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ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GET GOING.
DIRECTOR COFFEY IS APPEARING REMOTELY.
DIRECTOR COFFEY, I DO HAVE TO ASK YOU, ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE OR WILL BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM AT YOUR LOCATION? NO, JUST A 16 MONTH OLD BABY.
OKAY. THAT IS UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
THANK YOU. AND THAT'S EXCITING.
SHE JUST WANDERS IN AND OUT, THAT'S ALL.
YES. SHE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU SOME JOY.
WE CAN ALL USE THAT ON THIS RAINY DAY OR MISTY DAY HERE IN THE EAST BAY.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL CALL.
[Roll Call]
ANNA LONDONIO, RECORDING CLERK, TAKING ROLL.HERE. ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER LISA GOORJIAN.
HERE. ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL ELIZABETH MACKENZIE.
HERE. TODAY'S MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT.
STAFF IS PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A COMMENT, A PUBLIC COMMENT MAY DO SO BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL, LEAVING A VOICEMAIL, OR JOINING LIVE VIA ZOOM WITH THE LINK PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA LOCATED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN.
OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JULY 17, 2024 MEETING.
[Approval of Minutes]
ARE THERE ANY EDITS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WISH TO ADD? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.ALL RIGHT THEN I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOTION.
COLIN, DO YOU WANT A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT.
WONDERFUL. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
MOVE BY DIRECTOR ROSARIO AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR COFFEY.
OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA ITEM.
YEAH. DO WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE? OH, YEAH.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY, SO I'LL OPEN AND CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
[Action Items]
SOCIETY.GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M GOING TO LET THE EXPERT DO IT.
CAN WE REDUCE THAT? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE SPECIAL USE AGREEMENT FOR SOUTH BAY SOARING SOCIETY. AND THIS STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO EXECUTE A FIVE YEAR SPECIAL USE AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH BAY SOARING SOCIETY.
THIS IS FOR THE USE OF THE PREMISES TO CONDUCT RADIO CONTROLLED MODEL SAILPLANE FLYING AT MISSION PEAK REGIONAL PRESERVE WITH A $250 ANNUAL FEE. SO, AS WE DO WHEN WE BRING A SPECIAL USE AGREEMENT BEFORE THE BOARD, WE ALWAYS GO OVER THE SPECIAL USE CATEGORIZATION. THE LOCATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR USE AGREEMENT, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR THE USE AGREEMENT, THE ANNUAL PAYMENT.
AND THEN I'LL RESTATE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
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ASSOCIATIONS OR SIMILAR GROUPS OPERATING AS A NONPROFIT ENTITY, WITH MEMBERSHIP OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.DISTRICT CURRENTLY HAS 30 SPECIAL USE AGREEMENTS, AND THE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE ARE WITH GROUPS THAT RANGE FROM ARCHERY, SWIMMING, SCOUTING, ETC..
SO THIS IS THE LOCATION THAT THE USE GROUP SOUTH BAY SOARING SOCIETY IS CURRENTLY USING AT MISSION PEAK. SO THEY WALK UP FROM WHEREVER THEY PARK AT MISSION PEAK, IT COULD BE IN THE STAGING AREA, PARKING LOT, OR MAYBE OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHEREVER THEY CAN FIND A SPACE THEY DON'T GET ANY SPECIAL PARKING.
THAT'S THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE LAUNCH SITE.
IT'S NOTATED ON OUR PARK DISTRICT MAP AS SBSS LAUNCH SITE.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, SOUTH BAY SOARING IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
THEY'VE USED THIS PATCH OF LAND IN MISSION PEAK FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS.
ACCESS TO THIS PARTICULAR SITE IN MISSION PEAK IS USUALLY TWICE A MONTH.
SO LIKE FROM FEBRUARY THROUGH LATE SUMMER, THERE'S ABOUT TEN MEMBERS ALLOWED AT ANY TIME AT THE SITE.
SO IT DOESN'T GET OVERCROWDED OR, YOU KNOW, CREATE SOME KIND OF GROUP ACTIVITY.
IT'S I THINK IT'S USUALLY ONLY 1 OR 2 PEOPLE AT A TIME.
SO THEY ARE BIG INTO YOUTH MENTORSHIP.
THEY HAVE SOME PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND A COUPLE OF PRIVATE PROGRAMS. THEY ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE BASED SPORTING ENVIRONMENT, AND THEY LIKE TO EMPHASIZE FAIR PLAY AND LEARNING WHILE HAVING FUN. THEIR TYPES OF ACTIVITIES ARE SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE HERE, AND IT'S SOME PICTURES THAT WILL FOLLOW.
THEY REQUESTED THAT THEIR ANNUAL FEE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY $250 PER YEAR, REMAIN THE SAME AS ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF THEIR GROUP USE THIS SITE VERY INFREQUENTLY, AND THEY ACCESS THE SITE AS ANY OTHER PARK USER DOES.
THEY HAVE NO STORAGE THERE, NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGE, EXCEPT FOR TO DO THIS ACTIVITY WHICH YOU KNOW, OTHER MEMBERS OR OTHER PEOPLE OF THE PUBLIC WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DO.
SO HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF THEIR OUTREACH.
CAN SEE THAT THEY MAKE GLIDERS SOMETIMES THE LITTLE CARDBOARD TYPE GLIDERS.
YET AGAIN, MORE OUTREACH PICTURES.
THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MADE OUT OF A STYROFOAM PLATE.
THAT'S A GOOD USE OF THOSE THINGS.
SO AGAIN, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO EXECUTE A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2025 AND TERMINATING DECEMBER 31ST, 2029 FOR A SPECIAL USE AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH BAY SOARING SOCIETY, ALLOWING ITS MEMBERS THE USE OF A LIMITED AREA IN MISSION PEAK REGIONAL PRESERVE TO CONDUCT RADIO CONTROLLED MODEL SAILPLANE OR GLIDER FLYING, WITH AN ANNUAL FEE OF $250.
THERE IS NO FINANCIAL OR OPERATIONAL COST TO THE DISTRICT FOR THIS AGREEMENT.
SO TODAY, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU OR TIFFANY, WHO'S THE BUSINESS SERVICE? TIFFANY MARGULICI, THE BUSINESS SERVICES MANAGER, IS ALSO HERE, AS WELL AS SELENA SANCHEZ, THE ACTING UNIT MANAGER FOR MISSION PEAK.
AND GORDON WILEY COULD NOT MAKE IT TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MR.
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KEN PEARTREE, WHO IS A MEMBER OF SOUTH BAY SOARING SOCIETY, AND HE HAS BROUGHT SHOW AND TELL.OKAY. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WELL, I'D LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SHOW AND TELL IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH BAY SOARING SOCIETY CLUB, AND SO I BOUGHT A GLIDER TODAY.
JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN ACTUALLY SEEING SOMETHING THAT WE FLY.
YEAH. SO THIS IS JUST TYPICAL OF ONE GLIDER.
BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE USE OF THE MISSION PEAK SITE.
AND SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GLIDER, I CAN ANSWER THAT.
OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE THIS PARTICULAR BIRD IS MADE IN UKRAINE AND THIS ONE HAS BEEN REBUILT.
IT WAS CRASHED AND I GOT IT CHEAP SO I COULD REBUILD IT, FLIES VERY WELL, VERY EFFICIENT.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR I'D LOVE TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, WHAT MAKES MISSION PEAK AND THAT LOCATION SO UNIQUE? AND WHY DO YOU ENJOY BEING ABLE TO BRING THE GLIDER THERE? SURE. WELL, IT'S VERY TOUGH TO FIND FLYING SITES IN THE BAY AREA.
BUT THEY'RE VERY TOUGH TO FIND IN THE BAY AREA, AND WE REALLY TREASURE THE SITES BECAUSE WE LIKE TO FLY, WE LIKE TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH, AND THIS IS ONE WAY WE CAN DO IT. AND SO YEAH, IT'S UNIQUE AND IT'S A GREAT SITE.
IT'S A REAL HIKE TO GET UP THERE.
BUT ONCE YOU'RE UP THERE, IT'S A REALLY FANTASTIC PLACE.
WHAT'S UNIQUE IS MISSION PEAK OFFERS A PLACE WHERE YOU ACTUALLY GET TO SEE THE TOP OF THE AIRPLANE.
NORMALLY YOU'RE FLYING AND ALL YOU GET TO SEE IS THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRPLANE.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR US.
AND WE CAN ASK SOME OTHER QUESTIONS TOO, OF OUR STAFF AFTERWARDS.
AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
FIRST OFF IS WHEN YOU GO ON SITE DO YOU NEED TO OR IS THERE COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF TO LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE ON SITE? NO, WE TYPICALLY DO NOT.
WE JUST WE USE IT AS AD HOC BASIS.
EXCELLENT. AND THEN IS THAT A THAT'S BEEN OKAY.
GOOD. AND THEN WHERE IS THE OTHER ACTIVITY? THE PARAGLIDERS ON THE.
ARE THEY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OR? THEY'RE WAY UP THE HILL.
THEY'RE WAY UP ON TOP. HIGHER.
YEAH. WE'RE FAIRLY LOW, COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING.
AND THE PARAGLIDERS FLY WAY ABOVE US.
THERE'S BEEN NO CONFLICTS. EXCELLENT.
SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR. FASCINATING.
IT DOES. COLIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SOUTH BAY SOARING AND THEN WE'LL ASK QUESTIONS OF OUR STAFF AFTERWARDS? NO. SOUNDS GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I THINK IF YOU'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
AND I APPRECIATE HAVING YOU HERE.
IT'S SO GREAT TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM YOU AND BE ABLE TO SEE ONE OF THE GLIDERS.
SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN, BECAUSE THE MAP THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION SHOWS THAT THERE ARE GLIDERS THERE.
THE GLIDER SITE IS HERE AND THE PARAGLIDING SITE IS UP HERE.
OKAY. THE LAUNCH, THE LAUNCH OF THE PARAGLIDING IS UP HERE.
HANG GLIDING HANG GLIDER LAUNCH.
AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF DO YOU WANT TO START WITH ANY STAFF QUESTIONS? NO. I'M GOOD. YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS? OKAY. COLIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ABOUT THIS? NO QUESTIONS.
