Apr 11, 2025 Board of Directors Study Session

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ALL RIGHT, WELL. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THIS BOARD STUDY SESSION OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS OPENING AT 1105. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

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DIRECTOR. WAESPI HERE. DIRECTOR. SANWONG HERE.

DIRECTOR. ESPAÑA HERE. DIRECTOR. COFFEY HERE.

PRESIDENT MERCURIO HERE, DGM COURTIN HERE. AND GENERAL COUNSEL MACKENZIE HERE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO WE MISTAKENLY LEFT OFF PUBLIC COMMENT ON OUR AGENDA.

SO WE NEED TO AMEND THE AGENDA NOW. AND I NEED A MOTION TO DO JUST THAT.

THE MOTION IS TO ADD PUBLIC COMMENT AS THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

SO MOVED. SECOND. MOVE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED. CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. SO NOW WE COME TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY? PRESIDENT MERCURIO, WE DO HAVE SOMEONE IN THE ZOOM ROOM, AND I'VE SENT MR. Y AN EMAIL AND A CHAT, WHICH HE PROBABLY DIDN'T RECEIVE.

SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS ELEVATE HIM AND ASK HIM IF HE HAS A COMMENT.

THIS WOULD BE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THIS AGENDA.

I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I CAN'T TALK TO HIM, BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND ANYBODY WHO'S PAYING ATTENTION HERE OR OUT THERE OR ANYWHERE THAT IT IS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. WE CAN TAKE COMMENTS ABOUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WHEN WE GET TO THOSE.

YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR.. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN, MY COMMENTS WILL BE UNDER PUBLIC. UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

OKAY. ON THE AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. ONE OTHER PERSON.

DIANE CARDENAS OR J A R D I N E S IS YOUR COMMENT FOR AN ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA? OH, SHE WORKS FOR US. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. I JUST FOUND THAT OUT.

NO WORRIES. YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMMENT. THANKS, DIANE.

OKAY. WE'RE READY TO GO. OKAY, SO WE HAVE NO, NO, NO ONE WHO WANTS TO DO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NOT ON FOR ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA. MOVING TO DIVISION PRESENTATIONS.

[PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION]

THIS FIRST ONE IS FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS. AND I'LL JUST GIVE A QUICK INTRO AS JORDAN'S GETTING UP.

SO THIS IS A PART OF OUR ANNUAL WORK PLANNING AND REPORTING PROCESS WITH YOUR BOARD.

WE DOVE SORT OF DEEP INTO SOME SPECIFIC AREAS WITH THE STUDY SESSIONS ABOUT TRAILS AND ACQUISITIONS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND THEN AS A PART OF OUR ANNUAL PROCESS, WE'VE ASKED EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO PRESENT ABOUT THEIR TEAMS AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE PRIORITIES MOVING FORWARD INTO THE COMING YEAR.

TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO YOUR BOARD. AND AS A REMINDER, THE NEXT STEP IS THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER PRIORITY SETTING MEETING WITH YOUR BOARD, WHERE WE'VE ASKED EACH OF YOU TO REPORT ON YOUR PRIORITIES.

AND THAT HELPS US BUILD OUR BUDGET FOR THE COMING YEAR SO THAT WE MAKE SURE WE'RE INCLUDING YOUR PRIORITIES IN IN THAT BUDGET.

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JORDAN TO KICK US OFF.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT MERCURIO AND BOARD DIRECTORS.

I'M JORDAN TRAVERSO. I AM THE DIVISION LEAD FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

AND I'VE HAD THIS POSITION NOW JUST OVER A YEAR.

I'M HERE TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION.

ALL RIGHT. OUR OBJECTIVE HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

I'M SORRY. HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. IS TO MANAGE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC MEDIA.

COULD YOU COULD YOU BRING THE MIC IN A LITTLE CLOSER? I THINK IT WOULD HELP US OUT A BIT BETTER.

OH, YEAH. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR OBJECTIVE HERE AT EAST BAY PARK PUBLIC AFFAIRS IS GENERALLY TO MANAGE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC MEDIA AND PARTNERS TO BUILD POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS, INFORM ABOUT PARK PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES, AND INFLUENCE PUBLIC OPINION RELATED TO PARK POLICIES AND ISSUES.

WE ALSO PROVIDE PARK GOERS WITH IMPORTANT INFORMATION LIKE WHERE THEY ARE, HOW TO GET WHERE THEY WANT TO GO AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THE PARKS.

WE VIEW OUR DIVISION AS SERVICING THE REST OF THE PARK DISTRICT'S NEEDS WHILE ALSO KEEPING OUR FOCUS ON SERVING EAST BAY PARK VISITORS.

LAST YEAR WHEN YOU RECEIVED THIS PRESENTATION, THE AGM AT THE TIME MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL EMPLOYEES IN ACTING ROLES AND THERE

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THERE WERE FIVE VACANCIES. THEY INCLUDED A SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER, AN EXHIBIT DESIGNER, A COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH MANAGER, A WEB DESIGNER, AND AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE AGM.

AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT TODAY, THE ONLY VACANCY THAT REMAINS IN THE DIVISION IS THAT OF THE AGM.

SO I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE MYSELF A HIGH FIVE FOR THAT IN MY IN THE YEAR I'VE BEEN HERE, I LOOK BACK AND THAT SUPPORTING THE HIRING OF THOSE POSITIONS AND THEN HIRING FOR THOSE POSITIONS IS WHAT TOOK UP MOST OF MY TIME. AND I'M ACTUALLY REALLY PROUD OF THE HIRES I'VE MADE. OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF TWO EMPLOYEES IN THE ARCHIVES AND HISTORY PROGRAM, EIGHT IN THE CREATIVE DESIGN GROUP, SIX IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO TWO EMPLOYEES THAT ARE DIRECT REPORTS TO THE AGM.

AND IN ABSENCE OF THAT AGM, THEY'VE BEEN REPORTING DIRECTLY TO ME.

AND THAT IS SOPHIA. SHE'S AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE AGM.

AND LAUREN KAUFMAN, WHO IS AN ANALYST TOO, WHO HELPS US WITH OUR BUDGET AND ALSO EVENTS.

ALL RIGHT. HERE YOU SEE OUR ARCHIVES AND HISTORY PROGRAM.

IT'S COMPOSED OF BRENDA MONTANO AND CRYSTAL JIMENEZ.

YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THEIR WORKLOAD HERE.

THIS YEAR THEY'VE POSTED THE ONLINE WEB PORTAL FOR THE EAST BAY PARKS ORAL HISTORIES.

THEY HAVE PUBLISHED 20 ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPTS WITH UC BERKELEY'S BANCROFT LIBRARY THAT INCLUDED HARDBOUND COPIES TO THE NARRATORS AND COPIES ACCESSIONED INTO THE ARCHIVES.

THEY'VE DIGITIZED AND PROVIDED ARCHIVAL HOUSING FOR MORE THAN 600 HISTORIC NEGATIVES.

AND THAT IS ALSO WITH. I'M GOING TO HAVE A THEME OF ALL HANDS PITCHING IN, JUST SO THAT YOU SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HELP US OUT.

AND A LOT OF THIS WORK WAS DONE WITH EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE PARKS THAT WERE ON LIGHT DUTY BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, HAVING THEM HAVE TO BE HAVE TO DO LIGHT DUTY WORK.

SO WE'VE BEEN USING THEM IN THE ARCHIVES. THEY ALSO SUBMITTED THE FIRST IN-HOUSE PRODUCED HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD REPORT, WHICH IS CALLED THE HARE REPORT, FOR MELLANOX'S FERRY PORT POINT TERMINAL TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR INDUCTION INTO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

THEY'VE INTERVIEWED THE CHOUINARD'S DAMIEN AND CAROL FOR THE HISTORY OF THE CHOUINARD WINERY, AND THAT'S NOW PARK DISTRICT PROPERTY. AND THE WORK THERE AT ARCHIVES IS MULTIPLIED BY IN-PERSON VOLUNTEERS.

THEY HELP WITH GOING THROUGH FILES, ORGANIZE AND DIGITIZE AND IDENTIFY ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

AND MOST OF THEM ARE RETIRED EMPLOYEES, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM.

WE ALSO HAVE STUDENT VOLUNTEERS FROM UC BERKELEY AND GRAD STUDENTS FROM SAN FRANCISCO STATE.

SOME OF THOSE DO REMOTE ASSISTANCE, REVIEWING ORAL HISTORIES AND TRANSCRIBING, AND THEN SOME COME IN TO HELP AND ACTUALLY CATALOG THE PHYSICAL FILES.

NEXT, WE HAVE THE CREATIVE DESIGN GROUP LED BY MANAGER TODD SALERNO.

THE GROUP IS SECTIONED INTO THREE SECTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHICS, WHICH IS THE SIGN SHOP OR SIGN DESIGN, GRAPHIC DESIGN, AND EXHIBIT DESIGN. I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT THIS THIS GROUP TAKES REALLY GREAT PRIDE IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THEY SHOULD.

THERE'S A LOT OF HANDS THAT GO INTO BRINGING ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY DO TO LIFE.

AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THEY'RE UNMATCHED AT IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION.

SO SIGN DESIGN IS A MARION DENIM, MIKE LOWE AND PAUL BAYBROOK.

THIS TEAM HANDLES ENTRANCE INFO PANELS, PARK SIGNAGE, BANNERS, VEHICLE GRAPHICS, AND WAYFINDING SIGNS.

THIS IS ALL DONE IN-HOUSE AND DISTRICT WIDE. IN THIS PHOTO, YOU'RE SEEING PROTOTYPES FOR THE HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN, LANDS THAT WILL BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC ACCESS BUT WITH VERY SPECIFIC CONSERVATION RESTRICTIONS.

SO THIS IS JUST A PROTOTYPE. BUT I THINK SOME OF YOU SAW THIS IN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

IT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL WORK THEY DID SO FAR.

ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHICS THIS YEAR IS DONE 12 BRANDED DECAL PROJECTS, WHICH IS LIKE POLICE VEHICLES, HELMETS, ETC. THEY'VE DONE 13 CNC PROJECTS, WHICH IS THE BIG WOOD PANELS.

YOU ALSO SAW THAT IN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SIGNS AND TRAIL POSTS.

THERE'S 2300 PLUS SIGNS OF ALL SIZES AND MATERIALS SO FAR THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S 957FT² PRINTED ON THE NEW HP FLATBED, WHICH WERE PIVOTAL IN GETTING FOR US LAST YEAR.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. EXCUSE ME. ALL RIGHT. LAST YEAR WHEN YOU SAW THIS PRESENTATION, HILLARY HAD JUST RETIRED.

SHE WAS WONDERFUL. SHE WAS WIDELY THOUGHT OF AS IRREPLACEABLE, YET WE HAVE REPLACED HER.

NO OFFENSE TO HER. I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE WANTED WHEN SHE RETIRED. SO CAROL CLAMOR IS A HIGHLY SKILLED DESIGNER WHO STARTED IN JANUARY.

SHE HANDLES PARK MAP BROCHURES, PUBLICATIONS LIKE THE REGIONAL IN NATURE THAT YOU SEE HERE.

AND SHE'S OUR CORE BRAND, STRENGTHENER. GRAPHIC DESIGN THIS YEAR IS WORKING TO STRENGTHEN THE BRAND ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS, SWAG AND APPAREL.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING TOWARD ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY. SO WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT CRITERIA TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WHEN WE REALLY NEED TO PRINT THINGS AND NOT PRINT THEM IF WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO. PLUS, LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES FOR THINGS LIKE SWAG SO THAT THEY'RE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND NOT CONTAINING PLASTIC OR THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THROWN AWAY AND BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS GROUP HAS DONE 30 OUT OF ABOUT 150 PROJECTS THAT WE DO NORMALLY THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOUT A FIFTH OF THE WAY THERE.

THEN WE HAVE EXHIBIT DESIGN. I'M ACTUALLY JOINED BY JEN WEBER RIGHT HERE TODAY.

SHE LEADS THE TEAM OF TWO EXHIBIT DESIGNERS, RICK KITAYAMA AND JORDAN SCOTT.

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HERE YOU'RE SEEING SEVERAL OF OUR SIGNS THAT WE CALL WAYSIDES.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SIGN THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE LARGE WOOD SIGNS IN THE PARK THAT TELLS YOU WHERE YOU ARE.

AND THESE SIGNS IS THAT THOSE TELL YOU THE NAME OF WHERE YOU ARE. AND THESE TELL YOU WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, WHY THAT SPACE PARTICULARLY IS IMPORTANT. SO FAR, EXHIBITS HAS GOTTEN THIS VISITOR CENTER REBUILD THROUGH DESIGN AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME 3D MODELING WITH THEIR EXHIBIT PLANS, SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE DETAILED VIEWS OF MEASUREMENTS AND PROPOSALS TO SEE THAT THEY WORK. THEY'VE DONE MAINTENANCE REPAIRS AT BIG BREAK VISITOR CENTER, CRAB COVE VISITOR CENTER.

DEL VALLE VISITOR CENTER, AND TILDEN PEAK, AND THEY HAVE PUT ONE NEW WAYSIDE IN AND THEY'VE REPLACED SIX.

AND THEN THE THIRD AND FINAL PRONG OF THE OVERALL PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION IS CALLED PUBLIC AFFAIRS ALSO, BUT IT'S YOUR INDUSTRY STANDARD COMMUNICATION SHOP.

KENDRA STRAY LEADS THE THAT SECTION. AND UNDER HER IS DAVE MASON, PUBLIC INFORMATION SUPERVISOR, GEN LUANA, PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST. THEY HANDLE MEDIA RELATIONS, PUBLIC RELATIONS, BOARD PRESENTATIONS, EVENTS, ETC. JESSE SINGH IS OUR PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR WHO'S PART OF THE PRODUCTION OF ALL OF OUR PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING THE REGIONAL AND NATURE THE TRAILS CHALLENGE BOOK, BROCHURES AND MAPS.

CONRAD PANGANIBAN IS OUR WEB DESIGNER. HE HANDLES THE MANY THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF OUR WEBSITE AND THEN WE HAVE A FANTASTIC ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST, LASHAWN RABON. OKAY, THEN THIS TEAM COMMUNICATES TO PARKGOERS AND EMPLOYEES AND PARTNERS THROUGH VEHICLES LIKE THE PARK EXPLORER, WHICH GOES OUT TO ABOUT 67,000 SUBSCRIBERS. WE HAVE PARK HAPPENINGS, WHICH IS A PRESS RELEASE, AND WE HAVE OTHER PRESS RELEASE. OUR MEDIA DISTRIBUTION IS ABOUT 446, PROBABLY EXACTLY 446.

NOT NOT ABOUT. AND THEN AS MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER AS WELL THAT GOES OUT TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, AND THEY'RE ALSO THE PRODUCERS OF THE WALL, THE WALL CALENDAR. WE COME AGAIN TO THE REN, THE REGIONAL IN NATURE.

I'D LIKE TO UNDERSCORE AGAIN THE PITCHING IN. I DON'T I THINK I MAKE THESE SEEM LIKE SILOS, BUT EVERYBODY, PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY ON MY STAFF HAS SOME INPUT OR INVOLVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE REGIONAL AND NATURE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF PITCHING IN. SOME OTHER ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT IS LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT, JEN'S STAFF WAS ACTUALLY IN CHARGE OF IT. BUT BRENDA WAS REALLY PIVOTAL IN A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WENT INTO IT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY THAT THAT WON SEVERAL FIRST PRIZE AWARDS AT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR AND SPENT THE HOLIDAYS FEATURED AT THE OAKLAND AIRPORT.

AND THE SERVICE AWARDS IS ANOTHER ONE. THE THE.

THE SERVICE AWARDS AND THE TRAIL POSTS. WE WORK WITH AIR.

WE HAVE A THERE'S JUST A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT FROM EVERYBODY. SO PITCHING IN IS REALLY IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR MY DIVISION.

GETTING BACK TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS, THEY'RE INVOLVED IN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THE DISTRICT DOES. THE, THE JOB THERE IS TO STORYTELL THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP GAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES ON OUR LANDS, HELP GROW OUR PUBLIC SUPPORTERS AND GIVE THEM THE NEEDED INFORMATION TO GET WHERE THEY WANT TO GO AND DO THINGS IN THE PARKS.

SOME OF OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS THIS YEAR INCLUDE THE TRAILS CHALLENGE BOOK, WHICH IS IN SPANISH FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.

AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, WE DID A SEGMENT ON OPEN ROAD.

WE HAVE SOME OTHERS COMING UP THIS YEAR. WE DID SOME STORYTELLING ON FIRE MITIGATION AND GOT SOME GOOD COVERAGE ON THAT.

AND WE HAVE SOME WE'RE WORKING ON SOME DISTRICT PLAN COLLABORATION.

I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A MINUTE. WE ALSO OUR OUTREACH WORK IS MULTIPLIED BY THE VOLUNTEERS.

YOU GUYS ARE VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE EVENTS, INCLUDING TWO IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

ALL RIGHT. SO ALMOST DONE A LOOK BACK. SO PARK FEST WAS GREAT.

I WAS HIRED SEVEN WEEKS BEFORE PARK FEST LAST YEAR.

I THINK IT TURNED OUT BEAUTIFULLY. I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT WE DID OR NOT AFTER, BUT IN THE YEAR WE DID 12 PLUS EVENTS THAT WERE RELATED TO THE 90TH AND OTHER THINGS, INCLUDING LAKESIDE LAPS AND INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE.

WE ALSO HAD THE BRANDED OAKLANDISH T-SHIRT, AND THERE'S A NEW A NEW VERSION OF THAT THAT'S ON SALE NOW.

I THINK IT WAS A WONDERFUL YEAR, AND I LOOK TO GROW OUR EVENTS FROM WHAT WE SAW THERE.

SO YEAR TO DATE, WE HAD THE THE RADTKE CHAMPIONING CHAMPION CHAMPIONING CHAMPIONING.

THERE IT IS. THAT'S A HARD ONE. CHAMPIONING AWARD EVENT.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MERCURIO, FOR BEING OUT THERE FOR THAT EVENT.

WE'VE WE'VE PRODUCED SEVERAL BOARD PRESENTATIONS FOR YOU TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS AT OTHER PLACES.

WE LIKE I SAID, WE'VE DONE THE WE PUT THE WEB PORTAL ONLINE FOR THE ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPTS.

AS OF MONDAY, WE'VE ANSWERED 60 MEDIA INQUIRIES AND 934 PUBLIC INQUIRIES.

WE'VE HAD THREE AMBASSADOR EVENTS COMPLETED. WE GOT THE TRAILS CHALLENGE GUIDEBOOKS OUT, AND WE HAVE EVENTS AROUND THAT PROGRAMING AS WELL.

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THANK YOU AGAIN. THE EXHIBITS HAS HAD ONE NEW WAYSIDE PANEL PUT IN THE GROUND AND SIX PANEL REPLACEMENTS.

OUR GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM IS WORKING TO STRENGTHEN THE BRAND, INCLUDING SUSTAINABLE, INCLUDING PRODUCTS THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE AND ALSO WORKING ON APPAREL. AND AGAIN, WE'VE DONE 30 OUT OF ABOUT 150 USUAL ONES.

EVENTS AND PROJECTS PER YEAR. WE ALSO HAVE 98 LEAF AWARDS COMPLETED AND TRAIL ATTEND TRAIL POST AWARDS FOR THE 2025 SERVICE AWARDS.

AND SO LOOK AHEAD. I LOVE ALL THAT WE'VE DONE LAST YEAR.

I THINK THAT THE DISTRICT PLAN, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN THIS COMING YEAR IS PLANNING EVENTS, TRYING TO BUILD THEM OUT TO SUPPORT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AROUND THE DISTRICT PLAN.

SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A THEME OF ANYTHING THAT WE DO IN THE COMING YEAR.

AND I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO REALLY HAVE SOME ROBUST OUTREACH TO GET PEOPLE TO INPUT, WHICH IS THEN GOING TO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, LEAD US INTO WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THE FUTURE.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THAT DOES, AND I'M HERE AND AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. SO YOU AND I BOTH HAVE TROUBLE WITH THAT WORD.

AND AND AT THE SENATOR GRAYSON EVENT, I, I THINK I TOOK ME THREE TRIES TO GET IT.

SO I THINK WE'VE AGREED WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THAT WORD ANYMORE. WE SHOULD PROBABLY CHANGE YOU AND I BOTH, WHO ARE NOT STRANGERS TO PUBLIC SPEAKING, CAN'T SAY THAT WORD. YOU KNOW, THERE'S ANOTHER WORD THAT CAN BE USED. WE SHOULD.

WELL, THE AWARD IS NAMED CHAMPIONING. SO WE SHOULD JUST PRACTICE CHAMPIONING.

CHAMPIONING. THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S TRUE. BUT I, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFICULT THING.

SO WHY DON'T WE DO QUESTIONS AND, AND WE'LL MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE INFORMAL.

WE'LL DO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS IF YOU WANT TO COMBINE EVERYTHING, AND THEN WE'LL GET PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THAT ON THIS ITEM.

OKAY. SO YOU HAD A QUESTION DIRECTOR COFFEY OR COMMENT.

WELL, I JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT YOUR TENURE TO DATE.

EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE EXTRAORDINARILY WELL, ESPECIALLY THE WORK ON THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY.

MATERIALS. THE DISPLAY AT THE AIRPORT WAS SUPERB.

VERY POPULAR. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. AS I'VE NOTICED IN THE RAIN THIS YEAR THAT WE'VE ALTERED OUR EMBLEM. THIS. OH, YEAH. THERE'S NO LONGER DISTRICT.

OH NO, IT'S DISTRICT. STILL, WE DID HAVE ONE.

WE DID HAVE ONE ISSUE GO WITH WITHOUT THE WORD DISTRICT IN IT, BUT IT HAS BEEN REVERTED BACK.

DISTRICT. OKAY. SO THAT WAS JUST A ONE TIME THING THAT I.

YEAH, WE MAY BE THE WAY THAT WE GO IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LET THE DISTRICT PLAN KIND OF LEAD THAT.

IT'S THE WORD DISTRICT WILL NEVER BE REMOVED FROM EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

I THINK THERE ARE SOME USES, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE THAT THERE COULD BE IT'LL STILL BE THE SAME LOGO, BUT IT COULD BE MORE PALATABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE EAST BAY PARKS, BECAUSE THE PARKS ARE WHAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC.

AGAIN, THIS WAS A QUICK MISSTEP ON ONE REGIONAL IN NATURE, BUT IT IS BACK TO DISTRICT AT THIS POINT.

OKAY. SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE WHEN YOU ALL GET INTO AN ACTIVE DISCUSSION OF WHETHER THE LOGO SHOULD DROP DISTRICT BRING IT TO THE BOARD LEVEL, BECAUSE I AGREE THAT IT'S A WORTH DISCUSSION.

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I DON'T USE IT, RIGHT? I JUST SAY EAST BAY PARKS.

YEAH. WHEN I INTRODUCE MYSELF, FOR INSTANCE. SO I JUST LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVE DISCUSSION OF THAT.

CERTAINLY. THANKS. YES. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH. I'D ALSO LIKE TO APPRECIATE YOU FOR ALL OF YOU DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR.

I MEAN, YOU CAME IN, AS YOU SAID, RIGHT BEFORE THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY AND REALLY HAD TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

AND YOU DID. AND AND THOSE 90TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS WERE WERE REALLY FABULOUS.

THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL OF THAT. AND I ALSO I, YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR REMARKS ABOUT THE ARCHIVES HISTORY PROGRAM.

YOU QUICKLY MENTIONED MILLER KNOX AND THE VERY POINT.

CAN YOU JUST SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH. WHAT WHAT? IT'S OKAY, SO I HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY NOTES. IT'S CALLED THE HARE REPORT, AND IT'S FOR INDUCTION INTO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

IT HAD TO DO WITH LET ME SEE IF I CAN OPEN THIS REAL QUICK.

AND BRENDA MONTANO WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS. THEY HAD NEVER DONE ONE BEFORE.

AND THEY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MUDDLED THEIR WAY THROUGH IT TO FIGURE OUT AND KIND OF HAD SOME STOPS AND STARTS, BUT FIGURED OUT HOW TO HOW TO SUBMIT THIS REPORT.

LET ME READ EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT IT. SO WAS IT SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING INDUCTED INTO THE THAT WE DON'T KNOW YET.

THEY JUST THEY JUST SUBMITTED IT. YEAH, I CAN PROVIDE.

I'LL BRING YOU BACK MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT REPORT IS. YOU CAN SEND IT TO ME. I'M INTERESTED. AND THE OTHER THING IS, SO WHERE ARE THE OUTLANDISH T SHIRTS ON SALE? YOU CAN FIND THEM ON OAKLANDISH. YES. OAKLANDISH WEBSITE.

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THAT'S COOL. NO. OAKLANDISH WEBSITE HAS THEM.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE IN THEIR AIRPORT STORE.

YES, I SAW THEM THERE. GREAT. AWESOME. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHERS? YEAH, PLEASE. YEAH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GREAT PROGRAM AND ALL THE GREAT STUFF YOU DO. IT'S IT'S REALLY A SOURCE OF PRIDE WHEN YOU GO TO THINGS LIKE THE COUNTY FAIR OR THE AIRPORT AND SEE THOSE BEAUTIFUL DISPLAYS AND, AND YOUR GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT IS AMAZING.

I AGREE. I WAS WONDERING, SO YOU MENTIONED THERE'S NO AGM.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HIRE AN AGM? WHERE ARE WE IN THAT PROCESS? SO I KNOW THAT AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THE GM MENTIONED THAT SOMEBODY HAD ACCEPTED A CONDITIONAL OFFER.

I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'RE CLOSE.

OKAY, GREAT. YES. CORRECT. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND ALSO YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT YOU SORT OF HIT AND SORT OF CALLING ABOUT THE REBRANDING.

ARE WE IS THERE A REBRANDING PROGRAM IN THE DISTRICT? ARE WE PLANNING TO REBRAND OR IS IT JUST PEOPLE THINKING THINGS UP AS THEY AS IT OCCURS? I WOULD NOT CHARACTERIZE ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO DO AS A REBRAND.

A REBRAND WOULD MEAN THAT WE ARE REBRAND IS AN UNDERTAKING THAT OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS STAFF WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO.

IT REALLY DOES REQUIRE AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION COMING IN AND INTERVIEWING EVERYBODY. AND THEN YOU CHANGE A LOGO, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH PRESIDENT MERCURIO. IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO TO NOT CONTINUE THE HISTORY OF THE LEAF LOGO.

WHAT I WOULD CALL IT IS A POTENTIAL BRAND REFRESH.

SO THIS MEANS JUST KIND OF CLEANING IT UP BECAUSE AND HAVING IT COME ALONG WITH SOME RULES.

OVER THE 91 YEARS, THE, THE LEAF LOGO HAS BEEN STRETCHED OUT, IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE SIDE, IT HAS BEEN PUT IN DIFFERENT COLORS. IT IT HAS THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT ITERATIONS.

AND I WILL AT SOME POINT BRING THIS TO YOU AND SHOW YOU HOW THE DIFFERENCE, HOW THE LEAF LOOKS ON CLOTHING COMPARED TO HOW IT LOOKS ON A SIGN.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME CONTROL MEASURES ARE PROBABLY NECESSARY TO KEEP THAT BRAND STRENGTHENED.

GREAT. THANK YOU. SO. AND AGAIN, AS DIRECTOR COFFEY, I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD INCLUDE THE BOARD IN THIS.

I KNOW I WAS HERE FOR 90 YEARS OF THOSE THINGS AND JUST LIKE YOU SAY, JUST MOVING THAT LEAF TO CHANGE IT FROM THIS PERFECT CIRCLE TO A LITTLE BIT OF ARTSY, IT'S CRAZY. PEOPLE GO NUTS OVER THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO PLEASE INCLUDE US. I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW.

I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE THE ARTISTS, BUT BOY, IT'S SO WEIRD WHEN YOU CHANGE ANYTHING AROUND HERE.

I KNOW. AND ALSO YOU HAD MENTIONED WELL, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE OR IS THAT ON THE DOCKET? WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AS A ONGOING PROGRAM. I HAVE NO REASON TO TO BELIEVE OTHERWISE, BUT THAT ACTUALLY IS AN OPERATIONS IN INR.

