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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THIS IS THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 18TH, BEGINNING AT 11:06 A.M. AND, COULD OUR CLERK
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PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL? WE HAVE DIRECTOR ESPAÑA. HERE. DIRECTOR WAESPI. HERE.HERE. ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL ELIZABETH MACKENZIE.
HERE. TODAY'S MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT.
STAFF IS PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT MAY DO SO BY PROVIDING A COMMENT IN PERSON.
JOINING LIVE VIA ZOOM WITH THE LINK PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA LOCATED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN.
THANK YOU. THE FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST.
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OH, WAIT. THIS IS. YEAH, FROM THE LAST TWO MEETINGS.AND THERE WAS JUST A SLIGHT CORRECTION ON THE FIRST ONE IF WE COULD.
SO FOR THE ONES FOR MARCH 19TH. WAIT A SECOND.
I SHOULD READ CHAIR ECHOLS. AND OTHER THAN THAT, IF WE COULD MAKE THAT ONE SMALL CHANGE AND THEN IF I COULD GET A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND THE ADJOURNMENT.
OH. NEXT PAGE ADJOURNMENT. MISS SOMETHING. WE'LL CHANGE THAT TOO.
OH, YES. AND I BELIEVE I ALSO ADJOURNED THE MEETING.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DENNIS, FOR POINTING THAT ONE OUT.
OKAY. WITH THOSE CORRECTIONS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I MOVE APPROVAL OF BOTH OF THE MINUTES THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.
SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. SO, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY? I'M JUST GOING TO LOOK IN THE ZOOM HERE. DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WE HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED, AND I DO NOT SEE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
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CONFERENCES AND RETREATS FOR THE CAMP ARROYO RESIDENCE CAMP CONCESSION.GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR ECHOLS AND BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
AND I'M JOINED BY, WE'LL INTRODUCE LATER, OUR GUEST FROM UNITED CAMPS, CONFERENCES AND RETREATS PRESIDENT MIKE CARR, WHO'S JOINING US TODAY FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
SO TO GIVE US A PREVIEW OF WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. STAFF RECOMMEND THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, RECOMMEND TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO AWARD AND AUTHORIZE A CONCESSION AGREEMENT WITH UNITED CAMPS, CONFERENCES AND RETREATS FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS, WITH UP TO THREE ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR TERMS. AND THE REASON THAT WE, IN ADDITION TO WANTING TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND THE COMMITTEE WHAT WE'RE DOING AT OUR IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS, THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES REQUIRE THAT ALL CONCESSION AGREEMENTS COME FIRST TO THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW, BEFORE BEING RECOMMENDED TO THE FULL BOARD.
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WE HAVE ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT CONCESSIONS AT THE PARK DISTRICT, AND THIS IS OUR ONLY RESIDENTIAL CAMP CONCESSION.SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, WE'LL TAKE A STEP BACK AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT. THE LOCATION. WHERE IS CAMP ARROYO, THE BACKGROUND.
WHAT WE DID HERE WITH THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, SOME EXPECTED REVENUE PROJECTIONS.
AND THEN WE'LL BOOKEND IT AGAIN BY RECAPPING WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS.
SO CAMP ARROYO IS AS I MENTIONED, IT'S OUR ONLY RESIDENTIAL CAMP FACILITY.
IT'S LOCATED IN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF LIVERMORE.
IT'S PART OF THE PARK OPERATIONS UNIT ONE. I THINK I GOT THAT RIGHT.
IT'S A SATELLITE PARK TO SHADOW CLIFFS, AND IT'S ONLY A 14 MINUTE DRIVE TO SHADOW CLIFFS.
AND SO WE HAVE PARK RANGER AND PARK CRAFT SPECIALIST THAT DO THE PARK OPERATIONS WORK, IN COORDINATION WITH A CONCESSIONAIRE ON SITE. IT'S YEAR ROUND, AND THE USE PATTERN HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT OVER THE TIME THAT WE'VE HAD CAMP ARROYO IN THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THE FOCUS IS ON OUTDOOR EDUCATION, SCHOOLS COMING TO MEET THEIR OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM CRITERIA, PEPPERED IN BETWEEN WEEKEND RETREATS AND EVENTS.
AND THEN WITH THE SUMMER FOCUSING ON SUMMER CAMPS.
SINCE THE INCEPTION OVER 20 YEARS OR MORE. SINCE CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED IN 2001.
ASIDE FROM A VERY BRIEF TIME PERIOD AT THE BEGINNING, THE CONCESSIONAIRE WAS THE YMCA OF THE EAST BAY, AND THAT WAS THROUGH ABOUT 2019, WHEN THE YMCA OF THE EAST BAY LET THE PARK DISTRICT KNOW THEY WERE GOING IN SOME DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WITH THEIR OPERATIONS.
AND SO AT THAT TIME THE PARK DISTRICT BROUGHT IN UNITED CAMPS, CONFERENCES AND RETREATS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE AS THE ON SITE CONCESSIONAIRE SINCE THEN. THE CONTRACT WITH UNITED CAMPS, CONFERENCES AND RETREATS WAS COMING UP TO THE END OF ITS TERM, AS WE DO WITH ALL OF OUR CONCESSIONS.
WE PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO OPEN UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANY INTERESTED PARTIES.
WE TRY TO HAVE A REALLY TRANSPARENT PROCESS TO GET THE WORD OUT TO AS MANY FOLKS AS POSSIBLE.
SO THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT WE STARTED BACK IN MARCH WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
WHICH BRINGS US HERE TODAY TO THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
SO THERE WERE A LOT OF PRIORITY AREAS FOR THIS RFP.
SO TIMES WE'LL SAY OUR PRIORITY WAS JUST ONE THING.
A RESIDENTIAL CAMP IS VERY MULTIFACETED. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE.
SO WE DID HAVE A LOT OF HIGH STANDARDS AND HIGH PRIORITIES FOR THIS RFP.
HEALTH AND SAFETY, OF COURSE. VERY HIGH ON THE LIST.
ALSO, OUR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, KNOWING THAT THIS IS OUR OUTDOOR ED CAMP FOR THIS FOR THIS REGION.
BEING ABLE TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THE USE OF CAMP, WE HAVE THIS GREAT RESOURCE, WE WANT PEOPLE TO ENJOY IT, USE IT, THE FOOD SERVICE, MAINTENANCE, MARKETING, RESERVATIONS.
SO ALL THESE THINGS, WE HAD A VERY HIGH BAR FOR WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
AS I MENTIONED, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN MARCH WITH ISSUING THE RFP.
WE DO OUR ADVERTISING ON WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, REACHING OUT TO INTERESTED PARTIES.
AND WE DID HAVE SIX ENTITIES ATTEND THE SITE VISIT, AND WE RECEIVED TWO PROPOSALS FROM ONE FROM UNITED CAMPS, CONFERENCES AND RETREATS AND THE OTHER FROM LIVERMORE AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT.
AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE SITE VISIT. SO BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, ALL THESE COMPLEX ASPECTS OF RUNNING A RESIDENTIAL CAMP FACILITY.
WE REVIEWED THE PROPOSALS CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING UCCR.
UCCR IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT'S BEEN OPERATING FOR OVER 50 YEARS, AND THEIR ENTIRE SPECIALTY IS OPERATING RENTAL SPACES, PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL CAMP FACILITIES, ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNERS.
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SO THEIR CORE BUSINESS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE PARK DISTRICT IS LOOKING FOR.IN THIS RELATIONSHIP. UCCR OFFERS THE FACILITY MANAGEMENT.
AND THEN THEY HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A SUBSIDIARY OR PARTNER OR JUST INTEGRATED IN THEIR ORGANIZATION, THE WOLF SCHOOL, WHICH IS THE WEB OF LIFE FIELD SCHOOL, AND THAT IS A VERY WELL RENOWNED OUTDOOR EDUCATION SCHOOL.
SO THEY'RE ENCOMPASSED WITHIN THE UCCR UMBRELLA, WHICH FITS AGAIN VERY WELL WITH THE SERVICES THAT WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY AT CAMP ARROYO. SO OVER THE FIVE YEARS AT CAMP, THEY'VE HOSTED MORE THAN 30,000 PEOPLE, AND KEEPING IN MIND THAT THOSE FIVE YEARS INCLUDED COVID, I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY EXCITING NUMBER.
AS I MENTIONED, UCCR DOES MEET THE CRITERIA THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
THEY HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE OPERATING THIS TYPE OF FOOD SERVICE, THIS TYPE OF CAMP FACILITY.
THESE ARE SOME MORE STATISTICS IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE HOW MUCH USE IS HAPPENING AT CAMP AND WHEN WE NEED TO GET IN THERE TO DO MAINTENANCE, BECAUSE WE NEED A DAY WHEN NOBODY'S THERE.
SO WE HAVE COME OUT OF A A TRANSITIONAL TIME GOING FROM THE YMCA, THEN GOING INTO A SHORT TERM OPERATING AGREEMENT WHEN THE YMCA WAS TRANSITIONING OUT, THEN GOING INTO COVID AND THEN IN ADDITION THE TRANSITION OF HAVING THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION, WHO HAD BEEN A PARTNER ON SITE, TRANSITIONING THEIR OPERATIONS.
SO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WE HAD HAD A COST NEUTRAL REVENUE AT CAMP ARROYO OR, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T PAYING THE OPERATOR THE CONCESSION OR THE CONCESSIONAIRE, THEY WEREN'T PAYING US.
AND SO WITH THESE NEW CIRCUMSTANCES BEING HOPEFULLY FULLY OUT OF THE PANDEMIC TIMES HAVING A LITTLE MORE VISIBILITY IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, WHAT'S AHEAD. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT THERE IS PROJECTED REVENUE NOW FOR CAMP ARROYO IN THIS NEW CONTRACT BASED ON A 5% CONCESSION FEE, 2% CONCESSION MAINTENANCE FEE.
SO I THINK THAT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FACILITY.
IT HAS NOT HAD A CONCESSION MAINTENANCE FUND, AND IT'S A CONCESSION MAINTENANCE FUND.
AS WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER 20 OR SO CONCESSIONS, IS A FUND THAT IS SET ASIDE TO HELP MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACILITY AS THINGS ARISE, WHICH YOU CAN IMAGINE THEY DO WITH THIS SIZE OF CAMPUS.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST RECAPPING WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.
TERM OF TWO YEARS INITIALLY WITH UP TO THREE ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS FOR UCCR.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL PAUSE AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND OF COURSE, AS I SAID, MIKE CARR IS ALSO HERE.
FOR QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE SPECIFIC TO UCCR.
GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TIFFANY. SO BOARD MEMBERS, I WILL TAKE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS TOGETHER.
SO IF YOU HAVE IT EITHER. FEEL FREE. GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD. I LOST MY NOTES. OKAY. OH. OH, OKAY.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM. CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? WHERE ELSE DO YOU FOLKS RUN PARKS? DO YOU HAVE EXTENSIVE PARKS THAT YOU RUN AND TYPES OF OPERATIONS LIKE THIS?
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WHERE ELSE DO YOU OPERATE? YEAH. AND SO I THINK THE QUESTION IS WHERE ELSE DOES UCCR RUN FACILITIES.AND FOR THAT I'LL INTRODUCE MIKE CARR TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
HI. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. THE QUESTION IS WHERE DO WE OPERATE OTHER FACILITIES? YEAH. AROUND THE COUNTRY, ACTUALLY, ALL THE WAY FROM CAPE COD, UP TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
WE'VE BEEN IN TEXAS, WE'VE BEEN IN ILLINOIS, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, NEVADA.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKING ANOTHER FACILITY ON IN IDAHO.
AND THERE ARE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF FACILITIES.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THEN, I KNOW THAT ELAINE TAYLOR, WHEN SHE RAN THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION OUT THERE, THEY WERE HAD A REALLY ROBUST AND STRONG SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM, RECYCLING USING ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERRED PURCHASING PRACTICES, USING SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS.
AND SO JUST TO CLARIFY THE SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS OF THE OPERATION.
WE ARE ALSO A BIG CHAMPION AND SUPPORTER OF THAT.
