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JUNE 25TH, BEGINNING AT 11:05. WILL THE RECORDING CLERK, YOLANDA BARIAL KNIGHT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?[Roll Call]
THANK YOU. 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.
AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS WE ARE WE'RE
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GOING TO PUT OFF APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 26TH MINUTES UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS AUGUST 27TH.SO ITEM 2B, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING FROM APRIL 30TH.
I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT AGENDA ITEM. HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE THE 30TH.
OKAY. AND I WILL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.
OKAY. THAT'S APPROVED. AND 2C. SAME THING. EXCEPT FOR MAY THE MEETING OF MAY 28TH.
MOTION TO APPROVE THAT. YEAH. I'LL JUST STATE FOR THE RECORD, I WAS NOT IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT MEETING, BUT I CAN MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. YEAH. OKAY, GREAT.
APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. AND I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR.
AYE. OKAY. THAT PASSES TWO. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY?
[Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda]
FOR ITEMS NOT ON THIS AGENDA? YES. PRESIDENT MERCURIO.WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM SUSAN SCHWARTZ.
OKAY. SHE ACTUALLY SENT A LETTER IN. YES. YES.
YES. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MA'AM. WELL.
WHY NOT? YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HOPE YOU EITHER HAVE READ OR WILL READ MY LONG LETTER.
AND THANK YOU, YOLANDA, FOR DISTRIBUTING IT. TYPOS AND ALL.
IT LISTS EXAMPLES WHERE DOCUMENTS USED IN PLANNING, PARTICULARLY THE WORK OF CONSULTANTS, COULD LEAD TO DECISIONS THAT ARE MISGUIDED, EXPENSIVE, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY DESTRUCTIVE.
IN PREPARING FOR JUST ONE PLAN. CONSULTANTS HAVE CONJURED MYTHICAL COURSE BEACHES, SUPPORTING THEM, USING THEM TO SUPPORT PROTECTING US AGAINST SEA LEVEL RISE.
THEY HAVE GIVEN THE DISTRICT SERIOUSLY MISLEADING INFORMATION ON BOTH THE NATIVE PLANTS THAT COULD HELP REVITALIZE AREAS, AND THE INVASIVE PLANTS THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO COMBAT.
FROM THE FEW EXAMPLES WHERE I HAVE DETAILED KNOWLEDGE.
THIS PROBLEM GOES WELL BEYOND THE EAST BAY PARK DISTRICT .
IT'S NOT JUST YOU. I WROTE SIX PAGES OF CORRECTIONS TO THE HILLSIDE NATURAL AREAS FIRE HAZARD REDUCTION PLAN, FROM BAD STATISTICS TO A PLANT LIST, CUT AND PASTED FROM SOME OTHER DOCUMENT.
BUT THE PARK DISTRICT ESSENTIALLY CONTROLS NATURE IN THE EAST BAY, AND IT HAS BOTH THE INFLUENCE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO IMPROVE THIS SITUATION. SO I'M SUGGESTING A VERY LIMITED FIRST STEP.
ROUTINELY MAKE CONSULTANTS DOCUMENTS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WHEN THEY ARE BEING USED.
AND SET UP A PROCEDURE TO CORRECT THEM AND REQUIRE THOSE CORRECTIONS.
NOW THE GENERAL MANAGER, STAFF AND BOARD MAY HAVE BETTER SOLUTIONS.
THIS IS A VERY LARGE PROBLEM, NOT LIMITED TO YOU FOR THE SAKE OF CITIZENS, TAXPAYERS, AND NATURE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AS WELL AS HISTORY AND TRUTH. I HOPE YOU WILL ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND PLEASE CORRECT, NOT COLLECT THAT MISLEADING PHOTOGRAPH IN YOUR RISK ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION PLAN.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEEP DIVE INTO THIS.
I APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT HOUR. WE HAVE NO OTHER
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ACTION ITEMS. OH, I ASSUME WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY.OKAY. ALL RIGHT. JUMPING AHEAD A LITTLE BIT HERE. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL INFORMATIONAL ITEMS NOW,
[Informational Items]
AND WE WILL MOVE TO THOSE. AND THE FIRST IS ITEM FIVE A, WHICH IS THE 2026 BOARD CALENDAR.GOOD MORNING, DIRECTOR MERCURIO AND DIRECTOR SAN JUAN.
ALISON BROOKS, ONE OF MY ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM THE PROPOSED CALENDAR FOR 2026.
AND FROM WHAT I'VE GATHERED, THERE WAS A LOT OF EFFORT LAST YEAR IN DEVELOPING THE CALENDAR AND REALLY IN AN EFFORT TO GET SOMETHING LOCKED IN FAIRLY EARLY THAT WE CAN ALL ORGANIZE OUR MYRIAD EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES AROUND.
RECOGNIZING THAT THE MEETINGS, GOVERNMENT MEETINGS, THE BOARD MEETINGS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE KIND OF THE CORE OF, YOU KNOW, ARE ALL OF WHAT WE ORIENT OUR EFFORT AROUND FOR THE PARK DISTRICT .
SO THIS IS FOR YOUR REVIEW. WE REALLY WENT FROM THE CALENDAR YOU'RE OPERATING UNDER FOR THIS YEAR AND ADJUSTED THE DATES TO, TO KIND OF ALIGN WITH THE CALENDAR NEXT YEAR.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANKS. ALL RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. SO I KNOW LAST YEAR I VOTED NO ON THE CALENDAR.
I THINK THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF WORK THAT CAN BE DONE FOR THIS BOARD CALENDAR TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF DIFFERENT COMMITMENTS THAT BOARD MEMBERS OR POTENTIAL BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE.
AND I DO KNOW THAT IN THE 2024 ELECTION, THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE, I THINK, QUALIFIED CANDIDATE WHO WAS CONSIDERING RUNNING FOR ONE OF THE SEATS IN THE 2024 ELECTION AND CHOSE NOT TO BECAUSE OF OUR SCHEDULING.
AND SO I'M CURIOUS, MY QUESTION IS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU IF IT'S OKAY TO I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT DO YOU WANT TO DO QUESTIONS AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN COMMENTS, OR DO YOU WANT IT TO BE.
OKAY. SO MY QUESTION IS IS IS THERE ROOM TO MAYBE WORK ON THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE IT COMES TO THE FULL BOARD? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR, AND I KNOW I VOTED NO, AND I ALSO WASN'T VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE CALENDAR THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND WOULD HAVE LIKED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, AND IT HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO THE FULL BOARD A LITTLE BIT LATE IN THE PROCESS.
