Nov 25, 2024 Finance Committee Meeting

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SOUND IS NOW OPEN.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING FOR NOVEMBER 25, 2024, BEGINNING AT 10:33.

[Roll Call]

HERE. DIRECTOR SANWONG.

HERE. CHAIR MERCURIO.

HERE. PARK DISTRICT STAFF COORDINATORS IN THIS MEETING INCLUDE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, DEBORAH SPAULDING.

HERE. GENERAL COUNSEL LYNNE BOURGAULT.

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 PUBLIC COMMENT MAY DO SO BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL, LEAVING A VOICEMAIL, OR JOINING VIA ZOOM WITH THE LINK PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA LOCATED ON THE PARK DISTRICT WEBSITE.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THE NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

BUT SINCE THERE ARE NONE, WE CAN MOVE ON TO NUMBER FOUR.

NUMBER THREE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

DO WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE TODAY? IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE ONLINE ZOOM ROOM WANTING TO MAKE A COMMENT? NO COMMENTS.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ACTION ITEMS.

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THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, THE TENSION IS BUILDING.

WE'RE RARING TO GO.

AND THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO APPROVE THE 2025 PROPOSED OPERATING PROJECT AND PROGRAM BUDGET. AND JUST FOR ANYONE WHO'S NEVER WATCHED ONE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE, YOU MAY WONDER, WHY ARE WE DOING THE BUDGET NOW? IT'S BECAUSE THE PARK DISTRICT IT FOLLOWS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CALENDAR THAN MOST OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES.

WE ARE ON A CALENDAR YEAR, AND SOMEDAY WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHY THAT IS NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT IT.

SO OUR FISCAL YEAR STARTS JANUARY 1ST, SO NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET AS IT'S PROPOSED.

SO GO AHEAD DEBORAH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.

DEBORAH SPAULDING ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

AND I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AND THEN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE OPERATING SIDE OF THE BUDGET.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KATIE DIGNAN, AND SHE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROJECT SIDE OF THE BUDGET.

SO OUR BUDGET COMES IN TWO VOLUMES.

FIRST IS OUR OPERATING BUDGET, AND THE SECOND IS WHERE WE GET INTO THE PROJECT.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A FIVE YEAR CIP IN THE BUDGET FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.

THAT'S GREAT. SO AS DIRECTOR MERCURIO JUST EXPLAINED, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT FISCAL CALENDAR THAN MOST OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. SO THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, JANUARY THROUGH JULY, WE ARE REALLY JUST MANAGING OUR BUDGET.

WE'RE ALSO COLLECTING BOARD AND DIVISION AND COMMUNITY INTEREST.

LATER ON IN THE YEAR IN SAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, WE START CALCULATING WHAT ARE OUR REVENUE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE COMING YEAR.

WE'RE THEN CALCULATING WHAT ARE THE BUDGETARY NEEDS, WHAT IS OUR BASE BUDGET THAT WE NEED FOR THE 2025 YEAR? WE THEN TURN IT OVER TO DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS TO MAKE THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS.

WE THEN SMOOSH EVERYTHING TOGETHER INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET BOOK.

WE BRING IT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, FIRST FOR REVIEW, THEN TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TWICE IN DECEMBER, WHERE IT WILL GET ADOPTED ON DECEMBER 17TH.

AND THEN WE START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.

SO JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER IS OUR PROCESS.

SO I'M GOING TO DIVE INTO THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.

FIRST I WANT TO REMIND YOU OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

AND WE ALWAYS HAVE THIS IN OUR MINDS AS WE'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING OUR BUDGET.

SO THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PRESERVES A RICH HERITAGE OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES AND PROVIDES OPEN SPACE, PARKS, TRAILS, SAFE AND HEALTHFUL RECREATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC GUIDES THE DISTRICT IN ALL THAT WE DO.

SO I MENTIONED COLLECTING BOARD, DIVISION AND COMMUNITY INPUTS.

THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS WE DO THIS.

BOARD PRIORITIES COME TO US THROUGH THE BOARD STUDY SESSIONS.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FROM BOARD MEETINGS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

WE ALSO RECEIVED COMMUNITY INPUT.

AND THAT COMES IN ONE WAY, THROUGH AN ANNUAL SURVEY THAT'S CONDUCTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE TEAM, BUT AGAIN, ALSO THROUGH PUBLIC MEETINGS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION CHANNELS. AND THEN LASTLY, WE COLLECT DIVISION PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THERE'S A FORMAL PRESENTATION, THE AGM'S DO TALKING ABOUT THEIR STATE OF THE DIVISION AND WHAT THEIR VISION IS FOR THEIR AREA.

ONE OF THE BOARD'S STUDY SESSIONS.

AND THEN WE ALSO COLLECT THAT THROUGH THE BUDGET REQUESTS THAT ARE MADE BY THE DIVISION STAFF.

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SO IT REALLY IS LIKE A BOTTOM UP PROCESS OF BUILDING OUR BUDGET IN MANY WAYS.

I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE BUILD OUR REVENUE EXPECTATIONS.

SO MANY OF YOU KNOW, PROPERTY TAXES ARE THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR REVENUE.

SO 90% OF OUR GENERAL REVENUE COMES FROM GENERAL FUND REVENUE COMES FROM PROPERTY TAXES.

SINCE WE'RE ON A CALENDAR YEAR, WE KNOW FROM THE TWO COUNTIES WHAT THAT PERCENT INCREASE IS GOING TO BE JUST FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.

AND THEN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE TO DO A PROJECTION.

SO WE USE THE FIRM BEACON ECONOMICS TO DO THAT PROJECTION.

WE PUT THOSE TWO HALVES TOGETHER.

AND THIS YEAR WE ARE PROPOSING A 5.9% INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES.

THE SECOND LARGEST PART OF OUR REVENUE FOR OUR GENERAL FUND IS FEES AND CHARGES.

WE TYPICALLY JUST RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION FROM THE OPERATIONS TEAM.

SO THEY LOOK AT PRIOR YEAR ACTUALS.

THIS YEAR WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL LAYER.

THERE WAS A FEE STUDY THAT WAS COMPLETED.

AND SO SOME OF OUR REVENUE EXPECTATIONS ARE BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT OF THAT FEE STUDY.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE MANY OTHER FUNDS BESIDES OUR GENERAL FUND.

AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COLLECT THE INFORMATION RELATED TO THOSE REVENUES.

SO WE HAVE OWNERS OF DIFFERENT INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS WHO TELL US WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO SPEND IN THE COMING YEAR.

WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

WE HAVE ENGINEER REPORTS THAT GIVE US THAT DATA.

WE ALSO LOOK AT PRIOR YEAR REVENUE COLLECTION.

AND THEN WE HAVE DEBT SERVICE, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR WHAT OUR BOND OBLIGATIONS SAY.

SO WE TAKE ALL THOSE PIECES AND PUT THEM TOGETHER TO BUILD THE REVENUE SIDE OF OUR BUDGET.

ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE FIRST BUILD OUR BASE BUDGET AND THAT INCLUDES ALL EXISTING EMPLOYEE COSTS.

SO THAT INCLUDES ALL KNOWN INCREASES IN SALARY AND BENEFITS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNEW THAT THIS YEAR OUR KAISER MEDICAL BENEFITS WERE GOING TO INCREASE BY 9%.

WE ALSO HAVE SALARY INCREASES BASED ON COLAS AND WE HAVE BASE BUDGET INCREASES WE BUILD IN.

SO THAT'S THINGS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD AS BASE INCREASES THAT GET LAYERED ON TO THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

WE HAVE KNOWN DEBT SERVICE OBLIGATIONS.

SOME OTHER REQUIRED LEGAL OBLIGATIONS.

AND THEN WE WANT TO CONSIDER IN OUR BASE BUDGET WHAT ARE SOME NEW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR WE HAD A NEW DEBT ISSUANCE FOR THE PROMISSORY NOTES FOR PERALTA OAKS NORTH.

SO WE HAD TO BUILD THAT INTO OUR EXPENDITURE PROJECTIONS.

ANY EXPECTED PARK OPENINGS THROUGH THE PIPELINE AND THEN ANY LONG TERM LIABILITIES.

SO WE HAVE ALL OF THAT THAT'S BUILT INTO OUR BASE BUDGET, AND THEN WE TURN IT OVER TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS, AND WE ASK THEM TO GIVE US WHAT ARE THEIR NEW REQUESTS.

WE GIVE THEM A FRAMEWORK SORT OF CONTEXT OF WHAT TO PUT IN.

AND SO THIS YEAR WE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE KIND OF A LEAN BUDGET YEAR BASED ON PROJECTIONS OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, AS WELL AS OUR EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT KNOWN INCREASES WE HAD.

SO WE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PARK STAFF WERE ENCOURAGED TO PUT IN THEIR REQUESTS WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY MIGHT NOT GET EVERYTHING THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

THEY'RE ALWAYS WAY MORE REQUESTS THAN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUND.

THE AGMS TAKE THOSE REQUESTS AND THEY PRIORITIZE THEM, AND THEN THEY PRESENT THOSE TO THE GENERAL MANAGER AND TO FINANCE STAFF.

AND WE CONSIDER ALL OF THOSE PROPOSALS AND WHAT THE CONTEXT IS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE BOARD, WHAT WE THINK OUR VISION IS, AND WE PUT THOSE ALL INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BROUGHT TO YOU TODAY.

AND WE ARE HOPING TO GET A RECOMMENDATION TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD IN DECEMBER.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOARD, IT HAS TWO HEARINGS.

ONE, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THEN AT THE SECOND BOARD MEETING, IT'S ADOPTED.

AND AS WE ALREADY SAID, OUR NEW BUDGET IS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST.

WE HAVE THESE BALANCED BUDGET BALANCING PRINCIPLES THAT WE USE AS WE ARE DECIDING WHAT TO FIT INTO THE BUDGET.

SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE OUR MISSION BY CREATING A FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION.

WE DON'T WANT TO GROW TOO QUICKLY ABOVE WHAT WE KNOW OUR ONGOING REVENUES CAN SUSTAIN.

WE HAVE THIS MISSION TO RESTORE, PRESERVE AND PROTECT SCENIC, NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES IN A CHANGING CLIMATE.

WE REALLY WANT TO PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE.

WE WANT TO INVEST IN THEIR FUTURE, THEIR FUTURE RETIREMENT, THEIR CURRENT WELL-BEING, AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

ALL WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING LEGAL AND REGULATORY MANDATES.

AGAIN, LOOKING TOWARDS THAT VISION, WHERE DO WE SEE OURSELVES HEADED WITH OUR PROGRAMING AND PARK OPENINGS, FOR EXAMPLE? AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE BY ALLOCATING SUFFICIENT RESOURCES FOR MAINTENANCE.

SO HERE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE FELT WERE THE MOST FREQUENTLY NOTED AND MOST IMPORTANT COMMENTS THAT CAME OUT OF THE BOARD STUDY SESSIONS THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO ALIGN OUR BUDGET TO SHOW AND HIGHLIGHT THESE IMPORTANT PRIORITIES.

SO INCREASED COMMITMENT TO TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE, CONTINUING STRATEGIC LAND ACQUISITION AND OPENING NEW PARKLANDS, CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION,

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WE WANT TO MODERNIZE OUR PRACTICES AND UTILIZE DATA AND TECHNOLOGY.

IDENTIFY AND SECURE GRANTS FOR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AS WE ALWAYS HAVE IN THE PAST, AND THEN ALSO IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, BOTH FOR OUR PARK USERS AND IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

SO I HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF HIGHLIGHTS LISTED OUT HERE ON THESE SLIDES, A LOT OF WHICH ARE IN THE GENERAL MANAGER'S MESSAGE.

SO I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THEM.

JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW.

SO IN THE AREA OF TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE, WE HAD 200,000 THAT IS ALLOCATED FOR CONTINUED TRAIL MANAGEMENT AT BRIONES 450,000 TO PROCEED WITH NARROW, GAUGE TRAILS AT PLEASANTON RIDGE AND THEN SOME MORE PROJECTS AS WELL THAT WILL BE UNDERWAY IN 2025.

WE ALSO, UNDER THE CATEGORY OF STRATEGIC LAND ACQUISITION AND OPENING NEW PARK LANDS, WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 500,000 IS BEING ALLOCATED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND SAFETY AND SECURITY AT POINT MOLATE.

WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING THESE PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED IN PRIOR YEARS.

SO STAFF WILL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF CLAYTON TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE WESTERN AREA OF CLAYTON RANCH, PERMITTING AND DESIGN OF PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT WILL LEAD TO OPENING 220 ACRES IN LAS TRAMPAS.

ALSO IN 2026, CONTINUING THE DESIGN AND PUBLIC ACCESS FOR THE FORMER RODDY RANCH GOLF COURSE AND THEN INITIAL PUBLIC ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS AT THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK TO FACILITATE OPENING IN 2027.

UNDER THE CATEGORY OF CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION, WE ARE PROPOSING TWO NEW POSITIONS A PLANNING UNIT MANAGER AND A NEW NATURAL RESOURCES TECHNICIAN, ALSO ALLOCATING FUNDING TOWARDS THE COYOTE HILLS VISITOR CENTER FOR NEW EXHIBITS THAT WILL FOCUS ON INDIGENOUS VOICES AND LEADERSHIP, AND THEN SEVERAL PROJECTS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO ALLOCATE SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TOWARDS FUEL SUPPRESSION AND WILDFIRE PREVENTION.

SO IN THIS BUDGET, OVER $3 MILLION IS ALLOCATED TOWARDS THOSE EFFORTS.

AND ALWAYS WE ARE LOOKING FOR GRANTS TO AUGMENT THOSE FUNDS.

WE ARE PUTTING SIGNIFICANT FUNDING INTO MODERNIZING PRACTICES THAT WILL UTILIZE DATA AND TECHNOLOGY.

SO PROPOSING A NEW BUSINESS ANALYST POSITION THAT WILL FOCUS PRIMARILY ON OPERATIONS AND PUBLIC SAFETY CORE INFORMATION SYSTEMS ALSO 500,000 FOR OUR REPLACEMENT OF OUR ERP SYSTEM, OUR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS FINANCE, HR, PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PURCHASING, AMONG OTHER MODULES, AND THEN 200,000 TO IMPROVE NETWORK MONITORING TO REDUCE OUTAGES AND IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY.

AND THEN ALSO SOME PROJECTS RELATED TO IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE, BOTH FOR PARK USERS AND IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

SO WE HAVE 6 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR A SEWER REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN ANTHONY CHABOT CAMPGROUND, 2.5 MILLION FOR OYSTER BAY STAGING AREA AND 2 MILLION FOR THE NEW TILDEN EEC DESIGN. AND YOU'LL HEAR MUCH MORE ABOUT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WHEN KATIE DOES HER PRESENTATION ON THE PROJECT BUDGET AND CIP.

BUT ALSO IN THE GENERAL MANAGER'S MESSAGE, WE HAVE THESE DISTRICT WIDE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

SO THESE ARE LOOKING AT AREAS WHERE WE ARE WORKING ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT DIVISIONS ON THESE HIGH PRIORITY INITIATIVES, SUCH AS.

THE FIRST ONE IS ONE THAT PEOPLE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.

SO CONSERVING LAND FOR PARKS AND RESOURCE PROTECTION.

SO IN 2024, YEAR TO DATE, WE'VE COMPLETED WE'VE ACQUIRED 356 ACRES OF LAND.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST MEASURE ACROSS THE TOP.

OUR GOAL FOR 2025 IS 405 ACRES.

SO YOU CAN LOOK THOSE ARE ALL IN THE GENERAL MANAGER'S MESSAGE.

YOU CAN LOOK THOSE THROUGH IN MORE DETAIL.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THESE METRICS HERE AT THE FRONT OF THE BOOK, IN EACH DIVISION SECTION, THEY PUT FORWARD WHAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL OBJECTIVES WERE FOR THE COMING YEAR. SO AGAIN, I'M JUST GOING TO READ OFF A COUPLE OF THESE, AND THERE ARE MANY MORE DETAILS IN THE SECTION C OF YOUR OPERATING BUDGET. SO FOR ASD SOME OF THEIR OBJECTIVES WERE FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION GROUP TO FINALIZE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR ALL PERMITS NEEDED FOR THE DEVELOP PUBLIC ACCESS AND RESTORATION PROJECT AT THE FORMER RODDY RANCH GOLF COURSE, AND THEN A STEWARDSHIP PROJECT WAS TO INSTALL AN OXYGEN SATURATION SYSTEM IN LAKE TEMESCAL TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY FOR RECREATION AND ENHANCE AND PROTECT AQUATIC RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE.

FOR FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE THIS ERP SOFTWARE PROJECT THAT IS UNDERWAY.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ANALYZING OUR DISTRICT WIDE PURCHASING AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY IN THE COMING YEAR.

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ONE IS TO STANDARDIZE CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE, DEBRIEF PROCESS AND IMMEDIATE ON SITE SUPPORT COORDINATOR FOR IMPACTED EMPLOYEES.

AND THEN ANOTHER INITIATIVE IS TO IMPLEMENT AN UPDATED INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM TRAINING FOR ALL PARK DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

FOR THE OPERATIONS DIVISION, AGAIN, JUST A FEW OF THEIR OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR.

ONE IS TO INITIATE PHASE TWO OF THE OPERATIONS RESOURCE ALLOCATION PLAN.

THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING ON PURCHASING KEY PIECES OF EQUIPMENT SUCH AS MOWERS, SKID STEERS, PUMPERS AND A MINI DUMP TRUCK TO LEVEL DISTRIBUTION OF EQUIPMENT WITHIN THEIR NEW UNIT STRUCTURE.

WITHIN THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE.

THEY WILL BE WORKING ON SUPPORTING THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN INPUT THROUGH EMPLOYEE WORKING GROUPS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, AND THEN ONGOING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PAC, AND THEN ALSO ENGAGING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE BOND TO ENSURE THE PARK DISTRICT QUALIFIES FOR COMPETITIVE FUNDING FOR PARK ACCESS AND RESTORATION PROJECTS.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS THEY ALSO WILL BE WORKING ON COMMUNITY INPUT AND OUTREACH FOR THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH DECO AND I&R STAFF TO IMPROVE VISITOR CENTER EXHIBITS, INCLUDING INPUT FROM USERS.

PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK TO FILL THE REMAINING 12 SWORN OFFICER VACANCIES AND FOUR DISPATCH OFFICE DISPATCH POSITIONS, AS WELL AS PILOTING THEIR DRONE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS FOR LOST OR MISSING PERSONS, SEARCH AND RESCUE, MAPPING CRIME SCENES, DISASTER RESPONSE AND FIRE SUPPRESSION.

ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE NUMBERS PART OF THE BUDGET.

SO THE 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET IS BALANCED, INCLUDING THE USE OF FUND BALANCE WITH PLANNED EXPENDITURES FROM ALL FUNDS TOTALING 317.8 MILLION.

LOOKING AT JUST THE REVENUE SIDE OF THE BUDGET, THE RESOURCES SIDE.

TOTAL RESOURCES ARE $280.6 MILLION.

SO THIS IS NOT INCLUDING TRANSFERS IN, BUT IT DOES INCLUDE INTRA-DISTRICT CHARGES.

SO TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS 224.5 MILLION.

FEES AND CHARGES 48.2 MILLION.

PROPERTY USAGE 2.6 MILLION.

GRANTS AND INTERAGENCY 4.8 MILLION.

AND THEN MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE 3.6 MILLION.

THIS IS JUST A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THAT.

SO YOU CAN SEE 80% OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S REVENUE COMES FROM TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS, 17.2% FROM CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

AND THEN THE REMAINING PIECES OF THE PIE ARE REALLY QUITE SMALL PROPORTIONATELY.

NOW, LOOKING AT THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OF THE BUDGET, BIG PICTURE.

TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS 317.8 MILLION.

AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR TRANSFERS OUT.

SO IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S 216.5 MILLION.

OUR PROJECT BUDGET 39.6 MILLION.

INTERNAL SERVICES 34.6 MILLION.

SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 9.6 MILLION.

AND OUR DEBT SERVICE FUNDS 17.6 MILLION.

AGAIN, JUST LOOKING AT THIS VISUALLY AND NOW THIS IS BY TYPE.

WHEREAS THE LAST SLIDE WAS SHOWING YOU BY FUND.

SO 56.1% OF OUR APPROPRIATIONS ARE FOR PERSONNEL COSTS, 24% FOR SUPPLIES AND SERVICES.

9.5% IS INTRA DISTRICT CHARGES.

AND THEN WE HAVE SMALLER SLIVERS FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY, 4.1%.

DEBT SERVICE 5.5% AND INTER-AGENCY AGREEMENTS 0.6%.

NOW, LOOKING AT THE STAFFING BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE ARE APPROACHING NOT QUITE CROSSED IT, BUT APPROACHING 1000 FTE.

SO 995.27 FTE ARE IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.

SO THAT'S A NET INCREASE OF 16.73 POSITIONS IN THIS YEAR.

THIS IS DEMONSTRATING WHERE THOSE POSITIONS ARE ADDED BY DIVISION.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY ARE IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND OPERATIONS.

3.18 FTE FOR ASD TWO FOR FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, ONE FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE AND ONE FOR HUMAN RESOURCES.

ALL RIGHT THAT DOES IT FOR OUR OPERATIONS BUDGET.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KATIE TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRAM AND PROJECT BUDGET AND THE FIVE YEAR CIP.

GOOD MORNING.

KATIE DIGNAN, ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER FINANCING MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

SO IN THIS YEAR'S PROJECT AND PROGRAM BUDGET, WE HAVE INCLUDED A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THE PLAN BREAKS PROJECTS INTO FOUR CATEGORIES PUBLIC ACCESS, RESOURCE PROTECTION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND LAND ACQUISITION.

THE PLAN PROVIDES A CURRENT SNAPSHOT OF THE 72 PROJECTS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BOOK AND THEIR PRIOR YEAR FUNDING CPP SCORES RECOMMENDED

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FOR PROJECTS THAT REQUESTED FUNDING IN 2025 AND DID NOT RECEIVE THE REQUESTED AMOUNT, WAS DEFERRED TO 2026.

SO, LOOKING AT AN OVERVIEW OF THE CIP FUNDING I'LL START WITH PUBLIC ACCESS.

THE PRIOR YEAR FUNDING WAS ABOUT 150.5 MILLION.

AND THIS YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING 6.2.

PUBLIC ACCESS INCLUDES PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO OPEN SPACE, LANDS, NEW FACILITIES, TRAILS AND AMENITIES.

EXAMPLE PROJECTS INCLUDE TIDEWATER DAY USE FACILITY, TILDEN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER, THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, AND PERALTA OAKS NORTH.

THIS CATEGORY HAS THE LARGEST FUNDING NEEDS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY PURSUING GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE DELIVERY OF THESE PROJECTS.

THE NEXT CATEGORY IS RESOURCE PROTECTION AT 16.6 MILLION IN PRIOR YEAR FUNDING.

FOR 2025, THERE WAS NOT A NEED TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AS PROJECTS SUCH AS HAYWARD MARSH RESTORATION AND POINT ISABEL ARE STILL IN DESIGN AND IN THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PHASE, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY PURSUING GRANTS TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE AT BROOK ROAD.

THE PROJECTED FUNDING NEEDS FOR 2026 TO 2029 IS 62.2 MILLION, AND THESE ARE MORE OUTSOURCED BASED ON THESE DESIGNS TAKING LONGER PERIODS OF TIME.

INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDES PROJECTS THAT MAINTAIN, REMODEL OR EXPAND EXISTING FACILITIES OR REPLACE AND REPAIR UTILITIES.

WE HAVE $28.8 MILLION IN PRIOR YEAR FUNDING, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING 13.2 TO ADDRESS AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND REPLACEMENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. THE 2026 TO 2029 ESTIMATED COST IS AT ALMOST 38 MILLION, AND THE LAST CATEGORY IS LAND ACQUISITION.

AND WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE ONE PROJECT, WHICH IS THE POINT MOLATE ACQUISITION.

AND FOR A PROPOSED FUNDING FOR 2025 IS 180,000 TO JUST HELP US COMPLETE THAT ACQUISITION.

DURING 2025 NOW THAT WE HAVE THESE FUNDING NEEDS FOR 2026 TO 2029, WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP FUNDING STRATEGIES FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE READY TO GO TO BID IN 2026, SO THIS TOOL WILL HELP US PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

SO TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, THE PROJECT AND PROGRAM BOOK IS BROKEN INTO TWO SECTIONS.

PROJECTS ARE THOSE THAT RESULT IN AN ASSET AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION WITH A BUDGET OVER $100,000.

AS I SAID, THE BOOK FEATURES 72 PROJECTS.

THEY'RE EACH DEDICATED A FULL PAGE WITH PHOTO, PROJECT STATUS, FUNDING STATUS, EXPECTED OPERATING IMPACTS, AND A LIST OF FUNDING SOURCES AND EXPENDITURES TO DATE.

PROGRAMS ARE GROUPING OF GROUPINGS OF SERVICES PROGRAMS AREAS OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT THAT REFLECT A BROAD COMMITMENT TO SPECIFIC AREAS OF WORK.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE NINE PROGRAMS WHICH INCORPORATE OVER 300 PROJECTS.

FUNDING FOR OUR PROJECTS IS MAINLY SUPPORTED BY DISTRICT REVENUES, WHICH INCLUDE GENERAL FUND, MIRR AND MEASURE FFF AT 53%.

THEN NEXT WE HAVE BOND FUNDS FROM MEASURE AA, WW, PROMISSORY NOTES FROM 2012 AND 2024.

AND THIS MAKES UP 22% OF THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR OUR ACTIVE PROJECTS.

THEN GRANTS FROM STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL MAKE UP 21% AND OUR OTHER FUNDINGS ARE FROM LEGAL SETTLEMENTS, THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION AND PRIVATE SOURCES AT 4%. SO THIS YEAR WE WERE REQUESTING 34.3 MILLION, IN 2025 PROJECTED PROJECT APPROPRIATIONS.

AND TO JUST GO THROUGH THE SELECTED PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE ONES THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO RECEIVE FUNDING.

SO WE ARE ASKING FOR 1.7 MILLION TO SUPPORT ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS TO ADDRESS DISTRICT WIDE ADA ACCESS, MINESHAFT SAFETY REPAIRS AT BLACK DIAMOND AND 900,000 FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS.

FOR LAND USE AND PLANNING WE'RE REQUESTING 77.2 MILLION TO SUPPORT OUR ANNUAL ALLOCATION FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STAFFING, AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES OVER 800,000 FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN FOR RESOURCE PROTECTION WE'RE REQUESTING 1.3 MILLION TO MEET OUR MONITORING AND MITIGATION COMMITMENTS FOR COMPLETED PROJECTS SUCH AS DOOLITTLE DRIVE AND TYLER STAGING AREA.

IT ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING FOR GRAZING INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND HABITAT RESTORATION EFFORTS.

FOR SERVICES ENHANCED THROUGH SPECIAL FUNDING THIS INCLUDES SUPPORT MAINLY BY OUR SPECIAL TAX REVENUE FROM MEASURE FF, AND WE'RE REQUESTING 1.3 MILLION BE ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT STAFFING POSITIONS THAT ENHANCE SERVICES AT PARKS AND VISITOR CENTERS AND INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY PATROLS WITHIN THE FF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

FOR TECHNOLOGY AND WORKPLACE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE REQUESTING 1.7 MILLION, AND THIS WILL GO FOR DISTRICT WIDE PROJECTS, SUCH AS THE $500,000

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LASTLY, WE HAVE 3.6 MILLION FOR WILDFIRE HAZARD REDUCTION TO SUPPORT FUELS MANAGEMENT, STAFFING, GOAT GRAZING AND MAINTENANCE OF PREVIOUSLY TREATED AREAS.

THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS 11 PROJECTS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO RECEIVE FUNDING IN 2025, AND I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON SEVEN OF THE PROJECTS, BUT FROM THIS LIST, I'LL WALK OUT FOR LAFAYETTE MORAGA TRAIL, WOULD BE REPLACING TWO PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES.

AT 1.6 MILLION, A POINT PINOLE DEVELOPED SERVICE YARD AT 2 MILLION, AND ROBERT CROWN BEACH RENOVATE MCKAY AVENUE.

THESE THREE PROJECTS FUNDING IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THEM TO CONSTRUCTION IN 2025.

SO THE PROJECTS WILL HIGHLIGHT IS FIRST IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER AT TILDEN.

WE'RE REQUESTING $2,060,000 IN WW BOND FUNDS FROM SIBLEY LAND ACQUISITION TO ADVANCE DESIGN AND COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

THIS NEW FACILITY WILL PROVIDE A STATE OF THE ART EDUCATIONAL AND EXHIBIT EXPERIENCE THAT'S INVITING AND ACCESSIBLE, AND IT IS A DESIGN THAT REFLECTS THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT DESIGN PRACTICES.

NEXT, WE'RE REQUESTING 6 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND, MIRR, AND WW BOND LAND ACQUISITION FUNDING FROM ANTHONY CHABOT TO REPLACE THE CAMPGROUND SEWER.

THIS PROJECT IS READY TO ADVANCE TO CONSTRUCTION IN 2025, AND WHAT IT WILL DO IS REPLACE THE SEWER MAIN AT THE CAMPGROUND AND IN A NEW ALIGNMENT, AND RENOVATES THE REMAINING SEWER FACILITIES. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE INSTALLING A PG&E AND SCADA SYSTEM TO MONITOR THE SYSTEM HEALTH.

NEXT IS 450 OF WW BOND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO ADVANCE THE PLEASANTON RIDGE TRAILS PROJECTS TO CONSTRUCTION IN 2025, AND THIS PROJECT IS FIVE MILES OF NATURAL SURFACE TRAILS THE MARIPOSA TRAIL, THE TEHAN CANYON TRAIL, AND THE PHILIP SCHOLZ TRAIL AT PLEASANTON RIDGE.

WE'RE REQUESTING 2.5 MILLION IN WW BOND CONTINGENCY FUNDS TO COMPLETE, DESIGN AND BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW PARKING LOT AND STAGING AREA AT OYSTER BAY. THE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF A SEWER LINE, RESTROOMS, ADA COMPLIANT PARKING, LANDSCAPING TO IMPROVE BUTTERFLY AND POLLINATOR HABITAT, FENCING, AND SIGNAGE.

THEN, AS DEB MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE REQUESTING $400,000 FOR COYOTES HILLS NEW INTERPRETIVE EXHIBIT.

THIS WOULD BE A TRANSFER OF FUNDING FROM A GENERAL FUND FROM ARDENWOOD TO ADDRESS LONG OVERDUE RENOVATION AND ENHANCEMENTS OF THE EXHIBIT.

THE EXHIBITS ARE OVER 20 YEARS OLD, AND FOR MANY YEARS, OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS HAVE BEEN REQUESTING THE EXHIBITS BE UPDATED TO REFLECT OUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.

NEXT, WE'RE REQUESTING A NEW APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 OF MIRR FUNDS TO EVALUATE THE EXISTING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, INCLUDING PUMPING STATIONS AND WATER PUMPING AT LAS TRAMPAS.

THE STUDY WILL EXAMINE OPTIONS FOR WATER LINE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT, INCLUDING DIRECTIONAL BORING TO MINIMIZE DISTURBANCES TO SPECIES AND HABITAT AREAS.

AND THEN THE FINAL SHOWCASE PROJECT IS BRIONES, THE STAGING AREA.

THE BEAR CREEK STAGING AREA AND MAUD WHALEN CAMPGROUND WERE REQUESTING 300 IN WW BOND FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENT TO BEGIN, PRELIMINARY SITE DESIGN PERMITTING, AND 100% PLAN SPECIFICATIONS FOR BOTH OF THESE AREAS.

THAT CONCLUDES THE PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS AND TO JUST RECAP ON THE SCHEDULE GOING FORWARD, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE INTRODUCE THE BUDGET TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

LATER THIS AFTERNOON, WE WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND THEN ON DECEMBER 3RD, WE'LL BRING IT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR INTRODUCTION AND PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THEN DECEMBER 17TH WILL BE PROPOSING IT FOR BUDGET ADOPTION.

SO WITH THAT, WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPTION OF THE 2025 PROPOSED OPERATING PROJECT AND PROGRAM BUDGET.

NOW WE'LL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL OPEN IT UP NOW FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

WHO WANTS TO GO? YOU WANT TO GO? SURE. YEAH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I HAD SUBMITTED QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL ALL THE ANSWERS YOU HAD THAT YOU GAVE ME.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THIS WAS A LOT OF WORK, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT HERE.

AND ALSO THE THE FIVE YEAR CIP.

TWO THUMBS UP FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. I JUST HAD ONE COUPLE OTHER LITTLE QUESTIONS.

WESTERN HILLS, IT'S PROBABLY UNDER $100,000, BUT WHEN THAT ACQUISITION, I MEAN, IT'S WE BASICALLY HAVE IT.

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SO IS THAT GOING TO BE.

I'M ASSUMING IT'S $100,000 AND WE GOT IT COVERED.

YEAH. IF WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

I'M LOOKING OVER TO SEE.

AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE DISTRICT STAFF WHO SHOWED UP HERE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS.

I DO NOT SEE ANYONE. SO THIS IS THE SIBLEY WESTERN HILLS.

AND PREPARING TO OPEN ADDITIONAL LANDS.

YEAH. AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT IS PROPOSED.

LOOKS LIKE LISA MIGHT.

NO. NO NO NO, NOT NOT FIDDLENECK.

THIS IS WESTERN, SO THERE'S MCCOSKER.

THEN TO THE NORTH OF THAT IS WESTERN HILLS, WHICH IS NEXT TO THE ORINDA WILDER DEVELOPMENT.

THERE'S. I THINK MAYBE WE'LL WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT AND MAYBE WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.

YEAH. NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

OKAY. JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT'S IF IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE BUDGET OR NOT.

OKAY. AND THEN YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT ADA.

I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT ADA BECAUSE WE TYPICALLY ARE.

WE USED TO HAVE SET ASIDE $500,000 FOR AE PROJECTS, AND YOU'VE GOT 1.7, SO THANK YOU.

AND THEN THANK YOU FOR I MEAN, I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT WE COULDN'T GET AN ACCOUNTANT FOR THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, BUT I UNDERSTAND I UNDERSTAND THE EXPLANATION THERE THAT YOU GAVE ME AS FAR AS MOVING THINGS AROUND.

AND I JUST HOPE THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE I MEAN, OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE SEEN SO MANY AUDITS WHERE CONCESSIONS AND CASH HANDLING OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN HAVEN'T BEEN REVIEWED IN YEARS AND YEARS.

I HOPE THAT GETS ADDRESSED IN YOUR EVALUATION OF THAT POSITION TOO.

SO AND YEAH, OTHER THAN THAT, ALL OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.

YEAH. WELL DONE.

SO IF SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP, I'LL POP UP, BUT.

OH YEAH.

WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING ABLE TO MEET A MONDAY DEADLINE LIKE THIS AND GET ALL THOSE QUESTIONS IN, BECAUSE I COULDN'T DO IT.

IT TOOK ME A FEW DAYS. YEAH, I KNOW I STARTED EARLY, BUT THE THE IRON HORSE TRAIL DEDICATION TOOK UP, LIKE, MOST OF MY DAY ON SATURDAY. SO THE IRON HORSE TRAIL BRIDGE DEDICATION.

ANYWAY. SO NEXT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO.

YEAH, IF THAT'S OKAY.

GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT.

SO I HAVE.

LET ME SEE WHERE I WANT TO START HERE.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. I ALSO KIND OF WANT TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT, TOO.

SO I MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AFTERWARDS.

I SUPPOSE I'LL START WITH THE PROJECTS FIRST, BECAUSE I NOTICED FROM THE 2024 AND I BROUGHT MY 2024 BOOK WITH ME AS WELL.

COMPARED TO 2025, SOME PROJECTS DROPPED OFF THE LIST.

AND THE ONE IN PARTICULAR, AND IT'S PROBABLY THE PRIMARY ONE THAT WOULD MAKE ME CONSIDER EVEN WHETHER OR NOT I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BUDGET.

I'LL BE PERFECTLY HONEST, IS THE GARMS PROJECT AT PLEASANTON RIDGE.

I NOTICED THAT THAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE 2024 PROJECT LIST TO THE 2025 PROJECT LIST, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT EVEN CAME UP BEFORE THE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION ON.

AND I KNOW I HAD REQUESTED MAYBE TWO MONTHS AGO FOR THIS TO BE AGENDIZED AT A BOARD MEETING FOR BOARD REVIEW.

AND I GUESS I'LL JUST SHARE A QUICK, HOPEFULLY LIKE 2 TO 3 SENTENCES OF WHY I THINK GARMS IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, WE TECHNICALLY DON'T HAVE A STAGING AREA WITHIN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON FOR PLEASANTON RIDGE.

RIGHT NOW. WE REQUIRE FOLKS TO GO TO EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, REQUIRES FOLKS TO GO TO SUNOL TO ACCESS PLEASANTON RIDGE.

THERE IS A CITY OF PLEASANTON ACCESS POINT THAT'S HAVING A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING.

ONE IS THAT IT'S PAST A GATED COMMUNITY.

AND SO CITY PLEASANTON IS ACTUALLY NOW STARTING TO RESTRICT SOME ACCESS BASED ON THE AGREEMENT WITH THE GOLDEN EAGLE ESTATES.

WE DO HAVE CASTLE RIDGE TRAILHEAD, AND THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY OF PLEASANTON, AND THAT IS WITHIN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON BOUNDARIES.

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AND WHEN I BROUGHT THIS UP TWO MONTHS AGO AT A BOARD MEETING WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022 FROM THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ABOUT ASKING FOR A LIAISON MEETING BETWEEN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND CITY OF PLEASANTON, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR SINCE I STARTED HERE ON THE BOARD IN JANUARY OF 2023.

AND IT HAS NOT HAPPENED.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS JUST NOT A GOOD LOOK THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE PUSHING GARMS OFF AND ALSO A LIAISON MEETING WITH CITY OF PLEASANTON AND MAKING A DECISION ON GARMS. AND NOW I SEE IT'S JUST BEEN LEFT OFF BETWEEN THE TWO BUDGET BOOKS, AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHEN OR HOW THAT HAPPENED.

AND IT'S A PRETTY BIG PRIORITY FOR ME PERSONALLY THAT WE AT LEAST HAVE THAT LIAISON MEETING WITH CITY OF PLEASANTON AND THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DOES GET TO REVIEW THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE OTHER WAY.

I'LL SHARE THIS.

I NOTICED THAT THERE'S A SUNOL OHLONE WILDERNESS RENOVATE PICNIC, RESTROOM AND CAMPGROUND PROJECT ON THE PROJECT LIST, AND I ALSO DON'T REMEMBER REVIEWING THIS.

I'LL SHARE. AND SO I'LL USE A WARD FIVE EXAMPLE HERE ON THE PROJECT LIST.

AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMETIMES HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, WE TEND TO OVER INDEX ON SUNOL PROJECTS.

I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING THAT WE RECENTLY OPENED TYLER RANCH.

YOU KNOW, IT PROVIDES ACCESS TO A PRETTY LARGE AMOUNT OF ACRES AND NEW TRAILS.

BUT THE OTHER POINT I MADE IS, YOU KNOW, 922 PEOPLE LIVE IN SUNOL.

AND IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO PLEASANTON RIDGE, A LOT MORE PEOPLE DO LIVE IN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON.

AND ALSO WITH GARMS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS CLOSER TO TRANSIT.

SPECIFICALLY THE WEST DUBLIN PLEASANTON BART STATION, ALSO SOME BUS LINES.

IT'S ALSO NEAR THE 586 88 EXCHANGE.

AND IF I HAVE ONE MESSAGE, I'LL SHARE.

SO THAT'S MY PROJECT COMMENT THAT I WANT TO MAKE.

I THINK WHEN I THINK ABOUT OUR I GUESS THIS IS ALSO A PROJECT COMMENT, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE SCORE, THE CPP SCORE.

AND I BROUGHT THIS UP WHEN WE HAD OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP, I DON'T THINK WE DO AS GOOD OF A JOB OF THINKING ABOUT TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION.

BUT IN REGARDS TO TRANSIT AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT EQUITY ACCESS, YOU KNOW, BEING NEAR BART, BEING NEAR, YOU KNOW, A BUS ROUTE THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE CPP SCORE BECAUSE THAT HELPS INCREASE EQUITY ACCESS TO PARKS.

AND I DON'T THINK WE DO AS GOOD OF A JOB WITH OUR CPP SCORING MODEL IN REGARDS TO THAT.

AND THE OTHER COMPONENT THAT I ALSO MENTIONED AT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP IS HOUSING BOTH, YOU KNOW, CURRENT HOUSING AS WELL AS FUTURE HOUSING, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, "RENA" RHNA PROCESS, AND ALSO WHAT CITIES AND I GUESS COUNTIES ARE DOING TO PLAN FOR FUTURE HOUSING.

AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT THOSE TWO COMPONENTS, TRANSIT AND CURRENT POPULATION, AS WELL AS FUTURE HOUSING WOULD LIKELY MODIFY THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. THE CPP SCORE FOR GARMS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FUTURE HOUSING PLANNED IN THAT AREA.

AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTING TO SEE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS MOVE OFF, AND THEN ALSO SEE SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE PRIORITIZED WHEN I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THIS COMING FORWARD TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THIS YEAR.

AND I THINK THAT THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE, AND I GUESS TO CLOSE THIS PART OF MY COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, IN PLEASANTON SPECIFICALLY YOU KNOW, OUR LEGISLATIVE AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM DID DO BOTH A COMMUNITY SURVEY AS WELL AS A VOTER POLL AND ONE OF THOSE POLLING'S, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE TRI-VALLEY REGION WHEN WE SEGMENTED THE RESULTS THAT HAD THE LOWEST SATISFACTION SCORE WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

AND TO ME, I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD ALSO GIVE US A SENSE OF, OKAY, WELL, WHERE IS THAT DISSATISFACTION COMING FROM? AND I THINK THE THE POLLING INTERPRETATION WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW US MIGHT BE THE MOST CRITICAL OF US.

AND CERTAINLY PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL PARK IS A VERY POPULAR PARK, VERY WELL USED.

I KNOW IT'S VERY WELL USED BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PLEASANTON.

AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CRITICAL.

AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THREE TRAILS IN PLEASANTON.

BUT I THINK THE ACCESS TO THE TRAILS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS HAVING THE TRAILS.

AND THEN I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY OTHER POINT I'LL MENTION IS, YOU KNOW, PLEASANTON RIDGE IS A SHARED PARK BETWEEN TWO WARDS.

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BUT THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE NEARBY POPULATION WILL BE ENJOYING THOSE TRAILS.

SO THAT'S MY POINT ON THE PROJECTS.

AND SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW, YOU KNOW, THE 2025 PROJECT LIST GETS PUT TOGETHER.

BUT THEN ALSO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE CIP PLAN, I NOTICED THAT IT'S NOT INCLUDED ON THERE, AND I FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD ALMOST BE ANOTHER MEETING TO APPROVE A FIVE YEAR CIP PLAN THAT INVOLVES THE BOARD.

SO THAT'S MY COMMENT ON THE PROJECT ONES.

I HAVE SOME OTHER COMMENTS ON THE MAIN BUDGET BOOK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO WAIT TILL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

OR IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS? WE'LL RUN THROUGH AGAIN AFTER WE HEAR INPUT.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL KIND OF WEIGH IN HERE, YOU KNOW, AT FIRST AND THEN GIVE THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON THOSE THINGS AND WHATEVER ELSE.

SO GO AHEAD.

OKAY. I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION.

SO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE REVENUES AND THE APPROPRIATIONS, SO YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATIONS $370 MILLION IN TOTAL REVENUES, $280 MILLION.

WHERE DOES THAT YOU KNOW, 37 MILLION DIFFERENCE COMES FROM BETWEEN APPROPRIATIONS AND REVENUES I THINK THERE'S A NOTE YOU MADE A POINT ABOUT USE OF FUND BALANCE.

IS THAT COMING FROM OUR RESERVE FUNDS? IS THAT WHAT THAT MEANS? OKAY, YEAH I CAN.

SO I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO SEE THIS IS THE ATTACHMENT.

I BELIEVE IT'S ATTACHMENT A IN YOUR PACKET.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL, BUT IT SHOWS ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT FUND TYPES AT THE TOP.

YOU'VE GOT THE REVENUES AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'VE GOT THE EXPENDITURES AND YOU HAVE THE CHANGE, THE CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE AT THE BOTTOM.

SO YOU CAN SEE FOR EACH OF THESE FUNDS WHERE WE'RE DRAWING ON FUND BALANCE OR FOR EACH OF THESE I SHOULD SAY GROUPS OF FUNDS.

SO WE HAVE OUR GENERAL FUND STANDALONE.

AND THEN ALL OF OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE TOGETHER, ALL OF OUR DEBT SERVICE FUNDS, ETC..

SO YOU CAN SEE US DRAWING DOWN ON FUND BALANCE.

SO THAT'S THAT DIFFERENCE.

AND HOW DOES THAT COMPARE? I'M SURE I HAVE IT OVER HERE IN THE BOOKS TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

DRAWDOWN IN THE FUND BALANCE.

IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR.

LET ME FIND THE RIGHT PAGE TO BRING YOU TO.

GIVE ME A SECOND. YEAH.

AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A QUESTION I JUST THOUGHT OF JUST NOW.

MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT.

MAYBE WHEN THIS COMES TO THE FULL BOARD AS WELL.

WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK IT UP RIGHT NOW.

AND I'LL ALSO LOOK FOR IT TOO.

I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT QUESTION PRIOR UNTIL JUST NOW.

[LAUGHTER] SO THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO THAT WAS ONE QUESTION I HAD, I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER ONES I WANTED TO MENTION.

I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY DONE WELL.

BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER TAKING IT ONE STEP FURTHER WHEN WE THINK ABOUT I GUESS, PUBLIC SENTIMENT.

SO I'M ON PAGE B6, THE BUDGET OVERVIEW, THE EAST BAY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK.

AND I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED THIS A FEW TIMES WHEN WE'VE REVIEWED OUR INVESTMENTS.

AND THINKING ABOUT THE LOCAL BAY AREA ECONOMY AND THEN SPECIFICALLY THE EAST BAY ECONOMY ACROSS OUR TWO COUNTIES, ALAMEDA COUNTY AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.

AND I THINK THIS IS WELL DONE FOR OUR BUDGET BOOK.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS WOULD SIT.