FUNCTION. OKAY, GREAT. I SEE, I SEE LISA NODDING.

YES, I SAW THAT TOO. I'M VERY HAPPY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK IT'S A VERY, VERY VALUABLE PROGRAM THAT WE DO.

AND SO YOU HAD MENTIONED ALSO THE BACK ROADS, WHICH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THAT'S VERY VALUABLE FOR US.

WHAT'S OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH BAY NATURE? DO WE STILL HAVE THAT SAME RELATIONSHIP WHERE WE GIVE THEM 25,000 AND WE GET AN ARTICLE EVERY TIME THEY PRINT, OR SO I. THAT, AGAIN, WAS A FUNCTION THAT WAS FOR WHATEVER REASON, SET UP WITHIN OPERATIONS AND THE INTERIOR AND RECREATION DIVISION.

I THINK OVER THE LAST YEAR WE MADE AN EFFORT TO EVALUATE.

I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IS OFF THE TABLE AT THIS POINT.

BUT THE, THE I THINK THAT WHERE IT SITS RIGHT NOW IS WITH THE GM AND THEY'RE EVALUATING THE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH BAY NATURE IS STILL FINE.

WE MAY WE MAY BE REEVALUATING THE WHAT WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THE THE ADVERTISING BASICALLY, WHICH IT IS ADVERTISING. YOU PAY FOR ARTICLES TO BE PLACED.

SO OKAY, SO BUT WE DON'T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM NOW.

WE CURRENTLY NOT DOING ANYTHING. RIGHT NOW I'M IN A HOLDING PATTERN.

I BELIEVE THAT THE GENERAL MANAGER IS IS LOOKING AT THE WHAT WHAT THE PLAN HAS BEEN AND ASSESSING WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. SO THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME TO ASK ABOUT THIS YEAR.

I DON'T HAVE I DON'T KNOW YET IS MY BEST ANSWER.

AND FINALLY YOU MENTIONED ORAL HISTORIES. IS THERE A IS THERE A CRITERIA FOR HOW YOU HOW WE PICK PEOPLE TO DO ORAL HISTORIES ON. THERE IS A CRITERIA, YES. I MEAN, I THINK I THINK BRENDA WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST PERSON TO ANSWER THAT SPECIFICALLY.

I WILL SAY THERE'S A LOT OF EMPHASIS PLACED ON THOSE THAT WE NEED TO GET VERY QUICKLY.

IF, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE AGE OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE GET THEIR THEIR HISTORY TRANSCRIBED.

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SO THERE IS CRITERIA AREA. AND I THINK I THINK BRENDA WOULD BE BEST TO ANSWER THAT.

AND I CAN CERTAINLY HAVE HER GET BACK TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE. I HAVE THIS GREAT DESIRE TO READ EVERYONE'S HISTORY UP HERE, MY COLLEAGUES, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I ALWAYS ASSUME THAT ANYBODY WHO IS IDENTIFIED TO GET TO HAVE AN ORAL HISTORY WAS DONE ON THE WHEN THEY WENT OUT THE DOOR, AS THEY WENT OUT THE DOOR, AND I GUESS THAT'S NOT THE CASE. OR MAYBE IT WASN'T IN THE PAST AND IT IS NOW OR I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD.

I DON'T THINK WE'D DO THEM FOR SITTING BOARD MEMBERS OR EMPLOYEES.

I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE RETIRED. I CAN'T THINK OF ANY THAT ARE CURRENT UNLESS YOU.

ARE YOU THINKING OF. WELL, NO, I'M JUST SAYING. I MEAN, THE PROCESS COULD BE AS YOU LEAVE.

RIGHT? AS YOU LEAVE, YOU DO IT. YEAH. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FINDING THEM BECAUSE YOU HAVE THEM ALREADY. YOU STILL HAVE THEM ANYWAY.

I'M SURE THERE'S I'M SURE THERE'S AN ENORMOUS BACKLOG OF PEOPLE THAT WE ALSO WANT THEIR HISTORY. YEAH, YEAH. NO, I AND I APPRECIATE I KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK WITH WITH BRENDA DOWN THERE.

AND IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE IT'S GROWING. I DON'T KNOW, THAT COULD BE JUST MY HOPEFUL THINKING, BUT IT'S REALLY GROWING. WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THOSE VOLUNTEERS.

THEY DO AMAZING WORK. YEAH, YEAH THEY DO. AND I THINK THAT OAK LEAF IS THE MOST CLOSELY STUDIED OAK LEAF IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S VERY, VERY SPECIAL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I YEAH. OH. GO AHEAD. SO ONE COMMENT I HAD ABOUT BAY NATURE IS I HAVE HAD AS FAR AS FORMER BOARD DIRECTORS REACH OUT AND NOTICE LESS OF A PRESENCE IN THE MAGAZINE AND RAISE CONCERN.

SO I WANTED TO JUST NOTE THAT IF YOU WEREN'T AWARE, I HAVE SEEN THAT COMMUNICATION.

YES. OKAY. AND A SECOND, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS STILL UNDER YOUR PURVIEW.

BUT WE USED TO HAVE A MULTICULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND WITHIN THAT COMMITTEE WE HAD ALL THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS THAT WOULD COME AND RECEIVE UPDATES.

THEN DIFFERENT COMMUNITY LEADERS AND WANTED TO KIND OF FIND OUT WHY THAT HAD KIND OF BEEN PAUSED AND KIND OF WHAT EFFORTS ARE STILL HAPPENING TO CONNECT WITH THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND ALSO THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS. YEAH. AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT BRINGS UP THE BROADER QUESTION OF WHAT HAS BECOME OF MONACO'S POSITION.

YES. THAT WAS THE THINGS THAT I'M INTERESTED ABOUT ARE ACTUALLY IN.

OKAY. YOU MENTIONED ONE UN THAT NOW IS UNDER INR.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S AND ALSO THE MULTICULTURAL COMMITTEE IS IS HOUSED UNDER INR.

NOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS TRANSFERRED OVER BEFORE I STARTED AT LEAST THE PROCESS WAS AND THERE IS A MULTICULTURAL COORDINATOR, I BELIEVE. I HOPE LISA CAN SPEAK TO THAT. MAYBE WHEN SHE PRESENTS.

AND THE POSITION MONACO'S POSITION, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER, WAS TRANSITIONED TO COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH MANAGER. AND SO THAT PERSON NOW IS IN SPECIFIC TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

AND THAT'S KENDRA STRAY'S POSITION AS FAR AS COMMUNICATING WITH NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS AND THOSE THERE'S STILL THAT'S STILL A HUMONGOUS PRIORITY.

AND WE HAVE NOW THE OFFICE OF EQUITY. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AS WELL TO SEE THE BEST WAY TO ENGAGE WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES.

OKAY. BECAUSE IN THE PAST, THE POWER OF HAVING A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT NEWS ORGANIZATIONS IS BECAUSE WHEN WE CAME AND EXCHANGED INFORMATION, THEY SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITHIN THEIR NEWSPAPERS, OR THEY JOINED US FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS AND ALSO WROTE ARTICLES THAT GAVE A LARGER PRESENCE. AND IN DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT AVENUES.

I WOULD LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU MORE ABOUT THIS, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE ENGAGING THOSE COMMUNITIES. YEAH. AND I CAN ADD TO. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH JOSE GONZALEZ AND THEN ALSO SANDY FROM INR IS GETTING TOGETHER A GROUP OF STAFF MEMBERS FROM EACH OF OUR DIVISIONS TO WORK ON SORT OF A DISTRICT WIDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORT. BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE OR INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS THAT WEREN'T COORDINATED.

AND SO I THINK OUR HOPE IS THAT WE HAVE A MORE COORDINATED EFFORT AND, AND MORE COORDINATED ENGAGEMENT WITH OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS.

SO THAT GROUP, WE SORT OF HAD AN INITIAL ENGAGEMENT OF THAT GROUP.

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JORDAN'S TEAM AND THEN GIORGIO FROM CHIEF FELICE'S TEAM ARE HELPING TO LEAD THAT EFFORT.

SO APPRECIATION TO THEM. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE'RE CONNECTING WITH ALL THE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN CONNECT US BETTER TO ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITIES.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY FOCUS ON DISTRICT WIDE.

AND I THINK THE THE NEWSPAPERS I JUST MET WITH BRIAN ABOUT THE DISTRICT PLAN.

HE MENTIONED THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS TO GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISTRICT PLAN AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE OUT IN THOSE, THOSE NEWSPAPERS. AND WE DO HAVE WE DO HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS STILL WITH THE REGIONAL AND NATURE GOING INTO SMALLER COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS LIKE THAT. AND WE ALSO WELCOME ALL IDEAS ON, HOW TO ENGAGE THOSE COMMUNITIES.

YEAH. SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION, AND IT PRECEDES YOUR TIME HERE.

AND I KNOW I BROUGHT IT UP AFTER THIS HAPPENED.

AND GIVE ME A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THIS.

SO THE TOPIC I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS MEDIA METRICS.

SOCIAL MEDIA METRICS, HOW WE'RE MONITORING YOU KNOW, NEWS STORIES AS WELL AS TRYING TO MONITOR ENGAGEMENT IN NEWS STORIES.

AND THE EXAMPLE I WANT TO USE AS AN ENTREE INTO THIS TOPIC IS THE MISSION PEAK POLL.

AND WHEN IT WAS VANDALIZED IN 2023 YOU KNOW, I WAS MONITORING A LOT OF THE MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA METRICS ON THAT.

IT REALLY GAINED QUITE A BIT OF TRACTION AND HAD REALLY HIGH NUMBERS.

AND YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2023, I USED THAT TO, TO SHARE WITH MANAGEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DO NEED TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION. AND THE SITUATION WAS ADDRESSED WITHIN A MONTH OF THE VANDALISM.

BUT BUT IT HIGHLIGHTED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT REALLY KEEPING TRACK OF OUR METRICS.

AND I KNOW AT THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC AGENCY I WAS AT, WE WOULD GET, YOU KNOW, MONTHLY MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA METRICS.

AND I'M CURIOUS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED HERE OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE ON THE WORK PLAN, LOOKING AHEAD, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES ARE TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES AND ALSO WHAT WHAT STORIES OR WHAT ISSUES ARE REALLY YOU KNOW, BUBBLING UP TO BEING A BIG A BIG DEAL. AND THE MISSION PEAK POLE SITUATION BACK IN 2023 WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL.

AND AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WE HADN'T REALLY COLLECTED THAT INSIGHT AND I GUESS BIGGER PICTURE BEFORE I ASK YOU TO ANSWER THIS.

YOU KNOW, I FIND A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THIS ONE WAY COMMUNICATION TYPE OF STRATEGY, WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION. YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE SAYING? HOW ARE WE GATHERING THAT INSIGHT? AND THERE'S A LOT OF TOOLS AND A LOT OF YOU KNOW, AGENCIES THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THAT CAN DO THIS.

BUT I THINK WE MIGHT BE MISSING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE COMMENTS.

AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BUILD POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MANAGE SOME OF THAT CRITIQUE OR SOME OF THAT COMMENTARY TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR MEDIA STRATEGY? SO THAT'S THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE MANAGE THE HOW DO WE INCORPORATE CRITIQUE AND COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC INTO OUR, I GUESS, HOW DO WE GATHER DATA AND INSIGHTS? YOU KNOW, ARE WE ARE WE GATHERING METRICS? YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE WE HAVE A SERVICE CALLED MELTWATER THAT THAT TELLS US EVERYTHING THAT WE GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND SOME OF THEM, I MEAN, IT'S IT'S SO MUCH INFORMATION.

IF SOMEBODY EVEN SAYS, I TOOK A PICTURE AT THIS PARK.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT TRACKED. IF THEY IF THEY TAG EAST BAY PARKS OR IF THEY TAG ANY ONE OF OUR PARKS, THERE'S THERE'S MANY, MANY, MANY WAYS THAT WE TRACK THOSE METRICS. I GUESS I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU WE CAN MAKE WE CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT THIS, BUT I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT WHAT YOU NEED FROM THAT AND WHAT YOU KNOW, HOW WE HOW IT WILL HELP.

YEAH. I'D SAY AS A AS A BOARD DIRECTOR, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE METRICS.

AND MAYBE WE CAN WORK. MAYBE WE CAN CONSIDER WORKING OVER A PERIOD OF TIME IN REGARDS TO COMING UP WITH A TEMPLATE ON HOW SOME OF THOSE METRICS WILL BE SHARED.

I KNOW JUST YESTERDAY I HEARD FROM THE VISIT TRI-VALLEY VISITORS BUREAU THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MONITORING ALL OF THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA METRICS.

AND RIGHT NOW WITH WILDFLOWER SEASON, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S OFF THE CHARTS FOR THEM IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT, IN TERMS OF INTEREST. AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE TRACKING THAT.

AND IF WE'RE DOING THIS KIND OF WORK, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S HAPPENING HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. THERE ARE SERVICES THAT DO THOSE KINDS OF ANALYTICS FOR US. AND YOU CAN WE CAN GET THOSE TO YOU.

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I GUESS WHEN THERE'S THESE CRITIQUES AND THERE'S SOME MAYBE SOME NEGATIVE COMMENTS OUT THERE, BOTH POSITIVE METRICS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WITH WILDFLOWER SEASON RIGHT NOW IT'S SO POPULAR.

ACCORDING TO VISIT TRI-VALLEY, IT'S MORE POPULAR THAN EVER. I GUESS THEY'VE BEEN TRACKING IT FOR A COUPLE OF SEASONS.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW. BUT THEN ON THE FLIP SIDE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S CONSISTENT POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT A CERTAIN RESTROOM BEING IN POOR CONDITION, THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW.

AND AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I TRY TO TRACK SOME OF THAT ON MY OWN, BUT IT'D BE NICE FOR US AS A DISTRICT TO ALSO START TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN FORMALIZE THAT TRACKING AND ALSO THAT REPORT OUT TO THE BOARD JUST SO THAT WE CAN BE AWARE, BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE AT EVERY RESTROOM, AT EVERY PARK, AT EVERY TIME.

AND I THINK THAT SOME SOME OF THESE TOOLS THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR TRACKING THIS INSIGHT COULD BE, COULD BE VERY USEFUL FOR US, HOPEFULLY TO YOU.

YOU DON'T SEE TOO MUCH OF THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT WILL COME INTO US IN AN EMAIL THROUGH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

WE HAVE A GENERAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS EMAIL, AND WE HAVE A COMMENT FORM ONLINE.

SO A LOT OF THOSE, THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY IS THIS BATHROOM NOT WORKING? OR THERE'S A TREE DOWN IN THIS TRAIL, THEY'RE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS ANGRY ENOUGH ABOUT IT TO GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA.

MOST OF THE TIME, I WOULD SAY SO THAT'S THAT'S ON PARK OPERATIONS STAFF, YOU KNOW, REALLY TAKING CARE OF THINGS IMMEDIATELY.

AND AND THEN THERE ARE SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS.

BUT I WOULD SAY OVERWHELMINGLY WE GET POSITIVE COMMENTS OVER NEGATIVE COMMENTS.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S GOOD. AND THEN I THINK JUST HOW YOU KNOW, I GUESS I'LL JUST SHARE.

I FEEL PERSONALLY A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE LOOP IN REGARDS TO SOME OF OUR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATION.

AND AND SO I THINK HOW, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD CAN OR CANNOT BE INTEGRATED, I THINK THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE.

SO I'LL MAKE THIS AS A STATEMENT SINCE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE BOARD PRIORITY SESSION NUMBER TWO WHERE THE BOARD GETS TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, WHAT SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES ARE? YOU KNOW, WE AS ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS, WE REPRESENT THE PUBLIC.

AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING TO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

AND I THINK WHEN WE TRY TO BRING FORWARD YOU KNOW, A KEY ISSUE OR A KEY TOPIC I SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES THAT GETS A LITTLE BIT TRIVIALIZED HERE AND IT'S NOT REALLY REGARDED AS A KEY TOPIC.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME, SOME WAYS TO BETTER INTEGRATE.

YOU KNOW WHAT WE AS A BOARD ARE HEARING FROM OUR COMMUNITIES IN TERMS OF OUR YOU KNOW, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO LEAVE THAT AS A COMMENT, BUT I THINK THAT AT THE NEXT BOARD PRIORITIES MEETING, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I'LL CERTAINLY ELABORATE MORE UPON. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.

AND I'LL, I'LL ADD TO MY COLLEAGUES THANK YOUS FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF STATISTICS THAT YOU GAVE, BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP DOING THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE READING A COOKBOOK OR SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, IT'S BUT IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT.

IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT. AND IT CONVEYS YOU DON'T NEED TO STACK UP, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY STACK UP THE NUMBER OF PAGES THAT YOU DID OR ANYTHING.

JUST GIVE US THE NUMBERS. IT REALLY HELPS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

YEAH. IT'S GREAT. AND THEN SO, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

I'M NOT SURE KELLY EBRO HAS HAS HAD HIS HANDS UP, SO I'M GOING TO FIND OUT.

LET HIM IN AND FIND OUT. KELLY, I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU IN TO PROMOTE YOU TO PANELISTS.

YOU CAN ACCEPT THAT. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? IF NOT, WE WILL COME BACK. NO, I DEFINITELY HAVE PLENTY OF COMMENTS ON THE STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

OKAY, THEN, JUST ONE SECOND. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

I'M GOING TO GO OFF. I'M NOT ON CAMERA YET, BUT I'M ON CAMERA NOW.

AND WHEN I COME BACK ON, YOU'LL HAVE 30S. OKAY, OKAY, HERE WE GO.

OKAY, YOU CAN GO. OKAY. YEAH. PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THE NAME JORDAN TRAVERSO, BECAUSE I HADN'T HEARD THE NAME IN ABOUT A YEAR, AND I THOUGHT MAYBE I'M NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE PARK DISTRICT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.

SO THEN I WENT AND LOOKED AT THE WEBSITE, AND I FOUND OUT THAT ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS HAVE VERY CAREFULLY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN I CAN FIGURE OUT WHO'S IN CHARGE OF LIFEGUARDS JUST BY LOOKING AT YOUR STAFF LIST ON YOUR WEBSITE.

I CAN FIGURE OUT WHO'S IN CHARGE OF WHATEVER.

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YOU KNOW WHO'S NOT LISTED OUT THERE? PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

JORDAN TRAVERSO, A NAME I NEVER HEARD OF. OR MAYBE I DID, BUT I FORGOT BECAUSE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LISTED THERE. THEN WHEN WHEN THEY DO RECEIVE.

AND SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE. COULD YOU PLEASE UNVEIL YOURSELVES, REVEAL YOURSELVES TO US.

YOU KNOW, THE THE THE UNWASHED PUBLIC AND LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

PUT YOUR NAMES OUT THERE ON THE STAFF AND ALONG WITH THE OTHER STAFF SO WE KNOW HOW TO FIND YOU.

THEN WHEN I DO SEND OUT MESSAGES, FOR EXAMPLE, I JUST SENT OUT A MESSAGE SAYING THERE'S GOOGLE MAPS AT COYOTE HILLS AND THEY HAVE THIS FAKE FAKE PARKING LOT THERE ON THEIR GOOGLE MAPS.

CAN YOU GO AND GET RID OF THIS MAP ON? YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOOK AT GOOGLE MAPS, THEY DON'T LOOK AT PARK DISTRICT MAPS, THEY DON'T LOOK. AND THERE'S THIS MAP. YOU ACTUALLY BULLDOZED THE PARKING LOT AT THE CORNER OF THORNTON AND PASEO PADRE AND AND COMMERCE DRIVE. IT GOT BULLDOZED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SO IT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE.

IT USED TO BE THERE, SO I ASKED TO PLEASE REMOVE THE MAPS AND.

NO ANSWER. NO ANSWER FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS. PUBLIC AFFAIRS HAS THIS WHEN YOU WRITE TO THEM AND YOU SAY, HEY, THIS PARK YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO OPEN UP, OPEN IT UP LAST MONTH OR A NEW, NEW TRAIL, NEW PROJECT. AND BUT IT'S STILL NOT OPEN. AND YOU WANT THIS YOU KNOW, THIS SCHEDULE UPDATED.

THEY'LL JUST GO AND QUIETLY UPDATE THE SCHEDULE.

I NEVER GET RESPONSES FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS ON ANYTHING.

YOUR DEPARTMENT AND I COULD NAME NAMES, BUT I WON'T.

THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN THERE FOR THE LONGEST ARE THE ONES WHO REPLY THE LEAST.

WHEN YOU SAY, OH YEAH, WE WE HANDLE THESE THINGS.

AND WE REPLY, I'VE BEEN SENDING IN, YOU KNOW, LITTLE THINGS LIKE THIS FOR STEADILY.

MANY TIMES. AND HARDLY EVER DO I GET A RESPONSE FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GET OUT FROM UNDER YOUR ROCKS AND START REPLYING TO PEOPLE FROM WITH WITH THEIR WITH WHO HAVE COMPLAINTS. START FIXING THE GOOGLE MAPS. START UPDATING YOUR YOUR PROJECT SCHEDULES.

PUT YOUR NAMES ON THE WEBSITE. AND YOU KNOW I'M.

MY FRUSTRATION IS BOILING OVER WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS WITH YOUR UNDER THE TABLE YOU KNOW, SECRETIVE METHOD OF DOING BUSINESS. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. KELLY, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. PRESIDENT MERCURIO. OKAY. THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE, AND I'LL JUST LET FOLKS KNOW ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT WE ARE PROGRAMING IN LUNCH AFTER ITEM C, SO IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE TIME SCHEDULE THAT'S SHOWN HERE.

BUT I'M COMMITTED TO HAVING US GET THROUGH. ITEM C BEFORE WE BREAK.

EXCELLENT. GOOD.

[PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION]

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR STUDY SESSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

OBVIOUSLY INVOLVES POLICE, FIRE AND LIFEGUARDS.

I KNOW THE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, SO I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF FOR 2025.

THE GOALS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE GOING TO BE TO CONTINUE THE ORGANIZATIONAL WELLNESS THAT WE STARTED IN 2024 AND CONTINUE TO PROFESSIONALLY DEVELOP OUR EMPLOYEES. WE ALSO ARE DOING A CRIME MITIGATION VIA THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN SAFE SPACES IN OUR PARKS. TECHNOLOGY, AS I SHARED WITH YOU IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT A FEW WEEKS AGO, IS GOING TO BE THE FOCUS FOR 2025 TO AUGMENT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING OUT THERE AND CONTINUE TO WORK IN THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND BE INVOLVED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT IN THE WORK THAT WE DO.

SO TO TRANSPARENCY, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD LEGITIMACY AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS BETTER.

2024 WE FOCUS ON HIRING. AND THAT'S THE SAME THING WE'RE DOING IN 2025.

I'M DOWN 15 OFFICERS RIGHT NOW AND FIVE PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

THINGS ARE LOOKING A LOT BETTER THAN THEY WERE A YEAR AGO.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN BACKGROUND RIGHT NOW, AND SEVERAL OF THEM ARE LATERALS, WHICH WE TRY TO DO A COMBINATION OF LATERAL OFFICERS AND ENTRY LEVEL OFFICERS. SOME LATERAL OFFICERS COME WITH EXPERIENCE, AND THEN WE HAVE ENTRY LEVELS THAT WE CAN PREPARE FOR THE WORK IN THE PARK DISTRICT.

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WE'VE BEEN VISITING SCHOOLS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES TO ENHANCE OUR RECRUITMENT AND ALSO ENHANCE OUR RETENTION FOR 2025. WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING ON WORKING ON AUGMENTING OUR BUILDING IN THE FORM OF THANKS TO YOU, WE HAVE PERALTA. PERALTA NORTH.

EXCUSE ME BEING FINISHED. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE EARLY OR MIDDLE OF 2026.

BUT WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE TRANSITION, SEEING WHAT WE WHAT WE NEED AND WE DON'T NEED.

WE IN 2024, WE ACCOMPLISHED THE RELOCATION OF OUR AIR SUPPORT UNIT TO LIVERMORE, AND WE HAVE SEEN A GREAT INCREASE OF CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE BECAUSE OF BEING THERE. ALSO, IN 2025, WE'RE GOING TO START THE CONVERSATION WITH YOU, AND I'VE STARTED THE CONVERSATION WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR EAGLE NINE BECAUSE ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS DUE TO BE REPLACED.

AND WE'RE ALSO INTRODUCING, I'M HOPING BY DECEMBER OF 2025, OUR NEW K-9 PROGRAM.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IT'S CALLED K-9 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT INVOLVES A DOG, BUT IT'S NOT APPREHENSION DOGS.

IT'S ACTUALLY SEARCH AND RESCUE DOGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE IN THE PARKS.

AND IT'S A COMBINATION OF SEARCH AND RESCUE AND ALSO FIREARMS DETECTIONS.

SO WHEN WE DO OUR VEHICLE SEARCHES, WE CAN HAVE A DOG DO THE SEARCH AS WE'VE BEEN RECOVERING PLENTY OF GUNS IN OUR TRAFFIC STOPS AND CONTACTS THAT WE DO.

WE ALSO BE CONTINUING, WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND CONTINUE ON OUR PEER SUPPORT TRAINING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. AND THANKS TO HR WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM, WE HAVE IMPROVED OUR CONCERN, EAP OR EMPLOYEE SUPPORT PACKAGE THAT WE PRESENT TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND WE'VE ALSO INTRODUCED A SHARP PERFORMANCE, WHICH HAS BEEN HIGHLY PRAISED BY OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS A PLATFORM THAT OFFERS SUPPORT AND COACHING TO PREVENT BURNOUT AND IMPROVE STRESS MANAGEMENT.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE UP THERE. THOSE NUMBERS WERE ACTUALLY PRESENT IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED A FEW WEEKS AGO, BUT WE'VE BEEN BUSY, AS YOU CAN SEE, ABOUT 21,000 INCIDENTS THAT WERE CREATED BY DISPATCHERS AND OR OUR OFFICERS IN OFFICERS INVOLVED ACTIVITIES, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD BECAUSE WE WANT OUR OFFICERS OFFICERS TO BE PROACTIVE.

AND OBVIOUSLY OUR GOAL IS TO PREVENT CRIME. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DESIGNED TO DO, PREVENT CRIME WHEREVER IT CAN.

BUT WE'RE NOW WE'RE USING TECHNOLOGY TO BE SMART ABOUT THE WAY WE TRY TO PREVENT CRIME AND HOW WE RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN FOCUSING ON BEING THE LEADERS WHEN IT COMES TO INVESTIGATION.

WITH INVESTIGATIONS FOR CRIMES. AND OUR INVESTIGATION UNIT HAS ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER AN EAST BAY BURGLARY AND PROPERTY CRIME MEETING, WHICH MEETS QUARTERLY, AND WE INVITE DETECTIVES FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES.

THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD 70 PLUS DETECTIVES, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS REPRESENTED, AND WE DISCUSSED CASES AND HOW WE CAN BETTER COOPERATE AND BRING THESE CASES TO TO THE COURT SYSTEM FOR ADJUDICATION.

SO IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP THIS MONTH.

AND MANY AGENCIES ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING.

IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO ALSO PROVIDE THE VICTIMS WITH AN UPDATE ON THEIR CASES.

THE INVESTIGATION UNIT HAS BEEN BUSY. THEY'VE RECEIVED 678 CASES LAST YEAR, AND THEY DISPOSED OF SEVERAL OF THEM VIA EITHER. WE CLOSED THEM BECAUSE THERE IS LACK OF LACK OF LEADS FOR US TO FOLLOW OR ACTUALLY DISPOSED TO PRESENTATION TO THE DA'S OFFICE, OF WHICH WE PRESENTED OVER 215 CASES TO THE DA'S OFFICE.

AND WE ALSO CLOSED ONE OF THE COLD CASES IN 2024, WE ACTUALLY FOCUSED ON TWO ADDITIONAL COURT CASES IN WHICH WE ARE HOPING TO BRING TO A CLOSURE TO GIVE THE VICTIMS FAMILY SOME CLOSURE ON THE TRAGEDY THAT THEY HAD TO SUFFER.

IN STAYING PROACTIVE IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE HOSTED A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT LAST YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME THIS YEAR.

SO AUGUST 5TH, 2020 FIFTH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WOULD BE AN EVENT TO ATTEND.

