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MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
[ROLL CALL]
YES. PRESIDENT ECHOLS, DIRECTOR COFFEY.HERE. DIRECTOR MERCURIO. HERE.
GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH HERE.
AND, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS TODAY?
[PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS]
YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, WE DO.WE HAVE MR. CHEASTY HERE AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.
I WILL SAY THINGS ARE MOVING MUCH MORE QUICKLY THESE DAYS.
IT TOOK US 25 YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT FOR THE MCLAUGHLIN EASTSHORE STATE PARK.
IT ONLY TOOK 20 TO GET HERE FOR POINT MOLATE.
AT THIS RATE, THE NEXT ONE WILL ONLY BE 15 YEARS AND SO ON.
SO I'M HERE REPRESENTING CITIZENS FOR EAST SHORE PARKS, THE SIERRA CLUB, GOLDEN GATE BIRD SOCIETY, CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY, POINT MOLATE ALLIANCE, THE RICHMOND SHORELINE ALLIANCE, BLUE FRONTIER, AND NUMEROUS COMMUNITY GROUPS TOO MANY TO LIST HERE, BUT THIS IS AN AMAZING THING.
POINT MOLATE IS A UNIQUE PARK OPPORTUNITY.
I WON'T TAKE UP ANY MORE TIME.
I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUSY DAY, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, TALLY HO, THIS IS A GREAT DAY.
SO AT SOME POINT YOU'RE GOING TO CLOSE SESSION AND KICK ME OUT.
WELL, WE ACTUALLY GO IN THERE SO YOU CAN SIT THERE AND IF YOU WANT.
SURE GO AHEAD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT, BUT I'M GOING TO LET THEM IN AND SEE.
TARNELLE ABBOTT, ARE YOU SPEAKING ON AN ITEM THAT'S ON CLOSED SESSION? YES. OKAY.
I'M GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO OPEN YOUR VIDEO AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, I'M GOING TO POP MY HEAD UP.
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO START THE CLOCK AT THREE, THREE MINUTES.
AND THEN WHEN YOU SEE ME POP UP AGAIN, THAT LETS YOU KNOW YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS MA'AM.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS TARNELLE ABBOTT AND I'M FROM.
I LIVE IN RICHMOND, AND I'VE BEEN VISITING POINT MOLATE MY ENTIRE LIFE.
AND I AM ABSOLUTELY THRILLED THAT YOU ARE HOPEFULLY GOING TO VOTE TO TAKE THIS PROPERTY AND TURN IT INTO AN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK.
I DO BELIEVE I'VE BEEN TO MOST OF THE REGIONAL PARKS, AND I DO BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE CROWN JEWEL, AND I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK EVERYBODY'S DONE ON IT.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR 20 YEARS AND IT'S LIKE A HUGE LIFT TO MY HEART.
I DON'T NEED TO GO ON AND ON, BUT IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
THANK YOU. YOU CAN TAKE ME OFF NOW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO. WELL, I GUESS I CAN JUST LEAVE THEM.
YEAH. THANK YOU MA'AM, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
REMOVE YOU. TANYA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND FOR YOUR HARD WORK OVER THE YEARS.
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LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ANOTHER HAND UP.OKAY, HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND.
OH, RIGHT HERE. I'M LOOKING AT THE.
OKAY. ALI? ALEX OR ALEISE [INAUDIBLE].
ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM ON THE ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA? OKAY. HOLD ON. I'M GOING TO.
I'M PROMOTING THEM TO PANELIST.
OH THAT'S OKAY. ARE YOU GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO PLEASE ALSO, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
YES, MA'AM. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO WHEN I STOP MY VIDEO, CLOSE MY VIDEO.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES WHEN YOU SEE MY FACE AGAIN, THAT LETS YOU KNOW YOU HAVE 30S.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE YOU GO.
HELLO. MY NAME IS ALEISE MAZUETTE.
BECAUSE THIS PLACE REALLY DESERVES YOUR ATTENTION.
IT DESERVES TO BE TURNED INTO A BEAUTIFUL PARK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN RICHMOND AND OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE BAY, EVERYBODY IS STARTING TO KNOW ABOUT POINT MOLATE AND WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HAVE IT TURN IT INTO A PARK FOR EVERYBODY'S ENJOYMENT.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR US ALL.
OKAY. WELL WITH THAT THEN WE WILL ADJOURN THIS PORTION OF THE CLOSED SESSION.
THANKS, EVERYBODY. AND SO WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE CLOSED PART.
[CLOSED SESSION ITEMS]
OKAY. WELCOME, EVERYONE.[OPEN SESSION]
[ROLL CALL]
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES. PRESIDENT ECHOLS, DIRECTOR COFFEY.HERE. GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH.
HERE. GENERAL COUNCIL BOURGAULT.
I'M GOING TO ASK DIRECTOR SANWONG TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND DIRECTOR ROSARIO, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT?
[LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT]
ALRIGHT. THANK YOU.WE HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE UNSEATED LANDS OF THE OHLONE PEOPLE, AND THAT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HUCHIUN TERRITORY, WHICH IS THE TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL AND SHARED HOME.
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THE OHLONE PEOPLE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN RECIPROCITY WITH NATURE, UNDERSTANDING THE SEASONS AND CYCLES OF THE NATURAL WORLD, MANAGING RESOURCES FUNDAMENTAL FOR SURVIVAL, AND IMPORTANT TO CULTURAL PRACTICES, ALL WHILE PASSING DOWN THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE.
WE HONOR WITH GRATITUDE THE LAND ITSELF, THE WILDLIFE LIVING IN THESE LANDS AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STEWARDED IT AND WHO CONTINUE TO REMAIN DEEPLY CONNECTED TO IT TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY. COULD I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE TODAY'S AGENDA?
[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
SO MOVED. THANK YOU.SO. MOTION BY DIRECTOR ROSARIO AND SECOND BY DIRECTOR WAESPI.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES.
THERE ARE NO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PART OF THE AGENDA.
[PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
AND I'LL ASK OUR CLERK TO EXPLAIN HOW TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS.[00:10:03]
YES. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT ECHOLS.AND THIS INFORMATION IS NOTED ON THE AGENDA.
THE SUBMISSION OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AGAIN WAS NOTICED ON THE AGENDA.
THE BOARD PACKET WAS POSTED ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
ALL EMAILS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE OF MONDAY, JULY 15TH.
ANY EMAILS THAT CAME IN AFTER THAT DATE WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD AFTER THIS MEETING.
AND HAS THE CLERK RECEIVED ANY EMAILS OR SPEAKER CARDS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? YES. PRESIDENT ECHOLS, WE HAVE ONE COMMENT FROM RENEE PATTERSON.
RENEE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
SO I'M HERE TO REMIND YOU OF THE PERBS FILING, THAT'S STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BOARD THAT AFSCME FILED AN UNFAIR PRACTICE CHARGE ON AUGUST 26TH, 2022, WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN RESOLVED.
AND THIS HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED YET, WHICH IS I THINK I'M THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S SHOCKED BY THIS.
YOU CAN CALL ME STUBBORN, I GUESS.
I LIKE TO SAY I'M DETERMINED, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
SO SEE YOU NEXT BOARD MEETING.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
SO I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IT'S MY HONOR TO ANNOUNCE THAT DIRECTOR DEE ROSARIO HAS BEEN NAMED 2024 CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBER OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS AWARDED.
AND SO THIS AWARD IS AWARDED BASED ON EXPERIENCE EFFECTIVENESS AND LEADERSHIP.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT DEE SETS THE STANDARD FOR THAT.
AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY A FEW OTHER THINGS.
THE CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CSDA, REPRESENTS OVER 1400 ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND IS THE ONLY STATEWIDE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING ALL TYPES OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING PARK AND RECREATION, FIRE, POLICE PROTECTION, UTILITY WATER, HEALTH CARE, COMMUNITY SERVICES, TO NAME A FEW. AND I THINK MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT DIRECTOR ROSARIO WAS ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN NOVEMBER OF 2016, AND HE'S HAD A LONG HISTORY WITH THE PARK DISTRICT. HE PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS A PARK RANGER, FIREFIGHTER, FIRE LIEUTENANT AND PARK SUPERVISOR OF REINHARDT REGIONAL PARK. HE SERVED FOR 37 YEARS BEFORE COMING ON THE BOARD.
OH, WELL, I DO ALSO WANT TO NOTE, ESPECIALLY SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON FIRES, THAT DIRECTOR ROSARIO WAS A LIEUTENANT IN THE DISTRICT'S FIRE DEPARTMENT DURING THE 1991 OAKLAND FIRESTORM.
AND SOME OF US HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR HIM SPEAK ABOUT THAT AND SEE VIDEO ON THAT.
AND HE WAS THERE ON THE SCENE FIGHTING THE FIRE AND HELPING RESIDENTS EVACUATE.
AND AS A BOARD MEMBER, DIRECTOR ROSARIO ALSO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN RENAMING REDWOOD REGIONAL PARK AFTER AURELIA REINHARDT, ONE OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S FIVE ORIGINAL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE ONLY WOMAN WHO WAS ELECTED TO REPRESENT RESIDENTS ON THE NEWLY FOUNDED PARK DISTRICT.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SAY THIS PART, THAT HE'S GOING TO BE RETIRING AT THE END OF 2024 AFTER A LONG CAREER WITH THE PARK DISTRICT, BOTH AS AN EMPLOYEE AND AS AN ELECTED BOARD MEMBER. AND WE'RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
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BUT NOT YOU'RE NOT DONE YET.SO THE BOARD MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARD WILL BE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED AND PRESENTED DURING THE OPENING GENERAL SESSION OF THE CSDA ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024, IN INDIAN WELLS.
OKAY, NOW TO OTHER OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD.
MADAM CLERK, HAVE YOU RECEIVED REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON? OH, WE ALREADY. I ALREADY ASKED YOU THIS TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS FOR OPEN SESSION.
OKAY. I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU.OKAY. SO MOVED BY DIRECTOR WAESPI AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR ROSARIO.
NOW, I KNOW SOME OF THE DIRECTORS HAD QUESTIONS ON SOME OF THE ITEMS. DIRECTORS, I KNOW YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS.
HAVE THEY BEEN ANSWERED AT THIS POINT? AND DIRECTOR MERCURIO.
OKAY. ITEMS NUMBER 8 AND NUMBER 10 OR.
SO NUMBER EIGHT IS THE AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND CONTRACTS WITH BIOMAA’S INC AND NOMAD ECOLOGY TO INCREASE THE ON CALL BIOMONITORING SERVICES CONTRACTS BY $100,000 PER YEAR.
AND MY QUESTION WAS IS THIS INCREASE DUE TO INCREASE IN WORKLOAD? YEAH. THANK YOU.
CHIEF OF STEWARDSHIP, MATT GRAUL.
WE'RE HAVING TO DO MORE AND MORE NESTING BIRD SURVEYS DURING THE WINDOW OF FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER.
AND ALSO, WE'VE HAD NEWLY LISTED BEE SPECIES IN CALIFORNIA.
AND SO THERE ARE SEVERAL CANDIDATE SPECIES THAT ARE BEES.
SO THOSE WON'T HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU.
OKAY. AND THEN NUMBER NINE REALLY QUICKLY WAS THE AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND CONTRACT WITH 2AIR, INC.
. IS THAT STRICTLY, HIGH BAND OR IS IT COMBINATION HIGH BAND LOW BAND AT DAVID RUSTING CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.
SO THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS USED FOR THE HIGH BAND MICROWAVE INTERNET CONNECTION THAT WE HAVE DOWN TO DEL VALLE AND TO A COUPLE OTHER SITES IS ALL HIGH BAND. OKAY.
THAT BENEFITS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND. OH YEAH. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY SUBSTATION THERE AT DEL VALLE AS WELL.
THANK YOU. AND I THINK DIRECTOR MERCURIO HAS ONE QUESTION AS WELL.
ABOUT THE TRAIL ACCESS DEDICATION FOR THE CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL.
THE QUESTION I HAD IS I'LL JUST READ THE WAY I WROTE IT.
THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS OF THE PARKING AREA.
IS THERE A MECHANISM FOR MAKING SURE THEY ACTUALLY DO THIS? HOW DO WE COMPEL THEM TO DO THIS IF THEY FAIL TO PERFORM, AND THEN ALSO DO REPAIRS INCLUDE RECONSTRUCTION OR REHABILITATION OF THE PAVEMENT 10 TO 20 YEARS IN THE FUTURE AS IT AGES.
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IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS MORE THAN REPAIRS.ARE WE GOING TO CONSIDER REHABILITATION ALSO AS OUR RESPONSIBILITY? AND WHAT MAKES ME THINK OF THIS IS THERE IS ONE STAGING AREA THAT WE HAVE.
I BELIEVE IT'S OFF OF STONE VALLEY ROAD IN ALAMO THAT IS IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.
AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN IT.
AND WHEN I SAY REALLY BAD SHAPE, IT'S IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.
SO I THINK OF THAT AND THEN I THINK OF THIS AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE LIKE THAT.
SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO MANAGE THAT? KIM THAI, SENIOR PLANNER WITH ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.
AND SO IF WE DO NOT GET ANY TRACTION IN TERMS OF REPAIRS ON THE PARKING AREA, BY COORDINATING WITH THE HOA, WE WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY OF SAN RAMON TO GET THAT ENFORCED TO ENSURE THAT THE AREA IS REPAIRED AND MAINTAINED UP TO PARK DISTRICT STANDARDS.
AND THAT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN PART OF THE CITY OF SAN RAMON'S CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THAT HOUSING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED WITH THE PARKING AREA. AND SO IN COORDINATING WITH THE SAN RAMON CITY OF SAN RAMON THAT ALSO INCLUDES REPAIRS TO THE SURFACE OF THE PARKING AREA AS WELL.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE AREA, THE PARKING AREA WILL BE SIGNED WITH OUR SIGNS.
YES, YES, THAT'S IT'S LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S OURS, YOU KNOW, TO THE AVERAGE PERSON.
BUT BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME, I FEEL PRETTY SATISFIED THAT, YOU KNOW IT'S UP TO US TO WORK TOGETHER WITH SAN RAMON TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT THING HAPPENS OUT THERE WHEN IT WHEN IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
CORRECT? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.
THAT'S. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.
OKAY. DID WE DO THE MOTION TO APPROVE ALREADY.
WE ALREADY. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
WE DID AND TOOK THINGS SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE MOVE TO THE TOPIC THAT MANY OF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE AUTHORIZATION
[GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE]
TO EXECUTE A LETTER OF INTENT WITH THE GUIDIVILLE RANCHERIA OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AT POINT MOLATE.THANK YOU. IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PULL UP THE SLIDES.
I'M OUT OF ORDER. I'M GOING TO SIT HERE. SORRY.
SURE. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANKS.
ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU DEBORAH.
ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START US OFF HERE.
BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THAT THE BOARD IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY AT POINT MOLATE.
SO JUST IN SUMMARY, WHAT WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION ON IS AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A LETTER OF INTENT WITH THE GUIDIVILLE RANCHERIA OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND FOR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AT POINT MOLATE.
GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE THE SLIDE, PLEASE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW POINT MOLATE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND OUT AT POINT SAN PABLO PENINSULA.
AND WE'RE FOCUSED RIGHT NOW ON ABOUT IT'S APPROXIMATELY 81 ACRES OUT THERE AT THE POINT.
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NEXT SLIDE. SO I AM NOT GOING TO GIVE THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART THREE AND FOUR ON THIS PROPERTY.LET ME JUST STATE THAT THAT IS NOT THE PARK DISTRICT'S ROLE.
BUT JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE BACKGROUND ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S ROLE UP UNTIL THIS POINT ON THIS PROPERTY, WITHOUT GETTING INTO A LOT OF THE DEEPER HISTORY.
SO JUST TO LET THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC KNOW BACK IN 1995, THE NAVAL FUEL DEPOT WAS CLOSED AND THE PARK DISTRICT ALWAYS STATED ITS INTEREST IN HAVING SOME SORT OF REGIONAL PARK OUT THERE AT THE SITE.
IN 2005, WE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY AND THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY TO DEVELOP THE SAN PABLO PENINSULA OPEN SPACE STUDY AND IN 2008, MEASURE WW, AS YOU KNOW, WAS APPROVED BY VOTES WITH POINT MOLATE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL REGIONAL PARK IN THE PARK DISTRICT 'S MASTER PLAN, AND IT HAS REMAINED IN THERE EVER SINCE.
IN 2020, WORKING FOR OVER A DECADE, THE DESIGNS AND NECESSARY PERMITTING WERE ADOPTED TO EXTEND THE BAY TRAIL TO THE POINT MOLATE BEACH PARK OUT THERE, AND CERTAINLY OPEN TO SOME QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THAT ABOUT THE STATUS OF THAT PROJECT.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS JUST GIVES A VERY, VERY ROUGH MAP OF THE PARCELS THAT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU AUTHORIZE US TO ENTER INTO THE LOI FOR TODAY.
AND THIS ACTUALLY SHOWS THE PARCELS IN BROWN THAT ARE CURRENTLY OWNED BY POINT MOLATE FUTURES, WHICH IS WHOLLY OWNED BY THE GUIDIVILLE RANCHERIA OF CALIFORNIA TRIBE.
AND THIS THE BROWN PARCELS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE MAP, IT'S ACTUALLY 44 PARCELS.
SO PARCELS ONE THROUGH 44 THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO ACQUIRE FROM THE TRIBE.
AND THE BLUE IS THE CITY SHORELINE PARK.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THE BAY TRAIL THAT IS CURRENTLY DESIGNED TO GO AROUND THE POINT.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THE KEY TERMS OF THE LOI THAT THE BOARD IS WELL AWARE OF, AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND DID APPROVE THE LOI LAST FRIDAY UNANIMOUSLY AT THEIR OPEN SPECIAL SESSION.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM GOING AND GETTING THAT SCHEDULED WHILE THEY WERE ON RECESS.
BUT THE PURCHASE PRICE IS FOR THOSE 44 PARCELS IS $40 MILLION, AS SUPPORTED BY AN APPRAISAL THAT IS GOING TO GO IN FRONT OF THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY FOR DISTRIBUTION OF $36 MILLION.
THAT WILL GO TOWARDS THAT 40 MILLION.
THE DELTA, THE OTHER $4 MILLION WILL COME OUT OF YOUR MEASURE WW FUNDS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED IN THAT 2008 MEASURE FOR POINT MOLATE.
THE TERM SHEET ALSO INCLUDES AN EARNED MONEY DEPOSIT OF $1 MILLION TO THE TRIBE, PROVIDED IN TWO PAYMENTS AND AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION, WHICH THE PARK DISTRICT WILL REIMBURSE THE TRIBE FOR SOME OF THEIR TRANSACTION COSTS.
THE TERM SHEET ALSO BECAUSE REMEMBER THIS IS A THREE PARTY AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND THE TRIBE.
THE TERM SHEET ALSO INCLUDES PROVISIONS AROUND, WITH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AROUND THE CONTINUED OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT COST SHARING OUT THERE AT THE SITE.
AND SO THAT IS GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF A RAMP UP TIME.
THE CLOSING IS INTENDED TO OCCUR NO LATER THAN JANUARY 15TH.
THAT'S QUICK, VERY, VERY QUICK.
OUR STAFF IS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO START THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD AND TO ALSO PUT TOGETHER THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL COME BACK IN FRONT OF YOU HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH.
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SO JUST TO REITERATE THE RECOMMENDATION AND IT'S TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO EXECUTE A LETTER OF INTENT WITH THE GUIDIVILLE RANCHERIA OF CALIFORNIA OR POINT MOLATE FUTURES, LLC AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND, RELATED TO THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AT POINT MOLATE, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND ON THE POINT SAN PABLO PENINSULA.SO FIRST OFF, I DO I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DISTRICT STAFF.
THIS HAS BEEN A MANY, MANY YEARS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO REALLY, FRANKLY, TRY TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE OUT AT POINT MOLATE.
AND THAT'S TAKEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT, POSITIONS AND A DIFFERENT FLAVOR.
SO WHETHER IT'S WORKING WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS THAT WERE OUT THERE, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE CITY, AND THEN ULTIMATELY NOW WITH THE TRIBE TO FULFILL THAT VISION, I AM JUST ABSOLUTELY THRILLED AND GRATEFUL TO THE STELLAR STAFF THAT WE HAVE HERE, BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND BE AND BE CONSTRUCTIVE PROBLEM SOLVERS ALONG THE WAY.
AND IT'S REALLY YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.
I'M NOT GOING TO NAME THEM BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE, BUT IT'S BEEN AN ALL HANDS ON DECK, AND THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK AHEAD OF US TO BRING THIS TO ULTIMATELY HAVE THIS BE THE WORLD CLASS PARK THAT WE ALL DO HERE IN THE PARK DISTRICT.
THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE LIFT ON HER PART AS THE BUDGET CHAIR.
AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO NOT JUST SECURE THOSE DOLLARS, BUT TO RETAIN THEM FOR US AS THE STATE WAS GOING THROUGH THEIR ITERATIONS OF CLAWING BACK MONEY. AND SO THAT IS IS CURRENTLY STILL THERE, AND IT SITS WITH THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY AND WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AS PART OF THIS TRANSACTION.
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO SENATOR SKINNER.
ALWAYS GREAT PARTNERS AND THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE.
AND SECRETARY WADE CROWFOOT, WHO HAS BEEN A BIG CHAMPION OF THIS PROJECT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND MADE SURE THAT THE DOLLARS WERE ALSO SECURED FOR US AND UNDERSTANDING THAT VISION.
THANK YOU TO THIS BOARD FOR PROVIDING SUPER CLEAR DIRECTION TO THE STAFF.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE GUIDIVILLE RANCHERIA TRIBE.
THEY HAVE BEEN FROM DAY ONE, ABSOLUTELY HONEST BROKERS WITH US.