IT MAY BE IN LEGISLATIVE AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, MAYBE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, BUT THINKING ABOUT THE GENERAL SENTIMENT OF OUR EAST BAY POPULATIONS, I THINK THIS COULD FORM THE GROUNDWORK FOR THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT I GUESS, I GUESS THE JOB MARKET AND THE INDUSTRIES AND THEN I GUESS I CAN SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT WARD FIVE, AND CERTAINLY WARD FIVE IS HOME TO THE TESLA FACTORY IN FREMONT, AND THAT HAS HAD A NUMBER OF ITS OWN YOU KNOW, TESLA AS A COMPANY. AND THEN THE TESLA FACTORY HAS HAD A NUMBER OF LAYOFFS AND REDUCTION IN INVESTMENTS.

AND IT'S NOT JUST SO THE FACTORY IS QUITE LARGE IN FREMONT.

I KNOW THAT TESLA SOFTWARE HAS A PRETTY LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON AND THEN TESLA LOGISTICS HAS A PRETTY LARGE SPACE IN THE CITY OF LIVERMORE NEAR THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT.

AND I KNOW THAT LOCALLY, ESPECIALLY IN WARD FIVE, CERTAINLY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED BY THIS SPECIFIC COMPANY, AND IT DOES SHOW UP A LITTLE BIT LATER IN OUR REPORT IN REGARDS TO BEING ONE OF THE LARGER COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX SITES.

AND I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT.

I KNOW PREVIOUSLY HERE AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, I TALKED ABOUT SYSCO AS WELL AS AN EXAMPLE.

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THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF LAYOFFS.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN FREMONT AND PLEASANTON AND DUBLIN WHO WILL LIVE IN THOSE CITIES AND THEN COMMUTE TO NORTH SAN JOSE TO SYSCO.

I BELIEVE THIS IS A SIMILAR STORY AT INTEL IN SANTA CLARA.

AND I THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER ABOUT THE MOOD OF SOME OF OUR EAST BAY POPULATION AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, LOSING THEIR JOBS AND HAVING TO THINK ABOUT THAT REASSESSMENT THAT I DON'T THINK IS CAPTURED HERE.

AND I THINK IT'S OKAY. IT'S NOT IN OUR BUDGET BOOK.

SO AGAIN, THIS MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR LEGISLATIVE AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.

BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MENTION TODAY BECAUSE I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I READ THIS, IT STILL SOUNDS LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME GROWTH THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE WAY IT WAS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE FINE WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND THE PEOPLE THAT I LIVE NEAR IS THAT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE OUTLOOK.

THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK THAT THEY'RE SHARING.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE IN REGARDS TO I GUESS I'LL JUST SPEAK ABOUT WARD FIVE SPECIFICALLY.

OKAY. AND THEN ON PAGE B9, THE NEXT PAGE WHERE IT SAYS THE SECTIONS NOT UPDATED FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT WHAT THAT MEANS.

YEAH. RIGHT.

SO THAT IS OUR FIVE YEAR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE PROJECTION.

AND WE ALWAYS HAVE THIS UPDATED FOR OUR ADOPTED BUDGET.

BUT IT'S NOT READY FOR THE PROPOSED BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, AND WE WANT TO HAVE THE MOST UPDATED INFORMATION IN IT BEFORE WE PRINT IT.

SO THAT'S WHY I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATING.

NO, I THINK THAT'S FINE.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S WELL NOTED HERE.

AND I'M CURIOUS IS THIS AVAILABLE ONLINE.

THIS ONE OKAY.

I COULDN'T FIND IT, BUT I KNOW OUR AGENDA TODAY IS AVAILABLE FOR TODAY'S MEETING AS WELL AS FOR THE PAC MEETING LATER.

WHERE WOULD ONE FIND THIS ONLINE IF THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IT? YES. SO YOU GO TO THE PARK DISTRICT WEBSITE AND THEN THERE'S A LINK THAT'S BUDGET AND FINANCE AND 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET.

THERE'S A LINK TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE PAGE.

AND THERE'S ACTUALLY IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE PACKET.

WE DO HAVE THE I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE LINK TO IT.

WE MENTIONED THAT IN THE REPORT. PERFECT.

OKAY. SO THEN PEOPLE THAT WANT TO LOOK AT THIS AND REVIEW IT CAN.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

AND I THINK THAT THAT REALLY SHOWS, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AS WELL AS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

AND I HOPE BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE BEEN CRITICIZED ABOUT THAT AS WELL, WHICH I DISAGREE WITH THAT CRITICISM BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE VERY TRANSPARENT AND WE ARE YOU KNOW, VERY WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

AND IF A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ISN'T ABLE TO JOIN US, YOU KNOW, FOR TODAY'S MEETING OR THIS AFTERNOON'S PAC MEETING, THEY CAN ALSO SEND IN AN EMAIL COMMENT OR MAYBE EVEN ALSO A PHONE CALL IF THEY PREFER.

IS THAT AN OPTION IF THEY HAVE SOME COMMENTS AROUND THE BUDGET? YEAH. AND WOULD THEY CALL.

I THINK I SAW AND I THINK THERE'S.

IT'S IN THE. PHONE NUMBER FOR PHONE NUMBER. IT ACTUALLY COMES TO THE FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE FIRST PAGE.

YEAH. THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER.

UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED IN PERSON OR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THREE WAYS.

SO NUMBER TWO IS THE PHONE NUMBER THERE.

YEAH. AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE.

YOU KNOW, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN WHO LIVES ANYWHERE IN THE EAST BAY, HONESTLY, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE AREAS THAT I REPRESENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LIVE IN, YOU KNOW, DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, NEWARK, FREMONT, PLEASANTON, SUNOL OR ANY OF THE UNINCORPORATED EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITIES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT THOSE COMMENTS AS WELL.

SO THIS WILL COME BACK TO THE FULL BOARD FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET REVIEW IN IS IT NEXT TWO WEEKS? DECEMBER? DECEMBER 3RD, DECEMBER 3RD.

THAT'S AN EVENING MEETING. SO 6 P.M..

AND IT'S AN EVENING MEETING AS WELL, SO PEOPLE CAN JOIN US BOTH HERE IN PERALTA OAKS IN OAKLAND OR ONLINE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT IN THIS PROCESS.

OKAY. I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THAT, AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND IT IN THE BOOK.

I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS NOTED HERE.

SO I THINK THE MAIN ONE, IT'S GOING TO GO BACK TO PROPERTY TAXES.

AND I THINK YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ASKING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, AND THERE'S ONE PAGE WHERE WE COMPARE PROPERTY TAXES ACROSS SOME OF THE DIFFERENT CITIES, AND I'M JUST LOOKING FOR THAT PAGE.

IT'S PAGE B 42, B 42.

AND I SEE WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENT NUMBERS.

SO I'M ON B 42 AT THE TOP ON ALAMEDA COUNTY.

AND I SEE WE HAVE FREMONT AND OAKLAND LISTED AS AN EXAMPLE.

AND SO FOR FREMONT THE PROPERTY TAX, IT SAYS 378 AND $0.23.

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AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHY ARE THOSE NUMBERS DIFFERENT BETWEEN FREMONT AND OAKLAND? YEAH. SO EACH OF THOSE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A TAX RATE AREA NUMBER UNDERNEATH THE WORD FREMONT AND UNDERNEATH OAKLAND.

SO EACH TAX RATE ALLOCATION AREA TRA HAS A DIFFERENT PERCENT ALLOCATIONS OF THE 1%.

SO EVERYBODY'S PAYING THAT 1% PROPERTY TAX.

AND THEN IT'S DIVVIED UP TO THE DIFFERENT LOCAL AGENCIES WITHIN THE TRA.

SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE LIKE A VECTOR OF CONTROL AGENCY, THERE'D BE A PERCENT THAT WOULD GO TO THAT, SOME PERCENT THAT GOES TO THE COUNTY.

AND BUT IT DOES VARY BY THE TRA BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE DIFFERENT PUBLIC ENTITIES ARE WITHIN THAT JURISDICTION.

DOES THAT ANSWER IT? YEAH.

SO AND SO THESE ARE JUST THE CITIES THAT ARE ON HERE.

WE HAVE SIX CITIES LISTED.

SO IT JUST GIVES US A SENSE ACROSS THE SIX DIFFERENT CITIES WHAT THE DIFFERENT TRA IS OF THAT 1%.

SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING INTERESTING TO INVESTIGATE, MAYBE IN THE NEXT YEAR JUST TO SEE THE DIFFERENT CITY DISTRIBUTION BECAUSE IT DOES VARY QUITE A BIT. AND SO IF I'M INTERPRETING THIS, WOULD I INTERPRET THIS AS FREMONT DOES PAY MORE INTO EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT THAN OAKLAND? AND THEN I GUESS LET ME JUST ASK ONE MORE QUESTION, BECAUSE WHEN I READ THIS, I INTERPRETED IT THAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO ALSO WITH PROPERTY VALUES THAT.

YES. YEAH.

IN FREMONT THE PROPERTY VALUES MIGHT ON AVERAGE BE HIGHER THAN.

SO FOR SO THAT LITTLE ASTERISK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.

SO FOR THE. SO YES IT DOES INCLUDE THE VALUE OF THE HOME.

BUT WE USE IT ACROSS THE TOP FOR ALL ALAMEDA COUNTY.

WE USE FOR THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, 1.1 ROUGHLY MILLION FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY, BUT THEN FOR CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, 941,000. BUT SO THAT'S ACROSS ALL ALL THREE.

WE USE THAT SAME ROUGH VALUE.

BUT THEN THE SO YOU HAD ASKED, IS THAT THE RATE THAT EVERYBODY IN FREMONT IS PAYING? WELL, THERE ARE MANY, MANY TRAS WITHIN FREMONT, SO IT VARIES ACCORDING TO EACH OF THOSE LITTLE TRAS.

SO WE JUST DID REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLINGS FROM OF THESE DIFFERENT AREAS.

THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING MORE OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THEN AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE B5, SORRY, B 42 THINKING ABOUT THE BAND AND OR THE OTHER, WHAT IT'S IN REFERENCE TO B 42 IS WHERE THE TESLA MOTORS IS MENTIONED, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE FREMONT FACTORY WHERE THE ASSESSED VALUE IS 2.7 MILLION.

AND SO, WITH THIS TRA AND WITH THE AVERAGE THAT INCLUDES COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOME COMMUNITIES MAY HAVE HIGH RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES AS WELL AS HIGH COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD BUMP UP THAT AVERAGE CALCULATION.

YEAH. OKAY.

BECAUSE ALSO I THINK PACIFIC COMMONS, WHICH HAS MADE THAT LIST, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALSO IN FREMONT.

OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL.

THANK YOU. AND THEN I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION ON THAT PAGE, I THINK THAT IT DOES SHOW THE MEASURE WW BOND, AND THERE IS ONE CITY LISTED HERE THAT I DON'T BELIEVE PAYS INTO MEASURE WW.

AND SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S THERE.

AND MAYBE I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTERWARDS.

BUT IN THE THIRD COLUMN ON ALAMEDA COUNTY IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY DON'T PAY INTO MEASURE WW.

YEAH. OKAY. LET ME CHECK THAT OUT.

YEAH. OKAY.

AND THEN I GUESS MY FINAL COMMENTS, I GUESS IT'S RELATED TO THAT CITY.

IT'S THERE IS A SECTION ON THE LIVERMORE AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT ON PAGE D10 THAT I CERTAINLY LOOKED INTO.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY WELL WRITTEN.

I'LL, SHARE.

I LIKE THAT WE AGGREGATED THE OPERATING BUDGET ACROSS, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY LOCATED WITHIN MURRAY TOWNSHIP.

AND CERTAINLY WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE ARE A REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND A PARK LIKE MORGAN TERRITORY AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY IS VERY WELL USED AND WELL LOVED BY THE LIVERMORE COMMUNITY, BUT TECHNICALLY IS NOT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF MURRAY TOWNSHIP.

SO THAT WOULD NOT BE LISTED HERE, BUT IT STILL IS A PARK THAT I KNOW IS VERY WELL USED AND WELL LOVED BY THE LIVERMORE COMMUNITY.

IN REGARDS TO THE OPERATING BUDGET.

SO THIS IS JUST THE STRAIGHT OPERATING BUDGETS FOR THOSE PARKS.

IT DOES NOT INCLUDE.

AND I WROTE A PHRASE DOWN.

IT DOES NOT INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD OR SHARED SERVICES CALCULATED BY GEOGRAPHY.

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WE MAY WANT TO WRITE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD AND SHARED SERVICES SUCH AS PUBLIC SAFETY.

OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER EXAMPLE WE WANT TO USE, ALTHOUGH I THINK PUBLIC SAFETY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.

SUCH AS PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT INCLUDED IN YOU KNOW, THAT OPERATING BUDGET THAT'S LISTED HERE.

AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER PART IS, I BELIEVE A SMALL PORTION OF THE OHLONE WILDERNESS IS IN MURRAY TOWNSHIP.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO MENTION THAT, BUT CERTAINLY WITH THE 28 MILE OHLONE WILDERNESS TRAIL YOU KNOW, HAVING AN END POINT OR A STARTING POINT AT DEL VALLE IS PRETTY KEY.

AND SUCH A HUGE I GUESS, HUGE ASSET THAT WE OFFER TO THE PUBLIC.

I THINK IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE THAT WE HAVE THAT TRAIL.

SO THAT THOSE MIGHT BE TWO THINGS WE MIGHT WANT TO MENTION JUST TO, TO SHOW EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING PROVIDED WITHIN THE MURRAY TOWNSHIP AREA.

AND THEN I GUESS WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ONE OTHER AREA, BECAUSE I KIND OF REVIEWED A LOT OF THIS THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

I DON'T THINK THESE ARE ANY, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDED CHANGES PER SE, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT THIS OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO MIGHT YOU KNOW, BE INTERESTED IN REVIEWING THIS AND PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT TO US DURING THIS REVIEW PERIOD OF THE BUDGET IS THAT WE DO BREAK OUT EACH OF OUR PARKS BY, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONS, BUDGET, AS MENTIONED ON THAT PAGE WITH LIVERMORE AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT.

AND WE DID THIS LAST YEAR, TOO. SO YOU CAN COMPARE IT TO 2024.

IT IS IN THE 2024 BUDGET BOOK, AND IT STARTS ON SECTION C.

AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT BROKEN DOWN BY PARK, IT STARTS ON C 55.

WELL NO THAT'S THE OVERALL BUDGET.

SO THEN C 58 IS WHERE IT STARTS BY PARK AND, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, BUT AT A GLANCE, IT DOES LOOK LIKE DEL VALLE REGIONAL PARK MAY BE THE PARK WITH THE LARGEST OPERATIONS BUDGET.

I SEE IN 2024, 2.8 MILLION.

AND IN 2025 IT INCREASES TO 3 MILLION.

AND I THINK YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IS A VERY INTERESTING DATA POINT AS I WAS REVIEWING THIS AND LIKE I SAID, I KNOW THIS WAS IN LAST YEAR'S, BUT I GUESS I DIDN'T LOOK AS CLOSELY TO THAT.

BUT ALSO, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO MAYBE HAVE ACCESS TO THIS DATA IN A SPREADSHEET TO BE ABLE TO SORT AND JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW THE PARKS RANKED.

I ALWAYS LIKE TO COMPARE PERSONALLY.

I'LL SHARE. I ALWAYS COMPARE, YOU KNOW, DEL VALLE TO TILDEN.

AND JUST AS A COMPARISON, TILDEN.

IN 2024, THE OPERATIONS BUDGET 1.835, 2025 PRETTY SIMILAR 1.826.

SO THAT'S A PRETTY BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND I THINK PART OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LAKE FOR SWIMMING AND FISHING AND ALL OF THOSE ACTIVITIES CAN BE ONE REASON FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEL VALLE AND TILDEN.

BUT AGAIN, WITH THIS OPERATIONS BUDGET, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE PUBLIC SAFETY OR ANY SHARED SERVICES.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW OUR MARINE UNIT REGULARLY PATROLS LAKE DEL VALLE, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET FOR DEL VALLE.

AND THAT'S CORRECT. YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT'S IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET.

YEAH. IT'S IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET.

PERFECT. AND I THINK LIFEGUARDS ARE ALSO IN.

YEAH. CORRECT. THE LIFEGUARD BUDGET IS NOT SHOWN HERE.

THIS IS JUST THE PARK OPERATING BUDGET.

YEAH. SO THEN GOING BACK TO THAT LARPD PAGE THAT WE HAVE LATER ON, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO ADD THAT SENTENCE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD AND SHARED SERVICES SUCH AS PUBLIC SAFETY.

BECAUSE I THINK WE SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE AN OPERATING BUDGET OF 3 MILLION AT DEL VALLE.

PLUS, WE OFFER SO MUCH MORE IN TERMS OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE OTHER MESSAGE IN HERE AND I MAY, AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS.

YOU KNOW, I GUESS IN ADDITION TO GARMS, THE OTHER AREA THAT I'VE ALWAYS REALLY BEEN VERY EAGER TO YOU KNOW, REVIEW AND MOVE FORWARD HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS BEEN OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN BETTER INTEGRATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES INTO OUR PARK DISTRICT . YOU KNOW, OPERATIONS AND PARK DISTRICT EXPERIENCE.

AND I DO SEE THAT WE'RE RUNNING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PILOT PROJECTS IN REGARDS TO TECHNOLOGY.

AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, DEL VALLE IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE THERE IS NO CELL SERVICE OR LIMITED CELL SERVICE.

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SO THAT'S ALSO NOT REFLECTED IN THE OPERATIONS BUDGET AT DEL VALLE.

OKAY. I'LL WAIT TILL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.

I MAY HAVE SOME MORE COMMENTS ON THAT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PIECE.

THANKS. I DID IF IT WAS OKAY.

DIRECTOR MERCURIO.

DIRECTOR SANWONG. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON GARMS. I DID WANT TO POINT OUT IT DID NOT DROP FROM THE BOOK, IT JUST WAS THIS YEAR WE CREATED A SECTION CALLED FUTURE PROJECTS.

OKAY. SO GARMS IS STILL THERE.

THE FUNDING IS STILL MAINTAINED.

IT'S JUST INDICATING FUTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY ACTIVELY IN DESIGN AND PERMITTING PHASE, SO THAT WE'RE ACCURATELY REFLECTING THAT THEY ARE PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE, AND SO THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE ACTIVE PROJECTS WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SO IT'S STILL THERE. IT'S JUST RIGHT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S LISTED AS A FUTURE PROJECT.

THAT MAKES SENSE. AND I GUESS THAT STATUS.

YEAH. AND I GUESS SO. I WROTE DOWN ANOTHER NOTE.

I KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF NOTES HERE BECAUSE I SAW THAT WE MENTIONED THE AT LAKE TEMESCAL, THE OXYGEN SATURATION SYSTEM.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALSO THIS IDEA ABOUT DREDGING AT LAKE TEMESCAL.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS IN REGARDS TO THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE BOND AND THIS POTENTIALLY BEING A PROJECT, THE DREDGING AT LAKE TEMESCAL POTENTIALLY BEING A PROJECT THAT'S PART OF THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE BOND.

AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THE DREDGING PROJECT IN THE PROJECT LIST.

AND IT MIGHT BE THERE. AND I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS CALLED.

BUT I DID TRY TO LOOK FOR IT.

AND SO I GUESS IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR A COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE BOND JUST PASSED EARLIER THIS MONTH, YOU KNOW, AND ACTUALLY, THAT ELECTION HASN'T EVEN YET BEEN CERTIFIED.

IT'LL BE CERTIFIED AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT WE COME BACK AGAIN WITH THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO REVIEW THIS BUDGET.

SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR FIVE YEAR CIP.

BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, SHOULD THINGS HAPPEN QUICKLY WITHIN THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE BOND, AND LET'S SAY A PROJECT WILL USE LAKE TEMESCAL AS OUR EXAMPLE HERE.

BUT THIS ALSO ANSWERS MY QUESTION ABOUT GARMS. YOU KNOW, IF THINGS DO GET REVIEWED AND PRIORITIZED AND THERE'S FUNDING IDENTIFIED, THEN THAT CAN BE ADDED TO THE LIST AS THINGS MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE PROJECTS.

IS THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. AS THEY GET ACTIVE AND THEY DO PROCEED TO BE ASSIGNED TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, THEN THEY WILL BE ADDED TO THE ACTIVE PROJECTS LIST AND WILL BE REPORTED ON THAT WAY. AND THEY WOULD COME TO THE BOARD FIRST TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDING IF THEY DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE FUNDING.

OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I DO THINK PEOPLE WILL BE LOOKING AT THIS AND BEING LIKE, WAIT, WHY ISN'T THIS PROJECT ON HERE WHEN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE? AND THAT'S HELPFUL TO HEAR THAT WE'RE NOT LIMITING OURSELVES IN VOTING ON THIS BUDGET, THAT THINGS CAN BE ADDED TO THE PROJECT LIST AS MAYBE IN THIS EXAMPLE, AS YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA CLIMATE BOND STARTS TO BECOME MORE OF A SOURCE FOR FUNDING THAN PROJECTS MAY BE ADDED TO OUR PROJECT LIST.

THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S JUST ACCURATELY REPORTING WHAT'S ACTIVE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT'S CONSIDERED AS A FUTURE PROJECT INSTEAD OF INDICATING IT'S JUST ON HOLD.

SO THIS SHOWS YOU WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY PROCEEDING WITH, THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO SPEND ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED TO PROGRESS FORWARD.

AND THEN IF IT HAS FUNDING, IT'S STILL ON THE LIST, BUT IT'S JUST INDICATED TO BE ADDED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

OKAY. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD ANSWER.

THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THOSE DETAILS.

AND WHILE BEFORE I GET OFF ON MY OWN THING, I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR GARMS BEING MORE THAN JUST SOMETHING THAT'S FUZZY OFF IN THE DISTANCE.

IT'S I REMEMBER IT FROM YEARS AGO AND IT'S JUST BEEN LANGUISHING AND YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TURN UP THE HEAT A LITTLE BIT. I AGREE WITH YOU.

SO NOW NOW, ONTO MY DEAL HERE.

I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH ALL THE WHEN, DEBORAH WAS DOING THE PRESENTATION, I JUST COULDN'T I HAD TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT THERE'S SOME MAYBE EVERY, EVERY YEAR THE BOARD SAYS THIS, BUT MAYBE I FEEL LIKE THIS YEAR, THIS COMING YEAR, THERE'S SOME REALLY BIG THINGS COMING THAT WILL BE LOOKING AT AND STARTING AND IMPLEMENTING ALL THE DIFFERENT PHASES.

BUT THE SECOND CENTURY PLAN IS IN HERE.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BUDGET BOOK AND I THINK THAT'S EXCITING THING.

I THINK ANYONE WHO'S ON THE BOARD RIGHT NOW SHOULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES FORTUNATE TO BE ON THE BOARD RIGHT NOW FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT'S AN EPIC THING.

IT'S A BIG I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING OF A GAME CHANGER.

THE WHOLE CLIMATE BOND DEAL COMING UP, YOU KNOW, AS, OLIVIA MENTIONED YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO KNOW MUCH BETTER HOW WE CAN INTEGRATE WITH THAT, HOW WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

POINT MOLATE IS COMING.

YOU KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY ALMOST HERE.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE THE HEADLIGHTS, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE HERE YET, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE HERE AND THEN RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THERE.

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SO AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS TOO THAT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH.

BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING.

YOU KNOW, BUT THEN I'LL PIVOT SLIGHTLY AND SAY, THESE BUDGETS ARE NEVER PERFECT FOR ALL DIRECTORS.

