Apr 15, 2025 Board of Directors Meeting

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WELL, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THIS CLOSED SESSION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FOR APRIL 15TH, 2025, BEGINNING AT 11:02. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[ROLL CALL]

DIRECTOR SANWONG . HERE. DIRECTOR WAESPI. HERE.

DIRECTOR ESPAÑA. HERE. PRESIDENT MERCURIO. HERE.

GENERAL COUNCIL BOURGAULT. HERE. AND GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH .

HERE. GOOD TIMING. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE DO NOT. OKAY, THEN I WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION AT THIS POINT.

[CLOSED SESSION ITEMS]

. GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON APRIL 15TH, 2025, BEGINNING AT 1:03 P.M.. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL?

[ROLL CALL]

DIRECTOR SANWONG. HERE. DIRECTOR WAESPI. HERE.

DIRECTOR ESPAÑA. HERE. PRESIDENT MERCURIO . HERE.

GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH. HERE. AND GENERAL COUNSEL BOURGAULT.

HERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT IS THE PLEDGE.

WILL DIRECTOR COFFEY PLEASE RECITE THE PLEDGE? ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AND DIRECTOR WAESPI WITH THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, PLEASE?

[LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT]

WE MAKE THIS RECOGNITION AS A WAY TO RESPECT AND HONOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO FIRST CULTIVATED AND INHABITED THIS LAND.

THE PARK DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING WAYS TO WORK TO WORK AND CONSULT WITH EAST BAY TRIBES, AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE TRIBAL CITIZENS REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR LAND AND CULTURE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. DOES ANY MEMBER WISH TO MAKE A MOTION TO MODIFY THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA TODAY?

[MODIFICATION OF AGENDA]

[PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]

THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO BY ATTENDING ON ZOOM, RAISING YOUR HAND, AND THEN ANNOUNCING YOUR NAME.

AND YOU WILL BE CALLED WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.

IF ATTENDING IN PERSON, THEY MAY SUBMIT A SPEAKERS CARD TO THE CLERK'S STAFF OR OTHERWISE INDICATE THEY WISH TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A NON AGENDA ITEM. ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE OF 3 P.M.

YESTERDAY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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

IF YOU ARE HERE TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL CALL FOR YOU WHEN IT IS TIME.

AND I HAVE RECEIVED FOUR AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO AND NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER.

AND EACH OF YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PODIUM.

FIRST PERSON IS MARTIN SNAPP. [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD . THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I HAVE SUBMITTED SOME PHOTOS AND A COPY OF A LETTER TO DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT, WHICH I BELIEVE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO YOU ALREADY. I AM HERE BECAUSE MY NONPROFIT GROUP, FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF NISEI VETERANS,

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THE PHOTOS THAT I SUBMITTED RELATE TO WORK THAT WAS DONE WITH ECOMPANY OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM AND WILLIAM PENN MOTT JR. TO PLANT A TREE AND A MARKER AND A BENCH THAT WERE ALL TO HONOR FALLEN MEMBERS OF THEIR COMPANY.

SINCE THAT TIME, EXCEPT FOR THE LOCKDOWN, WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD A PUBLIC EVENT IN THE BAY VISTA AREA OF ROBERTS REGIONAL RECREATIONAL AREA. AND NOW ALL OF THE VETERANS WHO PARTICIPATED WITH DIRECTOR MOTT IN THAT ORIGINAL PLANTING AND IN THE PRESENTATION AND PLACEMENT OF THE MONUMENTS HAVE PASSED.

AND SO I AM HERE AS THE DAUGHTER OF ONE OF THE VETERANS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT EFFORT, TO JUST INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND OUR GROUP TO YOU, AGAIN, BECAUSE, AS I SAID, WE ARE UNDERGOING GENERATIONAL CHANGE.

AND I THINK IT'S TRUE THAT YOU AS AN ORGANIZATION HAVE ALSO UNDERGONE SOMEWHAT OF A REORGANIZATION.

AND SO WE'RE DEALING WITH NEW STAFF AND NEW DEPARTMENTS, AND IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD TIME TO JUST INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO YOU.

DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT IS THE WARD DIRECTOR FOR OUR DISTRICT WHERE ROBERTS IS.

THE LETTER THAT I SUBMITTED INVITED HER TO SPEAK AT OUR EVENT ON MAY 17TH.

BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO YOU ALL TO TO COME TO OUR MEMORIAL AT ROBERTS PARK.

IT STARTS AT NOON. IT'S SHORT, WE HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR FALLEN VETERANS FROM WORLD WAR TWO AND OTHER FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THOSE VETERANS.

THANK YOU. I BELIEVE I HAVE 19 MINUTES TO SPARE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HELLO. MY NAME IS MARTIN SNAPP. I'M A COLUMNIST WITH THE EAST BAY TIMES.

AND FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS I HAVE BEEN COVERING THE MEMORIAL SERVICE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, AND I HAVE NEVER FAILED TO MENTION THE WONDERFUL SUPPORT THAT THE STAFF OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HAVE GIVEN THIS GROUP ALL THESE YEARS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WRITING ANOTHER COLUMN AGAIN IN EARLY MAY.

AS YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOME TALK ABOUT SCALING BACK SOME OF THE AMENITIES AND HELP THAT THE PARK DISTRICT IS GIVING FOR FUTURE CEREMONIES, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT THESE GUYS, BY THE WAY. JOANNE SAKAI'S FATHER, HIS NAME WAS LAWSON SAKAI.

HE HAD FOUR PURPLE HEARTS WHICH WERE NOT GIVEN OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, SPRAINED FINGERS.

OKAY. AND HE WAS ACTUALLY WOUNDED SERIOUSLY, A FIFTH TIME, BUT HE REFUSED TO HAVE HIS NAME PUT UP FOR ANOTHER PURPLE HEART, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T CONSIDER HIS WOUND TO BE, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT ENOUGH.

OKAY, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THESE GUYS. THEY WERE, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM WAS AWARDED MORE MEDALS, MAN FOR MAN THAN ANY OTHER MILITARY UNIT IN AMERICAN HISTORY, AND THEY EARNED THOSE MEDALS WHILE THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THEIR MOTHERS AND FATHERS WERE BACK HOME IN AMERICA, BEHIND BARBED WIRE WITH GUARDS ON TOWERS READY TO SHOOT THEM IF THEY TRIED TO GET TOO NEAR THE BARBED WIRE FENCE.

OKAY. AND NEVERTHELESS, THEY ALL VOLUNTEERED.

NOW, YOU KNOW, AMERICA, OUR COUNTRY FAILED THEM.

AND YET THEY RETURN GOOD FOR EVIL. YOU KNOW, AND I ASK YOU, IS THERE ANY BETTER DEMONSTRATION OF PATRIOTISM THAN THIS? OKAY. WILLIAM PENN MOTT THOUGHT SO. AND YOU KNOW WHO HE WAS? HE STEPPED IN, AND AT THE TIME, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL TRUE.

THERE WAS A RULE AGAINST ANY MONUMENTS TO PRIVATE GROUPS IN THE PARK DISTRICT, BUT HE STEPPED IN AND WAIVED THE RULE BECAUSE HE WAS A BIG FAN OF THEIRS.

HE CONSIDERED THEM OKAY. THEY WERE SUCH GOOD SOLDIERS.

THEY WERE GIVEN THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT OTHER UNITS [INAUDIBLE] FAILED TO ACCOMPLISH, LIKE RESCUING THE LOST BATTALION, WHICH WAS A TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD UNIT, 211 MEN WHO WERE TRAPPED BEHIND ENEMY MEN.

OKAY. THEY RESCUED THOSE 211 MEN BUT THEY SUFFERED MORE THAN 800 SERIOUS

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OKAY. THEY ALSO LIBERATED THE CITY OF BRUYERES ON THE DAY THAT THE KLAUS BARBIE, YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF HIM, THE NOTORIOUS BUTCHER OF LYON. THAT AFTERNOON HE WAS DUE TO DO A MASS EXECUTION OF ALMOST A THOUSAND RESISTANCE FIGHTERS.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM, OUR GUYS GOT THERE IN THE MORNING AND THEY LIBERATED THE CITY AND LIBERATED ALL THOSE PRISONERS. ONE OF THOSE DOOMED WHO WAS SCHEDULED TO BE EXECUTED, WAS A 16 YEAR OLD BOY NAMED FRANCOIS MITTERRAND, WHO GREW UP TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF FRANCE. THEY ALSO CRACKED THE LAST STAND OF THE GOTHIC LINE, WHICH WAS THE WEHRMACHT'S LAST LINE OF DEFENSE ON GERMANY'S SOUTHERN FRONT.

OKAY, THEY HAD TO DO IT BY SCALING A CLIFF LIKE A SHEER CLIFF, LIKE EL CAPITAN.

OKAY, IN THE DARK. SO THEY COULD SNEAK UP BEHIND THEM.

OKAY. THEY PINNED THEIR DOG TAGS TOGETHER SO THEY WOULDN'T CLINK AND MAKE NOISE.

THEY SAID, AND IF YOU LOSE YOUR GRIP, DON'T MAKE A SOUND.

SO I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT YOU TRY TO WRAP IT UP HERE NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE A.

WELL THEY DIDN'T MAKE SEVERAL DID FALL AND NONE OF THEM MADE A SOUND.

OKAY. THEY FELL TO THEIR DEATHS IN COMPLETE SILENCE.

THEY DID THEIR DUTY. SO DID WILLIAM PENN MOTT.

AND I URGE YOU TODAY, I HOPE YOU WILL DO YOURS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANKS A LOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEFFREY DOW.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD . THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY. MY NAME IS JEFFREY DOW, AND I SERVE AS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE US NAVAL SEA CADET CORPS, A FEDERALLY CHARTERED YOUTH PROGRAM SUPPORTED BY THE US NAVY AND COAST GUARD.

OUR MISSION IS TO INSTILL IN YOUNG AMERICANS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE VITAL ROLE OUR SERVICES PLAY IN DEFENDING OUR NATION, WHILE PREPARING THEM FOR LEADERSHIP, SERVICE, AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY.

A CRITICAL PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT THE NEXT GENERATION UNDERSTANDS THE SACRIFICES MADE BY THOSE WHO WEAR AND HAVE WORN THE UNIFORM OF OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE ESPECIALLY PROUD OF OUR BAND OF THE WEST, THE ONLY SEA CADET BAND IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH HAS HAD THE HONOR OF SUPPORTING THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF NISEI VETERANS IN THEIR ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY MEMORIAL AT ROBERTS REGIONAL RECREATIONAL AREA.

BUT WE DO MORE THAN PERFORM PATRIOTIC MUSIC AT THIS SPECIAL EVENT.

EVERY YEAR, WE EDUCATE OUR CADETS ON THE POWERFUL AND PAINFUL HISTORY OF JAPANESE-AMERICAN INCARCERATION DURING WORLD WAR TWO, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, ON THE INCREDIBLE HEROISM OF NISEI SOLDIERS WHO, DESPITE BEING WRONGFULLY INTERNED ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES, VOLUNTEERED TO FIGHT FOR A COUNTRY THAT HAD TURNED ITS BACK ON THEM.

