Jun 03, 2025 Board of Directors Meeting

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO THIS CLOSED SESSION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT FOR JUNE 3RD,

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[ROLL CALL]

THANK YOU, AND DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS? NO, WE DO NOT. WE DO NOT. OKAY, THEN IT'S TIME FOR US TO GO TO CLOSED SESSION.

[CLOSED SESSION ITEMS]

GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT FOR JUNE 30TH JUNE 3RD, 2025 BEGINNING AT 1:11 P.M.. WE HAVE NO REMOTE FOLKS, TODAY.

SO LET'S SEE HERE. THAT'S A WHOLE PAGE OF THAT STUFF.

[ROLL CALL]

THANK YOU, AND DIRECTOR WAESPI THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

I'M SAYING DIRECTOR WAESPI FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. OKAY.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, AND AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY, WE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL OF THE LANDS

[LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT]

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

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

NOW, DOES ANY MEMBER WISH TO MAKE A MOTION TO MODIFY THE AGENDA.

[MODIFICATION OF AGENDA]

[SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]

WE HAVE A RESOLUTION WHICH IS PRETTY LENGTHY.

I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD REALLY DO MUCH OF A SERVICE TO EVERYBODY IF I READ 25 WHEREASES TO YOU, BUT I JUST DO WANT TO JUST KIND OF MAKE A STATEMENT THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE MOUNTAIN BIKING COMMUNITY THIS MONTH, AND AS WE DID LAST YEAR IN 2024 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ADOPTED A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THIS MONTH, JUNE AS MOUNTAIN BIKING MONTH AND OUR CURRENT RESOLUTION EXPANDS THE NAME OF THE RECOGNIZED MONTH TO MOUNTAIN BIKING AND TRAIL STEWARDSHIP MONTH, WITH THE INTENTION TO HIGHLIGHT THAT MANY MOUNTAIN BIKE ORGANIZATIONS ALSO SERVE AS TRAIL STEWARDSHIP ORGANIZATIONS.

THE EXPANDED TITLE IS ALIGNED WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S 2025 PLANNED RESOLUTION, TO BE HEARD BY THE LEGISLATURE IN LATE JUNE.

SO WE'RE PART OF A REALLY BIG EFFORT HERE TO RECOGNIZE THIS GROUP.

EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT OFFERS NUMEROUS MOUNTAIN BIKING TRAILS WHERE BIKE RIDERS OF ALL AGES CAN ENJOY NON-PAVED DIRT OR GRAVEL FIRE ROADS THAT ARE EIGHT FEET IN WIDTH OR GREATER, RANGING FROM DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY.

THE PARK DISTR ICT GREATLY WELCOMES THE MOUNTAIN BIKING COMMUNITY AND THEIR USE OF THE PARKS,

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SO THEN THE RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE HERE PROCLAIMS THIS MONTH AS MOUNTAIN BIKING MONTH, AND I MIGHT ALSO ADD THAT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT LIMITED TO THE EIGHT FOOT RULE. I MEAN, WE HAVE LOTS OF OTHER TRAILS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADAPT SO THAT THEY ALSO ARE AVAILABLE TO MOUNTAIN BIKERS.

SO I GUESS WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THIS ITEM.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? EXCUSE ME. YES, PRESIDENT MERCURIO, WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH HERE TO SPEAK BUT I AM GOING TO READ JUST A GENERAL STATEMENT ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT.

YEAH, SURE. GO AHEAD. THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO.

IF ATTENDING BY ZOOM, THEY MAY RAISE THEIR HAND THEIR NAME WILL BE CALLED WHEN IT IS THEIR TURN TO SPEAK, OR, IF ATTENDING IN PERSON, MAY SUBMIT A SPEAKER'S CARD TO THE CLERK'S STAFF OR OTHERWISE INDICATE THEY WISH TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A NON AGENDA ITEM.

ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE OF 3:30 P.M.

YESTERDAY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND POSTED ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.

ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT COME IN AFTER THIS TIME WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD AND INCLUDED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL, WITH SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS AFTER THE MEETING.

SO WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH, WHO I MIGHT ADD THAT.

GO AHEAD, SCOTT. GET READY THERE, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU'RE KIND OF A HYBRID PUBLIC BECAUSE YOU ARE ALSO A MEMBER OF OUR PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, A FAIRLY RECENT ADDITION TO THAT, BUT A WELCOME ONE, AND I ALSO MIGHT ADD THAT, SCOTT, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW.

I KNOW THAT HE ALSO SERVES ON THE CALIFORNIA STATE RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THAT'S A STATEWIDE COMMITTEE THAT HE SERVES ON REPRESENTING THE MOUNTAIN BIKING COMMUNITY.

SO ANYWAY, TAKE IT AWAY, AND YOU DO KNOW YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR? YEAH. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT MERCURIO, DIRECTORS AND STAFF, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT AND FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD.

THIS RESOLUTION IS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE LEVEL RESOLUTION LED BY THE CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN BIKE COALITION, WHICH IS WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE SENATE AND IS ON A LATER TIMELINE THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR'S RESOLUTION, WHICH STARTED IN THE ASSEMBLY AND HAPPENED TO HAVE PASSED BEFORE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT LAST YEAR.

I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS IN TODAY'S RESOLUTION.

MOUNTAIN BIKING CAN BE VIEWED BROADLY AND ENCOMPASSES A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES AND EXPERIENCES.

IN TERMS OF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT PARKS, THESE COME IN DIFFERENT CHARACTERS AS ONE COMPARES THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CROSS-COUNTRY TRAILS AT CROCKETT HILLS TO THE MORE ADVANCED TRAILS AT BRIONES, OR THE RELATIVELY FLAT AND SHADED ROADS OF POINT PINOLE, AND TO THE FUTURE BIKE SKILLS AREA AT OYSTER BAY.

WE HAVE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS RIDING AT TILDEN, WILDCAT, CONTRA LOMA, ROUND VALLEY, DIABLO, FOOTHILLS, ANTHONY, CHABOT, AND OTHER PARKS.

NAGDCA STUDENTS AND COACHES INCLUDE OVER 700 PARTICIPANTS AND GROWING WHO RELY ON ACCESS TO EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT ROADS AND TRAILS.

THESE STUDENTS AND COACHES ARE INCREASINGLY STEWARDS, ARE ALSO STEWARDS OF THE TRAILS AS WELL, AND ARE CLAMORING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES. THIS ACTIVITY HELPS CREATE HEALTHY BODIES AND HEALTHY MINDS AND IS A PATHWAY TO OUR OPEN SPACE.

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS OF THE FUTURE. STEWARDSHIP IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE MOUNTAIN BIKING COMMUNITY.

IN SOME CIRCLES, YOU HEAR THE PHRASE NO DIG, NO RIDE.

WHILE NOT EVERY MOUNTAIN BIKER IS ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE, THERE IS A GENERAL APPRECIATION THAT TRAILS DON'T MAINTAIN THEMSELVES AND WE NEED TO SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE BACK. WELL-MAINTAINED TRAILS MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF TRAILS ON HABITAT, AND AS SUCH, TRAIL STEWARDSHIP IS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.

ALSO, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE PARK DISTR ICT, THE MOUNTAIN BIKE COMMUNITY HELPS FACILITATE THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF TRAIL STEWARDSHIP.

THIS WORK IS DONE TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL TRAIL USERS.

TRAILS ARE A SHARED SPACE IN THE MOUNTAIN BIKE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO REINFORCE RESPECT FOR ALL TRAIL USERS.

WE PROMOTE TRAIL ETIQUETTE AND THE IDEAS BEHIND SLOW AND SAY HELLO.

THE SPIRIT OF HOWDY AND GENERAL BASIC RESPECT FOR OTHER TRAIL USERS.

WE APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU FOR THIS RESOLUTION, AND ARE EAGER TO CONTINUE PARTNERING WITH THE PARK DISTR ICT AND THE BROADER TRAIL COMMUNITY. I SENT IN A SUPPORT LETTER THAT HAD SIGNERS FROM 18 DIFFERENT GROUPS A VARIETY OF SUPPORTERS, AND THEN ALSO SIERRA CLUB SAN FRANCISCO BAY CHAPTER HAD SENT IN THEIR SUPPORT LETTER AS WELL.

SO WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. SCOTT, AND JUST A BRIEF A BRIEF COMMENT.

I KNOW SOME OF THE BOARD HAS MET WITH THE YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL BIKERS THROUGH A ZOOM MEETING,

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YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WORDS, REALLY WANTING TO DO MORE WORK ON THE TRAILS, AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE CAN EVEN ACCOMMODATE. SO WE WANT YOU ALL TO BE PATIENT.

WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT THE CALIFORNIA WE JUST SOME OF US JUST WENT TO THE CALIFORNIA TRAILS AND GREENWAYS CONFERENCE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VERY RECENTLY. WELL, NEXT YEAR'S CONFERENCE.

IT ALTERNATES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH, IS GOING TO BE IN SAN RAMON AT THE MARRIOTT HOTEL IN FEBRUARY AND APRIL NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE YOUNG FOLKS TO COME TO A CONFERENCE WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS IN THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY WHERE THERE'S ELECTED PEOPLE IN THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY AND JUST NETWORK AND STUFF, AND I'VE MADE A COMMITMENT THROUGH THE FOUNDATION THAT RUNS THE TRAILS CONFERENCE. THEY DON'T KNOW THIS YET, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THEM TO CONTRIBUTE SOME SCHOLARSHIPS SO THAT THESE YOUNG FOLKS CAN COME TO THE CONFERENCE SINCE IT'S SO CLOSE BY TO WHERE THEY LIVE.

SOME OF THEM MAY EVEN LIVE IN SAN RAMON AND BENEFIT FROM THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE OF THAT, AND WE CAN BUILD A LONG TERM TRAIL ADVOCATES BEYOND JUST BEING IN THE DIRT. THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THAT.

SO THAT'S MY COMMITMENT, AND I'M GOING TO GET WORKING ON IT PRETTY SOON.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, AND WE'RE GLAD WE COULD DO THE RESOLUTION AND WE BEAT THE STATE THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. SO NOW I'M GOING TO ASK ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

[PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE ZOOM ROOM. WE'RE GOING TO START IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.

DEBBIE BAUER, IF YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MA'AM.

I'M HERE. SHE MIGHT NEED THAT STEP STOOL. JOHN DON'T WE HAVE TO VOTE ON.

THANK YOU. I DO NOT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS DEBBIE BAUER, AND I'M FROM RICHMOND, AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD.

THE FOLLOWING IS A QUOTE FROM A LETTER SENT ON NOVEMBER 20TH NOVEMBER 6TH, 2020 FROM GREG ERICKSON, MANAGER OF THE BAY DELTA REGION OF THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, TO THE CITY OF RICHMOND REGARDING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE BAY TRAIL AND PROBLEMS WITH REVETMENT. QUOTE. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO RESTORE AN ERODING COASTAL BLUFF, REPLACE A DAMAGED STORMWATER IRON PIPE, AND MAINTAIN THE EXISTING PROPOSED ALIGNMENT FOR THE BAY TRAIL UNDER THE ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS.

1989 SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL PLAN. THE TRAIL'S ALIGNMENT WAS MANDATED, AND I QUOTE, TO PROVIDE THAT DESIGNATED ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS, INCLUDING WILDLIFE HABITATS AND WETLANDS, SHALL NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE TRAIL.

IN CONTRAST, THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT DIRECTLY IMPACTS SENSITIVE HABITATS THAT COULD FEASIBLY BE AVOIDED.

THE LETTER GOES ON TO SAY THE CURRENTLY PROPOSED BAY TRAIL ALIGNMENT REQUIRES THE USE OF ROCK REVETMENT THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE PERMANENT CONVERSION OF APPROXIMATELY 300FT OF RIVERINE AND ESTUARINE MARINE WETLAND TO ARMORED SHORELINE.

THE ARMORING OF SHORELINES ADVERSELY AFFECTS AVAILABLE HABITAT FOR MIGRATING SHOREBIRDS, NEGATIVELY IMPACTS SHORE BIOTA AND PROCESSES SUCH AS NUTRIENT CYCLING, AND REDUCES PREY OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENT RAPTORS.

THUS, THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT WOULD NOT BE AVOIDING ADVERSE EFFECTS TO THE WILDLIFE.

ALIGNMENT TO THE WILDLIFE HABITATS AND WETLANDS ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT OF THE TRAIL, AS REQUIRED UNDER THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL PLAN.

I'D LIKE TO ADD MY OWN STATEMENT THAT ALTERNATIVES TO THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT OF THE BAY TRAIL HAVE BEEN PROPOSED THAT DO NOT REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL REVETMENT, AND I URGE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THESE ALTERNATIVES.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT EXCUSE ME, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PAUL KILKENNY.

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I LIVE IN RICHMOND. I JUST HAVE A SHORT STATEMENT FOLLOWING UP ON OTHER PEOPLE HERE.

I COME HERE TODAY, ALONG WITH OTHERS, TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS ABOUT A PORTION OF THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT OF THE BAY TRAIL AT POINT MOLATE.

THE PORTION OF CONCERN IS AT THE NORTH END. OF THE POINT MOLATE BEACH PARK, THE ALIGNMENT FALLS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, AND THE CITY HAS PROPOSED USING A HARD ENGINEERED SOLUTION TO STABILIZE THE BLUFF WHERE THE TRAIL IS TO BE SITED.

AS PROPOSED, THE BLUFF AT THIS LOCATION WILL BE STABILIZED USING RIPRAP.

USING THIS, USING THIS METHOD WILL REMOVE UP TO A THIRD OF THE BEACH AT THE PARK, CAUSE FURTHER EROSION, NOT STOP IT, AND HARM VITAL AND PRODUCTIVE OFFSHORE HABITAT.

THIS HARD ENGINEERED SOLUTION, USING LARGE PRIUS SIZED ROCKS TO MITIGATE EROSION, WILL CREATE MORE LONG TERM PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES. I ENCOURAGE THE PARK DISTR ICT TO LEAD AND BE FLEXIBLE GOING FORWARD.

GIVE TIME FOR A STUDY TO BE DONE. LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES FOR TRAIL ALIGNMENT, EROSION CONTROL AND USING SOFT NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS SALLY TOBIN.

GREETINGS TO EVERYBODY. I'M SALLY TOBIN, BIOLOGIST AND RICHMOND RESIDENT.

I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF CITIZENS FOR EAST SHORE PARKS, AND TODAY I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF CESP.

I'M DELIGHTED TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE PARKS.

THERE IS A SECTION OF POINT MOLATE BEACH THAT IS BEING TARGETED FOR INSTALLATION OF RIPRAP HUGE BOULDERS.

PARK ADVOCATES ARE ASKING THE CITY OF RICHMOND TO FUND A STUDY TO LOOK FOR BETTER OPTIONS FOR STABILIZATION, BUT THIS WILL TAKE TIME. SO TODAY, CESP AND INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS ARE ASKING THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT DIRECTORS FOR SOME TIME AND FLEXIBILITY, BECAUSE WE WANT TO AVOID INSTALLING RIPRAP OVER A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE PUBLIC BEACH AT THE POINT MOLATE BEACH PARK.

RIPRAP WOULD BE EXTREMELY DAMAGING TO EELGRASS AND TO BEACH ECOSYSTEMS. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL BRIEF TALKS TODAY, ALL OF THEM, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SHORELINE ADVOCATES ARE REQUESTING THAT RICHMOND FUND A STUDY OF NATURAL AND NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS TO DEAL WITH BANK EROSION AND SEA LEVEL RISE AT THE POINT MOLATE BEACH PARK.

WE DON'T WANT TO DELAY THE BAY TRAIL, AND WE SUGGEST USING A TEMPORARY ROUTE FOR THE BAY TRAIL WHILE THE CITY OF RICHMOND GATHERS DATA TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.

WE HOPE THAT NEW RIPRAP CAN BE AVOIDED BECAUSE IT DESTROYS HABITAT FOR FISH AND BIRDS.

ITS INSTALLATION WOULD CRUSH OFFSHORE EELGRASS BEDS.

RIPRAP WOULD BLOCK ACCESS TO ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE BEACH FOR RECREATION AND RELAXATION FOR HUMANS.

PLUS, NEW RIPRAP WILL ONLY CREATE MORE EROSION FURTHER DOWN THE BEACH.

PLEASE HELP US DO WHAT WE CAN TO KEEP THIS BELOVED PUBLIC BEACH INTACT.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS GAYLE MCLAUGHLIN.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GAYLE MCLAUGHLIN, AND I'M A FORMER MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER FROM RICHMOND.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. I'M HERE TO SHARE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT THE POINT MALLARD BEACH PARK.

OVER THE EIGHT YEARS WHILE I WAS MAYOR, WE DID SOME AMAZING THINGS TO TRANSFORM RICHMOND.

ONE OF THOSE THINGS WAS TO REOPEN THE POINT MALLARD BEACH.

THIS WAS A RESULT OF OUR POINT MOLATE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WORKED HARD ADVOCATING FOR A REOPENING.

THIS BEAUTIFUL BEACH TOOK A LOT OF COMMUNITY WORK TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY.

THAT TO BE AT AN AREA, A BEACH AREA THAT SERVES SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.

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CURRENTLY, THE CITY AND CONSULTANTS HAVE DESIGNED A RIPRAP PROJECT TO CONTROL THE EROSION OF A BANK THAT WOULD BLOCK NEARLY ONE THIRD OF THE BEACH.

THAT WOULD BE A MISTAKE NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT BLOCKS CERTAIN AREAS OF THE BEACH, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT LIKELY WILL NOT PROTECT AGAINST FUTURE EROSION.

IN FACT, THE ERODED BANK AREA THAT NEEDS STABILIZATION IS PROBABLY THE DIRECT RESULT OF PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED RIPRAP NORTH OF THE CURRENT ERODED AREA. RIPRAP HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC STUDIES TO CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE.

SINCE RIPRAP IS MADE OF HARD ROCK, IT DOES NOT ABSORB WAVE ENERGY, BUT IT DEFLECTS.

IT DIVERTED WAVE ENERGY FROM ONE AREA OF RIPRAP SHIFTS THE ENERGY TO NEIGHBORING AREAS, CAUSING NEW EROSION PROBLEMS. IN ADDITION TO NOT SOLVING THE EROSION PROBLEM, AN ARMORED SHORELINE ADVERSELY IMPACTS SENSITIVE HABITAT.

SO MANY AGENCIES ARE DISCOURAGING IT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE BCDC, SIERRA CLUB, AND THE STANFORD COASTAL REPORT.

OTHER STATES SUCH AS MAINE, OREGON AND WASHINGTON ARE CONCERNED AS WELL, AND THEY I THINK IT WAS IT WAS MAINE IN PARTICULAR THAT HAS PUT IN STRONG REGULATIONS AGAINST RIPRAP. IT'S TIME FOR US TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE SCIENCE.

IN THIS CASE, WE ARE ASKING RICHMOND TO STUDY NATURE BASED ALTERNATIVES TO THE RIPRAP PROJECT.

THAT WILL NOT CAUSE US MORE PROBLEMS, AND WE ASK THE PARK DISTR ICT TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH THE BAY TRAIL DESIGN AS THIS STUDY MOVES FORWARD.

THE CITY HAS SET ASIDE $2 MILLION FOR THIS STABILIZATION PROJECT, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT SOLUTION.

WE CHOOSE THE RIGHT SOLUTION. I KNOW ALL OF YOU CARE ABOUT A SUSTAINABLE PLANET.

IT'S INCUMBENT ON US TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT TODAY AND BE RESPONSIBLE CARETAKERS OF OUR SHORELINE AND OUR PLANET, SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE NOT LEFT HOLDING THE BAG AS IT IS WITH THE ENORMOUS IMPACT OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

WE KNOW THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL.

WE OWE IT TO THEM TO START DOING THE RIGHT THING NOW.

AS THE SCIENCE HAS BEEN PROVIDING. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS? YES.

WE HAVE TWO MORE, AND THEN ACTUALLY, WE HAVE FIVE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ZOOM ROOM THAT HAVE RAISED THEIR HANDS.

SCOTT. BARTLEBAUGH.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.

I'M COMMENTING ON BEHALF OF SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH, ADVOCACY DIRECTOR OF BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF THE EAST BAY, ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERSHIP AND THE BROADER MOUNTAIN BIKE COMMUNITY.

THE LAST PHASE OF NEW TRAIL CONSTRUCTION AT CROCKETT HILLS REGIONAL PARK IS NOW TEN YEARS OLD.

EACH SEASON, THE TRAIL SYSTEM GOES THROUGH A REGULAR PERIOD OF OVERGROWTH, WITH SOME TRAILS BEING INACCESSIBLE FOR WELL OVER A MONTH.

THIS IS A SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM DUE TO A LACK OF RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THIS.

ADDRESS THIS PREDICTABLE SITUATION. THE LOCAL PARK STAFF ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WITH THEIR RESOURCES TO MANAGE THIS ISSUE.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE WERE ASKED TO STOP ADVOCATING ON THIS ISSUE AND HAVE COMPLIED UNTIL NOW.

LOCAL STAFF HAVE ACQUIRED SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT TO MAKE THEIR WORK MORE EFFICIENT, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

THE LOSS OF ACCESS COMES DURING SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TIMES OF THE YEAR TO EXPERIENCE THE OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS.

INSTEAD OF TRAIL USE INCREASING DURING THIS TIME, WE SEE USE DECREASING.

CROCKETT HILLS HAS THE SINGLE LARGEST MILEAGE OF SINGLE TRACK ACCESS OPEN TO BIKES IN THE DISTRICT, AND IS A GEM FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. WHEN THE TRAILS ARE ACCESSIBLE, THE MOUNTAIN BIKE COMMUNITY DOES NOT FEEL WELCOME.

WHEN THIS GEM AND ACCESS GO THROUGH THIS ROUTINE CLOSURE EACH SEASON.

WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A SURGE CAPACITY RESOURCE ISSUE AND HAS CHALLENGES THE MOUNTAIN BIKE COMMUNITY IS EAGER TO HELP OUT.

IT IS A TASK THAT REQUIRES POWER EQUIPMENT TO ADDRESS.

THERE ARE OTHER LAND MANAGERS, SUCH AS JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO KEEP TRAILS OPEN BY USING LINE TRIMMERS.

WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE WITHIN THE PARK DISTR ICT AND THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS, BUT WE ASK THAT YOU MAKE THIS A PRIORITY TO FIND A WORKING SOLUTION.

SO THIS IS NO LONGER A ROUTINE LOSS OF ACCESS.

THIS ISN'T A PROBLEM LIMITED TO CROCKETT HILLS.

AT THE MAY PAC MEETING, DENNISHA MARSH COMMENTED ON TRAIL OVERGROWTH IN HER COMMUNITY, IMPACTING ACCESS FOR A MONTH WITH NO RESPONSE.

THERE ARE OTHER TRAIL AREAS THAT ARE IMPACTED IN A SIMILAR WAY.

LASTLY, WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE TO LOSE ACCESS EACH SEASON TO 5 TO 9 HOLES OF THE TILDEN GOLF COURSE ROUTINELY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS?

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WE'VE BEEN PATIENT AND LOCAL STAFF HAVE DONE WHAT THEY CAN.

WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP AT A HIGHER LEVEL TO FIND A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION.

WE'RE OPEN TO HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU TWO, AND OUR FINAL SPEAKER IN THE ROOM IS ANDREW GALVIN.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ANDREW GALVIN. MANY OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS KNOW ME AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE OHLONE INDIAN TRIBE, BUT AS OF A MONTH AGO, I AM NOW PRESIDENT. HE MARRIED TO US AS WE'VE HAD A TRANSITION.

MANY OF YOU KNOW MY COUSIN VINCENT MEDINA FOR HIS WORK WITH LANGUAGE AND OTHER PROJECTS, AND HE HAS TAKEN OVER AS PRESIDENT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M GOING AWAY. I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WANT TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS SINCE THE YEAR OF 2001, AND THAT IS IN MY CAPACITY AS THE MOST LIKELY DESCENDANT AS APPOINTED BY THE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION, TO HUMAN REMAINS DISCOVERED AND OR DISTURBED ON THE BEACHFRONT PROPERTY KNOWN AS BIG BREAK, AS WELL AS SEAGULL ISLAND.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HUMAN REMAINS OUT THERE.

WE RECOVERED OVER A DOZEN HUMAN REMAINS IN THE YEAR 2001, AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CORONER HAS CALLED ME SEVERAL TIMES TO INFORM ME THAT PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THEIR KAYAKS AND LANDED ON BIG BREAKS.

BEACHFRONT HAD COLLECTED BONES, THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL THEM, HUMAN REMAINS AND TURNED THEM INTO THE POLICE OR TO THE CORONER.

SKULLS, ARMS AND LEGS THAT ARE ERODING OUT. STILL ERODING ON THE BEACHFRONT TO THIS DATE.

STAFF HERE, NAMELY ANNA MARIA GUERRERO, HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN GRANTING ME ACCESS TO THE BEACHFRONT AS WELL AS TO THE HUMAN REMAINS CURRENTLY STORED AT BIG BREAK. WE PLAN TO TRANSFER THOSE REMAINS FOR PROPER BURIAL, AS AGREED TO BY THE PARK DISTRICT IN THE YEAR 2001, WHERE THEY WILL BE REBURIED AT THE OHLONE INDIAN CEMETERY IN FREMONT.

WE HAVE A SITUATION, THOUGH, WHERE MORE BONES ARE CONTINUING TO BE ERODED AWAY BY THE WATER ACTIVITY.

ANNA MARIA GUERRERO AND I HAVE BOTH APPROACHED THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AS THEY HAVE SOME INTERACTION TO DO THERE WITH WATERWAYS, AND THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO NEGOTIATE A WAY THE NEXT TIME THEY HAVE TO DREDGE THE AREA TO TAKE THOSE SANDS AND PLACE THEM ON THE BEACHFRONT PROPERTY TO AVOID MORE HUMAN REMAINS ERODING OUT OF THAT AREA. I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO THE PARKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE, AND NEXT, WHAT, TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY? YOUR BOARD MEETING IS AT BIG BREAK, AND AT THAT TIME, ANNA MARIA HAS AGREED TO TRANSFER THOSE HUMAN REMAINS TO ME SO I CAN ACCEPT THEM AND TAKE THEM AND BURY THEM WITH THE OTHER REMAINS THAT HAVE BEEN RE COVERED FROM THAT BEACHFRONT, BUT WE DO NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BEACHFRONT, BECAUSE HUMAN REMAINS CONTINUE TO ERODE AWAY OUT OF IT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NOW SEVEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR HANDS RAISED, AND I'M GOING TO GO IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, MR. RAPPAPORT. I'M GOING TO SEND YOU AN EMAIL OR A NOTE ASKING YOU TO ACCEPT WHEN YOU COME INTO THE ROOM.

OKAY. THERE YOU GO. OH, MICHELLE. I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT I SAID MICHAEL.

SO, MISS RAPPAPORT, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. I'M GOING TO GO OFF CAMERA, AND ACTUALLY, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY SEE ME FIRST.

OKAY, HERE I AM. I'M GOING TO GO OFF CAMERA, AND WHEN YOU HAVE 30S, I'LL POP BACK ON.

ALL RIGHT. 30 SECONDS TO TALK. NO, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES, AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO OFF CAMERA.

AND WHEN YOU SEE MY FACE AGAIN, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.

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I HAVE LEARNED THAT CALIFORNIA REGULATES THE USE OF RIPRAP AND IT IS NOT ALONE.

MANY SHORELINE STATES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ARMORING SHORELINES WITH RIPRAP, INCLUDING CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, AND MOST STATES FROM MAINE TO FLORIDA THE AND THE STATES OF THE GREAT LAKES.

GENERALLY, THEY REQUIRE A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OF ANY NEW RIPRAP ALONG THE SHORELINE.

THERE ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF RIPRAP USE.

MAINE NOW HAS NATURE BASED STANDARDS FOR STABILIZATION, WITH A CHECKLIST FOR IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE NATURE BASED TOOLS FOR ANY GIVEN SITE. GRADUALLY, SCIENTISTS HAVE REALIZED THAT RIPRAP HAS DAMAGING EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THAT NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS SHOULD HAVE PRIORITY TO MAINTAIN ECOSYSTEM HEALTH.

THE PROPOSED RIPRAP PROJECT FOR POINT BEACH WAS DESIGNED ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO BY ENGINEERS WHO WERE UNAWARE OF THIS CONCEPT.

IT TAKES TIME FOR NEW CONCEPTS TO BECOME INTEGRATED INTO THE CURRICULUM.

SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD ARE THE FIRST TO BECOME AWARE.

RIPRAP CAUSES MUCH HARM TO ECOSYSTEMS. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE WATER BOARD IS ONLY WILLING TO APPROVE 150FT INSTEAD OF 300FT OF RIPRAP REQUESTED, AND WILL REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL MITIGATIONS.

NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS MAY BE LESS EXPENSIVE AND CAUSE LESS HARM.

PLEASE SUPPORT THE CITY OF RICHMOND IN THEIR SEARCH FOR OPTIONS.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE. LISA HENDERSON. I'M GOING TO SEND YOU A CHAT. PROMOTE YOU TO PANELIST.

I'M ASKING YOU TO START YOUR VIDEO, IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

THERE WE GO. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. I'M GOING TO GO OFF VIDEO AND THEN WHEN I COME BACK, YOU'LL HAVE 30 SECONDS.

THANK YOU. SO GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS LISA HENDERSON AND I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER PRACTICING IN THE BAY AREA.

I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE EELGRASS IN THE PROPOSED RIPRAP SHORE ARMORING AT THE POINT BEACH PARK.

SO ANOTHER ONE, EELGRASS, WAS DECLARED ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT BY THE MAGNUSON-STEVENS ACT.

IT PROVIDES A REFUGE FOR JUVENILE FISH, INCLUDING COMMERCIALLY VALUABLE SPECIES SUCH AS SALMON AND HERRING.

DUNGENESS CRAB HANG OUT IN THE EELGRASS AT EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, AND HERRING LAY EGGS ON EELGRASS.

EELGRASS IS A KEYSTONE SPECIES, WHICH MEANS THAT IF IT'S REMOVED, THE ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSES.

CONSEQUENTLY, EELGRASS IS PROTECTED AT BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS.

EELGRASS IS NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO RESTORE OR TO ESTABLISH IN NEW AREAS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROPOSAL TO INSTALL RIPRAP ALONG THE BEACH AT POINT MALLARD BEACH PARK WILL KILL THE EELGRASS THERE, WHERE THEY'RE INSTALLING IT SPECIFICALLY TO START THE SANDY BEACH WILL BE DESTROYED, REMOVING HABITAT FOR MANY CREATURES.

NEXT, BARGES WILL BRING IN HUGE RIPRAP BOULDERS, DESTROYING THE EXISTING EELGRASS BEDS UNDER THE BARGES AS THEY DROP OFF THE ROCK.

FINALLY, THE RESULTING ECOSYSTEM WILL BE INHOSPITABLE TO THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THAT EELGRASS OFFSHORE.

THE ISSUE OF DAMAGE TO EELGRASS WOULD ORDINARILY BE DISCUSSED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS FOR THE PROJECT.

