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OKAY. WELCOME, EVERYONE. THIS IS A REGULAR PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON JANUARY 27, 2025, BEGINNING AT 4:03 P.M.. IF THE CLERK CAN PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.
YES. SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH. PRESIDENT REMOTELY JAMES CHANG.
NO. SUSIE CLAXTON. HERE. PAUL DETJENS. PRESENT.
THANK YOU. IRENE DIETER. HERE. CASEY FARMER. NO.
BRUCE HENRY. HERE. THANK YOU. CORINA LOPEZ. NO.
DEV MAHADEVAN. HERE. THANK YOU. DENNISHA MARSH.
IS IT? THANK YOU. FRANCIS MENDOZA. HERE. THANK YOU.
CARLYN OBRINGER. I'M GOING TO ADD HER REAL QUICK.
OKAY. I'M GOING TO MARK HER PRESENT AND MOVE ON.
BOB PEOPLES IS ABSENT. BOB REID. HERE. THANK YOU.
BOB SIMMONS. PRESENT. THANK YOU. EDGAR VALENZUELA.
HERE. THANK YOU. AND ROLAND WILLIAMS. NO. OKAY.
THANK YOU. AND I AM HERE. I WAS JUST IN TRANSIT, LITERALLY FROM ATTENDEE TO PANELIST WHEN YOU CALLED MY NAME. SO JUST NOTING FOR THE RECORD, I AM HERE.
THANK YOU. GOT IT. THANK YOU, CARLYN, AND I'LL READ THE ZOOM WEBINAR BROWN ACT MESSAGE HERE.
TODAY'S MEETING IS HELD PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT.
THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT INTENDS TO HOLD MEETINGS THROUGH A HYBRID PLATFORM OF IN-PERSON AND REMOTE ATTENDANCE TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE VIA REMOTE ATTENDANCE THROUGH THE PARK DISTRICT'S VIRTUAL PLATFORM, ZOOM.
THE PARK ADVISORY MEMBERS AND DESIGNATED STAFF WILL, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, PARTICIPATE IN PERSON AT THE PARK DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS AT 2950 PERALTA OAKS COURT IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. OCCASIONALLY, MEMBERS OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MAY ATTEND REMOTELY PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, AS AMENDED BY AB 2449 PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953, SUBDIVISION B, PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER DENNISHA MARSH WILL PARTICIPATE FROM 352 SHORELINE DRIVE IN PITTSBURG, CALIFORNIA.
PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER CARLYN OBRINGER WILL PARTICIPATE FROM 1950 PARKSIDE DRIVE IN CONCORD, CALIFORNIA, AND PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH WILL PARTICIPATE FROM 7441 MILL RACE LANE IN NORTHFIELD, OHIO. THIS NOTICE AND AGENDA WILL BE POSTED AT THE TELECONFERENCE LOCATIONS.
WE ARE PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO, EITHER IN PERSON OR LIVE VIA ZOOM BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL TO PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT EBPARKS.ORG OR LEAVING A VOICEMAIL AT (510) 544-2036.
THIS INFORMATION IS NOTED ON THE AGENDA. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES.
WE WILL BEGIN. VICE CHAIR MENDOZA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY AND ON BEHALF OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL OF THE LANDS WITHIN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ARE THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF THE EAST BAY, OHLONE, BAY MIWOK, AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY YOKUT, WHO ARE POLITICALLY ORGANIZED AND REPRESENTED BY A NUMBER OF TRIBES. TODAY, WE MAKE THIS RECOGNITION AS A WAY TO RESPECT AND HONOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO FIRST CULTIVATED AND INHABITED THIS LAND.
THE PARK DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING WAYS TO WORK AND CONSULT WITH EAST BAY TRIBES, AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE TRIBAL CITIZENS REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR LAND AND CULTURE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT WE'RE IN HUCHIUN ON CHOCHENYO OHLONE LAND.
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SEEING NONE, IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.DO I NEED TO TAKE A ROLL CALL IF THERE ARE NONE? SORRY. NO. SORRY, GUYS. MY FIRST MEETING AS CHAIR, IF YOU CAN'T TELL.
NO PROBLEM. SO THAT'S A NO. SO FOR THE PRE-PLANNED MEMBERS, WE'LL ADDRESS THEM.
SO, MEMBER MARSH IS APPEARING REMOTELY. PAC MEMBER MARSH , ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR WILL BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM AT YOUR LOCATION? NO. THANK YOU. MEMBER MARSH . MEMBER OBRINGER IS APPEARING REMOTELY.
PAC MEMBER OBRINGER ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR WILL BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM AT YOUR LOCATION? NO. M EMBER BARTLEBAUGH IS APPEARING REMOTELY.
NO THANK YOU. MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH. AND ALSO, WELCOME TO THE PAC.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
GLAD TO BE HERE. NOW, ON TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
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DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 25, 2024? I MOVE APPROVAL, CHAIR. DO I HAVE A SECOND? MOVED BY OBRINGER.SECONDED BY MAHADEVAN. IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE CALL A ROLE VOTE.
YES. OKAY. MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH. ABSTAIN. OKAY.
MEMBER CHANG. SORRY. MEMBER CLAXTON. ABSTAIN .
THANK YOU. MEMBER DETJENS. ABSTAIN. MEMBER DIETER.
AYE . MEMBER HENRY. YES. MEMBER MAHADEVAN. YES.
AND MEMBER MARSH . YES. MEMBER MENDOZA. AYE. MEMBER OBRINGER.
YES. MEMBER REID. YES. MEMBER SIMMONS. YES. AND MEMBER VALENZUELA.
YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND MEMBERS FARMER AND LOPEZ HAVE JOINED SINCE THE ROLL CALL.
IF YOU COULD ADD THEM AS WELL. GREAT. MEMBER FARMER.
ABSTAIN. OKAY. I'M SORRY. YOU SAID THE OTHER MEMBER MEMBER LOPEZ.
OKAY. AND MEMBER LOPEZ. AYE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? NO, THERE ARE NOT. OKAY. IF YOU'RE HERE TO GIVE A COMMENT REGARDING AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL CALL ON INDIVIDUALS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT SPECIFIC ITEM.
HAS THE CLERK RECEIVED ANY EMAILS OR SPEAKER CARDS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ANY ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? NO, WE HAVE NOT. CHAIR WILL PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ABOUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AS WE GO THROUGH THEM,
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AND WE'LL MOVE ON. WE HAVE TWO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE FIRST ITEM PROPOSED SPECIAL INTEREST MONTHS AND OBSERVANCES, DESIGNATION PROCESS AND CALENDAR.THANK YOU. JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE SETTING THIS UP.
SO THAT IT IS SHARED AND VISIBLE FOR ALL THERE AND ONLINE.
EXCELLENT. AND NOW I NEED TO. LET'S TRY THIS.
OKAY. TEST THAT TEST, TEST, TEST. PERFECT. THANKS.
WE'RE READY TO GO. FIRST OF ALL. HELLO, EVERYBODY.
JOSE GONZALEZ. THERE WE GO. OH, SEE, I KNEW I WAS MISSING SOMETHING.
HI, EVERYONE. JOSE GONZALEZ, HE, HIM, HIS I AM THE EQUITY OFFICER FOR THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT , AND I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT IN A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO THANK YOU, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR , AND ALL OF THE PAC MEMBERS.
I WANT TO START BY KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGING ONE OFFICE OF EQUITY IS IN THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE.
ALSO, A LOT OF GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS, THE DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO OUR WORK, NOT JUST ON THIS ITEM, BUT THE FUTURE ITEM. JOINED BY SOME OF MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES BACK HERE AS WELL.
THAT INCLUDES IN DIVISION OF INTERP AND REC DIVISION LEAD FOR INTERP AND REC.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR DEPUTY GENERAL GM, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER , MAX.