AND I HAVE ISSUES WITH IT, TOO.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY ALSO THAT I HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS TO MAKE ON THIS, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE SO MINOR, THEY'RE NOT WORTH TAKING UP TIME IN A PUBLIC MEETING LIKE THIS.

THEY'RE JUST SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGES IN WORDING TO CLARIFY THEM, THAT SORT OF THING.

YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THESE EXPERTS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS THING AND, YOU KNOW, YOU FOLKS AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE, THEY'RE EXPERTS, THEY KNOW THIS STUFF, AND THEY WRITE IT DOWN AND IT GOES INTO THE BOOK.

AND THEN THE REST OF US ARE GOING HUH? [LAUGHTER]. WHAT IS THAT? YOU KNOW. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT STUFF KIND OF MAYBE CLARIFIED, EXPANDED, WHATEVER A LITTLE BIT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO DO.

BUT I FOUND A NUMBER OF THINGS BOTH IN BOTH BUDGETS.

BUT I WANT TO TURN FIRST.

I WANT TO DO THE OPERATING BUDGET FIRST.

SO ON PAGE B7 OF THE BOOK THERE'S POLICIES THERE AND FR2 IS THE, THERE'S THREE POLICIES THERE.

FR 2 IS THE MIDDLE ONE.

AND IT TALKS ABOUT DEVELOPING ANNUAL PERFORMANCE, MANAGEMENT GOALS, ETC.

BUT THEN AT THE BOTTOM THE LAST SENTENCE IS GOALS WILL BE TRANSPARENT, OUTCOMES WILL BE MEASURED AND RESULTS WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO STAKEHOLDERS.

AND I DON'T EXPECT I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO ANSWER THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS HAS TO THIS CAN'T BE A BOOK IN ITSELF.

IT'S GOT TO BE BRIEF.

IT'S GOT TO BE SUCCINCT.

BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE MORE BEHIND THE SCENES HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ON THAT.

OKAY. I'LL JUST SAY BRIEFLY.

UNLESS YOU CAN TELL ME RIGHT NOW.

YEAH. IT'S ACTUALLY THE INFORMATION IN THE BUDGET BOOK IS, IS BOTH EXPLAINING WHAT THE OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE TARGETS ARE FOR THE COMING YEAR. SO AT THE END OF THE GENERAL MANAGER'S MESSAGE, YOU HAVE THOSE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT ARE DISTRICT WIDE, LIKE THE ONE I LISTED OFF WAS THE NUMBER OF ACRES ACQUIRED, AND THEN IN EACH DIVISION IN SECTION C, IN EACH DIVISION SECTION, THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR OBJECTIVES ARE FOR THE COMING YEAR AND THEN WHAT THEY'VE ACHIEVED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

SO I'LL ALSO POINT OUT, AND IT'S AN AWKWARD TIME TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS FR 2.

SO THIS IS ALL TYING BACK TO THE 20, SORRY, THE 2013 MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING REDONE.

AND SO WE HAVE SORT OF MOVED AWAY FROM THIS.

NOT ENTIRELY. WE'RE STILL PUTTING INFORMATION IN THE BUDGET BOOK, BUT TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT, LIKE SOME OF THIS IS TIED TO GOALS THAT MADE A LOT OF SENSE IN 2013, BUT NEED TO BE UPDATED FOR CURRENT SITUATION.

YEAH, I THINK WE ALL HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AND BE PATIENT THAT IT'S A TIME OF CHANGE.

AND IT'S TRANSITIONING FROM 1 TO 1, ONE PLAN TO ANOTHER.

SO YEAH, WE'LL TRY OUR BEST TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

LET'S SEE.

SO I THINK I JUST JUST REAL KIND OF REAL QUICKLY HERE, IF YOU COULD ON PAGE B14, THE PERMANENT FUNDS ARE IDENTIFIED.

THEY'RE JUST LISTED THERE.

CAN YOU JUST GIVE A BRIEF LIKE EXPLANATION AS TO HOW HOW THOSE WORK? YEAH.

SO WE HAVE FUNDS THAT WERE GIVEN TO THE PARK DISTRICT IN PERPETUITY.

SO A SET AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND YOU CAN SEE EACH OF THEM HAVE A SPECIFIC NAME LIKE FREDERICK, THE FIRST ONE ON THIS PAGE.

FREDERICK'S AN OPEN SPACE.

SO I DON'T HAVE THE DETAIL, BUT IT ACTUALLY DOES GO INTO IT IN THE BUDGET BOOK, WE DESCRIBE WHAT EACH OF THESE PERMANENT FUNDS.

LET ME SEE WHAT'S THE RIGHT PAGE FOR THAT.

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BUT WE CAN'T SPEND THE CORPUS.

WE CAN ONLY SPEND THE INTEREST THAT IS GENERATED ON THOSE PERMANENT FUNDS.

OKAY. HANG ON WHILE I FIND THAT EXACT PAGE.

SO SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE FROM DEVELOPMENTS BASICALLY.

YEAH. YEAH YEAH OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ON B21 TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES, WHICH IN ITSELF IS FASCINATING.

I MEAN, HOW MANY YOU KNOW, AND THIS JUST KIND OF POINTS TO WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A BUDGET.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO BUILD UP A BUDGET FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT SOURCES, AND NUMBERS HAVE TO BE ARRIVED AT AND VETTED AND ALL THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO HAD A CHANCE, EVEN JUST ON THIS ONE, ONE PIECE OF IT IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL.

SO ON NOTE NUMBER TEN WHAT ARE YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE PROVIDE BASICALLY PUBLIC SAFETY FOR EAST BAY MUD WATERSHED, BUT WHAT ARE THE OTHER ONES THERE? BESIDES THAT, BECAUSE IT SAYS AND OTHER OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES, WOULD IT BE SAN FRANCISCO WATER I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHERS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

BUT EAST BAY MUD IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT.

PARDON ME. A CONTRACT WITH CAL FIRE.

CAL FIRE. OKAY.

YEAH, YEAH. LET ME LET ME GET YOU THE DETAILS ON THAT.

BUT THE BIGGEST ONE AND THE INCREASE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THE EAST BAY MUD ONE.

YEAH. OKAY.

CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT CAL FIRE? SURE. I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. SO WITH THE CAL FIRE, THAT'S OUR RESPONSE.

I BELIEVE OUR HELICOPTER UNIT, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH CAL FIRE TO PROVIDE LOCAL RESPONSE.

SINCE THE NEAREST CAL FIRE AIR UNITS ARE EITHER IN HOLLISTER OR NAPA, I BELIEVE, BUT NOT IN ALAMEDA OR CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES.

OKAY. GREAT.

SURE. WOULD THAT ALSO INCLUDE LIFEGUARD SERVICES WHEN WE HAVE LIKE WHEN WE GO TO WHAT'S THAT? ANTIOCH AND I THINK WE HAD A COUPLE OF LITTLE THINGS WITH OAKLAND, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE SO THEY WOULD BE INCLUDED HERE IF WE DID RECEIVE REVENUE.

I DO NOT BELIEVE WE'RE RECEIVING REVENUE FROM THOSE AGENCIES FOR THE LIFEGUARD SERVICES.

BUT IF WE DID, YES, THAT WOULD BE IN THIS CATEGORY.

GREAT. THANKS. SO ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. AND SO NOW MOVING OVER TO THE PROJECTS.

SO I HAVE TO SHOW MY AGE HERE, I GUESS, IN THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE SO-CALLED CAPITAL BUDGET WAS BACK IN, LIKE, 15 YEARS AGO.

YOU KNOW, IT REALLY WASN'T A BUDGET.

IT WAS EACH PROJECT WAS A SENTENCE.

MAYBE NOT EVEN A COMPLETE SENTENCE.

AND MAYBE NOT EVEN A LOCATION OF WHERE IT IS, YOU KNOW.

AND AS A PERSON WHO DID THAT FOR MY JOB I USED TO ALWAYS BE REALLY FRUSTRATED.

AND I WOULD HAVE TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, NOW THIS IS OUT HERE FOR ALL TO SEE AND FOR, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, I GUESS IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY AND TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE SOME PRETTY GOOD FUNDING SOURCES, BUT YET WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT.

IT'S NOT JUST MONEY SITTING IN THE BANK OR MONEY HANGING OUT THERE READY TO BE TAPPED.

IT'S WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A SLIDE UP THERE WITH THE NEEDS AND HOW MUCH WE COULD REALLY FUND THIS YEAR.

AND IT'S THE NUMBERS ARE WAY DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN ONLY DO PARTIAL PART OF WHAT WE THINK WE NEED TO DO AND WHAT WE WANT.

WELL, THERE'S NEEDS AND WANTS.

RIGHT. AND WANTS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS NEEDS IN A LOT OF CASES.

SO YOU KNOW, HAVING THIS, LAID OUT THIS WAY IS SO GREAT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE IMAGES IN HERE TO SHOW US WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

BUT THERE'S ONE.

UNLESS I'M NOT READING IT.

RIGHT. THERE'S ONE ELEMENT THAT I WOULD KIND OF LIKE TO SEE IN HERE.

MAYBE. WELL, NOT, YOU KNOW, FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE ESTIMATED TOTAL PROJECT COST IS NOT REALLY IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW AND FOR EACH PROJECT, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THERE'S A FIVE YEAR FUNDING PLAN.

AND WELL, I MEAN, IT DOES SAY TOTAL PROJECT COST ANTICIPATED THERE.

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I'M LOOKING AT E37 AND I LAS TRAMPAS WILDERNESS REGIONAL PRESERVE.

YEAH, I GUESS IT IS THERE.

YEAH. YEAH.

AND MAYBE THAT'S IT.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT FAMILIAR. I'M NOT USED TO SEEING SEPARATE PROJECTS FOR DESIGN.

I'M USED TO SEEING IT ALL IN ONE, AND IT'S ALL LAID OUT THERE.

DEBORAH KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT DOCUMENT THAT I USED TO PRODUCE.

YEAH. AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT, SO.

PARDON ME. I'LL TRY TO LEARN HOW TO OPERATE LIKE THE BUDGET, LIKE THE DISTRICT DOES.

BUT THEN I HAVE ALSO ONE OTHER COMMENT ABOUT AN ACTUAL PROJECT HERE.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT KIND OF LEADS INTO A BIGGER ISSUE, AND THAT IS ON THE NEXT PAGE.

ON THE NEXT PAGE, IT'S E 38 IS A RENOVATE WATER SYSTEM IN, IN LAS TRAMPAS.

AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IS I CAN GUESS WHERE THAT MIGHT BE, BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE IN LAS TRAMPAS THAT EXISTS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY AT THE END OF BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD SOMEWHERE AROUND IN THERE, BUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE ABOUT THAT.

AND I'M REALLY KIND OF OOPS.

WHAT MAKES ME REALLY MORE DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT IS THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, AND I THINK I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT.

AND THAT'S NOT YOUR ISSUE.

IT'S A GREATER ISSUE.

BUT YOU KNOW, I FIND STUFF GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I HEAR FROM OTHER FOLKS, AND I'M JUST MAKING THIS A GENERAL STATEMENT HERE, NOT TO YOU, BECAUSE THIS IS A TIME TO DO THAT.

THAT YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE EMBARRASSED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY BY NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY WARD.

SO I'LL JUST USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT I KIND OF.

AND THEN I'LL KIND OF MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC IS I'D KIND OF LIKE TO BE A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED IN WHEN THESE PROJECTS ARE, ARE PLACED INTO THE BEFORE THEY'RE PLACED INTO THE DOCUMENT.

SO I KIND OF AGREE WITH YOU, OLIVIA, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF WHOLE ISSUE ABOUT PROJECTS IN AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER BIGGER ISSUE OF HOW COME THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PROJECTS IN MY WARD. YOU KNOW, SO I'M TRYING TO LOOK OUT FOR MY FOLKS.

AND IT'S KIND OF HARD.

SO SO THAT'S REALLY, REALLY ALL I HAD RIGHT NOW.

I ACTUALLY, IN ALL HONESTY, I HAVE A LITTLE MORE WORK TO DO ON THIS, REVIEWING THIS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON.

SO BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A JOY TO LOOK AT THIS AND SEE IT AND, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.

AND YOU KNOW, HOW USEFUL IT IS TO US BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS.

WE CAN REFER TO IT ANY TIME, EITHER ONLINE OR IN THE BOOK, YOU KNOW.

SO THANKS. THANKS FOR DOING THAT.

AND THEN. OKAY.

SO ANY OTHER.

YEAH TIE UPS, TIE UPS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE WATER LINE AT LEAST FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW.

AND SO I THINK WE WERE DEALING WITH IT.

WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK THERE PRIOR TO YOU GOT PRIOR TO YOU GETTING HERE.

SO THIS IS A KIND OF A CONTINUATION.

WE HAD TO REPLACE A WATER TANK, AND THEN THE LINE FROM THE WATER TANK TO THE SOURCE HAS TO BE REPLACED.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL PART OF.

SO IT YEAH, I MEAN, THE PREVIOUS BOARD KNEW ABOUT IT.

RIGHT, RIGHT. SOMEHOW.

YEAH. MISSED IT.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. NO. THAT'S GOOD.

IT'S NOT A BRAND NEW THING.

YEAH. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS JUST WHILE I'M THINKING ABOUT IT IS I'M THINKING MEASURE FF.

THIS IS NOT FOR THIS, FOR THIS BUDGET, BUT I THINK I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRIGGERS IT, BUT I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE TO MAYBE ABSORB SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT IS FUNDED BY MEASURE FF AND THEN HAVE THE MEASURE FF ACTUALLY BRING IN NEW OR PAY FOR MORE NEW FTES.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT TRIGGERS THAT.

BUT I THINK AS OUR BUDGET GROWS, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO TO ACTUALLY ABSORB THOSE SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT ARE MENTIONED IN AS FTES AND ABSORB THEM INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN MEASURE FF CAN ACTUALLY GROW THE WORKFORCE.

SO SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.

AND THEN ANOTHER THING I NOTICED IN THE SUMMARY ABOUT REGARDING VOLUNTEERS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUDGET.

BUT WHILE I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, I THINK WE NEED I THINK THERE'S A NEED IF THERE ISN'T ONE ALREADY IS SOME KIND OF A CODE OF ETHICS FOR VOLUNTEERS,

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BECAUSE I'M NOT BECAUSE WE HAD A COUPLE OF INSTANCES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE THE SOME VOLUNTEERS GOT DISCIPLINED AND THEY WERE TOTALLY LOST AS TO THE CONCEPT OF WHAT IT WAS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE WHILE I SAW THAT HERE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS HAS BEEN VERY GOOD.

SO CARRY ON.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO CARRY ON.

BUT THIS IS YOUR LAST MEETING.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH HARDER FOR US WITHOUT YOUR INPUT.

THAT INPUT YOU JUST MADE ABOUT THE WATER SYSTEM IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF YOUR PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU BRING WITH THE HISTORY, YOU KNOW.

YEAH.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

SO ANY LAST COMMENTS BEFORE WE ASK FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR.

DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT? PARDON ME. WE HAVE AN.

YES. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE.

YES I'D LIKE TO UPDATE YOU.

LET'S DO MORE. MY NAME IS CARMEN ERASMUS, CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGER.

I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT DIRECTOR ROSARIO SAID ABOUT THE WATER SYSTEM, THAT IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND THE PROJECT IS IN PROGRESS, AND CURRENTLY WE'RE IN COMMUNICATION WITH EBMUD TO DEVELOP WORK WITH LAND AND EASEMENT ISSUES.

AND THE NEXT STEPS WILL BE TO ENGAGE WITH THE CONSULTANT FOR THE PROJECT AND DEFINE WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE MOVES AHEAD.

SO. AND WHERE WHERE EXACTLY IS IT? I BELIEVE IT'S TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY LINE.

SO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR BEING ON THE SPOT HERE TO HELP US OUT.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL WAIT TILL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.

YOU WANT TO WAIT? OKAY, WAIT.

SO WHAT DO WE HAVE OUT THERE? WHO'S WAITING FOR US? MEADOW, DO YOU WANT TO STEP UP? PUBLIC COMMENT.

MIC] OH, I KNOW, LOOK AT THAT.

THERE WE GO. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, FINANCE COMMITTEE.

MY NAME IS MEADOW DARCY, AND I AM REPRESENTING AFSCME LOCAL 2428.

AND I AM HERE.

IS IT OKAY? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT'S IN MY FACE.

I'M HERE TO COMMENT ON THE OPERATING BUDGET, AND I'M HERE TO ASK THAT THE BOARD RECONSIDER SOME OF THE STAFFING REQUESTS FOR FINANCE AND IT. WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE VACANCIES IN FINANCE OVER THE LAST MANY, MANY YEARS. WE HAVE ALSO HAD MULTIPLE TEMPS WORKING IN FINANCE, ONE OF THEM FOR OVER THREE YEARS.

AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR FINANCE STAFF WHO FOR GOSH, AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER HAS BEEN WORKING NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS HOLIDAYS.

I STILL GET NOTICES ABOUT MY TIME CARD SENT, YOU KNOW, AT MIDNIGHT, 1:00 IN THE MORNING ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND FROM OUR FINANCE STAFF.

THEY ARE COMPLETELY OVERWORKED, EXHAUSTED, AND HANGING ON BY A THREAD.

THEY WERE RELYING ON TEMPORARY WORKERS BECAUSE TEMPORARY WORKERS WERE ADDED, BUT NOT PERMANENT WORKERS.

AND SO WE ARE ASKING THAT THIS BE ADDRESSED BY THE BOARD.

I HAVE MULTIPLE GRIEVANCES JUST PILING UP OF MISTAKES THAT ARE MADE.

PEOPLE ARE UNABLE TO HAVE THE TIME TO EVEN LOOK AT ISSUES THAT COME UP.

I GET CALLS CONSTANTLY.

I AM CONSTANTLY HAVING TO CALCULATE AND DO WORK TO HELP PEOPLE FIGURE OUT WHY THEIR SERVICE TIME IS WRONG, WHY THEY DIDN'T GET PAID FOR SOMETHING, WHY THIS ISN'T SHOWING UP PROPERLY.

BECAUSE THEY CAN'T REALLY GET AN ANSWER BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME.

WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF MEET AND CONFER ITEMS THAT WE KEEP BRINGING THIS TO MEET AND CONFER OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HEAR IS WE'RE GETTING THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE FULLY STAFFED.

IT'LL BE SOON. BUT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME.

PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE VACATIONS.

GO ON LEAVE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET INJURED.

THERE'S REALLY NOT ENOUGH SPACE FOR ANYONE TO GET ANYTHING DONE IN PAYROLL.

THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS THAT WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT AFTER MULTIPLE INQUIRIES THAT THERE ARE POSITIONS IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE BEEN CONTRACTED OUT.

WHICH IS OUR WORK.

SO WE HAD DID AN INFO REQUEST MULTIPLE TIMES.

WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WERE NOT GIVEN ACCURATE INFORMATION, BUT WHEN WE FINALLY DID GET WHAT WE ASKED FOR, WHICH WAS ANY CONTRACTED WORKERS IN IT, WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE'S OVER $400,000 WORTH OF CONTRACTING OUT OF SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS AND TECH SUPPORT, WHICH IS 100% AFSCME WORK.

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RECENTLY THEY WERE ADDING A BUSINESS ANALYST AT MEET AND CONFER, WHICH WAS GREAT.

WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE WORKING ON DIFFERENT PROGRAMS SUCH AS FAMOUS AND CITY WORKS AND SHAREPOINT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

HOWEVER, WHILE THAT'S WONDERFUL AND WE VERY MUCH WELCOME THAT, IT'S A VERY MUCH NEEDED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF IT SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THERE WAS NOT A LOOK AT THE BUDGET OF WHAT YOU ARE ALREADY CONTRACTING OUT, AND WHAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO CONTRACT OUT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO ASK ME TO HEAR THIS.

WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THESE POSITIONS SHOULD BE STAFFED BY TEMPS OR CONTRACTED WORKERS.

WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WITH THE PANDEMIC, WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD SUDDENLY HAD TO BE ONLINE, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT PERHAPS A CONTRACT TO GET THINGS UP AND RUNNING AND, YOU KNOW, SORT OF TEACH US HOW TO DO IT AND GET EVERYTHING GOING.

BUT IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

AND THESE POSITIONS, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE USED TO HAVE AFSCME BARGAINING UNIT MEMBERS IN HERE RUNNING THE BOARD MEETINGS.

AND SUDDENLY WE DON'T, WHICH I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL WE FOUND THIS OUT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T JUST A TEMPORARY USE OF CONTRACTED STAFF TO FILL A SHORT TERM NEED.

THIS HAS BECOME A LONG TERM USE OF CONTRACTED WORKERS WHICH ARE NOT BENEFITED AND ARE NOT UNION.

SO NO OFFENSE.

YOU'RE WONDERFUL. YOU DO A GREAT JOB.

I HOPE YOU GET A JOB WITH US, BUT WE OBJECT TO THAT.

THE USE OF CONTRACTING OUT WORK.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

AS YOU KNOW, IT IS VERY POORLY STAFFED.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEFT BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST TIRED OF THE CONDITIONS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO TELECOMMUTE BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NO STAFFING, NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN THEIR WORK SCHEDULES BECAUSE THERE'S NO STAFFING.

MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEFT.

SO IT'S STRANGE TO ME THAT IN THIS BUDGET THERE WAS NOT ANY ADDITION OF STAFF IN IT.

FINANCE THERE WAS ONE POSITION ADDED IN MID-YEAR, AN ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST.

BUT WE HAVE ASKED THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT MINIMALLY ADD A FINANCE SUPERVISOR AT A FUNDING FOR A SECOND SUPERVISOR SINCE WE HAD A HALF TIME FINANCE SUPERVISOR AS A TEMP FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS.

WE ASKED THAT THEY AT LEAST FUND THAT, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT MAYBE WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THEM, WHAT POSITION THAT WOULD BE BEST IN.

BUT WE ASK THAT THAT BE FUNDED.

SO WE'RE ASKING THAT THE BOARD PLEASE PUSH BACK ON THAT AND MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT IT A LITTLE CLOSER.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANKS. THANKS FOR THAT A LOT.

THANKS A LOT. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE? WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE ZOOM ROOM.

OKAY. PLEASE GO AHEAD, MR. LYNNE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

YEAH. MY NAME IS DAVID LYNNE.

I'M RETIRED, AND I HIKE TWO DAYS A WEEK WITH TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS.

SO EVERY YEAR WE HIKE ABOUT 100 MORE THAN 100 DIFFERENT TRIPS.

AND WITHOUT EAST BAY, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EVEN HAVE A HIKING GROUP.

BUT SPECIFICALLY I LIVE IN AROUND LIVERMORE, AND WE.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY AG ADVISORY COMMITTEE THIS TRAIL SUBCOMMITTEE.

AND WE'VE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, LIKE, THE ANZA TRAIL THROUGH LIVERMORE IS JUST THERE'S NO WORK BEING DONE ON IT.

AND WE'VE MET WITH EAST BAY BEFORE, AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY HAVE NO FUNDING WITHIN THE MURRAY TOWNSHIP AREA.

SO I'D LIKE THIS REPORT TO REALLY CLARIFY THAT LIVERMORE PAYS MORE THAN YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE THAN THEIR 3% SHARE OF FUNDING TOWARDS TRAILS.

AND SO ONE OF THE TRAILS WE WOULD LIKE TO START SOME PROGRESS ON IS CONNECTING BRUSHY PEAK WITH LOS VAQUEROS.

AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT BEFORE.

AND I'VE NOTICED IT'S NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN YOUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR TWO YEARS, EVEN WITH EAST BAY STAFF.

