May 20, 2025 Board of Directors Meeting

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ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THIS CLOSED SESSION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FOR MAY 20TH, 2025, BEGINNING AT 11:06 A.M.. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES. PRESIDENT MERCURIO. DIRECTOR COFFEY HERE.

DIRECTOR SANWONG HERE. DIRECTOR WAESPI HERE. DIRECTOR ESPAÑA PRESENT.

PRESIDENT MERCURIO HERE. GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH HERE.

AND GENERAL COUNSEL BOURGAULT HERE. THANK YOU.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO COMMENT ON WHAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA? I DON'T SEE CLOSED SESSION. LET ME JUST MAKE SURE THERE'S NOBODY IN THE ZOOM ROOM.

[CLOSED SESSION]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN BE HEARD. GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FOR MAY 20TH, 2025, BEGINNING AT 1:27. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ATTENDING ON REMOTELY THIS TIME, SO CAN THE CLERK PLEASE TAKE ROLL? YES PRESIDENT MERCURIO. EXCUSE ME. DIRECTOR COFFEY HERE.

DIRECTOR SANWONG HERE. DIRECTOR WAESPI HERE. DIRECTOR ESPANA HERE.

PRESIDENT MERCURIO HERE. GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH HERE.

AND GENERAL COUNSEL BOURGAULT HERE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. WILL DIRECTOR ESPAÑA LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE.

I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT]

THANK YOU. AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY, WE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL OF THE LANDS WITHIN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ARE THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF EAST BAY OHLONE, BAY MIWOK, AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY YAKUT, WHO ARE POLITICALLY ORGANIZED AND REPRESENTED BY A NUMBER OF TRIBES TODAY. WE MAKE THIS RECOGNITION AS A WAY TO RESPECT AND HONOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO FIRST CULTIVATED AND INHABITED THIS LAND. THE PARK DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING WAYS TO WORK AND CONSULT WITH EAST BAY TRIBES, AS WE'VE RECOGNIZED THAT THESE TRIBAL CITIZENS REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR LAND AND THEIR CULTURE.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. NEXT IS MODIFICATION OF THE AGENDA.

[MODIFICATION OF AGENDA]

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK FOR. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE, OF THE, OF THE AGENDA. BECAUSE I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE SOME OTHER CHANGES LATER ON.

OKAY. HEARING NONE. YOU DO WANT TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA? I DO. WELL, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT ITEM B2, AND I WONDER IF WE WANT TO MAYBE MOVE THAT TO THE END OF THE MEETING, JUST IN CASE. IT'S THE TILDEN AEC.

YEAH, YEAH. MAKE THAT THE LAST ITEM OF THE AGENDA JUST IN CASE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SOME TIME CONSTRAINTS.

SO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MAKE A MOTION TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA IN THAT WAY? YES. OKAY. SO MAKE THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT, I MOVE THAT, WE MOVE ITEM B2 TO CAN WE MAKE THAT AFTER C3? OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. AND I THINK IT'LL BE CLEAR WHY WE'RE DOING THAT WHEN WE GET THERE I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THERE'S A THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE NOW.

SO AFTER THAT DO WE HAVE ANY MADAM CLERK, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY?

[PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]

AND I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE WITH US HOW WE DO THAT.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO.

IF ATTENDING BY ZOOM THEY MAY RAISE THEIR HAND AND THEIR NAME WILL BE CALLED.

WHEN IT IS THEIR TURN TO SPEAK IF ATTENDING IN PERSON, THEY MAY SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD TO THE CLERK STAFF OR OTHERWISE INDICATE THEY WISH TO MAKE

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EXCUSE ME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. ME TOO. OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M ACTUALLY. OKAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. TODAY I STAND WITH A SADDENED HEART.

I'M HERE TO HONOR A MAN WHOSE LEGACY IS ETCHED INTO THE SOUL OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE FABRIC OF PORT CHICAGO, CALIFORNIA'S JUSTICE WORK SUPERVISOR FEDERAL GLOVER.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SUPERVISOR GLOVER FOR HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PORT CHICAGO EFFORTS OVER THE YEARS.

HIS COMMITMENT TO TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE DIGNITY OF BLACK SERVICEMEN AND SAILORS THAT HELPED KEEP THE STORY OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50 ALIVE AND DID NOT LET IT FADE INTO HISTORY. THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE HIM ANYMORE.

THE WORK TO EXONERATE THE PORT CHICAGO SAILORS REQUIRED THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SO MANY.

THIS WASN'T JUST A CAMPAIGN, IT WAS A MOVEMENT.

AND WHEN YOU TAKE THE TIME TO DO YOUR RESEARCH, TO TRACE THE TIMELINE AND CONNECT THE DOTS, YOU WILL FIND THAT SUPERVISOR GLOVER WAS A GREAT PART OF THAT WORK.

HE SHOWED UP NOT JUST IN WORD, BUT IN ACTION.

HE LENT HIS VOICE, HIS PLATFORM AND HIS HEART TO THE FIGHT.

I REGRET THAT I DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE HIM ALL OF HIS FLOWERS TO THE DEGREE THAT HE DESERVED.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS YOU WISH YOU COULD GO BACK AND DO MORE.

BUT I PROMISE THIS I WILL MAKE IT A PART OF MY ONGOING WORK TO SEE THAT THIS HISTORY OF HIS IS NOT FORGOTTEN.

VERY MUCH LIKE THE BLACK SAILORS OF PORT CHICAGO, HE FOUGHT WITH HONOR.

SUPERVISOR GLOVER WAS STRONG, COURAGEOUS, BRAVE, DEEPLY LOVED.

HE STOOD IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE, AND HE DID NOT FLINCH.

HE LEANED INTO THE HARD WORK AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE ALL STANDING A LITTLE TALLER.

SUPERVISOR GLOVER WAS MY HERO. AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK ABOUT HIM TODAY AND ALL OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR WORK AT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT WITH THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50.

THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST WE CLOSE TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF FEDERAL.

OKAY. WHEN THE TIME COMES, PLEASE, PLEASE BRING THAT.

WELL, YOU WON'T BE HERE FOR THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING, BUT WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL REMEMBER.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. LET'S SEE HERE.

PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. I'M SEEING SOME DISCREPANCIES HERE THAT I'M TRYING TO WORK PAST.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

ANNOUNCEMENTS IS OUR NEXT ITEM. GREAT. THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT MERCURIO AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I JUST HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, AND THAT'S TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE OUR NEW ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. THIS IS A BRAND NEW POSITION THAT WE HAVE CREATED AND SUPER THRILLED TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE.

I THINK YOU ALL HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO TO MEET HER ALREADY.

BUT ALLISON BROOKS, WHO JUST STARTED ABOUT A WEEK AGO, A WEEK AND A HALF, SOMETHING LIKE A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.

AND THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE RECRUITMENT THAT WE DID NATIONWIDE RECRUITMENT AND WERE ABLE TO SNAG REALLY JUST A STELLAR INDIVIDUAL TO JOIN THE TEAM HERE.

SO, ALLISON, IF YOU WANT TO JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF BRIEFLY TO THE BOARD.

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SABRINA. AND IT'S A DELIGHT TO BE HERE PRESIDENT MERCURIO AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I WANT TO JUST THANK SABRINA FOR SEEING WHAT I, YOU KNOW, WITH CONFIDENCE, THE CONFIDENCE SHE BRINGS IN MY NEW ROLE IN SERVING THE PARK DISTRICT. AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE AND WORK ON BEHALF OF A RESOURCE THAT WE,

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SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. AND JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

SO THANKS SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING US FOR YOUR YOUR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. SO NEXT IS LET'S SEE

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

JUST A QUESTION ON ITEM FIVE AND SIX.

DO YOU WANT DO YOU WANT A STAFF PERSON TO COME UP FOR THAT OR.

NO, NO, IT'S JUST A QUESTION. OKAY. GO AHEAD. OH I THOUGHT SOME OTHER FOLKS.

SO I'M THE ONLY ONE. OKAY I WILL GO. ITEM FIVE.

REGARDS THE AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP FOR PHASE TWO OF THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION STUDY OF THE OPERATIONS DIVISION. AND OPPOSITE. RED IS GO. GREEN IS STOP. DIDN'T YOU REALIZE THAT RED MEANS RED MEANS CUSTOMIZED TO ME, BY THE WAY. SO ITEM SIX INVOLVES THE AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT AGREEMENT TO EXTEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT AT POINT MOLATE. AND I FULLY SUPPORT THESE BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. BUT I WAS WONDERING IN EACH OF THE ANALYSIS THAT STAFF GIVES US AND IN THIS CASE TRC HAS PROVIDED EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS AND REPORTING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF POINT MOLATE, INCLUDING PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS ASSESSMENT, ESTIMATES OF EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATIONS, REMEDIATION AND MONITORING STATUS.

I WAS WONDERING, I FULLY SUPPORT CONTINUING THIS, BUT CAN I GET A COPY OF PHASE ONE AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE? OR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS OR ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, OR IS THIS AVAILABLE? HI, RACHEL LEM, REAL ESTATE MANAGER IN THE LAND ACQUISITION ACQUISITION DEPARTMENT.

YES. WE HAVE DRAFT AND SOME FINAL REPORTS, AND I'LL DEFER TO OUR LEGAL TEAM ON WHETHER THEY CAN BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD, BUT I IMAGINE SO. AND WE WILL GET THOSE DISTRIBUTED TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE MEETING.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ALTERATIONS OR ANYTHING TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ENTIRE CONSENT CALENDAR? SO MOVED. OKAY. SECOND. OH, I THINK LISA HAS A QUESTION.

GO AHEAD.

LISA GOORJIAN, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF OPERATIONS DIVISION.

SO WITH REGARD TO THE PHASE ONE OF THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE ASKING TO HAVE A COPY OF.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FINALIZING THAT DRAFT.

IT'S IN DRAFT FORM, SO WE ANTICIPATE IT IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

AND THEN WE'LL BE SENDING IT OUT TO ALL THE STAFF AND OPERATIONS, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE IT TO THE GM TO PROVIDE TO YOU.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANY OF THESE.

NO PRESIDENT MERCURIO. OKAY. SO NOW I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SO MOVED. OKAY. MOVED BY WAESPI. SECOND. I'LL SECOND.

SECOND BY SANWONG. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION]

GREEN. I'M BECKY BREMSER, AND I'M THE DIVISION LEAD FOR LAND ACQUISITION, AND I'M GOING TO BE TURNING THIS OVER TO SARAH IN JUST A SECOND.

BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, AND THAT I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS.

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. IT'S FOR THE 140 ACRE ACQUISITION WE CALL FRESCHI.

GOOD AFTERNOON. SARAH RIEKE, SENIOR REAL PROPERTY SPECIALIST IN THE LAND ACQUISITION DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION, BECKY. AND JUST ONE

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CAN YOU MAKE SURE THE MIC IS PULLED IN CLOSE TO YOU, PLEASE? I WILL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT.

OKAY. THERE WE GO. I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO GO. IS THE SOUND OKAY FOR EVERYONE? YEAH. GREAT. GREAT. SO GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN I'M SARAH RIEKE, SENIOR REAL PROPERTY SPECIALIST.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY SEEKING AUTHORIZATION TO EXERCISE THE PARK DISTRICT'S OPTION TO PURCHASE 140 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED ALONG BRIONES VALLEY ROAD IN UNINCORPORATED CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, NEAR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD FROM MR. FRESCHI FOR $1,820,000, AND TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE GRANT FUNDS AND AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF MEASURE AA INTEREST FUNDING FOR STAFF TIME AND SAFETY AND SECURITY EXPENSES.

THE PARK DISTRICT PLANS TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EAST CONTRA COSTA HABITAT CONSERVANCY, AND 100% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE COVERED BY GRANT FUNDS SECURED BY THE CONSERVANCY FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD. SO I'LL START WITH A LOCATION MAP. THERE WE GO.

AND I'M GOING TO TRY MY POINTER HERE. SO LET'S SEE THE FRESCHI PROPERTY WHICH IS TO BE ACQUIRED.

THE 140 ACRES IS SHOWN ON THIS MAP IN ORANGE.

AND IT'S LOCATED SOUTH OF THE CITY OF ANTIOCH, WHICH IS UP HERE AND WEST OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BRENTWOOD.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG BRIONES VALLEY, WHICH IS THE THIRD AND THE SOUTHERNMOST OF THREE VALLEYS IN THIS AREA THAT TRAVERSE GENERALLY NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. THIS IS HORSE VALLEY HERE, DEER VALLEY, BRIONES VALLEY.

BRIONES VALLEY GENERALLY TRAVERSES ALONG BRIONES CREEK, WHICH IS LOCATED NORTH OF MARSH CREEK.

AND ON THIS MAP, I'LL JUST ORIENT YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS LINE DOWN HERE ON THE BOTTOM IS MARSH CREEK ROAD.

AND THIS GENERALLY VERTICAL LINE IS DEER VALLEY ROAD.

LET'S SEE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED DIRECTLY SOUTH OF CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT WATERSHED LANDS, AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE PARK DISTRICT'S SOUTHERN LAND HOLDINGS AS PART OF DEER VALLEY REGIONAL PARK.

YOU CAN SEE THIS AREA IN THE MIDDLE IS REPRESENTS THE PARK DISTRICT'S DEER VALLEY LAND HOLDINGS.

LET'S SEE. MOVING ON. THE PROPERTY PROPOSED FOR ACQUISITION IS 140 ACRES OF A TOTAL 148.65 ACRE PROPERTY.

ON THIS MAP, THE AREA IN ORANGE REPRESENTS THE 140 ACRES THAT'S PLANNED FOR ACQUISITION.

THE AREA IN BLUE IS MR. FRESCHI'S TEN ACRE RESIDENTIAL SITE, AND THE AREA IN BLACK IS THAT REMAINING 8.65 ACRES THAT MR. FRESCHI PLANS TO RETAIN AS A BUFFER BETWEEN HIS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY PROPOSED FOR ACQUISITION.

THE PROPERTY IS ACCESSED FROM BRIONES VALLEY ROAD, WHICH IS PUBLIC IN THIS LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 1.3 MILES WEST OF DEER VALLEY ROAD, NORTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH DEER VALLEY ROAD.

THIS IS AN AERIAL MAP OF THE PROPERTY. THE NORTHERN ONE THIRD OF THE PROPERTY THAT FRONTS BRIONES VALLEY ROAD HAS LEVEL TOPOGRAPHY THAT SLOPES GENERALLY UPWARD AND SOUTH TO THE RIDGELINE. THE RIDGELINE TRAVERSES THE MIDSECTION OF THE PROPERTY GENERALLY, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE AND THERE ARE TWO OAK CLUSTERS ON EITHER END OF THAT RIDGELINE.

FROM THE RIDGELINE SOUTH, THE PROPERTY DIPS DOWN TO THE LOW LANDS, AND THERE IS A SMALL PORTION OF MARSH CREEK JUST DOWN HERE IN THE BASE.

AND THERE'S ALSO ONE SEASONAL POND. THE PROPERTY IS COMPRISED OF OAK SAVANNA HABITAT, WHICH GENERALLY INCLUDES WIDELY SPACED OAK TREES AND SPRAWLING GRASSLANDS.

THE PHOTO, SHOWN HERE ON THE LEFT, WAS TAKEN FROM THE EASTERN SIDE'S SIDE OF THE RIDGE, LOOKING WEST TOWARDS MOUNT DIABLO IN THE CITIES OF WALNUT CREEK AND CONCORD. THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT WAS TAKEN FROM THE RIDGELINE AGAIN ON THE WESTERN SIDE, LOOKING NORTH TOWARDS DEER VALLEY AND THE SAN JOAQUIN AND SACRAMENTO RIVER DELTA. GRASSLAND HABITAT SUCH AS THIS IS ON THE DECLINE NATIONWIDE DUE TO AGRICULTURAL CONVERSION

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THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM THE RIDGELINE LOOKING NORTHWEST TOWARDS BLACK DIAMOND MINES REGIONAL PRESERVE, AND SHOWCASES THE PROPERTY'S EXPANSIVE VIEW SHED.

JUST BEYOND THIS RIDGELINE ON THE RIGHT IS THE PARK DISTRICT'S 1885 ACRE, NOT FRESCHI, RODDY RANCH PROPERTY THAT WAS PURCHASED IN 2014.

THIS PROPERTY HERE WAS TAKEN FROM MIDWAY UP THE RIDGELINE ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

YOU CAN SEE MR. FRESCHI'S RESIDENTIAL HOME SITE HERE.

AND JUST BEYOND THAT ARE THESE THE HILLSIDES OF THE 221 ACRE FOX RIDGE MANOR PROPERTY THAT WAS PURCHASED BY THE PARK DISTRICT IN 2009.

THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND SHOWCASE THE RIPARIAN FEATURES FOUND ON THE PROPERTY.

THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT IS A PORTION OF MARSH CREEK THAT'S POPULATED WITH COTTONWOODS, OAKS AND WILLOWS, AND THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS OF THE SEASONAL POND LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS MARSH CREEK ROAD.

BOTH THE CREEK AND THE POND MAY PROVIDE HABITAT FOR THE CALIFORNIA RED LEGGED FROG, CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER, AND WESTERN POND TURTLE. ACQUISITION OF THE FRESCHI PROPERTY BY THE PARK DISTRICT WILL PROTECT THE PROPERTY FROM POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AN AREA SURROUNDED BY THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF PREVIOUSLY PROTECTED PARKLAND OWNED BY THE PARK DISTRICT, CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT, AND THE STATE. ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY WILL ALSO PRESERVE GRASSLAND, OAK SAVANNA AND RIPARIAN HABITAT, WHICH ALL PROVIDE FORAGING AND NESTING HABITAT FOR SPECIAL STATUS AND NATIVE ANIMAL SPECIES, THEREBY PREVENTING CONTINUED FRAGMENTATION OF HABITAT AND WILDLIFE CORRIDORS.

UNDER THE PARK DISTRICT STEWARDSHIP, THE PROPERTY WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANSION OF RECREATIONAL TRAIL USES AND, AS WITH ALL PROPERTIES PURCHASED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CONSERVANCY, SUBSEQUENT TO ACQUISITION AND TO SATISFY CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN NATURAL COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PLAN. THE PARK DISTRICT WILL RECORD A COVENANT TO RESTRICT USE OVER THE PROPERTY, AND THAT IS TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY'S CONSERVATION VALUES BY PREVENTING USES THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIR THOSE VALUES.

THE KINDS OF USES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THINGS LIKE PLANTING NON-NATIVE SPECIES OR USING THE PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL USES.

ALSO SUBSEQUENT TO ACQUISITION, THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE CONSERVANCY WILL INCORPORATE THE PROPERTY INTO A JOINTLY DEVELOPED PRESERVE MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH WILL DETAIL LONG TERM MANAGEMENT TASKS THAT WILL BE ASSIGNED TO EACH PARTY.