AND THEN THIS WORK DEFINITELY WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT OUR EQUITY MANAGEMENT ANALYST JENNIFER,
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RIGHT HERE IN THE BACK AS WELL. SO THEY'RE HERE TO SUPPORT WITH ANYTHING THAT I GET WRONG.AND THEN QUESTIONS. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
OF COURSE WELCOME FEEDBACK AND COMMENT. SO TO START WE HAVE KIND OF THE PROPOSED SPECIAL INTEREST MONTH SIMS. AND IT TO ME IT STILL REMINDS ME A LITTLE BIT KIND OF LIKE AN OLD COMPUTER GAME.
BUT THE IDEA IS THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO CAPTURE AND ACCOUNT FOR NOT JUST HERITAGE MONTH, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT SPECIAL INTERESTS IN THE SENSE OF WHAT ARE OBSERVANCES THAT COULD BE AWARENESS MONTHS.
THEY MAY BE WEEKS. THEY MAY BE PARTICULAR DAYS.
YOU MIGHT HAVE AN AWARENESS MONTH LIKE DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH IN OCTOBER, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE LIKE AN OBSERVANCE DAY SUCH AS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 21ST. AND IN GENERAL, THESE MONTHS KIND OF EXIST TO KIND OF REALLY CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE BOTH VARIOUS ETHNIC AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS OR FOCUS ON PARTICULAR CAUSES AND EFFORTS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE BREADTH OF IT. SO I MIGHT BE USING SIMS TO KIND OF AS A CATCH ALL CATEGORY, BUT IT REALLY IS MEANT TO CAPTURE A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
AND SO HISTORICALLY THE PARK DISTRICT HAS HAD THESE CELEBRATIONS.
HOWEVER, AS PART OF KIND OF OUR SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO LOOK AT WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT, PART OF THAT WAS KIND OF RECOGNIZING, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME DEPARTMENTS, QUESTIONS SUCH AS HOW DOES A SIM GET DESIGNATED? WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THAT? AND THEREFORE THIS IS VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE THE DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED TO PLAN FOR, YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR AND BE ABLE TO SAY, IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW IF CONSISTENTLY EVERY NOVEMBER WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE THIS MONTH, BECAUSE THEN WE KNOW HOW TO BEGIN TO PROGRAM AND RESOURCE ACCORDINGLY.
SO THE PRESUMPTION IS THERE, BUT WE COULDN'T NECESSARILY POINT TO A PROCESS THAT REALLY COULD VALIDATE THAT ON AN ONGOING BASIS, AS WELL AS ACCOUNT FOR ANY NEW DESIGNATIONS THAT THERE MIGHT BE INTEREST IN AS THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
AND SO PART OF THAT, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THE OFFICE OF EQUITY KIND OF APPROACHES THIS WORK IS USUALLY WE GET SOME FORM OF STAFF REQUEST OR THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF A PROCESS, WE KIND OF NOTICE A PINCH POINT. SO IN CASES LIKE THIS, ONE OF OUR POWER USES IS THE IS THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERP AND REC, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THEN QUESTIONS MAY COME UP. CAN YOU ALL HELP US WITH THIS SO WE CAN HAVE A MUCH MORE STANDARDIZED APPROACH TO IT.
AND QUESTIONS MAY COME UP SUCH AS WHY DO WE SELECT THIS MONTH AND NOT THIS MONTH? AND IF WE WANT TO ADD TO THE MONTHS OR MAYBE REEVALUATE WHY WE CELEBRATE A MONTH, HOW DO WE APPROACH THAT? SO WHAT WE'RE MOVING TO AND THIS IS COMING UP WE'RE PRESENTING THIS ITEM AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
AND SO THE PAC IS PART OF THIS PROCESS. BUT THE IDEA IS THAT FOR ANY FOR A SIM OR ANY TYPE OF OBSERVANCE, IT IS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN THEIR ROLES AS POLICY MAKERS, THAT THEY ARE THE ONES THAT GET TO APPROVE THE CALENDAR OF SIMS FOR THE YEAR.
AND THE IDEA IS THAT WE PUT THIS AT THE END OF THE OR FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
SO A DEPARTMENT SUCH AS INTERP AND REC CAN KNOW THAT IN ADVANCE AND BEGIN TO PLAN FOR THAT, AS WELL AS THINKING NOT JUST PROGRAMS, BUT WHAT RESOURCES THEY MAY NEED TO ALLOCATE AND RESOURCES IS OF COURSE, STAFF TIME, BUT IT CAN INCLUDE THINGS TO PRINT FOR.
AND THE IDEA IS THAT THAT COMES FROM A DISTRICT WIDE PROCESS, NOT JUST ONE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT THAT SAYS, WE WANT TO KIND OF CELEBRATE THIS. AND ALSO PART OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH THIS RECOGNITION IS THAT THEY CAN INVITE AND INCORPORATE REVISIONS TO THE CALENDAR ON AN ONGOING BASIS, WHILE STILL, OF COURSE, RETAINING THE RIGHT THAT ON A PARTICULAR MONTH THEY CAN DECIDE TO DO A RECOGNITION, AS YOU KNOW, WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO ALSO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO RECOGNIZE IN ALIGNMENT WITH SIMS. NOW, WHERE THE PAC COMES IN FOR THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS IN YOUR ADVISORY ROLE.
BUT PART OF THIS IS BECAUSE IN YOUR ROLE, YOU HAVE THAT CONNECTION AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND YOU MIGHT NOTICE SOMETHING THAT'S CLEARLY MISSING, OR YOU MIGHT WANT TO PROVIDE SOME COMMENT AND SAY,
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HEY, MAYBE INCLUDE THIS IN THE REPORT THAT GOES TO THE BOARD.NOW, WHERE IT GOES BACK TO THE STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER THIS REALLY CLARIFIES THAT IT IS NOT THE GENERAL MANAGER THAT'S DECIDING WHAT MONTHS WE'RE CELEBRATING OR MAKING THOSE DESIGNATIONS, BUT THROUGH THIS DIRECTION, IT'S ENSURING THAT THESE SIMS ARE IMPLEMENTED AND RESOURCE ACCORDINGLY.
SO DEPARTMENT MIGHT GET A REQUEST LIKE, HEY, WE SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THIS PARADE.
AND IF IT'S CLEARLY ALIGNED, THAT KIND OF FACILITATES THAT.
AND IF IT'S NOT, THEN IT KIND OF SAYS, ACTUALLY WE CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON OUR KIND OF PRIORITIZED SIMS. HOWEVER, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AS TO WHY THIS IS REALLY VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO AGAIN, BEGIN PLANNING AND NOT FEEL THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THAT TYPE OF UNCERTAINTY.
AND SO HERE'S WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED 2025 SIM CALENDAR.
THAT WILL BE GOING UP TO THE BOARD NEXT WEEK.
THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT WE'VE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A REVIEW, HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE DISTRICT SEEMS TO, QUOTE UNQUOTE, TRADITIONALLY OBSERVE AND CELEBRATE.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE ON THAT WEBSITE, THAT'S ONE INPUT.
THE OTHER ONE IS WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AS FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD THROUGH EITHER COMMITTEE OR ANY OTHER KIND OF PAST REVIEW TO SAY THIS SEEMS TO DON'T BE SURPRISED THAT THIS MAY GET ELEVATED, TO BE ASKED, TO BE RECOGNIZED.
AND THEN ANOTHER PIECE IS WHAT PROGRAMMATICALLY DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS HAVE ENGAGED IN.
SO GIVES US A STARTING POINT AND A FOUNDATION.
THIS DOESN'T MEAN LIKE THIS IS ALL EXHAUSTIVE.
AND ALSO THIS IS NOT ABOUT LIKE THE PRINTED DISTRICT CALENDAR.
