May 02, 2025 Board of Directors Study Session

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GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THIS. I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT A SPECIAL MEETING.

IT'S THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT BOARD PRIORITY SESSION NUMBER TWO ON MAY 2ND, 2025, BEGINNING AT 11:12. IF THERE'S NO BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDING REMOTELY. SO CAN WE CALL THE ROLL?

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DIRECTOR SANWONG HERE. DIRECTOR ESPAÑA HERE. DIRECTOR.

WAESPI HERE. GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH HERE. AND GENERAL COUNSEL BOURGAULT HERE.

THANK YOU. AND I'M HERE TOO. AND PRESIDENT MERCURIO.

YOU GOT TO SAY. HERE. HERE. THERE WE GO. SHE'S.

MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? NO, THERE ARE NOT. ALL RIGHT, SO THEN WE MOVE INTO THE ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS

[III. INDIVIDUAL PRIORITIES FOR 2026- BOARD OF DIRECTORS]

ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL KICK US OFF HERE AND THEN HAND IT BACK TO YOU.

SO JUST TO REMIND THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE AND THEN TO DIRECTOR ESPAÑA YOUR FIRST TIME DOING THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S MAYBE OUR THIRD TIME DOING THIS.

DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO AT LEAST LET ME SAY HOW WE HANDLE IT IN THE PAST.

AND OBVIOUSLY UP TO YOU ALL AND HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT TODAY.

BUT WE HAVE JUST GONE THROUGH EACH BOARD MEMBER AND FEEL FREE TO IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WERE ON THE LIST, THE UPDATES THAT WE PROVIDED, HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS LESS SO QUESTIONS JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE STAFF HERE.

WE CAN TAKE NOTES ON THAT. AND THEN AMANDA IS HERE TO DO THE REAL TIME SCRIBING OF ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD AS SOME OF YOUR PRIORITIES.

SO WE WOULD JUST GO THROUGH ONE BY ONE AND TAKE NOTES ON THAT.

AND THEN DEFINITELY PART OF WHAT WE LIKE ABOUT THIS IS THEN WE TAKE THAT LIST BACK TO THE STAFF AND DO SOME ANALYSIS OF IT AND COME BACK TO YOU IN ADVANCE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.

SO IT'S SO THAT IT DOESN'T JUST GO INTO A DARK HOLE AND NEVER, NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN.

SO ACTUALLY PROVIDING SOME FEEDBACK TO THE BOARD.

SO AMANDA IS HERE. SHE'S GOING TO DO HER VERY INCREDIBLE WORK OF TAKING A PARAGRAPH AND TURNING IT INTO A BULLET POINT THAT WE UNDERSTAND, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE CAN WE'RE ALL TAKING NOTES AS WELL.

SO REALLY, THIS IS MEANT TO BE FAIRLY INFORMAL AND OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH BOARD MEMBER TO ADD TO THE LIST, REAFFIRM THE LIST, OR IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, WE'LL TAKE NOTES OF THOSE AND AND GET BACK TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT, I KNOW I APPRECIATE INFORMAL MEETINGS.

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE. SO AND IT'S FOR US, IT'S FOR THE SIX BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE.

SO SORRY. ONE THING I DID ALSO WANT TO JUST SAY WE ALSO WELCOME.

IF THERE DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO PUT EVERYTHING ON RECORD TODAY OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU CARE ABOUT, WE ALSO WE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ALL OF OUR MEETINGS WE HAVE WITH YOU.

WE KEEP THESE RUNNING LISTS, BUT ALSO WELCOME EVEN AFTER TODAY IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE ANYTHING IN ADDITION IN WRITING.

THAT'S GREAT AS WELL. SO I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT WE'VE OFFERED THAT UP TO HER SINCE SHE IS MISSING TODAY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY IF YOU FORGOT TO SAY SOMETHING TODAY.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF THE PRESSURE OFF OF YOU. IT'S NOT A DOOR THAT'S GOING TO CLOSE. IT'S A IT'S A WINDOW.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO MEMBER BY MEMBER AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO AS, AS WAS SAID IF YOU WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE ANYTHING OR CHANGE ANYTHING THAT'S ALREADY ON THIS LIST THAT WE RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN I KNOW PERSONALLY I INTEND TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE THINGS IN THERE AND CORRECT A FEW THINGS.

BUT IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD. NOW, THE ONE QUESTION THAT I HAD IS WHAT ABOUT PROPERTY STUFF THAT WE NORMALLY HANDLE IN CLOSED SESSION?

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BECAUSE THERE IS A SECTION IN THERE ON. YEAH, YEAH.

I MEAN, WE, WE WELCOME YOU MAKING NOTE OF SOME OF THE PRIORITIES ON PROPERTIES? I THINK IN THE PAST WE'VE LIKE, I'M JUST LOOKING AT DIRECTOR COFFEY.

I THINK HE WAS VERY VAGUE ON LIKE, DIDN'T PROVIDE ADDRESSES, I THINK ON THE RECORD.

AND WE FOLLOWED UP ON, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT THOSE WERE.

SO I WOULD I'M CHANNELING OUR NEGOTIATORS HERE.

SO BUT SOME THINGS ARE ALREADY PUBLIC. RIGHT.

SO IF YOU SAID COMPLETE POINT MELODY I THINK WE OKAY.

WE GOT THAT ONE. YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH. SO IT'S I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE GOOD, GOOD JUDGMENT ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO. YEAH. DEAL. DEAL WITH THAT. WITH THE APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF DETAIL.

LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. SO LET'S GET GO DOWN THROUGH THE LIST OF THE, THROUGH THE BOARD MEMBERS.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST PERSON TO GO IS NOT GOING TO BE ME.

IT'LL BE DIRECTOR ECHOLS. OKAY. SO JUST ALPHABETICAL.

LET'S LET'S TRY LET'S TRY ANOTHER. WE CAN DRAW STRAWS.

ANYONE. YEAH. OKAY. YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN JUST FLY TO THE PLACE ON THE, ON YOUR POWERPOINT THAT HAS THE PERSON.

RIGHT. SO WHO WANTS WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST. OKAY.

WELL, THEN WE'RE ADJOURNED. WE'LL BUT I GUESS.

CAN WE? I GUESS MAYBE SOME GROUND RULES. I MEAN, MAYBE WHOEVER GOES FIRST, IF THEY WANT TO COME BACK LATER, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING COMES UP AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO LIKE, I'M COMPLETELY HAPPY WITH THAT IDEA.

THAT'S FINE, BECAUSE I WOULD USE IT MYSELF, MAYBE.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S FINE. IT'S AGAIN THAT THAT THAT WINDOW IS OPEN.

EVEN TODAY YOU CAN COME BACK AND ADD TO IT. SO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD.

COLIN. YEAH. YEAH. I'M NAKED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU MIGHT BE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO COME BACK AGAIN.

COME BACK AGAIN? CAN I JUST ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION? DID WE GET ANYTHING FROM DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT TO PRESENT TODAY? NO, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING. I THINK WE HAVE, ACTUALLY, WE'RE JUST GOING TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A ONE ON ONE WITH HER SEPARATELY AND THEN OFFERED UP THAT SHE CAN PROVIDE A MEMO. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. SO, JOHN, I USED TO DO. THIS WITH SEVERAL PAGES.

AND OVER TIME HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT THESE THINGS SHOW UP RIGHT THERE.

NOW THEY'RE IN THERE, RIGHT? RIGHT. I'VE OFTEN MENTIONED THAT THIS, TO ME, IS A WORKING DOCUMENT THAT I KEEP CLOSE TO ME ALL THE TIME.

AND I REALIZED THAT WHAT I WAS. OH. GOOD POINT.

I REALIZED THAT WHAT I WAS DOING WITH MY LIST WAS BASICALLY A WISH LIST.

TO TAKE AN EXAMPLE, MAINTAINING THE EMPHASIS THAT OUR GENERAL MANAGER HAS CULTIVATED HERE ON WILDFIRE MITIGATION. IT'S BECOME A MAJOR FOCUS OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND I DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT IN MY LIST.

RIGHT. IT'S IT'S IT SHOWS UP IN EVERYTHING WE DO ALL THE TIME IN OUR BUDGET MAKING AND IN THIS LIST.

SO I DECIDED I COULD GET AWAY FROM THINGS LIKE THAT AND REALLY JUST FOCUS ON IF I WERE CORNERED AND, AND FOCUSED ON NOW, AS OPPOSED TO PROBABLY NOT IN MY LIFETIME.

YOU KNOW, SO SO I, I'M, I GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN PUTTING IN MY LIST THE CONSTRUCTION OF A VISITOR CENTER IN POINT PINOLE, RIGHT. I MEAN, IT'S JUST AT SOME POINT I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN IT HAPPENS YEARS FROM NOW. AND SO I'M NOT GOING IN THAT DIRECTION ANYMORE.

I'M JUST. SO I JUST PUT DOWN A HALF A DOZEN THINGS THAT IF CORNERED, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET TO WORK ON NOW.

AND THE GENERAL MANAGER HAS PLACED THIS PROCESS WITHIN THE BUDGET

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NOW I HAVE THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS MORE OF A CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP OVER THE YEARS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT MOST OF US EITHER ARE STRESSING PROGRAMS AND POLICIES OR CAPITAL PROJECTS, AS OPPOSED TO STUFF THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO THIS, THIS YEAR'S DEVELOPMENT OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

SO I'M, I'M, I'M GETTING MORE INTO THAT AS WELL WITH THIS ANYWAY, BY WAY OF THAT INTRODUCTION.

I HAVE TWO DISTRICT WIDE PRIORITIES THAT I WOULD FOCUS ON WITH THIS BUDGET, IF POSSIBLE.

IT IS A WISH LIST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VIABILITY OF OF THESE THESE PRIORITIES ARE, BUT THEIR IMMEDIATE ONE IS THE ACUTE NEED IN WARD FIVE TO PURSUE OPENING OF DUELING CANYON THAT I THINK HAS RESONATED WITH MOST OF US OVER THE LAST YEAR.

PRECEDED WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THAT? THAT LITTLE PARK DISTRICT DOWN THERE.

AND WE HAD MANY CONSTITUENTS TALKING ABOUT DOOLAN CANYON CONSTITUENTS THAT WOULD COME TO US AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU OUGHT TO OPEN A TRAIL THERE AND IT WOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT TO OPEN A TRAIL THERE.

AND I'VE SORT OF ADOPTED THAT APPROACH TO SOMETHING THAT IS OF DISTRICT WIDE IMPERATIVE.

AND THE IMPERATIVE IS TO MAINTAIN THE DISTRICT'S POPULARITY, HISTORIC POPULARITY THAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS ENJOYED AND IS AT RISK IN THAT WARD, FROM MY JUDGMENT, AND WHAT I'M TOLD BY MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO WATCH THAT WORD CAREFULLY.

NOT TO MENTION OUR WARD DIRECTOR WHO WATCHES THAT WORD CAREFULLY.

SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE ON MY LIST IN TERMS OF I WOULD LIKE TO BUDGET FOR OPENING PUBLIC ACCESS TO DOOLAN CANYON RIGHT NOW. THE OTHER IS THE CONTINUED SPEAKING OF CONSTITUENTS, THE CONTINUED QUESTIONING I GET ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO MONACO'S WELLNESS WALKS, THE CULTURAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS. WE I'M NOT GOING TO DISCUSS IT AT LENGTH. WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

WHAT WAS IT AT THE LAST WORKSHOP? AND STRESSED THAT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CONTINUE TO GET THAT QUESTION, AND WE HAVE STAFF FILLING THAT ROLE. I'M NOW TOLD BUT WE APPARENTLY HAVE YET TO REINTRODUCED THAT SPECIFIC PROGRAM THAT WE WERE DOING THAT WE ALL PARTICIPATED IN.

AND REALLY ENJOYED THE ETHNIC CULTURAL FOCUS AND OUTREACH.

THOSE PROGRAMS THAT MONA WAS PURSUING ACCOMPLISHED WARD SEVEN PRIORITIES.

AGAIN, I SOUGHT TO CREATE A LIST WHERE I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT THE PARK DISTRICT IS FOCUSED ON ANY OF THESE WITH SOME VARYING DEGREES OF ATTENTION. THE CONTRA COSTA FAMILY CAMPING ISSUE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 20 PLUS YEARS, SINCE THE DISTRICT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON 25 YEARS AGO, DID A STUDY OF POTENTIAL CAMPGROUNDS IN CONTRA COSTA. THE GENESIS BEING, WE OPERATED AT THE TIME FOR SIGNIFICANT FAMILY CAMP OPERATIONS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, AND NONE IN CONTRA COSTA PORT COSTA BRICKYARD WAS IDENTIFIED.

JERSEY ISLAND WAS IDENTIFIED PRINCIPALLY BECAUSE BOTH ARE ON THE WATER AND DIDN'T SUFFER FROM SEVERE HEAT IN THE SUMMERS AT LEAST COMPARED TO INLAND AREAS OF EASTERN CONTRA COSTA OR CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA.

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IT WAS IDENTIFIED IN A STUDY IN 2008 ACTUALLY 2009 AND 2008, IT WAS INCLUDED AS A SITE FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER MEASURE WW. THERE'S IN OUR MEASURE WW PAMPHLET, THERE'S A BIG STAR ON JERSEY ISLAND AND IDENTIFICATION OF IT AS A LOCATION FOR FUTURE CAMPING. IT'S PROMINENTLY FEATURED IN OUR DELTA ATLAS, WHICH WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2019. AND SO ON. SO JERSEY ISLAND HAS LONG BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL SITE FOR CAMPING OPPORTUNITIES.

AND WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS THE OWNER OF THE ISLAND, IRONHORSE SANITARY HAS PRETTY MUCH ABANDONED ITS VERY STRANGE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT IT HAD UNDERTAKEN AND CONTRACTED WITH JIM LEVINE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS TO PURSUE ITS PRETTY MUCH NOW ABANDONED THE THE NEW GENERAL MANAGER THERE IS BASICALLY PUT A FOR SALE SIGN ON THE ISLAND AND AND BECAUSE OF PROP FOUR, THE DELTA CONSERVANCY.

AND I'VE SPOKEN TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT LENGTH A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, ACTUALLY, AT THE DELTA CONSERVANCY, THEY ARE NOW FOCUSED ON PUTTING TOGETHER A COALITION THAT INCLUDES THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD FUNDING PROP FOUR MONEY.

THE THE SMALL WATER DISTRICT IN OAKLEY IS INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF AN ACQUISITION OF THAT ISLAND.

IRONHORSE IS ACTIVELY IN NEGOTIATION WITH THESE PARTIES, AND I AM TOLD THAT PERHAPS BY THIS FALL, WITH THE DELTA CONSERVANCY IN THE LEAD THERE THERE COULD BE A TRANSACTION THERE WHERE JERSEY ISLAND BECOMES OWNED BY ONE OF THESE PARTIES AND IT SHOULD BE OWNED, ACTUALLY BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN ONE OF ITS MANIFESTATIONS.

BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE OF LEVEE MAINTENANCE AND THE KEY ROLE THAT ISLAND PLAYS IN THE DELTA ECOSYSTEM THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED. ANYWAY, SO THAT, TO ME, SHOULD BE ON A FRONT BURNER.

IT'S NOT ON ANY BURNER. IT JUST SIMPLY HASN'T BEEN BECAUSE THE OWNER OF THAT ISLAND HAS BEEN EMBARKING ON A VERY WEIRD CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT THAT WITH A DEVELOPER THAT WAS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND THEY'VE, I GUESS, JUST NOW FIGURED THAT OUT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE TO, TO GET THAT ON THE FRONT BURNER.

NOT THAT OUR PLANNERS HAVE A LOT GOING ON THESE DAYS.

BUT I KNOW WHAT THAT'S UP AGAINST. GIVEN HOW HOW BUSY OUR PLANNERS REALLY ARE.

THE RODEO COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHERE I'M NO LONGER SUBTLE ABOUT PROPERTY INTERESTS, BECAUSE IT'S VERY MUCH A COMMUNITY ISSUE IN RODEO. THERE IS A PETITION BEING CIRCULATED IN RODEO.

THE RODEO CITIZENS ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN SOLICITING LETTERS.

WE'VE BEEN GETTING LETTERS. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SHARE THEM WITH THE BOARD OF FOLKS THERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BLIGHTED PARCEL THAT IS BASICALLY LOCATED IN LONE TREE POINT PARK CLEANED UP AND INCORPORATED INTO THE PARK WHEN POSSIBLE. AND I, WE ALL KNOW FROM CLOSED SESSION THAT THERE ARE ISSUES THERE AND IT TO ME.

I THINK SEVERAL YEARS AGO I TOLD THE GENERAL MANAGER, IF CORNERED, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING I REALLY HOPE WE COULD DO THAT ISN'T WAY OUT THERE.

I ACQUISITION. ISN'T A MAJOR ISSUE FOR US OTHER THAN THE LEGAL ISSUES INVOLVED.

THE CLEANUP IS A MAJOR ISSUE, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE IS FUNDING OUT THERE FOR THAT.

SO IT'S IT'S IT'S A VERY DOABLE PROJECT TO THAT, THAT ACQUISITION THE

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THE POINT OF ALL THE MONEY THAT THIS BOARD PUT INTO THE STAIRS PROJECT AND THE COAL MINE EXPERIENCE, WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE THIS ONE MINE EXPERIENCE THAT INVOLVED THE UPPER MINE AND THE LOWER MINE.

AND BECAUSE OF THE TIMBER PROBLEM, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

WE HAVE WE HAVE A MINE TOUR THAT GOES PARTIALLY INTO THE HAZEL-ATLAS.

MINE TURNS AROUND AND COMES BACK. WE ARE NOT USING THE THE THE SIX STORY STAIR STAIRS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT MOUNTAIN THAT WE SPENT 4 OR $5 MILLION ON THE COAL MINE EXPERIENCE, WHICH WE SPENT ANOTHER 4 MILLION ON.

IT HAS ITS OWN TOUR THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE HAZEL ATLAS MINE ANYMORE.

IN IN IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE NOT GETTING THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WAS PUT INTO THE INTERIOR OF THAT MOUNTAIN.

AND WE REALLY NEED TO DO THAT PROJECT AGAIN. I PLACED THIS IN THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING DOABLE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ISN'T OUTSIDE THE REALM OF OPERATING BUDGET COSTS.

SO I'VE CHOSEN TO PURSUE IT. IT HAS. THE ENGINEERING WAS IN OUR BUDGET LAST YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT NOW, ALTHOUGH IN THIS REPORT, IT WE'RE EXPLORING WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST AT THIS POINT. THE SHADE STRUCTURE AT THE BIG BREAK AMPHITHEATER HASN'T BEEN BUDGETED.

AGAIN, TO ME, THIS IS OPERATIONAL. THIS IS I OUT AT THAT PARK ALL THE TIME AND I LOOK AT THE AMPHITHEATER.

AND WHY CAN'T THIS GREAT BIG PARK DISTRICT REPLACE A SHADE STRUCTURE JUST LIKE THAT? AND THAT BOGGLES MY MIND. IT IS SO INTEGRAL TO WHAT THE NATURALISTS DO AT BIG BREAK WITH THEIR 25,000 PLUS KIDS THAT COME THROUGH THAT PARK ANNUALLY.

YOU NEED SHADE DURING THE SUMMER TO DO THIS PROGRAMING THAT THAT PROGRAMING THAT THEY DO OUT THERE.

AND FOR YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S NOT BEING DONE.

LASTLY, I HAVE ON THIS LIST INCORPORATE INTO THE SECOND CENTURY PLAN.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING I ALSO TRIED TO VEER AWAY FROM ISSUES THAT I KNEW WOULD BE CENTRAL TO WHAT I WILL BE ADVOCATING FOR IN THE SECOND CENTURY PLAN.

BUT THIS ONE IS A BIT ESOTERIC, AND IT IS THAT UNIQUELY TO EAST CONTRA COSTA, THE PARK DISTRICT DOES NOT RECEIVE PROPERTY TAXES.

EAST CONTRA COSTA DOES PAY PROPERTY TAX ASSESSED UNDER MEASURE WW, BUT WHEN THAT LIBERTY UNION HIGH SCHOOL JURISDICTION, WHICH IS PRINCIPALLY BRENTWOOD AND OAKLEY, WERE ANNEXED INTO THE PARK DISTRICT, IT WAS POST PROP 13 AND THEREFORE DID NOT COME WITH PROPERTY TAXES.

AND TO GAIN PROPERTY TAX OR PARCEL TAX, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ELECTION.

AND THIS COMBINED WITH THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE THERE ARE PUBLIC LANDS IN EAST CONTRA COSTA, DUTCH SLOUGH, JERSEY ISLAND, THE MARSH CREEK STATE HISTORIC PARK.

IT'S CLOSE TO 10,000 ACRES THAT ARE PUBLICLY OWNED.