THEY HAVE BEEN CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, AND THEY HAVE SHARED THIS COMMON VISION OF MAXIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE TO ESTABLISH A PARK OUT THERE, CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEIR ORIGINAL VISION WAS.
AND TO BE ABLE NOW FOR US TO COMPLETE THIS TRANSACTION WITH THEM.
SO WITH THAT, I OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE.
AND I'M SURE YOU HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. DIRECTOR ROSARIO.
YEAH. THIS IS AGAIN THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK.
AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND TO THE CITY OF RICHMOND AND THE GUIDIVILLE TRIBE.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.
WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE WAYS TO GO, BUT I THINK WE'RE ON OUR WAY.
AND IT'S SUCH A SUCH AN IMPORTANT PIECE IN THE PUZZLE ALONG THE BAY.
TO HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE LAND PRESERVE IT FOR THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
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DIRECTOR WAESPI. YEAH.THANK YOU. I TO SUGGEST THAT THIS IS A SPECTACULAR PURCHASE.
I THINK THIS A LONG FOUGHT BATTLE, BUT IT'LL PAY OFF DIVIDENDS FOR FOREVER.
I, TOO, WANT TO THANK NANCY SKINNER ESPECIALLY THE WORK OF THE CITIZENS FOR EAST SHORE STATE PARK, THE SIERRA CLUB, THE POINT MOLATE ALLIANCE, ALL THE GROUPS BRUCE BEYAERT, WHO, YOU KNOW, ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THAT GAVE BOARD MEMBERS TOURS OUT THERE AND SUGGESTED WHAT A GREAT PURCHASE THIS WAS GOING TO BE.
YOU KNOW, THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND AND THE GUIDIVILLE RANCHERIA TRIBE AND THE PARK DISTRICT STAFF, WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND WE FINALLY DONE IT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. I MEAN, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THIS GOODWILL AND MAKE AN INCREDIBLE PARK.
AND I TRULY LOOK FORWARD TO IT AND THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED AND MADE IT HAPPEN.
DIRECTOR MERCURIO. YEAH, I'M JUST KEYING IN ON WHAT DIRECTOR WAESPI JUST SAID COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
I MEAN, IF THERE EVER WAS ONE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE HEADED FOR SUCCESS HERE.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL, OBVIOUSLY, WHO HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT.
BUT NOW WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO OUT THERE.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLABORATION.
AND I HONESTLY, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE IDEAS THAT ARE DEVELOPED OUT THERE.
OKAY. WELL, I WANT TO SAY HOW VERY HAPPY AND GRATEFUL I AM THAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT OF APPROVING A LETTER OF INTENT AND TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL, STUNNING BAY SHORE LAND CREATE A REGIONAL PARK THAT EVERYONE CAN ENJOY AND PRESERVE THIS LAND FOR PERPETUITY.
AND YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO PRESERVING THE NATURAL HISTORY, THE RICH CULTURAL HISTORY, IT ALSO PROMOTES OUR SHARED GOAL OF EQUITABLE ACCESS.
YOU KNOW, RICHMOND IS A CITY THAT'S OVER 80% PEOPLE OF COLOR.
AND THE AREA JUST EAST OF THE ENTRANCE OF POINT MOLATE IS CONSIDERED TO BE VERY UNDER-RESOURCED.
YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE BCDC THE SURVEYS THAT THEY DO THIS, THIS LAND OR THIS COMMUNITY IS VERY VULNERABLE, SOCIALLY VULNERABLE.
AND SO I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A NEW PARK IN PROXIMITY TO A COMMUNITY THAT REALLY NEEDS AND DESERVES A BEAUTIFUL PARK.
AND OF COURSE, THIS IS A PARK THAT WILL PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE EAST BAY AND BEYOND WILL COME TO, BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE WORLD CLASS AND IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED AND VERY HAPPY AND REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE PARTNERS.
I'M NOT GOING TO THANK EVERYONE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO MANY PARTNERS, ELECTED LEADERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ALL WHO HAVE SHARED THIS VISION FOR A REGIONAL PARK AT POINT MOLATE.
AND THEN TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THE CITY OF RICHMOND, THE GUIDIVILLE RANCHERIA, US, AND OTHERS REALLY SHARE ULTIMATELY A VISION FOR WHERE THIS PARK WILL WILL GO.
AND I YEAH, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM.
AND AS THE GM SAID, RETAINING THAT THAT WAS NOT AN EASY THING TO RETAIN THAT MONEY WHEN SO MANY CUTS WERE BEING MADE.
AND AGAIN, YEAH, I'VE ALREADY SAID CITY OF RICHMOND, GUIDIVILLE RANCHERIA.
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THE POINT MOLATE ALLIANCE AND THE SIERRA CLUB AND THE OTHER GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE LONG SHARED THIS DREAM OF A PARK AT POINT MOLATE.SO COLIN AND OLIVIA, DID YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, OR DID YOU WANT.
YEAH EXACTLY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
I KNOW WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.
YES. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON IN THE WEBINAR.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE PERSON AND THEN COME TO THOSE IN THE ROOM.
MISS ABBOTT, I'M GOING TO INVITE YOU TO BECOME A PANELIST.
OKAY, GREAT. YOU CAN START YOUR VIDEO NOW.
OKAY. AND AS I SAID EARLIER YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I'M GOING TO GO OFF CAMERA WHEN YOU SEE ME IN SEE ME POP BACK ON.
OKAY. I'M SORRY, 30 SECONDS? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE ME, BUT WHEN YOU SEE ME, I'M GOING TO GO OFF CAMERA.
AT THAT POINT, IT'LL BE 30 SECONDS LEFT.
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
THIS IS A VERY EMOTIONAL MOMENT FOR ME.
I HAVE SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE VISITING POINT MOLATE AND LOVING IT, AND I AM SO GRATEFUL TO SEE IT COME BACK INTO PUBLIC HANDS AND BE THE KIND OF PARK IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE FOR ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS AND ALL PEOPLE.
AND I DO THANK THE BOARD AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN.
IN PARTICULAR, I DO WANT TO CALL OUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF THE POINT MOLATE ALLIANCE, THE VOLUNTEERS WHO SPENT THOUSANDS OF HOURS TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THIS PARK NOT JUST BE TURNED INTO A PLACE WITH HIGH RISE, HIGH END CONDOMINIUMS OBSCURING OUR VIEWS AND OUR PRECIOUS JEWEL OF A NATURAL RESOURCE.
I PREDICT THAT THIS WILL BE THE BEST PARK IN THE ENTIRE REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
AND I USE YOUR PARKS ALL THE TIME MANY OF THEM.
BUT POINT MOLATE REMAINS MY FAVORITE PLACE.
AND IT HAS HAD SPECIAL MEANING IN MY FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS.
I'M GOING TO YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE IN THE ROOM.
THE NEXT FOUR SPEAKERS I HAVE ARE IN THE ROOM.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH NORM LAFORCE, FOLLOWED BY MARILYN LANG LOIS, ROBERT CHEASTY AND THEN GAYLE MCLAUGHLIN.
MR. LAFORCE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.
YES. THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD STAND BEHIND THE PODIUM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
NORMAN LAFORCE SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF, WELL, MYSELF, BUT ALSO SIERRA CLUB AND SPRAWL DEV.
I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND THE STAFF, MS. LANDRETH THE GENERAL MANAGER, THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE STAFF OF THE PARK DISTRICT THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE.
THIS IS REALLY A FABULOUS OCCASION.
AND IT IS KIND OF LIKE A CONSTELLATION OF THINGS THAT CAME TOGETHER.
ALTHOUGH I'M REMINDED OF THE QUOTE THAT SHERLOCK HOLMES GAVE ABOUT COINCIDENCE AND HE SAID THE UNIVERSE IS RARELY SO LAZY.
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BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO THIS WHOLE THING, AND IT REALLY WAS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.AND IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE PARK DISTRICT'S INVOLVEMENT, BECAUSE THE PARK DISTRICT HAS A WAY OF FIGURING OUT HOW TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER TO ACQUIRE LANDS AND EXPAND THE PARK SYSTEM OVER THE YEARS.
AND THAT'S WHAT MADE THIS, I THINK, VERY IMPORTANT AT THIS POINT WAS THAT EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE, ALONG WITH THE COMMITMENT WE HAD FROM THE RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL WITH GAYLE MCLAUGHLIN IN PARTICULAR WHO'S HERE TODAY, REALLY MADE THIS A FABULOUS EVENT.
AND I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL RESOLUTION TO THIS WHOLE ISSUE.
I WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT ECHOLS, IN WHOSE DISTRICT POINT MOLATE IS LOCATED, FOR YOUR ADVOCACY.
I'M A LONG TIME RICHMOND RESIDENT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR OVER 20 YEARS TO GET TO THIS, TO GET TO THIS RESOLUTION.
THE TWO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE PROPOSED OUT THERE, BOTH THE BIG CASINO AND THEN THE LUXURY HIGH DENSITY HOUSING, NEITHER OF THEM WERE APPROPRIATE OR EVEN FEASIBLE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, AND NEITHER OF THEM HAD SUPPORT OF THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO COME OUT AHEAD WITH THIS.
SO I KNOW THERE'S A FEW STEPS MORE TO MAKE IT FINAL, BUT I AM CONFIDENT THAT WILL WORK.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GIVING INPUT AS TIME GOES ON AND TO WHAT THIS NEW, FABULOUS REGIONAL PARK WILL LOOK LIKE. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY AN AMAZING RESOURCE FOR THE RICHMOND RESIDENTS, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE ENTIRE REGION AND WELL BEYOND AND FOR MANY FUTURE GENERATIONS.
CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY.
THE POINT MOLATE ALLIANCE, BLUE FRONTIER, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER GROUPS THAT I REPRESENT HERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY FIRST, THIS ALMOST DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE.
WE'VE COME CLOSE BEFORE WE HAD A DEAL, MAYBE ALMOST TWO DECADES AGO, THAT FELL APART FOR VARIOUS REASONS, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE LATER THAT FELL APART.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS ATTEMPTS TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN CREATE A PARK OUT THERE.
THE THING ABOUT THIS IS, AND I ECHO THE COMMENTS OF SO MANY OF YOU, THIS WAS A MAJOR GROUP EFFORT, AND I JUST WANT TO REMEMBER WHAT TIP O'NEILL SAID THAT WAS ADOPTED BY LYNDON JOHNSON.
YOU CAN GET ANYTHING DONE AS LONG AS YOU DON'T CARE WHO GETS THE CREDIT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IF I STAND HERE IN THIS VENUE, AT THIS PODIUM, TO SAY, I THINK THE MAJOR PART OF THE CREDIT BELONGS HERE WITH THIS BOARD.
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CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT A BIG SISTER LIKE THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.THIS IS AN ENORMOUS LIFT, AND IT HAPPENED.
AND I WILL SAY THAT THE PERSON WHO HELPED RAISE THE MONEY, NANCY SKINNER, CAME FROM THIS BOARD BEFORE SHE GOT INTO LEFT FOR SACRAMENTO. SO SHE UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT OUR SYSTEM OF PARKS FROM CROCKETT TO SAN JOSE.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN ACCOMPLISH, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT CAN MOSTLY ACCOMPLISH WITH ALL OF OUR HELP, IF THAT IS THE VISION THAT WE HAVE AS A COMMON VISION TOGETHER.
THE EASTSHORE STATE PARK DIDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
IT'S AN AMAZING EIGHT AND A HALF MILES FROM THE OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE ON UP TO THE DOG PARK IN POINT ISABEL IN RICHMOND, AND THIS WILL REPRESENT AN ANCHOR PARK TO THE NORTH OF IT.
OOPS. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
I'M A COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, AND I WANT TO START OUT BY THANKING YOU ALL.
THANK YOU TO THE BOARD, ESPECIALLY BOARD PRESIDENT ELIZABETH ECHOLS.
AND THANK YOU TO DIRECTOR COLIN COFFEY, WHO WAS AT OUR COUNCIL MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT.
ALSO, A BIG THANK YOU TO GENERAL MANAGER SABRINA LANDRETH, WHO WAS ALSO AT OUR COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THANK YOU TO ONE OF YOUR ATTORNEYS, JASON ROSENBERG, WHO WORKED ALONG WITH SABRINA, WITH YOUR GENERAL MANAGER AND OUR STAFF AND OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE TO GET TO THIS POINT.
YOU KNOW, IT TOOK SOME GOING BACK AND FORTH, BUT WE MADE IT HAPPEN AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE BOARD, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A UNIFIED EFFORT THAT WE'RE ALL IN HERE.
AND OF COURSE, THE MANY, MANY COMMUNITY GROUPS ALREADY MENTIONED SIERRA CLUB, [INAUDIBLE], POINT MOLATE ALLIANCE, RICHMOND SHORELINE ALLIANCE AND SO MANY OTHER GROUPS AND RESIDENTS OF RICHMOND WHO WORKED LONG AND HARD FOR THIS DAY TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A WORLD CLASS PARK THAT I KNOW THIS WILL BECOME.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN A LONG, HARD 20 YEARS.
I WAS IN THIS STRUGGLE FROM THE BEGINNING, AND THAT GOES BACK TO 2004 WHEN THERE WAS A CASINO PROJECT AND LATER THERE WAS A THIS HIGH END HOUSING PROJECT, AND NOW WE'RE AT A POINT THOSE PROJECTS WOULD HAVE CAUSED HARM TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PLANET.
AND SO WE HAD TO FIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, RAISE UP THE IDEA OF A WONDERFUL PARK, WHICH WILL BRING BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PLANET. SO IT'S TAKEN SOME TIME, BUT NOW WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE COULD PUT ALL THAT NEGATIVITY BEHIND US AND START TO WORK ON A POSITIVE PROJECT. I MENTIONED THAT I WAS IN THIS FROM THE BEGINNING.
BUT IT'S BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE, AND I AM SO PLEASED THAT WE'RE NOW AT A POINT THAT THIS LABOR IS TURNING INTO A PROJECT THAT WILL BENEFIT THE WHOLE REGION.
IT'S VERY REFRESHING TO BE HERE TODAY AT THIS NEW ERA, THIS NEW ROAD, THIS NEW TIME IN HISTORY.
AN IMPORTANT TIME IN HISTORY WHEN THE PLANET IS IN JEOPARDY.
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE IN THIS CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
JUST A LAST THANK YOU ALSO TO THE TRIBE FOR SIGNING ON TO THIS LETTER OF INTENT.
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THANK YOU. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS.OKAY. WELL THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK OVER THE YEARS.
DIRECTOR COFFEY, DO YOU WANT TO.
OH, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO GO LAST OR DIRECTOR SANWONG.
DOESN'T MATTER. DIRECTOR SANWONG.
IT'S SO NICE TO HEAR FROM EACH OF YOU.
AND IT MADE ME THINK OF A FEW THINGS.
IS IT GOING TO BE A PUBLIC MEETING WHEN THIS IS ON THE AGENDA? AND WE BELIEVE THAT MOST LIKELY NOVEMBER.
IS THAT CORRECT? DO YOU WANT TO JUST MAYBE SHARE A FEW BULLET POINTS ON THAT? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YES. SO THERE IS A LOT MORE WORK TO DO.
IN TERMS OF THE NEXT STEPS BACK IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD.
OUR HOPE IS TO COME TO YOUR MEETING IN SEPTEMBER FOR PUBLIC APPROVAL HERE TO TAKE THAT FORMAL ACTION, WE ALSO HAVE TO WORK WITH THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THE $36 MILLION AT THE STATE.
AND THAT DOES REQUIRE A PUBLIC PROCESS IN FRONT OF THEIR BOARD.
AND THAT IS OUR HOPE WAS TO GO TO THEIR SEPTEMBER MEETING.
BUT ACTUALLY IN GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE NEXT STEPS, UNDER STATE LAW, IT IS LOOKING LIKE WE WILL HAVE TO GO TO THEIR NOVEMBER MEETING, BUT IT WILL NOT DELAY ANY PART OF THE TRANSACTION.
WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO CLOSE THIS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO THAT AND THE REASON WHY THAT IS A LITTLE BIT DELAYED AND NOT ABLE TO GO TO THE SEPTEMBER MEETING IS BECAUSE UNDER STATE LAW, THEY HAVE A MAJOR ACQUISITION LEGISLATION THAT ANY DISTRIBUTION OF STATE FUNDS OVER $15 MILLION FOR ACQUISITION REQUIRES TWO ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF REVIEW AND BOTH AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF OUR APPRAISAL.
BUT WE GOT WORD THIS MORNING THAT UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE NOT ABLE TO.
BUT REASSURANCES THAT THE AS LONG AS WE ENTER INTO THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH THE SELLER SOON AND CONTINUE THIS POSITIVE MOMENTUM, THAT THE $36 MILLION ARE SECURE AT THE STATE, AND THAT GOING TO THE NOVEMBER A PUBLIC APPROVAL OF THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY WILL NOT DELAY THE CLOSURE. SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONCE THIS DOES CLOSE, THEN WOULD GO INTO OUR LAND BANK STATUS.
CORRECT. AND JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT US TO CONTINUE TO DO ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT AS WE'RE YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BALANCE ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
I THINK WE GOT DATA POINT EARLIER.
WE HAVE OVER 200 PROJECTS WITHIN THE PARK DISTRICT, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE QUITE A BIT OF POTENTIAL COLLABORATION, YOU KNOW, IN REGARDS TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TO THINK ABOUT THOSE NEXT STEPS.
AND THAT'S THE SAME WITH ACROSS THE PARK DISTRICT.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS ALL THE WARDS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE, YOU KNOW, BEST WORK TOGETHER AND PRIORITIZE THAT.
THANK YOU. AND I KNEW THAT SOME OF THE COMMENTS WOULD TRIGGER THOUGHTS.
AND MY OWN JOURNEY WITH POINT MOLATE STARTS OUT IN ABOUT 1967 68.
I WAS QUITE YOUNG AT THE TIME, BUT POINT MOLATE STOOD OUT.
AND I REMEMBER GOING AROUND THE POINT SOLELY BECAUSE THERE WAS THIS REALLY AWFUL STENCH, AND MY FATHER HAD TO, YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN TO ME THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WOULD GO OUT ON SHIPS AND KILL WHALES.
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AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS KIND OF HARD FOR ME TO ACCEPT AS A KID.BUT THAT IS A VERY DISTINCT MEMORY.
AND SINCE THAT POINT IN TIME I'VE BEEN LARGELY AN OBSERVER OF THE WORK OTHERS HAVE DONE TO BRING US TO THE POINT WE'RE AT TODAY WHERE THE POINT MOLATE SEGMENT WILL BE PRESERVED AS OPEN SPACE AS HABITAT FOREVER.
AND IN TERMS OF THIS LONG HISTORY OF WHAT POINT MOLATE AND LARGER POINT SAN PABLO PENINSULA HAS MEANT TO A LOT OF US WHO GREW UP IN WEST COUNTY, AND THAT IS THE CONCEPT OF FOREVER.
I WANT TO THANK THE THREE PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THIS ROOM NOW, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PANOPLY OF FOLKS WHO DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT.
AND THANKS FOR BRINGING US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
BUT I'M WELL AWARE THAT THE WORK NORMAN LAFORCE HAS DONE AND ROBERT CHEASTY HAS DONE HAS IN FACT, ENABLED THIS TO TAKE PLACE TODAY, THAT THIS DEAL IS TAKING PLACE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE OVER A COUPLE OF DECADES.
AND YOU DESERVE THAT PARTICULAR RECOGNITION.
AND AGAIN, I'M COMPELLED BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE AND I GET TO DO IT IN PERSON.
THE OTHER PERSON IS THE FACT THAT I CAME INTO MORE THAN A CASUAL OBSERVING ROLE IN THIS IN 2017, WHEN I WAS A MEMBER OF THE RICHMOND LIAISON COMMITTEE BETWEEN THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF RICHMOND, AND LOOKED AT THESE THIS DEVELOPMENT BEING DEEMED PURSUED BY THE CITY OUT THERE AND ALWAYS SCRATCHING MY HEAD ABOUT AND THINKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES AND OVER TIME, STARTING TO LEARN ABOUT THAT DEVELOPMENT AND ITS PROSPECTS FROM OUR OWN PLANNING STAFF.
AND OUR OWN PLANNING STAFF YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2018, 2019, THEY WERE TELLING ME AND THEN DIRECTOR ECHOLS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT JUST NOT HAPPEN.
IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO PULL THIS OFF.
THIS IS HUGE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BUILD A LARGE PROJECT OUT HOUSING PROJECT OUT IN POINT MOLATE AND OUR FOLKS WEREN'T AT ALL ANTAGONISTIC TOWARD OR ADVERSARIAL ABOUT IT.
BUT OUR FOLKS, OUR PLANNERS, OUR MANAGERS WERE YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN.
AND I REMEMBER WE ALL, AS A BOARD WOULD TALK TO OUR GENERAL MANAGER ABOUT THIS VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY OUGHT TO BE PREPARED.
THESE TWO GUYS, AMONG OTHERS, WERE TELLING US THAT, YEAH, THIS MIGHT NOT HAPPEN.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ADVERSARIAL TO WHAT THE PLANS ARE TO THINK ABOUT IT NOT HAPPENING.
AND OUR MANAGERS AND SABRINA IN PARTICULAR SAID, YEAH, I YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU FOLKS ARE AT AND WE CAN START THINKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND WHAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE TO BE READY FOR THAT BASED ON THE BOARD AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL, THE MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT GOING BACK TO 2014 TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL PARK WITH WHATEVER LAND IS REASONABLE, TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL PARK THAT IS MADE AVAILABLE TO US BY THE CITY ULTIMATELY, AND THAT WAS OUR COMMITMENT IN 2014.
FAST FORWARD TO 2020 AND COVID COMING IN AND THE FINANCIAL PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THERE WAS A CONCERTED EFFORT BY THIS BOARD BY SABRINA LANDRETH AND HER TEAM TO BE READY IN THE EVENT A MOMENT IN TIME COMES ABOUT THAT DID, IN FACT, COME ABOUT IN 2022, BY
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WHICH THIS LAND WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE.IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED BY THE STROKE OF A PEN.
