Mar 28, 2025 Board of Directors Study Session

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GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FOR MARCH 28TH, 2025, BEGINNING AT 1106. ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM.

I BELIEVE THE CLERK IS GOING TO TELL US HOW THIS ALL WORKS, SO LET ME TAKE ROLL.

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DIRECTOR ESPAÑA HERE. DIRECTOR WAESPI HERE. DIRECTOR ECHOLS.

GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH HERE. GENERAL COUNSEL BOURGAULT HERE.

PARDON? PRESIDENT MERCURIO HERE. ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS MORNING'S SPECIAL MEETING IS FOCUSED ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS AT THE HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.

[CAPITAL PROJECTS SESSION]

DO WE DO WE HAVE ANY ANY DO WE ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NOT ON THE AGENDA IN THIS AT THIS VERSION, DO WE? WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ANY. IT WOULD COME AFTER THE PRESENTATION.

NOT ON THE AGENDA. NO. OKAY. SO CAN THE CLERK EXPLAIN HOW TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT? MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO IF ATTENDING BY ZOOM, THEY MAY RAISE THEIR HAND AND THEIR NAME WILL BE CALLED WHEN IT IS THEIR TURN TO SPEAK, OR TWO IF ATTENDING IN PERSON.

THEY MAY SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD TO THE CLERK'S STAFF, OR OTHERWISE INDICATE THEY WISH TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.

ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE OF 3 P.M.

ON MONDAY, MARCH 27TH, HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND POSTED FOR ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.

ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT COME IN AFTER THAT TIME WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD AND INCLUDED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS AFTER THE MEETING.

ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK WE CAN MOVE IN TO THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION.

FIRST PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT MERCURIO BOARD MEMBERS.

GENERAL MANAGER AND AND FELLOW COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY AS WE CONVENE THIS IMPORTANT STUDY SESSION ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. AS YOU KNOW, OUR PARK SYSTEM CONTINUES TO GROW AND EVOLVE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, ENSURING SAFE, ACCESSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE SPACES FOR RECREATION, CONSERVATION AND PUBLIC ENJOYMENT.

THE INVESTMENTS WE MAKE IN CAPITAL PROJECTS TODAY WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR PROJECTS, THE TRAILS AND FACILITIES FOR YEARS TO COME.

TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE A REVIEW OF OUR ONGOING AND UPCOMING UPCOMING CAPITAL PROJECTS, AS WELL AS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, FUNDING LANDSCAPES AND KEY CHALLENGES IN PROJECT DELIVERY.

THERE ARE MANY PROJECTS ON OUR LIST, SOME WITH FULL FUNDING, SOME WITH PARTIAL FUNDING, AND OTHERS WITH NO FUNDING.

I WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU THINK ABOUT ADDITIONAL PROJECT REQUESTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITHOUT ANY IDENTIFIED FUNDING.

ALSO. IT WAS. YEAH.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. WHO TURNED OFF MY MIC? ALSO, IF THE BOARD WANTS TO MOVE ANY PROJECTS ON THE LIST UP IN PRIORITY, SOMETHING MUST SHIFT DOWN IN PRIORITY.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I POINT THAT OUT AS AS WE PROCEED, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OPEN DISCUSSION AND FEEDBACK ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO REFINE OUR APPROACH TO PRIORITIZATION AND DELIVERING THESE PROJECTS EFFECTIVELY.

YOUR GUIDANCE IS INVALUABLE IN ENSURING THAT WE MAKE THE BEST OF OUR AVAILABLE RESOURCES, WHILE UPHOLDING OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO WREN BATES.

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BOARD MEMBERS, GENERAL MANAGER, GENERAL COUNSEL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC STAFF.

I'M WREN BATES, DIVISION LEAD OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO PROVIDE CONTEXT AND PRESENTATION THIS MORNING.

MOST LIKELY WILL LEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, I IMAGINE.

BEAR WITH ME WHILE I PULL UP MY PRESENTATION, PLEASE.

HERE WE ARE. SO TODAY'S TOPIC IS ON CAPITAL PROJECTS.

THIS IS A BOARD STUDY SESSION, SO I'M HERE AT YOUR DISCRETION. I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OUTLINE, I THINK, FROM THE LAST FEW STUDY SESSIONS, I KNOW THE BURNING QUESTION IS HOW A PROJECT BECOMES A PROJECT.

I DON'T MEAN TO BURST BUBBLES, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION DEFINITIVELY TODAY. I THINK IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS, AND WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO IS DISCUSS THAT PROCESS.

AND MY GOAL IS TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT OF THE TIMELINE IT TAKES FOR US TO DELIVER PROJECTS HERE AT THE DISTRICT.

SO THE CONSTRAINTS, AS KEN POINTED OUT, THAT WE FACE IN PROJECT DELIVERY, AND THEN ALSO THE BEFORE AND AFTERS OF KIND OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS TO BE DELIVERED. SO ALL THAT SAID IS I THINK CAPITAL PROJECTS, AS KEN POINTED OUT, ARE RESOURCE CONSUMPTIVE. AND SO AS AN AGENCY, WE HAVE A LOT OF WANTS AND NEEDS AND LIMITED FUNDING.

SO I THINK IN TERMS OF THAT PRIORITIZATION IS REALLY NECESSARY AND NECESSITY.

AND I THINK IN TERMS OF NOT I THINK WHAT I HOPE TO PROVIDE IS SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND ALL AND PROCESS TIMELINES THAT HELP INFORM THAT SO THAT WE CAN, AS AN AGENCY, MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND HOW THAT AND HOW WE EXPEND RESOURCES TO DELIVER THOSE. SO TO THAT END, HERE'S THE AGENDA WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY.

SO I'LL GIVE A DEFINITION BASED ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S CAPITAL ASSET POLICY OF WHAT A CAPITAL PROJECT IS.

I WILL INTRODUCE THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM.

WE ARE THE TEAM THAT DELIVERS A LOT OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS HERE.

I WILL SHARE A LIST OF OUR RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS.

AND WHEN I SAY RECENTLY, I SAY THE LAST FIVE YEARS JUST TO SHOW SORT OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT THE DISTRICT HAS DELIVERED IN THESE TRYING TIMES.

THEN I'LL SHARE OUR CURRENT WORK PLAN. SOME OF THESE ARE ALL IN ATTACHMENTS IN THE BOARD PACKET, SO WHEN I GET TO THOSE, I'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WELL.

BUT I'LL HIGHLIGHT OUR CURRENT WORK PLAN. THEN I'LL IN TERMS OF THAT THAT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO PHASES.

SO I'LL DISCUSS THOSE PHASES AND THEN THOSE USE THOSE PHASES TO SHOW SOME OF OUR RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS AND THE TIMELINE IT TOOK TO DELIVER THOSE PROJECTS.

FINALLY, AFTER THAT, AS CONTEXT OF KIND OF JUST THE PROCESS OF CAPITAL DELIVERY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.

THE THAT IS A BOARD ADOPTED POLICY. WE'LL DISCUSS WHAT STAFF'S DONE BASED ON THAT POLICY TO HELP SCORE PROJECTS.

THEN WE'LL DISCUSS FUNDING SOURCES. AND I SHOULD STATE THAT I HAVE MY COLLEAGUE KATIE DIGNAN HERE, WHO HELPED WITH SOME OF THESE SLIDES. SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME TALK FOR THE ENTIRE MORNING.

AND THEN AT THE END THAT WILL PROVIDE DISCUSSION.

THAT SAID, THIS IS A STUDY SESSION. SO IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO INTERJECT, ASK ME QUESTIONS, GET CLARITY ON ANY AT ANY POINT IN TIME, PLEASE, PLEASE DO SO.

RIGHT. REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AWARE BECAUSE THIS IS A WORKSHOP, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DISCUSSING THESE ITEMS, BUT WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY DECISIONS OR TAKING ANY ACTION.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER THIS.

MAYBE WHEN WE GET TO THE DISCUSSION LATER LAST YEAR WE HAD THE WORKSHOP AND THEN WE RECEIVED THE BUDGET PROPOSAL.

THERE WAS NEVER AN INTERIM STEP BETWEEN THIS WORKSHOP AND THE BUDGET PROPOSAL.

SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON LATER IN TERMS OF OUR TIMELINE FOR 2025.

I THINK THAT'S. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR SANWONG. I THINK PART OF THAT IS THE TIMING OF THE STUDY SESSION LAST YEAR AND SORT OF JUST PROCEDURALLY HOW WE WERE, BECAUSE WE HAD THIS STUDY SESSION IN OCTOBER, I BELIEVE, OF LAST YEAR. AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY, AGAIN, HAVING IT EARLIER HELPS US TO GET YOUR INPUT SORT OF FEED INTO THAT BUDGET PROCESS, BECAUSE THAT PROCESS WILL BE KICKING OFF TOWARDS THE END OF MAY. AND SO AGAIN, WE THAT'S THIS IS INTEGRAL STEPS TO HELP US FIGURE OUT AS AN AGENCY HOW WE DO THAT AND INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR EXISTING PROCESSES. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. YEAH, I HAD A NOTE IN MY PACKET THERE.

THAT SAME QUESTION IS WHERE DOES THE WHERE IF A IF A DIRECTOR HAS SOME KNOWLEDGE MAYBE OR EXPERIENCE WITH A CERTAIN PROJECT OR PROJECT AREA, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO THEY GET, WHERE DO THEY GET BROUGHT IN? AND I NEVER REALLY HAVE BEEN. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE HOW TO DO THAT.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY, JUST PROCEDURALLY, IS LIKE LIKE THE LAST WORKSHOP WE HAD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME THROUGH ME.

YOU JUST GET GET THEIR ATTENTION AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS.

WE'LL KIND OF STREAMLINE THIS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

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I'M HERE AGAIN AT YOUR DISCRETION, SO FEEL FREE TO THROW SOME QUESTIONS MY WAY.

SO CAPITAL PROJECT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HAS A CAPITAL ASSET POLICY THAT DEFINES WHAT A CAPITAL PROJECT IS.

I'M GOING TO READ IT. SO A CAPITAL PROJECT IS DEFINED AS A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT WITH A USEFUL LIFE GREATER THAN ONE YEAR AND A COST THAT EXCEEDS THE CAPITALIZATION THRESHOLD.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME SEMICOLON, AND THEN THERE'S THREE BULLET OR FOUR BULLET POINTS.

A NEW BUILDING, NEW BUILDINGS, PARKS OR FACILITIES INCLUDING ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND OTHER PRECONSTRUCTION PRE-CONSTRUCTION, WITH A BUDGET OF 100,000 OR MORE.

MAJOR MAINTENANCE WITH THE BUDGET OF $100,000 OR MORE.

MAJOR EQUIPMENT PURCHASES ABOVE 25,000. AND THEN LASTLY, THE CAPITAL ASSET ALSO NEEDS TO HAVE A LAND TENURE REQUIREMENT.

SO THAT MEANS WE NEED TO HAVE OWN THE LAND OR HAVE AN EASEMENT OR SOME ENTITLEMENT TO IT.

YES. SO SO ARE THOSE PARAMETERS SET BY THE DISTRICT? IT'S NOT LIKE A STATE LAW OR ANY KIND OF OTHER OUTSIDE.

YES. THAT IS THE PARAMETERS THAT ARE I BELIEVE ARE SET BY THE THE CAPITAL ASSET POLICY THAT THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE. AND SO I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE FLEXIBILITY ON THE BOARD'S DISCRETION IS TO CHANGE THAT.

BUT THAT IS HOW IT IS DEFINED AND IS A DISTRICT DEFINED.

I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN I'VE SEEN IT DEFINED IN VASTLY DIFFERENT WAYS THAN THIS.

SO BUT IF IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, I DON'T HAVE ANY.

YEAH. NO, THAT'S THAT IS HOW WE DEFINE THEM CURRENTLY.

AND SO WHAT WE'LL FOCUS ON TODAY ARE THE, THE THE FIRST TWO POINTS, NEW BUILDINGS, PARKS AND FACILITIES AND THEN POTENTIALLY THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE.

QUESTION. YEP. SORRY. IN THE STAFF REPORT, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE SOMETIMES ALSO FOR MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL OR RESTORATION.

IS THERE A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THAT? I THINK THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT A FACILITY.

I'M NOT SURE THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, BUT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT RESTORATION PROJECTS WERE IN THERE AND YOU'RE POINTING OUT A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP.

I THINK PART OF THAT IS, IS THE STAFF REPORT.

YEAH. YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IN PARKS OR FACILITIES AND IT WOULD BE THE SAME AS THIS $100,000.

I MEAN, I THINK THERE, YOU KNOW CHRIS'S TEAM DOING THAT TYPE OF WORK IS CAPTURED IN THIS.

SO WE'D HAVE TO RAISE TO $100,000 TO I MEAN, PRETTY MUCH.

YEAH. TO BE. YES. AND I'D ASK THE SAME QUESTION, LIKE IF WE'RE DOING, LIKE, CLIMATE RESILIENCE RATHER THAN MAINTENANCE, LIKE IF WE HAVE SOME WALLS THAT WE KNOW ARE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, DURING STORM EVENTS, IS THAT ALSO GOING TO STAY UNDER MAINTENANCE IF IT'S SOMETHING MORE LIKE A ADAPTATION OR SO I GUESS.

THAT SAME THING. 100,000. YEAH, I WOULD BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.

PART OF IT IS, IS THAT I WOULD IMAGINE SOME OF THOSE WALLS WOULD BE PART OF A LARGER PROJECT, AND SO THAT WOULD BE FOLDED INTO SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE A LARGER DOLLAR VALUE.

THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK, AND NOT TO SPEAK FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE, IS THAT SOMETIMES THEY DON'T TAKE ON BRIDGES AND DOCKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, SO THAT THOSE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM WOULD TAKE ON. SO THAT WOULD SORT OF IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY.

I'M TRYING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AND I GUESS TO ADD, MANY OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE MULTIPLE BENEFITS.

SO WHETHER IT'S LIKE A MAINTENANCE PROJECT, BUT IT'S ALSO CLIMATE ADAPTATION OR RESTORATION, YOU KNOW, THERE'S HOPEFULLY WE'RE ADDRESSING MANY THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING TEAM THAT'S USUALLY PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS.

SO. I THINK I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YEAH. SO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE DEFINITION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, ONE OF THE THE BULLET POINTS DOWN HERE IS PARKS.

BUT IT SEEMS I MEAN, UNLESS YOU HAD A VERY SMALL PARK, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S REALLY LIKE A MULTIPLE PROJECTS WITHIN A PARK.

SO CAN YOU, CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT WHAT IS MEANT BY PARKS? SURE. AND AGAIN THIS IS THE DEFINITION AS DEFINED BY THE POLICY THAT IS BEEN ADOPTED.

SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT PARKS IS AS YOU POINTED OUT, DEVELOPMENT OF A PARK WOULD PROBABLY ENTAIL SEVERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

BUT I THINK HAVING THAT AS A BULLET POINT OF PARKS WOULD THEN CAPTURE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THRESHOLD AND MAKING AN ASSUMPTION HERE THAT THEN THAT WOULD COVER THAT. SO AND THAT GETS TO THEN MAYBE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES ARE A PART OF A PARK, AND MAYBE THOSE BECOME LARGE ENOUGH SUCH THAT I MEAN, THOSE ARE LARGE ENOUGH THAT THEY WOULD BE ON THEIR OWN, BUT SOMETIMES PARKS WOULD ENTAIL TO, I BELIEVE DIRECTOR DECHAMBEAU'S QUESTION ABOUT FACILITIES AND SMALLER THINGS IS THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY CAPITALIZE THAT BASED ON THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE I WOULD PAUSE.

I'M MAKING AN ASSUMPTION HERE THAT PARKS WAS PUT IN THERE TO BE A COVER BLANKET.

ALL. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO. AND SO IT'S EASY TO SAY, AND I THINK THE ASPIRATION IS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS OPENING MORE PARKS.

AND SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT OUR ASSET POLICY. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. YEP. OKAY. MOVING FORWARD. HERE IS THE ORG CHART OF THE DESIGN

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SO THAT'S WHAT. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. TAKE THE FIRST TWO LETTERS DECO.

IT'S HOW IT GOES. AND WE'VE EMBRACED THAT MONIKER.

SO IF YOU HEAR THAT, THAT'S MY TEAM. THE PARK DISTRICT'S TEAM TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS.

SO WE ARE BROKEN OUT INTO FOUR UNITS. WE HAVE THE SURVEY AND CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION UNIT.

WE HAVE THE DESIGN UNIT, PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT AND THE RESTORATION PROJECT UNIT.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND AS TO HOW WE.

GOT TO THIS ORG CHART, AND THEN ALSO WHAT EACH GROUP ACTUALLY DOES ON THE DAY TO DAY.

SO OUR SURVEY AND CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION UNIT IT'S PRETTY EXPLANATORY. BUT WE HAVE SURVEYORS THAT WILL DO LAND SURVEYS, WORK WITH THE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION TEAM TO COME UP WITH TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS AT THE BEGINNING OF A PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THOSE DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS.

SURVEY ALSO HELPS LEGAL WITH BOUNDARY DESCRIPTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WHEN THOSE KIND OF ISSUES ARISE AND WE NEED TO HAVE OUR OWN PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS GO OUT AND DOUBLE CHECK BOUNDARY LINES AND OR EASEMENTS.

SO THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD QUITE A BIT. OUR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTORS SUPERVISE AND HELP.

WELL, THEY DON'T SUPERVISE, BUT THEY ASSIST WITH OUR PROJECT MANAGERS AND CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY.

THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTORS, BUT THEY ARE THERE AS AN AGENT OF THE DISTRICT TO WATCH OUT FOR AND MAKE SURE THAT THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL OF OUR PLANS AND SPECS, OUR CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ARE THERE AND THEY'RE THERE TO ENFORCE.

SO THEY'RE PRETTY VITAL ON THE ON THE GROUND.

WE AS AN AGENCY ARE REQUIRED TO GO WITH LOW BID CONTRACTORS.

AND SO SOMETIMES NOT ALWAYS, BUT SOMETIMES THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA WATCHING.

AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE OUR SURVEY INSPECTORS OR OUR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTORS PROVIDE AS A, AS A SERVICE.

SO ORIGINALLY WE HAD ONE DESIGN UNIT AND THERE WAS 12 INDIVIDUALS IN IT BACK IN ABOUT 2017 WHEN THERE WAS A REORG IN THE DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY FORMED THE ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. IT WAS SPLIT INTO TWO UNITS, AND AT THAT TIME IT WAS SPLIT INTO DESIGN UNIT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT.

THE INTENT OF THOSE TWO AND DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE TWO IS THAT THE DESIGN UNIT WOULD DO INTERNAL DESIGN, MOSTLY LIKE WORKING ON PROJECTS WHERE THEY WOULD BE THE DESIGNERS OF RECORD AND HELPING WITH STAFF AND SMALLER PROJECTS, AND THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT WOULD ACT AS AGENTS AND HIRE CONSULTANTS SO THAT WE COULD LEVERAGE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS AND DELIVER LARGER PROJECTS, PROJECTS OF MORE TECHNICAL SPECIFICITY, THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE INTERNAL EXPERTS ON HERE IN STAFF.

AS WE'VE PROGRESSED IN, PROJECTS COME AND GO, WE'VE LEARNED THAT THERE'S CO-MINGLING.

AND SO ALL THESE PROFESSIONALS DO BOTH. AND THEN LASTLY, IN 2020, THE RESTORATION PROJECT UNIT JOINED OUR GROUP.

IT MADE SENSE. THEY WERE DELIVERING LARGE PROJECTS. RESTORATION PROJECTS.

I BELIEVE THEY WERE UNDER THE LAND TEAM. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT IT MADE SENSE FOR THEM TO JOIN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING SIMILAR PROJECTS THAT ARE CAPITALIZABLE AND RESOURCE RESTORATION PROJECTS.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY WE HAVE SOME OF OUR STAFF IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE MAYBE NOT AWARE, BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE THEM STAND UP AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM JUST SO YOU CAN SEE, PUT SOME FACES TO IT.

EVA JUST STOOD UP. SHE'S ONE OF OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.

CARMEN, PLEASE. CARMEN IS OUR PROJECT. CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGER.

JIM DEVLIN. IS LANDSCAPE OR NOT A LANDSCAPE? HE'S OUR ARCHITECT, OUR DISTRICT ARCHITECT.

AND ANNIKA IS A JUST STARTED THIS WEEK AS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, AND I'LL POINT OUT THAT SHE IS NOT ON OUR ORG CHART BECAUSE SHE JUST STARTED THIS WEEK.

SO SHE IS SHE. ED TAYLOR, WHO WAS A IS A NATURALIST IN BLACK DIAMOND WHO HAS BEEN ASSISTING US IN ENACTING CAPACITY FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT. BUT WE'LL COME ON.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR SHOWING UP TODAY AND APPRECIATE THEIR PATIENCE WHILE I MAKE THEM STAND UP AND INTRODUCE THEM.

BUT THIS IS PART OF THE TEAM THAT HELPS DELIVER ALL THESE PROJECTS. WE DO HAVE A FEW VACANCIES.

I WILL SAY THAT I AM FORTUNATE IN MY POSITION TO HAVE STAFF THAT IS OF LONG TENURE, LIKE ALL OF OUR VACANCIES ARE EITHER FROM A NEW POSITION AND OR PROMOTION OR RETIREMENT. SO WE ARE I AM FORTUNATE, AND I THINK THE AGENCY IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH DEDICATED DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TO HELP DELIVER THESE PROJECTS. AND I THINK AS WE GET INTO THIS, I'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE, AND I THINK IT TAKES A STRONG INDIVIDUAL TO SEE THESE PROJECTS THROUGH.

AND SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF AND COMMEND THEM ON THEIR PERSISTENCE AND ABILITIES.

SO THANK YOU FOR. SO WHAT'S THE THINKING ABOUT FILLING THOSE TWO? I SEE TWO TWO VACANCIES ON THE RESTORATION UNIT.

WE ARE WORKING WITH HR TO FULFILL THOSE. WE'RE WORKING ACTIVE RECRUITMENTS RIGHT NOW TO FULFILL THOSE OR FILL THOSE VACANT POSITIONS.

I SEE A CIVIL ENGINEER THERE. AND I HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE AND CONNECTIONS WITH AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A GREAT CONDUIT FOR PUBLICIZING THESE THINGS.