THEIR COURAGE AND COMMITMENT LED TO THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM BECOMING THE MOST DECORATED UNIT IN US MILITARY.

THEIR STORY IS NOT JUST AN INSPIRING CHAPTER OF OUR HISTORY.

IT IS A VITAL LESSON IN WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO BE AMERICAN.

IT IS A REMINDER THAT PATRIOTISM IS NOT DEFINED BY ETHNICITY AND THAT DENYING ANY CITIZEN THEIR RIGHT, ESPECIALLY THE RIGHT TO SERVE, IS NOT ONLY UNJUST, BUT A THREAT TO THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

ON BEHALF OF THE CADETS UNDER OUR CARE, I EXPRESS OUR DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE BOARD OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FOR YOUR YEARS OF SUPPORT.

YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP ENABLES US TO PRESERVE THIS MEANINGFUL TRADITION, EDUCATE FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND HONOR THOSE WHOSE STORIES MUST NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

AS A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, EDUCATORS, VETERANS, AND PARENTS, WE ARE PROUD TO STAND WITH THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF NISEI VETERANS IN ENSURING THAT REMEMBRANCE BECOMES A FORCE FOR PROGRESS, AND THAT THE MISTAKES OF OUR PAST ARE NEITHER ERASED NOR REPEATED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS WILLIAM HO.

THAT THERE'S SOME INTERFACE THERE. YEAH. OKAY.

JUST THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MERCURIO. AND THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

AND NICE TO MEET YOU. WE I DO KNOW THAT STAFF HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM, AND OPERATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS IS SUPPORTING THE EVENT.

AND THE SPECIAL PERMIT, I BELIEVE, HAS BEEN ISSUED.

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SO THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT. I THINK MY QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IT WAS A GREAT HISTORY LESSON. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. I ASSUME THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS. CORRECT.

GREAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE OF THAT.

YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER.

WILLIAM, . GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT MERCURIO, BOARD MEMBERS, GENERAL MANAGER AND GENERAL COUNSEL AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S IN THE ROOM. MY NAME IS WILLIAM HUFF, PRESIDENT OF AFSCME LOCAL 2428 AND RESIDENT OF NORTH BERKELEY.

FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M RECOVERING FROM AN INJURY, SO I'M NOT AS CHARISMATIC AS NORMAL, AND I APOLOGIZE. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR SPEAKING WITH US REGARDING OUR CONCERNS FOR THE STAFFING OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

LAST WEEK, THERE WERE THREE FIRES THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO, AND IT'S MID-APRIL, SO FIRE SEASON IS EITHER FAST APPROACHING OR IT'S ALREADY HERE.

SO I'M BEFORE YOU TO REPEAT MY CONSTANT REFRAIN, WHICH IS THAT AFSCME LOCAL 2428 AND THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT REPRESENTS WOULD LIKE TO PUSH FORWARD WITH A PILOT PROGRAM THIS SUMMER TO MOVE TO A 4896 STAFFING MODEL FOR THE SAKE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE PROTECTION OF LIVES, PROPERTY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT IS ABOUT ALL.

IT IS SHORTER THAN LAST TIME, BUT I WILL CONTINUE WITH MY REFRAIN AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET TRACTION WITH THIS.

IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO AT SOME POINT, LOOK AT THE WEATHER MODELING AND FIRE FORECASTS FOR NEXT SUMMER, IT DOESN'T LOOK GREAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER?

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

DO YOU WANT ME TO ASK THOSE NOW, OR? YEAH. GO AHEAD.

OKAY, SO MOSTLY ITEM SEVEN. BUT I MEAN, EIGHT'S VERY SIMILAR.

IT'S ABOUT OUR APPLICATION TO THE DIVISION OF BOATING AND WATERWAYS QUAGGA AND ZEBRA MUSSEL INFESTATION PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM AT DEL VALLE. AND THEN EIGHT IS FOR SHADOW CLIFFS AND QUARRY LAKES AND MY QUESTION.

WELL, I'LL START WITH MY COMMENT. MY COMMENT ON THIS IS I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO SHOW HOW WE HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY MULTIFACETED.

THE WORK WE DO TO MANAGE THESE THREE PARKS, DEL VALLE, SHADOW CLIFFS AND QUARRY LAKES.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE EXAMPLE THAT I ACTUALLY TYPICALLY USE WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT THESE PARKS AND DEL VALLE AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE PROVIDE. AND I THINK IT'D BE REALLY GREAT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, THIS PROGRAM AS PART OF OUR VALUE PROPOSITION FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, OFFER AT THESE THREE PARKS, INCLUDING DEL VALLE, WHICH I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE LATER ON IN THE AGENDA.

SO THAT'S MY COMMENT. AND THEN MY QUESTION IS, I SEE THAT THE GRANT FOR DEL VALLE, $400,000, I WAS WONDERING HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL ARE WE CONTRIBUTING TO RUN THIS PROGRAM? DO WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS? AND IF NOT YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD PREVENT ME FROM SUPPORTING THIS TODAY.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, THOUGH, TO KNOW WHAT ADDITIONAL AMOUNT THAT WE CONTRIBUTE. GOOD AFTERNOON.

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

UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER OF HOW MUCH EXTRA WE CONTRIBUTE.

WE DO CHARGE A FEE FOR THE QUAGGA INSPECTIONS WHICH DOES SUPPLEMENT THE PROGRAM, BUT I WILL GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBERS AND GET THAT TO THE BOARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY, OKAY? I THINK THAT'S GREAT. AND I KNOW THIS IS JUST AN APPLICATION, SO I GUESS AT SOME POINT WE'LL ALSO HEAR BACK THE RESULTS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE'VE HISTORICALLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THIS GRANT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL ROUNDS THAT WE'VE DONE, IT'S A TWO YEAR PERIOD. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL AGAIN BE SUCCESSFUL FOR DEL VALLE AND SHADOW CLIFFS AND QUARRY LAKES.

PERFECT. YEAH. AND THEN I GUESS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WOULD BE KIND OF INTERESTING ON THE MAYBE ON THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE,

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AND THEN I KNOW WE'VE HEARD SOME COMMENTS ALSO ABOUT GOLDEN MUSSELS AND SOME CONCERNS ABOUT GOLDEN MUSSELS.

SO LET'S KEEP THAT, YOU KNOW, BOOKMARKED FOR FUTURE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR THAT.

ANY OTHER? YES. YEAH. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH CAL FIRE TO PROVIDE CALL, WHEN NEEDED, H ELICOPTER SERVICES. IS FRED AROUND BY ANY CHANCE? FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM, AND I THINK I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS PROGRAM, I KNOW THAT OUR HELICOPTER IS USED FOR DROPS AND HAS BEEN IN RECENT YEARS ON, I GUESS, A MUTUAL AID BASIS IF IT'S IN OUR PARK OR ADJACENT TO OUR PARK.

WE'VE DONE THIS INFORMALLY, SO THIS WILL BE FORMAL NOW.

BUT WE HAVE HAD THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM FOR YEARS, RIGHT? 20 YEARS. OKAY. YEAH. SO I THOUGHT. AND I TOTALLY SUPPORT THIS.

ARE THERE GOING TO BE REQUIREMENTS TO FIT THEIR MODEL? I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO BUY A NEW HELICOPTER WITH TWIN JETS TO MAKE THIS THING WORK? OR WITH THE CONFIGURATION WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WILL WE BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE FOR CAL FIRE? CORRECT. WITH THE CONFIGURATION WE HAVE NOW, WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO CAL FIRE AND IT'S ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.

SO THEY CONTACT US BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE TIED UP ELSEWHERE, NOT AVAILABLE TO FLY.

WHATEVER THE SITUATION MIGHT BE, WE CAN STEP IN AND AUGMENT THEIR SERVICES.

GREAT, SO NOW, DO WE HAVE GEOGRAPHIC LIMITS? WE WOULDN'T SEND A HELICOPTER DOWN TO LA OR NO, WE WOULDN'T SEND THEM TO LA. IT'S ACTUALLY GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITS WITHIN THE TWO COUNTIES THAT WE SERVE.

OH, OKAY. GREAT. AND I NOTICE I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE THIS.

CAL FIRE AGREES TO PROVIDE THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT A MINIMUM REIMBURSEMENT FOR OPERATING COSTS. IS THERE A NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? THERE IS NOT.

ON EACH INSTANCE WE LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF PERSONNEL THAT WE USE, HOW LONG THE FLIGHT TIME, AND THEN WE GO BASED ON THAT. EXCELLENT. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PROGRAM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THEN I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

PROVIDED WITH A REVISED RESOLUTION FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT IS BEFORE YOU, AND JUST A MINOR CHANGE TO THE RESOLUTION IS IN THE FIFTH, WHEREAS PARAGRAPH THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN ADDED UNDER THAT PARAGRAPH TO RETROACTIVELY AMEND THE PLAN, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2012, TO ELIMINATE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN.

AND THAT SAME LANGUAGE HAS BEEN ADDED IN THE FIRST BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED CLAUSE.

SO YOU HAVE THAT AND THE CLERK HAS ENSURED THAT THAT REVISED RESOLUTION HAS BEEN UPLOADED TO THE BOARD PACKET.

AND THAT'LL BE WHAT WE'RE APPROVING WHEN WE DO THE VOTE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE NOT THAT IT HAS BEEN UPLOADED WE TRUST YOU ON THAT. ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK HEARING NOTHING ELSE I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION OF APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SO MOVED. MOVED BY WAESPI.

SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY SANWONG. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT, SO THEN WE MOVE ON TO ITEM

[ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION]

GREAT. THANK YOU. TAKE IT AWAY. YES. TAKE IT AWAY.

I'M BECKY BREMSER, AND I'M THE DIVISION LEAD FOR LAND ACQUISITION, AND I'M GOING TO DO A SHORT PRESENTATION TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON THIS REQUEST.

THE PURPOSE IS TO REPEAT, SEEK AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A FIVE YEAR EXTENSION WITH CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS AND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES FOR TWO OPERATING AGREEMENTS AT DEL VALLE REGIONAL PARK.

SO TO BEGIN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, THE DEL VALLE DAM WAS STARTED IN 1966 AND COMPLETED IN 1968 AS A PART OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE WATER PROJECT. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE LAKE IS TO SERVE FOR FLOOD CONTROL AND OFF STREAM STORAGE OF FOR THE SOUTH BAY

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OF COURSE, THE CENTERPIECE OF THE PARK IS THE FIVE MILE LONG LAKE WITH 16 MILES OF SHORELINE, OFFERING A VARIETY OF WATER ORIENTED RECREATION, FROM SWIMMING TO WINDSURFING TO BOATING.

THE LAKE IS SURROUNDED BY ALMOST 4400 ACRES OF LAND THAT'S USED FOR HIKING, HORSEBACK RIDING, AND NATURE STUDY. SO, AS YOU KNOW, THIS STATE PARKS IS THE OWNER OF THE LAND THAT SURROUNDS THE LAKE, AND THE PARK DISTRICT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE, MAINTENANCE, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF THAT LAND.

THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENT BEGAN OVER 50 YEARS AGO.

SO IN 1974, THE PARK DISTRICT ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES TO DO EXACTLY THAT.

THE SECOND AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED IN 1982 BETWEEN THE PARK DISTRICT AND STATE PARKS.

IT JUST ADDED 191 ACRES TO THE OVERALL OPERATING AGREEMENT.

SO BOTH OF THESE AGREEMENTS MIRROR EACH OTHER AND THEY BOTH HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE OF MAY 20TH, 2025. WITH THIS UPCOMING EXPIRATION DATE, THE PARK DISTRICT WATER DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AND STATE PARKS STARTED WORKING TOGETHER LAST SUMMER TO ADDRESS THIS PENDING DEADLINE.

COLLECTIVELY, WE'VE QUICKLY COME TOGETHER WITH A FEW IMMEDIATE AGREEMENTS ALL THE PARTIES WANTED AGREED THAT THEY WANTED TO EXTEND FOR ALL OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE SHOULD EXTEND IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FOR A SHORT TERM, JUST TO ALLOW TIME FOR US TO SPEND MODERNIZING THIS 50 YEAR OLD AGREEMENT. AND FROM THERE, WE CREATED THESE BUCKETS OR CATEGORIES TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S WORKING REALLY WELL ON THESE OPERATING AGREEMENTS AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE AGREEMENTS MOVING FORWARD.

OVERALL, THE THREE PARTIES ARE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN OPERATING, SO WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK THROUGH THESE CURRENT AGREEMENTS.

THERE ARE ALWAYS THINGS THAT CAN BE IMPROVED, BUT OVERALL THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE RENEGOTIATED THROUGH THE OPERATING AGREEMENTS. JUST TO REPEAT, LAST SUMMER ALL THREE PARTIES HAVE BEEN MEETING CONSISTENTLY TO START SORT OF CHIPPING AWAY AT UPDATING AND MODERNIZING THESE AGREEMENTS.

OVERALL, THE PROGRESS HAS BEEN POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE.

AND AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE KIND OF CREATED THESE DIFFERENT BUCKETS TO SORT OF ADDRESS THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED AND MODERNIZED IN THE OPERATING AGREEMENTS.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY IS REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD, TO EXECUTE FIVE YEAR EXTENSIONS OF TWO EXISTING OPERATING AGREEMENTS, WITH THE OPTION TO JUST EXTEND THEM FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS, SHOULD WE NEED THE TIME.

THE EXTENSION WILL KEEP THE EXISTING OPERATING TERMS IN PLACE, WHICH WILL JUST ALLOW FOR SEAMLESS CONTINUED OPERATIONS AT DEL VALLE.

AS I MENTIONED DURING THIS EXTENSION, THE PARK DISTRICT, STATE PARKS AND DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES WILL WORK TO MODERNIZE, UPDATE, AND IMPROVE THESE AGREEMENTS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TAKE ANY COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AT THIS POINT? YEAH, SURE. IS IT OKAY IF WE JUST BLEND QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS TOGETHER? WE'LL DO THE QUESTIONS, THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN THE COMMENTS AFTER THAT.

I'LL TRY TO I THINK IT'S SLIDE TWO. HERE´S THE QUESTION. H ERE'S HOW I'LL PHRASE IT AS A QUESTION.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT AND MAYBE COULD YOU JUST PROVIDE A FEW YOU KNOW, TALKING POINTS OVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHADED ORANGE AND WHERE THE KEY SAYS CALIFORNIA STATE PARKLAND AND WHAT'S SHADED GREEN, THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PARKLAND.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PARKLAND THAT REPRESENTS PROPERTIES THAT EAST BAY PARKS OWNS? YEAH. GOOD QUESTION. AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THAT. SO THIS MAP THAT YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY.

SO WHAT IS IN ORANGE IS NOT OWNED BY THE PARK DISTRICT.

BUT THESE OPERATING AGREEMENTS ALLOW US TO OPERATE AND MANAGE THE PROPERTY THAT IS IN ORANGE.

BUT WHAT IS IN GREEN IS OUTRIGHT OWNED BY THE PARK DISTRICT.

THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS SO WE'RE GOING TO BE EXTENDING THESE TWO LEASES FOR FIVE YEARS WITH THE OPTION FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS AND DURING THAT TIME WE WILL HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THE TWO ENTITIES,

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DURING THAT TIME, HAVE WE CONSIDERED ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED AT THE DEL VALLE PARK AREA, SUCH AS OUR RANCHING NEIGHBORS OR ALAMEDA COUNTY, WHO MANAGES THE MAIN ROAD INTO DEL VALLE.

HAVE WE STARTED DISCUSSING AND OR CONSIDERING ALSO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THESE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS? YEAH. AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE TIME WITH THIS FIVE YEAR EXTENSION TO DO EXACTLY THAT.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP. THANK YOU.

PERFECT. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, I THINK THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I LIKE TO SAY, OUR VALUE PROPOSITION OF DEL VALLE. AND I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER WHEN TALKING ABOUT OUR, YOU KNOW, QUAGGA AND ZEBRA MUSSEL PROGRAM, WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE THAT I LIKE TO USE WHEN I TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE VALUE PROPOSITION OF WHAT WE BRING TO DEL VALLE.

YOU KNOW, ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE ON I THINK, IS MARCH 22ND.

WE HAD THE CELEBRATION FOR THE DAY ON THE WATER AT DEL VALLE.

AND AS PART OF THAT, WE'VE RESTARTED OUR NATURALIST VISITOR CENTER.

GROUP HAS RESTARTED BOAT TOURS, PUBLIC BOAT TOURS.

AND IT'S PRETTY COMPLEX. YOU KNOW, OUR, NATURALISTS HAVE TO ALSO HAVE A BOATING LICENSE TO BE ABLE TO BOTH OPERATE THE BOAT AND GIVE THE TOUR AT THE SAME TIME.

I THINK OUR NATURALIST, ALEX DID SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH THE BOAT TOURS AND I'M SO GLAD I GOT TO GO ON THAT.

AND MY POINT HERE IS, I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY CRAFT ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT WE HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT DO IN TERMS OF PROVIDING SUCH A GREAT RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCE AT DEL VALLE.

AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH THESE TWO STATE AGENCIES, CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS AND DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES.

I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US CONSIDER. AND HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT CRAFT THIS VALUE PROPOSITION.

YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THE BUCKETS, I THINK.

IT'S YOU'RE PHRASING IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, WHICH I REALLY LIKE. BUT IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IN THE OPERATING AGREEMENT. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANKS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TODAY? HOWEVER, THERE DON'T APPEAR TO BE ANY IF I'M SEEING THE HEAD.

OKAY, SO, YES, NOW'S THE PERFECT TIME FOR SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK STAFF DID. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT CONTINUANCE.

YOU KNOW, DEL VALLE IS SO DIFFERENT. IT'S SUCH A GREAT PARK.

IT'S, IN MY OPINION, TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING ELSE AROUND HERE.

IT'S IT'S ALMOST THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS. THERE YOU CAN GO CATCH STRIPED BASS IN DEL VALLE.

THE FIRST FERAL PIGS THAT CAME TO THE PARK DISTRICT CAME TO DEL VALLE.

THE FIRST WILD TURKEYS? NO, IT'S A POPULATION THAT'S MIGRATED.

IT'S TAKEN 40 YEARS, BUT THEY'VE COME HERE. I ONLY LOOK AT THE BOUNDARY LINE OF THE ORIGIN OF THEM ALL.

BUT I WON'T COMMENT. THERE'S PINE FORESTS THERE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY PINE FORESTS IN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE PARK DISTRICT.

IT'S TOTALLY UNIQUE. THOUSANDS, MAYBE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE VISIT THAT FROM ALL.

IT'S TOTALLY REGIONAL. THERE'S PEOPLE FROM SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

PEOPLE COME FROM EVERYWHERE TO GO TO DEL VALLE. AND SO IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE FOR US TO BE, IN MY OPINION. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH.

GO AHEAD. COMMENT TIME. YEAH. I'LL JUST SAY I'M REALLY THRILLED TO SEE THIS COME FORWARD TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK TO GET THIS, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEAR EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT AGREEMENT AND WHILE ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE LONG TERM AGREEMENT FOR DEL VALLE AND CERTAINLY PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.

I KNOW IT'S NO SURPRISE I'M PERSONALLY OBSESSED WITH DEL VALLE.

I THINK I'VE SHARED BEFORE. I'VE SPENT LATE NIGHTS LOOKING FOR OLD MEMORABILIA AND ARTIFACTS ON THE WEBSITE EBAY.COM, SO I THINK I MIGHT HAVE MY OWN HISTORICAL ARCHIVES NOW FOR DEL VALLE.

AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL TO OUR REGION AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK IT'S A REAL HONOR TO BE A PART OF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND HOW WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO DEL VALLE TO THE PUBLIC.

SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANKS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'LL JUST JUST OFFER MY THANKS FOR THE WORK THAT'S GONE ON SO FAR AND THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND I THINK I GET IT THAT THE LITTLE TWO YEAR THING IS LIKE JUST A WORST CASE SCENARIO DEAL.

WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT DONE BEFORE WE GET PAST THE FIVE YEARS.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S GOOD TO HAVE ALL THE BASES COVERED AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE.

AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU'RE MAKING VERY GOOD PROGRESS ON THIS.

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SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO AT THIS POINT I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AUTHORIZATION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. FROM ESPAÑA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? NONE. SO IT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GREAT. MOVING ON TO NUMBER TWO OF ITEM B.

AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AN OPERATING AN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF RICHMOND, POINT SAN PABLO PENINSULA-POINT MOLATE. THANK YOU.

OKAY, I WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE. JUST INTRODUCING MYSELF AGAIN.

BECKY BREMSER. I'M THE DIVISION LEAD FOR LAND ACQUISITION, AND I'M GOING TO PRESENT ON THE POINT MOLATE PROJECT.

SO THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS PART OF OUR ACQUISITION REQUIREMENTS, WE'RE SEEKING AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF RICHMOND.

AND THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE ABSOLUTELY IN LINE WITH OUR LETTER OF INTENT THAT WAS EXECUTED ON IN AUGUST OF 2024 BETWEEN THE PARK DISTRICT, THE CITY OF RICHMOND AND POINT MOLATE FEATURES, WHICH IS WHOLLY OWNED BY THE GUIDIVILLE RANCHERIA OF CALIFORNIA.

I'LL REFER TO THEM AS THE TRIBE. WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS TOWARD ACQUIRING THE 82 ACRES AT POINT MOLATE.

SO HERE'S A MAP OF THE PROPERTY JUST TO REMIND YOU IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, THE PARK DISTRICT SIGNED A PURCHASE-AND-SALE AGREEMENT WITH THE TRIBE TO PURCHASE APPROXIMATELY 82 ACRES. SO THOSE ARE LOTS ONE THROUGH 44 AND ARE DEPICTED IN ORANGE ON THIS MAP.

