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WELL, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE CLOSED SESSION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2024, BEGINNING AT 11:02 A.M..

MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?

[ROLL CALL]

YES DIRECTOR. DIRECTOR ROSARIO.

HERE. DIRECTOR SANWONG.

HERE. DIRECTOR WAESPI.

HERE. DIRECTOR MERCURIO.

HERE. GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH.

HERE. GENERAL COUNCIL BOURGAULT.

HERE. THANK YOU.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS? NO, WE DO NOT, DIRECTOR MERCURIO.

OKAY. JUST A NOTE FOR OUR UPCOMING CLOSED SESSION, WE WILL BE TABLING ITEM A TO A FUTURE MEETING.

[CLOSED SESSION ITEMS]

AND SO NOW WE WERE GOING TO BE MOVING INTO THE CLOSED SESSION.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2024, BEGINNING AT 1:03 P.M..

WILL THE CLERK PLEASE TAKE ROLL?

[ROLL CALL]

YES. DIRECTOR. MERCURIO.

DIRECTOR ROSARIO.

HERE. DIRECTOR SANWONG.

HERE. DIRECTOR WAESPI.

HERE. DIRECTOR MERCURIO.

HERE. GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH.

HERE. AND GENERAL COUNCIL BOURGAULT.

HERE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS THE PLEDGE WITH DIRECTOR WAESPI.

LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.

SURE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, DIRECTOR ROSARIO.

[LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT]

THANK YOU.

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 HUICHIN TERRITORY, WHICH IS THE TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL AND SHARED HOME SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL.

THE OHLONE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL.

OH, I'M SORRY, WHICH IS THEIR TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL AND SHARED HOME.

SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THE OHLONE PEOPLE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN RECIPROCITY WITH NATURE, UNDERSTANDING THE SEASONS AND 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.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

NEXT IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

IS THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? YES, DIRECTOR MERCURIO.

WE HAVE A COMMENTER ON THE LINE WHOSE HAND IS RAISED IS KELLY ABREU.

KELLY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES.

JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. YOU SEE MY FACE NOW AT THE END ABOUT 30 SECONDS INTO YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE BEING OVER.

I WILL TURN MY VIDEO BACK ON.

SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OFF RIGHT NOW. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON.

BOARD MEMBERS, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MISSION PEAK CONSERVANCY TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE STATE OF THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING.

WHILE I APPRECIATE THE EFFICIENCY OF PLACING A DOZEN NONCONTROVERSIAL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, I BELIEVE THAT YOUR BOARD SHOULD MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ON POLICY FOR THE WELFARE OF EAST BAY RESIDENTS.

THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW INTERIM CHIEF OF MAINTENANCE IS UNDOUBTEDLY IMPORTANT, BUT IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WHERE ARE THE POLICY DECISIONS, STRATEGIC PLANNING DISCUSSIONS, PROJECT CONSTRUCTION UPDATES AND COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS THAT WE EXPECT FROM OUR ELECTED BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

I URGE THE BOARD TO ACTIVELY SEEK OUT OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS, AND TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC'S VOICE IS HEARD. BY DOING SO WE CAN MAINTAIN TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR PARK DISTRICT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND.

SECOND. MOVED AND SECONDED.

ALL IN FAVOR?

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AYE. OPPOSED.

CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NOW WE COME TO THE FUN PART.

[SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]

SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION HERE TODAY.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ THIS AGENDA ITEM TITLE BECAUSE I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE RECOGNIZED GOING UP FRONT HERE.

SO WE HAVE POLICE CHIEF AGM OF PUBLIC SAFETY ROBERT FILICE PRESENTING LIFESAVING MEDALS TO OFFICER ERIN HERLIHY, OFFICER GRANT BOYSEN, OFFICER JACOB EPSTEIN, SERGEANT TOM STARICK AND SERGEANT GARY CASTANEDA, AND A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL TO OFFICER KEITH GILKERSON AND A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL AND A LIFE SAVING LIFESAVING MEDAL TO OFFICER JAY DOWKE.

ALL RIGHT, CHIEF.

GOOD AFTERNOON, ROBERTO FILICE YOUR AGM OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTIONS.

I'M ONLY GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY CAPTAINS, WHO ARE GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE EVENTS THAT LED US TO THE RECOGNITION OF OUR OFFICERS.

ACTUALLY, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU, BEFORE OUR BOSS AND BEFORE THE COMMUNITY, JUST TO KIND OF A REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THAT OUR OFFICERS DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

TRUST ME, IT WAS A HARD JOB TO GET THEM OVER HERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED.

THEY JUST DO THEIR JOB.

THEY DON'T DO IT FOR THE PAT ON THE BACK.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THEY LIVE.

THEY SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND THEY NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED AS POLICE OFFICERS.

THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL THAT WE HAVE.

ASIDE FROM KEEPING THE COMMUNITY SAFE IS TO SAVE LIVES.

AND THESE GENTLEMEN AND LADIES ABSOLUTELY ACHIEVED THE MAXIMUM THAT YOU CAN DO AS AN OFFICER.

SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CAPTAIN COTCHER AND CAPTAIN CHEVEZ, AND THEY WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE EVENTS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, TERRENCE COTCHER, CAPTAIN OF POLICE FOR THE REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TODAY WITH THE LIFESAVING AWARD FOR OFFICER EPSTEIN AND THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR OFFICER GILKERSON.

ON MAY 23RD, OFFICER EPSTEIN AND GILKERSON WERE ON SKYLINE BOULEVARD IN OAKLAND WHEN THEY WERE FLAGGED DOWN BY A NEARBY CIVILIAN ABOUT A SHOOTING IN PROGRESS AT A NEARBY HIGH SCHOOL.

OUR OFFICERS WERE THE FIRST ON SCENE AND OBSERVED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FLEEING THE SCHOOL, AND POINTED TO VICTIMS THAT NEEDED HELP.

OFFICER EPSTEIN UTILIZED HIS TRAINING AND HIS TRAUMA KIT TO ASSESS A VICTIM WHO HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE THIGH.

OFFICER EPSTEIN APPLIED A TOURNIQUET TO THE VICTIM'S LEG, WHICH STOPPED FURTHER BLOOD LOSS.

THE VICTIM'S CARE WAS TRANSFERRED TO OTHER RESPONDING RESOURCES, AND OFFICER EPSTEIN MOVED ON TO SEARCH FOR THE SHOOTER.

OFFICER GILKERSON ENTERED THE SCHOOL GROUNDS ON HIS OWN WITHOUT HESITATION TO SEARCH FOR THE SUSPECT OR SUSPECTS.

OFFICER GILKERSON ENCOUNTERED MULTIPLE ADDITIONAL VICTIMS AND WITNESSES DURING HIS SEARCH.

HE SUCCESSFULLY FACILITATED THE TRANSFER OF CARE OF INJURED SUSPECTS OR, EXCUSE ME, INJURED SUBJECTS AND WITNESSES TO THE OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DUE TO THEIR MERITORIOUS ACTIONS DURING THIS INCIDENT, OFFICER EPSTEIN IS PRESENTED WITH THE AWARD OF THE LIFESAVING MEDAL, AND OFFICER GILKERSON IS PRESENTED WITH THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD.

[APPLAUSE] FORGIVE OUR BACK TO YOU.

BUT FOR OUR FUTURE PURPOSES [APPLAUSE] WELL DONE.

NOW, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR NEWEST OFFICERS.

HE JUST STARTED WITH US FOUR MONTHS AGO MORE OR LESS.

EVEN IF GOOD JOB, MY MAN. WELL DONE.

[APPLAUSE] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS GIORGIO CHEVEZ, CAPTAIN OF POLICE AT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE LIFESAVING AWARD FOR SERGEANT STARK AND OFFICER HERLIHY ON JUNE 9TH, 2020, FOR SERGEANT STARK AND OFFICER HERLIHY ENCOUNTERED TWO MALE SUBJECTS IN DISTRESS WHILE ON MARINE PATROL AT LAKE DEL VALLE IN THE AREA OF HERON BAY.

THE TWO HAD DRIFTED FROM THE RENTAL BOAT, WITH ONLY ONE WEARING A LIFE VEST, WHICH WAS NOT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THEM BOTH.

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OFFICER HERLIHY THREW A LIFE RING BUOY, BUT THE SUBJECTS WERE TOO EXHAUSTED TO REACH IT, AT WHICH TIME SERGEANT STARICK PULLED MARINE TWO NEXT TO SUBJECTS.

OFFICER HERLIHY AND SERGEANT STARK SUCCESSFULLY RESCUED BOTH EXHAUSTED SUBJECTS, THUS PREVENTING A DROWNING.

DUE TO THE LIFESAVING ACTIONS OF BOTH SERGEANT STARICK AND OFFICER HERLIHY THEY ARE PRESENTED WITH THE LIFESAVING AWARD.

[APPLAUSE].

OFFICER HERLIHY IS NOT HERE TO RECEIVE HER AWARD, SO WE'LL TAKE THAT ON HER BEHALF.

BACK TO ME, TERRENCE COTCHER, CAPTAIN OF POLICE.

MOVING ON TO OUR THIRD SET OF AWARDS.

THIS IS A LIFESAVING AWARD FOR SERGEANT CASTANEDA AND OFFICER BOYSEN.

ON JUNE 30, 2024, SERGEANT CASTANEDA AND OFFICER BOYSEN WERE ON MARINE PATROL OF LAKE DEL VALLE WHEN THEY OBSERVED A DISTRESSED SWIMMER IN OPEN WATER THAT WAS NEAR DROWNING. USING THEIR TRAINING AND TEAMWORK, SERGEANT CASTANEDA AND OFFICER BOYSEN QUICKLY RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND DEPLOYED LIFESAVING FLOTATION EQUIPMENT TO RESCUE THE 14 YEAR OLD VICTIM.