AND LIKE THAT IT HAS TO BE EACH IN ONE OF THOSE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT DATES AS WELL AS IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S ALL THE STATE AND FEDERAL HOLIDAYS, WHICH OF COURSE ARE ALREADY RECOGNIZED, BUT THOSE REALLY KIND OF FALL INTO THAT KIND OF OTHER OTHER CATEGORY THAT JUST IS AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION.
THIS MAY INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE, BUT REALLY IT'S REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE DISTRICT GOING TO FOCUS ON FOR PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION. SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE THINKING BEHIND THIS.
AND SO WE HAVE A MIX OF MONTHS AS WELL AS DAYS AND EVENTS.
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. MEMBER LOPEZ. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS CONTEND WITH.
AND INEVITABLY, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO WILL SAY WE WERE DISCLUDED.
AND SO I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A PROCESS WHERE THERE'S AN ABILITY TO PIVOT QUICKLY TO THE BOARD AND SAY, YOU KNOW, MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] HERE'S, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, WE DIDN'T CELEBRATE [INAUDIBLE]. AND WE EVENTUALLY DID.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF STAFF MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT THAT DAY BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT THEY WERE FINALLY THEY HAD SOME SORT OF VALIDATION FOR THEIR EFFORTS WITHIN THE CITY THAT I WAS SERVING AT THE TIME. SO, YOU KNOW, TO SAY, WELL, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, TO SAY THAT.
WELL, WE DON'T WE DIDN'T INCLUDE YOU, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT FALLS A LITTLE SHORT. I THINK THERE HAS TO BE MORE OF A RESPONSE, A GUIDED RESPONSE, PERHAPS BY THE BOARD, UPON YOUR RECOMMENDATION OF HAVING SOMETHING THAT SAYS IT'S NOT INCLUDED, BUT WE CAN BRING IT UP AT, YOU KNOW, A BOARD MEETING PER HOW THE GENERAL MANAGER WANTS TO SCHEDULE IT OR AGENDIZE IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S LESS PAINFUL TO HEAR AND IT HAS A SENSE OF VALIDATION RATHER THAN SAYING, WELL, YOU'VE BEEN DISCLUDED BECAUSE IT KIND OF LIKE FLIES IN THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EFFORT TO BEGIN WITH.
RIGHT. WHEREAS AND HERE YOU HAVE A HISPANIC AND THEN YOU HAVE LATINO.
SO YOU HAVE ALREADY A KIND OF AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THERE THAT IT'S VERY A DYNAMIC CONVERSATION.
AND SO THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE, I THINK, SOME GUIDANCE FOR STAFF TO KNOW, LIKE HOW TO WORK WITH, MAYBE THEY CAN GET SOME INTERNAL TRAINING ON THE NOMENCLATURE AND WHY WORDS MATTER.
SOME FEEDBACK THAT I HAVE ON THE YOU KNOW, THE DESIGNATION OR THE LANGUAGE, THE REVISED LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATEMENT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BASICALLY THREE GROUPS THAT ARE WOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED.
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AND SO, SORRY. THAT'S THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. OH, OKAY.OKAY. SORRY. I THOUGHT IT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS ONE. SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S IT FOR ME. AND I JUST HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT ONE. I HAVE ONE QUESTION TOO. YOU BROUGHT UP SOME I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY SOME DATES OR SOMETHING THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED.
DID YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? I KNOW WHEN I WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, WE AMENDED 14 EXTRA DATES TO THE CITY'S CALENDAR, SO I WOULD JUST DEFER TO STAFF. YOU KNOW, AS TO MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT, SOME OF THE CITIES.
I WOULD PRESUME HERE THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO INTERSECT WITH ENVIRONMENTALISM OR, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC LANDS. SO HOWEVER THAT WORKS OUT, I THINK SOME OF THE EVENTS WE HAD WAS, FOR EXAMPLE, JEWISH AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. WE ACKNOWLEDGED IN OUR CITY AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, YOU KNOW, IN THAT AND BROUGHT THEM AND CELEBRATED THEIR SURVIVAL AND THEIR RESILIENCE.
BUT THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE APPROPRIATE FOR A PARK DISTRICT .
SO I THINK, JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS, I DON'T REALLY KNOW, BUT SOMEBODY IS PROBABLY GOING TO SAY, HEY, HOW CAN I GET HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED? AND WE WANT TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE WELCOME.
YOU KNOW, YOU. AND AS OPPOSED TO SAY WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TAKE THAT UP UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A PROCESS LIKE SO THAT IT CAN BE AGENDIZED QUICKLY FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION.
YEAH, AND THIS DOES NOT CHANGE THE PROCESS FOR BRINGING UP ITEMS BEFORE THE BOARD.
AND THIS DOES NOT SAY YOU CAN ONLY AS COMMUNITY GIVE FEEDBACK AND INPUT OR SUGGESTIONS ONCE A YEAR.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE YEAH, JUST WE'LL STRESS THAT POINT AS WELL.
AND THAT THIS IS A STARTING POINT. SO THAT WILL BE INCLUDED THERE.
AND ANY FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS OF COURSE, THAT IN TERMS OF SUGGESTIONS FOR DATES, FOR OBSERVANCES WEEKS, IT WILL BE WELCOMED. SO WE CAN ALWAYS WE CAN ALWAYS EMAIL STAFF TOO WITH SUGGESTIONS.
RIGHT. MEMBER VALENZUELA. YES. WITH THE DATES THAT GO ON THERE.
I'M INVOLVED WITH ALL ABILITIES DAY. WE HAVE ONE COMING UP.
I'VE BEEN DOING THEM SINCE WE STARTED, BUT IT'S BEEN SINCE 2017.
BUT I MEAN, WE LOOK FOR AND WE RECEIVE HELP FROM ALL OVER THE DISTRICT AND WITH WHEN IT GOES UP THERE LIKE THAT, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT DAY IT'S GOING TO BE AND WHAT AN IMPORTANT DAY IT IS FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
AND SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT DATE UP THERE. THANK YOU.
I'M GLAD. AND I THINK THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF OBSERVANCE.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE WAY TO BE ABLE TO NOTE THAT, AND I CAN'T.
I'M SORRY, VICE CHAIR MENDOZA. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON BOTH OF YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCE AS WELL, AND MAYBE TIE IT IN. AND THAT THE DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH IS THERE, BUT ALL ABILITIES SHOULD DEFINITELY BE THERE AS AN EVENT AS IT'S BEEN A LONG HAVE HAD A LONG HISTORY OF SUCCESS AS WELL AS REACHING OUT TO DISABLED FOLKS, BUT ALSO CHAIR I MEAN MEMBER CORINA, SHE MENTIONED THAT THE NOMENCLATURE IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I AGREE WITH THAT IN THAT MANY DISABLED FOLKS DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE TO BE CALLED DIFFERENTLY ABLED OR, OR THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I APPRECIATE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF'S THE EQUITY OFFICE AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AND BEING ABLE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE RIGHT NOMENCLATURE. AND ON THE SECOND TOPIC THE FILIPINO AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IS IN OCTOBER, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO EVEN THOUGH WE HAD AN OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER AS WELL AS MYSELF AND MANY OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE FILIPINO DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO HAVE THAT BE. BUT HAVING THE PROCESS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AS MEMBER LOPEZ SAID, IS JUST HAVING A PROCESS WHERE YOU CAN GET INPUT NOT ONLY FROM THE PUBLIC BOARD, BUT ALSO FROM STAFF WHO ARE IDENTIFY AND ARE AFFINITY GROUPS.
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE. OH, YEAH. SO NOT HAVING THE RIGID SORT OF OH, WE GOT TO KEEP AA AND NH IS NATIVE HAWAIIAN CELEBRATIONS IN MAY BECAUSE THAT'S DELEGATED TO THEM.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A FALLACY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW.