SOUNDS GOOD. I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION FOR STAFF IS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD KNOW? I MEAN, FOR MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS, CERTAINLY I'D WELCOME THEM AT THIS MOMENT.
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I DON'T BELIEVE SO.I'LL JUST SHARE ONE, ONE COMMENT.
LENNY FROM THE LIVERMORE FLYING ELECTRONS.
HE WAS ACTUALLY MY MOTHER'S BOYFRIEND.
AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE GLIDERS.
AND THEY HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF FLYING THE MODEL AIRPLANES.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT REALLY DO ENJOY BEING ABLE TO DO THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY OUTDOORS AND BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BE OUTSIDE AND GET TO DO SOMETHING THAT HELPS BUILD COMMUNITY AND INTEREST. AND I KNOW FOR ME, I PERSONALLY AM REALLY THRILLED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER THIS OPPORTUNITY AT MISSION PEAK.
AND SO I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS.
HOWEVER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY. SO THEN I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS BASED ON THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT WE WILL RECOMMEND THIS TO THE FULL BOARD AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING, AND IT WILL AUTHORIZE A FIVE YEAR SPECIAL USE AGREEMENT STARTING JANUARY 1, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2029 WITH SOUTH BAY SOARING, AND IT WILL BE THE SAME ANNUAL FEE OF $250.
SO YES, OF COURSE I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD.
AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? DEE SECONDS.
OKAY. AND SO THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A ROLL CALL.
IT'S OKAY. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BRINGING IT.
WE HAVE THREE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM 5A OUR UPDATE ON PUBLIC SAFETY PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE
[Informational Items]
PROGRAM.AND THIS MORNING I WILL BE PRESENTING A INFORMATIONAL SYNOPSIS OF THE PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE UNIT.
OUR UNIT IS CRUCIAL IN MANAGING AND SAFEGUARDING ITEMS COLLECTED BY OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS AND PARK STAFF, ALONG WITH OUR POLICE SERVICES TECHNICIANS.
AS A UNIT, WE ENSURE THAT ITEMS ARE SECURELY STORED AND HANDLED WITH STRICT PROTOCOLS.
PROPERTY FOLLOWS THE FOLLOWING REGULATED RESOURCES.
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THESE ENTITIES HAVE PROVIDED RECOMMENDED STANDARD GUIDELINES, WHICH ENSURE THAT EVIDENCE IS MANAGED PROPERLY AND THAT IT MAINTAINS ITS INTEGRITY. THIS IS A GENERAL OUTLINE OF OUR CHAIN OF COMMAND.THIS STRUCTURED HIERARCHY DECLARES CLEAR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF OUR UNIT.
TOGETHER AND COLLECTIVELY, WE ACHIEVE OUR UNIT'S OBJECTIVES.
THIS IS THE CYCLE OF EVIDENCE.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
ITEMS ARE COLLECTED AND RETRIEVED FROM OUR INTAKE LOCKERS.
OUR STATS ARE PROPERTY STATISTICS OF ITEMS HELD FROM AUGUST 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 2024.
WE RECEIVED 2539 ITEMS, AND WE DISPOSED OR RELEASED 2742 ITEMS. SO SORRY, I NEED TO FLIP THE PAGE.
WE HAD NOT, AS AN AGENCY, COMPLETED AN EXTERNAL AUDIT WITHIN THE LAST 25 YEARS.
AND THIS AUDIT WAS IN ORDER TO EXAMINE OUR POLICIES AND STANDARD OPERATION PROCEDURES THAT LOCATE, TRACK AND ACCOUNT FOR ITEMS WITHIN OUR CUSTODY. WE EMPLOYED THE HELP OF AN EXTERNAL AUDIT COMPANY, EVIDENCE SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED.
THEY ARE A CONSULTANT FIRM OUT OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA.
AFTER A THOROUGH REVIEW OF OUR UNIT, A TOUR OF OUR PROCESSING AREA, A TOUR OF OUR PROPERTY WAREHOUSE, WE RECEIVED THIS COMPREHENSIVE 22 PAGE AUDIT REPORT.
AND IN THE AUDIT REPORT WE WERE THEY MEASURED A 12 AREAS OF RATING, EIGHT OF THE AREAS AS A UNIT, WE RECEIVED ABOVE STANDARD, AND WE RECEIVED AN OVERALL RATING OF OUR UNIT OF ABOVE STANDARDS, WHICH BASICALLY TESTIFIES THAT OUR PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE UNIT OPERATES WELL WITHIN AND ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES.
THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT DID INCLUDE SOME ITEMS OF IMMEDIATE ACTION RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD MAKE OUR UNIT WORK MORE COMPLIANT.
SO THESE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS, WE DID REVIEW THEM.
MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN OUR DAILY OPERATIONS.
AND ALSO THEY RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING FIVE SAFETY CONCERNS.
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CONSIDERED CRITICAL FOR CREATING A SAFE AND COMPLIANT WORKSPACE.
SO WE INCLUDE WE WILL INCLUDE IN THE NEW FACILITY FIRE AND SMOKE DETECTORS, A DURESS BUTTON, SEPARATE STORAGE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE, MOTION DETECTORS, CARD READERS, CAMERAS IN OUR PROCESSING, INTAKE AND RELEASE AREAS, VENTILATION SYSTEMS FOR STORED NARCOTICS AND DRUGS.
WE DO PROVIDE A VERY VAGUE DESCRIPTION, BECAUSE WE WANT THE OWNER TO BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THESE ARE THEIR ITEMS. SO FOR ITEMS LOST IN PARKS, THEY ARE UPLOADED TO THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
AND THAT BASICALLY CONCLUDES MY INFORMAL PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? TUNISHA, DO YOU MIND REPEATING YOUR NAME AND JOB TITLE FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD? SURE. MY NAME IS TUNISHA WATTS MY JOB TITLE IS PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE SUPERVISOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY AND PROVIDING THIS GREAT OVERVIEW OF YOUR DEPARTMENT.
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IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR US TO BE FAMILIAR WITH.THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST AUDIT IN 20 YEARS AND BEING ABOVE STANDARD, THAT SHOWS THAT YOU'VE TAKEN SELF-MOTIVATED TO HOLD TO THE STANDARDS.
SO MY QUESTION IS WHICH STANDARDS IS IT, ARE THEY NATIONAL STANDARDS OR ARE THEY STATE AND OR LOCAL? YES, THEY ARE NATIONAL.
SO POLICE OFFICER STANDARDS TRAINING HAS PROVIDED A EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT GUIDE.
AND SO YEAH, THAT'S A STANDARD THAT WE FOLLOW.
AND THEN WE HAVE A BIOLOGICAL PRESERVATION STANDARD THAT HELPS US AS WELL.
EXCELLENT. AND THEN YOU ANSWERED YOUR PRESENTATION ANSWERED ALL MY OTHER QUESTIONS.
IF WE CAN LOCATE A RIGHTFUL OWNER THEN THAT FIREARM CAN BE RELEASED ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GUIDELINES, IF IT IS A PRIVATELY MANUFACTURED FIREARM OR AS PART OF THE CASE DISPOSITION, THE FIREARM CAN BE ORDERED DESTROYED AS PART OF THE CASE.
SO YES, WE BURN FIREARMS, WE WILL TAKE THEM TO OUR BURN FACILITY AND THEY WILL BE BURNED.
THEY WILL NOT MAKE IT BACK INTO PUBLIC CIRCULATION.
EXCELLENT. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, IS THERE A CAPACITY ISSUE? NO, BUT WE WANT TO BE BIGGER.
[LAUGHTER] WE DEFINITELY WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE THE MOVE.
WE WELCOME THE MOVE. BUT NO, NOT RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S PART OF OUR DAILY OPERATIONS.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY REVIEWING CASES AND REVIEWING WHAT CAN BE DISPOSED OF OR RELEASED.
IF WE DON'T DO THAT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE A CAPACITY ISSUE.
AND THEN THIS IS PROBABLY WHEN WE BREAK UP A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT.
USUALLY THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL ENCAMPMENTS WHERE THOSE AREN'T STORED IN EVIDENCE.
I THINK PARK STAFF AND PARK SUPERVISORS HANDLE THOSE.
AND I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE STANDARDS OF HOW WE.
I KNOW I'VE DONE IT MYSELF, TAKING PICTURES AND RECORDING.
COLIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? YES. JUST TO ECHO DIRECTOR ROSARIO'S, THANKS TO YOU AND THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE SHEER AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO MAKING SURE ALL THESE STANDARDS ARE MET AND THEN SOME.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR AUDIT AND A POSITIVE OUTCOME.
WE ALL FEEL VERY, VERY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
WONDERFUL. I'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW REMARKS THAT I MIGHT ALSO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS MIXED IN.
YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST SHARE. YOU KNOW, I SPENT FIVE YEARS OF MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER ANALYZING AND STUDYING ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS IN SCIENTIFIC LABORATORIES AND CERTAINLY FORENSICS AND CRIME LABS ARE A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF THAT INDUSTRY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT FORENSICS AND CRIME LABORATORIES AND THE ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE IN THERE IN REGARDS TO GENETIC ANALYSIS AND, YOU KNOW, THE WORKFLOWS THAT ARE INVOLVED AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS SO IMPORTANT IN THAT WORKFLOW IN REGARDS TO STORING EVIDENCE AND HAVING IT AVAILABLE.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE PROFESSIONAL WORK I'VE DONE, I KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON SOME OF THE DIFFERENT STORIES THAT COME OUT IN THE NEWS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DECADES OLD COLD CASES BEING SOLVED NOW BECAUSE OF ADVANCEMENTS IN ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS.
AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, THE ADVANCEMENTS IN REGARDS TO DNA ANALYSIS IS SO IMPORTANT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT REGARDS. BUT AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT THE EXAMPLE OF THESE DECADES OLD COLD CASES AND OUR ABILITY TO SOLVE THOSE CRIMES USING THIS TECHNOLOGY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
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PROGRAM THINKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS, WHETHER IT'S FIREARMS OR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES AND, YOU KNOW, DOING OUR BEST TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE THESE DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY SITUATIONS.SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU, KNOWING THAT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN CRIME LABS, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S CRIME LAB LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR BOARDROOM HERE. AND SO I WOULD GUESS THAT AT LEAST WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT WE THAT THE BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OR ANY OTHER SORT OF LABORATORY ANALYSIS THAT WE NEED TO DO, DO WE DIVIDE THAT BETWEEN THE ALAMEDA COUNTY CRIME LAB ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN THE CONTRA COSTA CRIME LAB FOR CASES THAT ARE IN THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AREA? WELL, ACTUALLY, WE USE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FOR DNA ANALYSIS.
OKAY, THAT'S INTERESTING TO HEAR.
YES. AND I DO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THESE ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS CAN BE QUITE EXPENSIVE.
AND FROM WHAT I KNOW, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN RICHMOND IN REGARDS TO.
OKAY. AND IN TERMS OF OUR LOCATION FOR THE EVIDENCE IS THAT AT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS NEAR LAKE CHABOT, OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT LOCATION OR? YES. OUR ALL OF OUR PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE IS HELD AT A PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS.
SO, YES, MOSTLY EVERYTHING IS STORED THERE UNLESS IT'S BEEN CHECKED OUT FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS.
BUT OUR OFFICERS DO HAVE THREE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY CAN SUBMIT EVIDENCE.
EXCELLENT. I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE ON THIS TOPIC AND COMMENTS.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAKE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
COLIN. ALREADY? YES, I THINK COLIN.
YOU'RE OKAY? YES. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL.
SO IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US TODAY.
AND THANKS FOR SHARING THIS OVERVIEW.
ALL RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR SECOND PUBLIC SAFETY INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
THIS WILL BE OUR QUARTERLY CRIME UPDATE.
THANK YOU. HELLO BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
TWO VERY GOOD PRESENTATIONS SO FAR, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO A THIRD ONE HERE.
HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU.
SO BEAR WITH ME AS WE GO THROUGH IT.
I AM BEN GUZMAN, A POLICE LIEUTENANT.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE PARK DISTRICT SINCE 2006.
UNFORTUNATELY, MY COUNTERPART IS NOT HERE TODAY.
IT'S LIEUTENANT PATRICK BROOKENS.
HE HELPED PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
TOGETHER, MYSELF AND PATRICK BROOKENS, WE OVERSEE OUR PATROL DIVISION FOR THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.
HE WORKS THE SUNDAY TO WEDNESDAY SIDE, OVERSEEING THE OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS.
I WORK THE WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY SIDE OVERSEEING THE SAME PERSONNEL.
TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF OUR STATISTICS AND GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE OPERATE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION STRIVES TO BE ACCESSIBLE, TRANSPARENT AND AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
FACE UNIQUE CHALLENGES CONFRONTING OUR PARKS.
AND WHILE WE DO THIS, WE HOPE TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.
AND ALSO YOU MIGHT SEE SOME OF OUR FUTURE NEEDS AS YOU LEARN THE PRIOR PRESENTATION, THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT, AND YOU MIGHT SEE THAT COME OUT HERE TODAY OR IN FUTURE PRESENTATIONS. THIS PRESENTATION IS ONE OF MANY TO COME.
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO YOU.THIS PROVIDES A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW TO SUPPLEMENT THE MONTHLY WARD REPORTS YOU ALREADY RECEIVE.
AS A REMINDER, THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION ONLY.
AS YOU HEARD BEFORE, TALKING TO PROPERTY EVIDENCE IS HOW WE KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING.
IT ALLOWS US TO IMPLEMENT CRIME ANALYSIS.
WE CAN SEND INFORMATION OUT TO OFFICERS USING THE MOBILE CAD SYSTEM.
AS YOU USUALLY SEE, THE POLICE USE THE COMPUTERS IN THE CARS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE CAN ALSO TRACK EVIDENCE AND PROPERTY.
A COUPLE OF DEFINITIONS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE INCIDENTS IN QUARTER TWO.
WE DEFINE AN INCIDENT AS ANY EVENT THAT REQUIRES A DISPATCH OF A POLICE OR FIRE UNIT.
SO FOR ALL THE INCIDENTS WE HAD IN QUARTER TWO, WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 6000 DISPATCH INCIDENTS.
NUMBERS ON YOUR SCREEN THERE FOR THE SPECIFICS.
THROUGH THE ANALYSIS, WE REALIZED THAT THE INCIDENTS RISE 36% ON WEEKEND DAYS AS COMPARED TO WEEKDAYS, AND THE MAJORITY OF INCIDENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN 12 P.M.
IN THE EVENING. 28% OF THESE INCIDENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN 10 P.M.
AND 5 A.M., WHEN IN GENERAL, THE PARKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSED.
OF THESE, OVER 6000 DISPATCH INCIDENTS, 4381 WERE CALLS FOR SERVICE, AND THESE ALSO INCLUDED 2680 OFFICER INITIATED INCIDENTS.
OF THESE TOTAL INCIDENTS, WE HAD 217 TRAFFIC STOPS.
OF THESE INCIDENTS, WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 1000 VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN STOPS.
SO IT'S A NORMAL PEDESTRIAN STOP FOR A CITIZEN.
WE ALSO HAD 637 SECURITY CHECKS AND SPECIAL PATROLS.
FOR CITATIONS, WE ISSUED A TOTAL OF 1291 CITATIONS FOR US.
A CITATION IS ASSIGNED IS DEFINED AS AN OFFICIAL NOTICE TO APPEAR AT COURT RELATED TO A CRIMINAL CHARGE OR INFRACTION VIOLATION, USUALLY ISSUED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
OF THOSE, ALMOST 1300 CITATIONS, 31 WERE FOR MISDEMEANORS, 209 WERE FOR ORDINANCE CITATIONS, 111 WERE FOR OTHER INFRACTIONS, AND 940 WERE FOR PARKING ISSUES.
ARRESTS, IN QUARTER TWO, WE DEFINED AN ARREST AS ANY ARREST OR AN ARREST IS A SEIZURE OF A PERSON BY LEGAL RESTRAINT IN RESPONSE TO A CRIMINAL CHARGE.
FOR THIS PRESENTATION, THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF ARRESTS.
THE FIRST IS AN IN-FIELD CITE AND RELEASE.
WE ALSO HAVE CUSTODIAL ARRESTS WITHOUT A WARRANT.
THIS DEFINED AS CUSTODIAL RESTRAINT PLUS TRANSPORT PURSUANT TO MISDEMEANOR OR FELONY CHARGES.
WE ALSO HAVE CUSTODIAL ARREST PURSUANT TO AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT.
THESE WARRANTS CAN BE FOR WARRANTS ISSUED WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND CRIMES HERE, OR FOR OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT MIGHT BE PUT IN THE SYSTEM, SUCH AS RICHMOND, OAKLAND, OR SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OR ELSEWHERE.
FOR QUARTER TWO, OUR TOTAL ARRESTS WERE 119.
OF THESE, 75 WERE FOR MISDEMEANORS AND 44 FOR FELONIES.
OF THOSE TOTAL 119 ARRESTS, 32 WERE RELATED TO OUTSTANDING WARRANTS, BOTH MISDEMEANORS AND FELONIES.
SO A CASE IS A WRITTEN REPORT BY AN OFFICER OR PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNICIAN TO DOCUMENT AN EVENT.
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AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ALMOST EVERYTHING IS AN INCIDENT, BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS A CASE.CASES ARE ALMOST A HIGHER LEVEL.
SO WE ACTUALLY WRITE PAPER ON OR DO SOME OTHER FORM OR SPECIFIC DOCUMENTATION.
FOR CASES THEY CAN BE DOCUMENTATION OF A CRIME USED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO PROSECUTE A SUSPECT.
IN QUARTER TWO, WE HAD 519 CASES.
OF THESE, 129 WERE RELATED TO FELONY CASES.
HERE ARE THE TOP TEN CASES WE WROTE PAPER ON IN QUARTER TWO.
NUMBER ONE IS BURGLARY OR THEFT.
NUMBER TWO PERSONAL INJURY FOLLOWED BY DAMAGE, DISTRICT PROPERTY AND OR VANDALISM.
WE HAVE POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND OR DUIS, WHICH IS DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
THEN WE HAVE TOWED OR IMPOUNDED VEHICLES POSSESSING STOLEN VEHICLES AND OR VESSELS.
OUTSTANDING WARRANTS, WHETHER THEY BE FELONIES OR MISDEMEANORS.
FIREARMS AND OR DANGEROUS WEAPONS AND ACCIDENTS STRICTLY RELATED TO PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE FOR A SECOND IF YOU'D LIKE.
OKAY, HERE'S SOME REAL INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO GENERALLY LIKE AND FOCUS ON.
SO SOME STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM QUARTER TWO THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
IN THIS TIME PERIOD TEN FIREARMS WERE TAKEN OFF THE STREET.
WE HAD EIGHT ARRESTS FOR POSSESSION OF A STOLEN VEHICLE.
WE HAD EIGHT ARRESTS FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
WE HAD SEVEN ARRESTS FOR FLEEING FROM THE POLICE AND MOTOR VEHICLES.
WE HAD SIX ARRESTS FOR SEX CRIMES OR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER.
WE HAD SIX ARRESTS FOR BURGLARY, AND WE HAD FOUR ARRESTS FOR POSSESSING DANGEROUS WEAPONS OTHER THAN FIREARMS. ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE INFORMATION IS AS FOLLOWS.
OTHER CASE HIGHLIGHTS FROM QUARTER TWO.
WE HAD A COMMERCIAL BURGLARY SUSPECT ARRESTED WHILE BREAKING INTO A PARK OFFICE.
WE HAD A PROBATIONER ARRESTED FOR CONTACTING A MINOR WITH INTENT TO HAVE SEX.
SEPARATELY, THEY IDENTIFIED A KIDNAPING SUSPECT AND THEY MADE THE ARREST OF A ROBBERY SUSPECT.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM ALL THIS HARD WORK, THE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZES CRIME DOESN'T STOP.
