THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THIS BOARD STUDY SESSION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT 
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FOR MARCH 7TH, 2025, BEGINNING AT 11:09. 
          WE DO HAVE A BOARD MEMBER APPEARING REMOTELY. 
          DIRECTOR ECHOLS. YES, YES. CAN YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER INDIVIDUALS OR
18 YEARS OR OLDER WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM WITH YOU AT YOUR REMOTE LOCATION? I CAN CONFIRM THAT. YES. AND JUST A REMINDER THAT YOU SHOULD PLEASE LEAVE YOUR VIDEO ON
WHILE THE BOARD IS IN SESSION. 
          THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW DO THE ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR COFFEY. 
          [ROLL CALL]
HERE. DIRECTOR ECHOLS. HERE. DIRECTOR SANWONG. 
          HERE. DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. HERE. DIRECTOR ESPAÑA. 
          HERE. DIRECTOR WAESPI. HERE. PRESIDENT MERCURIO. 
          HERE. GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH HERE. AND GENERAL COUNSEL BOURGAULT. 
          HERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THANKS TO ALL IN ATTENDANCE HERE TODAY AS WELL
AS VIRTUALLY. 
          THIS IS OUR TRAIL SESSION. AND SO WE WILL BE EXPLORING A LOT OF DIFFERENT TRAIL RELATED
INFORMATION, 
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BOTH FROM THE PAST AND INCLUDING THE PRESENT AND LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF IDEAS AMONGST THIS GROUP OF SEVEN ABOUT AND OPINIONS
ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE AREA OF TRAILS. WE ALL KNOW THAT TRAILS ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF
THE PARK DISTRICT EXPERIENCE. AND SO THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL ISSUE FOR US TO BE CONSIDERING. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS PARK DISTRICT TRAILS,
GOALS AND APPROACH. AND WE'RE GETTING MAX KORTEN UP HERE FIRST. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. WELL GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MAX KORTEN. 
          I'M A DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER . AND I AM SO EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE TRAILS ARE
LITERALLY MY FAVORITE THING. 
          SO WE HAVE A REALLY COOL GROUP OF PRESENTATIONS,
AND ESSENTIALLY I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INTRO AND OVERVIEW. AND THEN BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON OUR EAST BAY REGIONAL
PARKS TEAM THAT TOUCH TRAIL WORK, AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OFF AND PATRICK, SEAN AND ERIC ARE GOING TO TAKE TURNS TALKING ABOUT
THE DIFFERENT WORK THAT THEY DO BOTH IN THE LAST YEAR AND THE COMING YEAR AND INTO THE FUTURE. 
          SO WHY IS WHY ARE TRAILS SOMETHING THAT WE FOCUS ON? SO TRAILS ALMOST IN EVERY SINGLE PARK THAT WE MANAGE TRAILS ARE A KEY FEATURE. 
          THEY CONNECT PEOPLE WITH NATURE. THEY'RE PLACES WHERE WE CAN LEARN ABOUT WILDLIFE AND
EXPERIENCE PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN THE OUTDOORS. 
          I JUST CHAPERONED MY SON'S OUTDOOR SCHOOL EXPERIENCE FOR FIFTH GRADE LAST WEEK,
AND THEY IT WAS SO COOL BECAUSE THEIR TWO. I WAS ASKING THE KIDS LIKE,
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE THING? AND THEIR TWO FAVORITE THINGS. ONE WAS LIKE DOING A NIGHT HIKE WHERE THEY HAD TO LIKE,
BE QUIET AT NIGHTTIME IN THE OUTDOORS, WHICH WAS LIKE KIND OF SCARY, BUT AMAZING. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS THEY HAD TO DO LIKE
A SOLO HIKE THAT WAS PROBABLY LIKE TEN MINUTES LONG, BUT THEY WERE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO IT,
BUT IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE. 
          SO TO ME, BEING ON TRAILS IS THIS, LIKE AMAZING EXPERIENCE THAT WE ALL GET TO HAVE IN
NATURE AND CAN BE REALLY TRANSFORMATIONAL. SO AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL ABOUT TRAILS,
IT HELPS KEEP PEOPLE HEALTHY. 
          AND IT ALSO IS A WAY OF PROTECTING NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES BECAUSE PEOPLE COME TO
PARKS, THEY'RE GOING TO GET OUTDOORS. AND THIS IS OUR ABILITY TO DIRECT THEM IN WAYS THAT ARE
SUSTAINABLE AND AWAY FROM SENSITIVE RESOURCES. SO THIS IS JUST A PIE CHART OF OVERALL SORT OF A GENERAL ESTIMATE. 
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BUT THE AMOUNT OF PAVED TRAILS, SINGLE TRACK TRAILS AND FIRE ROADS THAT WE MANAGE AND AND
THIS IS A LOT, 1330 MILES TOTAL. SO RANCH ROADS, FIRE ROADS. 
          WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND MILES OF FIRE ROADS IN OUR PARKS. 
          THEY'RE MAINTAINED BY OUR MASS ROAD &TRAILS TEAM. 
          ERIC'S TEAM OVER THERE. THEY HAVE SEVEN HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS. 
          THEY GET SUPPORT FROM OUR RANGERS OUT IN THE FIELD. 
          AND ONE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THESE FIRE ROADS,
THEY PROVIDE EMERGENCY ACCESS WHEN THERE'S WHEN THERE'S FIRES, WHEN THERE ARE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES. BUT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THEM,
MOST OF THEM WERE NOT BUILT FOR THEIR CURRENT PURPOSE. 
          THEY WERE RANCH ROADS OR LOGGING ROADS. AND SO,
YOU KNOW, BOTH FROM A MAINTENANCE, SUSTAINABILITY STANDPOINT AND FROM THE ENVIRONMENT, THEY'RE NOT IDEAL. SO THERE'S A TON OF WORK,
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND WORK THAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE THEM BETTER. 
          SINGLE TRACK TRAILS. WE HAVE OVER 200 MILES OF SINGLE TRACK TRAILS. 
          WE'VE ADDED ABOUT A MILE A YEAR OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. 
          SEAN WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. 
          AND OUR WORK IS REALLY INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES INTO OUR APPROACH TO SINGLE
TRACK TRAIL, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE SAME CHALLENGES THAT OUR FIRE ROADS DO. 
          AND THEN OUR PAVED REGIONAL TRAILS. WE HAVE 120 MILES OF PAVED MULTI-USE TRAILS. 
          WE'VE BUILT ABOUT EIGHT MILES IN THE LAST TEN YEARS OF NEW TRAIL. 
          WE DO REPAVING AND RESEALING EACH YEAR. AND ERIC'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT
WHEN WE GET TO THE TO TO THAT PART. 
          BUT THEN WE HAVE CREWS. TWO CREWS OF RANGERS THAT DO REGULAR DAY TO DAY MAINTENANCE
PICKING UP TRASH. 
          YOU KNOW, ALL THAT KIND OF CUTTING BACK VEGETATION. 
          SO WHO WHAT'S OUR TEAM THAT WORKS ON TRAILS? WE HAVE OUR PARK OPERATIONS TEAM IN THE IN
EAST REGIONAL PARK. 
          SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF UNIQUE IS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO. 
          LIKE ONE TRAIL CREW EACH PARK MANAGED THE TRAILS WITHIN THEIR PARK AS A PARK FEATURE. 
          AND SO THAT MEANT THAT IN SOME PLACES, THE TEAM HAD TIME TO DO A LOT OF WORK AND SOME
PLACES THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO DO MAINTENANCE. AND SO WE HAVE REALLY A LOT OF VARIABILITY IN HOW
TRAILS ARE MANAGED. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS TEAM HAS REALLY WORKED ON ADDRESSING. 
          AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO STILL. VOLUNTEER CIVICCORPS,
COMMUNITY PARTNERS IS ANOTHER BIG PIECE OF IT. 
          OUR SMALL TRAILS CREW WILL TALK MORE ABOUT SUPER AMAZING. 
          OUR ROAD AND TRAILS CREW ALSO DOING THAT THAT WORK THAT ERIC WILL TALK ABOUT ALSO OUR
MAINTENANCE AND MAJOR MAINTENANCE TEAMS. SO THAT'S IN MAST. THEY THEY ALSO CONTRACT FOR SOME ADDITIONAL PAVING WORK ON THE PAVED
TRAILS, ESPECIALLY AND THEN OUR TRAILS PROGRAM. SEAN'S TEAM WHO PLANS HAS A LOT OF CONNECTIONS
WITH REGIONAL EFFORTS AND PLANS, SOME OF OUR BIGGER TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT,
OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM, BECAUSE TRAILS ARE A PART OF A LOT OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND THEN OUR STEWARDSHIP TEAM IS A KEY PIECE OF ALL OF THAT WORK THAT WE DO TO
HELP MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR, PROJECTS ARE SUSTAINABLE AND REDUCE IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE THERE WE HAVE A TON OF LEGACY FIRE
ROADS AND TRAILS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PICTURES. 
          THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF TRAILS THAT ARE NOT IN. 
          THEY'RE NOT ALIGNED WELL. THEY DON'T LOOK VERY FUN TO WALK ON. 
          THEY'RE NOT VERY GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. AND SO WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE IN OUR PARKS AND PRESERVES. 
          SO WHAT ARE THE GOALS THAT GUIDE US. SO FROM OUR PAST DISTRICT PLAN MASTER PLAN EFFORTS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE SORT OF HAVE SOME, SOME HIGH LEVEL GUIDANCE DEVELOPING STRATEGIC
CONNECTIONS THAT WORK THAT SEAN DOES THAT SORT OF LAID OUT OF CONNECTING, ESPECIALLY SOME OF OUR PAVED TRAILS AND OUR,
SINGLE TRACK TRAILS MAINTAINING A SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM. 
          SO IMPROVING OUR TRAILS SO THAT THEY'RE MORE RESILIENT REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE LEGACY ISSUES,
MAKING SURE OUR, WORK REDUCES IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND, AND RESOURCES, PROTECTING NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES AND THEN IMPROVING VISITOR SAFETY
AND EXPERIENCE AND ACCESS AND, 
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YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGIES THAT WE USE. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE TRAIL CREW. 
          THAT'S IT'S REALLY BEEN A POINT OF GROWTH WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO ACCELERATE THE WORK THAT
WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS MAINTENANCE AND, ISSUES IN OUR SYSTEM. AND IT CONTINUES TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SO WORKING WITH CIVICORPS. 
          BUT ANOTHER THING THAT THIS TEAM WILL TALK ABOUT LATER IS TRAINING OUR OWN STAFF TO BETTER
BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR TRAIL SYSTEM. INTERDIVISIONAL COLLABORATION. SO BETWEEN OUR STEWARDSHIP TEAM,
OUR OPERATIONS TEAM, OUR PROJECTS TEAM, BRINGING THOSE FOLKS TOGETHER SO THAT FROM DAY ONE,
WE'RE COMBINING ALL OF PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND THEN ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, BEING TRANSPARENT WITH OUR PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW WHAT'S GOING
ON, THAT THEY'RE INCLUDED, THAT WE'RE IN A REAL WAY LISTENING TO COMMUNITY IDEAS AND INTEREST
AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR WORK IS INFORMED BY SCIENCE AND DATA. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY INTRODUCTION. TAKE A MINUTE FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,
AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OVER TO SEAN. 
          YEAH. GO AHEAD. QUESTIONS. YEAH. SO I HAVE LIKE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIND OUT WHAT TRAILS COMPRISE OF THE 10.6 MILES? I'VE SEEN KIND OF THIS STATISTIC OVER TIME BEING PRESENTED,
BUT I DON'T HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT TRIALS HAVE BEEN BUILT TO COMPRISE THAT ENDPOINT COULD YOU TURN YOUR MIC ON AND PULL IT UP CLOSE? SORRY. HI. LET ME START AGAIN. THE FIRST KIND OF QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE 10.6. 
          I'VE SEEN THAT STATISTIC FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AS FAR AS MILES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT. 
          AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE KIND OF WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TRAILS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT TO
COMPRISE THAT 10.6 AND THEN I'D ALSO LOVE TO KNOW JUST AS FAR AS AFTER THE TRAIL USER WORKING GROUP,
JUST AS FAR AS WHAT DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FROM THAT PROJECT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MIGHT BE APPLIED IN THE FUTURE SO THAT
WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEUTRAL RATHER THAN KIND OF DOING WORK ON PREEXISTING OF ROADS. 
          SO THAT WAS THE FIRST QUESTION. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT JUST SMALL CREWS AND
EXPANDING VOLUNTEERS. 
          YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. I THINK FOR YOUR FIRST QUESTION,
I THINK THERE'S ACTUALLY A TABLE AND THAT WAS ADDED TO THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE HAVE AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK MAYBE COLIN'S ON IT THERE, BUT THE I THINK THAT DETAILS OUT OR MAYBE THAT'S JUST
THE MILES OVER YEARS. 
          SO MAYBE YOU HAVE IT. OKAY. SEAN'S GOING TO ANSWER THAT FIRST PIECE. 
          AND THEN IN TERMS OF TRAIL USER WORKING GROUP AND SORT OF WHAT ARE PRACTICES THAT ARE
GOING TO HELP US BUILD MORE TRAIL OR PROVIDE MORE. 
          I MEAN, I THINK AND SEAN CAN SPEAK TO THAT MORE SPECIFICALLY,
THE TRAIL USER WORKING GROUP. 
          BUT I THINK SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT HELPING OUR TEAM WORK
TOGETHER BETTER AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY ARE SORT OF PART OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD IN A MORE EFFICIENT BUT ALSO
THOUGHTFUL WAY. 
          AND SOME OF THAT WORK, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY. 
          THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIKE BRAND, BRAND NEW TRAILS,
BUT THERE'S ALSO SO MANY EXISTING TRAILS AND FIRE ROADS ON OUR LAND WHERE WE CAN REALIGN SOME OF THE EXISTING NETWORK TO PROVIDE WHAT FEELS LIKE NEW EXPERIENCES TO THE
COMMUNITY AND AT THE SAME TIME REDUCE THE OVERALL IMPACT. 
          AND COVER OF TRAILS AND ROADS ON THE LANDSCAPE. 
          SO I THINK HOPEFULLY THERE'S PLACES THAT FEEL LIKE A REAL WIN WIN WHERE WE'RE NOT LIKE
JUST BUILDING BRAND NEW THINGS, BUT WE'RE ALSO DOING RESTORATION THAT'S SORT OF INTEGRATED AS PART OF IT. 
          BUT I'LL HAND IT OVER TO SEAN. THANK YOU. MAX. 
          SEAN DOUGAN TRAILS PROGRAM MANAGER, AND I FIRST WANT TO WELCOME DIRECTORS DESCHAMBAULT AND
ESPAÑA TO THE TEAM. 
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I HAVEN'T PRESENTED IN FRONT OF YOU YET, SO I GUARANTEE YOU THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST
THREE HOURS OF YOUR YEAR FOR SURE RIGHT NOW. 
          [LAUGHTER] BESIDES THE BUDGET. BESIDES THE BUDGET MEETINGS THAT WE GO THROUGH. SO. 
          OKAY, SO I WANT TO DESCRIBE REAL QUICK BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO BETWEEN EACH SECTION OF THIS PRESENTATION,
WE'LL STOP FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. 
          AND SO AS FAR AS THE LIST OF 10.6 MILES OF NEW TRAIL I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO OVER THE
LAST TEN YEARS, I HAVE A I HAVE A LIST HERE THAT I CAN SEND YOU AND IT'S AND IT SPECIFIES WHICH YEAR,
WHICH PROJECT AND HOW MANY MILES THAT WAS. 
          AND IT, IT ALSO SPECIFIES IN WHO BUILT IT. SO AS YOU KNOW,
SOME OF THOSE SOME OF THE TRAILS THAT ARE DEVELOPED ON OUR BEHALF THAT WE TAKE OVER ARE BUILT BY DEVELOPMENTS OR OTHERS. OTHER AGENCIES. 
          SO, SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU GET THAT. 
          AND ACTUALLY THE WHOLE BOARD IS PROBABLY INTERESTED IN THAT. YEAH. 
          AS FAR AS THE VOLUNTEER QUESTION, YOU HAD AND GROWING THAT WE MAY I'M TRYING TO THINK IF
THERE'S A I CAN PROBABLY GET TO THAT IN THE NEXT SECTION AND KIND OF ALLUDE. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER. WHAT I PLAN TO DO IS KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PHASES OF THE
PROJECTS, AS YOU NOTICE IN YOUR PACKET, WHICH HAS THE MOST DETAIL SUMMARY AND UPDATE FOR ALL OF
THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT CORRESPOND TO THAT MAP THAT I'M NOT SURE. 
          I'M HOPING YOU ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL,
OR HAVE FROM YOUR PACKET THAT CAME. 
          OKAY. WHERE THERE'S NUMBERS IN HERE THAT NEXT TO A PROJECT,
THOSE THOSE CORRESPOND OR SERIES OF NUMBERS THAT CORRESPOND TO THIS TABLE OF CONTENTS ON THIS MAP. AND AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE GROUPED BY PHASE. 
          SO PROJECTS WE COMPLETED LAST YEAR WILL GO THROUGH FIRST. 
          AND THEN I'LL STOP FOR QUESTIONS ON THOSE. AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE. 
          YES. CAN WE GET THE 11 BY 17 OF THAT. WE JUST HAVE. 
          YOU CAN HAVE THIS ONE. CARBON COPY. YEAH. I MEAN I'LL GIVE YOU THIS FOR NOW AND MAYBE WE
CAN I DID I THOUGHT THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET. I HAVE ONE, BUT IT'S AN EIGHT BY. 
          OH, IT'S HARD TO READ. THAT'S A COPY OF A COPY. 
          WE CAN GET SOME. YEAH THAT WAS MISCOMMUNICATION PROBABLY ON MY PART THAT THAT NEEDED TO BE
11 BY 17. SO APOLOGIES ON THAT ONE, BUT YEAH, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO READ IN THAT WAY. 
          AND LET ME JUST THAT'S SORT OF HOUSEKEEPING HERE. 
          SO AS FAR AS THE TRAIL USER WORKING GROUP THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THAT. 
          I WASN'T REALLY PREPARED TO OUTLINE THE REPORT. 
          IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE LEARNED A LOT DURING THAT PROCESS. 
          THE GOAL BEHIND THAT WAS TO GET AS MANY USER GROUPS AND AS MANY PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM
DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE, TO DISCUSS TRAIL ISSUES, TO GET THEM AROUND THE TABLE. 
          WE LEARNED WHO IS WHO'S IN IT REALLY FOR SOLUTIONS. 
          AND MANY SORT OF DUG THEIR HEELS IN AND STATED THEIR POSITION. 
          WHAT WE WHAT WE LEARNED COMING OUT OF THAT, THOUGH,
WAS THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF GROUPS FORMING OUTSIDE OF THE TRAIL USER WORKING GROUP THAT HAD PROPOSALS AND QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, A GROUP FORMED POST TRAIL USER WORKING GROUP THAT
ACTUALLY PROPOSED THE BRIONES PILOT PROJECT, FOR INSTANCE, AND THAT WAS A DIRECT PROPOSAL FROM THEM,
WHICH WE THEN ACTED ON. 
          THE I THINK THE OTHER THE OTHER THING WE LEARNED OUT OF THAT WAS YOU KNOW,
ACCESSIBILITY, WORKING WITH THE ACCESSIBILITY COMMUNITY AND OUR STAGING AREAS ACCESSIBLE. 
          AND HOW CAN WE BETTER GET RIDE SHARE AND SORT OF PARATRANSIT TO OUR PARKS AND THINGS? AND WE'VE DONE SOME WORK INVESTIGATING HOW WE CAN GET ADDRESSES FOR OUR PARKS OR GEO
MARKERS, WORKING WITH UBER AND THE TRANSIT COMPANIES,
ETC.. 
          AND, REALLY, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY JUST ABOUT GETTING INFORMATION. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF SURVEYS IN THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ANY, YOU KNOW, LET ME THINK ABOUT THAT AND KIND OF REVISIT THAT. 
          BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED AS FAR AS HOW WE ENGAGE AND WHAT GROUPS TO ENGAGE
WITH. 
          SO LET ME WITH THAT. LET ME JUST JUMP IN HERE. 
          HERE'S HERE'S SORT OF OUR PRIOR YEAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
THINGS THAT WE COMPLETED LAST YEAR. 
          I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT I KNOW OF THAT THE TRAILS PROGRAM WORKED ON,
AND THEN SHARE SOME DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT THAT ARE ADDING, YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW MILES OF TRAIL OVER THE YEARS. 
          AND THEN I'LL PASS IT OVER TO PATRICK DEMMONS THE SMALL TRAILS CREW SUPERVISOR ,
TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PARKS WITH BRIDGE 
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REPLACEMENTS AND TRAIL MAINTENANCE WORK, ETC.. 
          JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE ON ITEM B NOW. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. THIS IS THE PROJECT NUMBER. THE SECOND. 
          OKAY. SO YOU'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION PART OF ITEM B. 
          YEAH. ITEM B IS THE TRAILS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS,
I THINK, IS WHAT IT'S TITLED. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SORRY, OKAY, SO, DIRECTOR MERCURIO,
YOU HAD ASKED THAT THIS TABLE BE INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION. 
          AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, TOP LEFT, WE HAVE NATURAL SURFACE TRAILS OR SINGLE TRACK TRAIL
CONSTRUCTION IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. 
          TOP RIGHT THERE'S PAVED TRAIL CONSTRUCTION. BOTTOM LEFT IS NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL
CONSTRUCTION BY OTHERS, WHICH IS REALLY DEVELOPERS. THE IN 2015. THAT ONE IS THE RIDGE TRAIL UP IN THE STONEBRIDGE
DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THE ONE MILE IN 2019 WAS IN THE NORRIS CANYON ESTATES. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'S ON MY LIST THAT I'LL PROVIDE TO THE BOARD AFTER THIS. 
          BUT THERE MAY BE OTHERS OUT THERE IN THE WORLD THAT ARE BEING BUILT LIKE PLEASANTON BUILT
A NARROW NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL IN AUGUSTIN BERNAL PARK, FOR INSTANCE. I DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR THAT BECAUSE WE DO NOT OPERATE THAT TRAIL. 
          AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, WE HAVE PAVED TRAIL CONSTRUCTION BY OTHERS,
WHICH AGAIN, IS USUALLY US ENGAGING IN DEVELOPMENTS AND ASKING THEM TO INCLUDE THEM. 
          YEAH. GO AHEAD. SO YES, IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS,
I KNOW I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS EVERY YEAR AT THIS WORKSHOP. 
          THINKING ABOUT EXTENDING THE IRON HORSE TRAIL INTO LIVERMORE. 
          I KNOW I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU AS WELL. 
          JUST BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ON THE ZONE SEVEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS ,
I APPROVED THE FUNDING FOR WHAT WE WOULD HOPE WOULD BE THE FUTURE EXTENSION OF THE IRON HORSE TRAIL IN LIVERMORE ALONG ARROYO MOCHO. AND SO HOW DO WE,
AS EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT , RECOGNIZE THESE EFFORTS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS,
WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO WITH THAT EXTENSION, IT WOULD BE FROM SHADOW CLIFFS DOWN STANLEY BOULEVARD. 
          SO THAT'S ALAMEDA COUNTY. AND THEN ONCE YOU CROSS INTO LIVERMORE,
CITY OF LIVERMORE, AND THEN ALONG THE ARROYO, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CITY OF LIVERMORE AND ZONE SEVEN WATER AGENCY. 
          AND SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU BRING UP THE FLOW TRAIL BY CITY OF PLEASANTON AND
HOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT DON'T OPERATE? YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE WORK WITH THESE OTHER JURISDICTIONS? BECAUSE I SEE SO MANY EXAMPLES OF THIS. YEAH. 
          IN THE AREAS THAT I REPRESENT. AND IT WOULD BE NICE FOR US TO SOMEHOW FIGURE OUT HOW WE
CAN CAPTURE THIS. 
          SO MULTIPLE WAYS, ACTUALLY, WE YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF OUR STRATEGIC ACTIONS OF GOVERNMENT
ENTITIES GROUP THAT'S IN OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 
          A LOT OF THE INFORMATION, A LOT OF THE ACTIONS THAT OTHER AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
ARE TAKING COME, COME BY WAY OF US. WE BASICALLY HAVE PLANNERS SIFTING THROUGH AGENDAS AND WEBSITES OF OUR
OF THE 33 CITIES, TWO COUNTIES, ETC. AGENCIES THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT,
A LOT OF THE INFORMATION WE GET IS HEADS UP THROUGH THAT GROUP, AND THEN WE DECIDE HOW TO RESPOND, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD INSERT
OURSELVES IN OR NOT. 
          MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT ARE IN THIS TABLE HERE HAVE,
HAVE COME THROUGH THAT PROCESS WHERE THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT. 
          BUT I WILL SAY THAT OUR RELATIONSHIPS OVER THE YEARS AND IT'S GOTTEN MORE DIFFICULT. 
          I MEAN, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TURNOVER OUT THERE. 
          SO THERE'S RELATIONSHIPS THAT WERE BUILT YEARS AGO AND WE WOULD GET A CALL AND SAY,
HEY, THERE'S THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'RE BUILDING AND THERE'S THE GAP OF THE, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY IS IS AWARE, LIKE DUBLIN'S A GREAT EXAMPLE. 
          AT THE WALLIS RANCH DEVELOPMENT, THEY SAID, LOOK,
THIS IS A TASSAJARA CREEK TRAIL. 
          WE KNOW IT'S THERE. WE KNOW IT'S ON YOUR MASTER PLAN. 
          WE'VE WORKED WITH YOU BEFORE, AND THEY PROACTIVELY ENGAGE WITH US TO WORK WITH THAT
DEVELOPER TO CONSTRUCT THAT MILE, A TRAIL THAT WAS BUILT. RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE REALLY JUST KEEPING OUR EARS TO THE GROUND ON
THAT. 
          AS FAR AS LIVERMORE THE IRON HORSE TRAIL DOES GO FROM VALLEY ALONG SHADOW CLIFFS TO ISABEL
AND THEN ALONG TO MURRIETA. AND THAT WAS THAT WAS A PROJECT. 
          YEAH. THAT WAS THE PIECE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND THE CITY OF LIVERMORE HAS TAKEN THE
LEAD ON PIECING TOGETHER THE IRON HORSE TRAIL TO GET TO THEIR DOWNTOWN, AND THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT? YES. AND SO I GUESS THIS MIGHT BRING UP A DIFFERENT
TYPE OF QUESTION. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, IT SAYS THAT THE IRON HORSE TRAIL ENDS IN
PLEASANTON. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR MAPS, IT ENDS IN PLEASANTON. 
          AND SO WHILE MAYBE THIS EXTENSION OF THE IRON HORSE TRAIL MIGHT NOT BE OPERATED AND
MAINTAINED BY EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT , IS THERE A WAY WE CAN HAVE A DASHED LINE ON OUR MAPS AND ON OUR WEBSITE TO SHOW THAT THERE
IS THIS EXTENSION OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT'S OPERATED AND MAINTAINED BY A DIFFERENT AGENCY. 
          AND SO I GUESS THIS IS JUST ENCOURAGEMENT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE PARTNER WITH THESE
OTHER AGENCIES WHEN THERE ARE EFFORTS THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS 
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TO. BECAUSE WHEN WE PUBLISH ON OUR WEBSITE AND OUR MAPS,
WE END IT WHERE WE HAVE THAT OPERATIONS OVERSIGHT. 
          YEAH. WE THAT'S IT'S ACTUALLY INACCURATE TO SAY THAT IT ENDS IN PLEASANTON. 
          IT ENDS AT, AT MURRIETA TECHNICALLY AND AND YET TO BE CONTINUED. 
          SO WE CAN WE CAN EASILY MAKE THAT CHANGE. YEAH I WAS GOING TO ADD TO YEAH GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH. WE CAN WE CAN LOOK INTO MAKING THE CHANGE. BUT THEN ALSO IN THIS PRESENTATION WE'LL
BE TALKING ABOUT SOME PROJECTS THAT OUR TEAM ACCOMPLISHED, BUT ALSO PROJECTS THAT LIKE SEAN'S TEAM WORKED WITH CITIES AND TOWNS TO TO IMPROVE
CONNECTIONS. 
          AND YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT. AND THEN AT THE END,
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO SORT OF DIG INTO A LITTLE MORE, TOO, IS HOW SEAN'S TEAM AND OTHERS CONNECT WITH,
YOU KNOW, THE TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES AND THE CITIES AND TOWNS TO BE PART OF THAT NETWORK. 
          SO THAT, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, WE'RE ALL LEVERAGING EACH OTHER TO PROVIDE THESE CONNECTIONS
FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL SERVE TOGETHER. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I'M GLAD YOU'RE BRINGING IT UP. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANKS FOR THAT REMINDER TOO. 
          YEAH, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT A FEW OTHERS, BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR
RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS, AND THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAINTAIN AND THEN MEET THE NEW PERSON THAT COMES IN,
ETC., REALLY IMPORTANT AND ALSO FOR THE BOARD, BECAUSE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE WHAT HAVE BENEFITED US TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND WILL
CONTINUE TO. 
          SO SHOULD I MOVE ON AND, AND OKAY. SO JUST REAL QUICK,
WE'LL MOVE PAST THIS. 
          BUT WE'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE. THE REASON WHY,
YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE ON AVERAGE WE'RE BUILDING ABOUT A YEAR, A MILE A YEAR. AND WE HAVE SOME BIG YEARS, BUT IN 2024 WAS SINCE,
YOU KNOW, 2014 WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP, AT LEAST ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER THERE. AND THAT'S REALLY A RESULT OF THIS BOARD
AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR TRAIL SERVICES WITH SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAIN TRAIL STEWARDSHIP. 
          IT'S IT'S THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR SMALL TRAILS CREW,
OR MORE APPROPRIATELY, THEM GETTING THEIR FEET UNDER THEM AND REALLY STARTING TO DO GOOD WORK AND ASSISTING IN NEW CONSTRUCTION. AND SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS
TICK UP OVER THE YEARS WITH THE GREATER CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT. SURE. I HAVE MAYBE AN INTERESTING QUESTION,
BECAUSE I HIKED ONE OF THE ROGUE TRAILS THIS PAST WEEKEND IS STAFF TRACKING AND MEASURING MILES OF ROGUE TRAILS IN A CHART. 
          SO YES, WE ARE. AND MAINE, WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF TRACKING THOSE. 
          ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS THAT WE'VE FOUND A LOT OF THESE HAS BEEN THROUGH AN APP CALLED
STRAVA, AND IT CREATES A HEAT MAP AND IT TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING. 
          IT SHOWS HOW MUCH USE THAT'S GETTING. WE ALSO HAVE DONE GPS INVENTORIES OF OUR ROGUE
TRAILS IN VARIOUS PARKS LIKE DEL VALLE AND BRIONES. BUT JUST LAST YEAR WE FINISHED. WELL,
IT'S ACTUALLY WRAPPING UP RIGHT NOW. 
          THE MAJORITY OF IT WAS FINISHED LAST YEAR, AS THE TRAILS INVENTORY FOR THREE PARKS WHERE
WE TESTED OUT USING STRAVA DATA AND THEN IDENTIFYING A GIS ANALYSIS DESKTOP REVIEW OF THOSE BOOTLEG TRAILS AND AND THEN WENT OUT IN THE FIELD,
HAD OUR CONSULTANT GO OUT IN THE FIELD AND ACTUALLY FIELD VERIFY WHETHER THERE ARE RECREATIONAL TRAILS,
WHETHER THEY'RE JUST COW TRAILS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM START OUT LIKE THAT OR ARE COW TRAILS. SO THE NUMBERS ARE MISLEADING IN THAT WAY OR WERE THEY CONSTRUCTED BY TOOLS? IS THERE ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION ON THEM? SO WE'RE WORKING TO GET A HANDLE ON THAT. 
          AND THERE'S A LOT. BE INTERESTING TO SEE A TABLE ALONG WITH THESE AND HOW THAT LOOKS
BECAUSE I WALKED A COUPLE MILES OF THEM. 
          YEAH. BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO NAMES AND IT'S A LOT. 
          I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S NOTED. 
          YEAH. WE ARE WE ARE GETTING OUR. I SAID IT WAS AN INTERESTING QUESTION. 
          YEAH. IT IS AN INTERESTING. NO, WE ARE WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND WE HAVE WE HAVE ROUGH
NUMBERS RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT I MEAN I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE INDUSTRY WIDE RIGHT OF
REDUCING THE IMPACT OF ILLEGAL TRAILS AND THE AMOUNT OF THEM AND PEOPLE BUILDING THEM IS BUILDING MORE
SUSTAINABLE, BETTER TRAILS THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANT TO USE TO THE RIGHT PLACES. 
          RIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE THOSE, LIKE THE STEEP FIRE ROADS,
LIKE THE PICTURES THAT WE HAD EARLIER, RIGHT? PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HIKE OR RIDE THEIR BIKE OR WALK THEIR DOG ON THOSE TRAILS,
AND SO THEY END UP CREATING THEIR OWN. 
          AND SO NOT ONLY IS THEN THE STEEP FIRE ROAD BAD,
BUT THEN THE ILLEGAL TRAIL IS ALSO BAD. 
          AND SO OUR OPPORTUNITY IS REALLY GOING INTO THESE PLACES AND FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE BUILD
TRAILS THAT PEOPLE WANT, 
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THAT PROTECT RESOURCES THAT DON'T ENCOURAGE ILLEGAL TRAIL BUILDING? AND I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE TO THIS BOARD,
BUT IN MARIN, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WORKED ON FOR TEN YEARS. 
          AND WE ACTUALLY ELIMINATED NEW ILLEGAL TRAIL BUILDING FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS THERE
BECAUSE WE WERE BUILDING TRAILS THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANTED TO USE. I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY AN ONGOING
DISCUSSION, BUT I DID THINK JUST FOR A BASELINE OR AN INVENTORY,
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE ONE OF THE TRAILS I WAS ON EVEN HAD A GATE AND EVERYTHING. IT WAS CLEARLY SHOULD BE IN THE INVENTORY. 