SO MAYBE HAVING A LUNAR NEW YEAR EVENT, WHICH INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF VIETNAMESE FOLKS, CAMBODIANS, SOUTHEAST ASIANS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO ATTACH TO AS A WAY TO SHOW THAT THERE'S A NUANCE IN THAT,
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THAT ARGUMENT. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. NO. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT THE NOMENCLATURE.I COMPLETELY AGREE. PART OF THE BALANCING HERE IS TO RECOGNIZE WHERE IF SOMETHING IS ANCHORED AROUND A STATUTORY ACKNOWLEDGMENT, THEN WE START THERE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOMETIMES THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY THE COMMUNICATIVE MOVEMENT LANGUAGE IS, AND THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES WHERE IT'S SELF-DEFINED THAT THAT'S ALSO WHERE WE'RE ANCHORING IT.
SO IT'LL INCLUDE THAT VARIETY, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO ONLY USE ONE TERM FOR ONE SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE WHATSOEVER, LIKE IF IT'S NOT THE DISTRICT DECIDING WHAT THE NOMENCLATURE IS WITH ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN AVOID THAT.
SO, MADAM CLERK, I CAN'T SEE THE REMOTE MEMBERS, BUT DO ANY OF THEM HAVE THEIR HANDS RAISED FOR QUESTIONS? YES. DENNISHA MARSH, CARLYN AND SCOTT ALL HAVE THEIR HANDS RAISED.
SO. MEMBER MARSH . THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE THE CALENDAR. IT HELPS US TO SCHEDULE EVENTS AND YOU KNOW, FIELD TRIPS, SO TO SPEAK. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DON'T SEE ON THE CALENDAR THAT I SHOULD BE THAT SHOULD BE ON THE CALENDAR, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE A PARK NAMED AFTER IS THE PORT CHICAGO 50 IN JULY.
AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE TOURS THAT GO THERE.
WE HAVE HISTORIANS THERE. ESPECIALLY IN THE MONTH OF JULY WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.
SO WE'D BE REMISS NOT TO ACTUALLY PUT THAT AS DAYS EVENTS BECAUSE IT POPS UP AND PEOPLE ALWAYS ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN WE HAVE EVEN A MEMORIAL SERVICE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND THE PARK PARTICIPATES IN ALL OF THAT. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SAY, BUT THANK YOU. YEAH. PERFECT EXAMPLE. THANK YOU.
MEMBER OBRINGER. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION AS I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT IN MY OWN COMMUNITY AS I'M SERVING AS MAYOR THIS YEAR, AND I'M LOOKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE OF THESE KINDS OF OBSERVANCES AND PRESENTATIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR LAYING SOME HELPFUL GROUNDWORK HERE.
AND JUST ONE ITEM I WANTED TO NOTE. I DO SEE UNDER THE DAYS AND EVENTS THAT EARTH DAY IS NOTED.
BUT I'VE SEEN MORE AND MORE ENTITIES CELEBRATING EARTH MONTH, AND SINCE THIS IS A PARK DISTRICT , I JUST WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT EARTH MONTH BE INCORPORATED.
THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND TO CONFIRM MEANING APRIL.
RIGHT? YES, EXACTLY. APRIL FOR EARTH MONTH. MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH .
THANK YOU. I THINK THIS CALENDAR IS A GREAT IDEA.
AND A LOT OF THOUGHT HAS GONE INTO IT. LAST YEAR IN THE FALL, THERE WAS A DISTRICT RESOLUTION FOR AN EQUESTRIAN MONTH. AND IN JUNE, THERE WAS A DISTRICT RESOLUTION FOR MOUNTAIN BIKING MONTH THAT COINCIDED WITH A CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE RESOLUTION FOR MOUNTAIN BIKING MONTH. I THINK THOSE WOULD RECOGNIZE GROUPS THAT ARE BOTH USERS OF THE PARKS, BUT HAVE ALSO AND CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE BACK TO PARTICULARLY TRAILS IN THE PARKS.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF THOSE WERE CONSIDERED IN THIS LIST OR NOT.
YEAH. NO THANK YOU. AND FOR ANY THAT ARE NOT ON THIS LIST, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND AGAIN I WILL NOT SPEAK FOR THE BOARD. BUT IF FOR WHATEVER REASON OBSERVANCE IS MISSED, I JUST WANT TO STRESS THAT THE BOARD CAN STILL TAKE UP, YOU KNOW, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, MONTH BY MONTH. SO JUST TO STRESS, NOBODY SHOULD FEEL LIKE THIS IS IT.
YOU GET ONE WINDOW, THIS BOARD MEETING FOR THE YEAR. SO THAT'S THAT.
BUT I APPRECIATE THAT OBSERVATION AS WELL. THANK YOU.
MEMBER SIMMONS. THANK YOU. MEMBER DIETER. OKAY.
AND IT'S A GOOD STRUCTURE. I HAVE ACTUALLY JUST TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE OF WHICH IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS APPLIES PRINCIPALLY TO DISTRICT WIDE ACTIVITIES.
IF AN INDIVIDUAL PARK WANTS TO HAVE SORT OF A CELEBRATION OF THE PARK, THAT THAT'S A PARK DECISION, NOT A NOT ONE OF THESE DECISIONS, IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE CALENDAR UNLESS IT RISES TO THAT LEVEL.
YEAH. SO A GOOD EXAMPLE MAY BE THAT THERE MAY BE AN AWARENESS MONTH OR HERITAGE MONTH.
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RIGHT. AND THERE MAY NOT BE A SPECIFICALLY NAMED EVENT THAT ALIGNS TO THAT MONTH BUT THAT'S AN EXAMPLE WHERE A PARK OR A DEPARTMENT MAY SAY, HEY, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS EVENT THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT TO THIS HERITAGE MONTH. AND THEREFORE THE SPECIFIC DATE MAY NOT BE LISTED, BUT IT HELPS AGAIN WITH THAT JUSTIFICATION. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS NOT PREVENTING ANY OTHER DECISIONS AROUND THE TYPES OF EVENTS THAT CAN BE HOSTED OR CELEBRATED AT PARKS. AND THIS DOESN'T APPLY TO, SAY, A GROUP THAT WANTS TO CELEBRATE ITS ETHNIC HERITAGE BUT IS NOT LISTED HERE.AND THEY WANT TO CELEBRATE AN INDIVIDUAL PARK. AND AGAIN, THE PROCESS WOULD BE IF IT RISES TO A CERTAIN LEVEL, THAT'S A DISTRICT LEVEL, THEN MAYBE THE BOARD WOULD RECOGNIZE IT.
BUT UNTIL THAT TIME, THIS DOESN'T PRECLUDE THAT GROUP FROM GETTING A PERMIT TO HOLD AN EVENT.
LIKE, THERE IS STILL ALL OF THE OTHER PROCESSES IN TERMS OF SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF REQUESTS AND THE LIKE WOULD STILL BE IN PLAY.
MEMBER DIETER. HI. I HAVE TWO THINGS I WANTED TO BRING UP.
YOU KNOW THE REASONS FOR THIS. I UNDERSTAND THE SYMBOLISM THAT EVERYONE BELONGS.
BUT YOU NAMED YOU SAID THAT IT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR BUDGETARY REASONS SO THAT THEY KNOW.
DID I GET THAT RIGHT? DECISION MAKING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION.
YEAH, THOSE WERE MY TERMS, BUT OKAY AND THEN YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT IT'S ON A MONTHLY.
IT IS A MONTH. THAT'S WHAT SIMS IS. AND SO IF A MONTH IS DESIGNATED THEN THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE DAYS THAT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT, THAT MONTH THAT WOULD GO UNDERNEATH IT.
BUT FIRST, THE FIRST THING WOULD BE TO SET MONTHS.