SO IF I'D LIKE SOME EXPLANATION OF WHY A TRAIL LIKE THAT CAN'T BE PUT IN YOUR PLANS, BECAUSE THIS TRAIL WOULD CONNECT THE LIVERMORE AREA, BRUSHY PEAK, WITH ALL THE TRAILS IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.

SO I'VE ALSO LISTENED TO YOUR REPORT, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S MUCH MORE I NEED TO READ ABOUT YOUR, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING IN THE AREA.

MAYBE YOU'VE CLARIFIED IT, BUT IT'S CONCERNS ME THAT THERE'S A MAJOR PROJECT LIKE THAT, AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN INCLUDING ANY TRAILS IN THE MURRAY TOWNSHIP AREA. ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS. THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT.

APPRECIATE IT. AND THAT WAS THERE WAS JUST THE ONE PERSON.

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SO I GUESS AT THIS POINT IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE NOW IS THE TIME.

OLIVIA. YES.

SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I KNOW I HAVE BROUGHT UP IN SOME OF OUR DIFFERENT BOARD PRIORITIES WORKSHOPS AND AT OTHER VARIOUS POINTS, IS I AM AWARE THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON AND POSSIBLY COMPLETED THE IT THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE I KNOW A PORTION OF THAT AND IT'S MENTIONED HERE IN THE BUDGET, THE ERP SYSTEM WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT.

AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AT SOME POINT, I WOULD SAY IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TO HAVE THAT OVERVIEW OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLAN, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF I GUESS YOU COULD SAY CRITICAL POINTS OR POINTS WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAYBE BETTER EFFICIENCY OR IMPROVEMENTS.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE TIME CARDS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING MANAGED. WAS IT REVIEWED AS PART OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLAN? ARE THERE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT? I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SOME TYPE OF SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT CAN HELP US WITH THAT PROCESS.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT, BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE STARTING TO HEAR ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT SITUATIONS WHERE IT COULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A MORE EFFICIENT TIME CARD PROCESS AS ONE EXAMPLE OF WHERE I THINK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAN BE CONSIDERED A SOLUTION, AND IT IS MENTIONED IN OUR BUDGET AND I THINK IT'S MENTIONED WELL, BUT I THINK THAT THERE FROM THAT STRATEGIC STANDPOINT, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO REVIEW.

IN REGARDS TO OUR COMMENT FROM, YOU KNOW, AFSCME 2428.

I DO THINK THAT ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE STAFFING REQUESTS.

I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE DIRECTOR ROSARIO MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE ACCOUNTANT FOR THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO REVISIT BEFORE THIS BUDGET IS FINALIZED.

YOU KNOW, WOULD THAT HELP US WITH SOME OF THE CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO IN REGARDS TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT? I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO HEAR ABOUT.

I KNOW THAT WE DID GET TO HAVE A REVIEW, OR WE DO HAVE CONSISTENT REVIEWS OF YOU KNOW, OUR AUDITS EACH EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND IT IS TRUE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CASH HANDLING AND CONCESSIONS IS SOMETHING THAT'S AN ONGOING YOU KNOW, AREA OF FOCUS.

AND I DID SEE IN THE BUDGET THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A PILOT PROJECT IN REGARDS TO CASH HANDLING AND AN ARMORED PICKUP, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANT TO TALK ABOUT MAYBE BETWEEN NOW AND THE DECEMBER MEETING AS WELL IN REGARDS TO THAT PARTICULAR POSITION.

BUT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, I THINK, IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, IT, THE IT DIVISION AND STAFFING.

YOU KNOW, AS I THINK ABOUT THE IT STRATEGIC PLAN, YOU KNOW, IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE STAFF OR CONTRACT SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT.

BUT IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW KIND OF WHERE THAT DELINEATION IS.

AND I ALSO WILL SHARE FROM WHAT I'M SEEING WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR IT DIVISION AND THEN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, THERE'S ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT OF OVERLAP, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT HOW OUR WEBSITE IS MANAGED, HOW THE MOBILE EXPERIENCE IS MANAGED HOW YOU KNOW, PRODUCING THE MAPS FOR ALL THE TRAILS IS MANAGED.

AND I DID SEE THAT THERE IS I THINK IT'S PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

THERE'S A CRM PROJECT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MENTIONED IN THE BUDGET BOOK, WHICH I THINK ALSO THEN OVERLAPS WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

AND IF ANYTHING, THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I'VE ALWAYS IDENTIFIED IS THAT WE COULD HAVE BETTER CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT CRM PROCESSES AT THE PARK DISTRICT.

SO I'M KIND OF EXCITED TO SEE IT IN THE BUDGET BOOK I WANT TO SHARE.

BUT THEN ALSO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GO OVER THAT STRATEGY.

SO I THINK WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THAT STRATEGY, WE HAVE TO ALSO INCLUDE OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION.

AND SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK HERE, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO GET SOLVED IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS.

SO THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WE SHOULD AT SOME POINT THINK ABOUT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS, BECAUSE I DO SEE THAT THESE ARE SOME

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I GUESS I'LL SHARE.

YOU KNOW HOW WE HAVE OUR IT SERVICES, PUBLIC AFFAIRS WORK TOGETHER.

AND I DO THINK THAT THE POINTS THAT YOU KNOW, MEADOW MADE FROM AFSCME ARE IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE REVIEW THAT BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING WITH THE FULL BOARD.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THESE SHARED SERVICES AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE SUCCESS OF OUR NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS REALLY IS GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON FINANCE AND IT.

YOU KNOW, EARLIER I SHARED THAT ONE EXAMPLE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO DEL VALLE AND THERE'S NO CELL PHONE SERVICE FOR USERS, AND THEN ALSO JUST HAVING CONNECTION TO WI FI IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

I KNOW LAST WEEK WE HAD AN OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING.

NO, IT WAS AT OUR BOARD MEETING WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE DEL VALLE KIOSK AND THAT WE HAD DIFFICULTY OBTAINING FEEDBACK WITH OUR SURVEY FORM BECAUSE THERE IS NO CELL SERVICE AT DEL VALLE, AND I KNOW AT THE GATHERING OF THE OHLONE PEOPLES AT COYOTE HILLS IN EARLY OCTOBER, THAT WAS A SIMILAR SITUATION.

WE HAD SOME, PROBLEMS WITH OUR WI-FI ACCESS THERE, AND SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD WANTED FROM THAT EVENT.

AND AND I THINK THAT WHILE IT'S OKAY THAT THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR IN 2024, I THINK GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT 2025 AND 2026, WE DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE DEL VALLE KIOSK PILOT PROJECT OR THE GATHERING OF THE OHLONE PEOPLES.

I THINK THAT THOSE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO GET, YOU KNOW, THAT FEEDBACK.

AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MY COMMENTS THAT I WANT TO SHARE ON THAT TOPIC.

AND THEN I GUESS DAVID LYNNE, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU JOINED US TODAY.

I KNOW WE HAD A REALLY NICE HIKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TOGETHER OR A WALK AT SHADOW CLIFFS, AND I DO THINK I KNOW DIRECTOR MERCURIO AND I, WE GOT TO HAVE A VERY NICE I GUESS, TOUR, YOU COULD SAY A JOINT COMBINED TOUR OUT AT YOU KNOW, BRUSHY PEAK AND VASCO CAVES AND ALSO TALKING ABOUT LOS VAQUEROS.

AND I DO THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THIS IS A TOPIC AND ANOTHER PROJECT TO BRING UP.

I KNOW I HAD GIVEN RECOMMENDATION TO, YOU KNOW, MY FORMER ZONE SEVEN BOARD COLLEAGUE, DICK QUIGLEY, TO MAYBE PUT IN A REQUEST THAT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT STARTS TO LOOK AT THAT ROUTING AT BRUSHY PEAK.

I UNDERSTAND ONE REASON THAT PROJECT DOESN'T HAVE THAT MOMENTUM OR ISN'T LISTED IN OUR PROJECT LIST.

ONE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THE PREVIOUS MAP THAT WE HAVE, AND IT IS MENTIONED ON A NUMBER OF OUR DIFFERENT MAPS AND IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MASTER PLANS TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN BRUSHY PEAK AND LOS VAQUEROS THAT THE CURRENT CONNECTION DOES GO THROUGH A CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AREA.

AND SO I BELIEVE TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH A REROUTE PLAN TO CONNECT BRUSHY PEAK TRAILS WITH LOS VAQUEROS AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HAVE NOT STUDIED THE REROUTING POSSIBILITIES, AND I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE A VERY GOOD PROPOSAL FOR THE ALAMEDA COUNTY AGRICULTURE ADVISORY TRAILS SUBCOMMITTEE TO PROPOSE AND TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT AND TO HELP SHOW THAT THERE'S INTEREST IN THIS.

AND I HAVE RECOMMENDED TO DICK QUIGLEY TO MAKE THIS SPECIFIC REQUEST.

AND SO WITH THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SHOW THAT THERE'S INTEREST IN THIS CONNECTION.

AND THERE'S INTEREST IN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT EXPLORING A REROUTE BETWEEN THE BRUSHY PEAK TRAILS AND LOS VAQUEROS, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE STUDIED THAT.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT NEXT STEP TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.

AND YOU HAVE SERVED TO REMIND ME OF SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO ADD, AND I WANT TO AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT TOO THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONNECTION THAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MAKE. IT'S REALLY CLOSE TO THE BORDER BETWEEN OUR TWO WARDS.

AND SO, LIKE, WE SHARE THAT INTEREST THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M AWARE THAT THERE'S COMMUNITY INTEREST OUT THERE.

IT'S NOT JUST US. IT'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THIS KIND OF THING.

AND THEY'RE TRAIL USERS.

AND SO I'M INTERESTED IN THAT TOO.

AND THEN JUST KIND OF BACK TO KIND OF PULL AWAY FROM THAT A LITTLE BIT AND GO A LITTLE HIGHER.

I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT TRAILS HERE.

I HAD EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN PUTTING SOME MORE STAFF RESOURCES INTO TRAILS.

AND I WAS SUGGESTING BOTH IN THE MAINTENANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION AND, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING AND DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF TRAILS.

AND I DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT IN THIS BUDGET AT ALL.

AND I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE THIS STAT.

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THAT'S WHERE THE USERS ARE THEY'RE ON OUR TRAILS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE WE DO HAVE A SECTION IN THE BUDGET THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR TRAILS.

IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S MOSTLY REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT.

BY FAR THE DOLLAR VALUE IS FOR REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT.

SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU REPAIR AND REPLACE? YOU GET A NEW FACILITY.

BUT IT WAS REPLACING ONE THAT WAS ALREADY THERE.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE NEED TO WE NEED TO BE EXPANDING THE NETWORK AND FILLING THE GAPS.

AND I DON'T I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THE EFFORT THAT'S BEING MADE NOW IN THIS BUDGET COMES ANYWHERE REMOTELY CLOSE TO WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW IN THAT AREA.

SO THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENT THAT REMINDED ME ABOUT ONE THAT I LEFT OUT.

SO I THINK WE'RE DO YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING REMARKS? YEAH. TYING UP.

I MEAN I'M FOR FORWARDING THIS TO THE FULL BOARD RECOMMENDING THE BUDGET, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME DATA POINTS FROM WHAT MEADOW JUST BROUGHT UP ABOUT HOW MANY VACANCIES ARE THERE IN FINANCE AND HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN VACANT? AND YEAH, JUST AND I KNOW, I KNOW, WE CONDUCT EXIT INTERVIEWS.

IF THERE'S ANYONE SHARED THAT, IF IT'S BECAUSE OF A LOSS OF TELECOMMUTING OR WHATEVER.

SO SOME OF THOSE POINTS SHOULD BE MADE BROUGHT TO THE FULL BOARD SO WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE.

I KNOW WE HAD WE HAD INCIDENT, WHAT, THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE WEREN'T EVEN WE WEREN'T DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO EVEN HAVE TO MAKE PAYROLL BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ACCOUNTANTS AND SO WE SHOULD MAKE SURE WERE ABLY STAFFED.

I MEAN, FINANCE IS ONE OF OUR MOST NEEDED.

IT'S A CRUCIAL DEPARTMENT TOUCHES EVERY EMPLOYEE.

YEAH. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT HERE IS FULLY STAFFED.

YEAH. AND IS ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE PARK DISTRICT ALSO.

WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE LATEST CSDA CONFERENCE IS THE IDEA THAT MAYBE 2428 MANAGEMENT WOULD CONSIDER IS THERE IS A FIRM PROMOTING APPRENTICESHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS FOR NONTRADITIONAL JOB POSITIONS AND ACCOUNTANTS WAS ONE OF THOSE.

SO IT'S A WAY TO BRING YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THE DISTRICT.

IF I CAN FIND ALL THAT MATERIAL, I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE IT.

BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ON THE CSDA WEBSITE.

SO YEAH.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, AND THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES.

THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN DIFFERENT THINGS.

IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL THAT WE CAN AT LEAST COME OUT WITH A BALANCED BUDGET.

SO WITH THAT PART, IT'S THEN WE CAN DO THE FIGHTING AFTERWARDS.

SO BUT OR DURING.

SO YES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I THINK YOU'RE MAKING THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND THIS MOTION TO APPROVE.

DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YES. AND CAN I GET A SECOND.

SO SO IT'S REALLY A MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE FULL BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

AND I BELIEVE WE HAD SOME COMMENTS AS WELL, SOME ANSWERS THAT I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE, I GUESS.

IS THERE ENOUGH TIME TO SOMEHOW SUMMARIZE WHETHER IT'S THE MINUTES OR SOMEHOW SUMMARIZE WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY, SO THAT THAT'S PART OF THE BOARD PACKET WHEN WE REVIEW THIS I DON'T KNOW.

SO YOU KNOW, DON'T ANSWER THAT.

BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THAT'S AVAILABLE.

AND IF NOT MAYBE JUST ADD A NOTE TO TO CHECK OUT THE RECORDING FROM TODAY'S FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING TO SEE THE FULL CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, I THINK COULD BE HELPFUL BOTH FOR OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

SO JUST SO I AM CLEAR ON WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE POSITIONS SPECIFICALLY THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE OR JUST BEYOND THAT, EVEN THE GENERAL INPUT THAT THE GENERAL INPUT? YEAH. YES.

OKAY. I'M HAPPY TO SECOND THAT.

THIS MOVES FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD.

AND I GUESS IN GENERAL RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF IT, BUT I THINK WE DID ALSO BRING UP A LOT OF IMPORTANT POINTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES I KNOW IS REALLY KEEN ON IS BAY AREA BACKROADS AND, AND OPEN

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SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, HOW WE MAKE THESE SUGGESTED CHANGES AND EDITS BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FULLY APPROVED UNTIL MIDDLE OF DECEMBER.

I GUESS UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, HOW THOSE CHANGES AND EDITS CAN BE INCORPORATED WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW.

OKAY. BUT I'M HAPPY TO SECOND THAT THIS MOVES FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD.

AND OVERALL, I MEAN, THIS IS VERY WELL DONE.

AND WE DO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.

AND I THINK IN CONCEPT, I CAN APPROVE WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN FRONT OF US.

BUT CERTAINLY WE BROUGHT UP A LOT OF GOOD POINTS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT ALL GETS INCORPORATED.

YEAH. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN ONE SENTENCE WE'RE LOOKING FOR CLARIFICATION ON SEVERAL ISSUES.

IF YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HELP.

YEAH. SO I DON'T BELIEVE IT CAN GET INTO THE DECEMBER 3RD PACKET.

I THINK THAT'S ALMOST OUT THE DOOR IF NOT OUT THE DOOR ALREADY, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY WRITE UP SOME NOTES AND THEN MAYBE THAT COULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. I THINK THAT'S FINE.

IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. A SEPARATE MEMO OR PERHAPS.

OKAY. I THINK WE CAN DO THAT.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. IT PASSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO CALL A TEN MINUTE RECESS HERE UNTIL 12:30 AT LEAST.

SOUNDS GOOD. YEAH.

OKAY, WE'RE BACK ON THE AIR FOR ITEM 4B WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO ACCEPT THE 2025 APPROPRIATION LIMIT REVIEW, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE GANN LIMIT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON.

YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON. DEBORAH SPAULDING ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

AND TRYING TO PULL UP THE RIGHT PRESENTATION HERE.

I THINK IT'S THIS ONE.

NO. SORRY FOR THE DELAY.

ALL RIGHT. WHY DO I NOT SEE THIS? OH. SCROLL DOWN.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

SORRY, I NEEDED TO SCROLL DOWN.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS A RATHER TECHNICAL ITEM.

THIS IS APPROVAL OF OUR GANN APPROPRIATION LIMIT.

SO WE BRING THIS TO YOU EVERY YEAR.

AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ADOPTED BUDGET RESOLUTION WHEN WE BRING IT TO YOU ON DECEMBER 17TH.

SO ARTICLE 13 B OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES US TO CALCULATE THIS GANN LIMIT.

SO IT'S A FORMULA THAT SAYS THAT WE ARE LIMITED ON HOW MUCH WE CAN APPROPRIATE OF TAXES.

AND SO YOU DO THIS CALCULATION EVERY YEAR AND YOU ADJUST IT BY A COST OF LIVING FACTOR AND A POPULATION CHANGE FACTOR.

AND THAT'S CALLED YOUR ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT FACTOR.

SO LAST YEAR THE GANN APPROPRIATION LIMIT WAS 527.7 MILLION OR 0.8 MILLION ROUGHLY.

AND SO WHEN WE TAKE THAT AND WE APPLY THE ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT FACTOR, OUR 2025 APPROPRIATION LIMIT IS 547.8 MILLION.

AND THAT IS FAR ABOVE OUR ACTUAL APPROPRIATIONS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE GANN LIMIT, AND WHICH IS $206.8 MILLION. SO WE HAVE THAT CALCULATION IN THE PACKET.

IT WILL ALSO BE IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET BOOK.

AND SO WE ARE REQUESTING THIS TO BE FORWARDED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR APPROVAL.

I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. WELL THANK YOU.

IT IS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD THING.

SO BUT DO WE HAVE ANY IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS GO AHEAD.

YEAH. YEAH IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

THANK YOU. I SUPPOSE MY QUESTION IS HYPOTHETICALLY RIGHT.

SO IF WE HAVE THIS LIMIT CALCULATED AT 547 MILLION, I KNOW THAT THAT'S FAR EXCEEDS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE COLLECTING IN REGARDS TO OUR, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

SO HYPOTHETICALLY THAT THAT DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO INCREASE OUR FEES BY LIKE A VERY LARGE EXPONENTIAL AMOUNT, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE WILL TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE COULD PUSH THOSE LIMITS OR GET GRANTS OR SOME SORT OF FINANCING OPPORTUNITY.

THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THAT HYPOTHETICALLY, THAT DELTA COULD BE MADE UP BETWEEN THE GANN LIMIT AND OUR APPROPRIATIONS.

RIGHT. IF WE HAD VOTERS APPROVE ADDITIONAL TAXES AS THE MAIN WAY THAT WE COULD GET CLOSER TO THAT LIMIT.

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BUT HYPOTHETICALLY, THIS SCENARIO.

OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU.

THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION.

OKAY, SO I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE CAN DO THIS.

AT THIS TIME, I MOVE TO APPROVE.

YES. THANK YOU. SECOND.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU.

CARRIES. SO ITEM 4C IS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO REVISE FINANCE POLICY 6.1 MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT FUND.

GOOD AFTERNOON, FINANCE COMMITTEE.

KATIE DIGNAN, ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES I'LL BE JOINED TODAY WITH ROBERT KENNEDY, DIVISION LEAD FOR PARK OPERATIONS, AND MATT NORTON, MAJOR MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT.

SO TODAY WE'RE HERE TO COVER A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

THE FIRST IS TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR PROGRAM, HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT FUND.

AND WE'LL GO THROUGH OUR FUNDING ALLOCATIONS SINCE THE PROGRAM INCEPTION IN 2012.

AND THEN LOOK AT CURRENT CONDITION INDEX SCORES.

THEN I'LL HAND OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES TO COVER OUR ANNUAL UPDATE ON THE WORK COMPLETED SINCE 2023 BY MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES.

THEY'LL LOOK AT THE FUTURE FOR THE PROGRAM, AND THEN THEY'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO ME TO COVER PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE POLICY AS ANNUALLY WE LOOK AT THE POLICY EVERY FIVE YEARS.

SO IN 2012, THE MIRR FUND WAS ESTABLISHED TO ADDRESS FINANCIAL LIABILITIES OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SET ASIDE FUNDING TO ENSURE THAT EXISTING ASSETS WERE REPAIRED, REPLACED OR RENOVATED.

SO FOLLOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS FUND, IN NOVEMBER OF 2019, THE BOARD ADOPTED POLICY 6.1 TO ESTABLISH HOW THE FUNDS WOULD BE MANAGED AND MAINTAINED. IT SET A LEVEL OF DESIRED ASSET MAINTENANCE BY ESTABLISHING PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX AND FACILITY CONDITION INDEX TARGETS.

IT COMMITTED TO ANNUAL FUNDING LEVELS OF 10 MILLION AND ESTABLISHED A CEILING FOR RESERVES OF 32 MILLION.

THE POLICY REQUIRES ANNUAL REPORTING TO THE BOARD ON PCI AND FCI SCORES, AS WELL AS OUR EXPENDITURES, AND IT SETS US TO EVALUATE THE POLICY EVERY FIVE YEARS.

SO SINCE 2012, 64.3 MILLION OF MIRR FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS.

THE TABLE OUTLINES THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS AND HOW FUNDING HAS BEEN ALLOCATED, RANGING FROM BRIDGES TO DEMOLITION TO PAVEMENT TO STREAMS AND CULVERTS, TO UTILITIES TO VISITOR FACILITIES, WHICH INCLUDE THINGS SUCH AS AQUATIC FACILITIES, CAMPING AND PICNIC AREAS, RESTROOM, PLAYGROUNDS AND VISITOR CENTERS.

SO THESE PROJECTS CAN BE MANAGED EITHER BY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OR BY MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE 64.3 MILLION THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED SINCE 2012, ABOUT ALMOST 50 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT, AND THE REMAINING BALANCE OF 23.4 MILLION IS TIED TO ACTIVE PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL IN THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING PHASE AND CONSTRUCTION.

AND FOR MORE DETAILS ON THOSE PROJECTS, YOU CAN REFER TO THE 2025 PROJECT AND PROGRAM BOOKS, WHICH OUTLINES WHICH PROJECTS STILL HAVE MORE FUNDING ASSIGNED TO THEM.

AND THEN ALSO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM PAGE.

NEXT, BEGINNING IN 2017, THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET ALLOCATED MORE FUNDING FOR ONGOING OPERATING EXPENSES SUCH AS STAFFING AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS.

AND SO AS OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2024, THE CHART ON THE RIGHT GIVES YOU A BREAKOUT OF HOW THOSE FUNDS BEEN ALLOCATED SINCE THAT WAS FIRST STARTED IN 2017, SO OVERALL SALARY AND BENEFITS HAS BEEN ABOUT 16%, SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN ABOUT 4%.

AND THEN THE SERVICES STRUCTURING FROM PAVEMENT STRUCTURES, UTILITIES AND RESIDENCES MAKING UP 80% OF THOSE FUNDS.

THE TOTAL AGAIN 21.8 MILLION.

AND FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM 4 TO 7 MILLION IN ANNUAL OPERATING APPROPRIATIONS THIS YEAR, WE'RE PROPOSING 6.8 MILLION.

