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WELL, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON TODAY, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH.[Roll Call]
TODAY'S MEETING AT 10:37, AND WE HAVE A REMOTE ATTENDEE.SO I'M GOING TO ASK DIRECTOR ECHOLS, WHO IS APPEARING REMOTELY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE OR WILL BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM AT YOUR LOCATION? NO, THERE ARE NOT.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL, PLEASE? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, AND 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 PUBLIC COMMENT MAY DO SO BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL, LEAVING A VOICEMAIL, OR JOINING THE LIVE ZOOM WITH THE LINK PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA LOCATED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING OR THE PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN.
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DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? SO MOVED. I HAVE A SECOND.I THINK WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE ON ALL THESE.
SO LET'S DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS IN THE ZOOM ROOM OR THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE WRITTEN US? LET ME TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE ZOOM ROOM.
I DO NOT SEE ANYBODY WITH HANDS RAISED AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS.
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RECIPIENT. YEAH, IT IS A LONG TITLE.GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS CHIEF ERICH PFUEHLER.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER GRAYSON FOR HIS WORK IN 2024, PARTICULARLY WITH AB 2091 AND ALSO SOME PREVIOUS WORK IN TERMS OF FUNDING AND HISTORICAL SUPPORT. THERE ARE TWO OTHER VERY GOOD CANDIDATES THAT ARE IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT STAFF DOES HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THE BOARD MEMBERS THOUGHTS, AND I'LL LET FLORA GO AHEAD AND DO THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
FLORA CHONTOSH, LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT.
LET'S JUMP RIGHT IN TO OUR PRESENTATION.
I'LL REVIEW THE FOLKS WHO ARE NOMINATED AND ALSO REVIEW OUR RECOMMENDATION. SCREEN SHARE.
THERE WE GO. OUR 2024 RADKE CHAMPIONING ADVOCACY AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR YOU ON THE AWARD ITSELF.
IT'S AWARDED BY THE PARK DISTRICT AND HISTORICALLY, THE REGIONAL PARK FOUNDATION TO AN ADVOCACY CHAMPION, SOMEONE WHO ADVANCES STATE FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.
IT'S NAMED FOR THE LATE TED RADKE, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD WHO SERVED FOR 36 YEARS, AND PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVE MARK DESAULNIER, ASSEMBLYMEMBER REBECCA BAUER-KAHAN, AND SENATOR NANCY SKINNER.
THIS YEAR, WE ARE ALSO, OF COURSE, CONSIDERING UNIQUE AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS FOR DIRECTOR ELLEN CORBETT THROUGH ASSEMBLY AND STATE SENATE RESOLUTIONS TO HONOR HER AND HER LEGACY.
HE SECURED $3 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD STAGING AREA AT THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50, WHICH IS WHERE THE PHOTO BELOW WAS TAKEN, AND HE AUTHORED AB 2091, WHICH IS PARK DISTRICT SPONSORED LEGISLATION.
THE EXISTING TRAILS FOR NATURE ACCESS.
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REPRESENTATIVE JOHN GARAMENDI IS ALSO NOMINATED FOR IS AN OPTION TO NOMINATE FOR THE RADKE AWARD.HE SECURED $900,000 FOR THE MARTINEZ SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL GAP CLOSURE PROJECT.
HE IS CURRENTLY ADVANCING 1.5 MILLION AS A COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROJECT REQUEST FOR THE RICHMOND BAY TRAIL GAP CLOSURE PROJECT, AND HE STRONGLY SUPPORTED AND PROVIDED LEADERSHIP FOR THE SUCCESSFUL 10,000,000.2 TIGER TWO GRANT FUNDING REQUEST IN 2010.
US SENATOR ALEX PADILLA HAS BEEN A CHAMPION OF POLICIES THAT PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY AND PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT HE AND MITIGATING HARMFUL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
HE SECURED $1.5 MILLION IN DIRECT FUNDING FOR THE PARK DISTRICT FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION IN 2022 AND CHAMPIONED THE LAND WATER CONSERVATION FUND, AUTHORING SENATE BILL 448 OUTDOORS FOR ALL.
HE ALSO SECURED LANGUAGE IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT TO EXPEDITE THE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY AT THE FORMER OAKLAND ARMY BASE. ALL THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN FABULOUS PARTNERS OF THE PARK DISTRICT AND EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE, AND OF COURSE, IN HONOR OF DIRECTOR TED RADKE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR NOMINATION FOR THIS AWARD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE A NOMINATION AT SOME POINT BY DIRECTORS.
ELIZABETH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL ALTERNATIVES.
I ALSO THINK THE OTHER FOLKS WHO WERE SUGGESTED ARE ALSO EXCELLENT CHOICES.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THIS, BUT I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT THE SPECIAL AWARD YOU'RE DOING FOR ELLEN CORBETT IS DO YOU HAVE IS THAT STILL IN CONCEPT, OR DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND HOW THAT PLAYS INTO ALL OF THIS? YES. GREAT QUESTION, DIRECTOR ECHOLS.
THAT WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF ASSEMBLY AND STATE SENATE RESOLUTIONS TO HONOR HER.
WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH OFFICES TO HAVE THOSE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS ON HER BEHALF.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS THERE ALREADY WAS A THERE WAS A RESOLUTION THAT NANCY SKINNER AND AISHA WAHAB AND LIZ ORTEGA JOINED TOGETHER IN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT BECAUSE LIZ GAVE ME A COPY TO GIVE TO THE FAMILY AT THE MEMORIAL.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOMETHING.
I THINK THEY WERE ALSO PARTNERED IN ADJOURNING IN HER HONOR AS WELL.
OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ANOTHER SORT OF SEPARATE SEPARATE PARK DISTRICT AWARD.
PIGGYBACKING ON DIRECTOR ECHOLS JUST FOR A MOMENT, I THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER RECOGNIZE THE WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF DIRECTOR CORBETT.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WE ALWAYS HAVE THINGS COMING TO US THAT NEED NAMES, FOR INSTANCE, AND I ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE STUFF THAT POPS INTO MY MIND INVOLVING ALAMEDA.
SO THERE WILL BE I THINK VERY GOOD AND STRONG AND APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ELLEN CORBETT RECOGNITIONS IN THE FUTURE, AND I'M JUST GLAD ELIZABETH MENTIONED IT BECAUSE IT DID TRIGGER THAT THOUGHT. I AGREE WITH ELIZABETH AND SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION.
GOING BACK TO LAST YEAR AT THIS VERY SESSION, WITH THIS VERY DECISION, WE HAD THE VERY DIFFICULT CHOICE OF RECOGNIZING CONGRESSMAN DESAULNIER OR ASSEMBLYMEMBER GRAYSON LAST YEAR
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AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONE OF THESE DIFFICULT DECISIONS IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO HAD IN RECENT YEARS, ACCOMPLISHED A LOT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS PARK DISTRICT, AND I THINK WHOMEVER OF US WERE HERE, CHAIR WAESPI SUGGESTED LAST YEAR THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO FOLLOW UP THE AWARD LAST YEAR WITH AN AWARD TO ASSEMBLYMEMBER GRAYSON THIS YEAR, SO I SUPPORT THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR ALL THE REASONS SET FORTH. I SAW MEMBER GRAYSON LAST THURSDAY AND THE BILL HAD JUST BEEN CHAPTERED.HE WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS ABILITY TO SUPPORT THIS ENDEAVOR OF THE DISTRICT TO SERIOUSLY SPEED UP OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO OPEN TRAILS TO THE PUBLIC, AND I THANKED HIM ONCE AGAIN FOR THAT, AND LASTLY, HE DID, AS HE OFTEN DOES WHEN I RUN INTO HIM, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR, ELECTION IN THE ELECTION CYCLE, HE'S GOING TO BE I GUESS IT'S MY SPECULATION, BUT HE IS GOING TO BE THE NEW STATE SENATOR REPRESENTING CENTRAL AND EASTERN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, AND EVEN A PIECE GOING DOWN INTO ALAMEDA, AND HE HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE PARK DISTRICT ON LEGISLATIVE ENDEAVORS OF OURS, ON FUNDING ENDEAVORS OF OURS AND GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
THANK YOU. I, TOO, SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK ASSEMBLYMEMBER GRAYSON IS VERY, VERY DESERVING.
I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE SUCH GREAT PARTNERS BECAUSE ALL THREE OF THESE FOLKS ARE DESERVING, AND I'M SURE THERE'S MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE DESERVING, BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORK THE LEGISLATIVE STAFF DID, BUT, AND I SUPPORT THE MEMBER.
GRAYSON. I ALSO HAVE SOME IDEAS OF ELLEN.
THERE'S MANY WAYS WE CAN HONOR HER, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TIDEWATER OPENING, WHICH WAS SUCH A BIG, BIG THING IN HER MIND, AND SHE SUPPORTED THAT REALLY FULLY, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE MUCH CLOSER TO HER HEART TO HAVE SOMETHING OUT THERE.
SO ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC OR IS THERE ANY PUBLIC HERE? NO, DIRECTOR WAESPI.
NO. OKAY. SO I WILL ACCEPT A RECOMMENDATION.
OR I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO, I GUESS, NOMINATE A CHAMPION, THE RADKE CHAMPION FOR 2024.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO DO THAT? SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ERICH OR FLORA? DO YOU WHEN DO WHEN WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE A CELEBRATION AND AN AWARD CEREMONY.
DO YOU HAVE THAT ON SCHEDULE ANYWHERE? GOOD QUESTION.
ERICH PFUEHLER, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE IT SCHEDULED.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD SUPPORTED.
SO THE NEXT STEP IS PRESENTATION TO OR RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I BELIEVE THAT'S AT THE OCTOBER 15TH MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL SCHEDULE NOVEMBER MEETING, AND THEN WE WILL SCHEDULE AN ON SITE MEETING WITH THE ASSEMBLYMEMBER, EITHER LATER IN THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'LL TRY TO AVOID THAT, BUT IT MAY SLIP INTO A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE YEAR.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO FEDERAL LEGISLATION.
THIS MORNING UNDER THE ELECTION, RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION.
WELL WE'RE PULLING UP THE PRESENTATION.
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JUST A COMMENT THAT THE CONGRESS HAS ADJOURNED FOR THE YEAR, OR AT LEAST UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.THEY DID PASS A BUDGET RESOLUTION THAT EXTENDS FUNDING UNTIL MID-DECEMBER.
SO THEY'LL BE BACK LATER IN THE YEAR TO DETERMINE FUNDING LEVELS FOR NEXT YEAR, OR AT LEAST MOVE IT INTO NEXT YEAR, BUT UP UNTIL THEN, WE HAD A COUPLE BILLS THAT WERE INTRODUCED SINCE WE LAST MET, THAT WE WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME SUPPORT FOR IT.
FIRST, BILL IS ACTUALLY MODELED AFTER THE BUILD GRANT PROGRAM.
PARK DISTRICT HAS APPLIED TO THAT PROGRAM TWICE.
