[Roll Call] [00:00:05] OKAY. HELLO, EVERYONE. LONG TIME NO SEE. IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE HERE. SO THIS IS A REGULAR PARK ADVISORY MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON AUGUST 26, 2024. BEGINNING AT, IT LOOKS LIKE 4:02 P.M.. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? ABSOLUTELY. MEMBER CHANG. CHANG, NOT PRESENT. MEMBER CLAXTON. HERE. CLAXTON AYE. MEMBER DESCHAMBAULT. DESCHAMBAULT NOT PRESENT. MEMBER DIETER. HERE. DIETER HERE. MEMBER ESPAÑA. PRESENT. ESPAÑA PRESENT. MEMBER FARMER. FARMER NOT PRESENT. MEMBER HENRY. HERE. HENRY HERE. MEMBER LOPEZ. HERE. LOPEZ HERE. MEMBER MAHADEVAN. HERE. MAHADEVAN HERE. MEMBER MARSH. MEMBER MARSH NOT PRESENT. MEMBER MENDOZA. HERE. MENDOZA HERE. MEMBER OBRINGER. OBRINGER NOT HERE. MEMBER PEOPLES. PRESENT. PEOPLES PRESENT. MEMBER REED. PRESENT. REED PRESENT. MEMBER SIMMONS. PRESENT. SIMMONS PRESENT. MEMBER SKAREDOFF. HERE. SKAREDOFF HERE. CHAIR TSUTSUI. HERE. HERE. MEMBER VALENZUELA. HERE. VAL HERE. MEMBER WILLIAMS NOT HERE. THAT CONCLUDES ROLL CALL. EXCUSE ME, I'M HERE. THIS IS DENNISHA MARSH. THANK YOU. MEMBER MARSH RECORDED. WELCOME. GREAT. THANK YOU, AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE TRICKLE IN. SO TODAY'S MEETING IS HELD PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT. THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICTS, OR PARK DISTRICT INTENDS TO HOLD MEETINGS THROUGH A HYBRID PLATFORM OF IN-PERSON AND REMOTE ATTENDANCE TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE VIA REMOTE ATTENDANCE THROUGH THE PARK DISTRICT'S VIRTUAL PLATFORM, ZOOM. THE PARK ADVISORY MEMBERS AND DESIGNATED STAFF WILL, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, PARTICIPATE IN PERSON AT THE PARK DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS, 2950 PERALTA OAKS COURT, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. OCCASIONALLY, MEMBERS OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MAY ATTEND REMOTELY PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, AS AMENDED BY AB 2449. PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953, SUBDIVISION B, ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER DENNISHA MARSH WILL BE PARTICIPATING FROM 352 SHORELINE DRIVE, PITTSBURG, CALIFORNIA. THIS NOTICE AND AGENDA WILL BE POSTED AT THE TELECONFERENCE LOCATION ACCESSIBILITY TWO AND PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THIS ADDRESS WILL BE PROVIDED AS REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953 B3. MEMBER MARSH ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS PRESENT AT YOUR LOCATION 18 OR OLDER? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE ARE PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO IN PERSON OR LIVE VIA ZOOM BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL OR LEAVING A VOICEMAIL. THIS INFORMATION IS NOTED ON THE AGENDA. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE MEETING PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN. SEEING NO QUESTIONS, I WILL HAND IT OFF TO VICE CHAIR ESPAÑA FOR OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. OKAY. WE HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED LANDS OF THE OHLONE PEOPLE, AND THAT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HUCHIUN TERRITORY, WHICH IS OUR TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL AND SHARED HOME. SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THE OHLONE PEOPLE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN RECIPROCITY WITH NATURE, UNDERSTANDING THE SEASONS AND THE CYCLES OF THE NATURAL WORLD, MANAGING RESOURCES FUNDAMENTAL FOR SURVIVAL AND IMPORTANT TO THE 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 SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL AND WHO CONTINUE TO REMAIN DEEPLY CONNECTED TO IT TODAY. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR ESPAÑA. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY DUE TO AN EMERGENCY THAT WISH TO REQUEST THE BODY'S APPROVAL TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL PROCEED. SO WE HAVE BEFORE WE SORT OF LEAP INTO OUR PROGRAMING TODAY, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT, AS I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE, SADLY, DIRECTOR CORBETT PASSED AWAY WITHIN THE PAST MONTH, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MEMBERS OF OUR BODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND MAYBE HAVE SOME REMEMBRANCES, AND SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE A SPACE FOR THAT DURING FOR PAC MEMBERS DURING THE ANNOUNCEMENT SECTION AT THE END OF THE MEETING. [00:05:05] SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT, THEN YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO, AND I'VE ALSO ASKED IF WE CAN ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT THE END IN MEMORY OF DIRECTOR CORBETT, AND SO WE WILL DO THAT ONCE WE REACH THE END OF THE MEETING. [Approval of Minutes] SO TODAY WE HAVE A VARIETY OF MINUTES TO APPROVE A BACKLOG OF SEVERAL MONTHS. HOPEFULLY YOU ALL WENT BACK AND WERE ABLE TO REMINISCE, LOOKING THROUGH THESE THREE MONTHS OF MINUTES AND REMEMBER ALL THE GROUND THAT WE'VE COVERED. SO WE HAVE APRIL, MAY AND JUNE THAT WERE INCLUDED WITHIN OUR AGENDA PACKET, AND SO LET'S TAKE APRIL 1ST. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE APRIL MINUTES? YES, MEMBER HENRY. SO IT INDICATES ROLL CALL, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY WHO WAS THERE OR NOT THERE. SO PERHAPS WE COULD AMEND THAT AFTER THE FACT. MADAM CLERK, COULD WE DO THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY CHAIR. SO WITH THAT AMENDMENT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES. SO MOVED BY PEOPLES. SECOND. SECOND BY HENRY. SO, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AGAIN? ABSOLUTELY. MEMBER CHANG. MEMBER CLAXTON. AYE. CLAXTON AYE. MEMBER DESCHAMBAULT. MEMBER DIETER. AYE. DIETER AYE. MEMBER ESPAÑA. AYE. ESPAÑA AYE. MEMBER FARMER. AYE. FARMER AYE. MEMBER HENRY. YES. HENRY AYE. MEMBER LOPEZ. AYE. LOPEZ AYE. MEMBER MAHADEVAN. AYE. MEMBER MAHADEVAN AYE. MARSH. AYE. MEMBER MARSH AYE. MEMBER MENDOZA. AYE. MENDOZA AYE. MEMBER PEOPLES. AYE. PEOPLES AYE. MEMBER REID. AYE. REID AYE. MEMBER SIMMONS. YES. SIMMONS AYE. MEMBER SKAREDOFF. AYE. SKAREDOFF AYE. MEMBER TSUTSUI AYE. TSUTSUI AYE. MEMBER VALENZUELA. AYE. VALENZUELA AYE. MEMBER WILLIAMS. MOTION PASSES. GREAT. THANK YOU, AND SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO MAY. ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE TO THE MAY MINUTES? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES. SO MOVED. I SAW VALENZUELA'S HAND FIRST, SO I'LL TAKE YOU AS A SECOND, IGOR. OKAY, SO MOVED BY VALENZUELA, SECOND BY SKAREDOFF. MADAM SECRETARY, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ONCE AGAIN? ABSOLUTELY. MEMBER CHANG. MEMBER CLAXTON. AYE. CLAXTON AYE. MEMBER DESCHAMBAULT. MEMBER DIETER. AYE. DIETER AYE. MEMBER ESPAÑA. AYE. ESPAÑA AYE. MEMBER FARMER. AYE. FARMER AYE. MEMBER HENRY. YES. HENRY AYE. MEMBER LOPEZ. AYE. LOPEZ AYE. MEMBER MAHADEVAN. AYE. MAHADEVAN AYE. MEMBER MARSH. AYE. MARSH AYE. MEMBER MENDOZA. AYE. MENDOZA AYE. MEMBER OBRINGER. MEMBER PEOPLES. AYE. PEOPLES AYE. MEMBER REID. AYE. REID AYE. MEMBER SIMMONS. YES. SIMMONS AYE. MEMBER SKAREDOFF. AYE. SKAREDOFF AYE. MEMBERS TSUTSUI. AYE. TSUTSUI AYE. MEMBER VALENZUELA. AYE. VALENZUELA AYE. MEMBERS WILLIAMS. MOTION PASSES. GREAT. THANK YOU, AND ONE MORE TIME. JUNE MINUTES. ANY CHANGES? CORRECTIONS. UPDATES. YOU KNOW THE DRILL. SEEING NONE. I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MEMBER DIETER. SECOND. SECOND FARMER. SO MOVED BY DIETER. SECOND BY FARMER. MADAM SECRETARY, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MEMBER CHANG. MEMBER CLAXTON. AYE. CLAXTON AYE. MEMBER DESCHAMBAULT. MEMBER DIETER. AYE. DIETER. AYE. MEMBER ESPAÑA. ABSTAIN. ESPAÑA ABSTAIN. MEMBER FARMER. AYE. FARMER AYE. MEMBER HENRY. YES. HENRY. AYE. MEMBER LOPEZ. AYE. LOPEZ AYE. MEMBER MAHADEVAN. ABSTAIN. MAHADEVAN ABSTAIN. MEMBER MARSH. AYE. MARSH AYE. MEMBER MENDOZA. AYE. MENDOZA AYE. MEMBER PEOPLES AYE. PEOPLES AYE. MEMBER REID. AYE. MEMBER REID AYE. MEMBER SIMMONS. YES. SIMMONS AYE. MEMBER SKAREDOFF. AYE. SKAREDOFF AYE. MEMBER TSUTSUI AYE. [00:10:02] TSUTSUI AYE. MEMBER VALENZUELA. AYE. VALENZUELA AYE. MEMBER WILLIAMS. MOTION CARRIES. GREAT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. WE ARE ALL CAUGHT UP. WHAT A RELIEF THAT IS. [Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda] SO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA ARE COMMENTS. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. I HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS. THE FIRST IS FROM JACOB PARK. JACOB? ARE YOU. YEAH. SO PLEASE OH, SURE. SO THAT'S JOHN KIRKHAM. OKAY. MR. KIRKHAM, AND SO, MADAM CLERK, I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL RUN THE TIMER AND SO, MR. KIRKHAM, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR COMMENTS AND ARE WE READY WITH THE TIMER? EXCELLENT. SO YOU MAY BEGIN. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND ESPECIALLY YOUR WORK AS VOLUNTEERS. I'M HERE TODAY ABOUT GRIZZLY PEAK. I ALSO JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. SO IF I'M BEING A LITTLE CHOPPY. EXCUSE ME. SO I'M THE GUY WHO'S BEEN PLANNING AND LEADING VOLUNTEER TRASH CLEANUPS UP THERE. I'M JUST AN AVERAGE CITIZEN. I DON'T HAVE ANY TRAINING OR EXPERIENCE, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST TEN MONTHS ON THE THREE MILE STRETCH BETWEEN CENTENNIAL AND CLAREMONT, AND IN THAT TIME, WE'VE PULLED OUT OVER 18 TONS OF LITTER AND ILLEGAL DUMPING. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN OUR GIANT PILES ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SO THE PROBLEM WE'RE RUNNING INTO UP THERE IS THAT THERE ARE NO BASIC LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. THERE'S NO TRASH CANS. THERE'S NO LITTER CLEANUPS. THERE'S NO CLEANUPS OF ILLEGAL DUMPING, AND ON A BROADER LEVEL, THERE'S A SENSE AMONG THE AGENCIES, THE LANDOWNERS. SO UC BERKELEY AND OAKLAND, THAT THEY VIEW GRIZZLY PEAK AS A PROBLEM RATHER THAN AN OPPORTUNITY. SO I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THE PARK DISTRICT TO TAKE OVER THESE CLEAN AND ACCESSIBLE SPACES. AND THE REASON WHY I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE GRIZZLY PEAK IS REALLY A NATURAL WONDER IF ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN UP THERE FOR A SUNSET OR A SUNRISE. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPOTS IN THE BAY. PROBABLY THE BEST VIEW IN THE BAY, AND I THINK IF IT WAS DEVELOPED AS A SPACE THAT EVERYONE WANTED TO USE, IT WOULD BE A REAL STRONG NATURAL ATTRACTION. THE REASON I'M REACHING OUT TO THE PARKS IS YOU GUYS ARE THE EXPERTS ON CREATING AWESOME WILD LAND SPACES FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY. ALSO, GRIZZLY PEAK BOULEVARD IS THE ENTRANCE TO YOUR PARK, WHICH IS THE ENTRANCE TO TILDEN, WHICH IS THE JEWEL OF YOUR SYSTEM. SO AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, VISITORS HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH AN OPEN DUMP TO GET TO THAT SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, ANOTHER POINT I HAVE ABOUT THE TRASH UP THERE IS IT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE STATE OF OUR SOCIETY. WHEN WE LET OUR COMMON AREAS GET LITTERED, IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WE VIEW EACH OTHER AND HOW WE WORK AS A UNIT. IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT OUR DEMOCRACY. SO I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CLEANING UP GRIZZLY PEAK. I'VE BEEN IN THE NEWS FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS. OAKLANDSIDE IS RELEASING A LONG FORM PIECE ON GRIZZLY PEAKS DUMPING TODAY, SO THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO SOME RANDO LIKE ME UNLESS THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR WHAT I'M DOING. THE PARK DISTRICT'S OWN POLLING FIRM JUST REPORTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN FOR VOTERS IN 2024 IS LITTER AND ILLEGAL DUMPING. HE SPECIFICALLY CALLED THAT GRIZZLY PEAK. SO I THINK THERE'S A SENSE THAT VOTERS WANT TO SEE OUR COMMON AREAS CLEANED UP. THEY WANT TO SEE THEM FUNCTIONAL. THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH AN OPEN DUMP TO VISIT TILDEN. MR. KIRKHAM, IN THE FINAL FEW MOMENTS HERE. THANK YOU. IT'S ABOUT TIME. COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? JOHN KIRKHAM. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR THOSE COMMENTS. THEY'VE BEEN ADDED TO THE RECORD. MR. PARK? OKAY. YOU'LL PASS IT THIS TIME. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO MOVING ON. WE HAVE NEXT UP ACTION ITEMS, WHICH THERE WE HAVE NO ACTION ITEMS TODAY, AND SO WE WILL MOVE NEXT TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, AND WE HAVE [Informational Items] DIRECTOR SANWONG HERE WITH US TODAY WHO WILL PROVIDE US WITH SOME UPDATES AND COMMENTS. DIRECTOR SANWONG. YES. HI EVERYONE. IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I KNOW I WAS JUST HERE IN APRIL, AND I KNOW THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING WE DID MENTION THAT DURING THE ANNOUNCEMENT SECTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY REMEMBRANCES OF DIRECTOR ELLEN CORBETT WE WILL BE TAKING THOSE AT THAT MOMENT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO MENTION THIS BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS THIS WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE A MEETING THAT ELLEN WAS GOING TO JOIN YOU WITH, AND I'M SORRY, I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T REALLY SPOKEN ABOUT THIS, SO I'M GETTING A LITTLE EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW. IT'S REALLY SAD WHAT HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND WHILE IT WASN'T A COMPLETE SHOCK, IT WAS STILL A [00:15:07] SURPRISE TO LEARN OF HER PASSING, AND I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOUGH. I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO BE THIS EMOTIONAL. SO I JUST WANTED US TO HAVE A TIME TO JUST THINK ABOUT HER. I MEAN, SHE REALLY WAS SO DEDICATED TO, YOU KNOW, THE MISSION OF THE PARK DISTRICT. THE AREA THAT SHE REPRESENTED. I THINK THAT MY TIME WITH HER. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE WOULD SHARE WITH US, IT'S REALLY RESONATED TO ME. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE WITH THE WAY WE DIVIDE UP THE WARDS YOU KNOW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO DIVIDE THEM UP BASED ON POPULATION FROM THE MOST RECENT CENSUS. SO RIGHT NOW THE WARDS ARE DIVIDED UP BASED ON THE 2020 CENSUS, AND WITH WARD FOUR SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S THE WARD THAT DIRECTOR CORBETT REPRESENTED. IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST DENSELY POPULATED DISTRICTS, AND, YOU KNOW, AS A PARK DISTRICT, AS A REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY VALUE OPEN SPACE AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, LONG HIKING TRAILS AVAILABLE. AND THAT IS A CHALLENGE WITHIN THE WARD FOUR GEOGRAPHY, AND THIS WAS DIRECTOR CORBETT'S, YOU KNOW, BIG MESSAGE. SHE WAS CONSTANTLY, YOU KNOW, BEATING THIS DRUM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SMALLER PARKS, NOT AS MANY PARKS IN WARD FOUR. WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR WARD FOUR? AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE SHE WOULD AND I REMEMBER THIS VERY CLEARLY IN MAY 2023 WHEN WE WERE IN WASHINGTON, DC AT OUR FEDERAL ADVOCACY CONFERENCE AS BOARD OF DIRECTORS . WE WERE IN SENATOR FEINSTEIN, THEN SENATOR FEINSTEIN'S OFFICE. I KNOW SHE HAS ALSO SINCE PASSED, AND I REMEMBER WE HAD THE MAP OF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF SENATOR FEINSTEIN'S STAFF AND DIRECTOR CORBETT SAID, BUT LOOK, AT WARD FIVE, WHICH IS THE WARD THAT I REPRESENT, AND, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WHOEVER IS GOING TO HAVE THE DISTRICT WITH EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ALAMEDA COUNTY IS GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY LARGE GEOGRAPHY TO REPRESENT, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF RANCH LANDS AND UNDEVELOPED AREAS AND A LOT OF OPEN SPACE OUT THERE. THAT'S ALSO WHERE WE HAVE BOTH PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL PARK, WHICH IS 9000 ACRES, AS WELL AS THAT COMBINATION OF, YOU KNOW, MISSION PEAK, SUNOL, OHLONE AND DEL VALLE, WHICH IS ALSO ONE OF OUR LARGEST CONTINUOUSLY LIKE PUT TOGETHER PARKLANDS, AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. YOU KNOW, SHE VERY MUCH CALLED ME OUT AT SENATOR FEINSTEIN'S OFFICE FOR HAVING, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS PARKLAND ALL THIS LARGE GEOGRAPHY AND HOW THIS WAS A CHALLENGE FOR US WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME WARDS WHERE IT'S VERY DENSELY POPULATED AND OTHERS WHERE THERE IS MORE OPEN SPACE OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO PARKLANDS BEING MANAGED BY EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET POPULATION TO EXPERIENCE THE OUTDOORS AND OUT TO OUR PARKS? AND, YOU KNOW, SINCE HER PASSING, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A PARK DISTRICT, THAT WE DON'T GET INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, WARD FOUR VERSUS WARD FIVE, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, THINK OF OURSELVES AS EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT OVERALL, AND, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, NEXT TO DEL VALLE, WE HAVE CAMP ARROYO WHERE WE DO HAVE OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, ARE THERE WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CAMP AND POSSIBLY AT CAMP ARROYO NEXT TO DEL VALLE AND START TO, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT I KNOW DIRECTOR CORBETT CHAMPIONED, AND LIKE I SAID, I'M FEELING A LITTLE EMOTIONAL. I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD FEEL THIS WAY, BUT I GUESS I HAVEN'T REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS. SO I THINK JUST, YOU KNOW, BE GENTLE WITH US AS WELL. NOT JUST BOARD, BUT ALSO STAFF. BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS ISN'T AND THIS IS NOT A COMMON THING TO HAVE TO FACE, YOU KNOW, LOSING A COLLEAGUE AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THOSE REMEMBRANCES. SO I'M REALLY EAGER TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT SINCE THIS HAPPENED. YOU KNOW WHAT SOME OF YOUR FEEDBACK IS IN REGARDS TO THE SITUATION, AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU KNOW, WE JUST AND I THINK THE PUBLICATION MIGHT HAVE BEEN BEFORE HER PASSING, BUT I KNOW WITH OUR LATEST REGIONAL IN NATURE, YOU KNOW, THE ACTIVITIES GUIDE THAT GETS MAILED OUT. I KNOW I JUST RECEIVED THAT MAYBE LAST WEEK, AND I NOTICED, YOU KNOW, ELLEN'S NAME IS STILL ON THERE. I THINK HER NAME IS UP THERE, STILL ON, YOU KNOW, OUR WALL WHERE WE SHOW THE WARDS AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF KEEPING HER NAME ON OUR PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS AND KEEPING HER NAME ON THE WALL. I DON'T REALLY WANT IT TO JUST SAY VACANT PERSONALLY. [00:20:01] SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOME FEEDBACK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR WHETHER YOU WANT TO SHARE IT NOW OR LATER WITH US, BUT THIS IS THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. SO YEAH, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK. BUT I'M GLAD IT GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY AGAIN. I ALWAYS ENJOY BEING HERE AT THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE SINCE, YOU KNOW, I WAS A PART OF THIS GROUP FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS BEFORE JOINING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND SO IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO BE BACK, AND I SUPPOSE, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER BIG TOPIC THAT WE'RE HAVING, AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM YOU, AND IF WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO WEIGH IN ON THIS TOPIC. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER BIG THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS OUR 2025 BOARD MEETING CALENDAR, AND IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT TIME OUR MEETINGS START OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE DEBATES THAT WE HAVE IS MEETING LOCATION, AND ONE OF THE IDEAS IS, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR IN JUNE, WE DO HAVE ONE MEETING OUT AT BIG BREAK IN OAKLEY, AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ON THE DELTA, THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA, THE FAR EASTERN PART OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. THAT'S THE ONE BOARD MEETING WE HAVE OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM HERE AT PERALTA OAKS. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THIS, AND I KNOW A FEW OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD LIKELY SUPPORT THIS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONCE A QUARTER HAVING A MEETING IN ANOTHER LOCATION THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. I THINK HAVING ALL OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS HERE AT PERALTA OAKS CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND. AND I THINK ALSO COORDINATING IT BASED ON WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. SO I ALWAYS USE THE EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THURGOOD MARSHALL AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING THERE, WHY CAN'T WE MAYBE REACH OUT TO CONCORD CITY COUNCIL AND SEE IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THEIR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE THIS IS MY EXAMPLE, AND NOT AND COME OUT TO CONCORD AND HAVE THE MEETING ABOUT THURGOOD MARSHALL AND CONCORD INSTEAD OF HAVING THE MEETING HERE IN OAKLAND MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO TRAVEL TO HERE, AND IT COULD ALSO BE AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL, AND WE HAD A VERY AMAZING MEETING. I THINK IT WAS IN JULY. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN JUNE ABOUT DEL VALLE, AND IT WAS HERE IN OAKLAND, AND I THINK THAT WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER SERVED IF WE HAD HAD THAT MEETING OUT IN LIVERMORE, AND THAT WAS A COMMITTEE MEETING FOR OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US START TO EXPERIMENT WITH AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER, AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE BIG BREAK MEETING IN JUNE. SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT SECOND QUARTER. SO REALLY WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THREE MEETINGS TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT LOCATION AND AGENDA TOPIC AND ALSO PARTNERSHIPS WITH PEOPLE LIKE THE CITY OF CONCORD. I THINK THAT COULD BE REALLY VALUABLE. SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO HEAR THAT FEEDBACK MAYBE IF WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES, BUT OTHERWISE MAYBE YOU COULD ALSO SHARE THIS FEEDBACK WITH ME AFTER THIS MEETING. I HAVE A FEELING THIS WILL COME UP MAYBE AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 3RD OR TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT AS WE'RE FINALIZING THE CALENDAR, BUT THE OTHER ONE IS THE START TIME OF THESE MEETINGS. I THINK THAT THE DAYTIME MEETINGS. I THINK WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT HAVING MORE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING MEETINGS, AND YOU REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, OUR PUBLIC, AND I THINK THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD A LOT FROM NOR HAVE WE REALLY DONE AS GOOD OF A JOB AS I'D LIKE TO SEE OF REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO RECEIVE THIS FEEDBACK, AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, BEING HERE AT THE PAC, TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS IN REGARDS TO THIS REALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC, BECAUSE I THINK SCHEDULING MEETINGS, BOTH LOCATION AND TIME, THE START TIME IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. SO IF WE CAN TAKE MAYBE JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, IF PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTS TO SHARE, I'D APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. IT LOOKS LIKE A COUPLE PEOPLE HAVE A COMMENT, AND I'LL JUST SAY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCH A SPRAWLING DISTRICT, RIGHT? IT'S GEOGRAPHICALLY SO HUGE, AND SO I THINK ONE WAY OF MAKING IT FEEL MORE ACCESSIBLE IS TO YOU KNOW, GO TO THE PEOPLE AND GO TO THE, YOU KNOW, LOCALITIES WHERE THE ACTION IS HAPPENING. I SAW MEMBER LOPEZ'S HAND FIRST. THANK YOU, AND GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I ACTUALLY HAVE THE MICROPHONE THAT SAYS CORBETT, AND ELLEN, DIRECTOR CORBETT. ELLEN WAS A VERY CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME A MENTOR, AND I WAS VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW HER FOOTSTEPS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, SERVING THE DISTRICT THAT SHE SERVED, AND IT WAS IT WAS I'M STILL PROCESSING THE LOSS BECAUSE SHE WAS SUCH A TRAILBLAZER, BUT I'LL HAVE MORE COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING. IN TERMS OF EQUITABILITY, FOR A VERY LARGE DISTRICT THAT HAS BROAD GEOGRAPHIC REACH THAT PERHAPS MANY PEOPLE CANNOT ATTAIN ACCESS TO FOR ACCESSIBILITY REASONS OR PUBLIC TRANSIT OR WHAT HAVE YOU, I THINK IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO HAVE MEETINGS THAT ARE [00:25:07] DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT. IT'S NOT ALWAYS FEASIBLE OR TANGIBLE FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSVERSE, AND MANY OF YOU BRAVELY AND COURAGEOUSLY DO SO. ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT NEEDS TO BE TRANSVERSED AND CROSSED AND CRISSCROSSED TO GET HERE, AND SO I THINK IT WOULD REALLY HELP PEOPLE AND HELP PEOPLE WHO WORK ESPECIALLY AND HAVE ACCESS, BECAUSE I THINK IT IT'S A WAY OF OF ENSURING DEMOCRACY THAT PEOPLE CAN BE HEARD IN THEIR OWN HOMES, IN THEIR HOME AREAS. IN TERMS OF MEETING MANAGEMENT YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR SANWONG REALLY DOES KNOW WHERE I STAND ON THAT, AND I'VE BEEN PRETTY VOCAL IN GENERAL WITH IT. I DO THINK IT'S VERY IT'S VERY MUCH AN ANACHRONISM TO HAVE MEETINGS DURING THE DAY. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME STRESSORS FOR STAFF TO DO MEETINGS THAT ARE EARLIER IN THE MORNING OR LATER IN THE EVENING. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY GOING OUT FOR REVENUE MEASURES OF VARIOUS SORTS AND SO FORTH, AND THE INPUT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO REACH CRITICAL MASS THAT THOSE SO THOSE ARE SUCCESSFUL, AND IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN AT A TIME THAT'S ACTUALLY ATTAINABLE. THE I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT MEETINGS THAT HAPPEN DURING THE DAY REEK OF A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, THAT IT SAYS TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE REALLY DON'T WANT YOU HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HARD FOR YOU TO GET TO THE MEETING, AND I THINK THE MEETINGS REALLY DO HAVE TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, EITHER EARLY IN THE MORNING OR LATE IN THE DAY OR IN THE EVENINGS, AND THAT CULTURE THAT'S HAPPENED HERE IS ONE THAT'S PASSÉ. OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO HAVE THEIR MEETINGS IN THE EVENING. SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THEIR EVENINGS MEETING TOO SO THAT PARENTS CAN ATTEND BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING DURING THE DAY. CITY COUNCILS HAVE THEIR MEETINGS IN THE EVENING. THE MEETINGS THAT GO LONGEST AND ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY ARE THE ONES HERE, AND I COULD SEE THAT PROBABLY FOR COUNTY OFFICES LIKE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR FOR THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE, WHERE THERE IS A LOT MORE IN TERMS OF COMMITTEE WORK AND BUDGETING RESOURCES AND A BIGGER OR HIGHER POPULATION NUMBER THAT IS REPRESENTED, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A RETHOUGHT ON THIS ONE, AND I'M SURPRISED IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY. IT'S VERY CONFUSING TO ME. I THINK IT REALLY FAVORS INCUMBENTS TOO AS WELL. SO IT DOESN'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO JOIN THE FOLD AND BUILD A BENCH FOR NEWER ELECTEDS AND MAYBE PEOPLE WITH FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND ARE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO JOIN THE FOLD. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. MEMBER LOPEZ. VICE CHAIR ESPAÑA. JUST ECHOING ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SO ELOQUENTLY SPOKEN BY PAC MEMBER LOPEZ. WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT TIME, BUT WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER FACTORS. LANGUAGE. ALL OF OUR MEETINGS ARE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH. ALL OF OUR PRINTED MATERIALS AREN'T IN ENGLISH. SO THERE'S ALREADY AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS FAR AS AMONG THE PARK DISTRICT THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN LANGUAGES THAT OUR COMMUNITIES SPEAK. AND AS FAR AS PEOPLE WITH DIFFERING ABILITIES, NONE OF THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, I MEAN, SORRY, THERE'S NOT SIGN LANGUAGE. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY A CERTAIN SEGMENT, LIKE YOU HAVE TO BE ENGLISH SPEAKING IN ORDER TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, AND JUST FAR AS ACCESSIBILITY I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA. JUST AS FAR AS MEETINGS MOVING TO THE DIFFERENT WARDS. I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, ON STAFF AND THEN ALSO JUST AS FAR AS FINDING A LOCATION WHERE YOU CAN MEET ALL OF THE OTHER KIND OF STATUES THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET FOR A PUBLIC MEETING, BUT THAT REALLY DOES START TO ENCOMPASS MORE EQUITY, AND THEN AS A COMMUNITY AFFAIRS PROFESSIONAL, WHEN YOU WANT TO HAVE TRUE DIALOG AMONG COMMUNITY MEMBERS, [00:30:01] IT'S TAKING THAT MEETING INTO THEIR COMMUNITY, AND AT THAT TIME PERIOD AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING CHILD CARE. SO DEPENDING HOW YOU WANT TO INTERACT AND WHAT'S THE LEVEL THAT WE MIGHT THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR SOME DIFFERENT ISSUES. I MEAN, IT REALLY WOULD BE COORDINATING DIFFERENT TOPICS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE, I THINK A LARGER STEP IF WE ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, AND THEN JUST AS FAR AS EQUITY AMONG PARTICIPATION, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A DIVERSE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE ON THE PAC. SOME OF US USE VACATION TIME TO BE HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL OUTDOOR MEETINGS HERE AND OTHER. SO IF YOU WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING DURING THE DAY AS FAR AS TO KIND OF BUILD THAT NEXT LIKE LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP THEN I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING LATER, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEN THERE HAS TO BE THAT BALANCE BETWEEN STAFF AND THEIR TIME TOO. SO I THINK IT'S LIKE A HARD BALANCE BECAUSE YOU HAVE STAFF PARTICIPATING MEMBERS AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE PUBLIC. SO HOW DO WE KIND OF JUDGE THAT DIFFERENT CRITERIA SO THAT WE CAN OR COME UP WITH THAT CRITERIA. SO THEN WE CAN FIND KIND OF THAT OPTIMAL MEETING TIME, BUT I THINK WHAT BOTH OF YOU HAVE SAID IS JUST A GREAT PLACE TO START THE DIALOG AND CONVERSATION. GREAT. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. MEMBER VALENZUELA. YES, I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE DO HAVE THE MEETINGS OUT AT BIG BREAK THAT'S MY HOME PARK, AND I OFTEN HAVE PEOPLE COME UP AND THANK US THAT WE HAVE THOSE MEETINGS THERE, AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PLAN THEIR TIME BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THE MEETING IS GOING TO BE THERE IN JUNE AND THAT IF THEY WANTED TO ATTEND TO JUST SEE HOW WE WORK OR TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT THEY PLAN THEIR TIME FOR THAT. SO THEY'RE ALWAYS THANKFUL FOR IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER VALENZUELA. MEMBER HENRY. SO I'LL BE BRIEF BECAUSE CORINA AND LUANA, YOU SAID ALL THE STUFF I WANT TO SAY, TOO. AND ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I WOULD ADD, OLIVIA, I DID HEAR A LOT WHEN WHEN THINGS WERE KIND OF FIRED UP IN YOUR WARD WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING. PEOPLE WERE REALLY FRUSTRATED THAT THE MEETINGS WERE NOT IN THE EVENING BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND I EVEN HEARD AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE CASE BUT PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS BY DESIGN THAT MEETINGS WERE DURING THE DAY SO THAT THE PUBLIC WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE PARK DISTRICT, AND AGAIN, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE CASE, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT TO SEE AND I WOULD JUST BE CAREFUL. THE STAFF THING HAS COME UP, SO I WOULDN'T ROTATE IT SO MUCH THAT IT BECOMES DISRUPTIVE TO STAFF, BECAUSE THEN YOU COULD HAVE ISSUES WITH ENGAGEMENT, MAYBE PEOPLE LEAVE OR WHATEVER, BUT I THINK AT LEAST GIVING SOME MEETINGS LATER IN THE EVENING WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. IT WAS POINTED OUT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE THAT WAY. SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE THAT WAY, I THINK MOST PLACES. SO I THINK WE WOULD GET A LOT MORE PUBLIC INPUT IF WE DO THAT, AND OCCASIONAL ROTATION OF MEETINGS WOULD BE GOOD TOO, JUST BECAUSE THE PARK DISTRICT IS SO HUGE, BUT I WOULDN'T GO CRAZY ON IT. GREAT. THANK YOU MEMBER HENRY. MEMBER DESCHAMBAULT. I JUST WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE TRY TO GET THIS ONTO YOUR AGENDA, THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT WITH THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT, AREN'T HERE IN THE ROOM AND WEREN'T NOTICED THAT THIS TOPIC IS GOING ON. AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE. BACK WHEN I WAS LOOKING TO RUN IN 2016, DEE ROSARIO PUT THIS IN HIS CANDIDATE STATEMENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC THAT WAS ONE OF HIS PLATFORMS IN 2016 THAT HE WAS RUNNING TO LOOK AT GETTING MORE MEETINGS. SO THE ISSUE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND I THINK WE ALL CAN TALK AND SPEAK THAT WE ALL SUPPORT THIS, OR EITHER BRINGING PARKS TO PEOPLE OR PEOPLE TO PARKS, BUT I PROPOSE THAT WE HAVE A FULL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MATTER AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. YEAH, AND IT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA AT SOME POINT WHENEVER WE APPROVE THE 2025 CALENDAR, BUT CERTAINLY THIS WILL BE HELPFUL TO HAVE YOUR FEEDBACK AS BACKGROUND, BUT ALSO, YES, TO HAVE IT NOTICED AND TO PREPARE FOR IT. I GUESS JUST WORKING DOWN THE TABLE. MEMBER PEOPLES. YES. I TOO WAS VERY SADDENED TO HEAR ABOUT DIRECTOR CORBETT'S PASSING. I DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET TO KNOW HER, AND I KNOW HER HEALTH HAD BEEN FAILING FOR A WHILE, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STRUCK ME WAS HER COMMITMENT TO THE DISTRICT. SHE CAME OUT, FOR INSTANCE, TO THE BRIONES PARK SITE VISIT AND, YOU KNOW, [00:35:10] PARTICIPATED WAY UP IN THE HILLS THERE AND AS MUCH AS SHE COULD. AND THAT COMMITMENT JUST REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME IN TERMS OF REMEMBERING HER AND WHATNOT, PARTICULARLY IN THIS ROOM. ONE THING THAT OCCURS TO ME IS THAT THE BOARD MEETING ROOM COULD BE NAMED FOR HER, AND IT WOULD KEEP HER NAME HERE FOR A LONG TIME. WE ARE IN HER DISTRICT AS WELL RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WARD FOUR. YEAH. THE IN TERMS OF THE IDEA OF HAVING BOARD MEETINGS OUT IN THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, A THIRD OF THE TIME IN THE YEAR, I THINK HAS A LOT OF MERIT AND WARRANTS CONSIDERATION. I KNOW THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THIS, BUT IT STRIKES ME THAT THEY'RE KIND OF MANAGEABLE PROBLEMS. IF WE CAN IDENTIFY A PROBLEM, WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET HOW TO GET AROUND THAT. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE TECHNOLOGICALLY FEASIBLE BECAUSE ZOOM IS VERY, VERY PORTABLE SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT KIND OF CONNECTION, AND I THINK IT WOULD REALLY BENEFIT IN TERMS OF RAISING THE VISIBILITY OF THE DISTRICT AND MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THE DISTRICT IS LISTENING TO PEOPLE AND TRYING TO DO IT IN THE EVENING ALSO. GREAT. THANK YOU. MEMBER PEOPLES. MEMBER OBRINGER. [LAUGHTER] WE'LL GET EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. I WILL BE VERY FAST. SO FIRST OF ALL, I DID WANT TO SHARE FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION THE CITY OF CONCORD. WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE ISSUE THAT YOU RAISED VICE CHAIR ESPAÑA. WE HAVE STARTED IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM CALLED WORDLY, AND IT ACTUALLY TRANSLATES IN REAL TIME IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. SO WE JUST STARTED USING THIS AT OUR MOST RECENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 13TH. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, SINCE WE HAVE PEOPLE SPEAKING A VARIETY OF LANGUAGES IN THE CITY OF CONCORD, AND WE WANT TO BE INCLUSIVE AND UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY WHERE APPROPRIATE. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID. YOU KNOW, I WAS LATE TODAY BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF YOU SAW ME ON A CONFERENCE CALL WITH MY BOSS, AND I HAD TO LEAVE CONCORD AT 2:30 TO MAKE SURE I GOT HERE IN TIME AND COULD DO THE CONFERENCE CALL, AND MY BOSS WAS RUNNING LATE AND HE UNDERSTOOD I HAD THIS MEETING, AND I'M FORTUNATE THAT HE DOES GIVE ME SOME FLEXIBILITY, BUT SOMETIMES I DO HAVE TO TAKE PTO OR DID HAVE TO TAKE PTO COME TO THIS, AND I ENJOY THIS MEETING. I WANT TO BE PART OF IT, BUT IT IS A REAL JUGGLING ACT BECAUSE IT'S DURING THE DAY. SO I'M JUST SHARING IT BECAUSE IT'S OUT THERE AND I WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY. I LOVE THAT THERE IS THAT ONE MEETING ANNUALLY IN BIG BREAK, AND SO MAYBE IF THERE'S A CADENCE OF QUARTERLY OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OTHER LOCATION, IT IS SUCH A GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE DISTRICT, WHICH IS ONE OF ITS STRENGTHS. BUT I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE BOARD GOING TO THE PEOPLE ON OCCASION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBER OBRINGER. MEMBER SKAREDOFF, MEMBER REID DID YOU TWO YOU GET ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS FOR IT? [LAUGHTER] I'M A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THE PROCESS HERE. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD IS ASKING FOR INPUT FROM THE PAC ABOUT SOMETHING. I GUESS I'LL BE SPECIFIC. I'M ASKING FOR THE INPUT. OKAY, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD. RIGHT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE PROCESS WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD AGENDIZE IT AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND ALLOW PEOPLE OUTSIDE TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL. I MEAN, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S IN THE CARDS FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOLICITING INPUT FROM US WHO ARE REPRESENTING, YOU KNOW, OUR CONSTITUENCIES IS, YOU KNOW, ONE PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE, AND IF WE WANTED TO, WE COULD AGENDIZE THAT FOR ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, BUT I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE BOARD ON THIS AS WELL. OKAY. WELL, ISN'T IT OUR MEETINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? NO, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT I THINK RIGHT, AND THEN THIS TOPIC IS SORT OF MOVED TO THE PAC MEETINGS. I THINK HE'S SAYING I THINK HE'S SAYING WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE BROWN ACT. I THINK THAT'S IN TERMS OF THE FEEDBACK TODAY. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. THAT'S FAIR. I GUESS I JUST I NEVER KNOW HOW TO BEST GET FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS. SO MAYBE WE SHOULD LEAVE THAT AT THAT. WE SHOULD END THIS TOPIC, AND I'LL TRY TO THINK OF SOME OTHER CREATIVE WAYS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF YOU, BUT THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS, BECAUSE IT IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC AND ONE THAT I KNOW IS GOING TO BE COMING UP AT SOME POINT WHENEVER WE FIGURE OUT THE 2025 CALENDAR, AND I THINK YOUR INBOX IS ALWAYS OPEN, RIGHT? [00:40:09] AND SO FOR MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING LIKE WRITTEN RESPONSES OR WRITTEN INPUT ON THIS OR ANY OTHER TOPIC. YES. YOU'D BE RECEPTIVE TO THAT. YES. SO THAT'S MY FINAL BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. ALSO, IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON AND OR INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGES, I GUESS WHEN WE GET TO ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT DIRECTOR CORBETT AT THAT TIME. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SORT OF TAG ON TO THESE THINGS. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN WE MET LATER IN THE DAY AND THEN WHEN THE PANDEMIC CAME, WE MOVED IT TO 4:00, AND I THINK THE RATIONALE AT THE TIME WAS TO ACCOMMODATE AND MAKE LESS OF A HARDSHIP FOR THE STAFF TO SUPPORT THEM AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR OUR MEETING. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO REEVALUATE THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR HAVING PUBLIC MEETINGS, BROWN ACT BEING ONE OF THEM. ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THAT, I THINK THIS KIND OF THING, IF IT'S AGENDIZED AND PUBLICIZED AND YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED IN IS GREAT IDEA, AND WE SHOULD PRETTY MUCH ORGANIZE OUR DELIBERATIONS ON THIS TOPIC USING THAT KIND OF A CONCEPT. I THINK THIS IS KIND OF AN OKAY START, BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE KIND OF DECIDING THIS KIND OF STUFF. I THINK WE'RE DECIDING TO GO AHEAD AND BUT FROM NOW ON, I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE IT MORE OF A PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF A PUBLIC MEETING. GREAT. THANK YOU. MEMBER SKAREDOFF. [INAUDIBLE] DID YOU HAVE? I WAS JUST GOING TO REMIND THE COMMITTEE THAT THE SELECTION FOR OUR START TIME WAS DONE THROUGH A SURVEY OF MEMBERS AND MEMBER PREFERRED START TIME, WHICH IS HOW WE CAME TO 4 P.M.. WE'D BE HAPPY TO REPEAT THAT PROCESS AGAIN. SO I'LL CHECK IN WITH ERIC WHEN HE RETURNS, AND WE'LL WORK TO COORDINATE TO HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR SANWONG. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK. OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO THE PRESENTATION FOR THIS MEETING. SO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE PARK DISTRICTS BALLOT MEASURES, AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE TO REMIND YOU THAT WE DID MAKE AN INTENTIONAL DECISION TO INCLUDE THIS WITHIN THE PACS RESPONSIBILITIES. AND WE DID INCLUDE THIS RECEIVING THIS UPDATE WITHIN OUR WORK PLAN FOR THE YEAR. SO THIS IS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PAC DOES IN OUR OFFICIAL CAPACITY IS REVIEW THIS INFORMATION AND PROVIDE INPUT ON THIS TOPIC. GREAT. WELL AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KATIE DIGNAN, ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT. I'M FAIRLY NEW, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING ALL OF YOU, AND SO TODAY, I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR PARK DISTRICTS BALLOT MEASURES. SO TO START OFF, I'M GOING TO START WITH MEASURE CC AND FF. HERE IS THE BOUNDARY MAP FOR THIS SPECIAL REVENUE TAX, AND MEASURE CC WAS A SPECIAL PARCEL TAX THAT WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS IN ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES WITHIN THE MEASURE CC BOUNDARIES IN 2004 AFTER 15 YEARS, THE TAX SUNSET IN 2020 AND THEN IN NOVEMBER OF 2018, THE VOTERS APPROVED AN EXTENSION OF THIS FUNDING SOURCE AS MEASURE FF. AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2023, THE DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED $47.9 MILLION OF REVENUES, AND WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SOME REVENUE FROM DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES. AS OF JULY 2024, 48 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED. WE HAVE 44.8 MILLION HAS BEEN EXPENDED AND 3.2 MILLION OF MEASURE CC FUNDS ARE REMAINING. A 71 OF THE 84 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE MAIN MAJOR REMAINING PROJECTS ARE OUR FUELS MANAGEMENT, OUR TIDEWATER DAY USE AREA AT MLK JR. SHORELINE IMPROVEMENTS AT MILLER, KNOX BAY TRAIL EXTENSION, AND KELLER BEACH. THESE PROJECTS ARE BOTH IN DESIGN POINT MOLATE TRAIL EXTENSION, POINT PINOLE VISITOR CENTER, AND I'VE INCLUDED DETAILS OF ALL THESE PROJECTS AND THE REMAINING BALANCES IN EXHIBIT A OF YOUR PACKET. SO THE CONTINUATION AS I SAID, WAS MEASURE FF, AND IT WAS APPROVED BY OVER 85% OF THE VOTERS IN THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT IN NOVEMBER OF 2018. THE TAX LEVY BEGAN IN 2020, AND IS ESTIMATED TO GENERATE ABOUT 3.3 MILLION PER YEAR UNTIL 2040. [00:45:04] A FUNDING IS COMMITTED TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND WILDFIRE PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND STEWARDSHIP, FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, GREEN TRANSPORTATION AND REGIONAL TRAILS, AND TO SUPPORT STAFF FOR 11.59 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS. A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED TO DATE WITH MEASURE FF ARE MCKAY AVENUE RENOVATION AT CROWN BEACH FUNDS FOR THE DESIGN OF POINT MOLATE BAY TRAIL EXTENSION PROJECT. REPAIRS AT LAKE CHABOT MARINA MONITORING FOR BURROWING OWL AT MCLAUGHLIN EASTSHORE A DESIGN FOR THE KELLER BEACH PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE TIDEWATER DAY USE. WE GIVE AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION OF 100,000 TO OAKLAND ZOO TO ENHANCE CONSERVATION AND STEWARDSHIP EFFORTS. WE HAVE RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT AT POINT ISABEL. HABITAT RESTORATION AT POINT PINOLE, A REDWOODS MANAGEMENT PLAN. WE DO FUELS MANAGEMENT. WE HAD WATER BOTTLE REFILL STATIONS. WE MONITOR THE WATER QUALITY AT LAKE TEMESCAL AND LOOK FOR PROJECTS TO IMPROVE IT. RESTORATION OF MCCOSKER CREEK AND BLUE GREEN ALGAE MANAGEMENT. AS I SAID, THERE'S 11.59 FULL TIME POSITIONS THAT WERE INITIALLY IDENTIFIED FOR MEASURE FF FUNDING. LAST YEAR, WE FUNDED ABOUT SIX FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS, AND THIS YEAR WE'VE ASKED DEPARTMENTS TO DETERMINE WHAT ADDITIONAL POSITIONS ARE NEEDED FOR 2025, AND THEN THEY'LL PUT FORWARD AS PART OF THEIR BUDGET PROCESS, AND THEN NOW I'LL JUST SHOWCASE A COUPLE PICTURES OF PROJECTS. SO ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS FUNDED WITH CC AND FF HAVE BEEN FUELS MANAGEMENT AS OUR GOAT GRAZING PROJECTS TO MAINTAIN OUR FUELS MANAGEMENT EFFORTS. THEN WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THE TIDEWATER PUBLIC ACCESS AND IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH THIS PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG. WE ALSO HAVE KELLER BEACH FUNDING FOR THIS DESIGN. POINT MOLATE BAY TRAIL, AND THEN FUNDING OF THE FUELS MANAGEMENT CREW THAT'S OUT THERE DOING THIS WORK AND WATER BOTTLE REFILL STATIONS. WE HAVE A PHOTO OF THE ONE THAT WAS INSTALLED AT MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR REGIONAL SHORELINE, AS WELL AS CROWN MEMORIAL STATE BEACH. SO NOW I'LL MOVE ON TO THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDED PROJECTS, MEASURE AA AND MEASURE WW . SO THE BOND ALLOCATION PROJECTS WERE SEPARATED BY OUR METROPOLITAN SECTORS, AND TO MAKE NOTE THIS, WE HAVE THE DIABLO SECTOR, THE WEST METROPOLITAN SECTOR AND THE SOUTH METROPOLITAN SECTOR NOW FOR MEASURE AA AND WW, ESPECIALLY SINCE DIRECTOR SAN JUAN IS HERE TO INCLUDE THAT. MURRAY TOWNSHIP IS NOT INCLUDED IN THESE BOND MEASURES. AND MURRAY TOWNSHIP IS THE CITY OF LIVERMORE AND ALL OF THE UNINCORPORATED ALAMEDA COUNTY LAND THAT'S TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF LIVERMORE. THANK YOU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I MADE THAT NOTE THIS TIME AROUND. SO IN MEASURE AA WAS WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 1988. IT AUTHORIZED $225 MILLION IN CAPITAL BONDS. 25% OF THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR A LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH ALL OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN DISBURSED. AS OF LAST MONTH, WE HAD 10.2 MILLION AND 10.29 MILLION IN TAXABLE BONDS AND INTEREST EARNED REMAINING IN FUNDS, AND APPROXIMATELY 4.6 OF THAT HAS YET TO BE APPROPRIATED IN TERMS OF THE AREA ALLOCATIONS. THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION IS SHOWN BY THE METRO AREAS AS SHOWN ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT IS THE ADJUSTED. THERE WERE SLIGHT VARIANCES FROM THE SOUTH IN DIABLO DUE TO INTEREST EARNING THAT WE THAT WE ACQUIRED OVER THE TIME. SO THAT EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCES. IN TERMS OF WHAT WE COMMITTED FOR OUR ORIGINAL APPROPRIATIONS AND OUR TARGETS, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK WITH JUST THE REMAINING FUNDS FOR LAND ACQUISITION THAT WE HAVE YET TO SPEND. WE HAVE THE 4.6 MILLION, AS I MENTIONED, THAT WE STILL NEED TO INCUR, BUT WE'RE ON TRACK WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT SPENDING. SO TO DATE, THE UNAPPROPRIATED FUNDS. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS HOW IT'S CURRENTLY BROKEN OUT. WE'VE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS IN THE DIABLO METRO AREA. WE HAVE ABOUT 1.5 IN SOUTH METRO AND ABOUT 3 MILLION IN WEST METRO. D D E O DEVELOPMENT. I'M SORRY. SO THE TOTAL, THE ACQUISITION, THE DEVELOPMENT. YES. SO THE FUNDS WERE SEGREGATED 75% ACQUISITION 25% DEVELOPMENT WAS HOW THEY WERE SPLIT OUT, AND SO FAR IN INTEREST. SO WE'VE EARNED TO DATE A LITTLE OVER A 28.5 MILLION, AND WE'VE ALLOCATED 27.3. [00:50:07] SO WE HAVE ABOUT 1.2 REMAINING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR APPROPRIATION TO EITHER ACQUISITION OR DEVELOPMENT, AND AS PART OF THIS 2025 BUDGET PROCESS, WILL BE REQUESTING APPROPRIATION OF THOSE INTEREST FUNDS. SO MOVING ON TO MEASURE WW IT WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2008. IT AUTHORIZED 500 MILLION IN CAPITAL BONDS. AGAIN, WE DID A 25% FOR LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM AT 125 MILLION, AND THEN 75% FOR THE DISTRICT'S CAPITAL PROJECTS AT 375 375 MILLION. TO DATE, WE'VE ISSUED 300 MILLION IN BOND FUNDS AND THEN 80,000,000 IN 2009, 2013 AND 2017, 60,000,000 IN 2022 AND IN 2017 AND 2022. BONDS WERE BOTH INCLUDED 30 MILLION IN CERTIFIED GREEN BONDS, AND THESE ARE FOR PROJECTS THAT REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES, CONTRIBUTE TO HABITAT RESTORATION AND SHORELINE CONSERVATION. SO IN TERMS OF OUR AREA ALLOCATIONS THUS FAR, AS OF JULY 2024, 162.3 MILLION HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR PARK DISTRICT PROJECTS. THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATIONS BY METRO PER 2020 CENSUS BROKE IT OUT FOR THE SOUTH, HAVING 27%, WEST HAVING 38% AND DIABLO HAVING 35. BASED ON OUR CURRENT APPROPRIATIONS, WE HAVE SPENT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE DIABLO AREA AT 45%. AND SOUTH IS AT 23 AND WEST IS AT 32%, BUT ONLY SPENDING 162 OUT OF THE 300 MILLION. WE STILL HAVE A WHILE TO GO WITH OUR APPROPRIATIONS, AND OF THE 162.3, 80.8 MILLION IS APPROPRIATED TO ACQUISITIONS AND 81.5 HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED TO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. THERE'S BEEN SOME DIFFERENCES IN OUR ORIGINAL TARGETS. AS FOR THE MULTI METRO AREA DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT CATEGORIES, THEY EXCEEDED THE ORIGINAL TARGETS DUE TO BOARD AUTHORIZED TRANSFERS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL, BAY WATER TRAIL AND URBAN AREAS. SO IN TERMS OF CASH FLOW, WE HAVE 287.1 MILLION APPROPRIATED TO PARK DISTRICT AND LOCAL GRANT PROJECTS. WE'VE SPENT 253.4 MILLION AS OF JULY 2024, AND WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 15 MILLION PER YEAR. SO THIS JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU OVER TIME HOW OUR SPENDING HAS PROGRESSED, AND WE STILL HAVE A BALANCE OF A SIGNIFICANT BALANCE OF FUNDS REMAINING, IN PARTICULAR IN ACQUISITION. THIS CHART SHOWS YOU HOW IT'S BROKEN OUT BY THE DIFFERENT METRO AREAS, AND WE ALSO HAVE A DISTRICT WIDE CONTINGENCY OF 7% RESERVE, WHICH THAT BALANCE IS CURRENTLY 20 MILLION OR 20.8 MILLION, AND SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT REMAINING IN MEASURE WW FUNDS IS A LITTLE OVER 214.5 MILLION, AND SO WALKING THROUGH SOME PHOTOS OF JUST THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MEASURE WW . IF YOU LOOK AT THE DARK GREEN IS THE REGIONAL PARKLANDS. THE LIGHT GREEN IS REGIONAL PARKLAND WHERE WW FUNDING HAS CONTRIBUTED TO LAND ACQUISITION WITHIN THE PARK, AND THEN ALSO THE TRAILS WHERE THE LIGHT GREEN IS, WHERE WW FUNDING HAS CONTRIBUTED TO ACQUISITION ALONG A REGIONAL TRAIL. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS CHART GRAPH IS HIGHLIGHTING. THEN HERE'S SOME ACQUISITIONS THAT THE LATEST ACQUISITION THAT OCCURRED WITH MEASURE AA AND WW ACQUISITION WAS FOR RANCHO PINOLE THE OAK HILL PARK PROPERTY. THEN WE HAVE LAFAYETTE STAGING AREA IN BRIONES, CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY AT THE STAGING AREA FOR THE NEW RESTROOM AND THEN PARKING FACILITIES. AT OYSTER BAY SHORELINE WE'VE BEEN IMPORTING FILL FOR THAT AREA. THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROJECT, THEN AT THE COYOTE HILLS, PUTTING A NEW STAGING AREA, INSTALLING PICNIC SHELTERS, A NEW RESTROOM, AND WE'VE INSTALLED A NEW KIOSK, AND THEN WE COMPLETED MCCOSKER CREEK RESTORATION, WHICH WAS HEAVILY FUNDED BY MEASURE WW FUNDS. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT OUR BOND MEASURES. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT STILL TO BE DONE. I GUESS I'LL START WITH THE QUESTIONS. MY QUESTION IS THE OBVIOUS ONE. SO WE'RE SORT OF ON THIS GLIDE PATH TO THE END OF CC AND FF. [00:55:03] DO WE HAVE ANY LONGER TERM PLANS FOR THAT? ARE WE GOING TO PROPOSE AN EXTENSION OF IT, OR ARE WE GOING TO LET IT JUST COME TO AN END? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE. SO FF IS STILL GOING TILL 2040. SO WE HAVE A LONG. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE TIME WITH THAT ONE. [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. I THOUGHT THE EXPENDITURES WERE NEARLY ALL COMMITTED FOR THAT ONE ALREADY. YEAH. WE DO HAVE A LIST OF WHAT WE COMMITTED TO FOR THAT FUNDING. SO WE RECEIVE ABOUT 3.3 MILLION EVERY YEAR, AND IT'S AND THE WAY THAT THE FUNDS ARE APPROPRIATED IS BASED ON THOSE COMMITMENTS THAT WE MADE TO THE VOTERS FOR THOSE ANNUAL EXPENSES THAT WE WOULD INCUR FOR STAFF AND ALSO FOR PARTICULAR MONITORING AND HABITAT RESTORATION AND FUELS MANAGEMENT PROJECTS. SO WE HAVE A TIMELINE OF UNTIL 2040 TO COMPLETE THOSE PROJECTS THAT THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COMMITTED THOSE FUNDS TO. CORRECT. CORRECT. THOSE AND THEIR ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS. THEY'RE MORE CONSIDERED LIKE ANNUAL OPERATIONS AND MONITORING PROJECTS, AND THEN THE BIGGER PROJECTS THAT HAD SMALL PORTIONS OF MONEY THAT WENT TOWARDS DESIGN, HAVE THOSE FUNDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED? RIGHT, AND THEN THE LOCAL PROJECTS EXPENDITURES. RIGHT. SO THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE REGIONAL PARKS. SO LIKE LOCAL PARKS OR PLAYGROUND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. CORRECT. SO, SO THE LOCAL FOR DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS, WE HAD, WE HAD GIVEN GRANTS FOR THEM TO EXECUTE THOSE PROJECTS, AND MOST OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T BRING THE LIST OF WHAT'S COMPLETED. WE HAVE A HANDFUL REMAINING OF THE LOCAL GRANT PROJECTS, BUT MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE. GREAT. YEAH. MEMBER LOPEZ. THANK YOU, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT SAN LEANDRO HERE IN WARD FOUR DID HAVE MONEY GO TO SIEMPRE VERDE PARK THE CITY PARK. AND WE PULLED A LOT OF MONEY TOGETHER FROM EVERYBODY AND MADE THAT ONE HAPPEN, AND I WAS THERE EARLIER TODAY ENJOYING THE SUNSHINE AND MEASURE WW ALSO HELPED FUND THE [INAUDIBLE] ALONG THE SAN LEANDRO MARINA, WHICH IS A REGIONAL DRAW. BRINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN FROM LOTS OF PLACES, AND SO THE MONEY IS WELL, PUT TO USE, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THE VOTERS, YOU KNOW, GAVE THE NOD. I GUESS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BUILD OUT INFRASTRUCTURE IS REALLY THE MAINTENANCE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT'S JUST WONDERING HOW IF ANY OF THESE MONIES ARE TOWARDS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, OR IS IT MERELY JUST FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD OUT? SO FOR FOR THE WW THAT IS THAT IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD OUT BECAUSE IT IS BOND FUNDS. THERE IS SOME MONEY FOR MONITORING THAT OCCURS AFTERWARDS. SO WHEN WE HAVE LOCAL PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR MONITORING ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THOSE, TYPES OF ITEMS, THE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED FOR THOSE PURPOSES, BUT FOR EVERYDAY OPERATING, BESIDES THE FULL TIME POSITION EQUIVALENTS THAT WE HAD BUDGETED AS AS PART OF MEASURE FF, THAT'S THE EXTENT THAT WE HAVE FOR OPERATING IN THESE MEASURES. YES. MEMBER DIETER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT CHARTS HERE, AND ONE KIND IS A STATUS REPORT. IT SAYS WHAT'S BUDGETED AND WHERE. IT'S WHAT THE STATUS IS, AND UNDER MEASURE WW THAT'S IT'S NOT REALLY A STATUS REPORT. IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF ACQUISITION VERSUS DEVELOPMENT. YES. SO IT'S I'M ASSUMING THAT SOME OF THESE FUNDS ARE STILL IN THE BALANCE. I MEAN, WHAT'S LEFT? I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT PROJECTS THERE EXACTLY, BUT ANYWAY, DO I HAVE THAT CORRECT? YOU HAVE THAT CORRECT? YES. SO FOR THE FOR THE SPECIAL PARCEL TAX DISTRICTS IT WAS BASED ON. WELL, THEY ALL ARE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PARTICULAR PARK LOCATIONS AND PROJECTS, AND SO THAT ONE I HAD PREPARED IT NORMALLY WITH AN UPDATE OF THAT PROJECT WHERE THE MONEY CURRENTLY IS AND HOW MUCH WE'VE SPENT. THE REPORT FOR MEASURE WW WAS JUST SHOWING WHAT THE UNAPPROPRIATED FUNDS ARE TO DATE BASED ON THE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT ALLOCATIONS. OKAY, SO ON YOUR STATUS REPORTS, SOME ITEMS SAY COMPLETED. YES. WHAT EXACTLY DOES COMPLETED MEAN? MEANING THAT PROJECT IS WAS COMPLETE AND THE FUNDS WERE COMPLETE THAT WERE ALLOCATED FOR IT. BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT ALAMEDA POINT SPECIFICALLY. OKAY. 71 AND 72, AND I KNOW AT ONE POINT THE PARK DISTRICT THOUGHT ABOUT OPERATING TRIANGLE PARK, AND THEY DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT. [01:00:03] SO THERE WAS $525,000 ALLOCATED TO THAT PARK. YES, AND IT SAYS IT'S COMPLETED, BUT THAT DIDN'T EVEN HAPPEN. OKAY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANOTHER TERM WOULD BE THAT IT WAS SCRAPPED OR, YOU KNOW BUT I'M REALLY CURIOUS AS TO WHERE THAT MONEY WENT TO. OKAY. FOR I MEAN, WHERE WAS IT DIVERTED TO? DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT? I WOULD NEED TO GO INTO THE REPORT AND LOOK AT THAT. I'M SIX MONTHS INTO THE DISTRICT AND I'M LEARNING THESE THINGS, SO, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD FOLLOW UP AFTER THE MEETING WITH MEMBER DIETER TO SEND HER AN EMAIL AND WITH THAT INFORMATION. YEAH, YEAH, AND THE ONE UNDERNEATH IT IN 72, I THINK LISA SAID THAT SHE HAS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. MEMBER DIETER, IF I'M TRACKING CORRECTLY, YOU'RE REFERRING TO ALAMEDA POINT ON THE MEASURE CC COMMITMENT LIST. CC FOR TRIANGLE PARK? YES. SO THE REASON WHY THAT FUNDING IS COMPLETED IS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN FULLY EXPENDED FOR ITS PURPOSE. THAT FUNDING WAS ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT TWO POLICE OFFICERS TO PATROL THE AREA TO PROMOTE SAFETY, AND SO NOW THAT THE MEASURE IS NO LONGER RECEIVING FUNDING, WE'RE NO LONGER OPERATING OUT OF THAT BUDGET LINE ITEM. THOSE POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOW BEING FUNDED OUT OF THE MEASURE FF INCOMING ANNUAL REVENUE. SO THE REASON IT'S SAYING COMPLETED ON THAT LIST IS BECAUSE THE INTENTION THAT WAS SET FOR THAT LINE ITEM HAS BEEN FULFILLED, BUT IT'S FOR OPERATIONS FOR TRIANGLE PARK THAT HAS NOT BEEN FULFILLED. THE PARK DISTRICT DECIDED NOT TO BUILD TRIANGLE PARK. I SEE THE STAFF WERE FUNDED, THE TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE FUNDED AND THEY PROVIDED OPERATIONS AT ALAMEDA POINT, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN IN TERMS OF THE NUANCE OF TRIANGLE PARK. WELL, I'M GLAD YOU BRING UP THE POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE THAT WAS ANOTHER QUESTION. I WAS CURIOUS, THERE'S A COUPLE LINE ITEMS, BUT AS LONG AS YOU JUST BROUGHT THAT UP WHAT ARE THE POLICE OFFICERS FOR AT ALAMEDA POINT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE LIKE A QUARTER OF A MILE OF BAY TRAIL. THAT'S ALL THAT'S THE PARK DISTRICT HAS AT ALAMEDA POINT. TO MY UNDERSTANDING AND KATIE, PLEASE, PLEASE ADD IS THE POLICE OFFICER'S PATROL THAT ENTIRE AREA. SO WHERE IT'S NOT BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE PARK DISTRICT, BUT THAT ENTIRE ALAMEDA POINT, THEY GO OUT REGULARLY AND PATROL THE AREA TO CHECK IN ON THE ALAMEDA POINT SORT OF FUTURE PARK ZONE. I'M NOT SO SURE THAT'S CORRECT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE POLICE PATROL THE VA'S PROPERTY, BUT THE PARK DISTRICT, THE VA PAYS FOR THAT. OKAY, SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE POLICE OFFICER IS FUNDED IN HERE BECAUSE HONESTLY, THE ONLY THERE'S ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OF BAY TRAIL THAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS TO COVER. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. YEAH. NO, I WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT AND GET YOU AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTIONS. OKAY, AND THEN ALSO ON 72 IT BRINGS UP CROWN BEACH, AND CROWN BEACH IS NOT AT ALAMEDA POINT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THE FUNDING IS GOING IN THAT DIRECTION. I MEAN I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. OKAY. AND I THINK FROM THE EXPLANATION THAT WAS PROVIDED HERE IS THE BOARD MODIFIED THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND THAT APPEARS WHY IT WENT TO CRAB COVE VISITOR CENTER. I CAN HELP WITH THIS ONE AS WELL. SO WITH THE MEASURE CC FUNDING AS WE WERE EVALUATING AND REVIEWING HOW IT WAS EXPENDED, TO YOUR POINT, THERE'S NOT THERE WASN'T A LOT TO OPERATE OUT AT ALAMEDA POINT, AND SO THE PARK DISTRICT IN, I BELIEVE, 2017, 2018 PUT SOME CRITERIA INTO PLACE FOR IF WE'RE UNABLE TO FULFILL THIS COMMITMENT, OUR BOARD CAN TAKE AN ACTION TO VOTE TO SHIFT WHAT THAT PURPOSE IS, TO FULFILL THE GREATEST NEED OF THAT MOMENT, AND WHAT IT WAS WAS THAT THIS MEASURE CC, WAS FUNDING SOME STAFF POSITIONS TO FULLY OPERATE CRAB COVE PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF MEASURE CC, CRAB COVE OPERATED FOR NINE MONTHS. CC ALLOWED IT TO BE YEAR ROUND, SO CC WAS FUNDING THOSE THREE MONTHS OF STAFF POSITIONS, BUT IT WAS. IT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO FULLY FUND THEM, AND SO FUNDING WAS TAKEN FROM THIS LINE ITEM 72 BECAUSE OF THE UNDER EXPENSES OF THE POLICE OFFICERS TO FUND THE YEAR ROUND STAFF POSITIONS AT CRAB COVE VISITOR CENTER, AND SO FOR THAT REASON, THOUGH, THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION WHICH WAS PUT INTO THE BALLOT LANGUAGE, SPEAKS TO BAY TRAIL AND ALAMEDA POINT. THE COMPLETION OF THIS LINE ITEM IS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT A PORTION OF THE FUNDING AT THE DIRECTION OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WAS SHIFTED INTO THE CRAB COVE OPERATIONS. AND THANK YOU FOR PACING WITH ME. I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT CC AND FF FOR A WHILE, SO THIS IS MY OLD ROLE. [01:05:05] I THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO FOR YOUR RECORDS FOR THE PARK DISTRICT? DO YOU HAVE THAT? I'M SURE YOU KEEP A RECORD OF WHAT'S SPENT AT ALAMEDA POINT AND WHAT'S SPENT AT CRAB COVE. YES. SO, YES, I HAVE ALL THE DETAILS THAT MADE UP THIS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORD SHOWS THAT NONE OF THIS MONEY WAS SPENT AT ALAMEDA POINT. OKAY. SO IF THE PARK DISTRICT WANTS TO LOOK BACK ONE TIME AND THEY LOOK BACK, YOU KNOW, SINCE 2022, WE HAVE SPENT THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AT ALAMEDA POINT AND THIS AMOUNT AT CRAB COVE. SO, OKAY, I KNOW THAT WAS IN THE WEEDS, BUT I WAS CURIOUS. NO, THANK YOU FOR ASKING, AND I WILL GET YOU THE DETAILS ON THESE EXPENDITURES OR AND OR TRANSFERS. RIGHT, AND HERE'S ONE OTHER THING. ON PAGE 17 UNDER THE MEASURE FF STAFFING BUDGET. IT SAYS THERE POLICE OFFICER. YES IT DOES. A BUDGET FOR 48. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S BUDGETED FOR? IT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT I THINK THIS WAS, THE PATROLS THAT THEY ARE DOING IN THAT AREA. SO I WILL CONFIRM THAT, BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS IT'S WHEN YOU IT'S 0.2 OF A POLICE OFFICER. RIGHT. SO I THINK IT WAS TAKING ONE FOR THAT FUNDING FOR ONE. YEAH. FOR ONE POLICE OFFICER TO BE DOING THE PATROLS IN THOSE AREAS. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. THANKS. YES. NO PROBLEM. YES, AND I WAS JUST COMMENTING DOWN AT THE END OF THE TABLE. THAT WAS AN IMPRESSIVE DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE DISPLAYED. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LISA. OKAY. [LAUGHTER] MEMBER CLAXTON. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE WILDFIRE FUNDING. I THINK IT'S UNDER AND IT'S FROM 2020 TO 2040. YOU WERE SAYING SO HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT OR CONCERN OR DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THOSE FUNDS ARE ENOUGH, BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT 2020 WAS THE BEGINNING OF A BIG SPADE OF WILDFIRES IN OUR AREA, AND I KNOW OF THE GOAT GRAZING AND THE CARBONIZING DEAD TREES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER THINGS HAPPENED UNDER WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT, BUT ANY THOUGHTS ON WHETHER WE HAVE ENOUGH JUST FOR THE FUTURE? I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY CURRENT THOUGHTS. IN THAT I KNOW THAT THE FUELS MANAGEMENT IS COMING UP WITH THEIR BUDGETS. YOU KNOW, FOR REQUESTING FUTURE FUNDING AND ESTIMATING HOW MUCH IS NEEDED. I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO TAP INTO OTHER GRANTS FROM FEMA TO HELP WITH SOME OF THESE FUELS MANAGEMENT EFFORTS, BECAUSE THE COST IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL FOR WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE COMMITMENTS WE WANT TO WE WANT TO MAKE. SO THERE MIGHT BE OTHER FUNDING BESIDES WHAT'S IN THERE? CORRECT. THERE IS OTHER FUNDING, AND THEN WE DO HAVE GENERAL FUND THAT WE ALLOCATE EVERY YEAR AS WELL FOR FUELS MANAGEMENT, AND SO LAST YEAR IT WAS 1.4 MILLION THAT WE COMMITTED TO DOING, AND THIS YEAR IT WILL RAISE AN ADDITIONAL 100,000 IS WHAT WE'VE COMMITTED. SO THOSE ARE THE FUELS MANAGEMENT THINGS THAT WE. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF DEAD TREES AND PROBABLY MORE COMING UNFORTUNATELY. THANKS. THANK YOU, AND I'VE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF DIRECTORS JUST IN CASUAL CONVERSATION THAT THIS IS LIKE THE TOP PRIORITY, LIKE CONCERN ABOUT THE TREE DIE OFF LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE AND THE INCREASING NUMBER OF FUELS AND THE IMPACTS ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE. SO DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ABOUT THIS IN PARTICULAR? OKAY. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO MEMBER HENRY THEN. SORRY. OH, GO GO GO. OKAY. MINE IS NOT UP. SO THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB OF TAKING A LOT OF COMPLEX INFORMATION, HEADLINING IT REALLY WELL. I HAD A QUESTION ON WW, SO IT INDICATES THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE BETWEEN ALLOCATION AREAS, METRO AREAS, ETC.. SO WHAT HOW'S THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN? SO DOES THE BOARD APPROVE EVERYTHING OR DOES STAFF DO THAT. SO HOW DOES THAT WORK. SO YEAH, IT'S THE BOARD THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO APPROVE THE MOVEMENT BETWEEN ACQUISITION TO DEVELOPMENT OR BUT WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT THAT WE WOULD KEEP THE DISTRIBUTION IN THE METRO AREAS BASED ON THE CENSUS, POPULATION CENSUS. SO BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION THAT GOES TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. OKAY. SO SPENDING HAS BEEN BASED ON CENSUS AND IT ALIGNS PERFECTLY WITH THAT. THAT'S HOW THE ALLOCATIONS OF HOW THE ORIGINAL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN, AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT EVERY YEAR. OKAY. THANKS. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. MEMBER SIMMONS, DID YOU HAVE. [01:10:01] IT LOOKED LIKE YOU HAD A QUESTION. IT WASN'T A QUESTION. IT WAS MORE OF A PERSONAL ANECDOTE ABOUT MEASURE WW IF I CAN TAKE TWO MINUTES. SURE WE CAN ENTERTAIN THAT. SO AS THE BOARD WAS GOING THROUGH THE HEARING PROCESS ON MEASURE WW , I WAS PART OF A GROUP THAT WAS OPPOSING A DEVELOPMENT ON A PLACE CALLED ACALANES RIDGE IN THE WESTERN PART OF WALNUT CREEK. ONE OF THE TWO HIGHEST POINTS IN WALNUT CREEK, AND WE APPEARED AT BASICALLY EVERY SINGLE PUBLIC HEARING MEETING THAT THE BOARD HELD, AND WE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY TOLD THAT WE WERE THE MOST VIGOROUS PUBLIC COMMENTING ENTITY THAT THEY HAD EVER EXPERIENCED. THEN, AT THE VERY LAST MEETING BEFORE THE BOARD FINALLY APPROVED IT, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WAS ACALANES RIDGE IS ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM BRIONES, AND THE LANGUAGE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO COVER IT, BUT THE BOARD FOUND A WAY WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO TWEAK THE LANGUAGE, TO SAY AND AREAS NEAR BRIONES AND SO ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS AFTER THE. WELL, I'LL ADD ONE OTHER LITTLE THING THEN, AS I WAS, I WAS SEEKING ELECTION TO THE WALNUT CREEK CITY COUNCIL IN 2008, THE SAME YEAR, AND BEVERLY LANE DID ASK ME TO DROP BROCHURES, WHICH WE OF COURSE, WE AGREED TO DO, BUT I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS COMPLETED UNDER MEASURE WW BECAUSE WE HELD THE WE ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY, WE BEING 400,000 FROM THE PARK DISTRICT, 400,000 FROM THE LOCAL AGENCY MATCHES FOR THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE AND CITY OF WALNUT CREEK, AND SO IT'S JUST IT WAS A REALLY SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER AND SHOW SOME FLEXIBILITY AND STUFF, AND IT WAS JUST A DELIGHT TO BE A PART OF THAT, AND SO, ANYHOW, SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT I KIND OF WANTED TO IT WAS A STORY ABOUT THAT GOES BACK A FEW YEARS, AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING TO TELL SOME HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU MEMBER SIMMONS. MEMBER DESCHAMBAULT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ALPHABET SOUP LESSON. YOU LAID IT OUT REALLY NICELY. I THINK I COULD SEE A NICE PUBLIC BROCHURE TO FIGURE OUT. THE. WHAT YOU PUT TOGETHER SO SUCCINCTLY WOULD BENEFIT THE PUBLIC AS WELL. I JUST WANT TO SAY I SHARE COMMISSIONER DIETER'S CONCERN ABOUT THE REPORT SORT OF SHIFTING, AND IT GOT A LITTLE CONFUSING TO ME WITH THE WW THE BREAKOUT OF THE 214 MILLION REMAINING AND HOW THAT'S PRESENTED BECAUSE A BREAKOUT OF THAT, OF WHAT IS NOT REALLY OURS UNLESS THERE'S A BOARD DECISION TO USE VERSUS WHAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE CITIES AND AS A LOCAL FORMER MAYOR MYSELF. IT WAS A LOT OF OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE WE HAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THAT MEASURE, THAT THE CITIES WERE BEHIND IT, AND THAT'S WHY IT PASSED, BECAUSE 25% WENT TO THE CITIES, SO I'D BE INTERESTED OR CONCERNED. WHAT REMAINS I KNOW SPECIFICALLY I'VE WORKED WITH IN MY WARD TWO WITH WITH DEE ROSARIO ABOUT SOME CONCERNS IN MORAGA AND MAYBE OUR EXPERT DOWN HERE WITH ALL THE LISA MIGHT HAVE SOME MORE BACKGROUND ON THE HISTORY OF THAT, BUT I GUESS IN THE JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THE CONCERN THAT A SHIFT IN ALLOCATIONS COULD BE DONE BY A VOTE VERSUS, IT WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO GO BACK TO RENEW THIS MEASURE IF SOMEHOW WE WEREN'T BEING HONEST OR COMING THROUGH WITH WHAT WE PROMISED TO THE CITIES TO BEGIN WITH. SO I'D JUST BE CURIOUS IN THE PROCESS A QUESTION THAT BRUCE ASKED ABOUT HOW WOULD THAT HOW IS THAT GOING TO OCCUR IF THEY'RE GOING TO SUDDENLY SAY, OKAY, THAT'S NOT MORAGA'S ANYMORE, THAT'S GOING TO SOMEONE ELSE? AND THEN HOW DO WE BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT IF WE GO BACK OUT TO EXTEND WW? SO I DON'T KNOW. IT'S KIND OF A COMMENT KIND OF A QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW, I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A THREE YEAR EXTENSION GIVEN TO THE CITIES TO USE THAT REMAINING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OF THE 214 MILLION REMAINS IN WHAT CITIES BESIDES MORAGA SO AND HOW THAT WILL BE HANDLED AND DEFINITELY WITH KID GLOVES. IF WE WANT TO GO BACK OUT TO THE CITIES AND RENEW EXTEND, WE NEED TO HAVE BEEN HONEST AND GET THE CITY SUPPORT AGAIN. THE 214 MILLION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ALLOCATIONS FOR THE CITIES, FOR THE LOCAL GRANTS. THAT'S A SEPARATE THANK YOU REPORT. SO SORRY ABOUT HOW MUCH IS THAT. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY HOW MUCH IS REMAINING? I DO NOT HAVE THE EXACT. OKAY, BUT ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT WAS ORIGINALLY COMMITTED TO THE CITIES HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED TO THE CITIES, AND WE HAVEN'T. WE DON'T. WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TAKING ANY MONEY FROM THE CITIES, AND MOST OF IT HAS BEEN EXPENDED, AND WE AUTHORIZED APPROVAL FOR ANYBODY THAT STILL HAS REMAINING FUNDS FOR THOSE GRANTS TO BE EXTENDING FOR THREE YEARS. YES. WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TAKING THEM BACK STILL AT THE END OF THREE YEARS, MOST OF THEM DELIVERED COMMITMENTS THAT THEY WOULD SPEND THOSE FUNDS. [01:15:01] SO THERE WAS NEVER IT WASN'T SAID THAT WE WOULD TAKE THOSE FUNDS BACK. IT WAS THEY CAME UP WITH A PROGRAM THAT THEY WOULD BE SPENDING THOSE FUNDS. OKAY, GOOD. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GONE FURTHER ALONG THAN I'M INFORMED OF. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT INCLUDING THAT IN THIS REPORT, AND IF THAT IS, IF WE WOULD IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN UPDATE ON THE LOCAL GRANT FUNDS, WE CAN GIVE THAT. MY COLLEAGUE, THE GRANT MANAGER KATY HORNBECK, GAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD RECENTLY, AND SO WE COULD COME GIVE THAT TO THE PAC IF WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S OBVIOUSLY INTEREST IN THE CURRENT BALANCES. YEAH, THERE'S DEFINITELY INTEREST. THANK YOU. YEAH. NO PROBLEM. OKAY, THANK YOU, MEMBER DESCHAMBAULT MEMBER FARMER. THANK YOU. I TOO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT MEASURE WW . IF YOU COULD TALK MORE ABOUT THE FUTURE WITH THAT 214 MILLION REMAINING FOR ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT. SO OUR IN TERMS OF THOSE FUNDS, IT'S STILL THE ACQUISITION DEPARTMENT IS ACTIVELY, YOU KNOW, GOING AFTER THOSE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, EXPLORING THE PROPERTIES THAT WE THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND TRYING TO ACQUIRE THEM AS NEEDED, AND THEN YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DRAW DOWN THE REMAINING DEVELOPMENT BALANCES THAT WE HAVE AS PROJECTS COME ABOUT. IT'S JUST RIGHT NOW WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, THE BALANCES REALLY AREN'T SUPPORTING THE PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED IN ENTIRETY. SO SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. WE'RE JUST ACTIVELY TRYING TO SPEND DOWN THE FUNDS AS WE CAN. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER PEOPLES. YES. IN TERMS OF MEASURE WW, WE HAVE THE 214 MILLION LEFT, WHICH A LARGE PORTION IS FOR LAND ACQUISITION. DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE AS TO WHEN THAT MIGHT BE SPENT OUT AND WE NEED TO BEGIN THINKING ABOUT YET ANOTHER MEASURE. WE DON'T HAVE A SENSE JUST YET BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH FUNDING STILL REMAINING. SO IT'S NOT THAT WE COULD GO OUT FOR ANOTHER MEASURE. SO I THINK AS PART OF THE WORK THAT GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS IS DOING AND LOOKING AT WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE FEASIBLE, BUT I THINK WE'RE STILL ANALYZING THAT TO TRY TO GET A BETTER AND ASCERTAIN A BETTER SITUATION OF WHEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO DRAW DOWN ALL THIS ACQUISITION FUNDS AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE OF THESE ACTUALLY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THESE PROJECTS. IT'S SO EXPANSIVE AND IT'S LIKE A LOT TO JUGGLE, BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE IT GOING FORWARD, AND SO SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. YEAH. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF MEASURE WW PAMPHLETS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO WISH TO DELVE DEEPER INTO THE PROJECT, AND THESE ARE ON THE WEBSITE, TOO, IF YOU WANT A SOFT COPY. OKAY. SO OUR LAST INFORMATIONAL ITEM IS REPORTS FROM THE CHAIR, AND THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO REPORT IS THAT WE HAVE OUR PAC FIELD TRIP SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 16TH TO GO SEE THE LEGENDARY CARBONIZER, AMONG OTHER THINGS, AND TO ALSO HAVE A PICNIC WITH EACH OTHER AND ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY. SO I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF RSVP'S SO FAR. I THINK WE'RE AT NINE OR MAYBE MORE. YEAH, WE'RE JUST BELOW QUORUM, SO PLEASE CHECK YOUR CALENDARS, SEND US AN EMAIL. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE AS MANY PACK REPRESENTATIVES WHO CAN MAKE IT OUT WITH US. IT'LL BE AT THE CARBONIZER SITE. THE CARBONIZER WILL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL, AND ADDITIONALLY WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND PARTNERSHIPS, WILDFIRE, AND JUST HEAR FROM OUR FIRE COLLEAGUES WHAT ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING ACROSS THE ENTIRE EAST BAY DISTRICT. SO IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR COMMUNITIES AND THEN, YES, WE'LL HAVE A PICNIC AT THE ANTHONY CHABOT ABOUT CAMPGROUND AND HAVE AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN, AND SO, MEMBER CLAXTON, I THINK ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND WILDFIRES WILL BE ANSWERED THERE. UNFORTUNATELY, I DID HEAR THAT WE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO DROP OUR OWN LOG INTO THE CARBONIZER. SO THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS, BUT IT'LL BE A GOOD TIME. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE, AND THEN MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW THAT THE [Announcements] MAIN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I SIGNALED EARLIER IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, I THINK HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT DIRECTOR CORBETT I MYSELF KNEW DIRECTOR CORBETT FOR MANY YEARS THROUGH THIS BODY. WE, YOU KNOW, HAD LUNCH LIKE THIS PICNIC THAT I JUST MENTIONED AT THE FOR THE PAC FIELD TRIP WE HAD LUNCHES LIKE THAT AT BOARD FIELD TRIPS A NUMBER OF TIMES. SO I DIDN'T KNOW HER ESPECIALLY WELL, BUT I KNEW HER IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PARK DISTRICT, AND I KNOW SHE HAD AN INCREDIBLE, YOU KNOW, LONG HISTORY OF PUBLIC SERVICE THROUGH THE ASSEMBLY, THE SENATE, THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO THE SAN LEANDRO TO BE SAN LEANDRO MAYOR, AND SO SHE'S, YOU KNOW, HAS THIS INCREDIBLE LEGACY OF PUBLIC SERVICE, OF BEING AN ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPION, AND, OF COURSE, AS WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, BEING A REAL ADVOCATE AND CHAMPION FOR THE PARK DISTRICT, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO HAS OTHER COMMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE ON THE PASSING OF DIRECTOR CORBETT OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE CAN HAVE THOSE AT THIS TIME. [01:20:10] SO VICE CHAIR ESPAÑA. I KNOW THAT CORINA LOPEZ HAS PREPARED SOME REMARKS, AND SHE HAS SOMETHING VERY EXTENSIVE BECAUSE SHE HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH ELLEN CORBETT. I HAD SOMETHING SHORT JUST BECAUSE I ONLY KNEW HER FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, AND IT WAS MORE OF AN ACTION. SO CORINA, WOULD IT BE OKAY TO GO BEFORE YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY? SO. YES. SO JUST AS FAR AS I WROTE A FEW JUST WRITTEN REMARKS MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING DIRECTOR CORBETT FOR YEARS. HOWEVER, I WAS ONLY BEGINNING TO DEVELOP A FRIENDSHIP WITH THE FORMER MAYOR OF SAN LEANDRO, MY HOMETOWN. FOR THE SHORT TIME I KNEW DIRECTOR CORBETT, I LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT HER THAT WAS AS IMPRESSIVE AS EVERY GLASS CEILING SHE SHATTERED. SHE WAS PAVING THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN LEADERS AND MENTORING WOMEN TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. EVERY CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR CORBETT, WHETHER IT WAS A PHONE CALL OR A LUNCH AT TIO'S MEDITERRANEAN GRILL, WAS A REMINDER OF OUR SHARED LOVE FOR SAN LEANDRO. IT'S A LOVE THAT NOW FEELS BITTERSWEET AS WE MOURN THE LOSS OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE FROM HER. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CAN DO TO KEEP HER MEMORY ALIVE, AND THAT IS TO MENTOR SOMEONE TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND BE A LEADER IN THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACES. I CHALLENGE EACH OF US HERE TO CONTINUE HER LEGACY OF MENTORSHIP, AND SHE WILL ALWAYS BE HERE WITH US. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU, MEMBER LOPEZ. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW, WHEN I I SPOKE WITH ELLEN, AND I'LL CALL HER ELLEN BECAUSE SHE WAS A FRIEND, AND I DON'T MEAN TO DISRESPECT HER OFFICE BECAUSE SHE HAD SO MANY. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT HER WAS THAT SHE ALWAYS. NO MATTER EVEN WHEN IN HER DECLINE OF HEALTH WAS VERY INTERESTED IN SERVING AND CONTINUED TO HER HER END TO SERVE THE PUBLIC WHICH IS SOMETHING VERY ADMIRABLE. ONE COULD DO MANY, MANY OTHER THINGS WHILE ONE IS SICK AND TAKE TIME TO CONVALESCE BUT SHE CONTINUED TO GIVE OF HERSELF SELFLESSLY, WHICH WAS IN CHARACTER OF ELLEN AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT SHE'S MENTORED AND HAS DIRECTED TO BE LIKEWISE. IF ONE WERE TO LOOK AT WIKIPEDIA, IT IS, I THINK, A FAIR ASSESSMENT AND A FAIR BRIEF SUMMARY OF HER WORKS, BUT REALLY, THERE'S SO MUCH IN BETWEEN THE LINES AND SO MUCH THAT HAPPENED ALONG THE WAY THAT IS NOT IN HERE. I AM VERY FORTUNATE THAT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW ELLEN AND TO BE A MENTEE AND TO SERVE IN AS A COUNCILMEMBER IN THE DISTRICT THAT SHE SERVED IN, AND SHE I WAS ABLE TO EVENTUALLY BECOME THE COUNCILMEMBER AND IN SAN LEANDRO FOR DISTRICT FIVE BECAUSE SHE BLAZED THE TRAIL, SAN LEANDRO WAS HISTORICALLY AN OLD BOYS NETWORK. SUNDOWN TOWN, AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT COURAGEOUSLY BROKE THE BARRIER FOR WOMEN TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS THE FIRST ELECTED WOMEN OFFICIAL TO THE COUNCIL, AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT SHE SEEMED TO BREAK MANY BARRIERS ALONG THE WAY SO THAT THE REST OF US WHO CAME AFTER HER AND WILL CONTINUE TO COME AFTER HER, CAN MORE COMFORTABLY SERVE THE PUBLIC. I SAW ELLEN RECENTLY AT A FUNDRAISER. I'M SORRY AT A RETIREMENT DINNER, AND SHE HAD HER TENTACLES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS VERY REMARKABLE AND I ALLUDED TO IT EARLIER, IS THAT SHE WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER SO LONG AGO, BUT I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS SERVING ON THE COUNCIL THERE. WERE SOME CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT SHE STARTED THAT SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE I FINISHED, AND SHE WAS THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER AT THE TIME. SO SHE HAD ALREADY ASCENDED REALLY TO LIKE THE PINNACLE OF OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE IN THE STATE AND YET CARED ABOUT THE SPEED HUMPS ON A PARTICULAR STREET AND WHETHER WE COULD GET IT DONE, AND THAT WAS REALLY THE KIND OF LEADER SHE WAS. [01:25:08] SHE DIDN'T FORGET ALL OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HELPED PROMOTE HER AND PROPEL HER TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM, AS SHE COMPLETED MANY NUMEROUS STEPS IN PUBLIC OFFICE, AND I DO HOPE THAT THE DISTRICT WILL HONOR HER MEMORY. I DO HOPE THAT THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO WILL HONOR HER MEMORY AND MANY OF THE OTHER JURISDICTIONAL BODIES THAT SHE SERVED WILL HONOR HER MEMORY APPROPRIATELY, AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THEM. I SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY. AS THE DIRECTOR HAD SAID EARLIER, IT WAS NOT A SURPRISE, BUT IT WAS STILL A SURPRISE, AND I THINK MANY OF US UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS DECLINING HEALTH THAT HAD BEEN ONGOING, AND SO I, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO STATE SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILY, AND SHE WAS A FIGHTER. WHEN I ASKED HER IF SHE WAS GOING TO RUN FOR REELECTION A MONTH BEFORE, ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE SHE PASSED, SHE SAYS, OH, YEAH, OH, YES AND THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID, AND SHE SAID, OH, YES. LIKE SHE HAD HER WAY OF SAYING THINGS, AND SHE PLANNED ON BEING BOARD PRESIDENT IS WHAT SHE TOLD ME, AND SHE WAS FEISTY, WHICH WAS LIKE, AGAIN, I WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEARD THAT SHE HAD PASSED, I WAS LIKE, OH, BUT I REMEMBER ELLEN, THE FEISTY WOMAN THAT SHE WAS, AND SHE WAS IN A VERY INTERESTING KIND OF SOMETIMES VERY SOFT SPOKEN WAY. HER WORDS WOULD CARRY, LIKE, TIDAL WAVES. I MEAN, SHE WASN'T NECESSARILY. IT WAS SAID GENTLY, BUT IT WASN'T ALWAYS SAID INDIRECTLY. SOMETIMES IT WAS SAID VERY DIRECTLY, WHICH I APPRECIATE. IT'S AN INTERESTING FORM OF LEADERSHIP. SO YOU KNOW, I WAS TRYING NOT TO GET EMOTIONAL. I STARTED OFF AS A PARKS ADVOCATE FOR SIEMPRE VERDE PARK. IT HAD BEEN OVERRUN BY GANG MEMBERS, AND I WAS LOOKING THROUGH SOME PICTURES TODAY OF ELLEN AND MEASURE WW, AS I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, HELP FUND THE REHABILITATION OF SIEMPRE VERDE, AND TODAY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ENJOY IT. IT'S NO LONGER A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE RIDE THEIR CARS UP INTO A DIRT PATCH AND YOU KNOW, PARTY OUT OF THE TRUNKS OF THEIR CAR AND LEAVE HYPODERMIC NEEDLES AND USED CONDOMS ON THE IN THE DIRT MOUND, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW SHE WAS AT THE RIBBON CUTTING AND SHE WAS SO PROUD AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF HER, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR SUPPORTING, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY NOT BEING INSULAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST YOU KNOW, USING MONIES AND LOCAL MEASURES, YOU KNOW, FOR DISTRICT LAND ACQUISITION OF LAND, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY PARKS AND THAT THE PARK DISTRICT, THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DIRECTORS THAT WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE HERE TODAY AND THAT HAVE PASSED ON, YOU KNOW, REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS REALLY A FORM OF REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH AND PROVIDING AMENITIES TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T NECESSARILY AFFORD THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THOSE LIKE, REALLY INSIGHTFUL AND TOUCHING COMMENTS. IT REALLY GIVES A SENSE OF WHO SHE WAS AS A PERSON. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM. YES MEMBER VALENZUELA? YES. I DIDN'T KNOW HER THAT LONG, BUT I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY HER LEVEL OF SERVICE, AND I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING TO PUSH YOURSELF TO BE A SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, AND SHE WAS DEFINITELY ON THE HIGH SIDE OF OF THAT. I MEAN, IT WAS I FIRST WORD I JUST THOUGHT IN MY MIND WAS, WOW. I MEAN, SHE'S DONE SO MUCH AND SO AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO I HAVE SOME PAMPHLETS OVER THERE. BIG BREAK'S HAVING A PHOTO EXHIBIT, AND IT IS A NOT A CONTEST. IT'S AN EXHIBIT. WE'VE HAD IT. THIS IS OUR SIXTH YEAR OVER OVER A BIG BREAK AND IT'S GOING TO BE OCTOBER 25TH THROUGH OCTOBER 9TH. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PHOTOS EXHIBITED AT THE VISITOR CENTER, AND THE WAY IT IS IS THAT YOU DOWNLOAD YOUR PHOTO THE PARK, BIG BREAK PARK SITE, AND WE DO THE MATTING AND THE PRINTING, AND THIS IS WHAT GETS WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THIS HAPPENS TO BE MY PHOTO RIGHT HERE LAST YEAR. IT COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE PARK DISTRICT. THE CELEBRATION THIS YEAR IS FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE PARK DISTRICT, AND IT'S REALLY A NEAT PROGRAM, AND THE MAIN THING [01:30:10] I LIKE ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS THAT IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY, AND NO MATTER WHAT YOUR AGE, WHAT YOUR LEVEL, AND THE REALLY NEAT PART IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING PHOTOS FOR THE FIRST TIME, A LOT OF THEM, AND THIS YEAR, SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED THIS YEAR THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN THE PAST. SO WE HAVE PHOTO WALKS TO PROMOTE THIS EXHIBIT COMING UP, AND WE'VE HAD THREE SO FAR, AND THE PHOTO WALKS, WE I HAD PLANNED THE PHOTO WALKS TO TALK ABOUT LIGHTING AND FRAMING PHOTOS AND THINGS, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THE PHOTO WALKS IS THAT WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW CHILDREN SHOW UP. FIRST CAMERA EVER, AND THEY'RE PINK AND THEY'RE BLUE AND THEY'RE GREEN AND THEY SHOW UP AND THEY'RE I'M LITERALLY FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX YEAR OLD SHOWING UP WITH THEIR CAMERAS AND WANTING TO TAKE PICTURES OF DRAGONFLIES AND FLOWERS AND ROCKS AND, YOU KNOW, AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND IT HAS BEEN SO NEAT OVER THE LAST THREE WALKS WE HAVE. WE HAVE TWO MORE WALKS SCHEDULED IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER BEFORE THE PHOTO EXHIBIT HAPPENS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE NEAT TO SEE THEIR PHOTOS UP ON THE EXHIBIT WALLS THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A OCTOBER 26TH ON A SATURDAY, 11 TO 1 RECEPTION FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME AND SEE THE PHOTOS, BUT WE'RE INVITING THE PEOPLE WHOSE PHOTOS ARE UP TO COME AND LOOK AT THEIR PHOTOS ON THE WALL AND TALK ABOUT THEIR PHOTOS IF THEY WANT, AND THAT'S REALLY A NEAT THING, TOO, IS PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE, WHAT THEY WERE FEELING. SO IT'S A REALLY NEAT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD, AND IT AND FOR ME, IT'S REALLY NEAT TO SEE PEOPLE ENJOY NATURE, ENJOY ART, TAKING PHOTOS, AND SO IT'S OPEN TO THE FIRST 100 PHOTOS THAT GET THAT GET DOWNLOADED. WE HAVE NOT HIT 100 YET. SO WE'VE HIT ABOUT 70 ISH OR SO, AND THEY'RE UP FOR TWO WEEKS, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT DOWNLOADED BY OCTOBER 11TH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THE PRINTING, THE MATTING AND THE MOUNTING OF ALL THE PHOTOS, AND SO, YEAH, PASS THE WORD IF IT'S A JUST A HEARTWARMING PROGRAM FOR ANYBODY THAT TAKES PHOTOS. THANK YOU. IT SOUNDS REALLY AMAZING. MEMBER MAHADEVAN, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? YES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT ELLEN CORBETT. I'LL CALL HER ELLEN SINCE I'M GOING TO SAY ROUGHLY 1985 OR THEREABOUTS. BILL LOCKYER, DAYS WHEN SHE WAS ONE OF LOCKYER'S LACKEYS, ALONG WITH COLIN COFFEY, WHOM I ALSO MET IN 1984. SO ELLEN AND I WEREN'T ALWAYS ON THE SAME SIDE OF ISSUES, BUT WE ALWAYS HAD, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED TOGETHER AND SHE HELPED OUT WITH IN SAN LEANDRO, LIKE DAVID STREET AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, ETC.. I'M ON THE BOARD OF THAT. SO REMEMBER HER AND RESPECTED HER AS ALL THE THINGS THAT HAD BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY ABOUT HER, AND I THINK THE LAST CONVERSATION WE HAD WAS THAT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, BEFORE THAT, LUANA HAD TALKED TO HIM ABOUT BEING APPOINTED HERE, AND I THINK SHE MENTIONED THAT. I DON'T RECALL THAT I PARTICULARLY TALKED TO HER, BUT YOU YOU TALKED TO HER. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. SO I KNEW ELLEN FOR A LONG TIME. GOOD LADY. SORRY. SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT HER PASSING. IT WAS A SURPRISE TO ME, BUT I HADN'T BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HER, SO THANK YOU. MEMBER DIETER. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD COMMENTS ABOUT ELLEN CORBETT IS I DIDN'T KNOW HER WHEN SHE SERVED IN THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO. I DIDN'T KNOW HER PERSONALLY, BUT SHE DID APPOINT ME TO THIS BODY, AND I WILL SAY ONE THING THAT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH ELLEN ABOUT IS DON'T EVER UNDERESTIMATE SOMEONE WHO HAS CITY COUNCIL EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, AND BEING A MAYOR AND RUNNING A MEETING BECAUSE SHE REALLY RAN A REALLY TIGHT MEETING WITH UP HERE, YOU KNOW, HERE WITH THE PARK DISTRICT. I WATCHED HER DO IT, AND SHE REALLY HAD A GOOD COMMAND OF IT, AND I TOLD HER SO. I TOLD HER THAT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH HOW SHE MANAGED THE MEETING. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT DON'T EVER UNDERESTIMATE WHAT SOMEONE LEARNS ON A CITY COUNCIL. [01:35:03] THANK YOU. MEMBER OBRINGER. THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW. IRENE. I DIDN'T KNOW ELLEN AS WELL AS SOME OTHERS, BUT ACTUALLY ONE OF MY CITY COLLEAGUES, FORMER CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, HAD ACTUALLY INTERNED WITH HER AND GOTTEN HIS START IN POLITICS, WORKING IN SACRAMENTO, AND SO I WAS DELIGHTED WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE TO CROSS PATHS WITH HER WHENEVER SHE CAME ON TO THE BOARD WITH THE PARK DISTRICT HERE, AND SHE WILL CERTAINLY BE MISSED, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE REALLY THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TODAY. ON A ON ANOTHER NOTE, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED SINCE WE WERE LAST TOGETHER. IT'S THE EXONERATION OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50, AND YOU KNOW WHAT AN AMAZING EMOTIONAL DAY, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YULIE PADMORE WHO USED TO STAFF THIS BODY, ALL OF HER EFFORTS, MANY OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER. THERE IS THERE'S ALWAYS A CONCORD CONNECTION WITH ME AND IN THIS CASE, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SERVING ON THE PARK BOARD, THE PAC A FEW YEARS AGO, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HOW ONE OF OUR ZOOM MEETINGS WAS VERY HEAVILY ATTENDED BY PEOPLE VERY INTERESTED IN THE NAMING OF WHAT WOULD BE THE NEW EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK WITHIN THE SITE OF THE FORMER CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION, AND THE LAND HAD ALREADY BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM THE NAVY TO THE PARK DISTRICT, BUT THERE WAS A WORKING NAME THAT WAS VERY GENERIC AND ANNOYING CONCORD HILLS REGIONAL PARK. NOBODY WANTED THAT, BUT THERE WERE MANY IDEAS ABOUT HOW THE PARK SHOULD BE NAMED, AND YULIE AND THE BLACK EMPLOYEE COLLECTIVE HERE REALLY CAME TOGETHER AND HELPED TO SURFACE THE HISTORY ABOUT THURGOOD MARSHALL AND HOW HE HAD ADVOCATED FOR THE EXONERATION OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50, AND THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THAT ZOOM MEETING. I KNOW I GOT AN EDUCATION, AND AS A RESULT, THE PARK IS NOW NAMED THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50, AND I WAS DELIGHTED TO TAKE THAT NAME TO MY CONCORD CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AT THE TIME AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, FOLKS, AND LET'S APPROVE THIS, AND SO WE DID, AND THAT WAS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP THAT STARTED WITH YULIE, BECAUSE SHE REALLY HAS LED THE EFFORT TO GAIN A LOT OF THE SUPPORT TO EXONERATE THE PORT CHICAGO 50. SHE INTRODUCED ME TO SOMEONE NAMED JONATHAN LEE, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE CONTRA COSTA BAR ASSOCIATION PORT CHICAGO 50 TASK FORCE AND SO WE DEPLOYED HIM TO THE CONTRA COSTA MAYOR'S CONFERENCE AND SOME OF THE LOCAL DEMOCRATIC CLUBS WHO REALLY GOT VERY ACTIVE AND CONTACTED THEIR CONGRESSPEOPLE AND REALLY THE NAVY, AND SO IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING ON THAT 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THAT TRAGIC ANNIVERSARY, TO HEAR ABOUT THE EXONERATION, AND THEN AT THE ACTUAL EVENT, YOU HAD ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S GRANDDAUGHTER WAS THERE, THURGOOD MARSHALL'S SON. THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU WERE THERE AS WELL, AND SO IT WAS JUST VERY. I KNOW THAT LUANA WAS THERE AS WELL AND JUST VERY, VERY POWERFUL, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT ALL OF THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE ADVOCACY OF YULIE PADMORE AND THOSE OF US INVOLVED WITH THE PARK DISTRICT. SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT YOU ACTUALLY GET TO SEE IN YOUR LIFETIME. UNJUSTICE OR JUSTICE INJUSTICE. EXCUSE ME. UNDONE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT REALLY GOOD NEWS. IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE. THANK YOU. THAT WAS GREAT NEWS, AND LONG, LONG OVERDUE. MEMBER MENDOZA. I WANT TO SECOND THAT LOVELY SENTIMENT FOR YULIE. I'VE WORKED WITH YULIE A LONG TIME, MOST NOTABLY AT CRAB COVE WHEN SHE WAS THE OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR THERE. I WAS A NATURALIST. IN FACT THAT'S WHERE I STARTED. ALONG WITH THE TIDEWATER BOATING CENTER WHEN IT WAS BEING BUILT ON MLK SHORELINE AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT, IS THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS OR SO WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO ELLEN DIRECTOR CORBETT ADVOCACY IN HER WARD. THE TIDEWATER SERVICE INITIATIVE WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD AS MY PURVIEW, WHERE A LOT OF FOLKS WERE BEING SERVED, BUT MANY OF THEM WERE OAKLAND STROKES KIDS WHO WERE COMING FROM PIEDMONT, MONTCLAIR PARTS OF ALAMEDA THAT COULD AFFORD BEING OUT ON A BOAT, WHEREAS THE FOLKS IN FRUITVALE IN EAST OAKLAND WEREN'T, AND WE UPPED THOSE NUMBERS. SO AND THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF MUCH OF THE WORK THAT ELLEN HAS DONE WITHIN THAT WARD AND ALSO WITHIN SAN LEANDRO AS WELL, I [01:40:08] WORKED AS A SOCIAL WORKER FOR A LONG TIME IN SAN LEANDRO AS WELL AS A TEACHER, AND I COULD SEE ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT REALLY URBAN, BEAUTIFUL MÉLANGE OF PEOPLE AND DIVERSITY. NOW AT CRAB COVE. WE HAVE A SUPERVISING NATURALIST WHO'S AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN, THE FIRST OF OUR DISTRICT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF JUST JUST HEADWAY BEING HAPPENING, AND WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT'S PERMEATING A LOT OF TIMES FROM THE WARD THAT MLK SHORELINE IS IN, ELLEN WOULD GO TO THE WORKFORCE DIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD WITH AFSCME LOCAL 2428 ON A REGULAR BASIS TO ENSURE THAT SHE, HER CONSTITUENCY WERE BEING SERVED, BUT ALSO JUST THE PARK DISTRICT WAS A LEADER WHEN IT COMES TO DEI, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION MEASURES. SO I REALLY WANT TO APPLAUD ELLEN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE, NOT ONLY IN THIS LOCAL AREA, BUT ALL THROUGHOUT. GREAT. THANK YOU. MEMBER FARMER. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF DIRECTOR CORBETT. I DIDN'T KNOW HER WELL, BUT I DID KNOW THAT I DO KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO WORK IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHO ARE NOW ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY GOT THEIR START WORKING FOR ELLEN, PROBABLY IN THE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE. SO SHE, SHE LEAVES THAT GREAT LEGACY AMONGST MANY PEOPLE. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE, AT THE VERY LEAST, TO HONOR HER WITH KEEPING HER NAME ON ALL MATERIALS THROUGH THE NEW ELECTION, WHICH IS SO IMMINENT. SO I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. I ALSO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF COMMEMORATING THE MEETING ROOM IN HER NAME. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE BIG BREAK PHOTO EXHIBIT. I THINK IT'S SUCH A CREATIVE IDEA AND SO MULTI-GENERATIONAL. I'M WONDERING IF IT'LL ALSO BE ONLINE, ALL THOSE PHOTOS COMMEMORATED OVER TIME, OR IS IT JUST INTENDED TO BE PRINT IN THE SHORT TERM? AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY'RE NOT ONLINE YET, BUT I WILL BRING THAT UP WITH THE STAFF. GREAT. THANK YOU. MEMBER FARMER. YES. MEMBER CHANG. THANK YOU. SO I KNEW DIRECTOR CORBETT AS SENATOR CORBETT, AND I'VE ACTUALLY ALWAYS CALLED HER THAT. MAINLY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S A BIG SHOW OF RESPECT FOR ALL THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE. ALSO, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY WELL DESERVED. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF POLITICIANS WILL REALLY GO OUT THERE AND SAY THEY SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY WANT YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS, BUT, YOU KNOW, ELLEN DOESN'T REALLY JUST TALK ABOUT IT. SHE'S REALLY ABOUT IT, AND I'M HERE TODAY MAINLY BECAUSE OF BOTH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF BOTH DIRECTOR ECHOLS AND DIRECTOR CORBETT. I PERSONALLY FINISHED A SPECIAL ELECTION IN APRIL. I LOST, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, BUT SENATOR CORBETT PERSONALLY SHOWED ME A LOT OF GRACE, A LOT OF SUPPORT, AND REALLY STILL BELIEVED IN ME, AND I THINK THAT REALLY HELPED ME PERSONALLY WALK THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE. WALKED OUT OF THIS EXPERIENCE, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, BECAUSE I NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO HER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ELLEN. GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY SPECIAL INTERACTION EXPERIENCE. MEMBER SKAREDOFF. WELL I DIDN'T KNOW DIRECTOR CORBETT AS WELL AS MANY OF YOU DID, BUT SOMETHING KIND OF CLICKED IN MY HEAD WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE'D DONE. I LIVE IN MARTINEZ AND WE HAVE THE RADKE MARTINEZ SHORELINE REGIONAL PARK THERE. DOES THAT CLICK ANY IDEAS IN YOUR HEAD ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE DONE FOR DIRECTOR CORBETT? JUST KIND OF PUT THAT IN THE BACK AND LET IT CHURN AROUND A LITTLE BIT, AND WE CAN PROBABLY DO SOMETHING OF THAT TYPE TO HONOR HER. THANK YOU. MEMBERS, AND SO SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THOSE REMEMBRANCES AND FOR, YOU KNOW, REALLY SORT OF FLESHING OUT THE IMPACT OF DIRECTOR CORBETT AND, YOU KNOW, WHO SHE WAS AS A PERSON. YOU KNOW, SHE'S CLEARLY HAD A LASTING LEGACY, NOT ONLY THROUGH, LIKE THE LANDS, YOU KNOW, IN THIS PARK DISTRICT, BUT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY EVEN MORE SO IN THE PEOPLE THAT SHE TOUCHED AND MENTORED MANY OF YOU WHO ARE IN THIS ROOM. OH, YEAH, AND SO, YEAH. BEFORE I ADJOURN THIS MEETING LISA HAS SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. I'LL BE QUICK. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS. TODAY, IN MEMORY OF DIRECTOR CORBETT, I WANTED TO INVITE YOU ALL TO OUR SEPTEMBER 3RD BOARD MEETING, BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON. WE WILL BE SHARING A MEMORIAL PRESENTATION AND WELCOMING COMMENTS ON THE LIFE AND LEGACY. EXCUSE ME, CAN SHE SPEAK UP, I CAN'T HEAR. [01:45:02] I THINK IS MY MIC BROKE? THANK YOU. I WANTED TO INVITE YOU ALL TO THE. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW, MEMBER MARSH? OKAY. THANK YOU. BROKEN MIC. I WANTED TO INVITE YOU ALL TO THE SEPTEMBER 3RD BOARD MEETING, WHERE WE'LL BE HAVING A PRESENTATION IN MEMORY OF DIRECTOR CORBETT, AND LIKELY COMMENTS WILL BE SHARED THERE AS WELL. CHAIR TSUTSUI HIGHLIGHTED THE NOVEMBER 16TH FIELD TRIP. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL ON YOUR ATTENDANCE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO JOIN US. MOSTLY TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE RIGHT LUNCH ORDER, BUT ALSO, OF COURSE, IT WILL BE A PUBLIC MEETING. THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED, ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, WE ARE HOSTING A BOARD FIELD TRIP TO LAKE TEMESCAL, THE TILDEN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER, AND THE TILDEN COURTYARD. YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL INVITING YOU TO JOIN FOR THAT AS WELL, AND THEN THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU ALL IS THIS OCTOBER. WE'RE HOPING TO USE THAT MEETING AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN INTERACTIVE EXERCISE WITH YOU ALL TO SET OUR 2025 OBJECTIVES, AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR INPUT GOING INTO THAT EXERCISE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE INCORPORATED? PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME WITH YOUR IDEAS. I'M ALL EARS, AND WHAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE EXCITING IS AT THAT MEETING, WE WILL BE WELCOMING OUR NEW STAFF MEMBERS. SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN BACKGROUND, BUT WE WILL HAVE A PERMANENT STAFF MEMBER ASSIGNED TO THIS COMMITTEE, SIMILAR TO YULIE PREVIOUSLY WHO WILL BE WITH US GOING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND THANK YOU, FLORA CHONTOSH FOR STEPPING IN TODAY. WE'VE BEEN IN A LITTLE BIT OF FLUX LATELY, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A PERMANENT TEAM MEMBER WHO CAN SUPPORT YOU ALL GOING FORWARD. GREAT. THANK YOU. LISA, AND SO I'LL ADJOURN THIS MEMORY AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING IN THE MEMORY OF DIRECTOR ELLEN CORBETT, AND LET'S ALL JUST KEEP HER IN MIND AND YOU KNOW, SHE CAN BE AN INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF US AS WE DO OUR WORK AS WELL. SO I'LL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT, LOOKS LIKE, 5:47 P.M.. SEE YOU ALL NEXT TIME. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.