THE JUVENILE VICTIM SURVIVED WITHOUT SERIOUS INJURY.

DUE TO THE LIFESAVING ACTIONS OF BOTH SERGEANT CASTANEDA AND OFFICER BOYSEN THEY ARE PRESENTED WITH THE LIFESAVING AWARD.

[APPLAUSE] UNFORTUNATELY, OFFICER BOYSEN CANNOT MAKE IT TODAY.

WE WILL ACCEPT HIS AWARD ON HIS BEHALF.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING ABOUT OFFICER DOWKE AND HIS LIFESAVING AWARD ON JULY 7TH, 2024.

OFFICER DOWKE WAS ON MARINE PATROL OF LAKE DEL VALLE NEAR THE MAIN BOAT LAUNCH.

OFFICER DOWKE OBSERVED A STRUGGLING SWIMMER WHO WAS FRANTICALLY ATTEMPTING TO SWIM BACK TO THE BOAT DOCK.

THE VICTIM WAS VISIBLY SHORT OF BREATH AND WAS PANICKED.

OFFICER DOWKE QUICKLY RESPONDED TO THE AREA AND DEPLOYED LIFESAVING FLOTATION EQUIPMENT TO RESCUE THE 45 YEAR OLD VICTIM.

WHEN RESCUED AND PULLED ABOARD THE PATROL VESSEL, THE VICTIM WAS PALE, SWEATING AND VOMITING.

OFFICER DOWKE SUMMONED MORE ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESOURCES AND TRANSFERRED THE VICTIM TO THEIR CARE.

DUE TO THE LIFESAVING ACTIONS OF OFFICER DOWKE, HE IS PRESENTED WITH THE LIFESAVING AWARD.

[APPLAUSE] YOU MIGHT AS WELL STAY STANDING.

SO I GAVE THE LAST ONE.

NEVERTHELESS, NOT THE LEAST.

BUT WE STILL GOT TO TALK ABOUT OFFICER DOWKE, AND HE RECEIVES AN ADDITIONAL AWARD FOR THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE.

OFFICER DOWKE HAS BEEN A DEDICATED LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL FOR 43 YEARS.

OFFICER DOWKE BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT IN OCTOBER OF 1980.

OFFICER DOWKE SPENT 35 YEARS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS A FOOT PATROLMAN, PLAINCLOTHES NARCOTICS DETECTIVE, AND MOST NOTABLY, A MEMBER OF SAN FRANCISCO P.D.

SWAT TEAM FOR 24 YEARS.

OFFICER DOWKE WAS A FIREARMS AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS INSTRUCTOR DURING HIS TENURE AT SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IN APRIL OF 2016, OFFICER DOWKE CAME TO OUR AGENCY.

HE HAS PERFORMED IN AN EXEMPLARY FASHION WHILE ON PATROL AND IS A MEMBER OF OUR SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT UNIT.

OFFICER DOWKE HAS ALSO BECOME AN INTEGRAL PIECE OF OUR TRAINING CADRE AND A CONSISTENT FOUNDATIONAL LEADER WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.

HIS EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, PERSONALITY, AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO SHARE ALL OF THOSE SKILLS AND TRAITS HAS MADE HIM A CORNERSTONE OF OUR AGENCY'S CONTINUED SUCCESS.

DUE TO THE LIFESAVING AWARD DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY IN OFFICER DOWKE DISTINGUISHED MORE THAN FOUR DECADE CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

OFFICER DOWKE IS PRESENTED WITH THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK MY BOSS, OUR GENERAL MANAGER, SABRINA LANDRETH, TO JOIN ME UP HERE TO PRESENT THE AWARD, PLEASE.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK

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YOU.

REPORTER WITH ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS NOW.

SURE. IF I MAY ASK THE BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU CAN JUST STEP DOWN, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK GROUP PHOTO, AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE ORDER OF BUSINESS.

YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO BRING ALL THE AWARDEES UP HERE.

MIC] OPEN THEM UP.

IN LINE. THERE YOU GO.

THERE YOU GO. OKAY.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

MIC] SO JUST KIND OF IN CLOSING ON THIS ITEM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WE RELY ON YOU AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.

AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A HIGH QUALITY OUTFIT, AS I WOULD SAY.

AND WE'RE JUST FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU ALL AND UNDER UNDER SUCH GREAT LEADERSHIP.

I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE THINGS TO COME, BUT HOPEFULLY NOT TOO MANY OF THOSE.

DEL VALLE RESCUE THINGS, I MEAN.

ANYWAY AGAIN, THANK YOU.

DIRECTOR MERCURIO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING ON WITH THE BUSINESS OF THE MEETING.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL BE PHOTOS TAKEN OUTSIDE.

SO UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY BURNING DESIRES TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO ARE RELEASED.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF BREAK HERE TO ALLOW THE ROOM TO TRANSITION TO THE OUTSIDE.

YES. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT I THINK OUR OFFICERS HERE TODAY THAT ARE AWARDED THEIR AWARDS ARE EXEMPLARY OF THE PROFESSION.