HAVE GOTTEN PRETTY FAR IN THE PROCESS, BUT STILL HAD A LITTLE HICCUP WITH SOME DATA THAT WE NEED TO COLLECT FOR NEXT YEAR IF WE DO REAPPLY, BUT THIS LEGISLATION WOULD BE MODELED ON THE EXISTING BUILD PROGRAM, AND THE FUNDING WOULD GO TOWARD GREENING THE FLEET, PARTICULARLY FOR TRANSIT FLEETS, BUT IT WOULD ALSO APPLY TO THE PARK DISTRICT.
SO ELECTRIC VEHICLES, CHARGING STATIONS, THAT KIND OF THAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE COULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THIS GRANT PROGRAM, AND IT ALSO HAS A LINE ITEM THAT TALKS ABOUT CONTRIBUTING ANY, ANY INFRASTRUCTURE ACTION THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE REDUCTION OF GHG.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT INCLUDES ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, PAVED TRAILS.
SECOND BILL IS BY OUR SENATOR AND IT DEALS WITH FEMA PRE-DISASTER FUNDING.
MAKING PLANS FOR EVACUATION SHOULD SHOULD AN EMERGENCY STRIKE.
HR 6492 IS A PRETTY BROAD REACHING, OUTDOOR, INDUSTRY SPONSORED PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
WE HAVE HAD SUCCESS IN APPLYING TO THAT GRANT FOR THE TIDEWATER FACILITY AT MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR REGIONAL SHORELINE, AND IT IS A CURRENTLY PENDING IN THE SENATE.
GIVES IT A BETTER THAN 50/50 PERCENT CHANCE FOR IT TO PASS.
HR 9150 ALSO REPRESENTATIVE OF CALIFORNIA WOULD ACTUALLY EXTEND THE DISASTER DESIGNATIONS TO SMOKE WHEN IT GETS TO UNHEALTHY LEVELS DURING WILDFIRES.
SO WOULD EXTEND SOME FEMA BENEFITS TO FOR PEOPLE RECUPERATING FROM SMOKE.
SO THAT'S THE LIST OF LEGISLATION FOR FEDERAL LEGISLATION FOR SUPPORT.
SO WE'D ASK FOR A SUPPORT RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FOUR BILLS PRESENTED OR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS ON THIS, MEMBERS? NO. HEARING NONE.
ERICH CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS BEFORE.
MAYBE I DON'T KNOW, BUT THE RECREATION NOT RED TAPE ACT.
THAT WOULD APPLY TO ACTUALLY SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE STATE LEVEL WOULD APPLY TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FOR LIKE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, AND ALSO ESSENTIALLY WHEN YOU DO TRAIL RESTORATION WOULD ALLOW SOME LEVELS OF PERMITTING TO PROCEED A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? NO. NO? HEARING NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION FOR TO SUPPORT FEDERAL LEGISLATION? SO MOVED.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? THANK YOU. FEDERAL LEGISLATION SUPPORT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU, AND THE TITLE PRETTY MUCH SAYS IT ALL BUT JUST TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE BILL, IT WOULD ALLOW A BOND BONDING AUTHORITY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO PASS BY 55% OF THE VOTE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY.
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SO FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES, PUBLIC USE, IN WHICH CASE WE THINK MEASURE WW, IF IT WERE TO BE EXTENDED, MIGHT BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS 55% THRESHOLD.SO GOING TO BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT THIS FALL.
THE BOARD HAS SUPPORTED THE LEGISLATION.
IT WAS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, LEGISLATION THAT PASSED BOTH THE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE BY OVER 66.6% OF THE VOTE, HENCE BRINGING IT BEFORE THE VOTERS, WHERE IT ONLY IS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE 50% TO BECOME A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR SUPPORT OF PROPOSITION FIVE ON NOVEMBER BALLOT.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS.
COLIN. ERICH, WHY IS IT I HAVE A VAGUE MEMORY OF A BALLOT MEASURE PRECEDING THIS ONE THAT WOULD HAVE LOWERED THE VOTING THRESHOLD FOR THE PARK DISTRICT FOR PARK DISTRICT MEASURES SUCH AS WW TO 55%? HAVE THERE BEEN THAT ATTEMPTS BEFORE THAT I'M REMEMBERING, AND THEY DIDN'T PASS? THERE HAVE BEEN THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION HAS BEEN ADVANCED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR, OBVIOUSLY, THAT IT'S MOVED FORWARD TO THE VOTERS.
THE OTHER THING YOU COULD BE THINKING OF IS THERE'S BEEN SOME COURT CASES THAT HAVE STATED, IF IT'S A PETITION ELECTION, MEANING VOLUNTEERS COLLECT SIGNATURES TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT, THAT TYPE OF A FUNDING MEASURE WOULD ONLY NEED, I BELIEVE, 60% OF THE VOTE AND THAT'S BEEN PURSUED IN THE COURTS, I THINK, TO DATE, IT STILL STANDS THAT A PETITION ELECTION, IF ENACTED BY I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS 55 OR 60%, BUT IF ENACTED BY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF VOTERS CAN STAND EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT TWO THIRDS. OKAY, THAT COVERS IT, BUT I SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION.
ALL RIGHT. ELIZABETH, ANYTHING? YEAH. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST HAVE. IS THERE ANY POLLING DONE ON THIS? HOW IS IT POLLING? I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU FOR SURE.
I KNOW POLLING ON PROP FOUR IS LOOKING VERY GOOD, WHICH IS THE CLIMATE BOND.
I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT PROP FIVE.
I'LL HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP FOR YOU.
THEN CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS? SO MOVED.
ONCE AGAIN, ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU, ERICH. THAT CONCLUDES THE ACTION ITEMS. SO WE'LL NOW MOVE TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, AND OUR FIRST INFORMATIONAL ITEM IS THE UPDATE ON THE STATE LEGISLATION.
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ERICH PFUEHLER, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, JUST HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR CONSULTANT FROM ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING IN SACRAMENTO, ABIGAIL SCHMIDT.WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM THIS YEAR AND HAD A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, PARTICULARLY WITH PASSING THE AB 2091 LEGISLATION FROM ASSEMBLYMEMBER GRAYSON.
I'D LIKE TO BRING ABIGAIL UP TO PRESENT.
DID WE MEET ABIGAIL WHEN WE WERE UP IN SACRAMENTO? I HAVE THAT MEMORY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. AGAIN, ABIGAIL SCHMIDT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY CONSULTING.
I KNOW YOU'VE REVIEWED EACH PIECE OF LEGISLATION AS YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN POSITIONS ON THESE, SO I'LL I'LL MOVE THROUGH THEM RATHER BRIEFLY AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE THE UPDATE FOR WHERE EVERYTHING LANDED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE END OF THE SECOND YEAR OF THE TWO YEAR SESSION.
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2025, AND WE JUST RECEIVED THE LAST BATCH OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS FROM THE GOVERNOR THIS MORNING.ACTUALLY, TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR HIM TO ACT ON BILLS THAT MADE IT TO HIS DESK.
SO THE BRAND NEW INFORMATION I'M SHARING SHARING WITH YOU ALL.
SO STARTING WITH AB 437 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER JACKSON.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT DID NOT PASS.
IT WAS NOT FINALLY VOTED ON AT THE END OF SESSION.
IT'S REMAINED SITTING ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE.
SO THIS WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD, AND IF IT DOES PROCEED WOULD NEED TO BE REINTRODUCED.
NEXT WE HAVE AB 637 ALSO BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER JACKSON PERTAINING TO ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE FLEETS.
THIS BILL WOULD ALLOWED PUBLIC AGENCIES THAT NEED TO MEET THE STATE'S REQUIREMENTS FOR ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES IN THEIR FLEETS TO POTENTIALLY USE RENTAL VEHICLES TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT IN THE SHORT TERM, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT SOME COST SAVING AND SEE WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THE AGENCY WHILE THEY WORK TO MEET THOSE GOALS.
THIS BILL DID PASS THE LEGISLATURE.
MOVING ON TO AB 817 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER PACHECO, THIS WOULD EXTEND THE ALLOWANCE TO USE TELECONFERENCING FOR MEETINGS OF SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF LOCAL AGENCIES UNTIL 2026, SIMILAR TO HOW THE MAIN BODIES OF LEGISLATIVE BODIES OF LOCAL AGENCIES ARE PERMITTED TO USE TELECONFERENCING CURRENTLY. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS BILL DID NOT PASS EITHER AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE AND MAY BE INTRODUCED NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT.
WHEN YOU'RE THROUGH GOING THROUGH THE LIST AT THE END, DEFINITELY.
MOVING ON TO AB 1581 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER KALRA.
THIS BILL WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE GOVERNOR.
AB 1798 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER PAPAN WOULD HAVE DEVELOPED A FORMAL REVIEW PROCESS TO PREVENT TOXIC SUBSTANCES FROM ENTERING SURFACE WATERS, SPECIFICALLY BY ADVANCING PILOT PROJECTS FOR BIORETENTION AND BIOFILTRATION.
MOVING ON TO AB 1889 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER FRIEDMAN.
THIS IS A WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY MEASURE THAT REQUIRES THE CONSERVATION ELEMENTS OF LOCAL GENERAL PLANS ACROSS THE STATE TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE MOVEMENT OF WILDLIFE THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITY.
IT'S A CEQA EXEMPTION FOR THE OPENING AND USE OF TRAILS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS IN SPECIFIED SITUATIONS.
MOVING TO AB 2124 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER DAVIES, WHICH WOULD HAVE CREATED A SWIMMING LESSON VOUCHER PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO INCREASE WATER SAFETY AND PROVIDE NO OR LOW COST SWIMMING LESSONS TO LOW INCOME CHILDREN.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT DID NOT PASS AND WAS HELD IN THE ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
AB 2285 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER RENDON.
PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES AROUND THE EXPENDITURE OF 30 BY 30 FUNDS.
MOVING TO AB 2330 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER HOLDEN.
THIS BILL WAS MEANT TO STREAMLINE ROUTINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROJECTS.
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TAKES DURING VEGETATION MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS.SO IT WAS ONE OF THE MORE RECENT ACTIONS WILL NOT BE BECOMING STATUTE IN JANUARY.
MOVING TO AB 2440 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER REYES.
THIS BILL SPECIFICALLY CREATED SOME GUIDELINES FOR THE USE AND REPORTING OF 30 BY 30 ACTIVITIES.
PARTICULARLY, IT WOULD REQUIRE THE STATE TO OUTLINE HOW IT WAS INVESTING 30 BY 30 FUNDS AND HOW IT FULFILLED THE SPECIFIC GOALS OF THE 30 BY 30 INITIATIVE, AMONG SOME OTHER PROVISIONS THAT REQUIRED THE SUPPORT.
THIS BILL WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR ON FRIDAY.
MOVING TO AB 2509 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER KALRA.
THIS BILL DEFINED INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AND INVASIVE SPECIES IN STATUTE, WHICH WERE NOT FORMALLY FORMALLY DEFINED IN THE STATUTE, AND IT BASICALLY PROVIDES A BASIS FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION TO REFERENCE THESE DEFINITIONS AND CREATE SOME MORE UNIFORMITY IN STATUTE AROUND THE USE OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT.