          AND IF 10.6 MILES HAD BEEN ADDED AND MAYBE 2 TO 6 MILES HAD BEEN ADDED OF ROGUE TRAILS,
IT JUST WOULD BE INTERESTING TO INCLUDE IN OUR INVENTORY. THEY'RE BEING USED. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS WE DID THAT INVENTORY IN THREE PARKS. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT. IT'S QUITE A BIT. 
          IT'S EXPENSIVE TO DO TO GET OUR HANDLE AROUND THIS. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE ROUGH NUMBERS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT MORE ROGUE TRAILS ARE BUILT THAN WE
BUILD, AND IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED WORK SEASONS. 
          IT'S BECAUSE WE FOR THE LAST FOUR DECADES, WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH DEVELOPING NEW TRAILS THAT
THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR. 
          OUR STAFF CAPACITY AND THEN IT'S FUNDING. THESE ARE WAY MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD NOW. 
          SO I KNOW THIS IS LIKE A WHOLE RABBIT HOLE, BUT IT'S YOUR WORKSHOP,
SO GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH. ONE POINT TO THAT THAT I WANT TO SHARE. 
          AND I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE TOO. IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO BUILD TRAILS WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IN TERMS OF PERMITTING AND PLANNING PROCESS. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT FOR US TO REMEMBER. 
          I KNOW A NEW TRAIL RECENTLY OPENED IN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON AND BEFORE CITY OF PLEASANTON
TOOK OVER THAT TRAIL WHEN THE LAND WAS STILL OWNED PRIVATELY, THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER HAD THE TRAIL CREATED,
AND I HEARD THAT ONE REASON FOR THAT WAS THAT IT WAS A MUCH MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD PROCESS IN TERMS OF FEWER PERMITS BEING NEEDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT TRAIL. 
          AND SO THERE'S THAT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. 
          SO ONCE WE HAVE THE LAND AND WE WANT TO DEVELOP THESE TRAILS,
WE DO HAVE A LESS STRAIGHTFORWARD PROCESS THAN MAYBE A PRIVATE OWNER DOES. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT POINT FOR US TO ALWAYS REMEMBER HERE. 
          AND THEN I HAD A SECOND POINT, BUT I NOW HAVE NOT REMEMBERED IT. 
          SO LET'S KEEP ON GOING. YOU HAVE TIME? NO, THANK. 
          THANK YOU. THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD POINT. THE PART THAT'S MISSING IN ROGUE TRAIL
BUILDING IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND IMPACT DISCLOSURE THAT AS A PUBLIC AGENCY, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO EXPLAIN. 
          WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, WHY DON'T YOU BUILD MORE TRAILS? IT'S LIKE,
WELL, IT'S EASY FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE OUT THERE AT NIGHT, RIGHT? SO YOU KNOW, SO IT'S A GOOD IT'S A REALLY GREAT POINT. 
          SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP. AND I GUESS TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT,
YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THIS SO MUCH IN TERMS OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND THE PROJECTS. 
          BUT THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT I SAY SOME OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS FAMILIAR WITH. 
          SO IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL AT SOME POINT TO WRITE UP ALL THE DIFFERENT PERMIT AGENCIES THAT WE
HAVE TO WORK WITH FOR THE DIFFERENT TRAILS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IF THE TRAIL IS GOING ALONG A BODY OF WATER,
THERE'S EVEN EXTRA PERMITTING. 
          I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT REMINDS ME DURING THE TRAIL USER WORKING GROUP,
WE DID GET INTO THAT AND TRY TO DISCLOSE THAT AND MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR. 
          BUT ALSO AS PART OF THE BRIONES PILOT PROJECT AND OUR OUTREACH AND EDUCATION REALLY,
REALLY POINTING OUT THE PROBLEM WITH ILLEGAL TRAIL BUILDING AND WHY IT'S HOW IT SHOULD REALLY BE DONE AND HOW THE PARK DISTRICT HAS TO DO IT
AND EDUCATION. 
          SO ON OUR PROJECT PAGE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME GOOD INFORMATION ON THAT. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON? OH, OKAY. I WILL. OKAY. GREAT DISCUSSION AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN. 
          SO LAST YEAR WITH UNDER THAT SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAIN TRAIL STEWARDSHIP ON CALL TRAIL SERVICES
AGREEMENT, THE VALLE VISTA TRAIL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN PLEASANTON RIDGE,
IT'S RECEIVING RAVE REVIEWS. 
          AND OUR FIELD STAFF, AS WELL AS MY STAFF, REALLY LEARNED A LOT WORKING ALONGSIDE THIS
GROUP THAT BUILDS THESE TRAILS TO THE MODERN SPECS AND SUSTAINABLE WAYS. FULL BENCHING,
THE MATERIALS USED, THE APPROACHES AND THE EQUIPMENT, AND OUR ROADS AND TRAILS CREW OUR SMALL TRAILS CREW AS WELL AS FIELD STAFF WERE OUT
OCCASIONALLY WITH THIS GROUP. 
          AND SO ANYWAY, THIS IS ABOUT 1.1 MILES IN PLEASANTON RIDGE AND IS RECEIVING RAVE REVIEWS. 
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I MENTIONED EARLIER VOLUNTEERING AND DIRECTOR ESPAÑA MENTIONED IT AS WELL. 
          A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON THE BRIONES PILOT
PROJECT AND THE VOLUNTEERS, AND THEN BRINGING IN THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF,
HELP RESTORE AND STOP ILLEGAL TRAIL BUILDING. 
          THAT IS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO OUR TRAIL SYSTEM AND OUR PARKS,
IN MY OPINION. 
          I PUT IT ABOVE CLIMATE CHANGE, TO BE HONEST. WE HAVE TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS. 
          BUT GETTING THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE, WORKING ON THESE TRAILS,
ADOPTING THEM, WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO ACTUALLY COME OUT AND WORK IN OUR PARKS. WE'VE HAD 23 DIG DAYS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE OF THE PILOT,
389 VOLUNTEERS AND EIGHT MILES OF TRAIL MAINTAINED AND IMPROVED OUT THERE. 
          THIS YEAR WE HAD TWO WE'VE HAD TWO ALREADY 80 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO EACH ONE. 
          THEN WE CAP IT AT 30. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS AND NOT REALLY SOMETHING WE
THERE IS A GREATER DEMAND. 
          AND I THINK THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A GREATER DEMAND FOR TRAIL VOLUNTEERING AND ANY
VOLUNTEERING IN OUR PARKS THAT THEN THE PARK DISTRICT CAN MEET. 
          BUT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE MODEL THAT WE HAVE AND THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE,
I THINK WE'VE DONE SOME GREAT THINGS AT BRIONES. 
          BUT THIS IS JUST ONE PARK. YEAH. ON THE TOPIC OF VOLUNTEERS AND TRAIL BUILDING I'VE
RECENTLY BECOME AWARE OF A GROUP. I BELIEVE THEY'RE CALLED THE MOUNT DIABLO TRAILS ALLIANCE,
AND I'VE SEEN THEM. 
          I'VE ACTUALLY ENCOUNTERED THEM ON WHILE I WAS HIKING,
WORKING ON TRAILS IN MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK. 
          THEY TELL ME THAT THEY HAVE OR COULD ALSO WORK ON TRAILS,
YOU KNOW, IN OUR PARKS. 
          HAVE THEY DONE THAT YET IN OUR PARKS ANYWHERE? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE OR WHICH PARK. AT THIS POINT,
I DO KNOW THAT WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH THEM ON THE ISSUE OF ILLEGAL TRAIL BUILDING AND WORKING WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT,
SPECIFICALLY IN LAS TRAMPAS, AND HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL INTERACTION WITH THEM. 
          AND MY TEAM HAS BEEN COORDINATING WITH THEIR TEAM. 
          BUT I'M NOT, BUT IT IS AN OPTION. BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE EXACTLY. 
          YEAH. THE WORK THAT I'VE SEEN THAT THEY'VE DONE IS,
IS EXACTLY WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. 
          I MEAN, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY THEY OBVIOUSLY TRAIN THEIR VOLUNTEERS. 
          THE VOLUNTEERS PROBABLY COME ALREADY TRAINED. 
          I IMAGINE SOME OF THEM. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN GETTING THEIR ATTENTION TO
HELP US BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH TO DO. I THINK WHAT I'M SEEING AND AGAIN, SO I MANAGED THE IVAN DICKSON VOLUNTEER TRAIL
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE TEN YEARS OR SO. WE USED TO DO TEN EVENTS A YEAR. 
          WE'D HAVE FAMILIES COME OUT. THEY WERE REALLY EVENTS. 
          THEY WERE LUNCHES THAT WE HAD AND WE'D GET SOME WORK DONE. 
          BUT WE WOULD DO THE WORK IN THE SAME PLACES THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THE WORK,
TO HAVE A PICNIC AREA AND WATER AND RESTROOMS, AND NOT HAVE TO HIKE TOO FAR WITH YOUR TOOLS,
ETC.. 
          WHAT I'VE SEEN OVER TIME IS AS THESE EVOLVE,
YOU KNOW, GOING FROM WORKING DURING THE WORST TIME OF YEAR TO DO TRAIL WORK, WHICH IS THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER WHEN IT'S ROCK HARD TO WORKING WITH ACTUALLY ALREADY FORMED
GROUPS WITH CONSERVATION CREWS COMING IN TO HELP AND PARTNERING WITH OTHER ESTABLISHED NONPROFITS. 
          IT SEEMS TO BE WHERE IT'S GOING. AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS INTERNALLY AS
FAR AS OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS ARE ARE STRUCTURED AND REQUIREMENTS JUST THIS YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT I FORGET THE NAME OF IT,
AND I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF SANDY. 
          SANDY FUNK AND I ARE I'M ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE IVAN DICKSON VOLUNTEER TRAIL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM INCORPORATED
INTO THE REST OF OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. AND SO THAT THEY RUN, YOU KNOW, NOT, YOU KNOW,
OUTSIDE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, WHICH IS WHAT MY TEAM HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR YEARS. 
          BUT WE'VE FOUND THAT THE CAPACITY, THE DEMAND FOR THOSE EVENTS AND DEMAND FOR VOLUNTEERING
IT TAKES AWAY FROM OUR ABILITY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION SEASON TO ACTUALLY GET THESE GOOD PROJECTS. THEY'RE ALL GOOD PROJECTS, BUT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS,
THE NEW PROJECTS THAT YOU ALL LOVE AND THAT WE WANT TO GET DONE, IT TAKES AWAY FROM THAT, RIGHT? SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ACTIVELY. 
          AND WE WANT TO TRY TO MEET THE DEMAND BETTER. 
          BUT I KNOW WE AREN'T QUITE MEETING IT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN MEET IT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT
AND I THINK A LOT. 
          I THINK THE MISPERCEPTION IS THAT VOLUNTEERING IS FREE. WHAT? COME THROW ME AN EVENT. 
          RIGHT. I WANT TO COME HELP. AND IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE IT'S EXPENSIVE FOR THE PARK DISTRICT , AND IT'S TIME CONSUMING. AND SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A REAL RESPONSIBLE WAY AND
SUSTAINABLE WAY TO ACTUALLY ACCOMMODATE THAT. 
          SEAN, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF IVAN DICKSON? HE PASSED AWAY. 
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NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. NO. THE IVAN DICKSON VOLUNTEER TRAIL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. 
          YEAH. HE. SORRY. THAT PROGRAM IS OPERATING AS WELL. 
          HEY, I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT LIGHT. IT'S A WORKSHOP. THE PROGRAM IS STILL EXISTS,
BUT NOT IN THE WAY THAT IT HAS. 
          WHAT MY TEAM IS DOING IS WE'RE PARTNERING WITH V-O-CAL STILL UNDER THE BANNER OF IVAN
DICKSON , BUT REALLY HOLDING EVENTS WITH WITH THEM. WE'RE LOOKING AT PARTNERING STILL WITH THE
REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION. 
          AND PARTNERING WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER CORPORATIONS LIKE WE USED TO CLIFF BAR,
REI, ETC. 
          A LOT OF THOSE EVENTS, WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT,
THOSE THINGS JUST SORT OF STOPPED, LIKE I SAID, THE IVAN DICKSON VOLUNTEER TRAIL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM WE'RE WORKING TO INCORPORATE THAT
INTO OUR OTHER VOLUNTEER TRAIL PROGRAMS RUN BY OUR RECREATION TEAM. BUT WHAT I'M ALLUDING TO IS THAT THE PROGRAM IT CAN'T RUN THE WAY IT
WAS BEFORE WITH THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE. TEN EVENTS A YEAR,
PICNICS AND WEEKEND EVENTS ARE DIFFICULT TO RUN WHEN WE HAVE SUCH A LONG LIST OF OTHER WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          SO WE'RE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE IVAN DICKSON PROGRAM IS. 
          YOU DEFINITELY WERE READING MY MIND BECAUSE I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE IVAN DICKSON
PROGRAM. 
          AND AS FAR AS WITH THE IVAN DICKSON PROGRAM,
DEFINITELY IT WAS A BURDEN TO YOUR TRAIL TEAM AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE SENSE AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF HOURS AND TIME
AND NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK ON OTHER PROJECTS. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT. AS FAR AS YOU'RE SPEAKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENT TO SEE ABOUT,
SEE IF IT CAN BE PUT UNDER THE OVERALL VOLUNTEER UMBRELLA, AND THEN THAT THE STRATEGY HAS CHANGED. 
          JUST AS FAR AS I MEAN, V-O-CAL IS A TRAINED GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO IS COMING,
BUT HAVING WORKING WITH MORE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE THAT TYPE OF EXPERTISE OR BUILDING THAT EXPERTISE BUT HOW KIND OF DO YOU LIKE
BALANCE VOLUNTEERISM? BECAUSE WHEN I WAS FIRST THINKING ABOUT ASKING THIS QUESTION,
IT WAS MORE I FELT THAT THERE WAS MORE EMPHASIS OF FOR GOOD REASON OF THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE BRIONES PROJECT. AND THEN JUST AS FAR AS ALSO PARTNERING WITH
THOSE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. AND THEN OTHER PARKS DIDN'T NECESSARILY BENEFIT FROM, YOU KNOW, A REDUCTION OF DIFFERENT IVAN DICKSON PROJECTS. 
          SO KIND OF HOW ON THAT LARGER SCHEME, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO ADDRESS LIKE CRITICAL ISSUES
LIKE OUT OF BRIONES AND DIFFERENT ROAD TRAILS HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S MORE SUSTAINABLE SO THAT WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS AND OTHER PARKS BECAUSE IT,
DID SEEM LIKE THE FOCUS WAS ALL IN BRIONES. WELL, THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR SURE. 
          AND THIS, THIS LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THIS SLIDE IS NOT SUSTAINABLE,
BUT BECAUSE OF OUR GOAL OF OF OF, YOU KNOW, SHOCK AND AWE. GET EVERYONE INTO THE PARK AND WORK AND TAKE OWNERSHIP IS THAT WE
REALLY HIT THIS ONE HARD. 
          THE BEST WAY TO TO ADDRESS OUR BACKLOG OF TRAIL MAINTENANCE AND GOOD PROJECTS IS REALLY
MORE A APPROPRIATE TO HAVE OUR OUR SMALL TRAILS CREW LEADING THOSE EFFORTS. 
          AS I MENTIONED, VOLUNTEERS ARE IF THEY'RE NOT TRAINED,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT'S SIMPLE OR THE PROJECT AT THE RIGHT PHASE OF TO BRING THEM IN. THEY ARE THEY'RE NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE OF LABOR. 
          IT'S THERE'S UNION ISSUES WITH VOLUNTEERS, ETC. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, HIKING INTO THE BACK COUNTRY WHERE MOST OF THIS WORK IS NEEDED IS IS NOT
APPROPRIATE FOR VOLUNTEERS. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS LET THE PROJECT WORK AND THE NEED DICTATE HOW
WE ADDRESS IT AND WHAT AND THE METHOD THAT WE ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. IF VOLUNTEERS FIT INTO THAT, THEN WE LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT. 
          THEN WHAT DOES A SMALL TRAILS CREW NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER IT BE CAPACITY OF STAFF YOU KNOW,
EXTRA DOLLARS TO THE PROGRAM AND BUILDING SKILLS SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE BACKLOG. 
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AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS THEN WHAT WILL WE DO TO KEEP GOODWILL WITH THOSE OTHER GROUPS
AS FAR AS THAT PROGRAM WAS SO SUCCESSFUL AS FAR AS WITH BUILDING STEWARDSHIP,
HOW DO WE STILL MAINTAIN THE GOODWILL WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO, LIKE, VOLUNTEER IN A TRAIL EXPERIENCE? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND I THINK WE'RE AT THE END. 
          WELL, A, PATRICK WHO SUPERVISES THE SMALL TRAIL CREW HAS A BUNCH OF TIMES THROUGH THIS
THAT HE'S GOING TO PRESENT ABOUT THE WORK THEY'RE DOING, AND AT THE END, WE HAVE A SLIDE THAT'S ALL ABOUT HOW CAN WE SUPPORT INCREASING THE
CAPACITY OF THAT CREW. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          AND LIKE SEAN SAID, VOLUNTEER EVENTS ARE MAINLY JUST LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH
CIVICORPS THE OTHER DAY. 
          IT'S ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK. 
          WE WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE AN EXPERIENCE BEING OUT IN THE LAND,
GIVING BACK, CONTRIBUTING, FEELING OWNERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY. 
          IT'S NOT ABOUT GETTING THE WORK DONE WHEN REALLY GETTING WORK DONE THE LEVEL OF WORK THAT
THIS CREW DOES, THEY WORK WITH MECHANIZED EQUIPMENT. THEY'RE EXTREMELY TALENTED AND CAN GET A HUGE AMOUNT
OF WORK DONE. 
          BUT THAT EXPERIENCE IS VERY IMPORTANT, EVEN IF WE ARE STILL TRYING TO BUILD TOWARDS THE
CAPACITY OF WHERE THE DESIRE IS FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR US BECAUSE IT'S SO VALUABLE TO PROVIDE THAT EXPERIENCE,
BUT IT'S JUST NOT CONNECTED TO GETTING THE MAINTENANCE WORK DONE IN THE FIELD, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          YEAH. I JUST WANT TO RE, YOU KNOW, RE REEMPHASIZE THAT POINT YOU JUST MADE THE IMPORTANCE
OF INVOLVING DIVERSE GROUPS OF PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY AGE WISE. 
          YOU KNOW, THE PICTURE RIGHT THERE ILLUSTRATES IT. 
          AND SO I KNOW AT LEAST ONE OF THESE BOARD MEMBERS HERE,
THEIR ENTRANCE INTO THE PARK DISTRICT WAS THROUGH TRAIL MAINTENANCE. 
          AND THEN IT KIND OF CONTINUED FROM THERE. SO,
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A WAY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND IT'S DOG GONE IT. IT'S INSTANT GRATIFICATION TOO,
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT REALLY IS YOU LOOK BACK AFTER TWO HOURS OF WORK FROM FROM 80 PEOPLE. AND IT'S A TRAIL, YOU KNOW, THAT LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER THAN IT DID BEFORE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK I GET IT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE A MIX OF,
OF EFFICIENCY, BUT THEN ALSO A WHOLE OTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THOSE FOLKS THAT NO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN DO IT,
WANT TO DO IT, THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING. 
          IT'S NOT THE BEST WAY TO GET THE TRAIL DONE,
BUT IT'S A GOOD WAY TO BUILD GOODWILL AND TO BUILD A SENSE OF STEWARDSHIP AND OWNERSHIP AMONG THE COMMUNITY. YEAH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          AND BUILDING FUTURE PARK SUPPORTERS. AND SO BUT AND WE ARE AWARE OF THE DEMAND AND HE
CAPACITY AT THIS POINT. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BETTER MEET THAT AND WHERE THAT BEST SITS IN
THE AGENCY. 
          IF IT IS A PUBLIC RELATIONS TYPE EVENT OR IF IT'S ACTUALLY GETTING WORK DONE. 
          YOU KNOW THAT THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN WHO'S ACTUALLY LEADING THAT CHARGE. 
          YEAH. OKAY. THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION. I'LL TRY TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH THESE. 
          YOU MAY RECALL THE PINOLE SHORES TO BAYFRONT PARK BRIDGE PROJECT AND TRAIL PROJECT HAD A
BAD WINTER BETWEEN 2023 AND 2024. 
          AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. THIS IS A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SORT OF AN
EMERGENCY RESPONSE HERE. 
          THIS TRAIL WAS CLOSED FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW. 
          SO THAT WAS LAST YEAR. SO COMMENDABLE WORK UNDER A TIGHT TIMELINE TO REOPEN THIS TRAIL. 
          AND I WILL SAY THAT THIS UNFORTUNATELY WAS WAS $1 MILLION PROJECT TO FIX SO AND THE AS
CLIMATE CHANGE AND WINTERS CONTINUE TO BE STRONG LIKE THIS,
WE WANT TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND PREPARE FOR THESE TYPES OF THINGS AND OUR RESTORATION PROJECTS UNIT. ACTUALLY,
JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THEM AS WELL. 
          FIVE OF THE MILES OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS HAVE BEEN BUILT BY THIS GROUP. 
          USUALLY THERE'S A RESTORATION COMPONENT INVOLVED IN THEIR WORK,
BUT THEY HAVE DEVELOPED, FOR INSTANCE, THE GOLDEN GATE FIELDS PIECE, THE DOTSON FAMILY, MARSH BAY TRAIL AND BAY POINT WETLANDS AS WELL. 
          AND SO BUT IN COYOTE HILL AND THE PATTERSON RANCH,
THEY DID A COMBINATION OF NEW PAVED TRAIL AND NEW UNPAVED TRAIL IN THE NORTH EAST PART OF THIS PARK. YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP HERE., IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE,
IT'S PRETTY LOVELY. 
          [00:50:05]
HERE'S A TRAIL PROJECT THAT IS NOT ONE OF OURS,
BUT THAT I WORKED WITH THE ENGINEERS AT SAN RAMON ON UNTIL IT WENT TO CONSTRUCTION. 
          THEY WERE WONDERING, HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST US? SO I GAVE THEM ALL OF OUR
INFORMATION ON OUR SHORES BRIDGE BECAUSE IT WAS A SIMILAR LENGTH. 
          THIS WAS LED BY CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. 
          THEY KNEW TO REACH OUT AND WORK WITH US. WE MAINTAIN THE SURFACE OF THIS TRAIL AND IRON
HORSE TRAIL THROUGH A LICENSE AGREEMENT FROM THE COUNTY. 
          AND SO WE'RE VERY INVOLVED IN PROJECTS LIKE THIS. 
          THIS PROJECT IS LOOKS LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE ALREADY. 
          IT COULD BE DONE ANY TIME NOW. BUT BY THIS SUMMER,
THIS WILL BE OPEN AND IT'S I CAN'T WAIT TO GO ACROSS IT. 
          SIMILARLY, IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, I MENTIONED,
MAYBE I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THEY CONSTRUCTED A BRIDGE OVER CROSSING OF DUBLIN BOULEVARD ALONG THE IRON HORSE TRAIL AS A $14 MILLION PROJECT. 
          AND THEY HAD TO REALIGN THE IRON HORSE TRAIL THROUGH DON BIDDLE PARK TO THE NORTH OF THIS
WHICH WE OPERATE. 
          AND SO WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY. OUR OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT AND I WORKED VERY CLOSELY TO
ENSURE THAT OUR INTERESTS WERE, WERE KEPT AND THAT AND THAT WE WERE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD AND WOULD NOT TAKE CARE
OF. 
          AND, AND THIS, THIS PROJECT OPENED IN NOVEMBER OF 2024. 
          SO? SO TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE THE WHOLE COOPERATIVE THING THAT WE HAVE,
THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE, AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SHOULDER EVERY SINGLE INCH OF THAT TRAIL. 
          IT'S COOPERATION GOING ON. BUT WE DON'T MAINTAIN EITHER THAT BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD BRIDGE
OR THE DUBLIN BOULEVARD BRIDGE. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? WE DO NOT MAINTAIN THE STRUCTURE ITSELF OR HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE BRIDGE INSPECTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          WHAT OUR LICENSE AGREEMENT TYPICALLY SAYS IS THAT WE WILL KEEP THE AREA FREE OF DEBRIS AND
GRAFFITI IF IT'S THE TRAIL. 
          SO IT GETS TRICKY AND WE HAVE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THESE JURISDICTIONS WHEN THERE'S
GRAFFITI, SAY IT'S UNDER THE BRIDGE. WELL, THAT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          SO WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING WITH DUBLIN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT JUST HAPPENED. 
          THERE WAS GRAFFITI ON THE ABUTMENT. WELL, OUR GUYS ARE OUT THERE,
AND WHAT WAS WRITTEN ON THE ABUTMENT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY NEEDED TO SEE LONGER THAN THAN THEY NEEDED TO. AND SO OUR GUYS DID. 
          OUR FIELD STAFF DID COVER IT UP. BUT THEY'RE TALKING WITH DUBLIN ABOUT LIKE,
HEY, THAT'S ACTUALLY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          BUT WE WERE IN THE FIELD AT THE TIME. SO WE'RE WORKING TO LIKE CLARIFY THESE MAINTENANCE
AGREEMENTS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THERE'S A POTPOURRI OF MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS OUT IN THE WORLD. 
          AND SOME, AS WE EVOLVE AS AN AGENCY INTO OUR SECOND CENTURY,
HANDSHAKE DEALS AREN'T THE THING ANYMORE. 
          AND SO WE'RE WORKING TO, LIKE, GET THESE THINGS DOCUMENTED. AND IF WE HAVE TO GREAT. 
          YEAH. I WANT TO PUSH BACK ON THIS IDEA OF COOPERATION. 
          AND IT MAY BE THAT AT THE STAFF LEVEL, FROM STAFF TO STAFF,
WE MIGHT FEEL VERY COOPERATIVE, BUT I CAN SHARE FROM THE ELECTED OFFICIAL PERSPECTIVE,
I'VE RECEIVED SO MANY NEGATIVE COMMENTS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS IN DUBLIN THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR THE IRON HORSE TRAIL THROUGH DUBLIN. 
          AND I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THIS IS,
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY, THAT'S WITH CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, NOT WITH THE ALAMEDA COUNTY PORTION OF IRON HORSE TRAIL
AND WITH THE ALAMEDA COUNTY PORTION OF IRON HORSE TRAIL, I BELIEVE THAT OUR AGREEMENTS ARE MORE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL
CITIES, WHICH THERE'S TWO CITIES RIGHT NOW IN ALAMEDA COUNTY,
DUBLIN AND PLEASANTON, AND IT'S A WHOLE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL SITUATION. 
          RIGHT. BECAUSE WITH THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, FOR EXAMPLE,
AS YOU'RE ENTERING DUBLIN FROM SAN RAMON, THAT'S ACTUALLY ZONED SEVEN LAND. BUT THEN THAT LAND IS LICENSED TO CITY OF DUBLIN. 
          AND THE SUBLICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN US IS WITH CITY OF DUBLIN AND NOT ZONE SEVEN. 
          SO THERE'S ALSO THAT ASPECT OF THINGS. PLUS IT RUNS BEHIND DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND SO I DO JUST WANT TO PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT ON THIS IDEA OF COOPERATION AND JUST LET
OTHERS KNOW THAT IT'S NOT FULLY SEEN THAT WAY. 
          AND I JUST SAID, IF YOU IF FOLKS REACH OUT TO YOU WITH CONCERNS,
YOU CAN SHARE THEM WITH ME TOO, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS STAFF WERE FOLLOWING UP ON CONCERNS THAT ELECTED
OFFICIALS OR STAFF FROM OTHER AGENCIES OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE. 
          SO, YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND THAT INFORMATION IS HELPFUL,
TOO, IN CASE YOU NEED, YOU KNOW, FACTS OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO PROVIDE BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THOSE
COMMENTS, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK WITH THESE AND PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR
OPINION. 
          DUBLIN ACTUALLY OWNS THE IRON HORSE TRAIL THROUGH HERE AND LICENSES IT TO THE PARK
DISTRICT . 
          SO AND THEN YOU GO DOWN THE WAY AND THEN SAN RAMON OWNS IT AND THEN WE LICENSE IT. 
          BUT THEN WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN RAMON, WE ACTUALLY LICENSE IT. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSING SECTIONS. 
          BUT CAN YOU BECAUSE I THINK WE DO HAVE MORE RESOURCES IN THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PORTION
OF THE IRON HORSE TRAIL. 
          THERE'S MORE COORDINATION. THERE'S AN IRON HORSE TRAIL COUNCIL,
I BELIEVE WITHIN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, 
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WE DON'T HAVE THAT ON THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SIDE. 
          WELL, PART OF THAT IS ALAMEDA COUNTY IS LESS ACTIVE IN THAT WAY. 
          SO AND CONTRA COSTA IS PROACTIVE AND ALSO MOST OF ITS COMPLETE IN THEIR JURISDICTION. 
          WE DO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH PLEASANTON. PLEASANTON MAINTAINS A LARGE PORTION OF THE IRON
HORSE TAIL THROUGH THEIR CITY AS WELL. 
          WHICH IS ALL THE WAY TO LIVERMORE AS WE JUST DISCUSSED. 
          SO I HEAR YOU, YOU KNOW, WE DO WORK WHEN THERE ARE WHEN THERE ARE FUNDING MEASURES,
WHEN THERE ARE SALES TAX MEASURES OUT THERE. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION AND THE THREE MAIN TRAILS THAT ARE ALWAYS ON THEIR RADAR FOR FUNDING ARE THE EAST BAY GREENWAY TRAIL, WHICH HAS A LOT TO COMPLETE,
THE IRON HORSE TRAIL AND THE BAY TRAIL. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE THE THREE. ANY OTHER TRAILS THAT YOU KNOW ARE NOT REALLY SUBJECT TO
MEASURE BB FUNDING, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT SALES TAX MEASURE. BUT WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO ENGAGE. 
          SO. OKAY. ALSO AN AMAZING BRIDGE. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE. 
          AND SO THIS WAS A BRIDGE THAT WAS COMPLETED IN SIBLEY. THIS IS THE RIDGE TRAIL. THERE'S
STORM DAMAGE AGAIN, BUT THIS IS A BRIDGE THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE RIDGE TRAIL AND THE SKYLINE TRAIL BY
PARK OPERATIONS AND PARK STAFF, WHICH IS EXCITING TO SEE. SIDE NOTE THE PARK DISTRICT I'M TOLD BY OUR ENGINEERS WE HAVE
ABOUT 300 BRIDGES IN THE PARK DISTRICT , AND THEN THERE'S 100 TO 200 MORE SMALL PUNCH INS OR SMALLER BRIDGES. 
          SO THOSE AGE OVER TIME, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME GREAT WORK BY PATRICK'S TEAM TO
ADDRESS THAT AND KEEP UP WITH THAT. 
          BUT I FOUND THAT THAT'S A HIGH NUMBER. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO WE WANT TO
KEEP UP ON. 
          AND I'LL THIS WILL BE A GOOD TRANSITION BETWEEN US. 
          THE TRAILS DEPARTMENT WORKED FOR YEARS TO PERMIT AND DESIGN TRAILS WITHIN THE MCCOSKER
AREA. 
          RIDGE TRAIL REALIGNMENT. THE PACIFIC PEA TRAIL IS ONE OF THEM. 
          LET ME JUST SAY THIS IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW THE SMALL TRAILS CREW AND OUR PROGRAM
CAN WORK TOGETHER ON THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF THESE. 
          AND THEN THIS WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THIS TEAM. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          I'LL PASS IT OVER TO YOU AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN KIND OF SHARE SOME OF YOUR GREAT WORK.
THANKS, PATRICK. GREAT. THANKS VERY MUCH, SEAN. GOOD AFTERNOON NOW TO PRESIDENT MERCURIO AND BOARD. MY NAME IS PATRICK DEMMONS. I'M THE SMALL TRAILS CREW SUPERVISOR WITH
MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES. 
          I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF PRESENTING SOME OF MY WORK A COUPLE OTHER TIMES IN FRONT OF THE
BOARD, MOST RECENTLY AT BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE,
TALKING ABOUT THE SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES OF BUILDING UP THE TRAIL CREW. 
          BUT I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YET TO MEET SOME OF THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS. SO WELCOME TO
YOU. 
          THANKS FOR BEING A PART OF THIS TEAM AND BEING A PART OF THE DISCUSSION. 
          AS SEAN SAID THIS, I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE
LAST YEAR, AND THEN I GUESS WE'LL MOVE TO CURRENT YEAR PROJECTS AND THEN WE'LL BE BOUNCING BACK AND
FORTH. 
          BUT FOR MY PART, I'M GOING TO TALK FIRST ABOUT A NEW TRAIL THAT WE CONSTRUCTED THAT I'M
REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF, MAINLY BECAUSE IT WAS A HUGE LEARNING POINT FOR US TO EVEN SEE IF WE
COULD DO THIS IN HOUSE. 
          I KEPT TELLING EVERYONE THAT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE,
BUT WHEN YOU GET OUT ON THE GROUND AND YOU SEE THE TRAIL THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD AND THE LANDSCAPE THAT WE'RE BUILDING ON, YOU START TO THINK,
OH, IS IT POSSIBLE? AND THEN SO HERE WE ARE. [LAUGHTER] I JUST CAME FROM THIS SITE TODAY. 
          I HAVE A CREW LEAD OUT ON SITE RIGHT NOW WHO IS KIND OF TYING IN OUR WORK TO THE WORK THAT
WAS DONE FOR THE CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT. 
          IT WAS A $16.5 MILLION PROJECT IN THE MCCOSKER PARCEL TO DAYLIGHT SECTIONS OF THE CREEK
THERE, AND SO THEY DID A LOT OF WORK WITH OPENING UP THAT CREEK BED,
PLACING ROCK TO MAKE IT APPEAR AS A NATURAL STREAM BED, ALTHOUGH IT IS VERY MUCH A MANUFACTURED STREAM BED. 