SO THAT IS CONTINUING IN TERMS OF MANAGING THE FOOD WASTE AT THE FACILITY, KEEPING THAT DOWN HAVING A COMPOSTING PROGRAM. AND THEN ONE OF THE STRENGTHS OF THIS FOOD SERVICE OPERATION, COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR DAY-USED CONCESSIONS, IS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO USE REUSABLE YOU KNOW, DISHWARE AND SO THAT HAS ALL BEEN IN PLACE AND CONTINUES TO BE IN PLACE.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, WHAT'S IT CALLED? OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
DURING THE SUMMER, ARE THERE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER? I MEAN, ARE YOU BOOKED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER GENERALLY, AND I GUESS TO ZERO DOWN IS I'M INTERESTED IN THE SWIM FACILITY, AND I'M INTERESTED IN HOW MANY DAYS PER YEAR YOU USE THE SWIMMING POOL? YEAH. SO YES, THE CAMP ARROYO IS VERY USED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
EVERY WEEK IS BOOKED. PRIOR TO THIS YEAR, THE GROUPS HAD FIRST RIGHT A REFUSAL FOR THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION CAMPS TO HAVE THEIR GROUPS HAVE THOSE WEEKS.
THAT HAS CONTINUED. UCCR WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION TO HAVE THE SAME GROUPS THAT HAD THOSE SPECIFIC WEEKS BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS YEAR, AND ALSO STILL HAD FIRST RIGHT REFUSAL ON MAKING THOSE RESERVATIONS.
SO THE SUMMER UTILIZATION, THIS SUMMER 2025 LOOKS VERY MUCH THE SAME AS IT HAS IN THE PAST.
THOSE GROUPS MAY WANT TO CONTINUE AND CERTAINLY ARE WELCOME.
IT IS USED EVERY WEEK BY THE GROUPS AND CERTAINLY IN LIVERMORE, WHERE IT'S VERY, VERY HOT.
YEAH, I SEE. THE POOL IS APPRECIATED. GREAT, WELL, THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS, DO REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT LIFEGUARDS GUARD THOSE POOLS OR THAT POOL? OR IS OR IS DOES THE CONTRACTOR DO THAT? YEAH. GOOD QUESTION. SO UNDER THE YMCA YMCA PROVIDED THE LIFEGUARDS AND THAT WAS THE CASE FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL DURING THIS TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BETWEEN THE YMCA AND THE NEW CONTRACT.
LIFEGUARD SERVICES WAS VERY KIND AND WAS ABLE TO SEND GUARDS DURING THIS TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, AND IN THE NEW CONTRACT STARTING IN 2026, WILL RESUME HAVING THE CONCESSIONAIRE PROVIDE THE LIFEGUARDS.
AND WILL THEY WORK TO A STANDARD LIKE THE REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT LIFEGUARDS HAVE, MEANING A MINIMUM OF WHATEVER THE MINIMUM IS, I DON'T KNOW, IN A POOL WHAT IT IS IF IT'S TWO LIFEGUARDS OR I GUESS IT'S SIMILAR TO ROBERTS IN SOME WAYS, BUT I MEAN, DO WE SET A STANDARD FOR THAT? OR DOES DEQUINCY'S STAFF SAY, HEY, YOU NEED TO BE TO OUR LEVEL OF
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GUARDING WITH THIS MANY LIFEGUARDS ON DUTY AND THE SAME TECHNIQUES AND CERTIFICATIONS THAT OUR LIFEGUARDS HAVE OR DID WE NOT DEAL WITH THAT? WE DO SET STANDARDS AND WORK CLOSELY WITH GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE TO DESCRIBE THE STANDARDS IN THE CONTRACT TO BE COMPLIANT WITH STANDARDS FOR LIFEGUARDING THIS TYPE OF FACILITY.OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. MEMBER DIRECTOR ESPAÑA, DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO. THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE CONCESSIONAIRES, AS FAR AS NOT MAKING ANY PAYMENTS DURING THE COVID TIME PERIOD.
BUT I THINK THAT WAS ADDRESSED AND EVERYTHING.
SO NO, I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY.
SO IS THAT GOING TO CONTINUE IN THE NEW CONTRACT OR HOW HOW DOES THAT WORK? THE THE UCCR WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE GROUPS AND THEY'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE RESERVATIONS AT THE USUAL INTERVAL FOR MAKING RESERVATIONS.
SO I THINK UCCR HAS A POLICY OF, I THINK A YEAR.
BASICALLY WHEN THEY FINISH THEIR CAMPING TRIP FOR THIS YEAR, IF THEY WANT THOSE SAME DATES FOR NEXT YEAR, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT RESERVATION. AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE GROUP THEMSELVES WILL BE MAKING THAT RESERVATION.
WHEREAS BEFORE THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION WOULD MAKE A BLOCK RESERVATION.
AND THEN THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION WOULD KIND OF MORE INTERFACE WITH WHO GOT WHAT WEEKS.
AND SO NOW IT'S JUST ELIMINATING THAT STEP. THE GROUPS WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH UCCR.
OKAY. YEAH. AND THERE. YEAH. I JUST MAKE SURE THEY'RE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT CHANGE BECAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, OF SOME CAMPS I'VE SEEN THINGS SORT OF SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS.
YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT POINT. AND I KNOW THAT AS PART OF THE TRANSITION WITH THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION, THEY HOSTED AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING SPECIFIC ON THIS TOPIC.
AND THEN SINCE THEN, UCCR'S RESERVATION OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THOSE GROUPS.
RIGHT. THEY JUST NEED A REMINDER AT THE END OF THEIR SESSIONS IF THAT'S WHEN IT'S OPEN TO BE RE YOU KNOW, RE-UPPED THEN IT WOULD BE GOOD TO JUST REMIND THEM OF THAT BECAUSE I IMAGINE IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE TO GET THE SPACE. AND YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE VERY PACKED.
AND YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT THE TAYLOR FOUNDATION WAS DOING THERE AND THE GROUPS THAT HAVE THAT SPACE NOW, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT SPACE.
IF THEY WANT IT, I MEAN, OF COURSE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FILL THAT SPACE IF THEY CAN'T.
BUT YEAH, JUST MAKE SURE THEY'RE WELL AWARE AND MAYBE GET A REMINDER WHEN THEY LEAVE THAT, OH, IF YOU WANT TO RE-UP, THEN NOW'S THE TIME KIND OF THING.
YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER FROM MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS? NO. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY.
OKAY. SO NOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.
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FIRST UP IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY QUARTERLY CRIME UPDATE.I WANTED TO ADD THAT THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE LAST ITEM.
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I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.I'M PATRICK BROOKENS, AND I'M ONE OF CONTROL LIEUTENANTS FOR THE PARK DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION FOCUSED ON WHAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN DOING OUT IN THE FIELD.
JUST FOR SOME CONTEXT, THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE PRESENTING ON THIS INFORMATION, AND WE'LL BE BACK HERE IN A FEW MONTHS TO REPORT ON QUARTER TWO FOR THIS YEAR, IN A FEW MONTHS.
SO WHAT I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY IS JUST GIVE YOU A CLEAR VIEW OF POLICE ACTIVITY, WHAT WE'VE RESPONDED TO, WHAT WE'VE ENFORCED, AND WHAT TRENDS ARE EMERGING OR WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING.
THESE TOOLS ALLOW US TO DOCUMENT EVERY CALL, CONDUCT REAL TIME CRIME ANALYSIS, MAP ACTIVITY AND TRACK PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE AND CASES AS THEY TRAVEL THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT AND THEN DOWN THROUGH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WE HANDLED OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT 4821 INCIDENTS.
NOT EVERY INCIDENT RESULTS IN A CASE. BUT EACH ONE IS LOGGED AND TRACKED IN OUR RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A COMPLETE OPERATIONAL PICTURE. SO OF THOSE 4800 INCIDENTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER, JUST OVER 2500 OF THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THE OTHER 2200 WERE OFFICER INITIATED. THESE ARE PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT TYPICALLY CATEGORIZED AS TRAFFIC STOPS, VEHICLE OR PEDESTRIAN CONTACTS OR SECURITY OR PATROL CHECKS.
THERE'S SOME DETAILED INFORMATION UP THERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK.
THE 521 SECURITY CHECKS AND SPECIAL PATROLS. A LOT OF THESE ARE DIRECTED THROUGH OUR OFFICERS ATTENDING QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY UNIT MEETINGS WITH OUR PARK RANGERS WHERE THEY CAN SIT DOWN AND GET AN IDEA OF WHAT SPECIFIC PROBLEMS EACH PARK IS FACING AND HOW WE CAN HELP.
SO THEY WILL CONDUCT SPECIAL SECURITY CHECKS OR SPECIAL PATROLS FOR TARGETED SPECIFIC PROBLEMS. I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHILE YOU WERE ON THAT SLIDE FOR THE PEDESTRIAN STOP.
SO IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE WALKING WHERE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE OR YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE, HOW DOES A PEDESTRIAN STOP USUALLY COME UP? YEAH.
SO THE 709 VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN STOPS, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ANYTHING FROM.
SO IT'S KIND OF SEPARATED FROM TRAFFIC STOP. THAT WOULD BE A MOVING VEHICLE. VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN STOPS WOULD BE A PARKED VEHICLE THAT COULD BE REPORTED AS A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE PARKED SOMEWHERE WHERE IT SHOULDN'T BE. MAYBE IT'S IN THE PARK AFTER HOURS, PARKED ILLEGALLY.
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YOU KNOW, DOG OFF LEASH. THOSE COULD BE A BICYCLE VIOLATION OR FISHING GAME CHECK, OR ANY OTHER SORT OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY THAT AN OFFICER IS CHECKING ON.OKAY. THANKS. YEAH. LOOKING AT SOME TRENDS FROM THE FIRST QUARTER, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TENDED TO BE THE BUSIEST DAY OF THE WEEK.
IT'S AN OFFICIAL NOTICE TO APPEAR IN COURT FOR A VIOLATION OF THE LAW.
THAT CAN BE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, LIKE A MISDEMEANOR OR A NON-CRIMINAL ONE, LIKE A TRAFFIC OR A PARKING INFRACTION OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION THAT WE'VE INTRODUCED JUST RECENTLY. WE'VE ISSUED A TOTAL OF 972 CITATIONS IN QUARTER ONE.
HOWEVER, THESE AREN'T JUST FAILING TO PAY FEES OR OR SOME TECHNICAL VIOLATION LIKE THAT.
I THINK JUST OVER 100 OR SO WERE RELATED TO FAILURE TO PAY A PERMIT.
THIS QUARTER, WE MADE A VARIETY OF ARRESTS. CITE AND RELEASE FOR LOW LEVEL OFFENSES AND CUSTODIAL ARREST WITHOUT A WARRANT WHEN OFFICERS HAVE DEVELOPED PROBABLE CAUSE ON THEIR OWN, OR ARRESTS WITH A WARRANT.
EACH TYPE OF ARREST IS GUIDED BY LEGAL STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT POLICY AND OTHER DISCRETION, ALWAYS WITH SAFETY AND DUE PROCESS IN MIND. SO IN QUARTER ONE, WE MADE A TOTAL OF 85 ARRESTS.
51 OF THOSE WERE FOR MISDEMEANORS AND 34 WERE FOR FELONIES.
SO LOOKING AT CASES, I SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT INCIDENTS VERSUS CASES.
A CASE IS A MORE FORMAL DOCUMENTATION OF AN INCIDENT, TYPICALLY OR USUALLY RELATED TO A CRIME, OR A MORE SIGNIFICANT EVENT WRITTEN BY AN OFFICER OR PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNICIAN.
INCLUDES FACTS, WITNESS STATEMENTS, EVIDENCE, AND SERVES AS THE BASIS FOR ANY CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND PROVIDES A REFERENCE FOR EVENTS WHERE FOLLOW UP IS LIKELY TO BE NEEDED. WE DOCUMENTED 373 CASES IN QUARTER ONE.
THESE COVER EVERYTHING FROM PROPERTY CRIMES TO MORE SERIOUS FELONIES.