SABRINA HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE SENATOR.
OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS STAFF OVER HERE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE SENATOR'S STAFF FOR A LONG TIME.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED THAT MOMENT IN TIME CAME BUDGET SURPLUS GOVERNOR INTERESTED IN 30 BY 30.
THE SENATE BUDGET CHAIR BEING FROM WEST CONTRA COSTA AND A FORMER MEMBER OF THIS BOARD.
AND THE EXISTENCE OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PLAYED NO SMALL ROLE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SECRETARY CROWFOOT, THE GOVERNOR AND STATE PARKS DIRECTOR, WHEN ASKED ABOUT THIS PROSPECT, ALL OF THEM SAID, THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A STATE PARK, EAST BAY PARKS CAN DO THIS.
AND I REMEMBER HEARING THAT AND THE PRIDE THAT I FELT IN THIS ORGANIZATION.
NANCY SKINNER WAS ABLE TO RIDE INTO A TRAILER $36 MILLION TO THIS PARK DISTRICT.
THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF A LOT OF EFFORT, IN PARTICULAR BY SABRINA LANDRETH.
AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE OF THAT EFFORT AND PROUD OF THIS ORGANIZATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PLAY THAT ROLE. SO ON TO THE FUTURE.
AS I SAID TO THE CITY COUNCIL, COUNCILWOMAN THAT ALL THE PAST IS GONE AND DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE.
WE GET TO WORK WITH THE CITY, WE GET TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUPS, BOTH THOSE THAT NORMAN AND ROBERT REPRESENT AND MANY MORE.
AND WE GET TO WORK WITH THE GUIDIVILLE TRIBE, AND BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHARING IN THIS VISION OF A WORLD CLASS PARK THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE JEWELS IN THE EAST BAY PARK SYSTEM, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE TRIBE STAYS ENGAGED AND WORKS WITH US AS WE DEVELOP THIS PARK INTO THE FUTURE.
AND THEN I AM WITH GREAT JOY, LOOKING FORWARD TO LOOKING AT MAPS AND DRAWING LINES FOR TRAILS AND PUTTING DOTS AROUND THAT PARK, WORKING WITH THIS INCREDIBLE STAFF OF PARK PLANNERS BACK HERE IN THE ROOM AND THROUGHOUT THIS BUILDING IN THAT PURSUIT, THAT'S GOING TO BE JUST AN AWFUL LOT OF FUN.
THANKS. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE AND LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING FAVORABLY ON THE LOI.
WELL, THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO SAY THAT JUST BRIEFLY, THE LAST WORDS.
AND REALLY, I THINK WHAT WHAT TIES TOGETHER ALL THE VARIOUS COMMENTS IS IT'S REALLY EVERYBODY DOING THEIR PART AND SHARING THIS VISION AND WORKING TOGETHER TO AT TIMES INCH ALONG AND AT TIMES LEAP ALONG TO ACTUALLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
AND IT'S SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE QUOTES WE'VE ALREADY HEARD.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. WE WERE ALL WE WERE READY.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT I AND OTHERS WERE NOT PREPARED TO ACCEPT THAT, AND I DO WANT TO CALL OUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY COLIN MENTIONED GENERAL MANAGER SABRINA LANDRETH, AND I KNOW SHE WORKED NIGHT AND DAY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
AND SHE HAD A TEAM BEHIND HER SO AND YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY I PROBABLY WON'T GET EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM.
BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION OUR ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL.
SORRY. OUR ASSISTANT. WELL, YES, OUR ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL, JASON ROSENBERG, AND OUR ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT, KEN WYSOCKI AND BECKY BREMSER, CHIEF OF LAND ACQUISITION, WHO HAD JUST ARRIVED.
SHE'D BARELY. I MEAN, WHAT SHE STARTED LIKE THIS WINTER, YOU KNOW, AND SHE JUST, LIKE, JUMPED INTO THE THICK OF IT AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, REALLY MOVED MOUNTAINS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO I JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW, TAKE A LITTLE POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE PEOPLE IN ADDITION TO, OF COURSE, THE FOLKS
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HERE AND THE MANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS GROUPS THAT WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT ALREADY TO WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL CALL FOR OH, ACTUALLY, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION.
[LAUGHTER] SO I AM GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE LETTER OF INTENT WITH GUIDIVILLE RANCHERIA OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY THAT WE'VE DESCRIBED AT POINT MOLATE.
SECOND. OF COURSE YOU CAN SECOND DIRECTOR COFFEY.
[APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE PLANNING ON TABLING.
IF IT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE, I THINK GIVEN THE TIME AND THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE WERE, WE NEED TO AUTHORIZE OR AWARD TODAY WE'RE GOING TO PULL THIS AND PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA OR FUTURE AGENDA.
YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ERICH AND LISA, FOR BEING PREPARED TO TALK WITH US ABOUT THE VOTER SURVEY FINDINGS FROM THE APRIL 2024 POLL. I KNOW WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING THAT AND ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, WHICH IS ONE REASON WHY WE WANT TO MOVE IT TO ANOTHER AGENDA SO WE HAVE MORE TIME FOR THAT.
SO THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THAT.
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TASSAJARA ROAD WIDENING PROJECT.BUT IT IS DEFINITELY A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW.
BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO PHILIP TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
HE'S GOING TO WALK THROUGH A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THIS.
PERFECT. THANKS. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD PRESIDENT ECHOLS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M PHILIP COFFIN, REAL PROPERTY SPECIALIST WITH THE LAND ACQUISITION DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M GOING TO BE DISCUSSING AS BECKY SAID, THE PROPOSED GRANT OF FEE, TITLE AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN, WHICH IS NEEDED FOR THEIR UPCOMING TASSAJARA ROAD WIDENING AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE SEEK THE BOARD'S AUTHORIZATION TO GRANT A 1575 FOOT SQUARE FOOT STRIP OF LAND FEE TITLE AND A 1451 SQUARE FOOT TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN TO FACILITATE THEIR ROAD WIDENING AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT.
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IN RETURN, THE PARK DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE $4,096, THE APPRAISED FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THOSE TWO INTERESTS, PLUS A NEW FENCE, GATE AND LANDSCAPING. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS WILL CREATE A SAFER AND MORE WELCOMING PARK ENTRANCE FOR VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS ALIKE.THE TASSAJARA ROAD WIDENING PROJECT, DESIGNED AND MANAGED BY THE CITY OF DUBLIN, WILL ADDRESS SAFETY AND TRAFFIC ISSUES ALONG THE STRETCH OF BUSY TASSAJARA ROAD BETWEEN NORTH DUBLIN RANCH ROAD AND THE COUNTY LINE, INDICATED BY THE BLUE ARROW THAT YOU SEE UP THERE.
CITY FIRST NOTIFIED THE PARK DISTRICT OF ITS NEED TO ACQUIRE THE STRIP OF LAND IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, AND FOLLOWING INTERNAL REVIEW AND COMMENTS AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITY STAFF, WE'VE SECURED AN OUTCOME THAT MINIMIZES IMPACTS TO PARK OPERATIONS AND ENHANCES VISITOR EXPERIENCE.
HERE'S A NORTHERLY VIEW ON THE LEFT, AND A SOUTHERLY VIEW ON THE RIGHT OF THE NINE FOOT WIDE STRIP OF LAND TO BE CONVEYED TO THE CITY, PLUS THE ADDITIONAL TEN FOOT WIDE STRIP OF LAND TO BE USED FOR THE SIX MONTH TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT.
ACCORDING TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN DESIGN CONSTRUCTION, THIS WILL NOT EFFECTIVELY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES, ONLY THE SPACE IN THE AISLE BETWEEN THE PARKING SPACES FOR VEHICLE TURNAROUND.
THE GRAVEL ROAD SHOULDER YOU SEE WILL BE CONVERTED TO ANOTHER VEHICULAR TRAFFIC LANE AND THE SIDEWALK THAT YOU CAN SEE IF YOU CAN REALLY CALL IT A SIDEWALK, THAT WILL IN THE FUTURE, THAT'LL BE THE BIKE LANE.
ON THE RIGHT IS A WESTERLY VIEW OF THE BLACK OAK AND THE 14 FOOT WIDE GATE THAT ARE TO BE REMOVED.
RIGHT NOW, ONLY ONE VEHICLE CAN GO IN AND OUT AT A TIME.
A SEPARATE PEDESTRIAN ENTRY WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED FOR SAFETY REASONS.
THE SIGN WILL BE STORED AND THEN REINSTALLED UPON PROJECT COMPLETION, AND THE CITY HAS ASSURED US THAT THEY'LL MAINTAIN A VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS DURING THE DURATION OF THEIR PROJECT. SO TO REVIEW, THE PARK DISTRICT WILL NOT LOSE ANY PARKING SPACES.
STAFF BELIEVES THIS IS THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND ONE LAST IMPORTANT DETAIL I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THIS IS DEDICATED PARK LAND.
SO PURSUANT TO PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE STATE PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE, GRANTING OUT DEDICATED PARKLAND IN THIS CASE REQUIRES THAT WE PLACE A DEED RESTRICTION ON THE PROPERTY BEFORE GRANTING IT TO THEM.
LIMITING IT THE CITY'S FUTURE USE OF THE PROPERTY TO PARK AND RECREATION USES.
WE'VE INSERTED THAT INTO THE DRAFT GRANT DEED.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THIS MEETING AND FOR THIS MOMENT A CONVEYANCE OF THIS OF DEDICATED PARKLAND IN THIS CASE REQUIRES A FOUR FIFTH VOTE OF THE BOARD. SO DO A LITTLE MATH.
THAT'S PROBABLY A SIX SEVENTH VOTE.
WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? COOL. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OR COMMENTS? YEAH. OKAY. YES.
YES. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TODAY.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN WITH THEIR STAFF.
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FOR TASSAJARA CREEK REGIONAL TRAIL.AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT.
I THINK CONNECTING THIS TASSAJARA CREEK WITH THE TASSAJARA RIDGE REGIONAL TRAIL.
AND I THINK THAT YEAH, THIS IS GREAT.
YEAH. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE GRANT, BUT I CAN SAY AT THIS STAGING AREA IS SUPER CLOSE TO THE WALLACE RANCH DEVELOPMENT, WHERE WE RECENTLY ACQUIRED AN EASEMENT TO EXTEND THE TRAIL UP NORTH TO THE COUNTY LINE.
SO I'M SURE THE TRAIL WILL GET A LOT MORE USAGE.
AND SO IT'S THE TIMING OF THE UPGRADES ALONG TASSAJARA ROAD ARE PRETTY FORTUITOUS FOR US.
AND SO I THINK IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE WELL USED.
SO I THINK THIS IS GREAT TO SEE.
JUST A COMMENT. I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THIS.
I'M GLAD WE'RE COOPERATING WITH OTHER AGENCIES, OTHER CITIES.
AND AS I LOOK AT THE PHOTO AND I'VE BEEN THERE A NUMBER OF TIMES, I'M SORT OF WONDERING, I DON'T REALLY CARE THAT MUCH, BUT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN WE MOVE NINE FEET ONTO OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKING LOT, IN MY OPINION.
AND THEN PUT A SIDEWALK IN THERE.
WHAT'S THE INTERFACE GOING TO BE? BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTOS AROUND HERE, LOOK AT EVERYTHING AROUND IT, IT'S KIND OF RANCHY.
AND TO HAVE A BLACK, I'M GLAD WE DIDN'T ASK FOR AN IMPROVEMENT OF A PARKING LOT, AN ASPHALT PARKING LOT, BECAUSE GOOD LORD, IT'S HOT ENOUGH OUT THERE AT THAT SITE ALREADY. I HOPE THERE'S NO PLAN TO CHANGE THAT PARKING LOT.
YEAH. I'M NOT AWARE OF FUTURE PLANS IN THE IN THE WORKFLOW FOR FOR DEVELOPING OR UPGRADING THE STAGING AREA, BUT JUST TO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE JUST THAT TWO RAIL FENCE JUST NINE FEET FURTHER WEST.
SO A LITTLE GREATER THAN MY THE REACH OF MY ARMS AND SAME TWO RAIL FENCE, SAME SIGN A NEW LANDSCAPED SIDEWALK AND BIKE LANE, A NEW GATE AND SOME NEW BLACK OAK SAPLINGS THAT WILL BE IRRIGATED AND MANAGED BY THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
YEAH. SO AGAIN I ALWAYS LIKE THE IDEA OF INTERAGENCY COOPERATION, NO MATTER WHO IT IS.
THAT'S A GOOD THING WE DID THAT.
BUT WE GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT IN RETURN.
AND THIS ONE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CONDITION IT WAS IN, BUT NOW WE GET A NEW FENCE.
AND SO THAT PUTS US OFF ANOTHER 15 YEARS OR SO WHERE WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT REPLACING IT.
AND ALSO TO GET WHEN I WAS FIRST READING THIS AND I SAW THAT THERE WAS THAT TREE WAS GOING TO BE TAKEN OUT, I KIND OF WENT UHH I READ A LITTLE FURTHER AND SAID, WELL, IT'S A 4 TO 1 REPLACEMENT.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALONG THAT SIDEWALK THERE.
SO I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF AS MUCH AS I LIKE THOSE GRAVEL PARKING LOTS.
SAME REASON THAT DIRECTOR WAESPI DOES.
WE DON'T ALWAYS PUT TOO MANY TREES THERE.
I HOPE WE CAN START DOING THE SAME THING OURSELVES MAKE IT A MORE ATTRACTIVE PARKING LOT.
THAT'S EVENTUALLY GOING TO BE A TRAIL UP TO MOUNT DIABLO AND MORGAN TERRITORY.
AND DIRECTOR SANWONG, I THINK I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS.
SO IN REGARDS TO BART, THIS ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK FORWARD WITH THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TASSAJARA CREEK AND TASSAJARA RIDGE TRAIL THAT WILL THEN HELP CONNECT BETTER, CONNECT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN, YOU KNOW, THE GROWING CITY OF SAN RAMON TO THE DUBLIN PLEASANTON BART STATION.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY THAT TRAIL CONNECTION IN THE FUTURE.
I KNOW IT'S SEPARATE FROM THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY, BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
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THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS SO MUCH.SO. OH, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? OH, OKAY. SO WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
SO MOTION BY DIRECTOR SANWONG AND SECOND BY DIRECTOR MERCURIO.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
OKAY, SO NEXT UP IS THE CONSULTANT CONTRACT WITH PLACEWORKS.
ALL RIGHT. NEOMA LAVALLE PRINCIPAL PLANNER, ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
PLANNING IS PLEASED TO EMBARK ON THE NEXT PHASE FOR THE BOREL PROPERTY.
DRAKE HEBERT SENIOR PLANNER, ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BOREL PROPERTY PLANNING SERVICES CONTRACT.
IT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD THAT WE AWARD A NOT TO EXCEED $565,000 CONSULTANT CONTRACT TO PLACEWORKS INCORPORATED, AND APPROPRIATE A TOTAL OF $615,000 FOR THE BOREL AGRICULTURAL PARK PROJECT AT LAS TRAMPAS WILDERNESS REGIONAL PRESERVE.
THE BOREL PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN DANVILLE, ON THE BORDER OF SAN RAMON.
THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS VARIOUS BUILDINGS INCLUDING THE BOREL RESIDENCE, A CAR BARN, AND THE WALNUT BARN WHERE THE BOREL FAMILY PROCESSED THE WALNUTS HARVESTED ON SITE. ADDITIONALLY, THE FORMER SAN RAMON TRAIN STATION WAS MOVED TO THE PROPERTY BY THE BOREL'S AND IS STILL ON SITE.
THE PARK DISTRICT PUT OUT AN RFP FOR PLANNING SUPPORT TO DEVELOP THE AGRICULTURAL PARK.
CONSULTANT TASKS INCLUDE FEASIBILITY STUDIES ADDRESSING POTENTIAL USES OF THE SITE, TECHNICAL REPORTS ON CONDITIONS ON THE SITE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS, SCHEMATIC DESIGN ALTERNATIVES OF THE FUTURE PARK AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.
FINALLY, THE CONSULTANT WOULD COMPLETE THE APPROPRIATE CEQA ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT.
FOUR FIRMS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS AND TWO WERE INTERVIEWED BY STAFF.
THE PROJECT TEAM, INCLUDING PLANNING INR OPERATIONS AND DECO SELECTED PLACEWORKS INCORPORATED AS THE FIRM TO DO THE PLANNING PROCESS.
THE CONTRACT AMOUNT WE ARE SEEKING IS A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $565,000.
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$615,000 FOR THE BOREL AGRICULTURAL PARK PROJECT AT LAS TRAMPAS WILDERNESS REGIONAL PRESERVE.THANK YOU AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND OTHERS THAT'S GONE INTO THIS.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF MANY YEARS JUST TO GET TO HERE TO THIS POINT.
BECAUSE I CAN RECALL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW LONG AGO IT WAS, BUT I WAS ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND WE HAD A FIELD TRIP OUT THERE, AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT UNTIL I WENT OUT THERE.
AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS REALLY HERE.
I MEAN, IT'S A COMPLETE LITTLE RANCH THERE, YOU KNOW? SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE IDEAS THAT COME OUT OF THIS, OF HOW WE CAN PRESERVE AND INTERPRET AND PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC.
YOU KNOW, WHAT USED TO REALLY GO ON HERE.
I GUESS THAT THEY HAD GOING ON.
IT'S GOING TO TELL A GREAT STORY.
AND I KNOW ALSO THAT'S IN MY WARD.
SO I'M, FAMILIAR WITH IT FROM, YOU KNOW, BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF IT, THAT THERE IS A QUITE A BIT OF INTEREST FROM DANVILLE AND SAN RAMON RESIDENTS.
FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE JUST CURIOUS OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW OUR PARKS ARE NOT NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, THEY'RE NOT LOCAL PARKS.
BUT IN SOME WAYS THEY FUNCTION AS SUCH.
AND I THINK BECAUSE THIS ONE IS SURROUNDED SO CLOSELY BY DEVELOPED LAND WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WHERE PEOPLE SHOP, I MEAN, YOU CAN GO TO COSTCO, WALK ACROSS THE STREET AND GO TO THIS PARK.
I MEAN, IT'S INCREDIBLE. SO I REALLY I REALLY THINK THAT'S GREAT.
A VERY, VERY ACTIVE AND PASSIONATE LOVER AND PRESERVER OF HISTORY.
SHE SPENT A LOT OF PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO PROMOTING THIS PROJECT.
AND I JUST WANT BEVERLY LANE TO BE ALSO MENTIONED IN OUR DISCUSSION HERE.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT COMES OUT OF THIS IN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND STUFF.
SO LET ME KNOW WHEN THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE, BECAUSE I'LL BE THERE.
THE FIRST ONE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE VIRTUAL AS WE CARRY OUT THE CONTRACT.
OF COURSE, THOSE DETAILS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AND NONE OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, SO.
THIS IS A GOOD DAY FOR FOR GOOD NEWS.
SO QUESTION HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THE TRUST FROM THE SALE OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY? YEAH. SO THE SALE WAS $32 MILLION AND THERE WERE ABOUT APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION OF DEBTS AND ACCUMULATED INTEREST.
SO THERE'S JUST UNDER $22 MILLION.
LIKE, IT'S I HAVE A NUMBER RIGHT HERE, ACTUALLY, $21,965,330 THERE'S LEFT IN THE TRUST.
YEAH, HOPEFULLY WE WON'T BE USING THAT WHOLE AMOUNT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT.
YEAH. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.
JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAD WE HAD SOME FUNDING AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LIKE DIRECTOR MERCURIO SAID THAT BEVERLY LANE, OUR HISTORIAN, SHE WAS VERY, VERY WELL, VERY MUCH THIS WAS A LABOR OF LOVE FOR HER.
YES. AND I'LL ALSO MENTION, YOU KNOW, WHILE THIS IS ALSO NEAR COSTCO.
IT'S ALSO NEAR THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.
AND IT'D BE NICE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD TO EXPLORE HOW TO, YOU KNOW, POSITION THIS AS A DESTINATION, YOU KNOW, GO ON A LONG BIKE RIDE ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL AND YOU CAN VISIT THIS BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, AGRICULTURAL PARK.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, BOOKMARK AND KEEP IN MIND FOR THE FUTURE.
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AND I BELIEVE TONIGHT, PLEASANTON CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE REVIEWING A PROPOSAL TO POSSIBLY REMOVE ONE OF THE WALNUT ORCHARDS IN PLEASANTON, NEAR PRETTY CLOSE TO OUR CASTLERIDGE TRAILHEAD.AND THEN IT'S ALSO INTERESTING BECAUSE RECENTLY I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, AND THEY HAVE A WALNUT ORCHARD WITHIN THEIR PARKING LOT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT ONE SHOULD BE OKAY.
SO I THINK THIS IS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THAT.
YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO BEVERLY LANE'S DREAM COMING TO FRUITION.
AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT PROJECT AND A VERY UNIQUE ONE.
HAS PLACEWORKS EVER WORKED FOR US BEFORE? YES, IT WAS A RHETORICAL QUESTION.
YES, I KNOW THEY DID THE MASTER PLAN DOCUMENT UPDATE.
STATION. AND THAT'S JUST THERE'S MANY MORE.
AND THEY. ASK THESE QUESTIONS.
DO THEY DO THEY SEEM TO DO GOOD WORK? DO THEY? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SHOULD BROACH THIS, BUT THEY USE THEIR CONTINGENCY OR THE CONTINGENCY MONEY.
HOW DO THEY WORK IN THAT? WE'VE NEVER GOTTEN INTO THAT.
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP.
I KNOW FROM MCKAY MASTER PLAN THEY CAME IN, YOU KNOW, ON BUDGET.