THE BLUE AND THE GREEN PROPERTIES ARE PROPERTIES GOING TO BE MAINTAINED AND CONTINUE TO BE OWNED BY THE CITY OF RICHMOND.

SINCE SIGNING THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, WE'VE COMPLETED MANY OF OUR OBLIGATIONS TOWARD THE SUCCESSFUL CLOSING OF THIS PROPERTY, MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, WHICH WE WERE REALLY PROUD TO REPORT, WE SECURED THE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY BACK IN NOVEMBER FOR $36 MILLION OF STATE FUNDING, WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE $40 MILLION ACQUISITION PRICE.

WE'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY CHIPPING AWAY AT ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH CLOSING.

IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE SIGNED AN AMENDMENT TO OUR PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, THE ONE THAT WE HAD SIGNED BACK IN NOVEMBER.

THIS EXTENDED OUR CLOSING TO APRIL 30TH, 2025, SO AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

THAT AMENDMENT ACTUALLY HAD AN AUTOMATIC EXTENSION BUILT IN THAT WAS BASED ON THE PROGRESS THAT WE WERE MAKING WITH OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND OTHER CLOSING CONDITIONS.

SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE CONTINUED TO ADVANCE THAT WORK.

SO THE AGREEMENT AND THE CLOSING HAS AUTOMATICALLY NOW BEEN EXTENDED TO JUNE 30TH, 2025.

THIS ALLOWS TIME BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 30TH TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR US TO ULTIMATELY CLOSE.

SO GOING BACK, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT IS NECESSARY FOR US TO MEET IN ORDER TO CLOSE IS THAT WE HAVE A SIGNED OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT CONSISTENT WITH OUR LETTER OF INTENT BETWEEN THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND.

THE PURPOSE OF THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IS FOR THE CITY TO MAINTAIN AND SECURE THE PROPERTY FOR ONE YEAR FOLLOWING OUR ACQUISITION.

THIS WOULD GIVE THE PARK DISTRICT TIME TO RAMP UP ON THE OPERATIONS SIDE OF THINGS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND HOW IT'S BEEN MANAGED AS WE TAKE ON FULL RESPONSIBILITY. SO WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH PLANNING, PUBLIC SAFETY, RISK, OPERATIONS TO JUST FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS GOING TO MEAN TO MANAGE AND OWN THIS PROPERTY AND THE COST TO DO THAT.

THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR ONE FULL YEAR AFTER OUR ACQUISITION.

THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT FOR UP TO A COST OF $400,000.

BUT AFTER THAT, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK AND THE PARK DISTRICT WILL REIMBURSE THEM.

WE HAVE BUDGETED $500,000 FOR 2025 FOR OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES TO FUND THAT WORK.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION WHERE WE SEEK YOUR AUTHORITY IS JUST.

I SHOULD PROBABLY BACK UP TO AND HIGHLIGHT THAT WE PASSED OUT A RESOLUTION THAT HAS ONE CHANGE.

IT'S IN RED. IT IS UNDER THE NINTH WHEREAS CLAUSE IT'S UNDER THE THIRD BULLET.

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SO YOU'LL SEE THAT CHANGE IN THE RESOLUTION. I'M SEEING THAT YOU ALL HAVE IT GOOD.

SO JUST TO BACK UP AND MAKE IT CLEAR, THE AUTHORITY THAT WE'RE ASKING TODAY IS PERMISSION TO SIGN THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT FOR ONE YEAR.

FOLLOWING THE PARK DISTRICT'S ACQUISITION WITH THE CITY OF RICHMOND FOR THEIR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF POINT MOLATE PROPERTY.

OUR JUST TO REMIND YOU OUR ACQUISITION AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO ACQUIRE IT BY JUNE 30TH, 2025.

H APPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY YET OFFICIALLY WE WANT TO BE READY WHEN WE DO.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT JUMPING ANY GUN HERE.

WE'RE SIMPLY BEING PROACTIVE. AND WE'RE GETTING THIS DONE SO THAT WHEN THAT WONDERFUL DAY HAPPENS, WHEN WE TAKE OWNERSHIP, THIS IS ALREADY IN PLACE AND WE CAN JUST CONTINUE.

YEP. GO AHEAD. YEAH. JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK BECKY MENTIONED THIS.

IT'S ACTUALLY A CONDITION THAT'S REQUIRED AS PART OF WHAT THE BOARD HAD ALREADY APPROVED IS THAT WE ENTER INTO THIS.

SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT FUNKY, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE TAKING CARE OF OUR BUSINESS HERE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT. YEAH.

OKAY. GREAT QUESTIONS. YEAH. GO AHEAD. DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF THE ESTIMATED, I GUESS WE'LL SAY ANNUAL COSTS FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, OR I GUESS WE COULD EVEN SLIM THAT DOWN TO SIX MONTHS COST.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WITH THE NUMBERS, CITY OF RICHMOND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR UP TO $400,000 IN THAT 12 MONTH PERIOD. DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT WILL BE THAT $400 PLUS THE $500,000 THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR? OR IS IT BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE $500,000 BUDGETED THIS YEAR, WILL WE HAVE TO BUDGET ANOTHER $500,000 FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2026? SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT FULL 12 MONTH AMOUNT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

IS IT GOING TO BE $900,000, OR IS IT GOING TO BE $1.4 MILLION? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. AND I THINK THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO ANSWER IT IS WE'RE STILL IN IT TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT FOR 2025, WITH THE $400,000 COMING FROM THE CITY AND THE $500,000 COMING FROM THE PARK DISTRICT, THAT WILL CARRY US DEFINITELY THROUGH 2025. SO WE JUST WERE GOING THROUGH OUR WE CALL IT OUR PROJECT ACQUISITION EVALUATION, WHERE WE PUT TOGETHER ALL OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY NUMBERS THAT WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR THE YEAR.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. SO WE FEEL CONFIDENT, I WOULD SAY THAT THROUGH 2025 WE'RE COVERED.

AND WE'LL WE'RE GOING TO IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO HAVE BETTER NUMBERS ON THAT.

OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. AND THEN, THIS ONLY IS TRIGGERED ONCE THE ESCROW HAPPENS, CORRECT? SO IF, YOU KNOW, WORST CASE SCENARIO, THE ESCROW DOESN'T HAPPEN.

I THINK WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR ALL SCENARIOS, RIGHT? THEN THIS DOESN'T GET TRIGGERED. SO WE ARE NOT ON THE HOOK WITH CITY OF RICHMOND FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THIS PROPERTY UNTIL CLOSE OF ESCROW.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S HOW IT'S WRITTEN. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? . THANKS. I LOOK FORWARD TO US MOVING FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING IT SOON.

SO IN THE DOCUMENTS, THE AGREEMENTS WERE THE CITY WILL PROVIDE SECURITY AND MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY.

I KIND OF LAUGHED AT THAT A LITTLE BIT. HAVE WE BROKEN THAT DOWN? I MEAN, SECURITY WOULD BE KEEPING PEOPLE FROM BREAKING THINGS.

MAINTENANCE? WE'RE NOT MOWING ANY LAWNS OUT THERE, ARE WE? AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE PAINTING ANYTHING FOR SURE. CAN YOU DESCRIBE IS THERE A PERCENTAGE? BECAUSE I WOULD ASSUME MAINTENANCE ISN'T GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL OUT THERE, UNFORTUNATELY. YEAH. SO THE CITY OF RICHMOND HAS CONTRACTORS THAT THEY HAVE A SECURITY CONTRACT.

THEY DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH DUMPING AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY.

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AND THEN I'M WONDERING, HAVE WE DONE ANY STUDIES OR GOTTEN ANY STUFF FROM RICHMOND? I MEAN HOW MANY PROPERTY CRIMES ARE OUT THERE PER YEAR? I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY HUMAN VERSUS HUMAN PROPERTY.

I MEAN, I WOULD ASSUME IT'S VANDALISM AND PROPERTY CRIMES.

DO WE HAVE ANY NUMBERS? YEAH, WE DO, AND I DON'T HAVE THOSE AT MY FINGERTIPS.

BUT WE'VE THE CITY OF RICHMOND HAS PROVIDED ALL OF THAT.

ALL THOSE CALLS WITH THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY AS TO HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE RESPONDED TO THINGS OUT THERE AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS DATA FROM THEM, SO WE COULD GET A SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH AS WELL.

OKAY. AND WITH ALL THAT VULNERABLE OLD WOODEN BUILDINGS, HAS THERE BEEN ANY FIRES OUT THERE? ANY FIRES? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. THERE IS A CARETAKER THAT THAT STAYS OUT THERE ON SITE.

CORRECT? THERE IS. THE CITY HAS A CARETAKER THERE IS SOMEBODY THERE. OKAY. WOULD WE CONTINUE THAT ARRANGEMENT? BUT WHEN YOU SAY CARETAKER, IT'S NOT SOMEBODY LIVING OUT THERE. THAT'S NOT WHAT'S OCCURRING.

BECAUSE WHEN I WAS JUST OUT THERE AND THERE'S THIS BUILDING AND ON IT SAYS CARETAKER SOMETHING OR OTHER ON THERE, AND IT'S CARETAKER TO ME.

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I GUESS ALONG WITH THAT, ONCE WE.

OH , WE DON'T ONCE WE SIGN THE AGREEMENT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN AND I'D PROBABLY GET THE NAME WRONG, IS IT STENMARK? IS THAT THE ROAD? YES. IT'S ONLY ONE WAY IN, RIGHT? CAN'T WE JUST, WILL WE BE ABLE TO SAY IT'S NOW A REGIONAL PARK? SO NOBODY IN HERE BETWEEN 10 AND FIVE? UNFORTUNATELY, NO.

OH, IT'S A CITY STREET. IT'S A CITY STREET. AND THERE ARE OTHER LOTS OF OTHER, LOTS OF OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS DOWN THE ROAD.

YES. OKAY. THERE'S A MARINA AND A RESTAURANT.

THIS. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SURE. SO I'M ONE OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN EAGERLY AWAITING A CLOSING AND A PARTY AT THE SAILING GOAT TO FOLLOW.

THAT'S WHAT I'VE ENVISIONED. SO THE EXTENSIONS, I'M LIKE [INAUDIBLE].

BUT AS YOU POINT OUT IN THE REPORT, THE PARK DISTRICT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATIONS ON THE PARK DISTRICT PROPERTY.

SO I'VE UNDERSTOOD THIS IS THE REASON FOR THESE EXTENSIONS IS WE WANT TO KNOW, EXCUSE ME, WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO THOROUGHLY. AND DIRECTOR SANWONG AND WAESPI HAVE ECHOED THAT.