OKAY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT CITIES TEND TO ISSUE PROCLAMATIONS AT EACH ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS AND THIS SOUNDS MORE LIKE IT'S MEANT FOR GUIDANCE FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER TO KNOW ABOUT RESOURCES, BECAUSE YOU SAID IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON OUR THE CALENDARS THAT ARE ISSUED. I MEANT TO SAY THAT THIS ISN'T A KIND OF COPY AND PASTE TO THE CALENDAR OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST AN OBSERVED HOLIDAY.
AND WE MIGHT NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A CELEBRATION OF PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENT AROUND IT.
WE MIGHT. AND THERE MAY BE MANY OTHER, OF COURSE, OTHER DATES THAT END UP ON THAT CALENDAR THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY FOR PROGRAMMATIC OR RESOURCE ALLOCATION CHOICES. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND I MY FEEDBACK ON IT ALSO IS THAT IT SEEMS TO BE PEOPLE CENTRIC.
AND, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE CELEBRATION OF THE DIFFERENT LIFE FORMS THAT WE HAVE, OUR WILDLIFE AND OUR HABITAT. SO AND WE COULD KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THOSE IN THE CALENDAR ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE REALIZE THAT'S PART OF OUR MISSION. AND I DID WRITE DOWN MY COMMENTS, WHICH I WILL SUBMIT FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD.
YEAH. VERY GOOD EXAMPLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SO, MADAM CLERK, WE ALSO HAD A COMMENT SUBMITTED FROM MEMBER PEOPLES WHO'S NOT HERE.
COULD YOU READ THAT? SO IT'S INCORPORATED IN THE RECORD. AND THEN MEMBER FARMER. YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THE LAST PARAGRAPH IN THE BACKGROUND SECTION OF THE STAFF REPORT SHOULD MAKE CLEAR THAT THE DISTRICT, AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY, CAN DESIGNATE SIMS IN ADDITION TO THOSE ESTABLISHED AT THE NATIONAL STATE LEVEL.
IS THERE ANOTHER DAY DEDICATED TO THAT PURPOSE BY ANY ENTITY THAT CAN BE ADDED TO THE LIST? IF NOT, THE DISTRICT SHOULD CONSIDER ADDING IN STREAM AND COASTAL TO THE NAME OF THE SEPTEMBER 20TH,
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2025 DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER FARMER.THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. I WANTED TO TELL DIRECTOR OBRINGER THAT I HAD THE SAME IDEA ABOUT EARTH MONTH, SO THANK YOU FOR NAMING THAT ALREADY AND THANK YOU.
I HAVE ONE SUGGESTION. JUST ONE ADD. I KNOW YOU'VE GOT MAY FOR WILDFIRE AWARENESS MONTH IS IN MAY.
THERE'S ALSO INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS DAY WHICH IS ON MAY 4TH.
SO I JUST WANT TO SUGGEST WE INCLUDE THAT IN THERE TOO.
I DO AGREE WITH A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I JUST WANTED TO DITTO THAT.
I DO BELIEVE I DO AGREE WITH THE MEMBER THAT SAID THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SPECIES THAT CAN'T KIND OF SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES AND IT'S OUR OBLIGATION AND DUTY TO DO SO. SO IF THERE IS A PARTICULAR DAY WHEN WE CELEBRATE SALMON OR AND THESE ARE VERY CULTURALLY IMPORTANT SPECIES AS WELL, THEY'RE TIED IN WITH CERTAIN GROUPS AND CERTAIN VALUE SYSTEMS THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS THIS COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ADDING STREAM TO COASTAL.
AND SO PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE COASTAL OR, AND WATERWAYS TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF THE VARIOUS HABITATS WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. I DO WANT TO KIND OF GO BACK. I KNOW YOU HAD SAID IT WAS AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT I REALLY DO THINK THAT THIS CONVERSATION I WANT TO HAVE ABOUT THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED IN OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM THAT THE OHLONE BAY MIWOK AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY YUROK.
SO IF ONE OF THESE GROUPS SAY WE WANT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF RECOGNITION OR BUDGETARY ALLOCATION, THERE'S A ROOM TO DO THAT. I FIND THAT EVEN IF THE LOCAL PARK MAY WANT TO DO THIS, IF THERE ISN'T THE BUDGETARY ALLOCATION TO DO ANYTHING, THEN IT'S JUST KIND OF PERFORMATIVE AND IT CAN'T DO ANY SORT OF OPERATIONS OR PROGRAMING AROUND IT.
MAYBE CEREMONIALLY, PERHAPS IT'S A VERNAL EQUINOX, FOR EXAMPLE, OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO TAP IN AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A BUDGETARY ALLOCATION FOR BEING ABLE TO COME IF ONE OF THE TRIBES COMES IN AND SAY, WE WANT TO HAVE AN EVENT AND YOU SAY, WELL, YEAH, WE CAN HAVE ONE, BUT THERE'S NO MONEY FOR IT.
WHY DO A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT? IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF FLUFF AND A BUNCH OF VERBIAGE IF YOU DON'T ACTUALLY PUT, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATIONS AND PEOPLE BEHIND IT AND REAL INTENTION BEHIND IT AND AUTHENTICITY BEHIND IT.
SO I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S IN THERE.
ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. MEMBER DIETER. I FORGOT TO MENTION ONE THING WHEN I WAS SPEAKING SO THAT THIS DOESN'T BECOME OVERLY CUMBERSOME AND SUPER DETAILED BECAUSE IT'LL JUST GET CRAZY.
I KIND OF ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE EACH YEAR WOULD BE A DIFFERENT THEME.
SO THIS MIGHT BE PEOPLE THIS YEAR. NEXT YEAR MIGHT BE WILDLIFE, THE FOLLOWING YEAR COULD BE HABITAT, YOU KNOW, NATIVE NATURAL HABITAT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WORK OFF OF THAT OR MAYBE SWITCH OFF, YOU KNOW, TO DO THREE, THREE MONTHS FOR OR FOUR MONTHS FOR EACH THEME. BUT ANYWAY, I JUST IT'S JUST AN IDEA TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE SIMPLE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS THAT THE PARK DISTRICT DOES THIS. OTHERWISE, YOU COULD BE GOING DOWN A RABBIT HOLE.
[LAUGHTER] OF COURSE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM? OKAY. THANK YOU. SO IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO THE REVISED LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATEMENT AND GUIDELINES, PLEASE. YEAH. AND THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENT AND FEEDBACK, WHICH I KNOW WILL CONTINUE ON TO THIS NEXT ONE.
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AND IT IS ALIGNED OR LET'S SEE, AM I IN THE DIFFERENT ONE THAT IS A DIFFERENT ONE.OH IT'S THIS ONE. OH SORRY. WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
IT'S THAT'S THE ONE. YEAH. YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD.
YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. YES. SORRY. PERFECT.
OKAY. SO ON THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I KNOW.
QUESTIONS WILL COME UP AND THINGS THAT W E'LL GET TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE IN CONVERSATION, AS WELL AS RESPECTING ALL THE RESPECTIVE EXPERTISE THAT THIS GROUP HOLDS.
SO WITH THAT, I KIND OF WANT TO START WITH A COUPLE OF ELEMENTS.
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT ME TO PAUSE ON, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
YOU KNOW, AS MENTIONED, KIND OF A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS MEANINGFUL FOR SOME THINGS BUT IS NOT AS USEFUL MEANINGFUL UNLESS IT'S PART OF AN ACTUAL, BROADER BODY OF WORK WHICH WE ARE UNDERTAKING AT THE DISTRICT.
AND AGAIN, REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE ANNAMARIE GUERRERO, OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNER FOR THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT PLANNING, TRAILS CULTURAL RESOURCES, GIS ACTUALLY GOT THAT.
ALL RIGHT. BUT THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESOURCING, WHICH INCLUDES THE PEOPLE.