WHEN APPROPRIATE, WE SUBMIT THESE CASES TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR REVIEW AND CHARGING.
THESE STATS FORM THE BACKBONE OF HOW WE TRACK TRENDS, BUILD INVESTIGATIONS AND ALLOCATE RESOURCES.
THESE ARE DIFFICULT STATS TO TRACK, AND I'VE DONE MY BEST TO HARVEST THE DATA AND PRESENT IT TO YOU IN A WAY THAT IS USEFUL TO PROVIDE A PICTURE OF WHAT OUR RETURN IS. IN QUARTER ONE, WE SUBMITTED 56 CASES TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
20 OF THOSE WERE RETURNED AS CHARGED. AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? RETURNED AS CHARGED. SO WE GET THE CASE PACKET BACK FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WITH A NOTE THAT SAYS THIS WAS CHARGED OR THIS WAS NOT CHARGED, AND HERE'S THE REASON. IN THAT CHARGE PACKET THEY WILL ALSO TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY DECIDED TO CHARGE.
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IT MAY NOT BE WHAT WAS INITIALLY SUBMITTED. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THOSE NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP.THERE'S, YOU KNOW, 12 OR SO CASES IN THAT DATA SET THAT WE'RE MISSING.
SO THERE ARE CASES THAT ARE STILL PENDING RETURN.
JUST FOR INSTANCE, THIS QUARTER, ONE OF THESE CASES THAT WAS RETURNED WAS FROM A 2023 CASE.
HERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT CASES FROM QUARTER ONE.
WE SEE 12 FIREARMS. WE MADE FOUR ARRESTS FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF WEAPONS.
ARRESTED SIX VEHICLE THEFT SUSPECTS. WE MADE TEN DUI ARRESTS.
WE HAD 21 ARRESTS RELATED TO NARCOTICS POSSESSION OR USE.
WE HAD SIX ARRESTS FOR FLEEING OR LOOTING IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND ONE ARREST FOR ARSON.
THESE NUMBERS REFLECT A MIX OF PROACTIVE STOPS AND FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATIONS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE VITAL TO PROTECTING THE PARK AND THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR PUBLIC.
HERE'S SOME MORE DETAIL ON SOME CASE HIGHLIGHTS.
A FEW NOTABLE OBSERVATIONS IN CASES THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WHEN I WAS REVIEWING QUARTER ONE.
THIS YEAR QUARTER ONE WE'RE SEEING A 50% DROP IN BURGLARIES JUST SINCE LAST YEAR IN THE SAME QUARTER, WHICH IS VERY SIGNIFICANT, AND THEY'RE DOWN 76% SINCE THE HIGH IN 2021.
I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO ALL THE PRODUCTIVE WORK THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE DOING.
THAT CASE IS STILL BEING LOOKED AT. ANOTHER CASE AFTER A COMMERCIAL BURGLARY SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED, AFTER A BRIEF VEHICLE AND FOOT PURSUIT. OFFICERS RECOVERED A FIREARM; THEY OBTAINED DNA FROM THE SUSPECT AND PHONE DATA.
THE SUSPECT CONFESSED TO COMMITTING A BURGLARY AT LAKE TEMESCAL AS A RESULT OF THAT INVESTIGATION.
I THINK I SKIPPED ONE. AT EAST SHORE OUR PATROL OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE REPORT OF A DISTURBANCE, AND AFTER WORKING WITH OUR INVESTIGATIONS UNIT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A KIDNAP AND SEXUAL ASSAULT OCCURRED.
FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO EXPLORE FURTHER. CITIZEN RIMS IS STILL LIVE AND ACCESSIBLE ON THE WEB.
IT PROVIDES A HIGH LEVEL PUBLIC FACING CRIME DATA MAP, AND SHOWS OUR COMMITMENT TO BEING OPEN ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE FIELD. YOU CAN CLICK INTO THE MAP AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT SPECIFIC INCIDENTS ARE ON A PIN.
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT. I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS QUARTER, AND I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I WOULD JUST SAY THANKS, PATRICK FOR THIS REPORT. IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THIS STUFF. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT.
SO, IT'S GREAT, 77% DECREASE IN BURGLARIES, NO BURGLARY.
DOES THAT MEAN, I THINK I KNOW WHAT A BURGLARY IS, IS THAT WHEN SOMEBODY BREAKS INTO MY CAR WHEN I'M PARKED IN A PARKING LOT TAKING A HIKE? YEAH. SO I PERHAPS WASN'T CLEAR ENOUGH THERE.
BURGLARY COULD BE A COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL. THESE ARE FOCUSING ON AUTO BURGLARIES.
THAT'S THE MOST PREVALENT TYPE OF BURGLARY THAT WE HAVE.
WHICH, IN MY OPINION, I JUST THINK THAT'S THE WORST THING YOU CAN HAVE IN THE PARK DISTRICT.
TO GET ON TOP OF THAT AND STOP, THAT IS INCREDIBLE, BECAUSE THE IDEA OF COMING TO A PARK AND TAKING YOUR FAMILY AND GOING OUT AND TAKING A HIKE AND THEN COMING BACK, THAT JUST RUINS EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE CREATED IN THE HIKE IN THE NATURE EXPERIENCES, TO COME BACK AND HAVE ALL YOUR STUFF STOLEN, IT'S JUST A DRAG AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE ON TOP OF THAT.
AND THANK YOU TO CHIEF FILICE FOR MAKING THAT A PRIORITY, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THEN, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THE ARREST.
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I LOST THE NUMBER. BUT DOES THAT MEAN YOU ARE OBLIGATED TO ARREST THEM AND THEN TAKE THEM TO JAIL? OR. NOT NECESSARILY ARREST CAN BE HANDLED. FOR FELONY, YOU CAN RELEASE THEM? IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH PROBABLE CAUSE YOU HAVE, WHETHER THERE'S GOING TO BE FOLLOW UP LATER. MEDICAL EMERGENCIES MAY BE A FACTOR IN WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE TRANSPORTED TO JAIL OR IF THEY'RE EVEN PRESENT ON SCENE FOR AN ARREST TO OCCUR.BUT TYPICALLY ON SCENE, AN OFFICER HAS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR A FELONY ARREST.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRANSPORTED TO JAIL. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. I'M GOOD. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I HAD ONE QUESTION ON YOUR SLIDE FOR THE CASES.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS, SO ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF CASES, WOULD YOU DEVELOP A CASE AND SEND IT TO THE DA? OR ARE THERE TIMES WHEN ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR UNAUTHORIZED CAMPING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU WOULD JUST GIVE THEM A WARNING AND SAY MOVE ON.
SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. YES, SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES DON'T TYPICALLY RESULT IN ARREST.
I THINK WE HAVE 84 OR SO ARREST FOR THE QUARTER, BUT OVER 300 CASES.
SO THOSE CASES ARE FOR DOCUMENTATION. FOR INSTANCE, IF WE GO OUT ON AN OFFICER RESPONSE TO AN ENCAMPMENT THEY WILL START A CASE SO THAT ON THE FOLLOW UP SIDE OF IT, IF AN ARREST NEEDS TO BE MADE OR IF OFFICERS NEED INFORMATION ON HOW TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION, THEY HAVE A CLEAR NARRATIVE PICTURE OF HOW TO PROCEED.
AND THEN THERE'S A RECORD THAT WE CAN LOOK BACK AT LATER.
SO YOU MEAN IF YOU DEVELOP A CASE YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SUBMIT IT TO THE DA FOR PROSECUTION? THAT'S CORRECT. OH, OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
OKAY. AND THEN I'M CURIOUS WHAT TYPES OF ORDINANCE 38 VIOLATIONS WOULD DEVELOP INTO A CASE? WOULD BE DOCUMENTED? TYPICALLY, ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS ARE HANDLED AT AN INFRACTION LEVEL.
I DON'T THINK THAT OCCURRED THIS QUARTER. IT'S TYPICALLY PRETTY RARE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WELL THANKS VERY MUCH.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT WE HAVE THE PARK OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT - UNIT 4 UPDATE . ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD COMMITTEE, CHAIR ECHOLS AND DIRECTOR WAESPI AND DIRECTOR ESPAÑA.
JEFF MANLEY UNIT 4 MANAGER. AND I'LL PROVIDE SOME UPDATES AND HIGHLIGHTS FOR UNIT 4, OR AS I CALL IT, THE SHORELINE UNIT. AND BEFORE I START, I DO WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT THE PRESENTATION HAD SEVERAL SLIDES UPDATED.
AND THESE CHANGES ARE REFLECTED IN THIS PRESENTATION AND THE PRINTOUTS PROVIDED TODAY.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING ON THAT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, THE MAJORITY OF THE UNIT 4 PARKS THEY BORDER SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND SAN PABLO BAY IN THE NORTH AND THE DENSELY POPULATED EAST BAY COMMUNITIES AND JUST POINTED OUT ON THE MAP TOO AS WELL.
TO THE SOUTH WE HAVE HAYWARD SHORELINE. AND THEN WE HEAD UP NORTH, WE HAVE OYSTER BAY.
AND IN THE MIDDLE IS JUDGE JOHN SUTTER REGIONAL SHORELINE.
AND IT'S ONE OF OUR NEWEST PARKS THAT CAME ONLINE IN 2018.
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AND A FUN FACT, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THE OBSERVATION PLATFORM AT JUDGE JOHN SUTTER WAS ONE OF THE LAST PARTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY BRIDGE SEISMIC RETROFIT PROJECT. AND WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT IT, IT REUSED THE BAY BRIDGE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE PLATFORM AND ACTUAL PIECES OF THE BRIDGE FOR BENCHES AND TABLES THAT WERE INSTALLED ON THE VIEWING PLATFORM, AND THEY'RE STILL THERE TO THIS DAY.AND THEN AS WE HEAD NORTH FROM JUDGE JOHN SUTTER IS THE EAST SHORE STATE PARK, AND IT BLANKETS PARK AREAS SUCH AS BRICKYARD COVE, BERKELEY MEADOWS, ALBANY BEACH AND POINT ISABEL, AND THE PARK AREAS.
BORDERING THE NORTH END OF UNIT 4 ARE MILLER KNOX, POINT PINOLE, AND SAN PABLO BAY.
SHORELINE AREAS, INCLUDING LONE TREE POINT. THERE WE GO.
AND OF COURSE, IT'S NOT ALL OUR STAFF, BUT WHO WE INVITED THERE IS A GOOD REPRESENTATION.
AND AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU KNOW, CREDIT TO ALL OF OUR STAFF IN THE SHORELINE UNIT.
YOU KNOW, THEY WORK REALLY HARD TO ENSURE OUR PARKS ARE KEPT TO A HIGH STANDARD.
WE HAD SEVERAL THAT WERE RECOGNIZED RECENTLY AT CROWN BEACH.
ONE HAD 40 YEARS IN AND ANOTHER ONE HAD 30 YEARS IN.
SO IT'S JUST GREAT THAT YEAH, PEOPLE STAY FOR A REASON.
THEY'RE GREAT PARKS. LET'S SEE, WE HAVE CURRENTLY 44 STAFF, INCLUDING PARK RANGERS, PARK CRAFT SPECIALISTS, GARDENERS, PARK SUPERVISORS AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST WHO PROVIDES SUPPORT TO MYSELF AND THE UNIT SUPERVISORS, AND OUR CURRENT VACANCIES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FILLING.
WE HAVE A PARK CRAFT SPECIALIST AT POINT PINOLE, AND WE JUST COMPLETED THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND HAVE DEVELOPED A HIRING POOL FOR THAT POSITION. SO WE'RE EXCITED AND LOOK FORWARD TO FILLING THAT POSITION.
AND NEXT YOU SEE ON THE LARGER PHOTO ONE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKS, WHICH IS BRICKYARD COVE.
MANY OF OUR PARKS HAVE THESE GREAT VIEWS, BY THE WAY.
OVER 30 ACRES OF SHORELINE ACCESS WITH PICNIC AND TURF AREAS.
AND JUST FOR SOME OF THE STATS GOING ON IN OUR PARKS 2024 SEASON SHORELINE PARKS HOSTED OVER 100 SPECIAL EVENTS AND HAD OVER 745 PICNIC RESERVATIONS. AND WE ALSO SUPPORTED 100 DAY CAMPS IN 2024.