SO WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING, I'M GOOD WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THIS AGREEMENT IS, TO ME, A TREMENDOUS STEP TOWARDS CLOSURE OF THIS WHIRLWIND OF EVENTS THAT STARTED UPON THE COLLAPSE OF THAT HOUSING PROJECT OUT THERE, AT WHICH POINT WE HAD BEEN ALREADY WORKING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO SET UP THE POTENTIAL CONVERSION OF THE PLANS FOR HOUSING TO A REGIONAL PARK, AND THAT SET ALL OF THIS OFF AND I T WAS FOLLOWED WITH SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT, AS I RECALL, WAS TIED TO SOME OF THIS FUNDING IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PARK DISTRICT IN ORDER FOR IT TO TAKE ON THAT TASK OF REMEDIATION. SO THAT ISN'T A SURPRISE AND HAS BEEN PART OF THE PACKAGE THAT CAME FROM THE STATE WITH US.

AND AGAIN, THERE'S BEEN AN ONGOING WHIRLWIND OF NEGOTIATIONS, A LOT OF HARD WORK, VERY INTENSE DISCUSSIONS YOU ALL HAD WITH THE CITY OF RICHMOND AND THE TRIBE AND THE SURROUNDING LAWSUITS AND, YOU KNOW, SO TO ME FINALLY THAT DEAL WAS DONE.

THE COASTAL COMMISSION TASK WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN TERMS OF FUNDING, AND WE'VE BEEN MOVING TOWARDS CLOSURE.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR CHECKPOINTS OF THIS PROJECT OR THE SALE AND THE ACQUISITION MOVING TOWARD CLOSURE.

SO I'M EXCITED BY THIS. I APPRECIATE ALL THE NOW NUMBER OF YEARS OF EFFORT.

THE GENERAL MANAGER AND THE REAL ESTATE AND ASD PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUTTING INTO THIS AND THE FACT THAT IT'S STILL ALIVE IS SOMETHING I CELEBRATE EVERY DAY GIVEN THE COMPLEXITIES.

SO I CONGRATULATE YOU FOLKS ON BRINGING IT TO THIS POINT AND WANT TO GIVE US, YOU KNOW,

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO? I DON'T DO THIS VERY OFTEN, BUT I'LL JUST SAY DITTO TO WHAT DIRECTOR COFFEY SAID, BECAUSE HE SAID IT VERY WELL AND HE WAS VERY COMPLETE.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK. AND STILL NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? OKAY. VERY GOOD. THEN IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.

ALL IN FAVOR? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IT'S AS AMENDED.

AS AMENDED. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. ARE YOU STILL OKAY WITH THE MOTION AS AMENDED? YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIES. UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

ITEM THREE. WHILE YOU'RE SETTING UP, I CAN READ THIS VOLUMINOUS TITLE HERE.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE TITLE. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT'S AN AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD VARIOUS JOB ORDER CONTRACTS WHICH WILL BE EXPLAINED TO US.

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

I'M PULLING UP THE PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW. HERE WE GO.

I AM HERE TO SEEK AUTHORIZATION FOR JOB ORDER CONTRACTING.

AND AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, I WILL GO THROUGH OUR BIDDING PROCESS, BUT ALSO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BRIEF BACKGROUND TO THE JOB ORDER CONTRACTING PROGRAM HERE FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS BENEFIT. I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT I THINK IT BEARS REPEATING AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS HERE BEFORE YOU. WE'RE SEEKING TO AUTHORIZE NINE CONTRACTS FOR THESE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 CONTRACTORS.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE THAT GOT TWO FOR CONTRACTS THAT ARE ONE YEAR IN TERM THAT STARTS AFTER WE EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.

AND THEN THERE'S A THREE MONTH PERIOD. SO THE CONTRACT WILL ACTUALLY TERM OUT 15 MONTHS AFTER WE SEEK AUTHORIZATION TODAY.

SO IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF BUFFER FOR THAT FOR EXECUTION AND AGREEMENT AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THAT, WE ENTER INTO A MINIMUM CONTRACT VALUE OF $50,000.

THAT MEANS THE DISTRICT IS OBLIGATED PER PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE AND JOB ORDER CONTRACTING POLICY THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED IN 2019 IS THAT WE OFFER ALL OF THESE CONTRACTORS A MINIMUM OF $50,000 WORTH OF WORK. WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO PURSUE ANYTHING AFTER THAT.

AND THERE'S A MAXIMUM DOLLAR CONTRACT OF $2 MILLION.

SO JOB ORDER CONTRACTING IS AN ALTERNATIVE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT METHOD TO AWARD ANNUAL CONTRACTS FOR, AND THIS IS WHERE IT BEARS NOTING THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE FOR RENOVATION, REFURBISHMENT, REPAIRS AND REMODELING.

IT'S NOT FOR ANY NEW KIND OF WORK, NEW CONSTRUCTION.

IT'S BASICALLY FOR REFURBISHMENT AND REPAIRS.

THE DISTRICT OPERATES THIS PROGRAM CONSISTENT WITH PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE.

AND ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, THE DISTRICT'S JOB ORDER CONTRACTING POLICY, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD IN 2019.

AS A GENERAL SORT OF STATEMENT AND OVERVIEW, THIS IS LIKE AN ON CALL GENERAL CONTRACTOR WHO PERFORMS WORK ACCORDING TO SET PRICES, WHICH ARE PROVIDED TO THEM, AND THOSE SET PRICES ARE CREATED RIGHT BEFORE WE GO OUT TO BID.

SO THEY'RE VERY CURRENT THERE. WE HAVE A CONSULTANT, THE GORDIAN GROUP, WHO OWNS RS MEANS .

AND SO THEY HAVE NATIONWIDE COST ESTIMATES FOR MATERIALS.

BUT WHAT THEY PROVIDE FOR US IS A CONSTRUCTION TASK CATALOG AND BY TASK CATALOG IT TALKS ABOUT LIKE THE INSTALLATION OF ROCK OR BASE OR PAVING, AND IT'S ON A SQUARE FOOT BASIS, OR IT'S A UNIT BASIS THAT WE CAN THEN QUANTIFY IN THE PLANS.

AND IT'S BASED ON LOCAL PREVAILING WAGE AND MATERIAL COSTS.

SO THEY GENERATE THAT FOR US RIGHT BEFORE WE GO OUT TO BID.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE CONTRACTORS ARE BIDDING ON. SO WE USE THOSE PRICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WHAT IT IS, AS THE PRICE FOR THE PROJECT OR THE JOB ORDER.

AND THEN WHAT THEY BID, I'LL GET TO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE ARE ADJUSTMENT FACTORS TO THOSE PRICES.

SO WE AWARD ON THE LOWEST ADJUSTMENT FACTOR BECAUSE WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL TAKE THOSE UNIT PRICES, TAKE OUR PLANS AS TO WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE BUILT OR REPAIRED, TAKE THE SQUARE FOOT, THE TAKE-OFF OF THOSE, OR FIND THE, YOU KNOW, THE QUANTITIES, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PAVING OR WHATNOT, AND THEN USE THOSE UNIT PRICES TO GIVE US THAT PRICE, MULTIPLY IT BY THEIR ADJUSTMENT FACTOR, AND WE GO THROUGH THAT. I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF MYSELF. I'VE SKIPPED FORWARD FROM THE BACKGROUND, BUT OUR FIRST ROUND OF CONTRACTS WAS AWARDED IN 2016.

SO WE'RE COMING UP ON ABOUT TEN YEARS OF DOING THIS.

WE'VE DONE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORK THAT'S LISTED HERE.

AS WE WERE GETTING INTO IT, IT WAS SUGGESTED WE DO AN AUDIT.

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SO OUR PRICING IS CONSISTENT WITH LOCAL BIDDING.

AND I GUESS SORRY. LET ME JUST THE CONSTRUCTION TASK CATALOG WAS FOUND TO BE CONCURRENT WITH PRICING.

SO IT WAS UP TO DATE. AND THE AUDIT PROVED THAT.

PART OF THE POLICIES THAT WE PROVIDE QUARTERLY UPDATES TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND SO SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN PRIVY TO THOSE.

I'LL SHARE JUST A COUPLE OF COMPLETED PROJECTS IN THE LAST ROUND OF JOB ORDER CONTRACTS THAT WE DID.

ON THE RIGHT´S THE LAFAYETTE-MORAGA TRAIL REPAIR. SO THIS WAS A SECTION THAT WAS THAT WE FIXED WITH EAST BAY MUD AND THE TOWN OF MORAGA.

ON THE LEFT IS THE LAFAYETTE RIDGE STAGING AREA IN BRIONES.

WE UTILIZE JOB ORDER CONTRACTING TO RENOVATE AND REVAMP THAT STAGING AREA.

THE BIG BREAK SHADE STRUCTURE REPLACEMENT. THESE WAS REPLACING THE FABRIC SAILS, WHICH BECAME VERY LOOSE DUE TO THE WINDS OUT THERE WITH HARD STRUCTURES. AND THEN THERE'S THE WILDCAT CREEK TRAIL REPAVING POINT PINOLE.

SO HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, I'D LIKE TO NOW GO INTO THE WHAT THE ACTION IS AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND ON THE BIDDING. SO OUR CURRENT ROUND OF JOB ORDER CONTRACTING HAVE PRETTY MUCH TERMED OUT AND REACHED THEIR VALUE LIMITS.

SO DISTRICT STAFF'S BID THE NEXT ROUND. AND TYPICALLY HISTORICALLY WE'VE BID THREE A'S, THREE B'S AND TWO A CONTRACTS FOR GENERAL PAVING.

THIS TIME WE INCREASED THAT TO THREE BASED ON PART OF THE BENEFIT OF JOB ORDER CONTRACTING AND AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT LIMITS. IS THAT OR I GUESS SORRY.

LET ME START OVER. THE RANGE OF 50 TO 2 MILLION ALLOWS US TO WORK WITH CONTRACTORS THAT WORK WITH US AND ARE RESPONSIVE.

AND SO IT DOESN'T FORCE US INTO USING A CONTRACTOR THAT DOESN'T SUBSCRIBE TO THE CONSTRUCTION CAST CATALOG AND OR IS JUST PROBLEMATIC TO WORK WITH.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE INCREASED THE GENERAL PAVING TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE JUST TO COVER SOME OF THAT PROVISION.

AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BOARD, GENERAL ENGINEERING, THE A LICENSE IS BASICALLY LIKE GRADING, UTILITY INSTALLATION, UTILITY REPAIR, MASQUERADING KIND OF WORK BUILDING STRUCTURAL WALLS.

THE B CONTRACTS ARE GENERAL BUILDING. SO THAT'S LIKE HVAC, ROOFING, REPAIRS, PAINTING, FLOORING REFINISHING THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND THEN THE GENERAL PAVING IS ALSO AN A CONTRACT, BUT THE PROVISION WE PROVIDE AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GENERAL PAVING AND THE GENERAL ENGINEERING IS THAT WE REQUIRE THE GENERAL PAVING CONTRACTORS TO SELF-PERFORM 60% OF THEIR WORK.

SOME OF THESE JOB ORDER CONTRACTORS WILL USE A LOT OF SUBCONSULTANTS, BUT IN ORDER TO HELP WITH THE PAVING COSTS AND MINIMIZE USE OF SUBCONTRACTORS, THE PROVISION OF OUR GENERAL PAVING IS THAT THE CONTRACTORS WOULD NEED TO SELF-PERFORM 60%.

