Dec 06, 2024 Executive Committee

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WELL, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FOR DECEMBER 6TH, 2024, BEGINNING AT 10:52.

WILL THE RECORDING CLERK PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL CALL?

[Roll Call]

TODAY'S MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT.

STAFF IS PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO VIDEO STREAMING.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT MAY DO SO BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL, LEAVING A VOICEMAIL, OR JOINING LIVE VIA ZOOM WITH THE LINK PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA LOCATED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.

I WILL ADD THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR THOSE WHO ARE JOINING US VIA ZOOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WILL ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES.

WE WILL BEGIN. OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND ITEM NUMBER TWO IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER THREE.

PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

DO WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN THE ZOOM AND YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

WE HAVE NO ITEMS FOR PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

NOT ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND SO WE MOVE ON TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. ALL THE ITEMS IN TODAY'S MEETING ARE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. THEREFORE NO VOTES WILL BE TAKEN, AND THE FIRST OF THOSE, FOUR A, IS A RECOMMENDATION TO, WELL, YOU KNOW, OKAY, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK A QUESTION HERE BECAUSE IT SAYS INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, AND YET IT SAYS MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM ON THERE IS THAT IMPLIES THAT IT'S NOT JUST INFORMATIONAL THAT WE ARE IT'S AN ACTION ITEM.

THERE ARE TWO OF THEM. I APOLOGIZE I BELIEVE ITEM FOUR A ON THE SCRIPT IS LISTED INCORRECTLY, SO WE WILL CORRECT THAT, BUT OKAY.

THAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY THERE'S TWO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS ON HERE.

THAT'S RIGHT. NUMBER FIVE REALLY IS AN INFORMATIONAL.

THAT'S CORRECT OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S GOOD; WE'LL DO THAT. ALL RIGHT.

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SO IT IS CALLED THE TITLE OF THE ITEM IS RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT 2025 PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE OBJECTIVES.

SO WE'RE READY FOR THAT NOW PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT.

GOOD MORNING. APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY.

ERICH PFUEHLER, LEAD OF GOVERNMENT AND--DIVISION LEAD OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.

PRESENTING TODAY ON THE OBJECTIVES FOR THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I SEE ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, IRENE DIETER HERE.

SO WELCOME.

THIS PROCESS WAS A VERY DELIBERATE PROCESS.

OVER A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE HAD AN INITIAL MEETING WITH THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHERE THEY HEARD THE BOARD MEMBERS OBJECTIVES AND THE BOARD MEMBERS' PRIORITIES THROUGH A PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE HAD BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND A DELIBERATIVE PROCESS TO GATHER INPUT FROM PAC MEMBERS ABOUT ALIGNING THEIR OBJECTIVES WITH THE BOARD OBJECTIVES FOR 2025.

THAT PROCESS WAS PUT TOGETHER BY ELSA GRENIER.

I'M NOT SURE IF I SAID THAT RIGHT, AND LISA BALDINGER AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE INPUT WE GATHERED AND DISTILL IT DOWN TO SOME MAJOR THEMES. THERE WERE A LOT OF SPECIFIC ISSUES AND A LOT OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS, BUT SOME OF THE MAJOR THEMES WERE RUNNING THROUGHOUT, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO DISTILL IT INTO FIVE MAIN OBJECTIVES FOR 2025, AND TO BEGIN WITH, WE JUST WANTED TO REFLECT ON THE ROLE STATEMENT FOR THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THIS WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD IN JANUARY OF 2022, AND IT'S A VERY SORT OF SIMPLE BUT YET POWERFUL ONE SENTENCE ROLE STATEMENT THAT TOOK A FAIR BIT OF TIME TO GET TO, BUT IT REALLY DOES BOIL DOWN TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROVIDING

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TO BEGIN WITH, THE FIVE OBJECTIVES ARE BEFORE YOU.

WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE INDEPENDENTLY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST ONE IS DEFINITELY TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE DISTRICT PLAN.

THEY HAVE BEEN ALREADY THROUGH SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AND INCLUDING A BREAKOUT SESSION, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION FROM THE PAC ON THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.

THEN THE NEXT TWO ARE SORT OF THEMATIC APPROACHES IN TERMS OF SOME OF OUR ISSUES WITH REGARD TO EDUCATION AND STEWARDSHIP AND THEN THE FINAL TWO REALLY ARE ONGOING FOUR AND FIVE REGARDING FUNDING AND THEIR FUNDAMENTAL ROLE STATEMENT.

SO FOR THE FIRST OBJECTIVE, AS MENTIONED WITH REGARD TO THE DISTRICT PLAN, THE PARKS PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS ORIGINALLY FOUNDED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.

SO THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT ROLE OF PROVIDING COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES, AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE SESSIONS WITH THE PAC, WHERE THEY REALLY WANT TO BE KIND OF THE LIAISON OR EYES AND EARS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO STAFF AND TO THE BOARD AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH PREPARING FOR THE NEXT CENTURY, AND THEY WILL BE COMMUNICATING, I BELIEVE, WITH BOARD MEMBERS ON THAT AS WELL, AND PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY RELATED EVENTS, AND THEN THIS ONE TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME IN OUR SECOND MEETING IN NOVEMBER TO ESSENTIALLY WORD CHOICES THAT REALLY EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT PARKS ARE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES, NOT JUST PATHWAYS FOR PEOPLE TO WALK, BUT REALLY EVERY TIME SOMEBODY IS GOING BY A PIECE, A PART OF NATURE, THERE IS AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY OR A CULTURAL OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS ACTIVELY WORKING WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.

IT'S REALLY THE NOTION BEHIND THIS IS REALLY TO ENSURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE VISITORS COME TO THE PARKS, THEY'RE EXPERIENCING MORE THAN JUST NATURE, BUT ALSO BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT, AND THAT WILL LEAD TO ESSENTIALLY WHAT IS OUR THIRD PRIORITY, WHICH WILL LEAD TO BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE LAND.

SO THE THIRD PRIORITY OR OBJECTIVE IS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND THIS WAS A REALLY PRONOUNCED DISCUSSION DURING THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS WITH REGARD TO MAKING SURE THAT AS WE'RE PROVIDING EQUITABLE ACCESS, WE'RE ALSO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE IMPACTS ON THE LAND AND PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO EXTREME WEATHER AND THE CHANGING CLIMATE, AND JUST HOW IMPORTANT PARKLANDS ARE IN THE TIMES THAT WE'RE LIVING IN THAT WE SHOULD BE EMBRACING THAT, AS WELL AS EMBRACING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE PARKLANDS, AND THEN THE TERMS FLORA AND FAUNA WERE CHOSEN BY THE GROUP PRIMARILY TO ENSURE THAT WE DID PAY HOMAGE OR PAY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NATURE IS ALSO FOR THE PLANTS AND THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN IT, AND THEN THE FOURTH IS REALLY A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH REGARD TO MONITORING FUNDING MEASURES.

THEY RECEIVE REPORTS EVERY YEAR ON BOTH MEASURE WW AND NOW MEASURE FF, ALSO VERY ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT IN THE DISTRICT'S EFFORTS TO SECURE GRANTS AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WRITING LETTERS OF SUPPORT, PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY EVENTS.

HOSTING SITE VISITS IN AREAS WHERE WE ALSO ARE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

THIS YEAR WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A SITE VISIT AT THE GRIZZLY PEAK COLLABORATIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROJECT THAT'S A COLLABORATIVE WITH UC BERKELEY, EAST BAY MUD, AND THE CITY OF BERKELEY, AND WE DO ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PHASE TWO OF THAT PROJECT.

SO THE PAC WILL BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THAT PROCESS AND HELP WITH REGARD TO CALFIRE GRANTS, AND THEN AGAIN, THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE, REALLY OR OBJECTIVE--I KEEP SAYING ISSUE; I MEAN OBJECTIVE--IS REALLY THE FUNDAMENTAL ROLE THAT IS TO PROVIDE THAT ADVICE AND EXPRESS THE COMMUNITY'S INTEREST INTO THE PARK GOVERNANCE AND TO PARK POLICIES.

THERE ARE SOME POLICIES THAT WE DO RELY ON THE PAC FOR GUIDANCE SUCH AS NAMING, SUCH AS LAND USE PLANS SUCH AS ORDINANCE 38.

SO THERE ARE SOME FUNDAMENTAL THINGS THAT THEY DO PROVIDE GUIDANCE, BUT WE ARE EMBRACING THAT AS AN OVERALL PRINCIPLE FOR THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND SO THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE ROLE STATEMENT THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2022 AND WILL BE CONTINUED TO BE REFLECTED IN THE OBJECTIVE, AND WITH THAT CORRECTLY POINTED OUT

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SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AND ALSO LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE OBJECTIVES.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

DENNIS, WHAT DO YOU THINK? WELL, I THINK YOU GUYS, I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED.

I LOVE THE WAY THE PAC GETS TOGETHER, AND THEY'RE THEY'RE SO INTELLIGENT AND SO ENTHUSIASTIC THAT THEY COME UP WITH THESE GREAT OBJECTIVES EVERY YEAR, AND THEY SEEM TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT OF THEM, AND IT'S AMAZING THE PRODUCT THEY PRODUCE AND WHAT A GREAT ASSET THEY ARE TO OUR DISTRICT.

I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL PLAN.

I KNOW YOU'LL DO WELL AT IT.

I JUST WOULD MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE ERICH, THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT, YOU KNOW, ON BULLET POINT NUMBER FOUR, THE MAINTAIN A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRICT'S FUNDING PROGRAMS. IT WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE GETTING PEOPLE OUT INTO THE PARKS.

THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE GOT THE PAC OUT THERE ALONG WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND JUST SHOWING PAC MEMBERS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SAY, OH, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE THIS, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. WE'RE OH, THERE'S FIRE PROTECTION, BUT IT'S ALL CONNECTED.

IT'S ALL CONNECTED. WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH OTHER AGENCIES.

WE HAVE TO GET GRANT FUNDING FOR THINGS.

THE FUEL BREAK WAS VERY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE.

WE COULD SEE IT. WOW, EVERYBODY.

WE CUT EVERYTHING DOWN, BUT ALL THE INTRICACIES IN THERE, MANAGEMENT OF THE FUEL BREAK, ONGOING MANAGEMENT FOREVER.

ONCE YOU TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY ON WHAT OUR RELATIONSHIPS ARE WITH THE UC BERKELEY, CAL FIRE, ALL THE AGENCIES THAT COME INTO PLAY THERE, AND I THINK BRINGING THEM OUT THERE AND SEEING IT IS REALLY AMAZING.

IT'S GREAT TO TALK ABOUT IT IN A MEETING, BUT TO SEE HOW IT ALL WORKS AND SEE HOW OTHER PEOPLE HAVE OTHER IDEAS OF HOW THINGS SHOULD BE RUN IT WAS WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE THINGS THE PAC'S DOING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, AND SO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCESS.

YOU MENTIONED BREAKOUT.

SO WHAT I'M ENVISIONING IS IT WAS IT WASN'T 21 MEMBERS ALL LIKE TALKING, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THEIR IDEA OUT THERE.

YOU HAD YOU HAD SUBGROUPS AND THEN THEY EACH DEVELOPED SOMETHING AND THEN KIND OF IT ALL KIND OF CAME TOGETHER AT THE END OR? YEAH, ESSENTIALLY, I BELIEVE WE PROBABLY THEY PROBABLY BROKE INTO ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS AND HAD EXTENDED CONVERSATIONS, WHICH WAS A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BOUNCE FEEDBACK OFF OF EACH OTHER.

AS YOU KNOW, FROM BEING ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE FORMAL MEETING DOESN'T NECESSARILY ALIGN FOR THE FEEDBACK OF DIRECT INPUT WITH EACH OTHER, AND SO WE TRIED TO SET A SPACE FOR THAT KIND OF ENGAGEMENT TO TRULY TEASE OUT WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO WORK ON FOR NEXT YEAR, AS IT RELATED TO BOARD PRIORITIES, BECAUSE THEY WERE PRESENTED THE PRIORITIES FIRST BEFORE WE HAD THE DISCUSSION? THAT'S GREAT. THE THING I KEEP THINKING ABOUT WITH THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY, I THINK WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TWO MORE THAN YOU NORMALLY FIND ON ONE AROUND HERE TO HAVE MORE CONNECTIONS, MORE EXPERIENCE, MORE KNOWLEDGE, AND SO WE HAVE SEVEN OF US ALL KIND OF COMING TOGETHER AND CALLING UPON OUR EXPERIENCES AND OUR JUDGMENT, YOU KNOW, BUT NOW WE HAVE HERE WITH THIS IT'S 21, RIGHT? 21 FOLKS WITH CONNECTIONS INTO THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, WE ALL TRY TO MAKE CONNECTIONS INTO THE COMMUNITY.

I WORK PRETTY HARD TO GO TO EVERYTHING I'M INVITED TO AND TALK TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS I FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT, BUT JUST THINK ABOUT THE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE MADE WITH 21 PEOPLE YOU KNOW, WHO ARE HAVE BEEN SELECTED, PRESUMABLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS AND HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND ALL THAT.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ELEMENT OF IT.

SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE LIST THAT WAS ARRIVED AT REPRESENTS JUST A BIG WIDE ARRAY, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE STRIVE FOR DIVERSITY ON THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL.

SO YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC COMMENTS ON ANY OF IT ALL.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT PRODUCT, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REALLY USE IT.

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SO I THINK WE'LL LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS NOW.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEM FOR FOLKS IN THE ZOOM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

YOU CAUGHT ME WITH MY MOUTH.

WELL, IF I MAY, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE SUPPORT AND MOVE TO THE FULL BOARD THESE PROPOSED 2025 PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE OBJECTIVES. I WAS EXPECTING THERE TO BE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY.

SO YOU'VE MADE A MOTION.

THANK YOU, AND I WILL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? I OKAY.

THAT PASSES. SO THANKS AGAIN TO ALL INVOLVED.

THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TODAY TO BE PART OF THIS.

SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR B, THE BRIONES PILOT PROJECT REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WE HAVE A JOHN.

CAN WE DO THE INFORMATIONAL ITEM SO MAYBE ELIZABETH WILL BE HERE BY THEN? SHE SHOULD BE SOON.

SHE SAID THERE'S AN ACCIDENT.

LET'S DO THE INFORMATIONAL ITEM.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? THREE MINUTES.

SHE SAID THREE MINUTES.

OKAY. YEAH.

GOOD MORNING.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

I AM SEAN DOUGAN, THE TRAILS PROGRAM MANAGER AT THE PARK DISTRICT, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THE BRIONES PILOT PROJECT AND GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'VE COME, HOW FAR WE'VE COME, WHAT THE WHAT THE PROJECT IS, AND SHARE WITH YOU A LOT OF DATA THAT WE'VE COLLECTED ALONG THE WAY THAT IS LEADING US TO A RECOMMENDATION.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS IS A TWO YEAR TEMPORARY PILOT PROJECT THAT WAS INITIATED THROUGH THE AUTHORITY GRANTED TO THE GENERAL MANAGER THROUGH ORDINANCE 38 SECTION 200.5 AND THAT THE GM OR THE DESIGNEE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE TEMPORARY RULES OR REGULATIONS AND TAKE ACTIONS TO PRESERVE PARKLANDS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, PROTECT HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTE PARKLAND RESOURCES AMONG COMPETING USES.

THIS WAS A TEMPORARY A TEMPORARY SITUATION THAT I'LL DESCRIBE TO YOU THAT WE ANTICIPATED AND STATED PUBLICLY THAT THIS WOULD BE ABOUT A 20 MONTH PROJECT.

WELL, HERE WE ARE IN MONTH 20 AND THE PARK DISTRICT HAS A DECISION TO MAKE.

WE SET UP SOME PROJECT GOALS AND SUCCESS CRITERIA FOR THIS PROJECT THAT I'LL GO THROUGH, AND THEN I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL.

I'LL LIST VERY QUICKLY HERE, AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS.

BEFORE I DO THAT THOUGH, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE FULL BOARD AND THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS PROJECT.

THIS IS A NEW DIRECTION THAT THE PARK DISTRICT IS EXPLORING AND REQUIRED OUT OF THE BOX THINKING, WHICH IS GREATLY APPRECIATED, BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERY DIVISION AT THIS AGENCY THAT PLAYED A PART IN THIS.

WE HAD A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF ABOUT 20 INDIVIDUALS FROM PUBLIC SAFETY, FROM PARKLAND OPS, PLANNING STEWARDSHIP, EVERY DIVISION BASICALLY ON THIS AND THIS.

THIS WAS A GROUP EFFORT, AND IT WAS ASTOUNDING TO SEE THE RESULTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THROUGH DOING THAT.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL LIST OFF THESE.

THE FIRST GOAL OF THE PROJECT WAS TO ELIMINATE THE CREATION OF NEW ILLEGAL BOOTLEG TRAILS IN THE PILOT ZONE THAT WE DESIGNATED IN THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF BRIONES PARK.

IT'S ABOUT A 1600 ACRE AREA.

NUMBER TWO. CLOSE AND RESTORE DESIGNATED BOOTLEG TRAILS THAT WE CHOSE, THAT WE PICKED, WE EVALUATED THAT WERE MORE IMPACTFUL THAN WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING. NUMBER THREE, INCREASED TRAIL VOLUNTEERISM, BRINGING THE COMMUNITY IN TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKE PART IN OUR EFFORTS. GOAL NUMBER FOUR IS TO REACH SOME LEVEL, A HIGH LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES THAT WERE INITIATED AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT.

NUMBER FIVE COLLECT QUALITATIVE DATA.

SO THIS IS SURVEYS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ONLINE COMMENTS.

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IT WAS TO OBTAIN TRAIL USE DATA THROUGH TRAIL COUNTERS, TRAIL CAMERAS, THROUGH OBSERVATIONS, THROUGH MEETINGS, THROUGH EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS, ET CETERA.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HERE IS THE PROJECT ZONE.

I WANTED TO JUST AS A REMINDER, THE YELLOW TRAILS ARE THE BIKE BOOTLEG TRAILS THAT WE CHOSE TO OPEN FOR BIKES.

THE GREEN TRAILS ARE TRAILS THAT WERE BOOTLEG TRAILS THAT WE OPENED FOR PEDESTRIAN ONLY AND THE ORANGE TRAILS ARE THE TRAILS THAT ARE DUAL USE BIKE AND HIKE.

THE GRAY ROADS, DASH ROADS AND THINGS.

THOSE ARE EXISTING ROADS IN THE PARK AND TRAILS, AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU CAN SEE THE DASHED LINES WITH THE LABELS THAT START WITH AN R.