JERSEY ISLAND SEEMS TO BE COMING AROUND TO POTENTIAL PUBLIC ACCESS.

IF THE DELTA CONSERVANCY IS SUCCESSFUL DUTCH SLOUGH, WE ARE WE BEING OUR PLANNERS ARE AT LEAST EXPLORING THE DUTCH SLOUGH PROJECT. IT'S LISTED IN THIS UPDATE THAT AMANDA DID AS WE ARE STUDYING OPERATING TRAILS WITHIN THE DUTCH SLOUGH PROJECT, WE ARE COMMITTED TO OPERATING THE EXTENSION TO THE RIVER

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AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD, STATE PARKS HAS PERIODICALLY.

EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE PARK DISTRICT OPERATING THAT PARK.

AND I WAS TRAINED BY THE FORMER GENERAL MANAGER TO ALWAYS RESPOND WITH A POSITIVE. YES, BUT THERE IS OVERHEAD ASSOCIATED WITH THAT GIVEN THAT WE DON'T GET PROPERTY TAXES OUT OF BRENTWOOD.

SO I HAVE THIS VISION THAT I'VE SHARED WITH OUR PLANNERS AND THE GENERAL MANAGER AND SOME OF YOU OF.

SOMEDAY, IF WE DON'T DO THIS ON A TWO COUNTY LEVEL, THAT WE GO TO EAST CONTRA COSTA AND SAY TO THOSE FOLKS, YOU, YOU DON'T PAY THE SAME PROPERTY TAXES THAT OTHERS WITHIN THE TWO COUNTIES PAY.

THERE'S ALL SORTS OF PUBLIC LAND OUT THERE BEYOND THAT WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY COMMITTED TO, WHICH IS DEER VALLEY. ESSENTIALLY, WE ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING AND OPENING IN PHASES, BUT THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER PUBLIC LANDS THAT WE ARE WELL SITUATED TO HAVE A ROLE IN OPERATING THAT WE DON'T OWN.

AND CAN WE SOMEDAY GO TO THAT COMMUNITY AND SAY, YOU KNOW, IF WE DERIVE PROPERTY TAXES FROM EAST CONTRA COSTA, THAT OTHERS THAT THAT THE PARK DISTRICT ENJOYS FROM OTHER REGIONS OF THE TWO COUNTIES, MAYBE WE CAN HELP BY OPENING MORE PUBLIC LAND.

SO IT'S THIS UNIQUE VISION THAT INVOLVES GOING TO VOTERS OUT THERE FOR TAX REVENUES, AS WELL AS THE UNIQUE EXISTENCE OF ALL THIS PUBLIC LAND OUT THERE THAT IS NOT BEING AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC ACCESS, THAT WE COULD PLAY A ROLE IN PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS.

SO THAT'S THIS LAST ONE. IT'S A VERY UNIQUE WARD SEVEN EAST CONTRA COSTA TYPE OF VISION THAT I PUT HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO SHOW UP ANYWHERE ELSE.

AND AGAIN, OUR PLANNERS ARE BUSY, AND THAT'S MORE OF A SECOND CENTURY PLAN ISSUE, I THINK.

BUT I WANTED TO GET IT HERE BECAUSE IT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE BACK OF MY MIND.

AND I WANT TO GET IT. NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THIS SECOND CENTURY PLAN INTO THE FOREGROUND OF MY MIND AND THE ORGANIZATIONS.

SO THAT COVERS MY LIST. I PROBABLY TALKED MORE THAN I INTENDED TO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JUST A COMMENT. YOU MAY BE MOTIVATED TO MENTION THINGS SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GO ON RECORD IN A PUBLIC MEETING, THAT YOU SUPPORT THEM. I MEAN, I'VE GOT SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALREADY ON THE LIST, BUT I WANT I WANT IT. I JUST WANT TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THESE THINGS.

AND SO YOU CAN ALSO COMMENT, I MEAN, I PLAN TO COMMENT ON THINGS THAT OTHERS HAVE COMMENTED ON, JUST TO ADD ANOTHER PERSON THAT ANOTHER DIRECTOR THAT'S INTERESTED IN THAT.

YOU KNOW, I'VE FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR ACCELERATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIKE ONLY TRAILS, RIGHT. WE'VE SUCCEEDED IN DOING THAT AT CROCKETT HILLS AND BRIONES NOW AND THE SIERRA CLUB BEFORE THE RECENT CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP ACTUALLY SUPPORTED THE CONCEPT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST DIDN'T INCLUDE IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT'S JUST IT'S A CONSTANT.

IT'S BEEN IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE PLAN. AND THE SAME AS I MENTIONED, FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION EMPHASIS. I CONTINUE TO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT ALL OF US DO, BUT IT'S NOW INGRAINED IN WHAT WE DO.

AND I DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED TO PUT IT BACK IN HERE JUST TO HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, IN IN MY PRIORITY LIST.

YOU WANT TO GO NEXT? YOU WANT TO GO NEXT? IT JUST LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE ABOUT TO GO NEXT.

I THINK I CAN I MEAN, I'M GOOD WITH IT. SO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT. OLIVIA. I AM, BECAUSE I'M. I'M GOOD TO GO.

I WAS GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON A LOT OF WHAT COLIN WAS SAYING. OKAY.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO DO IT, BUT DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT IN REGARDS TO WHAT COLIN WAS SAYING? NO, I WAS WANTING TO GO AFTER YOU THEN BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT THAT HE WAS SAYING THAT I THINK ACTUALLY, I ALSO WANT TO SHARE WHILE IT'S FRESH. WHILE IT'S FRESH.

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THE DELTA IS REALLY THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO WARD FIVE.

YOU KNOW, MANY OF US IN WARD FIVE CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, DEL VALLE TO BE THE FIRST STOP OF THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT STATE WATER PROJECT SYSTEM IN TERMS OF WATER BEING MOVED FROM THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN RIVER DELTA TO THE REST OF THE STATE.

CERTAINLY THAT WATER DOES GET STORED AT LAKE DEL VALLE.

AND YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DOES THE ZONE SEVEN SERVICE AREA OF DUBLIN, PLEASANTON, LIVERMORE AND SAN RAMON RELY ON THAT WATER, BUT IT ALSO TRAVELS VIA THE SOUTH BAY AQUEDUCT TO ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT, WHICH IS FREMONT, UNION CITY, AND NEWARK. SO THAT IS ANOTHER PART OF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND PART OF WARD FIVE AND WARD THREE THAT DEPENDS ON WATER IN THE DELTA.

AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PARK LIKE BIG BREAK AND THE SHADE STRUCTURE, I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WARD FIVE WITH THE VESTED INTEREST IN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DELTA REGION, WOULD ALSO SUPPORT ALSO KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW I GUESS MOST OF THE WATER FROM THE DELTA IS GOING TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA.

AND I DO KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, METROPOLITAN WATER COMMISSION, WHICH REALLY MANAGES, YOU KNOW, BRINGING WATER FROM THE DELTA REGION TO LOS ANGELES, ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO, THEY REGULARLY ROTATE THEIR DIRECTORS.

THEY HAVE A PRETTY LARGE COMMISSION, AND THEY REGULARLY ROTATE DIRECTORS TO VISIT THE DELTA REGION, INCLUDING BIG BREAK VISITOR CENTER. AND WE REGULARLY HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HOSTS THESE GROUPS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

AND I THINK THAT THE SHADE STRUCTURE IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING YOU KNOW, IN ANTIOCH AND NEAR BIG BREAK. BUT IT'S ALSO REALLY VITAL TO THE REST OF THE STATE.

AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN RIVER DELTA REGION AND THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT SHADE STRUCTURE STRUCTURE CAN EVEN HELP WHEN WE HAVE OUR VISITORS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, OR WHEN WE HAVE VISITORS FROM THE WATER DISTRICTS IN WARD FIVE OR ANYONE YOU KNOW, IN WARD FIVE THAT WANTS TO SEE WHERE THEIR WATER COMES FROM.

IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT SHADE STRUCTURE AVAILABLE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR SOMEONE LIVING IN FREMONT TO BE ABLE TO VISIT THE DELTA AND KNOW THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING WATER FROM THAT AREA AND GET TO SEE THAT MESSAGE THROUGH OUR BIG BREAK VISITOR CENTER.

SO AND THEN I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS IN THE DELTA REGION, IT JUST PROVIDES MORE ACCESS TO UNDERSTANDING THIS, THIS ECOSYSTEM.

AND SO I DON'T THINK THIS IS JUST A WARD SEVEN THING.

AND IF ANYTHING, I THINK IF THERE'S ONE MESSAGE I WANT TO DRIVE HOME TO YOU, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT WARD VERSUS WARD.

YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE ALL ONE PARK DISTRICT AS WELL.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO ADVOCATE, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL PROBABLY MORE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER THAN NOT.

AS I USE THIS EXAMPLE OF YOU KNOW, THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA REGION.

SO THAT'S ONE REASON I WANT TO GO AFTER DIRECTOR COFFEY JUST TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THAT REGION THAT HE, WAS DESCRIBING.

AND THEN I KNOW HE OPENED WITH A TOP PRIORITY OF DOOLAN CANYON.

CERTAINLY THIS WAS SOMETHING I WAS GOING TO BRING UP, AND I KNOW I HAD IT IN MY PERSONAL NOTES FOR LAST YEAR, 2024, AND I'M PRETTY SURE ALSO IN 2023. SO ONE THING WITH THIS YOU KNOW, THIS TABLE THAT WE HAVE, I DIDN'T SEE IT LISTED HERE, BUT IT COULD MAYBE I NEED TO DO A SEARCH JUST TO SEE WHERE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP, BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO ORGANIZE THIS INFORMATION, POTENTIALLY, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF THIS, BECAUSE I'LL JUST SHARE REAL QUICK THE NOTES THAT I HAVE FROM LAST YEAR.

ABOUT DOOLAN CANYON SPECIFICALLY. SO I'D DONE LAST YEAR WHEN I PREPARED THIS, I HAD DONE I DIVIDED UP DISTRICT WIDE AND THEN WARD SPECIFIC, AND I DID MENTION DOOLAN CANYON, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUST A QUICK, BRIEF MENTION OF IT.

BUT I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I WANT TO GO ON RECORD BECAUSE YOU KNOW,

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AND I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY SINCE SINCE TAKING THIS SEAT IN JANUARY OF 2023.

AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CONVEY.

AND SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO SHARE SOME I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I HAVE A FEELING THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF OPENING DUELING CANYON. AND I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS.

I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. I THINK THAT WHEN I BROUGHT THIS UP INTERNALLY, THE PUSHBACK I'VE RECEIVED IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT TO OPEN UP PARKS.

YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT A STAGING AREA AND DOOLAN CANYON.

AND MY PERSPECTIVE IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TAKE THESE OPENINGS AND PHASES.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE EVERY PARK HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF OPENING.

WE CAN HAVE A PHASE ONE OPENING, AND IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BASIC IN TERMS OF MAYBE NOT HAVING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE USING PIT TOILETS INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, BUILDING A RESTROOM OR YOU KNOW, BEING CREATIVE IN TERMS OF DRINKING WATER OPTIONS. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A FANCY STAGING AREA.

WE CAN ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT, IF WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU KNOW, TOO MANY PEOPLE GOING AT ONCE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ONLY OPEN IT OPEN IN A PHASE ONE OPENING FOR CERTAIN WEEKENDS OR CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT CREATIVE THINGS WE CAN DO, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT OUR LAND BANK PROPERTIES AND HOW WE GIVE ACCESS PRETTY QUICKLY. AND I KNOW I FEEL LIKE AT LEAST THE TIMES THAT I BROUGHT UP DUELING CANYON, I GET A LOT OF COMPARISONS TO POINT MELODY AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE TO OPEN PARKS.

I DON'T THINK THAT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S ANY COMPARISON BETWEEN DUELING CANYON AND POINT MELODY.

I MEAN, WE ALREADY OWN THE DUELING CANYON LAND.

I BELIEVE WE COULD DO A PHASE ONE OPENING WITH A PRETTY YOU KNOW, MINIMAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF FENCING AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME OTHER ITEMS. AND I'LL SHARE, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS, I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PARK DISTRICT FOR MANY FOR DECADES.

REACH OUT TO ME TO TALK ABOUT DOOLAN CANYON. AND I EVEN GOT A RANGE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO A PHASE ONE OPENING SOMEWHERE IN THE 200 TO $300,000 CAPITAL INVESTMENT RANGE, WITH ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES SIMILAR TO DUBLIN HILLS OR BRUSHY PEAK, WHICH IN 2025 THAT RANGE IS FROM 41,000 TO 172,000.

AND I THINK THIS IS NOT EVEN IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING IN REGARDS TO POINT MELODY.

SO I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE PUTTING ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, PARK DISTRICT OPENINGS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN THE SAME BUCKET.

I THINK WE CAN DO DIFFERENT THINGS WITH DIFFERENT PARKS IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, OPENING UP DOOLIN CANYON CAN BENEFIT US RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE NUMBERS THAT I GOT FROM SOMEONE VERY WHO'S BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THIS PARK DISTRICT FOR DECADES.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD WE SHOULD CONSIDER, AND I THINK THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO START TAKING AN APPROACH WHERE WE DON'T BUCKET EVERYTHING TOGETHER, WHERE WE START TO START TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT COSTS, BECAUSE RATHER THAN JUST SAYING, NO, WE CAN'T OPEN PARKS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE TOO EXPENSIVE.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THESE AMOUNTS THAT I RECEIVED, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A FAIR YOU KNOW, PUSHBACK. AND I THINK THAT YOU MIGHT ALSO PROBABLY IF WE TOOK A STRAW POLL RIGHT NOW AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TAKE A STRAW POLL RIGHT NOW.

I'LL LEAVE THAT TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL TO LET ME KNOW.

BUT I THINK OTHER DIRECTORS MAY ALSO BE MENTIONING DOOLAN CANYON TODAY.

SO BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD THAT I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING THIS SINCE I STARTED IN THIS, IN THIS ROLE, AND IT MAY NOT BE REFLECTED IN THE NOTES FOR TODAY, BUT I HAVE A FEELING I CAN GO BACK TO MY RECORDS AND FIND IT.

AND AND WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER EXAMPLE I'LL SHARE WITH DOOLAN CANYON.

I MEAN, EVEN IF WE DON'T WANT TO OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS, I THINK WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF SCHEDULED EITHER NATURALIST LED TOURS OR A VOLUNTEER LED TOURS THAT STILL OPENS UP

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SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT NOW IN MAY 2025, THIS MIGHT BE HAPPENING, BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS COULD HAVE ALSO HAPPENED SOONER.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT GOT LOST IN THAT, YOU KNOW, TWO AND A HALF YEAR PROCESS, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING THIS THIS MONTH. AND SO WITH THAT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT THAT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS. I THINK IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW AND TO BE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING.

AND AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE RECONCILE THIS YOU KNOW, I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAYS TO ME. AND I KNOW I TRY TO SHARE THAT HERE.

AND I GUESS IT JUST FEELS LIKE OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, WHEN I SHARE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, IT'S NOT REALLY TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION OR I'M TOLD THAT I'M EXAGGERATING.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S BEING VERY RESPONSIVE.

WE ARE A PUBLIC AGENCY, AND WE SHOULD BE LISTENING TO ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I DO FEEL A DEEP SENSE OF SHAME AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING, AND I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.

NOT BECAUSE I CAUSED IT, BUT BECAUSE I DO REPRESENT A COMMUNITY THAT FEELS PROFOUNDLY UNHEARD HERE AT PERALTA OAKS.

AND I'LL JUST SHARE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST MONTH, I'VE HEARD FROM A FORMER PARKS AND REC COMMISSIONER IN PLEASANTON WHO'S SOMEONE WHO'S HIGHLY REGARDED AS A THOUGHTFUL, KNOWLEDGEABLE LEADER WHO TOLD ME BLUNTLY THAT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IS A BUNCH OF LIARS.

AND THIS FRUSTRATION CENTERS ON GARMS, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT.

BUT IT'S A IT'S A PROJECT THAT WE'VE PROMISED, AND WE FAILED TO DELIVER ON THAT PROMISE.

AND THEN IN REGARDS TO WHAT I HEARD IN THE PAST MONTH FROM A BOARD MEMBER AT LARPD THE COMMENT WAS, YOU KNOW, EAST BAY, EAST BAY'S DISTRICT'S BUDGET DOES NOT ALLOCATE ANY MONEY TO BUILD TRAILS IN THE LARPD SERVICE AREA OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THIS SHOULD BE OF GREAT CONCERN TO YOU AS OUR REP.

AND THEN THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMENTARY ABOUT HOW I HAVE NOT ADVOCATED FOR ANY OF THIS, EVEN THOUGH I THINK IF I GO BACK TO THE RECORDS, EVEN WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE BUDGET, I KNOW I ADVOCATED FOR THIS. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A DISCONNECT AND WE NEED TO WE NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE LOSING PUBLIC TRUST. AND AS A PUBLIC AGENCY, WE SHOULD BE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE THINKING LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S OLIVIA WHO'S CREATING THESE PROBLEMS. IT'S HER FAULT. WE CAN JUST POINT FINGERS AT HER AND BLAME HER.

BUT WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE OKAY HERE AT PERALTA OAKS, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THESE ISSUES IN YOU KNOW, LIVERMORE, DUBLIN AND PLEASANTON. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT YOU KNOW, WITH THAT NOTE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF TRAIL CONNECTIONS, THE OTHER ONE I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND I KNOW I HAD THIS LAST YEAR, TOO, WHEN I LOOK AT MY NOTES FROM LAST YEAR, IS THE IS THE BRUSHY PEAK TO LOS VAQUEROS TRAIL CONNECTION.

AND I NOTICED IN OUR NOTES IT'S MENTIONED IN REGARDS TO MONITORING THE LOS VAQUEROS EXPANSION, WHICH I THINK WE ALL KNOW IS NOW NO LONGER HAPPENING.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULDN'T LOSE THE POSSIBILITY FOR THIS BRUSHY PEAK TO LOS VAQUEROS CONNECTION.

AND I BELIEVE THAT EVEN A $50,000 ALLOCATION TO STUDY AND LAUNCH THIS EFFORT COULD GO A LONG WAY TO SHOW THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY PRIORITIZING MAKING THIS CONNECTION.

WE SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY, YOU KNOW, 200 TO 300FT BETWEEN THE END OF THE LOS VAQUEROS RESERVOIR WATERSHED LAND AND BRUSHY PEAK. AND IN THAT AREA RIGHT NEAR THERE IS THE VASCO LANDFILL.

AND I BELIEVE ACTUALLY, MAYBE THAT GAP COULD BE SOME OF THE BUFFER AREA OF THE VASCO LANDFILL.

AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, A SMALL ALLOCATION TO STUDY THIS POSSIBILITY COULD GO A LONG WAY.

AND, AND I KNOW WHEN I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE, THERE HAD BEEN SOME PUSHBACK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO CROSS VASCO ROAD. SO SO CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT, WHICH MANAGES LOS VAQUEROS WATERSHED, ACTUALLY OWNS PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED IN ALAMEDA COUNTY.

THEY ALREADY HAVE THE TRAIL GOING UNDER VASCO ROAD, SO THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY AN ISSUE HERE.

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THE OTHER THING ABOUT LOS VAQUEROS IS THAT THEY DON'T ALLOW, I BELIEVE THEY DON'T ALLOW HORSES OR BIKES ON THEIR TRAILS.

SO TO THINK ABOUT THIS CONNECTION FROM BRUSHY PEAK TO LOS VAQUEROS, IT REALLY WOULD JUST BE FOR HIKERS AND WALKERS.

I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD THE CONNECTION FOR EQUESTRIAN OR MOUNTAIN BIKERS, SINCE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED ON THE CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT LAND.

AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, A NOMINAL ALLOCATION TO STUDY AND LAUNCH THIS EFFORT AND SHOWING THAT WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THIS CONNECTION COULD GO A REALLY LONG WAY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE VIEW BRUSHY PEAK AS A VERY CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PARK IN TERMS OF HOW WE BUILD TRAILS THERE, BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PARK TO MANY OF THE TRIBES IN THE BAY AREA, THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES IN THE BAY AREA, AS WELL AS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD FOUND EVIDENCE OF SOME SOME OF THE TRIBES AS FAR NORTH AS THE SACRAMENTO AREA.

REALLY, YOU KNOW, COMING TO BRUSHY PEAK AND AND VALUING IT.

AND AND I'LL SHARE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY OF MEMBERS OF YOU KNOW, THE OHLONE WHO LIVE IN THE PLEASANTON AREA WHO ARE VERY INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH US.

AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO WORK WITH THIS GROUP.

YOU KNOW, THEIR MAIN GOAL IS REALLY TO, TO BRING LIGHT TO, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR STORIES AND THEIR CULTURE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME I WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO OUR INTERPRETIVE PANELS AND WE DON'T EVEN MENTION HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE.