AGAIN, THE CONTRACT TERMS LIMITS FOR THE FINANCES ARE HERE.

AND HERE'S HOW WE BID THAT OUT. SO WE WORKED, AS I MENTIONED, WITH THE GORDIAN GROUP, TO CREATE AND UPDATE THE CONSTRUCTION TASK CATALOG AND BID DOCUMENTS. THE BID DOCUMENTS, I'LL SAY, ARE RELIANT UPON OUR STANDARD L3 AGREEMENT AND OUR GENERAL CONDITIONS.

AND SO THESE CONTRACTS ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF OUR OTHER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, IN THAT OUR GENERAL CONDITIONS AND ALL THE PROVISIONS OF OUR CONTRACTS ARE STILL APPLICABLE. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BEING THAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENT JOB ORDERS WITH THESE CONTRACTORS.

SO ONCE WE'VE PULLED TOGETHER ALL OF OUR BID AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, WE PUBLICLY ADVERTISE THAT ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE, ONLINE PLAN ROOM, AND IN ONE INDUSTRY PUBLICATION, WE THEN HOST A MANDATORY PRE-BID.

SO WE REQUIRE ALL THE CONTRACTORS WHO WANT TO BID ON THIS COME TO THIS PRE-BID MEETING AND WE WALK THEM THROUGH OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF HOW THE JOB ORDER CONTRACT PROGRAM WORKS AT THE DISTRICT, WHAT WE EXPECT FROM THEM AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM DO TO PROVIDE THAT SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS IN FULL DISCLOSURE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND THEN WE RECEIVE BIDS AND WE PUBLICLY OPEN THOSE BIDS.

SO WE PUT THIS OUT TO BID IN FEBRUARY OR THESE NINE CONTRACTS OUT IN FEBRUARY, WE OPENED THEM ON MARCH 6TH.

AND BASED ON THE VETTING THOSE, WE WANT TO ASK THE BOARD TO APPROVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS.

HERE'S THE BID ABSTRACTS. AND SO WHAT THIS AWARD CRITERIA FIGURE IS, AND YOU CAN SEE WE AWARD BASED ON THE LOWEST AWARD CRITERIA FIGURE IS, THE CONTRACTORS PROVIDE TO US TWO FACTORS. THE ONE FOR BEING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.

SO THAT BEING CONSTRUCTION HOURS FOR EITHER FROM 9 TO 4, 7 TO 3, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES OR THE CONSIDERED NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OFF HOURS. SO WHAT THIS JOB ORDER CONTRACTING ALSO ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO DO WORK DURING NOT TYPICAL WORK WINDOWS.

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SO BASED ON THE FACT THAT THAT'S NOT NORMAL HOURS, THAT ADJUSTMENT FACTOR IS SOMETIMES HIGHER.

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE ASK THEM TO PROVIDE THOSE TWO NUMBERS, ONE AN ADJUSTMENT FACTOR FOR NORMAL HOURS AND THE ADJUSTMENT FOR OFF HOURS.

WE WEIGHT THOSE AND SO THE 80% OF THE. SO 80% OF THIS FIGURE IS THE NORMAL HOURS AND 20% IS THE OFF HOURS.

BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT THE WE'RE AWARDING ON BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER.

SO MOST OF OUR WORK IS DURING NORMAL HOURS. BUT THAT SAID, WE WANT TO HAVE THAT OTHER ONE.

AND SO THEY BID TWO, WHICH WE USE AND THE AWARD CRITERIA IS GETTING IN TOO MUCH DETAIL.

SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS WE'LL GO FROM THERE. BUT WE AWARD ON THE LOWEST AWARD CRITERIA FACTOR. SO HERE'S THE ABSTRACT FOR THE A GENERAL ENGINEERING LICENSES. YOU CAN SEE WE GOT 28 BIDDERS THIS TIME, WHICH IS MORE BIDDERS THAN WE'VE HAD FOR ANY OTHER ROUND OF JOB CONTRACTS.

SO A FEW OF THESE ARE CONTRACTORS WE'VE WORKED WITH BEFORE.

ACTUALLY THE TOP THREE WE HAVE WORKED WITH BEFORE.

SO WE'RE PLEASED WITH THAT. HERE'S OUR B ABSTRACT.

THESE ARE ALL NEW. SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES WITH THESE FOLKS IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OUR CONSULTANT AND THEY ALL OF THESE CONTRACTORS HAVE DONE JOB ORDER CONTRACTING ELSEWHERE. AND SO IT SHOULD BE OKAY, BUT WE HAVE NOT WORKED WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY AT THE PARK DISTRICT AS OF YET, AND THEN LASTLY, HERE ARE OUR PAVING BIDS, AND AGAIN, WE'VE WORKED WITH TWO OF THESE AND NOT THE THIRD.

SO THAT WAS SORT OF THROUGH IT. I APPRECIATE YOU TOLERATING ME TRYING TO GET TOO DETAILED.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU IS TO AWARD THESE NINE CONTRACTS TO THESE SEVEN CONTRACTORS.

AND I'LL JUST FOR HIGHLIGHTING SHOW YOU THAT THE REASON THERE ARE SEVEN IS THAT GRADE TECH AND TEICHERT GOT A'S FOR THE PAVING AND FOR THE GENERAL ENGINEERING.

SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NINE CONTRACTS AND SEVEN CONTRACTORS.

HAPPY TO FIELD QUESTIONS OR CLARIFY ANYTHING AS THE BOARD SEES FIT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO ANY QUESTIONS HERE? YES. THANKS SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING THIS, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.

AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REVIEW THIS REGULARLY.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE PRESENTATIONS AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THEN YOU KNOW, THE REGULAR PRESENTATIONS HERE AT THE BOARD MEETINGS.

MY QUESTION IS IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE LATE 2022- EARLY 2023 ATMOSPHERIC RIVER STORMS WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS JOB ORDER CONTRACT PROGRAM TO HELP IN TERMS OF SOME OF OUR STORM RESPONSE.

AND I JUST NOTICED THERE WEREN'T QUITE AS MANY EXAMPLES THIS YEAR, AND IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, WAS IT 11 TO 13 ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS THIS YEAR? BUT I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL JUST TO HEAR FROM YOU.

JUST A FEW POINTS ABOUT HOW THIS PROGRAM IS SO IMPORTANT FOR WHEN WE DO HAVE THESE RESPONSES TO EMERGENCIES, SUCH AS MAJOR STORMS. SURE, THANK YOU THAT'S A GOOD REMINDER.

I MEANT TO MENTION THAT IS THAT WE DID UTILIZE JOB ORDER CONTRACTING FOR THE CLEANUP AS PARTICULARLY AT DEL VALLE TO BRING IT BACK TO OUR LAST ACTION ITEM.

SO YES, IT'S BENEFICIAL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE UNIT COSTS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH A CONTRACTOR FOR CLEANING UP.

SO IF THEY FILL UP A LIKE A DUMPSTER FULL AND THAT'S OFF HAULED, WE HAVE A QUANTITY FOR THAT.

IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO MOVE QUICKLY IN TERMS OF HAVING A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD, SUCH THAT THE CLEANUP COULD HAPPEN WHERE WE COULD GET THE CONTRACTOR OUT THERE.

THEY COULD LOOK AT IT, MAKE AN ASSESSMENT WE COULD WORK WITH, AND ENSURE THAT THE COSTS THAT THEY WERE OFFERING WAS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT PARK STAFF LOOKED AT. AND SO, YES, IT IS A DEFINITE TOOL THAT WE CAN UTILIZE FOR CLEANUP, AND IT ALLOWS US TO MOVE A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY THAN HAVING TO BID OR PUT NECESSARILY CLEANUP DOCUMENTS TOGETHER THAT WOULD WE WOULD NORMALLY BID AS A DESIGN BID BUILD PROJECT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. GREAT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. GO AHEAD.

SURE. I GOT A BUNCH OF, SORRY [INAUDIBLE] BUT YOU KNOW I LOVE THIS.

IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FOR IT. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. BUT I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED.

SO YOU SAID WE'VE GOT SEVEN NEW FOLKS. SEVEN OF THE NINE ARE NEW.

OR IN THE CASE OF SOME OF THESE GUYS THAT DOUBLED DOWN, WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON SOMEBODY WOULDN'T BID AS LOW AS THEY COULD TO GET THIS GREAT CONTRACT. I MEAN, AND YOU TOLD ME ONCE BEFORE, IS IT?

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IT COULD BE WRONG. HOW MANY OF THEM MAX OUT AT 2 MILLION.

AND HOW MANY OF THEM SAY, HECK WITH IT. I'LL TAKE 50 GRAND.

AND HECK, WOULD THEY ALL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE? SO A COUPLE OF ANSWERS, I THINK.

ON AVERAGE WE'VE HAD. SO FOR EACH CONTRACT WE'VE TYPICALLY HAD TWO CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE PERFORMED WELL AND ONE THAT HASN'T.

SO THAT'S KIND OF BEEN JUST HISTORICALLY ON ANECDOTAL.

THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT'S WORKED OUT. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE'VE MAXED OUT TO $2 MILLION THIS LAST ROUND WITH ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS, T YPICALLY WE DON'T GET TO MAX ALL THAT OUT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A FINE LINE OF WHERE A PROJECT CAN SIT IN THAT AND THE CAPACITY WE HAVE UNDER THE $2 MILLION.

AND SO WE KIND OF LIKE TRY TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER FOR SOME OF THOSE WHERE WE'RE MAXING THAT OUT BECAUSE WE MAX OUT WITH THE CONTRACTORS THAT WORK WITH US THE BEST, TO BE QUITE HONEST. AND SO TO THAT END, SOME OF IT ALLOWS US TO DO JOB ORDER SUPPLEMENTALS.

THERE ARE NO CHANGE ORDERS IN JOB ORDER CONTRACTING, IT'S A SUPPLEMENTAL. A CTUALLY THIS SCOPE IS SOMETHING NEW.

SO WE TRY TO LEAVE A LITTLE BUFFER FOR THAT DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT IS.

SO PRACTICALLY WE DON'T NECESSARILY TRY TO GO TO $2 MILLION EXACTLY.

BECAUSE WE ALL, WELL NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT PROJECTS SOMETIMES HAVE ADDITIONAL SCOPE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND SO WE NEED TO LEAVE THAT IN FOR BASIS.

HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. B UT I WOULD SAY ON AN AVERAGE PROBABLY 75% TO 80% OF OUR CONTRACTORS WE WORK WITH, AND THEN THE OTHER 20% TO 25%, I MEAN, ON A RATIO PERCENTAGE IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION AND THEN THEN $2 MILLION, WE'VE HIT THIS LAST ROUND. TYPICALLY WE DON'T ALWAYS HIT THAT, BUT I THINK WE'RE GETTING MORE ADEPT AT STAFFS GETTING MORE USED TO THIS WHEN WE KNOW HOW TO UTILIZE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND SO WE'VE INCREASED THAT AND WE'VE HAD GOOD LUCK WITH OUR CONTRACTORS SUCH THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THEM AND REACHED THE CAPACITY OR NEAR IT. SO WHEN WE'VE DONE THIS, THIS WILL BE THE 10TH YEAR.