TO YOUR POINT, HOW TO OPEN THIS UP TO OTHER OTHER TIME PERIODS.
DO YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS ON HOW YOU'D LIKE TO MANAGE THAT PROCESS? SHARE SOME OF THAT, I GUESS, WHEN WE'RE DOING COMMENTS. BUT I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION IS WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE THIS COMING TO THE FULL BOARD? IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER? WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? AND IT'S OKAY IF WE DON'T KNOW EITHER? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE SEPTEMBER WOULD BE MY YEAR, ESPECIALLY IF WE WANT TO WORK ON IT A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
OKAY. AND I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS, BUT I'LL WAIT FOR THOSE. OKAY. YEAH, THANKS.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IN MY MIND TEND TO BE MORE LIKE COMMENTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST KIND OF THROW A GENERAL QUESTION OUT THERE, AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO ANSWER IT, BUT I CAN GO ALONG WITH THE DATES. BUT I MAY NOT, MAYBE NOT THE LOCATIONS.
SO WE'LL WE CAN DO THAT WITH COMMENTS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY I REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THIS GETTING DONE AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR, IT'S WELL IN ADVANCE AND IT'S YOU KNOW, SO, SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT A DATE AND SAY, OH, THERE'S NO WAY THAT NOVEMBER 12TH IS GOING TO WORK FOR ME, YOU KNOW? SO, SO I'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS AFTER WE FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO DIVE INTO THIS ISSUE AND OFFER ANY COMMENTS. THERE ARE NONE. OKAY, SO NOW'S THE TIME.
NOW'S THE TIME TO TO COMMENT ON STUFF. YEAH. YES.
SO I'LL SHARE SOME COMMENTS. AND THEN I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK A LITTLE BIT ON THIS DRAFT BEFORE IT COMES TO THE FULL BOARD, AND I CAN SHARE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY VACATION PLANNED DURING OUR RECESS IN JULY.
SO ALTHOUGH IT DOES TAKE ME SOME TIME TO GET HERE TO IF WE'RE ABLE TO MAYBE WORK VIRTUALLY,
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THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. TO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES A LITTLE BIT AND MAKE THIS A MORE INCLUSIVE CALENDAR.I THINK SO SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT I'VE HEARD.
AND I SEE THAT AS EVIDENCE THAT MAYBE WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MODIFY THE COMMITTEE SCHEDULE AND ALSO THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS SO THAT WE COULD MAYBE POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, DO OUR BEST TO REDUCE THE QUORUM CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING AND NOT HAVE TO CANCEL COMMITTEES, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO PREPARATION FOR EACH OF THESE COMMITTEES. IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF WORK TO PUT FORWARD PACKETS AND TO TO COORDINATE THE PACKETS AND GET THE PACKETS OUT TO THE BOARD.
AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SET A GOAL OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO COME UP WITH A CALENDAR AND A COMMITTEE SCHEDULE THAT CAN HELP MINIMIZE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE IDEA.
SO ONE IDEA. SOME OF THE IDEAS ARE IS IT POSSIBLE TO COMBINE COMMITTEES.
AND I KNOW WE DO HAVE A BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINE WHICH I BROUGHT TODAY.
BUT IS THERE THE POTENTIAL? I'M SAYING THIS RHETORICALLY, SO I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER.
AND IT IS TRUE THAT SOME MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD, INCLUDING OUR CURRENT BOARD PRESIDENT, LOVES TO LIKE, COME TO MEETINGS AND BE AVAILABLE. AND I'M GOING TO VOLUNTEER YOU, JOHN, AS MAYBE SOMEONE THAT COULD BE A SECOND ALTERNATE TO MORE COMMITTEES BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY, YOU KNOW, ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT BEING AVAILABLE.
YEAH. AND SO THEN THAT COULD HELP US WITH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF THE QUORUM CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE MAYBE AREN'T AS AVAILABLE TO BE A SECOND ALTERNATE.
AND THEN THAT WAY WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN OUR SCHEDULING FOR 2026.
A THIRD OPTION IN TERMS OF COMMITTEES, I'VE NOTICED THAT EAST BAY MUD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OUR SISTER AGENCY HERE AND ONE OF OUR SISTER AGENCIES HERE IN THE BAY AREA. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO IS THEY ACTUALLY WILL SCHEDULE SOME OF THEIR COMMITTEE MEETINGS AT 9:30 THE MORNING OF THEIR BOARD MEETINGS.
AND SO THEN THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL COME IN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE AND THEN MEET FOR THEIR CLOSED SESSION AND THEN HAVE THE BOARD MEETING. AND IT'S JUST THAT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
YOU KNOW, TUESDAYS ARE PRIME WORKING DAY HERE IN THE EAST BAY.
AND IT'S JUST FOR ME, I BASICALLY BLOCK OFF THE ENTIRE TUESDAY OF THE BOARD MEETING SO THAT THAT COULD BE A STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY TO SCHEDULE SOME OF THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. AND THEN FOURTH, THERE IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, WITH TUESDAY BEING A PRIME WORKING DAY IN THE EAST BAY.
IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING TO MAKE IT TO CLOSED SESSION BY 11 A.M..
SO IT MIGHT ALSO BE AN OPTION TO EXPLORE WHERE THE PUBLIC MEETING STARTS AT ONE OR MAYBE TWO.
AND THEN MAYBE HAVE CLOSED SESSION AFTER THE OPEN MEETING.
AND IT MAY BE THAT THAT TYPE OF SCHEDULING MIGHT NOT BE FOR EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEETING.
MAYBE IT COULD BE FOR EVERY OTHER BOARD MEETING, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. I'D LIKE TO SEE US, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT AND THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE SCHEDULING.
I DO THINK WHEN THINKING ABOUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION ACTUALLY WITH, WITH WITH OUR DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, ALLISON COOKE, ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH DOES WORK DURING THE DAY AT GOOGLE, AND I'M GOING TO WAIT TILL AFTER, YOU KNOW, HE'S HOME FROM WORK TO REACH OUT TO HIM.
SO I KNOW WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR FIRST BUDGET REVIEW MEETING.
I THINK IT'S THE FIRST BOARD MEETING IN DECEMBER THAT'S USUALLY STARTS AT 6 P.M.
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YOU KNOW, PUBLISH THIS AHEAD OF TIME, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME ROOM TO WORK THROUGH THAT.OKAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE DEAL.
OKAY, LET'S START WITH WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD, AND THEN JUST KIND OF WORK FROM THERE. HAS THERE BEEN I, I SUSPECT THAT THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A COORDINATION WITH THE TYPICAL CONFERENCES THAT THE BOARD GOES TO THE DATES FOR NEXT YEAR. WE DID LOOK AT THAT. I THE, THE YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT AROSE THIS YEAR WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS THAT SO MANY OF US WANTED TO GO TO THE SPECIAL PARK DISTRICT FORUM.