          SO NOW THE LAST LITTLE TINY PIECE OF THE PUZZLE WE'RE DOING ON THIS TRAIL IS WE'RE
CREATING A NEW ENTRANCE TO THE TRAIL WE CREATED WITH STACKED STONE THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY DURABLE AND MIMIC THE SURROUNDING WORK DONE BY THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM. 
          ABOUT THIS TRAIL YOU'LL SEE, AND I'M HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE MORE TECHNICAL ASPECTS. 
          WE WERE FIRST KIND OF SUCCESS IN USING VERY SMALL,
SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT ON SIDE HILL CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO YOU SEE IN THE ORANGE THERE IN THE TOP LEFT,
THAT'S ONE OF OUR ROADS AND TRAILS EQUIPMENT OPERATORS WORKING ON A VERY SMALL EXCAVATOR THROUGH A ROCKY TERRAIN. THAT'S ME IN THE BOTTOM LEFT ON OUR SMALL TRAILS. 
          IT'S A SINGLE TRACK DOZER. THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS ABOUT 5,000 POUNDS,
BUT IT HAS A 29 INCH BLADE. 
          IT'S CUSTOM DESIGNED TO BUILD NARROW HIKING TRAIL OR BIKING TRAIL. 
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GENERALLY WHAT WE GET OUT OF USING THESE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT,
AS WELL AS SOME OF THE RIGGING YOU SEE IN THE OTHER PICTURES AND STRUCTURES, IS A VERY SUSTAINABLE, LONG TERM, STABLE TRAIL THAT IS GENERALLY ABOUT 4 TO 5FT WIDE. 
          WE'RE BUILDING TO A STANDARD THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THE PARKS ABOUT,
OH, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS TRAIL, IT'S MULTI-USE. 
          IS IT MEANT TO BE THIS WIDE OR THIS WIDE? IT HAS BIKES AND IT HAS HORSES. 
          IT HAS THIS. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I WANT TO BUILD A TRAIL THAT IS SUSTAINABLE ON THE
ENVIRONMENT. 
          MEANING THAT IF YOU HAVE A VERY STEEP SIDE HILL,
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO BUILD A ROAD WIDTH TRAIL THROUGH THAT AREA BECAUSE IT'S PRONE TO SLIDING. AND I WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT IS CAN BE MAINTAINED BY THE EQUIPMENT
WE HAVE IN OUR FLEET AND THE, TRAINING THAT WE'RE GIVING TO OUR PERSONNEL. AND SO THEY GAVE US A REALLY WONDERFUL
ALIGNMENT HERE. 
          YOU'LL SEE. THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS TRAIL IS THAT IT DOES CONNECT A BRAND NEW STAGING
AREA TO EXISTING TRAIL IN HUCKLEBERRY. 
          SO IT'S SORT OF THESE PUZZLE PIECES NOW CONNECTING BETWEEN PARKS. 
          SO WHILE IT IS ONLY THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE,
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE BECAUSE IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO HIKE NOW FROM SIBLEY ALL THE WAY AT THE TOP OF THE RIDGELINE,
DOWN THROUGH HUCKLEBERRY, ACROSS THE PACIFIC PEA TRAIL, INTO THE MCCOSKER PARCEL, BACK UP AND AROUND TO THE SIBLEY STAGING AREA. 
          SO IN MY MIND, THESE ARE THE KIND OF PROJECTS THAT OUR TRAIL CREW CAN TAKE ON AND PROVIDE
A LEVEL OF SERVICE TO OUR NOT ONLY OUR PARKS, BUT ALSO TO OUR PARK USERS. 
          IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON. 
          YEAH. SO THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE NOT QUITE IT'S NOT QUITE COMPLETE. 
          YOU HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. SO THE QUESTION IS WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE ALLOWING THE PUBLIC IN
TO USE THIS. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT LATE SPRING TO ACTUALLY PUT THE SIGNPOSTS IN. 
          OPEN IT UP. LET PEOPLE GO IN AND HIKING WITH ANY NEW TRAIL CONSTRUCTION LIKE THIS. 
          A GENERAL RULE OF THUMB IS YOU LIKE TO SEE WHAT A SEASON IS GOING TO DO TO SETTLE THE
TRAIL TREAD. 
          YOU SEE EXACTLY WHERE SOME OF YOUR DRAINAGE ISSUES MIGHT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED PROPERLY. 
          AND WE HAD A PRETTY ROBUST WINTER. WE HAD A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH OVER AN INCH AND A HALF OF
RAIN IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD, AND SO WE WERE REALLY ABLE TO IDENTIFY IF THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS ON THAT TRAIL,
PUT SOME ROCK ARMORING OR THE BETTER DRAINAGE IN. 
          AND SO I'M CONFIDENT NOW THAT AFTER SEEING IT GO THROUGH A YEAR LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE A
TRAIL THAT CAN BE MAINTAINED IN THAT SEVEN YEAR MAINTENANCE CYCLE AND STAY A STABLE, SUSTAINABLE TRAIL ALIGNMENT. IT WAS BUILT IN THAT WAY. 
          IT WAS DESIGNED BY THE TRAILS STAFF TO BE A SUSTAINABLE ALIGNMENT,
AND IT SHOULD BE A MODEL FOR WHAT WE DO GOING FORWARD. 
          OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON HERE. 
          THIS IS NUMBER SIX ON YOUR ON THE BIG MAP PROVIDED I PRESENTED THIS IN THE OPERATIONS
MEETING, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE FINISHED AFTER THAT PRESENTATION. THIS IS OUR CAPSTONE
PROJECT FOR LAST YEAR. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF. IT'S GOING TO BE A THING THAT I DON'T KNOW IF, HONESTLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING THIS COOL AGAIN IN MY
CAREER. BUT IT WAS THERE. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT DONE. IT HAD A LOT OF WORK IN THE PREPARATION IN SEVEN YEARS PRIOR
TO US BUILDING THIS, IT WAS SEEN AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A NEW BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION IN REDWOOD PARK IN A
BEAUTIFUL AREA TO SOLVE A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS WHERE YOU HAD PEOPLE WANDERING THROUGH THE WATERSHED IN THE CREEK. 
          THIS REDWOOD I THINK THEY MEASURED SOME OF THE RINGS. 
          IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABOUT 140 YEARS OLD AT THE. 
          AND IT CAME DOWN IN AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR US TO CREATE A BRIDGE OUT OF IT. 
          THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF THIS TYPE OF WORK IN MANY OTHER PARKS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST, AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH AND SHOW SOME OF THE IN PROCESS. 
          SO WE WERE ABLE TO THEN TAKE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE OF THE TREE. 
          DECO SORT OF LOOKED AT IT AND GAVE US THE BLESSING TO SAY THIS IS A STABLE ENOUGH TREE
THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF A BRIDGE. 
          WE USED A LOT OF JOINERY AND SOME KIND OF LIKE FIELD FITTING TO CREATE THE DECKING. 
          ALL OF THE RAILINGS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS BRIDGE WERE ALL SOURCED FROM OTHER REDWOODS THAT
WERE FALLEN IN THE PARKS, RIGHT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. SO THERE WAS PREP WORK DONE MANY MONTHS PRIOR TO
CONSTRUCTION, WHERE WE WENT IN AND DEBARKED AND DRIED AND STACKED ALL OF THESE. 
          BUT YOU END UP WITH THE RESULTING BRIDGE. SOMETHING THAT I FIT,
I THINK FITS REALLY WELL INTO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. 
          IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR AS BUILT DRAWINGS FROM DECO. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OTHER EXAMPLES OF BRIDGES WE'VE DONE THAT ARE VERY EASY
TO REPLICATE OTHER PLACES, BUT THIS ONE IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE TAKING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS ON IN THE
FUTURE. 
          MY GIRL SCOUTS WENT AND HIKED THIS BRIDGE. THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO SEE IT,
YOU KNOW, SO BEING ABLE TO SHOW THIS OFF AS SOMETHING THAT IS WHAT WE CAN DO IN HOUSE WITH 
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THE RIGHT TRAINED PEOPLE FOCUSED ON ONE PROJECT. 
          THIS TOOK US START TO FINISH, ABOUT SIX WEEKS TO DO. 
          IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT SEVEN YEARS OF PREP WORK,
BUT ON SITE CLEANUP, YOU KNOW, CUTTING TO CLEAN UP IT WAS SIX WEEKS. 
          SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, PLEASE GO CHECK IT OUT. 
          IT'S BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE. IT HAS THAT CLASSIC. 
          WELL TO ME IT EVOKES A NATIONAL PARK RIGHT. YEAH. 
          AND ALSO ALSO CCC WORK FROM THE 30S. AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE HONORING. 
          KIND OF EVOKES THE IDEA OF NOT NECESSARILY ARCHITECTURE BUT PARK-CHITECTURE. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU'RE USING NATURAL BUILT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT STUFF IT HAS IF YOU PUT YOUR
HANDS ON THE RAILING, IT'S SOFT, IT'S ORGANIC. IT FEELS RIGHT IN THAT PLACE. 
          IT WOULDN'T FEEL RIGHT TO PUT A METAL BRIDGE IN THIS,
YOU KNOW, NATURAL CATHEDRAL OF REDWOODS SO WELL. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE CREATIVE MINDS AND THE HANDS AND THE SKILL THAT WENT INTO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU,
BUT IT MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION. 
          SO I THINK IT'S GREAT. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE
OPPORTUNITIES WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE TREE FALLS AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MOBILIZE AND COMPLETE A PROJECT WITHIN SIX
WEEKS. 
          I WONDER, THOUGH, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW,
IN TERMS OF OUR WORK PLAN? I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A MAX QUESTION IN TERMS OF OUR WORK PLAN. HOW DO WE BE ABLE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS? AND I GUESS I HAVE AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THE RECENT RAINSTORMS,
IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME ISSUES OVER NEAR THE DEL VALLE DAM. SO SOME OF THE TRAILS OVER THERE AND I CAN GET THE SPECIFICS. 
          I HAVE IT IN MY EMAIL. WHERE? RIGHT NEXT TO THE DEL VALLE DAM. 
          YOU HAVE 20 VINEYARDS, 20 WINERY AT THE LEGACY CRESTA BLANCA WINERY,
AND I GUESS THEY HAD BUILT, I THINK IT'S A BERM TO HELP PREVENT SOME OF THE WATER FLOW AND SOME OF THE SOIL FROM GOING
INTO THE VINEYARDS. 
          AND SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT THEY'VE CONSTRUCTED THAT IT'S NOW GOING ONTO OUR TRAIL. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW HOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT GETS PRIORITIZED,
BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I GUESS WE MAYBE WEREN'T AWARE OF, THAT THE NEIGHBOR WAS PUTTING IN TO HELP PROTECT THEIR VINEYARDS,
BUT NOW IT'S AFFECTING OUR TRAILS NEAR THE DAM. 
          WELL, FOR SURE, SEND OVER IF YOU HAVE INFO ABOUT IT,
SEND IT, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE SURE MAYBE WE'RE ALREADY AWARE OF IT, BUT IF NOT, WE CAN MAKE SURE IT'S PART OF OUR WORK PLAN. 
          I MEAN, I THINK OVERALL IN THE DISTRICT WE HAVE LIKE WAY MORE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR PROJECTS LIKE THIS THAN WE CAN DO IN A YEAR OR 2 OR 5 YEARS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE WAS MENTIONED EARLIER,
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD CAPACITY HERE TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING ON TOGETHER IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE OUR
TEAM IS AS EFFICIENT AS CONNECTED AS POSSIBLE AND THAT WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB PRIORITIZING, THE RIGHT WORK FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD? YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE SORT OF IN TRIAGE MODE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          AND ALREADY THESE GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF THAT,
BUT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST KEEP IMPROVING. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. PLEASE KEEP SENDING THOSE OUR WAY. 
          THANK YOU. IF NO OBJECTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND LET'S SEE HERE. SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO FINISHED IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR. 
          I PRESENTED ON IT BEFORE, BUT THERE WAS A SECTION OF LAKE CHABOT TO GARIN TRAIL WHERE WE
HAD TO PUT IN A NUMBER OF STRUCTURES. 
          THIS IS STORM DAMAGE FROM A 2017 STORM THAT AFFECTED THIS CONNECTOR TRAIL. 
          IT'S FOR THOSE OF YOU UNFAMILIAR, THIS IS THE TRAIL THAT GOES FROM THE TOP OF CULL CANYON
DOWN TOWARDS THE LAGOON. 
          IT'S REALLY THEIR ONLY NARROW SINGLE TRACK THAT THEY HAVE IN THE PARK,
BUT IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTOR, AND IT ALSO ALLOWS PEOPLE TO HIKE ON NATURAL SURFACE FROM CULL CANYON ALL THE WAY TO
ANTHONY CHABOT. 
          AND IT IS A SECTION OF THE RIDGE TRAIL. SO FOR US,
IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZATION, IT SEEMED LIKE A REALLY IMPORTANT CONNECTOR TO KEEP OPEN AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, AS YOU SEE, FOR TEACHING SKILLS. 
          SO DOWN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER IS PART OF OUR CIVIC ORP TRAIL CREW ASSISTING ON THAT
PROJECT. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY GET TO SEE SOME OF THE COMPLEX JOINERY THAT GOES INTO THE RETAINING WALLS,
BUT THEY ALSO GET TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE REALLY HEAVY LIFTING ON IMPROVING THE TRAIL. 
          I CALL ERIC UP HERE IF HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT,
BUT THIS IS ALSO THINGS WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR THAT'S MORE ROAD SPECIFIC. 
          SO OUR ROADS AND TRAIL PARTNERS DO A LOT OF WORK ON OUR PAVED ROAD SYSTEM. 
          CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION FIRST? OF COURSE. ON THE WOOD RETAINING STRUCTURE IT WAS REPLACED
AGAIN WITH WOOD. 
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SO YEAH, THE WOOD RETAINING STRUCTURES THAT WERE HERE WERE PROBABLY PUT IN 30 PLUS YEARS
AGO. 
          THAT'S GENERALLY A PRETTY ACCEPTED LIFESPAN FOR RETAINING STRUCTURES. 
          BUT WE NOTICED THAT THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION WHEN THEY WERE PUT IN,
THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY INSTALLED TO WHAT IS NOW A MORE MODERN ACCEPTED STANDARD. SO IF YOU SEE IN THESE PICTURES WE'RE KEYING THE WHOLE STRUCTURE BACK INTO THE
HILL MANY, MANY TIMES. SO IT'S CALLED AN INTERLOCKING CRIB WALL CONSTRUCTION WE USE OUR DESIGNS COME
FROM CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS. 
          THIS IS ALL REDWOOD THAT WAS SOURCED LOCALLY. 
          SO I'M KIND OF PROUD THAT THE WOOD WE USE ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS IS FROM URBAN TREE
REMOVAL. 
          SO REDWOODS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN PARKING LOTS OR MALLS OR SOMETHING. 
          AND THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN OVERWATERED AND THEY'VE GROWN HUGE IN THE LAST 30
YEARS. 
          BUT THEN THEY NEED TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE THEY'RE A DANGEROUS SPOT. 
          SO THE PEOPLE WE USE IN OUR CONTRACT TO PROVIDE OUR BUILDING MATERIALS ACTUALLY WILL
INSTEAD OF CHIPPING ALL OF THAT MATERIAL, THEY HARVEST IT IN LARGER SECTIONS AND THEY MILL IT TO OUR SPECIFICATIONS AT A COST
SAVINGS, ACTUALLY, WHICH IS CHEAPER THAN WHAT I COULD GET FROM A LUMBER YARD. SO I THINK IT'S KIND
OF A WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND. 
          WE GET TO KIND OF ANSWERED MY QUESTION. YEAH. 
          AND IF IT WEREN'T THAT ONE OF THE THINGS ACTUALLY,
I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT FROM OUR PRESIDENT'S WIFE DID SOME WORK IN ENGINEERING IN MORAGA FOR SOME TRAILS AND RETAINING WALLS THAT WERE A PRESSURIZED,
RECYCLED MATERIAL THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE THERE FOREVER. 
          AND IT COSTS A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT THE COMBINED WITH THE INTERLOCKING THE GEO GRID. 
          BUT I LIKE THE REUSE OF THE REDWOOD TREES TOO. 
          AND REDWOOD HAS ROT RESISTANT NATURAL PROPERTIES. 
          SO WE GENERALLY ARE TRYING TO AVOID PUTTING ANYTHING WITH CHEMICALLY TREATED WOOD IN THE
GROUND. 
          WE'VE SEEN YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF BUILDING MATERIALS IN OUR PARKS. 
          BUT THIS I THINK IS THE BEST SOLUTION ALL THE WAY AROUND. 
          YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M ERIC BOWMAN, MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF ANOTHER PIECE OF WORK WE DO ON OUR TRAILS EVERY YEAR
WITH THE ROADS AND TRAILS CREW, WHICH IS THEY'RE MORE HEAVY EQUIPMENT FOCUSED AND THE LARGER NATURAL SURFACE DIRT TRAILS,
OR CALL THEM HERITAGE FIRE ROADS. 
          BASICALLY, THESE THINGS THAT COME WITH THESE RANCHES THAT WE GET WITH OUR LAND
ACQUISITION. 
          SO WE DO ABOUT 2 OR 300 MILES A YEAR OF GRADING DEPENDING,
THAT SLOWS DOWN OR SPEEDS UP BASED ON TYPE OF WEATHER WE'VE HAD. WE GENERALLY WORK EAST TO WEST. AS THINGS DRY OUT IN THE EAST,
WE MOVE WEST WITH FOUR GRADERS AND EACH ONE OF THESE GRADERS JUST FOR SAFETY REASONS OR WHATEVER. WE HAVE A RANGER AND A TRUCK FOLLOWING,
KEEPING AN EYE OUT, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE. ALSO BEYOND OUR ROADS AND TRAILS CREW OUR MAJOR
MAINTENANCE TEAM DOES SOME PAVING OF TRAILS, SO 3 TO 4 MILES PER YEAR. FOR 2024,
WE GOT THREE AND A HALF MILES OF PAVED OR RESURFACED TRAILS. AND THESE ARE THINGS LIKE THE IRON HORSE TRAIL . 
          WE'LL GO OUT AND MAINTAIN SECTIONS OF THE ALAMO CREEK TRAIL,
LAFAYETTE-MORAGA TRAIL. 
          DELTA DE ANZA TRAIL. BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE GO OUT AND TRY AND GET THOSE SECTIONS OF
TRAIL THAT NEED THE WORK DONE THE MOST THAT'S CRACKING FALLING APART, THAT KIND OF THING. YEAH. 
          SO. AND THEN TWO THINGS WE DO, BASICALLY THERE'S A REMOVE AND REPLACE WHERE IF YOU GET
PAVEMENT THAT IS JUST COMPLETELY GONE. 
          WE GO OUT AND WE TAKE IT OUT, REDO THE SUBGRADE AND THEN REPAVE IT,
AND THEN IF THERE'S PAVEMENT THAT WE CAN MAYBE LIMP ALONG FOR A FEW MORE YEARS. WE'LL RESURFACE IT WITH SLURRY SEAL OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF SURFACING THAT MAKES
THE PAVEMENT LAST A LITTLE LONGER. 
          AND WHEN I SAY A PCI OR A PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX,
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE UPDATING IN 2025. 
          IT'S ON THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE WORK PLAN. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO KIND OF IT'S
ALWAYS A RESET. 
          AND REINFORMS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO FOR, YOU KNOW,
THE PAVING AND THE FUNDING WE GET EVERY YEAR TO GET THAT DONE. 
          SO THAT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? IS THERE. YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW I GUESS ERIC SO ON THE SEALING AND PATCHING,
YOU KNOW, I NOTICED THERE'S LOTS AND LOTS AND I KNOW EVERYBODY'S GOT LOTS OF WORK, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME REAL LARGE CRACKS THAT HAVE OCCURRED BACK FROM THE BIG STORMS
THREE IN 2017 AND 2022 OR WHATEVER IT WAS. 
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AND IS THERE ANY I MEAN, IS THERE A WHAT'S IT CALLED,
A CHIP SEAL OR NOT? CHIP SEAL. BUT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE CREWS THAT GOES BACK THERE AND JUST SPRAYS THAT SS
ONE IN THE HOLES, I MEAN, JUST BLOW THROUGH THERE QUICKLY BECAUSE IN FIVE YEARS IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE LAKE
AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE A $10 MILLION PROJECT. 
          I YEAH. DO YOU GUYS HAVE A PROVISION FOR THAT? IT'S. IT DID IT ONCE OR TWICE. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ON THE ROADS AND TRAILS,
BUT IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE TO HIT IT REALLY SOON RATHER THAN TEN YEARS LATER AN THE TRAIL BE IN THE LAKE. IT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE. 
          THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IT'S ALWAYS CHALLENGING THOSE CRACKS. 
          WE GO AT THEM A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT, YOU KNOW,
THE ONE WAY WHERE WE'RE WE GO IN AND FILL THEM. 
          WE'VE DONE THAT. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS IT'S A SHRINK SWELL CYCLE AND THE CLAY SOIL. 
          RIGHT. SO IT'S SHRUNK AND OPENED UP AND IT'S USUALLY LATE SUMMER. 
          AND IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET THE MOST USE ON THE TRAILS AND THEN IT WE'LL GO IN
AND FILL THEM AND THEN IT RAINS AND THE CLAY THEN SWELLS AGAIN AND TRIES TO CLOSE THAT CRACK,
AND THEN WE GET A LITTLE RIDGE. 
          SO WE'VE GONE FROM A, YOU KNOW, A DIVOT THAT'S MAYBE A HAZARD TO A LITTLE RIDGE. 
          IT CAN BE A HAZARD. SO IT'S A CONSTANT PROBLEM AND PUSHING AGAINST IT. 
          AND WHEN WE DO GO OUT AND DO LIKE A REMOVE AND REPLACE,
WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THAT AND TRY AND IMPROVE. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT'S BETTER? CHECK THE SOIL CONDITIONS,
THAT KIND OF THING. BUT FOR LAKE CHABOT SPECIFICALLY, I THINK I'VE DONE THAT TWICE IN MY CAREER HERE AT THE DISTRICT. 
          AND IT JUST ALWAYS SEEMS TO GO GO THE WAY IT'S GOING TO GO. 
          SO IT HAS GOTTEN I MEAN, PARTS OF IT HAVE GOTTEN BETTER,
BUT OTHER PARTS ARE STILL A BIG CHALLENGE. 
          SO. A M I ON THE NEXT SLIDE TOO. YEAH. YEAH. SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF THE WORK THAT ROADS AND TRAILS DOES. AND IT ALSO TIES DIRECTLY INTO PROTECTING THE BAY
TRAIL HERE. 
          THIS IS CROWN BEACH. AND WE CAME OUT AND DID SOME EMERGENCY WORK OF RIPRAP. 
          SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS EXACTLY TRAIL WORK THAT AFFECTS THE TRAILS. 
          SO HERE WE PUT IN RIPRAP. WE WERE I THINK 5 OR 6FT AWAY FROM LOSING THIS SECTION OF THE
BAY TRAIL IN ALAMEDA. AND SO OUR CREWS RUSHED OUT THERE AND PUT IN MANY,
MANY TONS OF ROCK AND KEPT THAT FROM GOING AWAY. 
          YEP. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THIS YEAR OF 20? YEAH. 2025 I THINK IT WAS JANUARY OR FEBRUARY. 
          NO, IT WAS NOT. YEAH. 2010. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR SOMEONE ELSE,
BUT IT MIGHT ALSO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RHETORICAL QUESTION, BUT THINKING ABOUT DENNIS'S QUESTION AND ALSO LOOKING AT THIS CROWN BEACH PROJECT,
YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT THERE MAY BE THE DECISION THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO,
YOU KNOW, REPAIR AND RESTORE CERTAIN TRAILS ALONG LAKES OR ALONG THE SHORELINE, AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE GET WHERE AND WHEN AND HOW
WE GET TO THAT DECISION MATRIX. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THIS MIGHT BE MORE OF A RHETORICAL QUESTION,
BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE TO CONSIDER BECAUSE IT MAY JUST HAPPEN THAT WAY. 
          YEAH, 100% AGREE. AND I THINK LIKE CASE BY CASE BASIS IS DIFFERENT IN EACH PLACE. 
          CROWN BEACH IS A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE WE DID THAT EMERGENCY REPAIR. 
          THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE SHORT TERM. IN THE MID TERM,
WE'RE DOING SOME SAND REPLENISHMENT ON THE BEACH TO HELP SORT OF STABILIZE IT AND TAKE CARE OF IT. AND IN THE LONGER TERM, WE'VE TALKED TO THE CITY OF ALAMEDA ABOUT SORT OF THEM
TAKING THE LEAD ON THE LONGER TERM PLANNING FOR SEA LEVEL RISE AT THAT SITE, BECAUSE WE MANAGE THE BEACH, BUT IT PROTECTS THE TOWN AND OR THE CITY. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND THAT COMMUNITY REALLY NEEDS TO BE PART OF ENVISIONING HOW THEY WANT
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. 
          AND WE'LL BE A PART OF IT FOR SURE. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO OPERATIONS TO MAX AND JEFF,
JUST THANKS FOR TAKING ME ON A TOUR TODAY, THIS MORNING OF CROWN BEACH. SO IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LAST DAYS OF MOVING THE
SAND. 
          SO I WAS ABLE TO GO AND SEE SAND CATCHER WALL KIND OF THAT CATCHES ALL THE SAND,
THEN LATER GETS MOVED UP AND JUST I EVEN TOOK SOME VIDEO. SO JUST KIND OF THE SKILL OF THE TEAM ON THE BEACH,
THE PROFESSIONALISM TO THE WAY THE SITE IS 
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CLOSED OFF. SO THERE'S STILL ACCESS TO THE PARK AND WAS ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THAT IN ACTION
AND WAS ABLE TO ASK SOME OF THOSE TWO QUESTIONS, TOO, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS YEARLY THAT WE HAVE TO MANAGE. 
          SO JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPERIENCE. AND IT WAS NICE TO TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS YEAR, BECAUSE I REMEMBER RECEIVING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AND THEN JUST MAINTAINING GOING
INTO ACTION AS A PARK. 
          SO WE CAN ALSO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE BAY TRAIL,
WHICH IS AS FAR AS IT'S GREAT FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR PEOPLE CONNECTING TO THE WATERFRONT AND ALSO EVEN COMMUTING TO WORK. SO IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE. 
          AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE COULD PULL TOGETHER THE TEAM,
THE FINANCE AND THE RESOURCES TO PROTECT THAT. 
          THANK YOU DIRECTOR ESPAÑA. THE SAME CREW THAT IS HERE DOING THE RIPRAP IS ALSO THERE OUT
THERE ON THE BEACH RIGHT NOW. 
          MOVING SAND. SO, YEAH, I'M VERY LUCKY TO WORK WITH EXTREMELY COMPETENT CREWS. 
          THANKS. I HAD A QUESTION. IF I CAN GO AHEAD. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES. YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. SO, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW. 
          THANK YOU ALL MAX, SEAN, PATRICK, ERIC. THIS IS REALLY INCREDIBLE WORK AND A WONDERFUL
PRESENTATION. 
          SO THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ARE INVOLVED. I HAD A QUESTION. 
          THIS IS GOING BACK TO PART OF SEAN'S PRESENTATION ON THE BAY TRAIL POINT PINOLE SHORES
REPAIR. 
          YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR GETTING IT DONE QUICKLY. 
          THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT SECTION, AND IT WASN'T ABLE TO BE USED FOR SOME TIME FOR
THE COMMUNITY IN PINOLE OR ANYONE WHO'S USING THE BAY TRAIL FOR RECREATION OR COMMUTING OR WHATEVER ELSE. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING THIS DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND IT LOOKS GREAT. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT,
$1 MILLION PROJECT. 
          IT WAS A VERY COMPLICATED PROJECT. SO I KNOW WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM
FEMA. 
          AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU CAN SAY JUST A KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL,
LIKE, HOW IS THAT GOING OR WERE WE ABLE TO GET MONEY? GOOD AFTERNOON. REN BATES DIVISION LEAD OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. 
          IT'S A GREAT QUESTION DIRECTOR ECHOLS. WE DO NOT KNOW. 
          IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO FEMA. SO IT IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT,
AS YOU'VE DESCRIBED, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          SO WE DID NOT WAIT FOR FEMA APPROVAL, AND WE TOOK INITIATIVE AND FIXED THAT TRAIL. 
          SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE ARE STILL IN PROCESS WITH FEMA TO DETERMINE IF IT WILL BE
TAKEN AND IF THE DISTRICT WILL GET REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. 
          AND YEAH. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW AT A REALLY GOOD POINT TO BREAK THE MEETING AND DO A LUNCH BREAK. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT FINISHED WITH
ITEM B, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE BREAK BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD TIME TO DO THAT. 
          AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK. AND AFTER WE FINISH THAT,
WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS ITEM AS WELL. 
          SO WE WILL COME BACK AT 1:00. PRESIDENT MERCURIO. 
          SO WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON BOTH OF THE ITEMS,
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOMEONE WANTING TO COMMENT ON THE FIRST ONE ALSO. 
          DO YOU WANT TO DO IT? ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE NEED TO DO THE FIRST ITEM RIGHT NOW THEN. 
          YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO LET ME JUST HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND. 
          BEFORE I CALL YOU, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC JUST WANTED TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT. 
          MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO. 
          IF ATTENDING BY ZOOM, THEY MAY RAISE THEIR HAND AND THEIR NAME WILL BE CALLED WHEN IT IS
THEIR TURN TO SPEAK. 
          IF ATTENDING IN PERSON, THEY MAY SUBMIT A SPEAKER'S CARD TO THE CLERK'S STAFF OR OTHERWISE
INDICATE THEY WISH TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A NON-AGENDA ITEM. 
          ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE OF 3 P.M. 
          ON THURSDAY, MARCH THE 6TH, HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND POSTED
ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. 
          ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT COME IN AFTER THIS TIME WILL BE WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD
AND INCLUDED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS AFTER THE MEETING. AND WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC,
KELLY ABREU, THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ITEM A, AND THEN ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SENT IN BY SCOTT
BARTLEBAUGH, 
          [01:25:03]
WHO IS ACTUALLY ON THE ZOOM. BUT HE SENT US A FOUR PAGE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I GAVE TO EACH
ONE OF YOU. 
          SO KELLY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          SO FIRST OFF, ONE OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE BROWN ACT IS THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST
BE ON THE AGENDA. 
          SOME KIND OF I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO IT, BUT THEY'RE NOT ON THIS AGENDA. 
          THEY HAVE TO BE ON THE AGENDA. IT'S LIKE REQUIRED BY LAW. 
          I'M REALLY GOOD AT THE BROWN ACT STUFF. I REMEMBER WHEN THE SOME KIND OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE MAYOR OF FREMONT WHEN IT WAS A BUDGET ITEM AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT
CAME UP, THEY COMPLIED WITH THE LAW. THEY GAVE ME ONE MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR CITY BUDGET. 
          BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRAIL MAPPING WITH THE STRAVA. 
          THERE ARE, IF YOU IMAGINE A CURVE, A MATHEMATICAL CURVE WITH A FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION. 
          IF YOU START WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE 100% OF THE ON ONE END YOU GET ALL THE TRAILS ARE
BEING USED BY ALL THE PEOPLE. AND AS YOU IF YOU START PUTTING IN THRESHOLDS AND SAY THAT I NEED A
CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER YEAR OR PER PER WEEK USING THAT TRAIL ON STRAVA IN ORDER TO, TO BE COUNT AS AN OFFICIAL TRAIL. 
          THEN THAT CURVE DROPS OFF AND YOU GET FEWER MILES OF TRAILS. 
          SO YOUR MOST INTENSIVELY USED TRAILS WOULD BE JUST A FEW MILES OF THE HEAVIEST USED ONES
OR WHATEVER. 
          YOU CAN SET THAT THRESHOLD, AND THAT WOULD BE A BOTTOM UP TRAIL MAPPING AS OPPOSED TO A
TOP DOWN, TOP DOWN. OH, HERE'S EVERY TRAIL ON THE MAP. WELL,
YOU KNOW SOME OF THOSE TRAILS NOBODY'S USING THEM. 
          WHICH TRAILS ARE THE ONES THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT? WELL, THAT'S YOUR STRAVA MAP. THAT'S YOUR USAGE MAP. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE TRAILS. AND IF YOU HAVE TWO HEAVILY USED TRAILS WITH A GAP IN BETWEEN,
THAT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW. 
          AND SO THAT DATA IS OUT THERE. THE DATA THE RAW DATA IS OUT THERE,
BUT YOU HAVEN'T MAPPED IT AND YOU NEED TO. 
          THIS IS A USER BASED TRAIL MAP, NOT A A MAINTENANCE BASED TRAIL MAP OR A PHYSICAL TRAIL
MAP. 
          IT'S A USER BASED SO THAT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO USE. 
          THERE ARE NUMEROUS TRAILS IN FREMONT THAT ARE NOT BEING BUILT OR ARE BEING BUILT,
BUT ARE HEAVILY DELAYED, GARIN TO DRY CREEK FIVE MILES OF TRAIL STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO,
AND THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE A YEAR OR TWO TO GET. 
          IT'S NOW BEEN FIVE YEARS AND WE'RE STILL COUNTING. 
          THAT'S DELAYED. VALLEJO MILL PARK, OWNED BY THE CITY OF FREMONT. 
          AT THE ONE END OF THAT TRAIL, THE SOUTH END,
THEY CLEARED OUT THAT TRAIL, REMOVED ALL THE HOMELESS A YEAR AGO, AND THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION THE NEXT DAY. 
          I WAS OUT THERE THREE DAYS AGO. THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR PUT UP FENCES. 
          THE CITY OF FREMONT LOVES TO TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION,
BUT THEY DON'T LIKE TO DO IT. 