HOWEVER, THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BRING UP ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES NOT EVEN CONTAIN THE WORD EELGRASS BECAUSE IT'S SO OUTDATED.

90% OF CALIFORNIA'S EELGRASS HAS ALREADY BEEN DESTROYED.

LET'S FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KEEP WHAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS NORMAN LA FORCE. OKAY, SO YOU SHOULD BE IN. ARE YOU READY?

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GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. NORMAN LA FORCE. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SPRAWLDEF TODAY, AND I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE THAT YOU'VE HEARD WITH REGARD TO THE RIPRAP. I AM NOT GOING TO BE REPEATING WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID OR WHAT I PUT INTO MY LETTER THAT I SENT IN ON SUNDAY, WHICH HOPEFULLY PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED AT AND THE STUDY THAT WAS INCLUDED WITH THAT IT'S CLEAR THERE NEEDS TO BE A REEVALUATION OF THIS RIPRAP PROPOSAL FOR THE POINT MOLATE BEACH AREA AND THE EELGRASS.

US. THE CITY COUNCIL OF RICHMOND IS LOOKING INTO THIS.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE OUR TIME TO STUDY THIS PROPERLY AND GET THE RIGHT SOLUTION TO THIS.

IN PARTICULAR, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAD A MAJOR CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE ADOPTION BY BCDC OF THE REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTION PLAN AND GUIDELINES, WHICH REQUIRE CITIES SUCH AS RICHMOND TO PREPARE REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTION PLANS THAT PLACE NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS FIRST, AND ALSO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN BETTER RESIST AND DEAL WITH SEA LEVEL RISE, AND SO WE HAVE A MAJOR CHANGE IN WHAT THIS ORIGINAL PROJECT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK IN THE DAYS OF OUR DEAR FRIEND TOM, BUT FINALLY I WOULD SIMPLY SAY THAT I WOULD HOPE THIS BOARD WOULD AGENDIZE THIS MATTER.

SINCE WE ARE ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA. AGENDIZE THIS MATTER FOR A FULL DISCUSSION WITH PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS AND BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS AND REEVALUATE WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THIS AREA, PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO THE EELGRASS BEDS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS PAM STELLO.

OKAY. YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO. YEAH. ACCEPT IT.

WHERE'D SHE GO? THERE YOU GO. OH, IT'S THE WRONG PERSON.

WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH SANDY EMERSON. I SEE YOU, PAM WILL COME BACK TO YOU.

OKAY. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MA'AM. GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT MERCURIO, DIRECTORS AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS SANDY EMERSON. I'M A RESIDENT OF BERKELEY.

I'M A CYCLIST AND A CLIMATE ACTIVIST, AND I'M A BIG FAN OF OUR UNIQUE AND PRECIOUS POINT, MELODY.

I AM ADVOCATING FOR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND TO RECONSIDER THE USE OF RIPRAP TO ARMOR THE NORTH END OF POINT MOLATE BEACH.

WHEN I LIVED NEAR HALF MOON BAY, I SAW THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF RIPRAP FIRSTHAND.

OVER TIME, BEACH SAND DISAPPEARS AS RIPRAP BOULDERS TRAP WAVES AND INTENSIFY THEIR ENERGY.

THE RIPRAP ARMORING METHOD INEVITABLY FAILS, LEAVING BEHIND SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND DAMAGE TO THE BEACH POINT.

MELODY'S BEACH SAND SHOULD BE PRESERVED TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, AMONG OTHER BENEFITS, AND SERVES AS THE SPAWNING GROUND FOR LITTLE FISHES AND BIG CRABS. POINT MOLATE'S FAMOUS EELGRASS BEDS COULD ALSO BE DAMAGED DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THE RIPRAP.

I BELIEVE THAT POINT MOLATE'S UNIQUELY HEALTHY EELGRASS BEDS SHOULD BE PRESERVED AND ENCOURAGED AS PART OF A NATURAL SOLUTION THAT WOULD CALM WAVES AND SLOW EROSION. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS RIPRAP SECTION IS INTENDED TO SHORE UP PART OF THE BAY TRAIL AT THE NORTH END OF POINT MOLATE BEACH. INSTEAD OF MOVING AHEAD WITH THIS TEN YEAR OLD PLAN, WE ARE ASKING THAT THE ALIGNMENT OF THE BAY TRAIL AND THE PLAN TO ARMOR THE BEACH BE RECONSIDERED ONCE FURTHER STUDIES ARE DONE.

SINCE RICHMOND IS ALREADY EMBARKING ON AN EXTENSIVE STUDY OF ITS SHORELINE UNDER THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL GRANT.

WE ARE ASKING EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS BOARD FOR FLEXIBILITY ON THE ALIGNMENT OF THIS SECTION OF THE BAY TRAIL UNTIL THE AREA IS ANALYZED WITH A VIEW TOWARD FINDING A NATURE BASED SOLUTION.

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

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I'M GOING TO PROMOTE YOU TO PANELIST AND SEE IF YOU HAD A COMMENT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MA'AM.

I'M GOING TO POP OFF. WHEN I COME BACK, YOU'LL HAVE 30S.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS PAM STELLO. I'M A RICHMOND RESIDENT, AND I'M ALSO CO-CHAIR OF THE POINT ALLIANCE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.

POINT MOLATE BEACH IS AN INVALUABLE PLACE. IT'S SOUTH WATERSHED IS ONE OF THE LAST INTACT WATERSHEDS IN THE EAST BAY, WHERE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITIES TRAVERSE THE HILLSIDE TO SUBTIDAL NATIVE EELGRASS MEADOWS.

THE MEADOWS. THE MEADOWS ARE A VITAL NURSERY, AS LISA HENDERSON SPOKE TO AND THOSE THAT NURSERY TOGETHER WITH THE UPLANDS, SUPPORTS AS OF DECEMBER 2024 AND PERHAPS MANY MORE NOW 127 DOCUMENTED BIRD SPECIES AND AS OF DECEMBER 2024, 157 BIRD SPECIES WERE DOCUMENTED AT THE BEACH PARK ALONE.

NUMBERS MAY BE HIGHER NOW. AS OF TODAY, 992 TOTAL SPECIES HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED ON INATURALIST, AND THAT'S 98% AT POINT MALLARD BEACH PARK, WHERE THE RIPRAP IS BEING PROPOSED.

THESE SPECIES EACH REPRESENT NODES AND COMPLEX LIVING SYSTEMS THAT WE DON'T YET FULLY UNDERSTAND.

THIS SUMMER, WE'RE LAUNCHING THE RICHMOND COASTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR 25 WEST CONTRA COSTA YOUTH, AGES 14 TO 20, TO LEARN ABOUT THESE COASTAL HABITATS AND THESE SYSTEMS. THE INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM BY COASTAL EXPERTS AND YOUTH HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING.

POINT MOLATE IS A PLACE WHERE WE AND FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN LEARN SO MUCH.

IT DESERVES USE OF THE LATEST SCIENCE TO FIND THE VERY BEST SOLUTIONS.

RIPRAP WILL CREATE A WALL BETWEEN THE UPLAND SUBTIDAL HABITATS THAT ARE NOW CONNECTED, AND IT WILL DESTROY THESE HABITATS AS STATED BY OTHERS, BUT ALSO WITH REPERCUSSIONS THAT WE CAN'T PREDICT AND ALSO OBSTRUCT PUBLIC ACCESS FOR RESEARCHERS AND RECREATION.

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR REQUEST FOR FLEXIBILITY IN THE ROUTE OF THE BAY TRAIL UNTIL THE CITY OF RICHMOND CAN RETAIN DOCUMENTED EXPERTS IN NATURE AND NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS TO ANALYZE THE BEACH PARK, A HOLISTIC OR INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OF THE ENTIRE BEACH, PARK OR BEACH AREA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS ISSUE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. OKAY. GO AHEAD, AND Y.

I'M GOING TO PROMOTE YOU TO PANELIST, SIR. JUST MAKING SOME ASSUMPTIONS.

HI THERE. HOLD ON. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. WHEN YOU SEE MY FACE POP BACK ON.

YOU HAVE 30S. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MY NAME IS ANDY ROTHSTEIN, AND THOUGH I REALIZE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LATE, I WILL BE TALKING TO YOU IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSAL TO MAKE JUNE MOUNTAIN BIKE MONTH.

I'M A 15 YEAR OLD MOUNTAIN BIKER WHO RIDES WITH THE ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL NAGDCA MOUNTAIN BIKING TEAM.

ME AND MY ROUGHLY 30 TEAMMATES, ALONG WITH AROUND 400 OTHER RIDERS FROM LOCAL SCHOOLS, MAKE UP A LARGE NUMBER OF USERS IN TILDEN AND WILDCAT PARKS.

I STARTED MOUNTAIN BIKING IN 2021 AND IT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON MY LIFE.

COMING OUT OF COVID, I WAS SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED AND MOUNTAIN BIKING REALLY HELPED. BEING OUT IN NATURE AND SEEING FRIENDS MADE ME FEEL LESS ISOLATED AND THAT LIFE WAS GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. IN ADDITION, MOUNTAIN BIKING HAS HELPED ME STAY IN SHAPE.

GOING ON 2 TO 3 RIDES A WEEK HAS GOTTEN ME OUT OF THE HOUSE AND EXERCISING WAY MORE THAN I OTHERWISE WOULD.

THIS EXERCISE HAS MADE ME FEEL BETTER AS WELL AS LESS LIKELY TO GET INJURED.

IN ADDITION, MOUNTAIN BIKING HAS INTRODUCED ME TO A GREAT COMMUNITY AND LOTS OF NEW FRIENDS FROM KIDS I'VE MET ON TEAMS I'VE RIDDEN WITH, AND TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT I'VE MET JUST RIDING AROUND.

I HAVE MET MANY NEW PEOPLE FROM BIKING. THIS HAS LED ME TO BE A PART OF A GREAT COMMUNITY.

OVERALL, I BELIEVE THAT INTRODUCING A RECOGNIZED MOUNTAIN BIKE MONTH IS A GREAT WAY TO GET MORE PEOPLE INTRODUCED TO MOUNTAIN BIKING, ALLOWING THEM TO EXPERIENCE ALL OF THE AMAZING BENEFITS THE SPORT OFFERS, AS WELL AS GETTING THEM INTO THE PARKS IN GENERAL. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS TARNELL ABBOTT.

PROMOTING YOU.

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THANK YOU FOR HEARING US AND THIS FORUM. I ALSO AM CONCERNED ABOUT RIPRAP AT POINT MOLATE.

I HAVE LIVED IN RICHMOND FOR 35 YEARS, BUT I HAVE BEEN USING THE POINT BEACH PARK BASICALLY MY ENTIRE LIFE AS I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE BAY AREA, AND IT'S A DEEPLY MOVING PLACE TO YOU GO AND GET SOME REFUGE FROM OUR VERY URBAN CITY AND I ACTUALLY FIND AMONG THE MANY OTHER ARGUMENTS AND MAYBE THIS IS JUST LIKE AN ARTIST'S PERSPECTIVE, BUT I DON'T THINK SO.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT POINT MOLATE IS JUST HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT RIPRAP IS INCREDIBLY UGLY, AND NOT ONLY IS IT DAMAGING TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM ALL THESE EXPERT SPEAKERS, BUT IT'S ALSO JUST PLAIN UGLY TO LOOK AT, AND IT CLEARLY DOESN'T BELONG IN THAT AREA.

IT'S JUST IT'S JUST ONE MORE OF THE UGLY FOOTPRINTS THAT THE SORT OF INDUSTRIAL ERA HAS BROUGHT TO A BEAUTIFUL NATURAL LANDSCAPE, BUT PRIMARILY MY CONCERN IS THE EELGRASS, BECAUSE WITHOUT THE EELGRASS, WE WILL LOSE AN IMPORTANT FOOD CHAIN. IT'S, YOU KNOW, THINGS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOD CHAIN.

IT ALL, YOU KNOW, AS IT GOES, AS THE TIERS GO UP IN THE FOOD CHAIN, IT AFFECTS ALL OF US.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO PROTECT THE LITTLE FISH AND THE LITTLE CRABS AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE LITTLE ORGANISMS THAT START AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOD CHAIN, AND OBVIOUSLY, THE RIPRAP IS DAMAGING TO THAT POINT.

EELGRASS IS USED AS THE STARTER FOR THE ATTEMPTS TO MITIGATE LOSS OF EELGRASS ELSEWHERE BECAUSE IT IS UNIQUELY MORE HEALTHY, BECAUSE IT IS PRECISELY BECAUSE IT IS THE NATIVE EELGRASS.

SO PLEASE HELP MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS PROTECTED.

DON'T DO THE RIPRAP OR DO WHAT YOU CAN TO ADVISE THE CITY OF RICHMOND TO NOT HAVE RIPRAP ON THE SHORELINE.

IT'S IT DOESN'T CLEARLY DOESN'T BELONG THERE.

I ALSO WALK THE BEACH REGULARLY, AND AT LOW TIDE IT STRETCHES ALL THE WAY, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WALK, AND IT WOULD BE A REAL SHAME TO LOSE ALMOST ONE THIRD OF THE BEACH AREA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? THERE ARE NOT. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF ON THIS? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MERCURIO AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, JUST SPECIFICALLY ON THE ISSUE OF THE POINT MOLATE TRAIL.

I KNOW IT'S NOT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY, BUT STAFF IS MORE THAN WILLING TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

MY DEPUTY OVER THERE, MAX IN THE HAT, CAN TAKE DOWN YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, FOR BOTH OUR BOARD AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC I BELIEVE THE PORTION THAT THE PUBLIC IS REFERRING TO IS ACTUALLY A SEPARATE PROJECT THAT IS MANAGED IS ON THE CITY OF RICHMOND'S PORTION OF THE BAY TRAIL, AND MANAGED THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FROM OUR PART, WILL BE COMING TO THIS BOARD AT OUR AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.

SO THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS THAT YOU CAN ASK THOSE AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE AS PART OF THAT AGENDA.

AGENDIZED ITEM IN TWO WEEKS. DOES THE CONTRACT COMING UP? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTRACT FOR THE FOR THE TO BUILD THE TRAIL, CORRECT, TO CONSTRUCTION THIS AREA THAT THESE FOLKS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.

I'LL LET MAX SPEAK TO THAT. JUST REALLY BRIEFLY.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. SO HE CAN GIVE YOU THE VERY QUICKLY.

TO ME, IT'S A LOGICAL QUESTION THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER, TO KEEP IT BRIEF. MAX KORTEN, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER. IT'S THE CONTRACT INCLUDES BOTH THE DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND'S PORTION OF THE BAY TRAIL, BUT NOT THE ACTUAL RIPRAP STABILIZATION.

THAT'S A CITY OF RICHMOND PROJECT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

YEAH. YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THE AGENDA? YES.

OKAY. I GUESS WE CAN DO THAT. I BELIEVE THAT 'S PERMISSIBLE.

WELL, LET'S TAKE A SHOT AT IT AND SEE HOW IT GOES.

WELL, SO IN TWO WEEKS, WE'RE MEETING AT BIG BREAK. CORRECT? IN ANTIOCH AREA, AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE ZOOM.

WE HAVE ZOOM PARTICIPATION AVAILABLE THERE. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I BELIEVE THAT JUST AS AN AUDIO RECORDING.

CORRECT, BUT IT'S NOT LIVE STREAMED, RIGHT? CORRECT.

[00:50:01]

WE NEED TO GO BACK TO. WELL, I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

YES. SO BEFORE WE DO THE CONSENT CALENDAR I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THAT WE HAD THERE FOR THE MOUNTAIN BIKERS.

WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT FORMAL. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM ECHOLS.

SECOND, FROM COFFEY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTAIN. CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'RE INTO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

ITEM TWO. OKAY. GO AHEAD. ASK AWAY. I GUESS I CAN LEAVE OTHERS DURING OUR DISCUSSION LATER IN ITEM B1, BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE THE MINUTES TO REFLECT ACCURATELY WHAT THE MOTION WAS THAT DAY, AND WHETHER IT WAS CONDITIONAL ON A PHASE ONE.

THE MONIES APPROVED WERE CONDITIONAL ON A PHASE ONE REPORT, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO REFLECT THAT.

I ASKED FOR TWO ITEMS. ONE WAS AN OUTLINE OR SOME SORT OF DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS, AND TO A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PLAN TO IDENTIFY WHEN WE'D BE HAVING PUBLIC HEARINGS.

OKAY. THOSE ARE MY SUGGESTED CHANGES. OKAY. SO DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT SEPARATELY, OR CAN WE INCLUDE THAT? YOU CAN INCLUDE IT JUST SIMPLY SAYING WE'RE VOTING ON THE MOTION WITH EDITS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU CAN BE THE MAKER OF THE MOTION TO AND INCLUDE THAT, BUT YOU KEEP WAVING OVER THERE.

WHAT'S GOING ON? LUANA HAD A QUESTION ALSO ON THE CONSENT.

SO I DON'T WANT TO MOVE TO APPROVE UNTIL SHE'S UNDERSTOOD WHAT SHE WANTS.

NO, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION.

SO H.R. 2281 A JOB CORPS AND THEN H.R. 471 ON THE SPLIT, AND THEN FOR SEVEN ON AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER AN MOU WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ERADICATION AND PREVENTION OF ILLICIT CANNABIS EPIC PROGRAM.

I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ON THE ROLE OF THE LEAD.

SO THOSE ARE JUST TWO QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE STAFF TO ANSWER DIRECTOR ESPAÑA'S QUESTIONS? YOU MAY NEED TO REPEAT THEM ONE AT A TIME. SURE.

I DIDN'T GIVE THE FULL QUESTION. YEAH. SO FOR THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND JOB CORPS WAS THAT PROGRAM ACTS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT JOB CORPS, KIND OF.

WHAT IS THE STATUS OF JOB CORPS RIGHT NOW? ERICH PFUEHLER.

YES. DIVISION LEAD FOR GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE OF AFFAIRS.

THE LEGISLATION DOESN'T SPEAK TO THE CURRENT SITUATION.

IT WOULD EXPAND THE LOCAL MATCH. ARE YOU REFERRING TO S1228? CORRECT? YES. YES, BECAUSE I SEE THE EXPANSION, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW JUST AS FAR AS IF SOMETHING'S HAPPENING TO THAT PROGRAM ON A FEDERAL LEVEL K IND OF.

YEAH. OKAY. SO, YES, IN TERMS OF THE FEDERAL CUTS, IT IS IN THE QUEUE FOR THAT.

OKAY. THIS LEGISLATION DOESN'T REALLY ADDRESS THAT.

IT ACTUALLY JUST CHANGES THE LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENT.

IN THE FUTURE, SHOULD IT PASS? OKAY, AND THEN THE SECOND DID WE FOR H.R. 471 THERE WAS A MENTION ABOUT A SPLIT IN VOTES.

DO WE GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT REP DESAULNIER'S OPPOSITION? YES. YES. WE DID REACH OUT TO THEIR OFFICE AND THEY DID RESPOND.

HE WASN'T STRONGLY OPPOSED, BUT DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE EMERGENCY EXEMPTION TO PROVIDE CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT PROJECTS, THAT EXEMPTION WAS ACTUALLY REQUESTED BY CAL FIRE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LEGISLATION, BUT HE JUST HAD CONCERNS VOTING FOR IT AT THIS TIME, AND IT WAS ALSO A VOTE THAT WAS SCORED BY THE LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THAT IT? YES. OKAY. I HAD A QUESTION FOR FILICE . OKAY.

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HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? I'M DOING GREAT. THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING GOOD.

SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS JUST ASK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE LEAD ROLE FOR THE EPIC TEAM, THE LEAD OFFICER ROLE, AND KIND OF MY QUESTION WAS I UNDERSTOOD THAT, YOU KNOW, IF CANNABIS IS FOUND, LIKE, WITHIN OUR AREA THE LEAD OFFICER WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, HELP AND RESPOND TO THAT, BUT ARE THERE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LEAD OFFICER TO PARTICIPATE IN ENFORCEMENT IF IT'S FOUND OUTSIDE OF THE PARKLAND? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, ROBERTO FILICE, AGM OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE ANSWER IS NO.

SO THE LEAD OFFICER, HIS OR HER JOB IS GOING TO BE TO BE THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE TEAM ERADICATING THE ILLEGAL CANNABIS AND THE PROSECUTION AND STORAGE OF THE EVIDENCE FOUND AND TAKE POSSESSION OF A PERSON OR PERSONS.

THEY ARE ARRESTED ON OUR LAND. THAT'S THE ONLY JOB THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS DONE BY THE TEAM, AND IS THIS.

BRINGING IN MORE RESOURCES IN THE PAST? BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THAT WE ALREADY HAD THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY ON OUR LAND PRIOR.

SO YES, WE WORK WITH THE STATE BEFORE WE DEAL WITH DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, BEFORE THIS ACTUALLY FORMALIZES THE PARTNERSHIP. IT'S THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT DOES.

IT BRINGS RESOURCES TO OUR LAND. SO OFTENTIMES AND ACTUALLY WHEN OUR HELICOPTER IS UP AND FLYING UP ABOVE, IF THEY COME ACROSS AN ILLEGAL GROWTH, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO GO AND ERADICATE THAT GROWTH JUST BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WE'RE NOT REALLY EQUIPPED FOR IT. NOW WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WE CAN CONTACT TO COME AND ASSIST US IN DOING IT.

OKAY, AND THE LAST QUESTION IS DOES THIS INCREASE DOES THIS ENDANGER OUR OFFICER OR DOES THIS PUT MORE RISK IN THE CURRENT JOB THAT THEY HAVE? WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, INHERENTLY BEING A POLICE OFFICER, IT'S A DANGEROUS JOB.

THIS DOES NOT MAKE IT ANY MORE DANGEROUS THAN WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY.

IF ANYTHING ELSE, IT ACTUALLY BRINGS A TEAM TO ERADICATE THAT, RATHER THAN OUR OFFICERS JUST WALKING INTO A GROWTH AND BEING ENCOUNTERED WITH ARMED PEOPLE. OR WE JUST DON'T KNOW. THAT ALLOWS US TO BRING MORE RESOURCES TO THE TABLE.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE DIFFERENT CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, I APPRECIATE IT.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT, SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN APPROVE THE. WE CAN VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR IN ITS ENTIRETY WITH THE ADDITION OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT.

SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? I'LL MOVE. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION, AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? CARRIES. UNANIMOUSLY. I DID HAVE A QUESTION.

SURE. GO AHEAD, AND I ACTUALLY DIDN'T VOTE, SO I GUESS YOU COULD MARK ME AS ABSTAINING ON THAT.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE ONE BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO ASK. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE WAS A GOOD POINT ABOUT H.R.

471 WITH THE SPLIT VOTE AMONGST OUR REPRESENTATIVES, AND I GUESS I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT NOW, SINCE THE VOTE ALREADY HAPPENED, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT HAVE WANTED TO CONSIDER A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, AND SO I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT AT THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO MOVING ON TO NON CONSENT CALENDAR.

WELL, LET ME BACK UP FOR A SECOND. I ASSUME YOU DIDN'T INTERRUPT SINCE YOU DIDN'T INTERRUPT ME.

THERE WERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM B THIS IS A PROGRESS REPORT

[ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION]

GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. PRESIDENT MERCURIO.

I AM BRIAN HOLT, DIVISION LEAD OF PLANNING, CULTURAL RESOURCES.

GIS AND TRAILS, MIXING UP THE ORDER HERE, BUT ANYWAYS I AM GOING TO LOAD UP MY PRESENTATION HERE,

[01:00:05]

THAT SHOULD BE LOADING UP. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. HAPPY TO BE BACK WITH YOU TODAY.

TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE DISTRICT PLAN WHERE WE'RE AT AND SOME OF OUR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES.

I'M GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION. JUST ONE MOMENT.

IF YOU COULD JUST PAUSE FOR A SECOND HERE. WE HAVE A QUESTION HERE.

YEAH, I WAS MAILED A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION, AND THEN I RECEIVED ONE TODAY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE THE SAME PRESENTATION OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, BECAUSE I HAVE NOTES ON THE ONE THAT WAS MAILED TO ME. THEY SHOULD BE THE SAME. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YEP. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. THANK YOU. SO, YEAH, WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.

SO JUST FOR BACKGROUND WE THERE WAS A CONTRACT APPROVED FOR CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT PLAN.

BACK IN JULY OF LAST YEAR WE HAD BEGAN DISCUSSING SORT OF AN UPDATE OF THE MASTER PLAN PRIOR TO THAT.

AND THEN ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH PLACEWORKS IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, AND THEN I BROUGHT BACK AN UPDATE TO THAT CONTRACT.

I BELIEVE THAT WAS IN MARCH, AND THE BOARD REQUESTED AN UPDATE ON SORT OF THE PHASE ONE ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING.

SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY, AND HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE.

SO I'LL GO INTO I'LL GIVE A BIT OF AN INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND AND DISCUSS DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS, AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR CONSULTANTS HERE FROM PLACEWORKS, WHO WILL GO INTO THE MEAT OF THE PRESENTATION, AND WE'LL BE TAG TEAMING IT A BIT, BUT BUT WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER SORT OF, LIKE I SAID, WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS AND UPDATE ON SOME OF THE MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AROUND BRANDING THE WEBSITE. SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON REALLY THE BULK OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, IN TERMS OF BASELINE DATA REVIEW AND FUNDING ANALYSIS AND SOME OF THE MAPPING, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, AND REALLY THAT THE SORT OF INITIAL PARTS OF THIS PROCESS HAS REALLY BEEN A LOT OF INFORMATION GATHERING AND KIND OF MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL.

SO NOT AS MUCH PUBLIC FACING DOCUMENTS THAT I KNOW AS SOME PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING, AND THEN WE'RE STARTING TO PUSH THOSE OUT WITH A NUMBER OF MAP PRODUCTS, AND WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE AVAILABLE TODAY.

TODAY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE A BIT OF A DEEP DIVE ON SOME OF THAT TO THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE LAST WEEK.

SO THE MEMBERS WHO ARE ABLE TO VIEW THAT PRESENTATION WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TOUCH ON THAT AS WELL, AND THEN WE ARE WELL, IN THE THICK OF OUR SORT OF FIRST ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT HERE.

SO WE CAN GIVE A BIT OF AN UPDATE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE HEARING AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO AGAIN, JUST TO SORT OF BACKGROUND, THIS IS REALLY KIND OF THE THIS IS OUR 2013 MASTER PLAN HERE.

THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2013 AS THE TITLE TITLE SAYS, AND AS WE SORT OF DOVE INTO THIS, WE REALLY RECOGNIZED THAT THE 2013 MASTER PLAN WAS REALLY AN UPDATE OF A 1997 MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS AN UPDATE OF A 1983 MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS ULTIMATELY AN UPDATE OF A 1973 MASTER PLAN.

SO I THINK THIS MAP IS KIND OF INDICATIVE OF THAT, WHERE IT'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN ADDED ON OVER THE YEARS.

THAT'S NOT TO SUGGEST THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO TAKE ANYTHING OFF, BUT AS THE BOARD IS WELL AWARE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZATION AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THE VISION IS REALLY KIND OF A BIG PART OF THE FOCUS HERE.

SO WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS BEFORE BUT THE DESIRED OUTCOMES ESTABLISH A CLEAR VISION AND DIRECTION AS THE PARK DISTR ICT MOVES INTO ITS NEXT CENTURY.

SO WE HAVE REFERRED TO THIS AS THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN.

THIS PLAN WILL BE THE PLAN THAT'S IN EFFECT AS WE MOVE INTO THAT NEXT CENTURY, AND AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY TO HELP PROVIDE THE BOARD, THE PUBLIC AND STAFF SORT OF SOME CLARITY AND A UNIFIED, CLEAR VISION IN TERMS OF THAT DIRECTION, AND REALLY, AS IT COMES TO SOME OF THE TRADEOFFS THAT WE'RE ALL FACED WITH AND CONFRONTING AROUND CHALLENGES OF OPENING UP NEW PARKS VERSUS INVESTING IN OLD PARKS CHALLENGES AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC ACCESS, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO HELP GUIDE US IN THAT, WE ARE DEVELOPING A SERIES OF UPDATED MAPS AND MAKING THAT DATA ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. SO AGAIN, WE'LL KIND OF GO INTO WHAT THOSE MAPS ARE AND HOW WE'RE MAKING THOSE ACCESSIBLE, BUT MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THAT AND CONTINUE TO DO SO, AND THEN AGAIN, GOING INTO IDENTIFYING WHAT THOSE KEY PRIORITIES ARE WE WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ON SORT OF THE FIRST ROUND OF STAFF ENGAGEMENT AND WHAT WE'VE STARTED TO HEAR FROM THAT.

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WE DO MEET REGULARLY WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER AND DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGERS TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON A WEEKLY OR SEMIWEEKLY BASIS.

SO EACH ITEM IS KIND OF GOING BEFORE THEIRS. THE PLANNING TRAILS, CULTURAL RESOURCES AND GIS DEPARTMENT IS REALLY KIND OF TAKING THE LEAD THERE.

SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SAY I HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF FOLKS WHO ARE KIND OF DIVVYING UP SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES HERE.

SO MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEM. DEVIN REIF HAS REALLY KIND OF TAKEN THE LEAD ON A LOT OF THE ENGAGEMENT AND PULLING TOGETHER THE STRATEGIES THERE. NEOMA LAVALLE, WHO GAVE OUR PRESENTATION AT THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE REALLY ASSISTING IN A LOT OF THE ANALYSIS OF CONSERVATION LANDS VERSUS PUBLIC ACCESS AND KIND OF TACKLING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AROUND HOW TO BALANCE THAT, AND ALSO WORKING ON THE MAPPING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DAVE DRUECKHAMMER, GIS SUPERVISOR IN DEVELOPING THAT AND THEN, OF COURSE ANNAMARIE GUERRERO, OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNER AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, SHE HAS BEEN SCHEDULING AND DOING OUTREACH WITH WITH OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS AND DOING THAT AS WELL. OUR CONSULTANT TEAM IS PLACEWORKS.

I THINK MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH PLACEWORKS. WE ARE JOINED TODAY BY ISABELLE MINN AND JOANNA JENSEN, WHO ARE THE PRINCIPALS ON THE PROJECTS, AND THEY'LL BE GIVEN THE BULK OF THIS PRESENTATION.

LIKE I SAY, I THINK MOST EVERYBODY'S PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH PLACEWORKS. THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THE PARK DISTR ICT IN THE PAST, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPING THE THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK LAND USE PLAN CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE PLAN FOR THE BURRELL PROPERTY.

PREVIOUSLY DID WORK AT THE TIDEWATER CENTER AT MARTIN LUTHER KING SHORELINE.

ALSO WORK ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS FOR STATE PARKS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING CURRENTLY ON TESLA AND THEN JUST DO OTHER PLANNING PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, INCLUDING THE RECENTLY ADOPTED GENERAL PLAN FOR CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, WHICH I'LL JUST NOTE WAS WAS ACKNOWLEDGED WITH AN AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION FOR ITS EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND ENERGY CATEGORY.