THOSE ARE THE TRAILS THAT WE CHOSE TO CLOSE AND RESTORE AND DECOMMISSION, ESSENTIALLY.

SO THE BOARD ACTION THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR THE BOARD MEETING ON DECEMBER 17TH OF THIS MONTH IS TO AMEND ATTACHMENT A OF ORDINANCE 38 TO INCLUDE THE TRAIL DESIGNATIONS AND RULES ON 5.75 MILES OF TRAILS WITHIN THIS PILOT ZONE.

SO THE FIRST GOAL ELIMINATE THE CREATION OF NEW TRAILS IN THE PILOT ZONE.

THIS IS. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY STATED IN THIS WAY BECAUSE WE NEEDED A MEASURABLE AND PRACTICAL AREA THAT WE COULD CONTROL.

SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO STOP ILLEGAL TRAIL BUILDING AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT WAS NOT MEANT TO STOP ILLEGAL TRAIL BUILDING IN THE PARK DISTRICT.

WE KNOW IT'S HAPPENING. WE KNOW IT'S OUT THERE.

IT WASN'T MEANT TO STOP ILLEGAL TRAIL BUILDING OR SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH THAT, BUT IN THE ZONE, WE WANTED TO TEST THESE STRATEGIES.

WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER BOOTLEG TRAILS.

THIS PROJECT IS GIVING US THE TOOLS WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE BOOTLEG TRAIL ISSUE IN OUR PARK DISTRICT.

SO THE GOAL IS THAT NO NEW BOOTLEG TRAILS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THIS ZONE AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MAPS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE USE STRAVA DATA, STRAVA HEATMAP DATA WHICH TRACKS USERS ROUTE, AND THE THICKER THE LINE, THE MORE USE THAT IT'S RECEIVING. YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE LEFT BEFORE THE PILOT, YOU CAN SEE A HEAVY LEVEL OF USE COMING OUT OF ALHAMBRA CREEK STAGING AREA, WHICH IS THE MOST USED STAGING AREA IN THE PARK, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE LITTLE LINES ON THE BOOTLEG TRAILS THAT WE'VE LABELED HERE.

FAST FORWARD TO 2023, 2024, WHEN THE PILOT PROGRAM WAS IN PLACE.

YOU STILL SEE A HIGH LEVEL OF USE COMING OUT.

THIS IS THIS IS IN PARTICULAR.

SORRY, I NEED TO HIDE THIS THING.

IT'S IN THE WAY THIS IS ALL THIS IS ALL STRAVA ACTIVITY.

SO THIS IS TRAIL RUNNERS AND THIS IS BIKING ACTIVITY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE THAT SIGNED UP FOR THE APP STRAVA, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MAPS, YOU DON'T SEE ANY NEW TRAILS.

WE'VE LOOKED. WE'VE BEEN OUT.

WE'VE CIRCLED THIS ZONE FOR TWO YEARS.

WE'VE LOOKED AT THESE MAPS FOR TWO YEARS.

WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY NEW BOOTLEG TRAILS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE PILOT ZONE.

CLOSE AND RESTORE. DESIGNATED BOOTLEG TRAILS.

WE'VE TRIED THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR YEARS.

TALKED TO PARK STAFF, IT WAS A VERY FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.

OUR GOAL WAS TO PICK THE TRAILS THAT WERE IN THE MOST SENSITIVE AREAS, AND OF THOSE TRAILS, 75% WERE TO BE CLOSED AND OF THE TRAILS THAT WE CLOSED, WE WANT 100% COMPLIANCE.

WE WANT THOSE TRAILS TO REMAIN CLOSED.

AS I JUST STATED, WE'VE CLOSED THEM BEFORE AND THEY OPEN RIGHT BACK UP.

WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME? WELL, WE PROVIDED SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR.

SO THERE WAS A CARROT INVOLVED IN THIS.

THE OTHER APPROACH DIDN'T WORK, SO WE CHOSE ABOUT TEN, ABOUT FIVE MILES JUST UNDER OF TRAILS TO RESTORE THEY'RE IN CREEKS.

THEY WERE ERODING. THEY WERE TOO STEEP.

THEY WERE IN SENSITIVE HABITAT.

THEY WERE BIFURCATING AREAS OF HABITAT THAT COULD ACT AS REFUGE AREAS FOR SENSITIVE SPECIES, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE LIST HERE WE'VE DONE ABOUT WE'VE LOOKED AT THE HEAT MAPS. WE'VE PHYSICALLY INSPECTED THESE TRAILS TO ENSURE THAT THEY REMAIN CLOSED AND THAT THEY DON'T HAVE SIGNS OF HUMAN USE, AND I PROVIDED YOU A PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AT YOUR LEISURE, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE NOT SEEING ANY SIGNS OF USE ON THE TRAILS THAT WE CLOSE WITHIN THE PILOT ZONE.

THERE ARE TWO TRAILS, HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP THAT REQUIRE PERMITS, REGULATORY PERMITS TO CLOSE BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN CREEK WAYS, WE ARE

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SO WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO ON THOSE, AND WE'RE PURSUING PERMITS TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THOSE.

THAT'S OUR A PORTION OF OUR 15 AND OUR 19.

SO HERE'S SOME, SOME PICTURES OF, OF THE TRAILS BEFORE AND AFTER.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT A VERY CLEAR DEFINED TRAIL, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE REMNANTS OF SOME JUTE NETTING THAT WAS USED TO HOLD THE SOIL IN PLACE SO THAT THE VEGETATION COULD REESTABLISH, AND THIS IS THE CURRENT STATE OF THIS TRAIL HERE ON THE RIGHT.

HERE'S A TRAIL THAT WAS ADJACENT TO A GOLDEN EAGLES NEST.

THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY A NONSTARTER FOR OUR STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, THIS TRAIL IS ESTABLISHING A, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO NATURE QUITE NICELY.

HERE'S A MORE PHYSICAL AN EXAMPLE OF SOME PHYSICAL CLOSURES, THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT, CLOSING OFF THE ENDS, BUT ALSO MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TRAVERSE THESE TRAILS, AND THEN HERE'S THREE EXAMPLES.

THERE WERE VERY ESTABLISHED TRAILS IN THESE AREAS.

I COULDN'T FIND THE BEFORE PICTURES UNFORTUNATELY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE TRAILS AFTER TWO SEASONS OF NONUSE ARE RETURNING TO THEIR NATURAL STATE, WHICH WAS A POSITIVE DISCOVERY FOR US.

INCREASING TRAIL VOLUNTEERISM TO ASSIST WITH RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE.

I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE PREDICTED THE AMOUNT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND THIS PILOT PROGRAM AND THE AMOUNT OF ENGAGEMENT THAT THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY SHOWED UP IN NUMBERS TO PARTICIPATE.

BASICALLY WE WANTED TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF EVENTS, AND WE WANTED THOSE EVENTS TO BE TO HAVE FULL PARTICIPATION OR ALMOST FULL PARTICIPATION.

IT TURNS OUT THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH EVENTS.

THEY WERE PEOPLE WERE SHOWING UP THAT DIDN'T REGISTER, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND THIS.

THE IN THE END, YOU KNOW, I'LL SHOW YOU THE NUMBERS HERE REAL QUICK.

WE HAD IN 2023 SIX COMMUNITY DIG DAYS AND THE STEWARDS OF BRIONES IS A NONPROFIT THAT ESTABLISHED ITSELF DURING THIS PILOT BECAUSE THIS THIS WAS ANOTHER GREAT BENEFIT OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT THESE ARE A BUNCH OF MOUNTAIN BIKERS THAT SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING, SAW THAT THE POSITIVE MOVEMENT MOVING FORWARD. SO THEY FORMED A NONPROFIT TO COME HELP MAINTAIN AND TAKE CARE OF THESE TRAILS, BUT ALSO ACT AS THE MIDDLE PERSON.

AS FAR AS OUR MESSAGING FROM THE PARK DISTRICT GOES AND DISTRIBUTING THAT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER VENUES TO THE REST OF THE BIKING COMMUNITY.

THE BIKING COMMUNITY TRUSTS THIS GROUP AND IS LISTENING TO THIS GROUP, AND WE FORMED WE BROUGHT THEM IN AS A RESULT OF THIS PILOT, WHICH IS EXTREMELY I GUESS I COULDN'T HAVE MADE IT UP IN 2024.

WE HAD FIVE AGAIN, AND SOME SMALLER DAYS WE CALL THEM SOB DIG DAYS, AND THEN IN 2025 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBABLY FIVE MORE AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.

WE HAVE A LIST OF THOSE DATES NOW BUT IN THE END, YOU KNOW, 389 VOLUNTEERS OVER THE TWO YEARS AND 2456 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER EFFORTS OUT THERE IN THE ZONE, COMPLIANCE WITH MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND PILOT PROJECT RULES.

THE CRUX OF THE OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, ESSENTIALLY, NOW WE HAVE THIS COLORFUL BUT COMPLICATED TABLE HERE, BUT ESSENTIALLY, THE WAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MEASURE COMPLIANCE IS, IS BY USING THE ODD EVEN THE CALENDAR DAY ACCESS RESTRICTIONS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE ON THE ZONE ON THE WEEKENDS WE ALLOW ON THE ODD DAYS WE WOULD ALLOW BIKERS, AND ON THE EVEN DAYS IT WOULD BE HIKERS AND HORSES ONLY.

I WANT TO POINT OUT JUST A FEW THINGS.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS, BUT OUR GOAL WAS TO ACHIEVE ABOUT 80% COMPLIANCE TO, YOU KNOW, WE SET THESE GOALS FOR OURSELVES.

THIS WASN'T MANDATED BY THE COMMUNITY OR BY THE BOARD, BUT POINTING OUT THAT THERE'S ABOUT 4515 TOTAL USERS PER WEEK COMING INTO BRIONES, 3000 HIKERS, 700 BIKERS, AND 78 ON AVERAGE, EQUESTRIANS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THROUGH THE TWO YEAR PROCESS, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 81% AND 79% BIKER AND EQUESTRIAN USERS. SO WE'RE MEETING THAT GOAL THAT WE SET UP FOR OURSELVES.

I WANT TO POINT OUT, TOO, THAT THERE'S A HIKING TRAIL THAT COMES OUT OF ALHAMBRA CREEK STAGING AREA.

IT'S RIGHT ON THE LEFT.

IT'S RIGHT ON THE CREEK.

WE WERE ASKED TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE PILOT DUE TO ITS SENSITIVITY, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS A HIKER ONLY TRAIL.

THE BIKERS HAVE NOT STAYED OFF THIS TRAIL, AND IT IS THE MOST POPULAR TRAIL IN THE ZONE AND POSSIBLY THE PARK.

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO IN LOOKING AT THAT AS A POTENTIAL HIKER ONLY TRAIL THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO WITH IMPROVEMENTS, MOVING IT OUT OF THE CREEK, MAYBE REPLACING SOME

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SCHOOL GROUPS HIKE IT ANYWAY, AND LET'S SEE, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT PB7 IT'S ALSO CALLED THE TRAVERSE TRAIL.

IT'S A DUAL USE TRAIL THAT'S RECEIVING ABOUT 167 ON AVERAGE PER WEEK, AND IT'S ABOUT EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN HIKERS AND BIKERS, AND WE HAVE HEARD OF AND RECEIVED VERY FEW CALLS ABOUT THE INCIDENTS OCCURRING ON THAT TRAIL, BUT WE HAVE DONE WORK ON THAT TRAIL.

WE'VE IMPROVED THE SIGHT LINES, WE'VE CLEARED THE VEGETATION, AND WE HAVE SOME PLANS FOR SOME TURNOUTS FOR PASSING AND SOME REROUTING IN THE FUTURE, AND FOR COMPARISON, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT OTHER POPULAR AREAS IN THE PARK DISTRICT, THE BOTTOM IN PURPLE.

THERE YOU CAN SEE THE BAY TRAIL IN ALBANY HAS ON AVERAGE 5000 PLUS PER WEEK AND DOWN THE LINE YOU CAN SEE THAT IRON HORSE TRAIL AT TREAT BOULEVARD IS BY FAR THE MOST VISITED AREA.

SO AS FAR AS COMPLIANCE GOES, WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR, THE AREAS IN YELLOW THAT YOU SEE ARE 150 TO 100% DECREASE IN USE.

SO YOU SEE THAT THE BIKE TRIPS ON THE HORSE AND HIKE ARE ONLY DAYS DECREASED ALMOST BY 100% ON MOST OF THE BOOTLEG TRAILS THAT ARE IN THE ZONE.

YOU CAN STILL SEE A FEW REMNANTS IN BLUE AND IN ORANGE, BUT OF AN INCREASE IN USE, AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IN THE FIRST YEAR, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE, THOUGH, THAT ON THE BIKE ONLY DAYS, THE BIKE ACTIVITY ON THOSE DAYS DRASTICALLY INCREASED, WHICH SHOWED A SHIFT IN BEHAVIOR TO US THAT THE ODD EVEN DAYS WERE BEING FOLLOWED, THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTOOD THE RULES AND THAT THEY WERE CHANGING THEIR BEHAVIOR BASED ON WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO HERE, AND THEN IN 2024, THIS IS A COMPARISON TO 2023.

YOU SEE, THERE IS A FURTHER DECREASE IN USE ON THE HORSE DAYS FOR BIKING ACTIVITIES.

SO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BECOMING AWARE OF THE PILOT AND BECOME ONLINE, AND THEN YOU SEE THAT ON THE RIGHT IN 2024 ON THE BIKE ONLY DAYS.

THERE WAS ALSO A DECREASE IN USE ON THE BIKE DAYS, AND THIS ACTUALLY JIBES WITH THE DATA THAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGH OUR CELL PHONE CROWDSOURCING DATA THROUGH PLACER.AI FOR ALL OF OUR PARKS.

THERE IS A MASSIVE PEAK, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A GRAPH IN A MINUTE, BUT THERE WAS A PEAK IN THE PANDEMIC, AND WE'RE SEEING THIS DECREASE BACK DOWN TO A NORMAL MEAN OF AROUND 2018 AGAIN. SO THAT'S ONE WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

OF COURSE, PUBLIC SAFETY EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT.

I WANT TO STRESS THE EDUCATION PART OF THIS THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE FAR MORE EFFECTIVE.

IN THIS INSTANCE, WE HAD TABLING FOR MONTHS.

WE HAD VOLUNTEER TRAIL SAFETY PATROL OUT THERE.

WE HAD POLICE PRESENCE.

WE THE POLICE DID WIND UP ISSUING 99 CITATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PILOT AND SPENDING 262 HOURS AND REPORTING 94 INCIDENCES IN THE PILOT.

SO IT'S QUITE A THERE WAS QUITE A PRESENCE AND THE POLICE DID STEP UP, AND IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE TO OTHER AREAS, YOU CAN SEE THE CITATIONS DOWN ON THE LEFT WITH, YOU KNOW, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

SHORELINE COMING IN AT 316 CITATIONS, IRON TRAIL 25, ETC.

YOU CAN KIND OF GET A COMPARISON FOR JUST HOW MUCH EFFORT THAT WAS PUT IN, BUT I DO WANT TO CAUTION ABOUT CAUTION AGAINST USING CITATIONS ISSUED AS A WAY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OUR POLICE ARE DOING THEIR JOB, OR WHETHER THE RULES ARE BEING FOLLOWED.

RIGHT. IT'S AT THE OFFICER'S DISCRETION.

IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO WHETHER A CITATION IS WRITTEN OR NOT, BUT THIS IS JUST FOR REFERENCE TO SHOW THAT THERE WAS A POLICE PRESENCE IN THIS AREA AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU TO THE TRAIL SAFETY PATROL WHO TABLED FOR MONTHS OUT THERE, WHICH I THINK REALLY HELPED SPREAD THE WORD AND WAS WELCOMED.

OF COURSE, QUALITATIVE DATA SURVEYS, ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC THROUGH TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS.

WE HAD ONE BEFORE IT STARTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2023.

WE HAD ONE THIS LAST SUMMER IN JUNE.

WE HAD ABOUT 100 PEOPLE AT THE FIRST ONE, ABOUT LESS THAN 100 PEOPLE AT THE SECOND MEETING, AND WE BROKE OUT INTO GROUPS.

WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WHAT ISSUES WERE OCCURRING, HOW YOUR BEHAVIOR CHANGED, HOW YOUR EXPERIENCE CHANGED, AND WE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VARIOUS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES THAT WE WERE USING, AND, YOU KNOW, WE THREW WE THREW SOME NUMBERS AT THIS.

WE WANTED 75% OR GREATER TO BE POSITIVE RESPONSES AND THE STRATEGIES WE NEEDED 60% OR GREATER TO BE CONSIDERED

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THESE STRATEGIES WORKED HERE, BUT THEY THEY MAY NOT WORK EVERYWHERE, RIGHT? SO I'M HERE TO SUGGEST THAT THESE STRATEGIES ARE A PANACEA AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY THESE EVERYWHERE AND WE'RE DONE THAT.

WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO, BUT THE, THE, THE RESULTS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR JUST PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO A PARK AND REALLY MICROMANAGING IT AND ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE SEEING A TREMENDOUS POSITIVE RESPONSE.

SO WE ASK QUESTIONS LIKE, WHEN DO YOU VISIT? HOW OFTEN? WE ASK HIKERS, BIKERS, AND EQUESTRIANS THIS.

WE MET WITH EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES AROUND THE PARK TO GET AN IDEA FOR WHEN THEY COME IN, IN CASE THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO CHANGE LATER, OR ADJUST HOURS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE PILOT? THIS IS INTERESTING TO ME THAT OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE IS HELPFUL FOR A LOT OF THINGS, BUT IT'S NOT THE MAIN WAY PEOPLE ARE GETTING INFORMATION.

SOCIAL MEDIA OBVIOUSLY, AND WORD OF MOUTH AND SIGNS IS UP THERE, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE WE WONDER SOMETIMES IF PEOPLE ARE READING OUR SIGNS.

HAS THE PARK DISTRICT STRUCK A BALANCE BETWEEN PROVIDING A QUALITY RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND PROTECTING HABITAT? THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION TO ASK AND A TOUGH QUESTION TO ANSWER FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

OBVIOUSLY, 80% HERE SAID, YEAH, WE FEEL LIKE YOU'VE DONE THAT.

ALSO THE ALTERNATING DAYS, ONE WAY TRAILS SEPARATING USERS, OPENING BOOTLEGS, RESTORING BOOTLEGS.

YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS USER GROUPS AND HOW THEY RESPONDED.