THIS BILL WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
AB 2682, ALSO BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER KALRA, WAS SPONSORED BILL BY THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY OPEN SPACE AUTHORITY, AND IT SUPPORTED THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE OPEN SPACE AUTHORITY THROUGH SPECIFICALLY INCREASING THE THRESHOLDS RELATED TO FORMAL BIDDING AND CONTRACTS TO MOVE AND EXPEDITE THEIR DELIVERY OF SERVICES.
THIS BILL WAS SUPPORTED, WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE, AND WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
MOVING TO AB 2869 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER FRIEDMAN.
THIS BILL WOULD HAVE REQUIRED THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WHICH INTERFERE OR ELIMINATE TRAIL ACCESS TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS.
THIS BILL UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT PASS AND WAS HELD IN THE ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
ESSENTIALLY, THIS BILL REQUIRED STATE AGENCIES TO COORDINATE INTERNALLY ON A FUNDING PLAN TO MEET THE GOALS OF 30 BY 30 AND TO ENSURE FOREST RESILIENCE AND WILDFIRE PREVENTION ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THOSE COORDINATED PLANS.
THIS BILL DID PASS THE LEGISLATURE, BUT WAS NOT SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
AB 3147 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER GARCIA.
THE CALIFORNIA TRAILS CONSERVANCY WOULD HAVE ESTABLISHED THIS TRAILS CONSERVANCY PROGRAM WITHIN THE NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY AND WOULD HAVE ESTABLISHED SPECIFIC GOALS TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND GREENWAYS AND TRAIL NETWORKS ACROSS THE STATE.
THIS BILL UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT PASS AND WAS ALSO HELD IN THE ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
SB 675 BY SENATOR LIMON, THIS BILL CREATED ESSENTIALLY A PRESCRIBED GRAZING GRANT PROGRAM AT THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD FOR WILDFIRE RESILIENCE PURPOSES.
SB 1029 BY SENATOR MIN WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR ADVANCE PAYMENTS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE REGIONAL FOREST AND FIRE CAPACITY PROGRAM HOUSED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION.
SB 1159 BY SENATOR DODD WOULD HAVE REQUIRED THE NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY TO CONSIDER PROVIDING A CEQA SEQUEL EXEMPTION FOR WILDFIRE PREVENTION PROJECTS ALONG CERTAIN TYPES OF ROADSIDES.
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EVEN SO, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS BILL DID NOT PASS AND WAS HELD IN THE ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE IN ITS SECOND HOUSE, AND THE FINAL BILL IS SENATE BILL 1402 BY SENATOR MIN, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE STATE AGENCIES TO BASICALLY PRIORITIZE 30 BY 30 GOALS IN ALL OF THEIR REGULATORY DECISIONS FOR ALL STATE AGENCIES.THIS WAS A VERY BROAD BILL TO SUPPORT 30 BY 30 AND CAN GET INTO THE REASONS IN A MOMENT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT DID NOT PASS AND WAS HELD IN THE ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE THIS YEAR. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE OUTCOMES OF ALL OF THE SUPPORTED BILLS FROM THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND I'LL JUST CLOSE WITH A COMMENT.
MUCH OF THE REASONING FOR THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE TIGHT BUDGET AT THE STATE LEVEL.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I WILL SAY FOR MOST OF THESE BILLS THAT WERE EITHER NOT PASSED OR VETOED BUDGET REASONS WERE THE MAIN WERE THE MAIN ISSUE CITED BY THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATORS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IF I MAY EXERCISE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE HERE.
I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM, AND IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REALLY FAST, I'LL GO THROUGH THEM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS LET'S GO TO IT, BECAUSE I FOUND I HAD A LOT OF THEM AFTER YOU EXPLAINED SOME OF THESE.
SO LET'S START WITH AB 437, THE EQUITY AND STATE GOVERNMENT ANYONE QUESTIONS? COMMENTS ON THAT? HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE TO AB 637, THE ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE FLEETS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MY ONLY COMMENT WAS ARE WE UNDER THAT? DO WE HAVE A ARE WE FORCED TO BE UNDER OR NOT REQUIRED TO BE UNDER COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS REQUIRING ZERO EMISSION PURCHASES OF VEHICLES? I DON'T BELIEVE, UNDER THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS, BUT I WOULD TURN TO THE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OR THE STAFF.
OKAY. AB 817 THE TELECONFERENCING MEETINGS OF SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF LOCAL AGENCIES.
WE WERE A SPONSOR THAT CO-SPONSOR OF THAT, RIGHT, AND SO WERE A NUMBER OF OTHER PARK AGENCIES.
COLIN, YOU HAD A QUESTION ON THAT? YEAH. WHAT'S THE ONGOING SAGA HERE OF WHAT ON THE SURFACE APPEARS AS A VERY REASONABLE ATTEMPT THAT BENEFITS LARGE REGIONAL AGENCIES SUCH AS OURS, IN THAT WE CAN ATTRACT PEOPLE TO OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THE IMMEDIATE BENEFICIARY OF OR ITS MEMBERS BENEFICIARY OF THIS LEGISLATION, AND I'VE ALWAYS FAILED TO UNDERSTAND OPPOSITION TO IT, GIVEN THAT IT'S NOT AN OPEN INVITATION TO HAVE THESE ADVISORY LEVEL COMMITTEES ACT BY TELECONFERENCING GENERALLY.
SO IT IT HAS ALWAYS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH PERHAPS THE AUTHOR OF THE BILL, THE CONSTITUENCIES OF THE COMMITTEES.
THERE WAS A COMMITTEE CHAIR THAT, FOR SOME REASON WAS VIEWING THIS UNREASONABLY, AND IT SEEMED TO US AND WE WERE TOLD BEHIND THE SCENES THAT THERE WAS COMMITTEE POLITICS GOING ON.
SO I'M JUST I WANT TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING NOW, AT THIS JUNCTURE, WHAT THE BARRIER IS TO THIS AND HOW WE MIGHT ENGAGE IN IT BETTER, SINCE WE HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL TO DATE.
DEFINITELY. THIS IS SURPRISINGLY A BIT OF A STICKY ISSUE WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.
SPECIFICALLY, THERE WERE LEADERSHIP CHANGES OVER.
WELL, LET ME TAKE A STEP BACK.
THIS BILL SPECIFICALLY IS A TWO YEAR BILL WAS INTRODUCED IN 2023.
SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN LEADERSHIP CHANGES, CHANGES IN COMMITTEE STAFFING AND CHAIRSHIPS, AND BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL PROVISIONS THAT ALLOWED TELECONFERENCING IN LOCAL MEETINGS IN GENERAL WERE ADOPTED DURING COVID, AS YOU KNOW, UNDER A SPECIFIC TIMELINE WITH A HARD DEADLINE WHEN THAT
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WOULD END. THERE ARE FEELINGS FROM SOME FOLKS IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT WE SHOULD STICK TO THOSE TIMELINES AND NOT CHANGE THE PROCESS FROM WHAT IT WAS PRE-COVID.SO IT'S AN ONGOING DISCUSSION BUT PART OF THE REASON THAT I BELIEVE THIS BILL HAD TROUBLE GETTING OUT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE IS BECAUSE WITH NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMITTEE, MANY TIMES WITH A BILL THAT THERE'S SOME CONTENTION AROUND, THEY'LL WANT TO WAIT UNTIL IT'S REINTRODUCED AS A FRESH VEHICLE TO MOVE THROUGH THEIR COMMITTEE AGAIN, TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE FROM THE BEGINNING AND WORK ON THE BILL WITH THEIR CURRENT CHAIR, THEIR CURRENT MEMBERSHIP, AND TRY AGAIN.
SO I DO KNOW THERE'S ONGOING DISCUSSIONS AROUND THIS.
I DO EXPECT IT TO BE REINTRODUCED IN 2025, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S ONE OF THOSE THOSE TOPICS THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REACH A CONSENSUS ON BEFORE THE BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE DEADLINE THIS YEAR.
OKAY, I WILL, MY THOUGHT ON THIS IS THAT I, AND MAYBE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU OR YOUR COLLEAGUES AT YOUR FIRM, ALONG WITH ERICH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND LOOKING FORWARD, SEE WHAT INFLUENCE WE CAN BRING.
AT THE INTRODUCTORY LEVEL OF THIS LEGISLATION INCLUDING AUTHORSHIP AND COMMITTEE MAKEUPS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST GET DOWN INTO THAT LEVEL.
I, FOR INSTANCE, HAVE NEVER BEEN CALLED UPON TO PERSONALLY LOBBY ANY MEMBER OF OUR DELEGATION.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRAND NEW MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY WHO TELLS US THAT THIS IS ANAMARIE AVILA FARIAS. DID I GET THAT? CLOSE. ANAMARIE AND WE'VE KNOWN ANAMARIE FOR QUITE A WHILE.
SHE'S GOING TO BE A NEW ASSEMBLYMEMBER REPRESENTING MARTINEZ CONCORD ALL THE WAY OUT TO BRENTWOOD AND ANTIOCH AND HER CONSTITUENTS ARE GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN THIS LEGISLATION, GIVEN THAT'S MY WARD.
I LIKE TO APPOINT PEOPLE FROM THE PAC.
LAST COUPLE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN BRENTWOOD AND ANTIOCH.
ANYWAY, I THINK HAVING A BRAND NEW MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE WHO WANTS TO AGGRESSIVELY ASSIST THIS PARK DISTRICT, WHO IS PART OF A VERY POWERFUL CAUCUS GOING INTO HER FRESHMAN YEAR, SHE WOULD PERHAPS BE AN EFFECTIVE ADVOCATE BECAUSE SHE'S A BRAND NEW MEMBER AND A MEMBER OF A VERY IMPACTFUL CAUCUS.
SO I WANT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT BECAUSE THIS THE FAILURE OF THIS LEGISLATION TO PASS ON ITS SURFACE MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE, AND THERE'S SOME POLITICS GOING ON WITH IT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GO TO THE LOCAL EDITOR OF THE EAST BAY TIMES AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET, YOU KNOW, WE COULD GET SUPPORT FROM A MAJOR PUBLISHER BECAUSE THEY WOULD PROBABLY READILY RECOGNIZE THEIR OWN READERSHIP'S INTEREST IN BETTER PARTICIPATION IN A LARGE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT LIKE OURS.
DEFINITELY HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU. ELIZABETH, ANYTHING? NOTHING FOR ME. THANKS.
ALL RIGHT. I GUESS SO IF I'M WONDERING.
SO IF THIS BILL IS REINTRODUCED, DO YOU EXPECT ANY AMENDMENTS TO MAKE IT BETTER? BECAUSE I CAN'T LIKE COLIN, I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT, AND ALSO WITH THE CO-SPONSORS WOULD BE THE SAME.
WOULD IT BE YOU AND CARPET AND A NUMBER OF OTHER FOLKS? THAT WOULD BE ON BOARD REALLY PUSHING FOR THIS.