IT WAS NOT THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF ADDITIONAL ADD ONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO AND GENERALLY THEY'VE WORKED VERY WELL WITH STAFF.
WE HAVE A GOOD HISTORY AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND OVERALL WE'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THEIR RESPONSIVENESS, THEIR ABILITY TO COMPLETE PROJECTS ON TIME, AS WELL AS THE LEVEL OF CEQA ANALYSIS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO CONDUCT, HAS ALL BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL.
WE HAVE A LOT WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE AT THE PARK DISTRICT TO HAVE A LOT OF GREAT CONSULTANT FIRMS WHO WANT TO WORK ON OUR PROJECTS, WANT TO AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A KIND OF A WEALTH OF OPTIONS IN MANY CASES.
BUT PLACEWORKS HAS BEEN GENERALLY A GREAT OPTION FOR US TO CHOOSE.
OKAY, JOHN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION? YES. I WOULD BE PLEASED TO OFFER A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE AWARD AND EXECUTION OF A CONSULTANT CONTRACT WITH PLACEWORKS FOR THE BOREL AGRICULTURAL PARK PROJECT.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL MAKE A SECOND. THANK YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
I THINK AT THIS POINT WE MIGHT TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK AND THEN START BACK UP AFTERWARDS WITH THE INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON PERALTA OAKS NORTH.
WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED AGAIN.
GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M REN BATES CHIEF OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL JUMP INTO WHERE WE ARE.
YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE IN HERE ON THE SLIDE.
THE GOAL FOR THIS IS TO THE PARK DISTRICT ACQUIRED THIS BUILDING IN 2019.
AS PART OF TRYING TO DEVELOP ADMINISTRATIVE AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICE SPACE.
AFTER THE ACQUISITION, THE BUILDING ITSELF WAS BUILT IN 1983 AS A PURPOSE BUILT BUILDING FOR THE STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND.
THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 107,000FT² WITH INSIDE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING.
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PARKING LOTS. AND I CAN HIGHLIGHT THOSE WHEN I GET TO THE FLOOR PLANS.SO AFTER THE ACQUISITION IN 2019, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN EARNEST IN 2022 I ACTUALLY WILL ALSO ADD THAT THE CULMINATION OF THE PURCHASE IN 2019 WAS A LONG TIME COMING.
THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR A FACILITY OF THIS NATURE FOR A LONG TIME.
THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND ATTEMPTS AT GETTING A BUILDING, AND SO I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW AND THIS IS THE CLOSEST WE'VE GOTTEN TO DEVELOPING A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE.
HERE'S THE WORK WE HAVE COMPLETED TO DATE.
SINCE WE HAVE STARTED THIS IN 2020, HE HAS BEEN ON THIS PROJECT THROUGH THE CHANGING OF THE AGM OF PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR INTERNAL DECO STAFF, AND HE'S BEEN A CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT AND HIS EFFORTS HAVE GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT.
SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TOBY.
SO BACK TO WORK COMPLETED TO DATE.
IT STARTED WITH A BUILDING PROGRAM.
WE ALSO DECIDED AND DETERMINED WITH THE BOARD'S ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE AND APPROVAL, THAT THIS WOULD BE A LEED CERTIFIED GOLD BUILDING, AND THEN DECIDED THAT THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT WOULD OCCUPY THE BUILDING WOULD BE PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH AGAIN, IS A REMINDER, ARE OUR POLICE, FIRE AND LIFEGUARD SERVICES.
THOSE KIND OF START TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHERE THAT IS AND THAT LEADS INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
THESE ARE ALL PHASES OF A PROJECT.
DURING DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, WE HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEET AND GREET AND OPEN HOUSE.
THEY BROUGHT OUT THEIR HORSES.
IT WAS A GOOD WE HAD A LOT OF NEIGHBORS COME BY.
IT WAS AN EXCELLENT DAY OUT, AND IT WAS A GOOD WAY FOR US TO INTRODUCE THE PROJECT.
SO SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, AND IN THAT INTERVENING TIME, WE'VE DEVELOPED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, WHICH ARE THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS WE WHICH WE PUT OUT TO BID AND BECOME THE BASIS OF OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WORK OR THE BASIS OF OUR CONSTRUCTION WORK.
THAT'S A LONG IT TAKES A WHILE BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL.
WE HAVE TO WORK WITH ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING.
I WILL NOTE THAT THIS BUILDING, BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO A FAULT LINE AND ITS FUTURE NEEDS AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE, WILL HAVE A LOT OF STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS DONE TO IT. ONE FOR BUILDING CODE, BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL, I SAID THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1983.
SUBSEQUENT TO THAT TIME, CODE FOR SEISMIC RENOVATION HAVE ESCALATED QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THIS BUILDING TO A FAULT LINE, IN ADDITION TO IT BEING ESSENTIAL SERVICES, WHICH MEANS THAT IN THE EVENT OF A NATURAL DISASTER OR ANY OTHER DISASTERS THAT IT CAN OPERATE, MAINTAIN, OPERATING AND STAY OPERATING AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE AND THEN EMERGENCY OPERATION SERVICES BUILDING.
THOSE ARE ALL PART OF THE THINGS THAT REQUIRE SUCH HIGH SEISMIC RETROFITS.
SO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS WE'VE COMPLETED, WE'VE SUBMITTED THEM TO THE CITY FOR PERMITS APPROVAL.
SO THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN SUBMITTED AND WE HAVE MOST ALL OF THOSE IN HAND.
SO WE ASKED FOR SIMILAR PROJECTS OF SIZE AND SCOPE.
WE ASKED FOR THERE SOME FINANCIAL RECORDS TO SEE IF THAT THEY WERE SOLVENT ENOUGH SO THAT THEY COULD SORT OF MAKE THIS JOB HAPPEN, BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS TO GET INTO THIS AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH BONDS AND OTHER THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES TO COMPLETE.
SO THOUGH WE BROUGHT THAT SHORTLIST OF FOUR CONTRACTORS TO THE BOARD IN JANUARY, YOU ALL APPROVED THAT SHORT LIST OF CONTRACTORS OR PRE-QUALIFIED FOLKS, AND AT THE SAME TIME AS THE SAME PROCESS OR A SIMILAR PROCESS, WE VETTED FURNITURE DEALERS.
PART OF THIS PROJECT IS AS TENANT IMPROVEMENTS.
WE DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR DO THE FURNITURE, FIXTURE AND EQUIPMENT, BUT BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE A MOVE IN AND BECAUSE FOR EFFICIENCY SAKES, IN TERMS OF DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION, AND WE WANT TO MOVE IN DATE, WE PUT THAT ONUS ON THE CONTRACTOR.
SO THAT IS PART OF OUR CONTRACT DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT TO BID.
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BUILDING. BASED ON THAT, WE WENT OUT TO BID IN AT THE END OF APRIL AND RECEIVED BIDS IN JUNE, I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME BATED BREATH SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION NEXT BOARD MEETING SO THAT WE'LL GO OVER THE HOW THOSE RESULTS CAME BACK IN.AND SO WE HAVE RECEIVED THOSE BIDS AND HAVE BEEN CURRENTLY WE'VE ADDED THOSE BIDS AND HAVE APPARENT LOW THOUGH WHERE WE ARE NOW IS WAITING FOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE FINANCIAL FUNDING IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.
WITH THAT, I'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH SOME FOUR FLOOR PLANS.
HERE'S THE BASEMENT. THE LEGEND IS ON THERE.
AND THAT BEIGE TAUPE COLOR IS THE PUBLIC SPACE.
SO THIS IS THE BASEMENT FLOOR.
AND THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PARKING THAT I SPOKE OF EARLIER.
THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC PARKING WITHIN THOSE CONFINES.
IT'LL ALL BE BASICALLY STAFF AND OR PUBLIC STAFF PARKING.
THE BASEMENT IS GOING TO BE FOR STORAGE AND EQUIPMENT, NOT EQUIPMENT, BUT THE RECORDS RETENTION AND THERE I'M BLANKING ON THE WHERE DO THEY KEEP ALL THE EVIDENCE, PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE? THANK YOU TOBY. HERE'S THE FIRST FLOOR.
THIS IS THE ENTRANCE. THIS IS WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STREET.
SO THIS IS ALL PUBLIC SPACE IN HERE.
THE NEW BOARDROOM WILL BE HERE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A PARTITION WALL THAT CAN OPEN UP IF WE HAVE AN OVERT.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF THERE'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC AND THERE'S AN OVERFLOW AND THE PUBLIC CANNOT FIT INTO THAT EXISTING SPACE, THEN WE CAN OPEN THAT UP AND ACCOMMODATE MANY MORE FOLKS FOR IMPORTANT ISSUES.
I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THERE IS A PARTITION WALL HERE, SO THAT IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF BIG EVENT THAT WE WANT TO REALLY OPEN THIS SPACE UP AND ADDITIONALLY, THE WALL HERE AT THE VERY FRONT OF THE BUILDING CAN OPEN.
SIMILARLY. SO UP HERE WE HAVE THE RESERVATIONS.
IS MAKING THIS MORE OF A PUBLIC FACING BUILDING.
AND THEN AS WE GO UP IN FLOORS IT BECOMES MORE SECURE.
THERE IS AN ELEVATOR IN THE BUILDING.
THIS GETS INTO ALL OF THE FUNCTIONS THAT THE POLICE OR PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS.
THERE IS A FLOOR OR A LUNCHROOM, AND THIS TERRACE WILL BE OPEN TO ALL STAFF.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE'S PARKING ON THIS FLOOR AND PARKING ON THIS FLOOR.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST FLOOR AND SECOND.
AND THEN LASTLY ON THE TOP FLOOR, THERE IS AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE MOSTLY ALL PUBLIC SAFETY.
THIS IS A BRIDGE THAT ACCESSES THE PARKING LOT IN THE BACK.
THAT PARKING LOT WILL BE A SECURED PARKING LOT ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS.
IT HAS A GATE AT THE FRONT, SO PUBLIC PARKING WILL BE ON THE STREET.
AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL, BUT THESE WERE ALL VETTED THROUGH.
WE MET WITH PUBLIC SAFETY TO GET SORT OF WHAT THE BASIC NEEDS WERE.
THIS IS KIND OF GET THEM UP TO SPEED IN TERMS OF TAKING THEM FROM A 1942 NIKE MISSILE BUILDING INTO CURRENT AND UP TO DATE FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WANT TO MAKE A BUILDING CONNECTION SO THAT THERE'S MORE OF A CAMPUS FEEL.
IF YOU GO OUT THIS BUILDING, YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN AND UP.
SO REN I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE YOU MOVE ON FROM THE DIAGRAM.
BUT THE DIAGRAM SEEMS TO SHOW AREAS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO I JUST WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT SECOND.
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S GOOD.
SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY WE'VE DESIGNATED THESE CORRIDORS.
SOME OF THESE PUBLIC SPACES I WOULD POSIT SHOULD BE MORE ORANGE.
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BUT THEY COULD GET UP TO THE LUNCHROOM AND WHATNOT.RIGHT. SO BUT THAT'S. BUT THE PUBLIC WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS ANY PART OF THE SECOND.
THE BASICALLY THE ATRIUM AREA OF THE FIRST FLOOR.
I'M TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS AS QUICK AS I CAN.
WE ARE AT, LIKE I SAID, MENTIONED NEXT BOARD MEETING.
WE'RE COMING TO SEEK BOARD AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
SO BUT AS PART OF THAT AND PART AND PARCEL IS WE NEED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE WE'VE PRESENTED THIS TO THE WHOLE BOARD.
SO WE HAVE RECEIVED BIDS, WE'VE VETTED THOSE.
WE'VE PREPARED BOARD MATERIAL AND HOPE TO BRING THAT NEXT BOARD MEETING.
WE ANTICIPATE 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS TO DO ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S NEEDED, INCLUDING STRUCTURAL.
I WILL NOTE THAT WE'LL HAVE GOLD LEED CERTIFICATION, BUT WE'RE ALSO SHOOTING FOR A NET ZERO BUILDING, WHICH MEANS THAT INSTEAD OF DOING OFFSETS FOR CARBON OR CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, WE TRY TO SET FORTH THAT IT IS IT NEUTRALIZES THOSE FROM THE GET GO.
AND ADDITIONALLY SO THAT'S PART OF THE INCLUSION OF WHAT WE BID AS WELL.
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE BIDDING THE TENANT IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS USUALLY WHAT THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR WOULD DO, BUT WE'VE ALSO ADDED IN THE SOLAR ARRAY AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM INTO THAT, AS WELL AS THE FURNITURE, FIXTURE AND EQUIPMENT.
SO WHEN I GET TO THIS NEXT SLIDE I'LL JUST BEAR THAT IN MIND AND I'LL REMIND YOU IN A SECOND.
SO THEN AFTER WE IN SUMMER 2026, WITH THE BUILDING COMPLETE AND WHEN WE HAVE OCCUPANCY, WE'LL THEN HAVE THAT GENERAL CONTRACTOR COORDINATE AND BRING IN THE FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT. AND AGAIN, THIS INCLUDES ALL THE STUFF FOR ALL THE EQUIPMENT FOR DISPATCH.
SO AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING IN IN FALL OF 2026.
SO BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING A MINUTE AGO.
IT INCLUDES THE FURNITURE, FIXTURE AND EQUIPMENT, AND IT INCLUDES THE BASIC TENANT IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE BUILDING, WHICH AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SINCE IT'S SAT VACANT FOR A WHILE, INCLUDE THE STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS, SOME FACADE IMPROVEMENTS, ROOFING, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'D EXPECT FOR A BUILDING THAT'S WAS BUILT IN 1983 AND PROBABLY HASN'T BEEN MAINTAINED IN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
SO WE ALSO HAVE $3 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT COSTS BECAUSE JUST AS A REMINDER, WE LOOK TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FIRMS HELP US WITH PROJECTS THAT ARE OF LARGE SCOPE. I THINK THIS IS QUALIFIES AS SUCH.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A BUDGETED $9 MILLION, HALF OF WHICH IS ALREADY ENCUMBERED.
WE ALSO WILL HAVE UTILITY FEES THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE WILL BE YET, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW SERVICE FROM PG AND E, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR EAST BAY MUD WATER IS UP TO DATE.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO THIS TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENSE OF $84 MILLION FOR THIS BUILDING.
I SHARED SOME NUMBERS LAST TIME I PRESENTED THIS AT THE EXEC COMMITTEE, AND SO I'LL JUST SHARE A FEW IN TERMS OF COMPARABLES AS TO KIND OF WHAT OTHER AGENCIES HAVE DONE IN TERMS OF A SIMILAR PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
AS WE ALL KNOW, COSTS HAVE INCREASED SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
THE FIRST ONE IS EL DORADO COUNTY, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 2019.
AGAIN, BEARING IN MIND THAT THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2019.
SO IT PROBABLY STARTED IN 2015 2016 DEPENDING ON HOW IT GOES.
IT WAS A 38,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND IT COST 44 MILLION.
SO AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, THIS IS WE'RE TALKING 65,000FT² AND ABOUT 70,000 WITH A CONTINGENCY.
THEY DID ONE THEY ALSO COMPLETED IN 2020.
IT WAS $73 MILLION TOTAL FOR THE WHOLE SITE.
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SO THE BUILDING WAS 44 AND IT BROKE DOWN TO MAYBE 40 SOME MILLION OF THAT.THE MOST RECENT COMPARABLES IS THE CITY OF RENO.
AND ALL OF THOSE WERE NEW BUILT CONSTRUCTION.
SO WHAT THIS IN RENO, THEY JUST COMPLETED THEIRS, WHICH WAS VERY SIMILAR TO US.
WHEN THEY STARTED LOOKING AT IT, IT WAS PRE-PANDEMIC AND THEIR NUMBER WAS A LOT LOWER.
IT HIT. IT CAME IN A LOT HIGHER.
SO WHAT IT WORKS OUT TO BE IS THAT THEY HAVE A COMPLEX THAT'S ABOUT 114,000FT².
THE BUILDING IS 74 AGAIN, WE'RE 65.
THEY'VE JUST COMPLETED IT, AND IT HAS COST THEM A LITTLE OVER $60 MILLION.
AND THEN LASTLY, BART HAS JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED A BUILDING FOR BART POLICE IN THE CITY OF OAKLAND.
AND THEY PAID A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE BUILDING.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DO DESIGN, BUILD AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION.
PART OF THAT IS AROUND 57 TO 58.
AND THAT'S VERY COMPARABLE TO WHAT OUR OUR BIDS CAME IN AT FOR OURS.
I'M HAPPY TO FIELD QUESTIONS AS APPROPRIATE OR AS YOU SEE FIT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WHOLE THING STARTING IN THE BEGINNING, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DISPATCH, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ORIGINALLY WE WERE THINKING WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO CONSTRUCT A BIG TOWER FOR COMMUNICATIONS.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT.
SO I STILL THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A TOWER.
YOU'RE RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
PART OF IT IS A RADIO CONNECTION.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF. SAY YOUR NAME.
YEAH. TO GET AT THE ANSWER, I THINK IT'S.
I GUESS THERE'S A LITTLE NUANCE TO THAT.
IT'S NOT A TOWER IN THE FORM THAT IT CURRENTLY EXISTS ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY.
THERE WILL BEAN ANTENNA WITH A DISH ON THE BACK.
IT WILL NOT BE VIEWABLE FROM THE STREET.
IT'S IN THE REAR PART OF THE BUILDING AND IT WON'T BE SEEN.
BUT LARGELY THE CONNECTIVITY WE FEEL CAN BE MET BASICALLY AT ROOF HEIGHT FOR THE MOST PART.
GREAT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO SAY HAVING ATTENDED THE PUBLIC EVENTS THERE, THAT THE PUBLIC WAS REALLY AND ALSO REPRESENTATIVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER REID'S OFFICE, THEY'RE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HAVING POLICE PRESENCE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT THEIR POLICE, BUT JUST HAVING ENFORCEMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY WERE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
YES, THERE WILL BE EV CHARGERS.
AND SO BUT YES IS THE SHORT ANSWER.
THAT'S GREAT. AND THEN JUST A COMMENT.
I'M REALLY GLAD THERE'S GOING TO BE A TRAIL BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS.
YEAH. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE CAN YOU TELL ME OF THE 65,000FT², WHAT AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE WILL BE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHAT AMOUNT WILL BE ADMINISTRATIVE? SURE. THE ROUGHLY IT'LL BE ABOUT 20,000FT² FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND PUBLIC SPACES AND THE BALANCE OF THAT LIKE 45 FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. SO IT'S ABOUT A THIRD.
YES. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED WORKING WITH BOARD MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY.
I THINK THAT WAS PRIOR TO MY START HERE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATION WAS THERE ABOUT TRANSIT WITH THIS BEING THE BOARD ROOM SPECIFICALLY? AND YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE ANY PLANS TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN? SINCE I KNOW IT'S QUITE WE'RE QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE NEAREST BUS STOP.
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THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.TRANSIT IS ALWAYS A CONCERN, AND IT COMES UP REGULARLY, I THINK, TO YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION IS THAT WE LOOKED INTO, I MEAN, FROM A DESIGN DELIVERY POINT OF VIEW THAT BECOMES OUT OF SCOPE.
WE CAN SAY THAT'S A CONSTRAINT.
I THINK PART OF THE RATIONALE IS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR MORE OF A CAMPUS FEEL.
SO I DO BELIEVE IT WAS A CONVERSATION TO BE HAD.
THAT SAID, I THINK WE WERE SETTING PRECEDENT ON THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
AND I THINK I MENTIONED THIS IN THE JUNE 2023 BOARD WORKSHOP THAT AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME, ALAMEDA COUNTY HAD A BUILDING NEAR THE OAKLAND COLISEUM BART STATION THAT THEY WERE PUTTING UP FOR SALE.
I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO RECALIBRATE OR, YOU KNOW, RETHINK THIS PROJECT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE? YOU KNOW, IS IT IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A BOARDROOM NEAR PUBLIC TRANSIT KNOWING THAT THERE IS A LOT MORE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AVAILABLE IN THE EAST BAY AND THE BAY AREA, ALTHOUGH WE'RE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING WITHIN THE EAST BAY AND THE PRICES ARE LOWER, TYPICALLY LOWER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.
BUT I GUESS THAT WASN'T REALLY A PRIORITY FOR US TO CONSIDER.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DO THINK THAT THAT DOES DISADVANTAGE US.
I KNOW I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION IN THE LAST FIVE DAYS WITH YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL PAC MEMBER.
AND THE COMMENT WAS, THERE'S TOO MUCH TRAFFIC FOR ME TO GET TO THAT LOCATION ON A MONDAY.
I DON'T THINK I CAN COMMIT TO BEING A PART OF THIS PAC.
AND I KNOW WHEN I WAS ON THE PAC, THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT HAPPENED TO ME ONE TIME, I DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO A VEHICLE, AND THAT'S WHEN I STARTED TO LOOK INTO THE BART AND AC TRANSIT OPTIONS, AND IT DIDN'T REALLY SEEM FEASIBLE TO GET HERE FOR THE PAC.
SO I ENDED UP HIRING A CAR SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO GET HERE TO THAT MEETING SPECIFICALLY.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S REPERCUSSIONS AT PLAY BY NOT THINKING ABOUT HAVING A LOCATION NEAR TRANSIT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GIVES ME A LOT OF PAUSE WITH THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT, AND I DO WONDER IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF AND, OR DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT SHUTTLE SERVICES? I KNOW I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR ROSARIO ABOUT THIS, AND I BELIEVE WHEN THIS WAS DISCUSSED MANY YEARS AGO, THERE HAD BEEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT SHUTTLE SERVICES, TO THIS LOCATION, AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S STILL PART OF THE PROJECT.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE MAY NEED TO REVISIT AT SOME POINT.