AND I THINK IT THEY REALLY EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF SERVE AND PROTECT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND TO ALL YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS.

STAY SAFE. AND CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE OR SO RECESS HERE. YOU CAN BE HEARD.

OKAY. WE ARE BACK IN SESSION NOW.

[PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]

AND WE ARE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.

MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE? YES. DIRECTOR MERCURIO.

WE HAVE RENEE PATTERSON IN THE ROOM, AND THEN WE HAVE KELLY ABREU ON ZOOM.

RENEE WILL GO FIRST.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I SEE YOUR HAND KELLY.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS RENEE PATTERSON, AND I'M ADMIN ANALYST TWO IN OPERATIONS WITH BUSINESS SERVICES, AND I WORK IN PERALTA OAKS ON THE THIRD FLOOR.

AND TODAY, I'M HERE TO REMIND YOU OF THE PERBS FILING.

[00:20:01]

THAT'S THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BOARD AFSCME FILED AN UNFAIR PRACTICE CHARGE ON AUGUST 26, 2022, AND THE CHARGE WAS FOR BAD FAITH BARGAINING, INTERFERENCE, DIRECT DEALING, AND UNILATERAL IMPLEMENTATION.

SO I'M JUST HERE TO REMIND YOU, AS I DO EVERY BOARD MEETING, CAN'T BELIEVE I'M STILL DOING THIS AFTER TWO YEARS, BUT I AM.

HAVEN'T HEARD ANY RUMORS.

NOT A PEEP OUT OF ANYONE REGARDING THIS.

SO UNTIL I DO, I'LL CONTINUE TO COME TO A BOARD MEETING AND REMIND YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OKAY, KELLY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MISSION PEAK CONSERVANCY TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE ONGOING DELAYS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PARKING LOT, RESTROOMS, AND TRAILS AT COYOTE HILLS.

THIS PROJECT BEGAN IN MID 2022 AND WAS INITIALLY ESTIMATED TO TAKE ONE YEAR, BUT IT HAS JUST RECENTLY BEEN DELAYED THREE MONTHS UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THE COYOTE HILLS PROJECT COULD END UP TAKING TWO AND A HALF YEARS INSTEAD OF THE ONE YEAR INITIALLY SCHEDULED.

THIS SIGNIFICANT SETBACK RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES OF YOUR ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES CAN ARISE, THE NEWS OF THE REPEATED DELAYS IS DRIBBLING OUT LITTLE BY LITTLE, THREE MONTHS AT A TIME, CAUSING FRUSTRATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT AMONG OUR COMMUNITY.

THE NEW TRAIL IS EAGERLY ANTICIPATED AND WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

THE BOARD DIRECTOR WHO REPRESENTS FREMONT SHOULD DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THIS PROJECT COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PROJECT ON THE DISTRICT'S TO DO LIST.

THERE'S A LONG LIST OF PROJECTS UNDERWAY, AND IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR TIMELINE AND PLAN IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE AND DON'T TAKE TWICE AS LONG AS SCHEDULED.

I URGE YOUR BOARD TO KEEP TABS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

INVESTIGATE THE REASONS FOR THESE DELAYS AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING ISSUES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

KELLY. WE HAVE NO MORE SPEAKERS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THAT WAS ALL? YES. OKAY. THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'RE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.

DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS TO BE MADE.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO DISCUSS OR PULL ITEMS? DISCUSS? YES.

OR PULL ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? YES. I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

QUESTION? OKAY.

GO AHEAD. OH, YEAH.

OH, I THOUGHT THERE WAS.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY OVER THERE.

APPRECIATE IT. SO I JUST IT WAS JUST A QUESTION AND KIND OF A NOTING.

I'M IN THIS CONSENT CALENDAR, WE'RE AUTHORIZING SIX CONTRACTS FOR $2 MILLION FOR TRANSPORTATION TO PARKS, GETTING UNDERSERVED PEOPLE INTO OUR PARKS. AND YET I'M SEEING THAT NOW WE'RE APPLYING FOR A GRANT OF $50,000 FROM THE.

AND I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS GRANT PROGRAM.

THE PARKS CALIFORNIA PARKS CALIFORNIA ROUTE TO PARKS GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH THEIR GOAL IS TO PERMANENTLY PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS AND BEACHES.

AND WITH THE SAME GOAL THAT WE HAVE.

SO I REALLY SUPPORT THIS AND KATY HAVE WE EVER DONE THIS BEFORE? AND I MEAN IS THERE ANY THOUGHT OF MAYBE EXPANDING THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS? WELL, I GUESS THERE YOU KNOW, THERE SEEM TO BE OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT.

WE'VE GOT PARKS RIGHT IN THE CLOSE TO THE INNER CITY.

AND WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO BUS SOME FOLKS OUT TO THE LAKE DEL VALLE AND SEE THAT ALMOST WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE OUT THERE, AND EVEN CLOSE BY WITH EASTSHORE STATE PARK.

SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY AND WE'VE GOT THE CRITERIA THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.

