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          BE HEARD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE READY TO GO. 
          [Roll Call]
OH, EXCEPT NOW MY ZOOM. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. 
          GREAT. THE BOARD NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL
PARK DISTRICT ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, BEGINNING AT 11:01, IS NOW OPEN. 
          LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL CALL. YULIE PADMORE RECORDING CLERK TAKING ROLL. 
          DIRECTOR COFFEY. HERE. DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. 
          HERE. CHAIR SANWONG. HERE. PARK DISTRICT STAFF COORDINATORS IN THIS MEETING INCLUDE KEN
WYSOCKI, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER AND ALLISON. THANK YOU. 
          ALLISON DIBLEY, ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL. HERE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. TODAY'S MEETING IS HELD PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT. 
          STAFF IS PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING. 
          MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT MAY DO SO BY JOINING LIVE VIA ZOOM, WITH THE LINK PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA LOCATED ON THE PARK DISTRICT WEBSITE. 
          IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES,
WE WILL BEGIN. 
          ALL RIGHT. GREAT. OUR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS THAT ARE THAT'S
NOT ON THE AGENDA. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS CHAIR. OKAY. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. 
          [Informational Items]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3A OVERVIEW OF THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT . 
          GOOD. NOT QUITE AFTERNOON. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE NATURAL CULTURAL RESOURCES
COMMITTEE. 
          BRIAN HOLT, DIVISION LEAD FOR PLANNING, TRAILS,
CULTURAL RESOURCES AND GIS. 
          I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. HAPPY NEW YEAR. I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING THAT THIS
COMMITTEE HAS MET. 
          SO WELCOME DIRECTOR SANWONG. WELCOME DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT,
AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT ON THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT TODAY. SO LET ME GET THE PRESENTATION UP HERE. 
          SLIDESHOW FROM BEGINNING. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW,
A QUICK INTRODUCTION AND A QUICK OVERVIEW OF JUST KIND OF THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT FROM MOSTLY FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE POINT OF VIEW. 
          AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO ANNAMARIE GUERRERO,
WHO HAS MUCH MORE OF THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE ON CULTURAL RESOURCES THAN I DO. 
          AND THEN WE'RE HAPPY TO BE JOINED BY ALVIN ROSA FIGUEROA,
WHO IS OUR NEW CULTURAL RESOURCES COORDINATOR AS WELL. 
          AND THAT'S WE'LL GET INTO THE SORT OF THE GROWTH OF THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT AS WE GO. 
          SO SO YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR THAT FOR, FOR MANY YEARS,
THE, THE PARK DISTRICT DID NOT HAVE A DEDICATED CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT OR REALLY ANY DEDICATED CULTURAL RESOURCES STAFF. 
          WE HAD FOLKS IN OUR INTERPRETIVE AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DOING A LOT OF INTERPRETATION
AROUND CULTURAL RESOURCES. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE FIELD WHO HAVE SOME LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF COURSE OUR
PLANNERS AND OTHERS. 
          BUT WE HAD NO, NO REAL DEDICATED STAFF POSITION. 
          AND CREDIT TO RETIRED BOARD MEMBER BEVERLY LANE,
WHO FOR FOR MANY YEARS, MANY, MANY YEARS ADVOCATED FOR MORE CULTURAL RESOURCE STAFF, MORE SUPPORT FOR CULTURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION HERE AT THE
PARK DISTRICT . 
          AND SHE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING A CULTURAL,
RESOURCE, CONSERVATION, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCE CONSERVATION LISTED AS A HIGH PRIORITY ISSUE IN THE 2013 MASTER PLAN. 
          AND THAT'S RELEVANT BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE EMBARKING ON THIS JOURNEY OF UPDATING OUR
DISTRICT PLAN. 
          AND AS, WE KIND OF DISCUSSED THAT VERSUS THE 2013 MASTER PLAN WHEN THE 2013 MASTER PLAN
WAS UPDATED, IT WAS REALLY A VERY FOCUSED UPDATE. THAT REALLY IDENTIFIED A COUPLE KEY HIGH PRIORITY
ISSUES THAT WERE THE TOPICS OF THE 2013 MASTER PLAN. SO ONE OF THOSE HIGH PRIORITY ISSUES WAS THE CREATION,
CREATING CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT STANDARDS FOR CULTURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES. AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY STARTED US ON THIS JOURNEY THAT WE'RE AT TODAY,
WHICH IS NOW COMING TO FRUITION WITH A NEW CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT , NEW STAFF AND AND A LOT MORE ACTIVITY AROUND CULTURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION. 
          SO THE FIRST CULTURAL SERVICES COORDINATOR POSITION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2013. 
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AND MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THAT POSITION WAS WAS HELD INAUGURAL BY DOCTOR BEVERLY
ORTIZ WHO WAS WHO HAD WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AS A NATURALIST AT COYOTE HILLS. 
          AND THEN EVENTUALLY BECAME THE DISTRICT'S FIRST CULTURAL SERVICES COORDINATOR. 
          THAT POSITION WAS LOCATED WITHIN THE INTERPRETATION AND RECREATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND
OPERATIONS UNTIL DOCTOR ORTIZ RETIRED. 
          AND WHEN DID SHE RETIRE IN 2019. YEAH. AT THAT TIME,
THE POSITION WAS REORGANIZED FROM THE OPERATIONS DIVISION INTO ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT AND CAME UNDER THE
PURVIEW OF THE PLANNING AND GIS DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. ALSO IN THE 2013 MASTER PLAN,
THERE'S A SERIES OF THESE POLICIES DIRECTED AT CULTURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION. SO A COUPLE OF THEM LISTED HERE,
A LOT OF WORDS. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM VERBATIM. BUT REALLY JUST THESE ARE IN THE 2013 MASTER PLAN,
WHICH WERE, YOU KNOW, POLICIES AT PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES
HISTORIC RESOURCE SITES, MAINTENANCE OF A CULTURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC ACCESS, HISTORIC TO CULTURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES AND WHAT PROCEDURES WOULD BE INVOLVED THERE
HOW WE WORKED WITH TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND THAT SORT OF THING. 
          SO THESE WEREN'T NECESSARILY NEW ACTIVITIES FOR THE PARK DISTRICT . 
          THEY WERE JUST MORE MEMORIALIZED IN THESE POLICIES THAT WERE IN THE 2013 MASTER PLAN. 
          SO THAT WAS SORT OF THE FIRST TIME THAT IT WAS REALLY BROUGHT OUT AND POPPED OUT AT THAT
LEVEL. 
          AND THAT THAT SOMEWHAT LEADS US INTO, YOU KNOW,
THE NEW DISTRICT PLAN AS WE'RE GOING THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, KEY FOCUS AREAS IN THERE AND THAT WE'RE HAVING A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS AROUND
TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT. 
          SO AS WE AND THE BOARD IS FAMILIAR AND WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD THIS MORNING THE SECOND OF A
SERIES OF WORKSHOPS WITH STAFF ON PROVIDING INPUT INTO THE DISTRICT PLAN. 
          AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO KICK OFF A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY AROUND THE DISTRICT PLAN. 
          AND REALLY AT THE CENTER AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE WITH TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT PLAN. SO I KNOW ANNAMARIE AND I HAVE HAD A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS THUS FAR
AND STARTING TO GET SOME DATES ON THE CALENDAR SO WE CAN START SCHEDULING THOSE. THE OTHER ITEM WILL BE HOW WE LOOK AT THOSE CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
POLICIES IN THE DISTRICT PLAN AND AND WHERE THOSE CONTINUE TO EXIST. IF THEY THERE'S NO INTENTION TO GET RID OF THEM IT'S JUST A
QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, DO THEY DO THEY BELONG IN THE DISTRICT PLAN? IS THERE SORT OF ANOTHER DOCUMENT OR ANOTHER SORT OF PLACE OR FRAMEWORK TO TO HAVE THOSE
TO PROVIDE THE FLEXIBILITY SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THOSE FRESH AND CURRENT AND UPDATED AND BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE IN A PROACTIVE WAY TO
ANNAMARIE AND THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT . SO SO HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY ON THE ORG CHART. 
          AND THE BOARD THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IN 2024 APPROVED BUDGET FOR THE CREATION OF A
SEPARATE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT . SO SO I MENTIONED DOCTOR BEV ORTIZ RETIRED IN 2019. 
          AT THAT TIME, WE HAD THE GREAT FORTUNE OF BEING ABLE TO HIRE ON ANNAMARIE GUERRERO AS OUR
SECOND CULTURAL SERVICES COORDINATOR. ANNAMARIE HAD COME TO US WITH MANY DECADES OF EXPERIENCE. 
          SHE'D WORKED IN CONSULTING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS DOING ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDIES THROUGHOUT
THE STATE. 
          BUT REALLY BEFORE THAT, SHE HAD ACTUALLY WORKED WITH DOCTOR BEV ORTIZ AND I BELIEVE
COMPLETED HER MASTER'S STUDIES DOING CULTURAL RESOURCE STUDIES AT MORGAN TERRITORY REGIONAL PARK. SO SHE CAME TO US VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PARK DISTRICT AND WAS VERY BRIGHT
EYED ABOUT WHAT SHE WAS COMING INTO AND WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE WORKING ON. AND SHE'S REALLY BROUGHT A LOT OF PROFESSIONALISM TO OUR CULTURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM
AND HAS REALLY MADE HUGE STRIDES WITH REGARDS TO OUR, OUR RELATIONS AND CONSULTATIONS WITH NATIVE PEOPLES. 
          AND SHE'S BEEN VERY INVOLVED WORKING WITH JOSE AND THE OFFICE OF EQUITY IN OUR LAND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATEMENTS WORKING ON JUST A NUMBER OF ITEMS WITH 
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REGARDS TO CULTURAL RESOURCE MONITORING AS PROJECTS ARE GOING ON IN THE PARK DISTRICT . 
          YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH 126,000 ACRES THERE'S A LOT TO KEEP TRACK OF. 
          AND YOU COULD JUST IMAGINE JUST ONE EXAMPLE IS THE LEVEL OF OF TREE WORK OR GROUNDWORK
THAT PG & E MIGHT BE DOING ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES. 
          AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO'S KIND OF ON POINT TO BE ABLE TO SORT OF,
YOU KNOW, KIND OF HELP MANAGE AND CORRAL THAT. 
          FORTUNATELY, THE BOARD HAS SUPPORTED ANNAMARIE IN GETTING SOME BUDGET TO HAVE SOME
CONSULTING HELP IN THAT, AND THEN ULTIMATELY SUPPORTED CREATION OF A PRINCIPAL PLANNER POSITION THAT ANNAMARIE WAS
PROMOTED INTO. 
          AND THEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE ON NEW STAFF. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTINUING TO BUILD THAT UNIT. 
          BUT IT'S A STANDALONE UNIT NOW, WHICH FOR US MEANS IT HAS ITS OWN BUDGET CODE AND
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, START BUILDING OUT THE STAFF AND BUILDING OUT THE ORG CHART FROM
THERE. 
          SO SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. AND WITH THAT,
I'M HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO, TO ANNAMARIE , WHO CAN DISCUSS SOME MORE DETAILS, SOME OF THE WORK THAT THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE
CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT . 
          ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET OFF THE STEPSTOOL BECAUSE THE PODIUM IS A LITTLE TALL
FOR ME. 
          [LAUGHTER] OKAY. SO, HI, I'M ANNAMARIE GUERRERO. 
          I'M THE PRINCIPAL PLANNER FOR THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT . 
          SO THE JOB OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS TO SORT OF WALK US THROUGH WHAT IS THE CULTURAL
RESOURCES UNIT , BECAUSE IT'S SO NEW AND BECAUSE IT'S IN ITS INFANCY,
I GUESS. 
          AND TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS IT ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR AND WHAT IS ON OUR CURRENT WORK PLAN. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THIS SLIDE LOOKS A LITTLE BIT FAMILIAR TO YOU. 
          IT'S BASED ON A DOCUMENT THAT OUR PREVIOUS CULTURAL SERVICES COORDINATOR,
AGAIN, DOCTOR BEV ORTIZ, LIKE ONE OF HER WORK PRODUCTS. AND WE ACTUALLY PRESENTED THIS ALONG WITH OUR LAND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AT THE VERY FIRST BOARD MEETING OF THIS YEAR. 
          AND THE POINT OF THIS SLIDE IS JUST TO SHOW THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE TRIBAL LANDSCAPE THAT
WE ARE WORKING IN, AND ALSO JUST TO TALK ABOUT, BECAUSE IT'S BECOME SO IMPORTANT,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THE DISTRICT PLAN, IT'S BECOME INCREASINGLY APPARENT THAT WORKING WITH TRIBES,
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THEIR ANCESTRAL LAND, IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE GET AS WE GET THEIR HELP WITH WORKING ON
FUELS, WORK AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND GETTING THAT ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE INCORPORATED INTO WHAT WE DO
AND REALLY WORKING AND STRENGTHENING OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH TRIBES. 
          SO AND OF COURSE, JUST TO SHOWCASE THIS WONDERFUL PRODUCT AGAIN,
THAT WAS CREATED BY DOCTOR BEV ORTIZ. 
          SO I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER ON. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO SHOW SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT THE CULTURAL RESOURCES
UNIT USES. 
          SO SOMETIMES CULTURAL RESOURCES AND ARCHEOLOGY CAN SEEM LIKE A LITTLE BIT MYSTERIOUS. 
          AND WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE DOING? BUT REALLY,
THERE'S A LOT THAT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF DATA AND INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AND HOPEFULLY OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IS ON OUR WORK PLAN IS TO
UPDATE OUR CULTURAL RESOURCES WEBSITE TO BETTER SHOWCASE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE. AND TO SHOW OFF A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING
AND WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED. 
          SO WHAT DOES THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT DO? BASICALLY,
OUR 32ND ELEVATOR PITCH IS WITHIN THE 126,000 ACRES HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT, OUR JOB IS TO REALLY IDENTIFY POTENTIAL RESOURCES,
AND THAT REALLY MEANS BUILDING STRUCTURES, SITES, OBJECTS, ARTIFACTS, SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER THAN 45 YEARS OF AGE AND PROVIDE
RECOMMENDED TREATMENTS. 
          SO WHAT DOES TREATMENT MEAN? HOW DO WE MANAGE THEM? HOW DO WE AVOID THEM OR MINIMIZE THEM? AND IF WE CAN'T DO THOSE FIRST TWO THINGS,
HOW DO WE MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS? AND THEN OF COURSE, ONE OF THE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF OUR UNIT IS CONSULTATION,
BOTH WITH TRIBES AND DESCENDANT COMMUNITIES LIKE THE CHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. SO THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT PRETTY MUCH TOUCHES EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT AT THE
PARK DISTRICT . 
          SO OF COURSE WE SIT IN PLANNING, SO WE WEIGH IN A LOT ON PLANNING PROJECTS. 
          WE ASSIST STEWARDSHIP AND WORK WITH THEM REALLY CLOSELY. 
          WE PROVIDE INPUT FOR PROJECTS, LET THEM KNOW WHEN A MONITOR MIGHT BE NEEDED. 
          WE ASSIST WHEN THINGS MIGHT BE FOUND DURING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
          WHAT DO WE DO THEN? WE DEFINITELY ASSIST WITH THAT. 
          ARCHIVES WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH IN TWO FACETS. 
          ARCHIVES IS REALLY INTEGRAL TO TO THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT . 
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NOT ONLY DO THEY HELP US HOUSE THE INFORMATION THAT WE USE TO WRITE HISTORICAL CONTEXT. 
          WHEN WE PRODUCE DOCUMENTS LIKE HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEYS OR HISTORIC AMERICAN
ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS, THE REGULATORS LOVE IT THAT WE CAN SAY, OH, AND A COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE'VE
PRODUCED OURSELVES WILL THEN GO INTO OUR OWN ARCHIVES FOR FUTURE RESOURCES. WE WORK A LOT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOING FUELS MANAGEMENT AND OF COURSE
WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, WHO ARE ALSO VERY INTEGRAL IN HELPING TO KEEP SOME OF OUR TRIBAL SPACES SAFE FOR TRIBAL
USE. 
          SO WHAT SORT OF PROGRAMS DO WE SUPPORT? WELL,
BECAUSE WE DO SUPPORT ALMOST THE ENTIRE PARK DISTRICT , WE ALSO SUPPORT ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM. SO I'VE ONLY PICKED A FEW HERE TO TALK ABOUT. 
          BUT ONE OF THE MAIN PROGRAMS THAT WE HELP WITH IS THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. 
          AROUND HERE YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR IT TALKED ABOUT IS OUR TCPS OUR TRAILS,
CREEKS AND PONDS. 
          AND THOSE ARE OUR ANNUAL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS LIKE CULVERT REPAIRS AND REMOVALS
THAT REALLY FACILITATE PUBLIC ACCESS AND PARK OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO WITHOUT THESE PROJECTS,
BASICALLY OUR OUR PARKS WOULDN'T RUN AS WELL. 
          WE SUPPORT THE FUELS DEPARTMENT IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          WE PROVIDE INPUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE DOING VEGETATION REMOVAL TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT
SPRAYING PESTICIDES INTO AREAS WHERE TRIBES MIGHT GATHER, AND WHEN WE'RE DOING WORK IN SENSITIVE AREAS,
WE MIGHT HAVE A TRIBAL MONITOR WITH THEM. 
          WE MAKE SURE OUR CREWS AREN'T IMPACTING SITES,
ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES, EITHER HISTORIC OR INDIGENOUS SITES WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR WORK. 
          WE ALSO REALLY SUPPORT THE GRANTS PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED. 
          THIS PAST YEAR, IN 2025, I HELPED FACILITATE THE COMPLETION OF TWO LWCF GRANTS,
ONE FOR POINT ISABEL AND THE OTHER ONE FOR OYSTER BAY. 
          EVERY FEMA GRANT, WE HELP WITH THE TRIBAL CONSULTATION AND COMPLETE THE SECTION 106
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE FEDERAL AGENCY HAS. 
          AND WE ALSO SUPPORT COASTAL CONSERVANCY GRANTS,
SPECIFICALLY WITH CONSULTATION EFFORTS. 
          LIKE BRIAN WAS TALKING ABOUT PG&E, EVERY SINGLE EXTERNAL ACCESS REQUEST THAT WE GET,
WE ALSO REVIEW. 
          SO THAT GOES FROM RESEARCHERS TO EASEMENT REQUESTS FROM PG&E OR OTHER PRIVATE UTILITY
ENTITIES LIKE PIPELINES AND LONGER TERM ACCESS REQUESTS AS WELL. WE REVIEW ALL OF THOSE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE PROTECTING THE SITES THAT ARE ON EBRPD PROPERTY, MAKING SURE THESE OUTSIDE AGENCIES AREN'T ADVERSELY IMPACTING RESOURCES THAT WE'RE
RESPONSIBLE FOR STEWARDING. 
          AND OF COURSE, AGAIN, WE DO A LOT OF TRIBAL CONSULTATION. 
          MOST OF IT IS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF WHAT IS LEGALLY REQUIRED BY ASSEMBLY BILL 52,
WHEN WE'RE DOING CEQA PROJECTS. 
          AND WE ALSO REALLY SUPPORT OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS WHEN THEY'RE FULFILLING THEIR
RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER SECTION 106. 
          BECAUSE WE DO SO MANY PROJECTS HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT ,
WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS AND ACTIONS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY FALL INTO A REGULATORY PROJECT. BUT SOMETIMES, HEY, IF WE'RE GOING TO GRADE A TRAIL AND IT'S NEAR A SENSITIVE
AREA WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A MONITOR ON THERE, OR WE MIGHT ASK A TRIBE IF THAT'S OKAY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTING A RESOURCE. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF THIS PAST YEAR OR OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS
IS THAT WE'VE HELPED TO INCREASE ACCESS FOR OUR TRIBAL REPRESENTATIVES. 
          THEY'VE GOTTEN PARKING PASSES, SO THAT WAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY TO ACCESS THEIR
ANCESTRAL LANDS. 
          WE'VE REALLY HELPED THEM WITH NATURAL RESOURCES GATHERING FOR CULTURAL PRACTICES THAT THEY
WANT TO CONTINUE TODAY. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE HELP OUR INTERP AND REC DEPARTMENT AND FRIENDS WITH TRIBAL CONSULTATION
FOR THEIR PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. 
          SO I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT LIKE WHAT WE DO. SO WHAT IS ON OUR WORK PLAN FOR THIS NEXT YEAR
AND MAYBE THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS? SO WE REALLY WANT TO MOVE CULTURAL RESOURCES FROM SORT OF A PASSIVE,
REACTIVE, SUPPORTIVE ROLE TO A MORE PROACTIVE ROLE. 
          SO THE PARK DISTRICT HAS IS AMAZING BECAUSE IT HOUSES SO MANY REALLY IMPORTANT TRIBAL
RESOURCES BIG BREAK VASCO AND BRUSHY PEAK. THESE ARE SOME LIKE RESOURCES AND PLACES THAT ALMOST EVERYBODY IF
YOU'RE A BAY AREA NATIVE LIKE I AM, YOU KNOW THAT THESE PLACES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO TRIBES. 
          SO THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES HERE LIKE SOMETIMES WE HAVE UNCONTROLLED ACCESS,
PEOPLE TRYING TO BREAK INTO THESE PLACES TO SEE WHAT'S THERE. 
          CLIMATE CHANGE IS A REALLY BIG IMPACT. BUT WITH THESE CHALLENGES ALSO COMES SOME REALLY
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO REALLY PARTNER WITH OUR LOCAL TRIBAL COMMUNITY
AND TO PUT ALL OF OUR COLLECTIVE HEADS TOGETHER WITH PLANNING AND DECO. 
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HOW DO WE PROTECT THESE SITES? WHAT ARE SOME ENGINEERING MEASURES THAT WE CAN DO? HOW DO WE WORK WITH THE ARMY CORPS OUT AT BIG BREAK TO PROTECT THOSE SITES FROM CLIMATE
CHANGE? SO THESE ARE REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ADDRESSING. 
          IN TERMS OF HISTORIC OR SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES AND BRIDGES AND THINGS LIKE
THAT, THAT WE MIGHT HAVE. THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT IS REALLY TRYING TO WORK WITH DECO,
AND ESPECIALLY OUR MASS DEPARTMENT, ON TO HELP ON WAYS TO HELP US FACILITATE EVALUATING AND ADDRESSING AND FIXING SOME OF OUR
HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN A MORE EFFICIENT, COST EFFECTIVE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD. SOME OF THIS COMES WITH DEVELOPING HISTORICAL
CONTEXT. 
          SOMETIMES WITHIN EACH WARD THERE ARE SOME THEMES LIKE AGRICULTURE,
LOGGING, CCC WPA WORK THAT SORT OF SPAN THE PARK DISTRICT . 
          AND IF WE GET AHEAD OF THAT BY CREATING THESE HISTORICAL CONTEXTS,
THAT WE CAN EVALUATE SOME OF THESE RESOURCES AND REALLY HELP TO PRIORITIZE THE IMPORTANT BUILT ENVIRONMENT FEATURES THAT WE HAVE HERE,
THEN WE CAN SAY, OKAY, LIKE THIS IS WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          THESE ARE THE THEMES IN THE PARK DISTRICT . THESE ARE THE THEMES IN EACH WARDS,
AND THIS IS HOW WE WANT TO PROTECT THEM. 
          AND THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO ALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES. 
          SO WHEN WE KIND OF GET A MORE UPFRONT AND PROACTIVE WAY OF DOING THAT,
WE'RE NOT SO PASSIVE AND WE KNOW WHICH BUILDINGS WE NEED TO HELP FIX AND MAYBE OTHER ONES THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DEMOLISH AND,
YOU KNOW, RELEASE FUNDS FROM. 
          SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF OUR WORK PLAN OF WHAT'S ON OUR PLATE THAT I WANTED TO
SHARE WITH YOU ALL TODAY. 
          AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE ALL DONE. THANKS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO COMMITTEE MEMBER QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS TOGETHER. 
          AND THEN WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THEN THERE'LL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY OF COMMITTEE
MEMBERS HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. 
          COLIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START. YOU HAVE NO. OKAY. 
          LYNDA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS. 
          I WORKED AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR MANY YEARS WITH TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, VERY TRUE, DEEP TO MY HEART IS THE FIRST PEOPLE ON THIS LAND. 
          I JUST REALLY INTERESTED AND I HAD ASKED DURING THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT ABOUT HOW WE ARE
ENGAGING AND HOW WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE TRIBES, AND I WAS TOLD WE WERE GETTING THIS PRESENTATION,
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN SQUEEZE IT ALL IN IN ONE SHORT PRESENTATION. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS EASILY,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE. 