I KNOW I HAD DONE SOME RESEARCH LEADING UP TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK IN REGARDS TO DISPATCH, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT IN THE NEWS ABOUT DISPATCH AND HOW THERE'S SOME CONSOLIDATION ON THAT DISPATCH FRONT.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR ME TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS, BUT IN TERMS OF THE STRATEGY OF US HAVING A PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I GUESS THE QUESTION I CAN ASK IS, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND OR CONSIDERED PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES? I KNOW WE HAVE ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFFS ACROSS THE STREET WITH THE CRIME LAB AND THE CORONER'S OFFICE.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW DISPATCH LOCATION.
AND IS THAT EVEN SOMETHING WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY FOR THIS PROJECT? OR HAS DO WE FEEL THIS PROJECT, THE SHIP HAS SAILED AND THAT WE AREN'T REALLY GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO WORK WITH OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES, PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES? YEAH, I CAN TRY TO ADDRESS THAT.
IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE WHAT WE NEED AS A DISTRICT, IF ANYTHING.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF INQUIRIES.
I THINK IT PREDATES THE CHIEF'S TENURE HERE.
BUT WHAT WE CONTINUE TO BE OPEN TO IDEAS AROUND, YOU KNOW, PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND THERE'S NOTHING REALLY IN THE DESIGN THAT WOULD NEED TO CHANGE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
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ABSOLUTELY. I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST READING IN THE NEWS ABOUT HOW ALL AT LEAST WITHIN ALAMEDA COUNTY AND ACROSS ALAMEDA COUNTY, SO NOT JUST SHERIFFS, BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT I THINK I SAW SAN LEANDRO POLICE IS NOW GOING TO BE WORKING WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DISPATCH.AND I WORRY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, ARE WE GOING TO RUN INTO A POINT WHERE WE MIGHT START TO HAVE CONCERNS IN TERMS OF MONEY AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PROJECTS ACROSS THE PARK DISTRICT.
WELL, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET AS YOU ALL KNOW, ALL CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE A MATTER OF TRADEOFFS.
BUT THIS ONE IS I MEAN, IT'S A NECESSITY.
IT'S AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE BUILDING.
YOU KNOW IT JUST IT THIS AS REN SAID, THIS IS JUST THIS IS WHAT IT COSTS.
AND THE PRICE TAG ON THAT ONE IS OVER $500 MILLION OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
SO IT IS WHAT IT COSTS TO INVEST IN THIS.
I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO IT RIGHT, SO IT'LL LAST FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THEN FOR YOU ALL TO GET A MODERN BUILDING AND HAVE THAT BE ALSO COMMUNITY SPACE.
AND I FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT WITH THE PACKAGE THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL.
DULY NOTED. YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? OH, SORRY. OH.
[FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION]
SO REN'S PRESENTATION WAS A SORT OF A PREAMBLE FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF 2024 PROMISSORY NOTES IN AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 47.5 MILLION, AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF AN INDENTURE OF TRUST AND AUTHORIZING OTHER OFFICIAL ACTIONS RELATED THERETO.UNFORTUNATELY, ANNA, SHE MAY NEED TO LEAVE.
SHE HAS A FLIGHT THAT SHE IS TRYING TO CATCH.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS RELATED TO FINANCING, ASK THEM EARLY.
ALL RIGHT. SO AS YOU ALREADY HEARD, THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACROSS THE STREET WAS INITIALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1983 BY THE STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND. THE PARK DISTRICT PURCHASED IT IN 2019 FOR 14.4 MILLION, USING 2012 PROMISSORY NOTE FUNDS.
DEBORAH, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE? SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. IS THAT BETTER? YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY BETTER.
ALL RIGHT. SO IN 2019, WE ISSUED PROMISSORY NOTES PARTLY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THAT BUILDING AND FOR FACILITIES IN GENERAL. SO THAT BUILDING WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED WAS INTENDED TO BE USED AS A PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MEETING ROOM AND STAFF OFFICES.
ORIGINALLY, THE COST ESTIMATE WAS 30 MILLION, AND SINCE THEN COSTS HAVE ESCALATED.
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WE DO HAVE TO ADD ON TO THAT STAFF COSTS, WHICH WILL BE ABOUT 10 MILLION.CONTINGENCY STAFF HAS ASKED FOR A 20% CONTINGENCY BUDGET, AND SO CONTINGENCY WOULD BE ABOUT 12 MILLION, FOR A TOTAL COST OF ABOUT 81.6 MILLION.
AND THE SLIDE YOU SAW WITH REN WAS A LITTLE BIT OF APPLES AND ORANGES.
SO THE ON HAND WE CURRENTLY HAVE FUNDS REMAINING IN AN EXISTING PROJECT 159800.
THIS IS OUR CURRENT PROJECT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PERALTA OAKS NORTH BUILDING.
THAT'S MOSTLY INTEREST EARNED.
AND WE HAVE FUNDING IN THE FUTURE OFFICE NEEDS PROJECT, WHICH IS PROJECT 558600 AND 33.4 MILLION IN TOTAL IS IN THAT PROJECT.
AND YOU'LL PROBABLY RECALL THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE TOOK 21.6 MILLION OF COMMITTED FUND BALANCE THAT WAS DETERMINED TO BE DUPLICATIVE OF OUR 32% UNASSIGNED RESERVE.
AND SO THE BOARD AGREED TO MOVE 21.6 MILLION INTO THAT FUTURE OFFICE NEEDS PROJECT, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE BOARD, WE WOULD TALK ABOUT, ARE WE USING THIS ALL FOR PERALTA OAKS NORTH, OR ARE WE ONLY GOING TO USE PART OF IT? BUT WE DID MOVE IT INTO THE PROJECT ITSELF.
SO, THESE ARE THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, WHICH LEAVES US WITH A GAP OF 47 MILLION.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OPTIONS IN A FUTURE SLIDE.
SO NOW I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROMISSORY NOTE ISSUANCE.
SO IT'S SPECIFIC FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND IT CAN ONLY BE USING EXISTING GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
SO WE CAN'T DO LIKE A BOND ISSUANCE FOR THIS WHERE WE WOULD ASK TAXPAYERS TO PAY MORE.
SO IT'S JUST USING OUR EXISTING REVENUES.
AND JUST ANOTHER DATA POINT FOR YOU TO CONSIDER OUR PREVIOUS 2012 PROMISSORY NOTES, 25 MILLION, WHICH WAS USED PARTLY FOR THAT NORTH BUILDING, HAS AN ANNUAL PAYMENT OF 1.42 MILLION, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2037.
SO NOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE CONSIDERED.
AND THEN ALONG THE LEFT SIDE WE HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.
SO THE FIRST TWO LINES ARE THE SAME ACROSS ALL THREE OF THE ALTERNATIVES.
SO USING THE REMAINING FUNDS IN THAT EXISTING PROJECT USING THE UNAPPROPRIATED 2012 PROMISSORY NOTES AND THEN LOOKING AT THAT NEXT LINE, FUTURE OFFICE NEEDS. SO THAT IS THE PROJECT WHERE WE PUT THE 21.6 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE IN.
SO OUR PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION IS TO USE ALL OF THAT PROJECT 33.4 MILLION.
IN ADDITION, WE'RE RECOMMENDING USING ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE OF 4 MILLION, WHICH WOULD BE LEFT OVER FROM THE CLOSE OF OUR 2023 FISCAL YEAR OF REVENUES COMING IN ABOVE EXPENDITURES.
BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE 4 MILLION AVAILABLE.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING ADDING THAT TO OUR AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES.
AND SO OUR ISSUANCE THEN WOULD BE 43 MILLION.
AND I'LL TALK MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT THIS.
SOME OF THIS WOULD BE FROM THE DEBT ISSUANCE ITSELF.
AND THEN SOME WILL COME IN AS ADDITIONAL PROCEEDS.
SO I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS IN A SECOND.
SO 43 MILLION PLUS THERE'S ROUGHLY 0.5 MILLION NEEDED FOR ISSUANCE COSTS.
SO THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE WOULD BE 3.16 MILLION ON THAT PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION.
A SECOND ALTERNATIVE THAT WE REVIEWED WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS IS TO NOT USE THE ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE FROM THE CLOSE OF 2023, IN WHICH CASE WE WOULD HAVE TO BORROW A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO THE PROMISSORY NOTES IN THAT CASE WOULD BE 47 MILLION AND DEBT SERVICE WOULD BE 3.5 MILLION.
AND OF COURSE, THERE ARE THIS IS LIKE A CONTINUUM.
THERE ARE OPTIONS IN BETWEEN THESE.
SO THIS IS JUST SCENARIOS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.
ALTERNATIVE B WOULD USE ONLY 23.4 MILLION.
SO LEAVING 10 MILLION IN THAT FUTURE OFFICE NEEDS PROJECT.
WE WOULD THEN APPROPRIATE 20 MILLION FROM ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE.
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SO NOT ONLY THE REVENUES IN EXCESS OF THE WHAT'S LEFT OVER FROM THE CLOSE OF 2023, BUT WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO USE SOME OF OUR 32% UNASSIGNED RESERVES.AND THEN USING AND THEN ISSUING 35 MILLION IN PROMISSORY NOTES.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL SOURCES IN THIS CASE ONLY ADD UP TO 79.6 MILLION.
WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT DOING IN THIS SCENARIO WE WOULD HAVE A LOWER CONTINGENCY OF ONLY 15%.
SO THOSE ARE THREE SCENARIOS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF OPTIONS.
AND OUR PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION THEN IS THIS.
SO WE WOULD ISSUE BASED ON CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, WE WOULD ISSUE 39 MILLION IN PROMISSORY NOTES.
THAT WOULD GENERATE 4.4 MILLION IN PREMIUM.
SO PREMIUM IS GENERATED WHEN YOU SELL BONDS.
AND THE MARKET SAYS THAT THEY'LL GIVE YOU 4.4 MILLION IN ADDITION TO THE 39 MILLION.
SO THAT WOULD BRING US 43.4 MILLION IN PROCEEDS.
THERE'S ALSO COST OF ISSUANCE THAT ARE ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $416,000.
AND SO AGAIN, BASED ON CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, THIS WOULD REQUIRE US TO HAVE 3.16 MILLION IN DEBT SERVICE FOR 20 YEARS.
SO WE HAVE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU.
AND SO THE FIRST ONE, 47.5 MILLION ISSUING UP TO 47, NOT TO EXCEED 47.5 MILLION IS THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE SCENARIO THAT WE'VE ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER.
THE RECOMMENDATION THAT STAFF IS SAYING IS OUR PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION, AND IT'S ALSO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS MADE BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WAS TO ISSUE AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 43.5 MILLION.
SO IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE BOTH RESOLUTIONS SO THAT YOU HAVE OPTIONS TO PICK ONE OR THE OTHER.
AND I WILL STOP SHARING THERE.
YEAH. COULD YOU JUST GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THE CHART THE COMPARISON CHART? I JUST WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
THREE. RIGHT. PRIMARY A AND B.
RIGHT. SO YOU'RE RECOMMENDING SO YOUR HIGHEST RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATION IS THE PRIMARY.
OH AND THEN ALTERNATIVE A OKAY.
ALTERNATIVE A IS OUR HIGHEST SCENARIO WHICH WOULD BE ISSUING 47.5 MILLION.
SO THAT'S THE AMOUNT NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT.
THAT'S HOW IT GETS TO BE THE 43.5 MILLION OKAY.
SO WHAT IS THE DISADVANTAGE IN ALTERNATIVE B TAKING THE OTHER 20 MILLION OUT OF THE ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE? I KNOW YOU HAVE TO PAY BACK THAT BALANCE, BUT IF YOUR TOTAL DEBT SERVICE IS AT 2.6 MILLION, WHY IS THAT NOT THE BEST? IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO THINKING ABOUT OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
AND DO WE WANT TO HOLD ON TO THAT FOR SOME IT'S THERE FOR AN URGENT SITUATION.
IS THIS WHAT WE WANT TO USE IT FOR SO WE CAN IT'S THERE FOR EMERGENCIES OR FOR UNFUNDED NEEDS THAT REALLY REQUIRE US TO TAKE SOME, SOME ACTION.
ALTERNATIVE B IS MAXIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF CASH THAT YOU'RE PUTTING DOWN.
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ADDITIONAL, THE 20 MILLION THAT YOU SEE THERE OF CASH AND LEAVING THAT IN YOUR RESERVES FOR OTHER NEEDS.SO YOU'D STILL BE YOU'D BE LEAVING 16 MILLION AN ADDITIONAL.
EXCUSE ME. YEAH. WHAT? THE ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE LINE THAT YOU SEE THERE.
THE 4 MILLION, ZERO AND 20 MILLION.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING JUST USING THE $4 MILLION FROM YOUR FUND BALANCE THAT, AS DEB MENTIONED CAME FROM YOUR FROM CLOSING THE BOOKS FROM LAST YEAR AND NOT TOUCHING A FULL 20 MILLION FROM YOUR FUND BALANCE LEAVING THE REST THERE FOR ADDITIONAL EMERGENCIES OR OTHER PROJECTS.
16 REPRESENTS RESERVES THAT WE'D LEAVE THERE.
CORRECT? I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE FOUR.
WELL, I DON'T WANT TO BE OUT OF TURN.
YEAH, YEAH ACTUALLY THAT I YEAH.
SO I GUESS THE MAYBE THE IF YOU COULD JUST CLARIFY.
SO WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED RESERVE AMOUNT IN THAT FUND.
IN THE ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR FULL RESERVE IS.
YEAH. YEAH. SO BACK IN I THINK APRIL, I BROUGHT TO YOU OUR FUND A FUND BALANCE RESERVE POLICY.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT OUR DIFFERENT RESERVES AT THAT TIME.
SO WE PER THAT POLICY, HAVE A 32% RESERVE AMOUNT.
IT'S 32% OF OUR ANNUAL REVENUES.
SO OFFHAND, I BELIEVE THAT'S 75 TO 80 MILLION.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE IT IN MY HEAD.
PERFECTLY. BUT I CAN LOOK BACK AT WHAT THAT IS.
SO IT'S 32% OF OUR ANNUAL REVENUES IS WHAT WE PUT ASIDE EVERY YEAR, AND WE HAVE NOT YET CLOSED THE BOOKS ON 2023, BUT WE ESTIMATE THAT THERE'LL BE AT LEAST 4 MILLION LEFT OVER WHEN WE CLOSE THE BOOKS.
AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING USING THAT AMOUNT, WHICH WE KNOW WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE CLOSE OF 2023 AND STILL MAINTAIN OUR FULL 32 AND STILL MAINTAIN OUR 32%.
SO THAT'S OUR PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION.
OVERALL 32% IT WOULD COME OUT OF THE 32%.
SO 16 MILLION OF IT WOULD COME OUT OF THE 32%.
OKAY. 4 MILLION WOULD COME OUT OF THE AMOUNT LEFT OVER FROM THE CLOSE OF 2023, I UNDERSTAND.
OKAY. THIS IS GOING TO LEAVE MY HEAD REALLY FAST.
SO 20 MILLION REPRESENTS WHAT PERCENT OF THE I ASSUME YOU SAID THE OVERALL TOTAL RESERVE THAT WE HAVE LEFT AT 32% EQUALS CLOSE TO 75 OR BETWEEN 75 AND $80 MILLION.
SO I CAN DO THIS MATH IF WE ROUND IT 80 MILLION.
SO THAT 20 MILLION LIKE 15 TO 20%.
WOULD BE 25 LESS THAN WHATEVER THAT IS.
OKAY. AND THE SAVINGS BY DOING THAT AND GETTING RISKY IS WE WOULD BE REPLENISHING IT BY THE SAVINGS OF INTEREST OR DEBT SERVICE BY HALF A MILLION, A LITTLE MORE THAN A HALF A MILLION PER YEAR, RIGHT? I MEAN, YEAH.
SO WE WOULD HAVE LESS DEBT SERVICE OVER 20 YEARS.
WE, PER OUR POLICY, WOULD NEED TO PAY OURSELVES BACK AND HAVE A PLAN TO PAY OURSELVES BACK.
SO IT WOULD NEED TO BE MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE TO SAY, LIKE WE PROMISE OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS TO REBUILD THAT FUND BALANCE USING THE SAVINGS IN DEBT SERVICE. RIGHT.
AND IT WOULD BE LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS WORD MEANS, BUT AMORTIZATION, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE UP-FRONT COST, WE'D BE PUTTING MORE IN INITIALLY AT LEAST A HALF A MILLION INITIALLY OR MORE.
AND THEN OVER 20 YEARS, LIKE ANY MORTGAGE, IT GETS LESS TOWARDS THE END.
RIGHT? SO IT'S ALMOST AN UPFRONT DEAL, ISN'T IT? NO, NO.
ANNA, DO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AMORTIZATION AND THE DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULE? WELL, AND ACTUALLY, ONE MORE QUESTION.
SO IN ALTERNATIVE B, SO ARE WE TAKING TALKING ABOUT TAKING 16 MILLION OUT OF THE OVERALL RESERVES OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TAKING 20 MILLION.
ARE WE GOING TO STILL USE THAT 4 MILLION IN LEFTOVER.
YES. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING 16 MILLION.
SO WE'D HAVE TO PAY BACK 16 MILLION OVER 20 YEARS.
OF COURSE WE'D HAVE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO REPAY IT.
RIGHT? SO WHAT WE'RE DECIDING TODAY IS HOW MUCH WE WANT TO ISSUE IN PROMISSORY NOTES.
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WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO HAVE AN ACTION TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS MUCH IN RESERVES FROM OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AND HAVE A PLAN TO REPAY THAT. OKAY.DIRECTOR ROSARIO. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO.
I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION IN FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND I THINK THIS ANSWER MADE.
THE ANSWER I GOT WAS MADE SENSE TO ME WAS THAT IF WE DRAW DOWN, IF WE DRAW DOWN AN ADDITIONAL $16 MILLION FROM OUR RESERVE, THEN WE POSSIBLY THREATEN OUR TRIPLE-A RATING, WHICH GIVES US BETTER RATES, AND ALSO WE LOSE FLEXIBILITY FOR ANY, DISASTERS WE MAY INCUR, AS YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE 300 PROJECTS STORM PROJECTS FROM THE LAST TWO YEARS, STILL ON OUR STILL ON OUR PLATE.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S MONEY WE COULD BE USING FOR REAL PROJECTS.
SO THAT MADE THAT MADE SENSE TO ME.
YOU KNOW, I WILL JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT.
SO WE DID RECEIVE THE TRIPLE A RATING.
SO WE FOUND THAT OUT ON MONDAY.
AND MOODY'S AND S&P DOES A PRESS RELEASE AND THEY BOTH OF THE PRESS RELEASES TALK ABOUT THE DISTRICT HAVING A 32% RESERVE POLICY AND HOW THAT FACTORED INTO THEIR DECISION TO GIVE US THE TRIPLE-A RATING.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, OUR POLICY DOES SAY WE CAN USE IT.
SO IF THIS IS THE REASON WE WANT TO USE IT, IT IS THERE FOR US.
I KNOW THAT'S A TOUGH DECISION I'M SEEING ON YOUR FACES.
OKAY. I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO LET OUR GENERAL MANAGER PROCEED WITH THE GOOD NEWS THAT SHE HAD.
THEY AND WE DID THESE PRESENTATIONS JUST LAST WEEK TO THEM AND THEY DO TALK ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE DECISIONS THAT THIS BOARD HAS MADE OVER THE YEARS AND YOUR INTERNAL POLICIES.
AND THAT'S ALSO IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE AS DIRECTOR ROSARIO SO HELPFULLY MENTIONED THAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT BALANCING THE AMOUNT OF CASH THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU PUT TOWARDS THIS VERSUS FINANCING, JUST SIMILARLY TO WHAT YOU WOULD DO IN YOUR OWN HOME MORTGAGE, SO THAT YOU'VE GOT FLEXIBILITY, BUT THAT YOU'RE NOT OVEREXTENDING YOURSELVES ON THE CREDIT CARD.
IT'S A REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL.
AND SOMETHING THAT THIS AGENCY SHOULD CONGRATULATE ITSELF OVER.
SO WE'LL BE SENDING OUT A PRESS RELEASE.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I THINK YOU OKAY, DIRECTOR COFFEY.
THE REALLY BIG DEAL IS ACHIEVING A TRIPLE A RATING WITHOUT BUYING IT OF IN TERMS OF PAYING FOR INSURANCE, BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE CLIENT I HAD, EVEN THE ONES THAT WERE FAIRLY STRONG FINANCIALLY IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD DURING THE COURSE OF CLOSE TO 40 YEARS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, BEFORE GOING OUT TO DEBT MARKETS, HAD TO BUY INSURANCE IN ORDER TO ATTAIN THE TRIPLE A RATING.
THE OTHER CONTINGENCY OR THE OTHER CONDITION TO GETTING A TRIPLE-A RATING WAS ESTABLISHING A DEBT SERVICE FUND THAT WAS OVERSEEN BY TRUSTEES.
SO A SOURCE OF SECURITY, SO TO SPEAK.
SO YOU WERE THE COSTS OF DOING AMBAC INSURANCE AND DEBT SERVICE INSURANCE OR AN INSURANCE, A DEBT SERVICE RESERVE CASH FUND WAS SIGNIFICANT IN ORDER TO GET THE TRIPLE-A RATING.
SO WE'RE DOING NEITHER OF THOSE IN ORDER TO GET A TRIPLE-A RATING, AND IT RESULTS IN A MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE OVERALL DEBT. YOU'RE PAYING YOU'RE REQUIRED.
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THE MARKET REQUIRES LESS INTEREST FROM US AS A RESULT OF THAT.SO THAT BRINGS ME TO MY CALCULATION OF IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT A HOME MORTGAGE IS LOOKING AT MY OWN PROJECTED REVENUES TO PAY IT BACK AND WHAT INTEREST RATES I'M PAYING.
SO IN HERE IN OUR BACKGROUND WE'RE MATERIALS.
THERE'S AND I DID WATCH I WANT TO SAY I WATCHED THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SO I'M A BIT FAMILIAR WITH THE ANSWER, BUT IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE A 5%.