FINALLY, WE HAVE CITIZEN RIMS. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR ALREADY, IT'S OUR FORWARD FACING APPLICATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
IT LETS THE PUBLIC OR ANYONE SEE ALL THE ACTIVITY WE'RE DOING AND HOW THE REPORTS COME IN.
IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY SIGNED TO IT OR LINKED IN TO SEE THAT, I RECOMMEND YOU TAKE A LOOK.
IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE AND PROVIDES FURTHER INFORMATION BEYOND WHAT I HAVE PRESENTED HERE TODAY.
WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION AND WELCOME ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU. THIS IS VERY INFORMATIVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND PREPARING THIS OVERVIEW.
IT'S REALLY, TRULY INFORMATIVE.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUES IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION.
ARE YOU ABLE TO IDENTIFY TRENDS IN CERTAIN AREAS AND THEN RESPOND? WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA AND WE'RE WORKING MORE TOWARDS DATA ANALYSIS.
WE DO HAVE VARIOUS TRENDS AND WE DO SEND OFFICERS THERE WHENEVER WE CAN.
BUT THE TRENDS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING.
SO WE CAN'T PREDICT EVERYTHING, BUT WE HAVE TRENDS THAT WE SEE.
AND WE TRY TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON THOSE SPECIFIC PARKS OR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS.
AND THEN IN YOUR CITATIONS, ARE YOU ABLE TO PARSE OUT LET'S SAY BICYCLE CITATION VERSUS PEDESTRIAN OR THE DIFFERENT MODALITIES THAT USE OUR TRAILS.
AND WE CAN IT'S NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO THIS PRESENTATION.
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YEAH. I MEAN, BECAUSE ONE OF OUR BIG CONCERNS WITH THE BRIONES PILOT PROJECT WE'RE LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY AT TRAIL CONFLICTS, SO ANY CITATIONS ISSUED IN THOSE INSTANCES WOULD BE WOULD BE VALUABLE TO US AS FAR AS THE DATA POINT FOR US.WE SPEND HOURS SOMETIMES AT PARKS, AND WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION OR WARNINGS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT CITATIONS, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS REFLECT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA FOR ALL THIS INFORMATION FOR OUR RMS SYSTEM.
AND HOPE TO SEE THESE IN THE FUTURE.
WONDERFUL. COLIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? YEAH, ONE COMES TO MIND AND I'M WONDERING IF THE OFFICER WOULD HAVE ANY INPUT.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED THE LICENSE PLATE READERS, I UNDERSTAND. IS THAT CORRECT? THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN TURNED ON ONLINE YET.
SO. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE IF IT DID, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN QUARTER THREE.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT DATA YET.
WE HAVEN'T TURNED THE SYSTEM ON.
ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
I WAS CURIOUS WHETHER WE HAD SEEN ANY IMPACT FROM THAT.
IT'S, AS YOU KNOW, GREATLY ANTICIPATED.
AND I KNOW THAT THE BOARD IS PLEASED WITH THE GENERAL MANAGERS ATTEMPT TO GET AT MORE OF THE PARKING LOT CRIME THAT WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE MERELY WITH CAMERAS.
SO IT'S HOPED THAT THAT SYSTEM WILL HELP BOTH IN DETERRENCE AND IN PROSECUTION OF VARIOUS PARKING LOT CRIMES.
SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT NEXT TIME.
OKAY, SO THERE'S A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, I THINK ONE I'LL ASK THIS ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT UP HERE IN REGARDS TO THE CLEARANCE RATE IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF CASES YOU'VE SOLVED AND HOW YOU KEEP TRACK OF THAT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
I CAN GET THAT TO YOU, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE READILY PRODUCE FROM THE PATROL SIDE.
THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT. BUT MY GUYS GENERALLY ARE OUT THERE TRYING TO FIND THE BAD GUYS AS BEST WE CAN, AND THEY'RE NOT SO CONVINCED OR MOTIVATED TO WE'RE AT THE END RESULT, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE CRIME HAPPENING TODAY AND RIGHT NOW TO MAKE THE PARKS A SAFER, BETTER PLACE.
THAT MAKES SENSE. SO NOT ON THE PATROL SIDE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT LEADS TO ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE.
DO YOU FIND I KNOW WITH CITIZEN RIMS IT WAS LAST YEAR, 2023 WHEN WE BROUGHT THAT ON BOARD.
HAS THAT REALLY HELPED US IN REGARDS TO OUR ABILITY TO YOU KNOW, HAVE DATA AVAILABLE AND BE ABLE TO ANALYZE DATA COMPARED TO BEFORE WE HAD CITIZENS RIMS. CITIZENS RIMS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB SHOWING THE PUBLIC WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SHOWING OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO ACCESS IT TO SEE WHERE THE ACTIVITY IS.
OUR INTERNAL SYSTEMS HAVEN'T CHANGED VERY MUCH SINCE CITIZENS RIMS. ALL THE DATA WE'VE HAD HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE.
IT'S HOW WE USE IT TO CALCULATE TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN THE PAST.
WE'VE DONE DATA ANALYSIS BEFORE, SO CITIZENS RIMS HAS MOSTLY BEEN FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE FORWARD FACING AND HASN'T CHANGED THE ACTUAL APPLICATION MUCH, BUT IT HAS BEEN VALUABLE FOR THAT ASPECT.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHO COMPILES THE DATA AND DOES THE DATA ANALYSIS.
AND THEN AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TRENDS AND TRYING TO THINK ABOUT MAYBE SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BASED ON SEASONS OR BASED ON PARKS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIABLES THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, CROSS TABULATE THIS DATA WITH, YOU KNOW, WHO'S LEADING THAT EFFORT.
THERE'S BASICALLY 2 OR 3 PEOPLE, AND IT'S DONE IN A JOINT EFFORT.
BUT THE DATA IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO USE WHEN YOU GET IT THAT WAY.
IT'S A LOT OF DATA YOU HAVE TO PARSE THROUGH.
SO IN GENERAL, I LOOK AT THE DATA.
MY COUNTERPART, LIEUTENANT BROOKENS, LOOKS AT THE DATA.
WE ALSO HAVE AN ANALYST, MICHELE ROBINSON.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE NECESSARILY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND.
SHE'S NEVER BEEN A POLICE OFFICER.
SO SHE WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH HER SUPERVISOR, SERGEANT RICE, TO GO THROUGH THE DATA.
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AND HE HELPS EXPLAIN THE DATA TO HER.AND WE PUT THAT TOGETHER AS A TEAM EFFORT.
AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, THE DATA IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS THE NUMBERS.
YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE NUMBERS.
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE SOMEONE GETS ARRESTED FOR A GUN CHARGE THAT'S A FELONY, WHILE THEY'RE ALSO COMMITTING A CRIME AS A MISDEMEANOR, DO THEY GO TO JAIL AS A FELONY OR A MISDEMEANOR? WHAT DOES THAT STAT BECOME.
THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR.
AND I BELIEVE AT SOME POINT, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD SAY THIS IS INCREDIBLY URGENT, BUT I THINK AT SOME POINT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ACTUALLY HAVE MAYBE MICHELE AND HER TEAMS. DID I GET THAT NAME RIGHT? MICHELE.
CORRECT. YES. YOU KNOW, WITH US TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE YOU KNOW, DATA SHEETS ANALYZING AND ALSO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT DATA INSIGHTS THAT WE AS A BOARD ARE INTERESTED IN.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY HELPFUL CONVERSATION TO HAVE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN EVEN THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PARKING LOT INCIDENTS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE BRINGING THE YOU KNOW, THE CAMERAS, THE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER, CAMERAS ON BOARD.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING OF INTEREST.
AND COMBINED WITH THAT IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T SEE THIS AS INCREDIBLY URGENT, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE HELPFUL AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE TO GET A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, HOW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT INCIDENTS AND SOME OF THE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE COMPARES TO, YOU KNOW, OTHER PARK DISTRICTS, OTHER LARGE LAND MANAGERS. SO I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THINKING ABOUT NATIONAL PARK SERVICES AND THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.
YOU KNOW, AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE HAVE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE.
AND MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING THAT ALREADY EXISTS AS A REPORT THAT THAT COULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO COMBINE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING IN REGARDS TO ANALYZING OUR DATA AND THINKING ABOUT THE TRENDS AND THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN PARSE OUT THE DATA.
YOU KNOW, I ALSO WROTE DOWN LA COUNTY PARKS AND SANTA CLARA COUNTY PARKS AS WELL.
COULD BE, YOU KNOW, OF INTEREST.
AND JUST SEEING, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY ARE SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT I MENTIONED SEEING SIMILAR SITUATIONS IN THEIR PARKING LOTS, SEEING SIMILAR INCIDENTS, YOU KNOW, THE OVERNIGHT SITUATION, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME HUMANS ARE GOING TO ACT AS THEY WANT.
BUT WHEN THEY DO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS REMOTE PARK LANDS CAN SOMETIMES BE A PLACE WHERE SOME OF THESE OVERNIGHT ACTIVITIES CAN HAPPEN.
AND I HAVE TO IMAGINE WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THAT.
SO IT'D BE JUST HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THESE OTHER AGENCIES IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'VE ENCOUNTERED AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO MANAGE THAT SITUATION WHEN FOR US, TECHNICALLY, THE PARKS ARE CLOSED.
CORRECT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND THAT LEADS ME TO ANOTHER THOUGHT I HAD IN REGARDS TO MUTUAL AID.
I KNOW WITHIN CALIFORNIA, WE ARE VERY YOU KNOW, FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE MUTUAL AID POLICY WHERE DIFFERENT AGENCIES HELP EACH OTHER, PARTICULARLY AND SPECIFICALLY, IF, YOU KNOW, ONE AGENCY IS LOCATED CLOSER TO AN INCIDENT, THAT'S WHERE THE RESPONSE WILL HAPPEN.
SO HOW DOES THIS DATA, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE PROVIDING MUTUAL AID TO A SITUATION THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OUR SPECIFIC EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, IS THAT INCLUDED IN THIS DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED TODAY OR WAS THAT SEPARATED OUT? THE DATA TODAY IS GOING TO BE THE BULK DATA.
AND SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE MUTUAL AID REQUEST IN THERE.