AND SO EXPANDING THAT TEAM SO THAT THE CAPACITY IS THERE TO GO BEYOND JUST SOME OF THE EVEN JUST SOME OF THE STATUTORY ELEMENTS THAT THE DISTRICT MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND REALLY THINKING STRATEGICALLY, LIKE, WHAT DOES THIS WORK LOOK LIKE? SO THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS JUST A PIECE OF THAT.
BUT PART OF WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING IT'S A LITTLE GLIMPSE INTO THE PROCESS.
AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, THERE WAS NO CLEAR MECHANISM FOR REFERENCE IMPLEMENTATION AND KIND OF ADAPTATION AS NEEDED THAT COULD BE HELPFUL, NOT JUST KIND OF FOR A PUBLIC BODY TO HAVE A STATEMENT TO READ, BUT ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF USAGE AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR STAFF.
SO THIS STATEMENT HADN'T REALLY FORMALLY BEEN REVISED OR REVISITED TO REALLY ASSESS IT FOR HOW IT WAS IMPLEMENTED SINCE THAT, I SAID APPROVAL BUT REALLY IT'S THE START OF THE USAGE.
YOU KNOW, LIKE WHO GETS TO MAKE THE CHANGE AND WHY AND HOW AND HOW IS THIS PART OF, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATION AND CONSULTATION PROCESS AS WELL AS WHEN DO YOU MAKE ADAPTATIONS? ARE THEY, QUOTE UNQUOTE, ARE SOME ADAPTATIONS MORE APPROPRIATE THAN OTHERS? AND ALSO, HOW DO WE SUPPORT STAFF THAT MAYBE WANT TO WE WANT TO KIND OF RESOURCE THEIR GOOD INTENTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE IMPACT ACTUALLY FOLLOWS THROUGH, AND THEN WE DON'T INADVERTENTLY HAVE TO THEN KIND OF GO BACK AND SAY, WELL, THIS WAS A MEAN WELL, BUT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY THE IMPACT OF IT WASN'T WASN'T THERE.
AND SO WE KIND OF BEGAN THIS PROCESS AND AS WE KIND OF GOT THIS GOING BECAUSE AGAIN FOR EXAMPLE, OUR DEPARTMENT OF INTERP AND REC POWER USER, THEY'RE SAYING WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THESE STATEMENTS AND FOR SOME OF OUR PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS OR EVENTS. WHAT SHOULD WE REFERENCE AS LIKE THE DISTRICT LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATEMENT AND THEN KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
SO AS WE'RE STARTING THIS, WE HAD ANDY GALVIN, CHAIR OF THE OHLONE INDIAN TRIBE, AT THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024 MEETING. ALSO KIND OF CAME UP AND GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AROUND IT.
AND SO THAT KIND OF REAFFIRMED THE LET'S LOOK AT THIS AND LIKE, LET'S HAVE SOMETHING.
AND SO AFFIRMATION OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AT THAT MEETING.
NOT JUST TO HAVE IT, BUT ALSO TO THINK OF THAT AS GUIDELINES FOR STAFF IN TERMS OF WHAT MAY BE SOME RECOMMENDED AND APPROPRIATE ADAPTATIONS, AS WELL AS WHAT'S GOING TO BE SOME OF THE RESOURCES FOR LIKE TRAINING, CAPACITY, SUPPORT.
AND AGAIN, THAT THIS IS PART OF BROADER WORK, THAT WE'RE DOING MUCH MORE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND KIND OF FRAMEWORK FOR INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT AT LARGE. PART OF KIND OF SOME OF THE CURRENT RESEARCH AND INPUT THAT'S KIND OF APPLICABLE AND PERTINENT IS LISTED HERE. SOME OF THIS INCLUDES REGIONAL, STATE AND FEDERAL GUIDELINES AND KIND OF BEST PRACTICES TO PROVIDE A FOUNDATION.
AGAIN, IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE STARTING POINT, NOT KIND OF THE ENDING ONE.
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AS THE LEAD OF THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT AND WHO HAS BEEN MANAGING A LOT OF THE RELATIONSHIPS AND FEEDBACK WITH TRIBAL POINTS OF CONTACT FOR CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS AND SO SPECIAL VALUE AND REALLY KIND OF TO NOTE IS THE ROLE OF THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION, WHICH IS ONE OF THOSE KIND OF KEY STATE RESOURCE POINTS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE DIRECTORY THAT THEY HAVE INCLUDES THE LIST OF SELF IDENTIFIED BY KIND OF HOW TRIBES MAY WANT TO ORGANIZE AS A POLITICAL ENTITY AT THE STATE LEVEL.SO THAT WAS PART OF THAT ITERATIVE PROCESS, GETTING SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK AND EITHER, YOU KNOW, HAVING ANNAMARIE GET SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK AND SAY, MAYBE CONSIDER THIS, OR MAYBE DON'T CONSIDER THAT OR READ THIS BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT THIS. SO THAT'S ALL INCORPORATED IN THERE. AND SO THE OTHER ELEMENT HERE IS TO KIND OF MAYBE SOME OF YOU AND I REALIZED WE DIDN'T BRING MAPS THIS TIME FOR EVERYBODY.
SO IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS MAP AND YOU NEED THIS, LET US KNOW.
WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GET YOU ONE. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, THIS IS THE 2018 KIND OF NATIVE PEOPLES OF THE EAST BAY, PAST TO PRESENT. AND I'M PUTTING IT HERE AS KIND OF THAT REMINDER THAT RIGHT THERE IS SOME WORK.
AND THE IMPORTANCE OF READING EVERYTHING THAT'S IN HERE, DON'T JUST REFERENCE THE MAP AND THEN IT'S EITHER RIGHT OR WRONG, BUT UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS FOR THE CREATION OF THIS, OF THIS MAP AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S INCOMPLETE AND WHY ARE WE HERE IN THIS WAY.
AND SO WHEN YOU THEN, FOR EXAMPLE, LOOK AT THIS IS THINK, YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN TELL PEOPLE, DON'T GET FIXATED ON THE WORD AND MAYBE THINK ABOUT HOW THIS WORD HAS COME TO BE AND WHAT IT IS IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE YOU KNOW, WE TELL PEOPLE LIKE, HERE'S A GUIDING ORIENTATION FOR BOTH HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVE PRESENCE IN THE EAST BAY. BUT THINK ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF NUANCE THAT SOMETIMES IS REDUCED OR MISUNDERSTOOD.
SO WE MIGHT SAY THIS IS OHLONE LAND, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT REALLY KIND OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS, YOU JUST TAKE THAT. THIS IS THE OHLONE TRIBE AND MISS THE FACT, AS THE VICE CHAIR MENTIONED, WHERE THIS IS CHOCHENYO OHLONE, OR MAYBE IT'S MUTSUN OHLONE AND THAT MEANS SOMETHING.
SO WHEN IT'S SPECIFIC AND APPROPRIATE, REFERENCE IT.
BUT ALSO IF YOU DON'T KNOW, DON'T THEN USE THAT FOR EVERYTHING.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS TO BE ABLE TO THEN NOTE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE A PARK DISTRICT IS TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL ARE OPERATING WITH BOUNDARIES IN TERMS OF A PARK, BUT THAT STILL MATTERS AS TO WHICH OHLONE YOU MAY BE REFERENCING, THAT'S THAT'S INCLUDED IN PARK DISTRICT BOUNDARY AND WHICH IS NOT BECAUSE THAT MATTERS WHEN YOU'RE DOING SOME OF THIS ENGAGEMENT.
RIGHT. AND SO YOU WANT IT CAN MATTER A LOT IN TERMS OF IF YOU'RE DOING AN EVENT OR EVEN INVITING CEREMONY AT A PARTICULAR SITE, WHO IS THAT CONNECTION WITH AND HOW TO NAVIGATE AND SUPPORT SOME OF THAT RELATIONSHIP BUILDING THAT'S CRUCIAL FOR THIS.