I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT 745 PICNIC RESERVATIONS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE JUST RESERVED.
IF WE WERE TO COUNT ALL THE FOLKS THAT GO IN JUST, YOU KNOW, ON A DAY TO GO PICNIC.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD GO INTO THE THOUSANDS. SO WE ARE WELL USED AND POPULAR.
AND NEXT I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
YOU KNOW, OUR UNIT WE'RE ALWAYS REQUIRING TO BE CREATIVE AND GET FOLKS TOGETHER TO GET JOBS AND TASKS DONE AND TIME SENSITIVE PROJECTS AND OYSTER BAY.
THE DISC GOLF AREA. AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN FINDING IS WITH FIRE RESTRICTIONS, EQUIPMENT AND STAFF LIMITATIONS AND JUST TRYING TO CLOSE THE PARK FOR MOWING BUT LIMIT USER DISRUPTION. WE HAD TO THINK OF A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO WE BROUGHT ALL THE UNIT STAFF TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY HAD THEM CALLED IT A MOW BLITZ.
AND OVER 20 ACRES WE MOWED IN OVER TWO AND A HALF DAYS, AND WE HAD SIX MOWERS RUNNING EACH DAY WITH TWO PUMPER TRUCKS FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION. AND WE FIGURED IT OUT WITH ALL THE SIGN INS.
AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THIS AND BRING A THANK YOU TO THE BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT FOR FUNDING NEW MOWERS AND TRACTORS, I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS DONE.
THIS IS A HUGE AREA, A HUGE ADDITION TO OUR PARK AND WELL-USED.
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SO THANK YOU. AS FUTURE PHASES GET BUILT OUT AT OYSTER BAY, WE'LL ALSO LOOK TO FUTURE BUDGET REQUESTS TO ADD ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AND STAFFING AS WE WANT TO CONTINUE THIS HIGH LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE AT THIS PARK AND MANY OTHERS.AND NEXT YOU CAN SEE OUR UNIT, I WANTED TO POINT OUT OUR UNIT RELIES ON MANY DEPARTMENTS AND MANY FRIENDS FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS. PICTURED IS CROWN BEACH, EROSION CONTROL PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED.
EVEN THOUGH I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE, WE WORK WITH OTHER CITIES SUCH AS RICHMOND.
WE HAVE CHALLENGES. WILDCAT CREEK UNDER CROSSING AND THE FLOODS THAT GO THROUGH THERE EVERY SEASON.
AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE, KIND OF THE THEME OF MANY OF OUR SHORELINE PARKS IS THAT OUR PARKS ARE RECLAIMED FROM PRIOR USES, LIKE WE HAVE BERKELEY MEADOW, AN EASTSHORE STATE PARK THAT WAS ONCE A LANDFILL, AND CROWN BEACH PICTURED HERE, THAT WAS NOT A BEACH BEFORE THE 1960S. A LOT OF IT WAS MARSH AREA, OR A LOT OF IT JUST HAD RIPRAP.
SO WITH THESE CHANGES, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO BATTLE MOTHER NATURE AND KEEP RECREATION VIABLE.
AND THIS RECLAIMED SAND THAT DRIFTS FROM TIDAL AND STORM ACTION THEY BRING TO STAND FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTH AREAS BACK TO WHERE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SHIFTED FROM. AND PREPARING FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS NOT ONLY YOU SEE THE EQUIPMENT THERE, BUT IT'S KIND OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES FOR PARK OPERATIONS.
WE HAVE TO CLOSE AN ENTIRE BEACH. TWO AND A HALF MILE BEACH WE COUNTED THEM ONE TIME, THERE'S OVER 20 ENTRY POINTS ALONG SHORELINE DRIVE THAT DOESN'T EVEN COUNT THE PARK AREA THAT'S AT BAY TRAIL, SO THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORTS THAT GO INTO THIS.
AND CITY OF ALAMEDA AND THE DISTRICT, COST SHARE FOR THE EQUIPMENT RENTAL.
AND THESE EFFORTS HELP LESSEN THE NATURAL EROSION OF THE BEACH.
AND NEXT MANY OF OUR PARKS, WE BORDER HEAVY POPULATED COMMUNITIES AND AN EVER CHANGING SHORELINE, SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES INCLUDE SHORELINE CLEANUP OF BOATS, AS YOU SEE PICTURED, MARINE LIFE AND DEBRIS.
AND SO FAR, WE'VE HAD THREE RECENT SAILBOATS COME IN WHERE WE HAD TO HAVE CONTRACTORS REMOVE THEM.
AND IN THE BOTTOM CORNER, ONE OF OUR MANY STORM SURGES.
AND PICTURED IS, I'D SAY IT'S A SUCCESS STORY.
THIS IS AT LEET DRIVE AT MARTIN LUTHER KING SHORELINE AT SAN LEANDRO CREEK TRAIL.
AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE START OF THIS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE FAR RIGHT THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, ESCALATED UNHOUSED CAMPS ALONG CITY STREETS. THAT INCREASED, BUT NOW RECENTLY, WE ARE NOW ASSISTING CITIES SUCH AS CITY OF OAKLAND HERE IN THE FINAL CLEANUP AND THEIR K-RAIL PLACEMENTS.
AND WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH ADDED TRASH AND DISRUPTIONS TO PUBLIC TRYING TO USE THOSE TRAILS.
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USUALLY OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, WE HAVE A BOAT TRAINING AND BOOM DEPLOYMENT TRAINING.AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, IN 2007, THE COSCO BUSAN SHIP HIT THE BAY BRIDGE AND LEAKED OVER 53,000 GALLONS OF HEAVY FUEL OILS. AND EVENTUALLY THE TIDES BROUGHT IN MUCH OF THE OIL TO OUR SHORELINE AREAS, REQUIRING A LOT OF CLEANUP.
AND AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT, IT BROUGHT AWARENESS TO IMPROVE THE UNIFIED COMMAND RESPONSE AND RESOURCES BEING SPREAD THROUGH THE STATE. WE NOW, AS A RESULT OF THAT, HAVE TWO SPILL TRAILERS FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE UNDER CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE. WE HAVE DISTRICT STAFF TRAINED A GOOD PORTION IN OUR SHORELINE UNIT THAT CAN DEPLOY THESE RESOURCES AS A DEFENSE MEASURE TO PROTECT EELGRASS BEDS AND OTHER SENSITIVE PARK FEATURES IN A MAJOR OIL SPILL EVENT.
AND IN THE TRAINING PICTURED, WE HAD CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE AND COAST GUARD INVOLVED WITH BOTH LAND AND WATER TRAININGS AT FERRY POINT BEACH AT MILLER KNOX. AND WITH SPECIAL EVENTS, THE SHORELINE UNIT HAS A THEME OF VOLUNTEERING DEEPLY ROOTED INTO EACH OF OUR PARK AREAS.
PICTURED IS VOLUNTEERS CLEANING UP AT MARTIN LUTHER KING SHORELINE DAY OF SERVICE.
I'D HAVE TO SAY VOLUNTEERS ARE ONE OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCES.
WITH OUR MINIMAL STAFFING MODELS, WE CAN ONLY TAKE ON ESSENTIAL TASKS, BUT AFTER MANY EVENTS WE GET DUMPSTERS FULL OF DEBRIS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE ENTER INTO OUR WATERWAYS. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, A SPECIAL THANKS TO VOLUNTEERS AND THE PARK STAFF BECAUSE WITHOUT OUR PARKS STAFF HELPING ON THESE EVENTS, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON WHERE WE REALLY NEED THEIR EFFORTS.
WE ALSO HOST MANY SPECIAL EVENTS, INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY RACES, FUNDRAISING WALKS AND, AS PICTURED AT POINT PINOLE ON THE FAR LEFT IS ENDURANCE RUNNING EVENT, AND MANY OF THESE EVENTS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND JUST A NOTE COMING UP THIS SATURDAY IS THE 57TH ANNUAL SANDCASTLE CONTEST AT CROWN BEACH.
AND CONGRATS TO DIRECTOR ESPAÑA FOR BEING A SAND CASTLE JUDGE THIS YEAR.
IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB [LAUGHTER] OKAY, AND JUST WANT TO NOTE PARK IMPROVEMENTS. THE SHORELINE UNIT ALSO FOCUSES ON VEGETATION MANAGEMENT FOR FIRE SAFETY AND REPLENISHMENT FOR NEXT GENERATIONS.
THE PICTURE SHOWS ONE OF THE MANY HAZARDOUS TREE PROJECTS WE'VE DONE IN THE UNIT.
THE BIG PICTURE, THIS ONE IS AT POINT PINOLE AND ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE BOTTOM SMALLER PICTURE IS AT VERDE SCHOOL, AND THIS IS IN NORTH RICHMOND ALONG THE WILDCAT CREEK TRAIL.
IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING TO UNDERSTAND THESE TREES.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE YEW TREES, WHICH ARE HAZARDOUS.
WE ALWAYS WANT TO, YOU KNOW, DO SAFETY PRUNING AND CLEAR THEM OUT OF THE PICNIC AREAS.
BUT THERE IS ALSO A LOT OF THE SHORELINE UNIT PARKS WERE DESIGNED IN THE 70S, LATE 60S, EARLY 70S, AND A LOT OF THOSE TREES THAT WERE PUT IN, WELL, THEY'VE REACHED THEIR MATURITY LEVEL AND MANY ARE DYING OFF, MAY HAVE BEEN REMOVED, BUT WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS THE NEXT GENERATION, AS I MENTIONED, REPLENISHMENT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF PLANTINGS THROUGHOUT THE PARK WITH MORE NATIVE SPECIES BECAUSE SOME OF THE SOILS AND THE FILL, IT'S YOU KNOW, THESE QUICK GROWING TREES THAT WENT IN THEIR ROOTS WERE NEVER ABLE TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE FILL.
SO WE HOPE AS WE CONTINUE THESE PLANTINGS, THEY'LL TAKE ROOT AND BE OUR NEXT GENERATION.
AND ON THE FINAL SLIDE, WE SEE POINT PINOLE NEAR THE VERY POPULAR ATLAS STAGING AREA.
IT'S BECOME OUR NEW NORMAL. I MEAN, STAGING AREAS ARE ALWAYS BUSY NOW.
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MILLER KNOX OVER 400,000 THOUSAND. CROWN BEACH, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST VISITED PARKS, IS ALMOST 900,000. MCLAUGHLIN SHORES 600,000.AND THEN JUST. I'LL PICK A FEW MORE MARTIN LUTHER KING SHORELINE ALMOST 400,000.
AND I THINK THESE NUMBERS, I MEAN, WE DO OUR BEST TO GATHER THE MOST ACCURATE DATA, BUT WE ALL KNOW, I THINK, THAT WE HAVE MORE VISITORS THAN THAT.
AND THESE NUMBERS WILL INCREASE AS FUTURE PARK BUILD OUTS HAPPEN.
LIKE THE OYSTER BAY DISC GOLF IS TAKING OFF, BECOMING VERY, VERY POPULAR.
AND AND THE SECRET GETS OUT. BUT I AS I WROTE THAT, I THINK THE SECRET IS ALREADY OUT, YOU KNOW, THEY FOUND US. SO BUT I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PROVIDE UPDATES AND ALSO JUST TO THANK YOU. THANK THE BOARD, JUST FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT TO US THROUGH THE BUDGET SEASON FOR EQUIPMENT, STAFFING, PROJECT BUDGETS JUST TO ALLOW US TO PRESERVE THESE VALUABLE AREAS AND TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC A VERY HIGH SERVICE LEVEL.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE.
AND I THINK AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEFF. OKAY.
BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY? WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? OKAY, GREAT. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU JUST TODAY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT ALSO HIGHLY HIGHLIGHTING A LOT OF THE IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIPS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AT THE SHORELINE PARKS. SO THE ONE PARTNERSHIP AS FAR AS CLEANING UP LITTER REALLY DECREASED A LOT OF THE TRASH THAT WAS GOING INTO THE WATERSHED AND IS ONE ISSUE WHERE OUR CONCERN VOLUNTEERS COME AND PICK THAT TRASH UP.