SO WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS POTENTIAL TRAIL CONNECTION, YOU KNOW, BEING DIFFICULT TO DO BETWEEN BRUSHY PEAK AND LOS VAQUEROS BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF THE AREA, WE ALSO DON'T HAVE INTERPRETIVE PANELS TO TALK ABOUT WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO YOU KNOW, NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY. AND SO THAT THAT COULD BE MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDER TO DO TO TO HELP, YOU KNOW, BRING SOME SHARED BUY IN FOR THIS CONNECTION.

OR THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS FIGURE OUT THE VASCULAR LANDFILL BUFFER I HAVE.

I HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT THE VASCO LANDFILL BUFFER, IT MIGHT STILL, TO BE FAIR, CULTURALLY SENSITIVE, BUT IT'S ALSO A LANDFILL. AND SO THERE COULD BE SOME POTENTIAL THERE AS WELL.

AND SO THIS IS WHAT I WOULD HOPE THAT IF, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL $50,000 ALLOCATION COULD DO TO TO TO STUDY THIS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I SEE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF AGENDA ITEMS COMING FORWARD TO US AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS AND THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND BETWEEN DUAL AND CANYON AND BRUSHY PEAK.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M LOOKING FOR A CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO END UP IN THE 200 TO $300,000 RANGE, ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES SOMEWHERE IN THE 41,000 TO 172,000 RANGE.

AND AN INITIAL ALLOCATION OF $50,000 TO REALLY LAUNCH THE EFFORT TO STUDY THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN BRUSHY PEAK AND LOS VAQUEROS.

AND I THINK THAT THAT COULD REALLY GO A LONG WAY IN THE LIVERMORE COMMUNITY.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO KEEP ON GOING ON ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OR IF OTHERS WANT TO WEIGH IN. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SOMETIMES IT'S HELPFUL TO KEEP GOING IF YOU WANT. YEAH. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN COME BACK LATER, TOO.

OF COURSE. OF COURSE. SO I I'LL JUST SHARE WITH WITH WITH GARMS. IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR. IT'S INTERESTING WHEN I LOOK AT MY NOTES FROM A YEAR AGO IN 2024.

SO. SO GARMS IS ANOTHER LAND BANK PROPERTY. IT'S LOCATED AT WEST LAS POSITAS AND FOOTHILL ROAD IN PLEASANTON.

IT AS A LAND BANK PROPERTY. WE ALREADY OWN IT HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

WHEN WE OPENED CASTLE RIDGE IN 2015, 2016, WE SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CITY OF PLEASANTON THAT CASTLE RIDGE WOULD OPEN WITH THE AGREEMENT THAT GALM STAGING AREA WOULD OPEN IN 2020.

AND THAT HASN'T HAPPENED. IT ALSO WAS NOT IN OUR 2025 BUDGET AS A PROJECT TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO.

I THINK WE ALL RECEIVED A HISTORY OF THE DOCUMENTATION FROM CITY OF PLEASANTON AT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP IN MARCH.

THAT DOCUMENTS THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION FROM THE CITY OF PLEASANTON.

AND THE REASON WHY I THINK THIS AGREEMENT, THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WAS AGREED UPON BETWEEN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND CITY OF PLEASANTON IS BECAUSE AT THE PRESENT MOMENT, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT DOESN'T HAVE ANY SORT OF MANAGED ENTRY POINT WITHIN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON TO PLEASANTON RIDGE.

AND THAT'S BEEN A REALLY YOU KNOW, LONG TERM PRIORITY WITHIN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON FOR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT TO PROVIDE ACCESS WITHIN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON TO

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AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF COMMENTS OVER THE PAST MONTH INCLUDING FROM A PROMINENT COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO TOLD ME EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IS A BUNCH OF LIARS, AND I DON'T. IT'S NOT FUN TO HAVE TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE HERE ON THIS BOARD AND HEAR THIS FROM MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND I SHARE THAT BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE ALL COMMUNITY FEEDBACK INTO CONSIDERATION.

WE HAD A REALLY GREAT I'M REALLY PROUD TO REPORT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAW FROM LAST YEAR WAS THAT I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SCHEDULE A LIAISON MEETING WITH CITY OF PLEASANTON.

AND I'M REALLY, REALLY GLAD AND GRATEFUL AND HAPPY THAT WE FINALLY HAD THAT LIAISON MEETING LAST FRIDAY A WEEK AGO.

AND I THINK IT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SOME ALIGNMENT THAT MAYBE THE ORIGINAL PLANS FROM THAT 2012 LAND USE. SO IN 2012, WE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PRODUCED A PLEASANTON RIDGE LAND USE.

IT'S A, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 200 OR 300 PAGES DOCUMENT TO REALLY KIND OF HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, OVERARCHING VISION OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL PARK, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST PARKS AT 9066 OR APPROXIMATELY THAT AMOUNT OF ACRES.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOU KNOW, THIS COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT AND YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AREA AT GARMES. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO OPEN GARMES.

AND SO I THINK WHAT I FOUND TO BE A REALLY POSITIVE ASPECT OF THE LIAISON MEETING, WHICH I'M REALLY GLAD WE FINALLY HAD WITH CITY OF PLEASANTON, WAS THAT IT'S OKAY. YOU KNOW, I USE THE PHRASE VALUE ENGINEERING.

IT'S OKAY IF WE TAKE THE ORIGINAL PLANS WE HAD FOR GARMES AND APPLY SOME VALUE ENGINEERING.

AND I THINK THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER ABOUT DOOLAN CANYON.

I THINK THE KEY THING ABOUT GARMES IS THAT ACCESS TO PLEASANTON RIDGE, AND TO HAVE THAT ACCESS FROM EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN VALUE ENGINEER THE PLANS, IT COULD HELP BRING DOWN THE POTENTIAL CAPITAL COSTS TO, TO, TO, TO BUILD GARMES AND TO PROVIDE THAT ACCESS THERE IN THAT NORTHERN PORTION OF PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL PARK.

AND I THINK THAT I THINK ALLOCATING RESOURCES MAYBE TOWARDS THAT VALUE ENGINEERING EFFORT AND TO REALLY MAYBE SEE WHAT WE CAN DO THAT WILL BE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMUNITY CAN REALLY GO A LONG WAY.

AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS CONVERSATION CONTINUE.

AND THIS WORK ALSO CONTINUE ON THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT SIDE SO THAT IN A YEAR YOU KNOW, I WOULD EXPECT IN A YEAR THAT THERE'LL BE ANOTHER LIAISON MEETING WITH CITY OF PLEASANTON. WE CAN COME BACK WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME ESTIMATES OF THIS VALUE ENGINEERING EFFORTS AND THAT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TO REALLY THINK ABOUT GARMS FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.

AND SO YOU KNOW, I HAVE MY 20, 24 ITEMS IN FRONT OF ME.

SO I THINK I'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THOSE AGAIN.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED LAST YEAR WAS TO RECOGNIZE IRON HORSE TRAIL EXTENSION INTO LIVERMORE.

AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT WAY OF RECOGNIZING THE EXTENSION.

IT MIGHT BE MORE OF A DASHED LINE, BECAUSE IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE SOMETHING THAT'S OPERATED AND MANAGED BY EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, BUT I THINK WE CAN HAVE THIS ON OUR MAPS AND WE CAN RECOGNIZE THIS EXTENSION.

I KNOW THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THIS IS SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I WAS ON THE ZONE SEVEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHEN WE APPROVED AND PAID FOR AND OPENED THE ARROYO MOCHO TRAIL AT MURIETTA AND STANLEY BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF LIVERMORE.

AND THAT TRAIL IS OPERATED AND MANAGED BY THE CITY OF LIVERMORE.

AND IT'S CONSIDERED THE IRON HORSE TRAIL EXTENSION, LARGELY BY PEOPLE WHO BUY THE ZONE SEVEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE CITY OF LIVERMORE, WHO MANAGES THE TRAIL. AND I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT WE CHANGE HOW IT'S OPERATED OR MANAGED.

I I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE US START TO CONSIDER THAT AS PART OF OUR OWN EXTENSION.

MAYBE WE PUT A DASHED LINE ON OUR MAPS, AND THEN WE CAN NOW SAY THE IRON HORSE TRAIL DOES GO INTO LIVERMORE.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT THAT SHOULD COST VERY MUCH ON OUR END.

THE SECOND THING THAT I HAVE ON HERE IS ALTAMONT, AND THIS IS ALL FROM 2024.

IT'S ALL FROM LAST YEAR. AND I TRIED TO SEE WHERE IT WOULD FIT INTO THE DOCUMENT.

SO THE SECOND THING I HAVE IS ALTAMONT LANDFILL OPEN SPACE FUND, AND I KNOW I HAD MENTIONED THIS DURING OUR I BELIEVE IT'S OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP WHEN WE REVIEWED THE EASTERN CONTRA COSTA HABITAT WORK THAT WE DO AND HOW IT WOULD BE GREAT TO ALSO HAVE AN ITEM AND

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BECAUSE THERE IS MONEY IN THIS FUND. AND ULTIMATE LANDFILL IS ANOTHER LANDFILL LOCATED IN EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY.

IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THE SAME AS WASKO LANDFILL. SO WE HAVE TWO LANDFILLS, JUST TO BE CLEAR.

SO ALTAMONT LANDFILL OPEN SPACE FUND I BELIEVE IT'S SET UP.

I THINK IT'S 8020, OR IT COULD BE 7030, WHERE BASICALLY LIVERMORE AND EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY IS EITHER 70 OR 80% OF THE FUND, AND THEN 20 OR 30% OF THE FUND IS PLEASANTON, DUBLIN AND A PORTION OF HAYWARD.

SO THERE IS MONEY IN THIS FUND. IT'S BEEN USED IN THE PAST.

I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE JUST A QUICK REPORT ON HOW IT'S BEEN USED IN THE PAST.

I THINK A LOT OF THE 9000 ACRES THAT WE HAVE ON PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL PARK WAS ACQUIRED WITH MATCHING FUNDS FROM ALTAMONT LANDFILL OPEN SPACE FUND. AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION.

STATION. AND THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORTS RIGHT NOW IN ALONG THE 680 CORRIDOR.

I'LL SAY IN REGARDS TO THE DIABLO RANGE AND DIABLO RANGE PROTECTION AND YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE DIABLO RANGE AS YOU KNOW, AN UNNAMED OPEN SPACE FOR PROTECTION. AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORTS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN LIVERMORE AND EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY TO THINK ABOUT USING THE ALTAMONT LANDFILL OPEN SPACE TO, YOU KNOW, CONSERVE AND PRESERVE OPEN SPACE.

AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ENTER THAT CONVERSATION.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE'RE REALLY A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION AS STRONGLY AS WE CAN BE IN REGARDS TO THE DIABLO RANGE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, I JUST READING THROUGH MY NOTES FROM LAST YEAR, DEL VALLE THEN IS THE NEXT THING THAT I HAVE IN MY NOTES AND I WROTE ON HERE, I'M REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE KIOSK PILOT. AWESOME.

SO WE'RE NOW ON THE OTHER END OF THAT. AND I THINK THAT WE'RE HAVING SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE KIOSK.

AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, WE HAD THE FIVE YEAR EXTENSION OF THE LEASE AT DELVAL WITH A TWO YEAR OPTION BEYOND THAT.

SO THAT GETS US TO SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW, I THINK, OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 7 YEARS FOR DELVAL.

THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THE KIOSK CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WATER AGENCIES HAVE ALSO BEEN SHARING SOME THOUGHTS WITH US IN REGARDS TO YOU KNOW, DELVAL AND THE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THERE.

I THINK THAT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS US CONSIDER HAVING SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDER GROUP AND IT MIGHT BE MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.

BUT, BUT START TO REALLY COME UP WITH A WAY TO START HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DELVAL KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THIS FIVE YEAR PLUS TWO YEAR OPTIONAL EXTENSION.

BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THOUGHTS IN REGARDS TO DELVAL. YOU KNOW, I GUESS I'LL TALK ABOUT ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT AT THIS MOMENT.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REALLY EAGER TO SEE US MOVE A LOT OF OUR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AT DELVAL UP SO THAT THE WATER STORAGE CAPACITY AT DELVAL CAN INCREASE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO BE HAVING AS A BOARD.

AND AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE SERIOUS MONEY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT EFFORT.

AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS WORTH HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE KIOSK, COULD, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNIFICANT MONEY THAT ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT AND JUST AGAIN, TO REVIEW, THAT'S FREMONT, NEWARK AND UNION CITY WANTS TO CONTRIBUTE.

CAN WE USE SOME OF THAT TO HELP SOLVE SOME OF THE KIOSK ISSUES? I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND ABOUT IT AND OR A STUDY ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE IN THIS FIVE YEAR EXTENSION PERIOD ON DELVAL.

AND I THINK THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR THIS BECAUSE, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE LOS VAQUEROS EXPANSION PROJECT YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THAT'S NO LONGER HAPPENING, IT DOES THEN SHINE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A LIGHT, OR THERE'S MORE OF A MAGNIFYING GLASS NOW ON DELVAL.

AND SO I THINK WE CAN'T IGNORE THAT. AND I THINK SOME OTHERS MIGHT MENTION THIS, BUT I'LL MENTION IT NOW SINCE WE'RE IN THIS, SINCE I'M IN THIS AREA I THINK CEDAR MOUNTAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION IN REGARDS TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY LEADING THIS EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE THE DIABLO RANGE ABOUT CEDAR MOUNTAIN.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, AS A PARK DISTRICT AND AS A BOARD SHOULD AGENDIZE AND DISCUSS.

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SO IT WAS NICE TO RECEIVE THAT UPDATE. BUT I THINK I THINK THAT MENTIONING THIS, IT'S GOOD TO KEEP BOARD DIRECTORS IN THE LOOP, BECAUSE WE MIGHT BE HAVING DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, THEN WE MIGHT SAY SOMETHING INCORRECT. IT'S INTERESTING. THE NEXT THING I HAVE HERE ON MY NOTES FROM LAST YEAR IS THE LAPD FINANCIAL SITUATION.

ALTHOUGH IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WHEN I GO DOWN TO PLEASANTON RIDGE, I TALK ABOUT HOW THAT'S A PUBLIC RELATIONS CRISIS.

AND THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS WITHIN PLEASANTON. I DIDN'T MENTION THAT HERE.

FOR LAPD, I JUST MENTIONED THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION, AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION HAPPENING IN WARD FIVE.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE I HAVE HERE IN LIVERMORE SPECIFICALLY IS LIVERMORE AIRPORT AND OUR AIR SUPPORT UNIT.

I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO HAVE MORE OF A CONVERSATION AND TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS, YOU KNOW, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY EVENT AT LIVERMORE AIRPORT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR AIR SUPPORT UNIT? AND THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND HOPEFULLY HELP BUILD SOME POSITIVE GOODWILL IN THE LIVERMORE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN THE NEXT THINGS I HAVE ON HERE, I GUESS I GO TO FREMONT AND BACK IN 2024, COYOTE HILLS, WE'VE BEEN HEARING SOME THINGS ABOUT SOME OF THE PAVED TRAIL MAINTENANCE, AND WE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS ABOUT THAT.

SO IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

FOR MISSION PEAK YOU KNOW, OHLONE COLLEGE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PARTNER, ACTUALLY, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MISSION PEAK.

SO IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO WORK THROUGH OUR, OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO TO MAYBE SCHEDULE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETING WITH OHLONE COLLEGE.

I THINK ALSO AT MISSION PEAK AT THE STANFORD STAGING AREA.

WE MIGHT NEED TO REVISIT THE CONVERSATION OR I THINK NOT, MIGHT WE DO NEED TO VISIT THE CONVERSATION ABOUT RESTROOMS AND YOU KNOW, PUBLIC FACILITIES AT THE STANFORD STAGING AREA.

AND THEN I HAVE LISTED HERE THE THE NILES CANYON TRAIL THAT THAT EFFORT THAT'S HAPPENING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, ALAMEDA COUNTY, JUST TO CONTINUE TO STAY IN THE LOOP ON THAT AND KEEP BOARD DIRECTORS IN THE LOOP ON THAT, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT'S A PRETTY BIG INITIATIVE THAT DOES THAT DOES MENTION TYLER STAGING.

TYLER RANCH STAGING AREA IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT TRAIL.

SO I ALREADY MENTIONED PLEASANTON RIDGE AND GAMEZ.

I HAVE SHADOW CLIFFS ON HERE, AND I DID SEE THAT THAT WAS IN THE NOTES HERE AS WELL.

MORE ABOUT RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT SHADOW CLIFFS.

BUT THE OTHER POINTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE IS A RELIABLE LONG TERM WATER SUPPLY CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN AT SHADOW CLIFFS.

ON HERE I HAVE TRANSIT. SO I DID RECENTLY GO WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE ON OUR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT WEBSITE.

WE HAVE A TRANSIT SECTION. AND IN THE TRANSIT SECTION, WE ONLY FOCUS ON AC TRANSIT AS AN ENTITY THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TO OUR PARKS.

WE DON'T MENTION YOU KNOW, OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES.

SO WHERE SHADOW CLIFFS IS LOCATED, WE HAVE THE LIVERMORE, AMADOR VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY OR TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, WHICH IS OUR WHEELS, WHICH WE CALL WHEELS BUS.

AND I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, WE HAVE A PRETTY RAPID BUS STOP IN FRONT OF SHADOW CLIFFS WHERE EVERY 10 TO 20 EXCUSE ME, EVERY 15 TO 20 MINUTES, THERE IS A BUS THAT'S SCHEDULED TO STOP AND PICK UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF SHADOW CLIFFS, AND THAT BUS IS CONNECTED TO THE DUBLIN PLEASANTON BART STATION, AND IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT ON OUR WEBSITE. I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY THAT SHOULD BE A PRETTY EASY THING TO DO. BUT ALSO WHEN I WENT TO THE TRANSIT WEBSITE, WE DON'T MENTION THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.

YOU KNOW, THE IRON HORSE TRAIL IS GREAT BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY PASSES THROUGH TWO BART STATIONS AND PRETTY NEAR OTHER BART STATIONS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO HAVE A FUN, LIKE, BIKE RIDE FROM BART TO BART TO GO FROM, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE DUBLIN PLEASANTON STATION TO THE PLEASANT HILL STATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE BART INTO DUBLIN PLEASANTON AND TAKE BART OUT OF PLEASANT HILL STATION.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO TALK ABOUT TRANSIT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THE PARKS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON THESE TRANSIT CORRIDORS.

IN TERMS OF SHADOW CLIFFS PROGRAMING OPPORTUNITIES, I KNOW IN 2024.

ON THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, WE TALKED ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS AND HOW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THE IDEA OF FOOD TRUCKS A LITTLE BIT

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LIKE, IT'D BE GREAT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY EVENT, MAYBE WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME FOOD TRUCKS AND MAYBE WE COULD HAVE, LIKE, A FISHING COMPETITION OR, YOU KNOW, JUST TO TRY TO THINK ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS WE CAN DO. I THINK SHADOW CLIFFS IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY WELL-LOVED PROPERTY MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE WATER SLIDES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY LOCATED THERE.

BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT WE CAN DO NOW WITH SHADOW CLIFFS. THAT WOULD REALLY HELP I THINK BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND ALSO BUILD POSITIVE GOODWILL IN THE, YOU KNOW, LIVERMORE-PLEASANTON DUBLIN AREA, WHICH I THINK WE DO NEED.

AND THEN I THINK THAT'S IT. WITHIN WARD FIVE.

I DO HAVE SOME OVERALL ITEMS FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.

AND AGAIN, I'M JUST READING OFF MY NOTES FROM 2024.

I DO THINK THAT WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO I THINK WE ARE DOING SOME MAKING SOME PROGRESS ON THIS, BUT I THINK WE CAN STILL MAKE MORE PROGRESS ON THINKING ABOUT HOW WE ORGANIZE OUR BOARD MEETING AGENDAS, HOW THAT INFORMATION IS SHARED WITH THE BOARD, HOW WE CAN STRATEGICALLY YOU KNOW, PLAN IN REGARDS TO OUR BOARD MEETINGS AND OUR CALENDAR PROCESSES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF WEEKLY REPORT TO THE BOARD, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH HAPPENING ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT HAVE A ENCOUNTER WITH SOMEONE AND I DON'T I'M NOT AWARE OF AN ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON.

AND SO I THINK SOME, SOME WAY TO KEEP THE BOARD IS HELPFUL.

AND I THINK I JUST LOST MY MIC. SO I'LL END IT THERE.

NO, I THINK, I THINK, I THINK. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I THINK WE'VE, I COVERED EVERYTHING FROM AND AGAIN THIS IS ALL FROM LAST YEAR.

BUT I THINK I WILL JUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL THE THINGS THAT I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR IN 2024.

AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO REPEAT THIS FROM LAST YEAR, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF NOT ADVOCATING FOR WARD FIVE IN THE PAST MONTH, AND I JUST WANT TO BE ON RECORD THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2023.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. I BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL ANYBODY ONLINE OR IN PERSON WHO IS INTERESTED IN DOING THAT? YES. PRESIDENT MERCURIO, WE HAVE KELLY ABREU AND THERE ISN'T ANYONE ONLINE.

OKAY. SO JUST JUST IN PERSON. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS ON THE AGENDA OR ON THE OFF THE AGENDA.

BUT A LOT OF WHAT WE JUST HEARD IS VERY ACCURATE.

THE LIKE THERE ARE ALL THESE PROJECTS OUT THERE.

THE COYOTE HILLS IS JUST ONE, BUT THERE'S THE THE THAT PLEASANTON STAGING AREA, WHATEVER.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. AND AND THESE JUST JUST SIT THERE AND EVENTUALLY SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL, THESE GUYS DON'T DO ANYTHING AND THEY'RE AND THEY'RE A BUNCH OF LIARS.

SO THE THIS IS THE, IT'S, IT'S JUST AND THEN THERE ARE THE MENTION OF THE, THE AGENDAS AT THE OFFICIAL, AT THE REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS. SOME OF THEM HAVE NO ACTION ITEMS ON THEM.

ZERO. I SAW ONE A FEW A MONTH OR 2 OR 3 AGO. THERE WAS A BOARD AGENDA WITH WITH NO ACTION ITEM ON IT.

IT WAS A BUNCH OF CONSENT CALENDARS. SO THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S GOT TO BE TIME TO TALK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS.

IF IF THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING ON THE AGENDA, NOTHING ELSE AGENDA, THEN THERE'S A WHOLE LONG LIST.

AND THEN ALSO PEOPLE. AND I THINK DIRECTOR SANWONG UNDERSTANDS THE WATER SITUATION WELL, BUT I THINK PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE WATER SITUATION GOES AND IT'S EVERYBODY THINKS THAT EVERYTHING'S UNDER CONTROL. IN FACT, THEY'RE TOLD BY ALL THE AGENCIES THAT EVERYTHING'S UNDER CONTROL, EXCEPT WE WERE PROBABLY BOTH AT THE SAME MEETING WHEN THE ZONE SEVEN WATER AGENCY CAME UP WITH CONTINGENCY PLANS AND PUT OUT A SLIDE AND TOLD EVERYBODY, WE HAVE THREE SCENARIOS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A 15% CUT IN WATER SUPPLY, WHICH IS KIND OF NORMAL.

EVERYBODY WAS DOING THAT AT THAT MOMENT 40% OR 60%.

AND ONCE YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE 40 OR 60% NUMBERS, THAT'S LIKE THE END OF CIVILIZATION THERE.

AND I WAS I WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? THIS IS THE END OF CIVILIZATION. WHY AREN'T WE JUMPING UP AND DOWN, PULLING OUR HAIR OUT AND AND AND PUTTING OUR HAIR ON FIRE AND AND, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING OFF RESCUE FLARES OR SOMETHING? THIS IS YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE, MAYBE THEY WEREN'T REALLY SERIOUS, BUT AND EVERYTHING TURNED OUT ALL RIGHT IN THE END.

BUT THAT JUST COMES BACK TO THE WATER STORAGE AND THAT COMES BACK TO DEL VALLE AND COMES BACK TO EVERYBODY THINKS IT'S EASY TO DO WATER STORAGE, BUT THE LOS VAQUEROS PROVED THAT IT'S HARD TO DO WATER STORAGE.

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AND THE DEL VALLE IS LIKE THEY'RE THE ONLY THING THAT'S LEFT.

SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO TAKE DEL VALLE AND TURN IT INTO A GIANT WATER STORAGE OR MAKE IT EVEN MORE OF A WATER STORAGE YOU KNOW, WHEN IF YOUR ECONOMY IS IF YOUR CHOICE IS TO SHUT DOWN YOUR ECONOMY AND HAVE ALL THOSE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, RUN OUT OF WATER THEN THEY'LL THEY'LL GET VERY, VERY SERIOUS, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL COME BACK TO THAT AND THEY'LL REMEMBER THAT EVENTUALLY.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WILL BE SOMEDAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR THAT. SO I'D LIKE TO, AT THIS POINT, BREAK FOR LUNCH AND COME BACK AT 1:00.

THANK YOU.

AND YOU CAN BE HEARD. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE BACK ON.

WE'RE BACK ON. THANK YOU. EVERYBODY AND WE'LL RESUME GOING DOWN THE LINE WITH WHOEVER WANTS TO GO NEXT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO JUST REMIND FOLKS THAT TO TRY TO STAY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT THIS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE TODAY, FOCUSING ON, YOU KNOW, THE GREATER ISSUES AND STUFF, USING THE THE LIST THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN KIND OF AS A MODEL OF THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'LL BE COVERING. SO I'D APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT.

SO WHO WANTS TO GO NEXT ON IT, I THINK. OKAY.

THAT'S RIGHT. YES. DIRECTOR ESPAÑA HAD PREVIOUSLY INDICATED.

SO. HOW? I'D LIKE TO JUST MOVE THROUGH IT. I'M GOING TO MOVE THROUGH SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE JUST SEPARATE FROM THE LIST.

AND THEN I JUST WANT TO REAFFIRM WITHIN THE PACKAGE WHICH ONES THAT I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT I DO SUPPORT IS WITHIN THE PACKET. THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING I WANT TO ADD TO IT.

BUT THESE ARE THE FIRST ONES WILL BE MORE FOCUSED OF WHAT'S NOT IN THE PACKET.

SO AS FAR AS EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF ALAMEDA TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THE BAY TRAIL IN THE ALAMEDA, THE ALAMEDA POINT AREA.

AND POTENTIALLY UP TO THE NATURE RESERVE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO JUST AS FAR AS JUST AS FAR AS A PARK DISTRICT TO LOOK AT REDUCING TRASH THAT FLOWS IN TO DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF MLK JUNIOR SHORELINE, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE EAST CREEK SLU AREA.

I KNOW THAT THE CITY IS WORKING ON SOME UPSTREAM TRASH COLLECTION, BUT IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL VISITOR EXPERIENCE OVER AT MLK JUNIOR SHORELINE, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA WHERE WE HAVE CLEANUPS, WE HAVE JUST AS WE HAVE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS, BUT STILL LOOKING AT IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL THINGS WE COULD DO TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE TRASH WITHIN THAT AREA. AND THERE'S ALSO BEEN OTHER SUCCESSFUL WORK AS AS FAR AS ON LOT STREET WHERE THERE WAS DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN TO PREVENT SOME OF THE TRASH FLOWING INTO WATER.

SO THEN ALSO KIND OF LOOKING AT EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK PROJECTS, BUT WE DO HAVE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK REPRESENTED ON SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.

AND JUST KEEPING OUR EYE ON THE DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS AS SUCH AS THE GREENWAY SAN LORENZO CREEK WAY AND SAN LEANDRO CREEK WAY. A LOT OF THESE PROVIDE A VITAL TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY CONNECT TO OUR PARKS. AND ESPECIALLY FOR NEIGHBORS WITHIN AREAS LIKE ASHLAND.

SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT CORRIDORS WILL PROVIDE A WAY TO ACCESS THE PARK THAT'S NOT PARTICULARLY WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, BUT WITH BIKES WALKING. BUT ALSO AS FAR AS LIKE TO LOOK AT

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WAS ABLE TO IMPACT THE OVERALL PARK INFRASTRUCTURE.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME GREAT EXAMPLES FOR OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR AT HEART.

SO REALLY WOULD LIKE TO LIKE WORK WITH THE PARK TO COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TO PILOT PILOT IT IN WARD FOUR. THAT COULD BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS HAVING AN ADVOCACY CONFERENCE AT THE PARK WHERE WE INVITE DIFFERENT YOUTH FROM OUR SCHOOLS OR SOMETHING MORE ADVANCED, WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT YOUTH LEADERS TO ADVOCATE FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT IN THE PARK OR EVEN HELP CREATE SOMETHING ENGAGING FOR THE YOUTH COMMUNITY.

IN THE PACKET. WE COME TO DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

VERY HAPPY TO SEE A LOT THAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT AREA.

BUT WHAT I DID FEEL LIKE WAS MISSING FROM IT IS REALLY LOOKING AT MAXIMIZING THE GOODWILL FROM THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS. I HAVE SEVERAL AT EACH PARK WHO EITHER PICK UP TRASH OR SOME SOME OF THE EFFORTS ARE ON THEIR OWN WITHIN THE PARK, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE PARKS PROGRAMING OR OTHERS BEING INVOLVED WITH THE PARKS PROGRAMING, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED FOR CONNECTION AND PROVIDING I FEEL LIKE MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAKE SENSE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO MAKES SENSE FOR THE PARK AND OUR RESOURCES AND BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE THAT GOODWILL TO BE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS OF OUR PARK.

DEFINITELY. I KNOW THAT AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS THAT WILL BE COMING TO A CLOSE THIS YEAR, AND THERE WILL BE A REPORT, BUT DEFINITELY I DO FEEL THAT THERE'S A NEED TO REENGAGE AND LIAISON MEETINGS WITHIN OUR RESPECTIVE WARDS AND THEN FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS. AND THIS MAY BE IN, WITHIN THE ROLE OF THE NEW AGM OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. BUT JUST AS FAR AS HAVING, HAVING MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH DIRECTORS ABOUT DEVELOPING ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THEIR DISTRICTS THAT AS FAR AS BUILDS DIFFERENT GOODWILL, BUT ALSO LEVERAGES DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROGRAMING.

AND JUST SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT SO THAT AS FAR AS THERE'S MORE ALIGNMENT AND ALSO MAYBE THE CREATION OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMING THAT DIRECTORS MIGHT FEEL THAT WOULD BENEFIT THEIR PARTICULAR WARDS OR PARK WIDE. AND I THINK AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THAT OLD PROGRAMING THAT WE LOST THAT WAS MENTIONED WAS THE WELLNESS WALKS.

SO HOW COULD I WORK WITH THE PARK AND WITH THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TEAM TO BRING BACK THAT SPECIFIC PROGRAMING, EVEN IF IT WAS FOR ONE WALK WITHIN THE WARD? I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE A FOCUS ON REVERSE ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT WITH BELONGING. I DON'T WANT TO SEE AS FAR AS THAT BELONGING PIECE.

TO SUBSIDE IN KIND OF THESE DAYS AND TIMES AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM SOME DIFFERENT MEMBERS WITHIN OUR AREAS THAT THEY STILL DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG IN THE PARKS.

SO JUST AS FAR AS STILL WORKING TO ADDRESS THAT, BECAUSE WE ARE DOING A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMING INITIATIVES AND WORK.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE STILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON, AND ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES AND ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN,

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AND AND THEN THIS THE LAST ONE. OH, THE LAST TWO ARE JUST AS FAR AS SHARING INFORMATION.

THIS CAME UP DURING THE DIFFERENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS AND A LOT OF TIMES DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THEY'RE NOT SURE WHERE THEIR LOCAL PARK OR THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK STARTS OR END.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS BOTH PARK DISTRICTS HAVE DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROGRAMING, DIFFERENT TYPE OF RESOURCES.

SO THE MORE INFORMATION THAT THE CITIES CAN SHARE, AS FAR AS ABOUT OUR PARKS OR EVEN AS FAR AS HAVE A SPECIAL COMMUNICATION WHERE IT MIGHT BE THEIR NORMAL KIND OF PARK INFORMATION, BUT IT ALSO HAS INFORMATION ABOUT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK RESOURCES.

IN THE SUMMERTIME IT IT WAS WHEN WE WERE IN THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, THEY JUST HAD A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW ABOUT OUR GREAT RESOURCES ARE ACCESSING THEM.

BUT NOT EVERYONE KNOWS. JUST AS FAR AS ABOUT SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES THEY CAN ACCESS.

SO THERE WAS SOME GREAT STUFF CAPTURED WITHIN THE NOTES FOR THAT MEETING THAT I THINK THAT IS AN EASY KIND OF LIFT.

AND THEN ONE THE LAST THAT I SAW KIND OF MISSING IN HERE I DIDN'T SEE ANY KIND OF PRIORITY ABOUT THE REGIONAL CORRIDORS.

WE WE HAD RECEIVED A PRESENTATION WHERE IT TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT KIND OF WILDLIFE AND NATURE CORRIDORS AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING PRESENTATION.

AND JUST AS FAR AS SEEING SOME TYPE OF FOCUS WITHIN THIS PACKET ON THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER PART, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF REAFFIRM AS FAR AS WHAT I, WHAT I DO SUPPORT AND IN THIS PACKET. AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE CONTINUING AN EMPHASIS ON THESE DIFFERENT AREAS.

SO NUMBER THREE CREATING THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR POSITION AND CONTINUING TO EXPAND THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.

VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT. AND AS FAR AS WITH THE CROSS-DIVISIONAL VOLUNTEER SERVICES 2.0 WORKING GROUP, I REALLY HOPE THAT THAT IS VERY BROAD. AND IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT DIFFERENT INITIATIVES.

IVAN DICKERSON PROJECTS THAT USED TO HAPPEN AS FAR AS WHERE THERE WAS DIFFERENT TRAIL CLEANUP BECAUSE A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT THERE ARE DIFFERENT PROGRAMING AND DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND REALLY SEEING HOW DO WE LEVERAGE STAFF TIME AND RESOURCES TO EXPAND OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAMING, BUT THEN ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN A WAY THAT IS USING THOSE RESOURCES WISELY, AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WHOEVER'S DESIGNING THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE THAT THE APPROPRIATE TEAM IS RATHER THAN SOME TEAMS THAT DO DEVELOP IT, BUT THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST USE OF THEIR TIME.

AND THEN JUST AS FAR AS 12, SO DEVELOPING THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES, I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING AND DEVELOPING A ROBUST ENGAGEMENT IN WARD FOUR AND MAKING SURE WE INCLUDE EVENTS LIKE THE SAN LEANDRO CHERRY FESTIVAL.

NUMBER 13 ADDRESSING MOUNTAIN BIKE ACCESS MOUNTAIN BIKE ACCESS AND E-BIKES.

THESE ARE REAL DISCUSSIONS THAT THE PARK NEEDS TO HAVE.

SO I'M HAPPY THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING DIFFERENT TYPES OF PILOTS LOOKING AT ORDINANCE 38, BUT THERE'S STILL MORE ISSUES TO ADDRESS IN THAT AREA. AND COLIN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, ONE WAY DIRECTIONAL TRAILS AND IN PARKS.

SO LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE TYPE OF ACCESS WITHIN PARKS? NOT JUST BASED ON RECREATION, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, OUR WILDLIFE CORRIDORS BUILDING THAT IN APPROPRIATE AREAS

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NOT ALL PARKS, BUT WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE. 15 DEFINITELY.

FOR PRIORITIZING THE ACQUISITIONS OF PROPERTY IN DENSELY POPULATED AREAS AND DEVELOPING ARTS IN THE PARKS POLICY. I THINK OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, HOWARD, HAS REALLY WORKED WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION TO PUT PUBLIC ART. SO IF WE'RE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE HOW THOSE PROCESSES GO AND HOW YOU ENGAGE LOCAL ARTISTS. AND JUST I THINK THIS ONE JUST NEEDS TO BE TEASED OUT MORE.

BESIDES PROVIDING GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY. AND THE REASON WHY THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT TO ME, BECAUSE THE PARKS WITHIN WARD FOUR HAVE A DENSE POPULATION. AND THERE'S THE LESS THERE'S LESS OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW OPEN SPACE LANDS. SO HOW WE PROVIDE THAT GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY? I DO THINK THAT'S A REAL CHALLENGE. BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT THE SAME TYPE OF OPEN LAND AS WE HAVE IN OTHER REGIONS.

AND 18 I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE TO THIS. CONTINUING THE LEADERSHIP IN WILDFIRE MITIGATION AND PREVENTION. JUST PROUD TO BE IN A PARK DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN A LEADER.

AND WE WANT TO DEFINITELY WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT.

AND 2021 CONTINUING TO PRIORITIZE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE. AND THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN THE PAST HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY OF WHAT THE TRENDS, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES ARE BECAUSE THERE ARE GAPS WITHIN THE PARK, BUT JUST HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THOSE GAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE.

AND JUST DEFINITELY SUPPORT FILLING THE VACANCIES AND HAVING A STRONG HR DEPARTMENT THAT CAN REDUCE THE VACANCIES.

24. EXPAND THE LAND BANK TOUR PROGRAM. I THINK PEOPLE HAVING ACCESS TO DIFFERENT LAND BANK AREAS, DEFINITELY HELPS US KEEP SUPPORT FOR THOSE LANDS AND ALSO TO BUILD DIFFERENT COLLABORATIONS EXPANDING YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT JUST AS FAR AS.

A LOT CIVICORP HAS BEEN THE GROUP THAT WE'VE TRADITIONALLY WORKED WITH.

BUT WHAT ARE OTHER DIFFERENT TYPE OF KIND OF YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES? AND I DO UNDERSTAND JUST AS FAR AS WHENEVER WE LOOK AT THESE, WE ALSO HAVE TO YOU KNOW, WORK WITH OUR UNION PARTNERS ABOUT THE TYPE OF WORK AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT I THINK THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO EXPAND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO CIVICORP.

AND THEN I SUPPORT 27 AND. AND THAT'S ENHANCING EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

ONE AND I DO HOPE WE MOVE TO SOME MEDIUMS FOR THE 40 AND UNDER ONE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE RECEIVED, JUST AS FAR AS THERE'S.

WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY WHERE SOME OF THE YOUNGER PARENTS ARE OR IN HEAVY PARK USER GROUP. SO A LOT OF OUR COMMUNICATION IS TRENDING TOWARDS AN OLDER DEMOGRAPHIC.

AND ON THAT WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. I'M ALMOST FINISHED.

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I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT OUR OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF EQUITY IS FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE ASSOCIATED EQUITY GOALS AND THE DIFFERENT FRAMEWORKS. SO I HOPE THAT AS FAR AS THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT I BELIEVE WE'RE HAVING SOON AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE THOSE DIFFERENT RESULTS PUBLICLY IS IMPORTANT. AND. ALSO.

YEAH. AND THEN JUST ALSO WITHIN THE SECTION AGAIN, THERE'S A HUMAN RESOURCE DIVISION SECTION.

SO I THINK ALSO BETTER UNDERSTANDING, I THINK HOW WE'VE BEEN MOVING TOWARDS THOSE DIFFERENT EQUITY GOALS WITHIN THE HUMAN RESOURCE DIVISION AND THESE 39 I SUPPORT THE CONTINUED ADDRESS.

SEA LEVEL RISE 40 CONTINUING TO PREPARE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND THEN 42 I THINK THIS ONE IS WE'VE ALL SPOKEN ABOUT DIFFERENT PROJECTS ON THIS TEAM, BUT DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY ALWAYS LOOKING TO PRIORITIZE REGIONAL TRAIL CONNECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

AND WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT TRAILS THERE WAS WE DEFINITELY IDENTIFIED DIFFERENT DIRECTORS DIFFERENT TRAIL CONNECTIONS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT.

AND. AND 48 DEFINITELY COMPLETING THE OAKLAND SHORELINE AND THE TIDEWATER TO HIGH STREET PORTION OF SAN LEANDRO AND 56 OPEN TIDEWATER DAY USE AREA.

AND I KNOW THOSE WERE A LOT, BUT I JUST AS FAR AS I WASN'T PART OF LAST YEAR'S PROCESS.

SO I JUST WANTED THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK IN THIS DOCUMENT, AND THE PARK HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK, AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL OF THIS AND TO SEE THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS, AND WANTED TO REAFFIRM MY SUPPORT OF THOSE, AND THEN JUST SOME THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO MY WARD.

I JUST WANT TO ASSURE EVERYONE THAT I DEFINITELY HAVE A PARK FOCUS, BUT SINCE THE INTENTION WAS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE COULD IMPROVE AS FAR AS WITHIN THE WARD, I FOCUS MORE ON WARD FOUR, BUT I DEFINITELY SUPPORT DIFFERENT EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED BY OUR OTHER DIRECTORS FOR THEIR DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. YEAH, IT'S CLEAR WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT LIST THE AMOUNT OF THINKING THAT'S GONE ON BEFORE, BEFORE US IN ORDER TO GET ALL THOSE ONTO THAT LIST, YOU KNOW, AND THE THE SCOPE OF IT, THE BREADTH OF ISSUES AND PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS ALL IN THERE, ALL HAVING A PLACE. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU KIND OF REAFFIRMING SOME OF THEM TO TO FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW.

ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GO AROUND YOU KNOW, ONE WHOLE TIME, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK FOR SECONDS.

