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GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26TH, BEGINNING AT 1105. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
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DIRECTOR SANWONG HERE. DIRECTOR ECHOLS. CHAIRMAN MERCURIO HERE.GENERAL MANAGER. SABRINA. LANDRETH HERE. GENERAL COUNSEL LYNNE.
BOURGAULT HERE. TODAY'S MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT.
STAFF IS PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT MAY DO SO BY PROVIDING A COMMENT IN PERSON.
JOINING LIVE VIA ZOOM WITH THE LINK PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA LOCATED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE MINUTES.
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IF THERE AREN'T ANY CHANGES TO BE SUGGESTED I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION OF APPROVAL.SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. THANK YOU.
AND I WILL SECOND ADAM. NECESSITY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. IT PASSES. NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE? I SEE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE ZOOM ROOM.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF THERE ARE.
OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. SO THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO HAVING NO ACTION ITEMS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, OF WHICH WE HAVE TWO.
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THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE UPDATE ON THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN.AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SEVERAL PRESENTERS HERE TODAY FOR THIS.
AS SOON AS THEY GET THEIR TECH SQUARED AWAY.
GOOD. MORNING. STILL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, BRIAN HOLT LEAD PLANNING TRAILS, CULTURAL RESOURCES, GIS. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. LONG TIME NO SEE. I'M BACK WITH AN UPDATE ON THE DISTRICT PLAN.
LET ME GET MY SLIDE SHOW UP HERE, AND THEN WE'LL DIVE RIGHT IN.
WE GOT TWO PRESENTATIONS TODAY FROM THE PLANNING TRAILS GIS DEPARTMENT.
THE FIRST WILL BE KIND OF FOLLOW UP PRESENTATION ON THE DISTRICT PLAN.
I DO WANT TO MENTION HAVE JOANNA JENSEN SHE'S OUR CONSULTANT WITH PLACEWORKS HAS JOINED US TODAY.
SO THANK YOU, JOANNA, FOR JOINING. AND SO I'LL BE GIVING A BIT OF AN UPDATE KIND OF ON THE ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AROUND EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT. I WAS HERE AT THE BOARD ON TUESDAY.
THANK YOU FOR FOR WHAT WAS A ROBUST CONVERSATION.
AND APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION ON THAT. WE WILL BE BACK TO THE BOARD.
SO HAVING ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS ON THAT. SO SO WE'LL DO THAT.
SO DIFFERENT BUT BUT CERTAINLY RELATED TO THE DISTRICT PLAN AND, AND OUR VISION FOR MOVING FORWARD.
SO SO WE'LL LEAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THAT. SO AS YOU'RE AWARE THIS WAS SORT OF STARTED IN DISCUSSION 2023. THE CONTRACT WAS AUTHORIZED IN 2020 FOR AN UPDATE TO THAT CONTRACT WAS JUST APPROVED BY THE BOARD LAST WEEK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THEN WE'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING ON A LOT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION DEVELOPING THESE ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES, DOING A LOT OF THE BASELINE MAPPING AND THEN SOME OF THE INTERNAL ENGAGEMENT HERE I WON'T, WON'T GO THROUGH. SOME OF THESE ARE REDUNDANT SINCE I WAS JUST HERE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY REPEAT THAT.
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AND AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT THIS THIS MEETING WAS INCLUDED ON OUR CALENDAR OF INTERNAL ENGAGEMENT EVENTS.AND THAT WAS THAT WAS INADVERTENT. THE THE CURRENT ENGAGEMENT IS DIRECTED INTERNALLY TOWARDS STAFF.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT. SO WELCOME PEOPLE TO JOIN OTHERS.
THE CONTENT OF ALL THOSE ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS ARE THE SAME.
BUT SO WE ARE IN THIS SORT OF FIRST STEP WHICH IS REALLY LOOKING AT EXISTING CONDITIONS.
AND THEN YOU WILL SEE AS WE KIND OF COME BACK SOME OF THE FUTURE TRENDS DATA.
AND AS I DISCUSSED AND WE'LL GO INTO SOME DETAILS HERE, I'M REALLY LOOKING TOWARDS A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF INPUT TOWARDS DRIVING THIS PROCESS. AND ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE HOPE WILL COME OUT OF THIS IS A SERIES OF PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIC ACTIONS.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN SORT OF WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES AND ACTIONS WILL LOOK LIKE.
AND REALLY THE HOPE IS HERE TO TO CLARIFY AND ESTABLISH THAT VISION FOR THE PARK DISTRICT AS WE MOVE INTO THIS NEXT CENTURY AND PROVIDING A LOT OF THE MAPS SO THAT FOLKS CAN ACCESS OUR DATA. AND ALL THIS GUIDED BY THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
SO HAPPY TO DIVE INTO MORE DETAIL ON ON THOSE PRIORITIES AND OTHERS, SORT OF WHERE THAT'S GOING.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I'VE SORT OF PRESENTED THAT BEFORE, SO AGAIN, THE PROCESS HERE IS AROUND THE ENGAGEMENT IS REALLY THREE ROUNDS OF ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE'RE IN THIS SORT OF INITIAL FIRST ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT.
THUS FAR, THE ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN FOCUSED INTERNALLY.
SO THIS HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON STAFF ENGAGEMENT.
I THINK WE'VE AND I'LL HAVE SOME DATA HERE ON THE STAFF ENGAGEMENT THUS FAR.
I THINK WE'VE DONE SEVEN MEETINGS THUS FAR. WE'VE GOT 22 OR 23 MORE PLANNED.
AND REALLY, THIS IS VERY HIGH LEVEL FOCUSED ON WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE VISION FOR THE PARK DISTRICT? WE WILL BE DOING THIS SAME ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT, AND I'LL GO INTO DETAILS ON THAT EXTERNALLY WITH THE PUBLIC.
SO AGAIN, ASKING THAT HIGH LEVEL, THOSE HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS WE'LL BE TAKING THAT.
AND THAT WILL REALLY HELP US CLARIFY THAT SECOND ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT AND MORE DETAILED HELD QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION, AND ALSO HELP US CLARIFY WHO DO WE WHO DO WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO TO EITHER CLARIFY THAT VISION OR, OR TO TO GET MORE INFORMATION? AND AGAIN, THAT'S THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND REALLY DEVELOP THE, THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PLAN AND THE PRIORITIES AND BE ABLE TO GO BACK OUT TO STAFF IN THE COMMUNITY WITH, WITH A CHECK IN ON AND DID WE GET IT RIGHT? AND THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE DO EXPECT TO COME BACK TO THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, TO THE BOARD FOR INPUT THROUGHOUT. SO AND WE'RE OPEN TO, TO FEEDBACK OR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW BEST TO DO THAT.
BUT THE INTENT THERE IS REALLY EACH STEP OF THE WAY HERE COMING BACK AND CHECKING IN WITH THE BOARD.
SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST. AND WHEN WE GET OUR OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ENGAGE AND PROVIDE COMMENTS, WE'RE REALLY YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIKE I SAY, I'VE BEEN GATHERING A LOT OF EXISTING CONDITIONS, EARLY STAGES. WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF INPUT THUS FAR.
WE'VE BEEN DOCUMENTING THAT AND HEARING THAT, AND IT'S BEEN HELPING TO GUIDE THE PROCESS.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO. SO I'VE PRESENTED THIS LAST TIME.
DON'T NEED TO GO INTO DETAILS HERE. THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, REAL QUICK, SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE AT IS WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, SEVEN STAFF ENGAGEMENT EXERCISES THUS FAR.
YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THE BREAKDOWN. WE'RE TRACKING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.
WE HAVE A DASHBOARD AVAILABLE THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING INTERNALLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN GETTING THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW MUCH WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM OFFICE STAFF VERSUS FROM FIELD STAFF VERSUS PARK STAFF AND THEN ALSO BREAKING DOWN BY TENURE IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN AROUND THE PARK DISTRICT FOR A WHILE VERSUS NEW EMPLOYEES. WE'VE HAD THUS FAR, 105 ATTENDEES WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OUR EVENTS.
WE'VE GOTTEN 600 OVER 600 COMMENTS. AND AGAIN, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE WRAPPED UP INTO A SUMMARY REPORT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THE BOARD. THUS FAR, MOST OF THE EVENTS HAVE BEEN HELD HERE AT PERALTA OAKS.
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SO, SO THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN SORT OF PERALTA OAKS DIVISIONS.AND I'M SORRY, I KNOW THE THE WRITING'S REALLY SMALL THERE.
DIRECTOR MERCURIO IS THERE? DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION SPECIFICALLY? SO TOP THE TOP BAR HERE IS ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP, DEVELOPMENT FINANCE, MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
NEXT. AND THEN GOING DOWN TO SOME OF THE OTHER PERALTA OAKS DIVISIONS.
WE DID HAVE A MEETING LAST WEEK WITH MAST MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES.
I'M ON THE CALENDAR TO MEET WITH OUR INTERPRETIVE DEPARTMENT. I THINK THAT'S NEXT WEEK.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER FIELD EXERCISES GOING.
SO THIS WILL BE RUNNING THROUGH THROUGH THE END OF MAY, GETTING THAT INTERNAL ENGAGEMENT.
AS I MENTIONED ON TUESDAY OF LAST WEEK WE'RE WE'RE NOW PLANNING FOR THE EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT REALLY TARGETING EARTH DAY AS THE THE, THE FOCUS OF THAT AND WILL BE FOR THIS INITIAL ROUND ASKING THESE FIVE QUESTIONS. SO THE INTENT IS TO HAVE THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED EXTERNALLY TO REALLY ALIGN WITH THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED INTERNALLY.
SO WE CAN KIND OF GAUGE WHAT ARE WE HEARING FROM STAFF AND WHAT ARE WE HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC TRYING TO GET AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON? WE DID HEAR INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING A SPECIFIC QUESTION AROUND PROTECTION OF PARK RESOURCES.
SO WE DID INCLUDE A QUESTION AROUND HOW COULD OUR PARKS PROTECT LAND, WATER, PLANTS, ANIMALS, HISTORIC SITES AND PLACES OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE? SO SO WE WILL BE SPECIFICALLY ASKING THAT AS WELL.
SO IF I'M, IF I MIGHT, WHILE WE'RE ON THIS SLIDE.
YES, I THINK IT'S A GOOD WAY TO DO IT. HOW SO THIS THIS IS GOING TO BE THESE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE ASKED AT EARTH DAY EVENTS AROUND THE DISTRICT THAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING.
IF IT'S A GOOD SEGUE, I CAN GO ON TO HOW AND WHERE THESE WILL BE ASKED.
YES, THAT IS MY QUESTION. OKAY. VERY GOOD. OKAY.
SO THIS IS REALLY ARMING YOU ALL AS BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH WITH A TOOLKIT, WITH BROCHURES THAT AS YOU'RE OUT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC THAT'S NOT JUST AT EARTH DAY EVENTS.
THIS FIRST ROUND IS INTENDED TO RUN THROUGH JULY 31ST, SO THAT'S EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
SO ANY PARK VISITORS THAT ARE COMING TO OUR PROGRAMS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS AND TAKE THIS SURVEY.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT GETTING THIS INFORMATION INTO OUR VISITOR CENTERS.
SO VISITORS TO OUR VISITOR CENTERS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT YOU KNOW, LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS WHERE WE CAN ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT OF AN INFO STATION UP WHERE FOLKS CAN GET INTO LIBRARIES.
AND I'LL, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK AT GIS DATA IN TERMS OF TARGETING SOME OF THOSE LIBRARIES THAT PERHAPS HAVE THE LEAST PARK ACCESS TO WHERE WE CAN GET INFORMATION INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY.
SO THAT'S THAT THIS WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED WIDELY TO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S SIERRA CLUB, THE MOUNTAIN BIKING GROUPS, EQUESTRIAN GROUPS, VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, REALLY BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, ANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE PARTNER WITH IN OUR VARIOUS LISTS? WE WILL JUST DISTRIBUTE THIS BROADLY AND, AND ASK THEM TO SHARE WITH THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
SO SO AS THE SIERRA CLUB'S GET IN THE YODELER, THERE MIGHT BE A BLURB IN THERE.
SHARE YOUR INPUT ON THE DISTRICT PLAN. SO SO IT'S BEING ABLE TO GET OUT TO THE MEMBERS IN THAT WAY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL USE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AS WELL.
