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MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
[ROLL CALL]
THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS TODAY? NO, WE DO NOT, PRESIDENT ECHOLS.[CLOSED SESSION ITEMS]
THANK YOU.WELL, THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL?
[ROLL CALL]
YES, PRESIDENT ECHOLS.DIRECTOR WAESPI, CAN YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?
[LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT]
DIRECTOR SANWONG, CAN YOU LEAD US IN THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT? YES, ALL THE LANDS WITHIN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ARE THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF THE EAST BAY, OHLONE, BAY MIWOK, AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY YOKUTS, WHO ARE RECOGNIZED TODAY AS THE CONFEDERATED VILLAGES OF THE LISJAN NATION.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK JOSE GONZALEZ FOR WORKING WITH ANDY GALVAN AND OTHERS ON UPDATING OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS AT A FUTURE MEETING, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT TO USE IT BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE IT. SO THANKS EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED.
OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, PLEASE?
[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
SO MOVED. SECOND.OKAY. MOVED BY DIRECTOR WAESPI, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR ROSARIO.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS TODAY, SO.
OKAY, SO MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, PRESIDENT ECHOLS.
ANY EMAILS THAT COME IN AFTER THIS DATE WILL BE WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD AFTER THIS MEETING.
SO IF ANYONE IS HERE TO GIVE A COMMENT REGARDING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL CALL ON YOU TO SPEAK WHEN THAT ITEM HAS BEEN CALLED AND THE BOARD DISCUSSES IT, AND AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE ANY.
COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA IF THERE ARE ANY.
DO WE HAVE ANY? NO, PRESIDENT ECHOLS.
OKAY. SO MADAM CLERK, WERE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ASKED TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
CALENDAR? THERE WERE NONE IN ADVANCE, BUT DIRECTOR SANWONG HAS ONE.OKAY. SO WE WILL PULL THAT FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND DO A SEPARATE VOTE ON THAT ONE, AND DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION?
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THE REMAINING CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. OKAY, WELL, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR MINUS ITEM SIX.GREAT. MOVED BY DIRECTOR "MERCARIO," AND NOW I'M COMBINING YOU GUYS.
[CHUCKLING] MOVE BY DIRECTOR MERCURIO AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR ROSARIO.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[6. Authorization of an Amendment to Increase the Total Amount of the Contract with ENT, Inc. by $215,000 to $400,000 for Specialized Technical Project and Services]
SO I JUST I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO A SEPARATE VOTE, BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS BECAUSE I WAS JUST CURIOUS AFTER REVIEWING THE B UDGET, AND SO AN ITEM LIKE THIS, WHEN WE'RE AUTHORIZING TO AMEND THE CONTRACT FROM 215,000 TO $400,000, DOES THAT JUST COME OUT OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET OR WHERE WHERE DOES THIS EXTRA MONEY COME FROM IS MY QUESTION? DEBORAH SPAULDING, AGM OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.SO THE FUNDING FOR THIS CONTRACT WOULD COME OUT OF NEXT YEAR'S 2025 BUDGET.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.
IF NO ONE HAS ANY MORE QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD.
OKAY, SO THIS TIME MOVED BY DIRECTOR WAESPI AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR MERCURIO.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS, I ABSTAIN.
[ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION]
WE CAN LOOK AT THE AUTHORIZATIONS TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE FEE TITLE 77 PLUS ACRES OF PROPERTY HAYWARD AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT.BOARD PRESIDENT ECHOLS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M PHILLIP COFFIN, REAL PROPERTY SPECIALIST, AND I'M HERE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF 77 ACRES OF LAND AN APPURTENANT TRAIL EASEMENT FROM THE HAYWARD AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT DOWN AT HAYWARD REGIONAL SHORELINE FOR SOME BACKGROUND.
THIS ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY FIRST EMERGED WHERE WE WERE DISCUSSING THE 250 ACRE RESTORE HAYWARD MARSH PROJECT WITH HARD, ANOTHER LOCAL LANDOWNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS, AND DURING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT HARD REGARDING CONSTRUCTION ACCESS ACROSS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THEY ACTUALLY PROPOSED TRANSFERRING THE ENTIRE PROPERTY TO THE PARK DISTRICT FOR A NOMINAL AMOUNT, AND SO, FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH OUR DISTRICT COLLEAGUES AND COLLABORATIVE TALKS WITH OUR PARTNERS AT HARVARD, WE'VE DRAFTED A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT THAT OUTLINES THE TERMS OF THE SALE.
SO. OF COURSE, I'M MISSING A PAGE OF MY NOTES.
THIS IS JUST A BRIEF OUTLINE OF WHAT WE'LL BE ACQUIRING.
SO FEE SIMPLE OWNERSHIP OF 77 ACRES OF OF SUBMERGED TIDAL AND UPLAND HABITAT, INCLUDING A 3500 FOOT SECTION OF BAY TRAIL, WHICH WE ALREADY OPERATE.
MORE ON THAT LATER FOR THE NOMINAL PRICE OF $1.
THIS IS WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED.
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THE IRREGULAR SHAPED PARCEL CONSISTS OF TWO TRIANGLES, AND WE'RE ACQUIRING THE SO-CALLED LARGER TRIANGLE THAT I'M HIGHLIGHTING RIGHT HERE, AND HARD WILL BE RETAINING THEIR, LET'S SAY, SMALLER TRIANGLE WHERE THEY OPERATE THEIR INTERPRETIVE CENTER AND SO THE AREA WE'RE ACQUIRING COMPRISES ROUGHLY 77 ACRES IN ORDER TO FORMALIZE PUBLIC AND STAFF ACCESS FOR BOTH PARTIES TO AND THROUGH THESE TWO, THESE TWO NEW PARCELS.HARD WILL RESERVE FOR THEMSELVES CONTINUED STAFF ACCESS ACROSS THE SALE PARCEL SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO YOU KNOW, ACCESS FROM THE INTERPRETIVE CENTER, THEIR OTHER PROPERTIES ALONG THE SHORELINE, AND THEN THE PARTIES HAVE AGREED THAT WE WILL TERMINATE THIS 1982 LEASE AGREEMENT BY WHICH WE MANAGE PORTIONS OF THE PARCEL OR THE PROPERTY, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO AMEND THIS 2001 OPERATING AGREEMENT BY WHICH WE OPERATE THIS PORTION OF THE BAY TRAIL HERE.
SO WE'RE AMENDING THAT OPERATING AGREEMENT AND REPLACING THE LEASE, BECAUSE THEY'LL BE DUPLICATIVE.
THEY'LL BE REDUNDANT SINCE WE'LL BE OWNING THE PROPERTY AND FEE AND ACQUIRING AN EASEMENT.
THIS PHOTO HERE, BOTTOM RIGHT, SHOWS A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY WE'RE GOING TO ACQUIRE WITH AN OLD FENCE THAT WE MUST HAVE PUT UP IN 1982 WHEN WE STARTED THAT LEASE AND THEN HERE WE ARE LOOKING WEST ALONG THE BAY TRAIL, WHICH WE OPERATE UNDER THAT OPERATING AGREEMENT FROM 2001, BUT WE'RE ACQUIRING IT IN FEE.
SO WE'LL DO AWAY WITH THAT SECTION OF THE OPERATING AGREEMENT.
HERE ARE A FEW VIEWS OF THE DIFFERENT SORT OF WETLAND HABITATS ON THE PROPERTY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BRIDGE ON THE BAY TRAIL HERE ON THE BOTTOM, AND THE UPPER RIGHT IS ANOTHER PORTION OF THAT LEASE AREA WITH AN OLD FENCE, AND THEN HERE'S A WESTERLY VIEW LOOKING OUT AT THE BAY, AND IT'S A PRETTY ROBUST RIPRAP THAT'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE, AND JUST A NOTE THAT, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE ACTUALLY ACQUIRING ABOUT NINE ACRES OF SUBMERGED LAND.
SO THAT MEANS THE MUD UNDER THE BAY WATERS.
HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACQUISITION, AND THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO MENTION THAT WE COMMISSIONED A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT, AND OUR CONSULTANT DID NOT NOTE ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ON THE PROPERTY, AND SO THE TWO ACTIONS BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY ARE TO ONE, AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT SO WE CAN PURCHASE THE 77 ACRES IN FEE PLUS THE EASEMENT, AND NUMBER TWO, TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO TERMINATE THAT OLD LEASE AGREEMENT AND AMEND THAT OLD OPERATING AGREEMENT ACCORDINGLY AND FOLLOWING THE BOARD'S AUTHORIZATION, THESE ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN THE ACQUISITION PROCESS, AND WE BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLOSE ESCROW IN JANUARY, AND WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR WAESPI. THANK YOU.
HOW MANY BRIDGES DO WE ACQUIRE THROUGH THIS? I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF BRIDGES OUT THERE.
OH, OKAY. YEAH, AND I DON'T KNOW THE VINTAGE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
IT'S THE ONE IN BEST SHAPE. YEAH. YEAH.
THAT'S A GOOD ONE. YEAH, AND I SHOULD KNOW THIS, BUT ARE THERE ANY PILINGS OUT IN THE WATER AROUND THERE? YOU KNOW, OLD ABANDONED PILINGS THAT COST.
NOT THAT WE'VE SEEN AT LOW TIDE.
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OR YOU KNOW, BOATS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.GREAT. THANKS. I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT ACQUISITION.
DIRECTOR MERCURIO. WELL, THANKS FOR FILLING US IN ON THAT.
I DON'T EXPECT THERE WAS MUCH NEGOTIATION INVOLVED IN THIS ACQUISITION.
YEAH. SO I REMEMBER WHEN THE BOARD WENT OUT THERE NOT TOO TERRIBLY LONG AGO, AND I REMEMBER WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE OUT THERE, AND I REMEMBER THAT FENCING OUT THERE IS CORRODED, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TELL IT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR A WHILE.
WAS THAT FENCING BETWEEN THIS PARCEL AND THE ONE WE ALREADY OWN? THE FENCING IN THAT SIDE IS ON THIS PARCEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACQUIRE.
I ASSUME WE INSTALLED IT SHORTLY AFTER 1982 WHEN WE WHEN WE BEGAN LEASING THAT AREA.
I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE GOING TO REMOVE THAT FENCING? I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING FOR PARK OPS TO CONSIDER AND, YOU KNOW, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PLANNING AND PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT WE DID INCLUDE IN THIS ACTION SOME MONEY FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY KIND OF UPGRADES TO SIGNAGE, AND SO WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE? DIRECTOR SANWONG.
SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THIS COME BEFORE THE BOARD THIS EVENING.
I THINK THAT THE PURCHASE PRICE OF $1, YOU KNOW, VERIFIES THAT STATEMENT, AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD TESTAMENT TO EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNER PARK DISTRICT AGENCIES ON IMPORTANT PROJECTS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, THIS HAYWARD MARSH PROPERTY.
I THINK IT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL JUST TO HEAR A FEW MORE WORDS ABOUT, I GUESS, IN TERMS OF WHY, IN TERMS OF HOW THIS ACQUISITION IS HELPFUL IN REGARDS TO SOME OF OUR YOU KNOW, BIGGER PICTURE GOALS OF HAYWARD REGIONAL SHORELINE AND SOME OF OUR, YOU KNOW, STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS.
YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THIS CHANGE AND THIS ACQUISITION HELP US ACHIEVE THAT? GOOD QUESTION. WHEN WE DID OUR ACQUISITION EVALUATION WITH PLANNING, STEWARDSHIP, PUBLIC SAFETY, PARK OPS AND WHEN WE REFERRED THIS OPPORTUNITY SORT OF CIRCULATED THE OPPORTUNITY AMONG DIFFERENT STAFF FOR THEIR ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION, WE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM STEWARDSHIP AND THAT IT WOULD SORT OF ENABLE US OR SIMPLIFY ACCESS AND MONITORING AND, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT WORK THAT GOES INTO RESTORATION OF THOSE OF THOSE ISLANDS OR THE TURN AND SALT MARSH HARVEST MOUSE HABITAT.
IN TERMS OF THE BIG RESTORE HAYWARD MARSH PROJECT, THE BIG 250 ACRE PROJECT THAT DECO SPEARHEADING THIS IMPROVES ACCESS CONSTRUCTION, ACCESS. IT ALSO OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE IF THEY WANT TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION, TO EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT OF THE RESTORATION PROJECT, BUT FROM OUR SORT OF ASSESSMENT AT THE STAFF LEVEL, THE MARSH IS IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE AND WOULDN'T NECESSARILY NEED MUCH WORK TO IT, BUT SO IT IMPROVES ACCESS, AND I'D SAY FROM A REAL ESTATE PERSPECTIVE, IT SORT OF FORMALIZES AND FINALIZES PERMANENT PARK DISTRICT OWNERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE PROPERTY AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S GREAT, AND, YOU KNOW, SHOULD THIS PASS BY THE BOARD? AND ALSO, I THINK HAYWARD ALSO HAS THE HARD BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ALSO HAS TO APPROVE THIS.
HAS IT BEEN BEFORE THEIR BOARD YET, OR IS IT THAT THE NEXT? IT'S GOING I THINK NEXT WEEK.
OKAY. I THINK WHEN THIS IS FINALIZED, IT'D BE GREAT TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF PRESS RELEASE OR SOME SORT OF YOU KNOW, MEDIA OUTREACH JUST TO SHOWCASE HOW WELL WE CAN WORK WITH OUR PARTNER PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS OR DISTRICTS.
DIRECTOR SANWONG JUST TRIGGERED SOMETHING.
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CONSTRUCTION ACCESS, AND WE NEEDED SOME YEAH, CONSTRUCTION ACCESS AND LIKE, AN INCREASE IN, IN SIZE AND SCOPE OF THAT LICENSE, THAT LEASE AREA, SO THAT WE COULD DO SOME LEVEE WORK THERE, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY ACTUALLY JUST PROPOSED JUST TRANSFERRING THE ENTIRE PARCEL TO US. SO YEAH, THAT WAS THAT'S WHAT INSTIGATED THE PROJECT.THANK YOU, AND WHO SAID A DOLLAR ISN'T GOING FAR THESE DAYS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A LOT OF GOOD WORK.
GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.
SO WE DO NEED A MOTION FOR THIS.
GREAT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY DIRECTOR WAESPI AND A SECOND BY DIRECTOR ROSARIO.
THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE THE SECOND ITEM NOW FROM ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT.
SENIOR REAL PROPERTY SPECIALIST.
JUST ADJUSTING THINGS FOR THE SHORT FOLK HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP.
SARAH RIEKE, SENIOR REAL PROPERTY SPECIALIST.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
I'M SEEKING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN OPTION PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH JACK FRESCHI FOR PURCHASE OF 140 ACRES OF HIS PROPERTY, LOCATED ALONG BRIONES VALLEY ROAD IN UNINCORPORATED CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOUTH, SORRY, NEAR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD FOR EXPANSION OF DEER VALLEY REGIONAL PRESERVE.
I'LL START WITH THE LOCATION MAP AGAIN.
AM I TOO LOUD? THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED WITHIN BRIONES VALLEY, WHICH IS THE SOUTHERNMOST OF THREE VALLEYS IN THIS AREA THAT TRAVERSE GENERALLY NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST.
BRIONES VALLEY LIES JUST ALONGSIDE BRIONES CREEK, NORTH OF MARSH CREEK.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED DIRECTLY SOUTH OF PROPERTY OWNED BY CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT, AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SOUTHERN REACHES OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S DEER VALLEY LAND HOLDINGS, WHICH ARE SHOWN ON THIS MAP IN THE DARKER GREEN.
THE PROPERTY PROPOSED FOR ACQUISITION IS SHOWN ON THIS MAP IN ORANGE, AND IT IS A 140 ACRE PORTION OF A TOTAL 148.65 ACRE PROPERTY.
SO ON THIS MAP, THE 140 ACRES PROPOSED FOR ACQUISITION IS ORANGE.
8.65 ACRES WILL BE RETAINED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. JACK FRESCHI, AND THAT PROPERTY IS SHOWN IN BLACK AS A BUFFER BETWEEN HIS RESIDENCE PARCEL, WHICH IS BLUE, SO A BUFFER BETWEEN HIS PROPERTY THAT'S BLUE AND THE PROPERTY TO BE ACQUIRED THAT'S IN ORANGE.
THIS IS AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE PROPERTY.
FROM THE RIDGELINE TRAVELING SOUTH, THE PROPERTY DIPS DOWN AGAIN TO THE LOW LANDS, WHICH CONTAIN A SMALL SEGMENT OF MARSH CREEK RIGHT DOWN HERE POPULATED WITH COTTONWOODS, OAKS AND WILLOWS.
THERE IS A SEASONAL POND NORTHWEST OF THE CREEK HERE.
THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IS BLANKETED WITH ANNUAL GRASSLANDS.
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THE PROPERTY IS COMPRISED OF OAK SAVANNA HABITAT.GRASSLANDS SUCH AS THIS IS ON THE DECLINE NATIONWIDE DUE TO AGRICULTURAL CONVERSION AND ENCROACHMENT FROM TREES AND BRUSH, BUT IT'S CRITICAL FOR RAPTORS AND OTHER BIRD SPECIES, AND ASSOCIATED ROCK OUTCROPPINGS NEAR THE OAK CLUSTERS MAY PROVIDE HABITAT FOR THE ALAMEDA WHIPSNAKE.
THIS PHOTO SHOWCASES THE PROPERTY'S EXPANSIVE NORTHEASTERN VIEW SHED FROM THE RIDGE, SO THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN ALONG THE RIDGE ALONG THE PROPERTY'S EASTERN BOUNDARY, LOOKING NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE CITIES OF ANTIOCH, OAKLEY AND BRENTWOOD.
IF YOU CAN KIND OF FOLLOW MY LASER POINTER THERE.
RIGHT HERE IS THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE DEER VALLEY RIDGELINE.
THESE PHOTOS SHOWCASE THE PROPERTY'S SOUTHERN VIEW SHED.
THESE WERE TAKEN AGAIN FROM THE RIDGE ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A LITTLE BIT OF IT RIGHT HERE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, A PORTION OF MARSH CREEK DIPS ONTO THE PROPERTY ALONG ITS SOUTHERN BOUNDARY.
THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS OF THE CREEK CORRIDOR.
THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS OF THE SEASONAL POND THAT IS LOCATED NEARBY.
WHEN THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT THE END OF OCTOBER, THE POND IS PRETTY MUCH DEVOID OF ANY WATER.
BOTH THE CREEK AND THE SEASONAL POND MAY PROVIDE HABITAT FOR CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER, RED LEGGED FROG, AND WESTERN POND TURTLE, TO NAME A FEW.
IN AN AREA SURROUNDED BY THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF PROTECTED LAND OWNED BY THE PARK DISTRICT.
THE STATE AND CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY WILL PRESERVE GRASSLAND, OAK SAVANNA, AND RIPARIAN HABITAT, WHICH ALL PROVIDE FORAGING AND NESTING HABITAT FOR MANY SPECIAL STATUS ANIMAL SPECIES, THEREBY PREVENTING CONTINUED FRAGMENTATION OF HABITAT AND WILDLIFE CORRIDORS.
UNDER THE PARK DISTRICT'S STEWARDSHIP, THE PROPERTY WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF COMPATIBLE PASSIVE RECREATIONAL TRAIL USE, ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY TO GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THE OPEN SPACE IN THEIR OWN BACKYARDS.
PER THE TERMS OF THE NEGOTIATED OPTION PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, THE PROPERTY MAY BE PURCHASED FOR $1,820,000, AS DETERMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL COMMISSIONED BY THE PARK DISTRICT.
NEARLY 100% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE IS PROPOSED TO BE COVERED BY STATE GRANT FUNDS, REQUESTED AND SECURED BY THE CONSERVANCY, AND ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD.
THE PARK DISTRICT HAS UNTIL JUNE 20TH, 2025 TO EXERCISE THE OPTION TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, WITH A 30 DAY CLOSE UPON EXECUTION OF THE OPTION PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, THE PARK DISTRICT WILL DEPOSIT A $10,000 OPTION PAYMENT INTO AN ESCROW ACCOUNT, AND THAT AMOUNT WILL BE APPLICABLE TO THE PURCHASE PRICE.
THE AGREEMENT DOES INCLUDE A PROVISION TO EXTEND THE OPTION PERIOD UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2025, IF NEEDED, TO CONTINUE DUE DILIGENCE ACTIVITIES, OR TO SECURE FUNDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2500.
HERE'S A RUNDOWN OF THE FUNDING APPROPRIATION REQUEST.
FUNDING FOR DUE DILIGENCE COSTS WILL BE SHARED WITH THE CONSERVANCY.
FUNDING FOR THE OPTION PAYMENTS WILL BE COVERED BY MEASURE WW EARNED INTEREST FUNDS AS ACQUISITION FUNDS FOR THE MEASURE WW DEER VALLEY ALLOCATION AREA HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEPLETED.
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JACK FRESCHI FOR ACQUISITION OF 140 ACRES OF PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO.SUPPORT DUE DILIGENCE TASKS AND OPTION PAYMENTS PER THE TERMS OF THE.
IF THE BOARD AUTHORIZES EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT TODAY.
STAFF WILL CONTINUE ITS DUE DILIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS AND WILL CONDUCT AN ACQUISITION EVALUATION TO DETERMINE THE PROPERTY'S SUITABILITY FOR AN ADDITION TO THE PARK SYSTEM, AND WILL RETURN TO THE BOARD LATER ON IN THE SUMMER FOR AUTHORIZATION TO EXERCISE THE OPTION TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY.
SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SURE. BOARD MEMBERS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? DIRECTOR SANWONG. YES.
REMIND ME AGAIN, SO WITH THE EAST CONTRA COSTA HABITAT CONSERVANCY, I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT 100% OF THE PROPOSAL WILL BE ABLE TO BE COVERED BY THIS GROUP.
CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME WHAT ARE RESTRICTIONS WHEN WE DO PURCHASE PROPERTY FROM THE EAST CONTRA COSTA HABITAT CONSERVANCY? WE ARE ALLOWED A SOME RECREATION, BUT THEN SOME OF THE LAND HAS TO I GUESS, BE PROTECTED.
CAN YOU JUST PROVIDE US WITH A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THAT? YEAH, I CAN JUST GIVE YOU A CURSORY OVERVIEW AND THEN BECKY CAN ASSIST IF YOU NEED A MORE IN-DEPTH ANSWER.
ALL PROPERTIES THAT ARE PURCHASED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HABITAT CONSERVANCY HAVE A COVENANT TO RESTRICT USE RECORDED OVER THEM, AND THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE TERMS OF THEIR HCP AND CCP, AND IT'S JUST INTENDED TO PROTECT THE HABITAT VALUES ON THE PROPERTY, AND IT PROHIBITS THINGS LIKE DUMPING AND CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT DOES ALLOW FOR PUBLIC ACCESS ON THE PROPERTY, AND RECREATION IS NOT SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED IN THOSE COVENANTS.
THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU.
GREAT. SURE. YEAH, THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION.
SURE. THAT WAS MY QUESTION, TOO.
YEAH. SO I ALWAYS WAS TOLD THAT IF WE PAY FOR 10% OF THE HABITAT CONSERVANCY BILL FOR A PIECE OF LAND, THEN 10% CAN BE USED FOR RECREATION, AND WHAT WE DO AND THE 90% HAS TO BE PRESERVED.
I'M SORRY. TELL ME AGAIN WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS.
I WAS MAKING A COMMENT, SO I'M WONDERING, SO IF THEY PAID FOR 100% OF THIS YET? WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE WE CALL IT PASSIVE AND ACTIVE RECREATION.
THE QUESTION ALWAYS COMES UP, WILL DOGS BE ALLOWED ON THESE TRAILS BECAUSE THE HABITAT CONSERVANCY WON'T ALLOW IT, AND IF THEY PAID FOR 100% OF IT? I'M WONDERING WHAT OUR LEVERAGE IS.
SO LET ME BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR COMPLETELY 100%.
WE ARE GOING TO PICK UP THE OPTION PAYMENT.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY THERE IN TERMS OF WHETHER DOGS ARE ALLOWED, I KNOW THAT PLANNING STAFF IS WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH THE CONSERVANCY AND OPERATIONS STAFF TO REALLY HAMMER OUT THOSE DETAILS. I DON'T THINK I'M THE BEST PERSON TO COMMENT ON THAT, BUT MAYBE BECKY CAN CAN ADD.
I THINK I'VE HEARD THAT IT WILL BE DOGS ON LEASH IN MOST AREAS.
DO YOU WANT TO? SURE, I CAN HOP IN, TOO.
SO I'M BECKY BREMSER, DIVISION LEAD FOR LAND ACQUISITION, AND JUST BUILDING ON WHAT SARAH'S ANSWERING THERE IS A COVENANT THAT COMES WITH THE PROPERTY, JUST TO ECHO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE SAID, IT TAKES AWAY THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ASKING WILL BE HASHED OUT IN THE MANAGEMENT PLAN SPECIFICALLY, BUT I WOULD EXPECT THAT HOW A LOT OF THESE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WERE ACQUIRED WITH HCP MONEY ARE CURRENTLY MANAGED WILL PROBABLY MIRROR WHAT WILL HAPPEN HERE, BUT I THINK THAT WILL BE DETERMINED IN THE MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WE'LL START WORKING OUT AND WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE COVENANT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SURE. DIRECTOR COFFEY? SO, DENNIS, THAT MEANS, YES, THE USUAL RESTRICTIONS THAT WE ENCOUNTER SOMETIMES TO OUR FRUSTRATION FROM THE HCP'S REGULATORY SCHEME UNDER WHICH THEY OPERATE.
THE QUESTION I HAD WAS BECAUSE IT FIRST STRUCK ME BY THE MAP, HOW CLOSE THE SOUTHERN END OF THIS PROPERTY ABUTS A MOBILE HOME NEIGHBORHOOD THERE THAT WE ALWAYS PASS ON MARSH CREEK ROAD AND WONDER HOW IT'S OUT THERE. IT'S A RATHER DENSE LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, BUT IT IS VERY CLOSE TO THIS PROPERTY, AND I'M WONDERING IF
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THERE'S ANY ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, OR WILL THERE BE WILL THERE BE PRESSURE FOR IT? IT OCCURS TO ME THAT EVERY TIME WE OPEN OR ACQUIRE PARKLAND, I SHOULD SAY ACQUIRE PARKLAND MORE SO THAN OPENING IT. WHENEVER WE ACQUIRE PARKLAND, NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS START GATHERING INTEREST IN ACCESS.SO HOW WOULD THAT PLAY OUT HERE? YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
THERE IS AN INTERVENING PROPERTY BETWEEN THAT PROPERTY WHERE THE MOBILE HOME PARK IS.
THERE'S AN INTERVENING PROPERTY THAT'S ALSO OWNED BY THE SAME COMPANY.
I WOULD SAY I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT A MAP TO BE, TO BE SURE, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT CORRIDOR THERE IS MAYBE 100FT LONG, BUT I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK TO BE SURE.
THAT'S CERTAINLY A QUESTION FOR OUR PLANNERS DOWN THE ROAD.
IN TERMS OF ACCESS, I DO ALSO APPRECIATE HEARING THAT THERE'S A BIT MORE OF THE MARSH OF MARSH CREEK ITSELF THAT WE BECOME STEWARDS OF.
THAT'S ALWAYS, I THINK, A GOOD THING.
SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE STAFF ON BRINGING IT HOME AFTER A LONG TIME, AND YEAH, IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN A PROSPECTIVE ADDITION TO THE DEER VALLEY POTENTIAL REGIONAL PARK FOR A LONG TIME, SO THANK YOU.
SO ACROSS THE STREET, ACROSS BRIONES VALLEY ROAD IS CCWD LAND.
ARE THERE ANY HOMES OR ANYTHING ALONG THAT ROAD TO THE WEST? ANY PRIVATE HOMES? YOU KNOW, DWELLINGS OR ANYTHING? YES. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
THERE ARE A FEW MORE PRIVATE INHOLDINGS ALONG THAT ROAD.
THE ROAD CONTINUES AS A PUBLIC ROAD, AND THEN IT ACTUALLY CONTINUES ON FURTHER INTO THE REACHES OF ACTUALLY OUR DEER VALLEY PARK, BUT IT BECOMES PRIVATE THERE, AND THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF HOMES ALONG THAT AREA, SORT OF RANCH STYLE HOMES.
ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. I THINK AT THIS POINT, I CAN ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AUTHORIZATION OR RATHER, TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES, AND THAT WAS THE MOTION BY DIRECTOR COFFEY, AND SECOND BY DIRECTOR MERCURIO.
I GUESS I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
I'M GOING TO CHOOSE TO ABSTAIN FROM THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OKAY FOR ME TO STAY HERE OR IF I SHOULD LEAVE.
I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE NATURE IS.
IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND.
YEAH, I THINK I PROBABLY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
[FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION]
GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF DIRECTORS.THE FIRST, WHICH IS THE AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH SHI, INC.
FOR THE PURCHASE OF COMPUTERS.
SOFTWARE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY $1,113,708 TO $2,700,000, AND I'M GOING TO PREFACE THIS BY GOING THROUGH, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CONTRACTS ITSELF AND TRYING TO DELINEATE BETWEEN THAT AND THE BUDGETS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BEFORE YOU LATER
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THIS EVENING AND NEXT MEETING, GIVING YOU SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT WHO SHI IS.SO THEY SELL COMPUTERS AND SERVICES AND IT RANGES FROM THE DELL COMPUTERS THAT YOU'RE USING IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW TO THE ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE FOR OUTLOOK AND MICROSOFT AND ADOBE. SO THE PARK DISTRICT USES SHI BECAUSE IT'S SCALE HELPS US PROCURE PRODUCTS RELATIVELY EASILY AND VERY QUICKLY AND AT A COMPETITIVE RATE.
SO WE ARE NOT BOUND BY ANY SINGLE CONTRACT WITH SHI.
THEY CAN ACTUALLY PURCHASE OFF OF ANY GOVERNMENT PRE-BID CONTRACTS THAT EXIST WITHIN THE NATION.
THIS HELPS US TRACK THE SPEND THAT WE MAKE BECAUSE HISTORICALLY ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS KNOWING HOW MUCH YOU'RE SPENDING AND WHAT'S THE FORECAST AND THE GROWTH OF THAT OVER TIME. SO THEY KEEP TRACK OF THAT FOR US, AND THEN THEY ALSO LET US KNOW WHEN OUR THINGS ARE UP FOR RENEWAL.
SO IF THEY ACTUALLY HAVE DEDICATED STAFF IN THE ORGANIZATION THAT WORK WITH THE VENDORS.
SO IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE, WE CAN RAISE IT UP VERY QUICKLY THROUGH A DEDICATED GROUP.
SO THE PARK DISTRICT HAS USED THEM FOR MULTIPLE THINGS.
SO THE BOARD HAS ACTUALLY PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PURCHASES FOR SOFTWARE MICROSOFT, DELL COMPUTERS.
TECHNICALLY WE SHOULD BE PAYING THE CONTRACT TO SHI, AND SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING SOMETIMES WHEN WE PROCESS THE ORDERS THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT IS SOMETIMES WE'RE EXCEEDING THE LIMIT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SPECIFIC APPROVAL FOR.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS I'M COMBINING THESE TOGETHER INTO ONE ASK WITH SHI, UNDER WHICH WE ARE PURCHASING MULTIPLE TYPES OF SOFTWARE AND SERVICES. I'M GOING TO PAUSE THERE.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S STRUCTURE IS CLEAR.
I'M ALSO WORKING WITH THE LEGAL COUNSEL.
I'M SORRY, AND SO ACTUALLY I JUST SO SO SINCE YOU PAUSED JUST TO BE CLEAR.
SO YOU'RE YOU'RE ASKING TO INCREASE IT THOUGH.
SO IS THE AMOUNT THE CURRENT AMOUNT, THE 1,113,708, IS THAT THE COMBINED OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS RIGHT NOW THE SEPARATE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED OR? YEAH, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, IT'S SO FAR THE BOARD'S APPROVED $1,586,292.
SO THE ADDITIONAL 1,113,708 TO BRING IT UP TO $2.7 MILLION.
OH, SORRY. YEAH, SO YOU'RE INCREASING IT.
OKAY. SO THE ONE BASICALLY 1.5 MILLION PLUS IS, IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED I UNDERSTAND OKAY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE STANDARD MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENTS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH LEGAL ON THIS.
BECAUSE HISTORICALLY WE WILL CUT A CONTRACT FOR ONE YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL DO ONE A NEXT YEAR AND A NEXT YEAR, AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'VE REALLY SPENT, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT AND DO THAT.
SO I'VE WORKED WITH THE LEGAL AND FINANCE TO STANDARDIZE OUR TEMPLATE AND HAVE A STRUCTURE SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY EXECUTE THAT WAY AND HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE VENDOR, IN THIS CASE, SHI, AND THEN PUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PURCHASING THROUGH THAT RESELLER UNDER A SINGLE CONTRACT.
SO AS WAS ASKED, THE ACTUAL SPECIFIC PIECE WE'VE ALREADY SPENT OR ALREADY HAD APPROVED, $1,586,292 WITH SHI. THE FUTURE SPEND IS ESTIMATED RIGHT NOW TO BE 2,700,000, OF WHICH THAT INCREASE IS ABOUT $600,000 IN SOFTWARE LICENSING, PRIMARILY MICROSOFT AND ADOBE, AND THEN $500,000 FOR ADDITIONAL COMPUTERS AND COMPUTER REFRESH
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THROUGH DELL.SO I WANT TO THIS IS KIND OF A KEY POINT.
PREVIOUSLY, IN 2023 AND 2024, BASE BUDGET WAS ADDED BY THE BOARD TO ALLOW THAT SPEND.
SO WE'RE NOT REALLY ASKING FOR AN INCREASE OF THAT LARGE AMOUNT.
IT'S JUST AN INCREASE IN THE BUDGETARY AMOUNT THAT WE CAN SPEND WITH SHI.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WHEN YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGET, THERE'S PROPOSED BUDGET REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE RELATED TO THIS CONTRACT IS ABOUT $200,000 ONE TIME AND 150,000 BASE FOR 2025, AND SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AGAIN TO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH SHI FOR THE PURCHASE OF COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY $1,113,708 TO $2.7 MILLION.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
OKAY. WELL THEN IN THAT CASE, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU.
IT'S THE AUTHORIZATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT WITH HELIENT TO $825,000 FOR NETWORK AND SERVER MONITORING HARDWARE AND MICROSOFT AZURE CLOUD SERVICES, AND THIS ONE HAS A LITTLE MORE EXPLANATION AROUND IT.
SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH IT. SO YOU HAVE THE FULL CONTEXT.
SO FIRST, WHAT IS HELIENT? HELIENT IS A MANAGED SERVICE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES SPECIALIZED SERVICES AND PRODUCTS THAT FOCUS ON MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY.
SO WE USE QUITE A BIT OF MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY HERE.
THEY ARE A COMPANY THAT FOCUSES ON PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, NETWORK MONITORING AND AZURE CLOUD SERVICES AND OPTIMIZATION FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. SO THE PARK DISTRICT HAS USED THEIR EXPERTISE FOR MULTIPLE SERVICES, INCLUDING OUR GIS SYSTEM THAT WE USE AND WE HAVE IN THE CLOUD.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN A PILOT WITH THEM WHERE THEY PROVIDE 24 BY SEVEN MONITORING OF OUR NETWORK RESOURCES AND SERVERS, AND THEY ALSO CAN PROVIDE SERVICES THROUGH PROJECTS AND ON DEMAND REQUESTS.
OUR GIS ENVIRONMENT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED, DEPLOYED AND MANAGED THROUGH A COMPANY CALLED PERFICIENT, AND THEY ARE LIKE HELIENT AND MICROSOFT PROVIDER, AND THAT WAS ENGINEERED AND PUT TOGETHER AND PUT OUT IN THE CLOUD, AND IT'S BEEN OPERATING HOWEVER, THE PRACTICE AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WORKED ON THAT MOVED AWAY FROM PROFICIENT TO HEALING, AND THAT CREATED A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THE PROFICIENT WAS BILLING US FOR THE SERVICES.
SO WHEN YOU GET CLOUD SERVICES, YOU BASICALLY ARE SAYING, PLEASE SELL ME THESE SERVICES, AND CHARGE ME BASED ON HOW MUCH I USE AND SO FORTH, WE CAN CHOOSE ANYBODY WE WANT, WE HAD PROFICIENT, BUT ONCE THE EXPERTISE LEFT PROFICIENT, WE WERE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A ROUGH SITUATION WHERE WE HAD TO WHERE SOMEBODY'S BILLING US AND WE'RE PAYING THE BILLS THAT WE OWE, BUT THE EXPERTISE THAT DESIGNED OUR SYSTEMS AND COULD SUPPORT US WAS WITH A DIFFERENT COMPANY.
SO WE HAD TO KIND OF CONTRACT WITH TWO DIFFERENT FIRMS TO DO THAT WORK.
THIS BECAME A KIND OF AN ACUTE ISSUE IN 2023 BECAUSE AS PART OF WORKING WITH THE GIS TEAM, WE HAD AN ASSESSMENT DONE BY ESRI, AND ESRI IS A SOFTWARE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES GIS SOFTWARE AND THEY CAME THROUGH AND THEY DID A WHOLE ASSESSMENT OF EVERYTHING WE HAD, AND THEY SAID, YOU SHOULD DO THIS, THIS AND THIS, AND THERE'S SOME BEST PRACTICES AND YOU SHOULD IMPROVE THIS, AND THIS WOULD HELP WITH THE PERFORMANCE, WHICH HAD BEEN A SORE POINT WITH OUR END USER BASE, AND IT WILL MAKE IT MORE RESILIENT, AND SO WE SAID FANTASTIC, THANKS FOR THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN WE HAD TO GO IMPLEMENT THEM, AND SO WE CONTRACT WITH HELIENT TO AGAIN HELP US TWEAK THAT AND FIX THAT, AND WHILE THEY WERE DOING THAT THEY ALSO OBSERVED THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF MANAGE YOUR CLOUD SPEND BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF ART AND SCIENCE AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU BUY
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ENOUGH SO YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY YOU NEED, AND AT THE SAME TIME, DON'T OVERSPEND FOR SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USE.I LIKEN TO THE IF YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT AND YOU SAY, I WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, 50 DINNER PLATES READY TO GO, RIGHT? AND I'M COMMITTING TO THAT.
FINE, YOU CAN PAY FOR THAT, BUT IF YOU COMMIT, YOU GOT TO PAY THE WHOLE THING AS OPPOSED TO SAYING, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE UP TO 50 AND I WILL PAY A SMALL AMOUNT, BUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE LATER ON IF IT'S GOING TO BE 20 OR 30, AND THEY ADJUST THE PRICE ACCORDINGLY AND IT'S SORT OF THAT WAY IN THE CLOUD SPACE A LITTLE BIT.
SO ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT HISTORICALLY AT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS IS OUR CLOUD USAGE IN OUR GI SYSTEM HAS BEEN GOING UP ABOUT 30% COST WISE YEAR OVER YEAR, WHICH IS A LOT.
RIGHT? UNTIL WE START OPTIMIZING AND WORKING ON THAT, WE NEED TO KIND OF FLATTEN THAT CURVE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO KEEP GROWING, BUT AGAIN, HOW YOU MANAGE IT AND CONTAIN THOSE COSTS IS PART OF THE ART IN THIS AND THE EXPERTISE.
SO WE HAVE WE ARE STARTING TO SHIFT TO HELIENT TO PROVIDE THAT BE NOT ONLY OUR RESELLER FOR THE AZURE CLOUD SERVICES FOR GIS, BUT PROVIDE THE EXPERTISE ALONG WITH THAT TO HELP US TUNE THAT DOWN.
WE THINK IN THE FIRST YEAR, WE CAN PROBABLY SAVE ABOUT $25,000 AND THEN FLATTEN THE CURVE OF GROWTH OVER TIME THROUGH SOME I'LL SAY STRATEGIC WAYS THAT WE ACTUALLY PURCHASE THE CLOUD SERVICES.
WE SPENT ABOUT $350,000 A YEAR FOR THAT SERVICE.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S A PORTION OF THAT MONEY.
THE OTHER PORTION IS WE IN 2023 EARLIER THIS ACTUALLY IN 2024 BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE USING SOME NETWORK MONITORING SOFTWARE, WE HAD SOME SOFTWARE IN HOUSE HERE, BUT IT WASN'T REALLY WORKING VERY WELL FOR US.
IT WAS NOT CAPTURING EVERYTHING.
IT WASN'T REALLY FULLY IMPLEMENTED THE WAY I THINK WE NEEDED TO DO IT.
SO WE EXPLORED SOME OTHER OPTIONS, AND WHILE THE SOFTWARE THAT WE WERE USING WAS GOOD IT REQUIRED IT WAS RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE AND REQUIRED A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONFIGURATION.
SO SINCE WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH HELIENT ON OUR AZURE CLOUD SERVICES.
WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT, HEY, DO YOU GUYS DO NETWORK MONITORING, AND WE USE THIS TOOL, AND THEY NOT ONLY USE THAT TOOL, BUT THEY USE OTHER ONES THAT HELP BASICALLY MONITOR ALL THE NETWORK DEVICES.
SO IF WE KNOW SOMETHING'S UP OR DOWN AND THE SERVER'S LIKE IS A SERVER OVER CAPACITY IS OUT OF DISK SPACE, IS IT OUT OF MEMORY, THAT SORT OF THING, AND SO WE STARTED A PILOT IN MID JULY THIS YEAR, AND WE'VE BEEN TAKING UNDERWAY AND IT HAS BEEN PRETTY WELL.
THEY'VE LOOKED AND SEEN AND ALERTED US ON THINGS WHEN THINGS ARE GOING OUT.
PROBABLY FASTER THAN SOMETIMES WE CAN RESPOND TO THE MESSAGES, BUT ALSO HELPING US SEE SOME GAPS IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO THEREFORE FIX, REPLACE AND REFRESH BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THEY'VE BEEN HELPING US WITH THAT, AND THAT WAS REALLY OPENED OUR EYES SOMEWHAT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO GOING FORWARD TO MAKE THINGS MORE RESILIENT HERE. SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO TAKE THE SAME MANTRA OF MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENTS, SINGLE CONTRACTS, SAME CURRENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS, SAME INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN APPEND EACH SINGLE WORK ORDER, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, TO A SINGLE CONTRACT.
SO FOR THE CURRENT SPEND WITH HELIENT IS ABOUT $175,000.
THE FUTURE SPEND IS EXPECTED TO BE $825,000, SO THAT $650,000 INCREASE IS DUE TO ONE $350,000 AS SHIFTING IN MICROSOFT CLOUD SERVICES FROM PROFICIENT TO HELIENT.
WE HAVE THE MONEY BUDGETED, WE WOULD SPEND IT, BUT IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT VENDOR.
THE OTHER PIECES ARE $180,000 FOR THE NETWORK AND SERVER MONITORING.
THIS IS CONTINGENT ON THE PILOT BEING SUCCESSFUL, BUT WE HAVE EVERY INDICATION SIX MONTHS IN WE THINK IT WILL BE, AND THEN ABOUT $120,000 OF SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE REFRESH AND REPLACEMENT, AND THIS IS A CRITICAL NEED THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED OVER IN PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THAT EQUIPMENT IS AGING OUT, AND WE'RE TRYING TO STABILIZE IT AND IMPROVE IT FOR OUR FRIENDS OVER THERE, AND AGAIN, I NOTE THESE ARE NOT BASE BUDGET INCREASES, BUT THEY'RE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONTRACT ITSELF TO IN ORDER TO SPEND WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED OR COULD BE APPROVED, AND THESE ARE PRIMARILY ONE TIME FUNDS
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THAT ARE INVOLVED FOR 2025.SO THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS THE AUTHORIZATION OF AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT WITH HELIENT TO $825,000 FOR NETWORK AND SERVER MONITORING HARDWARE AND AZURE CLOUD SERVICES.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY.
