[00:00:05] ALL RIGHT. IT'S A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT PAST 4:00. A LITTLE BIT PAST 4:00. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OH MY GOODNESS. THIS IS REGULAR PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON MARCH 24TH, 2005, BEGINNING AT 4:03 P.M.. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU DO A ROLL CALL? [Roll Call] YES. OKAY. FIRST UP, SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH PRESENT. THANK YOU. MEMBER CHANG HERE. MEMBER CLAXTON HERE. MEMBER DETJENS. ABSENT. MEMBER DIETER HERE. THANK YOU. MEMBER FARMER PRESENT. THANK YOU. MEMBER HENRY IS ABSENT. MEMBER. LOPEZ. ABSENT. MEMBER. MAHADEVAN HERE. THANK YOU. MEMBER MARSH. PRESENT. THANK YOU. MEMBER MENDOZA HERE. THANK YOU. MEMBER OBRINGER. YES. I'M HERE. HELLO. THANK YOU. MEMBER PEOPLES. HERE. MEMBER REID. HERE. MEMBER SIMMONS. PRESENT. MEMBER VALENZUELA HERE. AND MEMBER WILLIAMS IS ABSENT. THANK YOU. I WILL NOW READ THE BROWN ACT. NOTE THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT OR PARK DISTRICT INTENDS TO HOLD MEETINGS THROUGH A HYBRID PLATFORM OF IN-PERSON AND REMOTE ATTENDANCE TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE VIA REMOTE ATTENDANCE THROUGH THE PARK DISTRICT PARK DISTRICT'S VIRTUAL PLATFORM OF ZOOM. THE PARK ADVISORY MEMBERS AND DESIGNATED STAFF WILL, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, PARTICIPATE IN PERSON AT THE PARK DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS AT 2950 PERALTA OAKS COURT IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. OCCASIONALLY, MEMBERS OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MAY ATTEND REMOTELY PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, AS AMENDED BY AB TWO 409 PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54 953, SUBDIVISION B, PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER DENNISHA MARSH WILL PARTICIPATE FROM 352 SHORELINE DRIVE IN PITTSBURG, CALIFORNIA, AND PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER CARLYN OBRINGER WILL PARTICIPATE FROM 1950 PARKSIDE DRIVE IN CONCORD, CALIFORNIA. THIS NOTICE AND AGENDA WILL BE POSTED AT THE TELECONFERENCE LOCATIONS. ACCESSIBILITY TO AND PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THESE ADDRESSES WILL BE PROVIDED AS REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54 953 B3. WE ARE PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO EITHER IN PERSON OR LIVE VIA ZOOM, OR BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL TO PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT EB PARKS. ORG OR LEAVING A VOICEMAIL AT (510) 544-2036. THIS INFORMATION IS NOTED ON THE AGENDA AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN. THANK YOU. AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY AND ON BEHALF OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL OF THE LANDS WITHIN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ARE THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF EAST BAY, OHLONE, BAY MIWOK, AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY YOKUT, WHO ARE POLITICALLY ORGANIZED AND REPRESENTED BY A NUMBER OF TRIBES TODAY. WE MAKE THIS RECOGNITION AS A WAY TO RESPECT AND HONOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO FIRST CULTIVATED AND INHABITED THIS LAND. THE PARK DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING WAYS TO WORK AND CONSULT WITH EAST BAY TRIBES, AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE TRIBAL CITIZENS REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR LAND AND CULTURE. FURTHERMORE, WE ARE ON THE, THE, THE ANCESTRAL UNCEDED AND CONTEMPORARY LAND OF THE OHLONE HERE IN HUICHIN. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS PARTICIPATING? VIRTUALLY. DUE TO AN EMERGENCY THAT WISH TO REQUEST THE BODY'S APPROVAL TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY? MADAM CLERK? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MEMBER MARSH IS APPEARING REMOTELY. PAC. MEMBER MARSH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE THAT ARE, THAT ARE OR WILL BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM AT YOUR LOCATION? OH, SORRY. MEMBER MARSH I'M NOT SURE WE GOT THAT. NO. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. MEMBER OBRINGER IS APPEARING REMOTELY. PAC. MEMBERS. OBRINGER. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR WILL BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM AT YOUR LOCATION? [00:05:01] WELL, THIS IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO ONE WHO HAS JOINED ME. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW, TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. [Approval of Minutes] FOR THE FEBRUARY 24TH, 2020 FIVE MINUTES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION. I MOVE APPROVAL. CHAIR. OKAY. AND PAC MEMBER. VALENZUELA. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS APPROVED. SHOULD WE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE. MADAM. CLERK. OKAY. YES. OKAY. FIRST UP MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH A MEMBER. CHANG. YES. REMEMBER CLAXTON? YES. REMEMBER DIETER. I REMEMBER FARMER. I REMEMBER MAHADEVAN, I REMEMBER MARSH, I REMEMBER MENDOZA I MEMBERS OBRINGER. YES. THANK YOU. REMEMBER PEOPLES. I REMEMBER REID, I REMEMBER SIMMONS. YES. AND REMEMBER VALENZUELA. YES. THANK YOU. [Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda] MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? YES. WE HAVE RECEIVED TWO EMAILS OR LETTERS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE SUBJECTS READING REQUEST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS. STUDY ON ALUM MUDS, DEPOSITS, AS WELL AS PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS FIVE, B, ONE AND TWO. BOTH PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. IF YOU ARE HERE TO GIVE A COMMENT REGARDING ON AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, THEN WE WILL CALL ON INDIVIDUALS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT SPECIFIC ITEM. HAS THE CLERK RECEIVED ANY EMAILS OR SPEAKER CARDS FOR THE PUBLIC ON ANY ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? OR MAYBE I ASKED THAT QUESTION. SORRY IF THIS IS A YES. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OH, YES. MEMBER DIETER. REGARDING THE MINUTES, I VOTED YES. BE THINKING THAT PERHAPS I DID SOMETHING WRONG, BUT I'M JUST LOOKING OVER THE AGENDA PACKET AND IT'S NOT THERE, SO I'M NOT SURE WHY WE ALL VOTED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING. THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I THOUGHT I WAS ABOUT TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE I THOUGHT I DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT THEN WHEN EVERYBODY WAS VOTING, YES, I. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. WE'LL BRING THE FEBRUARY MINUTES TO THE APRIL PAC MEETING AND WE'LL DO A VOTE THEN WITH THEM INCLUDED IN THE PACKET ALONG WITH THE MARCH MINUTES FOR TODAY. OKAY. SO CAN I MOVE TO IGNORE THE LAST VOTE THAT THIS THE LAST VOTE WILL BE FORMALLY IGNORED? THANK YOU. OKAY, THANKS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND FOR PIVOTING TO NEXT MEETING. I THINK NOW WE CAN GO ON TO THE ITEMS. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS. [Informational Items] WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AFTERWARDS. AND ANNOUNCEMENTS AS WELL. SO BRIAN, YOU ALL READY? ABSOLUTELY. GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE. BRIAN HOLT DIVISION LEAD PLANNING TRAILS, CULTURAL RESOURCES, GIS. HERE TO GIVE A BRIEF LITTLE UPDATE. AND AROUND THE DISTRICT PLAN PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT IN THAT. AND AND JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU ALL. SO I'LL KEEP IT RELATIVELY BRIEF. WE DO I'LL GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE SCHEDULE IN TERMS OF WHEN WE COME BACK WITH SOME MORE SUBSTANTIVE SORT OF UPDATES THAT WILL GIVE YOU ALL A CHANCE TO, TO REACT TO TO CERTAIN ITEMS. AND THEN I KNOW. OUR TRAILS PROGRAM MANAGER, SEAN DUGAN, HAS HAS A FULL TRAILS PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL, WHICH IS ALWAYS OF INTEREST. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT. SO SO AGAIN PROVIDING EARLY LEVEL SORT OF HIGH LEVEL UPDATE ON THE DISTRICT [00:10:03] PLAN. THIS IS SORT OF THE CURRENT BRANDING VISION FOR THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS SORT OF THE IDEA OF THE THE NEW DISTRICT PLAN FOR THE PARK DISTRICT SECOND CENTURY. SO YOU'LL RECALL LAST YEAR WE CELEBRATED OUR 90TH ANNIVERSARY. SO THIS IS REALLY VIEWED AS THAT PLAN THAT WILL GUIDE US INTO OUR SECOND CENTURY AS AN AGENCY HERE. SO JUST REAL QUICK BACKGROUND. IT WAS BACK IN 2023, THE BOARD DIRECTED STAFF TO SORT OF INITIATE A REVIEW OF THE 2013 MASTER PLAN AND TO INITIATE AN UPDATE OR DEVELOP A NEW DISTRICT PLAN. WE DID A FAIR AMOUNT OF BACKGROUND WORK AND BROUGHT A CONTRACT FORWARD IN JULY 2024, BROUGHT ON A PLACEWORKS CONSULTING, BROUGHT THEM ON BOARD, AND SINCE THEN THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF BACKGROUND ANALYSIS, HAVE BEEN ASSISTING US AND DEVELOPING VARIOUS ENGAGEMENT PLANS DOING SOME MAPPING AND DEVELOPING SOME ENGAGEMENT TOOLKITS FOR STAFF. SO I WILL SAY I BROUGHT AN UPDATE TO THIS CONTRACT TO THE BOARD LAST WEEK. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT THE QUESTION DID COME UP ON SORT OF WHEN DO WE GET A STATUS REPORT ON PHASE ONE? WE'RE KIND OF WE'RE MOVING FORWARD THIS THIS SORT OF NEXT PHASE OF THE CONTRACT TO, TO WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST AROUND THIS PLAN TO REALLY START A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT. SO WE'RE SORT OF MOVING THAT FORWARD. SO SO WE DID COMMIT TO BRING BACK A PHASE ONE REPORT TO TO THE BOARD BY THE THE END OF MAY. AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT. I THINK THERE'LL BE A LOT OF GOOD MAPPING TOOLS AND OTHER ITEMS IN THERE AND A SUMMARY OF A LOT OF THE WORK, A LOT OF THE GOOD WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE THUS FAR. SO SO WHAT IS THE DISTRICT PLAN AGAIN? THIS IS SORT OF SEEN AS, AS SORT OF A TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEY FOR THE AGENCY. IF YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF MY PAST PRESENTATIONS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST REAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BEING DONE FOR THE PARK DISTRICT ON A SORT OF WHOLESALE BASIS SINCE THE 70S. SO THERE'S BEEN A SERIES OF UPDATES SINCE THEN, BUT BUT THIS IS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LOOK ANEW AND, AND REALLY DEVELOP AND PROVIDE THAT STRATEGIC ROADMAP WITH KEY PRIORITIES TO SORT OF GUIDE US INTO INTO THE NEXT CENTURY. SO WE'RE REALLY IN KIND OF THAT FIRST SORT OF STAGE HERE, EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE PARK DISTRICT. YOU'RE ALL PAC MEMBERS. SO YOU GET A LOT OF INFORMATION AT YOU. SO SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE'S A LOT OF EXISTING CONDITIONS AT THE PARK DISTRICT OVER THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS. SO, SO A LOT TO DIVE INTO THERE. FROM THAT WE'LL BE DEVELOPING A LOOK AT A LOT OF FUTURE TRENDS, GROWTH AT THE PARK DISTRICT, REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT OUR, OUR RESOURCES, OUR NATURAL CULTURAL RESOURCES AND OUR STEWARDSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF THOSE TAKING A LOT OF COMMUNITY AND STAFF INPUT, AND FROM THERE BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP SOME OF THE PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIC ACTIONS TO, TO IMPLEMENT THE VISION FOR THE DISTRICT PLAN IN A WAY THAT'S APPROPRIATE IN LINE WITH WITH THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE WORK IN. SO JUST REAL QUICK HERE. I MEAN, THIS IS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A CLEAR VISION AND DIRECTION AS THE PARK DISTRICT MOVES FORWARD. IDENTIFY KEY PRIORITIES OF PARK STAFF, CONSTITUENTS AND VISITORS. I'LL GO INTO THAT A BIT AND THEN AND THEN, YES, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE OUR BOARD THE PAC AND THE PUBLIC WITH WITH A GOOD SET OF UPDATED MAPS AND ACCESSIBLE DATA. THERE'S A LOT OF DATA OUT THERE. WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN ACCESSING AND VISITING THAT DATA AND BEING ABLE TO TO ANALYZE IT. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING THAT THAT UPDATED AND THEN REALLY COMMITTED TO A ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS HERE. SO JUST REAL QUICK, WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF EXISTING INFORMATION. YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE 30 BY 30 CONSERVATION INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. WE'VE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION OVER A LOT OF COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT OUR GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS GROUP HAS DONE WORKING. THEY'VE ALSO BEEN ENGAGED IN A LOT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY. SO WORKING WITH OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. WE DID A SWOT ANALYSIS WITH THE PAC AND WITH THE BOARD. WE'VE PROVIDED ALL OF THIS INFORMATION OVER TO TO THE PROJECT TEAM. AND THEN NOW WE'RE SORT OF ON THESE DOING A LOT OF STAFF ENGAGEMENT AND KICKING OFF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO START TO, TO GET THAT INPUT THERE. SO BROADLY, THE SCHEDULE IS THAT WE ARE WE'RE SORT OF [00:15:04] KICKING OFF THIS EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT AROUND EARTH DAY OF 2025. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT START APRIL 2025. SO THAT'S REALLY WHEN WE'RE KIND OF TAKING THINGS OUT TO, TO THE PUBLIC TO START TO GET INPUT THERE. AND I'LL DISCUSS HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO THE PAC MEMBERS TO HELP US IN DOING THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IN A COUPLE ROUNDS. THE FIRST ROUND IS REALLY PRETTY HIGH LEVEL. IT'S JUST SORT OF WHAT'S YOUR VISION FOR THE PARK DISTRICT? WHAT WOULD BE? I'LL GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONS HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT BUT WHAT WOULD MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE BETTER? AT THE DISTRICT. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT INPUT BACK ANALYZE THAT. AND THEN WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO GET SOME MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS, SORT OF SPECIFIC ACTIONS SO THAT THE PUBLIC AND PAC AND THE BOARD AND, AND OUR STAFF CAN SORT OF WRESTLE WITH QUESTIONS AROUND HOW DO WE GET THERE THE TRADE OFFS THAT THAT WILL NEED TO BE MADE TO BE ABLE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE VISION THERE. SO THAT'LL BE THE SECOND ROUND. SO WE EXPECT THAT SECOND ROUND WILL KICK OFF COME THE FALL. AND AND THAT'LL GO THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. WHEN THEN WE'LL, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP THE ACTUAL PLAN AND THEN BE ABLE TO CIRCULATE THAT AROUND WITH A CHECK IN ON, YOU KNOW, DID WE GET IT RIGHT? DID WE, DID WE HEAR THE INPUT? AND THEN, OF COURSE, ULTIMATELY ALL OF THIS WILL GO THROUGH THE BOARD AND PAC REVIEW PROCESS. SO I'LL JUST MENTION I, I'M ALREADY SCHEDULED TO COME BACK TO THE PAC IN THE FALL, SO WE WILL HAVE A CHECK IN WITH THIS GROUP IN THE FALL. AND THEN OF COURSE NEXT YEAR AND THEN AS THE PLAN GOES THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO THE PAC AND CHECK IN THERE. SO THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC ON. AND THESE HAVE BEEN PRETTY WELL THOROUGHLY VETTED. SO AGAIN, JUST SORT OF HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S YOUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE PARKS EVEN BETTER? HOW COULD PARKS BE MORE WELCOMING AND REPRESENT THE FULL RANGE OF OUR GROWING AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES? HOW CAN OUR PARKS BEST PROTECT LAND, WATER, PLANTS, ANIMALS, HISTORIC SITES AND PLACES OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE? AND THEN REALLY AN OPEN ENDED QUESTION. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE THESE QUESTIONS REALLY WIDELY AND HOW THAT WILL BE DONE IS WE HAVE SORT OF A SORT OF INDIRECT AND DIRECT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY OF HOW WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING THIS. SO THIS FIRST ROUND WILL BE REALLY FOCUSED ON SORT OF BROAD INDIRECT ENGAGEMENT. SO THIS IS WHERE WE WILL BE LOOKING TO THE THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. SO WE'RE DEVELOPING A TOOLKIT, A BROCHURE A SET OF SOME INFORMATION THAT WILL HAVE THESE QUESTIONS INCLUDED IN THERE. THERE WILL BE A QR CODE HERE. THIS IS SORT OF A PLACEHOLDER, BUT WE'LL HAVE A QR CODE THAT THAT WE'LL BE PROVIDING YOU INFORMATION. AND WITH THOSE QUESTIONS, I MEAN, REALLY WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR IS AS THE PAC MEMBERS AS YOU'RE GOING OUT TO WHATEVER ORGANIZATIONS YOU'RE INVOLVED IN OTHER GROUPS THAT YOU ENGAGE WITH VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT YOU THAT AS THE PUBLIC OR OTHERS HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU'LL HAVE INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THEM. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO THAT QR CODE AND TAKE THE SURVEY. AND SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT YOU'LL HELP US KIND OF GET THAT BROAD INPUT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT ALL OF OUR INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS RUNNING THROUGH THE SUMMER. SO AS THE PUBLIC ENGAGES WITH OUR INTERPRETIVE STAFF AT DIFFERENT EVENTS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET THIS AND SAME THING, BE ABLE TO SCAN INFO, SCAN IT AND PROVIDE PROVIDE INPUT THERE. WE'RE HOPING TO PLACE SORT OF INFO STATIONS AROUND OUR VISITOR CENTERS AND LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS WITH A PRIORITY OF SORT OF IDENTIFYING THOSE LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS AND PERHAPS COMMUNITIES THAT HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST REPRESENTED IN THE DISTRICT. SO WE HAVE SOME DATA THAT WE CAN SORT OF DIVE IN AND SORT OF SEE WHERE WE CAN BEST PLACE THIS INFORMATION TO TRY TO HELP GET THAT SORT OF BROAD ENGAGEMENT. WE'LL ALSO BE PROVIDING INFORMATION TO ALL OF OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. SO WHETHER IT'S THE BICYCLE COUNCIL OR THE EAST BAY OR SIERRA CLUB, NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY ANY OF THE CIVIC GROUPS, BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, REALLY ALL OF THE COMMUNITY AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH, WE WANT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO YOU ALL THAT YOU CAN THEN SHARE WITH YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO GET INPUT BACK. SO AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY BROAD BRUSH SHARING AROUND AND THEN OF COURSE, LOOKING FOR FOLKS TO SHARE STUFF ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA, ON THE PARK DISTRICT SOCIAL MEDIA. SO AGAIN, THIS FIRST ROUND, REALLY KIND OF DOING A TRYING TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT BROADLY AND [00:20:06] WIDELY TO THE COMMUNITY TO GET THAT INPUT BACK ON THE SURVEY BY JULY 31ST. AND THEN THAT SECOND ROUND, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT SORT OF BROAD ENGAGEMENT, BUT WE'LL ALSO DIAL IN AND START DOING SOME DIRECT ENGAGEMENT. SO THAT WILL BE CONTINUING WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT THAT OUR GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS GROUP HAS BEEN DOING SO. WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL ELECTED LEADERS AND AND HAVING SOME OF THOSE MORE DIRECT CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS. SO AGAIN, IDENTIFYING THOSE KEY GROUPS THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR THEM TO SHARE WITH THEIR MEMBERSHIP, BUT MEETING WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE GROUPS AS WELL. AND THEN AND THEN AS WE GET INFORMATION BACK AND DATA BACK AND WE SORT OF SEE WHICH WHICH COMMUNITIES, WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PERHAPS LEAST REPRESENTED IN SOME OF THIS? THEY'LL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT PERHAPS CAN HELP US KIND OF GET IN INTO THE COMMUNITY AND GET INFORMATION THROUGH THAT WAY. SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS THERE. AND I JUST SAW OUR BOARD PRESIDENT MERCURIO JOIN. WELCOME. PRESIDENT MERCURIO POPPED ON MY SCREEN HERE. THANKS FOR JOINING. SO A LOT OF INTEREST AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHO WE WILL ENGAGE THROUGH THIS PARK, THROUGH THIS ENGAGEMENT. I WILL SHARE. WE HAVE BEEN DOING A PRETTY EXTENSIVE STAFF ENGAGEMENT. SO WE'VE HAD SEVEN MEETINGS THUS FAR. INTERNALLY, WE'VE GOT 22 MORE SCHEDULED PLUS A COUPLE OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS, AND THAT'S WITH PARK DISTRICT STAFF. SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN HERE. WE'RE GOING OUT TO PARK PARK SITES AS WELL TO GET STAFF INPUT. AND THIS IS REALLY KIND OF THE FIRST TIME PARK DISTRICT STAFF HAS REALLY BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS EARLY PART IN PROVIDING INPUT THERE AND GETTING A LOT OF REALLY GOOD, INTERESTING FEEDBACK ON THERE. I THINK WE'RE UP TO ABOUT 700, 700 COMMENTS THUS FAR. AND AND GETTING A LOT OF GOOD A LOT OF GOOD DATA ON THAT. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. OF COURSE. REACH OUT TO OUR OUR USER GROUPS HIKERS, EQUESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, DOG WALKERS, FAMILY, YOUTH, SENIORS THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY, MANY OTHERS THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHO WHO USE OUR PARKS. WE'VE HEARD INTEREST AROUND ENGAGING WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT IDEA, MAKING SURE WE ENGAGE WITH THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND DIFFERENT ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS. THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY, SIERRA CLUB, CMPS, GOLDEN GATE BIRD ALLIANCE AND OTHERS. AND THEN OF COURSE, GOING THROUGH WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS. AND WE DID HEAR INTEREST FROM THE BOARD AT THE RECENT BOARD RETREAT IN TERMS OF SPECIFICALLY REACHING OUT TO VARIOUS CLIMATE ORGANIZATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GROUPS. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR, OUR PARTNERS THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST AND MOUNT DIABLO, TRI-VALLEY CONSERVANCY, OTHERS. THOSE GROUPS WHO ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN SIMILAR WORK IN TERMS OF ACQUIRING LAND AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND THEN AND THEN REALLY KIND OF I DON'T WANT TO GLOSS OVER THIS, BUT WE ARE FOCUSED ON TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT AS WELL. NOT NECESSARILY GO INTO A LOT OF DETAILS IN TERMS OF WHO WE'RE ALL ENGAGING THERE. WE HAVE ANNA MARIE GUERRERO, OUR CULTURAL RESOURCES LEAD WHO'S SHE'S ALREADY SETTING UP CONSULTATION MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS TO, TO START THAT THAT LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT EARLY ON. SO SO THAT IS PROCEEDING FORWARD. SO WITH THAT YOU KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT IN THE INTEREST OF, OF DISCUSSION IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO HEAR FROM THE PAC. NOW YOU ALL WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THESE SURVEY QUESTIONS. AND THEY'LL BE THEY'LL BE WE ENCOURAGE YOU AND HOPE THAT YOU'LL DO SO, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE ORGANIZATIONS IN YOUR COMMUNITIES THAT YOU SUGGEST THAT WE REACH OUT TO? SO WE WOULD LOVE TO GET THAT FEEDBACK, FEEDBACK, AND AND IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC IDEAS ON HOW YOU, AS A PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER, CAN HELP GET OUT AND SOLICIT THIS INPUT, WE'RE ALL EARS, AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT. SO WITH THAT CHAIR, I TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU. BRIAN. ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO JUST RAISE YOUR HAND. I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE SPACE TO PRESIDENT MERCURIO TO ADD ANY COMMENT BEFOREHAND OR AFTERWARDS. FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE FROM MEMBER LOPEZ. UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY. [00:25:05] PRESIDENT MERCURIO. YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS I APOLOGIZE THAT I WAS NOT ON WHEN THE MEETING STARTED. I WAS ON, BUT THEN I SOMEHOW I GOT THROWN OFF DURING YOUR ROLL CALL. AND SO NOW I'M BACK ON. SO WHY DON'T WE JUST GO THROUGH THE. AND THEN I'LL DO MY MEMBER COMMENTS IN BETWEEN THE TWO ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. MEMBER LOPEZ, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND PARDON MY MY TARDINESS. YEAH. FOR, YOU KNOW, SUGGESTIONS TO WHAT ORGANIZATIONS, AS I HAD MENTIONED IN THE LAST MEETING, I WOULD BE I WOULD SUGGEST ENGAGING WITH THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE AND HAVING A MEETING AT THEIR MEETING. SO THEY HAVE EVERYBODY ASSEMBLED INSTEAD OF GOING AND SAYING, WE'VE HAD A, YOU KNOW, DOZENS AND DOZENS OF MEETINGS. YOU WORK, YOU KNOW, HARDER, NOT HARDER, BUT SMARTER BY HAVING EVERYBODY'S ALREADY SORT OF IN THE ROOM AND THEN OFFER IF PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, BREAKOUTS AND SO FORTH. AFTER THE FACT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BE HELPFUL. SO THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST SUGGESTION, AND I WOULD BE VERY MUCH HAPPY TO, TO ATTEND THAT FOR THE, THE EAST BAY ALAMEDA COUNTY MAYOR'S CONFERENCE AS A REPRESENTATIVE. THE OTHER THING I WOULD SUGGEST IS, YOU KNOW, MOST CITIES DO HAVE AND I PRESUME ALSO THE COUNTY I THINK DOES AS WELL HAVE COMMISSIONS. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSIONS AND SO FORTH. THOSE FOLKS TEND TO BE REALLY AVID PARK ADVOCATES WITHIN THEIR SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES. AND REALLY, THEY THEY TEND TO BE THE RECOMMENDING BODY TO THEIR THEIR JURISDICTIONS FOR LIKE, THE TRENCH WORK, SO TO SPEAK. I WOULD SAY THAT YOU KNOW, GOING TO THOSE COMMISSION MEETINGS AND JUST DOING A PRESENTATION, GETTING FEEDBACK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. I KNOW THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED ORGANIZATIONS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PLUG MY OWN ONE IN MY COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS A CREEK. FRIENDS OF THE CREEK. SO WE HAVE AN SAN LEANDRO FRIENDS CREEK. BUT I KNOW THERE ARE FRIENDS OF CREEKS OF VARIOUS AREAS, AND FORTUNATELY THOSE ARE STILL WILDLIFE CORRIDORS AND HAVEN'T BEEN PAID OVER, SO THOSE NON-PROFITS MAY BE ALSO ADDITIVE. THAT WAS THAT WAS FRIENDS OF SAN LEANDRO CREEK. YEAH. AND THERE'S ALSO LIKE FRIENDS OF SAN LORENZO CREEK AND OTHER OTHER CREEK AREAS. THE OTHER GROUP I WOULD SUGGEST IS ALSO AN ALL ABILITIES GROUP. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN SAN LEANDRO, WE, WE HAVE ONE AND JUST TO GIVE ACCESS TO PEOPLE TO PARKS, IT'S NOT NOT JUST SENIORS THAT MAY HAVE NEEDS, YOU KNOW IT SPANS ALL, ALL AGE GROUPS. IN TERMS OF A SOCIAL MEDIA, I FOUND THAT THE FACEBOOK ADS HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL. BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT A LOT OF I KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS THAT YOU KNOW, STILL READ THEIR OLD, THE OLD FASHIONED NEWSPAPERS, PRINT PAPERS AND A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES HAVE FREE WEEKLY PAPERS. I KNOW THAT'S IN CASE IN ALAMEDA, FOR EXAMPLE, MY COMMUNITY SOME OF THESE YOU KNOW, NEWSPAPERS. I KNOW WE HAVE THE ACTIVITIES GUIDE THAT GOES IN THEM, BUT IT MAY BE WORTHWHILE TO DO SOME ADS ON THE BACK PAGE WHERE OR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PAGE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT WHERE PEOPLE THERE'S A LOT OF VISIBILITY WITH, YOU KNOW, A HALF PAGE AD OR FULL PAGE AD WITH A QR CODE. SO THERE'S ONE MORE REACH THAT THAT'S A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC THAN THE SOCIAL MEDIA DEMOGRAPHIC, AND THAT'S REALLY GETTING INTO PEOPLE'S SORT OF LAP, SO TO SPEAK. IF THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE ACTIVITY GUIDE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE WORK, BUT THERE'S THE THE VISION FOR HOW PARKS USE. BUT THERE'S ALSO THE HOW PEOPLE WANT TO BE INTERACTED WITH I THINK WOULD BE GOOD FEEDBACK. SO, YOU KNOW, ASKING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU'RE DOING YOUR EMBEDDING IS HOW HOW DO HOW CAN WE BEST COMMUNICATE WITH YOU? AND WHETHER OR NOT THE LAYOUT OF THE ACTIVITIES GUIDE IS FRIENDLY ENOUGH, I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. TO POSTURE, BECAUSE I HAVE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK THAT THERE IS SOME, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU SORT OF KNOW YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE KNOW AS TO WHERE THE PLACES ARE AND WHO THEY ARE, WHERE YOU'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHICH 1ST MAY BE CLOSEST TO YOU OR THAT SORT OF THING. SO MAYBE SOME SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW IT LOOKS AND HOW IT COULD BE IMPROVED, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, GENERATION. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT INPUT. THANK YOU. MEMBER VALENZUELA THEN. PEOPLES. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IT TO THE TABLING EVENT THAT WE THE BIG BREAK IS GOING TO HAVE AT THE BRENTWOOD FARMER'S MARKET. [00:30:03] WE HAVE TWO OF THEM PLANNED COMING UP IN THE NEXT, LIKE THREE MONTHS. AND THE LAST TIME WE DID A TABLING EVENT THERE WE SAW HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, FAMILIES THAT CAME UP AND JUST ASKED ABOUT THE PARK. AND WE HAD SOME STUFF OUT THERE, BUT THE IT WOULD BE REALLY EASY TO ADD THAT TO, TO THE TABLING EVENT WITH THE QR CODE AND HAVE THEM TAKE THE SURVEY THERE. AND YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST GATHERING IN BRENTWOOD EVERY SATURDAY. AND JUST THERE'S NO PLACE TO PARK. THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE DOWN THERE. AND IT'S JUST A NICE WAY TO MEET THE WHOLE CROSS-SECTION OF OF THE TOWN OF BRENTWOOD. SO YEAH, I'M GOING TO ASK OUR MANAGER WYATT IF WE COULD ADD THAT TO IT. AND I THINK OUR NEXT FIRST ONE IS COMING UP IN MAY AND THEN ONE IN JUNE, I THINK. PERFECT TIMING. YEAH. THANKS. INFORMATION. MEMBER. PEOPLES. THEN SIMMONS. THEN BARTLEBAUGH. WE'LL GO THEREAFTER. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IF YOU COULD SHARE THESE SLIDES WITH IT, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THERE IN TERMS OF, I THINK, PAC KIND OF COMMENTING. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU CAN ASK TO DO THE SURVEYS AND I WOULD EMPHASIZE THE VISION, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THE PAC AS A VISION FOR THE DISTRICT INTO THE NEXT CENTURY? AS WELL AS ANSWERING, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER SURVEY QUESTIONS AND CAN ALSO ASK FOR ORGANIZATIONS LISTING OF ORGANIZATIONS TO, TO COMMENT IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SUGGESTED. I, I THINK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CITY FESTIVALS OF VARIOUS SORTS GOING ON. I KNOW IN SAN RAMON THEY HAVE THEIR ART AND WINE FESTIVAL ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, AND I KNOW EAST BAY PARKS IS ALREADY GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE. SO THAT COULD BE AN EMPHASIS OF THE TABLE THAT YOU HAVE AT THAT FESTIVAL. THEY GET AS MANY AS 50,000 PEOPLE THERE, SO IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO THEM. THANK YOU. MEMBERS SIMMONS. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO VIRTUAL AND GO BACK TO IN PERSON. SO THAT WE HAVE SOME EQUITY WITH THE VIRTUAL FOLKS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, BRIAN, FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HOW YOU'RE SCHEDULING THIS OUT. I HAVE THREE SUGGESTIONS IF YOU HAVEN'T EXPLORED OR CONSIDER USE OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM. AS A MASTER GARDENER, WE PUT ON PROGRAMS AND GET UP TO 600 PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTY THAT PARTICIPATE. AND SO THAT'S AN INTERESTING WAY TO REACH OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY THAN, YOU KNOW, FESTIVALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE THE SECOND COMMENT, IT WASN'T YOU WERE GOING OVER THINGS VERY QUICKLY. IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME IF YOU WERE REACHING OUT TO HIKERS BY HAVING PEOPLE SORT OF AT THE TRAILHEAD, OR IF YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO THE MAJOR HIKING ORGANIZATIONS IN IN THE TWO COUNTIES, AND THERE ARE SOME FAIRLY LARGE ONES, YOU PROBABLY KNOW MOST MANY OF THEM BECAUSE THEY PARTICIPATED IN YOUR YOUR TRAIL, EQUESTRIAN, EQUESTRIAN, MOUNTAIN BIKER, HIKER ANALYSIS. BUT I THINK THE MAJOR HIKING CLUBS WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO HAVE A CHANCE AS A GROUP TO SORT OF PARTICIPATE. SO BUT YOU PROBABLY ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN THE LAST ITEM REALLY, I WANT TO EXPAND A BIT ON PAC MEMBER LOPEZ'S COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO SHE WAS REFERENCING FRIENDS OF THE CREEKS. I'M GOING TO REFERENCE WATERSHEDS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SORT OF A WHOLLY DIFFERENT WAY THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING AND HOW YOU SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT IT. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT, LIKE, FRIENDS OF THE CREEKS OR WATERSHED COUNCILS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND I YOU I'M PRESIDENT OF SOMETHING CALLED THE WALNUT CREEK WATERSHED COUNCIL. IT'S THE LARGEST WATERSHED IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. WE HAVE SIX FRIENDS GROUPS THAT ARE PART OF OUR COUNCIL. AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER HAVING A SEPARATE SESSION WHERE YOU INVITE THE WATERSHED COUNCIL IN AND THE FRIENDS GROUPS, MAYBE BY COUNTY HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO THAT. BUT I THINK THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PERSPECTIVE. AND I LISTEN TO PRESENTATIONS, AND I KIND OF AM CONTINUING TO HOPE THAT I HEAR MORE OF A WATERSHED EMPHASIS COMING FROM THE DISTRICT. AND IT MAY JUST BE IT'S HIDDEN IN THERE SOMEPLACE. AND YEAH, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE. [00:35:01] THAT'S SORT OF A DOUBLE POINT I'VE MADE THERE. SO. BUT THANK YOU. GOT IT. APPRECIATE IT. LET'S GO TO IF MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU MIND PUTTING MEMBER OBRINGER ON? YES. MEMBER OBRINGER. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. SO JUST A FEW THINGS. I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP AND EMAIL THESE SUGGESTIONS TO STAFF. BUT FRIENDS OF CONCORD CREEKS IS ONE SUGGESTION. ALSO, WE DO HAVE OUR FARMERS MARKET THAT HAPPENS EVERY THURSDAY FROM THE FIRST THURSDAY IN JUNE THROUGH THE LAST THURSDAY IN SEPTEMBER. WE GET ABOUT UP TO 5000 PEOPLE ATTENDING. SO IF SOMEONE WANTED TO COME AND TABLE YOU KNOW, WE WE CAN CERTAINLY ACCOMMODATE THAT. DIRECTOR MERCURIO AND I ARE GOING TO BE DOING A WALK AND TALK ON APRIL 12TH AT THE THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50. I DO UNDERSTAND FROM ELSA THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A TABLE OF MATERIALS, SO THAT WOULD BE A PLACE WHERE WE COULD DISTRIBUTE THINGS AS WELL. WE ONLY HAVE ONE LIBRARIAN, CONCORD, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LIBRARIANS THERE. SO IF SOMEONE. SO I'M HAPPY TO MAKE MAKE THAT CONNECTION AS WELL. AND THOSE ARE JUST A FEW. AND WE CAN CERTAINLY YOU KNOW, SEE IF FOLKS, I KNOW THAT THE PARK DISTRICT WAS AT THE CONTRA COSTA MAYOR'S CONFERENCE LAST YEAR TO TALK ABOUT 30 BY 30, BUT WE COULD SEE IF WE COULD GET YOU BACK IN FRONT OF THE GROUP TO TALK ABOUT THIS CONCEPT AS WELL. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'VE BEEN DOING COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR. AND SO I ALSO HAVE A MONTHLY SOME ALSO HAPPY TO HELP DISTRIBUTE THE INFORMATION THAT WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER. OBRINGER YOU ALL GOT AN EMAIL FROM ELSA WITH THE ARTICLE THAT MEMBER OBRINGER HAD WRITTEN ABOUT THE WALK AND TALK WITH PRESIDENT MERCURIO. SO IF YOU WANTED TO RESPOND TO THAT AND BE A PART OF THE WALK AND TALK, LOOK AT YOUR EMAIL AGAIN. MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH. AND THEN CHANG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIAN. SOME ADDITIONAL GROUPS, POTENTIALLY CONTRA COSTA AND ALAMEDA COUNTY SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. LET'S SEE, CROCKETT HAS A SUGAR TOWN FESTIVAL IN JULY. IT MIGHT BE A TABLING OPPORTUNITY. RICH CITY RIDES IN RICHMOND. THE AREA. WELL, IN BOTH ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAMS WOULD BE GOOD TO REACH OUT TO. IT WASN'T CLEAR WHETHER THIS WAS GOING TO BE POSTED AT ALL TRAILHEADS OR NOT. I CAN'T COMMIT TO ALL CHAIR HUBS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAILHEADS. BUT BUT WHERE WE HAVE INFORMATION, SIGNS. ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL GET OUT TO OUR PARK STAFF AND HAVE THEM HAVE THEM GET IT UP. OKAY. AND THEN RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AS WELL. AND THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT BOB WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. GREAT. THANKS. THANK YOU. MEMBER. BARTLEBAUGH SORRY I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME THERE, BUT ALSO DOVETAILING ON WHAT YOU SAID WITH THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAMS, THE BICYCLE TRAILS OF THE EAST BAY COUNCIL AS WELL. GREAT ORGANIZATION. SO JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK? SO JUST GO AHEAD TO MEMBER CHANG. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO FLAG SOME PLACES. I KNOW THAT BERKELEY HAS THREE FARMERS MARKET. AND ANOTHER THING THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IS THE VISIT AT THE FLEA MARKETS, WHETHER THAT'S IN BERKELEY OR IT'S IN OAKLAND. THE ONES, PARTICULARLY AT THE OAKLAND COLISEUM, IS EXTREMELY BUSY. I THINK ON AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE, BEING THERE WOULD GO A LONG WAY. I THINK THE POPULATION I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS, BUT THEY PROBABLY COULD USE MORE PARK ENGAGEMENT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S SOMETHING AT LANEY, TOO. AND THEN. YEAH. SO I THINK THESE ARE THINGS THAT I WOULD REALLY HIGHLIGHT. OH. I'M SORRY. ONE MORE THING. APOLOGIZE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN SEE YOU AT OAKLAND PRIDE AND ALSO AT THE SOLANO STROLL IN BERKELEY. THEY ARE TWO COMPETING EVENTS. THE OTHER? OH, AND OF COURSE, BERKELEY JUNETEENTH IN JUNE. IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE PARKS THERE. I REALLY ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE EXTREMELY STAFF INTENSIVE, AND I KNOW USUALLY THEY WOULD LIKE AT LEAST TWO STAFF TO BE AT EACH OF THESE EVENTS. IF ONE STAFF IS ENOUGH, MAYBE YOU CAN UTILIZE US AS PAC MEMBERS TO BE THERE WITH YOU. NOT TRYING TO SIGN MYSELF UP FOR ALL SIX OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST MENTIONED, BUT VERY OPEN TO DOING AT LEAST A FEW. [00:40:01] WELL, I'LL JUST JUMP ON THAT REAL QUICK AND I APPRECIATE THE OFFER AND WE'LL TAKE YOU UP ON IT. IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE ATTENDING EVENTS AND THERE MIGHT NOT BE PARK DISTRICT STAFF THERE, LET US KNOW. LET ERIC OR ELSA KNOW. I'LL GET YOU A PACKET OF INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN BE ARMED WITH PARK DISTRICT INFORMATION, SO YOU CAN TRY TO GET THAT FEEDBACK. THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN. IT SEEMS LIKE A COMMON THREAD IS THAT FARMERS MARKETS HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. AND ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AS WELL, NOT NECESSARILY JUST STAFF, BUT ALSO DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS THAT MANY PAC MEMBERS HAVE BEEN A PART OF OR, YOU KNOW, COULD LOOK TO BE A PART OF AS WELL. I WANT TO HAVE SOME FOLKS IN PERSON SPEAK, BUT BEFORE THAT, COULD WE HEAR FROM MEMBER MARSH? SINCE SHE'S BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT MOST OF OUR CITIES HAVE FIRST FRIDAYS, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME OUT FOR FIRST FRIDAYS. AND SOME OF OUR CITIES ALSO HAVE CAR SHOWS. AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GET A LOT OF FAMILIES OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE LIKE IN OUR CITY, OUR FIRST CAR SHOW HAS OR FIRST FRIDAY HAS LIKE OUR HIGH SCHOOL BAND THAT PERFORMS. SO WE GET A LOT OF FAMILIES OUT. BUT I KNOW OAKLEY BRENTWOOD I BELIEVE EVEN CONCORD HAVE FIRST FRIDAYS, SO THAT WOULD BE GETTING OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT NORMALLY AT DIFFERENT EVENTS. AND ALSO, I, I'M PART OF THE LIBRARY COMMISSION, SO IF I CAN SUPPORT. ANYWAY LET ME KNOW. I APPRECIATE THAT CONCORD DOES NOT HAVE FIRST FRIDAYS, BUT WE DO HAVE AN INFORMAL CAR SHOW, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION. I WILL ADD THAT TO THE LIST THAT I SEND OVER. THANK YOU ALL. SO WE'LL GO WITH MEMBER FARMER THEN DIETER AND CLAXTON. DID YOU WANT TO GO? OKAY. WELL ARE WE GOING TO LIST ALL THE THINGS IN OUR CITIES WE WANT YOU TO COME. I MEAN, I'M HAPPY. I'M HAPPY. WE DON'T NEED TO LIST EVERYTHING HERE TONIGHT. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY EMAILS. YOU SEND INFORMATION TO ELSA. ANYTHING LIKE THAT. JUST WANTED TO GET THE CONVERSATION GOING. BUT BUT WELCOME YOU TO, YOU KNOW, JUST EMAIL THEM IN THAT SORT OF THING. THAT WOULD BE. THAT'D BE FINE. YEAH. SO IT IS EXCITING TO HEAR ALL THE THINGS PEOPLE HAVE SAID SO FAR, KIND OF THE BREADTH LIKE FARMERS MARKETS, CAR SHOWS, FLEA MARKETS. YEAH. I IT'S ALL IT'S REALLY COOL. VERY GOOD. IT'S GREAT FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. MEMBER FARMER THANK YOU. I HAVE PROFESSIONALLY LED A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS THOUGHTFULLY LAID OUT. I, I THINK ABOUT, LIKE, WHAT THE. YOU KNOW, I'VE AGAIN, I'VE DONE THIS PROFESSIONALLY. THE LANGUAGE THAT'S GOING TO CALL YOU IN AS YOU'RE AS YOU'RE SEEING THIS SIGN ON A TRAILHEAD OR YOU'RE AT A MEETING I THINK THAT PEOPLE REVERE OUR PARKS SO MUCH THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SORT OF LIKE, LOVE YOUR PARKS, HELP US PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. SOMETHING THAT THAT APPRECIATES PEOPLE FOR THAT SHARED CONNECTION THAT WE HAVE. I TOO WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THESE OF THESE SLIDES. I THOUGHT OF A FEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY FIT INTO YOUR CATEGORIES OF USER GROUPS, OR PERHAPS CBOS, BUT A FAIR AMOUNT OF GROUPS. I HEAR PARK FEEDBACK FROM OUR OUR SCOUTING GROUPS SCOUTS AND GIRL SCOUTS. I KNOW THAT WITH WITH THE TROOP THAT I LED, WE USED THE PARK DISTRICT OFTEN. I THINK OF ADJACENT NEIGHBORS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND THAT THEY MAY NOT MAY NOT AGREE WITH THE PARK DISTRICT ON A LOT OF THINGS, BUT IT'S A THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR US TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILD CONNECTIONS AND BUILD TRUST. SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER IN THE OAKLAND HILLS AND BEYOND THAT THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT WOULD WOULD REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE AND HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS FOR YOU TO ATTEND OR I COULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT WITH SOME OF THAT, OR THEY COULD HAVE INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS, BUT CIRCULATE THE SURVEY ON YOUR BEHALF. I THINK OF GROUPS WITHOUT GOING TO EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ETC. IF YOU COULD REACH OUT TO GROUPS THAT HAVE RECENTLY HAD A FIELD TRIP TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK THAT MAY BE BENEFICIAL OR SORT OF BROADER GROUPS LIKE OAKLAND GOES OUTDOORS, THAT'S TRYING TO GET MORE OAKLAND YOUTH TO OUR PARKS. AND I'LL KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE PARTICULAR GROUP. BUT I THINK HAVING MORE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT WOULD BE REALLY VALUABLE. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK INTO THAT. AND THEN ON THE TOPIC OF ORGANIZATIONS, I THINK IN A PREVIOUS MEETING, MAYBE JANUARY OF LAST YEAR. WE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIAL SPONSORSHIPS OR SOME SORT OF STIPEND TO ACTIVATE. PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE THIS WOULD BE AN ADDED AMOUNT OF WORK TO THEIR TO THEIR WORKFLOW. YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T MAYBE ALWAYS ENGAGE WITH PARK ISSUES, BUT HOW TO SUPPORT THEM IN ACTIVATING THEIR MEMBERS, [00:45:02] WHICH ARE REALLY THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM. SO I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S STILL PART OF THE PLAN. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT, AND IT IS STILL PART OF THAT PART OF THE PLAN. WE'RE SORT OF WAITING TO SEE WHERE WHERE THE BEST NEED TO TO PLACE THAT IS. BUT YEAH. OKAY. MEMBERS DIETER THEN MEMBER VALENZUELA, FOR A QUICK QUESTION. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND ALL MY FELLOW PAC MEMBERS WITH ALL OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE GREAT. I CROSSED A BUNCH OFF, AS YOU WERE SAYING. AND WHAT I HEAR IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PARK DISTRICT TO DO IS NOT ONLY ENGAGE ONLINE, BUT IN PERSON. AND BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS, MAYBE WHEN YOU ENGAGE IN PERSON, YOU CAN TRY TO GET THE MOST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT STREET FAIRS OR WHATEVER, BUT BEYOND THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE, I LOOK AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS BECAUSE EACH CITY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WATCH THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND THERE COULD BE A PRESENTATION THERE ALSO, OR TOWN HALLS. THE FEW TOWN HALLS THAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAD IN ALAMEDA WERE VERY WELL ATTENDED. SO ANYWAY, JUST TO THROW THAT IN THERE I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT WHO TO REACH OUT TO, BUT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR SLIDESHOW THAT YOU PLAN ON IDENTIFYING KEY PRIORITIES. I. COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHAT THAT MEANS? DOES THAT MEAN BUDGET? DOES THAT MEAN TO NAME THE MOST IMPORTANT TO THE BOTTOM? AND HOW DOES THAT IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT, I'D BE INTERESTED. YEAH. WELL, I'LL DO MY BEST. AND I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS VERY MUCH AN ITERATIVE PROCESS, AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS ENGAGEMENT SORT OF SESSION TO REALLY KIND OF IDENTIFY WHAT THIS IS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE PARK DISTRICT IS, AS WE'VE BEEN KIND OF SCOPING THIS OUT AND REALLY LOOKING AT THIS IS, IS WE ARE A PRETTY UNIQUE AGENCY. THERE'S NOT REALLY AN ANALOGOUS AGENCY THAT WE CAN POINT TO THAT HAS THE SAME SIZE, THAT WORKS WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES, THAT DEALS WITH THE SAME DIVERSE POPULATION, OR DEALS WITH THE SAME SENSITIVE LANDSCAPES THAT WE DO. I MEAN, WE THE EAST BAY IS A UNIQUE AREA, AND THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICTS ARE REALLY UNIQUE, UNIQUE AGENCY. SO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF WHAT THE THE OUTCOMES OF THIS PLAN ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, ARE LIKE I SAY, IT'S NOT TO OVERUSE THE TERM, BUT BUT A BIT ITERATIVE AS WE SORT OF IDENTIFY IN TERMS OF YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION ON WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE, I CAN SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIES ON THIS PARK VERSUS THIS PARK OR THIS PROJECT VERSUS THIS PROJECT. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIES, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BIG BUCKETS OF THINGS THAT THE PARK DISTRICT YOU KNOW, WRESTLES WITH. SO QUESTIONS AROUND LIKE PUBLIC ACCESS AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, CLIMATE ADAPTATION IS A IS A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR THE PARK DISTRICT. SO, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT EXTENT SHOULD CLIMATE ADAPTATION TYPES OF PROJECTS PLAY INTO OUR BUDGETING AND OUR ADVOCACY VERSUS AND WHAT ROLE DOES THE PARK DISTRICT SORT OF PLAY IN THAT SPACE? THE QUESTION COMES UP OFTEN AROUND SOME OF OUR MORE LIKE, DEVELOPED RECREATION FACILITIES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IN THE PARK DISTRICT EVERYTHING FROM EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES AND SPORTS FIELDS TO, YOU KNOW, SOME DOG PARKS OR SWIMMING FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH ARE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS SHOULD WE BE DOING VERSUS YOU KNOW, MORE PASSIVE TYPES OF TYPES OF RECREATION THINGS. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIES, IT'S REALLY KIND OF GAUGING GAUGING A LOT OF THOSE THINGS. AND YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PARK DISTRICT FOR A LOT OF THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW A PARK IS A PARK IS A PARK, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A STATE PARK, NATIONAL PARK, REGIONAL PARK, CITY PARK YOU KNOW, OFTEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THAT DISTINCTION. SO I THINK FOR US, PART OF THIS IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHO WHAT MAKES THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT SPECIAL? WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THAT NICHE? WHAT'S THAT CATEGORY? WHAT'S THAT EXTRA SORT OF SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE EAST BAY THAT SAY CITY PARK AGENCIES DON'T THE STATE PARKS DON'T, NATIONAL PARKS DON'T. SO AND REALLY KIND OF GAUGING THE PRIORITIES AROUND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO WHAT EXACTLY THAT LOOKS LIKE? I'M HESITANT TO ACTUALLY SAY IN TERMS OF WHAT THE SORT OF IMPLEMENTATION IS, AND THAT'LL ALL COME OUT AS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND IT KIND OF GETS IN THERE. BUT, BUT WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION A LOT INTERNALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AROUND ACQUISITION CAPITAL, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. VARIOUS, YOU KNOW LIKE I SAY, FUEL REDUCTION, WILDFIRE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THESE A LOT OF BIG QUESTIONS FOR THE PARK [00:50:01] DISTRICT. WELL, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS MORE INTERESTED IN. TO THE BIG BUCKET. IT'S LIKE, DO WE WANT TO ACQUIRE MORE LAND OR FIX UP THE LAND THAT WE HAVE? DO WE? THAT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. FOCUS ON STEWARDSHIP OR CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND DO YOU PUT THOSE IN THE ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, OR IS IT ALL IN ONE BUCKET TO LOOK AT TOGETHER? SO THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT UNDERSTANDING THE THE CHALLENGE I SEE LOTS OF HANDS HERE. I'M GOING TO GET A MEMBER. VALENZUELA. MEMBER CHANG. AND THEN MEMBER PEOPLES. AND THEN WE CAN MAYBE CAP IT THERE SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION. MEMBER VALENZUELA YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. IF WE'RE GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC FOR ANY CERTAIN EVENT, CAN WE HAVE A FEW OF THESE NAME TAGS? SO WE SO THEY KNOW WHO WHO WE ARE AND THAT WE'RE THERE TO ANSWER ANY, ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS THEY HAVE? I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE PAC STAFF AND SEE SEE HOW WE CAN DO THAT. TACKLE THAT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. MEMBER CHANG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME THAT WE NEED THAT. THIS IS ACTUALLY LIKE A COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. HOW LONG IS THIS FEEDBACK FORM GOING TO BE? OH GO AHEAD PLEASE. SO THE FIRST ROUND WILL RUN THROUGH JULY 31ST. AND THEN WE'LL BE STARTING SORT OF A SECOND ROUND THAT'LL GO ROUGHLY THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. AND THEN, AND THEN THE THIRD ROUND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD EXPECT WOULD GO KIND OF THROUGH THE SPRING AND THEN OF COURSE, OR THROUGH UNTIL JULY, AND THEN WE'LL START GOING TO THE BOARD, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, OR AND THE PAC, WHICH IS A FEEDBACK PROCESS IN AND OF ITSELF. I'M SORRY. HOW LONG LIKE IN TERMS OF HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO TAKE THE SURVEY? AND ALSO IS IT A SURVEY? ARE THEY ARE WE ASKING LIKE 1 TO 7, 1 TO 7, 1 TO 10. WE'RE ASKING THE FIVE QUESTIONS THAT ARE UP THERE. AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THIS A, A, AN ACCESSIBLE SURVEY AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, SHORT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN GET IN AND PERHAPS PROVIDING SOME ROADMAP TO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN ALWAYS FOLLOW UP WITH ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, WHETHER BY EMAIL OR WHATEVER. SO THIS IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BE ACCESSIBLE HERE AND MEMBERS PEOPLES. YEAH, I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON MEMBER DIETER'S QUESTION AND YOUR RESPONSE ON PRIORITIES AND WHATNOT. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THINK IN TERMS OF THOSE VERY BROAD PRIORITIES. AND AS IT CONTINUES, IT HAS BEEN FOR THE PARK DISTRICT, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, FOREVER, AND IS NOW AND WILL BE IN THE FUTURE AS THE BALANCE BETWEEN PROTECTING MORE OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL AREAS AND THEN MAINTAINING AND MAKING ACCESSIBLE THE AREAS. I MEAN, THAT'S ALMOST THE MAJOR DIVIDE THAT WE HAVE THERE, AND A LOT OF THE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT YOU CAN THINK OF, WHETHER IT'S CLIMATE CHANGE OR PROVIDING ACCESS AND WHATNOT, KIND OF ARE SUBSUMED UNDER THAT MAJOR DEVELOPMENT. AND I, I WOULD ADD, IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, CLIMATE CHANGE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PROTECT THIS OPEN SPACE AND MAINTAIN IT AS NATURAL AREAS, IT'S GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE. AND THE THE OTHER THING KIND OF A PRIORITY, IF YOU WILL, WELL BELOW THAT HIGHEST LEVEL PRIORITIES WOULD BE ECOSYSTEM CONNECTIVITY. WE'RE TRYING TO CONNECT ALL THESE VARIOUS PIECES WE HAVE, SO THAT YOU HAVE A MAJOR ECOSYSTEM THAT MAINTAINS ITS VIABILITY OVER TIME. BUT THAT'S A THAT COMES WITH PROTECTING THE THE THE OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL AREAS TO BEGIN WITH. SO I THINK PRIORITIES I WOULD SUGGEST YOU TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT TERM, BUT THINK IN TERMS OF GOALS. AND THE BALANCE BETWEEN THESE VARIOUS GOALS AND PRIORITIES CAN BE A BIT OF A SLIPPERY SLOPE, I THINK. I THINK THAT'S A FAIR COMMENT. YEAH. THANK YOU. MEMBER PEOPLES I THINK THAT SEGUES WELL INTO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WITH REGIONAL TRAILS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO FINISH OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS DISTRICT PLAN. IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE TO DO SO OPEN ROAD TV HAD A GREAT FEATURE ON OUR PARK DISTRICT YESTERDAY HIGHLIGHTING THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK AS WELL AS COYOTE HILLS REGIONAL PARK. AGAIN, OPEN ROAD WITH DOUG MCCONNELL. AND THANK YOU BRIAN. AND WE ALSO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT TO TAKE. THANK YOU. OKAY. JOHN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO BEFORE OR AFTER OUR PUBLIC COMMENT? I'LL GO. I'LL BE THE LAST ONE TO SPEAK, JUST TO KIND OF WRAP IT ALL UP AND BE THE SEGUE INTO THE NEXT THE NEXT ITEM, [00:55:03] IF THAT'S OKAY. PERFECT. YEAH. OKAY. I'LL MOVE THEM OVER NOW. HI. YEAH. THIS IS NORMAN LEFFERTS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. MR. LAFORCE, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR YOUR YEAH. NORMAN LAFOREST. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF. AS PRESIDENT OF SPROUL DEV TODAY. AND THIS IS IN REGARD TO THE. THIS ITEM I HAD SENT IN COMMENTS ON FRIDAY MORNING AT ABOUT 08:45 A.M.. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED THOSE COMMENTS. I WOULD HOPE THAT EVEN IF THEY GET THEM LATE, THEY WILL CONSIDER THEM, SINCE THIS IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS, AS BRIAN HOLT MENTIONED. SO I'LL JUST SAY THIS IN TERMS OF PARTNERSHIPS, I WOULD HOPE THAT PARK DISTRICT IS GOING TO WORK WITH THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, AND THE HCP AGENCIES INVOLVED IN REGARD TO THE FUTURE OF THE PARK DISTRICT. I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THE THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED FOR YOU ARE EXCELLENT QUESTIONS. THOSE ARE FIVE QUESTIONS. BUT WHEN THE PROPOSAL, WHEN DISCUSSION OF THIS WAS MADE TO THE PARK DISTRICT BOARD LAST WEEK, THERE WERE ONLY FOUR QUESTIONS ASKED OF THE STAFF OF THE PARK DISTRICT, AND THAT DID NOT INCLUDE ANY QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THEY FELT WOULD BE THE ROLE OF THE PARK DISTRICT IN PRESERVING, PROTECTING OR ENHANCING HABITAT AND WILDLIFE. AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ASKED OF THE STAFF AND OF ANYBODY. AND THAT LEADS ME TO THE NEXT POINT, WHICH IS THE ANSWERS TO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE PARK DISTRICT ARE ONLY GOOD AS THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE FLESHED OUT IN VERY CAREFUL MANNER TO GET AT ALL THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT ARE OF CONCERN. AND THAT MEANS ALSO THAT REALLY YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE A LARGE PUBLIC INPUT HERE. THE 1973 PARK MASTER PLAN HAD A COMMITTEE OF 83 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT MET FOR 1000 HOURS, ACCORDING TO A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, AND HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS. AND THERE NEEDS TO BE THAT KIND OF PUBLIC OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. AND LASTLY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PRIORITIES, PRIORITIES ARE IMPORTANT. I SERVED ON A CITY COUNCIL. I KNOW YOU ONLY HAVE A LIMITED BUDGET, AND SO THE PRIORITIES ARE HOW MUCH MONEY SHOULD GO TO REHABBING EXISTING TRAILS, WHERE 90%, 90% OF THE USERS OF TRAILS ARE PEDESTRIANS. OKAY, HIKERS VERSUS WHAT TO DO WITH THE REST OF THE MONEY? YOU COULD SPEND A LOT OF MONEY REHABBING TRAILS TO IMPROVE THE HIKING EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE, AND EVEN THE MOUNTAIN BIKE EXPERIENCE TO PEOPLE INSTEAD OF DOING OTHER PROJECTS OR IDEAS. AND THAT GOES TO STEWARDSHIP. AND I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A DISCUSSION, PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT SHOULD THE PRIORITIES BE OF THE PARK DISTRICT IN BALANCING ALL THESE VARIOUS ISSUES WITH A LIMITED BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY TO DO EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO DO. AND THOSE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN A VERY ITERATIVE PROCESS THAT REALLY GOES AND SEEKS OUT PUBLIC OPINION FROM EVERY SOURCE, EVERY WAY POSSIBLE, TO GET US TO A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WILL BE TRULY A PLAN FOR THE NEXT NEXT 20 TO 50 YEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. LAFORCE. ANA. PRESIDENT. MERCURIO. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOU TODAY. I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BECAUSE OF COURSE, YOU ALL KNOW I WAS PART OF YOUR GROUP FOR A LONG TIME, AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF A LOT OF VALUABLE STUFF HAPPENS IN YOUR GROUP, AND YOU PROVIDE A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT INPUT FOR US. SO FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU JUST MADE. CERTAINLY, I'VE BEEN GIVEN A LOT OF BRAIN, JUST A LOT OF THOUGHT TO THIS AS I'M HIKING AROUND AND THINKING ABOUT THIS STUFF. AND THAT'S WHEN I DO MY THINKING. AND THERE WERE THINGS THERE THAT I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF, YOU KNOW? SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF YOU TO KEEP KEEP UP THOSE THINGS. AND AS AS, AS CARLYN OBRINGER SAID, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO OUR STAFF IF YOU WOULD SUBMIT THE THINGS YOU SUGGESTED IN WRITING THROUGH EMAIL. THEY ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT THAT WAY. [01:00:04] AND, AND FINALLY ON THIS ITEM AS, AS AS BRIAN HOLT SAID YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR HELP IS GOING TO BE NEEDED AND IMPORTANT. AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR ALL OF US, ME TO TO GET OUT AND MEET A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE AND, AND TALK ABOUT THE PARK DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALL YOU'RE ALL PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, JUST LIKE I AM. AND I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THOSE OF US WHO ARE SERVING RIGHT NOW HAVE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE VERY, VERY LUCKY TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW DURING THE TIME OF THIS BIG TIME PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH. AND I HAVE GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR IT. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GREAT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE I THINK IT'S I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FUN DOING IT. I DON'T KNOW IF BRIAN FEELS ANYTHING ABOUT FUN RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A COINCIDENCE OR NOT, BUT I HAPPEN TO BE HERE WITH YOU ON THIS PARTICULAR MEETING WHEN THE TRAILS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE MADE. WE WE HAD THAT TO THE BOARD RECENTLY, AND I CAN TELL YOU, THE BOARD TO A PERSON, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GREAT AND REALLY APPRECIATED IT. AND IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO US. AND SO I JUST WANT TO REASSURE ALL OF YOU THAT IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW GENERALLY SPEAKING, IF I HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THINGS, I THINK TRAILS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE DO IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, REAL, TANGIBLE THINGS. THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO THAT ARE NOT TANGIBLE, THAT ARE ALSO HUGELY IMPORTANT. BUT WHEN IT'S TALKING ABOUT TANGIBLE THINGS THAT WE DO, I'M ALL ABOUT TRAILS. I'M ALL ABOUT TRAILS AS CONNECTIONS. CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS, CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PARKS, CONNECTIONS BETWEEN HABITATS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT TOWNS IN THE DISTRICT. AND SO I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO BUILD THAT AND ANY, ANY KIND OF SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU FOLKS HAVE PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TO SEND ME A NOTE. BECAUSE I CAN. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE. I'M ALSO ADVOCATING FOR MORE MILES OF TRAIL TO BE BUILT EVERY YEAR THAN WE'VE BEEN DOING. I THINK YOU MAY HAVE A STATISTIC IN THE COMING, UPCOMING PRESENTATION THAT TELLS HOW MANY MILES OF TRAIL WE BUILT EVERY YEAR IN THE LAST 11 YEARS, AND IT'S LESS THAN YOU, YOU WOULD PROBABLY THINK FOR AN AGENCY OUR SIZE. SO I'M GOING TO BE ADVOCATING FOR YOU KNOW, 3 TO 5 TIMES MORE TRAILS BUILT EVERY YEAR, TRAILS OF ALL TYPES COMING UP. SO AGAIN, AND ANY IDEAS, I ALWAYS WELCOME COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY, BUT ESPECIALLY YOU FOLKS. DROP ME A NOTE IF YOU HAVE SOME IDEA ON THAT. AND FINALLY, I'M GOING TO FINISH UP WITH EARTH DAYS COMING UP. I'M GOING TO BE TABLING IN DANVILLE WITH DIRECTOR WAESPI. BUT YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET OUT THERE AND, AND PICK A, PICK A PLACE, PICK A THING AND GO OUT THERE AND DO IT. IT'S IT'S SO MUCH FUN AND GREAT. SO I GUESS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OF ME HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM ABOUT ABOUT ANYTHING AT ALL. THANK YOU AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN FOR JOINING US. PRESIDENT. MERCURIO. SPEAKING OF DANVILLE THEIR SURVEY WENT OUT ABOUT AN AG PARK THERE CALLED THE AG PARK, A WALNUT ORCHARD THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE GOTTEN. IF YOU HAVEN'T, LOOK UP THE SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE WAY THAT THE PARK DISTRICT CAN PROCEED WITH, WITH THAT AGRICULTURAL PARK, THE AG PARK AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S GO ON TO OUR SECOND PRESENTATION. MAX HAS BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY OVER THERE, SO IT'S ALL YOURS. THANK YOU AND GOOD TO GOOD TO BE ABLE TO JOIN YOU ALL. MY NAME IS MAX COURTIN. I'M A DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, AND WE'LL GET THIS PRESENTATION STARTED. LET'S SEE. IT'S THAT ONE. YEAH. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT. SO THIS IS WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THE THREE HOUR TRAIL STUDY SESSION THAT WE DID FOR OUR BOARD RECENTLY AND CONDENSE IT TO A SHORTER VERSION, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU ALL WOULD PREFER NOT FOR US TO SPEND THREE HOURS TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT TRAILS, BECAUSE TRAILS ARE SUCH A COOL, IMPORTANT PART OF ALL OF OUR PARK FEATURES. AND I PERSONALLY LOVE TRAILS. SO I'M GOING TO START OUT AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE OVERVIEW, AND THEN SEAN IS GOING TO TAKE OVER AND RUN THROUGH OUR PROJECTS FROM THE PAST YEAR, OUR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THIS YEAR, OUR FUTURE PROJECTS. AND WHEN WE DID THE STUDY SESSION WITH OUR BOARD, WE KIND OF STOPPED THROUGH EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. [01:05:03] BUT IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL, WE'LL GO RIGHT TO THE END AND THEN DO COMMENTS. QUESTIONS. OKAY. PERFECT. SO WHY TRAILS. THEY'RE A KEY PARK FEATURE. THEY CONNECT PEOPLE WITH NATURE. THEY'RE A PLACE FOR LEARNING ABOUT APPRECIATING WILDLIFE. HEALTHY OUTDOOR EXERCISE. PLACE TO CONNECT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON MANY OF OUR PAVED, MULTI-USE TRAILS. IT'S A NON-MOTORIZED PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO WORK OR GET TO SCHOOL. AND ONE REALLY COOL THING ABOUT TRAILS IS IF WE DESIGN THEM CORRECTLY, IT'S A WAY TO PROTECT WILDLIFE PLANTS AND CULTURAL RESOURCES BECAUSE WE'RE DIRECTING VISITATION AWAY FROM SOME OF THOSE SENSITIVE RESOURCES. SO HOW MANY, HOW MUCH, HOW MANY TRAILS DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND MILES OF TRAILS AND FIRE ROADS. AND THIS DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE NON-SYSTEM TRAILS. SO A LOT OF SOME OF THOSE, LIKE LEGACY FIRE ROADS OR OR TRAILS OR HUMAN CREATED TRAILS THAT ARE NOT PART OF OUR SIGNED AND MAINTAINED SYSTEM, BUT IT'S A LOT. SO 120 MILES OF PAVED TRAILS. I THINK THAT SAYS 200 MILES OF UNPAVED, LIKE SINGLE TRACK TRAILS AND THEN OVER A THOUSAND MILES OF RANCH ROADS AND FIRE ROADS. AND SO OUR RANCH ROADS THAT ARE MAINTAINED BY A ROAD AND TRAIL CREW AND OPERATIONS, WE HAVE SEVEN HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS WITH RANGER AND PARK CRAFT SPECIALIST SUPPORT STAFF. THEY GO IN EVERY YEAR TO CUT BACK THE VEGETATION, TO CLEAR OUT DRAINAGE, TO KEEP THOSE ROADS ACCESSIBLE. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE USED BY OUR VISITORS FOR ACCESS. THEY'RE ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT FOR FIREFIGHTING AND EMERGENCY SERVICES RESCUES. AND THEN ONE THING IS, A LOT OF THESE FIRE ROADS WERE CREATED, AND I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE MORE LATER, BUT WITHOUT THE ENVIRONMENT IN MIND AND SUSTAINABILITY. AND SO THERE'S LOTS OF WORK WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THEM. SINGLE TRACK TRAILS OVER 200 MILES. WE'VE ADDED ABOUT A MILE A YEAR OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, AND WE'RE REALLY WORKING TO INTEGRATE SUSTAINABLE TECHNIQUES INTO INTO THIS SINGLE TRACK TRAIL SYSTEM. WE STILL HAVE TONS OF WORK TO DO. PAVED REGIONAL TRAILS. WE'VE ADDED ABOUT EIGHT MILES IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. THE DAILY MAINTENANCE PICKING UP TRASH ARE PROVIDED BY OUR RANGERS AND PARK STAFF, OPERATIONS STAFF AND THEN OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF. REPAVES AND RESEALS A PORTION OF THOSE TRAILS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND THEN HERE'S OUR TEAM. SO AND PARK OPERATIONS. WE'VE GOT OUR RANGERS AND OUR CRAFT SPECIALISTS. THEY DO A LOT OF WORK ON THE GROUND, ON THE TRAILS IN EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL PARKS. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, CIVIC CORPS, OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS. VOLUNTEERS DO A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT CONNECTION TO OUR WORK. WE HAVE A SMALL TRAILS CREW THAT STARTED JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. YOU HEAR MORE ABOUT THEM, BUT THEY'RE AMAZING AND DOING REALLY COOL WORK TO TO IMPROVE OUR TRAILS. WE HAVE OUR OWN TRAIL CREW THAT MAINLY FOCUSES ON OUR FIRE ROAD MAINTENANCE. THEY'RE HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS. WE HAVE A MAJOR MAINTENANCE TEAM THAT CONTRACTS OUT SOME OF THE BIGGER PAVING PROJECTS AND, AND IN-HOUSE DOES SOME OF THE SMALLER PAVING PROJECTS. SEAN'S TEAM THAT DOES A LOT OF THE PLANNING WORK AND DESIGN AND ALSO COORDINATES WITH ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES. AND THEN OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM THAT DOES MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, THAT INCLUDES SOME OF OUR PAVED TRAILS, AND THEN OUR STEWARDSHIP TEAM THAT SUPPORTS ALL THAT WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BOTH IMPROVING THE SYSTEM AND ALSO REDUCING IMPACTS ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. AND AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE ARE HUGE CHALLENGES. A LOT OF THE SYSTEM WAS NOT CREATED FOR RECREATIONAL USE. IT WASN'T CREATED TO BE SUSTAINABLE. AND IT ALSO HAS A NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT. AND SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING TO ADDRESS THAT. AND HOPEFULLY THERE'S SORT OF WIN WIN WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS SYSTEM MORE FUN, MORE EXCITING, MORE WELCOMING AND ALSO LIGHTER ON THE LAND. AND SO OUR GOALS ARE DEVELOPING STRATEGIC CONNECTIONS, MAINTAINING A SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM, REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, PROTECTING NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, AND ALSO IMPROVING SAFETY AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND ACCESSIBILITY AT THE SAME TIME. AND SOME OF OUR KEY STRATEGIES THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE MORE LATER. THERE'S WE JUST STARTED THIS TRAIL CREW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THEY'RE DOING AMAZING WORK, AND WE REALLY THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND BE ABLE TO DO MORE IN TERMS OF IMPROVING AND TAKING CARE OF OUR OUR SYSTEM OF TRAILS. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SEAN'S TEAM, OUR TRAIL CREW, CIVIC CORPS ARE ALL OPPORTUNITIES BOTH TO TRAIN OUR OWN TEAM IN BEING BETTER EQUIPPED TO [01:10:06] DO TRAIL WORK, TO WORK WITH VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. INTERDIVISIONAL COLLABORATION. THIS IS A REALLY BIG THING WITH THE DISTRICT. WE'VE GROWN SO LARGE. THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS DOING THEIR OWN WORK, BUT OPPORTUNITIES TO FOR US TO WORK BETTER AS A TEAM. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'RE WORKING ON. AND THEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY, WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WORK IS OPEN, THAT PEOPLE FEEL THEY CAN ACCESS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING, THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE IN PLANNING THIS REALLY IMPORTANT WORK, AND THAT WE'RE DOING IT OUT IN THE OPEN IN A WAY THAT THAT FEELS FEELS REAL TO PEOPLE. AND THEN THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT'S INFORMED BY SCIENCE AND DATA. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SEAN TO START TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS. THANK YOU. THANKS, THANKS, MAX. HI, EVERYONE. I'M SEAN DUGGAN, I'M THE TRAILS PROGRAM MANAGER. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. SOME OF YOU MAY BE NEW TO ME. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE NOT. IT'S GOOD TO GOOD TO BE HERE. SO I AM THE TRAILS PROGRAM MANAGER. I'VE BEEN HERE 19 YEARS, AND I HAVE SEEN A LOT GO DOWN AT THIS AGENCY. BUT I WILL SAY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, HERE'S A QUICK SNIPPET OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO. SO WE DO WE WE WE BUILD, TRY TO BUILD DIRT TRAILS IN PARKS, IMPLEMENT LAND USE PLANS. WE DO WE DO CONNECT REGIONAL TRAILS THAT ARE PAVED. AND THOSE ARE THE LARGER PROJECTS, HUGE CAPITAL PROJECTS. I'LL SHOW YOU A FEW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AS WELL. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE FOUR TABLES HERE, WE HAVE OUR NATURAL SURFACE TRAILS, WHICH IS BASICALLY SINGLE TRACK TRAIL CONSTRUCTION IN OUR PARKS. MY, MY PROGRAM DOES NOT BUILD ROADS EBRPD PAVED TRAIL CONNECTIONS AS WELL. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MILEAGE THERE. BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO LOOK AT 2024. WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD MORE IN THAT YEAR DOUBLE. WE DOUBLED WHAT WE WE COULD DO IN THE LAST TEN YEARS THAT YEAR. AND THAT'S A COMBINATION OF OF OUR BOARD APPROVING AND ALLOWING AN ON CALL TRAIL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS TRAIL STEWARDSHIP. IT'S OUR SMALL TRAILS CREW, AND IT'S ALSO THE CULMINATION OF OF THESE PROJECTS OVER YEARS. WE HAVE PLANNING YEARS AND WE HAVE BUILDING YEARS. RIGHT. AND THEY SOMETIMES THEY CULMINATE IN I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS IS MY HOPE. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT, A LOT, A LOT DEVELOPED. THAT'S THAT'S JUST ABOUT READY. BUT IT'S JUST BEEN INCHING ALONG THE ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. THERE'S A TRAIL OF PLEASANTON RIDGE CALLED THE VALLE VISTA TRAIL, FORMERLY CALLED THE MARIPOSA TRAIL, IF ANYONE HAD SEEN THAT. AND AGAIN, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE IN, IN A, IN THE PACKET THAT WERE PROVIDED WITH THE WITH THE UPDATE. I'M GOING TO BLAST THROUGH THESE. BUT IF IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END, I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK AND AND ALWAYS GIVE MORE DETAIL. THIS THIS THIS TRAIL IS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF PLEASANTON RIDGE. IT WAS IN THE LAND USE PLAN. PLEASANTON RIDGE LAND USE PLAN WAS QUITE A ROBUST TRAILS AND RECREATION FOCUSED LAND USE PLAN. BUT A LOT OF RESTORATION OF TRAILS, ROAD TO TRAIL CONVERSIONS, AND THEN SOME NEW TRAILS. THIS ONE IS A NEW TRAIL THAT WAS BUILT BY SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAIN TRAIL STEWARDSHIP. IT'S ABOUT A MILE, AND THE COMMUNITY LOVES IT. IT'S IT'S GOT SOME FLOW TO IT. IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A MULTI-USE TRAIL, BUT IT REALLY HAS SOME FLOW CHARACTERISTICS TO IT THAT MAKE IT ENJOYABLE FOR BIKE FOR BIKE RIDING. WE ALSO HAVE WINTER STORM DAMAGE. EVERY YEAR. THERE'S MORE PROJECTS ADDED TO THE LIST. ADDED TO THE LIST. THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT I ACTUALLY LED. UNFORTUNATELY, THE DRAINAGE ON THE HILLSIDE FAILED. BUT OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR FINALLY COMPLETED THE RENOVATION OF THIS, AND NOW IT'S BACK OPEN. THIS IS THE TRAIL. THIS WAS ABOUT $1 MILLION PROJECT. AND SO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE WANT MORE AND MORE AND MORE. BUT THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE'VE GOT AS WELL. SO THAT'S ALL LEADING TO THE RATE BY WHICH WE CAN DELIVER PROJECTS. WE ALSO REALLY FOLLOWED SOME OF THESE NEW TRAIL PROJECTS, THIS BOLLINGER CANYON OVERCROSSING IN SAN RAMON. IT'S JUST ABOUT OPEN. BUT WE FOLLOW, SUPPORT, WRITE LETTERS OF SUPPORT WORK WITH CCTA AND SAN RAMON TO ACQUIRE FEDERAL FUNDING AND ALSO PUT THESE PROJECTS IN THEIR PLANS, A SIMILAR, SIMILAR BRIDGE PROJECT COORDINATING WITH DUBLIN. THEY JUST FINISHED THIS IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. THIS WAS A $14 MILLION PROJECT, BUT THESE ARE BOTH THE IRON HORSE TRAIL AND WE MANAGE THE SURFACE OF THAT TRAIL. SO WE'RE INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN KIND OF KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON OUTSIDE OF THESE WALLS, AND THEN WE COMPLETED THE PACIFIC P TRAIL. THIS IS A NEW TRAIL. CONSTRUCTION GOES FROM HUCKLEBERRY DOWN TO THE NEW STAGING AREA AT MCCOSKER. THIS THIS WAS THE SMALL TRAILS CREW THAT BUILT THIS. [01:15:01] AND THEY HELPED WITH THIS PRESENTATION WHEN WE, WHEN WE AT THE BOARD STUDY SESSION. BUT I'M GOING TO JUST JUST SAY THAT THEY DO GREAT WORK. YOU CAN SEE IT HERE IN THE, IN THE PICTURES. AND IT ALLOWED US TO GET THESE THINGS DONE IN A QUICK WAY. IT'S ONLY THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE. BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, CHECK IT OUT. IT'S A REALLY NICE TRAIL. IT'S GOING TO OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC PROBABLY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. SO JUST SOME FINISHING TOUCHES ON THERE. THERE'S ALSO THE LOG BRIDGE. THIS IS A REDWOOD TREE THAT FELL DOWN AGAIN. SMALL TRAILS, CREW PROJECT AND PARK STAFF SAID LET'S JUST MAKE A BRIDGE OUT OF THAT. IT'S RIGHT THERE. THE TREE IS STILL ALIVE, ACTUALLY. AND SO THAT'S BETTER THAN BUILDING A NEW BRIDGE, RIGHT? WELL, THEY STARTED AND THEN WE REALIZED, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO GET PERMITS FOR THAT, TOO, GUYS. BUT HERE'S SOME OF THE, THE THE WORK THAT WENT THROUGH I MEAN, SOME OF THIS GREAT WOOD JOINERY BY OUR BY OUR SMALL TRAILS CREW AND PUTTING THIS TALK ABOUT FITTING INTO THE SCENE, RIGHT TO, TO TO WORKING WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. AND THIS IS ALL WOOD THAT WAS SUSTAINABLY SOURCED OR USED FROM OTHER REDWOODS THAT HAD FALLEN IN THE PARK. AND THAT'S THEN PRODUCT. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS PICTURE ON OUR BROCHURES AND MATERIALS PROBABLY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. MAX SAID IT TOO. IT'S LIKE THE WORK THEY'RE DOING IS GREAT. WE HAVE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW THIS. WE HAVE A LOT. WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAILS. WE HAVE A LOT OF BRIDGES. WE HAVE A LOT OF STRUCTURES OUT THERE THAT HELP KEEP THOSE TRAILS UP. SO THERE'S THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO DO FOR THE SMALL TRAILS CREW. BUT THIS IS SOME OF THE EXAMPLES IN COAL CANYON. IT'S THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL. THEY'RE DOING SOME RETAINING WALLS, SOME STRUCTURE STABILIZATION STRUCTURES. THAT'S CALLED GEOCELL MATERIAL DOWN ON THE BOTTOM. AND YOU FILL THAT WITH DIRT AND YOU STACK IT. THERE'S 40, 43 LIFTS OF THIS ON THIS TRAIL TO KEEP IT FROM SLIDING OR TO REPAIR THE, THE, THE WORK. AND, AND THEY'RE WORKING TO REPLACE OR REPAIR MANY, MANY BRIDGES. WE HAVE ABOUT 2 TO 300 LARGE BRIDGES IN THE PARK DISTRICT. SO LIKE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES ON, ON ON REGIONAL TRAILS, WE HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE HUNDRED OR EVEN 300 MORE, JUST SMALL BRIDGE STRUCTURES TO PARK DISTRICT. SO WE HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US. SO FOR THIS, THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE WHAT WHAT WAS GOING ON LAST YEAR AS WE MOVE INTO THIS YEAR YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL AT POINT MALLARD PROJECT. WE PUT THIS OUT TO BID LAST YEAR. WE THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP CHANGED HANDS. WE RAN INTO SOME PERMITTING ISSUES, AND THE WE DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO AWARD THE CONTRACT, UNFORTUNATELY. SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS BACK OUT TO BID IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE HOPE, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH RICHMOND TO CLOSE SOME GAPS AND GET THIS GET THIS OUT TO BID. AND WE'RE HOPING FOR SOME COMPETITIVE BIDS THIS YEAR THAT, SAY, THE LARGEST TRAIL PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW THAT'S READY FOR CONSTRUCTION, I SHOULD SAY THIS IS THE GAP THAT WAS HOLDING US UP. I DON'T NEED TO DWELL ON THIS, BUT THERE'S A FEW ISSUES WITH THE PROJECT THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE WE CAN PUT IT BACK OUT TO BID, BUT WE WORK TO VALUE ENGINEER. THIS PROJECT TOOK SOME ELEMENTS OUT, LOWER THE COST, AND WE HOPE THAT BY BIDDING IT IN A MORE COMPETITIVE CLIMATE AT THE TIME OF YEAR, THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE BETTER BIDS GOING TO THE DIRT SIDE OF WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE SEVERAL PERMITTED TRAILS IN PLEASANTON RIDGE. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CHECK OFF THE LIST. THEY'RE ALL INCLUDED IN THE LAND USE PLAN AND IN A PERMIT PACKAGE. AND THIS ONE IS THE CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL, OR ALSO THE PHILIP SCHULTZ TRAIL. IT'S IN NORTHERN PLEASANTON RIDGE. WE PLAN TO BUILD THAT THIS YEAR. AND WE'LL BE GOING TO THE BOARD IN APRIL TO APPROPRIATE THE MONEY TO DO SO. THIS IS ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PHILIP SCHULTZ FOUNDATION. PHILIP SCHULTZ FOUNDATION DONATED ABOUT 80 GRAND TO THIS TRAIL PROJECT. AND BACK WHEN THEY DONATED THAT ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO, WE THOUGHT, YEAH, THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO BUILD THIS. THIS IS A $500,000 PROJECT, SO IT'LL HELP. AND WE'RE GOING TO NAME IT AFTER PHILIP SCHULTZ, AS THE BOARD APPROVED YEARS AGO. AND THEY'VE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR US TO DO THAT. THIS IS A FEEL GOOD PROJECT. I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS ONE GET GET GOING. WE HAVE A CONNECTOR TRAIL TO THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL IN FIVE CANYONS HERE. THIS IS PART OF A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THIS IS REALLY A HORSE TRAIL 1700 FEET LONG. BUT MANY YEARS OF OF LITIGATION TO GET THERE. THAT'S PROBABLY OVER $1 MILLION. AND, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO RESTORE SOME TRAIL IN, IN SIBLEY. HUCKLEBERRY OR. SORRY, SIBLEY AND MCCOSKER AND REROUTE THE BAY TRAIL TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE ROUTE. AND THIS IS REALLY GOING TO LEAD TO THE PACIFIC PEAK TRAIL, WHICH I SHOWED YOU EARLIER THAT THE SMALL TRAILS CREW BUILT UP. AND THEN HERE'S SOME FARTHER OUT PROJECTS THAT THAT ARE ALMOST INTO THE FINAL DESIGN CONSTRUCTION PHASE THAT I'M HOPING WE CAN SEE CROSS THE FINISH LINE IN THE [01:20:03] NEXT YEAR OR SO. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL FROM GARIN TO VALLEJO MILL PARK FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS NOW. WITH PERMITTING PRIVATE PROPERTY ACQUISITION, AN EASEMENT ACQUISITION, RATHER. AND WE LOOK IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF GETTING THE PERMIT AND THE INCIDENTAL TAKE PERMIT. FOR THIS, FOR THE GREEN LINE ON THE ON THE RIGHT THERE. THIS WILL OPEN UP ABOUT FIVE MILES OF THE RIDGE TRAIL AND ALLOW THE OPENING OF THE GELDERMAN LAND BANK PIECE, WHICH IS JUST ABOVE THIS MAP. WELL, YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE SCREEN UP THERE. WHERE? MY RIGHT THERE. THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS IN LAND BANK STATUS. AND THAT WILL THEN CONNECT TO STONEBRIDGE AND THAT WILL CONNECT THIS. THIS PROJECT CONNECTS ABOUT 50 MILES OF CONTINUOUS BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL. SO YOU COULD HIKE FROM THIS LOCATION TO KENNEDY GROVE. SO THIS IS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT GAP THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE. IT DOES INCLUDE A RAILROAD CROSSING WHICH IS GOING TO TRIPLE THE COST THAT IT WOULD COST. BUT WE DID GET THOSE PERMITS LAST YEAR, AND NOW WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP FUND THE ADDITIONAL COST. SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL AGAIN NEJEDLY STAGING AREA TO BERRYESSA STREET IN MARTINEZ. WE COMPLETED SEQUA LAST YEAR. WE'RE DOING NEPA NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME WE HAVE SOME FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES AND UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. AS DIFFICULT AS THEY MAY BE, THEY ARE IN THEIR FINAL STAGES OF APPROVING THE CROSSING, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE TRAIL ALIGNMENT HERE. YOU CAN SEE IN ORANGE THERE'S AN EXISTING BRIDGE THAT WAS BUILT IN 2006 THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONNECT TO FOR THAT LONG. THAT'S HOW FUN THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD IS TO WORK WITH, AND ALSO HOW THESE PROJECTS GO. CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL, OLYMPIC BOULEVARD TO AURORA DRIVE. THIS IS IN LAFAYETTE, ALONG BURTON RIDGE. WE'RE FINALIZING THE RIGHT OF WAY ON THIS, AND PLANNING ON CONSTRUCTING THIS PROJECT AT THE PROBABLY FINISHING IT NEXT YEAR. BUT WE MAY START ON SOME FENCING AND SOME OTHER STABILIZATION ELEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THIS TRAIL. AND ALSO, THIS WILL OPEN UP THIS LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS OWNED FOR MANY YEARS, FROM THE OLYMPIC BOULEVARD STAGING AREA. THAT IS A GEM, ACTUALLY, OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU, WHEN WE FINISH TO, TO GO OUT AND CHECK IT OUT. IRONHORSE TRAIL ALWAYS, ALWAYS TRYING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH BCF RIGHT NOW TO DESIGN A SMALL EXTENSION THAT WE KNOW WE CAN DO. THEY REPLACED THE COUNTY, REPLACED THE MARSH DRIVE BRIDGE. AND AS A PART OF THAT PROJECT, PUT THE IRON HORSE TRAIL ON THE BRIDGE. FOR US, WE PAID FOR THE ADDITIONAL COST OF THAT. BUT AS A REQUIREMENT, WE HAVE TO FINISH AN EXTENSION TO SOME LOGICAL TERMINUS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS. BUT UP HERE ON THE TOP LEFT, YOU SEE A PROPERTY IN ORANGE. THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE LANDFILLS. THERE'S A TOXIC LANDFILL AND THERE'S CORPORATION YARDS AND THINGS. WORKING WITH THE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL YEARS AGO ON THEIR ON THEIR LEVEE RESTORATION PROJECT, WHICH WILL WIDEN WALNUT CREEK AND INCREASE FLOOD POTENTIAL FLOOD CAPACITY RATHER. THESE LANDOWNERS, WE MET AS A STAKEHOLDER GROUP, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH A FEW OF THEM TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY RIGHT OF WAY TO ACTUALLY PUT THE TRAIL ACROSS THESE PROPERTIES, WHICH, AS YOU PROBABLY ARE GETTING THESE PROJECTS TAKE SO LONG, THE FIRST STEPS, THE RIGHT OF WAY, IF WE CAN GET THE RIGHT OF WAY, IT'S ACTUALLY A BIG WIN BECAUSE THEN. THEN IT'S READY FOR US TO RAISE MONEY. IT'S READY FOR US TO START DESIGN. IT'S READY FOR US TO MOVE ON IT. IT'S A THREE MILE PROJECT. MULTIPLE BRIDGES TO GET IT TO WATERBIRD REGIONAL PRESERVE UP IN THE TOP LEFT THERE ON THE MAP. PROBABLY 20 MILLION OR SO, MAYBE MORE. SO IT'S A BIG ONE. IF IF EVERYTHING I CAN DO IN MY CAREER, I WILL DO ON THIS, I, I COMMIT. THIS ONE IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE. ANOTHER SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL CONNECTION. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND THE BAY TRAIL. WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND ON THE BAY TRAIL. THIS ONE. WE SHOULD SEE A CEQA DOCUMENT COME OUT HERE ANY MONTH NOW. AND THIS IS A 0.9 MILE CONNECTION. ALSO VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT PUTTING THE RIGHT OF WAY TOGETHER. AND THIS WILL CLOSE THE ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING GAPS OF SEPARATED CLASS ONE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, THUS CREATING ABOUT A 30 MILE OR SO CONTINUOUS STRETCH OF THE BAY TRAIL FROM RODEO ALL THE WAY TO TREASURE ISLAND. IF YOU WANTED TO. SO THIS AGAIN, THESE THESE LAST GAPS EXPENSIVE, IMPORTANT. BUT THEY'VE TAKEN A LONG TIME. ALL THE EASY ONES ARE DONE. HERE'S A LITTLE RENDERING OF OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. THERE'S WETLANDS, THERE'S RAILROADS, LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS. BUT WE'LL WE'LL GET TO THE EMERALD CITY IN A PLEASANTON RIDGE. [01:25:04] WE'RE WORKING TO CONNECT GUERIN DOWN TO THE VINEYARDS AND WINERY OR THE FORMER VINEYARDS AND WINERY, AND CREATE A STAGING AREA THERE. IT'S A SMALL TRAIL, BUT LET ME SEE IF I HAVE A PICTURE OF IT. I DON'T, BUT BEAUTIFUL CORRIDOR. BUT AGAIN, BEAUTIFUL CORRIDORS ARE VERY SENSITIVE. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO PERMIT AND COMPLETE SEQUA WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL. THIS IS A VERY ROUGH RENDERING OF WHAT A TRAIL COULD LOOK LIKE THROUGH THE BLUE CORRIDOR THAT WE STUDIED. WE'VE BEEN STUDYING WETLANDS, BIO AND FLORA AND FAUNA STUDIES ALL THROUGH HERE TO DETERMINE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THIS TRAIL PROJECT. IT IS NOT FULLY DESIGNED. WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING MORE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THIS YEAR AND COMPLETING SEQUA THIS YEAR. WE ORIGINALLY HAD IT IN ANOTHER LOCATION, BUT BECAUSE OF SENSITIVE RESOURCES, WE'VE MOVED IT AROUND AND WE'VE SETTLED ON THIS TO STUDY AND ITS FEASIBILITY. AND THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US BY THE COMMUNITY, BY THE BIKE LEAGUES. AND SO WE'RE REACTING AND RESPONDING TO THAT ATTEMPTING TO BUILD TRAILS THAT ARE BEING THAT THERE'S DEMAND FOR AND HOPES THAT WE PULL PEOPLE AWAY FROM PLACES WHERE THEY MAYBE SHOULDN'T BE RIDING THEIR BIKES AND ALSO CREATING THEIR OWN TRAILS. AND WE'VE HAD A HARD TIME CREATING SINGLE TRACK BIKE TRAILS AT THE PARK DISTRICT, AND THE RESULT HAS BEEN A LOT OF BOOTLEG TRAIL CONSTRUCTION. SO THE IDEA IS TO PROVIDE SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN RESTORE A LOT OF THOSE BOOTLEG TRAILS AND MOVE AWAY FROM THAT. AND ALONG WITH EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF OUR RULES. THIS IS PART OF THAT PLAN HERE. ONE OF THE LAST ONES HERE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE'VE NEGOTIATED THIS WITH THE ARMY FOR YEARS. IT'S CAMP PARKS. THE PARK DISTRICT HAS AN EASEMENT HERE. WE'RE LOOKING AT MOVING THE FENCE AND WORKING WITH ERIC'S TEAM AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS TO AT A HIGHER LEVEL TO GET THE ARMY TO FINALLY PENCIL IN THIS EASEMENT THAT WAS AGREED TO SEVERAL YEARS AGO. BUT THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, AND THERE'S LOTS OF TURNOVER. THE US GOVERNMENT AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OR DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THAT LEVEL AT THIS POINT. SO SO WE'RE WORKING OUR BEST TO GET THIS DONE. BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF IT AND THIS WILL CLOSE A GAP THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE IN DOUGHERTY VALLEY AND IN, IN WALLACE RANCH HERE IN THIS AREA THAT IS CONSTANTLY BEING DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW, ACCESS REALLY DOWN TO THE BART STATION. FROM HERE, IT'S ABOUT THREE MILES. SO LOOKING FOR TRANSPORTATION MONEY ON THIS SEQUOIA TO BE DETERMINED. I JUST WANTED TO REALLY QUICKLY SAY TO YOU, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THESE, BUT MY MY PROGRAM HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN SORT OF A LIAISON GROUP, ALONG WITH ERIC'S TEAM, WITH THESE AGENCIES, WITH ALL OF THE CITIES, ALL OF THE COUNTIES, THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT AGENCIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NON-GOVERNMENT ENTITIES NONPROFITS, UTILITY COMPANIES YOU NAME IT, WE'RE WATCHING WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND FORMING RELATIONSHIPS AND TRYING TO KEEP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. AND, AND IT HELPS US WHEN PROJECTS COME ABOUT OR MONEY'S AVAILABLE OR WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, INSERT WHAT THE PARK DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN ON A REGIONAL LEVEL. THESE, THESE, THESE RELATIONSHIPS HAVE, HAVE, HAVE REALLY BENEFITED US IN SO MANY WAYS IN DEVELOPMENTS THAT BUILD TRAILS FOR US. AND THEY PUT UP OUR SIGN. WE MAY NOT HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT. JUST AN EXAMPLE. SO THIS TAKES UP A LOT OF OUR TIME, BUT THIS IS WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, I'M HAPPY TO, TO GO MORE IN MORE DETAIL, BUT IN GENERAL, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AS MAX SAID, AND MAX, YOU HAD DONE THIS BEFORE, BUT I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND DO IT REAL QUICK. IS WORKING WITH CONSERVATION CORPS CREWS, CIVIL CORPS CREWS TO SORT OF DEVELOP A WORKFORCE, TO DEVELOP PARK STEWARDS AND TRAIN STAFF INTERNALLY. SO WE HAVE HAD SOME INTERNAL STAFF TRAININGS IN THE PAST. BUT WHAT WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS THAT IF WE CAN REALLY EMPOWER OUR STAFF AT THE PARK DISTRICT TO DO THE TRAIL WORK, TO TAKE CARE OF THE TRAILS THAT WE NEED TAKEN CARE OF IT'S IT'S WORTH THE INVESTMENT AS WELL, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HIRE OUTSIDE WORK AND THINGS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN GROW THAT AS WELL. AND THEN WE'RE WORKING INTERNALLY, AS MAX HAD MENTIONED, ON REALLY HOW WE DO BUSINESS ACROSS DIVISION AND DEPARTMENTAL BOUNDARIES OR LINES AND HOW WE CAN REALLY WORK TOGETHER ON OUR DISTRICT PROJECTS TO MOVE THEM FORWARD. AND SO THAT IS. THAT'S THE PRESENTATION I. HOW MUCH TIME? THANK YOU. NO, I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. SO I TRIED. I HOPE I HOPE IT WASN'T TOO FAST. I DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL THIS WORK, BUT I DO WANT TO VALUE YOUR TIME. SO. THANK YOU. [01:30:03] SEAN GOT ALL THREE HOURS IN THERE. SEEING. YOU AND MAX I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS, BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION MYSELF. WITH THE WILDLIFE CORRIDORS THAT ARE OPENING UP BECAUSE OF THESE TRAILS OR THE ONES THAT ARE PREEXISTING AND ALSO JUST BEING MORE ENHANCED IN TERMS OF HABITAT RESTORATION. I KNOW THAT MANY FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THE WALLIS ANNENBERG WILDLIFE CORRIDOR DOWN IN VENTURA COUNTY. THAT'S UPWARDS OF TEN, $20 MILLION. BUT THE ONES THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IS THERE A WAY TO DOCUMENT THAT YOU KNOW, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF WILDLIFE THAT DOES USE THOSE AS A CORRIDOR, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND CREPUSCULAR HOURS, BUT ALSO DOCUMENTED AFTER IT'S BEEN IN USE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. IS THAT IN THE WORKS? YEAH. I THINK IT'S A GREAT COMMENT. WE WE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING MEASURES, TRAIL COUNTERS, TRAIL CAMERAS, ETC., AND INCREASING OUR STEWARDSHIP STUDIES THAT WE DO IN OUR PARKS. I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ON WHAT STEWARDSHIP IS DOING. IT'S REALLY, I THINK, THEIR ROLE. BUT BUT YEAH. GO AHEAD. SURE. I CAN ADD, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE COOL EFFORTS IS WITHIN OUR EAST BAY STEWARDSHIP NETWORK, WHICH IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH EAST BAY MUD. THE RCDS ALL STATE PARKS, ALL THE PARTNER AGENCIES THAT JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST IN THE IN THE EAST BAY IS WE'VE BEEN WORKING. IS IT CALLED WILDLIFE WATCH? IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED? I CAN'T REMEMBER. WE HAVE THERE'S WE HAVE THIS PROJECT, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A WEB PORTAL FOR IT WHERE ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT WILDLIFE, SPECIES, PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES THAT WE ALL SORT OF STEWARD TOGETHER, LIKE, HOW ARE THEY DOING? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND ARE THEY SORT OF LIKE A REPORT CARD? YOU KNOW, ARE THEY GETTING BETTER? ARE THEY IS IT FAIR? HOW LIKE WHAT'S THE TRENDS? BECAUSE I THINK FOR US, LIKE WE TRY TO INFORM OUR WORK WITH THAT SCIENCE, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT IN THE FORM THAT'S LIKE DIGESTIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT TO HELP SORT OF DESCRIBE HOW HOW THINGS ARE GOING. YEAH, I SAW SOME HANDS OVER HERE, A MEMBER. VALENZUELA? YES. IS THE DEER VALLEY PARK, THE ONE THAT'S BORDERING BRENTWOOD AND THE CITY OF ANTIOCH? IS THAT PART OF THE TRAILS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR IS THAT ALREADY PARTIALLY FUNDED? SO THAT PARK, THE YOU KNOW, THE THE POTENTIAL, THE PROJECT THAT IS THE SORT OF ENTRY IS THE ROTTIE RANCH. WHAT WAS THE ROTTIE RANCH GOLF COURSE THERE? AND THAT PROJECT IS IN A PLANNING PHASE RIGHT NOW, I THINK. I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT PROBABLY IN ONE OF YOUR SLIDES. YEAH, I TOOK THAT OUT TO SAVE TIME, AND I KNEW YOU'D ASK. BUT I THINK IT IS IN YOUR PACKET. BUT THAT IS, THAT IS PART OF THE ONGOING PLANNING EFFORTS RIGHT NOW. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKE THAT'S I THINK ABOUT LIKE HALF FUNDED, YOU KNOW, FOR IMPLEMENTATION. SO WE'RE STILL IN THAT FUNDRAISING. KNOW HOW MANY MILES OF TRAILS WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT PARK TO START WITH. IT'S LIKE A FAIRLY I THINK IT'S A FAIRLY LOW MY I DON'T I. WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. YEAH. WE'LL WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS. WE CAN TELL YOU. BUT IN THE FUTURE IT CONNECTS TO A LOT. YEAH, RIGHT. MEMBERS. MAHADEVAN. THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK. AND SOME OF THE TRAILS I WALK LAKESHORE, FOR EXAMPLE. CANYON. AND. BUT IF IT INVOLVES A PAVED TRAIL, I'M SURE YOU KNOW THE PARTS OF IT THAT COLLAPSED AND SAYS NO VEHICLES ALLOWED, WHAT HAVE YOU. I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS SOME PARKED VEHICLES CAN GET THROUGH. THAT TAKES OBVIOUSLY MORE, MORE TIME AND CONTRACT. YEAH. OKAY. I WHICH WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT IN PARTICULAR, BUT IT'S A PAVED TRAIL THAT WAS DAMAGED IN COAL CANYON. YOU KNOW SHABBA, SHABBA SHABBA. WESTSIDE TRAIL. YEAH, I KNOW. YES, I'M PRETTY SURE LIKE THAT PROJECT IS ONE THAT'S ON THAT WORK LIST FOR OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM. SO THEY KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH AND PRIORITIZE DIFFERENT SPOTS. I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT IS AT LAKE CHABOT, THERE'S SORT OF LIKE CLAY SOILS AND THE IT CAN THE AS IT, LIKE, SHRINKS AND SWELLS AND, AND THEN SHRINKS, IT CAN CRACK THE PAVEMENT THAT'S THERE. AND A TREE TOOK IT. OH, A TREE OKAY. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY ON THAT WORK LIST. YEP. IT'S STILL USABLE. THEY OPENED IT, BUT IT'S MARKED OFF OKAY. OVER A YEAR NOW. IT HASN'T. THE CURRENT WINTER HASN'T HELPED. [01:35:03] YES. MEMBER OF PEOPLES, THEN MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO OUR VIRTUAL ATTENDEES AFTER OH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. VERY INTERESTING. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THE INITIATIVES FOCUSING ON ON TRAILS AND REALLY DEALING WITH THIS. IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE COPIES OF THESE SLIDES BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF DETAILS ON THERE. I THINK THE IDEA OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF IT THE KIND OF A REALLY NEW INITIATIVE AND A DIFFERENT FOCUS IN THAT AREA, THE CONTRA COSTA RCD HAS SOME FUNDING TO DEVELOP PROVIDE TRAINING AND WITH THE HOPE OF DEVELOPING FOLKS THAT ARE UNHOUSED CURRENTLY, PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING IN STREAM CORRIDORS MIGHT BECOME TRAINED SO THAT THEY CAN BE HAVE HAVE JOBS HERE TO WORK ON THIS AND WHATNOT. SO YOU MAY WANT TO TOUCH BASE WITH THEM AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD WORK WITH THEM ON. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. SOUNDS GREAT. WE'LL DO MEMBERS. BARTLEBAUGH. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ON HOW TRAIL PROJECTS GET PRIORITIZED, AND IF THERE'S ANY PRIORITIZATION BETWEEN PAVED TRAILS VERSUS UNPAVED TRAILS? AND THEN WHERE ARE THE THE TIGHTEST RESOURCE LIMITATIONS? MAYBE I CAN GIVE LIKE THE BROAD VIEW. AND THEN YOU CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY. SO WE YOU KNOW LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS THAT WE SORT OF TOUCH TRAILS AND SORT OF WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE. SO THE LIKE THE TRAIL, SMALL TRAILS CREW, THAT'S IN OUR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, THEY ARE OUR OPERATIONS TEAMS AND ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT PARKS ARE SORT OF NOTING, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THERE AN ISSUE LIKE A BRIDGE COLLAPSED OR SOME KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT ISSUE ON A SMALL TRAIL AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN REQUESTS ESSENTIALLY TO THE SMALL TRAIL CREW TO COME OUT IN THEIR NEXT WORK SEASON TO DO THAT WORK. AND A LOT OF TIMES WE OUR STEWARDSHIP TEAM IS WORKING IN THE MEANTIME TO GET THE PERMITS BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM INVOLVE CULVERTS OR BRIDGES OR THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM WORKS ON CAPITAL PROJECTS. WE HAVE OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS STUDY SESSION WITH OUR BOARD AND THINGS LIKE THE RODDY RANCH FORMER GOLF COURSE, AND LIKE THE SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD, WHICH IS ANOTHER TRAIL SORT OF PROJECT, ARE PART OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM. WE HAVE LIKE LIKE OVER 100 POTENTIAL CAPITAL PROJECTS IN OUR LIST AND FUNDING FOR US. I THINK WE HAVE 57 ON OUR ACTIVE LIST. AND THEN OUT OF THOSE 57, ONLY A PORTION OF THOSE HAVE THE FULL FUNDING TO TO MOVE FORWARD. AND SO WE HAVE LIKE A PRIORITIZATION MATRIX THAT SCORES PROJECTS. BUT WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, OUR BOARD YOU KNOW, MAKES THE DECISIONS WITH OUR BUDGET EACH YEAR AND PROVIDES INPUT TO US THROUGH THEIR STUDY SESSIONS AND THEIR PRIORITY SETTING SESSIONS. OF COURSE, IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL AND YOUR PRIORITIES. SO WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, KNOWING THAT WE'RE WE'RE ALSO LIKE A LOT OF OUR WORK, IS JUST TRYING TO DELIVER ON THE EXISTING PROMISES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. RIGHT. AND THESE, THESE EXISTING PROJECTS. SO AND THEN, SEAN, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR TEAM? SURE. YEAH. THANKS. THANKS, SCOTT. GREAT. GREAT QUESTIONS. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MAKING ME THINK THE, THE SO WITH THE PAVED TRAIL PROJECTS. MANY. SO I INHERITED A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS. AS FAR AS THE TRAILS PROGRAM GOES, THEY'VE BEEN GOING ON FOR SO LONG. THE CONCEPT OF OF OF PRIORITIZATION IS, IS A LITTLE GRAY BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ABOUT READINESS WITH THOSE. SO THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN HAD SO MUCH INVESTMENT MADE IN THEM AND THEY'RE THERE AT A CERTAIN STAGE. AND SO IS IT. IS SEQUA DONE? IS IT IS IT COMPETITIVE FOR GRANTS? RIGHT. AND DO WE HAVE THE MONEY TO MOVE IT FORWARD. AND SO A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS, IF YOU LOOK BACK THROUGH THE YEARLY PRESENTATIONS I'VE BEEN GIVING, THEY'RE THE SAME PROJECTS OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT JUST MOVE A LITTLE BIT FORWARD. SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO KIND OF GET A LOT OF THOSE DONE BECAUSE THE QUESTIONS CONTINUALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS SHOULD THE TRAILS PROGRAM BE DOING THOSE, OR IS THAT A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION? YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR HUGE LIST. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF WORKING IN TANDEM AS FAR AS THE PAVED TRAILS OR THE UNPAVED TRAILS. IT'S IT'S SIMILAR IN THAT WAY WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIKE PLEASANTON RIDGE, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE HAD A LAND USE PLAN ADOPTED IN 2012. THAT'S A THAT'S TEN THAT'S OVER TEN YEARS AGO THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET PERMITS. WE HAD IT'S BEEN A LONG STORY, BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE SAME THING. IT'S JUST IT'S REALLY MORE ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'VE INVESTED THUS FAR AND HOW FAR ALONG THE TRAIL PROJECT IS IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT LIST OF WHAT WE'RE [01:40:06] ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK ON NEXT. AND THEN WE HEAR ABOUT THINGS AND WE HAVE INITIATIVES SUCH AS TRAIL USER WORKING GROUP OR THE PILOT PROJECT, ETC., WHERE WE HAVE AN ISSUE WHICH I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE, BOOTLEG TRAILS IS ON ALL OF OUR MINDS. WELL, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS. AND SO HOW CAN WE DO THAT? HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PROJECTS WE'RE HEARING ABOUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TO ALSO ADDRESS THE THE BOOTLEG TRAIL ISSUES, THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. RIGHT. SO AS FAR AS PAVED TRAILS VERSUS UNPAVED TRAILS I WOULD SAY THAT THERE ISN'T REALLY A THEY'RE NOT COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER. ALTHOUGH IF I HAD TWICE AS MANY STAFF, WE COULD DO MORE. BUT BUT THAT'S JUST EVERYBODY SAYS THAT. SO IS THAT THAT WAS A MULTI-PART QUESTION. DID I GET MOST? MOST OF IT. YEAH. WHERE ARE THE BIGGEST BOTTLENECKS ON RESOURCES, TRAIL DEVELOPMENT OR PLANNING OR STEWARDSHIP OR ARE THEY ABOUT EQUAL? I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT MOST OF OUR DELAYS AND DIFFICULTY WE HAVE WITH PAVED TRAIL PROJECTS ARE, ARE THE, THE FUNDING AND THE FEASIBILITY OF THESE PROJECTS OR LAND ACQUISITION. RIGHT. THAT THAT KIND OF DICTATES THE BOTTLENECK THERE. AS FAR AS THE PAVED TRAILS GO. IT IS IT IS MOSTLY THE PERMITTING AND THE IMPACT MITIGATION OF THOSE WHERE IT SHOULD GO, WHERE IT SHOULDN'T GO. AND, AND THAT, THAT THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST BOTTLENECK IN MY EXPERIENCE HERE. AS YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, A NEW TRAIL IS PROPOSED. AND PEOPLE, EVERYBODY JUMPS IN FRONT OF IT OR SUPPORTS IT. RIGHT. AND WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT OUT. AND OUR RESOURCE PROTECTION. I MEAN, I THINK ONE OTHER ONE IS THAT INTERNAL SOURCE OF OF LABOR AND SKILLED, SKILLED LABOR WITH OUR TRAIL CREW. RIGHT? WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT UNTIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. SEAN'S TEAM PLANS LIKE, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP LIKE NEW TRAIL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE'S SO WE HAVE SO MUCH DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND SO MANY PLACES WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ON THESE TRAILS. LIKE, YOU CAN SEE THE CHALLENGES RIGHT THERE THAT SOMEBODY COULD GO OUT AND DO KIND OF A MODEST PROJECT THAT WOULD PROVIDE A LOT OF BENEFIT. AND SO IN MY MIND, HAVING THAT TRAIL CREW RESOURCE, A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS, THEY DON'T REQUIRE AS MUCH PLANNING AND AS SOME OF OUR OTHER BIG PROJECTS, AND THEY PROVIDE A HUGE AMOUNT OF BENEFIT. SO SO THAT'S ONE WHERE, YOU KNOW, SEAN'S TOTALLY RIGHT. FOR THOSE PAVED TRAIL PROJECTS, THE FUNDING IS A BIG PIECE FOR THE UNPAVED SORT OF THE PERMITTING PIECES ARE A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING. AND THEN FOR OUR SORT OF MORE MAINTENANCE FOCUSED WORK, THE WORKFORCE BUILDING THAT WOULD REALLY HELP. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT REALLY THOROUGH ANSWER TO A THOUGHTFUL QUESTION. I WANT TO MOVE TO OUR MEMBERS ONLINE. MEMBER OBRINGER. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. I KNOW EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT I'M GOING TO BE ASKING ABOUT. SO I DIDN'T HEAR THE THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50. SO I I WAS JUST WONDERING WHERE THAT IS ON THE LIST, BECAUSE NO ONE CAN ACCESS THE PARK UNTIL THERE ARE TRAILS. AND I KNOW THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS. SO CAN YOU PROVIDE ME JUST WITH A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION AS TO THE TIMELINE OR STATUS OF THAT PARK AND THE TRAILS THERE? SUPER GREAT QUESTION. SO THE I THINK ONE OF THE WE HAD MENTIONED THERE'S THAT SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD, PART OF, OF THAT PARK, THAT'S THE THAT SECTION WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, PLANNING AND DESIGN WORK NOW FOR OPENING THAT. AND ACTUALLY OUR PLANNING TEAM IS GOING TO PRESENT TO OUR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF OUR BOARD ABOUT SORT OF WHAT THE PERSPECTIVE IS, YOU KNOW, HOW WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR SOME OF THESE NEW PARK OPENINGS, INCLUDING THAT ONE, YOU KNOW, TO BE TOTALLY HONEST, WE'RE PROBABLY STILL, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS, FIVE YEARS OUT FROM BEING ABLE TO OPEN THOSE THAT PARK AND THOSE TRAILS. BUT WE'RE AT THE POINT OF, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THIS DESIGN PROCESS AND GETTING TOWARDS FIGURING OUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO IMPLEMENT IT AND THEN DOING THAT TO OPEN IT. SO IT'S LIKE, I THINK ALL OF US ARE EAGER TO TO GET THAT OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS. BUT YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY A PROCESS TO GET THERE, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT FOR SURE. SO CAN YOU JUST TELL ME, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE GOING TO THE COMMITTEE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN? IS IT LIKE IN Q2, Q3, Q4? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'LL WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH BRIAN AND FIND OUT OR REN'S TEAM, I GUESS, AND FIND OUT WHEN AND WE CAN SHARE THAT BACK OUT WITH THE COMMITTEE IF THAT SOUNDS GOOD. [01:45:04] OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? YES, THERE IS ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. PERMITTING TO PANELIST. AND PAC MEMBERS. WE'RE STILL GOING TO TAKE QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MISS ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC. YEAH. ME AGAIN. YOU KNOW ME. NORMAN LAFOREST, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE SPRAWL DEV. FIRST OFF, I SENT TO YOU AGAIN ON FRIDAY IN THE MORNING VERY EARLY. A LETTER THAT WAS SENT ACTUALLY THREE YEARS AGO FROM 15 ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT THE NEED FOR A STRATEGIC TRAILS PLAN FOR THE PARK DISTRICT, AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TRAILS AND I'LL LEAVE IT, LEAVE THAT AT THAT. I HOPE THAT THAT COMMUNICATION IS SENT TO YOU AFTER THIS MEETING. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS NOT PROVIDED TO YOU BEFORE THE MEETING, BUT, HEY, I'M NOT THE PERSON WHO PROVIDES THAT. MY SECOND POINT IS THAT THE ISSUE ABOUT TRAILS IS A CRITICAL ONE FOR THE PARK DISTRICT. AND AS I SAID BEFORE IN THE PRIOR COMMENT, 90% OF THE PEOPLE WHO USE THE PARKS ON TRAILS, ACCORDING TO THE PARK DISTRICT'S OWN STATISTICS, ARE PEDESTRIANS, HIKERS. ALL RIGHT. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE IS AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN ADMITTED TODAY THAT THERE IS MASSIVE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON TRAILS AND I THINK WHAT THIS PARK DISTRICT NEEDS TO DO, WHAT THIS BOARD, WHAT THIS COMMITTEE NEEDS TO DO IS TO SAY, WAIT A MINUTE. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE EXPANDING TRAILS VERSUS HOW DO WE MAINTAIN EXISTING TRAILS TO MAKE THE EXPERIENCE FOR THE 90% OF THE USERS AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE? AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED AT ALL. NOTHING AT ALL IN THIS IN THIS MEETING AT ALL ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S ASTOUNDING. CRITICALLY ASTOUNDING. IT'S JUST AMAZING. LASTLY, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT PROPOSALS CONCERNING CERTAIN TRAILS AND THIS IN PARTICULAR THE FLOW TRAIL IN WILDCAT CANYON, IS IN VIOLATION OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S OWN MASTER PLAN AND ITS MASTER PLAN POLICIES. AND YET THERE'S BEEN NO DISCUSSION OF THAT. AT ALL. AND IT'S SIMPLY AS IF IT DOESN'T EXIST. AND THIS CANNOT GO ON. IF THE PARK DISTRICT WANTS TO HAVE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR WHAT IT WANTS TO DO. AND PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR FUTURE TAX MEASURES, IT HAS TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW. IT HAS TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE 90% OF THE PARK USERS THAT THEY ARE THE ONES WHOM THE PARK DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN IN TERMS OF PARK USE. AND IT HAS TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE PARK OVERALL VOTERS THAT IT'S REALLY INTERESTED IN THE SECOND COMPONENT, WHICH IS EQUAL 50%, THAT YOU ARE HERE TO PROTECT, ENHANCE AND AND AND IMPROVE THE HABITAT AND ENVIRONMENT OF WILDLIFE. AND THAT IS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED AT ALL TONIGHT AT ALL ABOUT THIS TRAIL USER PLAN. LASTLY, THE WE PROVIDED THE STRATEGIC PROPOSAL FOR A STRATEGIC A PLAN FOR HOW TO DEAL WITH PARKS. THAT REMAINS OUR. I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO. THAT IS THE ONLY PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. RIGHT. MEMBER SIMMONS. AND THANK YOU, MAX AND JOHN, FOR A REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION. VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. I HAVE, I THINK, TWO QUESTIONS, BUT ONE OF THEM WILL BE A BUNDLED QUESTION. IN ANOTHER CAPACITY. I'M PRESIDENT OF SOMETHING CALLED THE ORINDA HIKING CLUB, WHICH HAS CLOSE TO 400 MEMBERS, AND WE USUALLY HAVE A SMALL SURPLUS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. AND WE THIS YEAR, WE'VE DONATED TO ABOUT $4,000 TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD THAT, BUILD TRAILS OR MAINTAIN TRAILS. AND FROM A HISTORICAL STANDPOINT, AND I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTION IT, WE SENT THAT CHECK TO THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION FOR THE IVAN DIXON MEMORIAL TRAIL FUND. IS THAT STILL THE BEST PLACE TO SEND IT TO TO SUPPORT YOUR ACTIVITIES? YES. THANK YOU. WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING THAT EVER SINCE I STARTED WORKING HERE, AND WE APPRECIATE IT. WELL, WE'RE GLAD TO DO IT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT OUR. BUT WE DO 110 HIKES A YEAR IN THE BAY AREA, AND ABOUT 20% OF THEM ARE ON EAST BAY PARK PROPERTY. [01:50:02] AND WE LIKE TO DO SOMETHING TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF OUR WALKING ON YOUR TRAILS. THANK YOU. SEAN, WITH YOUR 19 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, YOU CAN BE WELL QUALIFIED TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. WHAT A SETUP WHAT'S COMING NOW? I'D LIKE YOUR PREDICTION. BEST GUESS, IF YOU WILL. GIVEN THE LACK OF COMPLETION OF THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL FOCUSING JUST ON ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. WHEN DO YOU PREDICT THOSE UNCOMPLETED SECTIONS? THERE WILL BE A FULL TRAIL SECTION. I CAN BELIEVE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN MY LIFETIME, BY THE WAY. SO DON'T DON'T WORRY ABOUT HOW FAR YOU PUT IT OUT AND HOW MANY MILES OF THAT THAT'S PRESENTLY UNCOMPLETED AND TREGARON HAS COMPLETED FOR THIS ARE ON EAST BAY PARK PROPERTY. THIS IS A BIG TEST. THANK YOU. IT'S REALLY HARD FOR A LOT OF RED FLAGS AND PREDICTIONS, SO I. I'M NOT SURE I CAN DO THAT. THERE ARE SOME GAPS IN THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL THAT I LOOK AT. IF YOU ARE MASTER PLAN MAP ISN'T IN THIS ROOM. IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE EVERY DAY. THERE'S THERE'S SOME GAPS IN THERE THAT I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WILL BE COMPLETED WITHOUT CHANGING OWNERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT OR WHATNOT. PARTICULARLY NEAR THE 680 CORRIDOR IN SOUTH BETWEEN MISSION PEAK AND VARGAS, THAT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY THE ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT PIECES TO TO CONNECT. NOT SURE WE'LL SEE THAT IN OUR LIFETIME, I THINK THERE'S TWO GAPS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. AND YOU SAID LEAVE THE LOUIS OFF, OFF THE TABLE. BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME SOME GAPS UP BY KENNEDY GROVE. AND THEN THERE'S GAP BETWEEN LIKE THE ALMOND PROPERTY, JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST LANDS TO CROCKETT HILLS. NOW THOSE I THINK WE CAN. SO KENNEDY GROVE POSSIBLY IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS, HOPEFULLY LOUIS GETS COMPLETED. BUT ALONG THE RIDGE BETWEEN CROCKETT AND EAST BAY, MUD LANDS SOUTH OF THERE. RANCHO PINOLE, ETC.. YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAYBE 20. YEAH, BUT I REALLY TAKE THAT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. WITH YOUR HELP, WE COULD LOWER THAT THAT YEAR. SO. I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 40 MILES OF IT. WE HAVE SOME OF THE SOME OF. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN CLAIM THIS, BUT OUT OF ALL THE NINE COUNTIES, I THINK WE HAVE THE MOST BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL COMPLETED, BUT I HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THE NUMBERS. EXACTLY. THANK YOU. YEP. AND REMEMBER, DIETER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. BEFORE I ASK MY TWO QUESTIONS, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING EXPANDING VERSUS FIXING TRAILS. AND ALSO, IF WILDCAT IS AGAINST THE MASTER POLICY PLAN OR WHATEVER WAS SAID, IT'S GOING TO. THERE WE GO. OKAY, THIS WORKS FOR RIGHT NOW. OR DO YOU WANT TO SWITCH IT? OUR MICS GOING. IT'S LOSING BATTERY. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO THE YEAH. SO THE FIRST QUESTION I THINK WAS ABOUT YOU KNOW, WILDLIFE AND HOW DO WE PROTECT WILDLIFE WHEN AS WE'RE DOING THESE TRAIL PROJECTS? AND I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S LIKE THE ESSENCE OF THIS WORK, RIGHT? IS LIKE WHEN WE PURCHASE THESE PARKS, WHEN THEY WERE ACQUIRED BY THE DISTRICT, THERE WERE ALREADY FIRE ROADS, RANCH ROADS, THINGS LIKE THAT ON THEM, LOGGING ROADS. IN THE TIME THAT PASSED, PEOPLE HAVE BUILT OR STARTED WALKING PLACES AND HAVE CREATED MORE TRAILS. RIGHT? AND THERE ARE SOME TRAILS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY THE DISTRICT. AND I THINK OVERALL THE OPPORTUNITY IS LIKE, HOW CAN WE TAKE THIS SYSTEM, MAKE IT MORE SUSTAINABLE, HAVE LESS OF AN IMPACT ON NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS, AND AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDE VISITORS A WAY TO GET OUT AND EXPERIENCE NATURE IN A WAY THAT'S LIGHT ON THE LAND. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S LIKE THE ETHIC THAT'S BEHIND EVERY ONE OF OUR TRAIL PROJECTS. A LOT OF THEM A LOT OF OUR WORK IS SORT OF TAKING THAT EXISTING SYSTEM AND LIKE REMOVING SOME LIKE, YOU KNOW, USER TRAILS AND CREATING SOME NEW PATHWAYS. AND WITH THE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL STAY OUT OF SOME OF THOSE MORE SENSITIVE AREAS. SOME SOME PROJECTS ARE CREATING BRAND NEW CONNECTIONS. AND WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ARE THE MOST SENSITIVE CULTURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES. THERE'S ALSO PLACES WHERE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME TO US WITH AN IDEA FOR A PROJECT. [01:55:03] AND, AND OUR TEAMS, YOU KNOW, SAYS, HEY, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THIS JUST ISN'T A SUITABLE PLACE FOR A TRAIL BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SENSITIVE PLACE. AND THOSE ARE HARD CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE, BECAUSE PART OF WHAT WE DO IS PROVIDE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT AND AND BE ON TRAILS. BUT HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN MORE DETAIL AT OUTSIDE OF THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S A COOL IT'S A COOL SUBJECT TO TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL. THAT'S A PROJECT THAT HAS GONE THROUGH SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS STILL IN THE DESIGN PROCESS. WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO IDEAS, CONCERNS, CRITICISMS, WHERE OUR PLAN IS TO, TO AND OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN US DIRECTION TO COME UP WITH A TRAIL FOR THAT AREA THAT BOTH PROVIDES SOME OF THE VISITOR EXPERIENCES THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR AND DOESN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT NATURAL, YOU KNOW, AVOIDS POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO NATURAL RESOURCES THERE. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ACHIEVE THAT. AND I YOU KNOW, THIS IS MONTH SIX FOR ME. BUT YOU KNOW, TALKING TO OUR TEAM AND LEARNING ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND AND OUR PLANNING I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH, YOU KNOW, THE PLANS THAT GUIDE OUR OUR WORK. OKAY. SO IN TERMS OF EXPANDING NEW TRAILS AND FIXING THE EXISTING ONES AND THAT PRIORITIZING IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO AT THE LAST SUBJECT MATTER. AND I DON'T KNOW IF. OH, MAN, IT'S SUCH A GOOD POINT. I MEAN, LIKE, I STARTED WORKING AS A RANGER WHEN I WAS 19. LIKE DOING MAINTENANCE WORK IS MY FAVORITE THING. I USED TO WORK FOR THE CONSERVATION CORPS UP IN THE NORTH BAY. IT'S MY FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD. SO, LIKE, IF I COULD JUST BE IN MY HAPPY PLACE, I'D BE, LIKE, FIXING BRIDGES AND DOING MAINTENANCE. BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO, LIKE, REALLY LIKE THE SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD PROJECT OR RODDY RANCH OR ALL THESE PLACES WHERE THERE'S THIS REALLY IMPORTANT RESOURCE RIGHT NEXT TO COMMUNITIES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. SO WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO BALANCE THOSE THINGS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR BOARD WHO ARE REALLY THE DECISION MAKERS ABOUT YOU KNOW, IN THE END, HOW DO WE MAKE THOSE REALLY TOUGH CHOICES? HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO WE CAN PROVIDE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN DO MAINTENANCE, BUT THEY'RE BOTH SUPER IMPORTANT. OKAY, SO NOW I'LL ASK MY TWO QUESTIONS. AND I THINK I SAW IN THE DIRECTOR'S STUDY SESSION ABOUT YOU GUYS HIRING A SECOND WORK CREW TO FIX TRAILS. WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT? WELL, I MEAN, THERE'S. SO WE HAVE ONE TRAIL CREW. SMALL TRAIL CREW. I THINK WE ARE, LIKE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SEEMS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY IS EXPANDING THAT SMALL TRAIL CREW. AND WHETHER THAT'S ANOTHER CREW OR JUST EXPANDING THE EXISTING CREW OR OTHER WAYS TO EXPAND THEIR CAPACITY, THAT'S I THINK WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS LIKE, WHAT'S SOME RECOMMENDATIONS WE COULD BRING TO OUR BOARD TO INFORM A FUTURE BUDGET, ESSENTIALLY. AND I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF OUR TEAM OF LIKE FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS. BUT I THINK FOR SURE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY EXPAND THAT WORK. OKAY, WELL, I KNOW SEAN SAID HE WANTED TO DOUBLE THE STAFF, SO I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD, I WOULD ASK. AND SECONDLY, ONE OF THE FIRST SLIDES, YOU HAD SOME FIGURES. YOU HAD A PIE CHART. YOU ALSO HAD FIRE ROADS AND STUFF. YEAH. SO THE TERM FIRE ROAD YOU HAD UP THERE OF SO MANY MILES, I FORGET 1100. YES. 1010 AND 1100 MILES OF FIRE ROAD. NOW, FIRE ROAD GIVES THE IMPRESSION THAT IT'S NOT AT ALL A MULTI-USE TRAIL. SO I WANT TO TALK TO YOU, IF THAT'S THE INTENTION. OR. OR COULD YOU CALL IT SOMETHING? FIRE ROAD OR FIRE? MULTI-USE ROAD. YEAH, WHATEVER. I MEAN, TO ME, I'M OPEN. IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD CALL THOSE THINGS THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A BECAUSE ONE, LIKE A SINGLE TRACK TRAIL, WE JUST THINK ABOUT WHERE A VEHICLE CAN'T DRIVE THE FIRE ROADS WE THINK OF LIKE IT'S A MULTI-USE TRAIL THAT A VEHICLE CAN DRIVE ON, ESSENTIALLY. WELL, I JUST THINK IT WOULD HELP THE PARK DISTRICT TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE USERS CAN USE THEM. YES. SO IN TERMS OF THE MILEAGE, THOSE ARE MORE ABLE FOR BIKERS, EQUESTRIANS, YOU KNOW, HIKERS. SO I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR MATRIX. [02:00:02] SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN MAKING A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN FIRE ROADS, RANCH ROADS, AND OUR NARROW NATURAL SURFACE TRAILS. AND IN THE PAST, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT IS THE UNDERLYING ISSUE FOR WHY THERE'S SO MANY BOOTLEG TRAILS. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO ON THE ROADS. THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE AFTER. THAT'S NOT THE EXPERIENCE THEY WANT. WE ASKED EVERY USER GROUP IN THE TRAIL, USER WORKING GROUP DURING THAT YEAR AND A HALF THAT WE WENT THROUGH. WHAT DO YOU PREFER? EVERYBODY PREFERS THE NARROW NATURAL SURFACE TRAILS. SO WE DID TRY TO MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN ROADS AND WHAT YOU CAN DRIVE ON AND THE TRAIL EXPERIENCE, THE NARROW TRAIL EXPERIENCE. WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, I DON'T. I'M OPEN AS WELL TO WHAT WE CAN CALL THOSE, BUT IT ISN'T THE MOST ACCURATE TO SAY, WELL, THERE'S 1100 MILES THAT BIKES CAN GO ON, SO WHY DO THEY NEED MORE TRAILS? THAT QUESTION WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT 30 YEARS AGO, BUT NOW WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILES OF LEGAL BOOTLEG TRAILS. WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. IT'S NOT WORKING. WHAT WE'RE DOING. WELL, I THINK HIKERS SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT THEY CAN GO ON THEM. IT'S NOT JUST GO EVERYWHERE. ALL USER GROUPS. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PARK DISTRICT SHOULDN'T SELL THEMSELVES SHORT, THAT THERE ARE THESE FIRE ROADS THAT THE USERS CAN'T GET ON. SO I THINK IF YOU COMBINE BOTH IT WOULD IT WOULD BE NICE. TOTALLY. AND I THINK LIKE I MEAN MANY OF MY FAVORITE TRAILS IN MY CLOSEST PARKS ARE WHAT WE CALL FIRE ROADS, SO IT'S GREAT. APPRECIATE IT. MEMBER CHANG AND THEN MEMBER CLAXTON. I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MY PARTNER AND I, MY HUSBAND AND I, HE RECENTLY DECIDED TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN POLITICS BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL CLIMATE. SO HE FINALLY TOOK AN INTEREST IN MY ROLE IN THIS COMMITTEE. AND WE NOW GO ON DATES ON SUNDAYS ON OUR WALK. WE RECENTLY WENT TO MARTIN LUTHER KING SHORELINE. AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE MY HUSBAND'S NOT A POLITICAL INSIDER. HE'S NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST. AND WHEN I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE AGENDA, HE WAS LIKE, YOU NEED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE DUCK FECES THAT, LIKE, ARE IN THE BLACK CEMENT ROADS VERSUS THE NICE CEMENT ROADS NEXT TO THE PARK. THE PARKING LOT. AND I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE TECHNICAL AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE, AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE SITTING NEXT TO YOU AND SUPPORTING A LOT OF THINGS YOU'RE DOING. REMEMBER, DIETER, BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY CHALLENGING ME TO THINK LIKE VERY DEEPER. ALSO, I HAVEN'T BEEN I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR FIVE YEARS. I DON'T SPEAK THAT MUCH BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE YOU. I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR JOB, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU WORK WITH THE EXTERNAL PART OF THIS DISTRICT ONE, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHEN THEY'RE IN OUR PARKS, THEY KNOW THAT IT'S OUR PARK, BECAUSE WHEN THEY KNOW, THEY BECOME EXPONENTIALLY MORE GRATEFUL FOR OUR ORGANIZATION. AND THEY REALLY THEY'RE JUST SO AMAZED BY WHAT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DOES. AND OF COURSE, SECOND OF ALL, LET'S REALLY JUST TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO DON'T OTHERWISE GET TO ENJOY ALL THE WHAT LOVELY WORK THAT ALL OF YOU DO, WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE DOING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, THAT'S PART OF OUR JOB TOO. AGREED. I LOVE IT. AND YEAH, DATES TO PARKS. I'M JEALOUS. I DON'T GET DATES. ARE NOT YET. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A NEW PROGRAM. DATES AND PARKS. YES. MEMBER CLAXTON AND MEMBER LOPEZ. AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND GO ON TO THE NEXT, NEXT ISSUE. YEAH, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND IT'S LIKE FOR ME, A KID IN AN ICE CREAM STORE, NOT A CANDY SHOP, BUT AN ICE CREAM STORE. WELL, SO WHERE DO WE FIND ON THE WEB PAGES OR WHERE DO THE PARK USERS FIND HIKERS AND SUCH? OTHER EQUESTRIANS? EVERYBODY. WHERE DO YOU FIND ON THE PARK'S WEBSITE A DESCRIPTION OF EVERY TRAIL, ITS LENGTH, ITS ELEVATION GAIN, ITS TRAILHEAD STAGING AREAS LIKE WE HAVE THE TRAILS CHALLENGE. I'M WEARING THE SHIRT WE JUST GOT LAST WEEK, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THEM ARE ON IT. I'VE GOT THEM ALL ON MY BACK, BUT I HAVEN'T STUDIED IT. BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF INFORMATION YOU GET ABOUT EACH ONE, SO YOU CAN PLAN IT LIKE, OH, IT'S A REALLY HARD ONE. I CAN'T DO IT OR IT'S A REALLY SHADY ONE. I REALLY LIKE THAT. IS THERE A PLACE? WELL GO AHEAD. SORRY. SO NOT FOR EVERY TRAIL AND NOT IN A CENTRAL LOCATION, I WOULD SAY I. YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T LIKE TO SAY NO, BUT I DON'T. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS, LIKE, WE DID A BIKE BROCHURE YEARS AGO AND THAT HAD ELEVATION PROFILE, ELEVATION GAIN ON IT. BUT WHAT OUR GIS FOLKS ARE WORKING ON, AND THAT'S OUR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM TEAM IN PLANNING. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OUR DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS, WHICH IS LIKE THE HOW WE HOW GOOGLE WORKS, [02:05:06] HOW IT'S LIKE A DRAPED ELEVATION MODEL AND HOW OUR TRAILS FLOW THROUGH THAT. AND YOU CAN GET THAT, THOSE DATA POINTS AND YOU CAN SORT OF TRACK WHERE THE, THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS ARE OF A TRAIL. DIFFICULTY LEVEL IS SORT OF A SUBJECTIVE RIGHT. SO WE TEND NOT TO SAY IT'S DIFFICULT OR HARD OR EASY, BUT WE DO. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, THIS MAY BECOME SOMETHING THAT WE CAN POST ON OUR WEBSITE OR HAVE THE THE COMMUNITY LOOK AT. BUT I BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS. BUT WHAT I'VE BEEN EXCITED AND THIS IS REALLY WITHIN THE LAST MONTH THAT I'VE SEEN THIS IT'S A TRAIL MILEAGE MATRIX OR DASHBOARD. AND YOU CAN GO IN AND YOU CAN SELECT CERTAIN THINGS IN IT. AND IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR US BECAUSE LIKE THAT PIE CHART WE SHOWED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THOSE NUMBERS ARE BASED ON OUR, OUR OLD DATA. SOME, SOME, SOME AS GPS DATA, SOME AS GIS DATA, SOME WAS HAND-DRAWN ACROSS, YOU KNOW, AND THEN MEASUREMENTS MADE, EVEN PEOPLE WALKED WITH A MEASURING WHEEL. IT'S A HODGEPODGE OF OF DIFFERENT MEASUREMENTS. LONG STORY SHORT, WE'RE UPDATING OUR DATA AND USING THESE NEW TOOLS AND MODELS TO REALLY GET DOWN TO LIKE, WHAT IS OUR MILEAGE LIKE BY TYPE LIKE, AND WHAT IS ITS ELEVATION AND SLOPE? BECAUSE WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT OUR, OUR ROADS AND MANY OF OUR TRAILS ARE EXTREMELY STEEP IN PLACES. AND SO WE WANT TO KIND OF IDENTIFY THOSE PLACES. AND AS MAX WAS MENTIONING, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THOSE THAT CAN THEY BE REROUTED? CAN THEY BE RESTORED, OR DO WE NEED THAT ROAD? OR COULD IT BE NARROWED IN ORDER TO START HAVING A LIGHTER IMPACT ON THE ON THE LAND? BUT BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. AND I WROTE IT DOWN AND I'LL GO CHECK AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE IN THE WORKS. BUT BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A WEB PAGE, A TRAIL, LIKE AN ALL TRAILS APP FOR THE PARK DISTRICT, BUT ALL TRAILS HAS ALL OF OUR TRAILS. SO YEAH. YEAH, THEY, THEY THEY'RE DOING THE WORK FOR US. AND THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER, YOU KNOW, APPS THAT CAN DO THAT TOO. BUT YEAH, IT'S MORE OR LESS ALL TRAILS THOUGH. YEAH. AS I SPOKE FOR FIVE MINUTES ABOUT IT. DO YOU WORK WITH ALL TRAILS OR THEY DON'T? THERE. THEY HAVE OUR TRAILS. THEY THEY ARE AS A PRIVATE COMPANY. THEY THEY DO THEIR THEY MAP KIND OF LIKE A GOOGLE MAPS THING. THEY GO AND THEY DO IT. YEAH. WE HAVE, WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT HAS DABBLED AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS. SO I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO INTO IT. BUT WE HAVE WORKED WITH OTHER COMPANIES LIKE TRAIL FORKS, I THINK IT'S CALLED OR OUTER SPATIAL. AND AND WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED ON CONTRACTS HERE AND THERE WITH THEM TO SEE IF, IF IT'S WORTH USING THEM INSTEAD OF ALL TRAILS TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA OUT OF IT. BUT NOTHING'S REALLY COME TO FRUITION. AND IF ALL TRAILS IS DOING THE WORK FOR US, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT. IT'S MAYBE NOT WORTH THE PARK DISTRICT'S TIME TO TRY TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. GREAT. THANK YOU. MEMBER LOPEZ. THANK YOU. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE IF THIS IS IN YOUR WHEELHOUSE. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE INTRO FOR ON THE PACKET ON PAGE FIVE. AND HOW THERE'S VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER. BUT I'M JUST GOING TO PLUG IT. AND IF IT'S NOT YOUR WHEELHOUSE AT ALL, WHICH I'M NOT SURE IT IS, YOU COULD CONTINUE THE IF YOU CAN CONTINUE THE SENTIMENT TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT WHEN YOU'RE IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. AND THAT IS WHEN YOU DO THESE TRAILS AND THESE UPGRADES AND MAINTENANCE AND NEW TRAILS AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. PLEASE PLEASE BE SURE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SIGNAGE THAT'S PUT UP, BUT THAT SIGNAGE IS MULTILINGUAL AND ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE. EVEN WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ELEVATION, THAT IS A FORM OF ACCESSIBILITY AND HOW HOW STEEP, HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, IS THIS GOING TO BE ATTAINABLE FOR SOMEBODY WHO MAY NOT WHO MAY NOT BE TEXTBOOK DISABLED BUT MAY HAVE SOME INABILITY TO DO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, IT HAS A LOT OF ELEVATION GAIN AND OR BACK AND FORTH. YOU KNOW, THOSE SORT OF THINGS ON THE SIGNAGE IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND MULTILINGUALISM IS IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST JUST ALL THESE THINGS ARE, ARE IMPORTANT TO GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE, THE RESOURCE AGREED LIKE 1,000%. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM. COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS THAT WE REALLY HAVE A NEED FOR UPDATING OUR SIGNAGE, PROBABLY ACROSS ALMOST ALL OF OUR PARK PROPERTIES, AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED. I THINK A LOT OF OUR SIGNAGE IS LIKE SMALL, AND IT'S GOT LIKE TINY LETTERS THAT SAY, DON'T DO THIS AND DON'T DO THAT. AND WE REALLY WANT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WELCOME TO PARKS. AND HERE'S A MAP. AND ALSO LIKE, YOU KNOW, EITHER MULTILINGUAL OR, YOU KNOW, PICTURES THAT SHOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN WHAT YOU CAN DO ON THE [02:10:09] TRAIL OR IN THE PARK TO MAKE IT AS ACCESSIBLE AND UNDERSTANDABLE AS POSSIBLE. AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION SEAN MENTIONED TO YOU ABOUT ELEVATION CAN HELP WITH ACCESSIBILITY AS WELL. YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO BE JUST SORT OF THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE THESE DAYS. ALTHOUGH I AM OLD SCHOOL, BUT I'M LEARNING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE USE OF THE QR CODE, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM, YOU KNOW, FOR MORE, YOU KNOW, SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT MAYBE SOME OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES THAT ARE IN THE AREA, THEY CAN KIND OF DO A DEEPER DIVE. SO IF YOU ACTUALLY SEE SOMETHING IN THE HABITAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME FLORA AND FAUNA THAT'S RARE OR SPECIFIC TO THE AREA, AND THEN THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW OR TO EVEN DO ADVANCE WORK OR AFTER WORK, YOU KNOW FOR GROUPS OR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF THAT ARE KIND OF LIKE RESEARCH NERDS AND STUFF. YES. THAT'S A WAY OF DOING A WHOLE LOT WITHOUT HAVING ALL THE CAPITAL THERE. IT'S REALLY THE BACK END IN TERMS OF USING TECHNOLOGY ON SERVERS AND SO FORTH. IT'S ALSO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY 100% AGREE. I THINK THAT'S AN AREA WE WERE INTERESTED IN, SORT OF HAVING QR CODES ON OUR SIGNS. ONE CHALLENGE IS JUST THE AVAILABILITY OF CELL SERVICE IN A LOT OF OUR PARKS. SO WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO LOOK AT CONNECTIVITY IN OUR PARKS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN USE A QR CODE IF WE HAD ONE, BUT AGREED, OR EVEN A SNAPSHOT IN THE AFTERWARDS, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO LATER. TRUE. YEAH. YEAH. BUT YOU KNOW THERE ARE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT HOW TO HAVE CONNECTIVITY AND SO FORTH IN REMOTE PLACES. YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. I THINK, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO SHOUT OUT PATRICK DETJENS WAS IN ONE OF THOSE PICTURES WORKING WITH THE SMALL TRAILS CREW. AND THAT'S PART OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS MAKING REALLY INNOVATIVE TRAILS, BUT ALSO MENTORING MANY OF THE CIVIC CORPS, YOUTH THAT ARE DOING ALL THAT WORK SO THAT THEY CAN BE A PART OF THE WORKFORCE IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP NOW FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. [Announcements] MEMBER VALENZUELA. YES, I WOULD DO A SHOUT OUT FOR EVERYBODY THAT HAD A HAND IN PLANNING THE DAY OF OF THE ALL ABILITIES DAY WE HAD LAST MONTH. IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY. WE HAD PLANNED FOR 5 TO 600 PEOPLE AND OVER A THOUSAND SHOWED UP. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF DAY AND TO HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF GUESTS WITHOUT EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT HAVING A HAND IN PLANNING THAT. AND I, YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU IS NOT ENOUGH. IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY, AND IT TOOK THE WHOLE DISTRICT TO PUT ON A DAY LIKE THAT. THE SECOND THING IS THAT THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD NEXT MONTH APRIL 12TH, I THINK IT IS. WILL, WHATEVER THAT SATURDAY IS, THEY'RE HAVING THEIR, DAY OF SERVICE. LAST YEAR THEY HAD THEIR FIRST ONE. THEY HAD 700 PEOPLE SHOW UP COMPLETING 15 DIFFERENT PROJECTS. I THINK THIS YEAR THEY'RE SOMEWHERE AROUND 20 PROJECTS. I'M SIGNED UP TO CLEAN PART OF OUR MARSH CREEK TRAIL THAT GOES THROUGH THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. SO IT'S AN AMAZING PROJECT. IF YOUR CITIES HAVE ANY ONE OF THOSE, IT'S A REALLY A NICE GATHERING OF EVERYBODY THAT LIVES AROUND YOU TO TRY TO MAKE WHATEVER CITY YOU LIVE IN THAT MUCH NICER TO BE AROUND. THANK YOU. MEMBER PEOPLES. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF IT, THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, AND I ASSUME ALAMEDA COUNTY ALSO HAS HAVE URBAN LIMIT LINES. YOU KNOW, THESE AN AREA BASICALLY THEY DRAW A LINE AROUND AN AREA WHERE DEVELOPMENT CAN OCCUR IN ORDER TO, PREVENT SPRAWL. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S SMART DEVELOPMENT. THE CONTRA COSTA URBAN LIMIT LINE IS GOING TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR, END OF 2026. THE COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK LOOKING AT THAT AND WHAT CHANGES MIGHT BE NECESSARY. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO HAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE PAC HERE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A THE URBAN LIMIT LINES ARE SUCH A KEY MEANS OF PROTECTING THESE NATURAL AREAS THAT THE PARK DISTRICT CAN BUILD UPON. AS IT GOES FORWARD. AND IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ALAMEDA COUNTY IS DOING ALSO. MEMBERS FARMER I DO HAVE RECOMMENDATION FOR A FUTURE CONVERSATION AT THIS PACK MEETING. I, WE RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE ALBANY BULB AND THE PREVIOUS USE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION. [02:15:03] AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE PARK DISTRICT'S RESPONSE WAS. PERHAPS IN ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY OR UNDERSTANDING ITS, ITS CLEANUP. AND THEN IN REGARDS TO RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR IN 2024 AND RELEASED BY THE CITY OF ALBANY ABOUT KNOWN CONTAMINATION, BECAUSE IF THAT'S ONE OF OUR PARKS, I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT IS TAKING ALL ACTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEIR SAFETY FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE ANIMALS AND THE AND THE BAY THAT IS RIGHT THERE AS WELL. SO I'M I THINK IT'D BE AN INTERESTING TOPIC. I'D LIKE TO SORT OF ADD ON TO SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN GETTING FROM ELSA FROM MADAM CLERK IN TERMS OF RECRUITING FOR A POTENTIAL PAC ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER. DIRECTOR. SANWONG WARD HAS AN OPENING. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT LIVES NOT ONLY IN SOUTH FREMONT, NEW YORK, BUT ALSO PLEASANTON, LIVERMORE ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST COUNTY OVER THERE, THE SOUTHERN PART OF EAST COUNTY. PLEASE SEND THE PAC ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION THAT THE CLERK HAD SENT TO YOU BY EMAIL TO THEM. WE REALLY WANT TO ENSURE, I MEAN, TODAY WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF JUST WONDERFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH WITH OUR COMMITTEE. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. ANY CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS? I ALSO WANTED TO THANK ONCE AGAIN PRESIDENT MERCURIO FOR, FOR ATTENDING ONLINE. AND AT THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:19 P.M., AND WE'LL HAVE OUR NEXT PACK MEETING ON APRIL 28TH AT 4 P.M.. THANKS, Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.