OVERALL, IT'S IN GENERAL POSITIVE, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME SORT OF 50/50 ON THE FENCE ON THE ALTERNATING DAYS AND THE RESTORING OF THE BOOTLEGS, BUT THE ONLINE SURVEY THAT WE RELEASED, LAST OF THIS LAST SUMMER, INCLUDED RESPONSES WE RECEIVED AT THE LAST PUBLIC MEETING, BUT ALSO WE HAVE THIS SURVEY OPEN ON OUR WEB PAGE FOR FOUR MONTHS, AND OVERALL, YOU SEE 93% OF THE RESPONDENTS FELT THAT THE PILOT PROJECT WAS POSITIVE AND THE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE CLOSING, OPENING BOOTLEGS, ONE WAY TRAILS.

YOU CAN SEE THE RESPONSES THERE AND THEN.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT AGAIN, THE ALTERNATING DAYS IT'S KIND OF A MIX THERE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S 56% FOR IT AND 44% AGAINST IT.

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S A REAL CLEAR POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE RESPONSE TO THAT, WHICH IS LEADING US TO OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT I'LL, THAT I SHARED WITH YOU HERE, AND THEN LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, WHAT SHOULD WE DO? YOU KNOW, ADOPT THE PILOT, WHICH MEANS SHOULD WE TAKE ALL THESE TRAILS AND MAKE THEM PERMANENT AND THESE RULES PERMANENT? AND 77% OF THE RESPONDENTS SUGGESTED DOING THAT, AND 23% SUGGESTED JUST REMOVING THE PILOT, WHICH IS INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT OUR METHODS AND OUR APPROACH TO MANAGING TRAILS AND ILLEGAL BOOTLEG TRAIL BUILDING FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, IT IF SOMEONE CAN STAND SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THAT AND THAT WORKED, THEN I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST, OBTAINING TRAIL USE DATA.

THIS IS THE COUNTERS.

I MEAN, I CAN'T POSSIBLY SHARE WITH YOU THE AMOUNT OF DATA WE HAVE.

IT WOULD BE. IT WOULD BE A DAY LONG MEETING, BUT WE DEFINITELY GOT A LOT OF GOOD USE INFORMATION THROUGH OUR TRAFFICS, OUR ECO COUNTERS, OUR TRAIL CAMERAS, AND OF COURSE, WE INSTALLED A LARGE NUMBER OF SIGNS.

I WANTED TO JUST SHARE THIS PIE CHART HERE THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, AND THIS IS 2024 DATA.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ENTERING BRIONES ARE PEDESTRIANS STILL, WHICH MEANS A LOT.

IT SHOWS THAT PEOPLE ARE.

THAT'S THE LARGEST USER GROUP OUT THERE, BUT IT ALSO SHOWS THAT THEY'RE NOT DETERRED BY THE ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK IN THE PILOT ZONE, AND THAT WE HAVEN'T SCARED THEM AWAY.

YOU SEE CYCLISTS COMING IN AT A SECOND THERE, AND THEN HORSEBACK RIDERS AS 2% OF THE USERS, AND AGAIN, ANOTHER CAUTIONARY.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO ARE DOING IS NOT BEING POPULIST ABOUT THIS AND SORT OF SUGGESTING, OH, WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S SO FEW HORSEBACK RIDERS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.

THAT'S NEVER GOING TO BE A PROPOSAL FROM THE PARK DISTRICT AND VICE VERSA.

THERE'S MORE HIKERS.

SO THEY SHOULD HAVE EVERYTHING AS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT SUGGESTING.

HERE'S THAT CHART I REFERRED TO.

THIS IS FROM OUR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR CROWDSOURCED DATA THROUGH PLACER.AI THAT WE SUBSCRIBE TO, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT IS 2017 AND YOU CAN SEE THE USE NUMBERS, AND THEN YOU SEE IN THE PANDEMIC, OF COURSE, WE KNOW IT'S THE PANDEMIC DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN, AND THEN IT WAS OVER.

THIS RED LINE PROBABLY STILL SHOULD GO TO THE RIGHT, BUT THAT'S WHEN IT STARTED.

AND YOU SEE THIS DRASTIC PEAK, RIGHT, AND THEN YOU SEE THAT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, USE NUMBERS HAVE BEGUN TO NORMALIZE, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE SEVERAL

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SO HERE'S THE RECOMMENDATION, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, THE WAY THAT WE HAVE ADDED BIKE TRAILS OR ADDED NARROWER THAN EIGHT FOOT TRAILS TO BE ALLOWED FOR BIKES IN THE PAST HAS BEEN THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED ATTACHMENT A AND ORDINANCE 38.

THAT IS AN EXCEPTION TO THAT RULE, AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE AMEND ORDINANCE 38 AND ADD IN THE 5.7 MILES OF THE BIKE TRAILS IN YELLOW AND THE ORANGE TRAILS IN ORANGE, OR, SORRY, THE DUAL USE TRAILS IN ORANGE, AND OF COURSE, ADD THE OTHER TRAILS.

THE HIKING ONLY TRAILS ONTO OUR MAPS, BUT IT'S BEEN 20 MONTHS.

WE STATED THAT IT WOULD BE NO MORE THAN THAT, AND WE'RE PROPOSING THAT IN ORDER TO END THE PILOT AND START, YOU KNOW, MANAGING THIS LIKE WE MANAGE OTHER PARTS OF OUR PARK DISTRICT, THAT WE REMOVE THE PILOT ZONE, WHICH WILL THEN IN TURN REMOVE THE ALTERNATE DAY RESTRICTION, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE A FEW THINGS.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK OUT HERE, BUT WE HAVE A FEW THINGS WE WANT TO DO.

ONE IS THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME WORK DONE ON ON B1 THERE.

IT'S ALSO CALLED CURL OF THE BURL.

THERE'S SOME EROSIVE ISSUES WITH THAT.

WE WANT TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE ON THAT, AND WE WANT TO DO A MINOR REROUTE ON PB7 OR THE TRAVERSE TRAIL TO TAKE OUT THE PART OF THAT TRAIL THAT IS THE STEEPEST, WHICH IS THE ONE WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT, AND SO IN THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, THAT TRAIL, THE TRAVERSE TRAIL IS A HUGE CONNECTOR.

IF THAT GOES AWAY, IT MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO RESTORE OUR 12 AND ONE OF THE OTHER TRAILS THAT ISN'T LABELED QUITE THERE BY P-9, AND IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU GET OFF THE BRIONES CREST TRAIL, WHICH IS A VERY STEEP FIRE ROAD, AND THEN LAST THERE B-4 IS A BIKE ONLY TRAIL RIGHT NOW AS PART OF THE PILOT, BUT WE'VE HEARD FROM HIKERS THAT THEY ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE TO USE THAT, AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT ON THIS LOWER SEGMENT THAT I'VE CIRCLED HERE, WE'VE TALKED TO THE BIKING COMMUNITY AND WE'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF HIKERS, BIKERS DON'T RIDE DOWN THAT VERY MUCH, AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE THAT AN UPHILL ONLY ROUTE AND A TWO WAY BY A HIKER TRAIL AS WELL.

SO THAT ONE WOULD TURN ORANGE.

I MENTIONED ORDINANCE 38.

THAT'S THE LIST.

IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED.

IT'S KIND OF WORD SOUP, BUT THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE HAVE TO ENSHRINE THESE, THESE CHANGES AT THE MOMENT THROUGH ORDINANCE 38 AND THIS IS THE ACTION THAT WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO TAKE ON DECEMBER 17TH, AND THEN I'VE LISTED THE NAMES OF THE COMMON NAMES OF THE TRAILS ON THE RIGHT THERE, WHICH ARE GOING TO REMAIN THE NAMES, WHETHER WE CALL THEM THAT OR NOT.

THE COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY CLAIMED THEM AS THAT.

SO WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE GO WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SUGGESTING.

SO, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE NOT DONE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE THE PILOT ZONE AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE DONE.

GREAT WORK EVERYONE, OH, AND ALSO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE STRATEGIES AND WE'RE GOING TO BLANKET AND INCORPORATE THEM INTO ALL OF OUR PARK MANAGEMENT IDEAS AND OTHER PARKS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SUGGESTING AT ALL.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO TRAIL ETIQUETTE CAMPAIGNS AND EDUCATION.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH VOLUNTEERS IN THIS PARK AND OTHERS.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PARK STAFF AND COORDINATE ON HOW THEY COMMUNICATE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY WHEN THERE'S INCIDENCES AND HOW WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT PRESENCE AND ATTENTION TO THIS AREA, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE ISN'T GOING SIDEWAYS IN ANY WAY.

WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE UP A LOT OF THE DATA COLLECTION DEVICES THAT WE HAVE IN THERE NOW, OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO RIP THOSE OUT AND WALK AWAY.

WE WANT TO WE WANT TO SEE THAT THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING IN THIS AREA AND THEN, OF COURSE, ADAPTIVELY MANAGE AS WE NEED TO BASED ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING AND SEEING.

YOU SEE THE BIKE BELL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, THE BIKE BELL KIOSK IN THE LOWER SECTION? WE'VE RECEIVED POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, AND IT'S ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE A BELL.

THE ROLLOVER GATE ON THE RIGHT THERE, THE METAL GATE THAT STOPPED PEOPLE FROM CUTTING THE FENCE AND THE COWS GETTING OUT.

NOW THE COWS CAN'T GET OUT AND THE BIKERS CAN GET THROUGH THE CHICANE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE SLOWING PEOPLE DOWN.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OTHER PLACES.

WE CAN DO THAT STILL, AND ON THE LEFT THERE, OF COURSE, YOU SEE THE HAPPY STEWARDS OF BRIONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ILLEGAL TRAILS ARE BEING BUILT AND THAT THE MESSAGE IS GETTING OUT THERE, THAT IF YOU IF YOU FOLLOW THE RULES, YOU WON'T RUIN IT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, WHICH IS A CRUCIAL MESSAGE WE KEEP GIVING TO THE BIKING COMMUNITY.

THERE'S THERE ARE PEOPLE IN EVERY USER GROUP THAT ARE GOING TO BREAK THE RULES, BUT THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND WE FEEL THAT THE MOMENTUM THAT WE'VE GAINED ON THIS

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WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED HERE IN A POSITIVE WAY.

SO LASTLY, I'LL JUST SAY THAT THIS ALSO SHOWED THE AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, THE PARK DISTRICT HAS NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.

WE FORMED A TEAM.

WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS AND IT'S A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT BY PARK STAFF.

EITHER WAY WE LEARNED AND BUT BUT WE DO NEED TO END THE PILOT.

IT WAS A TEMPORARY SOLUTION, AND SO WE HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE, AND THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS ADDING THE BIKE AND THE, THE ORANGE AND THE YELLOW TRAILS TO ATTACHMENT A OF ORDINANCE 38 AND, AND ADOPTING THESE AS PERMANENT TRAILS ON OUR MAPS BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS THAT WE FEEL WE'VE HAD HERE, AND I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS THIS, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO JUMP UP, I'LL STOP SHARING HERE.

I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

COOL. THANKS.

MAX KORTEN; I'M A DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER WITH THE REGIONAL PARKS, AND I'M STILL WEEK SEVEN FOR ME, SO I'M STILL SORT OF LEARNING EVERYTHING, BUT I'VE BEEN REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS EFFORT AND GET TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH SEAN AND WITH THE REST OF OUR TEAM, AND I FEEL LIKE I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES FOR US AS A PARKS AGENCY AND A LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY IS, SEAN SAID, HIGHLIGHTING HOW THIS HAS BROUGHT OUR DIVISIONS TOGETHER, WHETHER IT'S STEWARDSHIP OR THE OPERATIONS TEAM OR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL.

THIS IS REALLY ALL OF OUR TEAMS WORKING TOGETHER AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DO OUR BEST WORK WHEN WE DO THAT YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PIECE IS JUST LISTENING AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.

YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A COOL EFFORT IN THAT THE VOLUNTEERS FROM THIS COMMUNITY HAVE COME OUT AND PUT THEIR SWEAT AND TIME INTO HELPING TO TAKE CARE OF THESE TRAILS AND TO WORK WITH OUR OPERATIONS TEAM OUT THERE, AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT WORK AND THEN ALSO TO SHARE THEIR VOICE, TO MAKE SOME THOUGHTFUL RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR TEAM AND TO YOUR BOARD, AND AS SEAN WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AND ADAPT AS WE'VE LEARNED MORE FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT USE THE FACILITY, AND THEN THE LAST UNIT SEAN MENTIONED EARLIER, TOO, IS IS YOUR BOARD AND OUR GENERAL MANAGER.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TRY NEW THINGS, AND THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRUST OUR TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY AND, AND FOLKS WHO HAD NEW IDEAS TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT, AND WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM IT.

SO JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF IT, AND THANK YOU TO SEAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANKS.

GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU BOTH.

DIRECTORS. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? YES.

MANY THANKS, SEAN, FOR FOR THAT.

IT'S A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF IT'S NOT WHAT YOU DO, IT'S HOW YOU DO IT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE CHOSEN TO DO IT THIS WAY, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY VALUABLE, BUT I'M WONDERING DID DID WE CREATE THIS PROCESS LIKE FROM FROM NOTHING? OR DID WE KIND OF, LIKE, GO AROUND AND FIND OUT WHAT OTHER AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE DOING? WAS THERE ANY OTHER SITUATION THAT WAS GOING ON THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SIMILAR LIKE THIS? AND THEN WE JUST KIND OF LIKE ADAPTED IT FOR OURSELVES.

WE PRESENTED THIS PROJECT AT THE TRAILS AND GREENWAYS CONFERENCE THIS LAST YEAR, AND WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FROM OTHER AGENCIES.

WE ARE, IN A LOT OF WAYS THE LEADER OF TRYING THIS NEW, BUT WE HAVE HEARD OF THESE STRATEGIES THAT ARE BEING USED IN OTHER PARK DISTRICTS.

RIGHT. LIKE ODD/EVEN DAYS OR CLOSING TRAILS DOWN DURING SENSITIVE PARTS OF THE YEAR.

YOU KNOW, DUAL USE, SINGLE USE DOWNHILL ONLY DIRECTIONAL, YOU KNOW, ALL ALL THOSE STRATEGIES EXISTED BEFORE THE PILOT, BUT BUT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS NOT TRIED THOSE.

SO IN SOME WAYS FOR US IT WAS BRAND NEW, YOU KNOW, AND WE REALLY ARE THE RESPONSE THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM OTHERS AND THE CURIOSITY AROUND IT AND THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE GETTING HAS BEEN GREAT.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THOSE DIFFERENT PRACTICES THAT YOU JUST LISTED, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY'S EVER REALLY COMBINED THEM INTO ONE PROGRAM FOCUSED ON A CERTAIN AREA.

SO I GUESS THAT'S WHAT WHAT I'M KIND OF INTERESTED IN, IN REALIZING THERE WERE YOU HAD SOME SOME FIGURES UP THERE FOR VOLUNTEERS, HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS WERE WORKING AND THE NUMBER 389 WAS THERE IS THAT 389 UNIQUE

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SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME.

YEAH. YEAH. OKAY.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS WAS A VERY ATTRACTIVE THING, AND I MEAN THAT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

ATTRACTIVE, I THINK IT'S ATTRACTIVE TO THE BOARD BECAUSE WE'RE ATTACKING WE'RE LOOKING AT A WAY TO REDUCE OR CURE A PROBLEM, BUT I THINK IT WAS ALSO ATTRACTIVE TO USERS OUT THERE, PARTICULARLY BICYCLE USERS, AND SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF THE FACT THAT WE WERE DOING THIS HERE IN BRIONES ATTRACTED NEW USERS TO THE PARK, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT JUST THE EXISTING ONES KIND OF CYCLING THROUGH AND ADAPTING TO IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA IS A GREAT THING, AND HEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THESE TRAILS THAT ARE BEING BUILT UP IN BRIONES.

WE SHOULD GO CHECK THEM OUT FROM NAPA COUNTY OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW.

RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN USE ON THE TRAILS THAT WE OPENED, ESPECIALLY AT FIRST, BUT AS I SHOWED IN THAT GRAPH, THAT'S RETURNING TO A MORE NORMAL USE NUMBER, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE IMPETUS BEHIND THE STEWARDS OF BRIONES COMING FORWARD AND SAYING, HEY, THE TRAILS YOU OPENED ARE ARE GREAT, BUT NOW THEY'RE RECEIVING MORE USE AND THEY'RE GETTING MORE EROSIVE AND THEY'RE GETTING MORE UNSUSTAINABLE AND SO WE WANT TO HELP YOU MAINTAIN THOSE, AND SO THERE WAS INCREASED USE AND THERE WAS INCREASED POPULARITY.

WE DEFINITELY HEARD THAT.

YEAH. SEE TO ME THAT JUST POINTS TO THE DESIRABILITY OF US PROVIDING THESE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES IN OTHER PARKS SO THAT THE USAGE ISN'T ALL FOCUSED ON ONE.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE PLACE YOU GO IN THE 127,000 ACRES OF THE PARK DISTRICT TO HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE.

THERE SHOULD BE, IN MY OPINION, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLACES TO DISPERSE THE USAGE OUT.

ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW THAT I'VE TRIED TO DO WHENEVER I INTERACT WITH THE MOUNTAIN BIKING COMMUNITY, AS I, ESPECIALLY THE LEADERSHIP IN IT, IS TO REMIND THEM ABOUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY FOR PEER TO PEER ENFORCEMENT.

YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, WE CAN'T JUST SIT UP THERE ALL DAY WITH A TICKET BOOK, YOU KNOW, AND JUST NAILING EVERYBODY THAT'S DOING SOMETHING WRONG.

THEY NEED TO REMIND EACH OTHER THAT WE HAVE THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDED THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.

THEY'VE BEEN CALLED UPON TO HELP US, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO HELP, AND THAT IS TO JUST SAY, IT'S UNCOOL, TO GO THERE, THAT'S UNCOOL TO DO THIS, THAT TYPE OF THING. SO I KNOW I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, I NEED I NEED TO BE PART OF THAT PROCESS, TOO, TO REMIND THEM ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS SUPER IMPORTANT, AND THE OTHER INTERESTING THING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT MAP AND I SEE ALL THOSE TRAILS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TRAILS IN BRIONES, THERE WOULD NEVER BE THAT MANY TRAILS IF WE OPENED THAT. IF WE OPENED UP BROWNIE BROWNIES TODAY OR TOMORROW, THERE WOULDN'T BE THAT MANY TRAILS.

SO THIS IS A PLACE WITH A LOT OF TRAILS.

SO IT JUST I THINK IT'S VERY ATTRACTIVE THAT WAY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY TRAILS, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S SORT OF A PRODUCT OF A DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING. YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT STUFF EVOLVES OVER TIME.