I WISH I HAD MORE PRETTY PICTURES LIKE MY OTHER COLLEAGUES.
OKAY. NOT SUPER EXCITING, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THIS WAS INTERESTING TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS.
SO APPRECIATE THAT, AND IS THERE A DO WE HAVE A MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. OH, SORRY.
OF COURSE. THE VOTE. OH, WE CAN FINISH THE VOTE.
GOOD. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO STOP US.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE VOTED, MOTION CARRIES.
YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THESE ITEMS ARE ITEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF AGENCIES WOULD TYPICALLY GO ON CONSENT, BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES WITH THE DOLLAR THRESHOLD, THAT'S WHY YOU HAD THE PRESENTATIONS, BUT I THINK TO YOUR POINT, IT IS INTERESTING, BUT IT'S ALSO JUST I THINK IT'S GOOD TO FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE A LOT OF THE JUST INCREDIBLE WORK THAT DAVID HAS BEEN DOING SINCE HE WALKED IN THE DOOR HERE.
IT'S BEEN A SLOG, I KNOW BUT HE REALLY HAS BROUGHT A STRATEGIC AND PROFESSIONAL LENS TO A LOT OF OUR SYSTEMS HERE, AND IT'S BEEN A TREASURE HUNT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF KIND OF THESE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS. I JUST REALLY WANTED TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE DAVID AND HIS WHOLE TEAM FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO.
YEAH. WELL, I WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS AS WELL BECAUSE JUST LISTENING TO YOU TALK AND JUST.
I CAN SEE HOW STRATEGIC YOU'VE BEEN ABOUT IT BECAUSE AS YOU SAY, IT'S ART AND SCIENCE, AND TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WITHIN THESE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE CLOUD AND HOW MUCH DATA TO RESERVE IN THE CLOUD, SO TO SPEAK, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY IS A IT'S STRATEGIC.
IT'S NOT JUST SORT OF COUNTING, YOU KNOW, COUNTING UP NUMBERS OF COMPUTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO REALLY WE APPRECIATE THE STRATEGIC APPROACH AND, AND ALL THE HARD WORK TO GET THESE TWO BIG THINGS UNDER ONE SORT OF MASTER CONTRACT EACH. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD, BUT ONE CONTRACT WITH EACH SUPPLIER AND THEN HAVE ALL THESE PIECES UNDERNEATH THAT.
GO AHEAD. SO JUST SO FOLKS KNOW, I THINK WE'LL TAKE THE GRANTS, AND THEN AFTER THE GRANTS, WE'LL DO JUST A VERY SHORT BREAK AND THEN WE'LL DO THE BUDGET.
GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS KATY HORNBECK, GRANTS MANAGER IN THE FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION.
TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS BOTH AN ANNUAL GRANTS PROGRAM UPDATE, AS WELL AS REQUESTING ACCEPTANCE FROM THE BOARD FOR OUR CURRENT GRANT SCHEDULE, WHICH HAS JUST BEEN A PAST PRACTICE WE'VE DONE EVERY YEAR.
SO TO START, THIS IS OUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT.
OUR GRANTS TEAM, THE THREE OF US HANDLE A VERY ROBUST GRANTS PROGRAM.
IT'S EXCITING TO GET MONEY, BUT IF WE DON'T ACTUALLY DO THE PROJECT, THEN IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
ALL RIGHT. SO GRANTS AT A GLANCE.
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SO THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT WORKS COLLABORATIVELY BOTH WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE BUT WITH ALL THE DIVISIONS TO PRIORITIZE WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE, WHAT WE WANT TO GO AFTER, AND SECURING THOSE GRANT FUNDS.SO AS OF ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE'VE SUBMITTED ABOUT 30 APPLICATIONS TOTALING 34.4 MILLION.
ON AVERAGE, WE SUBMIT ABOUT 30 TO 35 APPLICATIONS.
THIS YEAR, WE'LL PROBABLY END UP WITH ABOUT 40 APPLICATIONS FOR GRANT AWARDS.
NO AWARDS OF 18, AND THAT'S TOTALING 19.6, AND A BIG CHUNK OF THAT WAS THE RAISE APPLICATION WE SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THE LITTLE ASTERISK WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY IS, SO THE 30 APPLICATIONS WE'VE SUBMITTED THIS YEAR, IT'S NOT THAT 16 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN AWARDED AND 18 ARE NO AWARDS.
THESE ARE JUST NOTIFICATIONS THAT WE GET.
SO OF THOSE 16 A FEW OF THOSE WERE PROBABLY APPLICATIONS WE SUBMITTED THIS YEAR AND THEN MOST OF THEM WERE PROBABLY APPLICATIONS WE SUBMITTED LAST YEAR, AND SAME GOES FOR NO AWARD.
IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON THE AGENCY AND HOW QUICKLY THEY TURN AROUND.
NOTIFICATION AND THEN PAYMENTS RECEIVED.
TO DATE, WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT 95 PAYMENTS TOTALING 17.5 MILLION.
SO THE TYPES OF FUNDING THAT OUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT IS RECEIVING AND MANAGING AND TRACKING COME FROM A MIX OF SOURCES BOTH FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, PRIVATE, AND THEN THE SORT OF TYPES THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE TRACKING.
SO THOSE ARE PRIMARILY FOR OUR STORM DAMAGE RESPONSE.
WE DO TRACK AND MANAGE SOME ENDOWMENTS FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.
OCCASIONALLY WE GET REQUESTS FROM AGENCIES WHO HAVE MITIGATION FUNDS, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A PROJECT TO CONTRIBUTE THOSE DOLLARS, AND THEN FINALLY FUNDING AGREEMENTS. SO THOSE ARE OFTEN PASSTHROUGH.
SO WE MAY BE AN AGENCY PASSING THROUGH DOLLARS TO SOMEBODY ELSE OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
WHAT DO WE GET GRANT FUNDING FOR? ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, RESTORATION, YOU NAME IT.
WE PROBABLY HAVE RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING FOR IT.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW PHOTOS HIGHLIGHTING PROJECTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING.
THE BIOCHAR PILOT PROJECT MCCOSKER STORM DAMAGE.
THIS SLIDE OR THIS PIE CHART SHOWS GRANTS BY THE DEPARTMENT SLASH UNIT.
SO I'LL KIND OF WORK MY WAY AROUND THE PIE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS.
SO THE 17 MILLION UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE.
SO THOSE ARE ALL OUR FEMA GRANTS, SPECIFICALLY THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR OUR STORM DAMAGE.
SO WE PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUCKET FOR ME TO TRACK IN ONE PLACE.
I&R HAS TWO GRANTS FOR 40,000.
IT TAKES UP A BIG CHUNK OF THE PIE, BUT 36 MILLION OF THAT IS THE POINT MOLATE ACQUISITION FUNDS FROM COASTAL CONSERVANCY, AND THEN WE HAVE PARK OPERATIONS WITH SEVEN GRANTS TOTALING 3.3 MAST, THREE GRANTS FOR 1.4.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH PAVING PROJECTS FUNDED THROUGH CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
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LIFEGUARD SERVICE HAS A FEW GRANTS FOR 66,000 POLICE, 700,000 FOR GRANTS AND THEN RESTORATION.THAT'S CHRIS BARTON'S UNIT PROJECTS THAT ARE MORE HEAVILY FOCUSED ON RESTORATION, BUT MAY HAVE SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OR PUBLIC ACCESS SIDE TO IT, AND THEN STEWARDSHIP HAS 23 GRANTS AT 7 MILLION AND TRAILS 24 MILLION WITH 17 GRANTS.
HOW DO WE GET GRANTS? WE GET THEM THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS, AND THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT ON OUR REPUTATION TO COMPLETE PROJECTS, TO SPEND MONEY IN THE WAY THAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO, THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY TO DO THIS WORK, AND SO THAT HAS REALLY BEEN THE CRUX OF HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET TO A REALLY SUCCESSFUL AND ROBUST, ROBUST GRANTS PROGRAM. THE OTHER PART IS READINESS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GRANTS AREN'T DRIVING PROJECT PRIORITIES.
PART OF PART OF THE READINESS FACTOR IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, THE GRANT APPLICATIONS WE SUBMIT WITH PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE COMPETITIVE PROJECTS AND COMPETITIVE, MEANING THAT WE CAN GET THEM DONE IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS.
THAT MAYBE PERMITTING IS FAR ENOUGH ALONG THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT WE CAN GET THAT PROJECT DONE.
USUALLY WE SAY LIKE 65% DESIGN AND CEQUA IS COMPLETE, AND THAT'S A COMPETITIVE PROJECT.
IT FEELS LIKE A REAL PROJECT TO GRANT AGENCIES WHEN THEY SEE THOSE THINGS.
SO I'M TALKING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS ON A REGULAR BASIS, ON PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THEIR PIPELINE, WHERE THEY'RE AT, WHAT THE FUNDING GAP IS, ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE DELAYING OR EXPEDITING THAT PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THAT CURRENT INFORMATION TO HAVE TO GO AFTER GRANT MONEY, AND THEN FINALLY, GRANTS ARE RISKY.
WE GET PAID FOR THE PROJECTS WE COMPLETE, NOT THE GRANTS WERE AWARDED.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE READY.
SO WE'RE NOT PUTTING OUR REPUTATION AT RISK.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE R'S I LIKE TO KEEP IN MIND AND LIKE TO EMPHASIZE TO OUR STAFF AND THEN TO ALL OF YOU AS I COME HERE EVERY YEAR VERY QUICKLY.
I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT THE GRANT FUNDING LIFE CYCLE IS.
I JUMP IN REALLY AT THE BACK HALF.
OUR BOARD, OUR GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS TEAM, THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD AT THE FRONT END, DEVELOPING AND ADVOCATING FOR LEGISLATION AND INITIATIVES SUCH AS PROP FOR THE CLIMATE BOND AND GETTING THOSE BUCKETS OF MONEY CREATED, HELPING MAKE IT RAIN AND THEN I RUN AROUND AND TRY TO CATCH IT ALL.
SO ONCE THAT BUCKET OF MONEY IS CREATED, IT GETS DELIVERED OUT OR APPROPRIATED OUT TO THE DIFFERENT ADMINISTERING AGENCIES, AND THEY DETERMINE WHAT GRANT PROGRAMS THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO, HOW THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE SPENT AND CREATE THOSE GUIDELINES, AND AT THAT POINT, THAT'S WHERE ME AND MY TEAM COME IN AND WE'LL SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR THE MOST COMPETITIVE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE AND START ENGAGING WITH THOSE GROUPS, DOING SITE VISITS TALKING ABOUT OUR PROJECTS, SEEING WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN AND GOING FROM THERE, AND THEN IF WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH, WE GET THAT GRANT AWARD.
AT TIMES IT'S LIKELY THAT THE PROP FOR THE CLIMATE BOND FUNDS WON'T BE OUT TO THOSE ADMINISTERING AGENCIES UNTIL NEXT JULY, AND SO COME NEXT SUMMER IS WHEN WE'LL PROBABLY SEE A BIG PUSH FOR APPLICATIONS TO GET TO GET SOME OF THAT FUNDING.
IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC PROGRAM, YOU MIGHT SEE SOMETHING NOTED LIKE PASS THROUGH BECAUSE THERE'S NO ACTUAL GRANT PROGRAM, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THEN THE STATUS, THE STATUS TO DEFINE THOSE VERY QUICKLY PENDING MEANS THAT A GRANT PROGRAM HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED.
WE KNOW IT'S THERE'S A DEADLINE ASSOCIATED TO THAT.
FOR APPLIED IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
WE'VE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION.
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AWARDED IS WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT NOTICE THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN THE GRANT AWARD AND THEN ACTIVE.SO THAT MEANS THE PROJECT IS DONE, BUT MY STAFF IS WORKING THROUGH THE CLOSEOUT PROCESS TO RECEIVE ANY RETENTION FUNDS, REQUEST FINAL PAYMENT, SUBMIT ALL OF OUR PAPERWORK TO THAT WE'VE MET OUR DELIVERABLES AND WHATNOT.
SO THAT'S HOW YOU CAN INTERPRET THE GRANT SCHEDULE.
AS OF A MONTH AGO, WE WERE TRACKING 153 GRANTS TOTALING JUST SHY OF 200 MILLION.
OF THAT, 33 GRANTS ARE THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FUNDING FROM CALLAWAY S FEMA FOR BOTH 2017 AND 2023 STORM DAMAGE, AND THAT TOTALS 24.3 MILLION.
ALL RIGHT, SO TO CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, KATY, AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK AND YOUR STAFF'S GREAT WORK, AND I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS, IS THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION AUTHORITY. THEY GIVE OUT ABOUT 25 MILLION A YEAR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, RIGHT? IS IT ON A SCHEDULED BASIS? I MEAN, IS THERE A DATE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO A CERTAIN DATE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY WE'RE DISTRIBUTING 25 MILLION TODAY, OR IS IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OR IS IT BASED ON APPLICATIONS? IF THEY GET IT'S BASED ON APPLICATIONS.
SO THEY DO A SOLICITATION USUALLY IN THE FALL OF EVERY YEAR, AND THEY'LL ACCEPT THOSE APPLICATIONS, AND THEN THEY MAKE THEIR AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE SPRING, AND USUALLY BY THE SUMMER THEY'VE OBLIGATED THEIR FUNDS.
OKAY, GREAT. SO WE'LL KNOW WITH THESE THREE PROJECTS YOU'VE MENTIONED, THEY'LL WE'LL KNOW BY SPRING.
YEAH, PROBABLY MARCH/APRIL, YEAH.
THIS IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.
THANK YOU. YOU MENTIONED THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, WHAT'S THE THRESHOLD FOR? WHAT'S A SHOVEL READY PROJECT? DOES IT HAVE TO BE 25% READY OR 50%? IT DEPENDS ON THE GRANT PROGRAM.
SOME GRANTS THAT IT MAY BE THAT THEY DON'T REQUIRE A MINIMUM DESIGN, BUT THEY'LL REQUIRE LAND TENURE, AND IF SO, IF WE DON'T HAVE MAYBE RIGHT OF WAY SECURED, THEN IT'S WE CAN'T APPLY. SO IT REALLY IT VARIES FROM PROGRAM TO PROGRAM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE SOME FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE JUST FOR PLANNING AND DESIGN.
SO WE COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE SPECTRUM AND GO FOR IT.
SO IT'S A VAGUE ANSWER, BUT IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE PROGRAM.
YEAH. GREAT, AND THEN HOW DO YOU FIND SOME OF THESE GUYS? IS THERE LIKE A CLEARINGHOUSE FOR LIKE, ALL THE STATE GRANTS GET DUMPED INTO A CLEARINGHOUSE SOMEWHERE, AND EVERYBODY JUST LOOKS AND TO SEE WHAT APPLIES.
SO I GET MANY FORWARDED EMAIL.
SO BUT YES, THERE ARE MULTIPLE DATABASES THAT WE'RE WE'RE PLUGGED INTO.
SO WE'LL GET THOSE NOTICES SOMETIMES ON A WEEKLY BASIS OF WHAT'S BEING ANNOUNCED.
OKAY, AND MY FINAL QUESTION IS YOU STATED THAT SOME OF THE GRANTS.
WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MONEY UP FRONT BEFORE AND COMPLETE PROJECT AND GET REIMBURSED.
IS THAT MONEY BUDGETED AHEAD OF TIME? YES. SO ONCE WE GET THE GRANT AGREEMENT.
SO WHEN I COME TO THE BOARD TO REQUEST APPROVAL TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, PART OF THAT RESOLUTION LANGUAGE IS TO BUDGET THE FUNDS INTO THE NEW OR EXISTING PROJECT.
ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT GRANT AGREEMENT.
SO ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT, FINANCE WILL PROCESS IT.
SO THAT WAY THE STAFF CAN GO EXECUTE THEIR CONTRACTS AND CAN SPEND THE MONEY, PAY THEIR CONTRACTORS, AND THEN USUALLY ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, MY ACCOUNT TECHNICIAN IS ASKING FOR A REIMBURSEMENT. SO WE'RE NOT WAITING UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE PROJECTS, BUT WE'RE CONSTANTLY ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT, AND THEN THIS IS PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR DEBORAH, BUT THE GRANT COMES IN AND THEN WE HAVE A PROJECT, BUT YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
DID WE SET ASIDE THAT MONEY THINKING AHEAD OF TIME THAT WE WERE GOING TO APPLY FOR A GRANT? YEAH, SO I THINK THE QUESTION YOU'RE GETTING AT IS LIKE, WELL, HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT? YEAH. SO WE HAVE POOLED CASH.
SO WE'RE IF YOU REMEMBER THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORTS I'M SHOWING YOU.
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SO WE HAVE RESERVES THAT WERE SO WE'RE FRONTING THE MONEY AND THEN QUARTERLY GETTING REIMBURSEMENTS THAT KATY STAFF IS DOING.COULD YOU JUST RE-CLARIFY WHEN YOU MENTIONED YOU MENTIONED THE CAL CALIFORNIA OES, FEMA STORM DAMAGE 2017 AND 2023.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE CLOSEOUT STAGE, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CLOSED.
SO FOR 2017, THE CLOSEOUT STAGE MEANING THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, BUT MOST OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS UNDER THE PROJECT WORKSHEET WITH FEMA, SO WE CAN'T CLOSE IT OUT UNTIL ALL THE PROJECTS ARE DONE.
HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY PAYMENTS FROM THE 2017 STORMS? OKAY. THAT'S GOOD, AND THEN ONCE THE PROJECT'S FULLY CLOSED, DO WE KEEP A TRACK OF ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE AN INTERNAL DATABASE.
I TRIED TO LOOK ON OUR WEBSITE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE IT TRACKED ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE IF THEY WANTED TO? NO, WE HAVE A GRANTS DATABASE, SO ONCE WE CLOSE SOMETHING OUT, WE CAN GO BACK, AND I COULD RUN A REPORT TO SAY THESE ARE ALL OF OUR CLOSED GRANTS OVER THE LAST X AMOUNT OF YEARS.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT, AND I DON'T KNOW, IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE A DECISION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE THINK WE AS A BOARD THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BUT I COULDN'T FIND A SECTION, AND MAYBE THIS SECTION DOES EXIST AND I COULDN'T FIND IT WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT OUR GRANTS PROGRAM, BUT I THINK YOU DO SUCH AMAZING WORK, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAYBE HAVE A TO CONSIDER HAVING SOME SORT OF LANDING PAGE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO ON THE GRANTS FRONT AND ALL THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, TYPES OF GRANTS THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER AND ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS.
SO I THINK WHENEVER WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE WEBSITE AND SOME OF THE DIFFERENT LANDING PAGES, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF GOOD WORK COMES OUT OF THIS, AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THIS PRESENTATION.
SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER TODAY.
ANYBODY ELSE? OH, DIRECTOR COFFEY.
KATY THE GRANTS BY DEPARTMENT UNIT.
YOU PROBABLY EXPLAINED THIS, AND I MISSED IT.
COULD YOU TELL ME AGAIN WHAT THE PERIOD OF TIME THIS REPRESENTS? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CURRENT, WHAT WE WERE SHOWING IN THE DATABASE AS OF ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
SO WE DIDN'T GET ALL THESE AWARDS THIS YEAR? NO. SO I'M WONDERING HOW FAR BACK.
OH WELL, DEFINITELY AS FAR BACK AS 2017 IS PROBABLY THE FURTHEST BACK WE WOULD GO.
MAYBE I'D HAVE TO GO DOUBLE CHECK, BUT.
SO IT'S A LARGE NUMBER IT'S TO BE PROUD OF, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY YEARS BACK DO WE GO? MAYBE AT LEAST SEVEN.
JUST LASTLY, ARE WE STAFF SUFFICIENTLY TO GO AFTER ALL THE GRANTS TO DO THE GRANT WRITING, TO DO THE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THE FOLLOW UP IS THERE FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH THE FUNDING SOURCES AND WHATEVER OTHER FOLLOW UP AND CLOSING THERE IS.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF STAFF WORK FOR IT, AND I'M CONSTANTLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE SUFFICIENTLY RESOURCED TO DO THAT, WHICH INCLUDES INTERNAL AND CONSULTING SERVICES, TO GO AFTER ALL THE MONEY OUT THERE THAT WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR.
YES. WE'RE I THINK WE'RE MANAGING THE SHIP PRETTY WELL.
WE THE BOARD HISTORICALLY OR ANNUALLY HAS APPROVED FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR GRANT WRITING SERVICES.
I THINK THIS YEAR WAS 100,000 AND LAST YEAR WAS 100,000, AND WE GO THROUGH THAT AND PRETTY MUCH USE IT FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR GRANT APPLICATIONS WILL CONTRACT OUT WHETHER IT DEPENDS ON THE APPLICATION, BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT HELPS SUPPORT OUR BANDWIDTH IS THE THAT GRANT WRITING SUPPORT BECAUSE THAT DOES THAT MONOPOLIZES A LOT OF TIME, AND THEN ALSO PROJECT MANAGERS PROVIDE A LOT OF SUPPORT WITH GRANT APPLICATIONS AS WELL. I MEAN, THEY'RE THE EXPERTS IN THE PROJECT AND IN THEIR FIELD.
I ONLY KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT RIPARIAN HABITATS AND FUELS.
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SO THEY WILL ALSO REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND PROVIDE SOME NARRATIVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS RIGHT BUT SHORT ANSWER IS, YES.I THINK WE ALL ENCOURAGE THAT.
