH PEOPLE, THEY EXHIBIT THE HORSES DOING TRAINING.
SO IT'S REALLY A NICE EVENT SHE DOES.
APPRECIATE THAT GREAT WORK SHE'S DOING.
YEAH, AND AT PIEDMONT STABLES.
SHE USED TO HAVE A PROGRAM WITH CLAWSON HOUSE FOR PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED KIDS, AND SHE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE STABLES RIGHT NOW, BUT ONCE WE GET THOSE STABLES BACK UP SHE CAN SHE CAN DO THAT AGAIN.
SO SHE'S VERY PROACTIVE IN INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT JUDY.
SHE REALLY WANTS TO NOT ONLY EXPAND THE KNOWLEDGE OF EQUESTRIANS, BUT ALSO SPREAD IT OUT SO THAT PEOPLE GET TO EXPERIENCE, TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
THAT'S A GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? I THINK THEN WE'RE GOOD.
SO, THIS COMMITTEE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
THANKS, EVERYONE. GREAT, THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.