SO THE MUTUAL AID THAT WOULD BE IN THE DATA SET TODAY IS PROBABLY NEGLIGIBLE.
AND TO PARSE IT OUT WOULD BE JUST ANOTHER THING WE'D HAVE TO FILTER.
IT CAN BE VARIED AND THE DATA DOESN'T ALWAYS EASILY SHOW AN OUTSIDE JURISDICTION ASSIST VERSUS AN OFFICER MAKING A STOP FOR DUI ON THE FREEWAY ON 880.
AGAIN, WOULD THAT BE A MUTUAL AID ASSIST OR WOULD THAT BE AN OFFICER INITIATED ONE FROM US? AGAIN, THE DATA SETS ARE HARD TO WORK WITH, SOMETIMES WITH JUST THE STATISTICS ALONE.
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WELL, YES, AND IT DEPENDS ON DEFINITIONS TOO, AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS AN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ORGANIZATION TO DEFINE.MAYBE WE DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO DEFINE THAT.
AND IN TERMS OF OTHER AGENCIES PROVIDING MUTUAL AID TO US, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M THINKING IF SOMETHING HAPPENS ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL AND IT'S ANOTHER AGENCY THAT RESPONDS TO THAT IRON HORSE TRAIL INCIDENT, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE CAPTURED IN THE DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED TODAY.
DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS, IT MIGHT BE IN AN INCIDENT.
GENERALLY, AS YOU SAID BEFORE, EVERYTHING IS AN INCIDENT.
SO IT COULD BE AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CONTRACTS AND SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO WORK OR RESPOND TO FIRST, SUCH AS CROWN BEACH IN ALAMEDA OR MILLER KNOX IN RICHMOND. WE ACTUALLY HAVE WRITTEN RULES OF WHAT HAPPENS IN EMERGENCY, OR IF SOMEONE GETS THERE FIRST WHO TAKES OVER.
SO SOME OF THEM ARE DEFINED AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT.
SO I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE INCIDENTS YOU KNOW, THE SLIDE WITH THE MAP ON IT.
SO THIS IS EVERY YOU KNOW, SITUATION WHERE EITHER A POLICE OR FIRE UNIT IS CALLED.
SO INCLUDING SEARCH AND RESCUE, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN INCIDENT.
NOT NECESSARILY. OKAY. IT DEPENDS.
THAT'S JUST AN INCIDENT WE'VE COMPLETED THAT'S CLOSED.
NO PAPERS WRITTEN BECAUSE THEY CAME OUT.
THEY WERE JUST OVERDUE AND THEY GOT LOST.
WE FIND THE PERSON, THEY INJURED THEIR ANKLE.
IN THE MORNING, WE LOCATE THEM.
WE'RE GOING TO WRITE PAPER ON THAT TO DOCUMENT ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WERE USED.
WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM IT, THINGS YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE BACK.
SO IN THAT CASE WE PROBABLY WRITE A REPORT ON THAT.
UNDERSTOOD. OKAY, THAT HELPS ME ACTUALLY, THAT REALLY HELPS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I THINK DEE HAS ONE.
HOW ARE THOSE TRACKED? THE PARK WATCH REPORTS GENERALLY COME IN, AND HOW THEY'VE BEEN COMING IN RECENTLY IS THEY COME IN AND THEY BECOME AN INCIDENT.
AND THEN THE INCIDENT GETS GENERATED OUT TO THE OFFICERS.
AND DIFFERENT PARK WATCH REPORTS CAN CREATE DIFFERENT INCIDENTS.
SOMETIMES THEY CAN BECOME A PATROL PRIORITY.
IF SOMEONE SAYS, OH, I SEE THIS REOCCURRING EVERY SINGLE WEEK, THAT GOES BACK TO US CREATING A GEOGRAPHICAL BASED MISSION, SHALL WE SAY, FOR OFFICERS TO GO ADDRESS THIS TOPIC VERSUS SOMEONE SAYS, I CAME TO THE PARK TODAY AND I NOTICED BROKEN GLASS ON THE GROUND.
COLIN, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY. WELL, IT'S AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR US TO BE FAMILIAR WITH.
AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE EXCITED TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE REPORTS AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT.
SO THIS TAKES US TO OUR LAST INFORMATIONAL ITEM, ITEM 5C MAINTENANCE AND SKILLS TRADE SMALL TRAILS UPDATE.
BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
CHAIR SANWONG, ROBERT KENNEDY, CHIEF OF PARK OPERATIONS, FORMER CHIEF OF MAST HERE.
AND THIS IS JUST A START TO HELP SET THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
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THIS IS A SMALL BUT MIGHTY GROUP OF SIX EMPLOYEES WHICH IS COMPRISED OF A SMALL TRAILS CREW.SUPERVISOR PATRICK DEMMONS IS HERE TO PROVIDE THAT PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE TWO SMALL TRAIL CREW LEADERS, TWO RANGERS, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE AWP SUPERVISOR THAT IS LEADING THE CHARGE FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND COORDINATION WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, CIVICORPS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ROBERT, FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.
WELCOME AGAIN. GOOD MORNING TO BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, STAFF MEMBERS, THE PUBLIC.
MY NAME IS PATRICK DEMMONS, I'M THE TRAIL CREW SUPERVISOR WITH MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES.
BUT TODAY, I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE HARD WORK, TRAINING, AND ORGANIZATION THAT GOES INTO OUR VARIOUS PROJECTS, WHICH MIGHT NOT BE SO APPARENT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF A PRETTY PICTURE. AND SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT AN UNVARNISHED ASSESSMENT OF OUR CHALLENGES IN GROWING AND SCALING THIS CREW TO FIT THE NEEDS OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
OUR WORK PLAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS CREW WAS FOCUSED ON TRAINING OUR NEW RANGER STAFF ON THE VARIOUS TRAIL CREW DISCIPLINES THAT ARE VITAL SKILL SETS FOR A DYNAMIC AND SKILLED TRADES GROUP.
CONTINUED IN THE SPRING WITH OUR TRAIL CREW LEAD TEACHING DRY STACKED STONE TECHNIQUES ON FIXING TRAILS ERODED FROM WINTER STORMS OF YEARS PAST, AND THEN TRANSITIONED TO OUR SUMMER TRAIL BUILDING AND TRAILS, CREEKS AND PONDS SEASON BY TACKLING A NEW NARROW TRAIL BUILD CONNECTING THE MCCOSKER PARCEL OF SIBLEY PARK WITH HUCKLEBERRY BOTANIC PRESERVE.
THE PROJECT CALLED FOR USING CONSERVATION CORPS SKILLED TRAIL CREW, STAFF AND EQUIPMENT OPERATORS TO ACCOMPLISH DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT, BEGINNING AT THE TOP OF CULL CANYON SECTION OF THE CHABOT TO GARIN TRAIL.
THE CREW REPAIRED A LARGE SLIDE FROM PREVIOUS STORM DAMAGE, BUILDING THE HILL BACK UP BY HAND USING FOUR INCH LAYERS OF GEOGRID STABILIZATION MATS, ULTIMATELY IMPORTING OVER 1500 CUBIC FEET OF ROCK AND SOIL, AND RAISING THE TRAIL BY ABOUT 12 TO 14FT TO ITS PREVIOUS ALIGNMENT.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO BACK UP.
AND IN THIS PICTURE YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT THE MEMBERS OF THE CREW STANDING IN THAT EXISTING SLIDE LOCATION AND ROUGHLY FIVE FEET ABOVE THEIR HEADS IS THE ORIGINAL TRAIL ALIGNMENT.
SO THE PROJECT WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH ACCESS THERE.
THERE WAS A BOOTLEG ABOVE THAT WAS TOO STEEP AND TOO SLIPPERY DURING THE WINTER SEASON.
AND IT WAS IMPACTING THE QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE FOR OUR PUBLIC ON THE ENTIRE TRAIL SEGMENT BELOW IT.
SO THEY REPAIRED THAT SECTION AS WELL AS SPENDING THE THREE CREW MEMBERS REMOVED AND REPLACED TWO INTERLOCKING WOOD CRIB WALLS, WHICH SUPPORTED OTHER SWITCHBACKS BELOW THE SLIDE AND WERE DAMAGED IN THE SAME STORM EVENT AND WORSENED BY HORSE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
OUR CONSERVATION CORPS PARTNERS REHABILITATED A BOOTLEG ALIGNMENT AND PLACED NATIVE PLANTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, AND CLEARED THE TRAIL CORRIDOR OF TEN YEARS OF OVERGROWTH TO BRING IT BACK WITHIN A MULTI-USE EQUESTRIAN HIKER STANDARDS.
LASTLY, OUR NEW SINGLE TRACK DOZER, AS PART OF OUR FLEET, WAS EMPLOYED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE FIELD TO REGRADE AND IMPROVE DRAINAGE ON THE ENTIRE TOP THIRD OF THIS THREE MILE TRAIL. NOW, WHEN WE THINK OF SKILLED TRAIL WORK, AS YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT PARKS.
THESE ARE IN TILDEN AND SOME OF OUR OTHER ORIGINAL PARKS.
BUT I THINK OVERALL, AS A SKILL SET AMONG PARK STAFF, IT'S SOMEWHAT ATROPHIED.
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BUT WE FEEL THAT HIGH QUALITY STONE WORK THAT CAN LAST DECADES IS A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT.IT'S ALSO A WAY TO LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY IN OUR PARKS.
SOME OF THE IMAGES YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE INCLUDE SLIDE REPAIRS TO A SECTION OF TOYON TRAIL, WHICH IS A VERY POPULAR EQUESTRIAN TRAIL IN REDWOOD PARK, AS WELL AS THE MAIN IMAGE, WHICH IS A SECTION OF VOLLMER PEAK TRAIL IN TILDEN WHICH SUFFERS FROM SEASONAL DRAINAGE ISSUES.
I THINK EQUESTRIANS ON THAT TRAIL, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
I'LL HAVE TO CHECK. AND ALSO BIKERS.
VOLLMER PEAK IS ONE OF THE FEW TRAILS IN TILDEN WHICH ALLOWS BIKE ACCESS AND DOWNHILL.