          BUT THEY ARE GOOD AT HOMELESS REMOVAL. THE COYOTE HILLS,
1.5 MILES OF TRAILS NOT GETTING BUILT. 
          IT IS. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE A YEAR. IT'S BEEN TWO AND A HALF YEARS,
OR WILL BE TWO AND A HALF YEARS BY THIS SUMMER WHEN IT'S SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETE. 
          THEY BULLDOZED FREE PARKING AT COYOTE HILLS,
AND THE LAST LIAISON MEETING WITH THE CITY WAS LATE 2023. 
          THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MERCURIO. WE HAVE DURING MY COMMENTS ABOUT HOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND FOR
PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          WE'VE HAD TWO HANDS RAISED. OKAY, GREAT. SO LET'S GO AHEAD TO. 
          YES. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH. MR. BARTLEBAUGH I'M GOING TO PROMOTE YOU TO A PANELIST. 
          PLEASE ACCEPT THAT. AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          I'M GOING TO DISAPPEAR FROM THE VIDEO. MY FACE. 
          AND THEN WHEN IT COMES BACK, YOU HAVE 30S. ALL RIGHT,
THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE
MEETING, IN ADDITION TO THE WRITTEN COMMENTS. I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF AND THE BOARD FOR HAVING THIS
IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ON TRAILS. AND I'D LIKE TO ADD SOME COMMENTS IN ADDITION TO MY WRITTEN
COMMENTS, I THOUGHT THE DISCUSSION REGARDING VOLUNTEERS WAS VERY GOOD AND BROUGHT UP A LOT OF GOOD
POINTS ABOUT THAT. 
          VOLUNTEERS ARE NOT FREE. THEY DO TAKE PARK RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE THEM,
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGE. 
          I THINK THERE'S A VARIETY OF MODELS THAT EMPLOY A RANGE OF PARK RESOURCES TO,
ENGAGE THOSE VOLUNTEERS. 
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SO I THINK THAT'S A CONSIDERATION IN WHERE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES GO. 
          AND THEN THE BENEFITS FROM VOLUNTEERS RANGE FROM GETTING SOME ACTUAL WORK DONE TO MORE
JUST ENGAGEMENT OF THE PUBLIC AND BUILDING SUPPORT FOR THE PARKS. 
          SO I THOUGHT THAT DISCUSSION WAS VERY GOOD AS WELL,
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          IT'S THE MOST IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION I'VE HEARD BY THE BOARD OR STAFF REGARDING VOLUNTEER
PROGRAMS, AND IT'S ENCOURAGING TO HEAR THAT. AND I THINK THAT WILL HEAD TO SOME GOOD OUTCOMES THAT
BENEFIT THE PARK DISTRICT AND ITS USERS AND STAKEHOLDERS THAT WANT TO BE COMMITTED. I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE,
REITERATE AND AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE SMALL TRAILS CREW AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A PROFESSIONAL TRAIL CREW TO DO THE BULK OF
THE SIGNIFICANT TRAIL MAINTENANCE THAT'S OUT THERE. 
          I THINK THERE WERE GOOD CASES MADE TODAY FOR EXPANDING THE SMALL TRAILS CREW. 
          THEY ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD THEIR SKILLS AND THEIR WORK GETS BETTER AND BETTER. 
          SO AT BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF EAST BAY WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF EXPANDING THAT
CAPABILITY OF THE SMALL TRAILS CREW AND SEE THAT IN BEING A A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR SMALL TRAILS IN THE PARK DISTRICT LONG TERM. 
          AND I WAS HEARING GOOD SUPPORT THERE AND WOULD ENCOURAGE EVEN MORE SUPPORT,
PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU GET TO YOUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS AND WHEN YOU GET TO BOARD PRIORITY DISCUSSIONS IN LATER WORKSHOPS. I HOPE THAT WE HEAR AND SEE MORE ALONG THOSE LINES THERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU'RE SPENDING ON THIS. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. 
          HE IS. OH, HE'S ALREADY HERE. MIKE VANDEMAN. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES,
SIR. 
          LET ME LET ME ELEVATE HIM. I THOUGHT HE WAS ALREADY IN THERE. 
          HELLO? MR. VANDEMAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? TRY ONE MORE TIME. 
          YEAH. OKAY. HE'S COMING IN. OH. SORRY, GUYS. OKAY. 
          MR. VANDEMAN, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. I'M GOING TO GO OFF THE VIDEO. 
          WHEN I COME BACK ON. YOU'LL HAVE 30S. YOU CAN BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. OBVIOUSLY, PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN TRAIL MAINTENANCE PREVENTING DAMAGE. 
          THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT DAMAGE IS TO, REMOVE THE VEHICLES, EXCEPT FOR WHEELCHAIRS AND PARKED VEHICLES. BUT BICYCLES WITH KNOBBY TIRES ARE GOING TO
RIP UP THE SOIL, AND THERE'S NO REALLY NO GOOD REASON TO ALLOW BICYCLES ON UNPAVED TRAILS. 
          THEY JUST NATURALLY RIP THEM UP. I DON'T THINK YOU YOU SAY YOU USE SCIENCE. 
          I DON'T THINK SO. THE SCIENCE SAYS THAT MOUNTAIN BIKING IS MORE HARMFUL THAN HIKING. 
          IN BRIONES THE PILOT PROJECT PERMITTED A COUPLE OF BOOTLEG TRAILS. THERE ARE FALL LINE TRAILS. THEY GO STRAIGHT UP THE HILL THAT'S THE WORST
KIND OF TRAIL FOR YOU KNOW, THE WHEN IT RAINS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DESTROYED NATURALLY. 
          SOMETIME YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAPS OF ALL THE PARKS. 
          ONLY ONE OF THEM, OF ALL THE PARKS, HAS A MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN TRAILS. 
          MORE THAN A HALF A MILE. WILD ANIMALS DO NOT LIKE BEING AROUND HUMANS. 
          SO TO FULFILL YOUR REQUIREMENT TO PRESERVE WILDLIFE AND HABITAT. 
          THE NUMBER OF TRAILS AND THEIR DENSITY NEEDS TO BE MINIMIZED. 
          LOOKING AT THE MAPS IS VERY ILLUMINATING. STRAVA, 
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AS FAR AS I KNOW, IS A VOLUNTARY TOOL. SO IT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW HOW MUCH A TRAIL IS BEING USED. ONLY WHO DECIDES TO DISPLAY THEIR,
TRAIL OR THEIR VISIT IN STRAVA AND. 
          I GUESS THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. 
          WE HAVE NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS. PRESIDENT MERCURIO. 
          OKAY. VERY GOOD. I THINK WE'RE STILL AT A GOOD POINT TO BREAK FOR LUNCH. 
          SO AT THIS POINT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WOULD COME BACK AT 1:15,
SO WE'LL CONTINUE AT 1:15. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE'S LUNCH IN THE. [INAUDIBLE] OKAY. 
          WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. RECESS IS OVER. RECESS IS OVER. AND WE'RE BACK WITH SEAN DOUGAN TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER B. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. ITEM B IS IS STILL HAS TWO PHASES OF PROJECT GROUPINGS TO
GO THROUGH. 
          WELL, WELCOME BACK FROM LUNCH. THIS NEXT SECTION IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOCUSING ON IN
THE NEXT YEAR. 
          AND WE RECENTLY HAD A PROVIDED AN UPDATE. EXCUSE ME A SECOND. 
          LET ME JUST TRY TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THERE WE GO. 
          WE PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON POINT MOLATE. AND SO I WON'T I WON'T STICK AROUND ON THIS ON THIS
PROJECT TOO LONG. 
          WE ARE LOOKING TO GET THIS OUT TO BID IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. 
          AND WE DO HAVE WE DID APPLY FOR RM3 FUNDING AND MEASURE AA BAY RESTORATION FUNDING FOR
THIS PROJECT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN ACQUIRING THAT FUNDING. 
          AND SO WE, WE WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT OUR SECTION MAY COST. 
          THE 1.25 MILE SECTION FROM RICHMOND-SAN RAFAEL BRIDGE TO THE BEACH PARK. 
          AND VERY SOON, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET OUR BIDS BACK. 
          BUT WE DO NEED TO KEEP THIS PROJECT GOING AS SOME GRANTS. 
          OUR BIGGEST GRANT FROM THE PROP 68 WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF 2026,
SO WE REALLY NEED TO KEEP THIS GOING TO NOT JEOPARDIZE OUR GRANT FUNDING. AND WE HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A STALL WITH RICHMOND FOR THIS SHORELINE
EROSION PROJECT YOU SEE IN THE ORANGE CIRCLE HERE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT THAT'S JUST NORTH OF THE BEACH PARK. 
          AND THAT IS THAT IS WHY WE ARE ELECTING TO POSTPONE BUILDING RICHMOND SECTION AT THIS
POINT AND TAKING IT OUT OF THE BID DOCUMENTS. 
          PLEASANTON RIDGE IS NUMBER EIGHT ON YOUR MAP. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY A THE CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL TRAVELS THROUGH PLEASANTON RIDGE AND IS
PROPOSED TO GO SOMEHOW TRAVERSE 580 OVER TO DUBLIN CANYON AND ONWARD UP NORTH ALL THE WAY TO BRIONES. 
          THIS SECTION HERE YOU'VE HEARD OF BEFORE IS IN ORANGE IS THE PHILIP SCHOLZ TRAIL. 
          IT'S 2.25 MILES. IT'S PERMITTED. IT'S BEEN PERMITTED. 
          WE DON'T WANT THOSE PERMITS TO EXPIRE. WE HAVE A DONATION FROM THE PHILIP SCHOLZ
FOUNDATION. 
          AND YOU WILL BE SEEING IN APRIL A BOARD ITEM BEFORE YOU TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FROM THE CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL ALLOCATION AREA IN ORDER TO COVER THE REST OF THE COST FOR THIS
PROJECT. 
          AND WE THINK WE CAN EASILY GET THIS DONE THIS YEAR. 
          THIS IS A QUICK ONE. LLAMA LANE IS ACCESS TO THIS DEVELOPMENT YOU SEE IN THE AERIAL TO THE
NORTH. 
          THIS WAS A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORS AND THE DEVELOPER,
AND THE PARK DISTRICT WAS THE BENEFICIARY OF A TRAIL EASEMENT HERE, AND IT'S ABOUT 1700 FEET LONG. BUT BUT IT WAS ABOUT TEN YEARS IT TOOK TO RESOLVE THIS
ISSUE. 
          WE NEED TO GET THIS GOING IN ORDER TO MEET THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS YEAR. 
          AND I'M TOLD THAT THAT IS ON TRACK. THIS IS A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT,
AND THEY'RE MOVING QUICKLY FORWARD ON THAT ONE. 
          AND THEN I WILL PASS IT. YEAH, I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION ON THIS ONE. 
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SURE. I'LL GO BACK. REALLY GOT ME CURIOUS. DIRECTOR WFAESPI TOOK ME AND SHOWED ME THE END
OF THAT TRAIL. 
          WE DROVE BY AND WE SAW IT, AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I SAID,
GREAT, BUT I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S BASICALLY $5 MILLION A MILE. IT IS. THAT IS IT IS NOT 5 MILLION. 
          IT'S NOT A MILE LONG. BUT IF YOU DO THE MATH,
IT COMES OUT TO BE THAT. 
          WELL, THE REASON THIS, PROJECT IS LIKELY OVER A MILLION IS BECAUSE IT REQUIRES RETAINING
WALLS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER THAN A STANDARD LIKE CALTRANS STANDARD, WHERE WE HAVE THE SPECS READY TO GO. 
          THIS REQUIRES GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND LIKELY PIERS EMBEDDED INTO THE GROUND,
BECAUSE THE DISTANCE IS LIKE BETWEEN THE ROADS AND THE NEIGHBOR'S ROAD IN THE DISPUTE THAT WAS THE PROBLEM IS THAT OUR EASEMENT WAS GIVEN TO US AND IT
CONFLICTED WITH ANOTHER EASEMENT. 
          AND SO WE HAD TO MOVE IT UP, WHICH RAISED THE HEIGHT OF THE WALLS. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY. BUT THESE PROJECTS ARE EXPENSIVE. 
          YEAH. NO I INTUITIVELY KNEW THAT IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
BUT I JUST WANTED TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS BECAUSE IT'S VERY SHORT. 
          BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT A PRETTY HEFTY. YEAH. 
          NOW ARE THEY, ARE THEY PAYING FOR THE COST OF IT TOO,
OR? THE PARK DISTRICT RECEIVED $1 MILLION IN THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO BUILD THIS. SO WHEN
WE STARTED NEGOTIATING THIS TEN YEARS AGO, PLENTY OF MONEY, BUT THE WALLS AND THE BARRIER THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD,
IT'S REALLY A HORSE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY AROUND HERE. 
          AND WE HAD TO DESIGN IT TO ALLOW HORSES TO BE ABLE TO BUMP UP AGAINST THE RAILING WITH A
TEN FOOT DROP. 
          AND SO THAT'S ALSO ADDITIONAL COST THERE. SO IT'S TRICKY. 
          IT'S A YEAH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. LOTS OF FUN OUT THERE. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND I'LL PASS IT ON TO PATRICK TO TALK ABOUT MORE GOOD
BRIDGE STUFF. 
          THANK YOU, SEAN. WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY. AGAIN,
SMALL TRAILS CREW SUPERVISOR , PATRICK DEMMONS. 
          SO WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE IS SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE PLANNING IN THIS SUMMER SEASON. 
          YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE TCP BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS. 
          NOW, THAT STANDS FOR TRAILS, CREEKS AND PONDS. 
          IT'S OUR INTERNAL KIND OF LANGUAGE THAT REFERENCES ANY PROJECT THAT NEEDS ADDITIONAL
PERMITTING. 
          IT IS AROUND A WATERWAY, AND I'M GOING TO BACK UP JUST A SECOND. 
          SO WE ARE NOW, I GUESS, IN OUR SECOND SEASON OF DOING THESE PROJECTS. 
          LAST YEAR WE THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS YOU SEE FROM OUR LAST YEAR'S REPLACEMENT
PROJECTS. 
          AND WE'RE STARTING TO FIND OUR RHYTHM. WE HAVE SOME STANDARD DRAWINGS THAT WERE PROVIDED
BY DECO THAT CAN GIVE US MULTIPLE WAYS ON INSTALLING THESE BRIDGES, AND I'M TRYING TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT IN THEIR INSTALLATION. 
          AS SEAN ALLUDED TO, WE HAVE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 200 AND 300 BRIDGES OF VARYING LENGTHS IN
THE PARK DISTRICT . 
          SOME OF THOSE WERE PUT IN ON TRAILS DECADES AGO,
AND THEY REACHED THEIR NATURAL LIFESPAN. 
          THERE'S ALSO THE TRAIL THE STREAM CHANNELS ARE GETTING DEEPER AS THE STREAMS START. 
          WE HAVE MORE VOLUME OF WATER COMING THROUGH THEM. SO WE NEED NOW TO MAKE THOSE BRIDGES
SLIGHTLY LONGER. 
          WE'RE SETTLING ON A STANDARD PLAN FOR A 24 TO 30 FOOT BRIDGE THAT CAN BE INSTALLED BY OUR
TRAIL CREW PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE IN THE PARK DISTRICT . 
          IN SOME CASES, YOU'RE BRINGING THOSE STRINGERS IN OVER MULTIPLE MILES OF NARROW TRAIL. 
          BUT THAT'S THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACING, AND WE CAN VERY REALISTICALLY INSTALL THIS
TYPE OF REDWOOD BRIDGE ANYWHERE IN THE PARKS AS LONG AS WE CAN GET PEOPLE IN. 
          THE PICTURES HERE ARE SPECIFICALLY OF THE MEMORY TRAIL BRIDGE,
WHICH IS IN TILDEN, WHICH WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTOR FROM KENSINGTON. 
          BUT THIS SEASON WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING ADDITIONAL BRIDGES IN IN RADKE MARTINEZ REGIONAL
SHORELINE, WILDCAT CANYON AND ANTHONY CHABOT. SO I ENVISION THIS BEING A PART OF WHAT WE DO EVERY
YEAR DURING TCP SEASON FOR THE NEXT DECADE, BECAUSE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS AGING, AND WE NEED TO REPLACE IT WITH THINGS THAT CAN STAND
UP TO THE TEST OF TIME. 
          YES. DIRECTOR ESPAÑA. OH, YES. WHERE IS THE BRIDGE LOCATED AT ANTHONY CHABOT THAT YOU'RE
REPLACING? THE BRIDGE PROPOSED ACTUALLY TWO BRIDGES IN ANTHONY CHABOT. 
          THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING OUR FINAL EVALUATION OF IT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS,
BUT IT'S ON THE BIRD TRAIL. 
          THE BIRD TRAIL IS A NARROW, NATURAL SURFACE HIKING TRAIL WHICH IS RIGHT OFF OF REDWOOD
ROAD. 
          SO IT'S ON THE FAR WESTERN SIDE OF ANTHONY CHABOT. 
          MUCH CLOSER, ACTUALLY, TO THE REDWOOD PARK OFFICE,
BUT IT'S A SHORT LOOP TRAIL, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS A THIRD OF A MILE. 
          AND THERE ARE TWO VERY SMALL KIND OF UNDERSIZED BRIDGES ON THAT TRAIL THAT ARE BOTH
FAILING BECAUSE OF STORM DAMAGE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE OF THE MIND THAT THEY SHOULD BE REPLACED AND THE ENTIRE TRAIL SHOULD BE
IMPROVED. 
          IN THE DISCUSSIONS, IT MAY COME TO BE THAT WE REMOVE AND RESTORE THAT TRAIL,
BUT WE'RE RIGHT AT AN INFLECTION POINT TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO. 
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YES. DIRECTOR COFFEY. WHICH BRIDGE AT RADKE IS THE STEEL STRINGER BRIDGE? THE RADKE MARTINEZ SHORELINE. THERE IS A BRIDGE THAT IT'S NOT THE ONE EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR
WITH, WHICH IS THAT GLULAM STRUCTURE. THE ARCHED. IT'S NOT THAT BRIDGE. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER BRIDGE THAT CROSSES OVER A LITTLE CAUSEWAY ON THE DUCK POND TRAIL. 
          I THINK IT'S CALLED. BUT THE CONCRETE ABUTMENTS ON IT ARE STARTING TO SETTLE INTO THIS
LEVEE. 
          IS THAT THE DAM BASICALLY? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. 
          NO, THIS IS A IT'S A MAYBE AN 18 FOOT LONG FOOT BRIDGE. 
          AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT MORE ROBUST. BRING IT UP TO ABOUT A 24 FOOT LENGTH,
SOMETHING THAT CAN ALSO ACCOMMODATE RTV TRAFFIC SO THAT THE RANGER STAFF CAN GET IN AND STILL. HOW ABOUT. OKAY. HOW ABOUT THAT BOARDWALK BRIDGE THAT IS
UNDERWATER? MUCH OF THE TIME THAT'S. THAT'S A YEAH, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE'VE COME OUT AND ANALYZED IT,
THERE'S, THERE'S QUESTIONS OF KING TIDES AND HOW MUCH OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY BE UNDERWATER. THE BRIDGE WE'RE REPLACING IS GOING TO BE RAISED UP SEVERAL FEET
TO ACCOMMODATE KING TIDES. 
          BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BOARDWALK BRIDGE. IT GOES THROUGH A MARSH. 
          OKAY. CONNECTS TRAILS. AND IT'S ACTUALLY UNDERWATER DURING MUCH OF THE WINTER NOW. 
          YEAH. SO AS WE'RE. THE PARK IS UNDERWATER DURING THE WINTER. 
          YEAH. I MEAN IT'S A MARSH SO AND BUILDING IN MARSHES CERTAINLY WE NEED TO LOOK AT RISING
SEA LEVEL AND REPLACING INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THANK YOU. DIRECTOR WAESPI. PATRICK COULD YOU MANUFACTURE AND INSTALL TWO OF THESE BRIDGES
DOWN AT DRY CREEK, MYERS REPLACE THE ONES THAT WASHED AWAY. IF IT MAKES IT TO THE LIST AND THE TCP LIST,
THESE PROJECTS ARE ALL SUBMITTED BY PARK STAFF AND EVALUATED BY THE UNIT MANAGERS. AND SO BY THE TIME THEY REACH OUR DESK,
THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH AN EVALUATION PROCESS. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THEM. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HAVING THE RESOURCES. 
          SO WE AS AS AN EXAMPLE, EACH OF THESE BRIDGES,
AS WE GOT BETTER AT INSTALLING THEM TOOK ABOUT 14 TO 16 WORKING DAYS. 
          WE CAN DO THREE OF THEM IN A, IN A TCP SEASON WITH ONE CREW,
YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN DO THE MATH. 
          AND SO IF WE HAVE MORE RESOURCES, WE CAN DO MORE INSTALLATIONS. 
          HERE WE GO. AND THEN ALSO, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IN ADDITION TO OUR IMPROVING EXISTING
TRAIL, REPLACING INFRASTRUCTURE OR BUILDING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE,
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR TRAIL CREW WANTS TO DO IN COORDINATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS WITH TRAILS DEVELOPMENT AND OTHERS, IS TO BUILD SOME MILEAGE OF NEW TRAIL. 
          I KNOW THAT'S A PRIORITY OF THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD,
AND THIS ONE IS WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE THIS YEAR AND NEXT. 
          TO ORIENT YOURSELF ON THIS MAP, THE GREEN LINE THERE IS THE COYOTE BRUSH TRAIL. 
          IT IS MEANT TO REPLACE A SECTION OF THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL. 
          AND IT COMES DOWN FROM SIBLEY ROUND TOP TO END AT LOWER HUCKLEBERRY. 
          THAT'S I MIGHT REFER TO SEAN. HE MIGHT KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PLANNING OF THIS,
BUT AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTATION, WE ARE HOPING TO GET THIS TRAIL CUT. IN 2026 THE TOP THIRD OF THE TRAIL IS IN A EUCALYPTUS
PLANTATION. 
          AND I THINK WE'VE ENCOUNTERED SOME CHALLENGES IN REMOVING THE VOLUME OF TREES IN ORDER TO
GET THE TRAIL CUT THROUGH THERE. 
          IT REALLY, HONESTLY WOULD BE BEST TO HAVE THAT BE A FUELS REDUCTION PROJECT FIRST AND THEN
WE COME IN. 
          BUT I DON'T I CAN'T CONTROL THE TIMING OF ALL THESE PROJECTS. 
          SO OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS, IS STARTING FROM THE TOP AND GOING DOWN THROUGH THAT
EUCALYPTUS GROVE. 
          BUT ONCE WE CLEAR IT WE THIS THIS WILL CONNECT US TO THE PACIFIC PEA TRAIL AND MAKE A REAL
MULTI-USE LOOP WITHIN THAT PARK SYSTEM. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLANNING OF THAT OR DO YOU WANT TO ADD. 
          OKAY, COOL. QUESTIONS? YEAH. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE ON DECK FOR THIS YEAR. 
          AND OPEN TO QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS STUFF SO FAR? OKAY. CONTINUE. 
          WE'LL KEEP GOING. ALL RIGHT. IS THIS YES. THANK YOU. PATRICK. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE IT RIGHT ALONG. 
          SO THIS IS SORT OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON DECK. 
          SO THEY'VE BEEN A LOT OF THESE HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME,
BUT WE'RE MOVING THEM FORWARD. 
          BUT THEY'RE IN AN EARLIER PHASE OF THEIR LIFE. 
          BUT MANY OF THESE ARE SOON TO BE INTO CONSTRUCTION HERE. 
          SO WE THIS IS NUMBER 16. THIS IS THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL FROM VALLEJO MILL PARK. 
          YOU MAY HEAR IT REFERRED TO AS THE LOUIE PROPERTY. 
          IT WAS PURCHASED. THE EASEMENT WAS PROVIDED BY MR. LOUIE. THE PROPERTY IS NOW UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP,
BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A VERY SINCE WE ACQUIRED THIS EASEMENT TO. 
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WE'VE COMPLETED CEQA. BUT THE PERMITTING PROCESS,
IN ORDER TO FIX A POORLY BUILT CULVERT CROSSINGS OF AN EXISTING ROAD HAS TAKEN A REALLY LONG TIME,
AND IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO GET PERMITS FOR THAT. 
          YES. IT'S AN EXISTING ROAD. YES, IT'S AN EXISTING CROSSING. 
          WE ARE ACTUALLY DAYLIGHTING THE, CULVERT. BUT IT'S TAKEN US ALMOST FIVE YEARS NOW TO GET
THESE PERMITS. 
          SO BUT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM IN 2025. 
          BUT THAT'S NOT THE HARD PART OF THIS PROJECT. 
          THE HARD PART IS THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS THAT WE APPLIED FOR PERMISSION TO CROSS THE NILES
CANYON RAILWAY, WHICH IS THE HISTORIC ALIGNMENT OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD. 
          WE RECEIVED THAT IN 2023. WE HAVE THREE YEARS TO BUILD THAT AT GRADE CROSSING IN VALLEJO
MILL PARK. 
          WE ARE LIKELY WE WERE TOLD BY CPUC WE SHOULD PROBABLY EXTEND THAT ANOTHER YEAR,
BUT WE'RE GETTING ALMOST TO THE FINAL DESIGN PHASE OF THAT CROSSING AND ACQUIRING A LICENSE AGREEMENT FROM ALAMEDA COUNTY IN ORDER TO BUILD IT AND OPERATE
THIS AT GRADE CROSSING. 
          WE THINK WE CAN DO IT. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE COST ESTIMATES IN IN A FEW WEEKS,
IF NOT THIS WEEK. 
          AND THEN WE CAN WE CAN START DETERMINING WHAT FUNDING WE MAY NEED. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE PRIORITY ON THIS PROJECT AT THIS POINT IS TO BUILD THAT CROSSING SO THAT
THE CPUC APPROVAL DOES NOT EXPIRE. 
          IS THE RECREATIONAL TRAIL INDICATED ON THIS MAP? THAT'S NEW CONSTRUCTION. SORRY. THERE WE GO. SO THE EXCUSE ME. 
          SO THERE ARE ABOUT OF NEW TRAIL THERE'S A COMBINATION OF EXISTING ROAD AND TRAIL WITH
THIS. 
          OKAY. THE ALIGNMENT ITSELF IS 3.64 MILES, BUT THAT'S NOT ALL NEW TRAIL CONSTRUCTION. 
          SOME OF THAT'S EXISTING. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. 
          WHAT ARE THE OBSTACLES TO FUNDING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? BECAUSE I HAD HEARD THAT THERE WAS MORE CHALLENGING TO FUND THIS PROJECT. 
          SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OBSTACLES AND THEN STRATEGIES TO FINISH FUNDING IT? YEAH. THE QUESTION, WHAT ARE THE OBSTACLES TO FUNDING . 
          IN GENERAL, DIRT TRAILS ARE HARDER TO FUND BECAUSE THERE AREN'T AS MANY GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM. 
          A LOT OF THE GRANTS WE GET FOR LIKE PAVED TRAILS ARE FEDERAL HIGHWAYS ADMINISTRATION,
FHWA, CALTRANS, CONGESTION MANAGEMENT AGENCY FUNDING,
ANY TRANSPORTATION AGENCY, ANY TRANSPORTATION FUNDING THAT COMES DOWN. 
          SO THERE'S A CHALLENGE THERE. WE DO HAVE A GRANT FROM THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY FROM THE BAY
AREA RIDGE TRAIL COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED THAT. 
          T HE BENEFIT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS IS OUR IS OUR BOND MEASURE. 
          AND SO WE HAVE GARIN DRY CREEK WW FUNDING. WE HAVE VARGAS PLATEAU WW FUNDING WHICH WE HAVE
USED THUS FAR. BUT THAT ESSENTIALLY THAT'S REALLY ALL I CAN SAY ON THAT. 
          IT'S JUST, IT'S A, IT'S A TRICK HERE. IF WE CAN BUILD SOMETHING IN HOUSE,
IT LOOKS CHEAPER ON PAPER, ALTHOUGH WE'RE EXPENSIVE. OUR STAFF HAS QUITE A BIT OF OVERHEAD,
BUT THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROPRIATE THE CAPITAL FUNDING TO BUILD IT. 
          SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT A COMBINATION OF BUILDING THIS IN-HOUSE WITH OUR ROADS AND TRAILS,
MAYBE OUR SMALL TRAILS CREW HEADS UP. 
          AND, AND BUT I WILL SAY THIS PROPERTY IS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP,
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY TALKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS ABOUT MOVING THIS TRAIL BACK TO THE ALIGNMENT WHERE IT WAS PROPOSED YEARS AGO. 
          THAT WOULD SAVE WE STILL WANT TO BUILD THIS PIECE BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD TRAIL,
BUT IF WE CAN MOVE IT TO THE ALIGNMENT, WE DON'T HAVE TO CONSTRUCT IT. IT'S ALREADY AN EXISTING ROAD,
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT TO TRY TO SAVE MONEY. 
          BUT THE CROSSING. WE THERE ARE NO THERE ARE A FEW GRANTS OUT THERE FROM THE FEDERAL SIDE
FOR ACCURATE CROSSING WORK, BUT NOT FOR PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AND PEDESTRIAN AT GRADE CROSSING. 
          AND WE'VE APPLIED FOR THEM BEFORE ON LARGER PROJECTS LIKE IN MARTINEZ,
WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU IN A SECOND AND NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO THERE'S THERE'S MANY CHALLENGES. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. 
          SPEAKING OF THAT, THIS IS. OH, SORRY, DIRECTOR YEAH. 
          ABOUT THE RAILROAD. IS THIS ALSO THE SAME RAILROAD I KNOW? GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH AND I, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION SFPUC RECENTLY, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE
HOPING TO OPEN THEIR ALAMEDA CREEK WATERSHED CENTER THIS YEAR, 2025, ALTHOUGH I KNOW THAT CONTINUES TO GET PUSHED BACK,
BUT THEY'RE REALLY PRIORITIZING OPENING THAT AT THE SUNOL WATER TEMPLE, 
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AND THEIR HOPE IS TO HAVE TRAILS THAT CONNECT TO THE SUNOL WATER TEMPLE AREA AND TO THIS
NEW ALAMEDA CREEK WATERSHED CENTER. 
          AND I KNOW THE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, SEAN,
HAVE BEEN ABOUT RAILROAD CROSSINGS, AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME RAILROAD. 
          AND SO I'M CURIOUS IF THIS PERMIT AND THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO HELP IN THE EFFORTS TO WORK
ON THE TRAIL CONNECTIONS FOR SFPUC. 
          I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHICH TRAIL CONNECTIONS YOU'RE REFERRING TO. 
          THIS IS FOR SIX MILES TO THE WEST OF THAT AREA,
SO I THINK ANY BENEFITS FROM THE REAL BENEFIT IS THAT THIS, THE NILES CANYON TRAIL STUDY THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2015,
FOCUSED ON A TRAIL THROUGH THE CANYON ALL THE WAY TO THE WATERSHED CENTER. THIS WAS A PART OF THE STUDY THAT WE COMPLETED HOW WE SHOULD GET
OVER THIS RAILROAD HERE. 
          ALSO PART OF THE STUDY WAS GETTING FROM THE WATER TEMPLE UP TO VARGAS. 
          THOSE ELEMENTS WERE INCLUDED IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH US. 
          SO AS FAR AS WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AND THIS BEING REALLY A JUNCTION OF MULTIPLE TRAILS
PUT TOGETHER, THIS GETTING THIS PROJECT DONE DOES HELP GET PEOPLE HERE AND EYES ON THIS AREA. 
          BUT IT IS REMOVED FROM THE WATER TEMPLE. AND IN ORDER TO GET FROM THE WATER TEMPLE TO
VARGAS WILL IT WILL PROBABLY WOULD BE THE LARGEST BRIDGE PROJECT THAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS EVER ENDEAVORED. 
          AND WE'VE DONE A BIG ONE. SO IT'S A LITTLE FURTHER OFF IS WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          YEAH. AND I KNOW IT'S NOT ON OUR LIST HERE OF PROJECTS,
BUT I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT SAN FRANCISCO AT LEAST IS REALLY INTERESTED IN PURSUING. 
          AND I BELIEVE THEY INDICATED THEY WOULD HELP PUT FUNDING TOWARDS. 
          BUT YES, THAT COULD JUST BE A COMMENT THAT WAS SHARED. 
          SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE,
AND IT ACTUALLY WAS ALSO PRINTED IN OUR WARD REPORTS WHEN WE ATTENDED THE MEETING. SO WE DO HAVE IT ON A MAP AS AN ANTICIPATED PROJECT IN THE AREA. 
          SO HOW DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT THEN MAKE IT ONTO OUR LIST OF PROJECTS HERE? I'M SORRY. MY STAFF IS JUST TEXTING ME, AND I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE SHE HAS SOME
INFORMATION BECAUSE ON THE SOUTH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS HELPFUL. SORRY. THIS IS MY STAFF,
THOUGH I LOVE THEM. 
          IT'S THEIR DAY OFF. COME ON. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DISCUSS THAT MORE AS A PROJECT TEAM
AND SEE WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHAT THE LIST LOOKS LIKE. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT. SORRY. YEAH. 
          I MEAN, I THINK IT COULD HELP TOO JUST TO SAY THAT THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS
THESE ARE THE RIGHT NOW THIS SECTION IS LIKE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN LIKE CURRENT DESIGN WORK. THE NEXT SECTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS SOME PROJECTS THAT
ARE IN SORT OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGN WORK. 
          NEITHER OF THEM IS LIKE ALL OF THE TRAIL PROJECTS BECAUSE LIKE,
I MEAN, HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE REN IS, LIKE ALMOST ALL OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE SOME TRAIL ASPECT TO IT. 
          AND THEN LIKE BRIAN'S TEAM OVER THERE, IN PLANNING IS WORKING ON A LOT OF THOSE,
LIKE INITIAL SORT OF PLANNING EXERCISES ABOUT WHERE TRAIL'S GOING TO GO IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT ARE SORT OF LIKE FUTURE POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO BETTER IS
LIKE, HAVE ALL OF THAT WORK AS COORDINATED AS POSSIBLE AND CREATE SOME PROCESS,
INTERNAL PROCESS AROUND IT. 