JUST LIKE WE DON'T BUILD TRAILS NOW LIKE WE DID IN 1989.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MUCH MORE SUSTAINABLE, AND I DID NOTICE I WENT TO ONE OF THOSE VOLUNTEER DAYS TO SEE WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT, AND IT WAS THERE WAS, LIKE YOU SAY, A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM THERE, A LOT OF HARD WORK.

I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, NOT JUST PEOPLE PUSHING AROUND DIRT, YOU KNOW, AND LOOKING AROUND.

THEY WERE WORKING ON IT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

SO I KNOW THAT WAS A BIG DEAL, AND I HOPE THAT NOW THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS EXERCISE THAT WE CAN GET BACK INTO DOING VOLUNTEER TRAIL DAYS ALL OVER THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST FOCUSED ON THE MOUNTAIN BIKING COMMUNITY, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVING, GIVING THE CITIZENS A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE AND JUST ANY TRAIL THAT NEEDS A LITTLE TENDER LOVING CARE, YOU KNOW? SO ARE WE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT THAT NOW? WE STILL HAVE EVENTS IN OTHER PARKS AND VOLUNTEER THE REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEER TRAIL WORK IS HIGHER THAN EVER.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO ACCOMMODATE THE AMOUNT OF REQUESTS WE'RE GETTING FOR THAT.

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WE HAD TO FOCUS BECAUSE OF THE GOALS THAT WE SET FOR OURSELVES.

WE REALLY A LOT OF THAT EFFORT AND MY STAFF OF THREE COULD, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY PULL OFF WITH OUR WITH OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR AND PARK STAFF AND OUR SMALL TRAILS CREW.

YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DID FOCUS ON BRIONES.

SO YEAH, AS WE MOVE OUT OF THIS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE STILL HAVE THAT SUPPORT IN THE PARK BECAUSE THESE TRAILS DO TAKE A LOT OF MAINTENANCE.

YEAH, BUT WE ARE YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS HAVE SOMEHOW ACCOMMODATE BUT IN OTHER PARKS, RIGHT, BUT I WILL SAY IT IS A CHALLENGE THAT WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT.

IN ANOTHER VENUE OF HOW THE PROGRAM IS SET UP, WHO RUNS IT, HOW MANY EVENTS WE CAN HAVE, THE SEASONALITY OF IT, LIKE WHEN YOU CAN DO WORK, WHEN YOU CAN'T.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE EVENTS THAT WE USED TO HAVE WERE, YOU KNOW, BY PICNIC SITES, BY A RESTROOM, AND IT WAS THE SAME TRAIL THEY WORKED ON LAST YEAR, AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, WHAT CAN WE DO SOME REAL WORK? AND, YOU KNOW, THEY BECAME MAKE WORK PROJECTS AND WE DON'T NEED THAT, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT THAT. IT'S MORE OF A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

YES, WHICH IS GREAT.

YOU KNOW, I LOVE OUR VOLUNTEERS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE FORMED SOME GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM, BUT GETTING THE WORK DONE, GETTING WORK DONE IS NOT GOING TO BE ONLY VOLUNTEERS, RIGHT? WE GOT TO WE NEED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SIDE OF IT, BUT WE NEED TO ALSO GET WORK DONE, WHICH WE HAVE A LARGE LIST, AS YOU KNOW.

SO YES. ANYWAY, IT'S ANOTHER DISCUSSION, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT.

YEAH, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S WITH SOME MINOR TRAINING AND SOME GUIDANCE WHICH IS THE TRICK BECAUSE THEN YOU NEED CREW LEADERS, WHETHER THEY'RE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR TRUSTED CITIZENS WHO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO DO IT RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU CAN GO IN THERE AND DO A BUNCH OF WORK AND IT'S NOT EVEN RIGHT, AND IT DOESN'T REALLY ACCOMPLISH WHAT IT COULD HAVE IF IT WAS DONE PROPERLY.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE HESITANCY TO JUST GO OUT THERE AND DO AS MANY OF THESE THINGS AS WE CAN WITHOUT DOING IT PROPERLY, SO THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE RESTORATION IN BRIONES OF THOSE BOOTLEG TRAILS.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE DONE SOME, SOME GREAT WORK THERE, AND IT WAS A LOT OF IT WAS DONE BY OR MOST OF IT WAS DONE BY THE MAYBE EVEN THE FOLKS WHO BUILT THOSE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I GUESS IN SOME CASES MAYBE.

RIGHT. YEAH. SO, WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO DO THAT THROUGHOUT BRIONES AND OTHER PARKS, BUT I'M LOOKING AT BRIONES RIGHT NOW MOSTLY. ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT? WAS YOUR QUESTION, ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE RESTORE, RESTORATION.

YES. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, ONE, WATCH AND MAKE SURE THAT THE RESTORED TRAILS THAT WE CLOSE STAY CLOSED.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO RESTORE THE AND GET PERMITS FOR THE ONES THAT WERE SO SENSITIVE THAT WE COULDN'T WORK IN THEM AND MAKE SURE THOSE GET CLOSED.

FOCUSING ON QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY, OF THE TRAILS IN BRIONES AND IN THE REST OF OUR PARKS, BUT THE EVALUATION METHODS AND THE APPROACH THAT WE TOOK IN THE ZONE IS LOOKING LIKE A GOOD MODEL FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE PARK DISTRICT AND MAINLY DETERMINING WHICH TRAILS WE SHOULD CLOSE.

THERE'S, AS YOU MENTIONED.

THERE'S TOO MANY, AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE WE WOULDN'T HAVE DESIGNED IT THAT WAY.

RIGHT. SO WE NOW ARE KIND OF UNRAVELING 30 YEARS OF PRACTICE HERE.

YEAH, BUT WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD START IN THE WAY FORWARD TOWARDS RESTORING THESE BOOTLEG TRAILS.

I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT A LOT OF THESE BOOTLEG TRAILS WERE OH, I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS, WE DID A COMPLETE TRAIL INVENTORY, AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES.

WE HIRED THEM TO DO BRIONES, PLEASANTON RIDGE AND DEL VALLE.

THEY'RE FINISHING THAT UP SOMETIME IN THE EARLY 2025, BUT WE HAVE THE BRIONES DATA AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THESE BOOTLEG TRAILS ARE, AND NOW WE WANT TO OVERLAY THAT WITH SENSITIVE HABITAT AND WATERWAYS AND, AND SLOPE, YOU KNOW, AND THINGS LIKE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THAT INFORMATION AND WORKING ON ON DETERMINING WHAT TRAILS WE SHOULD BE CLOSING, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE COW TRAILS THAT JUST THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY BEING USED FOR RECREATION.

OR THEY MAY HAVE BEEN COW TRAILS AND NOW ARE BEING USED FOR RECREATION.

IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IN A GRAZING AREA TO CLOSE TRAILS THAT THE COWS HAVE ESTABLISHED, AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO.

SO WE DO HAVE THAT CHALLENGE, BUT IN GENERAL, I THINK WE'VE GOT I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GET A HANDLE ON THE HUMAN CAUSED ACTUAL BUILDING, THE ILLEGAL NATURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE, NOT JUST THE CASUAL USER WHO STUMBLED ACROSS A COW TRAIL.

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WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT FIRST.

YEAH. LET'S SEE HERE I.

OH ON THE ISSUE OF TRAIL ETIQUETTE I'D LIKE TO SEE US.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A FERTILE AREA THAT WE CAN WORK WITH TO PROMOTE TRAIL ETIQUETTE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, AND I CAME ACROSS IT AT THE SAME TRAILS CONFERENCE THAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, WHERE WE PRESENTED THE SLOW AND SAY HELLO TRADITION PROGRAM.

IT'S A PROGRAM, ACTUALLY THAT MAX KNOWS ABOUT.

I KNOW BECAUSE IT KIND OF STARTED IN MARIN COUNTY, I THINK.

OR IT WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU FIRST USED THERE THAT I WOULD I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE ACTIVELY PROMOTE THAT IN OUR PARKS AS A WAY TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SORT OF MAKE THE HELP THE USERS GET ALONG AND KNOW EACH OTHER AND NOT IMPACT EACH OTHER SO SEVERELY.

YOU KNOW, WE DO THAT.

THANK YOU. LET'S SEE, I THINK.

I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR ME.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH. OKAY.

DENNIS. THANK YOU.

WELL, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROGRAM.

IT WAS VERY EXTENSIVE.

VERY THOROUGH.

TO QUOTE MAX, I MEAN, IT WAS GREAT.

I LOVED THE FACT THAT THE DIVISIONS WORKED TOGETHER IN THIS PARK DISTRICT.

I LOVE THAT WHEN THAT GETS TO HAPPEN, AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT REALLY HAPPENED IN THIS PROJECT, AND LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING THEM INVOLVED.

I THINK THESE ARE ALL GREAT TECHNIQUES.

I APPRECIATE ALL THE STATISTICS.

I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SO OF THE 99 CITATIONS, DID WE EVER BREAK THIS DOWN? WERE THEY FOR SPEEDING? WERE THEY FOR BEING IN A PLACE THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE? YOU KNOW, INNOCENTLY GOING ON THE WRONG TRAIL AND MISSING THE SIGN? OR WAS IT SPEEDING OR RECKLESS SPEEDING, OR DID YOU BREAK THOSE DOWN? I DIDN'T BREAK THOSE DOWN IN THIS PRESENTATION.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT I THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL OF BREAKING DOWN THAT CAN BE DONE WITH IT, BUT I THINK IF I RECALL, I KNOW A LARGE PORTION OF THAT WAS BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE.

SO DID THESE CITATIONS INVOLVE A PENALTY OR A PAYMENT OF SOME MONEY OR, I DON'T KNOW, TIME AND WE DON'T HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM PUBLIC SAFETY HERE TODAY UNFORTUNATELY, BUT WE DO PLAN ON HAVING A REPRESENTATIVE AT THE BOARD MEETING ON THE 17TH, AND WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION AND HAVE THAT READY FOR THE FULL BOARD PRESENTATION, AND I SHOULD MENTION, TOO, THAT WE HAVE A FEW WEEKS IF THERE'S COMMENTS OR ANY ADDITIONS OR THINGS THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED TO THAT, PLEASE. YOU KNOW, THE NOW NOW WOULD BE THE TIME, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF SUGGEST THAT LIKE YOU'RE DOING.

PLEASE. I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE PROGRAM WORK, BUT BUT I THINK STATISTICS DRIVE THIS STUFF AND ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING DECISIONS, THE BOARD THE, WHAT I HEAR FROM FROM MY CONSTITUENTS AND MYSELF.

WHEN I'M HIKING AND I SEE SOMEBODY FLYING BY ME, I'M WONDERING, ARE THEY GOING TO HIT ME AND KILL ME? YEAH. SO IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE IN THIS 20 MONTHS THAT ANY.

ARE THERE ACCIDENT STATISTICS? BECAUSE I THINK YOU COULD EASILY BREAK DOWN, I MEAN, A BIKE OR HOW MANY BIKE ACCIDENTS WERE THERE IN THE 20 MONTH PERIOD? HOW MANY BIKE VERSUS BIKE? HOW MANY BIKE VERSUS PEDESTRIAN AND OR HIKER? AND THEN HOW MANY JUST HIKER ACCIDENTS OCCUR IN THESE AREAS, AND THEN THAT WOULD TEND TO BE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATIVE.

YOU KNOW, I'M ALSO INCREDIBLY I COULDN'T I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE STORY THAT WAS IN ALL THE NEWSPAPERS OF THAT THE FELLOW THAT WENT TO ANTHONY CHABOT PARK AND BROUGHT POWER TOOLS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT ON A ON A MOTORIZED BIKE, I THINK IT WAS, AND CUT DOWN MATURE TREES AND CREATED HIS OWN TRAIL, AND HE WAS OBSERVED. HE WAS FILMED, HE WAS PROSECUTED.

WHAT HAPPENED? DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? SURELY THERE'S A NAME. I WOULD FIND SOME SOURCE OF WHAT? WHAT'S THE WORD? I WOULD SAY OUR EFFORTS WERE WELL DONE, AND ALL THE SLEUTHING WE DID TO CATCH THIS PERSON.

I'D LIKE TO SEE IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO THIS PERSON.

BECAUSE IF NOTHING HAPPENS, THEN HOW ARE YOU GOING TO STOP IT IN THE FUTURE? I KNOW THAT'S NOT OUR ISSUE, BUT IF YOU DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM PUBLIC SAFETY THAT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS WOULD BE WELL WORTH IT.

ABSOLUTELY. NO, I HEAR YOU.

OKAY, AND WHEN YOU COLLECT THE DATA YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE USING THE DATA FROM TRAIL CAMERAS TRAIL COUNTERS AND THEN, BUT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND IT'S GREAT THAT YOU DID ALL THAT, BUT YOU QUOTED STRAVA, AND I'M WONDERING I THINK I KNOW WHAT STRAVA IS.

I LOOKED IT UP. IT SOUNDS LIKE A FAIRLY NARCISSISTIC WAY OF SAYING, HEY, I CLIMBED THAT HILL FASTER THAN YOU DID.

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I USED TO SAY I RAN FOR A TOUCHDOWN EVERY TIME I GOT THE BALL WHEN I WAS A KID, BUT IS IT, MY QUESTION IS, DOES IT COST 12 BUCKS TO JOIN? IS THIS A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP THAT WAS USING THE TRAILS, OR WERE YOU USING CAMERA DATA OR STRAVA DATA? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE BOTH VALUABLE, BUT TO SUGGEST THAT, DO 90% OF CYCLISTS USE STRAVA OR DO 20%, OR THAT WOULD BE A KEY STATISTIC FOR ME. YEAH, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE RUN THAT LIKE LIKE COMPARISON OF OF HOW MANY FOLKS ACTUALLY ARE STRAVA MEMBERS VERSUS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE PARK, AND I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME TODAY, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN PROVIDE.

IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE POPULATION AS WE KNOW.

GO AHEAD. I JUST HAD IT'S PRETTY TYPICAL FOR PARKS AGENCIES TO USE BOTH LIKE COUNTERS, LIKE WE DID THE PLACER DATA, CELL PHONE DATA AND STRAVA DATA BECAUSE THEY EACH CAN SORT OF TELL PIECES OF THE STORY, RIGHT? LIKE STRAVA. I MEAN, YOU CAN USE IT FOR FREE OR YOU CAN PAY TO GET A BETTER BE ABLE TO USE DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT, BUT THERE'S A BIG CHUNK OF FOLKS THAT USE IT AND THAT CAN I MEAN, HONESTLY, LIKE THEY'RE TELLING US THINGS THEY PROBABLY DON'T WANT US TO KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TELL IF PEOPLE ARE USING ILLEGAL TRAILS THROUGH THAT.

I MEAN, OUR, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN MARIN, OUR RANGERS WOULD JUST WATCH IT AND WE COULD FIGURE OUT THE PATTERNS OF WHEN PEOPLE WERE DOING, YOU KNOW, ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, AND THEN WE COULD GO CATCH THEM. SO YOU KNOW, IT HAS A LOT OF VALUE FOR PARKS MANAGEMENT, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY TOOL.

SO IT'S WHEN WE USE THOSE THINGS TOGETHER THAT WE GET GOOD DATA.

OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S ALL I WANTED IS IF YOU'RE USING THEM TOGETHER, I KNOW IT'S VERY VALUABLE.

I MEAN, NOT ONLY WHO'S USING TRAILS, BUT I THINK MY BROTHER IN LAW DOES IT AND HE SEES HE CAN RACE DOWN THE TRAIL FASTER.

SO IF HE CAN GET SOME DATA THAT YOU MAKE IT DOWN A FOUR MILE TRAIL IN TWO MINUTES, YOU'RE SPEEDING IN THE PARK DISTRICT.

ANYWAY SO DOES THE DATA THAT YOU COLLECTED WAS THERE A LOT OF AFTER CURFEW USE? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I THINK WE CAN USE THE DATA TO.

IT'S THE TRAIL COUNTERS THAT WOULD REALLY ALLUDE TO THAT AT THE ENTRANCES.

WHETHER OR NOT THEY WENT INTO THE ZONE IS THE IS THE QUESTION, BUT BUT WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT THE TIME STAMPS ON THAT.

WE DO HAVE CAMERAS. WE DO HAVE SHOTS OF ACTUALLY WE HAVE A LOT OF WILDLIFE AT NIGHT, BUT THE CAMERAS ARE INFRARED.

SO WE DID OCCASIONALLY CATCH SOMEONE EARLY, EARLY MORNING OUTSIDE OF CURFEW WITH A, WITH A HEADLAMP OR AT NIGHT, BUT I THINK IN GENERAL THE PILOT ZONE, IT WAS LIKE VERY CLEAR TO THE COMMUNITY LIKE DON'T MESS THIS UP.

LIKE FOLLOW THE RULES. SO, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF THAT USE.

I'M GETTING TEXTS FROM YOUR QUESTIONS FROM MY STAFF, AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT MOST OF THE CITATIONS WERE WRITTEN WERE FOR THE ALTERNATIVE DAY RESTRICTIONS.

THEY WERE IN THERE IN THE WRONG DAY.

OKAY. SO THANK YOU.

WELL SO IN IN CONCLUSION, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLAN.

I LEAN TOWARDS SUPPORTING IT.

I'M WONDERING WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WILL BE, BECAUSE I WOULD ASSUME THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A GROUP THAT CAME TO US AND SAID, WE WANT THIS AND WE SAID, PROVE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOOD TENANTS, USERS OR WHATEVER THE WORD YOU WANT TO USE, AND OF COURSE I CAN BE A GOOD GUY FOR AND DO REALLY WELL FOR A WHILE, AND NOW WE'RE WHERE DO WE GO NEXT? WHAT'S THE NEXT HAS THE POTENTIAL THE USER GROUP HAVE THEY DECIDED LET'S GO TO REDWOOD NEXT, AND WILL WE DO A PILOT PROJECT IN REDWOOD NEXT, AND OR IS THERE ANY INFORMATION LIKE THAT? I DON'T EXPECT THAT THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STEP IN THIS PROCESS.

WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE NOT READY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OR SHARE ANY DEVELOPMENTS AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO DO SO, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DO KNOW THAT WE'VE BUILT SOME LEVEL OF TRUST AT THIS POINT WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT.

SO WE DO WANT TO KIND OF CARRY THESE LESSONS LEARNED FORWARD, BUT BUT LIKE I SAID, WE WE'RE NOT, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S THE REST OF BRIONES, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER PARKS WHERE THIS IS AN ISSUE, AND SO WE'RE FORMING OUR NEXT STEPS NOW.

SO IT'S A LITTLE EARLY, I'D SAY, TOO, I MEAN WITHIN BRIONES.