AS SPRING TRANSITIONS TO SUMMER, OUR FOCUS TURNS TO ACTIVITIES THAT ARE OFTEN RESTRICTED BY PERMIT WINDOWS AND THE NEED FOR BIOLOGICAL MONITORING, SUCH AS OUR TRAILS, CREEKS AND PONDS, PROJECTS AND NEW TRAIL CONSTRUCTION.
ONE OF OUR STATED GOALS AS THE TRAIL CREW YEARLY WORK PLAN IS TO COLLABORATE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS WITH TRAILS DEVELOPMENT, WITH STEWARDSHIP AND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STAFF TO BUILD SOME PORTION OF PERMITTED NEW NARROW NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL.
AND THIS SUMMER WE ARE FOCUSING ON A 0.75 MILE CONNECTOR TRAIL FROM THE MCCOSKER STAGING AREA THAT'S AN AREA ON LOWER PINEHURST ROAD WHERE THERE WAS A MASSIVE STREAM DAYLIGHTING PROJECT.
IT PROVIDES A BEAUTIFUL NEW, RESTORED HABITAT.
IT'S KIND OF ON AN ISLAND, THOUGH, IN TERMS OF ACCESS.
THE ROUTE IS A TECHNICAL CHALLENGE, WINDING THROUGH OAK AND BAY WOODLANDS ON A STEEP SIDE SLOPE WITH ROCKS, ROOTS, WOODRAT NESTS, AND OTHER OBSTACLES TO NAVIGATE ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY TENURE LEADING THIS CREW, WE'VE HAD THE ASSISTANCE OF A VERY EAGER HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR FROM ROADS AND TRAILS, A BRAND NEW HIRE YOU SEE IN THIS IMAGE HERE. HIS NAME IS CRUZ MEDINA.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WORKING ON 60 TO 70% SIDE SLOPES AND WORKING THROUGH ROCK, SANDSTONE AND SHALE.
IT DOESN'T REALLY LEAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR ERROR, BUT WITH SOMEBODY THAT REALLY APPRECIATES THE WORK AND TRYING TO BUILD THIS TRAIL PROPERLY, I WAS VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THE QUALITY OF HIS WORK.
THE PROJECT ALSO SAW SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR CIVICORPS CREW, BRUSHING THE WHOLE TRAIL AHEAD OF OUR EQUIPMENT, AND ALSO FROM THE SIBLEY PARK STAFF, WHO HELPED WITH HAZARD TREE REMOVALS AND BUILDING SOME ROCK RETAINING WALLS.
THIS WORK IS CONTINUING AS WE SPEAK.
THERE'S A ALSO HIGHLIGHTING NOT ON THIS SLIDE, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE MORE RECENT WORK THE CREW IS FINISHING DURING OUR TRAILS, CREEKS AND POND PERMIT SEASON, INCLUDING REPLACING OR BUILDING THREE BRIDGES IN TILDEN, THE TILDEN NATURE AREA AND REDWOOD REGIONAL PARK.
SO OUR FIRST COMPLETED BRIDGE OF THIS YEAR IS A 24 FOOT REDWOOD STRINGER BRIDGE ON THE MEMORY TRAIL IN TILDEN THAT REPLACES A PREVIOUS 16 FOOT SPAN WHICH FELL INTO THE CREEK DURING LAST YEAR'S STORMS. A SIMILAR PROJECT IS UNDERWAY NOW ON JEWEL LAKE LOOP IN THE TILDEN NATURE AREA.
AND OF SPECIAL NOTE, I THINK HOPEFULLY TO EVERYONE HERE.
OUR FINAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR WILL BE AN AMBITIOUS REDWOOD LOG STRINGER BRIDGE AT THE STREAM TRAIL AND TRES SENDAS IN REINHARDT REDWOOD REGIONAL PARK USING THE REDWOOD TREE, WHICH CONVENIENTLY FELL ACROSS THE CREEK AT THAT SPOT.
THIS BRIDGE WILL BE A HIGHLIGHT, I THINK, FOR HIKERS AND RUNNERS IN THE CANYON FOR DECADES TO COME.
SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M GETTING CHOKED UP.
BACKCOUNTRY TRAILS CREW AND CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS.
AND HE'S RECENTLY WORKED ON REDWOOD PARK STAFF TO HIS BRINGING ALL THIS SKILL SET TO HIS NEW ROLE.
HE'S THE LEAD ON OUR PROJECT WORK AND HE'S ASSISTED BY TWO PARK RANGERS.
AND RUSSELL TAMURA IS A NEW HIRE TO THE DISTRICT.
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ALSO, NOW IN ITS THIRD FULL YEAR, OUR CIVICORP CONTRACT TRAIL CREW PROVIDES CRITICAL MANPOWER FOR LARGE PROJECT WORK.AND LASTLY, THE SMALL TRAILS CREW PROGRAM IS NOT JUST BUILDING PHYSICAL BRIDGES, BUT WE'RE BUILDING A FIGURATIVE BRIDGE BETWEEN OUR PAST, OUR PRESENT AND OUR FUTURE. SO SKILLS THAT WERE ONCE COMMONPLACE AMONG PARK OPERATIONS STAFF CAN BE AGAIN WITH THE TRAIL CREW THAT IS DEDICATED TO TRAINING AND MENTORING.
THIS IMAGE HERE IS ACTUALLY OUR ENTRYWAY AT OUR NEW TRAIL CREW OFFICE, WHICH WAS SO GRACIOUSLY PROVIDED BY OUR MANAGEMENT AND OUR BOARD AT LAS TRAMPAS. SO WE WENT AND WE VISITED WITH THE EPRD ARCHIVES UP AT I'M SORRY, UP NEAR REDWOOD PARK.
AND WE SOURCED A NUMBER OF IMAGES OF TRAIL WORK FROM DECADES PAST.
SO STARTING ON THE LEFT, FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE DISTRICT IN 1934, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE GENERATIONS TO TODAY, THERE'S IMAGES OF TRIPLE C CREWS, OF VOLUNTEERS, OF BOY SCOUTS, CIVICORPS FROM THE 90S UP TO TODAY, ROADS AND TRAILS.
SO WE HOPE THAT THIS DISPLAY INSPIRES ALL OF YOU WHO COME INTO OUR OFFICE.
AND IT HONORS THE WORK OF THE PAST.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THIS WORK POSSIBLE.
AND WITH YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, WE HOPE TO PROVIDE MORE IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU MENTIONED OUR FIRST FULL YEAR AS A CREW.
WAS IT NOVEMBER 2023 WHEN THIS CREW OFFICIALLY STARTED? SO WE DID HIRE THE TWO RANGER STAFF EARLY IN THE SUMMER, DIRECTOR SANWONG.
AND THEN OUR TRAIL CREW LEAD CAME ON IN OCTOBER.
SO I KIND OF MARKED THAT AS OUR INCEPTION POINT WOULD BE NOVEMBER OF 2023.
OKAY. NO. THAT'S FAIR. THAT'S HELPFUL TO HEAR.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME COMMENTS AND ASK QUESTIONS? DEE. YEAH.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR YOUR PASSION FOR THIS WORK AND IT SHOWS.
AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE A DREAM IS REALIZED, I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR BEING EMOTIONAL.
THIS IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
QUESTION IS PRIOR TO THIS FORMING OF THIS GROUP, YOU DID AN ASSESSMENT OF ALL THE SMALL TRAILS IN THE PARK DISTRICT . AND I THINK THEN YOU SAID IT WOULD TAKE MAYBE FIVE YEARS TO DO ALL THE MAJOR PROJECTS ON THE SMALL TRAILS.
YES. IS THAT STILL YOUR ESTIMATE? NO. AS WITH MOST JOBS, THE FURTHER YOU GET INTO IT, THE DEEPER YOU DIG, THE MORE YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE CHALLENGES FACING US AS A PARK DISTRICT, WE CAN ALWAYS REASSESS. THAT ESTIMATE WAS BASED ON ABOUT 600 HOURS OF SEVERAL INTERNS WALKING EVERY MILE OF NARROW, NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL WITHIN THE PARKS AND PERFORMING KIND OF A POINT SURVEY TO IDENTIFY EROSION PROBLEMS, FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE, BRUSHING NEEDS.
SO AND THEN WE TOOK ALL OF THOSE POINTS THAT WERE COLLECTED BY THE INTERNS WITH THE GIS DATA, AND WE PUT IT INTO A SPREADSHEET THAT IS A CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS TOOL. AND SO IN A VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE AND TAKING ONE PARK, LAS TRAMPAS, WE FIGURED, YOU KNOW, OH, THIS PARK IS GOING TO NEED X NUMBER OF HOURS OF CREW HOURS OF WORK AND EXTRAPOLATED THAT AND CAME UP WITH THAT 5 TO 7 YEAR ESTIMATE.
AND NOW I'M SEEING, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG THINGS TAKE AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE WORKING AROUND PERMIT WINDOWS, WEATHER HOLDS, LACK OF NECESSARILY CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP OF OUR CONSERVATION CORPS CREW PARTNERS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT NUMBER STILL STANDS.
DIRECTOR ROSARIO TO HAVE A 5 TO 7 YEAR ROTATION.
YEAH. AS LONG AS WE HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO DEDICATE TO THAT AND THEN I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS CREW DOUBLED IN SIZE.
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I MEAN, SO THEY CAN HANDLE BOTH SIDES OF THE PARK DISTRICT NORTH AND SOUTH.THAT WOULD BE MY ULTIMATE DREAM.
YEAH. YEAH. AND ALSO I REALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE INCORPORATING OUR PARK STAFF WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE, BECAUSE IT REALLY HELPS SPREAD THE KNOWLEDGE AND GIVE THE PARK RANGERS IN THEIR PARKS THE EXPERIENCE.
WHAT IS THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE AWP SUPERVISOR? SO THE AWP SUPERVISOR IS THAT DAILY DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE TRAIL CREW AND OUR CIVICORP PARTNER.