SO THE INTENT IS TO DO REALLY JUST A BROAD GET OUT THIS SORT OF VISION SORT OF STRATEGY HERE AROUND THE INDIRECT ENGAGEMENT THAT WILL RUN THROUGH JULY. DIRECTOR ECHOLS. YEAH.
SO I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT AT THIS STAGE THE DISTRIBUTION BY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, THAT THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE DEFINING ON THIS BROADER LIST OF FOLKS WHO WE MAY NOT ALREADY BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH.
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AND THAT THIS IS REALLY JUST YOU KNOW, ANY OF OUR DISTRIBUTION LISTS THAT WE HAVE.SO IF IT'S OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS LIST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR LISTS IN PLANNING YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY, OTHERS WOULD JUST BE KIND OF SHARING THIS TO, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY BE AN EP OR THE EMPLOYEE OR NOT THE EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER, BUT THE PARK DISTRICT NEWSLETTER THAT KIND OF GOES OUT, JUST SORT OF SHARE ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION AND I'LL LET MAX JUMP UP TO. BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE LIST THAT WE THAT THE BOARD GENERATED AT THOSE LAST.
I'LL BE GETTING INTO THAT. I'VE GOT SLIDES SPECIFIC TO THAT.
THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. BUT THAT'S ALSO I ASSUME, INCLUDED IN PART.
ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND JUST AS AN EXAMPLE DIRECTOR WAESPI AND I HAVE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAVE TABLED AT AN EARTH DAY EVENT. THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR ON HOW WE WOULD ADMINISTER THE QUESTIONS, THAT IT'S THE QR CODE, I GUESS, THAT THEY'LL BE SCANNING. IS THERE ALSO A PAPER OPTION FOR THOSE THAT I MEAN, I KNOW THIS EVENT AND I'M THINKING THERE MIGHT BE SOME FOLKS THERE THAT DON'T WOULDN'T DO THAT. THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. WE CAN. I'M LOOKING AT JOANNA ON THE ON THE ZOOM WINDOW.
WHO'S WHO'S NODDING HER HEAD? ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN.
IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MATTER OF BEING INCLUSIONARY, RIGHT? I MEAN NOT NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO OR IS ABLE TO OR FEELS COMFORTABLE.
YEAH. THE ONLY CHALLENGE THERE IS, I THINK THAT WE WILL NEED TO AND WE'LL WORK WITH YOU ON THIS, DISCUSS THE LOGISTICS OF HOW WE'LL COLLECT THEM AND THEN BRING THEM BACK TO YOU.
THAT'S THAT'S. YEAH. YOU HAVE OUR WORD ON THAT.
SO THAT ALSO IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK AROUND.
I KNOW THIS HAPPENED AT THE GATHERING OF OHLONE PEOPLES AT COYOTE HILLS.
AND SO IF THERE'S A WAY TO HAVE EITHER A LOCALIZED FORM ON, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF DEVICE THAT'S AVAILABLE, LET'S SAY LET'S USE THE DEL VALLE VISITOR CENTER AS AN EXAMPLE, WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME CONNECTION ISSUES, POTENTIALLY IN TERMS OF WI-FI AND CELL PHONE ACCESS.
SO WE CAPTURE IT ELECTRONICALLY, AND THEN WE CAN DOWNLOAD THAT ONCE WE'RE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.
SO JUST TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES AS WE'RE ROLLING THIS OUT.
YEAH, THOSE ARE GREAT SUGGESTIONS. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, AT A REAL BASIC LEVEL, WE WANT TO GET SOMETHING INTO PEOPLE'S HANDS, WHETHER IT'S A BOOKMARK OR A BROCHURE, THAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE WI-FI, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE IT AND DO IT LATER. RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SOME FOLKS MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY GO BACK TO THAT.
SO WE DO WANT TO HAVE THE SORT OF POINT TO POINT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.
AND LIKE I SAID, JOANNA IS HERE. WE'LL BE TAKING THOSE NOTES AND WORKING THROUGH ALL THAT.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS. THANK YOU.
SO MAX COURT AND DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER. SO ONE OTHER THING, LIKE WE'RE NOT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, SO THERE'S LIKE NO LIMITS. SO ONE THING IS, IF YOU THINK OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM IT.
YOU CAN SEND THE INFORMATION TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, AT YOUR NEXT MEETING, PLEASE SHARE THIS AND ASK YOUR MEMBERSHIP OR YOUR, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPANTS TO FILL IT OUT. SO THAT WAY WE CAN JUST SPREAD IT AS BROAD AS POSSIBLE.
YEAH, AND I'LL BE GOING INTO MORE DETAIL ON THAT AS WELL.
SO BUT THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE, YOU KNOW, EAGER TO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING OUT, THAT WE COULD DO THINGS. SO WE WANT TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, EMPOWER THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL.
SO AND AS, AS MAX MENTIONED YEAH, ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO SHARE BROADLY WHEREVER IT GOES.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE YOU KNOW, WE DO WANT TO AS WE GO AND DO MORE DIRECT ENGAGEMENT, WE DO WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN REACT TO.
SO AS WE GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THE FIRST ROUND ABOUT WHAT THE VISION IS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO START MEETING WITH, LIKE I SAY, WE WANT TO SHARE WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE LIKE THE SIERRA CLUB OR BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL FOR THE EAST BAY OR OTHERS AND HAVE THEM SHARE WITH THEIR
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MEMBERSHIP. BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THERE'S A NEED TO JUST, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE GROUPS AND SIT DOWN WITH A MORE FOCUSED SORT OF STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS OR DISCUSSIONS. SO THAT'S WHEN THIS SORT OF MORE DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WILL HAPPEN.THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT IS, IS IS GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S VARIOUS PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSIONS OR THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WE ABSOLUTELY CAN DO THAT. AND THIS IS WHERE WE WILL ALSO BASED ON THOSE RESPONSES THAT WE GET IN THAT FIRST ROUND, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY WHERE ARE REAL GAPS, WHERE ARE WE SEEING GAPS.
AND WE'RE NOT GETTING RESPONSES FROM PEOPLE THAT WILL HELP US SORT OF IDENTIFY WHAT THE WHAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE ACTIVE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN THEN SORT OF TARGET AND REACH OUT.
DIRECTOR SANWONG. YES. SO THE I GUESS I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY BEFORE, BUT IN TERMS OF LANGUAGES YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SHARE MY STORY.
YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS WHEN I'M ON TRAILS IN FREMONT, I LARGELY RARELY HEAR PEOPLE SPEAKING ENGLISH.
AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, ARE WE GOING TO ALSO INCLUDE OTHER LANGUAGES AS PART OF THIS ENGAGEMENT.
IF WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO REACH MAYBE SOME PEOPLE THAT THERE COULD BE SOME GAPS.
I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE A NEED TO THINK ABOUT HAVING SOME ENGAGEMENT IN OTHER LANGUAGES.
AND I DO THINK THERE MAY BE A NEED TO, TO CONSIDER.
AND THEN AS WE GO IN AND IF LIKE AGAIN, AS WE SORT OF IDENTIFY THAT NEED, HEY, THERE'S A USER GROUP THAT YOU KNOW, DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, ENGLISH ISN'T THE BEST WAY TO CONTACT THEM THAT, THAT WE, WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO BRING IN THE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THAT CONTACT.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S CLEARLY IMPORTANT. SO WHICH LEADS US TO THE QUESTION, WHO ARE WE GOING TO ENGAGE? SO AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING. YOU KNOW, THE BOARD'S BEEN ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE.
WE'RE PULLING TOGETHER THIS LIST, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THIS.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST FROM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE VARIOUS USER GROUPS.
AND THEY AREN'T ALL LISTED HERE. AND WE HEARD THE SUGGESTIONS AND CERTAINLY PLAN TO REACH OUT TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY. SO WE WILL BE SPECIFICALLY PULLING THIS TOGETHER.
AND AS WE REPORT ON THIS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHO WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO.
SO THIS IS INTENTIONALLY GENERALIZED RIGHT NOW AS WE KIND OF DO THIS.
AND OF COURSE, ELECTED OFFICIALS, NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS.
WE'VE HEARD THE INTEREST ON THE VARIOUS CLIMATE ORGANIZATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GROUPS.
THESE WERE SUGGESTIONS MADE BY THE BOARD DURING YOUR RETREAT. SO AGAIN, WE'VE PULLED THAT IN.
AND THEN OUR PARTNER AGAIN, PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THESE ARE MEANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, THOSE GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH DIRECTLY IN TERMS OF ACQUISITION AND ACCESS. SO GROUPS LIKE JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST AND SAVE MOUNT DIABLO, TRI-VALLEY CONSERVANCY. AND THEN I JUST I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BRUSH OVER, BUT WE'RE ACTIVELY ANNA MARIE GUERRERO IS ACTIVELY SCHEDULING MEETING WITH DIFFERENT TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS TO SET UP THOSE SORTS OF TRIBAL CONSULTATIONS NOW.
SO SHE'S RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO DO THAT EARLY.
I'M SORRY. DIRECTOR SANWONG. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR. YES.
SO I JUST, I THINK THE SECOND ONE, THE NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS.
IN PREPARING FOR TODAY, I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I KNOW AT THE JANUARY 2024 RETREAT.
FENCELINE NEIGHBORS. YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE GOOD APPROACH HERE THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND WE DO IS THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PERSONAS BECAUSE I THINK THE TYPES OF ENGAGEMENT WE WOULD WANT WITH OUR FENCELINE NEIGHBORS, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT WE MIGHT HAVE WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER GROUPS.
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AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ALWAYS A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, FITS ALL.AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND MAYBE FOR SOME OF THEM THERE MAY BE SOME I GUESS I CUSTOMIZE QUESTIONS OR, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT WE MIGHT GET SOME DIFFERENT FEEDBACK DEPENDING ON THE PERSONA OF THE PERSON THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO. YEAH. AND AGAIN, THAT SORT OF TRYING TO DO THIS BIG, YOU KNOW, BROAD BRUSH, INDIRECT ENGAGEMENT INITIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HEAR BACK A LOT AND WE'LL HEAR BACK FROM FENCELINE NEIGHBORS AND OTHERS, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO SEE WHO WE'RE NOT HEARING BACK FROM.
AND THAT'LL REALLY KIND OF HELP US YOU KNOW, FINE TUNE THAT, THAT SORT OF SECOND ROUND AND THIRD ROUND OF OKAY, WHERE ARE THOSE PLACES THAT WE NEED TO DO THOSE, YOU KNOW, MORE TAILORED CONVERSATIONS.
AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT. AND THIS MIGHT BE A WAY TO, TO WORK WITH THE BOARD.
AT LEAST THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT REACH OUT TO ME PROACTIVELY.
BUT THEN ALSO WHEN YOU'RE COLLECTING THIS INFORMATION, WILL WE BE KEEPING TRACK OF YOU KNOW, THIS RESPONSE WAS FROM A NEIGHBOR. THIS RESPONSE WAS FROM SOMEONE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE INTERACTED WITH THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION. LIKE, ARE WE GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF HOW INDIVIDUALS COME TO COME TO US IN TERMS OF PROVIDING THIS FEEDBACK? YEAH, NO, ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS OF HAVING HAVING PLACEWORKS ON THE TEAM IS THEY HAVE JOHN IS HERE, BUT RACHEL, WHO'S ON THE TEAM AS WELL, REALLY DATA DRIVEN.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT TOOLS TO SORT OF HAVE THESE DASHBOARDS TO PUT INTO PLACE.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT ON THE STAFF ENGAGEMENT SIDE.
WE'LL NEED TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ON HOW WE TAILOR THAT TO SOME OF ITS TRAINING STAFF SO THAT WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT AND DOING IT, THAT WE'RE PROPERLY CATALOGING AND BEING ABLE, BEING ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION BACK AND INTO THE INTO THE INTO THE DATABASE AND ONTO THE DASHBOARD. BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT THUS FAR.
EXACTLY. TRACKING. WHO ARE WE HEARING FROM? WHAT GROUP DOES THIS? DOES THIS GROUP REPRESENT. SO WE'RE PLANNING ON BEING ABLE TO TRACK ALL THAT.
I JUST HAVE ONE FINAL POINT ON THIS. SO THE OTHER POINT I'LL MAKE IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE SOMEONE COULD BE BOTH A FENCE LINE NEIGHBOR AND AN EQUESTRIAN ENTHUSIAST AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
SO WE WOULD ALSO NEED A WAY TO HAVE MULTIPLE SELECTIONS AVAILABLE.