OKAY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LIST, OKAY? BECAUSE I JUST KNOW A LOT OF WHAT I HAD SAID LAST YEAR DIDN'T MAKE IT ONTO THE LIST. SO I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY TO REVIEW IT AT SOME POINT.

LIKE, ONCE WE HAVE THE DRAFT. YEAH, IT COMES TO YOU ALL.

AND WE WELCOME WHEN IT DOES FOR YOU TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT.

IF THERE ARE SPECIFICS THAT YOU FEEL LIKE WE MISSED FROM LAST YEAR, GO AHEAD AND JUST EMAIL AMANDA AND WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET IT CAPTURED.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LOOKING FOR ANOTHER VOLUNTEER? YOU'RE POINTING AT ME. THANK YOU. IS THAT A NOMINATION? OH, OKAY. AND I WAS PICKING MY NOSE, I APOLOGIZE.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO START BY THANKING AMANDA FOR ALL OF HER WORK. I MEAN, REALLY LIKE READING ALL OF THIS.

THERE'S I IT'S HARD TO EVEN DECIDE HOW TO PRESENT BECAUSE, LIKE, A LOT OF IT IS COVERED.

BUT THERE'S STILL THINGS IN HERE THAT I CARE A LOT ABOUT.

SO I WILL JUST BRIEFLY ACKNOWLEDGE SOME, BUT NOT ALL.

AND SO IF I DON'T MENTION EVERY SINGLE ONE I CARE ABOUT, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY WELL COVERED HERE.

SO JUST JUST A NOTE THERE. SO SO FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO START WITH THE, THE BROADER OVERARCHING ISSUES.

AND YOU KNOW, STARTING WITH EQUITY AND REALLY BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR EQUITY OFFICER JOSE GONZALEZ AND EVERYBODY WHO'S WORKING WITH HIM, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S IT'S IT IT TAKES A VILLAGE.

AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK BOTH AROUND WORKFORCE AND ALSO AROUND PARKS YOU KNOW,

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BUT BUT LOOKING AT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ACROSS THE BOARD AND HOW WE CAN INVOLVE ALL KIDS, MAKE THOSE PROGRAMS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL CHILDREN.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE CAMPERSHIPS AND WE DO HAVE VARIOUS A NUMBER OF SCHOOL PROGRAMS, BUT REALLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE TOUCHING EVERYBODY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO FOCUS ON AND DRAW ATTENTION TO.

AND YES, SO SIMILARLY, ANOTHER BROAD WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS AS WELL, THAT A BROAD DISTRICT WIDE GOAL IS COMBINING CLIMATE CHANGE, YOU KNOW, WILDFIRE, SEA LEVEL RISE, LANDSLIDES, FLOODING, EVERYTHING. AND I DO WANT TO AGAIN, THANK WELL, THANK ALL THE STAFF THAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT.

AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR OUR LEADERSHIP AROUND WILDFIRE MITIGATION AND PREVENTION IN PARTICULAR.

ONE OF THE THINGS SO I WON'T I WON'T BELABOR THAT BECAUSE I TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT BEFORE, AND IT'S ALL WELL DOCUMENTED ALSO IN THE REPORT.

BUT I, I ONE THING I THINK THAT WE COULD DO THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT STORY TO TELL IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE BEING STRATEGIC ABOUT OUR RESOURCES AND GETTING MORE RESOURCES AND, AND REALLY DOING WONDERFUL WORK. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US BE MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT HOW WE CAN COMMUNICATE THIS TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE AREAS THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED BY POTENTIAL WILDFIRES.

I KNOW THAT CERTAINLY FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM RICHMOND ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE TOP OF THE THE HILLSIDE DOWN IN CASTRO VALLEY, PEOPLE ARE VERY ALL OUR NEIGHBORS ARE VERY ANXIOUS.

SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THINK ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN.

I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME STUFF AND WE'VE PLACED SOME ARTICLES AND THAT'S POSITIVE AND.

AND WE'VE ALSO YOU KNOW, WE MAIL STUFF TO PEOPLE, BUT I'M THINKING IF WE CAN.

HAVE SOME BIG STRATEGIC YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, TOWN HALL MEETINGS OR WHATEVER.

I JUST, I FEEL THAT THERE'S A REALLY GREAT STORY TO TELL, AND PEOPLE ARE NOT INFORMED ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND SO THAT LEADS TO A LOT OF NERVOUSNESS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH.

AND I THINK WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE AND CONTINUING TO GET MORE RESOURCES.

BUT OUR TEAM AND OUR TEAM IS BEING VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

AND I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR MORE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.

SO I THINK, OKAY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, THIS WAS COVERED IN A NUMBER OF PLACES IN THE REPORTS.

I DO THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO BE REALLY A LEADER AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

SO GREEN BUILDING ELECTRIC VEHICLES YOU KNOW, IN CONTINUING TO, TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERRED PURCHASING POLICY AND ALL ALL OF THOSE THINGS. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THAT, BUT JUST WANT TO KEEP, KEEP FOCUS ON THAT AS WELL.

OKAY. SO SO WARD 1 NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WILL NOT SURPRISE YOU.

SO THAT'S THAT'S I KNOW WHERE WORK CONTINUES TO BE UNDERWAY, AND SO I WON'T SAY ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT ULTIMATELY, I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT WE WILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL REGIONAL SHORELINE PARK THERE THAT CAN HIGHLIGHT BOTH THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES THERE AND EVENTUALLY HAVE A BAY TRAIL THAT CAN GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE SAN PABLO LOW PENINSULA. SO ANOTHER THING THAT MAYBE NOT LAST YEAR, BUT I KNOW I'VE BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST IS IS LAND. THERE IS A LOT OF LAND OUT THERE IN NORTH RICHMOND THAT I'VE VISITED WITH STAFF ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.

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BUT WHEN I SAW THAT LONG LIST OF POSSIBLE PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALSO ON OUR RADAR THAT THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF OF LANDS THAT WE'VE BEEN PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING OVER THE YEARS IN NORTH RICHMOND THAT'S CURRENTLY INDUSTRIAL LAND, BUT IT WILL BE IT COULD EASILY, NOT EASILY, BUT IT COULD BE OVER TIME.

SOME OF IT BOUGHT AND CREATED BEAUTIFUL BEACHFRONT PROPERTY.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT THAT'S IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON OUR LIST FOR LIKE IMMEDIATE WORK, BUT THAT IT'S SOMEHOW CONTINUING TO BE TRACKED BECAUSE I KNOW STAFF HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK AND THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AROUND WHAT PROPERTIES WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO POTENTIALLY ACQUIRE IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY. SO POINT PINOLE TO POINT WILSON TRAIL THAT THAT WAS WELL COVERED IN THE REPORT.

BUT JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON IT.

I KNOW WE NEED MORE FUNDING. I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THAT DONE BECAUSE IT IS SO, SO VERY IMPORTANT FOR AS A COMMUTER CORRIDOR TO, FOR FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES FOR, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT LAST ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING GAPS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL IN THAT.

WELL, CERTAINLY IN THAT AREA ANYWAY. SO THAT'S HUGELY IMPORTANT.

ALBANY BEACH, SHH ON GOLDEN GATE FIELDS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE ARE CONTINUING TO KEEP OUR TO STAY INVOLVED AND TO TO WATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

AND CERTAINLY WITH THE GOAL TO EXPANDING THE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE FOR THE PUBLIC OUT THERE.

AND, WELL, LAKE ANZA, GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S OPEN ALREADY.

SO THAT'S GREAT. AND REALLY JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT BUT ALL OF OUR LAKE LAGOONS AND THE OTHER, OTHER PUBLIC SWIM AREAS THAT WE HAVE ARE JUST SO IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO, TO OUR YOUTH IN PARTICULAR. BUT REALLY, EVERYONE SO WANT TO CONTINUE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN KEEP THAT LAKE OPEN THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

I KNOW WITH CLIMATE CHANGE THAT TOXIC ALGAE, IT'S IT'S A IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE AND WE'RE DOING A LOT ABOUT IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT AS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.

OKAY. SO THAT THAT'S NOT AN EXCLUSIVE LIST OF ALL THE THINGS IN MY, IN MY WARD THAT I CARE ABOUT.

A LOT OF THEM WERE, AS I SAID, WELL COVERED BY THE REPORT.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO REITERATE THEM HERE. I DO WANT TO JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE WORKSHOP WE HAD A LITTLE WHILE AGO WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE, ALL THE LAND AND LAND BANK PROPERTIES.

AND I KNOW OUR GENERAL MANAGER TALKED ABOUT WAYS TO TRY TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN SOME OPEN SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES WITHOUT HAVING LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, PERFECTION AND HAVING A BIG YOU KNOW, BIG PERFECT OPENING THAT AND AND TO THAT END, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN LOOK AT DOING CANYON IN THAT LENS TO SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO OPEN IT.

YOU KNOW, SOFT OPENING OR OR A PHASED OPENING, AS DIRECTOR SANWONG MENTIONED.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT THAT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES, BUT TO GIVE PEOPLE ACCESS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

AND SO I WILL. I WILL END IT. END IT WITH THAT.

GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. GEE. WHO'S NEXT? I THINK I AM.

ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. AND ONCE AGAIN, GREAT WORK.

AMANDA, THANK YOU FOR COMPILING ALL THIS. I GUESS I WOULD GO THROUGH IT, IF I MAY JUST I APPRECIATE ALL THE PAST PRIORITIES.

BUT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THEM, AND THAT WOULD FIRST WOULD BE NUMBER TWO, ENSURING LONG TERM FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH A PARCEL TAX BALLOT MEASURE.

I, I ASSUME WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT IN 2026.

WE'RE WAY BEHIND THE GAME. BUT I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD SORT OF AT SOME POINT LOOK AHEAD.

I DON'T KNOW AT WHAT LEVEL THAT WOULD BE, BUT WE NEED TO FORM A TEAM.

IN MY OPINION, A TEAM LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WHERE ALL OUR OTHER BALLOT MEASURES AND IT'S IT'S WELL, IT WAS IT WAS PAT O'BRIEN LEANING ON HIS STAFF MEMBERS TO SAY, HEY, COME ON.

YOU NEED TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND GET INVOLVED, GET THE UNION INVOLVED, GET STAFF INVOLVED AND MAKE A PLAN.

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I THINK MEASURE WW WAS PASSED IN 2008. SO IT WAS BEFORE THE LAST GREAT RECESSION OR WHATEVER IT WAS IN 2009.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN TIME THIS THING. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO SAY WE'RE RIGHTEOUS.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, SHOW WHAT OUR PRODUCT IS AND DO IT.

AND I WOULD ALSO POINT TO THE TEMPLATE THAT WAS WRITTEN.

IT WAS A DOCUMENT, A BIG DOCUMENT THAT SHOWED HOW THE PARK DISTRICT WENT ABOUT GOING TO DO MEASURE WW.

AND I PERSONALLY USED IT FOR A BOND MEASURE THAT WE PASSED IN HARD A FEW YEARS BACK.

AND IT'S A GREAT TEMPLATE, AND I HOPE WE CAN REFER TO THAT AND START PLANNING AHEAD NO MATTER WHAT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS, I THINK WE'RE IF WE GET A JUMP ON IT, IT'LL BE GREAT. MOVING DOWN THE LIST, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING IN HERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS PURSUING EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE CEDAR MOUNTAIN PROPERTY.

I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. I KNOW IT'S ABOUT AS FAR AWAY FROM EVERYTHING AS WE HAVE IN THE PARK DISTRICT, BUT IT IS A NATURAL AREA. IT IS AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE DIABLO RANGE.

I THINK YOU KNOW, HAVING GONE TO THE TRAILS AND GREENWAYS CONFERENCE LAST WEEK, WADE CROWFOOT SPOKE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL MOVING AHEAD WITH 30 BY 30, AND THE STATE IS REALLY INTO THAT.

WHETHER WE CAN BUY, YOU KNOW, $2 MILLION AN ACRE PROPERTIES ALONG THE SHORELINE OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, IT'S PRETTY CHEAP OUT THERE. AND THE DIABLO RANGE IS VERY CHEAP.

SO I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL OR STATEWIDE, WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. I THINK WE REALLY OUGHT TO LOOK AT THAT, OR AT LEAST ADDRESS IT AND TRY TO SEE SEE HOW WE CAN DO DOWN THERE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED TO. I'M GLAD WE'RE MOVING AHEAD WITH THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN.

I AM GLAD WE'RE ADDRESSING CONTINUING TO ADDRESS MOUNTAIN BIKE ACCESS.

UNDER NUMBER 14 OF OF IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE POLICIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

I'M HAPPY WE'VE GOT THIS DOCUMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ANNUAL REPORT FROM FROM THE RECYCLING DEPARTMENT OR NOT? RECYCLING DEPARTMENT? THE DIVISION OF THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT. AND SEE HOW WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE YOU CAN QUANTIFY THIS AND THERE ARE METRICS OF WHICH HOW YOU QUANTIFY THAT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING. I THINK WE CAN DO THAT.

I CONTINUALLY THINK THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR INTEREST.

I MEAN, ONE OF THE BIGGEST I THINK IF WE IDENTIFY LITTER PICKUP AND OVERALL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE PARKS. WHEN WE INVITE A TRANSIENT POPULATION TO COME IN AND RECREATE, WHICH INCLUDES PICNICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE CREATE AN INCREDIBLY LARGE WASTE STREAM AND I HOPE WE COULD SORT OF TACKLE THAT.

I JUST ANECDOTALLY, I SAW MY PALS IN HERE AND THE EMPLOYEE LUNCHROOM.

THEY'RE GOING TO REMODEL THE KITCHEN OVER HERE.

I SAID, HEY, GUYS, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN A DISHWASHER. AND THEY SAID WE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT'S NOT A CRITICISM, BUT I THINK DEALING WITH THE ISSUE RIGHT HERE WOULD BE REALLY SIMPLE, ESPECIALLY NOW. I MEAN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DISHWASHER I THINK YOU PROMOTE THROWAWAY STUFF.

AND MOVING ALONG ON NUMBER 16, DEVELOP ARTS IN THE PARK.

I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUE BEVERLY LANE WAS TOTALLY INTO THIS.

I THINK IT HAS A PLACE IN THE PARK DISTRICT. I HOPE IT'S BROUGHT UP IN THE SECOND CENTURY PLAN, OR AT LEAST PUT OUT THERE TO GET PEOPLE'S FEELINGS ON THAT.

WHEN I THINK OF ART IN THE PARK, THE FIRST THING I THINK ABOUT IS SCULPTURES. AND THEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO GET VANDALIZED OR STOLEN. BUT I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS WE CAN DO. I EVERY DOCUMENT I LOOK AT, INCLUDING THIS BEAUTIFUL PUBLICATION WE JUST GOT IN EVERY SECTION,

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A PHOTO ESSAY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A CONTEST, BUT WE COULD FEATURE LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHERS IN VISITOR CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT IN OUR HALLWAY, WHICH WE DO WITH BOB WALKER AND KEVIN FOX, SOME EX-EMPLOYEES.

I WOULD REALLY PROMOTE THAT TYPE OF STUFF. I MEAN, EVEN IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET.

IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE FOLKS TO COME TO PARKS AND BE MORE WELCOMING, AND WE WANT THEM CLOSE TO A CITY OR CLOSE TO POPULATION CENTERS, I THINK IT'S NOT UNREALISTIC. UNREALISTIC TO SAY, LET'S DO SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK.

SEE WHO WE WOULD ATTRACT. SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK AT CROWN BEACH.

SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK AT REDWOOD PARK. THAT'D BE KIND OF FUN. AND IN MAPLE ORCHARD AREA.

AND I LIKE SCULPTURES IN THE PARK, AS WE HAVE AT OYSTER BAY.

AND NUMBER 18 CONTINUED LEADERSHIP IN FIRE, WILDFIRE MITIGATION AND PREVENTION.

I LOVE EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IN WILDFIRE WELFARE MITIGATION AND PREVENTION.

ONLY A SUGGESTION I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US DO. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WOULD BE DONE.

AND IT'S JUST A DREAM. WE'VE GOT THIS BIOCHAR PROJECT.

I'M TOLD BY PABLO CIPRO, WHO'S DOING THE PROGRAM, THAT THEY FINALLY GOT A PERMIT THAT WILL LET US EXPORT THIS ANYWHERE. THE BIOCHAR. SO WE'VE GOT LOTS OF WINERIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN OUR BIOCHAR.

LOTS OF THAT WE'RE USING IN OTHER PARKS, LIKE ARDENWOOD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'RE ABLE TO TRANSPORT IT NOW. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S A STRETCH.

I KNOW, BUT TO SUGGEST THAT WE WE'VE TAKEN A, IN MANY PEOPLE'S VIEW, A FIRE HAZARD AND TURN TURNING IT INTO AN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT THAT WILL HELP YOU GROW YOUR PLANTS AND VEGETABLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN ORDER TO IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GIVE AWAY BIOCHAR AND HAVE AN EVENT WHICH WOULD PROMOTE BIOCHAR, HAVE INTERPRETIVE PANELS.

I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE CAME UP TO. IT'S A WAYS AWAY.

BUT IF YOU DROVE TO. ANTHONY CHABOT THE TURNAROUND UP THERE AT MARCIAL GATE AND YOU WERE GIVEN THREE BAGS OF BIOCHAR FOR AND AN INTERPRETIVE HOW YOU COULD USE IT IN YOUR GARDEN.

IT'S A STRETCH, BUT I KNOW WE DO IT AT THE CASTRO VALLEY SANITARY DISTRICT. WE DID IT LAST WEEK. THE MOST POPULAR THING THE CASTRO VALLEY SANITARY DISTRICT DOES IS SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE YOUR BANANA PEEL, THAT WE BEG YOU TO PUT IN YOUR GREEN WASTE BIN, AND WE'RE GOING TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL COMPOST.

AND SO WE HAVE PLASTIC BAGS, AND YOU GET A YARD AND A HALF CUBIC YARD AND A HALF OR WHATEVER OF THIS COMPOST.

AND WE PROMOTE IT SAYS THIS IS YOUR BANANA ON THE, YOU KNOW, IT COSTS A LITTLE MONEY TO MAKE A NICE LITTLE LABEL ON YOUR, YOUR BAG, BUT IT'S, HEY, THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE DONE, PUT IT BACK IN YOUR GARDEN.

AND YOU WELL, YOU, YOU, YOU FINISH THE CIRCLE, ESSENTIALLY.

AND I WOULD HOPE MAYBE WE COULD TRY THAT AS JUST AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM.

I THINK IT'S A PUBLIC RELATIONS WINNER. AND AS FAR AS I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE DEAL WITH FIRE AND INTERPRETING FIRE AND DIRECTOR ECHOLS, I THINK, SAID HOW WE HOW WE CAN PROMOTE OUR PRODUCTS MORE.

I JUST HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH MY GROUP IN CASTRO VALLEY, FIRE PREVENTION FOLKS WHO ARE BANGING THE DRUM.

RIGHTFULLY SO. THEY'RE THEY'RE WORRIED THEY'RE GETTING THEIR INSURANCE IS GOING UP. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, FIRE IS PASSING OUT LEAFLETS SAYING YOU'VE GOT TO CLEAR EVERYTHING IN YOUR HOUSE OR AROUND YOUR HOUSE.

AND SO THEY ASKED FOR A MEETING. CORY HALEY WAS WONDERFUL ABOUT YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING ME.

AND I HAD A MEETING WITH THEM AT REDWOOD CANYON GOLF COURSE.

A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP WHO HAVE A BIG EMAIL FOLLOWING.

AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY ORGANIZED, AND THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED.

AND I WAS GIVEN JAVON LAW PATRICK MCINTYRE AND PABLO CEPERO.

AND THOSE GUYS ARE EXPERTS, AND THEY THEY REALLY THEY KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH PEOPLE AND THEY KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH THEM REALLY WELL.

AND THEY'RE VERY MEASURED. AND THEY TELL YOU WHAT THEY CAN DO AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

AND I THINK IF YOU EVER GET THIS IN THE POSITION OF GOING OUT IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND TALKING TO FOLKS, IT'S A VERY EMOTIONAL ISSUE. THESE GUYS ARE PERFECT.

I MEAN, I KIND OF WANTED TO FIGHT WITH SOME OF THE GUYS THAT WERE CRITICIZING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST LOOK OVER AT JAVON AND SHE WOULD VERY CALMLY ANSWER THE QUESTION.

YEAH. SO YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, THE UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE STUFF OF 19 AND 20,

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I THINK IT'S A PROMISE TO OUR FOLKS. WE PROMISE WE'D BUY THE LAND.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IN SOME CASES, THAT IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN JUST BUYING LAND AND SAYING, OKAY, YOU GOT A PARK, BUT TO SHOW THEM WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT WE HAVE AND THE IN OUR PLANS TO, TO TO OPEN THEM UP I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT UNDER 26 EXPANDING YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. I LOVE THIS. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE'RE DOING.