RIGHT. I THINK THE IDEA IS NOT JUST TO WALK AWAY BUT HAVE AN ADAPTIVE APPROACH, AND SO WHETHER IT'S OUR OPS TEAM OR OUR, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE FORCE OR THE, YOU KNOW, STEWARDSHIP TEAM ON THE RESTORATION SIDE, I THINK THERE'S A I THINK EVERYBODY IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED THERE AND KIND OF BE WATCHING IT AND BEING ABLE TO ADAPT AS WE GO.

I'D SAY THE OTHER THING, YOU KNOW, IN MARIN, WE WHERE I WAS THE DIRECTOR FOR PARKS, WE DID A LOT OF SIMILAR WORK OF DECOMMISSIONING BOOTLEG TRAILS AND ADDING NEW, MORE SUSTAINABLE TRAILS, AND WE SAW OVER TIME, AS WE SORT OF DID THAT IN DIFFERENT PLACES THROUGH A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS THAT OVER THE LAST

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THANK YOU, AND THEN FINALLY, YOU TOUCHED ON THAT.

SO WITH IF IN FACT THIS PASSES AND THERE'S NOW 5.75 MORE MILES OF TRAIL THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS.

WILL WILL WE? I MEAN, HOW WILL WE MANAGE THAT? HOW WILL WE COLLECT DATA FROM THAT? WILL THE CAMERAS BE REMOVED? WILL THERE BE PERIODIC ENFORCEMENT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? CHECKS LIKE CAMPGROUND CHECKS WE HAVE AT THE CAMPGROUNDS.

THAT WILL CONTINUE, I ASSUME.

RIGHT AT A CERTAIN LEVEL.

YES. WE'RE NOT GOING TO REMOVE ALL OF THE CAMERAS AND COUNTERS AT THIS POINT, BUT KNOW THAT THIS LEVEL OF INTENSITY OF MANAGING AN AREA IS NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR US.

YEAH, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS IS TEMPORARY.

20 MONTHS. WE'RE HERE TO MAKE A DECISION, BUT YEAH, WE ARE NOT.

LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR WHO'S COMING IN AND WHEN INTO THE PARK AT LEAST, BUT THESE A LOT OF THESE COUNTERS, THEY HAVE TO BE PHYSICALLY MAINTAINED AND THE DATA HAS TO BE TAKEN OFF, AND THEN MY POOR STAFF IS CLICKING THROUGH THOUSANDS OF PHOTOS TO TRY TO GET NUMBERS AND THINGS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST I DON'T WANT TO HARP ON THAT, BUT IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO, SO, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH KEEPING MOST OF THE DEVICES OUT THERE THAT WE'RE GETTING GOOD DATA FROM, AND WHAT'S GREAT IS THAT WE GET TO MOVE THEM AROUND.

RIGHT. SO SOME OF THOSE DEVICES THAT MAY BE GETTING GOOD DATA, WELL, MAYBE WE MOVE THEM OUT OF THE ZONE NOW AND GO START LOOKING AT AREAS THAT WE'RE VERY WELL AWARE WHERE THERE'S A LEGAL TRAIL ACTIVITY HAPPENING AND START MONITORING WHAT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT TIME, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE USED THE STRAVA AS AS MAX ALLUDED TO, WE HAVE USED THE STRAVA ACTIVITY IN THE REST OF THE PARK TO DETERMINE WHERE WE WHERE THERE'S ILLEGAL BOOTLEG TRAIL ACTIVITY AND WE'VE PROVIDED THAT TO OUR, OUR ENFORCEMENT TEAM.

SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT UNIT TO GO AND MONITOR THAT AND WRITE TICKETS IF THEY HAVE TO, AND TRY TO STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING.

SO IT IS A USEFUL TOOL.

WE STILL HAVE STRAVA, PLACER.AI IS ANOTHER TOOL.

IT'S A CELL PHONE DATA.

SO WE GET A LOT OF IT'S HARDER TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PARK, BUT WE GET TO SEE WHO'S COMING FROM WHERE.

SO I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AREA.

YEAH. GREAT, AND FINALLY, I WANT TO SUSTAIN DIRECTOR MERCURIO SUGGESTION THAT SLOW AND HELLO, I THINK IS VERY EFFECTIVE.

I MEAN, I KNOW WHEN I'M STEWING AND GETTING MAD WHEN PEOPLE ARE FLYING BY ME AND ALMOST HIT ME IF THEY ALMOST HIT ME AND SAY, HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING? AND IT'S VERY ORCHESTRATED.

YOU CAN TELL THEY'RE COACHED.

SAY HELLO. SO WHEN THEY SAY HELLO, I KIND OF DROP ALL MY DEFENSES AND SAY, HI, HOW ARE YOU DOING? WELCOME TO THE PARK.

I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD TECHNIQUE FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED.

YEAH, I MEAN, THAT WAS AN EFFORT THAT STARTED IN MARIN AND IT WAS A IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE MARIN HORSE COUNCIL AND THE MARIN CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND MARIN BICYCLE COALITION AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, THOSE VOLUNTEERS WOULD GO OUT TO TABLE, AND A LOT OF TIMES IT WAS WHERE WE HAD A NEW PROJECT OR A PROGRAM WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME NEW COMBINED VISITATION, OR MAYBE IT WAS AN AREA THAT WAS JUST HAVING SOME CHALLENGES, BUT TO BE TOTALLY HONEST, SOME OF THESE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SOME OF THESE PHYSICAL CHANGES OR TO ALLOW SOME USES WHILE RESTORING OTHER BOOTLEG TRAILS THAT OFTEN HAD THE MOST IMPACT BECAUSE IT REALLY IT CREATED THE TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE PARK THAT WAS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND ALSO IN PROTECTING THE NATURAL RESOURCES OUT THERE.

THANKS. GREAT.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PILOT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S THAT WE'VE REALLY STRUGGLED WITH OVER THE YEARS IN TERMS OF TRAIL USE AND HOW TO MAKE OUR TRAILS TRULY ACCESSIBLE AND SAFE AND ENJOYABLE

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ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, AND I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT WITH MAX ABOUT THIS ALREADY, BUT BUT SO NOW THAT WE'RE SO IF WE DO ADOPT THIS AND SAY, OKAY, PILOT IS DONE. THEN YOU'VE MENTIONED OR MAX HAS MENTIONED SORT OF AN ADAPTIVE APPROACH GOING FORWARD.

MY CONCERN IS THAT IF PEOPLE WERE ON THEIR BEST BEHAVIOR, I THINK AND AS YOU SAID EARLIER, SEAN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE JUST LIKE, DON'T MESS IT UP, RIGHT? SO SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO NOT MESS IT UP WITHOUT WITHOUT HAVING THIS HYPER FOCUS ON ON THE AREA? I WELL, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO SEAN IN A MINUTE, BUT I JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, IN MARIN WE DID A SIMILAR THING RIGHT WHERE WE WOULD OPEN SOME BOOTLEG TRAILS AND CLOSE OTHERS AND WE DID REALLY FOCUSED ENFORCEMENT IN THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE IT'S SUPER HARD TO CLOSE A TRAIL THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST USED TO USING, BUT OVER TIME, THAT GETS EASIER, RIGHT? WE DIDN'T. THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU CAN KEEP UP THAT LEVEL OVER TIME, AND THE REALITY IS YOU'VE CREATED A SYSTEM THAT PEOPLE GET TO KNOW AND UTILIZE A CERTAIN WAY, AND PEOPLE DO IT. PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY'RE INCENTIVIZED JUST THROUGH THEIR OWN ACTIONS TO, TO CONTINUE THAT, AND ONE OF THE HUGE BENEFITS HERE IS YOU HAVE THIS STEWARDSHIP GROUP THAT'S OUT THERE TAKING CARE OF THOSE TRAILS AND, YOU KNOW, ACTIVELY ENGAGING IN IT.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE THAT THESE KINDS OF CHANGES ARE SUSTAINABLE OVER TIME, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS ARE WITH THE BIKE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN WORK, AND IF WE'RE ALL RESPONSIBLE AND TAKE CARE OF IT, WE CAN CONSIDER DOING THIS ELSEWHERE, RIGHT, BUT IF ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE MADE PERMANENT AND THE CHANGES GO AWAY, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO DO THIS IN OTHER PLACES, AND WE'VE REALLY SEEN I JOINED OUR SERGEANT MEETING WITH THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM COACHES, A STRONG FEELING OF RESPONSIBILITY FROM FOLKS IN THAT COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE BEING RESPONSIBLE AND UTILIZING JUST THESE, THESE LEGAL TRAILS AND NOT THE ILLEGAL ONES.

SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BUILD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS IN OTHER PLACES.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE MORE SPECIFICS.

NO, I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD TO THAT ANSWER.

YEAH, WELL. WELL SAID.

YEAH, AND I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE REALLY ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED, AND I ALSO TRULY APPRECIATE THE WELL, THE PEOPLE IN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT USER COMMUNITIES AND THOSE IN THE BIKING COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY, SOME OF THE LEADERS WHO'VE REALLY SAID, OKAY, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SELF-POLICING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, DON'T MESS THIS UP.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND ALSO ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND PLAY THAT STEWARDSHIP ROLE AND HELP TO REPAIR THE TRAILS AND SO ON, AND SO ONE OF I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERISM.

SO THE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP FOR THESE MEETINGS, WAS IT A MIX OF DIFFERENT PARK USERS OR CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT? I'M PRETTY SURE YOU DIDN'T ASK PEOPLE WHERE WHO THEY REPRESENTED AND MANY PEOPLE REPRESENT A MULTITUDE OF OF DIFFERENT PARK USERS, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS.

WE DID ASK. OH, YOU DID ASK.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS IT WAS IT WAS A MIX, AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THE STEWARDS OF BRIONES AND THE BIKERS REALLY WANTED ANOTHER LEVEL OF, OF WORK TO DO, AND SO WE STARTED HAVING SEPARATE EVENTS WITH THEM, BUT FOR THE FIVE AND SIX EVENTS WE'VE HAD PER YEAR.

YEAH, WE DID GET A MIX.

OH THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

I WILL SAY NOT TO NOT TO CALL OUT THE EQUESTRIANS OR ANYTHING.

WE DIDN'T GET VERY MANY EQUESTRIANS, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ZONE, THEY DIDN'T GET A LOT OUT OF IT EITHER, SO I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, AND THERE ARE A LOT FEWER THERE, A LOT FEWER COMING FROM THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD, IS, IS HOW WE CAN BETTER ACCOMMODATE EQUESTRIAN USE IN THE REST OF THE PARK AS WELL, AND MAYBE EVEN CONSIDER EQUESTRIAN ONLY TRAILS AT SOME POINT, RIGHT? YEAH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO REITERATE SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE AS WELL, JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VOLUNTEERISM, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S WORK FOR THE STAFF TO BRING IN AND EFFECTIVELY USE VOLUNTEERS BUT THERE'S ALSO IF WE CAN DO THAT EFFECTIVELY, I THINK THIS IS A REAL RESOURCE TO US, AND I HEAR FROM PEOPLE IN MY WARD

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YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THIS IS A SMALL QUESTION, BUT I WAS AS I WAS LISTENING TO YOUR REPORT AND THE VARIOUS SURVEYS AND THINGS, I WAS JUST CURIOUS ON THE ONLINE SURVEY THAT YOU DID WITH THE 199 RESPONDENTS, WHO DID YOU ASK WHICH GROUP PEOPLE WERE COMING FROM? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I SAW AT LEAST ON THE SLIDE, BUT YES, WE HAVE WE SEPARATED OUT THE RESULTS.

ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS WE ASK IS LIKE, WHAT DO YOU HOW DO YOU PRIMARILY ACCESS THIS PARK? RIGHT, AND THEN WE WOULD ASK THE REST, IF YES, GO TO THIS QUESTION, AND THEN AND SO WE WERE WE ARE ABLE TO SEPARATE OUT THE HIKERS' RESPONSES VERSUS THE QUESTIONS VERSUS THE BIKERS' AND WE DID THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S SURVEYING IS HARD, RIGHT? IT'S HARD TO GET EVERYONE.

IT'S HARD TO GET IT WIDESPREAD.

PEOPLE GET FATIGUED IF IT'S TOO LONG, THEY DON'T DO IT OR YOU GET A CERTAIN USER GROUP THAT'S SO EXCITED ABOUT IT THAT THEY KIND OF FLOOD IT, AND SO IT'S IT'S A BALANCE.

SO WE THAT'S WHY WE ASKED THAT QUESTION IS TO BE ABLE TO SAY LIKE, OKAY, BUT OF THE HIKERS, LIKE HOW HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE CHANGED? RIGHT. OF THE EQUESTRIANS, HOW HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE CHANGED? RIGHT. SO WE'RE NOT JUST GETTING ALL THUMBS UP FROM SOME ONE GROUP, AND THEN THE OTHERS ARE DISGRUNTLED, BUT THEY'RE MUDDIED OUT BY ALL THE DATA.

RIGHT? GOOD.

I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT IN MORE DETAIL.

JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT? BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SAID ON THE ALTERNATING DAYS, IT WAS LIKE A 50/50.

WAS IT 50/50 FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT USERS GROUPS, OR WAS THERE LIKE A MORE LIKE SOME PEOPLE REALLY LIKED IT AND SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T.

THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW WHERE WHERE THE HIKERS WERE VERSUS THE EQUESTRIANS VERSUS THE BICYCLES.

OKAY. I WILL MAKE SURE I ADD THAT IN BEFORE THE NEXT GREAT PRESENTATION BECAUSE I HAVE THAT SLIDE, BUT IT WAS ALREADY 30 SLIDES.

OKAY. OH WELL GREAT.

WELL THAT'LL BE EASY TO ADD IT IN THEN.

OKAY, WELL THANK YOU, I THINK.

LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DID I HAVE? I THINK THOSE WERE THE MAIN THINGS, AND REALLY APPRECIATE I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE DATA AND ALL THE THOUGHTFULNESS.

I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT, FIGURING OUT WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT'S NOT RIGHT TO REALLY SEPARATE THE EMOTION AND THE SORT OF VARIOUS OPINIONS FROM WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY WORKING, AND I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT WHEN WE CAN BEGIN TO PEEL BACK SOME OF THE RESOURCES FROM BRIONES THAT WE CAN TAKE THIS ON THE ROAD TO OTHER PARKS BECAUSE THEY I THINK VIRTUALLY ALL OF OUR PARKS, AT LEAST ALL OF PARTICULARLY, THE PARTICULARLY, I THINK THE HILL PARKS HAVE THE SIMILAR ISSUES AND MAYBE THE SHORELINE PARKS AS WELL, BUT I DEFINITELY HEAR ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, IN TILDEN AND WILDCAT AND THOSE OTHER PARKS. OKAY, AND SO THAT'S IT FOR ME.

I THINK WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.

SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CLERK TO CALL ON PEOPLE.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO START BY SAYING WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WROTE IN WITH THEIR LETTERS OF SUPPORT, OVER 75 PUBLIC COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT AND NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

WE HAVE IRENE DIETER IS OUR FIRST SPEAKER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

HI. THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I ENJOYED LISTENING TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND GETTING THOSE ANSWERS.

I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PILOT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY AND FOR THE MOUNTAIN BIKERS, AND THAT'S FINE, BUT TODAY I COME TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT ME AS A HIKER AND MY EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD YESTERDAY WHEN I DECIDED TO HIKE ONE OF THE HIKING TRAILS THAT'S IN THE PILOT, AND I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THE TRAIL HAD

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SO IT WAS A BOOTLEG TRAIL ALSO, BUT THE THERE WAS A HUGE CANAL IN THE MIDDLE OF IT GOING UP, AND IT WAS STRAIGHT UP.

THERE WAS NO SWITCHBACKS.

SO AS A HIKER, YOU WOULD REALLY WANT TO GO ON THE TRAIL BECAUSE IT WAS A CLIMB, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, WITH ONE RAIN. THAT PARTICULAR TRAIL WOULD NOT BE CONDUCIVE FOR HIKING, BECAUSE IT WOULD.

THE BIG GULLY WOULD JUST BE NOTHING BUT MUD.

SO I'M HERE TODAY TO JUST SAY THAT I.

DO NOT THINK THAT THE PARK DISTRICT SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH ANY AMOUNT OF ROGUE TRAILS.

NONE, BECAUSE I THINK ULTIMATELY DOWN THE ROAD, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT HARDER FOR.

THE PARK DISTRICT TO RESTORE THESE TRAILS WHEN THESE RUTS ARE SO DEEP LIKE THAT.

SO I SAW MANY VARIOUS SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE PILOT SAYING, STAY OUT OF THIS TRAIL THAT THEY HAD BEEN TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE NOT TO TAKE THE ROGUE TRAILS OR BOOTLEG TRAILS AND I THINK THE PARK DISTRICT SHOULD, YOU KNOW, PUT UP 100 MORE SIGNS AROUND BRIONES TO STAY OFF OF THE TRAILS, BECAUSE DOWN THE ROAD IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT HARDER, AND EVEN IN TERMS OF OF SO IT DOESN'T COME ACROSS LIKE IT'S REWARDING BAD BEHAVIOR TO CHANGE THESE TRAILS INTO THESE ILLEGAL TRAILS TO LEGAL TRAILS.

I THINK THAT I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THE BICYCLISTS HAVE COME TOGETHER TO VOLUNTEER TO RESTORE THE TRAILS THAT THEY WANT TO USE, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT PERHAPS, MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT TO RESTORE ONE OF THE ANOTHER BOOTLEG TRAIL, EITHER FOR HABITAT OR FOR ANOTHER USE, BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE ALL JUST FOR THEMSELVES.

I THINK THAT WHEN YOU CREATE DAMAGE, YOU NEED TO CORRECT THE DAMAGE FOR ALL USERS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MRS. DIETER. OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS RICHARD BANGERT.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, CHAIR ECHOLS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND STAFF.

I TOO WAS THERE YESTERDAY.

I HAVE THREE HOURS OF DATA.

IT WAS IMPRESSIVE, THE AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE AND THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.

I WAS VERY IMPRESSED.

MY MAIN CONCERN TODAY IS IN THE WRAP UP OF THIS PROGRAM.

IT'S IN THE SECOND TO THE LAST PARAGRAPH, AND IT SAYS STAFF WILL USE ITS DISCRETION TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL RE-ROUTES, INSTALL SAFETY MEASURES, AND REMOVE OR RESTORE TRAIL SEGMENTS AS NECESSARY WITHIN THE FORMER PILOT PROJECT AREA AND THROUGHOUT BRIONES REGIONAL PARK.