AND SO THAT WE'RE NOT AS PARK DISTRICT STAFF WITH GOOD INTENTIONS BEING REDUCTIVE AND SAYING, HERE'S OUR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DAY AND NOT REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF WHO'S PRESENT THERE AND ON WHAT ANCESTRAL LAND THAT IS.
THE OTHER ELEMENT HERE IS TO THINK SPEAKING OF NUANCE AND NUANCE AND CONTEXT.
BECAUSE THE OTHER REALITY IS THE HISTORY OF COLONIZATION MEANS WE KNOW SOME THINGS, WE DON'T KNOW SOME THINGS, SOME THINGS, YOU KNOW, ARE IN RECOVERY MODE. AND SO WE CAN'T SAY THIS IS IT, 100% STATEMENT OF FACT.
OTHER THINGS WE HAVE ON HERE YOU KNOW, AGAIN, REMINDER, THIS IS PRE-CONTACT ETHNOGRAPHIC LANGUAGES.
IN THIS CASE, THE VILLAGE IS CAPITALIZED. ARE THE LARGER POPULATION SIZES, BECAUSE, AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO THINK OF LIKE CITIES DIFFERENTLY OR WHAT WAS SETTLED IN PARTICULAR WAYS DIFFERENCES.
SO TO SAY THAT AND I'M GOING TO SAY MY PUN BECAUSE I STILL LIKE IT WHERE WE LANDED ON IS HERE.
SO THIS IS THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE'VE OFFERED TO THE BOARD TO KIND OF USE FOR DISTRICT WIDE EVENTS, AS WELL AS WHAT WAS READ AT THE START OF THIS MEETING.
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THIS IS NOT A STATEMENT TO SAY THIS ARE THE CLEAR, STRAIGHT LINES UNDER WHICH YOU CANNOT DEVIATE WHATSOEVER, BECAUSE THAT WOULD NOT BE RIGHT. BUT IT'S WHAT IS A CORE ELEMENT AND FOUNDATION FOR WHICH WE CAN BUILD ON AND HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE SO THAT WE CAN STILL RECOGNIZE THAT A COUPLE KEY ELEMENTS. SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THIS BECAUSE YOU ALREADY READ IT.BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS PART. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THAT'S THE CORE REALLY.
WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY THE OBVIOUSLY THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS THE COMPONENT AND THE ANCESTRAL LANDS.
SO HERE WE HAVE EAST BAY, OHLONE, BAY MIWOK, AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY YOKUT.
THERE'S REASONS FOR THOSE WORDS, AND WERE I'LL STUMBLE I'LL ASK SUPPORT FROM ANNAMARIE .
BUT THAT'S THE ANCESTRAL LAND CONNECTION, RIGHT? WHICH ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE, AGAIN, COLONIZATION IS NOT WHERE WE ARE NOW.
AND SO HOW TRIBES AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES ARE POLITICALLY ORGANIZED AND REPRESENTED TODAY AT THIS MOMENT IS DIFFERENT THAN 50 YEARS AGO, MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN 50 YEARS FROM NOW. WHILE ALSO IT IS NOT UP TO THE DISTRICT TO RECOGNIZE THE TRIBES, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF HERE IN THE EAST BAY, WHERE WE'RE OPERATING WITH WHAT IS CONSIDERED FEDERALLY AND NON-FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES, AND THAT THERE ARE NO FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES IN THE EAST BAY.
AND THEN, HAVING SAID THAT, WE HAVE THE LAYER OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHICH HAS HAD ITS OWN KIND OF KIND OF STATUTORY SCHEMA TO SAY, HERE'S HOW YOU SHOULD ENGAGE WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS OR JUST TRIBES AT LARGE, EVEN THOSE THAT WHICH MAY NOT BE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED.
AND SO THE NAME IT IS WHAT WE KNOW TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY HOW THE AFFILIATION, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE CHOOSING TO SELF-IDENTIFY. IT IS NOT WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DESIGNATING.
SO WHEN WE SAY OHLONE INDIAN TRIBE, WE'RE NOT SAYING ALL OF THE OHLONE.
WE ARE SAYING THIS POLITICAL ORGANIZATION THAT HAS IDENTIFIED AS THE OHLONE INDIAN TRIBE.
AND WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH THAT, WITH THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY, THAT IS 3 TO 4.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. SO THREE. ANNAMARIE WILL BAIL ME OUT MORE IN A MINUTE.
BUT I WANT TO PUT THIS IN THERE BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T MEAN AS VICE CHAIR MENDOZA, FRANCIS NOTED, IF YOU KNOW THE SPECIFICS, INCLUDE IT. IT'S TOTALLY OKAY.
BUT ALSO, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, DON'T TRY. DON'T SAY SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY MAYBE MORE NEGATIVELY IMPACTFUL THAN HELPFUL, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GETTING TO SUPPORT FOR STAFF.
SO WE ARE JUST ABOUT DONE WITH THE GUIDELINES FOR STAFF SO THAT IT CAN PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IF YOU'RE AT A SPECIFIC PARK SUCH AS TILDEN AND IF THE SPEAKER FEELS COMFORTABLE IDENTIFYING A TERRITORY BOUNDARY INCLUDE IT.
NAME THEM. SAY THEM. AND THIS WAY IT CAN BOTH BE INCLUSIVE OF STAFF EXPERTISE AND ABILITY, BUT ALSO SUPPORT STAFF THAT ARE WILLING TO KIND OF LEARN AND WANT TO CONTRIBUTE.
AND IT ISN'T PUNITIVE IN TERMS OF LIKE, DON'T MESS IT UP.
DON'T SAY IT WRONG OR LIKE, WELL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DON'T INCLUDE IT.
AND SO THAT HAS BEEN HELPFUL BECAUSE AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, IT'S ALSO ALLOWING US OR NOT ALLOWING US, BUT RATHER IT'S BEEN HELPFUL IN LOOKING AT ALSO WHAT PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS THE DISTRICT HAS DONE AND HOW COULD THOSE BE IMPROVED.
AND SO THAT REALLY TO LOOK AT THAT, HOW CAN THAT BE BETTER BASED ON THESE PROCESSES THAT WE'RE KIND OF REEXAMINING AND REVISITING AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING MORE OF THE CONTEXT AND NUANCE AND SUPPORTING STAFF. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, STAFF AT THAT PARK DON'T FEEL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MESS UP OR MAKE A MISTAKE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. BUT ALSO, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY THEN SUPPORTING AN EVENT LIKE THIS.
ALONG WITH ALL OF THE OTHER, NOT JUST THE CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.
THAT, OF COURSE, IS ONGOING, BUT THEN HOW WE CAN BUILD UP FROM THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL PAUSE THERE FOR ALL OF YOUR FEEDBACK AND COMMENT.
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND YOU. WE HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU BEFORE, NOT WITH THE GROUP, AND I HAD ASKED IF IT'S THE PARK DISTRICT IS CREATING THIS OR IF THEY GET INPUT FROM PEOPLE, IS THIS MEANINGFUL? BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW, AND I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE PARK DISTRICT CREATING THE STATEMENT. BLESS YOU. THAT THEY THINK PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR. I THINK IT'S REALLY COMMENDABLE YOU'RE GETTING INPUT BECAUSE THEN IT'S MEANINGFUL AND IT'S NOT PERFORMATIVE. SO BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK FROM STAFF ON THIS.
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AND YOU POINTED THIS OUT THAT THIS IS NOT THE FINAL WORD ON IT.WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE SOMETHING ELSE THAT ANOTHER GROUP THAT EXISTED, ETC..
SO YEAH, AS LONG AS WE KEEP AN OPEN MIND ON THAT I GUESS.
THIS IS A GREAT START. SO THAT'S ONE QUICK OMISSION ON MY PART.