SO I KNOW THAT'S A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED.
AND THEN AMONG THE DISC GOLF, HAVING ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS AND HAVING A MOWING SCHEDULE THAT ALSO ONCE THEY START THEIR DISC GOLF SEASON, THAT IT REALLY IMPROVES THEIR ENJOYMENT OF THE PARK, TOO. SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS HIGHLIGHTED.
AND ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL SIZE AND VISITATION BECAUSE WITHIN OUR AREAS, OUR COASTAL SHORES, THEY ARE AS FAR AS THE RECLAIMED AREAS. BUT THE AMOUNT OF VISITATION AND THEN HOW WE PLAN FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE AS THEY BECOME EVEN MORE INCREASINGLY POPULAR BECAUSE THE DISC GOLF SECRET IS OUT [LAUGHTER] JUST AS FAR AS HOW WE APPROACH THOSE ISSUES.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE FOR THE SHORELINE UNITS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO JUDGING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS WEEKEND.
AND THEN ALSO I'LL BE WITH RHYTHMIC RISING TIDE AND GIVING A FEW POINTS FOR THE PARKS ABOUT JUST AS FAR AS ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN WITH SEA LEVEL RISE INVESTMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY BE HIGHLIGHTING WORK FROM YOUR DIVISION TOO.
YEAH. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR WAESPI. YEAH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. GEE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS DO I HAVE.
SO WITH THIS NEW CONFIGURATION OF UNITS, WHERE DO YOU AND YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, WHERE IS YOUR OFFICE? WE'RE BASED OUT OF CROWN BEACH. CROWN BEACH, OKAY, GREAT.
AND WHATEVER HAPPENED TO CONCERTS IN THE COVE? CONCERTS AT THE COVE, AS OF, YOU KNOW, PANDEMIC, A LOT OF THINGS WENT AWAY, BUT I THINK JUST I'LL HAVE TO DIG INTO IT MORE. I BELIEVE CONCERTS IN THE COVE, THE COORDINATOR COULDN'T GET THE PLANNING IN PLACE FOR THAT CONCERT IN THE COVE WHEN THEY TRIED AFTER THE PANDEMIC, BUT I COULD FOLLOW UP AND GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU ON THAT.
IS THAT OUR COORDINATOR OR CITY OF ALAMEDA? LISA, HAS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECAUSE SHE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE FOR ME EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA MAYOR HAD REACHED OUT. SO SHE'S GOT SOME REALLY GREAT VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
YEAH. SO I CAN CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW NOW AND I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH JUST A FOLLOW UP NOTE.
AND BUT IT WAS REALLY SPEARHEADED BY THE ROTARY AND THE ROTARY'S COORDINATOR.
THEY HAD TAKEN A BREAK DURING COVID. THEY DID REACH OUT TO US IN 2023.
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WE OFFERED SOME DATES, BUT THEY DID NOT FOLLOW UP.SO. OKAY, THAT'S TOO BAD. THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
AND. I FOLLOW UP WITH ONE. I'M SORRY. I WANT TO SAY THAT THE CITY OF ALAMEDA AND THE MAYOR'S STILL INTERESTED IN THAT EVENT. AND JUST AS FAR AS COMING BACK, IT'S POSSIBLE SOME WAY IN THE FUTURE.
BUT AS FAR AS I THINK, AS LISA HIGHLIGHTED, A LOT OF THAT WAS CONTINGENT ON THAT COMMUNITY PARTNER.
YEAH. AND JUST A FOLLOW UP WITH DIRECTOR ESPAÑA.
WE DO HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE REGIONAL PARK FOUNDATION.
AND SO SHE'S VERY INTERESTED IN THAT AS WELL.
AND SO IT WAS HELPFUL FOR HER TO LEARN THAT HISTORY.
AND SO I THINK SHE IS ALSO FOLLOWING UP SO GREAT.
YEAH. FANTASTIC. AND THEN AS FAR AS OIL SPILLS.
I NOTICED YOU'RE STILL DOING TRAINING, WHICH IS GREAT. AND WE USED TO DO IT IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ARE YOU GUYS ALL, WHAT ARE THEY CALLED, HAZPROS, OPERATIONAL AWARENESS.
AND THEN THERE'S HAZWOPERS. DO YOU GUYS STILL DO THAT? YEAH, I CAN TALK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. DIRECTOR WAESPI.
YEAH. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE AS MANY UNIT 4 SHORELINE STAFF.
THERE'S ACRONYMS TO EVERYTHING BUT THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CERTIFIED.
AND BASICALLY THAT PREPARES STAFF AND CLEARS THEM.
JUST IF THERE EVER WAS A, YOU KNOW, KNOCK ON SOME WOOD HERE, IF THERE EVER WAS AN OIL SPILL, HOPEFULLY NOT THAT THEY ARE CERTIFIED TO, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW THE LAYERS OF SAFETY TO GO THROUGH TO BE AROUND THAT KIND OF SITUATION. SO THAT'S ONE ASPECT OF THE TRAINING THERE THAT WE TRY TO GET THE MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF THROUGH.
AND THEN THE OTHER LAYER IS JUST AS YOU SAW ON THE SLIDE SHOW, WE TRAIN THEM ON THE BASIC BOAT TRAINING, BUT ALSO THE BOOM DEPLOYMENT BECAUSE OSPR THE, YOU KNOW, THE OIL SPILL RESPONSE TEAM, THEY MADE UP A WHOLE, UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THEY HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES LISTED IN THE BAY OF WHAT WE WANT PROTECTED, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD BE PROTECTED AND WHERE TO PUT THESE BOOMS, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T JUST GO OUT AND JUST THROW A BUNCH OF BOOMS ALL OVER THE BAY.
THERE ARE SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE BOOMS ARE TO BE PLACED, LIKE YOU KNOW, THE MOUTH OF SAN LEANDRO BAY.
YOU WOULD PUT UP, YOU KNOW, A PLACE OF A DEFECTIVE BOOM OUT THERE SO IT COULD CAPTURE ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW BEFORE IT GETS INTO SAN LEANDRO BAY.
AND THAT'S PART OF OUR TRAINING TO HELP STAFF UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR ROLE WOULD BE IN THIS AND WHERE YOU WOULD PUT THOSE DEFLECTION BOOMS IF WE WERE EVER ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT SITUATION.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST A, IT'S A UNIFIED COMMAND STRUCTURE.
SO IF THERE WAS EVER A BIG OIL SPILL LIKE THE COSCO BUSAN, WE WOULD BE PART OF A UNIFIED COMMAND STRUCTURE, MOST LIKELY BE COAST GUARD BEING THE MAIN, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN ENTITY RUNNING THAT COMMAND STRUCTURE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT BRANCH OFF, AND WE WOULD BE PART OF THAT STRUCTURE.
BUT THE MAJORITY IN THE EVENT OF AN OIL SPILL, MOST LIKELY ALL THOSE TRAILERS ARE GRANT FUNDED.
SO COAST GUARD, WHOEVER, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS A GIGANTIC OIL SPILL DOWN SOUTH, AND THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF RESOURCES, THEY COULD GRAB OUR TRAILER. OR IF WE HAD A BIG OIL SPILL UP HERE, WE COULD GRAB TRAILERS DOWN THERE.
SO IT IS A KIND OF A FLUID STRUCTURE ON THAT ONE.
BUT I HOPE I GAVE YOU MORE INFORMATION. THAT'S A GREAT UPDATE.
I'M GLAD WE'RE STILL PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROGRAM. AND THEN FINALLY, THE WATER TRAIL.
WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THE BAY WATER TRAIL TO HAVE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE COULD NAVIGATE ON THE WATER TRAIL AND THEN TAKE OUT OR PORTAGE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. I THINK THERE WERE EVEN SHOWERS AT SOME PLACES AND PLACES YOU COULD EVEN CAMP, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND I THINK THERE MIGHT BE THREE ALONG THE WAY ALONG YOUR PARKS.
I KNOW THERE'S ONE AT FAIRY POINT UP IN MILLER KNOX AND I THINK THERE'S.
YEAH. THERE'S. OUR NEWEST ONE IS POINT PINOLE.
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I TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT AND THEY NEVER EVEN HEARD OF IT.AND I SAID, OH YEAH, YOU CAN GO TAKE A SHOWER.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? AS FAR AS I'VE HEARD, I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GETTING A KAYAKER COMING EVERY NIGHT THERE, BUT AT POINT PINOLE, WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT THEY'RE KIND OF A STOP OFF POINT, THEY'RE NOT CAMPING.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH STAFF TO SEE IF WE DID HAVE ANY CAMP OUTS.
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS CHALLENGES BECAUSE POINT PINOLE, JUST FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE POINT PINOLE, BUT THEN THE NEXT WATER TRAIL POINT I BELIEVE IS ACROSS THE BAY.
SO THEY HAVE A REALLY LONG DISTANCE TO GO. I MEAN, I LOOKED AT IT, I THOUGHT, OH, THAT MIGHT BE KIND OF FUN TO DO, BUT IT IS. YOU HAVE TO REALLY PLAN FOR ITS TIDES.
IT'S A TIDE, YOU REALLY HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE TIDES BECAUSE THE MUDFLATS OUT THERE.
I KNOW THE OTHER ONE AT POINT ISABEL, THAT ONE DOES GET USED ON A DAILY, KIND OF MORE OF A YOU BRING YOUR KAYAK DOWN, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO OUT A LITTLE BIT AND COME BACK IN, BUT NOT THE I BELIEVE THEY'RE NOT REALLY USING THAT TO CAMP OR TAKE THEIR KAYAK OUT TO THE OTHER DESTINATION. BUT I'LL GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM STAFF FOR YOU.
THANKS VERY MUCH. YEAH, SURE. JEFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
A REALLY GREAT REPORT, AND I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT YOU HAVE WONDERFUL PARKS AND ALSO WONDERFUL PEOPLE, SO ALL OF THAT HELPS SO MUCH. SO I DID JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, OUT THERE IN POINT PINOLE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE POSSIBLE, YOU'RE CUTTING DOWN THOSE OLDER EUCALYPTUS TREES AND GETTING NATIVE PLANTS OUT THERE.
MY QUESTION IS, I REMEMBER SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE ON A SITE TOUR THAT SOMEBODY TALKED ABOUT WELL, I KNOW THERE IS A SPOT WHERE TRADITIONALLY THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES HAVE WINTERED, I BELIEVE IT WAS WINTERED AND THE THERE WAS ONE STAND OF EUCALYPTUS TREES RIGHT ALONG THE SHORELINE THAT SUPPOSEDLY THEY HUNG OUT IN THOSE TREES AND IT'S STUCK IN MY MIND BECAUSE I'VE NEVER LIKED EUCALYPTUS TREES. BUT THEN WHEN I HEARD THAT, I WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY, WELL, MAYBE THERE'S A PLACE FOR EUCALYPTUS TREES, AT LEAST THERE IN POINT PINOLE, CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? DO I REMEMBER THAT CORRECTLY? A ND IF YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME ON THIS IF YOU LIKE.
IS THERE ACT OF MONARCHS? WELL, I'M ASKING, ARE THE MONARCHS STILL WINTERING IN THOSE TREES, THOSE EUCALYPTUS TREES THAT ARE DOWN BY THE, THAT'S NOT THE ATLAS ROAD ENTRANCE IT'S THE OTHER ONE.
GIANT. BY THE CORRECTIONAL. YEAH, THE GIANT ROAD.
AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT PLAYS INTO THE OVERALL PLAN OF WHEN THESE TREES GET OLDER, WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I'LL CONFIRM THIS FOR YOU, BUT I THINK THEY HAVE SEEN THE MONARCHS DOWN THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT SAYS WINTERING, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY EXPLAINED DOWN AT WHAT WE USED TO SEE OVER AT ARDEN WOOD OR SOME OF THE OTHER SPECIFICS, BUT I CAN GET A BETTER IDEA. AND A LOT OF THIS COMES FROM STAFF'S OBSERVATIONS.