IS IT ARE WE GOING TO BE ISSUING THESE PROMISSORY NOTES IN TRANCHES OR IN BASICALLY ONE 47 MILLION NOTE? IT WOULD BE ONE NOTE.
AND IS IT GOING TO BE AT A FIXED RATE? I'M GOING TO. YES.
AND AT THIS POINT, THE MARKET LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE CLOSER TO LIKE A 4% INTEREST RATE.
5% IS WHAT WE SAID AS LIKE A CONSERVATIVE.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THINGS.
OKAY. AND I DIDN'T ATTEND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN WHICH WE LAST LOOKED, LOOKED AT INVESTMENT RETURN ON RESERVE FUNDS.
WHAT WERE OUR INVESTMENT RETURNS APPROXIMATING.
WE HAD A VERY STRONG YEAR LAST YEAR.
YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT CAN ONLY INVEST VERY CONSERVATIVELY.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE INVESTING IN LIKE.
SO TREASURIES WERE UP, YOU KNOW, IS THAT GOING TO CONTINUE? IT'S UNCERTAIN. BUT LAST YEAR WE WERE GETTING 3.5%, I'D SAY ON INTEREST EARNINGS OKAY, WHICH IMPROVES ON ONE AND 2% OVER PRIOR YEARS.
YEAH. THE PROJECTED USE FUND BALANCE FROM 23 OF 4 MILLION.
ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT THE SURPLUS FROM 2023 IS GOING TO BE AROUND 4 MILLION? OR IS THAT A PIECE OF THE SURPLUS THAT YOU'RE PROJECTING? THAT WILL BE A, I BELIEVE, A PIECE OF THE SURPLUS.
BUT OUR ACCOUNTING MANAGER WAS OUT ON LEAVE FOR A WHILE.
FURTHER ALONG. I GUESS WHERE I'M COMING TO US IS THE INTEREST RATE WE'RE PAYING IS HIGHER THAN WE'RE USED TO INTEREST RATES BEING FOR DEBT SERVICE. I HEARD DURING THE COURSE OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE THAT THERE WILL BE A REFUNDING MECHANISM THAT IS EXERCISABLE AT OUR BUT AT OUR COST.
THE COST OF ISSUANCE FOR DOING A REFUNDING WOULD BE SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN THE COST OF THE CURRENT ISSUANCE, WHICH I CAN PULL THAT SLIDE. SO, $400,000 FOR THE COST OF ISSUANCE OF THESE NEW NOTES, IT WOULD BE YOU'D HAVE ALL OF THOSE COSTS AGAIN.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAST QUESTION.
THEN I'LL QUIT. WHAT ARE OUR PROJECTED TRENDS IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUES? I JUST WHILE I WAS SITTING AT MY DESK OVER THERE, I LOOKED IN ALAMEDA COUNTY HAS GIVEN THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES.
SO IT'S FOR WE DON'T HAVE CONTRA COSTA, BUT ALAMEDA IS COMING IN LOW.
AND I EXPECT THAT CONTRA COSTA WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER AS THEY USUALLY ARE.
WE HAVE A CONSULTANT WHO DID THOSE TRENDS FOR US.
4% IS LOWER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST, SO SURE.
YEAH, THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN MORE LIKE 6 OR 7.
SO THIS IS STARTING TO STEP DOWN.
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OKAY. SO I CAME INTO THIS MEETING FAVORING ALTERNATIVE B SIMPLY BECAUSE OF A GENERAL PREFERENCE FOR BORROWING AGAINST OUR OWN FUNDS AND REPAYING OUR OWN FUNDS RATHER THAN PAYING SOMEONE ELSE 4 OR 5, IN THIS CASE, 4% TO BORROW AGAINST IT.AND YOU KNOW, BY USING THOSE ANALOGIES, WE CAN DO THAT IN OUR OWN LIVES.
WE CAN BORROW AGAINST MONEY THAT WE RESERVE FOR RETIREMENT.
IN FACT, WHEN IF WE'RE QUITE A BIT YOUNGER.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, I THINK THE HISTORICALLY, FINANCIALLY, IN RECENT YEARS, OUR REVENUES HAVE BEEN STRONG AND CONSISTENT AND OUR AND INTEREST RATES HAVE TRENDED UP AND MIGHT TREND DOWN IN THE FUTURE.
SO I WAS JUST YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AND THINKING, I'D RATHER BORROW 20 MILLION AGAINST OUR SIGNIFICANT RESERVES AND PAY IT BACK.
AND I'M NOT SO SURE I'VE BEEN TALKED OUT OF THAT.
AS A PREFERABLE COURSE, SIMPLY BECAUSE I WANT TO LOWER OUR DEBT SERVICE ANNUALLY AND KEEP ANNUAL, OUR ANNUAL GENERAL FUNDS UP THERE IN ORDER TO COVER ALL THESE OTHER PROJECTS AND OTHER COSTS.
I THINK WE'RE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE FREE MONEY TO COVER ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ALL OF US WANT TO COVER, UNLESS OUR ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE IS KEPT AS LOW AS IT COULD BE.
SO TO ME, JUST IN THAT MIX, THE BALANCE COMES OUT IS I'D RATHER I'D RATHER BORROW AGAINST OUR OWN RESERVES MORE THAN PRIMARY, THE PRIMARY OR CERTAINLY ALTERNATIVE A AND SO I'M NOT SURE THAT'S ALTERNATIVE B, BUT THAT'S WHERE I CAME INTO THIS MEETING FAVORING.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE SOMETHING THAT ANNA JUST MENTIONED TO ME, WHICH IS THAT IF WE WERE TO GO THAT ROUTE, WHICH IS NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T, IF WE WERE TO GO TO THAT ROUTE, WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK TO THE RATING AGENCIES AND EXPLAIN THAT WE WERE CHANGING OUR FUNDING SOURCES.
SO JUST A CAVEAT THAT THAT IS ANOTHER STEP WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE.
WELL I SUPPOSE IT COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE.
AND THEY DID NOTE THAT IN ONE OF THEIR SUMMARIES IS LOOKING AT THE MIX THAT WE WERE PROPOSING ON THE PRIMARY THAT THEY THAT WAS PART OF WHAT THEY TOOK INTO ACCOUNT ON THE ON REAFFIRMING THE TRIPLE-A.
SO IT'S WE DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD NECESSARILY LOWER IT.
BUT I DO WANT TO KNOW THEY DID INCLUDE THAT IN THE SUMMARY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
DIRECTOR WAESPI. SO I'M GETTING IT I THINK 4 TO 5% FIXED RATE OF INTEREST.
CAN WE PAY IT OFF EARLY? OR IN ANY PLACE? YES.
IS THERE? YES. CAN WE? IF FOR SOME REASON WE HIT A WINDFALL, COULD WE PAY IT OFF EARLY? YES. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY.
IS THAT CORRECT? IF YOU WANT US TO.
IF YOU WERE TO PICK THE PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION, THEN THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO APPROVE I THINK WOULD BE THE AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE NO MORE THAN 43.5 MILLION. OH, OKAY.
BUT THEN I THOUGHT YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WOULD.
I GOT IT, BUT I DID WANT TO KNOW IF YOU GO BACK TO THE CHART FOR JUST A SECOND.
I KNOW YOU DON'T THERE'S SOME UNCERTAINTY.
SO YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THE BOOKS WOULD CLOSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SAY THE BOOKS WERE TO CLOSE ON 2023 AND THERE WAS A MONEY OF LIKE, SAY, 5 MILLION LEFT OVER.
WE COULD JUST THROW THAT IN THERE, RIGHT? I MEAN, I MEAN, I GUESS IF I WERE TO I MEAN, I'M LEANING TOWARDS THE PRIMARY ALTERNATIVE FOR REALLY FOR THE REASONS THAT OUR GM NOTED AND DIRECTOR ROSARIO NOTED IN TERMS OF, BOTH FLEXIBILITY IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING COMES UP WHERE WE, WE REALLY NEED THAT EMERGENCY MONEY AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THAT UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE BOND RATING WHICH WILL IMPACT
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OUR INTEREST RATES AS WELL.SO BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPTION IN THAT PRIMARY COLUMN TO, YOU KNOW, KICK IN AS MUCH, AS IS LEFT OVER AS POSSIBLE AND TO MAKE THAT 4 MILLION BIGGER SO THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY WON'T BE VERY MUCH BIGGER.
BUT WHATEVER YOU CAN ADD TO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO WE COULD AUTHORIZE THE 43.5 MILLION.
HAVE THAT BE OUR RECOMMENDATION? THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THE BOND SALE WILL OCCUR ON JULY 29TH.
REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES WILL BE.
AND SO THEN WE'LL KNOW IF WE NEED TO ISSUE THE FULL 43 MILLION OR IF WE'RE TRYING TO IF WE DON'T NEED TO CLOSE THE GAP AS MUCH DOES THAT. SO YOU WOULD AUTHORIZE US TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED 43.5 MILLION, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WE WOULD TRY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT NEEDED USING BALANCES FROM THE CLOSE OF THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR.
BY RECEIVING BY APPROVING THIS NOTE.
OKAY I GUESS ARE WE DOING COMMENTS NOW TOO? ARE WE GOING TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN HAVE ADDITIONAL BOARD COMMENTS, OR WOULD YOU PREFER I SHARE MY COMMENT NOW? MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO PEOPLE SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE WHATEVER COMMENTS GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
NO. OKAY, I'LL SHARE MY COMMENT.
YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY TORN ON THIS.
BUT I DO FEEL THAT IT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT DON'T HAVE FUNDING.
I DO THINK THAT THERE I DON'T LIKE THIS LOCATION FOR THE BOARDROOM AT ALL.
I WOULD PREFER TO INVEST MONEY IN A NETWORK OF SUBSTATIONS ACROSS THE TWO COUNTIES ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY FRONT AND HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE NEED TO HAVE THIS PUBLIC SAFETY SITE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, A STRONG NETWORK OF SUBSTATIONS.
I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IT'S BART POLICE OR ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S, AND THAT OPPORTUNITY MAY STILL EXIST IN THE FUTURE, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A PROMISING ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I REQUESTED AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE THE OVERVIEW OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PLANS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT EVERYONE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE I HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE THAT AS A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD.
AND I SORT OF WISH OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF THAT WE HAD HAD MAYBE SOME MORE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT WHERE WE COULD TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGY AND UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS BE AN ESSENTIAL SERVICES BUILDING VERSUS INVESTING IN A NETWORK OF SUBSTATIONS, AND ALSO WHY THIS MAKES SENSE TO BE THE BEST LOCATION FOR OUR BOARDROOM VERSUS MAYBE PARTNERING WITH ANOTHER AGENCY, I BELIEVE YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXPLORING THIS PROJECT BACK IN 2019.
AND THEY ARE NOW USING THAT TODAY.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF WHERE I'M AT.
SO I'M STILL ACTUALLY DECIDING IN THE MOMENT.
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DIRECTOR MERCURIO. A QUESTION ABOUT AGAIN, THIS IS A QUESTION REFLECTING THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE COST OF THE MONEY COULD GO DOWN. I KNOW IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN ASKED ABOUT THE REFUNDING PROCESS, WHICH IS LIKE REFINANCING YOUR MORTGAGE, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A LOWER INTEREST RATE.COULD WE ALSO THEN ALSO PUT IN FUNDING TO REDUCE THE PRINCIPAL AT THAT POINT IN TIME TOO, AS PART OF THAT PROCESS? IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE FOUND OURSELVES WITH SOME FUND BALANCE THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, AT A LATER DATE, APPLY IT TO REDUCE THE PRINCIPAL DOWN.
SO I THINK YOU ARE LIKE SUGGESTING PAYING OFF PART OF THE PRINCIPAL.
IF AS PART OF A REFUND IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'D BE REDUCING YOUR PAYMENTS TO TWO WAYS ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
I JUST WOULD LIKE THE OTHER DIRECTORS TO CONSIDER THAT AS A WAY THAT THE COSTS COULD GO DOWN.
YOU KNOW, I JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT'S BEEN I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE NOT BUILDING THAT BUILDING ACROSS THERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
THOSE TWO THINGS. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND.
I MISSPOKE WHEN I SAID I HAD ONE MORE.
THERE IS THE FUTURE OFFICE NEEDS PROJECT, WHICH IS LISTED AS A FUND OF 33 MILLION 400,000.
AND. THIS IS A QUESTION I FORGOT TO ASK.
ALTERNATIVE B HAS IT AT 23,400.
THE AMOUNT WE PUT IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN WE FOUND SURPLUS RESERVES OF 21 SIX.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT COMES FROM.
SO MY QUESTION IS WHERE DID THE EXTRA NOT EXTRA WHERE DID THE ADDITIONAL 10 OR $11 MILLION COME FROM? THAT WAS IN THE FUTURE OFFICE NEEDS PROJECT BEFORE WE TRANSFERRED THE 21.6? YEAH. SO WE'VE BEEN OVER TIME, FUNDING THIS FUTURE OFFICE NEEDS PROJECT THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS USING SURPLUS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. SO SETTING THE MONEY ASIDE, KNOWING THAT WE WERE GOING TO NEED IT BOTH FOR WORK ON THIS CURRENT BUILDING AS WELL AS FOR THE WORK ACROSS THE STREET.
SO WE SET UP THIS FUTURE OFFICE NEEDS PROJECT THAT HAS A GENERIC NEED, KNOWING THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE ALL SORTS OF FUTURE OFFICE NEEDS COSTS AND, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY HERE ADMINISTRATIVELY, BUT IN OTHER FACILITIES THROUGH THE DISTRICT.
WHAT IS THE THING? WELL, I THINK I KNOW WHAT IS THE THINKING OF NOT RELYING ON THE FULL FUND OF 33 MILLION IN ALTERNATIVE B? SO LEAVING THE FUNDING THERE, THERE COULD BE OTHER PROJECTS THAT COULD USE THAT FUNDING.
SO WHEN, WE PUT THE MONEY INTO THE FUTURE OFFICE NEEDS PROJECT, YOU HAD ASKED, YOU KNOW, IS IT COMMITTED? DOES IT HAVE TO BE USED FOR PERALTA OAKS NORTH AND THE YOU KNOW, THAT'S SORT OF WHAT THAT PROJECT IS FOR.
BUT IT'S NOT COMMITTED AT THIS POINT.
ALL RIGHT. IT'S JUST IT WAS ANOTHER 20 MILLION, I'M SORRY.
YEAH, I KNOW I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.
LIKE, I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND.
SO IF WE'RE TRYING TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES, SO TO SPEAK, IF YOU PUT THE BECAUSE THEN YOU WOULD ONLY HAVE IF YOU HAD THE 10 MILLION OF THAT INTO THE, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE OFFICE NEEDS POT SIMILAR TO PRIMARY AND ALTERNATIVE A, THEN YOU'D ONLY HAVE TO FINANCE OR ONLY HAVE TO PULL ADDITIONAL 10 MILLION FROM THE RESERVES.
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YEAH. OKAY, I GET IT.THANK YOU. I KNOW DIRECTOR SANWONG HAS A QUESTION.
SO THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE FUTURE OFFICE NEEDS COULD BE USED.
I KNOW THAT WOULD BE DECIDED AT A LATER DATE, BUT THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER PROJECT, CORRECT? YES. DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? WELL, JUST YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT HISTORY OF THIS AND, YOU KNOW, THE I'M SURE THE DEAL WAS WHEN WE ABANDONED LAKE CHABOT, WE NEEDED SOMETHING FOR EVERYTHING, MORALE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE LOOKED AROUND.
WE LOOKED AROUND A LOT OF PLACES.
THERE WEREN'T MANY OFFICES THAT FIT THAT ENVELOPE THAT WE NEEDED.
SO WE BOUGHT THIS YOU KNOW, OUR OBLIGATION TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE AND BE CLOSE TO STUFF I KNOW IS A CONCERN, BUT LIKE REN SAID, WE WERE TRYING TO HOUSE A FACILITY THAT WE NEED.
I PERSONALLY AM LEANING TOWARDS THE [INAUDIBLE] BORROWING, THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MONEY SIMPLY BECAUSE I'M CONFIDENT AND HAVE BEEN AROUND HERE FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH MANY MORE CRISES.
AND LET'S FACE IT, WE'RE FAIRLY GOOD.
AND I THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SMOOTH AND MAKE IT.
AND I'M CONFIDENT WE COULD DO THAT.
DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I THINK WE HAVE SORT OF A SPLIT, IT SOUNDS LIKE, BETWEEN THE PRIMARY AND ALTERNATIVE B.
YEAH. I MEAN, I'M IN FAVOR OF PRIMARY THE PRIMARY JUST BASICALLY BECAUSE SITTING ON THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND LOOKING AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE ACCUMULATED JUST IN OUR SWIM AREAS, CONTRA LOMA, DON CASTRO CULL CANYON.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME FLEXIBILITY HERE TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.
AND AS MUCH I LOVE THE IDEA OF JUST TAKING THE MONEY OUT OF OUR OWN RESERVE AND PAYING US OURSELVES BACK.
BUT WE WOULD LOSE $20 MILLION OF FLEXIBILITY.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE STILL HAVE 300 PROJECTS LEFT OVER FROM THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO ADDRESS OR OUR ADDRESSING IN CURRENT. AND SO, KNOCK ON WOOD.
WE'RE STILL EXPECTING THE BIG ONE.
AND THAT'S TO ME THAT I THINK THE PRIMARY IS THE BETTER BALANCE.
I THINK THE, THE INTEREST RATE OVER TIME IS MANAGEABLE.
AND ALSO BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A GOOD HISTORY HERE.
BUT WITH THAT I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE PRIMARY.
AND PRESIDENT ECHOLS I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE POINT.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CHIEF HAS ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON SINCE DAY ONE.
AND HE'S BEEN HE'S WORKING WITH HIS COMMAND STAFF AND WITH US AND WITH REALLY FRANKLY, IT'S AN ALL TEAM EFFORT BECAUSE JUST TO YOUR POINT, HAVING THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS HERE DOESN'T FULLY SATISFY OUR NEEDS FOR, YOU KNOW, RAPID DEPLOYMENT AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SERVING ALL POCKETS OF THE DISTRICT.
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ARE A LOT OF OTHER NEEDS, AND THERE COULD BE SOME THAT WHERE WE WANT TO MOVE ACTUALLY FAIRLY QUICKLY ON IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE DEPLOYMENT POINTS SO THAT WE CAN BETTER SERVICE THE FULL DISTRICT. SO I DID WANT TO JUST RESPOND TO THAT.WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND WITH A COMMENT? OKAY. IF I MAY.
I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN HERE GOOD BALANCE.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.
IT'S A GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN.
AND IT'S BEEN SET OUT FOR US HERE.
IT'S BEEN THOUGHT OUT BY THE BY FOLKS WHO KNOW AND I TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT AND YOUR TEAM'S JUDGMENT.
AND SO I REALLY, REALLY THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GO.
AND PART OF PART OF MY ENTHUSIASM FOR THAT IS THE COST OF THE MONEY IS NOT THAT IS VERY REASONABLE.
AND WE HAVE THE CAPACITY, THE, THE FLEXIBILITY TO REFUND IT AND MAKE IT EVEN LOWER.
SO I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF THE PRIMARY ALTERNATE AND I.
THAT'S WHY I'M SECONDING THAT MOTION.
THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES, MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE DO WE HAVE ROOM FOR DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? I THINK ONCE THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR, YOU'RE [INAUDIBLE].
I JUST THE QUESTION. SO I'M INTERESTED IN THE FUND BALANCE OR AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
I KNOW IT'S THE END OF THIS YEAR, BUT IS THERE ANY PREDICTION? AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, MOST OF OUR I SHOULDN'T SAY MOST, PARDON ME, BUT A GREAT NUMBER OF IS FROM VACANCIES.
WE HAVE EXTRA MONEY I MEAN SO YOU CAN PREDICT THAT.
AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S RIGHT AROUND 10 TO 11 MILLION EVERY YEAR.
WE'D HAVE THE GREAT GOOD FORTUNE TO DO THAT.
ARE WE ON THAT TRACK? I SUSPECT WE ARE ON THAT TRACK OF HAVING 10 TO 11 MILLION.
YES. WELL, AND I KNOW WE'VE GONE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION WITH THAT.
SO WE ACTUALLY THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE ONGOING WAGE INCREASES TO YOUR EMPLOYEES IS THAT WE HAVE MORE REALISTIC PROPERTY TAX REVENUE PROJECTIONS.
AS DEB SAID, THERE WAS WE PROBABLY STILL WILL EXCEED THAT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKELY TO, BUT WE DON'T.
WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE GET FURTHER INTO THE YEAR HERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME ADDITIONAL FTES REQUESTED IN THERE AS PART OF SOME OF THAT QUOTE UNQUOTE SAVINGS.
SABRINA, ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO BUDGET RESERVES TO PAY OFF EXISTING PROJECTS LEFT OVER FROM THE FLOODS? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I HAVEN'T SEEN EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROPOSE.
SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY ON THE RECORD.
SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT ON THE RECORD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
YEAH. SO MY PROBLEM IS AND I'LL JUST AND ORDINARILY, I DEFER BOTH TO MANAGEMENT AND THE COMMITTEE AND GO WITH NOT TO EXCEED 43 MILLION. BUT NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE'S A $10 MILLION SURPLUS IN THERE THAT COULD BE USED TO REDUCE TOTAL DEBT HERE WITHOUT REALLY IMPACTING OPERATIONS OR RESERVES.
OKAY, SO I THINK I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE THIS DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE IN THE MOTION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST COMMENT THAT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY FINALIZE THESE NUMBERS, THAT WE COULD KEEP ALL OF THE WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER IN THE FUND IN THE FUNDS FROM 2023 TO ROLL IT OVER TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT WE'RE BORROWING.