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TWO YEARS AFTER THE FUND WAS INITIALLY ESTABLISHED, THE PARK DISTRICT ENGAGED THE CONSULTING FIRM VFA TO PROVIDE AN ASSET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SYSTEM AND CONDUCT A FORMAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS AND JUST THE BREADTH OF WORK, THE ASSESSMENT WAS NOT COMPLETED UNTIL 2021.

AND THEN WHAT IT DID WAS ESTABLISH A DATABASE THAT INCLUDES OVER 1428 INDIVIDUAL ASSETS BROKEN OUT BY BUILDINGS, LANDSCAPE, PIERS, BRIDGES AND UTILITIES.

SO AS THE PARK DISTRICT COMPLETES REPAIRS TO OUR ASSETS, THEY'RE ENTERED INTO THE VFA SOFTWARE AND THEY'RE CALLED REQUIREMENTS. SINCE 2022 WE'VE COMPLETED OVER 72 REQUIREMENTS ON OUR ASSETS.

AND MATT WILL GO INTO LATER DETAILS ON THE TYPE OF WORK WE'RE COMPLETING IN ROOFING, ELECTRICAL, HVAC, WINDOWS, PAINTING AND FLOORING.

SO THE WAY THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX IS CALCULATED IS IT LOOKS AT THE TOTAL VALUE OF WORK NEEDED ON A STRUCTURE AGAINST THE REPLACEMENT DOLLAR OF THE STRUCTURE.

AND SO AS OF 2024, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, OUR CURRENT REPLACEMENT VALUE IS AT 359.3 MILLION.

AND THEN THE REQUIREMENTS COST IS AT 143.5 MILLION.

AND SO THAT LEAVES US WITH A FACILITY CONDITION INDEX SCORE OF 60.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT CURRENT SCORE OF 60, THAT ACTUALLY IS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE SCORE WAS LAST YEAR IN 2023.

AND IF WE WERE TO MEET OUR TARGET FCI OF 72, IT WOULD REQUIRE 11.8 MILLION OF FUNDING TO REACH THE TARGET IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WHEN YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

IN TERMS OF THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX SCORE, IT WAS LAST CALCULATED IN 2016 AT 72 WHEN WE DID COMPLETED A FULL PAVEMENT ASSESSMENT. MATT'S GOING TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL IN HIS PRESENTATION, BUT A NEW ASSESSMENT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

AND SO THE SCORES FLUCTUATED AS WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL ASSETS TO OUR PORTFOLIO.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL REFLECTING IT AS 72.

AND THEN ONCE WE RECEIVE THE NEW SCORE WE WILL UPDATE THE BOARD.

SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO ROBERT TO TAKE US INTO THE UPDATE.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, FINANCE COMMITTEE.

ROBERT KENNEDY, FORMER LEAD DIVISION LEAD FOR MAST.

I'M HERE TO TEE UP AN UPDATE FOR THE NEW MAJOR MAINTENANCE UNIT AND THE USE OF MIRR FUNDINGS FOR FACILITY AND PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS.

I WANT TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THIS NEW UNIT.

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT WE NEEDED BOARD APPROVAL AND YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS, AND THEN ALSO THE SUBSEQUENT FUNDING THAT CAME ALONG WITH THIS THE NEW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS GROUP.

BECAUSE THIS HAS ALLOWED MAST AND THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE TEAM TO FOCUS ON CONSOLIDATING PROJECTS AND DELIVERY.

I HAVE TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THIS MIGHTY TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT OF AMAZING WORK SINCE I BEGAN IN 2021.

AND AS YOU CAN REMEMBER THIS WORK WAS SPREAD ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.

SO IT WASN'T JUST MAST, IT WAS FINANCE AND BUSINESS SERVICES AND ALSO DECO AS A MEANS TO FUND AND DELIVER PROJECTS.

AND SO WORKING IN MULTIPLE GROUPS GOT A LITTLE CONFUSING.

SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THE NEW MAJOR MAINTENANCE GROUP, IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE AND DELIVER THESE PROJECTS FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.

AND AS A REMINDER, MAST WAS TASKED WITH ROOFING AND ELECTRICAL AND AQI BUILDING INDEX AND ENVELOPE PROJECTS, IMPROVEMENTS TO RESIDENTS AND CONCESSIONAIRES, RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS, RESTROOM REPLACEMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, AND MAJOR PAVING PROJECTS DISTRICT WIDE.

AND WE ALSO TOOK ON THE TASK OF IMPLEMENTING A NEW SOFTWARE TO BE ABLE TO TRACK AND MANAGE THESE PROJECTS.

THIS NEW TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, AND HAS BEGUN THE PROCESS OF PRIORITIZING THE WORK AND DEVELOPING ANNUAL WORK PLANS FOR THE 2024 MAJOR MAINTENANCE OR SORRY 2025 MAJOR MAINTENANCE.

IN 2024 THIS GROUP HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH 30 PROJECTS REPRESENTING BOTH FACILITY CONDITION INDEX SCORE IMPROVEMENTS AND PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX PCI IMPROVEMENT SCORES.

MATT AND HIS TEAM NOT ONLY CREATED THE FOUNDATION FOR FACILITY AND PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS, BUT HAVE BEGUN THE WORK WITH OUR OPERATIONS COLLEAGUES TO BE ABLE TO FORMULATE AND PRIORITIZE A STRUCTURE FOR PROJECT DELIVERY.

AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MATT OUR NEW MAJOR MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT, AND HE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME 2024 ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THANK YOU, ROBERT, FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

SO AS ROBERT SAID, MY NAME IS MATT NORTON.

I'M THE MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE OF THE NEWLY CREATED MAJOR MAINTENANCE UNIT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OVER TWO AREAS OF THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE UNIT'S RESPONSIBILITIES THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND THE PAVING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

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SO FOR OUR FACILITY PROJECTS, WE'RE CURRENTLY USING A SOFTWARE CALLED VFA THAT MONITORS AND TRACKS OUR FACILITY CONDITION INDEX, OR FCI, FOR SHORT.

WE USE THIS FCI SCORE AS A GUIDE TO SHOW WHERE WORK NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED, AND ALSO HELPS TRACK PROGRESS JUST TO TRY TO SHOW IMPROVEMENT OVER TIME.

WE'RE STARTING A PROJECT INITIATION PROCESS THAT ORGANIZES PROJECTS AS THEY COME IN ACCORDING TO THEIR PRIORITY NUMBER.

AND I'LL EXPAND ON THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.

I WANT TO ADD THAT OUR GOAL WHEN STARTING A PROJECT IS ALWAYS TO COME UP WITH A HOLISTIC VIEW, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, AQI IMPROVEMENTS, USE OF WATER SAVING DEVICES, AND ADA ACCESSIBILITY.

SINCE EARLY 2023, WE COMPLETED 30 MIRR FUNDED FACILITY PROJECTS, COSTING AN ESTIMATED 2.7 MILLION.

THE TYPES OF PROJECTS WE WORKED ON WERE SUCH AS FLOORING, HVAC, REMEDIATION, RENOVATION.

RESTROOMS, ROOFING, AND UTILITIES.

HERE ARE A FEW FLOORING PROJECTS WE COMPLETED.

ON THE LEFT YOU HAVE THE SCHOOLHOUSE IN REDWOOD, AND ON THE RIGHT YOU HAVE THE BACK OF THE BRIDGE YARD.

BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS WERE REPLACED WITH LUXURY VINYL.

HERE WE HAVE A FEW HVAC PROJECTS WE COMPLETED.

ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE A CONDENSER UNIT THAT WAS REPLACED, AND WE ALSO MOVED IT UP TO GET IT OUT OF THE FLOOD ZONE.

WE REPLACED ALL THE ROOF MOUNTED DUCTWORK THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS AND WE WE INSTALLED MULTIPLE MINI SPLITTERS, SUCH AS THE ONE YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT AT THE DON CASTRO OFFICES.

HERE WE HAVE A FEW ROOF PROJECTS.

WE COMPLETED THE FOUR PHOTOS ON THE LEFT SHOW THE ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT WE DID UP AT THE TILDEN COURTYARD.

WE REPLACED EXISTING TAR AND GRAVEL ROOFS WITH THE NEW TPO WELDED ROOFS.

WE ALSO STARTED SYSTEMATICALLY REPLACING ROOFING AT THE END OF ITS LIFE WITH STANDING SEAM ALUMINUM ROOFING, AND THIS HELPS WITH FIRE HARDENING.

YOU CAN SEE IT AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT AT THE SUNOL HEADQUARTERS.

WE DO STILL INSTALL COMPOSITION SHINGLE ROOFING WHEN APPROPRIATE, SUCH AS THE TOP RIGHT PHOTO AT THE SUNOL WILDERNESS RESIDENCE.

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF REMEDIATION PROJECTS WE DID.

SO ON THE LEFT YOU HAVE A MOLD REMEDIATION PROJECT WE DID AT SKYLINE RANCH AT THE CONCESSION RESIDENCE.

AND ON THE RIGHT IS A LEAD REMEDIATION PROJECT AT PIEDMONT STABLES.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

THE HORSES ARE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING UTILITY UPGRADING PROJECTS.

ON THE LEFT YOU SEE A ELECTRICAL UPGRADE OF THE TILDEN CORPORATION YARD.

WE ALSO WE INSTALLED AN ATS AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH AND DID A BUNCH OF ELECTRICAL UPGRADING SO THAT WE COULD PREPARE FOR AN EMERGENCY BACKUP GENERATOR WE HAVE PLANNED TO INSTALL NEXT YEAR.

ON THE RIGHT IT SHOWS CONCRETE, LIGHTED BOLLARDS THAT WE INSTALLED AT THE MLK SHORELINE.

SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST.

HERE ARE FOUR VOLT TOILETS THAT WE INSTALLED AT CASTLE ROCK, CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND POINT PINOLE.

WHEN WE INSTALL THESE RESTROOMS, WE TYPICALLY ADDRESS ADA PARKING PATH OF TRAVEL AS WELL AS PUT IN FEATURES LIKE DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND BIKE RACKS.

ARE ALL OF THOSE IN SERVICE NOW? WELL, ALL OF THESE ARE OPEN, BUT NOT FULLY INSTALLED.

SO SOME OF THEM STILL HAVE SOME FEATURES THAT NEED TO BE INSTALLED, BUT THE RESTROOMS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

OKAY. NEXT, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PAVING PROGRAM.

SO WITH THE PAVING PROGRAM, WE UTILIZE A PROGRAM CALLED STREETSAVER, SIMILAR TO VFA THAT HELPS MONITOR OUR PAVING CONDITION INDEX, OR PCI FOR SHORT.

THE STREET SAVER SOFTWARE HELPS GUIDE OUR PROJECT FOCUS BY SHOWING US WHERE THE WORST CONDITION AREAS ARE.

AND THE SOFTWARE ALSO HELPS US TRACK IMPROVEMENT OVER TIME.

I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR APPROVING THE CONTRACT WITH AMS IN JULY OF 2024, TO DO A DISTRICT WIDE ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT PAVING CONDITION.

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AMS IS GOING TO BE UTILIZING NEW TECHNOLOGY DURING THE ASSESSMENT TO GIVE US A MORE ACCURATE PCI SCORE, AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING SOME UPDATING ON THE STREET SAVER SOFTWARE, GIVING IT MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH THE NEW PARKING LOT MODULE AND GIS INTEGRATION.

SINCE EARLY 2023, WE'VE COMPLETED EIGHT PAVING PROJECTS TOTALING ROUGHLY $4.6 MILLION.

THE TYPES OF WORK THAT WE FOCUS ON ARE CRACK SEALING, SLURRY SEALING, CHIP SEALING, GRINDING AND OVERLAY AND COMPLETE REMOVE AND REPLACEMENT.

SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A GRIND AND OVERLAY PROJECT.

THIS IS CROWN BEACH PARKING LOT.

AND ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE.

AND THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE AFTER.

THIS PROJECT IS AT WILDCAT CREEK TRAIL IN POINT PINOLE.

THE TRAIL HAD DAMAGE CAUSED BY POOR SUBGRADE, REQUIRING US TO DO A COMPLETE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT.

WE ALSO USED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OVER EXCAVATE AND BRING IN GRAVEL FOR A BETTER SUBGRADE TO GET A LONGER LASTING PRODUCT IN THE END.

HERE ARE TWO MORE REMOVE AND REPLACE PROJECTS ALONG THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.

THE FIRST ONE IS FROM GREENBROOK TO NORRIS CANYON, AND THE SECOND ONE IS FROM MONTEVIDEO TO ALCOSTA.

YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER.

IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

OKAY, NOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR FUTURE FOCUS.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.

THIS IS A PROJECT INTAKE PROCESS FOR THE FACILITY PROJECTS, AND THIS IS DUE TO AN ABUNDANCE OF BACKLOG PROJECTS AND A PLETHORA OF NEW PROJECTS COMING IN. THE CHART REPRESENTS THE DIFFERENT STEPS WE NEED TO TAKE BEFORE A FACILITY PROJECT IS ADDED TO THE APPROVED PROJECT LIST.

ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECT TRIGGERS THAT INITIATE THE PROCESS, SUCH AS STRUCTURAL BUILDING, ENVELOPE ROOFING, PLUMBING, HVAC, ELECTRICAL LIFE SAFETY, INTERIOR ELEMENTS, ADA, AND CODE COMPLIANCE.

THEN, THE PROJECT GOES THROUGH AN INITIATION PROCESS TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORK AND OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.

NEXT, THE COST ESTIMATE IS ADDED TO THE PROJECT, AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH A PRIORITIZATION MATRIX THAT ASSIGNS IT A PRIORITY NUMBER.

HERE ON THE RIGHT ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF CRITERIA WE ARE PLANNING ON USING IN THE PRIORITIZATION MATRIX.

THESE EXAMPLES WERE ACCUMULATED THROUGH AN EXERCISE WITH THE OPERATIONS MANAGERS, AND WE PLAN TO FURTHER DEVELOP THIS LIST TO INCLUDE MORE CRITERIA AND DEFINITIONS.

AFTER A PRIORITY NUMBER IS ASSIGNED TO IT, IT GETS ASSIGNED A FUNDING SOURCE.

MOST PROJECTS ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE FUNDING, BUT LARGER PROJECTS WILL NEED TO GO TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND GET ASSIGNED A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NUMBER.

IT THEN GOES INTO OUR QUEUE AND GETS ASSIGNED.

EITHER IT GETS ASSIGNED TO EITHER A PROJECT COORDINATOR OR A PROJECT MANAGER, DEPENDING ON THEIR CAPACITY AND THE PROJECT'S COMPLEXITY.

THE PROJECT QUEUE IS ORGANIZED BASED ON ITS INTAKE DATE AND ITS PRIORITY NUMBER.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SO AFTER THIS, I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO KATE SO THAT SHE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THE MIRR POLICY CHANGES.

THANKS, MATT.

SO TO REVIEW WHAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SINCE THE POLICY WAS INITIALLY ADOPTED.

YOU KNOW, AS MATT JUST COVERED, THERE'S ADDITIONAL FACTORS WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN DECIDING WHICH PROJECTS TO DO.

AND SO AND THE POLICY CURRENTLY JUST LEANS ON PCI AND FCI SCORES.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING WE NEED TO CONSIDER BEYOND THOSE INDEX SCORES HOW WE IDENTIFY PROJECTS TO BE ADDED TO OUR PORTFOLIO.

THE POLICY CURRENTLY DOES NOT STATE WHAT TYPE OF WORK IS ELIGIBLE, AND KIND OF RESULTED IN VARYING INTERPRETATIONS AND JUST LEFT US WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS. SO ONE OF THOSE BEING IF WE NEEDED TO INSTALL NEW ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EV CHARGING, WAS THAT ELIGIBLE FOR MORE FUNDING OR NOT.

AND SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS AS WE GO FORWARD.

AS I PRESENTED EARLIER, THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION OF 10 MILLION OF MIRR IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS THE BACKLOG OF REPAIR WORK AND ACHIEVE BOTH OUR FCI AND SCORE OF 72 AND OUR PCI OF 80 AND THEN MAINTAINING A 10% RESERVE FUND OF THE CURRENT REPLACEMENT VALUE AT 32.4 MILLION IS JUST NOT FEASIBLE.

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SO IN YOUR PACKET, WE'VE INCLUDED PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT FUND POLICY, THE FIRST BEING TO ADD IN BEST PRACTICES FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES.

AND THESE THINGS ARE SUCH AS WHAT MATT COVERED, LOOKING AT OUR ENERGY AND OUR RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND EFFICIENCY, WORKING CONDITIONS, AND ADDRESSING SAFETY HAZARDS.

WE ALSO ADDED ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY METRICS, NET PRESENT VALUE AND TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP.

WE INCLUDED A VERY DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ELIGIBLE WORK AND USES OF FUNDING SO THAT EVERYBODY IS CLEAR ON HOW THE MIRR FUNDS CAN BE SPENT GOING FORWARD.

WE ADDED RESIDENTS TO THE OPERATING FUND CATEGORY AS THAT'S A PRACTICE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING.

SO WE WANT THE POLICY TO MIRROR OUR CURRENT PRACTICES.

WE'RE PROPOSING AN INCREASE IN THE PROJECTED FUNDING FROM 10 MILLION TO 14.8 MILLION.

SO THIS WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE 11.8 THAT WE'VE PROJECTED IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO MEET THE FCI SCORE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND THEN ALSO ADDITIONAL THE 3 MILLION FOR PAVING.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE REDUCTION IN THE RESERVE AMOUNT TO FROM 10% TO 1 TO 3, WHICH IS ABOUT 5 TO 15 MILLION OF OUR CURRENT REPLACEMENT VALUE.

AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING AND ALSO WHAT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM DOES WITH THEIR POLICY.

AND THEN LASTLY, IN OUR ANNUAL REPORTS, WE'RE PROPOSING INCLUSION OF ESTIMATES FOR RESOURCES NEEDED TO MEET OUR CURRENT TARGETS.

AND WHEN I SAY RESOURCES, NOT JUST FINANCIAL RESOURCES, BUT COMING BACK WITH THE ADDITIONAL STAFF RESOURCES WE NEED.

IF WE HAVE THE CONTRACTING CAPACITY TO EXECUTE THIS WORK AND HOW LONG WE'RE SEEING THAT IT IS TAKING TO EXECUTE THE WORK.

SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME ANNUALLY AND REPORT ON THOSE ITEMS SO WE CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR HOW WE MEET OUR TARGETS.

SO WITH THAT, WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPTING THE REVISED FINANCE POLICY 6.1 MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT FUND.

AND NOW WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.

I THINK WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS.

YEAH. YOU WANT TO GO FIRST THIS TIME, OLIVIA? YEAH, SHE CAN GO. YEAH.

I GUESS THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY RELATE BACK TO OUR PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM ON THE BUDGET.

SO WITH THE RESERVES, WE DON'T HAVE A SECTION OF THE BUDGET THAT SHOWS THE CURRENT RESERVE BALANCES OR DO WE? THERE IS A SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT FUND BALANCE, BUT WE DON'T UPDATE IT TILL THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

IS THAT THE ONE THAT THE QUESTION THAT I'D ASK THAT WOULDN'T IT BE UPDATED? YEAH. SO IT'S. YEAH, IT'S HARD TO SEE IT RIGHT NOW.

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS LAST YEAR'S INFORMATION WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT TABLE.

OKAY. SO THAT WAS THE PART THAT I ASKED ABOUT.

OKAY. SO SO THIS MIRR FUND IS ONE OF THE FUNDS THAT'S LISTED THERE, WHICH FUND? AS A RESERVE BALANCE LIKE THE.

THE MIRR FUND AND WHICH ONE.

THE MIRR FUND IS THAT, IS THAT HERE IN THE BUDGET? YES. YEAH. SO IT'S FUND 553.

IT'S 553.

YEAH. OKAY.

I'M GOING TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.

AND IT'S UNDER THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.

INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. OKAY.

THANK YOU.

SO I THINK I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THIS THE LAST POINT? AND THEN I HAVE A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PREVIOUS POINTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.

BUT THE MAINTAINING 10% TO 1 TO 3%, CAN YOU JUST REVIEW THAT.

SO RIGHT NOW 10%, WE HAVE THAT AT 32 MILLION.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN TO 1 TO 3%.

WHAT IS THAT AMOUNT AGAIN.

SO THE POLICY STATES THAT THE CEILING WOULD BE THE 30 OVER 30 MILLION.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'VE BEEN MAINTAINING HISTORICALLY IN THE ACCOUNT.

SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO REVISE IT TO ONE, THE 1 TO 3%, SO THAT IT'S JUST MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO AS PAST PRACTICES.

AND WHAT'S THE CURRENT AMOUNT IN THE FUND? IN THE RESERVE AMOUNT? I DON'T WANT TO GIVE I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE UPDATED NUMBER, BUT I WILL GET THAT FOR YOU DIRECTOR SANWONG.

AND YEAH, AND TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST WE'RE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR APPROVAL.

SO THIS WILL BE APPROVED BY THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT A BOARD MEETING.

SO WE'RE JUST GETTING READY FOR THAT PROCESS TODAY.

CORRECT. YEAH, I THINK THAT'D BE HELPFUL TO INCLUDE WHEN THIS COMES FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

AND I THINK IT'S ALSO HELPFUL.

I REALLY LIKED THE WAY THAT THIS WAS FRAMED.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT IN THE FIVE YEARS SINCE THE POLICY WAS ADOPTED IN 2019.

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I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM SOMETHING. YOU SAID THAT THE ORIGINAL ONE, THE 2019 POLICY RELIES ON TWO I GUESS, FACTORS.

YOU SAID THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX AND THEN THE CURRENT REPLACEMENT VALUE, OR IS THAT OR IS THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ADD CURRENT REPLACEMENT VALUE. SO WE WOULD CURRENT REPLACEMENT VALUE IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THERE.

OKAY. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD IS SUSTAINABILITY METRICS, WHICH ARE INCLUDING THINGS SUCH AS ENERGY AND RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND PART OF OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS, AND THEN ALSO THE NET PRESENT VALUE AND THE TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP.

I THINK THAT'S THOSE METRICS TO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR PRIORITIZING PROJECTS.

I THINK THOSE MAKE SENSE.

SO THAT GETS BUT THAT GETS US 12345, SIX METRICS.

OKAY. OKAY.

AND THEN WHEN YOU MENTIONED IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY WITH THE EV CHARGING PROJECTS, YOU MADE A COMMENT ABOUT ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.

SO YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, I KNOW THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AVA COMMUNITY ENERGY.

AND SOMETIMES THEY DO PROVIDE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WITH GRANTS AND FUNDING FOR EV CHARGING.

PROBABLY SPECIFICALLY AT PARK SITES THAT MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY.

SO IS THAT IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT IN TERMS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDING OR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITHIN OUR OWN FUND, WITHIN OUR OWN MIRR FUND? SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A DEFINITION FOR WHAT THE FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR.

I SEE. WE JUST SAID REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, RENOVATION.

SO NOW WE'VE ADDED TWO PARAGRAPHS ON PAGE 24 OF YOUR PACKET, I BELIEVE THAT CLEARLY SPECIFIES THE WORK INCLUDES RENOVATION, REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, UPGRADE AND DEMOLITION OF EXISTING FACILITIES, SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THEN IT ALSO COVERS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOFTWARE SYSTEMS SOFT COSTS ARE INCLUDED AS AN ELIGIBLE USE OF THESE FUNDS.

OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. NOW THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL.

AND SO THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS I WANT TO GO BACK TO SOME OF THE BEGINNING.

SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, YOU HAD A GREAT LIKE CHART ON THE FUNDING SCENARIOS WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CURRENT FCI OF 60 VERSUS THE TARGET FCI OF 72, AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS HERE.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, I THINK THIS IS WHAT YOU SAID, THAT TO REACH THAT TARGET FCI OF 72, RIGHT NOW, OUR ESTIMATES ARE 11.8 MILLION PER YEAR.

YES. CORRECT.

AND TO NOTE, THAT'S JUST FOR THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX.

THEN WE NEED THE THE AMOUNT I'M PROPOSING IS 14.8.

SO THAT WE'D HAVE 3 MILLION FOR PAVEMENT TO MAINTAIN OUR SCORE FOR PCI AT 80.

OKAY. AND THEN A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD FROM REVIEWING THIS.

SO ON PAGE 819 WHERE WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT TYPES.

THE ONE THAT I LOOKED AT THAT I HONED IN ON AS I WAS PREPARING FOR TODAY WAS THE MINES SECTION THAT WE HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, SEGMENTED OUT AND I KNOW WE HAVE BLACK DIAMOND MINES, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S PART OF IT.

BUT OUR QUARRIES ALSO INCLUDED.

SO LIKE DUMBARTON QUARRY, SHADOW CLIFFS TECHNICALLY IS A FORMER QUARRY.

AND I THINK THERE MIGHT EVEN BE ONE AT LEONA CANYON.

OR ARE THOSE CONSIDERED SOMETHING SEPARATE? I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT WE HAVE HERE FOR MINES.

I BELIEVE THIS WAS THIS FUNDING WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR BLACK DIAMOND.

OKAY. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS IN THIS CATEGORY RIGHT HERE.

AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN QUARRIES AS WELL.

SO BUT CERTAINLY QUARRIES GET MANAGED UNDER MINING.

SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO. AND THIS IS FUNDS THAT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED AND ALLOCATED AND THEN SPENT AND THEN WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

SO THERE'S ONLY THIS 94,000 THAT'S CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN BLACK DIAMOND MINE OF MORE FUNDING.

THERE'S OTHER FUNDING IN BLACK DIAMOND MINE, BUT OF THE MIRR FUNDING.

OKAY. AND THEN YOU KNOW, WITH THIS WHERE IT MENTIONS, I GUESS, AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE WHERE WE SAY SERVICES AND THEN IN PARENTHESES, IT SAYS CONTRACTS, DESIGN AND PERMITS IS OUR JOB ORDER CONTRACTING PROGRAM.

THAT WOULD BE UNDER THAT CONTRACT SECTION BECAUSE I THINK DOES JOB ORDER CONTRACTING DO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS? YES THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. AND THEN I'M SORRY, I'M JUST TRYING TO CONNECT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE SEE IN FRONT OF US.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE I HAVE.

SO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE PLANNED, SOME ARE UNPLANNED AND THEN SOME MIGHT BE EMERGENCIES.

AND I ALSO KNOW IN THE BUDGET WE, WE HAVE THIS EMERGENCY FUND THAT WE HAD ESTABLISHED.

AND I NOTICED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ALLOCATING AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS, BRINGING OUR TOTAL PROJECT BALANCE TO 1.5 MILLION.

THAT'S PAGE A4 IN THE BUDGET.

IS THAT PART OF THIS MIRR PROGRAM OR IS THAT RIGHT NOW BEING MANAGED SEPARATELY, THE EMERGENCY FUND.

THAT'S SEPARATE AND THAT WAS GENERAL FUND THAT'S PROPOSED.

IT'S NOT MIRR FUNDING GOING TO EMERGENCY FUNDS.

SO THE EMERGENCY IS SEPARATE.

BUT THEN EVEN WITHIN MIRR, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BATS APPEARING IN A PLACE THAT WE DON'T EXPECT THEM TO APPEAR, THAT'S AN UNPLANNED PROJECT THAT WE

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AND SO IN TERMS OF THIS PLAN VERSUS UNPLANNED, I GUESS THAT CRITERIA ON THE SLIDE THAT WAS SHOWN, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY GREAT, BY THE WAY SO WHEN WE HAVE A SITUATION LIKE THIS THAT MIGHT COME FORWARD, THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, BATS ARE GETTING INTO THIS PLACE THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GET INTO, CAN WE REVIEW THIS PROJECT? AND IT MIGHT GET PRIORITIZED, DEPENDING ON HOW BIG.

I DON'T KNOW IF EMERGENCY IS THE RIGHT WORD, MAYBE HOW URGENT IT IS.

I WOULD HAND OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES OF BATS.

THE IDEA AT THIS MOMENT IS TO BUILD IN A LITTLE BIT OF CAPACITY TO WHERE WE CAN HAVE THAT BUILT IN TO WHERE A PROJECT MANAGER OR PROJECT COORDINATOR CAN BE ASSIGNED TO THAT WORK. WE ALSO, I BELIEVE, AS PART OF THE MIRR FUNDING, HAVE THAT RETENTION AND THAT RETENTION CAN WE CAN GO TO THE BOARD AND REQUEST THAT IN CASE OF EMERGENCY FOR LARGER EXPENDITURES.

YEAH. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S MAYBE I THINK WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS REALLY GOOD FOR RIGHT NOW.

AND I CERTAINLY SUPPORT RECOMMENDING THIS TO THE FULL BOARD TO, SUPPORT.

AND THEN I THINK, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AND, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, IT WOULD BE KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE THAT BREAKDOWN OF, YOU KNOW, PLANNED PROJECTS.

I'M ASSUMING MOST OF THE RESTROOM PROJECTS, AS AN EXAMPLE, ARE PLANNED VERSUS UNPLANNED, SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, A BAT SITUATION.

IT WOULD JUST BE KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE THAT BREAKDOWN IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS MIRR PROGRAM.

AND THEN ALSO MAYBE NOTING THAT THE EMERGENCY FUND IS SOMETHING THAT'S SEPARATE.

AND I DO BELIEVE, THOUGH WITH EMERGENCY WORK MAST HISTORICALLY HAS WORKED ON SOME BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE WERE AT DEL VALLE IN MARCH OF 2023, AFTER THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER STORMS YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A WHOLE BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY PROJECTS THAT HAD TO BE DONE THROUGH MAST.

AND I GUESS MAYBE THE FUNDING MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT EMERGENCY FUND SET UP.

BUT THIS DEPARTMENT WILL STILL POTENTIALLY, DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT WORK IN RESPONSE TO THESE EMERGENCIES THAT MIGHT BE SEPARATE FROM MIRR.

YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CAPACITY BUILT IN AS PART OF THE PLANNING PROJECT OR PART OF OUR WORK PLAN.

YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

YEAH. LIKE I SAID, JUST HOPEFULLY WITH THE SOFTWARE WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE THAT PLAN VERSUS UNPLANNED AND THEN MAYBE MAJOR EMERGENCY. SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT AND DEE.

YEAH REALLY GLAD TO SEE THIS IN FRONT OF US TODAY.

I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING USING BEST PRACTICES.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT IT IS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT OF THE FACILITY AND, OR BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT A FACILITY THAT WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY.

AND I'M THINKING OF FIRE STATION TWO RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW, THAT WE LOOK AT THOSE FACILITIES AND BECAUSE FIRE STATION TWO, THAT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN FLOODED OUT.

THIS IS I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD TIME.

AND SO IT'S EXPENSIVE AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE WHERE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO KEEP REPAIRING A FACILITY THAT'S GOING TO GET DAMAGED SOMEWHERE WITHIN TEN YEARS.

SO YEAH.

SO I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THAT.

AND ALSO, I REALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW FACILITIES MAKE THE GRADE AS FAR AS HOW THEY'RE PRIORITIZED.

BECAUSE I THINK WHEN THIS FIRST CAME OUT, MY QUESTION TO JIM O'CONNOR WAS, SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAINTAIN YOUR 80 IF THIS IS THE PCI? AND I SAID, ARE YOU GOING TO START FROM THE MAINTAIN THE TOP OR ARE YOU GOING TO START FROM THE BOTTOM, YOU KNOW, TO MAINTAIN THAT? SO HE SAID AND HIS ANSWER WAS GOOD QUESTION.

SO I'M HOPING WE'RE GOING FROM THE BOTTOM UP AND, YOU KNOW, SO AT LEAST THERE'S AT LEAST THERE'S A MATRIX FOR A DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SEE.

AND SO YEAH, I'M TOTALLY, TOTALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

AND YEAH, IT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE.

AND I THINK YOU'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT IT.

SO THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR THE PARK DISTRICT AND FOR PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TODAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS.

YEAH, I AGREE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A POLICY OR A RULE, BUT IF YOU DON'T ENFORCE IT, WHAT GOOD IS IT? IT'S KIND OF SILLY.

SO TO FACE REALITY AND THEN JUST, LIKE, HAVE A WHOLE NOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT AS YOU'RE AS YOU'RE FACING REALITY, YOU'RE PUTTING IN SOMETHING THAT'S MORE QUANTITATIVE.

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SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT IS, ARE ALL THE FACILITIES THAT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THIS ALREADY ENTERED INTO THE PROGRAM, THE DATABASE PROGRAM FOR FOR MANAGEMENT PURPOSES? YES. WE FROM THE ASSESSMENT THAT THE VFA COMPLETED IN 2021, EVERYTHING AS OF THAT POINT IN TIME.

AND WE'VE BEEN UPDATING IT AS WE RECEIVE NEW ASSETS.

SO ANYTHING, THAT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THIS PROGRAM IS IN THAT.

IS THERE ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT, SMALLER THINGS THAT ARE ALSO IN THERE BY ANY CHANCE SMALLER LIKE A GATE? DO WE KNOW? WE PROBABLY DON'T.

THESE ARE LARGER BUILDINGS.

BIGGER STUFF? YEAH.

SO ANYWAY, I THINK THAT'S REALLY THAT REALLY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

AND THAT'S REALLY GREAT.

I'M ALSO IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WHEN THERE'S, WHEN THERE'S WHEN YOU GIVE US REAL EXAMPLES, YOU KNOW, AND BEFORE EVERYBODY LOVES BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT REALLY HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS THAT ARE GOING ON.

IT ALSO HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALLOWED SOME OF THESE THINGS TO GET, YOU KNOW, BEYOND WHERE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

AND HOPEFULLY NOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF KNOW IN ADVANCE WHEN IT'S GETTING THERE.

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL IT HAPPENS.

YOU KNOW THAT IN TEN YEARS YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE THERMOSTATS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW.

SO THAT'S KIND OF IN THERE, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY.

AND ALSO ALONG THOSE LINES I WAS ALSO HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED MORE THE WILDCAT CANYON TRAIL WAS REBUILT IN A MORE ROBUST STRUCTURE.

RIGHT. AND THAT WILL KEEP US FROM HAVING TO GO BACK OUT THERE AGAIN AND DO IT.

IT WOULD BE SO OFTEN.

RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, TWO REASONS FOR THAT.

NUMBER ONE, IT SAVES YOU MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.

YOU KNOW, USE YOUR.

AND NUMBER TWO IS THAT'S A DISRUPTION TO THE USERS.

AND I KNOW WHEN THE IRON HORSE TRAIL WORK WAS GOING ON A FEW MONTHS AGO I HEARD ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW WHY? WHY IS THIS? HOW CAN YOU STOP US FROM USING THE TRAIL, BLAH BLAH BLAH.

AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW WE FIX THINGS AND IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AFTER THIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BUT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THAT AS OFTEN AS WE WOULD IF WE WEREN'T MANAGING THEM PROPERLY.

AND THEN I WOULD ALSO, THIS ISN'T REALLY DIRECTLY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, BUT AGAIN, I'M GOING TO PUT THIS OUT THERE.

WE SHOULD BE BUILDING THESE TRAILS AND THE NEW TRAILS WE BUILD IN THE FIRST PLACE NEED TO BE MAJOR SUPER STRUCTURES, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN A GLORIFIED SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE'VE KIND OF LEARNED FROM ALL THIS EXPERIENCE WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS OF THE LONGITUDINAL CRACKING THAT GOES ON, YOU KNOW, AND ON THE ADOBE SOILS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AS MUCH.

BUT HAVING NOW THAT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING ELSE.

IT SEEMS TO ME, BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN AND WHAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT I THINK WE NEED A, WE NEED A BETTER, STANDARD IN TERMS OF SAFETY OF THE TRAIL USERS WHEN IT COMES TO THE PAVEMENT.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE SHOULDN'T ALLOW CRACKS TO DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, TO WIDER THAN A TIRE WIDTH.

AS AN EXAMPLE. AND SO I'M.

YEAH. GO AHEAD.

BECAUSE THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME REALLY, REALLY CRAZY PLACES OUT THERE THAT SHOULDN'T.

I HATE TO SEE THEM OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW, THE WAY IT LOOKS.

JUST TO GET YOU EXCITED WITH THE NEW STREETSAVER UPDATE.

AMS IS GOING TO BE SHRINKING THE THRESHOLDS ON TRAILS BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF SET UP FOR STREET.

SO IT'S LIKE AN INCH AND A HALF IS KIND OF ACCEPTABLE ON A HIGHWAY, BUT NOT ON A TRAIL SYSTEM.

NO IT'S NOT. SO WE'RE INVESTIGATING LIKE A SIDEWALK MODULE.

AND THEY'RE ALREADY AGREED TO SHRINKING IT DOWN TO LIKE A HALF INCH ACCEPTABLE RANGE INSTEAD OF LARGER ON THE CRACK SIZES.

SO IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICS ON THAT.

YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.

AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ISSUE AS WELL.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE SKINNIEST BICYCLE TIRE IS THREE QUARTERS INCH.

SO IF YOU GO HALF INCH, YOU'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

SO YEAH.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

YOU CAN. YEAH.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE I MEANT TO ASK THIS TOO IS FOR THESE SMALLER CRACKS THAT DEVELOP IS THERE SOMETHING PARK STAFF CAN DO IN BETWEEN BEFORE TO AT LEAST TEMPORARILY ALLEVIATE THE HAZARD THERE WHILE THEY'RE WAITING FOR A BIG CONTRACT

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BECAUSE EVEN IF WE WERE TO PUT, LIKE, CRACK FILLER IN THERE DURING THAT EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION WHEN IT DOES COME BACK, IT'S GOING TO PUSH THAT PATCH UP AND IT CREATES WHAT'S CALLED A SHARK FIN.

SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS CONDITION.

SO IT'S REALLY TOUGH IN THESE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE THE ADOBE SOIL THAT'S EXPANSIVE TO HAVE A FIX BECAUSE IN THE WINTER MONTHS EVERYTHING KIND OF COMES BACK TOGETHER.

AND THEN IN THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN EVERYTHING WANTS TO EXPAND AND CONTRACT WE HAVE THESE VOIDS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A BETTER WAY.

IT'S JUST A LOT OF THOSE AREAS WE CAN'T GET THE RIGHT COMPACTION JUST BECAUSE OF THE UTILITIES THAT ARE IN PLACE.

AND IT REALLY MAKES IT CHALLENGING FOR US TO MEET THOSE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE MAJOR OIL AND SEWER LINES IN THOSE LOCATIONS.

AND AS WE WORK WITH OUR UTILITY PARTNERS, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A BETTER STANDARD SO WE CAN GET WHAT WE NEED AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE TO PREVENT THESE ISSUES FROM FORMING IN THE FIRST PLACE.

OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY PUBLIC'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY. SO I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION RIGHT NOW.

I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

I THINK THIS IS REALLY GREAT AND I LIKE SEEING THE ITERATIVE PROCESS.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD.

AND I WILL SECOND.

AND I WILL THIRD.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. PASSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO ITEM 4D IS RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO ACCEPT THE THIRD QUARTER 2024 GENERAL FUND AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, FINANCIAL REPORTS.

THANK YOU.

HERE YOU ARE AGAIN.

OKAY, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE HOMESTRETCH, EVERYONE.

DEBORAH SPAULDING, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

SO THIS IS YOUR THIRD QUARTER GENERAL FUND, OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, FINANCIAL REPORT.

AND AS ALWAYS, WE'LL START OUT WITH THE HIGHEST OF HIGH LEVELS.

SO THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND LOOKING AT ALL REVENUES, ALL EXPENDITURES.

AND THIS IS SHOWING THAT WE ARE ON TRACK AS EXPECTED.

SO OUR REVENUES RECEIVED TO DATE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH ARE APPROXIMATELY 56.5%.

AND THAT, YOU KNOW, SEEMS MAYBE LOW IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE PARK DISTRICT.

BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE RECEIVE PROPERTY TAXES IN TWO DISTINCT PAYMENTS.

AND SO THE SECOND BIG PAYMENT COMES IN DECEMBER.

SO THIS IS AS EXPECTED ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.

WE ARE JUST ABOUT AT 75%.

SO AGAIN THIS IS AS EXPECTED.

NOW WE HAVE THIS NEW BAR GRAPH THAT YOU GUYS HAD REQUESTED A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO.

SO HOPEFULLY IT DEPICTS FOR YOU THE PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS AND WHERE WE ARE SO FAR.

AND THEN WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING FOR THAT FOURTH QUARTER.

SO THIS IS A RUNNING TOTAL.

SO ACTUALLY YOU CAN SEE QUARTER ONE VERY LITTLE REVENUE RECEIVED.

QUARTER TWO WE GET OUR FIRST BIG PAYMENT.

QUARTER THREE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT TALLER.

AND WE HAVE THE GREEN BARS WHAT'S BUT WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED TO BE RECEIVED BASED ON BUDGET FOR THOSE PERIODS.

AND THEN BLUE IS THE ACTUALS.

AND THEN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER WE DO EXPECT TO SLIGHTLY EXCEED OUR BUDGETED REVENUE.

AND NOW WE'RE BREAKING IT DOWN JUST IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.

SO THIS IS SHOWING YOU BY REVENUE TYPE AND EXPENDITURE TYPE ADJUST IN THE GENERAL FUND.

SO AGAIN TAKING IT FROM THE TOP PROPERTY TAXES AS EXPECTED CHARGES FOR SERVICES SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN BUDGET BUT ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE RECEIVED IN THE PRIOR YEAR. AT THIS TIME PROPERTY USAGE IS ACTUALLY COMING IN HIGHER THAN BUDGET, AND THAT'S RELATED TO GRAZING PAYMENTS.

AND I BELIEVE AN INCREASE IN THE GRAZING CONTRACTS THIS YEAR.

SO THAT REVENUE IS COMING IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN EXPECTED INVESTMENT EARNINGS ARE AND OTHER ARE COMING IN VERY SOLIDLY THIS YEAR.

YOU MAY RECALL WE DON'T BUDGET FOR INVESTMENT EARNINGS BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A VOLATILE REVENUE SOURCE.

BUT THIS YEAR WE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, HAD RECEIVED ABOUT $8 MILLION IN INVESTMENT EARNINGS.

AND THEN TRANSFERS IN WE BUDGET THOSE AS SORRY WE WE COMPLETE THOSE TRANSFERS AS SOON AS WE ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR THEM, AS SOON AS THE BUDGET IS APPROVED.

SO THOSE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO SHOW 100%.

AND THE SAME THING WITH THE TRANSFERS OUT ON THE BOTTOM PART OF THE PAGE HERE.

SO NOW MOVING INTO THE EXPENDITURES, SALARY AND BENEFITS YOU CAN SEE IS CLOSE TO 75% EXPENDED.

SO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.

SUPPLIES AND SERVICES SLIGHTLY LOW, BUT AGAIN SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT ENCUMBERED FUNDS, WHERE WE HAVE A CONTRACT THAT'S BEEN ISSUED BUT WE HAVEN'T PAID IT YET, THEN WE ARE LOOKING MORE LIKE WE'RE ON TRACK FOR SUPPLIES AND SERVICES. CAPITAL OUTLAY.

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SO YOU SEE MUCH LESS EQUIPMENT CAPITAL OUTLAY GOING ON IN OUR GENERAL FUND.

SO IT LOOKS LOW.

AGAIN, THERE COULD BE SOME ENCUMBRANCES AND TIMING ISSUES RELATED TO THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT THERE.

AND LASTLY, INTERFUND CHARGES.

SO THAT'S FOR OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE EXACTLY AT THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE ARE AT FOR THE YEAR.

SO 75% BECAUSE WE DO THOSE TRANSFERS QUARTERLY.

AND THEN LASTLY WE'RE LOOKING AT EVEN MORE GRANULARLY.

THIS IS BY DIVISION.

AND JUST A COUPLE THINGS I'LL POINT OUT HERE.

YOU'VE SEEN SOME WHERE THE EXPENDITURES ARE LOWER THAN YOU MIGHT HOPE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND GENERAL MANAGER.

WE HAVE SOME VACANCIES ALSO FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THAT'S THE BOARD CONTINGENCY FUNDS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR DRIVERS OF THAT BEING LOWER THAN EXPECTED.

LOOKING FURTHER DOWN ON THE PAGE, YOU CAN SEE THAT ASD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, THEIR EXPENDITURES ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER, BUT THIS IS JUST LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF THEIR EXPENDITURES IN THEIR PROJECT FUNDS AND IN THEIR OTHER THAN ASSET FUNDS.

AND THEN LASTLY, LOOKING DOWN AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE HIGHER THAN WHERE WE WOULD WANT THEM TO BE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SO THAT'S SEASONAL OVERTIME THAT'S COMING IN HIGHER THAN WAS BUDGETED.

IT SHOULD BY YEAR END BE ABSORBED BY THEIR SAVINGS IN PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET.

SO IT'LL ROLL UP AND BE ABSORBED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

BUT IT'S HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WOULD LIKE.

AND THEN THIS IS MOVING ON TO THAT NEXT PAGE IN YOUR PACKET.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR OTHER FUNDS BY GROUP.

SO SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

SO THAT INCLUDES MEASURE FF LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT ZONE OF BENEFIT MEASURE WW LOCAL GRANTS.

AND YOU'LL SEE A HUGE INCREASE IN REVENUE FAR BEYOND WHAT WAS BUDGETED.

AND THAT IS RELATED TO THAT BOREL PROPERTY.

SO YOU MAY RECALL THAT THAT LAND THAT WAS ACQUIRED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE SALE OF THE LAND.

AND SO NOW THAT REVENUE IS RECEIVED AND IS BOOKED INTO A NEW FUND, THAT'S FOR THE BOREL AGRICULTURAL PARK, A PROJECT FUNDS THE EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES ARE REALLY VARIABLE HERE, AND IT'S JUST TIMING OF WHEN WE GET GRANTS IN WHEN PROJECT EXPENDITURES HAPPEN.

SO IT'S CHALLENGING TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO BUDGET THERE AND AND WHEN IT'LL BE RECEIVED.

ON THE DEBT SERVICE FUNDS WE'RE ON TRACK AS EXPECTED RELATED TO THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS FOR MEASURE WW BONDS.

AND THEN LASTLY, OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES THERE ARE ON TRACK WITH WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED.

AND THOSE ARE WORKERS COMPENSATION, GENERAL LIABILITY, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION, REPLACEMENT WHICH YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT AND THEN MAJOR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT. SO OUR REQUEST IS THAT WE RECEIVE YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO BRING THIS TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS . ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS? PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. YEAH, IT'S REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

I GUESS MY ONLY COMMENT IS IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETIMES WE HAVE THINGS LIKE BOREL OR DIFFERENT GRANTS COME IN THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO PREDICT.

AND I WONDER IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY FOR POTENTIALLY REPORTING THAT, WHETHER IT'S LIKE A SUB LINE ITEM IN SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND PROJECT FUNDS. BECAUSE, YES, IT'S VERY DEPENDENT ON OTHER ENTITIES.