RIGHT. FROM THIS, SO I CAN GET THAT. AND IT MAY HAVE CHANGED, THAT WAS MAYBE 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO ON THIS, THAT PARTICULAR SITE. YEAH. SO YEAH, LET ME KNOW.
AND YOU CERTAINLY WELCOME TO TO TO GET BACK TO ME.
I HADN'T PLANNED ON ASKING THAT QUESTION, BUT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EUCALYPTUS TREES, IT KIND OF TRIGGERED THAT THOUGHT, SO. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE I ALSO WANTED TO ADD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY ABOUT THAT SAME TIME FRAME, BUT STEWARDSHIP THEY WERE USING SOME GRANT FUNDS TO ENHANCE A FEW AREAS FOR THE BUTTERFLIES. AND I'LL ASK ABOUT THAT TOO, JUST TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN A SUCCESS RATE OR OBSERVATIONS, BECAUSE THAT AREA WAS MORE BY WHERE THEIR SERVICE YARD IS.
RIGHT. THEY REMOVED SOME, BUT ONE THING TO BE REASSURED, THERE ARE PLENTY OF EUCALYPTUS OUT THERE.
WELL, I KNOW I'M NOT SO WORRIED [LAUGHTER] YEAH, WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY EUCALYPTUS TREES OUT THERE.
BUT IT SEEMED, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THERE WAS A PARTICULAR STAND THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, SAT ON. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WAS ASKING. OKAY.
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YOU KNOW, FLAGGING IT IN TERMS OF, IT WAS A CURIOUS THING TO ME BECAUSE I NEVER THOUGHT THE MONARCHS WOULD LIKE EUCALYPTUS TREES, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S STUCK IN MY MEMORY. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, I THINK IT WAS ON THE SAME SITE TOUR THAT WE CAME IN THROUGH THE ATLAS ROAD SIDE AND WE WENT TO WHERE THE NEW, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THE NEW CENTER WITH THE NEW.IT WAS AT THE SITE WHERE THE YEAH. YEAH, IT WAS THE SITE WHERE THERE WERE VOLUNTEERS AND THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE WORKING TO MAKE A GARDEN, I THINK, FOR THE FLOWERS.
AND THEN WE WALKED DOWN THAT WAY DOWN TOWARDS THE GIANT ROAD PLACE.
BUT ANYWAY, YEAH. GOOD, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS, JEFF. THANKS. GREAT PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS ON. OKAY. SO WE HAVE OUR MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ON SANITATION AND CHEMICAL TOILET CONVERSION.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ERIC BOWMAN, I'M MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT.
MY WORK GROUP INCLUDES SMALL TRAILS ROADS AND TRAILS AND SANITATION AND RECYCLING.
THE DEPARTMENT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DAILY FUNCTIONING OF OUR AGENCY, AND ITS WORK IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FINEST PARK DISTRICTS IN THE WORLD. JUST AS AN OVERVIEW WE COORDINATE OUR WORK TO KEEP PARKS SANITARY AND OPERATIONAL WITH A COMBINATION OF SERVICE ROUTES AND ASSESSING AND TROUBLESHOOTING SANITARY SYSTEMS. WE SUPPORT OUR OPERATIONS PARTNERS WITH THE IMPORTANT WORK OF REDUCING WASTE THAT GOES INTO THE LANDFILL.
WE DO THAT BY PROVIDING THREE STREAM CONTAINERS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE.
WE ALSO MONITOR AND MAINTAIN OUR SEWERS AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS WITH ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
WE'VE BEEN WELL SUPPORTED OVER THE YEARS, AND OUR CURRENT STAFFING INCLUDES FOUR SANITATION MAINTENANCE WORKERS, ONE SANITATION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE LEADER, TWO SANITATION SYSTEM AND RECYCLING COORDINATORS, AND ONE SANITATION AND RECYCLING SUPERVISOR. AND FOR 2025, WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO ALSO HAVE AN INTERN.
AS PART OF OUR EFFORTS IN SOLID WASTE REDUCTION.
WE CONTRACT WITH CIVICORP TO GATHER RECYCLING AND PARKS THAT ARE IN THEIR SERVICE AREA.
CIVICORP PARTICIPANTS USE INDUSTRY STANDARD VEHICLES AND RECEIVE SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION.
THIS IS TOWARDS OBTAINING A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.
AND THAT'S A RECOGNIZED POSITION WITH THE TEAMSTERS UNION.
AND THEY ALSO BECOME HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BY COMPANIES IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY AND OTHER RECYCLING COMPANIES AND CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS. AND I WOULD ADD THAT SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR A SANITATION RECYCLING DRIVER OURSELVES.
AND THIS IS A POTENTIAL STEP INTO OUR AGENCY.
TO EXPAND ON THE TOPIC OF SOLID WASTE REDUCTION, I'M NOW GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO THE DISTRICT'S OWN GURU OF GARBAGE, THE SULTAN OF SOLID WASTE REDUCTION [LAUGHTER] AND THE TROUBADOUR OF TRASH [LAUGHTER] ANDREW GREEN.
THANK YOU ERIC. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. I'M ANDREW GREEN, SANITATION SYSTEM RECYCLING COORDINATOR.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR 11 YEARS. CURRENTLY, MOST PARKS USE THE WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT HAVE BEEN CONTRACTED BY THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE PARK IS LOCATED.
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HOWEVER, AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY, THE PARK DISTRICT HAS THE RIGHT TO SEEK SERVICE PROVIDERS OTHER THAN THE FRANCHISE TALLER.MARCH 3RD, 2025. WE DID RECEIVE PROPOSALS AND WERE DISCUSSING TERMS WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS TO ENTER INTO TWO PARTY AGREEMENTS TO IMPROVE SERVICE AND REDUCE COST.
WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH A STAFF REPORT AT A FUTURE TIME.
ARE YOU TAKING QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY? OF COURSE.
COOL. SO THIS WAS DISTRICT WIDE CONTRACT FOR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING SERVICES? WE ASKED FOR PROPOSALS FOR ALL THE SERVICE AREAS IN THE DISTRICT.
WE DIVIDED THE DISTRICT INTO SEVEN REGIONS AND CONTACTED ABOUT I THINK IT WAS ABOUT TEN HAULERS.
WE DID GET SIX PROPOSALS BACK, AND LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO CUT COSTS.
JUST BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS. DID YOU EVER CONSIDER ENTERING THE RFP AS US? MEANING HAVING REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT TRUCK DRIVERS, WASTE HAULERS, RECYCLERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST RECENTLY, OR RIGHT AS WE SPEAK, ALAMEDA COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR AN AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICE. AND THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT BID IT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE PART OF IT ALSO.
DID YOU EVER CONSIDER DOING THAT? I KNOW THAT THE SANITATION COLLECTION DRIVERS THAT WE HAVE NOW ARE ALSO, IN THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION IS COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE, SO THAT THAT IS POSSIBLE.
BUT THIS RFP DID NOT CONSIDER IN-HOUSE COLLECTION AT THIS POINT, AS I UNDERSTAND.
IS THAT RIGHT? GOOD. I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY.
I'M JUST THINKING I WOULD BET THAT SOME COLLECTOR IS GOING TO SAY TO YOU, WELL, BOY, I CAN DO OAKLAND, BERKELEY, RICHMOND. THIS THESE TIGHT END AREAS FOR HARDLY ANYTHING.
BUT I'M GOING TO CHARGE YOU $1 MILLION TO DO DEL VALLE AND SOME OF THESE WAY OUT OF THE WAY PARKS.
WHEREAS MAYBE AT SOME POINT WE COULD CRAFT IT AND SAY, OKAY, GO AHEAD.
YOU TAKE THIS ONE. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHARGE ME THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY MORE TO DO THE OTHER STUFF, MAYBE WE COULD CONSIDER COVERING THAT. WE USED TO HAVE A GARBAGE SERVICE IN THE DISTRICT, AND ANYWAY, JUST A THOUGHT. YEAH. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. AND CERTAINLY SOME OF OUR PARKS ARE VERY REMOTE.
AND THE PROPOSALS THAT CAME IN HAD TO BALANCE THE COST EFFICIENCIES OF THE IN-TOWN COLLECTION, WHERE THEY ALREADY HAVE ROUTES AND OTHER SERVICE THAT THEY PICK UP WITH THE LONGER DISTANCE AND MORE WINDSHIELD TIME OF SERVICING OUR MORE DISTANT PARKS. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO WELL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE RFP AT A FUTURE TIME, IF THAT'S OKAY. AT ANOTHER BOARD MEETING WHERE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS. OKAY. GO AHEAD. RESTREAM COLLECTION STATIONS ALLOW FOR SEPARATION OF TRASH, RECYCLING AND COMPOST FOR OUR PARK VISITORS.
THE SANITATION RECYCLING DEPARTMENT HAS FUNDING TO PURCHASE BEARSAVERS.
THIS MODEL YOU SEE HERE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS A DISTRICT STANDARD.
WE WORK WITH THE CREATIVE DESIGN GROUP TO DEVELOP AND APPLY THESE CUSTOM GRAPHICS YOU SEE HERE.
94 BEARSAVERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED SO FAR AND DISTRIBUTION IS ONGOING.
WE WORK WITH STOPWASTE AND HR, HUMAN RESOURCES, HERE AT THE DISTRICT TO BUILD TRAINING SLIDES ON OUR SUMMIT PLATFORM REGARDING HOW TO PROPERLY SORT WASTE. THE TRAINING WAS ASSIGNED TO ALL DISTRICT STAFF.
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I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH OUR NEW INTERN.MAY I INTRODUCE MARTA? THANK YOU.
THERE YOU GO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. BOARD AND EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS MARTA. I GRADUATED FROM UC BERKELEY LAST YEAR WITH A B.S.
I AM ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN CLIMATE MITIGATION, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND SUSTAINABILITY.
I WAS SELECTED THROUGH THE HISPANIC ACCESS FOUNDATION FOR THIS INTERNSHIP, A NATIONAL NONPROFIT THAT CONNECTS LATINOS WITH PARTNERS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES. FUNDED BY A PARKS CALIFORNIA GRANT, THE HISPANIC ACCESS FOUNDATION IS PARTNERING WITH REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL PARKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND I HAVE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR ALMOST THREE MONTHS NOW, AND I'M INTERNING WITH THE SANITATION AND SYSTEMS RECYCLING DEPARTMENT, PROVIDING SUPPORT TO IMPROVE WASTE SEPARATION ACROSS THE PARKS.
SO AS PART OF MY PROJECT, I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE RFP AND COST ANALYSIS.
WITH MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE PROPER EQUIPMENT, SERVICE AND SIGNAGE.
I AM ALSO PROVIDING SUPPORT WITH THE BEARSAVER DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.
THE DATA THAT IS BEING COLLECTED IS BEING USED TO ADDRESS PARK NEEDS.
WE GET THE INFORMATION AND WE ACT ON IT DIRECTLY.
AFTER I VISIT, I FOLLOW UP WITH TAILORING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES.
FOR INSTANCE, SOME PARKS HAVE REQUIRED UPDATED SIGNAGE FOR TRASH, RECYCLING AND COMPOST FOR BINS AT THE OFFICES, RESTROOMS, AND KITCHENS. SO I RESEARCH AND MAKE SURE TO SEND THEM THE APPROPRIATE LABELS FOR EACH SPECIFIC PROGRAM, DEPENDING ON THEIR LOCATION. IN OTHER CASES, PARK STAFF NEEDED BINS TO SUPPORT A BETTER WAY OF SORTING.
AND SO I OFFER THEM THE CLEANRIVER OPTION, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT, WHICH CAN BE ORDERED DIRECTLY THROUGH THE SANITATION AND RECYCLING DEPARTMENT. ALSO, IF THE PARK NEEDS BATTERY BUCKETS AND THE BLUE AND THE GREEN BINS FOR SMALLER SPACES AT THE OFFICES THEY CAN GET THEM THROUGH CENTRAL SOURCES, AND SO I SUGGEST THAT.
AND WE HOPE THIS HELPS US DIVERT RECYCLING AND COMPOST FROM THE LANDFILL.
AND WHILE REMAINING IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAWS AND DISTRICT POLICIES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. SPENCER HARMOLA SANITATION SYSTEMS SUPERVISOR.