OKAY. IT'S MY OPINION THAT AT YOUR DISCRETION IS NOT A PLAN TO COMPLETELY CLOSE OFF AND RESTORE ALL OF THE OTHER BOOTLEG TRAILS.

THE PILOT PROJECT WAS ABOUT 25% OF THE PARK.

THERE'S ANOTHER 4500 ACRES.

THERE'S A LOT OF MILES, AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, A LOT OF MILES OF BOOTLEG TRAILS, AND I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT A PLAN TO COMPLETELY TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY GOALS AT YOUR DISCRETION, IT'S NOT A PLAN, AND YOU DON'T NEED A WHOLE PILOT PROJECT AUTHORIZATION TO SIMPLY DO WHAT IS NORMAL MAINTENANCE AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE PARKS, AND THAT IS CLOSED DOWN ROGUE TRAILS, AND I THINK RIGHT NOW IS AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO TAP INTO ALL THE VOLUNTEER EFFORT, BECAUSE MOST, I GUESS MOST OF IT, YOU KNOW, THE HOURS AREN'T GOING TO CONTINUE THE WAY THEY WERE.

WHY NOT MOBILIZE THESE SAME VOLUNTEERS AND IDENTIFY OTHER TRAILS? I SAW A LOT OF THE METHODS USED TO CLOSE DOWN THESE BOOTLEG TRAILS.

THERE WERE BRANCHES DRUG ACROSS THE TRAIL.

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YES. YOU HAD VERY INTENSE MONITORING OF THIS PILOT AREA.

WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS DURING THIS PILOT PROJECT AND ALL THE ENFORCEMENT, DID IT SHIFT THE USE OF BOOTLEG TRAILS ELSEWHERE IN THE PARK? YOU MIGHT THINK THAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SOMEONE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT GET A TICKET OR A TICKET, SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW, BUT MY POINT IS, YOU NEED A PLAN TO COMPLETE THE RESTORATION AND CLOSURE OF THESE OTHER BOOTLEG TRAILS WITHOUT A PLAN AT YOUR DISCRETION, AND REMOVE AND RESTORE TRAIL SEGMENTS AS NECESSARY.

THIS IS NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER IT'S NECESSARY.

THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

THEY'RE DAMAGING THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THEY SHOULD BE RESTORED.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD DIRECT THE STAFF TO DO AT THE BOARD MEETING COMING UP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BANGERT. WE NOW HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM MR. KELLY ABREU. SO THIS ENTIRE PROJECT JUST BEGAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT IN EIGHT, TEN YEARS AGO, WE HAVE SO MUCH EXPERIENCE AT MISSION PEAK WITH THE.

YOU KNOW, THIS PARK DISTRICT LIKES TO LOOK AT ITS USERS AND ASK, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO HOLD UP YOUR END OF THE BARGAIN? WELL, WHAT IS THIS PARK DISTRICT DOING TO HOLD UP ITS END OF THE BARGAIN AT MISSION PEAK AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS KIND OF A PROJECT WOULD REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT.

BY THE WAY, THERE WEREN'T ALL POSITIVE WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SOME ONE OF THEM WAS MINE.

A MISSION PEAK CONSERVANCY OVERBROAD CLAIMS OF SUCCESS FOR THE BRIONES PILOT PROJECT.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS WOULD REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL CAPITAL TO REPLICATE THIS PROJECT ELSEWHERE, AND AS YOU COULD ALSO EASILY IMAGINE, THE STEWARDS OF RICHMOND OR THE STEWARDS OF BAY POINT WON'T BE BLESSED WITH NEARLY A DEGREE OF ORGANIZED POLITICAL POWER.

AS THE STEWARDS OF BRIONES, THE HILLS OF OAKLAND, BERKELEY, CASTLEWOOD, DANVILLE, BLACK HAWK ARE UNIQUELY ABLE TO SPONSOR THESE KINDS OF LAVISH FACILITIES.

AT MISSION PEAK, WE DON'T NEED STRAVA.

I GOT WE GOT THIS IS A SATELLITE VIEW OF A BOOTLEG TRAIL THAT WAS RESTORED.

THIS IS THE RESTORED TRAIL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE 15, 20FT WIDE GRAVEL GOING UP, AND THE WHOLE GRAVEL TRAIL THAT YOUR OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT RESTORED, GOT WASHED AWAY, IS NOW A 50 FOOT WIDE, 55FT WIDE DIRT TRAIL BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T WALK IN A RUT AND THEY HAVE TO WALK.

IT EXPANDS SIDEWAYS.

YOUR CIVIL ENGINEERING OF TRAIL BUILDING SUCKS, AND THEN AS YOU GO UP TOWARDS THE SUMMIT OF THE MOUNTAIN, IT'S EVEN WORSE, TRAIL EROSION. HORRENDOUS.

THERE'S NO EFFORT TO DO A STRUCTURED TRAIL THERE AS THEY DID AT MOUNT UMUNHUM.

REMEMBER MOUNT UMUNHUM? YOU KNOW, THESE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STAIRCASES, RAILINGS, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF STUFF.

LET'S LOOK AT SIGNAGE.

I WENT TO SAN DIEGO LAST WEEK.

I TOOK A PICTURE OF THIS SIGN.

THIS SIGN SAYS, DON'T BRING YOUR DOGS HERE IF THEY'RE GOING TO DIE DURING HOT WEATHER.

WOULD BE A GREAT SIGN TO HAVE AT MISSION PEAK.

WOULD WE HAVE SIGNS? THERE IT IS. IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT THERE.

I STOOD FIVE FEET FROM THIS SIGN AND I TOOK THIS PICTURE.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SIGNS TELLING YOU EXACTLY HOW MUCH WATER TO CARRY UP THE TRAIL.

EVERY, EVERY MONTH WE HAVE A GUY IN FREMONT WHO PUBLISHES ON THE INTERNET ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT THEIR LEGS BROKEN OR COLLAPSED AND GOT CARRIED AWAY UNCONSCIOUS TO A HOSPITAL ADMISSION PEAK.

POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF LACK OF WATER AND NOT AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE MORE EMPHASIS ON SAFETY.

SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS UP.

NO. OKAY.

OKAY.

SO IN CONCLUSION IT IS ESSENTIAL TO APPROACH SCALING UP WITH A HEALTHY DEGREE OF CAUTION AND PROPER SENSE OF HUMILITY INSTEAD OF FALLING PREY TO THE HEAPING SURPLUS OF HUBRIS LADLED OUT IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.

IT'S NOT.

DON'T JUST CUT AND PASTE THE LESSONS THAT YOU JUST THAT YOU THINK YOU LEARNED AT BRIONES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ABREU, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

I DIDN'T MENTION THAT BECAUSE YOU WERE SPEAKING TODAY, SO THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

WE'RE NOW GOING REGARDING A NEGATIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

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I'M JUST GOING TO AGAIN RESTATE THAT IF YOU ARE IN THE ZOOM ROOM, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

I WILL START WITH THE FIRST COMMUNICATION THAT I RECEIVED, WHICH WAS AMELIA MARSHALL.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE TURN YOUR VIDEO ON.

SORRY. I WILL PROMOTE YOU TO PANELISTS.

THANK YOU.

MISS MARSHALL, IF YOU COULD TURN YOUR VOLUME ON, PLEASE, AND YOUR TIME IS STARTING NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS AMELIA MARSHALL, REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA STATE HORSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION, REGION FIVE, ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES.

YOU CAN HEAR SEAN DOUGAN'S SATISFACTION WITH THE RESULTS OF THESE TWO YEARS OF HARD WORK, BUT I MUST SOUND A SKEPTICAL NOTE, INFORMED BY THE EQUESTRIAN EXPERIENCE WITH THE BRIONES PILOT ETIQUETTE AND SLOW AND SAY HELLO ARE VERY NICE THINGS, BUT MANY EQUESTRIANS FEEL THAT HORSES AND BIKES ARE INHERENTLY INCOMPATIBLE.

TO OVERSIMPLIFY, THE BRIONES PILOT WAS SUPPOSED TO ACCOMMODATE EACH OF THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER PARTIES AND THE PARK DISTRICT IN A SPECIFIC WAY.

THE PARK DISTRICT'S PRIMARY GOAL WAS TO STOP THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY DAMAGING BOOTLEG TRAILS.

THIS GOAL SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN VERY WELL ACHIEVED.

THE CYCLISTS HAVE ACHIEVED THEIR GOAL OF GETTING THE HANK AND FRANK TEXAS TOAST AND OTHER BOOTLEG TRAILS LEGALIZED FOR THEIR USE, BUT THE EQUESTRIANS HAVE NOT ACHIEVED THEIR GOAL DUE TO TWO PROBLEMS WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN OF THE PILOT.

THE GOAL FOR EQUESTRIANS WAS TO HAVE FOUR WEEKEND DAYS PER MONTH, WHEN WE COULD RIDE A FOUR MILE STANDARD LOOP WITHOUT ENCOUNTERING BIKES.

AT ONE POINT, THE PILOT DESIGN CONCEPT WAS GOING TO ENCOMPASS THAT.

HOWEVER, THE PARK DISTRICT REMOVED THE ORCHARD TRAIL FROM THE PILOT TEST ZONE AND THAT DEFEATED THE EQUESTRIAN OBJECTIVE.

THE SECOND PROBLEM WAS THAT THE CYCLISTS NEVER REALLY STAYED OFF THE TEST ZONE TRAILS ON HORSE DAYS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS WRITTEN FOR THAT PROBLEM.

FOR THIS REASON, AS THE PILOT PROGRESSED, HORSE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE OPTION OF RIDING ON WEEKDAYS INSTEAD OF WEEKENDS CHOSE TO DO THAT, SO THERE WERE FEW HORSES TO BE SEEN ON DESIGNATED WEEKEND HORSE DAYS DURING MUCH OF THE PILOT.

TWO GOOD THINGS DID EMERGE FROM THE BRIONES TRAILS PILOT.

THE FIRST IS THAT THE SPEED LIMITING CHICANES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HANK AND FRANK TRAIL DO SEEM TO HAVE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF BIKE ON HORSE INJURY, ACCIDENTS AND UNSETTLING EXPERIENCES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY COMMON ON THE ALHAMBRA CREEK TRAIL.

THE SECOND GOOD THING WAS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ACQUIRED THIS ACCURATE DATA ON WHO TRAIL USERS ACTUALLY ARE.

THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY ARE HIKERS, MORE THAN 80%, AND CYCLISTS ARE LESS THAN 20%.

SO ALTHOUGH THE BICYCLE COMMUNITY IS WELL ORGANIZED, WELL FUNDED AND VERY VOCAL, THEY DON'T REPRESENT THE MAJORITY OF TRAIL USERS. THE MAJORITY OF THE HIKER COMMUNITY, AND VIRTUALLY ALL EQUESTRIANS REALLY DISLIKE BEING BLOWN OFF THE TRAIL BY SPEEDING BIKES.

AS DIRECTOR WAESPI HAS ALLUDED TO.

SO LET'S HOPE THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, PARK DISTRICT TRAILS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR NON BIKERS.

WE CAN SEE ON MOUNT TAM AND JOAQUIN.

THANK YOU, AMELIA. THANK YOU.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. APOLOGIES.

NEXT. OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE FROM JOEL SCHROCK.

GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT HERE AND I WILL PROMOTE YOU TO SPEAKING. MR. SCHROCK, WHEN YOU'RE READY, YOU CAN TURN YOUR VIDEO ON.

THANK YOU.

MR. SCHROCK, IF YOU ARE THERE, WE'LL GIVE YOU

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I THINK THAT WAS ON ME.

MY APOLOGIES.

LET ME TRY PROMOTING YOU AGAIN.

YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH FOR JUST ONE MOMENT, AND I WILL PROMOTE YOU TO PANELIST, AND PLEASE ACCEPT THE INVITATION. SORRY.

JOEL, IF WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU AFTER MR. BARTLEBAUGH. THANK YOU.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DIRECTORS AND STAFF, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT TODAY.

I'M HERE. SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH, THE ADVOCACY DIRECTOR FOR BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF THE EAST BAY, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERSHIP.

I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY FROM STAFF TO AMEND ORDINANCE 38 AND THE FURTHER WORK RECOMMENDED BY STAFF, AND HAVE THIS TAKEN TO THE DECEMBER 17TH BOARD MEETING.

WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE PILOT AND YOUR SUPPORT TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

COMPARED TO PRACTICES THAT HAD BEEN IN THE PARK DISTRICT IN THE PAST.

THERE WAS GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, AND WE FULLY SUPPORT THAT.

THE MOUNTAIN BIKE COMMUNITY APPRECIATES THE RECOGNITION AS LEGITIMATE MEMBERS OF THE TRAIL COMMITTEE AND PARK DISTRICT PARTNERS.

THE SUCCESS OF THE PILOT IS ENCOURAGING, AND WE URGE THE BOARD TO SUPPORT SIMILAR EFFORTS AT OTHER PARKS IN THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE BIKE ACCESS TO MORE TRAILS CLOSER TO HOME AND AROUND THE DISTRICT.

THE PILOT ALSO DEMONSTRATES THAT FORMALIZED ACCESS CAN HAVE POSITIVE IMPACTS ON NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION.

THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE MOUNTAIN BIKE COMMUNITY, ALL USERS IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE PILOT THROUGH DIG DAYS AND THROUGH THE STEWARDS OF BRIONES HAS INCREASED THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR HABITAT CONSERVATION ISSUES.

THE PILOT IMPROVED TRAIL EXPERIENCES FOR HIKERS AND EQUESTRIANS AS WELL.

THAT DOESN'T GO FOR EVERY SINGLE HIKER OR EVERY SINGLE EQUESTRIAN.

NO PROGRAM WILL SATISFY EVERYBODY, AND THERE ARE EVEN MOUNTAIN BIKERS THAT AREN'T HAPPY WITH ALL OF IT, BUT IT'S A BALANCE TO BE STRUCK IN THESE SHARED OPEN SPACES THAT WE HAVE.

TRAIL CONFLICT HAS BEEN REDUCED AND THE VARIOUS USER GROUPS UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

WE ASK THAT YOU RECOMMEND THIS BE APPROVED BY THE FULL BOARD AT THE DECEMBER MEETING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. BALBOA.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE LOST MR. SCHROCK, BUT IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO REJOIN, WE WOULD PROMOTE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE DAVID CERVENKA.

I'M GOING TO PROMOTE YOU, AND PLEASE ACCEPT THE INVITATION.

THANK YOU. PLEASE TURN YOUR VIDEO ON, MR. CERVENKA. HI, EVERYONE.

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR PARKS.

MY NAME IS DAVID CERVENKA.

I'VE BEEN RAISED IN LAFAYETTE.

I RETURNED TO RAISE MY FAMILY AND HAVE BEEN A PARK USER FOR OVER 35 YEARS.

I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY AS AN AVID PARK USER, A COACH FOR A LOCAL YOUTH MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM, AND A BOARD MEMBER OF THE STEWARDS OF BRIONES.

LAST NIGHT, THE STEWARDS HOSTED OUR MARQUEE HOLIDAY EVENT WITH APPROXIMATELY 100 ATTENDEES.

IN ATTENDANCE WERE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE BAY AREA BIKE PROJECT, BICYCLE TRAIL, COUNCIL OF EAST BAY, BAMB AND LOCAL BIKE SHOPS LIKE MIKE MIKE'S BIKES FOR SMILE AND OTHER RIDING CLUBS THAT REPRESENT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CYCLISTS AND FAMILIES IN THE EAST BAY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE MOUNTAIN BIKERS THAT ACTUALLY USE AND VOLUNTEER IN BRIONES.

I SPOKE WITH AN OLDER GENTLEMAN AND HIS WIFE, WHO HAVE LIVED NEXT DOOR TO BRIONES FOR OVER THREE DECADES.

BOTH ARE AVID MOUNTAIN BIKERS, AND THEY'RE BEYOND ECSTATIC THAT THEY CAN FINALLY RIDE LEGAL MOUNTAIN BIKE SPECIFIC TRAILS IN THE BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THEIR HOME. THERE WERE MANY MORE STORIES LIKE THIS SHARED LAST NIGHT, AND IT WAS TRULY A MOVING EXPERIENCE TO HEAR THEM FIRSTHAND.

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THIS OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT IS BEYOND AMAZING, AND IT'S ALL A TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK AND THOUGHT THAT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS TEAM HAS PUT INTO THIS PILOT PROJECT. THEY HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER ALL THE USER GROUPS TO LISTEN TO, WORK WITH AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL REPRESENTED IN THIS PLAN, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A PERSONAL INVITATION TO THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US ON A VOLUNTEER DIG DAY TO SEE THE CARE AND PLANNING TAKEN ON THE MOUNTAIN BIKE SPECIFIC TRAILS IN THE PILOT PROJECT UNDER EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK SUPERVISION.

NOW FOCUSING ON ALL THE POSITIVES AND SEEING THE OVERWHELMING OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE FROM THE MOUNTAIN BIKE COMMUNITY, AND ON BEHALF OF THE STEWARDS OF BRIONES, OUR PARTNERS, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, WE URGE THE COMMITTEE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED PLAN.

THE STEWARDS ARE READY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE TRAILS AND TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT COMPLIANCE IN BRIONES AND ALL THE PARKS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND I WISH EVERYONE HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CERVENKA. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE HAVE JOEL SCHROCK.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY TO PROMOTE YOU TO PANELIST, AND THEN PLEASE ACCEPT THE INVITATION.

PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I GUESS I HAD A SIGN IN PROBLEM THERE.

THANK YOU, BUT HELLO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, JOEL SCHROCK HERE.

I'M THE ADVOCACY LEAD FOR BAMB, OUR GROUP OF BAY AREA MOUNTAIN BIKERS NOW HAS MORE THAN 15,000 MEMBERS.

I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SINCERELY THANK YOU, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE GENERAL MANAGER, SABRINA LANDRETH, FOR APPROVING THE BRIONES PILOT PROJECT AND THE MEMBERS OF YOUR TRAIL TEAM THAT HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO CREATE AND SUPPORT THE PILOT PROJECT.

SEAN DOUGAN, SEAN CONNOLLY, AND BRIAN HOLT.

THE PILOT IS SUCH AN AMAZING DEVELOPMENT FOR MOUNTAIN BIKE ACCESS FOR FAMILIES LIKE MINE THAT CAN NOW TAKE OUR KIDS RIDING ON REALLY FUN AND CHALLENGING BIKE TRAILS THAT ARE SO MUCH CLOSER TO HOME THAN WHAT WE USED TO RIDE.

THIS MEANS MY SON AND I ARE ABLE TO GET OUT AND RIDE MUCH MORE OFTEN.