I WONDER IF WE'RE GOING FOR MORE THAN THAT OR DOES THIS PROGRAM, DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR DEL VALLE AND EASTSHORE?

[00:25:04]

YES. KATY HORNBECK GRANTS MANAGER.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE PARK DISTRICT IS APPLYING FOR THIS POT OF MONEY.

ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT THE PROGRAMING TAKE PLACE AT A STATE PARK AND THAT WE'RE TRANSPORTING FOLKS TO THAT STATE PARK.

SO THE APPLICATION THE PARK DISTRICT SUBMITS WILL BE BRINGING KIDS TO THE BAY ADVENTURE PROGRAM AT CROWN BEACH THAT PROGRAM IS RUN THROUGH OUR LIFEGUARD SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION ALSO SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION, AND THAT WAS TO DO TRANSPORTATION TO DEL VALLE FOR PROGRAMING THERE.

SO THEY WERE COORDINATING WITH THE INTERPRETIVE AND RECREATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON THAT APPLICATION.

GREAT. THAT'S EXCELLENT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR. AND DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE POT OF MONEY IS THROUGHOUT THE STATE? I'D HAVE TO LOOK. IT'S A FAIRLY SMALL POT OF MONEY.

THE MAX AWARD IS, I THINK, $25,000.

SO IT'S RELATIVELY SMALL.

OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION.

PETE, YOU'RE HERE RIGHT? IS THERE ANY THE BAY ADVENTURE PROGRAM.

COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? MEMBERS AM I ON? YEAH. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PETE DEQUINCY, LIFEGUARD SERVICE MANAGER.

THANK YOU FOR ASKING DIRECTOR WAESPI.

IN REGARDS TO OUR BAY ADVENTURE PROGRAM, WE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SPECIFICALLY OUR CHILDREN, TO GET ACCESS TO THE PARKS AND THEN HAVE A SAFE AQUATIC EXPERIENCE IN AND AROUND THE WATER.

AND THAT METHOD THAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE TO SERVE BOTH THE ALAMEDA AND THE OAKLAND AREA, WAS TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM LAST YEAR AT CROWN BEACH.

IT SPECIFICALLY SUPPORTS YOUNG INDIVIDUALS LEARNING HOW TO BE SAFE.

AS I SAID, IN AND AROUND THE WATER, THEY ARE IN THE WATER.

THEY'RE LEARNING HOW TO USE A LIFE JACKET, HOW TO DO STAND UP PADDLE BOARD, HOW TO DO WATER POLO.

WE'VE GOTTEN RECOGNITION FROM ALL SORTS OF AGENCIES.

WE'RE RIGHT NOW CLOSELY WORKING WITH ALAMEDA FAMILY SERVICES AND ALAMEDA POINT COLLABORATIVE, AND WE PILOTED WITH LINCOLN SQUARE RECREATIONAL CENTER IN REGARDS TO HOW DO WE GET KIDS THERE? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND THAT WAS THE MOST SURPRISING AT THE BAY ADVENTURE PROGRAM WAS THAT MOST OF THE YOUNG CHILDREN DID NOT REALIZE THAT THIS WAS THEIR PARK, THAT THEY HAD ACCESS TO THIS PARK.

SO MOST OF THEM WERE EITHER LIVING AND JUST PARTICIPATING IN LIFE, 1 TO 2 BLOCKS WHERE THEY LIVED.

AND SO TO GO BEYOND THAT AND GO TO OUR PARK AND EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THE REGIONAL PARKS ARE THEIRS FOR THEM WAS VERY ILLUMINATING.

WE HAD YOUNG INDIVIDUALS, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY LAST YEAR THAT WE SERVED UNDER 100, AND THIS YEAR WE PROVIDED OVER 283 WEEKS OF CAMP AT THAT PROGRAM THAT WERE FULLY SUPPORTED BY THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION, AND THOSE WERE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES, REFUGEES AND UNHOUSED, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE EVER DONE THAT.

AND WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE REGIONAL PARKS ITSELF, THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION, OUR RESERVATIONS.

I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO RESERVATIONS ON THAT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD AGAIN.

WHAT KATY IS TRYING TO DO FOR US IS ONLY GOING TO ALLOW US TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROGRAM.

SO AND YOU'VE DONE IT FOR TWO YEARS NOW.

IS THERE ANY DATA THAT SHOWS THAT I WOULD ASSUME IF PEOPLE CAME AND JUST WERE GAINING FAMILIARITY WITH THE WATER IN OUR PARKS, DO THEY THEN MOVE TO SWIMMING LESSONS AND THEN MAYBE JUNIOR GUARD AND THEN MAYBE EMPLOYMENT WITH US? THAT IS THE HOPE. THAT'S THE GOAL OR THAT'S THAT THERE'S EVIDENCE.

I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE COMING BACK OR PEOPLE RETURNING.

WE ARE FINDING PEOPLE THAT ARE RETURNING.