AND SO THAT JUST MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

BUT THAT'S A VERY MINOR POINT.

BUT, COULD BE HELPFUL.

AND THEN I GUESS YOU KNOW, RELATED TO THAT, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL AGAIN WITH THE BOREL EXAMPLE TO MENTION IT, JUST IN CASE WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOLLOWING ALONG OR REVIEWING THIS AT A LATER POINT IN TIME.

BUT OTHERWISE IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND I'M GLAD THAT WE DO REVIEW THIS.

GOOD. YEAH.

I SHOULD HAVE PUT THE BOREL INTO THE NOTES FOR THAT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.

SO IT'S.

I'LL TRY TO DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE.

YEAH. YEAH. YEAH.

THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT MORE.

YEAH. BECAUSE INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE.

YEAH. IT LOOKS UNUSUAL.

ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? NO PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH.

I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH YOU. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

SO DO I HAVE.

I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO MAKE.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ONE? I WILL MOVE TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD.

RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD. SECOND.

I'LL SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY.

THIS ONE CARRIES AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST.

[02:40:02]

I GOT REALLY CURIOUS, AND I GOOGLED THE PHRASE FRESH START BECAUSE IT SOUNDED FAMILIAR TO ME.

THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CALLED.

IT'S KIND OF FUNNY, ISN'T IT? I DON'T KNOW. IT'S A CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM.

IT'S ALL THESE THINGS.

IT HAS A LOT OF REALLY NICE LITTLE ASSOCIATIONS TO IT.

BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT RETIREMENT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.

DEBORAH SPAULDING ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

SO I'M GOING TO START OUT GIVING YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON OUR CALPERS MISCELLANEOUS PLAN.

SO THIS IS THE RETIREMENT PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR ALL OF OUR NON-SWORN NON-SAFETY EMPLOYEES.

THEY'RE PART OF THAT CALPERS MISCELLANEOUS RETIREMENT PLAN.

SO EACH YEAR WE GET AN ACTUARIAL REPORT FROM CALPERS AND IT GIVES A TON OF INFORMATION.

THE MOST CRITICAL IS WHAT'S OUR REQUIRED PAYMENT FOR THE COMING YEAR? BUT THEY ALSO GIVE US A PROJECTION OF WHAT'S COMING.

AND WE LOOK AT THIS OURSELVES.

WE HAVE EXTERNAL ACTUARIES THAT HELP US DO THIS REVIEW.

AND THEN WE SOMETIMES WILL MEET WITH CALPERS HAS THEIR OWN ACTUARIES.

AND SO THIS PICTURE HERE WHICH WHOOPS IS CUTTING INTO THE SLIDE.

BUT THIS IS WHAT CALPERS HAS THIS PICTURE IN A LOT OF THEIR PRESENTATIONS THEY CALL IT THE CALPERS BOOK.

AND IT'S DEPICTING THE BREAKDOWN OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF FUNDING THAT MAKE UP PAYING FOR OUR RETIREMENT.

SO UNFORTUNATELY YOU CAN'T SEE IT.

BUT THERE'S THE EMPLOYEE PORTION, WHICH IS THAT 11%.

THERE'S THE EMPLOYER NORMAL PORTION, WHICH IS THAT $0.29 OR 29%.

AND THEN THE LAST CHUNK IS INVESTMENT EARNINGS.

SO WHAT THEY EXPECT TO GET WHEN THEY INVEST OUR FUNDS TO PAY FOR ALL THE FUTURE RETIREMENT COSTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

SO A TERM THAT IS REPEATED IN THE REPORT IS THIS UAL.

SO WHAT IS THAT.

SO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE THIS UNFUNDED LIABILITY WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT'S OUTSIDE OF WHAT WAS EXPECTED.

AND SO THE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES IS INVESTMENT LOSSES WHERE CALPERS HAS AN EXPECTATION THEY NEED TO EARN A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE.

AND IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, WELL WE NEED TO MAKE UP FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S PART OF THAT UNFUNDED LIABILITY.

ANOTHER PIECE THAT'S PARTICULAR TO THE PARK DISTRICT IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY INCREASING OUR STAFFING OVER TIME.

AND THAT'S NOT PART OF THEIR TYPICAL MODEL WHERE MOST AGENCIES ARE MORE STABLE WITH THEIR STAFFING.

BUT WE'RE SLOWLY ADDING PEOPLE.

AND THEN THE LAST PIECE IS THIS CHANGE IN THE DISCOUNT RATE.

SO THAT'S THE EXPECTED RATE OF RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENTS.

AND GOING BACK THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE THAT SHOWS THIS MORE CLEARLY.

BUT GOING BACK TO 2008 WHEN WE HAD THE GREAT RECESSION, THEY REALIZED THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT.

WHAT THEY HAD WAS A 7.75% DISCOUNT RATE AND IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ACHIEVABLE.

SO THEY'VE BEEN SLOWLY MOVING THAT DOWN.

SO WHEN THEY REDUCE THAT EXPECTATION OF INVESTMENT EARNINGS, WELL THAT MEANS YOU GOT TO BRING IN MORE MONEY UP FRONT.

SO SO THIS IS THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY, MANY GRAPHS THAT ARE IN OUR ACTUARIAL REPORT FROM CALPERS EVERY YEAR JUST SHOWING US WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THE INVESTMENT RETURNS.

SO THE BARS ARE KIND OF OBVIOUS.

YOU'RE SHOWING LIKE SOME YEARS ABOVE WHAT WAS EXPECTED, SOME YEARS BELOW.

AND THE BLUE LINES A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE, BUT THE BLUE LINE IS WHAT THEIR EXPECTED RETURN IS.

SO THAT'S THAT DISCOUNT RATE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S LITTLE LINES WHERE IT'S COMING DOWN POINTS IN TIME WHERE THEY BROUGHT THAT DISCOUNT RATE DOWN.

SO AND THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAPH YOU CAN SEE THE DISCOUNT RATE CHANGE.

SO IT WAS 7.75.

THEN THEY BROUGHT IT DOWN TO 7.5.

ET CETERA. ET CETERA. SO TODAY IT'S AT 6.8%.

SO ALL THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE HAD VERY SLOW PROGRESS IN FUNDING OUR CALPERS PLANS.

WE'VE BEEN AT 70% FUNDED FOR TEN YEARS, WHILE WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO MAKE OUR REQUIRED PAYMENTS.

AND YOU CAN SEE OUR OPEB, WHICH IS ANOTHER SMALL RETIREMENT PLAN WE HAVE FOR RETIREE MEDICAL.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S MAKING GREAT PROGRESS OVER THAT TIME.

SO WE'RE NOW OVER 100% FUNDED.

SO WE'RE WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT, HOW TO ADDRESS THIS.

AND THIS BRINGS US TO OUR PENSION TRUST.

SO SOME CONTEXT ABOUT WHAT OUR PENSION TRUST IS.

SO BACK IN 2017 THIS IS A COUPLE OF SLIDES FROM BACK THEN FROM OUR ACTUARY AT OUR EXTERNAL ACTUARY.

AT THAT TIME THEY WERE SEEING THE, PROJECTIONS OF WHAT WAS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO BE FUNDED TO CALPERS BASED ON INVESTMENT LOSSES, BASED ON THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE DISCOUNT RATE WAS GOING TO BE COMING DOWN.

AND THEY SAID, YOU GUYS BETTER SET ASIDE SOME FUNDS AND SET UP A PENSION TRUST.

SO ON THE LEFT IS WHAT WAS EXPECTED TO BE OUR PERCENTILE CONTRIBUTIONS.

[02:45:04]

AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CAP YOUR PAYMENTS.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S LIKE A FLAT LINE ACROSS THE TOP.

AND SO WE DID THAT.

WE SET UP A PENSION TRUST AND WE FUNDED IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS STARTING IN 2017.

AND WE USED IT TO CAP OUR COSTS.

AND BASICALLY WE REIMBURSED OURSELVES FROM THAT TRUST.

SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THIS IS OUR ORIGINAL PLAN.

WE DIDN'T WE DEVIATED SLIGHTLY FROM THIS, BUT IT WAS KIND OF NICE SEEING IT ALL LAID OUT.

THIS IS BACK IN 2017 WHEN IT WAS APPROVED.

SO WE DID ON THE CONTRIBUTION SIDE WE ALMOST EXACTLY FOLLOWED THIS.

WE PUT IN 3.5 MILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR, THEN 2 MILLION, 1 MILLION, 1 MILLION.

AND THEN WE STARTED DRAWING DOWN ON THE FUNDS.

WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T START DRAWING DOWN UNTIL 2021.

AND SO WE'RE STILL WE'RE NOW AT YEAR END OF 2024, BEGINNING OF 2025.

AND WE STILL HAVE SOME FUNDS REMAINING IN THAT TRUST.

SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 6.825 MILLION IN THE TRUST.

AND WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS WITH OUR CALPERS ACTUARY, WITH OUR INDEPENDENT ACTUARY, AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING TO US THAT WE USE THE REMAINING FUNDS TO DO TWO THINGS ALL AT ONCE, AND THAT WE SHOULD DO IT THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO GET THE KIND OF BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK.

SO DOING A FRESH START COMBINED WITH A ONE TIME ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY PAYMENT.

SO WHAT'S A FRESH START? YES, MANY, MANY THINGS THAT TERMS USED FOR MANY THINGS.

BUT IN THIS CASE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE REFINANCING YOUR MORTGAGE OVER A SHORTER TIME PERIOD.

SO YOU SAVE ON YOUR INTEREST.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL.

IT'S ALSO IN YOUR PACKET.

BUT THE LEFT SIDE THERE OF THIS, OF THIS CHART IS SHOWING YOU WHAT OUR CURRENT AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE IS FOR THAT UAL THAT AMOUNT THAT WE OWE. AND YOU CAN SEE IT STRETCHES OUT ALL THE WAY TO 2046.

IF YOU DO A FRESH START, YOU TAKE ALL THAT AMOUNT THAT'S OWED AND YOU SHORTEN IT UP SO THAT YOU'RE PAYING IT OFF OVER A SHORTER TIME PERIOD, AND THEN YOU'RE HAVING LESS INTEREST PAYMENTS IN TOTAL.

AND SO THE YOU KNOW, THE BENEFIT IS TWOFOLD.

NOT ONLY DO YOU OWE LESS IN INTEREST, BUT YOU ALSO GET THIS NICE STABLE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT'S EASIER TO LIKE, PLAN FOR AND PREDICT.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ON THE 15 YEAR AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE AND THE TEN YEAR AMORTIZATION, THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, THE SAME AMOUNT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

SO THIS IS WHAT THEY GIVE YOU IN YOUR PACKET, BUT YOU CAN DO THINGS OTHER THAN 15 AND TEN YEARS.

SO WE AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A REALLY COOL PENSION CALCULATOR.

AND SO YOU CAN PLUG IN DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

AND SO WE WORKED WITH OUR ACTUARY ON THIS AND CAME UP WITH DOING A ONE TIME PAYMENT OF 6.825 MILLION, WHICH IS ROUGHLY THE AMOUNT AVAILABLE.

IT'S CONTINUING TO EARN A LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THAT.

BUT CALPERS DOES NEED US TO NAIL DOWN THE EXACT AMOUNT THAT WE PLAN TO SEND THEM.

SO 6.825 MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.

AND THEN IF WE MAKE THAT PAYMENT THIS YEAR, THAT WOULD RESULT IN 3 MILLION IN SAVINGS IN THE 2025 YEAR.

SO THAT'S BEEN BUILT INTO THE BUDGET ALREADY.

IF THIS DOESN'T GET APPROVED, WE CAN USE THE PENSION TRUST TO PAY THAT TO DRAW DOWN THE 3 MILLION.

SO EITHER WAY WE'LL HAVE THAT 3 MILLION IN SAVINGS.

BUT WE DID WANT TO GET THIS DONE IN THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO GENERATE BOTH THE LOWER.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE FIXED ANNUAL PAYMENT WOULD BE IF WE USE THE 14 YEAR FRESH START TERM AND MAKE THAT ONE TIME PAYMENT, WE WOULD SAVE 18.5 MILLION IN INTEREST EARNINGS AND WOULD REDUCE OUR FIXED ANNUAL PAYMENT TO BE 12.7 MILLION, ROUGHLY OVER THE NEXT 14 YEARS.

SO WE WOULD MAKE THAT PAYMENT AND THEN WE WOULD CLOSE THE TRUST AFTER THAT IS COMPLETED.

SO THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION.

AND YEAH, HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I GUESS CAN YOU JUST WALK ME THROUGH.

SO IF WE DON'T DO THIS, IS THAT SPELLED OUT HERE IN ONE OF THE SCENARIOS? I THINK IT WAS. YEAH, I DID NOT.

WELL, OKAY. YEAH, I GUESS IT IS.

IF WE DON'T DO THIS, THE AMOUNT THAT WE OWE IS IN THAT AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE ON THE FAR LEFT.

I DON'T HAVE PAGE NUMBERS IN MY.

IT'S THE LAST PAGE OF YOUR PACKET.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE FULL [INAUDIBLE].

THAT'S OUR CURRENT AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE.

SO THAT'S HOW MUCH WE WOULD OWE GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2046.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? I THINK SO, SO THEN I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

[02:50:02]

THERE'S A SAVE. OKAY, SO THERE'S THE 15 YEAR AND TEN YEAR AND THE ESTIMATED SAVINGS.

AND SO WITHOUT DOING THE FRESH START, I GUESS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO SAVINGS.

AND IT'S ALSO LESS PREDICTABLE.

SO THAT'S THE KEY PART IS THAT PAYMENT COLUMN.

SO KIND OF LIKE THE THIRD COLUMN ON THAT BACK PAGE.

YES. YEAH THAT MAKES SENSE.

I MEAN I THINK THIS SOUNDS FAIR.

I THINK THE PREDICTABILITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

I BELIEVE SO MANY OF US ARE STILL VERY CAUTIOUS AFTER WHAT HAPPENED IN 2008.

AND CERTAINLY WHILE WE HOPE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON, IT'S, A LOT MORE I GUESS PRUDENT, A LOT MORE AS YOU SAID, PREDICTABLE TO TO FOLLOW SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES.

AND I'M CERTAINLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO ME HOW SOME THINGS COME BACK AROUND, YOU KNOW WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, MY INTERNSHIP WAS ACTUALLY WITH A PENSION ACTUARY.

SO AND I DID WORK FOR A YEAR AS AN ACTUARY IN HOMEOWNERS AND CAR INSURANCE SPECIFICALLY.

SO AND THAT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF MY CAREER.

AND THEN I DECIDED I PREFERRED TO STAY WITHIN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

SO IT IS INTERESTING HOW THESE THINGS COME FULL CIRCLE.

RIGHT. BUT I THINK FOR OUR IDEA, ESPECIALLY AS LIKE A GOVERNMENT AGENCY WITH OUR BUDGET, I LIKE THE PREDICTABILITY OF THE PAYMENTS.

SO I GUESS, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR US TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN THE 10 AND 15? WHAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION? WE'RE ACTUALLY YEAH, WE'RE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING A 14 YEARS.

14 YEARS. OKAY.

YEAH. I HAVE A SLIDE SHOWING THAT.

AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE HAVE ON THAT ON PAGE 39, THAT CHART OR THAT TABLE SHOWS US OUR TOTAL SAVINGS.

I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. YES.

I DON'T HAVE THE PAGE NUMBERS IN MY PACKET, BUT.

I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, AND I GUESS THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD.

OKAY. I THINK IT SEEMS STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME.

SO DO WE.

YEAH. I REALLY LIKE THE ANALOGY OF REFINANCING YOUR MORTGAGE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MOST LET'S JUST SAY MANY PEOPLE CAN IDENTIFY WITH THAT.

YEAH. YEAH.

YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS SAVE MONEY.

YEAH. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. NOBODY'S WAITING.

OKAY, SO IT SOUNDED, OLIVIA, LIKE YOU WERE JUST ABOUT READY TO MAKE A MOTION THERE.

YEAH, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF 14 YEARS FOR THAT FRESH START TERM.

AND YES, I GUESS EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE RECOMMENDATION.

DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THE FULL RECOMMENDATION? JUST STAFF REQUESTS THAT THE BOARD, FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEW, DISCUSS AND DIRECT STAFF TO SUBMIT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR APPROVAL A RECOMMENDATION TO IMPLEMENT A FRESH START FOR THE CALPERS MISCELLANEOUS PENSION PLAN, AND TO DRAW DOWN FROM THE PENSION TRUST FOR ONE TIME CALPERS MISCELLANEOUS PENSION LIABILITY PAYMENT.

THANK YOU. SECOND.

SECOND. AND JUST A BRIEF COMMENT.

THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND WITH YOUR TEAM TO FURTHER STABILIZE OUR FINANCES. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REALLY A REALLY BIG ONE TOO.

SO WE APPRECIATE IT.

SO I'M ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. AYE. AYE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND THERE ARE NO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. NUMBER FIVE.

NUMBER SIX.

[Announcements]

MY ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT WE WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR ROSARIO FOR HIS TIME ON THE FINANCE.

THIS IS THE FIRST OF SEVERAL THAT ARE GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.

BUT THIS IS YOUR LAST FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, AND I KNOW I CAN TELL YOU THAT I VALUED YOUR PARTICIPATION.

ONE EXAMPLE IS WHEN I BECAME TREASURER, UNEXPECTEDLY, YOU WERE THERE TO ADVISE ME ON ON HOW TO DO IT.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT A LOT.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? AS I'VE ALLUDED TO BEFORE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS ONE OF THE MAJOR DEPARTMENTS THAT THE DISTRICT DEPENDS ON I'VE ALWAYS TAKEN IT I'VE ALWAYS TAKEN IT SERIOUSLY.

I MEAN, I USED TO AS A SUPERVISOR I USED TO ALWAYS BRAG THAT I COULD TRACK EVERY DIME OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S MONEY, ESPECIALLY IN THE PARK SUPERVISORS BUDGET.

AND IT WAS A MATTER OF PRIDE.

AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT IS ACTUALLY TRUE ON A BIGGER SCALE.

[02:55:01]

SO MUCH, SO MUCH, SO MUCH CHANGE.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH. AND ALL FOR THE BETTER.

AND IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO SERVE AND TO WORK WITH EVERYONE HERE.

AND I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT YOU AND EVEN THE PAST ADMINISTRATIONS.

THEY DID THEIR BEST.

AND EVERYONE TRIES TO DO THEIR BEST.

NOTHING'S PERFECT.

WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT.

AND AND THE IMPORTANT THING IT REALLY IS JUST TO YOU KNOW BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER AND YEAH.

AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS OUT OF OUR CONTROL.

WE JUST HAVE TO JUST DEAL WITH WHAT WE CAN AND DO THE BEST WITH WHAT WE CAN.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY, STAFF AND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO I MEAN, DOING AN ANNUAL BUDGET IS CRAZY, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE. RIGHT.

AND SO YEAH, I CAN'T THANK EVERYONE ENOUGH ESPECIALLY MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD FOR THEIR INSIGHTFULNESS OVER THE YEARS YOU KNOW, AND SPEAKING OF PENSION IS LIKE, I REMEMBER WHEN WE DECIDED TO GO TO CALPERS, I WAS THE UNION ADVOCATE ADVOCATING FOR THE CHANGE BECAUSE THE BOARD AT THE TIME HAD MADE A VERY BAD DECISION NOT TO FUND OUR RETIREMENT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TWO RETIREMENT PLANS.

WE HAD TO CLOSE. WE HAD TO END ONE AND AND GO TO CALPERS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T AFFORD WE COULDN'T AFFORD TO GO TO FUND THE OLD PLAN.

SO THAT WAS AND THE THING ABOUT CALPERS WAS NOW WE'RE TALKING IS THAT YOU HAD TO PAY.

YOU HAD NO CHOICE.

IT WASN'T UP TO THE BOARD WHETHER YOU'D PAID OR NOT.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY DECISIONS.

AND SUSAN GONZALEZ WHO REPRESENTED MANAGEMENT AT THE TIME, SHE AGREED.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO HOLD AN ELECTION AND EVERYBODY AGREED WITH US.

SO THERE WE ARE.

BUT IT JUST GOES BACK THAT FAR.

YOU KNOW, THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS IMPORTANT AND I CAN'T IMPRESS THAT UP.

HOPEFULLY I CAN IMPRESS THAT ON THE NEW INCOMING DIRECTORS.

THAT BUDGET IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

SO YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION.

BUT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HARD, I ENJOYED IT AND AND I REALLY ENJOYED THE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE TIME OVER THE BUDGET.

THEY KEEP GETTING EASIER AND EASIER TO READ EVERY YEAR, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE OF FAMILIARITY, BUT I THINK STAFF HAS REALLY GONE TO A LOT OF HAS DONE A LOT OF CHANGES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO READ.

SO THEY'VE TAKEN OUR INPUT AND SERIOUSLY.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

SO YEAH, MY LAST, MY LAST FINANCE COMMITTEE.

YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD ME LAST NIGHT AFTER I FINISHED MY LAST, AFTER I SENT IT OFF MY NOTES TO DEBORAH.

I SAID AH HA I'M DONE.

I CAN START READING RECREATIONAL BOOKS NOW.

[LAUGHTER] DEE SO CAN I ASK, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE? HAVE YOU. BEEN A LOT ACTUALLY, YEAH.

BECAUSE I MEAN, AFTER AFTER MY FIRST TIME ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, I WANTED TO BE ON IT EVERY YEAR.

HAVE YOU BEEN ON IT EVERY YEAR SINCE? JUST ABOUT. SIX.

YEAH, I THINK I MISSED 1 OR 2 YEARS.

I THINK I'VE BEEN. MAYBE SIX YEARS. IT'S INCREDIBLE.

YEAH. YEAH, YEAH I MEAN I'LL JUST SHARE REAL QUICK.

PERSONALLY I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU, DEE.

AND IN REGARDS TO SERVING ON THESE COMMITTEES WITH YOU, I KNOW YOU AND I ARE ON BOTH THIS COMMITTEE AND THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE TOGETHER.

AND BETWEEN THOSE TWO COMMITTEES, I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH THIS PAST YEAR AND THEN THE PREVIOUS YEAR ON OPERATIONS.

AND YEAH, YOU REALLY BRING GOOD QUESTIONS, GOOD COMMENTS.

AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM, YOU KNOW, OBSERVING AS WELL AS JUST HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

SO THANK YOU.

AMAZING.

YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST FINISH IT OFF WITH THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT WORK BECAUSE IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, IT GIVES WHAT WE PRODUCE HERE. AND IT'S AVAILABLE PUBLICLY.

RIGHT. THAT STUFF USED TO BE HARD TO GET IT RIGHT.

YOU HAD TO ASK FOR IT SEPARATELY OR WHATEVER.

THEY CAN JUST IT'S THERE FOR TO BE STUDIED BY ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I REALLY SUPPORT THIS.

AND THERE'S JUST IT'S JUST WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING THAT THERE WERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS, REALLY, EXCEPT FOR, I GUESS, TWO FOR THE BUDGET, BUT THAT THERE WEREN'T MORE THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S THERE AND, YOU KNOW, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT NOBODY'S GOING TO EVER GOING TO SAY ANYTHING THE REST OF THE YEAR.

[03:00:06]

AND SO WE DO OUR PART, BUT THEN IT'S OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO LOOK AT.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. AND I GUESS WE'RE ADJOURNED HERE AT 1:47, RIGHT? YEAH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.