YEAH. AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ALSO IS AN OPTION.
AS YOU KNOW, I'M A HIKER AND I'M A MOUNTAIN BIKER OR I'M A, YOU KNOW, AND AND SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT LIKE, WELL, WHO WHO DO YOU MOST IDENTIFY WITH OR HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU DO THAT? SO WE'LL BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ON HOW TO BEST SORT OF CAPTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FULL BREADTH OF, YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S MONOLITHIC AND CAN VISIT THE PARKS IN JUST ONE WAY.
SO YEAH, GREAT COMMENTS. THANK YOU. AND AT THE RISK OF BEING CAPTAIN OBVIOUS HERE OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS AT SOME POINT IN THIS NOT TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD IN THIS PROCESS NEED TO BE PART OF IT.
YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF EXPECTING FOLKS TO PLUG INTO ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE OR A, B, C, YOU KNOW, CHOICE A, B, C, D, WHATEVER. THAT PARTICULARLY IN IN-PERSON DISCUSSIONS, I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT ARE AROUND A TABLE SOMEWHERE, MAYBE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPEN ENDED OPTION SO THAT IF WE OVERLOOKED SOMETHING IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO COME TO, TO OUR ATTENTION. YEAH. WE'VE TRIED TO KEEP THIS FIRST ROUND PRETTY OPEN ENDED AND JUST LETTING PEOPLE SHARE WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SHARE.
AND WE DO HAVE THAT SORT OF CATCH ALL. FINAL QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTE TO AND YOUR YOUR COMMENT ABOUT JUST ON THE FACE TO FACE DISCUSSION THIS THIS HAS COME UP AND STAFF ENGAGEMENT TOO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS ABOUT IS THIS JUST YOU KNOW, A ONE WAY I SHARE MY ANSWERS OR IS THIS INTENDED TO BE A CONVERSATION? AND, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY HOPING AND I KIND OF SEE THIS AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COLLECTIVE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE ALL HAVING HERE IN THE EAST BAY AROUND THE FUTURE OF OUR PARKLANDS AND OUR NATURAL AREAS.
AND I'M HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THIS GOES FORWARD YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND STAFF BOARD PACK, EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING THAT COLLECTIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TRADE OFFS AND ABOUT OUR VISION AND ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE THE THINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC ACCESS AND CONSERVATION AND,
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YOU KNOW, ALL THESE SORTS OF THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS I REALLY ENJOY AND GET INTO YOU KNOW, BUT HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, I THINK I THINK WILL BE GREAT.SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW IT ALL PROGRESSES.
BUT YEAH, THE OPEN ENDED COMMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING AROUND AND WE DO HOPE TO HAVE LIKE YOU KNOW, MAPS AVAILABLE THAT HAVING THE MAPS AVAILABLE SO YOU KNOW REFERENCE MATERIALS.
SO YOU KNOW AS FOLKS ARE YOU KNOW, COMMENTING THAT WHILE I USE TILDEN PARK ALL THE TIME AND, YOU KNOW, SEEMS REALLY YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE ON TRAILS THERE THAT WE CAN KIND OF OPEN THE MAP AND SAY, WELL, THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AROUND HERE, TOO. THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE OFTEN FIND IS THAT PEOPLE VERY MUCH KNOW THEIR PARK THAT THEY USE, BUT DON'T ALWAYS RECOGNIZE THE FULL PARK DISTRICT AND ALL THE RESOURCES THAT ARE THERE.
SO SO WE DID BRING THIS TO THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY. BUT, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF MENTIONED THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE THAT DID COME UP. I THINK THAT'S COME UP A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE. SO I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE. A LOT OF GOOD SUGGESTIONS ON AROUND THE VARIOUS FRIENDS OF THE CREEKS GROUPS, FRIENDS OF SAN LEANDRO CREEK, FRIENDS OF WILDCAT CREEK.
MARSH CREEK AND THE WATERSHED GROUPS. AND KIND OF TAKING A WATERSHED LOOK AT THIS.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE GROUPS THAT WE'VE VERY FAMILIAR WITH WORKING WITH.
SO I THINK GROUPS OF DIRECTOR MERCURIO PROBABLY ATTENDED THE CONTRA COSTA WATERSHED FORUM.
YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF PRESENTATIONS WOULD BE GREAT.
LOTS OF SUGGESTIONS ON FARMERS MARKETS ON FIRST FRIDAYS.
SO AS WE KIND OF PUT THAT OUT THERE THEY SUGGESTED VARIOUS CAR SHOWS, FLEA MARKETS.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW WE, HOW WE TACKLE SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
BUT A LOT OF GOOD, INTERESTING SORT OF SUGGESTIONS.
THE HIKING CLUBS CAME UP AGAIN SPECIFICALLY. SO A LOT OF INTEREST AMONGST THE VARIOUS HIKING CLUBS.
AND I DISCUSSED THE LIBRARIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, BUT THIS WAS KIND OF THE, THE A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE GOT THAT WAS COMING OUT OF THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AROUND THEIR SUGGESTIONS.
AND, AND IT SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF EAGERNESS AND EXCITEMENT FROM THAT GROUP TO BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE CAN'T BE AT ALL THESE EVENTS. SO FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WHO ARE PLANNING ON ATTENDING THESE WHERE THEY ALREADY HAVE A TABLE SET UP THAT THEY WERE EAGER AND WILLING TO HAVE INFORMATION THERE THAT THEY COULD SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC. SO THAT'S THE INTENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE POSED THIS QUESTION. WE'RE ALREADY KIND OF ENGAGED IN THIS CONVERSATION.
WE POSED THIS QUESTION TO THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WE'VE MISSED YOU KNOW, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE IT.
TIME, BUT ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU HEAR FROM OR AS YOU GET EMAILS FROM FENCE LINE NEIGHBORS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OR REALLY ANYBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, LET US KNOW. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO WE'RE WE'RE ESPECIALLY DURING THIS FIRST ROUND, REALLY TRYING TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO EVERYBODY. SO SO THAT'S THAT'S ESSENTIALLY MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. AND HAPPY TO ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS.
SO I'M CURIOUS, HAVE WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE YOUTH AND HOW WE MIGHT TRY TO COLLECT INFORMATION FROM THEM? YEAH. YOUNG PEOPLE COMES UP, IT COMES UP ALL THE TIME.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S AN IMPORTANT USER GROUP.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK AS WE'RE KIND OF PULLING TOGETHER THESE SORT OF LISTS I THINK WE'LL NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON WE'VE DEFINITELY HAD FOCUS ON LIKE, THE HIGH SCHOOL AND. MIDDLE SCHOOL.
LIKE THE MOUNTAIN BIKING GROUPS, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY JUST ONE USER GROUP.
BUT I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TARGETING DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WHATNOT.
SO I KNOW RICHMOND DID ONE, BAY POINT DID ONE.
SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN KIND OF PULL THOSE TO, TO KIND OF GET TO SOME OF THE YOUTH COMMUNITIES THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY INVOLVED WITH THESE MORE ESTABLISHED USER GROUPS LIKE THE MOUNTAIN BIKING CLUBS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND SO AND WE'LL, I KNOW WE'LL GET LOTS OF GOOD INPUT WITH FROM OUR INTERPRET RECREATION STAFF.
SO THROUGH THEIR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS OR THEIR THEIR SUMMER PROGRAMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AS WELL.
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SO ON ON THE OUTREACH PIECE, I'M, I LIKE THAT YOU'RE CREATING THESE REALLY ROBUST LISTS.AND OF COURSE, WE'RE HELPING WITH THAT. THE PAC IS HELPING WITH THAT.
AND BUT I'M JUST WONDERING THOUGH, IS THERE ANY THOUGHT TO DOING SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, POLL AS WELL? BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE IF WE'RE REACHING OUT TO ALL THESE PEOPLE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A TON OF STAFF WORK AND VOLUNTEER WORK.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M OKAY WITH THAT IF WE THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY OF GETTING THE INFORMATION.
BUT BUT I STILL WORRY ABOUT THE SELF-SELECTION EVEN WHEN WE'RE TARGETING, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC EVEN EVEN WHEN WE LOOK IN OUR LIST AND SAY, OKAY, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE FROM, YOU KNOW, THESE CENSUS TRACTS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GUT CHECK ON. BUT I'M, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THOSE FOLKS WHO AREN'T ALREADY USING THE PARKS, BUT MAY WANT TO USE THE PARKS, AND THAT WE'RE MEETING THEIR NEEDS IN THIS PROCESS.
YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
AND, JOANNA, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER ON THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE DO THE COMMUNITY POLLING THROUGH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.
SO WE'VE BEEN KIND OF TAKING IN THAT POLLING AS WELL.
SO WE'VE BEEN GETTING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
AND THEN I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, LIKE I SAY, I THINK WE'RE VERY ATTUNED TO KIND OF TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHERE ARE THOSE POCKETS OF FOLKS THAT WE'RE NOT HEARING FROM THE SELF-SELECTION AND PLACEWORKS HAS DONE A LOT OF THIS A LOT OF THIS OUTREACH ON PROJECTS ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE OR THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. AND SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY PART OF THEIR FOCUS.
HOW DO WE SET THIS UP IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT SELF-SELECTING? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR EQUITY OFFICER IS ALSO INVOLVED IN THAT WORK.
IS THAT RIGHT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE ROBUST OUTREACH TO EVERYONE? OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. ABSOLUTELY. SO CAN YOU JUST GO BACK TO THE SLIDE? ACTUALLY, IT WAS ON TWO SLIDES, BUT THE THE THREE ROUNDS, THE THREE.
SO YOU HAD IT ON THE LAST SLIDE AND ON AN EARLIER SLIDE.
YEP. YEAH. SO I'M, I'M JUST I JUST WANT TO GET SOME CLARITY AROUND THIS. SO WE HAVE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE THREE ROUNDS WITH SORT OF THREE SEPARATE QUESTIONS.
AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS INTERNALLY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, STARTING AROUND MAY OR EARTH DAY WILL BE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE EXTERNAL.
SO WHAT I'M WONDERING IS, IS ARE WE GETTING INPUT FROM INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PEOPLE ON EACH OF THESE THREE ROUNDS OR SO? THAT'S THE IDEA. OKAY. THAT'S THE IDEA. AND SO SO YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL THERE'LL BE KIND OF A SORT OF FEEDBACK LOOP AS WE KIND OF, AS WE GET INFORMATION AND THEN AND THEN WE'LL BE SORT OF GOING OUT WITH AS WE GO INTO THE SECOND ROUND, MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR STAFF. I SEE. AND SO THE PEOPLE WHO COMMENT IN THE FIRST ROUND, THEIR INFORMATION WILL BE, IS IT ANONYMOUS OR WILL IT BE CAPTURED IN SOME WAY SO THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO THEM FOR INPUT, SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY ENGAGED? THE ACTUAL INPUT THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING IS ANONYMOUS, BUT WE ARE ASKING LIKE WE'VE BEEN HAVING SIGN IN SHEETS AT ALL OF OUR IN-PERSON EVENTS. AND THEN THERE'S I BELIEVE THERE'S LIKE AN EMAIL AS FOLKS GO ON TO THE AS THEY TAKE THE SURVEY ON THERE.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE THAT MAILING LIST. SO WHEN THEY TAKE THE SURVEY THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF OF LEAVING INFORMATION SO THAT THEY CAN BE REACHED BACK OUT TO OR, OR IS IT CAPTURED ANONYMOUSLY SO THEY CAN. I'M JUST WONDERING, BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR IF SOMEONE'S ENGAGED ENOUGH IN THE FIRST ROUND TO ANSWER THE SURVEY QUESTIONS, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET INPUT ON THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE NEXT TWO ROUNDS AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO BRINGING IN PEOPLE THAT WE'VE MISSED.
YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK IN TERMS OF HOW THE ACTUAL SURVEY IS SET UP. I'M SURE WE CAN DO THAT TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE ANONYMOUS COMMENT AND THEN AND WE CAN STILL GET THEIR EMAIL. YEAH. YEAH, I WOULD THINK SO. YEAH.
AND AND MAYBE JOANNA WOULD KNOW. BUT YEAH, IT DOES SEEM LIKE IF YOU'VE GOT THAT FIRST GROUP, WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE ENGAGED ENOUGH TO, TO RESPOND IN THE FIRST ROUND AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BUILD ON THAT FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD ROUNDS.