WE ALSO REACH OUT TO COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE THROUGH OUR VOLUNTEER TRAIL SAFETY PATROL PROGRAM,

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WE ALSO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE THE TIME TO COME OUT WITH US ON A RIDE ALONG.

AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU ACTUALLY TOOK US UP ON THE OPPORTUNITY, AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR THAT.

THE FOCUS THIS YEAR IS ALSO GOING TO BE ON COMMUNICATION AND RECORDS AND EVIDENCE DEPARTMENTS IN 2024 AND WE'RE CONTINUING IN 2025.

WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR NEXT GENERATION 911.

WE HAVE TO UPGRADE OUR SYSTEM. IT'S A PROCESS WHICH EVERY PRETTY MUCH EVERY MUNICIPALITY WE WORK WITH IS GOING THROUGH.

SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIMING. AND WE'RE ALSO COMPLETING AN ENCRYPTION PROJECT THAT IT'S MANDATED BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AND ALSO FOCUSING ON THE SINGLE BAND SMART RADIOS AND TRY TO INCREASE OUR CONNECTIVITY, AND ALSO TO OFFER THE SAME CONNECTIVITY TO THE PARKS TO EXCUSE ME, TO THE TO THE PUBLIC ATTENDING THAT USE OUR PARKS, BECAUSE WE KNOW ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS IS SOMETIMES CONNECTIVITY IS NOT PRESENT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO MAKE CONNECTIVITY AVAILABLE.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE ALAMEDA COUNTY, ALAMEDA COUNTY DA'S OFFICE FOR ELECTRONIC FILING.

WE'RE WORKING. WE'RE ALREADY SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT WITH THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SO THAT IT'S AN EFFICIENCY ISSUE.

INSTEAD OF DRIVING CASES TO THE ALAMEDA COUNTY, WE CANNOT TRANSMIT THEM ELECTRONICALLY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY SAVES TIME FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND INCREASE ACCURACY, ACCURACY OF WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR PURGING RECORDS, WHICH WE NO LONGER HAVE TO KEEP BY LAW.

SO IT'S WE HAVE A LOT OF BACKLOGS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.

WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR HR, HR DEPARTMENT TO FOCUS ON HIRING COMMUNICATION DISPATCHERS, WHERE WE HAVE THREE OPENINGS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE ACTUALLY WE HAVE FOUR, BUT WE HAVE ONE PERSON IN BACKGROUND THAT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD SO FAR.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET DOWN TO THREE OPENINGS IN DISPATCHERS.

AND ALSO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TESTING FOR OUR RECORDS.

COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR, PROPERTY RECORD SUPERVISOR, AND A PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE.

SUPERVISOR. WE ALSO ARE TESTING FOR A DISPATCH SUPERVISOR.

AND THAT'S WHAT. THE IMMEDIATE NEED THAT WE HAVE FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

TECHNOLOGY. AS I SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE, IT'S A BIG FOCUS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON TECHNOLOGY THAT'S AVAILABLE OUT THERE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT WILL HELP US DOING OUR EVERYDAY WORK.

AND WE HAVE INTRODUCED A DRONE AS A FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM IN 2024.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO AUGMENT THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

WE ALSO INTRODUCE FLOCK CAMERAS, AND I'M GOING TO BE COMING TO YOU FOR ADDITIONAL CAMERAS, AS THEY ARE SHOWN TO BE EXTREMELY VALUABLE IN PREVENTING CRIMES AND SOLVING CRIMES.

AND WE'VE ALSO INTRODUCED AND TRAINED THE ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A TASER TASER PRODUCT, WHICH IS THE LATEST ONE THAT WAS RELEASED BY AXON.

ALL OF THAT MAKES OUR OFFICERS SAFETY, YOU KNOW, SAFER AND ALSO ALLOWS US TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR RESPONDING TO CRIME IN PROGRESS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TRANSPARENCY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FOCUS FOR ME.

EVER SINCE I CAME TO THE DEPARTMENT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, OR A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS AGO.

AND WE HAVE INCREASED OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, GOOD AND BAD.

WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTING TO YOU OUR AB 41, WHICH IS OUR MILITARY USE POLICY, AND GOT YOUR APPROVAL TO CONTINUE TO USE THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE. AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN INTRODUCING AN ANNUAL REPORT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

IN THE YEAR PRIOR FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, JUST AS BUSY DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.

THEY RESPONDED TO 284 CALLS FOR SERVICE. WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING YOU WITH OUR ANNUAL REPORT COMING SOON.

WE ALSO BEEN SUPPORTING OUT OF COUNTY INCIDENTS.

SO WE GO THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO SUPPORT UNFORTUNATE FIRES THAT HAPPEN ALL OVER THE STATE.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE SERVE FOOD AT THE ALAMEDA FOOD BANK AND HOSTED A ONE WARM COAT AND FOOD DRIVE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, FOR WHICH ONE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS ACTUALLY RECEIVED A RECOGNITION FOR WE DO NOT FORGET TO TRAIN OUR PEOPLE.

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WE HAVE DEVELOPED A MASTER PROGRAM. EXCUSE ME, A MASTER TRAINING PROGRAM, SO THAT WE ACTUALLY TRAIN OUR PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT'S CONDUCIVE TO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN THEIR CAREER. COME FOR FUEL MANAGEMENT AND WILDFIRE MITIGATION EFFORTS.

WE'VE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE EFFORTS. WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO COMMEND ALL OF OUR PEOPLE FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO OUT THERE IN PREVENTING AND MITIGATING, OBVIOUSLY, THE POSSIBILITY OF WILDFIRE. WE HAVE PROCESSED 667 ACRES OF HAZARDOUS FUEL, AND THAT'S USING THE CARBON RISER AT ANTHONY CHABOT.

AND WE'VE CONDUCTED 41 TOURS OF FUEL MANAGEMENT.

AND WHAT WE DO TO PREVENT AND MITIGATE, MITIGATE WILDFIRE.

AND THAT'S BEEN BEING EITHER ON TOP OF A SEVERAL AGENCIES THAT COME THROUGH.

WE HAVE HAD THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COME OUT AND SEE WHAT WE DO, AND BEING VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE EFFORTS AND THE PROFESSIONALISM, PROFESSIONALISM OF OUR PEOPLE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE LIFEGUARD SERVICES BEING VERY ACTIVE.

THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THE COUNTIES THAT WE SERVE, PROVIDING FREE LESSONS AND FREE SWIM LESSONS AND PROVIDING OBVIOUSLY, SUPERVISION SO THAT WE CAN PREVENT DROWNINGS FOR 2024.

EXCUSE ME FOR 2025. THE GOAL IS TO CONTINUE SECURING PARTNERSHIPS AND AND MOUS WITH THE HAYWARD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, HAYWARD AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT AND MANY, MANY MORE.

WE'VE BEEN PRESENT IN SEVERAL OF THE SCHOOLS ACTUALLY TEACHING CPR.

AND THERE'S BEEN A COLLABORATION BETWEEN EXCUSE ME, COLLABORATION BETWEEN POLICE, FIRE AND LIFEGUARDS TO ACTUALLY DO HANDS ONLY CPR. AND WE ARE ACTUALLY CREATING INSTRUCTORS BECAUSE WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT WE CANNOT BE IN ALL THE SCHOOLS TEACHING ALL OF IT.

BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TEACH THE CREATE INSTRUCTORS SO THAT THEY CAN TEACH WITHIN THE SCHOOLS WITH OUR SUPERVISION.

AND IT'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED, VERY SUCCESSFUL.

AND WE HAVE SERVED SEVERAL MIDDLE SCHOOLS WHERE NOW OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE REACHING OUT TO US THAT THEY WANT TO INTRODUCE THE SAME PROGRAM, WHICH ALSO HELPS OUR KIDS THAT WE ARE INSTRUCTING BECOME FUTURE LEADERS.

AND FOR THAT, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD TODAY? YES. GO AHEAD. YES. I KNOW I'M A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF OUR SCHEDULE, BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN WE APPROVED THE THE LEASE WITH THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT FOR THE AIR SUPPORT UNIT. THAT WAS A SHORT TERM LEASE, WHICH I BELIEVE ENDS IN THE COMING MONTHS.

I'M CURIOUS THAT THAT SHOULD BE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA.

AND I GUESS I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT IT'S ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

AND AND ANY, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, LIKE TO HELP PREPARE US FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE IN TERMS OF A LONGER TERM HOME FOR THE AIR SUPPORT UNIT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THAT WILL BE COMING. WE HAVE A FULL PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO THE BOARD ON HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE AIR SUPPORT UNIT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY. AND WILL THAT WILL THAT LOOK AT THE MULTIPLE OPTIONS IN TERMS OF LOCATIONS AND, AND SHOW WHY MAYBE THE RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDED LOCATION IS PREFERRED VERSUS THE OTHER LOCATIONS? YES. JUST LIKE WE DID FOR LIVERMORE WHEN WE CAME TO YOU AND PRESENT YOU AND SAY, WE THINK LIVERMORE IS THE BEST, YOU KNOW, THE BEST LOCATION, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND WHICHEVER LOCATION WE WE THINK IT'S BEST, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY THAT'S GREAT.

AND AND THEN I GUESS I'LL MAKE THIS A COMMENT.

YOU KNOW, SHOULD LIVERMORE AIRPORT BE CONSIDERED THE PREFERRED OPTION? YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN THIS COMES TO THE BOARD, I'D LIKE TO BE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT INVOLVED IN THAT PRE PREPARATION JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE OR LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE LONGER TERM PLANS ABOUT BEING WITHIN, LOCATED WITHIN THE LIVERMORE COMMUNITY AND, AND SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF US HAVING THE AIR SUPPORT UNIT AT LIVERMORE AIRPORT.

I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

SURE. MY, MY MY NEXT QUESTION. IN REGARDS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

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AND ON THESE MAPS IT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE STATE RESPONSE AREA IS IN TERMS OF CAL FIRE'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MANAGING WILDFIRE MITIGATION EFFORTS VERSUS A LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY ZONING.

AND THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME OF THAT LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT OVERLAPS WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT LAND.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE BOARD AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, IN THE COMING MONTHS, TO TO DISCUSS THIS AND TO SEE, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING WHERE WE HAVE THAT LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA, AS CAL FIRE HAS OUTLINED. AND THEN I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL.

I THINK WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FENCE LINE NEIGHBORS NEXT TO OUR REGIONAL PARK LANDS THAT ALSO FALL WITHIN THAT LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY DESIGNATION, SO IT'S NOT PART OF THE STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ENGAGE THOSE NEIGHBORS.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE REPRESENT AND THAT ARE PART OF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IN REGARDS TO THESE CAL FIRE MAPS, AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE ON THIS TOPIC.

AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US CONSIDER THIS AS AN OPTION.

AND SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, HAS THERE BEEN DISCUSSIONS OF THESE CAL FIRE MAPS AND HOW IT OVERLAPS WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT LANDS? AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANTICIPATE HAVING ON AN AGENDA, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE TO PUT AS AN AGENDA REQUEST.

SO THE GENERAL ANSWER IS YES. SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE.

OUR FIRE CHIEF PARTICIPATES IN MONTHLY MEETINGS.

AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR DGM WHO FACILITATES THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WE TOUCH.

AND THERE IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHICH ONE IS THE STATE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHICH ONE IS LOCAL AND WHICH ONE IS EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK.

SO WE ARE ADDRESSING ALL OF IT. AND ABSOLUTELY, WE CAN CERTAINLY WILL DISCUSS WITH DGM AND, AND WITH THE, THE GM ABOUT BRINGING IT TO THE BOARD FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, SO WHETHER IT'S IN THE SRE OR THE LRA, WE'RE ALWAYS LIKE AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE.

SO WE'RE NOT LIKE THE PRIMARY LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

WE'RE WITHIN ANOTHER JURISDICTION'S RESPONSIBILITY AREA.

SO WHETHER WE'RE IN A LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA OR A STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THOSE THAT HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF WORK AROUND THE MITIGATION FUELS REDUCTION AND THAT SORT OF ONE OF OUR BIGGEST AREAS OF COMPLEMENT. AND I THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB THERE.

I GUESS MY CONCERNS ARE, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, I WAS I WAS NEAR THE CASTLE OR I WAS AT THE CASTLE RIDGE TRAILHEAD AND I SAW TWO CALFIRE VEHICLES, I'M ASSUMING, FROM THE SUNOL STATION FOR CAL FIRE THERE.

AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THEY WERE DOING UP ON PLEASANTON RIDGE.

AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORS ON PLEASANTON RIDGE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO THE RELEASE OF THESE CAL FIRE MAPS.

AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH CAL FIRE.

AND THEN ALSO, I THINK AT SOME POINT, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AROUND THERE.

AND THEN ALSO AT TOP OF MIND. AND I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS A LOT, AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE IT INTO TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS IN REGARDS TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH WILDFIRE. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE TWO LARGEST FIRES IN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HISTORY ARE THE FIRE OF 2020.

AND THEN I HEARD THAT LAST YEAR'S CREEK FIRE AT SUNOL IS ACTUALLY OUR NUMBER TWO IN TERMS OF ACREAGE.

AND SO THAT CREEK FIRE LAST YEAR AT SUNOL AND SO AND THAT WAS OUR LARGEST WILDFIRE LAST YEAR.

AND I REALLY LIKE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE ABOUT THESE LARGE ACREAGE WILDFIRES AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NEIGHBORS IN SUNOL. THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, RANCH NEIGHBORS.

SAME WITH, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE ZONE. THERE ARE RANCHERS WHO ARE NEIGHBORS.

AND I AND I DO WANT THIS TO BE PART OF OUR PART OF OUR, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATIONS AND PART OF OUR STORY IN REGARDS TO WILDFIRE MITIGATION EFFORTS. SOUNDS GOOD. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT THE CHIEF AND HIS STAFF AND ALSO OUR STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY ON IS NOT JUST IN THE EAST BAY HILLS AREAS WHERE WE HAVE SORT OF PLANNING AND PERMITTING IN PLACE,

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SO, YEAH, I'LL JUST PUT A FINER POINT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE THE REPORT ABOUT THE AIR SUPPORT UNIT AND SHOULD FOR EXAMPLE, SHOULD LIVERMORE AIRPORT SURFACE, AS YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDED CHOICE FOR A LONG TERM STRATEGY? I THINK THAT THAT COULD PAIR WELL WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF MY COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITIES THAT AREN'T PART OF THE EAST BAY HILLS AREA.

AND OTHERWISE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN LIFEGUARD SERVICES AS A, YOU KNOW, FORMER LIFEGUARD MYSELF I ALWAYS FEEL A CONNECTION WHEN WE GET TO HEAR ABOUT LIFEGUARD SERVICES.

I THINK THE PARTNERSHIPS ARE REALLY EXCITING AND I RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO DO AS MANY PARTNERSHIPS AS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA.

AND, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, I THINK IT'D BE REALLY FUN IF THERE WAS SOME SORT OF I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT SOME SORT OF LIFEGUARD GAMES COMPETITION.

I THINK SHADOW CLIFFS WOULD BE A PERFECT LOCATION, AND IT'D BE GREAT FOR THERE TO BE SOME SORT OF ALUMNI TEAM.

CERTAINLY I'M HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE ON THE ALUMNI TEAM.

THANKS. GOOD IDEA. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHERS? YEAH.

YEAH. GO AHEAD. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.

YOU'VE CLEARLY BEEN BUSY ACROSS ALL OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS.

WE APPRECIATE THAT. I DID WANT TO ADD TO WHAT OLIVIA WAS SAYING REGARDING THE THE FUELS MANAGEMENT.

SO FIRST OF ALL, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THAT WE DO.

AND I'M ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, EAGER TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT WHAT WE DO BECAUSE I FIND THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HILLSIDE NEIGHBORS ARE VERY NERVOUS AND I THINK THERE'S A TENDENCY, UNDERSTANDABLY, TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING VERSUS WHAT WE ARE DOING.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WENT OUT ON THAT TOUR WITH THE PACK LAST YEAR, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH JUST HOW HOW STRATEGIC OUR PEOPLE ARE IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT, OKAY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AND WHERE AND WHEN.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS MORE TO DO. BUT I JUST SO ADMIRE THE WORK, AND I JUST WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE AND MORE STRATEGIC WAYS OF COMMUNICATING THAT OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORS, REALLY ACROSS THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT I THINK THEY WOULD FEEL A LOT BETTER IF THEY REALLY KNEW, REALLY UNDERSTOOD, AND HAD CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE A VERY STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING AND WE'RE MAKING INCREDIBLE PROGRESS ON IN THIS AREA. SO THAT'S ONE THING.

AND THEN I, YOU KNOW, I AGREE ON THE I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THE LIFEGUARD SERVICES AND THE THE FREE SWIM LESSONS AND THE CPR FOR EIGHTH GRADERS.

I MEAN, THAT'S AMAZING. THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT VERY WELL.

COULD SAVE LIVES. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? SURE. YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT, CHIEF.

AND I REALLY KEYED ON THE THINGS YOU BROUGHT UP THAT I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.

AND I THINK YOUR EMPHASIS TO MAINTAIN SAFE PLACES AND PARKS, MAINTAIN SAFE SPACES IN PARKS IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I THINK YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. I THINK PROMOTING THE FACT THAT YOU ARE IN THE PARKS MAKING ARRESTS.

YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T POPULAR FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT SAFETY IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING REAL BAD PEOPLE.

SO IT'S I THINK PEOPLE APPRECIATE THAT. THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, I THINK ARE INCREDIBLE.

THE WORK YOU'RE DOING, THE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GETTING OUT THERE.

IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS A TOTAL VICTORY, IN MY OPINION, FOR YOUR GROUP.

AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA IS GREAT. WHOEVER IS RUNNING YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PROGRAM REALLY GETS IT OUT THERE AND GETS THE FACT THAT YOU'RE REALLY OUT THERE PROTECTING PEOPLE, KEEPING THEM SAFE AND WELCOMING THEM TO THE PARK DISTRICT.

SO I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT. AND YOUR ANNUAL REPORT.

AMAZING. REALLY, REALLY A GREAT ADDITION. YOU KNOW, IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES HERE SAID WE GO OUT OF COUNTY, WE DO THAT, AND IT'S GETTING BETTER AND BETTER EACH YEAR.

YEAH. I'M SORRY. IT'S GETTING BETTER AND BETTER EACH YEAR.

WE STARTED THAT PROGRAM A LONG TIME AGO. IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR FIREFIGHTERS.

IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO HAVE OUR PEOPLE PARTICIPATE.

OUR. THE PARK DISTRICT IS PART OF THE OVERALL STATE.

WE'RE HELPING TO SUPPRESS FIRES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

FOR I HOPE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE GET PAID BACK BY THE STATE.

IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE SPENDING A TON OF MONEY. WE HAVE AN EAS ENGINE THAT'S PROVIDED FOR US.

WE MAKE THE AGREEMENT, WE GET TO USE THEIR ENGINE FOR OUR FIRE SUPPRESSION.

AND IF THEY NEED THE CALL, WE SEND FOUR PEOPLE AND THE ENGINE, THEY TAKE CARE OF THE ENGINE,

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SO IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. AND AS FAR AS LIFEGUARDS ARE CONCERNED, I AGREE WITH THE PARTNERSHIPS.

PETE AND HIS CREW ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THAT.

AND JUST RECENTLY I HEARD A RUMOR THAT 64 NEW LIFEGUARDS HAVE BEEN HIRED FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH IS THE MOST WE'VE HAD IN 15 YEARS.

IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT FIREFIGHTERS, I MEAN, LIFEGUARDS, BUT WE GOT 54 OR 64 COMING ON, AND THEY'LL BE GOING TO THE FIRE OR LIFEGUARD ACADEMY STARTING NEXT MONTH.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE'S A THERE'S A REAL STRONG SENSE OF, OF POSITIVENESS WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATION SINCE YOU CAME HERE. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW YOU'VE STARTED A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE.

AND I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY WE ALL REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND CREATIVE THINKING YOU'RE COMING FROM OUTSIDE BRINGING SOME NEW IDEAS IN.

AND SPEAKING OF NEW IDEAS I HAVE ONE THAT I LEARNED ABOUT LAST YEAR, ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR AGO AT THE STATE TRAILS CONFERENCE.

AND IT'S A I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CALL IT A PROGRAM, IT'S AN APP.

IT'S CALLED, WHAT, THREE WORDS AND WHAT THREE WORDS IS A METHOD OF LOCATING YOUR EXACT LOCATION ON THE FACE OF THE GLOBE USING THREE WORDS AND THE THREE WORDS. THEY'RE UNIQUE TO A THREE SQUARE METER AREA.

SO TEN SQUARE FEET. AND I WAS JUST WOULD LIKE TO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVER EMPLOYED HERE AT THE DISTRICT, BUT IF FOLKS KNEW ABOUT THAT AND THEY COULD PUT IT ON THEIR PHONE IF THEY HAVE TROUBLE IN A PARK, IT'S A REALLY ACCURATE WAY TO IDENTIFY WHERE YOU ARE.

EXACTLY. YOU KNOW, SO DOES THAT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THAT WOULD WOULD BE HELPFUL TO YOU OR LET ME LOOK INTO IT WITH MY OPERATIONS, CAPTAIN, BECAUSE WE DO USE IT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. YEAH, OUR POLICE OFFICERS DO USE IT.

THEY HAVE THEY HAVE, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE IT ON MY PHONE.

SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. AND I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE PUBLIC USAGE, BUT.

SO LET ME DOUBLE CHECK ON THE FEASIBILITY OF IT.

BUT I WOULD BELIEVE SO. YEAH, IT WOULD JUST IT WOULD I MEAN, YOU KNOW, REALLY IT'S JUST YOU KNOW, I PUT IT ON MY PHONE AND I DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT AGAIN UNTIL I NEED IT.

RIGHT? I ACTUALLY MET THE DEVELOPER OF IT, AND HE I TALKED TO HIM FOR A WHILE, AND HE JUST TOTALLY SOLD ME ON IT.

HE SHOWED ME HOW IT WORKS. AND IT'S REALLY GREAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE BECAUSE I HAVE THREE WORDS HERE. BUT IF I GO IN THAT ROOM, IT'S A DIFFERENT THREE WORDS. CORRECT. AND IT'S REALLY IT'S KIND OF RANDOM TOO.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE IN THE WHAT. YOU'RE IN THE DOG SECTION.

IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

DIFFERENT THREE WORDS AND THEY'RE REALLY RANDOM. SO AND JUST THINK ABOUT HOW MANY COMBINATIONS THERE WOULD BE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.

IT'S INCREDIBLE. BUT THEY'VE DONE IT FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD.

SO EVEN IN ANTARCTICA, YOU COULD HAVE IT. SO ANYWAY I DON'T THINK I, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS HERE, SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, JOHN, ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.

SO DOES IT WORK WITHOUT CELL SERVICE? DOES IT KNOW WHERE YOU ARE OR DOES IT HAVE TO CONNECT? I THINK IT'S A GPS THING, SO IT DOESN'T NEED CELL SERVICE.

THAT'S AWESOME. YOU NEED YOU NEED SERVICE. OH, YOU DO NEED SERVICE.

OH, YOU DO NEED SERVICE. OKAY. SERVICE. YEAH.

AND ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? YES. PRESIDENT MERCURIO, WE HAVE TWO. OKAY. LET THEM IN.

I CANNOT SEE IF HE'S IN. CAN WE DROP THAT SLIDE? OKAY. LET'S SEE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. I'VE GOT. NO, I'VE GOT A I'VE GOT AN AUDIO PROBLEM ON MY SIDE.

YEAH I CAN'T. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO NOW. I TRY.

LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND.

CAN WE DROP THIS SLIDE? LET'S SEE HERE. THERE WE GO.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN TALK TO YOU DIRECTLY HERE.

LET'S SEE. KELLY. KELLY. KELLY. NO, NO NO NO.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO START YOUR VIDEO.

HOPEFULLY THAT'LL WORK. OH, OKAY. YEAH. YEAH.

OKAY. IT WORKS. MAYBE. OKAY. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO FIRST OF ALL, ON THE THE HELICOPTERS, THIS PEOPLE ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY, OH, LOOK, WE'RE OUR HELICOPTERS ARE WORKING BETTER THAN EVER.

WELL YESTERDAY, I THINK IT WAS ON KCBS. THERE WAS A FIRE AND THE IN A IN SOME PLACE CALLED LEONA

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SO BY THE WAY, I THEN WENT TO GOOGLE AGAIN. AND THE DISTANCE AS THE CROW FLIES FROM THAT FIRE TO THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT IS 20 MILES AND TO TO THE HAYWARD AIRPORT, IT'S NINE MILES.

OKAY, SO LET'S NOT. NINE MILES IS LESS THAN 20 MILES, NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT.

SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S MY TAKE ON THE, THE THE HELICOPTERS.

BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR HELICOPTERS. THEY WORK.

THEY WORK GREAT. ACCORDING TO THE NEW STATION ALSO ON THE PARK DISTRICTS VARGAS PLATEAU TICKETING WAR.

YOU GO OUT AND GET PARKING TICKETS. YOU PUT UP AN ELECTRONIC SIGN THAT SAYS NO PARKING ON MORRISON CANYON ROAD.

THIS IS LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT YOU USE, YOU'RE KIND OF DOING WORD OF, YOU KNOW, RUMORS YOU GO BY, OH, THERE'S A SIGN UP SOMEWHERE, OR THE CITY TOLD US THAT THERE WAS NO PARKING ON MORRISON CANYON ROAD, AND THE CITY OF FREMONT PUT UP A SIGN SOMEWHERE THAT SAID THE SAME THING.

BUT ACTUALLY, THAT ROAD IS THE PEOPLE WHO PUT UP THE SIGNS THAT YOU THAT ARE UP THERE THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHEN PEOPLE PARK THEIR CAR, THEY'RE NOT GOING BY THE SIGN AT THE END OF THE ROAD, THEY'RE GOING BY THE SIGN THAT'S RIGHT THERE AT THE ROAD.

AND THOSE SIGNS ARE BEING PUT UP BY ALAMEDA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY.

AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A LAW, NOT A SIGN, A LAW TO BACK UP THE SIGN.

IT'S CALLED AN ORDINANCE. AND THE ORDINANCE SAYS THAT THE NO PARKING ZONE IS ONLY IN CERTAIN AREAS IN COUNTY LAND OR IN THE COUNTY ON THAT, ON THAT ROAD. SO YOUR SIGN THAT YOU PUT UP AT NEXT TO THE FREEWAY OFF RAMP AT VARGAS ROAD THAT SAYS NO PARKING ON MORRISON CANYON ROAD, YOUR SIGN HAS NO LAW TO BACK IT UP. YOU GO BY RUMORS AND GUESSES AND AND AND AND STORIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY WRONG. SO ANOTHER THING THAT YOU'RE DOING IS HANDING OUT A LOT OF TICKETS IN AN EFFORT TO, TO STOP PEOPLE FROM PARKING INSTEAD OF DOING CRIME PREVENTION, YOU SHOULD BE GOING UP THERE AND PUTTING OUT CONES AND SIGNS AND THINGS TO TRY TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM BREAKING THE LAW IN THE FIRST PLACE, NOT GIVING OUT TICKETS.

YOU KNOW, TRY TO PREVENT CRIME INSTEAD OF JUST PUNISHING IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. KELLY. AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

YES. YEAH. MR.. I'M GOING TO LET YOU INTO PROMOTE YOU TO PANELISTS.

PLEASE ACCEPT IT.

OKAY. YOU'RE IN. BUT I DON'T SEE YOU YET. HOW'S THAT BETTER? NO. HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND. IF YOU HAVE AUDIO AND YOU CAN HEAR ME, THEN THAT'S FINE.

OKAY. YEAH. EXCELLENT. YOU DON'T NEED TO SEE MY FACE.

OKAY. SO, THREE MINUTES OVERALL. THANK YOU. I'LL KEEP IT SHORT.

OVERALL, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THE PARK DISTRICT DOES, SPECIFICALLY WITH PUBLIC PUBLIC SAFETY.

THERE SHOULD BE RIGHT NOW A NOTICE OUT FOR TICKS.

IN LAST YEAR IN MAY, THE PARK DISTRICT WAS PUTTING OUT INFORMATION.