PER THE TERMS OF THE NEGOTIATED OPTION PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, THE PROPERTY MAY BE PURCHASED, AS I SAID, FOR $1,820,000, WHICH IS ITS FAIR MARKET VALUE AS DETERMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL COMMISSIONED BY THE PARK DISTRICT, AND 100% OF THAT PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE COVERED BY GRANT FUNDS SECURED BY THE CONSERVANCY.

WE ARE RECEIVING $1.5 MILLION FROM CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND $320,000 FROM THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD.

THE PARK DISTRICT HAS UNTIL JUNE 20TH TO EXERCISE THE OPTION TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY WITH A 30 DAY CLOSE, AND WE DO HAVE AN OPTION TO EXTEND THAT OPTION PERIOD, IN WHICH CASE CLOSE WOULD COME IN OCTOBER.

THIS SLIDE PROVIDES DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT PREVIOUS AND CURRENT APPROPRIATIONS.

IT'S VERY DETAILED AND YOU CAN FIND THIS IN YOUR BOARD PACKET.

I'LL JUST HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE AND I WILL USE MY POINTER AGAIN.

THIS $57,500 REPRESENTS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED AMOUNTS FOR PRELIMINARY ACQUISITION COSTS.

AND DOWN HERE YOU CAN SEE THE TWO GRANT FUND AMOUNTS THAT WILL BE APPROPRIATED.

AND THEN THERE'S $133,000 THAT STAFF IS REQUESTING TO BE TRANSFERRED AND APPROPRIATED TO THE PROJECT ACCOUNT FOR CONTINUED STAFF TIME AND SAFETY AND SECURITY EXPENSES. AND THAT WILL BE MEASURED. I'M SORRY.

NOT MEASURE W MEASURE AA INTEREST FUNDING. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT, TO RECAP THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO EXERCISE THE OPTION TO PURCHASE 140 ACRES OF MR. FRESCHI'S PROPERTY FOR $1,820,000. ADDITIONALLY, WE SEEK YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT AN APPROPRIATE $320,000 FROM WCB TOWARDS THE PURCHASE PRICE AND AN ADDITIONAL $130,000 $33,000 RATHER IN MEASURE AA INTEREST FUNDING FOR CONTINUED STAFF TIME AND SAFETY AND SECURITY EXPENSES. BEFORE I WRAP UP MY PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THERE IS AN ERROR IN THE RESOLUTION.

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THAT IS NOT CORRECT. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG BRIONES VALLEY ROAD.

AND ALSO, BEFORE I SIGN OFF, I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK THE CONSERVANCY.

ABBY FATEMAN IS HERE TODAY AND JOANNE CHU FOR THEIR COLLABORATION ON THIS PROJECT.

AND OF COURSE, MR. FRESCHI FOR CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE PARK DISTRICT ALL OF THESE YEARS AND THROUGH COVID TO MAKE THIS ACQUISITION HAPPEN.

AND FINALLY TO THE GRANTING AGENCIES, CDFW AND WCB FOR FUNDING, FUNDING THE PURCHASE PRICE.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A TIME FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH. YEAH I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT RAPTORS.

IF WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT RAPTORS MIGHT BE ON THIS PROPERTY.

ARE THERE ANY NESTS THAT WE MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY NESTS, AND I DON'T THINK THAT ANY SPECIES STUDIES HAVE BEEN PERFORMED.

I KNOW THE CONSERVANCY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'VE BEEN COMPLETED. ABBY PLANS TO SPEAK, SO MAYBE SHE CAN ANSWER THAT, BUT AS FAR AS I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING JUST YET.

OKAY, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW RAPTORS ARE VERY MUCH IN THE NEWS.

AND PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF STRONG AFFINITIES TOWARDS BEING ABLE TO PROTECT THAT HABITAT.

AND, AND THEN I GUESS I'LL TRY TO FORM THIS IN A QUESTION AS A QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE THERE'S A PODCAST, CALIFORNIA NATURALIST, AND I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE'S LISTENED TO THIS, BUT THEY RECENTLY HAD AN ENTIRE EPISODE ON THE RED LEGGED, THE CALIFORNIA RED LEGGED FROG. AND IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PODCAST THAT TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE RED LEGGED FROG, HOW IT'S OUR STATE AMPHIBIAN, AND HOW THERE'S REALLY STRONG INTEREST ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE IN REGARDS TO PROTECTING HABITAT FOR THE CALIFORNIA RED LEGGED FROG.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME FORWARD.

AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A REALLY GOOD STORY TO TELL HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF MY QUESTION, YOU KNOW, IF ANYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR WORK.

I GUESS SOMEONE HAD ALSO DONE A STUDY, AND THEY'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT MARK TWAIN'S STORY ABOUT THE JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY WERE MOST LIKELY ABOUT CALIFORNIA RED LEGGED FROG.

I KNOW TODAY THEY DO HAVE THAT COMPETITION AT THEIR COUNTY FAIR, AND THEY TEND TO BRING IN NON-NATIVE BULLFROGS FOR THAT COMPETITION.

BUT THE ACTUAL STORY IS ABOUT OUR STATE AMPHIBIAN.

SO I THINK WITH THIS PROJECT, IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE OUR STATE AMPHIBIAN THAT'S A PROTECTED SPECIES, AND ONE THAT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE IN REGARDS TOO.

THANK YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW EITHER OF THOSE THINGS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. THE THE MATERIALS SUGGEST THAT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE FUNDING AND HABITAT PRESERVATION REPRESENTED BY THE CONSERVANCY.

THERE IS, HOWEVER, A POSSIBILITY OF ACTIVE RECREATION USE.

IS, AND I'M INTERPRETING THAT AS MAYBE WE COULD HIKE ON IT.

IS THERE AN EXISTING RANCH ROAD OUT THERE? SO THERE ISN'T ACTUALLY CURRENTLY AN EXISTING RANCH ROAD.

AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE ANSWER THAT YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE IN TERMS OF PLANNING RECREATIONAL TRAIL USE THAT WOULD COME, YOU KNOW, AFTER ACQUISITION AND BE DISCUSSED AND DEVELOPED IN, IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONSERVANCY BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

BUT SPECIFICALLY, THERE ISN'T CURRENTLY A RANCH ROAD THERE.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. YEAH, SURE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. IT'S VERY THOROUGH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY. I JUST ALWAYS WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S IT'S REALLY AMAZING WHENEVER I READ THE DOCUMENTS AND I SEE THAT THE CONSERVANCY IS INVOLVED WITH THIS, AND I SEE ABBY FATEMAN COMING TO OUR MEETING, HERE I GO.

THINGS ARE GOING TO GET GOOD HERE. THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND THANKS FOR THE COLLABORATION ABBY.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ABBY FATEMAN. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

AS WELL WE SHOULD. I'LL LEAVE YOU ON. GREEN MEANS GO, RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT MERCURIO, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M ABBY FATEMAN I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HABITAT CONSERVANCY.

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU. IT'S A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN YOUR BOARD CHAMBERS.

AND I'M HERE TO CELEBRATE. THIS IS A GREAT ACQUISITION.

I WANT TO REALLY THANK SARAH. SHE HAS STUCK WITH THIS THIS ACQUISITION.

IT HAS BEEN A LONG NEGOTIATION. AND A VERY A GREAT FIRST ACQUISITION FOR US TO WORK WITH BECKY AND HER

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AND SO IT'S A GREAT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH BECKY AND SARAH IN HER IN HER EXPANDED ROLE DOING THIS.

BRIONES VALLEY IS OFT OVERLOOKED. I THINK WE TALK ABOUT HORSE VALLEY.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF RESTORATION THERE. WE TALK ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE IN DEER VALLEY. I WILL SHARE THE SECRET THAT BRIONES VALLEY IS MY FAVORITE OF THE THREE.

SO I DO THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, HOPEFULLY, TO GO OUT THERE WITH YOU GUYS IN THE SPRING AND SHOW YOU SORT OF THE COLLECTION OF CONSERVED LANDS OUT THERE AND THE EXPANSE OF WHAT HAS REALLY HAPPENED OUT THERE.

IT IS A SPECTACULAR VALLEY WITH THAT'S WIDE, HAS STEEP SLOPES, HAS ROCK OUTCROPS, HAS A VARIETY OF HABITATS THAT ARE THAT LEAVE YOU WANTING TO FIND OUT WHAT'S AROUND THE NEXT CORNER.

SO I'M REALLY PLEASED TO ADD THE PROPERTY TO THE CONSERVATION IN THIS VALLEY.

THIS IS OUR 17 ISH YEAR WORKING TOGETHER ON IMPLEMENTING THE HCP AND THE NCCP.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD. I KNOW SOME FOLKS HAVE ACTUALLY NO ONE WAS HERE IN THE BEGINNING, BUT SOME OF US, SOME STAFF WERE HERE BACK IN THE BEGINNING.

BUT A LOT OF BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT FOR A LONG TIME AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT.

AND FOR FOLKS WHO I'M NEW TO AND WHO ARE NEW TO ME, I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU BETTER AND SHOWING OFF THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THE PARK DISTRICT IS DOING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CONSERVANCY STAFF OUT THERE.

IT'S REALLY SPECTACULAR. SO THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND THE AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE.

WE NEED EACH OTHER AND I THINK WE WORK PRETTY WELL TOGETHER.

SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT BOARD WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? I WOULD REALLY WELCOME SUCH A FIELD TRIP. I THINK IT WOULD IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA.

THE ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS I DID WHEN I WAS APPOINTED TO THIS BOARD IN 2017 WAS TAKE YOU UP ON AN INVITATION TO DO A HIKE OUT. I THINK IT WAS DEER VALLEY. AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD EDUCATION FOR ME.

SO I THINK ESPECIALLY WITH OUR NEWER MEMBERS IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

YEAH. AND I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN TO DEER VALLEY, ANY OF IT. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ANY OF THE RODDY RANCH STUFF, YOU KNOW. SO IT'S BEEN ACTUALLY IT WAS IN THE BACK OF MY MIND. NOW IT'S UP HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE FRONT OF MY MIND. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING TO SAVE ME SOME, SOME EMAILS, YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL WE'LL WAIT FOR WORD FROM YOU ABOUT THAT.

THE OTHER THING THAT STRIKES ME BASED ON WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE AN ACQUISITION LIKE THIS, AND THIS ONE'S NOT REALLY THAT UNUSUAL, I DON'T THINK IS I THINK ABOUT WHAT MY MOTHER USED TO SAY TO MY DAD WHEN SHE HAD SOMETHING FOR HIM TO DO, SHE'D SAY, ALL YOU GOT TO DO FILL IN THE BLANK.

YOU KNOW, MY DAD WOULD ROLL HIS EYES AND. YEAH, ALL YOU GOT TO DO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT SEEMED PRETTY SIMPLE TO TO TO HER.

RIGHT. WELL, ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS BUY A PROPERTY FROM A WILLING SELLER.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING TO LEARN AND, YOU KNOW, I STILL CONTINUE TO LEARN AND THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS ARE FIGURING THIS OUT, THAT THERE'S SO MANY ELEMENTS TO THIS AND SO MANY ITERATIONS AND REGULATIONS AND THINGS HAVING TO DO WITH MONEY AND ALL THAT STUFF.

BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PROCESS, YOUR FUNDS ARE WILLING ARE GREAT PARTNERS FOR US.

AND WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND WE MAKE IT HAPPEN.

SO I HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT DIRECTOR COFFEY HAD, YOU KNOW, I, I LOVE THE THE THOUGHT OF PRESERVING HABITAT. BUT WHENEVER WE CAN MANAGE TO GET SOME PUBLIC ACCESS IN THERE, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT'S, IT'S ALL FAIR AND SQUARE I LOVE IT.

SO ANYWAY, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. SO IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.

I WOULD LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ON PAGE 373 OF OUR PACKET, WITH THE CORRECTION REFERRING TO BRIONES ROAD INSTEAD OF CHADBOURN.

YEAH. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. AND THAT ONE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO TO THE END OF THE AGENDA.

THAT WAS NUMBER B2. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO B3 AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A THREE YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH FIVE RIVERS

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I COULD SEE YOU COMING. AGAIN BECKY BREMSER, DIVISION LEAD FOR LAND ACQUISITION.

AND TODAY WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO CONTINUE THE LEASE WITH FIVE RIVERS TO USE THE HANGAR AND OFFICE SPACE FOR OUR AIR SUPPORT UNIT. AND WE HAVE STAFF HERE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND THIS ITEM.

JUST TO REMIND FOLKS, A YEAR AGO, WE SECURED A SHORT TERM LEASE WITH FIVE RIVERS TO USE THEIR SPACE AT THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT, AND WE WANTED TO SEE HOW THAT WENT FOR. SO THAT'S WHY WE DID A SHORT TERM LEASE.

NOW WE'RE COMING BACK AND ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE YEARS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN REALLY HAPPY.

THE RELATIONSHIP'S GONE REALLY WELL. THE SPACE IS FABULOUS.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR PERMISSION TO REMAIN AT THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT IN OUR HANGAR SPACE FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE YEARS.

SO AGAIN, I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. WE ALSO HAVE STAFF FROM OUR SUPPORT UNIT TOO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS.

GO AHEAD. YES. FIRST, I JUST LIKE TO DO A QUICK THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS INTO THIS PART OF THE AGENDA AND BRINGING IT FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR ORIGINALLY. I JUST THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS ITEM FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS ONE OF THE FIRST REASONS, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY PUT A LOT OF INVESTMENT INTO OUR AIR SUPPORT UNIT, AND I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR US TO TO HAVE AS A, AS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AS AN ORGANIZATION AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

I THINK THAT THAT THAT'S ONE PIECE OF IT. TWO, I THINK WE HAVE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY, AND I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS INTO A QUESTION, I PROMISE. I THINK WE HAVE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY IN REGARDS TO THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE MESSAGING AND POSITIONING IN REGARDS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

BOTH THE CITY OF LIVERMORE AND THEN ALSO WHERE THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT IS LOCATED, IT DOES BORDER SOME RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON.

AND AND THEN THE THIRD POINT AND THEN I'LL GET TO TRY TO GET TO A QUESTION.

THE THIRD POINT IS, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF OPEN SPACE THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING NEARBY THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT.

AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE OUR AIR SUPPORT UNIT NEAR THIS LARGE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ABOUT 4500 ACRES THAT WE MANAGE UNDER DEL VALLE.

WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK OVER 9600 ACRES OF OHLONE WILDERNESS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER YOU KNOW, 9000 ACRES AT PLEASANTON RIDGE.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF LARGE ACREAGE AREAS LOCATED HERE.

AND I THINK THAT THERE'S YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH SAN FRANCISCO IN REGARDS TO THE SAN FRANCISCO WATERSHED LANDS NEARBY. THE GENERAL MANAGER AND I, WE WERE ABLE TO GO AND ATTEND A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, SFPUC, AND THEY DID WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT OUR AIR SUPPORT UNIT PROGRAM.

THEY REALLY LIKED THAT WE HAVE IT. THEY LIKE THAT IT'S NOW IN LIVERMORE BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH US, AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE MANAGING A LARGE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE OF OPEN SPACE FOR THEIR WATERSHED LANDS IN WHAT'S APPROXIMATELY UNINCORPORATED ALAMEDA COUNTY OR WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE SUNOL AREA. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXTENDING THIS THREE YEAR LEASE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AIR SUPPORT UNIT.

SO TO GET THIS TO MY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

ONE IS SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED TODAY? IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF BOARD VISIT SO THAT THE BOARD HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME VISIT TOGETHER AND SEE THE HANGAR? I KNOW DIRECTOR WAESPI AND I WERE ABLE TO STOP BY ONE ONE DAY AND SEE IT.

BUT I'D LIKE FOR US TO MAYBE BE ABLE TO GO BACK AGAIN TOGETHER.

SURE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT. YEAH. I DON'T SEE ANY REASON.

IT WOULD BE FUN TO SHOW IT OFF TOO, GETTING A NOD BEHIND ME.

GREAT, GREAT. WE WOULD HAVE TO AGENDIZE THAT AS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD.

OKAY, GOOD GOOD POINT. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS, I THINK, TO ONE OF MY EARLIER POINTS ABOUT MESSAGING AND POSITIONING. IN TERMS OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO CONSIDER YOU KNOW,

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AND AND I KNOW IN GENERAL, THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT ALSO DOES HAVE SOME COMMUNITY PROGRAMS COMING UP.

FOR EXAMPLE, 4TH OF JULY TENDS TO BE A DAY WHERE THEY LIKE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A COMMUNITY EVENT GATHERING.

I THINK THAT STARTED LAST YEAR IN 2024. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD ALSO BE NICE FOR US TO CONSIDER.

AND MAYBE WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE A TABLE AT THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ATTEND THAT DAY.

BUT IT MIGHT ALSO BE NICE TO HAVE ANOTHER DAY WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND TALK. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS, BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE FROM THE NEARBY NEIGHBORS.

AND SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU KNOW, INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TALK ABOUT WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT OUR AIR SUPPORT UNIT IS LOCATED HERE. I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO SOME BENEFITS IN TERMS OF LOCAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS, IN TERMS OF HAVING THIS FACILITY HERE AND HAVING STAFF THERE IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF THAT'S NOW THERE.

IS THERE A QUESTION IN THERE SOMEWHERE? YEAH. YEAH. SO MY QUESTION .

IT DIDN'T FLY AWAY, DID IT. SO SO IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT HAVING SOME SORT OF PUBLIC EVENT? I THINK THERE WILL TAKE WE'LL TAKE THAT SUGGESTION AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN MY THIRD QUESTION I GUESS I'LL GET TO WAS KIND OF RELATED TO THAT LAST ONE.

I KNOW I BROUGHT THIS UP WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE LONG LINE DECISION FOR THE AIR SUPPORT UNIT AND HOW ALAMEDA COUNTY LAFCO HAD DONE A MUNICIPAL STUDIES REVIEW OF PUBLIC SAFETY. AND I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN START TO THINK ABOUT MESSAGING AND POSITIONING AND ALSO REFERENCING THAT ALAMEDA COUNTY LAFCO REPORT? BECAUSE I THINK IT DOES HAVE LIKE A NICE MATRIX THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IS, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME WHEN THAT WAS PUBLISHED, NO ONE HAD A LONG LINE CAPACITY.

AND NOW WE ARE THE ONLY ALAMEDA COUNTY AGENCY THAT HAS THAT.

AND TO REALLY SHOW YOU KNOW, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE AIR SUPPORT UNIT AND THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THAT UNIT.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO AS WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT THIS THREE YEAR LEASE? YEAH. I ALSO THINK THAT SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON TOO.