          BUT I THINK THROUGH THESE SESSIONS AND IN THE FUTURE,
AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND BRINGING OUR BUDGET AND SORT OF OUR CAPITAL PLAN TO YOUR BOARD, WE WANT TO SORT OF DAYLIGHT THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AND GET FEEDBACK FROM YOUR
BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HERE'S OUR WORK AROUND PRIORITIES. DID WE GET IT RIGHT? DID WE MISS ANYTHING? ARE THERE THINGS WE SHOULD BE DOING DIFFERENTLY? YEAH. SO, MAX HIT IT. YOU'LL ALSO THIS WILL ABSOLUTELY COME UP LATER THIS MONTH IN THE
CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP OR STUDY SESSION. 
          WE JUST MET FOR A WHILE ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY. 
          KIND OF HOW DOES A PROJECT BECOME A PROJECT,
RIGHT? THIS IS A PERPETUAL QUESTION HERE. 
          AND SO WE WILL HAVE KIND OF SOME MORE, I THINK,
PROCESS COMMENTS THAT WE'LL MAKE AT THAT STUDY SESSION. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE THAT'S PART OF THE PURPOSE OF THOSE PRIORITY SETTING STUDY
SESSIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU. 
          BUT HONESTLY, THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE WHERE YOU GET TO SIT DOWN WITH THE ASD CREW AND
OPERATIONS AND THE SITE VISITS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, IT'S ALWAYS JUST GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE. 
          AND THEN CERTAINLY, AS MAX MENTIONED, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO A MUCH MORE ROBUST, LET'S HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY PROCESS RELATED WITH NOT JUST WITH THE DISTRICT
PLAN, 
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BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE A MODEL THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          AND THEN ULTIMATELY THESE THINGS GET PUT INTO YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET AND THE WORK PLAN HERE,
WHICH IS WHAT THESE GUYS ARE SHOWING. 
          AND YES, THE LIST OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS IS, YOU KNOW,
VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY LONG. AND SO HOW DO THOSE THINGS GET OFF THE LIST INTO LIKE KIND OF A MAYBE AND THEN
ULTIMATELY TO THE WORK PLAN. 
          SO IT'S A IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS. THERE'S NO MAGIC FORMULA TO THIS IN ANY PUBLIC
AGENCY. 
          AND WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK ON KIND OF HOW IT'S WORKING. 
          AND NOT. SO I'M INTENDING TO DO JUST THAT. BUT I'M PATIENTLY WAITING FOR YOU TO FINISH AND
THEN I'M GOING TO DAYLIGHT. 
          SOME OF THESE AS AN ADVOCATE. GREAT. ALSO ABOUT THE RAILROADS AND SUNOL,
I JUST REALIZED THERE'S TWO RAILROAD TRACKS, RIGHT? THERE'S THE HISTORIC NILES, AND THEN THERE'S A UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD ON THE SOUTH
SIDE, WHICH IS WHERE THE ACE TRAIN. YEAH, WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE'RE THAT THE
DISTRICT IS WORKING ON THERE. 
          THE NILES CANYON TRAIL PROJECT IS A $100 MILLION PROJECT. 
          THAT WAS THE ESTIMATE FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          IT'S A COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS REALLY PROJECT, AND THE ALAMEDA COUNTY HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON
THAT PROJECT AND THEIR CEQA DOCUMENT FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT, WHICH WOULD BE FROM VALLEJO MILL PARK AREA TO PALOMARES ROAD. 
          IT SHOULD BE READY FOR REVIEW SOON. IF NOT. ACTUALLY,
I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE ALREADY COME OUT AND WE'RE REVIEWING IT, BUT THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IT'S THE COUNTY'S KIND OF TAKING THE LEAD ON ON THE CANYON AT
THIS POINT. 
          OKAY. THIS WE'VE COMPLETED CEQA ON THE SFA BAY TRAIL NEJEDLY TO BERRELLESA STREET PROJECT. 
          THIS IS MARTINEZ. THIS IS A PART OF OUR UNION PACIFIC MOU. 
          WE'RE WORKING TO COMPLETE NEPA IN SHORT ORDER HERE. 
          AND WE HAVE RECEIVED UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD PRELIMINARY APPROVAL FOR OUR CROSSING
IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THE TRAIL TO BE. YEAH. SO THAT'S ALL. 
          AND YEAH, THAT'S A THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT. 
          IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. BUT UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD WHEN I SAY THAT IT'S NOT A
LIGHT I'M NOT SAYING THAT LIGHTLY. 
          IT'S TAKEN MANY YEARS TO GET THEM. THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR THEM. 
          THEY DON'T ALLOW TRAILS TO BE BUILT ALONG THEIR RAILROAD TRACKS. SO EVERYTHING WE ASK THEM
IS LIKE A NEW THING FOR THEM. 
          AND THEY GOT TO SCRAMBLE AND IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO APPROVE THE PROJECTS LIKE THIS,
SO BUT IT IS MOVING FORWARD. 
          WE WILL BE PASSING THIS PROJECT TO BE MANAGED BY CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IN
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ONCE WE COMPLETE NEPA AND AND THEN THEY WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE, DUE TO GRANT REQUIREMENTS THAT WE COLLECTIVELY ACQUIRED,
THEY HAVE TO BE THE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY. 
          AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL IS NUMBER 18 ON THE MAP. AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN AROUND. 
          I MEAN, MAYBE YOU'VE NOT HEARD OF IT, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
PRIVATE LANDOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS ALONG THE BURTON RIDGE SECTION IN LAFAYETTE. AND THIS GOES FROM THE OLYMPIC BOULEVARD STAGING AREA UP THROUGH A
PROPERTY THAT WE PURCHASED FROM THE DESILVA FAMILY. 
          YOU SEE THAT LITTLE PIRANHA SHAPED, KIND OF WHALE SHAPED GREEN AREA UP THERE,
AND THEN IT GOES SOUTH DOWN TO ROHRER DRIVE AND WE ARE RIGHT NOW CEQA THE ADMIN DRAFT IS OUT FOR COMMENT AND SHOULD BE DONE IN A COMPLETE IN
A FEW WEEKS WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO ADOPT THAT AND THE PROJECT, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE NEED. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW THE CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AND MEASURE WW,
THERE'S OVER $2 MILLION IN THOSE FUNDS. 
          THIS PROJECT, ALONG WITH THE PHILIP SCHOLZ PROJECT,
I'M PROPOSING TO USE SOME OF THAT FUNDING AND THERE'S PLENTY LEFT TO DO CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL PROJECTS AFTER THAT. SO AND WE'RE SHOOTING FOR CONSTRUCTION IN 2026 ON THIS ONE. 
          EXCUSE ME. WHERE IS THE STAGING AREA? HERE ON THIS PROJECT. 
          CAN YOU SEE MY CURSOR? WHERE'D IT GO? IT IS UP THERE. 
          SEE THAT? SO THE GREEN GREEN STRIP ABOVE THE FISH. 
          THAT'S THE STAGING AREA. CAN YOU CAN YOU SEE? RIGHT. WELL, FOR SOME REASON, I CAN'T GET MY. 
          THERE'S A SYMBOL ON THE MAP, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S FLOATING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
WELL, SO THERE'S NO ROAD OR ANYTHING THERE. SO UNFORTUNATELY MY CONTROL PANEL FROM ZOOM IS LIKE
BLOCKING IT. 
          BUT DO YOU SEE THAT RIGHT HERE? THIS IS OLYMPIC BOULEVARD. 
          WHOOPS. THIS IS FUN. FINISH THE PIRANHA JOHN. 
          THERE. THAT RIGHT WHERE I PUT THE RED CURSOR THERE. 
          THAT'S YEAH THAT'S THE FOOD. BUT THAT IS WHAT WE LEASE THAT FROM CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
SO THERE'S NO NEW ONE. 
          IT'S JUST THAT'S THE EXISTING. EXISTING. YEAH. 
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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IT'S EXISTING. AND YEAH, THERE'S A NEW ROUNDABOUT THERE. 
          AND WE WORKED WITH LAFAYETTE. SPEAKING OF PARTNERSHIPS,
WE WORKED WITH THEM TO INCLUDE SIDEWALK THAT WOULD GO TO THE TERMINUS OF THIS TRAIL. 
          IT'S TAKEN US LONGER TO CATCH UP, BUT THEY AGREED AND THEY DID THAT. 
          SO THERE'LL BE A SAFE CROSSING AND PATHWAY FROM THE STAGING AREA TO OUR NEW TRAIL ONCE
IT'S COMPLETE. 
          OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU AGAIN. THE SAGE ITEM. 
          OKAY. IRON HORSE TRAIL IS A SMALL DEAL. SO THE IRON HORSE TRAIL I'VE MENTIONED THIS
BEFORE. 
          I'LL GO QUICK. WE'RE UNDER THE DESIGN IS UNDERWAY TO GET FROM MARSH DRIVE TO IMHOFF DRIVE. 
          THIS WAS A PART OF THE MARSH DRIVE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS. 
          TO FINISH THIS IN FIVE YEARS. WE HAVE A CONSULTANT WORKING ON THE DESIGN OF THAT AND
THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT. 
          SO WE'RE EARLIEST CONSTRUCTION ON THIS ONE WOULD BE 2027. 
          AND I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE THE EARLIEST, GIVEN THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN LINE AND
HOW THESE DESIGN PROJECTS GO. 
          BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION UP IN THE TOP SECTION OF THIS,
SINCE I STILL HAVE MY POINTER IS THE LANDFILL PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          SO AS A PART OF THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY WATER CONSERVATION AND FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS
PROJECT TO WIDEN WALNUT CREEK, THEY FORMED A GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS WITH THE LANDFILL OPERATORS,
THE TOSCO REFINERY, TESORO REFINERY TO THE NORTH ALL TOGETHER IN A GROUP, AND I PARTICIPATED IN THAT IN THAT PROCESS. 
          AS THE CONTEXT THAT I MADE IN THAT GROUP, THE FLOOD CONTROL DID PART OF THEIR PROJECT,
AND THEY MOVED ON TO OTHER THINGS. 
          BUT I KEPT THE CONTACT WITH THESE LANDOWNERS UP HERE AND I'M TALKING WITH THEM,
AND THEY ARE OPEN TO GIVING US THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE TRAIL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS A PART OF THAT PROJECT. AND SO LAND WORKING WITH OUR LAND TEAM,
THERE'S TWO LANDFILLS AND A CORPORATION YARD THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TO GET THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR EXTENDING THE IRON HORSE TRAIL IN THE
FUTURE. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, THESE PROJECTS TAKE FOREVER. 
          THIS IS A BIG THIS IS THREE MILES. THERE'S BRIDGES,
THERE'S LANDFILLS. 
          THERE'S EVERYTHING YOU COULD THROW AT IT AT THIS. 
          BUT THE FIRST STEP IS GETTING THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT MOVING FORWARD AS A PART OF THIS CONTRACT,
THAT WE'RE DOING A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO DETERMINE WHERE THAT TRAIL CAN GO ON THAT ORANGE PROPERTY, AND THAT WILL BE A DELIVERY OUT OF A DELIVERABLE,
OUT OF THIS, OUT OF THIS PHASE FOR US. 
          AND THEN REAL QUICKLY, THESE ARE A COUPLE OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE
UNDERWAY IN THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PHASE. 
          THIS IS RODDY RANCH PUBLIC ACCESS AND HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECT. 
          IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM DECO ANSWER THOSE. 
          AND THEN THERE'S THE SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD RESTORATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT,
WHICH IS ALSO UNDERWAY IN PRELIMINARY DESIGN. 
          SO I'LL PAUSE HERE AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR COFFEY DID YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN AT THIS POINT? ONE MORE TO GO. OKAY. I CAN MAKE A COMMENT ON ON THE SOUTH OF BAILEY THING. 
          I DON'T I DON'T SEE ANY ACCOMMODATION OF THE CONNECTION INTO CONCORD DOWN AT THE CORNER OF
MYRTLE DRIVE AND BAILEY ROAD. I DON'T SEE THAT THAT TRAIL SCHEMATIC THERE DOES NOT ACCOMMODATE
THAT. 
          AND THAT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE THE CITY OF WE GOT I PERSONALLY GOT THE CITY OF CONCORD TO
PUT A PROJECT IN THEIR CIP TO BUILD UP TO OUR PROPERTY, AND NOW WE DON'T HAVE A TRAIL TO CONNECT WITH WHAT THEY'VE AGREED TO DO FOR
US. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS OF US BEING ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THAT. 
          I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A NEGOTIATION OF SOME SORT,
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES, MAYBE, OR WE'RE JUST GETTING READY TO DO THAT. 
          YEAH. HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BRIAN HOLT,
DIVISION LEAD PLANNING, TRAILS, CULTURAL RESOURCES, GIS VERY AWARE OF YOUR INTERESTS REGARDING THE TRAIL INTO THE SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD AREA. 
          I'M GOING TO GOING TO TRY TO PROTECT REN'S PROJECT HERE A LITTLE BIT AND THAT THIS IS THE
PROJECT THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. 
          THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT'S IN DESIGN. WHAT YOUR REQUEST TO LOOK AT A NEW TRAIL CONNECTION
INTO INTO SOUTH BAILEY ROAD WOULD BE A SEPARATE PROJECT. WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF CONCORD. 
          AS YOU KNOW, I'VE MET WITH THEIR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. 
          APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS INTO GETTING THAT PROJECT INTO THEIR CIP,
AND WE CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM SOME NEIGHBORS ON THAT. 
          SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR AS THAT PROJECT GETS SORT OF LINED UP AND THEY GET SOME
FUNDING AND START GETTING TO CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE ABLE TO, I'LL BE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER WITH OUR STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT AND DECO ,
AND LINE OUT WHAT, 
          [02:10:04]
HOW OUR PIECE OF THAT WOULD WORK. BUT REALLY SEPARATE FROM THIS PROJECT. 
          THIS IS REN'S PROJECT. HE'S GOT HIS SCOPE. HE NEEDS TO COMPLETE THIS AND GET BUDGET FOR
THIS PROJECT, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO BUT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE SAME THING. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. JUST TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. I JUST HOPE IT'S NOT,
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THESE THINGS LIKE THIS, THEY'RE WAITING FOR US AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM. I HOPE
THERE'S SOME COORDINATION. NO, I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT'S IT AT ALL. I THINK IT'S REALLY THAT THERE'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN,
HAVE TO HAPPEN UP FRONT ON THESE THINGS IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE DESIGN AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN OF COURSE, FUNDING AND THEY I'M SURE ARE HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATIONS
WE HAVE ABOUT WHERE DOES THAT PROJECT FIT ON THE PRIORITIZATION LIST AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AND ENGAGE IN THAT,
BUT VERY AWARE OF THE INTERESTS. 
          LIKE I SAY, WE HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL,
AND WE KNOW THE INTEREST IS ONLY GOING TO GROW AS REN IS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HIS PROJECT. BUT BUT AGAIN, I KNOW HE'S STILL GOT TO TRY TO FIND FUNDING AND
EVERYTHING HE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO. 
          SO SO WE WANT TO WANT TO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THAT ONE ON TRACK. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU, BRIAN. IT TAKES A VILLAGE. OKAY. I HONESTLY,
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE LAST SECTION. 
          SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS ONE. OKAY. SO THESE ARE THESE ARE
EVEN FARTHER BACK. 
          I APOLOGIZE, I THINK I MISCHARACTERIZED THE LAST SECTION. 
          SO THOSE ARE UNDER DESIGN PROJECTS THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW. NOW THESE ARE
PRELIMINARY DESIGN IS SORT OF LIKE BEFORE CEQA OR FEASIBILITY STAGE OR JUST ABOUT TO HAVE CEQA DONE. SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL POINT PINOLE TO WILSON POINT. 
          AGAIN, THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN IS UNDERWAY. WE HAVE WHEN WE ENTERED INTO THIS PHASE OF THIS
PROJECT, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT SOME UNDERGROUND UTILITIES ON THIS PROJECT,
AND WE HAVE LOCATED THOSE UTILITIES, AND WE THINK THERE'S ONLY A MINOR RELOCATION THAT WILL NEED TO OCCUR,
WHICH IS GREAT NEWS THAT HAS COME OUT OF THIS BECAUSE THAT MEANS IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE. 
          WE HAVE A SECRET DRAFT THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. 
          WE P AUSED ON THAT. THERE'S TWO THINGS. THIS AREA IN ORANGE HERE IS AN EASEMENT OR RIGHT
OF WAY THAT WE WILL REQUIRE IN ORDER TO STAY OUT OF A DRAINAGE DITCH AND,
OTHER WETLAND AREAS AND A NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTOR THAT WE HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORS WHEN WE MET WITH THEM IN PERSON THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE. 
          WE ARE WAITING FOR THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY
WANT TO DO WITH THIS SURPLUS PROPERTY. 
          THIS PROPERTY IS BEING EVALUATED BY A COMMITTEE AS A GROUP OF OTHER PROPERTIES. 
          WE DID GET THEM TO AGREE AND PASS A RESOLUTION TO GIVE AN EASEMENT,
BUT WE DO NOT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE EASEMENT OR WE DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS AND THE DIMENSIONS OF THAT
EASEMENT YET. 
          SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE ELEMENT THAT'S KIND OF HOLDING IT UP. 
          AND THE OTHER IS THAT I WANTED TO MENTION TO DIRECTOR ECHOLS THAT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS
OF THIS PROJECT, WE IF YOU RECALL, THERE'S A GRAPHIC HERE,
THIS IS THE ON THE WEST SIDE FROM THE BUSINESS PARK. 
          THEY BUILT A TRAIL AND IT'S REALLY LOW. IT'S KIND OF BELOW THE RAILROAD TRACK. WE VISITED
THIS IN PERSON, AND WE ALL KIND OF SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE GREAT IF THIS WAS HIGHER. SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A
LITTLE EXTRA MONEY IN OUR SCOPE, IN OUR BUDGET, RATHER TO ADD AN ANALYSIS OF THE TOPOGRAPHY HERE AND WHAT,
WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO RAISE THIS AREA, TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY A BETTER VIEW. BECAUSE THE BEAUTY OF THIS AREA IS THE VIEW. 
          AND SO, SO THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DID HERE AND THAT WE DID THAT WE DID FOCUS ON
AND ADD INTO OUR ANALYSIS HERE. 
          THAT'S FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SEAN. I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH. 
          SURE. IT'S DEFYING REASON TO ME THAT THAT PROJECT SCORED LOW ON THE CALTRANS,
I THINK. 
          YEAH. TO ME, IT CHECKS EVERY BOX. YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU. 
          SO WHAT DIRECTOR COFFEY IS REFERRING TO IS THAT THERE WAS AN APPLICANT,
WE PUT AN APPLICATION FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUNDING, AND IT SCORED LIKE 43 OUT OF 50 OR SOMETHING VERY LOW. 
          I THINK PART OF THE REASON IS WE DON'T HAVE CEQA DONE YET ON THIS PROJECT. 
          ONCE WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL DONE AND WE CAN GET THIS INTO A BETTER MOVE,
THIS A LITTLE BIT FARTHER FORWARD, I THINK WE WILL COMPETE A LOT BETTER. THEY REALLY DO TAKE PROJECT READINESS INTO ACCOUNT
ON THAT. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TRYING AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MAKING THE CASE. 
          I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD CASE. I JUST THINK IT WAS A LITTLE EARLY. PLUS
WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO TRY A DIFFERENT APPROACH OUR CONSULTANT THAT HELPED US TURN IN THIS GRANT APPLICATION. WE WEREN'T ENTIRELY SATISFIED WITH THEIR WORK EITHER.
UNFORTUNATELY. 
          I MEAN. YEAH. I MEAN, ACCESS TO THE JOBS AT ATLAS,
LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, THEIR ACCESS, BAYSHORE ACCESS FILLING A GAP THAT THE STATE HAS ALREADY YOU KNOW,
PUT THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN. SO THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT ALONE SHOULD BE CHECKING A
LOT OF BOXES. 
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IT'S JUST. ANYWAY, IT WAS DISAPPOINTING. I AGREE WITH YOU. 
          YEAH. IT'S SURPRISING. THANK YOU. IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM AND
OVERPRESCRIBED. 
          SO IT IS ONE OF OUR BEST OPTIONS, BUT IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE. 
          CHOUINARD WINERY PURCHASE AND THE GARIN TO PLEASANTON RIDGE TRAIL THIS 2.35 MILE TRAIL,
WE'RE LOOKING TO START CEQA OR HAVE A CEQA DRAFT, RATHER IN SPRING. YOU EITHER HAVE HEARD OR WILL HEAR OF SOME STAGING
AREA ALTERNATIVES. 
          NOT THAT PART. NOT THE PART OF THE PROJECT THAT I'M DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN. 
          BUT WE THIS IS A THIS IS A PROJECT THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD IN HOUSE ONCE WE HAVE THE
PERMITTING AND WE GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS. BEAUTIFUL TRAIL. 
          SOME GREAT PICTURES IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN UP THERE. I KNOW. THIS NUMBER 22 ON YOUR MAP,
THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL. 
          WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS. RIGHT NOW, THE PLACE WE'RE AT WITH THIS PROJECT IS THAT
WE'RE WAITING TO GET A SCOPE BACK FROM OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING FIRM ON WHAT WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD THROUGH CEQA AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT. 
          THE CORE GOALS BEHIND THIS PROJECT FOR US RIGHT NOW ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
COMMUNICATING AND TRANSPARENT, AND THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGING ADEQUATELY,
BUT ALSO DESIGNING A TRAIL THAT HAS MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. 
          WE HAVE NOT WE HAVE NOT HIT A PLACE WHERE WE FOUND A FATAL FLAW ON THIS PROJECT YET. 
          AND AND SO WE'RE MOVING IT FORWARD, RIGHT? AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT IT
REALLY NEEDS TO CONFORM WITH OUR, OUR OPERATION OF THIS AREA AND GRAZING AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT OF THIS AND THAT. 
          THAT'S ACTUALLY THE STAGE IN HOUSE THAT WE'RE IN WITH THIS PROJECT. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, THIS WAS BROUGHT THIS WAS A PROPOSAL THAT WAS BROUGHT
FROM THE COMMUNITY. IT'S GOT A LOT OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. 
          AND SO WE REALLY DO WANT TO HONOR THAT INTEREST BY ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC AS ROBUSTLY AS
WE CAN. 
          JOHN, THANK YOU FOR PUSHING FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. YOU'RE WELCOME. SECOND TO LAST BUT NOT LEAST,
I WANTED TO JUST REMIND THE BOARD THAT THIS THIS PROJECT IS A NEGOTIATION WITH THE US ARMY. 
          WE HAVE AN EASEMENT FOR THE TASSAJARA CREEK TRAIL FROM THE TASSAJARA CREEK STAGING AREA IN
GREEN AT THE BOTTOM THERE. 
          ALL THE WAY UP TO WINDEMERE PARKWAY. AND SO WE FORMULATED A WAY TO TRADE PARTS OF THIS
LAND WITH, WITH THE ARMY, SO THAT WE COULD BUILD THIS TRAIL AND,
AND CLOSE THIS GAP. 
          THIS GAP ACTUALLY GOES FROM A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT I MENTIONED EARLIER,
EARLIER WALLIS RANCH , AND GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO DUBLIN BOULEVARD AND TECHNICALLY TO THE BART STATION. 
          SO THIS THIS SHOULD BE A GREAT TRANSPORTATION PIECE FOR THE COMMUNITY HERE. 
          AND THE HOUSES ARE JUST COMING IN AND COMING IN. 
          AND WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE US ARMY ON THIS. 
          IT'S BEEN DELAYED. AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT
THE FEDERAL LEVEL ON ALL OF THIS AND THEIR ABILITY TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS. 
          BUT WE ARE WORKING TO FINALIZE THAT AGREEMENT. 
          AND, THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT CEQA, WE CAN TALK ABOUT DESIGN AND MOVE THIS FORWARD. 
          RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 30% DESIGN THAT WAS DESIGNED IN HOUSE. 
          IT'S A SORRY WRONG WAY. THIS IS SOUTHERN PORTION AND A NORTHERN PORTION. SO WITH THAT, THERE'S ONE LAST PROJECT THAT I'LL PASS OFF TO PATRICK. 
          THANK YOU SEAN. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF MY NORMAL AREA OF EXPERTISE. 
          OH, WAIT. LET'S SEE IF I CAN PULL IT UP. IT MIGHT NOT BE ON THE SLIDE. 
          OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I CHANGED THE ORDER. MY BAD. OH,
SORRY. 
          THANKS, PATRICK. IT WAS GREAT. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION. 
          OKAY, THERE'S ALSO, LIKE, ONGOING TRAIL EFFORTS THAT I WANTED TO MENTION. 
          THERE ARE MANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT AREN'T INCORPORATED INTO THIS THAT WE SOMETIMES TOUCH
OR KNOW ABOUT AND TRY TO MOVE FORWARD IN WAYS THAT WE CAN AS OPPORTUNITIES ARISE. SO WE AREN'T JUST WORKING ON 24 PROJECTS. 
          THERE'S MANY, MANY MORE. BUT THIS IS THESE ARE KIND OF THE AREAS OF FOCUS THAT WE CHOSE TO
FOCUS ON TODAY. 
          BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON A FEW OTHER THINGS. 
          RIGHT. SO LAST YEAR WE PURCHASED THREE SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS FOR THE IRON HORSE TRAIL. 
          WE'VE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN HEY E-BIKES,
SCOOTERS, PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING. 
          PLEASE ENFORCE THAT MORE. OUR SOLUTION AT THIS POINT WE WANT TO TRY THESE THESE SPEED
FEEDBACK SIGNS WITH MONEY FROM TRAILS PROGRAM, FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT AND FROM OUR TRAILS CREWS OUT. 
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WE HAVE THREE OF THEM. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY REMIND PEOPLE OF THEIR SPEED. 
          THIS MAY NOT BE THE EXACT DEVICE THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE LEFT HERE,
BOTTOM LEFT, BUT SIMILAR. 
          AND IT REMINDS PEOPLE OF THEIR SPEED SO THAT THEY KNOW WHEN YOU'RE SPEEDING THEY CAN GET
AN IDEA. 
          BECAUSE LET'S BE HONEST, IT'S HARD TO KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING SOMETIMES. 
          BUT WHAT THIS ALSO DOES IS IT LOGS IN THE SPEED THAT IT COLLECTS THAT DATA. 
          SO WE CAN LOOK AT THE DATA AND SEE, OKAY, HOW MUCH SPEEDING IS HAPPENING. 
          HOW OFTEN DOES IT HAPPEN? WHEN ARE THE TIMES OF DAY THAT IT'S HAPPENING? THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS THIS IS ONE STEP FORWARD. 
          I THINK IT'S A COLLABORATION. I THINK IT'S A GOOD STEP. LET'S LET'S SEE HOW THIS WORKS
NOW. 
          AND THAT WAS LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. WE'RE WORKING WITH WITH THE COLLEAGUES ON ETIQUETTE AND
EDUCATION. 
          AND OF COURSE THEY WANT TO VOLUNTEER MORE AND MORE AND MORE. BUT THERE THERE ARE SOME GOOD
MESSAGING AND WORK WITH COACHES AND THE LEAGUE ON, ON LEGAL TRAIL USAGE MAINLY, AND, TRAIL ETIQUETTE OUT IN THE PARKS. 
          AND THEN COORDINATION WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND SIGNAGE ON PROMOTION OF THESE
HISTORIC OR NATIONAL REC TRAILS. 
          ONE JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA SIGNAGE WE'RE WORKING WITH THEIR REGIONAL COORDINATOR TO CORRECT
MISTAKES ON OUR MAP. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A NEW BROCHURE FOR THAT,
AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT OUR SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT IS ADEQUATE. 
          WE'VE JUST BEEN CONTACTED BY AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THE PONY EXPRESS NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL. 
          THERE'S A PORTION OF THAT THAT GOES THROUGH BRIONES,
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SIGNING THAT ADEQUATELY. 
          AND THEN THERE'S OF COURSE, THE AMERICAN DISCOVERY TRAIL,
WHICH I KNOW DIRECTOR MERCURIO HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH FOR YEARS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE TOP MAP THERE. AND WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO I'M HAVING MY STAFF LOOK
AT THE ALIGNMENT THROUGH THE PARK DISTRICT AND WORK WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO DETERMINE WHERE WE MAY NEED SOME SIGNAGE AND BRANDING FOR THAT. 
          THESE ARE THIS IS THESE ARE GREAT TRAILS. AND THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THESE TRAILS LONG
BEFORE I CAME ALONG IS WORTH REMEMBERING AND HONORING THROUGH SIGNAGE AND BRANDING. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST,
MULTI-AGENCY COLLABORATION. 
          WE'RE ON COMMITTEES. WE'RE ON THE COUNTYWIDE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. 
          WE FOLLOW AND ATTEND MEETINGS WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. 
          WE'RE MEMBERS OF THE BAY AREA TRAILS COLLABORATIVE,
WHICH IS A GROUP OF MULTIPLE AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE NINE COUNTY BAY AREA AND MTC AND MANY OTHER GROUPS THAT ATTEND THAT TALKING ABOUT REGIONAL TRAIL EFFORTS AND ADVOCACY. 
          MTC/ABAG OF COURSE I AM A MEMBER OF THE BAY TRAIL PROJECT BOARD. 
          AND MY STAFF IS AN ALTERNATE. MY STAFF, SUZANNE WILSON IS A BOARD MEMBER ON THE BAY AREA
RIDGE TRAIL COUNCIL, AND SO WE'RE IN TOUCH WITH THEM. AND OF COURSE,
33 CITIES, TWO COUNTIES, MULTIPLE AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND LAND TRUST, JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST, BIKE EAST BAY, TRI-VALLEY CONSERVANCY. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR UTILITY COMPANIES IN THE AREA WHICH WE HAVE LICENSES OR
THEY'RE DOING PROJECTS AND WE'RE COORDINATING WITH, OR WE NEED TO ACQUIRE LAND WITH THEM. 
          AND THAT IS EQUALLY TRUE FOR COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AGENCIES. 
          SO I DON'T WANT TO JUST GLOSS OVER THIS WORK BECAUSE IT'S A LOT AND IT'S EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT. 
          AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE AGENCIES NEED TO BE FOSTERED SO THAT WE DON'T GET ACCUSED
OF NOT PARTICIPATING AND COLLABORATING. 
          AND WE CAN SHOW THAT WE'RE AT THE TABLE AND WE'RE KEEPING OUR RELATIONSHIPS SOUND. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT ON TO PATRICK. THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. OKAY. SO I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. 
          SO I HAVE THE LAST THREE SLIDES OF THE PRESENTATION. BEFORE YOU START WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE
MORE QUESTION. 
          OKAY. SURE. IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT JUST BECAUSE I KNOW WE MENTIONED ZONE SEVEN,
BUT WE MENTIONED IT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF BEING A WATER SUPPLY AGENCY, SIMILAR TO CONTRA COSTA WATER AND EAST BAY MUD. 
          BUT ALSO JUST KEEP IN MIND ZONE SEVEN IS THE FLOOD CONTROL AGENCY FOR DUBLIN,
LIVERMORE, PLEASANTON, DOWN THROUGH SUNOL AND UNINCORPORATED EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY. 
          SO THAT WOULD NOT GO THROUGH ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL. 
          THANK YOU. YOU HAVE TWO SEPARATE AGENCIES. GOTCHA. 
          COULD I JUST HAD A QUICK COMMENT, TOO. IS THERE A WAY THAT THE PARK COULD PROMOTE SOME OF
THE LONG DISTANCE TRAILS? BECAUSE THE JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA. IT'S JUST THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE,
AND THERE'S DEFINITELY A LONG SECTION OF THAT TRAIL THAT ALSO OVERLAPS WITH THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T. AND I MAY BE WRONG,
MAYBE THERE ARE SOME CELEBRATIONS WITHIN THE PARK, BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S A REAL PROMOTION OF SOME OF THOSE OTHER KIND OF TRAIL
CORRIDORS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR PARK AND THEN JUST GETTING MORE OF A HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. 
          ALL OF THOSE TRAILS COME THROUGH THERE. AND WE BOTH LEARNED SOMETHING NEW TODAY,
THE PONY EXPRESS. 
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SO IT WOULD IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF PROMOTION AND I BELIEVE. 
          IS THERE A CELEBRATION COMING UP SOON FOR THE DE ANZA TRAIL? THE JUAN BAUTISTA. 
          AND SO YES, THERE IS. YEAH. I'LL WORK WITH YOU KNOW,
I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WITH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND MAYBE OUR INTERP AND REC, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. WE DO HAVE, LIKE I SAID,
WE ARE UPDATING THE BROCHURE FOR THE JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA TRAIL, AND IT'S LIKE A BIG FOLD OUT WITH GREAT PICTURES AND THE HISTORY AND EVERYTHING. AND THERE
ARE SOME NEW SECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED AND THINGS. 
          BUT BUT MAINLY WE'VE DONE IT WE'VE SORT OF PROMOTED THAT JUST THROUGH SIGNAGE. 
          BUT BUT YEAH I HEAR YOU. YEAH. BUT YEAH. SO MAYBE SOME EDUCATION OR SOME EVENTS OR
SOMETHING THAT IS COORDINATED WITH THAT ANNIVERSARY, BUT ALSO TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE,
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THE CONNECTION BETWEEN WHAT'S ON THAT TRAIL SIGN AND THIS COMES FROM YEARS OF BEING ON THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL COUNCIL. 
          IT DOESN'T ALWAYS CONNECT WITH INDIVIDUALS. ABOUT HOW LARGE IT MAY BE,
THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO GET CONNECTED. AND THEN ALSO JUST THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. 
          YEAH, GREAT. GREAT FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. THE JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA TRAIL IS SOMETHING THAT
I FIND REALLY CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE. 