OKAY. AND THEN YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE INPUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BOARD ALONG THE WAY, SO APPRECIATE THAT. DO YOU AT SOME POINT WILL THERE BE SORT OF A, YOU KNOW, A CALENDAR FOR THAT,
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LIKE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THESE ROUNDS WILL YOU'VE GOT A ROUGH CALENDAR NOW, BUT WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BOARD INPUT WILL BE.OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE. SO SO DIRECTOR SANWONG COMMENT ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE GOT ME THINKING BACK BACK, BACK, BACK IN MY TIME IN SCHOOL. AND I THOUGHT ABOUT I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THIS IN A LONG TIME WHEN I WAS PROBABLY IN FIFTH GRADE, I'M GUESSING HERE NOW. SUMMER SCHOOL IN THE MOUNT DIABLO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HAD A DEAL WHERE WE WENT ON A HIKE TO LAS TRAMPAS BEFORE IT WAS REALLY A PARK.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS OPEN, AND THEY TOOK US OUT THERE, AND I STILL DISTINCTLY REMEMBER BEING UP ON THE RIDGE AND SEEING FOSSILS IN THE YOU KNOW, THERE IN THE SANDSTONE. AND I DON'T THINK I'M NOT SURE I EVER SAW THAT BEFORE.
SO THAT WAS GREAT, I REMEMBER THAT, BUT THEN I ALSO REMEMBER COMING BACK TO THE CLASSROOM AND THEY SAID, WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE IN THIS PARK? WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLIC IN THIS PARK? AND WE'RE ALL DRAWING STUFF AND WRITING STUFF AND ALL THAT, YOU KNOW. AND I HAVE TO I'M A LITTLE EMBARRASSED TO SAY I THINK I WAS TOO AMBITIOUS ABOUT LIKE, MERRY GO ROUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T TURN OUT THAT WAY. AND IT'S GREAT THAT IT DIDN'T TURN OUT THAT WAY. WE HAVE OTHER PLACES WHERE WE DO THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE FIFTH GRADE MINE.
SO BUT SO THAT ALSO SO THEN I TRANSLATE THAT TO TODAY AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN DO THINGS AT SCHOOLS ALL LEVELS OF SCHOOLS MAYBE LIKE MAGNET EVENTS, YOU KNOW, LIKE AFTER SCHOOL OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, NOT I THINK IF YOU TRY TO GO INDIVIDUAL TEACHER, THAT'S PROBABLY TOO INTENSIVE.
WE PROBABLY COULDN'T DO THAT. BUT IF WE SAID, YOU KNOW, COME ON, YOU KNOW, MAY 3RD THIRD AND SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE THERE IN THE IN THE MULTI-USE ROOM AND YOU CAN COME AND YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT.
I'D BE VERY HAPPY TO GO AND AND GO TO THOSE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN MY AREA, IN MY AREA AND YOU KNOW, HELP REPRESENT THE DISTRICT, BUT AND, YOU KNOW, GET, GET, GET THEM TO DO THIS WHOLE PROCESS BECAUSE THIS MAY BE THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE NOBODY ELSE IS GOING TO PROBABLY DIRECTLY ASK THEM.
I DON'T WANT TO BE OVER PRESCRIPTIVE HERE, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE WAY I SEE OF DOING IT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO BE PART OF IT.
WELL, WE MAY TAKE YOU UP ON THAT. SO YEAH, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAPPY TO TAKE IN THAT INPUT.
AND THEN AND LIKE I SAY, THE THIS CAME UP DURING THE PACK MEETING AS WELL, FOLKS WHO ARE SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THIS OR THAT.
LIKE, WE'LL, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ARM YOU WITH WHATEVER MATERIALS YOU NEED TO TO DO THAT.
BUT I THINK IF I COULD JUMP IN, I THINK NOT ONLY THE YOUTH BUT THE TEACHERS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW CERTAINLY IN BERKELEY, WHICH I'M MOST FAMILIAR WITH THE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, THE TEACHERS REALLY UTILIZE THE PARK IN THE TILDEN NATURE AREA.
BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THE MOBILE RESOURCES.
AND TO THE EXTENT WE DO HAVE THE VISITOR CENTERS, I KNOW THE TEACHERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, AND THEY MAY HAVE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT ENGAGING YOUTH AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND REALLY MAKING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION EVEN MORE ROBUST, WHICH I WOULD LOVE TO SEE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS WOULD BE A GOOD AUDIENCE AS WELL.
LIKE I SAID, I DO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH OUR INTERPRETIVE DEPARTMENT AND GETTING THAT INPUT, AND WE CAN DISCUSS WITH THEM WAYS THAT THEY CAN WORK THIS INTO, INTO SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMING AS WELL.
I SEE. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD, I MEAN, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE DIRECTOR MERCURIO YOU WERE LIKE OUT ON A, LIKE A FIELD PROGRAM IN ONE OF THE PARKS, RIGHT? WHEN THEY ENGAGED YOU AROUND THAT. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BRIAN MENTIONED IS GIVING THIS TOOLKIT TO OUR INTERPRETIVE STAFF AND THE VISITOR CENTER SO THAT WHEN SCHOOL GROUPS OR COMMUNITY GROUPS OR SENIOR GROUPS OR WHOEVER THEY ARE COME.
WE CAN ENGAGE THEM IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AND GET THEIR INPUT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT SORT OF BAKED INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
LIKE BRIAN SAID, HE'S MEETING WITH THE STAFF TO HELP ENGAGE THEM IN THAT PROCESS.
BUT I THINK THAT SORT OF PART OF WHAT WE'RE WE'RE HOPING TO DO.
YEAH, I THINK, AGAIN, JUST BE MINDFUL OF THE TEACHERS THAT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY REACHING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY. YEAH. SO SO ALL OF THIS IS LIKE YEAH, THESE ARE YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE TEACHERS THAT ARE ENGAGED AND CERTAINLY WILL HAVE GOOD INPUT ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE OTHER WE WERE TOUCHING EVERYBODY.
YEAH. YEAH. IT'S A IT'S A BIG JOB. IT'S I GET IT.
WE ARE WE ARE A BIG DISTRICT. IT'S A BIG JOB.
AND IT'S A BIG IT'S A BIG PLAN. YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE.
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YEAH. I KIND OF WANTED US TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AROUND YOUNG PEOPLE BEFORE I SHIFT GEARS AND ASK MY QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE 2013 MASTER PLAN. AND I THINK WITH THIS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE YOU KNOW, VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR BOARD, BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE AND ALSO PROVIDE US WITH SOME FEEDBACK. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN IDENTIFY THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE 2013 MASTER PLAN, THERE MAY NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF, AGAIN, THAT CUSTOMIZED QUESTIONING.I THINK THAT THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR PROCESSES. YEAH.
BUT THEN ALSO, I KNOW WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS AT THE BOARD MEETING AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING ABOUT THE TABLE OF CONTENTS OR SOME TYPE OF OUTLINE PERHAPS WHEN WE DO THE PHASE ONE REPORT OUT IN MAY, THAT COULD BE A GOOD TIME TO SHARE THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN, IT PROBABLY WON'T GO AS IN DEPTH INTO LAND ACQUISITION AND TRAILS AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIND THESE TRAIL CONNECTION GAPS OR THINKING ABOUT KEY LAND ACQUISITION STRATEGIES.
WHEREAS I BELIEVE THE 2013 PLAN DID TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THAT.
SO I THINK UNDERSTANDING WHAT, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THAT VENN DIAGRAM, WHAT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO THE 2013 PLAN, WHAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING SOME SORT OF OUTLINE OR TABLE OF CONTENTS OR SOME SORT OF STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF HOW WE ENVISION THE FINAL SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN TO BE REPORTED OUT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION NOW AND THEN.
ALSO, IN TERMS OF THE ENGAGEMENT, DO WE HAVE THAT LIST OF THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE 2013 PLAN, AND IS THAT PART OF OUR PLAN IN TERMS OF THE EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES? YEAH, I, I DO HAVE ALL OF THE MATERIALS FROM THE 2013 MASTER PLAN.
SO ALL OF THE ALL THE FOLKS WHO WHO ENGAGED, I HAVE ALL THOSE LISTS AND HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH VARIOUS GROUPS AND SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN WHO WERE VERY INVOLVED IN SOME OF THAT.
SO WE DO INTEND TO DO THAT. AND I DO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE PAST MASTER PLAN AND THE ONES BEFORE THAT, THEY WERE ALL WRITTEN FOR A CERTAIN PURPOSE AND A CERTAIN REASON.
THEY SERVED THEIR PURPOSE. THEY WERE GREAT. BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING WE'RE DOING SOMETHING NEW. BUT THERE'S THERE'S INFORMATION IN THERE THAT'S THAT'S GOOD.
THAT FOLKS FEEL REALLY CONNECTED TO OR WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH IT.
AND SO I THINK WHAT WE DO PLAN TO, TO BRING BACK IS, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ACROSS WALKING SORT OF EXERCISE OF SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS IN THE 2013 MASTER PLAN. THIS IS REALLY HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT, HOW THAT'S BEING INCORPORATED AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE'RE INTENTIONALLY NOT JUST REPLICATING OR JUST UPDATING THAT EXISTING, BUT WE DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO MOVE AWAY FROM ANY OF THE THE VALUES, MOVE AWAY FROM ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE 2013 MASTER PLAN.
SO I DO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE FULLY APPLES TO APPLES LOOKING AT TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE TWO DOCUMENTS, BUT I DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SORT OF CROSSWALK IT AND TELL YOU SORT OF WHERE THOSE THEMES AND ARE CAPTURED IN THERE.
AND IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN EXPECT AT THAT MAY REPORT OUT? I DEFINITELY WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF IT, IF NOT THE FULL THING. YES.
ALL RIGHT. IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IS THERE ANY.
THAT'S IT FOR ME. CALL FOR YOU. THAT'S IT FOR ME.
I AM SO WE CAN CLOSE OUT AND YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? I DON'T HAVE ANY CURRENTLY. IS THERE ANYONE IN WHO'S COMING IN REMOTELY WHO'D LIKE TO RAISE THEIR HAND AND MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. SO I GUESS WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE B, WHICH IS PARKLAND OPENING AND LAND BANK REVIEW PROCESS. YEAH, I'M GOING TO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BRIAN HOLT, LEAD OF PLANNING TRAILS, CULTURAL RESOURCES AND GIS.
BUT BUT JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE THIS REAL QUICK.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING LIKE I SAY, RELATED TO THE DISTRICT PLAN.
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BUT AND SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IS OF INTEREST TO THE BOARD.SO A PERENNIAL CONVERSATION HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT IS OUR OUR OPENING UP OF LAND BANKS AND AND OPENING UP NEW PARKLAND. AND I WAS KIND OF REFLECTING ON A COMMENT A PHRASE FROM OUR FORMER GENERAL MANAGER BOB DOYLE, WHO WOULD OFTEN SAY, YOU KNOW, PARKS ARE FOREVER, BUT SOMETIMES THEY TAKE FOREVER.
AND AND IT'S VERY TRUE. WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT IN PLANNING AND THAT WE PROTECT THESE AREAS AND, AND THEY ARE PROTECTED FOREVER. AND IT CAN BE IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING.
AND AND IT CAN FEEL LIKE IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO OPEN THEM UP.
BUT THERE IS GENERALLY A REASON WHY THE PROCESS TAKES AS LONG AS IT DOES.
NAOMI WILL DIVE INTO THAT PROCESS AND DIVE INTO SOME OF THE CRITERIA THERE.
I DO REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE THIS DUAL MANDATE AT THE PARK DISTRICT, AND THAT'S TO TO TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS TO OUR PARKLANDS, BUT ALSO TO REALLY PROTECT THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES IN THOSE PARKLANDS.
SO THAT'S THAT'S A PROCESS WHERE SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, AS WE ACQUIRE A PIECE OF LAND, YOU KNOW, WE DISCOVER THINGS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BEFORE THAT CAN CHANGE OUR PROCESS.
SOMETIMES WE'RE ANTICIPATING OTHER LANDS OR OTHER OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD COME THAT WOULD CHANGE THE ULTIMATE BOUNDARY OF A PARK THAT DON'T NECESSARILY TRANSPIRE. OR WE'VE HAD LOTS OF INSTANCES WHERE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE BOUGHT A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW LAND AND IT'S TOTALLY CHANGED OUR OUR PARK PLANNING PROCESS OR WHAT WE THINK ABOUT.
AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T DO ANY OF THIS IN A VACUUM.
AT THE PARK DISTRICT, WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH PARTNERS PERMITTING AGENCIES AGENCIES LIKE THE EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HABITAT CONSERVANCY AND OTHERS THAT THAT REALLY YOU KNOW, HAVE HAVE AN INTEREST IN OUR PROPERTIES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GIVING US PERMITS.
SO THERE'S THERE'S SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO SAY ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RELATIONSHIPS OR PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.
AND TO SOME DEGREE, THEIR SCHEDULE IS NOT ALWAYS OUR SCHEDULE.
I IMAGINE THAT YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT THEME WILL BE, YOU KNOW, FUNDING.
HOW DO WE HOW DO WE FUND THESE PROJECTS? AND THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF A THAT'S ALWAYS A THEME HERE IS HOW DO WE HOW DO WE FIND THE FUNDING TO OPEN THESE PROJECTS AND HOW DO WE HOW DO WE STAFF THEM AND OPERATE THEM? SO ALL OF THAT IS PART OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH AS WE'VE BEEN SORT OF LOOKING AT THIS BIG MAP AND LOOKING AT ALL THE INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC, OF THE BOARD AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS A STRATEGIC METHOD THAT WE CAN OPEN THESE UP.
SO SO I WILL JUST SAY YOU KNOW, I CELEBRATE MY 20 YEARS HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT THIS YEAR.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE EVER HAD AS MUCH LAND IN THE PIPELINE TO OPEN UP AS WE DO TODAY.
SO LOOKING AT LOOKING AT SOME OF THE LAND THAT THAT NAOMI WILL COVER.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER LAND THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AN INTERAGENCY BASIS WITH.
SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF LAND COMING IN IN THE PIPELINE.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO NAOMI. AND AND SHE CAN WALK US THROUGH THE DETAILS.
THANK YOU. SO. THANK YOU. BRIAN. THANK YOU. BRIAN.
NAOMI LAVAL PRINCIPAL PLANNER IN PLANNING TRAILS CULTURAL RESOURCES AND GIS.
TAKE A MOMENT TO ACTUALLY WAIT. LET ME SHARE MY SCREEN.
LOOKS LIKE I'M GOING TO. OKAY. FOR A SECOND. OKAY. SO GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SORT OF WHAT IS THE LAND BANK CATEGORY OF OUR LANDS AND HOW DOES IT FUNCTION, WHAT ARE WHERE ARE THE LANDS AND HOW ARE THEY READY FOR A PLANNING PROJECT AND SORT OF WHAT ARE THE CURRENT PROJECTS ON DECK AT THE MOMENT IN PLANNING? SO THE LAND BANK STATUS, WELL, WE HAVE A LOT OF LANDS CURRENTLY IN LAND BANK AND THERE'S A LOT TO LAND BANK, BUT CURRENTLY THOSE LANDS GENERALLY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CLOSED TO PUBLIC ACCESS.
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BUT OBVIOUSLY WE STILL HAVE ONGOING LAND MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING THAT'S OCCURRING.WE HAVE ABOUT 36,000 ACRES IN THIS STATUS, AND THEY CAN BE A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS OF PROPERTIES.
SOME ARE INTENDED FOR RESOURCE PROTECTION ONLY.
AND REALLY COULD ACTUALLY JUST BE SUBMERGED LANDS ON THE, ON THE SHORELINE.
THEN WE HAVE LANDS THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL LAND RESTRICTIONS IN THEM, THAT ARE IN LAND BANK STATUS, AND THAT WE REALLY JUST NEED TO WORK THROUGH WHAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE, WHAT IT MEANS FOR PLANNING AND FOR THE PARK DISTRICT IN GENERAL.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONES WHICH I THINK OF AS OUR MORE TRADITIONAL LAND BANK LANDS, THE ONES WE SORT OF PROBABLY WHEN WE CREATED THIS ORIGINAL STATUS, REALLY INTENDED TO BE IN LAND BANK, WERE THE ONES WHERE WE INTEND FOR PUBLIC ACCESS ONCE THEY ARE SAFE AND SUITABLE, AS WELL AS WE HAVE CONSIDERED AND GONE THROUGH APPROPRIATE RESOURCE PROTECTION, LAND MANAGEMENT NEEDS ETC..
SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT SORT OF ALL THE LANDS THAT ARE IN LAND BANK, WE'RE REALLY INTERNALLY KIND OF GOING THROUGH AN EFFORT TO CREATE DISTINCTIONS AND CLEAN UP THAT LIST. WE REALLY HAVE SOME LANDS THAT COULD COME OFF OF THAT LIST.
THEY ARE ALREADY SAFE AND SUITABLE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, AND WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE COMING AND GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO KIND OF MAKE THAT 36,000 ACRES JUST A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, JUST THROUGH AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS WHERE THEY'RE WHERE THEY'RE ALREADY SAFE AND SUITABLE.
THEY MIGHT ALREADY HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON THEM THAT WHERE THERE IS NO PUBLIC ACCESS AND KIND OF, SORT OF THINK ABOUT THEM A LITTLE BIT SEPARATELY.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE THINK OF AS OUR KIND OF TYPICAL PLANNING PROJECTS.
AND THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE HAPPENING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS LIST CONSISTENTLY AND UNDERSTANDING WHICH ONES CAN BE REMOVED BECAUSE THEY'RE SAFE AND SUITABLE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY THE ONES LIKE THE SUBMERGED LANDS THAT ARE REALLY KIND OF JUST INTENDED FOR RESOURCE PROTECTION AND THEY DON'T REALLY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PLANNING.
THEN WE HAVE THE ONES THAT WE REALLY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PLAN FOR OPENING.
THEY MIGHT NEED TO GO UNDERGO A SECRET PROCESS.
THEY MAY OR MAY NOT NEED ADDITIONAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
WE HAVE LAST YEAR, AN ASSEMBLY BILL 2091 WAS PASSED, WHICH ACTUALLY ALLOWS AN EXEMPTION TO SEQUA FOR PUBLIC ACCESS THAT WILL OCCUR ON EXISTING RANCH ROADS AND TRAILS.
SO NO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED AND THEY REALLY MEET THAT PROJECT READINESS CRITERIA.
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH EITHER A PLANNING PROJECT OR OPENING THEM. AND THEN WE HAVE THE LANDS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN ON THE LAND BANK LIST, THOUGH, AS WE SAY, WE'LL REVIEW IT ANNUALLY AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE ONES THAT COULD MOVE FROM KIND OF THE REMAIN CATEGORY INTO THE PLAN FOR OPENING CATEGORY. SO THOSE LANDS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ENCUMBERED WITH USE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH.
THEY MAY NEED ADDITIONAL PLANNING. WE MAY ACTUALLY NEED TO JUST DO ADDITIONAL ACQUISITIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CONTIGUOUS WITH THE OPEN PARKLANDS, OR THEY MAY NEED A LOT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BEFORE THEY'RE SAFE AND SUITABLE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
BUT FOR THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE READY FOR A PLANNING PROJECT AND THEY MEET THIS READINESS CRITERIA, WE'LL KIND OF GO INTO WHAT IS THAT CRITERIA. SO IN PLANNING, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN A PROJECT IS OR WHEN AN AREA IS READY FOR A PLANNING PROJECT, WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEY SORT OF FIT SOMEWHAT NEATLY INTO THESE SEVEN BUCKETS.
AND WE GENERALLY BEFORE WE INITIATE A LARGE SCALE PLANNING PROJECT, WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF THESE BUCKETS ARE, ARE KIND OF COMPLETE. AND, AND, AND. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ADDRESSED A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS.
THERE MIGHT STILL BE SOME THAT ARE PENDING OR ONLY PARTIALLY THERE.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ACQUISITION IS THE PARK AREA THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PLANNING FOR COMPLETE.
IS IT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE PROPERTY IN LAS TRAMPAS THAT WAS ACQUIRED IN THE 80S.
IT WAS AN ISLAND BY ITSELF FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS UP UNTIL I THINK ABOUT 2013, WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY ANOTHER ACQUISITION HAPPENED THAT CONNECTED IT WITH THE REST OF THE PARKLAND AREA. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS CAN TAKE A WHILE TO TO FINISH THE ACQUISITION PROCESS.
AND THEN ALONG WITH ACQUISITION PROCESSES, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE ACCESS IN PLACE TO ALLOW SAFE LEGAL ACCESS TO OUR PROPERTIES, AND THAT COULD BE IN THE FORM OF EASEMENTS. IT COULD BE IN THE FORM OF FEE TITLE ACQUISITIONS.
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BUT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ALLOW THE PUBLIC ONTO PROPERTIES IN A SAFE AND LEGAL WAY, THAT WE HAVE ALL THE PERMISSIONS IN PLACE, FUNDING.WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE FUNDING THOUGH. IT IS IMPORTANT.
BUT WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE FUNDING TO CONSTRUCT A PROJECT, BUT ALSO HOW ARE WE GOING TO FUND THE STAFF AND THE STAFF FACILITIES AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S SOME GUARANTEES IN PLACE? PARTNERS ARE OBVIOUSLY A HUGE PART OF OUR CONSIDERATIONS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE TWO COUNTIES. AND THEN RESOURCE PROTECTION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, WHAT ARE THE RESOURCE BENEFITS TO A SPECIFIC AREA? WHERE ARE WE CONSERVING AND HAVE SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES? WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING IN A PLACE, AND WE UNDERSTAND BOTH THE CULTURAL AND AND NATURAL RESOURCES IN AN AREA AND THEN STAFFING AND FACILITIES. THOSE DON'T HAVE TO BE COMPLETE BEFORE WE INITIATE A PROCESS, BUT IT IS HELPFUL IF WE SORT OF KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW PARK ALTOGETHER, LIKE VARGAS PLATEAU, YOU KNOW, EIGHT, NINE YEARS AGO, OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE JUST AN ADDITION TO A AN EXISTING PARKLAND UNIT LIKE SOUTHERN LAS TRAMPAS, AND THEN THAT WE HAVE THE FACILITIES IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THAT STAFF.
SO KIND OF ON DECK, WE HAVE FIVE PROJECTS IN FIVE DIFFERENT PARKS.
AND THIS IS KIND OF JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE BUCKETS FOR THAT READINESS CRITERIA, WE FEEL PRETTY SOLID ABOUT FOUR OF THOSE BUCKETS AND THE OTHER ONES ARE IN PROGRESS.
WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT WHERE THEIR STATUS IS AND THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ALL THE FUNDING FOR LET'S SAY RIDING RANCH GOLF COURSE AT DEER VALLEY, BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE FUNDING NOT ONLY FOR AT LEAST IT'S PARTIALLY FUNDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO THERE'S STAFFING FUNDING ALREADY AVAILABLE, BOTH FROM THE PARK DISTRICTS SIDE OF THINGS, BUT ALSO THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CONSERVANCY.
AND REALLY, WHAT DOES THURGOOD MARSHALL MEAN IN TERMS OF PROVIDING MITIGATION FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND THE REST OF THE CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION AREA? CLAYTON RANCH AS WELL AND THEN GRANT PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL TRAIL AND BURRELL, WHICH IS A MORE RECENT PROJECT THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE FIVE MAIN PROJECTS WE WERE WORKING ON.
BUT WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT WHERE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIND OF THERE THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT. THEY'RE REALLY CENTERED IN A LOT OF THESE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF LAND BANK PROPERTY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE OVER 5300 ACRES IN TERMS OF THOSE FIVE PROJECTS.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PROJECTS IN SIBLEY AS WELL AS SOUTHERN LAS TRAMPAS, COYOTE HILLS.
DECO IS IS WORKING ON THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST PLANNING PROJECTS.
AND THEN FINALLY MAGEE PRESERVE, WHICH IS IN ADDITION TO SYCAMORE VALLEY.
SOMETIMES THE TIMELINES ARE A LITTLE DEPENDENT ON OTHER OTHER AGENCIES PRIORITIES, BUT WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AND WORK WITH NOT ONLY INTERNALLY AND OUR STAFF, BUT EXTERNALLY AS WELL. SO WHERE ARE THESE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW IN THE TIMELINE? WE KIND OF WENT BACK A LITTLE BIT, AND SOME OF THESE PROJECTS GO REALLY FAR BACK IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE, BUT I THINK MOST OF THESE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON PRETTY PRETTY CONSISTENTLY FOR THE LAST 5 OR 6 YEARS.