I THINK DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE OF THE PARTNERS THAT WERE THE MAIN SPONSORS OF THIS BILL OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WHAT THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD, IT WILL TAKE OVER THE FALL, SOME COORDINATION OVER LIKE WHO WILL BE LEADING THIS EFFORT.
YOU KNOW WHAT LEGISLATOR WANTS TO CHAMPION THIS, AND DEFINITELY THAT'S WHAT THE FALL RECESS IN BETWEEN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS IS BEST FOR TO HAVE THOSE STRATEGIC CONVERSATIONS, BUT I EXPECT IT WILL BE THE SAME SLATE OF OF SUPPORTERS AS THIS PREVIOUS BILL, AND AS FOR AMENDMENTS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE ARE NOT SERIOUS AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD
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BE TAKEN. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BILLS THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME BEHIND THE SCENES CONVERSATIONS TO DECIDE IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS, BUT THIS BILL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TEXT, IT IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.GREAT. THANK YOU, AND I AGREE WITH DIRECTOR COFFEY, I THINK I HOPE YOU INCLUDE US IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE WE'RE SOME OF US ARE ALIGNED VERY CLOSELY WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE MAKING THESE DECISIONS.
THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO AB 1581.
YEAH SO I WILL JUST SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE, AS YOU SAID, THE BILL IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN SOME SORT OF THINGS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENE, BUT HOPEFULLY IF THE NEW PEOPLE CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS DOES AND DOESN'T DO? YEAH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT DONE, BUT THANK YOU ANYWAY.
OKAY. WE'LL MOVE TO THE RESTORATION MANAGEMENT PERMIT ACT.
WHICH DID YOU SAY IT WAS? CHAPTER? YES.
OKAY. ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? HEARING NONE.
NEXT ONE, 1889 THE WILDLIFE AND HABITAT CONNECTIVITY BILL.
NOPE, AND THEN THE EXISTING TRAILS FOR NATURE ACCESS.
JUST CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK, AND FROM ME.
NO ONE ELSE. OH, AND THEN AB 2124 THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION SWIMMING LESSONS VOUCHERS.
ANYBODY HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT? IF NOT, I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA.
I'M SORRY THAT IT DID NOT PASS.
I'M WONDERING, I'D LIKE TO PLANT A BUG IN.
EVERYBODY'S HERE THAT POSSIBLY WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT.
ESPECIALLY WITH A GREAT NEW FACILITY LIKE ROBERTS PARK OR ROBERTS POOL.
I MEAN, IT SEEMS MAYBE IT'S A COST ISSUE, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THERE'S SO MANY KIDS THAT DON'T LEARN TO SWIM BY THE AGE OF FOUR, AND THEY MIGHT EVEN NEED IT MORE BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO, YOU KNOW, BE GETTING OUT INTO DEEPER WATER WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS WATCHING.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE THINKING BEHIND THAT.
IF, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE AGE LIMITATION WAS AN EFFORT TO LIMIT THE COST OF THE PROGRAM.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE COST OF THE PROGRAM IS WHAT ULTIMATELY LED TO ITS DEMISE.
SO I BELIEVE THAT LANGUAGE WAS WAS PUT THERE.
YEAH. SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE STAFF IN PLACE TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK, BUT ANYWAY AB 2285 THE 30 BY 30 URBAN NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS PROJECT.
AB 2330 THE HOLDEN STREAMLINING ROUTINE.
DID WERE THERE ANY REASONS WHY? WHY? WHY? BECAUSE IT COST TOO MUCH MONEY.
THAT IS THE MAIN ISSUE, BUT ALSO THIS BILL SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS OR A GENERAL PRIORITIZATION OF FUNDS DEDICATED TO 30 BY 30 TO BE DIRECTED TO URBAN PROJECTS.
THERE WAS SOME, SOME DISAGREEMENT AMONG FOLKS ON WHETHER THAT SHOULD USE 30 BY 30 FUNDING OR WHETHER 30 BY 30 FUNDING SHOULD BE DEDICATED PRIMARILY TO RURAL CONSERVATION, OR WHETHER THAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO URBAN INVESTMENTS.
I KNOW THAT WAS A DISCUSSION THAT WAS HAD BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE LEGISLATURE, AND, AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY, I BELIEVE, WHAT LED IT TO BE HELD IN THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. ALL RIGHT.
THE ADVANCING 30 BY 30 STATE INVESTMENTS WHICH WAS CHAPTERED.
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT WHICH WAS CHAPTER HEARING NONE AB 2682.
SANTA CLARA VALLEY OPEN SPACE AUTHORITY WHICH WAS CHAPTER HEARING NONE AB 2869.
3023 PAPAN 30 BY 30 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LANDS AND COASTAL WATERS.
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AB 3147.THE CALIFORNIA TRAILS CONSERVANCY.
SEEING NO COMMENTS SB 675 PRESCRIBED GRAZING AND WILDFIRE RESILIENCE AND THAT WAS CHAPTERED.
ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? ALTHOUGH COULD COULD THE REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT WHO WE GRAZE.
WHAT DO WE GRAZE? 80,000 ACRES OF LAND.
WE WOULD BE, IS THERE ANY CHANCE WE'D GET ANY OF THOSE GRANTS? YEAH, I BELIEVE THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THESE GRANTS.
THE BILL ITSELF DID NOT SPECIFY ALL THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT PROGRAM.
OKAY, AND THEN AB 867 OR PROPOSITION FOUR; HOPEFULLY THAT ADVANCES.
SB 1029 ADVANCE PAYMENTS FOR THE REGIONAL FOREST AND FIRE CAPACITY PROGRAM, WHICH DID NOT PASS.
SB 1159 EXPEDITING ROADSIDE WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION, WHICH DID NOT PASS.
SB 1402 ACTIVATING 30 BY 30 GOALS IN STATE STRATEGIC PLANS.
THIS WAS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NONE. THANK YOU.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON LOCAL ACTIONS TAKEN BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, BRIAN HOLT, CHIEF OF PLANNING, TRAILS AND GIS.
LET ME JUST FIND MY PRESENTATION HERE.
ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT FOUR ITEMS FOR YOU TODAY TO PRESENT, AND WELCOME.
THIS MEETING WAS CANCELED LAST TIME, SO THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LOCAL ACTIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, AND SO I WELCOME, LIKE I SAY, WELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS? FIRST ITEM IS A LAFCO ITEM.
THIS IS A PROPOSED ANNEXATION TO SOME COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT FOR A PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND THE PIECE OF PROPERTY IS SHOWN HERE IN YELLOW, AND THIS IS OUR MAP, SO YOU CAN SEE SOME POTENTIAL CONCEPTUAL TRAIL ALIGNMENTS IN THE PURPLE LINES THROUGH HERE.
THIS IS IN THE KENNEDY GROVE AREA.
KIND OF IT'S REALLY THE INTERVENING PROPERTY BETWEEN KENNEDY GROVE AND SOBRANTE RIDGE.
THIS IS A SINGLE PARCEL THAT'S LOCATED IN THERE, AND IT WAS RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY A PRIVATE PARTY, AND THEY'RE SEEKING ANNEXATION TO SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS TO ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF OF WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, TO ALLOW THEM TO BUILD A PRIVATE HOME.
SO JUST BRING THIS UP, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A PROPERTY OF INTEREST TO THE PARK DISTRICT.
WE WERE ACTUALLY APPROACHED BY CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AS CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE IT IS OUTSIDE THE URBAN LIMIT LINE, AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY IS THEY REACH OUT TO US AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS LOOKS LIKE A SITE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE LARGELY REMAIN UNDEVELOPED.
THEY DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THE PROPERTY.
THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL FUTURE ANNEXATION OR POTENTIAL FUTURE SUBDIVISION OF THE PROPERTY.
SO EITHER ACQUISITION BY US OR LAND TRUST OR SOME OTHER ENTITY, OR SOME CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OVER THE PROPERTY WOULD ADDRESS SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS. SO THEY REACHED OUT TO US TO SEE IF WE'D BE INTERESTED IN THAT.
SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
THIS ITEM DID GO TO THE CONTRA COSTA LAFCO, I BELIEVE LAST MONTH AND IS RESCHEDULED TO BE HEARD, I BELIEVE, LATER THIS MONTH AND PART OF THAT IS THE ANTICIPATION THAT THERE WILL BE SOME CONDITION THAT WILL REQUIRE LIKELY THE BACK PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TO
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REMAIN IN PROTECTED OPEN SPACE IN SOME WAY, AND OF COURSE, PART OF OUR INTEREST THERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE ACROSS THE PROPERTY, AS THIS IS A CURRENT GAP IN THE RIDGE TRAIL IN THIS AREA.SO RELATIVELY SMALL PROJECT THAT WE'RE MONITORING IN THE RICHMOND, EL SOBRANTE AREA.
NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
DIRECTOR COFFEY, I CAN EITHER COME BACK TO IT OR NO, THAT'S FINE.
IT'S PROBABLY BEST WHEN IT IS.
THIS IS A GEE WHIZ MOMENT FOR ME, BRIAN, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I'VE LOOKED AT THAT MAP, ESPECIALLY WHEN A COUPLE, TWO YEARS AGO, WE WERE GOING THROUGH REAPPORTIONING OUR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND SUCH, AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT PARCEL WE ALREADY OWNED OR HAD AN EASEMENT ACROSS, AND WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS WE HAVE A TRAIL THAT GOES AROUND THAT PARCEL IN ORDER TO GET TO THE ONE TO THE IMMEDIATE, THAT PARCEL TO THE IMMEDIATE EAST.
SO WHAT I'M SEEING HERE, AND IT'S REGISTERING FOR THE FIRST TIME, FOR SOME REASON, THAT THIS PARCEL IS ENTIRELY SANDWICHED BETWEEN EXISTING KENNEDY GROVE PARKLAND WHERE WHERE WE HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS, AND ON THE EASTERN END, THERE'S THAT THE PARCEL THAT ABUTS CARRIAGE HILL SOUTH THAT IS CURRENTLY LAND BANK, AND SO, SO HISTORICALLY, THAT PARCEL AND IT YOU HAVE A THERE'S A DOTTED LINE GOING ACROSS THE PARCEL.
THE PARCEL IMMEDIATELY ABUTTING CARRIAGE HILL SOUTH.
THERE WAS AT ONE TIME SUBJECT TO A PROPOSAL FOR SUBDIVISION HILLSIDE HOMES.
THE DEVELOPER WAS ENVISIONING ORINDA TYPE OF HILLSIDE UPSCALE DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT PARCEL THAT NEVER HAPPENED, AND EVENTUALLY THE PARK DISTRICT ACQUIRED THAT PARCEL.
SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE TAKING A POSITION ON THE INTEREST OF THE CURRENT OWNER OF THIS INTERVENING PARCEL IN ACCESSING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH ANNEXATION? ARE WE JUST WATCHING THIS? IS IT, IS THERE NO, YOU KNOW, I ALSO THOUGHT THERE WAS A HOME ON THAT PARCEL, BUT IF WE'RE JUST WATCHING THIS, WHAT IS ULTIMATELY OUR INTEREST IN LAND USE PROPOSALS OR INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSALS FOR THAT, THAT PARCEL.