YEAR BEFORE THAT WAS IN JULY. TICKS ARE OUT RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE THEY CARRY LYME DISEASE. MY DAUGHTER ACTUALLY GOT INFECTED FROM A TICK THAT I BROUGHT OFF ARGUS.

AND SO MY APOLOGIES TO MY FAMILY, BUT I'M IN THE PARKS ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND I'VE BEEN PICKING TICKS OFF EVERY ALMOST EVERY DAY NOW. WILDFIRE MITIGATION. THE PARK DISTRICT IS DOING A VERY EFFECTIVE JOB AT REMOVING EUCALYPTUS AND OTHER HIGHLY FLAMMABLE VEGETATION. I NOTICED IN SOME OF THE PARKS THEY BROUGHT OUT MACHINERY TO KNOCK DOWN THE BRUSH NEAR NEAR THE HOMES. THAT HAS THAT HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.

THAT AND SOME OF THE PARKS WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THAT EFFORT.

WILDFIRE IS A REAL SERIOUS CONCERN. AND IF IT IF IT OCCURS FROM A PARK PARK PASTURE AND IT GOES INTO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY POORLY LOOKED ON BY THE THE COMMUNITY.

SO FINALLY, KELLY'S POINT ABOUT PARKING, PARKING SIGNS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONGOING, HAS BEEN ONGOING WITH THE CITY OF FREMONT FOR

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ANYTHING THAT THE DISTRICT CAN DO TO IMPROVE THAT, WE WOULD APPRECIATE ACCESSIBILITY TO NATURAL SPACES IS ACTUALLY PRETTY ESSENTIAL TO HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH. I USE IT MYSELF TO REDUCE ANXIETY, AND IT WORKS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.

DO APPRECIATE IT. TAKE CARE. BYE BYE. THANK YOU SIR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY MORE COMMENTS? I HAVE A CAN ASK A QUESTION.

ACTUALLY, WE HAVE ONE FOR THE CHIEF. YES. YEAH, YEAH, WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THAT WE CAME UP WITH HERE.

SO. SORRY. I WAS A LITTLE. NO, IT'S OKAY. I THOUGHT ABOUT IT LATER.

DO IT. SO HE'S STILL HERE? YEAH. SO I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE LIFEGUARDING PROGRAM.

JUST WHEN SO MANY OTHER PLACES HAVE A CRISIS OF LIFEGUARDS AND BEING ABLE TO HIRE THEM.

SO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS AND THE COMMUNITIES YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO.

AND IT'S VERY INNOVATIVE. AND I WANTED TO ASK WHEN IT COMES TIME TO HIRE LIKE NEW FIREFIGHTERS.

ARE WE LOOKING AT ANY TYPE OF PROGRAMS SUCH AS FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DOING FIREFIGHTING AS THEY'RE INCARCERATED? OR ARE WE LOOKING TO ANY SPECIAL TYPE PROGRAMS OR OTHER COMMUNITIES? WHEN WE'RE HIRING FOR FIREFIGHTERS, WE DO. WE LOOK AT VARIOUS PROGRAMS AS WE HIRE FIREFIGHTERS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, OUR FIRE CHIEF LAST WEEK WAS OUT PRESENTING TO A GROUP OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

AND SOME OF THOSE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THEY COME FROM A FROM A CHALLENGING BACKGROUND.

LET'S JUST SAY THAT. SO TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY WITH US.

SO YES, WE DO. WE DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO VARIOUS GROUPS AND INVITE PEOPLE TO APPLY WITH US.

THEY STILL HAVE TO PASS BACKGROUNDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT YES, WE TRY DIFFERENT AVENUES.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE AN OFFICER EQUITY OFFICER, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THIS DEPARTMENT TO SEE HOW WE CAN BEST REACH OUT TO VARIOUS COMMUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE, JUST LIKE WE DO FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A CADRE OF PEOPLE THAT SERVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT REPRESENT THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SO NEXT UP IS ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT AS.

[ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION]

I'M THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES PLANNING, CULTURAL RESOURCES, AND GIS UNITS. SO BEFORE I GO DEEP INTO MY MY PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO REMIND WITHIN PROBABLY YEAH LESS THAN 60 DAYS.

WE'VE WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW STUDY SESSIONS. WE'VE HAD THE ACQUISITION STUDY SESSION CAPITAL PROJECTS STUDY SESSION AND THE TRAIL STUDY SESSION.

AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, DURING THOSE STUDY SESSIONS, WE REALLY HEARD THE BOARD MEMBERS ON YOUR FEEDBACK, YOUR INPUT AND YOUR INQUIRIES AND ALSO EMAILS THAT I'VE RECEIVED.

AND WE ARE LOOKING TO INCORPORATE AND HOW WE CAN SHIFT AND PIVOT TO MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THOSE STUDY SESSIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO US, AS MUCH AS IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU GUYS AS WELL.

WHAT IS IT WE DO AT ASD? WELL, I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE THAT AS IN WE COLLABORATE, WE THINK WE PLAN AND WE IMPLEMENT FOR THE FUTURE. SO A QUICK FACTS I GOT ABOUT 95 STAFF.

I HAVE I DON'T SEE IT'S ON THERE. I HAVE ABOUT NINE VACANCIES RIGHT NOW, MOSTLY IN OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, BUT EACH OF MY DEPARTMENTS DO HAVE A FEW OPEN OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY AND ACTIVELY LOOKING TO FILL. WE'RE IN THROUGH INTERVIEW PROCESS ON SOME OF THEM.

I DO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK HR FOR HELPING US WITH A ONE OF ONE OF THE POSITIONS, WHICH IS LIKE THE ENTRY LEVEL NATURALIST POSITION FOR STEWARDSHIP TO HELP DEVELOP PEOPLE OF THE FUTURE.

I ALWAYS LOOK AT HOW DO WE HOW DO WE BUILD OUR BENCH FOR OUR FUTURE EMPLOYEES AND FUTURE LEADERSHIP TO GROW IN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT?

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HAVE WE HAD THIS PAST YEAR? AND ALSO SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AND CONTINUE ON FOR THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S NOT ALL INCLUSIVE. SO YOU'VE SEEN OUR LIST OF PROJECTS.

YOU'VE SEEN OUR LIST OF OF WORK THAT WE HAVE.

AND OF COURSE, THAT COULD TAKE ON A WHOLE MULTI-HOUR CONVERSATIONS ON EACH ONE OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS.

BUT FIRST OFF, WE RECEIVED CPUC APPROVAL FOR A NEW AT GRADE CROSSING AT THE NILES CANYON RAILROAD, WHICH WAS A LONG WORKING EFFORT WITH MULTIPLE AGENCIES.

AND IT'S A CRITICAL MILESTONE FOR US TO COMPLETE THE VARGAS PLATEAU TO GARIN REGIONAL TRAIL.

ALSO, WE COMPLETED ALSO WE HAD APPROVED A COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICTS FOR MAGGIE PRESERVE TRAIL SYSTEM AT SYCAMORE VALLEY.

THIS WILL ENSURE PROTECTION OF NEARLY 400 ACRES OF PROPERTY AND PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 3.5 MILES OF TRAILS.

WE COMPLETED ABOUT 534 GIS MAPPING REQUESTS. I KNOW SOME OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HAD SOME REQUESTS AS WELL, WHICH WE PROVIDED. WE COMPLETED THE VALLEY VISTA TRAIL WITHIN THE PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL PARK TO IMPLEMENT THE PLEASANTON RIDGE LAND USE PLAN AND COMPLETE THE MULTI-USE TRAIL SYSTEM WITHIN THIS LARGE PARK.

AND EARLIER THIS YEAR THE BOARD APPROVED THE NEW HASP AGREEMENTS TO HELP WITH IMPLEMENTING THE HAYWARD SHORELINE ADAPTATION MASTER PLAN.

SOME OF THE EFFORTS WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND PLANNING THEMSELVES.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO LEAD THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT PLAN.

AS YOU WE BROUGHT UP IN MULTIPLE MEETINGS RECENTLY, BUT ALSO AT THE END OF MAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK.

BEGINNING JUNE 2ND, I BELIEVE, IS THE BOARD MEETING.

WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING STATUS OF OF WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.

PER THE REQUEST FROM THE BOARD. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A ROBUST INTERNAL WE'VE BEEN DOING A ROBUST INTERNAL ENGAGEMENT, AND WE'RE FINISHING THAT UP AND ALSO STARTING OUR EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT SOON.

WE'LL BE PROVIDING THE BOARD WITH AN UPDATE ON THE PHASE ONE.

AS I MENTIONED, THE BURRELL AGRICULTURE PARK WILL BE A NEW PARK ON LAND THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE PARK DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF DANVILLE.

STAFF IS WORKING THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS TO TO ENVISION THE FUTURE OF THIS UNIQUE PROPERTY THAT WILL BRING BRING THE CONCEPT DESIGN TO THE BOARD. LATER THIS YEAR TRAIL STAFF IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH STEWARDSHIP AND OTHERS IN EVALUATING POTENTIAL ALIGNMENT AND COMPLETING NECESSARY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ON THE PROPOSED WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL AGAIN.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD LATER THIS YEAR.

STAFF IS WORKING TO FINALIZE THE TRAILS STRATEGIC PLAN AND COMPLETE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PILOT PROJECT.

AS ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH POINT MELODY, BAY TRAIL WILL BE GOING OUT TO BID SOON WITH THE GOAL OF FINALIZING THIS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FINAL, FINALIZING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND INITIATING CONSTRUCTION.

THE 2.5 MILES OF NEW BAY TRAIL LATER THIS YEAR.

THERE'S APPROXIMATELY THREE AND A HALF MILES OF NEW TRAILS AT THE PRESERVE.

PROPERTY WILL BE OPEN IN 2025, AND WHICH WILL EXPAND ACCESS FROM THE SYCAMORE VALLEY REGIONAL PRESERVE.

AND STAFF IS WORKING TO FINALIZE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR DEVELOPING A NEW STAGING AREA, STAGING AREA, TRAILS IMPROVEMENT AND OPENING UP LANDS CONNECTING GARIN REGIONAL PARK IN PLEASANTON RIDGE.

STEWARDSHIP. ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE DID A LOT OF TRAINING FOR STAFF ON ANIMAL RESPONSE TRAINING FOR HANDLING EMERGENCY RESPONSES OF ANIMALS AND ALSO ON INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, IPM FIELD TRAINING AND SAFETY.

WE RENEWED OUR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WITH VARIOUS AGENCIES, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, THE WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES, AND THE BAY CONSERVATION BCDC FOR FIVE YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS, AND ALSO A TEN YEAR WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES. WE NEGOTIATED A NEW DEBRIS REMOVAL, WHICH WAS SO HELPFUL FOR OPERATIONS FOR THE STAFF TO CLEAN OUT CULVERTS

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REQUEST, STAFF WILL NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO REGULARLY CLEAN OUT SMALL AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS TO MAINTAIN THE CULVERTS AS NEEDED.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GIS, WE DEVELOPED AN ONLINE DASHBOARD TO EFFICIENTLY TRACK PERMITTING MAINTENANCE PROJECTS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION NEEDED FOR THESE PERMITS IN AN ORGANIZED AND VERY EFFICIENT MANNER.

THE WILDLIFE WILDLAND VEGETATION STAFF COMPLETED THE FIRST EVER ASSESSMENT OF 60 RARE PLANTS IN THE PARK DISTRICT TO HELP US BETTER PROTECT AND MANAGE THESE UNCOMMON AND THREATENED SPECIES.

WE SECURED A $1 MILLION GRANT TO MAP AND ASSESS OVER 12,000 ACRES OF GRASSLANDS IN THE PARK DISTRICT, AND WE'RE CONDUCTING OR CONDUCTED NUMEROUS WILDLIFE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS TO TO HELP WITH RESTORATION AND SPECIES PROTECTION.

WHAT'S SOME OF THE EFFORTS FOR THE STEWARDSHIP? THEY ARE? STAFF HAS RECENTLY INSTALLED AN OXYGENATION SYSTEM AT LAKE TEMESCAL TO REDUCE THE NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY FOR ALGAL BLOOMS. WE ARE HOSTING VARIOUS INTERAGENCY WORKSHOPS ON THE FOOTHILL YELLOW LEGGED FROG AND WESTERN POND TURTLES.

WE EXPANDED THE STEWARDSHIP LEAD HABITAT RESTORATION PROGRAMS, WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS, STAFF AND OTHERS TO IMPROVE, TO REMOVE THREATS FOR SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES, REDUCE EROSION AND PRESERVE TRAILS, AND BETTER REDUCE THE FINE FUELS AND LOWER THE FIRE RISK.

WE INSTALLED A NEW. WE'RE INSTALLING NEW FISHING LINE DISPOSAL TUBES AT VARIOUS LAKES TO REDUCE ENTANGLEMENT WITH THE WILDLIFE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE COORDINATING LAKE CLEANUP DAYS WITH VOLUNTEER SERVICES.

THIS IS A A PILOT PROGRAM THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE.

MUCH LIKE THE SHORELINE CLEANUP DAYS THAT WE HAVE.

LAND ACQUISITION. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DID SECURE A ONE YEAR LEASE WITH LIVEMORE WITH LIV MOORE AIRPORT FOR OUR AIR SUPPORT UNIT.

AND ALSO AT YOUR ALL VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH WE ARE WE WORKED ON A LETTER OF INTENT AND A PURCHASE OF SALE AGREEMENT FOR THE 82 ACRE POINT MALLARD PROPERTY. WE'RE EXPECTING TO CLOSE THAT VERY SOON.

WE SIGNED A PURCHASE. A SALE AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE THE FRENCHIE PROPERTY LOCATED NEAR DEER VALLEY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HCP.

WE'RE EXPECTING TO CLOSE ON THAT 140 ACRE LATER THIS SUMMER.

WE COMPLETED THE BOARD APPROVED SALE OF SEVEN ACRES TO TRUMARK PROPERTIES AT BURRELL AGRICULTURAL PARK, WHICH HELPED THE FUNDING, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARK.

WE ALSO COMPLETED AN OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MARTINEZ, WHICH SECURED THE CONTINUED OPERATIONS OF MORE THAN 200 ACRES OF PARK LAND FOR ANOTHER 25 YEARS. AND LASTLY, WE ACQUIRED TWO ACRES OF LAND AND A PERMIT TRAIL EASEMENT TO KELLER BEACH FROM THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILROAD. SO WHAT DO WE EXPECT EFFORTS FOR THIS COMING YEAR? WE'RE GOING TO BE ACQUIRING THE 77 ACRES OF HAYWARD REGIONAL SHORELINE THIS SUMMER IN SUPPORT OF THE RESTORATION HAYWARD MARSH PROJECT. WE'RE PURSUING AN ACQUISITION AT THE BLACK DIAMOND MINES, SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HCP, WITH THE GOAL OF TO SIGN THIS PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT THIS YEAR.

WE'RE WORKING ON A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CLANTON AND OAKHURST GEOLOGICAL HAZARD ABATEMENT DISTRICT TO PROVIDE PARKING AND TRAIL ACCESS TO CLAYTON RANCH. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE APPOINTMENT, WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSING ON THAT VERY SOON.

WE'RE WORKING ON EXTENDING OUR LEASE WITH THE STATE LANDS COMMISSION FOR PROPERTY AT THE BAY POINT IN SAN PABLO SHORELINES.

WE'RE WORKING WE'RE WORKING ON EXTENDING THE CURRENT OPERATING AGREEMENT AT DEL VALLE WITH THE STATE PARKS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES FOR FIVE YEARS.

AND THIS GIVES US SOME TIME FOR US TO WORK ON THAT AND UPDATING THE MODERN AND MODERNIZING THE CURRENT AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.

WE EXPECT TO CLOSE ON 140 ACRES, THAT FRENCHIE PROPERTY IN DEER VALLEY.

WE'RE LOOKING TO SECURE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LIVERMORE TO ACQUIRE APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRES NEAR DOOLING CANYON FOR A POSSIBLE STAGING AREA.

AND WE'RE PURSUING A LEASE FROM CALTRANS FOR LANDS ADJACENT TO THE PARK TO EXPAND EXISTING COURTYARD AT TEMESCAL.

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THE ROBERTS POOL THE SHORELINE IRRIGATION, THE MORAGA TRAIL REPAIR AND LAFAYETTE-MORAGA TRAIL REPAIR THE BRIONES LAFAYETTE STAGING AREA WITH ADA UPGRADES AND THE RESTROOM INSTALLATION THE PINOLE SHORELINE TRAIL AND LANDSLIDE REPAIR.

AND THE COYOTE HILLS DUNBARTON QUARRY SERVICE YARD, THE MILLER KNOX FERRY POINT PIER REMOVAL.

AND WE JUST AND OF COURSE, AS YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STREET, WE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON THE PERALTA OAKS NORTH IMPROVEMENT.

WHAT? WE'RE HOPING WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE CONSTRUCTION ON THIS NEW OFFICE BUILDING, WHICH WILL HOUSE THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE BOARDROOM, AND BE A PUBLIC FACING BUILDING TO THE DISTRICT AT MLK SHORELINE.

WE'RE RENOVATING. WE'RE GOING TO RENOVATE THE EXISTING DECK AT THE SHORELINE CENTER FOR AS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE UPGRADE TO THE PICNIC AREA, PER REQUIREMENTS FROM THE COUNTY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, WE'RE GOING TO BE REPAIRING THE SWIMMING POOL AT CAMP ARROYO.

AND WORK IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE SWIM SEASON STARTS AT CAMP ARROYO.

WE'LL BE REPLACING THE CHEMICAL TOILETS AT CONTRA LOMA WITH VAULTS, RESTROOMS, AND CREATING AN ADA PATH FOR TRAVEL FROM PARKING LOT TO THE ACCESSIBLE FISHING PIER. ALSO IMPROVING AND UPGRADING TO ACCESSIBLE PICNIC AREAS.

AT TILDEN. WILDCAT CREEK TRAIL. BANK EROSION REPAIR.

AS A FIRST PHASE OF THE TRAIL OF PRAYER. AND AS PERMIT AS PERMITTING IS SORTED OUT AND FINALIZED FOR THE FULL BANK AND TRAIL REPAIR WORK IS BEING PLANNED THIS YEAR TO REPAIR PARTS OF THE SPILLWAY TO MITIGATE FURTHER EROSION.

AND LASTLY, LASTLY, THE BIG BREAK HABITAT RESTORATION, PUBLIC ACCESS STUDY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE FINALIZING THE STUDY TO SEE WHAT FUTURE ACTIONS AND PROJECTS ARE NEEDED FOR THIS AT THE BIG BREAK AREA.

AND I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD TODAY? GO AHEAD. YEAH. OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO I HAD JUST A COUPLE OF JUST SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE BULLETS YOU HAVE HERE.

SO AT LAKE ANZA, THE SLIDES MENTIONED THE NUTRIENT REDUCTION TREATMENT AT LAKE ANZA.

IS THAT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON ALREADY, OR IS THERE SOMETHING NEW COMING? I'M JUST CURIOUS TO HEAR A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT.

THE LAKE ANSWER. THE ONE THAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.

THE UNDER STEWARDSHIP. YES. YES. LAKE TEMESCAL AND AND WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING.

WE HAVEN'T STARTED THAT ON THE LAKE ANZA RIGHT NOW.

BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONDUCT NUTRIENT REDUCTION TREATMENT FOR THE LAKE ANZA.

RIGHT. YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR WHEN YOU WERE TALKING, YOU MENTIONED TEMESCAL.

BUT I JUST WAS CURIOUS WHAT WAS HAPPENING IF THERE WAS SOMETHING NEW HAPPENING AT AT LAKE ANZA? YES. OR IS THAT THE WORK THAT'S BEEN ONGOING AT LAKE ANZA? IT IS. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP PACE WITH THAT, WITH THE ALGAL BLOOMS AND AND TRYING DIFFERENT TREATMENT TECHNIQUES AND SEEING WHAT, WHAT CAN HELP WITH REDUCING THOSE HEALTH HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS. RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE TILDEN WILDCAT TRAIL BANK EROSION? IS THAT THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY GOING ON RIGHT BELOW JEWEL LAKE, OR IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE? THAT'S THAT'S THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

A LOT GOING ON. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE? GO AHEAD. DIRECTOR SANWONG. YEAH.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE SUMMARY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING THIS.

I GUESS I JUST HAVE A FEW, LIKE, OVERARCHING COMMENTS.

SO ONE, IN REGARDS TO DELVAL, WHICH I KNOW IS ON OUR AGENDA FOR THE TUESDAY BOARD MEETING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT OPERATING AGREEMENT SO THAT WE THEN CAN WORK DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME ON, I BELIEVE YOU SAID UPDATING AND MODERNIZING THE AGREEMENT.

I DO THINK THAT THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION.

YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCH A DELVAL HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, YOU KNOW, SHOULD, SHOULD, SHOULD THE BOARD APPROVE THIS FIVE YEAR EXTENSION ON TUESDAY AND EVERYTHING GOES FORWARD WITH THAT? DURING THAT FIVE YEARS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PARALLEL.

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SO I'M A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF MYSELF BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE TO FIRST REVIEW THIS OPERATING AGREEMENT EXTENSION.

SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY TOP OF MIND FOR ME, AND I'LL BRING IT UP AGAIN.

BUT I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MANY DIFFERENT ENTITIES WITH MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN REGARDS TO DELVAL.

AND I DO THINK THAT THIS WILL BE A BIG THING FOR THE DISTRICT TO BE DISCUSSING OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT SINCE IT WAS BROUGHT UP IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

NO QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT. AND THEN IN REGARDS TO THE CITY OF LIVERMORE.

PROPERTY AT DOOLAN CANYON. I REALLY HOPE THAT WE'RE NOT USING THIS NEGOTIATION TO PREVENT ANY SORT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT DOOLAN CANYON AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME TYPE OF PHASE ONE OPENING AT THE MARCH 26TH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

I DID BRING THIS UP, AND I BELIEVE PRESIDENT MERCURIO SECONDED.

ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T A VERY YOU'RE WELCOME TO CORRECT ME ON THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A FULL LIKE I SECOND THAT IDEA, BUT I DID ASK FOR DOOLAN CANYON TO BE AGENDIZED ON A FUTURE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.

IT WAS IT WAS A THUMBS UP. OKAY. SO, SO SO WE HAVE THAT.

THANK YOU. I'M DOWN WITH THAT. YES. SO OKAY, SO YOU HAVE TWO OF THE THREE MEMBERS OF OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, COMMITTEE MEMBERS ASKING FOR DOOLAN CANYON TO BE AGENDIZED REGARDLESS OF THE STATUS OF THIS FIVE ACRE CITY OF LIVERMORE PROPERTY.

SO I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE.

AND SO I REALLY HOPE TO SEE THAT ON A VERY, VERY NEAR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA, IF NOT THE NEXT ONE.

AND THEN I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAD ALSO HAD A SIMILAR REQUEST IN 2024, IN REGARDS TO STAGING. AND AGAIN, I BELIEVE PRESIDENT MERCURIO WAS MY SECOND ON THAT.

AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO MY RECORDS AND GET THE SPECIFIC DATES.

SO I'LL PROBABLY MENTION THIS ON TUESDAY AT OUR BOARD MEETING.

BUT I THINK WE ALSO HAD ASKED AT ONE POINT IN 2024 TO AGENDIZE THE STAGING AREA PROJECT FOR DISCUSSION.

AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT NOW AND I'LL GO BACK THROUGH MY RECORDS TO FIND THAT 2024 BOARD MEETING.

BUT IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, I THINK THAT OKAY, DENNIS IS SAYING HE SECONDED, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS.

I'M ALSO PRETTY SURE ON THAT ONE TOO. YES, THAT I WAS I WAS WITH IT.

YEAH. YES. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THEN AND THEN MY FINAL POINT THAT I WANT TO MAKE IN REGARDS TO VOLUNTEERS.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE'RE EXPANDING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT TODAY AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US.

I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE THROUGH STEWARDSHIP.

AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON IN OUR CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE THE CALIFORNIA NATURALIST PROGRAM, OF WHICH I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE COMPLETED IN 2024.

WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS THROUGH THIS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PROGRAM THAT'S HOSTED AT HOSTED THROUGH UC DAVIS WHERE WHERE PARTICIPANTS GO THROUGH A SERIES OF TRAINING AND FIELD TRIPS TO LEARN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING A VOLUNTEER CALIFORNIA NATURALIST. AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US EXPAND SOME OF OUR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES INTO THAT AREA.

AND AND I WILL WORK ON THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT SINCE IT WAS MENTIONED TODAY AS A PART OF THIS. SO SO THANK YOU. SO NO QUESTIONS, JUST MOSTLY COMMENTS. BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, JUST A COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU DO.

I THINK YOU'VE GOT THE COOLEST DEPARTMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, AND I THINK IF YOU. I'M SORRY IF, FOLKS.

I MEAN, IT'S COOL YOU GET TO DO ALL THE GREAT STUFF AND AND IN FACT, I MEAN, ON THE OTHER HAND, WHEN WE ENVISION PARKS AND PEOPLE COME TO US AND SAY, LET'S HAVE A PARK HERE, YOU'RE THE ONLY THING THAT STANDS IN THE WAY OF HAVING A NICE PARK. AND AS JOHN SUTTER SAID, YOU HAVE A VISION.

AND THEN 20 YEARS LATER, MAYBE YOU'LL GET A PARK.

SO AS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT, I WAS GOING TO SAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY VISION FOR IN THIS? I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT LOTS OF EFFORTS AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN 2025.

DO YOU PLAN ON OPENING ANY PARKS IN 2025? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD WITH THAT ONE? SURE, I CAN RESPOND, I THINK. WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY LIKE BRAND NEW STANDALONE PARKS, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF YOU KNOW, PROPERTIES, COMPONENTS OF EXISTING PARK PROPERTIES THAT WERE NOT OPEN PREVIOUSLY THAT MAY BECOME OPEN BECAUSE OF SORT OF PROJECTS OR IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WAS TALKING TO KEN ABOUT AND BRIAN AND HIS TEAM AS WELL, AND SHAWN AND OTHERS ABOUT WE COULD BRING A PRESENTATION BACK TO YOUR BOARD,

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THANK YOU. THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF KIND OF MORE MODEST, LIKE OPPORTUNITIES TO OPEN UP ADDITIONAL SITES WITHIN EXISTING PARKS. AND SO I THINK WE WANT TO BRING THAT BACK TO YOUR BOARD TO KIND OF BE ABLE TO TELL THAT STORY.

SO THAT'S LIKE LAND BANKS THAT ARE RIGHT ADJACENT TO AN OPEN PARK.

RIGHT. SO AN EXAMPLE IS THAT PHILIP SCHULTZ TRAIL THAT WE'RE CREATING THE WHICH ONE? PHILIP SCHULTZ YEAH, YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH. THANK YOU.

YEAH. SO THAT'S WITHIN AN AREA THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE LAND BANK STATUS.

BUT ONCE THAT TRAIL IS COMPLETED, THEN THAT'S NOW ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

AND THAT'LL HAPPEN THIS YEAR. GREAT. AND MY MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE EVEN THE MINOR STUFF LIKE THAT IS CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION.

I HOPE THIS DISTRICT CAN CELEBRATE IT IN SOME FORM.

OH MY GOSH, TOTALLY AGREE. ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE IS THAT COYOTE HILLS, THE PATTERSON PROPERTY THERE, AND I HOPE WE HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION THERE ONCE THAT OPENS, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL.

SO LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO CELEBRATE. PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS.

GREAT. AND DIRECTOR SANWONG BROUGHT UP THE THE DEL VALLE.

THAT'S SO WE I HOPE WE ALSO DISCUSS WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, JUST APPROVE A INCREASE THE LEASE AGREEMENT. BUT THERE ARE SOME PROPOSALS OUT THERE AND I HOPE WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AS A BOARD.

I MEAN, ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT HAS MADE A WILD PROPOSAL, WHICH I WON'T MENTION NOW, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST DISCUSS THAT AT SOME SOME POINT AND SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK.

THE FUTURE OF LAKE DEL VALLE IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT WAS BUILT FOR WHAT? STORAGE, FLOOD CONTROL AND RECREATION. AND WE FOUGHT LONG AND HARD TO KEEP RECREATION IN THE SAME SENTENCE, LET ALONE THE SAME PARAGRAPH. SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT THING IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN JUST TO FOLLOW UP I TRULY APPRECIATE THE, THE ONE ON ONES THAT YOUR, YOUR, YOUR GROUP HAS BEEN DOING.