          HOW DO WE RECOGNIZE WHEN YOU SAY THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THE TRIBES,
WHO ARE THE REPRESENTATIVES? I UNDERSTAND IT'S QUITE COMPLEX AND IN THE SECOND CENTURY PLAN. 
          AND HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IN A SUCCINCT WAY. 
          THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE HAD QUARTERLY OUR TALK MEETINGS,
REGIONAL TRIBAL OPERATING COMMITTEES WHERE THEY ALL GOT TOGETHER. 
          AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT WOULD NOT BE AN EASY THING TO DO IN THIS AREA. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW, WITH MEDIATION SIMILAR TO OUR TRAIL USERS GROUP. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BRING THESE PEOPLE TOGETHER SOMEHOW. 
          AND I THINK WE DO PLAY A ROLE. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY SPECIFIC QUESTION IS,
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HOW WE ARE RECOGNIZING AND ENGAGING. 
          AND HOW DO WE KNOW WHO TO GO TO FOR PUTTING YOUR CONSULTATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT TOGETHER? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IS THAT ENOUGH OF A BROAD QUESTION FOR YOU TO ANSWER? [LAUGHTER] OH, YEAH. I THINK I CAN DO A LITTLE BIT OF AN ABBREVIATED ANSWER BECAUSE YOU'RE
RIGHT. 
          IT IS QUITE COMPLEX. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S QUITE UNIQUE ABOUT THE
BAY AREA IS THAT WE KNOW TODAY IT'S A VERY COMPLEX LANDSCAPE, AND IN THE PAST IT WAS ALSO VERY COMPLEX. SO OF COURSE,
THAT LEADS US TO TODAY WHERE OUR TRIBAL LIKE SITUATION IS VERY COMPLEX. 
          SO THE NATIVE PEOPLES MAP KIND OF SHOWS THE ETHNOGRAPHIC OR PRE-CONTACT SETTING. 
          AND SO BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, TRIBES TODAY SO YOU KNOW,
WE'LL SORT OF USE THEIR LINEAL DESCENDANCY TO SAY LIKE AH HA THIS IS MY GROUP FROM THIS AREA. 
          TODAY, HOW WE REALLY DO IT AND WHAT THE LAW SAYS IS THAT WE WORK WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN
HERITAGE COMMISSION, AND WE GET THAT LIST UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          AND THAT IS THE AGENCY THAT WE WORK WITH TO IDENTIFY WHO WE CONTACT,
WHO THE FEDS CONTACT FOR SECTION 106 WHEN THEY HAVE TO DO CONSULTATION. 
          THAT'S THE BASIS OF OUR AB 52 PROCESS AS WELL. 
          AND THEN YOU'RE RIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS IS REALLY FROM THAT LIST IS DEVELOPING
RELATIONSHIPS. 
          AND SO FAR IT IS TUESDAY. AND I THINK I'VE ALREADY HAD TWO TRIBAL MEETINGS. 
          I THINK BOTH OF THEM WERE YESTERDAY. AND I THINK I HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP. 
          SO A LOT OF IT IS TAKING A LOT OF TIME. SO I WOULD SAY PROBABLY ABOUT 40% OF MY TIME,
MAYBE 45% OF MY TIME IS WORKING WITH 
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AND REGULARLY MEETING WITH TRIBAL FOLKS. AND THAT'S REALLY HOW THAT UNDERSTANDING OF WHO
DO WE WORK WITH AND HOW DOES THAT ALL PIECE TOGETHER, ALONG WITH WHAT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS SAY? ALL OF THOSE KIND OF DOVETAIL TO FIGURE OUT,
OKAY, WHO DO WE WORK WITH? THE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION. NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION. 
          AND THEY HAVE A REALLY GREAT WEBSITE, TOO, THAT GOES THROUGH ALL THE LAWS. 
          AND I EVEN THINK THAT THEY HAVE A MAP THAT CAN KIND OF HELP SHOW,
LIKE WHAT TRIBES, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS SELF-REPORTED, WHERE TRIBES WILL SAY, THIS IS MY ETHNOGRAPHIC TERRITORY. 
          AND SO THEY HAVE A MAP ON THERE AS WELL WHERE YOU CAN THAT KIND OF HELPS YOU TO,
HELPS ALL OF US BASICALLY, LIKE UNDERSTAND MODERN TRIBAL TERRITORIES. SO CLEARLY BEYOND THAT,
THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS THAT EITHER CLAIM OR HAVE INTEREST. 
          I MEAN, I JUST WONDER HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PULL THEM ALL TOGETHER FOR THE. 
          YEAH. I WONDER THAT TOO. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON IT THIS YEAR. SO YEAH. 
          AND THAT HELPS FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND. 
          YOU MENTIONED ALSO THAT THERE WE LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THINGS MAKE IT TO THE STATE
HISTORIC LANDMARKS. 
          HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? IS THERE AN INVENTORY AND HOW MANY DO WE HAVE IN OUR PARKS? I THINK IT'S ON ONE OF THE SLIDES. BUT IF YOU GO TO THE AND I CAN,
WE CAN PROVIDE THIS SOMEHOW. 
          ALL OF THE THERE ARE TWO DATABASES AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. 
          ONE IS ON THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION WEBSITE,
AND THEY LIST BY COUNTY EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE CALIFORNIA REGISTER AND THEN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IS THE FEDERAL LIST. 
          AND THAT LIST IS ALSO PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT BEING IN 2025
IS THAT THEY HAVE NOW PUT IT ALL ON A SPREADSHEET, WHICH USED TO NOT BE THE CASE OF SOMEBODY WHO HAS DONE THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 
          AND YOU CAN SORT THINGS BY STATE AND BY REGION. 
          SO ALL OF THAT IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT
IT IS PUBLIC. 
          SOME PARTS OF THAT, THOSE PUBLIC LISTINGS ARE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL,
LIKE SOME LOCATIONS OF ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES. 
          BUT THERE IS A PUBLIC LIST AND IT IS ACCESSIBLE. 
          SO JUST BROADLY, I MEAN, HONESTLY, THIS IS EXCITING. 
          IT'S NEW. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE 4 OR 40 OR 400. 
          I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE SOME CONCEPT? I JUST AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND,
AND I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT PUBLIC LIKE AREAS, FOR WE MIGHT HAVE FOUND GRINDING STONE AREAS,
OR WE MIGHT HAVE FOUND PLACES THAT WE CAN'T. 
          AND I'VE WORKED WITH THE TRIBES PLANTS THAT WE THEY CAN'T TELL US WHAT THEY'RE USING THEM
FOR, THEIR SACRED PLANTS AND MAYBE ENDANGERED OR SET ASIDE OR PROTECTED,
BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF HOW INTENSE THIS IS IN OUR PARK SYSTEM. SO IN 126,000 ACRES. SO WE CAN SAY THAT NOT ALL OF THIS REGION HAS BEEN STUDIED,
AND NOT ALL OF IT HAS BEEN EVEN STUDIED WITHIN THE PAST TEN YEARS. IT'S PROBABLY LESS THAN 50% OF OUR LANDS,
AND NOT EVEN. 
          SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE RESOURCES, NOT JUST THE RESOURCES THAT ARE ON THESE LIKE
LISTS SO FAR, THERE ARE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE REALM OF 3 TO 400 KNOWN RESOURCES. 
          BUT AGAIN, THE TRICKY THING IS, NOT ALL OF OUR LANDS HAVE BEEN SURVEYED. 
          AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN TIME, RESOURCES WILL CONTINUE TO MEET THAT 45 TO 50 YEAR OLD
THRESHOLD. 
          SO WE'LL ACTUALLY GET NEW OLD RESOURCES. AND THEN SOMETIMES WE DON'T FIND RESOURCES UNTIL
WE'RE IN CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THEY'RE BURIED OR COVERED OVER. SO SOMETIMES WHEN WE GIVE A NUMBER IT'S A LITTLE HARD BECAUSE IT CAN BE
MISLEADING, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEN YOU SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE ONLY HAVE 400 RESOURCES HERE. 
          BUT THE TRUTH IS, AS WE CONTINUE IN TIME, WE'RE ALWAYS MAKING NEW RESOURCES. 
          AND AS TRIBES COME INTO OUR TERRITORY AND WORK WITH ME AND STEWARDSHIP,
THEY MIGHT FIND NEW PLANTS OR AREAS THAT ARE SPECIAL TO THEM AND ARE THEN RESOURCES. 
          SO THAT NUMBER LIKE SO THAT'S WHY IT'S HARD TO GIVE A NUMBER. 
          BUT WE'RE ALWAYS MANAGING THIS DATABASE. THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY HELPFUL,
300 TO 400 SOUNDS IMPRESSIVE WITH PROBABLY MANY MORE TO STILL BE DISCOVERED. OH YEAH. THERE'S A LOT OUT THERE. 
          AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS, ARE YOU YOURSELF OR OTHERS IN CONSULTATION? LIKE I ALWAYS USED TO WORK WITH A WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? THP TRIBAL HISTORIC, THPO'S. SO DO YOU OR ARE WE TRAINED IN-HOUSE OR DO WE WORK WITH THE. 
          I GUESS THAT'S A FEDERAL TERM THE THPO'S TRIBAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICERS. 
          AND WHAT DO WE HAVE IN HOUSE AND ARE YOU YOURSELF TRAINED TO BE THE EQUIVALENT. 
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SO A THPO IT IS FOR A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE. 
          SO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS A STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER THAT SORT OF IN VERY
LAYMAN'S TERMS, HOW I THINK ABOUT IT IN MY BRAIN, THEY KIND OF BOSS AROUND ALL THE CULTURAL RESOURCES
MANAGERS AND TELL US WHAT TO DO. 
          SO THE WAY A THPO WORKS, THEY DO THAT FUNCTION FOR THE TRIBE AND FOR A FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBE AND SORT OF SAY, OKAY, THESE ARE ALL OF OUR IMPORTANT RESOURCES. 
          WE'RE GOING TO ACT AS THE HEAD FOR OUR CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN OUR TRIBE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY REVIEW ALL OF OUR PROJECTS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO
OTHER AGENCIES THAT THAT WE WORK WITH AND COME TO US WITH PROJECTS. 
          SO WE DO WHEN WE DO WORK WITH FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES,
IF THEY DO HAVE A THPO, THAT IS DEFINITELY WHO WE WORK WITH AT THAT AGENCY BECAUSE THAT IS THEIR DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE. AND EVEN FOR SOME OF THE TRIBES THAT WE WORK WITH THAT
MAY NOT NECESSARILY THAT AREN'T FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED. 
          HOW THEY'VE STARTED TO ORGANIZE THEMSELVES IS SIMILAR OR PARALLEL TO A FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBE, TO HAVE THAT SAME STRUCTURE BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN,
HEY, THIS IS HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS. 
          WE WANT TO FIT INTO THAT SYSTEM AND BE RECOGNIZED WITH SOVEREIGNTY. 
          SO WE'VE LEARNED TO HAVE ONE PERSON DESIGNATED AS OUR AS OUR THPO OR CULTURAL RESOURCES
MANAGER, EVEN IF WE'RE NOT FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED. AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT IS THE PERSON THAT IS ON
THE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE CONTACT LIST THAT WE WORK WITH. 
          SO THAT'S A BIG WAY OF HOW I KNOW WHO TO CONTACT. 
          THANK YOU. IT SOUNDS VERY COMPLEX. I'D LOVE TO KEEP HEARING ABOUT MORE. 
          I THINK THE WAY OF LIFE, THE RESOURCES THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE AN THE PERSPECTIVE ARE
INVALUABLE. 
          AND THE GRAY AREA. SO I GUESS ONE MORE COMMENT OR I'LL MAKE IT A QUESTION. 
          THE WASHOE TRIBE, WHO I WORKED WITH FOR MANY YEARS,
HAS A TANF THAT HELPS SUPPORT IN OAKLAND. 
          THEY JUST MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION DOWN IN ALAMEDA,
AND I WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST THEM IN GETTING ANYBODY TO THEIR GRAND OPENING. 
          AND EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T, AGAIN, A RECOGNIZED TRIBE OR THEY'RE MORE OF A COMMUNITY HEALTH
WELLNESS ORGANIZATION, CERTAINLY THEY PROVIDE HEALTH SAFETY OUTDOORS IS GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY GETTING THE
TRIBES, GETTING ALL OF US OUTDOORS FOR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. 
          AND I JUST WAS DISAPPOINTED AND DON'T KNOW WHAT RESOURCES WE HAVE TO HELP GROUPS THAT
MIGHT NOT BE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED. 
          IT MIGHT NOT HAVE A THPO ORGANIZING A THPO, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          DO WE HAVE RESOURCES? AND IN THE FUTURE, MIGHT WE BE ABLE TO BE THERE FOR THEM. 
          ONE OF THE SORT OF GOALS OF THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT IS TO REALLY WORK WITH THE
NON-FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS HERE IN THE BAY AREA,
LIKE THE EAST OHLONE, EAST BAY OHLONE TRIBES. 
          THEY ARE NOT FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED. SO AND A FEW OF THEM HAVE SAID,
LIKE, WE DON'T WANT TO GO FOR FEDERAL RECOGNITION BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF WORK, RIGHT, TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. SO HOW WE WORK WITH THEM AND PROVIDING THEM
RESOURCES TO PARK DISTRICT LAND AND GETTING THEM, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES, REMOVING BARRIERS TO ACCESS ALL OF THOSE SORTS
OF THINGS. 
          THAT'S HOW WE'RE REALLY HELPING THAT COMMUNITY IN THE CAPACITY THAT WE CAN AS A PARK
DISTRICT . 
          ALL RIGHT. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE MORE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. 
          BUT FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR KICKING OFF 2025 FOR OUR NATURAL RESOURCES
COMMITTEE. 
          I KNOW THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC WAS ONE REASON WHY I REALLY WANT TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE THIS
YEAR, AND AND MY GOAL IS TO ALSO CONTINUE NEXT YEAR,
IF POSSIBLE. 
          AS YOU KNOW, I REPRESENT WARD FIVE, WHICH DOES INCLUDE,
FOR EXAMPLE, MISSION PEAK, WHICH WAS NAMED AFTER MISSION SAN JOSE, WHICH IS THE ONLY MISSION LOCATED WITHIN OUR TWO COUNTY PARK DISTRICT ,
ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES. 
          AND CERTAINLY THAT THAT MISSION PERIOD. AND I EVEN JUST MADE SURE TO GET SOME DATES,
YOU KNOW, FROM LIKE THE 1760S TO THE 1830S. IS SUCH, YOU KNOW,
A SENSITIVE TIME PERIOD IN OUR HISTORY HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND OUR PARK LANDS. THE HISTORY OF THE PARK LANDS HAVE SUCH CONNECTION TO THAT
POINT IN TIME. 
          AND I KNOW I'VE SHARED THIS BEFORE AT OUR BOARD MEETING WHEN WE HAD,
YOU KNOW, OUR FRIEND ANDY GALVIN JOIN US ABOUT HIS FAMILY'S STORY ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THE SUNOL RANCHERIA WAS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD TO BE ABLE TO HIDE
FROM THE SPANISH MISSIONARIES AND TO BE ABLE TO ESCAPE 
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FROM THE INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT SUNOL REGIONAL
THAT IT IS A PART OF THAT HISTORY. 
          AND I THINK THAT GOING FORWARD, I NOTICED AND I MARKED IT. 
          SO ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES YOU TALKED ABOUT AND OF COURSE NOW WITH ALL THESE NOTES,
SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT. AND I REALLY DO THINK,
YOU KNOW, HAVING A HISTORICAL CONTEXT ABOUT THAT MISSION PERIOD IN OUR HISTORY COULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT,
ANDY YOU KNOW, REDID AND REOPENED THE MISSION SAN JOSE MUSEUM, AND I AND MY COMMITTEE COLLEAGUE LYNDA AND I,
WE DO HAVE A GOAL OF VISITING THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          AND I GUESS I HAVE A BIGGER GOAL. I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE US AT SOME POINT,
AND MAYBE IT MIGHT BE NEXT YEAR AND NOT THIS YEAR, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE US DO SOME TYPE OF YOU KNOW,
OHLONE SERIES FOR THE BOARD WHERE WE CAN GO TO MISSION SAN JOSE TO SEE THE NEW MUSEUM EXHIBIT, WHERE WE CAN GO TO CAFE OHLONE TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE CULINARY FOOD THAT'S
AVAILABLE THERE, WHERE WE CAN GO TO VASCO CAVES . AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SPECIAL TOUR IN AUGUST OF
2024 AT THE VASCO CAVES AREA, WHERE WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS HISTORY. 
          AND SO I THINK YOU MAY FIND THAT THE BOARD IS VERY INTERESTED IN THE WORK THAT YOU'RE
DOING. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER TODAY IS A REALLY GOOD YOU KNOW,
KICKOFF FOR THE YEAR FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND ALSO TO BE THINKING ABOUT OUR CULTURAL RESOURCES. AND THEN I GUESS IN TERMS OF QUESTIONS,
I KNOW YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT YOU DO WORK WITH OUR INTERPRETIVE GROUP, AND I KNOW THAT THE COYOTE HILLS VISITOR EXHIBIT IS GOING TO BE UNDERGOING A REFRESH. 
          AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE VERY INVOLVED IN THAT. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHARE A FEW
POINTS IN REGARDS TO YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND HOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS FOR THAT EXHIBIT PROCESS? YEAH. SO IT REALLY JUST HAS STARTED. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A LOT TO COMMENT ON. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE ALREADY SORT OF SET DOWN AND OUTLINED HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE WITH
TRIBES, HOW IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS. WE DON'T WANT TO JUST PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK AND SAY LIKE,
IS THIS OKAY WITH YOU GUYS? LUCKILY, WE HAVE A GREAT DIVISION LEAD FOR INTERP AND REC,
WHO'S REALLY ON BOARD. 
          SANDY, WHO IS REALLY WANTS TO HAVE TRIBAL FOLKS LIKE,
YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO TELL THEIR STORY WITHOUT AN ADDITIONAL FILTER ON IT OR A LENS. AND SO WE'RE KIND OF FIGURING OUT HOW DOES THAT LOOK
LIKE, WHO, YOU KNOW. DO TRIBES EVEN WANT TO ENGAGE WITH US? LIKE, IS IT ON THEIR BANDWIDTH WITHIN THEIR BANDWIDTH? HOW DO WE DO THIS? SO WE'RE IN THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES OF FIGURING THIS OUT AND
APPROACHING TRIBES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE BUDGET AND TIME SET ASIDE TO DO THIS, AND KIND OF GIVING IT A GOOD FRAMEWORK BEFORE WE REALLY DIVE INTO THIS. 
          BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY PREPARING OURSELVES FOR IT. 
          YEAH. AND I THINK MAYBE ALSO I HAVE A FEELING OUR FRIEND ANDY GALVIN PROBABLY WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN AT LEAST PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, AN HOUR TO DISCUSS IT, IF NOT MORE. 
          HE COULD PROBABLY SPARE TWO FOR YOU. YES, YES. 
          BUT I WOULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE COYOTE HILLS AND MISSION SAN JOSE ARE BOTH
LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF FREMONT AND WITH THE NEW MUSEUM EXHIBIT AT MISSION SAN JOSE. 
          IT MIGHT ALSO BE HELPFUL TO CONSIDER HAVING THAT CONNECTION. 
          AND THEN THIS PAIRS WITH MY EARLIER COMMENT ABOUT HOW MAYBE WE MAY WANT TO PREPARE AS PART
OF OUR HISTORICAL CONTEXT WORK THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED HIGHLIGHTING THAT MISSION ERA OF OUR HISTORY AND,
AND REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT PERSPECTIVE OF, YOU KNOW, THE NATIVE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE DURING THAT TIME. 
          I THINK THAT COULD BE REALLY POWERFUL. YOU KNOW,
THE OTHER AREA THAT I AM PERSONALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND I BELIEVE I MENTIONED THIS ONCE, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT A BOARD MEETING. IT COULD HAVE
BEEN AT A COMMITTEE MEETING. I REALLY, HONESTLY CAN'T REMEMBER. BUT I'LL SHARE IT HERE AND SHARE IT WITH YOU. 
          WHEN I THINK ABOUT OUR I KNOW THAT THERE'S A TERM AND I DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED,
BUT IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT OUR NATURAL HISTORY, OUR ABILITY TO LOOK AT FOSSILS, AND TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT HISTORY FROM THAT LENS OR,
YOU KNOW, NATURAL RESOURCES FROM THAT LENS. YOU KNOW, ONE AREA THAT I'VE BEEN PARTICULARLY
INTERESTED IN IS THINKING ABOUT WATER QUALITY AND THINKING ABOUT THE NATIVE MUSSEL AND NATIVE CLAM SPECIES SPECIFICALLY THE FRESHWATER SPECIES AND HOW THEY HELPED OR
POSSIBLY HELPED IN REGARDS TO WATER QUALITY ALONG THE ALAMEDA CREEK SYSTEM AND BEING ABLE TO,
YOU KNOW, BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT HISTORY, 
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BECAUSE I KNOW WE TODAY, IN THE MODERN DAY, WE'RE DEALING A LOT WITH,
YOU KNOW, BLUE GREEN ALGAE AND OTHER WATER QUALITY ISSUES. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT AT LEAST IN HISTORY, IN NATURE,
THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THIS NATURAL FILTRATION FROM THESE NATIVE SPECIES. 
          AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOW CHALLENGED WITH THINGS LIKE QUAGGA
MUSSELS. 
          RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
NATIVE SPECIES OF MUSSELS AND QUAGGA MUSSELS. 
          AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THIS UNDERSTOOD
IN TERMS OF NATIVE SPECIES, BUT ALSO FROM THAT CULTURAL ASPECT, BECAUSE I KNOW SHELLMOUNDS WERE SUCH A BIG PART OF THE
EAST BAY OHLONE TRADITIONS. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S THE POTENTIAL THAT THIS IS ALL TIED TOGETHER. 
          BUT I'VE TRIED TO DO SOME OF MY OWN, YOU KNOW,
DESK RESEARCH INTO THIS, AND I THINK IT COULD BE HELPFUL. 
          I BELIEVE THERE IS AT LEAST ONE PROFESSOR AT UC DAVIS THAT HAS BEEN EXPLORING THIS. 
          AND SO I THINK IT COULD BE REALLY POWERFUL FOR US TO CONSIDER THAT. 
          SO I'LL JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE, NO QUESTION. 
          AND THEN MY MY FINAL COMMENTS ARE, I KNOW THAT THERE'S TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT I REPRESENT. 
          AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED BRUSHY PEAK HERE AS PART OF THE WORK PLAN,
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A REALLY BIG EFFORT TO TRY TO YOU KNOW, CONNECT THE REGIONAL TRAIL, TRY TO CONNECT THE DE ANZA TRAIL BETWEEN THE LOS VAQUEROS
WATERSHED AND BRUSHY PEAK. 
          AND IT'S ABOUT 100 FOOT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT 'S BRUSHY PEAK
PROPERTY AND THE LOS VAQUEROS WATERSHED, PROPERTY THAT'S OWNED BY CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT. 
          AND I WERE ALL VERY FAMILIAR THAT, YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE SOME CULTURALLY SENSITIVE RESOURCES AT BRUSHY PEAK THAT ARE VERY HIGHLY, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATED AND VALUED. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US,
YOU KNOW, ENGAGE WITH OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS AND REALLY TRY TO EXPLORE THIS ISSUE. 
          ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT, YOU KNOW, IN 2026,
THERE WILL BE THE CELEBRATION OF THE DE ANZA TRAIL, AND IT'S THIS ONE SMALL PORTION THAT I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME,
SOME POTENTIAL FOR CONNECTION. 
          AND I ACTUALLY WAS AT BRUSHY PEAK ON SATURDAY,
AND I ALSO NOTICED I TRIED TO PAY ATTENTION TO SOME OF OUR PANELS AT BRUSHY PEAK AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE SHARED WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHEN THEY VISIT BRUSHY PEAK. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE ALSO MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IN REGARDS TO THE PANELS,
TO TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT BRUSHY PEAK WAS TO THE EAST BAY OHLONE, AND NOT JUST THE EAST BAY OHLONE . FROM I UNDERSTAND,
IT'S ALMOST IT'S MORE TRIBES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, NOT JUST THE EAST BAY OHLONE. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY POWERFUL. 
          AND THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE. AND THEN THE OTHER PROJECT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS
THE GARM STAGING AREA. 
          AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SOME CULTURAL RESOURCES ALSO AT
GARMS. AND SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT AND ALSO HOW WE CAN REACH OUT TO OUR
TRIBAL GROUPS TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF MUTUAL SOLUTION. SO REALLY IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT,
NOT A QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE JUST SO YOU KNOW,
WHERE, YOU KNOW, I'M COMING FROM AND WHERE SOME OF THE PRIORITIES OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS MAY ALSO BE COMING FROM IN REGARDS TO CULTURAL RESOURCES. 