YEAH. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE PURPLE LINES ON HERE ARE SHOWN AS PROPOSED OR POTENTIAL TRAILS.
THE ABSENT ANY OWNERSHIP OR EASEMENTS ACROSS THE ORANGE PIECE OF THE PROPERTY, STAFF HAD LOOKED AT A POTENTIAL TRAIL ALIGNMENT ACROSS THE EAST BAY MUD PROPERTY HERE.
SO THAT'S THIS TRAIL THAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE, AND THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
IT RESULTS IN SOME CONFLICTS, THOUGH, IN THAT THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT RESTRICTIONS ON EAST BAY MUD PROPERTY VERSUS A PARK DISTRICT PROPERTY, NAMELY AROUND BIKE ACCESS.
SO STAFF HAD ALSO LOOKED FOR SOME CONNECTIONS THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY GO THROUGH HERE.
SO NOT IN THE HABITAT AREA, NOTHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH. I CAN'T SEE US BEING CONCERNED, OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, AND IT WAS CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES CONCERN THAT IF THIS AREA WERE ANNEXED INTO, SAY, THE WATER DISTRICT OR A SEWER DISTRICT, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD LEAD TO POTENTIAL FURTHER SUBDIVISION OF THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD ALLOW HOMES BACK IN THIS BACK AREA, AND FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, BETWEEN MEETINGS FROM THE COUNTY AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES NOT HAVE ANY INTEREST IN FUTURE SUBDIVISION AND IS ACTUALLY QUITE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT AREA PROTECTED, AND SO THEY'VE BEEN WILLING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY AND POTENTIALLY US AS IT GOES, OR OTHER ENTITIES.
LIKE I SAY, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY THE ONLY ENTITY THAT COULD OWN IT.
OKAY. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WILL BE POSSIBLE.
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THE PARK DISTRICT TO ENGAGE THAT LANDOWNER IN TERMS OF JUST SOME, BE IT AN EASEMENT OR WHATEVER, TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS INTO THE PARCEL THAT ABUTS CARRIAGE HILL SOUTH.OKAY. SO OUR NEXT ITEM HERE IS ACTUALLY ALSO A LAFCO ITEM, AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS.
I KNOW THIS IS OF INTEREST TO DIRECTOR SANWONG, AND OUR GM HAS BEEN ENGAGED.
I'M NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY HAVE ALL THE CURRENT DETAILS, BUT LAFCO HAS BEEN CONSIDERING A MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEW FOR MULTIPLE BOUNDARIES ALL THROUGHOUT ALAMEDA COUNTY.
ON A I WANT TO SAY IT'S A FIVE YEAR BASIS OR SO EVALUATING THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE AREAS.
THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM THE LARPD BOARD TO HAVE LAFCO EVALUATE JUST THE FEE STRUCTURE WITHIN THAT AREA. THE IT WAS GOING TO GO TO LAFCO.
I BELIEVE LAST WEEK THAT MEETING WAS CANCELED.
SO I BELIEVE OCTOBER 12TH THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEW WILL GO BACK AND I BELIEVE THERE'LL BE SOME INFORMATION JUST AROUND THE AROUND THE FEE STRUCTURE IN THOSE AREAS, AND THAT'S LARGELY RELATED TO, TO FEES RECEIVED BY EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IN THIS AREA VERSUS FEES RECEIVED BY LARPD IN THIS AREA.
SO A LOT MORE TO COME ON THAT.
LIKE I SAY, I KNOW THERE'S VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS GOING ON AROUND THIS ISSUE.
GO AHEAD, COLIN. ANY COMMENTS, BOARD MEMBERS? YES, I JUST WANTED TO DEFER TO THE CHAIR IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.
SO YES, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS.
THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
IN THIS CASE AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL, WHERE THIS IS COMING UP AND I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IT CLOSELY, AT LEAST INSOFAR AS THAT THE LOCAL INTERNET NEWSPAPER HAS BEEN COVERING IT AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ SOME OF THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION BEYOND THAT AND SOME VERY BRIEF COMMENTARY BY OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL COUNSEL.
SAY WHAT COMES TO MY MIND WHEN I'VE BEEN VIEWING THIS, AND IT COMES FROM A CLOSE TO 40 YEAR CAREER OF REPRESENTING SPECIAL DISTRICTS, MANY OF WHOM WENT THROUGH MSRS AT VARIOUS POINTS IN MY WORK FOR THESE SPECIAL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND WHAT IS COMING OUT OF THE LARPD LEADERSHIP, AT LEAST THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP.
THE STAFF HAS BEEN KIND OF SHY IN IN VOICING ANY CONCERNS THEY HAVE ABOUT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK REVENUES THAT HAVE COME TO US BY REASON OF AN AGREEMENT THAT DISTRICT IN LIVERMORE MADE WITH THE PARK DISTRICT, I THINK, BACK IN 1992.
ANYWAY, THAT SMALL PARK DISTRICT IN LIVERMORE IS GOING IS UNDERTAKING AND BEING RESPONSIVE TO AN MSR BY THE ALAMEDA LAFCO, AND TO ME BY IT JUST IT REMINDS ME IT SUGGESTS TO ME FROM EXPERIENCE THAT THIS IS A SMALL SPECIAL DISTRICT IN THE MIDST OF AN MSR THAT IS GOING TO BE OR HAS ALREADY RESULTED IN MSR, THE STAFF CONDUCTING THAT, SUGGESTING THAT THE EXISTENCE OF THAT SMALL SPECIAL DISTRICT IS IN QUESTION, BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE LAFCO WHEN IT UNDERTAKES AN MSR REVIEW, IS DOES A DOES A SPECIAL DISTRICT MEET THE MISSION THAT IT IS ASSIGNED BY REASON OF ITS EXISTENCE AND DOES IT DO IT EFFICIENTLY AND THERE'S A WHOLE LONG CHECKLIST THAT MSR REVIEWS GO THROUGH, AND I'M JUST GUESSING THAT THIS DISTRICT'S EXISTENCE IS IN QUESTION
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AND THAT PROMPTS I'VE SEEN IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.THE LOCAL ELECTEDS WHO ARE THREATENED, WHOSE EXISTENCE IS THREATENED TO LASH OUT AT, IN PARTICULAR DEALS MADE BY PRIOR BOARDS, PRIOR ELECTEDS OF THE DISTRICT THAT MAY BE SEEM SUSPECT TO THE CURRENT BOARD BECAUSE IT'S IMPACTED THEIR REVENUES AND THEIR REVENUES, AND COMPARED TO WHAT THE EXPENSE OF THEIR OPERATIONS ARE, IS CALLING THEIR EXISTENCE INTO QUESTION.
SO TO THE EXTENT WE GET ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS I WOULD LIKE OUR LEGAL STAFF AND PLANNING STAFF TO CLOSELY LOOK AT WHAT THE MSR REVIEW IS SUGGESTING ABOUT THAT DISTRICT AND WE BEING VERY RESOURCEFUL CAN OFFER ASSISTANCE IN SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW PARK AND REC NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF OF THAT COMMUNITY IN LIVERMORE CAN BEST BE SERVED, AND IT MIGHT BE THAT WHAT THAT DISTRICT DOES BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE CITY OF LIVERMORE, AS IS THE COMMON PRACTICE IN CALIFORNIA OF HAVING MUNICIPAL PARK AND REC DEPARTMENTS.
SO I JUST THIS LASHING OUT AT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO SUGGESTS TO ME THAT THE EXISTENCE OF THAT DISTRICT IS IN QUESTION, PROBABLY LEGITIMATELY, AND THAT WE OUGHT TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT.
DIRECTOR ECHOLS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO. I'M GOOD RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. I GUESS BRANDON, THE ONLY YOU HAD MENTIONED BEFORE THAT THIS IS A ROUTINE EXERCISE BY LAFCO.
I WAS WONDERING IF THESE MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEWS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED IN OTHER AGENCIES, LIKE OURS, IN OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, LIKE PLEASANT HILL RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT, HARD AND EVEN AMBROSE.
YES. DO YOU RECALL ANYTHING? I DON'T RECALL IT HAPPENING WHEN I WAS AT HARD IN MY YEARS THERE.
MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEWS, THEY HAPPEN ON A ROUTINE BASIS, AND LIKE I SAY, THEY GENERALLY NON-NEWSWORTHY AND THAT A REPORT IS PREPARED.
PRETTY MUCH IDENTIFIES SORT OF STATUS QUO, OF COURSE, PARK DISTRICT.
WE'VE BEEN SUBJECT TO THEM, AND GENERALLY THEY JUST DESCRIBE, YEAH, THE STATUS OF THE AGENCY.
SO IT'S RARE THAT IT ACTUALLY IT'S RARE THAT I WOULD BE REPORTING ON ONE.
SO, THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT AND REQUESTS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS.
GENERALLY THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
ALL RIGHT. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT THE PERSON TO ASK, BUT I HOPE WE'RE KEPT UPDATED ON THIS.
OUR FULL BOARD BECAUSE IT IS READ SOME OF THOSE ARTICLES.
GREAT. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE BAY CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
THIS IS A HEARING ON THE BAY PLAN AMENDMENT.
SO THIS IS THE PLAN THAT GENERALLY GOVERNS USE AND DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE BAY.
WITH REGARDS TO SEA LEVEL RISE AND THE REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION STRATEGY.
SO BCDC HAS BEEN WORKING FOR SOME TIME TO DEVELOP THE REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN.
MANY OF THE STAFF HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED ON VARIOUS LEVELS.
I'VE SERVED ON THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP FOR THIS FOR SOME TIME NOW.
THIS IS AGAIN SORT OF A LARGE REGIONAL PLAN THAT PROVIDES SOME POLICY DIRECTION TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE REGARDING ECOSYSTEM CONNECTIVITY, DISPLACEMENT, GROWTH ACROSS EMERGENCY SERVICES, SHORELINE ACCESS, MOVEMENT OF GOODS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND FLOODING AROUND THE BAY, AND SORT OF SOME STRATEGIES AND PRIORITIES FOR FOR HOW ADAPTATION PLANS WILL BE GOVERNED, FINANCED AND IMPLEMENTED INTO THE FUTURE.
SO DON'T NECESSARILY EXPECT TO READ THIS SLIDE.
THIS IS JUST PULLED FROM THE ADAPTATION PLAN, BUT REALLY LOOKS TO, TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE TO LOCAL AGENCIES ON MORE OF A SUBREGIONAL BASIS.
I WILL SAY THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN.
OUR OR I SHOULDN'T SAY OUR BUT THE HAYWARD AREA SHORELINE PLANNING AGENCIES.