SO DEER VALLEY NOW IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IN THE DECO SIDE OF THINGS IN TERMS OF FINISHING THE DESIGN FOR THE RODDY RANCH GOLF COURSE RESTORATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT.
SO WE STILL KIND OF HAVE A WE HAVE A BIG ROLE IN DEER VALLEY.
LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE WITH THURGOOD MARSHALL SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD, MORE OF A DECO PROJECT AT THIS POINT, BUT PLANNING CONTINUES TO REMAIN ENGAGED AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CLAYTON, CONCORD, AND THEN CLAYTON RANCH. YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE HCPI PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, HOPEFULLY OPENING IN PARKS. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF CLAYTON THROUGH A JOINT KIND OF A JOINT USE AGREEMENT LICENSE AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THEIR CITY OF CLAYTON PARKING TO ALLOW ACCESS INTO CLAYTON RANCH, AS WELL AS WORKING THROUGH THE PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENTS IN ORDER TO CROSS THE OPEN SPACE AREA OF THE CLAYTON COMMUNITY PARK. AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE CONSERVANCY AND OUR PARTNERS AT CDFW AND US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO REALLY GET PUBLIC ACCESS OPENED THERE TO PLEASANTON RIDGE.
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AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THEN IT'LL MOVE INTO 100% DESIGN PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION.SO IT'S A LITTLE FURTHER OUT. IT'S NOT AS NOT AS CLOSE.
THERE WAS, OF COURSE, A LOT OF PRE-PLANNING SINCE WE ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN THERE WERE ALSO, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS THAT WERE BEING WORKED OUT ON THE LAND SIDE OF THINGS WITH TRUMARK. SO, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF PLANNING FOR THE PARK, WE REALLY KICKED THAT OFF IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE HOLDING COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND WE'RE REALLY FEELING GOOD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH SOME CONCEPT DESIGNS AND MOVING TOWARDS YOU KNOW, KIND OF A FINAL DESIGN THAT WE CAN THEN DO SKA ON.
SO STILL HEAVILY IN THE PLANNING PHASE. SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE, THE KIND OF THE FIVE BIGGER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT'S REALLY GOING TO OPEN UP A LOT OF THAT LAND, BANK LAND. AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE COMING BACK, ESPECIALLY ON BURRELL WHERE WE GET GATHERING BOARD INPUT ON THE PARK DESIGN ALTERNATIVES AS WELL AS THE GEAR AND PLEASANTON RIDGE SEQUA ADOPTION FOR THAT REGIONAL TRAIL.
AND THEN OUR AGENCY AGREEMENTS ON CLAYTON RANCH.
AND THEN WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD. OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, STILL HAVE THINGS TO WORK OUT WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING AND CONSTRUCTION AND, AND STAFFING. BUT WE'RE FEELING REALLY GOOD ABOUT OUR TIMELINES AND HOW WE'RE REALLY HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY TRYING TO MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD. SO THANK YOU. AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION THERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD HERE? NO. YEAH. OKAY. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE AND I SEE WE HAVE 20, 29, 20, 30, 2031.
AND WE HAVE THESE FIVE PROJECTS, BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER LAND BANK PROPERTIES FOR THOSE LAND BANK PROPERTIES THAT AREN'T ON THIS LIST OF FIVE PROJECTS. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY MAY NOT OPEN UNTIL AFTER 2031 IF THEY'RE NOT EVEN ON THIS LIST.
I DON'T THINK IT NECESSARILY MEANS THAT THESE ARE OUR BIG.
THESE ARE OUR BIG PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE A LOT OF SEQUA AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
LIKE I SAID, WE WE DO HAVE A PROCESS WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO REVIEW OUR LAND BANK LIST ANNUALLY AND REALLY MOVE OFF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN THAT ARE SAFE AND SUITABLE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS. AND THAT MIGHT BE THAT, YOU KNOW, A TRAILHEAD IS ALREADY EXISTING, A ROAD IS, YOU KNOW, A RANCH ROAD IS ALREADY EXISTING. WE CAN USE THAT.
NO, I'M SORRY, THAT NOTICE OF EXEMPTION, THAT CEQA EXEMPTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OPENING SOMETHING.
AND WE'RE I THINK AS WE ARE REVIEWING THAT LAND BANK LIST, WE'RE LIKE, WAIT, WHAT ABOUT THIS PROPERTY? WE COULD ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY OPEN THAT A LOT SOONER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A LONG MULTIYEAR CEQA PROCESS.
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A LONG PERMITTING PROCESS OR AND MAYBE NOT NEED A LOT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND INVESTMENT FROM THE PARK DISTRICT TO, TO OPEN UP. I THINK BUCKEYE RANCH IS A GOOD EXAMPLE IN BRIONES WHERE REALLY THAT ONE'S SAFE AND SUITABLE.
WE COULD MOVE THAT ONE OFF OF THE LAND BANK LIST.
AND MIGHT WE REVIEW THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE? SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDED, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE COULD CALL THEM LOWER HANGING FRUIT OPTIONS.
SO I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT THIS ACTUALLY, IN YOUR WARD, THERE'S THERE'S SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LAND AROUND SUNOL THAT WAS LOOKED AT BEING OPENED BACK IN THE EARLY 2000 OR SO. AND THAT JUST KIND OF GOT TABLED AT THE TIME, AND WE KIND OF STARTED LOOKING BACK AT IT AND LIKE, WOW, WOW. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF LAND THAT WE FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING THAT, THAT SORT OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT TO YOU. AND THEN THE SECOND IS SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE, YOU KNOW, MORE ACCESSIBLE PROJECTS. SO NAOMI MENTIONED THE, THE CEQA EXEMPTION THAT JUST PASSED LAST YEAR.
THAT OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW AVENUE OF WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
AND SO AND SO NONE OF THESE AREAS ARE THE YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T THEY'RE WE DON'T THERE'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL SORT OF APPROACH IN TERMS OF HOW WE APPROACH THESE, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE COULD BE LIKE A NEW ACQUISITION COMES ONLINE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S LIKE, OH, THIS AREA COULD BE OPENED UP. SO WE'RE ALWAYS SORT OF LOOKING FOR THAT.
SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY, HERE'S A, HERE'S A PROGRAM LIST OF EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
BUT TO YOUR QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE IS A LOW HANGING FRUIT LIST THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED.
AND THAT'S NOT PART OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT TODAY.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, WHICH I THINK YOU HAD ALREADY SAID, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO DOUBLE CHECK.
OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. AND THEN I GUESS WITH, I GUESS YOU CAN CALL IT LOW HANGING FRUIT AGAIN.
BRIAN, THIS MAY ALSO BE A QUESTION FOR YOU. BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TWO PRETTY FOR ME, HIGH PROFILE LAND BANK PROPERTIES, DOOLAN CANYON AND GARMES ARMS. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT LOTS OF DIFFERENT CREATIVE OPTIONS.
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AND I THINK AS PART OF THAT LOW HANGING FRUIT CONVERSATION IN REGARDS TO LAND BANK PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH DOING DUELING CANYON? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO START OFFERING THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, NATURALIST LED TOURS AND WHAT THAT WOULD BE IS SO SO MAYBE DUELING CANYON IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BE ABLE TO SIGN UP TO GO ON A TOUR WITH ONE OF OUR NATURALISTS, MAYBE FROM THE DEL VALLE VISITOR CENTER. AND THEN THAT'S A WAY TO START TO HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS AVAILABLE.YEAH, I KNOW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE DID TRY TO DO THAT.
I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY PRE-COVID. WE TRIED TO DO SOME LAND BANK TOURS OUT OF DUELING CANYON.
WE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF RESPONSE ON THAT. SO WHETHER WE WANT TO SORT OF REVISIT THAT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, NATURALIST LED TOURS, TAKE STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO SO WE NEED TO THAT'S A QUESTION FOR FOR OPERATIONS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, DO THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? I DO THINK DOOLAN CANYON IS PROBABLY I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD ONE FOR US TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND TO GO THROUGH AND SORT OF REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW THAT PROPERTY CAME TO THE PARK DISTRICT AND WHAT'S CHANGED FROM THAT TIME TO TODAY.
NAOMI AND I WERE JUST DIVING INTO SOME OF THE INFORMATION JUST EARLIER TODAY ABOUT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE LAND BETWEEN 582 DOOLAN CANYON. THAT WAS ALL AT ONE POINT SLATED FOR DEVELOPMENT AND WAS A BIG PORTION OF THAT WAS POTENTIALLY SLATED TO COME TO US TO MAKE A MUCH BIGGER REGIONAL PARK.
REGIONAL PARK, BIGGER REGIONAL PARK. THAT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OBVIOUSLY NEVER HAPPENED.
SO ALL THAT AREA NOW IS BEING PUT UP IN A MITIGATION BANK.
SO IT'S LIKE NO PUBLIC ACCESS, CONSERVATION, LAND RESTRICTED.
AND THAT'S REALLY LIKE I SAY, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S SORT OF THE THE DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE BECAUSE IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S WE HAVE OUR EXISTING RANCH ROAD AND INTO THAT AREA.
AND BALANCING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RESOURCES THAT ARE ON OUR PROPERTY.
WITH THAT, THAT ACCESS, IT'S JUST IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD THAT, LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO SIT DOWN, ENGAGE WITH. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO PROPOSE.
SO. SO ONE THING I'VE NOTICED, WE DON'T HAVE A WORK PLAN FOR THIS COMMITTEE. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DID ON THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE WHEN I WAS ON THAT COMMITTEE. BUT THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR US BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS YEAR ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. AND SO IT JUST MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SEE THAT TYPE OF WORK PLAN, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND AS PART OF OUR WORK PLAN FOR THIS YEAR, ADDING DOOLAN CANYON TO THE AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, BECAUSE I THINK IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN OPTION TO HELP WITH YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF EITHER OF YOU ARE WILLING TO SECOND THAT IDEA.
I I'VE BEEN THINKING THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO BE TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE NOW.
SO YEAH, BUT I THINK SABRINA HAS. LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GOT SOMETHING.
I JUST HAVEN'T HAD TWO SECONDS TO LOOK AT IT YET, SO IT WILL COME OUT TO YOU ALL.
SO, ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS AN ITEM I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADD.
THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH, I THINK IT'S IT'S TIME FOR THAT.
YEAH, I GUESS I'LL JUST. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION NOW THAT WE'RE HEADING INTO SPRING AND SUMMER, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD WE COULD DO AS A COMMITTEE AND THEN ALSO AS A BOARD TO THINK ABOUT EVEN THESE NATURALIST LED TOURS OPTIONS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER.
AND I'VE EVEN BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS. I KNOW WE HAVE A BOARD CONTINGENCY. I MIGHT NOT HAVE THE PHRASING RIGHT. A BOARD CONTINGENCY FUND OR SOME SORT OF FUND FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS. AND I'VE NEVER PROPOSED ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THAT, SO PLEASE, I MAY NEED SOME EXTRA HELP FOR THIS, BUT, I MEAN, IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO FROM THAT FUND TO HELP YOU KNOW, AT LEAST HAVE SOME OPTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC TO GO OUT AND WALK ON THE EXISTING RANCH ROAD AT DOOLIN CANYON THIS THIS YEAR, THIS SPRING AND SUMMER SEASON, I THINK COULD GO A LONG WAY.
YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I THINK BRIAN MENTIONED THERE WERE THESE LAND BANK TOURS THAT HAPPENED PRE-COVID, WHICH IS ALSO PRE MY TIME HERE AS WELL. AND WE'VE HAVE THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT US KIND OF REVAMPING THAT AND GETTING THAT GOING AGAIN.
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CERTAINLY YOU KNOW SOME OF THESE LANDS THAT WE'VE BEEN HOLDING ON TO FOR A WHILE.AND I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY BEING ABLE TO GIVE THE PUBLIC SOME TOURS.
I THINK OUR THURGOOD MARSHALL LAND BANK TOURS HAVE BEEN WILDLY SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK ALL OF US HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SOME, SOME FASHION OUT THERE, SO.
SO LET US COME BACK TO YOU AND I DON'T AND I APPRECIATE THE OFFER ON THE BOARD.
CONTINGENCY. IF WE DO NEED TO FIND SOME FUNDING.