IT'S A GREAT CONFERENCE. THAT THERE WASN'T A QUORUM LEFT.
SO IF THERE WAS, IF WE COULD WORK ON THAT. YES.
SO CAN WE DO THAT? WE WERE WE LOOKED AT THE ONE THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AS A SIGNIFICANT CONFERENCE FOR BOARD MEMBERS, AND I BELIEVE WE ARE. YES. YOLANDA. YOLANDA BARIAL KNIGHT, CLERK OF THE BOARD.
WE HAVE THE APRIL DATE FOR THE CDA LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE SPECIAL PARKS DISTRICT FORUM DATE.
OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. THE OTHER ONES ARE TO BE ANNOUNCED.
WE DON'T HAVE THEIR SCHEDULES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. JUST ONE COMMENT ON THAT. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND BOARD MEETINGS THAT REALLY SHOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHETHER WE'RE GOING OR NOT, YOU KNOW, AND ALL THAT STUFF. BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE KNOW THESE THINGS AND WE WE'RE PRETTY SURE THAT OR YOU COULD ASK US, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU WENT TO THIS, THIS ONE CONFERENCE THIS YEAR. DID YOU LIKE IT? DID YOU LIKE IT? DID YOU HATE IT? OR YOU'RE DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO GO.
OKAY. THEN OH THE SECOND ALTERNATE THING IS IT WOULD BE ONE WAY TO, TO TO YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEEF UP THE ATTENDANCE SITUATION AND YEAH, I THINK I'D CERTAINLY BE WILLING TO CONSIDER THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS I'VE PROPOSED WE'VE PROPOSED HAVING MORE REMOTE MEETINGS THAN SIMPLY GOING OUT TO BIG BREAK ONCE A YEAR.
I DON'T THINK THAT REALLY SERVES US AS WELL AS MORE MEETINGS WOULD.
SO MY BROAD SUGGESTION LAST YEAR WAS ONCE PER QUARTER MEET IN IN IN SOMEPLACE ELSE AND HAVE A TIE IN WITH YOU KNOW, A AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WE MIGHT HAVE IN THAT AREA.
AND IF WE WERE TO KEEP IT, KEEP THOSE MEETINGS FOR SURE DURING THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD WE COULD HAVE MEETINGS IN VARIOUS COUNCIL CHAMBERS AROUND THE DISTRICT THAT HAVE BROADCASTING CAPABILITIES.
AND SO I KNOW THE CITY OF CONCORD, THEY GOT A STUDIO BACK THERE.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND SOMEBODY THAT ACTUALLY RUNS IT AND DOES THE DIALS AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO YOU KNOW THAT THOSE ARE THE SORT OF THE PARAMETERS THAT I'D BE LOOKING FOR IS NOT DON'T JUST HAVE IT OUT, YOU KNOW, IN SOME PLACE JUST JUST TO HAVE IT OUT SOMEPLACE, BUT TRY TO HAVE A TIE IN WITH SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T REALLY KNOW RIGHT NOW NECESSARILY WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE.
WE JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FIGURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE REMOTE.
AND THEN HAVE THEM HAVE THEM IN A PLACE WHERE BECAUSE AT BIG BREAK, WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC'S REALLY NOT AS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AS THEY ARE WHEN WE MEET HERE.
AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S REALLY ON ONE EXTREME AREA OF THE DISTRICT.
SO IF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW LIVING IN THE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DISTRICT SAID, OH, I CAN'T GET IN HERE, I'M GOING TO GO THERE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE HIM AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET THERE. AND THAT DOESN'T REALLY SERVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE THE BIG BREAK ONE, BUT MAYBE ADD THREE OTHER ONES TO, TO TO THE TO OUR TO OUR MIX. AND. I HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT, BUT IT'S NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO
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THIS, BUT IT'S RELATED TO OTHER CALENDARS. SO I'M GOING TO HOLD OFF.AND WHAT DO YOU THINK? YEAH. YOU KNOW, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TRY TO GO AFTER THAT GOAL OF ONCE A QUARTER IN ANOTHER LOCATION THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS LOCATION, PERALTA OAKS, IT IS REALLY CHALLENGING FOR A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE EAST BAY COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT HERE.
YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW IN 2024, YOU KNOW, WITH DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS, IT WOULD TAKE ME AT LEAST AN HOUR TO GET HERE AND ALMOST LIKE AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET HOME IN 2024. IT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE BETTER BECAUSE OF THE 680 CONSTRUCTION.
IT IS NO LONGER IN THE PART OF 680 THAT I ENTER THE FREEWAY.
BUT BUT THAT KIND OF ASPECT CAN BE LIMITING. AND I KNOW WHEN I TALK TO FOLKS IN FREMONT, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH TRAFFIC IN FREMONT THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS AS APPEALING TO COME HERE, EVEN THOUGH MAYBE ON A MAP IT LOOKS LIKE FREMONT IS CLOSE TO THIS LOCATION.
IT'S THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS THAT CAN BE LIMITING IN REGARDS TO PARTICIPATION.
AND I THINK IN TERMS OF TRYING TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL OF ONCE A QUARTER IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION, MAYBE AT A COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR, YOU KNOW, WATER AGENCIES ALSO HAVE VERY NICE MEETING SPACES.
I THINK IT MAY REQUIRE SOME COLLABORATION WITH WITH THE BOARD, BECAUSE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK TO OUR PEERS, OR SOME OF US HAVE ALSO SERVED PREVIOUSLY FOR SOME OF THESE AGENCIES.
AND SO WE MIGHT JUST HAVE DIFFERENT CONNECTIONS TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND I KNOW I'M PERSONALLY WILLING TO VOLUNTEER MYSELF TO, TO, TO HELP COORDINATE THAT.
AND I THINK IT CAN BE A REALLY GREAT WAY TO TRY TO YOU KNOW, SHOW THE EAST BAY COMMUNITY THAT, THAT WE CARE ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT POCKETS IN THE EAST BAY.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE WATER AGENCIES, I MEAN, FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE GOOD CONNECTIONS WITH CONCORD AND CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT, AND THEY BOTH HAVE WONDERFUL FACILITIES. THAT WE COULD, WE COULD USE.
SO, I MEAN, JUST JUST TO KIND OF GET THE BALL ROLLING AND TO TO THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES.
I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE CLERK OF THE BOARD STAFF WHAT TO YOUR POINT.