AND EVEN A LITTLE MORE DRILLING DOWN. I'VE HAD OPPORTUNITY IN THE LAST YEAR, TWO TIMES I'VE BEEN INVITED ALONG TO A POND RESTORATION WITH YOUR STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT.

IT'S WONDERFUL. GREAT. GREAT. GREAT. PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR ME.

I LEARN A LOT, AND I GET TO SEE HOW YOUR STAFF WORKS.

AND I'VE ALSO DONE THE THE GRASSLAND FOLKS TOOK COLIN AND I OUT TO MISSION PEAK AND JUST OPENED UP A WORLD TO US. VERY GOOD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THIS.

APPRECIATE THAT. SURE, KEN. YEAH. THAT ALSO REMINDS ME THINKING ABOUT ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE WATER SUPPLY PROVIDER FOR FREMONT, NEWARK AND UNION CITY.

WHEN DENNIS AND I HAD OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETING WITH THEM, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROPOSALS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.

AND I THINK IT DOES INVOLVE, YOU KNOW, YOUR DEPARTMENT.

SO AT SOME POINT, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO MAYBE SOMEHOW REGROUP AND RELAY SOME OF.

AND I'M SURE THIS IS HAPPENING ACROSS ALL OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS.

YOU KNOW, SO I THINK AT SOME POINT HOW WE REGROUP AND WE DISCUSS SOME OF THE DIFFERENT VARIOUS TOPICS THAT ARE COMING UP AT ALL THESE MEETINGS.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY ALREADY HAPPENING. I'M THINKING THAT IT JUST HASN'T BEEN COMMUNICATED BACK TO US.

SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT TOO, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SHARE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I MIGHT NOTE THAT I HAD I SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS WITH SOME OF YOUR STAFF YESTERDAY AT THURGOOD MARSHALL, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50. AND I LEARNED A COUPLE OF NEW FLOWERS.

I THINK AT LEAST I'LL KNOW THAT FOR A FEW MORE DAYS, AND THEN IT'LL BE GONE.

BUT ANYWAY, I WAS INTRODUCED TO THEM AND ALSO TO THE TABLETS THAT THEY THAT THEY USE THESE TABLETS.

IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF, YOU KNOW, ON THE SIDELINE OF THE 40 NINERS.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THOSE THOSE TABLETS. BUT BUT THIS HAS, THIS IS CONNECTED TO TO GPS.

AND THEY'RE LOGGING THINGS AS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WERE THERE AND ADDING IT TO THE DATABASE.

SO I DIDN'T I NEVER HAD ANY REASON TO TO THINK ABOUT THAT OR KNOW ABOUT THAT.

BUT I DO NOW. AND SO IT NEVER STOPS. THEY GO OUT THERE AND THEY'RE LIKE CHECKING EVERYTHING OUT.

THEY FOUND A SMALL STAND OF ARTICHOKE THISTLE, WHICH I HATE DEARLY.

HATE DEARLY HATE WITH A PASSION. AND THEY LOGGED IT AND WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES.

BUT ANYWAY, THEY'RE DOING WORK. THEY'RE ALWAYS DOING WORK OUT THERE FOR US. OUT IN THE OUT, IN THE OUT IN THE HABITAT TOO. SO DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, MADAM CLERK, ON THIS ONE, WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THEN THAT THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE A BREAK FOR LUNCH HERE.

SO WE WILL MAKE IT BACK AT 125. THANK YOU.

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AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR PRESENTATIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR NEXT GROUP IS FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

[FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION]

AND JUST PULLING UP THE PRESENTATION HERE. SO THIS FIRST SLIDE IS A COUPLE PICTURES FROM OUR FIELD TRIP WE DID LAST YEAR IN AND AROUND TILDEN. WE STARTED AT CENTRAL STORES, LEARNED ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS THEY'RE WORKING ON THERE.

THEN WE WENT TO THE AEC. AND THEN LASTLY WE WENT AND HAD LUNCH AT THE GOLF COURSE.

SO THIS IS OUR TEAM. WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT IN THE FIELD TO REMEMBER, LIKE WHAT WE DO IN THE MAIN OFFICE IS REALLY CONNECTED TO THE WORK THAT'S OUT THERE IN THE IN THE PARKS. SO HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF OUR TEAM.

OUR LARGEST DEPARTMENT IS FINANCE. WE HAVE 23 FTE THERE.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR GRANTS TEAM THREE FTE INFORMATION SERVICES 17 STAFF.

I HAVE DAVID RUSTIN HERE WHO I'VE ASKED TO DO A COUPLE SLIDES TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT HE'S DOING.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR OFFICE SERVICES GROUP, WHICH IS ABOUT TEN FTE.

AND INCLUDED IN THAT IS CENTRAL STORES. SO OFFICE SERVICES IS SUPPORTING THE BUILDING OPERATIONS HERE, THE FRONT RECEPTION FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEN ALSO MAINTENANCE HERE AT TRUDEAU AND ALL THE UTILITIES FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.

SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

I'M GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THEM IN THE PRESENTATION SO I WON'T TALK ABOUT THEM HERE.

THIS IS JUST LIKE SUBLIMINAL MESSAGING TO START YOU THINKING.

SO ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE'RE DOING HERE, WHICH ISN'T VERY EXCITING, IS PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND REALLY JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS MORE SMOOTH AND EFFICIENT. SO SOME EXAMPLES OF OF PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON IS DOING SOME LITTLE TRAINING VIDEOS FOR PEOPLE.

LIKE WE'VE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF LIFEGUARDS YOU'VE HEARD ALREADY. LIFEGUARDS ARE STARTING. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VIDEO FOR THEM TO LEARN HOW TO DO THEIR TIME CARDS, BECAUSE WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME LIKE, OH, YOU DID IT WRONG. REJECT RESUBMIT.

SO VIDEO ON HOW TO DO YOUR TIME CARD A VIDEO TRAINING ON CLEAN AND GREEN PURCHASING, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

TRAINING FOR STAFF WHO ARE HANDLING CASH AND TRAINING FOR ALL STAFF ON FRAUD PREVENTION.

WE'RE ALSO DOING A NEW EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT EXPENSE REPORT FORM, WHICH I KNOW SEEMS VERY BORING, BUT JUST TRYING TO MAKE THAT MORE EFFICIENT AND FEWER MISTAKES.

WE ARE WORKING ON SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT BE MORE INTERESTED IN WORKING ON A NEW PROCESS FOR BUDGET REVIEW, TO GIVE THE BOARD A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CHANCE TO CHEW ON THE BUDGET BEFORE IT GETS APPROVED.

SO MORE DETAILS TO COME, BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO TO DO.

AND THEN AT THE LAST BOARD STUDY SESSION, WE GOT YOUR IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO REFINE OUR CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.

SO WE'RE PLANNING TO BRING THAT FORWARD AS WELL. MAJOR PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON IS OUR NEW ERP SYSTEM.

SO ERP STANDS FOR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING.

IT'S LIKE A FINANCE SYSTEM AT THE CORE, BUT THEN IT HAS ALL THESE OTHER MODULES LIKE TIME CARDS, PAYROLL PROCESSING, HR, ONBOARDING OF NEW EMPLOYEES, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PURCHASING.

SO IT SUPPORTS THE WHOLE ENTERPRISE, THE WHOLE DISTRICT.

THE RFP IS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. PROPOSALS ARE DUE APRIL 15TH.

THEN WE'LL BE INVITING FINALISTS ON SITE. AND THEY LIKE RUN THROUGH US LIKE SCRIPTS LIKE, OKAY, HERE'S AN INVOICE. PRETEND TO ENTER IT. HOW MANY KEYSTROKES DOES THAT TAKE? AND WE JUST SEE LIKE HOW. AND THEN WE'LL PICK OUR FINAL VENDOR UP AND BRING IT TO THE BOARD IDEALLY IN AUGUST FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT.

AND THEN WE START THE REAL HARD WORK OF TESTING THE NEW SYSTEM AND MAKING THE SWITCH.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST A YEAR OF A LOT OF WORK.

SO OCTOBER, THAT'LL KICK OFF AND WE'LL STILL BE EXCITED AT THAT POINT.

NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DAVID TO TO TAKE THIS NEXT SLIDE TALKING ABOUT ENHANCING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY.

I DO NOT NEED TO STAND, PLEASE. OKAY. SO HI, DAVID, RUSTING CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING ON THE INFORMATION SERVICES SIDE HAS BEEN TRYING TO ENHANCE THE NETWORK CONNECTIVITY, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT UNDERLIES ALL OUR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. SO WE DID A STARLINK IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH IS BASICALLY SATELLITE INTERNET FOR THE POLICE BOAT THAT'S OUT AT DEL VALLE.

SINCE THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE AREA OF CONCERN AND NEED.

WE ARE ALSO DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR AT THE STAR HOUSE IN BLACK DIAMOND MINES.

WE'RE DOING A PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR THAT AS WELL.

AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK, WELL, WHY THE STAR HOUSE?

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PART OF IT IS WE WANT TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN TEST OUT CREATING BASICALLY THESE REMOTE SITES, SATELLITE LINKED PARTS THAT ARE SITES THAT ARE PART OF OUR NETWORK, AND WE CAN DO IT AT A SITE THAT WE HAVE FAIRLY GOOD ACCESS TO.

DOESN'T INTERRUPT ANY OPERATIONS. AND THEN ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF PACKAGE THAT UP AND TEST IT OUT, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE TO OTHER SITES WHERE WE NEED SOME CONNECTIVITY, WHERE OUR TRADITIONAL CONNECTIVITY THROUGH FIBER OPTICS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND OPERATIONS TO WORK ON AN RFP FOR ASSESSING CONNECTIVITY NEEDS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND THE SERVICE GAPS, AND THIS IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT AREA BECAUSE ACROSS THE TWO COUNTIES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE BAY AREA, THERE'S A LOT OF DEAD SPOTS FOR CELL CONNECTIVITY AND AN INABILITY TO HAVE FIBER OPTIC CONNECTIONS.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT IN A BROAD TWO COUNTY APPROACH, AND HOW WOULD WE ACTUALLY ASSESS WHERE THOSE GAPS ARE, AND THEN MAYBE COME UP WITH A PLAN OF HOW WE COULD ADDRESS THAT THROUGH A MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SET OF OPTIONS? OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. EMERGENCY AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

SO WE ARE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING SOME PROCEDURES FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.

WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DISASTER. SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME NICE CLEAR PROCESSES AND MAKE IT QUICKER AND EASIER FOR US TO GET REIMBURSED AS WELL AS TO LIKE, RESPOND TO THE DISASTER ITSELF.

AND SO TRAINING STAFF IS ANOTHER PART OF THAT.

ON MAKING SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE FEMA PROTOCOLS.

PROCUREMENT YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD A BUNCH ABOUT.

YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD OUR PROCUREMENT RULES AS PART OF THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES AS APPENDIX E, SO WE'VE TAKEN IT OUT OF THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES. AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE A STANDALONE PROCEDURE. AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH STAFF TO REFINE WHAT EXACTLY WE WANT TO HAVE IN THOSE PROCEDURES SO THAT THEY WORK WELL AND THEY'RE HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL.

AS SOON AS THOSE ARE ISSUED, WE'LL WORK ON TRAINING THE STAFF.

WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO MAKE PROCUREMENT, WHICH IS A FANCY WORD FOR PURCHASING EASIER BY TRYING TO HAVE FEWER OF THESE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, EMERGENCY TREE WORK RIGHT NOW, EVERY SINGLE PARK MAYBE HAS SOME TREES THAT NEED TO COME DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE A DANGER.

AND SO AT THIS TIME, ALL THOSE PARKS ARE RUNNING INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS.

WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE IS LIKE MAYBE SEVERAL ON CALL CONTRACTS.

AND THEN AS YOU HAVE TO DO TREE WORK AT YOUR PARK, YOU'RE JUST DOING LIKE A SINGLE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THAT.

YOU KNOW, THAT ONE PARK FOR THAT ONE LOCATION.

AND IT SHOULD BE A LOT FASTER AND EASIER TO GET THOSE JOBS DONE.

AND REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN CENTRALIZED PROCUREMENT AND, AND GIVING PEOPLE THE INDIVIDUAL CONTROL, BECAUSE IT'S A FINE LINE.

LIKE RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY'S RUNNING THEIR OWN CONTRACTS. BUT IF YOU IF YOU CENTRALIZE IT ALL, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT SLOWER. SO JUST TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE TALENT ACQUISITION TRAINING AND TEAM BUILDING, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF VACANCIES, FEWER THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.

SO VACANT FINANCE MANAGER, CYBERSECURITY SECURITY MANAGER, NETWORK ADMIN, ACCOUNTING, TECH AND INFO SERVICES SUPPORT TECH POSITIONS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE FILLED. HR HAS BEEN SUPER SUPPORTIVE TO US.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON CROSS TRAINING STAFF, WHICH IS CHALLENGING TO LEARN MULTIPLE JOBS, BUT IN THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S BETTER WHEN YOU HAVE THAT REDUNDANCY IF SOMEONE GOES ON MATERNITY LEAVE OR JUST TAKING A VACATION, WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN STEP IN AND BACKFILL AND REALLY JUST ENCOURAGING STAFF TO TRY NEW THINGS LIKE RIGHT NOW.

WE ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WE'RE TOO BUSY TO LIKE LIFT OUR HEADS UP AND THINK ABOUT, WELL, LIKE, WHAT'S A BETTER WAY? SO TRYING TO MAKE SPACE FOR THAT SO THAT WE CAN TRY NEW THINGS AND SEE IF THERE IF THERE ARE MORE EFFICIENT WAYS TO GET OUR JOBS DONE.

SO NOW JUST LOOKING AT EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS MORE SPECIFICALLY.

SO WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN FINANCE IN THE LAST YEAR? I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THIS STUFF ALREADY, BUT CASH HANDLING PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND WE'VE GOT SOME PILOT CASHLESS KIOSKS NOW AT QUARRY LAKES AND ROBERTS. AND THEN WE'VE GOT COURIER SERVICE PICKING UP THE CASH AT DEL VALLE AND SHADOW CLIFF.

SO REALLY JUST FOCUSING ON CASH HANDLING AND TRYING TO REIN THAT IN AND MAKE IT A SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT.

WE ACHIEVED SUPER FUNDED STATUS FOR OUR OPEB TRUST, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO KEEP FUNDING THAT IN THE FUTURE, WHICH IS GREAT. AND THEN LAST YEAR, WE MADE ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY PAYMENT AND DID A FRESH START FOR OUR CALPERS MISCELLANEOUS PLAN.

SO THAT SHOULD INCREASE OUR FUNDED STATUS AND AGAIN DECREASE OUR PAYMENTS IN THE FUTURE.

IN THE COMING YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT BANKING FEES. YOU ALREADY HEARD WE'RE UPGRADING OUR FINANCE SOFTWARE. WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON STRATEGIES FOR OUR BIG CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH YOU HEARD ABOUT AT THE LAST STUDY SESSION. A LOT OF BIG PROJECTS COMING FORWARD, WORKING ON WHAT'S THE STRATEGY FOR EACH PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET IT FUNDED AND GET IT MOVING FORWARD.

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A NEW CFD FOR THE NEW BURRELL AGRICULTURAL PARK.

AND AND THEN I TALKED ALREADY ABOUT BUDGET PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS.

IN THE GRANTS DIVISION, WE INVOICED AND RECEIVED FOR A $19.4 MILLION IN THE LAST YEAR.

SO THAT WAS 36 APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED, 17 AWARDED AND 16.9 MILLION OF GRANT FUNDING AWARDED TO US.

IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE LOOKING AT STRATEGIES FOR GETTING OUR PROP FOR CLIMATE CLIMATE BOND FUNDING, WORKING ON THOSE FEMA DECLARED DISASTER RESPONSE PROCEDURES AND THEN IMPROVING COORDINATION WITH PROJECT MANAGERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER THE RIGHT GRANTS AT THE RIGHT TIMES. DAVID. ALL RIGHT.

ARE YOU TAKE YOURSELF BACK TO THAT. LET ME GO BACK.

WELL, I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT OFFICE SERVICES, BUT WE'LL DO A LITTLE DANCE HERE.

SO DAVE RUSTING, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AGAIN, FOR SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE DONE FOR 2024 2025, WE ESTABLISHED SATELLITE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY FOR THE POLICE SAFETY BOAT.

WE IMPLEMENTED NETWORK AND SERVER MONITORING.

SO ACTUALLY WE NOW GET ALERTING WHEN SITES GO DOWN.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE HALF THE CHALLENGE SOMETIMES IS TROUBLESHOOTING WHERE THE PROBLEM IS. SO IT HELPS US ZERO IN ON THAT.

WE IMPLEMENTED NEW FIREWALLS TO IMPROVE OUR CYBERSECURITY.

SO WE ACTUALLY DID THAT HERE AT PERALTA OAKS AND ALSO IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND THEN WE ESTABLISHED IS PROJECT TRACKING AND PRIORITIZATION.

THIS IS ACTUALLY PRETTY KEY BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HIRED A PROJECT COORDINATOR LAST YEAR TO ASSIST WITH THIS.

AND SO WE HAVE BASICALLY THE CATALOG OF CURRENTLY MAYBE BETWEEN 60 AND 70 DIFFERENT PROJECTS ACROSS ALL THE DIVISIONS.

AND THEN WE MEET WITH THE DIVISION MS AND THEIR DIVISION LEADERS TO REVIEW THOSE ABOUT ABOUT A MONTHLY BASIS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITIES SO THEY'RE AWARE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR QUEUE AND TRYING TO GET THE TIMINGS LINED UP FOR VARIOUS INITIATIVES.

SO THAT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR NOW WE'RE FINALIZING OUR STRATEGIC IT PLAN.

SO WORKING WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE.

AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD TO PRESENT A SUMMARY AND SOME THEMES AND SOME ACTIVITIES WE'VE BEEN DOING RELATED TO THAT.

WE ARE REFRESHING THE PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE NETWORK AND SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS VERY OLD.

AND YOU KNOW, CHIEF FLETCHER COULD TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE BEEN HAVING THERE.

WE ARE FINALLY GETTING IN THERE AND TAKING SOME ACTION AND MAKING SOME INVESTMENTS TO STABILIZE AND IMPROVE THAT ENVIRONMENT.

WE'RE WORKING ON CONNECTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS TO RURAL SITES.

SO WHEN I REFER TO THE STAR HOUSE, IT'S NOT JUST SATELLITE INTERNET, BUT THERE'S OTHER TECHNOLOGIES WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT TO WORK AND HELP THE PARKS GET THAT CONNECTIVITY THEY NEED JUST SO THEY CAN DO THEIR DAY TO DAY WORK AND ALSO MAKE IT RESILIENT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE'RE USING ANTENNAS AND THOSE ARE LINE OF SIGHT.

AND SO IF A TREE MOVES OR DOESN'T ISN'T TRIMMED IT THE SITE GOES DOWN RIGHT.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE SITES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP TRIMMED TREES TRIMMED ACCORDINGLY.

AND THEN WE'RE JUST DOING VARIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT TO IMPROVE THE RESILIENCE.

AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS TO TRY TO KEEP THINGS FROM GETTING SO OLD THAT THEY TIP OVER AND BREAK, OR THEY'RE NOT SUPPORTED ANYMORE. AND SO THIS BOARD HAS DONE A GREAT JOB SUPPORTING US AS WE'VE BEEN REFRESHING ENDPOINT TECHNOLOGY LIKE YOUR LAPTOPS AND COMPUTERS.

WE REFRESH THOSE ON A YEARLY OR FOUR YEAR CYCLE AND WE JUST GO THROUGH EACH YEAR REFRESHING IT.

WE NEED TO DO THE SAME THING FOR OUR TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE OF ROUTERS AND SWITCHES AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS A BIT AGED. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GO THROUGH IN A OPPORTUNISTIC BUT ALSO MINDFUL WAY OF HOW WE'RE REPLACING THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND IN WHAT ORDER AND WHERE WE CAN DO THINGS, WHERE WE CAN OPTIMIZE THAT.

SO WE'RE GETTING KIND OF THE THE BEST PERFORMANCE TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR SITES THAT HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FOR A WHILE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO OFFICE SERVICES, IN THE PAST YEAR WE'VE WORKED ON INCREASING ENVIRONMENTAL, SUSTAINABLE, ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING AT CENTRAL STORES.

SO HAVING MORE PRODUCTS THAT ARE CLEAN AND GREEN AT CENTRAL STORES INSTALLED A NEW AV SYSTEM FOR THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION AND DEVELOPED A TRACKING SYSTEM FOR WHEN YOU HAVE PHOTOCOPY PROJECTS THAT NEED TO GET DONE.

COMING SOON. YOU'VE SEEN THE TEMPORARY OFFICE IN OUT IN THE DRIVEWAY OUT THERE.

SO THAT'S THAT'S COMING SOON. INCREASING USE OF CENTRAL STORES FOR SKILLED TRADES IS ANOTHER PROJECT LAUNCHING NEW DISTRICT APPAREL FOR STAFF AND THEN IMPROVING OUR REPORTING ON ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING.

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THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS NOW.

YEAH. GO AHEAD. HI. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANTS OFFICE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK AND THEY'RE JUST A VERY SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM. BUT I'M WONDERING, COULD THEY DO EVEN MORE IF THEY HAD MORE PEOPLE? IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT, OR DO THEY ARE THEY ABLE TO GET CONSULTANTS FROM THE OUTSIDE TO HELP SUPPORT THEM OR.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF IF IF THREE IS THE OPTIMAL NUMBER AS OPPOSED TO MORE.

YEAH. I MEAN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THIS PAST YEAR OUR GRANTS MANAGER WAS ON MATERNITY LEAVE.

SO WE REALLY WERE LIKE FEELING STRETCHED VERY THIN.

WE DO USE CONSULTANTS. AND I THINK EACH YEAR IS, IS DIFFERENT, RIGHT.

THE LIKE AVAILABILITY OF GRANTS EBBS AND FLOWS.

SO YOU DON'T WANT TO STAFF UP AND THEN WHO KNOWS WHAT LIKE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE.

SO I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A GOOD CAPACITY FOR THE GRANTS TEAM.

BUT LIKE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO BE COGNIZANT OF.

AND, THAT'S MY ANSWER FOR TODAY. BUT IT COULD, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE THAT WE WE DECIDE LIKE WITH MAYBE WITH PROP FOUR, THAT WE, WE DO NEED TO HAVE A BIGGER TEAM. YEAH.

YEAH. YEAH. THIS IS A GREAT OVERVIEW. AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE POINT OR ITERATE THE POINT.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH FINANCE INFORMATION SERVICES AND OFFICE SERVICES, YOU'RE REALLY THE, THE TEAM THAT HELPS KEEP, YOU KNOW, THE TRAINS RUNNING ON TIME AND HELPS KEEP EVERYTHING ORGANIZED.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THE WORK THAT YOUR TEAM DOES.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU KNOW, SHARING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.

I HAD A, I HAVE A COUPLE OF SO, SO I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN 2024.

YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE REVIEWING THE SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING REPORTING AND ALSO THE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PURCHASING PROCESS. WE HAD TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, I GUESS THERE'S TWO PARTS.

SO IN TERMS OF PURCHASING THINKING ABOUT LOCAL PREFERENCE PURCHASING, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT POLICY IN PLACE, BUT AS YOU'RE MENTIONING THE ERP SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, IT MADE ME THINK OF AND CHANCES ARE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE SOFTWARE PROVIDERS ARE LIKELY BASED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.

BUT JUST BEING MINDFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, HELPING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND SOME OF THE LOCAL COMPANIES BASED HERE IS CAN BE BENEFICIAL TO, TO THE PARK DISTRICT. SO JUST TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A PRETTY LARGE ENDEAVOR AND A WAY FOR US TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL ECONOMY. AND I THINK THAT ALSO WAS ANOTHER TOPIC THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED IN 2024 ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ABOUT INVESTMENT POLICY WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL COMPANIES THAT ARE BASED HERE IN THE BAY AREA AND, YOU KNOW, HELPING TO KEEP THE BAY AREA AND MAYBE EVEN MORE SPECIFICALLY THE EAST BAY ECONOMY STRONG AND DOING OUR PART. SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THAT THAT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT'S ON MY MIND OF WHAT WE CAN DO IS THIS LOCAL PREFERENCE BOTH PURCHASING AND INVESTMENTS. I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SET IT AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER POINT THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE, AND I THINK I ALSO MENTIONED THIS IN 2024 THROUGH ONE, AT LEAST ONE OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC FORECASTING AND ALSO THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND HOW THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTING, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE MOOD OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE IN THE EAST BAY.

AND I THINK WE GET A LOT OF REALLY GREAT PRESENTATIONS FROM OUR DIFFERENT INVESTMENT PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH FOR THE DIFFERENT INVESTMENT POLICY.

SO IF THERE'S A WAY TO MAYBE COMPILE THOSE ECONOMIC REPORTS AND THEN ALSO THINK ABOUT, OKAY,

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AND IT MAY BE IMPACTING, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, OUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE USING OUR PARKS.

BUT I SEE IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPACTING OUR CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY AND THOSE ARE OUR PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. AND I DO THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE MINDFUL OF.

AND SO IF THERE'S A WAY TO INCORPORATE THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARILY EXTRA WORK BECAUSE WE DO GET A LOT OF GOOD ECONOMIC FORECASTS, BUT IT'S WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OUR INVESTMENTS.

AND NOT REALLY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HOW IT MIGHT BE IMPACTING THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE PARTNER WITH OR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A THIS IS A KEY TOPIC RIGHT NOW IN THIS YEAR.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

HOW I MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THE INFORMATION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. AND THEN WITH THE STRATEGIC IT PLAN. I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT I THINK THIS IS GOING TO ALSO COME UP, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE ALSO RUNNING PARALLEL WITH OUR SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN AND THINKING ABOUT COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED THIS A COUPLE TIMES, THINKING ABOUT CRM, CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM ERP, BUT TYPICALLY CONNECTED WITH ERP.

BUT HOW WE MANAGE, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR DIFFERENT LISTS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S SO SO WITH CONTACTS, CONTACT LISTS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S PEOPLE THAT ARE RESERVING, YOU KNOW, CAMPSITES OR SIGNING UP FOR A VISITOR CENTER PROGRAM.

HOW ARE WE KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT CONTACT DATABASES? ARE WE USING THEM IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY? FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY AS WE'RE WORKING ON THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN, IS IT EASY AND STRAIGHTFORWARD FOR US TO EMAIL ANYONE WHO'S SIGNED UP FOR A VISITOR CENTER PROGRAM OR RESERVED A CAMPSITE TO GET SOME INSIGHTS FROM THEM? AND I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A COMPONENT IN THE STRATEGIC IT PLAN IN REGARDS TO OUR CONTACT DATABASES.

AND SO I THINK WHAT WOULD BE GREAT IS IF WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED AS PART OF THIS SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN AND PART OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS, AND THEN BACK TO VISITOR CENTERS.

YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR VISITOR CENTERS, I DON'T I THINK THEY MIGHT MAINTAIN MAYBE SOME OF THEIR OWN EMAILS, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN SOME SORT OF DATABASE.

AND I THINK WHERE THAT THEN CAN BE AN ISSUE IS IF SOMEONE MOVES ON FROM THE PARK DISTRICT.

HOW ARE WE CAPTURING THOSE LISTS? OR EVEN I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WELLNESS WALKS OVER LUNCH.

I KNOW I WAS ON THE MULTICULTURAL WELLNESS WALKS EMAIL LIST, AND NOW THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S ORGANIZING THAT IS NO LONGER WITH THE DISTRICT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT EMAIL LIST IS EVEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE MAINTAINED OR IF THAT LIVES IN SOME SORT OF CONTACT DATABASE.

AND I HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER OF CONTACTS THAT HAD BEEN ON THAT LIST THAT WE WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO CARRY FORWARD AS PART OF, YOU KNOW, OUR CONTACTS. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT AREA FOR US TO CONSIDER.