I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MAX LAST WEEK. IT WAS A GREAT ONE.

I, YOU KNOW, I WAS PROMOTING THE C.C.C. CAMPS AND THE STRIKE CAMP THAT I THOUGHT WE HAD HAD PLANNED AND THAT WE'D HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH.

THE IDEA MAYBE NOW IS TO JUST GET A MASTER. WHAT WOULD IT BE CALLED? JUST GET SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO RUN ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS LIKE THAT.

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. AND PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, I STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT. I DON'T REALLY CARE WHO DOES IT AS LONG AS WE DO IT.

AND IF THERE'S IF SOMEBODY HAS A BETTER MODEL.

I PERSONALLY DON'T CARE WHO DOES IT. I JUST REALLY LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO IT, AND I THINK IT'S TREMENDOUS BENEFITS FOR US. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY THE THE DESIRE FOR A SECOND ROWS AND TRAILS CREW.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT COSTS A TON OF MONEY AND THERE'S A TON OF THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.

WHEREAS IF YOU HAVE A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND I'M NOT TRYING TO GO ON THE CHEAP OR TRYING TO GET CHEAP LABOR OR THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S A WHOLE MORE RANGE OF JOB DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNGER, UNDERSERVED PEOPLE AND A STEPPING STONE TO GET INTO THE PARK DISTRICT.

SO I THINK THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE. WE'VE GOT 1330 MILES OF TRAILS.

WE COULD WE COULD GET TEN ROADS AND TRAILS THROUGH AND STILL NOT BE ON TOP OF IT.

SO I THINK THESE YOUTH PROGRAMS ARE REALLY, REALLY VALUABLE.

ON 27 ENHANCE EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO DO GREAT. WE'VE GOT A NEW EXTERNAL AFFAIRS PERSON COMING IN.

THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS PORTION OF IT, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT I THINK THE BOARD HAS SOME SPECIFIC NEEDS.

I KNOW I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH OR KNOWLEDGE ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT CASTRO VALLEY IS HAVING THEIR REAL RANCH RODEO PARADE NEXT WEEK. WHO DO I GO TO? I DO I GO TO AMANDA? DO I GO TO JEN? VANIA? DO I GO TO HEATHER WITH THE VOLUNTEER TRAILS PROGRAMS? I HOPE WE CAN KIND OF SHAKE THAT ONE OUT BECAUSE I THINK WE DO GOOD WORK AND I THINK IT'S IT'S OBVIOUSLY AVAILABLE TO DO.

AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY A GOOD THING FOR US TO DO TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES.

IT'S I HOPE WE CAN POLISH THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.

UNDER 32 RESTORE THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR APPRENTICE.

I KNOW IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH THE STATE AND GET THESE THINGS COORDINATED, BUT ONCE WE DO, AND WE HOPE TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO EQUIPMENT MECHANIC, CARPENTER, PAINTER AND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN.

GOSH, I HOPE WE CAN WORK THAT THROUGH, BECAUSE THAT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYEES.

I THINK IF I CAN EDITORIALIZE A LITTLE BIT, WHEN YOU BECOME A PARK RANGER, AND I THINK IT'S THE LARGEST, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S IT MIGHT BE THE LARGEST PART CLASSIFICATION, I DON'T KNOW.

THERE'S NOBODY HERE FROM OPS THAT COULD DENY IT, RIGHT? SO THERE'S LOTS AND LOTS OF PARK RANGERS. YOU GET A PARK RANGER JOB, YOU'RE REALLY HAPPY. YOU'RE IN A PARK. YOU LOVE IT. THE RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FROM THERE IS NOT AS GREAT IN SOME OTHER AREAS.

SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE, TO SAY AN APPRENTICE JOB IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S SOMETHING TO REACH FOR.

ALSO ON CALL FIREFIGHTER. I MEAN, WE ALL TALK ABOUT IT, WHETHER IT'S OPERATIONALLY RIGHT AND THE RIGHT MODEL FOR US.

IT IS A WAY TO ENHANCE A PARK RANGER'S EXPERIENCE IN THIS PARK DISTRICT AND A WAY TO SHOW OFF THEIR NEEDS OR THEIR SKILLS AND OPPORTUNITIES. AND I LIKE TO HAVE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOR ALL OF OUR FOLKS.

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PRIORITIZE REGIONAL TRAIL CONNECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

AND IT TALKS ABOUT HOW WE WORK WITH AGENCIES THROUGHOUT ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY TO MAKE TRAIL CONNECTIONS.

I WAS AT THE TRAILS AND GREENWAYS CONFERENCE, AS WERE A COUPLE OF OTHER FOLKS HERE THAT SAW WHAT HARD IS DOING WITH THEIR SAN LORENZO CREEK TRAIL. WHICH BOY JUST HAPPENED? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, JUST HAPPENS TO, I THINK IN EVERY EVERYTHING WE WOULD EVER WANT TO DO.

FOR ONE THING, IT'S AN EAST WEST CORRIDOR TRAIL THAT GOES FROM REMARKABLY ENOUGH, IT STARTS AT SAN LORENZO SHORELINE, OUR PARK, AND FOLLOWS SAN LORENZO CREEK THROUGH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES.

I THINK IT PASSES VERY CLOSELY TO 26 SCHOOLS.

A ONE BART STATION OR THREE BART STATIONS. I KNOW IT'S REALLY CLOSE TO THE HAYWARD.

BART. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE STRETCHING IT OUT TO SAY THEY WERE CLOSER TO SOUTH HAYWARD, BUT BUT HARD.

OR THAT IT CROSSES THE BAY TRAIL AND THE BAY RIDGE TRAIL.

AND THE TERMINUS THEY'RE PROPOSING IS DON CASTRO REGIONAL PARKS.

AND THEY EVEN HAVE A SPUR GOING TO CULL CANYON REGIONAL PARK.

SO THE IDEA AND WHEN I READ REPORTS OF, YOU KNOW, EVERY IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TRANSIT AGENCY IN THE BAY AREA SUFFERING WE DEPEND UPON PEOPLE GETTING TO THE PARKS, OR WE'D LIKE TO SEE PUBLIC TRANSIT TO GETTING TO THE PARKS OR OUR BUS PROGRAMS. I JUST READ RECENTLY I CAN'T CITE THE SOURCE, BUT THAT ALL OF THESE BOND MEASURES ARE NOT DOING WELL.

AC TRANSIT WASN'T EVEN CLOSE. I THINK THEY GOT 51% OF THEIR RESPONDENTS TO THEIR SURVEY, SAID THEY'D SUPPORT SOME TYPE OF TAX TO INCREASE THEIR SERVICE, THEY NEED 66.7. SO THEY PROBABLY WON'T EVEN PUT ANYTHING ON THERE.

BUT THE IDEA OF A OF AN EAST WEST CORRIDOR TRAIL CROSSING, ALL OF THESE PARKS, THESE, THESE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS BEING NEAR PEOPLE WHERE PEOPLE ARE, I MEAN, THE IDEA OF A KID GETTING ON HIS BIKE OR SOMEBODY FROM EVEN OUT OF THE AREA GOING ON, BART GETTING OFF ON THE BART STATION, GETTING ON THE CENTER OF THE TRAIL AND GOING AND SPENDING AN AFTERNOON SWIMMING AT DON CASTRO OR COAL CANYON IS, I THINK, REMARKABLE. WHEN THEY DID THEIR PRESENTATION AT THE TRAILS AND GREENWAYS CONFERENCE THEY THEY'VE GOTTEN $27 MILLION IN FUNDS, GRANTS AND THEY NEED MORE AND THEY NEED PARTNERS, AND THEY LOOK TOWARDS THE REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR ROLE WOULD BE, BUT I JUST KNOW WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT KIND OF FITS IN ALL THE BLANKS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND IT SERVES REAL, REAL UNDERSERVED FOLKS. I KNOW NOW THAT WE HAVE DIRECTOR ESPAÑA HERE.

THE IDEA THAT ASHLAND, YOU KNOW, DOES NOT ASHLAND CHERRYLAND DO NOT GET THE THE CREDITS THE WORD BUT THE THE RESPONSE THEY NEED AND SERVICES THEY NEED BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THERE'S UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN EVERY COMMUNITY, BUT THEY'RE ALL CITIES, AND THEY HAVE ADVOCATES IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS.

THE FOLKS IN ASHLAND AND CHERRYLAND DON'T HAVE MUCH.

AND THIS THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO THEM. THEN MOVING TO 43 REPLACE ALL CHEMICAL TOILETS IN THE DISTRICT.

THIS HAS BEEN A PLAN FOR, AS IT SAYS, 15 YEARS.

WE'VE SPENT LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY ON IT. I THINK THAT SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT I'M LOOKING AT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE ARE REASONS THAT SOME OF THESE WON'T WORK, IN MY OPINION, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, I JUST THINK THAT ONE OF THE MOST HEAVILY, HEAVILY USED PLACES AND I WELL, NEVER MIND STANFORD AVENUE STAGING AREA.

I DON'T GET THAT. I THINK AT SOME POINT I DO GET IT.

IT'S POLITICAL. I THINK AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO STAND UP AS A BOARD AND SAY, NO CITY.

YOU CAN'T TELL US HOW WE DO OUR BUSINESS. WE THIS IS OUR PARK.

WE RUN IT. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET A PERMIT FROM YOU, BUT FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, HAVING CHEMICAL TOILETS THAT WE'RE PAYING $30,000 FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO PUMP PER YEAR, AND. WELL, I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN.

THERE'S NOTHING GOOD ABOUT A CHEMICAL TOILET THAT A RESTROOM COULD GO IN THERE VERY EASILY AND VERY CHEAPLY AND SOLVE A WHOLE LOT OF PROBLEMS. AND I THINK AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO JUST ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND SAY, OKAY, FREMONT, WE'LL FIGHT WITH YOU OVER THIS ONE AND LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN GET.

AND I HOPE WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THAT. WELL, 44, ADDRESSED THE SWIM CLUB FACILITY CLOSURES.

I KNOW THEY'RE JUST MANY, MANY PROBLEMS. MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE I COMPLIMENT THE AQUATICS STAFF FOR THEIR OUTREACH TO

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BUT I THINK AT SOME POINT WE NEED OUR CORE, WHICH IS NO, SWIMMING IS NOT A POOL WITH CHLORINE IN IT.

SWIMMING IS OUT IN NATURE. IN A IN A IT'S A MAN MADE LAKE.

THEY'RE ALL MAN MADE LAKES, OR MOST OF THEM ANYWAY. BUT YOU KNOW THE NATURE EXPERIENCE ALONG WITH SWIMMING, THERE'S THE WHOLE THING THAT WE OFFER.

AND SO I HOPE WE CAN STILL I HOPE TO QUINCY IS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN ALL HIS WORK.

BUT I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON FIGURING OUT HOW YOU CAN GET SOMEBODY TO TAKE HIM UP TO LAKE ANN'S AND SEE WHAT A NATURAL EXPERIENCE IS.

SWIMMING IN AN OPEN WATER LAKE UP. ON 46. I HOPE WE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TILDEN NATURE AREA. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S STALLING. I KNOW THAT ORIGINALLY WE WERE GOING TO DEPEND HEAVILY ON THE FOUNDATION. I.

I'M NOT CERTAIN HOW THEY'RE DOING. I HOPE WE CAN GET A REPORT ON THAT SOON, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US REALLY TRY TO PUSH THAT THROUGH.

ON 51. BOY, I HOPE WE CAN GET THIS LOUIS PROPERTY.

I SEE, I THINK WE PUT ANOTHER NUMBER ON IT. IT WAS 20, 20, 24.

NOW IT'S 2025, AND THEN I SEE 2026 ON THE OTHER END OF THAT.

I HOPE WE CAN WORK THROUGH THE RED TAPE AND GET THAT COMPLETED, BECAUSE THAT'LL BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT.

53. IMPLEMENT IMPROVEMENTS OF PLEASANTON RIDGE.

I AGREE WITH A NUMBER OF FOLKS ON THIS COMMITTEE.

I WAS AT THE MEETING WHEN WE PROMISED THE CITY OF PLEASANTON THAT WE WOULD DILIGENTLY WORK TOWARDS CREATING THE STAGING AREA, AND I THINK THAT. WELL, I JUST I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT.

I THINK WE SHOULD HONOR OUR PROMISES AND DO THIS. I THINK IT'S HAS BEEN ASSERTED BEFORE.

IT'S THE ONLY ACCESS TO PLEASANTON RIDGE ON THE PLEASANTON SIDE.

AND I THINK PLEASANTON RIDGE WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE POPULAR.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO BITE THE BULLET AND WORK ON THAT.

IN 59, I AGREE THAT'S GOING TO BE A REAL BIG PROJECT PUTTING IN THE SEWER LINE $7 MILLION TO DO DO THE SEWER LINE AT ANTHONY.

BUT IT'S BEEN NEEDED FOR PROBABLY 30 YEARS. IT'S BEEN NEEDED TO BE FIXED.

AND JUST A QUESTION, AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT, BUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT ANTHONY CHAPPELLE RESIDENCE AT THE CAMPGROUND IS THERE? IT'S BEEN LIKE, TWO YEARS. NEVER MIND. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I HOPE WE CAN GET THAT IN.

I STILL ENVISION HAVING PARK RESIDENCES, AS DID DIRECTOR ROSARIO AND DIRECTOR WIESKAMP.

HAVING PARK RESIDENTS BE A REAL, REAL BENEFIT TO OUR PARK FOLKS THAT CAN AFFORD TO LIVE AROUND HERE AND PROVIDE THE SECURITY THAT WE NEED IN SOME OF THOSE PLACES. UNDER 60 ONE ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF COAL CAN AND DON CASTRO.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK. I KNOW THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT IN IN MY OPINION OR IN MY PAST WORKINGS WITH THEM DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXTRA CASH AND DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DESIRE TO DO A LOT THERE. BUT WE I STILL CONTINUE AS THE DIRECTOR IN THIS AREA, GET QUESTIONS QUITE OFTEN OF WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO DOWN THERE WITH YOUR LAND? AND I GO, IT'S NOT OUR LAND. WE WOULD LOVE TO DO SOME THINGS.

I THINK THE EASY ISSUE, IF WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, WE HAVE THESE C.C.C.

CREWS. NOW THAT I'VE WATCHED, DO TRAIL WORK AND DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.

PARDON ME NOT CC CIVICORP. PARDON ME. AND THERE IS A TRAIL AROUND COLE CANYON.

THERE'S ALSO A TRAIL AROUND DON CASTRO. IT'S THERE.

I DON'T THINK WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANY ENVIRONMENTAL WORK.

IT'S JUST WE WOULD BE PRUNING AN EXISTING TRAIL WE HAVEN'T PRUNED IN 20 YEARS.

THE ROADBEDS THERE. I KNOW IT'S THERE. IF WE COULD GET A COUPLE CREWS TO JUST.

I MEAN, GET A C.C.C. CREW TO GO IN THERE FOR A WEEK AND DO SOME INVESTIGATIVE WORK AND INVESTIGATE.

MEANING JUST HERE'S THE TRAIL. YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT STARTS.

IT'S VERY OBVIOUS WHERE IT STARTS. RIGHT OUTSIDE THE GATE OF THE COLE CANYON SWIM AREA.

AND THEN TAKE OFF FROM THERE. AND THEN IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE LEWIS AND CLARK AFTER 20 OR 30 YEARS.

BUT IT WOULD BE FUN. AND AND IT WOULD PROVIDE ACCESS FOR PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE COMMUNITY AND AS AN OLD HARD GUY OR

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BUT I FIND MYSELF DOING IT. WHEN PEOPLE GO TO PLACES THEY LIKE TO WALK IN CIRCLES.

I ALWAYS SAID, NO, I DON'T WANT TO GO IN THE SAME PLACE. I DON'T WANT TO GO IN A CIRCLE. BUT I'D SIT THERE AND WATCH BECAUSE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES AT HEART SAID, SIT THERE AND WATCH. AND IT'S AMAZING. IF YOU PUT A PATH IN A CIRCLE AROUND AN AREA, PEOPLE WALK IN CIRCLES AROUND IN THE AREA.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT ASSET TO THAT COMMUNITY THERE.

AND THAT'S WITH WITH THAT SAID, AND I HOPE I DIDN'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME.

MY GOALS DON'T HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT DOCUMENT.

I WOULD REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LIKE US TO PURCHASE THE HARDCORE HARTKOPF PROPERTY IN VARGAS PLATEAU.

IT'S IT'S ONE OF THOSE CLASSICS. I THINK I'VE EXPLAINED IT BEFORE.

IF YOU LOOK AT A MAP, VARGAS PLATEAU HAS GOT A LITTLE BIG.

IT'S JUST GOT THIS WHOLE. IT'S GOT A LITTLE AREA AND THEN A BIG HOLE IN IT.

AND EVERY LAND MANAGER THAT THAT I'VE EVER WORKED WITH HERE WOULD ALWAYS GO UP ON THE BOARD IN THERE AND SAY, LOOK, WE NEED THESE CONTIGUOUS PARKS. MAKE SURE THEY GO TOGETHER AND MATCH UP.

AND THIS FITS WITH THIS PARK. THIS IS A PERFECT FIT.

AND IT MIGHT BE THE PERFECT IT MIGHT BE THE PERFECT STAGING AREA FOR THE ENTIRE ONCE WE GET THE LOUIS PROPERTY IN AND ALL OF THAT, THAT THAT'S GOING TO OPEN UP AND GET ACROSS NILES CANYON.

AND IN 100 YEARS, WHEN WE GET THE NILES CANYON TRAIL IN THERE, THAT COULD BE A KEY PURCHASE AND AN OPENING, BECAUSE I THINK THE VALLEJO MILLS, WHICH THE CITY OF FREMONT HAS TAKEN, AND I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN THE PLAN THEY'RE PUTTING IN PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH ARE GOING TO BE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL. AND I THINK THEY'VE GOT 25 PARKING SPOTS IN THERE.

SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE OUR STAGING AREA. THAT IS NOT GOING TO WORK.

THEY'VE SUGGESTED WE BUY SOME PROPERTY FROM THEM CONTIGUOUS TO THAT, AND THEY HAVE LOTS OF CRAZY STUFF.

BUT I THINK DOING IT ON OUR OWN, HAVING HARD COFFEY AND MAKING IT A STAGING AREA AND THEN CONNECTING EVERYTHING THERE, IT OPENS EVERYTHING UP IN THAT AREA, CEDAR MOUNTAIN, I HOPE WE CAN LOOK INTO PURCHASING ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE.

I HOPE WE CAN DEVELOP THE STAGING AREA AND DEVELOP OR DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP, AT LEAST WITH THE HAYWARD AREA RECREATION PARK DISTRICT OVER THE SAN LEANDRO CREEK TRAIL, BECAUSE, PARDON ME, SAN LORENZO CREEK TRAIL, WHICH I THINK IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. I HOPE WE CAN OPEN DUELAND CANYON.

AND UNDER THE FIX, I WAS HOPING WE COULD FIX SOME ISSUES, LIKE LIAISON COMMITTEES.

I HOPE WE CAN PICK OUT THE KEY LIAISON COMMITTEES THAT WE NEED TO KEEP AS LIAISON COMMITTEES AND WORK TO TO MEET WITH THOSE FOLKS. CXT AT STANFORD AVENUE AND MISSION PEAK.

THE TRAIL AROUND COAL CANYON, I WOULD HOPE, WOULD WORK. AND THE TRAIL CONNECTION AT BRUSHY PEAK, I THINK IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN EASY DO. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY.

AND WHEN I WAS WORKING HERE, I LOVE THE IDEA OF BEING REALLY CUTTING EDGE AND TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMEBODY TAKE ON THE ISSUE OF HAVING A TRASH FREE PARK, WHICH I THINK IF ANYBODY HAS EVER READ A PARK PUBLICATION, PARK AND REC PUBLICATION IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, PEOPLE TRY THAT OCCASIONALLY AND IT WORKS.

I THINK IT WOULD WORK FOR US IN REDWOOD PARK.

ROSARIO AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE ESSENTIALLY YOU GOT ONE ENTRANCE INTO INTO REDWOOD PARK DOWN ON REDWOOD ROAD.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PICNIC AND BRING GARBAGE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HIKE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE UP THERE ON SKYLINE GATE, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BRING WHAT WE WANT TO QUANTIFY AS GARBAGE INTO THE PARK.

YOU MIGHT BRING A GRANOLA BAR WRAPPER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT BRING BIG PICNICS IN THERE AND BRING THE WASTE STREAM IN THERE, WE COULD EASILY CONTROL IT. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A KIOSK ATTENDANT THERE ALL THE TIME AND SUGGEST, HEY, HERE'S A BAG, HERE'S OUR PROGRAM, HERE'S A LEAFLET TELLS YOU WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS. GIVE US A SHOT. SO I'D LOVE TO SEE SOMEBODY TAKE THAT UP IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT.