SO VERY CLIMATE EXPERTISE IS SORT OF FRONT OF MIND WITH THEM AS THEY KIND OF MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PLAN AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME CONSULTANTS ON BOARD ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS. THEY ARE A FINANCIAL CONSULTANT WHO'S ON THE TEAM, WHO'VE ALSO DONE WORK FOR THE PARK DISTR ICT.

SO YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE REPORT THAT WAS DONE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THE QUANTIFYING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE REPORT THAT WAS LED BY THE SAME TEAM WHO'S WORKING ON THIS. SO I FEEL WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS.

SO REAL QUICK, I'LL JUST KIND OF INTRODUCE WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS.

SO WE'RE HERE ON THIS SORT OF FIRST BAR OF SUMMER 2025.

SO, LIKE I SAY THIS, THESE FIRST NUMBER OF MONTHS HAVE REALLY BEEN ABOUT INFORMATION GATHERING.

SO TAKING A LOOK AT JUST A WHOLE WHOLE SWATH OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON HERE AT THE PARK DISTR ICT.

I THINK I SENT OVER SOME 200 DIFFERENT REPORTS AND PLANS HERE FROM THE PARK DISTR ICT TO BE REVIEWED BY THE CONSULTANT TEAM AS THEY, AS THEY SORT OF KICK THIS OFF, AND WITH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO START THIS SORT OF FIRST ROUND, WHICH IS REALLY ABOUT WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND THE INTENT HERE IS REALLY TO TRY TO CONDUCT THIS OUTREACH THAT WILL HELP GUIDE THE PROJECT. SO I KNOW THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE TABLE OF CONTENTS? SOME OF THAT SORT OF THING. WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN TRYING TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.

HEAR FROM STAFF TO REALLY IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE KEY ISSUES THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED HERE? I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE SOME ASSUMPTIONS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT'S PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE TO ACCURATE ON WHAT WILL BE INCLUDED AND WHAT SHOULD BE IN THAT TABLE OF CONTENTS, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO LET THE OUTREACH GUIDE THE PROCESS.

SO WE DID COMPLETE THAT FIRST ROUND OF STAFF ENGAGEMENT AT THE END OF AT THE END OF MAY.

WE DO HAVE AN INTERNAL ENGAGEMENT REPORT BASED ON THAT SUMMARIZES THAT.

WE'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS TODAY.

WE ALSO JUST RECENTLY LAUNCHED OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, AND , AND THAT'S OUT THERE.

SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN DIFFERENT ADVERTISEMENTS.

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WE'VE SHARED IT WITH JUST A NUMBER OF GROUPS TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE WITH THEIR GROUPS.

SO I KNOW SCOTT WITH BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL HAS SHARED IT WITH THE BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF THE EAST BAY AND THE BIKING COMMUNITY, AND WE'VE ALSO HAD TRAILS FOR RICHMOND ACTION COMMITTEE SHARE WITH THEIR MEMBERSHIP.

THE FOUNDATION SHARED WITH ALL THE FOUNDATION MEMBERSHIPS. SO WE'RE REALLY KIND OF TAKING THIS APPROACH OF TRYING TO GET THIS SURVEY OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, AND THIS INITIAL SURVEY IS IS REALLY ASKING THE PUBLIC, AND WE DID THE SAME WITH STAFF OF WHAT'S YOUR VISION FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.

AGAIN, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE PUBLIC'S VISION IS FOR THE PARK DISTR ICT, BUT THE IDEA IS TO REALLY GET THAT INFORMATION BACK S O WE CAN HAVE THAT THROUGHOUT THIS AS WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THAT.

AS THOSE RESPONSES, AS WE'RE GETTING THOSE RESPONSES BACK, WE'RE ALSO COLLECTING JUST SOME REAL BASIC DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GO IN AND LOOK AT SORT OF WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE WE GETTING RESPONSES FROM? CONVERSELY, WE'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE NOT GETTING RESPONSES FROM.

SO THAT WILL HELP GUIDE US IN SOME OF THESE LATER PHASES AS WE GO INTO ROUND TWO.

WHERE AS WE WRAP UP ROUND ONE, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND WE WILL PRESENT THIS SORT OF SUMMARY OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM STAFF, AND AGAIN, THE SORT OF WHAT THE VISION FOR THE PARK DISTR ICT IS, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD AROUND THAT VISION, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO SCHEDULE THAT IN THE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER TIME FRAME.

I THINK AMANDA HAS REACHED OUT TO YOU ALL TO SCHEDULE THAT.

SO WE'LL WE'LL COME BACK WITH THAT, AND THEN ROUND TWO IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO.

OKAY, WE'VE HEARD THE VISION. HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION OF TRADE-OFFS.

SO AS WE HEAR INTEREST AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS, BETTER BIKE TRAILS, NO BIKE TRAILS. YOU KNOW, WE'LL HEAR ALL THESE VISIONS, AND THEN THE QUESTION OF, REALLY, HOW DO WE WHAT ARE THE TRADE OFFS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO REALLY ACCOMPLISH THAT? IT'S DURING THAT ROUND THAT I EXPECT WE'LL START HAVING A LOT MORE FOCUSED CONVERSATIONS AS WE HAVE INFORMATION FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHERS TO REACT TO.

SO I FULLY EXPECT TO MEET WITH SCOTT AND OTHERS AT THE BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL AND SIERRA CLUB AND OTHER GROUPS.

AS WE GET INTO THAT ROUND TWO AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS? LIKE I SAY, WE'RE ALSO COLLECTING INFORMATION ON WHERE WE'RE HEARING PEOPLE, HEARING FROM PEOPLE.

SO THAT'LL HELP US IDENTIFY WHICH GROUPS WE SHOULD BE SPECIFICALLY REACHING OUT TO.

SO IF WE KNOW THERE'S A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT OR COMMUNITY THAT WE AREN'T GETTING A LOT OF RESPONSE FROM, WE CAN GO IN AND WE CAN IDENTIFY WHO THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT SORT OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY, AND WE CAN WE CAN START TO START TO REACH OUT TO THAT GROUP TO TRY TO BETTER GET OUR RESPONSES.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE STRATEGY THERE, AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL GO INTO ANOTHER WORK PERIOD, AND THEN AROUND SPRING, SUMMER 2026 IS WHEN WE'LL WE'LL START TO HAVE A PLAN TOGETHER, AND WE'LL REALLY BE ABLE TO ASK THE QUESTION OF DID WE GET IT RIGHT? YOU KNOW, DID WE GET THAT BALANCE OF TRADE OFFS? DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT MIX OF THAT? AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE I EXPECT SOME OF THE MORE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT.

THAT'S WHEN I EXPECT THOSE WOULD BE HELD, AND THAT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE MORE OF THE AGAIN, THE HEARINGS WITH THE PAC AND THE BOARD. OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS, BUT SPECIFIC HEARINGS AS WELL AS THE, YOU KNOW GOING OUT AND HAVING THE SORT OF OPEN HOUSE LISTENING WORKSHOPS AND THAT SORT OF THING. WITHIN THE DIFFERENT WARDS.

SO, AGAIN, HAVING SOMETHING THAT WE THINK WE'VE CAPTURED THE VISION WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION ON THE TRADE OFFS AND THEN BEING ABLE TO GO BACK AND WITH THE PUBLIC HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT, DID WE GET IT RIGHT, ARE WE HITTING THE RIGHT MARK? SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE BROAD OVERALL GOAL AND STRATEGY, AND THEN OF COURSE WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD FOR THE TO GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR PARTNERS AT PLACEWORKS.

ISABEL'S GOING TO JUMP US OFF HERE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THE WORK COMPLETED, AND THEN THE WORK UNDERWAY.

THANKS. THANK YOU. BRIAN. GOOD AFTERNOON. HI, EVERYONE.

I'M ISABEL MIN. I'M A PRINCIPAL WITH PLACEWORKS.

I OVERSEE OUR LANDSCAPE AND PARK PLANNING TEAM, AND I'VE BEEN HELPING LEAD THE WORK ON THE DISTRICT PLAN.

I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING ON A NUMBER OF THE SPECIFIC PARK PROJECTS, SOME OF WHICH BRIAN HAS MENTIONED OVER THE YEARS,

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I'M GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS PART OF THE DISTRICT PLAN, BOTH WORK COMPLETED AS WELL AS ONGOING. IN ADDITION TO INITIAL BRANDING, A WEBSITE, A BACKGROUND REVIEW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FUNDING AND BUDGET ANALYSIS AND EXTENSIVE MAPPING AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS, AND THEN MY COLLEAGUE JOANNA JANSEN WHO HAS BEEN OVERSEEING THE STAFF AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WORK THAT PLACEWORKS HAS BEEN GUIDING AND SUPPORTING, WILL PRESENT ON THE ENGAGEMENT WORK. SO ONE OF OUR FIRST STEPS WAS TO DEVELOP A BRANDING AND IDENTITY FOR THE PROJECT.

WE EXPLORED SEVERAL CONCEPTS AND STYLES, WORKING WITH THE PROJECT TEAM AND THE CREATIVE DESIGN GROUP AT THE PARK DISTR ICT.

IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO CAPTURE THE MULTIPLE FACETS OF THE PARK DISTR ICT, FROM THE DIVERSITY OF LANDSCAPES, THE BACKDROP OF THE EAST BAY AND IMPORTANTLY, PEOPLE'S CONNECTION TO THE OUTDOORS.

THAT'S A LOT TO CAPTURE IN A SINGLE GRAPHIC. SO WE DID DEVELOP KIND OF A ONE LOGO, BUT ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL PACKAGE AND BRANDING GRAPHIC MATERIALS TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

WE REFINED IT BASED ON COMMENTS FROM STAFF AS WELL AS COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS, AND THIS PACKAGE WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL TEAMS FOR OUTREACH AND ALL PRODUCTS DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE PROJECT.

ADDITIONALLY, WE DEVELOPED THE PROJECT WEBSITE.

THE DISTRICT PLAN WEBSITE, WHICH IS A HUB FOR ALL THINGS RELATED TO THE DISTRICT PLAN.

THE WEBSITE CAN BE ACCESSED FROM THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT WEBSITE HOME PAGE, AND IT'S A PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROJECT, THE PROCESS, THE ACTIVITIES, THE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS.

IT'S ALSO WHERE THE CURRENT SURVEY AND FUTURE UPDATES AND COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE PROJECT LIVE.

LIKE THE BRANDING, THE WEBSITE WAS DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH PARK DISTR ICT STAFF.

WORKING TOGETHER ON FOLDING IN THE GRAPHIC IDENTITY AND ALSO THE KIND OF MECHANICS AND GETTING THE WEBSITE UP AND LAUNCHED.

OUR TEAM ALSO COMPLETED AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND REVIEW TASK, WHICH BRIAN MENTIONED.

WE REVIEWED 240 PLANS, PUBLICATIONS AND POLICY DOCUMENTS, AS WELL AS AN EXTENSIVE SET OF GIS DATA LAYERS, AND GOT A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF THE FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS AND OF PREVIOUS AND MORE RECENT PLANNING GUIDANCE MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN GUIDING THE PARK DISTR ICT OVER THE YEARS, WITH REALLY A FOCUS ON THE PAST TEN YEARS IN THE REVIEW.

SOME KEY THEMES EMERGED, INCLUDING THE NEED TO ADDRESS AND CONSIDER CLIMATE AND NATURAL HAZARDS, NEED TO ENGAGE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN PLANNING WORK AND ADDITIONALLY THINGS SUCH AS INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION, IMPROVING INTERNAL PROCESSES AND A STRONG NEED FOR DIALOG WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE ALL IDENTIFIED. SORRY, THAT WAS THE SLIDE I WAS JUST SPEAKING TO.

SO THOSE KEY THEMES, JUST SETTING A FOUNDATION FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING AND THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT PLAN WANTS TO BUILD ON AND ALSO EXPAND UPON AS WE MOVE FORWARD. OUR TEAM ALSO CONDUCTED A FUNDING AND BUDGET ANALYSIS.

THIS WORK WAS DONE BY OUR TEAM MEMBER ECONOMIC PLANNING SYSTEMS, EPS, AND THEY REVIEWED BUDGET AND REVENUE INFORMATION, MET WITH FINANCE STAFF, AND THEIR SCOPE REALLY INCLUDES GETTING A CLEAR PICTURE OF EXISTING COSTS, FUNDING SOURCES, CONSTRAINTS FOR THE FUTURE, HELPING TO DEVELOP COST METRICS, AND A WAY OF REALLY CAPTURING THE TRUE AND COMPLETE COST OF DEVELOPING PROJECTS, MANAGING PARKLAND PROVIDING ACCESS.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH US RIGHT NOW AND PARK DISTR ICT STAFF TO DEVELOP SOME ILLUSTRATIVE COSTS AND FUNDING SCENARIOS THAT COULD HELP EVALUATE SOME TRADE OFFS INVOLVED IN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE, AND PART OF THEIR SCOPE WILL ALSO INCLUDE IDENTIFYING AND RECOMMENDING FUTURE FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDING INPUT ON FUTURE FUNDING MEASURE.

SO THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS SEVERAL OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THEIR REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT CAME FROM THAT REVIEW, BUT ALSO THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH PARK DISTR ICT FINANCE STAFF.

THESE ARE THAT BONDS AND GRANT FUNDING HAVE PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR ACQUISITION AND CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

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THE PARK DISTR ICT HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY AND CONTINUOUSLY, AS HAS THE COMMUNITY THAT IT SERVES, AND THAT THIS GROWTH HAS SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED OPERATIONAL COSTS, LEADING TO SOME FUNDING SHORTFALLS.

SO FROM THIS, WE WANT TO HAVE YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE LEARNING FROM IT? AND HOW CAN IT INFORM OUR WORK AS WE PREPARE TO PREPARE THE DISTRICT PLAN? AND IT'S CONSIDERING THESE IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE FINDINGS THAT THE EXISTING PROPERTY TAX FUNDING IS ROBUST, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH THE EXISTING COSTS AND THE EXPANDING OPERATIONS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS GOING TO CREATE OR HAS ALREADY, BUT IS ALSO GOING TO KEEP CREATING COSTLY NEW CHALLENGES.

THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO PARTNER WITH STATE, NEIGHBORING CITIES AND OTHER AGENCIES T O ADDRESS THIS.

WILL BE NECESSARY TO PRIORITIZE SECURING FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, ADMINISTRATION, REPLACEMENT, AND REPAIR, AND THE PARK DISTR ICT WILL NEED TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER GOING ONGOING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS WHEN PURSUING ACQUISITIONS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS. NOW I'M GOING TO TOUCH A LITTLE ON THE MAPPING AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS WORK THAT WE COMPLETED. JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THIS WORK.

WE DID A DETAILED REVIEW OF A LARGE NUMBER OF DATA LAYERS, AND AS BRIAN MENTIONED, THIS ANALYSIS WAS PROVIDED TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE ON MAY 27TH.

THE PARK DISTR ICT HAS A VERY ROBUST COLLECTION OF DATA, AND OUR TEAM IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE GIS TEAM TO REVIEW THIS DATA AND TO DRAW ON STAFF'S INTERNAL EXPERTISE REGARDING NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, FACILITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, VISITATION AND OTHER DATA. OUT OF THIS WORK CAME TWO KEY TOOLS.

ONE IS A GIS STORY MAP WHICH IS THERE'S AN IMAGE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

IT'S A MORE NARRATIVE BASED EXPLANATION THAT TALKS THE USER THROUGH THE DATA AND THE FINDINGS OF THE SPATIAL ANALYSIS. IT HAS AN MAP BY MAP, DISCUSSION OF SOME OF THOSE KEY FINDINGS, AND ADDITIONALLY SO THAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, AND ADDITIONALLY, FOR THOSE WANTING TO SEE MUCH MORE DATA AND SPECIFIC LAYERS AND REALLY GET FAMILIAR WITH THE ANALYSIS WE DEVELOPED A WEB MAP, A TOOL THAT WILL ALSO BE ACCESSIBLE SHORTLY ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE.

SO JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS ANALYSIS. WE MAPPED ALL THE PARK ACCESS POINTS AND THEN ACCESS TO THOSE POINTS.

SO WE DID ACCESS ANALYSIS TO LOOK AT ACCESS TO EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS USING DIFFERENT MODES OF TRAVEL WALKING, BIKING, DRIVING AND TRANSIT. WE ALSO MAPPED OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND OTHER HEALTH AND EQUITY BASED METRICS THAT ARE OFTEN USED IN ASSESSING PARK AND OPEN SPACE NEED.

THE ACCESS ANALYSIS SHOWED HOW POPULATIONS OF THE EAST BAY HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ACCESS USING THE DIFFERENT MODES WALKING, BIKING, DRIVING AND TRANSIT TO THE PARK DISTR ICT FACILITIES, AND WE USED A TIME THRESHOLD TO MAP THAT ACCESS.

SO FOR REGIONAL PARK ACCESS, 20 MINUTE TRAVEL TIME IS OFTEN USED TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE WHO HAS ACCESS AND WHO DOES NOT.

SO YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PYRAMID THAT 96% HAVE DRIVING ACCESS OF THE EAST BAY POPULATION, 68 HAVE BIKING ACCESS.

THAT'S USING HAVING ACCESS TO BIKE ROUTES, KIND OF NOT JUST BIKE ACCESS, BUT DEEMED BICYCLE NETWORKS FOR KIND OF SAFE ACCESS TO THE PARK ACCESS POINTS.

38% HAVE WALKING ACCESS AND 12% HAVE TRANSIT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF THE ACCESS ANALYSIS.

A LOT OF THIS CAN BE LOOKED AT MORE CLOSELY OR OVERLAYING IN THE DATA MAP.

SO IF I MIGHT, IF I MAY JUST RESTATE THAT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHEN IT'S A 20 MINUTE TRAVEL TIME TO A PARK DISTR ICT FACILITY OF ANY KIND, 12% CAN DO THAT BY TRANSIT.

THEY CAN MAKE IT 20 MINUTES AND THEY'LL USE TRANSIT.

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OKAY. YES. CAN I ADD SOMETHING? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS DATA ON THE RAW MAPS, IT WAS CLEAR, AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M OFF, BUT THE BIKING AND WALKING ACCESS WAS TO A LARGE EXTENT AS HIGH AS IT IS, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVE AROUND OUR REGIONAL TRAILS.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAN WALK OR BIKE ON THE IRON H ORSE MARSH CREEK REGIONAL TRAIL AND THE BAY TRAIL, AND THAT MAKES UP FOR THOSE BIKING AND WALKING PERCENTAGES.

I THINK THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. I CAME TO THAT CONCLUSION, TOO.

IT'S JUST TENDRILS THAT GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

YEAH. WHICH IS A GOOD THING. IT'S A GREAT THING.

YEAH. YEAH. WHILE WE'RE ON IT, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM FOR TRANSIT, WE LOOKED AT ALL TRANSIT AGENCIES BECAUSE I THINK WE HAD ACCESS TO MAPS THAT LOOKED AT ALL TRANSIT. I KNOW ON THE EAST BAY, EAST EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT WEBSITE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT BUSSES, WE ONLY REALLY REFER TO AC TRANSIT.

WE DON'T REFER TO ANY OF THE OTHER BUS SYSTEMS. YES, IT'S A BROADER THE FULL NETWORK OF TRANSIT AGENCIES.

I'LL JUST MAKE MY QUICK TRANSIT COMMENT. REALIGNMENT JUST HAPPENED AND I JUST RECENTLY ATTENDED AC TRANSIT MEETING THAT THEY HAD WITH DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHERE THEY'VE RELEASED UPDATED MAPS.

SO ONE OF MY FOLLOW UPS WAS GOING TO BE WITH THEM.

DID WE LOSE ANY ACCESS POINTS? IN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK.

SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. AS FAR AS FOR AC TRANSIT, I HAVE OTHER COMMENTS, BUT I'LL WAIT TILL YOU GET THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

GREAT. THANK YOU. I'LL JUST I'M ALMOST WRAPPED UP HERE ON THE SPATIAL ANALYSIS KIND OF SUMMARY.

THE IDEA OF DOING THIS ANALYSIS WORK IS WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS MAPPING TO EVENTUALLY IDENTIFY SOME PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA THAT HELP DEFINE, NEED OR SUMMARIZE NEED THAT THE PARK THAT THE DISTRICT PLAN MAY FOCUS ON, AND EXAMINING THESE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS CAN HELP HIGHLIGHT THOSE COMMUNITIES OR POCKETS THAT MAY NOT HAVE GOOD CURRENT ACCESS, AND MAY ALSO BENEFIT GREATLY FROM IMPROVED PARK ACCESS.

SO OUR WORK WILL BE TO IDENTIFY HOW TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS AND HOW TO BETTER CONNECT RESIDENTS WITH THE REGIONAL PARK SYSTEM AND TRAILS.

THESE ARE THE KINDS OF KEY FINDINGS THAT WE WANT TO USE TO INFORM ENGAGEMENT, AS BRIAN MENTIONED, AND ALSO THAT THE DISTRICT PLAN CAN HELP ADDRESS AND PRIORITIZING DIRECTION FOR FOR THE FUTURE.

SO IN ADDITION TO THIS BACKGROUND WORK AND THE MORE TECHNICAL AND SPATIAL NEEDS, WE ARE DOING EXTENSIVE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO LEARN ABOUT PUBLIC NEEDS AND PREFERENCES REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE PARK DISTR ICT, INCLUDING THINGS SUCH AS VISITORS HAVING A SENSE OF BELONGING, AND REALLY KNOWING THAT THE PARKS. SOME COMMUNITIES AREN'T AS AWARE OF THE REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT LANDS AND FACILITIES.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ASKING ABOUT IN OUR ENGAGEMENT AND WE WANT TO FOLD INTO OUR BACKGROUND WORK.

SO TO TALK ABOUT THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT TO MY COLLEAGUE JOANNA JANSEN.

THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN MAYBE KIND OF RUN TWO LAPTOPS HERE BECAUSE I HAVE MY NOTES ON MINE AND WE'RE SHOWING THE SHOW ON YOURS. I THINK I CAN DO IT.

OKAY. I'M JOANNA JANSEN. AS ISABEL AND BRIAN MENTIONED, I AM A PRINCIPAL AT PLACEWORKS.

I RUN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES STATEWIDE AND THIS MONTH, JUNE MARKS MY 26TH YEAR OF DOING THIS KIND OF WORK.

IT'S BEEN A REAL HONOR AND A PLEASURE, AND I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GO ON TO TALK ABOUT ENGAGEMENT.

BRIAN AND I ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ENGAGEMENT THAT'S BEEN ONGOING.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH STAFF ENGAGEMENT. SO WE THROUGH MARCH THROUGH MAY THIS YEAR, WE HELD A VARIETY OF IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL EVENTS. UP TO 26 EVENTS THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO REACH PARK DISTR ICT STAFF.

WE HELD IN-PERSON EVENTS HERE AT PERALTA OAKS.

WE HELD THEM IN THE PARKS, AND WE HELD THEM IN THE FIELD AT LOCATIONS LIKE YOUR COURTYARDS AND SERVICE YARDS.

WE ALSO OFFERED VIRTUAL EVENTS FOR STAFF TO ATTEND AND AN ONLINE SURVEY SPECIFICALLY ORIENTED AT STAFF THAT REPLICATED THE QUESTIONS FROM THE

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OVER 400 STAFF PARTICIPATED IN THESE EVENTS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THIS CHART, WE GOT STAFF REPRESENTATION FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS IN THE PARK DISTR ICT. SO WE WERE VERY PLEASED ABOUT THAT, AND WE ALSO GOT A GOOD CROSS-SECTION OF ATTENDANCE FROM ATTENDEES WHO WORK AT THE OFFICE, WHO WORK IN A PARK, WHO WORK IN THE FIELD, AS WELL AS PARK DISTR ICT STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FEWER THAN FIVE YEARS, ALL THE WAY UP TO MORE THAN 20 YEARS. SO AGAIN, A GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROLES THAT FOLKS DO HERE AT THE PARK DISTR ICT AND BOTH NEW AND LONG STANDING STAFF FROM ALL OF THOSE FOLKS WHO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR TIME AND ENERGY IN SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS WITH US.

WE RECEIVED ALMOST 2800 COMMENTS. THOSE COMMENTS WERE BASED ON QUESTIONS THAT WE DIVIDED INTO FIVE MAJOR TOPICS THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE. ON THIS CHART, WE ASKED FOLKS ABOUT THEIR VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PARK DISTRICT.

WE ASKED WHAT RESOURCES, TOOLS, AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB.

WE ASKED WHAT THEY THINK VISITORS NEED TO CONTINUE HAVING A GREAT EXPERIENCE IN THE PARKS, AND WE ASK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW AS WE PLAN FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INTO THE DISTRICT PLAN, AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAD KIND OF AN OPEN ENDED OTHER QUESTION TO CAPTURE ANY OTHER IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS.

SO WE GOT RESPONSES DISTRIBUTED ACROSS ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS, AND BRIAN'S GOING TO HELP INTERPRET SOME OF WHAT WE HEARD.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN REAL QUICK ON THAT BECAUSE I ATTENDED THE MAJORITY OF THE STAFF ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM AND THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AS WELL.

JOINED EACH OF THOSE. SO WE HEARD WE HEARD A PRETTY WIDE RANGE.

IT WAS REALLY GOOD DIALOG, AND I THINK AS WE SET UP, IT WAS WE SORT OF MADE IT CLEAR FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT THIS IS A DIALOG THAT DOESN'T JUST NECESSARILY STOP AT THE END OF THIS SORT OF ENGAGEMENT EXERCISE.

IT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF THIS DISTRICT PLAN.

SO IT'S REALLY AN ONGOING CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH STAFF, WE'RE HAVING WITH THE PUBLIC AND WE'RE HAVING WITH THE BOARD. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST, AS YOU SEE, IN THE FIRST SORT OF COMMENT AROUND EQUITY AND CONSERVATION.

THAT WAS A STRONG THEME. THERE WAS DEFINITELY CONCERNS ABOUT PARK DISTR ICT GROWTH AND BALANCING THAT WITH OUR STAFFING CAPACITIES AND OPERATIONAL ABILITIES TO MEET THAT. SO DEFINITELY, WE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SORT OF THE MINIMUM STAFFING PARADIGM.

NOT SURPRISINGLY, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT YOU KNOW, THINGS SOMETIMES NOT UNRELATED TO THE DISTRICT PLAN, AND THINGS RELATED TO LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.

ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS USEFUL, AND WE PULLED ALL THAT IN.

SO EVEN INFORMATION THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DISTRICT PLAN, WE'VE COMPILED ALL OF THESE COMMENTS VERBATIM.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND SUMMARIZING THEM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THEM IN TOTALITY FOR USE AND CONSIDERATION BY MANAGEMENT.

A LOT OF INTEREST IN ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE, AND AGAIN, THIS GETS BACK TO JUST A LOT OF THE EQUITY OUTREACH AND JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE SERVING ALL OF OUR VISITORS. SO THIS WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE VISITOR NEEDS, AND SO A LOT OF INTEREST IN DOING THAT SORT OF BROAD OUTREACH, AND THEN SAME AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RECOGNIZING BARRIERS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO FOLKS AND THAT HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY BEEN REPRESENTED AT THE PARK DISTRICT.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT AMONGST OUR PARK DISTR ICT STAFF.

SO I THINK NOT SURPRISINGLY, I THINK A LOT OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT WE HEARD FROM STAFF WILL LIKELY MIRROR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.

THAT'S AN INTEREST IN BALANCING RESOURCE PROTECTION WITH RECREATION AND ENHANCING STAFFING EXPERIENCE AND INTERNAL OPERATIONS.

THAT'S PROBABLY THOSE ARE THAT'S FEEDBACK THAT WILL LIKELY UNIQUELY GET FROM OUR OWN STAFF.

AGAIN, MAINTAINING EXISTING FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE DO HEAR A LOT FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT MAINTAINING EXISTING FACILITIES, BUT CERTAINLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR STAFF IS MORE ATTUNED TO, BUT I KNOW WE'LL HEAR A LOT ABOUT EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH FROM FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL AND THEN TECHNOLOGY, WE HEARD A LOT FROM OUR STAFF AROUND SOME OF THE INTERNAL TECHNOLOGY ISSUES, JUST KIND OF HOW DO WE DO THE WORK AND I CAN IMAGINE AS WE GO TO

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SO THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCES, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES IN TERMS OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT WE GET FROM STAFF ENGAGEMENT.

AGAIN, THIS WAS JUST THE FIRST ROUND. WE'VE TAKEN THIS INFORMATION.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED WITH STAFF THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

SO WE'RE RIGHT NOW GOING THROUGH AND REVIEWING AN INTERNAL ENGAGEMENT REPORT.

IT HAS A LOT OF NICE PICTURES OF ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR VARIOUS EVENTS AND WE'LL BE MAKING USE OF THAT AS NEEDED, TOO. SO JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT REAL QUICK, AND THEN ALSO WANTED TO JUST GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE AROUND BOARD AND PAC ENGAGEMENT. SO I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH WITH A NUMBER OF YOU AHEAD OF THIS MEETING, AND I DID GET QUESTIONS AROUND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE WANT THE BOARD ENGAGED AT THIS TIME AND I WOULD SAY IN MY RESPONSE WAS THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT RIGHT NOW FROM THE BOARD IS REALLY UP TO YOU.

THIS IS, AGAIN, A DIALOG THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH OUR STAFF, WITH THE PUBLIC, WITH THE BOARD.

SO WELCOME YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE THE DIALOG WITH, WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BRING THAT BACK TO, TO STAFF AS NEEDED. SO REALLY LIKE WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING IS THAT THIS FIRST ROUND, WE'VE GOT THE SURVEY OUT THERE, THERE'S THE QR CODE, AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO ASKS OF PEOPLE, AND IT'S ONE IS TO TAKE THE SURVEY, AND THE SECOND ASK IS TO SHARE THE SURVEY. SO IF YOU KNOW OF COMMUNITY GROUPS PERHAPS WITHIN YOUR WARD THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED. YOU CAN LET US KNOW, OR WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO THOSE GROUPS AS WELL AND SHARE THE SURVEY WITH THEM SO THAT THEY CAN THEY CAN PROVIDE THAT INPUT. SO AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE LOOKING TO SCHEDULE A STUDY SESSION WITH THE BOARD IN THE FALL AS WE SORT OF WRAP THIS UP, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

AGAIN, AS MORE INFORMATION IS DEVELOPED FOR THE BOARD TO REACT TO AND WHERE IT'S REALLY BENEFICIAL TO GET THE BOARD'S INPUT.

WE WILL BE WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD THROUGHOUT.

WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND ONGOING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PAC.