          BUT THIS WAS REALLY A GREAT OVERVIEW, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT,
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD IN CASE THERE'S OR THE COMMITTEE IN CASE THERE'S SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. SO DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO'D LIKE TO MAKE
A COMMENT? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN JUST ALLOW FOR ANY FINAL
COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE. 
          OKAY. YES, COLIN. SO WHO IS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO GET THEIR ARMS AROUND POINT MOLATE AND
WINEHAVEN? I THINK THAT'S BRIAN'S JOB. [LAUGHTER] SO THAT ALONE CAN TAKE YOUR ENTIRE UNIT SEVERAL YEARS TO WORK ON. ARE WE STARTED? I WOULD SUGGEST THAT COULD TAKE MULTIPLE UNITS
SEVERAL YEARS TO WORK ON. IT'S A GOOD SEGUE. AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR COFFEY FOR THAT AND THAT YOU KNOW,
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF TRIBAL RESOURCES, CULTURAL RESOURCES. AND THE QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, DO WE KNOW WHERE ALL THESE RESOURCES ARE? AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION WE DO MAINTAIN AN ATLAS OF ALL THE CULTURAL RESOURCES THAT
ARE ON OUR PROPERTY. 
          WE WORK WITH ANOTHER NUMBER OF OTHER ENTITIES THAT DO AS WELL. 
          WE DON'T MAKE THAT INFORMATION PUBLIC FOR VERY FOR VERY OBVIOUS REASONS. 
          AND WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO NOT MAKE THAT INFORMATION PUBLIC AS WELL. 
          BECAUSE BECAUSE WE DO TAKE THAT PROTECTION SERIOUSLY. 
          WITH REGARDS TO MORE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORIC RESOURCES. 
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AND TO GET TO DIRECTOR COFFEY'S COMMENT. YOU KNOW,
THE PARK DISTRICT , YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GENERALLY BUY NEW BUILDINGS. 
          WE BUY OLD STUFF. THAT'S JUST WHAT WE DO AT THE PARK DISTRICT . 
          AND WITH THAT COMES THIS QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW ARE THESE OLD THINGS LEGALLY PROTECTED, OR ARE THEY JUST REALLY KIND OF COOL? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STRUGGLE WITH BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOVE TO SAVE AND RESTORE AND PROTECT EVERYTHING. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, FINANCIALLY, WE'RE JUST WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO DO
THAT. 
          THERE'S SOME REALLY HARD DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE. I WOULD SUGGEST POINT MOLATE IS
GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE BECAUSE THERE ARE RESOURCES THERE THAT WE KNOW OF. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S A SUBJECT OF ONGOING,
YOU KNOW, CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND OTHERS. 
          AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT TO UNDERSTAND JUST REALLY WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE GETTING INVOLVED IN. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. SO SO WE CAN'T SAY,
YOU KNOW, THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'LL NEED TO DO OR WHAT IT'S ALL GOING TO ENTAIL. 
          WE'RE REALLY AT THAT EARLY STAGES OF SORT OF DUE DILIGENCE ON POINT MOLATE . 
          IT'S INCREDIBLY EXCITING. IT IT IS. AND I WOULD JUST SUGGEST,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON I MEAN, WHAT, FOUR DIFFERENT MILITARY BASES BETWEEN ALAMEDA POINT,
POINT MOLATE, THURGOOD MARSHALL AND OAKLAND ARMY BASE. 
          THOSE ARE JUST FOUR PROPERTIES. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER PROPERTIES,
WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, OLD STRUCTURES IN DIFFERENT PLACES. SO THERE'S IT'S VERY ACTIVE IN TERMS OF HOW WE DEAL WITH AND WORK WITH THE SORT OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT RESOURCES THAT WE
HAVE. 
          AND LIKE I SAY, IT'S FRANKLY, IT'S THERE'S POLICY DECISIONS FOR THE BOARD. 
          AND REALLY IN SOME OF THESE AREAS ON WHERE WE INVEST MONEY IN TERMS OF THESE BUILDINGS. 
          AND BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE PROPOSITIONS AND
DEPENDING ON HOW WE DO IT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. AND THEN I BELIEVE YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS. 
          I JUST MAYBE FOR ALL THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY TOO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN WE CAN STEP BACK. 
          IT JUST WASN'T QUITE CLEAR THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS NOT GOING STRAIGHT TO THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS . 
          OUR ROLE HERE TODAY ON SOME OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES,
IS TO GET INTO THE WEEDS AND KIND OF SPARSE OUT AND PREPARE AND HEADS UP TO SOME THINGS BEFORE IT GOES TO THE BOARD. BUT THIS ONE AND OTHERS ARE SEEM MORE JUST
INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION. 
          AND JUST WHAT IS STAFF LOOKING FOR FROM US TODAY AT ALL OTHER THAN JUST KIND OF I MEAN WE
COULD VERY. 
          IS THIS STILL GOING TO GO TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BECAUSE THESE COMMENTS IN THIS PART
TODAY COULD HAVE JUST JUST HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THE BIGGER PICTURE AND, AND WHAT THE VISION IS ON, ON THIS AND OUR ROLE THAT YOU NEED FROM US TODAY. 
          SURE. NO PROBLEM. THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE AND ALSO FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR WERE
INFORMATIONAL INFORMATION THAT THE BOARD COMMITTEES HAVE REQUESTED OVER TIME IN THE PAST. SO WE PUT THESE TOGETHER AS AN AGENDA ITEMS AND THEY ARE
INFORMATIONAL TO PROVIDE AWARENESS. 
          AND IF THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO BRING THIS FORWARD. 
          IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT PUTTING THE RECOMMENDATION. BUT IF THE COMMITTEE WANTS US
TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD, THE COMMITTEE COULD SAY, YES, WE'D LIKE YOU TO BRING THIS TO THE FULL BOARD,
AND WE'LL PUT THAT OUT ON A FULL BOARD PLAN. 
          I GUESS, AGAIN, BEING THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK. 
          OTHERWISE IT'S JUST INFORMATIONAL FOR JUST THIS SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE TO USE OR RAISE GOING
FORWARD WOULDN'T TYPICALLY GO OKAY. I PERSONALLY THIS I DON'T KNOW. I'LL SAVE MY COMMENTS FOR LATER I GUESS. 
          THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION FOR NOW. YEAH. YOU KNOW,
I'LL COMMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WAS I THINK THIS CAME UP AT OUR PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING. 
          YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR I SERVED AS CHAIR OF OUR OPERATIONS COMMITTEE FOR THE BOARD. 
          AND AT THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FLEET VEHICLES. AND SO THIS IS WHEN
THE TOPIC CAME UP AND I SOMEHOW I ENDED UP WATCHING A BART BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, AND THEY STRUCTURED THEIR MEETINGS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENTLY, WHERE THE COMMITTEES ARE INTEGRATED AS PART OF THE BOARD AGENDA,
WHERE THE BOARD CHAIR DOES PROVIDE A SUMMARY OVERVIEW OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS BART BOARD MEETING AND THE CURRENT
BART BOARD MEETING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD THE IDEA THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW,
AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, I MIGHT, DURING BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS, AT LEAST PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE COVERED TODAY AND JUST SEE HOW THAT WORKS. 
          BUT ALSO YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GOOD OR BETTER OR IMPROVED INTEGRATION BETWEEN ALL
OF OUR COMMITTEES AND 
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BOARD MEETINGS. SO MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TRY TO PURSUE CERTAINLY OUTSIDE
THIS COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          BUT I DO THINK IN TERMS OF THIS COMMITTEE MEETING AND IN TERMS OF THIS TOPIC,
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC. 
          AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO, TO TO THINK ABOUT THAT,
YOU KNOW, INTEGRATION WITH OUR BOARD MEETINGS. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS PRESENTATION PER SE TO GO FORWARD TO THE FULL
BOARD, BUT I BELIEVE SOME OF THE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD BECAUSE OF THIS PRESENTATION WOULD BE OF
INTEREST TO THE FULL BOARD, WHETHER IT'S PROJECTS LIKE POINT MOLATE OR YOU KNOW,
ALSO, MAYBE AS WE GET SOME YOU KNOW, AS WE START TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COYOTE HILLS EXHIBIT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO TALK
ABOUT THAT PROCESS AND HOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, COORDINATING WITH OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS. 
          AND SO THERE MIGHT BE ELEMENTS OF TODAY'S CONVERSATION THAT MIGHT BE INTEGRATED IN SOME OF
THOSE TOPICS. 
          SO LET'S MAYBE PUT YOU KNOW, A BOOKMARK ON THIS CONVERSATION,
BUT I DON'T THINK IT ENDS HERE. 
          AND I'LL JUST JUMP IN REAL QUICK. THE QUESTION WAS ASKED WHAT STAFF IS LOOKING FOR OUT OF
GETTING OUT OF THIS? AND I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS WE JUST WANT TO,
YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT TO CONVEY THAT. 
          AND WE HAVE REALLY GREAT RESOURCES IN HOUSE. AND WE HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT OF NUMBER OF
RESOURCES. 
          SO AS QUESTIONS COME UP WE'RE AVAILABLE AND WHATEVER,
YOU KNOW, PROCESSES FOR WHETHER IT'S REACHING OUT TO KEN OR THROUGH AMANDA GALLO OR HOWEVER THAT IS, WE REMAIN AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO GET YOU WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU
NEED. 
          AS DETAILED QUESTIONS COME UP. SO, SO FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE,
THAT'S REALLY JUST WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONVEY IS THAT WE'RE HERE. 
          ANNAMARIE, ALVIN, YOU KNOW MYSELF, THE REST OF MY TEAM,
AND WE'RE OFTEN OUT IN THE FIELD. 
          WE'RE WORKING. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THAT SORT OF STUFF,
BUT WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY AS THEY COME UP. 
          SO. SO I THINK THAT'S LARGELY WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONVEY. 
          IS THAT HELPFUL OR. YEAH OKAY. GOOD FOR NOW. YEAH,
IT'S GOOD FOR NOW, I AGREE. 
          PERFECT. WONDERFUL. OKAY, WELL, THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM,
SO IF THERE AREN'T ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I BELIEVE WE CAN THEN MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 3 B. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE'LL LOOK AT ITEM 3 B SHRIMP ON THE ROCKS
ENDANGERED SPECIES AND DIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA ROCK POOLS. THERE WE GO. 
          TRYING TO FIND THAT. 
          YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SORRY FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. SO. GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          DIRECTOR SANWONG, DESCHAMBAULT AND COFFEY. AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
IT'S A PLEASURE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS DOUG BELL. I'M THE WILDLIFE PROGRAM MANAGER IN THE STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT OF
THE DISTRICT. 
          AND TODAY, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU IS SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OUT
IN, APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH, GIVEN THE PREVIOUS TALK,
THE VASCO CAVES AND BRUSHY PEAK AREA. 
          AND REALLY, THE PURPOSE OF THE TALK IS TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT
WE'RE DOING OUT THERE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN SUPPORT OF ONE OF OUR MAIN MISSIONS, WHICH IS TO PRESERVE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE VALUES FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THREAD BEHIND THIS TALK HERE. 
          THE TITLE FOR THE TALK, SHRIMP ON THE ROCKS ENDANGERED SPECIES AND DIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA
ROCK POOLS. 
          THAT'S NOT MY BRAINCHILD. THAT'S THE TITLE DEVELOPMENT FROM JAMIE M. 
          KNEITEL . HE'S ONE OF OUR COAUTHORS. DOCTOR KNEITEL IS A CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY,
SACRAMENTO. 
          AND THEN WE'VE ALSO INVOLVED SEVERAL OTHER OUTSIDE CONSULTING FIRMS AND RESEARCHERS BRENT
HELM FROM HELM BIOLOGICAL CONSULTING AND JAKE SCHWEITZER. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER MAJOR POINT ABOUT WHAT WE DO IS WE DON'T WE DON'T WORK ALONE IN THE
COMMUNITY. 
          WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY OF OUTSIDE RESEARCHERS,
STUDENTS, INTERNS, YOU NAME IT, TO DO OUR WORK, AS IT WERE. SO DROPPING INTO A ROCKY OUTLINE,
WE WILL WADE INTO THE PURPOSE OF THIS TALK AND WHAT I'LL BE COVERING. 
          I WANT TO VERY BRIEFLY INTRODUCE YOU TO ROCKPOOL ECOLOGY BECAUSE IT'S SO UNIQUE. 
          AND THEN FOLD IN THE FAIRY SHRIMP , THE ANIMALS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH AND
TRYING TO PRESERVE. 
          THEY HAPPEN TO BE LISTED BOTH FEDERALLY AND STATE ENDANGERED. 
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I MEAN, FEDERALLY ENDANGERED AND THREATENED. AND THEN KIND OF RECAP SOME OF THE RESULTS
THAT WE'VE ACHIEVED THROUGH A BUREAU OF RECLAMATION GRANT, AS WELL AS A DISTRICT 30 X 30 GRANT. SO ECOLOGY OF ROCK POOLS EPHEMERAL FRESHWATER POOLS,
THEY'RE SUBJECT TO WET AND DRY SEASONS. THEY CAN RANGE IN NUMEROUS SIZES. 
          THE UPPER RIGHT HAND PICTURE IS ESSENTIALLY AN INFINITY POOL SIZE ROCK POOL,
AND THE LOWER RIGHT HAND PICTURE IS A COUPLE BASKETBALL SIZED ROCK POOLS. SO THEY VARY GREATLY IN SIZE. AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY DEPRESSIONS IN ROCK SUBSTRATES. 
          SO THEY'RE FOUND OUT IN VASCO CAVES AND BRUSHY PEAK ON THESE INSELBERGS,
THESE ROCK OUTCROPS WHERE DEPRESSIONS FORM IN THE ROCK ITSELF. 
          AND THEN YOU ADD WATER AND VOILA, YOU HAVE A WHOLE ECOLOGY. 
          THESE SITES ARE CULTURALLY AND ECOLOGICALLY VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT. 
          BUT AT LEAST CERTAINLY FROM THE ECOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW,
THEY'RE VERY UNDERSTUDIED. 
          AGAIN, THESE ARE THESE ARE VERNAL POOL S, BUT THESE ARE VERNAL POOL S. 
          SO THEY'RE DIFFERENT THAN THE SOIL BASED VERNAL POOL S THAT YOU MIGHT SEE WHEN YOU'RE
DRIVING OUT EAST OF SACRAMENTO OR SOUTH TO THE CENTRAL VALLEY OR THROUGH MERCED IN THAT NECK OF THE WOODS. THESE ARE COOL ROCK POOLS. 
          QUICKLY INTO LOOKING AT THE OVERALL ECOLOGY OF THEM. 
          JUST ADD WATER. SO THERE'S TWO MAJOR ANIMAL GROUPS THAT MAKE USE OF THEM. 
          THE UPPER LEFT SHOWS SOME ACTIVE DISPERSERS. THESE HAPPEN TO BE INSECTS AND INVERTEBRATES
THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE ROCK POOL. 
          WHEN YOU'VE ADDED WATER, THEY'LL LAY EGGS. THEY WILL HATCH,
THEY'LL GO THROUGH THEIR INSTARS, THEY'LL METAMORPHOSE INTO ADULTS, AND THEN THEY CAN LEAVE THE WATERS. 
          THEY CAN GET OUT OF TOWN BEFORE IT GETS TOO HOT,
BEFORE IT HITS 106 DEGREES OUT AT VASCO CAVES . 
          SO THEY COME AND GO. THE OTHER SIDE ARE THE PASSIVE DISPERSERS AND THEY ARE IN THE LOWER
RIGHT HAND PICTURE. 
          THERE'S A COPEPOD, A WATER FLEA, A DAPHNIA. THESE THINGS ARE RESIDENT IN THE POOLS AND
THEY HAVE TO SURVIVE THE DRY PERIODS. 
          SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THEY INUNDATE THAT IS FILLED WITH WATER,
THE EGGS WILL THAT THEY'VE LAID DURING THE WET SEASON AND HAVE REMAINED QUIESCENT. DURING THE DRY SEASON YOU ADD WATER,
THEY GET INUNDATED. 
          THEY WILL THEN HATCH, AND OUT OF THEM EMERGE THE VARIOUS AND SUNDRY INVERTEBRATES. 
          OUT OF THESE RESTING EGGS, THEY MATURE. THEN THEY HAVE TO BREED. 
          THEY REACH MATURE A BREEDING AGE, GO THROUGH THE WHOLE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE,
AND THEN LAY THESE EGGS AGAIN INTO THE WHILE IT'S STILL WET, INTO THE SOIL OF THE ROCK POOLS. AND THEN THE POOLS DRY OUT AND THE EGGS HAVE TO REST
UNTIL YOU ADD WATER AGAIN. 
          IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE SEA MONKEYS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD AS A KID THAT YOU CAN BUY IN
THE PET STORES. 
          REALLY FASCINATING. SO THEY'RE PASSIVE DISPERSERS THEY CAN'T GET FROM ONE POOL TO THE NEXT
WITHOUT SOME ASSIST. 
          LIKE, WHETHER IT BE IT A BIRD OR A SMALL MAMMAL,
MAYBE PICKING UP RESTING EGGS IN THE DRY SEASON AND MOVING THEM FROM ONE ROCK POOL TO ANOTHER. SO LET'S MOVE INTO THE SHRIMP. THE STARS OF THE SHOW. 
          THE UPPER SHRIMP. ON THE UPPER LEFT IS THE LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP . 
          AND THAT'S BEEN THE FOCUS OF OUR RESEARCH. IT'S ABBREVIATED LFS. 
          THE LOWER SHRIMP IS THE VERNAL POOL FAIRY SHRIMP THAT'S ABBREVIATED VPFS. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON. THE LONGHORN IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND PICTURE. 
          AND WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE HORNS. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY THE SECOND ANTENNA OF THE ANIMAL. 
          AND ITS HORNS GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GONOPORE OF THAT,
OF THAT SHRIMP. 
          AND THAT'S THESE ARE MALES, OF COURSE. WELL,
NOT, OF COURSE, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, THEY'RE MALES BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY MUCH DIFFERENTIATED BY THE HORNS THAT THEY HAVE, AND BY THE SECOND ANTENNAE. 
          AND THEY'RE VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE LOCK AND KEY MATING SYSTEM OF INSECTS. 
          AND TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW BIG THEY ARE,
LOWER RIGHT HAND PICTURE IS A REALLY BIG HONKIN SHRIMP, YOU KNOW, IN A VIAL THAT'S ABOUT AS BIG AS THEY GET. 
          SO THEY ARE PRETTY DARN SMALL OUT THERE. SO LIFE HISTORIES,
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT SOUNDS LIKE THE NAME OF A HIP HOP GROUP, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY. AGAIN, KIND OF JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THE LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP AND THE VERNAL POOL FAIRY SHRIMP ABBREVIATED THERE. 
          THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LIFESPANS. THEY WILL HATCH RANGING FROM 18 TO 22 DAYS. 
          IT WILL TAKE FROM THE TIME THEY THEY GET INUNDATED UNTIL THE TIME THEY ACTUALLY HATCH. 
          THEN IT MAY TAKE ANOTHER 30 TO 40 DAYS TO ACTUALLY REACH BREEDING AGE,
TO BREED, AND THEN THEY MAY LIVE. 
          LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP 114 DAYS. VERNAL POOL FAIRY SHRIMP ,
90 SOME ODD DAYS. 
          SO IN THAT SPAN OF TIME, THEY HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR LITTLE ROCK POOL TO PROMOTE
THE NEXT GENERATIONS. 
          THE FAR RIGHT HAND PICTURE IS A PICTURE OF FAIRY SHRIMP CYSTS. 
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THEY ARE MICROSCOPIC, AND THEY REALLY, ACTUALLY ARE EMBRYOS THAT HAVE GONE TO LIKE THROUGH
10 OR 12 CELL DIVISIONS, AND THEN THEY QUIESCE AND BECOME VERY MUCH HARDENED CASES,
AS IT WERE. 
          THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TRANSPORTED INTO SPACE. 
          THEY'VE GONE TO THE MOON AND BACK, AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO HATCH THEM SUCCESSFULLY IN
SPACE AND BRING THEM BACK. 
          SO THESE THINGS, THESE THINGS ARE REMARKABLE,
REMARKABLE MECHANISMS. OKAY, LET'S MOVE INTO THE GENERAL BIGGER PICTURE. 
          LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP DISTRIBUTION. THE CENTER MAP SHOWS A AND B CIRCLED IN RED. 
          A IS VASCO CAVES B IS BRUSHY PEAK. BUT THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER LOCATIONS,
C, E, AND D LOCATED IN CENTRAL SOUTHERN INNER COAST RANGE, CALIFORNIA. THESE ARE THE ONLY LOCATIONS FROM WHICH WE KNOW WHERE LONGHORN FAIRY
SHRIMP ARE FOUND. 
          SO IT'S A PRETTY UNIQUE SITUATION. AND FURTHER UNIQUE TO ALL OF THIS IS THAT IN LOCATION
C, E, AND D, LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP ARE ONLY FOUND IN VERNAL IN SOIL BASED VERNAL POOL S,
WHICH ARE GENERALLY LARGER, CAN BE UP TO AN ACRE IN SIZE. ONLY IN OUR REGION ARE THEY FOUND IN ROCK POOLS. 
          SO THAT'S A REAL UNIQUE FEATURE OF THEM. GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY,
I CAME TO THE DISTRICT IN 2009 AND WAS TOLD WE'VE GOT LOTS OF FAIRY SHRIMP , BOTH VERNAL POOL AND LONGHORNS OUT AT THE VASCO CAVES AREA,
AND THAT WAS GREAT. 
          OH, THAT'S REALLY COOL. LET'S GO CHECK THEM OUT. SO I ENLISTED I HAD JUST COME FROM SAC
STATE, SO I ENLISTED THE AID OF JAMIE KNEITEL, WHO'S A VERNAL POOL ECOLOGIST. 
          WE DID SURVEYS FROM 2009 TO 2012 AND VASCO CAVES AND BRUSHY PEAK,
AND ESSENTIALLY FOUND LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP IN ONLY TWO POOLS, WHICH WAS KIND OF A SHOCKER BECAUSE WE THOUGHT,
OH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THIS THREATENED, ENDANGERED SPECIES. THEY SHOULD BE ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
          WE OUT OF LIKE 100 POOLS THAT WE SURVEYED, WE ONLY HAD THE TWO. 
          SO THAT REALLY RAISED THE QUESTION WHAT'S GOING ON? IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO? DO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO MOVE FORWARD,
TO TRY TO PRESERVE THIS SPECIES? SO THAT LED TO A BUREAU OF RECLAMATION GRANT TO THEIR CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT CONSERVATION
PROGRAM IN CONSULTATION WITH THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, WE DEVELOPED A STUDY PLAN, APPLIED FOR THE GRANT AND GOT IT. 
          AND THAT ALLOWED US TO ENLIST THE SERVICES AND THE AIDES OF A VERNAL POOL ECOLOGIST FROM
SAC STATE AND THE VARIOUS CONSULTING FIRMS. AND REALLY, THE GOAL WAS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE DISTRIBUTION OF SHRIMP,
WHY DO WE HAVE SO FEW, AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO REALLY GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HABITATS THAT THEY REQUIRE AND
POTENTIALLY EVEN MOVE INTO SOME FORM OF RESTORATION? THE MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS OUR PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN GREEN. 
          VASCO CAVES, BYRON VERNAL POOL S VASCO HILLS LOWER LEFT IS OF THAT MAP IS THE BRUSHY PEAK
AREA. 
          ALL THE LITTLE DOTS AND STUFF ARE THE ROCK POOL OUTCROPS THAT WE SURVEYED,
AND THAT INCLUDED PROPERTIES LIKE IN THE UPPER LEFT ON CONTRA COSTA WATER. 
          SO WE REACHED OUT TO OTHER AGENCIES BECAUSE WILDLIFE AND ANIMALS DON'T RECOGNIZE BORDERS
THERE. 
          EVERYBODY'S RIGHT. SO WE REALLY WANTED TO GET THE BIG PICTURE. 
          SO WE DID RESEARCH ON THEIR ROCK OUTCROPS AND THEN AROUND BRUSHY PEAK WE WORKED IN THE
LIVERMORE AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT PARCEL AND INVESTIGATED THE ROCK POOLS THERE. AND THEN THROUGH THE GRACIOUS GOODNESS,
I COULD SAY, OF VARIOUS LANDOWNERS, WE HAD PERMISSION TO WORK ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTIES AS WELL,
BECAUSE WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE WHAT DO WE HAVE, WHAT'S OUR SITUATION FOR LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP IN THE AREA. 