PRESIDENT MERCURIO WHAT THE ADDITIONAL WORK IS TO PULL THESE OFF.
SO WE'RE PREPARED TO PROVIDE ALL THE SERVICES NEEDED DURING THOSE MEETINGS AND UNDERSTAND THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN CALENDARS WHEN THEY USE THEIR MEETING ROOMS, WHICH THEN MAY INFLUENCE OUR ABILITY TO GO IN THERE ON A ON A WEDNESDAY.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO EXPLORE ALL OF THOSE AND SEE WHAT'S FEASIBLE.
BUT IT'S A GREAT GOAL AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE INPUT ON ON THIS.
YEAH. OKAY. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO, TO ALSO WORK ON THAT.
AND MAYBE AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE DON'T GET, YOU KNOW, ONE A QUARTER, BUT MAYBE IF WE GET 2 OR 3 A YEAR, I THINK WE SHOULD SEE THAT AS AN ACHIEVEMENT.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE CLERK'S OFFICE. GREAT LUNCH, GREAT FOOD.
AND MAYBE IF WE HAVE THE GOAL THAT WE JUST WANT TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND MAYBE WE DON'T NEED EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD AT BIG BREAK, THAT THEN THAT ALSO MIGHT MAKE IT ACHIEVABLE FOR US TO REACH NEXT YEAR.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S OKAY. SO MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE SNACKS EVEN THOUGH I LOVE THE SNACKS AND IT DOES MAKE IT NICE TO COME HERE AND I JUST MENTIONED I REALLY ENJOY THE SNACKS. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE WHEN WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW, CONCORD CITY HALL AND THAT'S OKAY. OR WE COULD GET THEM TO DO IT.
IT'S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. WELL, GREAT, GREAT IDEAS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. DIRECTOR SANWONG ABOUT BRINGING FORWARD A A NEW PROPOSAL.
YEAH. AND THEN ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO IT'S A LITTLE BIT ADJACENT TO THIS, BUT THINKING ABOUT THE BOARD PACKETS AND MAYBE I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE ADD THIS IDEA. I KNOW WHEN I FIRST JOINED THIS BOARD IN JANUARY OF 2023, I HAD REQUESTED A TABLET SO THAT I COULD HAVE ELECTRONIC PACKETS.
AND I KNOW MY LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS ON THE ZONE SEVEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS .
I USE A TABLET. I DIDN'T GET ANY PAPER PACKET, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE EXPLORE THIS IDEA AGAIN.
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AND I'M HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, BE THE PERSON WHO PILOTS IT.SO I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT AS SOMETHING ELSE THAT MAYBE WE DISCUSS.
IT WOULD SAVE US TWO DAYS GETTING PACKETS OUT.
SO THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
I'VE ALREADY DONE THIS FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS ON A DIFFERENT BOARD. SO I DO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE. AND SO I THINK I COULD, I COULD PROBABLY BE SOMEONE THAT COULD QUICKLY PICK IT UP HERE.
SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. HE DID IT THAT WAY.
YEAH. I JUST KNOW WHEN I REQUESTED IT, I BEEN TOLD THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO LET ME TRY IT AT FIRST IN 2023, BUT I THINK WE CAN. NO, I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY THAT'S A GOAL WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT IS SHIFTING ENTIRELY OVER TO ELECTRONIC PACKETS. IT WOULD SAVE MONEY. IT WOULD SAVE TIME.
IT WOULD PROVIDE A MUCH MORE UPDATED PACKET FOR YOU FOR ALL THE MEETINGS.
SO THAT'S, I'D LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU. GREAT. THANKS. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CALENDAR.
THE PRE CALENDAR WITH THE, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE READY FOR DISTRIBUTION? I, I CAN FIND OUT I DON'T HAVE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR THAN IT'S BEEN WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL BECAUSE IT'S IT HAS MUCH MORE VALUE IF IT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO WHERE WE WANT TO DISTRIBUTE IT BEFORE JANUARY 1ST.
AND PERSONALLY, I LIKE TO GO TO ALL MY CITIES AND BRING IT IN ADVANCE AND TELL THEM, HERE IT IS, YOU KNOW. YEAH. BUT WHEN WITH WITH YOU RUN INTO ALL THESE PROBLEMS WITH TRUNCATED HOLIDAY SCHEDULES AND STUFF, AND IT MAKES IT REALLY HARD. YOU HAVE TO GO TO 2 IN 1 NIGHT SOMETIMES, AND THAT'S KIND OF HARD.
SO ANYWAY, JUST I'LL CHECK WITH THE TEAM ON THAT.
I THINK YOU GUYS CAN DO IT. I'M SURE WE CAN. WELL THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE SECOND INFORMATIONAL ITEM IS THE UPDATE ON THE STAFF REPORT TEMPLATE. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. AMANDA GALLO, ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL MANAGER. AND THIS ITEM KIND OF ALIGNS WITH THE END OF YOUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.
IT PROVIDES AN UPDATE OF SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE CONTINUED TO MAKE TO YOU KNOW, IMPROVE BOARD MATERIAL ITEMS AND THE OVERALL BOARD MEETING EXPERIENCE.
AS YOU RECALL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
WE WENT THROUGH THE AGENDA SOFTWARE UPDATE, WHICH INCLUDED THE UPDATE TO THE STAFF REPORT TEMPLATE.
AND THEN, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THE DEADLINES HAVE BEEN.
ALSO, WE THINK AN IMPROVEMENT TO GET YOU THE THINGS EARLIER.
SO THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE TO PROVIDE YOU. ANOTHER ACTION WE'RE TAKING IS WE REVIEWED OUR STAFF REPORT TEMPLATE AND ALSO TO PROVIDE THAT, WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH A SERIES OF TRAINING FOR ALL STAFF ON OUR WRITING GUIDELINES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE HAVING KIND OF MORE STANDARDIZED MATERIALS COMING FORWARD.
THAT ARE INCLUDED IN OUR STAFF REPORT, AS WELL AS WITH THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TEAM WORKING ON A STANDARDIZED BOARD PRESENTATION TEMPLATE FOR YOU ALL. SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. QUESTION. YES. SO AS PART OF THIS, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT ON THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE. TWO ASPECTS ABOUT THIS. I'M NOT SURE.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS HAVE YOU HEARD SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING? AND I'LL SUMMARIZE IT. SO ONE IS YOU KNOW, WE'VE NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES THE COMMITTEE REPORTS AREN'T ALWAYS INCLUDED IN THE BOARD REPORTS. AND I DO HAVE ONE EXAMPLE. IT'S NOT FROM THE NATURAL CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE.