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GREAT. IT'S GOT A LOCAL CHAPTER YOU KNOW, SO THANK YOU FOR THE INPUT AND THE SUPPORT.

JUST SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO COUNT, THERE'S 32 OF US IN THE GROUP. AND WE ARE WE HAVE INCREASED THAT THANKS TO THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET AND THE ADDITION OF THOSE TWO POSITIONS THAT YOU'VE JUST POINTED OUT. DIRECTOR MERCURIO.

HERE'S A PICTURE FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT TODAY. THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE EVERYBODY, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S A HAPPY LOT.

THEY, LIKE I SAID, I AM FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE.

SO MOVING ON. HERE'S A PROJECT WE COMPLETED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

I THINK I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS AGAIN AS A IN MY TENURE HERE, THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE AS A AS AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE GROUP, I FRUSTRATED ABOUT HOW MUCH WE GET DONE. AND I'VE HAD COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE REMINDED ME ON A REGULAR BASIS OF HOW MUCH WE ACTUALLY DO GET DONE AND THE CHALLENGE THAT WE FACE.

SO I'M TRYING TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL TODAY. I THINK THIS THIS LIST SPEAKS VOLUMES.

I DON'T THINK I NEED TO REMIND ANYONE OF THE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND THAT HOW THAT HAS IMPACTED NOT ONLY SOCIETY AT LARGE, BUT HAS IMPACT ON OUR PROJECTS AS WELL.

SO DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT, IT'S AMAZING. AMAZING LIST.

I'VE SEEN SOME OF THEM OUT THERE IN THE FIELD MYSELF.

IT'S SUCH A MARKED IMPROVEMENT. SOME OF THESE, THOUGH, MAYBE BECAUSE YOU HAVE THEM IN PHASES, LIKE I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN LAFAYETTE ABOUT THE THIRD STREET SLIDE REPAIR.

IT'S ACTUALLY GOT OTHER PHASES STILL TO BE COMPLETED, RIGHT? CORRECT. SAME THING WITH THE LAFAYETTE MORAGA TRAIL.

I SEE IT ON THE LIST LATER HERE THAT IT'S STILL A PROJECT.

SO I DON'T. SO SOME OF THESE ARE COMPLETED OR PARTIALLY COMPLETED.

YES. AND SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND A GOOD CLARIFIER IS THAT SOME OF THESE ARE BACK TO DIRECTOR ECHOLS QUESTION ABOUT PARKS.

AND SOME OF THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE SMALLER.

I MEAN, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WE'VE PROVIDED OR THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO FOR THE CONTRACTING IS WE'VE PROVIDED AS A AS A PROJECT UNTO ITSELF.

BUT I THINK IT IS PART OF A LARGER PROJECT. AND YOUR POINT ABOUT THIRD STREET IS COMPLETELY VALID.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT WHOLE. BUT I THINK JUST THE REPAIR OF THAT SLIDE IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN AND OF ITSELF.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. AND LIKE EVEN AT DELVAL.

I JUST LOVE THE NEW INFORMATION CENTER THERE AND THE STAGING AREA IS JUST HUGE STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

ANYWAY, THANKS. THANK YOU. NO THANK YOU. AWAY FROM YOUR LIST.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. NO, I APPRECIATE IT, AND I, I THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENDATIONS.

AGAIN. YEAH. THIS IS THIS IS OUR LIST, I THINK.

DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT POINTED OUT SOME THINGS, BUT, LIKE LIKE I SAID, WE'RE I WILL USE SOME OF THESE IN THIS EXAMPLE FURTHER ON IN THE PRESENTATION, JUST TO SORT OF SHARE OUR CHALLENGES AND WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO TO DELIVER.

CAN I ASK ONE MORE? SURE. I SHOULDN'T, IT SHOULD OR ISN'T.

I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT WITH SOME OF THE ACADEMICS, I GUESS, WHO WORKED ON THE MCCOSKER DAYLIGHTING.

WAS THAT A COMPLETED PROJECT? YES. ON THIS LIST THAT'S ON HERE.

IT'S ACTUALLY THIS UP HERE, IT SAYS SIBLEY MCCOSKER CREEK RESTORATION.

SO THAT'S THAT'S UP HERE. I'M TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT IT WITH MY.

IT'S ABOUT THE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIFTH COLUMN, FIFTH ROW DOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR LIST. OH, NO. THAT'S. NO. WE'RE.

AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS WE. YES WE MAY. YES, WE COMPLETED THAT.

AND THAT ONE WAS A LARGE RESTORATION PROJECT.

AND I THINK THAT ONE WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AND ONE THAT TOOK A LITTLE MORE TIME THAN WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.

SO MOVING FROM WHAT WE'VE COMPLETED TO WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, THIS IS OUR ACTIVE WORK PLAN.

THIS IS ATTACHMENT A IN YOUR PACKET. SO THIS IS ALSO AVAILABLE.

WE KEEP THIS AVAILABLE ON ON THE PUBLIC DRIVE FOR ACCESS BY STAFF.

WE WE CURRENTLY UPDATING THIS. WE TRY TO DO THIS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO KEEP IT UPDATED.

SO WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING TO GET THIS OUT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AS A REVISION TO THIS.

IT'S GROUPED BY PHASE. SO THOSE PHASES BEING CONSTRUCTION DESIGN AND PERMIT PRE-DESIGN.

WE ALSO HAVE CLOSEOUT. AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND DESIGN SUPPORT ARE ACTUALLY ON YOUR ATTACHMENT. THIS BULLET POINT IN THE SLIDESHOW IS WRONG. BUT I WILL GO INTO THOSE PHASES IN THE NEXT SLIDE TO DESCRIBE THOSE. BUT WHAT THIS SHOWS IS THE PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON, THE ANTICIPATED START AND END DATE OF THAT SPECIFIC PHASE, OUR ANTICIPATED COST FOR ALL THAT.

WHAT CURRENT FUNDING WE HAVE, AND THEN THE DELTA BETWEEN OUR CURRENT FUNDING AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE PROJECT TO BE.

I THINK NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO POINT OUT THAT WE MAKE COST ESTIMATES AS WE GO.

SO IN A PRELIMINARY DESIGN, THAT'S GOING TO BE A ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE COST ESTIMATE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE. SO THAT MIGHT PROVE TO BE WE'RE TRYING TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE IN THOSE AND MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT LARGER,

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SO THAT'S JUST A PREFACE OR A CAVEAT TO THE NUMBERS THAT ARE THERE ON THAT LIST.

THAT SAID, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT QUITE A FEW OF OUR PROJECTS, IF YOU GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE LIST, ARE NOT ENTIRELY FUNDED OR FULLY FUNDED AT THIS POINT.

SO HERE IS A GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS THE STAGES, AT LEAST THE CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN AND PERMIT AND PRE-DESIGN PHASES FOR A CAPITAL PROJECT.

THIS, AS I STATED, IS BASICALLY ABOUT THE PHYSICAL DESIGN AND DELIVERY OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT.

I THINK THERE'S THINGS THAT THE IN THE TWO RECTANGLES THAT ARE ON EITHER END.

SO THE PROJECT ORIGIN AND THE HANDOFF THAT TAKE MORE TIME AND I THINK SO THAT'S I'LL GO THROUGH THESE INDIVIDUALLY.

AND THEN JUST SO THE BOARD'S AWARE AT THE BOTTOM IN THOSE GRAY BOXES ARE WHEN WE WOULD COME TO THE BOARD.

AND HOW YOU GET INVOLVED AS PART OF THESE IN TERMS OF EACH PHASE THAT WE'RE INCLUDED IN.

SO PROJECT ORIGIN, WHICH AGAIN IS A TOPIC THAT COMES UP A LOT IN TERMS OF HOW DOES A PROJECT BECOME A PROJECT.

AND HISTORICALLY, THESE ARE THE THESE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WAYS THAT IT HAS.

THEY'VE COME IN. SO IN RESPONDING TO DISASTER EMERGENCIES LIFE SELF LIFE HEALTH AND SAFETY IS ALWAYS SORT OF TAKES PRECEDENT OVER OTHER THINGS.

SO WE NEED TO RESPOND TO THOSE EMERGENCIES AND AND TAKE CARE OF THAT.

WE'VE ADDED THE CP LIST HERE. WE WILL GET INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITIZATION POLICY AND HOW IT'S BEING DEVELOPED A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.

BUT THAT IS ULTIMATELY, I THINK, WHERE WE'RE HEADED AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.

AND TO THAT END, WE'LL DISCUSS WHERE WE HOW IT EXISTS, WHERE WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF IMPROVEMENT AND THEN SOLICIT INPUT FROM YOU ALL IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT A BETTER PROCESS AND POLICY.

ADDITIONALLY, VOTER APPROVED, WE HAVE WW BOND MEASURE AND FW MEASURES AA BEFORE THAT.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT WHERE WE ARE NOW IS THAT HAS GIVEN US A FRAMEWORK AND I'M JUST EDITORIALIZING HERE.

BUT I THINK TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, HOW A PROJECT BECOMES A PROJECT WE WERE RELYING UPON WW, I THINK AS WE START TO CLOSE THAT OUT AND WE GET TO WHAT'S NEXT IN THE GROWING LIST OF HOW WE DO IT, I CAN SEE THAT THAT IS PERPETUATING THIS QUESTION AND BRINGING IT TO THE FOREFRONT OF HOW A PROJECT BECOMES A PROJECT, BECAUSE I THINK WW HAS PROVIDED US A FRAMEWORK THAT WAS VOTER APPROVED, AND SO WE COULD POINT TO THAT.

IT ALSO PROVIDED SOME DEVELOPMENT MONEY, NOT NECESSARILY THAT IT WAS ENOUGH TO FUND THAT WHOLE PROJECT, BUT IT GAVE US SOME SEED MONEY TO SORT OF MOVE THAT FORWARD.

AGAIN, THIS IS MY EDITORIAL. I THINK THAT BECAUSE WE'RE WRAPPING THAT UP AND THERE'S A HUGE LIST, IT'S BEGGING THIS QUESTION AND FORCING ALL OF US TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THESE IN THE FACE OF A DAUNTING LIST AND LIMITED FUNDING? SO THAT'S MY TAKE ON PROJECT ORIGIN, I GUESS, TO ANSWER OR CAN SPEAK TO THE BOARDS ABOUT HOW DO THEY GET THEIR CONCERNS OR THOUGHTS ON THAT IS THAT WE DO HAVE THIS STUDY SESSION. WE ALSO HAVE, AS A REMINDER, INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS ON A 1 TO 1 BASIS, WHICH I THINK IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO BRING THESE TOPICS UP.

SAY YOU'RE SUGGESTED IDEAS IN TERMS OF HOW WE GET IT ONTO THE LIST SO THAT WE CAN SCORE IT.

AND SO THAT'S THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE WE WILL LOOK TO YOU ALL TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT.

PRE-DESIGN IS WHERE WE START TO GET INTO SCOPING OF IT.

THE INITIAL CONCEPT DESIGN DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE AND THE SIZE OF IT, WE WILL HIRE A CONSULTANT TO MAYBE HELP WITH SCHEMATIC DESIGN.

WE'VE DONE LOTS OF DIFFERENT WE'VE DONE SEVERAL PERMUTATIONS OF THIS.

WE'VE HAD OUR STAFF DO INTERNAL SCHEMATIC DESIGNS FOR THE BOARD'S KNOWLEDGE.

I THINK SOME OF THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT THAT HIGHLIGHT THIS ARE THE NORTH BASIN STRIP PROJECT IN MCLAUGHLIN, EAST SHORE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY GOING TO COME TO THE EXEC TEAM AT THE END OF APRIL AS A HIGHLIGHT.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HAVING PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS, WE'RE SOLICITING FROM FOLKS. WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A DESIGN REACHING OUT TO THE EXECUTIVE TEAM TO PROVIDE THOSE CONCEPTS AS THEY'RE DEVELOPED TO THEM.

AND USUALLY THAT'S A COUPLE OF PLANS THAT COME TOGETHER WITH LOTS OF OPTIONS, AND WE NARROW THAT DOWN.

AND THE END RESULT BEING SOME SORT OF SYNTHESIS OF KIND OF THOSE OPTIONS.

IT'S TYPICALLY HOW IT GOES. SO THE BOARD'S INVOLVEMENT THERE WOULD BE TO AUTHORIZE CONSULTANT CONTRACTS.

I THINK WHAT'S MISSING HERE IS ALSO THE INCLUSION OR INCORPORATION INTO PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS AS NECESSARY.

SO AS A REMINDER, SOME OF OUR PROJECTS ARE NOT THAT BIG.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THOSE NECESSARILY FOR EVERY PROJECT.

SO THAT'S WHERE THAT IS. DESIGN AND PERMIT IS ONCE WE HAVE A COMPLETED CONCEPT PLAN, WE TAKE THAT AND MOVE THAT INTO TO BID DOCUMENTS, WHICH ARE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS THAT WE WILL USE TO PUT OUT TO BID FOR PUBLIC BIDDING.

WE ALSO USE THOSE TO DEVELOP AND GET ALL OF OUR PERMITS WITH ALL OF THE AGENCIES.

AND WHEN I SAY ALL OF THE AGENCIES, THAT INCLUDES REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES.

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SO WE WORK WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO PERMIT, PROPERLY PERMIT ALL OF OUR PROJECTS AND MOVE FORWARD.

SO IN TERMS OF THAT, THAT'S WHERE SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF OUR PERMITTING AND COMPLYING WITH EXTERNAL AGENCIES, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO REVISE PLANS. OTHER TIMES THE AGENCIES THEMSELVES HAVE THEIR OWN PROCESSES THAT TAKE SOME TIME.

SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT SOMETIMES WILL CAUSE A PROJECT, INITIAL SCHEDULE OR PROPOSED SCHEDULE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DELAY.

ALSO IN THIS PHASE AND THIS IS AGAIN VARIABLE, AND I DON'T MEAN TO HAVE TOO MANY VARIABLES, BUT SEQUA IS A THING THAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF PRIOR TO PRE-DESIGN.

BUT WHAT WE'RE FINDING NOW IS THAT WHEN WE GET INTO SEQUEL APPROVALS REQUIRING MORE AND MORE DEFINITION ON WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE, AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A DESIGN THAT'S DEVELOPED A LITTLE BIT MORE TO EVEN ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE IMPACTS.

AND SO NO SEQUEL HAS TAKEN MORE OF A TURN INTO BEING MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE IMPACTS.

AND SO IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THOSE, AND THIS IS ALSO SOMETIMES WITH OUR PERMITTING, I MEAN, THIS IS WHY WE DO PERMITTING AFTER WE HAVE DETAILS IS PERMITTING AGENCIES WILL WANT TO KNOW, WELL, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD THIS? I'M CONFLATING SOME ISSUES RIGHT NOW.

APOLOGIZE. I'LL TRY TO BRING IT BACK. SEQUA IS THE OVERALL PROCESS.

SO WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL OF OUR IMPACTS. AND THE WAY SEQUA IS GOING NOW, THERE ARE MORE AND MORE IMPACTS THAT NEED TO BE FINED.

SO WE HAVE IT LATER IN THIS, AND SOMETIMES WE'LL COME TO THE BOARD ONCE WE HAVE THOSE DEVELOPED.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT WHEN WE GO TO PERMITS, WE CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL WE HAVE LIKE 90% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE'LL HAVE THE DETAILS WORKED OUT. THAT SAID, WE TRY TO ENGAGE WITH SOME OF THESE AGENCIES IN INITIAL PHASES, LIKE EARLIER IN THE DESIGN. SO WE GIVE THEM A HEADS UP, WE BEGIN THE DISCUSSION, AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG.

LASTLY, CONSTRUCTION WE PUT TAKE THOSE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, PUT THEM OUT TO BID.

WE THEN CONSTRUCTION HIRE, TYPICALLY THE LOW BIDDER.

WE ARE ACTUALLY, BECAUSE OF THE BOARD LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL AND THE BOARD'S AUTHORIZATION OF A POLICY.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DESIGN BUILD, WHICH LATER I'LL HIGHLIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY THAT ON A COUPLE OF PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD. SO I'LL HIGHLIGHT THOSE. WE ADMINISTER CONSTRUCTION WHICH ENTAILS RFIS, WHICH IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION WHICH IS BASED ON QUESTIONS FOR THE PLANS.

AND THEN WE'LL BUILD IT, CLOSE IT OUT, WHICH IS THEN MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS ON BOARD.

AND THEN WE DO A HANDOFF WHERE WE HAND OFF ANY SORT OF OPERATING MANUALS TO TO THE OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TEAM, AND THEN ALSO STEWARDSHIP FOR BIOMONITORING. THIS LAST RECTANGLE I'D JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT CAPITAL PROJECTS DON'T HAVE FINITE.

ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECT WE STILL HAVE, THERE'LL BE COSTS INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD FOR MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS.

ADDITIONALLY TO THAT, BECAUSE OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING, WE OFTEN ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE MONITORING AND REPORTING FOR 5 TO 10 YEARS.

SO THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE'LL NEED TO HAVE SO THAT WE CAN REPORT BACK TO THE AGENCIES THAT HAVE PERMITTED WITH US TO DO THAT.

SO JUST BEARING IN MIND WHAT I'M GOING TO SHARE IN THE NEXT ABOUT HOW WE DELIVER, THERE ARE BOOKENDS TO THAT AS WELL.

AND SO THEY EVEN TAKE MORE TIME AND RESOURCES AS WE MOVE THROUGH THAT.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THAT SAID, I'VE PROVIDED THIS AND I KNOW THAT I JUST WENT INTO GREAT DETAIL.

THIS IS TO SHOW YOU WAS A VISUAL ATTEMPT FOR ME TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THIS WAS AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION.

BUT NOW THAT I'VE JUST WALKED AND TALKED YOU THROUGH ALL THIS, I THINK YOU CAN KIND OF GET A SENSE OF WHAT THIS IS.

THIS IS FROM 2018. WE'RE ALWAYS IMPROVING OUR PROCESSES.

SO THIS SOME OF THESE JUNCTION POINTS AND DECISION PHASES ARE NOT EXACTLY AS HOW WE DO THEM NOW, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD ASSURED THAT THIS WAS SHARED AT A PREVIOUS STUDY SESSION, AND WHAT THIS ATTEMPTS TO SHOW IS THE TASKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN PRE-DESIGN, WHICH ARE THESE FIRST THREE ROWS, DESIGN AND PERMIT. WHICH ARE THESE TWO ROWS, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION, WHICH ARE THESE FINAL THREE ROWS.

SO THERE ARE MANY TASKS THAT STAFF ENDEAVORS TO GET THROUGH.

I THINK PART OF THESE THAT I'D ALSO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THERE ARE EXTERNAL FORCES ON US, NOT FORCES, BUT AGENCIES THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THAT THEN SOMETIMES SEND US INTO A LITTLE MINI SPIRAL IN SOME OF THESE AS OPPOSED TO MOVING IT FORWARD.

SO THE KEY TAKEAWAY ON THIS ONE IS PROJECT DELIVERY IS COMPLEX.

YEAH. OLIVIA. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO LEVEL SET THIS FOR A BIT, YOU KNOW I SUPPOSE HAVING PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS THE MARKET ECONOMIST FOR AUTODESK LIKE THIS IS PRETTY TYPICAL WITHIN CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN.

SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THIS IS ORGANIZED AND I WOULDN'T SAY THAT.

OH WE NEED TO MAKE THIS LOOK SIMPLER OR CHANGE THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY PRETTY IN LINE WITH WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM,

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I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK WE HAVE ENDEAVORED TO NOT OVERWHELM, SORT OF MAKE IT EASIER FOR COMMUNICATION, AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE ENDED UP WITH THIS. BUT I, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT BECAUSE I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TO THE BOARD THAT IT IS QUITE AN EFFORT, AND I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION ON THAT POINT. THIS SO OUR TEAM IS UP ON THE THIRD FLOOR, SOUTHEAST PART OF THIS BUILDING. SO IF YOU WALK AROUND, YOU MIGHT SEE THIS IN A FEW CUBES. I THINK AGAIN, IN TERMS OF PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, WE NOW HAVE THIS AS A CHECKLIST SO THAT OUR STAFF CAN CHECK THESE THINGS OFF AS THEY GO.

AND SOME OF THESE STEPS, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE CHANGED.

WE'VE LEARNED THAT CULTURAL RESOURCES ARE MUCH MORE WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE EARLIER ON.

AND SO THAT'S ADDED TO THIS SOME OF OUR ANYWAY, THAT'S ENOUGH OF THAT.

IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THOSE TASKS, WHAT OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM WILL ALSO DO IS PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC EVENTS LIKE OUR PARK FEST 90 LAST YEAR, WHERE WE'LL BE OUT THERE TABLING AND DESCRIBING WHAT IT IS WE DO, AND TRY TO COMMUNICATE HOW WE DO IT.

THIS MIDDLE PICTURE IS WITH A LEGISLATOR WHO HAD WHO HAD SUCCESSFULLY GOTTEN MONEY FOR OUR THAT'S THE RODDY RANCH PROJECT, AND SO WE WENT OUT AND WALKED THEM THROUGH IT.

IN TERMS OF SHOWING HOW WE WERE MOVING IT FORWARD AND HOW THAT MONEY WILL BE WELL UTILIZED BY THE DISTRICT AND DELIVERY.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IS ONE OF OUR BOARD FIELD TRIPS WHERE WE PROVIDE A PUBLIC INFORMATION TO THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AS TO HOW WE DEVELOP AND MOVE PROJECTS FORWARD. WHAT WE ALSO TAKE TIME TO DO IS TRAINING AND SITE VISITS.

SO ON THE LEFT IS OUR TEAM AT AN ADA TRAINING ADA.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH ALL OF THE REQUIRED CODES AND NECESSITIES.

WE ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE UNIVERSAL ACCESS AS AS IT'S AVAILABLE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.

AND SO THIS IS A TRAINING WE TOOK RECENTLY TO GET UPDATED ON CODE, IMPROVE CODE CHANGES, AND THEN LOOK AT ACTUALLY OUR FACILITIES AND PUT SOME HANDS ON IN TERMS OF ASSESSING HOW OUR FACILITIES MEET CODE.

TO THAT END. ON THE RIGHT WE ALSO TAKE FIELD TRIPS.

THIS ONE IS OUT TO JUDGE JOHN SUTTER SHORELINE AND APPEAR THERE SO THAT WE CAN, AS A TEAM, LOOK AT WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T, SEE HOW THINGS ARE HOLDING UP.