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VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CAN WORK TOGETHER.IT'S ALSO A LITTLE DAUNTING IN THAT WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE REQUESTS FROM OTHER ENTITIES THROUGHOUT THE, THE EAST BAY THAT WE FORM OR PERHAPS DEVELOP SIMILAR MASTER PLANS ON THAT, AND OF COURSE, THE PRICE TAG FOR THAT HAYWARD SHORELINE MASTER PLAN IS PRETTY DAUNTING, BUT BUT IT DEFINITELY PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK AND A ROADMAP FOR HOW THESE LARGE MULTI-DECADE LONG SORT OF ADAPTATION STRATEGIES SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE ACCEPTING COMMENTS ON IT THROUGH OCTOBER 18TH, AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR FOR ADOPTION, WHICH WILL BE AGAIN AMENDING THE BAY PLAN TO INCORPORATE THESE SHORELINE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES.
ANY QUESTION ON THAT? SEA LEVEL RISE IS ALWAYS OF INTEREST IN HOW WE'RE TACKLING THAT.
SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON OUT THERE IN TERMS OF ADAPTATION AND THE LAST ONE GETTING BACK DOWN TO THE PROPERTY LEVEL PERHAPS IRONICALLY NAMED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
THE GOOD CHANCE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS A PROPOSAL TO CONSTRUCT 13 UNITS ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY, AT THE ENTRANCE TO BLACK DIAMOND MINES ON SUMMERSVILLE ROAD, SO DIRECTOR COFFEY MAY BE FAMILIAR AS YOU COME TO THE GATE THERE.
A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL CAME IN THERE.
WE'VE MONITORED VARIOUS PROPOSALS ON THIS PROPERTY OVER THE YEARS.
WE HAD MET WITH THE APPLICANTS.
WE HAVE SOME ROADWAY INTERESTS THERE.
SO WE HAVE SOME RIGHT OF WAY CLEANUP THAT WE NEED TO DO ALONG HERE.
SO SORT OF PRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KIND OF ENGAGE IN THAT DISCUSSION.
WE DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL AND HOW THEY WERE GOING TO MANAGE THE LANDFILL ON THE PROPERTY. IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THAT DID GO THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL.
WENT ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH ALSO RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND I BELIEVE, ACTUALLY SUGGESTED THAT IT MIGHT BE A PROPERTY THAT THE PARK DISTRICT WANTS TO LOOK AT, WHICH, OF COURSE, WE WOULD HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH, GIVEN THE FORMER USE OF THE PROPERTY AS A LANDFILL AND HOW THAT'S ULTIMATELY CLEANED UP AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.
SO THAT'S THE LAST ITEM I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? BRIAN? SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR.
SORRY, JUST PULLING THIS UP ONE MOMENT.
THAT A LITTLE BIT. THERE WE GO. OKAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.
KATY HORNBECK, GRANTS MANAGER, FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES HERE TO GIVE THE UPDATE ON GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR AND AWARDED IN THIS REPORTING PERIOD, WHICH IS JUNE 18TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 13TH.
SO AT THE TOP PART, GRANTS APPLIED.
SO THE FIRST THREE NUMBERS ONE TWO, THREE.
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WHAT I WANTED TO AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION IS IF YOU'LL PROBABLY THINK, WELL, HEY, WE GOT THESE GRANTS LIKE OVER A YEAR AGO.SO THESE WERE REQUESTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED THROUGH TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND HAD TO GO THROUGH VARIOUS COMMITTEE APPROVALS, AND WE FOUND OUT AT SOME POINT OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR IF WE WERE ACTUALLY AWARDED OR BUDGETED THOSE FUNDS.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE GET THAT GOOD NEWS, THERE IS STILL AN APPLICATION THAT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED.
SO THIS IS JUST DOCUMENTING THAT.
SO BECAUSE THAT'S AT ONCE WE GET THAT GREEN LIGHT, THAT'S WHEN MY TEAM OR MY DEPARTMENT COMES IN AND WE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION AND WE START GOING THROUGH ALL THE HOOPS TO ACTUALLY SECURE THE FUNDS SO THEY CAN BE BUDGETED INTO A PROJECT.
SO THOSE AREN'T NECESSARILY NEW THINGS, BUT WE ARE NOW FORMALLY IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THEN DOWN TO GRANTS AWARDED. I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR THAT FIRST ONE, THE FORMER RODDY RANCH PUBLIC ACCESS AND RESTORATION AWARD.
SO I WENT TO THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD'S BOARD MEETING LAST MONTH AND GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT THANKING THEM FOR BOTH THIS GRANT, AND AT THE SAME MEETING, THEY AUTHORIZED THE FUNDING FOR THE TIDEWATER PROJECT.
SO I WAS THERE, AND THEN ABBY FATEMAN FROM THE EAST, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HABITAT CONSERVANCY WAS ALSO THERE, GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEIR BOARD WERE THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT BOTH PROJECTS.
SO THAT WAS NICE TO BE THERE IN PERSON AND GIVE THANKS, AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME ON ANYTHING SPECIFIC OR BROADLY GRANTS RELATED. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WCB AWARDS.
YES, VERY EXCITING. I DID SEND A NOTE TO ABBIE THANKING HER FOR HER EFFORTS TO SECURE THOSE FUNDS, AND THEN SEPARATELY FOR OUR WORK ON TIDEWATER.
SO THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A SUCCESSFUL AND VERY GOOD EFFORT ON YOUR PART.
I DO HAVE A JUST A GENERAL QUESTION AND THAT IS WITHIN THIS TIME PERIOD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT JUNE TO NOW, OR AT LEAST THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, ARE THERE ANY NOTABLE DENIALS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN FUNDING THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEKING OF LATE THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF.
THE BOARD MAY HAVE HEARD THIS ONE.
THE RAISE PROGRAM WAS ANNOUNCED.
THEIR AWARDS IN THE PARK DISTRICT'S APPLICATION WAS NOT SELECTED FOR FUNDING.
WE JUST I THINK IT WAS MAYBE 2 OR 3 WEEKS AGO.
MET WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FEEDBACK ON THE APPLICATION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT WE CAN WORK ON INTERNALLY TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
IF ASSUMING WE WOULD LIKE TO APPLY AGAIN, I WOULD HOPE SO.
THAT IS DISAPPOINTING IN THAT BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE VERY PREVIOUS YEAR THE APPLICATION THIS ROUND FOCUSED MORE ON JUST ONE, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE REGIONAL TRAIL PROJECTS.
THAT BEING THE POINT WILSON TO POINT PINOLE.
SO I THOUGHT THAT BRINGING ONE SPECIFIC TRAIL INTO FOCUS WOULD ENHANCE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT GRANT TO GET SOME FUNDING, AND IT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T WORK, AT LEAST THIS ROUND.
THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT CHECKS ALL THE BOXES IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ACCESS AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY THAT IS DIRECTLY ABUTS THAT TRAIL PROPOSAL.
THE COMMUNITY SERVED THE THOUSANDS OF JOBS THAT WILL BE OPEN TO COMMUTE FROM ALL THE AREAS OF THE SAN PABLO SHORELINE, FROM NORTH RICHMOND TO CROCKETT.
ONE NOTE I WANT TO ADVANCE WITH YOU FOLKS AS YOU CONSIDER DOING IT AGAIN, IS OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR WEST CONTRA COSTA.
CONGRESSMAN GARAMENDI IS, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S A TREMENDOUS ASSIST ON HIS PART
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SEEKING COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUNDING FOR THAT TRAIL.HIS WORK ON THAT FACET OF FUNDING FOR THAT TRAIL NATURALLY LEADS TO HIS OFFICE, NOT IN TURN, REALLY ENGAGING ON THE RAISE APPLICATION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING AFTER ONE SET OF FUNDS, YOU DON'T GO AFTER ANOTHER. SO THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY SINCE HE WILL LIKELY SECURE THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUNDING FOR THAT TRAIL, THAT HIS OFFICE WILL BE FREED UP TO NOW ADVOCATE FOR ANOTHER FACET OF FUNDING FOR THAT TRAIL.
THAT'S MY JUST MY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE SCENES KIND OF THOUGHTS ABOUT ADVANTAGES THAT MAY EXIST FOR PURSUIT OF THAT TRAIL AGAIN THE NEXT ROUND.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THOUGHT WITH YOU, AND YOU COULD VERY WELL ENGAGE CONGRESSMAN GARAMENDI'S OFFICE ON THOSE THOUGHTS AND WHAT THEY WOULD THINK OF SEEKING THAT.
OF COURSE, IT IS ALSO SUBJECT TO A SLIGHT ELECTION ISSUE IN NOVEMBER AS TO WHAT ADMINISTRATION WE WILL BE FACING OR DEALING WITH NEXT YEAR.
SO I REALIZE THAT PLAYS A ROLE IN THIS AS WELL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO IMPART SOME THOUGHTS.
THANK YOU. ELIZABETH, ANYTHING? JUST A SINCERE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.
I SHARE COLIN'S DISAPPOINTMENT ON THE RAISE GRANT.
IT DOES SEEM TO BE REALLY A PERFECT FIT ON SO MANY LEVELS.
I WON'T REITERATE ALL THE REASONS WHY, SINCE COLIN DID A GOOD JOB ON THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KEEP TRYING AND DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE FEEDBACK AND TRY TO CONTINUE TO RAISE THE PROFILE ON IT, AND YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL NEXT TIME.
I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
IS THAT A STANDARD PROCEDURE OR IS THAT OUT OF THE BLUE? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A REALLY NICE GESTURE, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT YOU DO THAT.
WELL, I'LL USUALLY ATTEND EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON, DEPENDING ON WHAT ITEM IT IS.
FOR THIS, THE WCB WE HAD TWO GRANTS GOING AND BOTH OVER 2 MILLION.
SO I THINK IN TOTAL IT ENDED UP BEING A LITTLE OVER 5 MILLION.
SO IT FELT EXCEEDINGLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ATTEND, BUT WHETHER IN PERSON OR A ZOOM.
RIGHT, AND ALSO LIKE AS YOU SAID, TO THANK THEM BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
SO THANKS VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON SITE VISITS AND EVENTS.
THANK YOU. HELLO, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
WE HAD SOME EXCITING SITE VISITS TO TAKE PLACE AND SOME ROBUST RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.
FIRST I'LL START WITH THE SITE VISIT TO RODDY RANCH.
THIS WAS THE AUGUST SITE VISIT.
IT WAS A STAFF LEVEL SITE VISIT WITH FOLKS FROM THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD, AS WELL AS THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY, STAFFED BY FOLKS FROM THE PARK DISTRICT AND ALSO THE EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HABITAT CONSERVANCY.
I WILL NOTE THAT WE WENT TO RETURN TO THIS SITE TO RODDY RANCH SEPTEMBER 24TH.
BECAUSE IT HAPPENED LAST TUESDAY AND DIRECTOR COFFEY WAS IN ATTENDANCE, AS WELL AS STAFF FROM THE PARK DISTRICT AND ALSO FROM THE EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HABITAT CONSERVANCY.
WE WENT TO JUDGE JOHN SUTTER REGIONAL SHORELINE ON AUGUST 23RD.
THERE WERE 14 LEGISLATIVE STAFF THAT SPANNED SEVEN OFFICES AND THREE AGENCY PARTNERS WHO ATTENDED.
THEY ARE LISTED THERE IN YOUR MATERIALS.