WE'VE BEEN TO THE PAC, WE'VE DONE EXACTLY THE SAME THING, PROVIDED THEM ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT MATERIALS, AND BASICALLY HAVE ENCOURAGED THE PAC MEMBERS TO GO OUT AND REACH OUT TO THEIR COMMUNITY THAT THEY REPRESENT ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TAKE THAT SURVEY AND PROVIDE THAT INPUT AND IF THEY HEAR ANYTHING TO BRING THAT BACK TO STAFF, AND I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO KICK OFF WITH WITH EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND OTHERS JUST ABOUT, AGAIN, THAT SORT OF HOW CAN WE BEST ENGAGE WITH THE PAC THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND THROUGHOUT ANY OTHER PROCESSES THAT MAY COME OUT OF THIS? SO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE ON THAT. SO AGAIN, LOOKING TO HAVE A BOARD VISIONING WORKSHOP IN THE FALL, AND THAT WILL BE REALLY THE SORT OF SUMMARY OF THE SORT OF FIRST ROUND OF PUBLIC INPUT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY WILL BEGIN THIS DISCUSSION OF TRADE OFFS. SO AS WE KIND OF HEAR THOSE BROAD VISIONS, WE GET THAT TAKEAWAYS FROM THE STAFF, AND , AND WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF LOOK AT ALL OF THAT AND WE CAN START HAVING THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT REALLY HOW DO WE HOW DO WE BALANCE ALL THOSE SORT OF MULTIPLE AND FRANKLY, QUITE OFTEN COMPETING DEMANDS? SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO JOANNA TO GO INTO OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.

THANKS AGAIN. OKAY. SO BRIAN WENT OVER THE ROUNDS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR YOU AS HE STARTED OFF THIS PRESENTATION WITH THAT PROCESS DIAGRAM, BUT JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE THREE ROUNDS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE PLANNED INTO THE DISTRICT PLAN.

FIRST IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. IT'S WE'RE ASKING FOLKS, WHERE ARE WE GOING? IT'S GOING TO BE LIVE THROUGH THE END OF JULY, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME LATER THIS SUMMER TO REALLY SYNTHESIZE WHAT WE HEARD AND BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AT YOUR FALL RETREAT THAT BRIAN JUST MENTIONED.

ROUND TWO. HOW WILL WE GET THERE? THAT'S GOING TO BE RAMPING UP LATER IN THE FALL OF 2025 AND LASTING INTO EARLY 2026, AND THEN FINALLY IN ROUND THREE, CHECKING BACK IN WITH THE PUBLIC.

DID WE GET IT RIGHT? THAT'LL BE NEXT SUMMER AND INTO THE FALL OF 2026.

WE'LL BE SYNTHESIZING THAT FINAL ROUND OF INPUT IN LATE 2026, AND THAT WILL POSITION US TO BRING THE DISTRICT PLAN TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

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YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE THERE OF THE VAN WHERE WE CAN GO TO WHERE THE KIDS ARE AT LIBRARIES, AT COMMUNITY EVENTS FESTIVALS, AND HELP TO PROMOTE THE DISTRICT PLAN THROUGH THOSE VENUES.

WE'RE ALSO USING A NUMBER OF TRADITIONAL ALL AND MORE MODERN CHANNELS FOR COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THE DISTRICT PLAN, AND I WILL GIVE SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF THOSE.

ON THE NEXT SLIDES, WE HAVE THIS INFO STATION THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED.

YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE OF IT HERE SET UP AT THE LIBRARY IN ANTIOCH, THE LIBRARY IN CONCORD, AND RIGHT HERE IN YOUR VERY OWN LOBBY. SO THIS INCLUDES A BANNER IN THREE LANGUAGES.

IT HAS TEXT IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND SIMPLIFIED CHINESE.

IT HAS A QR CODE THAT LISTS LINKS TO THE DISTRICT PLAN WEBSITE ON THAT LITTLE TABLE THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE CORNER, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S SOME HANDOUTS, THERE'S SOME BOOKMARKS.

SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT THE DISTRICT PLAN WHILE THEY'RE STANDING THERE, OR THEY CAN TAKE SOME MATERIAL HOME WITH THEM IF THEY'D LIKE TO, AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK FOR STATIONS, NOT ONLY AT PARKS, BUT ALSO IN NON PARK LOCATIONS TO REACH PEOPLE WHO WE MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE ENCOUNTER.

WITH THIS INFORMATION. I ALREADY TOUCHED ON THE MOBILE VISITOR CENTER.

THEY HAVE A COUPLE VERSIONS OF THE BANNER THAT THEY TAKE AROUND WITH THEM WHEN THEY'RE SETTING UP FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT PLAN IS PRESENT THERE AS WELL. WE HAVE ALSO SENT OUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND MANY OF THESE WE PLAN TO CONTINUE AND CONTINUE TO ADD TO.

ISABEL ALREADY MENTIONED THE DISTRICT PLAN WEBSITE.

THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A RESOURCE WITH INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT'S THERE, AS BRIAN SAID, IS THE PUBLIC SURVEY.

WE ALSO HAVE HARD COPY VERSIONS OF THE PUBLIC SURVEY.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO AN EVENT AND YOU WANT TO TAKE SOME HARD COPIES. THAT'S DEFINITELY AVAILABLE FOR YOU, AND STAFF CAN PROVIDE THOSE TO YOU IF YOU NEED MORE COPIES.

WE HAVE THE STORY MAP AND THE ONLINE INTERACTIVE DATA TO HELP SHARE INFORMATION AND HELP PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT AND UNDERSTAND THE PARK DISTR ICT.

THE PACKETS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU. WE PREPARED A PRESS RELEASE THAT HAS RESULTED IN SOME LOCAL PRESS COVERAGE.

HOPEFULLY YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME OF THAT. I KNOW WE SAW A SEGMENT ON ABC NEWS.

THERE'S BEEN ARTICLES IN BERKELEY SIDE AND OAKLAND SIDE, SO THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE SOME OF THAT COVERAGE START TO HAPPEN, AND WE'RE ALSO PLACING ADS IN TRADITIONAL PRINT MEDIA, BOTH ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSLETTERS, NEWSPAPERS THAT SERVE THE EAST BAY, AS WELL AS DOING SOCIAL MEDIA ADS THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S ACCOUNT.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF IMPORTANT ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

WE GOT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTACT, AND , OF COURSE THERE'S A THERE'S A LONG LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE DISTRICT IS IN CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH. THOSE INCLUDE ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON OUTDOOR RECREATION, HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS OTHER TYPES OF COMMUNITY CENTERS, SENIOR CENTERS, AND, OF COURSE, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THROUGH THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OF ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES. THIS SLIDE IS JUST A SMALL SAMPLE. WE'VE SENT EMAILS OUT TO OVER 120 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

SO THIS IS BY NO MEANS A COMPLETE LIST, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, AND THEN FINALLY, AS BRIAN SAID, RIGHT NOW WE'RE REALLY ASKING PEOPLE TO TAKE THE SURVEY AND SHARE THE SURVEY.

SO THIS IS AN ONLINE SURVEY. IT ASKS A VERY SIMILAR QUESTIONS TO WHAT I DESCRIBED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT STAFF ENGAGEMENT.

WHAT'S YOUR VISION FOR THE PARK DISTR ICT'S FUTURE? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE PARKS TO MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE EVEN BETTER? HOW CAN WE MAKE THE PARKS WELCOMING FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE IN THE EAST BAY? AND ALSO, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO PROTECT PLANTS, ANIMALS, LAND, WATER AND OTHER IMPORTANT RESOURCES THAT ARE PART OF THE PARKS? AND AGAIN, THERE'S ALSO AN OPEN ENDED QUESTION FOR ANY OTHER IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS.

SO THE SURVEY IS THE FIRST THING ON THE WEBSITE IF YOU GO THERE, EASTBAYREGIONALPARKS.ORG/DISTRICT-PLAN.

ANYONE WHO'S LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT AT HOME, ON YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN OR IN THIS ROOM, YOU CAN HOLD UP YOUR CAMERA PHONE TO THIS QR CODE AND YOU'LL BE TAKEN STRAIGHT TO THE WEBSITE WHERE THE SURVEY IS AT THE TOP OF IT.

AS OF TODAY, THIS SHOULD SAY AS OF JUNE 3RD, WE DID UPDATE THIS NUMBER.

WE'VE RECEIVED 2290 RESPONSES. SO AGAIN THAT'S AS OF EARLIER TODAY JUNE 3RD.

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SO AGAIN PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHARE THIS SURVEY WIDELY WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, AND THEN FINALLY, WE DON'T ONLY WANT TO ASK OR EXPECT PEOPLE TO COME TO US.

WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE THIS EASY. WE WANT TO MAKE IT FUN. WE WANT TO GO TO WHERE PEOPLE ALREADY ARE.

SO WE HAVE, AGAIN, A LONG LIST OF EVENTS IN YOUR PACKET THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THROUGHOUT THIS SUMMER.

SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY STARTING TO HAPPEN, BUT WE HAVE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE EAST BAY.

AGAIN, SOME OF THESE ARE EVENTS THAT YOU SUGGESTED, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATED THOSE IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS.

THE FULL LIST IS IN YOUR PACKET. THIS AGAIN IS JUST A SAMPLE OF A FEW OF THE EVENTS, SO THAT YOU GET A SENSE OF THE BREADTH OF LOCATIONS AND TYPES OF EVENTS, BUT IT SHOULD BE A REALLY FUN SUMMER FOR US AND FOR DISTRICT STAFF, MAKING SURE THAT THE DISTRICT PLAN IS REPRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE EAST BAY, AND WE JUST WANTED TO WRAP UP AGAIN WITH SHOWING THIS PROCESS DIAGRAM SO THAT WE'RE BEING VERY CLEAR ABOUT HOW WE FORESEE THIS PROCESS HAPPENING AND THE THREE MAJOR PHASES THAT LEAD UP TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DISTRICT PLAN BY THE BOARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO, YEAH, THAT ESSENTIALLY WRAPS UP OUR PRESENTATION. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THE ONE THING THAT I WILL MENTION AS I KNOW THE I THINK AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RECENTLY HAD A PRESENTATION FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AROUND SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT THEY'RE USING IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW WE'RE VERY CLOSELY WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY ON THAT. SO T HERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT EFFORTS THAT ARE KIND OF COMING TOGETHER AND COLLABORATING AS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

FOR THE PUBLIC, MY EMAIL IS UP ON HERE. YOU'RE FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY COMMENTS OR ANY INPUT, AND WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH THE CONSULTANT TEAM, AND THEN AGAIN, THERE'S THE WEBSITE THAT TAKES YOU TO THE SURVEY AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND , AND WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, AT THE EARLY STAGES OF THIS.

SO ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO, TO GROW AS WE GO.

SO WITH THAT HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, AND REMINDER WE'RE GOING TO DO QUESTIONS AND WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO DO YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR SUGGESTIONS.

SO YES, DIRECTOR ESPAÑA. YES. THE QUESTIONS ARE JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE SLIDES.

SURE. SO QUESTION AND JUST ARE YOU STAYING UP WITH CURRENT TRANSIT PLANS.

SO THAT'S WHY I REFERENCED AC TRANSIT TRANSIT PLANS.

THERE ARE SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING REALIGNMENTS.

SO SOME OF THIS DATA MIGHT ALREADY BE OUTDATED.

SECOND QUESTION WAS WHAT WE HEARD VISION. THE RESPONSES WERE LEADING IN THE SENSE THAT IT SHOWED THAT EMPLOYEES WERE ONLY INTERESTED IN MAINTAINING FACILITIES.

SO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE DIFFERENT QUOTES WILL BE QUANTIFIED BECAUSE AS FAR AS THESE DIFFERENT VISIONS ARE SHOWING THAT THERE'S ALREADY BIG SUPPORT FOR THE PARK TO PIVOT FROM ACQUIRING LAND TO MAINTAINING FACILITIES. SO IF YOU CAN QUANTIFY THE DIFFERENT YOU SAID YOU'D BE DOING SOME MORE WORK, BUT JUST AS FAR AS IF THERE'S, I GUESS, WHAT METHOD ARE YOU GOING TO USE TO CATEGORIZE AND QUANTIFY SO WE CAN SEE LIKE. WHAT IS THE FEELING AMONG. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE QUESTION IS AND WHAT THE CONCERN IS, AND OF COURSE THOSE QUOTES WERE JUST PROVIDED TO JUST BE AS KIND OF EXAMPLES AND WAS THERE WAS NO INTENTION TO M AKE THEM LEADING IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

WE CERTAINLY CAN WE WILL LOOK AT THAT IN TERMS OF THE ANALYSIS, AND LIKE I SAY, WE DO HAVE THE SORT OF FULL RESPONSES OF THE REPORT.

SO I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE TO YOU AS APPROPRIATE OR SIT DOWN AND PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, THE VERBATIM RESPONSES OF ALL THE 2500 OR SO RESPONSES THAT WE DID RECEIVE. IF THERE'S A CONCERN IN SORT OF HOW THOSE ARE BEING PRESENTED, BUT WE WILL I HEAR THE CONCERN IS THAT ARE WE DIRECTING THIS TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, A MAINTENANCE SORT OF PERSPECTIVE VERSUS NEW?

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SO QUANTIFYING HAVING THAT QUANTITATIVE NUMBER OR BEING ABLE TO QUANTIFY THE RESPONSES WILL GIVE US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE TRENDS ARE VERSUS 1 OR 2 QUOTES TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.

YEAH, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. I JUST HAD TO WE REALLY TRIED TO HAVE OPEN QUESTIONS, AND I THINK WE SHARED THE 4 OR 5 QUESTIONS WE ASKED STAFF AND, AND I THINK TRYING TO REPRESENT THE THEMES WE HEARD, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO HONESTLY TELL YOU SOME OF THE THEMES WE HEARD, AND ONE OF THE THEMES WE HEARD WAS AN INTEREST IN FOCUSING ON MAINTAINING FACILITIES.

IT'S WHAT A LOT OF OUR STAFF DO, AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY STRONGLY HEARD FROM OUR TEAM MEMBERS.

SURE. THAT'S WHY I'D LIKE TO SEE IF IT WAS JUST NOT THE ONE QUOTE, BUT IF IT WAS QUANTIFIED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RESPONSES, THEN I'D KNOW THAT OUT OF THE 500 EMPLOYEES THAT, YOU KNOW, 400 OF THEM THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A MAIN CONCERN. SO IT WEIGHTS IT MORE AND IT LETS ME KNOW MORE OF WHAT THAT PRIORITY IS VERSUS DIFFERENT QUOTES TAKEN OUT OF, I MEAN, WITHOUT SEEING ALL OF THEM, I MEAN, THERE WERE GOOD QUOTES, BUT THE SECOND IS CAN YOU CREATE SOME TYPE OF MEDIA KIT? IT WASN'T CLEAR WHAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR AND PAC TO DO, BUT I THINK YOU COINED IT REALLY GREAT.

TAKE IT AND SHARE IT. LIKE, I LOVE THAT. LIKE I KNEW WHAT TO DO.

I NEED TO TAKE IT AND I NEED TO SHARE IT, SO I LOVE THAT, BUT IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A MEDIA KIT AND IF YOU LOOK AT BIKE WHEREVER DAY, SO THAT'S TAKING ALL THE DIFFERENT POSTS, YOU HAVE THE DIFFERENT EMAILS BECAUSE I'VE RECEIVED I'VE SEEN THE VIDEO LIKE YOU PUT IT TOGETHER IN AN EMAIL, YOU SEND IT TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

THEN WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE THE MESSAGE LIKE WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT IN OUR OWN WORDS.

IT'S LIKE, COPY, PRESS SEND. LAST QUESTION. JUST AS KIND OF HOW DO YOU FEEL WE'RE GOING TO GET FOR WHERE WE'RE GOING TO? HOW WILL WE GET THERE WHEN THE DIFFERENT LIST.

WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IN THE DISTRICT PLAN AND LATER ON, I CAN COMMENT WHAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHOULD BE IN THERE.

EVEN IN THE SUMMER. ENGAGEMENT DISTRICT PLAN EVENT LIST.

I DON'T SEE EQUITY AMONG WARDS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE EVENTS THAT ARE WITHIN MY WARD, IT'S DEFINITELY IT WAS ALAMEDA UNTIL I REACHED OUT ABOUT SAN LEANDRO CHERRY FESTIVAL, AND THEN I DO SEE EAST OAKLAND REPRESENTATIVE THROUGH NINTH WORK AND THE HOOD PLANNER [INAUDIBLE] PRICE'S ORGANIZATION, BUT .

WHAT I'M SEEING IN HERE ARE TRENDS OF ARDENWOOD, FREMONT, WHICH IS A VERY MORE AFFLUENT PART OF FREMONT. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I'M SEEING IN THERE RIGHT NOW THAT SHOW THAT A CERTAIN PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE WE'RE GATHERING INFORMATION IS GOING TO TAKE US TO.

THAT NEXT STEP IN A DIFFERENT WAY. SO YEAH, THAT'S NO, THAT'S A GREAT COMMENT.

AGAIN, THE LIST THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE PRESENTATION WAS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, REALLY ANYWHERE THAT OUR INTERPRETATION AND RECREATION STAFF IS GOING TO BE THIS SUMMER, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DISTRICT PLAN REPRESENTATION, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF EVENTS WHERE WE WILL HAVE SORT OF AN ELEVATED LEVEL OF PRESENCE WITH PLANNING STAFF OR OTHERS THERE.

THE QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT 'S EQUITABLE IS A GOOD ONE, AND SO WE HAVE A LONGER LIST OF, OF EVENTS AND WE'LL GO THROUGH AND SORT OF MAKE, MAKE SURE THAT 'S THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT WITH T HAT EYE AND SO I WILL SHARE, SO THIS SURVEY HAS BEEN OUT FOR TWO WEEKS OR SO.

WE DID DISTRIBUTE IT OUT TO ABOUT ALMOST 200 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE DO HAVE ABOUT 2300 RESPONSES THUS FAR.

WE HAVE METRICS ON WHO'S RESPONDING, AND NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE VAST MAJORITY OF RESPONSES THAT WE GET ARE OVER 50 AND WHITE, AND WE ARE ABLE TO SEE SORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT FOLKS ARE RESPONDING FROM.

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I DIDN'T HEAR W HAT YOU SAID. WHAT WAS THE MOST RESPONSES COMING FROM YOU SAID OVER 50 AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE OVER 50 AND WHITE.

YES. WELL, I JUST WANT TO I THE OTHER PART I THINK IS MORE COMMON, BUT SINCE YOU MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE I'LL SAVE SOME OF MY OTHER MY OTHER RESPONSES FOR THE COMMENT SECTION. IF WE LOOK AT HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS, YOU DON'T HAVE NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH CENTER FOR WHICH IS THE MAIN HEALTH CENTER WITHIN FOR NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH WITHIN THE BAY AREA ON THE EAST BAY SIDE, DAVIS STREET COMMUNITY CENTER IN SAN LEANDRO, WHICH IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT POPULATION OF SAN LEANDRO ASIAN HEALTH SERVICES, OAKLAND, SAN LEANDRO, IF YOU WANT TO GET ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES SPEAKING DIFFERENT DIALECTS OR FAMILY BRIDGES.

SO JUST AS FAR AS I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOUR APPROACH TO WORKING WITH US, BECAUSE WITH THE BOARD. BECAUSE I HAVE EVEN MORE SUGGESTIONS THAT ON A COMMENT SIDE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN THIS TIME BECAUSE WE ALL NEED TO SPEAK, BUT I DO WANT TO TOUCH BASES WITH YOU TODAY BECAUSE, LIKE I SAY, WE WELCOME ANY OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO KEEP THEM COMING. LIKE IF YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, I JOTTED DOWN THE LIST OF THOSE, LIKE, WE'LL GO BACK AND LOOK UP THE CONTACT INFORMATION IN THERE, AND WE GOT A PAD EMAIL THAT WE CAN SEND OUT THAT WILL GO OUT, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC FOLKS THAT YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH WE WELCOME WE WELCOME THAT.

OR IF YOU MAKE THOSE CONTACTS YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WELL SUPPORT THAT ANYWAY.

YEAH, AND I HAVE CONTACTS WITH EITHER THE ED OR OTHER PARTNERSHIP PEOPLE ON THE STAFF, BUT THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THOSE ARE AS IMPORTANT, AND YOU HAVE LA CLINICA ON HERE.

SO THAT'S GREAT, BUT THOSE TYPE OF ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THE SAME STATURE AS LA CLINICA, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET FROM THOSE TWO QUESTIONS WITHOUT HAVING THIS DEEPER ONLINE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AND I THINK KNOWING HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ENGAGE WITH US MORE IS WHAT I NEED TO KIND OF HEAR FROM, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, BUT THAT BOX IS STILL LIKE, I HAVE A BOX.

HOW DO I-- PLEASE USE IT IS WHAT I'M SAYING. I THINK, YOU KNOW, I CAN I CAN SEND AN EMAIL CERTAINLY TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, AND , YOU KNOW, MY HOPE IS THAT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD TAKE IT, THEY WOULD TAKE THE SURVEY, THEY WOULD SHARE THE SURVEY, BUT CERTAINLY IF YOU HAVE AS BOARD MEMBERS PERSONAL CONNECTIONS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOLKS AT THESE ORGANIZATIONS.

PLEASE USE THOSE AND MAKE THOSE CONTACTS. THAT'S THE ASK OF THE BOARD IS TO HELP US GET THE INFORMATION OUT.

SO SO THAT IS THAT IS SORT OF HOW WE WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THE BOARD IS YOU HAVE A NETWORK OF CONTACTS, AND SOMEBODY IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO TAKE THE SURVEY IF THEY'RE RECEIVING A REQUEST TO DO SO FROM DIRECTOR ESPAÑA FROM THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT BOARD THAN THEY ARE FROM BRIAN. OKAY. I'LL ALSO HAVE A REQUEST FOR SOME INFORMATION BANNERS AND SOME LOCAL LIBRARY.

OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WE'LL CONNECT. OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. YES. DIRECTOR ECHOLS. YEAH. I ALSO HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING EVERYONE.

SO FIRST OF ALL, ON THE ON THE GIS ANALYSIS AND OTHER ANALYSIS CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW YOU'RE USING THE PLACER.AI DATA, AND HOW THAT HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND WHO'S ACTUALLY USING THE PARKS AND PERHAPS WHO ISN'T.

YEAH, WE I GUESS WE KIND OF HOPED BUT ALSO ANTICIPATED THAT THERE MIGHT BE A QUESTION ON THAT.

SO I AM GOING TO INVITE NEOMA LAVALLE TO COME UP, AND SHE CAN TOUCH IN A LITTLE BIT ON.

YOU MIGHT NEED TO REPEAT THE QUESTION FOR HER, BUT HOW WE'RE USING PLACER.AI AND SOME OF THAT SORT OF STUFF. IT SHOULD BE OPEN.

SO I THINK YOU CAN SHARE. OKAY. YEAH. SO THE QUESTION IS REALLY I MEAN, IN GENERAL, HOW ARE WE USING PLACER.AI, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY HOW WE'RE USING IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING HOW AND WHO IS CURRENTLY USING OUR PARKS AND WHO'S MISSING. OKAY. ONE SECOND, WHILE I SHARE MY SCREEN, NEOMA LAVALLE, PRINCIPAL PLANNER.

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SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE STORY MAP REALLY QUICK JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU, AND FIRST LET ME MAKE THIS FULL SCREEN.

ALL RIGHT. OH. OKAY. SO AS WAS MENTIONED BY POLICE WORK STAFF, THE STORY MAP WILL WALK YOU THROUGH VARIOUS MAPS AND THEN GIVE EXPLANATIONS OF THAT DATA.

SO THE PLACER.AI DATA IS FOUND UNDER HERE, UNDER PARK VISITATION.

SO THIS DATA IS DERIVED FROM IT'S AGGREGATED ANONYMOUS CELL PHONE DATA THAT IS IN EFFECT USING CELL PHONES KIND OF AS A PROXY FOR, YOU COULD IMAGINE, LIKE A POLL.

SO YOU HAVE TO BE LOGGED INTO YOUR PHONE WITH LOCATION SERVICES ON AT LEAST TWO APPS FOR THE PLACER.AI TO EVEN CONSIDER USING THAT DATA, AND THEN THE DATA IS ANONYMOUS AND AGGREGATED.

IT'S NOT TIED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT THEY CAN USE THAT DATA USING STATISTICAL ALGORITHMS AND ANALYSIS TO THEN EXTRAPOLATE.

KIND OF LIKE THE WAY YOU CAN TAKE A POLL OF A COUNTY AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, 500 RESPONDENTS, BUT THEN BE ABLE TO PREDICT HOW THAT COUNTY MAY VOTE.

IT'S KIND OF A SIMILAR THING. THEY TAKE THE PANEL, WHICH IS WHAT THEY CALL THE NUMBER OF VISITORS, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 50 DEVICES TO HAVE BEEN REGISTERED AS A PANEL TO THEN PREDICT THE VISITORSHIP TO A SPECIFIC AREA.

SO, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON IF PEOPLE HAVE PHONES, ETC., YOU KNOW, THE DATA IS A INDICATION OF VISITORSHIP AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM.

I DO NOT THINK THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE NECESSARILY HAVE TO ANALYZE A PARTICULAR PARK, BUT IT'S A GOOD INDICATION OF HOW WE CAN SORT OF UNDERSTAND GENERAL TRENDS TO OUR PARKS.

SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT MAPS YOU CAN EXPLORE.

SO THIS ONE IS PARK VISITS PER PERSON. SO THIS IS LOOKING AT KIND OF OUR FREQUENT USERS.

SO THE AND IT GOES BACK TO THE CENSUS TRACT AND THE WAY THAT PLACER.AI IS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT SOMEBODY'S HOME IS THE OVERNIGHT LOCATION THAT THEIR PHONE IS LOCATED AT FOR MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS, AND THERE'S JUST AN ASSUMPTION THAT THEY ARE MAKING WITHIN THEIR, YOU KNOW, ALGORITHMS AND STATISTICS, BUT , YOU KNOW, IT'S A FAIRLY GOOD PROXY FOR UNDERSTANDING WHERE SOMEBODY'S HOME IS AT, AND THEN SO THEN THE CENSUS BLOCK ITSELF IS HIGHLIGHTED.

SO YOU HAVE HERE A CENSUS BLOCK, MORE THAN FOUR VISITS PER PERSON OR THERE ARE ON AVERAGE, MORE RESIDENTS HERE WILL VISIT MORE THAN FOUR TIMES WITHIN THE 2024, AND SO THAT'S THE TOTAL.

YOU CAN CLICK ON THE CENSUS TRACT. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TOTAL REGIONAL PARK VISITS AND THE POPULATION OF THAT TRACT.

SO LET ME JUST ASK BEFORE YOU MOVE ON. SO DOES THAT MEAN THEY VISIT ANY OF OUR PARKS FOUR TIMES? OKAY. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WE DON'T KNOW WHICH LIKE WHERE, CAN THEY MAP WHERE THE PERSON IN AGGREGATE.ARE THEY'RE GOING TO. OR. THEY CAN, THEY CAN AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A FUTURE MAP, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT A PARTICULAR PARK AND SEE WHERE THE HOT SPOTS OF VISITORSHIP ARE COMING FROM TO THAT PARK. SO WE CAN LOOK AT GARIN AND SEE LIKE, OH, THESE ARE WHERE A LOT OF THE HOT SPOTS OF THE VISITORS ARE COMING FROM.

SO THE NEXT ONE IS PARK VISITS PER AREA. SO THIS IS JUST A PERCENTILE OF PARK VISITS AND IT'S SHOWING KIND OF IT'S REALLY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS MAP, BUT IT'S JUST SHOWING WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR VISITORS COMING FROM.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TIED TO THE CENSUS TRACT IN THE SAME WAY.

IT'S JUST MORE OF A GENERALIZED LOOK AT WHERE A LOT OF OUR HOTSPOTS ARE FROM OUR FREQUENT USERS, AND SO THAT'S AND THEN WE EXPANDED IT BEYOND THE TWO COUNTY BOUNDARY FOR THIS JUST TO KIND OF SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET VISITORS FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR TWO COUNTIES, AND THAT CAN BE OF INTEREST AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE SERVICES WE'RE PROVIDING, ETC..

THAT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IN SAN FRANCISCO. YES. I WANT TO KNOW THOSE PEOPLE.

I SUSPECT THAT THEY'RE ALONG A BART LINE. IT MIGHT BE REVERSE COMMUTING AND DOING LIKE A LUNCH BREAK OR SOMETHING, BUT WE DON'T. I MEAN, WE CAN DIG INTO THE DATA AND ACTUALLY SEE, LIKE, WHAT TIMES OF DAY THOSE FOLKS ARE VISITING OUR PARKS AT AND THEN VISITS PER PARK IS LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL PARKS AND WHERE ARE OUR MOST POPULAR PARKS? AND THIS IS ON THE PLATFORM ITSELF. WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION THAN WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE.

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OR WE CAN ZOOM IN TO CROWN BEACH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, FOR 180 ACRES, GETS 735,000 VISITORS IN 2024. SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DIG INTO EVEN MORE OF THAT DATA AND SEE WHERE THE PEAKS ARE. IT'S IN THE SUMMER. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE EVENTS THERE, AND THAT CREATES PEAKS OF HIGH VISITORSHIP.

SO THIS IS JUST A WAY TO KIND OF THE INTENT OF THE STORY MAP IS TO COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC TO YOU KNOW, OUR FELLOW STAFF AND OTHERS BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE CONSIDERING AS WE ARE PLANNING INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS? PLANNING FOR THE DISTRICT PLAN. YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT KIND OF GO INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT STAFF CONSIDERS WHAT YOU CONSIDER? YOU KNOW, ALSO WHAT MAYBE WHAT THE PUBLIC IS THINKING ABOUT. AND WE REALLY JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT.

I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF FOLKS OFTEN THINK OF THE PARK DISTR ICT AS, YOU KNOW, THEIR LOCAL PARK THAT THEY FREQUENTLY GO TO, BUT BY COMING HERE, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT AND MAYBE YOU LIVE IN, YOU KNOW, CASTRO VALLEY, AND YOU ALWAYS GO TO LAKE CHABOT, BUT YOU DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THERE WAS A PARK UP IN YOU KNOW, MARTINEZ THAT YOU COULD GO VISIT AS WELL. SO THIS IS ALSO AN INTENT TO KIND OF ALLOW PEOPLE TO EXPLORE THE PARK DISTR ICT A LITTLE BIT MORE FULLY.

DID THAT IS THERE ANYTHING?HOW PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN AGGREGATE. SO YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE HOW THEY'RE USING THE PARKS OR THAT SORT OF THING.

FOR CERTAIN PARKS, DEPENDING ON HOW HIGH THE VISITORSHIP IS, SO FOR LIKE CROWN PEAK OR DEL VALLE, WE CAN ACTUALLY CREATE WHAT'S CALLED A HEAT MAP WITHIN THE PARK AND KIND OF SEE WHERE THE POPULAR AREAS ARE WITHIN A PARK, BUT THAT DEPENDS ON THE LEVEL OF VISITORSHIP.

SO FOR A SMALLER PARK THAT DOESN'T GET AS HIGH A VISITORSHIP, IT MIGHT BE HARDER FOR US TO CREATE ONE OF THOSE HEAT MAPS AND THAT'S JUST MORE OF LIKE A, A THRESHOLD OF DATA FOR. CAN YOU TELL IF THEY'RE BIKING VERSUS WALKING BY HOW FAST THEY'RE GOING? I MEAN, DOES IT BREAK DOWN TO THAT LEVEL? IT DOESN'T BREAK DOWN TO THAT LEVEL, WHICH.

YEAH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. NO, THAT'S INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.

