[00:00:01] YOU CAN BE HEARD. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY [ROLL CALL] REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON APRIL 1ST, 2024, 2025, BEGINNING AT 1103. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL? DIRECTOR. COFFEE HERE. DIRECTOR. ECHOLS HERE. DIRECTOR. SANWONG HERE. DIRECTOR. WAESPI HERE. DIRECTOR. ESPANA HERE. PRESIDENT. MERCURIO HERE. GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH HERE. GENERAL COUNSEL BOURGAULT HERE. AND DIRECTOR CHABOT WILL BE JOINING US LATER. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE? NO. NO COMMENTS. OKAY. [CLOSED SESSION ITEMS] SO HEARING NONE, WE WILL ADJOURN TO THE CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU. OKAY. HERE WE GO. YOU CAN BE SEEN. YOU CAN BE HEARD. GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. [ROLL CALL] ON APRIL 1ST, 2025, BEGINNING AT 122. LET'S SEE NOW. WE'LL. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. DIRECTOR COFFEY HERE. DIRECTOR. ECHOLS HERE. DIRECTOR SANWONG. DIRECTOR. DESCHAMBAULT HERE. DIRECTOR. ESPAÑA HERE. DIRECTOR. WAESPI HERE. PRESIDENT MERCURIO HERE. GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH HERE. GENERAL COUNSEL BOURGAULT HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL. DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. PLEASE RECITE THE PLEDGE OR START. LEAD THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT] AND DIRECTOR ECHOLS WILL READ THE LAND. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY. WE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL THE LANDS WITHIN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ARE THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF EAST BAY, OHLONE, BAY MIWOK, AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY YAKUT, WHO ARE POLITICALLY ORGANIZED AND REPRESENTED BY A NUMBER OF TRIBES. TODAY, WE MAKE THIS RECOGNITION AS A WAY TO RESPECT AND HONOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO FIRST CULTIVATED AND INHABITED THIS LAND. THE PARK DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING WAYS TO WORK AND CONSULT WITH EAST BAY TRIBES, AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE TRIBAL CITIZENS REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR LAND AND CULTURE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. DO WE HAVE ANY SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS TODAY? WE DO NOT. SO MOVING ON TO PUBLIC. WELL, LET'S SEE NOW. [MODIFICATION OF AGENDA] APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AS IT HAS BEEN CREATED. SO MOVED. IT'S MOVED BY WAESPI SECOND. SECOND FROM ECHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? NONE. AND DO WE HAVE MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY. [PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA] PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY. WE DO. MRS. PATTERSON. PATTERSON. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. I'M HERE TODAY TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE PERPS FILING FROM AUGUST 26TH, 2022, WHICH APPARENTLY HAS BEEN NOT RESOLVED, BUT DID GET SOME KIND OF MOVEMENT ON IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. I'VE ONLY HEARD WHAT IT WAS. SO BUT IT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME TO SAY I'M NOT OR TO MAKE THE DECISION, I'M NOT GOING TO COME TO THE BOARD ANYMORE. SO IT'S THE LAST TIME I'M COMING TO THE BOARD TO REMIND YOU OF THE PURPOSE FILING. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT SINCE IT WASN'T COMPLETELY RESOLVED, IF IT'S ANOTHER TWO YEARS, [00:05:08] THAT WILL BE A VERY, VERY SAD THING. AND TO ME, JUST SIGNALS THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE ANYMORE. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS. SO THAT CHARGE FOR BAD FAITH, BARGAINING, INTERFERENCE, DIRECT DEALING, UNILATERAL IMPLEMENTATION, THERE WAS MOVEMENT ON IT. THERE WAS SOME SORT OF. SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED BUT NOT COMPLETELY RESOLVED. BUT IT WAS ENOUGH OF A MOVEMENT FOR ME NOT TO FEEL LIKE I HAD TO COME TO THE BOARD ANYMORE TO MAKE A REMINDER. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. THANKS, MELISSA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT IS OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD. AND WE HAVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR NOW. [CONSENT CALENDAR] ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, OR DOES ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO PULL IT OR. SO ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM TWO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 4TH. IN THAT REPORT ON PAGE 12, THE MOTION DOES NOT REFLECT THAT THIS BOARD REQUESTED THAT WE ADD RECOGNITION OF POLICE AND RECOGNITION OF FIRE AND RECOGNITION OF ARBOR DAY BE ADDED TO THE SPECIAL INTERESTS MONTHLY CALENDAR AND OBSERVATIONS, AND THAT WE HAD DIRECTED STAFF TO COME BACK WITH OTHER NATURAL RESOURCE RECOGNITION OPPORTUNITIES. AND I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT ALSO COMMENT THAT THIS WAS KIND OF ODD. JUST ABOVE THE MOTION, IT JUST SAYS PUBLIC COMMENT. NORMAN LAFOREST COMMENTED ON THE CALENDAR. TYPICALLY WHETHER IT'S HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES, SENATORS, SOME DETAIL OF WHETHER HE WAS IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED OR SOME WAY OF TRACKING PUBLIC. THOSE ARE MY TWO COMMENTS. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO PROCEED WITH THIS. COUNCIL. I THINK SHE'S SUGGESTING SOME, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT THE WORDING WAS THAT WE HAD AT THE TIME. PERHAPS THE TAPE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS CAPTURED. I THINK I'D BE MOST COMFORTABLE WITH DOING IT THAT WAY. YEAH, IF THE BOARD IS IN AGREEMENT WITH DIRECTOR DECHAMBEAU'S COMMENTS, THEN THE CLERK WOULD GO BACK AND REVIEW THE TAPE AND ADD IN THE PART THE PORTIONS THAT SHE'S SUGGESTING WERE OMITTED FROM THE MINUTES. I WOULD CERTAINLY BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT. IF IF SOMETHING HAS BEEN MISSED, I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF MAKING SURE THAT IT GETS INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES. SO IF WE CAN KEEP IT GENERAL LIKE THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT. OKAY. SO SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE WE DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT INDIVIDUAL ITEM NOW OR CAN WE INCLUDE INCLUDE IT IN THE THE ENTIRE CONSENT CALENDAR? YEAH. IF YOU WANT TO VOTE SEPARATELY, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU REMOVE IT FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND VOTE ON CONSENT SEPARATELY. I DO THINK THE CLERK HAS PROBABLY TAKEN NOTE OF YOUR COMMENTS. AND YOU CAN VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. OKAY. SO SO I'D LIKE TO VOTE ON THAT, THAT MINUTES ITEM THERE. INDIVIDUALLY, WHILE WE'RE ON THIS, CAN I JUST ASK ONE SMALL CORRECTION BE MADE TO ON PAGE 14? IF THEY COULD JUST CORRECT MY NAME, IT JUST SAYS DIRECTOR ECHO WHAT? IT SAYS ECHOLS. AND THEN IT SAYS ECHO. SO IF WE COULD JUST CORRECT THAT WHILE WE'RE CORRECTING, THAT WOULD BE NICE. OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. SO THOSE TWO CHANGES WE HAVE A MOTION FOR FOR THAT. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR, TO CHANGE TO ADOPT THE MINUTES WITH THOSE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED. IS THERE A MOTION FOR THAT? I'LL MOVE THOSE THREE CHANGES. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. HONESTLY. AND NOW THE REST OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM TWO. OKAY. VERY GOOD. SECOND FOR THAT. MAY I JUST HAVE A ASK A QUESTION? [00:10:01] SURE. YEAH. WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS. YEAH. COULD I JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING STANDING ABOUT ITEM SEVEN, WHERE IT'S AMENDING THE CONTRACT BECAUSE THAT CONTRACT'S BEEN AMENDED A FEW TIMES. SO IS IT BECAUSE JUST THE SCOPE INCREASED OR JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING ON THAT? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE THAT CAN ADDRESS THAT? THEY'RE COMING. THAT WAS FOR THE BIO MONITORING. OKAY. THANK YOU. SEAN DUGAN, TRAILS PROGRAM MANAGER. CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE QUESTION? YES. SO THIS CONTRACT WAS ORIGINALLY A LOW BIDDER. AND THEN THERE'S BEEN A FEW TIMES WHERE THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN AMENDED AND JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT WHY THE CONTRACT HAD BEEN AMENDED. AND WAS THERE ADDITIONAL SCOPE FOUND OVER TIME OR JUST UNDERSTANDING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT? THANK YOU. IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY COMPLICATED. IT STARTED OUT AS A PART OF THE TYLER RANCH STAGING AREA CONSTRUCTION USING JOHNSON MORAGA, THE FORMER COMPANY, TO INTEGRAL DOING BIO MONITORING FOR THE STAGING AREA AND THE TYLER RANCH TRAIL. AS THAT THAT MAY. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THAT WAS LOW BID FOR THEM OR NOT. THOSE ARE SERVICES AND I DON'T HAVE THE HISTORY THERE. BUT PRIOR TO THAT, JOHNSON MAYOR GOT HELPED ACQUIRE THE PERMITTING PACKAGE AND AND FORMULATE OR FORM THE TRAIL ALIGNMENTS, THE CREEK CROSSINGS FOR ABOUT 6 TO 8 MILES OF PERMITTED TRAIL THAT WE HAVE UNDER OUR PERMIT RIGHT NOW. AND BECAUSE THEY ARE SO FAMILIAR WITH THOSE ALIGNMENTS AND HAD THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RESOURCE AGENCIES, WE CONTINUED TO AMEND THEIR CONTRACT TO KEEP THEM ON BOARD. THE, THE IT TOOK FIVE YEARS TO GET THOSE PERMITS. THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. IT'S TAKEN US THIS LONG TO IMPLEMENT EACH ONE. SO AS EACH TRAIL PROJECT GETS ADDED, WE AMEND THEIR CONTRACT AND KEEP THEM ON BOARD. WE HAVE BIO MONITORING WITH THEM. WE HAVE REPORTING ON A MONTHLY BASIS IN COORDINATION WITH THE WITH THE RESOURCE AGENCIES AS WELL AS YEARLY REPORTING FOR A TEN YEAR PERIOD UNDER THIS, UNDER THIS THIS PERMIT THE IT'S IT'S IT BECOMES QUITE EXPENSIVE OVER TIME. WE HAVE WE HAVE A LOT TO LOOK AT ON AROUND THIS. I FEEL BUT THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE'LL BE AMENDING THIS BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE WE'VE DONE WHAT WE CAN SO FAR UNDER THAT PERMIT PACKAGE. ANY NEW PROJECTS WILL EITHER CHANGE OR NEED NEW PERMITTING EITHER. ANYWAY AND SO WE WE WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE THE LAST AMENDMENT TO THIS BECAUSE IT'S GONE ON ALREADY SO LONG. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT BACK OUT TO AN RFP IF WE DO BUILD MORE IN PLEASANTON RIDGE. SO I HOPE THAT HELPS ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. YES IT DOES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. EXCUSE ME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE REMAINING CONSENT ITEMS? ON THE ON THE AGENDA. SO I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I WILL AGAIN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM WITH THE EXCLUSION OF ITEM TWO. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. BY WAESPI. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. CARRIES. UNANIMOUSLY. [ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION] WHICH BRINGS US TO ITEM B, WHICH IS AUTHORIZATION TO APPROPRIATE $466,000 IN MEASURE WW BOND FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL SLASH PHILLIPS SCHULTZ TRAIL IN PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL PARK. I SHOULD HAVE JUST STAYED UP HERE. HI, I'M SEAN DUGGAN, TRAILS PROGRAM MANAGER. I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN HERE. OKAY. THIS IS AS AS YOU MENTIONED, PRESIDENT MERCURIO. THIS IS AN APPROPRIATION OR REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO APPROPRIATE $466,000 IN MEASURE WW BOND FUNDS FOR THE EXCUSE ME. OH, THANKS. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D DO WITHOUT YOU SOMETIMES. [00:15:02] OKAY. TODAY, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS. AND THE PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH TO GET TO THE PLACE WE ARE NOW AND SORT OF LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE. HOW HOW SOON THIS SHOULD BE OPEN? IN AROUND 2014. PHILIP SCHULTZ WAS A COMMUTER ON THE CALTRAIN OVER IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY. AND HE SAW AN INDIVIDUAL ON THE TRACK. HE JUMPED DOWN TO SAVE THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING TO COMMIT SUICIDE OR IN DISTRESS. HE SAVED THAT MAN'S LIFE, BUT IN THE PROCESS, HE HIMSELF DIED FROM A. FROM THE TRAIN. SO HIS WIFE AND HIS FAMILY FORMED THE PHILIP SCHULTZ FOUNDATION AND RAISED MONEY FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF AROUND $80,000, AND THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING IN HIS NAME. HE WAS A RESIDENT OF PLEASANTON, AND HE FREQUENTED PLEASANTON RIDGE. SO THE FOUNDATION APPROACHED THE OUR REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION AND BEGAN TO PITCH THIS IDEA OF WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE PARK DISTRICT COULD NAME AFTER AFTER PHILIP. AND SO THEN THE, THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION APPROACHED THE TRAILS PROGRAM AFTER OUR LAND USE PLAN IN PLEASANTON RIDGE WAS ADOPTED. EXCUSE ME. LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED IN 2012. WE HAD SEVERAL TRAILS IN THAT PLAN THAT WE FELT WERE OPTIONS WORKING WITH THE FOUNDATIONS TO NAME AFTER PHILIP SCHULTZ THAT WERE ALREADY PLANNED TO BE BUILT AS A PART OF THAT PLAN. AND SO HERE, HERE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF US WORKING WITH THE FOUNDATION AND AND EMILY SCHULTZ, PHILIP'S WIDOW, AND SOME OF THE VIEW FROM UP TOP. AND IN 2016, THEY DONATED AND THE FOUNDATION, THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION ACCEPTED $80,000. AND WE SETTLED ON THE NORTHWOODS LOOP TRAIL, THE FORMER NORTHWOODS LOOP TRAIL IN THE PLEASANTON RIDGE LAND USE PLAN. SO THE 2000 THE 2012 LAND USE PLAN WAS PROBABLY THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE TRAILS PLAN I'VE SEEN AT THE PARK DISTRICT. AS A PART OF THE LAND USE PLAN, THERE WERE TRAILS TO BE BUILT. THERE WERE TRAILS TO BE RESTORED CATTLE TRAILS TO BE ADOPTED ROADS TO BE CONVERTED TO TRAILS TO, TO NARROW THEM. AND AND THEN OF COURSE ALL THE ENTRANCES. SO SINCE THAT TIME, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE OVER TEN YEARS. A LOT OF THE PRIORITIES AND SITUATION HAS SHIFTED, AND I CAN EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IF YOU'D LIKE. BUT SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE WE'VE PUT WE'VE ADOPTED 2.5 MILES OF NEW TRAIL IN PLEASANTON RIDGE, A HALF A MILE ROAD TO TRAIL CONVERSION, WHICH WAS A GREAT PROJECT. AND 2.2 MILES OF CATTLE TRAIL CONNECTORS THAT WERE ADOPTED AS PART OF THAT. FAST FORWARDING. I'LL GIVE YOU THE PERMITTING SLIDE IN A BIT HERE, BUT. OH, THERE IT IS. SORRY. I WANT TO JUST REMIND THE BOARD, THE. THAT STAFF CAME TO THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON JUNE 7TH OF 2018 WITH THIS PROPOSAL TO NAME THIS TRAIL AFTER PHILLIP SCHULTZ. PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON JUNE 25TH, 2018, MOVED TO NAME THIS TRAIL THE PHILIP SCHULTZ TRAIL, AND THE BOARD ADOPTED THE NAME ON JULY 24TH, 2018, AND THE BOARD ACCEPTED THE 80,000 FROM THE FOUNDATION OR AGREED TO ACCEPT THAT IN 2023, IN JUNE. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST IN DECEMBER 17TH, 2024 THIS BOARD ADOPTED THE AMENDMENT TO THE ON CALL TRAIL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAIN TRAIL STEWARDSHIP. WHO WILL BE CONSTRUCTING THIS TRAIL? THESE PERMITS, AS I MENTIONED, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DISAGREEMENT ON WHO HAD JURISDICTION AS FAR AS THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE OVER SOME PREVIOUS CASES THAT WERE PENDING, BUT NORMALLY IT WOULDN'T TAKE US FIVE YEARS TO GET THESE PERMITS. BUT THIS PACKAGE OF TRAILS IN RED ON THE MAP ON THE RIGHT WERE THE TRAILS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE AND ALONG WITH THE TYLER RANCH STAGING AREA. SO FAR, WE'VE BUILT THE MARIPOSA TRAIL AND THE TYLER RANCH LOOP TRAIL. BUT THE OTHER TRAILS HAVE YET TO BE CONSTRUCTED. THESE PERMITS WILL EXPIRE AT THE DATE SHOWN HERE. THE END OF THIS YEAR AND THE END OF NEXT YEAR. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD EVERYTHING WE CAN. WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THE PHILIP SCHULTZ TRAIL AND FOR A CONTRACT WITH ANOTHER COMPANY ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO NOW. AND THAT COMPANY, AS WE WERE GEARING UP TO BUILD IT, WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. AND SO IT JUST KIND OF THREW EVERYTHING OFF FOR US. SO HERE WE ARE BACK TO, TO CONSTRUCT IT THIS YEAR. ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE THE MASTER PLAN TRAIL AND THIS DIRECTOR MERCURIO YOU HAD ASKED FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON HOW THE CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL GOES THROUGH PLEASANTON RIDGE. [00:20:10] THIS IS THE BEST MAP I HAVE AVAILABLE TODAY. I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE CLARITY ON THAT OFFLINE. BUT IN OUR MASTER PLAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, NUMBER FOUR, CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL. IT COMES UP FROM MISSION PEAK. IT HAS TO CROSS 680 INTO PLEASANTON RIDGE, AND MOST OF IT'S IN PLEASANTON RIDGE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOP FOUR B IS WHERE THE TRAIL IS PROPOSED TO CONTINUE. SO THERE'S THERE'S A ROAD UP THERE. IT'S VERY STEEP. THIS IS A LOOP TRAIL FOR NOW. THE TRAIL AFTER THIS PROJECT WILL END IN THIS IN THIS AREA, THERE IS A FUTURE STAGING AREA PROPOSED AS A PART OF THE LEICESTER FAMILY DEVELOPMENT HERE THAT IS GOING UNDERGOING CEQA REVIEW AT CITY OF PLEASANTON AT THE MOMENT. AND THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT FOR A STAGING AREA TO BE BUILT THERE, WHICH WOULD BECOME EVENTUALLY THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE TO THIS PARK. THIS STAGING AREA IS, IS ON THE BOOKS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE HOUSES GET BUILT, BUT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS STAGING AREA WILL BE BUILT. IT IS A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, SO ANYTHING CAN GO SIDEWAYS. BUT WE DO FEEL LIKE AT LEAST THERE IS PROGRESS SO THAT THIS WON'T BE AN ISOLATED TRAIL SEGMENT THAT YOU CAN ACCESS FROM THE RIDGE, THE NORTH RIDGE TRAIL THROUGH THE PARK ON THE MAP ON THE RIGHT IS ALSO THE CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL. AND THAT LEADS RIGHT INTO THE THE LAND BANK PROPERTY TO THE NORTH. THIS LAND BANK PROPERTY WILL NEED TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND THEN PEOPLE CAN ACCESS IT FROM THE PARK BODY OF THE PARK. ONLY UNTIL SUCH A TIME THAT THAT STAGING AREA IS COMPLETE. AND THIS. THIS WAS MADE VERY CLEAR TO THE FOUNDATION BACK TEN YEARS, OVER TEN YEARS AGO, THAT THIS MAY TAKE SOME TIME. AND THIS WAS ALSO DISCUSSED WHEN WE ADOPTED THE NAME THAT THIS IS HOW PEOPLE WOULD ACCESS THIS PARK UNTIL THE FUTURE BY BY YOUR PREVIOUS BOARD. SO HERE'S THE ORANGE LOOP THAT WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH. WE CAME UP WITH IT WILL IT WILL NOT CONNECT DOWN TO DUBLIN CANYON BOULEVARD. IT WILL BE A LOOP WITHIN THIS LAND BANK PROPERTY. IT'S ABOUT 2.25 MILES. AND OUR BID FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION IS ROUGHLY $545,030. SO $466,000 IS PROPOSED TO COME FROM THE CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL DEVELOPMENT FUND. THERE'S CURRENTLY APPROXIMATELY $2.2 MILLION IN THAT FUND. AND THERE ARE THERE ARE ONLY A FEW PROJECTS THAT I SEE FEASIBLE WITHIN THE LIFE OF MEASURE WW THAT THAT MONEY COULD BE USED FOR. SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD USE OF THIS FUNDING. WE ALSO HAVE THE CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL PROJECT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON BURTON RIDGE AND LAFAYETTE THAT IS ALSO GOING TO. I WILL BE PROPOSING TO USE THAT FUNDING FOR THAT AS WELL. SO THE REMAINDER OF THE $545,030 WILL COME FROM THE FOUNDATION, WHICH WILL BE $80,000, AND THUS FOR THE TOTAL WITH THE FOUR, 66,000 WILL BE 545,030. AND HERE'S THE LOWER PORTION OF IT. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ENTRANCE FOR THE PUBLIC. MY MY VISION FOR THIS, I SEE, IS PEOPLE MIGHT JUST COME AND USE THIS TRAIL WITHOUT ENTERING THE REST OF THE PARK ONE DAY. IT'S BEAUTIFUL OAK BAY WOODLANDS. HERE'S A VIEW FROM THE TOP LOOKING SORT OF TOWARDS DEL VALLE. LAKE DEL VALLE, WAY OVER IN THE DISTANCE IN LIVERMORE. THERE. AND THIS IS LOOKING WEST TOWARDS CASTRO VALLEY ON A GOOD TIME OF THE YEAR. AND WE WERE PROPOSING TO TO START CONSTRUCTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THIS YEAR. OUR PERMIT WINDOW GOES FROM MAY 1ST TO OCTOBER 1ST. SO WE WE HOPE TO HAVE THIS DONE. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF PHILIP THERE WITH HIS DOG. HE USED TO COME. THAT IS PLEASANTON RIDGE ON. NOT AS PRETTY OF A DAY, BUT I GUESS THEY WENT, WE WENT, THEY WENT THERE A LOT. SO THIS WAS THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO TO HONOR HIM HERE. AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? YEAH. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. SEAN. LONG WAY TO TRAIL. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, SEEING THIS. AND. OH, WHEN WILL IT GET DONE? WILL IT BE DONE BY OCTOBER 1ST? YEAH. LET ME FEEL LIKE I AM GREAT. NO PROBLEM. WE BE PLANNING A PARTY OR LIKE WE GENERALLY DO OR HAVEN'T DONE IN A WHILE, BUT GENERALLY DO. THIS IS A TIME OF CELEBRATION. THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN SITTING AROUND FOR YEARS WAITING FOR THIS TRAIL. AND YOU'RE RIGHT. AND THE FIRST THE FIRST STEP IS, IS IS YOU APPROVING THE MONEY TODAY? [00:25:03] THE NEXT STEP WILL BE OKAY. I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO INCLUDE A PARTY. HE'S HE'S HOLDING YOUR PARTY. I GOT A SECOND. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. GET SOME CAKE. EXCELLENT. AND THEN SO DEVON CANYON ROAD, AM I CORRECT? IS THAT THERE'S A PARK DISTRICT RESIDENCE THERE THAT'S OFF OLD DUBLIN ROAD. AND YOU DRIVE UP THE ROAD? VERY NARROW ROAD, NOT DEVELOPED ROAD. AND THEN THERE'S THAT BEAUTIFUL PARK RESIDENCE THERE THAT THE FUELS CREW I THINK IS. YES, IT'S CALLED THE POOL RESIDENCE. OKAY. REFERRED TO THAT. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. SO JEEZ, IS THAT WHERE THE IS THAT THE PLAN FOR THE, THE STAGING AREA IS GOING TO BE UP TO VEINY CANYON ROAD, THE LEICESTER STAGING AREA. IT'S IT'S REALLY CLOSER TO THE ROAD. IT'S BEHIND. AS YOU ENTER THE ROAD IT'LL BE, I DON'T KNOW, 500 YARDS IN AND THEN OFF TO THE SIDE BEHIND THE PROPERTY. IT'S HARD TO SHOW WITHOUT THE MAP. I CAN BRING IT BACK UP IF YOU'D LIKE. NO, NO, I CAN CONJURE THAT, I KNOW. OKAY. SO. SO YEAH, IT WOULD BE OFF THE ROAD. AND THEN THERE IS THAT MEADOW OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. YEAH. THAT COULD BE A STAGING AREA OFF TO THE LEFT. OKAY. YEAH. GOSH. SO WHERE'S THE NEAREST STAGING AREA NOW? THE NEAREST ENTRANCE INTO PLEASANTON RIDGE IS CASTLE RIDGE AT THIS POINT, WHICH IS ABOUT SIX MILES FROM THIS TRAIL. TRUE. OKAY. ENOUGH SAID. THANK YOU. THIS. THAT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT, GREAT ADDITION TO THE PARK DISTRICT. AND YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK PEOPLE WILL JUST COME RIGHT THERE AND PARK IN THAT STAGING AREA AND HAVE AN INCREDIBLE SHOT AT PLEASANTON RIDGE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. GO AHEAD. I WILL BOTHER YOU FOR THE MAP BECAUSE I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION. IF YOU COULD PUT THE MAP BACK UP THERE FOR ME AND SHOW ME WHERE THE STAGING AREA IS AND MAYBE WHERE THAT NEAREST ONE IS. JUST TRYING TO GET A VISUAL FOR THAT. AND THEN AS FAR AS TIMING OF BUILDING, I HAVE A QUESTION. IF THE STEWARDSHIP TEAM HAS REVIEWED THE AREA, THE ENDANGERED SPECIES OR SPECIES OF INTEREST ON THAT TRAIL, THAT EITHER WOULD NEED TO BE AVOIDED OR. YEAH, I IMAGINE THEY'VE WEIGHED IN ON THAT ALREADY. SORRY. LET ME GET THIS. THIS IS THE BEST MAP I THINK I HAVE OF YOU. YEAH. SO THE STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY. NOT SHOWING UP. OH, LET ME GO THERE. NO, SORRY. THERE WE GO. GOT IT. I'LL TURN MY VIDEO OFF, TOO. RIGHT. THERE. OKAY. SO, YEAH, THE STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY LED THE ACQUISITION OF ALL OF THESE PERMITS. YEAH. AND SO THE EVERY STREAM CROSSING THE LOCATION OF THOSE AT ALL WAS IRONED OUT IN GREAT DETAIL. FRANKLY SPEAKING, WE DON'T DO ANY PROJECTS HERE WITHOUT STEWARDSHIP. AND THEIR, THEIR, THEIR INPUT. AND WE'VE WHILE WE WORK TO BE BETTER AT THAT, THEY'RE ALWAYS IN THE ROOM. SO THIS IS THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE LIKE I SAID, FIVE YEARS. THEY LED THIS PERMITTING PROCESS AND THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE AGENCIES AND CAME UP WITH THE MITIGATION, MONITORING AND REPORTING PLAN THAT WE ARE WORKING UNDER NOW. APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S HELPFUL TO SEE IN ALL THE STAFF REPORTS. CAN YOU POINT TO ME WHERE THE. SO THE ENTRANCE. YEAH. SO THE CASTLE RIDGE TRAIL IS APPROXIMATELY. OH, WHAT IS IT? CONTROL L FOR LASER. AND. SH. OH, GOSH. CONTROL. OUT. WHY DON'T I? OKAY, WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS, AND WE'LL BUILD A TRAIL. OKAY, SO THE NEAREST ENTRANCE IS IS ROUGHLY RIGHT. HERE. IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL ON THIS MAP. I APOLOGIZE. OH, HERE IT IS. THE CORVETTE TRAIL RIGHT OVER HERE. SO THE TRAILHEAD ENTRANCE. WE INSTALLED A RESTROOM THERE, WORKED WITH PLEASANTON RIDGE ON STREET PARKING AND AN ENTRANCE. AND A GATE WITH THE LANDOWNER HERE. I BELIEVE THIS OPENED UP IN 20. I DON'T KNOW, 20, 16 OR 18. I APOLOGIZE, I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT, BUT THIS IS THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE. NOW AND THEN YOU WOULD TRAVEL ALONG THE RIDGE TO, TO GET TO THIS TRAIL FROM THAT LOCATION. AND THE NEW THE NEW ONE THAT COULD BE STAGED SOMEDAY IS UP AT THAT LAND BANK AREA RIGHT AROUND THIS AREA HERE. [00:30:05] OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S THAT. YEAH. OKAY. WE GOT IT. IF. YEAH. OKAY. I HAVE I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE ON THE ATTACHMENT A, YOU HAVE YOU'RE SHOWING OFF DUBLIN CANYON ROAD AND THEN DEV ANA CANYON, AND THEN SO THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A ROAD, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE TRAIL AND WAIT. OR IS THAT IS THAT A LOOKS LIKE IT'S A ROAD, BUT THEN YOU HAVE EXISTING ROADS. ANYWAY, THIS THIS ONE, IT SHOWS THE TRAIL. IT SHOWS HAS A NICE PICTURE OF THE TRAIL. BLACK AND WHITE. ACTUALLY, THAT'S NOT THE PICTURE. OH, WELL, I GUESS THAT'S A BIGGER PICTURE OF IT. SO MY QUESTION IS. SO. SO WHEN THIS TRAIL IS BUILT, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T ACCESS IT OFF EITHER THE CANYON OR THESE EXISTING ROADS OR. THAT'S PARTIALLY