HOW MANY OF THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR TEN YEARS? I NOTICE A LOT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT I CAN REMEMBER.

SOME OF THESE NAMES ARE VERY FAMILIAR. HAS ANYBODY STUCK WITH THIS THE WHOLE TEN YEARS? I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT. I CAN'T RECALL WHO WAS DOING IT THE FIRST ROUND OF CONTRACTS.

I CAN DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I THINK I CAN SAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE THAT HAVE BEEN, TO YOUR POINT, CONSISTENT OVER AT LEAST THE LAST 5 TO 6 YEARS, SO.

ALL RIGHT. AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE NO CHANGE ORDERS BUT SUPPLEMENTAL.

AND SO WE'VE AGREED TO A SCOPE ON A UNIT PRICE.

SO THERE'S NOT REALLY IN A TYPICAL DESIGN BID BUILD WE WOULD PUT THAT OUT.

WE GET A LUMP SUM THAT SCOPES THEN BROKEN DOWN INTO LIKE A SCHEDULE OF VALUES.

AND SO WE THEN COULD CHANGE THAT. THIS WE COULD GET A SUPPLEMENTAL THAT WOULD GIVE US A CREDIT BACK IF WE TOOK HER SCOPE OUT OR WE WOULD SAY, OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADD THIS MORE SCOPE.

SO IT'S JUST LIKE ANOTHER JOB ORDER OR SUPPLEMENTAL JOB ORDER.

OSTENSIBLY, IT'S SIMILAR BECAUSE IT'S THE CHANGE OF SCOPE, BUT THE LANGUAGE IS DIFFERENT AND IT'S PER PUBLIC CONTRACTING CODE THAT THERE ISN'T CHANGE ORDERS IN JOB ORDER CONTRACTING. AND FINALLY, WHEN YOU'RE EVALUATING THESE FOLKS TO GIVE THEM THESE GRADES, AND I KNOW THE ACF IS SPECIFICALLY FOR TWO, BUT I MEAN, DO YOU LOOK INTO THINGS LIKE, WELL, YOU CAN'T USE CHANGE ORDERS, BUT I MEAN, DO SOME PEOPLE.

WELL NEVER MIND SUPPLEMENTAL IS WHAT IT IS. YEAH.

WHAT ABOUT ON TIME? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT THINGS IN MY ROLE ON TIME UNDER BUDGET SEEMS LIKE GOLD TO ME.

YES. THAT'S ANOTHER REASON SOMETIMES WE DON'T PROCEED WITH SOME OF OUR CONTRACTORS IS THE REVIEW TIME, AND THEY'RE PROVIDING A PROPOSAL TO US TAKES WAY LONGER THAN WE'D EXPECTED OR HOPED.

AND SO I GUESS THAT'S MAYBE NOT. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION ON TIME.

IS THAT THE DELIVERY OF THE PROJECT ITSELF OR LIKE? I MEAN, IF WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO GET A PROJECT DONE IN SIX MONTHS YOU KNOW.

AMOUNT OF THE JOB ORDER. SO AS THE JOB ORDER GETS BIGGER, THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES GET BIGGER AS WELL.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD TO USE THAT BECAUSE TO YOUR QUESTION, IS MOST OF THESE COMPLETE ON TIME AS THEY'RE, I MEAN, THINGS COME UP DURING CONSTRUCTION. BUT I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, THE DELIVERY OF THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION IS ON TIME.

GREAT. AND IN THE TEN YEARS, HAVE WE BEEN EVER BEEN SUED BY A CONTRACTOR OR SUED BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OR ANYBODY BASED ON THE WORK OF THE CONTRACTOR? NO. GOOD. THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME. JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON DENNIS'S COMMENTS, I THOUGHT, OR TO ME, PART OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM OVER ITS COURSE HAS BEEN THAT WE HAVE ENDED UP WITH CONTRACTORS WHO USE AND HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE BUILDING TRADES AND AS A RESULT, WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY HAD PROJECTS THAT GO SMOOTHLY.

NONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE CHEATING ON PREVAILING WAGES OR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS REQUIREMENTS HAS RESULTED IN

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AND I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE JOB YOU FOLKS DO IN PUTTING TOGETHER THE PROJECT, PUTTING TOGETHER THE RFP´S AND THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT THAT RESULTS IN OUR NOT HAVING LABOR ISSUES THAT A LOT OF PUBLIC AGENCIES HAVE ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, AND THAT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT COMMENT, DIRECTOR COFFEY.

DO WE EVER HAVE A PARTICULAR CONTRACTOR DOING TWO JOBS AT ONCE? YEAH. WOULD THAT BE, SO THAT'S ALLOWED. SOMETIMES, YEAH, AND IT DEPENDS.

WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE STAFF LIKE THEY AND THEY CAN.

YES. I MEAN, IF THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY, THEY HAVE THE STAFF THAT CAN WORK ON TWO PROJECTS AT ONCE, AND WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO JEOPARDIZE ONE FOR THE OTHER, THEN YES, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE CONTRACTORS WORKING ON A COUPLE JOB ORDERS AT THE SAME TIME.

YEAH, THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN THERE'S A CONTRACTOR THAT SEEMS TO REALLY MESH WELL WITH US, WE KIND OF WANT TO USE THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

WE'RE JUST SETTING UP CONTRACTS. AND SO THOSE MONIES THAT ARE FOR THE JOB ORDERS HAVE TO BE PART OF THE PROJECT BUDGET AND OR PART OF THE OPERATING BUDGET.

SO WE'RE NOT ENCUMBERING ANY MONEY NOW OF THE $2 MILLION.

AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST ENCUMBERED WHEN WE HAVE AN APPROVED JOB ORDER THAT'S AGREED TO BY STAFF AND THEN IT GETS ROUTED FOR APPROVALS AND SIGNATURES.

OKAY. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOTHING FROM THE PUBLIC. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. THEN WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL HERE? MOVED BY WAESPI, SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY SANWONG.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR LAST ONE,

[PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION]

SO WE'RE IN THAT WEEK RIGHT NOW. THE ORIGINS OF NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK DATE BACK TO 1981, WHEN PATRICIA ANDERSON OF THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA INITIATED THE OBSERVANCE.

IT GAINED NATIONAL RECOGNITION IN 1994 WHEN PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON SIGNED PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6667, OFFICIALLY DESIGNATING THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK.

THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE A NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK AND EXPRESS DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE CRITICAL ROLE THAT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS PLAY IN PROTECTING COMMUNITIES ACROSS ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES. AND THAT'S THE STATEMENT. HAPPY TO DO IT, AND IF THE BOARD HAS ANY COMMENTS ON THIS WE CAN TAKE THEM NOW, BUT THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM ONLY.

THANK YOU C HIEF FOR BRINGING THIS TO US, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT.

APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT GOES ON IN THAT REALM.

SO, THANK YOU. SO NEXT I S GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS.

[GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS]

PRESIDENT MERCURIO. WHY DON'T I START WITH PUBLIC SAFETY? I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS. WE HAD THE LEONA CANYON FIRE ON APRIL 10TH, I BELIEVE IT WAS, AND I CAN'T AT THIS POINT GO INTO TOO MANY DETAILS, BUT I DID WANT TO LET THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY APPREHENDED A

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SO VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT WORKED ON THAT, INCLUDING THE SUPPRESSION STAFF THAT WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO PUT THAT OUT PRETTY QUICKLY.

ALSO HAVE VERY EXCITING NEWS I SHARED WITH THE BOARD, I THINK LAST NIGHT AND WE'VE JUST MADE THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE HAVE HIRED OUR BRAND NEW ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, ALLISON BROOKS, WHO IS GOING TO JOIN US ON MAY 7TH IS HER FIRST DAY.

I WON'T BORE YOU PUBLICLY WITH THE BIO RIGHT NOW, SHE'S EXTRAORDINARY.

IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY POOL OF CANDIDATES FOR THIS BRAND-NEW POSITION.

JUST AS A REMINDER SHE WILL NOW BE OVERSEEING GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AS WELL AS PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE.

AND SHE HAS EXPERIENCE IN ALL THREE OF THOSE CATEGORIES.

AND RIGHT NOW REPORTS TO I THINK IT'S ABOUT A 17-MEMBER BOARD AT THE BAY AREA REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE, WHICH ARE MADE UP OF A LOT OF LOCAL OFFICIALS.

SO YOU ARE GOING TO REALLY ADORE HER. SHE'S A HUGE PICKUP FOR US.

SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND LET'S SEE, I THINK THOSE WERE MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

OTHER THAN THAT HAPPY TAX DAY . ALL RIGHT, THAT IS GOOD NEWS.

APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT TO GET TO THAT POINT.

ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION? NO. NO ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ARE THERE ANY PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? SURE.

[PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

SO WE HAVEN'T HAD THE NEXT MEETING. THAT'S GOING TO BE SCHEDULED NEXT MONTH IN MAY, BUT I HOPE TO USE THAT AS OUR CASE STUDY.

I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN THAT WE DON'T HAVE AS GOOD OF INTEGRATION WITH THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WE COULD HAVE.

AND I KNOW YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE FULL BOARD, FIVE OF THE SEVEN OF US HAVE BEEN ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE BEFORE.

IN FACT, I SERVED WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN SOME CAPACITY.

SO I GUESS I'M IN THAT UNIQUE POSITION WITH ALL OF US.

AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US, YOU KNOW, MAKE AN EFFORT IN REGARDS TO HAVING THIS TIGHTER INTEGRATION BETWEEN OUR BOARD COMMITTEES AND PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND, COMMITTEE. EXCUSE ME, NOT PLURAL.

AND IN TERMS OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR US TO CONSIDER HAVING THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR US TO DISCUSS, BECAUSE I THINK THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS SO VALUABLE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK TO THE BOARD, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO WORK ON IMPORTANT INITIATIVES.

I KNOW WHEN YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT MERCURIO AND DIRECTOR COFFEY AND I WERE ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE TOGETHER.

WE LED, OUR PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE LED THE EFFORT TO TALK ABOUT DOGS AND PARKS AND ORDINANCE 38, AND WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE TIME TO WORK ON THAT ISSUE, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REALLY APPRECIATED US WORKING ON. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE SPIRIT OF THAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE, AND I'D REALLY LIKE FOR US TO HAVE THAT AS PART OF THIS OVERALL INITIATIVE OF THINKING ABOUT TIGHTER INTEGRATION WITH ALSO OUR BOARD COMMITTEES.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I BELIEVE, ON THE FIREFIGHTERS STAFFING MODEL PILOT PROJECT THAT 2428 IS PROPOSING.