SO THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THESE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY. DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THEY THEY THEY DON'T. OKAY. SO COMMENTS? I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THIS BOARD TO GO AND FLY OUT OF THIS FACILITY.

IN MY DAY JOB, I WORK FOR A PORT AUTHORITY, AN AIRPORT AS PART OF IT.

SO BEING ABLE TO BE IN LIVERMORE RATHER THAN HAYWARD AND THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES AND WEATHER OUT OF THIS LIVERMORE FACILITY, IT'S JUST A MUCH BETTER LOCATION AND HOW IT PUTS US GEOGRAPHICALLY RELATED TO OTHER PARKS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATING ME ALSO ON SOME OF THE BENEFITS.

SO THAT'S IT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY MY COMMENT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHERS? I WANT TO ECHO THAT WHEN WHEN THIS WAS BEING DISCUSSED FOR THE FIRST TIME, I WAS VERY MUCH AWARE THAT THAT WAS A BETTER LOCATION FOR FOR IN TERMS OF FIREFIGHTING.

THERE'S SO MANY PARKS OUT THAT CLOSE TO THAT LOCATION THAT ARE PRONE TO, TO WILDFIRE AND THE ABILITY THAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT FIRES WITH THE BUCKET IS REALLY GREAT.

SO AND I ALSO NOTICED IN THE STAFF REPORT THE STATEMENT THAT THE THEY'RE ABLE TO GET MORE FLYING HOURS NOW OUT OF THAT LOCATION THAN THEY WERE BEFORE. AND THAT'S IN KEEPING WITH WHAT WE WERE PROMISED BEFORE, BEFORE THE MOVE WAS MADE, BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE PREPONDERANCE OF CLEAR DAYS IN LIVERMORE VALLEY, THAT THEY COULD FLY MORE THAN THEY ARE. SO THIS IS ALL GOOD NEWS AND SEEMS TO BE WORKING OUT OKAY.

SO I GUESS AT THIS POINT, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS THAT NEED TO BE WANT TO BE MADE DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL HERE? YES. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. MOTION BY SANWONG.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY ESPAÑA.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

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[FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION]

GOOD AFTERNOON PRESIDENT MERCURIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

KATIE DIGNAN, ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER WITH FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

HERE TODAY FOR THE AGENDA ITEM TO AS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROPRIATE $1,883,261 OF MEASURE FF FUNDING FOR FUELS MANAGEMENT PROJECTS TO MEET GRANTS MATCH REQUIREMENTS. AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING ON MAY 6TH, ACTING FIRE CHIEF HELAE PRESENTED AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WE RECENTLY WERE AWARDED OVER $8.3 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING FOR FUELS MANAGEMENT EFFORTS.

EACH OF THESE GRANTS HAVE MATCH FUNDING REQUIREMENTS, AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO REQUEST FUNDING TO MEET OUR GRANT OBLIGATIONS.

OVER TIME, WE'VE GRADUALLY BEEN ADDRESSING THE AREAS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT NEED FUEL MANAGEMENT EFFORTS.

AND SINCE 2021, THE PARK DISTRICT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN EXECUTING OVER $17.2 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING FOR FUELS RELATED PROJECTS.

AND IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, WE'VE OBTAINED NEW FUNDING FROM FEMA, STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY AND CALIFORNIA FIRE SAFE COUNCIL COOPERATIVE FIRE PROGRAM OF THE US FIRE SERVICES FOR SERVICES, SORRY. SO NOW BEAR WITH ME WHILE I GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON EACH OF THESE GRANTS AWARDED AND THE ASSOCIATED TIMELINES. SO IN MARCH OF 2022, THE PARK DISTRICT APPLIED FOR FEMA PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION FUNDING TO COMPLETE HAZARDOUS FUELS REDUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 85 ACRES IN ANTHONY CHABOT. THIS WAS CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING APPROPRIATION REQUESTED FROM SENATOR PADILLA'S OFFICE.

THESE FUNDS WERE AWARDED IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, AND THE FINAL GRANT AGREEMENT WAS EXECUTED IN JANUARY.

THE TOTAL PROJECT AMOUNT IS $2,000,016, WITH A 25% MATCH OF $500,016.

MEASURE FF FUNDS WERE APPROPRIATED IN MARCH OF 2023 TO MEET THE THE REQUIRED MATCH.

THE PARK DISTRICT HAS UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF 2026 TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT.

NEXT IN MARCH OF 2023, THE PARK DISTRICT APPLIED FOR FEMA PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION GRANT FUNDING TO COMPLETE 64 ACRES OF HAZARDOUS FUELS REDUCTION IN ANTHONY CHABOT. THIS WAS CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING REQUESTED THROUGH SENATOR SWALWELL'S OFFICE.

THE FUNDS WERE AWARDED IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, AND WE EXECUTED THE GRANT AGREEMENT IN JANUARY.

THE TOTAL PROJECT AMOUNT IS $1,844,092, WITH A REQUIRED MATCHING FUNDS OF $465,020.

THIS PROJECT HAS UNTIL AUGUST OF 2027 FOR US TO COMPLETE.

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018 THE PARK DISTRICT APPLIED FOR HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING FOR HAZARDOUS FUELS REDUCTION WORK IN 13 RECOMMENDED TREATMENT AREAS WITHIN TILDEN REGIONAL PARK, AND 9 RECOMMENDED TREATMENT AREAS IN CLAREMONT CANYON.

THESE FUNDS WERE AWARDED OVER 6 YEARS AFTER WE APPLIED FOR THIS GRANT.

THE TOTAL PROJECT AMOUNT OF THE SLIDE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO $4,286,761 TO REFLECT THE ADDITIONAL $15,000 ALLOCATED FOR GRANT MANAGEMENT COST.

THE REQUIRED MATCH IS $1,067,941, AND CURRENTLY THE PARK DISTRICT HAS UNTIL JANUARY 2026 TO COMPLETE THIS WORK, BUT WE'VE REQUESTED AN EXTENSION WHICH IS CURRENTLY PENDING TO OCTOBER 2027.

IN JANUARY OF 2023, WE APPLIED FOR FUNDING FROM STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY FOR VEGETATIVE TREATMENT TO REDUCE FUELS ACROSS 130 ACRES IN TILDEN, ANTHONY CHABOT AND CARQUINEZ STRAIT. ALSO, FOR A 34 ACRE SHADED FUEL BREAK ALONG SOUTHERN THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF LAKE CHABOT AND FUNDING TO PURCHASE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT.

THE FINAL GRANT AGREEMENT WAS RECEIVED IN FEBRUARY.

THE TOTAL PROJECT AMOUNT IS $2,575,000, OF THAT MATCH, FUNDING OF $250,000 IS REQUIRED AND THEN $250,000 IN IN STAFF TIME. THE PARK DISTRICT IS SCHEDULED TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT BY DECEMBER OF 2026.

IN MARCH OF 2024, THE PARK DISTRICT APPLIED FOR STATE FIRE COUNCIL FOR FUELS REDUCTION WORK OF OVER 58 ACRES IN WILDCAT CANYON.

THE GRANT AGREEMENT WAS RECEIVED IN OCTOBER OF 2024, AND THE PROJECT AMOUNT IS $200,300, WITH A MATCH FUNDING OF A LITTLE OVER $100,000.

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WE ALSO HAVE TWO HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROJECTS THAT ARE PENDING AWARD NOTIFICATION FOR ADDRESSING 173 ACRES IN TILDEN, SIBLEY PARKS AND 114 ACRES IN ACROSS SIBLEY, HUCKLEBERRY, REINHARDT, REDWOOD, AND WILDCAT CANYON.

THE TOTAL OF BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS AMOUNT TO OVER $6.1 MILLION, AND IF AWARDED, FUNDS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A GRANT MATCH OF $1,541,633. IF WE ARE AWARDED THESE FUNDS, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD ASKING FOR APPROPRIATION OF THE MATCHING FUNDING.

SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY IS TO ALLOCATE MEASURE FF CONTINGENCY FUNDING TO FUND THIS MATCH REQUIREMENT.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF RECAP ON MEASURE FF FUNDING.

THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT INCLUDES BOTH ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND PROVIDED THE MAP SO YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT THE FACILITIES DISTRICT ENCOMPASSES.

IN NOVEMBER OF 2018, OVER 85% OF THE VOTERS APPROVED AN EXTENSION FOR THE CONTINUATION OF MEASURE CC AS MEASURE FF.

THE TAX LEVY BEGAN IN 2020 AND IS ESTIMATED TO GENERATE ABOUT $3.3 MILLION OF FUNDING PER YEAR UNTIL 2040.

OVER $59 MILLION IS ALLOCATED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND WILDFIRE PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, IMPROVING VISITOR USE FACILITIES AND PUBLIC ACCESS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND ALSO FUNDING STAFF.

$6.6 MILLION OF THE ESTIMATED PROCEEDS ARE ALLOCATED FOR CONTINGENCY AND TO DATE, WE HAVE YET TO APPROPRIATE ANY OF THAT CONTINGENCY FUNDING.

AS OF THE END OF 2024, $15 MILLION IN MEASURE FF PARCEL TAX REVENUE HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND WE'VE APPROPRIATED $12.95 MILLION, LEAVING AN ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE OF OVER $2.1 MILLION.

SO OF THE PROJECTS THAT I'VE COVERED, THE ONLY PROJECT THAT CURRENTLY HAS MATCHING FUNDS APPROPRIATED IS THE FEMA PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION 2023.

THE FOUR PROJECTS LISTED BELOW THAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE EARLIER SLIDES REQUIRE MATCH FUNDING TOTALING $1,883,261.

WHEN MEASURE FF WAS PROPOSED TO VOTERS IN NOVEMBER 2018 WILDFIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY HEALTH FOREST WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHLIGHTED AS ONE OF THE MAJOR COMMITMENTS. THE RESOLUTION THAT ADOPTED THE EXPENDITURE PLAN ALLOWS FOR THE BOARD TO ADJUST APPROPRIATIONS REFLECTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARISE OVER THE LIFE OF THE EXPENDITURE PLAN. THE SIX THERE IS $6.6 MILLION OF MEASURE FF CONTINGENCY FUND THAT HAS YET TO BE APPROPRIATED, AND ON MAY 14TH, THE BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED THAT $1,883,261 OF MEASURE FF CONTINGENCY FUNDS BE ALLOCATED FOR THE GRANT OBLIGATION COMMITMENTS. SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION AND I OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. SOUNDS LIKE MONEY WELL SPENT.

YEAH. OKAY. I GUESS JUST REAL QUICK. AND I THINK I SAW IT, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO ASK A QUESTION ANYWAY BECAUSE WE WENT THIS IS GREAT, BY THE WAY, THE PRESENTATION PRETTY LIKE INFORMATIVE AND WELL ORGANIZED.

AND I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT I'M GONNA ASK IT BECAUSE IT KIND OF CAME UP IN MY MIND. IT MIGHT FOR ANYONE WHO'S WATCHING ALONG WITH US, THE HMGP PROGRAM, THAT'S PART OF FEMA, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION. THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHERS? THIS WAS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE? CORRECT. GOOD POINT. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS? NO. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD WEIGHING IN ON THIS? I'LL JUMP IN. FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR COMBINING ALL THOSE THINGS INTO ONE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LOT OF DATA THERE YOU KNOW, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT DOES IS IT HELPS TO CONVEY THE SCOPE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, SEEING IT ALL IN ONE PLACE LIKE THAT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE NUMBERS ARE TOTALED OR NOT.

I'M ALWAYS TOTALING THEM IN MY HEAD. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THAT AND IT'S JUST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.

AND IT REALLY PUTS US IN THE EYES OF THE COMMUNITY IN A VERY GOOD LIGHT, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE, WERE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T ROLL BACK THE CLOCK.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT WE'VE ALREADY AVERTED SOME, SOME REAL DISASTERS SINCE WE STARTED DOING THIS WORK THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE DIDN'T DO THIS WORK. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S GREAT WORK.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE FINANCE SIDE, THEY'RE THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE, EVERYBODY'S WORKING TOGETHER, MAKE THIS PLACE SAFE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT.

SO WITH THAT, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO MOTION BY WAESPI. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY ESPAÑA.

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THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH AGAIN. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THE NEXT ONE, C2, IS AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH MGT FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INFRASTRUCTURE, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, SERVICES AND SUPPORT ALL ROLLED INTO ONE.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO TELL US ABOUT IT. GOOD AFTERNOON DAVID RUSTING, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.

CAN YOU PULL THAT MIC IN A LITTLE CLOSER? YEAH.

THERE YOU GO. SOMETIMES IF IT'S ON, IT'S EVEN BETTER, RIGHT? THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. OH, YEAH. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

LET ME GET THIS SHARED.

AND THERE WE GO. AGAIN THANK YOU DAVE RUSTING, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.

AND THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH MGT IN THE TO INCREASE IT BY $600,000 TO $2.4 MILLION FOR, AS MENTIONED, TELECOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE SERVICES AND SUPPORT.

SOME CONTEXT BACKGROUND, MGT , ALSO KNOWN AS AMS.NET PROVIDES A PARK DISTRICT WITH NETWORK CABLING, BUILD OUT EQUIPMENT AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES RELATING TO MAINTAINING OUR NETWORK AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS IT.

WE'VE USED THEM FOR PREVIOUS PURCHASES. I WAS HERE AT THE BOARD IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, GETTING APPROVAL TO AGAIN EXTEND THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT.

AND SO THEY AGAIN DO A LOT OF THINGS. SOME EXAMPLES OF THIS OUR CISCO NETWORKING EQUIPMENT, OUR PHONE SYSTEMS, SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR MAINTENANCE SUPPORT, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

SOME CONTEXT AS WELL UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF LEGAL OR CONTRACT, WHENEVER WE DO A CONTRACT WE DO THE TOTAL AMOUNT.

WE JUST KEEP ADDING TO IT AND WE BRING THAT TO THE BOARD AS IT'S EXTENDED.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT FOR THE LIFETIME WITH THAT VENDOR.

MGT USES A COMPETITIVELY BID CONTRACT VEHICLE BY THE COUNTY OF MERCED, IT'S CALLED THE FOCUS PROGRAM, IT STANDS FOR FAST OPEN CONTRACT UTILIZATION SERVICES.

SO BASICALLY IT'S COMPETITIVELY BID AND SO THAT THAT WAY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN USE THAT FOR PROCURING DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. SO IN LAST DECEMBER, THE BOARD APPROVED THE EXTENSION TO $1.8 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT TO INCLUDE THE PROJECT SLATED FOR 2025.

AND THAT'S THE HISTORICAL SPEND, PLUS WHAT WE THOUGHT WE'D SPEND THIS YEAR.

SOME THINGS HAVE COME UP SINCE THEN THAT REQUIRE US TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR REQUESTED EXTENSION.

THE FIRST PIECE OF IT IS THAT EVERY YEAR WE DO A BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER FOR THE CONTRACT.

SO WHEN THE BOARD EXTENDS IT, THAT GETS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SPEND GETS EXTENDED FURTHER.

IN APRIL, WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY IN THE PREVIOUS BLANKET ORDER OF $300,000, SO WE HAD BUDGETED FOR IT.

WE HAD IT IN OUR BUDGET WE WERE READY TO SPEND IT, BUT IT WAS NOT CORRECTLY DONE BACK IN 2023.

AND SO FINANCE SAID YOU SHOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND GET APPROVAL FOR THE FULL AMOUNT.

FAIR ENOUGH. THE OTHER THING THAT HAS ARISEN IS THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS WE DO THE MAINTENANCE FOR OUR PHONE SYSTEM.

SO ALL THE PHONES THAT ARE ON DESKS AND THE COMMUNICATION FOR THEM, THAT RUNS ABOUT $55,000 A YEAR, BUT IT GETS RENEWED ON A FIVE YEAR CYCLE. THE PRICE IS LOCKED IN FOR THOSE FIVE YEARS.

SO WE DON'T PAY IT UPFRONT, BUT WE AGREE TO IT AND THEN WE PAY THE EACH OF THE FIVE YEARS.

SO THAT CREATES A CONTRACT OF $270,000 THAT WE NEED TO COME TO THE BOARD TO GET APPROVAL TO SPEND, EVEN IF WE'RE ONLY SPENDING THE $54,000 EACH YEAR.

THAT CONTRACT EXPIRES THIS YEAR SO WE'RE IN THE FINAL YEAR SO NEXT YEAR WOULD BE YEAR ONE OF THE FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.

AND THEN WE'VE HAD SOME UNEXPECTED MAINTENANCE ISSUES.

SOME CHALLENGES OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAD SOME FAILURES, SO WE'RE WORKING TO REPAIR THEM.

MGT DOES THAT WORK FOR US, THEY'LL GO OUT AND REPAIR IT, CABLE IT, AND FIX IT FOR US.

AND WE'VE HAD A FEW MORE THAN WE EXPECTED THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE ADDING THAT ABOUT $30 K OF THAT INTO THIS.

AND THAT BRINGS IT TO A TOTAL OF $2.4 MILLION.

AND WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS EXTENSION OF THE $600,000 FOR THE CONTRACT.

I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS BUDGET NEUTRAL, MEANING WE ALREADY HAD THE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THIS.

IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE COMING AND ASKING TO INCREASE ANY BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, IT'S JUST THE ABILITY TO SPEND IT WITHIN THIS CONTRACT.

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ANY QUESTIONS? YES. YEAH. I GUESS I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

SO CAN YOU JUST GO BACK TO THE THE FOCUS THE COUNTY OF MERCED POINT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT POINT IN TERMS OF THE COMPETITIVELY BID CONTRACT.

SO I GUESS COUNTY OF MERCED HAD ALREADY WORKED OUT SOME SORT OF SITUATION THAT SHOWS THAT THIS, THAT THAT PROVES THAT THIS IS A COMPETITIVELY BID CONTRACT.

YEAH. SO, SO THE, THE BROAD STROKES OF IT IS THE COUNTY OF MERCED WHEN IT SET UP THIS AGREEMENT WITH MULTIPLE VENDORS, SO MGT IS ONE OF MANY. AND THEY BASICALLY CAN RESELL OTHER EQUIPMENT FROM MANUFACTURERS.

AND IT'S COMPETITIVELY BID MEANING THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THOSE COMPANIES ARE PROMISING BEST BEST PRICING ON THAT.

THEY CAN ALWAYS GO LOWER IF THEY WANT TO, BUT IT'S THE BEST PRICING ACROSS THAT AGREEMENT.

IT WAS INITIALLY DONE FOR I THINK FIVE YEARS AND IT'S BEEN EXTENDED SUBSEQUENT, I THINK TWO YEAR CYCLES.

I CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT FOR YOU, BUT THEY BASICALLY RENEW IT EACH TIME.

AND IT'S ALL ALL THE VENDORS THAT USE IT HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE BEST PRICING FOR THE VENDORS THAT THEY COVER.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, CISCO, WHICH DOES OUR NETWORK SWITCHES, PALO ALTO, WHICH DOES OUR FIREWALLS, THOSE ALL GO THROUGH MGT BECAUSE THEY HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH THOSE MANUFACTURERS FOR CERTAIN DISCOUNTED RATE.

OKAY. I THINK I UNDERSTAND BETTER. THANK YOU.

AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION, SO WITH THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $1.8 MILLION, WAS THAT FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE HAPPENING THIS YEAR OR IS THAT AN ONGOING, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEAR TYPE OF AGREEMENT SIMILAR TO THE PHONE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE THAT IS BEING ADDED INTO TODAY'S DECISION? YEAH. SO THAT $1.8 MILLION THAT THE BOARD APPROVED LAST WAS THE RUNNING TOTAL OF SPEND THAT WE'VE HAD WITH MGT FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

SO I THINK IT WAS ONLY WE ONLY HAD ABOUT A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS INITIALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECTED TO NEED TO SPEND FOR THIS YEAR.

BUT IT ASSUMED WE HAD THE $300,000 COVERAGE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT AS WELL.

SO WE DIDN'T WE IT'S A TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE LIFETIME OF THE CONTRACT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO WORKING WITH LEGAL TO MAKE SURE IT'S KIND OF CLEAR AND THERE'S TRANSPARENCY ON THE FULL AMOUNT THAT WE'RE SPENDING WITH EACH VENDOR.

SO WE'RE NOT COMING BACK EACH YEAR ASKING, YOU KNOW, $500 K HERE, HERE, HERE.

AND THEN SUDDENLY IT'S A BIG NUMBER AND PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON. SO THE LIFETIME OF THE CONTRACT WILL BE 2025 TO 2030.

FOR THIS THIS IS 20 21 TO 2025, 2020 TO 2021 TO 20 THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

OKAY. THIS REPRESENTS THAT. THAT $1.8 BUT THEN WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE DOING THE PHONE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE.

YES. SO THAT'LL BE 2025 TO 2030. THAT IS CORRECT.

SO SO IF THE $1.8 GOES THROUGH THE END OF 2025, WILL WE SEE YOU AGAIN THEN FOR 2026 TO TO TO HAVE A NEW CONTRACT.

SO YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE ME IN DECEMBER ONCE ONCE I'VE FIGURED OUT OR ACTUALLY PROBABLY BEFORE THAT, BECAUSE BUDGET SEASON GOT WORSE, OF COURSE. BUT BASICALLY WE WILL TAKE HISTORICAL SPEND THAT WE SPENT ON PROJECTS, WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE COMING DOWN THE PIPE TO, TO WORK ON.

WE PUT THAT NUMBER INTO OUR BUDGET REQUEST. SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD AND SAYING, I WOULD LIKE TO GO FROM $2.4 MILLION TO X, AND SOMETIMES THAT NUMBER IS $400,000, SOMETIMES $200,000.

IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE WORK THAT'S DONE. AND ALSO WHEN WE'RE DOING PARK WORK, LET'S SAY WE'RE DEVELOPING A PARK OR A SITE AND BRINGING IT ONLINE, THAT TENDS TO BE A BIGGER LIFT AND COST MORE INITIALLY.

AND WE WORK WITH THE DIVISIONS TO SAY, OKAY, WHEN DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN? BECAUSE WHILE THEY MAY HAVE THE BUDGET MONEY TO DO IT, WE STILL NEED THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT TO SPEND THAT MONEY.

SO I WILL BE BACK AGAIN IN DECEMBER TO PRESENT AS WELL ON THIS ONE.

AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS, SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE, IT'S MOSTLY FOR OUR INTERNAL NETWORKING SYSTEMS FOR STAFF TO UTILIZE.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BRINGING PUBLIC WI-FI TO SOME PARKS THAT MAYBE DON'T HAVE CELL PHONE ACCESS OR WI-FI ACCESS.

THAT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE PROJECT, POTENTIALLY.

SO THAT WOULD BE A POTENTIAL PROJECT CURRENTLY WHERE WE HAVE SITE ACCESS AND WE HAVE WI-FI.

WE HAVE OUR NETWORK FOR OUR STAFF. WE HAVE A GUEST NETWORK FOR VISITORS, GUEST VISITING TO DO WORK, BUT NOT REALLY GENERALLY PUBLIC WI-FI. I THINK THAT'S A LARGER TOPIC THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT AND FIGURE OUT.

IT'S MUCH LESS ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY AS IT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO AS A DISTRICT AND WHAT'S OUR PRIORITIES AND STRUCTURE AND COST ELEMENTS FOR THAT? OKAY. BUT WHAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT IN NEW INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENABLE THAT SORT OF THING.

WE WOULD JUST NEED TO HAVE THE PROPER SECURITY CONTROLS IN PLACE.

OKAY. FAIR. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD. I HAD THAT SAME QUESTION.

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? NO, WE DO NOT. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD ON THIS? OH, OKAY. HEARING HEARING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR KEEPING US ALL GOING AND FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL HERE? SO MOVED. OKAY. MOVED BY WAESPI SECOND. I'LL SECOND.

SECOND BY SANWONG. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED.

CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON NOW TO C-3 APPROVAL OF ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25-26 ON THE LANDSCAPE LIGHTING DISTRICT.

AND I'M I'M WONDERING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF NOW SINCE YOU ARE A NEW ADDITION TO OUR STAFF, WE'RE ANXIOUS TO FOR YOU TO SAY HI TO US. HI, IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.

I'M JENNIFER BEAVER, MANAGEMENT ANALYST IN FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

I STARTED ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, AND IT'S IT'S BEEN GOOD SO FAR.

WELL, GREAT. THANK YOU. WELCOME TO THE BOARDROOM.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO TODAY I'LL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH DETAILS REGARDING OUR LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING ASSESSMENT FOR ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES, OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ACC-1 AND THE SIX ZONES OF BENEFIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 TO 2026.

AND WE HAVE FOUR PRIMARY ACTION ITEMS FOR TODAY.

FIRST WE'LL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE ENGINEER'S REPORT.

AND THEN FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING WE'LL ASK THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 TO 26.

AND SECOND, WE'RE HOPING THE BOARD WILL ADOPT A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT AS SET FORTH IN THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND AUTHORIZATION TO ORDER MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS LEVYING THE ACC -1 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR 2025 AND 2026.

AND THIRD, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE BOARD WILL APPROVE FUNDING APPROPRIATION REQUESTS OF $50,000 FROM FIVE CANYONS ZONE TO BENEFIT AND $20,000 FROM THE SIBLEY VOLCANIC ZONE OF BENEFIT. AND JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, I WANTED TO ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH A BIT MORE DETAILS INTO HOW THESE FUNDS WILL BE SPENT.

SO THE $50,000 FROM FIVE CANYONS WILL BE UTILIZED TO PURCHASE A DINGO TO TRANSPORT ITS SKID STEER, AND THE $20,000 FROM SIBLEY VOLCANIC WILL BE UTILIZED TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT AND ROCKS TO PROPERLY REGRADE A SECTION OF THE SKYLINE NATIONAL TRAIL. SO THE SKYLINE NATIONAL TRAIL IS A PART OF THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL, AND IT'S VERY HEAVILY USED YEAR ROUND BY HIKERS, DOG WALKERS, BICYCLISTS, YOU NAME IT.

BUT THERE'S A SECTION OF THE TRAIL THAT BECOMES VERY MUDDY AND SATURATED OVER THE WINTER MONTHS.

AND SO THE IDEA HERE IS HOPING THAT THIS $20,000 CAN HELP US PURCHASE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT TO FIX THE ISSUE MOVING FORWARD.

AND THEN NUMBER FOUR, WE'RE HOPING THE BOARD WILL ADOPT A RESOLUTION OVERRULING ANY PROTESTS ONLY IF THE PROTESTS ARE FILED.

SO THIS MIGHT NOT BE NECESSARY. SO FOR A BIT OF HISTORY REGARDING ACC-1 LLD IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1993 TO SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE GROWING REGIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM AND ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES, IT WAS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT THE INCREASING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, PARTICULARLY FOLLOWING MEASURE AA, WHICH EXPANDED THE REGIONAL TRAIL NETWORK AND ASSESSMENT RATES HAVE REMAINED UNCHANGED OVER THE YEARS, AT $5.44 PER SINGLE FAMILY PARCEL AND $2.72 PER UNIT FOR MULTI-UNIT PARCEL.

AND IN 1996, 78.5% OF VOTERS APPROVED FOR THE CONTINUATION OF ACC-1 LLD MEETING PROPOSITION 218 REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS SOLIDIFYING COMMUNITY SUPPORT AS WELL.

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SO THE MURRAY TOWNSHIP IN EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE LIBERTY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN EASTERN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.

AND PUBLIC UTILITY AND CHURCH OWNED PROPERTIES ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS ASSESSMENT.

AND WE DO HAVE A SENIOR DISCOUNT PROGRAM. SO ELIGIBLE SENIORS WITH AN ANNUAL INCOME BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL ARE ENTITLED TO A 50% REDUCTION ON THEIR ASSESSMENT. SO THE FUNDING WILL HELP SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND SERVICING OF PARKLANDS, TRAILS AND RELATED ACCESS, INCLUDING BOTH EXISTING AND FUTURE PAVED AND UNPAVED TRAILS IN PARK DISTRICT LANDS, AS WELL AS REGIONAL TRAILS OUTLINED IN THE CURRENT MASTER PLAN.

ON THE STAFFING SIDE OF THINGS THIS WILL HELP FUND ROUGHLY 34 FULL TIME STAFF, INCLUDING THE ROADS AND TRAILS CREW AND DEDICATED TRAILS CREWS IN ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES. SO HERE'S A MAP OF THE TWO COUNTY TRAILS ASSESSMENT DISTRICT ACC-1 I KNOW IS A LITTLE SMALL TO READ, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT A COUPLE OF THE TRAILS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.

SO WE HAVE THE ALAMEDA CREEK TRAIL, JUAN BAUTISTA, MARSH CREEK AND THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAILS.

AND THEN ON TO THE ZONES OF BENEFITS, WHICH INCLUDES FIVE CANYONS, DUBLIN HILLS, WOLCOTT RIDGE, SAN RAMON HILLS, STONE VALLEY, AND SIBLEY VOLCANIC.

SO THE SIX ZONES OF BENEFIT ARE A PART OF THE TWO COUNTY LLD, AND THEY WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE LATE 90S AND EARLY 2000 AS PART OF A HOUSING MITIGATION STRATEGY, ESSENTIALLY ENSURING THAT PARKS AND TRAILS ARE CREATED AND MAINTAINED ALONGSIDE HOMES.

BUT UNLIKE THE TWO COUNTY RATES THAT HAVE BEEN FIXED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THE ZONE OF BENEFIT ASSESSMENT RATES ARE ADJUSTED ANNUALLY BASED ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. SO HERE'S A LIST OF THE NUMBER OF ASSESSABLE UNITS AND RATES BY ZONES OF BENEFIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 TO 26 AND YEAR OVER YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 2% INCREASE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CPI.

AND THEN HERE'S A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE ANNUAL APPROVAL PROCESS FOR ACC-1 AND ZOBS.

AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WHERE THE STAR IS TODAY, WHERE THE BOARD WILL HOST A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND ASSUMING THAT ALL FOUR ACTION AGENDA ITEMS ARE CARRIED OUT TODAY, THERE WILL BE TWO MORE STEPS WITHIN THIS PROCESS, AND IT COMPLETES IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE PROPERTY TAX BILLS ARE ISSUED.

SO HERE'S A SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENTS BROKEN OUT BY ZONE.

THE TOTAL IS $4.8 MILLION. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GENERAL ZONE BRINGS IN A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT $4.8 MILLION AT $4.5 OR 94%. OKAY. NOW JUST TO GIVE A REFRESHER. TODAY'S ACTION PLAN INCLUDES RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENTS THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVING THE ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 TO 26, ADOPTING A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT, ORDERING MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS, AND LEVYING THE ACC -1 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE YEAR, APPROVE FUNDING APPROPRIATION REQUESTS OF $50,000 FROM FIVE CANYONS AND $20,000 FROM SIBLEY VOLCANIC FOR EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, AND ADOPTING A RESOLUTION OVERRULING ANY PROTESTS IF THERE ARE ANY.

AND THEN WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

YEAH. BEFORE BEFORE WE DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THERE ARE TWO WE HAVE TWO RESOLUTIONS PREPARED.

THE SECOND ONE IS ONLY NECESSARY IF THERE ARE ANY PROTESTS.

SO HAVING SAID THAT, DO ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? GO AHEAD. I DO. YES. SO I BELIEVE I HAVE LIKE TWO BUCKETS OF QUESTIONS.

ONE IS I'M CURIOUS, I DIDN'T THINK OF THIS QUESTION UNTIL YOU GAVE THE PRESENTATION.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP ABOUT THE CHURCH PROPERTIES BEING EXEMPTED.

I DO KNOW OF A PROJECT IN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON WHERE A CURRENT CHURCH PROPERTY IS BEING CONVERTED INTO HOUSING.

I BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE 40 DIFFERENT HOUSING PARCELS.

SO IN THEORY, THAT WOULD BE ONE PROPERTY THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY EXEMPTED FROM THIS AND THEN ONCE IT BECOMES THE 40 PARCELS, IT WOULD THEN START TO PAY INTO THIS ALAMEDA COUNTY TRAILS LLC.

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SO THAT'S SOMETHING OF INTEREST. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAILS AND YOU MENTIONED THE ALAMEDA COUNTY TRAILS CREW, I BELIEVE THAT INCLUDES IRON HORSE TRAIL AND ALAMEDA COUNTY THROUGH, I GUESS CURRENTLY WE RECOGNIZE THE CITIES OF DUBLIN AND PLEASANTON WHERE THE IRON HORSE TRAIL GOES THROUGH. AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, MY QUESTION I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU MOVE FROM CONTRA COSTA COUNTY TO ALAMEDA COUNTY, THE PAVEMENT CHANGES WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER ON THE SAN RAMON SIDE THAN THE DUBLIN SIDE WHERE THAT MEETS.

AND I ALSO, YOU KNOW, I'M SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CTA WORK, AND I KNOW THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE IN REGARDS TO THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.

AND THINKING ABOUT THAT WHEREAS ON THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SIDE, IT TENDS TO BE MANAGED MORE BY THE CITIES OF DUBLIN AND PLEASANTON, UNLESS FROM A COUNTY WIDE PERSPECTIVE. AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS TRAIL LLC, COULD THAT BE USED FOR SOMETHING LIKE PAVEMENT OF THE IRON HORSE TRAIL IN, IN DUBLIN, FOR EXAMPLE, AS AN EXAMPLE PROJECT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THIS WOULD BE USED FOR? I JUST I'M JUST NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THESE OPTIONS.

I'M GOING TO DEFER THIS TO DEB. YES. DEB SPAULDING AGFM FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

SO THE FUNDS ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE USED FOR THAT EXPENSE.

BUT WE AREN'T WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY FUNDS THAT COULD BE ALLOCATED FOR THAT.

SO THE FUNDS ARE ALREADY FOR THE TWO COUNTY TRAILS ARE REALLY ALREADY SPOKEN FOR, FOR STAFFING COSTS AND SOME SUPPLIES AND SERVICES, BUT WE DON'T TEND TO HAVE FUNDING FOR FOR PROJECTS.

BUT IF WE EVER HAD SOME FUND BALANCE LEFT OVER, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD RECOMMEND.

YES. AND SO THEN AS NEW PARCELS, THOUGH, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OF THESE HOUSING PARCELS CONVERSIONS THAT I GUESS ONE COULD PREDICT, LET'S SAY IN TEN YEARS THAT MAYBE THIS, THIS FUND GROWS AS MORE PARCELS ARE BEING ADDED.

IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE POTENTIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FUTURE PREDICTIONS. YEAH EXACTLY. YEAH.

THE TRICK WITH THESE IS THAT THERE'S NO COLA BUILT INTO THEM.

SO WE RELY ON THE INCREASES TO COME THROUGH HOUSING TO HOUSING BEING CONSTRUCTED BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR COSTS GO UP LIKE THE COST OF OUR STAFF GOES UP EVERY YEAR. SO THAT'S THE TRICK IS LIKE TRYING TO KEEP PACE WITH INFLATION.

YEAH. BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT TO TO WATCH FOR I THINK 800 HOUSING UNITS RIGHT ACROSS STANLEY BOULEVARD FROM SHADOW CLIFFS, WHERE THERE IS CONVERSATION ABOUT EXTENDING THE IRON HORSE TRAIL THROUGH THAT PROJECT SO THAT IT'S NOT ON THE MAIN STREET.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE TO WATCH, BUT THAT'S ALSO 800 ADDITIONAL NEW.

THAT'S FANTASTIC PARCELS. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS HELPFUL. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH I THINK IF THERE HAD BEEN AN ESCALATOR ON THIS ALL ALONG AND THAT'S MORE THAN 25. NO, IT'S 30 YEARS, MORE THAN 30 YEARS. WE WOULD HAVE MONEY FOR THOSE, BUT NOW IT'S JUST BARELY, IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR MAINTENANCE EVEN. YEAH. SO I GUESS I HAVE AN EXTRA POINT I COULD ADD.

SO IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DECREASED BY ABOUT 2000 UNITS, BUT THE MULTIFAMILY INCREASED BY 3600.

SO IT KIND OF MADE UP FOR SOME OF THE PARCELS LOST.

AND IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, BOTH SINGLE AND MULTI FAMILIES INCREASED BY 309 UNITS RESPECTIVELY.

SO THE MULTIFAMILY DOES THAT EACH. SO IF WE HAVE A CONDO COMPLEX, A CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX, WOULD EACH CONDOMINIUM RECEIVE THAT ASSESSMENT OR DOES IT GO THROUGH THE HOA OR DOES IT DEPEND? PROBABLY DEPENDS.

2.72. YEAH YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

GO AHEAD. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

SO DOES ANY I KNOW NOBODY'S BEEN AROUND SINCE IT STARTED, BUT THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.

I MEAN, A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, GET A LITTLE MORE MONEY.

AND I'M WONDERING, I'M LOOKING AT THESE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE OR THE ZONES OF BENEFIT ESPECIALLY.

SO THE LAST ONE WE DID WAS IN 2007, AND IT WAS ONLY FOR 39 UNITS OR PARDON ME, THAT WAS THE 1 IN 2006, THE 2006 LOS TROMPAS AREA. STONE VALLEY ZONE OF BENEFIT.