THANK YOU, AND IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT TOO, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH A LOT OF THE AGENCIES, AND THEY ARE ASKING US, WHICH IS GREAT AS A LARGE AGENCY AND HIGH VOLUME AGENCY, I WOULD SAY.
ON ADVICE ON HOW THEY CAN STREAMLINE THEIR PROCESSES TO MAKE IT EVEN EASIER FOR US.
SO WE HAVE A REAL SEAT AT THE TABLE, AND WE JUST ACTUALLY WEEK AND A HALF AGO I GUESS WE.
WERE IN SACRAMENTO AND KATY CAME WITH US AND SHE WAS LEADING A LOT OF THOSE.
THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE GRANTING AGENCIES.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND IT FLOWS FROM THE REALLY COOL THING ABOUT BEING 90 YEARS OLD AND BEING VERY SUCCESSFUL AND HAVING A GREAT REPUTATION WITH WHAT WE DO, WE GET AGENCIES KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND SAY, DO YOU HAVE PROJECTS THAT WOULD FIT OUR GOALS FOR FUNDING? AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD THING FOR THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, THAT WE'RE THERE AND READY TO DO THAT AND ATTRACT THAT. WE ATTRACT THE MONEY, THE FUNDING.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE.
IS IT THE FERRY PIER PROJECT? WASN'T THERE SOMEONE THAT SAID, OH, WE HAVE GRANT MONEY THAT COULD BE ALLOCATED FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT? WE WERE READY TO GO WITH THAT PROJECT.
YEAH. YEAH, WE GOT, THAT PROJECT WAS MOSTLY FUNDED BY GRANTS.
TWO OF THE THREE AGENCIES CONTACTED US AND SAID, HEY, WE HAVE THIS FUNDING.
DO YOU HAVE A PROJECT READY FOR IT? AND IT LINED UP REALLY NICELY, BUT YEAH.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AS WELL.
I THINK THIS IS JUST EXTRAORDINARY THAT THREE PEOPLE ARE MANAGING THIS AMOUNT OF WORK.
I MEAN, REALLY IT'S INCREDIBLE.
YOU SAID 30 APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED FOR 34.4 MILLION, AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, MANAGING 153 GRANTS TOTALING 198 MILLION. EVEN WITH THAT, I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE OUTSIDE SUPPORT AS WELL.
SO I'M GLAD COLIN DID, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH SOMEONE ELSE TO HELPING WITH THE GRANT WRITING PROCESS, IT'S STILL I KNOW YOU HAVE TO DO SO MUCH TO MANAGE THAT AND TO GET IT RIGHT AND TO GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION FROM THE PROJECT MANAGERS AND EVERYONE ELSE.
SO I'M REALLY JUST SORT OF BLOWN AWAY.
I THINK I, I ALWAYS KNOW YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB.
THERE'S JUST THREE PEOPLE THERE.
IT'S EXTRAORDINARY. SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE CAN SOMEONE HAVE OR WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT SCHEDULE OF CURRENT GRANT SCHEDULE.
OKAY. SO MOTION BY DIRECTOR SANWONG.
[CHUCKLING] SORRY, I'M GOING TO MOVE YOUR SEATS NEXT TIME FOR THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR.
OKAY. SO YES, DID YOU GET THAT? SANWONG AND ROSARIO.
YEAH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GREAT. WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.
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WE'RE IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A SMALL CHANGE IN THE AGENDA TO BRING FORWARD THE PRESENTATION BY PUBLIC SAFETY ON THE HELICOPTER PRIOR TO THE BUDGET DISCUSSION.GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I'M SERGEANT FRED GREER, CHIEF PILOT FOR THE DISTRICT'S AIR SUPPORT UNIT.
THANK YOU, AND TONIGHT, I'LL BE GIVING A SHORT PRESENTATION TO SUPPORT OUR REQUEST TO SPEND OUR BUDGET FUNDS TO EXPAND OUR CAPABILITY AND ROLE IN SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS WITH THE HELICOPTERS.
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IT WOULD REDUCE RESPONSE TIMES AND INCREASE CARE CAPABILITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE AIR SUPPORT TEAM'S INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF OUR OWN PARK DISTRICT.RECENTLY, ALL OUR TACTICAL FLIGHT OFFICERS ARE UNDERGOING AND BECOMING CERTIFIED AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, AND BOTH HELICOPTERS ARE EQUIPPED WITH UPGRADED EMT LEVEL MEDICAL BAGS WITH AED DEFIBRILLATORS IN THE HELICOPTERS, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO INITIATE EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN AND NETWORK WITH BOTH ALAMEDA COUNTY AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY'S SEARCH AND RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS, AND RECENTLY WE'VE TRAINED LANDINGS AT ALL OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL TRAUMA PADS EDEN HOSPITAL, JOHN MUIR AND WASHINGTON HOSPITAL HAS A RENOVATED TRAUMA PAD NOW, AND THEY ARE NOW A TRAUMA CENTER.
SO AS WE KNOW, WE OFTEN DO HAVE PARK USERS THAT BECOME INJURED IN OUR PARKS OR EXPERIENCED MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, AND UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THESE INCIDENCES OCCUR IN AREAS THAT ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR LANDING, EITHER BECAUSE OF SLOPES OR TREE COVER, OR ROCKY, OR ALSO, AS YOU SEE IN ONE OF THESE DEL VALLE RESCUES, A WATER RESCUE WHERE YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET THERE UNLESS YOU HAD SWIFT WATER RESCUE TEAMS. SO THIS IS PRECISELY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS SHORT HAUL TECHNOLOGY.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE ONLY RESPONDING PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCY IN THE REGION TO COME DOWN. THEY HAVE A HOIST ON THEIR HELICOPTER.
IT'S SIMILAR, EXCEPT A HOIST WILL BE ABLE TO BRING UP A PATIENT INTO THE HELICOPTER.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS SHORT HAUL TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A LONG LINE.
SO WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL TO SPEND OUR BUDGETED FUNDS ON THE BOOST HUMAN EXTERNAL CARGO SYSTEM.
THERE ARE SEVERAL SYSTEMS AVAILABLE FOR HELICOPTERS FOR THIS LONG LINE RESCUE TECHNOLOGY.
HOWEVER, THE BOOST SYSTEM IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS AN FAA SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE KNOWN AS AN STC, WHICH IS APPROVED FOR THE AIRCRAFT WE USE, WHICH IS THE AIRBUS H125. AS YOU SEE, BOOST HAS A LONG LIST OF CLIENTS EVERYTHING FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE, INTERNATIONAL AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENGAGE IN SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS, AND OF NOTE, HERE IS SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE NORTH OF US, AND THEY USE THIS EXACT SYSTEM FOR THEIR HELICOPTER, AND IT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A HOIST ON THE HELICOPTER TO BRING THE PERSON IN, IT'S A REDUNDANT SAFETY SYSTEM THAT LIFTS A RESCUER AND INSERTS THEM TO THE VICTIMS, WHERE IF THEY'RE AMBULATORY, THEY CAN BE EXTRACTED LIKE THAT.
IF THEY'RE NOT AMBULATORY, THEY CAN BE PACKAGED AND EXTRACTED ON A STRETCHER AND AS YOU SEE HERE, YOU CAN PUT MULTIPLE PEOPLE ON THIS SYSTEM AND SAFELY INSERT AND EXTRACT THEM FROM AREAS THAT IS A LITTLE LIMITED.
IF YOU HAVE A HOIST, HOIST CAN ONLY LIFT UP TO 400 OR SO POUNDS.
WHEREAS THIS SYSTEM, AS YOU SEE HERE, CAN LIFT MULTIPLE RESCUERS AND VICTIMS UP TO 1,100 POUNDS.
SO THIS IS ESPECIALLY HELPFUL FOR AREAS, AS YOU SEE HERE, WHERE YOU COULDN'T OTHERWISE GET A RESCUER IN UNLESS IT WAS AN EXTENDED GROUND RESCUE OPERATION THAT MAY TAKE MANY MORE HOURS.
SO DURING THE BOARD OPERATION COMMITTEE MEETING, WE WERE ASKED TO DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH INTO DATA AND STATISTICS CONCERNING USE OF SYSTEMS LIKE THIS IN NOT ONLY THE REGION, BUT IN AREAS SIMILAR TO OURS.
NOW, ALAMEDA COUNTY HAD A RECENT REPORT, AND INDEED IT DID CITE THAT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT'S HELICOPTERS ARE A VITAL RESOURCE FOR FIREFIGHTING AND SEARCH AND RESCUE, BUT WE DO LACK THE SHORT HAUL, WHICH IS LONG LINE RESCUE CAPABILITY TO INSERT OR EXTRACT PATIENTS.
THE CONTRA COSTA LAFCO REPORT.
THE LAST I COULD FIND WAS IN 2009, SO IT WASN'T THAT HELPFUL, EXCEPT FOR ONE INTERESTING NOTE, WHICH IS AT THAT TIME, OUR AIR UNIT DID HAVE THESE CAPABILITIES THROUGH OPERATIONS OVER THE YEARS.
WE HAVEN'T HAD THEM FOR A WHILE.
WE'D LIKE TO REINTRODUCE THEM AND GET BACK TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF LIFE SAVING CAPABILITY.
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SO YOU JUST SAW SONOMA COUNTY'S VIDEO ON WHAT THEY DID.THEY'VE HAD VERY EXTENSIVE USE OF IT JUST SINCE AUGUST OF 23 TILL NOW.
THEY STARTED USING A NEW DATA KEEPING SYSTEM.
THAT'S WHY IT DOESN'T GO BACK FARTHER.
THEY'VE HAD 32 LONG LINE RESCUES, AND 17 OF THOSE DID OCCUR IN THEIR STATE AND REGIONAL PARK AREAS.
SO THEY TRAIN CONSTANTLY WITH THIS SYSTEM, AND AS YOU SEE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THEY'VE DONE OVER 3000 LONG LINE LIFTS, AND IN ALL OF THOSE LIFTS, THEY'VE ONLY HAD ONE SAFETY RELATED ISSUE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE RESCUER HAD NOT YET HOOKED HIMSELF WITH THE PATIENT, AND WHEN THEY STARTED THE LIFT, THEY JUST HAD TO ABORT IT AND COME BACK DOWN.
I REACHED OUT TO CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL.
THEIRS IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO BREAK OUT WITH STATISTICS BECAUSE THEY COVER SUCH A LARGE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION, SO IT REQUIRED A LOT OF LINE BY LINE RESEARCH TRYING TO GET MY MOUSE GOING HERE.
I ENDED UP DOING LINE BY LINE THROUGH OUR CAD SYSTEM AND COMING UP WITH THESE.
INDEED, THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL WAS CALLED TO OUR PARKS OVER 80 TIMES IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
MANY OF THOSE TIMES, THEY WERE CANCELED EN ROUTE BECAUSE THE GROUND UNITS WERE ABLE TO GET TO THEM BEFORE CHP COULD RESPOND, BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING FROM NAPA, BUT THEY DID END UP OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS DOING 32 HOIST RESCUES IN THE GOLDEN GATE DISTRICT.
WE COULD ONLY FIND FIVE IN OUR DISTRICT PARKS.
HOWEVER, ANECDOTALLY, I KNOW IT WAS MORE THAN FIVE BECAUSE THEY POSTED ON INSTAGRAM RESCUES IN OUR PARKS QUITE CONSISTENTLY, AND JUST IN THE LAST YEAR I'VE SEEN PROBABLY THAT NUMBER IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
THE SERGEANT THERE REPORTED THAT THEY'VE DONE OVER 1000 HOIST TRAINING, AND OUT OF ALL OF THESE HOISTS THAT THEY'VE DONE, THEY HAVE HAD NO SAFETY RELATED ISSUES OR ACCIDENTS. SO DURING THE BOARD OPERATION COMMITTEE MEETING, WE ALSO DISCUSSED OTHER LARGE AGENCIES THAT MAY HAVE PARKLAND AREAS.
SOME OF THEM WEREN'T ABLE TO GET BACK TO ME IN TIME, BUT SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WAS VERY HELPFUL, AS YOU SEE, AND DOWN IN THE YELLOW HERE IS A HOIST PER YEAR. SO SOMEWHERE TO THE AREA OF 50 TO 60 HOISTS A YEAR, BUT AND THEY HAD A LARGE GAP HERE BECAUSE OF A HACKING INCIDENT, BUT OUT OF THE 148 RECORDED HOISTS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, THERE WAS NO INJURIES AND ONLY ONE MALFUNCTION OF THE HOIST, WHICH MEANT THEY COULDN'T RETRIEVE THE VICTIM INTO THE HELICOPTER.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY ALSO HAS A LOT OF PARK DISTRICT AREA.
SINCE 2021, THEY'VE DONE 325 HOISTS OF 475 VICTIMS. SO YES, MORE THAN ONE PERSON AT A TIME.
THEY'VE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO INJURIES OR SAFETY RELATED EVENTS, AND THEY ESTIMATED THAT OVER 75% OF THOSE RESCUES WERE OUT OF THE STATE PARK AREAS IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, AND THEN JUST LAST, I WAS ABLE TO GET LAS VEGAS METRO, WHO HAS A LARGE SEARCH AND RESCUE CAPABILITY, AND THEY ALSO SERVE A LOT OF PARKLANDS OUT THERE THE VALLEY OF FIRE, RED ROCK, THE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA OF THE LAKES, AND AS YOU SEE, 83 HOISTS IN ONE YEAR, 42, 50 IN ANOTHER YEAR, BUT WHAT I FOUND INTERESTING WAS THE VAST MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL IN 2023 WERE DONE OUT OF PARKLANDS, SO THEY'VE DONE 568 HOISTS WITH THEIR TRAINING IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, AND THEY'VE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO REPORTED SAFETY INCIDENTS WITH THEIR HOIST CAPABILITIES.
SO IF WE'RE APPROVED FOR THIS AND WE GO THROUGH THE PROPER TRAINING, THAT WILL ALSO EXPAND THE SERVICES THAT THE AIR UNIT COULD PROVIDE TO THE DISTRICT ON A UTILITY BASIS, MEANING THAT WE COULD ALSO INSERT FIREFIGHTERS AHEAD OF A FIRE OR EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, EXTRACT FIREFIGHTERS SHOULD THEY BECOME TRAPPED IN A REMOTE AREA. ALSO, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SLING EQUIPMENT TO THE TOP OF HILLS.
SO WE'D JUST BE OF A BIGGER SERVICE TO THE PARK DISTRICT IN GENERAL.
ALL THE LINES, HARNESSES, CONNECTIONS AND EQUIPMENT.
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ADVANCED HELICOPTER SERVICES.SO THE FISCAL IMPACT IS FROM FUNDING THAT'S ALREADY IDENTIFIED WITHIN PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET TO BOOST HUMAN EXTERNAL CARGO SYSTEMS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $194,000.
SO, PUBLIC SAFETY RECOMMENDS THE ADDITION OF TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT THAT WILL INCREASE LIFE SAVING CAPABILITIES FOR OUR PARK USERS AND ACT AS A LARGER RESOURCE FOR THE PARK DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GO AHEAD. DIRECTOR SANWONG.
YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE RESPONSIVENESS FROM THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AS WELL IN REGARDS TO OUR REQUEST FOR, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OTHER AGENCIES AND COMING BACK TO THE FULL BOARD WITH SOME DATA.
I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE, AND I ALSO APPRECIATE LOOKING AT BOTH THE ALAMEDA COUNTY AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY LAFCO, LOCAL AREA FORMATION COMMISSION REPORTS.
I HAD NO IDEA. THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ONE WAS FROM 2009.
HOPEFULLY THEY'LL UPDATE SOON.
THAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO TO ME, BUT I THINK IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE THAT AND TO NOTE IT, AND I'LL SHARE WITH THE ALAMEDA COUNTY LAFCO AND SOME OF THIS WILL BE A REPEAT FROM THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, BUT I REALLY WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR THIS.
SO IT WAS COMPLETED IN MARCH, APRIL OF THIS YEAR, 2024 TIMEFRAME.
THE IT'S THE FINAL REPORT ON FIRE PROTECTION, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEW, AND IT'S A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, AND INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IS A TABLE, A GRID THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED ACROSS ALAMEDA COUNTY AND BY WHICH AGENCY, WHICH EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCY AND EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IS LISTED AS ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES, AND IN REGARDS TO HELICOPTER SERVICES SLASH FIRE SUPPRESSION, WE ARE THE ONLY AGENCY IN ALAMEDA COUNTY THAT IS NOTED IN THIS REPORT FROM MARCH APRIL 2024.
IN REGARDS TO HELICOPTER LANDING FACILITIES ON SITE, WE ARE THE ONLY AGENCY EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT THAT IS NOTED HERE IN THE ALAMEDA COUNTY LAFCO REPORT, AND THEN I THINK IF WE GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO RESCUE SERVICES, THERE ARE NO AGENCIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE HELICOPTER SHORT SLASH LONG HAUL RESCUE CAPABILITIES, AND I BELIEVE SHOULD WE DECIDE TODAY ON THIS ITEM BEFORE THE BOARD, THEN THAT WOULD PUT A CHECK MARK IN OUR COLUMN IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM.
SO AS OF TODAY IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, NONE OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES PROVIDE THIS.
OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? GO AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
IF IT WOULD BE PERMITTED FOR USAGE IN A NONPUBLIC SAFETY SETTING.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU TALKED ABOUT USING IT TO MOVE EQUIPMENT IN OR OUT OF A RADIO TOWER, WHICH IS A PUBLIC SAFETY THING, BUT WOULD IT BE WOULD IT BE AVAILABLE FOR SO ONE OF OUR CREWS IS DOING REMOTE WORK ON A RIDGE LINE, AND IT'S A SINGLE TRACK ACCESS.
THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, FIRE ROAD THERE.
WOULD THIS BE AVAILABLE TO HAUL MATERIAL TO A JOB UP THERE? YES, SIR. MATERIAL? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY COMMON PRACTICE.
OKAY. EXCUSE ME. THAT'S ACTUALLY VERY COMMON PRACTICE AMONGST HELICOPTER UTILITY OPERATIONS.
GO AHEAD. OKAY, JUST A COMMENT.
I JUST AS I SAID IN THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE THIS IS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE VOTES I REGRET IN MY TIME AS A BOARD WAS GETTING RID OF OUR THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE.
HAVING SEEN IT DONE AND AT THE TIME IT WAS PRESENTED AS.
WE DON'T DO IT THAT MUCH, BUT IT'S IT VARIES SO MUCH YEAR TO YEAR AND WITH MORE OF OUR MORE PEOPLE COMING TO OUR PARKS, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
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THERE'S GOING TO BE THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT MORE INCIDENTS, AND HAVING SEEN IT SEEN DONE FIRSTHAND AS A FIREFIGHTER, LIFTING SOMEBODY OFF THE WEST RIDGE TRAIL WHERE YOU COULDN'T LAND WE HAD TO EXTRICATE JUST A SHORT HAUL OUT AND TO A SAFETY AREA.SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO THESE RESCUES, THEY'RE EXTREMELY HIGH PROFILE, AND IT'S JUST A WAY OF PROVIDING A SERVICE SINCE WE'RE UP IN THE AIR ANYWAY, AND IT ALSO SAVES OTHER SERVICES, LIKE THE STATE HELICOPTERS OR ANOTHER COUNTY FROM DOING DUPLICATING THAT SERVICE WHERE THEY'RE ALREADY.
WE MIGHT AS WELL DO IT IF WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY, AND HOPE THIS GOES THROUGH.
WELL, I CERTAINLY AGREE THAT THIS IS WELL WORTH THE INVESTMENT.
$200,000 TO SAVE A LIFE, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT A LOT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S OTHER USES FOR IT AS WELL.
SO I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE AS PART OF OUR PART OF OUR RESOURCES.
SO UNLESS ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, COULD I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND.
OKAY. DIRECTOR MERCURIO MOVES AND DIRECTOR ROSARIO SECONDS.
THANK YOU. OPPOSED? I DIDN'T ASK FOR OPPOSED, BUT NONE OPPOSED.
ALL RIGHT. SHOULD I BEGIN? YES, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD.
SO I'LL BEGIN BY BRIEFLY WALKING YOU THROUGH OUR ANNUAL BUDGET CYCLE, AND THEN I'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT EACH OF THESE BUBBLES, BUT WE ARE ON A CALENDAR YEAR BASIS, WHICH IS UNUSUAL FOR A GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
MOST ARE ON A FISCAL YEAR BASIS.
WE THEN DEVELOP OUR BUDGETARY NEEDS FOR THE COMING YEAR, OUR BASE BUDGET IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
WE THEN OPEN IT UP TO DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS.
AS WE'RE BUILDING OUR BUDGET, WE'RE ALWAYS COGNIZANT OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
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, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC GUIDES US.
SO THE COLLECTION OF BOARD, DIVISION AND COMMUNITY INPUT, THE BOARD PRIORITIES COME TO US VIA THE STUDY SESSIONS THAT TYPICALLY HAPPEN IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, BUT ALSO WE GET THAT INFORMATION FROM DIFFERENT BOARD MEETINGS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
WE GATHER COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGH AN ANNUAL SURVEY THAT'S DONE BY THE GOV AND LEG TEAM, AND THEN ALSO OBVIOUSLY PUBLIC MEETINGS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION CHANNELS, AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE THIS FORMAL STATE OF THE DIVISION THAT THE AGMS SHARE THEIR CURRENT PRIORITIES, AND THEN ALSO DIVISION STAFF ARE ENTERING THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS THAT ARE PRIORITIZED BY THE AGM AND THEN ARE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR REVENUE EXPECTATIONS.
THE BULK OF THIS THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT IS PROPERTY TAXES.
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THEY ARE ON THAT FISCAL YEAR BASIS AND THEN WE USE AN EXTERNAL FIRM, BEACON ECONOMICS, TO HELP US PROJECT THE ASSESSED VALUE INCREASE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, AND WE PUT THOSE TWO HALVES TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR INCREASE WILL BE FOR THE COMING YEAR.SO IN 2025, WE'RE BUDGETING A 5.9% INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES.