AND THEN I THINK RELATED TO THAT, WITH OUR EMAIL STRATEGY, I BELIEVE WE REALLY ONLY SENT OUT ONE OVERARCHING EMAIL TO A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE LIST ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

AND I'D REALLY LIKE MAYBE AS A NEXT STEP FOR THE STRATEGIC IT PLAN TO START TO THINK ABOUT HOW CAN WE ALLOW OUR DIFFERENT GROUPS WITHIN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT TO SEGMENT THAT LIST? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I ALWAYS LIKE TO USE THE EXAMPLE OF PANEL, RIGHT? MAYBE SOMEONE IN PANEL MIGHT NOT BE AS ENGAGED WITH PROGRAMING AT DELVAL AND VICE VERSA, BECAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY THEY'RE LOCATED PRETTY FAR FROM EACH OTHER.

SO IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN ALLOW LOCALIZATION OF THESE LISTS SO THAT THERE CAN BE A FOCUS WHERE THOSE WHO MAYBE LIVE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER IN PROXIMITY TO DELVAL REGULARLY RECEIVE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT AND AMAZING ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING NEAR DELVAL.

AND THEN SOMEONE WHO LIVES CLOSER TO PINOLE CAN RECEIVE THOSE EMAIL LISTS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT LIVES WITH YOU KNOW, INS STAFF OR OPERATIONS STAFF, BUT THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I'D LIKE FOR US TO START TO THINK ABOUT IN THE COMING YEARS, ESPECIALLY AS WE REVIEW THE STRATEGIC IT PLAN AND HOW THAT CONNECTS WITH COMMUNICATIONS.

I HOPE I EXPLAINED THAT, OKAY. YEAH, I'LL SAY THAT FOR THE ERP.

WE ASKED FOR FOR THE VENDORS TO PROPOSE A CRM IF THEY HAVE ONE, BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIRED MODULE BECAUSE THERE ACTUALLY IS A SEPARATE GROUP THAT IS WORKING ON CRM. SO IDEALLY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER EVEN IF IT'S NOT PART OF THE ERP SYSTEM.

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SO IN THAT SAME WORKING GROUP THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH SANDY AND JOSIE AND THEN ALSO GIORGIO FROM FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND KENDRA FROM EXTERNAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS, THAT THERE'S WHERE THAT GROUP IS WORKING ON THE JUST LIKE YOU WERE MENTIONING, RIGHT.

LIKE, HOW DO WE HAVING THE CRM IS ONE PIECE, AND THE OTHER PIECE IS LIKE, HOW DO WE ORGANIZE OUR TEAM TO BE MORE INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED TO UTILIZE THAT SYSTEM TO HAVE BE ABLE TO BE BETTER, YOU KNOW, MORE STRATEGIC ABOUT REACHING OUT, CONNECTING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. SO THANK YOU.

IT'S PERFECT. YEAH. YEAH. AND I GUESS ONE OTHER INTEREST GROUPS, NOT JUST BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IN REGARDS TO OUR BOARD MEETINGS.

AND I THINK AT ONE POINT IN THE PAST, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN EMAIL LIST YOU KNOW, NOTIFYING PEOPLE WHEN WE HAVE BOARD MEETINGS AND TO CHECK THE WEBSITE AND OF THOSE DATES.

AND I THINK THAT WE MAY WANT TO ALSO REVISIT HAVING THAT AS A CONTACT LIST AS WE START TO THINK ABOUT THESE CRM DATABASES.

THAT SOUNDS GREAT AND HAPPY TO TO CONNECT YOU WITH.

I MEAN, AMANDA AND I CAN SIT DOWN AND TALK THROUGH THAT IF THAT'S HELPFUL.

OKAY, THANKS. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ANY COMMENTS? SURE. GO AHEAD. DAVE. I'VE EMAILED YOU IN THE PAST WITH SOME FRUSTRATIONS WITH OUR OUTLOOK.

EXCUSE ME, OUR VERSION OF OUTLOOK. AND I DON'T WANT TO RECITE ALL OF THOSE BECAUSE I'VE GONE INTO SOME DETAIL WITH YOU.

BASICALLY, YOU CAN'T EMAIL THE OUTLOOK CALENDAR THAT STAFF KEEPS FOR US TO ANOTHER OUTLOOK CALENDAR FOR UPDATING BECAUSE IT WILL DUPLICATE EVERYTHING OVER AND OVER AGAIN IF YOU DO THAT.

THERE SHOULD BE A WAY, AS WITH MY OUTLOOK, WHERE IT JUST IT WILL DOWNLOAD INTO DIFFERENT CALENDARS.

IT'S JUST I AGAIN, I'VE GONE INTO DETAIL IN PRIOR EMAILS.

THE OTHER IS THAT OUR OUTLOOK EMAIL DOES NOT BATCH TO FORWARD THINGS.

YOU HAVE TO FORWARD INDIVIDUAL EMAILS. YOU CAN'T CLICK ON TEN OR SOMETHING AND FORWARD IT, AND THERE SHOULD BE A WAY TO HAVE A BETTER FORWARDING FUNCTION WITH OUR EMAIL.

JUST THROW THOSE BACK AT YOU. NO, I APPRECIATE IT.

I'M AWARE OF THEM. AND A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO OFFER.

ONE IS THAT WE'RE TRYING. WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS OF REFRESHING OUR DESKTOP AND OUR EMAIL OUTLOOK PLATFORM, MEANING THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE ON DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF IT, AND WE TRY TO NORMALIZE THAT AS WELL AS THE WEB VERSION.

AND SO SOME OF THE BEHAVIORS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH THE CLIENTS.

WE ALSO, SINCE WE'RE IN THE OUR OFFICE 365 IS IN A GOVERNMENT TENANT, MEANING A GOVERNMENT MANAGED INSTANCE.

THERE ARE CERTAIN RULES AROUND HOW YOU CAN INTERACT WITH ONES THAT ARE IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD, AND THAT CREATES SOME CHALLENGES FOR US AS WELL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS REALLY A LOT OF THIS COMES AROUND COMMUNICATION ABOUT A CALENDAR, EVENT, FORWARDING CALENDAR, CALENDAR EVENTS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN ACTUALLY INCLUDING THE PERSON THAT YOU WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO THEY GET THE SUBSEQUENT UPDATES, AND I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE IN THE PAST.

SO THEY ARE RECEIVED. WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN SIMPLIFY THAT.

AND IT IS NOT FORGOTTEN. MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TO THANK DEB FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON ON THESE THINGS.

I THINK YOUR FINGERPRINTS ARE ON A LOT OF THIS STUFF HERE.

AND BECAUSE THEY'RE NEW AND IT REALLY ACTUALLY, I WROTE DOWN, I COULD JUST SAY ONE WORD AND IT WOULD, IT WOULD. THIS IS NOT THE GRADUATE. BUT I COULD SAY ONE WORD AND IT WOULD IT WOULD SUM UP YOUR THING.

PROACTIVE. YOU KNOW YOU'RE REALLY MAKING AN EFFORT TO BE PROACTIVE.

AND DAVE WAS TALKING ABOUT KEEPING THINGS FROM, FROM CRASHING, YOU KNOW, LET'S LET'S GET TO IT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.

AND, YOU KNOW, AT HOME WE TEND TO NOT DO THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE GRIEF TO NO END, YOU KNOW. BUT THIS IS THE GROWN UPS HERE AND THIS AGENCY.

AND SO WE WE DO THINGS RIGHT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND ON A MORE SPECIFIC LEVEL HERE, I KNOW I HAD SUGGESTED ON OCCASION OR I'D WONDERED ALOUD WHY PURCHASING IS SO DISPERSED IN THIS, IN THIS ORGANIZATION.

AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT JUST, IT WAS OKAY WHEN IT WAS SMALL AND NOW IT'S BIG AND IT KIND OF GETS KIND OF KIND OF STRANGE WHY IT'S DOING THAT.

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AT LEAST THAT SORT OF STARTS ATTACKING THAT, THAT ISSUE SOMEWHAT.

SO I, I OFFER YOU ENCOURAGEMENT AND GOOD LUCK TO IT TO IMPLEMENT THAT.

I THINK THAT'LL, THAT'LL IT'S A STEP IN THE, IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

TWO STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ALL RIGHT. SO IF THERE ARE NOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ONE, WHICH IS HUMAN RESOURCES.

[HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION]

I'M ALMA BARNES. I'M THE RISK MANAGER AT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION.

I DON'T HAVE ALISON COOK WITH ME TODAY, SO I'M REPRESENTING ON BEHALF OF OUR DIVISION.

SO THIS IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR STRUCTURE HERE IN HR.

CURRENTLY ALISON COOK'S WEARING TWO HATS AS OUR DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER BUT ALSO THE AGM OF HR.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE JESSICA ROMEO STARTING WITH US AS OUR NEW AGM ON THE 21ST.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO WELCOME HER VERY, VERY SOON IN ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A WEEK.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE A VACANCY WITH THE RESIGNATION OF OUR DIVISION LEAD OVER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND I'M JUST GOING TO QUICKLY WALK THROUGH EACH OF OUR UNITS.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME. WITH THE NEW AGM COMING FORWARD, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO REASSESS OUR OUR ORG.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MOVEMENT. EACH RISK USED TO BE WITHIN LEGAL AND NOW PART OF HR.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN SEE WHERE WE ALIGN BEST IN THE ORGANIZATION AND HOW WE MIGHT WANT TO RESTRUCTURE ONCE JESSICA GETS HERE.

SO UNDER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE RECRUITMENT.

THEY OVERSEE ALL OF OUR JOBS AND OUR AND BUILD UP OUR PEOPLE POWER ALL THE WAY FROM RECRUITMENT FULL CYCLE TO ONBOARDING AND HANDING OFF TO OUR HIRING MANAGER OF ANY ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS.

WE ALSO HAVE EMPLOYEE LABOR RELATIONS, AND THEY REALLY ARE OUR CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PARK DISTRICT AND OUR LABOR PARTNERS.

THEY ARE ALSO THE ONES THAT RUN POINT ON, MEET AND CONFER WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS.

WE HAVE OUR BENEFITS TEAM THAT OVERSEES AND MANAGES ALL OF OUR LEAVES AS WELL AS ELECTED BENEFITS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE HR. NOW REPORTING UNDER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT CREATING EFFICIENCIES, STREAMLINING ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS. AND A LOT OF THAT WORK THAT'S GOING TO HELP THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH OUR HR INFORMATION SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE TIED INTO WHAT FINANCE IS DOING AND LEADING IN TERMS OF THE ERP WORK, MY DEPARTMENT. RISK MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS PARK DISTRICT POLICIES THAT REDUCE RISK FOR OUR AGENCY.

WE HAVE OUR WORKERS COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR FOLKS, INCLUDING OUR VOLUNTEERS, WHO MIGHT GET INJURED ON THE JOB AND ARE COVERED UNDER OUR WORKERS COMP PROGRAM FOR ANY MEDICAL CARE. WE ALSO MANAGE OUR ADA FEE FOR DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS POLICY.

SO THESE ARE OUR EMPLOYEES WITH LONG TERM OR SHORT TERM RESTRICTIONS OR DISABILITIES, AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT THEM IN THE WORKPLACE AND FIND THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTED IN THEIR ROLE IN THE DISTRICT.

WE ALSO MANAGE OUR SELF-INSURED INSURANCE PROGRAM, THE DISTRICT SELF-INSURED.

WE HAVE EXCESS INSURANCE THROUGH PRISM AND OTHER INSURANCE AGENCIES AND CARRIERS, AND REVIEW ALL OF OUR CONTRACT INSURANCE IN THE DISTRICT. A FEW OTHER AIR UNITS, OUR ADMINISTRATION, THEY HANDLE OUR BUDGET AS WELL AS SPECIAL PROJECTS.

OUR TRAINING TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL OF OUR FOLKS IN THE WORKFORCE.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD, WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE AN INTERNAL STAFF PERSON TO HANDLE ALL OF OUR EEO COMPLAINTS.

SO HARASSMENT, DISCRIMINATION. WE USED TO OUTSOURCE THAT A LOT.

NOW WE HAVE INTERNAL STAFF TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT.

SO LOOKING AT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP SOPS FOR ALL OF OUR HR UNITS IN OUR DIVISION.

THIS WAS REALLY AT THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF OUR BOARD AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT SUCCESSION PLANNING, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A BLUEPRINT FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN THE DISTRICT IN SUPPORT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS.

WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. PAM REVISION.

SO THE PAM IS THE PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL.

IT'S BASICALLY THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK. AND WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THAT FORWARD FOR UNREPRESENTED STAFF.

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WE USED TO MAKE APPAREL AVAILABLE TO ALL STAFF THAT WERE REALLY UNIFORMS. AND SO WE'VE CREATED SOMETHING ELSE WHERE STAFF CAN STILL REPRESENT THE DISTRICT, BUT IT'S NOT A UNIFORM.

WE'VE ALSO, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE, HAVE FOCUSED ON DEI INITIATIVES AND THE OFFICE OF EQUITY TO ESTABLISH BILINGUAL PREMIUM PAY FOR BOTH UNREPRESENTED AND REPRESENTED STAFF.

WE HAVE AN AFFINITY GROUP POLICY, AND WE ALSO MOVE FORWARD WITH CHANGING ALL OF MOST ALL OF THE CHIEF TITLES TO DIVISION LEAD AT THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND VOICES WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR DIVISION LEADS TO MAKE THAT CHANGE TO ADDRESS CULTURAL SENSITIVITIES.

H.R. 18. SO THAT IS OUR POLICY WHERE WE HANDLE OUR IN-HOUSE DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT.

2024 WE HAD NINE COMPLAINTS AND TEN DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE THAT MOSTLY IN-HOUSE.

SO FOCUSING ON RECRUITMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WE HAVE 995 FTES.

AND SO THAT DOESN'T REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE NECESSARILY.

YOU COULD HAVE PART TIME PEOPLE THAT TOGETHER COMPRISE ONE FTE.

SO WHEN YOU HEAR THAT WE'RE 1100 STRONG, THAT IS TRUE PEOPLE WISE.

BUT FTE COUNT. WE'RE AT 995 ABOUT WE'VE HIRED 119 EMPLOYEES OVER THE PAST YEAR NOT INCLUDING SEASONALS, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 300. OUR VACANCY RATE IS 10.8% AT THE PARK DISTRICT, WHICH IS AMAZING CONSIDERING LOCAL OR SIMILAR AGENCIES OF OUR SIZE ARE ABOUT 2,223% VACANCY RATE, SO WE'RE ABOUT HALF OF THAT.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL THAT HOVER ABOUT 50%.

SO LOTS OF WORK HAPPENING IN RECRUITMENT AND WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR DIVISIONS TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT ALREADY IS WE CONVENED A CROSS-DIVISIONAL COMMITTEE THAT REALLY LOOKED AT OUR SEASONAL HIRING PROCESS AND CREATED A WAY TO DO A ONE STOP SHOP THAT REDUCES PRE-BOARDING FROM 4 TO 5 WEEKS TO 1 TO 2 WEEKS.

SO THIS IS INVITING ALL THESE CANDIDATES TO THESE WORKSHOPS.

THEY CAN DO SWIM TESTING. THEY'RE AT THE POOL.

SO WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ARE PLACES WHERE WE HAVE POOLS TO DO TESTING ON SITE.

THEY CAN DO THEIR INTERVIEW. IF THEY'VE CLEARED THAT, THEN THEY'RE MOVING ON TO LIVE SCAN TO DO THEIR FINGERPRINTING ON THE SPOT AS WELL AS MEDICAL EXAMS ON THE SPOT. SO IT REALLY HAS BEEN A BIG PUSH TO GET TO THAT POINT.

AND WE'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF OUR, OUR SEASONALS WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR TEN PLUS YEARS WHO'VE SAID THIS IS THE BEST EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'VE HAD.

WE I THINK PUBLIC SAFETY TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY SEASONALS LIFEGUARDS THAT WE HAVE.

AND SPEAKING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, WE HAVE OVER 200 LIFEGUARDS THIS YEAR, WHICH IS MORE THAN WE'VE EVER HAD, EVER. THE MAX NUMBER BEFORE WAS ABOUT 160 LIFEGUARDS.

SO LOTS OF RETURNING, BUT ALSO LOTS OF NEW ONES, I THINK 64.

SO SERVICE AWARDS IS SOMETHING THAT WE BROUGHT BACK AFTER THE PANDEMIC.

YOU'LL SEE IN 2023, WE HAD OUR FIRST SERVICE AWARDS THAT HAD 206 EMPLOYEES THAT WERE HONORED OVER FOUR EVENTS BECAUSE WE HAD PUT A PAUSE ON SERVICE AWARDS. THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER IS SO HUGE.

2024, WE HAD 125 EMPLOYEES THAT WERE HONORED.

AND THIS REALLY FOCUSES ON THOSE MILESTONE SERVICE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS, 1520 WE'VE HAD A 40 YEAR AND REALLY RECOGNIZING ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT PEOPLE REALLY DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO OVER THE LIFE OF THEIR CAREER.

2025 WE HAVE 101 EMPLOYEES ACROSS THREE EVENTS.

FIRST ONE IS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AT KENNEDY GROVE, AND THEN JUNE 5TH AT CROWN BEACH AND AUGUST 12TH AT ROBERTS.

AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR THE BOARD. THAT HAS REALLY BEEN IN SUPPORT OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND SHOWING UP TO HELP HAND OUT THOSE AWARDS, AND PEOPLE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. SO FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, OUR TRAINING TEAM A FEW YEARS AGO, THE GENERAL MANAGER REALLY MADE A COMMITMENT TO MAKE SURE WE DO NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATIONS.

IT IS A RETENTION TOOL FOR STAFF THAT ARE NEW TO THE DISTRICT TO REALLY LEARN ABOUT THE DISTRICT, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. HEARING THAT THEY'RE VALUED AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A PLACE THAT THEY WANT TO BE AND WHERE THEY WANT TO STAY AND GROW.

WE ALSO MADE A BIG PUSH TO DIGITIZE PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS ON SUMMIT, BEFORE, IT WAS A PDF FORM THAT EVERYONE WOULD HAVE TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT.

ALISON COOK REALLY TOOK TOOK A BIG PUSH IN AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IMPROVED OUR RATES.

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NOW WE'RE AT A COMPLETION RATE OF 75% OF OUR EMPLOYEES GETTING REVIEWED AND MAKING SURE THEY GET THAT FEEDBACK THAT'S CRITICAL TO THEIR GROWTH AND AND RECOMMITTING THEIR VALUE AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITY HERE IN FALL OF 2025.

OUR GOAL IS TO ROLL OUT PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS TO ALL DISTRICT DISTRICT STAFF.

CURRENTLY, THERE'S ONLY MANAGEMENT AND UNREPRESENTED STAFF THAT ARE BUILT INTO SUMMIT, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO PUSH THAT OUT THIS FALL.

WE'VE ALSO REVAMPED OUR LEADERSHIP ESSENTIAL ACADEMY AND FUNDAMENTAL FUNDAMENTALS PROGRAM, WHICH IS GEARED TOWARDS SUPERVISORS OF THE DISTRICT TO REALLY GIVE THEM THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF HUMAN RESOURCES POLICIES, HOW TO EFFECTIVELY WORK WITH THEIR STAFF AND GIVE STAFF FEEDBACK.

AND NOW IT INCLUDES DEI AND COACHING. AND WE ARE ALSO DOING A MINI NEO FOR OUR NEW SEASONALS, BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE FOR A SEASON DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY DON'T NEED THE SAME OVERVIEW OF ALL THE VERY IMPORTANT POLICIES THAT WE HAVE AT THE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF HR. SEXUAL HARASSMENT, DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AND ALL THOSE THINGS.

OUR EMPLOYEE LABOR RELATIONS TEAM, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THE FRAUD PREVENTION POLICY UPDATE.

THERE'S SEVERAL HR AND RISK SAFETY PROGRAMS AND POLICIES THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

AND THEN THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN PROGRESS ARE NEGOTIATIONS WITH AFSCME LOCAL 248 ON TEMPORARY AND SEASONAL EMPLOYEES, BASED ON THE NEW LAW THAT ALLOWS THEM TO NEGOTIATE OVER THAT.

AND THAT'S STILL GOING ON PREPARATION FOR NEGOTIATIONS, NEGOTIATIONS WITH POLICE, WHICH WILL BE UP FOR NEGOTIATION NEXT SPRING.

AND THEN ANTI DISCRIMINATION HARASSMENT POLICY AND A COUPLE OF OTHER POLICIES THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH.

SO OUR BENEFITS TEAM TAKES CARE OF ALL OF OUR MANAGE LEAVES AND BENEFITS FOR OUR STAFF.

WE HAVE OUR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WITH CONCERN.

WE HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 140 EMPLOYEES THAT USE THIS PER MONTH.

SO THIS IS 14% OF OUR WORKFORCE THAT CONTACT CONCERN.

IF THEY HAVE A NEED OR RESOURCES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, WHETHER IT'S CHILD CARE OR LEGAL SUPPORT COUNSELING, THEY GET UP TO FIVE FREE SESSIONS PER INCIDENT PER YEAR.

OUR WE ALSO ADDED OVER THE LAST YEAR A FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM.

SO THIS REALLY BUILDS UP. IT'S AN ADDED BENEFIT TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO DEAL WITH CRITICAL INCIDENTS AND BEING ABLE TO CONNECT THEM TO STAFF THAT ARE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH WORLD, PROFESSIONALS, THERAPISTS THAT SPECIALIZE IN THIS INDUSTRY.

WE HAVE 44% THAT USED THE FIRST RESPONDER PACKAGE IN THE LAST QUARTER, WHICH IS HUGE.

IT'S HALF OF OUR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE COVERED UNDER THIS.

AND ABOUT 28% USE IT ANNUALLY. NEW YORK LIFE IS A LEAVE MANAGEMENT TPA AND OVER THE PAST YEAR IT'S NEW FOR US OVER THE PAST YEAR THAT THEY'VE NOW HELPED US, HELPED US MANAGE 123 NEW LEAVE REQUESTS.

SO THIS IS FOR FMLA, SIFRA PREGNANCY, PREGNANCY, DISABILITY LEAVE.

AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THEM ON HELPING US TRACK MILITARY LEAVE, PARENT BONDING, ETC..

SO RISK MANAGEMENT, THIS IS THIS IS MY UNIT. AND IN 2025, THIS YEAR, WE ACTUALLY JUST WRAPPED OUR ANNUAL SAFETY ACADEMY.

IT'S THE 21ST ANNUAL. AND WE JUST TRAINED ABOUT LITTLE UNDER 450 STAFF.

WE WENT OVER DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES AND HOW TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE SERVE, AND ALSO WITH EACH OTHER WHEN CONFLICT ARISES.

WE DID TOURNIQUET TRAINING. WE USED CHAINSAWS.

WE'RE AROUND HEAVY EQUIPMENT. BEING IN ANY PUBLIC SETTING OR EVEN DRIVING A VEHICLE, YOU MIGHT BE IN A PLACE OR POSITION WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A TRAUMATIC INCIDENT OR EVENT THAT RESULTS IN AN INJURY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE STAFF, WHEN WE'RE USING THOSE HIGH RISK TOOLS, OR ANYWHERE WE MIGHT BE, THAT WE CAN PROPERLY APPLY THE TECHNIQUES OF USING A TOURNIQUET AS PART OF THE STOP THE BLEED CAMPAIGN THAT THE COUNTIES ARE INVOLVED IN.

WE HAD A DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLICY OVERVIEW, MOWING PROCEDURES, AND GUIDELINES TO REALLY STANDARDIZE WHEN IT'S SAFE TO MOW, WHEN IT'S NOT SAFE TO MOW. RECOGNIZING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT MIGHT BE AN INDICATION THAT IT'S NOT SAFE.

ANIMAL RESPONSE AND HANDLING, WHICH WE'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FROM KEN.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE, WHICH IS SUPPORTING STAFF WHEN THEY MIGHT BE IN THE FIELD AND COME

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THEY'RE HAVING TO ADMINISTER FIRST AID OR CPR TO SOMEONE FROM THE PUBLIC.

LOTS OF THINGS HAPPEN IN THE FIELD, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT MIGHT NOT JUST BE PHYSICAL INJURIES THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF FOR, BUT ALSO PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA. AND SO WE WORKED WITH OUR OUR FOLKS IN THE FIELD OR ANYWHERE WHERE THIS MIGHT BE NEEDED TO ARRANGE FOR ON SITE COUNSELING FOR THOSE FOLKS AND TO NOT LET THOSE, THOSE LONG TERM EFFECTS SETTLE IN.

SO FAR, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 13 CRITICAL INCIDENTS REPORTED SINCE JUNE 2023, WHICH IS WHEN WE STARTED OUR CONTRACT WITH CONCERN.

AND WE'VE ARRANGED FOR SIX ON SITE COUNSELING AND DEBRIEFS FOR STAFF TO TALK THROUGH.

SO WE DON'T REALLY GET TO TALK ABOUT WORKER'S COMP A WHOLE LOT, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE IT'S EXCITING TO ME.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS, AND THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THE CHART.

THE BAR GRAPH IN 2024 IT DOES. YOU'LL SEE THE MEDICAL ONLY, WHICH IS THE BLACK BARS BELOW.

MEDICAL ONLY HAS INCREASED BY OVER 90%. THIS MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP OUR CLAIMS DOWN, BUT WHAT IT MEANS IS PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS A BENEFIT TO THEM AND THEY CAN GET CARE AND TREATMENT THROUGH THE DISTRICT.

AND WHAT THE REVERSE IS, THE BLUE BAR ON TOP IS THAT WE'VE SEEN OUR INDEMNITY CLAIMS GO DOWN BY NEARLY 40%.

SO THIS MEANS THAT THEY'RE GETTING TREATED, THEY'RE GETTING RELEASED, AND THEY'RE GOING BACK TO WORK.

MEDICAL ONLY IS GREAT. THEY'RE GETTING TAKEN CARE OF.

SEEING AND THEN THEY GO BACK TO WORK. INDEMNITY MEANS THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR LOST WAGES.

SO WHEN WE SEE THAT INDEMNITY HAS FALLEN 40%, THAT MEANS WE HAVE A STRONG RETURN TO WORK PROGRAM.

WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE LIGHT DUTY, AND THEY'RE NOT JUST SITTING OFF OF WORK.

WE'RE REALLY HELPING THEM STAY CONNECTED TO THEIR JOB WHILE THEY RECOVER.

SO JUST A FEW THINGS. LR HAS HAS HELPED US GET THROUGH OVER THE LAST YEAR IS A HEAT ILLNESS PREVENTION PLAN UPDATE, WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN AND POLICY.

AND WORKING WITH MINORS IS A NEW POLICY OF THE DISTRICT WHERE WE ESTABLISH OUR OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL STAFF WHEN WORKING WITH MINOR PARTICIPANTS IN OUR PROGRAM AND ALSO MINOR EMPLOYEES. WE'VE GOT A FEW OTHER SAFETY PROGRAMS IN PROGRESS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, AND OUR HIGHLIGHT EVERY YEAR IS THE ANNUAL HEALTH AND SAFETY FAIR WHICH WILL BE AT SHADOW CLIFFS THIS YEAR ON OCTOBER 1ST.

AND WE GET ABOUT 500 DISTRICT STAFF ALL IN ONE PLACE.

AND IT'S REALLY FUN AND A WAY TO CONNECT THEM TO BENEFIT PROVIDERS AND OUR SAFETY VENDORS.

AND THAT'S ALL I'M HAPPY TO TAKE. ANY QUESTIONS.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN'T, I WILL BE HAPPY TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU.

ALLISON COOK ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I DON'T I DON'T HEAR ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY COMMENTS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC WE NEED TO BUNDLE THE LAST TWO ITEMS D AND E FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, SO CAN WE. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALSO.

AND GREAT JOB PRESENTING THE WHOLE DIVISION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, WE ALL THINK WE MIGHT KNOW WHAT HUMAN RESOURCES IS, BUT AFTER THAT, WE DIDN'T.

I SPEAK FOR MYSELF. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING ON THERE.

AND WE NEED TO APPRECIATE THAT, THAT IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH EMPLOYEES AND HIRING EMPLOYEES AND STUFF.

THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS. AND SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING YOUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF ALL THAT STUFF.

THANK YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT UP IS OPERATIONS.

[OPERATIONS DIVISION]

I'M THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF OPERATIONS.