CAN WE DO THAT AGAIN TODAY? YES. YES. SO THE LONGER ANSWER, SO WE COULD, ZONES OF BENEFIT STILL EXIST AS A MECHANISM, BUT THE NEWER, MORE MODERN WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS IS THROUGH COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICTS.

AND SO YOU'LL BE SEEING ACTUALLY LATER THIS YEAR, THE BURRELL AGRICULTURAL PARK, WE'RE PROPOSING A CFE.

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THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. AND THEN IS NBS OR NBS IS DOING THIS ENGINEERING REPORT FOR US.

WHO'S OUR CONTACT PERSON. NICK IS OUR WHAT'S HIS LAST NAME? IT'S NOT TIM. YEAH. TIM IS. TIM IS ALSO THERE.

YEAH. OKAY, GOOD. GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND ANY COMMENTS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? NO. OKAY. YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT KIND OF REITERATING WHAT I SAID A MINUTE AGO HERE.

WE'RE REALLY UNDER A WE'RE KIND OF WE'RE KIND OF REALLY RESTRICTED BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY RAISE THIS THERE'S NO ESCALATOR ON IT.

AND SO YOU KNOW, $5.44 SOUNDED LIKE A PRETTY GOOD DEAL BACK IN 1993 FOR EVERYBODY.

NOW IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR THE PEOPLE PAYING IT, BUT NOT SO GOOD FOR THE USERS OF THE TRAILS, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO AS MUCH MAINTENANCE ON THEM AS WE'D LIKE TO DO.

SO ANYWAY AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE I THINK WE'LL HAVE A WAY TO IMPROVE ON THIS SITUATION, THIS FUNDING. BUT FOR NOW, WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT, AND WE NEED TO DO THESE ENGINEER REPORTS EVERY YEAR.

SO THANKS THANKS FOR FOR JUMPING IN AND WORKING ON THIS FOR US.

WELCOME AGAIN. THANK YOU. SO DO WE HAVE A YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THAT'S RIGHT, I KNEW THAT EXCEPT I DIDN'T TURN THE PAGE OVER.

YEAH. SO AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK IF ANY OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS ITEM.

AND HAVING SAID ALL THAT, THE ANSWER IS NO. ALL RIGHT.

SO THEN NOW WE HAVE SO WE HAVE A SINGLE RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE WE'RE GOING TO OH, I GOT TO DO THIS RIGHT. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DEBORAH'S GOING TO GET MAD AT US, AND WE'RE GOING.

WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THIS.

SO FROM THE BOARD. YEAH, SURE. I'M HAPPY. YEAH.

OKAY, I'LL SECOND THEN. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS WHO HAVEN'T MADE A SECONDED A MOTION YET THAT WANTS TO DO IT? NO. OKAY. WHO WANTS TO SECOND? I'LL SECOND, I'LL SECOND.

WAIT, DIDN'T YOU JUST. NO. I THINK HE MADE THE MOTION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOTION SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? NONE. CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY.

NOW WE WE MOVE ON TO THE ITEM THAT WE HAD MOVED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN. WE DON'T HAVE ANY.

[2. Authorization to Amend Consultant Contract with Esherick Homsey Dodge and Davis, a Professional Corporation (EHDD) by $2,441,212 for the Replace Environmental Education Center Project: Tilden Nature Area CEQA Determination: Exempt per 14 Cal Code Regs §15262]

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD, MAX COURT DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER.

AND I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER HERE IN JUST A MINUTE TO JIM AND OUR TEAM FROM DECO.

BUT FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE OUR TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS. YOUR BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY WHO'S PARTICIPATED.

YOU KNOW, THIS FACILITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND IT'S MUCH LOVED.

AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK GONE INTO THE VISION FOR IT.

BEFORE WE JUMP INTO SORT OF WHAT THE RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS ARE, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ALSO BE CLEAR THAT WHILE WE HAVE THIS FUNDING ALLOCATED IN OUR BUDGET FOR CONTINUING THE DESIGN WORK AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS TO GET THAT TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE TO BE READY TO CONSTRUCT THAT WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING FOR THE POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROJECT, THE OUR PARKS FOUNDATION HAS BEEN WORKING AS A PARTNER TO THINK ABOUT STRATEGIES FOR SOME OF THE FUNDRAISING, BUT THAT WILL NOT COVER THE MAJORITY OF THIS PROJECT.

SO WE'RE STILL SORT OF THINKING THROUGH WHAT ARE SOME OTHER OPTIONS FOR HOW TO FUND THIS PROJECT.

IT'S SIGNIFICANT. WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE TO $30 MILLION, IF NOT MORE, PROBABLY TO TO TO CONSTRUCT.

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BUT WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE THAT AS A PREFACE BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE ITEM.

ADDITIONALLY, I KNOW DIRECTOR ECHOLS IS NOT HERE.

AND SO WHILE OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT TO CONTINUE TO THE DESIGN WORK, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU, AFTER THE PRESENTATION DISCUSSION, YOU CONTINUE THIS TO A FUTURE MEETING SO THAT YOUR BOARD CAN VOTE WITH DIRECTOR ECHOLS PRESENT. YEAH. JUST JUST TO BE CLEAR WE'RE STILL GOING TO DO THIS ITEM AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE IT IN ANY CASE.

BUT SINCE DIRECTOR ECHOLS HAD AN EMERGENCY AND COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, THE TILDEN EEC IS IN HER WARD, OUT OF RESPECT FOR FOR HER INTENSE INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK FOR THE ACTUAL VOTE ON THIS, BUT WE CAN GO AHEAD. AND SO THAT'LL BE A FAIRLY SHORT AGENDA ITEM, AND WE BRING IT BACK.

BUT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO GET THE PRESENTATION THAT I'M SURE WE'RE ALL REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON LATELY BEYOND WHAT WAS IN OUR PACKET.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE EMBELLISHMENTS FOR US ON THERE, AND I AND I SEE SOMETHING OVER HERE.

YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. WHEN WE BRING IT BACK TO VOTE, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO ALSO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND, AND MAYBE REALLY KIND OF BE PREPARED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ON THAT DAY OF THE VOTE I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

THAT'S A SUGGESTION. YEAH. WELL, THAT'S YOU KNOW, IT MAY VERY WELL GO IN THAT IN THAT DIRECTION, SO SURE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I ACTUALLY DON'T SEE.

CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME CLEARLY? YES. GOOD AFTERNOON.

BOARD. MY NAME IS. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JIM DEVLIN. I'M ARCHITECT AND PROJECT MANAGER IN THE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

THE PROJECT WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU IS THE TILDEN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER REPLACEMENT PROJECT, OFTEN CALLED THE TILDEN EEC FOR SHORT. WHAT WE'RE BRINGING YOU TODAY IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTION FOR THE REPLACE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER PROJECT AT TILDEN NATURE AREA, AND IT'S TO AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ESHERICK, HOMSEY, DODGE AND DAVIS, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, EHDD, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,441,212. I'VE BROUGHT THIS PROJECT TO THE BOARD MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE WITH PRESENTATIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO THE LAST TIME I CAME WAS WE PRESENTED THE THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, AND ACTUALLY NO WORK HAS TAKEN PLACE SINCE THAT SCHEMATIC DESIGN PRESENTATION, BUT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO GO THROUGH IT BRIEFLY, THAT SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS.

SO WHAT IS THE PROJECT THAT I'M BRINGING TODAY? IT'S TO REPLACE THE EXISTING TILT AND EEC FACILITY AND EXHIBIT WITH THE NEW FACILITY.

AND THE GOALS OF THAT PROJECT ARE IS TO CREATE A BUILDING COMPLEX THAT'S FULLY INTEGRATED WITH ITS SURROUNDING NATURAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE, TO CREATE A STATE OF THE ART EDUCATION AND EXHIBIT EXPERIENCE THAT IS INVITING AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF THE PUBLIC, AND A FACILITY THAT REFLECTS THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT DESIGN PRACTICES.

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT? WELL, THE BUILDING YOU SEE ON THE PICTURE RIGHT HERE IS THE TILDEN EEC,

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AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN BRING UP THE MIC] HERE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE COMPLEX, THE PIE SHAPED, SORT OF PIZZA SHAPED BUILDING.

AND THEN JUST ADJACENT TO IT IS A SECURITY RESIDENCE.

THOSE TWO FACILITIES WILL BE REMOVED AND THE AREA, THE LAND JUST ADJACENT TO IT WILL BE IMPACTED.

DO YOU WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THOUGH, THAT THE TILDEN LITTLE FARM IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT AND NO RENOVATION OR REPLACEMENT WORK WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN THAT FACILITY. NEXT QUESTION IS MAYBE WHY ARE WE REPLACING THIS BUILDING? WELL, THE DISTRICT HIRED AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO REVIEW THE OPTIONS OF WHETHER TO RENOVATE THE FACILITY OR TO REPLACE IT.

AND THAT STUDY RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE 50 PLUS YEAR OLD BUILDING.

AND SOME OF THE REASONS WERE THE BUILDING SYSTEMS, SUCH AS HEATING AND COOLING, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE. THE EXTERIOR ENVELOPE, WHICH INCLUDES THE WINDOWS, DOORS, AND EXTERIOR SIDING, IS DETERIORATING.

THE BUILDING DOES NOT MEET CURRENT BUILDING AND ACCESSIBILITY CODES.

IT'S IN NEED OF FOR FIRE PROTECTION UPGRADES.

AND IN ADDITION, THE NEW FACILITY WILL ALLOW FOR IMPROVED CONNECTIONS TO THE TILDEN NATURE AREA NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.

THE FACILITY IS LOCATED IN THE THE HILLS JUST EAST OF THE COMMUNITIES OF KENSINGTON AND BERKELEY.

IT'S LOCATED IN THE TILDEN NATURE AREA, WHICH IS A PARK JUST NORTH OF TILDEN REGIONAL PARK AND JUST SOUTH OF THE WILDCAT CANYON REGIONAL PARK. HERE, I'M GOING TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON WHAT'S BEEN DONE ON THE PROJECT.

FIRST OF ALL, DONE WITH THE FEASIBILITY, WHICH I DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY.

WE ALSO CONTRACTED DESIGN CONSULTANTS. WE HIRED EHDD, A SAN FRANCISCO FIRM. YOU MAY KNOW THEM FOR WORK. THEY'VE DONE THE EXPLORATORIUM IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE RECENT COMPLETED TUNNEL TOP FIELD STATION AT THE PRESIDIO PARK. A SUB CONSULTANT TO THEM THAT WE ALSO HIRED AT THAT TIME IS ALDRICH PERRIN ASSOCIATES.

THEY'RE AN EXHIBIT DESIGNER, INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN.

THEY'VE WORKED ON DENALI NATIONAL PARK VISITOR CENTER.

AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE IN READING IS THE TURTLE BAY VISITOR CENTER.

THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THOSE EXHIBITS. WE THEN MOVED INTO THE PRE-DESIGN PHASE FOR THE BUILDING, THE SITE AND THE EXHIBITS. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE DESIGN, THE EXHIBITS WORK WITH THE BUILDING, AND THE BUILDING WORKS WITH THE EXHIBITS.

AT THE END OF THE PRE-DESIGN PHASE, WE HAD A COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETING NUMBER ONE, AND THEN FOLLOWED THAT WITH AN ON SITE EXHIBIT AT THE TILDEN EEC WHERE WE SHOWCASE THE PRE-DESIGN PHASE WORK THAT WAS DONE.

WE THEN MOVED INTO THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE, WHERE WE DEVELOPED THREE SCHEMES FOR THE BUILDING AND SITE PLAN OPTIONS, AND WE ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE THE DESIGN CONCEPTS.

WE THEN HAD OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETING NUMBER TWO AND, AND AN ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATED ON SITE EXHIBIT WHERE WE DISCUSS THOSE PROJECT DESIGN OPTIONS.

THE DISTRICT THEN SELECTED THE PREFERRED DESIGN OPTION.

AND THEN WE HAD OUR COMMUNITY MEETING NUMBER THREE AND ON SITE EXHIBIT, WHERE WE SHOWCASED THAT SELECTED DESIGN THAT BROUGHT US TO THE END OF THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE THIS THE BOARD HERE.

THE NEXT STEP IS THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE.

THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE IS WHERE WE TAKE THAT SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND REFINE THE DESIGN IDEAS AND CONCEPTS, AND START TO FLESH THEM OUT WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND AGENCIES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

THEN WE WOULD MOVE INTO THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE, WHICH IS WHERE WE PRODUCE THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE USED FOR BOTH PERMITTING AND ALSO FOR PUTTING OUT TO BID FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS FOR BOTH THE BUILDING THE SITE WORK AND THE EXHIBIT WORK IS ALL ENCOMPASSED IN THIS THIS REQUEST AND SCOPE OF WORK. THIS HERE IS A SITE PLAN OF THE PROPOSED SCHEME. UP IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS THE TURNAROUND WHICH MOST OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH.

IT WAS WAS AT THE END OF THE PARK, THE PUBLIC PARKING LOT AT THE TILDEN PARK.

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THERE'S ALSO CURRENTLY A FOOTPATH THAT LEADS FROM THE ROUNDABOUT TO THE VISITOR CENTER AND LITTLE FARM.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT EXISTING PATH IS YOU START AT THE TOP, WHICH IS THE ROUNDABOUT YOU GO DOWN TO THE CREEK, ACROSS THE CREEK, THEN YOU GO BACK UP TO THE VISITOR CENTER.

AND IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE OBSTACLE FOR ACCESSIBILITY.

SO WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED IS A NEW BRIDGE THAT SPANS THE CREEK THAT WOULD LEAD YOU FROM THE ROUNDABOUT STRAIGHT TO THE NEW ENTRY PLAZA.

AND THAT WOULD CREATE A LEVEL WALKING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH AT THE SAME ELEVATIONS.

THIS NEW PLAZA THAT WE'VE CREATED, THE IDEA BEHIND THE PLAZA IS THAT IT IS DIRECTLY.

I'M SORRY, I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE. [INAUDIBLE] THE PLAZA IS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE LITTLE FARM EXISTING LITTLE FARM. AND ONE OF THE KEY REASONS FOR LOCATING THE PLAZA THERE IS THAT WE WANT THE WE WANT THE PEOPLE VISITING TILDEN LITTLE FARM TO BE AWARE THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC FACILITY AND VISITOR CENTER HERE FOR THE PUBLIC.

CURRENTLY, THAT'S NOT THE CASE MANY PEOPLE VISIT WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING THAT THERE'S A FACILITY AT THAT LOCATION.

THERE'S A SO HERE'S THE PLAZA AND HERE'S THE LITTLE FARM.

HERE'S THE NEW BUILDING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

LOCATED HERE IS THE EXISTING SECURITY RESIDENTS, AND IN THIS SCHEME, THE PLAN IS TO RENOVATE THAT EXISTING RESIDENCE.

I'LL JUST OVERVIEW THE. RIGHT NOW IN THIS LOCATION IS WHERE IS STAFF PARKING AND DUMPSTERS, WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE WILDCAT TRAIL.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO RELOCATE THAT OVER TO THIS AREA AND TO INTEGRATE IT WITH A NEW FIRE TRUCK TURNAROUND THAT WILL BE REQUIRED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND THAT WAY, THIS AREA THAT USED TO BE PAVING AND FENCES AND DUMPSTERS WILL NOW BECOME NATURAL LANDSCAPES TO IMPROVE THAT EXPERIENCE COMING DOWN WILDCAT CREEK, TO HAVE NATURE ON BOTH SIDES. COMING OUT OF THE PUBLIC MEETING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WERE REALLY ADAMANT ABOUT WAS NATIVE PLANTS. AND SO WE PROPOSE ALL NEW PLANTING TO BE NATIVE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME LAWN AREAS, BECAUSE THE LAWN AREAS WERE ALSO VERY POPULAR WITH THE PUBLIC FOR VARIOUS SUNBATHING, TODDLERS USE IT, AND ALSO THE DISTRICT USES IT SOMETIMES ONE OF OUR LARGER EVENTS, LIKE THE FUNGUS FESTIVAL TO EXHIBITS EXPAND OUT INTO THOSE AREAS.

BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE BEEN VERY STRATEGIC WITH LOCATING THE TURF AREAS IN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE VERY SPECIFIC FUNCTIONAL USES AND ARE NOT JUST THERE FOR ESTHETIC REASONS. SO WE HAVE THE LAWN AREA HERE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM TILDEN LITTLE FARM, TO TRACK THE YOUNG CHILDREN TO TODDLERS TO PLAY IN.

WE ALSO HAVE THE LAWN HERE AT THE REAR OF THE BUILDING THAT FUNCTIONS IN ADJACENT TO THE THE REAR DECK HERE OFF OF THE THE NEW VISITOR CENTER WHERE PERFORMANCES CAN TAKE PLACE AND PROGRAMS CAN BE RUN OUT OF THAT AREA AND ALSO USE THAT LAWN AREA.

THE BUILDING BASICALLY HAS A NORTH SOUTH AXIS THIS WAY, WHERE YOU GO FROM THE ENTRY IN AND WHERE YOU COME TO A CROSS AXIS EAST WEST, WHICH IS THE EXHIBITS AND STAFF AND BACK OF HOUSE SPACES ARE HERE TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE BUILDING, ADJACENT TO THE STAFF PARKING AND TRUCK ACCESS.

WE ALSO HAVE LOCATED. THESE TWO SPACES ARE PUBLIC CLASSROOMS AND MULTI-PURPOSE SPACE.

THE IDEA WAS TO MULTI IS THEY HAVE THOSE ENTRIES TO THOSE FACILITIES AT THE FRONT.

AND ALSO WE BY THE WAY WE'VE BROKEN THE MASSING DOWN OF THE BUILDING THE, THE BUILDING MASSES ARE MORE IN SCALE WITH THE LITTLE FARM THAT IT'S ADJACENT TO. HERE'S A FLOOR PLAN OF THE FACILITY YOU BASICALLY ENTER HERE AT THE ENTRY,

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AND THE THEMES WOULD BE ABOUT THOSE WOODLANDS.

THE REFLECTION SPACE HERE WAS ALSO A RESULT OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE PUBLIC HAD NUMEROUS COMMENTS FROM BOTH PARENTS AND TEACHERS, REQUESTING A SPACE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MAYBE CAN'T HANDLE SO MUCH HIGH ACTIVITY ZONES AND NEED A PLACE TO GO TO REGROUP THEMSELVES.

AND SO WE'VE CREATED A ZONE WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE PLACES, A LITTLE LIBRARY AND READING LOCATION.

PEOPLE CAN DO JOURNALING AND DRAWING AND ART PROJECTS.