I WOULD LIKE TO I DON'T KNOW, DO WE HAVE TO ADD THAT AS PART OF THE MOTION? I'M NOT SURE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO.
OKAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADVANCE FORWARD TO THE RESOLUTION.
SO WE'RE SAYING NOT TO EXCEED 43 FIVE WITH OUR PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION.
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OKAY. BUT AS SO I'M JUST IF THAT'S WHAT THE IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD.RIGHT. SO IF THIS RECOMMENDATION CARRIES RIGHT OKAY.
AND I'M SORRY JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT HAS BEEN SAID BY DIRECTOR ROSARIO AND GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS OUT THERE, A LOT OF PROJECTS OUT THERE THAT ARE NEEDING FUNDS.
BUT WE WILL DO WHAT THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT FULL THOUGHT PROCESS.
GENERAL COUNSEL, ARE YOU GOING TO TALK? YEAH.
IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR WAS SECONDED ABOUT IN YOUR OKAY. AND WE CAN DISCUSS WE CAN PROVIDE GUIDANCE OR NOT AFTER THE FACT OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO WE HAVE WE CAN NOW UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER PRESSING COMMENTS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL.
CAN YOU COME BACK TO ME? PRESIDENT ECHOLS.
DIRECTOR SANWONG. I HATE TO DO THIS, BUT NO.
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION? WE DO HAVE AN ALTERNATE.
ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE? THE BOARD IS FREE TO TAKE UP AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONCLUDE THE MATTER.
WELL, WE GOT TO SPEND THIS MONEY SOMEHOW.
I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO B.
TURN IT. THAT MEANS THAT WE'D HAVE TO CHANGE THE RESOLUTION.
I THINK THAT'S NOT ONE THAT'S IN THE PACKET.
AGM SPAULDING, CAN YOU PUT THE.
YEAH, JUST ABOUT TO PUT THAT UP HERE NOW.
SO. WE ONLY HAVE SO ANNA IS POINTING OUT THAT THE RESOLUTION SAYS NOT TO EXCEED 43 FIVE.
SO WE CAN ISSUE LESS THAN THAT SO WE CAN APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS IT IS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE NOT ISSUING 43.5. IF THAT'S HELPFUL.
HI EVERYONE. KATIE DOBSON FROM JONES HALL.
WE CAN ALSO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION WITH A DIFFERENT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT.
AND THEN WE'LL JUST MAKE THOSE WORD PROCESSING CHANGES SO WE CAN APPROVE A LESSER AMOUNT.
SORRY, ANNA SARABIAN WITH FIELDMAN, BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING.
THIS IS A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU WILL BE ISSUING 43 FIVE.
IT JUST MEANS IT PRESERVES THE FLEXIBILITY FOR YOU TO ISSUE UP TO 43 FIVE.
BUT YOU COULD STILL GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF TO GO WITH ALTERNATIVE, B AT THE END.
FOR THE RECORD, COULD YOU JUST SAY YOUR NAME, PLEASE? I DID. AND TO REPEAT ANNA SARABIAN WITH FIELDMAN.
OKAY. SO IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION? IT MIGHT HELP TO KEEP THAT SLIDE UP.
IT'S A REAL DISADVANTAGE, FRANKLY, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS IN OUR PACKET.
GOING BACK TO THE COMPARISON CHART.
THIS IS THE COMPARISON. THERE YOU GO.
NO. THE COMPARISON IS IN THE PACKET, BUT IT'S NOT LAID OUT.
SO IT'S HARDER TO SEE THAN IT WAS ON THE SLIDE ON PAGE 120.
IT'S ON PAGE 120 OF THE PACKET.
IT'S JUST LAID OUT DIFFERENTLY.
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YES. THANK YOU.RIGHT. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE THE PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION NEXT TO IT.
IT JUST MY PROBLEM IS WE DON'T IN OUR MATERIALS HAD THAT JUXTAPOSITION, THAT'S ALL.
THAT'S WHY IT'S NICE TO KEEP IT UP OKAY.
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK MANAGEMENT.
SO IF WE AGREE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 43.5, BUT WE DON'T PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON WHETHER IT'S PRIMARY OR ALTERNATE, BE LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO HOW WOULD WE LATER RESOLVE THAT? BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE GOT THREE MEMBERS WANTING TO DO B AND THREE MEMBERS WANTING TO DO THE PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION.
AND WE COULD VOTE TODAY TO SAY, ISSUE BONDS THAT ARE 43.5 MILLION.
BUT WE'RE NOT UP TO 43.5 MILLION.
BUT WE'RE NOT. THEN BUT IF WE DO ALTERNATIVE B, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE BOND AGENCIES.
CAN I'LL SUGGEST THAT THAT IT COULD BE A RECOMMENDATION TO ISSUE 43.5 MILLION.
AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION OF USING THE FUND BALANCE EXCEEDING REVENUES EXCEEDING EXPENDITURES FROM 2023. AND YOU COULD STIPULATE HOW MUCH YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING THAT ONCE WE CLOSE THE BOOKS, WE HAVE 10 MILLION, YOU COULD SAY 10 MILLION.
OR YOU COULD. SO THAT'S MY SUGGESTION FOR HOW TO HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT SAYS NOT TO EXCEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT, BUT ALSO DIRECT US TO USE AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCE.
SO AS HAS BEEN SAID, THIS IS A CONTINUUM.
THERE ARE THREE ALTERNATIVES HERE, BUT IN REALITY, IT'S A CONTINUUM.
SO I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE FACTION AND THE OTHER BY MAKING THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE.
THERE'S BETWEEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIMARY AND BE IS ABOUT 500,000.
YEAH. SO IF WE JUST SPOT THE, WOULD IT MAKE THE ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE USED, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET TO HALFWAY THERE? I WOULD VOTE FOR THAT.
SO THE DELTA BETWEEN THE PRIMARY AND ALTERNATIVE B IT'S AN $8 MILLION DIFFERENCE, I THINK.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF DEBT SERVICE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE AIMING FOR? YES. BUT WHAT I'M TRYING I'M TRYING TO GET TO IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALCULATE IT REAL TIME.
BUT IT'S AN $8 MILLION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ON THE PROMISSORY NOTES, 43 MILLION VERSUS 35 MILLION.
SO GOING WITH DIRECTOR MERCURIO'S RECOMMENDATION OF SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE.
SO HAVE THAT BE AN ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION OF CASH THAT WE WOULD PUT TOWARDS THIS? RIGHT. SO ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE WOULD BE UNDER ALTERNATIVE A WOULD BE 8 MILLION.
SO IF I MAYBE I'M MAKING IT MORE CONFUSING BUT I'M LOOKING BETWEEN IF YOU SEE THAT LINE THERE THAT SAYS THE 2024 PROMISSORY NOTES 43 MILLION IN PRIMARY AND 35 MILLION IN ALTERNATIVE B.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENCE OF $8 MILLION ON THE FINANCING.
SO SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE AND MAKE IT AN ADDITIONAL 4 MILLION.
SO IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY $39 MILLION OF PROMISSORY NOTES.
PROMISSORY NOTE ISSUE WOULD BE AND THEN WE WOULD FIGURE OUT THE DEBT SERVICE NOT REAL TIME, BUT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO AT LEAST GIVE US AN UP TO 39 MILLION.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT, BUT I'LL DO IT.
I APPRECIATE THE PROBLEM SOLVING.
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AND SO, SO SORRY IF I MAY AND I THINK THIS WAS CONFUSING THE WAY WE PRESENTED THIS.IT'S ALL OUT OF THE SAME POT OF MONEY.
SO I THINK REALLY WHAT WE NEED IS JUST THE DIRECTION ON HOW MUCH TO FINANCE.
AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE WHERE THE OTHER POTS OF MONEY COME FROM TO MAKE IT UP, IF THAT.
WELL, SO WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE UP TO 39 MILLION IN.
SO THE REQUEST WAS, COULD WE DO AN ISSUANCE OF 39.5 MILLION IN ORDER TO INCLUDE THE ISSUANCE COSTS? 39.5 MILLION.
OKAY. YOU CAN AND DID MAKE THAT MOTION OKAY.
IS THERE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR ROSARIO.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DO YOU HAVE A MINUTE? WELL, JUST SO.
SO IF I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS AND I'LL AGREE TO THIS, AND IT'LL BE GREAT, WE'LL GET IT FUNDED.
AND THEN THE DEAL IS THAT WE PUSHED AWAY AS.
AND WE'LL DISCUSS IT LATER OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND IT.
SO WILL THAT DISCUSSION TAKE PLACE? IT'S JULY. WILL IT TAKE PLACE WHEN WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT THE FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO BE TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A KEY NUMBER.
I THINK IT'S A REAL KEY NUMBER.
ABSOLUTELY. AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU WILL NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON, WHICH WE WOULD DO AS PART OF YOUR BUDGET PROCESS COMING UP, BECAUSE WE'LL NEED YOU TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE APPROPRIATION OUT OF YOUR FUND BALANCE.
SO YOU WILL SEE WE'LL SEE ALL OF THAT.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE BOOKS CLOSED TO GIVE YOU EXACTLY WHAT POTS WE WANT TO TAKE IT FROM.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU TAKE THE ROLL? YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, SO WE'RE DOING THE 39 FIVE.
OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE UP TO 39 FIVE.
SO LET ME JUST READ THAT JUST FOR CLARITY.
AUTHORING THE ISSUANCE OF 2024 PROMISSORY NOTES IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 39 .5 MILLION, AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF AN INDENTURE OF TRUST AND AUTHORIZING OTHER OFFICIAL ACTIONS RELATED THERETO. SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE ROLL, DIRECTOR WAESPI.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. A LITTLE LATE.
WE'RE DONE. I THINK WE ASKED THAT EARLIER.
STILL NO PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, GOOD.
IS EVERYONE OKAY? CAN YOU? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
[HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION]
NEXT TOPIC.PRESIDENT. DO YOU WANT ME TO PAUSE? OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON.
THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION AND PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION IS SEEKING AN AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION WAIVING THE 180 DAY WAITING PERIOD TO HIRE RETIRED CALPERS MEMBER HAGA AS A POLICE SERGEANT/CHIEF HELICOPTER PILOT THERE IS NO PRESENTATION ON THIS.
THIS IS A PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENT FROM CALPERS.
WELL, THANK YOU, ALLYSON, FOR BEING SO SHORT AND SWEET.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO WAVE? SO NORMALLY WHEN WE BRING A RETIRED EMPLOYEE BACK, THEY HAVE TO WAIT SIX MONTHS BEFORE THEY START WORKING FOR US.
AND THAT DOESN'T AFFECT HIS RETIREMENT.
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GOOD. SO THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR ERNIE TO COME BACK FOR 960 HOURS OR SIX MONTHS.RIGHT. EXACTLY. HE WOULD STILL BE LIMITED TO 960 HOURS IN A FISCAL YEAR.
AND IS HE COMING BACK AS A SERGEANT OR AS A PILOT? BOTH. SO THE CLASSIFICATION IS POLICE SERGEANT, SLASH CHIEF HELICOPTER PILOT.
BUT DO WE NEED TWO SERGEANTS OR TWO, CHIEF? HOW CAN YOU BE THE CHIEF IF THERE'S TWO OF YOU OR, YOU KNOW, DO WE HIRE HIM BACK AS A HELICOPTER PILOT? NO, THAT'S THE CLASS.
THAT'S THE OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION TITLE IS POLICE SERGEANT/ CHIEF.
THAT'S THE POSITION HE CURRENTLY HELD BEFORE HE RETIRED.
AND THEN WE HIRED SOMEBODY TO REPLACE HIM.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OVERFILLING THE.
BERNIE'S A GREAT GUY. THERE'S A DEAL.
IS THIS GOING TO BE A PRECEDENT? SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO. NO, THIS ISN'T OVER.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPENING THEY WERE WORKING TO FILL.
MEANWHILE, WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE WHAT WE INVESTED IN EARLY, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING HIM BACK.
WELL, IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL SEVEN DAYS A WEEK COVERAGE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
AND THAT'S WHAT ERNIE IS GOING TO HELP US GET TO.
BUT THE POSITION THAT IT'S OPEN IS, IS IN FACT, A HELICOPTER PILOT, RIGHT? WELL, IT'S A COMBINATION.
LET ME JUST PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY.
BUT THEY WERE WORKING TOWARDS THE POSITION THAT WE'RE BRINGING HIM BACK.
SO WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK AT THE SAME POSITION.
I JUST HOPE WE DON'T COME BACK IN SIX MONTHS AND SAY NOW.
WELL, WE HAD TWO HELICOPTER SERGEANTS AND NOW WE NEED TWO WE NEED TO HIRE ANOTHER ONE.
SIX MONTHS. SO I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR FOUR.
NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.
YES. AND THIS IS NOT YOU ARE NOT ADDING A POSITION BY TAKING THIS ACTION.
YOU ARE JUST WAIVING THE SIX MONTH WAITING PERIOD FOR HIM TO RETURN.
SO THERE IS NO POSITION TO ADD THROUGH THIS ACTION.
I WON'T LABOR IT IF THERE'S A NEED TO GET A HELICOPTER PILOT, WE CAN'T DO IT.
AND THE POSITION IS A HELICOPTER PILOT, RIGHT? THAT'S THE POSITION THAT HE'S FILLING, RIGHT? A HELICOPTER PILOT, BECAUSE THE POSITION OF SERGEANT IS ALREADY FILLED? CHIEF. SO WE DO HAVE A SERGEANT POSITION THAT HAS BEEN FILLED BY A SERGEANT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE BRINGING HIM BACK TO ASSIST US TO MOVE THE ASU.
EXCUSE ME, THE AREA SUPPORT UNIT FORWARD SO WE CAN HAVE THE TRAINING AND THE PILOTS THAT WE NEED, INCLUDING THE TRANSFER OF LACK OF BETTER WORDS, KNOWLEDGE FROM ONE RETIRED TO A NEW POSITION IN ADDITION TO THE TRAINING.
THAT'S WHERE ERNIE'S JOB IS GOING TO BE.
SO HE'S ACTUALLY FUNCTIONING AS A CHIEF.
WAIT. SORRY. POLICE SERGEANT CHIEF HELICOPTER PILOT.
THAT IS THE POSITION THAT HE IS FILLING BECAUSE HE WILL BE TRAINING.
AND SO THAT IS THE NEED, IS THAT.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO BRING HIM BACK IN THIS POSITION.
IN SIX MONTHS WHEN HE LEAVES AND WE FILL THE POSITION.
WHAT WILL THE POSITION TITLE BE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS. SO WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK COVERAGE.
WHAT IS OUR APPROXIMATE COVERAGE WITH THE HELICOPTERS? BECAUSE OF MANDATORY TRAINING BESIDES DAYS OFF AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE DO NOT HAVE SEVEN.
SO WHENEVER WE CAN WE HAVE PEOPLE UP THERE.
I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE UP TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
RIGHT. AND THAT WAS MY OTHER QUESTION.
AND I MEANT TO REACH OUT TO YOU ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE I DID SEE THAT WE HAD, I THINK, ABOUT FIVE ACRE FIRE IN AT DEL VALLE AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER APPROXIMATE 3 TO 5 ACRES AT MISSION PEAK.
AND WHEN I AND THEN ALSO A RESCUE AT MISSION PEAK, WHICH I THINK IS IN THIS PACKET, AND IN ALL THREE OF THOSE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES THAT I READ, I SAW THAT IT WAS CAL FIRE THAT HAD RESPONDED TO EACH OF THOSE THREE SITUATIONS, THEIR HELICOPTER.
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HENCE WHY WE NEED TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE.AND SO WE REACH OUT TO OUR PARTNERS WHENEVER WE CAN.
CAL FIRE, ESPECIALLY AT THE MISSION PEAK.
MYSELF AND CAPTAIN KOTCHER WERE ACTUALLY ON SCENE AND CAL FIRE WAS THE CLOSEST ONE.
AND THEY RESPONDED, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH OTHER AGENCIES WHERE WE RESPOND FIRST.
AND THE DEL VALLE FIRE WAS NOT ON OUR IT WAS NOT OUR PROPERTY.
BECAUSE IT WAS REPORTED IN THE NEWSPAPER IT WAS OUR PROPERTY.
YES. BUT WE KNOW NOT TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING THE NEWSPAPERS PRINT.
YES, YES, YES. I'M NOT BEING CRITICAL.
BUT THAT'S AN INTERESTING CONCEPT YOU SAID SO.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PILOTS TO RUN THE HELICOPTER SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AND IF THERE'S A FIRE, WE NEED THEM THERE.
SO BY DEFINITION, WE NEED THEM THERE.
WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY OUTFITTING THESE PEOPLE, TRAINING THE HECK OUT OF THEM.
DO WE HAVE A MANDATORY CALLBACK? IT'S NOT MANDATORY CALLBACK, BUT BY HAVING WE HAVE MANDATORY TRAINING THAT WE HAVE TO ATTEND REGARDLESS OF THE POSITION OF PILOT, JUST AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THE MANDATORY TRAINING.
SO WE DO NOT HAVE A MANDATORY CALLBACK, BUT WE DO HAVE STAFF ASSIGNED TO IT, EXCEPT WHEN THEY'RE EITHER TRAINING OR VACATION THAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO TAKE. SO WE DON'T HAVE, UNLIKE ANY POLICE OFFICER WHO I CAN JUST REPLACE WITH ANOTHER PATROL OFFICER THIS IS SO SPECIALIZED, I DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF HAVING EXTRA PEOPLE THAT CAN JUST FLY THE CHOPPER.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND TO ADD WITH THAT, IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT FOR HELICOPTER PILOTS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO DO THAT.
AND IF IN FACT, THERE IS A FIRE, WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND MONEY INTO MAKING SURE WE HAVE THIS GREAT HELICOPTER, THIS GREAT FIREFIGHTING TOOL, WHY WOULDN'T WE HAVE A POLICY THAT WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A PILOT HERE, WE CAN CALL YOU BACK.
IF THERE'S A FIRE AND THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, WE CAN CALL YOU BACK.
AND TO DO OVERTIME, WE DO THAT.
WELL, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF EXCUSE ME.
NOT A LOT. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE AIR SUPPORT UNIT, THEY DO WORK PLENTY OF OVERTIME.
THEY ARE AVAILABLE, BUT THEY CAN ONLY WORK SO MANY HOURS BY LAW.
SO I NEED TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF AN EXTRA PERSON.
WE INVESTED AS A DISTRICT A TON OF MONEY IN THIS PERSON.
HE IS SO KNOWLEDGEABLE AND I WILL JUST LET HIM WALK OUT THE DOOR.
IT'S NOT GOOD STEWARDSHIP ON MY PART.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO RETAIN WHAT WE INVESTED IN HIM WHILE WE PREPARE THE NEXT PILOT.
AND JUST AS ALLYSON SAID, IT'S NOT EASILY DONE WHERE I CAN JUST GO OUT THERE AND FIND A PILOT.
ERNIE'S A GREAT PILOT AND I THINK HE'LL BE A GREAT ADDITION.
THE FAA REQUIRES YOU HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REST BEFORE YOU GET BACK INTO THAT COCKPIT.
LIKE WHEN YOU AND I WERE ON CALL FIREFIGHTERS, WE WOULD.
IT DIDN'T MATTER HOW MANY HOURS OF SLEEP WE WENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP, SO I'M ALL FOR IT.
ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS UP.
SO, IS THERE A MOTION? I WILL MOVE TO ACCEPT.
SECOND. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? YES, PRESIDENT ECHOLS.
OKAY. DID WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION? WE DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
OKAY, GREAT. BUT I DID FOR THE GM COMMENTS IS NOT ON THERE FOR SOME REASON.
I DID WANT TO BEFORE HE LEAVES THE ROOM, I WANTED TO HE'S NOT LISTENING TO ME NOW.
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE A VERY QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT WHILE HE'S HERE, THAT WE ARE SO THRILLED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THE PROMOTION OF GIORGIO CHEVEZ HERE TO THE POSITION OF CAPTAIN.
THE CHIEF NOW HAS HIS SENIOR COMMAND POSITIONS ALL FILLED WITH THE PERMANENT STAFF.
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ALL RIGHT, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO BOARD COMMENTS.[BOARD COMMENTS]
DEE IF YOU'RE READY, I'M GOING TO START AT YOUR END.LET'S SEE, AFTER THE LAST BOARD MEETING THAT WAS ON THE 18TH.
ON 6-21, I ATTENDED THE BOARD SITE TOUR AT BRIONES, AND WHICH WAS GREAT.
I JUST LOVED ESPECIALLY THAT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THE WATER SYSTEM THERE AT BRIONES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGER ONES.
SO IT IN MANY OF OUR PARKS, WE ARE THE WATER DISTRICT.
OH, NO. JUST HAD SOME CONSTITUENT MEETING.
ON THE 25TH, I ATTENDED THE EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS AT ROBERTS.
THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT THERE IN THE REDWOODS, AND I THINK WE HAD OVER 100 PEOPLE ATTEND BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY, AND IT WAS ALSO ESPECIALLY I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO KAREN MCCLENDON CELEBRATING HER 40 PLUS YEARS.
IT WAS, YEAH, QUITE SOMETHING.
AND THEN ON THE NIGHT A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING OF FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING FOR PERALTA OAKS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE. THERE'S A LETTER CIRCULATING.
THE WORLD CUP IS COMING TO THE EAST BAY IN 2026.
AND THERE ARE NO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE EAST BAY ON THAT COMMITTEE.
SO THERE'S A LETTER CIRCULATING ASKING TO PUT MEMBERS FROM THE OAKLAND COMMUNITY ON THAT.
I'LL SEND YOU GUYS COPIES OF THE LETTER.
BUT IT'S ASKING REPRESENTATION FROM THE PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAMS, THE ROOTS AND THE SOUL.
AND ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE OAKLAND BALLERS, WHICH IS THE NEW BASEBALL TEAM.