AND I'M DONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SETTING THIS ALL UP FOR US, GIVING US A WAY TO ABSORB IT AS MUCH AS IS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. THERE'S A LOT HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE LIST, AND THEN I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER THINGS THAT AREN'T ON THIS LIST OR YEAH, AREN'T ON THIS LIST. SO NUMBER 13, ADDRESS, MOUNTAIN BIKE ACCESS.

I THINK IT SURE SHOULD BE ANOTHER BULLET IN THERE THAT THAT SAYS SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF ADD.

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WHEN WE OPEN A NEW PARK, HAVE IT HAVE A TRAIL READY TO GO IN THERE.

I WANT TO WEIGH IN ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, TOO.

I MEAN, I FIND THAT TO BE JUST A WIN WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND FOR, YOU KNOW, THE INDIVIDUALS AND FOR US AND FOR THE PARK USERS.

IT'S JUST A LOT OF POTENTIAL THERE. SO YOU KNOW, ANY WAY THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET NEW FOLKS WORKING AND DEVELOPING THEMSELVES, THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE BEHIND.

NUMBER NUMBER. THAT WAS NUMBER 21. NUMBER 24, EXPAND LAND BANK TOUR PROGRAM.

I KNOW WE JUST ADDED CLAYTON RANCH TO A TOUR.

WE HAVEN'T HAD A HAVE A DATE YET, BUT PROBABLY IN OCTOBER.

THE MAYOR, THE CURRENT MAYOR OF CLAYTON, IS INTERESTED IN BEING INVOLVED IN THAT.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH HER AND ME AND DIRECTOR COFFEY.

WHOSE WARD CONTAINS THAT PARK. BUT CLAYTON ARE THE MOSTLY THE USERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT OUGHT TO BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE THERE'S SORT OF IRREGULAR.

WE OUGHT TO HAVE A SCHEDULE OVER TWICE A YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE THERE MAYBE ONE ONCE IN THE SPRING AND ONCE IN THE FALL, JUST TO GET FOLKS USED TO GOING IN THERE AND SEEING WHAT IT'S LIKE.

AND I THINK THAT COULD BE FOR FOR DOOLAN CANYON AS WELL.

IN FACT, IT MIGHT BE FOR FOR DOOLAN CANYON. IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE THE FIRST FRIDAY, FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A A NATURALIST LED TOUR, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOMETHING FREQUENT.

NUMBER 29. I REALLY I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA AND WHAT'S BEEN DONE AT COYOTE HILLS WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE SIGNAGE.

I JUST LOOK AT THAT, AND I JUST THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING.

I HOPE WE CAN DO THAT IN CLAYTON RANCH. BECAUSE IT'S A NEW PARK.

NUMBER 30, CONTINUE TO ENSURE PARK USER SAFETY.

AND IT'S NOT OVERTLY ADDRESSED HERE, BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT THE ISSUE OF SPEEDING ON REGIONAL TRAILS, SPEEDING BY POWERED DEVICES. LET'S JUST SAY LET'S LEAVE IT GENERAL POWERED DEVICES.

I'M JUST I'M HEARING SO MUCH MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

AND NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE THEY'RE SELLING WHAT ARE WHAT IS OFFICIALLY CLASSIFIED AS A MOTORCYCLE, AN EMOTO. I THINK IT'S CALLED TO CHILDREN. AND I DON'T THINK THE PARENTS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING THEIR KIDS AND YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME RECKLESS STUFF GOING ON ON STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OUR TRAILS.

AND SO THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN US AND THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, SUCH AS THE TOWN OF DANVILLE FOR THE IRON HORSE TRAIL TO GET AFTER THAT AND START. AND I UNDERSTAND I WAS SPEAKING WITH ONE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM DANVILLE LAST NIGHT, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS WERE OUT THERE.

THEY HAD A PRESENCE ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL. I WAS HAPPY TO LEARN THAT FROM.

NO MATTER WHO'S TELLING ME, I'M HAPPY TO LEARN IT, THAT THAT'S GOING ON.

JUST TRYING TO GET TO MORE PRODUCTION AT A SECOND ROADS AND TRAILS CREW.

I APPRECIATE THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THING.

THE DIRECTOR WAESPI WAS TALKING ABOUT. BUT I THINK THIS MIGHT BE YOU KNOW, IF DONE IN THE RIGHT WAY, THIS WOULD BE A WAY TO ADDRESS NEW TRAIL CONSTRUCTION AND THEN MAINTENANCE AND, AND YOU KNOW BRINGING OUR TRAILS THAT ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE INTO MODERN PRACTICE WITH PROPER DRAINAGE AND SUCH.

SO WE COULD IF WE HAD TWO, MAYBE WE COULD SPLIT THAT TASK BETWEEN THE TWO.

AND THEN RELATED TO THIS NUMBER 35 AT A CONTRA COSTA TRAILS CREW.

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THAT'S ONE ASPECT. I ALSO SEE WHAT'S NOT GOING ON.

AND THERE, THERE THERE'S JUST MORE. THEY'RE OVERWHELMED.

THERE'S MORE THAN THEY CAN HANDLE. IT'S NOT REASONABLE TO EXPECT THEM TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THOSE TRAILS THE WAY THEY USED TO BE MAINTAINED.

I CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE. AND SO WE NEED TO WE NEED TO MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF QUALITY, A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE TO OUR USERS. AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S A WAY TO DO IT.

NUMBER 38 PRIORITIZE THE REMOVAL OF INVASIVE PLANTS TO ENCOURAGE GROWTH OF NATIVE PLANTS.

YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT WHAT'S BEING WORKED ON HERE WITH THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY AND TILDEN AND SIBLEY.

I TOTALLY SUPPORT THOSE. I'VE SEEN THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY EAST BAY MUD.

WE CAN DO THE SAME THING. SO THAT'S GREAT. AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE. NUMBER 41 TO MONITOR THE RIDGELINE ABOVE THE CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION IN TERMS OF TRYING TO KEEP DEVELOPMENT FROM COMING OVER THE RIDGE OR BEING VISIBLE FROM DOWN BELOW AND CONQUERED.

THAT'S A TOUGH ONE, BUT I HOPE WE CAN COME MAKE THE RIGHT THING HAPPEN.

PRIORITIZE REGIONAL TRAIL CONNECTIONS. THAT'S A BROAD ONE.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE THERE.

I GUESS I HAD A I HAD A NEW ONE HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO TIE IT IN HERE.

THAT MIGHT HAVE COME FROM ME. I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M INTERESTED IN.

AND I'M INTERESTED IN MAKING CONNECTIONS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT.

AND THIS IS A BIG ONE. THIS IS A GENERATIONAL ONE, BUT REALLY OUGHT TO BE BIKE PED ACCESS ON THE ANTIOCH BRIDGE TO CONNECT INTO THE DELTA.

AND THERE IS NOW, BUT IT'S ON A FIVE FOOT SHOULDER THAT NOBODY WANTS TO USE.

SO LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE ON OTHER BRIDGES IN THE BAY.

THERE COULD BE SOMETHING THERE. SO I WOULD LIKE THAT MEMORIALIZED IN THIS LIST THAT WE'RE GOING TO, THAT WE SHOULD BEGIN A PRELIMINARY STUDY TO SEE IF IT'S EVEN FEASIBLE, BECAUSE NOT ALL EVERY ONE OF THOSE BRIDGES IS DIFFERENT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING WHAT ENGINEERS CAN COME UP WITH.

AND IT WOULD BE AN ECONOMIC DRIVER TO, TO, TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THE PEOPLE IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY TO GET OVER TO THE DELTA AND BICYCLE AND WALK OR WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO DO. AND THAT'S SORT OF AG TOURISM KIND OF A THING.

AND THEN ANOTHER POINT THAT'S BROUGHT UP HERE AND THIS, THIS HAS GOT AN EXTENSIVE WRITE UP IS THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.

I THINK DIRECTOR COFFEY AND I BOTH ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT MAKING THAT LAST CONNECTION UP INTO, BASICALLY INTO SOLANO COUNTY BY CONNECTING TO THE BENICIA BRIDGE.

AND WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC COUNTY, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO COORDINATE WITH THEM, TO MAKE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN WATER BIRD PRESERVE AND THE BRIDGE.

AND I THINK THAT'S I MENTIONED THIS A FEW TIMES TO THE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF AND THE DIRECTOR THAT WE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT.

SO I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT IS YOU DO IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A ROAD PROJECT.

A NUMBER 55 OPEN THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK.

AND PART OF THIS DESCRIPTION HERE TALKS ABOUT BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS INTO THE PARK.

AND SO FAR, WHAT'S GONE ON WITH THAT IS THAT THE CITY OF CONCORD HAS AGREED TO BUILD A MULTI-USE TRAIL UP TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE PARK.

THEY'VE GOT IT IN THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UNFUNDED, BUT IT'S THERE. BUT I'D BE MUCH HAPPIER IF I KNEW THAT OUR STAFF WAS DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE PART INSIDE THE PARK. A SHORT SECTION OF TRAIL NEEDS TO BE CONSTRUCTED, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

INVOLVING THE BIOLOGIC OPINION, VERY TECHNICAL STUFF, BUT I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT WE'VE REALLY DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT YET.

SO CONVINCE ME THAT WE ARE. THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

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THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROJECTS THAT THAT I THOUGHT OF AND WHAT IT INVOLVES IS BUILDING AN ADDITIONAL, PERHAPS MILE OF TRAIL IN AN EXISTING PUBLIC OPEN SPACE WHICH WOULD BEGIN TO CLOSE THE GAP TOWARD MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK CREATING A MUCH NEEDED ACCESS TRAIL ACCESS TO MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK.

IT WOULD BE A PHASED APPROACH TO, TO ACHIEVE THAT.

WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE LAND ACQUISITION, IT ACTUALLY CLOSES THAT WE CAN BUILD A TRAIL.

AND OUR AND I MY, MY DREAM IS THAT OUR FOLKS BUILD IT BECAUSE I THINK THEY WOULD LOVE TO DO IT.

AND I'D LOVE TO SEE THEM DO IT. AND IT WOULD, IT WOULD IMPROVE THE CIRCULATION, THE TRAIL CIRCULATION IN THAT LIME RIDGE OPEN SPACE. IT WOULD REALLY HELP THAT A LOT. BEING ABLE TO CONNECT CONCORD AND WALNUT CREEK.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONES I HAVE THAT ARE ON THE LIST ON THE LIST ALREADY.

SO WE HAVE A, A BIG THING COMING UP NEXT YEAR.

IT'S THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ANZA EXPEDITION INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TRAIL, AND I DON'T I ALWAYS FORGET WHAT THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE TRAIL IS.

IT'S NOT THE DELTA DE ANZA TRAIL. IT'S A IT'S A BIGGER TRAIL THAT BASICALLY LOOPS AROUND THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

IT'S APPROXIMATELY 160 MILES, AND IT INCORPORATES MANY EXISTING TRAILS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL.

THE OHLONE WILDERNESS TRAIL, THE DELTA DE ANZA TRAIL, THOSE TRAILS ARE ALL PART OF THIS ROUTE, BUT THERE'S GAPS IN IT. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT IN THIS 250TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR, WHICH IS NEXT YEAR TO COMPLETE THAT. AND AMAZINGLY ENOUGH, PART OF IT WOULD BE THAT GAP THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BETWEEN LOS VAQUEROS AND BRUSHY PEAK.

SOMETHING HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION RECENT, VERY RECENTLY ABOUT THE PUBLIC THE HISTORIC RESOURCES THAT ARE PRESENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT, CERTAIN STRUCTURES AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE A COHERENT PROCESS OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE, THOSE STRUCTURES. THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND FIRST IS CHOUINARD WINERY BUILDING.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. I'D LIKE TO SEE US DEVELOP A POLICY OF, OF HOW TO HANDLE THAT, I GUESS. AND I HEARD THAT THERE'S SOME STABLES THAT HAVE SOME, SOME OLDER BUILDINGS IN THERE THAT ALSO MIGHT FALL INTO THIS.

SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT WAY OF DEALING WITH THIS RIGHT NOW.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AND IF WE DO, SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT IT IS.

ANOTHER THING. THIS MAY BE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OFF TO THE SIDE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, BUT THE THERE, I WOULD LIKE TO FINALLY SEE THE PAVEMENT STUDY OF WHAT? THE WHAT OUR PAVEMENT CONDITIONS ARE ON THE REGIONAL TRAILS AND HOW MUCH WORK WE HAVE OUT THERE TO DO WHERE IT IS, WHAT, WHAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE. AND SO I KNOW THAT WE DO THAT.

I'D LIKE TO FINALLY LEARN ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.

LET'S SEE. FINALLY I KNOW CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY OWNS THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PORTION OF THE IRON HORSE TRAIL RIGHT OF WAY.

AND SO APPARENTLY THEY TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO DO A STUDY TO HOW CAN A PARALLEL TRAIL BE PROVIDED IN THAT CORRIDOR THAT POSSIBLY MIGHT BE JUST FOR BICYCLES OR POWERED DEVICES OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, BUT GENERALLY BICYCLES? BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT FROM OUR FOLKS.

IT'S ALWAYS FROM OUTSIDE. SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO COOPERATE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

BECAUSE, FRANKLY, THE BIG ISSUE. I KNOW PROBABLY BETWEEN SAN RAMON AND AND WALNUT CREEK IS JUST CONGESTION.

YOU GOT A TEN FOOT WIDE TRAIL, AND THE THE TRAFFIC.

TRAFFIC IS WAY BEYOND THE CAPACITY THERE. AND SO I DON'T THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY AND PRETEND IT DOESN'T.

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WE NEED TO BE A PLAYER IN IT. SO THOSE ARE MINE AS OF THIS POINT IN TIME.

AGAIN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY, ANY OF YOU, IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING LATER, TO UTILIZE THE THE METHOD OF EMAIL TO CONVEY THOSE.

BUT FOR NOW, I THINK WE'LL, I'LL OPEN IT UP ONE MORE TIME TO GO AROUND.

IF ANYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING NOW IS KIND OF JOGGED YOUR MEMORY.

DIRECTOR ESPAÑA, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD? YES, AND IT WAS ABOUT THE TRASH.

AND I REALLY THINK THAT WITH THE PROLIFERATION OF TRASH, OF TRASH OUTSIDE PARKS, INSIDE PARKS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE LIKE AN URBAN LEAVE NO TRACE TYPE OF EDUCATION OR POLICY OR CAMPAIGN, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS THAT SENSE, LIKE WHEN YOU GO BACKPACK, YOU GO OUT TO THE WILDERNESS.

YOU HAVE THESE PRINCIPLES OF LEAVE NO TRACE. BUT THOSE PRINCIPLES SHOULD ALWAYS BE YOUR PRINCIPLES AND HOW YOU APPLY IT DIFFERENT TO A PICNIC GROUND.

OR MAYBE WHEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE APPROACHING THE PARK.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT WHAT WE DO AS A PARK, BUT JUST AS FAR AS ASKING PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS AND DEVELOP THAT TYPE OF STEWARDSHIP.

AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WHERE. IT COULD BE APPLIED, NOT EVEN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK, BUT HOW PEOPLE OPERATE WHENEVER THEY GO TO A PARK WITHIN OUR AREA BECAUSE I OVERALL I JUST FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN SOMETHING DETERIORATE OVER TIME AND ESPECIALLY POST COVID.

AND HOW DO WE REENGAGE PEOPLE IN THAT? AND IS THERE A ROLE LIKE WITHIN THE PARK FOR SOME TYPE OF HE'S. I REMEMBER THE SUCCESS OF THERE IS NO POOP FAIRY CAMPAIGN THAT HAPPENED YEARS AGO FOR PEOPLE PICKING UP THEIR POOP.

WE FOUND IT VERY HILARIOUS, BUT IT DEFINITELY WORKED AND IT WAS SOMETHING MEMORABLE.

SO HOW DO WE KIND OF BUILD THAT STEWARDSHIP? SO THAT WAS THE LAST.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, I WAS I WHEN YOU STARTED SAYING THAT I WAS THINKING OF THIS WHOLE THING OF THE DOUBLE EDGED SWORD OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE BRINGING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE PARKS BECAUSE OF COVID.

BUT I COMPLETELY NOTICED THAT CERTAIN KINDS OF PAPER WAS A PURE PAIRING ALONG THE TRAILS THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE, YOU KNOW? AND SO IF WE WERE TO AND THEY JUST DON'T KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T REALIZE THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, I GUESS. AND SO I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WORTHWHILE FOR US TO DO.

ANY ANYONE ELSE? YEAH. YEAH. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP THE MOTORIZED E-BIKES OR THE LOWER SCALE MOTORCYCLES. AND, YOU KNOW, IT ACTUALLY ONLY HAPPENED MAYBE LIKE ONE BLOCK FROM THE IRON HORSE TRAIL INTERSECTION IN PLEASANTON ON SANTA RITA ROAD.

THERE'S A PRETTY BUSY INTERSECTION THAT YOU HAVE TO CROSS IN PLEASANTON ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.

AND WE HAD A REALLY SERIOUS SITUATION AT THE END OF APRIL INVOLVING TWO TEENAGERS ON THESE MOTORCYCLE BIKES WHERE THEY HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED FOR EMERGENCY SURGERY. AND SO WHILE IT WASN'T TECHNICALLY ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, IT WAS ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.

AND I THINK THAT THERE DOES NEED TO BE SOME EFFORT TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THESE THESE SITUATIONS AND TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT AND TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S HAPPENING ON THE TRAIL ITSELF OR ONE BLOCK AWAY, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD JUST AT LEAST BE AWARE.

I THINK AWARENESS IS THE FIRST STEP. BUT THEN AS A SECOND STEP, BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT FACTORS.

AND THEN I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND SOME OF THE EFFORTS THEY'RE DOING AROUND THE IRON HORSE TRAIL IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.

AND I THINK THAT WE CAN ALWAYS DO A GOOD JOB OF, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE IRON HORSE TRAIL OVERALL AND THE ALAMEDA COUNTY PORTION, WHICH DOES GET MANAGED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

AND THAT CAN SOMETIMES BE A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATING TO SOME PEOPLE, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU GO FROM THIS NICELY PAVED IRON HORSE TRAIL IN SAN RAMON TO DUBLIN AND THEN DUBLIN IRON HORSE TRAIL DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME PAVEMENT.

YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE WHERE THAT CITY BOUNDARY LINE IS WHEN YOU'RE ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.

AND I THINK THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY? ANYONE? ANYONE ELSE? YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION I ALSO HAD THE THE LONG TERM FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY ON MY LIST AS WELL,

[02:35:05]

YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING ON FOR A PARCEL TAX MEASURE? IF NOT OR NOT, OR WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO INSTEAD? OR JUST IF WE ARE GOING OUT FOR PARCEL TAX, WHEN DO WE THINK THAT WILL BE? BECAUSE, I MEAN, CERTAINLY WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT AT 2026 NOW.

BUT SO EVEN 2028 IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY. AND, YOU KNOW, AND I ALSO, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT TIES IN WITH THE DISTRICT PLAN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT PLAN IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT. AND THEN WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PARCEL TAX TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST, TALKING WITH FOLKS ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY WANT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US AND, AND GET, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO TO HELP PRODUCE THAT AND ALSO AND GET THAT MUCH MORE BUY IN FOR THE PARCEL TAX ITSELF.

SO DEFINITELY SHARE THE DESIRE TO HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, REAL UNDERSTANDING AND PLANNING AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING AROUND THAT.

YEAH, I THINK NATURALLY, THE PROCESS OF GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE SECOND CENTURY PLAN.

I WOULD EXPECT THAT THE LIMITATIONS THAT WE HAVE ON WHAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR FINANCES RIGHT NOW SHOULD BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW? AND SO THAT'S LIKE A PRELIMINARY LIKE SORT OF GET PEOPLE'S ANTENNAS UP THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN, BUT WE COULD DO A LOT BETTER.

WELL, AND ALSO IN THE PAST WE'VE WE'VE HELPED COMMUNITIES GET GET PARKS AND THINGS THAT THEY WANT AS WELL THAT AREN'T JUST THE REGIONAL PARKS.

SO SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT. THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE IMPORTANT.

BUT SO THE DISTRICT. YEAH, THE DISTRICT PLAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF WE ARE EVEN GOING TO GO OUT INTO 2028, IT DOESN'T GIVE US A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO COMPLETE THE DISTRICT PLAN.

IF THAT'S GOING TO FEED INTO WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR, FOR, FOR IN, IN FUTURE FUNDING FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.

SO DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE I'M, I'M SURE OUR GM AND OUR FINANCE PEOPLE AND EVERYONE ELSE IS TRACKING ALL THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER. AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS PULLING, PULLING, COMING UP AGAIN, MAYBE IN THE FALL. SO YEAH, YEAH.

GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. WELL, AND I THINK DIRECTOR ROSS BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE.

SO PULLING CAN BE HELPFUL OUR OWN POLLING. BUT WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER AGENCIES IN THE EAST BAY ARE DOING IN TERMS OF POLLING AND STUDYING.

STUDIES. AND I THINK THE AC TRANSIT STUDY THAT WAS JUST RELEASED IS A VERY IT WAS AN EYE OPENING STUDY TO ME AT LEAST, THAT THE APPETITE FOR ADDITIONAL PARCEL TAXES OR BOND MEASURES IS STARTING TO WANE A LITTLE BIT ON VOTERS.

AND I THINK THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO COMPILE WHAT OTHER WE CAN COMPILE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NOVEMBER 2024 ELECTION IN TERMS OF RESULTS, AS WELL AS WHAT OTHER AGENCIES HAVE BEEN GATHERING.

AND IN TERMS OF THE APPETITE FOR THESE TYPES OF MEASURES.

YEAH, I THINK THERE'S AN APPETITE AND THEN THERE'S JUST THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING OF OF OUR WORTH.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S PART OF ALSO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACHIEVE, JUST IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, OKAY, WHAT WHAT EXACTLY IS THE PARK DISTRICT.

WHAT DOES THIS INCLUDE? WHICH ARE OUR PARKS, WHICH ARE THE LOCAL, I MEAN, IN A, IN A, IN A, IN A VERY POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE WAY. I THINK ALL OF THAT IS IS IMPORTANT.

I THINK WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THIS FALL, I'M.

WELL, WHO KNOWS? I'M CONCERNED THAT WOULDN'T BE A VERY GOOD TIME TO TO PULL, JUST GIVEN THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS? MAYBE WE'LL SEE A NICE, SHARP TURN AROUND AND PEOPLE WILL BE FEELING POSITIVE ABOUT THE FUTURE IN THE ECONOMY.

BUT YEAH, THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. WE'LL SEE.

YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. HEARING NO OTHER. OH. HAVING ONE OTHER.

HAVING ONE OTHER. I'LL BE SHORT. SO. SO I'M WONDERING WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.

WE HAD A NUMBER 79 PRIORITIES. NOW WE'VE ADDED ANOTHER 30.

I'M WONDERING WHERE WE GO FROM HERE AND HOW WE HOW WE DEFINE THAT.

AND AT SOME POINT, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BOARD SHOULD PRIORITIZE WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO GET DONE BASED ON A NUMBER OF THINGS. IF WE GOT MONEY FOR IT, IF WE CAN DO IT LEGALLY IF WE CAN DO IT PERMIT WISE.

BUT I REALLY, I HOPE, I SENSE AN URGENCY OF LET'S GET SOMETHING DONE.

LET'S DO NOT THAT NOTHING'S NOT NEVER MIND. I'D LIKE TO SEE A COUPLE OF PARKS OPEN UP IN THE NEXT YEAR.

[02:40:03]

I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE SOMETHING, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SIT HERE AND DO THAT HARD THING, YOU KNOW? YEAH. NO, DENNIS YOU DON'T NEED A TRAIL AROUND COAL CANYON.

IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO CONNECT SOMETHING OVER HERE OR SOMETHING OVER THERE.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO WORK THAT OUT AS THE SEVEN AND SUGGEST WE WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT STAFF TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH DIRECTION TO GO, BUT IN THE OLD DAYS WE USED TO HAVE PRIORITIES.

THESE THESE THINGS WERE ISSUED PRIORITIES, I THINK.

COLIN YOU REMEMBER THAT, RIGHT? YOU GET A PRIORITY ONE. PRIORITY TWO. AND IF YOU WERE A THREE, FORGET IT.

IT WOULD JUST GO IN THE PILE. BUT I EVEN RECALL.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE AROUND COLIN WHEN OUT AT THE AT ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, WE WERE ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS, NOT JUST GOING, OKAY. WE ALSO WE WANT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE WE CARVED OUT $1 MILLION. IT WAS KRAFTWERK AT ITS BEST FROM TWO EXCELLENT BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE ABLE TO COBBLE TOGETHER SOME INTEREST FROM MEASURE WW AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IT WAS IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS, NOT THE GOOD OLD DAYS.

THIS IS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT THE WAY WE DO IT NOW. BUT THAT GREAT, GREAT MID-YEAR BUDGET REVIEW WHERE HE.

OH GEEZ, WE GOT $11 MILLION. WHOA. LET'S DO SOME ONE TIME STUFF AND WE COULD DO THAT.

BUT WE CAME AWAY FROM A MEETING HERE AND WE GAVE $1 MILLION.

IT WAS TO THE TO RESEARCH AND DO PRELIMINARY WORK ON THE INTERPRETIVE CENTER AT POINT PINOLE.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT, COLIN? YEAH. I WISH WE COULD DO THAT.

I KNOW WE CAN'T, BUT ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COME AWAY WITH THIS SAYING NEXT YEAR WE ARE GOING TO OPEN UP IN SOME FORM.

DOOLAN CANYON OPEN UP IN SOME FORM. OR MAYBE IT'S.

MAYBE IT'S ONLY A PRIORITY FOR ME FOR CHEMICAL TOILETS DOWN AT STANFORD AVENUE. BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

RANK THEM AS FAR AS WHAT WE THINK WE WANT TO DO.

THEN OBVIOUSLY REALITY COMES IN AND STAFF SAYS WE CAN'T DO THAT BASED ON THIS, THIS AND THIS.

BUT I THINK, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD JUST THROW THIS OUT HERE IN THE ETHER AND NEXT YEAR COME BACK AND GO, WELL, NOW WE'VE GOT 110 PRIORITIES THAT ARE THERE.

I HAVE A SUGGESTION. WE NEED TO BE WILLING TO PROVOKE OUR STAFF INTO TELLING US WHY WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING, AND TO PROVOKE OUR STAFF TO DO THAT IS AS SIMPLE AS MAKING A MOTION TO ADD SOMETHING TO OUR BUDGET.

WE HAVE. NO, I MEAN, IN MY EXPERIENCE, I REMEMBER OVER THE OBJECTION OF MANAGEMENT, THE BOARD ADDED AN FTE IN HR BECAUSE WE WERE ACUTELY AWARE OF THE BACKLOG OF GRIEVANCES AND SUCH.

THIS IS, I THINK, A YEAR BEFORE OUR MANAGEMENT CAME IN, AND THE GENERAL MANAGER VERY MUCH OBJECTED TO WHAT WE DID, BUT IT WAS A SIMPLE EVENT OUT OF THAT DIRECTOR WHERE WE SOMEONE MADE A MOTION TO ADD AN FTE TO THE BUDGET IN HR SPECIFICALLY FOR HANDLING THAT SITUATION, AND IT GOT 6 OR 7 VOTES SO THAT THAT MOTION DID PROVOKE MANAGEMENT INTO SUGGESTING THAT WE WERE INTERFERING WITH A VERY HIGHLY PROCEDURAL BUDGET PROCESS. IS THIS NOT WORKING? OH SO THAT'S JUST ONE SUGGESTION. SOMEONE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO ADD SOME FORM OF CREATING PUBLIC ACCESS INTO DOOLAN CANYON.

AND IT'S PROVOCATIVE BECAUSE IT IS PREEMPTING ALL OF WHAT OUR PLANNERS HAD JUST PRESENTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE A MONTH OR TWO AGO IN TERMS OF OPENING CERTAIN LAND BANK LANDS.

BUT I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU GET FROM THIS LIST TO ACTUAL ACTUALITY OF IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THESE IDEAS WHERE STAFF, FRANKLY, JUST HASN'T BEEN WORKING ON THEM.

I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY LIMITED. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE I MEAN, ONE A YEAR MAYBE, OR SOMETHING. I MEAN, IT'S A PRETTY, YEAH, PRETTY LIMITED THING. IT'S NOT THE IT DOESN'T SOLVE THE IT DOESN'T SOLVE THE FRUSTRATION.

[02:45:05]

YEAH I MEAN THERE MAY BE CERTAIN SITUATIONS THAT MIGHT LEND THEMSELVES TO THAT.

SO YEAH, WE INVITE COMMENTS ON THIS. YEAH. THANK YOU.

SO AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN EVOLVING PROCESS.

SO I APPRECIATE THE DESIRE TO TRY TO GET TO SOME SORT OF CONVERSATION AROUND TRADE OFFS, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN OUR FOUR YEARS TO TRY TO GET TO A MORE REALISTIC BUDGET.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING DIRECTOR ECHOLS AND I TALKED A LOT ABOUT.

22, 21, 22. I'M LOSING TRACK OF TIME. THE MID-YEAR PROCESS THAT YOU THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, I THINK PROBABLY BY DESIGN FELT GOOD FROM THE BOARD'S PERSPECTIVE, BUT FROM A GOOD, DISCIPLINED BUDGETING PERSPECTIVE, REALLY NOT THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE DOING THIS.

YOU REALLY WANT TO BE DOING THIS ALL AS PART OF YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS. SO WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET TO THAT.

JUST TO KIND OF PUT SOME OF THIS INTO SOME CONTEXT. SO YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, REMEMBER, WE'RE WE'RE NOT EVEN COMING TO YOU AS PART OF THAT BUDGET PROCESS EITHER.

SO WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK AROUND THE CAPITAL PROJECTS OF ACTUALLY GETTING A REAL INVENTORY, KNOWING, GETTING A REAL SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDED STATUS ON THAT LIST AND THEN HAVING THIS BOARD WEIGH IN ON THE CRITERIA TO PRIORITIZE.

AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BACK IN SEPTEMBER IN THE NEXT, YOU HAVE ANOTHER STUDY SESSION COMING UP ON YOUR SIP, WHERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE THESE ITEMS, THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL WILL GET ROLLED INTO THAT AS WELL.

AND SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, AS A BOARD, TELL US IN ADVANCE OF US PUTTING TOGETHER THE PROPOSAL.

THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE ACTUALLY THINK YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IT DOWN AT THIS, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY NUMBER 13.

BUT AS A BODY, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE THIS SHOULD BE UP AT NUMBER ONE.

AND THAT JUST MEANS SOMETHING ELSE COMES OFF THE LIST.

AND THAT'S JUST BEING TO YOUR POINT, BEING EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT. AND THAT'S A VERY NORMAL, HEALTHY EXERCISE.

SO THAT'S THIS HAS BEEN REALLY KIND OF INCREMENTAL TO GET US TO THIS POINT.

SO I'M ACTUALLY I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THERE'S A DESIRE HERE TO DO THIS.

LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S YOU KNOW, AND I'M REALLY I MEAN IT GOES A LONG WAY.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE PROCEEDING ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, ON THE OPERATING SIDE, AGAIN, WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO GET TO A MUCH MORE REALISTIC BUDGET WHERE WE HAVE THAT VACANCY FACTOR THAT WE INCLUDE NOW SO THAT THE EXPENDITURES ARE MORE ACCURATELY BUDGETED AND THEN THE REVENUES ARE MORE ACCURATELY BUDGETED. AND AGAIN, TRYING TO BE SUPER TRANSPARENT AROUND THAT PROCESS.

DEB'S NOT NOT HERE TODAY, BUT WE ARE ALSO PLANNING ON COMING TO YOU A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE PROCESS, YOUR BUDGET, YOUR YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS AND SEE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SOME PRETTY LIMITED STAFF ADDS AND WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING TO PUT THOSE, IF THE BOARD SAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF HAVING AN ADDITIONAL RANGER OVER HERE, WE SUGGEST ADDING MORE INTERPRETIVE STAFF TO DO, YOU KNOW, LAND BANK TOURS AS AN EXAMPLE. WE'LL BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THAT IMPACT MIGHT BE.

YOU KNOW, OPENING UP DUELING CANYON, DUELING CANYONS, COMING AS A STANDALONE ITEM IN SEPTEMBER TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

AND WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE VERY LIMITED, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IF, IF WE WERE TO TRY TO GET SOME PIECE OF THAT OPEN, WHAT IT, WHAT IT ACTUALLY WOULD COST AND WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITY COSTS ARE, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT STAFF THAT'S COMING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE HILL TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, EMPTY EVEN A TRASH CAN THERE.

SO BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY REALISTIC WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT THAT COST. IT'S NOT THERE'S NOTHING ON THIS LIST THAT I THINK WE LOOK AT AND WE'RE LIKE, THAT'S NEWS. OR OH MY GOSH, LIKE, NO WAY. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DISAGREE WITH.

IT'S A MATTER OF TRADE OFFS ALWAYS GOING TO BE.

SO I WOULD SAY FOR US IN TERMS OF KIND OF NEXT STEPS, WHAT WE'LL DO IS SAME THING WE'VE DONE, WHICH IS TAKE THIS LIST, AMANDA AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT, BECAUSE THIS IS GETTING TO A POINT WHERE IT'S GETTING SO LONG AND SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN ON THERE FOR SO LONG, AND SOME OF THEM LIKE I THINK BOTH OF YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WILDFIRE, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A IT GETS TO BE LIKE KIND OF A DUH.

AND I MEAN, REALLY I REALLY? I MEAN, YEAH, WE'RE DOING IT.

GREAT. SO KIND OF HOW DO WE REFORMAT THIS, REPACKAGE IT.

SO IT'S KIND OF I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT NEW ITEMS BUT SOME SOMETHING.

SO IT HIGHLIGHTS KIND OF HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED YOU GUYS TO TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TELL US, DIRECT US AS A BODY, DO THIS AND NOT THIS.

AND SO AND THAT'S ALSO TO THE POINT OF AS WE WERE PREPARING THE DOCUMENT, WE HAVE THINGS FROM YOUR PREDECESSOR THAT ARE ON THERE.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT RELEVANT ANYMORE, IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE NOT COMING DIRECTLY FROM THAT BOARD MEMBER.

[02:50:03]

AND IT ALL GETS INCORPORATED INTO THE WORK THAT WE DO AS WE PUT TOGETHER THE BUDGET PROCESS OR THE BUDGET INTERNALLY.

AND REMEMBER, ALL THOSE AGM'S ARE ALL NEGOTIATING FOR ALL OF THEIR NEEDS, WHICH ARE THIS LONG AND WE CAN ONLY APPROVE, YOU KNOW, THIS MANY OR MANY RECOMMEND THIS MANY TO YOU. SO ALL OF THAT TO SAY, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE KIND OF FORMAL PROCESSES THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE, WE REALLY WELCOME SUGGESTIONS ON BOTH PROCESS, BUT THEN ALSO ON, YOU KNOW, JUST CONTINUE TO FEED THINGS TO US AS THEY COME UP.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, I, I'M HEARING THIS, THAT MAYBE WE COULD NOT DO THIS, OR MAYBE WE HAVE AN AGENCY PARTNER THAT COULD DO THIS FOR US, OR THEY ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HEARING THIS FROM A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS. SHOOT IT OVER TO US. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT MAX AND ALLISON AND I KIND OF WITH OUR I SENT YOU THAT THAT MEMO KIND OF TRYING TO SLICE UP OUR PORTFOLIOS A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN AMANDA IS REALLY KIND OF THE CENTRAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR A LOT OF THIS.

SO ALL OF THAT TO SAY, THIS IS AN EVOLVING PROCESS.

I'M SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR THE BOARD WANTING TO KIND OF ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND HAVE SOME OF THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT TRADE OFFS.

IF DEB WAS HERE, SHE WOULD MAYBE GIVE YOU A TEASER.

AND WE JUST GOT A FEW DAYS AGO FROM OUR PRELIMINARY PROPERTY TAX PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND NO SURPRISE, I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALMOST FLAT WHICH IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR US AS, AGAIN, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUR EMPLOYEES SUSTAINABLE WAGE INCREASES ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE AND THE HUGE UNCERTAINTIES THAT WE'RE ALL FACING WITH THE COST OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ECONOMY AT LARGE. I MEAN, I JUST HEARD A RIGHT BEFORE WE CAME DOWNSTAIRS ON ONE OF OUR VERY LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THE BIDS CAME IN THREE AND A HALF TIMES OVER WHAT OUR ESTIMATE WAS.

SO WE'RE WE'RE LIVING IN A LAND RIGHT NOW OF COST ESCALATION.

YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OF THAT CAN WE CAN WE CONTROL, ESTIMATE AND LOTS AND LOTS OF NEEDS? I THINK WHAT I'M TALKING TO A LOT OF THE CITIES NOW AND THE COUNTIES, BOTH THE COUNTIES ABOUT JUST HUGE CONTINGENCIES THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN ON PROJECTS AND JUST THE ECONOMY AT LARGE. SO OUR JOB IS TO GIVE YOU THE STRAIGHT TRUTH.

YOUR JOB IS TO KEEP PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON US.

SO I THINK ALL OF THIS IS WORKING OUT KIND OF AS DESIGNED AND REALLY WELCOME THE FEEDBACK ON THE PROCESS AND HOW, YOU KNOW AND, YOU KNOW, WELCOME TO TALK TO ME PRIVATELY ABOUT IT TOO.

YEAH, I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE QUICK. IT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL AS WE THINK ABOUT SEPTEMBER, MAYBE TO THINK ABOUT SHARING THE EXCEL SPREADSHEETS FOR TODAY AND ALSO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. ONE, IT MIGHT BE, I DON'T KNOW, I TEND TO WORK IN SPREADSHEETS, SO IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR ME PERSONALLY. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I THINK WE GET A LOT OF THIS IN PDF.

AND SO THAT MIGHT BE ONE REQUEST. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW SOME, SOME CITIES TEND TO OPEN UP SPREADSHEET AVAILABILITY ALSO TO THE GENERAL COMMUNITY, BECAUSE SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO BE ABLE TO WORK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, PRINTING OUT A PDF. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS THINKING CREATIVELY IN TERMS OF WHERE WE HAVE RESOURCES.

YOU KNOW, ONE THING I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF SINCE WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT DUELING CANYON TODAY, IT'S LOCATED INCREDIBLY CLOSE TO THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST THINKING ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN REGARDS TO YOU KNOW, WHAT'S LOCATED NEAR WHERE COULD COULD ALSO BE AN OPTION.

AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR TODAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. COULD I JUST ASK A QUESTION? SO SABRINA, JUST AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY.

JUST AS FAR AS WORKING OUT NEAR THE SEAPORT, ABOUT AS FAR AS WHAT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE ON PRICES.

IS THERE ANY WAY THAT I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE, LIKE, UPDATES AS FAR AS IN BUDGET PROJECTIONS? BUT WHEN WE HAVE KIND OF MORE OF A SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CERTAIN AREAS, IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO PRESENT IT SO THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND PIVOTS. WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE OR THESE THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT AFFECT THE RESTORATION OF A TRAIL OR, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT WE USED TO HAVE PROVIDING US INFORMATION.

BUT NOW THOSE OFFICES CLOSED OR THEY DON'T EXIST AND WE'RE HAVING TO PIVOT THERE.

BECAUSE WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION, BUT THEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES WHERE WE MIGHT GET INFORMATION OR KNOWLEDGE. THERE'S A REAL LOSS OF STAFF AND THERE'S A REAL LOSS OF INFORMATION AND PROGRAMS AND DATA.

SO I THINK AS FAR AS KEEPING IT REAL. SO WHEN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IF WE DO HAVE TO TIGHTEN HERE AND THERE,

[02:55:06]

YEAH. YEAH. NO. IT'S GREAT. AND DEB HAS TALKED ABOUT GETTING SOME OF OUR OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS MAYBE TO COME AND GIVE A PRESENTATION NOT JUST TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, BUT I WAS SUGGESTING THAT THE FULL BOARD RECEIVE IT.

IF THAT'S A DESIRE, IT RISES TO THAT LEVEL. DEFINITELY.

JUST FOR THAT. EXACTLY. SOME TRANSPARENCY. AND I JUST THINK IT'S GOOD FOR ALL OF US TO HEAR THIS DIRECTLY.

SO GREAT SUGGESTION. YEAH, BECAUSE A LOT OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL WORK WITH THE CITIES AND THEY'LL DO LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW THAT YEARLY FOR CASE. SO MAYBE IT'S IS RISING TO A POINT THIS YEAR.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE STATE OF THE PARKS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING.

YEAH. I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH HER ON TIMING ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK NOW IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE ROOM, IN THE ZOOM ROOM.

BUT DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. SLACKER.

ALL RIGHT. KELLY. WELL, WE KNOW IT'S FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

YOU'RE TIRED. SO? SO DIRECTOR COFFEY. I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US AND HAVE REVIEWED ANIA'S

[IV. RECAP, REVIEW, AND WRAP UP]

RIGHT. SCOTT ONCE AGAIN HAS GIVEN US EXTENSIVE THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO SEEING NO OTHER BUSINESS I WILL CLOSE THIS STUDY SESSION, ADJOURN AT 352. THANK YOU. THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PART.

252 252 I THOUGHT I WAS LATE.

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