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WE JUST ON FRIDAY, THE SEPTEMBER 27TH, THE ANNUAL SACRAMENTO LEGISLATIVE AND AGENCY STAFF APPRECIATION LUNCHEON TOOK PLACE. THANK YOU.DIRECTOR WAESPI FOR BEING THERE.
DIRECTOR ROSARIO WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE, AS WAS DIRECTOR MERCURIO.
IT WAS A WARM DAY, BUT WE WERE IN THE SHADE AND WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE SOME GREAT RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT TOOK PLACE THIS YEAR, AND JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THERE IN SACRAMENTO, AND THEN JUST OF NOTE, OUR TEAM ALSO COORDINATED WITH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD'S OFFICE FOR SEVERAL LEGISLATIVE ATTENDEES WHO WHO JOINED THE SEPTEMBER 3RD BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING TO HONOR DIRECTOR CORBETT, MAYOR OF ALAMEDA, MARYLAND, AS HE ASHCRAFT WAS HERE IN IN ATTENDANCE, AS WAS SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILMEMBER PETE BALLEW AND THEN STATE SENATOR AISHA WAHAB JOINED VIRTUALLY TO SAY A FEW MOVING WORDS, AND WE ALSO HAD STAFF FROM BARBARA LEE'S OFFICE, THE DESAULNIER OFFICE AND LIZ ORTEGA'S OFFICE SHARE A FEW REMEMBRANCES OF DIRECTOR CORBETT.
ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? I GUESS MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE YES, THAT WAS A NICE, NICE EVENT UP IN SACRAMENTO LAST WEEK AND IT WAS WARM AND VERY, VERY NICE THOUGH AND IT WAS GREAT TALKING TO OUR PARTNERS.
I WAS WONDERING, I MEAN, I HOPE I KNOW YOU GUYS DO PLAN AHEAD.
AS COLIN SAID, THERE WILL BE A NEW ASSEMBLYMEMBER UP IN HIS AREA.
I WON'T PREDICT WHAT'S GOING TO OCCUR, BUT I THINK I KNOW IT'S GOING TO OCCUR, AND WITH THAT SENATE DISTRICT JUST LEAVING WITH SOMEBODY'S COMFORT ZONE IN THEIR HOMES AND SLICING THROUGH THESE HILLS AND THEN MUSHROOMING IN CASTRO VALLEY AND PARTS OF SAN LEANDRO AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I WOULD HOPE WE WOULD INVITE THAT NEW SENATOR TO SHOW WHAT'S GOING ON ON THIS SIDE OF THE HILL.
ALSO, WOULD IT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION? I DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND I KNOW DO PEOPLE GIVE PRESENTATIONS AT LAFCO? I KNOW PEOPLE GIVE PRESENTATIONS.
HAVE WE EVER THOUGHT OF DOING THAT OR INVITING THEM ON A WALK AND TALK? YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I GATHER, IT'S WHAT IS IT, A COUPLE OF CITY OR A COUPLE OF MAYORS, A COUPLE OF SUPERVISORS AND A COUPLE OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS PEOPLE AND ALSO A COUPLE OF CITIZENS.
SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SELL OUR PRODUCT, BUT TELL PEOPLE ABOUT US.
THANK YOU. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW IF ERICH HAS ANY INPUT.
COLIN. COUNCIL, WE ARE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL IN TERMS OF COUNTIES, AND I'M JUST DIRECTOR WAESPI THOUGHT TRIGGERED MY MIND.
THE PARK DISTRICT BEING MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL IN TERMS OF COUNTIES IMPACTS THE ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE WITH EITHER COUNTIES.
LAFCO COMMISSION, IS THAT CORRECT? I MEAN, WE, FOR INSTANCE, I DON'T BELIEVE ARE SUBJECT TO MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEWS BY LAFCO BECAUSE WE ARE MULTI-COUNTY.
OR IF YOU KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE EXEMPT FROM LAFCO, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ENGAGE WITH LAFCO AS IT PERTAINS TO OTHER AGENCIES AND APPLICATIONS BEFORE THEM, BUT I CAN'T RECALL SPECIFIC I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT BECAUSE IT IT'S RELEVANT TO DIRECTOR WAESPI'S SUGGESTION, WHICH IS VERY GOOD THAT WE ENGAGE PROACTIVELY LAFCO COMMISSIONS, BUT IT BRINGS TO MIND ARE THOSE TWO COMMISSIONS EVER INVOLVED IN MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEWS OF EAST BAY PARKS? MY MEMORY IS THAT HISTORICALLY, THAT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE.
THEY THEY DIDN'T CONDUCT MSRS.
I JUST HAVE, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES ON LEGISLATIVELY THAT IMPACTS US.
I IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF, BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WHAT EBRPD'S EXISTING OR POTENTIAL ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA LAFCOS ARE OR IS
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AND TO THAT HAVING THAT KNOWLEDGE, THEN THAT CAN INFORM US ON POSSIBLE INFORMAL ENGAGEMENTS OF THOSE COMMISSIONS.ANYWAY THAT THERE'S SOME LEGAL AND REGULATORY THOUGHT THAT GOES INTO THAT RELATIONSHIP.
CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE HAD A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH BOTH COUNTY'S LAFCOS.
FORMER DIRECTOR ANNE WIESKAMP WAS ON LAFCO FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY, AND MY RECOLLECTION IS WE DID HAVE A MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEW AROUND 2010 OR SO.
I BELIEVE, BECAUSE I REMEMBER BEING IN MEETINGS WITH, WITH MONA AND I THINK LARRY TONG AT THE TIME.
HOW TO REENGAGE, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT DIRECTOR WIESKAMP IS NOT SERVING ON LAFCO.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? [CHUCKLING] ERICH PFUEHLER, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
THIS WILL BE SOMEWHAT BRIEF, BUT JUST DRAWING TO YOUR ATTENTION THE MATERIALS IN THE PACKET.
BREAKING DOWN CHAPTER BY CHAPTER.
THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WILL RECEIVE FUNDING SHOULD PROP FOUR PASS.
AREAS WHERE WE ARE HISTORICALLY COMPETITIVE.
THAT MAKES UP ABOUT $1.9 BILLION OF THE $10 BILLION BOND.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE PACKAGE THAT, FRANKLY, IS NOT PARTICULARLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PARK DISTRICT, BUT OUT OF THE 1.9 BILLION, JUST BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION CHAPTER TWO ON THE WATER PIECE OF IT.
THERE'S ALSO IN THE WATER CHAPTER 605 MILLION, AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR WATERSHED RESILIENCE, WHICH COULD BE APPLIED NOT ONLY TO LAKE TEMESCAL, BUT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR WATERSHED ACTIVITIES.
IN CHAPTER THREE, THERE IS FUNDING FOR PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION THROUGH CAL/OES 135 MILLION, AND THEN IN CAL FIRE WOULD RECEIVE 175 MILLION FOR FOREST HEALTH.
SO IT'D BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OUR WORK.
CHAPTER FOUR THE COASTAL RESILIENCE CHAPTER PROVIDES 840 MILLION TOTAL FOR THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY, PRIMARILY OBVIOUSLY FOR COASTAL MANAGEMENT, BUT ALSO FLOOD MANAGEMENT AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.
THERE IS A SPECIFIC CALL OUT OF 85 MILLION FOR BAY AREA PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTED EITHER BY THE BAY PROGRAM OF THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY OR THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION AUTHORITY.
SO A BIT OF A CARVE OUT FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA IN CHAPTER SIX.
THE NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS IS REALLY A HUGE ALLOTMENT TO WCB 870 MILLION THAT CAN GO TOWARD HABITAT RESTORATION, LAND ACQUISITION, AND ALSO CLIMATE ADAPTATION.
I DID WANT TO ALSO ADD THAT THE POLLING FOR PROP FOUR.
PPIC POLL THAT WAS COMMISSIONED AUGUST 29TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 9TH HAD IT AT ABOUT 65%.
YES, AND THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT PROP FIVE.
THAT SAME POLL HAD PROP FIVE AT 49%.
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SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.OKAY, COLIN. JUST A QUICK COMMENT.
IN TERMS OF MY WARD AND POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO MY WARD THAT CAN ARISE FROM PASSAGE OF PROP FOUR, AND I'VE SHARED THIS BEFORE, BUT I WANT TO SHARE IT AGAIN WITH ERICH, AND THAT IS MY INTEREST IN AVAILABLE FUNDING THAT WILL COME TO PASS SHOULD THE MEASURE PASS.
FOR THE DELTA CONSERVANCY, WHETHER THE DELTA CONSERVANCY.
THERE IS MONEY. IT JUST SAYS CONSERVANCIES, BUT IF YOU ALL COULD KEEP IN MIND HOW THAT FUNDING ENDS UP BEING CHARACTERIZED WHEN IT WHEN THE MEASURE PASSES TO HAVE IN THE BACK OF YOUR MINDS, IS THE DELTA CONSERVANCY GOING TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR FUNDING? AND MY WARD'S INTEREST IS SPECIFICALLY IN PRESERVATION OF DELTA OPEN SPACE IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
THE OTHER INTEREST I HAVE IN THIS, AND I'VE DISCUSSED THESE WITH YOU AS WELL AS WITH DOUG HOUSTON, WAS WHETHER THERE WILL BE ACCESS. I BELIEVE THERE IS TO FUNDING BY STATE PARKS FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND OPENING OF THE NEARLY 4000 ACRES SURROUNDED BY OUR PARKLAND THAT IS THE MARSH CREEK STATE HISTORIC PARK THAT IS CURRENTLY LAND BANKED AND FENCED OFF BY THE STATE PARK DEPARTMENT.
SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS MEASURE WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STATE PARKS TO PERHAPS SEEK FUNDING FOR CREATING PUBLIC ACCESS OUT IN THE BRENTWOOD AREA FOR THAT 4000 ACRES.
SO THOSE ARE MY PARTICULAR WARD BASED INTERESTS IN THE MEASURE, AND THE REASON I CALL THEM OUT IS BECAUSE THEY AREN'T THE DIRECT BENEFICIARIES THAT THE PARK DISTRICT IS OF MANY OF THE FUNDING AREAS THAT YOU'RE DELINEATING IN YOUR REPORT HERE, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE VERY SUBSTANTIAL AND GOOD OPPORTUNITIES DIRECTLY FOR THE PARK DISTRICT FOR OUR OWN PROJECTS, BUT THE TWO I MENTIONED ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR IMMEDIATE JURISDICTION, AND I JUST WANT TO KEEP A WATCH ON THEM AND WE DID ENGAGE AT MULTIPLE LEVELS ON THE QUESTION OF STATE PARKS AND FUNDING AND WHAT IT COULD BE USED FOR, AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS IN THE BOND PACKAGE IS PRIMARILY FUNDING FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, AND ALSO FOR CREATION OF STATE PARKS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S WELL, THERE CAN'T BE OPERATIONAL MONEY IN A BOND.
SO I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO MARSH CREEK, BUT IN TERMS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OR DOING RESTORATION ON SITE, THERE CERTAINLY WOULD BE MONEY FOR THAT THROUGH THE STATE PARK SYSTEM.