IN SOME INSTANCES AS WE'VE WORKED, DEVELOPED OUR WORK PLAN FOR THIS YEAR THAT I JUST PRESENTED THERE ARE PLACES ON EACH PROJECT WHERE WE CAN PLUG IN CIVICORP, WHERE THEY BECOME VERY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF BRUSHING CORRIDOR, BRINGING IN BUILDING SUPPLIES SOME OF THE MORE MANPOWER INTENSIVE PARTS OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEN THEY CAN SEE THE SKILLED WORK BEING DONE AND ASSIST WITH IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE COMES A TIME IN EACH PROJECT WHERE WE JUST NEED TO DRILL DOWN AND FOCUS.
AND SO THEN THEY GENERALLY WOULD MOVE ON TO THEIR NORMAL WORKLOAD, WHICH WOULD BE TRAIL CORRIDOR BRUSHING FUELS REDUCTION WORK AND THOSE ASPECTS OF WHAT THEY DO IN OTHER PARKS.
WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF FAMOUS WORK REQUESTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, BACKLOGGED.
SO THEY WOULD BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH AS NEEDED.
BUT THEY'RE GENERALLY LED EVERY DAY BY THAT AWP SUPERVISOR.
OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN BEFORE YOU TAKE ON A PROJECT, IS THERE.
I'M PARTICULARLY I'M LOOKING AT TRAILS THAT HAVE CHRONIC PROBLEMS. IS ARE YOU LOOKING AT PRIOR TO THE PROJECT, ARE YOU AND STAFF LOOKING AT POSSIBLE REALIGNMENTS? IS THIS TRAIL SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG RUN? ARE THOSE PARTS OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR TAKING ON A PROJECT? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY AS WE GROW, THE CREW AND I CAN STEP BACK FROM A DAILY IN THE FIELD ROLE IS REALLY WHERE I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, CLEAR SOME RUNNING ROOM FOR THE CREW LEADS TO FOCUS ON PROJECT WORK.
AND I'LL WORK ON THOSE ASSESSMENTS WITH TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND WITH THE PARK SUPERVISORS AND STAFF.
I CAN THINK OF ONE VERY SPECIFIC EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW, THE REST OF VOLLMER PEAK TRAIL AS IT COMES FROM THE PARK OFFICE AND FIRE STATION ONE DOWN THE HILL NEXT TO SOUTH PARK DRIVE IN TILDEN PARK.
JUST RECENTLY HAD A MAJOR FUELS REDUCTION PROJECT THAT HAS CLEARED OUT QUITE A BIT OF EDUCATION.
AND NOW THAT ALL THAT VEGETATION IS, IS FOR THE MOST PART REDUCED TO FUEL ISLANDS AND IS GONE FROM THE TRAIL SIDE, YOU CAN REALLY SEE VERY CLEARLY WHERE THAT TRAIL NEEDS HELP AND REALIGNMENT AND DRAINAGE MANAGEMENT.
SO OUR HOPE IS TO GET OUR SUECO TRAIL DOZER, THE LARGER OF THE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WE HAVE IN OUR FLEET, IN THERE, TO REALIGN THAT TRAIL SOMETIME BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU. THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU. COLIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SURE. I MAYBE JUST TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE ON DIRECTOR ROSARIO.
AND I THINK THE REST OF US ALL SUPPORT IT.
IT'S A MATTER OF MANAGEMENT, GATHERING RESOURCES AND BRINGING IT TO US FOR THAT EXPANSION.
BUT I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD KNOW THAT THERE IS STRONG SUPPORT FOR THIS ADVOCACY THAT DIRECTOR ROSARIO HAS BEEN PURSUING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.
MY QUESTION WOULD BE AND MAYBE ROBERT COULD ADD TO IT AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE AN IDEA OF THE BIGGER PICTURE OF WHEN THIS TRAILS CREW WILL BE PUT TOGETHER WITH A CIVICORP TRAIL CREW OR A CIVICORP CREW GENERALLY.
AND IN PURSUIT OF A NEW NARROW TRAIL.
WHEN DO WE COMBINE EFFORTS AND WITHIN THAT CONTEXT OF THE BIGGER PICTURE, WHEN WILL THE GROUP.
I UNDERSTAND WE ARE HIRING THAT THE OUTSIDE GROUP BASED IN SANTA CRUZ IS IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE HAVING A VARIOUS FACETS OF RESOURCES BRINGING TO BEAR ON THE BACKLOG OF NARROW, NARROW TRAILS THAT THE PARK DISTRICT NEEDS TO PURSUE.
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IN FACT, WE HAVE THIS OTHER CREW COMING ON BOARD AS WELL.HOW IS ALL THAT GOING TO WORK TOGETHER IN ATTACKING THE PROBLEM AND REDUCING THE INVENTORY OF TRAIL WORK THAT WE HAVE? SO FROM A STRATEGIC PLANNING STANDPOINT, RIGHT.
AND SO THIS IS JUST THE FOUNDATIONAL WORK TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW LONG IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND FORMULATE A PLAN FOR EACH YEAR, WE PLAN ON BRINGING DIFFERENT REQUESTS TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AS IT EQUATES TO EQUIPMENT, FUNDING OR STAFFING.
AND RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE ARE IN THE INFANCY STAGES, HOW DO WE MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS SO THAT WE CAN GET THE TRAINING THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR WORK? AND PATRICK IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB IN MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN THERE'S THAT CONSISTENT LEVEL OF WORK AND COMMUNICATION.
BUT THEN ALSO, WHAT ARE THE FTE NEEDS FOR A FULL TIME, PERMANENT SMALL TRAILS CREW OR TWO WITHIN THE DISTRICT? WE HAVE A HOME NOW AND WE GOT TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE WINDOW TIME OR LEAD TIME FOR PROJECTS WHEN WE'RE TRAVERSING THE DISTRICT.
AND SO AS PATRICK AND HIS TEAM ARE ABLE TO GAIN VALUABLE INSIGHT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING THAT BACK TO OUR NEXT BUDGET REQUEST AND BE WAY MORE INFORMED SO THAT YOU WILL HAVE THE DATA AND INFORMATION RELATED TO WHY IT'S SO INHERENT THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL CREW MEMBERS AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
I JUST WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR PATRICK AND HIS TEAM.
THE BRIDGE THAT THEY JUST PUT IN AT TILDEN IS FANTASTIC.
THE LEVEL OF CRAFTSMANSHIP IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO EXPECT FROM THIS TEAM MOVING FORWARD.
AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE PROGRESS AGAIN, WHAT DOES IT TAKE? WHAT IS THE INVESTMENT? AND THEN HOW DO WE STRATEGICALLY CREATE A PLAN TO BE ABLE TO BACKFILL POSITIONS OR ADD POSITIONS.
SORRY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I CAN LET PATRICK GIVE YOU MORE INSIGHTS TO OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THOSE TRAINING GROUPS AND THE PROGRESS HE'S MADE ON THAT AND THOSE CONNECTIONS. BUT FROM THE MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT, ALONG WITH THEIR INSIGHTS, WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.
DIRECTOR COFFEY TO ANSWER THE SPECIFICS OF YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE NEW TRAIL CONSTRUCTION AND HOW THOSE PROJECTS GET ASSIGNED TO VARIOUS UNITS, AND I KNOW THAT THE TRAIL DEVELOPMENT REACHED OUT TO US INITIALLY ABOUT OUR CAPACITY TO BUILD SOME ASPECTS OF THE NEWLY PERMITTED PACKAGE AT PLEASANTON RIDGE. AND THEY ALSO HAVE, AS I PRESENTED, THERE IS EXISTING TRAIL PERMITTED WITHIN THE MCCOSKER RESTORATION PROJECT.
AND SO BASED ON OUR STAFFING LEVELS AT THE MOMENT AND THE TYPE OF SKILLED WORK WE HAD AVAILABLE TO US WITH THAT EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, WE FELT CONFIDENT TO TACKLE THAT, THAT THREE QUARTER MILE PROJECT IN MCCOSKER.
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAIN TRAIL STEWARDSHIP IS A FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION, AND THEY ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE FORMING A DEEPER PARTNERSHIP IN TERMS OF HELPING BUILD SOME NARROW NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND THERE I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS FROM BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS.
ROBERT SPEAKS OF IN TERMS OF GARNERING RESOURCES AND PURSUING THAT INVENTORY.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT WERE BRINGING THE SANTA CRUZ GROUP IN.
I DO AND HAVE TO OFTEN ARTICULATE THE PERSONAL PREFERENCE THAT WE EMPLOY PEOPLE, THAT WE EXPAND OUR OWN CREWS AND DO SO AS WE ARE ABLE AND ABLE TO PLAN FOR IT.
AND I'M NOT I'M NOT CRITICIZING IT.
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SO THIS ALL GIVES ME A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF THE LARGER PICTURE OF BRINGING RESOURCES TOGETHER FOR TRAIL PRODUCTION VERY MUCH.I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES WOULD ALL LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE PEA TRAIL IS COMPLETED, AND WE ALL CAN GET A SHOT AT IT AND INAUGURATING IT, SO TO SPEAK.
AND I'D ALSO LOVE TO VISIT THE OFFICE SOMETIME THAT WALL LOOKED VERY INTRIGUING.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING ON MY LIST AS WELL.
THANKS SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE ALL THE BACKGROUND AND THE WORK.
YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EXCELLENT. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
THANKS AGAIN. I THINK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
AND I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT DID WE DO BEFORE THIS CREW WAS FORMED WHEN WE WOULD RESPOND TO SOME OF THESE SITUATIONS AND PERHAPS, MAYBE IT MIGHT BE EASIER FOR ME TO ASK ABOUT A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE.
TYLER RANCH AT PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL PARK IS ONE OF THE NEWER STAGING AREAS THAT WE RECENTLY OPENED, AND WE BUILT NEW TRAILS FOR, AND THEN WE HAD A MAJOR STORM EVENT THAT REQUIRED YOU KNOW, SOME MAINTENANCE TO MAKE IT OPEN AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND IN THAT EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE THAT ALL HAPPENED BEFORE NOVEMBER 2023.
SO IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF POSSIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM WHO MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE JUST TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CONSTRUCTED THAT TRAIL ORIGINALLY AND THEN HOW WE RESPONDED TO, YOU KNOW, THE STORM DAMAGE THERE? SO FROM MY PART ON PERSPECTIVE ON THAT PROJECT, DIRECTOR SANWONG, I COULD TALK.