THAT'S VERY INTERESTING DATA, AND SO WE CAN SEE IN AGGREGATE WHERE, I GUESS IF YOU GO DEEPER INTO THAT DIAGRAM, YOU CAN SEE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING AND WHO'S ACTUALLY USING THE PARK AND WHO ISN'T, AND THEN I GUESS THE NEXT QUESTION IS, OKAY, SO THEN WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT DATA? AND I KNOW YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, WELL, WE CAN USE OUR PARTNERS, OUR BOARD RELATIONSHIPS, PAC RELATIONSHIP, STAFF RELATIONS, WHATEVER TO GET THE SURVEY OUT AND GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

IT STILL WORRIES ME A LITTLE BIT THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE.

YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE ARE JUST TAKING THE SURVEY, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S A CONTROL FACTOR, LIKE THERE IS, YOU KNOW, IN A PHONE SURVEY OR OTHER TYPES OF SURVEYS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CONTROLLING FOR POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE POPULATION. SO IS THERE ANY THOUGHT TO DOING THAT TYPE OF A SURVEY, LIKE YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF SURVEY WE DO WHEN WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE, DO THEY LIKE OUR PARKS OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR FROM OUR PARKS, THAT KIND OF THING? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT, AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY USING THOSE SURVEYS THAT LIKE OUR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS TEAM PUTS TOGETHER THAT OUR ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, SCIENTIFIC SURVEYS, THAT'S PART OF WHAT'S INFORMING THIS PLANNING EFFORT, AND THEN THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EFFORT THAT'S NOT AS SCIENTIFIC, BUT IS PROBABLY REACHING A BROADER NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO JUST HAVE ANOTHER ANOTHER WAY TO GATHER INFORMATION. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. THAT'S REASSURING.

I MEAN, IT'S ALL GOOD. YEAH. I JUST, AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE PRIORITIES IS LOOKING AT BARRIERS TO ACCESS, AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW ARE WE FINDING THAT IN THE DATA THAT WE'RE COLLECTING? LIKE, HOW ARE WE FIGURING OUT WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO ACCESS, AND THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO ADDRESS THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT SOME OF THAT MIGHT BE JUST IN THE SURVEY.

WELL, I DON'T THINK WE'RE NECESSARILY THERE RIGHT NOW, AND WE MIGHT HEAR FROM FOLKS, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE ASKING SOME OF THESE BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD, I FORGET THE EXACT QUESTIONS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE BETTER? YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE HEARING INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE A TRANSIT CONNECTION, THEN WE'RE KIND OF IDENTIFYING WHAT A BARRIER TO

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YEAH. SO ANOTHER WAY, ACTUALLY, THE, I THINK YOUR BOARD, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS THE FULL BOARD OR ONE OF THE COMMITTEES HAD A PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR MOST RECENT COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT THE LEDGE TEAM DID, WHICH WAS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE QUESTIONS, AND SO WE WERE SORT OF ASKING, TRYING TO HONE IN ON EXACTLY WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE CREATING BARRIERS.

THE OTHER THING IS, ADDITIONALLY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS LOOKED AT, AMONG OTHERS, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THE FEE STUDIES AND OTHER TYPE OF WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IS ASKING SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

SO, LIKE THIS EFFORT INTEGRATES ALL THOSE OTHERS TO HELP INFORM IT.

THAT'S GREAT. GOOD. OKAY, SO ONE LAST THING. THIS SHOULD BE A SHORT QUESTION.

SO IN TERMS OF THE BOARD'S ROLE IN OUTREACH, SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS.

WE HAVE, YOU'VE SAID SHARE THE SURVEYS TO ANY GROUP OR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE INTERESTED.

SO THAT'S GOOD. ARE THERE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP? WELL, SHARING OUR CONTACTS, I GUESS, IF WE'RE NOT REACHING OUT DIRECTLY, BUT ARE THERE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP WITH THE OUTREACH? IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S. I THINK AT THIS STAGE IT'S REALLY YOU KNOW, THE WAY I SEE IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD, YOU'RE REALLY INDEPENDENT REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE ELECTED TO REPRESENT A SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND HOW YOU CAN BEST GET INFORMATION OUT OR ENGAGE WITH THAT COMMUNITY IS I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO YOU, BUT IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, UP TO YOUR DISCRETION.

I THINK SOME BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT BE MORE ENGAGED THAN OTHERS.

I'M NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THAT ABOUT THIS BOARD, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALL INDIVIDUAL YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVES. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE CERTAIN CONSTITUENCIES THAT YOU HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD IN HERE, THAT IF YOU'RE MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS THAT'S GREAT, AND IT MIGHT JUST BE AS EASY AS, YOU KNOW, HEY, HERE'S A SURVEY. TAKE IT. IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING MORE EXTENSIVE.

MAYBE YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT YOU'RE HOSTING A MEETING WITH THEM.

I THINK FOR US AS STAFF, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AS YOU NEED IT, AND IF YOU NEED CONTENT, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS, IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP SUPPORT THAT, BUT BUT IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT UP TO YOUR DISCRETION OR WE WELCOME YOUR SUGGESTIONS AS DIRECTOR ESPAÑA DID, YOU KNOW SUGGESTING A NUMBER OF GROUPS THAT WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO? WE'RE HAPPY TO RECEIVE THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU.

DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN, DIRECTOR? WELL, I'M NOT SURE IF OTHERS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STORY MAPS, AND SO WHILE THAT WAS UP, I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT IT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AT THE SAME TIME, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP ON JUMPING BACK INTO IT, AND I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THIS.

IT'S ABOUT OUR REGIONAL TRAILS AND THEN THE EARLIER CONVERSATION ABOUT WALKING AND BIKING AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, WHAT THAT DATA LOOKS LIKE, MAYBE ALONG THE IRON HORSE TRAIL OR A TRAIL SIMILAR TO THAT.

OKAY. SO THE IRON HORSE TRAIL. GOT IT. LET ME ZOOM IN.

SO THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE DATA. SORRY. THIS IS PARK ACCESS.

SO, TRAILS AND PARTNERS. SO WHAT? WHAT WAS THE EXACT QUESTION? SO THIS THIS SECTION OF THE MAP IS REALLY JUST ON WHERE THE EXISTING FACILITIES ARE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO LAYER IT, I CAN GO OVER TO WHAT WILL BE THE WEB MAP, WHICH IS NOT WHICH, WHICH SHOULD BE MADE LIVE LATER. IS THAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO LAYER OTHER LAYERS INTO THE DATA? YEAH, MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW IN PERSON, BUT I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT LAYER, AND GOING BACK TO OUR EARLIER CONVERSATION, I GUESS THE SLIDE NUMBERS AREN'T NUMBERED, BUT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE MAPPING AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS, WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 20 MINUTE TRAVEL TIME OF A REGIONAL PARK BY MODE, AND SPECIFICALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WALKING AND BIKING AND HOW WE FELT THAT THERE MIGHT BE THIS NEXUS WITH THE REGIONAL TRAILS IN REGARDS TO WALKING AND BIKING WITHIN 20 MINUTES.

SO IT WOULD JUST BE INTERESTING MAYBE YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS AND JUST PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE SHARED WITH THE

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YEP. SO JUST REALLY QUICK. THIS IS THE, SO IF YOU GO FROM THE STORY MAP, WHICH IS THIS WHICH HAS KIND OF THE NARRATIVE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT MAPS AND LAYERS, THEN IF YOU WANT TO EXPLORE FURTHER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WEB MAP WHICH ACTUALLY ALLOWS YOU TO CLICK THESE LAYERS ON AND OFF AND REORDER THEM LIKE YOU CAN MOVE BIKE ACCESS ABOVE POPULATION IF YOU WANTED TO.

YOU CAN ALSO TOTALLY MESS YOURSELF UP LIKE I JUST DID, BUT SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE REGIONAL TRAILS HERE ARE IN KIND OF THIS LIGHTER PURPLE.

THE BIKE ACCESS IN THIS DARKER COLOR, AND THEN HERE ARE THE ACTUAL PARK ENTRANCES.

SO IF I ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU KNOW, THESE DARKER DARK BLUE COLORS YOU'LL SEE ALONG THE REGIONAL TRAILS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE IRON HORSE TRAIL THROUGH HERE.

IF I TURN OFF BIKE ACCESS AND WE LOOK AT, SAY, WALKING ACCESS SO ALL THE GREEN DOTS AS WELL ARE, ARE THE ENTRANCE POINTS. YOU CAN ZOOM IN AND SEE THERE IS STILL DARKER ACCESS ALONG THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, BUT THERE'S NOT AS MANY. THERE'S A LOT OF ENTRY POINTS INTO THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, BUT IN TERMS OF OUR FACILITIES, WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER OUR OWN ENTRANCE, LIKE MAYBE A STAGING AREA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE ARE PROVIDING A PUBLIC SERVICE.

SO YOU CAN CLICK ON THIS ACTUAL PARK ENTRANCE.

LET'S SEE IF I'M ZOOMED IN ENOUGH. IT'LL ACTUALLY SHOW YOU WHAT IT'S CALLED AND A SMALL PICTURE OF IT, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE, WELL, LET ME ZOOM OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE THE DARKER COLORS AROUND THE ENTRANCE ITSELF FOR THIS WALKING AND THEN LIGHTER AS YOU GET FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ENTRANCES, BUT THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO EXPLORE THIS DATA. I WILL SAY THAT YOU MAY TURN OFF TOO MANY THINGS, AND YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST HIT REFRESH AND IT'LL GO BACK TO KIND OF A CLEAN SLATE. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

YES. NO PROBLEM. WHILE WE'RE ON THIS LET'S JUST, A CONGRATULATIONS.

I SPENT ABOUT FOUR HOURS THE OTHER NIGHT GOING THROUGH IT.

IT'S ADDICTING. IT'S FABULOUS. AMAZING, AND REAFFIRMING, BECAUSE A LOT OF THOUGHTS I HAD ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS IN MY WARD JUST WERE CONFIRMED, AND SO IT'S A FASCINATING EXERCISE.

ALL ALL WILL LOOK FORWARD TO IT, AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS SAYING.

I'VE ALWAYS LOVED GIS MAPS. I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS ARCGIS, WE HAD THOSE BIG DISKS BACK WHEN I WAS IN UNDERGRAD.

I WON'T SAY WHICH YEAR, BUT WHEN THIS TECHNOLOGY WAS GETTING INTRODUCED.

SO I THINK THIS IS JUST GREAT BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE ALL THAT INFORMATION AND MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.

SO THIS IS GREAT WORK ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHERS ON THIS OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR COMING BACK. YEAH, AND THANKS NAOMI AND DAVE BRUCKHEIMER, OUR GIS TEAM HAS DONE GREAT WORK IN COLLABORATING WITH PLACEWORKS ON THIS. I'LL JUST SAY THIS IS NOT THE IDEAL FORMAT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE AND WALK THROUGH LIKE THIS SORT OF WEB MAPS.

SO AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WEB MAP.

SO IT WASN'T IN THE PACKET. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE IN THE PACKET, BUT IT IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, AND HAPPY TO IF THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, WHAT'S IT LIKE? YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO MAKE A LIST OF THOSE QUESTIONS, AND WE CAN SCHEDULE A TIME TO GET TOGETHER AND GO THROUGH THE WEB MAP OR DO THAT SORT OF STUFF. SO AS IT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, DIFFICULT TO DO IN A PUBLIC MEETING AND TIME CONSTRAINT.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S CONTINUE WITH QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT.

I KNOW IT'S QUESTIONS, BUT I GOT TO SAY, I GOT A COMMENT.

I JUST LOVE DATA AND DATA DRIVEN SCIENCE FOR MY DECISION MAKING.

SO I'M REALLY FEELING, YOU KNOW, MY EARLIER COMMENT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID WE GET OUT OF PHASE ONE? THESE DELIVERABLES, THESE MATERIALS? I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS STILL.

MAYBE YOU COULD HELP ME BY I'D LIKE MAYBE TO DEFINE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I WANT I'M TRYING TO GET A BALANCE. SO WE GOT WE GOT THE STAFF INPUT CHECK.

WE GOT THE MATERIALS. CHECK. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A BALANCE IN REPRESENTATIVENESS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT IS EQUAL, BECAUSE CLEARLY STAFF IS GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, OH MY GOD, WE'RE SO STRESSED OUT. STOP GROWING. YOU KNOW, VERSUS PARKS LIKE, OH MY GOD, I LOVE OUR PARKS. I WISH WE HAD 100 MORE. YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.

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SO YOU'VE HAD 29 MEETINGS AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE REALLY DEFINED WHAT AN EVENT IS VERSUS I LOVE THIS CHART AT THE BACK THAT SAYS DIRECT OR DIRECT ENGAGEMENT LIKE INDIRECT SEEMS LIKE YOU PUT UP SOMETHING IN THE LIBRARY AND THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO QR CODE AND TAKE IT.

EXACTLY, RIGHT. DIRECT WOULD BE MORE OF A SIT DOWN VERSUS THE 29 MEETINGS WITH STAFF SOUND LIKE THERE WERE EVEN MORE INTENSE, MORE DIRECT, AND HOW SO IF YOU HAD 29 VERY INTENSE EVENTS FOR STAFF, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN IF YOU'VE GOT 2000 SURVEYS FROM A COMMUNITY FROM SOMETHING THEY SCANNED IN A LOBBY.

SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE GET. I THINK I'LL GET TO MY QUESTION HERE IN A MINUTE.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET TO THERE THEM BEING MORE EQUAL? LIKE AT ONE POINT I KNOW I ASKED STAFF, WELL WE HAD 29 MEETINGS WITH STAFF.

AREN'T WE GOING TO HAVE 29 MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC. RIGHT, AND IT'S LIKE, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT, BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULDN'T AND HOW WE CAN GET CLOSER SO THEY MATCH, SO THEY QUANTIFY WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND AS I QUITE ENOUGH.

YEAH. NO . I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF OF COURSE, HAS TO DO THE JOB, WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.

I GET THAT, BUT THEN I GUESS THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH DIRECT INVOLVEMENT BESIDES JUST FLIERS IN THE LOBBY ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES? YEAH, JUST WELL, JUST REAL QUICK. ONE POINT IS THAT NONE OF THIS IS SORT OF PITTING STAFF VERSUS PUBLIC INPUT.

LIKE STAFF SAID, THIS PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THERE'S NOT LIKE A SORT OF A WEIGHTED SORT OF THING.

IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE BEST STRATEGY THAT WAS DETERMINED FOR STAFF INPUT.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON A DIFFERENT STRATEGY WITH PUBLIC.

WHEN WE GET THROUGH INTO THE SECOND ROUND AND DEFINITELY INTO THE THIRD ROUND, I GUARANTEE YOU WE WILL HAVE FAR MORE THAN 29 MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE WILL BE MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS.

WE WILL BE HAVING, LIKE I SAY, THIS SORT OF BOARD VISIONING SESSION AND JUST GOING THROUGH THE BOARD PROCESS AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.

I THINK THERE WILL BE MORE AND I THINK THERE WILL BE DEFINITELY TIMES, AND I'VE SAID, WE SAID THROUGHOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF GROUPS THAT, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT AND YOU KNOW, WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DISTRICT PLAN.

WE'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO DO THAT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS DISTRICT PLAN WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERS AT THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL CAUCUS MEETING A NUMBER OF TIMES.

WE'VE MET WITH REGIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION A NUMBER OF TIMES.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS, AND THAT'S GOING TO GET MORE FOCUSED AND INTENT AS WE GET INTO THE LATER ROUNDS OF THIS.

SO I CAN'T NECESSARILY QUANTIFY IT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF USING THIS FOR TO SORT OF FIRST PART AS A BIT OF A ROADMAP TO, OKAY, WHERE DO WE REALLY NEED TO DIRECT OUR EFFORTS MORE, BUT WE'RE ALSO SUPER OPEN TO DOING THAT.

AND YOU'RE DOING, I'M SEEING THAT NOW IN THIS EVENT LIST.

IT'S GOT SPECIFIC DATES AND THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP, I GUESS.

JUST WHEN DO WE ACTUALLY GET DATES FOR INDIRECT DIRECT VERSUS A REAL MEETING? LIKE IT SAYS HERE, JUST FOR INSTANCE, JUNE 1ST, THE BIRD AND BUTTERFLY FEST ON JUNE 1ST, AND YET IT SAYS DIRECT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SAT DOWN AND INVITED PEOPLE TO A ROOM AND HAD A DIRECT EVENT AT THE BUTTERFLY FESTIVAL.

WELL, SO TO ADD WITH OUR STAFF, WE'RE PAYING THEM TO BE AT WORK AND GO TO THESE MEETINGS SO WE CAN HAVE LIKE JUST KIND OF A PLAIN OLD MEETING AND WE'LL HAVE FOLKS SHOWING UP. WE KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE TO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS, ESPECIALLY FOLKS WHO ARE NOT ALREADY ENGAGED IN PARK RELATED MATTERS. HAVING FUN EVENTS THAT THEY ALREADY WANT TO BE AT, LIKE TABLING AT A COMMUNITY EVENT, OR COMING TO A FUN FAMILY EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO END UP GETTING MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE FROM A BROADER GROUP OF COMMUNITIES THAN WE WOULD IF WE JUST HAVE A MEETING, AND SO. IS IT FAIR JUST THAT SO DIRECT HERE WOULD MEAN THAT THERE WAS A PERSON AT A TABLE, RIGHT? INDIRECT WOULD MEAN THERE WAS JUST A POSTER THEY COULD USE, SO I GUESS I'M STILL INTERESTED, AND YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AT LEAST 29 OF THEM VERSUS AN ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING COME 07:00, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A POWERPOINT FOR YOU SO YOU CAN REALLY ENGAGE.

THOSE ARE STILL COMING. AND SO THE EVENTS WHERE WE HAVE STAFF LIKE AT A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS, THE STAFF IS LIKE OUR PLANNING STAFF LIKE NAOMI AND OTHER FOLKS.

IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S WE HAVE AS DEEP OF ENGAGEMENT A LOT OF TIMES AS WE DO WITH THE STAFF MEETINGS THAT WE HAD WITH OUR TEAM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE AN AFTERTHOUGHT, I GUESS,

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SO IT'S NOT LIKE THERE WON'T BE THOSE MORE FORMAL MEETINGS, IT'S JUST AT THIS PHASE, WE'RE TRYING TO CAST A BROAD NET TO ASK THOSE REALLY BROAD QUESTIONS. SO IN THIS EVENT LIST IS KIND OF A WORK IN PROGRESS BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE AS FAR OUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE ALL KNOW WE DO COASTAL CLEANUP AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

I MEAN, I JUST HAVE THAT ON MY CALENDAR, RIGHT? SO BUT AT SOME POINT IN YOUR TIMELINE, I IMAGINE WE NEED TO ADD SOME MEETINGS, AND IT'LL BE LIKE DIRECT INDIRECT AND THEN A TRUE PUBLIC HEARING. YEAH. OKAY, AND THEN MY QUESTION IS ON THE SURVEY THAT WE'RE GIVEN RIGHT NOW THAT IS GREAT, AND THE MATERIALS ARE GREAT. IN FACT, I'M ALL OUT.

I NEED SOME MORE. I'VE GAVE THEM ALL OUT TO ROSSMOOR AND GAVE THEM ALL OUT AT THE GREEN HAPPY HOUR THE OTHER DAY, AND I NEED SOME MORE OF THOSE, BUT ARE THOSE QUESTIONS? AND I TOOK IT. THEY'RE BROAD. ARE THOSE THE SAME QUESTIONS WE GAVE TO STAFF? BY AND LARGE, THEY TRACK VIRTUALLY THE SAME. SO PLACEWORKS DID THE SORT OF BROAD, AND SO BACK TO MY QUESTION, SO SOMEHOW WE'LL QUANTIFY THOSE IN THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED EARLIER BY DIRECTOR ESPAÑA JUST A GENERIC, SEEMS THAT WE HAVE A VISION THAT WE DON'T WANT TO OPEN ANY MORE PARKS.

LIKE THAT'S GOING TO SOMEHOW BE QUANTIFIED SOMEWHERE.

YEAH, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAD THAT VISION, BUT I THINK IT WAS MORE, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE CATEGORIES AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, VISITOR EXPERIENCE PARKS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM STAFF, THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC, AND WE'LL ALSO BE ASKING THE BOARD THOSE SAME THINGS.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE BOARD AS WELL. SO THANK YOU.

THOSE ARE VERY GOOD ANSWERS TO MY QUESTION. HOW MANY ARE WE GOING TO HAVE OF THESE DIFFERENT TYPES.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE. WE'LL GET THEM SOON.

THEY WILL BE QUANTIFIED. I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION, GIVEN THAT AND I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT VISION, ON THE WEBSITE WHEN YOU GO TO IT, ALL IT SAYS IS TAKE THE SURVEY.

IT SEEMS THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE SURVEY, VISIT A KIOSK, ATTEND A MEETING, LIKE AT SOME POINT, LIKE RIGHT NOW. SUGGESTING THAT WE ADD SOME MORE DESCRIPTIONS IN THERE.

AND IF YOU GO DOWN IT SAYS, HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE? IT'S GOING TO CARRY IT FURTHER DOWN AND IT'LL SAY, YOU CAN WRITE A LETTER, YOU CAN ATTEND A MEETING, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY BODE WELL WHEN YOU GO THERE.

LIKE HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE? RIGHT NOW? ALL IT SAYS IS TAKE THE SURVEY.

THAT'S A THAT'S GREAT INPUT, WE CAN TAKE THAT BACK AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK.

IT KIND OF GOES TO THIS LIKE LINK TO A DISTRICT PLAN OR WHERE TO WRITE A LETTER OR WHICH MEETING TO COME TO OR AT ANY TIME, YOU KNOW, WRITE TO YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE THAT KIND OF THING RATHER THAN BECAUSE I'M NOT.

I WASN'T GETTING THE IMPRESSION THAT ALL THESE THINGS WOULD BE AVAILABLE, AND I'M GETTING MORE AND MORE TO THAT IMPRESSION. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS CAN WE PUT THAT MORE CLEARLY OUT TO THE PUBLIC? WE TOTALLY CAN.

AT THE SAME TIME, THOSE MEETINGS AND THE KIOSKS TAKE YOU BACK TO THE SURVEY.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE COLLECTING THE SURVEY. WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE THE SURVEY SO WE CAN ADD THOSE THINGS, BUT THIS PHASE THAT SURVEY IS OUR MOST CRITICAL TOOL.

AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION. THESE THEMES THAT HAVE BEEN ID'D SO FAR, CLIMATE, NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT. I JUST HAVE TO SAY I WAS SURPRISED EQUITY IS NOT ON THERE.

I THINK EQUITY IS IF IT'S NOT. ON THAT SLIDE.

SPECIFICALLY THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD. WE'VE HEARD INTEREST IN EQUITY THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR ENGAGEMENT EXERCISES, AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY A THEME. SO WE KNOW THIS IS WHAT STAFF WANTS, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE SURPRISED THAT THE PUBLIC WANTS THE SAME.

SO WHERE AND WHEN DOES THE BOARD ACTUALLY SIT DOWN ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND ENGAGE? I MEAN, IT'S ONE THING TO TELL US IF YOU HAVE GROUPS, LET ME KNOW, BUT HONESTLY, I'D REALLY BENEFIT.

THESE ARE AMAZINGLY SMART PEOPLE TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR POST-ITS, AND IF SOMETHING THAT COLIN WOULD SAY OR JOHN DIRECTOR MERCURIO WOULD SAY MIGHT TRIGGER ME TO SAY, OH YEAH, WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE IN LAMORINDA. ALSO, LIKE, I FEEL LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHEN AND WHERE, AS A BOARD WITH THIS WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT I CAN BENEFIT FROM ALL THEIR INPUT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I'M NEW TO SAY, OH YEAH, YOU KNOW, I FORGOT I, YOU KNOW, THE APEN.

OH MY GOD, WE HAVE TO GO OUT TO APEN. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE RICHMOND PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE OR WE, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING. SO WHEN DO WE ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING? AND I'M SORRY IF I KEEP CALLING IT A TABLE OF CONTENTS, AND THAT SENDS PEOPLE OFF.

THAT'S FINE. AN OUTLINE THAT WE SIT DOWN AND START TO IDENTIFY AMONGST US, AND I BENEFIT FROM EVERYONE ELSE TO WEIGH IN AT THE SAME TIME WITH THEM.

YEAH. I MEAN, WELL, MY FIRST RESPONSE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, EACH TIME THAT THE BOARD HAS ONE OF THE PRIORITY STUDY SESSIONS ANY OF THOSE

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SO WE DO CONSIDER THAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO ROLL UP THE SLEEVES AND SORT OF ENGAGE IN THESE QUESTIONS.

SO WE KIND OF SEE THAT AS ONGOING THAT THE BOARD'S ALWAYS GIVING INPUT AND WE'RE ALWAYS LISTENING.

I WILL SAY IN TERMS OF A FOCUSED MEETING ON THAT, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR THIS VISIONING WORKSHOP IN THE FALL. IF YOU HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO AMANDA GALLO ON DATES THAT YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO DO THAT, I'M SURE SHE'D APPRECIATE THAT. SO WE CAN GET THAT SCHEDULED, AND ON THE CALENDAR, AND THAT'S THE INTENT IS TO BRING BACK, YOU KNOW, THIS FULL REPORT OF THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE STAFF, THIS REPORT FROM THIS IS WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM PUBLIC ON THIS FIRST ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT, AND GET THE BOARD TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH THAT.

THAT'S HELPFUL. I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS THAT POPPED UP AND WE CAN HOLD THEM FOR LATER.

I DON'T KNOW IF I EXPECT YOU TO ANSWER THEM, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT A BROAD STATEMENT MADE ABOUT HAVING A FUNDING SHORTFALL AND THAT THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ESPECIALLY, IS GOING TO REALLY LEAD US INTO FINANCIAL SHORTAGES, AND I THINK THAT IS A PRESENTATION I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE OF IF IT'S COMING OUT FROM THE PUBLIC OR FROM STAFFING.

AGAIN, THESE THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT, I THINK THE BOARD, I'D LIKE TO BE INTERACTIVE WITH FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE JUST, I'M THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, BUT HEARING WE HAVE A FUNDING SHORTFALL CREATED BY CLIMATE CHANGE IS KIND OF WHOA.

THAT SLIDE KIND OF CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE, AND.

I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THE INTENT WAS NOT TO SAY IT'S A FUNDING SHORTFALL CREATED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.

CLIMATE CHANGE. EXACERBATED BY CLIMATE. IS A PART OF ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, CLIMATE IS A CONSIDERATION AND JUST ALL OF THE FACETS OF WORK THAT WE DO.

CERTAINLY IT'S MAKING THINGS MORE CHALLENGING, MORE EXPENSIVE.

YOU KNOW, ANY OF THESE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK THE COMMENT ON THE FUNDING SHORTFALL WAS REALLY, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN A NUMBER OF ACQUISITION BOND MEASURES IN SECURING GRANTS AND MOVING FORWARD A LOT OF ACQUISITIONS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND THE CONCLUSION IS REALLY THAT THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING IS NOT KEEPING UP WITH THAT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S A SUPER BIG SURPRISE. THAT IS THE TAKEAWAY MESSAGE.

SO I GUESS MY, I GUESS IF SOMETHING STUFF LIKE THIS COMES UP, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION OR MY I GUESS I SHOULDN'T BE COMMENTING.

MY QUESTION IS, WILL THAT COME BACK TO US AS ACTION ITEMS? I GUESS THE ANSWER IS YES . CERTAINLY WE CAN COME BACK WITH MORE DETAIL.

AND YOU'LL HAVE THE PROJECT HEARING IN SEPTEMBER, I UNDERSTAND. MY LAST QUESTION IS YOU MENTIONED QUICKLY ABOUT A LOT OF THIS, AND I GOT TO SEE AND I SPENT A COUPLE HOURS ON THE DATA STUFF THAT THIS COULD ACTUALLY RESULT IN SORT OF A SCORING CRITERIA FOR US THAT WOULD HELP US TO PRIORITIZE OUR LAND USE OR OUR CORRIDORS, OR WHERE THERE'S GAPS WHERE WE MIGHT WANT TO ACQUIRE MORE LAND, OR WHERE WE'RE NOT MEETING THE NEEDS OF PERSONS OF COLOR OR MANDARIN.

I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY IN THERE.

SO MY QUESTION IS, WHEN DOES THAT END UP IN A REPORT THAT WE CAN SAY, OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO PURCHASE LANDS IN THIS AREA VERSUS THAT AREA, OR WE'RE GOING TO, I THINK, IS THAT DO YOU ENVISION THAT IN THE MASTER PLAN? HOW IS THAT KIND OF DATA GOING TO ROLL INTO A WRITTEN PLAN FOR THE PUBLIC THAT'S GOING TO STAND FOR WHAT, THE TEST OF TIME? ANOTHER TEN, 20, 30 YEARS, RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK THAT IS YOU'RE GETTING TO SOME OF THE GIST OF WHAT WILL BE IN THE PLAN.

I THINK AS WE GO INTO THE SECOND ROUND, I THINK WE WILL BE AND WE'VE STARTED TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE THE BEST WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC ON SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRADE OFFS AND WHERE DO WE INVEST AND SORT OF THAT, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE $100 AND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PROJECTS TO SPEND IT ON, WHERE WOULD YOU PRIORITIZE SPENDING ON IS THAT ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION? IS THAT ON EQUITABLE ACCESS? IS THAT ON REPAIRING INFRASTRUCTURE? IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOME OF THE SORT OF TRADE OFFS THAT WE EXPECT WE WILL GET INTO IN THE SECOND ROUND.

SO JUST IN THIS WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS? WE'RE ON THAT FIRST BUBBLE, AND I WOULD SAY WE'RE PROBABLY HALFWAY THROUGH THAT FIRST BUBBLE.

BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME AT SOME POINT TO SEE WHERE THE DELIVERABLES ARE.

A DRAFT, A FINAL, A PUBLIC COMMENT, A PUBLIC HEARING.

SURE. I JUST I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION, CAN WE PUT MORE DELIVERABLES IN IN THIS? YEAH, CERTAINLY THAT DELIVERABLE SCHEDULE IS GOING TO BECOME CLEARER AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND YEAH, UNDERSTOOD, DELIVERABLES ARE IMPORTANT.

I JUST YEAH THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY.

ABSOLUTELY. OUR MONEY ON. WE'RE COMMITTED TO HAVING SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DELIVERED AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO DELIVER FOR THE PROJECT.

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ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER. DIRECTOR COFFEY?. GO AHEAD.

IT IS SO HARD TO SEPARATE QUESTIONS FROM COMMENTS.

YOU HAVE SET OUT A TASK FOR US THAT I REALLY GOT TO WORK AT IT.

JUST DO YOUR BEST. YOU CAN DO IT. ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW I'M WORKING VERY HARD AT THIS.

I THINK WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS MAYBE I'M A LITTLE BEHIND IN GETTING TO YOU.

SO YOU'VE MET WITH A COUPLE OF US? SO I'LL ECHO LUANA WITH, I'M GOING TO NEED A COUPLE HOURS WITH YOU ME AND A MAP.