WHAT WE DID IS IDENTIFY IMMEDIATELY WITHIN THE SEVEN WEEK PROGRAM IS THAT THERE WERE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS THAT WANTED TO TRANSITION AND MOVE INTO THE JUNIOR GUARD PROGRAM.

WE HAVE THE BAY ADVENTURE PROGRAM SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE JUNIOR GUARD PROGRAM AT CROWN BEACH, AND WHAT THEY SEE THE OLDER, MORE PROFICIENT CHILDREN DOING THEY WANT TO DO.

AND WE WILL TRANSITION AND TRAIN THEM TO MOVE INTO THAT DIRECTION IN HOPES THAT THEY WILL WANT TO STAY WITH US LONG ENOUGH TO GET A JOB WHEN THEY'RE 16.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SO HAVING HEARD THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS?

[00:30:03]

SO MOVED.

HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND. SECOND.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT ON. SURE.

ITEM NUMBER TEN, GETTING THE BNSF PROPERTY BACK INTO FROM MILLER KNOX.

WELL DONE. THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING TO SAY THE LEAST.

YEAH. THANK YOU. GOOD.

GOOD POINT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM B ADOPT A RESOLUTION

[HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION]

AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF KAREN MCNAMARA AS INTERIM CHIEF OF MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES IN THE OPERATIONS DIVISION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 21221H.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ALLYSON COOK, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND LISA GOORJIAN AGM OF OPERATIONS IS HERE ALSO TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THIS IS A CALPERS PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENT.

WE ARE SEEKING AUTHORIZATION TO APPOINT KAREN MCNAMARA AS INTERIM CHIEF OF MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES, KNOWN AS MAST, IN LIGHT OF THE PROMOTION OF ROBERT KENNEDY TO CHIEF OF OPERATIONS.

SO I THINK MY REPORT IS SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? I DON'T EITHER, SO GREAT CATCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH. YEAH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? SO MOVED. MOVED.

SECOND. I'LL SECOND.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED.

CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND WE MOVE ON TO GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS.

DO WE HAVE ANY? SHE HAS NONE.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION.

DO WE HAVE ANY FROM THAT.

NO, DIRECTOR MERCURIO WE DO NOT.

WE DO NOT. SO THEN WE DO WE HAVE ANY PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR THOSE AT THIS POINT WE HAVE.

WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW WE'RE ON TO EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE TOPIC, THE BOARD COMMENTS.

[BOARD COMMENTS]

SO LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE READY, [INAUDIBLE] DIRECTOR ROSARIO WILL GIVE THE OTHERS A LITTLE MORE TIME.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

SPREADSHEETS. YES, INDEED.

OKAY. SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING ON NINE FOUR, I MET WITH THE MAYOR OF PIEDMONT, JEN CAVENAUGH, HAD A NICE CHAT, AND THEN ON ATTENDED THE CSDA CONFERENCE BETWEEN 9/9 AND 9/12.

IT WAS 114 DEGREES AND SMOKY.

SO, YEAH, YOU JUST GO OUT THERE AND IN BETWEEN AIR CONDITIONING RUSH OUT, GET WARM AND COME BACK IN.

ON THE 13TH ATTENDED THE BOARD TOUR AT TILDEN EEC AND LAKE AND THE COURTYARD AND LAKE TEMESCAL.

WELL DONE.

THANK YOU TO ANDREA FOR ORGANIZING THOSE THERE.

THIS ONE WAS ESPECIALLY WELL ATTENDED.

AND THE INFORMATION THAT WAS REALLY GOOD, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR THEIR FIRST TIME.

ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER.

AND THEN ON 9/16, I ATTENDED OAKLAND DD COALITION MEETING.

OH, WAIT, DID I. OH, LET'S SEE, TODAY'S.

AND TODAY.

THAT'S IT.

I'M GOOD.

EXCELLENT. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY AT THE CSDA CONFERENCE, I GOT THIS LITTLE TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR, I GUESS, BOARD MEMBER OF THE YEAR.

YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS ALREADY, BUT.

YES, LET'S BE CLEAR.

THIS IS BOARD MEMBER OF THE YEAR FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IN MY OPINION, COMPLETELY WELL DESERVED. SO YOU'VE SEEN IT.

OLIVIA WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

ROASTING A MARSHMALLOW ON IT.

CONGRATULATIONS, DEE.

YEAH THAT AWARD WAS GIVEN IN A GIANT BALLROOM WITH, I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE.

AND IT WAS IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

AND WE WERE ALL THRILLED. AND THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, 3 OR 4 OF US CHEERING ESPECIALLY LOUDLY FOR THAT ONE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, DENNIS, ARE YOU READY? GO LAST THEN I CAN GET EVERYTHING QUEUED UP FOR YOU.

DID YOU HEAR THAT? CAN I GO LAST OR.

YOU CAN GO LAST. YOU CAN GO WHATEVER ORDER YOU DEEM FIT.

OLIVIA WILL GO BEFORE ME.

[00:35:02]

ARE YOU READY, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO GO? I'M HAPPY TO GO. OKAY.