WE DID LEAN HEAVILY ON OUR ROADS AND TRAILS PARTNERS, AND THEY'RE FANTASTIC.
THEY'RE REALLY VERY TALENTED AT WHAT THEY DO, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS A TRANSFERABLE SKILL IN TERMS OF DOING ROAD GRADING OR THREE SEASON ROAD GRADING TO NARROW TRAIL CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO I THINK LOOKING BACK ON THE WAY THAT PROJECT WAS BUILT, WE WE LEARNED A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT LESSONS ABOUT YOU KNOW, HOW WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD ON BUILDING ON VERY STEEP SIDE SLOPES.
AND WE ARE IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THOSE LESSONS LEARNED IN THIS NEW PROJECT AT THE PACIFIC TRAIL.
AND THEN GOING FURTHER BACK IN TERMS OF HOW OTHER TRAIL PROJECTS CAME FROM INCEPTION TO COMPLETION, I CAN'T NECESSARILY SPEAK TO, BUT I JUST KNOW HAVING THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE VERY SPECIFICALLY TRAINED ON WORKING ON NARROW TRAILS AND HAVING THEM BEHIND THE STICKS OF THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IS CRITICAL TO TRYING TO GET THOSE PROJECTS DONE IN A WAY THAT IS LASTING AND SAFE.
AND CAN YOU HELP ME? I BELIEVE I MIGHT ACTUALLY KNOW THIS, BUT IT IS HELPFUL TO HEAR YOUR, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR MORE OF LIKE AN EXPERT DEFINITION OF NARROW TRAIL VERSUS, I GUESS, PAVED TRAIL VERSUS MAYBE A WIDER TRAIL THAT'S NOT NARROW.
WE ALL HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT LIKE TO SAY THAT TRAILS ARE OUR BUSINESS, AND IT'S WHAT WE DO.
THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OPENING AND MAINTAINING DIFFERENT TRAILS.
THE WIDELY QUOTED STATISTIC, I'M SURE, IS THE 1400 MILES OF TRAIL WITHIN OUR PARK DISTRICT, BUT ONLY MAYBE 300 OF THOSE WOULD BE WHAT IS THE PURVIEW OF OUR TRAIL CREW, WHICH WOULD BE A NARROW NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL IS SOMETHING IN OUR DEFINITION.
YOU CANNOT DRIVE A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE ON, SO IT CAN'T ACCOMMODATE A TRUCK.
IT'S NOT A THREE SEASON UNPAVED ROAD OR A PAVED ROAD, OR EVEN A INTERCONNECTED TRAIL.
SO THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS THAT DEAL WITH THOSE.
BUT NARROW NATURAL SURFACE TRAILS ARE THEIR OWN BEAST.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T YOU NEED SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, VERY SMALL, POWERFUL EQUIPMENT TO FIT ON SOMETHING THAT IS OFTEN IN MANY TIMES NO WIDER THAN ABOUT 40IN. SO WE HANDLE EVERYTHING FROM A NARROW SINGLE TRACK, WHICH WOULD LOOK MORE LIKE A HIKING TRAIL IN REDWOOD PARK TO SOMETHING LIKE A A SLIGHTLY WIDER TRAIL IN ANTHONY CHABOT OR TILDEN.
ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN'T FIT A TRUCK ON THAT YOU HAVE TO BRING IN SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO WORK ON.
AND THAT'S ROUGHLY 300 MILES AT THE MOMENT IN OUR DISTRICT.
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THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR.I HOPE WE CAN SOMEHOW SUMMARIZE THAT DEFINITION, ACTUALLY, JUST TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHILE I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET TO THAT POINT, IT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN ME A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO EXPLAIN IT THAT WAY.
AND TO BE ABLE TO SUCCINCTLY ARTICULATE SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF THIS SO THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAILS WE HAVE WITHIN THAT YOU KNOW, 1330 MILES OF TRAILS ACROSS ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES.
I THINK IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT TO ARTICULATE AND TO REPEAT THAT AND THE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE YOU KNOW, ACROSS THESE, DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAILS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK TO DIRECTOR COFFEY'S POINT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, YOU KNOW, TO BOTH LEARN AND OPEN NEW NARROW SURFACE TRAILS AND WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACTOR YOU KNOW, TO LEARN SOME BEST PRACTICES FROM THEM AND ALSO YOU KNOW, SEE HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS, I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO BE AWARE.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE FOR US TO DO THE 0.7 MILES OF THE PACIFIC PEA TRAIL AT MCCOSKER CREEK, IT TOOK US ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO DO THAT.
0.7 MILE, 0.75 MILES SECTION, IS THAT CORRECT? WITH WORK STOPPAGES DUE TO SOME PERMIT CHALLENGES THAT THE CALENDAR START STOP TIME WOULD BE THERE, BUT WE WERE AVERAGING ROUGHLY 3 TO 400FT A DAY ON THAT PROJECT, IN SOME CASES MORE, IN SOME CASES LESS, BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGING ROCK AND OTHER THINGS.
RIGHT. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING, LIKE YOU SAID, AND ALSO A PERMITTING PROCESS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, THESE NATURAL, THESE NARROW NATURAL SURFACE TRAILS YOU KNOW, WITH THESE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, EROSION AND LANDSLIDES AND YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT EFFECTS FROM YOU KNOW, STORM EVENTS OR OTHER YOU KNOW, MOTHER NATURE RELATED EVENTS. AND, I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, AT A BIGGER SCALE, YOU KNOW, IS ALL OVER THE NEWS RIGHT NOW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, DOWN NEAR BIG SUR WITH HIGHWAY ONE OR IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, LANDSLIDES, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT PACIFIC PALISADES.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY POINT HERE IS THAT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THESE NARROW, NATURAL SURFACE TRAILS, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE SAME PHENOMENA ARE POTENTIALLY SOMETHING THAT'S IMPACTFUL TO US.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE A TRAIL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THAT IT'S A SAFE EXPERIENCE AND ALSO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE INVEST AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY WE INVEST THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S WORTHWHILE FOR US TO BUILD THESE TRAILS THAT THEY WILL LAST.
YOU KNOW, THEY WILL LAST AND BE A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS.
SO THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL, AND IT'S GIVEN ME A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S WONDERFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING UP ON THE FIRST FULL YEAR AS A CREW.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, DEE'S PERSPECTIVE AND THE ADVOCACY FOR EXPANDING THIS CREW.
AND I REALLY LOOK TO YOU. YOU KNOW, WHILE I MIGHT FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR, YOU KNOW GENETICS ANALYSIS AND FORENSICS, YOU KNOW, I LOOK TO YOU, DEE, FOR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEING OUR BOARD EXPERT IN THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY BEING ON THE GROUND AND, YOU KNOW, BUILDING AND MAINTAINING OUR TRAILS.
SO I THINK IT'S REALLY NICE THAT WE CAN BOTH BE HERE TOGETHER.
YES. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A COMMENT FROM OUR AGM.
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THIS AS, AS PATRICK AND ROBERT SAID AND THEN DIRECTOR SANWONG YOU, YOU ALSO NOTED THIS IS REALLY THE WE HAVEN'T HAD A FULL YEAR WITH THIS CREW FULLY STAFFED.AND SO WE RECOGNIZE TRAILS ARE PROBABLY OUR EVERYBODY ENJOYS, I WOULD SAY MAYBE I WON'T SAY ALWAYS OR NO.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO USE AN ABSOLUTE.
BUT I WOULD SAY I THINK WE KNOW THAT TRAILS ARE ONE OF THE MOST UTILIZED FACILITIES WITHIN OUR PARK DISTRICT.
THE SORT OF TRAILS ARE THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF PARK DISTRICTS.
AND, SO I THINK WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT A WELCOMING, SAFE TRAIL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR USERS.
AND SO I'M SO PLEASED TO BE ABLE THAT THIS PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN TODAY AS A FOUNDATION TO CONTINUE TO GROW THIS OUR ASSET, THE TRAIL ASSET, AND THEN TO PROVIDE THAT TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY, A JOB OPPORTUNITY FOR WITHIN OUR DISTRICT IN TERMS OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
BECAUSE THIS REALLY, AGAIN, IS SOMETHING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PARK DISTRICTS AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICTS THE CRAFTSMANSHIP OF THAT LEGACY OF THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE TODAY AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION IS REALLY UNIQUE TO PARK DISTRICT S AND TO PARK AGENCIES.
PEOPLE EXPERIENCE NATURE DIFFERENTLY.
BUT GENERALLY IT'S ON A TRAIL.
AND SO THIS IS JUST WE WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL THOUGH AS WE'RE ADDING EXPANDING THIS AREA.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO SORT OF GO SLOWER TO GO FASTER.
SO SO I THINK I JUST APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S SUPPORT WITH THIS.
AND CERTAINLY YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE.
YOU PROBABLY ARE NOT GOING TO HEAR MORE THIS BUDGET SEASON, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO LEARN AND SEE HOW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FULLY STAFFED AND IS, AS YOU ASKED, ASKED PATRICK LIKE HE DID AN ASSESSMENT.
YOU HAD AN ASSESSMENT TO SEE SORT OF WHAT WE WOULD NEED.
AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO ABSORB THAT BEFORE WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS.
ANY FINAL WORDS OR COMMENTS? THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE REMARKS, LISA.
OKAY. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANKS SO MUCH.
THIS WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE AND IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU DIRECTOR SANWONG.
THANK YOU EVERYONE, AND THANKS FOR ROBERT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT.
YES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO PATRICK AND TEAM.
AND AS THE FORMER CHIEF OF MAST I WE'RE IN GREAT HANDS.
THEY'RE LEARNING DAILY AND JUST LOOK FORWARD TO GREAT THINGS FROM THIS OPERATION.
EXCELLENT. OKAY, WELL, WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.
ANNOUNCEMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TO SHARE AT THIS MOMENT? I DON'T KNOW OF ANY, BUT MAYBE OTHERS HAVE SOMETHING THEY WANT TO SHARE.
OKAY. THEN I GUESS WE'LL MOVE TO ADJOURNMENT.
THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
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