IN 2024, WE RECEIVED FIVE NEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
THREE OF THOSE WERE REPLACEMENTS FOR OLDER VEHICLES.
AND TWO ARE NEW GREAT ASSETS TO THE PARK DISTRICT.
I WANT TO START OFF WITH THE CAMERA TRAILER. IN THE PARK DISTRICT, WE HAVE AN SSMP, SANITARY SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND THAT IS IN FOUR PARKS. THOSE PARKS ARE GARIN, ANTHONY CHABOT, COYOTE HILLS AND DEL VALLE.
SO IN THOSE FOUR PARKS WE HAVE MILES OF FORCE MAIN AND ANNUALLY WE HAVE TO SUBMIT A PACKET THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN CARRIED. THIS CAMERA TRAILER IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
NOT ONLY CAN THIS WORK IN THE SSMP PARKS, IT WORKS AT ALL OF OUR PARKS.
IT CAN GO IN ANY STORM DRAIN, LATERAL SERVICE LINE, CULVERT, SANITARY SEWER.
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IT HELPS PRIORITIZE REPAIRS, AND IT CREATES DOCUMENTATION FOR REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE.THE BIGGEST VALUE IS THE EFFICIENCY, INSTEAD OF GUESSING, WE CAN INSPECT MILES OF PIPE ACCURATELY, SAVING THE DISTRICT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME AND MONEY ON UNNEEDED DIGGING.
THE NEXT IS OUR HYDRO EXCAVATION TRUCK. ALTHOUGH THIS TRUCK'S ONLY BEEN IN SERVICE FOR FOUR YEARS, IT IS A VERY BIG ASSET. IT IS USED TO LOCATE SENSITIVE INFRASTRUCTURE, BIG GAS LINES. WE WORKED ON A PROJECT IN MARTINEZ RECENTLY WHERE WE HAD TO LOCATE FOUR FOOT DIAMETER GAS LINES WITH BIG EQUIPMENT IN THERE, TRYING TO LOCATE THAT IT COULD BE A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO HYDRO EXCAVATE AND NOT WORRY ABOUT ANY EXPLOSIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THIS ALSO IS FOR OUR CULVERT PROGRAM. WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF CULVERTS IN THE PARK DISTRICT.
THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS GREAT AT CLEANING ALL THE CULVERTS GOING FROM 100% BLOCKAGE DOWN TO ZERO AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO USE FOR YEARS TO COME. THIS IS ALSO USED FOR TRENCHING AND REMOTE EXCAVATION, AS WELL AS DEBRIS REMOVAL. DEL VALLE, AS WE ALL KNOW, FLOODED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
WE WERE ABLE TO USE THIS EQUIPMENT FOR A BIG CLEANUP AND HELP OUT.
THESE TRUCKS ARE VERSATILE, WHETHER WE'RE EXPOSING GAS LINES OR CLEANING OUT A CULVERT.
A HYDRO EXCAVATION TRUCK REDUCES LABOR RISK AND PROTECTS INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT IS USED FOR CLEANING GREASE, ROOTS AND DEBRIS FROM SEWER LATERALS, FLUSHING STORM DRAINS AND CULVERT, ROUTINE AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE OF SMALLER LINES AND ROOT CUTTING.
IT IS GREAT FOR OUR BACKCOUNTRY AREAS WHERE THE HYDRO EXCAVATION TRUCK CAN'T GET.
ALL THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT I'VE SHOWN ARE ALSO FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
IT'S REALLY GREAT BECAUSE WE CAN FOCUS ON KEEPING EVERYTHING IN-HOUSE.
WE'RE BUILDING A SEWER SANITATION DEPARTMENT THAT IS ABLE TO HANDLE ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR LONG TERM EFFORT THAT'S BEEN QUIETLY MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY WE SUPPORT PUBLIC ACCESS AND PARK USE, AND THAT'S OUR CHEMICAL TOILET UPGRADE PROGRAM.
SANITATION IS COMMITTED TO REPLACING CHEMICAL TOILETS ACROSS OUR PARKS WITH LOWER MAINTENANCE, HIGHER CAPACITY VAULT TOILETS. THESE VAULT SYSTEMS IMPROVE RELIABILITY, REDUCE SERVICING FREQUENCY AND PROVIDE A MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR OUR PARK VISITORS.
THIS PROGRAM ISN'T NEW. IN FACT, IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR OVER TWO DECADES.
OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS ALONE, WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED MORE THAN 30 OF THESE UPGRADED TOILETS.
THE LATEST TOILETS THAT WE'VE INSTALLED ARE AT POINT PINOLE, WE INSTALLED TWO NEW VAULT TOILETS, ONE NEAR THE BASKETBALL COURTS AND ANOTHER OUT IN THE WOODS AND TRAILS AREA.
WE ADDED ANOTHER AT CARQUINEZ STRAIGHT, SPECIFICALLY BULL VALLEY.
THESE STRATEGIC INSTALLATIONS ENSURE CLEANER AND MORE DEPENDABLE FACILITIES WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED MOST, AND THEY SUPPORT OUR LARGER COMMITMENT TO ACCESS HEALTH AND USER SATISFACTION IN OUR PARKS.
IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO PLAN ON INSTALLING THREE MORE VAULT TOILETS, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AT CORAL GROUP CAMP AND STABLES AT LAS TRAMPAS, AS WELL AS PORT COSTA STAGING AREA. IN THIS PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE OUR LESS DESIRABLE CHEMICAL TOILETS.
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST SATISFACTIONS OF THIS PROGRAM IS IT HELPS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
AND TURN IT OVER TO ERIC. THANK YOU. NO NICKNAME.
THANK YOU SPENCER. I FEEL LIKE A PROUD PAPA RIGHT NOW WITH THIS TEAM.
SO DURING THE LONG HISTORY OF THE PARK DISTRICT SANITATION AND RECYCLING DEPARTMENT IT HAS PROVEN TO BE A SANCTUARY FOR EMPLOYEES WHO DO A JOB THAT'S RARELY RECOGNIZED. BUT IT'S AN ESSENTIAL, LOW PROFILE, HIGH PRESSURE ROLE.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO A STARTING POINT AND A HAVEN FOR EMPLOYEES WHO WANT TO EXCEL AND BECOME LEADERS.AND OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN WELL SUPPORTED BY THE BOARD.
I WANT TO THANK YOU. WE GET EQUIPMENT. WE'VE GOTTEN SOME NEW POSITIONS, AND WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP OUR SERVICE LEVELS AT THIS AGENCY VERY HIGH. AND OUR REPUTATION PRECEDES US.
SO WE ARE READY FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND EAGER TO ANSWER.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
YOU DO PLAY, ALL OF YOU AN ESSENTIAL ROLE, AND I LOVE THE WAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO INNOVATE AND MAKE THINGS EVEN BETTER AND BETTER, PARTICULARLY AROUND MAKING SURE THAT THAT THE WASTE IS GOING IN THE RIGHT PLACES AND THE RECYCLING AND THE COMPOSTING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. I'M SURE WE'VE GOT QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
SO YOU PROVIDE A WHERE YOU TOSS YOUR TRASH MATTERS.
FOR ANNUAL TRAINING TO THE STAFF. IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MAKING RESERVATIONS OR OBTAINING PERMITS FOR LARGE EVENTS? A LOT OF TIMES WHERE I SEE GARBAGE MIXED IS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S HAVING A LARGE SCALE EVENT.
SO IS THERE A CLASS OR IS THERE ANY REQUIREMENTS, LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE PERMITTING OR RESERVING AND HOW THEY SHOULD SORT THEIR TRASH? YEAH. CURRENTLY WE DO NOT ASSIGN OR PROVIDE THAT TRAINING TO, LET'S SAY, IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO RESERVE A GROUP CAMP OR A LARGE PICNIC AREA. WE DO TRY TO. T HOSE ARE OUR TARGETED AREAS FOR OUR THREE STREAM CANS.
AND WE TRY AND MAKE THE SIGNAGE UNDERSTANDABLE, ETC..
THERE. THERE'S JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF IT IS WE DO TAKE A DEPOSIT ON SOME OF THOSE RESERVATIONS.
SO IF SOMEONE WERE TO REALLY TRASH THE AREA, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO RECALL ON THAT.
BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT HAPPENING. BUT THAT IS A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION COMPONENT OF, YOU KNOW, THREE STREAM AND SOLID WASTE REDUCTION.
ANDREW SOMETIMES WILL HAVE VOLUNTEER STAFF ACTUALLY STAFFING THESE THREE STREAM CONTAINERS AND HELPING PEOPLE GUIDE TO WHERE THEY PUT THINGS. BUT OUT IN THE INDIVIDUAL PARKS RIGHT NOW, NO, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT TRAINING.
OKAY. THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE, BECAUSE SOME OF THE LARGER SCALE PERMIT USERS WHO HAVE, LET'S SAY, DIFFERENT EVENTS AT THE PARKS I FEEL LIKE THEY COULD BENEFIT FOR AS PART OF THEIR PERMIT PROCESS, HAVING SOME TYPE OF EDUCATION ABOUT WHAT OUR EXPECTATION IS FOR GARBAGE SORTING, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DO HAVE THE STAFF GOING UP THERE PICKING THE GARBAGE BAGS UP.
AND THEY ARE USING OUR PARK AS A RESOURCE. THE OTHER AS FAR AS AMBASSADORS, I WAS GOING TO ASK, DID WE HAVE TRASH AMBASSADORS FOR SORTING FOR LARGE SCALE EVENTS THAT JUST AREN'T PARK EVENTS? SO LET'S SAY FOR QUARRY LAKES, IF SOMEONE WAS HAVING A LARGE SCALE EVENT AT THE PAVILION, DO WE EVER HAVE ANY TYPE OF TRASH AMBASSADORS FOR LARGER EVENTS? YEAH, RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY WE DO NOT.
BUT I'VE HEARD THAT IDEA FROM, YOU KNOW, MY STAFF AND IT'S KIND OF BEEN KICKED AROUND.
I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION AND SOMETHING WE COULD EXPLORE WITH BUSINESS SERVICES AND RESERVATIONS TO POTENTIALLY PUT THAT OUT THERE MIGHT TAKE THE FORM OF, YOU KNOW, REDUCE, YOU KNOW, IN A REFUND ON A DEPOSIT.
WE, YOU KNOW, REFUND MAYBE A SMALL PERCENTAGE MORE FOR HAVING A, YOU KNOW, HAVING THREE-STREAM THE GARBAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA. DENNIS, DO YOU WANT TO.
ANDREW MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT CONCERTS AT THE COVE WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THAT UNFORTUNATELY HASN'T HAPPENED FOR A FEW YEARS AT THAT EVENT.
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WE WORKED WITH COMMUNITY EVENT, A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THERE IN ALAMEDA, ALONG WITH THE EVENT PRODUCER AND THE TRASH, RECYCLING AND COMPOST SERVICE PROVIDER.AND WE ABSOLUTELY HAD, WE CALL THEM TRASH TALKERS.
WE'VE HAD SUCCESS WITH THAT, AND WE CAN LOOK INTO GETTING BACK INTO THAT.
AND THIS IS JUST MY THIRD QUESTION. MY FAVORITE CAMPAIGN EVER IS THERE IS NO POOP FAIRY.
IT WAS HILARIOUS. I GO ON THE TRAILS A LOT OF TIMES, AND THERE'S DOG POOP.
BUT THEN WE SAW IT HAD AN IMPACT ON REDUCING.
SO ONE THING THAT I SEE, JUST LIKE POST-COVID, IS AN INCREASE OF TRASH.
AND AS WE'RE OUTDOOR PEOPLE, WE'RE ALL AWARE OF LEAVE NO TRACE, WHEN WE GO OUT INTO THE BACKCOUNTRY.
I'M ALWAYS SURPRISED THAT I DON'T SEE LEAVE NO TRACE ETHICS FOR THE FRONT COUNTRY OR FOR THE PARKS.