I THINK I'M STANDING BETWEEN YOU AND THE LAST PRESENTATION, SO I'LL TRY TO GO FAST OR.

WELL, I'LL BE THOROUGH, BUT WITH BREVITY. THE FIRST THING I JUST WANT TO DO IS JUST TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK WHILE I HAVE THIS FORUM EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER AND OPERATIONS, WE HAVE OVER 550.

WE HAVE 555 FTE. AND ONE OF THE. I'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS.

EVERY SINGLE STAFF THAT I MEET IN OPERATIONS IS HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE THERE.

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AND SO I THINK WE'RE JUST SO LUCKY AND FORTUNATE.

I'M, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US ARE LUCKY TO GET TO WORK TOGETHER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND THAT. THANK YOU. IF THERE'S ANY, JUST TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL WALK THROUGH OUR DIFFERENT FIVE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

AS I SAID, WE HAVE THE LARGEST GROUP OF STAFF.

WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. WE HAVE AN OPERATIONAL BUDGET OF OVER $125 MILLION.

AND WE HAVE ABOUT 45 SEASONAL FTES. AND I JUST PIGGYBACKING ON HR, REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR SUPPORT AS WE BRING ON ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 45 AND 30, 45 AND 35 SEASONALS EVERY YEAR.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US. AND SO WE'RE IN THAT TIME OF YEAR RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S IT'S ON MY MIND. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS LAST YEAR.

AND AND THEN SORT OF ALSO THAT ARE SORT OF CONTINUING ON.

ONE OF THE THINGS IN OPERATIONS IS WE, WE HAVE REGULAR WORKLOADS.

RIGHT? SO WE, WE HAVE OUR WORK PLAN. WE'RE, WE'RE, WE, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE.

BASICALLY, WE'RE PROVIDING OUR SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE DON'T DO A LOT OF SPECIAL PROJECTS. RIGHT.

SO WE'RE NOT LIKE A CAPITAL LIKE WE'RE WORKING ON THIS NOW. WE'RE ON TO THE NEW THING.

BUT WHAT WE DO FIND IS SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE PROJECTS THAT WE WORK ON.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE FOUND IS SOME EXCITEMENT IN THAT BECAUSE THEY BRING CROSS DIVISIONAL OR CROSS DEPARTMENTAL STAFF TOGETHER. THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE DEL VALLE ENTRY PILOT.

THAT WASN'T ON OUR RADAR, THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE REIMAGINING HOW WE OPERATE THAT KIOSK AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR.

AND THEN WE DID. AND SO WE LEARNED A LOT AND WE WERE REALLY HAPPY.

YOU KNOW, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD, DIRECTOR SANWONG TO REALLY HELP US INFORM UPDATING OUR FEES, UPDATING THE TECHNOLOGY WITH ES WITH POINT OF SALE USING NEW, NEW METHODS, WITH A TRAFFIC CONTROL AND ADDITIONAL STAFFING. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT REALLY DREW SIMILAR TO THE BRIONES PILOT PROJECT, WHERE IT WAS REALLY CROSS DEPARTMENTAL AND DIVISIONAL.

SO THAT WAS A BIG HIGHLIGHT FOR US BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THIS HAD BEEN AN ISSUE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND FINALLY WE HAD SORT OF THE INERTIA TO TO TAKE ACTION.

WE'RE JUST WRAPPING UP THE FIRST PHASE OF THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION STUDY THAT THE BOARD SUPPORTED US WORKING ON.

WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING A PRESENTATION AT THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK.

SO TUNE IN TO THAT. THAT'S OUR THAT'S SORT OF A HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING.

AND LAST YEAR A BIG THING FOR US WAS CLOSURES THAT THAT AGAIN WAS REALLY CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL AND CROSS-DIVISIONAL.

OVER THE 4TH OF JULY, WE HAD A CONFLUENCE OF EXTREME HEAT, RED FLAG DAYS AND A HOLIDAY WHERE THINGS BLOW UP.

AND SO YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A GREAT WAY TO ADDRESS THAT INITIALLY.

AND SO WE THINK WE DID. AND AS A RESULT, THIS PAST YEAR, WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON EMERGENCY CLOSURE PROCEDURES TO MAKE OUR PROCESSES MORE TRANSPARENT.

AND THEN FINALLY, AGAIN, JUST THIS THEME ON CROSS DIVISIONAL PROJECTS.

THERE'S SEVERAL OTHERS THAT I'LL GO OVER LATER IN THE PRESENTATION THAT ARE REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ADDRESS KIND OF LEGACY ACCESS AND USAGE ISSUES THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T MAYBE ALWAYS HAD THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SOMETIMES URGENT THINGS THAT ARE URGENT GET ATTENTION.

SOMETIMES THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT DON'T ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, THEY SORT OF CONTINUE ON.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AND BRING THEM TO THE FRONT SO WE CAN ADDRESS THEM.

LET'S SEE SOME OVERALL THEMES. CONTINUE TO BE JUST A RECOGNITION THAT OUR PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WORK. THE. NOT THE PARKS THEMSELVES, BUT THE OFFICE SPACES.

SORT OF. THERE ARE. THEY WERE OFTEN ACQUIRED AS PART OF LAND ACQUISITIONS, AND SO THEY WEREN'T REALLY SORT OF PURPOSE BUILT OR PERFECT,

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AND SO THEY, THEY ARE LIMITING AND THEY, THEY DO IMPACT SORT OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO AND MORALE AND JUST THEY END UP HAVING OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

JUST IN TERMS OF IPM. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE BUILDINGS THAT ARE OUT IN THE WILDLANDS THAT HAVE A LOT OF THAT JUST FOR LOTS OF REASONS, GET IMPACTED WHICH THEN KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND WITH REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS AND CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS.

SO AGAIN, WE MANY OF OUR PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WORK ARE IN THE WILDLANDS.

WE'RE NOT IN A BUSINESS PARK WHERE WE'RE IN NATURE.

AND SO BEING VERY CLOSE TO SEA LEVEL RISE IN SOME CASE WHERE OUR FISH LAB IS LIKE VERY CLOSE TO HOW HIGH THE KING TIDES CAME UP, OR JUST WITH IN TERMS OF MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, THAT MAY ALSO BE IN AREAS WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF NESTING BIRDS OR ENDANGERED SPECIES THAT AFFECTS HOW WE OPERATE AS WELL.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN, AS A THEME REALLY LOOKING AT AND THIS IS KIND OF IN THE SAME THEME AS DEB IN FINANCE, LOOKING AT OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES AND COMMUNICATION.

SO THAT'S AN ONGOING THEME. I THINK I MENTIONED IT LAST YEAR.

AND THEN JUST THINKING ABOUT PARK USE ACCESS, SERVICE DELIVERY AND STAFFING LEVELS.

AND WITH THAT BALANCING THAT, WE REALLY DO HAVE THIS WONDERFUL STAFF THAT'S MISSION DRIVEN.

SO THOSE ARE ALWAYS KIND OF THE LENS THAT WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH IN THE OPERATIONS DIVISION AS WE'RE AS, AS ISSUES COME UP. SO WITH THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, THAT'S THE BIGGEST PARK OPERATIONS IS THE BIGGEST DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE DIVISION. LAST YEAR WAS A BIG YEAR.

WE RESTRUCTURED. SO WE WENT FROM SORT OF THEMED UNITS TO, TO GEOGRAPHIC UNITS.

WE ADDED A UNIT. SO WE WENT FROM 6 TO 7 UNITS.

WE, WE, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF TRANSITION. SO OUR DIVISION LEAD OF PARK OPERATIONS LEFT US AT THE END OF APRIL.

WE HAVE A NEW DIVISION LEAD WHO IS NOT NEW TO THE DISTRICT BUT NEW TO THAT ROLE, ROBERT KENNEDY.

AND THEN WITH THAT CHANGE ALSO, THEN A BUNCH OF OTHER CHANGES WITH NEW UNIT MANAGERS, NEW PARK SUPERVISORS, NEW RANGERS. THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF NEW EYES TO HELP US GIVE INPUT ON HOW WE CAN BE DOING THINGS, WHICH IS REALLY WE ALL APPRECIATE WITH THAT THE DIVISION LEAD, ROBERT, HAS BEEN REALLY TALKING WITH HIS TEAM ABOUT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PLANS AND STANDARDS AND LEVEL OF SERVICE.

WE'RE DOING THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH TALKING WITH OUR PLANNING AND ACQUISITION, THE ASST.

TEAM AS WELL. IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE THESE LEVEL OF SERVICES AND HOW ARE WE SPENDING OUR TIME? WHAT'S THE GOAL? WHAT WHAT IS THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE? WE WE ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, A KEY ISSUE CONTINUES TO BE ILLEGAL DUMPING AND ADDRESSING UNHOUSED IMPACTS ON OUR PARKS. I WILL POINT OUT THE MLK SHORELINE PARK ON THAT.

THE BOTTOM RIGHT YOU'LL SEE K-RAIL THAT'S ALONG MLK SHORELINE TRAIL OF THE BAY TRAIL.

IT'S LIKE ONE OF THE SORT OF SPUR TRAILS THAT'S AN AREA THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PRETTY UNPASSABLE.

AND IN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHER LOCAL JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS WERE ABLE TO REGAIN THAT TRAIL.

SO THAT'S SORT OF A POSITIVE THING THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR.

I WOULDN'T SAY KIND OF THAT WAS A POSITIVE THING.

AND THEN THE BOARD ALSO THE YEAR BEFORE LAST ADOPTED HELPED US PUT IN PLACE A NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE.

AND SO THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON THAT.

AND SO THAT'S BEEN ANOTHER TOOL THAT THE DISTRICT STAFF HAVE BEEN UTILIZING IN PARK OPERATIONS.

AND SO WE'LL GIVE AN UPDATE AT THE END OF THE YEAR AT BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE ON THAT.

BUT THAT AGAIN IS IN PROCESS. AND THAT'S JUST ANOTHER TOOL THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.

AND THEN WITH THE INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON SPECIFIC USE AND ACCESS AREAS I HAVE A PICTURE OF DELVAL WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT PROJECT OF THE KIOSK. AT GUERIN, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE WE KNOW HISTORICALLY THERE'S

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AND ALSO IT ALSO IS, HAS SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF SOMETIMES CAUSING A LOT OF KITE DEBRIS. AND SO WE ARE WORKING ACROSS THE DISTRICT WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY WITH ASD OPERATIONS, OPERATIONS, PARK OPERATIONS, BUT THEN ALSO INTERPRETATION AND RECREATION TO REALLY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE SO WE CAN MAKE IT CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS USE, WHICH IS GREAT, AND ALSO BRING IT IN LINE SO THAT IT, IT'S NOT IMPACTING THE RESOURCE AND ALSO FOLLOWING PROCESSES THAT ARE SIMILAR WITH OTHER USES THAT WE HAVE.

CONTRA LOMA, I PUT ON THE BOTTOM LEFT WHAT YOU SEE THERE, ALTHOUGH I'M REALIZING IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE, IS BECAUSE THE LAGOON HAS BEEN CLOSED. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS REMOVED THE FENCE AROUND THE LAGOON AREA TO PUT IT JUST UP AGAINST WHERE THE OLD LAGOON WAS, WHICH IS NOW EMPTY, TO ALLOW FOR MORE PICNICKING IN THAT IRRIGATED LAWN AREA.

SO THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO BE ADAPTIVE TO EXPAND A USE AREA THAT IT WAS BEING USED. IT THEN WASN'T BEING USED. AND WE THOUGHT, WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE INTERIM TO ALLOW USE FOR IT? SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES.

ROBERT KENNEDY, WHO WAS OUR DIVISION LEAD, IS NOW IN PARK OPERATIONS.

SO THIS POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE SEPTEMBER.

I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR SUPPORT, FOR BRINGING ON LETTING US BRING ON AN ANNUITANT.

RETIRED ANNUITANT KAREN MCNAMARA. SHE WILL BE HERE THROUGH THE END OF MAY, AND OUR NEW DIVISION LEAD WILL BE COMING IN IN TWO WEEKS ON THE 28TH. SO THIS GROUP HAS BEEN VERY BUSY. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS WITH A SMALL TRAILS CREW.

OUR MAJOR MAINTENANCE UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED. I WANT TO THANK AGAIN THE BOARD FOR SUPPORTING US WITH OUR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AUTHORIZATION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE CONTINUE WORKING WITH FINANCE ON GREEN PURCHASING, INCLUDING GREENING OUR FLEET, RIGHT SIZING OUR FLEET.

AND THEN IN SANITATION. ACTUALLY, I WILL SAY, WELL, IN SANITATION RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ADVERTISED A RFP FOR CONSOLIDATING OUR GARBAGE AND RECYCLING, AND IT WILL SAY IN JUNE AT THE BOC, WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO BE EXCITING.

WE WILL BE HAVING A SPECIFIC UPDATE FROM MAST.

SO ON, SOLID WASTE, WASTE REDUCTION, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE THREE STREAM BEAR SAVERS COMPOSTING COMPOSTING PILOT PROJECT AT ARDENWOOD, AND UPDATES FROM THE CHEMICAL TO VAULT TOILETS.

DENNIS IS NOT HERE, BUT HE ASKED FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GIVE HIM THAT.

AND THEN JUST UPDATES FROM OUR TRADES AND THEN OUR NEW MAJOR MAINTENANCE GROUP.

SO THEY DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PHOTOS HERE OF OF WHAT THEY'VE GOTTEN ACCOMPLISHED.

OKAY. IF I WAS KAI RYSSDAL, I'D SAY NOW TO THE NUMBERS.

SO I WANT TO REALLY JUST ACKNOWLEDGE SANDY FUNK, WHO IS THE DIVISION LEAD FOR INTERPRETATION AND RECREATION. YOU'VE HEARD HER NAME MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES.

SHE'S EXTREMELY COLLABORATIVE. AND REALLY IS THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL NEEDS THAT WE HAVE TO BOTH CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS REALLY FRONT OF THE HOUSE.

SHE DESCRIBES IT AS PARK OPERATIONS IS SORT OF SETS THE STAGE AND THEY PUT ON THE SHOW, AND SO THEY PUT ON THE SHOW IN MULTIPLE WAYS, BOTH IN TERMS OF PROVIDING REQUIRED EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOLS, BUT THEN ALSO PUBLIC PROGRAMS, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, VOLUNTEER EVENTS, SPECIAL EVENTS, RECREATION EVENTS.

SO, JUST SO MUCH LAST YEAR THEY FINISHED THE WORKING WITH SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY IN THEIR ASSESSMENT OF HOW WE COLLECT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. SHE PRESENTED THAT LAST YEAR TO THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

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SO SHE STARTED TO WORK ON IMPLEMENTING THAT. THIS PAST YEAR, WITH THE BOARD'S APPROVAL, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A NEW POSITION FOR A RECREATION SUPERVISOR. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING TWO RECREATION UNIT GROUPS.

AND THEN SANDY WAS A BIG PART OF THE WORKING WITH MINERS EFFORT THAT ALMA JUST MENTIONED.

AND SO USING THAT AS A TEMPLATE PROCESS, SHE IS ALSO CONVENING A VOLUNTEER SERVICES WORKING GROUP. SO I THINK I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER GROUPS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. AND WE THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE IT FOR VOLUNTEERS, BUT ALSO FOR STAFF AND THEN KIND OF BRING IT INTO ALIGNMENT WITH CONSISTENCY.

AND SO SHE'S REALLY CONVENING THAT GROUP. AND THEN AS YOU SEE THE, THE WORKING WITH CHILDREN.

SO IT'S JUST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. AND SHE'S ALSO INVOLVED IN THE C.

PROGRAM WITH CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGEMENT. AND SO JUST THERE'S SO WE'RE WE'RE LIKE AGAIN WITH THAT THEME OF PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO WORK ON THAT.

AND THEN BUSINESS SERVICES HAS ALSO BEEN REALLY BUSY.

WITH TIFFANY LISA, SHE IS OUR BUSINESS SERVICES MANAGER.

WE OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON LOOKING AT OUR FEES.

WE HAD A FEE STUDY AND SO WE CONTINUE TO. AND LAST YEAR WE INITIATED SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT.

AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT WITH THAT.

THAT WAS LIKE SOME FEE CONSOLIDATION WHERE WE GOT RID OF SOME FEES, WE CONSOLIDATED SOME FEES.

AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT NOW WHERE DO WE COLLECT FEES? HOW IS THAT GOING? WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON THAT.

WE ALSO ARE INITIATING A ONLINE PICNIC RESERVATION ROLLOUT.

SO YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THAT IN THE PARK NEWSLETTER THAT JUST WENT OUT.

SO THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS BRINGING US INTO BEST PRACTICES.

SOMETIMES WE GET SO MANY CALLS THAT IT OUR EXISTING PHONE SYSTEM JUST SHUTS DOWN, WHICH CAN AFFECT DISPATCH WHICH IS NOT GOOD.

SO JUST MOVING TOWARDS ONLINE. I'M JUST BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE IT'S CHANGE AND BUT IT IS, I THINK, THE RIGHT TIME TO BE DOING THAT. WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT CASHLESS KIOSKS.

SO WE STARTED THAT BACK IN THE FALL. WE'RE EXTENDING IT THROUGH THE REST OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEN WE'VE REALLY BENEFITED FROM THE INSIGHT FROM DAVID RESTING JUST ABOUT BEFORE WE GO OUT AND ISSUE AN RFP FOR THINGS.

LET'S DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH A WE'VE AWARDED A CONTRACT THANKS TO THE BOARD ON A RESERVATION SYSTEM NEEDS ASSESSMENT. SO WE'LL DO THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED. AND THEN WE'LL BE DOING AN RFP.

FOR WHAT? FOR A NEW SYSTEM. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE TRANSITIONS THAT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

THE THE THE BAR AND GRILL AT THE TILDEN GOLF COURSE REOPENED LAST YEAR.

THAT WAS BIG CHANGE BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION HAS, HAS MOVED ON FROM CAMP ARROYO.

SO WE HAVE AN RFP OUT RIGHT NOW FOR THAT CONCESSION, THAT CAMP CONCESSION, AND SOME TRANSITIONS AT ARDENWOOD, COYOTE HILLS AND ROBERTS POOL. SO WE CONTINUE WITH THOSE WHICH WHICH WE THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE KNOW THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS IN AS MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY TO UTILIZE, TO UTILIZE THE PARKS.

AND SO OUR CONCESSIONS REALLY ADVANCE THAT. OKAY.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN I WANTED, BUT I GOT EXCITED.

I JUST WANT TO AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE OPERATIONS DIVISION, IT'S JUST SO MANY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP SHOWING YOU PHOTOS OF OF OUR FOLKS AT WORK AND JUST THANKS TO THEM AND THEN THANKS TO THE BOARD FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. WELL, I THINK YOUR EXCITEMENT IS INFECTIOUS, THOUGH, SO THAT'S OKAY.

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SO LAST YEAR, AND I THINK THE YEAR BEFORE, WE ALSO CLOSED AT 4TH OF JULY AND I WAS JUST WONDERING SO LOOKING FORWARD, CAN YOU JUST SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CRITERIA THAT WE LOOK AT? IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MOSTLY AROUND, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YEAH, I MEAN, LAST YEAR WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS BECAUSE IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A RED IT WAS ACTUALLY IT WAS AN EXTREME WEATHER EVENT, I THINK.

YEAH. AND AND YEAH. BUT I'M, I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE THAT DYNAMIC OF ACCESS VERSUS AND OF COURSE WE ALWAYS SAFETY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT'S PARAMOUNT.

BUT THEN AT 4TH OF JULY IT'S IT'S BOTH MORE DANGEROUS.

BUT THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ALSO WANTING TO USE THE PARKS.

AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS REALLY LIKE HOW DO WE I MEAN, HOW DO YOU MAKE THOSE CHOICES? AND THEN ALSO HOW DO WE MESSAGE IT? BECAUSE I THINK LAST YEAR I WAS GETTING LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE REACHING OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER THINGS, JUST ASKING ME WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND THEY DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT. AND YOU WERE GREAT, BY THE WAY, AND I THINK YOU HELPED ME ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT BUT PEOPLE WERE PEOPLE DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT ALL THE SHORELINE PARKS WERE OPEN, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE FULL REASON BEHIND WHY WE WERE CLOSING IT.

AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS NECESSARILY ON YOU, BUT I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, PROACTIVELY GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN GET THAT WORD OUT TO PEOPLE.

MAYBE IT'S MORE OF A PUBLIC RELATIONS QUESTION, BUT SINCE YOU'RE HERE, I GUESS I'LL ASK YOU.

YEAH. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS LAST YEAR WAS WE DIDN'T REALLY WHAT WE RECOGNIZED IS WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD PROCEDURE INTERNALLY TO HELP US WITH CRITERIA ABOUT IF WE WERE GOING TO CLOSE OR NOT CLOSE AND WHAT WHAT WERE THOSE CRITERIA.

SO SINCE THEN WE'VE, WE'VE DEVELOPED THAT. AND AND IN THAT IT INCLUDES A MULTI.

IT INCLUDES ALL THE DIVISIONS AND IT INCLUDES.

WHAT ARE THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION EXTERNALLY AND THEN INTERNALLY.

SO I THINK LAST YEAR IT WAS AN UNUSUAL SITUATION TO HAVE THAT KIND OF CONFLUENCE OF THOSE TWO THINGS.

AND I THINK WE FOUND THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE GOOD DECISION MAKING CRITERIA IN PLACE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHIEF WITH LYNNE AND LEGAL HR SO WE'VE AND THEN OUR WHOLE EXECUTIVE TEAM HAVE BEEN REVIEWING.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TO FINALIZE.

AND THEN WHAT WE'LL WANT TO DO, AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE TIME WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE THIS DONE.

WE'VE KIND OF IT'S IT WAS SOMETHING WE, WE STARTED WORKING ON, AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET IT IN PLACE BEFORE HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH.

TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT BE REALLY CLEAR TO DESCRIBE TO THE BOARD, SO, YOU KNOW, TO DESCRIBE TO STAFF SO THEY KNOW THAT WHAT LIKE WHAT THE WHY IS SO I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK LAST YEAR IT WAS A LITTLE BUMPY.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR BUMPY BUT CLEARLY, CLEARLY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BUMPY BUT IT'S CLEARLY NECESSARY.

SO YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

SO BUT I'M THINKING, EXCUSE ME. BEYOND THE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE WORKING ON THE CRITERIA AND FIGURING OUT WHAT THE PROCESS IS INTERNALLY.

AND ACTUALLY, MAYBE I'LL SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, SINCE MAX IS HERE, YOU CAN TELL THE PR PEOPLE OR WHATEVER, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PLAN FOR OUTREACH AND REALLY EXCUSE ME.

JUST MULTIPOINT TO GET THE WORD OUT TO TO EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST, I MEAN ON OUR WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE PRESS, WHATEVER WE CAN DO SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T SURPRISED SO THAT THEY THEY GET THAT NOTICE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND THEN THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND WHY. SO. YEAH, I APPRECIATE IT. AND I THINK THAT'S SORT OF PART OF WHAT OUR PROCESS IS FIGURING OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE ALL THE CHALLENGES WITH IT.

AND BOTH FOR LIKE THE BIGGER PART, CLOSURES. AND THEN ALSO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETIMES SMALLER INCIDENTS THAT CLOSE SPECIFIC FEATURES.

AND SO WE HAVE ONGOING, YOU KNOW, CLOSURE NOTICES THAT GO OUT ABOUT SPECIFIC FEATURES.

AND I LISA AND HER TEAM, TIFFANY LIKE WORKING WITH ALL OF THE YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BUSINESSES WITHIN OUR PARKS AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF AGREEMENTS. IT'S JUST IT'S IT'S COMPLEX.

AND SO THEY'RE ALWAYS SORT OF THINKING ABOUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING THROUGH ALL THOSE DECISIONS.

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SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND ALSO JUST WANTED TO REALLY COMMEND THAT YOU WERE MENTIONING THE WORK SANDY WAS DOING AROUND THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES AND WORKING WITH MINORS AND SO ON, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL REALLY GREAT. SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHERS? YES. YEAH. CONTINUING ON THE IDEA ABOUT 4TH OF JULY I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS AT NEAR LAKE DEL VALLE AND DEL VALLE REGIONAL PARK AND, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER ASPECT OF 4TH OF JULY THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO BRING FORWARD TO THE TO US AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

YOU KNOW KIND OF OUR PLAN FOR HEAT RELATED EVENTS.

NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND, BUT IT TENDS TO HAPPEN OFTEN.

MAYBE WE COULD HAVE LIKE A SUB BULLET POINT ON THAT AGENDA ITEM TO TALK ABOUT 4TH OF JULY.

AND I CAN SHARE SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW A LOT OF LOCAL AGENCIES HAVE BEEN CANCELING FIREWORK EVENTS.

YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE SO MANY AT WHERE I LIVE.

WE USED TO HAVE ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. WE USED TO HAVE CITY OF LIVERMORE.

WE USED TO HAVE CITY OF SAN RAMON. THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN CANCELED FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

AND SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS, WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO CELEBRATE 4TH OF JULY, THEY WANT TO GO TO DEL VALLE, THEY WANT TO GO TO SHADOW CLIFFS, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO CELEBRATE 4TH OF JULY THROUGH SOME OF THESE OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES, YOU KNOW. WHAT IS IT? SO I'LL USE ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR.

AS AN EXAMPLE, ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR ON THE 4TH OF JULY, ALWAYS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS ALWAYS CLOSED EARLY.

I THINK THEY CLOSED MAYBE AT 5 P.M., WHEREAS IT USED TO BE THAT THEY WOULD BE OPEN LATE AT NIGHT.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO DO ON 4TH OF JULY.

AND SO I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE EVENTS THAT TYPICALLY HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, THEN IT DOES CARRY OVER TO DEMAND AT OUR PARKS.

AND SO I DO THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CARE WITH OR WITHOUT A HEAT RELATED EVENT.

SO I THINK WE GOT A DOUBLE WHAMMY LAST SUMMER WITH THAT.

I GUESS THIS RECOGNITION THAT THERE IS A LOT OF DEMAND TO DO SOME SORT OF ACTIVITY ON 4TH OF JULY AND WITH ALL THESE OTHER AGENCIES LIKE ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR NOT HAVING YOU KNOW, A 4TH OF JULY PROGRAM LIKE IN THE PAST, THEN PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO OUR PARKS.

AND SO I THINK THAT INCREASES INTEREST IN OUR PARKS.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO MAYBE, MAYBE THINK ABOUT AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT.

I THINK IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, IT'S IT'S AMAZING ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT YOU HAVE FROM, YOU KNOW, PARK RANGERS TO INTERPRETIVE STAFF.

I'VE JUST BEEN SO IMPRESSED WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING, AND I'M REALLY I REALLY AM GLAD THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. TO SUMMARIZE FOR TODAY, AND I THINK I'LL END IT THAT THERE JUST AS A COMMENT, SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. GO AHEAD. HI. I, I MIGHT BE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE AT THE TABLE WHO, WHO REALLY DOES THINK THE MESSAGING HAS IMPROVED OVER TIME FOR WEATHER RELATED EVENTS.

I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED FOR 4TH OF JULY, BUT THE PARK ALSO, SO BESIDES, THE HEAT RELATED EVENTS, ALSO FACES SEVERAL WIND RELATED EVENTS THAT DO CLOSURES OF DIFFERENT INLAND PARKS.

AND I KNOW AMONG SOME OF THE OUTDOOR COMMUNITY WHEN THOSE DIFFERENT ALERTS COME OUT, WE PASS THEM AROUND WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.

BUT TO HAVE MORE CRITERIA, MORE MEASURES OR ACROSS A MORE VARIETY OF PLATFORMS TO GET THOSE MESSAGES OUT, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S MORE SPECIFIC. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY, AT LEAST FROM EXPERIENCE IN THE OUTDOOR WORLD, LIKE WE WE LISTEN TO THOSE BECAUSE IT DOES CHANGE HOW WE RECREATE WHICH WASN'T SOMETHING I WAS LOOKING AT 15, 20 YEARS, LIKE, WHAT'S THE WIND CONDITION HERE? OR WHAT TYPE OF STORM IT IS? ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT IS JUST KIND OF THE MOVEMENT OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER INTO THE OPERATIONS

[03:10:04]

BUT I AS FAR AS SOME OF THE SIGNATURE PROGRAMS THAT I FEEL LIKE WERE MORE AT AN OVERALL PARK LEVEL.