BUT AT THE JUNE 17TH MEETING, OUR MOST RECENT BOARD MEETING ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
I THINK IT'S ITEM. WHAT IS THAT? ITEM 8A6, THE INSURANCE ITEM.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAD REVIEWED IT, AND I KNOW DIRECTOR DECHAMBEAU HAD ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAD HAPPENED AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE DON'T SEE IT IN THE PACKET.
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AND IF WE DON'T HAVE IT AS A PRINTED REPORT, AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE TO, I THINK, AT THE CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE FROM JUNE 17TH TO MAYBE GIVE A REPORT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THIS FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED, AND TO HAVE THAT BOARD CHAIR BE PREPARED TO SHARE THAT REPORT ON THAT ITEM, BECAUSE WE DO DO A LOT OF WORK AT THE COMMITTEES.AND I THINK THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
RIGHT. WE SPEND A LOT OF WORK ON THE CALENDAR AND PLANNING FOR THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND THEN SOMETIMES WE GET TO THE BOARD MEETINGS, AND ALL THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE AT THE COMMITTEE ISN'T REALLY INTEGRATED INTO OUR BOARD MEETINGS.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT INTEGRATED SOMEHOW.
AND AND I GUESS I HAVE A TENDENCY TO WATCH OTHER AGENCY MEETINGS.
AND BART ACTUALLY HAS A REALLY GREAT WAY THAT THEY DO THIS, WHERE THE COMMITTEE CHAIR ACTUALLY EVEN CHAIRS THE THE SECTION WHERE ITEMS THAT HAD COME. SO WE'LL USE FINANCE COMMITTEE AS EXAMPLE WHERE THE WHEN THERE'S ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE PREVIOUSLY TO THE BOARD MEETING, THE FINANCE CHAIR ACTUALLY CHAIRS THAT SECTION OF THE BOARD MEETING AND ALSO PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION OF THE ITEMS BEFORE THE ENTIRE BOARD. AND THEN THAT WAY, WE MAYBE DON'T REPEAT QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED AT THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AND AND ALSO GET A SENSE OF THAT DEEPER DISCUSSION THAT HAD HAPPENED AT THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME, SOME, SOME OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER INTEGRATE THE COMMITTEE WORK.
AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT MORE WORK WHERE WE HAVE TO GET THE, YOU KNOW, THE MINUTES DONE FROM THE COMMITTEE MEETING BEFORE OUR BOARD MEETING PACKETS. SO IF IT HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF REPORTING ASPECT, I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT WHOEVER WE HAVE AS OUR CHAIRS OF OUR COMMITTEES WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE THAT SUMMARY DURING THE BOARD MEETING. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BE SOMEHOW PART OF THE TEMPLATE.
AND I GUESS IN THIS EXAMPLE COULD JUST BE THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE INSURANCE THE INSURANCE TOPIC AT, YOU KNOW, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE THAT WAS ON JUNE 10TH WILL SAY, AND, YOU KNOW, THE FINANCE CHAIR IS GOING TO GIVE A REPORT OF THAT DISCUSSION.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAD HEARD ANY OF THIS.
THAT'S MY QUESTION. I'M TRYING TO MAKE THIS A QUESTION. I APPRECIATE THAT.
I WILL SAY AS WE UPDATE OUR WRITING GUIDELINES AHEAD OF THESE TRAINING SERIES, WE ARE WANTING TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE BACKGROUND TO REALLY ENSURE THAT STAFF, IF SOMETHING DID GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE, TRACK THAT IT IS INCLUDED.
AND COULD I JUST ADD, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE ONE BIG BREAK, BECAUSE DIRECTOR WAESPI WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SUMMARY AT THAT MEETING AS WELL, AS I WAS PREPARED TO SUMMARIZE WHAT THE COMMENTS WERE AT THE COMMITTEE.
YEAH. AND I JUST LIKE TO SEE US WORK TOWARDS THAT. SO I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE, BUT I THINK IT'S ONE THAT WILL ALSO BE AN EFFECTIVE ONE.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT THE MOST EFFICIENT PATHWAY TO THAT IS.
AND ON THAT NOTE, SO WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS AT THE FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING FOR CULTURAL NATURAL RESOURCES, I BELIEVE THAT WAS IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. IF WE WANT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT, THE OTHER ASPECT OF THE TEMPLATE THAT I BELIEVE THAT WAS UNANIMOUS, BUT IT WASN'T REALLY A VOTE. SO IT WAS JUST A CONVERSATION AT THE CULTURAL NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE WAS FOR THERE TO BE THE CONSIDERATION OF A SECTION IN EACH OF OUR REPORTS IN REGARDS TO CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TEMPLATE, IT'S RECOMMENDATION, BACKGROUND ANALYSIS, FISCAL IMPACT. AND I THINK JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO CORE TO THE WORK THAT WE DO, I MEAN, WE JUST HAD A PUBLIC SPEAKER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING NATURE IN THE EAST BAY. I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO ALSO HAVE IN OUR TEMPLATE A SECTION ON CULTURAL NATURAL RESOURCES.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT.
YEAH. YEAH, I HAVE A COMMENT TOO. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT MAYBE MY COMMENT WILL HAVE A QUESTION IN IT.
SO MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? WE DON'T. OKAY. SO YEAH, WHY DON'T WE MOVE RIGHT INTO THE COMMENTS NOW, WHY DON'T YOU GO ON THEN? I'LL GO. OKAY. MY COMMENTS. VERY SIMPLE AND VERY BRIEF.
WE KNOW WE HAVE RECENTLY SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT THERE ALWAYS BE A REFERENCE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE FULL BOARD STAFF REPORT THAT THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN TO A COMMITTEE AND THAT'S I THINK IT'S BEEN I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY.
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IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN MISSED A FEW TIMES. SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE LIKE WAY UP IN THE FIRST PART OF THE THE STAFF REPORT THAT, HEY, THIS HAS ALREADY GONE TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND NOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.SO I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY SPENT MORE TIME THAN I SHOULD FLIPPING THROUGH THERE AND MAKING SURE A REFERENCE WAS MADE TO THAT, AND IT SHOULDN'T BE HARD TO FIND. IT SHOULD BE RIGHT UP FRONT. THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN CONSIDERED BY YOUR ESTEEMED FINANCE COMMITTEE.
AND NOW IT'S YOUR TURN. SO THAT'S ALL. GO FOR IT.
SO THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT I WANT TO MENTION, AND AGAIN, THIS CAME UP AT THE JUNE 17TH MEETING AT BIG BREAK, WHICH I ACTUALLY BROUGHT MY PACKET JUST SO I COULD REFER TO IT.