AND IS THERE ANY WAY TO INTEGRATE AS FAR AS WITH THE TRASH, THE PICNICS AND THE OTHER STUFF WITH A LEAVE NO TRACE POLICY? AND I MIGHT BE OF OTHER SCHOOL OF THOUGHT, BUT I FEEL IF YOU'RE HAVING A PICNIC IN THE PARK YOU SHOULD BE TAKING YOUR GARBAGE BACK OUT OF THE PARK.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE HAVING SOMETHING SMALLER AND YOU'RE NOT PAYING FOR THAT TRASH TO BE INCLUDED.
SO A RE THERE EFFORTS TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF FOCUS ON THAT, IN A WAY THAT'S FUN AND EDUCATIONAL AS A LEAVE NO TRACE? ONE EXAMPLE OF LEAVE NO TRACE, FOR LIKE BRAZEN RACING, THEY'LL TALK ABOUT IF YOU DROP YOUR GEL OR THE GEL TABS THAT YOU'LL GET BAD LUCK DURING THE RACE. SO IT'S KIND OF A JOKE, BUT WE ALL AT THEIR RACES WOULD BE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT PICKING UP TRASH.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, POLICING OUR OWN RUNNING COMMUNITY TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TAKING DIFFERENT NUTRIENTS FOR ONE OF THOSE ENDURANCE RACES OR SOMETHING OUT AT POINT PINOLE.
SO, YEAH. SO JUST KIND OF HAVE THERE BEEN THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE TRASH IS SOMETHING THAT IS SOCIETAL OUTSIDE OF THE PARK IS BECOMING MORE OF AN ISSUE. YEAH, LIKE A PACK IN, PACK IT OUT KIND OF THING.
I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF COMMENTS WE WANT TO HEAR WHEN WE BRING THESE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS FORWARD BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO HEAR THEM. AND SO I WOULD SAY WHEN I HEAR YOUR QUESTION, DO WE HAVE ANY OF THESE? I THINK WE HAVE THEM SORT OF IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
YOU MENTIONED BRAZEN RACING. THAT'S RACE. AND THAT'S LIKE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
AND WE DO HAVE INFORMATION WITH PICNIC RESERVATIONS.
BUT WE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE EFFORTS.
BUT WE REALLY, I THINK ARE MISSING A CONSOLIDATED UMBRELLA.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT ITEM THAT WE CAN PUT ON OUR COLLECTIVE WORK PLAN BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING I THINK INDIVIDUALLY THAT THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT AS AN UMBRELLA EFFORT.
AND SO THIS IS JUST A GREAT PROD FOR US. AND JUST THE COMMENT IS, WE HAVE AN AMAZING INTERN HERE WHO'S WORKING ON THESE DIFFERENT ISSUES. AND IF WE'RE TAKING ALL THIS EFFORT ON THE SIDE OF THE PARK TO HAVE THREE STREAM GARBAGE TO AS FAR AS HAVE STATE-OF-THE-ART DIFFERENT RECYCLERS, THEN WE NEED OUR PARK USERS TO BUY IN TO THESE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS AND USE THEM SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A THREE STREAM GARBAGE WITH THREE STREAMS OF GARBAGE IN EACH RECEPTIVE POOL RATHER THAN BEING SEPARATED. SO THAT WAS IT FROM THIS PART.
THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU. DIRECTOR WAESPI. THANK YOU GUYS ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS.YOU'RE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER ALL THE TIME.
I'VE BEEN A BIG FAN OF YOU GUYS FOR YEARS. I HAVE NO COMMENTS OTHER THAN WHAT LUANA MENTIONED.
I CHALLENGE YOU GUYS TO DO A NO WASTE PARK. I THINK YOU CAN DO IT.
REDWOOD PARK, I THINK IT WOULD BE SIMPLE. ONE ENTRANCE IN.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU COLLECT. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE REDWOOD ENTRANCE.
SKYLINE IS KIND OF A LOST CAUSE, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE HIKERS UP THERE.
I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT HIKES IN TO TAKE A PICNIC DOWN FROM SKYLINE GATE.
IT COULD HAPPEN, BUT I DOUBT IT. BUT THAT POINT OF CONTACT YOU HAVE WITH OUR KIOSKS WHERE YOU COULD GIVE PEOPLE BAGS, GIVE THEM A LITTLE BROCHURE TELLING THEM WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
AND THEN THE PICNICKERS IN REDWOOD PARK. I THINK YOU'D BE GUARANTEED SUCCESS JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT POINT OF CONTACT THERE AND A PRETTY AWARE GROUP OF FOLKS THAT USE REDWOOD PARK. SO I CHALLENGE YOU TO DO THAT. I THINK IT'D BE REALLY GREAT AND YOU'D BECOME SUPER HEROES IF YOU TRIED THAT.
AND ALSO, I DON'T CHALLENGE YOU GUYS, BUT I CHALLENGE US TO.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY. IT'S A BLACK AND WHITE ISSUE.
CHEMICAL TOILETS ARE AWFUL. THERE'S NO QUESTION.
AND IT'S A POLITICAL ISSUE, IT'S BEEN SAID IT'S A POLITICAL ISSUE.
IT'S OUR PARK, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM AS NICE.
AND FOR ALL OF THE REASONS THE DISPENSER DETAILED SANITARY REASONS, HEALTH REASONS, ESTHETIC REASONS, EVERYTHING ELSE. IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. SO I HOPE WE ACT ON THIS IN THE NEXT YEAR.
WE CAN'T BE PUTTING THIS OFF ALL THE TIME. IT'S A FLAWED ARGUMENT FROM WHAT OUR FRIENDS IN THAT AREA WHO HAVE SOME JURISDICTION OR SOME INFLUENCE OVER US, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY IN MISSION PEAK, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY AT STANFORD AVENUE. I DID AN ARTICLE IN A PAPER, ONE PUBLICATION, AND IT WAS SHOWING MISSION PEAK. YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT IN SOME PLACES, IF YOU CAN ENVISION WHEN YOU COME TO A PARK AND ESPECIALLY MISSION PEAKS, ESPECIALLY STANFORD AVENUE STATIONARY, YOU DRIVE UP TO A DEAD END.
THE ONLY THING YOU SEE IS A BEAUTIFUL, ICONIC PEAK, VERY ALLURING.
AND THEN THE ONLY PARK FURNITURE OR PARK ARCHITECTURE THERE IS A SINGLE RAIL, SMALL FENCE, WHICH ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE, WE USE VERY EXPENSIVE WOOD TO DO THAT.
WE, YOU KNOW, CUT EVERYTHING AT A 45, MAKE THEM LOOK VERY ATTRACTIVE.
OUR FENCES AND GATES ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE OR QUASI-ATTRACTIVE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A NICE ROMTECH TOILET OR A CXT TOILET, WHICH ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE.
OR YOU HAVE CHEMICAL TOILETS THAT MAKE THE PLACE LOOK LIKE A, SOME OUTHOUSE IN SOME ROADWAY.
EXCELLENT. ABSOLUTELY. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
I'M EXCITED THAT YOU'RE GETTING MORE OF THEM OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PICTURES, BECAUSE I LIKED, I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T CARE AND MAYBE THEY WOULD IF THEY HAD MORE EDUCATION.
SO I THINK IT IS HELPFUL TO HAVE THE PICTURES AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CIVICORPS AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET PEOPLE IN AND TRAINED AND IN AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE JOBS AND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY JOBS HERE, BUT CERTAINLY WITH OTHER YOU KNOW, WITH OTHER RECYCLERS OR OTHER FOLKS IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN ALAMEDA COUNTY AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK AND FOR THE REPORT.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. OH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. I HAD ASKED BUSINESS SERVICES MANAGER TIFFANY MARGULICI TO GIVE A FOLLOW UP
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TO ONE OF OUR BOARD OPERATION COMMITTEE ITEMS THAT THEN WENT TO THE FULL BOARD, WHICH WAS TO APPROVE FIVE ADDITIONAL CATERERS FOR OUR APPROVED CATERER LIST. AND THEN ALSO HOW THAT HAS NOW BEEN ADVANCING WITH THE BRAZILIAN ROOM AND THEIR OPEN HOUSES. SO TIFFANY. AND THEY'RE PROVIDING LUNCH TODAY.OH, NO [LAUGHTER] THAT'S OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY.
SO HI AGAIN, TIFFANY MARGULICI, BUSINESS SERVICES MANAGER.
SO YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE COMMITTEE AND FULL BOARD FOR AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL CATERERS FOR THE APPROVED CATERER LIST AT THE RENTAL RESERVABLE FACILITIES. AND PART OF THE PAYMENT OF THE CATERERS IS INTO A PROMOTIONAL FUND WHERE WE HELP MARKET OUR FACILITIES AND OUR APPROVED CATERERS.
AND THIS YEAR, THE BRAZILIAN ROOM AND RENTAL FACILITIES TEAM HAS TAKEN AN EXCITING REFRESH OF WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE WEDDING FAIRS, WHICH WAS CONSOLIDATED TO FEBRUARY AND WAS VERY CENTRIC TO WEDDINGS, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN REVAMPED INTO SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS.
SO WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND ENJOY THE RENTAL FACILITIES ALL YEAR LONG, AND ALSO ALIGN WITH THE SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND ADVANCED BY THE OFFICE OF EQUITY.
SO I HAVE SOME PATCHES AND STICKERS FOR SOME OF THE RECENT SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS.
WE'VE HAD A CHERRY TREE FESTIVAL, SO I'LL BE GIVING THOSE OUT.
COOL. AND AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY EVENING JUNETEENTH EVENT, A SEASONAL CELEBRATION.
AND SO THESE ARE EVENTS WHERE A SELECTION, A SUBSET OF THE APPROVED CATERERS CAN COME TALK TO PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE RESERVATIONS, WHO ARE TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT CATERER THEY MIGHT LIKE, TALK TO FUTURE PROSPECTIVE RENTALS.
AND I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING REALLY EXCITING THAT STAFF HAS WORKED ON, AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE RESERVABLE FACILITIES TEAM BECAUSE THEY NOT ONLY DOES THIS ALIGN WITH OUR SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS, BUT IT'S ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT OUR RESERVABLE FACILITIES CAN BE USED FOR MANY TYPES OF CELEBRATIONS. WHEREAS PRIOR THE FOCUS WAS KIND OF SPECIFIC TO WEDDINGS, WHICH IS, OF COURSE A KEY PART OF OUR MARKET, BUT NOT AT ALL LIMITING. SO I WILL BE PASSING THESE OUT TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS JUST TO SHARE IN THIS GREAT WORK THAT STAFF HAS BEEN DOING. YEAH AND TIFFANY, I JUST ADD THAT THESE ARE ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE BRAZILIAN ROOM WEBSITE, IT TALKS ABOUT THESE EVENTS.
AND SO THERE'LL BE TWO MORE IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE THEME. THERE'S A NAME. BUT OF COURSE, I HAVEN'T EATEN, SO I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT ANYWAY.
AND SO THAT'S ALSO ON THE WEBSITE. SO IT'S REALLY, I THINK, AN EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THESE ARE RESERVABLE FACILITIES AREN'T JUST FOR WEDDINGS, THEY'RE FOR ALL SORTS OF EVENTS.
AND THE CATERERS THAT WE USE ARE HAPPY TO AND HAVE ARE VERY WELL QUALIFIED TO SUPPORT THOSE EVENTS.
I WENT TO THE JUNETEENTH ONE LAST NIGHT, AS YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS AMAZING.
THE FOOD, THEY HAD FOOD, MUSIC, DANCERS, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE.
AND THEY HAD A GOOD TURNOUT TOO, IMPORTANTLY.
SO IT WAS I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD APPROACH BECAUSE.
YES, YOU KNOW, WE WANT PEOPLE COMING IN FOR WEDDING PLANNING, BUT THERE'S SO MANY OTHER POSSIBLE CELEBRATIONS THAT PEOPLE, OR OTHER TYPES OF EVENTS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO BE HAVING AT OUR FACILITIES.
YEAH. SO YOU GUYS CHECK THE WEBSITE. YEAH, BUT ANYWAY, YEAH.
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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND YEAH, GREAT JOB.ALL RIGHT. AND SO I THINK WE'RE DONE. AND WE ARE A JOURNEY NOW AT 1:01 P.M.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.