SURE. ALL RIGHT. WE AT ONE POINT TOLD OUR PAC MEMBERSHIP THAT THERE WOULD BE ACTUAL VISITS WITH THEY AND A BOARD MEMBER IN PARKS, AND IS THAT NO LONGER A PLAN, OR BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE WE TOLD THE PAC MEMBERSHIP THERE WOULD BE FIELD TRIPS.

SO WE'RE CURRENTLY PARTNERING WITH OUR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TEAM AND LOOKING AT A STRATEGY DIRECTLY AROUND THAT SORT OF PAC ENGAGEMENT. AND IN THE PRESENTATION, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT GETTING DOWN TO THE PARK BY PARK LEVEL OF PLANNING, AND I MEAN. IS THAT JUST AN OMISSION OF SOMETHING THAT'S OBVIOUS OR I DON'T THINK THE INTENT OF THIS PLAN IS TO GET DOWN TO A PARK BY PARK LEVEL OF PLANNING. THE INTENT HERE IS NOT TO COME UP WITH A LIST OF PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE BIG THEMES THAT WILL HELP US.

THEN I SORT OF CONSIDER IT. IT'S SORT OF A BIT OF A WATERFALL OR A BIT OF AN UMBRELLA EFFECT THAT THIS WILL HELP INFORM, YOU KNOW, REN AS HE'S DEVELOPING HIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, HE'LL HAVE SOME, SOME GUIDELINES AROUND, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF, AND ALL OF THIS WILL OF COURSE, RELATE TO THE BUDGET AND WILL RELATE TO THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND THEIR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY AND WHICH GRANTS WE GO AFTER. SO IT'S SORT OF GIVING SOME DIRECTION IN TERMS OF THOSE DIFFERENT EFFORTS.

I'VE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE MAYOR MARTINEZ, SEVERAL ACTUALLY, WHO, BY THE WAY, REALLY WANTS TO BE ENGAGED IN OUR PROCESS HERE, BUT WAS PART OF THEIR GENERAL PLAN PROCESS. THE MARINA THE SO THAT'S SINKING ALONG WITH OUR MARSHLAND IS SINKING AND TRAILS ARE OUT OF COMMISSION IN THE WINTER BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDERWATER.

SO IS THAT A VISIONING FOR THAT PARK, THAT HOW IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE? WE'RE DOING THAT AT BIG BREAK, RIGHT TO ADAPT TO SEA LEVEL RISE.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE TAKE UP, THEN SEPARATELY FROM THE MASTER PLAN? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, THAT GETS DOWN TO THE PROJECT LEVEL.

SO THEY DO HAVE A PROCESS THAT'S SYNCING UP WITH OURS.

THEY ALSO HAVE LAND THAT'S SINKING WITH OURS.

SO BUT YEAH, SOME OF IT'S MORE ON THE BIG LEVEL.

HOW DO WE APPROACH SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS AROUND SEA LEVEL RISE, CLIMATE ADAPTATION, AND HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO SOME OF OUR PROJECTS? ARE WE ENGAGING THE HCP? OH, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S ABOUT 15,000 ACRES IN EAST CONTRA COSTA.

THAT WOULD BE NEW ACRES, YOU KNOW. SO WE ARE WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM.

SO FAR THERE'S I THINK REMAINING ABOUT 15,000 ACRES.

YEAH. THAT'S IT'S A GOOD, THE HCP AREA IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHEN WE GET INTO THESE CONVERSATIONS AROUND PUBLIC ACCESS VERSUS RESOURCE PROTECTION AND THE INTEREST IN HAVING, YOU KNOW, PRESERVES, I MEAN, THE HCP IS SET UP AS A PRESERVE FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHERE PUBLIC ACCESS IS REALLY CONSIDERED SECONDARY.

SO THAT'S ABSOLUTELY A KEY PART OF OUR AREA WHERE, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING SOME USES WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE TO PROPOSE IN THE HCP AREA.

OKAY. THAT'S FAIR. THIS BORDERS ON COMMENTING, BUT IT PIGGYBACKS A COUPLE OF OTHER OF THESE QUESTIONS HERE, AND THAT IS THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

AND NOW I GET IT. WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO DO THE MORE FORMAL STUFF BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE WE'RE GOING TO DO THE MORE FORMAL STUFF WE DID IN 2013.

I RECALL HAVING THESE ARE DEDICATED MEETINGS TO OUR PLANNING, TO OUR MASTER PLAN THAT WE INVITE SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES TO ATTEND.

THERE WAS ONE COVERING CROCKETT RODEO AND HERCULES.

THERE WAS ONE AT BIG BREAK. THERE WAS ONE OUT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN BRENTWOOD.

SO WE WENT AROUND AND HAD DEDICATED MEETINGS TO OUR PLAN THAT ATTRACTED PEOPLE WHO WERE REALLY INTO US,

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SO I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE AND I THINK .

OUR HOPE IS TO USE THIS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE MEETINGS ARE ATTENDED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO WEREN'T NECESSARILY REALLY INTO US BEFORE, BUT WHO ARE GOING TO BE REALLY INTO US IN THE FUTURE. AND THIS IS WHERE IT'S A COMMENT, BUT IT PIGGYBACKS SO CLOSELY WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I DO NOT BELIEVE, MAX, I'M KIND OF RESPONDING TO YOU THAT THE ATTENDANCE WITH TABLING AT OTHER PEOPLE'S EVENTS IS A GOOD WAY TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE FOR OUR MASTER PLANNING.

I JUST SPENT THE ENTIRETY OF SUNDAY TABLING FOR US AT THE HERCULES CULTURAL FAIR FESTIVAL ABOUT.

THEY HAD ABOUT 6000 PEOPLE COME THROUGH. WE HAD HUNDREDS.

SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE WOULD AT LEAST GLANCE AT OUR TABLE OR COME UP AND GRAB STUFF.

SO I ENGAGED LOTS OF PEOPLE. I WAS ABLE TO EXCITE APPROXIMATELY 3 OR 4 PEOPLE ABOUT OUR MASTER PLANNING AND GIVE THEM THAT PAMPHLET. THEY'RE ATTENDING A CULTURAL FESTIVAL.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT OUR PLANNING. OUR MASTER PLANNING IS SOMETHING ESOTERIC.

THEY'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT AS THEY COME BY OUR TABLES.

WHAT THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT WAS THE TRAILS CHALLENGE.

GAVE AWAY TONS OF THOSE TRAILS CHALLENGES. THEY'RE INTERESTED IN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARKS, NEW PARKS TO VISIT OR NEW TRAILS THAT THEY HAVEN'T VISITED BEFORE, AND THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT DOING AMBASSADOR WORK AND TABLING IS YOU GET TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THAT, AND YOU GET TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THE PARK DISTRICT IS, AND YOU GET TO SHARE YOUR FAVORITE TRAILS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THAT'S WHAT OVERWHELMINGLY THIS SUNDAY I WAS GETTING FROM PEOPLE, VERY LITTLE INTEREST IN OUR MASTER PLANNING.

SO I THINK YOU DO IT. I'M ALL FOR TABLING. I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 20 YEARS, 25 YEARS.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S THE MOST FUN I HAVE IS TABLING.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT. I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING IT, BUT IT ISN'T THAT GREAT FOR SPECIFICALLY ENGAGING PEOPLE ON A MASTER PLAN, YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S JUST WHAT I EXPERIENCED SUNDAY.

SO I'M GLAD YOU FELT SOME OF MY PAIN FROM MY CAREER.

IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THESE PLANS, BUT THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT OUR PARKS AND THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT OUR TRAILS AND THEY'RE IT'S GREAT TO TALK TO PEOPLE. IT'S REALLY GOOD TO DO THAT.

TABLING. I ENJOY IT THOROUGHLY, BUT THIS IS A BIT ESOTERIC FOR ME.

YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS I'VE HEARD ON SOME OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR VISION FOR THE PARK DISTR ICT? YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME THAT? THE VISION FOR THE PARK DISTR ICT IS GREAT. I LOVE THE VISION OF THE PARK DISTR ICT, AND , YOU KNOW, AND MY RESPONSE HAS BEEN LIKE, THAT'S A PERFECTLY FINE COMMENT. PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH US.

OR, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THE VISION IS SOMETHING MORE FOCUSED, AND , YOU KNOW, MY VISION IS TO HAVE CLEAN BATHROOMS. THAT WOULD BE GREAT, TOO, BUT BUT YEAH, SO IT DOESN'T ALL HAVE TO BE THE SUPER HIGH, LOFTY, ESOTERIC STUFF. ALL RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE DIRECTOR WAESPI IS READY TO JUMP IN HERE.

THANK YOU. WELL, OKAY, WE'LL JUMP DOWN. YEAH.

THANKS, BRIAN, AND THANKS, THIS IS A GREAT ENDEAVOR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR STAFF FOR DOING ALL THE GREAT WORK.

I'M SORT OF WONDERING I'M ZEROING IN ON DIRECTOR ESPAÑA QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE CAN DO AS A BOARD, HOW WE CAN GET OUT THERE, AND SOME OF THE LISTED EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP, I'M ASSUMING.

I HOPE I'M ASSUMING, CORRECTLY, THAT AND BY THE PACKETS YOU'VE GIVEN US AND THE OFFER TO HAVE AS MANY AS WE WANT.

I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE, I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF STREET FAIRS IN MY WARD AND OTHER WARDS THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT ARE COMING UP THIS SUMMER.

I AGREE WITH DIRECTOR COFFEY THAT IT'S NOT THE GREATEST WAY TO GET A HOLD OF PEOPLE, BUT IT'S MIGHT BE THE EASIEST TO SEE THE BIGGEST GROUP OF PEOPLE AND LURE THEM IN AND TRY TO TALK THEM INTO TAKING A SURVEY.

SO WHAT, I, BOARD CONTINGENCY FUNDS OR IS THERE SOME FUNDS? I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S HAYWARD STREET FAIRS THAT COME UP.

HASPA HAS A BOOTH DOWN THERE. WE GET COMPED THE BOOTH, BUT I THINK IT'S ABOUT 120 BUCKS, AND THEY HAVE THREE STREET FAIRS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

IF I VOLUNTEER TO STAFF A BOOTH, COULD I GET I KNOW I CAN GET THE MATERIALS.

COULD I GET THE $120 AND POSSIBLY SOMEBODY MUCH SMARTER THAN ME TO INTERPRET THAT? THE WHOLE PROGRAM. I'M SURE WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR THIS.

YEAH, I KNOW IT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION. JUST BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT LISTED ON ONE OF THE EVENTS COMING UP, DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T GET INVOLVED IN ANY WAY, AND THERE'S ALWAYS GREAT SUPPORT.

YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET TO PEOPLE. YOU SAID THERE WAS A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS OF OVER 200 ORGANIZATIONS.

CAN I GET THAT LIST? SURE. BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO GO THROUGH IT. I'M SITTING HERE AS WE'RE TALKING. I'M GOING, YOU KNOW, IS FIRE SAFE COUNCILS ON THERE?

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IT MAY NOT. I'M A LITTLE. WE'VE GOT 2.8 MILLION FOLKS IN OUR DISTRICT OR WHATEVER WE SAY NOW, AND ONLY 2300. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET LOTS MORE, AND I HOPE WE GET LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS MORE, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEP, LET'S GET IT ALL TOGETHER AND THEN FIGURE IT OUT FROM THERE AND THEN HONE DOWN, BUT I'D SURE LIKE TO SEE A BIGGER SAMPLE AND I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP.

CAN YOU SEND THAT LIST TO ALL OF US? THE CURRENT OUTREACH LIST OF GROUPS THAT WE CAN ADD ON? SURE. THANKS. YEAH, I SEE DEVIN JUST CAME DOWN TO DELIVER SOME MATERIALS FOR DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT.

SO WE'LL DEFINITELY BE PULLING THAT LIST TOGETHER AS WELL.

JUST GO AHEAD. OKAY, SO THINKING ABOUT EVENTS I THINK IT'S GREAT.

SO WHO SHOULD WE CONTACT IF WE HAVE LIKE A COMMUNITY EVENT WHERE MAYBE THERE'S $120 FEE FOR A TABLE AND WE WANT TO BE AT THAT TABLE DURING THAT COMMUNITY EVENT TO TALK ABOUT THE DISTRICT PLAN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SHOULD WE CONTACT YOU OR.

YEAH, I THINK BETWEEN MYSELF AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL TO COPY AMANDA GALLO.

JUST BECAUSE WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TAG TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COORDINATING, BUT THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THEN WE CAN WORK ON THAT. YEAH. AND THEN IN TERMS OF BIGGER EVENTS, AND I KNOW I TALK ABOUT THIS EVERY YEAR, BUT IT IS ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR TIME, AND I KNOW LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE A BOOTH AT ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR, AND IT WASN'T STAFFED. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF OUR PLAN IN REGARDS TO THE DISTRICT PLAN, AND YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME LATER. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS NOW UNLESS YOU WANT TO. IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A QUESTION, THOUGH, THAT I'M OKAY GETTING AN ANSWER BACK LATER, BUT, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING. IF WE WERE GOING TO BE TABLING, I WOULD BE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER AT THE FAIR.

I MEAN, I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEXT TO THE FAIRGROUNDS THAT GO THROUGH THE FAIR.

A LOT OF FOUR H CLUBS, A LOT OF FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA CLUBS.

SO MANY OF OUR DIFFERENT USER GROUPS WILL PASS THROUGH THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR.

PEOPLE FROM CONTRA COSTA COUNTY COME TO THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR. SO I THINK THAT COULD BE A REALLY INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

YEAH, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FAIR SO I CAN FOLLOW UP AND SEE SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE. BUT LET ME KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, I THAT'S WHERE I LIVE, AND I'M DEFINITELY WILLING TO VOLUNTEER A COUPLE TIMES AT THAT TABLE AS WELL.

WITH THE SURVEY ONE QUESTION I HAVE AND SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALSO MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO WE ARE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT, BUT PEOPLE MAY BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEIR LOCAL PARK AND LOVE THEIR LOCAL REGIONAL PARK, AND I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SURVEY, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY JUST SAYS TAKE THE SURVEY.

IT EXPLORES THAT POPULATION THAT MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH US AS AN ORGANIZATION, AND SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS THAT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF IS SIMILAR TO WHAT DIRECTOR COFFEY WAS TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TABLING, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PARK DISTR ICT IS, BUT IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO GET SOMEONE TO ENGAGE WITH TAKING OUR SURVEY OR THINKING ABOUT OUR MASTER PLAN. HAVE WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS TYPE OF POPULATION? BECAUSE IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT SEGMENT TO CONSIDER.

THOSE WHO ARE NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH US AS AN ORGANIZATION, AND I'M WILLING TO BET THAT IF THEY'RE NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH US AS AN ORGANIZATION, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT AS LIKELY TO TAKE A SURVEY ABOUT OUR MASTER PLAN.

YEAH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DATA POINTS THAT KIND OF POPPED UP OUT TO US, WHICH IT'S ENTIRELY MAKES TOTAL SENSE, BUT , YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO DON'T ENGAGE WITH THE PARK DISTR ICT HAVEN'T BEEN TAKING THE SURVEY, AND SO WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, OKAY, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET PEOPLE WHO JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT OR DON'T ENGAGE WITH THE PARK DISTR ICT TO ENGAGE IN THIS? AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE PART OF IT, BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF THE GOAL IS TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T PARTICIPATED WITH THE PARK DISTR ICT AND FIND OUT WHY OR WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD BRING THEM.

YEAH. OR DO WE HAVE THE QR CODE FOR THE SURVEY AT EACH OF OUR TRAILHEADS.

IT IS? YEAH. I'M LOOKING AT DEV, AND IT DID GO OUT TO GO OUT TO EACH OF THE TRAILHEADS.

YEAH. PERFECT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY LOVE, FOR EXAMPLE, DEL VALLE, BUT MAY NOT KNOW EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT, AND SO THEY MIGHT IDENTIFY MORE WITH DEL VALLE REGIONAL PARK, AND SO AS LONG AS IT'S, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE PARK, THEN WE MIGHT STILL GET THAT FORM OF ENGAGEMENT.

YEAH. THAT'S GREAT, AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION AND WE DID SOME OF THIS WORK AT OUR LAST TWO BOARD RETREATS,

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CERTAINLY THERE'S OVERLAPS ACROSS ALL THOSE GROUPS, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, A PARK USER, SOMEONE FROM SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY COULD BE ONE OF OUR PARK USERS, BUT THEY'RE NOT A VOTER OR CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY MEMBER.

A COMMUNITY MEMBER IS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN CONTRA COSTA OR ALAMEDA COUNTY, BUT IS NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE, AND SO IF YOU HAVE THAT LIST, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ALSO MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH US? BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY SEE THAT SEGMENTATION COME OUT IN THIS SLIDE.

YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP AS WE GET MORE RESPONSES TO THE SURVEY ABOUT HOW WE'RE BEST GOING TO SEGMENT THAT AND ANALYZE IT, AND THEN CERTAINLY WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET TOGETHER AND SHARE WHATEVER INFORMATION WE HAVE.

SO AND THERE MIGHT BE MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF I GUESS CUTS OF THE DATA OR DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT IT. ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT. SO SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO KEEP IN MIND.

YEAH. DIFFERENT SLICING AND DICING, BUT AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE SEGMENTATION, BUT I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS WE WANT TO VIEW THAT SEGMENTATION.

SO IT MIGHT JUST BE HELPFUL TO AT LEAST GET SOME OF THAT BRAINSTORMING THAT YOU HAVE TO US SIMILAR TO HOW THE ORGANIZATION LISTS.

WELL, AND THEN SAME WITH THE SAME WITH THE WEB MAP.

IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR SPECIFIC QUERIES THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO COMPILE THOSE AND SHARE THOSE, AND THEN WE CAN START TO DIVE IN AND SEE IF WE CAN ANSWER THEM.

YEAH, AND I THINK I'LL GO BACK AND REVIEW MY BOARD RETREAT NOTES, BECAUSE I THINK WITH THE SEGMENTATION, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED AT THE PAST TWO, AND THEN MY THIRD QUESTION, I KNOW WE TEND TO BE VERY WARD SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GEOGRAPHY, AND MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE ALSO LOOKING AT THE GEOGRAPHY NOT BEING WARD SPECIFIC.

SO FOR EXAMPLE THE CITIES OF FREMONT, NEWARK AND UNION CITY ARE VERY COMBINED.

THEY LIKE TO CALL THEMSELVES THE TRI-CITIES AREA, AND HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT, WE HAVE THAT DIVIDED INTO TWO WARDS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KEEP THOSE THREE CITIES TOGETHER WHEN LOOKING AT THE DISTRICT PLAN.

SO I JUST GUESS THIS IS ANOTHER SEGMENTATION QUESTION.

ARE WE GOING TO ALSO THINK ABOUT THAT ASPECT OF THINGS SO THAT IT'S NOT SO WARD SPECIFIC? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE WE TRY TO AVOID BREAKING IT DOWN BY WARD.

YEP. OKAY, AND THEN I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION.

I GUESS SO THIS CAME UP AT THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE STORY MAPS, HOW A LOT OF THE STORY MAPS ARE EXISTING CONDITIONS, AND I THINK WE KIND OF GOT TO THIS A LITTLE BIT THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CHANGES TO TRANSIT MAPS OR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE PLANNING IN REGARDS TO TRANSIT.

SAME QUESTION WITH HOUSING, AND SO MY QUESTION ON THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW IF THE STORY MAPS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR SOME OF THE FUTURE PLANNING SCENARIOS, BECAUSE UNTIL IT IS AN EXISTING CONDITION, I THINK IT'S DIFFICULT TO INCORPORATE IN OUR STORY MAPS, AND SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ALSO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THESE OTHER DIFFERENT FUTURE PLANS? AND THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM. YEAH. YOU KNOW, AND SO I GUESS HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT, I THINK THIS KIND OF GETS TO THIS IDEA OF THIS OUTLINE.

RIGHT. WHILE WE HAVE OUR EXISTING CONDITIONS, THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER PLANNING PROCESSES HAPPENING, AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO ALSO HAVE THAT INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN AND ALSO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT CONSTRUCTIVELY? YEAH. I MEAN, TO BE DETERMINED, BUT I THINK YOU KNOW, FORECASTING AND LOOKING AT THAT IS DEFINITELY A PART OF IT.

I KNOW WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS OR HOUSING GROWTH, AND A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION IS BAKED INTO SOME OF THE DATA.

SO WE CAN PULL TOGETHER AN ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT, AND I KNOW ISABEL AND JOANNA ARE TAKING NOTES HERE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY GET BACK TO YOU ON.

LIKE HOW IS THAT SORT OF FORECASTING AND LOOK AT INCLUDED IN THERE.

AND MAYBE SIMILAR TO THE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS, MAYBE JUST HAVING A LIST MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD FIRST STEP.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW DIRECTOR WAESPI AND I, WE HAD OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETING WITH CITY OF FREMONT LAST WEEK, AND ONE OF THE BIG INITIATIVES RIGHT NOW AT CITY OF FREMONT IS THEIR ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION.

SO THINKING ABOUT WALKING AND BIKING AND TRANSIT, AND THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THAT PLAN.

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THERE'S A LOT OF PLANS OUT THERE. YEAH, AND JUST TO, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THE WORK ALREADY ON THIS, AND THAT'S WHY WE DO HAVE THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TEAM IS, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE CORE WORKING GROUP WITH THIS, AND SO ALL OF THIS IS GETTING INPUT INTO THIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S DATA SETS OR JUST ANECDOTAL INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF YOUR YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS, ALL OF IT'S GETTING DOCUMENTED, AND I DID ALSO JUST REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING MAYBE A FEW MINUTES AGO, YOU MENTIONED THE LISTS THAT WERE COMPILED DURING THOSE TWO, I THINK, RETREAT SESSIONS OR STUDY SESSIONS THAT WE HAD.

THOSE ALSO WERE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF OUTREACH ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU.

SO EVERYTHING YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING SO FAR HAS BEEN FACTORED INTO THE WORK THAT THEY'RE COMPILING.

OKAY, GREAT. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC, AND MAYBE YOU COULD HELP FACILITATE A CHALLENGE FOR US BOARD MEMBERS.

YOU MENTIONED THAT OUT OF THE OVER 2000 SURVEYS THAT THEY WERE VERY SPECIFIC FOR VERY DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATIONS, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET AN UPDATE MAYBE EVERY TWO WEEKS AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT WITHIN OUR AREA? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AFTER THIS, EACH OF US WILL BE LIKE LOOKING AT ONCE WE RECEIVE THE LIST FROM YOU, WHO YOU'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO AND THEN FOLLOWING UP WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE INTERACT WITH, BECAUSE I REALLY DO WANT TO GET MORE ONLINE SURVEYS.

YEAH. SO WE HAVE A MORE ROBUST INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT WILL BE BETTER ABLE TO INFORM THAT SECOND BUBBLE AND WHEN WE START DESIGNING THOSE MORE SPECIFIC FOCUS GROUPS OR MEETINGS AT NEXT, YOU KNOW, PHASE OF ENGAGEMENT.

SO, YEAH, WE'VE WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT, AND THAT'S PROBABLY A GREAT IDEA TO PUT TOGETHER SORT OF A STANDING MEMO THAT CAN GO TO THE BOARD JUST REPORTING ON WHO WE'VE REACHED OUT TO, THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE DONE, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING, AND THEN YOU ALL KNOW WHERE, YOU KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING COMING UP THAT ISN'T ADDRESSED THAT SHOULD BE.

YEAH. SO WE CAN WE CAN TRY TO GET THAT IN PLACE.

YEAH, AND THEN THAT MIGHT EVEN SPUN A LITTLE COMPETITION BETWEEN US TO GIVE A FEW MORE CALLS AND OUTREACH AS WE SEE OUR NUMBERS INCREASE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO TRYING TO MAKE IT FUN. MAYBE HAVE A PRIZE.

ALL RIGHT. I HATE TO SPLIT ITEMS, BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SPLIT THIS ITEM BECAUSE THERE REALLY ARE OVERDUE FOR A QUICK BREAK HERE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND DO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THE WRAP IT UP WITH THE BOARD COMMENTS.

LET'S JUST LET'S JUST BREAK IT RIGHT NOW, AND THEN WE'LL JUST COME BACK WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE REST. WHATEVER. WHATEVER ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS.

WE CAN DO IT, AND WE'LL WRAP IT UP. THANK YOU.

SO THAT'LL BE 20 AFTER. YOU CAN BE HEARD. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? THE LAST ITEM THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH BEFORE THE BREAK.

YES WE DO. PRESIDENT MERCURIO, IT WILL BE NORMAN LA FORCE.

NORM, I'M PROMOTING YOU TO. PANELIST. OKEY DOKEY.

YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. NORMAN LA FORCE. I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SPRAWLDEF.

THERE'S A LOT TO TRY TO COMPRESS INTO THREE MINUTES.

I WOULD SAY FIRST THAT WHATEVER I HAVE TO SAY IS NOT A CRITICISM OF WHAT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR.

THIS IS ALL. WHATEVER'S BEEN DONE SO FAR IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, AND SO THAT SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND. I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS HAS ONLY BEEN HALFWAY DONE, AND WHY I SAY THAT IS THAT YOU HAVE NOT REALLY ENGAGED THE PUBLIC IN A DIRECT PROCESS, AS WAS DONE IN THE PAST WITH THE 1973 MASTER PLAN PROCESS, WHERE YOU HAD AN 80 PERSON COMMUNITY BASED COMMITTEE THAT WORKED ON THIS, AND AS WAS DONE WITH THE MEASURE F REAUTHORIZATION OF MEASURE DOUBLE C, WHERE WE SAT AROUND A TABLE WITH AT LEAST 20 TO 25 STAKEHOLDERS TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE WITH MEASURE F, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE INTERACTION OF THE PUBLIC AMONG THE

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THAT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S YOU JUST DON'T TALK TO SOMEBODY AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE? AND THEN NOT ENGAGE THEM IN A PROCESS THAT'S ITERATIVE AND THAT'S NOT HAPPENING TO THE STATE AT ALL, AND WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING, TOO, IS THAT THERE ARE, I THINK, VAST AREAS OF STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE NOT BEING CONSULTED.

WHAT'S BEEN THE OUTREACH TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK CHURCHES? WHAT'S BEEN THE OUTREACH TO THE HISPANIC CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS? WHAT'S BEEN THE OUTREACH TO THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IN FREMONT AND IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF ALAMEDA COUNTY? I MEAN, I HAD PEOPLE COMING TO ME WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POINT MOLATE .

THEY WANT A CRICKET FIELDS. WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A SOUTH ASIAN MAINLY SPORT WITH THE BIGGEST SPORT IN THE WORLD, BUT WHERE'S THE OUTREACH TO ALL THOSE COMMUNITIES? I THINK THAT GOES TO THE WHOLE EQUITY ISSUE THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP, AND LASTLY, THERE HAS TO BE AN INTERACTION OF VISION.

YOU DON'T JUST SAY TO PEOPLE, WELL, WHAT DO YOU YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE VISION OF THE PARK DISTR ICT? MOST PEOPLE HAVE AND IT'S NOT A BELITTLEMENT.

THEY DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT DO YOU MEAN, A VISION AS ACTUALLY, BRIAN HOLT POINTED OUT.

I MEAN, AND I'LL USE A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT. IF YOU HAD ASKED MOST WHITE AMERICAN COLONISTS IN 1774, IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE A REPUBLIC WITH A PRESIDENT, THEY WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO THEY SEE AS THE VISION OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES? THEY WOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT HAVING A NEW NATION.

THEY WOULD HAVE JUST THOUGHT ABOUT, WELL, THINGS ARE GOING THE WAY THEY'RE GOING. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A REAL ITERATIVE PROCESS HERE WITH THIS BOARD, THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITIES AS TO WHAT PEOPLE WANT, AND THAT'S NOT BEING DONE.

I DON'T SEE THAT IN THE PROPOSED PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE.

IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A SUCCESSFUL PROCESS THAT GETS US TO A VISION THAT PEOPLE WILL BUY INTO IN THE END, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS, YOU WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE TO BUY INTO A VISION THAT SAYS, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO, AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WE'LL TAX OURSELVES TO DO IT.

THAT'S REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE HERE, AND LASTLY, I JUST GOT TO SAY, IF THE VISION OF.

YOUR TIME'S UP. VISION OF THE DISTRICT LAST TIME, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET SUPPORT FOR FURTHER TAX MEASURE.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANYBODY IN THE ROOM? NO. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR OUR COMMENTS.

WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? GO AHEAD.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT WE COULD SAY AT THIS POINT OR IN GENERAL ABOUT THE PLAN.

I THINK I'M GOING TO KEEP MY COMMENTS VERY BRIEF TODAY, KNOWING THAT WE DO HAVE THIS ONGOING PROCESS AHEAD OF US.

MY PRIMARY COMMENT IS GOING BACK TO THAT MASTER PLAN 2013, WHICH WE HAVE THE LOVELY MAP IN THE SLIDE DECK, AND I KNOW THAT THIS SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN ISN'T INTENDED TO GO, YOU KNOW, PARK BY PARK AND KIND OF GET INTO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE DO HAVE THIS MAP FROM 2013 THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, FUTURE TRAILS AND TRAIL CONNECTIONS.

IT SHOWS LAND BANK PROPERTY THAT'S STILL CURRENTLY IN LAND BANK STATUS, AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY COME UP WITH HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE POTENTIAL SHIFT FROM THE MASTER PLAN IN 2013 TO THIS SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN, AND ALSO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS MAP WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL TRAIL AND REGIONAL TRAIL CONNECTIONS ON THE MAP, AS WELL AS LAND BANK PROPERTY THAT'S STILL IN LAND BANK STATUS, AND I THINK THAT THOSE ARE TWO REALLY BIG ISSUES BETWEEN THE 2013 MASTER PLAN AND THIS SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN AND HOW WE EXPLAIN THOSE DIFFERENCES. ALL RIGHT. WHO'S NEXT? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? GO AHEAD. SO. THERE'S A LOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT IN THIS, AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU FOLKS HAVE DONE IS FANTASTIC.

I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO DATE IS SO FAR A GOOD PROCESS, AND YOUR VISION FOR THE PROCESS, I THINK, IS GOOD WITH THE FEW THINGS THAT YOU'VE HEARD HERE.

ONE, FOR INSTANCE, I THINK WE NEED DIRECT DEDICATED COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO GET TO THOSE FOLKS WHO REALLY WANT

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THERE ARE COMMUNITY BASED GROUPS OUT THERE THAT WOULD, I THINK, ENJOY AN INVITATION TO COME AND HAVE SOME INFLUENCE OVER THIS.

I NOTED A DISTINCTLY NEGATIVE VIBE HERE, AND THE NEGATIVE VIBE IS THERE ARE THREE PAGES IN THE PRESENTATION DEDICATED TO BARRIERS THAT WE FACE, AND THEN THERE ARE REFERENCES TO BARRIERS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.

WHAT IT'S MISSING IS WHAT HAVE WE DONE SUCCESSFULLY AND HOW HAVE WE DONE IT SUCCESSFULLY? AND THIS IS WHY I'M EMPHASIZING THE NEGATIVE VIBES HERE.

YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF BEING REALISTIC AND FINANCIAL VIABILITY, BUT I DON'T NEED THREE PAGES ON IT, AND , YOU KNOW, I COME BACK TO WHY I'M HERE.

IT WAS BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH FOR NOW, 90 YEARS, AND IT IS SUCCESSFULLY BALANCING THE DEMANDS ON OUR RESOURCES, THE DEMANDS ON OUR MONEY, THE DEMANDS ON OUR PEOPLE AND THE DEMANDS ON OUR LANDS.

THERE IS A CONSTANT BALANCING OF THAT EFFORT.

WE DON'T. UNTIL RECENTLY, WE HAVEN'T TALKED MUCH ABOUT TRADE OFFS.

TRADE OFFS HASN'T BEEN IN OUR LEXICON. BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE DONE VERY SUCCESSFULLY FOR, FOR ALL THESE YEARS IS BALANCE THAT DEMAND AGAINST THAT DEMAND, AND IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE RECREATIONAL USES ON ONE SIDE AND THE PRESERVATIONISTS, CONSERVATIONISTS ON THE OTHER SIDE AND HIKERS, BIKERS, OTHER USERS WHO ARE COMPETING YOU KNOW, FOR CRICKET OR BASEBALL FIELDS OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S STUFF WHERE WE'VE KNOWN WHAT WE DON'T DO AND LET THE CITIES DO, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY GOOD AT THAT, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY GOOD AT BALANCING THOSE DEMANDS AND WHAT WE END UP.

THE SUCCESS WE'VE EXPERIENCED IS THAT WE DISAPPOINT VERY FEW PEOPLE AFTER WE GO ABOUT THAT BALANCING WE DISAPPOINT SOME BUT THE END RESULT OF THAT BALANCING HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT GROWTH IN ACREAGE AND PRETTY GOOD MAINTENANCE OF OUR FACILITIES. PRETTY GOOD BALANCING OF RECREATIONAL VERSUS PRESERVATIONIST WORK.

WE'RE JUST DAMN GOOD AT IT, AND WE'VE BEEN GOOD AT THAT KIND OF BALANCING AT THIS GOVERNANCE LEVEL FOR ALL THESE YEARS, BECAUSE WE'RE CONSTANTLY DOING THAT, AND I KNOW I'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH JOHN.

WE DON'T TEND TO TALK ABOUT TRADE OFFS. WE TRY TO DO WITH OUR RESOURCES WHAT THE DEMANDS ARE AND DISAPPOINT AS FEW PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, AND WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT THAT AND WE'RE VERY RESOURCEFUL.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO EMPHASIZE, AS WE DO THIS PROCESS, WHERE HAVE WE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND WHY? AND MAYBE A LITTLE LESS ON ALL THE BARRIERS. THAT'S MY COMMENTS ON TODAY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH YOU FOLKS.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER ANYONE ELSE CARE TO COMMENT? OH GO AHEAD. NO. YOU. YEAH, I THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ARE WE REALLY CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE? ARE WE REALLY HEARING WHAT PEOPLE WANT? AND I ALSO AGREE THAT SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS DO WORK BETTER FACE TO FACE, AND IT PERHAPS WE SHOULD HAVE. I KNOW THAT'S ALREADY A BIG HEAVY LIFT, BUT THAT IT WOULD BE WORTH IT TO TARGET CERTAIN GROUPS. BOTH GROUPS THAT ARE ALREADY ACTIVE USERS AND ARE ALREADY ORGANIZED, AND THEN OTHER GROUPS THAT YOU KNOW, ARE POTENTIAL USERS AND ARE INTERESTED BUT MAYBE ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, REALLY USING THE PARKS AS MUCH AS THEY MAY WANT TO FOR WHATEVER REASONS.

AND HAVE SOME FACE TO FACE MEETINGS ON WHAT PEOPLE WANT AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

BECAUSE I AGREE THAT WHEN YOU'RE DOING I MEAN, EVERYBODY THINKS DIFFERENTLY, BUT I KNOW WHEN I FILL OUT A SURVEY, I PROBABLY DON'T COME UP WITH AS GOOD IDEAS AS WHEN I'M TALKING WITH PEOPLE AND INTERACTING AND HAVING THAT CONTEXT OF THE BIGGER PICTURE,

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SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. WELL, I CERTAINLY FEEL LIKE WE GOT A LOT TODAY.

GOT A LOT OF GOOD INFO. GOT A LOT OF, I DIDN'T FEEL TOO MUCH CRITICISM OR NEGATIVITY, BUT I DO WANT MORE.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT OF SILOS. I WOULD LIKE TO GET IN ROOMS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE PAC, THERE ARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO SEE THIS AND ADVISE.

OR IT'S NOT UNCOMMON WHEN YOU'RE WRITING A MASTER PLAN FOR THE BOARD TO MEET WITH THE PAC A JOINT MEETING OR SO I'M STILL FEELING, YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE VOTERS. THIS IS THE VOTERS.

THEY'VE ALREADY SUPPORTED US. WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY, AS NORMAN POINTED OUT, WE HAVE AMAZING PARTNERS.

SO WHEN DO ALL THESE LAND USE AGENCIES GET IN? WHEN DOES THE SAVE MOUNT DIABLO RANGE? WHEN DOES GREENBELT ALLIANCE, WHEN DOES SIERRA CLUB, SPRAWLDEF? WHEN DO THESE, I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND.

STILL I HAVE SOME ASSURANCE TODAY THAT THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO HAPPEN AND I'M SUPPOSED TO SEND YOU THOSE LISTS, BUT I FEEL LIKE I'D RATHER HAVE STAFF GIVE ME THE LIST AND SIT DOWN WITH ALL OF US, AND WE ALL SAY, OH, WE MISS THIS ONE, OR WE MISS THAT ONE. OR LET THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS MISSED.

IT'S NOT AUDUBON SOCIETY ANYMORE. IT'S GOLDEN GATE BIRDERS, AND THEY'RE NOT ON YOUR LIST. LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND I THINK WHAT I'M REALLY MISSING AS A FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEE, I THINK WHAT I'M MISSING IN MY MIND, AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME GET CLOSER TO IT.

EITHER THE BOARD UP HERE OR OTHERS. I THINK WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS ALMOST LIKE GANTT CHART.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE A GOOD FEELING OF WHEN THE DELIVERABLES ARE COMING ON WHAT DATE, AND IT'S LEAVING ME, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PUBLIC A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE, AND I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY A WRONG TERM FOR THIS BOARD.

AND I PROBABLY LIKE, OH, WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR, YOU KNOW, BUT WE HAD A LEAN PROCESS, A FEDERAL PROCESS, AN ISO PROCESS, A GANTT PROCESS, AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO ME WHEN THE MEETINGS WERE GOING TO BE HELD, WHEN THE EVENTS WERE GOING TO BE, WHEN THE TABLES WERE, WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE NEXT, AND THIS IS KIND OF NICE, BUT I DON'T I DON'T THINK I NEED TO GO ALL THE WAY TO A GANTT CHART, BY THE WAY. I'M JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT I THINK SOMETHING CLOSER TO THAT I HAVE SOME FEELING IN THIS OF ONE OF THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. WHEN ARE WHEN IS THIS? IT JUST KIND OF ENDS OVER HERE. BECAUSE IF I LOOK AT THIS, WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY OUT TO SPRING SUMMER OF 2026, AND THEN THERE'S STILL A WORK PERIOD AFTER THAT, AND IT STARTS TO MAKE ME VERY NERVOUS.

THIS CHART THAT I'M LOOKING AT, I'M LIKE, SO WHEN WHERE DOES IT END? AND I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT SINCE BEFORE I RAN FOR ELECTION AND ON THE PAC.

SO I THINK A LITTLE MORE ON THAT. YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT TODAY.

I DON'T WANT TO LOSE OUR STAKEHOLDERS. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST AND ALL OF THESE OTHER.

WE USED TO HAVE A VERY ROBUST ENVIRONMENTAL STAKEHOLDERS HEARINGS, AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE BITING AT THE BIT TO BITE AT THIS.

SO WHEN DO THEY GET THAT? WE HAD A TRAIL USERS GROUP YOU KNOW, SCOTT LEFT AND I'M SURE EVERYONE'S VERY ANXIOUS TO KNOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS BIKES AND BALANCE. SO I DON'T KNOW. THOSE ARE KIND OF MY COMMENTS.

I FEEL LIKE WE GOT A LOT AND I JUST, I FEEL LIKE I'M LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND AS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I'M VERY HAPPY TO ROLL UP MY SLEEVES AND PUT SOME MORE MEETINGS ON THE AGENDA, BECAUSE THIS IS SUPER CRITICAL AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED THIS WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE VOTERS TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO WE'VE BARELY STARTED THE OUTWARD FACING PORTION OF THIS PROCESS.

IT'S BEEN, AND THE THING IS YOU'VE DONE YOU'VE DONE SUCH A THOROUGH JOB WITH ALL THE STUFF THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN YET, AND IT'S TAKEN SO LONG THAT WE'RE ALL WONDERING WHAT THE HECK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING SO LONG AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED TO THE PUBLIC THAT MUCH YET, EXCEPT FOR A SURVEY. YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BAD THING.

PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT'S CALLED BEING VERY CAREFUL AND BEING VERY METHODICAL AND VERY BEING BEING DATA CENTRIC, AND WHAT PLANNERS DO IS THEY PLAN, AND SO YOU'VE PLANNED OUT A LONG THING, I THINK.

WHAT DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT, ALTHOUGH YOU BACKED OFF FROM THE GANTT CHART THING WHEN YOU SAID THAT, MY EARS PERKED UP BECAUSE I LOVE GANTT CHARTS.

MAYBE SOMETHING IN BETWEEN. YOU KNOW, GANTT CHART IS LIKE BARS OF TIME AND TASKS THAT GO GO OUT, AND IT KIND OF GOES, IT STARTS AT THE BEGINNING AND IT GOES OUT, AND EACH ONE IS A LITTLE FURTHER OUT IN TIME.

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THOSE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WONDERING ALOUD, WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THAT? IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT YET. WE WILL.

WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. I'M COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE DO IT.

IT'S NOT LIKE ONCE THE TRAIN STARTS GOING, WE CAN'T CHANGE THE SPEED OF IT OR, WELL, WE CAN'T STEER IT EITHER, BUT ANYWAY, A TRAIN'S ABOUT A BAD ANALOGY. ONCE THE TRUCK STARTS GOING, WE CAN WE CAN TWEAK THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT IF WE SEE THAT OUR NEEDS AREN'T BEING MET AND SO THAT'S WHAT I FULLY EXPECT US TO BE ENGAGED IN, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO US PERIODICALLY, RIGHT? SO YOU KNOW, KEEP ALL YOUR KEEP ALL YOUR CONCERNS ON A LIST OR WHATEVER, AND I THINK WE CAN ADDRESS IT AND WE'LL GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE WANT TO BE BECAUSE I AM REALLY, REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW THIS, NOT ONLY THE PROCESS BUT WHAT WE GET AT THE END, AND I'LL ALSO SAY THAT I'M INTERESTED IN GRABBING 1 OR 2 PAC MEMBERS AND DOING SOMETHING SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, AS A LITTLE JOINT EFFORT TO THE PUBLIC SOME KIND OF MEETING.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, AND IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE AGAIN, THANKS FOR FOR EVERYTHING SO FAR.

YEAH. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO OUR NEXT ITEM.

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

THE NEXT ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AN ITEM THAT WE PRESENTED LAST WEEK OR NOT LAST WEEK.

LAST BOARD MEETING. IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. TO THAT END, INTENTION OF THAT VOTE.

THE VOTE ON THE RECOMMENDATION WAS STAYED TILL UNTIL THIS BOARD MEETING, AND SO I AM HERE TO, AND STAFF IS HERE, OUR INTENTION IS NOT TO REDO THE PRESENTATION.

HOPEFULLY THE MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE REMEMBER, AND THOSE THAT WEREN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE VIDEOTAPE FROM LAST TIME.

SO I WILL REMIND THE BOARD ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION.

THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE THE BOARD IS TO AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH HOMSEY, DODGE AND DAVIS, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,441,212 TO CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT DOCUMENTS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER IN TILDEN NATURE AREA.

I WILL GIVE A BRIEF RECAP OF WHAT WE DID DISCUSS LAST TIME IS THAT .

THERE WAS LAST YEAR WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF THE CONCEPT DESIGN WHERE WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL OPTIONS WE ENDED UP AT THE END OF IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR, WITH THE BOARD'S APPROVAL, COMING UP WITH A APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN.

THERE ARE SOME RENDERINGS TO THAT, I THINK AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WE HAD BUDGET FOR IT TO DEVELOP THAT PART OF THE PHASE.

THE BOARD APPROVED AS A PART OF THE 2025 BUDGET CYCLE, THE MONEY THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TO AMEND THIS CONTRACT.

I WILL ADD TO THAT, THOUGH, IS THAT THERE ARE NO PROJECT FUNDS BEYOND THAT, AND SO WHAT OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN THEN TAKE THE CONCEPT PLAN, USE THIS AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT TO DEVELOP CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND GET PERMITS AND A CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT BID SET THAT WE COULD THEN POTENTIALLY GO OUT TO BID WHEN WE HAVE FUNDING, BUT I THINK THE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THAT IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS OF THIS, IS THAT DEVELOPING THESE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS WILL HELP US TO RAISE FUNDS, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S READY AND DETAILED OUT, AND WE'LL HAVE A BETTER NUMBER IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR PROJECT WILL COST.

WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF ESTIMATED COST OF $35 MILLION ABOUT PROJECT COSTS FOR THIS ENTIRE THING.

SO THAT INCLUDES LIKE CONSTRUCTION, OUR SOFT COSTS TO GET US THROUGH THAT.

THE PERMITTING WILL HOPEFULLY BE DONE WITH THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR NOW.

SO I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO IT.

I THINK WE ARE HERE AT THE BOARD'S DISPOSAL FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AS THAT GOES, AND I WILL.

DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PRESIDENT MERCURIO TO HELP US GO THROUGH THE VOTE.

OKAY, HERE WE GO. SO NOW IT'S TIME FOR QUESTIONS.

I KNOW THERE'S AT LEAST ONE OF US THAT HAS QUESTIONS.

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ANYBODY? SURE. YEAH, AND I'M SORRY I MISSED THE LATTER PART OF THE PRESENTATION TWO WEEKS AGO.

I JUST HAD TO LEAVE. SO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE TO BRING UP THEN, AND I THINK WHEN THIS PRESENTATION WITH THESE ARCHITECTS WERE MADE TO US ALMOST A YEAR AGO.

THE EARLY RENDERINGS. THAT'S CORRECT. MUST BE.

I ASKED MIKE MORAN ABOUT THIS LAYOUT. WE HAVE A WOODLANDS ORIENTATION AND A WILDCAT CREEK ORIENTATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT'S THE EAC, THERE'S A HEAVY EMPHASIS IN TERMS OF THE INTERPRETATION TO BE DONE THERE ON THE WATERSHED. BECAUSE YOU'RE SMACK DAB IN IT THERE, AND SO THIS WHOLE AREA OF THE NEW EAC IS DEVOTED TO THE WATERSHED, WATERSHED VIEW, WATER WALL, DAY IN THE LIFE OF WILDCAT CREEK, AND THERE'S A PHYSICAL ORIENTATION ON ONE SIDE TOWARD THE WOODLANDS, ON THE OTHER TOWARD THE CREEK, WILDCAT CREEK AND THE TRAIL.

MY QUESTION, AND AS I POSED IT TO MIKE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WAS, AT WHAT POINT DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TO INCORPORATE DUAL LAKE INTO THIS OR NOT INCORPORATE IT IN THIS, BECAUSE TO ME, IT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT OMISSION FROM THE CURRENT PROJECTED DESIGN THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING AND DEVOTING A LOT OF SPACE TO THE WATERSHED, BUT THERE'S NO REFERENCE TO JEWEL LAKE.

SO DO YOU MEAN, HOW DOES JEWEL LAKE INCORPORATE IN THE DESIGN OF THE INSIDE PROJECT? THE. YEAH, THERE'S A VERY DISTINCT REFERENCE TO THIS WHOLE ORIENTATION BEING TO THE CREEK AND THE TRAIL.

IF THE LAKE'S STILL THERE, THAT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF OUR INTERPRETATION OF THE WATERSHED.

YEAH. I MEAN, A, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT WHETHER THE LAKE'S STILL GOING TO BE THERE OR NOT.

THAT COULD BE THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF WHERE WE COULD GO, BUT IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL DISPLAYS THEMSELVES AND WHETHER THE LAKE IS ONE OF THE DISPLAYS, IS THAT WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T THINK THE LAKE IS. I THINK IT'S MORE OF JUST LIKE WATERSHEDS IN GENERAL, NOT LIKE ONE SPECIFIC LAKE.

IS THAT RIGHT? MIKE, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS VERY MUCH, MIKE MORAN.

REGIONAL INTERPRETIVE RECREATION SERVICES MANAGER.

OH, THERE I AM. THANKS, FRED. SO IT IS ABOUT THE, IT'S THE STORY OF THE WILDCAT CREEK WATERSHED.

SO GENERAL WATERSHED PRINCIPLES WILL OBVIOUSLY BE INTERPRETED THERE, BUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE WILDCAT CREEK WATERSHED AND WHAT HAPPENS IN THERE, AND THAT INCLUDES HISTORY. IT INCLUDES FUTURE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS YET, BUT WE HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF INTERPRETING THE UNKNOWN AT THAT TIME.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT. WELL, OKAY. SO IS THERE CAN CAN I VIEW THIS SIMPLY AS THERE'S A PLACEHOLDER THERE IN CASE WE MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT TO DO WITH JEWEL LAKE, WHATEVER HAPPENS AND I, TELL ME IF I'M DODGING AROUND YOUR QUESTION HERE, BUT WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO JEWEL LAKE WILL CERTAINLY BE PART OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE VISITOR CENTER. NOW, IF IT HAPPENS AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VISITOR CENTER, I AM NO EXPERT.

I KNOW WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO MAKE THAT DECISION BEFORE THE VISITOR CENTER GETS BUILT.

IT'S MY GUESS. OKAY, THAT'S THE ANSWER. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I MEAN, YEAH.

QUESTIONS. YEAH. SO MY QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WE ESTIMATE $35 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. I WOULD JUST SAY IT'S NOT JUST CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

IT'S TOTAL PROJECT COSTS. SO TO CAVEAT THAT, IT'S THAT'S GOING TO COVER LIKE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT INSPECTION ALL OF IT'S THAT'S TOTAL PROJECT COST, NOT JUST CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S FAIR.

YES, AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS AGREEMENT THAT ONCE WE HAVE THIS NEXT PORTION, THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HELP US WITH THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION IN TERMS OF FUNDRAISING, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE YOU KNOW WHAT AMOUNT WILL BE ABLE TO RAISE.

WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A BETTER ESTIMATE ONCE WE HAVE THESE DOCUMENTS IN PLACE.

I DON'T KNOW. SO I THINK THE WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FOUNDATION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A REASONABLE AMOUNT WOULD BE TO EXPECT FOR THEM TO FUNDRAISE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY A SMALL PORTION OF THAT. OVERALL, 35 MILLION, I THINK, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RAISING THAT 35 MILLION ARE MORE LIKELY FROM REALLOCATING MEASURE WW DOLLARS OR SOME KIND OF OTHER LIKE,

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OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR GRANTS AND OTHER SOURCES AS WELL, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO BE KIND OF OPEN THAT WE'RE STILL PUTTING TOGETHER THE FUNDING STRATEGY AND THAT THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION IS GOING TO BE A MINORITY PART OF THAT FUNDING STRATEGY, AND I THINK THAT 'S FAIR. I GUESS GOING BACK TO THE GANTT CHART CONVERSATION, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW, LIKE WITH THAT FUNDING STRATEGY, YOU KNOW, IS THAT GOING TO MAYBE BE HAPPENING SOMEWHAT IN PARALLEL TO WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY? SO MAYBE WE COULD HAVE INITIAL IT MIGHT NOT BE THE FINAL FUNDING STRATEGY DECISION, BUT MAYBE AN INITIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE WE THINK WE MIGHT BE GETTING SOME OF THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE FUNDING FROM YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT. SO, I GUESS MAYBE LET ME BACK UP.

SO WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE IN TERMS OF PRODUCING THESE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND WHEN WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THEM BEING READY, AND WHEN THEN WOULD WE WANT TO ALSO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FUNDING STRATEGIES? SURE. SO IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING OF THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND PERMITTING, I THINK ONCE WE GET THE AMENDMENT EXECUTED, WE'RE LOOKING PROBABLY ABOUT 18 MONTHS, TWO YEARS JUST TO GET THAT DONE.

SO THAT GIVES US TIME TO DESIGN AND DETAIL ALL THIS OUT.

FIGURE OUT THE INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMING THAT'S GOING TO BE INVOLVED WITH THAT, SO THAT IT'S ALL TURNKEY AS A PROJECT, AND THEN ALSO, YES, AS WE DO THAT AND DEVELOP THOSE OUT, THOSE DETAILS, THE DETAILED PLANS WILL GIVE US MORE SPECIFICITY ON COST, AND WE CAN THEN START TO DISCUSS FUNDING STRATEGIES AND HOW THAT GOES, AND SO I WOULD ALSO ADD AND I DON'T KNOW, EHDD OUR CONSULTANT HAS DONE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE LARGE PROJECTS.

I THINK DIRECTOR WAESPI SPOKE TO THIS LAST BOARD MEETING, BUT I THINK WE CAN ALSO TALK TO THEM TO SEE HOW SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE POTENTIALLY FUNDED AND SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT THEY SAW THOSE OWNERS TAKE ON.

SO THAT'S JUST BECOME SOMETHING THAT I'VE THOUGHT BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT IN THIS DISCUSSION, SO WE CAN ENGAGE WITH THEM AS THAT PROCESS GOES ON TO SEE, AND EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT, MAYBE WE CAN REACH OUT TO THOSE OWNERS THAT THEY DID THOSE PROJECTS FOR AND DISCUSS WITH THEM WHAT THOSE ARE. WE MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME FUNDING, BUT YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IN SHORT, WHICH IS TOO LATE NOW, WE WILL HAVE A FUNDING STRATEGY AS THAT GETS DEVELOPED.

YEAH. SO 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS. IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? YES. CORRECT. NEXT PHASE, AND THEN IN TERMS DO WE HAVE JUST AND IT CAN BE A REAL ESTIMATE BALLPARK.

BECAUSE I KNOW PRODUCING THESE DOCUMENTS WILL GET US A MUCH MORE, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIAL ESTIMATE, BUT ONCE WE HIT THAT 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEAR MARK, WHAT DO WE THINK THE AMOUNT OF TIME WOULD BE THEN FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF? SO CONSTRUCTION WILL PROBABLY BE ABOUT ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS AS WELL.

I THINK IN TERMS OF THAT, WHAT I WOULD CAVEAT THAT ANSWER WITH IS THE TIME BETWEEN WE WOULD NOT GO OUT TO BID UNTIL WE HAD FUNDING.

SO THERE'S A GAP THERE BETWEEN THE COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND WHEN WE GO OUT TO BID.

AND RIGHT NOW OUR COST ESTIMATE HAS ESCALATION BUILT INTO THAT.

I MEAN, WE HAVE A WE HAVEN'T BUILT IT OUT AS TO WHAT THE ESCALATION HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN AN AVERAGE AND INCORPORATED THAT INTO THE COST ESTIMATE, SO THAT 35 IS EXPECTING TO HAVE THAT 5 TO 6 YEAR LEAD IN THERE.

NOW, GRANTED, THINGS MAY CHANGE IN THE NEXT 5 TO 6 YEARS, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE, AND SO TO ANSWER.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN TERMS OF TIME? THANKS. THANK YOU, AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT IS A LARGE PROJECT AT 35 MILLION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE TOO LATE IN THE PROPOSAL PROCESS WITH BUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO, YOU KNOW, BREAK DOWN THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT SO THAT AS WE'RE MAKING THAT DECISION AND WE HAVE OUR FUNDING SOURCES, LET'S SAY WE THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING FOR THE EEC, BUT MAYBE NOT THE BRIDGE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT TYPE OF DECISION DOWN THE ROAD. I THINK PART OF THE WHOLE SITE IS THAT IT'S AN ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE, AND SO PART OF THAT IS THAT THE PLAN THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, THAT BRIDGE IS ESSENTIAL TO THAT ACCESS, AND SO I THINK HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS WE COULD LOOK AT SORT OF POTENTIALLY MAYBE LIKE VALUE ENGINEERING OR BUT AS A PROJECT ITSELF, THERE'S SITE WORK, THERE'S THE BUILDING AND THERE'S THAT ACCESS.

SO IT'S, IT WOULD IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE DOWN THIS SITE, AND WE HAVEN'T BEGUN TO DISCUSS SORT OF CONTINGENCY PLANS OR WHERE THOSE, THOSE OPERATIONAL PROGRAMING IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT.

SO I WOULD SAY, THAT TOO, WE WOULD WANT TO CONCENTRATE THAT AND GET ALL THAT WORK DONE AT ONE TIME SO THAT WE CAN CLOSE THE SITE DOWN AND THEN OPEN IT BACK UP, AS OPPOSED TO CLOSING IT DOWN AND THEN OPENING IT UP AND THEN COMING BACK AT A LATER DATE TO BUILD SOMETHING LIKE A BIG BRIDGE AS AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD CAUSE US TO THAT WOULD CAUSE A LOT OF IMPACT AND INTERRUPTION TO PROGRAMING OUT THERE, I GUESS, IS MY CONCERN, AND SO I WOULD RATHER SEE IT DONE AS ONE WHOLE PROJECT.

YEAH, AND I'LL JUST ADD ON THAT JUST QUICKLY THAT DEPENDING ON I MEAN, JUST LIKE ANY MAJOR PROJECT,

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SO THAT'S A LITTLE FURTHER OUT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IT WOULD BE UP TO YOU ALL IF WE ARE SURE IF WE'VE GOT A $5 MILLION GAP.

OKAY. HERE ARE SOME WAYS YOU COULD TRIM THAT DOWN AND HAVE AND YOU WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS LATER.

SO IS IT POSSIBLE THEN TO ASK THE CONSULTANT FIRM THAT'S DESIGNING THIS TO KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND IF THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, VALUE ENGINEERING SUGGESTIONS OR COMPONENTS BECAUSE THAT WE MAY RUN INTO THAT DECISION MAKING KIND OF MATRIX DOWN THE ROAD, AND SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO JUST HAVE THOSE OPTIONS AVAILABLE.

YES, THEY ARE COGNIZANT OF OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION AND ARE TRYING TO HELP AS MUCH AS THEY CAN IN TERMS OF THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TODAY? ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK ONE LAST TIME FOR COMMENTS THIS TIME.

GO AHEAD. I THINK A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS ARE THE SAME.

I'M GOING TO BE REALLY OCD DETAILED HERE AND JUST MAKE A COMMENT.

IF THIS IS A STAFF REPORTED JUNE 3RD, 2025, IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE A BULLET SIX THAT SAYS THAT ON MAY 20TH WE HAD THIS AT A HEARING JUST SO PEOPLE CAN GO BACK AND SEE THE MINUTES JUST FOR, I REALLY LIKE HISTORY AND NEEDS TO BE A STANDALONE DOCUMENT.

SO JUST A COMMENT. UNDER ANALYSIS AND ADDITIONAL FISCAL IMPACT, I APPRECIATED HEARING SOME OF THE OTHER COMMENTS, BUT ALSO ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. SOME OF MY COMMENTS ARE THE SAME.

I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AS AN EDUCATION CENTER TO EVEN BE A COOLING CENTER, TO BE OFF GRID. THE REPORTS WE'VE SEEN BEFORE SAID IT WOULD BE SOLAR READY.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY BE SOLAR. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR THE KIDS CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE SOLAR CHART.

TING TING TING TING. HAVE YOU SEEN THOSE AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUMS? YOU CAN SEE WHEN THE SOLAR IS COMING IN.

THE ANALYSIS IN THE CENTER. I MEAN, OVERALL, THE IMPACT ON JEWEL LAKE ON EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE CLIMATE CHANGE.

SO SOME EMPHASIS WITH SOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WITH THE KIDS SEEING THE SOLAR RUNNING THE BUILDING REAL TIME, ALL OF THAT WOULD JUST BE REALLY THIS IS GOING TO BE A CUTTING EDGE FACILITY.

I KNOW THAT'S INTERNAL AND COMES LATER. SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS JUST MORE COMMENTS.

IT'S SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR EV CHARGERS.

THEY COULD CHARGE THEIR CAR WHILE THEY'RE IN THE VISITOR CENTER AND DOING THEIR THING.

I JUST THINK AS WE GO THROUGH THESE STAFF REPORTS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SORT OF THINK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT ON, I THINK IT'S YOU TOLD ME IT'S GOING TO BE A LEED.

IS IT A LEED BUILDING? SO YES, THAT'LL BE A GREAT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT AND SHOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO ANYWAY I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S A HUGE COMMITMENT OF MONEY, BUT OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS AND SORT OF BE A LEADER. THIS IS, THE EDUCATION CENTER IS JUST A FABULOUS JEWEL IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO THINK OUT OF THE BOX, AND I KNOW THAT WILL ALL COME MUCH LATER AS WE FUND IT AND DESIGN AND START LOOKING HOW WE BUILD THAT OUT, BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY EXCITING FACILITY. IT'S GOING TO BE SO BEAUTIFUL WHEN IT'S DONE.

ALL RIGHT. GO FOR IT. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU.

I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE AT THIS NEXT PHASE GETTING READY TO APPROVE.

WELL, ACTUALLY, AS YOU POINTED OUT, WE APPROVED THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET, BUT TO SPECIFICALLY APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT SO THAT WE CAN GET IN PLACE THE DOCUMENTS THAT WILL HELP US TO RAISE THE MONEY THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THIS ACTUALLY HAPPEN.

I'M AM ALSO VERY EXCITED WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

THE THING I GET THE MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THE STATE OF THE ART EXHIBITS AND THAT REALLY INTERACTIVE, AND HOW THIS WILL REALLY HELP TO MAKE THE WILDCAT CREEK AND EVERYTHING ELSE COME ALIVE IN AN EDUCATION SENSE, IT'S ALREADY ALIVE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S JUST VERY, IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING I AGREE WITH, I AGREE WITH LYNDA TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW, YES SOLAR AND THE OTHER THING I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IN THE PAST IS, IS FIRE RESILIENCE.

SO WE SHOULD BE STATE OF THE ART, NOT JUST IN JUST OUR EXHIBITS, BUT IN THE BUILDING ITSELF.

SO I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT THEM TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, BUT OTHERWISE I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY EXCITED AND APPRECIATE YOU GUYS GETTING US TO THIS POINT, AND OBVIOUSLY I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION.

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ONLY ON A DIFFERENT SCALE THAN THAN THE PREVIOUS ITEM.