I'LL CIRCULATE THAT FOR YOU GUYS TO SIGN ON AT YOUR LEISURE AND THEN ALSO IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT RM FOUR, WHICH IS THE HOUSING INITIATIVE THAT PUT ON BY MPC AND ABAG, IS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT 2024.
BUT THIS IS THE INCREASE OF THE BRIDGE TOLLS.
SO 55% OF THAT IS GOING TO GO INTO THE DUMBARTON CORRIDOR.
SO LOTS OF LOTS OF MONEY GOING TO THAT, THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR.
AND THEN ALSO AS YOU KNOW THE SO-CALLED TAXPAYER PROTECTION ACT WAS DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL, WHICH IS A GOOD A GOOD DECISION.
AND THEN THERE WAS A PRESENTATION BY BCDC ON THE RESILIENCY PLAN FOR, THE BAY AREA AND THROUGH SO THEIR PLAN THROUGH SB 272.
AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THERE ARE SEA LEVEL RISE GRANTS AVAILABLE NOW.
SO BART, YOU GOT ANY STUFF GOING ON? GET ON BOARD.
DIRECTOR COFFEY WAS LIKE A LITTLE KID IN A CANDY SHOP.
AND THEN ON THE 14TH, I ATTENDED THE VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION EVENT AT LITTLE HILLS.
WHAT A GREAT EVENT! I TOOK THE PLUNGE TWICE AND DONATED $50 [INAUDIBLE] TO THE FOUNDATION.
AND THEN TODAY'S MEETING, AND THEN I GOT READY OH I MET WITH A CONSTITUENT, AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE JUST GOT A GRANT FOR SHUTTLES FOR ACCESS TO PARK PROGRAMS. THAT'S FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THEY GOT A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
SO I THINK IT'S I THINK AS SOON AS I GET THE NAME OF THAT GRANT, I'LL FORWARD IT TO EVERYBODY.
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THAT WOULD BE GREAT.AND THEN AND THEN REGARDING THE CSDA AWARD TOTALLY TOOK ME BY SURPRISE.
IT'S I MEAN, IT REALLY IS REFLECTION NOT JUST ON REALLY ISN'T A REFLECTION.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY A REFLECTION OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE PARKS THAT REALLY MAKE US LOOK SO GOOD IN THE EYES OF A FELLOW DIRECTORS EVERYWHERE.
AND I'M JUST RIDING ON THE COATTAILS OF WHAT, THIS DISTRICT DOES.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THAT.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S DECIDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WHEN WE DO OUR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, IN TERMS OF WHICH BOARD DIRECTORS ARE ASSIGNED TO THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS? YOU CAN GO.
BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS A NEW WORK.
I WOULD HAVE MADE AN EFFORT. YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T GO.
YEAH, YEAH, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT.
SO. YEAH, YOU JUST LET IT SHOULDN'T BE ON YOUR CALENDAR USUALLY.
OKAY. I'LL DOUBLE CHECK. THANK YOU.
YOUR CALENDAR, ALL YOU NEED IS I GET, I GUESS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN GOING FOR SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD.
SO I GET THE EMAILS ALL THE TIME.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET THOSE.
YES, WE CAN JUST WE CAN JUST ADD YOU TO THEIR EMAIL LIST.
SO, SO DIRECTOR ROSARIO ATTITUDE IS THAT CALIFORNIA IS SUCH A BIG STATE.
THERE MUST BE SOMEBODY ELSE OUT THERE THAT'S BETTER.
OKAY, SO I MISSED THE LAST MEETING, SO I GOT KIND OF A LONG LIST HERE.
NOT TOO MUCH LONGER, BECAUSE I THINK I ONLY DID ONE THING BECAUSE I WASN'T FEELING WELL, BUT I WENT TO THE BRIONES PILOT PROJECT MEETING OUT THERE AT BRIONES, AND WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT.
AND I THINK THAT WAS A, I THINK THE POSITIVE THERE WAS A POSITIVE FEELING THERE FOR THAT.
ON THE JUNE 24TH, I HAD MY BOARD WARD TOUR AND WE WENT TO THURGOOD MARSHALL, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50, AND I ACTUALLY LEARNED NEW STUFF THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS GOING ON THERE.
AND ANYWAY, THAT WAS PRODUCTIVE.
AND THEN WE WENT AND VISITED A RENTAL PROPERTY THAT THE DISTRICT HAS THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE A RENTAL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
ON JUNE 25TH I ATTENDED THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING WHERE THERE WAS A PROCLAMATION CONGRATULATING US ON OUR 90TH ANNIVERSARY.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION, BUT ANYWAY, I WAS THERE.
ON THE 26TH DIRECTOR COFFEY AND I WERE IN THAT ROOM RIGHT BACK OVER THERE TALKING RECORDING A PODCAST FOR WHAT'S CALLED THE CAPSTONE CONVERSATION.
AND I THINK THAT ONE IS GOING TO BE PUT ON THE AIR AT THE END OF AUGUST.
DON'T TELL ANYONE. SO I DON'T HAVE TO REMIND THEM, BUT I CAN TELL THEM NOW.
YEAH. ANYWAY, BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, I THINK WE YOU WERE REALLY GOOD.
YOU WERE REALLY COVERING THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE COVERED.
SO. SO, YEAH ON THE 28TH, I MET WITH LUZ GOMEZ, WHO IS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF EAST BAY MUD'S BOARD.
WE WENT OUT AND WALKED ON THE.
SHE REPRESENTS THE AREA SHE REPRESENTS ON THE EAST BAY MUD BOARD.
IT COINCIDES GREATLY WITH MY WARD, BUT SHE HAS THE SAN RAMON VALLEY.
ON JUNE 2ND THIS IS SOMETHING I RECOMMEND TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T DONE IT.
AND I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, I HAD SOMEWHAT OF AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY WERE ALL ABOUT.
AND I'D SEEN SOME OF THEIR STAFF WHEN WE HAD THAT 40TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY IN OAKLAND.
YOU KNOW, I GOT A VERY POSITIVE IMPRESSION OF THEIR FOLKS THAT WORK THERE.
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BUT WHEN I WENT AND SAW THEM ALL GATHERING IN THE MORNING BEFORE THEY WENT OUT AND JUST IT'S JUST A GREAT WHAT AN AMAZING PROGRAM THAT IS.AND IT MAKES IT CHANGES PEOPLE'S LIVES.
IT'S JUST GOT EVERYTHING GOING FOR IT.
IT PROVIDES A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE WERE IN ON THEIR FORMATION, LIKE I THINK FROM DAY ONE, ALMOST.
AND I KNOW DIRECTOR COFFEY VISITED THEIR FACILITY, THEIR NEW FACILITY IN PITTSBURGH.
AND I'D LIKE TO SOMEDAY I'LL GO OUT AND VISIT THEM OUT THERE, TOO.
ON JULY 4TH OUR VOLUNTEER SAFETY PATROL MARCHED IN THE DANVILLE 4TH OF JULY PARADE, AND THEY SINCE THAT'S IN MY WARD, I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY ASKED ME TO GO IN IT, AND I DID, AND WAVE TO 30,000 PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY.
YEAH. IT'S A PRETTY LONG PARADE, ACTUALLY.
ON JULY 8TH I ATTENDED THE CALIFORNIA RECREATIONAL TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
THIS IS A IT WAS A ZOOM MEETING, BUT THIS IS A COMMITTEE THAT I'VE BEEN ON FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
I'M CURRENTLY THE CHAIR OF IT.
IT IS A COMMITTEE THAT WAS THAT WAS THAT WAS DICTATED BY FEDERAL LAW THAT IF YOU WANT TO GET THE FEDERAL ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MONEY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN YOUR STATE AND YOU HAVE TO MEET ONCE A YEAR.
SO AND IT'S FOR BOTH MOTORIZED AND NON-MOTORIZED TRAILS.
AND SO I GET TO INTERACT WITH THE MOTORIZED FOLKS TOO IN THAT COMMITTEE.
AND THAT'S STAFFED BY STATE PARKS.
SO I GET TO INTERACT WITH STATE PARKS.
SO IT'S A GREAT, GREAT EXPERIENCE.
LATER THAT DAY, JULY 8TH, I MET WITH COUNCILMEMBER CARLYN OBRINGER.
JUST TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT COINCIDE WITH THE PARK DISTRICT.
SHE'S ALSO ON OUR PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE REASON TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK.
ON JULY 9TH, I HAD A TRIPLE HEADER HERE.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, AND THEN I HAD LUNCH WITH AGM SPAULDING.
JUST TO KIND OF GET TO KNOW HER A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND TALK ABOUT THINGS FINANCE RELATED.
AND THEN THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE SPECIAL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THERE.
ON JULY 11TH, I MET WITH A CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY STAFF MEMBER, COLIN CLARK, WHO HE'S KIND OF THEIR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION GUY.
YOU KNOW, I'LL MEET WHENEVER YOU WANT, WHEREVER YOU WANT.
BUT I ACTUALLY TARGETED THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.
WE'D MET IN THE FIELD, AND I SHOWED HIM THE PROJECT OF THAT CONCORD HAS SET UP IN THEIR CIP TO PROVIDE A MULTI-USE TRAIL UP TO THURGOOD MARSHALL, SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE IT IN THEIR CIP.
I WANTED HIM TO BE SURE THAT HE KNEW WHAT A GREAT PROJECT THAT IS.
AND TO PERHAPS HELP THEM WITH THE FUNDING, BECAUSE IT IS AN UNFUNDED PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
I WENT TO THE MAYOR'S CONTRA COSTA MAYOR'S CONFERENCE IN ORINDA ON JULY 11TH, AND ON THE 14TH I ALSO WENT TO THE VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION EVENT.
HADN'T BEEN TO I HADN'T BEEN TO ONE OF THOSE SINCE I WAS A VOLUNTEER.
AND IT'S I'M SURE IT'S BETTER NOW THAN IT EVER WAS.
IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT. AND SO I ACTUALLY GOT TO TALK TO QUITE A FEW FOLKS THERE, VOLUNTEERS THERE, AND GOT SOME A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA BACKGROUND ABOUT WHAT THE VOLUNTEERS ARE DOING.
ON THE 21ST, I DID THE BIKE BOARD SITE TOUR AT THE BRIONES PILOT PROJECT.
I LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THAT.
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SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION.BUT IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT TOUR.
AND GEEZ, I THINK IT WAS THE END OF JUNE.
I ATTENDED THE HAYWARD STREET FAIR, WHICH IS A STREET FAIR IN HAYWARD.
LOTS OF PEOPLE COME OUT INTO HAYWARD STREET THE OF NOTE.
HASPA HAD A BOOTH OUT THERE, SO IT'S GREAT.
WE GOT A BIG MAP OF THE HAYWARD SHORELINE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST OF NOTE, BECAUSE HE'S HERE, I CAN EMBARRASS HIM.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU REMEMBER, IN YOUR CONSENT CALENDAR, WE EXTENDED THE CONTRACT OF ENT INC.
AND I THINK HE'S REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB TO MAKE US MORE MODERN AND RELEVANT, I GUESS.
THAT WAS THE YEAR OF THE STRIKE.
SO THREE MONTHS PARK RANGERS DIDN'T GET HIRED UNTIL JULY.
AND EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO DON CASTRO COMES, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A NEW EMPLOYEE.
YOU DON'T GET YOUR KEYS TILL YOUR BOSS COMES IN.
AND SO I COME IN AND I'M GOING TO JUMP UP IN MY SPOT ON MY ROCK WALL.
AND THERE'S THIS GUY THERE THAT I'VE NEVER MET BEFORE.
I SAID, DUDE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? HE GOES, I WORK HERE AND THE REST IS HISTORY.
I REMEMBER YOUR WORDS AS YOU TOOK MY JOB.
SO AFTER OUR BIG BREAK MEETING, WE HAD THE SITE TOUR BRIONES ON THE 21ST.
I WAS ALSO AT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CSDA MEETING ON JULY 8TH.
WE STARTED THAT DAY WITH A PATTERSON PASS TOUR, WHICH IS OUT.
AND IT WAS GREAT TO BE BACK AT ZONE SEVEN.
SO SO WE WENT TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THE MORNING, AND THEN WE HAD LUNCH IN THE MEETING AT THE ZONE SEVEN OFFICES, WHICH IS NEAR THE LIVERMORE, COSTCO AND LAS POSITAS COLLEGE, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE LOCATION.
AND IT WAS GREAT TO BE BACK. I ACTUALLY HADN'T BEEN BACK THERE SINCE 2022, SO THAT WAS A NICE DAY.
LARPD, THE LIVERMORE AREA RECREATION AND PARKS DISTRICT, AS WELL AS SOME FOLKS WHO SIT ON THE ALAMEDA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE. I THINK IT'S AAC.
SO I MIGHT BE MISSING AN A THERE.
AND THEN JULY 9TH, WE HAD OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE.
AND THE NEXT DAY, JULY 10TH, I DID PUT IN A REQUEST FOR THIS TO BE SHARED WITH EACH OF YOU.
AND I BELIEVE WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE TO APPROVE SHARING THAT LETTER.
BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
ABSOLUTELY. IT INVOLVES THE DEL VALLE KIOSK.
THANK YOU. I CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE ON THE MARSH CREEK WATERSHED COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORTS AND ATTENDED THE BYLAWS COMMITTEE OF SAME ON THE 18TH OF JUNE.
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ON THE 20TH, I HAD A JUST AN INFORMAL GATHERING WITH THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MAUREEN TOMS AND THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT FIELD DIRECTOR FOR RODEO, HEIDI PETTY.AND WE WALKED AROUND THE WATERFRONT SHORELINE OF RODEO TO TALK ABOUT OUR RESPECTIVE VISIONING FOR RODEOS WATERFRONT. ON THE 21ST, I ATTENDED THE GARAMENDI PRESS CONFERENCE IN MARTINEZ WITH PRESIDENT ECHOLS BY WHICH THE CONGRESSMAN AWARDED THE CHECK FOR THE MARTINEZ BAY TRAIL GAP CLOSURE FUNDING THAT HE WAS BRINGING TO US.
AND THAT AFTERNOON ON THE 21ST, I ATTENDED THE BOARD SITE VISIT AT BRIONES.
ON THE 24TH I HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING WITH THE PAC AND BEING THE BOARD REPRESENTATIVE AND TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORIC GROWTH PATTERNS OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
ON THE 25TH, I ATTENDED THE EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS AT ROBERTS WITH DIRECTOR ROSARIO.
ON THE 29TH, DIRECTOR MERCURIO AND I DID THE CAPSTONE PODCAST AND THAT EVENING I ATTENDED AN EVENT WITH THE NEW EB MUD DIRECTOR, THAT DIRECTOR MERCURIO MENTIONED, LUIS GÓMEZ, WHO WILL BE A GOOD PERSON FOR LIAISON WITH THE PARK DISTRICT.
ON THE 28TH, I ATTENDED MY ONE ON ONE WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER.
ON THE 29TH, MILA AND I SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY AT THE MARTINEZ BEAVER FESTIVAL WITH THE MOBILE VISITOR CENTER AND THE MOBILE FISH AQUARIUM AT WHICH THE PARK DISTRICT RECEIVES A GREAT OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND AFFECTION FROM THE CITIZENS OF MARTINEZ, WHICH I'VE BEEN DOING THAT EVENT FOR TEN YEARS BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH FUN TO ATTEND AND INTERACT WITH MARTINEZ RESIDENTS.
ON THE 30TH, I ATTENDED AN EVENT FOR OUR FORMER PAC CHAIR, CARLYN OBRINGER.
ON JULY 2ND, I HAD A MEETING THAT WAS FACILITATED BY OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT WITH THE DEVELOPERS OF ZIKA RANCH OUT IN ANTIOCH.
TO GET TO KNOW THEM A LITTLE, THEY ARE ADVANCING THEIR PROJECT PLANS WITH THE CITY OF ANTIOCH AND ARE REACHING OUT TO VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AND INTEREST GROUPS AS THEY PROCEED WITH THAT PROCESS.
THAT WEEKEND OF THE FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH IN WHICH WE HAD MANY PARK CLOSURES.
IT STRUCK ME A LOT LIKE WHEN WE WERE CLOSED DOWN FOR COVID, I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN HOW OUR STAFF WERE DEALING WITH 30 PARKS CLOSED AND SHORELINE PARKS OPEN, AND I SO MY WIFE AND I JUST DID A TOUR OF CLOSED PARKS AND TALKED TO STAFF AND SAW HOW TO TRY TO GET A FEEL FOR HOW OUR PUBLIC WAS DEALING WITH THE CLOSURES AND THE HEAT AND THE RELATIVE CROWDS THAT WERE AROUND AT THE SHORELINE PARK.
IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO GET THAT EXPERIENCE FIRSTHAND OF WHAT IT MEANT.
AND I WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, NO HURRY, BUT THAT THE FIRE CHIEF OR WHOMEVER THE GM THINKS OR CERTAINLY OPERATIONS PEOPLE.
BUT I THINK IT'D BE REALLY GOOD FOR THE BOARD TO GET SOME KIND OF DEBRIEFING OF WHAT WENT INTO THE DECISIONS THAT DAY TO DAY DECISIONS. THIS WAS HIGHLY SCIENTIFIC, I UNDERSTAND WE PUT OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
I JUST THINK IT'D BE WORTH DOING.
I DON'T REMEMBER CLOSING PARKS FOR THAT LONG A PERIOD OF TIME, AND I PERSONALLY WAS PLEASED THAT, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GET A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON IT.
AND I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE BOARD TO KNOW HOW OUR FIRE CHIEF AND OUR GENERAL MANAGER AND THE OPERATIONS FOLKS HANDLED THAT.
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IT HAD TO I KNOW THEY PUT IN A LOT OF EFFORT, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF THINKING THAT WENT ALONG.INTERACTION WITH CAL FIRE AND COCOA FIRE IN CONTRA COSTA.
SO I WOULD JUST SUGGEST YOU THINK ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF FUTURE PRESENTATION FOR US. NO HURRY.
WHERE WAS I MET FOR PREPARATION FOR THE ALLEGED COMMITTEE WITH ERICH AND LISA ON THE EIGHTH.
YOU DO A WONDERFUL JOB AT CHAIRING THOSE COMMITTEES DIRECTOR.
AND ON THAT EVENING AND I DID ATTEND THE ALAMEDA MAYORS CONFERENCE DOWN IN NEWARK AND THE NEXT EVENING, THE CONTRA COSTA MAYORS CONFERENCE.
ON THE 12TH, I ATTENDED THE RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER TODAY, IT SEEMS LIKE HOURS AGO.
AND WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE CITY'S CONSIDERATION OF THE POINT MOLATE.
SO FIRST OF ALL, ON JUNE 19TH, I MET WITH SOME OF THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE KIDS IN THE JUNIOR RANGER PROGRAM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AND CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM.
ON THE 21ST, AS YOU HEARD FROM COLLIN, WE WERE THERE TO RECEIVE A VERY LARGE ACTUALLY, PHYSICALLY AND OTHERWISE CHECK FOR $900,000 TO HELP CLOSE THAT GAP IN THE BAY TRAIL.
AND THAT SAME DAY WENT TO THE BOARD SITE VISIT IN BRIONES AND THEN ON THE 27TH MET WITH STAFF ON THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES, AND THEN ON THE 15TH OF JULY ATTENDED A MEETING WITH THE BERKELEY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL.
AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK CHIEF THIELE AND ASSISTANT CHIEF HELAE FOR COMING AND REALLY REPRESENTING US WELL IN TERMS OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE PARK DISTRICT IS DOING, AND REALLY WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOB THE TEAM HAS DONE IN TERMS OF GETTING GRANTS AND, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTING THOSE GRANTS AND THEN GETTING MORE GRANTS.
AND REALLY, AS YOU KNOW, I'M SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE TO PREVENT AND MITIGATE AND RESPOND TO FIRES BECAUSE THERE WERE ACTUALLY SEVERAL FIRES THAT STARTED THE WEEK OF JULY 4TH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT UP THERE ON GRIZZLY PEAK, NOT FAR FROM WHERE I LIVE.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK ON THESE ISSUES.
AND THEN ALSO, OF COURSE, I WON'T SAY A LOT ABOUT POINT MOLATE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT, BUT I AM JUST I JUST CAN'T SAY HOW HAPPY AND PLEASED I AM THAT THIS HAS ALL COME TOGETHER.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LONG WAYS TO GO.
SO I WANT TO THANK AGAIN, EVERYBODY.
I WON'T NAME EVERYBODY THIS TIME, BUT EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED.
AND THAT'S I THINK WITH THAT WE CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING UNLESS DIRECTOR ROSARIO.
I HAVE A GOOD WORD FOR ONE OF OUR FORMER EMPLOYEES, JAN SOUTHWORTH.
WAS DIAGNOSED RATHER QUICKLY WITH PANCREATIC CANCER, AND SHE'S ALREADY IN HOSPICE.
SO IT'S, THE UPON DIAGNOSIS AND TO WHERE SHE IS AT NOW VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
SO WE OUR CONDOLENCES TO HER, TO THE FAMILY.
YEAH. SHE'S NOT ONLY IN HOSPICE.
SHE'S IN THE HOSPITAL UNRESPONSIVE.
SO, JAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER.
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SHE COINED THE TERM EXPERIMENTAL ARCHEOLOGY, I THINK BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONE THAT GOT A BUNCH OF FOLKS DOWN AT COYOTE HILLS TO PICK A BUNCH OF REEDS, TO BUILD A REED BOAT, AND HAVE THEORY THAT NATIVE AMERICANS IN COYOTE HILLS WOULD PADDLE ACROSS THE BAY AND TRADE GOODS WITH PEOPLE ON WELL, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BAY.AND BOY, THAT THING, IT WAS EFFECTIVE AND A GREAT BOAT, BUT BOY, IT WAS WATERLOGGED.
JUST A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PERSON.
OKAY, SO THE MEETING OF JULY 16TH, 2024 IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 5:10 P.M..
THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 30TH, 2024.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.