ANOTHER LARGE SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS FEES AND CHARGES.
TYPICALLY, WE GET THAT INFORMATION FROM OPERATIONS.
THEY LOOK AT PAST TRENDS, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT'S COMING IN THE NEXT YEAR.
THIS YEAR, IN ADDITION, WE HAD A FEE STUDY THAT WAS COMPLETED.
SO THAT PROVIDED US WITH SOME OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT OUR FEES AND CHARGES, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO OUR GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF OTHER FUNDS, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND DEBT SERVICE FUNDS, AND THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS AND WAYS THAT WE'RE PROJECTING REVENUES FOR EACH OF THOSE.
BUILDING THE BASE BUDGET IS PRIMARILY LOOKING AT EMPLOYEE COSTS.
SO THAT'S FOR COLAS THAT ARE COMING FROM MOUS THAT ARE APPROVED AND THEN BENEFIT INCREASES.
FOR EXAMPLE, CALPERS INCREASES OR CALPERS MEDICAL INCREASES.
WE BUILD THOSE ALL INTO OUR BASE SALARY AND BENEFIT COSTS.
WE LOOK AT OTHER OBLIGATIONS, LIKE FOR DEBT SERVICE OR NEW DEBT ISSUANCE THAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED, ANY EXPECTED PARK OPENINGS OR OTHER LONG TERM LIABILITIES, AND THAT GOES INTO OUR BASE BUDGET, AND THEN WE OPEN IT UP TO THE DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS.
WE GIVE THEM A SENSE OF WHAT THE FRAMEWORK WILL BE, WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR, HOW MUCH REVENUE MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR NEW THINGS, AND THEN STAFF PREPARE THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS, THEY ENTER THEM INTO OUR FINANCE SOFTWARE.
THE AGMS THEN PRIORITIZE THOSE REQUESTS, AND THEN THE AGMS PRESENT THEIR DIVISION PROPOSALS TO THE GENERAL MANAGER AND HER TEAM, AND WE FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN GET FIT INTO THE BUDGET.
IF THERE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WAY, WAY MORE REQUESTS THAN THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE.
SO WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIT IT ALL TOGETHER AND THEN PUT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET TOGETHER, AND SO THAT'S THE BOOK THAT YOU NOW HAVE, WHICH IS ALSO ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO WE TRY TO KEEP IN MIND THESE BUDGET BALANCING PRINCIPLES.
SO WE WANT TO ALWAYS BE LOOKING AT HAVING A SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR REVENUE SOURCES.
ARE THEY ONGOING OR ARE THEY ONE TIME REVENUE SOURCES.
WE DON'T WANT TO GROW TOO QUICKLY BEYOND WHAT OUR PROPERTY TAXES PRIMARILY CAN SUSTAIN.
WE WANT TO INVEST IN OUR EMPLOYEES.
THEY ARE OUR MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING ANY LEGAL AND REGULATORY MANDATES, LOOKING TOWARDS THAT LONG TERM VISION, AND THEN ALWAYS MAKING SURE WE'RE SETTING ASIDE FUNDS FOR MAINTAINING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE, AND SO THESE WERE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ITEMS THAT CAME OUT OF THE BOARD'S STUDY SESSION.
SO WE TRIED TO FOCUS THE BUDGET PRESENTATION AROUND THESE THESE ITEMS: INCREASED COMMITMENT TO TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE, CONTINUING STRATEGIC LAND ACQUISITION, OPENING NEW PARKLANDS, CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION.
CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
CONTINUED EFFORTS TOWARDS FUEL SUPPRESSION AND WILDFIRE PREVENTION, MODERNIZING OUR PRACTICES, UTILIZING DATA AND TECHNOLOGY, IDENTIFYING AND SECURING GRANTS, AND IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PARK USERS AND IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE UNDER THOSE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
SO IN THE CATEGORY OF TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE, WE HAVE 200,000 ALLOCATED TO CONTINUE TRAIL MANAGEMENT AT BRIONES AND 450,000 FOR NARROW GAUGE TRAILS AT PLEASANTON RIDGE UNDER THE CATEGORY OF STRATEGIC LAND ACQUISITION AND OPENING NEW PARK LANDS.
WE HAVE 500,000 FOR POINT MOLATE AND A LOT OF CONTINUED WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN FUNDED IN PRIOR YEARS OR IS GOING ON WITH OPERATING BUDGET WORK FOR STAFF THAT ARE WORKING ON THESE THINGS.
IN THE AREA OF CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION, JUST A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTED ITEMS, NEW PLANNING UNIT MANAGER AND A NEW NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES TECHNICIAN POSITION FOR ASD AND $400,000 TO REDESIGN THE EXHIBITS AT COYOTE HILLS VISITOR CENTER, FOCUSING ON INDIGENOUS VOICES AND LEADERSHIP.
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STAFFING TO BETTER IMPROVE RESPONSE TIME AND ENSURE COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE ACROSS THE TWO COUNTIES UNDER MODERNIZING PRACTICES AND UTILIZING DATA AND TECHNOLOGY, AND NEW BUSINESS ANALYST POSITION IN 500,000 TO BEGIN OUR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM REPLACEMENT, WHICH SERVES FINANCE AND HR AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PURCHASING AND TIMECARDS AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS AND THEN IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PARK USERS, AND IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING WHEN KATY DOES HER HALF OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT JUST A COUPLE.SO THESE ARE LIKE AGENCY WIDE THINGS THAT HAVE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
SO YOU CAN LOOK AT HOW WE'RE DOING AND COMPARE OUR ACTIVITY FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
SO AT THE TOP I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT ONE OF THEM.
SO CONSERVING LAND FOR PARKS AND RESOURCE PROTECTION.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ACRES OF LAND NEWLY ACQUIRED IN 2024.
WE ACQUIRED 356 ACRES, AND THE GOAL FOR 2025 IS 405 ACRES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE FULL LIST IN THAT END OF SECTION A, AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES, AND THEN IN SECTION C WHICH IS THE DIVISION SECTIONS WHERE WE GET INTO THE EVERY DIVISION HAS A SECTION AND WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR BUDGET IS NUMBER OF STAFF. WE ALSO THE DIVISIONS PUT FORWARD THEIR PLANNED OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR.
SO I'LL JUST READ OFF A COUPLE OF THESE FOR EACH DIVISION.
SO ASD IS GOING TO FINALIZE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR ALL PERMITS FOR THE DEVELOP RODDY RANCH AND RESTORATION PROJECT AT THE FORMER RODDY RANCH GOLF COURSE, AND THEY WILL BREAK GROUND ON POINT PINOLE SERVICE YARD.
FOR FMS, WE'RE GOING TO BE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ASSESSING OUR EXISTING ERP SOFTWARE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT NEW SOFTWARE IS THE BEST ONE FOR US AND DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ANALYZING DISTRICT WIDE PURCHASING, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES.
THEY'LL BE STANDARDIZING THEIR CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE DEBRIEF PROCESS AND IMMEDIATE ON SITE SUPPORT COORDINATOR FOR IMPACTED EMPLOYEES, AND THEN IMPLEMENTING AN UPDATED INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM AND TRAINING FOR ALL PARK DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.
FOR OPERATIONS, THEY'LL BE INITIATING PHASE TWO OF THEIR OPERATIONS RESOURCE ALLOCATION PLAN AND INITIATING DEVELOPMENT OF A SECOND RECREATION WORKGROUP TO BETTER SERVE THE TWO COUNTIES OF THE PARK DISTRICT.
FOR SOME REASON, IT IS NOT ADVANCING, BUT IT DID ON MY SLIDE.
THERE YOU GO. FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT WIDE EMPLOYEE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN, AND THEN ALSO WORKING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE BOND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPETITIVE WHEN WE APPLY FOR PROJECT FUNDING FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
THEY ALSO WILL BE WORKING ON EVENTS AND OUTREACH FOR THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN AND THEN CONTINUING THEIR COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH I&R AND THE GIS STAFF TO DEVELOP THE FIRST PHASE OF THE WEB PORTAL FOR ADA PARK AND TRAIL USAGE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
CONTINUING THEIR WORK TO FILL THEIR SWORN OFFICER VACANCIES AND THEIR DISPATCH POSITIONS, AND THEN CONTINUING WORK ON THEIR DRONE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, INCLUDING LOST AND MISSING PERSONS, SEARCH AND RESCUE, CRIME AND ACCIDENT SCENES, ETC..
NOW GETTING INTO THE NUMBERS PART OF THE BUDGET.
SO LOOKING AT JUST THE REVENUE SIDE OF THE EQUATION, OUR TOTAL RESOURCES 280.6 MILLION.
TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS ARE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT.
FEES AND CHARGES ARE 48.2 MILLION.
PROPERTY USAGE REVENUE 2.6 MILLION.
GRANTS AND INTERAGENCY REVENUES 4.8 MILLION AND THEN MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE 3.6 MILLION.
ONE QUESTION THAT ALWAYS COMES UP IS, WHY IS THAT GRANT'S NUMBER SO SMALL? SO KATY MENTIONED THIS IN HER PRESENTATION.
SO YOU DON'T SEE THAT BUILT IN HERE AS PART OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, BUT AS THOSE FUNDS COME IN, WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING THEM INTO THE BUDGET, AND SO THIS IS JUST A PIE CHART SHOWING THE BREAKDOWN OF, OF ALL FUNDS REVENUE, ALL REVENUE BY TYPE.
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SO TAXES AND ASSESSMENT, 80% OF TOTAL REVENUE CHARGES FOR SERVICES 17.2%, AND THEN THOSE OTHER THREE WEDGES ARE SMALL PERCENTAGES. SO PROPERTY USAGE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE AND INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS.TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS 317.8 MILLION.
SO THIS IS A BREAKDOWN BY FUND.
SO THE GENERAL FUND IS THE MAJORITY OF THAT 216.5 MILLION PROJECTS, 39.6 MILLION INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, 34.6 MILLION SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, 9.6 MILLION AND DEBT SERVICE 17.6 MILLION.
HERE IS A PIE CHART SHOWING THAT BREAKDOWN BY TYPE OF EXPENDITURES.
THE VAST MAJORITY, WELL, THE MAJORITY OF OUR EXPENDITURES, SUPPLIES AND SERVICES, 24.2%, AND NEXT LARGEST IS INTRA-DISTRICT EXPENDITURES, THEN DEBT SERVICE, CAPITAL OUTLAY AND INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS.
THIS YEAR WE ARE APPROACHING 1000 FTE.
SO WE HAVE 995.27 FTE THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THIS BUDGET, AND THAT'S 16.73 ADDITIONAL FTE ABOVE WHAT WE HAD IN 2024, AND THEN A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THOSE NEW STAFF ARE BY DIVISION.
SO THE LARGEST NUMBER ARE BEING ADDED TO PUBLIC SAFETY 6.3 FTE.
ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DESIGN 3.18, AND THEN FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE AND HUMAN RESOURCES MAKING UP THE REST.
WE START WITH PUBLIC ACCESS, THEN RESOURCE PROTECTION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND LAND ACQUISITION.
THE PLAN PROVIDES A CURRENT SNAPSHOT OF THE 72 PROJECTS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BOOK IN THE BUDGET, THEIR PRIOR YEAR FUNDING, PROPOSED 2025 APPROPRIATIONS, AND FUTURE FUNDING NEEDS. THESE ESTIMATES OF FUTURE FUNDING NEEDS ARE JUST BASED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AS WE REFINE DESIGN AND WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE FUTURE FUNDING NEEDS.
SO A BREAKDOWN OF THE CIP FUNDING NEEDS BY THE TYPE OF PROJECTS.
SO PUBLIC ACCESS IS OUR LARGEST CATEGORY OF 150.4 IN PRIOR YEAR FUNDING, AND THIS INCLUDES PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO OPEN SPACE, LANDS, NEW FACILITIES, TRAILS AND AMENITIES.
THE NEXT TYPE OF PROJECTS ARE RESOURCE PROTECTION AT 16.6 MILLION IN PRIOR YEAR FUNDING FOR 2025.
WE'RE ACTIVELY PURSUING GRANTS TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE AT BROOKE ROAD.
THE LAST CATEGORY IS LAND ACQUISITION, AND THIS ONLY INCLUDES ONE PROJECT RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THE POINT MOLATE ACQUISITION, WHICH WE HAVE SECURED 1440 2.8 MILLION, REQUESTING ABOUT HUNDRED AND 80,000 IN 2025 TO JUST HELP WITH ADDITIONAL CLOSING COSTS THEY ARE ESTIMATING, AND THAT WRAPS UP WITH OUR TOTAL PRIOR YEAR FUNDING AT TWO 38.7 MILLION.
PROPOSED FUNDING AT 19.6, AND THEN FUNDING NEEDS FOR 2026 TO 2029 AT 209.7 MILLION.
SO THE BOOK IS BROKEN OUT INTO TWO CATEGORIES.
WE'VE GOT OUR PROJECTS AND OUR PROGRAMS. SO THE PROJECTS ARE RESULTING IN AN ASSET AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION THAT HAS A BUDGET PROJECTED TO BE MORE THAN 100,000.
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EXPECTED OPERATING IMPACTS, AND A LIST OF FUNDING SOURCES AND EXPENDITURES TO DATE.THE NEXT SECTION IS THE PROGRAMS AND THIS IS A GROUPING OF SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AREAS OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT THAT REFLECT A BROAD COMMITMENT TO SPECIFIC AREAS OF WORK, AND WE HAVE NINE PROGRAMS THIS YEAR INCORPORATING OVER 300 PROJECTS.
SO HOW ARE ALL OF OUR ACTIVE PROJECTS CURRENTLY FUNDED? THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING FOR OUR PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED BY DISTRICT REVENUES, WHICH INCLUDES THE GENERAL FUND MUR AND MEASURE FF AT 53%. THE NEXT CATEGORY IS BOND FUNDS FROM MEASURE AA, WW, AND PROMISSORY NOTES FROM 2012 AND 2024 AT 22%.
THEN WE HAVE OUR GRANT FUNDINGS FROM STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL WHICH MAKE UP 21% AND LASTLY, OUR OTHER CATEGORY WHICH IS MAINLY FROM LEGAL SETTLEMENTS, REGIONAL PARKS, FOUNDATION AND PRIVATE SOURCES AT 4%.
SO THIS YEAR, WE'RE ASKING FOR $34.3 MILLION IN OUR 2025 PROJECT APPROPRIATIONS, AND TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS, WE FIRST HAVE 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 AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE CATEGORY.
THE NEXT CATEGORY PROGRAM IS 7.2 MILLION FOR LAND USE AND PLANNING AND DESIGN.
THE MAJORITY OF THIS FUNDING IS TO SUPPORT OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STAFFING, AND THEN A PORTION OVER 800,000 IS FOR THE NEXT PHASE IN THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN.
NEXT CATEGORY IS RESOURCE PROTECTION, AND WE'RE ASKING FOR 1.3 MILLION TO MEET OUR MONITORING AND MITIGATION COMMITMENTS TO COMPLETED PROJECTS SUCH AS DOOLITTLE DRIVE AND TYLER STAGING AREA.
IT ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING FOR GRAZING, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND HABITAT RESTORATION EFFORTS.
SERVICES ENHANCED THROUGH SPECIAL FUNDING IS MAINLY THE ALLOCATIONS FROM OUR MEASURE FF, WHICH SUPPORTS STAFFING POSITIONS TO ENHANCE SERVICES AT PARKS AND VISITOR CENTERS AND INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY PATROLS WITH WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
THE NEXT CATEGORY IS TECHNOLOGY AND WORKSPACE IMPROVEMENTS.
1.7 MILLION FOR DISTRICT WIDE PROJECTS, SUCH AS THE 500,000 FOR THE NEW ERP REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
THE LAST PROGRAM IS WILDFIRE HAZARD REDUCTION AT 3.6 MILLION, AND THIS IS 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 FOR THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AT LAFAYETTE-MORAGA TRAIL, THE DEVELOPING THE SERVICE YARD AT POINT PINOLE AND DEVELOPING MCKAY AVENUE.
ALLOCATION OF THIS FUNDING WILL ENABLE THESE PROJECTS TO ADVANCE TO CONSTRUCTION IN 2025.
SO THE FIRST PROJECT TO SHOWCASE IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER AT TILDEN.
A BUILDING COMPLEX FULLY INTEGRATED WITH ITS SURROUNDING NATURAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE, AND A DESIGN THAT REFLECTS THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT DESIGN PRACTICES. NEXT, WE'RE PROPOSING 6 MILLION TO REPLACE THE CAMPGROUND SEWER AT ANTHONY CHABOT.
THIS WOULD BE FUNDING FROM GENERAL FUND MUR, AS WELL AS LAND ACQUISITION FUNDS FROM ANTHONY CHABOT WW SO THAT THE PROJECT CAN ADVANCE TO CONSTRUCTION IN 2025. THIS REPLACED THE SEWER MAIN AT THE CAMPGROUND IN A NEW ALIGNMENT AND RENOVATES REMAINING SEWER FACILITIES.
IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE PG&E AND SCADA SYSTEMS TO MONITOR SYSTEM HEALTH.
NEXT IS ALLOCATION OF 450,000 OF WW DEVELOPMENT MONEY AND FOR PLEASANTON RIDGE TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT TO CONSTRUCTION IN 2025. THE PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE MILES OF NATURAL SURFACE TRAILS, WHICH INCLUDE THE MARIPOSA TRAIL, THE TEJON CANYON TRAIL, AND THE PHILIP SCHULTZ TRAIL. NEXT, $2.5 MILLION IN WW 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 LOT, LANDSCAPING TO IMPROVE BUTTERFLY AND POLLINATOR HABITAT, FENCING AND SIGNAGE.
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NEXT, WE HAVE 400,000 TRANSFERRING OF GENERAL FUND FROM ARDENWOOD TO ADDRESS LONG OVERDUE RENOVATION AND ENHANCEMENTS OF THE EXHIBIT AT COYOTE HILLS.NEXT IS TO RENOVATE THE WATER SYSTEM AT LAS TRAMPAS.
THE WATER LINE REFERRED TO IN THIS PROJECT RUNS FROM THE WATER METER, LOCATED AT THE END OF TOWN AND COUNTRY DRIVE IN THE CITY OF DANVILLE, TO THE WATER TANK AT THE HILLSIDE BEHIND LAS TRAMPAS PARK OFFICE, AND THE LAST PROJECT THAT I'M FEATURING IS AT BRIONES.
WE'RE REQUESTING 300,000 IN WW DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AT BRIONES TO BEGIN TO COMPLETE 100% PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS TO UPGRADE BEAR CREEK STAGING AREA AND MOD WHALEN CAMPGROUND IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WITH THAT IS OUR SCHEDULE FOR PRESENTING.
WE'RE HERE TONIGHT PRESENTING THE BUDGET AND OPENING UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL BE BACK AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING ON DECEMBER 17TH, HOPEFULLY TO GET OUR ADOPTED BUDGET AND THEN WHAT WE'VE COMPLETED IS LAST TUESDAY, WE PRESENTED OUR BUDGET TO THE BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE ALSO PRESENTED TO THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO NOW WE'LL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS.
OUR GENERAL MANAGER HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.
SO I JUST I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF BRING THIS FULL CIRCLE TO THE BOARD ON A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE STARTED DOING THREE YEARS AGO ON THE BUDGET, AND YOU'RE SEEING THE RESULTS OF OF IT HERE TONIGHT.
SO ONE IS, AS THE BOARD REMEMBERS, WE USED TO HAVE A VERY LARGE MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENT THAT TOOK PLACE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, IF NOT DECADES HERE IN THE PARK DISTRICT, WHICH REALLY DIDN'T REPRESENT REALLY KIND OF AN ACCURATE FORECASTING OF OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
YOU ALL SAW THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF TACKLE THAT PROCESS AND PUT IN MUCH MORE ACCURATE FORECASTING, WHICH ALLOWED US TO HAVE DOLLARS AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STAFF AND TO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE WAGES TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO THAT WAS A VERY LARGE ADJUSTMENT THAT WE MADE TWO YEARS AGO.
WE THEN ALSO WERE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF CLEANUP ON SOME OF THE FUND BALANCES THAT HAD BEEN SITTING THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME, SO THAT WE AGAIN HAD ADDITIONAL DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR BOTH ONE TIME AND SOME ONGOING, AGAIN, JUST MUCH MORE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND DISCIPLINED BUDGETING THAT WE PUT IN A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND ALSO CREATED SOME INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS SO THAT WE HAVE, AGAIN, BETTER ACCOUNTING OF WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING HERE AND THEN YOU'RE SEEING WHAT KATY IS JUST PRESENTING ON THE CIP FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND WITH THE PROJECT BUDGET IN FRONT OF YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR ANNUAL ADOPTION, JUST TO REMIND YOU, THE PROJECTS WERE COMING TO THE BOARD ON A KIND OF AS NEEDED BASIS INSTEAD OF COMING AS PART OF YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, GREAT WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF WHEN YOU'RE FLUSH AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF AVAILABLE DOLLARS TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S SUPER UNDISCIPLINED, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND SO YOU WERE WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IN THE RANKING FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND THEN WITH KATY AND REN AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, REALLY, FRANKLY, OVER THE LAST YEAR, CREATE THE VERY FIRST COMPLETE PROJECT LIST IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH YOU'RE SEEING IN YOUR IN THE BOOK THERE.
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK WE NEED TO DO, BUT THAT WAS REALLY ALL HANDS ON DECK TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN SO THAT WE COULD ACCURATELY SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR JUST JUST BEFORE WE EVEN ADD ANY ADDITIONAL, AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO TAKE NOTE.
WE ALSO CHANGED THE WORKSHOP PROCESS IN THE STUDY SESSION SO THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY LISTENING TO THE BOARD AND YOUR PRIORITIES AND INCORPORATING THAT INTO THE PROPOSAL.