          SO SOME OF THOSE AREAS OUTSIDE OF OUR PARKS IS WHERE WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO WORK. 
          SO VERY BRIEFLY, GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DID,
WE DID WET AND DRY SEASON SURVEYS, OF COURSE, IN CONTRA COSTA AND ALAMEDA COUNTIES,
THE BULK OF IT 2016 TO 22. 
          AND IN A NUTSHELL, THE RESULTS WE SAMPLED OVER 931 ROCK POOLS,
AGAIN VARYING IN SIZE FROM BASKETBALLS, POOLS TO INFINITY POOLS. AND OUT OF THOSE 931 POOLS OVER THE TIME FRAME,
WE FOUND 75 POOLS WITH LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP . 
          SO YEAH, THAT WAS THE GOOD NEWS. WE HAVE MORE THAN WE THOUGHT. 
          THAT'S MORE THAN JUST TWO POOLS. AND ABOUT 652 POOLS CONTAIN VERNAL POOL FAIRY SHRIMP . 
          SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT. SO THEY'RE VERY ABUNDANT OUT THERE. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT SOME OF THESE POOLS MAY HAVE BOTH OF THE SHRIMP AT THE
SAME TIME. 
          SOME OF THESE POOLS MAY HAVE ONLY ONE SPECIES IN ONE YEAR AND ANOTHER SPECIES IN ANOTHER
YEAR. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABILITY IN, I GUESS,
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CYSTS AND HATCHABILITY AND INUNDATION PERIODS. 
          SO THAT WAS THE GOOD NEWS. ONE OF OUR OTHER GOALS WAS TO LOOK AT GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION
STATEWIDE. 
          SO WE ENLISTED THE AID OF A SCIENTIST FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
LOS ANGELES. 
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AND AGAIN, THE MAP IS IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER. 
          THERE'S A LONGHORN PICTURE ON THE RIGHT. AND THEN WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT IS A CLUSTER
DIAGRAM WITH VARIOUS GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS. 
          THAT'S BASICALLY A GENETIC TREE OF SIMILARITY BETWEEN POPULATIONS OF LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP
. 
          AND YOU'LL NOTE AT THE TOP OF THAT SPREAD, THERE'S VASCO CAVES AND BRUSHY PEAK. 
          AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY SEPARATE FROM ONE ANOTHER. 
          SO THEY ARE GENETICALLY DISTINCT FROM EACH OTHER JUST A STONE'S THROW ACROSS VASCO ROAD. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER POPULATIONS, THEY'RE ALSO DISTINCT FROM,
FROM THE MORE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA POPULATIONS. 
          THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND
HOW THESE ARE DISTINCT GENETIC POPULATIONS OF A SINGLE SPECIES. I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS IN TERMS OF DEFINING THE
HABITATS THAT THEY USE VERY BRIEFLY, AND ONE OF WHICH, OF COURSE, IT MAKES SENSE. WATER IS EVERYTHING IN CALIFORNIA. 
          SO WE LOOKED AT THE HYDROLOGICAL REGIME. THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION IN THE
VASCO CAVES AREA FOR THREE YEARS. 
          THE WHITE BARS SHOW ONE YEAR THROUGH THE THROUGH THE WINTER SPRING SEASON,
SO FAIRY SHRIMP CAN ACTUALLY BREED AND PERSIST FROM OCTOBER THROUGH APRIL. SO THROUGH A THROUGH A WINTER AND SPRING SEASON,
THE GRAY BARS ARE A SECOND YEAR AND THE BLACK BARS ARE A THIRD YEAR OF THE STUDY. 
          AND ONE THING THAT FALLS OUT IS THE ARROWS. POINT OUT THE MAXIMUM INUNDATIONS FOR ANY
GIVEN MONTH, AND YOU CAN SEE THEY VARY BETWEEN THE MONTHS,
AND THEN THE AMOUNTS VARY QUITE A BIT. 
          AND EVEN THE GRAY BARS THEMSELVES SHOW VERY LOW INUNDATIONS FOR SOME OF THE MONTHS. 
          AND IF YOU THINK AGAIN THAT THE WHOLE LIFESPAN TAKES PLACE IN THE COURSE OF 40 TO 50 DAYS, THAT IF YOU HAVE A DRY PERIOD IN BETWEEN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER AND FEBRUARY,
THEN YOU COULD ACTUALLY LOSE A WHOLE GENERATION OF FAIRY SHRIMP FOR A GIVEN YEAR. SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE RESTING EGGS THAT CAN JUST HANG OUT UNTIL THEY HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY. 
          THIS ALSO REFLECTS THE ANNUAL SEASONAL PATTERNS. 
          THIS IS LIFE LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP . THE Y AXIS SHOWS THE MARINE,
THE MEAN LONGHORN, FAIRY SHRIMP , ABUNDANCE AND THEN VARIATION IN YEARS BETWEEN THE TWO SEASONS AND OVER THE THREE YEAR
PERIOD. 
          AND BASICALLY WHAT IT SHOWS IS THERE IS A REAL EFFECT OF ABUNDANCE RELATED TO THE SEASON
AND TO THE WETNESS OF THE SEASON, AS IT WERE, TO THE INUNDATION PERIOD. BRIEFLY,
TWO OF THE WE LOOKED AT NUMEROUS NUMEROUS BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FACTORS. SO WHAT DEFINES THE HABITAT OF A GIVEN ROCK POOL? AND WHAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT FOR A LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP . 
          SO WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF ABIOTIC FACTORS LIKE DISSOLVED OXYGEN,
TURBIDITY, CHLOROPHYL A ALL THREE OF THOSE FACTORS ARE NEGATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH FAIRY SHRIMP WITH LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP ABUNDANCE. SO AND THEN LOOKED AT SOME OF THE BIOTIC
FACTORS LIKE ACTIVE ABUNDANCE. 
          THOSE ARE PREDATORS THAT ARE PRESENT IN THE ROCK POOL. 
          AND AS THE GRAPH SHOWS, LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP ABUNDANCE ON THE Y AXIS DECREASES AS YOU GET
MORE PREDATORS ON THE X AXIS MOVING OUTWARDS. SO IT'S KIND OF A VISUAL DEMONSTRATION OF,
YEAH, IT'S KIND OF A ROUGH WORLD OUT THERE. 
          IT'S AN ANIMAL EAT ANIMAL WORLD. THEY HAVE POSITIVE ASSOCIATIONS WITH PHOSPHATE AND OTHER
FACTORS. 
          SO THAT JUST GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WE HAVE WE HAVE NOW A DATA SET AND A SENSE OF WHAT THESE
ANIMALS REQUIRE IN A GIVEN ROCK POOL. 
          THIS IS RATHER COMPLEX HERE, BUT IT'S LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL AND IF YOU JUST FOCUS
ON THE BLUE DOTS, I'D JUST LIKE TO EMPHASIZE LOOK AT THE LOWER LEFT BLUE CIRCLE OR PURPLE CIRCLE THAT'S
LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP . 
          ON THE LOWER RIGHT IS VERNAL POOL FAIRY SHRIMP . 
          AND WHAT THIS IS ARE ROCK POOLS THAT CONTAIN ONLY LONGHORNS OR ONLY VERNAL POOL . 
          AND THEN THE TWO MIDDLE PURPLE CIRCLES SHOW WHETHER THEY BOTH OCCURRED IN THE SAME POOL OR
WHETHER NEITHER OCCURRED IN ANY OF THE POOLS. 
          SO THERE WERE SOME POOLS WHERE WE HAD NO FAIRY SHRIMP . 
          AND WHAT THIS IS ILLUSTRATING IS A DISSIMILARITY INDEX AMONG COMMUNITY TYPES. 
          NOW THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. BUT WHAT IT BASICALLY SHOWS IS THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN
THE INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY PRESENT IN THE POOLS WHERE YOU FIND LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP VERSUS VERNAL POOL FAIRY SHRIMP VERSUS NO FAIRY SHRIMP . 
          SO EVEN THE BIOTIC VARIABILITY. THE BIODIVERSITY WITHIN THESE POOLS ESSENTIALLY ENTRAINS
AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL. 
          THESE FAIRY SHRIMP AND WHETHER THEY'RE THERE OR NOT. SO CONCLUSIONS FROM ALL OF THIS,
THEY EXHIBIT THE DIFFERENT SPECIES, EXHIBIT DIFFERENT PATTERNS IN SPACE AND TIME. 
          THEY'RE VERY MUCH ENTRAINED BY ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC FACTORS. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, PHYSICAL CHEMICAL FACTORS AND PRESENCE OF OTHER ANIMALS. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE WATER CYCLE IS THE DOMINANT FACTOR,
AND IT CAN ALSO LEAD TO COMMUNITY DIFFERENCES. 
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SO WE HAVE THIS DATA SET. WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT IS REQUIRED BY HABITAT. 
          AND WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT IN A 30 X 30 MINI GRANT FROM THE DISTRICT TO IDENTIFY SOME
OF THE POOLS WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THE SHRIMP. 
          AND WE THOUGHT, COULD WE POTENTIALLY PUT LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP IN THOSE POOLS WHERE WE
DON'T HAVE ANY LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP , AND WOULD THAT BE A WAY TO RESTORE THEM? WE USE MORE EXTENSIVE MAPPING AS WELL. 
          THERE'S ON THE LOWER RIGHT IS A WATERSHED MAP AND AN INSTALLATION MAP. 
          INSTALLATION IS THE AMOUNT OF ESSENTIALLY RADIATION THAT HITS THE ROCK FACE,
AND THAT CAN VARY BY ROCK AND ROCK FACE. 
          YOU CAN IMAGINE ROCK POOL IN THE NORTH FACE GETS LESS SUNLIGHT THAN A ROCK POOL IN THE
SOUTH FACE. 
          SO ALL THAT INFORMATION WAS AGAIN COMBINED WITH THE OTHER STUFF TO IDENTIFY WHICH POOLS
MAY BE CANDIDATE POOLS THAT WE CAN STICK THESE OTHER FAIRY SHRIMP INTO. 
          THEN WE ALSO DID SOME EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY WORK ON CYST PRODUCTION. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, DEVELOPING PARAMETERS BY WHICH WE CAN HATCH THE EGGS SO THAT WE CAN
POTENTIALLY TAKE THE SOURCE EGGS FROM SOME OF THESE ROCK POOLS, HATCH OUT LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP , AND USE THEM TO SEED THESE OTHER ROCK POOLS AND THEREBY
INCREASE THEIR OVERALL ABUNDANCE IN THIS AREA. 
          AND WE TOOK MORE DETAILED WET AND WET AND DRY SEASON MEASUREMENTS. 
          THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL CYST PRODUCTION. 
          WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL AT HATCHING OUT VERNAL POOL FAIRY SHRIMP AND ANOTHER FAIRY SHRIMP
. 
          THE CALIFORNIA FAIRY SHRIMP , WHICH IS THAT'S IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND PICTURE,
IS THE CALIFORNIA FAIRY SHRIMP , AND THE UPPER ONE IS THE VERNAL POOL FAIRY SHRIMP . 
          WE DID NOT SUCCEED YET IN HATCHING OUT LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP FROM THE CYST,
BUT WE DO HAVE SOME MORE EXPERIMENTS PLANNED TO HOPEFULLY SUCCEED IN THAT. WHAT'S THE MAJOR TAKE HOME? WHAT'S THE MOST,
MOST LIKELY NEXT STEP THAT WE COULD PURSUE TO AGAIN INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP OUT IN THE VASCO CAVES BRUSHY PEAK AREA? ONE OPTION, WHICH WOULD BE VERY SIMPLE AND DIRTY,
IF YOU WILL, AND THAT WOULD BE JUST TO EXCAVATE SOME OF THESE ROCK POOLS THAT HAVE BEEN FILLED AND SILTED IN WITH SOIL. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES HERE,
THESE POOLS ARE COMPLETELY SILTED IN AND THERE'S GRASSES GROWING IN THEM. 
          THERE'S ESSENTIALLY NO WATER THEY WILL NOT FILL WITH WATER DURING THE WINTER,
DURING THE SEASON. 
          SO YOU WON'T GET FAIRY SHRIMP THERE. SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO EXCAVATE THE TOP LAYERS OF
THE SOIL OUT TO THE DOWN TO THE BASE OF THE ROCK POOL. AND THEN JUST ADD WATER. WAIT FOR THE RAINS TO. 
          COME AND SEE. WITH THE GIVEN CYST POPULATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE SOIL,
WHAT HATCHES OUT OF THEM, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE EXTRA POOLS WITH LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP THAT HAVE BEEN QUIESCENT IN
THESE POOLS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HATCH FOR DECADES BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN TOTALLY SILTED IN. 
          SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE NEXT POTENTIAL STEP THAT WE COULD UNDERTAKE TO INCREASE THE
ABUNDANCE OF LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP IN OUR AREA. AND SO WITH THAT, THAT'S THE GOAL LOTS OF FOLKS TO ACKNOWLEDGE. 
          AGAIN, WE HAD THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT OF A LOT OF STUDENTS FROM CALIFORNIA STATE,
SACRAMENTO, AND NUMEROUS AGENCIES AND PERMITTING AGENCIES AND VARIOUS CONSULTING FIRMS AND OTHER
RESEARCHERS THAT HAVE ASSISTED US. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          AND THANK YOU. AMAZING PRESENTATION. THANKS SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND JOINING
US AND SHARING THIS INFORMATION. WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO FIRST IS DO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE
MEMBERS, AND THEN WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IF THERE'S ANY
LINGERING COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          COLIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, IT'S JUST I'VE ENJOYED GOING OUT AND LOOKING IN THE POOLS AND SEEING THE CRITTERS. 
          IT'S AMAZING WORK THAT YOU FOLKS DO AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IF THE BOARD'S INTERESTED IN GOING OUT AND SEEING THE
POOLS, IS THERE A PUBLIC TOUR WE CAN MAYBE JOIN, OR IS THERE A WAY WE CAN ORGANIZE SOME TYPE OF
THE EXCURSION? WE'RE AT YOUR SERVICE. HAPPY TO, WHICHEVER MAY WORK EASIEST AND MAY BE THE BEST OPTION TO
GET OUT THERE. 
          MAYBE WORK WITH KEN TO ORGANIZE. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          SURE. COOL. I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOU OUT THERE. 
          YEAH. AFTER SEEING THIS, I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH YOU. IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
AREA, YOU KNOW? AND IN A SENSE, IT'S VERY SACRED FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT REASONS. 
          IT'S ALWAYS IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS WORK OUT THERE AND TO TRY TO PRESERVE
SOME OF OUR VALUES THAT WE HAVE. 
          YES, YES. LYNDA, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? 
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CAN YOU PUT THIS MAYBE IN A PERSPECTIVE OF, I DON'T KNOW,
THE FAIRY SHRIMP ? THAT'S OKAY. I'D LOVE TO MEET THEM. I'VE MET MANY ENDANGERED,
THREATENED SPECIES, BUT ARE THESE CONSIDERED LIKE, CAN YOU GIVE ME A BIGGER PICTURE? LIKE, WHY ARE THESE SO IMPORTANT? ARE THEY AN INDICATOR
SPECIES OF THE HEALTH OF THE BIODIVERSITY? OR ARE THEY PART OF AN IMPORTANT FOOD CHAIN THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF. 
          DO WE HAVE AN INDICATOR? WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU DID THIS,
OR DO WE SEE OVER TIME A DECREASE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE BIG PICTURE AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE HEALTH AND THE BIODIVERSITY OF OU R PARKS? THESE LITTLE FAIRY SHRIMP . SURE. ABSOLUTELY. 
          WELL, THE BIG PICTURE IS EVERY ROCK POOL IS ITS OWN MICROCOSM,
RIGHT? IT'S OWN ECOLOGY PRACTICALLY. AND THE SUMMATION OF ALL THOSE ROCK POOLS GIVE YOU WHAT YOU
HAVE IN THE AREA GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT SPECIES INHABIT THEM. SO THE FAIRY SHRIMP STATEWIDE ARE THERE'S ON THE ORDER OF 23, 24 SPECIES OF FAIRY SHRIMP THROUGHOUT THE STATE,
AND SEVERAL IN MANY OF THEM ARE LISTED BECAUSE THEY ARE A TARGET. 
          WELL, THEY'RE IN HABITATS THAT ARE HIGHLY ENDANGERED THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND,
AND CHANGES IN USE PATTERNS OF LAND USE. 
          SO STATEWIDE THEY'RE LISTED AS SPECIES OF EITHER SPECIAL CONCERN OR ARE VERY CONSIDERED PART AND PARCEL TO THE VERNAL POOL ECOSYSTEM. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BIGGER PICTURE. AND THEN LOCALLY,
WE AT ONE TIME THE LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP APPARENTLY HAD A WIDER ABUNDANCE AT VASCO CAVES . YOU CAN GO INTO THE HISTORICAL RECORD LIKE THE TYPE
LOCALITY WHERE THEY WERE FOUND. 
          THEY'RE NO LONGER ON THAT ROCK, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S 200 ROCK POOLS ON IT. 
          SO IT RAISES THE QUESTION IS, HAVE WE LOST THEM? ARE THEY GOING OUT? HOW ARE THEY BEING, YOU KNOW,
ENTRAINED BY THESE DRY WET CYCLES AND PERHAPS CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          SO SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO TRY TO WORK WITH THE AGENCIES TO ESSENTIALLY RECOVER A LOT OF
THESE THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES. 
          SO WE WORK UNDER FEDERAL RECOVERY PERMITS. AND RECOVERY MEANS JUST THAT TO TRY TO IMPROVE
POPULATION STABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY GOING INTO THE FUTURE. SO THAT'S KIND OF, AGAIN, OUR MISSION WHERE 100 YEARS FROM NOW,
WE'D STILL LIKE TO HAVE FAIRY SHRIMP IN THOSE ROCK POOLS OUT THERE. 
          RIGHT. SO AND HOW IMPORTANT ARE THEY TO THE ECOSYSTEM? AGAIN, EACH LITTLE ROCK POOL HAS ITS WHOLE MICROCOSM OF PREDATORS,
PASSIVE DISPERSERS, ACTIVE DISPERSERS. 
          YOU TAKE OUT ONE LITTLE ELEMENT OF THAT PICTURE,
YOU, YOU START TO HAVE, YOU MAY START TO IMPACT THE OVERALL SUSTAINABILITY OF THAT PARTICULAR POOL. AND THAT'S IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT WHY THESE AREAS ARE PROTECTED. 
          THEY'RE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY ARE SO SENSITIVE. 
          YOU CAN IMAGINE HAVING THE PUBLIC INTERACTING WITH THESE POOLS WOULD CAUSE WREAK HAVOC
BASICALLY ON THE ECOSYSTEM IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCING ALL KINDS OF ISSUES. WELL,
I FIND IT REALLY INTERESTING AND AN INDICATOR OF OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKS OVERALL, THE ONE HAND, HOW BLESSED WE ARE THAT THROUGHOUT WAS THAT THROUGH CALIFORNIA WE ONLY FOUND
IT IN THESE TWO LOCATIONS. 
          TWO OF FIVE WHERE THEY FOUND THEM. I MEAN, THAT'S. 
          YEAH, TWO OUT OF FIVE. SO THE FACT THAT WE'VE SET ASIDE THESE PARKS ALL THESE DECADES,
THESE 90 YEARS, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT THEY COULD BE AT RISK IF WE DON'T MANAGE THEM PROPERLY. 
          HOW MANY? THE SAME QUESTION I ASKED EARLIER,
AGAIN, BEING THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK. 
          I MEAN, FAIRY SHRIMP ARE INTERESTING, BUT DO YOU? OR MAYBE YOU'RE NOT THE RIGHT PERSON TO ASK. HAVE AN IDEA? LIKE HOW MANY ENDANGERED SPECIES LIKE I SAW SOMETHING THAT EAST BAY MUD PUT OUT RECENTLY
THAT SAID, OH, WE HAVE SO MANY, I DON'T KNOW, 90,000 KNOWN SPECIES IN OUR PARKLANDS. 
          LIKE, DO WE HAVE AN OVERALL KNOWN? AND OF THOSE,
HOW MANY ARE ENDANGERED OR THREATENED? DO WE HAVE TWO, TEN, 200 I MEAN, I CAN WE DO I'M ON THE SPOT HERE BECAUSE SOMETIMES I
CAN'T REMEMBER. 
          CAN WE GET IT LATER. BUT YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. I THINK WE
HAVE ON THE ORDER OF AND YOU KNOW, OUR ECOLOGICAL SERVICES COORDINATORS HAVE, YOU KNOW,
GOT THE NUMBERS AND THE TABLES OF EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE. 
          BUT IT'S ON THE ORDER OF, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FOR ANIMALS ON THE ORDER OF LIKE 60 SOME ODD
LISTED ANIMALS AND, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING INVERTEBRATES, THAT SORT OF THING. 
          AND YEAH, DISTRICT WIDE MORE THAN THAT. BUT AND THEN IF YOU THROW IN PLANTS,
THAT JUST REALLY BUMPS UP THE NUMBER. 
          BUT WE CAN GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBERS. SO DON'T QUOTE ME. 
          OKAY. I WON'T QUOTE YOU. THANK YOU. JUST THAT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO ME AND SEEMS
LIKE ALREADY I MEAN IN GENERAL THERE'S A GREAT, 
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GREAT LOSS. THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES. 
          WE I DON'T WANT TO. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AS A SCIENTIST MYSELF,
I MEAN, A PRESENTATION ON FAIRY SHRIMP IS NOT GOING TO LIKE, OH, MY GOD, ALL HANDS ON DECK. THE WORLD IS DYING. 
          BUT I DO THINK THAT WE COULD PROBABLY PRESENT MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES,
THE ONES YOU MENTIONED IN THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE. 
          DO YOU JUST HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON HOW OUR PARKS AND POLICIES ARE ARE HELPING THESE SPECIES
RIGHT NOW? THINGS WE'RE DOING, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, KEEPING THINGS. 
          WHAT ELSE ARE WE DOING TO PROTECT ENDANGERED SPECIES OVERALL? WELL, WE'RE DOING WE'RE DOING QUITE A BIT. THAT'S KIND OF A LOT. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH. SO THE DISTRICT HAS,
YOU KNOW, TWO MAIN GOALS PROVIDE RECREATION, LIGHT RECREATION AND PRESERVE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE VALUES. 
          AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE WORKING WITH PARK OPERATIONS. 
          IF WE ARE, SAY, DEVELOPING A STAGE, A STAGING AREA OR REPAIRING CULVERTS,
THAT SORT OF THING, THAT REQUIRES THEN STEWARDSHIP AND OR CONSULTANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF THE THREATENED
OR ENDANGERED SPECIES OR LISTED SPECIES ARE BEING HARMED THROUGH THESE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND,
STUFF WHERE THERE HAS TO BE A BIO MONITOR, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE PERMITS THAT WE GET TO ACTUALLY DO THE CONSTRUCTION AND TO
BUILD THINGS. 
          SO THERE'S THAT KIND OF PRACTICAL ASPECT TO IT. 
          BUT THEN A LOT OF OUR, YOU KNOW, GRANTS THAT WE GET AND RESEARCH PERMITS THAT OUTSIDE
ENTITIES COME IN AND DO RESEARCH WITH LOOK AT OUR STOCK PONDS, WHICH HELP OUR GRAZERS AND KEEP OUR,
KEEP OUR LIVESTOCK WATERED. 
          THEY CONTAIN RED LEGGED, CALIFORNIA RED LEGGED FROGS,
CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDERS. 
          SO PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE YOU GO IN THE DISTRICT,
THERE IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SMITTEN WITH WONDERFUL SPECIES. 
          WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS, AND WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS ACREAGE,
WHICH GIVES US SOME BUFFER AGAINST DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER PRESSURES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE MAKE THE SITUATION SAY MUCH MORE CRITICAL. SO,
YEAH, AND WE WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES TOO, LIKE THE WATER DISTRICTS AND PRIVATE LANDOWNERS,
TO TRY TO TAKE A MORE REGIONAL APPROACH TO THINGS. 
          AND ONE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL,
WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO CATEGORIZE, COME UP WITH A GIS BASED WAY TO LOOK AT, OKAY,
IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING UP AT BRIONES, YOU KNOW WHAT ARE ALL THE ISSUES IN TERMS OF PROTECTING THESE THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES? WHAT TYPES OF HABITATS MIGHT BE AFFECTED? SO ALLOW US TO ENABLE US TO WORK MUCH QUICKER
AND PROVIDE QUICKER ANSWERS TO ANY DIRECTION. THE BOARD YOU MAY WANT TO GO WITH CERTAIN PARK DEVELOPMENTS AND
SIMILAR THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. 