THIS ONE WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE THIS ONE WAS DELIVERED WITH THE HELP OF THE BAY AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

AND SO SOME OF THESE DETAILS AREN'T OUR TYPICAL STANDARD DETAILS, BUT I THINK WE WANTED TO GO AND LOOK OUT AND SEE HOW THOSE ARE HOLDING UP.

SO WE DO THAT. AND I GUESS AS ADDITIONAL SERVICES, WE AS A TEAM, AS A DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING ON WITH OPERATIONS TO HAVE DESIGN STANDARDS. SO WE HAVE STANDARD DETAILS. WE'RE WORKING ON SOME DESIGN GUIDELINES SO THAT STAFF CAN HAVE IF THEY'RE RENOVATING A PICNIC AREA, THEY HAVE SOME GUIDELINES AND MAYBE NOT DON'T NECESSARILY NEED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTIONS HELP. SO THANK YOU FOR HEARING ABOUT WHAT ALL STAFF DOES.

BACK TO THIS GRAPH. I'M JUST RETURNED TO THIS SO THAT I CAN REMIND FOLKS OR THIS BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT OUR THREE PHASES.

AND IN THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH ARE COMPLETED PROJECTS AND SHARING WITH YOU THE TIMELINE IT TOOK TO TO TO COMPLETE THESE PHASES FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WHILE WE WERE INVOLVED. SO THE FIRST PROJECT IS THE MLK IN THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR SHORELINE.

THIS IS A CONNECTION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL FROM OUR STAGING AREA AT LANGLEY UP TO THE SHORELINE CENTER.

THAT'S ABOUT MIDWAY ALONG DOOLITTLE DRIVE. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT, THERE WAS NOT REALLY ANY SAFE WAY TO GET FROM OUR STAGING AREA TO THE NORTH.

AND SO WE'VE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS OUT THERE, I BELIEVE WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING A YEAR AND A HALF AGO OR SO, BUT IT IS A GREAT TRAIL THAT PROVIDES SAFE ACCESS ALONG A VERY BUSY STATE HIGHWAY.

WHICH I'LL GET TO NEXT. THE TIMELINE FOR THIS, WHICH IS INTERESTING TO NOTE, IS THAT, AND TO MY POINT EARLIER, IS THAT THERE WAS A FEASIBILITY BEFORE WE GOT INTO PRE-DESIGN AND THEN BASED ON THAT FEASIBILITY, LOOKING AT SOME CERTAIN OPTIONS. THIS IS IN YOUR PACKET.

SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THIS JUST AS WE GO.

I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE PICTURE JUST BECAUSE IT'S MORE FUN TO LOOK AT THAN THAT TIMELINE. BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF THAT, THE ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE DESIGN ON PERMIT ON THAT WAS SO LONG BECAUSE OUR INITIAL DESIGN WAS A CAUSEWAY IN THE ESTUARY.

SO WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A RAISED CAUSEWAY IN THE ESTUARY THAT WE'D TAKEN TO BCDC DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.

WE'D GONE VETTED IT OUT AT THE ABOUT 80 OR 90% OF FULL ON CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

WE GOT CONCERNED LETTERS FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND WE REEVALUATED AND WITH OUR PREVIOUS GM DECIDED THAT WE SHOULD REEVALUATE THIS AND REENGAGE AND REDO. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE PART OF IT WOULD BIFURCATE SOME OF THE HABITAT RIGHT THERE ON THE SHORELINE.

AND SO WE REENGAGED ADDITIONAL WRINKLE INTO THIS ONE IS THAT THAT IS A STATE HIGHWAY.

AND SO ALL OF THAT IS BASICALLY IN CALTRANS RIGHT OF WAY.

SO AFTER WE'VE DESIGNED IT FOR THE MOST PART, THEN WE HAVE TO COME INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH CALTRANS SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THEM.

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THEY HAD AN ISSUE ABOUT THE GUARDRAIL, SO THEY HELPED US IN TERMS OF PROVIDING THIS GUARDRAIL ALONG DOOLITTLE.

BUT THAT SAID, THAT'S WHY THIS DESIGN AND PERMIT TOOK US SIX YEARS, BECAUSE WE BASICALLY DESIGNED TWO PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.

SO THAT'S KIND OF JUST AND AGAIN, THAT SHOWS TO I THINK THE TAKEAWAY FOR ME IS THAT IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE RESPONSIVE TO STAKEHOLDERS CONCERNS THAT WE ARE, EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK SOME INVESTMENT, IF IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE WILL REVISIT AND DELIVER A PROJECT THAT IS ULTIMATELY SERVES MULTIPLE PURPOSES AND IS IS A GOOD FACILITY FOR THE CONSTITUENTS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

SO NEXT PROJECT IS THE FERRY POINT PIER REMOVAL.

I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ANGLE ON THESE IS SORT OF DECEPTIVE, SO IT'S HARD TO TELL.

SO BEAR WITH ME WHILE I SHOW YOU THAT FROM THIS POINT OVER HAS BEEN REMOVED.

SO THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT. SPEAKING OF LAND TENURE, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD OUR LEASE WITH THE STATE LANDS COMMISSION WAS UP TO DATE BECAUSE THEY OWN SOME OF THIS. SO AGAIN, I'LL BRING THIS SLIDE UP FOR YOU TO LOOK AT, AND THEN I'LL GO BACK TO THE PICTURE, BECAUSE I LIKE TO LOOK AT THE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE PROVIDING THIS AS BACKGROUND AS TO HOW LONG THESE THINGS TAKE.

SO IN TERMS OF THIS, THIS, THIS STARTED AS AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL WHEN THINGS FELL INTO THE WATER.

I THINK PART OF THINGS BEING PART OF THE THE PIER THAT WAS OUT THERE WOULD WAS FALLING INTO THIS.

IT'S A SHIPPING CHANNEL OUT HERE. BEYOND THAT WAS THEN COMING IN FLOATING INTO THAT OUT AS A HAZARD.

WE HAD AN EMERGENCY REPAIR TO CLEAN UP THAT, AND THEN IT HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE NEEDED TO.

REMOVE THE REST OF IT. SO AS AN AGENCY THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, WE DID.

AND THAT TOOK SOME TIME BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE ARE MANY EXTERNAL ENTITIES THAT WANT TO HAVE A SAY IN THE MATTER.

AND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ALONG THIS ONE WERE THE RICHMOND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORGANIZATION HAD SOME SAY INTO IT.

IT ALSO THEN RATCHETED UP TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER BECAUSE OF CERTAIN THINGS.

WE LUCKILY HAD A CONSULTANT THAT WOULD HELP US MANAGE IT, AND A CONTRACTOR THAT HAS EXPERIENCE WITH IN-WATER WORK IN TERMS OF REMOVING STRUCTURES FROM THE WATER TO HELP US NAVIGATE SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

ALSO, INTERNALLY, OUR CULTURAL RESOURCE, ANNA MARIE, WAS HELPFUL IN TERMS OF RESPONDING TO THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE AND MAKING SURE THAT AS AN AGENCY, WE HAVE OUR OWN VOICE IN THAT MATTER AND MAKE REPRESENTING WHAT THAT WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND MOVING FORWARD.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL SAY WE'VE LEARNED FROM THIS IS THAT AS PRACTICE, WHEN THERE'S A QUESTION, WE INVOLVE ANNA MARIE AND THE CULTURAL RESOURCES FOLKS IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR TEAM BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT MAY BE, INSTEAD OF HAVING SOMEONE COME AND TELL US AND CATCH US UNAWARES. I THINK WE'RE LEARNING THAT WE NEED TO ENFOLD THAT INTO OUR DEVELOPMENT AND SCOPING OF ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.

SO, AGAIN, TO ADD JUST ANOTHER BIT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF SO THAT WE'RE COMPLYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING HAPPENS.

THE LAST THING I'LL NOTE IS THAT AS PART OF THAT THE LAST, WE ALSO HAD WINDOWS, WHICH IS NOT ATYPICAL FOR OUR PROJECTS.

WE HAVE WINDOWS OF CONSTRUCTION WINDOWS. SO WE HAVE FINITE TIME PERIODS BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING IN HABITATS AND WATER.

SOME OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE WE CAN'T WORK ALL YEAR.

WE CAN ONLY WORK IN CERTAIN WINDOWS. AND THAT, I WOULD SAY, IS ON PAR FOR MOST OF OUR PROJECTS.

SO RIGHT BEFORE WE WERE HOPING TO GO OUT AND AND DO THIS ONE.

MOST RECENTLY, WE HAD TO DO A HAZMAT TEST JUST BECAUSE OF BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

WE AGAIN BEST FROM WHERE WE WERE. EVERYONE WAS LIKE, THERE WILL BE NOTHING OUT HERE.

THERE'S NO NEED TO DO THIS. BECAUSE OF THAT REQUIREMENT.

WE DID IT. WE FOUND SOME ASBESTOS IN TAR AT THE TOP OF ALL THE PIERS, WHICH WAS A TINY LITTLE BIT.

SO IN TERMS OF AND AGAIN, I JUST I'M NOT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

SO TO ADD TO THAT IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE OVER THE WATER IT'S FED OSHA.

WHEN YOU'RE ON LAND IT'S CAL OSHA. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING SOMETHING OUT OF THE WATER, BRINGING IT TO THE LAND. AND SO WE HAD TO TAKE TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COMPLY WITH BOTH. WHEN THERE ISN'T AN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST THAT USUALLY WORKS IN THE WATER FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT I'VE STATED.

SO JUST HIGHLIGHTING WHEN YOU GET INTO THESE, SOME OF THESE THINGS WE'RE LEARNING, WE'RE TAKING NOTES.

HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO REMOVE A LOT OF PIERS. SO UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF THE LESSONS LEARNED ARE ONE OFFS.

SO THAT'S GO AHEAD. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THAT.

I MEAN, THIS IS IT'S SUCH A KIND OF AN ON THE FACE OF IT, A NO BRAINER PROJECT.

WE'RE JUST REMOVING THIS HAZARD. BUT THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THINGS THAT THAT EVERY, EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY, THESE UNKNOWNS AND THESE, THESE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING.

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AND SO WHEN WE WE PULL THE LEVERS AS HIGH AS WE CAN, WHEN WE, WHEN WE NEED TO, EVEN ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT WOULD RISE TO THAT LEVEL.

IT DID, AND WE STILL COULDN'T MEET THE WINDOW.

YES. AND I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT, GENERAL MANAGER.

AND I THINK THE ONE THING THAT I, THAT THAT HIGHLIGHTS IS THAT WE ALSO DO PULL IN AS NECESSARY CHAINS UP HIGHER.

AND SO I THINK WE DON'T TRY TO DO THAT ON EVERY, EVERY ISSUE THAT COMES UP.

BECAUSE AS PROFESSIONALS WE FEEL WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT.

AND I THINK SOMETIMES PROCESSES ARE CIRCUMVENTED BY INDIVIDUALS.

AND WHEN IT BECOMES AN INDIVIDUAL ANYWAY, I THINK THE POINT IS, IS THAT WE RECRUIT SUPPORT AS NEEDED.

AND THAT WOULD, I THINK, COME TO THE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AS IT'S APPROPRIATE.

AND SO JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, AND I THINK STAFF IS ALL AWARE OF THIS, THAT WE WILL INVOLVE YOU IF IT'S NECESSARY, BUT WE TRY TO DEAL WITH IT ON A STAFF LEVEL FIRST BECAUSE YOU HAVE MANY OTHER THINGS TO DEAL WITH.

SO THAT ONE IS THAT THIS NEXT ONE IS THE BRIONES LAFAYETTE STAGING AREA.

AND AGAIN, THE ANGLE IS NOT EXACTLY RIGHT. BUT THESE TREES IN THE BEFORE PICTURE ARE THESE TREES THAT ARE BEHIND THE RESTROOM BUILDING HERE.

THIS PROJECT WAS RELATIVELY SIMPLE, QUOTE UNQUOTE.

WE WERE REPAVING THE PARKING LOT AND BRINGING IN A RESTROOM.

AND TO THAT END THIS STAGING AREA MOSTLY HAD OR HAD A CHEMICAL TOILET BEFORE, AND SO NOW IT HAS A FLUSH TOILET.

AND PART OF THAT IS BRINGING IN UTILITIES, WHICH IS NOW THERE.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY PROJECTS WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION TOOK LONGER THAN THE REST OF IT.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT PART OF IT IS THE UTILITY PROVIDERS.

WE HAD TO WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH BRINGING UTILITIES IN.

AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE ENTITIES THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL.

I THINK TO THE POINT THAT THE GENERAL MANAGER JUST MADE IS THAT WE ARE NOW ESTABLISHING, WITH OUR AGM'S ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH PG AND E AND EAST BAY MUD SO THAT WE CAN BRING THESE ISSUES UP AS THEY COME UP DURING PROJECTS AND OR GET IN FRONT OF THEM AS THEY GO.

SO THIS ONE, YES, DIRECTOR WAESPI A SIMPLE PARKING LOT, SOME PARKING STOPS AND A RESTROOM.

IS THAT IS THAT A SECRET OR IS THAT JUST A NEGATIVE SO THAT WE WOULD WE DO AS A I THINK WE JUST DID A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION ON THIS ONE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY OUR IMPACT WAS VERY WE'RE NOT DOING ANY NEW IMPACTS LIKE THE STAGING AREA STAYED THE SAME SIZE.

THE PARKING NUMBER STAYED THE SAME. WE'RE WE'RE REPLACING A TOILET WITH ANOTHER TOILET BUILDING.

SO WE WERE JUST THAT'S TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT SEQUA.

THAT SAID, IF WE DID SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE ADDED TO OUR TIMELINE IF WE WANTED TO EXCAVATE A HILL AND OR MAKE ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT.

BUT THE POINT JUST BEING IS THAT EVEN THESE PROJECTS, SOMETIMES WE THEY TAKE LONGER THAN WE HAD HOPED OR EXPECTED.

AND I WILL ADD THAT WE ARE WORKING INTERNALLY TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THOSE PROVIDERS TO TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THAT.

COYOTE HILLS DUMBARTON QUARRY SERVICE YARD, THIS IS WE WENT OUT HERE, I THINK, LAST YEAR ON A BOARD TOUR AND SO IT'S BEEN ACCEPTED.

THIS ONE TOOK A LONG TIME THAT WE'VE LEARNED LESSONS FROM.

PART OF IT IS WELL, I'LL SHOW THE TIMELINE SO YOU CAN SEE THIS PART OF THE DESIGN AND PERMIT AND CONSTRUCTION.

THOSE ARE PRETTY LONG TIMELINES. THE DESIGN AND PERMIT THIS PROJECT IS AS TO REMIND THE BOARD.

DUMBARTON QUARRY CAMPGROUND IS WAS DONATED TO THE PARK DISTRICT BASED ON FROM DUMBARTON QUARRY ASSOCIATES, WHO AS PART OF THEIR RECLAMATION PLAN. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A PARK AND THEN DONATE IT OR GIVE IT TO THE PARK DISTRICT TO MANAGE.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED AT THE PARK DISTRICT, THAT RECLAMATION PLAN WAS TO HAVE A LAKE IN THAT HOLE IN THE HOLE WHERE THE QUARRY WAS.

SO I JUST OFFER THIS AS EVEN AS THINGS CHANGE, AND AS PART OF WHY THIS TOOK SO LONG IS THAT THE RECLAMATION PLAN WAS THEN AMENDED BY DUMBARTON ASSOCIATES TO FILL THAT HOLE AND BUILD THE HILL BACK AS IT WAS PART OF THAT WAS WE IN HIRING A CONSULTANT TO HELP DEVELOP THESE PLANS? CHANGES HAPPEN FOR THE RECLAMATION PLAN. AND SO WE HAD TO PAUSE BECAUSE THE ENTIRE SITE OF THIS BUILDING CHANGED, BECAUSE DUMBARTON QUARRY ASSOCIATES CHANGED IN TERMS OF THEIR RECLAMATION PLAN.

SO THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE DESIGN AND PERMIT TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BECAUSE WE HAD TO PAUSE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY WERE BUILDING THE CAMPGROUND.

AND SO IN DEALING WITH THE MUNICIPALITY, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT OUR PERMITTING OR THEIR PERMITTING OF THE PROJECT BECAUSE THEY BUILT THAT WITH OUR WATCHFUL EYE.

I THINK THEY BUILT IT, BUT THEY WERE IN CHARGE OF PERMITTING. AND SO WE HELD OFF ON SUBMITTING THE PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO CONVOLUTE BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE SAME SITE. WE WANTED TO GET DUNBAR QUARRY ASSOCIATES TO HAVE THEIR PERMIT IN HAND,

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AND SO THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP THERE AS WELL.

AND THEN LASTLY THE CONSTRUCTION, YOU'LL SEE THAT'S A LONG TIMELINE FOR A BUILDING I THINK WE HAD BECAUSE THIS IS A PREFABRICATED EXTRUDED METAL BUILDING.

THERE'S A DEFERRED SUBMITTAL FOR THE BUILDING ITSELF.

SO ONCE YOU'RE IN CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE CITY AND SHOW ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS AND WHATNOT.

SO THIS IS A MODEL WE'RE USING AT POINT PINOLE FOR THE SERVICE YARD.

AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THIS PRESENTATION, IS UTILIZE OUR THE DESIGN BUILD TO SORT OF WORK AROUND THAT. SO AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A PARK STANDARD.

THIS IS OUR NEW STANDARD DESIGN FOR SERVICE YARD.

SO WE HAVE BASICALLY THE BONES OF THAT. AGAIN IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE THERE'LL BE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN AND ALL THE SITE WORK HAS TO BE DONE.

AND AS A HEADS UP, THIS WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD NEXT WEEK FOR THE CONSULTANT SERVICES, TO HELP US TO HIRE A CONSULTANT, TO HELP US DO BRIDGING DOCUMENTS FOR POINT PINOLE.

BACK TO THIS, THOUGH. I THINK PART OF THAT CONSTRUCTION IS THAT IT TOOK US THREE YEARS BECAUSE WE WERE IN A YEAR TRYING TO GET DEFERRED SUBMITTALS APPROVED, AND THEN ONCE WE GOT THOSE, IT WAS WINTER OF 2023.

AND SO THIS WAS ONE WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRUCTION WINDOW.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT NATURE DOESN'T TAKE ITS OWN COURSE.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAD LIKE 14 ATMOSPHERIC STORMS. AND SO YOU CAN'T GRADE WET MUD. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE FACE.

NEXT PROJECT IS ROBERTS THE POOL RENOVATION. WE'RE GLAD THAT THIS IS COMPLETE, AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BEFORE AND AFTER THE VAST IMPROVEMENT OF THIS FACILITY.

I THINK IT WENT RELATIVELY WELL IN TERMS OF OUR DESIGN AND PERMIT.

I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT PART OF OUR PERMITTING FOR THIS, THIS OR THIS PROJECT HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT A LOT OF OUR PARKS HAVE. WE HAVE OLD, OUTDATED OR NOT OUTDATED, BUT JUST AGED OUT INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE GOT IT WHEN WE PURCHASED THE LAND AND THAT'S WHERE IT WAS.

THAT'S INDICATIVE OF THIS PROJECT. WE ENTERED INTO THIS PROJECT THINKING, OH, WE'LL JUST WE CAN JUST REPLACE THE POOL AND IT'LL BE FINE.

BUT WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THE WATER SERVICE PROVIDED WATER SERVICE NEEDED ATTENTION.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE ADDRESSED SUBSEQUENT IS THAT WE'VE FIXED THAT NOT AS NOT PART OF THIS PROJECT, BUT AS A SEPARATE PROJECT, WHICH IS ON THE LIST PROVIDED EARLIER.

WE'VE ALSO THEN IN TERMS OF OUR PERMITTING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, THIS PARK IS ON SEPTIC SYSTEMS. WE'VE THEN BEEN GIVEN A PHASED CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN SO THAT WE CONNECT THIS TO SEWER.

SO THAT'S A PROJECT THAT WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD AND JUST IMPROVE.

LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR CP DISCUSSION. IT WILL BE ESSENTIAL BECAUSE IT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT IS PROVIDED BY AN OUTSIDE AGENCY THAT WE NEED TO COMPLY WITH, SO THAT WE CAN THEN HAVE THIS BE OPERATIONAL AND CAN MAINTAIN OUR OCCUPANCY OF THIS POOL AS A FACILITY.

ONE THING I WILL NOTE ON THIS BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, DIRECTOR WAESPI, ABOUT SCL ON THE LAST ONE IS THAT WE HAD PRESUMED FROM STAFF IT'S A RECREATION AREA, WHAT COULD BE IN THIS AREA, AND WE FILED AN NO.

WHEN WE GOT INTO CONSTRUCTION AND STARTED TAKING OUT THE HILLSIDE OF PLANTS, WE DISCOVERED A PALLID MANZANITA, WHICH IS A LISTED SPECIES. SO IN TERMS OF THAT, THE PARK DISTRICT STAFF AMAZING.

AS IT IS RECONFIGURED, WE TEAMED UP WITH OUR STEWARDSHIP PARTNERS, OUR PLANNING PARTNERS, AND WE REFILED A SECRET DOCUMENT THAT SAID WE'LL MITIGATE A NEG DECK BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ENDANGERED PLANT THERE, AND WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WITH IT BECAUSE IT WAS IN PLANS.

MIND YOU, THIS WAS WHILE WE HAD A CONSTRUCTION.

WE HAD A CONTRACTOR ON SITE. WE'RE IN CONSTRUCTION, SO WE HAD TO FENCE THAT PART OFF.

LET THEM DO SCOPE THERE WHILE WE RESOLVE THIS ISSUE.

DIRECTOR SANWONG. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'RE ABLE TO ADJUST OUR PROJECTS TO TO BE MINDFUL AND YOU KNOW, REDESIGN IN REGARDS TO NATIVE SPECIES.

I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT VALUE THAT WE HOLD HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

MY QUESTION IS, I SEE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING WHERE I LIVE, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHEN THERE'S A HOUSING PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, DO THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAME GUIDELINES WHEN THERE'S NATIVE SPECIES THAT ARE DISCOVERED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS? BECAUSE I DON'T HEAR OF A LOT OF THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS WHEN THERE'S A MAJOR HOUSING PROJECT HAPPENING IN THE TRI-VALLEY.

I WILL SAY THAT YES, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, EXPERTISE IS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH ALL OF THESE.

THESE ARE LAWS, STATE LAWS, FEDERAL LAWS. I THINK YES, THEY SHOULD BE.

AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE.

SO I BUT YES, THEY SHOULD BE COMPLYING WITH ALL OF THE SAME REGULATIONS THAT WE COMPLY WITH.

THAT'S A HELPFUL ANSWER. I GUESS THERE'S A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF A HOUSING PROJECT, I THINK, AT CAMP PARKS LAND WHERE BURROWING OWLS WERE DISCOVERED, AND THERE WAS A PROCESS THAT HAD TO BE FOLLOWED FOR THAT,

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OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. NO PROBLEM. MY LAST ONE.

THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME WHILE I SHARE ALL OF THESE.

IS THIS COYOTE HILLS OR PATTERSON PARCEL? THIS ONE IS NOT QUITE COMPLETE YET.

WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF GETTING OCCUPANCY FOR SOME OF OUR RESTROOM BUILDING AND THE LITTLE KIOSK HERE.

SO WITH THE CITY WHERE'S MY CURSOR? SO WE HAVE A RESTROOM BUILDING HERE AND AN ENTRANCE KIOSK HERE, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR FINAL OCCUPANCY.

AND SO THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK OUT.

OH, I GUESS I SHOULD PROVIDE REFERENCE. ALL OF MY PICTURES ARE NOT FROM THE SAME ANGLE.

SO THIS RIPARIAN HABITAT YOU SEE HERE IS THIS RIPARIAN HABITAT HERE.

SO JUST TO ORIENT EVERYONE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS ALL OF THIS, WHICH LOOKS LIKE JUST DRY MEADOW. AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS WETLAND MARSH HABITAT.

OOPS. SO THIS PROJECT IS ONGOING. LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE WITH IT YET, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD ONE TO HIGHLIGHT AND FOR SEVERAL REASONS. SO I'LL KEEP THIS SLIDE UP FOR A LITTLE BIT COMPARED TO THE LAST ONES, BUT WE'LL GO BACK BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S A VAST IMPROVEMENT.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER, I SAID THAT THE RESTORATION PROJECT GROUP JOINED US IN 2022.

US BEING THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT. SO PRIOR TO THAT, THIS PROJECT STARTED.

AND SO I THINK THE PRE-DESIGN OF THREE YEARS AND 11 MONTHS, AS YOU CAN SEE, COMPARED TO ALL THE ONES I'VE SHOWN, IS MUCH LONGER. SO WHAT THIS SHOWS IS THAT PART OF IT WAS THAT THE EIR WAS DONE BY CHRIS AND HIS GROUP.

SO HE DID A FULL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CEQA THAT YOU CAN HAVE.

AND SO WHAT THIS SHOWS, AND I TO MY POINT EARLIER, IS THAT IN OUR PRE-DESIGN, A LOT OF THIS IS ALREADY WHEN WE GET IT.

PLANNING IS TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THE OPTIONS, SOME OF THE OUTPUT, THE PUBLIC INPUT AND THE CEQA.

WHAT THIS HIGHLIGHTS IS THAT THAT THREE YEARS INCLUDES ALL OF THOSE PROCESSES.

SO IT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET THROUGH THE CEQA PROCESS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS, OR THE PUBLIC INPUT PART, WHICH IS PART OF CEQA, AND MOVING THAT FORWARD.

SO THAT ONE I HIGHLIGHT JUST TO SHOW THAT AGAIN FROM PREVIOUS SLIDES, SOME OF THAT WORK IS DONE PRIOR TO US.

THIS ONE JUST SHOWS THAT IT IS A SIGNIFICANT BODY OF WORK AND IT TAKES AN EFFORT.

SO AND THEN LASTLY I WILL SAY FOR CONSTRUCTION.

THIS IS IN COYOTE HILLS AS WELL. AND SO IT STARTED IN 20.

SO AS A RESTORATION PROJECT, WE BASICALLY BECAUSE OF CONCERN FOR PHYTOPHTHORA, WE CONTRACT GROW A LOT OF THE PLANTS FOR ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.

SO THAT ENTAILS AGAIN COORDINATION. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT THIS PROJECT WAS AGAIN 2023, THERE WAS MAST STORMS. THEY'D DONE PRELIMINARY GRADING FROM THIS MEADOW ON THE LEFT TO HAVE SOME DEPRESSIONS.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IT FLOODED DURING THOSE STORMS, AND IT PRECLUDED US FROM PLANTING IN THE TIME WE WANTED TO PLANT. SO IN ORDER FOR IT TO DRY OUT, WE HAD TO WAIT A YEAR, WAIT A SEASON.

SOME OF THOSE PLANTS THAT WE HAD CONTRACT GROWN WERE TOO BIG TO KEEP THAT WAY.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH IN TRYING TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND PROVIDE RESTORATION PROJECTS TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AS WELL AS PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS AND A WELL NEEDED PARKING LOT FOR COYOTE HILLS.

YEP. DIRECTOR SANWONG. SINCE WE'RE ON THIS PROJECT, IS IT OKAY IF I ASK A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY? I MEAN, I THINK THE INTENT. YEAH. IT'S GREAT.

I THINK I WOULD JUST CAVEAT THAT WE DO HAVE SOME TIME.

WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF. SO I WASN'T PLANNING ON DISCUSSING A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, BUT FIRE AWAY. SO I GUESS MAYBE WITHOUT GOING INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL ON THIS PROJECT, I KNOW THAT WE HAD GIVEN A AN ESTIMATE OF WHEN THIS WOULD BE OPENING, AND WE'VE KIND OF MOVED PAST THAT ESTIMATE. AND, AND I KNOW WE'VE RECEIVED SOME PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT OCCURS TO ME, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A MAJOR ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL RIGHT? THERE IT IS. YES. AND SO CERTAINLY WHEN THERE'S STORMS, IT'S LIKELY TO HAVE SOME SOME FLOODING POTENTIAL BECAUSE IT IS THIS MAJOR FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WITH THE PRE-DESIGN PORTION, YOU KNOW, HAD THAT BEEN FACTORED IN IN SOME OF THAT PLANNING.

AND THEN I ALSO WONDER IF GOING FORWARD, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC ON WHEN WE ANTICIPATE OPENING, IF MAYBE WE MIGHT WANT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE MINDFUL ABOUT THESE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND HOW THEY CAN POTENTIALLY IMPACT TIMELINES, AND MAYBE WE COULD GIVE RANGES IN TERMS OF ANTICIPATED OPENING INSTEAD OF SAYING, OH, IT'S GOING TO OPEN IN 2023 OR 2024.

MAYBE WE COULD HAVE DONE A RANGE LIKE WE HOPE TO HAVE THIS DONE BETWEEN 2023 AND 2025.

IT'S A GREAT COMMENT. SO IN ORDER, THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ASKED IS YES, WE ARE COGNIZANT AND WORKED WITH ALAMEDA FLOOD CONTROL TO KNOW WHERE THEIR APPURTENANCES ARE. THERE ARE TWO HUGE CULVERTS THAT RUN JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS PROJECT.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE DID WORK WITH THEM TO SORT OF COORDINATE ON THAT FRONT.

AND THEN THE SECOND COMMENT DULY NOTED. WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO NOT.

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AND SO WE TRY. WE'RE GETTING THERE'S BEEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS OF HOW WE COMMUNICATE THAT DEADLINE.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. AND YOUR A COMMENT ABOUT GIVING A RANGE I THINK IS REALLY A STRONG ONE, AND WE'RE FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO THAT. PART OF IT IS, IS THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE VERY ANXIOUS.

EVERYBODY'S ANXIOUS ABOUT WHEN WE CAN GET IN THERE AND WHEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP. AND SO WE TRY TO IT'S A IT'S A FINE DANCE.

WE SORT OF DO IN TERMS OF THAT. BUT DULY NOTED.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, UNDER PROMISE OVER I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SAYING IS.

I'M GOING TO BLOW IT SO I WON'T EVEN TRY. BUT I THINK DULY NOTED.

AND WE YES. AND WE APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN WE DO THIS, WE KNOW THAT IT JUST REINFORCES TO US THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO GET IN THERE.

SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT COMMENT. WE APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN IT TO EVERYBODY. AND SO WE DON'T THEN GET ON THE DEFENSIVE.

BUT I THINK TO YOUR POINTS ARE ALL VALID AND WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

SO APPRECIATE THE INPUT. YEAH I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT TOO.

YOU KNOW, PART OF IT IS JUST CULTURALLY, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO SAY YES.

AND YOU KNOW WE'RE DOING IT. AND I THINK UNDER THE LEADERSHIP WITH KEN AND REN AND LISA AND EVERYBODY ELSE AGAIN, TRYING TO BE REALISTIC AND HAVING THAT RANGE.

TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. ANOTHER IDEA WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS IS ACTUALLY ON SITE HAVING, YOU KNOW, MORE OF THE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE COMING SOONS WITH MORE INFORMATION.

RIGHT. SO EXPLAINING KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING BY, THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING BY THIS PROJECT, TRYING TO ANSWER IT ON SCENE, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE YOUR MOST INTERESTED PARK USERS, RIGHT? SO WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS ON THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAYBE START TO PUT IN PLACE THIS YEAR.

SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME AND HEARING ME OUT ON ALL OF THAT.

I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME SHARE WITH YOU OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ALSO THE CHALLENGES WE FACE IN DELIVERING THOSE.

SO. YEP. DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECT PROCESS. SURE. THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL.

BY THE WAY, THIS LITTLE SLIDE, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS LIKE UNDER PROJECT ORIGIN.

IT DOESN'T REALLY WEIGH IN. LIKE WHERE DOES THE MASTER PLAN AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WEIGH IN ON PROJECT WEIGH IN? I MEAN, IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE ON THE GROUND THAT MONEY IS GOING TO DRIVE IT.

AND THESE WW THAT WE HAVE KIND OF DRIVES IT, BUT IT JUST SEEMS OTHER THAN JUST HAVING A COUPLE STUDY SESSIONS LIKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S MORE THAT COULD BE ADDED THERE.

I DON'T REALLY EXPECT YOU TO ANSWER THAT. I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE THAT DROP THAT COMMENT. THANK YOU. THIS ONE MIGHT BE MORE OF A QUESTION IN PRE-DESIGN AND WHAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT SEQUA REALLY NEEDING MORE AND MORE DETAIL LATER, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE UNDER PRE-DESIGN THERE COULD BE SORT OF A BEGIN SEQUA VERSUS DESIGN AND PERMIT IS CERTIFIED SEX. ESPECIALLY A COUPLE OF THE EXAMPLES YOU GAVE.

YES, LIKE IF THIS STEWARDSHIP TEAM WERE INVOLVED WHEN THE PALLID MANZANITA WAS FOUND, OR I TALKED TO SOMEONE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THERE WAS A WESTERN POND TURTLE THAT CROAKED DURING ONE OF OUR DREDGING SESSIONS.

OR RATHER THAN WAIT FOR JUST STEWARDSHIP IN THE BIOMONITORING AT THE END.

OH YES, WE HAVE. WE INVOLVE THEM. AND SO THEY ARE INVOLVED AT THE BEGINNING.

WE'VE LEARNED FROM THAT AND WE DO INCLUDE THEM. SO YES, LIKE THE ASBESTOS WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND, THE PALLID MANZANITA. THE WINDOWS OF OPERATION LIKE WHEN TO FISH NEST VERSUS I SAW A BALD EAGLE OUT AT TEMESCAL A COUPLE DAYS AGO LIKE YOU DON'T WANT.

THEY'RE OUT THERE WORKING ON A TREATMENT PLANT RIGHT NOW.

AND IT MADE ME WONDER, WAS THERE A WINDOW OR ANY CAUTION THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GOING ON? I GUESS THE BALD EAGLE HADN'T BEEN SEEN IN SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT IT WAS THERE AND I GOT TO SEE HIM JUST WEIGHING, HAVING BIO, THE BIO MONITORING GOING ON. ALWAYS.

THERE WAS A NATURALIST, I WAS TOLD ON SITE THEY WERE GOING TO GO GRAB FOR ME.

I'M LIKE, NO, NO, NO, NO, DON'T WANT TO BE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT INTERRUPTS THE DAY.

JUST THANK YOU. BYE BYE. I'M LEAVING NOW FOR THOSE FOR THOSE PROJECTS YOU MENTIONED STEWARDSHIP WAS INVOLVED EARLY IN THE VERY BEGINNING.

THEY ARE SOMETIMES SOMETIMES THEY JUST MISS SOMETHING TOO, RIGHT? SO EVEN OUR BEST EFFORTS, WE SOMETIMES MISS SOMETHING.

AND SO WE CATCH WE WANT TO BE ADAPTIVE EVEN WHEN WE CATCH IT LATER ON.

RIGHT. SO THAT WAS KIND OF MY OWN OWN THING. AND EVEN IN CONSTRUCTION, YOU'VE GOT US AS A BOARD TOUR AT THE DEDICATION.

I ADORE THE SITE VISITS. I MEAN, REALLY SEEING WE SIT HERE BECAUSE WE LOVE THE PARKS, BUT TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND SEE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND EVEN THE PARKING LOT, IT WAS JUST SO NICE. WE DID A FIELD TOUR THERE TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, AND YOU REALLY CAN SHOW US HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DO SOMETHING.

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YEAH. BUT ANYWAY INVOLVING US BEFORE THE BOARD TOUR OR THE FINAL DEDICATION, AND I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH.

I MEAN, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DRIVEN BY ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

SO YOU KNOW, LEARNING ALONG THE WAY. AND THESE EXAMPLES ARE WONDERFUL TO HEAR TODAY AND HOW WE CAN INVOLVE A VOICE FOR NATURE MUCH SOONER IN THE PROCESS.

GREAT. AND I WILL AMEND AND JUST FOLLOW UP WITH MAX'S STATEMENT THAT WE DO INCLUDE STEWARDSHIP IN THE VERY BEGINNING.

SO IN PRE-DESIGN, THEY'RE PART OF OUR DESIGN TEAM. WE HAVE A DESIGN TEAM FOR EACH PROJECT.

WE ENGAGE WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. SO WE'LL BRING IN STEWARDSHIP.

WE'LL BRING IN OPS SO THAT WE CAN SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

HOW DO YOU WANT? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MANAGE IT SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE US FEEDBACK AS TO WHAT WE CAN'T MAINTAIN THAT THAT SEEMS A BIT MUCH. SO WE'RE INCORPORATING ALL OF THAT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THESE PHASES. AND I GUESS JUST THE STEWARDSHIP FOR BIOMONITORING IS TO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT ISN'T SO.

AND IN ADDITION TO TO COMMENT DURING CONSTRUCTION.

WE TYPICALLY HAVE BIO MONITORS ON SITE. WE HAVE CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGERS ON SITE.

SO ANY GROUND DISTURBANCE. SO THOSE ARE ALL PART OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND PROCESS THAT ARE PART OF THESE.

IT'S JUST NOT HIGHLIGHTED IN THERE. SO I GUESS WE COULD AMEND THIS JUST SO YOU KNOW.

AND THEN AT THE END THE STEWARDSHIP OR BIO MONITORING IS JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, THAT THERE'S MORE THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE BY OTHER GROUPS IN THE, IN THE AGENCY.

YEAH, THEY'RE PROBABLY IN THE FINER DETAILS ON THE CRAZY WREN BRAIN MAP ON THE NEXT PAGE.

BUT I DO THINK BECAUSE WE'RE A PARKS AGENCY, I WOULD APPRECIATE SEEING THEM FRONT AND CENTER IN OUR WORK.

I GUESS IF I CAN ADD TO ON THAT PROJECT ORIGIN PIECE, YOUR BOARD IS VERY INVOLVED IN THAT ORIGIN OF PROJECT.

SO IN THAT LIST, THERE'S THE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS LIST THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HEAR FROM YOUR BOARD.

AND THEN ALSO THE VOTER APPROVED THE MEASURE WW OR MEASURE F.

PRETTY SURE WHEN THOSE LISTS GOT DEVELOPED. THAT WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BOARD.

SO IT'S YES, IT'S SO IT'S TYPICALLY WE'RE TRYING I THINK OUR TEAM IS REALLY TRYING TO TAKE BOTH SORT OF EMERGENCY THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP FROM THE FIELD PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER AGENCIES ALSO, WHICH OFTEN COMES THROUGH YOUR BOARD, AND THEN SOME OF THESE BOARD PRIORITIES TO INFORM WHAT THESE PROJECTS ARE.

I JUST HAVE TO USE AND NO OFFENSE TO MY BICYCLE FRIENDLY FRIENDS OUT THERE, BUT WHEN I SAW LIKE, THE FLOW TRAIL, I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT FOR PRE-DESIGN AND I HAVE WALKED THAT AREA WITH SOMEBODY NOT ONLY FOR SAFETY AND STEEPNESS.

AND ACTUALLY I LEARNED WHAT A FLOW TRAIL REALLY IS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST A TRAIL, BUT ALSO THAT THERE WERE SOME SPECIES OUT THERE.

I WAS WITH SOME FOLKS FROM THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY. AND SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

LIKE WHERE DID THAT ORIGIN FROM? IT ACTUALLY WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS DONE UNIQUELY FROM THE PUBLIC.

HOW IS THAT BEING REVIEWED BEFORE YOU GO TOO FAR AND PRE-DESIGN FOLKS GONE OUT THERE AND CHECKED ON THE STEEPNESS, THE SPEED, THE FLOW AND AND THE SPECIES. WILDCATS ARE VERY SPECIAL.

I SPOKE WITH A FRIEND LAST NIGHT FROM EPA AND HE GOES, WHY IS IT WHEN I WALK INTO TILDEN, I REALLY FEEL LIKE I HIT NATURE? BUT WHEN I WALK INTO WILDCAT, IT SORT OF FEELS DIFFERENT.

IT FEELS LIKE A RECREATION PARK. AND HE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW IT.

DEPENDING UPON THE DAY WHEN I GO OUT ON SATURDAY, I KIND OF CHOOSE MY PARK DEPENDING, DO I WANT TO BE ZEN WITH NATURE, OR DO I WANT TO BE IN THE PARK? AND I THINK AS WE ADDRESS THESE, IF THAT IS GOING TO BE MORE OF A RECREATION PARK VERSUS, YOU KNOW, TILDEN OR BRIONES IS GOING TO BE LIKE THINKING THAT THROUGH VERY EARLY ON IN THIS PRE-DESIGN.

AND WHAT'S THE BIG PICTURE? THE BIG PRIORITY, THE MASTER PLAN FOR THAT PARK AND THAT THAT I JUST USE THAT AS ONE EXAMPLE OF OF THE HOW DOES THAT FIT IN AND HOW CAN WE BETTER FIT THAT INTO A PROCESS THAT WE REALLY INVOLVE THE PUBLIC AND INVOLVE NATURE AND REALLY LOOK AT THIS GUIDED BY ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS. THAT'S IN OUR MISSION. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.

IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I BELIEVE IT'S TIME FOR A BREAK. BUT I'LL DEFER TO OUR PRESIDENT.

YOU ARE CORRECT. NOW IS THE BEST TIME, I BELIEVE, RIGHT? OKAY, GOOD. BREAK FOR LUNCH FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE READY TO GET. THE MEETING IS READY TO RESUME, AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR PRESENTATION.

GOOD AFTERNOON. NOW, WELCOME BACK FROM LUNCH.

FOR THE RECORD, I'M REN BATES, DIVISION LEAD OF DESIGN CONSTRUCTION.

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BEAR WITH ME FOR ONE SECOND, PLEASE.

SO WHEN WE LAST LEFT, WE WERE FINISHING DISCUSSIONS ON PROJECT DELIVERY TIMELINES AND ALL OF THAT.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

STAFF REPORT HAS A PRETTY GOOD HISTORY OF WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

IN TERMS OF THIS. I DON'T THINK I'LL REGURGITATE ALL THAT.

BUT IN BRIEF, IN 2022, AT THIS STUDY SESSION, WE PRESENTED THE CRITERIA AND THE QUESTIONS AND KIND OF WENT THROUGH THAT 2020, I THINK, OR 21 IS WHEN THE BOARD ADOPTED THE POLICY.

IT'S IN THERE FOR I FORGET THE DATE, BUT IT'S IN THE POLICY.

THE THE. THE STAFF REPORT. SO BUT AS A REMINDER, WE WENT OVER THE IN 2022 AT THE STUDY SESSION ABOUT ALL OF THE DETAILS. AND LAST YEAR WE DISCUSSED WE WOULD THEN USE THE POLICY TO GENERATE A LIST, WHICH IS I'LL SHOW IN A MINUTE. IT'S ATTACHMENT B, I BELIEVE IN YOUR REPORT.

BUT IN TERMS OF THAT, WHAT WE DID TO GENERATE THAT LIST IS OVER THE COURSE OF 2023 FORGETTING THAT WE'RE IN 2025 NOW, FORGIVE ME 2023, WE CONVENED AS A GROUP WHERE WE HAD THE DIVISION LEADS, THE AGM'S AND THE GM ALL PRESENT IN ONE ROOM.

THIS CHART SHOWS THAT WE WOULD HAVE IT SEQUENTIAL, BUT IN TERMS OF GENERATING THE LIST, IT MADE SENSE TO HAVE EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM AT THE SAME TIME. WE MET REGULARLY TO SOLICIT PROJECTS TO TALK ABOUT THE CRITERIA AS OUTLINED IN THE POLICY AND HOW TO SCORE THOSE.

THE THE FRUITION OF THESE EFFORTS ARE THE ATTACHMENT B LIST, WHICH IS NOT DISSIMILAR.

IT'S IN THE SAME VEIN AS WHAT WAS PRESENTED LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER, SO THE LIST IS GENERALLY THE SAME.

I THINK WHAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT IS THAT IT GENERATED A VERY LARGE LIST OF 215 PROJECTS.

SO THIS THIS ATTACHMENT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER ATTACHMENTS IN YOUR PACKET, IN THAT THIS HAS ACTIVE AND PROPOSED FUTURE PROJECTS IN IT.

SO SOME OF THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE SORT OF WANT LIST THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PRIORITIZE AND MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK PART OF IT IS THAT THIS AND YOU LOOK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS ATTACHMENT, IT HAS DECO, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON, THE ONES THAT AREN'T ASTERISK, THE ONES THAT HAVE AN ASTERISK NEXT TO THEM, ARE ONES THAT WERE NOT CURRENTLY ACTIVELY WORKING ON BUT ARE STILL IN ASSIGNED TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN IT GOES INTO OPS PLANNING, POLICE STEWARDSHIP TRAILS.

ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ONES THAT ARE EITHER IF IT'S TRUE THAT OUR OUR WISH LIST BASICALLY.

SO IT'S A LONG LIST OF 215 PROJECTS. I THINK THIS WAS OUR FIRST PASS AT UTILIZING THE BOARD APPROVED POLICY AND SEEING HOW IT WORKED OUT.

I THINK WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THESE FROM THIS PROCESS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NEXT IN TERMS OF THE QUESTIONS EARLIER ABOUT HOW THE BOARD'S INVOLVED AND HOW WE DO THIS, IS TAKING LESSONS LEARNED THAT WILL SHARE TODAY WITH THE BOARD, HAVE A DISCUSSION UPON IT IN TERMS OF WE'LL RECONVENE THIS GROUP TO MEET IN ANTICIPATION OF THE BUDGET CYCLE.

SO THIS GROUP, WHEN I SAY THIS GROUP, THIS GROUP UP HERE ON THIS SLIDE OF THE DIVISION LEADS, MS.. AND MS. WILL RECONVENE TO REVISIT THAT PROCESS THAT GENERATED THE LIST TO START SAYING, OKAY, WE'VE HEARD THESE INPUT. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS LIST AND START TO SORT OF MAKE IT A MORE MANAGEABLE LIST.

I THINK IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD AS PART OF THE BUDGET CYCLE.

SO THAT WILL KICK OFF IN APRIL, AND WE WANT TO TRY TO GET THAT TEAM TOGETHER TO HELP INFORM THIS.

SO BASED ON THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KATIE DIGNAN TO HELP TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LESSONS WE LEARNED FROM THAT PROCESS AND TALK THEN ABOUT FUNDING, AND I'LL COME BACK.

GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. KATIE DIGNAN, ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER, FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

SO AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS LAST YEAR, GOT FEEDBACK AND DEVELOPED THIS LIST THAT'S INCLUDED AS THE ATTACHMENT ONE MAIN THING THAT CAME OUT WAS THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO PROPERLY REVIEW AND ASSESS THESE PROJECTS, WE NEED MORE DETAILS ON THE PROJECT SCOPE AND KIND OF NEED TO DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, BECAUSE JUST HAVING A PROJECT NAME AND SOMEONE INDEPENDENTLY SCORING IT, IT WAS HARD FOR US TO EVALUATE THOSE SCORES.

SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS NEXT UPDATE WITH THE DIVISION LEADS, WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE INFORMATION, SPECIFICS ON THE PROJECT SO WE CAN REVIEW THOSE SCORES.

SECONDLY, SUPPORT FACILITIES AND TRAILS TEND TO HAVE LOWER SCORES AS THEY LIKE DON'T APPLY FOR HABITAT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION OR

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AND SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.

WE HAVE NUMEROUS PROJECTS WITH LOW CAPITAL PRIORITIZATION POLICY BEFORE THE CAPITAL PRIORITIZATION POLICY WAS ADOPTED.

BUT THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED AND HAD GONE THROUGH PRELIMINARY DESIGN, BUT WORK HAS BEEN DELAYED OR NOT PROGRESSED DUE TO LIMITED STAFF RESOURCES, CONSTRUCTION FEASIBILITY, AND OR PERMIT REGULATORY ISSUES.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT REN MENTIONED ARE ASTERISKED ON THE LIST THAT THEY'RE ON THE WORK PLAN, BUT THEY, THEY'RE NOT ACTIVELY BEING PROGRESSED ON.

AND THEN WHAT WE HEARD LAST TIME FROM THE THE STUDY SESSION IN OCTOBER, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT ADDITIONAL ITEMS BE ADDED TO THE SCORING CRITERIA, SUCH AS THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT NUMBERS TRAIL CONNECTIVITY, LOOKING AT CONNECTIVITY.

HOW OUR TRAILS CONNECT USERS TO A DESTINATION.

ACTING AS AN ALTERNATE FORM OF TRANSPORTATION THAT'S NOT JUST FOR RECREATIONAL USE ONLY.

AND THEN WE WANTED TO OPEN IT UP FOR IF THERE WERE OTHER THINGS WE'RE MISSING THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER THIS ROUND.

SO REALLY GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK TODAY ON THINGS WE SHOULD LOOK AT AND THEN POSSIBLY COME BACK WITH PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE POLICY.

SO I KNOW THIS IS THE THIRD TIME NOW THAT I'VE BEEN AT THIS WORKSHOP, AND EACH TIME I'VE ALWAYS MENTIONED TRANSIT AS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER FOR INCLUSION.

IN OUR SCORING MODEL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME WHO BELIEVE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY ACCESS, THAT TRANSIT REALLY IS ONE OF THOSE GREAT I GUESS, METHODS FOR DETERMINING EQUITY ACCESS.

AND SO I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO STRONGLY CONSIDER INCLUDING TRANSIT AS A PART OF THIS RUBRIC.

OKAY. COULD YOU GIVE US ANY MORE? WELL, YEAH, I THINK PROXIMITY TO BART.

OR IF THERE'S A BUS STOP IN FRONT OF THE PARK.

ESPECIALLY IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, A BUS THAT'S CONNECTED TO BART. I THINK I ALWAYS USE SHADOW CLIFFS AS AN EXAMPLE.

THERE'S A BUS STOP RIGHT IN FRONT OF SHADOW CLIFFS.

SOMETIMES IT'S EVERY 15 MINUTES, SOMETIMES IT'S EVERY 20 MINUTES. AND IT IS CONNECTED TO DUBLIN PLEASANTON BART STATION.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT CAN POTENTIALLY CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF HOW WE MIGHT VIEW A PARK LIKE SHADOW CLIFFS.

OKAY. AND THEN I GUESS ON THE FLIP SIDE, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME PARKS WHERE WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TRANSIT GO TO THAT PARK AND IT MIGHT HAVE IN THE PAST, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH OUR TRANSIT AGENCIES.

I'M THINKING MORE FROM THE BUS PERSPECTIVE. BUT I THINK THAT THAT ALSO IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE INCLUDED AND MAYBE YOU KNOW, IS THERE LIKE A PROJECT? BECAUSE I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS ONCE TO ME. SO MAYBE FEEL FREE TO FILL IN THE BLANKS ON WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY. BUT I BELIEVE OUR MEASURE F THERE IS SOME MONEY FOR TRANSIT. AND SO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A PARK IN THAT IN THAT GEOGRAPHY AND WE WANTED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF TRANSIT OPPORTUNITY, WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED PART OF CAPITAL PROJECTS? WOULD THAT BE SEPARATE? SO THOSE ARE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS TO ASK. AND THEN I SUPPOSE ALSO WITH, WITH FUTURE TRANSIT, I MEAN I'VE ALSO MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PRETTY STRONG EFFORT FOR A PROJECT CALLED VALLEY LINK TO CONNECT THE DUBLIN PLEASANTON BART STATION TO SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY AND PART OF THAT VALLEY LINK PROJECT. THERE WILL BE STOPS THROUGHOUT 580 IN LIVERMORE, INCLUDING NEAR SOME OF OUR EXISTING PARKS AT THE PRESENT TIME.

SO YOU KNOW, THAT THAT ALSO COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE DYNAMICS ALSO CHANGES THE DYNAMICS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CONNECTING TRAILS LIKE THE TASSAJARA CREEK TRAIL AND IRON HORSE TRAIL THAT GO THROUGH DUBLIN PLEASANTON BART STATION.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, ARE YOU ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT IF A PROJECT IS NEAR TRANSIT THAT IT SHOULD GET MORE, MORE POINTS, BETTER, BETTER SCORING? IS THAT IS THAT THE GOAL THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? I MEAN, I THINK SO. I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I GET IT.

YEAH. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I MEAN, I THINK WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONNECTION IS BETWEEN THE TRANSIT AND THE PROJECTS.

I GUESS I FIND SOMETIMES WE TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED ON AUTOMOBILES AND PARKING.

WHEN I THINK I THINK THIS TIES INTO THE SECOND BULLET POINT HERE TRAIL CONNECTIVITY.

I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO BE MINDFUL OF ALTERNATE OPTIONS FOR ACCESSING OUR PARKS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE CARS.

YEAH. WELL, I KNOW I'VE HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS AT THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE WITH THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CONNECTION BUS SYSTEM, AND THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH THE DISTRICT TO PROMOTE WAYS THAT THEIR TRANSIT CAN HELP US GO ON A HIKE OR A BIKE RIDE, YOU KNOW, GO DO A DO A, DO A POINT TO POINT AND RIDE BACK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW? SO. EXCUSE ME. GOD DARN IT. YOU KNOW, I SUPPOSE MY OTHER POINT, YOU KNOW, CARS ARE EXPENSIVE AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD CARS.

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OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL, I THINK.

I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS. SO WE'LL BRING THIS BACK AND KIND OF THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN UNPACK THAT A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK IT'S LIKE NUMBER THREE AROUND THE INCREASING ON THE ACCESS.

YEAH. THERE MAY BE SOMETHING MAYBE WE JUST ADD MORE CLARIFICATION TO THAT BULLET.

YES, YES. SORRY. YEAH. THIS THIS IS KIND OF A QUESTION FOR ALL OF US.

BUT LIKE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT CAPITAL PRIORITIES, PRIORITIZATION SCORE, AND REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DIFFERENT PROJECTS RELATED TO TRAIL RESTORATION OR OTHER TYPE OF KIND OF PARK FACILITIES VERSUS THE PUBLIC FACILITIES SCORE LOWER. SO THEN HOW COULD WE REALLY LIKE TWEAK SOME OF THIS CRITERIA SO THAT THOSE COULD SCORE HIGHER BECAUSE, I MEAN, THERE WAS A REALIZATION THAT THOSE WEREN'T SCORING AS HIGH WITH THE CURRENT CRITERIA, BUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO OR CHANGE? SO THOSE DO SCORE HIGHER AND WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS WITH THIS MATRIX. I MEAN, I THINK I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHER OPTIONS WE COULD DO IF WE WANTED TO TO, TO SEPARATE THIS OUT AND MAYBE DEFINE LIKE DO A DIFFERENT CRITERIA FOR TRAILS AND DO A DIFFERENT CRITERIA FOR SUPPORT FACILITIES.

IT JUST WOULD BE THEN WE'D WE'D REALLY NEED TO BE STRATEGIC OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO WEIGHT THOSE LIKE WEIGHT EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS.

SO I THINK IT'S IT'S KIND OF OPEN RIGHT NOW OF LIKE WE'RE JUST WANTING TO GET FEEDBACK OF HOW WOULD WE ADDRESS THIS, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE WAY OTHER AGENCIES I'VE SEEN HAVE DONE IT IS THEY DID THEY DO BREAK IT OUT INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND THEN HAVE LIKE A WEIGHTING STRUCTURE OF, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR PLAN, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT HIGHER VALUE ON AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRIORITIZATION, BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE BASICALLY THREE LISTS THAT HAVE SCORES.

AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO DETERMINE WHICH, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MOVE THOSE FORWARD.

YEAH. I WAS THINKING ALONG THE SAME LINES OF MAYBE YOU NEED A SEPARATE BUCKET, ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, BECAUSE THAT IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THING THAN, THAN SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

SO I DON'T THINK YOU COULD JUST ADD IN A CRITERIA AND MAKE THAT WORK.

SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MORE SO WITH TRAILS. I HAVE TO THINK MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT CERTAINLY FOR THE YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRE STATIONS AND OTHER, OTHER AREAS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE ITS OWN CATEGORY. I MEAN, KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME, BUT BUT IN, IN THE PLANNING, THERE WERE SOME THAT ARE JUST MARKED, YOU KNOW, E FOR EMERGENCY OR WHATEVER.

I MEAN, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT QUITE AN EMERGENCY YET, BUT THEY PREVENT HELP TO PREVENT OR MITIGATE AN EMERGENCY.

SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME, SOME, SOME CATEGORY OF THEIR OWN.

I HAVE ONE RELATED TO THIS. SO THE ONLY ONE THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN 2022 IS THE ACTUAL TOP LINE OF THE MATRIX.

SO SO THIS PAGE THAT WAS SHARED WITH US TODAY WHERE YOU HAVE THE CATEGORIES AND THE POINTS.

SO THE FOLLOW UP, AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN 2023 WHEN I FIRST JOINED THIS BOARD IS THE CRITERIA AREA EVALUATION SHEET.

AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS IN 2020 AND 2020.

BUT THIS HAS NEVER BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

SO I'M FINDING EXCUSE MY BACK. IT'S AWKWARD. SOME OF THE JUXTAPOSITION OF SCORING HERE IS JUST FASCINATING. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE VISITOR CENTER SCORES FAIRLY LOW 50, AND THEN COMPARE IT TO THE LITTLE FARM GOAT BARN UPGRADE, WHICH IS ALMOST TWICE AS HIGH AT 95. AND, YOU KNOW, GOATS DON'T EVEN NEED BARNS, YOU KNOW? SO SO HUM. YEAH. GOATS ARE FLEXIBLE. THEY CAN JUST LIVE OFF THE LAND.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE. AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING MISSING.

AND THIS OCCURS AS I COMPARE SCORES THROUGHOUT.

AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS MISSING.

AND IT SUDDENLY OCCURRED TO ME AND I'M, I'M CALLING IT THE ROTARY SCORING.

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WHAT WOULD I MOST LIKE TO BRING WITH ME TO THAT ENGAGEMENT AND TALK ABOUT? AND THAT WHEN I LOOK AT PROJECTS IN WARD SEVEN, THAT REALLY IMPACTS HOW I WOULD PRIORITIZE, BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S STUFF THAT WOULD BE ENORMOUSLY POPULAR, RIGHT? AND WE'RE ALL POLITICIANS ON THE BOARD. SO WE WANT TO GO TO THE ROTARY CLUBS AND TELL THEM ALL THIS GOOD NEWS WITH VERY POPULAR THINGS.

AND IN MY MIND THE PROJECT SCORE A LOT DIFFERENTLY.

SO I GUESS IN WARD 1 YOU WOULD MUCH PREFER TO GO TO THE ROTARIES AND TALK ABOUT THE VISITOR CENTER BEING PLANNED AND UNDERWAY. THEN THE GOAT BARN UP AT TILDEN.

AND SO WHEN WHEN YOU ADD, I GUESS IT WOULD BE WHAT WOULD BE THE POPULARITY OF A PROJECT. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TRAILS WOULD SCORE A LOT HIGHER.

THE TRAIL FROM THAT, WE WANT THE GAP WE WANT TO FILL BETWEEN POINT WILSON AND POINT PINOLE IS GOING TO BE AN ENORMOUSLY POPULAR TRAIL. THE THE BAY TRAIL FROM PINOLE SHORES UP TO RODEO WAS REALLY, REALLY POPULAR.

SO YOU ADD THAT GAP AND BY THAT WAY OF SCORING, IT JUST SHEER POPULARITY OF A PROJECT THAT WE COULD PRODUCE THAT WOULD SCORE OFF THE ROOF. IT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE A SHIFT IN HOW WE PRIORITIZE TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.

SO I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE SOME POINTS SOMEWHERE FOR SHEER UTILIZATION OF POPULARITY AMONG OUR USERS. THOSE 30 MILLION.

MAYBE IT'S DOWN TO 25 PEOPLE. PEOPLE WHO VISIT OUR PARKS EVERY YEAR.

HOW WOULD THESE VARIOUS ITEMS SCORE WITH JUST FROM SHEER POPULARITY? AND I'M NOT SURE HOW TO DO THAT, HOW IT WOULD WORK INTO THE EXISTING PROCESS.

BUT THAT'S JUST WHAT I'VE IDENTIFIED WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S MISSING IN MY LIFE, MY MIND, AND TO ME AS AN ELECTED. RIGHT. SO ANOTHER INSTANCE, I UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT.

I GO AHEAD DENNIS IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD. SO SO YOU'RE IT WOULD BE LIKE A CRITERIA.

WHAT IS THE PUBLIC MOST WANT. IS THAT SORT OF THE CRITERIA THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT.

YEAH. AND I WHIMSICALLY TRANSLATE IT INTO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT WHEN I GO TO THE ROTARIES. RIGHT.

YEAH. NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I WAS I WAS STRUCK BY HOW A PROJECT THAT SORT OF SIMILAR COULD SCORE DIFFERENT IN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, LIKE THE LIKE THE TRAIL AT, AT POINT THAT IT, IT SCORED PRETTY WELL.

BUT THEN PART TWO WAS LIKE I MEAN, IT WAS 60, WHICH ISN'T THAT THAT WAS SURPRISINGLY LOW TO ME FOR BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND FOR THAT, THAT TRAIL. SO MAYBE THAT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT GOES TO EXACTLY, BUT IT JUST IT JUST JUMPED OUT TO ME AS SOMETHING WAS A LITTLE OFF THERE.

YEAH. AND I THINK FOR THE SCORING AND JUST THE OTHER POINT THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, DIRECTOR COFFEY, I THINK AS, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS NEXT ROUND AND RECONVENE THE GROUP IN APRIL, IT'S RELOOKING AT ALL OF THESE SCORES AND, AND ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, REALLY DIVING INTO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT SCORED IT, HOW YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT FACTORS DID YOU REVIEW AND AND HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THIS.

YEAH. THANK YOU, COLIN, FOR DESCRIBING THAT THE WAY HE DID, BECAUSE YOU DID IT MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ON, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING FOR WHAT WE COULD ADD AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT.

AND I'M TRYING TO INCREASING, ENHANCING AND ENHANCING ACCESS.

I THINK NOT ONLY WHAT WE FEEL IS POPULAR. I'M THINKING OF, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP SAYING LET'S, LET'S PEOPLE WANT THIS. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE THINK THEY WANT IT.

WE BASE IT ON WHAT WE PERCEIVE THEY WANT. BUT IF I WERE LOOKING TO ENHANCE SOMETHING AND I'M OBVIOUSLY DEPICTING, MY FAVORITE AREA IS STANFORD AVENUE. STANFORD AVENUE STAGING AREA IS WOEFULLY INADEQUATE.

IT'S NOTHING BUT A SOURCE OF PROBLEMS, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S TOTALLY POLITICAL.

WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT THAT SUGGESTS WE COULD PUT 300 PARKING SPOTS IN THERE.

I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT, BUT WE COULD DO SOMETHING.

AND THEN AT THE VERY LEAST, WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME IN THE PARK DISTRICT, AND IT'S IT'S MAYBE NOT NUMBER ONE.

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WE'RE SPENDING OVER $30,000 TO PUT CHEMICAL TOILETS IN THERE, WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY ABHORS.

BUT I GUESS IT'S THE COMMUNITY OR THE POLITICS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DON'T ALLOW US TO SUGGEST, LET'S SPEND $100,000 AND PUT IN MORE OF THE RESTROOMS. THERE IS A RESTROOM THERE. IT'S JUST ONE STALL, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, BUT IT NEEDS MORE.

WE'RE PAYING AN OUTSIDE SOURCE TO PUT IN SIX CHEMICAL TOILETS, WHICH JUST TRASH THE PLACE, IN MY OPINION. I MEAN, EVERYBODY COME ON. CHEMICAL TOILET.

THAT DOESN'T ENHANCE ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY. AND IT'S RIGHT THERE.

AND OH, AND THE POINT IS, I THINK THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN ON THAT ONE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GAUGE PEOPLE OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT MISSION PEAK IS PACKED ALL THE TIME.

ERGO, THE PROBLEMS WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS OR UNDERSTAND THAT MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME TO TO STANFORD AVENUE AND HIKE UP MISSION PEAK. THAT IS, THE FOLKS HAVE SPOKEN.

THEY DO IT EVEN THOUGH WE WE WELL, IT'S HARD TO GET THERE.

IT'S HARD TO DO THAT. IT'S HARD TO BRING YOUR FAMILY TO FIND A PARKING SPOT OR AND USE THOSE CRUMMY RESTROOMS WHEN WE COULD MAKE IT.

THE FOLKS WANT TO GO THERE. THEY STILL GO THERE. I THINK WE COULD IMPROVE THAT.

I LOOK AT WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO TAKE A SURVEY.

YOU JUST GO TO COYOTE HILLS ON A WEEKEND AND SEE THAT WHOLE NEW POPULATION IN THE SOUTH BAY AREA THERE IS CHANGING.

THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE CHANGING. PEOPLE ARE PILING INTO THAT PARK ALL THE TIME.

SO ANY ENHANCEMENTS? I THINK THAT WE TALK ABOUT AND WE SET THESE PRIORITIES AND.

APPLY A SCORE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE. WE OUGHT TO SIT BACK SOME WAY AND EITHER OBSERVE OR SURVEY AND JUST SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE NEED MORE RESTROOMS ACCESS, BETTER TRAILS, CONNECTING TRAILS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT YOU DO THAT OTHER THAN JUST OBSERVING AND NOT HAVING US SAY, OH, THESE FOLKS WANT THIS, AND HERE'S THE NUMBER WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM. SO TO GO ON HERE.

SO MAYBE LIKE CALLING IT LIKE A PUBLIC FAVORABILITY SCORE OR CRITERIA LIKE POPULARITY.

WELL, YEAH, SURE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK ONE INCONSISTENCY TOO, WITH THE SCORING IS EACH DEPARTMENT WAS SCORING THIS AND EACH OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE HAVE A DIFFERENT LEVEL IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF LIKE PLANNING AND PROJECTS AND PHASES. SO MAYBE SOME DEPARTMENTS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE IN POINTS.

BECAUSE THIS WASN'T SCORED BY ONE CENTRAL BODY.

SO I THINK THAT COULD DEAL WITH SOME DISCREPANCIES TOO.

BUT I THINK WITH WHEN YOU'RE SAYING WITH FAVORABILITY, LIKE WHAT DO WE ALSO NEED TO BUILD AND PROVIDE? SO THE NEXT, NEXT TIME WE GO AND ASK FOR MONEY TO BECAUSE A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS YOU THAT ARE PRESENTED.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING TO COMPLETE THEM AT THIS TIME PERIOD.

SO I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO BUILD AND COMPLETE SO THAT WHEN WE GO BACK AND ASK FOR FUNDING, THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT THERE WAS A GOOD EXPENDITURE OF THEIR DOLLARS.

SO YOU MADE A GOOD POINT. DIRECTOR ESPAÑA IS THE PEOPLE THAT SUBMITTED THE PROJECT LIST, FIRST OFF, NOT WELL DESCRIBED IN THEIR, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT A CONCEPT.