SUPER EXCITED ABOUT HOW FAR WE'VE COME IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
INCREDIBLE WORK BY DEB AND HER ENTIRE TEAM, AND THIS REALLY SETS US UP FOR ROLLING INTO THE DISTRICT PLAN SO THAT NOW WE'VE CLEANED UP A LOT OF THIS AND START TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND BE FOR OUR NEXT 90 YEARS AND HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE IN YOUR BUDGET IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THAT.
SO JUST REALLY WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU AND TO ALL OF THE STAFF AND THEN ALSO TO THE BOARD FOR HAVING PATIENCE AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT WE'VE GOT A WAYS TO GO, BUT YOU'RE SEEING A LOT A LOT OF THE RESULTS OF THAT WORK HERE.
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THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT WORK AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AS WELL.GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY. SO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.
I KNOW WE HAVE QUITE A FEW THAT HE WANTS TO KICK OFF.
I'LL START WITH A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT I MAY ALSO WANT TO COME BACK.
I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEY HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND I DIDN'T SEE A SUMMARY OF THAT. DID I MISS THAT OR IF NOT, CAN YOU SHARE WITH US A FEW OF THEIR.
YEAH, SO THAT WAS EMAILED THIS MORNING.
I'LL TAKE A QUICK LOOK RIGHT NOW.
CAN YOU JUST SHARE A FEW? I HEARD A LITTLE BIT FROM THE PAC, BUT I'M CURIOUS.
MAYBE IF YOU COULD JUST SHARE, LIKE, A FEW OF THE POINTS THAT I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THEY DID ASK SOME QUESTIONS ON WAS OUR FUELS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND LIKE WHAT OUR LONG TERM PLAN IS FOR FUNDING.
SO OUR RESPONSE IS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH WITH FUELS TO COME UP WITH A LONGER TERM BUDGET AS TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN ALL OF THESE INITIAL TREATMENTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY UNDERWAY, AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON THAT.
SO THEY HAD A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WITH THAT.
YEAH, I SEE YOU SEE SOME OF THE YOU FOUND THE SUMMARY OF ALL THE OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO I GUESS THE BULLET POINT AND I KNOW I BROUGHT THIS UP AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT I DO THINK THE OPTICS OF OUR PROJECT MAP, AND I KNOW THE PAC ALSO BROUGHT THIS UP. IT IS SOMETHING OF CONCERN TO MYSELF BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE MAP ITSELF.
SO IF YOU'RE IN THE SECOND VOLUME, TWO OF TWO, PAGE FOUR, IT HAS A MAP THAT SHOWS ALL OF OUR PROJECTS WITH THE NICE KEY ON THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE FIVE, AND THEN I THINK EACH OF THESE PROJECTS GOES INTO DEPTH IN THE PROJECT BOOK VOLUME TWO, AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE EMAIL RIGHT NOW FROM THE PAC COMMENTS.
THANKS FOR PROVIDING THIS. YOU'RE CORRECT.
I HADN'T SEEN IT YET, BUT I HAD HEARD ABOUT IT, AND I KNOW THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THAT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THE PROJECTS ARE HEAVILY CONCENTRATED, YOU KNOW, WEST OF 680, AND MAYBE YOU COULD ALSO SAY NORTH OF 580, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THESE OPTICS ARE THE OPTICS THAT ARE THE BEST FOR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT BECAUSE WE COVER A PRETTY LARGE AREA, AND I KNOW I PERSONALLY HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE HERE AND NOT HERE, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE DO OUR BEST WITH THE WORKSHOPS IN REGARDS TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP AND THE BOARD PRIORITIES, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MISSING ANOTHER STEP WHERE AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REVIEWING RIGHT NOW, TONIGHT AND THEN AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I NECESSARILY AGREE WITH ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE, AND THEN ALSO IN THE I'M SORRY, I HAVE A LOT OF PAPERS HERE TO PREPARE FOR TODAY IN A SMALL SPACE, BUT I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE DECK THAT YOU JUST PRESENTED.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BOARD PRIORITIES, IT WAS A SLIDE THAT I THINK DEB SPAULDING HAD PRESENTED.
SO IT'S I DON'T HAVE THE SLIDE NUMBERS ON HERE, BUT THE INPUT FROM THE BOARD STUDY SESSIONS.
THE ONE THING I NOTICED ON HERE THAT'S NOT ON HERE, AND I KNOW THIS IS A PRETTY STRONG POINT THAT I MAKE, AND I THINK IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT I'M DISAPPOINTED TO SEE NOT MAKE IT INTO THIS BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, ACCESS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES, AND I DO SEE THAT MENTIONED LATER ON IN THE SLIDE PRESENTATION, BUT IN REGARDS TO ACCESS, SPECIFICALLY TRANSIT AND HOUSING AND ALSO WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE, AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT (RHNA) AND THE NEXT HOUSING CYCLE AND WHERE HOUSING IS GOING TO BE BUILT. I DO THINK THAT HAVING THIS INCLUDED IN OUR RUBRIC WHEN WE DO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, PLANNING AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DETERMINE WHICH PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS BUDGET IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND SO I SPECIFICALLY LOOKED AT THE PROJECTS WITHIN WARD FIVE, AND IT IS AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT FAMILIAR, AND ALSO THAT'S MY OTHER QUESTION IS I'M LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY PROJECT THAT'S LABELED NUMBER 69, THE SUNOL OHLONE WILDERNESS, THE RENOVATE, PICNIC, RESTROOM AND CAMPGROUND PROJECT.
I DON'T REMEMBER THIS COMING BEFORE THE BOARD IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
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SO THIS MIGHT BE A PROJECT BEFORE 2023, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT WAS A IT'S A CAMPGROUND THAT WE HAD HAD, AND THEN BECAUSE OF SOME OTHER PROJECTS HAPPENING IN THE AREA, I'M GUESSING FROM SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, WE HAD TO CHANGE SOME THINGS AROUND, AND SO THIS IS ABOUT BRINGING BACK FAMILY CAMPING AT SUNOL WILDERNESS, AND SO I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT, AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT COMES IN IN THE PRIORITIES, BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT FROM WHAT I'M VIEWING IS WE TEND TO INVEST A LOT IN SUNOL, WHERE 922 PEOPLE LIVE, AND LESS IN THE CITIES OF PLEASANTON AND EVEN CITIES OF DUBLIN.MORE SPECIFICALLY, WHEN I THINK ABOUT PLEASANTON RIDGE AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE GARMS PROJECT.
IT'S ON OUR LIST, BUT WITHIN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO PLEASANTON RIDGE, RIGHT NOW, OUR ONLY ACCESS POINT AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IS THE CASTLE RIDGE TRAILHEAD, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY OF PLEASANTON.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT HAPPENS ON THE BOARD OR IF IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT I JUST MENTIONED, TRANSIT AND HOUSING, AND IF THAT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR RUBRIC, THAT MIGHT CHANGE THE SCORING FOR SOMETHING LIKE GARMS, AND THEN I ALSO WHEN I LOOKED AT THESE PROJECTS, I SAW THAT THERE'S SOME DEL VALLE PROJECTS LISTED HERE. A LOT OF THEM ARE RENOVATING EXISTING FACILITIES, BUT I ALSO WONDER, YOU KNOW, IS THAT IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES? I MEAN, THIS IS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT OUR LEASE WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IT DOES EXPIRE IN 2025, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD BE CURIOUS ABOUT IN REGARDS TO RENOVATING THESE FACILITIES AGAINST THAT, THAT LEASE THAT WE NEED TO RENEW NEXT YEAR, AND THEN ALSO THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH ON OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF PLEASANTON.
SINCE THE BOARD STUDY SESSIONS, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE IDEA WAS FOR IT TO BE TODAY OR WHEN, BUT I JUST I'M JUST A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT, AGAIN, TRANSIT AND HOUSING AREN'T INCLUDED IN THIS RUBRIC AND THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED IN THIS UPCOMING BUDGET.
YEAH, IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE ARE THE CPP IS A BOARD ADOPTED POLICY.
I'M LOOKING AT KEN; HE'S MOUTHING MARCH.
SO IT'S SOMETHING FOR NEXT YEAR.
THAT CERTAINLY CAN BE AN ADJUSTMENT THAT YOU MAKE IN THAT POLICY.
THANK YOU. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.
THIS IS MY SECOND STAB AT IT, AND I'M NOT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PER SE, BUT THERE'S A LOT TO LIKE ABOUT THIS BUDGET, ESPECIALLY THE CIP SEEING ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN ONE DOCUMENT.
KUDOS TO ALL THE WORK THAT STAFF DID TO GET THIS TOGETHER, AND ALSO, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY DOUBLED DOWN ON OUR ADA COMMITMENT. IT USED TO BE 500,000.
SO THAT'S WONDERFUL, AND THE ONE THING THAT CONCERNS ME IS THERE WAS I BROUGHT UP BY MYSELF AND TWO, FOUR, TWO EIGHT AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT STAFFING AND SO THAT'S ONE OF MY SINCE I'VE BEEN ON BOARD, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KIND OF FOCUS ON IS MAKING SURE DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY PARK RANGERS, OF COURSE, BUT ALSO DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE STAFFED CORRECTLY SO THAT WE CAN FUNCTION TOGETHER AND MOVING FORWARD, BUILDING A STRONGER STRONGER BASE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE OUR WORK.
SO IN PARTICULAR WITH THE FINANCE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEBORAH AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT I HAVE SOMEONE LOOK AT THE DEPARTMENT AND SEE WHERE OUR WEAKNESSES AND STRENGTHS ARE AND SEE HOW WE CAN BECOME MORE EFFICIENT.
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IN THIS DEPARTMENT.I THINK WE DID THE SAME THING WITH HR, BUILDING UP HR, BUILDING UP OUR STAFF HERE AT THE BOARD AND LEGAL AND WE'RE MOVING THAT DIRECTION OUT ON THE FIELD AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVEN'T YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT YOURSELF AND TO BUILD IN SOME EFFICIENCIES TO MAKE, TO MAKE THINGS RUN SMOOTHER AND NOT OVERWORK YOUR EMPLOYEES, BUT THAT'S IT.
BASICALLY, LIKE I SAID, I HAD MY FIRST STAB AT IT AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND IT'S A BALANCED BUDGET, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE HERE TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE THIS DOCUMENT SUCH AS IT IS BUT I GUESS IT'S REALLY TWO DOCUMENTS, RIGHT? BUT SPEAKING IN THE GREATER SENSE BUT THERE WAS ESPECIALLY AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET, THE PROJECT BUDGET, BUT I WANT TO START OFF WITH THE WITH VOLUME ONE, AS IT'S CALLED.
THE OPERATING BUDGET AND I SEE THAT THERE'S, THERE'S AN EFFORT MADE BEING MADE TO STUDY THE PURCHASING FUNCTION AND YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, AND I AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THAT MIGHT BE TO CENTRALIZE PURCHASING INTO ONE PLACE, AND I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AROUND AND SEE HOW IT'S BEING DONE IN OTHER PLACES.
I SUSPECT IT'LL BE FOUND THAT IT'S USUALLY CENTRALIZED AND IT'S NOT HERE.
I HOPE I DON'T JUMP AROUND INTO BETWEEN VOLUMES, BUT I THINK I MIGHT.
JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS FLAGGED HERE.
SO I CAME ACROSS THIS IS KIND OF FUNNY, ACTUALLY.
I'LL JUST TELL YOU THAT IN ADVANCE, SO YOU BETTER LAUGH.
THIS IS A TYPO. I'LL STRESS THAT IN THE BEGINNING, IT'S TRANSFERS OUT AND YOU'LL SEE WHY.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS PRETTY AMUSING.
TRANSFERS OUT, IT SAID FOR TRAIL PROJECTS, $200,000 MILLION, AND I THOUGHT, WOW, $200 BILLION.
WE'RE GOING TO DO $200 BILLION WORTH OF TRAIL WORK.
THE MILLION SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT.
ANYWAY, FOR A MOMENT THERE, I HAD THIS GREAT DREAM OF EVERY TRAIL PROJECT THAT ANYBODY EVER IMAGINED WOULD BE DELIVERED FOR OUR TRAIL COMMUNITY.
IT'S GETTING FIXED, I KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT OH, OKAY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE BOARD GETS TO DO IS WORK WITH WITH STAFF TO RECOMMEND SPONSORSHIPS FOR VARIOUS EVENTS, CONFERENCES AND SUCH, AND ONE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART IS THE CALIFORNIA TRAILS AND GREENWAYS CONFERENCE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, AND THAT IS HELD IN CALIFORNIA, AND LAST YEAR WE SPONSORED IT AT $5,000, AND THE BUDGET IS SHOWING IT AS $2,500, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME SUPPORT TO BRING IT BACK UP TO $5,000 AND KEEP IT THERE. BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE A LEADER IN THE STATE.
IF WE'RE NOT THE ONES TO SPONSOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, WHO IS? BECAUSE $5,000 IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND IT'S TO A WORTHY CAUSE.
THAT CONFERENCE, BESIDES PROVIDING A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, WE PRESENT AT IT EVERY YEAR, BUT IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT OF GREAT NETWORKING, AND ALSO IT'S GETTING TO BE MORE AND MORE ANGLED TOWARD GETTING YOUNGER FOLKS IN, PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN
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INVOLVED IN IN THE TRAIL PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION.SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT THAT.
SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE BUMP THAT UP TO $5,000 AND KEEP IT THERE.
IT'S I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OTHER, OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AT $5,000.
JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST'S ANNUAL AND TOGETHER BAY AREA ARE AT $5,000.
I THINK THIS ONE WARRANTS $5,000 TOO.
SO I HOPE I'M LOOKING AT PAGE C6.
THERE IS A TABLE THERE, AND I REALLY LIKE.
I'M HAPPY. I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT, AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT THERE.
IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING LITTLE SECTION HERE.
TALKING ABOUT DISTRICT WIDE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS, AGAIN, A BUDGET DOCUMENT IS NOT JUST A BUNCH OF NUMBERS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION IN HERE FOR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED TO JUST DIVE IN AND LEARN ABOUT HOW THE DISTRICT OPERATES AND THE THINGS THAT WE DO, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN THERE ON THAT PAGE IS DISTRICT WIDE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS, AND THE FIRST ONE ON THERE IS THE IVAN DIXON VOLUNTEER TRAIL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY BEEN ON HOLD BECAUSE OF COVID AND ALL THAT, BUT IT'S GETTING GOING AGAIN.
I WOULD JUST REQUEST OF STAFF THAT I BE NOTIFIED EVERY TIME THERE'S A JUST GET ON THEIR LIST.
I'M NOT ON THEIR LIST RIGHT NOW.
WHENEVER THERE'S A IVAN DIXON PROJECT, I'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
IN THE PROJECT BUDGET, THE CAPITAL PLAN.
ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED, AGAIN, KEEPING ON THE TRAILS THEME WE DO HAVE SOME SOME GOOD DOLLARS IN THERE FOR TRAILS, BUT I NOTICED THAT AND, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE ARGUED, I GUESS, BUT IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE MOST OF THE DOLLARS IN THERE ARE FOR REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT, AND I WOULD ADVOCATE IN FOR NEXT YEAR THAT THE BUDGET HAVE MORE IN IT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW, NEW FACILITIES, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF THOSE IDEAS OUT THERE THAT HAVE VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF WORK THAT HAVE BEEN DONE ON THEM, BUT THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT REALLY IN HERE TO ANY GREAT EXTENT, BUT NOT JUST HAVEN'T BEEN THE BUDGET BUT HAVE SOME FUNDING FOR THEM.
SO AND YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN YOU KNOW, WE LEARNED ALL ABOUT HOW THE GRANTS HOW OUR GRANTS FOLKS WORK.
IF WE HAVE SOME TRAIL PROJECTS THAT ARE WORTHY, I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN FIND FUNDERS FOR THOSE BECAUSE, FACE IT, THE EASY STUFF'S BEEN DONE, THE HARD STUFF IS LEFT, AND IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE.
I THINK I'M GOING TO STOP THERE BECAUSE I HAD ALREADY SUBMITTED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ALREADY, AND THEY WERE ANSWERED, AND I HAVE A FEW MORE MINOR ONES, BUT THEY'RE NOT.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP YOUR TIME HERE, BUT AGAIN THIS IS A GIANT STEP FORWARD.
I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE DIRECTOR SANWONG'S COMMENT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS DELICATE BALANCE THAT WE ALL HAVE TO WALK, AND THAT IS SERVING THE DISTRICT AND SERVING OUR WARD, AND, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY BECAUSE THERE'S 400,000 PEOPLE BEHIND ALL OF US THAT ARE LOOKING FOR US TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM, AND I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT, AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT YOU KNOW, I, THAT I CAN DO IT, BUT IT IS TRUE THAT THE, THE WESTERN HALF OF THE DISTRICT HAS THE VAST MAJORITY OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE TIME TO FIX THAT, AND THE THING IS YOU KNOW, ALL OF US CAN.
WE CAN PROVIDE AND WE HAVE ALREADY PROVIDE IDEAS OF WHERE WE CAN START PUTTING A LITTLE MORE EMPHASIS, AND SO FAR, TWO YEARS ON THE BOARD, I DON'T SEE MUCH OF MUCH OF THAT GOING ON IN MY WARD, AND I HOPE THAT CAN START TURNING AND THAT IT BECOMES DISTRIBUTED OUT INTO THE OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT.
SO I THINK I'LL LET IT GO THERE.
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DIRECTOR WAESPI. THANK YOU.SO I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT DOCUMENT, AND I'M THINKING AFTER TEN YEARS, I'M LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT EVERY YEAR AND SORT OF FIGURING A LITTLE BIT OF IT OUT BUT ANYWAY, I JUST I HAVE JUST QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME IF IT'S OKAY AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE RIGHT NOW, BUT SO I NOTICE AND WE TALKED ABOUT APPRENTICES, THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AND HOW SUCCESSFUL IT WAS AND HOW WE WORKED IT ALL THROUGH, AND NOW WE HAVE A MECHANIC'S APPRENTICE AND A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR APPRENTICE, BUT I DON'T SEE THEM LISTED IN THE LIST OF BUDGETED POSITIONS IN THE BACK.
SO I'M WONDERING, IS THERE A DISCONNECT THERE, OR DID WE JUST GET IT APPROVED? BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HIRE THEM YET OR WHAT? HI, DIRECTOR WAESPI, ALLYSON COOK DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER AND AGM OF HR.
SO WE DON'T SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY APPRENTICESHIP POSITIONS.
THEY ACTUALLY GO INTO THE BUDGETED FTE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR.
THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT LISTED INDIVIDUALLY, BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, AND I JUST SAW SOME COMMUNICATIONS WITH OPERATIONS THAT THE RECRUITMENT IS MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SIGNED SIDE LETTER AND LETTER OF AGREEMENT WITH THE UNION.
FANTASTIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THEN MOVING TO SOME OF THE SOME OF THE ITEMS, I GUESS IT'S LISTED AS ITEMS OVER $20,000 THAT WE PAY FOR. WE'RE STILL PAYING $30,000 A YEAR TO PUMP TOILETS AT MISSION PEAK.
THOSE TEMPORARY TOILETS AT THE STANFORD STAGING AREA.
I DON'T GET IT. WE HAVE A TANK THERE.
WE'VE GOT A HOLDING TANK OF ONE OF OUR CXT UNITS THERE THAT GETS PUMPED OUT.
I DON'T GET IT, AND 30,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY.
NOT FOR US HERE, BUT THE ENTIRE BUDGET FOR MISSION PEAK IS $339,000, AND $30,000 COMES OUT OF THAT, WHICH IS CLOSE TO 10%, I THINK, BY MY MATH.
IS THERE A COMPELLING REASON TO NOT HAVE OUR PEOPLE PUMP THAT WE'RE BUYING THEM? GOT IN THE BUDGET AT $300,000.
BRAND NEW TANKER TRUCK TO PUMP WASTE.
I WAS WONDERING IF THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF SAVINGS, AND NOT TO MENTION, AS WE SAY EVERY TIME, THE GROSSEST THING IN THE PARK DISTRICT IS A CHEMICAL TOILET. SO PUTTING IN ANOTHER RESTROOM DOWN THERE OR A CXT MIGHT BE A GOOD INVESTMENT.
I'M THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF OPERATIONS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
DIRECTOR WAESPI, I THINK WITH THIS BUDGET ITEM THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, WE'RE AT FOR SERVICE FOR CLEANING OUT THE CHEMICAL TOILETS AT MISSION, AT THE AT THE STANFORD STAGING AREA THAT HAD BEEN COVERED BY IT'S NOT A NEW EXPENSE.
SO INSTEAD OF MAST, SO THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
THAT DOESN'T REALLY ADDRESS YOUR LARGER QUESTION OF SHOULD WE HAVE A CHEMICAL TOILET THERE? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN LOOKING INTO WITH, BUT I THINK AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE'S SOME COMPLEXITIES THERE, BUT I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY I THINK WE'VE ALREADY HEARD SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT ADDRESSING CHEMICAL TOILETS AND THAT THERE IS A PROGRAM TO REPLACE THEM, AND SO I THINK THAT WAS ONE THAT HAD BEEN ON THE LIST.
THANK YOU, AND THEN UNDER UNDER THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION SOME OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET REQUESTS, OVER $100,000. THERE'S A POLLUTION LIABILITY FOR POINT MOLATE AT $200,000.
WHAT'S THAT? HI, ALLYSON COOK AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY AN ALMA BALMES, OUR RISK MANAGER, QUESTION, BUT AS WE TAKE OVER THE POINT MOLATE PROPERTY, WE WILL NEED THAT ENDORSEMENT AND EXCLUSION ON THE INSURANCE POLICY.
SO IT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT WE TAKE OVER RIGHT NOW.
I BELIEVE THE CITY OF RICHMOND HAS THAT EXCLUSION, AND THEN ONCE THE PROPERTY TRANSFERS, IT WILL.