I SEE KIND OF A DE-EMPHASIZE EMPHASIS IN THAT.

SO I KIND OF WANTED TO SEE KIND OF WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THAT ROLE WITHIN THIS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE A COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE DOING COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC OUTREACH, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE TYPE OF OUTREACH THAT THE RECREATION COORDINATOR WOULD DO TO REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT GROUPS TO GET THEM MORE INVOLVED IN THE PARKS.

LIKE, I FEEL LIKE THE MESSAGING IS DIFFERENT, SO.

YEAH. YEAH. WHICH I THINK WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THAT POSITION IN OPERATIONS.

IT'S BEEN WASN'T MAYBE TALKING ABOUT THAT. THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

IT WAS COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A WE HAVE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR.

AND SO YEAH, THAT POSITION HAS IT'S BEEN RETITLED, WASN'T IT? MONA'S POSITION WAS. NO SAYING THAT. YEAH. MONA'S POSITION WAS DIFFERENT.

THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS. IT'S STILL IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

OKAY. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW THE FULL HISTORY OF WHAT THINGS WERE BEFORE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU FOR SURE THAT, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'VE CREATED THIS WORKING GROUP WITH MYSELF, JOSIE SANDY FROM TURPIN RECREATION, KENDRA FROM THE JORDAN'S TEAM, AND GIORGIO FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEN ALSO PULLING IN AND PLANNING AND ALL OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE I THINK, LIKE WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF LIKE INDIVIDUAL LIKE PEOPLE WHO LIKE HELD RELATIONSHIPS.

AND OUR HOPE IS FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO STRATEGICALLY, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ON A BROADER LEVEL AND FOR EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE THEM. AND I THINK YOU KNOW THAT MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN IF THERE'S THINGS THAT WE'RE MISSING NOW THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE THAT.

AND I GUESS I'M CONFUSED ON WHAT I HEARD EARLIER BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY SAID THE U.

N THE THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE. ACTUALLY, IT'S STILL IT'S WITH INTERPRETATION AND RECREATION.

YES. SO SO THAT WAS SO I WILL SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT I, I DID I HEARD JORDAN SAY THAT EARLIER AND I WAS LIKE, OH ACTUALLY THAT ONE WE. YEAH. SO STARTING TWO YEARS AGO.

WE WE IT DID. WHEN MONA DEPARTED, IT CAME TO TO THE INR DEPARTMENT.

AND SO EMILY EMILY, TRICIA, WHO IS OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR, I THINK THAT'S NOW I'M LIKE, SO MANY POSITIONS.

YEAH. SO, SO WE BECAUSE IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S AN EVENT THAT ALSO IS A WORKING WITH SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES TO, TO PUT THAT ON.

THAT'S WE IT WAS IT JUST CAME TO US BECAUSE ALSO THE POSITION WAS VACANT.

SO IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, WELL, THIS MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THIS IS THIS THESE ARE SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT THAT POSITION ALREADY WORKS WITH.

EMILY ALREADY HAD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. SO IT WAS KIND OF AN SHE HAD BEEN SUPPORTING THAT EVENT AS WELL WITH MONA BEFORE MONA LEFT.

SO THAT WAS WHY WE WE IT IS IN ITS NOW THAT PARTICULAR ONE HAS COME OVER TO INTERPRETATION AND RECREATION.

SO WHAT? I GUESS IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I GUESS FROM SOME OF THE REPORTS, IT MAKES IT HARDER TO UNDERSTAND WHERE SOME OF THE MOVEMENT HAS HAPPENED.

AND THAT MIGHT BE FOR MY MISSTATING, LIKE THE QUESTION EARLIER, BECAUSE FROM EARLIER WHEN THEY MENTIONED THAT THAT PROGRAM HAD MOVED, I WAS THINKING SOME OF THAT COMMUNICATIONS PART HAD GOTTEN MOVED THERE.

SO THEN HOW? I GUESS IT WOULD BE NICE TO UNDERSTAND MAYBE THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR PARK INTERPRETATION. JUST BECAUSE I KNOW SANDY DOES A LOT OF AMAZING WORK UNDERSTANDING WHERE THOSE PROGRAMS ARE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE SIGNATURE PROGRAMING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HELD AT ONE PART OF THE PARK IS IN A DIFFERENT PARK.

AND JUST UNDERSTANDING HOW SOME OF THOSE EVENTS ARE STILL BEING REALIZED BECAUSE THAT DAY WAS

[03:15:02]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I, I RECOGNIZE THE CONFUSION AND I THINK IN WHEN I GOT HERE, I, WHAT I NOTICED IS THAT THERE ARE SOME, THERE WERE SOME PROGRAMS THAT WERE BEING RUN OUT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND THEN SOME PROGRAMS THAT WERE RUN OUT OF INR.

AND SO I COULD SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE CONFUSING.

AND SO I THINK WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS WILL WORK WITH THE NEW EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT.

SO AND I THINK SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE REALLY RUN OUT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS BECAUSE THOSE STAFF HAVE CHANGED.

YES. THEY, THEY IT'S I COULD SEE HOW YOU WOULD BE UNCLEAR.

SO THAT'S HELPFUL INFORMATION, AND WE CAN WORK WITH SANDY AND I CAN WORK WITH, WITH WITH COMMUNITY, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, ALL THE AFFAIRS TO HELP.

WELL, PART OF IT IS HUGE, HUGE SUPPORTER OF HEALTHY PARKS, HEALTHY PEOPLE.

I'D LOVE TO SEE A WELLNESS WALK AGAIN IN WARD FOUR BRINGING OUT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND I GUESS THE REASON WHY I ASK ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS IS THEY'RE PROGRAMS THAT I THOUGHT WERE VERY SIGNATURE PARK PROGRAMS, AND I KNOW WE HAVE TO CHANGE AND EVOLVE AND ADAPT AS A PARK, BUT TO HAVE THOSE TYPE OF PROGRAMS IN, IN SOME CAPACITY AND SUPPORT THEM. I FEEL LIKE THEY WERE IMPORTANT.

IT'S GREAT. AND IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW, LIKE, WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE DO? WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS? WHAT ARE THE PIECES THAT REALLY RESONATE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ARE AND ARE REALLY IMPORTANT? I THINK WE CAN ALWAYS TALK OFFLINE, BUT I THINK GETTING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO SANDY AND HER TEAM AND, AND OR WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC AFFAIRS, BUT JUST FOR OUR TEAM TO KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND, MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE THE MOST MEANINGFUL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING THOSE ATTENTION.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH. SO THAT'S. YEAH. SO SO THOSE USED TO BE OUT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

YEAH. LIKE THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE WE WE OFFICIALLY GOT THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE.

I THINK WHILE MONA WAS STILL HERE. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS SORT OF IT WAS TRANSITIONING.

AND THEN I THINK THE WELLNESS WALKS, WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO, TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEEDED TO TRANSITION OR FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE.

SO THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THAT. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, I THINK WE'RE ALL MISSING THE WELLNESS WALKS, AND WE ARE ALL CONTINUING TO GET QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS FROM THESE GROUPS.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH MONA'S POSITION? OKAY. WHO WHO DO WE TALK TO? SO WE ALL ARE GETTING THAT. OKAY. SO THERE HAS BEEN SOMETHING LOST IN TRANSLATION.

YEAH, THAT'S ALL GOOD TO KNOW. WELL, YEAH, THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL.

WE'RE MAKING NOTES OF IT, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW UP TO CAPTURE THAT.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN AMAZING FOR THE EVENTS THAT HAVE DONE SANDY HAS JUST TOTALLY MADE DOUG SIDON'S CENTER AVAILABLE. THE STAFF THERE WAS ABLE TO HELP US AS FAR AS SET UP OF AN EVENT FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS SCOUT THE PERMITTING TEAM WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH RHYTHMIX.

AS FAR AS HAVING A SESSION IN PERSON TO LET THEM KNOW HOW THEY COULD DO STUFF IN THE FUTURE.

AND THAT WAS THAT KIND OF I FELT THAT WAS THE EXTRA SERVICE THAT MADE A GROUP WAS LIKE, OH, WE CAN'T GET THIS DATE BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD A SIGNATURE EVENT.

BUT WHEN THEY SAT DOWN AND EXPLAINED, AND THEN THAT THEY COULD GO TO SO MANY OTHER PARKS LIKE THEY WERE HAPPY THERE.

LIKE THIS YEAR WE CAN DO A, B, AND C, I'M SO GLAD YOU CONNECTED US.

WE KNOW WHO THE POINT PEOPLE ARE. SO THAT TYPE OF LIKE I THINK FROM THE PERMIT WHEN THAT THERE WAS THAT PART WHERE THEY HAD THE OPTION TO LIKE TALK TO THE PEOPLE WAS REALLY GREAT. SO I WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT.

AND I'M STILL JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE ALL SOME OF THE PIECES HAVE GONE.

[03:20:06]

YES. SO I WANT TO. REITERATE THAT THAT POINT I, I'M OUT IN THE PARKS OFTEN.

IT'S NICE TO BE RETIRED FROM MY DAY JOB. AND I INTERACT WITH THE INR FOLKS AND THE PARK RANGERS ALL THE TIME. AND THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING PEOPLE AND THEY'RE AMAZING PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE POINT YOU MADE.

THEY ALL WANT TO BE THERE. THEY ALL WANT TO BE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND SO THEY ENJOY IT. AND IT'S JUST IT'S MARVELOUS.

I MEAN, I LOVE GETTING OUT IN THE PARKS FOR ALL THE THE REASONS WE KNOW WE LOVE PARKS, BUT I ENJOY GOING TO THEM AND INTERACTING WITH OUR STAFFS. AND IT'S IT'S A JOY. THE THERE'S ONE OBSERVATION THAT FLOWS FROM BEING OUT THERE A LOT. THERE SEEMS TO BE OR HAS BEEN SOME INTERRUPTIONS IN THE ISA PROGRAM AT TIMES. AND I'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT WE DON'T DO ANY OR VERY LITTLE NOW OF HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS THAT WE USED TO HAVE DOING WORK OUT AT BLACK DIAMOND, FOR CARMEN, FOR INSTANCE, THERE ARE NONPROFITS THAT COORDINATE USED TO COORDINATE WITH US. I THINK MAYBE THEY STILL DO AT CONTRA LOMA.

BUT THEIR INTERNSHIPS WERE THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES CLUBS, AND THEY LIKE TO DO WORK IN THE PARKS. SO I JUST WANT TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR A ROBUST ISA PROGRAM IN INR AND MAYBE VISIT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH STUDENT INTERNS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT ALL CAUSES WORK TO VOLUNTEERS OR EVEN PAID INTERNS TAKE OVERSIGHT ANYWAY, SO IT'S JUST AN OBSERVATION AND COMMENT. AND ANOTHER THOUGHT FLOWED TO ME, TO ME, FROM THE DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS VERSUS WHAT YOU FOLKS DO. I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHETHER WE'VE LOOKED INTO WHETHER THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, RATHER THAN BEING OVERSEEN BY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, OUGHT TO BE TREATED LIKE OTHER VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS AND SHIFTED TO THAT KIND OF OVERSIGHT.

I'M WONDERING IF THAT WOULD RESULT IN A MORE ROBUST AMBASSADORS PROGRAMS. I'M NOW IN MY 20TH YEAR AS A EAST BAY PARKS AMBASSADOR, AND I JUST ENJOY THE TABLING SO MUCH, BECAUSE MOST, MOST OF WHAT WE GET WHEN WE TABLE IS LOVE AND AFFECTION.

AND IT'S JUST VERY REASSURING. AND AFTER 20 YEARS, AFTER 20 YEARS I FEEL LIKE I ACTUALLY CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS WITH ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE. RATHER, YOU KNOW, ABOUT WHAT TRAIL I WOULD RECOMMEND IN ANY EVENT.

I ALSO SUPPORT A ROBUST AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, AND I'M WONDERING IF IF ANY THOUGHT HAS BEEN GIVEN OR SHOULD BE GIVEN TO, WHETHER IT WOULD BE BETTER SUITED FOR OVERSIGHT BY FOLKS WHO ARE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY DO AS VOLUNTEERS. YEAH. COLIN I'M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

DIRECTOR COFFEY I THAT IS WHAT SANDY IS. THIS WORK GROUP THAT SHE'S CONVENING WILL HAVE FOLKS FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS WHO ARE IN THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

WE HAVE THE VOLUNTEER TRAIL SAFETY THAT'S IN IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

SEAN DUGAN IN THE TRAILS. THEY HAVE THE IVAN DIXON TRAIL.

SO WE HAVE THESE I MEAN, IN ADDITION TO JESS SLOANE, WHO'S OUR ACTUAL VOLUNTEER SUPERVISOR, WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AND SO THERE'S THIS RECOGNITION THAT WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THEM HOLISTICALLY SO THAT THAT THAT IS ON OUR WORK PLAN.

THAT'S TERRIFIC. SO GOOD TO HEAR. THAT IS WONDERFUL. THE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM IS A GREAT I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DO.

WANT TO LOOK AT THIS. YEAH, YEAH. THE OTHER QUICK THOUGHT FROM WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, I HAVE A BINDER AT HOME WITH THE ORG CHARTS OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, AND IT IS WILDLY OUT OF DATE, AND IT PROBABLY IS TRUE OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO BRING HIM OUT. IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR US TO GET A REFRESHED ORG CHARTS WITH ALL THE CHANGES AROUND HERE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND I IT COMES TO MIND, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR OPERATIONS, FOR EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

I GO OUT THERE A LOT, AND I MEET PEOPLE, AND I'M TERRIBLE WITH NAMES.

[03:25:05]

I MET MAX TODAY OUT AT CONTRA LOMA. HE'S A NEW RANGER, AND I HAVE THAT LITTLE NOTE, SO I'LL REMEMBER THE NAME AND ALL THAT.

IT'S SO IT WOULD BE PERSONALLY HELPFUL, I THINK, TO TO US.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD. YEAH. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR COFFEY I KNEW YOU WERE JUST PROVIDING INPUT ABOUT THE THE ISAS ARE INTERPRETIVE STUDENT AIDS JUST FOR FOLKS WHO WEREN'T SURE WHAT THAT WAS.

AND SO SANDI IS, OF COURSE, TEXTING ME, AND I DID WANT TO JUST I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS, BUT NOW I CAN SAY THIS OFFICIALLY BECAUSE SHE'S TOLD ME THAT WE DO HAVE WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF ISAS. THEY ARE YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE ONES THAT THEY'RE THEY CAN BE AROUND FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AND THEN THEY TERM OUT.

AND SO SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING NEW ONES, BUT WE STILL HAVE THAT PROGRAM.

AND THEN ALSO JUST AS A REMINDER TO EVERYONE, WE DO HAVE MANY OF OUR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WHICH ARE ALSO THE TEEN THE ADVENTURE CRUISE, THE TEEN ECO ACTION HIP HOP FOR CHANGE.

AND SO BUT I THINK BOTH ARE IMPORTANT. AND I THINK WE ALSO AGREE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THOSE STUDENTS? BOTH IN THE BOTH THE SEASONALS LIKE WORKING AS THE RECORD, WORKING FOR THE REC COORDINATORS, BUT THEN ALSO THE INTERPRETIVE STUDENT AIDES AND OTHER PARK AIDES.

SO THANK YOU. IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. I REALLY ENJOY IT AND I ENJOY WORKING.

THESE ARE COLLEGE LEVEL INTERNS. AND WE HIRE A HECK OF A LOT OF THEM FROM THE EXPERIENCE THEY'VE HAD OR OTHERS HIRE THEM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IT IS A GREAT PIPELINE INTO BOTH OPERATION OF PARKS AND INTERPRETATION. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. I WILL MAKE MY COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OUT THERE. I'M SEEING. NO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WRAP THIS, THIS, THIS ONE UP.

I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO LISA FOR THE.

LET'S JUST SAY SEVERAL TIMES THAT I'VE CONTACTED YOU WITH QUESTIONS AND GOTTEN INPUT ABOUT THESE THINGS, AND, AND YOU ALWAYS EXPLAIN THEM TO ME. AND AS ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOU THINK IT IS.

AND YOU GET THAT. YOU GET I GET THE RESPONSE.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO YOU'RE HELPING IT LOOKS LIKE THE REACTIONS I'M SEEING OVER HERE ARE ALL KIND OF GETTING BROUGHT ALONG ON ON HOW WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW, AND WHY IT'S THE WAY IT IS. AND SO YEAH.

AND YOU CAN PASS THAT ALONG TO EVERYBODY ELSE TO YOUR WHAT WOULD YOU SAY SEVEN, 500, 700 EMPLOYEES IN YOUR U.

YEAH, IT'S A LOT. IT'S A LOT. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE CAN MOVE NOW INTO THE FINAL PRESENTATION, WHICH IS OUT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE,

[GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE]

THANK YOU. I'LL SWITCH SPOTS HERE. LET'S SEE.

HOW DO I START THE PRESENTATION? IS IT THIS ONE DOWN HERE? OH, WAIT. DO I NEED TO SHARE IT? OKAY. OKAY.

OH, WAIT. THERE WE GO. OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN, MAX COURT AND DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER.

AND I'LL BE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER TIME.

SO, OF COURSE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE IS SUPPORTING ALL THE WORK OF ALL THE TEAMS THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT TODAY AND APPRECIATION, EVERYBODY PRESENTING. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED. ONE IS ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBER ENGAGEMENT AND AND BOARD MEETINGS.

AND REALLY I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE CLERK AND HER TEAM.

AND YOU KNOW, THEY'VE REALLY BEEN WORKING. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THIS IS ON A SEPARATE OR IT'S ON A SEPARATE SLIDE TOO.

BUT LOOKING AT ALL THESE EXAMPLES OF MEETINGS THEY'VE REALLY BEEN WORKING TO TAKE ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM YOUR BOARD ABOUT GETTING MATERIALS OUT EARLIER AND SORT OF MAKING OUR TIMELINE START EARLIER TO GET YOU MATERIALS AHEAD OF TIME AND HAVE SORT OF MORE TRANSPARENCY AND AT THE SAME TIME, STAYING FLEXIBLE AS THINGS COME UP TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM.

SO I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT. OF COURSE, WE ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER TEAMS ON SITE TOURS AND OTHER

[03:30:07]

PERSONALLY, I APPRECIATE THAT PART. AND THEN YOU KNOW, FUELS REDUCTION MANAGEMENT.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT TODAY. WE KNOW THAT THAT'S TOP OF MIND FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.

AND SO THAT'S BEEN A PRIORITY OVER THE LAST YEAR.

AND YOU'LL SEE IT AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, THIS CURRENT YEAR.

AND THEN WORKING TO SUPPORT OUR WORKFORCE. ALMA MENTIONED THE THANK YOU.

SORRY. ALMA MENTIONED THE THE SAFETY TRAININGS.

WE'VE OUR I JUST PARTICIPATED IN OUR LEAF PROGRAM, WHICH IS TRAINING NEW LEADERS IN THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH WAS AMAZING AND REALLY COOL TO SEE MEET ALL THE DIFFERENT SORT OF EMERGING LEADERS IN OUR ORGANIZATION.

AND AND THEN OUR EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION COMMITTEE PUTS ON THESE REALLY COOL EVENTS FOR OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND SORT OF BUILDS OUR CULTURE AND COMMUNITY. AND THEN SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTING GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE OF AFFAIRS.

YOUR BOARD IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

BUT IN THIS LAST YEAR SOME SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FROM THE STATE, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATING IN THE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROP FOR THE CEQA EXEMPTION, AB TWO 2091 SUPER IMPORTANT FOR HELPING OUR KEY WORK MOVE FORWARD AND THEN LAUNCHING THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PILOT PROJECT THAT YOU ALL HAVE PARTICIPATED IN.

IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN SUPER HELPFUL FOR ME GETTING TO HEAR FROM ALL OF OUR LOCAL AGENCIES, PARTNERS AND ALSO TO BUILD OUR DISTRICT PLAN THE CLERK'S OFFICE, LIKE I MENTIONED ONBOARDING OUR NEW DIRECTORS AND THEN ALSO ADMINISTERING OUR MEETINGS AND IMPLEMENTING CHANGES AND THEN OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY REALLY LAUNCHING A NUMBER OF KEY PROCESSES WITH OUR AFFINITY GROUPS, OUR HERITAGE MONTH PROCESSES, THE CHIEF TITLE CHANGE BILINGUAL COMPENSATION AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS COMING YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING THE DISTRICT PLAN TO BE INCLUSIVE AND TRANSPARENT AND CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.

LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED ADVOCACY WITH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOUR BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ENGAGED IN THAT WORK FOCUSING ON FUELS REDUCTION AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AS WE MOVE INTO FIRE SEASON, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S TOP OF MIND FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

CONTINUING TO WORK ON IMPROVING SOME OF THE PUBLIC MEETING, COMMUNICATION AND MANAGEMENT TO GET MATERIALS OUT AHEAD OF TIME AND BE MORE BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN BE. WE'RE ALSO WORKING AS DEB MENTIONED, ON PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION TO KIND OF BALANCE HAVING A CENTRALIZED APPROACH WITH BEING FLEXIBLE.

AND THEN LASTLY, PRIORITIZING OUR DEI EFFORTS.

YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HEAR MORE AS JOSE WORKS ACROSS OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION WITH OUR TEAMS TO FINALIZE AN EQUITY STATEMENT, EQUITY GOALS, AND CONTINUE MOVING THIS INTO THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO.

AND THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MAX? YEAH. YES. YEAH. I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE REALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, AS A 2025 KEY PRIORITY TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS.

I KNOW I'VE A LITTLE BIT OF A BROKEN RECORD HERE FOR THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

I THINK THAT THE LOCAL PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT.

AND I DON'T THINK WE DO AS GOOD OF A JOB IN REGARDS TO WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL LIAISON MEETINGS THAT WE'VE PROMISED AND HAVEN'T FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THOSE PROMISES OR REALLY YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY INSIGHTS AND FEEDBACK AND HOW THAT GETS INCORPORATED AND PRIORITIZED IN THIS ORGANIZATION. I THINK WE MIGHT TEND TO WE TEND TO DEFAULT MORE ON STATE AND FEDERAL AND LESS ON LOCAL.

AND I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO START THIS LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY AS PART OF THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN.

I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY GREAT, ESPECIALLY FOR, YOU KNOW, I'LL USE YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY HELPFUL PROGRAM FOR MEETING WITH THE CITY OF NEWARK, FOR EXAMPLE. BECAUSE THERE HADN'T BEEN A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH CITY OF NEWARK.

AND SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TO SCHEDULE THAT MEETING AND TO, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH THE MAYOR OF NEWARK AND THE CITY MANAGER AND REALLY HEAR ABOUT,

[03:35:07]

AND I REALLY THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD SET A GOAL TO SCHEDULE 2025.

AND WE STILL HAVEN'T SCHEDULED A LIAISON MEETING WITH CITY OF FREMONT. AND THEN YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, I KNOW I, I VOICED THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OTHER INTEREST IN REGARDS TO LOCAL COMMUNITY ISSUES.

AND THEY DON'T GET PRIORITIZED. AND I SEE IT'S NOT LISTED HERE UNDER 2025 KEY PRIORITIES.

SO I REALLY HOPE THAT WE'LL RECONSIDER THINKING ABOUT HOW WE WORK WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, MAX.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. I WILL I WILL SAY AT THIS POINT, I'M KIND OF GOING OFF OF SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID ABOUT THE PRIOR PRESENTATION, AND THAT IS I REALLY NEED THOSE ORG CHARTS AS WELL.

IT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT WAY TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT ALL TIES TOGETHER.

BECAUSE IF I'M LOOKING, IF I'M LOOKING AT A FUNCTION DOWN HERE, I'M I WANT TO KNOW WHO'S YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO TALK TO THEM. I'M GOING TO TALK TO THE ONE UP HERE.

AND I NEED TO KNOW THAT. SO DOESN'T NEED TO HAVE PICTURES AND ALL THAT STUFF LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

BUT ALTHOUGH THAT WAS NICE I THINK WE CAN DO IT.

SO JUST AS SOON AS THAT CAN HAPPEN, I THINK WE'D ALL APPRECIATE THAT.

BE A GREAT TOOL. SURE. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS. SO DID DID YOU HAVE ANY ANY KIND OF COMMENTS ABOUT A REVIEW AND A WRAP UP

[GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS]

DO WE NEED ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT OR IS THERE NONE? YEAH. WE DON'T HAVE ANY. OKAY. YEAH. WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR BOARD'S PATIENCE GETTING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS.

I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM EACH OF OUR TEAMS AND KIND OF GET INTO THE DEPTHS OF NOT JUST THE PROJECTS, BUT LIKE, WHAT ARE THE ONGOING SORT OF PROGRAMS AND AREAS OF WORK AND SORT OF IMPROVEMENT AREAS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE PRESENTERS TODAY FOR TAKING THE TIME TO GO THROUGH AND AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AS WELL.

AND I THINK WE ALSO HEARD SOME REALLY IMPORTANT FEEDBACK FROM YOUR BOARD ABOUT AREAS THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON AND, AND, AND IMPROVE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST ONE STEP AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN OUR BUDGET AND WORK PLANNING.

NEXT WE HAVE THE SECOND PRIORITY MEETING, WHICH IS WHERE YOU'RE EACH OF YOU, AS BOARD MEMBERS, BRING SORT OF PRIORITIES TO FORWARD. AND AMANDA IS HAS REALLY DILIGENTLY BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE THOSE AND KIND OF PUT THEM TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT WE CAN TRACK.

ONE THING SHE'S WORKING ON IS YOUR PRIORITIES FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

SHE'S BEEN TRACKING THOSE. AND WITH EACH OF OUR MANAGERS TRACKING PROGRESS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SENDING. WE'LL SEND OUT TO YOUR BOARD WHEN, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK.

SO YOU'LL GET AN UPDATE EMAIL FROM AMANDA WITH SORT OF PROGRESS ON ALL THOSE PRIORITIES.

THAT HOPEFULLY HELPS INFORM WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING BACK UP.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE'LL BE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECT STUDY SESSION COMING BACK IN SEPTEMBER, SOMETIME AROUND THEN WITH YOU KNOW, A WAY TO BRING SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS BACK TO YOUR BOARD TO GET MORE FEEDBACK BEFORE THEY GET PUT INTO THE BUDGET. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'LL BE WORKING ON WITH DEB AND KATIE AND REN.

SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. ANYWAY, THAT THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, BUT I JUST WANT TO REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THAT'S THAT'S PERFECT. AND I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN, THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED FOR THIS.

AS I THINK BACK ON THE DAY IT'S IT'S REALLY BEEN A SEMINAR IN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

WHAT IT DOES AND HOW IT DOES IT, THAT'S THE TITLE, AND I'M KIND OF THREE QUARTERS SERIOUS HERE IS IF YOU EDIT IT OUT, ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD AND JUST BOILED IT DOWN, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING IT WOULD BE A, A VIDEO THAT COULD BE USEFUL FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU NAME IT ORIENTATION.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT REALLY, REALLY DOES GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND, AND FROM THE PEOPLE WHO DO IT, YOU KNOW, AND IMPORTANTLY, UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THESE FOLKS WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE.

RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WE JUST STARTED DOING THIS FOUR YEARS AGO BECAUSE THE GENERAL MANAGER AGREED THAT IF WE JUST HAVE THIS ONE SESSION WHERE ALL OF US DISCUSS OUR

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SO WE ADDED THIS AS A MEANS OF HEARING ALL OF THAT FIRST BEFORE THEN WE GO BACK AND MAKE OUR OWN LISTS.

RIGHT. IT INFORMS THAT. YEAH. AND I THINK IT'S SO GREAT KNOWING THAT YOU GUYS ADDED THAT FOUR YEARS AGO AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT HELPS US TO ALIGN OUR PRIORITIES WITH WHAT IS IMPORTANT WITH THE ORGANIZATION.

NOT JUST KIND OF VISIONS WE MAY HAVE FROM THE WARD.

SO THIS IS REALLY. I AGREE WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT.

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 323.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.