          WORK WITH OUR PERMITTING AGENCIES TO SAY, WELL,
THIS IS WHAT WE THINK WILL HAPPEN IF WE DO A, B, OR C. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A LONG WINDED ANSWER,
SO I HOPE IT WASN'T TOO LONG. 
          IT'S A LOADED TOPIC. IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIES,
NOT JUST THE FAIRY SHRIMP AND. 
          OH ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A BIG DEAL. AND WE'RE JUST SO LUCKY. 
          THIS PARK SYSTEM IS SO AMAZING THAT WE HAVE. I AGREE. 
          THANK YOU. THAT'S SOME VERY ENCOURAGING WORDS. 
          THANK YOU. REAL QUICK. I HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS 30X 30 MINI GRANT. 
          AND THE STUDENTS AND I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM. 
          SO THE CAL STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO STUDENTS YOU HAVE LISTED ON THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SLIDE, ARE THOSE THE STUDENTS THAT WERE THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE 30 X 30 GRANT,
OR IS IT ANOTHER SET OF STUDENTS? SOME OF THEM WERE PARTICIPANTS BY THE 30 X 30,
NOT ALL OF THEM, BECAUSE IT WAS YOU KNOW, THIS RESEARCH WENT OVER A SPAN, YOU KNOW, A DECADE BASICALLY. SO THE 30 X 30 GRANT WAS JUST THE LAST TWO YEARS OR SO. 
          AND ARE THERE OTHER STUDENTS BESIDES A SUBSET OF THE CAL STATE UNIVERSITY SACRAMENTO
STUDENTS? WELL, WE'VE HAD WE'RE A MULTI OPPORTUNITY STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE WILL TAKE OTHER STUDENTS OUT DURING THESE PROJECTS ALSO TO GIVE
THEM EXPOSURE TO HOW DO YOU HANDLE A THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES. 
          AND THAT HELPS IMPROVE THEIR ABILITIES TO EVENTUALLY GET PERMITS DOWN THE LINE. 
          SO WE'VE TAKEN CAL STATE EAST BAY STUDENTS OUR STUDENTS FROM BAKERSFIELD,
CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD. 
          SO YEAH, WE'RE ALWAYS WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE DOING THE WORK
THAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          ANY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OR NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THIS. 
          BUT WE HAVE TAKEN WE HAVE TAKEN FOR SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS WE'VE WORKED WITH HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY 
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COLLEGE STUDENTS AND DAVE RITCHIE IS A HUGE MOVER AND SHAKER IN TERMS OF HE'S ALSO A PART
TIME TEACHER AT ONE OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND BRINGING LOTS OF STUDENTS OUT TO PARTICIPATE IN SHORELINE ACTIVITIES. 
          SO YEAH, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ANGLES, AND WE DO ALL OF US IN STEWARDSHIP DO WORK WITH
INTERNS THAT COME FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS THAT CAN BE OUT OF STATE UNIVERSITIES. 
          THEY COULD BE FROM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, YOU NAME IT. 
          SO WE TRY TO BE A WE TRY TO HAVE A GOOD OUTREACH TO PROVIDE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS
POSSIBLE. 
          THAT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION. 
          SO I WAS REALLY INTRIGUED BY THE MAP. YOU HAVE A HEADLINE,
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION GRANT WHERE YOU SHOW, YOU KNOW, BRUSHY PEAK AND THE BYRON VERNAL POOL S AND ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE YOU
WENT OUT TO SURVEY. 
          AND THERE'S ONE THAT SAYS SC IN BETWEEN 580 AND THE ALTAMONT PASS ROAD. 
          AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, WHAT IS THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. AND THAT'S OKAY. MAYBE YOU CAN GET BACK TO ACTUALLY. 
          SC STANDS FOR SANTA CLARA. SO IT'S IT'S OWNED BY THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA. 
          AND THAT HARKENS TO THE ALTAMONT PASS WIND RESOURCE AREA,
WHERE BACK IN THE DAY, THEY PURCHASED A RANCH TO ERECT WIND TURBINES ON THE PROPERTY TO THEN BE CREATING RENEWABLE ENERGY. 
          IT'S ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF A SEPARATE PROPERTY RELATIVE TO THE REST OF THE ALTAMONT PASS
WIND RESOURCE AREA, AND HAS FOR THE LONGEST TIME WAS NOT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR WIND DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT WAS SANTA CLARA. 
          SO IT'S A CONFUSING SITUATION OUT THERE. OKAY. 
          I UNDERSTAND THESE CONFUSING SITUATIONS, BUT THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT PIECE OF INFORMATION. AND THEN I'M CURIOUS,
HAVE YOU BEEN OUT TO THE SPRING TOWN WETLAND PRESERVES OR SPRINGTOWN OPEN SPACE AREAS? I BELIEVE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN FAIRY SHRIMP . 
          I'M NOT SURE WHICH TYPE OF FAIRY SHRIMP THAT HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN SOME OF THE POOLS
THERE, AND I KNOW THAT THAT AREA TENDS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE ALKALINE SINK HABITAT,
WHICH I NOTICED WAS ALSO ON YOUR MAP WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE POPULATION LOCATIONS. 
          AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO BRUSHY PEAK, THIS SPRING TOWN PRESERVE AND WETLAND AREA. 
          I'VE BEEN OUT THERE. WE DON'T HAVE LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP IN THOSE POOLS BECAUSE,
AGAIN, THEY'RE SOIL BASED POOLS. 
          BUT THERE'S BRANCHINECTA LYNCHI , VERNAL POOL FAIRY SHRIMP . 
          AND I THINK THE CALIFORNIA FAIRY SHRIMP IS OUT THERE. 
          YES, I KNOW THAT. THERE'S SOME IT'S ACTUALLY BRANCHINECTA LYNCHI IS THE MOST COMMON ONE. 
          AND IT'S NOT A LISTED FAIRY SHRIMP . IT'S. OKAY. 
          IT'S DOING WELL THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THAT'S INTERESTING. 
          AND I'LL ADMIT, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON FAIRY SHRIMP ,
BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S THIS RETIRED LIVERMORE AREA AND RECREATION PARK DISTRICT RANGER, PATTI COLE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE. OH,
YES. YES, YES. 
          AND I'M ON HER EMAIL LIST. AND SO SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY WERE LOOKING AT FAIRY
SHRIMP IN THE SPRING TOWN PRESERVE AREA. 
          AND I WAS AND I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO BRUSHY PEAK. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS. BUT I ALSO
KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT'S MORE SALT BASED AND NOT FRESH WATER BASED, THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A DIFFERENT SPECIES. SO THIS IS HELPFUL FOR ME TO HEAR,
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE IN REGARDS TO FAIRY SHRIMP . 
          AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL SO FASCINATING AND INTERESTING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS A BIG FAN OF HOW DO WE GET SOME OF THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO STUDENTS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS MEETING RECORDED. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR OTHERS TO VIEW ONLINE THROUGH THAT SYSTEM. 
          BUT I KNOW I'VE ADVOCATED IN THE PAST AND THIS IS SOMETHING MAYBE I'LL WORK WITH KEN AND
MANAGEMENT ON, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE HELPFUL TO MAYBE HAVE A YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THIS PRESENTATION. 
          OR I KNOW THAT MY LOCAL COMMUNITY TELEVISION HAS OFFERED ME GUEST SPOTS,
AND THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD RUN ON LOCAL COMMUNITY TELEVISION, FOR EXAMPLE. I THINK IT'S SO HELPFUL TO HELP INSPIRE,
ESPECIALLY YOUNGER SCIENTISTS OR YOUNGER STUDENTS WHO MIGHT WANT TO GO INTO THE SCIENCES TO HEAR A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS VERY POWERFUL. 
          SO THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO PUT THIS OUT THERE AS A,
YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY AND AS A COMMENT FOR US TO CONSIDER. 
          YEAH, WELL, WE'D BE VERY HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. 
          AND I THINK JUST RECENTLY OUT OF THURGOOD MARSHALL,
YOU KNOW,, THE NEXT ITERATION OF BACK ROADS AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT'S WHAT THAT SHOW IS CALLED ANYWAY. YOU KNOW,
THEY DID A SPOT WITH TAMMY LYNN AT THURGOOD MARSHALL, 
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AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUT SHOWN ON TELEVISION AT SOME POINT. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE ENGAGE IN AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. 
          THAT'S WONDERFUL. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
THIS ITEM. 
          MADAM CHAIR, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU. SO I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF MY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD SUPPORT THIS OR THIS IS THE TIME OR
PLACE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT BOARD OF DIRECTORS GET A BIGGER PICTURE. 
          THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL ON JUST ONE SPECIES IS NICE,
BUT I'M NOT SURE AS A POLICYMAKER I NEED TO SEE THAT ALL THE TIME. 
          BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF OTHERS AGREE THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE BOARD AT SOME POINT ON OUR ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THREATENED SPECIES IN TOTAL. I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW,
DO WE HAVE ANY MOUNTAIN LIONS OR EAGLES OR RED LEGGED FROGS AND AND WHERE? MAYBE SOME SORT OF BIGGER PICTURE. AND HOW MANY OF THESE KIND OF GRANTS ARE GOING ON? I FIND IT INTERESTING, FASCINATING. DON'T SEE THAT THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL WOULD GO FORWARD,
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD RECOMMEND TO STAFF, OR I COULD JUST DO IT AT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. 
          BUT I'D LOVE TO KNOW MORE OF THE BIG PICTURE OF THE HEALTH AND THE DIVERSITY AND THE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THIS FABULOUS PARK. JUST A GOOD PRESENTATION ON OUR NATURE CHECK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          YEAH, YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG FAN OF, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THINGS FROM BIG PICTURE AND ALSO
HAVING THE DATA AVAILABLE. 
          SO I LIKE THAT IDEA. AND ACTUALLY I'D BE CURIOUS,
YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIVE IN THE EAST BAY MUD SERVICE AREA, BUT THE R EPORT THAT YOU HAD SEEN, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF YOU IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT
WITH ME, I'D BE CURIOUS. AND I HAVE A FEELING MAYBE KEN AND HIS TEAM WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE THAT,
JUST TO SEE HOW IT WAS PRESENTED BY ONE OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES. 
          SO YEAH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO EXPLORE. ABSOLUTELY. AND MAYBE WE CAN WORK WITH WITH
KEN TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHEN AND HOW THAT GETS INTEGRATED INTO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING SCHEDULE. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. 
          WELL, THANKS SO MUCH. THIS IS GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL CLOSE THAT ITEM AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 3 C OUR ORAL HISTORIES UPDATE. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. HELLO, CHAIR SANWONG AND DIRECTORS COFFEY AND DESCHAMBAULT. 
          I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE AND I'M JUST SETTING THINGS UP. 
          OKAY, SO I AM BRENDA MONTANO, ARCHIVES PROGRAM SUPERVISOR,
AND I HAVE A CO-PRESENTER TODAY, AND THAT'S CRYSTAL JIMENEZ, WHO IS THE ARCHIVES ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST. 
          I'M JUST REALLY PLEASED TO INTRODUCE CRYSTAL. 
          BECAUSE I'M NO LONGER A STAFF OF ONE, AND IT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS GROWTH. 
          JUST HAVING AN ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON SUPPORTING THE DISTRICT AND SUPPORTING THE
ARCHIVES. 
          OKAY. SO JUST I LOVE TELLING THE HISTORY OF THINGS. 
          SO THE HISTORY OF THE ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM WAS SOMETHING THAT STARTED IN THE LATE 1970S, AND THE NATURALIST WHO STARTED WORKING THEN IN THE PARKS WERE WANTING TO DEVELOP
THEIR HISTORIES, AND THEY STILL HAD A LOT OF DESCENDANTS AND PEOPLE WHO WERE REALLY CONNECTED TO
THE LAND WANTING TO TELL THEIR STORIES. 
          SO IT KIND OF HAPPENED ORGANICALLY THERE. AND THEN THE DISTRICT,
AS AN AGENCY THERE WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS PUBLIC AFFAIRS WANTING TO CELEBRATE OUR ANNIVERSARIES AND PRIMARILY LIKE THE 50TH AND THE
75TH, THERE WAS A BIG INCREASE OF INTEREST IN THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF PARK DISTRICT
STAFF, BUT AS WELL AS BOARD DIRECTORS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES AND INCLUDING THE
FOUNDERS OF THE DISTRICT. 
          SO THERE WERE A LOT OF HISTORIES DONE THERE AND THEN ORAL HISTORIES WERE ALSO SUPPORTED
THROUGH OR THE ORAL HISTORIES PROGRAM SUPPORTED THE ANNOUNCED CALLED THE ACQUISITION,
STEWARDSHIP AND DESIGN GROUP OR DEVELOPMENT GROUP, BUT IT USED TO BE CALLED JUST PLANNING. BUT THEY DID PUT TOGETHER THE LAND USE PLANS AND
HISTORIC SITE ANALYSIS AND RESOURCE ANALYSIS. 
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AND WE ALWAYS THERE WAS ALWAYS AN ORAL HISTORY OR ORAL HISTORIES BROUGHT UP TO THERE. 
          SO BUT THEY'RE STILL USED TODAY WITH MITIGATION EFFORTS AND ALSO WITH HISTORIC ANALYSIS
SUPPORTING THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT . 
          OKAY. THESE ARE OUR CONTRACTORS TODAY. SHANNA FARRELL IS WITH UC BERKELEY AND THE BANCROFT
LIBRARY. 
          WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH THE BANCROFT LIBRARY FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE TRACI GIBBONS, WHO WAS A SUPERVISING NATURALIST OUT AT BLACK DIAMOND
MINES . 
          BUT NOW SHE IS WORKING ON ORAL HISTORIES THAT WERE DONE DURING THE 70S THAT WERE NEVER
FINISHED. 
          AND THEY'RE REALLY INCREDIBLE ORAL HISTORIES. 
          AND LASTLY, WE'VE STARTED CONTRACTING AND WORKING WITH DANA SHEW,
WHO'S OUT OF THE SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY CENTER. AND WE MET HER STARTING LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE ATTENDING THE YEAR BEFORE LAST,
THE GATHERING OF OHLONE PEOPLES AND STARTING AN INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY THERE WITH OHLONE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE PART OF
THAT PROGRAM. 
          SO LAST TIME, I THINK THAT I PRESENTED ON THE ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM WAS IN 2021 TO THE
NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, AND WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH OF A GRASP ON OUR ORAL HISTORIES. 
          WE HAD SOME DATABASE INFORMATION, BUT IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE. 
          HOWEVER, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME ESTIMATES ON WHERE ORAL HISTORIES WERE BEING CONDUCTED
OR WHAT ORAL HISTORIES WE HAD THAT WERE BEING CONDUCTED ON OUR PARKS AND WHAT PARKS THEY WERE ABOUT. 
          AND THEN I ALWAYS LIKE TO PUT THE OVERLAY OF THE,
THE WARD MAP AND JUST THE IDEA THAT THERE WERE SOME AREAS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, VERY UNDERSERVED. AND THEN THERE WERE SOME AREAS THAT HAVE REALLY ROBUST
INFORMATION AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED. SO THIS IS NOW AND WE KNOW WE HAVE OVER 650 TRANSCRIPTS. SO THAT GROWTH WAS NOT ONLY LOOKING AT ALL THE ORAL HISTORIES THAT WE HAD,
BUT IT WAS ALSO WE WERE CONTINUING TO CONDUCT ORAL HISTORIES WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          AND WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON OUR DATABASE WITH CRYSTAL'S WORK AND SUPPORT. 
          WE HAVE A HUGE DATABASE, EXCEL THAT IS READY TO BE SHARED WITH STAFF. 
          THAT'S SEARCHABLE AND ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS AND CAN TELL YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT ABOUT THE
ORAL HISTORIES. 
          AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT STATUS THEY ARE IN. I HAVE TO TURN MY PAGE. 
          OKAY. SO THIS IS THE BIG SLIDE THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE'RE
WORKING ON NOW AND WHERE THE ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM IS TODAY. SO WITH CRYSTAL ON BOARD WITH THE ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT,
WE'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO SETTLE IN AND WORK TOGETHER AND HAVE BETTER CAPACITY AND FLEXIBILITY. 
          I THINK THAT THAT SHOWS WITH US REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT THE PROGRAM. 
          THAT SHOWS WITH US BEING AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWING PEOPLE. 
          AND WE ARE ALSO HIRING CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY OF EITHER INTERVIEWING ON
SITE OR JUST SUPPORTING US AS WE CONDUCT ORAL HISTORIES AND THEN ALSO TO FOR THEM TO PROVIDE
SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THAT, MAYBE POST-PRODUCTION, LIKE SHORTER VIGNETTES THAT ARE MORE UNDERSTANDABLE FOR THE PUBLIC
OR MORE DIGESTIBLE, LIKE ON OUR WEBSITE. WE ARE ALSO GROUPING ORAL HISTORIES TOGETHER OR INTERVIEW CANDIDATES. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE FOCUSED ON THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK,
HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50, FOR ABOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWING SOME GREAT FOLKS. 
          WE'RE ALSO PUTTING TOGETHER A GROUP OF INTERVIEWS SURROUNDING THE BOREL PROPERTY. 
          SO THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING. AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH A UC BERKELEY CLASS
WITH THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL 
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RESOURCES CLASS AT UC BERKELEY, WHO HAVE HELPED US A LOT READING THESE ORAL HISTORIES AND
HELPING US PROVIDE HELPING US WITH SUMMARIES SO THAT THERE SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE THAT. 
          AND CRYSTAL WILL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND WITH MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH STAFF. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY LIKE A PERSONAL GROWTH FOR BOTH OF US IS THAT WE'RE GETTING TO KNOW THE
CANDIDATES MORE WE'RE ABLE TO ADAPT TO THEIR NEEDS, WHETHER IT BE THAT THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE INTERVIEWING ON ZOOM OR,
YOU KNOW, THEY'D RATHER YOU KNOW, BE AT THEIR PARK LIKE OUR FORMER PARK SUPERVISOR,
ED LEUNG AT SIBLEY. 
          AND HOW THAT HELPS THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT THEIR STORIES OR,
YOU KNOW, SOME INFORMATION THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FIND THAT HAS TO DO WITH PARK HISTORY. AND WE'RE ALSO REACHING OUT IN THE PARKS. 
          WE HAVE BOOTHS NOW, AND I THINK WE JUST GOT INVITED TO ANOTHER BOOTH FOR ARDENWOOD,
WHICH WILL BE INTERESTING, BUT WE'VE BEEN GOING OUT AND HAVING BOOTHS AND TELLING PEOPLE WE HAVE ORAL HISTORIES OR AS
THE GATHERING OF PEOPLES WE'RE THERE WITH A CONTRACTOR WHO'S AVAILABLE TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE ON THE SPOT FOR,
YOU KNOW, LIKE 15 MINUTES AND THEY'RE JUST IT'S JUST A REALLY NEAT TO EXPAND IN THAT AREA OF OUTREACH. 
          AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO WORK ON,
TOO, IS COLLABORATING WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE ON HOW TO JUST HAVE A BETTER A WAY OF SELECTING AND CONDUCTING ORAL HISTORIES AND HOW WE'RE DECIDING
WHICH ORAL HISTORIES TO DO PRIORITIZE. BUT AS WELL AS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE PROGRAM CAN GO FOR THE NEXT 90
YEARS, WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST SET OF INTERVIEWS AND TRANSCRIPTS THAT SUPPORT THE LAST 90 YEARS,
AND IT'S HELPING US DECIDE, LIKE, WHERE COULD WE GO IN THE NEXT 90 YEARS WITH THE ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM HERE AT THE
PARK DISTRICT. 
          SO, OH, ONE MORE THING. SO WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL WE HAVE OUR WEB PAGE,
THE ARCHIVES AND HISTORY PROGRAM WEB PAGE. I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE GOING THERE. 
          I KNOW THAT WE, THE MARTIN J. COONEY PHOTO COLLECTION,
IS THERE. 
          BUT I'M SLIDING IN SOME STORY MAPS AND WE HAVE CARQUINEZ STRAIT STORY MAP AND AS WELL AS A
TILDEN HISTORY STORY MAP. 
          AND WITHIN THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS LIKE PUT TOGETHER THESE SHORTER
VIGNETTES THAT SUPPORT THE HISTORIES OF THOSE PARKS, AND PEOPLE CAN GO IN AND EXPLORE THAT WAY. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN USE SOME OF THE VIDEOS THAT WE HAVE. 
          WE HAVE LOTS OF VIDEO. AND THEN HOW TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN SOME OF THESE STORIES AND TOLD
FROM A FIRST HAND POINT OF VIEW. 
          SO I AM GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO CRYSTAL BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO SHOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN
WORKING REALLY HARD ON FOR A WHILE NOW. 
          AND KIND OF LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE OF ACTUALLY HAVING PUBLIC ACCESS TO SOME OF OUR
RECORDS. 
          OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO HIT. STOP HERE. 
          I DON'T THINK. I WILL. WE JUST NEED TO GET THE EAST BAY HERE. 
          HELLO AGAIN. BRENDA SAID THAT MY NAME IS CRYSTAL JIMENEZ AND I AM THE ARCHIVES ADMIN
SPECIALIST IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 
          AND SO I'LL BE SHOWING YOU OUR WEB PORTAL THAT WE HAVE FOR THE ORAL HISTORIES. 
          AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE ARCHIVES AND HISTORY PROGRAM WEBSITE. 
          AND SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT, BUT I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO CLICK
DOWN BELOW HERE AND FIND 
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THE ORAL HISTORIES FOR THE WEBSITE. AND YOU CAN CLICK EITHER ON THE LINK HERE OR ON THE
PICTURE, JUST CLICK ON THE LINK. SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE HOME PAGE FOR OUR ORAL HISTORY
WEB PORTAL AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE. 
          JUST KIND OF LIKE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION REGARDING THE ORIGINS OF THEIR ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM. 
          BRENDA MENTIONED TO YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING WITH UC BERKELEY,
AND SHANNA FARRELL IS THE ONE WHO DOES MOST OF THE INTERVIEWS. 
          AND SO WE DO HAVE SEPARATE INTERVIEWS ON THEIR WEBSITE,
WHICH I WILL SHOW YOU IN A FEW MINUTES. 
          AND WHAT YOU SEE OVER HERE IN THE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS,
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE IN THIS ONE, BUT WE DO HAVE SEVERAL BUT WE JUST KIND OF FEATURED MORE LIKE OUR FOUNDING INTERVIEWS,
BUT WE'RE ABLE TO CHANGE THEM OUT MONTHLY IF YOU WANT TO, TO FEATURE PARKS OR CERTAIN PEOPLE OR BOARD MEMBER S OR WHATEVER,
SO THAT THAT CAN BE CHANGED. 
          AND IF WE CLICK ON THE COLLAGE RIGHT HERE, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO WHERE ALL THE INTERVIEWS ARE. 
          AND SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE ARE 40 OBJECTS OR TRANSCRIPTS. 
          AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THEM RIGHT HERE. WE'RE TRYING TO ADD MORE IN THE COMING MONTHS,
BUT FOR AN EXAMPLE, WE'RE JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU THE ALICE COOK BENITEZ. 
          AND THIS IS REGARDING THE COOKS RANCHES OVER AT PLEASANTON RIDGE. 
          AND WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IS JUST IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE ON THIS SCREEN,
BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF THE BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE TRANSCRIPT, YOU KNOW, CATALOG NAME, OBJECT NAME, DESCRIPTION,
TITLE OF THE INTERVIEW. 
          AND OH, IS IT TOO MUCH? OH, SORRY. AND YEAH,
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF JUST A BRIEF DESCRIPTION REGARDING THAT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE HERE THE RESTRICTIONS AREA. SO IT'S WHAT YOU CAN'T DO WITH THE TRANSCRIPT. 
          AND ON THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE BELOW. SO IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE USING,
YOU KNOW, QUOTING OUR TRANSCRIPTS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW,
GIVING US CREDIT FOR IT. 
          SO WE'RE KIND OF TELLING THEM HOW TO DO IT HERE. 
          AND IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS THEY CAN ALWAYS CLICK ON THE LINK DOWN BELOW. 
          AND THAT WILL SEND THEM TO OUR ARCHIVES EBRPD EMAIL. 
          AND IF YOU PUT THE CURSOR OVER THE COVER PAGE,
IT WILL ZOOM IN RIGHT THERE. 
          AND BRENDA MENTIONED THAT WE DO HAVE SOME STUDENTS FROM UC BERKELEY THAT ARE HELPING US
OUT WITH THE SUMMARIES. 
          SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY, IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR US TO GO THROUGH,
READ THEM ALL. 
          AND SO THEY GO THROUGH FOR US AND YOU KNOW, CREATE A SUMMARY FOR US. 