SORRY, IT'S AN INSURANCE POLICY FOR FOR LIABILITY.
YEAH. WHY IS IT REFERRED TO AS POLLUTION LIABILITY.
IT'S A TERM OF ART IN THE INSURANCE WORLD.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THEN I NOTE, WE'RE INCREASING THE FIREFIGHTERS PERSONNEL.WE'RE GETTING FIVE NEW FIREFIGHTERS.
THE PROGRAM ENHANCED OR REFURBISHED/REPLENISHED? GOOD EVENING. ROBERTO FILICE, YOUR AGM OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO THAT'S PART OF OUR LARGER CONVERSATION THAT THE GENERAL MANAGER AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING.
I'M ALMOST WELL, IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME A LITTLE LONGER, BUT I'M COMPLETING A FULL ASSESSMENT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, HENCE WHY WE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE A BIGGER STRUCTURE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE BOTH PARTS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT'S A LONG, CONVOLUTED WAY TO SAY I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT I HAVEN'T COMPLETED THE FULL ASSESSMENT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT YET. SO CAN I ASSUME THEN THAT IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET SO THERE WON'T BE ANY ON CALL FIREFIGHTERS THIS NEXT COMING? WE STILL UTILIZE THEM AS HOWEVER THE ON CALL FIREFIGHTERS RIGHT NOW ARE BEING PAID BY THE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY BELONG TO.
SO WE PAY FOR THE OVERTIME OUT OF THE FIRE BUDGET, BUT ACTUALLY MOST OF THEM WORK FOR LISA.
SO LISA IS THE ONE THAT PAYS FOR THEM.
YEAH. THEY NEVER HAVE BEEN EXPLICITLY BUDGETED IN THE PARK DISTRICT BEFORE.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO NOT DO THAT.
HOWEVER, AS PART OF THE CHIEF'S ASSESSMENT, WHERE HE'S LOOKING AT THE OVERALL STAFFING, AND YOU SEE IN THERE THERE'S A FAIRLY LARGE LINE ITEM THERE FOR FIRE STAFFING GENERICALLY. SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK AFTER HE FINISHES DOING THIS REVIEW TO KIND OF LOOK AT LIKE WHAT WHAT THAT BEST MIX IS HIS RECOMMENDATION ON THE BEST MIX OF BOTH FULL TIME AND OCFS, AND AT SOME POINT, I WOULD LOVE IT IF WE DO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM, WHICH I THINK WE PROBABLY WILL, THAT WE EXPLICITLY BUDGET FOR THE OCFS INSTEAD OF JUST ABSORBING THEM WITHIN THEIR HOME AGENCY OR HOME DEPARTMENT.
GO AHEAD. MY QUESTION CONCERNS THE OVERVIEW OF CIP FUNDING NEEDS.
THAT SLIDE SUGGESTING LAND ACQUISITION FUNDING OF $42 MILLION FOR THE PRIOR YEAR AND THEN ESSENTIALLY ZERO FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A PROBLEMATIC SLIDE IN FOCUSING JUST ON POINT MOLATE, AND I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE JUXTAPOSITION OF THAT SINGLING OUT POINT MOLATE AND ITS FUNDING FOR LAND ACQUISITION COSTS OVER THE NEXT 4 OR 5 YEARS VERSUS WHAT'S IN OUR THE ACTUAL FIVE YEAR PROGRAM, WHICH I DID HAVE IN FRONT OF ME A MOMENT AGO, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY SUGGESTS FUNDING OVER THE CIP PERIOD FOR DESIGNATED LAND ACQUISITIONS OF $30 MILLION.
HOW HOW DO WE ARRIVE AT THAT NUMBER? $30 MILLION FOR DESIGNATED LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? INDEPENDENT OF THIS SLIDE THAT JUST SINGLES OUT POINT MOLATE.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO THE REASON THAT WE WANTED TO SHOWCASE POINT MOLATE, SINCE IT WAS A LARGE PROJECT AND DID HAVE THE AND HAD THE PREVIOUS ALLOCATIONS TOWARDS IT AND WAS RECEIVING ADDITIONAL FUNDING BUT HISTORICALLY, WE DON'T SHOWCASE LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS BECAUSE OF THE CONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF THEM AND DID NOT PRETTY MUCH SHOW OUR HAND OF WHAT WE'RE ACQUIRING.
SO WE DO HAVE THE PRELIMINARY LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM, WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, WHICH HAS THE 30 MILLION, AND THIS IS FUNDING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR LAND ACQUISITION IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT $30 MILLION IS A FIVE YEAR PROJECTION.
NO, THAT IS HOW MUCH IS CURRENTLY IN THE THAT WE'RE TRACKING THAT HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED IN THE BUDGET AND IS IN OUR FINANCE SYSTEM REGARDLESS OF TIME PERIOD, CORRECT. REGARDLESS OF TIME PERIOD AT THIS POINT.
ALL RIGHT. SO I UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T LINE ITEM POTENTIAL LAND ACQUISITIONS, BUT I'M ALSO TOLD THAT WE NO LONGER USE OUR TIER ONE, TIER TWO, TIER THREE DESIGNATIONS OR YOU KNOW, NOR HAS THE BOARD IN SEVERAL YEARS SEEN THE SUMMARY LIST OF POTENTIAL LAND ACQUISITIONS, BECAUSE WE'RE NO LONGER HOLDING THAT SESSION THAT WE USED TO ROUTINELY HOLD.
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SO IT BEGS THE QUESTION FOR ME IN APPROVING A BUDGET, WHAT THE HECK IS THE $30 MILLION COVERING? SO THE 30 MILLION IS REALLY JUST THERE AS AS WE COME UP WITH LAND ACQUISITION PROSPECTS AND THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WE CAN TAP INTO THOSE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN THAT ARE THERE. IT'S A PLACEHOLDER.SOME OF THOSE ARE ASSOCIATED TO WW PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, BUT IT'S STILL IT'S THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED IN THE PAST, BUT IT IS IT'S SITTING THERE IN RESERVE SO THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE A POTENTIAL LAND ACQUISITION PROJECT, WE CAN TAP INTO THAT.
OKAY. WE HAVE $17 MILLION OF UNALLOCATED WW BOND FUNDING LISTED HERE.
YES. WHICH LEAVES ANOTHER 13 MILLION.
IT'S WW POTENTIAL LAND ACQUISITIONS AND SOME OTHER LIST.
I WANT TO SEE WHAT OUR CURRENT LIST IS THAT BACKS UP THIS BUDGET NUMBER IF I'M GOING TO APPROVE IT.
IT'S MORE OF A HOLDING TANK THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED FOR FUTURE LAND ACQUISITIONS.
WHY ISN'T IT 40 MILLION OR WHY ISN'T IT 20 MILLION.
WELL, SOMEONE NEEDS TO, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO KEEP ASKING THAT QUESTION.
I GUESS I'LL JUST ADD TO WHAT KATY WAS SAYING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL BE HELPFUL, BUT, YEAH, LAND ACQUISITION IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH GRANTS WHERE LAND ACQUISITION, WE REALLY DON'T WE DON'T DO ANYTHING IN OUR BUDGET THAT'S RELATED TO LAND ACQUISITION.
WE'RE SHOWING YOU THAT WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE, BUT WE'RE REALLY NOT TAKING ACTION ON ANYTHING, AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE TIER ONE AND TIER TWO AND TWO TIER THREE, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF ANSWER FOR THAT, BUT YEAH, JUST JUST TO EXPLAIN WHY YOU'RE SEEING ZERO OR JUST 180,000 APPROPRIATED IN THE BUDGET, IT'S LIKE WE DON'T REALLY TAKE LAND ACQUISITION ACTION IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
SO WE'RE NOT SHOWING ANY NEW APPROPRIATIONS RIGHT NOW.
SO WOULDN'T IT BE CORRECT TO SAY THAT 30 MILLION IS SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE VARIOUS POCKETS OF OUR DIFFERENT MEASURES AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS? IS THAT HOW YOU GOT TO THE 30 MILLION? YES. OKAY.
OKAY. F WHAT? F6 AND IT SHOWS YOU. WELL THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
I ALSO WANT TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT SUPPORT THE REQUEST FOR THE ANNUAL LAND CONFERENCE.
THE TRAILS AND TRAILS AND GREENWAYS.
TRAILS AND GREENWAYS CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP, UP TO $5,000.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SUGGEST THAT WE DISCUSS THE SAVE MOUNT DIABLO ALLOCATION OF $10,000, BECAUSE I'M BEGINNING TO QUESTION WHETHER WE WANT TO DO THAT MUCH IN SUPPORT OF SAVE MOUNT DIABLO, GIVEN RECENT ACTIVITIES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, I, DAVID LUNN AND I HAVE BEEN OUT ON OUT TO SHADOW CLIFFS TOGETHER AND HE IS RETIRED FROM ZONE SEVEN WATER AGENCY, AND HE'S VERY ENTHUSIASTIC AND A BIG SUPPORTER OF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, AND I THINK THAT HE'S A VERY GOOD PERSON IN REGARDS TO YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE LIVERMORE AREA.
SO I REALLY HAVE A LOT OF YOU KNOW, TRUST IN DAVID LUNN'S COMMENTS, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT HE SHARED THIS EMAIL COMMENT WITH US AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS AND TO JUST ALSO REITERATE THAT IF SOMEONE'S NOT ABLE TO JOIN US HERE IN THE BOARDROOM OR ON ZOOM, THAT
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EMAIL IS AN OPTION FOR PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IT'S A VERY GOOD OPTION AS WELL FOR PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THIS AVAILABLE, ALL OF THESE OPTIONS AVAILABLE, IT DOES MAKE US A VERY TRANSPARENT AGENCY, PARTICULARLY IN REGARDS TO OUR BUDGET.I KNOW WE CONTINUE TO GET CRITICIZED IN THE PRESS IN LIVERMORE IN REGARDS TO NOT BEING A TRANSPARENT AGENCY, AND I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION, AND I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS CAME UP IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING AND SPECIFICALLY THIS PAGE B42, WHERE WE HAVE THE TAX AND ASSESSMENT BY COUNTY AND TAX RATE AREA, AND DAVID LUNN, HIS PUBLIC COMMENT DID MENTION HOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING TO LOOK AT, AND I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND IT.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO TAKE A SNAPSHOT AND UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BASED ON YOU KNOW, THE PARCELS AS WELL AS THE I GUESS THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPERTY VALUES, AND I KNOW AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES MIGHT BE INCLUDED IN THIS.
CERTAINLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT FREMONT, AND FREMONT IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT'S INCLUDED ON PAGE B42, AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THE, YOU KNOW, TOP TEN PROPERTY TAXPAYERS, AND YOU KNOW, WITH TESLA MOTORS AS THE NUMBER TWO TAXPAYER IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, CERTAINLY WITH THE FACTORY IN FREMONT THAT COULD ALSO POTENTIALLY IMPACT WHAT WE'RE SEEING FOR THE RATES FOR FREMONT HERE ON PAGE B42, BUT AS DAVID LYNNE MENTIONED IN HIS PUBLIC COMMENT, CERTAINLY THIS THIS MAKES IT LOOK LIKE LIVERMORE IS PAYING MORE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE TAKEAWAY FROM THIS PAGE AND THIS IS WHERE I THINK THE CONFUSION DOES COME INTO PLAY, AND ALSO WITH THE MEASURE WW BOND LISTED HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT ANSWER.
I DID I DO SEE THAT IN EMAIL THAT THE MEASURE WW BOND IN LIVERMORE WHERE AS WE KNOW MURRAY TOWNSHIP IS NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF MEASURE WW, THERE ARE SOME PARCELS WHICH ARE ACTUALLY INCLUDED, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MEASURE WW BOND LISTED HERE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S A. SO MY QUESTION IS I KNOW THAT WAS A VERY LONG BUILD UP TO MY QUESTION.
MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN PRESENT THE INFORMATION ON B42 THAT MIGHT BE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR TRANSPARENT BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.
I WANT AS MUCH PUBLIC INPUT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, TAKING A LOOK AT THIS, BUT WITH THAT, AS PEOPLE TAKE A LOOK, THEN THEY START TO QUESTION SOME OF THESE THINGS, SUCH AS WHAT'S ON PAGE B 42.
YEAH. LET ME TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT OTHER AGENCIES MIGHT BE DOING.
WE ALSO AND I WE'VE USED THAT LIVERMORE TRE 16-078 FOREVER, BUT MAYBE IT'D BE GOOD FOR US TO PICK A DIFFERENT ONE THAT DOESN'T RAISE THIS QUESTION ABOUT WHY IS MEASURE WW BOND BEING ASSESSED HERE? SO MAYBE THAT'S A WAY OF ADDRESSING IT BUT LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OTHER IDEAS.
OKAY, YES, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS WE I WILL BE HONEST AS I PUSH THAT WE HAVE A VERY TRANSPARENT AND OPEN BUDGET PROCESS, PARTICULARLY TO PEOPLE IN THE LIVERMORE AREA WHO ARE QUESTIONING THIS RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ALSO THEN IN RESPONSE, KNOW WHERE WE HAVE SOME CONFUSING AREAS, AND I THINK PAGE B42 IS THAT, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS GOING TO BE AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND I DID SEE YOUR RESPONSE, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION HERE DURING THE BOARD MEETING, AND THAT'S THE LIVERMORE AREA AND RECREATION PARK DISTRICT PAGE.
I'LL GET TO THAT. IT'S ON PAGE D10.
SO WE DO HAVE A PAGE DEDICATED TO THE LIVERMORE AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT, AND YOU KNOW, IN THIS WE DO POINT OUT THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE OPERATING PARK BUDGETS FOR THE PARKS THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE MURRAY TOWNSHIP, WHAT WE CALL THE MURRAY TOWNSHIP, THAT THOSE OPERATING BUDGETS FOR 2025 ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OVER 5.5 MILLION PER YEAR, AND AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, I MENTIONED HOW IT WOULD BE GOOD TO EXTEND THAT ONE MORE SENTENCE, AND I THINK YOU AGREE WITH ME ON THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD AND SHARED SERVICES SUCH AS PUBLIC SAFETY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT PARK OPERATING BUDGET CALCULATION, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MENTION HERE.
I KNOW WITHIN MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING, ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD AND SHARED SERVICES IS ALWAYS A INTERESTING TOPIC, AND THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO DETERMINE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE PREVIOUS AGENCY THAT I SERVED ON AT ZONE SEVEN WATER AGENCY, THIS WAS A MAJOR TOPIC, ACTUALLY, BUT
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IT'S BECAUSE WE HAD TO FOLLOW A LOT OF GUIDELINES IN REGARDS TO SETTING WATER RATES, AND WE HAD BOTH TREATED WATER AND UNTREATED WATER, AND THE UNTREATED WATER RATES WERE PRIMARILY FOR AGRICULTURE, WHICH WAS PRIMARILY THE LIVERMORE VALLEY WINE INDUSTRY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW MUCH ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD TO DIVIDE BETWEEN THESE TWO WATER TREATMENT RATES.WE DON'T HAVE THAT SAME REQUIREMENT.
I WANT TO CONFIRM, ACTUALLY, WHILE I'M HERE, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SAME REQUIREMENTS WITH OUR BUDGET THAT WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD AND THEN DIVIDE IT BY GEOGRAPHY OR BY PARK, AND IF ANYTHING, I THINK WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN REGARDS TO OUR TRANSPARENCY BY SHOWING THESE PARK OPERATING BUDGETS TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, OUR CONSTITUENTS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE BREAKDOWN IS BY PARK.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY REQUIREMENT TO DO THIS.
YEAH. THERE IS NO THERE'S NO OVERHEAD RATE THAT'S CALCULATED AND LAYERED ON TOP.
WE'RE DOING THIS YET JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY.
WE DID ACTUALLY HAVE A THIRD PARTY AGENCY COME IN OR CONSULTANT COME IN AND HELP US DEVELOP WHAT OUR OVERHEAD RATE IS AND THAT WE CAN APPLY THAT TO GRANTS GOING FORWARD AND SO WE CAN NOW USE THAT RATE AND SHOW IT HERE AS REALLY AN ADDITIONAL COST THAT WE'RE PAYING.
I MEAN, EVEN THE COST FOR US TO HAVE THIS SWAGIT PLATFORM FOR OUR BOARD MEETINGS, THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE EXAMPLE THAT WE USED WHEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT TREATED VERSUS UNTREATED RATES IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE UNTREATED RATEPAYERS, UNTREATED WATER RATEPAYERS ALSO HAD TO, YOU KNOW, PAY A PORTION OF THE BOARD MEETING COSTS, AND SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THIS CAME UP A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MOVING FROM THE MAST BUDGET TO THE PARK BUDGET, AND SO I'M LOOKING RIGHT NOW AT PAGE C55, AND I SEE THE INTRA-DISTRICT CHARGES UNDER THE OPERATING BUDGET, AND I WONDER IF YOU COULD JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT MIGHT BE IN THAT INTRA-DISTRICT CHARGES? I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY OF THE OVERHEAD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE MAYBE CENTRAL STORES AS AN EXAMPLE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
YEAH. SO INTRA-DISTRICT CHARGES ARE THE CHARGES FOR OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.
SO THE EQUIPMENT FUND, THE LIABILITY FUND, MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT AND RENOVATION BENEFITS FUND, AND THERE'S ONE OTHER THAT I'M FORGETTING, BUT THEY'RE IN THE SECTION B, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.
SO THAT'S SETTING ASIDE FUNDING TO REPAIR AND RENOVATE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
WORKERS' COMPENSATION, THAT'S THE FIFTH ONE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE CHARGES ARE, AND THEN I'M GOING TO REPEAT MYSELF FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SPECIFICALLY PAGE C59 WHERE WE SHOW THE DEL VALLE REGIONAL PARK OPERATING BUDGET, AND, YOU KNOW, BASED ON YOU KNOW, I'VE LOOKED AT EVERY PARK ON HERE, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR OPERATING BUDGET AT DEL VALLE IS OUR LARGEST OPERATING BUDGET BY PARK, AND FROM 2024, IT WAS 2.8 MILLION, AND IN 2025, IT'S GOING TO GO UP TO 3 MILLION, AND THAT'S JUST OPERATING BUDGET.
SO EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD AND SHARED SERVICES, I KNOW I'M REPEATING MYSELF, BUT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT BUDGET.
THAT IS CORRECT, AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, I DID GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAVE THESE BUDGET BOOKS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE BACK TO 2009, AND IF YOU'RE ON THE WEBSITE AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PDF OF EACH YEAR'S BUDGET BOOK, IT IS POSSIBLE TO USE THE FIND FEATURE OR THE SEARCH FEATURE, AND YOU CAN SEARCH FOR DEL VALLE AND IT WILL ACTUALLY TAKE YOU TO THIS POINT IN THE BUDGET BOOK.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS BECAUSE THIS CAME OUT LAST WEEK, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ACCUSED THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T TRACK FUNDS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN OUR BUDGET HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS, BUT YOU CAN AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO THIS ON YOUR OWN ONLINE BACK TO 2009, AND IF YOU USE, YOU KNOW, THE PDF FEATURE, THE SEARCH TOOL, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO BACK AND YOU CAN PUT IN TERMS SUCH AS DEL VALLE REGIONAL PARK OR JUST DEL VALLE, YOU CAN PUT IN BRUSHY PEAK, YOU CAN ENTER INTO THE SEARCH FIELD LIVERMORE, AND I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE A VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
I DON'T EVEN THINK WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE BUDGET BOOKS BACK TO 2009 ONLINE, AND WE DO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE, AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD THAT WE DO THAT, AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT POINT TODAY AS WE'RE REVIEWING THE BUDGET.
OKAY, SO MY FINAL POINT, AND I THINK I DID ALSO MENTION THIS AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT DIFFERENCE, AND I THINK THIS MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT TO DIRECTOR COFFEY'S COMMENTS ABOUT LAND ACQUISITION, AND IT MIGHT BE
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HELPFUL AND IT COULD BE IN YOUR EMAIL, AND I DIDN'T GET TO THAT POINT IN THE EMAIL, TOO, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT I GUESS PAGES 209 AND 211 IN OUR PACKET, SO 209 SHOWS THE TOTAL RESOURCES, THE 280.6 MILLION.SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE REVENUES AND THE MONEY THAT WE EXPECT TO BRING IN, AND THEN THE APPROPRIATIONS IS WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO SPEND AT 317.8 MILLION, AND SO THEN THAT DELTA, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 40 MILLION.
A LOT OF THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM OUR RESERVES.
YEP. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S ANOTHER PAGE IN YOUR PACKET THAT SHOWS ALL THE FUNDS.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND THE PAGE.
IF YOU TURN IT ON ITS SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE USE OF FUND BALANCE UNDER OTHER RESOURCES.
DOES THAT HELP YOU AT THE TOP.
SO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT FUND GROUPINGS.
SO GENERAL FUND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, DEBT SERVICE.
SO WHETHER IT'S THE 30 MILLION FOR LAND ACQUISITION OR THE RESERVE FUNDS THAT WE'RE USING FOR THIS 40 MILLION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE PROJECT AS OUR REVENUE AND WHAT WE PROJECT AS OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A PAGE THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT RESERVES.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT IN THE BUDGET BOOK.
WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE FINANCE PAGE B 98 AND 99.
SO THAT HAS ALL OF OUR BEGINNING AND ENDING FUND BALANCES.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THAT IN HOPEFULLY FEBRUARY.
THANK YOU. I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE.
WELL, I HAVE JUST A FEW QUESTIONS AS WELL, SO I WILL JUMP IN.