WE'VE CREATED MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME, AND HE'S GOTTEN REALLY GOOD AT RIDING, WHICH IS AN IMMENSE SOURCE OF PRIDE AND CONFIDENCE FOR HIM.

IN ADDITION TO RIDING, HE AND I BOTH HAVE ATTENDED A NUMBER OF DIG DAYS TO SUPPORT THE TRAILS AS WELL, SOME ORGANIZED BY THE PARK AND OTHERS ORGANIZED BY THE STEWARDS OF BRIONES, WHOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARK WE ARE ALSO DEEPLY THANKFUL FOR.

IT IS GREAT TO GET HIM OUTDOORS AND TO SET HIM ON A PATH OF BEING ACTIVE OUT IN NATURE, WHILE ALSO LEARNING HOW TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH VOLUNTEER EFFORTS.

IT SEEMS THE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, AND I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL APPROVE THE FORMAL ADOPTION OF THE BIKE TRAILS WITHIN THE PILOT.

THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FAMILY TO RIDE OUR BIKES ON LEGITIMATE TRAILS WITHIN BRIONES.

I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT YOU CAN WHOLEHEARTEDLY RECOMMEND THE FORMAL ADOPTION OF THESE TRAILS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. SCHROCK.

OKAY. OKAY.

NEXT WE HAVE JIM HANSEN.

SORRY. JIM HANSEN, I WILL PROMOTE YOU.

PLEASE ACCEPT THE INVITATION.

THANK YOU. GREAT.

THANK YOU. JIM HANSEN, CONSERVATION CHAIR, CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY, EAST BAY CHAPTER.

SO I WILL CONFESS WITH YOU, I HAVE NOT READ THE FULL REPORT BECAUSE I HAD SOME REAL PROBLEMS FINDING THE AGENDA MATERIALS, BUT I DID SCAN THROUGH QUICKLY THIS MORNING.

ONE LEARNS TO LOOK FOR THINGS QUICKLY, SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET RIGHT TO THE POINT AND JUST SAY THAT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DEFINITE PROBLEMS THAT THE DISTRICT IS GENUINELY TRYING TO SOLVE, AND WE BELIEVE THERE'S A NEED FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF TRAIL

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I THINK MISS MARSHALL MENTIONED THE CHICANES AND OTHER THINGS THAT COME OUT OF THIS, BUT I WILL POINT OUT THAT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE'VE HAD SOME REAL CONCERNS, AND THIS IS WHY WE CANNOT SUPPORT ADOPTION OF THE TRAILS AS PROPOSED IN THE PLAN, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP BY PREVIOUS SPEAKERS.

I DON'T KNOW OF ANY HIKER WHO ASKED FOR THE PARTICULAR TRAILS, TO BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU, THAT WERE SELECTED FOR PEDESTRIAN ONLY USE.

I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TIME TO.

I WILL GO TO THE MULTI-USE TRAILS.

THE IN PARTICULAR, I THINK WHAT'S NOW BEING TERMED THE LAGOON TRAVERSE OR BENCH TRAIL.

PREVIOUSLY WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU A VIDEO OF YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY A LOT OF YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON BRIONES NOW AVAILABLE, AND THEY STILL ARE.

THAT SHOWS WHAT A SPEEDING BIKE ON THAT NARROW TRAIL LOOKS LIKE.

THIS IS NOT SAFE FOR HIKERS OR BIKERS, AND I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT BEFORE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND INJURY HAPPENS.

SO WE ASK THAT THAT BE LOOKED AT AS A PEDESTRIAN ONLY TRAIL, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO SERVING YOUR HIKING CONSTITUENTS, WHO ARE, I GUESS, 85% OF PEOPLE WHO PAY THE BILLS.

SO PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT THAT AS A MULTI-USE TRAIL.

IT REALLY WOULD NOT BE WISE, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, I KNOW DIRECTOR COFFEY AND ROSARIO HAVE WALKED IT, AND ALSO ONE OF THE HIKING TRAILS THAT GO DOWN FROM IT, SUPPOSEDLY HIKING ONLY FORWARD ROAD TRAIL AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT TOO, BEFORE TAKING A VOTE ON THIS IN ANY FUTURE MEETING.

LASTLY, I WOULD JUST KIND OF JUMP TO SAY THAT FOREST TRANSPARENCY AND LETTING THE PEOPLE KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO FIND A LOT OF PEOPLE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, AND THAT'S BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE SOME COMMUNICATION RESOURCES THROUGH THE BRIONES UPDATE AND OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE USED TO LET ALL PEOPLE KNOW THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT AGAIN.

THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN WHICH ONES SHOULD MOVE FORWARD AND LASTLY, WE DO NEED REALLY AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

I DON'T RECALL ANY OF THAT INFORMATION COMING OUT AT THE BEGINNING, AND IF THIS IS GOING TO BE REPLICATED ELSEWHERE, WE DO NEED AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THIS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ALL RIGHT, AND THEN I WILL JUST SINCE WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS OF PUBLIC IN THE ZOOM, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THIS IS THE LAST OPPORTUNITY.

FOR THIS ITEM. MY APOLOGIES.

IT APPEARS WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION FOR STAFF, BASED ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT CAME UP, AND THAT WAS AMELIA MARSHALL'S COMMENT ABOUT THE FOUR MILE STANDARD LOOP THAT HAD BEEN THEIR OBJECTIVE FOR THE PILOT.

I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT WHAT HAPPENED THERE? YEAH, ACTUALLY, I WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR THAT, BUT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM THE AND AT THE PUBLIC MEETING, WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME IN FROM ALHAMBRA AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE ZONE.

THEY WANT TO, THEY WANT TO, BUT THE WAY WE HAD IT SET UP WAS THE ZONE ENCOMPASSED ALHAMBRA CREEK STAGING AND BRIONES ROAD AND RALEIGH'S VALLEY, AND IN THAT WAY THEN? WELL, ONE ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THAT IS THAT OUR POLICE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BETTER ENFORCE WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE WERE COMING IN ON THE WRONG DAY, BECAUSE BASICALLY IT WOULD SHUT DOWN THE STAGING AREA FOR THAT DAY, BUT THEN NOBODY COULD GET AROUND.

SO PEOPLE COULD SHOW, PEOPLE WOULD SHOW UP AND THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LEGALLY ENTER THE PARK IN ANY WAY.

SO WE SHIFTED THAT, THAT BOUNDARY TO ALLOW A BYPASS AROUND THE ZONE FOR FOLKS THAT DIDN'T WANT TO GO IN THE ZONE, BUT IN SO DOING, IT MEANS THEN THAT THE PORTION OF THE POPULAR LOOP THAT THEY LIKE TO TAKE WAS THEN INCLUDED ON THE BIKE DAYS AND ON THE

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I'M SORRY IF THAT'S CONFUSING.

I KIND OF BLEW IT RIGHT THERE, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT TOOK THAT AWAY AND IT WAS AN UNFORTUNATE COLLATERAL DAMAGE OF IT AND I, WE REALLY DID TRY TO INCLUDE THAT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE BYPASS, IT JUST WASN'T POSSIBLE TO SHUT IT DOWN.

SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO LOOK AT THAT GOING FORWARD, OR IS IT.

I MEAN, ONCE THE PILOT IS OVER, IS IT DONE? I MEAN, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE WORTH LOOKING AT GOING FORWARD IN A BROADER PERSPECTIVE.

YEAH, I DON'T THINK APPROVING THE PILOT DOESN'T PRECLUDE LOOKING AT THAT IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE THE ONLY YOUR ACTION I MEAN, THE ACTION ON THE 17TH, WHICH IS WHEN YOUR BOARD WOULD TAKE AN ACTION, IS TO ALLOW BICYCLES ON THE TRAILS WHERE BIKES WERE ALLOWED IN THE PILOT.

THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY ACTION YOUR BOARD IS TAKING, I THINK, AND JASON CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE SO THE STAFF CAN STILL TAKE OTHER STEPS REGARDING THE TRAILS IN THAT AREA.

IT'S JUST THE CODE AMENDMENT.

SO THAT SO THAT SPECIFIC TRAIL I THINK IS ALREADY MULTI-USE.

IT'S ALREADY.

IT'S SEVERAL TRAILS, RIGHT, BUT THE ONE THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE PILOT.

WELL, I THINK IT'S MULTI-USE NOW, BUT SHE WAS SAYING THAT THEIR MAIN OBJECTIVE WOULD BE TO HAVE A LOOP, MILE STANDARD LOOP THAT WAS HORSES, OR AT LEAST WITHOUT BIKES.

YEAH. SO I MEAN, LIKE, I THINK REMOVING BIKES FROM THAT SECTION ISN'T A PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION NOW, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY, AND IS THAT THE CASE FOR THE PROPOSAL THAT JIM HAS MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES? WELL, HE'S MENTIONED IT AT THIS MEETING.

JIM HANSEN AND ALSO, I THINK AT ANOTHER MEETING ABOUT THE THAT PARTICULAR DOWNHILL STRETCH.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TRAVERSE TRAIL THAT.

YEAH, BUT BEFORE WE DESIGNED THE PILOT AND WE WERE POSTURING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE HEARD THAT FROM THIS GROUP THAT SHOULDN'T THAT SHOULD MULTI-USE DOESN'T WORK.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD THAT FOR YEARS AS A PART OF THIS PILOT.

THAT WAS THAT WAS A TEST TO SEE IF THAT COULD HAPPEN.

THE REASON WHY THAT'S BIKE AND HIKER IS BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT CONNECTOR TRAIL.

IT GETS PEOPLE OFF OF THE STEEP ROAD UP TOP AND IT CONNECTS TO THE OTHER TRAILS.

THE TABLE I SHOWED YOU THERE'S A SPLIT OF HIKERS AND BIKERS USING THAT AND WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T HAD AN INCIDENT.

I THINK THERE WAS FOUR INCIDENTS IN THE PARK IN GENERAL AS FAR AS ACCIDENTS WITH BETWEEN BIKERS AND HIKERS.

WE'RE NOT HEARING THAT RESOUNDINGLY FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE HEARING IT FROM THIS GROUP, BUT BUT THE DATA DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT CONCLUSION IN OUR MINDS.

AS I SAID, THERE HAVE BEEN NO INCIDENTS, AT LEAST DURING THE PILOT ON THAT DOWNHILL STRETCH, I CAN LOOK AND GET THAT DATA AS YOU HAVE REQUESTED THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED LIKE A HUGE NUMBER OF CALLS ON THAT.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM OUR PUBLIC SAFETY THAT'S BEEN A SAFETY ISSUE, AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF HIKERS AND A LOT OF BIKERS SHARING THAT TRAIL, BUT WE KNOW AND WE'VE HEARD THAT, AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS MAKE PHYSICAL CHANGES TO THAT TRAIL AND REROUTE A SECTION OF IT TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF IT, ADD SOME PASSING AREAS IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THAT, BUT UNTIL THERE'S ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TO ALLOW BIKERS TO GET TO THE REST OF THE TRAILS AND TO AND THE HIKERS TO GET TO THE HIKER ONLY TRAIL, IT'S KIND OF A CRUCIAL PIECE THAT WE'VE DETERMINED AS OF RIGHT NOW NEEDS TO BE SHARED.

RIGHT I UNDERSTAND.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WELL, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A VOTE.

DOES SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? SURE. I MOVE THAT WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM TO THE FULL BOARD.

SECOND. OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? NO ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM TODAY.

[Informational Items]

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GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

BOARD MEMBERS.

CHRIS BARTON, RESTORATION PROJECTS MANAGER WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT.

STAFF WILL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE WITH THIS ITEM ON THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION STUDY AT BIG BREAK REGIONAL SHORELINE, AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION, PLANNING AND A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON ADAPTATION PLANNING.

IT TENDS TO FALL INTO TWO CATEGORIES, THE FIRST BEING RESILIENCY OF NEW IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT'S BEEN THE STAFF'S FOCUS FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS ON PROJECTS LIKE DOTSON MARSH, BAY POINT AND ALBANY BEACH.

THIS THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE KIND OF SECOND TYPE OF PLAN, WHICH IS PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF EXISTING FACILITIES, AND THAT'S BECOME A MORE RECENT FOCUS WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO.

ONE EXAMPLE IS THE BAY TRAIL RISK ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE RECENTLY.

SO THIS BIG BREAK STUDY IS GOING TO FOCUS ON PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE VISITOR CENTER AND THE VALUABLE FACILITIES OUT THERE.

KEY DELIVERABLES FROM THIS STUDY INCLUDE A FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE A FORECASTING AND PLANNING TOOL TO HELP THE PARK DISTRICT UNDERSTAND WHEN BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE MAY BE VULNERABLE TO FLOODING AND NEED INTERVENTION, AND THAT WILL BE A KEY DATA POINT FOR CAPITAL PROJECT PLANNING AND FOR FORECASTING.

THE OTHER KEY DELIVERABLE THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL PLAN THAT'S GOING TO POINT TO NEAR-TERM AND LONGER TERM PARK IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN A COORDINATED WAY.

WE STAFF HAS REACHED A MILESTONE WITH THE PROJECT AND IS EMBARKING ON SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH.

SO WE'RE BRINGING THIS ITEM TO THE COMMITTEE TODAY.

SCOTT STOLLER, CIVIL ENGINEER WITH THE RESTORATION PROJECTS UNIT, WILL BE PRESENTING ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, CHRIS. DIRECTOR ECHOLS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

SCOTT STOLLER, I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER IN THE RESTORATION PROJECTS UNIT AND I WILL BE PRESENTING TODAY ABOUT THE BIG BREAK REGIONAL SHORELINE CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN.

ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT BIG BREAK ITSELF AND THE VISITOR CENTER OVER THE PAST DECADE HAS REALLY BEEN A FOCUS OF REALLY REMARKABLE OUTREACH AND PROGRAMS BY THE I&R DEPARTMENT, AND THAT'S REPRESENTED BY OVER 90 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS HAVE VISITED IN THE LAST YEAR. SO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING OVER 180 DAYS, IT'S A VERY ACTIVE AREA FOR EDUCATION PRIMARILY SCHOOLS FROM THE ANTIOCH, OAKLEY AND PITTSBURGH AREA, AND OVERALL, ABOUT 90% OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, BUT THAT'S OVER 250 CLASSES THAT HAVE BEEN SERVED.

IN GENERAL OUR DISTRICT DATA FROM OUR PROGRAMS SHOW THAT OVER 22,000 VISITORS HAVE BEEN SERVED IN OUR PROGRAMS, AND THE PLACER.AI DATA INDICATES THAT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY.

SO THIS IS HAS BECOME A REALLY VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR BOTH EDUCATION AND MULTITUDES OF RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES.

WHAT I'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY IS JUST REVIEWING OUR PROJECT SCOPE AND GOALS, WHERE WE ARE IN THE TIMELINE AND REALLY PRESENT AND DISCUSS SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE TO DATE.

JUST TO GIVE A QUICK ORIENTATION TO THE SITE WE HAVE HERE, JUST OUR STANDARD MAP FOR THE SITE AND NORTH IS UP.

THE DELTA IS THE PORTION OF BLUE THAT WE SEE AT THE TOP OF THE MAP, AND OUR VISITOR CENTER IS DOWN TOWARD THE BOTTOM LEFT, AND THERE IS A PAVED TRAIL THAT TAKES VISITORS OUT TOWARD THE DELTA DISCOVERY EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS THAT BIG MAP WHERE THERE'S A KAYAK LAUNCH THERE AND AN OBSERVATION PIER AMPHITHEATER, A SAND PLAY AREA, AND THEN THERE'S AN UNPAVED OR NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL THAT GOES OFF TO THE RIGHT, WHICH IS THE LEVEE TOP TRAIL THAT VISITORS CAN TAKE OUT AND AROUND TO MAKE A LOOP BACK TO THE VISITOR CENTER BUT THE PROJECT SCOPE ITSELF, AS CHRIS ALLUDED TO, IS REALLY TO ASSESS VULNERABILITY OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, BOTH PHYSICAL AND NATURAL, TO SEA LEVEL, RISE OVER TIME AND DEVELOP SOME PRELIMINARY PLANS TO ADDRESS VULNERABILITIES, BUT ALSO TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OUR VISITOR SERVING FACILITIES.

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THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS TO UPDATE YOU ALL ON ON THE PROJECT BEFORE OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGS OCCUR.

OUR FIRST ROUND IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, IF THE BOARD SEES THIS AS A VIABLE PROJECT GOING FORWARD, WE WOULD CONDUCT CEQA LATER IN 2025.

JUST TO REITERATE, REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IDENTIFYING MEASURES THAT WILL PROTECT AND ADAPT THE VISITOR SERVING FACILITIES AND ALSO SOME OF THE NATURAL HABITAT, AND ALSO TO LOOK AT THE SMALL POND THAT'S ON SITE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT OF WATER QUALITY AND CIRCULATION THERE.

SEA LEVEL RISE IS CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, TOP OF MIND HERE, BEING THAT WE ARE AT THE WATER'S EDGE AND ITS LOCATION IN THE DELTA, YOU KNOW, WE SEE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IMPACTS FROM SEA LEVEL BUT ALSO FLOODING FROM YOU KNOW, COMING DOWN BOTH THE SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN RIVERS.

SO WE HAVE KIND OF DUAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE'RE LOOKING TO ADAPT AND EXPAND HABITAT THAT IS OUT THERE TO SEA LEVEL RISE AND LOOK AT THE HOW THE PROJECTED SEA LEVELS WILL IMPACT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND AS ALL OF OUR PROJECTS, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, AT LEAST IN THE NEAR TERM, ACTIONABLE KIND OF WITHIN OUR, YOU KNOW, PROJECTED BUDGET AND WITHIN OUR OPERATIONAL NEEDS OR OPERATIONAL ABILITY. THE STAR IN THE CENTER THERE SHOWS KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY, DECEMBER 2025, AND TO DATE, WE'VE CONDUCTED A SERIES OF SITE ASSESSMENTS AND STUDIES AND DEVELOPED AN OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS REPORT THAT'S IN DRAFT FORM, AND WE'RE KIND OF AT THAT NEXUS WHERE WE'RE READY TO REALLY PRESENT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AND THEN RECEIVE A FIRST ROUND OF INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC.

GOING INTO THE SPRING, WE'LL BE DEVELOPING SOME CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS AND AGAIN, KIND OF ANOTHER ROUND OF PUBLIC FEEDBACK BEFORE WE KIND OF SOLIDIFY ON A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE THERE.