DEB'S NOT HERE, BUT SHE WILL SAY THANK YOU. BUT LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN KIND OF TRY TO COBBLE TOGETHER JUST WITHIN THE EXISTING OPERATIONS BUDGETS, AND THEN MAYBE COME BACK TO YOU WITH A PROPOSED SCHEDULE ON WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
AND WE HAD KIND OF FITS AND STARTS AND KIND OF STOPPED BECAUSE OF SOME COVID ISSUES OUT THERE TOO.
SO IT WOULD BE GOOD. MAYBE WE'LL DO A ROUND AND LOOKING AT MAX OF CHECKING IN WITH EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THOSE HIGHER PRIORITY PROPERTIES ARE. AND WE CAN THEN WE CAN CIRCLE BACK WITH OPERATIONS.
I THINK THAT SOUNDS GREAT. AND I FEEL LIKE JUST WANTED TO PUT A PENNY ON THIS ALSO IS DIRECTOR SANWONG IF WE CAN ALSO MEET INDIVIDUALLY TO BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY SO WELL. AND I THINK FOR US BRINGING SOMETHING BACK TO YOUR BOARD TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LIKE UNDERSTAND SORT OF WHAT THE PERSPECTIVES ARE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE APPROACHING THIS IN THE RIGHT WAY WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL ALSO, SO I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND THEN WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. AND THEN I GUESS I'D ALSO PROBABLY SAY SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR FOR GARMS, AND MAYBE I'LL RESERVE SOME OF MY GARMS COMMENTS FOR FRIDAY WHEN WE HAVE OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP.
OKAY. GO AHEAD. BUT THEN I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
NO. GO AHEAD. YEAH. OKAY. SO SO IT ALWAYS HAPPENS.
YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION TRIGGERS QUESTIONS OR MORE QUESTIONS.
BUT BUT SO I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT WELL OLIVIA'S COMMENTS, BUT ALSO THIS, THIS CRITERIA, I MEAN, THIS CRITERIA TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF LAND BANK IS, YOU KNOW, MAKES SENSE.
BUT I'M WONDERING HOW DOES IT INTERSECT WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, PLANNING AND THE FOCUS ON EQUITY AS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT WHERE WE PUT THE CAPITAL? GIVE AN EASY ANSWER.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S A CHALLENGE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS DON'T LINE UP RIGHT WHERE THE MOST NEED IS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE LAND AVAILABLE.
WHAT WE WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WHEN SOMETHING GETS RIPE YOU KNOW, MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO DECO TO, TO KIND OF LAY OUT AND SORT OF DO THE PLANNING.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, THOUGH, OF SORT OF LIKE LOOKING AT WHERE LIKE YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HOW DO HOW DOES IT ALIGN WITH OUR EQUITY GOALS IS IT'S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT THEY BECOME RIPE AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF QUESTION THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY NOT NECESSARILY IN THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE LIKE AN IDENTIFIED NEED, WHERE WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON SOME PHASE OF IT, WHETHER IT'S ACQUISITION OR THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT BUT WHEN SOMETHING GETS RIPE TO BUILD SOMETHING, THAT'S WHEN IT'S SORT OF AVAILABLE.
SO IT'S I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN EASY ANSWER ON THAT.
I CAN JUST ADD TO I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING COMING TO YOUR BOARD WITH THE STUDY SESSION ON CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL TO BRING UP, AND WHERE WE LOOK TO YOUR BOARD FOR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OVER 100 PROJECTS IN OUR LIST OF POTENTIAL THINGS TO WORK ON.
I THINK IT'S LIKE 57 THAT ARE IN THAT FUNDED LIST OF SORT OF ACTIVE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING RIGHT NOW, AND MANY OF THOSE HAVE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING GAPS.
AND SO FOR YOUR BOARD HELPING US TO TO PRIORITIZE THE WORK AND WHAT THE RIGHT PLACES ARE, I MEAN, OF COURSE, THE STAFF WERE HERE TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS.
YEAH. SO I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY OF, NOT SURPRISINGLY TO YOU TO OF POINT MULATTO.
AND SO WE STILL HAVE TO FINALIZE THE ACQUISITION FIRST, OBVIOUSLY.
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BUT BUT ONCE IT IS ACQUIRED, WE NEED GOING TO NEED A LOT OF MONEY TO, TO REALLY DEVELOP AND OPERATE IT.AND THEN. AND THEN HOW DOES THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT.
AND, AND SORT OF WHAT YOU'RE GETTING TO IS KIND OF THE JUST THE I MEAN THE BIGGER YOU KNOW, HOW DOES A PARK BECOME A PARK SORT OF QUESTION RELATES TO THURGOOD MARSHALL, TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. IT'S NOT JUST ONE PROJECT.
I MEAN, THURGOOD MARSHALL, WE PROBABLY HAVE 100 PROJECTS OUT THERE, RIGHT? AND WE WILL TOO. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE YOU KNOW, THAT JUST THE EQUITY QUESTION AROUND POINT MELODY.
AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMITMENT, THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT AND OUR TRAILS DEPARTMENT COMMITMENT TO MOVE FORWARD THAT THAT BAY TRAIL CONNECTION TO POINT MELODY BEACH PARK.
SO SO YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THEIR SIDE? SO THERE'S LOTS OF THERE'LL BE LOTS OF ONGOING QUESTIONS.
BUT WHAT WE CAN DELIVER, WHAT'S RIPE, IS THAT WE CAN BUILD THE BAY TRAIL, TWO POINT MELODY BEACH PARK, AND WE CAN PROVIDE ACCESS AND ACTIVATE THAT SPACE.
THANK YOU. IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT. SO I THINK PREVIOUSLY I MENTIONED PHASING, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE SOME OPTIONS FOR PHASING OR SOME DIFFERENT CREATIVE OPTIONS.
SO THINKING ABOUT CREATIVE OPTIONS WITH LAND BANK STATUS.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON, A GROUP OF OHLONE WOMEN ACTUALLY ARE MY NEIGHBORS IN PLEASANTON.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S THEIR DREAM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE LAND THAT THEY CAN STEWARD.
AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE HAD ANY OF THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS, OR IS THIS ALSO ANOTHER OPTION, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF SOME OF OUR LAND BANK PROPERTY TO THINK ABOUT A CREATIVE APPROACH TO BEING ABLE TO OPEN UP SOME LAND BANK.
AND I MEAN, I GUESS I'LL BE HONEST, I WASN'T GOING TO BRING UP FARMS, BUT I MEAN, I SPECIFICALLY, SINCE THEY LIVE IN PLEASANTON AND WE ALL LIVE NEAR THE PLEASANTON RIDGE. AND, YOU KNOW, AS I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY, WE CURRENTLY DON'T OFFER ACCESS TO PLEASANTON RIDGE IN PLEASANTON UNLESS IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PLEASANTON. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH ANY OF OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS.
AND IF NOT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING WE MIGHT BE OPEN TO IN REGARDS TO LAND BANK PROPERTY? YEAH. I MEAN, NOT SPECIFIC TO TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.
WE'VE DEFINITELY HEARD FROM OTHER, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HEAR FROM FOLKS OFTEN ALL THE TIME ABOUT, HEY, I'LL MANAGE THAT FOR YOU, OR HEY, I'LL BUILD THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE DEFINITELY CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE SPECIFIC TO TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.
YOU KNOW, THIS COMES UP OFTEN. AND, AND I THINK THERE'S OTHER EXAMPLES THAT IN OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE AND OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, THE SORT OF RECONNECTING FOLKS WITH THE LAND IS IS AN IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE.
WE HAVE WE HAVE A UNIQUE, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENT IN THE EAST BAY.
BUT THE IDEA HAS COME UP A NUMBER OF TIMES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS, IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE BEST CONNECT, YOU KNOW, NATIVE PEOPLE BACK TO THE LAND AND, AND WHETHER, YOU KNOW, SOME MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY IS THERE OR NOT.
I DON'T I DON'T KNOW. AND WHICH ENTITY THAT WOULD OCCUR WITH.
LIKE I SAY, AS A CONVERSATION, I DEFER TO ANNA MARIE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHO ACTUALLY DOES THAT IN TERMS OF THE VARIOUS TRIBAL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN THE IN THE EAST BAY. BUT BUT IT DOES COME UP.
I EXPECT IT WILL CONTINUE TO COME UP THROUGH THE DISTRICT PLAN CONVERSATION AS WELL.
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE OPPOSED TO. IT'S JUST LIKE I SAY, IT DOES OFTEN LEAD TO YOU KNOW, ALL SORTS OF LOGISTICAL CONVERSATIONS IN TERMS OF RISK, LIABILITY, YOU KNOW, COST, ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.
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YEAH. BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE RAISING IS A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT AND THEME, WHICH IS THINKING CREATIVELY AND THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THINGS DON'T. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET TO WITH THIS PRESENTATION A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST MAYBE THE WAY WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST OR TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING PERFECTLY ALIGNED BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, CUT THE RIBBON AND, YOU KNOW, OPEN UP THE DOORS.WE REALLY ARE RETHINKING THINGS THE WAY WITH, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT THERE'S A STRONG DESIRE FROM THE BOARD AND, FRANKLY, FROM THE PUBLIC FOR US TO GET THESE LANDS OPENED DO IT SAFELY AND DO IT UP TO, YOU KNOW, STANDARDS THAT WE FEEL ARE ARE, YOU KNOW, ALIGNED WITH THE PARK DISTRICT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S TRIBAL PARTNERS, OTHER PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE WORK WE'RE DOING WITH THE CITY OF CLAYTON IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, OF, YOU KNOW, HEY, THEY ALREADY HAVE A COMMUNITY PARK WITH THE PARKING THERE.
COULD WE, YOU KNOW, ENTER INTO SOMETHING AND NOT WAIT FOR THAT, OUR OWN STAGING AREA AND ACTUALLY GET SOME PUBLIC ACCESS OUT THERE? SO ALL OF THESE IDEAS CERTAINLY WELCOME THEM.
WE ARE WE ARE STILL GOVERNMENT, SO WE'RE NOT PERFECT BUREAUCRATIC ANSWER.
AND YOU KNOW, I CAN I CAN UNDERSTAND MOST OF WHAT'S ON THERE WHY IT'S LAID OUT THE WAY IT IS.
FOR INSTANCE, BURRELL I KNOW WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON GETTING GETTING THE DESIGN GOING ON THAT, AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THAT'S REALLY GREAT. SO FOLKS IN IN THAT AREA CAN CAN DO KNOW THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THERE. YOU KNOW. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO IT'S HARD AT THIS POINT TO QUIBBLE WITH 2031 AS THE BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO, TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER THAT'S A REALLY GOOD ESTIMATE OR NOT.
I CAN'T SAY THE SAME FOR THE OTHER TWO THAT ARE IN MY WARD THERE.
THURGOOD MARSHALL AND CLAYTON RANCH. THURGOOD MARSHALL.
LET ME LET ME JUST SAY THAT WHEN THE BUDGET CAME OUT, THIS 2025 BUDGET DOCUMENT CAME OUT IN THE TEXT PORTION, AND I REGRET THAT I DON'T HAVE THE PAGE NUMBER, BUT IT SAYS IN THERE A BOOK THAT WE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THURGOOD MARSHALL IN 2027 AND CLAYTON RANCH IN 2026.
AND I JUST LOOKED AT THAT AND I WENT, HEY, THAT'S REALLY GREAT, BECAUSE NOW IT'S IN WRITING AND I CAN START TELLING PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S IN A DOCUMENT THAT WE RELEASED. SO I'VE BEEN DOING THAT. ALL RIGHT.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FOLKS IN CLAYTON, BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT I KNOW I'VE BEEN I TALK WITH THE MAYOR ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND SHE'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND THEY, THEY, THEY REALIZE THAT THEIR BACK FENCE IS THE PARK BOUNDARY IN A LOT OF THAT PARK OR A PART OF THAT PARK. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING I'M JUST THINKING.
THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE TRADITION AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR FOR HAVING THAT ATTITUDE.
IT'S GREAT, YOU KNOW, TO WANT TO HAVE EVERYTHING. IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE OVER, YOU WANT TO HAVE THE HOUSE LOOKING ALL NICE AND NEAT. YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO VACUUM EVERYTHING YOU KNOW AND DUST ALL THE KNICKKNACKS AND ALL THAT STUFF, YOU KNOW? BUT SOMETIMES YOU YOU KNOW, THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT.
AND SO I'M JUST ADVOCATING FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY, CLAYTON RANCH.