SO THIS HENCE THE ITERATIVE ELEMENT OF IT. AND SO IT'S OKAY IF IT CHANGES WHEN IT DOES.
THANK YOU. MEMBER DIETER. THIS IS A TRIVIA QUESTION ONLY BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA.
AND WE RENAMED A PARK, CHOCHENYO PARK, AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT LISTED UP THERE.
SO CHOCHENYO IS ACTUALLY A DIALECT OF THE OHLONE LANGUAGE.
SO THE TERRITORY FOR OHLONE FOLKS GOES FROM LIKE RICHMOND AND SAN PABLO LIKE THEY'RE ALL THAT WAY NORTH BEFORE YOU CROSS OVER INTO, LIKE, MARIN AND SAN RAFAEL. SO IT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM THERE, DOWN ALL THE WAY INTO MONTEREY AND CARMEL AREA.
AND SO THAT LONG EXPANSE IS CALLED OHLONE. AND THEN THERE'S DIFFERENT DIALECTS.
BUT IT'S ON THE EAST BAY PEOPLE'S MAPS. SO WHEN THEY NAMED IT CHOCHENYO OHLONE OR CHOCHENYO PARK, THEY'RE ACTUALLY NAMING IT AFTER THE DIALECT THAT WAS SPOKEN HERE.
SO THAT WAS THE RIGHT DIALECT. [LAUGHTER] OKAY.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION.
I LIKE THE WAY THAT THIS APPROACH ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE POLITICALLY ORGANIZED TRIBES ARE THERE. I THINK THAT'S A NICER, BROADER UMBRELLA.
SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY NICE APPROACH. MEMBER VALENZUELA.
YEAH, I REALLY LIKE THE EVER CHANGING PART OF THE PROGRAM.
AND I'M GOING INTO THE 100 YEAR PLAN FOR THE PARK DISTRICT .
I NOTICED THAT THE WORDING FOR THAT IS ALSO MORE EVER CHANGING.
CHANGING WITH TIME, CHANGING WITH WITH THE NEEDS.
AND THAT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE. RATHER THAN SET IN STONE PROGRAMS THAT ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE AND THEY'RE THERE TO FOLLOW. SO THANK YOU.
MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. VICE CHAIR MENDOZA. I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK THAT HAS THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN TO, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS M EMBER LOPEZ SAID.
SO, AND NOT TO SAY THAT THE EAST BAY PARKS HAS BEEN PERFECT IN THEIR PROCESS, BUT IT HAS BEEN A PROCESS FROM LOCAL AFSCME 2428 DOING THEIR OWN LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT . AND ALSO, I THINK THE FIRST LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT WAS DONE AT THE FAN FEST AT THE BRIDGE YARD IN 2019 OR SO.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ONE IT'S A MATTER OF BUILDING TRUST AND A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, NOT SEEING NATIVE FOLKS AS A COMMODITY OR A TRANSACTIONAL RELATIONSHIP, BUT ONE OF RECIPROCAL, LOVE AND RESPECT ON THE LAND THAT YOU'RE ON. AND I JUST WANT TO ONE SPECIFIC INSTANCE OF THAT WAS MONA KOH'S, WHICH MANY OF US KNOW. MONA KOH, WHO RETIRED A FEW YEARS BACK, WORKING GROUP OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES ALL OVER THE BAY, CAME TOGETHER TO DO THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY IN SEPTEMBER AND WAS HAPPY THAT SHE REACHED OUT TO THE MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBE, ONE OF THE TRIBES THAT JOSE MENTIONED HERE IN THE EAST BAY.
AND THAT WOULD BE A SHAME TO HAVE THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THIS LAND NOT HAVE THEIR WORDS IN PEACE, WHEREAS ALL THE OTHER LANGUAGES ARE REPRESENTED.
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SO, YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING THAT WE'RE A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS IS A FALLACY IN AND OF ITSELF, BECAUSE WE ARE, MANY OF US ARE IMMIGRANTS, RECENT OR ANCESTRAL, BUT THERE ARE MANY OF US WHO ARE ALSO FROM THIS AREA ITSELF.SO I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT NUANCE. ANY OTHER PAC MEMBER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] SO MOVING ON.
REPORT FROM CHAIR. I DON'T HAVE A REPORT TONIGHT.
I DID WANT TO THANK THE PARK DISTRICT , THOUGH, FOR UPDATING THE PAC MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES.
I GUESS IT HAD BEEN ABOUT 15 YEARS SINCE THAT HAPPENED, SO EVERYBODY GOT AN EMAIL.
ALSO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE LAST ITEM. ARE THERE ANY? YES THERE IS. JUST FROM BOB PEOPLES ONCE AGAIN.
BOB WROTE THE PAC SHOULD ENDORSE THE PROPOSED GENERIC LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT WITH A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT.
THE PARENTHETICAL COMMENT AFTER ITEM SIX IN THE FOURTH PARAGRAPH OF THE STAFF'S REPORT ANALYSIS SECTION, THAT THE LISTING OF TRIBAL GROUPS IS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER IS APPROPRIATE.
HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO THE DRAFT ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
BAY WOULD COME BEFORE EAST WHILE O FOLLOWS M.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU. MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS. MEMBER VALENZUELA.
[Announcements]
YES. I'D LIKE I HAD SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE ALL ABILITIES DAY.IT'S ON MARCH 4TH AT BIG RIG REGIONAL PARK, AND WE'RE DOING IT TWICE A YEAR NOW.
AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY POPULAR, VERY WELL ATTENDED.
AND IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM. IT'S JUST LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE LAST YEAR AT THE JUST THE FACT THAT YOU CAN BE THERE AND SEE THE SMILES ON SMILES ON EVERYBODY'S FACES IS MORE REWARDING THAN ANYTHING YOU COULD IMAGINE.
BUT YEAH, IT'S MARCH 4TH, 10 TO 1, AND WE HAVE NEW PROGRAMS [INAUDIBLE].
WE HAVE NEW ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR THAT ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THE DAY.
SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. AND I HAVE SOME MORE OF THESE ON THE COUNTER.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? WE DO HAVE ONE VIRTUAL MEMBER WANTING TO MAKE A COMMENT.
SO THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT THINGS AT DIFFERENT PARKS THROUGH THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT . THEY HAVE EXPLORING THE BLACK ENVIRONMENTALIST HISTORY.
GETTING TO KNOW YOUR BLACK CONSERVATIONISTS. THEY HAVE WALKS THROUGH THURGOOD MARSHALL PARK.
ALSO EXPLORING ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY AT COYOTE HILL AND ALSO AT THE CONSERVANCIES AT LAKE CHABOT. SO IF YOU GUYS COULD LOOK OUT FOR THOSE THERE BASICALLY ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND IN WELL, THE FIRST TWO WEEKENDS IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR MENDOZA. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR SHOWING UP LAST WEEK.
YOU KNOW, ON THIS DAY FOR MLK DAY OF SERVICE AND MANY OF THE SHORELINE COMMUNITIES UP AND DOWN.
THERE WERE LOTS OF FOLKS WHO CAME OUT TO OFFER THEIR HELP TO KEEP NOT ONLY OUR HUMAN COMMUNITIES SAFE AND CLEAN, BUT ALSO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ONE AS WELL. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT AT MIDDLE HARBOR SHORELINE PARK IN OAKLAND, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY AN EAST BAY PARK AT ONE POINT, THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION THERE THAT I WORK WITH CALLED NURTURE NATURE THAT HAD 143 PEOPLE CAME OUT WITH THE PORT OF OAKLAND, AND THEY'RE HIRING NATURALISTS AND INTERNS RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN EMAIL ME. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL MOVE TO ADJOURNMENT.
SO THE MEETING OF JANUARY 27, 2025 IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 5:08 P.M..
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.