          AND I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT AND THERE'S SOME,
SOME IDEAS KIND OF FLOATING AROUND ABOUT HOW TO RECOGNIZE THAT. 
          BECAUSE NEXT YEAR IS THE BIG ANNIVERSARY, THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY. 
          AND WE CAN DO THAT. AND I THINK WE WILL. SO GOOD,
GOOD, GOOD CALL ON THAT ONE. 
          THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO CALL PATRICK BACK UP HERE. 
          OKAY. I THINK I GOT ALL THE JITTERS OUT. I STARTED THREE TIMES. 
          SO THIS IS THIRD TIME'S A CHARM. IN KEEPING WITH THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION WE'RE
SORT OF PRESENTING ON OUR PATH FORWARD OR DREAMS OR THINGS THAT ARE STILL IN THE EARLY PLANNING STAGES, FROM THE SMALL TRAILS CREW PERSPECTIVE AND TRYING TO
BUILD CAPACITY FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS. TRYING TO BUILD THE CREW ITSELF AND GROW AND ALSO TRYING TO BUILD PIPELINES FOR
EMPLOYMENT. 
          SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE COME ACROSS OUR DESK,
WHICH MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF OUR PURVIEW, BUT WE'VE BEEN ASKED BY STEWARDSHIP TO TAKE A LOOK AT A THORNY PROBLEM AT THE SUNOL CREEK
WILDERNESS ALAMEDA CREEK OVERLOOK, AND JUST COME UP WITH A PRELIMINARY IDEA OF HOW THE BACKSTORY HERE IS THAT THIS AREA,
AS WE USED TO CALL LITTLE YOSEMITE BECAME A VERY ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE DURING COVID, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING INTO THE CREEK AT THAT LOCATION,
AT THAT ROCKFALL AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, ASIDE FROM IT BEING A BEAUTIFUL PLACE WHERE PEOPLE THINK THEY WANT TO GO FOR A DIP,
IT'S ALSO RED LEGGED FROG HABITAT. 
          A NUMBER OF OTHER PROTECTED SPECIES. SO STEWARDSHIP ASKED US TO TAKE A LOOK AND COME UP
WITH A PRELIMINARY IDEA OF HOW TO BUILD OUT A PAVILION AT THAT ROADSIDE, WHICH WOULD INVOLVE SOME SOME WET STONE WALLS THAT KIND OF ECHO THE EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S OUT THERE AT SUNOL AND MAYBE COME UP WITH A WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE UP ON THE ROADSIDE AND PREVENT THEM FROM GOING DOWN INTO THE CREEK. 
          SO THESE WERE SOME PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS THAT WERE CREATED BY ONE OF MY CREW LEADS,
CEDRIC CUNNINGHAM, WHO COMES FROM CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS. AND WE'RE NOW RUNNING THOSE DRAWINGS BY DECO AND
CIVIL ENGINEERS TO GET THEIR IDEA ON HOW TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          IF WE GET APPROVALS, IT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT PROJECT,
I THINK, SHOWCASING THE TYPES OF SKILL SETS THAT EXIST WITHIN A TRAIL CREW THAT AREN'T SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS BUILDING TRAIL. WE USED TO DO A LOT OF WET STONE MASONRY IN THIS PARK
DISTRICT . 
          I THINK WE COULD DO IT AGAIN. SO NO IDEA ABOUT EXACTLY WHEN THIS WILL BE MOVING FORWARD. 
          BUT IT WAS IT WAS A FUN PROJECT TO AT LEAST TRY TO DREAM ABOUT. 
          DIRECTOR SANWONG. YEAH. AND I THINK ONCE WE HAVE THE IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE PARTIAL OF THE
DREAM HERE, BUT ONCE WE HAVE SOMETHING READY TO SHOW THE PUBLIC. I KNOW THIS IS A VERY A LOT OF
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THIS, AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEIR THOUGHTS WOULD BE. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT ALAMEDA CREEK ALLIANCE,
WHO POINT TO THIS AREA AS ONE OF THE BLOCKAGES FOR THE STEELHEAD, STEELHEAD TROUT FROM BEING ABLE TO MIGRATE UPSTREAM. 
          SO THEY MAY WANT TO SEE WHAT OUR DREAM IS HERE. 
          AND THEN I BELIEVE THIS IS TECHNICALLY OWNED BY SAN FRANCISCO. AND I KNOW THIS CAME UP IN
OUR MEETING WITH SAN FRANCISCO. SO WE ALSO WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, SHARE THIS WITH THEM TOO. YEAH. AND I CAN SHARE TOO. 
          I MEAN, WE'VE WORKED WITH TIM RAMIREZ AND HIS STAFF ON THIS IDEA. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS PARTIALLY THEIR IDEA TOO, RIGHT? IS THIS IS THE YELLOW LEGGED FROGS THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA. 
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IT'S LIKE A VERY RARE SPECIES. AND THIS IS SORT OF THE BREEDING HABITAT. 
          AND SO IT'S A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE. AND IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL AND PEOPLE LOVE TO
VISIT IT. 
          AND SO OUR IDEAL OUTCOME IS THAT WE CREATE A VISITOR FEATURE THAT'S WELCOMING,
THAT FEELS EXCITING FOR VISITORS TO COME TO AND AT THE SAME TIME PROTECTS THE NATURAL RESOURCE. SO AND 100% WE HAVE TO DO IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SFPUC. 
          AGREED. I THINK I'M REMINDED OF THE I'M GOING TO MESS UP THIS QUOTE,
BUT IT'S A KURT VONNEGUT LIKE BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PRETEND TO BE, FOR THAT IS WHAT YOU BECOME. SO WE WANT TO TRY AND DO THIS ONE RIGHT. 
          HOPEFULLY A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT AND GIVE FEEDBACK BEFORE IT GOES ANYWHERE
TANGIBLE. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO ACTUALLY TWO MORE SLIDES AND THEN THE DISCUSSION. 
          SO HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO TALK TO YOU ABOUT LOOKING FORWARD AND CAPACITY BUILDING. 
          WE HAVE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS BUILT UP THIS TRAIL CREW,
AND IT EXISTS NOW WITH FIVE FTES SUPERVISOR, TWO LEADS AND TWO RANGERS. OUR FACILITY CURRENTLY IS LOCATED AT LAS TRAMPAS,
SO THE TRAIL CREW THAT PROVIDES THE SKILLED WORK ON ALL THE NARROW TRAILS IS CENTRALLY LOCATED AT LAS TRAMPAS,
AND THAT FACILITY IS PRIMED FOR GROWTH AND EXPANSION. 
          WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SHOP. WE HAVE EQUIPMENT AT THE READY ONCE WE'RE TRAINED TO USE IT,
AND THE ABILITY TO REALLY TO BUILD UP FROM THAT. 
          SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN MENTIONED MANY TIMES, AND I THINK WE'RE JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND EXPAND OUR CAPABILITIES. 
          THE OTHER WAY IN WHICH WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN GROWING. 
          AND I KNOW YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS ON TUESDAY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY OWN PERSONAL
PERSPECTIVE WORKING WITH OUR EAST BAY CIVICORPS PARTNER. 
          OFTENTIMES I GET VERY WRAPPED AROUND THE WORK ITSELF,
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK. 
          BUT REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE TRAINING,
THE MENTORSHIP THAT GOES INTO BUILDING UP THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE READY TO APPLY FOR GOOD UNION JOBS WITH THE PARK DISTRICT . 
          SO IF THERE IS A WAY TO I KNOW WE SUPPORTED THAT ON TUESDAY,
AND JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT THAT IS A REALLY KEY PART OF HOW WE WORK WITH OUR CIVICORPS PARTNER IS IN TEACHING THEM, GETTING THEM READY TO ACTUALLY APPLY FOR JOBS. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST ONE MORE PIECE OF THIS WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT. 
          BOTH PATRICK'S TEAM AND SEAN'S TEAM ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON STAFF TRAINING AS WELL,
BECAUSE WE STILL ALSO DO A LOT OF OUR TRAIL WORK IN THE PARK OPERATIONS TEAM. 
          AND SO ONE THING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS BOTH OF THESE FOLKS HAVE THESE SUPER
TALENTED TEAMS, IS SHARE THAT TALENT AND AND GROW OUR, YOU KNOW,
BIGGER, BIGGER TEAM AS A WHOLE. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF WHAT THESE FOLKS ARE DOING. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE INTERNAL COLLABORATION. WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO BUILD OUR OUR CONNECTIONS
INTERNALLY AMONGST OUR TEAMS. AND THAT IS THEN LOOK AT THAT WE'RE ONLY 23 MINUTES OVER. 
          SO I'M REALLY ANXIOUS TO GET THE PUBLIC COMMENT IN HERE NOW. 
          AND SO I THINK THE WAY I WOULD DIVIDE THAT IS IF THERE'S QUESTIONS FOR THEM,
WE COULD DO THAT NOW AND THEN. 
          THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE, I THINK WE HAVE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE SOME COMMENTS. 
          WE COULD DO THAT AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF,
YEAH, GO AHEAD, TAKE YOUR TIME. I'M NOT RUSHING YOU. 
          I'M JUST SAYING I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DIVIDE THIS. OKAY. 
          I'VE BEEN WAITING. IF I WERE A BRAND NEW BOARD MEMBER,
I WOULD WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON IN CENTRAL AND EAST CONTRA COSTA. BUT I'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE AND I KNOW THERE ARE LOADS OF
TRAIL PLANNING OR TRAIL PLANS AND I'VE SEEN THEM. AND SO I WANT TO QUICKLY ASK HOW FAR ALONG. 
          I THINK BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MAKING THESE LISTS,
BUT I HAVE SEEN THE PLANS. 
          SO LET ME QUICKLY GO THROUGH JUST A HANDFUL OF THEM THAT I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH. 
          FIRST, THE MARSH CREEK SOUTH TRAIL THAT IS HEADED TO ROUND VALLEY. 
          I THINK THAT'S BEEN PRETTY FAR ALONG. HOW FAR ALONG? YEAH, THAT WE COMPLETED CEQA AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN ON THAT. 
          BUT WE HAVE NOT APPROPRIATED FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO THE DESIGN AT THIS POINT. 
          SO IT'S NOT FULLY DESIGNED OR ENGINEERED. NO,
IT'S NOT. 
          INCLUDING THE TUNNEL. CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT STRIKES ME AS NEEDING LOTS MORE WORK. 
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IT DOES. IT DOES. OKAY, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 
          VASCO HILLS BYRON I'VE SEEN TRAIL MAPS FOR EVENTUALLY OPENING UP THAT LAND. 
          AND THOSE MAPS THAT I'VE SEEN SEEM FAIRLY FAR ALONG. 
          IS THAT A BRIAN? BRIAN. WE'LL LET BRIAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT ONE. 
          THAT IS A BRIAN QUESTION. GOOD AFTERNOON. BRIAN HOLT DIVISION LEAD PLANNING TRAILS GIS. 
          SO BEFORE ANY OF OUR HCP LANDS, ALL THOSE LANDS WERE ACQUIRED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EAST
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HABITAT CONSERVANCY. 
          BEFORE ANY OF THOSE LANDS CAN BE OPENED UP TO THE PUBLIC,
WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ADOPTED OR AN APPROVED PRESERVE MANAGEMENT PLAN WITH THE AGENCIES. 
          WE DEVELOPED THE VASCO HILLS AND BYRON VERNAL POOLS PRESERVE MANAGEMENT PLAN SORT OF FIRST
AS KIND OF A MODEL THAT WOULD THAT WOULD HELP GUIDE SIMILAR PLANS FOR DEER VALLEY OR CLAYTON RANCH. 
          THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE WANT TO OPEN UP. 
          THERE'S THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT OTHER DECISIONS THAT WE NEED TO DECIDE ON IN TERMS OF
TIMING. 
          SO OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS TO GET CLAYTON RANCH AND THE HCP LANDS BETWEEN CLAYTON RANCH TO
BLACK DIAMOND MINES OPENED UP. 
          NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO. THAT WAS ON MY LIST. AND NUMBER TWO IS THE RODDY RANCH GOLF
COURSE. 
          SO THOSE ARE TWO SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO OPEN UP PUBLIC ACCESS
TO THE HCP LANDS. 
          AND THEN AND THEN CERTAINLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT VASCO HILLS. 
          THERE'S A NUMBER OF CONSTRAINTS THERE, NOT JUST THE TRAILS PLANS. 
          OKAY. ACCESS OFF OF VASCO ROAD IS REALLY IS REALLY A CONSTRAINT. 
          SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO DISCUSS THERE. SO WE GET THE INTEREST IN
OPENING UP PUBLIC ACCESS INTO THE HCP AREA. 
          FIRST PRIORITY IS CLAYTON RANCH AND RODDY RANCH GOLF COURSE. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND WITH CLAYTON RANCH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT USING THE COMMUNITY PARK THERE AS
THE STAGING. 
          CORRECT. WE'RE HAVING ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY OF CLAYTON THAT HAVE GONE WELL. 
          AND SO WE JUST MET WITH THEM, I THINK LAST MONTH WE'RE WORKING ON,
I THINK, A PARKING ACCESS AGREEMENT WHERE WE WOULD UTILIZE CLAYTON COMMUNITY PARK AS THE STAGING AREA TO I THINK IT WOULD OPEN UP ABOUT CLOSE TO 3000 NEW ACRES OF HCP LAND
AT CLAYTON RANCH AND BLACK DIAMOND MINES REGIONAL PRESERVE. OKAY. THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS, BUT A COUPLE OF POINTS,
I GUESS, OF ADVOCACY. 
          WE ACQUIRED THE CHRISTIE ROAD PROPERTY, SEAN,
AND THAT IS GOING TO ULTIMATELY BE A CRITICAL GAP CLOSURE IN THE RIDGE TRAIL AND THE. CORRECT. YES. 
          OKAY. OKAY. LUANA'S SECONDING THE ADVOCACY. AND IN OTHER WORDS,
IT'S AN IMPORTANT GAP TO CLOSE, AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S BEEN THERE'S EXISTING RANCH ROADS WE WANT TO CONNECT
ULTIMATELY FERNANDEZ RANCH TO CROCKETT HILLS VIA COMING SKYWAY. AND IS THERE ANY HAS THAT GONE ANYWHERE AT ALL? THE LAST MY TEAM LEFT THAT PROJECT OFF WAS THERE IS AN EXISTING FIRE ROAD ACROSS THE
CHRISTIE ROAD PROPERTY. 
          THERE WAS A GAP. SO THAT WAS GRADED IN BEFORE IT BECAME A CONSERVATION EASEMENT. 
          WE ALIGNED THE RIDGE TRAIL THROUGH THAT PROPERTY,
BUT IT CURRENTLY STOPS AT THE BORDER OF THAT PROPERTY. 
          WE HAVE NOT MOVED FORWARD WITH A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO DETERMINE HOW IT CAN GET ACROSS OR
UNDER THE HIGHWAY FOR ONTO COMING SKYWAY. 
          WE HAVE N'T MOVED FORWARD WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT. 
          IT'S JUST CRITICAL, RIGHT? FOR ME, FOR THE RT GAPS WERE JUST AS FAR AS THE FEEDER. 
          I'VE DONE IT AGAIN. SORRY. FOR THE RT GAPS WERE FEEDER TRAIL ONE. 
          SO THE PEREIRA EASEMENT AND THEN THE GAP BETWEEN SOBRANTE RIDGE AND KENNEDY GROVE. 
          IT'S CURRENTLY A LAND BANK PROPERTY THAT'S NOT YET OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND THESE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS. THEY WEREN'T MENTIONED IN THESE DOCUMENTS. 
          AND THEN ANOTHER WAS JUST AS FAR AS A BRIDGE OVER THE CREEK IN KENNEDY GROVE AREA. 
          AND SO THOSE WERE THREE ITEMS I HAD. BUT I AM A SUPPORTER OF CONNECTED TRAILS. 
          SO WHENEVER THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE A GAP,
BE IT THE BAY TRAIL OR THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL AND INCREASE CONNECTIVITY, DEFINITELY HERE TO SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR THAT. 
          WELL, THAT WAS 500 ACRES WE ACQUIRED FOR JUST THAT PURPOSE. 
          YES. [LAUGHTER] LASTLY, I HEARD A RUMOR AND IT WAS EXTRAORDINARILY EXCITING TO ME THAT ONE OF BRIAN'S, ONE OF BRIAN'S PLANNERS,
WAS SEEN 
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WITH THE EAST COUNTY TRAILS GROUP ACTUALLY SCOPING OUT AND CHECKING OUT MARSH CREEK TRAIL
NORTH INTO DUTCH SLOUGH. WAS THAT RUMOR TRUE? AND IF SO, I CAN CONFIRM THAT RUMOR,
THAT RUMOR WAS TRUE. YES. AND APPRECIATE DIRECTOR COFFEY YOU TIPPING US OFF AND CONNECTING US WITH THE
DELTA CONSERVANCY. 
          AND OR NOT THE DELTA CONSERVANCY, BUT DWR AND THE DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT AND THEIR
PUBLIC BENEFITS CONVEYANCE SO OR PUBLIC BENEFITS PROGRAM. SO WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM
ON SCOPING OUT WHAT PUBLIC ACCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE DUTCH SLOUGH AREA,
WHAT THAT WOULD COST IF THE PARK DISTRICT OR POTENTIALLY ANY OTHER ENTITY WERE TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT, AND JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO FIND SOME FUNDING FOR PUBLIC ACCESS IN
THAT AREA. 
          AND ONE PART OF THAT IS THE EXTENSION OF MARSH CREEK BEYOND ITS CURRENT TERMINUS TO,
TO THE WATER TO. 
          SO WE HAVE BEEN OUT THERE. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT. WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK AND
CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING. 
          ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW GREAT THAT THAT IS. 
          HE SAID IT IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA. ONE MORE. YES. 
          YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS BRINGS UP SOMETHING THAT I GUESS COLIN AND I,
WE BOTH HAVE A LOT OF DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES. 
          DWR, YOU KNOW, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGENCY CONNECTIONS RIGHT BETWEEN THE DELTA AND THEN
COMING DOWN TO DEL VALLE AND THE SOUTH BAY AQUEDUCT. AND I THINK MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW,
WE DO ALL THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, BUT I WONDER IF THERE WOULD BE SOME USE IN STARTING TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE WORK WITH THE
DWR AGENCY, WHETHER IT'S IN THE DELTA AREA OR THE DEL VALLE AREA,
OR THERE IS SOME INTEREST I'LL SHARE WITHIN THE LIVERMORE TRAILS GROUP IN TERMS OF GETTING THE SOUTH BAY AQUEDUCT TRAIL OPEN. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH BAY AQUEDUCT DOES RUN INTO AND OUT OF LAKE DEL VALLE THAT'S HOW
THE WATER IS MOVED FROM THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA REGION INTO DEL VALLE,
WHICH WE LIKE TO CONSIDER ONE OF THE FIRST STOPS OF THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT SYSTEM. AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS LIKE, HAS THIS BEEN DONE BEFORE HERE AT EAST BAY PARK
DISTRICT TO THINK ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH DWR STRATEGICALLY AND OR, YOU KNOW, HOW TO ALSO INVOLVE COLIN BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS,
I'LL SHARE. 
          AND THEN I ALWAYS LIKE TO SHARE. YOU KNOW MY FUN FACT THAT THE DIRECTOR OF DWR,
KARLA NEMETH , SHE STARTED HER CAREER AT ZONE SEVEN WATER AGENCY. 
          SO I KNOW SHE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH SOUTH BAY AQUEDUCT AND DEL VALLE JUST HAVING STARTED
HER CAREER WITH ZONE SEVEN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I DEFER TO OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOLKS AND GENERAL MANAGER
'S OFFICE ON KIND OF THOSE BIG STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER AGENCIES. 
          I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS,
NOT JUST WITH DWR, BUT WITH THE STATE, STATE PARKS C OASTAL CONSERVANCY AND OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE'S THERE'S WE COULD HAVE A NUMBER OF SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PARK DISTRICT
AND OPERATING STATE PARK LANDS OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          SO I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED THAT BEFORE, AND, YOU KNOW,
IT'S ON THEIR RADAR AND DEFER TO THEM ON WHAT THE RIGHT STRATEGY FOR THAT IS. 
          YEAH, OKAY. AND I'LL JUST SHARE. I MEAN, I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME GOOD TIMING HERE
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE LEASE FOR DEL VALLE OR THE TWO LEASES THAT WE HAVE AT DEL VALLE ARE COMING UP. I GUESS YOU COULD LOOK AT THIS UP ON THE STATE WEBSITE,
BUT THEY ARE SET TO EXPIRE IN MAY OF THIS YEAR. 
          I HAPPEN TO JUST BE LOOKING OVER OUR CHIEF OF LAND ACQUISITION,
WHO WAS LOOKING OVER SOME DEL VALLE LEASE MATERIALS JUST EARLIER IN THIS MEETING, SO I KNOW SHE'S ON IT. YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          YES. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ARE WE GOING TO DO A WRAP UP OR. YEAH,
WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO DO WHATEVER COMMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE. 
          I'M KIND OF CHANNELING IT INTO QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THEN. OH YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD. WELL I JUST WANTED TO BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DWR. THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE
EARLIER QUESTION. BUT I DO HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. SURE. BEYOND DWR AND I GUESS IT'S ALSO SIMILAR BECAUSE I KNOW COLIN FOCUSED MORE ON LIKE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CONTRA COSTA
COUNTY. BUT I LOOK AT THE 680, YOU KNOW, HIGHWAY. AND I JUST SEE THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS ON ONE SIDE OF 680 AND NOT AS MANY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 680. 
          AND BUT WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE I DID MENTION THIS BEFORE WHEN WE HAD OUR LAND
ACQUISITION WORKSHOP AND WE GOT OUR LOVELY PARK AND TRAIL STATISTICS UPDATE. WHICH,
YOU KNOW, I REALLY DO LIKE THIS REPORT. 
          I THINK IT'S GREAT. AND I DID MAKE THIS COMMENT THEN ABOUT HOW IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL TO
SEE MILES OF TRAILS AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, 
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MILES OF TRAILS PER PARK. BECAUSE I'M VERY AWARE THAT WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF MILES OF
TRAILS ALREADY WITHIN I GUESS I CAN SAY WARD FIVE SPECIFICALLY, BUT I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THAT DATA POINT WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK AT A
MAP AND KIND OF PUT IT, YOU KNOW, PUT THE NUMBER OF MILES OF TRAILS INTO A SPREADSHEET AND CALCULATE IT THAT WAY. 
          AND I SORT OF STARTED IT BUT THEN I THINK WE MUST HAVE THAT IN HOUSE. 
          AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT DATA POINT BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS MAP, IT MIGHT. 
          AND ACTUALLY, I RECEIVED THIS COMMENT FROM A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. I'LL SHARE THAT I AM
NOT BEING A GOOD ADVOCATE FOR WARD FIVE LOOKING AT THE TRAILS PROJECTS ON THIS MAP AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE DATA POINTS THAT WILL WE DO HAVE A LARGE
NUMBER OF TRAILS, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A FEELING OF THAT, YOU KNOW,
1300 MILES OF TRAILS ARE PROBABLY A GOOD PERCENTAGE ARE IN WARD FIVE. 
          AND IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO HAVE THAT DATA POINT. 
          THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE THAT TRAILS STATISTIC SORRY LAND AND TRAILS STATISTIC BOOK
ACTUALLY CALCULATES THE ACREAGE OF TRAILS. 
          RIGHT. WHICH IS MAYBE NOT THE MOST HELPFUL FOR YOU. 
          I WILL JUST SAY, AND I DON'T WANT TO SHARE THIS,
I HOPE IT'S IN THE WHAT THE WHAT GEN Z CALLS BETA PHASE, I GUESS. BUT WE DO HAVE THIS AMAZING NEW TRAIL MILEAGE DASHBOARD THAT OUR GIS DEPARTMENT
CREATED, AND IT HAS MULTIPLE QUERY OPPORTUNITIES AND FILTERING OPTIONS. 
          AND YOU CAN GET PAVED TRAIL, YOU CAN GET UNPAVED TRAIL. 
          YOU CAN GET PAVED TRAIL BY PARK. YOU CAN GET PAVE TRAIL BY COUNTY AND IT'S NOT QUITE READY
YET, BUT I THINK THIS WOULD BE A VALUABLE TOOL FOR YOU TO TO HAVE A LOOK AT. 
          AND IT'S ACTUALLY A VISUAL AND IT IT'S REALLY NICE. 
          AND IT'S LIKE LITERALLY I JUST SAW IT A WEEK AGO. 
          SO IT'S VERY, VERY NEW. BUT AS WE REFINE OUR DATA AND AS WE DO MORE INVENTORIES OF OUR
PARKS AND TRAIL MILEAGE, THAT INFORMATION IS CHANGING SO THAT 1330 IS LIKELY GOING TO CHANGE BECAUSE WE'RE USING
DATA THAT IT WASN'T AS ACCURATE OR THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING. SO THIS DASHBOARD IS REAL TIME. 
          SO IT'S I THINK IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR YOU. 
          AND SO JUST MAYBE HOLD ON AND WE'LL WE'LL SEE HOW WE CAN SHARE THAT. 
          I THINK I'D ADD TOO, I MEAN, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WE
THINK ABOUT PRIORITIES FOR PROJECTS ALSO IS THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DOING WORK TO IMPROVE OUR PARKS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY, AND THAT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT PLACES,
RIGHT? LIKE IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY, THERE'S A LOT OF AGING TRAILS,
LIKE WHERE PATRICK'S CREW IS COMING IN TO REPLACE BRIDGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. AND DEL VALLE IS ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT
IN THE FUTURE, LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR EXISTING TRAILS TO DO IMPROVEMENTS. 
          BUT THERE'S ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY OF OPENING NEW PARKS,
LIKE, YOU KNOW, BRIAN MENTIONED AND SEAN, WHETHER IT'S THE RODDY RANCH OR THE VASCO HILLS YOU MENTIONED OR. 
          DOOLAN CANYON? CLAYTON RANCH, ALL THOSE PLACES. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS TO TO OPEN THEM UP. 
          ONE THING THAT BRIAN'S TEAM IS WORKING ON IS PRESENTATION TO BRING TO YOUR EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT SORT OF PARK OPENINGS AND THE TIMELINE FOR PARK OPENINGS,
RIGHT? YEAH, WE'LL BE BEFORE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WITH A PARKLAND OPENING PRESENTATION,
AND IT'LL GET INTO SORT OF DESCRIBING WHICH OF THOSE ARE SORT OF MEET OUR MOST READINESS CRITERIA ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, IS IT AN AREA THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY OPEN UP AND THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT LAND, AMOUNT OF LAND THAT WE'RE MOVING TO TOWARDS OPENING UP. 
          AND AND OF COURSE, PART OF OUR PART OF THE QUESTION FOR US IS WE IN PLANNING CAN OPEN IT
UP. 
          I THINK RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BOOKS IS SOMETHING CLOSE TO ABOUT 6000 ACRES IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THAT THAT'LL BE OPENED UP. 
          SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE STAFF THAT AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE OTHER
PIECES IN PLACE NECESSARY TO OPERATE THAT? SO SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING AS SORT OF THE THINKING TO HOW TO GET A PIECE OF
PROPERTY TO THAT SORT OF READINESS PHASE. 
          SO IT GETS TO SOME OF THE QUESTION THAT CAME UP EARLIER ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, HOW DOES A PROJECT BECOME A PROJECT? YOU KNOW WHY? WHY DOES SOME LAND BANK PROPERTY SEEN AS READY TO OPEN UP AND MAYBE NOT
OTHERS? SO WE'VE GOT I'VE. MY STAFF, [INAUDIBLE] IN PARTICULAR,
HAS REALLY KIND OF DUG IN AND SORT OF TRIED TO PUT AROUND SOME CRITERIA ON THAT TO SORT OF TELL THAT STORY IN A WAY THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT I THINK THE BOARD WILL APPRECIATE. 
          YEAH. DIRECTOR SANWONG. SO I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT THOUGH. 
          SO ONE QUESTION ABOUT THAT IS, AND I GUESS IT KIND OF FEEDS INTO THIS,
HOW DOES A PROJECT BECOME A PROJECT? 
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BUT YOU KNOW, HOW DOES. SO, YOU TALK ABOUT THIS READINESS CRITERIA. 
          HOW DO WE ALSO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT INTERSECTION WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BUT ALSO
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. 
          AND THEN MORE SPECIFICALLY, I GUESS MAYBE, YOU KNOW,
CRITICAL COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. 
          I MEAN, CERTAINLY IF ANYONE'S PAYING ATTENTION TO THE LOCAL NEWS IN THE LIVERMORE AREA,
WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, CRITIQUE ABOUT OUR LACK OF PROJECTS TO OPEN UP NEW TRAILS IN THE,
YOU KNOW, LEGACY MURRAY TOWNSHIP AREA. AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE,
BUT THIS ABILITY TO POTENTIALLY CONNECT BRUSHY PEAK TO LOS VAQUEROS IN TERMS OF TRAIL CONNECTIONS, AND I BELIEVE IT WOULD ALSO TECHNICALLY BE PART OF THE HISTORIC DE ANZA
TRAIL, BRINGING IN THAT SIDE OF THE TRAIL INTO ALAMEDA COUNTY FROM CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. 
          AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF YOU KNOW, INTEREST ON THE COMMUNITY SIDE. 
          AND MAYBE, MAYBE OUR READINESS CRITERIA ISN'T QUITE THERE,
BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. 
          AND IT COULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT ON OUR PRELIMINARY DESIGN LIST. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW, AS A BOARD MEMBER HOW TO GET THIS ON OUR PRELIMINARY DESIGN OR STUDY
LIST FOR US TO CONSIDER KNOWING THAT THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST AND A LOT OF FERVOR AROUND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? YEAH. I MEAN I MEAN, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR GOING ON 20 YEARS THIS YEAR. 
          AND ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT PARK'S WORK IS THAT PEOPLE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT PARKS AND
VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR OPEN SPACE. 
          AND I'VE LEARNED THAT AS PEOPLE ADVOCATE FOR THEIR PROJECTS,
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR PROJECTS UNTIL THEIR PROJECTS GET DONE AND DON'T NECESSARILY LET GO OF THEM. I MEAN, I KNOW I'VE WORKED WITH DIRECTOR MERCURIO SINCE
LONG BEFORE HE WAS ON THE PAC OR THE BOARD AND HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN HIS ADVOCACY AROUND TRAILS AND OTHERS. SO BUT THAT THE COMMUNITY INTEREST DOESN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE THE
READINESS. 
          SO, SO REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH PASSION THERE IS IN THE COMMUNITY OR AMONGST CERTAIN
STAKEHOLDERS AROUND A PARTICULAR TRAIL, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE HAVE THE LAND RIGHTS TO BE ABLE
TO BUILD IT, OR IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE HAVE THE,
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE OR IT DOESN'T EVEN NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S PHYSICALLY FEASIBLY POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OFTEN CONFRONT. 
          IS THAT WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC? YOU KNOW, WE NEVER LIKE TO SAY NO. 
          AND I THINK, AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM SEAN, HE'S GOT A LONG LIST OF,
YOU KNOW, PROJECTS HE'S TRYING TO FIND EVERY WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE JUST IN THE PLANNING PHASES,
BUT, BUT WE'RE OFTEN LOOKING AT. 
          YEAH. HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN EASEMENT CAN WE GET. 
          WE'RE TALKING TO BECKY. YOU KNOW, IS THERE ARE THERE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS WE NEED TO
BE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE BUMP UP AGAINST CULTURAL RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS. 
          THERE'S PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS. AND EVENTUALLY WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE A PROJECT
THAT CAN BE PERMITTED, CAN BE FUNDED AND CAN BE BUILT. AND THAT'S WHEN WE'RE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT THE READINESS CRITERIA. AND I THINK, DIRECTOR, I MEAN, IT'S SUPER HELPFUL FOR YOU TO SHARE IT AND CONTINUE TO SHARE IF AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU HEAR DIRECT FEEDBACK,
IF YOU CAN FORWARD IT AND SHARE IT WITH US ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS. 
          PARDON ME THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN BECAUSE BRIAN'S TEAM,
BECKY'S TEAM, SEAN'S TEAM, PATRICK WERE ALL THESE TEAMS ARE PART OF THAT PROCESS TO MAKE THOSE COMMUNITY VISIONS POSSIBLE. WE'RE HERE TO FACILITATE THAT WORK. 
          AND SO THE MORE WE KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN,
WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED IN, WHAT YOUR BOARD IS INTERESTED IN AND PRIORITIZING THAT CAN HELP US MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
FOCUSED ON THE RIGHT THINGS. 
          AND AND THEN, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THE AND PART OF WHAT THAT PARK OPENING PRESENTATION,
HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO IS HAVE SOME TRANSPARENCY AROUND WHERE THINGS ARE AND WHAT THE TIMELINE IS TO MAKE THEM HAPPEN. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING AS EFFICIENT AS
POSSIBLE AND WORKING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, AND BEING CLEAR ABOUT LIKE SETTING EXPECTATIONS. 
          WE WANT TO DO THIS HERE'S WHEN WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WE CAN HAVE IT DONE. 
          AND I'LL JUST ADD REAL QUICK. I MEAN, ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT ONE OF THE WORST
THINGS I THINK WE CAN DO IS, IS PROMISE THE PUBLIC SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DELIVER. 
          AND THAT REALLY KIND OF SETS US UP TO CONTINUE TO SORT OF DO THAT. 
          AND AND THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST, I THINK,
YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO BE HONEST, WHEN YOU KNOW, THESE PROJECTS NEVER GO AWAY. 
          WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THEM UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY BECOME,
YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE. 
          BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE MIGHT BE PHYSICAL REASONS,
LAND REASONS, OTHERS THAT WE CAN'T GET THERE. 
          SO SO I LIKE TO BE LIKE, TO BE CLEAR THAT YOU KNOW,
WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON THEM. 
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THEY LIKE I SAID, THEY PARK PROJECTS ARE FOREVER. 