WE REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS IT'S GOING TO BE BEFORE WE HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING, BUT I KNOW WE'VE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS, AND WE'RE BEING VERY, AGAIN, ANOTHER SITUATION OF BEING VERY METHODICAL, VERY THOROUGH, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN ADDRESS ANY CHALLENGE THAT COMES UP.

YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST SAY WE ALWAYS DO. SO WE WILL, YOU KNOW SO WITH THAT, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ESHERICK HOMSEY DODGE AND DAVIS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,441,212. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM ECHOLS. WE HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND. SECOND FROM WAESPI. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? NOBODY'S OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. THANKS FOR COMING OUT AGAIN. APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. SO. GENERAL MANAGERS HAVE SOME COMMENTS TODAY?

[GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS]

THERE WAS ONE THAT 4:00 TODAY, AND WE HAVE OUR SIGNATURE EVENT ON SATURDAY AT TILDEN.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT. OKAY. GREAT. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION? NONE. THANK YOU.

NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANY PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS?

[PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

SEEING WAESPI. MY PREFERENCE IS THAT IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION, YOU SIMPLY JUST GIVE ME A CALL OR TALK, YOU KNOW, CHASE ME DOWN THE HALL OR WHATEVER, BUT SOMETHING WILL BE AGENDIZED SOON ON THAT ITEM.

SO. OKAY. IN OTHER WORDS, THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ARE FOR OPEN SESSION, PREFERABLY IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CLOSED SESSION ITEMS, THE BEST THING TO DO IS JUST TO TALK TO ME ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN GET SOMETHING ON CLOSED SESSION.

OKAY. I THINK IT WOULD BE A FULL BOARD DISCUSSION.

I DON'T, MY CONCERN IS I GO TO THE LIVERMORE AREA RECREATION PARK DISTR ICT WEBSITE AND I GET I GET MY INFORMATION FROM THERE.

I'M REALLY JUST ENCOURAGING US NOT TO HAVE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT WON'T CAN'T BE AGENDIZED FOR CLOSED SESSION.

I'M SAYING IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, I THINK THAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, AS WAS PRESENTED BY AMANDA GALLO AND THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE, WAS FOR OPEN SESSION ITEMS. SO ALL OF YOU, PLEASE JUST COME TO ME DIRECTLY WHEN YOU WANT TO ASK ABOUT PUTTING SOMETHING ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA.

WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE OFFLINE ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T FIND THAT TO BE WORKABLE, BUT I MAYBE WE'LL TRY TO FIND THAT.

I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE PUTTING ON THEIR WEBSITES AND OTHER DISTRICTS WHAT'S HAPPENING? AND I HAVE NO IDEA, AND I GO TO CONFERENCES AND I MEET WITH PEOPLE, THE GENERAL MANAGER, AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, AND I'M NOT TOLD ANYTHING, AND THEY'RE FILING LAWSUITS AGAINST US.

THEY'RE DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS, AND WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A LAWSUIT FROM LARPD, BUT I REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO TALK ABOUT THIS OFFLINE.

THANK YOU. SURE. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.

HEARING NONE. MOVING ON TO I JUST WANT TO ASK FOR MY EARLIER.

I'M LOSING TRACK OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO MY FUTURE AGENDA ITEM IS A LIST OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP ASKING FOR THE SAME THING.

TALKING ABOUT THE LOOK AHEAD CALENDAR. THE LOOK AHEAD LIKE.

YEAH. WELL, I KNOW I .

I'D LIKE TO GET A LIST OF THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN REQUESTED.

WE HAVE QUITE A LONG LIST OF, YOU KNOW, AT EACH MEETING.

WE'VE ALL GIVEN THINGS. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP GIVING AND ASKING FOR THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

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OKAY. THANKS FOR THAT. THANK YOU . SABRINA IS THAT NEW NEWSLETTER YOU'RE DOING? CORRECT. YEAH, THAT'S VERY GOOD, BY THE WAY. I REALLY LIKED IT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO STAY TUNED. ALL RIGHT ASK FOR ONE MORE.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH ALL THE PUBLIC HEARING WE HEARD TONIGHT? THE POINT MOLATE ISSUE. WE SEEM TO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO REVIEW, BUT IS THAT A POSSIBLE TO PUT IT AS AN ACTIONABLE.

SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT WE HEARD FROM 11 PEOPLE TODAY WITH THE CONCERNS OF POINT MOLATE TRAIL, AND I HEARD THAT IT WAS COMING UP ON AS A CONSTRUCTION BID FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, AND IT MIGHT NOT BE IN OUR PURVIEW.

IT MIGHT BE IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IF WE'RE OFF SITE WITHOUT WHAT WAS A BIG BREAK AND BIG BREAK, A BIG BREAK WITHOUT ONLINE PARTICIPATION.

SO HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE FOR A PUBLIC PROCESS TO CONSIDER WHAT WE HEARD TODAY AND COULDN'T COMMENT ON? YEAH. SO AS I SAID EARLIER, IT'S NOT THAT ISSUE THAT THEY RAISE IS ON THE CITY'S SITE IS ON THE CITY'S PROPERTY, AND IT'S THE CITY'S PROJECT. IT IS NOT PART OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO COME IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD IN TWO WEEKS AT YOUR NEXT MEETING. SO IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING.

PEOPLE CAN COME AND PARTICIPATE. IT'S OUT AT BIG BREAK.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO TRY TO GET THOSE CONSTRUCTION BIDS IN.

AS YOU GUYS, I THINK THIS DOES PREDATE YOUR TIME HERE.

MAYBE IT WAS LATE LAST YEAR. TO PUT THAT BACK OUT TO BID.

SO STAFF IS ANXIOUS TO GET THAT CONTRACT APPROVED, AND IT IS ON SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW TO COME IN TWO WEEKS IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO THE BOARD TO DECIDE KIND OF WHAT HOW THEY HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT.

WELL, SO SO ONE POSSIBILITY COULD BE TO RESCHEDULE THE LOCATION OF THE IN OTHER WORDS, CHANGE THE LOCATION BACK TO HERE NEXT TIME AND HAVE BIG BREAK MEETING SOME OTHER TIME, AND THAT WAY THERE WOULD BE THE SAME ACCESS, THE SAME YOU KNOW PRESENT ON, YOU KNOW, WEB AND ALL THAT. I THINK IT ADDRESSES THE CONCERN THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

WE HAVE. WELL, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BRINGING UP FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT, LIKE, CHANGING THE LOCATION OF THE MEETING AFTER THIS MEETING, BUT IT ISN'T ON THE AGENDA TO DO THAT.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, CAN WE POST IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT'S BROAD ENOUGH THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT HAVE A DISCUSSION BEYOND THE CONSTRUCTION QUESTION? IF IT'S NOT OUR PROJECT, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY, BUT , YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO REALLY MAKE A DECISION, BUT WHAT DO YOU HAVE? I THINK WE'RE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE AGENDA ON THIS SECTION, AND I DO THINK THAT WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO HAVE IT HERE AT THIS LOCATION AND WITH ZOOM PARTICIPATION.

SO IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE IN TWO WEEKS WHEN WE'RE AT BIG BREAK, THEN IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO POSTPONE THAT FOR WHEN WE'RE BACK HERE IN THIS BOARDROOM? I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU DO NOT DO THAT.

THAT'S THE IMPLICATION. ADDRESS THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT. STAFF HAS A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT.

WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT. IN LIGHT OF I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME GRANT FUNDING THAT WE ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT IT COULD BE PUT AT RISK IF WE DON'T GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN DELAYED SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE THE BIDS HAD COME IN SO HIGH LAST TIME.

WE DO HAVE THE BIDS IN HAND. WE WANT TO HOLD ON TO THOSE.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE ESCALATING COSTS DAILY AT THIS POINT, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ITEM, WHETHER IT'S AT THE AT BIG BREAK OR IF WE WANTED TO RESCHEDULE THAT.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE INCREASED STREAMING PARTICIPATION THAT WAY, BUT REALLY, IT'S UP TO THIS BOARD ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT, BUT THERE ARE SOME REAL CONCERNS ABOUT MOVING THAT PROJECT FORWARD.

SO I AGREE WITH THIS, AND I WOULD OPPOSE CHANGING THE BIG BREAK MEETING.

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I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE A MEETING, ESPECIALLY FOR A TOPIC THAT'S NOT WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION.

FRANKLY, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED.

I MEAN, I'M JUST HOLDING MYSELF BACK BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT ISSUE IS NOT CURRENTLY ON THE AGENDA, BUT I THINK I HEARD THEM ASKING SOMETHING THAT WOULD, COULD INVOLVE US.

SO LET'S JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. AND I THINK I WAS JUST ASKING YOU TO MAKE THE AGENDA ITEM BROAD ENOUGH TO ALLOW US TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S IN OUR JURISDICTION. I DON'T WANT US TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND NOT BE ABLE TO ASK CERTAIN QUESTIONS OR BE TOLD THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

YEAH, I THINK THAT COULD BE AGENDIZED. THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. I THINK THAT THE ISSUE IS REALLY WHETHER IT'S HERE OR AT BIG BREAK.

IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE SHOULD BE POSTPONING IT.

GIVEN WHAT SABRINA JUST SAID, AND ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'D BE POSTPONING IT FOR A FULL MONTH.

SO, YEAH, I MEAN, I APPRECIATE WHAT COLIN JUST SAID, BUT I MEAN, TO ME, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO POSTPONE BIG BREAK, BUT I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF TOUGH TO DO. DID WE FORGET THE INDIGENOUS LEADER THAT WAS HERE? THERE'S A SPECIAL CEREMONY GOING ON. YOU'RE RIGHT.

OH. I'M SORRY. YEAH. WE HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM TODAY.

YES, AND MOVING? YES. NO, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

YES, YES, I GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE AGENDA, BUT YOU'RE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US. I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID.

WHAT I SAID IS WE HAD MULTIPLE VOICES IN THE ROOM TODAY WITH DIFFERENT CONCERNS ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, ABOUT DIFFERENT ITEMS, BUT ONE THAT WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT WAS AS FAR AS A CEREMONY THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, WHERE OUR PARK GIVES DIFFERENT REMAINS BACK TO THE FORMER LEADER OF THE OHLONE.

SO THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING SACRED HAPPENING, AND I THINK AS FAR AS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TOO.

YES, AND THE CHOICES WE'RE MAKING. YES, YES, I AGREE.

YES. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US, AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY, OKAY, LET'S LEAVE THE AGENDA AS IS AND, AND HAVE IT, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CHOICE TO HAVE TO HAVE IT IN BIG BREAK, AND PEOPLE CAN COMMENT BY, I YOU KNOW, WRITING OR DRIVE OUT THERE, UNFORTUNATELY, AND I'M SORRY FOR THAT, FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE TOPIC, BUT THERE'S. YEAH, I DON'T SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO GIVEN GIVEN OUR OTHER COMMITMENTS THAT BIG BREAK. WELL, SO WHAT'S THE PROCESS HERE? I. WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT WANT TO MOVE IT AND SOME THAT DON'T.

I MEAN, CAN WE. I THINK IT JUST STAYS. I THINK IT' HAS TO JUST STAY AS A MEETING AT BIG BREAK, AND WE'LL ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS IN ADVANCE IN WRITING THE OLD FASHIONED WAY AND AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, AND THEY CAN AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN THEY CAN COME AND TALK.

YEAH, AND WE'LL BE WE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS AS PART OF IT.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIAISON TO ENCOURAGE CITY OF RICHMOND TO JOIN? IF IT'S I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES WHAT BEGINS AND DOESN'T.

THEY WERE CLEARLY 11 PEOPLE TODAY WHO ARE ASKING FOR OUR HELP, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE.

SO YOUR STAFF'S THOUGHTS ON HOW TO KEEP THE AGENDA BROAD ENOUGH AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP FACILITATE AS AN AGENCY EITHER A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR TIP TO. YEAH.

SO SO MORE SPECIFICALLY YEAH I THINK THAT JUST, I MEAN I WILL BE ASKING THE QUESTIONS.

I'LL JUST GIVE STAFF A HEADS UP IN ADVANCE. LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST BE CLEAR ON WHAT OUR OPTIONS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THE SITUATION THAT THEY ARE ADDRESSING.

YEAH, WE CAN ADDRESS ALL OF THAT. IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE CITY OF RICHMOND PRESENT WHO COULD ADDRESS THIS OR.

NO , I'M I'M ASKING OUR STAFF TO BE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THE OPTIONS, THE POTENTIAL OPTIONS THAT COULD ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED BY THE 11 PEOPLE WHO WERE COMMENTING ON THE BEACH TODAY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IT'S A THIS IS A DIFFICULT ONE.

THANK YOU DIRECTOR ESPAÑA YOU FOR BRINGING UP THAT ONE VERY CRITICAL ELEMENT TO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

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[BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED]

ON THE 14TH, I WENT TO FORT MASON TOGETHER. BAY AREA ON THE 13TH.

ACTUALLY, I WENT TO THE TOGETHER BAY AREA VIRTUAL KICK OFF THE 14TH.

I WAS THERE ALL DAY IN PERSON. REALLY INTERESTING STUFF ON LAND MATURATION AND ON BIODIVERSITY TOOLS.

I HAD A ONE ON ONE ON THE 15TH WITH SABRINA AND I DID COMPLETE WATCHING ALL OF THE PRIORITY STUDY SESSIONS AND SUBMITTED MY PRIORITIES AS WELL. SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL ALL SEE THOSE. DOWN AT THE CRPD FOR FOUR DAYS WAS FABULOUS.

A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW MY OWN FELLOW BOARD OF DIRECTORS A LITTLE BETTER AND REALLY LEARN.

I REALLY I JUST HAVE TO ADD A COMMENT. I REALLY WAS AN MOMENT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN GOING TO THAT ARE JUST RECREATION AND OTHERS I'M GOING TO THEY'RE JUST LAND USE AND WHAT A HEAVY LIFT WE REALLY HAVE AS AN AGENCY THAT WE STRADDLE BOTH THAT WE'RE REALLY UNIQUE, THAT WE'RE DOING BOTH RECREATION AND PRESERVATION, AND I REALLY ENJOYED ALL THAT AND BRINGING THAT FORWARD.

COMING UP, I'VE GOT A ROCKRIDGE COMMUNITY GROUP PRESENTATION.

I'M ATTENDING THE LAKE MERRITT BREAKFAST CLUB ON JUNE 12TH, AND I'M COMING UP TO ON GREEN DRINKS PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS ELDERS ON CLIMATE CHANGE. I'VE GOT A BUSY WEEK AHEAD.

THANK YOU. NEXT. GREAT. SO I'LL JUST START BACK ON THE 9TH OF MAY.

I WAS NOT AT OUR LAST MEETING BECAUSE I HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY, BUT SO ON THE 9TH OF MAY I ATTENDED A SITE TOUR AND ART TO QUARRY LAKES AND ARDENWOOD ALONG WITH MANY OF YOU.

IT WAS REALLY A FABULOUS TOUR. ON THE 15TH OF MAY, I MET WITH OUR GM, MAX COURTIN ON THE TILDEN EC. GOT ALL MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. ON THE 28TH, I ATTENDED OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR SANWONG.

YEAH. THERE'S JUST TWO THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MENTION.

ONE. THE FIRST ONE, ON MEMORIAL DAY, I FOUND MYSELF AT SHADOW CLIFFS LAKE, AND IT WAS A PRETTY ACTIVE AND ENERGETIC DAY.

THERE WAS SOME GOURMET COOKING, OUTDOOR COOKING HAPPENING ALONG THE LAKE THAT I REALLY WISH I COULD HAVE SOMEHOW TRIED.

THERE'S YOU KNOW, THE NOPALES WAS BEING BARBECUED.

THOSE ARE THE LARGE CACTUS LEAVES, AND IT LOOKED INCREDIBLE WHAT PEOPLE WERE DOING ON MEMORIAL DAY AT SHADOW CLIFFS, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO BE THERE AND SEE THAT, AND I SHARE THAT, BECAUSE THE NEXT DAY WE HAD OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE MEETING AND ON THE AGENDA, WE DID TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR LARGE TRASH BINS AND COLLECTING TRASH AT OUR PARKS, AND I'M FAIRLY CONFIDENT AFTER MEMORIAL DAY AT SOME OF OUR PARKS, WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A LOT MORE OF THE OUTDOOR COOKING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

YOU PROBABLY HAD A PRETTY LARGE VOLUME OF TRASH, AND JUST IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, TO WATCH THE VIDEO FROM THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE MEETING, THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE MEETING, I DO RECOMMEND IT, ESPECIALLY THAT AGENDA ITEM, I THINK WELL, I WOULDN'T CALL THIS AN URGENT PRIORITY, PER SE. I THINK THAT THERE WAS SOME REALLY IMPORTANT TAKEAWAYS FROM IT WHERE WE DEVELOPED WITH THE HELP OF A REALLY BRIGHT INTERN, A TEST WHERE TWO DUMPSTERS WERE COVERED AND TWO WERE UNCOVERED, AND THROUGH THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION, WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO OBTAIN SOME CAMERA AND VIDEOTAPE EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE COVERED DUMPSTERS VERSUS THE DUMPSTERS, AND WE HAD EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, OWLS VISITING THE UNCOVERED DUMPSTERS AND OTHER WILDLIFE, AND FOR ME, IT WAS A VERY EYE OPENING PRESENTATION AND AN IMPORTANT TOPIC, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE OUR PARKS AVAILABLE FOR THINGS LIKE MEMORIAL DAY AND OUTDOOR COOKING, BUT I THINK WE ALSO WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT WITH THE TRASH AND WHETHER IT'S IN A DUMPSTER THAT'S COVERED OR UNCOVERED.

SO I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY SEE MORE OF THIS COMING FORWARD, BUT I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC TO MENTION, AND THEN I WANT TO CUE UP A PHOTO THAT I HAD SHARED LAST FRIDAY.

YOU KNOW, THIS WAS, THIS IS TWO AND A HALF YEARS IN THE MAKING TO TRY TO GET TO INVITE THE PUBLIC OUT TO DOOLAN CANYON, WHICH IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE CITIES OF LIVERMORE AND DUBLIN, AND I'M SO EXCITED WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS.

WE WERE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE 100 DEGREE WEATHER THAT DAY.

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SO WE WENT FOR IT. I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF TURNOUT.

I BELIEVE WE HAD 20 TO 30 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PLUS STAFF IN ATTENDANCE.

SO WE HAD A REALLY STRONG TURNOUT. I KNEW THAT THE FORECAST WAS FOR EXTREME HEAT, SO I ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN BROADLY ADVERTISE THIS AS MUCH AS I HAD WANTED TO, AND YET WE STILL HAD THE PUBLIC TURNOUT. SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE DEMAND FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AT DOOLAN CANYON, AND I MADE THE PROMISE THAT DAY THAT I WILL TRY TO WORK EITHER WITH OUR INR STAFF FOR GUIDED TOURS, OR POSSIBLY MAYBE A VISIT IN THE FALL THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, TO DOOLAN CANYON, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO JOIN US THAT DAY BECAUSE OF THE HEAT, OR THAT I DIDN'T REACH OUT TO THAT I INTENDED TO REACH OUT TO THAT DO WANT TO SEE DOOLAN CANYON, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON TO PROVIDE.

I'M REALLY THRILLED. YOU KNOW, MY CO-HOST THAT DAY WERE DUBLIN MAYOR SHERRY HU AND LIVERMORE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER KRISTIE WANG, AND SHERRY HU IS REALLY THIS GREAT LEADER IN THE TRI-VALLEY AREA IN TERMS OF BRINGING TOGETHER ALL OF THE IN TERMS OF CREATING A NETWORKING GROUP WITH ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE OF ASIAN HERITAGE, AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO CLOSE OUT ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH AT DOOLAN CANYON, AND THAT'S WHY THE THREE OF US, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE THREE LADIES IN THAT NETWORKING GROUP, AND WE WANTED TO BE CO-HOSTS FOR THIS EVENT, AND I THINK IT WAS GOOD TO DO, BUT I REALLY HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THIS AGAIN IN THE FALL AND HOPEFULLY ON A DAY THAT'S MAYBE NOT 100 DEGREES.

SO HERE'S THE LOVELY PHOTO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH. DIRECTOR WAESPI, THANK YOU. ON MAY 21ST THROUGH THE 24TH, I ATTENDED THE ED CONFERENCE DOWN IN SAN DIEGO, ALONG WITH FOUR OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.

IT WAS A GREAT CONFERENCE. I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT.

IT WAS WELL ATTENDED, AND I GOT TO DO A LOT OF NETWORKING WITH A LOT OF FOLKS, AND I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE DID.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. ON THE 28TH, I ATTENDED AILEEN THEILE'S RETIREMENT EVENT AT LAKE CHABOT A GREAT, GREAT RETIREMENT. GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO COME HONOR AILEEN FOR ALL OF HER GREAT WORK.

ON THE 29TH WITH THE LEGISLATIVE TEAM AND DIRECTOR SANWONG, WE MET WITH FREMONT MAYOR RAJ SALWAN AND THE CITY MANAGER, KARENA SHACKELFORD TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF MUTUAL AREAS OF CONCERN.

I TALKED ABOUT OUR NEW NEXT CENTURY PLAN. THEY WERE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THEY WERE OFFERING THINGS THAT WE COULD HELP THEM WITH.

THEY'RE DOING SOME REAL MOVING PEOPLE AND THINGS THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITY AND USING TRAILS AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.

SO THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS WAYS THAT WE COULD COLLABORATE QUITE WELL WITH THEM ON THAT.

ON THE 30TH, I ATTENDED THE DOOLAN CANYON EVENT SPONSORED BY DIRECTOR SANWONG AND HER COLLEAGUES.

I MEAN, IT WAS 100 DEGREES. IT WAS INCREDIBLY WELL ATTENDED.

THOSE FOLKS OUT THERE LIKE TO HIKE. THEY LIKE TO GET OUT IN THE OPEN SPACE.

THE HIKING GROUPS WERE REPRESENTED. TRI-VALLEY CONSERVANCY WAS REPRESENTED.

LOTS OF PEOPLE, LIKE THE PARK DISTR ICT ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING MORE ACCESS TO PARKS OUT THERE.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR ME. I WOULD COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF FIRES, I THINK WE HAD AT LEAST TWO FIRES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS WHAT WE EXPECT. WE HAD TWO FIRES AND WE PUT THEM OUT.

WE KNOCKED THEM DOWN, WE PUT THEM OUT, AND THEY WERE VERY QUICK RESPONSE.

EXCELLENT RESPONSE. NOBODY GOT HURT. WE PUT IT OUT.

IT LOOKED BIG. IT WAS INTERESTING. DAVE BRUCKHEIMER FROM GIS CALLED ME UP AND SAID, HEY, DENNIS, LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW UP IN ANTHONY CHABOT PARK, AND I WENT, OH MAN, WHAT'S THAT? AND IT WAS A FIRE. AND I CALLED IT IN AND WE JUMPED ON IT AND PUT IT OUT ALONG WITH OAKLAND.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON DOING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO.

WE CAN BUILD ALL THE FUEL BREAKS WE WANT. FIRES WILL OCCUR, AND AS LONG AS WE PUT THEM OUT, WE'LL BE DOING WELL. YEAH, AND FINALLY IF I CAN IN ASK A FAVOR OF YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING IN MEMORY OF DAN REESER.

DAN REESER WAS A LONG TIME PARK DISTRICT EMPLOYEE.

A BELOVED PARK DISTR ICT EMPLOYEE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AS A SUPERVISOR.

VERY ACTIVE IN THE PARKS, MENTOR TO MANY PEOPLE.

A REALLY GOOD GUY, AND IF WE COULD DO THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT, AND I'D LIKE TO.

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ALSO IN HONOR OF AILEEN THEILE, WHO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PARK DISTR ICT, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITY.

THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PARK DISTR ICT. AILEEN STARTED OUT AS SOME LITTLE GREENHORN OR WET BEHIND THE EARS.

THIS LITTLE PARK RANGER, AND SHE WORKED REALLY HARD AND WORKED HER WAY THROUGH THE MILIEU OF THIS PARK DISTR ICT, DOING A NUMBER OF ACTING JOBS, AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE ON CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND SAW HER OPPORTUNITY AND WORKED FOR IT AND GOT IT AND RETIRED AS THE FIRE CHIEF. SO IF THAT'S OKAY, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO DO THAT.

YES, YOU CAN DO THAT. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR ESPAÑA.

OKAY. MAY 21ST THROUGH 24TH, I ATTENDED CARPD, WHICH IS A CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF RECREATION AND PARK DISTR ICTS.

MAY 30TH, ATTENDED THE BLACK BIRDERS WEEK THAT WAS HELD AT MLK.

JUNE 1ST WENT TO LONE TREE POINT AND VISITED WITH COLIN.

SO THIS WAS MY DAY TO LEARN ABOUT RODEO AND HERCULES, AND THEN AFTER THAT, I WENT TO THE 2025 HERCULES CULTURAL FESTIVAL AND HELPED MILA AND COLIN SET UP THE AMBASSADOR BOOTH AND HAND OUT INFORMATION FOR A BIT, AND THEN AFTER THAT, I WENT TO THE NORTH BAY COMMUNITY MEETING TO LEARN JUST KIND OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVES WERE ON THAT PROJECT. THAT WAS A BUSY DAY. IT WAS. YEAH. I MISSED THE END OF THE LAST MEETING. SO JUST A COUPLE ITEMS. IN EARLY MAY, I ATTENDED THE LEDGE COMMITTEE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND DID THE SITE VISIT THAT DIRECTOR ECHOLS NOTED.

ALSO ATTENDED CARPD AND DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO WHAT HAS BEEN SAID.

IT'S A VERY ENLIGHTENING GROUP TO BE AROUND AND NETWORK WITH US ON THE 28TH.

I ATTENDED SUPERVISOR FEDERAL GLOVER'S CELEBRATION OF LIFE.

IT WAS A HUGE TURNOUT, AT LEAST PROBABLY 5 OR 600 PEOPLE.

THE AND I'M REALLY I NEED TO SEND A NOTE TO CHIEF THEILE.

I WANTED TO GO TO THAT EVENT AND THEN JUST DIDN'T CALENDAR IT, BUT I'M JUST ONE OF THOSE.

WHEN I LEARNED THAT I MISSED IT, I WAS LIKE, I REALLY WANTED TO GO TO THAT.

THE 27TH NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE DIRECTOR SANWONG JUST DESCRIBED AND 31ST, I DID THE AMBASSADOR TABLING AT THE DOTSON MARSH TRAIL FOR, IT WAS A WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR POP UPS THAT HIGHLIGHT TRAILS THAT ARE IN THE TRAIL CHALLENGE, AND TALKING TO PEOPLE AS THEY PASS ABOUT THAT TRAIL AND GIVING THEM THE TRAILS CHALLENGE BOOK, AND THEN MORE TABLING ON ALL DAY, ACTUALLY SUNDAY AT THE HERCULES CULTURAL FESTIVAL, AND IT'S A NEAT THING ABOUT MY HOMETOWN. THEY VERY MUCH CELEBRATE THEIR DIVERSITY, AND THEY ESTIMATED THAT DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY THEY HAD, I THINK I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT 6000 PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE EAST BAY.

SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT, AND WHAT I SAID EARLIER, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY OUR PARKS AND TRAILS AND GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO COME UP TO US AND TALK ABOUT THEM.

IT'S A REALLY EASY JOB TO DO THAT TABLING BECAUSE PEOPLE, WE JUST TALK ABOUT PARKS AND TRAILS.

ANYWAY, THAT WAS MY MAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SO ON MAY 20TH, I ATTENDED THE BOARD MEETING.

21ST TO THE 23RD, I JOINED MY COLLEAGUES DOWN IN SAN DIEGO AT THE CARPD CONFERENCE, AND I HAD A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS.

DIRECTOR WAESPI INVITED ME. HE'S ON THE BOARD OF THAT, AND HE INVITED ME TO THE BOARD MEETING, AND I GOT TO MEET ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS AND A GREAT GROUP OF GUYS AND WOMEN THERE AND I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW THAT ORGANIZATION OPERATES, AND IT'S VERY COMPETENT, AND THEY HAVE A REALLY GREAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THERE.

LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. ON THE 26TH, I ATTENDED THE BLACK BIRDERS PROGRAM AT BIG BREAK.

THAT WAS MY I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO THAT, AND I FINALLY GOT TO DO IT AT BIG BREAK, AND ON THE 28TH, I ATTENDED THE FOLLOWING FOUR MEETINGS THAT DAY.

THE ONE ON THE DISTRICT PLAN WITH BRIAN HOLT, AND I GUESS NAOMI WAS THERE.

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SHE LOOKED PRETTY HAPPY. ON THE 30TH, I ATTENDED AT MORGAN TERRITORY WHAT WE CALLED AN ELECTED OFFICE SITE VISIT, WHICH IS WHERE WE HAD A PROGRAM AT MORGAN TERRITORY UP IN THE TOP PART OF IT THERE WHERE THERE WAS A PROGRAM OF EDUCATION ABOUT LIFE IN THE PONDS THERE, BUT WE HAD STAFF MEMBERS AND SOME ELECTED'S THAT CAME AND ATTENDED, AND SO WE GOT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO GET OUT INTO OUR PARKS AND GO FOR A SHORT HIKE AND LEARN ABOUT THE WILDLIFE, AND OUR FOLKS GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND EXPLAIN THIS STUFF TO THOSE PEOPLE, AND I GOT TO GO THERE AND LIKE, JUST WATCH, YOU KNOW. IT WAS VERY GOOD, AND WE WENT TO THE I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO APPRECIATE THIS.

WE WENT TO THE HEADWATERS OF MARSH CREEK. IT'S RIGHT AROUND THERE.

YEAH. I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE IT IS, AND THEN YESTERDAY, I WAS OUT WITH PAC CHAIR BRUCE HENRY IN REGIONAL, I GUESS REGIONAL PRESERVE, AND DOING ONE OF THOSE TRAILS CHALLENGE HIKES.

IT'S ONE OF THE LONGER ONES, AND IT WAS A LOT WARMER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE, AND I WENT THROUGH ALL MY WATER AND THAT WASN'T GOOD.

SO, BUT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. EXPERIENCE UP THERE.

WE ALSO RAN ACROSS ONE OF OUR CREWS WORKING ON THE TRAIL DOING TREMENDOUS RETAINING WALL AND TREAD WORK, AND IT WAS IT WAS OUR FOLKS, ALONG WITH CIVICORP.

THEY WERE ALL WORKING TOGETHER, DOING SOME AMAZING WORK THAT YOU LOOK AT IT AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO LAST BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING IT RIGHT, YOU KNOW? SO THAT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY TO GET READY FOR THIS ONE, THIS MEETING AND TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO DELEGATE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THIS MEETING TO DIRECTOR WAESPI, TO HOW YOU WANT TO HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

OKAY, THEN, IF YES, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING IN MEMORY OF DAN RISER, A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF THE REGIONAL PARK DISTR ICT AND A GREAT FRIEND OF MANY, AND IN HONOR OF AILEEN THEILE, WHO HAD A WONDERFUL, SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN THE PARK DISTR ICT AND RETIRED AS OUR FIRST FEMALE FIRE CHIEF AND ALL THAT AT 5:32. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.