BUT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE LEARNED, GETTING THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IT IS, THAT REQUEST, THAT PROJECT REQUEST, BUT ALSO HAVING A COMMITTEE INTERNALLY WITH OUR, OUR CAPITAL PROJECT TEAM THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY, REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THAT DIFFERENT DIVISIONS DOING A UNIFIED SCORE INSTEAD OF THE DIVISION ITSELF DOING THE SCORE SO THAT THERE IS CONSISTENCY ON, ON THE SCORING AND, AND AND UNDERSTANDING.

SO WE DEFINITELY IDENTIFIED THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

ONE OF THE THINGS AND I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE NINE CRITERIA THAT I USED ARE FAMILIAR WITH FOR FEDERAL PROJECTS, I THINK YOU'VE CAPTURED, YOU KNOW, SEEING THIS, I HADN'T SEEN THIS UNTIL WE HAD THIS MEETING AND THESE NOTES.

I THINK A LOT OF THEM ARE CAPTURED IN WHAT WHAT WAS ALWAYS WHAT WE CALLED THE TWO LAST MODIFIERS HITS ON THE ISSUES.

LIKE, EVEN WITH EVERYTHING IN PLACE, YOU LOOK AT THE COST, YOU LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENT. ACTUALLY, COST ISN'T ONE OF THEM ON HERE, WHICH I NOTED IT

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AND THEN WHAT WHAT WE OFTEN USE WERE THESE TWO WHAT WE CALL MODIFIERS.

YOU GO THROUGH ALL YOUR LISTS, YOU CHECK IT FOR HUMAN RISK AND ECO RISK.

AND IN THE END, WHAT'S THE COMMUNITY ACCEPTANCE? THAT WAS KIND OF THE TERM. LIKE WHAT YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE A GAP? IS THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANT THIS? WHAT'S AND ALSO WHAT ABOUT OUR PARTNERS ACCEPTANCE IS THERE, WHICH GOES BACK TO COST. LIKE IS THERE SOMEBODY I JUST FOUND OUT JOHN SUTTER OAKLAND JUST APPROVED, YOU KNOW, FOR THE OVER OVER WALKWAY, THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IS GOING FORWARD.

SO THAT COULD SUDDENLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A PROJECT OR IN THE SCORING SUDDENLY CHANGE.

IF THERE'S A BUNCH OF MONEY COMING FROM OTHER PARTNERS IN THE AREA THAT ARE DOING IT, OR WE SUDDENLY FIND OUT THERE'S A COMMUNITY THAT'S NOT REPRESENTED, OR MAYBE THERE'S A SUPER OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S A REALLY HIGH TRAFFIC FLOW FOR THE ASIAN COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S A NICE BUS STOP THERE. SO SOMEHOW I AGREE, WE NEED TO KIND OF HAVE SOMETHING IN THE END THAT THAT SOMEHOW WAYS THAT ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMUNITY OR DESIRE OF THE COMMUNITY, WHATEVER WE END UP CALLING IT.

AND THEN I THINK OUR PARTNERS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR PARTNERS WANT IF IF IF THE TOLL BRIDGE IS GOING TO BE UNDERWATER AND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY FOR THAT, PLUS THERE'S A BUNCH OF MONEY FOR AN OVERLAY WALKWAY, THEN MAYBE THAT PROJECT WOULD GO HIGHER ON THE LIST.

THANK YOU. SO I JUST HAD A POINT OF CLARIFYING QUESTION FOR CLARIFYING PURPOSES.

TRAIL TRAIL CONNECTIVITY. YOU WERE. DID YOU MENTION THAT THAT WAS RELATED TO A TRAIL THAT FUNCTIONS AS TRANSPORTATION THAT WAS IN THERE? OKAY. BECAUSE I WANTED TO ADD THAT OR MAYBE IT OUGHT TO BE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A REFERENCE DOCUMENT OR NOT, BUT I MEAN, TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT OF TRAILS.

I MEAN, MEAN, THAT'S REALLY THAT SHOULD REALLY.

BE IMPORTANT AND. WHEN WHEN IT IS A FEATURE OF A TRAIL, IT DOES ATTRACT FUNDING, YOU KNOW, MORE FUNDING SOURCES WHEN YOU CAN ALSO GET HIGHWAY, YOU KNOW, KINDS OF KINDS OF MONEY.

THE OTHER THING I THINK THAT SHOULD BE MENTIONED IN CONNECTIVITY IS IF IF THE PROJECT IS A GAP, I MEAN, GAP. AND AGAIN, GAP PROJECTS DO ATTRACT FUNDING BETTER THAN IF IT ISN'T A GAP.

SO THAT IF A, IF A PROJECT LIKE THE ONE THAT DIRECTOR COFFEY WAS MENTIONING POINT WILSON ET-CETERA FILLS A GAP, YOU KNOW SO THAT SHOULD BOOST UP.

IT'S, IT'S SCORING, I THINK. AND ALSO WHAT YOU MENTIONED TRANSPORTATION THAT TRAIL WILL BE USED POTENTIALLY BY A THOUSAND PEOPLE, TO COMMUTE TO ALL THOSE JOBS AT ATLAS.

OH, YEAH. IT'S HUGE. SO IF YOU WERE TO COMBINE A PROJECT THAT IS FILLING A GAP AND SERVES AS TRANSPORTATION, THAT WOULD REALLY MOVE IT UP THE LIST, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE SCORING WOULD JUST COME OUT REALLY GREAT.

REALLY HIGH. OKAY. OKAY. I'M WONDERING, I JUST A FOLLOW ON. SO FOR SOME OF THE NOT ALL, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE EXISTING PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA, BUT MAYBE JUST WANT TO FLUSH IT OUT.

I MEAN, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CRITERIA.

AND WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REVIEWING THESE ARE, IS THERE A SET OF QUESTIONS THAT GO WITH THESE, THESE CRITERIA, OR IS IT MORE LIKE A GUT FEEL? YEAH. SO THAT'S THE OTHER ATTACHMENT THAT WE INCLUDED IS KIND OF LIKE THE REFERENCE THAT PEOPLE ARE ARE AS THEY'RE SCORING KIND OF TO COME TO THAT CONCLUSION OF THE SCORE. OKAY. BUT AS I MENTIONED, THIS HAS NEVER BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

SORRY. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

YEAH. NO. AND IT WASN'T IN THE PACKET. OH IT WASN'T I HAVEN'T I DON'T MAYBE I HAVE SEEN BUT NOT FOR A WHILE I'M NOT SURE.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT IT'S NEVER BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE BOARD TO APPROVE. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.

WELL, THAT'S THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, BUT. WELL, OKAY.

SO THERE'S ALREADY THE QUESTIONS THAT CAN FLUSH IT OUT.

SO MAYBE MAYBE THE QUESTIONS ESPECIALLY LIKE AROUND THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONNECTIVITY OF TRAILS TO ME THAT THAT GOES OR COULD GO UNDER INCREASING AND ENHANCING ACCESS FOR EXAMPLE. SO SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WE'VE ALREADY GOT LIKE WHAT TEN CRITERIA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT A WHOLE BUNCH OF MORE CRITERIA, BUT MAYBE WE CAN FOLD IN SOME OF THESE IDEAS EITHER INTO THE EXISTING CRITERIA OR,

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I, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO GET TOO UNWIELDY FOR PEOPLE, SO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? I MEAN, WE'RE NOT.

ARE WE STICKING SABRINA. ARE WE STICKING TO THIS SCORING WHEN WE'RE PRIORITIZING, OR ARE WE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO JUST THINK THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE MORE IN DEMAND THAN THIS ONE? I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF FLEXIBILITY IS THERE? OR SO IF SOMETHING SCORES 50, ARE WE NEVER GOING TO GET TO IT OR NO.

WHAT DO WE DO? I'M GLAD YOU RAISED THIS. SO THIS IS JUST ONE TOOL.

IT'S ONE TOOL. IT'S ONE SET OF INPUTS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, SITTING HERE AND JUST HAVING THE, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THE BLACK BOX OF THE ALGORITHM AND SAY, HERE'S YOUR PROJECT LIST, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE YOU KNOW, THERE'S WE KNOW THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO OVERRIDE EVEN THE ESSENTIAL ONES.

RIGHT? THAT ARE I MEAN, HONESTLY, IF YOU JUST JUST DO ESSENTIAL ONES, THAT WOULD TAKE UP ALL OF THEIR WORK PLAN.

WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BOARD WANTS US TO DO.

SO WE DO LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD BASED OFF OF THE INPUT FROM YOU ALL.

THERE IS A LOT MORE NUANCE IN THERE AND BACK AND FORTH, RIGHT? IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS. SO THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT AS THEY GO THROUGH AS A, AS A COMMITTEE AND DO THE SCORING, I'M NOT PART OF THE SCORING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL LAYERS OF REVIEW BEFORE IT REALLY COMES AS A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH.

SO ABSOLUTELY, IT'S JUST THIS IS ONE SET OF DATA THAT WE USE TO PUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD.

ONE THING WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT BUT IT'S BUT IT'S USEFUL, RIGHT.

IT'S GIVING GIVING THEM SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NOTHING BEFORE.

RIGHT. YEAH. I THINK IT'S GREAT. YEAH. AND THE OTHER THING IS THE NOT EVERYTHING'S GOING TO FIT PERFECTLY WITHIN THESE BOXES, RIGHT. AS WE, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE KNOW ABOUT WHERE IT'S LIKE, NO, NO, NO, NO, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO DO THAT PROJECT NOW. AND THE OTHER THING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS, I THINK KIND OF THE SEQUENCE OF WHEN THE THIS COMES TO THE BOARD AND HOW THIS ALL, YOU KNOW, IT USED TO JUST BE AND JUST REMINDING THE, THE BOARD HERE, THE PRACTICE THAT YOU DIDN'T GET OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS IN ONE PACKAGE.

RIGHT. IT JUST KIND OF CAME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WERE WORKING ON AND WHAT THE PRIORITIZATION WAS.

AND CERTAINLY THAT'S THE RESULT OF THAT IS A LOT OF PARTIALLY FUNDED PROJECTS, FRANKLY.

SO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, AND I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO THE EXACT DATE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH DEB AND KATIE AND MAX AND THE TEAM AND ALL OF KEN'S TEAM TO FIND A TOUCHPOINT BACK WITH THE BOARD BEFORE THE THE THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION COMES OUT.

EXACTLY WHAT THAT TIMING IS IS TRICKY. THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THE EXACT DATE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THERE'S ALL THIS PRE-WORK THAT THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO START NEXT MONTH OR IN MAY.

TO START TO TO DO THIS SCORING. LOOK AT ALL THE LISTS.

THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF YOUR YOUR PRIORITIES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AT THE NEXT STUDY SESSION OR TWO STUDY SESSIONS FROM NOW.

SO WHETHER I THINK THAT WE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT SEPTEMBER ISH.

SHE'S KIND OF NODDING AT THE ISH NESS. SO THAT THERE IS ANOTHER, LIKE, KIND OF PASS WHERE WE CAN SHOW THE BOARD.

HERE'S WHAT WE HEARD, HERE'S WHERE THE SCORING LANDED, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY THINKING FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET.

AND HAVE YOU BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON THAT BEFORE IT'S DECEMBER AND IT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, AND IT'S KIND OF TOO LATE AT THAT POINT.

SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU.

AND SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE SEE THE SCORING AND SEE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

BUT YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THIS IS JUST ONE SET OF INPUTS THAT GOES INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THAT HELPS ME TO KNOW HOW TO WORK MY MYSELF.

AS YOU KNOW, I VIEW A LARGE PART OF THIS JOB OF BEING A BOARD MEMBER, AS BEING AN ADVOCATE VIS A VIS YOU AND OUR STAFF, AND INFLUENCING IS THE TERM FOR PRIORITIZATION AND SUCH.

WHAT HELPS ME IS BECAUSE IT IS A BIT PERPLEXING.

WHEN DO WE REALLY CHIME IN? I, I COULD TAKE UP THIS WHOLE MEETING ON THIS LIST.

RIGHT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AND IT OVERLAPS A LOT WITH THE ANNUAL PRIORITIZATION THAT WE DO THAT ENDS UP IN WHAT, TWO DIFFERENT SESSIONS COMING UP.

RIGHT. APRIL AND AND MAY. A LOT OF THESE ON THIS LIST OVERLAP WITH MY PRIORITIES.

I WAS LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S, AND I THINK THAT STATUS SHEET THAT AMANDA CLAIRE USED TO DO, AMANDA WORK ON, THAT I JUST THINK ARE MARVELOUS TOOLS.

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I'M, I'M TALKING OUT LOUD TO SEE IF I'M OFF BASE.

THAT SOUNDS RIGHT. OKAY. NO, YOU'RE SPOT ON THERE.

AND EVERY EVERY AS MAX IS MENTIONING, EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU, EVERY SITE VISITS, EVERY INQUIRY THAT COMES IN, EVERY CONSTITUENT, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE ALL FACTORED IN.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO WEIGH THE FULL DISTRICT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND EACH OF YOU REPRESENTS A WARD.

AND THEN OUR JOB IS REALLY TO LOOK AT THAT FULL BUCKET AND PUT IT FORWARD. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD YOU THIS IS AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS NOW THIS IS MY THIRD JURISDICTION OF HAVING A SCORING MECHANISM WHERE IT IS HELPFUL, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU ALL COULD SAY, HEY, THAT PROJECT HAS A 12.

NO, LIKE WE'RE AS A BODY, WE STILL ARE VOTING TO PUT THAT UP AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, AND THAT'S TOTALLY NORMAL.

AND WE EXPECT THAT. AND THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE.

SO THIS IS NOT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A HIGHER NUMBER HERE.

THAT MEANS THAT'S THE PROJECT THAT WE EXPECT THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO APPROVE.

BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF NOT GOING BACK TO WHAT REN PRESENTED EARLIER, HE HAS 52 PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE WORK PLAN.

THAT, AND AS WE'VE PRESENTED IN HERE IN THE CIP, NOT ALL OF THOSE HAVE FUNDING.

SO THAT HAS BEEN THE THE STRATEGY, AS WE'VE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET, IS TO TAKE THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN WORKING AND MOVING TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION AND PUTTING FUNDING TOWARDS THOSE.

SO NEW PROJECTS THAT CAN ADD TO THE LIST, WE'D HAVE TO DROP SOMETHING IN ORDER, AS KEN MENTIONED EARLIER, IN ORDER, WE'D HAVE TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF THE LIST IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOMETHING ON TO IT THIS TIME, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE BACKLOG OF PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. SO THIS SHOWS YOU THE WHOLE UNIVERSE OF WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO.

BUT WE ALREADY HAVE THIS 52 PROJECTS THAT THE TEAM IS WORKING ON.

AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO STOP AND NOT PUT ANY MORE FUNDING TO MOVE THOSE TO CONSTRUCTION, WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE THOSE DECISIONS SOON SO THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING THOSE PROJECTS OUT.

SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE LIST.

IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE SOMETHING IN, THEN WE SHOULD WE NEED TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT AND TO PUT A FINE POINT ON IT.

IN 2026, THERE'S A $77 MILLION FUNDING GAP FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE LIST.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY RAISE $16 MILLION A YEAR IN GRANTS.

IS THAT RIGHT? SO IT WOULD BE VERY UNLIKELY THAT WE COULD RAISE ALL THAT IN GRANTS.

CAN I JUST A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS BOUNCING OFF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS AND WHAT MAX JUST SAID, I THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT WW FUNDING BECAUSE WE'VE TOUCHED ON ON IT A LOT LATELY. AND SABRINA, YOU MADE THE POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NEED FOR REALLOCATION OF SOME OF THE WW MONEY.

I'M PRETTY MUCH A STICKLER FOR THE MAP WE PRESENTED IN 2008.

RIGHT. BUT IF THERE IS WW MONEY THAT IS GOING UNSPENT AND AS YOU WARN IN THE BACKGROUND MATERIALS HERE, WE'RE NOT SPENDING IT FAST ENOUGH TO MEET WITH REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.

AND MAYBE WE SHOULD REALLY FOCUS ON WW ALLOCATIONS AND SEE IF WE CAN SPEND MONEY QUICKER THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW THAT DOESN'T STRIKE ME AS SOMETHING DIFFICULT JUST FOR MYSELF.

AND THERE'S ALSO A CONTINGENCY A AMOUNT IN THERE TOO.

THAT IS NOT 20 MILLION. YES, IT'S LIKE 20 MILLION.

IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT IDENTIFIED FOR ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. SO THAT'S ONE THOUGHT THAT OCCURS TO ME AS WE MOVE TOWARD BUDGET AND PRIORITIZATION AND HOW TO HOW TO FUND STUFF.

THE OTHER THOUGHT IS MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT WHAT COULD BE DONE TO SPEED UP THINGS. IN OTHER WORDS, HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE DO DO WE NEED? IF THE BOARD DECIDED TO PUT A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON SPEEDING THINGS UP? WE HAVE BUDGET DECISIONS TO BE MADE, AND ONE OF THEM MIGHT BE YOU FOLKS TELLING US WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF STAFFING. TO HELP OUT IN PLANNING, TO HELP OUT IN DECO, TO HELP OUT

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I THINK WE POSTED THAT ON THE WALL. AND I'M VERY MUCH AWARE OF HOW COOL IT IS THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE PROJECTS GOING AND WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY.

AND SO WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW A REALLY GOOD JOB FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.

AND WHAT WE DO IS VERY POPULAR. GETTING BACK TO POPULARITY.

BUT IT I THINK BEHOOVES US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE IN TERMS OF ALLOCATING OUR FUNDS AND OUR BUDGET TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF SHEER STAFF REQUIREMENTS.

THAT MIGHT HELP. RIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT'S MY OTHER THOUGHT.

JUST QUICKLY RESPOND TO THAT. SO YES AND YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. I THAT TEES UP MAYBE SOME OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND WW TO REMIND THIS BOARD.

YOU ALL GAVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY AROUND THE CONTINGENCY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHICH WE REALLY APPRECIATED.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WILLINGNESS TO RELOOK AT THAT AND FREEING UP SOME, SOME FUNDS.

WE ARE DEFINITELY SUPPORTERS OF THAT. THESE ARE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, FROM 2007.

AND AS WE KEEP WARNING, YOU KNOW, BOND COUNCIL IS TELLING US TO SPEND THE MONEY.

AND SO WAYS WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS BOTH ON THE REGULATORY SIDE OF THINGS TO SPEED THINGS UP.

AS I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF SOME OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CARRY ON THAT AND PUSHING PRETTY HARD ON OUR WITH OUR AGENCY PARTNERS. AND THEN ON THE STAFFING FRONT, WE DID ADD SOME POSITIONS THIS LAST YEAR.

AND LOOKING AT HOPEFULLY ADDING SOME MORE THIS COMING YEAR.

IT'S JUST IT'S, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE KNOW IS A HIGH PRIORITY. SO TOTALLY SUPPORT IT.

AND I THINK DEB EVERY YEAR ASKS REN, HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE CAN I GIVE YOU AND CAN TRY TO GET THIS GOING? SO GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANKS. SO I'M DEFINITELY IN AGREEMENT WITH COLIN ABOUT THE MEASURE WW FUNDING. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY PRIOR TO THIS MEETING JUST TO, LIKE, LOOK AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT CHARTS AND DISCUSS SOME WITH REN BATES AND ONE OF THE PARKS I WAS, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY LOOKING AT THE PARKS WITHIN MY WARD AND A FEW THAT WE SHARE WITH DENNIS. AND WHEN IT SAYS KIND OF ACQUISITION ALLOCATED SINCE IT'S BEEN SO MANY YEARS, IT'S LIKE ARE ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LABELED AS IN THAT ACQUISITION STILL FEASIBLE FOR TODAY? BECAUSE LIKE WHEN I LOOK AT LAKE CHABOT, I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY ACQUISITIONS ARE THERE.

BUT THEN THERE'S THINGS THAT COULD BE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE DOCKS NEEDING TO BE REPAIRED.

SO WITHIN LIKE THIS CHART, LIKE IS THERE SOMETHING MORE DETAILED WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY MOVE FUNDING BECAUSE THAT WHOLE ACQUISITION IS NO LONGER FEASIBLE BECAUSE OF PROPERTY THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED OR JUST WHAT THAT ORIGINAL INTENTION WAS. IT MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING THAT'S FEASIBLE IN THIS DAY AND TIME, 20 YEARS LATER. YEAH, I THINK WE'RE PREPARED TO.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOUR BOARD IS INTERESTED IN, OUR TEAM CAN WORK ON COMING UP WITH SOME PROPOSALS OR IDEAS OF HOW TO UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO FUND MORE OF THIS WORK. YEAH. BECAUSE WHAT MY REAL WORRY IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE GO OUT AND ASK FOR MORE FUNDS AND HAVING A RECORD SHOWING THAT WE DIDN'T UTILIZE ALL THIS MONEY TO ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL AND SPEND IT DOWN. YEAH. YEAH. AND AND I WOULD JUST ADD, SO THAT THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED IN 2008 THAT AUTHORIZED THE SALE OF THIS BOND DOES ALLOW THE BOARD TO CHANGE THE PROJECT LIST FROM TIME TO TIME.

IT ALLOWS YOU TO MOVE MONEY FROM ACQUISITION TO DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT IN THE PAST. IT'S JUST A DECISION THAT NEEDS TO THE BOARD NEEDS TO MAKE AND AUTHORIZE.

BUT AND WE I CAN SHARE THE ORDINANCE. SO YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY IT SAYS THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

AND IT'S WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW. AND THINGS COST MORE THAN THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.

I JUST HAVE TO ASK FOR A CAUTION. AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE MONIES, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE MONIES THAT WE'VE ASSIGNED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO SPEND. IT'S OTHER ALLOCATION. CORRECT?

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THE PERCENT THAT WENT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT. BUT WE DO NEED TO PUSH ON THEM TO ALSO USE THEIR MONEY AND MAKE SURE IT'S SPENT.

YES. AND THAT'S ALMOST GONE. SO IT WAS 100 JUST TO GIVE YOU THE FACTS.

IT WAS 125. THERE'S 7.2 MILLION REMAINING. SO SO THAT THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ALMOST DRAWN DOWN.

WE HAVE ABOUT 11 PROJECTS THAT STILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED.