          IT'S JUST JUST KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT ONE LOOKS LIKE. AND THEY'RE USUALLY ABOUT A PAGE
LONG, SOMETIMES TWO PAGES LONG. 
          SO IF YOU DON'T IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO READ THAT INTERVIEW,
YOU CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND READ THE SUMMARY. 
          NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE THEM YET, BUT THEY SHOULD PRETTY SOON. 
          AND HERE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE WHAT THE INTERVIEW LOOKS LIKE. 
          IT'S JUST RIGHT HERE AGAIN. AND IT KIND OF GOES ON TO 110 PAGES. 
          SO IT'S A PRETTY LONG INTERVIEW. BUT WE DO HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON IT. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WHATEVER'S IN RED, YOU KNOW,
YOU CANNOT DO, BUT WHATEVER IS CHECKED OFF, YOU CAN. SO THE CONTENT COPYING FOR ACCESSIBILITY,
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IF YOU'RE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM WITHIN ADOBE READ ALOUD TO YOU. 
          AND IT'S A PRETTY COOL FEATURE. YOU CAN PRINT,
BUT IT'S PRETTY LOW RESOLUTION. 
          AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK OUT HERE. SO THIS LINK RIGHT HERE WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE HOME
PAGE FOR THE WEB PORTAL. 
          AND SO NOW OH I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU THE SEARCH FEATURE. 
          SO WE DO HAVE HERE A SEARCH FEATURE. AND IT'S A PRETTY COOL BECAUSE IT WILL ACTUALLY
SEARCH THE ENTIRE COLLECTION THAT WE HAVE. 
          YOU CAN SEARCH, YOU KNOW PEOPLE DATE PLACE OBJECTS. 
          SO I'M JUST GOING TO PUT HERE QUICKLY HORSE TO SEE WHAT POPS UP. 
          AND JUST SEARCH COLLECTION AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S,
YOU KNOW, 12 OBJECTS OR TRANSCRIPTS THAT HAVE HORSE MENTIONED IN THERE. 
          AND BACK TO THE HOME PAGE. AND SO NOW I'M JUST GOING TO QUICKLY SHOW YOU THE ORAL HISTORY
CENTER'S WEBSITE. 
          AND IT'S JUST A KIND OF A DESCRIPTION REGARDING,
YOU KNOW, WHO WHAT WE'RE DOING, OUR COLLABORATION WITH UC BERKELEY, AND JUST ALSO ABOUT THE COLLECTION IN GENERAL. 
          AND IF YOU GO SEE ALL INTERVIEWS, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THEIR WEBSITE. 
          AND HERE IT IS. AND SO CURRENTLY THERE'S 52 INTERVIEWS ON THEIR WEBSITE. 
          WE DO HAVE MORE COMING IN VERY SOON. AND THIS IS JUST PAGE TWO OF IT. 
          AND JUST A QUICK EXAMPLE. THIS IS SUZANNE LEONARD'S ORAL HISTORY REGARDING BUCKEYE RANCH
AT BRIONES. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A TRANSCRIPT, A QUICK DESCRIPTION REGARDING IT, SOME OF THE DETAILS REGARDING THE, YOU KNOW,
THE SITE AND THE TRANSCRIPTS AND STUFF. 
          AND THEN ALSO DOWN BELOW ON HOW TO DOWNLOAD AND STATISTICS AND ALL THAT STUFF. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE. AND THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES THE DEMONSTRATION FOR THE WEB
PORTAL. 
          AND SO I DO WANT TO END BY SAYING THAT OUR HISTORY IS REALLY UNIQUE,
INTERESTING AND SUPER COMPLEX. 
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AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR ALMOST 91 YEARS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY AND OUR HISTORY ISN'T ALWAYS SO WARM AND FUZZY
EITHER. 
          BUT WE ARE WHO WE ARE TODAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONFLICT,
YOU KNOW, CONFLICTS AND CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTIES THAT WE HAD OVER ALL OF THOSE YEARS. 
          AND THESE INTERVIEWS WILL CONVEY THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW,
THEY ALSO SHOW HOW THINGS GOT RESOLVED, WORKED ON AND HOW WE MOVED FORWARD TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          AND THAT'S IT. AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US COME TODAY TO PRESENT. 
          AND I KNOW WE BOTH REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO,
SO WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU. 
          I YES. YEAH. AND I KNOW YOU DO SUCH A GREAT JOB AT THE GATHERING OF THE OHLONE PEOPLES. 
          AND I ALWAYS ENJOY THE BOOTH THAT YOU SET UP AND SOME OF THE,
YOU KNOW, VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF THE GATHERING OF THE OHLONE PEOPLES, AS WELL AS YOUR ARCHIVES OF THE PROGRAMS. AND IT'S JUST SUCH A REAL TREAT TO BE ABLE TO
SEE EVERYTHING THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER FOR THAT, EVENT SPECIFICALLY. AND IT'S ALSO NICE TO SEE YOU KNOW,
THIS ONLINE ACCESS. 
          I ACTUALLY DID NOT KNOW THAT WE HAD THIS. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE PRESENTATIONS
LIKE THIS. 
          BECAUSE I CAN'T WAIT TO NOW GO AND DO SOME OF MY OWN SEARCHES AND SEE WHAT I DISCOVER. 
          SO I MAY HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          [LAUGHTER] YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS SEE IF ANY OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          GO AHEAD. BRENDA, ARE WE DOING TRANSCRIPTS NOW EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH BANCROFT,
OR ARE WE DOING SOME IN HOUSE AND SOME AT BANCROFT? HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH. SO WE DO BOTH. SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME CHANGES WITH THAT. 
          WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A KIND OF LIKE A QUOTA OF ORAL HISTORIES PER YEAR WITH BANCROFT. 
          AND I THINK WE WANT TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. 
          WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE FORMALITIES OF THE BANCROFT LIBRARY AND UC BERKELEY AS A
REPRESENTATION SOMETIMES MAKES PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE AND INTERVIEW CANDIDATES,
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT DEPENDING ON WHO WHO IS BEING INTERVIEWED. I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE SOMEBODY WE'RE INTERVIEWING THIS THURSDAY AND IT
HAS IT JUST IT HAS TO BE BRENDA MONTANO. 
          IT CAN'T BE, YOU KNOW, BUT AND IT'S I THINK IT'S LIKE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF
CAPACITY AND ABILITY TO BE THAT BE ADJUSTABLE TO, TO INTERVIEWS AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE INTERVIEWEES
THAT WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE. 
          SO THAT'S. YEAH. SO BUT BANCROFT DOES DO IT. I THINK WE MIGHT BE MOVING IN TOWARDS NOT
HAVING WHERE THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE 15 OR 16 ORAL HISTORIES PER YEAR, BUT PERHAPS WHERE THEY COULD DO IT ON CALL AS WE NEED
THEM. 
          SO THE TRANSCRIPTS THAT ARE DONE BY BANCROFT ARE HOUSED AT BANCROFT,
AND. 
          THEY ARE HOUSED AT BANCROFT. THAT'S PART OF THE BENEFIT OF THESE ORAL HISTORIES. 
          AND I THINK WHEN WE FIRST STARTED CONTRACTING WITH THE BANCROFT,
THE DISTRICT DID A QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          IT WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT AND THERE WAS NO LEGITIMATE ORAL HISTORY
PROGRAM. 
          SO I THINK IT WAS A FEELING OF, YOU KNOW, OH,
YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE WILL DO THE FULL PROCESS, THEY'LL PROCESS THE TRANSCRIPT, THEY'LL STORE THE TRANSCRIPT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY WILL PROVIDE ACCESS. 
          SO IT'S A GOOD DEAL. BUT IT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY PER YEAR TO DO IT. 
          BUT THEN IT BECOMES PART OF THE OVERALL BANCROFT COLLECTION OF CALIFORNIA HISTORY. 
          I MEAN, THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. WE'RE PART OF THEIR ORAL HISTORY REPOSITORY. 
          YEAH. GREAT. NOW THE EXISTENCE OF INCOMPLETE TRANSCRIPTS I'M GUESSING THAT THESE ARE
INTERVIEWS THAT WERE BEGUN AND NOT FINISHED. YES. THERE'S DIFFERENT FORMATS OF WHERE THEY'RE FINISHED
OR NOT FINISHED. 
          SOME MAY HAVE BEEN JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY HAD A MICROPHONE AND THEY INTERVIEWED SOMEONE, A STAFF PERSON AND BROUGHT THAT IN AND SAID,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS INTERVIEW. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF THE JOB OF CRYSTAL. SHE'S MY HELP WITH THAT IS ACTUALLY RESEARCHING AND
FINDING IF THERE IS A WAY WE CAN GET THAT TRANSCRIPT COMPLETE. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A MATTER OF,
YOU KNOW, NOBODY, NOBODY FILLED OUT A PERMISSIONS RELEASE. 
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AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. WE DON'T. WE'RE TRYING TO BE REALLY CAREFUL OF,
LIKE, WHAT TRANSCRIPTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE A RELEASE WE MIGHT BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT WHO EITHER KNOWS ABOUT
THAT TRANSCRIPT OR WHO CAN SEE IT. INTERESTING. IT IS A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE,
AND I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED JUST TAKING SOME FREE TIME AND PERUSING THEM. ESPECIALLY PREDECESSORS ON THE BOARD THAT THAT I ALWAYS FIND
INFORMATIVE AND AND INTERESTING. 
          THANK YOU. YEAH. QUICK QUESTION. WHEN DID THE WEB PORTAL BECOME AVAILABLE OR HOW LONG HAS
IT BEEN AVAILABLE? FRIDAY. OH, REALLY? SO FRIDAY WAS OUR OUR WANTING TO SEE IT ONLINE? YEAH. AND SO THAT'S EXCITING. SO THAT WAS THE EXCITING NEWS FOR EVEN FOR US. 
          SO. YEAH. YES. SO BRAND NEW. IN FACT, I THINK WE WERE GOING TO OH,
KENDRA LEFT, BUT WE WERE PLANNING ON WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE NEWSLETTERS AND STUFF, TOO. 
          ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. WOW. SO WE'RE REALLY ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS INFORMATION. 
          I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          SO THIS IS. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS LYNDA. 
          YEAH. THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING. I'M NOT DEFINITELY NOT NORMALLY A HISTORY BUFF,
BUT WHEN IT'S SOMETHING I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT YOU CAN'T HELP BUT START DIGGING INTO ALL OF THESE AND SOME OF THE BOOKS, BUT HAVING IT ON THE PORTAL AND THE WORD SEARCH LITTLE
EXAMPLE YOU GAVE WAS REALLY INTERESTING. 
          IT JUST MADE ME WONDER, LIKE HOW DO YOU CATEGORIZE,
HOW DO YOU CHOOSE? HOW DO YOU KEEP A BALANCE, LIKE SEARCHING BY HORSE VERSUS SEARCHING BY BICYCLES VERSUS
SEARCHING BY ENDANGERED SPECIES? OR I'VE BEEN DIGGING INTO IN MY WARD TRYING TO FIND OUT THE HISTORY OF JOHN SUTTER,
INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, THE BACKGROUND. AND MAYBE I NEED TO GO ON THERE AND GOOGLE JOHN SUTTER. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE CAPTURED ONE WITH HIM,
BUT ALL OF THAT. 
          HOW DO YOU CATEGORIZE AND THEN HOW DOES THIS GET INTO OUR MAYBE IT'S NOT YOURS TO ASK,
BUT OTHER PEOPLE. 
          HOW IS THIS GOING TO GET INTO OUR STAFF REPORTS? I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE MAKING A DECISION ABOUT JOHN SUTTER OR MAKING A DECISION ABOUT A PARK,
I MEAN, IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME TO UNDERSTAND THE ORAL HISTORY OF BRIONES BEFORE WE
APPROVE A NEW PROJECT OR RESTORE A BUILDING OR LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH JOHN SUTTER PARK, THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          SO I GUESS THOSE ARE HOW DO YOU CATEGORIZE AND HOW HOW CAN WE GET THIS? WELL, YOU JUST TURNED IT ON ON FRIDAY, BUT HOW DOES THIS GET INTO OUR DECISION MAKING
PROCESS. 
          SO YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE CATEGORIZING, YEAH. OKAY I'LL HELP I'LL HELP. LET ME ADD ALSO THE ELEMENT OF LIKE EQUITY, LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ORAL HISTORIES FROM NATIVE AMERICANS,
FROM ASIAN COMMUNITIES, THE API, THE LIKE. HOW'S THAT ALL GOING TO LOOK FOR? AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE STILL DOING. 
          THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE STILL DOING AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON. 
          AND I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO THE BANCROFT CONTRACTING ISSUE AND ALSO TO JUST HIRING
OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS AND WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE AND AND HOW ARE THEY HOW DO THEY RESONATE WITH THE
COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO INTERVIEW? SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US TO HAVE,
YOU KNOW, BE MINDFUL ABOUT THAT. 
          AND WE'RE JUST AT THE WE'RE JUST AT THE EDGE OF THAT. 
          I THINK YOU KNOW, THE LAST YOU KNOW, HOW THE ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM STARTED HAS STARTED,
AND IT WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE FINDING THAT HISTORY, BUT, LIKE,
WHERE IT COULD GO THE POTENTIALS FOR IT COULD BE REALLY EXCITING. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY SOME PROJECTS LATER THIS YEAR. 
          BUT WE REALLY DO WANT TO KIND OF SEE WHERE THAT COULD GO IN THAT AREA. 
          AND THEN WE JUST STARTED INTERVIEWING AT THE GATHERING OF OHLONE PEOPLES. 
          THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT . 
          ANNAMARIE GUERRERO WAS ONE THAT REALLY ENCOURAGED US TO DO SO. 
          AND THAT IS A NEW, NEW AREA FOR US AS WELL. AND C OULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME A LITTLE BIT MORE
OF LIKE, THE CATEGORIZING OF WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU'RE THINKING WITH THE. 
          AT SOME POINT YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING ON KEYWORDS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE
REPRESENTATION OF BICYCLISTS VERSUS HORSES OR API COMMUNITY COMPARED TO, I DON'T KNOW, LGBT VERSUS ELECTED OFFICIALS VERSUS STAFF. 
          IT SURE SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY HERE. 
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AND DEPENDING UPON THE USE AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN A STAFF REPORT OR DECISION
MAKING MIGHT DRIVE YOU LIKE I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE BALD EAGLE VERSUS THE FAIRY SHRIMP VERSUS THE,
YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY WHO USED A BUILDING. 
          ANYWAY, IT SEEMS THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW, YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION OR I'VE ANSWERED IT MYSELF. 
          WELL, RIGHT NOW, THE SEARCH. YEAH. WELL, THE SEARCH ENGINE RIGHT NOW IS BASED OFF OF
WHATEVER IS PICKED UP WITHIN THE PDFS. 
          SO IT'S ACTUALLY WHATEVER THE NARRATOR SAID. BUT I DO THAT IS PART OF OUR ONGOING
EDUCATION. 
          CONSTANTLY KEEPING UPDATED ON THAT. IT'S. YEAH,
THAT'S THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE ARCHIVES. 
          YES. IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. IT'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO STILL. 
          SO THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME. YEAH. I THINK THIS IS REALLY EXCITING. 
          AND I REALLY THINK THAT THIS IDEA THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE WAY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THIS IS,
YOU KNOW, THE COLLECTION OF THESE ORAL HISTORIES AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO, WHETHER IT'S YOU YOURSELF DOING THE INTERVIEW,
BANCROFT LIBRARY DOING THE INTERVIEW, OR A CONTRACTOR DOING THE INTERVIEW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S US REALLY, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT AND TRYING TO COLLECT THIS. 
          AND I GUESS AS AS A COMPLIMENT TO, YOU KNOW,
COLIN, LIKING TO ENJOYING BEING ABLE TO GO THROUGH YOU KNOW, THESE TRANSCRIPTS AND THIS HISTORY,
I GUESS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE TO DO IS I LIKE TO GO ONTO YOUTUBE, AND I LIKE TO SEE WHEN PEOPLE POST VIDEOS ABOUT OUR PARKS. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE REALIZES THIS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF VIDEOS ABOUT CAMPING AT DEL
VALLE AND I FIND MYSELF GOING DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE OF WATCHING THIS, YOU KNOW, CONTENT THAT'S PRODUCED BY, YOU KNOW,
OUR CAMPERS AT DEL VALLE AND THEIR EXPERIENCE THERE. 
          AND, AND I THINK IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE YOUTUBE AND SOME OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS? IT DOES ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PRODUCE CONTENT THAT WE CAN GO AND SEARCH. 
          AND SO WHAT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE IS,
I THINK, CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THIS PROJECT, BUT ALSO THINK ABOUT HOW THERE IS SO MUCH OTHER CONTENT OUT THERE AND HOW THAT IS A
COMPLEMENTARY YOU KNOW, PIECE. AND I THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO HERE AT THE PARK
DISTRICT . 
          I THINK IT'S SEPARATE FROM THIS, BUT STILL VERY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER,
YOU KNOW, WHAT HAS ALSO BEEN PRODUCED, YOU KNOW, BY THE CURRENT POPULATION THAT'S USING OUR PARKS AND USING SOME OF THE DIFFERENT
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES BECAUSE IT IS OUT THERE AND YES, NOW I'VE ADMITTED THAT THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR FUN,
BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO POST ON A PLATFORM LIKE YOUTUBE ABOUT OUR PARKS AND I THINK THAT THE
OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS. 
          AND SO IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE THIS MANAGEABLE,
I THINK THAT THAT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO TO CONSIDER AND SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUALLY KIND OF HAVE THIS CHECK IN,
OKAY. 
          WHAT 'S MANAGEABLE BY THE ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT VERSUS,
YOU KNOW, KEEPING TRACK OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING OUT THERE, THAT'S ALSO JUST AS IMPORTANT, BUT MAYBE NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HIRE,
YOU KNOW, THAT WE WOULD USE, YOU KNOW, YOUR TIME OR BANCROFT LIBRARY'S TIME OR A CONTRACTOR TO DO. 
          BUT IT'S STILL AN INTERESTING WAY TO CAPTURE YOU KNOW,
PARK USAGE AND PARK INTERESTS AND, ALSO SOME OF THE FOOTAGE CAN SHOW, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE THE DIFFERENT WATER LEVELS AT LAKE DEL VALLE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. 
          THINK THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES I THINK I PERSONALLY FIND FASCINATING. 
          SO THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE, AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT IT WAS LAUNCHED ON FRIDAY,
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE EVERYTHING GOES. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE NEWSLETTER,
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALSO MAKE SURE TO ANNOUNCE THIS AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AND REALLY TRY TO BUILD A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM FOR, YOU KNOW,
FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN ALL OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
          WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO REAL QUICK IS JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND GIVE THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO PROVIDE COMMENT. 
          CHAIR SANWONG, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT. THEN WE DO. WE NO. OKAY. NO, WE DO NOT. 
          THANK YOU. THEN WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          IF THERE'S ANY FINAL COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          I DON'T THINK SO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS WAS REALLY EXCITING. 
          AND WE'RE KIND OF NEARING THE END OF OUR AGENDA,
BUT I ACTUALLY KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE NOW FOR TWO HOURS. 
          I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE TO TAKE A QUICK TEN MINUTE BREAK BEFORE WE GET TO OUR FINAL
ITEM. 
          SO LET'S DO LET'S RECONVENE AT 1:16 P.M.. 
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ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET BACK TO OUR FINAL AGENDA. 
          WELL, NOT OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM, BUT OUR FINAL INFORMATIONAL ITEM. 
          ITEM 3 D OUR FLORISTIC TREASURES OF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS GRASSLANDS. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          I AM DINA ROBERTSON. I AM THE WILDLAND VEGETATION PROGRAM MANAGER IN STEWARDSHIP IN ASD,
AND I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BOTANICAL TREASURES OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT . 
          SO BOTANICAL MEANING PLANTS THAT'S WHAT THIS ENTIRE TALK IS GOING TO BE ABOUT. 
          THE MY GOAL OF THIS IS TO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION BE A CELEBRATION OF OUR RICH BOTANICAL
RESOURCES, AND ALSO A CELEBRATION OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE AT THE
PARK DISTRICT AROUND PROTECTING THESE RESOURCES, AND NOT JUST THE PARK DISTRICT STAFF, BUT ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND CONSULTANTS THAT HELP US
TO TO DO THIS GOOD WORK. 
          SO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME TO OUR PARKS EACH YEAR TO SEEK OUT AND TO HAVE JOY AND WONDER
AROUND PLANTS AND ALSO TO RECORD LOCATIONS OF PLANTS. SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. 
          BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO LOOK AT OUR PLANTS AND HELP US TRY TO PROTECT
THEM. 
          SO YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT CALIFORNIA IS A BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT,
WHICH MEANS WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES OF PLANTS AND WILDLIFE THAT IS SO MUCH HIGHER THAN OTHER PLACES OF THE WORLD. 
          SO IT'S A VERY SPECIAL PLACE, AND WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THIS
AND TO BE ABLE TO TO HELP MANAGE FOR THIS VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PLANT SPECIES. AND IT'S OUR DUTY TO PROTECT THESE RESOURCES THE
BEST THAT WE CAN FOR ALL OF OUR ENJOYMENT AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THESE PLANTS ARE BEAUTIFUL,
THEY'RE PRECIOUS, AND THEY ARE IRREPLACEABLE. 
          I HAVE ONE JUST QUICK STORY ABOUT THIS SLIDE. 
          I WANTED TO GIVE THIS GO THROUGH IT AT LEAST ONCE BEFORE THIS PRESENTATION. 
          SO MY DAUGHTER, WHO'S 11, SAID SHE WOULD SIT THROUGH IT. 
          AND WHEN SHE SAW THIS SLIDE, SHE POINTED TO THAT LOWER LEFT FLOWER. 
          SHE'S LIKE, MOM, THAT IS MY FAVORITE FLOWER. THAT ONE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL. 
          AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE THAT IS THE MOUNT DIABLO BUCKWHEAT,
WHICH THERE'S ONLY TWO POPULATIONS IN THE WORLD, AND ONE OF THEM IS ON OUR LAND. AND IT WAS A NEWLY DISCOVERED POPULATION BY NOMAD ECOLOGY, ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS THAT HELPS US DO A LOT OF WORK IN OUR PARKS. 
          SO WE AND IT'S WE HAVE LIKE A MILLION PLANTS OUT THERE. 
          AND THE ONLY OTHER POPULATION ON MOUNT DIABLO IS A TINY LITTLE POPULATION. 
          SO OUR LANDS AND THIS IS A BLACK DIAMOND MINES HOUSES ALL OF THESE JUST REALLY COOL PLANTS
THAT EVERYONE GETS TO ENJOY. 
          AND THE REASON WHY SHE KNEW THIS PLANT IS BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY TOOK SEED FROM OUR
POPULATION AND GREW IT AT THE BOTANICAL GARDEN, AT THE UC BOTANICAL GARDEN. AND WHEN YOU FIRST WALK IN, THERE'S LIKE A STANDING POT OF THIS PLANT AND IT JUST LOOKS LIKE THIS BIG
COTTON CANDY FLUFF. 
          IT'S A GORGEOUS PLANT. OKAY. SO SO WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF LANDS THAT HOUSE OUR
PLANTS AND MANY, MANY ACRES OF THOSE LANDS WE HAVE NOT EVER SURVEYED. 
          SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW YET WHERE THE EXTENT OF ALL OUR RARE PLANTS ARE AND UNCOMMON PLANT
COMMUNITIES AND WE NEED TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO PROTECT AND MANAGE FOR THEM. SO WE HAVEN'T HAD AN EXISTING COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT OUR BOTANICAL
RESOURCES AS OF 2023. 
          WE FOR MANAGEMENT AND LOOKING AT OUR RARE PLANTS,
WE HAVE ONE RARE PLANT BOTANIST MICHELLE HAMMOND, AND THEN WE HAVE VEG ECOLOGISTS THAT SUPPORT HER WHEN THEY CAN. 
          AND OF COURSE, LIKE I MENTIONED, OUR CONSULTANTS WHO DO A TON OF COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH
US AND VOLUNTEERS AS WELL. 
          OUR RARE PLANT BOTANIST SPENDS A LOT OF TIME FOCUSED ON JUST A FEW PLANTS,
BECAUSE WE HAVE EXISTING REQUIREMENTS AND PERMITS THAT WE HAVE TO ATTEND TO. 
          SO WE TEND TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THOSE PLANTS WHILE WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER ONES THAT
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT UNTIL RECENTLY. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE 126,000 ACRES TO COVER AND WE KEEP GETTING AWESOME NEW LANDS ADDED
THAT HAVE RARE PLANTS ON THEM. 