A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED IN THIS VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION HERE, BUT I DID WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT AFSCME MADE DURING THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND THEY'D ALSO REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE THERE HAS BEEN A MEETING WITH FINANCE MANAGEMENT, AND YOU ARE LOOKING INTO WAYS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND REDUCE WORKLOAD WITHOUT NECESSARILY NEEDING TO ADD NEW, PERMANENT STAFFING, BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT DEE SAID, THAT IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OPTIMALLY STAFFED, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE AND SO I WOULD SUPPORT YOU KNOW, DOING THE WORK TO, TO ACTUALLY TO LOOK AT THAT IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY IN TERMS OF HAVING SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF FROM THE OUTSIDE SAY, OKAY, WELL, ARE WE OPTIMALLY STAFFED OR AREN'T WE AND THEN ADDRESS IT ACCORDINGLY.
YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING IS, I KNOW THERE ARE ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT IT BEING THAT THE SOME OF THE WORK ASKED ME WORK BEING CONTRACTED OUT, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALSO DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY ABOUT THAT, BUT I DID HAVE A SPECIFIC BUDGET QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND PARTICULARLY ON THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, I DIDN'T SEE ANY TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES IN ACTUALLY ANY OF THE BUDGET YEARS STARTING FROM 2022 THROUGH TO 2025.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING, ALSO, OUR CONTRACTED EMPLOYEES.
ARE THEY COUNTED AS WELL? THEY'RE NOT COUNTED AS REGULAR PERMANENT.
SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND? YEAH. SO YES, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO THE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE I'M NOT SURE I'M ON THE RIGHT PAGE HERE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ANY OF THE SECTION C PAGES WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STAFFING REGULAR AND PERMANENT VERSUS SEASONAL TEMPORARY, THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE PARK DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, WAS THAT THEY ARE SEASONAL OR TEMPS LIKE THEY ARE GETTING THEIR PAYCHECK FROM THE PARK DISTRICT AND THEIR W2 FROM THE PARK DISTRICT.
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SO YOU DON'T SEE THAT AS AN FTE HERE, YOU WOULD SEE IT AS COST OF SERVICES.IF YOU YEAH I'M NOT ON THE IS PAGE RIGHT NOW BUT IT'S C29.
THANK YOU. YES, SO YOU CAN SEE THE OPERATING BUDGET, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SERVICES BUDGET.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL OF THE BUDGET FOR SERVICES.
THAT IS NOT ALL BEING USED FOR, FOR TEMPORARY STAFFING, BUT SOME, SOME PORTION OF THAT WOULD BE USED FOR THE EXAMPLE IS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TEMPORARY VACANCIES ON OUR HELP DESK, AND SO WE ARE WE HAVE A PERSON WHO'S COMING IN TEMPORARILY UNDER CONTRACT TO ASSIST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH OUR BACKLOG OF TICKETS.
SO BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD SEE THAT BUDGET IS UNDER SERVICES.
SO IT'S UNDER SERVICES OR UNDER PERSONNEL SERVICES OR BOTH.
SO PERSONNEL SERVICES IS ACTUALLY OUR STAFFING COSTS.
WE COULD YEAH FORGET THE WORD SERVICES.
THAT'S JUST PERSONNEL COSTS, BUT IF YOU LOOK THEN SO THEN THERE'S SUPPLIES, AND THEN THE NEXT LINE IS SERVICES, BUT WHEN YOU SAY PERSONNEL COSTS WHAT DO YOU.
SO THAT'S THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR PARK DISTRICT STAFF.
SO ALL RIGHT I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YES. SO THIS IS THE BUDGET AND YEAH THE BUDGET FOR WAGES AND BENEFITS ETC., AND THEN YOU HAVE THEN THE SERVICES ARE.
SO I GUESS THERE'S NOT REALLY A BREAKOUT OF EMPLOYEES OR NOT.
THEY'RE NOT EMPLOYEES. SORRY, BUT PERSONNEL WHO ARE CONTRACTORS.
SO BECAUSE THIS NUMBER THE 4.4 WELL NEARLY 4.5 MILLION.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE IT'S ALL LIKE ALL SERVICES THAT WE'RE DOING IN INFORMATION SERVICES, AND IT IS NOT I GUESS I'LL SAY IN ADDITION, IT'S NOT COMMON FOR US TO HAVE TEMPORARY STAFF.
THIS WAS A REALLY UNUSUAL SITUATION IN THIS PAST YEAR WHERE WE HAD SOME VACANCIES RELATED TO PEOPLE ON ACTING ASSIGNMENTS OR BEING OUT ON MEDICAL LEAVE, AND WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO FILL THOSE VACANT POSITIONS, BUT THE BACKLOG OF TICKETS WAS GETTING TICKETS.
SO WE DID WORK WITH HR TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROVIDE THAT.
RIGHT, AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU SHOULDN'T PROVIDE RELIEF.
SO MY QUESTION ISN'T SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, WHY WOULD YOU SPEND MONEY ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME HELP? THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, ARE WE APPROPRIATELY STAFFED SO THAT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE HAS TO GO OUT ON LEAVE FOR SOME REASON OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT IN THAT SITUATION.
YEAH. NO, IT'S I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BOARD ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS, AND YEAH, THE FINDINGS AND MANAGEMENT STAFF WORK VERY HARD AND WE ARE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO GET OUR VACANCIES FILLED, BUT WE HAVE NOT.
I THINK I WAS LISTED IN ONE OF THE Q&A WHAT OUR CURRENT VACANCIES ARE.
I THINK IT'S DIRECTOR ROSARIO WHAT OUR CURRENT VACANCIES ARE, AND SO IT'S, IT'S, I THINK A DIFFICULT QUESTION WHEN SOMEONE'S SAYING YOU NEED MORE STAFF, IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE OUR CURRENT POSITIONS FILLED, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON FIRST, AND WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO GET THOSE VACANT POSITIONS FILLED, AND JUST A REMINDER, WE ALSO DID ADD A LOT OF POSITIONS TO IS RIGHT.
SO THOSE ARE SOME NEW POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE.
THAT IS TRUE. YEP. YES, CORRECT.
WELL TO BOTH. THE FINANCE PIECE.
I MEAN AND WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING A MEMO TO THE FULL BOARD SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A STATUS UPDATE ON EACH OF THOSE VACANCIES AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN SITTING THERE AND WHY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS ITS OWN STORY, RIGHT? OR NOT OR NOVEL MAYBE.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE, WE CREATED A NEW POSITION.
I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WITH HR AND MEET AND CONFER, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH ALL THAT, AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT TAKES A LONG TIME AND THEN GO AHEAD AND RECRUIT FOR IT.
SO BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET A MEMO TO YOU SO YOU CAN SEE ALL.
I THINK IT'S JUST HELPFUL TO HAVE SOME VISIBILITY INTO THAT.
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I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WELL, HAPPY TO SEE ALL THE ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS, BUT, BUT PARTICULARLY THE FIREFIGHTERS BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SUCH A SUCH A CRITICAL, CRITICAL ISSUE, AND IN TERMS OF THESE, THE POTENTIAL FOR CATASTROPHIC FIRES AND REALLY HAPPY THAT WE CONTINUE TO STAFF UP AND BE PREPARED.SO AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, THIS IS SORT OF IN A DIFFERENT VEIN, BUT I REALLY WHEN WE WERE AT THE, AT THE SITE VISIT AT CROWN BEACH AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PEOPLE OR THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY AREN'T WE LAYING THE PURPLE PIPE WHILE WE HAVE THE ROADS OPEN? BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT ALAMEDA IS GOING, AND WITH THE IRREGULARITY OF, OF RAIN, LET'S JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE DELUGE, BUT THEN WE GET THE DROUGHTS AND SO YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO USE RECYCLED WATER FOR FOR WATERING, AND PARTICULARLY IF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA IS GOING TO BE DOING IT. IT JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO, TO PUT THAT PIPE IN NOW BEFORE THE ROADS ARE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT AT SOME FUTURE DATE WE DON'T HAVE TO OPEN THEM AND DO THAT, AND , AND I SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT SAYS THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED, AND I SAW THE ANSWER HERE THAT, THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WASN'T SOMETHING THE FACT THAT THERE WASN'T MONEY FOR IT OR THE PROJECT WASN'T DESIGNED THAT WAY OR WHATEVER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT SO BUT I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TO ASK, SORT OF TO ASK.
WELL, IS DOES THAT REALLY MAKE SENSE? I MEAN, IF THERE'S NOT THE MONEY FOR IT, SHOULD WE MAYBE FIND THE MONEY FOR IT BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE A MORE EFFICIENT? IT'S CERTAINLY MORE EFFICIENT TO DO IT NOW THAN, THAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO REOPEN THOSE ROADS LATER ON AND PUT IN A PIPE.
KEN WYSOCKI. ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT.
YES. YOU DO REMEMBER THAT SITE TOUR? REN DID TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE BEING IN PLACE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THAT PURPLE PIPING IN ALAMEDA ITSELF, BUT ALSO THERE'S THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF, YOU KNOW, THE PERMITTING AND THAT WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IF YOU SAW IN YOUR IN THE RESPONSE FROM FROM THE QUESTIONS IN THERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT FUTURE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS PROJECT IS ALREADY IN FULL FLUX, AND MOVING FORWARD, THIS WILL DEFINITELY DELAY QUITE A BIT OF THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
SO SO DOES IT MEAN THAT AT SOME POINT WE COULD ADD IT TO THE PROJECT.
I MEAN I KNOW YOU NEED PERMITS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, AND SO I'M NOT SAYING, OH, YOU KNOW, STOP EVERYTHING, BUT BUT I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND I'M GOING TO GET YOU THE BOARD, A FULL WRITE UP ON THAT ONE THAT REN WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT WHAT REN WAS TALKING ABOUT IS, IS THAT THE ALAMEDA JUST DOESN'T HAVE THAT FULL INFRASTRUCTURE CAPABLE TO SUPPORT THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING SOMETHING IN THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE PROCESS.
SO IT'LL JUST BE THERE, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE IN FULL UTILIZATION.
SO WE'LL BE JUST ADDING THE COST AND WAITING.
GOT IT. OKAY. WELL THAT'S, THANK YOU, THAT'S A MUCH CLEARER ANSWER.
SO I THINK SO I THINK AT THIS POINT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE--OH, AT THIS POINT.
ACTUALLY, WE HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE ARE NOW OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, AND I WILL ASK, I KNOW WE RECEIVED ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH AT LEAST ONE WHICH WE'VE ALREADY HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DAVID LUNN AND DIRECTOR SANWONG HAS DISCUSSED THAT TO SOME EXTENT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. PRESIDENT ECHOLS.
OKAY. SO SO IN THAT CASE WE CAN NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL THE 2025 BUDGET WILL COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS, AND AT THAT POINT WE WILL WE WILL VOTE ON IT.
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SO OKAY.DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR GENERAL MANAGER? OKAY, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION.
THANK YOU. IF ANYONE HAS ANY PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.
[PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
OKAY. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.SO I KNOW PERSONALLY I'VE EXPERIENCED AN INCREASING SEVERITY OF FRUSTRATION WITH THIS LIVERMORE AREA PARK AND REC DISTRICT ISSUE THAT KEEPS POPPING UP IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, AND I'M FRUSTRATED WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS AMONGST OURSELVES AT THE BOARD LEVEL, AND SO I WANTED TO ASK, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A MEETING ON THE 17TH. THESE FOLKS ARE MEETING IN JANUARY, THE 25TH, THE LAFCO.
THAT'S A WHOLE 'NOTHER SET OF ISSUES.
WHERE ON EARTH DOES LAFCO GET THE AUTHORITY TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO TAKE SIDES IN A CONTRACT DISPUTE BETWEEN POTENTIALLY OUR DISTRICT AND THIS LITTLE DISTRICT IN LIVERMORE? WE HAVE A LAFCO COMMISSIONER IN A NEWSPAPER ARGUING WITH OUR DIRECTOR OVER THE VALUE OF OUR HELICOPTER SERVICES, WHERE IN THE AUTHORITY OF THE LAFCO COMMISSION DOES THAT LAND? I DON'T THINK IT DOES, AND I THINK MAYBE WE NEED SOME LAWYERS TO WORK ON THAT BECAUSE THIS IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL. THEY'RE MEETING IN JANUARY.
DO WE HAVE AN INTENT MANAGEMENT WRIT LARGE TO HAVE EITHER A CLOSED OR OPEN SESSION ON THIS AT OUR NEXT MEETING? AT THIS POINT, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND.
OKAY, BUT I AM TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF YOU ALL BRINGING IT TO CLOSED SESSION.
THEN LET'S HAVE A CLOSED SESSION ON THE 17TH.
TWO OF US CAN ASK FOR IT FORMALLY TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS FOR THE PURPOSE OF POTENTIAL LITIGATION.
BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT EITHER WITH COUNSEL SUGGESTING THERE'S MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES SUGGESTING THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION HERE, WHICH I CERTAINLY BELIEVE IS THE CASE, OR THE BOARD CAN MEET AND MAKE THAT DECISION ON THE BOARD'S LEVEL.
SO WE CAN CERTAINLY MEET AS A BOARD ON THE 17TH TO DISCUSS THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, SUGGESTING THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION HERE AND THEN THE BOARD IN A SECOND STEP CAN THEN HOLD A CLOSED SESSION.
SO I'D LIKE TO DO THAT ON THE 17TH.
THESE PEOPLE ARE OPENLY CLAIMING THAT THIS PARK DISTRICT IS IN BREACH OF A 1992 AGREEMENT.
THEY HAVE VERY SPECIFICS ABOUT IT.
THEY GOT A LAFCO ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER TAKING THEIR SIDE IN THIS SO-CALLED DISPUTE, AND THERE HAVE, ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS, BEEN ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM THAT PARK DISTRICT SUGGESTING THAT LITIGATION MIGHT BE NEEDED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.
SO FOR ME, THAT MEETS THE TEST FOR HOLDING A CLOSED SESSION, AND WE OUGHT TO DO THAT AND DISCUSS LEGAL RESOURCE NEEDS AND PURSUE THE ISSUE, AND THE SOONER THE BETTER.
ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE MEETING IN JANUARY AT THE ALAMEDA LAFCO.
THIS STRIKES ME AS A SPECIAL DISTRICT.
I'VE SEEN IT DURING THE COURSE OF MY 40 YEAR CAREER WHERE THEY'RE REALLY HAVING TROUBLE JUSTIFYING THEIR EXISTENCE, AND WHEN A SMALL SPECIAL DISTRICT IS CONFRONTED WITH AN MSR REVIEW THAT SUGGESTS MAYBE THEY SHOULDN'T EXIST, THEY OFTEN LASH OUT AT PAST BOARDS AT THEIR OWN PAST BOARDS FOR SO-CALLED BAD DECISIONS THEIR OWN BOARDS MAKE THAT PUT THEM INTO DIFFICULTY UNDER THEIR MSR REVIEW.
SO, I MEAN, THIS PROBABLY IS A DISTRICT THAT IS CONFRONTING THE POSSIBILITY OF DISSOLUTION AND IS THRASHING OUT AND IS GOING TO RESORT TO LITIGATION TO SOMEHOW PROMOTE ITS EXISTENCE, YOU KNOW, IN SO MANY WORDS.
SO WE SHOULD DISCUSS THAT IN CLOSED SESSION ASAP AND I THINK PURSUE IT AGGRESSIVELY.
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SO THAT'S MY AGENDA REQUEST, AND IF I CAN GET A SECOND, WE'LL MAKE IT.YOU KNOW, WE'LL PUT IT IN WRITING AND MAKE SURE IT GETS DONE.
I DON'T THINK WE I MEAN, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, BUT SO NOTED AND WE CAN PUT IT ON THERE, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS THIS, AND WE CAN GET YOU ALL UP TO SPEED AS A BODY.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUICK SUGGESTIONS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S START WITH DEE.
[BOARD COMMENTS]
I THINK WE'RE MOVING ON NOW TO BOARD COMMENTS.OKAY. LET'S SEE, THE LAST BOARD MEETING WAS THE 19TH.
ALL RIGHT. SO I WAS HERE AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING ON THE 19TH.
ON THE FOLLOWING DAY I HAD A ON A VIDEO MEETING WITH COLIN CLARK FROM CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. HE IS THEIR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROMOTER, LET'S SAY, AND WE HAD A VERY LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND JUST KIND OF GETTING US UP TO SPEED ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW IT MIGHT INTERSECT WITH WHAT WE DO. ON NOVEMBER 21ST, I WENT TO THE EVERY YEAR SAVE MOUNT DIABLO, HAS A DONOR APPRECIATION EVENT, AND I LIKE TO GO TO THAT, AND THEN FROM THERE, I TOOK A LITTLE TRIP DOWN TO SAN LEANDRO AND WENT TO ASSEMBLYMEMBER ORTEGA HAD A, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT ECHOLS WAS THERE HAD A BIG EVENT WITH LOTS OF FOLKS THERE.
IT WAS MORE OF A KIND OF A MEET AND GREET, GET TO KNOW HIM.
BECAUSE HE HASN'T BEEN THERE HERE THAT LONG.
ON THE 23RD, THE NEXT DAY, I WENT TO THE IRON HORSE TRAIL BRIDGE OVER DUBLIN BOULEVARD.
GOT TO BE AMONG THE FIRST PEOPLE TO WALK ACROSS THAT BRIDGE.
IT IS A REALLY AN AMAZING STRUCTURE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD ONE OF THOSE OVER THE RAILROAD FOR THE IRON HORSE TRAIL UP NORTH IN COLIN'S WARD, AND IT'S GOING TO BE 50% TALLER THAN THAT ONE.
SO BUCKLE UP, AND THEN AS PART OF THAT TRIP TO DUBLIN I COORDINATED WITH A DIRECTOR ELECT LUANA ESPAÑA, AND WE HAD LUNCH AND WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, AND I ANSWERED A LOT OF HER QUESTIONS.
GOT TO KNOW HER A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO YOU'RE NEXT. ON THE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THERE WAS A COMMUNITY MEETING, AND THERE WERE 54 PARTICIPANTS THERE.
SO THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN AT CHOUINARD AND THE GUERIN PLEASANTON RIDGE TRAIL, AND THAT WAS IT FOR ME, BUT HOPEFULLY WE ALL GOT INVITED, I THINK, TO THE DISTRICT HOLIDAY PARTY TOMORROW.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLY FUN EVENT AND YOU GET TO MEET LOTS OF GREAT PEOPLE.
[03:20:08]
MONDAY THE 25TH, WE HAD OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, AND THEN ON THE 27TH, I WENT ON A HIKE WITH A MEMBER OF THE LIVERMORE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN OVER THANKSGIVING WEEKEND, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH TWO DIFFERENT PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM THE CITY OF LIVERMORE, AS WELL AS CONNECT WITH A CURRENT PLEASANTON CITY COUNCILMEMBER WHO IS OUR MAYOR ELECT? SO I BELIEVE IN TWO WEEKS, WILL BE SWORN IN AS MAYOR OF PLEASANTON, AND WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN WARD FIVE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE NEW MAYORS IN THE CITIES OF PLEASANTON, DUBLIN AND FREMONT, AND WHERE THAT BECOMES IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY DUBLIN AND PLEASANTON IS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY LAFCO COMMISSION THAT WILL SHUFFLE THE DECK MOST LIKELY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, AND IT MAY BE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE MAYORS ELECT MIGHT HAVE CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT WE HAVE WITHIN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT THAT ARE IMPORTANT, AND THAT COULD ALSO CHANGE MAYBE SOME OF THE SENTIMENT ON A BOARD LIKE THE LAFCO COMMISSION.I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE SURE. YEAH.
MY WIFE GOT A REALLY NICE GET WELL CARD IN THE.
SHE WAS SO HAPPY AND IT WAS SO THOUGHTFUL AND WANTED TO JUST THANK EVERYBODY.
MOST OF THEM AREN'T HERE ANYMORE, SO I'LL JUST REPEAT THIS AT SOME POINT BUT WE WERE ALL VERY TOUCHED BY THAT AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT, AND SHE IS DOING REALLY WELL, AND ON SET TO DO A FULL RECOVERY.
SHE'S GOT TO COME CONVALESCE, I GUESS, FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND SHOULD BE BACK BACK TO NORMAL, AND JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP AND SUPPORT THAT WE GOT.
BEST REPORT EVER, AND GIVE ALL OF OUR LOVE AND GOOD WISHES TO MILA.
THANK YOU. OKAY, SO FOR ME, LET'S SEE, ON THE 21ST OF NOVEMBER, I ATTENDED THE CALIFORNIA STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY MEETING WITH THE GM AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHERS FROM FROM THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND OTHER ALLIES, AND I'M VERY HAPPY, OF COURSE, THAT THEY APPROVED THE $36 MILLION FOR THE POINT MOLATE ACQUISITION, AND THEN ON THE 21ST, I RAN INTO JOHN AT THE ASSEMBLY 80/20 STATE OF THE DISTRICT, THE EVENT THAT LIZ ORTEGA WAS HOSTING, AND I AGREE WITH WHAT JOHN SAID ABOUT THE YOU KNOW, IT WAS SHE DID A REALLY GOOD SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE THINGS SHE'D BEEN WORKING ON AND VERY INTERESTING AND WELL DONE.
ON THE 25TH, I SPOKE AT THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING AND SAT IN ON THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE FINANCE PRESENTATION AND, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES THERE.
YESTERDAY ATTENDED THE PRE BOARD MEETING FOR THIS MEETING AND ALSO HAD A PHONE MEETING WITH DGM MAX KORTEN REGARDING AN UPCOMING ISSUE ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AGENDA, AND THEN BEFORE COMING HERE TODAY, I HAD A MEETING WITH DIRECTOR ELECT LINDA DESCHAMBAULT, AND I ALSO HOPE TO BE MEETING WITH LUANA.
WELL, DIRECTOR ELECT I SHOULD SAY LUANA ESPAÑA SOON AS WELL.
THANKS EVERYBODY, FOR HANGING IN HERE UNTIL 9:45 AND I CAN JUST REMINDER.
NEXT BOARD MEETING IS IN TWO WEEKS, REGULAR TIME, AND THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 11:44 P.M..
09:44. SORRY! [CHUCKLING] IT'S VERY LATE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.