THIS IS A SLIDE THAT I SHARED, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHEN I PRESENTED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, JUST KIND OF A STANDARD WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO KIND OF INCORPORATE YOU KNOW PRESENTATIONS AND SOLICITING FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AND ALSO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITHIN EACH OF THE STEPS OF OUR PROJECT PROCESS AND SO ON THAT TOP LINE IS LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT STEPS IN OUR PROJECT PROCESS, FROM TECHNICAL STUDIES THROUGH CONCEPTUAL DESIGN ALTERNATIVES, AND ULTIMATELY TO PRELIMINARY DESIGN, AND THEN MOVING DOWN IS OUR CHECK IN POINTS, AND SO THE AREA THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THE DOTTED RED INDICATES THAT THIS IS REALLY OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE PROJECT.

SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE AT THIS SITE, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT TIME SCALES.

SO THE NEAR-TERM, MID-TERM AND KIND OF A LONG TERM END OF CENTURY TIME HORIZON, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF IMPACTS.

WE SEE WE HAVE KIND OF THE SOFT INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS TRAILS THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY GOT INUNDATED IN A FLOOD EVENT, YOU KNOW, IT CAN RECOVER RELATIVELY QUICK.

IF IT'S GETTING INUNDATED BY TIDAL EVENTS EVERY MONTH, THEN THAT KIND OF INDICATES TO US THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN ADAPTING, AND SO FOR THE TRAILS, WE'RE LOOKING STRICTLY AT A TIDAL PROJECTION, BUT FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS THE VISITOR CENTER, BATHROOMS AND OTHER BUILDINGS, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW THE 100 YEAR FLOOD ELEVATION WOULD IMPACT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTED OVER TIME AS SEA LEVELS ARE PROJECTED TO RISE, AND SO WHAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES IS IMAGES SIMILAR TO THIS.

SO JUST LOOKING AT THE BUILT UP SITE AND HOW PRESENT DAY WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE TIDES AND, AND, AND PROJECTIONS OVER TIME, AND SO TO ORIENT YOU REALLY THAT DARK BLUE THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, THE DELTA ITSELF.

TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE SEE WHERE THAT TIDAL BOUNDARY IS, AND WHEN WE PROJECT SEA LEVEL RISE GOING FORWARD, THERE'S THAT MAUVISH COLOR, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE THAT NEXT INCREMENT WHICH REPRESENTS ONE FOOT OF SEA LEVEL RISE.

WE REALLY AREN'T SEEING TOO MUCH IMPACT TO THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT REALLY KIND OF THAT, THAT

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THIS IS PRESENT DAY IS THAT DARKER BLUE, AND SO UNDER FLOOD SCENARIOS CURRENTLY YOU KNOW, WE SEE SOME OF THOSE TRAILS, THE LEVEE TOP TRAIL BEING INUNDATED, AND THEN AS WE LOOK FORWARD REALLY AGAIN TOWARD THAT, YOU KNOW, 2070 HORIZON, 2.5FT OF SEA LEVEL RISE IS WHEN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR PAVED ROADS START TO BE VULNERABLE, AND THEN KIND OF IN THE LONG TERM, THE AREA WHERE OUR KAYAK STORAGE IS AND THE AMPHITHEATER, THOSE START TO GET IMPACTED.

ONE OF THE I THINK BRIGHT SPOTS ABOUT THIS ANALYSIS IS SHOWING THE ONE AREA OF REFUGE IS THE VISITOR CENTER.

SO, YOU KNOW, FROM THE LONG TERM PROJECTIONS, IT'S SITUATED AT A SUITABLE ELEVATION, AND SO ONE OF THE TOOLS, AS CHRIS ALLUDED TO, IS REALLY TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND, YOU KNOW, OBSERVE WHAT THE ACTUAL SEA LEVEL IS DOING OVER, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT FIVE, TEN, 20 YEARS AND COMPARE IT AGAINST, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTIONS AT THAT TIME, AND JUST TO NOTE THAT THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE'RE USING IS THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL LATEST REPORT FROM 2024, AND SO THIS WAS UPDATED JUST THIS SUMMER, AND THE PREVIOUS REPORT WAS 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO, AND SO THEY CONTINUALLY UPDATE THE GUIDANCE, AND SO WE SHOULD ALSO DO THE SAME JUST JUST TRACKING THINGS OVER TIME.

SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT OUR CONSULTANTS IS DOING IS LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UPLIFT OF OUR ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES AND HABITAT.

YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF OUR PARKS INVASIVE SPECIES IS A BIG ISSUE.

ONE OF THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS THERE'S TWO UNIQUE VEGETATION COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PRESENT AT BIG BREAK.

ONE IS THE ALKALI GRASSLAND, AND SO THAT IS SURROUNDING IN THOSE AREAS, THE YELLOW MORE CIRCLE AREAS, THERE'S SOME UNIQUE SPECIES THAT ARE THERE WHERE WE CAN ENHANCE THEIR HABITAT, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR INVASIVES SUCH AS WET SEASON BURN PILES AND PHYSICAL REMOVAL POTENTIALLY SEASONAL FLASH GRAZING, AND THEN TO ENHANCE AND TO EXPAND THOSE AREAS LOOKING AT TAKING PHYSICAL CUTOUTS FROM HEALTHY STANDS AND THEN MOVING THOSE AROUND THE DIFFERENT AREAS TO KIND OF INOCULATE AND SPREAD SOME OF THESE GRASSES THAT PROPAGATE BY RHIZOMES.

THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR OH, SO IT'S ON THIS SLIDE INDICATED ON THIS SLIDE, STRANGELY ENOUGH IS NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS RARE HABITAT FOR DUNE HABITAT.

SO THE ANTIOCH DUNES USED TO SPREAD AND, YOU KNOW, FOR MILES IN THIS AREA AND WE DO HAVE KIND OF A REMNANT DUNE WITH WITH WITH NATIVE SPECIES.

THE DUNE PRIMROSE, IS A SPECIES THAT'S ENDEMIC TO THIS AREA AND PRESENT AT THE SITE, AND SO ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IS LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF ENHANCE AND EXPAND THAT AREA O DUNE.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT AROUND THE POND, THERE'S HABITAT FOR NORTHWESTERN POND TURTLE AND GIANT GARTER SNAKE, AND SO LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE HABITAT THERE, AND THEN IN THAT ZONE THAT'S INDICATED BY THE NUMBER TWO REALLY LOOKING AT PLANTINGS TO ENHANCE HABITAT FOR SPECIAL STATUS POLLINATORS, BUTTERFLIES AND BUMBLEBEES AND SUCH.

ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WAS NOTED BY ANYBODY WHO GOES OUT THERE IN THE SUMMER IS THE HEAT, AND SO REALLY THINKING ABOUT SHADE THROUGH NATIVE TREE COVER AND SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PAVED TRAILS WHERE THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND GETS ACCENTUATED, AND THEN ALSO THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ECONOMICAL WAYS THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE SHADE AT THE AMPHITHEATER AS WELL.

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SO THIS INITIAL SLIDE IS EXISTING TRAILS, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE WE'LL LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW PUBLIC ACCESS ROUTES.

WHAT WE'RE CONCENTRATED HERE IS THE LEVEE TOP TRAIL, WHICH IS A NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL THAT IS RELATIVELY NARROW AND UNDEFINED EXCEPT THROUGH YOU KNOW, USE ESSENTIALLY, AND SO REALLY, ONE OF OUR GOALS IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TOUCHING IT THROUGH THIS PROJECT, WE WANT TO MAKE IT RESILIENT INTO THE FUTURE, AND SO THAT NUMBER ONE IS REALLY INDICATING, YOU KNOW, RAISING THE TRAIL AND ADAPTING IT FOR RISING SEAS, AND THEN ALSO MAKING THAT A MORE DURABLE SURFACE FOR ADA ACCESSIBILITY BECAUSE IT IS A RELATIVELY FLAT LOOP.

THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDING AN OVERLOOK SO THAT ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF BEING OUT IN THE DELTA ARE THE VIEWS, AND WHEN YOU'RE ON THAT LEVEE TOP TRAIL, YOU CAN'T QUITE GET ABOVE THE TULES AND SOME OF THE OTHER VEGETATION, AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST RAISING UP, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL FEET OR A DOZEN FEET, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN REALLY GET A NICE VISTA, AND SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL, AND THEN WHAT'S INDICATED BY THE NUMBER FOUR IS REALLY AN EFFORT TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE TRAIL IMPACTS THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM WILDLIFE.

SO OTTERS AND BEAVERS TEND TO CROSS THE TRAIL INTO THE WETLAND HAVE SOMEWHAT DEGRADED THE TRAIL AND SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ADDING SOME SHORT BOARDWALKS TO FACILITATE THEIR THEIR ACTIONS AND THEIR WITHOUT IMPACTING THE TRAIL EXPERIENCE.

SO THINKING ABOUT SOME NEW PUBLIC ACCESS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, AS I INDICATED, AND WHAT WE HEAR FROM STAFF WHO WORK OUT THERE IS THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, VERY BUSY WITH THEIR PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND HAVING MULTIPLE LOOPS AT MULTIPLE LENGTHS AND DISTANCES WOULD REALLY HELP THE PUBLIC IN TERMS OF THEIR ACCESS AND REALLY ACCOMMODATE MULTIPLE GROUPS SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND SO WHAT'S SHOWN HERE YOU KNOW, ARE SOME IDEAS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED.

THE NUMBER ONE INDICATES HAVING AN EXTENDED DECK FROM THE VISITOR CENTER OVERLOOKING THAT WETLAND, AND THAT COULD BE CONNECTED WITH A ELEVATED AND MAYBE ARCHED BOARDWALK/BRIDGE THAT WOULD BE A SHORTER DISTANCE TO THE DELTA DISCOVERY EXPERIENCE AND THE OBSERVATION PIER, AND WOULD REALLY HELP TO CREATE KIND OF THAT SMALLER LOOP TO MAKE IT FROM THE VISITOR CENTER OUT AND THEN BACK, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE NUMBER THREE, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE TIDAL MARSH THAT IS EXISTING, AND SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, BUT REALLY THE LOCATION IS IS UP FOR DISCUSSION, BUT IT REALLY CREATING A BOARDWALK THAT TAKES YOU OUT INTO THAT EXPERIENCE, AND THEN THAT NUMBER FOUR, AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT MULTIPLE LOOPS AT DIFFERENT LENGTHS FOR PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT ABILITIES IS TO HAVE A TRAIL THAT CUTS BACK TO THAT VISITOR CENTER SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE, THE FULL MILE PLUS LOOP TO GET BACK.

THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WATER ACCESS.

SO THERE IS A KAYAK LAUNCH.

WE DO OUR OWN LEAD, OUR OWN PROGRAMS OUT THERE, AND PEOPLE BRING THEIR OWN KAYAKS, AND CURRENTLY THE KAYAK LAUNCH IS QUITE DIFFICULT TO ACCESS ON LOW TIDES, AND EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT, IT'S VERY MUDDY AND YOU SINK CONSIDERABLY IF YOU NEED TO WALK OUT TO, TO LAUNCH YOUR BOAT, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CREATING A EITHER A POTENTIAL DURABLE KIND OF BEACH GRAVEL SURFACE OR PERHAPS A FLOATING LAUNCH THAT IS EITHER ANCHORED OR SOMEHOW ATTACHED TO THE OBSERVATION PIER.

OH, AND THAT'S THE END, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR I CAN REVIEW ANY SLIDES IF YOU'D LIKE.

THANK YOU, SCOTT. DIRECTORS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? SO THE PUBLIC OUTREACH ARE CONDUCTED VIA ZOOM.

IS THAT RIGHT? SO OUR FIRST PUBLIC OUTREACH EVENT FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE VIA ZOOM.

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OKAY. THANK YOU.

DIRECTOR WAESPI. YEAH.

THANK YOU. THANKS, SCOTT.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

I REMEMBER DISASSEMBLING THAT PLACE WHEN WHEN IT WAS THE FRONTIER OF THE DELTA, AND THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE INCREDIBLE AND GREAT.

I WAS WONDERING, SO WITH SEA LEVEL RISE, YOU DID STUDIES OF WHAT THE LEVELS WOULD LOOK LIKE AT 2.7FT RISE. SO THAT'S GREAT THAT WE'LL ADDRESS THAT, BUT YOU KNOW WATER GOES EVERYWHERE.

WHAT IS THE CITY OF ANTIOCH GOING TO DO? BECAUSE ISN'T THAT DEVELOPMENT THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS THAT'S NOT 2.7FT ABOVE WHAT IT IS IN THE PLACES THAT I SAW INUNDATED OVER THERE.

IS IT? I BELIEVE THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S JUST BEHIND THE VISITOR CENTER.

I BELIEVE THAT'S HIGHER THAN THE VISITOR CENTER ITSELF.

OH, REALLY? OKAY. YEAH. WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE ON BIG BREAK REGIONAL TRAIL, THERE'S A SLOPE THAT'S CONSIDERABLE THAT GOES UP TO THOSE HOUSES.

OKAY. OKAY.

JEEZ, THAT CHANGES MY STORY, THEN, BUT WHAT ABOUT IRON HOUSE SANITARY DISTRICT? THAT'S CLOSE. I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE INUNDATED AND SORT OF DOWN AT THE HAYWARD SHORELINE.

WE SAY, YOU KNOW, ALL WE'RE GOING TO LOSE AT THE HAYWARD.

I MEAN, WE'RE VERY ACTIVE AT HASPA AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT LET'S FACE IT, THERE'S OTHER BIG INFRASTRUCTURE DOWN THERE THAT SEEM LESS INTERESTED THAN WE ARE, AND ALL WE'RE GOING TO LOSE IS THE BAY TRAIL, AND WE'LL JUST RETREAT THE BAY TRAIL A COUPLE THOUSAND FEET AND START IT AGAIN, BUT SO THAT'S THOSE OTHER I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION WAS OTHER THAN WHAT ARE WHAT ARE OTHER PEOPLE DOING? I MEAN, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WOULD SEEM TO IMPACT THE WILDLIFE WE TALKED ABOUT AND THE FLORA AROUND THERE.

I MEAN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ADJACENT AND DEFINITELY UNDER OR SAME LEVEL.

THERE'S THE YACHT HARBOR, WHICH DOES A LOT OF DO THEY STILL DO A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, PAINTING THE BOTTOMS OF BOATS AND LOTS OF WORK, TOXIC TYPE WORK AROUND THERE, AND ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF THAT ON US, THE SHIP? CHRIS BARTON, RESTORATION PROJECT MANAGER YES, THE SHIPYARD IS STILL ACTIVE, AND THE QUESTION, THE GREAT QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ARE OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS DOING TO ADDRESS SEA LEVEL RISE, AND THERE THERE IS MOVEMENT FOR REGIONAL ADAPTATION, PLANS FOR CITIES TO GET TOGETHER AND LOOK INTO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT CAN GUIDE THEIR LAND USE.

WE HAVE INCLUDED WITH OUR ADVISORY LIKE KIND OF OUR AGENCY, TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP, THE CITY OF OAKLEY, AND WE WILL BE COORDINATING WITH THEIR STAFF TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR REGIONAL ADAPTATION PLANNING.

GREAT. THANKS.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK YOU GUYS ARE LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROJECT, AND IN THE ZOOM MEETING, WILL YOU INVITE ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS? PLEASE INCLUDE US IN THE EMAILS.

INVITATIONS? OF COURSE.

GREAT. THANKS.

GREAT. WELL, THANKS SO MUCH, SCOTT, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

IT'S A WONDERFUL PROJECT.

VERY EXCITING. THIS IS SUCH A WONDERFUL DESTINATION.

IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL AND I APPRECIATE HOW MUCH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ARE OUT THERE, HOW MUCH THEY'RE ALREADY DOING WITH SCHOOLS AND ALSO INDIVIDUALLY WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK IN TERMS OF LOOKING REALLY FAR INTO THE FUTURE, IN TERMS OF HOW TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS ACCESSIBLE AND BEAUTIFUL AND RESILIENT.

SO THAT'S IT FOR ME, AND THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON IT, BUT THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK, AND YEAH, DEFINITELY KEEP US INFORMED AND KEEP US IN THE LOOP IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATIONAL OUTREACH EVENTS.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

OKAY, AND WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

OKAY. KELLY ABREU, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

DIRECTOR WAESPI HIT ON ON MOST OF THE POINTS I WAS GOING TO GO INTO, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THESE, THIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT DOWN THERE, HOW HIGH UP OFF THE HOW HIGH UP IS IT, AND BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE STREETS IS WIBLE CIRCLE.

WIBLE CIRCLE IS A KEY FEATURE OF MISSION PEAK.

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THE, AND THEN THERE'S THIS SHIPYARD.

IT'S NOT JUST SHIPYARD.

THIS THING HAS GOT MASSIVE IRON TRUSSES, CRANES.

IT'S AN IRON FABRICATION ASSEMBLY FACILITY.

IT'S A TRULY INDUSTRIAL, TRULY INDUSTRIAL, AND THE QUESTION FOR ME IS WHY? HOW DO THESE PEOPLE, HOW HIGH ARE THEY? AND IF AND THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WITH PARK DISTRICT FACILITIES.

PARK DISTRICT BUILDS THINGS AND THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T.

YOU HAVE TO TREAD LIGHTLY ON THE LAND.

YOU CAN'T MAKE ANY MASSIVE ALTERATIONS.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE CREATED AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE AND A RESIDENTIAL ZONE, AND IT IS, AND PROBABLY THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, BARRIERS TO SEAWATER INTRUSION AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

SO IF YOU'RE HIKING TRAIL IS VULNERABLE, SOME OF THESE LOOPS, MAKE THEM HIGHER.

WHY CAN'T IF YOUR PARKING LOT OR SOMETHING IS THREATENED, WHY NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, BRING IN A MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF FILL AND CREATE THE FACILITY THAT IS MORE RESILIENT, RESILIENT BY DESIGN THE WAY YOUR NEIGHBORS DO IT, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT EVERYWHERE. YOU DESTROY THE MARSHES, AND ALSO ON THAT FRESHWATER POND OR MARSH OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT RIGHT THERE, JUST DUE EAST OF THE VISITOR CENTER.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IS THAT REALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WATER QUALITY, ARE YOU GOING TO MAINTAIN WATER QUALITY THERE? IS THAT FRESH WATER OR ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW IT TO BECOME A SALTWATER MARSH AND IS THAT NATURALLY GOING TO HAVE A CHANGE IN THE ECOSYSTEM BASED ON THE NATURAL PROCESS OF SEA LEVEL RISE AND SALTWATER INTRUSION? ANYWAY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IS THAT OUR ONLY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE HAVE NO HANDS RAISED IN THE ZOOM, SO IT APPEARS THAT IS OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. GREAT, AND DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY? NO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WELL THEN IN THAT CASE WE CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING.

MEETING IS ADJOURNED. IT'S 1:18 P.M..

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.