BUT YES, THAT THAT IS RESERVED FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

YEAH. WHEN PEOPLE I MEAN MAYBE ANYONE WHO'S EVEN LISTENING TO THIS, YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT AND IT MAKES THEM NERVOUS.

I THINK THAT BUT THAT IS THESE ARE DIFFERENT MONIES AND THE CITIES, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS GET THEIR MONEY.

CORRECT. AS PART OF THE GRANT PROGRAM. YES. YES.

DIRECTOR WAESPI. THE COUNTER TO THAT AND SOME REALITIES.

CAN YOU PULL THE MIC? AND WHEN WE PASS THESE BOND MEASURES, IT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.

VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. 66.7% IS A LOT IN SUCH A GIANT AREA.

AND WE STRATEGICALLY PLANNED WHERE THE MONEY WAS GOING TO BE SPENT.

AND WE SET OUT BROCHURES AND WE TALKED TO THE COMMUNITIES AND WE SAID PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT.

SO I'M SURE WE CAN WEASEL OUR WAY. AND I'M SORRY FOR USING THAT WORD, BUT WE CAN WEAKEN THE.

AND WE'LL CHANGE EVERYTHING. ALL WE WE SORT OF SAID WE COULD GET OUT OF IT BY DOING THAT.

I THINK THAT'S TO OUR DETRIMENT. I THINK IT'S REALLY AWFULLY TO OUR DETRIMENT.

AND I DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER PASS ANOTHER BOND MEASURE IF WE DO THAT, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT ARE SORRY THAT ARE FOLLOW US.

APPRECIATE WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH MEASURE AA. AND IF WE RENEGE ON OUR PROMISES ON MEASURE WW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S LEGALLY ABLE TO DO THAT, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S I DON'T WANT TO BE ON THAT SIDE OF THAT BARGAIN.

AND ALSO, I THINK THERE'S A REALITY WE TALK ABOUT.

I MEAN, I THINK THESE CRITERIA ARE WONDERFUL IN HOW WE PRIORITIZE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO COME BACK TO THE REALITY OF THERE ARE SOME REAL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. AND I THINK GEOGRAPHICAL EQUITY IS ONE OF THEM.

I IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT I THINK WE MAKE PROMISES TO PEOPLE.

WE COLLECT TAXES DESPERATELY, DESPERATELY IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

BUT IF WE NEGLECT ONE AREA BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS I MEAN, I JUST LOOKED I REMEMBER THE TRAILS SESSION, WE HAD NOTHING, NOTHING EAST OF 680. I DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER GET ANYWHERE IF WE CONTINUE THAT.

AND I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO MENTION THE STUFF GOING ON OUT IN THE LIVERMORE VALLEY.

THE ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST US, WHETHER TRUE OR NOT, I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS.

I THINK YOU NEED TO GET THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF PEOPLE AND MESS WITH MEASURE WW.

BUT WE EVER PLAN ON DOING IT IN THE FUTURE IS SCARY IN MY OPINION.

YES. DIRECTOR SANWONG YEAH, I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR US TO HAVE THIS RUBRIC.

YOU KNOW, AS I WAS PREPARING FOR TODAY, I TOOK A STEP BACK TO TRY TO THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN CALIBRATE OR, YOU KNOW, IS THERE IS THERE ANOTHER POSSIBILITY? YOU KNOW, WE RUN WE RUN THE PROJECT THROUGH THE RUBRIC, WE GET THE SCORES. BUT THEN IS THERE A CALIBRATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? BECAUSE IT IS TRUE.

IT'S NOT JUST THE TRAILS PROJECT MAP, BUT IT IS ALSO OUR CURRENT CAPITAL PROJECTS MAP IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WHEN YOU LOOK AT EAST OF 680 AND THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE SET FORTH YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY MUCH SKEWED TO THE WEST SIDE OF 680 AND NOT REALLY THE EAST SIDE.

AND THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, A PROBLEM FOR SOME OF US.

AND I THINK THAT THAT GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY IS IMPORTANT.

I ALSO THINK, THINKING ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT EACH OF YOU KNOW, THE CITIES AND AREAS WITHIN OUR PARK DISTRICT ARE MAKING AND SO ON.

THE MEASURE WW TOPICS I ALWAYS BRING IT UP, YOU KNOW, MURRAY TOWNSHIP, THE LIVERMORE AREA IS NOT PART OF MEASURE WW YET THROUGH OUR TAX SHARING AGREEMENT WITH LARPD, THE CURRENT ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION IS 7.4 MILLION.

AND THAT TAX SHARING AGREEMENT DOES SAY NEW REGIONAL TRAILS AND NEW PROJECTS.

AND SO THERE HAS TO BE A WAY WITHIN THAT 7.4 MILLION EACH YEAR THAT WE CAN ALSO DO CAPITAL PROJECTS IN AN AREA THAT'S NOT PART OF MEASURE WW TO TO FULFILL THAT TAX SHARING AGREEMENT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS ON THE LIST IN THAT AREA.

AND THEN I ACTUALLY TO PREPARE FOR TODAY, I DID AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT I BELIEVE IS CONTRIBUTION BY CITIES OF YOU KNOW, FROM THAT 1% AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX THAT'S COLLECTED BY THE COUNTY.

I LOOKED AT ALAMEDA COUNTY ONLY. I'LL SHARE. BUT JUST TO KIND OF GET A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE THOSE THE AMOUNT THAT'S COMING FROM EACH OF THESE CITIES. SO I KNOW THAT WE RECEIVED A PACKET OF DOCUMENTS FROM CITY OF PLEASANTON IN REGARDS TO THE PROJECT, WHICH THIS IS NOT PART OF OUR SCORING CRITERIA, BUT WE PROMISED CITY OF PLEASANTON THAT WE WOULD BUILD THE CITY OF PLEASANTON IN 2016.

THAT WOULD BE COMPLETE BY 2020. AND THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.

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SO THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE MEASURE WW OR THE TRAILS LLC.

THAT'S ALSO ON PROPERTY TAXES IN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON.

AND I THINK IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT THESE CONTRIBUTIONS, I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY AND FUNDING, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE SAY, OKAY, MAYBE MY NUMBERS ARE INCORRECT.

SO LET'S LET'S BRING IT DOWN TO 10 MILLION, RIGHT.

SO YOU DO 5% OF THAT A YEAR TO TRY TO ALLOCATE TOWARDS SOMETHING LIKE GARMS. I THINK THAT'S A VERY FAIR CALCULATION. FOR A PROJECT THAT WE PROMISED THIS COMMUNITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT, AND WE'RE NOT KEEPING THOSE PROMISES, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT, THAT THAT CAN SET US UP FOR QUITE AN UNPOPULAR VIEW OF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

AND I HAVE IT FOR EACH OF THE CITIES HERE, AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTH IT FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT, TO TRY TO SEE THAT COMPARISON. AND, YOU KNOW, I ALSO THINK ABOUT I GUESS IN TERMS OF ACCESS, YOU KNOW, PLEASANTON RIDGE IS A VERY POPULAR PARK, AND GAMEZ IS THAT MUCH CLOSER TO THE BART STATION.

I HAVE ABOUT TWO MILES TO WEST DUBLIN PLEASANTON BART IS ALSO THAT MUCH CLOSER TO DUBLIN, WHICH I DID LOOK AT THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DUBLIN.

THAT'S $8 MILLION A YEAR TO EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, WHEREAS RIGHT NOW WE'RE MAKING EVERYONE GO TO SUNOL, WHICH IS YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S SEVEN MILES FROM BART, SEVEN MILES FROM DUBLIN, AS AN EXAMPLE.

AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO THAT OTHER METRIC, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROJECT, HOW MANY? THERE COULD BE ANOTHER DATA POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE START TO LOOK AT, LIKE POPULATION DENSITY.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION, THE ARENA RHNA NUMBERS.

AND SO THINKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF MILES TO AN ACCESS POINT FROM YOU KNOW.

YOU KNOW, A HIGHLY DENSELY POPULATED AREA MIGHT BE ANOTHER METRIC.

AND THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF ANALYSIS, BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE.

BECAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, IS IT FAIR THAT WE, YOU KNOW, BUILD THESE ACCESS POINTS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE A VEHICLE? AND THIS IS MY EARLIER POINT ABOUT TRANSIT, WHERE WE REQUIRE PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO A CAR.

WHEN I THINK CARS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SHARE VEHICLES. AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO NOT MAKE OUR PARK ACCESS SO VEHICLE DEPENDENT.

YEAH, I WAS JUST I MEAN, THE ALL IMPORTANT THINGS FOR US TO THINK ABOUT.

I THINK ONE THING AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE YOUR DISTRICT PLAN PROCESS TO WHERE I THINK THESE ARE SOME THESE ARE SOME BIG PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS.

RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SO AND WE FACE THIS ALL THE TIME WITH CONSTITUENTS ALL DAY, WHICH IS YOU KNOW, WE'RE A REGIONAL PARK SYSTEM. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? RIGHT. SO AND WE NOW WE HAVE HARD DATA, YOU KNOW, VERSUS A MUNICIPAL PARK SYSTEM.

WE NOW HAVE ARE GETTING HARD DATA COLLECTED ABOUT KIND OF WHERE OUR USERS ARE COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, AND PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE USING WHAT THEIR KIND OF HOME BASED ZIP CODE IS AND WHICH PARKS THEY'RE GOING TO.

ALL OF THAT. I'VE NOT SEEN THAT YET. I BELIEVE THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THE PHASE ONE WORK.

MAYBE. ISH. YEAH. WE'RE WORKING ON IT. BUT THESE ARE ALL KIND OF THOSE BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS.

IT'S COMING UP AROUND, YOU KNOW, MURRAY TOWNSHIP.

EXACTLY. THAT IS IT IS IT A COMMITMENT WHEN YOU PAY YOUR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX ALLOCATION, THAT THAT $1 IS GOING FOR $1 INVESTMENT WITHIN A CERTAIN RADIUS OF WHERE YOU LIVE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THESE ARE BIG. I'M NOT I'M NOT ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.

I THINK THESE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT NEED TO KIND OF COME UP ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE.

WHAT HOW WHAT WHAT'S THE UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION? WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE REAL COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE MAKING WHEN PEOPLE ARE PAYING THOSE PROPERTY TAXES.

SO ALL SOME BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS. AND YEAH, WE CAN DIG INTO IT SOME MORE.

YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY I PROPOSE MAYBE CAN WE THINK ABOUT 5% OF THE AMOUNT THAT THEN GETS ALLOCATED TO THESE PROJECTS THAT WE PROMISE THESE COMMUNITIES? YOU KNOW, SO I'M NOT SAYING ALL 11.2 MILLION, BUT MAYBE 5% OF THAT COULD BE ALLOCATED.

SO THEN WE START TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE SOME FUNDING ALLOCATED TO THESE PROJECTS THAT WE PROMISE THESE COMMUNITIES.

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AND I KNOW IT'S INTERESTING THAT IT'S 11.2 MILLION, ACCORDING TO MY CALCULATIONS.

AGAIN, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO CORRECT ME, PLEASE DO.

I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT IT ENDED UP AT THAT NUMBER, BECAUSE I KNOW RIGHT NOW CITY OF PLEASANTON IS GOING THROUGH A WHOLE BUDGET PROCESS TO CUT $10.8 MILLION FROM THE CITY BUDGET. AND SO THEY'RE STARTING TO CONNECT THESE NUMBERS.

FAIR ENOUGH. BUT LIKE, OH, WHAT IF PLEASANTON WASN'T PAYING INTO EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT? THEN, LIKE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO CUT THIS BUDGET. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT IS EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT DOING FOR PLEASANTON? THEY PROMISED US THEY'RE NOT DOING GARMS. SO THESE ARE THINGS PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN. I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE US, YOU KNOW, POPULAR OR WELL-LIKED.

IT'S ALMOST THE OPPOSITE. SO AND THESE ARE QUESTIONS, YOU'RE RIGHT PHILOSOPHICALLY THAT WE HAVE TO ANSWER. BUT I THINK THERE ARE IMPORTANT ONES FOR US TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR SCORING PROCESS.

SO IS THERE A WAY TO CALIBRATE THE SCORING PROCESS TO HAVE THIS GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY? AND IN TERMS OF FUNDING TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE CONTRIBUTIONS COMING IN FROM THESE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES? CAN WE THINK ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, 5% IDEA SO THAT WE CAN RECALIBRATE THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS JUST TO BRING BACK, I THINK SOMETHING KATIE MENTIONED. SO WE HAVE THOSE EXISTING 57 PROJECTS JOKES.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, TO CONTINUE OUR WORK ON THOSE PROJECTS.

SO I THINK THAT SCORING IS PART OF IT. IT'S ABOUT NEW PROJECTS TO ADD TO THAT LIST, AND SO WE DON'T HAVE MUCH CAPACITY TO ADD NEW PROJECTS.

ONE THING I MEAN, IT'S CHALLENGING, BUT ALSO FUN TO TRY TO WORK ON.

THIS CHALLENGE IS LIKE WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROMISES.

THE WW PROMISES PROMISES TO CITIES AND TOWNS, TO THE HCP, TO OTHER PARTNERS OVER TIME.

AND SO I THINK ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR BOARD TO WORK WITH OUR STAFF ON IS HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE AMONG THOSE EXISTING PROMISES THAT WE'VE MADE TO ACCOMPLISH WORK IN A IN A WAY THAT'S STRATEGIC? AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY.

WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, COME BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR BOARD TO WEIGH IN AGAIN.

OF COURSE, IN THE PRIORITY SESSION SETTING SESSION COMING UP, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN FOR YOUR BOARD TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT THAT AND HELP US, HELP US THINK ABOUT IT. I THINK AS A TEAM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ACTIVELY AND COME UP WITH STRATEGIES AROUND AND SUPPORT YOUR BOARD. BUT FOR SURE, THEY'RE HARD HARD THINGS TO WEIGH BECAUSE WE MADE MADE A LOT OF PROMISES.

SO I WANT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED, IF I MAY.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE RETICENCE ABOUT TAKING AWAY FROM PROJECTS THAT NEED FUNDING AND THEY'RE ACTIVE AND ALL THAT STUFF.

BUT THERE'S REALLY ANOTHER CATEGORY CALLED PLACEHOLDER.

IT'S WHAT I CALL IT. ALL THE ONES THAT ARE DOWN BELOW THAT LIST ARE EFFECTIVELY SERVING AS PLACEHOLDERS.

SO I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO TELL US WE CAN'T ADD A PROJECT INTO THE PLACEHOLDER JUST TO GET IT ON RECORD, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING IN THE FUTURE.

AND I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NEED THAT TO HAPPEN IN MY WARD.

AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO HAVE PROJECTS ON THERE THAT WE CAN REFER TO.

SOME OPPORTUNITY MIGHT COME UP. IF IT'S ALREADY IN THERE, WE CAN GO OR NOT.

LIKE I WAS SAYING EARLIER, THERE'S TRANSPORTATION MONEY.

SOMETIMES THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

SO YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE THE, THE ISSUE OF, OF A LIMITED SOURCE OF FUNDING, BUT THERE SHOULD BE AN UNLIMITED POTENTIAL POTENTIAL FOR US TO, TO WEIGH IN ON THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT AND WE'RE WILLING TO I'M SURE WE'RE ALL WILLING TO TAKE THE LONG VIEW AND SAY IT MAY BE 15 YEARS BEFORE THIS HAPPENS, BUT WE WERE THE ONES WHO THOUGHT OF IT AND GOT IT INTO THE BUDGET.

AND 15 YEARS LATER, WE'RE CUTTING THE RIBBON.

SO THAT'S I HOPE WE CAN UTILIZE THAT METHOD. YEAH, I THINK I THINK AS REN MENTIONED EARLIER, HE HAS THESE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH YOU ALL. IF THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING FROM THE CP LIST THAT WE'VE PROVIDED, IF THERE'S NOT A PROJECT ON THERE, LET'S GET GET HIM THE INFORMATION SO HE CAN THEN GET HIS TEAM TO SCORE IT, AND THEN WE CAN ADD IT TO THE LIST. SO IT IS IS REFLECTED THERE.

YEAH. AND EVEN GIVING IT A JUST REAL WORLD ON THAT HAVING THAT LIST.

AND AGAIN THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO THIS JURISDICTION.

THIS IS JUST ON STEROIDS HERE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH AND IT'S ALWAYS TRADE OFFS.

AND WHENEVER YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TAXPAYER GROUPS WITHIN A JURISDICTION, IT'S GOING TO BE TRICKY. BUT ON THAT UNFUNDED LIST, THAT IS VERY VALUABLE TO HAVE THAT THAT PRE-WORK DONE, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, IF FUNDING COMES AVAILABLE THAT MAY, YOU KNOW, MATCH AND YOU'RE READY TO ROLL.

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IF WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE PRE-WORK OF HAVING THIS LIST WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ON THAT.

SO YEAH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S THAT THING THAT SAYS IF YOU DON'T ASK FOR IT, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET IT.

YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO AT LEAST YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN IF YOU DON'T BET, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING. SO LET'S, LET'S LET'S ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND WE'LL HAVE SOME ANSWERS DOWN THE ROAD.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT POINT. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT SABRINA JUST SAID, BECAUSE THIS WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN THINKING, OKAY, SO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS GOT ON THE LIST TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE WW LIST OR ANOTHER LIST. AND SO OKAY, SO HOW DO WE GET OUR PROJECTS ON THAT NEXT LIST FOR THE NEXT THE NEXT MEASURE.

SO SO THANK YOU. I GUESS THAT'S ONE WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT. I'LL MOVE ON. I'LL QUICKLY TRY TO RUN THROUGH THE REMAINING SLIDES.

BECAUSE WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF THIS STUFF ALREADY. SO I'LL QUICK CAPITAL FUNDING SOURCES.

THE PARK DISTRICT IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE ACCESS TO A DIVERSE VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES FOR ITS CAPITAL FUNDING.

WHAT WE CALL OUR PARK DISTRICT REVENUE SOURCES INCLUDE GENERAL FUND, WHICH ARE MAINLY DERIVED FROM PROPERTY TAXES AND USAGE FEES.

THEN WE HAVE OUR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT FUND, WHICH WAS CREATED IN 2012 USING RESOURCES FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

THE FUND, AS IT'S CALLED, IS DESIGNATED TO ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO SET ASIDE ANNUAL FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT AS NECESSARY. ANNUALLY, FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, AND THEN HALF OF THE FUNDING USUALLY GOES TO CAPITAL PROJECTS.

IN 2018, VOTERS IN THE AREAS OF WESTERN ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PASSED MEASURE F AS AN EXTENSION TO MEASURE CC.

THIS FUNDING IS DESIGNATED TO FUND SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND PROVIDE ONGOING STAFFING AT DESIGNATED PARKS IN THE MEASURE F AREA.

THIS FUNDING SOURCE GENERATES ABOUT 3.3 MILLION ANNUALLY.

DETAILS OF THIS FUNDING COMMITMENT CAN BE FOUND IN THE CAPITAL.

IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS BOOK THAT WE HANDED OUT TODAY, WE HAVE THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR YOU ALL THAT WE RECENTLY PRINTED, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DETAILS ON THOSE SPECIFIC FUNDING COMMITMENTS THAT WE PLEDGE TO THE VOTERS.

WE HAVE TWO LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING DISTRICTS AND SIX ZONES OF BENEFITS.

THE MAJORITY OF THESE FUNDS SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE WITHIN WITH MINIMAL FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT.

NEXT FUNDING SOURCES ARE DISTRICT BOND FUNDS.

WE HAVE FUNDING FROM TWO VOTER APPROVED GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AS WELL AS PROMISSORY NOTES.

SO IN 1988, VOTERS APPROVED A $225 MILLION BOND AUTHORIZATION FOR MEASURE AA.

THE MAJORITY OF THIS FUNDING FOR MEASURE AA HAS BEEN SPENT, AND WHAT'S REMAINING IS IN UNAPPROPRIATED.

FUNDING IS LEFT FOR LAND ACQUISITION. THERE'S ABOUT 1.2 MILLION IN INTEREST THAT IS AVAILABLE TO BE ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS.

IN 2008, VOTERS APPROVED A $500 MILLION BOND AUTHORIZATION FOR MEASURE WW.

75% OF THAT FUNDS ARE DESIGNATED TO PARK DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS AND LAND ACQUISITION.

AS OF THE END OF FEBRUARY, THERE WAS ABOUT OVER $203 MILLION REMAINING TO BE APPROPRIATED.

DETAILS OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING BY LOCATION ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN ATTACHMENT C, LIKE WE WERE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSING.

IN 2012, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZED ISSUANCE OF 25 MILLION PROMISSORY NOTES TO SUPPORT THE COST OF MAJOR RENOVATIONS AND OR REPLACEMENT OF DISTRICT FACILITIES. ALL OF THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS.

THEN IN 20 LAST YEAR, THE BOARD AUTHORIZED $39 MILLION IN PROMISSORY NOTES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PERALTA OAKS NORTH ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS.

WE ALSO HEAVILY LEVERAGE OUR OWN RESOURCES AND BOND FUNDS BY OBTAINING GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDING FROM A VARIETY OF FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND PRIVATE SOURCES. OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN AWARDED OVER $163 MILLION OF GRANT FUNDS.

ABOUT 68% OF THAT FUNDING COMES FROM STATE OF CALIFORNIA FUNDS SUCH AS STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD AND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.

20% OF OUR FUNDING IS FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES SUCH AS FEMA FOR OUR FUELS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICES PROVIDES LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUNDS.

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

11% OF OUR LOCAL FUNDING COMES FROM LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES FROM COUNTIES AND REGIONAL AGENCIES, SUCH AS CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION AUTHORITY.

AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 1% OF OUR GRANT FUNDS COME FROM PRIVATE SOURCES, SUCH AS NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDING COMES FROM REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION.

MAJOR GIFTS, PERMANENT ENDOWMENTS. AND ALL OF THESE HAVE UNDERLYING AGREEMENTS OR CONDITIONS.

AN EXAMPLE OF ONE IS THE IVAN DIXON BEQUEST. WE ALSO HAVE MITIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPER AGREEMENTS THAT ARE ALSO TIED TO UNDERLYING

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SO THOSE ARE OUR FUNDING SOURCES. AND THEN WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE 2025 PROJECT AND PROGRAM BUDGET INCLUDES A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEARS 2025 TO 2029.