          SO WHERE DO WE START WHEN WE HAVE ALL OF THIS SITUATION TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE FOR RARE
PLANTS ADEQUATELY, AND WE WANT TO BUILD THE TOOLBOX AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEXT. 
          SO WE STARTED WITH THIS RARE PLANT INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT. 
          SO ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO WE STARTED THIS REALLY LOOKING AT OKAY YOU KNOW WHAT PLANTS DO
WE HAVE. 
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WHAT ARE OUR SPECIAL STATUS PLANTS, WHICH MEANS STATE LISTED AND FEDERALLY LISTED SPECIES
AND CNPS LISTED SPECIES. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE A LOT MORE LOCALLY RARE PLANTS. 
          BUT WE STARTED FIRST WITH OUR SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES,
AND WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT PLANTS DO WE HAVE AND WHERE ARE THEY AND WHAT ARE OUR DATA GAPS. AND THEN WE WANTED A PRIORITIZATION PLAN SO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO PLANNING OKAY,
WHAT ARE WE DOING IN 2025. 
          WE WANTED SOME KIND OF GUIDANCE TO BE ABLE TO STEER US TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
TAKING CARE OF ALL THESE PLANTS. 
          AND THIS ONE WAS ENTIRELY FUNDED OUT OF THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE PARK DISTRICT . 
          THIS TALK IS GOING TO FOCUS ON GRASSLANDS, PRIMARILY WITH THE TOUCHING ON SOME OTHER PLANT
COMMUNITIES. 
          BUT GRASSLANDS HOLD A LARGE PROPORTION OF OUR RARE AND UNCOMMON SPECIES. 
          SO THIS PICTURE IS HOW MOST PEOPLE PICTURE OUR GRASSLANDS IN THE FALL. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST IT'S A FIELD OF DEAD ANNUAL GRASSES. 
          AND MAYBE THAT'S ALL THERE IS. AND IT IS. IT CAN BE VERY HARD IF YOU'RE NOT THERE AT THE
RIGHT TIME OF THE YEAR, TO SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A HUGE BIODIVERSITY OF NATIVE PLANT SPECIES IN OUR
GRASSLANDS. 
          SO THIS MAY LOOK LIKE THIS AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR. 
          BUT IF YOU GO IN THE SPRING YOU WILL FIND THIS. 
          AND THESE ARE THESE HIGHLY. YOU'LL HEAR ME TALKING ABOUT THIS HIGHLY NATIVE GRASSLANDS
WHERE LIKE, IT'S JUST LIKE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF NATIVE PLANTS IN CONCENTRATED. 
          SO THESE LOCATIONS HERE, THESE PRETTY PICTURES ARE AT BLACK DIAMOND MINES ,
WHICH IS A PARK THAT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW HIGHLY NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITIES. 
          SO THE OTHER THING WE DID WAS WE COMMISSIONED OR WE SET ABOUT DOING A FINE SCALE GRASSLAND
MAP FOR THE PARK DISTRICT ON 11,000 ACRES. 
          WE HAVE 54,000 ACRES OF GRASSLAND. SO THIS IS JUST A SUBSET. 
          WE STARTED WITH THOSE GRASSLANDS THAT WE KNEW WERE PRETTY SPECIAL,
AND WE WANTED TO DOCUMENT THAT. 
          SO WE WANTED TO INVENTORY THESE POPULATIONS OF PLANTS SO THAT WE COULD PROTECT AND MONITOR
THEM. 
          AND THIS ONE WAS FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
          SO THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT COLLABORATION WITH THE STATE. 
          THE TITLE ON THIS IS INCORRECT, BUT WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON A FINE SCALE VEGETATION MAP
WHICH COVERS ALL OF THE VEGETATION TYPES ACROSS ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. 
          SO I HAD JUST MENTIONED THE GRASSLAND MAP THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THIS ONE. 
          THIS ONE IS, LIKE I SAID, ALL VEGETATION TYPES,
AND IT'S THE FINAL FINE SCALE VEGETATION MAP FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA COUNTIES. 
          SO WE'RE THE LAST PIECE THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. 
          AND THIS IS A HIGHLY DETAILED MAP IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF VEGETATION. 
          THIS WAS ALSO FUNDED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT GRANTS. 
          AND WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE THE FINAL MAP IN MAY OF THIS YEAR,
WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING. 
          I HAVE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT I WANT TO USE IT FOR AND THAT PEOPLE KEEP CALLING ME. 
          WHEN'S IT GOING TO BE READY? SO IT'S GOING TO BE READY VERY SOON. 
          OKAY. IN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FINDINGS OF THESE TOOLS THAT I TALKED ABOUT,
AND I THINK MAYBE THIS CAME UP EARLIER DURING THIS BOARD MEETING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE HAVE? SO FOR PLANTS WE HAVE 62 RARE PLANT TAXA AND THE RARE PLANT
TAXA AGAIN AT STATE, FEDERAL AND CNPS LISTED. SO HALF OF THE LISTED RARE PLANT SPECIES WE HAVE ARE IN HALF OF
THE LISTED RARE PLANTS IN THE TWO COUNTIES ARE ACTUALLY ON OUR LAND. SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PLANTS THAT WE HOUSE THAT OUR LANDS HOUSE HALF OF
THE PARKS SUPPORT, HALF OF OUR PARKS SUPPORT RARE PLANTS. AND THIS IMAGE WHERE THE PINK IS,
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE KNOWN POPULATIONS OF RARE PLANTS ARE WE HAVEN'T SURVEYED AT ALL. 
          SO YOU SEE, LIKE BRIONES HAS ONE PINK DOT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE RARE
PLANT OCCURRENCE AT BRIONES. 
          WE JUST HAVE NOT DONE AN INVENTORY AT THAT LOCATION. 
          74% OF THE RARE PLANT TAXA OCCUR WITHIN GRASSLANDS. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF ANOTHER REASON WHY THIS TALK HAS A SKEW TOWARDS GRASSLAND,
BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE IN OUR GRASSLANDS, AND THIS IS EARLY DAYS. SO 143 OF OUR 323 POPULATORS,
WE'VE ONLY FOUND IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, SO THERE'S A LOT MORE TO BE FOUND OUT THERE. AND THEN RIGHT NOW,
WE'VE ALREADY STARTED OUR RARE PLANT SURVEYS AND WE ARE FORMING THE WAY WE GO ABOUT THOSE SURVEYS BASED ON THAT ASSESSMENT THAT I TALKED ABOUT
EARLIER. 
          SO SOME OF THE FINE SCALE GRASSLAND MAPPING RESULTS IS REALLY IT WAS I SHOULDN'T SAY IT
WAS TOO MUCH OF A SURPRISE, BUT IT WAS VERY MUCH A PLEASANT SURPRISE THAT WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF HIGHLY
NATIVE GRASSLANDS. 
          SO IN THIS MAP HERE, THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF CLAYTON RANCH. 
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AND WE HAD A CONSULTANT HELP US TO MAP THOSE GRASSLAND TYPES. 
          SO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT COLORS, THOSE ARE ALL UNIQUELY DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRASSLANDS OF
NATIVE GRASSLANDS. 
          AND IN TOTALITY, WE ENDED UP MAPPING 59 DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRASSLAND HABITATS. 
          AND 32 OF THEM ARE SENSITIVE NATURAL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PROTECTED UNDER CEQA,
AND NINE OF THEM HAVE NEVER BEEN DESCRIBED BEFORE. 
          SO WE WE'RE LEADING THE CHARGE ON THIS AND REALLY HELPING WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE,
THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO TAKE US ON A LITTLE BOTANICAL TOUR OF THE PARKS AND DO A
LITTLE BIT OF, AGAIN, THE CELEBRATION OF WHAT WE HAVE. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE EAST BAY HILLS IN
THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. 
          AND THESE AREAS ARE KIND OF LIKE LANDSCAPE UNITS. 
          THAT'S HOW THESE ARE BROKEN OUT. SO EAST BAY HILLS,
THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER TO BAYSIDE AND TALK ABOUT THOSE PARKS, THE MOUNT HAMILTON RANGE AND THEN THE MOUNT DIABLO AREA. 
          OKAY. STARTING WITH EAST BAY HILLS NORTH. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PARKS HERE ARE WILDCAT, TILDEN AND OTHERS THAT I'VE LISTED HERE. AND WHAT IS BOTANICALLY SPECIAL,
WHAT ARE BOTANICALLY SPECIAL HERE. 
          SO WE HAVE COASTAL PRAIRIES AND INLAND NATIVE GRASSLAND. 
          THE COASTAL PRAIRIES ARE VERY UNCOMMON IN THE BAY. 
          MOST OF THOSE ARE ON THE COAST IN ALONG THE OCEAN COAST. 
          SO WE HAVE JUST A FEW HERE. AND WILDCAT IS ONE OF THOSE PARKS THAT HAS IT. 
          WE HAVE REDWOOD FOREST AND WE HAVE EXTENSIVE OAK WOODLANDS. 
          SOME OF THE RARE PLANTS AND COMMUNITIES WE HAVE ARE WETLANDS. 
          IF ANYONE HAS BEEN HIKING AT WETLANDS IN WILDCAT,
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE SLUMPS THERE BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO WET. 
          THERE'S WATER COMING OUT OF THE GROUND AND THERE'S SOME REALLY UNIQUE WETLANDS THERE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THINGS LIKE THE PALLID MANZANITA,
THE WESTERN LEATHERWOOD, THE SANTA CRUZ TARPLANT, AND MORE SEEP WETLANDS. SO I WANT TO SPOTLIGHT A PLANT HERE. 
          SO THE SANTA CRUZ TARPLANT. HOPEFULLY YOU MAYBE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS PLANT. 
          IT'S A FEDERALLY ENDANGERED PLANT, AND THE EAST BAY PARK POPULATION IS REALLY THE ONLY ONE
THRIVING IN THE WORLD. 
          SO THERE'S ONE OTHER POPULATION IN SANTA CRUZ THAT'S HANGING IN THERE. 
          BUT IT'S HAVING A TOUGH TIME. WHILE THE POPULATION THAT WE HAVE AT WILDCAT IS DOING VERY
WELL, AND IT ACTUALLY IS EXPANDING FROM ITS ORIGINAL FOOTPRINT SINCE WE'VE BEEN MONITORING THAT
FOR, I DON'T KNOW, A LONG TIME, 15 YEARS, I THINK. 
          WE USE CATTLE GRAZING TO MAINTAIN THAT POPULATION SO THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE COMPETITION
WITH NON-NATIVE WEEDS. 
          THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE DO TO MANAGE FOR RARE PLANTS IS WE ARE TRYING TO REDUCE
COMPETITION IN SOME WAY. 
          AND THIS POPULATION AT WILDCAT WAS ACTUALLY INTRODUCED YEARS AGO FROM THE HILLTOP MALL
AREA WHERE THEY BUILT A MALL, AND NOW THERE'S NO MORE POPULATION THERE. AND THEY SEEDED OUT 21 LOCATIONS,
AND THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT SURVIVED. 
          AND IT'S DOING WELL. AND ONE MORE SPOTLIGHT FOR THIS AREA IS THE SERPENTINE CLARKIA,
WHICH IS A FEDERALLY ENDANGERED PLANT. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF EXAMPLES OF THIS WHERE WE HAVE THE ONLY POPULATION THAT EXISTS. 
          SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE IN THE EAST BAY. IT'S THE ONLY POPULATION THAT EXISTS. 
          THE OTHER ONE IS ON THE PRESIDIO IN SAN FRANCISCO. 
          WE USE SHEEP GRAZING AND LINE TRIMMING TO MAINTAIN THE WEEDS SO THAT THAT PLANT CAN
THRIVE. 
          AND WE HAVE A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR IT AS WELL AND A PERMIT. 
          SO THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON IT. 
          ALL RIGHT. GOING TO THE EAST BAY HILLS SOUTH. SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE PARKS PLEASANTON
RIDGE, VARGAS PLATEAU AND OTHERS. AND THESE AREAS ARE SPECIAL BECAUSE THERE'S LARGE SWATHS OF
CONTIGUOUS VEGETATION. 
          SO NOT JUST THESE LITTLE POSTAGE STAMPS AREAS,
BUT JUST LIKE ACRES AND ACRES OF GRASSLANDS AND WOODLANDS, THE RARE PLANT COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE EXTENSIVE,
RARE, HIGHLY NATIVE GRASSLANDS, IN PARTICULAR PLEASANTON RIDGE. 
          AND MANY OF THESE HAVE NEVER BEEN DESCRIBED BEFORE,
AS I MENTIONED. 
          AND THEN SOME PLANTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE UNCOMMON ARE THE CONGDON'S TARPLANT AND BRISTLY
LEPTOSIPHON. 
          HERE'S MY SPOTLIGHT FOR THIS AREA. SO THIS IS AT PLEASANTON RIDGE. 
          AND THIS IS A NATIVE BUNCHGRASS PRAIRIE WHICH YOU CAN SEE THOSE LUMPS. 
          THE LUMPS ARE INDIVIDUAL CLUMPS OF GRASS. AND THOSE ARE THE STATE GRASS,
THE PURPLE NEEDLE GRASS. 
          AND THIS STAND IS PROBABLY OVER 100 YEARS OLD. 
          SO WE HAVE OLD GROWTH GRASSLANDS, JUST LIKE WE HAVE OLD GROWTH TREES AND FORESTS. 
          GOING OVER TO THE BAYSIDE , COYOTE HILLS AND OTHER PARKS. 
          WE HAVE EXTENSIVE TIDAL WELL, WE HAVE WE HAVE TIDAL AND FRESHWATER WETLANDS. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE COASTAL PRAIRIE GRASSLAND,
WHICH WE HAVE AT POINT PINOLE. 
          AND RARE PLANTS AND COMMUNITIES WE HAVE THE CALIFORNIA SEABLITE AND SOFT BIRD'S BEAK . 
          AND THESE ARE WETLAND SPECIES. SO A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER ONES. 
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THOSE WERE GRASSLAND. SOA SPOTLIGHT ON THIS ONE WOULD BE THE SOFT BIRD'S BEAK. 
          THE ONLY POPULATION WE HAVE, THE ONLY POPULATION WE HAVE IS AT POINT PINOLE. 
          IT'S FEDERALLY ENDANGERED AND WE ARE MONITORING THAT ANNUALLY,
AND IT'S DOING PRETTY WELL. 
          IT IS UNFORTUNATE, BUT THAT HABITAT IS ERODING INTO THE BAY. 
          SO THAT IS A THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR THIS PLANT IS SEA LEVEL RISE IMPACTS. 
          BUT FOR NOW IT'S DOING WELL. SHIFTING OVER NOW INLAND TO MOUNT DIABLO. 
          THIS ONE I COULD HAVE MADE A VERY, VERY LONG LIST OF ALL THE UNIQUE THINGS HERE BECAUSE
IT'S JUST IT'S A VERY IT'S AN OUTSTANDING COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS. SO HIGHEST DENSITY OF HIGHLY NATIVE GRASSLANDS. 
          THE BLUE OAK WOODLANDS ARE JUST GORGEOUS. AND THERE ARE SO MANY ACRES OF THEM AND MANY
RARE PLANTS. 
          SO I ALREADY MENTIONED THE MOUNT DIABLO BUCKWHEAT EARLIER IN THE TALK,
BUT WE HAVE THE LARGE FLOWERED FIDDLENECK AND THE DIAMOND PETALED POPPY, AMONG MANY, MANY OTHERS. SO WE'LL JUST TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT THE LARGE FLOWERED
FIDDLENECK . 
          THIS ONE IS ALSO A FEDERALLY LISTED PLANT SPECIES,
AND THERE'S ONLY TWO NATURAL POPULATIONS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, AND ONE IS ON EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT LAND. 
          AND WE JUST HAPPEN TO FIND THIS PLANT WHEN WE WERE OUT EXPLORING ONE OF OUR CONSERVATION
EASEMENT LANDS PROPERTIES. 
          SO THAT WAS SOMETIMES THAT'S JUST THE WAY WE FIND THESE. 
          IT WASN'T PLANNED. WE JUST WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE RIGHT TIME OF THE YEAR,
WHICH WOULD BE SPRING. 
          AND WE FIND THESE THINGS AND WE JUST WROTE UP,
WORKED WITH ONE OF OUR PARTNER CONSULTANTS, VOLLMER, TO DO A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THIS PLANT THAT WAS BLACK DIAMOND MINES . 
          OKAY. I THINK THIS IS THE LAST ONE. SO THE HAMILTON RANGE. SO SHIFTING OVER TO TALK ABOUT
OHLONE, SUNOL AND DEL VALLE. AND MOST OF THE UNIQUE FLORA WE HAVE ARE MORE IN OHLONE WILDERNESS
VERSUS THE OTHER PARKS. 
          SO WHAT'S BOTANICALLY SPECIAL, AGAIN, ARE THESE LARGE SWATHS OF INTACT HABITAT,
IN PARTICULAR IN OHLONE, WHERE WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY NEGATIVE DISTURBANCES AS WE DO IN OTHER PARKS BECAUSE IT'S OUR
WILDERNESS AREA, THERE'S FEWER DISTURBANCES IN THAT AREA ARE HUMAN DISTURBANCES,
WE'VE HAD FIRES. 
          SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF DISTURBANCE. AND THAT HAD A GOOD EFFECT ON THE PLANTS THERE. 
          SOME UNIQUE BOTANICAL TREASURES ARE, AGAIN, THOSE EXTENSIVE,
RARE, HIGHLY NATIVE GRASSLANDS. 
          I THINK THE TWO PLACES WHERE WE HAVE THESE THE MOST OR THREE ARE BLACK DIAMOND MINES ,
OHLONE AND PLEASANTON RIDGE. 
          SO THOSE THREE ARE PRETTY SPECIAL PLACES FOR THE GRASSLANDS. 
          WE HAVE SERPENTINE GRASSLANDS, AND WE HAVE LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF RARE PLANTS. 
          JUST A QUICK SPOTLIGHT. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO PICK ANY ONE PLANT. 
          SO ONE OF THE SPECIAL THINGS ABOUT SUNOL OHLONE,
SUNOL OHLONE ARE THE LARGE SWATHS, THE LARGE DISPLAYS OF WILDFLOWERS THAT YOU CAN SEE OUT THERE IN THE SPRING. THIS IS JUST ONE FIELD OF MANY,
MANY FIELDS OF HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF JOHNNY JUMP UPS. 
          SO THESE ARE VIOLA PLANTS, FLOWERS. IT'S GORGEOUS. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET OUT THERE IN THE SPRING TO SEE THESE BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY IT'S PRETTY
SPECIAL. 
          OKAY. SO THAT THAT IS THE END OF THE TOUR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT THINGS
THAT WE'RE DOING TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE NATIVE PLANTS. 
          SO WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO MORE INTERNAL EDUCATION OF STAFF. 
          AND THIS PRESENTATION WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF TRYING TO SPREAD THE WORD. 
          WE ARE INCREASING IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH STEWARDSHIP OF SOME OF THESE VERY
SPECIAL HABITATS. 
          WE'RE DOING SEED AMPLIFICATION WHERE WE GO OUT AND COLLECT SEED. 
          WE MAYBE GET A POUND OF SEED, AND THEN WE HAVE A GROWER GROW IT OUT TO GIVE US 70 POUNDS
OF SEED SO THAT WE CAN THEN DO RESTORATION ON A LARGER SCALE. 
          AND WE ALSO, WE ARE ALSO DOING REMOVAL OF WOODY PLANTS THAT ENCROACH UPON OUR GRASSLANDS. 
          AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT OR WHY WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY REMOVE
THEM VERSUS NATURAL DISTURBANCE DOING THAT FOR US. 
          HERE'S ONE EXAMPLE OF WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS. 
          SO THIS IS AT SIBLEY. WE HAVE A RESTORATION SITE OUT THERE. 
          THE SIBLEY WILDFIRE MEADOW RESTORATION PROJECT THAT'S BEEN GOING FOR,
I THINK, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW, AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS. MANY OF THEM ARE NOW THEY COME BACK EVERY
MONTH. 
          WE HAVE THESE EVENTS. SO THEY'RE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE. 
          AND WE WANT TO HAVE LARGE DISPLAYS OF WILDFLOWERS OF WHAT USED TO BE THERE. 
          AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT EVEN IN THIS FIRST YEAR. 
          WE ARE AGAIN WITH SPREADING THE WORD. THIS IS MICHELLE HAMMOND JUST HOSTED A WHOLE SESSION
AT THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE GRASSLAND ASSOCIATION MEETING. 
          WE WE DO HAVE CONFERENCES THAT ARE JUST ABOUT GRASSLANDS. 
          IT'S HOW NERDY WE ARE. BUT MICHELLE JUST HOSTED A WHOLE SESSION THAT WAS BASED ON ALL OF
THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. 
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SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT OUT WITH THE LARGER COMMUNITY. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MANAGEMENT. SO ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW IS THAT OUR
HABITATS ARE VEGETATED. 
          THE VEGETATION REALLY NEEDS DISTURBANCE TO BE MAINTAINED. 
          IT'S DISTURBANCE DEPENDENT. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO MANAGE FOR OUR RARE
AND SENSITIVE PLANT SPECIES AND COMMUNITIES IS USING LIVESTOCK GRAZING, ACTIVE REMOVAL OF BRUSH FROM HIGHLY NATIVE GRASSLANDS,
LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRE. COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY GOOD WAY TO MAINTAIN THAT BALANCE
BETWEEN WOODY PLANTS AND GRASSLANDS. 
          BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE FIRE RIGHT NOW. SO THE WOODY PLANTS ARE LIKE,
YEAH, THEY'RE JUST TAKING OVER. 
          SO WE'RE HELPING THINGS ALONG BY REMOVING SOME OF THAT. 
          WE TREAT INVASIVE PLANTS BASED ON A PRIORITIZED APPROACH. 
          WE ARE EXPLORING, SUPPORTING ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MAY HAVE IN THE FUTURE FOR
PRESCRIBED FIRE, FOR MANAGING VEGETATION. WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE MAPPING. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT OF LONG TERM MONITORING OF THESE COMMUNITIES AND ALSO
ASSESSING THE HEALTH OF FORESTED ECOSYSTEMS, WHICH I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT TODAY. THAT WILL BE FOR ANOTHER DAY. 
          AND I AM GOING TO WRAP UP HERE, BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE ONE LITTLE STAT THAT I THOUGHT WAS
INTERESTING. 
          INAT IS A PLATFORM THAT PEOPLE USE TO RECORD LOCATIONS OF THINGS IN THE NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT PLANTS, ANIMALS, FUNGUS, WHATEVER IT IS. AND LOOKING AT THE STATS WE HAVE 8000 PEOPLE HAVE LOGGED
519,000 PLANT OBSERVATIONS ALONE IN ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES. 
          SO IT JUST REALLY SHOWS THAT PEOPLE ARE EXCITED. 
          OUR PARK USERS ARE EXCITED ABOUT THESE PLANTS,
AND THEY WANT TO KEEP COMING TO OUR PLANT PARKS, AND THEY WANT TO SEE THESE PLANTS. SO WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO PROTECT THEM SO THAT
THEY'RE HERE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. 
          THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THIS WAS SUCH A WELL ORGANIZED PRESENTATION. AND IT'S REALLY EXCITED. 
          AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO GET OUT DURING SPRING WILDFLOWER SEASON TO SEE WHAT I MIGHT BE
ABLE TO OBSERVE. 
          I DID GET TO SEE SOME JOHNNY JUMP UPS STARTING TO BLOOM ON BRUSHY PEAK ON SATURDAY,
SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR FEBRUARY. 
          AND CERTAINLY I HAVE SUNOL ON MY LIST FOR EITHER THIS WEEKEND OR NEXT WEEKEND,
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT I GET TO SEE WHEN I GO OUT THERE. 
          I'M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED INATURALIST. IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES WITH VOLUNTEERS AND JUST IN GENERAL YOU KNOW, EARLIER I HAD USED THE EXAMPLE OF YOUTUBE VIDEOS. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE WAY THAT WE CAN REALLY HELP SCALE OUR ABILITY TO TO,
YOU KNOW, TRACK OBSERVATIONS IS THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE INATURALIST AND THE INATURALIST APP. IT MAKES IT SO MUCH MORE FUN ALSO,
TO BE OUT IN OUR PARKS AND TO BE ABLE TO UPLOAD, YOU KNOW, A PHOTO. I WAS YOU KNOW, AT SUNOL MAYBE A YEAR AGO,
AND I SAW A BANANA SLUG. 
          AND I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON THE DIFFERENT SPECIES. 
          AND SO I UPLOADED IT TO INATURALIST AND I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE SPECIES OF BANANA SLUG,
BUT I WAS CORRECTED BY A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT SPECIES. 
          AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY NEAT TO HAVE SUCH AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE
INATURALIST WORLD, THAT I CAN LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BANANA SLUGS THAT I'M ABLE TO SEE AT
SUNOL. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, SAME GOES FOR PLANTS. AND SO I THINK IT'S SUCH A VALUABLE TOOL THAT I HOPE
THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS HERE AT THE BOARD MEETINGS AND REALLY THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF,
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S CITIZEN SCIENCE OR JUST ANOTHER WAY TO EXPERIENCE OUR PARKS. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP FOR BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS OR COMMITTEE MEMBER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. 
          LYNDA, DO YOU HAVE ANY THAT YOU'D LIKE TO START WITH? WELL, ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW. THANK YOU. SERIOUSLY,
THIS IS THE KIND OF PRESENTATION I REALLY ENJOY. 
          AND WHEN YOU START THROWING IN THE DATA, THE MAPS,
THE STATISTICS, I JUST THINK THIS REALLY IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY, A TOOL, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO FORWARD IN OUR DECISION MAKING,
PARTICULARLY IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ACQUISITION, IF YOU TELL ME THERE'S ONLY ONE PLANT LIKE THIS IN THE WORLD AND IT'S IN PINOLE,
LIKE MAYBE THAT HELPS US THINK THROUGH WHEN WE PURCHASE MOLATE OR OTHER AREAS OR WILDCAT, YOU KNOW, HEARING THE RARE OPPORTUNITY THERE,
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO THINK ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF RECREATION WE WOULD USE OR NOT USE IN THAT PARK VERSUS ANOTHER PARK. 
          AND I JUST SEE SUCH OPPORTUNITY AND I JUST REALLY THANK YOU. 
          [02:30:01]
IT'S JUST THIS GETS ME VERY EXCITED. I CAN REALLY FEEL THE LOVE FOR THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE
COMING FROM YOU AND, AND HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO, TO PROTECT THESE, YOU KNOW,
HEARING THEM THAT WAY FROM YOU AND THE WAY YOU PRESENTED IT, IT JUST REALLY MAKES US SEE, LIKE FRONT AND CENTER. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. NO QUESTIONS. COLIN ANY. 
          OKAY. YEAH, I GUESS I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT VOLUNTEERS,
AND I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE AT A BOARD MEETING OR MAYBE AT A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT, YOU KNOW,
ONE REASON I REALLY WANT TO JOIN THIS COMMITTEE THIS YEAR IS LAST YEAR IN 2024, I DID COMPLETE THE CALIFORNIA NATURALIST CURRICULUM TO BECOME A CERTIFIED CALIFORNIA
NATURALIST THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS PROGRAM. AND IT WAS SUCH AND I DID IT THROUGH THE ALAMEDA CREEK ALLIANCE. 
          AND SO WE WOULD GO ON FIELD TRIPS WHERE WE WOULD LOOK AT DIFFERENT PLANT SPECIES
THROUGHOUT THE ALAMEDA CREEK WATERSHED, AND WE WOULD POINT OUT THE NATIVE SPECIES VERSUS THE NON-NATIVE SPECIES. 
          AND IT WAS REALLY SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO LEARN ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF PLANTS AND HOW THEY MAY OR MAY NOT IMPACT OUR LANDS. 
          AND YEAH, AND ONE OF MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS FROM GOING THROUGH THAT PROGRAM WAS JUST HOW
MUCH ACCESS WE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PROVIDE FOR ENTHUSIASTS AND FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH A PROGRAM LIKE THE CALIFORNIA NATURALIST PROGRAM. 
          AND PART OF THE CAL NAT PROGRAM IS TO ENCOURAGE ONGOING VOLUNTEERISM. 
          AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE IS YOU HAVE A WHOLE GROUP OF TRAINED VOLUNTEERS WHO WANT TO BE ABLE
TO DO THINGS LIKE YOU KNOW, WILD FLOWER MEADOW RESTORATION AND OR WORK WITHIN SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE EAST BAY. 
          AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM,
YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE MAYBE CONSIDER WORKING WITH A PROGRAM LIKE CALIFORNIA NATURALIST PROGRAM? AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE EAGER TO WORK WITH US HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT .
AND THEY DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH SANTA CLARA COUNTY PARKS AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD FIRST STEP IS TO LEARN WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH SANTA CLARA COUNTY
PARKS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, SEE, YOU KNOW WHAT PIECES OF THAT MODEL MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO US IN
REGARDS TO HAVING THESE TRAINED VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE INATURALIST APP AND USING IT AND YOU KNOW,
BEING ABLE TO WORK ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. 
          AND I'M WILLING TO BET THAT IN THIS PHOTO OF THE SIBLEY WILDFLOWER MEADOW RESTORATION,
I BET THERE HAS TO BE AT LEAST ONE OF THESE CALIFORNIA NATURALIST VOLUNTEERS IN THAT PHOTO. SO I THINK THAT IT'S A PRETTY LARGE POPULATION OF PEOPLE THAT DO EXIST HERE IN THE
EAST BAY. 
          AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, HAVE YOU ENCOUNTERED ANY OF THESE,
TRAINED VOLUNTEERS AND ANY OTHER GROUPS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT? I KNOW THE OAKLAND ZOO ALSO RUNS A PROGRAM HERE IN THIS PART OF THE EAST BAY. 
          I HAVE NOT MET ANY EXCEPT FOR YOU SO FAR. [LAUGHTER] BUT I WONDER IF VOLUNTEER SERVICES,
IF MAYBE JESSICA SLOAN'S TEAM HAS HEARD FROM THE NATURALISTS THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO LOOK FOR
PARTNERSHIP, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE FIRST PLACE IT WOULD GO THAT BUT BUT I'M NOT SURE. 
          NOW I WANT TO ASK I'M GOING TO ASK THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO SEE IF ANY OF THEM ARE TRAINED. 
          YEAH, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO LOOK INTO. I BELIEVE THE THREE THAT I SAW IN
ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES. 
          OAKLAND ZOO RUNS A PROGRAM. ALAMEDA CREEK ALLIANCE,
AND I ALSO THINK LAS POSITAS COLLEGE. 
          LAS POSITAS CHABOT COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT ALSO MAY RUN A PROGRAM. 
          SO IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO LOOK AT WHAT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE EAST BAY ARE RUNNING THE
PROGRAMS, AND THAT MIGHT ALSO BE A GOOD PLACE TO START. 
          BUT THEN ALSO, CERTAINLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROGRAM IN YOUR AREA. 
          YOU COULD LIVE IN ALAMEDA COUNTY AND GO TO THE PROGRAM IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY,
FOR EXAMPLE. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, I BELIEVE SANTA CLARA COUNTY PARKS DOES RUN IT. 
          SO I THINK LET'S KEEP THAT AS AN OPTION TO MAYBE TALK TO JESSICA,
WHO RUNS OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, AND THINK ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO IS AFTER THIS,
YOU KNOW, TEN WEEK PROGRAM, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE TRAINED,
HAVING GONE ON THESE FIELD TRIPS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PLANTS, DIFFERENT SPECIES,
CERTAINLY AS ALAMEDA CREEK ALLIANCE. 
          SO WE ALSO SPENT TIME LOOKING AT FISH. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST A REALLY INTERESTING
GROUP TO START TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I THINK THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS,
REALLY IN GROWING PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THERE'S JUST THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WE COULD BE DOING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE'RE FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE,
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE EVEN MORE CLOSELY, OR LIKE TRYING TO DEVELOP TOOLS AND WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN INCREASE HOW WE WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITY. 
          [02:35:02]
I HAVE ONE TINY LITTLE INAT STORY THAT I THINK YOU MIGHT APPRECIATE THAT I JUST HEARD WHEN
I WAS COMING UP HERE. 
          SO THERE WAS A NEW SPECIES FOUND AT BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK,
WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME A SPECIES HAS BEEN FOUND SINCE 1974. 
          AND THAT WAS DONE BY A VOLUNTEER USING INAT. AND SO THIS PERSON FOUND THIS PLANT. 
          NEVER DESCRIBED IT EVER BEFORE IN THE WORLD. AND THEY USED INATURALIST TO CROWDSOURCE
IDENTIFYING THE PLANT. 
          SO THEY TOOK THE PICTURE AND THEN THEY UPLOADED IT. AND THERE WAS ALL THIS CONVERSATION
AND EVENTUALLY IT GOT AROUND TO THIS IS A NEW SPECIES. 
          AND SO THEY'RE PUTTING OUT A PAPER AND IT'S NEWLY DESCRIBED. SO THE POWER OF THE COMMUNITY
AND WORKING WITH THINGS LIKE INAT OR WITH NATURALISTS. 
          IT'S THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          YEAH. AND THAT COULD BE A GOOD CHALLENGE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, GO OUT TO THE PARKS, USE INAT. AND,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU FIND IF YOU ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A NEW PLANT SPECIES, MAYBE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A SPECIAL BADGE OR SOMETHING OUT THERE FOR YOU. 
          THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT STORY. 
          I'D LIKE TO CHECK AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO'D LIKE TO SHARE PUBLIC
COMMENT DURING THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. YES, WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. LOOKS LIKE JIM HANSEN HAS HIS HAND UP. 
          I'M GOING TO PROMOTE YOU, JIM. OOPS. DID I DO THAT? OKAY. AND YOU CAN TURN YOUR VIDEO ON WHEN YOU'RE READY,
JIM. 
          GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. AND CHAIR SANWONG AND DIRECTOR'S COFFEY AND DESCHAMBAULT. 
          THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THESE REALLY EXCELLENT
PRESENTATIONS TODAY. 
          AND I, OF COURSE, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE WEALTH OF THE GRASSLANDS. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST A REALLY WONDERFUL POLLINATOR SOURCE FOR NOT ONLY HONEYBEES, BUT THE HUNDREDS OF CALIFORNIA NATIVE BEES AND HABITAT FOR THE GRASSLAND NESTING BEES,
WHICH STEWARDSHIP IS CALLED OUT IN THEIR NATURE CHECK REPORT. AND OF COURSE,
ALL OF US HAVE HEARD THE MEADOWLARK AT BRIONES ABOVE THE LAGOONS. 
          AND YOU KNOW, SO RELEVANT TO THIS POINT IN TIME IS THEY'RE REALLY A VERY YOU REALLY HOLD
AN IMPORTANT CARBON SINK FOR CALIFORNIA AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY WITH THE PERENNIAL NATIVE GRASSES
THAT THAT REALLY PROVIDE A STABLE CARBON STORAGE WITH DENSE ROOTING TO A METER OR MORE. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT CNPS IS VERY HAPPY AND WILLING AND HAS BEEN SHARING SPEAKING OF VOLUNTEERS THE RARE PLANT COMMITTEE THAT REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STEWARDSHIP AND ADDING TO THE INCREDIBLE DATABASE OF WHERE THE PLANTS ARE FOR LOCALLY RARE PLANTS IN PARTICULAR,
I WOULD ADD THE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE NATIVE HERE IN NURSERY THAT WILL POT UP AND CARE FOR AND NURTURE THE
LOCALLY COLLECTED PLANTS OF COURSE COLLECTED UNDER PERMIT WITH THE DISTRICT. AND SO ANYWAY,
JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. 
          I DO THINK THAT SOME OF YOUR PRESENTATIONS LIKE THIS REALLY WOULD BE WONDERFUL. 
          I KNOW YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING BUT TO HAVE WONDERFUL ON YOUTUBE,
BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY A BROAD INTEREST. 
          AND THEY LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHO CAN'T ALWAYS ATTEND MEETINGS OR MAY NOT KNOW TO CHECK THE
ARCHIVES. 
          WE WILL CERTAINLY BE SHARING THIS WITH OUR BOARD AND VOLUNTEERS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH JIM. 
          THANK YOU JIM. YEAH. WE ALL WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 
          AND I CERTAINLY SECOND THE IDEA OF USING YOUTUBE OR SOME OTHER PLATFORM. 
          YES, THIS IS AVAILABLE ONLINE, BUT IT IS TRUE THAT YOU DO NEED TO KNOW TO SEARCH OUR
PUBLIC MEETINGS TO BE ABLE TO FIND THIS. 
          SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER IN TERMS OF SHARING SOME OF THIS GREAT
INFORMATION WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 
          ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? REAL QUICK, MADAM CHAIR. 
          THAT IS OUR FINAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I BELIEVE. YEP. 
          ALL RIGHT, THEN, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. SEE IF THERE'S ANY FINAL COMMENTS FROM
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          GO AHEAD. I JUST THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN TODAY FROM EVERYONE,
NOT JUST THIS ONE, WRAPS UP. 
          IT WAS PRESENTED NICELY IN THE ORDER WE'VE SEEN IT. 
          AND I THINK YOURS REALLY ALSO HELPED TO PULL IT TOGETHER. 
          AND I AGAIN, DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO WITH ALL OF THIS TO GET IT TO OUR FELLOW BOARD OF
DIRECTORS AND TO GET IT INTO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. 
          [02:40:06]
BUT I THINK YOU KNOW, SOME WAY TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THIS IN OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS SO
THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO ASK FOR IT OR NEED SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, BUT HOW CAN IT BE IN EVERY STAFF,
EVERY DECISION THAT WE'RE MAKING SO THAT OUR STAFF REPORTS NOT ONLY HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT SECTION, BUT A NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES IMPACT SECTION. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING I'VE ASKED FOR IS THE EQUITY IN GENERAL SECTION SO THAT
IT'S ALL THERE, FRONT AND CENTER. SO THAT WE HAVE YOU HAVE ALL THESE VARIOUS TOOL BOXES,
BUT HOW DO WE GET THEM TO US IN THE FINAL PROCESS? AND MAYBE IN EVERY STAFF REPORT AND AT THE TIME OF NEW HIRE YOU KNOW,
I KEEP ALWAYS I'M SORRY, BUT I WORKED 20 YEARS AT THE EPA. I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT BRINGING IT UP. 
          BUT WE HAD WHAT WAS CALLED AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
          SO FROM THE DAY THAT YOU ONBOARDED THE DAY YOU WERE HIRED IN YOUR NEW PACKET,
TO THE DAY YOU LEFT, AND IN EVERY STAFF REPORT, WE MADE SURE THAT IT WAS PART OF THE SYSTEM. 
          SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PRESENTATION ONCE A YEAR OR TO OUR COMMITTEE. 
          SO YOURS AND THE THREE BEFORE ARE LIKE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THIS IN ALL OF
OUR REPORTS. 
          I JUST THINK WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED TODAY IS WONDERFUL. 
          AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT THAT CAME UP THROUGH ALL OF THESE FOR ME IS PARTNERSHIPS ALSO
WHAT JIM JUST SPOKE OF BUT HOW DO WE BRING SOME OF THAT BACK INTO THE TABLE. I KNOW WE HAD AN ENVIRONMENTAL STAKEHOLDERS MEETING THAT WENT SORT OF CATTYWAMPUS
WITH STRONG OPINIONS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER VOICES OUT THERE. NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY AND THESE VOLUNTEERS AND
NATURALISTS. 
          AND HOW CAN WE I DON'T KNOW HOW I LOOK FORWARD TO STAFF SOMEHOW INSTITUTIONALIZING THAT
PROCESS SOMEHOW FOR FOR US, IT'S JUST BEEN A LONG DAY, BUT AND THIS LAST ONE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION,
BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THIS THROUGH OUR PROCESS AND THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS. I JUST THANK YOU FOR AND ALL THE STAFF TODAY FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR
ATTENTION. 
          THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN ACTION ITEM FOR US AS A TEAM. 
          TO DISCUSS ANYTHING. NEXT STEPS. IT'S ALL INFORMATIONAL. 
          THAT'S BUT I THINK IT'S OKAY FOR YOU TO PROPOSE SOME TYPE OF ACTION ITEM,
MAYBE LIKE IN A FUTURE AGENDA FOR THIS COMMITTEE MAYBE THINKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW, HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REVIEW SOME TYPE OF
RECOMMENDATION FOR LIKE A TEMPLATE OF STAFF REPORTS THAT WOULD MAKE SURE TO, YOU KNOW, INSTITUTIONALIZE OR INCORPORATE SOME OF THE
MATERIAL THAT WE HEARD TODAY. 
          I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER. 
          AND I THINK THAT MAYBE I, AS CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE,
MAYBE I COULD POTENTIALLY WORK WITH KEN TO THINK ABOUT OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, AND THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO,
YOU KNOW, WORK ON AS PART OF OUR WORK PLAN FOR THIS YEAR. 
          I HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION IS, WHY IS THIS ONE QUARTERLY BUT ALL OUR OTHER COMMITTEES ARE
MONTHLY? VERY GOOD QUESTION. OKAY. 
          [LAUGHTER] SO YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. MATT GRAUL,
DIVISION LEAD FOR STEWARDSHIP. SO YOU WE HAVE BEEN DOING THESE FOR QUITE A WHILE AND BEEN AROUND
FOR A WHILE. AND I MEAN, THIS COMMITTEE HAS OFTEN BEEN GENERALLY MORE INFORMATIONAL IN A WAY. I MEAN, OCCASIONALLY WE WILL HAVE SPECIFIC POLICY ISSUES. 
          I MEAN, A MEMORABLE ONE FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO WAS AROUND THE USE OF GLYPHOSATE IN OUR
PARKS, AND WE HAD TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO OUR IPM POLICY. 
          SO SOME OF THOSE CHANGES AND DECISIONS CAME BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE AND WE MADE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL BOARD. 
          THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES AROUND THAT THAT DO OCCASIONALLY COME TO THIS COMMITTEE FOR THOSE
TYPES OF RECOMMENDATIONS, BECAUSE IT'S RELATED TO A SPECIFIC ISSUE OR A CHANGE IN POLICY. 
          THE REASON WE HAVE FOUR IS OFTEN BECAUSE OF JUST THE STAFF WORK THAT TAKES TO PUT THEM
TOGETHER. 
          I MEAN, AND SO IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL BOARD MEMBER S THAT ADVOCATE,
LET'S DO MORE OF THESE. LET'S DO FIVE, LET'S DO SIX. 
          WE'VE TRIED THAT. AND OFTEN THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT GOES INTO PREPARING THESE BECOMES A
REAL CHALLENGE FOR STAFF TO PUT THOSE TOGETHER FOR EACH OF THESE MEETINGS. 
          AND SINCE THEY ARE MORE INFORMATIONAL, WE'VE JUST KEPT THEM AROUND EITHER DOING FOUR
MEETINGS A YEAR. 
          FOR A FEW YEARS WE DID FIVE. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY,
BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE COULD YOU KNOW, MAKE IT MORE USEFUL OR PRODUCTIVE FOR THE BOARD MEMBER S. 
          YEAH. AND I CAN WEIGH IN ON THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY. 
          YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE ,
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE COMMITTEE THAT MEETS THE MOST FREQUENTLY OF ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES. 
          I THINK WE HAVE TEN MEETINGS OUT OF 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. 
          AND PART OF IT IS THAT THERE ARE ACTION ITEMS THAT ARE,
YOU KNOW, INTEGRATED INTO OUR BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES AND OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCESSES, WHERE THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY WILL REVIEW ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS
WITH CONCESSIONS 
          [02:45:06]
AND OUR CONCESSIONAIRES, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR CONCESSIONAIRES,
DO HAVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR EITHER AN ANNUAL OR A BI ANNUAL EVERY TWO YEARS REPORT OUT TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE . 
          SO I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE REASON WHY THAT COMMITTEE MIGHT BE STRUCTURED A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENTLY THAN THIS COMMITTEE. 
          BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT MAYBE LONGER TERM THINGS CAN'T EVOLVE DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND I THINK A LOT OF THIS COMES BACK TO THE WORK PLAN,
WHICH I ACTUALLY SPENT TIME LAST NIGHT LOOKING AT. 
          I KNOW THAT WAS PRESENTED, I THINK, AT THE OCTOBER 2024 COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THIS
COMMITTEE FOR NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. 
          I ACTUALLY HAVE IT PULLED UP HERE ON MY COMPUTER. 
          AND IT'S THE PROPOSED 2025 MEETING AGENDA PLAN FOR THE FOUR MEETINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED
FOR 2025. 
          AND SO WHAT I LIKE TO DO, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN MAY. 
          ACCORDING TO THIS, I DON'T HAVE MY CALENDAR IN FRONT OF ME,
BUT MAYBE BETWEEN NOW AND MAY. 
          KEN, MAYBE YOU AND I CAN MEET. AND MAYBE ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS IN MAY COULD BE TO THINK
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR WORK PLAN FOR THE REMAINING MEETINGS. 
          AND THEN ALSO JUST THINK ABOUT MAYBE SOME, YOU KNOW,
LONGER TERM POTENTIAL GOALS, LIKE THIS TEMPLATE FOR STAFF REPORTS TO BETTER INTEGRATE SOME OF THIS MATERIAL THAT WE HEARD TODAY AND MAYBE AT OTHER YOU KNOW,
SOME OF THE OTHER INFORMATIONAL ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND MAYBE THIS COULD BE SOMETHING FOR 2026 TO ALSO CONSIDER. 
          YEAH, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL GOOD COMMENTS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE COLIN HAS SOMETHING. I JUST
LIKE THE ONE. 
          JUST WANT TO PUT A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT IS LIKE THE AGENDA FOR THIS YEAR. I THINK KEN SAID
THIS TO ME, A LOT OF THIS WAS BASED ON SEVERAL YEARS AT THE TYPICALLY AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OF WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? AND
THEN I KNOW COLIN'S FAMILIAR WITH A FEW YEARS AGO, WE CAME UP WITH A BIG LIST OF VARIOUS OPTIONS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE AND WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GO BACK AND CHECK OFF THAT LIST
AND MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE THINGS GET TO THIS GROUP. 
          BUT THINGS CHANGE AND NEW THINGS BECOME IMPORTANT AND TOPICAL. 
          SO SOME THINGS MIGHT JUMP THE LINE BECAUSE THERE'S A NEW ISSUE. 
          AND JUST ALSO WANT TO REMIND THERE'S TWO PRESENTATIONS THAT WE DO ANNUALLY IN THE RECENT
YEARS. 
          ONE IS THE IPM ANNUAL REPORT. THAT ALWAYS COMES TO THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE IT'S FULLY
ADOPTED AND SENT TO THE OUT TO THE PUBLIC. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS ONE VENUE TO LOOK AT THAT IPM ANNUAL REPORT THAT ALWAYS COMES TO THIS
COMMITTEE. AND THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE STARTED DOING SOMETHING ON HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SUCH AN ISSUE WITH HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS IN OUR RECREATIONAL LAKES. WE'VE
BEEN DOING A LOT OF ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT. SO WE'VE BEEN BRINGING THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. SOMETIMES WE'LL BRING IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. THIS YEAR WE
HAVE IT TOWARDS THE END OF MIDDLE OF SWIM SEASON. JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING. SO THOSE ARE JUST TWO,
AND I THINK DIRECTOR COFFEY HAD ANOTHER COMMENT. 
          YEAH. AND IF YOU STILL HAVE IT AVAILABLE I WOULD CIRCULATE IT AND SHARE IT WITH MY
COLLEAGUES HERE. 
          YEAH. AND I THINK WE DID TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR WITH LIKE WHERE WE'D BEEN AND A FEW
MORE TO GET HERE, BUT WE NOW HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE SO WE CAN WE CAN PULL THAT UP AND SHOW
BOTH OF YOU WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND BRING ALONG WITH WHAT COLIN AND DEE AND OTHERS PROPOSED YEARS AGO THAT WE'VE BEEN KIND OF TICKING OFF. AND WE LIKE I SAID,
WE TYPICALLY REVIEW THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, EVERY YEAR. BUT THESE ARE ALL GREAT QUESTIONS, AND WE COULD ALWAYS BRING IT BACK AS ANOTHER REVIEW ITEM ON AN AGENDA FOR ONE
OF THE FUTURE MEETINGS, IF THE BOARD SO DESIRES. YEAH, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY WANT TO DO THAT IN MAY. 
          AND I DID SEE THE BIG LONG LIST. I THINK IT'S ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PROPOSED 2025
WORK PLAN. 
          IT WAS ALSO ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS IN THAT OCTOBER 2024 MEETING. 
          SO I DID SEE THAT I ONLY GLANCED AT IT. I DIDN'T REALLY LOOK AT IT TOO CLOSELY,
BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO DISCUSS AT THE MAY MEETING. SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT ON THE AGENDA. GREAT, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT WE JUST HAVE A FEW ITEMS LEFT ON THE AGENDA. 
          ONE IS ANNOUNCEMENTS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TO SHARE FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON OUR
AGENDA? I HAVE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          ANYONE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. SO THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          ADJOURNMENT. THANKS EVERYONE. THIS WAS A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.