I'M WONDERING, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO HEAR WHAT MANAGEMENT'S VIEWS ARE ON IT JUST OUT OF GENERAL INTEREST IN FAIRNESS. AND I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN GET A CLOSED SESSION ON A FUTURE AGENDA UNDER LABOR NEGOTIATIONS OR WHATEVER IS APPROPRIATE WAY SO THAT WE CAN HEAR THE OTHER VIEW OR WHATEVER THE VIEW IS ON THIS MODEL THAT THEY'VE PUT FORTH AND

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THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT. AND JUST AS ANOTHER REMINDER WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR ASSESSMENT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PART OF THAT INCLUDES OUR STAFFING MODEL, SO I´LL WORK WITH THE CHIEF ON.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PROPOSALS? OKAY.

MOVING ON TO BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED.

[BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED]

ON APRIL 9TH, I ATTENDED THE BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.

ON APRIL 10TH, I ATTENDED THE HASPA COMMITTEE MEETING AND WE DID SOME GREAT THINGS AT HASPA.

WE FINALLY GOT A VERY LARGE GRANT FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY ESTUARY SOMETHING OR OTHER.

ESTUARY COUNCIL SOMETHING? DOESN'T MATTER. THEY GAVE US $500,000.

SO THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US SOME SEED MONEY TO RUN HASPA LIKE A REAL BUSINESS AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THE REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT COVER IT.

AND OTHER AGENCIES COVER IT ALL THE TIME. SO WE'LL BE RELIEVED OF A LOT OF OUR DUTIES AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WONDERFUL MASTER PLAN WE HAVE AT HASPA.

ON APRIL 11TH, I ATTENDED THE BOARD PRIORITY SESSION, AND I DID SLIP AWAY IN THE AFTERNOON TO ATTEND BILL NICHOLS, A FORMER GREAT EMPLOYEE OF THE PARK DISTRICT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE.

THERE ARE LOTS OF REGIONAL PARKS PEOPLE THERE AND IT WAS A VERY TOUCHING CEREMONY IN WHICH BILL AND HIS FAMILY WELL CREDITED THE PARK DISTRICT WITH MUCH OF BILL'S LIFE.

ON APRIL 13TH I TOURED VARGAS PLATEAU WITH DIRECTOR SANWONG AND A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.

BOY, I'LL TELL YOU, THAT PLACE IS REALLY, REALLY CROWDED.

I KNOW IT'S SPRING. I KNOW EVERYTHING'S GREEN.

THE WILDFLOWERS ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT JEEZ, THERE WERE CARS PARKED ALL THE WAY DOWN THE ROAD.

HOPEFULLY NONE OF THEM GOT TICKETED. THE NEED FOR ACCESS TO VARGAS PLATEAU IS INCREDIBLE, IN MY OPINION.

WE ALSO THEN WENT DOWN TO MISSION PEAK, STANFORD AVENUE STAGING AREA.

I SURE AT SOME TIME, I HOPE WE CAN GET THE COURAGE OR WHATEVER IT WILL TAKE TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF SPENDING $30,000 FOR THREE CHEMICAL TOILETS DOWN THERE, WHICH, AS WE ALL AGREE, AND EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD AGREES ARE UNSIGHTLY AND UNSANITARY.

YET WE STILL CONTRACT TO SERVICE THREE CHEMICAL TOILETS BY ANOTHER AGENCY FOR 30 GRAND A YEAR.

AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT? HI. ON 4/2 I DID A SITE VISIT WITH BRIAN HOLT, AND SABRINA AND ON 4/3 I WENT TO THE RADKE AWARDS CEREMONY FOR SENATOR TIM GRAYSON.

ON 4/6 I WENT TO THE BAY NATURE 2025 LOCAL HERO AWARDS, WHERE OUR OWN ANNIE BURKE, WHO USED TO SIT ON THE PAC RECEIVED AN AWARD. ON 4/7 I DID THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETING WITH THE MAYOR OF ALAMEDA. ON 4/9 I WENT TO THE ALAMEDA MAYOR'S CONFERENCE.

ON 4/10 I DID THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETING WITH THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO.

ON 4/10 I DID SOME BUDGET TRAINING WITH DEB SPAULDING.

ON 4/11 I ATTENDED THE BOARD'S PRIORITY MEETING, AND THEN TODAY I'M AT THE BOARD MEETING.

I'M JUST VERY IMPRESSED YOU HAVE THIS ON EXCEL, THAT'S TOO ORGANIZED. SO DO I.

ON APRIL 2 I ATTENDED THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.

ON APRIL 3 I MISSED THAT EVENT WITH SENATOR GRAYSON BECAUSE I WAS HONORED TO SERVE ON A ACADEMIC PANEL OF SORTS,

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I THINK IT'S CALLED THE CHIEF OF SELECT, SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO, AND PART OF THE PROCESS BY WHICH HE'S DOING A RESEARCH PROJECT AND A SUBMISSION FOR CERTIFICATION IN THIS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM WAS TO PUT TOGETHER A PANEL OF FOLKS WHO COULD ASSIST HIM IN GIVING RESPONSES TO VARIOUS QUESTIONS THAT ARISE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL AND AGENCIES IN RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND WILDFIRE THREAT.

AND IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO SPEND AN AFTERNOON.

AND THAT EVENING, I WENT TO THE CONTRA COSTA MAYOR´S CONFERENCE TO HEAR PRESIDENT MERCURIO, WHO WAS THE FEATURED SPEAKER THAT NIGHT, DO A FANTASTIC JOB OF PRESENTING ON ALL NEW AND EXCITING AT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, TO THE MAYORS AND ALL THE ATTENDING FOLKS AT THE MAYOR´S CONFERENCE IN THE CITY OF CLAYTON.

APRIL 9, I ATTENDED THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. ON THE 11 [INAUDIBLE].

I CAN'T SPEAK. THE FIRST SESSION OF B OARD PRIORITY SETTING.

ON THE 12TH, I ATTENDED A WALK AND TALK AT THURGOOD MARSHALL HOSTED BY THE MAYOR OF CONCORD, CARLYN OBRINGER AND PRESIDENT MERCURIO, AND THAT COVERS IT FOR ME.

SO ON APRIL 1ST, I WAS AT THE BOARD MEETING. ON THE THIRD, THE AFOREMENTIONED RADKE AWARD S CEREMONY WITH SENATOR GRAYSON, WHERE WE THANKED HIM AND GAVE HIM A MUCH-DESERVED AWARD.

ON APRIL 3RD, AGAIN, THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE SEEMED TO BE VERY WELL RECEIVED PRESENTATION, BUT I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE HELP OF OUR STAFF TO PREPARE A VERY INFORMATIVE AND COLORFUL AND SCENIC PRESENTATION BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HELP BUT HAVE SCENERY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PARK DISTRICT, IT'S JUST BUILT RIGHT IN.

AND LET'S SEE, OH, YEAH. THEN ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, I HAD COFFEE WITH JOSH [INAUDIBLE] AND KIM ANDERSON, BOTH UNION FOLKS TO TALK ABOUT. THAT'S LIEUTENANT [INAUDIBLE], I GUESS.

TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PROPOSAL THAT DIRECTOR COFFEY HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE FIRE SHIFTS AND FIRE STATION STUFF.

THEN LATER THAT DAY THE BAY AREA OPEN ROADS IS DOING ANOTHER SHOW FOCUSING ON THE PARK DISTRICT AND IT KIND OF DRILLS IN ON THE TRAILS CHALLENGE AND SO I WAS IN PART OF THAT AND THEY WENT AND TALKED TO TWO OTHER, A GROUP AND AN INDIVIDUAL TO KIND OF ROUND THAT OUT.

SO THAT'S COMING UP IN MAY OR JUNE, I THINK THEY SAID, VERY INTERESTING.

WE DID IT AT TILDEN. ON APRIL 7TH, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER MAX KORTEN AND I WERE HANGING OUT IN CONCORD GOING AROUND WARD SIX, LOOKING AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.

THEN ON THE EIGHTH I WENT ON A FIELD TRIP WITH THE DISTRICT RETIREES WHO HAD, I KNOW SOME BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ATTENDED THE LUNCHEON THAT THEY HAVE EVERY YEAR, AND I'VE DONE THAT TOO, EXCEPT THEY HAD IT DURING THE I THINK IT WAS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.

AND SO I COULDN'T GO. SO WHEN I COMMUNICATED MY REGRET TO THE ORGANIZER, SHE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS FIELD TRIP. YOU CAN COME ON THAT. SO I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE IF I WASN'T INVITED, AND THEY INVITED ME OUT TO POINT MOLATE.

AND WE HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION BY SUZANNE WILSON TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAIL, AND THERE WERE SOME OTHER.

THERE'S A LOCAL FELLOW THERE THAT'S KIND OF AN EXPERT REALLY ON THE HISTORY OF POINT MOLATE, EVERYTHING POINT MOLATE. HE DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING THAT ALL TO US.

I MEAN, I LEARNED SOME STUFF THERE. APRIL 9TH, FINANCE COMMITTEE.

ALSO ON APRIL 9TH, LATER ON, I MET WITH I THINK THERE WERE EIGHT BIKE PED ADVOCATES IN CONCORD THAT WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ACCESS TO PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ACCESS TO THE FUTURE THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DISTRICT IS UP TO AND HOW THEY COULD HELP, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN.

ON, LET'S SEE HERE, APRIL 10TH AGAIN OUT AT THURGOOD MARSHALL WITH MATT GROWL AND

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WHEN YOU REALLY STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, 900 ACRES IS A PRETTY BIG PIECE OF LAND.

SO WE DID HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT SOME STUFF THAT I HADN'T SEEN.

APRIL 11TH THE BOARD PRIORITIES PORT PART ONE.

AND THEN AFTER THAT THE PRE-MEETING FOR THIS MEETING AND THEN AGAIN ON THE 12TH SATURDAY I WAS THERE WITH MAYOR CARLYN OBRINGER, ALSO A PAC MEMBER HERE TO OPEN UP THURGOOD MARSHALL PARK TO THE PUBLIC.

I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 60 OR 70 FOLKS THERE. WE HAD ABOUT SEVEN DISTRICT EMPLOYEES THERE TO HELP PRESENT THE STORIES AND TO WRANGLE ALL THE PEOPLE AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME OUT THERE, AND I GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS ON THAT.

AND THAT'LL BE OPEN AGAIN TO THE PUBLIC ON JUNETEENTH, IN JUNE.

SO COMING UP AGAIN, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE BEING GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC TO GO IN AND SEE THAT PROPERTY BEFORE IT'S OPEN. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A YES OR NO THING. IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET PEOPLE TO SEE THAT BEFORE IT REALLY OPENS.

AND SO THEY'VE NOW BEEN ADVISED AS PART OF MY PRESENTATION TO THE KIND OF THE WINDOW OF COMPLETION THAT WE'VE GOT WHEN THAT MIGHT OPEN, I DIDN'T GIVE ANY HARD DATES OR ANYTHING, OF COURSE I KNOW BETTER THAN THAT.

BUT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING BEING ABLE TO GO OUT THERE ON THEIR OWN.

SO THAT WAS MY STUFF. AND THE LAST ITEM IS ADJOURNMENT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN AT 2:34. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.