AND THEN THERE'LL BE COMFORTABLE FURNITURE THAT PARENTS CAN TAKE THESE CHILDREN'S TO, AND ALSO THAT FURNITURE CAN BE REARRANGED FOR STORYTELLING.

RIGHT HERE AT THE END OF THE ENTRY AXIS IS THE INFORMATION.

AND ONCE AGAIN THIS IS STAFF AND BACK OF THE HOUSE IN THE SECURITY RESIDENCE.

ANOTHER IDEA HERE IS THAT THE WE HAVE THE RESTROOM BLOCK HERE THAT CAN BE ENTERED FROM THE EXTERIOR OR FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE VISITOR CENTER.

THIS ALLOWS US TO LOCK DOWN THE VISITOR CENTER WHEN IT'S NOT IN USE.

BUT THESE TWO PUBLIC SPACES, THE MULTI-PURPOSE IN THE CLASSROOM CAN REMAIN OPEN WHEN THE VISITOR CENTER IS CLOSED AND STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESTROOMS. THIS IMAGE I APOLOGIZE IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE, I BELIEVE.

BUT THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRY. THE VIEW YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS IF YOU WERE STANDING AT LITTLE FARM, THIS STRUCTURE TO YOUR RIGHT THAT YOU CAN JUST SEE FADING OUT OF THE PICTURE IS THE COW BARN.

AND THE RESTROOMS WOULD BE TO YOUR LEFT. AND YOU'RE IN THAT GRAVEL AREA. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THAT THERE'S A STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE TWO SPACES.

NOW, WHEN YOU STAND AT THAT LOCATION, YOU SEE A BLANK WALL WITH THE DOOR TO THE ELECTRICAL ROOM.

SO I THINK THIS WILL BE MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE AND DRAW PEOPLE IN.

THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE INTERIORS. THERE'LL BE EXHIBITS ON THE WALLS AND THE FLOOR SPACE.

SO I IMAGINE IT'LL BE A VERY ACTIVE SPACE. ONE OF THE IDEAS, ALSO, WHEN WE SCALE DOWN THE MASSING OF THIS BUILDING, INSTEAD OF MAKING THIS ONE LARGE, MASSIVE BUILDING, IS THAT WE ACTUALLY DESIGNED IT SO WE CAN REUSE THE TIMBER FROM THE EXISTING EEC IN THE ROOF STRUCTURE THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE. THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE REAR OF THE BUILDING, LOOKING AT THAT GRASS AREA THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE REAR DECK. WE'LL TALK ABOUT. OH GO AHEAD.

OKAY. YEAH. SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK VIEW OF THE EXHIBIT SPACES.

AND SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU WOULD ENTER HERE THROUGH THE DOOR.

YOU GO THROUGH SORT OF AN ORIENTATION SPACE THAT SORT OF GETS YOU, GIVES YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARK DISTRICT AND OTHER PARKS.

IT STARTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN EXPLORE AT THE TILDEN NATURE AREA.

YOU THEN COME TO THE WELCOME DESK, WHICH ALSO HAS SORT OF AN AMBASSADOR ANIMAL HABITAT.

AND THOSE ARE THOSE LIVE ANIMALS THAT THEY BRING OUT AT TIMES THAT THEY'RE REALLY POPULAR WITH THE PUBLIC. TO YOUR LEFT, OVER HERE IS THE WATERSHED EXHIBIT. AND THIS WOULD BE ALL ABOUT EXHIBITS SORT OF EXPLAINING HOW THE WATERSHED AND HOW THE WATER ELEMENTS OF THE PARK OPERATE. OVER HERE, IF YOU TURN IF YOU CAME TO THE MAIN ENTRY WELCOME DESK AND YOU WENT TO THE RIGHT, HERE'S THE MOUNTAIN LION THAT EVERYONE LIKES TO TAKE PICTURES OF THEIR CHILDREN ON.

THERE'S OVER HERE A SPACE ABOUT BEING YOUR OWN NATURALIST OR GIVING THEM AN IDEA OF THE HISTORY OF WHAT NATURALISTS DO.

THIS GREEN AREA HERE IS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PARK DISTRICT.

AND THIS IS WHERE YOU WOULD FIND THAT WONDERFUL MODEL FROM THE 1930S THAT HANGS IN THE EXISTING EEC.

AND YOU MOVE OVER IN THIS DIRECTION. THIS IS THE WOODLANDS EXHIBIT AREA, ONCE AGAIN LOOKING OUT THROUGH WINDOWS AT THE WOODLANDS BEYOND.

AND THIS IS THIS REFLECTION SPACE THAT WERE DEVELOPED.

YEAH. THANK YOU, JIM. REN BATES, DIVISION LEAD OF DESIGN CONSTRUCTION.

I'M GOING TO TAKE OVER FROM HERE. SO THIS IS OUR BUDGET.

THE BOARD DID AUTHORIZE THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE ASKING TO AMEND THE CONTRACT WITH AS PART OF THE 2025 BUDGET.

FOR THIS PROJECT, WE'VE BEEN THIS IS A WW PROJECT AND WE'RE PIECEMEALING AND MOVING IT FORWARD AS WE CAN.

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AS CONTEXT, I WILL OFFER THAT THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN COMING.

TO JIM'S POINT, THANK YOU, JIM, FOR THE RE REVISITING OF THE PROCESS.

WE DID START THIS A WHILE AGO WITH AN ASSESSMENT, AND PREVIOUS BOARD DID DECIDE THAT WE DID WANT TO REPLACE IT.

AND SO THAT'S HOW WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.

IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DRUM UP SOME FUNDING AND SUPPORT FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS IN SUPPORTING PRIVATE ENTITIES, PERHAPS THROUGH THE PARKS FOUNDATION.

SO WHAT WE FOUND, THOUGH, IS THAT WE HAVE A BIG THE PROJECT ITSELF, BECAUSE WE'VE INTEGRATED EVERYTHING TO HAVE THIS TURNKEY NEW FACILITY THAT'S GOING TO ADDRESS ADA SORT OF THE ACCESS ISSUES THAN THE FAILING FACILITY ITSELF IS COMING IN AT AROUND $35 MILLION.

AND SO WE ARE SHORT OF THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO BE EXPLICIT AGAIN TO THE BOARD THAT THIS MONEY THAT WE HAVE WILL GET US THROUGH TO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS OR CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.

AND SO AT THAT POINT, I WOULD I'M NOT A FUNDRAISER, BUT THE RATIONALE FOR DOING THIS NOW IS THAT THIS GIVES US THEN A DELIVERABLE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN PERMITTED. WHEREAS IF WE SORT OF STOP NOW AND THERE'S MOMENTUM TO A PROJECT.

AND SO LAST YEAR THE BOARD WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE IN CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT, BEING PART OF THOSE MEETINGS.

FOR THOSE THAT WEREN'T HERE, WE DID HAVE WE CAME TO THE BOARD THREE TIMES AFTER EACH OF THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS TO DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD TO GET TO THIS SCHEMATIC PLAN.

AND SO AT THIS POINT, TAKING THAT SCHEMATIC PLAN TO A PROJECT THAT'S DELIVERABLE SUCH THAT WE HAVE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND WE CAN THEN ACTUALLY HAVE IT PERMITTED AS WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST OR POSIT IS THAT THAT'S MORE DELIVERABLE IN TERMS OF FUNDRAISING.

AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE. I'M NOT SPEAKING MY I DON'T KNOW ALL KNOW ABOUT FUNDRAISING, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME IF WE HAD A WILLING DONOR TO SAY, HERE'S $10 MILLION, AND WE SAID, OH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE US TWO YEARS TO DESIGN AND PERMIT THIS, THAT MIGHT BE A DRAWBACK. BUT ANYWAYS, I THINK I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TO THE BOARD THESE FUNDS THAT WERE THERE WERE APPROVED AS PART OF THE BUDGET.

WE SUGGEST MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO STAFF TO TAKE THOSE FUNDS AND MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD WITH THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND KNOWLEDGE THAT WE DON'T HAVE FULL FUNDING.

SO WITH THAT SAID, THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE THE BOARD IS TO AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT THAT'S EXISTING WITH HDD TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT.

WITH THAT AND TO JUST TO CLARIFY THIS AS WELL, WHEN WE WENT TO RFP, WE SOUGHT SERVICES TO TAKE US FROM CONCEPT PLANNING ALL THE WAY THROUGH CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION. AND SO WE'RE COVERED THROUGH THAT RFP PROCESS FOR ALL THIS SCOPE OF WORK AS PART OF THAT SELECTION PROCESS.

SO WE'RE JUST AMENDING SCOPE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN VETTED AGAIN, FUNDED THROUGH THE BOARD BUDGET ACTION.

AND SO WE ARE NOW TRYING TO AMEND THE CONTRACT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEP.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO FIELD QUESTIONS WITH ASSISTANCE FROM MY CAPABLE STAFF, AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE. YEAH, I THINK THE DETAILED RENDERINGS ARE GOING TO GO A LONG WAY IN THE FUNDRAISING PROCESS SO THAT THOSE THAT ARE INCLINED TO GIVE US $1 MILLION CAN SEE WHAT THEIR MILLION DOLLARS IS GOING TO EXACTLY BUY.

SO I THINK THAT'S I THINK IT'S WORKED OUT VERY, VERY WELL.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? I BEG YOUR PARDON? YES IT IS. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE HALFWAY THERE.

THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION. I REALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

HAVING LIVED THERE, I WOULD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT COBBLING MONEY TOGETHER.

DID YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS MIGHT BE A STRETCH, BUT.

AND I ONLY I KNOW THAT MEASURE FF IS ONLY 3.3 MILLION PER YEAR.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS FOR THE NEXT 23 YEARS OR WHATEVER IT IS NOW, IS THERE ANY SUGGESTION OF A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR FROM THAT, OR HALF A MILLION FROM THAT A YEAR? I MEAN, THAT WOULD REALLY STRETCH IT, I KNOW, BUT IS WAS THAT CONSIDERED AS PART OF IT? IS IT LEGAL TO DO THAT? IS IT WE'RE I'M WORKING WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR FINANCE PARTNERS AND FINANCE TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST STRATEGY TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OKAY. IT WAS JUST A QUESTION.

YEAH. I'M WONDERING IF. STAFF IS LOOKING AT ALL POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR THIS PROJECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND REMIND ME IT'S BEEN SO LONG.

THE EXISTING SEWER IS A HOLDING TANK SYSTEM. ARE YOU GOING TO DEVELOP AN ENTIRE AND GO UP CANON DRIVE OR SOMETHING? SO YOU ARE CORRECT. THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.

I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT THE PART OF THIS PROJECT IS NOT TO MAKE THE WHOLE PROP SITE FULL.

SO THAT WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL COST THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR RIGHT NOW.

BUT YOU ARE CORRECT THAT THE STORAGE TANK IS THERE.

IT WAS INSTALLED SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO BE SIZED FOR THIS, SO WE FEEL LIKE IT IS ADEQUATE TO DO THESE IMPROVEMENTS, KNOWING THAT EVENTUALLY, YES, WE'LL HAVE TO GO UP TO CANADA AND MAKE SOME SEWER CONNECTION UP THERE. BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS A HUGE

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ALL RIGHT. AND FINALLY, I GUESS SEEING THE HISTORY AND HAVING TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY AND SOME OF THE AMENITIES THAT WILL BE IN THERE, AND I'M MICHAEL, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT WOULD KNOW WHERE'S THE KOMODO DRAGON IN ALL OF THIS? I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, SO. YOU CAN YELL IT OUT, IT'S.

I HOPE THERE'S SOME EXPLANATION BEYOND THAT COMMENT.

HI, EVERYBODY. I'M MIKE MORAN, I'M ONE OF THE INTERPRETIVE AND RECREATION SERVICES REGIONAL MANAGERS FOR THE NORTHWEST UNDER WHICH TILDEN FALLS.

THE KOMODO DRAGON, I DON'T KNOW THE LOCATION OF KOMODO DRAGON.

THAT WAS ONE OF IT WAS A [INAUDIBLE] DRAGON THAT WAS VERY POPULAR WAY BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THE CENTER OPENED UP.

IT'S WHAT WE IN THE BUSINESS NOW CALL MY UNCLE'S POLAR BEAR.

WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, HEY, I GOT A GREAT GIZMO, I'D LOVE TO HAVE IT IN THE VISITOR CENTER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE THEMES OR OPERATION OF THE PLACE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S THERE AND IT'S A NOVELTY, IT GOES IN.

SO THE KOMODO DRAGON, I REALLY DON'T KNOW. REGARDLESS OF ITS POPULARITY FROM DECADES PAST, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ITS RETURN. THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO HEAR.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I JUST HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FROM THE FOUNDATION AND HOW THAT'S PLAYING A PART.

I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS RIGHT NOW, AND THAT FINANCE IS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT LIKE FINDING OUT HOW TO COBBLE, BUT KIND OF WHAT WAS OUR APPROACH FROM THE FOUNDATION AND THE WORK THEY WERE DOING PRIOR? YEAH, I CAN SPEAK TO IT GENERALLY. AND THEN, I MEAN, I CAN LAUREN, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I MISSED THAT YOU WANT TO ADD, PLEASE FEEL FREE. I MEAN, I THINK IN GENERAL THE, THE FULL COST, I MEAN, WE STILL DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MIGHT BE, BUT I THINK AROUND $35 MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING.

I, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS I THINK THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THE FOUNDATION IS LOOKING TO BUILD A MUSCLE AND GET MORE INVOLVED, BUT IMAGINING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RAISE $35 MILLION IN THE FIRST OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS IS PROBABLY MORE THAN IS REASONABLE TO ASSUME. AND PROBABLY THE PART THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO FULFILL IS A SMALL PORTION OF THAT OVERALL, OVERALL, $35 MILLION. AND WORKING IN PAST AGENCIES AND PAST PROJECTS, TYPICALLY, THAT PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC PIECE IS NOT THE ENTIRE PART OF ANY PARK PROJECT, BUT A SMALL PORTION THAT HELPS FILL A REALLY IMPORTANT GAP.

AND SO I THINK THEY WOULD BE A CRITICAL PARTNER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AND WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT A FUNDING STRATEGY FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE INTEND TO DO IS AS OUR TEAM WORKS WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO FINALIZE THESE PLANS, THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US SOME TIME TO REALLY DIG IN AROUND A FUNDING STRATEGY.

AND LIKELY THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS IT'S IF WE'RE WORKING ON A FUTURE FUNDING MEASURE OR WE'RE LOOKING AT EXISTING FUNDING MEASURES AND THE MONEY THAT'S IN THOSE MEASURES, THOSE TYPES OF SOURCES ARE ON A SCALE THAT COULD FUND SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS TO POINT OUT IS RIGHT NOW, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES DON'T TYPICALLY FUND VISITOR CENTERS.

YEAH, I WAS DEFINITELY THINKING IT WAS SOME TYPE OF CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.

SO IT WAS JUST KIND OF INTERESTED. AND SO HAVE WE NOT DONE CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS WITH THE FOUNDATION IN THE PAST, OR IS THIS SOMETHING NEW? YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GROWING TO BE MORE ACTIVE.

YEAH, EXACTLY. SO WE HAVE FUNDED CAPITAL PROJECTS BEFORE WITH LARGE MAJOR GIFTS, BUT WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY GONE OUT AND PARTNERED WITH THE DISTRICT.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY NEVER BECAUSE WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1969.

SO I'LL JUST SAY, LIKE IN THE MORE RECENT PAST THAT I'M AWARE OF, WE HAVEN'T GONE OUT AND DONE THIS AT FULL SCALE.

AND THIS IS A REALLY LIKE I COME FROM A FUNDRAISING BACKGROUND, THIS IS A REALLY BIG PROJECT.

SO IT WOULD BE BETTER TO START A LITTLE BIT SMALLER AND WORK UP TO THIS OR FUND A PORTION OF IT.

IN GENERAL, THOUGH, EVEN WITH ANY CAPITAL PROJECT, EVEN AT A NONPROFIT THAT'S NOT PARTNERED WITH A PUBLIC AGENCY PRIVATE PHILANTHROPISTS AND DONORS THAT DO LIKE TO SEE LIKE TO BE KIND OF THE CAPSTONE OF THE PROJECT AND NOT THE MAIN FUNDING.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE MATCHES FROM FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

ARE THE PROJECT BEING STARTED OUT THAT WAY? SO THAT'S PRETTY NORMAL THAT WE WOULD WANT SOME FUNDING DEDICATED TOWARDS THIS AND THEN THIS THE ANY PROJECT THAT WE START ON WITH THE DISTRICT AS PART OF KIND OF OUR NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND WANTING TO GROW OUR BOARD, WANTING TO GROW OUR IMPACT. DOES INCLUDE THESE SORT OF LARGER SCALE PROJECTS.

THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME IN RECENT HISTORY WITH THE FOUNDATION.

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THIS IS A GREAT ONE. AND THERE COULD BE OTHERS THAT MAKE MORE SENSE.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW ALL THE FUNDING COMES TOGETHER AND THE TIMING.

AND JUST THE LAST QUESTION AND ARE THERE ANY AGENCIES SIMILAR TO OURS WITH A FOUNDATION THAT'S HAD A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO A NATURE CENTER OR ANY MODELS THAT WE CAN LOOK TO. THE MOST EXCITING MODEL THAT I'M ALWAYS LOOKING UP TO IS THE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY AND THEIR BUILDING OF CRISSY FIELD AND THE FIELD STATION AND ALL OF THAT. AND I'M HELPING WITH THAT. SO THEY'VE RAISED A LOT OF MONEY, AND I THINK THE EAST BAY DESERVES AN ORGANIZATION.

THAT KIND OF IS SIMILAR TO THAT, THAT CAN HAVE THAT SORT OF IMPACT.

SO WE'RE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M ALWAYS LOOKING AT IN OUR FUTURE VISION.

I DID ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT AS PART OF THIS, WE'VE STARTED DOING SOME PRE-CAMPAIGN PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT WE WHAT WE THINK WE COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PROJECT OR A PROJECT LIKE THIS.

SO IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF THAT TOO. AND I THINK THAT COULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. BECAUSE WE'RE BOTH WE'RE ALL JUST WORKING TOGETHER IN A GROUP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE. AND SO ONCE WE CAN SAY THIS IS HOW MUCH WE THINK WE CAN GET FROM PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY IN THE DISTRICT, CAN KIND OF THINK ABOUT OR I GUESS THE BOARD IS PART OF THAT DECISION OF HOW TO FUND THIS PROJECT, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

IT'S SUCH AN ICONIC CENTER AND JUST A GEM. SO IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT PROJECT TO KIND OF FLEX THIS NEW MUSCLE AND GROW AS A FOUNDATION. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YES. YES. YEAH. MY QUESTION BUILDS UPON THAT COMMENT ABOUT HOW THIS IS SUCH A ICONIC CENTER AND GEM.