AND ONE THING I NOTICED WHEN GOING THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, WITH A LOT OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, THEY'RE MULTI-YEAR, SOMETIMES MULTI-DECADE PREVIOUS STEPS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MANY OF US THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR, YOU KNOW, MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR US TO ALSO THINK ABOUT THE TEMPLATE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER IN THE BOARD PACKET.
AND I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE FROM THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP, AND I SAW ME EARLIER READ, HE HAS THIS GREAT YOU KNOW, PROJECT DELIVERY.
AND IT WOULD BE NICE FOR MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL PROJECTS TO MAYBE INCLUDE THIS SO THAT WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT STAGE OF THE PROCESS WE'RE AT.
JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, NEXT YEAR IS AN ELECTION YEAR. SO WE COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, BOARD MAKEUP IN 2027. WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL AFTER THAT. AND SO I THINK IT JUST HELPS ALSO, FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS WHO MAYBE WEREN'T PART OF SOME OF THE PREVIOUS STEPS OF THE PROCESS TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A QUICKER, YOU KNOW, LEARNING RAMP IN REGARDS TO THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS ON PRETTY LARGE PROJECTS AND IT CAN BE QUITE THE LEARNING CURVE. AND SO I THINK I REALLY LIKE THIS FRAMEWORK, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THINGS LIKE THIS START TO GET INTEGRATED INTO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE HOPE TO ROLL THIS OUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND HOPE YOU SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STAFF REPORT. SO THANK YOU. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU COME UP WITH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO OUR THIRD INFORMATIONAL ITEM IS AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. STILL DIRECTORS MAX COURT AND DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER.
AND I'LL JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BRIEF BACKGROUND ABOUT THIS AND SORT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND THEN NEXT STEPS. SO THE PLEASANTON RIDGE LAND USE PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY YOUR BOARD IN 2011, AND THAT FOLLOWED AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND MANY STEPS WITH YOUR BOARD AND OTHERS.
AND SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED THAT WERE DIRECTLY YOU KNOW, PLANNED THROUGH THAT LAND USE PLAN. ADDITIONALLY, IT'S TAKEN MANY YEARS TO COMPLETE THE PERMITTING THAT FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
AND ONE OF THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WAS A LOCATION FOR A POTENTIAL STAGING AREA BY FOOTHILL BOULEVARD AT THIS STAGING AREA. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WAS THAT THERE WAS BOTH NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES CONSTRAINTS THERE THAT MADE THIS PROJECT BOTH CHALLENGING TO DESIGN AND THEN ALSO POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANTLY EXPENSIVE.
BUT THERE'S BEEN A CONTINUED INTEREST, COMMUNITY INTEREST, INTEREST FROM YOUR BOARD AND ALSO FROM THE CITY OF PLEASANTON AND HAVING A STAGING AREA AT THIS SITE. AND RECENTLY AT THE LIAISON MEETING, ONE THING THAT WE HEARD BACK WAS AN INTEREST IN, IN THE NEAR TERM, TRYING TO IMPLEMENT SOME KIND OF ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT SITE, EVEN IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE FULL STAGING AREA AT THIS TIME.
SO OUR TEAM HAS BEEN EXCITEDLY WORKING ON THIS, ON SORT OF FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND, AND SO I, WE INCLUDED A MAP IN THE ATTACHMENT.
THE LOOP TRAIL, WHICH IS THERE RIGHT ADJACENT TO FOOTHILL BOULEVARD, THE LOWER TEJON CANYON TRAIL,
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WHICH THEN CONNECTS THAT LOOP UP TO THE NEARBY FIRE ROAD, AND THEN THE UPPER TEJON CANYON TRAIL, WHICH IS A LONGER CONNECTION TRAIL. THAT SORT OF MAKES A POTENTIAL LOOP FOR FOLKS COMING IN FROM THE STAGING AREA.THE REALLY COOL, EXCITING THING IS THE SEQUA AND PERMITTING IS ALL DONE FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
SO THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION. WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT IN THE.
ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS? YEAH, I GUESS I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST ONE IS SO SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING BACK.
SO I SEE ON THE MAP, MAYBE IF YOU HAVE THE MAP EASILY AVAILABLE.
LET'S SEE JUST IN CASE ANYONE'S FOLLOWING ALONG HERE.
AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THE THREE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THESE DASHED LINES UPPER TEJON, LOWER TEJON, AND CONGDON LOOP. CORRECT. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE EXISTING SERVICE ROAD FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, THE TAHAN RIDGE TRAIL? YES. THAT'S THAT'S OUR THAT'S CURRENTLY EXISTING.
SO IT'D BE ACCESSIBLE FROM THIS AREA AS WELL.
THERE IS A CONNECTION TO CITY OF PLEASANTON TRAILS AT MOHLER RANCH.
BUT WHEN YOU GO TO THE EAST BAY PARKS GATE, THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE AND IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME.
SO THIS COULD BE DIFFERENT. BUT IT DOES SAY THAT NO, NO PASSING THROUGH EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE.
OKAY. YES I THINK THANK YOU. HI. GOOD MORNING.
NAOMI LAVAL, PRINCIPAL PLANNER IN ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT.
MUELLER RANCH IS A HOA PROPERTY, AND THE CITY OF PLEASANTON HAS A PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT FOR THAT TRAIL SYSTEM. BUT THERE IS A GAP BETWEEN THE PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENTS THAT PLEASANTON HOLDS AND OUR PROPERTY BOUNDARY.
SO THAT IS WHY THERE'S NO PUBLIC ACCESS RIGHT THERE, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A SOCIAL TRAIL THAT DOES KIND OF CONNECT TO OUR PROPERTY BOUNDARY, THERE'S ACTUALLY NO OFFICIAL PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT OR ALLOWANCE.
BUT AS WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH PUBLIC ACCESS VIA GAMEZ AND THESE ADDITIONAL TRAILS, I THINK THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION. YES. AND I THINK I LIKE THAT PHRASING.
SOCIAL TRAIL. SO LET'S USE THAT TO DESCRIBE THIS, THIS SECTION.
AND I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE US INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE GO BACK TO CITY OF PLEASANTON TO SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, POTENTIALLY YOU KNOW, INCLUDING IN OUR FUTURE FUTURE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND, AND WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SOCIAL TRAIL.
AND I THINK THIS IS A HUGE WIN FOR US. UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK WE DO THIS.
AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION FROM THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO BE, OKAY, SO WHAT ABOUT PARKING? SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT THESE TRAILS DO IN TERMS OF THAT PARKING POTENTIAL. AND AND I GUESS WHAT WOULD BE OUR MESSAGING IN TERMS OF THE STAGING AREA? WELL, I THINK THIS PLAN ALLOWS US TO BE ADAPTIVE, RIGHT.
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THAT POTENTIALLY THERE'S LESS DEMAND ON PARKING AND MORE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO A TRAILHEAD OTHER WAYS.WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VISITATION IS NECESSARILY GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT THIS SITE. AND THE ACCESS AND THIS ENABLES US TO PROVIDE ACCESS IN THE NEAR TERM, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VISITATION PATTERNS MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL NEEDS MIGHT BE.
AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, DEPENDING ON HOW BUDGETS ALLOW AND THE YOU KNOW, DECISIONS FOR YOUR BOARD.
YES, I THINK THAT'S GREAT. AND I THINK THIS SITE IS A REALLY INTERESTING SITE.
RIGHT. IT'S IT'S TWO MILES FROM THE WEST DUBLIN PLEASANTON BART STATION.
AND THAT MEANS IT'S ALSO TWO MILES FROM THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AND I THINK THAT THIS THIS HELPS PROVIDE THAT ACCESS.
I ALSO KNOW I, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THIS WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP THAT IN TERMS OF THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, RINA RHNA THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE NEXT CYCLE, THE SIXTH CYCLE, BOTH THE CITIES OF DUBLIN AND PLEASANTON.
BECAUSE OF THAT WEST DUBLIN BART STATION LOCATION DO HAVE PLANS AND OR HAVE ALREADY BROKEN GROUND ON THE DUBLIN SIDE JUST IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING PROJECTS.
SO I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR US TO YOU KNOW, WORK ON THESE PERMITTED PROPOSED TRAILS.
AND I GUESS I'LL PHRASE THIS IN TERMS OF A QUESTION I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US.
OR HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE CAN ALSO POSITION THIS AS, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT ACCESSIBLE, BART ACCESSIBLE PROJECT? IS THIS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE EXPLORING, I GUESS IN GENERAL HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT , BUT ALSO IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU, DIRECTOR SANWONG.
AND I THINK OUR TEAM IS REALLY INTERESTED IN THE IDEA OF HAVING OUR FACILITIES BE, YOU KNOW, BETTER CONNECTED TO TRANSIT AND HAVING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO OUR PARKS AND TRAILS THAT DON'T INVOLVE GETTING IN THEIR CAR.
AND SO IF THERE'S WAYS TO MAKE THE, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OR INCREASE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FOR THEM. AND IF THIS IF THIS POTENTIAL PROJECT IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.
YEAH, I HAVE AN EASY ONE HERE. I'M. THIS IS JUST MY BRAIN WORKING DIFFERENTLY.
HOW IS THAT BOX FORMATTED? OKAY, JUST TELL ME WHICH ONES OF THOSE TRAILS ARE PERMITTED AND PROPOSED.
BECAUSE THE FORMATTING THERE ISN'T CLEAR TO ME.
OKAY, SO THE OKAY, SO THERE IS A YOU SEE MY CURSOR.
WELL, JUST DO IT ON THE. DO IT ON THE ON THE ON THE LEGEND.
OH ON THE LEGEND. YEAH. MAKE IT EASIER ON YOU.
I CAN'T SEE THE WHOLE LEGEND, BUT THIS UPPER ON TRAIL.
THAT'S THIS RED ONE RIGHT HERE. YEAH. DGM CORTON.
LET ME AMIR IS GOING TO FIX THAT SO IT GETS A LITTLE BIT LARGER.
YEAH. HE TOLD ME HOW TO DO THIS ALREADY AND I, I IGNORED HIM I'M SORRY AMIR THANK YOU.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AWESOME. APPRECIATE IT. OH THERE WE GO.
OKAY, SO THIS UPPER TEJON TRAIL IS PERMITTED.
COMPLIANCE IS DONE. IT'S PERMITTED. LOWER TEJON TRAIL, SAME.
CONGDON LOOP TRAIL SAME. IT'S THAT JUST THOSE THREE.
WELL, I MEAN, ALSO THIS PHILIP SCHULTZ TRAIL, BUT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IT.
LIKE, NOW, IT'S THAT'S ALREADY ON OUR WORK PLAN.
I THINK THIS IS LIKE SHOWING OTHER OTHER TRAILS AND I DON'T THIS GARIN TO PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL.
NAOMI. HELP ME. HI. YEAH. SO GARIN TO PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL TRAIL IS HERE IN YELLOW.
THAT IS PART OF THE WELL GARIN REGIONAL TRAIL PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO THIS MAP IS HERE TO SHOW YOU SORT OF WHAT THE EXPANDED TRAIL NETWORK THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ACCESS FROM HERE. THAT'S GOOD. AS WELL AS FROM PALOMAR ROAD DOWN HERE.
AND THEN THIS WOULD THIS IS GARIN. SO IT WOULD CONNECT.
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YEAH. THESE THREE ARE ALL PERMITTED AS WELL AS PHILIP SCHULTZ WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.THIS IS ON EXISTING ROAD. SO IT WILL NOT NEED PERMITS.
IT WILL JUST BE ABLE TO BE OPEN ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR EXISTING ROADS AND TRAILS.
AND THEN THE FINAL THING IS AGAIN, AN EXISTING SERVICE ROAD THAT WILL BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
AND THAT'S THIS TEJON RIDGE TRAIL, WHICH YOU CAN SEE GOES FROM PARKLAND INTO LAND BANK.
SO AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, WE WOULD ALSO BE OPENING UP ALL OF THESE LAND BANK PROPERTIES, GARM SCHWARTZ AND AMADOR. OKAY. AND THEN CAN YOU JUST SHOW HIM REAL QUICK THE SOCIAL TRAIL WE WERE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH. SO WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL TRAIL SYSTEM ON HERE, BUT MUELLER RANCH OPEN SPACE HAS, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TRAILS, ONE OF WHICH ENDS RIGHT ABOUT HERE IN A HIGH POINT.
SO THAT THAT IS THE GAP IN THE PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT SYSTEM ON THE MUELLER RANCH OPEN SPACE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH THE CITY OF PLEASANTON TO CLOSE THAT GAP.
ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? NO. WE HAD ONE PUBLIC COMMENT EMAILED TO US.
YES. SOMEONE WHO I ACTUALLY LIKE TO NICKNAME MR. PLEASANTON RIDGE. BRUCE HENRY DID DID SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT.
SUMMARIZING, YOU KNOW, WHAT HE'S AWARE OF IN TERMS OF THIS PROCESS.