CORRECT, YES. THE CANYON IS PARTIALLY PRIVATE. AND SO IN ORDER TO HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS HERE A STAGING AREA WILL NEED TO BE BUILT AND A SEPARATE TRAIL ALONGSIDE THE ROAD THAT WILL CROSS THE ROAD AT A PORTION THAT WE OWN IN ORDER TO ACCESS THIS ONE DAY. OKAY. BUT BECAUSE YOU CAN ACCESS THIS TRAIL FROM THE BODY OF THE PARK. THIS IS THIS WAS DETERMINED TRAIL TO BE BUILT. WE THOUGHT THAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAPPEN EARLIER. AND OBVIOUSLY, LIKE I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THINGS HAVE SHIFTED AT PLEASANTON QUITE A BIT OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS. SO. GOT IT. THAT'S HELPFUL. YEAH, THAT MAKES MORE SENSE. THANKS. SEAN, WHAT'S THE DISTANCE FROM THE STAGING AREA DOWN THERE AT CASTLE RIDGE TO THERE? TO HERE. SIX MILES. SIX MILES. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY, THEN I'LL BRING IT BACK FOR OUR COMMENTS IF WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO MAKE ON THIS. I JUST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THIS BUILT TO GET PHILIP SCHULTZ'S NAME BACK OUT THERE. OUT OF RESPECT FOR WHAT HE WHAT HE DID, HIS SACRIFICE HE MADE AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EXTRA SPECIAL TRAILS BECAUSE OF THAT REASON. AND DIRECTOR DIRECTOR WAESPI IDEA ABOUT MAKING SOME KIND OF EVENT OUT OF THE OPENING OF THESE TRAILS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE IS APPROPRIATE. JUST JUST AN IDEA TO KIND OF THROW OUT THERE FOR YOU. BUT THE OTHER THING IS THOSE ARE GOING TO BE REALLY GREAT TRAILS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILT TO MODERN STANDARDS, RIGHT, BY A GROUP THAT REALLY KNOWS HOW TO BUILD TRAILS. I'VE SEEN THEIR THEIR WORK IN A LOT OF PICTURES. AND YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN A WAY I'M. WELL, NO, IT'S A GOOD THING THAT THAT OTHER COMPANY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS, AND NOW WE CAN USE THESE GUYS BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THEIR WORK ON OUR LAND, SEE HOW GOOD IT IS. SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT. SO IF THERE'S. OH, YEAH. SURE. YEAH. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. AND I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED THAT IT'S THAT WE'RE ALMOST THERE GETTING READY TO OPEN THIS. I THINK IT'S REALLY A REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND IMPORTANT DEDICATION AND MEMORY FOR, FOR PHILIP SCHULTZ, FOR, FOR WHAT HE DID AND FOR HIS FAMILY AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS TRAIL. WHAT I ALSO REALLY LIKE ABOUT IT IS IT'S THE TOPOGRAPHY IS DIFFERENT AS FAR AS IN THAT WOODED SECTION, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT TRAIL GOING OUT THERE IS EXPOSED BECAUSE YOU WON'T BE ON THAT OTHER CREEKSIDE TRAIL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S QUITE AN ELEVATION DOWNHILL TO GET TO THAT. SO THE MAIN WAY GOING OUT THERE IS PRETTY EXPOSED. BUT TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF WOODLAND EXPERIENCE IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND I THINK LIKE THIS REALLY WON'T BE UNLOCKED UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE STAGING AREA. SO JUST AS FAR AS ONE, A LOT OF TIMES YOU HAVE TO BUILD ONE THING TO GET THE NEXT THING. AND JUST USING THOSE DIFFERENT WW LIKE FUNDS AND EVERYTHING. SO YEAH, SO VERY EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT. AND I WAS DEFINITELY COUNTING UP THE MILES FOR THE BEFORE DIRECTOR ASKED AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THANKS AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN. [00:35:04] I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. I WAS WONDERING THE STAGING AREA. WHAT'S THE. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A KEY THING. SO ARE THERE ANY PLANS OR HAS IT BEEN DESIGNED YET? THE STAGING AREA OR IS IT JUST A CONCEPT? IT'S A CONCEPT AT THIS POINT. YEAH. OKAY. ALL WE HAVE IS AN AGREEMENT AS A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT IS A DRAFT AND THAT PLEASANTON IS WORKING INTO THE PROJECT. SO, YEAH. OKAY. WELL, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. I WOULD MOVE OKAY. SECOND. SECOND. MOVE BY WAESPI. AND I HEARD A SECOND BY ECHOLS OVER HERE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIES. UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS. [GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS] THAT WAS QUICK. YEAH. JUST A FEW QUICK THINGS. I THINK I TEASED THIS UP LAST TIME, BUT NOW IT IS OFFICIAL AND IS PUBLIC THAT OUR NEW AGM ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR HUMAN RESOURCES, WE'VE MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND HER NAME IS JESSICA ROMEO. SHE COMES TO US FROM THE CITY OF OF ALAMEDA. AND SHE IS STARTING LATER THIS MONTH. SO THE 21ST. SO ALISON'S GOT A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE. BUT YOU'LL WE'LL BRING HER TO THE NOT TO THE 15TH, BUT THE MEETING AFTER THAT SO YOU CAN MEET HER. SHE'S JUST LOVELY. AND WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS ACCEPTED THE AGM FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AS WELL AS OF THIS MORNING THERE IN A BACKGROUND CHECK. SO NOT READY TO ANNOUNCE THEIR NAME. BUT WE DO HAVE. THAT POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED AS WELL. SO SUPER POSITIVE NEWS. EARTH DAY COMING UP ON THE 19TH. I KNOW EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY HERE IN THE PARK DISTRICT. BUT AS JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PLEASE GO ON OUR WEBSITE. TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROGRAMING HAPPENING THAT DAY. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET OUT THERE. THIS THURSDAY WE HAVE THE RADKEY ADVOCACY AWARD OUT AT THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, WHERE WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE AWARD TO SENATOR GRAYSON. SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THIS BOARD APPROVED, JUST AS A REMINDER, YOU APPROVED THAT BACK IN NOVEMBER TO TO PROVIDE THAT TO HE'S, THE RECIPIENT FOR THE 2024 AWARD. AND LAST THING IS JUST HOT OFF THE PRESS IS THAT LAKE TEMESCAL IS IS OFFICIALLY NOW OPEN AS OF TODAY FOR SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK. SWIMMING UNTIL THE LIFEGUARDS ARE SCHEDULED TO SHOW UP THERE ON THE 26TH OF APRIL. SO GOOD NEWS. AND PEOPLE CAN GET OUT THERE AND SWIM. HOPEFULLY THE ALGAE COOPERATES, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION? NO. WE DON'T. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE SOUNDS LIKE WE DON'T. SO NEXT WE MOVE TO BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED. [BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED] THIS IS THE BOARD COMMENT, PERIOD. DIRECTOR COFFEY, YOU WANT TO LEAD THAT OFF? SURE. JUST A FEW THINGS. I ATTENDED ON MARCH 21ST, THE ANNUAL TRAINING. ARE WE GOING TO GET CERTIFICATES FROM THE LAWYER THAT DID THAT? YES. OKAY. FOR OUR FILES ON THE 26TH, I ATTENDED THE RETIREES LUNCHEON UP AT THE BRAZILIAN ROOM. ON THE 27TH, I ATTENDED THE CONTRA COSTA SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION ANNUAL DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT. MERCURIO AND AND SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH. ON THE 28TH, I ATTENDED THE CAPITAL WORKSHOP. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ON 321, I MET AT CIVIC. I HAD A DUAL SPEAKING ROLE ENGAGEMENT THERE THAT DAY. THE SECOND ORGANIZATION THAT I SPOKE ABOUT WAS EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS, AND THIS WAS FOR A WOMEN MONTH SPEAKER. AND THEN LATER ON THAT DAY I ATTENDED THE SPECIAL TRAINING MEETING AT, AT THE RICHARD TRUDEAU CENTER. AND I ALSO ON 328, ATTENDED THE SPECIAL MEETING ON CAPITAL PROJECTS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR WAESPI. ARE YOU READY? YES. I'M READY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [00:40:02] SO ON THE JUNE 19TH, I ATTENDED THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING. ON THE 21ST, THE FOLLOW UP RETREAT AND HARASSMENT TRAINING UP AT TRUDEAU CENTER. ON THE 26TH, I ATTENDED THE RETIREE LUNCHEON. IT WAS A WONDERFUL, GREAT EVENT. AND THEY'RE VERY HAPPY THAT BOARD MEMBERS COULD MAKE IT. I HOPE YOU FEEL WELCOME NEXT YEAR. IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT TO SEE THE OLD FOLKS AND SOME GREAT PRESENTATIONS. AND THEN A GREAT, GREAT LUNCH. ON THE 28TH, I ATTENDED THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WORK SESSION. AND THAT'S IT. BUT I THIS IS THE GOOD NEWS TIME, RIGHT? SO I SURE LET HER RIP. OH, SHOOT. I WANTED TO REPORT UPON SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS WE'RE DOING. THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE THE FORESTRY AND FIRE RECRUITMENT PROGRAM. IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES CAREER SUPPORT TO FORMERLY INCARCERATED FIREFIGHTERS AND THOSE CURRENTLY INCARCERATED IN IN CALIFORNIA'S CONSERVATION CAMPS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN CAREERS IN WILDLAND FORESTRY SECTOR. IT'S DEVELOPED IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO GROWING NEED FOR WILDLIFE WILDFIRE RELATED PERSONNEL. IT'S A GREAT GROUP TRAINING FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET IN THIS THIS LINE OF WORK. SO ON THE GOOD NEWS END OUR OUR LIFEGUARD SERVICES PROVIDED TITLE 22 TRAINING TO THEM YESTERDAY. I THINK IT WAS A GROUP OF 18 PEOPLE WHO WERE VERY INTERESTED IN BECOMING FIREFIGHTERS. IN TITLE 22 IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO HAVE. IT'S. JOSH. WHAT IS IT? IT'S THE PROFESSIONAL. IT'S ADVANCED FIRST AID AND STUFF LIKE THAT. CPR AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT IS TRAINED FOR, FOR FOR PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S THE WORD. SO WE PARTICIPATED IN THAT AND IT WAS GREAT. ALSO, IF I HAVE THE ABILITY I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING OR WE'LL GET TO IT LATER. IN HONOR OF JACK RODDY. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY KNEW JACK RODDY. WE ALL KNOW THE NAME. JACK WAS A GOOD OLD COWBOY. I THINK HE'S DEFINITELY A MEMBER OF THE PRO RODEO HALL OF FAME WORLD CHAMPION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS A STEER WRESTLER OR A CALF ROPER OR SOMETHING, BUT A COWBOY WHO HAD ALL THAT LAND OUT THERE AND HIS GOLF COURSE IN COLLIN'S WARD. HE SOLD HIS PROPERTY TO US AND VARIOUS PERIODS OF HIS LIFE. FINALLY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, HE GAVE US HIS HOME, SOLD HIS, HIS HOME RANCH, HIS LAST 40 ACRES, AND MOVED TO TEXAS AND UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY JUST RECENTLY. BUT I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN HONOR OF HIM. WE'LL DO THAT. WE'LL DO THAT. DIRECTOR ECHOLS. YES. SO ON MARCH 19TH, I ATTENDED THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON HAD A GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DISTRICT OUTREACH PLAN MEETING. I'M SORRY, DISTRICT PLAN OUTREACH MEETING WITH A SUPERVISOR. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT A FEW OTHER ISSUES, A VERY HELPFUL PRODUCTIVE MEETING. THAT'S ON THE 21ST. WE HAD THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING ON THE 26TH, THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, AND ON THE 28TH, THE BOARD STUDY SESSION ON CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND THEN ON SUNDAY THE 30TH, I HAD A LUNCHEON WITH CONGRESSWOMAN LATEEFAH SIMON. AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME. AFTER OUR MEETING ON MARCH 18TH TO THE 20TH, I WENT UP TO SACRAMENTO TO THE CALIFORNIA PARKS AND REC SOCIETY. PRETTY INTERESTING. VERY IN THE WEEDS FOR FOR EMPLOYEES. BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF BIG PICTURE STUFF. I REALLY ENJOYED SEEING SOFTWARE THAT WAS OUT THERE, PARTICULARLY FOR WEBSITES. MAYBE THAT COULD BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, BUT THERE'S SOME REALLY SNAZZY FANCY OPPORTUNITIES. I WAS LOOKING AT SOME SCHEDULING RESERVATIONS AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE THE ONES THAT WE ARE USING HERE IN THE PARK DISTRICT, SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE. JUST FEEL LIKE A BIG SPONGE ALL THE TIME OUT THERE GRABBING NEW INFORMATION, MEETING PEOPLE. AND THEY DO HAVE A NEW ADVOCACY GROUP THAT WAS FORMED AND THEY ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH A ELECTED OFFICIALS MORE IN THE FUTURE THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, PARTICULARLY ON BOND MEASURES. SO THAT WAS A NEW SUBCOMMITTEE THAT THAT GROUP HAS FORMED. SO THAT WAS FUN. OUR BOARD RETREAT FOLLOW UP ON THE 21ST, I ACTUALLY GOT A TOUR. I WENT UP WITH A JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST AND TOURED THE PAINTED ROCKS NEW ACQUIRED LANDS THERE IN MORAGA, PRETTY CLOSE AND ALONGSIDE THE LAFAYETTE MORAGA TRAIL. [00:45:03] I ALSO TOURED THREE TIMES THIS WEEK. LAKE TEMESCAL SO GOOD TIMING. GLAD IT'S OPEN. I MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU AFTER THE MEETING. BUT A LOT GOING ON OVER THERE. A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I GOT TO FLY OVER IT IN THE HELICOPTER ALSO. SO IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO ME TO SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL JEWEL, THIS LAKE IN THIS MIDDLE OF THIS URBAN AREA. FROM UP THERE, IT JUST MADE IT SEEM ALL THAT MORE IMPORTANT TO TRY TO PRESERVE IT. I ATTENDED THE 26TH, THE RETIREE LUNCHEON. THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TO THIS BEAUTIFUL LAND THAT WE ALL ARE TEAMED UP HERE AT THE TABLE TO PROTECT. I HIKED ALSO IN BRIONES ON THE 29TH. INTERESTINGLY, THERE'S NOT A SINGLE BIKE BELL UP THERE ANYMORE. AND INTERESTINGLY, PB7, WHICH IS A ROGUE TRAIL BUILT BY VISITORS, SEEMS TO BE FULLY OPERATING. CATTLE GATE FENCE. JUST REALLY INTERESTING TO UNDERSTAND IN OUR INVENTORY OF TRAILS. I WOULD INCLUDE THAT. AND THERE IS AN UPROOTED TREE ON PB7. I THINK BRIAN LEFT OR SOMEBODY WANTS TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW ABOUT THAT. THE CIP STUDY SESSION ON THE 28TH. YESTERDAY I HIKED WITH TWO PARKS AND REC. COMMISSIONERS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THE TOWN OF MORAGA AND TRAIL CONNECTIONS, NOT ONLY WITH THE JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST, LAND OF THAT PAINTED ROCK PROJECT NEXT TO IT. PALOS CARLOS. NOT TOO FAR AWAY IS OUR LAS TRAMPAS. A LOT OF INTEREST THERE? AND YEAH, THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME. OKAY, WELL, I HEAR HERE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE RETIREE LUNCHEON, AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS SCHEDULED WITH A CONFLICT WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. I THINK IT WAS, SO I MISSED IT, BUT I'VE BEEN TO THAT BEFORE. IT IS GREAT. SO ON THE MARCH 18TH, I WAS AT THE BOARD MEETING. ON MARCH 21ST I HAD AN EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL BOARD MEETING. ON THE 21ST, AGAIN, THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING WITH THE TRAINING THE POST RETREAT DISCUSSION. MARCH 24TH. I ATTENDED THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. AND THEN ON THE 26TH, THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. AND AFTER THAT I MET WITH ERIC AND LISA TO KIND OF A CHECK IN MEETING ABOUT FEDERAL ADVOCACY ENGAGEMENT. ON THE 27TH. I WAS WITH DIRECTOR COFFEY AT THE CONTRA COSTA SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION ANNUAL DINNER. THEY'VE KICKED IT UP A NOTCH ON GLITZ AND GLAMOR IN THAT EVENT. IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY COOL THING. NOW WITH YEAH. GOOD PROGRAM, VERY GOOD PROGRAM. A CHANCE TO TO INTERACT WITH SO MANY OTHER SPECIAL DISTRICTS LEADERS AROUND THE COUNTY. AND IT'S, IT'S JUST TREMENDOUS. AND THEN ON THE 28TH THE BOARD STUDY SESSION ON CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO WITH THAT WE ARE WE ARE READY FOR ADJOURNMENT. AND WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN IN IN MEMORY OF JACK. JACK. IN MEMORY OF JACK RODDY. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE ADJOURNING AT 208, AND THERE'S A LITTLE JACK. OH, YEAH. THANKS GOODNESS. YEAH, THERE'S. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.