LET'S GO.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE JUST THREE TO REPORT, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO JUST SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK AS WELL.

SO SEPTEMBER 6TH, I MET WITH OUR CONSULTANT FOR THE GENERAL COUNSEL REVIEW.

SEPTEMBER 12TH, I MET WITH PETE SANDHU FROM FIVE RIVERS AVIATION AT THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT FBO.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING REAL QUICK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT LIVERMORE AIRPORT REALLY IS AN IMPORTANT HUB FOR CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES. AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE TRI-VALLEY COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THIS.

THAT'S MY STATEMENT.

AND THEN ON THE 13TH, WE HAD OUR BOARD SITE VISIT TO TILDEN PARK.

THANK YOU. OH, SHOOT.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'LL GO NEXT HERE.

SO ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, A BOARD MEETING NOT UNLIKE THIS ONE.

AND THEN FROM SEPTEMBER, DID I SAY SEPTEMBER? SEPTEMBER 3RD.

SEPTEMBER 4TH THROUGH THE 6TH I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT A CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS WORK CAMP IN THE HIGH SIERRA.

AND THIS WAS BASED ON THIS DERIVED FROM WHEN WE VISITED IN SACRAMENTO AND GOT A PRESENTATION ON THE CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS, AND THEY OFFERED US ANY OF ALL OF US, ANY OF US AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT.

AND I VOLUNTEERED AND SURE ENOUGH, THEY HONORED MY HAND RAISING AND THEY WELCOMED ME UP THERE.

SO TWO AND A HALF MILE HIKE UP TO A CAMP BY A LAKE, BEAUTIFUL.

AND A 11 PERSON CREW THERE.

THIS CREW HAPPENED TO BE THIS WAS A COMBINATION CCC AND AMERICORPS CREW.

IT TURNS OUT IT WAS A TRAINING LIKE A TRAINING CREW, BECAUSE ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HAD NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.

AND SO THERE'S A STRONG ELEMENT OF TRAINING AND MENTORING AND COACHING INVOLVED FOR THESE FOLKS, SOME OF WHOM WERE NOT REALLY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE BACK COUNTRY.

AND IT'S CONDUCTED A LOT LIKE A CLASS.

THERE'S EVALUATIONS, THERE'S IN EFFECT, LESSON PLANS, SORT OF THAT THEY DO WHEN ON THEIR DAYS OFF, WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF FUNNY.

THEY WORK FIVE DAYS A WEEK HARD AT 9000FT.

AND THEN ON THEIR DAY OFF, WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY GO AND HIKE HARD AT 10,000FT FOR SOMETIMES 40 MILE HIKE IN TWO DAYS.

THERE'S JUST AN ENDLESS AMOUNT OF ENTHUSIASM AND ENERGY IN THAT GROUP.

AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

THE FOOD'S ALSO PRETTY GOOD, I'LL ADD THAT.

SO ANYWAY, I HAD A GREAT TIME.

GOT TO MEET SOME OF THEM, SPEAK WITH THEM, MEET THE KIND OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE FOLKS ABOUT THAT, AND TO INFORM THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SCHEDULED TO GET A SIMILAR CAMP IN OUR PARK IN OUR PARK DISTRICT IN BRIONES.

SO IT'LL BE A LOT EASIER FOR ME TO VISIT THAT CAMP THAN IT WAS THIS ONE.

THIS THIS ONE ALSO INCLUDED A FIVE HOUR DRIVE EACH WAY.

[LAUGHTER] BUT THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I DID.

ON SEPTEMBER 7TH WAS MOONLIGHT ON THE MOUNTAIN, WHICH IS THE BIG FUNDRAISER THAT SAVE MOUNT DIABLO DOES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FIGURE WAS THIS YEAR, BUT THEY GENERALLY RAISE ABOUT A HALF $1 MILLION, AND WE ARE HIGH LEVEL SPONSORS IN THAT WAS GREAT.

AND THEN I ALSO WENT TO THE CSDA CONFERENCE DOWN IN INDIAN WELLS.

THERE WAS A NUMBER OF GOOD PRESENTATIONS IN THERE AS WELL AS SOME GOOD NETWORKING.

YOU GOT TO FIGURE WHEN THERE'S 900 AND SOMETHING PEOPLE THERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME NETWORKING, RIGHT AND THERE WAS AND THEN THE BOARD SITE VISIT.

YEAH, I ENJOYED THAT A LOT AS WELL.

AND WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION, PARTICULARLY ON THE LATEST INFORMATION ON LAKE TEMESCAL.

AND WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. SO WE HAVE ONE OTHER REPORT TO MAKE IF YOU'RE ABLE.

OR DO YOU WANT TO DEFER IT? TILL NEXT TIME? NO, NO, NO.

I'M GOOD. THANK YOU.

OKAY. LET'S GO.

OKAY. SO ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, I ATTENDED THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, I WENT TO THE GARIN APPLE FESTIVAL.

WHAT A GREAT, GREAT EVENT THAT IS.