          BUT BUT TIMELINE DOESN'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY WORK WITH THE ADVOCACY DOESN'T ALWAYS ALIGN. 
          DIRECTOR ECHOLS. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE? NO. OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT, I WOULD WELCOME ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT THERE MIGHT BE ON
ACTUALLY THE LAST COUPLE OF AGENDA ITEMS, ALL THE REST OF THE AGENDA. OKAY. 
          YES. WE HAVE FOUR COMMENTS IN THE ROOM IN THE ZOOM ROOM,
NOT IN THE ROOM. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE LATER AND ALL FOUR HANDS ARE RAISED. 
          BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SAY JUST BEFORE I GET TO THOSE COMMENTS,
I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE A GENERAL GIVE A GENERAL SHOUT OUT TO STAFF ONLY BECAUSE A SMALL THING. BUT WE'VE HAD WE HAD A LOT OF INTEREST OF PEOPLE ASKING IF
SABRINA'S VOICE HAD CHANGED. 
          AND SO THERE. THAT'S SO IT JUST LETS YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION. 
          [LAUGHTER] AND SO THAT'S WHY WE MOVED THE NAME TAG. 
          SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF IS REALLY WATCHING YOU. 
          SO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH. EVERYONE HAS THREE MINUTES. 
          I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU INTO THE UP TO PANELIST. 
          I'M GOING TO WHEN I TURN OFF MY WHEN I TURN,
I'M GOING TO TURN MY VIDEO OFF. 
          WHEN I TURN IT BACK ON, YOU HAVE 30S. MOST EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. 
          SO SCOTT, I'M PROMOTING YOU TO PANELIST. THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE TO MIKE,
TO DAVID AND THEN TO JOSH. 
          OKAY. THERE YOU GO, SCOTT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL, EAST BAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
DISCUSSION ABOUT TRAILS. 
          I WANTED TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE WILDCAT PROJECT. 
          AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT IS HIGHLY SUPPORTED AND CONTINUES TO BE I LOOK FORWARD TO A
VIGOROUS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND I HOPE THAT ALL STAKEHOLDERS WILL COME TO THE TABLE EARLY AND OFTEN AND PARTICIPATE. 
          I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS, SUPPORT AND ASK FOR SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD FOR CONTINUED CAPACITY
GROWTH FOR THE SMALL TRAILS CREW. 
          I THINK THE SMALL TRAILS CREW IS CRITICAL TO LONG TERM MAINTENANCE AND REALLY BUMPING UP
THE QUALITY OF TRAILS IN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND MINIMIZING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THEM. 
          WE DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THE CONTRA LOMA TRAIL PROJECT TODAY. 
          NORMALLY DIRECTOR COFFEY TALKS ABOUT THAT. I HOPE WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT IN FURTHER
DISCUSSIONS IN BOARD WORKSHOPS. 
          I THINK THAT PROJECT IS IMPORTANT FOR MOUNTAIN BIKE ACCESS IN THAT IT IS OUT IN EAST
CONTRA COSTA, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A BIKE, SINGLE TRACK DESERT. 
          THERE AREN'T REALLY OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR NARROW TRAIL ACCESS FOR BIKES. 
          SO I THINK IT HELPS WITH GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          IT'S ALSO EAST COUNTY HAS THE HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN,
WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY LIMIT BIKE NARROW TRAIL ASPECTS AND THE CHARACTER OF THOSE TRAILS. WHEREAS AT CONTRA LOMA BIKING IS ALREADY IN THE LAND USE PLAN THERE,
AND THERE WOULD BE MORE FREEDOM FOR TRAILS OF DIFFERENT CHARACTER MORE ADVANCED RIDING EXPERIENCES AT CONTRA LOMA COMPARED TO HCP LANDS. 
          AND FROM A STATE OF READINESS. CONTRA LOMA IS PROBABLY MUCH FURTHER ALONG THAN OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES IN EAST COUNTY, AND PROBABLY RELATIVELY COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PRIORITY RAISED ON, ON CONTRA LOMA FOR,
FOR MOUNTAIN BIKE ACCESS AND A TRAIL SYSTEM THERE. 
          I'D LIKE TO ALSO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT WERE RELATED TO
INTERCONNECTIVITY, PARTICULARLY BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL SECTIONS CONNECTING CHRISTIE ROAD TO CROCKETT SOBRANTE
RIDGE AND THE AREA ADJACENT TO KENNEDY GROVE. SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE IN ADDITION TO THE WRITTEN COMMENTS
THAT I SUBMITTED. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE MIKE VANDEMAN, AND I'M GOING TO PROMOTE YOU TO PANELIST,
SIR. 
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PLEASE ACCEPT. AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          MR. VANDEMAN. 
          MR. VANDEMAN, SIR. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO NEGOTIATE ZOOM. CAN YOU PUT UP THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL SLIDE AGAIN? NO, WE CANNOT, SIR. YOU JUST NEED TO MAKE YOUR COMMENT. 
          OKAY, WELL IF YOU REMEMBER THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL JUST WIGGLES ALL OVER THE MAP, AND THAT REPRESENTS A LOT OF HABITAT DESTRUCTION. 
          IN FACT, ALL TRAIL BUILDING DESTROYS HABITAT,
AND MOUNTAIN BIKING ALSO DESTROYS HABITAT BY EXPANDING THE HUMAN FOOTPRINT. MUCH MORE THAN HIKING WILL DO. A 30 X 30 YOU PROBABLY KNOW IS THE LAW OF
CALIFORNIA. 
          THE PURPOSE OF 30X 30 IS TO INCREASE HABITAT,
NOT DESTROY HABITAT. 
          YOU CAN INCREASE HABITAT BY CREATING NEW, NEW PARKS. 
          BUT YOU CAN ALSO DESTROY IT BY BUILDING UNNECESSARY TRAILS LIKE THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL. 
          PARALLELS AN EXISTING TRAIL. IT PROVIDES NOTHING NEW. 
          EXCEPT SOME SOME THRILLS FOR MOUNTAIN BIKERS. 
          THE SAME WITH THE THURGOOD MARSHALL SLIDE. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT,
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF HABITAT FRAGMENTATION. WAY MORE TRAILS THAN ARE NECESSARY FOR THAT SMALL PARK. 
          THE SAME FOR TASSAJARA CREEK. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL,
THERE'S AN EXISTING TRAIL PARALLEL TO THE ONE THAT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING. 
          UNLESS I'M MISTAKEN, BECAUSE I'VE HIKED THAT TRAIL AND IT COVERS THE SAME AREA ALONG THE CREEK PARALLEL TO THE CREEK. SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING ANOTHER TRAIL, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST TOTALLY UNNECESSARY. THERE'S AN EXISTING TRAIL,
SO I WISH YOU WOULD. 
          CONSIDER YOUR MANDATE TO PROTECT HABITAT AND WILDLIFE AND NOT BUILD UNNECESSARY TRAILS LIKE THE WILDCAT TRAIL, WHICH IS JUST JUST AMAZINGLY UNNECESSARY AND POINTLESS. SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. 
          THANK YOU SIR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE MR. DAVID LUNN. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. I'M GOING TO PROMOTE YOU. 
          JUST GIVE ME A SECOND. OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT,
YOU GUYS. 
          DEBORAH, IT'S NOT WORKING FOR ME. COULD YOU TRY TO DO IT? IT'S NOT WORKING. WHAT ARE YOU. TRYING TO GIVE DAVID LUNN? IT'S NOT GOING THROUGH. HE'S DROPPED OFF. OH,
THERE HE IS. 
          OKAY. IS HE COMING? OH, YEAH. OKAY, MR. LUNN,
JUST ACCEPT. 
          OH. HE DECLINED. SHALL WE TRY IT ONE MORE TIME? ONE MORE TIME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO. 
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OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MR. SONNENFELD. I'M GOING TO PROMOTE YOU TO PANELISTS,
SIR. 
          PLEASE ACCEPT. THERE YOU GO. 
          NOW DAVID'S COMING IN, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BACKUP HERE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MR. SONNENFELD FIRST AND THEN DAVID WE'RE GOING TO GO TO YOU. 
          JUST HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND. LET'S REMOVE MIKE VANDEMAN. 
          OKAY. MR. SONNENFELD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          OH. ALL RIGHT. HEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. 
          GREAT. MY NAME IS JOSH SONNENFELD. I LIVE IN CONCORD. 
          THIS IS ELI. THIS IS MY SON, ELI. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT STUDY
SESSION. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK. 
          WE'RE SUPER EXCITED FOR THE PARK TO BE OPENING SOON. 
          THIS IS A SECTION OF CONCORD THAT DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF PARK ACCESS,
AND WE'VE BEEN STARING AT THAT FENCE FOR 75 YEARS, WAITING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO EXPLORE THOSE LANDS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
TO STAFF FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT. 
          THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN NON-VEHICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS,
SO IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND HAVING TO HAVE THAT AS A SEPARATE PROJECT FROM THE STAGING AREA IN THAT
PARTICULAR PROJECT. 
          AND I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH STAFF AND BE IN COMMUNICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCE REALLY CONNECTS WELL WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN CONCORD SO THAT IT'S REALLY WELL UTILIZED AND MEETING THE DISTRICT'S GOALS. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS AGAIN AND APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. 
          THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR. NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE MR. DAVID LUNN. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS THING. 
          OH. HE'S GONE. NOW. 
          OH. IS HE. OKAY. OKAY, OKAY. I THINK I'M UNMUTED. NO, YOU CAN SPEAK NOW. YOU HAVE THREE,
THREE MINUTES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS DAVID LUNN. I LIVE IN LIVERMORE. 
          I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS FOR THE 30 YEARS WHEN I WORKED FOR ZONE
SEVEN, BECAUSE I HELPED KEEP THE DIFFERENT PARK DISTRICT S AWARE OF ALL THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
SO THEY COULD WORK ON THEIR TRAILS. 
          AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SOMETHING I REALLY LIKED,
BUT IT REALLY SHOWED THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING LOCAL AGENCIES PARTNER WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK AND EVEN LARPD TO MAKE THE TRAILS HAPPEN. 
          SO I CONTINUE THAT I HIKE WITH TWO DIFFERENT HIKING GROUPS. 
          WE PROBABLY HIKE 500 MILES EVERY YEAR. WE HIKE TWICE A WEEK. 
          AND I WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE TO KIND
OF LIVE WITHIN THE TRUTH. 
          AND SO WHEN WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS OR WE MAKE A SUGGESTION ABOUT B RUSHY PEAK TO LOS
VAQUEROS, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD HEAR WHAT THE ACTUAL REASONS ARE,
WHY THAT TRAIL CAN'T BE PUT IN. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S ALL SORTS OF OTHER ISSUES,
BUT OUR HIKING GROUP HAS WALKED UP TO THAT PROPERTY, TO THE FENCE. THERE'S A 300 FOOT GAP. IT'S IN A BIG OPEN GRASSY AREA. 
          AND FROM WHAT WE HEAR, THE LANDOWNERS WILLING TO SELL THE PROPERTY AND THERE'S APPARENTLY
MONEY AVAILABLE. 
          AND BEFORE THAT, WE ACTUALLY JUST WALKED ACROSS AND WE HIKED ALL THE WAY FROM BRUSHY PEAK
TO LOS VAQUEROS. 
          THOSE ARE THE SORT OF HIKES WE DO, AND WE DON'T DO IT NOW BECAUSE THEY PUT UP A NO
TRESPASSING SIGN. 
          BUT WE'RE WONDERING WHEN WE WALK UP THERE, THERE'S ALREADY EXISTING TRAILS UP TO THE TOP. 
          WE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT TRAIL CAN'T BE PUT IN. 
          IT'S NOT A DIFFICULT TRAIL. ANYWAY, SO I'D WISH YOU REALLY CONSIDER THAT. 
          THEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS STRATEGIC CONNECTIONS ISSUE. 
          IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A NUMBER OF THESE STRATEGIC CONNECTIONS. 
          ONE IS LIKE MOELLER RANCH TO PLEASANTON RIDGE. 
          I THINK OUR GROUP WROTE A LETTER IN 2017 ASKING IF YOU COULD. 
          WHY CAN'T THE LAND BANK LAND BE OPEN SO YOU COULD WALK ON THE EXISTING ROADS FROM MOELLER
RANCH UP TO PLEASANTON RIDGE? AND YOU CAN DO IT NOW. YOU JUST CAN WALK ALL THE WAY THROUGH. 
          AND WHY HAS IT TAKEN? WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG FOR ACCESS THROUGH LAND BANK LAND BETWEEN
ONE TRAIL SYSTEM AND 
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ANOTHER. AND I WORKED ON THE CASTLEWOOD ACCESS,
AND I HELPED THE LANDOWNERS CLEAR THE LAND. 
          YOU KNOW, I CUT ABOUT 13 BIG TREES, AND WE REMOVED PILES OF DUMP MATERIAL AND AND HELPED
CLEAN UP THAT SITE. THIS OTHER SITE LOOKS VERY EASY TO CLEAR UP AND OPEN THAT. 
          THAT'S YOUR TIME, MR. LUNN. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYWAY,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IN THE ROOM, KELLY ABREU. 
          SOMEBODY HAS MESSED WITH THIS THING. IT'S I WANTED TO GO DEEP INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND LIFE CYCLE OF THE JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA SIGNS SO MANY,
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, LIKE TEN YEARS AGO. 
          A RESPECTED EXPERT CAME OUT TO FREMONT AND SPOKE,
WAS LIKE A HISTORIAN WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. 
          THEY TALKED ABOUT AND I LISTENED TO THE WHOLE LECTURE. 
          SO THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER, THERE WERE TWO BEAUTIFUL SIGN PLATFORMS INSTALLED AT MISSION
PEAK, THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO MISSION PEAK WITH A NICE,
YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF SIGNS OF THE EXPLANATION OF THE JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA EXPEDITION, THE HISTORIC EXPEDITION, AND THEN SEVERAL YEARS LATER AND CONTINUING TODAY,
THESE ARE ADVERTISING PLATFORMS. THESE ARE NOT AS JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA SIGNS. 
          THIS IS A PLATFORM. AND THEN A PLATFORM IS NOT A CONTENT. 
          THERE IS THEN A CONTENT OF WHAT YOU PUT ON THE PLATFORM THAT'S HOW ADVERTISING WORKS. 
          SO NOW YOU HAVE COWS. THE BENEFITS OF GRAZING COWS AND THE HOW TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE
BABY, BABY COWS FROM THINGS THAT WHATEVER. SO THAT IS WHAT'S THERE NOW. 
          AND SO THIS IS POSSIBLY THE COULD BE LIFE CYCLE ELSEWHERE THAT WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT. 
          JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA IS HISTORIC, AND WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A CONTENT THAT MAY VARY. 
          YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY. YOUR CONTENT MAY VARY IN THE FUTURE. 
          SECONDLY, WITH THIS IDEA OF WHY CAN'T WE BUILD TRAILS? WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THE ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND OTHER THINGS,
AND THEY ARE BUILDING SOME OF THEIR HIGHEST. 
          JUST LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET. LOOK AT THE BIGGEST MONEY THAT THEY SPEND. 
          ONE OF THEM IS SOMETHING CALLED VISCERAS ROAD FROM PLEASANTON TO SUNOL. 
          AND IT'S A FREEWAY THEY ARE BUILDING THE LARGEST NEW FREEWAY BEING BUILT NOW IN THE BAY
AREA. 
          IT'S A MAJOR FREEWAY, FOUR LANE FREEWAY. THEY ARE BUILDING IT. 
          AND ALSO VASCO ROAD. THEY YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THEY PUT INTO VASCO. 
          THAT'S A NICE ROAD NOW. AND WHENEVER THEY DO THOSE THINGS,
THEY HAVE THIS MANTRA, THIS PHILOSOPHY. 
          THEY LIKE TO CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT MULTIMODAL,
MULTIMODAL, MULTIMODAL. 
          AND IF YOU GO TO THOSE PLACES THAT I JUST MENTIONED,
YOU WON'T FIND ANY MULTIMODAL UNLESS YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS AND GO GET ON YOUR BICYCLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, OR WALK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,
AND YOU WON'T SEE ANYBODY DOING THAT BECAUSE NOBODY'S VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE THAT CRAZY THAT WANT TO RISK THEIR LIFE ON THESE THINGS. SO WHAT WE NEED IS FOR THEM WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING
THE PUTTING IN THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY. 
          IF YOU GO TO OTHER PARTS OF CALIFORNIA, LIKE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
THEY'RE BUILDING A GIANT FREEWAY. 
          THERE IS A BIKE LANE AND A MULTIMODAL RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE FREEWAY. 
          YOU CAN SEE IT WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IN VISCERAS
ROAD. 
          PERFECT TIMING. THANK YOU. WE HAVE THREE OTHER SPEAKERS,
BUT I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK AFTER THIS LAST SECTION OR NOW. 
          THERE'S NO MORE SECTION. OH, THIS. OH. THAT WAS. 
          OKAY, SO THEN WE'VE GOT I DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE MORE. 
          MY APOLOGIES. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO JIM HANSON. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. BOY YOU ALL EARN YOUR MONEY. THIS IS A LONG AND VERY HELPFUL. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STAFF. 
          AND I REALLY GOT AN APPRECIATION FOR THE SMALL TRAILS WORK THAT WAS AWARE OF BEFORE. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO TRY TO QUICKLY FOCUS ON THE GOALS THAT WERE MENTIONED ON THE FIRST PAGE
OF THIS IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY AND REDUCING. 
          AND I WOULD SAY STIRRING, STAYING CURRENT WITH TRAIL MAINTENANCE. 
          SO THE DISCUSSION TODAY, THE STAFF REALLY STARTED OUT WITH THAT. 
          AND WE BELIEVE THAT IS REALLY WE ASK YOU TO MAKE THAT A VERY,
VERY HIGH PRIORITY BECAUSE WE OUGHT TO KEEP WHAT WE HAVE, 
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STARTING WITH. AND IF YOU'VE WALKED SOME OF THE TRAILS AND I WON'T GO THROUGH SOME OF
THEM, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME AND YOU ALL KNOW OTHERS,
SOME ARE VERY DEEPLY ERODED AND FAMILIES ARE HAVING A HARD TIME ON THOSE. 
          SO I WANT TO PUSH FOR THAT, REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF THE SYSTEM. 
          THE AS YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE 14 ORGANIZATIONS ASKED FOR A TRAILS PLAN AND AS
A GUIDE TO NEW TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND USE IN THE PARKS. AND I KNOW FROM JUST TURNING TUNING INTO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AROUND THE
STATE THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT ZONING FOR QUIET USE, FOR HEAVIER USE FOR THIS IS INCLUDING SANTA CRUZ AND OTHERS FOR RESOURCE AREAS. 
          SO I WANT TO KIND OF PUT IN A PITCH FOR THAT AGAIN. 
          AND THIS HAS BEEN MENTIONED AS PART OF THE 21ST CENTURY PLAN. 
          SO LET'S DO IT. IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY AND THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE I THINK PART OF THAT IS
TRAIL STANDARDS. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME ISSUES WE'VE HAD WITH THE TRAIL IS MULTI-USE,
AND I THINK WITH BLIND CORNERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS. 
          BUT HOW ABOUT TRAIL USE STANDARDS AS PART OF THIS PLAN? TRANSPARENT AND OPEN PLANNING PROCESS. YES, WE'VE WRITTEN IN THE PAST ABOUT SOME CONCERNS
WHERE WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T FEEL THE COMMUNITY WAS FULLY INFORMED ON THE VERY INCEPTION OF A PROJECT. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE IT REALLY COUNTS, NOT WHEN IT'S ALL PACKAGED. 
          AND SO YOU'VE GOT SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS AND FEATURES TO DO THAT. 
          AND THE BROADER PUBLIC, NOT JUST SOME OF US WHO WERE KIND OF SHOW UP AT THESE THINGS THESE
IMPORTANT MEETINGS CAN BE AWARE OF. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, BUILDING THE INTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          I WAS ON THE TWIG FOR A YEAR AND A HALF WITH LUANA BOARD MEMBER ESPAÑA. 
          I WILL SAY, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM STEWARDSHIP AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE. 
          IT IS A PARTNER IN YOUR GOALS, AND I'M NOT GOING TO ADD TO THE STEWARDSHIP WORK LIST,
BUT THAT I THINK NEEDS PART OF THIS PIECE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION TODAY AND WHENEVER WE HAVE A MAJOR TRAILS
DISCUSSION. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. MR. COOPER. 
          HELLO, I'M COURT COOPER. I'M THE HEAD COACH OF THE WILDCAT TEAM IN THE EAST BAY. 
          WE'RE PART OF THE NICA NORCAL LEAGUE. I'M ACTUALLY ONE OF FOUR HEAD COACHES IN THE AREA
THAT MAKES HEAVY USE OF WILDCAT AND TILDEN. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 400 RIDERS THIS YEAR. 
          WE'RE OUT THERE PRACTICING 2 OR 3 TIMES A WEEK. 
          YOU DO THE MATH. THAT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT 5 OR 6000 MILES A WEEK,
OR ABOUT 125,000 MILES PER YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE KIND OF AN 800 POUND GORILLA IN TERMS OF USERS OF THOSE TWO PARKS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'D DO WITHOUT THEM, BECAUSE REALLY,
IT'S THE ONLY PLACE WE CAN GET TO AFTER SCHOOL, SO IT'S JUST AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR US. I'D LIKE TO QUICKLY TALK ABOUT THREE ITEMS
TODAY. 
          ONE IS ILLEGAL TRAIL RIDING, AS SEAN MENTIONED. 
          IT IS. IT HAS BECAME QUITE AN ISSUE OVER THE PANDEMIC FOR US,
AND I WANT TO THANK THE PARK SUPERVISOR AT TILDEN AND THE ENFORCEMENT WITHIN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK TO HELP WORK WITH US TO HELP GET THAT BACK UNDER CONTROL. 
          THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT QUICKLY IS TRAIL ACCESS. 
          IT, OF COURSE, IS PRETTY CLOSELY TIED TO THE ILLEGAL TRAIL RIDING. 
          IF YOU GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID, BASICALLY YOU KNOW,
WE'VE GOT THESE KIDS ARE OUT THERE RIDING ABOUT EIGHT MILES OF TRAIL IS ALL DURING THE WET WINTER SEASON. THE REST OF THE TRAILS ARE BASICALLY CLOSED BECAUSE OF MUD. 
          THEY CAN COVER THOSE TRAILS ON AVERAGE IN ABOUT AN HOUR. 
          SO THEY'RE RIDING THAT 2 OR 3 TIMES A WEEK. IT'S NO WONDER WE HAVE TROUBLE CONTROLLING THE
ILLEGAL TRAIL RIDING. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE REALLY BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO IS THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL. 
          THAT WILL CERTAINLY HELP. IT'LL ADD TWO MILES OF VERY FUN TRAIL FOR THE KIDS. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S STILL ONLY TEN MILES. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING WAYS WITH WITH SEAN DOUGAN AND MAX,
BRIAN OF WAYS THAT WE COULD HOPEFULLY IMPROVE THE ACCESS SOMEWHAT IN TILDEN AND WILDCAT. BUT IT'S BECOME CLEAR IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT
THE STAFF JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE TIME. 
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IT'S FOUR PEOPLE WORKING THE ENTIRE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT . 
          AND AS YOU'VE JUST WITNESSED, THEY'VE GOT A LONG LIST OF PROJECTS. 
          AND IT'S IT'S A DAUNTING TASK. THEY REALLY NEED MORE RESOURCE. 
          THE THIRD THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS INCREASING VOLUNTEER TRAIL WORK FOR THE FIRST
TIME. 
          THIS LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO KICK OFF FOUR TRAIL WORK DAYS IN TILDEN AND WILDCAT WITH
NICA TEAMS. AND GREAT THANKS TO THE PARK SUPERVISORS FOR THAT. 
          COULD I GO ON JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES? NO. OR ANOTHER MINUTE? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS BARBARA SMITH,
AND THAT IS OUR LAST SPEAKER TODAY. I CAN ALMOST SEE YOU. HI, EVERYONE. I'M BARBARA SMITH. 
          I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE. SHE WANTS YOU TO HELP. 
          THERE YOU GO. PERFECT. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE SIERRA CLUB TODAY AS CHAIR OF THE
EAST BAY PUBLIC LANDS COMMITTEE. THE SIERRA CLUB APPRECIATES THE FOCUS OF YOUR SESSION TODAY. 
          THE EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF TRAILS EXISTING AND TO COME IN OUR REGIONAL PARKS IN THE EAST BAY
PROVIDE THE PRIMARY MEANS BY WHICH THE PUBLIC EXPERIENCES THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF OUR PARKS. I WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 
          ONE WITH RESPECT TO THE ONGOING NEED FOR MAINTENANCE OF NATURAL SURFACE TRAILS,
WHICH HAS BEEN DISCUSSED TODAY. 
          AS WE COMMUNICATED TO YOU RECENTLY THE SIERRA CLUB IS PLEASED TO OFFER VOLUNTEERS TO
SUPPORT AND HOPEFULLY EXPAND YOUR TEAM'S EFFORTS IN THE PARKS, HELPING BOTH WITH HABITAT RESTORATION AND OF COURSE,
IMPORTANTLY, WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TRAILS THAT WE ALL LOVE. 
          AND THEN SECONDLY, WITH RESPECT TO BIKES ON TRAILS,
AS I INDICATED IN MY WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING, THE SIERRA CLUB SAN FRANCISCO BAY CHAPTER HAS RECENTLY UPDATED ITS POLICY FOR THE OFF ROAD
USE OF BICYCLES ON PUBLIC LANDS. 
          AND I'M PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT THE SIERRA CLUB NATIONALLY EXPLICITLY RECOGNIZES THAT
BICYCLISTS CAN BE LEGITIMATE USERS OF MANY BACKCOUNTRY TRAILS, AND HERE LOCALLY, WE SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE OFF ROAD BICYCLING ON NARROW,
SINGLE TRACK TRAILS IN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS. 
          OUR SIERRA CLUB POLICY SUPPORTS BIKES ON NARROW TRAILS WHEN THE TRAILS ARE ANALYZED,
REVIEWED, AND IMPLEMENTED WITH THREE KEY ELEMENTS ONE THE APPLICATION OF APPROPRIATE LEGALLY
REQUIRED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, INCLUDING CEQA WITH OBJECTIVE CRITERIA TO ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CAN BE EFFECTIVELY
MAINTAINED, AND THAT THE SAFETY AND ENJOYMENT OF ALL USERS CAN BE PROTECTED. 
          TWO, A PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT PROCEDURE INVOLVING ALL INTERESTED PARTIES,
AND THREE THE PROMULGATION OF EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS, INCLUDING PERIODIC MONITORING TO DETECT, CORRECT AND SORRY TO DETECT AND CORRECT
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE OR USER INTERFERENCE BEYOND ESTABLISHED THRESHOLDS. SO WITH APPRECIATION FOR ALL THAT YOU DO,
THE SIERRA CLUB LOOKS FORWARD TO BUILDING A FRUITFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARK DISTRICT INTO THE FUTURE TO SUPPORT TRAILS AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP IN THE PARKS. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I. THE I THINK THAT'S THE LAST OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          SO WE CAN NOW BRING IT BACK OVER TO THE BOARD FOR IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS THAT THOSE PRESENT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. I'M GOING TO START WITH DIRECTOR ECHOLS WHO'S, OFFLINE. SHE TEAMED ME. SHE HAD TO LEAVE. OH,
OKAY. 
          SHE'S NOT ON ANYMORE, RIGHT? I DON'T SEE HER. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. I DON'T SEE HER UP THERE ANYMORE. WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST F OR COMMENTS. 
          GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS WERE TRIGGERED. 
          AND ONE IS WILL WE BE HAVING AT SOME POINT, MAYBE PART OF THE 21ST CENTURY PLANNING,
THE MASTER PLANNING THAT WE ENGAGE IN. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON WHAT ROLE MASTER PLANNING FOR
TRAILS PLAYS IN THAT PROCESS, OR A SEPARATE PROCESS? AND I KNOW NORM LAFORCE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION,
AND I THINK WE DIDN'T GET TO IT TODAY. 
          [03:25:09]
SURE. YEAH, I THINK AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING A LITTLE BIT WITH BRIAN
ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE,
BUT PROVIDING SOME GUIDANCE AROUND TRAILS AND SORT OF PLANNING FOR ONE THING HIS TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON IS SORT OF LIKE,
WHERE ARE THERE MORE SORT OF RECREATIONAL FEATURES VERSUS AREAS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE LESS AND MORE OF AN EMPHASIS ON RESOURCE PROTECTION. 
          AND SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WORK ON THROUGH THE DISTRICT PLAN. 
          OKAY. AND LASTLY, THAT IS THE PROCESS, HOWEVER THAT WORKS ITSELF OUT THAT I'VE ENVISIONED
FOR PURSUING THE ISSUE. 
          AND SCOTT ALLUDED TO IT WAS WHERE WILL WE PUT OUR FOCUS AND OUR PLANNING ON FOR NEW FLOW TRAILS IN THE FUTURE,
YOU KNOW, AND CONTRA LOMA HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL SITE. BUT IF WE BELIEVE, AS I BELIEVE, THAT THE BRIONES PROJECT SHOWS,
AS DOES CROCKETT HILLS, THAT WHEN WE PROVIDE BIKE TRAILS DESIGNED FOR BIKES WE LESSEN THE IMPETUS FOR CREATING ROAD TRAILS. SO I KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PAST AND I
JUST AT SOME POINT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO THAT PLANNING. PLEASANTON RIDGE WHERE ELSE? AND AND IT'S A YOU KNOW,
THE PROBLEM WITH TODAY IS WE AS WE DO AT MOST OF THESE WORKSHOPS, IDENTIFY LOTS OF CRITICAL ISSUES. 
          YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. T HANK YOU,
DIRECTOR HONESTLY, LIKE THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING TO SOME FOLKS RECENTLY WERE LIKE, HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR JOB? AND I WAS LIKE, IT IS SO FUN BECAUSE IN MY PREVIOUS ROLE,
IT WAS A SMALLER ORGANIZATION THAT WAS KIND OF HAD FIGURED OUT A BUNCH OF THINGS AND, AND HONESTLY,
WAS GETTING A LITTLE BIT KIND OF BORING. 
          BUT THIS ROLE IS NOT BORING. IT'S EXCITING AND THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO. 
          SO I'M THRILLED THAT, LIKE, YOU HEARD A WHOLE SLEW OF CURRENT PROJECTS,
POTENTIAL PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON, WE HEARD A WHOLE BUNCH OF IDEAS FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS WE COULD BE WORKING ON. 
          OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE BROUGHT UP MORE IDEAS FOR THINGS WE COULD BE WORKING ON. 
          THAT'S LIKE THE BEST CASE SCENARIO. WE HAVE SO MANY COOL IDEAS AND SO MANY COOL PROJECTS. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BUILD OUR CAPACITY TO TO GET STUFF DONE
AND THEN WORK WITH YOUR BOARD TO TALK THROUGH HOW WE PRIORITIZE WHAT WE WORK ON AND MAKE SURE WE'RE HITTING THE HIGHEST PRIORITY STUFF. AND AS I SAID AT THE RETREAT,
THE ICING ON THE CAKE IS WE'RE FINANCIALLY STRONG, WE'RE RESOURCEFUL, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY DO A LOT OF TRADE OFFS. 
          WE CAN DO A LOT OF IT. YEAH, IT'S EXCITING. AT ONCE. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'D JUST LIKE TO START BY SAYING I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE
OF THE BEST STUDY SESSIONS I'VE BEEN TO. I FIND IT INCREDIBLY VALUABLE. 
          JUST HAVING THE STAFF MEMBERS ATTEND YOU KNOW,
PATRICK SHOWING, TELLING US WHAT HIS NEW CREW IS DOING, SHOWING US THE EQUIPMENT THAT HE'S BEEN, THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT I NEVER EVEN SEEN BEFORE. 
          AND HAVING BEEN ON THE ROADS AND TRAILS CREW AND A BUNCH OF TRAILS CREWS AND THE GREAT
WORK THEY'RE DOING, I THINK THAT'S REALLY PHOTOS TELL A LOT. AND THESE DESCRIPTIONS WERE GREAT. 
          ERIC TALKING ABOUT THE WHERE ROADS AND TRAILS FITS IN AND THE LARGER SCALE AND WHEN
CONTRACTORS AND TRAIL BUILDING. 
          I JUST COME AWAY SAYING, BOY, WHAT A SMART THING WE DID BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE
SAID, LET'S HAVE A SMALL TRAILS CREW. YOU KNOW, RARELY DO WE SEE BUDGETS AND WE GO,
OH, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO ADD THIS MANY POSITIONS AND THEY'RE IN WILDLY DIVERGENT PLACES. 
          THIS WAS A SPECIFIC ASK OF A BOARD SAYING, LET'S GET A TRAILS CREW TO FIX SOME OF THESE
DARN TRAILS. 
          AND IT SEEMS TO BE INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL. AND I THINK IT FITS PERFECTLY WITH ROADS AND
TRAILS. 
          AND THEN THERE WAS PARK RANGERS, AND NOW WE FILLED THAT GAP WITH THE SMALL TRAILS CREW. 
          WHAT ELSE? I JUST SOME OBSERVATIONS STILL. WE TALKED ABOUT VOLUNTEERS IN THE PARKS AND
DOING TRAIL WORK. 
          I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT. I KNOW IT'S NOT. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. 
          NOT A LOT OF WORK GETS DONE. I'VE DONE A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS WHERE YOU GO,
YOU EXPECT LUNCH, YOU EXPECT A T SHIRT, AND YOU EXPECT SOMEBODY TO PROVIDE WITH TOOLS AND YOU GET A LITTLE
BIT OF WORK DONE. 
          BUT I THINK THERE'S A GREAT VALUE TO THAT. AND THERE ARE GROUPS. 
          THE COACH WHO SAID HIS BICYCLE TEAM OR MOUNTAIN BIKING TEAM WOULD LOVE TO DO WORK. 