AND ACTUALLY, MIKE, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH US A FEW COMMENTS ON THE POPULARITY OF TILDEN AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH HOW MANY STUDENT GROUPS AND VISITORS WE HAVE COMING THROUGH IT AND JUST HOW IT REALLY IS, THIS ICONIC YOU KNOW, GEM OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

SURE. IT'S AS FAR AS THE VISITOR CENTER GOES AND THE INTERPRETIVE AND RECREATION SERVICES CREW THAT PUTS ON PROGRAMS THERE.

IT IS OUR MOST POPULAR PROGRAM AS FAR AS NUMBERS OF CLASSES COMING IN.

IT'S A IT'S OUR LARGEST STAFF TO HANDLE THAT AS WELL.

WE HAVE FIVE NATURALISTS ON STAFF. WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS COMING IN ON PUBLIC PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL PROGRAMS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS COMING IN.

I'LL GET YOU THOSE ACTUAL NUMBERS. WE JUST RAN A REPORT ON THAT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW. AND THEN THERE ARE THE FOLKS WHO JUST HAPPEN BY THE LITTLE FARMS. THE BIG DRAW, AS JIM MENTIONED, THOUGH, THAT MOST OF THE FOLKS THAT COME TO TILDEN NATURE AREA GO FOR A HIKE OR THEY GO TO THE LITTLE FARM AND THEY WALK RIGHT BY THE VISITOR CENTER BECAUSE IT'S NOT A REAL INVITING PLACE. IT'S NOT AN OBVIOUS PLACE AS A DESTINATION.

SO THE DESIGN HERE IS TO BRING THOSE FOLKS IN.

SO WE EXPECT EVEN WITH THE POPULARITY WE HAVE NOW, WE EXPECT THAT POPULARITY AND THE USE OF NOT JUST THE VISITOR CENTER, BUT THE FARM AND THE NATURE AREA TO RISE DRAMATICALLY AS PEOPLE, NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S A NOVEL NEW PLACE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SERVICES AND THE LEVEL OF EXHIBITS AND INTERACTION THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON FROM APA.

THERE'S AGAIN, JUST IN OUR BUSINESS, WE HAVE FREEMAN TILDEN, WHO'S NOT RELATED TO TILDEN PARK, WAS WHAT WE CALL THE FATHER OF INTERPRETATION.

AND BACK IN THE 50S, HE WROTE A BOOK WITH THE SIX PRINCIPLES OF INTERPRETATION.

AND I ALWAYS FORGET THE OTHER FOUR. BUT THE TWO THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT ARE THAT YOU MUST RELATE WHAT'S BEING INTERPRETED TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING INTERPRETED TO OR WITH. AND YOU NEED TO PROVOKE THEM. AND PROVOCATION VERY OFTEN HAS A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION, BUT PROVOCATION IS JUST MOVING SOMEBODY TO ACTION.

AND THAT THIS PROJECT, MORE THAN ANY WE'VE SEEN IN A REALLY LONG TIME, HAS THAT POSSIBILITY OF RELATING NOT JUST THE PEOPLE TO THE RESOURCE, BUT ALSO RELATING THEM TO OTHER CULTURES, OTHER COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE EAST BAY.

SO WE'RE WORKING A LOT WITH THE OHLONE COMMUNITY.

WE'VE JUST WORKED ON A CONTRACT TO GET MORE INPUT WITH THOSE FOLKS ON THIS PROJECT.

SO WE SEE A LOT OF UPSIDE THAT WE SEE CARRYING USAGE UP, BUT ALSO JUST AN OVERALL EXPERIENCE OF THE TILDEN NATURE AREA BEYOND THE CONFINES OF THE TILDEN NATURE AREA, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. THANKS.

OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LAUREN. THE OUR PARKS EXPRESS PROGRAM HAS BEEN PROFOUNDLY SUCCESSFUL AT BRINGING IN KIDS FROM UNDER-RESOURCED SCHOOLS, FROM FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, BUSSES AND TRANSPORTATION ARE THE NUMBER ONE BARRIER THAT WE HAVE IN GETTING FOLKS OUT TO

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AND THIS IS THE ONLY CHANCE THAT A LOT OF FOLKS FROM AROUND NOT JUST THE TILDEN SERVICE SECTOR, BUT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT GET A CHANCE TO COME TO TILDEN.

AND THESE ARE FOLKS AGAIN, THESE ARE OUR TARGET AUDIENCES.

THESE ARE FOLKS THAT DO NOT NORMALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT.

AND THE FACT THAT TILDEN IS RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF ONE OF OUR LARGEST URBAN CONCENTRATIONS, IT'S TRULY RIGHT OVER THE HILL FROM A MASSIVE CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE. AND WE HOPE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE DRAWING MORE FROM THAT.

THAT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND THEN I GUESS I HAVE TWO, THREE QUESTIONS.

SO ONE, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, WE MENTIONED ADA AND BRINGING THIS UP TO DATE IN REGARDS TO ADA, WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS WITH THE CURRENT BUILDING? LIKE, COULD WE RUN INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF ADA CONSIDERATIONS? GARIN BATE'S DIVISION LEAD I THINK AT THIS POINT ACCOMMODATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.

SO THERE'S A BIG RAMP THAT GOES DOWN AND TAKES UP A LOT OF SPACE.

SO AS WE AS THEY'VE ARISEN. THE PARK DISTRICT HAS ADDRESSED THOSE THINGS.

I THINK WHAT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY SHOWED IS THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT UP TO DATE AND CURRENTLY ACCESSIBLE BY CODE AND ALSO TO BUILDING, IT, WOULD TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT LIKE THAT. TO RENOVATE TO MAKE IT CURRENT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC, LIKE IT WOULD. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE INTO THAT.

SO BUT IN TERMS OF WHEN WE RENOVATE LIKE UP TO ADA CODE, SOME THINGS AREN'T.

YOU'RE NOT HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ADA BASED ON. SO IF THE FACILITY FOR INSTANCE SORRY, LET ME BACK UP AND TRY TO PROVIDE A BETTER ANSWER. THE FACILITY WAS BUILT IN 1974, WHICH IS WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE ADA ACT OF 1990.

WHATEVER IT WAS, I FORGET. FORGIVE ME 91. THANK YOU.

JIM, HE'S OUR ARCHITECT, HE'S GOT IT ON POINT.

SO ANYTHING THAT WASN'T COMPLYING WITH THAT DOESN'T MATTER.

WHEN WE GO IN AND WE TOUCH THE FACILITY OR WE MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE ARE OBLIGATED TO BRING CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THAT PROJECT UP TO CODE ADA CODE AS IT IS, AND THAT HAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT SUCH THAT DEPENDING ON THE IMPROVEMENTS WE MAKE, WE NEED TO DO LIKE 30% IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE THAT WHOLE SO THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME COST PROHIBITIVE BECAUSE AGAIN, THE BUILDING IS 50 YEARS OLD. CODES PROGRESSED IN THAT TIME.

AND SO WE'RE EVEN. IT HAS IT CAME ABOUT. SO THERE'S A METHOD BY WHICH YOU'RE GRANDFATHERED IN SUCH THAT THOSE FACILITIES AGAIN AREN'T THERE.

BUT WE THEN HAVE I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO IT, BUT WE'RE FINE WITH THE FACILITY NOW.

WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE CAN. I THINK WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM WORKING WITH STAFF AND HOW IT FUNCTIONS IS THAT AND THEN LOOKING AT THE BUILDING, IS THAT THIS WHOLE WOULD BE WHOLESALE BETTER AS A NEW BUILT UP FROM THE GROUND.

BUT WE ARE FINE AS IT IS NOW. AND AS THINGS COME UP, WE THE DISTRICT ADDRESSES CONCERNS THAT PROHIBIT OR PRECLUDE ACCESS SUCH THAT WE PROVIDE IT AS BEST WE CAN, KNOWING THAT WE HAVEN'T RENOVATED THE WHOLE PROJECT OR THE FACILITY.

THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. MY SECOND QUESTION. I KNOW WHEN WE WERE THERE FOR THE BOARD SITE TOUR IN 2024 THERE HAD BEEN A QUESTION AND A CONVERSATION ABOUT JEWEL LAKE. AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS PROJECT, BUT I THINK AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND THE, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT OF THE $35 MILLION ESTIMATE AND MAYBE BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AGAIN, WHERE WE WILL LIKELY BE DISCUSSING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT TRADE OFFS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CONVERSATION ABOUT JEWEL LAKE IS WORTHWHILE TO HAVE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS SEPARATE FROM THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A FEW POINTS IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT JEWEL LAKE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I THINK WE'RE GETTING OFF THE TOPIC HERE BY GOING OFF ON THE JEWEL LAKE.

YOU THINK SO? YEAH. I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON BECAUSE I KNOW IT CAME UP AT THE SITE TOUR, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT DOES NEED TO BE DISCUSSED.

BUT THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO BE DOING IT.

SO JUST HOLD THAT THOUGHT, PLEASE. OKAY. OKAY, GREAT.

I GUESS FOR ME, WHEN THINKING, I'LL JUST MAKE THE POINT BECAUSE I GUESS WE'RE NOT DECIDING TODAY. BUT THINKING ABOUT THE 35 MILLION, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THINK ABOUT JEWEL LAKE TOO.

I'LL JUST GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT. THESE WERE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TOGETHER AS ONE PROJECT.

I THINK AS WE AS STAFF TOOK A STAB AT THIS BASED ON DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AS ONE HUGE PROJECT, WE REALIZED SEVERAL THINGS IN TERMS OF THE PERMITTING IS DIFFERENT.

THE ACCESS IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, THE PROJECT DESIGN IS GOING TO BE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT AND TO THE POINT OF COST.

IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT SO MUCH THAT WE CAN'T EVEN DELIVER ON IT.

I THINK I'LL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS A AS THE DESIGN DIVISION LEAD FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TO SPEAK TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS,

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I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT AS A BOARD, THEY MADE THAT DECISION TO DO THIS HUGE PROJECT.

IT WAS EASY TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T VETTED.

IT WAS EASY TO SAY, THIS IS GREAT, WE WANT TO DO THIS.

AS STAFF GOT INTO IT. IT BECAME MORE PROBLEMATIC.

I THINK WHAT HAPPENS, NOT PROBLEMATIC, IS THAT WE HAD TO SPLIT IT APART.

AND THERE ARE TWO HUGE PROJECTS. WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES NOW IS THE LACK OF FUNDS FOR LOTS OF THESE BIG, HUGE PROJECTS. AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO REFLECT.

DECISIONS ARE MADE BEFORE ALL OF LOTS OF US ARE HERE THAT HAVE LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS, LIKE THIS PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR LIKE SEVEN YEARS.

I THINK AT THIS POINT, AND WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING TO THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, AND THIS IS A BIG PROJECT.

SO I THINK WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT WE CAN ALWAYS SAY, YEAH, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THESE SHINY NEW THINGS AND WE LOVE THIS.

AND IT'S EASY FOR SOMEONE TO COMMIT TO IT WHEN IT'S IN THEORY AND SORT OF FUTURE LOOKING, NOT KNOWING THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME.

SO THIS TO ME IS A HIGHLIGHT FOR THE DISTRICT FIND ITSELF IN AND THAT WE HAVE FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S WELL USED, WELL NEEDED AND THAT WE REALLY WANT TO REPLACE.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO APPLY THAT MONEY.

SO I THINK I WON'T GET INTO THE THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF THE TWO PROJECTS.

BUT I THINK THIS PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BOARD AND STAFF, JUST THE EFFORT THAT IT TAKES, THE TIME THAT IT TAKES AND THE CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE THERE.

AND I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO FACE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD.

SO THAT'S MY EDITORIAL ON THAT. BUT I THINK THIS PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS IT.

AND SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. AND IT'S A GREAT EDITORIAL.

AND I THINK YOU'RE HEARING A LOT OF THE SAME THEMES AS WE CONTINUE TO REFINE THAT LIST OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU, I BELIEVE, IN SEPTEMBER REN, IS THAT CORRECT WITH ANOTHER STUDY SESSION AROUND CAPITAL PROJECTS? YES, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING TO ACTUALLY HAVE IT AS A BOARD ACTION OR A BOARD ITEM SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME.

SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRY TO REFINE THAT LIST.

WE'VE GOT THE PRIORITIZATION MATRIX AND TAKING ALL YOUR INPUT AND REALLY WORKING VERY HARD, AS YOU KNOW, TO REALLY IDENTIFY ALL OF THOSE FUNDING GAPS, WHICH ARE SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PROJECTS, HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS THAT THAT AND VERY FEW OF THEM ARE FULLY FUNDED AND WORKING.

WE INHERITED MOST OF US INHERITED, YOU KNOW, THAT LIST.

BUT TRYING TO WORK ON FUTURE PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET QUITE SO FAR DOWN THE ROAD WHERE WE HAVEN'T YET IDENTIFIED HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THESE THINGS.

SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS KIND OF IN THE OLD GRANDFATHERED IN OR GRANDFATHERED IN, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT PROCESS. BUT IN THE FUTURE REALLY WANT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE THE DISCIPLINE ON THE FRONT END TO, TO IDENTIFY AND HAVE A FUNDING STRATEGY BEFORE WE GET THIS FAR DOWN.

BUT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE. THAT'S WHY WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT AND GET IT TO A POINT SO THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW, GO OUT AND AND TRY TO WORK ON FINDING THAT MONEY.

SABRINA. IT'S JUST A MICROPHONE. IT'S. IT'S BLINKING.

OKAY. JUST JUST. OKAY, NOW YOU'RE GOING TO SOUND LIKE COLIN.

AND LET ME KNOW IF THIS SHOULD BE A DIFFERENT TIME TO ASK A QUESTION.

BUT JUST AS FAR AS JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS GRANDFATHERED, DOES THAT MEAN WE HAVE TO KEEP THE PROJECT? OR WHEN WE GO OVER THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT PROCESSES, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REEVALUATE SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE THAT CAPITAL MONEY FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MOST IN NEED? GREAT QUESTION.

SO ABSOLUTELY, IT IS AT THE BOARD'S DISCRETION TO DECIDE HOW YOU WANT TO PROGRAM YOUR DOLLARS.

AND YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH JUST WHATEVER YOUR PREDECESSORS HAVE GIVEN US DIRECTION ON IN THE PAST.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME SENSITIVITIES, OBVIOUSLY, THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IN TERMS OF COMMITMENTS AND ALL OF THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND PROVIDE YOU THAT TRANSPARENCY.

THE SAME THE SAME HOLDS TRUE WITH SOME OF THE, THE DOLLARS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS AND SOME OF THOSE PROJECT LISTS.

THIS PREDATES YOUR TIME HERE, BUT WE HAVE IN, I THINK, 2 OR 3 DIFFERENT STUDY SESSIONS SHOWN TO THE BOARD THAT REALLY YOU CAN REPROGRAM WW AS AN EXAMPLE FROM MAYBE SOME OF THE COMMITTED PROJECT LISTS THAT WERE PUT IN FRONT OF THE VOTERS OR FROM YOUR PREDECESSORS. LEGALLY, IT REALLY IS UP TO THE BOARD AS IT SITS TODAY, TO DECIDE HOW THOSE DOLLARS GET SPENT.

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MY THIRD QUESTION. YES. IT'S ABOUT THE PARKS FOUNDATION.

YEAH. AND JUST I THINK SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THIS I KNOW I WAS ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHEN THIS IDEA THAT THE PARKS FOUNDATION WOULD TAKE ON THIS CAPITAL CAMPAIGN WAS BEING DISCUSSED AND IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHEN I WAS ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND WE NOW HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP WITH THE PARKS FOUNDATION, ALSO DIFFERENT BOARD OR THE BOARD MAKEUP HAS THE COMPOSITION OF THE PARKS FOUNDATION BOARD HAS SHIFTED OR CHANGED A LITTLE BIT FROM THE TIME THAT THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE? I THINK THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT WITHIN THIS CONTEXT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FOUNDATION AND THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF THE FOUNDATION.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOU KNOW, KIND OF SHARING YOUR PHILOSOPHY OF KIND OF BUILDING UP TO THIS, BUT MAYBE NOT TAKING ON THE FULL CAMPAIGN. BUT THAT HAD BEEN EXPRESSED, AT LEAST WHEN I WAS ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE FOUNDATION WOULD DO.

AND LET ME, LET ME SEE IF I CAN PUT THIS INTO A QUESTION. AND I KNOW THAT THE OTHER BIG PROJECT IN TERMS OF VISITOR CENTERS THAT WAS DISCUSSED WHILE I WAS ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WAS ALSO, YOU KNOW, THURGOOD MARSHALL.

AND I KNOW THAT THE FOUNDATION IS ALSO INVOLVED AND I BELIEVE HAS OPENED UP AN ACCOUNT FOR FUNDRAISING IN REGARDS TO THURGOOD MARSHALL, BUT NOT YET FOR TILDEN. IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS POSSIBLE TO DONATE TO THE FOUNDATION FOR BOTH PROJECTS AT THIS POINT, BUT WE HAVEN'T LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN OR KIND OF PUT PUT IN ANY AGREEMENT WITH THE DISTRICT ON, ON EITHER OF THOSE. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS I KIND OF WENT BACK AND LOOKED AGAIN, THIS IS ALL KIND OF BEFORE OUR TIME, BUT IT WAS PRESENTED TO OUR BOARD.

THE TILDEN EEC WAS PRESENTED TO OUR BOARD, AND OUR BOARD DID AGREE TO FUNDRAISE FOR IT.

AND WE'RE STILL OUR BOARD IS STILL COMMITTED.

THE NEW THE CURRENT BOARD IS STILL COMMITTED TO THE COMMITMENTS MADE BY PREVIOUS BOARD.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT IN THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY COST ESTIMATES AT THIS POINT KIND OF TO WHAT RON WAS SAYING.

AND EVERY YEAR THAT I DON'T KNOW IF CONTINGENCY IS ALREADY BUILT.

OKAY. SO EVERY YEAR THAT A PROJECT DOESN'T GET CONSTRUCTED, IT JUST BECOMES LIKE 5% MORE EXPENSIVE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT. WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED, I REMEMBER BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ON THE PAC, JULIANA SHURMUR HAD A STANDING ITEM.

IT WAS NEVER A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WAS PRESENTED. IT WAS JUST, OH, WE'LL DO THE FULL CAPITAL FUNDRAISING AMOUNT.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE WAS NEVER ANY KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE WHEN THERE WAS THAT POINT MADE.

SO MY POINT IS, I THINK WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO THAT FUNDRAISING WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THESE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. AND HAVING THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL FROM THE FUNDRAISING PERSPECTIVE.