OKAY. JUST KEEP YOUR EARS OPEN ON IT.
ELIZABETH? YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT CHAPTER TWO AND THE POTENTIAL FUTURE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FROM NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY.
I SEE YOU'VE GOT LAKE TEMESCAL, AS YOU MENTIONED, AND THEN ALSO JEWEL LAKE.
WHAT ABOUT LAKE ANZA AND THE WATER QUALITY ISSUES THERE? COULD THERE BE SOME HELP FOR LAKE ANZA AS WELL? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
YEAH. WE STAFF DID IDENTIFY ANZA DAM REPAIRS AS A POSSIBLE RECIPIENT OF THE RESOURCES FUNDING.
SO, YES, I DO THINK THERE WOULD BE A POTENTIAL FOR RESOURCES FOR LAKE ANZA.
WELL, I WAS MEANING SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF WATER QUALITY.
I SAW THAT ANZA DAM REPAIRS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES.
I WAS MORE WONDERING ABOUT THE NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY.
FUNDING TO PROTECT AND RESTORE RIVERS, LAKES AND STREAMS. SO YEAH.
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ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST I WOULD LIKE.WELL, THIS IS ALL HYPOTHETICAL WE HAVE, BECAUSE THE BOND HAS TO PASS, OF COURSE, AND THEN WE HAVE TO DIG INTO ALL OF THIS, BUT WE'D LIKE TO KEEP LAKE ANZA MORE GENERALLY ON THE RADAR THERE.
SO WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
YEAH. MY READ ON THE RESOURCES AGENCY FUNDING IS THAT IT'S PRETTY FLEXIBLE, AND WE SHOULD NOTE THAT SOME OF THE, THE WAYS THAT THE FUNDING IS GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED WILL STILL BE DECIDED BY AGENCIES, AND THERE MAY BE SOME LEGISLATIVE DIRECTION AS WELL.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANTS ON POSITIONING OURSELVES IN A MANNER THAT WE CAN QUALIFY FOR THE BROADER RESOURCES, FUNDING, AND PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO LAKE HEALTH, THAT WAS A PRIORITY OF THE PARK DISTRICT FOR FUNDING FOR THE BOND.
IT WAS ONE OF OUR FOUR MAIN PIECES OF REQUESTS.
SO WE'LL BE DEFINITELY TRACKING THAT VERY CLOSELY.
YEAH, THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE AS AS YOU ALL KNOW ALREADY, JUST THE OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO LAKES TO SWIM IN, AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A LOT OF FUN FOR THE KIDS AS WELL.
WELL, THANK YOU, ERICH, FOR YOUR UPDATE.
I WAS WONDERING WHAT'S THE DISTRICT'S LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION IN THIS BOND? I MEAN, ARE WE I KNOW WE VOTED TO SUPPORT IT.
I KNOW THAT OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE IS PART OF IT, BUT HAVE WE COMMITTED ANYTHING MONETARILY? I KNOW WE CAN DO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. I THINK WE DID THAT WITH PROP 68.
HAVE WE DONE ANYTHING THIS YEAR OR FOR THIS SPECIFIC BOND? I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE FOUNDATION.
FROM A PARK DISTRICT STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COALITION THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR PROP FOUR EEC HAS LED THE LED THE EFFORT, BRINGING FOLKS TOGETHER AT THE TABLE, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THOSE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, BUT THAT'S THE BEST I CAN COMMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, ELIZABETH. NO, NO QUESTION, BUT I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT THAT THE FOUNDATION DID CONTRIBUTE $15,000 TOWARDS THE CLIMATE BOND.
SO THAT'S THEY'RE CERTAINLY VERY SUPPORTIVE AS WELL.
WELL, HOW MUCH WAS THAT AGAIN? ELIZABETH.
IT WAS ACTUALLY FOR EARLY POLLING AND OTHER THINGS.
SO I GUESS MAYBE NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MEASURE, BUT IN SUPPORT OF THE MEASURE, THEY CONTRIBUTED 15,000 FOR PRELIMINARY POLLING FOR THE MEASURE FOR THE CLIMATE BOND.
SO I WANT TO JUMP ON WHAT DIRECTOR WAESPI WAS SAYING, AND MAYBE THIS ISN'T SO MUCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, BUT IT STRIKES ME THAT THE PARK DISTRICT DOES HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY.
WHICH IS WITHIN THE REALM OF WHAT THE PARK DISTRICT CAN DO LEGALLY BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC AGENCIES FOR DOING THINGS THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY CONSIDERED POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING.
SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE EDUCATION ABOUT WHAT A BALLOT MEASURE DOES WITHOUT SUGGESTING THAT PEOPLE VOTE YES ON NOVEMBER 5TH.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO AVOID LANGUAGE LIKE THAT, BUT OTHERWISE CAN BE EDUCATIONAL ABOUT WHAT THE MEASURE DOES AND HOW IT WOULD IMPACT THE PARK DISTRICT START AND FINISH.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE OUR RESOURCES TO DO, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A RATHER LARGE EAST BAY FOLLOWING AMONG THE VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS THAT THE PARK DISTRICT ENGAGES IN REGULARLY, AND IT SEEMS, I'M HOPING IT WOULD SEEM NATURAL TO ME THAT WE WOULD USE THOSE PLATFORMS FOR MERE EDUCATION ON PROP FOUR, AND WHAT IT DOES, AND HOW IT COULD IMPACT THE PARK DISTRICT, IF SIMPLY THAT ALERTS PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW THE PARK DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT BOND MEASURE FOR
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THE EAST BAY.JUST LEAVE THAT THOUGHT WITH YOU OR WHOMEVER IS IN CHARGE OF PLANNING SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT.
THROUGH THE CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO JUST PIGGYBACK ON WHAT DIRECTOR COFFEY SAID ABOUT, BECAUSE THIS IS A CAMPAIGN ITEM, WE CANNOT ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ON DISTRICT TIME. I THINK EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT, BUT YOU ARE CORRECT.
WHILE NOT EXPRESSLY ADVOCATING FOR OR AGAINST A PARTICULAR PROVISION.
RIGHT, AND ON YOUR OUTSIDE TIME, AND THAT'S WHY THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FOUNDATION.
THE FOUNDATION IS NOT SUBJECT TO THESE SAME RESTRICTIONS.
SO I JUST WANT TO, FOR THE RECORD, MAKE THAT CLEAR.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, COLIN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ERICH. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[Announcements]
I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT.JUST REGARDS TO LAFCO, I DID A QUICK SEARCH.
IT'S MENTIONED KIND OF TANGENTIALLY IN BOTH COUNTIES.
MSRS NOT EXPRESSLY EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT MSR, BUT IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEW FOR PARKS AND RECREATION DISCUSSES A CHAPTER ON THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, AND THAT WAS IN 2021, AND ALAMEDA COUNTY KIND OF TOUCHES UPON THE PARK DISTRICT BROADLY UNDER ITS PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT FROM APRIL 30TH OF 2024.
VERY BROADLY, JUST KIND OF EXPLAINING THE EXISTENCE OF THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES, AND ITS COTERMINOUS WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY BORDERS, BUT PRETTY BROAD LEVEL DISCUSSIONS.
YEAH, THAT STRIKES ME AS BEING PART OF THEIR EACH COUNTY'S LAFCOS BROAD MANDATE TO REVIEW PARK AND REC DISTRICTS WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTIONS.
THEY WOULD NATURALLY TOUCH UPON THE EXISTENCE OF EBRPD IN BOTH COUNTIES, BUT IT DOES SUGGEST THAT DIRECTOR WAESPI IS IS MAKING A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION, AND THAT IS THAT WE CAN INFORMALLY ENGAGE BOTH COUNTIES LAFCO IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF MEET AND GREETS THAT WE HAVE WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
YEAH, IT WAS ALWAYS MY IMPRESSION.
WE DID SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB OF SKIRTING THAT LINE AND EDUCATIONALLY.
I MEAN, JUST TO TELL PEOPLE THAT THERE'S WELL, I THINK ERICH YOU SAID 85 MILLION SCHOOLS SLATED FOR BARRIER PROJECTS AND THAT WE HAVE THESE MANY PROJECTS IN THE QUEUE AND TRYING TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT BUT IT'S LATE IN THE GAME AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE POLLING PRETTY WELL.
SO JUST FOR FUTURE MAYBE DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANYONE? I JUST, I NOTED THAT THERE'S NOTHING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WOULD GO, BUT I'VE MOVED FROM WILDFIRE, AND NOW I MOVE TO DROUGHT.
THAT'S WHAT MY WORRIES IN MY LIFE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, BUT I NOTICED I READ LAST WEEK THAT THE LOS VAQUEROS EXPANSION WAS SCRAPPED, AND THOSE FOLKS, THOSE CONGLOMERATES OF WATER AGENCIES, SPENT $58 MILLION FOR DESIGNS AND PLANNING, AND THEY'VE GIVEN IT UP, AND NOW THEY'RE SAYING THINGS LIKE THEY'RE PEOPLE ARE QUOTING.
THERE'S A BIG LONG LIST OF THINGS WE CAN DO, INCLUDING WATER TRANSFERS.
THERE'S LOTS OF POTENTIAL OUT THERE FOR PARTNERING, AND ALL I SEE IS EASY WAY IS TO GO TO LAKE DEL VALLE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE PLANNING FOR THAT, BUT IT'S ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT WOULD BE THE EASY SOLUTION.
SO I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AT THIS COMMITTEE OR OR WHERE, BUT I THINK IT'S I HATE TO SAY IT.
I THINK IT'S COMING UP. I ALSO READ IT'S A LA NIÑA YEAR, SO IT'S GOING TO BE DRY THIS SUPPOSEDLY THIS WINTER, WHICH TRIGGERS EVERYBODY TO THINK, OH, WE'LL DO ANYTHING TO EXPAND OUR WATER CAPACITY.
ERICH PFUEHLER, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
WE ARE TRACKING THE UNWINDING OF THE LOS VAQUEROS PROJECT.
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OR IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING ANYWAY, THAT IT WILL NOW REVERT BACK TO THE STATE AGENCIES THAT INITIALLY PUT FORWARD THE FUNDING.SO WE'RE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE EEC AND OTHERS ABOUT HOW THAT WILL BE STRUCTURED AND IF THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PARK DISTRICT WITH SOME OF THOSE FUNDS. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. IT WAS AMAZING TO ME THAT A DECISION OF THAT MAGNITUDE AFTER SPENDING $56 MILLION OF PUBLIC MONEY WAS MADE WITH VERY LITTLE TRANSPARENCY. IN OTHER WORDS, EVERYBODY OTHER THAN THE WATER AGENCIES INVOLVED WERE SURPRISED.
HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? WITHOUT GENERAL PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT IS A DECISION THAT IS PENDING.
SO THAT'S THE QUESTION I WILL PUT TO THEM AT SOME POINT, BUT IT AMAZES ME THAT THERE WAS THAT THERE WAS GENERALLY SURPRISE THAT DECISION WAS BEING MADE.
OKAY, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS GREAT MEETING.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.