YOU KNOW, REALLY SMALL TIME, REALLY GREAT.

MET SOME REAL PEOPLE THAT LIKE APPLES, THAT ANTIQUE APPLE ORCHARD THERE, THEY'VE GOT SOME REAL PASSIONATE PEOPLE THAT DO SOME GREAT WORK AND TASTED SOME APPLES THAT I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REGULAR APPLES AT SAFEWAY AND THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT VARIETIES.

[00:40:01]

THESE GUYS HAVE ABOUT 80 VARIETIES GROWING IN THE PARK UP THERE.

THEY WERE GIVING SAMPLES TO EVERYBODY.

LOTS OF INTERPRETIVE STUFF GOING ON, LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS, LOTS OF GOOD, GOOD FUN AT OLD GARIN PARK.

ON SEPTEMBER 9TH THROUGH 12TH, I WENT ALSO TO THE CSDA CONFERENCE.

AND AS DIRECTOR MERCURIO SAID, IT WAS GREAT NETWORKING WITH FOLKS.

LEARNED A LOT OF GREAT STUFF, A LOT OF INTERESTING.

I WENT TO MORE THAN ONE SESSION ON FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND DEALING WITH ZOOM MEETINGS AND ALL THE NUANCES OF HOW WE HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE AND LET PEOPLE SPEAK WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CRAZY RHETORIC WE'RE FACED WITH THESE DAYS.

BUT THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENT WAS THE AWARD WHICH AMIRAS' TRYING TO DRAG UP.

I GOT A GREAT PICTURE OF YOU DEE ACCEPTING YOUR AWARD, BUT WE PROBABLY MAY NOT GET IT.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF DEE, THE THIRD FROM THE LEFT PUTTING AT REDWOOD CANYON GOLF COURSE.

[LAUGHTER]. SO THAT'S ALL WE HAVE IN THE MEANTIME.

ANYONE AND THEN YESTERDAY I DID A ONE ON ONE WITH THE ASD AND LEARNED LOTS OF STUFF ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES AT COYOTE HILLS AND AT HAYWARD SHORELINE AND OUR PARKS DOWN IN THE SOUTH.

I DID WANT TO REPORT, BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT BY MEMORY BECAUSE AMIRA'S GOT MY PHONE.

SO THIS IS A PHOTO OF, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT SERVING COMMUNITIES AND RECREATION AND GETTING PEOPLE OUT TO THE PARKS.

THIS IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE AT REDWOOD CANYON GOLF COURSE.

SO ERIC JONES IS THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFER OR PGA PROFESSIONAL AT REDWOOD CANYON.

AND HE VERY ACTIVELY RECRUITS KIDS FOR SUMMER CAMPS.

SO THERE'S LOTS OF KIDS COMING TO THE PARK, AND THAT'S THEIR FORM OF RECREATION.

AND HERE THEY ARE. THIS IS ONE GROUP.

USUALLY HE DID SIX WEEKS OF TRAININGS.

GENERALLY, HE SAID HE AVERAGED AROUND 20 PEOPLE PER GROUP OR PER CLASS.

HAD A TOTAL OF 122 GOLFERS THIS SUMMER, WHICH WAS MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

HE'S PROMOTING THE PROGRAM.

HE HAS NUMBERS.

THEY'RE ALL GOOD NUMBERS.

OBVIOUSLY, PEOPLE COME FROM ANTIOCH.

PEOPLE COME FROM SAN MATEO.

HE'S HAD SOME PEOPLE COME FROM THEY STAY ALL DAY.

HE'S PRETTY THOROUGH.

HE UNDERSTANDS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARK DISTRICT, AND HE'S TRYING TO CULTIVATE THAT.

I TELL HIM, GIVE ME SOME PICTURES OF NICE KIDS COMING TO PARKS, AND HE DOES THAT AND HE'S REALLY PROMOTED THAT.

HE ALSO WAS SOPHISTICATED ENOUGH THIS YEAR TO I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS BECAUSE AMIRA HAS GOT MY PHONE, BUT HE SAID SOMETHING LIKE, AND WE KEEP THESE KIDS ALL DAY.

THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF GOING TO THE CAFE THEY HAVE HERE, THE LITTLE BISTRO, AND I'LL NEVER FIND IT.

AND, HE SAID THE PART WE MADE $3,172, OF WHICH, YOU KNOW, 5% GOES TO THE BLAH, BLAH, BLAH FUND. AND HE'S REALLY TRYING TO PROMOTE HIS PROGRAM AND WORK WITH THE DISTRICT, WHICH HE'S DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF, BY THE WAY.

SO ANYWAY, THAT IS THAT'S MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE'RE GETTING DOWN NEAR THE END.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAD A ROLE IN MAKING THIS MEETING GO TODAY.

IT WENT GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BUT WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS WHICH THERE ARE, AND.

JUST A REMINDER THAT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DIRECTOR CORBETT WILL BE THIS SATURDAY.

OKAY. YES.

THAT'S RIGHT. YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 1:55.

ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT. THERE'S DEE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.