I THINK IT HAS A LOT OF VALUE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT EVEN EVEN WITHOUT AN AGREEMENT WITH CLAYTON.
THERE'S A WAY TO GET IN THERE OFF OF BLACK DIAMOND WAY, WHERE YOU JUST WALK UP THE TRAIL, MAKE A RIGHT AND GO UP THROUGH THE GATE AND YOU'RE IN THE PARK AND YOU REALLY DON'T EVEN NEED THAT.
BUT I REALIZE THERE'S OTHER THINGS, TOO. THERE MAY BE SOME ISSUES WITH THE TRAILS IN THERE NOT BEING JUST RIGHT, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I JUST 2031 I THAT'S A LONG THAT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN 2026.
THAT WAS PUBLISHED JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO TO GET THAT MOVING ALONG A LITTLE BIT QUICKER? WELL, I, WE CAN CHANGE OUR THINKING AND WE CAN BE CREATIVE.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S DRIVING THE TIMELINE THERE.
SO YOU'RE RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. YOU CAN WALK IN THERE NOW.
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PEOPLE DO. BUT BUT THAT THE WAY THE AGREEMENT IS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CONSERVANCY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE LANDS NEED TO BE OPEN, NEED TO HAVE A PRESERVE MANAGEMENT PLAN BEFORE IT CAN BE OPENED UP.AND NOW HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH ABBY FATEMAN OVER AT THE CONSERVANCY TO TRY TO DO THAT.
BUT BUT WE'RE REALLY KIND OF, I DON'T WANT TO SAY DEPENDENT ON THE STATE'S TIMELINE.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE STATE, IT'S US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, TOO.
AND ANYTIME THESE BLIPS HAPPEN IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I MEAN, ALL OF THAT HAS POTENTIAL TO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE OUR SCHEDULE.
SUDDENLY, THERE'S NEW STAFF. WE'RE STARTING TO EDUCATE FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE WE SHARE A LOT OF FRUSTRATION AND THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE KEEP THESE THINGS MOVING FORWARD? SO I SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE THAT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED. RIGHT. AND IT SLIPPED.
AND WHETHER THAT WAS, I WILL SAY CLAYTON RANCH IS AN INTERESTING ONE IN THAT WE HAD TO REALLY RETOOL OUR WHOLE THINKING ABOUT THAT PROPERTY AND SHIFT IT REALLY BASED ON, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, US LIKE GETTING A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION FOR WHAT THE HCP GUIDELINES ARE. AND SO WE'VE TRIED TO BUILD MUCH BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH CDF AND FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE THAT WILL HELP FACILITATE THESE PROJECTS OPENING QUICKER. SO QUITE FRANKLY, LIKE RODDY RANCH GOLF COURSE WOULDN'T EVEN BE ON THIS LIST.
BECAUSE THERE WAS SORT OF RESISTANCE INITIALLY ABOUT EVEN MOVING THAT PROJECT FORWARD BECAUSE THEY SORT OF FELT LIKE, OH, WE GOT IT WITH CLAYTON RANCH. WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GOLF COURSE, TOO.
SO SO IT WORKS BOTH WAYS. YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S SUPPORT AS YOU'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ENGAGEMENT YOU ARE WITH OTHER ELECTEDS.
AND AS YOU'RE GOING TO THE STATE AND, YOU KNOW, DOING THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE BEST, YOU KNOW, WORK THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, YOU KNOW, OFTEN YOU ALL WILL REACH OUT AND WE'LL PROVIDE INFORMATION TO ERIC THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SOMETHING'S HUNG UP. WE NEED THIS MOVING.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO SO YEAH, WE WE GET IT AND WE'LL TRY TO WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE IT FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY SOME OF THAT LAND THAT'S MADE UP OF A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PARCELS, I KNOW THAT OVER TIME. YEAH, IT'S NOW KNOWN IN THE GREATER SENSE AS CLAYTON RANCH.
BUT IT'S SO AREN'T ARE NOT SOME OF THE PARCELS NOT HCP LAND.
YOU'RE CORRECT. DOES THAT IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY.
AND THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON IN THAT PROPERTY.
AND THEN AS HCP LANDS CAME AND WE ACTUALLY CONNECTED OVER TO THE TOWN OF CLAYTON, THAT'S WHAT SORT OF SHIFTED THE THINKING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH THE EXISTING NON HCP PROPERTIES, BECAUSE ACCESS ON AND OFF OF MARSH CREEK ROAD, THERE'S ALAMEDA WHIPSNAKE HABITAT THROUGH THERE.
SO IT'S IT'S KIND OF AND AND IT LEADS TO OTHER HCP PROPERTIES.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE DON'T, WE HAVEN'T REALLY WANTED TO GET DISTRACTED WITH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS WHERE IT FEELS LIKE, OKAY, WE HAVE A PATH FORWARD HERE, AND WE REALLY KNOW WHAT THE CRITICAL PATH IS, AND WE KNOW WHERE THE, THE, THE, THE CHALLENGES OR THE DELAYS ARE.
AND IT IS REALLY JUST FINALIZING, COMPLETING THAT PRESERVED MANAGEMENT PLAN AND GETTING THOSE THINGS INTO PLACE, WHICH IS, I DON'T WANT TO SAY OUT OF OUR HAND, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUSH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADVOCATE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW AGAIN, LIKE I SAY, CDFW AND OTHERS, I MEAN, THEIR THESE LANDS ARE PROTECTED FOREVER AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE FOREVER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THIS SITE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE, ONE QUICK THING WHICH BRIAN MENTIONED, WHICH IS REALLY KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE PLANNING WORLD HERE, BUT HE DID MENTION OUR GOVT LEDGE TEAM. SO TOTALLY HEARD THE BOARD'S DIRECTION OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OF WANTING TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE A LITTLE BIT AROUND SOME OF THESE REGULATIONS. OBVIOUSLY WE UNDERSTAND WHY MANY OF THEM ARE THERE.
AND THANKFULLY, YOU KNOW, GOT THAT PASSED, TOOK A TOOK SOME CONVINCING UP THERE.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A CHANCE TO UTILIZE IT YET.
BUT THAT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING SUPER ACUTE.
HEARD THE BOARD. HEY, WE ALREADY HAVE THESE THESE ROADS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
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WHY ON EARTH DO WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THIS LENGTHY LEGAL PROCESS IN ORDER TO TO OPEN THEM UP? SO THAT'S ONE I WILL ALSO SAY JUST WITH OUR OTHER STATE AGENCY AND REGULATORY BODIES THAT ARE THERE, WE ARE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH SACRAMENTO AND KIND OF UP, UP, UP ABOUT AGAIN.YES, WE UNDERSTAND AT THE TRANSACTIONAL LEVEL THEIR STAFF IS JUST DOING THEIR JOB, BUT LET US MAYBE DO A PILOT AND TRY TO STREAMLINE SOME OF THIS WORK FOR THEM SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO A WHOLESALE. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, STATE CHANGE ON SOME OF THIS, BUT MAYBE THERE'S A PARK EXAMPLE.
SO WE'VE BEEN KIND OF HAMMERING THAT WITH THEM WHERE THAT'S GOING TO LAND IN ALL OF THIS.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO PREDICT THAT, BUT I JUST I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME ASSURANCES. WE'RE NOT JUST KIND OF TAKING, YOU KNOW, THERE. OKAY. WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN EIGHT MONTHS, KIND OF STATEMENTS THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM SOME OF OUR REALLY IMPORTANT PARTNERS THAT I KNOW OUR STAFF HAS GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH. SO I ALSO NOT BADMOUTHING THEM.
THEY ARE JUST DOING THEIR JOBS. BUT JUST NOT TAKING THAT JUST FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, OKAY, FINE.
AND GIVE UP AND WAIT. SO AND THE MORE WORK THE BOARD CAN HELP US ON THAT, THE BETTER.
AND THAT'S PART OF AS WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER OUR AGENDA IN SACRAMENTO.
YES. WE'RE ALWAYS ASKING FOR MORE MONEY. BUT, YOU KNOW, IN A LEAN BUDGET TIMES, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN BE PRIORITIZING AS OUR ASKS SUCH AS THESE STREAMLINE. SO I JUST WANT TO I KNOW THE BOARD KNOWS THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT BRIAN SAID THERE.
RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL VERY HELPFUL.
SO LET'S JUST CONSIDER MY COMMENTS HERE TODAY.
ADDITIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU. AND I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THAT PARK IS ACTUALLY IN DIRECTOR COFFEY'S WARD, BUT WE WORK TOGETHER VERY CLOSELY ON THAT. I THINK THE STATE HAS THE PROPERTY STAGING AREA TECHNICALLY WILL BE IN YOUR WARD.
THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. ANYWAY JUST JUST WE'RE WE'RE ALL YOU KNOW, IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE, THIS IS THIS IS NOT JUST LOW HANGING FRUIT. IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND, YOU KNOW FRUIT.
IT'S REALLY CLOSE. SO ANYWAY WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, OBVIOUSLY.
AND I GUESS WE COULD GO FOR ONE LAST ROUND OF QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS HERE.
COMMENTS AND COMMENTS. ABSOLUTELY. LET'S DO IT.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.
AND THIS IS VERY INTERESTING. I THINK WE'VE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION HERE.
AND I FEEL VERY ENCOURAGED, ACTUALLY, ABOUT THE WAY YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO TAKE A MORE CREATIVE APPROACH AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE AREA THAT IS CURRENTLY LAND BANKED THAT MAY NOT HAVE TO BE LAND BANKED. AND SO THAT THAT THAT REALLY MAKES ME HAPPY.
AND I JUST WANT YOU I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSEVERANCE IN THIS WORK.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN IT FOR THE LONG GAME.
BUT IF WE CAN MAKE IF WE CAN MAKE LAND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SOONER, IT'S ALL THE BETTER.
THANKS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL WHO HAD A PART IN THIS.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
OH, YEAH. GOOD. THAT'S EXCELLENT. MR., PLEASE OPEN UP YOUR UNMUTE AND VIDEO.
I'M SCOTT BARTEL WITH BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF THE EAST BAY.
THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR THE VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.
IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS.
WE ALREADY UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS COMPLEX AND THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS TO CONSIDER.
AND IT'S IT KIND OF ADVANCES WHEN OPPORTUNITIES COME TOGETHER.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE, THE DISTRICT FOR SPONSORING AND GETTING AB 2091 THROUGH THE LEGISLATION.
SO IT IS NOT THROWING THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER BY, BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
SO I THINK IT PROVIDES GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, BUT ALLOWS GREEN TAPE TO BE REDUCED AND ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO BE SERVED BOTH FROM A RECREATIONAL POINT OF VIEW, ACCESS POINT OF VIEW, AND CONSERVATION POINT OF VIEW.
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JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST COMES TO MIND WHEN THEY OPEN PROPERTIES.I THINK THEY TEND TO BE A LITTLE MORE BARE BONES.
BUT THE PUBLIC GETS ACCESS AND IT'S ABLE TO SPEED THAT UP AT A DIFFERENT SCALE.
SO I THINK THE IDEA AND CONSIDERATION OF DIFFERENT OPENING STRATEGIES AND KIND OF STAGED OPENINGS IS GOOD TO HEAR THAT BEING DISCUSSED. SO IT'S GREAT THAT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AIMS TO DO THINGS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, BUT I THINK PART OF VERY HIGH LEVEL PERFORMANCE IS PROVIDING ACCESS IN AS TIMELY A MANNER AS PRACTICAL.
SO LOOKING AT DIFFERENT MODELS I THINK IS GREAT.
ONE PROPERTY WE DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT WAS THE STEWART PROPERTY WHICH IS ADJACENT TO CROCKETT HILLS.
IT'S ALONG CUMMINGS SKYWAY. IT HAS EXISTING FIRE ROADS THERE.
BUT IF THAT WERE OPENED UP WITH FIRE ROAD ACCESS THERE, IT WOULD ALLOW CYCLISTS AND CYCLISTS.
BUT BUT HIKERS AS WELL. THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OFF OF CUMMINGS SKYWAY AND CROCKETT BOULEVARD FOR ABOUT TWO MILES. 10S. THANK YOU. SO I'D BE INTERESTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT STEWART PROPERTY, AND I CAN CONTACT STAFF.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OUT THERE? NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE NEXT ITEM IS ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT ALL? HEARING NONE.
WILL YOU NOW STAND ADJOURNED AT 12:47 P.M.. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.