          I KNOW THE DAWOODI BOHRAS DOWN IN FREMONT DO EXCELLENT TRAIL WORK. 
          [03:30:06]
THEY FIGURE THAT'S A PART OF THEIR GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO, I THINK KEEP THAT MY COME AWAY FROM ALL THIS IS YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY. NO OFFENSE. PATRICK, THERE HE IS. EVERYBODY THAT COMES BEFORE US LEGITIMATELY,
IN MY OPINION, ASKS US WE COULD DO IT ALL IF WE JUST HAD MORE STAFF. 
          BUT THERE HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST DO THAT ALL THE TIME. 
          I WOULD SUPPORT MORE STAFF FOR THAT CREW AND EXPANDING IT,
BUT I THINK THE THINGS WE MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT IS AND I KNOW WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT KEY STRATEGIES AND MAX SAID INTER-DIVISIONAL COLLABORATION AND I LIKE THAT WORD I WOULD ADD
INTER-PARK COLLABORATION AND INTER-UNIT COLLABORATION. I HATE TO SOUND LIKE AN OLD BROKEN RECORD,
BUT IN THE OLD DAYS, YOU KNOW, WHEN A TRAIL WASHED OUT OR WHEN I KNOW THIS,
SEAN, WE COULD BUILD A TRAIL A MILE, A TRAIL WITH PARK RANGERS IN A COUPLE DAYS AND A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          I KNOW YOU CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE, BUT IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED AND WE WOULD
HAVE A UNIT PARTY ESSENTIALLY TO GET EVERYBODY IN THE UNIT. 
          AND NOW THAT THEY'RE ALL GEOGRAPHICALLY CONFIGURED NOWADAYS,
EVERYBODY'S CLOSE TOGETHER. 
          SO YOU SAY, OKAY, MEET AT LAKE CHABOT PARK OR UNION WISE,
LET'S GO TO YOUR OWN PARK, PICK UP YOUR TOOLS AND YOUR TRUCKS, COME TO THE BRANDON TRAIL AND LAKE CHABOT, AND WE'RE GOING TO CUT IN A MILE OF TRAIL HERE. 
          AND WE WOULD DO THAT LIKE ONCE A MONTH. IT WAS A TEAM BUILDING EFFORT. 
          GOOD FOR EVERYBODY. PARK RANGERS GOT TO GOOD,
GOOD, DECENT WORK INSTEAD OF SPENDING THEIR ENTIRE DAYS PICKING UP LITTER. 
          I FOUND THIS TO BE VERY VALUABLE. I THINK MAYBE PATRICK,
WITH YOUR INCREDIBLY SKILLED CREW AND ALL THE PEOPLE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM STATE PARKS THAT YOU'VE GOT THAT ARE REAL SMART AND KNOW HOW TO DO THIS KIND OF WORK. 
          AND IT'S FUN AND IT'S NEW EQUIPMENT. I THINK THE IDEA OF MAYBE LIKE A PARK RANGER
SABBATICAL OF TAKING SIX MONTHS OFF TO WORK ON THE TRAILS CREW TO GAIN SOME EXPERIENCE TO BRING BACK TO YOUR PARK,
OR MAYBE 2 OR 3 IN THAT AREA. 
          OR JUST HAVE UNIT WIDE OR PARK WIDE. INCLUDE PARK RANGERS BECAUSE I THINK THEY WOULD. 
          THEY TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR PARKS. I THINK IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND WORK ON
TRAILS, OR A PRIVILEGE TO GO OUT AND WORK ON TRAILS,
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO TRY TO LOOK INTO. 
          JUST RIGHT OFF THE TOP. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY OTHER THAN OFFER MY OPINIONS. 
          I WAS A LITTLE BLOWN AWAY BY THIS, ONLY I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE'S WAYS OF PRIORITIZING THIS,
BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT 680 CORRIDOR AND SAID, WHOA, WHAT ARE WE DOING OVER OUT EAST? I'M SURE THERE'S A VERY GOOD REASON FOR IT,
BUT I HOPE THAT STAFF UNDERSTANDS WE HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURES. I MEAN, THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF WAS,
OH, LIVERMORE AREA AND RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT . MAYBE THEY'RE RIGHT. 
          I KNOW I DON'T THINK THEY ARE, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT STUFF LIKE THIS,
I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE A LITTLE MORE THINK GLOBALLY ON THIS KIND OF STUFF. 
          WHAT ELSE? OH, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS OF GETTING TRAILS,
MOVING UP THE PRIORITY LIST, AND THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT, WELL, IT GOES INTO A BIG POT AND UNIT MANAGERS LOOK AT IT
AND STAFF GOES THROUGH IT AND FIGURES OUT WHAT RISES TO THE LEVEL. IS THERE A CHANCE MAYBE THAT WE COULD BE SOME THE BOARD COULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THAT
DEAL. 
          JUST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY. 
          YOU'RE THE PROFESSIONALS AND EVERYTHING. A LOT OF THINGS I THOUGHT ABOUT TODAY. 
          WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? AND THERE'S A VERY GOOD EXCUSE. 
          SO YOU GUYS ARE TECHNICIANS. YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THIS IS THE REASON WE'RE NOT DOING
IT. AND THEN I GO, OKAY, I WON'T SHUT UP. NO. 
          YOUR BOARD'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART. SO I THINK WHAT THE PART THAT COMES FROM THE UNIT
MANAGERS, THAT'S LIKE THE SMALL TRAILS, LIKE THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS. 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE GET THE PROJECTS THAT GO TO,
LIKE PATRICK'S TEAM FOR A MAINTENANCE LIKE REPLACEMENT OF A BRIDGE OR A TRAIL FEATURE. 
          THE BIGGER CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE NEW TRAIL SEGMENTS,
ALL THOSE THINGS, THOSE COME THROUGH INTERACTIONS WITH YOUR BOARD ALL THE TIME. 
          SO WHETHER YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT THEM IN THE EARLY PLANNING STAGES
DURING THIS PROCESS, BUT ALSO AS PART OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS PLANNING THAT REN'S TEAM IS GOING TO COME AND
TALK ABOUT OUR NEXT STUDY SESSION. 
          AND THEN ALSO WE GET FROM THE PRIORITIZATION WHEN YOU ALL BRING YOUR BOARD PRIORITIES TO
US, THAT'S ANOTHER HELPFUL POINT. WE TRY TO HAVE THOSE POINTS EARLY IN THE YEAR BECAUSE THEN
THAT HELPS US BUILD OUR BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING TO YOUR BOARD LATER IN THE YEAR. 
          [03:35:08]
AND SO WE'RE YOU ALL ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND SORT OF PRIORITIES AND
HELP TO BUILD THAT. 
          AND WE CAN ALSO, IF THERE'S A DESIRE FROM YOUR BOARD TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE DAYLIGHT AROUND
THOSE SMALL PROJECTS, TOO, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL EVEN BUILDING OUR INTERNAL
CAPACITY TO, LIKE, PLAN THOSE OUT A LITTLE FURTHER IN ADVANCE TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME DAYLIGHT AROUND
THEM. 
          BUT THAT'S ALSO A POSSIBILITY IF THAT'S AN INTEREST. 
          THANK YOU. AND THEN NOT FINALLY, BUT MOVING ALONG,
I THINK THAT THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          AND SO EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE VERY INTERESTED IN OUR TRAILS. 
          I PERSONALLY THINK THIS IS THE DNA OF THE PARK DISTRICT . 
          THIS IS WHAT WE DO. I MEAN, WE CAN DO ALL KINDS OF FRILLY STUFF AND ALL THE STUFF WE DO,
WHICH I THINK IS GREAT, BUT I THINK THE BASIC IS GET PEOPLE OUT OF THESE CRAZY PLACES. 
          WE HAVE TO LIVE EVERY DAY AND GET INTO THE HILLS AND HIKE. 
          SO I WAS WONDERING, I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A CONTRACT NOW WITH BACKROADS,
AND I KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOME CONTENT, AND I'M TRYING TO THINK OF HOW WE COULD FEATURE THE SMALL TRAILS CREW OR OUR TRAILS WORK. 
          I MEAN, JUST THE FACT OF TAKING IT'S JORDAN PLOTSKY NOW FROM BACKROADS,
NOT DOUG ANYMORE, BUT TAKE HIM OUT THERE AND TAKE A PICTURE OF HIM AND HAVE SOMEBODY INTERPRETING WHAT THE
SMALLEST TRAIL CREWS ON THAT BRIDGE, THAT REDWOOD BRIDGE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE TREMENDOUS. 
          SO I JUST SOME CONTENT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND THEN WELL, JOHN, YOU HAD MENTIONED HOW WE CAN CELEBRATE NATIONAL TRAILS. 
          I THINK IT WAS, OR HONORING ITS 200TH ANNIVERSARY. 
          YEAH, THE ONE BAUTISTA DE ANZA TRAIL. YEAH. LET'S ORGANIZE A HIKE. 
          IT'S TIME TO 32 MILES OF THAT. IT'S TIME TO GET. 
          BOARD? YEAH, SHE'S ON THE NONPROFIT THAT THAT KIND OF HELPS THAT OUT. 
          YEAH, BUT THAT TRAIL IS LIKE 160 MILES LONG ALL AROUND THE DISTRICT. 
          SO I THOUGHT ONLY 32 MILES. I THINK THIS THIS,
THIS. 
          YEAH. BUT THIS, THIS NEW WE HAVE AN EXISTING BROCHURE ON THAT,
BUT YOU'RE GOING TO IMPROVE IT, RIGHT? AND MAKE IT. YEAH. SO SO THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE ON THAT COMING SOON AS HE HAS
PROMISED. 
          GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. YEAH. 
          WHO'S NEXT? WHO WANTS TO COMMENT? YEAH. YEAH. 
          I'LL JUST REITERATE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT OUR PROJECTS AND ALSO,
YOU KNOW, VOLUME TWO OF OUR BUDGET BOOK WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS PLAN. 
          I DO THINK, YOU KNOW THE VISUALIZATION OF THE MAPS ALONG THE 680 CORRIDOR AND THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT HAPPENING IN THE EASTERN PART OF BOTH COUNTIES. 
          IT IS A CONCERN, AND I THINK THAT EITHER WE NEED TO,
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME OPTIONS LIKE CAN WE FIGURE OUT THE NUMBER OF MILES OF TRAILS, YOU KNOW, IN SOME OF THESE PARKS THAT COULD HELP US TO SHOW THAT,
YOU KNOW, WE DO OFFER YOU KNOW, HIKING AND OUTDOOR ACCESS AND,
YOU KNOW, HERE IT IS. 
          AND THESE ARE THE MILES THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. I MEAN,
I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME WORK TO TELL OUR STORY. 
          AND THEN ALSO, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE CAN DO,
SOME NEW PROJECTS THAT WE SHOULD DO TO SHOW THAT WE ARE DEDICATED TO THESE AREAS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE,
YOU KNOW. 
          I'LL SHARE. YOU KNOW, I REALLY DO VALUE THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT I'VE RECEIVED. 
          AND THERE ARE FOUR PROJECTS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE YOU KNOW,
THE ALAMEDA AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRAILS. 
          IT'S NOT JUST THE BRUSHY PEAK TO LOS VAQUEROS CONNECTION. 
          AND IT MAY BE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FOUR PROJECTS,
MAYBE IF WE EVALUATE IT THROUGH SOME CRITERIA, MAYBE ONE OF THE OTHER THREE MIGHT MEET THAT READINESS CRITERIA. 
          BUT I WILL SHARE, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I'VE TRIED TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS HERE ON THIS BOARD, I FEEL LIKE MY ADVOCACY DOES FALL FLAT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ME. 
          IF MAYBE, MAYBE IT IS TRUE THAT I'M FAILING MY DISTRICT IN TERMS OF ADVOCATING FOR THIS. 
          BUT WE DO NEED TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE THESE TWO MAPS,
THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY. 
          THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. 
          IT DOES LOOK LIKE EVERYTHING'S REALLY GETTING CONSOLIDATED AND ISOLATED INTO CERTAIN PARTS
OF THE DISTRICT. 
          [03:40:04]
I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I DON'T THINK I THINK FOR US AS STAFF,
WE'RE LOOKING TO ALL OF YOU EQUALLY AS BOARD MEMBERS AND YOU AS AN ENTIRE BODY TO GIVE US DIRECTION AND SO APPRECIATE YOUR BRINGING FORWARD THE INTERESTS AND CONCERNS FROM YOUR
CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND I THINK OUR TEAM TAKES THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE A LOT OF THIS WORK AND IT TAKES YEARS TO
BRING THESE PROJECTS FROM AN IDEA TO SOMETHING ON THE GROUND THROUGH THIS DILIGENT EFFORT. 
          AND SO I THINK WE'RE LISTENING AND TAKING NOTES TODAY AND,
AND ARE COMMITTED TO FOLLOWING UP ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD. 
          YEAH. AND I'LL JUST I'LL JUST REAL QUICK I THINK I MOSTLY HAVE MENTIONED EACH OF THE
PROJECTS AT DIFFERENT POINTS. 
          SO YES, THERE'S THE BRUSHY PEAK TO LOS VAQUEROS CONNECTION OPENING UP DOOLAN CANYON,
SOUTH BAY AQUEDUCT TRAIL ACCESS. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH DWR,
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES. 
          AND THEN IN TERMS OF CAL STATE, CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS,
THERE IS INTEREST IN THE ALAMEDA TESLA PARK IN THE VERY EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. 
          WOULD IT BE REASONABLE TO PUT DOOLAN CANYON ON AN AGENDA IN THE NEAR FUTURE? WE I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA TODAY,
BUT NO, IT'S JUST AN AGENDA QUESTION. 
          WOULD IT BE REASONABLE TO PUT IT ON AN AGENDA IN THE FUTURE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO ONE OF THE NEAR FUTURE AND HERE'S HERE'S THE QUESTION. 
          SO IS WE HAVE A PRESENTATION COMING TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ABOUT PARK OPENINGS. 
          SO THAT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY. ALL RIGHT. TO TALK. 
          THAT'S THE ANSWER OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. SO YEAH, TODAY WAS DEFINITELY NOT BORING. 
          DEFINITELY A LOT OF HIGH LEVEL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT I LOVE. 
          I THINK WE ALL AGREE. I LIKED THE COMMENT WAS,
DID YOU SAY THE DNA? I MEAN, IT'S THE CORE THAT CONNECTS US. THE TRAILS IS THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET IN
AND TOUCH PLACES. 
          OF COURSE, AT THE SAME TIME, EVERY TIME WE TOUCH THEM,
WE HAVE AN IMPACT AS WELL. 
          SO THE BALANCE IS QUITE INTERESTING. AND YOU KNOW,
SINGLE SINGLE TRACK TRAILS AS A HIKER AND I HORSEBACK RIDE. 
          I HAVEN'T DONE MUCH IN THE BAY AREA, BUT I HAVE THROUGH MY LIFE. 
          THOSE ARE YOU KNOW, IN HIGH, HIGH DEMAND. AND THE EARLY COMMENT I MADE,
I THINK, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO STRUGGLE OVER THESE. WE WANT TO TOUCH NATURE,
WE WANT SINGLE TRACK TRAILS, AND WE ALL WANT THEM. 
          WHAT I'M A BIG DATA PERSON, SCIENCE PERSON, AND MAP PERSON,
AND I'M JUST NOT COMPLETELY. 
          I'D STILL LOVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE TEN WE ADDED ALIGNS WITH THE ROGUE TRAILS. 
          I MEAN, IT WAS POINT BLANK SAID THAT THEY BUILD MORE TRAILS THAN WE DO. 
          SO I THINK WE HAVE TO COUNT THOSE UNLESS WE CLOSE THEM. 
          AND WE'RE NOT DOING THAT AT A VERY HIGH RATE. 
          SO HOW DO THESE SINGLE TRACK TRAILS THAT ARE OUT THERE REPRESENT THE USERS THAT WE
REPRESENT? AND THIS MEETING WE SPENT ALL DAY TODAY IS UNABLE,
FOR MOST PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS DISCUSSION WITH US. 
          THEY'RE ALL AT WORK. THEY HAVE CHILDREN. YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE AT DOING THEIR JOB. 
          SO HOW DO WE DO THE PUBLIC PROCESS, THE PUBLIC OUTREACH IS THIS LIVELY DISCUSSION WE'VE
HAD TODAY IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT COME UP. I SPENT SOME TIME WITH A VOLUNTEER TRAIL SAFETY PATROLMAN
THE OTHER DAY. 
          LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE? WE'VE EITHER GOT TO COUNT THESE TRAILS IN AND COUNT THEM AND PROTECT THEM,
OR HOW ARE WE GOING TO HELP OUT THERE? I MEAN, THERE'S STILL TRAIL USER ISSUES, SAFETY ISSUES. 
          THE TRAILS ARE THERE. THERE'S A BIG OLD SIGN THAT SAYS ILLEGAL TRAIL. 
          AND I WALKED RIGHT DOWN IT ON A VERY STRUCTURED TRAIL FOR ANOTHER MILE AND A HALF,
AND THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANYTHING IN THE WAY TO STOP ME. 
          SO THE VOLUNTEERS COMES UP. I ACTUALLY TRIED TO THOUGHT ABOUT TRYING TO DRAG A TREE BACK
ACROSS THE TRAIL THAT I SAW HAD BEEN PUSHED TO THE SIDE. 
          THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST THING TO DO OUT HERE TODAY,
BUT MAYBE THE VOLUNTEERS COULD BE USING TO RESTORE. 
          AND I HAVE A GODDAUGHTER WHO'S A HUGE MOUNTAIN BIKER,
AND SHE HAD NEVER HEARD OF A PALLID MANZANITA OR A RED LEGGED FROG. 
          SHE DIDN'T. SHE HAD BEEN OUT ON SOME WORK DAYS WITH THE SOB'S. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE FOR BOTH. 
          LIKE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PARK LAND AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND OUR YOUTH NEED TO
UNDERSTAND. 
          SO WAYS TO GET THE VOLUNTEERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF EFFORT. 
          I KNOW I DID A LOT OF WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT IN MY 20 YEARS AT EPA,
AND THEY TAKE A HECK OF A LOT OF TIME. 
          THEY'RE NOT FREE, THEY'RE NOT EASY. BUT THE VALUE WE GET FOR THAT FUTURE TO BE EDUCATED
AND MY FAVORITE SAYING, 
          [03:45:04]
I THINK I SAID ON MY DAY I WAS SWORN IN, LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET IT RIGHT. 
          IS WE ONLY CONSERVE WHAT WE LOVE. WE ONLY LOVE WHAT WE KNOW,
AND WE ONLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE TAUGHT. 
          AND AS AN AGENCY, WE DO ALL OF THOSE WE'RE CONSERVING,
WE'RE ENJOYING NATURE AND WE NEED TO KEEP THAT ROLE OF TEACHING. 
          I THINK IN THERE WITH WHEN WE'RE VOLUNTEERING WITH THESE PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING BIKES IN
MULTI-USE. 
          SO I MENTIONED THE PUBLIC PROCESS AND HOW DOES A PROJECT BECOME A PROJECT BESIDES GETTING
SOME OF THESE MEMBERS INVOLVED? WE GOT A LETTER FROM NORM LAFORCE. IT WAS THREE YEARS OLD,
BUT A LOT OF THE GROUPS THE GOLDEN GATE BIRD ALLIANCE, THE GREENBELT ALLIANCE, THE ORINDA HIKING CLUBS. 
          HOW DO WE GET THESE PEOPLE? VARIOUS HORSE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THIS WONDERFUL
DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD TODAY. 
          WHAT'S NEXT? I MENTIONED DURING LAND ACQUISITION,
IF THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF CHECKLIST LIKE WE ALWAYS USED IT AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, A NINE CRITERIA THAT YOU WENT THROUGH. LIKE IF EACH OF THESE PROJECTS ARE YOU REALLY
UNDERSTOOD HOW THEY GOT ONTO THIS LIST BECAUSE THEY REALLY SUPERSEDED A GRANT THAT HAS TO BE USED BEFORE A CERTAIN DATE? I MEAN, THAT'S JUST A NONSTARTER VERSUS IS IT GOT AN
IMPORTANT SPECIES WE SAW ON THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE THE OTHER DAY THAT IN WILDCAT CANYON THEY, THEY HAVE A SANTA CRUZ TARPLANT THAT SAYS IT'S
THE ONLY ONE IN EAST BAY AND THE ONLY ONE THRIVING IN THE WORLD. 
          SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION. AND HOW DOES THAT FIT IN WITH A FLOW TRAIL IN,
IN WILDCAT? AND HOW DOES THAT CHECK ON THE CHECKLIST. FISCAL IMPACT. 
          WE DIDN'T TALK A LOT ABOUT COLIN, YOU SAID WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF MONEY,
BUT I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT WE DO HAVE FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE AND WHAT WE HAVE IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. AND IT'D BE PART OF THE NINE CRITERIA. 
          LIKE THIS ONE'S FUNDED ALREADY. THIS ONE HAS A GRANT,
THIS ONE'S GOING TO EXPIRE. 
          BUT I ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, HOW DOES IT BECOME A PROJECT? WHAT'S THE FISCAL. YOU KNOW. THERE'S NEVER PLENTY. 
          THERE'S ADEQUATE. [LAUGHTER] ALWAYS USE MORE. 
          BUT THAT IN THE DISCUSSION WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE EQUITY PUBLIC INPUT. 
          I MENTIONED AND OF COURSE MY EVER DYING DESIRE TO BE A VOICE FOR NATURE THIS PRESENTATION
FROM DENA HAD A MAP IN IT THAT HAD SOME REALLY INTERESTING HIGHLIGHTED PINK AREAS THAT WE COULD HAVE OVERLAID WITH SOME OF
THESE PROJECTS, AND WE COULD HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONES WERE DOING WHEN AND WHERE. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. I WISH WE HAD MORE STEWARDSHIP IN THE ROOM TODAY AND
MORE OF THAT DISCUSSION ON THESE PROJECTS, JUST NOT BECAUSE I CHALLENGED THEM, BUT IT MAYBE IT PUT ME MORE AT EASE. 
          AS WE CHOOSE THESE PROJECTS. I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHICH ONES HAVE ENDANGERED SPECIES AND WHICH
ONES ARE CRITICAL. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE SMALL TRAILS GROUP GET MORE SUPPORT. 
          I'D LOVE TO SEE THE STEWARDSHIP TEAM GET MORE SUPPORT THIS TOPIC. 
          GET MORE SUPPORT. OVERALL A NEW THING CAME UP FOR ME TODAY. 
          ACTUALLY, I HADN'T HEARD FROM MIKE VANDEMAN IN OVER A DECADE,
BUT HE RAISED AN ISSUE THAT I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT WAS THE TRAILS CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. 
          SO NOT ONLY DO WE RAISE THE NUMBER OF TRAILS AND ACRES PER PARK,
BUT I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ILLEGAL TRAIL I HIKED A COUPLE MILES ON, RAN PARALLEL THE WHOLE TIME TO ANOTHER TRAIL. 
          AND THAT CONCEPT, I'M REALLY A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE,
YOU KNOW, THE CORRIDORS, THE TRAIL GAPS TO DO LONG DISTANCE HIKING, BUT ALSO FOR ANIMALS, LONG DISTANCE, BUT THE HOW CLOSE ARE THEY TOGETHER PER ACRE IS
SOMETHING I HADN'T FOCUSED A LOT ON, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO ME IN THE FUTURE IF WE SHOULD,
YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE WE'RE DIVIDING UP HABITAT EACH TIME WE DO THAT. 
          SO THAT CONCEPT OF OVERALL MAYBE A MASTER PLAN OF TRAILS,
HOW THIS ALL GETS NOW STAFF WONDERFUL DAY TODAY. 
          GETS INTO OUR SECOND CENTURY PLAN AND MAKES US GREAT STEWARDS. 
          GOING FORWARD IS A LOT OF WORK FOR ALL OF US,
BUT IT'S ALL GOOD WORK, GOOD TROUBLE, GOOD INFORMATION. 
          AND I LOVED HEARING TOO, THAT THE 30X30 AN THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE SOME LAND BANK
LANDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE OPENING UP HERE SOON TOO, WE THREW OUT A NUMBER OF 6000 ACRES. THAT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 
          I'D REALLY BE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THAT AND PART OF THIS TEAM. 
          ON THE WILDCAT TRAIL, WE'RE DUE A CEQA DRAFT IN LATER THIS YEAR,
SO THERE WILL BE A FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AT THE BOARD LEVEL. 
          RIGHT. AND STEWARDSHIP TEAM SEEMS TO HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD SPECIFIC PLANT BIRD NEWT
INFORMATION. 
          YES. AND THEY'RE LITERALLY GUIDING THE PLANNING FOR THAT TRAIL. 
          SO IT'S AND ALL OF THOSE. I MEAN TO BE CLEAR THE SOCIAL THE SOCIAL TRAILS I FEEL LIKE
MAYBE WE WEREN'T CLEAR ENOUGH. 
          WE HAVE ALL OF THEM MAPPED BEYOND JUST STRAVA,
RIGHT? 
          [03:50:01]
OUR TEAM IS MAPPING ALL THOSE THINGS. WE DON'T LOVE TO MAKE THEM PUBLIC BECAUSE WE WANT
PEOPLE TO TO GO TO THE LEGAL TRAILS, NOT THE ILLEGAL ONES, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO GO OVER THEM WHAT WE HAVE. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS LIKE ALL OF THE RARE PLANTS,
LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, THE PINK AREAS IN DENA'S PRESENTATION. 
          THAT'S WHAT INFORMS ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. AND WE,
YOU KNOW, WE COULD PROBABLY DO MORE TO SHOW, SORT OF LIKE THE LAYERS OF AS WE DEVELOP OUR PROJECT PLANS,
WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE RARE PLANTS? WHERE WHERE ARE THE WILDLIFE, YOU KNOW, AREAS,
WHAT ARE, YOU KNOW, STREAMS SORT OF OVERLAYING THESE DIFFERENT PIECES. 
          THAT'S WHAT SORT OF CREATES IT. AND THE CHECKLIST PIECE TOO,
RIGHT. THAT'S PART OF HOW WE SCORE ALL OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          AND THAT'LL COME UP WHEN REN PRESENTS TO YOU WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS PIECE. 
          SO JUST TO SAY LIKE, YES, ALL THAT STUFF, WE CAN PROVIDE MORE SORT OF BACKGROUND HAPPY TO. 
          AND I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AND INCLUDE US IN THE BOARD
AND THE APPROVAL PROCESS AND SEE THOSE LAYERS, SEE THOSE CHECKLISTS, SEE, MAYBE THEY DO GET AN ACTUAL NUMBER,
I DON'T KNOW. 
          AT SOME POINT IT WAS MENTIONED I FAMILIAR WITH HOW WHAT WAS THE RATINGS FOR THE ROADS,
THE ROADS THAT ARE CRACKING. 
          GET A PIECE OF PAVEMENT SOMETHING PCI INDEX. PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX. 
          YEAH. WHICH WE HAVE THOSE FOR THE PARK, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR PROJECTS OR FOR. 
          YEAH. SO WE HAVE A WHOLE SCORING CRITERIA AGAIN FOR A CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          AND WE CAN WE CAN SHARE THAT IS THAT CAN PART OF THE. 
          YEAH. SO WHEN WE DO THE CAPITAL PROJECT STUDY SESSION WE CAN SHARE THAT CRITERIA. 
          AND IT HELPS US WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          YOU KNOW I'VE GOT THIS BIG GROUP THAT'S BEEN TRYING TO GET A TRAIL DONE FOR SEVEN YEARS. 
          AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY. BUT IF WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WHY AND
WHAT GOT IN THE WAY AND WHAT EASEMENT OR WHAT RAILROAD OR WHAT LAWSUIT OR A LAWSUIT WE CAN'T MENTION, OR IT JUST HELPS US TO DO OUR JOB,
AND WE NEED TO KEEP PUTTING A GOOD FACE ON THE AGENCY WHEN WE GO BACK OUT TO THEM AND ASK FOR SOME MORE MONEY, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE BEEN OPEN,
TRANSPARENT, HONEST, AND WE HAVE WONDERFUL THINGS TO SHOW FOR IT. 
          NEW TRAILS, NEW PARKS, NEW OPEN LAND BANKS. IT'S EXCITING A LOT GOING ON THIS YEAR. 
          THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL DAY. ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR COFFEY. 
          IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER. DEFINITELY NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER. 
          DIRECTOR SANWONG REMINDED ME OF THE BRUSHY PEAK CONUNDRUM. 
          THE BRUSHY PEAK PROJECT THAT'S A SHORT CONNECTION. 
          THAT OPENS UP A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT. 
          ONE THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED. IT'S IN IN THE CONCORD CLAYTON AREA IS A REGIONAL TRAIL
CALLED THE CALIFORNIA RIDING AND HIKING TRAIL, WHICH IS A HISTORIC FORMERLY A STATE TRAIL,
BUT BECAME A DISTRICT TRAIL. 
          IT CURRENTLY ENDS BEFORE IT GETS TO ITS RIGHTFUL TERMINATION,
WHICH WOULD BE MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK. 
          IT ENDS AT SAVE MOUNT DIABLO'S MANGINI RANCH PROPERTY. 
          AND OUR AND OUR OUR MASTER PLAN CALLS FOR IT TO BE CONTINUED ALONG UP ONTO LIME RIDGE. 
          AND SO I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD WHERE WE SHOULD WE SHOULD BE
WORKING TOWARD BUILDING THE NEXT SECTION, GETTING READY FOR A POTENTIAL EASEMENT OR FEE TITLE PURCHASE TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN THE
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND THE AND THE STATE PARK, MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK. SO WE CAN BEGIN THAT PROCESS BY EXTENDING
THIS TRAIL. 
          AND IT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE WONDERFUL 4 TO 5 FOOT WIDE SWOOPING TRAILS. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ENVISIONED IT,
WHICH WOULD ALSO CONNECT CONCORD AND WALNUT CREEK, THE TWO SYSTEMS TOGETHER, TRAIL SYSTEMS TOGETHER. 
          SO THAT'S ONE THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES. 
          AND IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD GIVE ACCESS TO EVENTUALLY TO MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK AND
TAKE SOME OF THE LOAD OFF OF THE OTHER AREAS ON THAT SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN THAT GET SO MUCH USE AND CONGESTION AND EVERYTHING TO KIND OF SPREAD OUT THE USAGE. 
          I SAW A LITTLE BIT OF A COVERAGE OF THE AMERICAN DISCOVERY TRAIL. 
          I KIND OF WANT TO CLEAR UP A MISCONCEPTION. IT'S NOT A NATIONAL TRAIL YET. 
          IT'S ALMOST THERE. THE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE,
BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN ASSUMED INTO THE NATIONAL SYSTEM. 
          [03:55:01]
HOWEVER, IT DOES HAVE A NONPROFIT WHICH IS VERY ACTIVE IN PROMOTING IT. 
          AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT SUPPORTED IN THE VERY,
VERY EARLY DAYS IN THE 1990S WHEN IT'S FIRST STARTED. 
          AND I THINK INTEREST OR KNOWLEDGE OF IT KIND OF EVAPORATED WHEN PEOPLE RETIRE. 
          THAT'S MY THEORY. NOW I'M HAPPY TO SEE IT'S BEING BROUGHT. 
          INTEREST IS BEING BROUGHT BACK, AND THE WAY THAT THE DISTRICT CAN PLAY A ROLE IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE SIGNAGE THROUGH, I THINK THE DISTRICT HAS 30 TO 50 MILES OF IT ON ITS ON ITS REGIONAL TRAILS AND REGIONAL
PARKS. 
          WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SIGNAGE AND MAKE SURE IT'S COMPLETE. 
          I ALSO AM VERY INTERESTED IN. YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME A LOT OF TALK HERE ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THOSE, TRAILS THAT HAVE BEEN RANCH ROADS. 
          USUALLY WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HERE THAT ARE DEEPLY ERODED,
TOO STEEP, HARD TO USE, DANGEROUS, YOU NAME IT. AND WE, WE TALK ABOUT THAT, AND WE'RE,
WE'RE REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THAT STUFF THAT WE INHERITED THAT FROM THE RANCHING DAYS. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO WE NEED TO JUST GET SERIOUS AND SET GOALS OF HOW MUCH OF THAT
STUFF DO WE WANT TO FIX EVERY YEAR. 
          SO I WOULD PROPOSE SOME LINEAR DISTANCE YEARLY THAT WE,
THAT WE CAN EITHER YOU KNOW, REGRADE TO DRAIN BETTER OR REROUTE. YOU KNOW,
I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO PRESCRIPTIVE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO SET SOME GOALS AND GET SERIOUS ABOUT IT. 
          AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, CREATE A BUDGET AMOUNT THAT WE CAN SPEND ON THIS. 
          AND SO THAT WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE US TO DO THAT. 
          IT'S JUST IT'S JUST TAKEN TOO LONG TO, TO DO THAT. 
          AND I THINK JUST WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT. AND FINALLY AND THEN I THINK WE'RE DONE HERE. 
          I TO RECOGNIZE THE PROJECT DESERT THAT EXISTS BETWEEN WE USUALLY USE THE 680 AS THE DIVIDING LINE EAST AND WEST OF THAT DIVIDING LINE. 
          THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS THAT THERE ARE ON ONE SIDE AND THE OTHER IS VASTLY DIFFERENT. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISTRIBUTION FAIRLY ACROSS THE WHOLE DISTRICT OF
NEW TRAILS AND NEW PROJECTS. SO I'M SURE THERE'S MORE, BUT I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CLOSING COMMENTS? MAX, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU JUST WANT TO START
THE WEEKEND? I THINK I DO TOO. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE. 
          STAFF, BOARD, PUBLIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING HERE TODAY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, GIVING US SOME OF YOUR TIME AND,
YOU KNOW, KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US. 
          I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU ANY WAY AT ALL. SO I THINK WE CAN ADJOURN AT THREE. 
          WHAT IS THAT? 3:50. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.