ATTACHMENT D IS AN UPDATE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE CIP WHERE CURRENT FUNDING IS THE FUNDING AS OF JANUARY 2025, BASED ON THE ADOPTED BUDGET, AND HIGHLIGHTS ESTIMATED FUNDING NEEDS FROM 2026 TO 2029.

THE CUMULATIVE COST ESTIMATE FOR THE CIP IS A LITTLE OVER 100.

468 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES AN UNFUNDED AMOUNT OF OVER 207 MILLION.

WE'RE CURRENTLY EVALUATING PROJECTS WITH SIGNIFICANT FUNDING GAPS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE BID NEXT YEAR, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON A FUNDING STRATEGY WHICH INVOLVES SECURING GRANTS.

ATTACHMENT E IS THE FUTURE PROJECTS LISTS THAT HAVE FUNDING.

HOWEVER, THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY PROGRESSING WITH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. SOME EXAMPLES OF THE REASONS PROJECTS ARE IN THIS CATEGORY IS DUE TO STAFF WORKLOAD CONSTRAINTS, PERMITTING, PROJECT FEASIBILITY, LAND EASEMENT, OR ACCESS OR FUNDING CONSTRAINTS.

PRIOR TO NEXT BUDGET SEASON, THESE PROJECTS WILL BE REVIEWED TO EVALUATE THE PROJECT'S STATUS AND DETERMINE IF FUNDING COULD BE REPURPOSED, OR IF WE SHOULD MOVE THESE PROJECTS UP INTO THE QUEUE.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND BACK OVER TO REN. YES, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUMMARY ABOUT THE CAPITAL FUNDING SOURCES. IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. I MEAN, YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB.

IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE, LIKE WRITTEN OUT.

OKAY. BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE CLIFFSNOTES VERSION OF EVERYTHING THAT'S IN OUR BUDGET BOOK.

AND IT'D BE HELPFUL TO ME TO HAVE THAT IN THAT 1 OR 2 PAGE READOUT THAT YOU JUST DID WITH THIS.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT TO YOU. YEAH. AND THEN I GUESS JUST THE OTHER POINT, I KNOW I MADE THIS EARLIER, BUT YOU KNOW, OUR CIP, WE DID MISS THAT STEP BETWEEN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP LAST YEAR AND THE BUDGET BOOK IN TERMS OF WHERE THE BOARD PROVIDES INPUT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE A POINT WHERE THE BOARD GETS TO REVIEW THESE PROJECTS AND PROVIDE INPUT.

SO WHILE WE DID APPROVE THE BUDGET BOOK AND WHAT'S HERE IN THE CIP, I DO REMEMBER WHEN WE APPROVED IT, I DID SAY THAT WE NEED TO RE VIEW THE CIP, BECAUSE I THINK THE BOARD DOES NEED TO HAVE INPUT INTO THESE PROJECTS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU. KATIE. WE'RE ON THE HOME STRETCH. AS SUCH, I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.

I THINK WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE DISCOURSE, BUT I WANTED TO JUST SHARE SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON CURRENTLY, JUST TO SORT TO BRING IT BACK TO WHAT WE'RE DELIVERING NOW AND SORT OF WHAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF THAT.

I DO WANT TO JUST RECAP THAT. I THINK WE HEARD ABOUT THAT, I WILL SAY THAT THE ATTACHMENT B, THE CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITIZATION LIST, WAS OUR FIRST STAB AT THAT.

AND I THINK THAT WAS THEN A DREAM LIST. SO I ACTUALLY HAVE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH OUR ML OPERATIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE OPS PROJECTS.

SO I THINK WHEN WE CONVENE AS STAFF IN MOVING THIS FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE FINER TOOTH.

LOOK AT WHAT THOSE PROPOSED PROJECTS ARE, SO THAT WHEN SOME OF THOSE COULD BE B, WE'LL JUST LOOK AT THOSE FROM A STAFFING POINT OF VIEW AND THEIR IMPORTANCE, SUCH THAT WE CAN MAKE SPACE TO INCLUDE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE IN THERE AS WELL, SO THAT THERE ARE PLACEHOLDERS. BUT IN JUST SPEAKING TO THE POINT OF HAVING PLACEHOLDERS, THIS WAS A FIRST STAB, AND WE'RE REFINING THAT BASED ON THAT. I ALSO WANT TO JUST CLARIFY THAT THE THE POLICY THAT THAT WAS ADOPTED ACTUALLY HAS THE TEN POINT CRITERIA INCLUDED DIRECTOR SANWONG, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS PART OF IT TOO.

SO THE CRITERIA, THEY'RE JUST THE QUESTIONS FOR THE SCORING, AREN'T THERE.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING TO TO SORT OF HONE IN ON THAT AND TO THAT.

AND, AND I'LL ALSO SAY THAT HISTORICALLY, THANK YOU VERY KINDLY.

IS THAT THE REASON AND THE IMPETUS FOR STARTING THIS POLICY IS IN THE PAST, A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WERE BASED ON GRANT FUNDING. SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE'D GO GET A GRANT AS AN AGENCY AND SAY, OH, THIS IS ALL OF THE MONEY WE HAVE.

AND SO NOW THIS IS OUR PRIORITY BECAUSE WE NEED TO SPEND THAT DOWN. I THINK IN TERMS OF THAT, THAT MAKES US AS AN AGENCY, RESPONDING TO WHAT'S AVAILABLE AS OPPOSED TO BEING PROACTIVE IN THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE WANT AS AN AGENCY.

AND THEN WE'RE RESPONDING TO WHAT AVAILABLE MONIES ARE.

AND I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS HIGHLIGHTING WHAT WE WANT AS AN AGENCY, WITH YOUR INPUT, WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS INPUT IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD.

SO IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE'RE HONING IN ON. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FIVE YEAR PLAN IS A NEW TO US THIS YEAR.

WE HEAR THE COMMENTS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE INPUT WITH THE BOARD AND OPEN THAT UP.

SO THOSE ARE ALL IN PROCESS. WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.

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SO SOME WORK IN PROGRESS. SO AS MENTIONED, WE ARE WORKING ON THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET IMPROVE PERALTA OAKS NORTH.

THIS PICTURE HERE SHOWS SOME OF THE SEISMIC DAMPERS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN.

IF YOU ACTUALLY GO BY THE BUILDING NOW, IF YOU YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM HERE.

BUT IF YOU GO BY, ONE WALL IS OPEN AND YOU CAN SEE A BIG LARGE X.

SO WHAT THESE ARE BASICALLY LIKE HUGE SHOCK ABSORBERS.

SO WHEN THE BUILDING SHIFTS IT ABSORBS ALL THAT AND THE BUILDING STAYS WHOLE.

WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THESE BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO THE SEISMIC TO A FAULT, AND ALSO BECAUSE IT'S AN ESSENTIAL SERVICES BUILDING.

BUT IT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. THE OTHER THIS NEXT PHOTO IS CAMP ARROYO, THE POOL AT CAMP ARROYO.

WE'RE REFINISHING AND GETTING THAT READY FOR THE SWIM SEASON HERE.

THESE ARE WERE REQUIREMENTS MANDATED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IN TERMS OF JUST BEING IN COMPLIANCE.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL. AND THEN AND ANOTHER ONE WE'RE WORKING ON IS THE BIG BREAK HABITAT RESTORATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS STUDY, AGAIN, TRYING TO SHOW THAT WE'RE WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION. BUT SOME OF THIS PREPLANNING HAS TO HAPPEN IN TERMS OF ARE WE GOING TO MOVE SOME OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS FORWARD? SO THAT ONE IS A SORT OF PRE-DESIGN PHASE? SOME MORE.

WE'RE GOING TO START ON CONTRA LOMA UPLAND ADA IMPROVEMENTS.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO. WE REPLACED SOME OF THE DOCKS OUT THERE.

SO NOW WE ARE GETTING TO REPLACING THE CHEMICAL TOILETS THAT ARE OUT THERE WITH CXT VAULT RESTROOMS, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING NEW TWO NEW ADA PICNIC AREAS AND ACCESS TO THIS DOCK IN PARTICULAR.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON UPGRADES TO THE MLK, MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR SHORELINE DECKING AND PICNIC AREA OUT THERE AT THE SHORELINE CENTER.

SO THIS IS A RENDERING OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE.

I THINK THIS YEAR WE'LL DO THE DECKING. THE PICNIC AREA IS PART OF A PHASED DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN JUST LASTLY, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING SOME REPAIRS TO THE WILDCAT CREEK TRAILS TO KEEP IT FROM ERODING AWAY MORE. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'M HAPPY TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS AS SUCH. I THINK THIS IS A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM LOOKING AT THE COYOTE HILLS DUMBARTON QUARRY SERVICE YARD WHEN WE WERE STILL THERE. SO AGAIN, WE TAKE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO OUT AS A TEAM AND LOOK AT WHAT WE DO, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

I THINK WE MY SELF APPRECIATES THAT THE BOARD IS WILLING TO DISCUSS THIS AND HELP US TO INFORM THAT I DO WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO THANK MY MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT'S HELPED TO GET US TO THIS POINT, MY COLLEAGUES IN FINANCE, TO HELP DETERMINE HOW WE CAN PRESENT THIS TO YOU ALL AND MY STAFF AND ALL THE STAFF HERE AT THE DISTRICT FOR BEING COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THIS.

IT'S A I THINK IT'S I WILL JUST SHARE THAT IT'S THIS AGENCY HAS IS BLESSED IN THAT ALL WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IS PARKS.

YOU GO TO ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL AGENCY ANYWHERE ELSE, THEY HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOSPITALS.

AND WHAT WE HAVE TO ARGUE OVER IS PARKS. AND SO I THINK IT'S GREAT.

I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S NOT A RESOURCE THAT'S FULLY FUNDED AND THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD BE, AND WE HAVE TO STRUGGLE WITH THAT TO PROVIDE OPEN SPACE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.

THAT PROVIDES NUMEROUS HEALTH BENEFITS, IN MY OPINION.

SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME EDITORIALIZE AT THE END.

AGAIN, THIS ENDS MY PRESENTATION, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO STOP THE DISCOURSE.

WELL, YOU'RE EDITORIALIZING IS ALWAYS IN GOOD TASTE.

SO I'VE TAKEN SOME PRACTICE. IT'S APPRECIATED.

GOOD. THANK YOU. A QUESTION KIND OF ON PROCESS NEXT STEPS OR SO.

NOW WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT WE'RE GOING TO DO, BUT I THINK YOURS FITS IN AHEAD OF THAT.

SO GO AHEAD. WELL I JUST I'VE HEARD A LOT FROM SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT I JUST, YOU KNOW, DON'T WANT TO SEE GET LOST. I THINK THE COMMENT PARTICULARLY ABOUT IS REALLY GOOD FOR ME TO SEE THE SCORE SHEET AND THESE QUESTIONS, BUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDLINE THOSE OR ADD SOME OF OUR COMMENTS.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD GET BACK TO A DECISION MAKING MEETING WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY ADD IN SOME LINE ITEMS TO THE CRITERIA EVALUATION SPREADSHEET QUESTIONS IS THAT COULD WE DO WE HAVE.

YES, I BELIEVE SO. IT'S I MEAN I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS I ASKED THE PRESIDENT AND THE AGENDA SETTERS, BUT THERE WAS JUST SO MANY GOOD THINGS THAT CAME UP AND WE KIND OF JUST RAN THROUGH IT LIKE A CHANCE TO REDLINE THOSE.

I MEAN, PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE ON COST AND RANKING MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC, ABOUT PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE AND PARTNERSHIP ACCEPTANCE.

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE ON, YOU KNOW, IS UNDER EMERGENCY.

IS THERE, I DON'T KNOW, EXPOSURE TO LEAD OR ASBESTOS UNDER, YOU KNOW, ENDANGERED SPECIES LIKE DIG INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE RATHER THAN HAVE TODAY JUST GET LOST. I'D LIKE TO YEAH, WE'VE TAKEN IN ALL OF ALL THE COMMENTS TODAY.

WE JUST WERE TALKING REAL TIME ABOUT SOME OF THEM.

AND WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS MAYBE GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE, TO KIND OF TAKE AND TAKE THOSE IN,

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TO BRING IT BACK FOR THIS BODY. ABSOLUTELY IS THE ANSWER IS THE SHORT ANSWER.

YEAH. BUT I WANT TO GIVE STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THINK THROUGH AND MAKE SOME PROPOSALS AROUND SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE MADE TODAY. AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO DIG IN THROUGH ALL THEIR WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT SUCH A LAST YOU KNOW, AT THE END. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN IS MORE OF A TIMELINE.

SO THE PROJECTS ARE IN HERE, BUT I HEARD A COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN'S WHEN ARE WE BROKE? WHEN ARE WE AT BROKE? LIKE, WHAT? WHERE ARE OUR CIP PROJECTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT WE WE'RE WE'RE DOING WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THREE YEARS? FIVE YEARS? BUT KIND OF AN ALIGNMENT. LIKE WHEN DOES DOES IT RUN OUT? BECAUSE I'VE HEARD NUMBERS AND PROJECTS AND 567 PROJECTS AND 200 OF THEM AND 57 ARE GOING FORWARD, AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED WE'RE 740 MILLION SHORT.

LIKE, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ALONG WITH OUR PRIORITIES WHEN WE DO THOSE AND ALONG WITH OUR BUDGET WHEN WE DO THOSE.

YEAH. SO THAT THERE IS A SPREADSHEET I THINK IT'S THIS ONE.

YEAH. SO THERE'S A SPREADSHEET AND I THINK THIS WAS IN THE BUDGET.

THIS WAS IN THE BUDGET, BUT IT'S ALSO WAS IN THE BOARD MATERIALS FOR TODAY THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND IT HAS IT HAS THE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED AND ALSO HAS THE FUNDING GAPS FOR EACH YEAR.

AND SO THAT CAN HELP YOU SEE AND THERE'S A SUBTOTAL ON THE BOTTOM.

THAT'S WHERE I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT 77 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO AMEND THAT STATEMENT THAT THOSE ARE ESTIMATES AT THIS POINT? SO BASED ON WHERE WE ARE. SO IT'S NOT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE JUST NEED TO THERE ARE ESTIMATES BASED ON WHERE WE ARE DEVELOPMENTALLY IN THE PROJECT.

THINGS ARE GETTING CHEAPER. RIGHT. RIGHT. OH YEAH.

TELL THAT TO THE ROOFER AT MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE LEARNING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT, IF THERE'S ANY.

SO WE HAVE ATTENDEES IN THE ONLINE. IF YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

IN THE MEANTIME, KELLY ABREU, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

REPEATED DELAYS IN CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY ARE DE RIGUEUR.

SCHEDULES ARE SYSTEMATICALLY UNDERESTIMATED. I'VE NEVER SEEN A SCHEDULE MEET ITS SCHEDULE.

COYOTE HILLS WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR ONE YEAR STARTING IN MID 2022.

IT'S NOW SCHEDULED TO TAKE THREE AND A HALF YEARS FROM 1 TO 3 AND A HALF.

THAT SCHEDULE YOU PUT UP ON THERE, THAT WAS DOESN'T IT DOESN'T CORRESPOND.

WHEN YOU PUBLISH, WE POST THE SIGNS. YOU SAY WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN JULY OF 2022.

THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE. THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SHOWS THERE.

SFPC HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS. THEY HAVE A VISITOR CENTER GOING UP IN SUNOL THAT WAS STARTED IN 2020, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED IN TWO YEARS, AND IS NOW SCHEDULED TO TAKE ALMOST SIX YEARS.

IF YOU BELIEVE THEM, WHICH THEY. I DON'T BELIEVE THEM.

YOU JUST WE JUST HEARD ABOUT TABULA RASA BUDGETING.

THIS IS A PIPE DREAM. YOU WANT TO START MOVING FORWARD.

WE WANT TO START WITH, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIES AND COME UP WITH A WITH A VIRGIN BIRTH OF OF OF CLEAN PRIORITIES BASED ON.

NO. DID YOU PROMISE ARMS TO PLEASANTON. DID YOU PROMISE A MILLION SEVERAL PROJECTS IN IN MEASURE WW.

ARE YOU COMMITTED TO THOSE? ARE YOU GOING TO DO THE STUFF THAT YOU ALREADY SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO, OR ARE YOU GOING TO GO OFF AND THINK ABOUT PIPE DREAMS? AND WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE VOTERS FOR ANOTHER BOND, WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU, WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THAT MEASURE WW STUFF YOU PROMISED.

AND BY THE WAY, THE WAY THINGS WORK, THERE'S INFLATION.

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT IT'S FOUR YEARS OR 4% A YEAR OR 8% A YEAR, WHATEVER YOU THINK IT IS.

AFTER ABOUT THREE OR ABOUT 4 OR 7 YEARS FROM THE TIME YOU, YOU ALLOCATE THE MONEY FOR SEVEN YEARS LATER, 25% OF THAT MONEY HAS DISAPPEARED. YOU STILL HAVE THE MONEY ON YOUR BUDGET.

THOSE BUDGETS ARE EVAPORATING SLOWLY THROUGH INFLATION.

SO ALL THOSE NUMBERS ARE ARE SHRINKING INVISIBLY.

THAT'S THE MAGIC OF INFLATION. THEN THE EXISTING CRITERIA ARE INDEFENSIBLE.

ON THE FACE OF THEM, THE COMMUNITY ACCEPTANCE WATCH.

WHICH COMMUNITY DO YOU SERVE? DO YOU SERVE WHATEVER COMMUNITY YOU WANT TO PICK, OR ARE YOU JUST SERVING THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT YOUR PARKS? BY PUTTING PORTA POTTIES AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO A MAJOR PARK LIKE MISSION PEAK.

AND THEN HAVING A BUDGET WITH A, WITH A CLOSE TO $1 MILLION THERE, OR ACTUALLY $4 MILLION IN MEASURE WW FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO MISSION PEAK.

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AND PORTA POTTIES AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE. THIS IS AN EMBARRASSMENT.

AND THEN BAH BAH BAH BAH. BUT SO FUNDAMENTALLY, THE CP SCORING IS YOU NEED USER CENTERED SCORING.

CP YOU'RE NOT THINKING FROM THE USER POINT OF VIEW.

NOBODY THINKS ABOUT THE USER WALKS IN. WHAT ARE THEY GETTING? THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OKAY. NO MORE. NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? YEAH, I'M CURIOUS THOUGH WE DID GET SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MAYBE ASK OLIVIA THE THE FOLKS FROM THE AG GROUP.

WE GOT MR. LUND AND ANOTHER LETTER FROM. YEAH.

SO THOSE FOLKS, DO WE HAVE RESPONSES TO THEM? OR SHOULD WE? WELL, I KNOW, I KNOW, MAX HAS REACHED OUT TO TRY TO SCHEDULE TIME WITH THEM.

THAT WOULD BE A GREAT RESPONSE. YES. AN EXCELLENT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE IN THREE WEEKS.

TERRIFIC. AND WE HAD SOMETHING FROM CITY. FROM FROM THE CITY.

CONQUERED AREA. WHAT? YES, FROM CONCORD TOO. YEAH.

HOW ABOUT PLEASANTON? YEAH, I SAW, I SAW I SAW THAT AS WELL.

SO WE WE ALL HAVE COPIES OF. DO WE HAVE A RESPONSE TO THEM, A LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE'RE JUST WAITING ON.

I BELIEVE THE CITY TO GIVE FINAL CONFIRMATION ON THE DATE, BUT IT IS SET FOR SOMETIME IN.

IT'S IN MAY. SO YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE DATE IN APRIL.

ONE DATE IN MAY. BELIEVE IT'S MAY. YEAH. THERE IS A LIAISON.

OKAY. SO THAT'S THE RESPONSE. AND THAT WILL BE A LIAISON MEETING THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE INVITED TO ATTEND.

AND I AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE TO POST THAT IN TIME.

THAT'S ALL. TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. CAN YOU JUST MENTION THE CONCORDE COMMENT? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK. WAS THAT THE THE WELL, YOU KNOW I KNOW I GOT SOME EMAILS ADDRESSED TO ME AND NOW I'M KIND OF WONDERING, WERE THEY ALSO ADDRESSED TO THE DISTRICT OR NOT? BUT I CAN JUST TELL YOU THAT THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT THERE NOT BEING BICYCLE ACCESS TO THE SOUTH OF BAILEY PORTION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50.

AND THEY WANTED TO KNOW HOW COME? HOW COME THEY'RE JUST HEARING ABOUT THIS NOW? SO I'M STILL WORKING THROUGH LETTING THE FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THIS.

SO I'M GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THEM AND EXPLAINING IT TO THEM.

SO THAT IS A THAT'S KIND OF A. AN ERUPTING PLACE OF, OF COMMENTS COMING FROM THAT AREA.

NOW, AS THEY'RE STARTING TO REALIZE THAT THERE'S A QUITE A BIT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON OUR PROPERTY TO ACCOMMODATE NON-MOTORIZED ACCESS TO IT.

SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

AND I'M, I'M WORKING ON IT. YEAH. I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I SAW THAT.

SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

YEAH THAT'S TRUE. PROPER CHANNELS OKAY. I THINK THE LAST THING ON HERE IS ADJOURNMENT.

UNLESS THERE'S NOT ANY MORE COMMENTS, BUT OKAY.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO REFERENCE BACK. WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING TWO DAYS AGO, AND IN THAT COMMITTEE WE DID TALK ABOUT LAND BANK PROPERTIES.

AND ACTUALLY ELIZABETH ASKED A VERY GOOD QUESTION IN REGARDS TO TODAY'S WORKSHOP WITH CAPITAL PROJECT PLANNING, AND I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF OUR NEXT STEP, THAT CONVERSATION WE HAD ABOUT LAND BANK PROPERTIES AND TODAY'S WORKSHOP, I DO SEE THOSE INTERSECTING AND MERGING, AND I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING ON MERGING THOSE TWO.

BUT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT POINT TODAY AT THE END OF THIS WORKSHOP, THAT WHEN WE COME BACK, THAT WE ALSO START TO LOOK AT THAT PIPELINE. AND I THINK ONE OF THE IMPORTANT POINTS THAT I HAD HEARD AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING FROM BRIAN HOLT, WHO'S BEEN HERE WITH THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FOR 20 YEARS, MENTIONED HOW OVER THE COURSE OF THIS 20 YEARS, THIS IS THE CURRENT TIME WHERE HE'S SEEN THE MOST LAND BANK PROPERTIES IN THE PIPELINE.

AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT POINT TO THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS.

OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. HEARING NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 220.

THANK YOU. THANKS, EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.