AND I GUESS I JUST BROUGHT UP THURGOOD MARSHALL'S EXAMPLE BECAUSE DO WE HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS? NO, WE DON'T HAVE THAT FOR THAT. SO THAT ALSO THEN I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TO WHAT WE HAVE FOR THAT.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT I WAS TRYING TO USE IT AS A FOUNDATION HAS BEEN LIKE THAT PROJECT IS INTERESTING IN THAT I AM HERE NOW FOR THAT.

AND I HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN LIKE A MUCH EARLIER STAGE OF IT.

SO I THINK THAT'S LIKE THE IDEA OF THE STRENGTHENING OF THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE FOUNDATION IS REALLY HELPFUL NOW, BECAUSE WE'LL BE INVOLVED EARLIER TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF AVOID MAYBE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE.

YEAH. SO THAT'S GOOD. SO WHEN WE DO BRING THIS FORWARD, IF WE DON'T IF WE WERE I'M JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GAME PLAN THIS. IF THIS WAS NOT APPROVED, IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO FUNDRAISE WITHOUT THIS THIS STEP.

YEAH. AND IT'S THE IT'S ALSO THE TIMING TOO, RIGHT.

WHEN WE WANT TO FUNDRAISE LIKE DONORS, THERE HAS TO BE A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD IN WHICH A PROJECT GETS DONE.

AND EVEN THOUGH I THINK OUR DONORS KNOW THAT PUBLIC PROJECTS TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER IT IS, YEAH. IT WOULD BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO NOT FEEL LIKE THE PROJECT IS TO NOT HAVE A TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT FUNDS AND THEN NOT BE ABLE TO FULFILL ON DONOR INTENT.

SO YEAH. AGREED. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE YOU GOING FOR COLOR? LET'S DO QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL GO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL DO THE COMMENTS. SO ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS? THERE ARE NONE. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'RE UP. OKAY.

WELL COMMENT WISE, I THINK THIS PROJECT IS INCREDIBLY GOOD FOR ALL OF THE REASONS THAT EVERYBODY SAID FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

IT'S THE LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. PEOPLE THAT WOULD SUPPORT IT AND HAVE SUPPORTED IT FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS OR WHATEVER IT'S BEEN.

I WAS HERE WHEN THE FOUNDATION WAS THEY WERE GOING TO RAISE THAT MONEY, AND WE WERE ALL PRETTY MUCH CONVINCED ON THIS DAIS THEY WERE GOING TO PRODUCE THAT MONEY IN TWO WEEKS. THOSE GUYS WERE CONFIDENT. AND I'M TELLING YOU, WITHOUT NAMING NAMES, BRUCE CURREN, I THINK THEY CAN STILL DO IT REALLY QUICKLY AND VERY EFFECTIVELY.

SO TO EVEN SUGGEST GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE AFTER WE'VE SPENT THIS MUCH TIME AND INVESTMENT IN IT.

AND THEN JUST ANOTHER COMMENT, YOU KNOW. ESHERICK.

OH, JEEZ. YEAH. WHO ELSE? DODGE AND DAVIS. GOD, LOOK THEM UP.

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YOU KNOW, AQUARIUMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THEY'RE DOING THE EXPANSION OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART AND THE BERKELEY.

THEY'RE DOING THEM EVERYTHING. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE PART.

I'M SURE THOSE THAT'S PART OF THEIR JOB, RIGHT, IS TO PRODUCE THOSE BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS WE'VE SEEN THAT WHAT YOU JUST PRODUCED TODAY, JIM, THOSE CAN SELL A PROJECT. AND I THINK JUST IF I WERE VERY, VERY RICH AND I SAW THAT THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGNS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, THE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND THAT IT'S BEING DESIGNED AND BUILT OR NOT BUILT, BUT DESIGNED BY THIS GROUP. BOY, I WOULD STICK WITH THIS PROJECT.

THIS IS A I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

I WOULD IF I WERE RICH, I'D ANYTHING THAT THESE GUYS DESIGNED, I'D BE WILLING TO BE PART OF THAT.

SO I HOPE WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO THAT. AND MAYBE IS THAT PART OF THE 2.5 MILLION THAT THEY KEEP DOING BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS AND MAYBE LET US KNOW WHO THEIR FRIENDS ARE. THAT DOESN'T NEED AN ANSWER. IT'S OKAY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMENTS? NO. YEAH. YOU KNOW SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THOUGH, AND I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS IS TO, TO INVOLVE THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE CONTACTS.

WE MAY KNOW FOLKS THAT ARE ALREADY LOOKING TO GET INVOLVED IN A PROJECT LIKE THIS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KEEP THINKING ABOUT AND I ACTUALLY COME UP WITH SOME FACES, YOU KNOW, THAT I PICTURE WRITING BIG CHECKS. SO, YOU KNOW, DON'T FORGET TO.

YEAH. IT'S ACTUALLY NEVER TOO IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO JUST START HAVING CONVERSATIONS.

SO WE'RE DEFINITELY OPEN TO THAT. YEAH. YEAH.

BUT YOU KNOW I WAS INVOLVED IN A IN A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR A WE WERE GOING TO BUILD A SCHOOL AT MY PARISH.

AND SO I'VE DONE IT BEFORE, AND YOU GOT TO HAVE GOT TO HAVE HANDOUTS, YOU GOT TO HAVE GRAPHICS AND YOU GOT TO HAVE A GOOD STORY.

AND I THINK WE CAN I KNOW WE'LL HAVE ALL THOSE.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M ANXIOUS TO DO IT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEFINITELY COMMITTED AND OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS PROJECT OR ANY OTHER PROJECT THAT THAT WE PARTNER ON. AND I THINK THE PRICE TAG MAY HAVE INCREASED OR CHANGED OR WE JUST, YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING OF A PROJECT, DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS. SO I AM OPTIMISTIC AND HAVE GOOD EVIDENCE THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.

BUT I ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVIDENCE THAT WE COULDN'T DO THE FULL 35.

YEAH. YEAH. NO, THAT'S I THINK THAT'S UNDERSTOOD.

ONE DETAIL THAT I CAN'T KEEP MY I CAN'T KEEP OUT OF IT.

GOT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I LOVE THE IDEA.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE WEREN'T SURE WE WERE GOING TO BUILD THAT BRIDGE STRAIGHT ACROSS THE CREEK, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. AND THAT'S THE WAY TO GO. I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. BUT WHAT I ENVISION IS IT'S GOING TO BE UP PRETTY HIGH.

THE TEMPTATION IS TO WALK TO THE MIDDLE AND LOOK DOWN THE CREEK AND STOP.

RIGHT. SO IT'S GOT TO BE WIDE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO LINGER AND ENJOY THAT.

THAT'S PART OF THE EXPERIENCE WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THEM. SO MAKING IT, YOU KNOW, THE WIDTH OF A SIDEWALK OR SOMETHING, IT'S A PROMENADE. IT'S A PROMENADE BRIDGE. IT'S GOT TO BE.

OR MAYBE YOU HAVE A LITTLE, LITTLE CUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU CALL THOSE THINGS? A LITTLE, A LITTLE, LITTLE CUT, A LITTLE LOOKOUTS ON EACH SIDE OF IT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

BUT I JUST DON'T WANT US TO BUILD A BOTTLENECK, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WE CAN AVOID THAT.

PARDON ME. DULY NOTED. YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. AND I, I JUST THINK HAVING A DIRECT ROUTE IN THERE, A DIRECT VIEW FROM THE LITTLE FARM. THOSE ARE ALL REALLY SMART THINGS.

AND I ALSO LIKE THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE ABOUT, YEAH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE DISABLED AND GET IN THERE, BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE UP ALL THE SPACE TO GET YOU IN THERE.

IF WE DESIGN IT SO THAT IT'S AN EASY ENTRY INTO IT, WE'RE NOT THAT SPACE IS AVAILABLE FOR SOMETHING ELSE AND WE'RE STILL DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO, SO IT JUST MAKES FOR MORE OF A HARMONIOUS EXPERIENCE.

I THINK FOR EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A SPECIAL THING THAT SOMEBODY HAS TO GO IN TO GET UP THERE.

IT'S EVERYBODY JUST GOES IN THE SAME WAY. I REALLY LOVE THAT IDEA.

SO. ALL RIGHT WE HAVE NO VOTE ON THIS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT VOTING ON IT.

WE'LL DO THAT. I GUESS NEXT TIME OR SOME OTHER TIME.

BUT THANK YOU VERY. YOU SEE, I'M GIVING YOU AN OUT THERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE ONGOING SUPPORT.

WE WILL BE BACK HERE TO FIND OUT THE RESULTS.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO WHAT IS IT? GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS.

I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TODAY.

SORRY. OH. YOU DON'T? NO. OH, OKAY. ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION.

[02:20:04]

[BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED]

THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT PUT ON BY EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK EMPLOYEES.

DEPRECIATE EMPLOYEES AT LAKE CHABOT. BEAUTIFUL.

FIVE EIGHT. THE 2025 OPERATION DIVISIONS EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AWARDS BREAKFAST.

FIVE NINE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK SPECIAL MEETING SITE VISIT TO QUARRY LAKES ARDENWOOD FARM.

5/10, THIS ONE WAS A COMMUNITY EVENT IN SAN LEANDRO, SO IT WAS FRIENDS OF SAN LEANDRO CREEK AND REMOVED BLACKBERRY FROM A CREEK AREA WHERE SALMON HAS ACTUALLY CAME AND SPAWNED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

5/13, ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SAFETY ALL HANDS MEETING.

5/14, LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE DISTRICT PLAN FROM BRIAN HOLT.

5/14, ATTENDED THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE IN ALAMEDA AND 5/19 ATTENDED THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO LAST NIGHT I DID AN UPDATE ON WARD FOUR.

AND I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THOMAS ZAMOLO, WHO IS THE NEW APPOINTEE TO THE PAC FROM WARD FOUR. THANK YOU. ON MAY 7TH, I ATTENDED THE BOARD LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING AND THEN WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION LUNCHEON. IT WAS A GREAT LUNCHEON, REALLY WELL ATTENDED.

I'M AMAZED THAT THAT MANY FOLKS GOT TOGETHER AND HAD A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL AFTERNOON.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE. GREAT IDEAS FOR SWAG, GREAT T-SHIRT.

AND EVERYBODY WAS AMAZED THAT THEY HEY, THIS IS METAL.

AND IT'S YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE MICROWAVE. AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY REPORT BACK OF BLOWN UP MICROWAVES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT BECAUSE EVERYBODY SAID I'M GOING TO TEST IT BACK AT THE SHOP, I LOOKED IT UP AND IT IS A THING.

IT'S NOT, THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT UP. IT'S VERY FOR REAL.

IT'S BECAUSE THE CORNERS ARE ROUNDED. AH OKAY.

SO YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. ON MAY 9TH I DID THE BOARD SITE VISIT AT ARDENWOOD AND QUARRY LAKES, LEARNED A LOT, AS I ALWAYS DO AT ALL THE BOARD SITE TOURS.

ON MAY 9TH I TABLED A HEY, CAN I CUE YOU DEBORAH? TABLED A BOOTH AT THE RANCH RODEO EVENT. IT WAS RODEO WEEK IN CASTRO VALLEY AND OUT IN THAT AREA.

AND THE REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HAD A TEAM THAT OF 32 TWO AX THROWING TEAMS. THESE FOUR GOOFY LOOKING PEOPLE TOOK THIRD PLACE AND ALL THE HONOR THAT CAME WITH THAT TO THE REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. SO I WENT TO ON THE 13TH, I WENT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY ALL HANDS EVENT.

THAT WAS GREAT, A WONDERFUL TRADITION. THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR STARTING THAT.

WHOOPS, CHIEFS GONE. ON MAY 14TH, I ATTENDED THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION MEETING AT LIVERMORE AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF SHOWING OFF THEIR FACILITY, AND WE ALSO ELECTED AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF LAFCO FROM THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS AND THAT WOULD BE PETER ROSEN FROM HARD. SO I THINK HE'LL BE A GREAT NEW MEMBER.

ON MAY 15TH, THEY HAD A MEETING WITH BRIAN HOLT OVER THE DISTRICT PLAN MEETING.

HE CLEARED UP A LOT OF THINGS AND REALLY EXPLAINED WHAT A GREAT EVENT THAT'S GOING TO BE OR ENDEAVOR IT'S GOING TO BE.

AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO MENTION IT JOHN, YOU'RE A MODEST GUY, BUT I SAW THAT YOU WERE ON BACKROADS, STARRING ON BACKROADS.

SO I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE DISTRICT BEING HIGHLIGHTED.

YES. BUT ANYWAY, THEN I WON'T SAY ANYTHING. THAT'S TRUE.

OKAY. I'LL PASS. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO LET'S SEE HERE. ON MAY 6TH I ATTENDED THE BOARD MEETING ON MAY 7TH.

THE AFOREMENTIONED EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION LUNCHEON, WHICH I'LL JUST ECHO, WAS A GREAT EVENT.

TREMENDOUS TURNOUT AND COOL LITTLE THINGS HANDED OUT TO USEFUL THINGS.

[02:25:05]

DOCTOR LOUIS CORDEIRO, WHO IS HE IS A PROFESSOR DOWN IN HERMOSILLO, MEXICO.

AND HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN THE DE ANZA HISTORY OF THE ANZA EXPEDITION UP TO CALIFORNIA.

AND HE'S GOING TO RIDE HIS BIKE ALL ALONG THE ROUTE AND MAKE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT IT.

HE'S GOT A THING GOING. SO I'M IN THE PROCESS OF TALKING TO HIM AND SEEING IF MAYBE THE DISTRICT COULD HELP HIM.

HELP THEM WITH THAT A SPONSORING THE COST OF THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO, I THINK FACILITATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SO MANY FOLKS TO SEE ABOUT.

AND THEN HE ALSO TO MAKE IT EVEN COOLER. HE'S AN ARTIST AND HE'S GOING TO BE SKETCHING AND DRAWING AND DOING ALL THIS STUFF ALONG THE WAY.

AND I SAW HIS WORK ON THE ON THE CALL. HE SHOWED IT AND IT WAS GREAT.

SO WORKING WITH HIM ON THAT AND SO ARE SOME OF OUR OTHER FOLKS HERE, I THINK MAY 8TH THERE IS A DEVELOPING MARSH CREEK WATERSHED COUNCIL AND AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT DIRECTOR COFFEY AND I ARE SLATED TO BE MEMBERS OF THAT. SO I'M EXCITED THAT SINCE MARSH CREEK GOES THROUGH WARD SEVEN AND WARD SIX THAT I GET TO BE PART OF THAT AND KIND OF BE TUNED IN TO WHAT'S GOING ON. ON MAY 9TH, THE BOARD SITE TOUR TO ARDENWOOD AND QUARRY LAKES WAS VERY WELL DONE, VERY, VERY EDUCATIONAL. TWO GREAT, TWO GREAT PARKS, VERY POPULAR PARKS.

MAY 13TH, I ALSO WENT TO THE POLICE ALL HANDS EVENT.

THAT'S A SECOND YEAR GOING. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CHIEF POLICE HAS STARTED.

WHERE ALL OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS ALL GATHER IN THEIR BEST UNIFORMS WITH THEIR SHINIEST SHOES AND BOOTS IN THEIR IN THEIR STIFFEST POSTURE AS THEY'RE, AS THEY'RE BEING REVIEWED BY OUR GENERAL MANAGER AND THE POLICE CHIEF.

IT WAS REALLY, REALLY INSPIRATIONAL. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU AND THEN SOME, SOME, SOME WORDS WERE OFFERED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER AND THE POLICE CHIEF, AND THEN YOU GET TO GO EAT. SO THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD.

LET'S SEE HERE. HAD THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE MAY 14TH.

ON THE 16TH MY MEMBERSHIP ON THE EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL BOARD.

WE HAD A ZOOM MEETING FOR THAT, AND THEN I RUSHED FROM THERE TO BYRON VERNAL POOLS WITH OUR STAFF AND GOT TO SEE ONE OF THE LAST PARKS THAT I'VE NEVER BEEN TO. AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO LEARN ABOUT HOW THAT'S ALL THERE'S BEEN SOME RESTORATION WORK DONE ON THERE, AND I GOT TO SEE WHAT WAS DONE. AND THEN THE PRE BOARD MEETING WAS THAT SAME DAY A LITTLE LATER ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, ON THE 17TH, THIS PAST SATURDAY I FILLED IN FOR DIRECTOR DESHAMBAULT IN ROBERTS RECREATION AREA FOR THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT UNIT MEMORIAL.

AND THAT'S THE UNIT IN THE ARMY DURING WORLD WAR TWO.

THAT WAS ALL JAPANESE AMERICANS. AND IT WAS SO INSPIRATIONAL.

IT WAS IN A WONDERFUL LOCATION. THERE'S A THERE'S A PLAQUE THERE.

THAT COMMEMORATES WHAT THEY DID AND THE SACRIFICES THAT THEY MADE.

AND I GOT TO DELIVER SOME, SOME WORDS THERE AND BE PART OF THAT.

SO I HOPE THAT DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT HAS A CHANCE TO BE THERE NEXT YEAR SO SHE CAN ENJOY WHAT I ENJOYED.

THERE IT WAS. IT WAS GREAT. AND MEETING SOME OF THE FOLKS WAS ALSO GOOD.

AND THEN YES SUNDAY, THE BAY AREA OPEN ROADS STORY WAS FOCUSED MOSTLY ON THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, AND WE GOT TO SEE THE HAYWARD MARSH AND FILL IN IF I MISS ANYTHING, WE GOT TO LEARN ABOUT A HIKING GROUP. I BELIEVE IT'S SENIOR CITIZENS THAT HIKES ALL OVER THE EAST BAY.

THIS HAPPENED TO BE FILMED IN POINT PINOLE, BUT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW EXCITED THEY ARE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO HIKE IN THE DISTRICT.

THERE WAS ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WITH A DOG, JOHN GRAVES, WHO WAS ALSO IN THERE AND HE WAS, WAS TALKING ABOUT AND IT WAS THE TRAIL'S CHALLENGE.

AND SO AND THEN THE BOARD PRESIDENT WAS INCLUDED BECAUSE HE'S THE BOARD PRESIDENT, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW. AND I TALKED ABOUT THE, THE WHAT THE KIND OF INTRODUCED IN A GENERAL WAY, WHAT THE TRAILS CHALLENGE IS.

AND I HOPE THAT WE DRUMMED UP A LITTLE BIT MORE SUPPORT.

NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SUPPORT, BUT MAYBE THROUGH THAT MORE KNOWLEDGE WILL BE MADE.

[02:30:03]

SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF SUPERVISOR FEDERAL GLOVER FROM CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. AND WE'RE ADJOURNING AT 3:55.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.