IT WAS IT WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT AND AND VERY, VERY COMPLETE.
YEAH, I APPRECIATED THAT. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC.
OH, I ALREADY I JUST ASKED THAT. RIGHT. OKAY.
SO COMMENTS. YOU WANT TO DO SOME COMMENTS. I'LL DO ONE QUICK COMMENT JUST TO REALLY THANK YOU.
YEAH. TO THE TEAM. THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR ME.
YOU KNOW, I RECEIVED FROM A MEMBER OF PLEASANTON CITY COUNCIL A COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IN REGARDS TO THE CASTLE RIDGE TRAILHEAD PARTNERSHIP PROJECT THAT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HAS WITH CITY OF PLEASANTON, AND HOW IN THAT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, THE ABILITY FOR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT TO WORK WITH CITY OF PLEASANTON AT CASTLE RIDGE TRAILHEAD WAS WAS PART.
SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THIS AND VERY HOPEFUL.
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, SHOULD SHOULD THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT? WE COULD REALLY WIN A LOT OF YOU KNOW, GOODWILL AND SUPPORT THROUGH THIS.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUTURE HOUSING, FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF OUR IN TERMS OF OUR GENERAL FUND AND THE PROPERTY TAXES WE COLLECT, WE DO COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITIES OF DUBLIN AND PLEASANTON.
AND WE HAVE QUITE A LARGE WORKFORCE IN THOSE TWO CITIES THAT MAYBE COMMUTE IN FROM OTHER AREAS.
AND THEY ALSO LIKE TO ACCESS THE OUTDOOR SPACE.
AND I THINK PART OF THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THE RHNA PART OF THAT IS TO PROVIDE WORKFORCE HOUSING AND SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE CLOSER TO WHERE THEY WORK. AND THAT'S ONE REASON WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE GROWTH BETWEEN NOW.
AND I THINK IT GOES THROUGH 2030 OR 2032 AT THIS AREA.
AND IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIVE 8680 INTERCHANGE IS RIGHT HERE.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT INTERCHANGE.
AND I THINK PROVIDING ACCESS TO, YOU KNOW, THE BEAUTIFUL PLEASANTON RIDGE CLOSER TO WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK AND CLOSER TO THE BART STATION AND CLOSER TO THIS MAJOR INTERCHANGE CAN REALLY GO A LONG WAY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
SO THANK YOU. SO PIGGYBACKING ON THAT, I GO BACK FAR ENOUGH WHERE ONE OF THE QUADRANTS OF THAT INTERCHANGE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED WAS A DRIVE IN. SO I THINK WE'VE ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF LAND NOW.
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2011 WHEN, WHEN THIS PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY DONE.SO THE CONDITIONS THAT'S FOR 14 YEARS AGO. I MEAN, LIKE, AS DIRECTOR SANWONG MENTIONED, THERE'S SO MANY FOLKS LIVING, LIVING NOW AND GOING TO LIVE VERY, VERY CLOSE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.
AND THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO YOU KNOW, GET IN THEIR CAR AND DRIVE THERE, YOU KNOW? SO THIS THIS IS ONE WAY TO, TO MEET THAT NEED.
AND THAT IS THE PHASED APPROACH TO MAKING TO OPENING UP A PARK OR, OR CERTAIN PARK LANDS.
I KNOW WE'RE DOING THAT IN, IN IN CLAYTON RANCH.
WE'RE NOT GOING FOR THE ULTIMATE PLATINUM PLATED GREAT THING.
WE'RE DOING AN INTERIM SITUATION JUST TO GET IT OPEN.
SO I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT. AND ALSO NOT NOT TO CLOUD THIS ONE UP TOO MUCH, BUT I HOPE WE DON'T LOSE OR LOSE SIGHT OF ACCESS FROM THE VERY NORTHERN PART OF OF OF THE PARK.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S AN IDEA TO DO THAT. BUT THAT WOULD BE AGAIN, KIND OF LIKE A PHASED THING.
THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT ACCESS POINT FOR FOLKS THAT WOULD BE FROM DUBLIN.
YEAH. YEAH. WE'RE NOT LOSING SIGHT OF ANY OF IT.
AND I GUESS I'D JUST ADD, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHEN WE DID OUR TRAILS STUDY SESSION, YOU HAD MENTIONED HOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ONLY BUILT LIKE A MILE OF TRAIL EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.
AND I THINK BETWEEN THIS AND OUR OTHER PROPOSALS, WE'RE ON TRACK TO BLOW THAT MILE OF TRAIL OUT OF THE WATER WITH WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO BUILD IN 26. SO MY HOPE IS THAT WHEN WE COME BACK TO TALK TO YOUR BOARD, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
NO. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, I'VE NOTICED THAT VERY RECENTLY AS WELL.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF ACTION WITH, WITH TRAIL CONSTRUCTION, SO.
ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS. SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT TO US AND BRINGING WHAT BOTH OF US REGARD AS VERY, VERY GOOD NEWS.
SO NEXT WOULD BE INFORMATIONAL ITEM NUMBER. THE FOURTH ONE IS, WHICH IS FOR THE BURRELL PROJECT UPDATE. HELLO. DIRECTOR MERCURIO AND DIRECTOR SANWONG KIM, SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.
THANK YOU. SO TODAY'S INFORMATIONAL ITEM WILL BE REALLY TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT, THE PARK PLANNING, WHERE WE ARE WITH THE THE STATUS OF THE PARK PLANNING.
SO JUST TO START OFF WITH THE WHOLE PROPERTY HISTORY THIS IS A 17 ORIGINALLY WAS A 17 ACRE PROPERTY THAT WAS BEQUEATHED TO THE PARK DISTRICT BY ARMAND BURRELL IN 2009 UNDER THE CONDITION THAT IT BECOME AN AGRICULTURAL PARK.
THE BURRELL FAMILY OWNED KIND OF ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING ORCHARDS IN SAN RAMON VALLEY.
IT STARTED OFF KIND OF AS ABOUT 60 ACRES. BUT OVER TIME, DUE TO THE GROWING DEMAND FOR HOUSING IN THE VALLEY, THAT WAS REDUCED TO 17 ACRES. AND WHEN MR. BURRELL PASSED AWAY IN 2009, HE INCLUDED IT IN THE WILL THAT IT BE GIVEN TO THE PARK DISTRICT AS 17 ACRE PROPERTY, PROVIDED THAT IT BE AN AGRICULTURAL CULTURAL PARK AND THROUGH THAT TIME BETWEEN THEN AND WHEN WE OFFICIALLY GOT THE PROPERTY, THERE WERE A LOT OF LEGAL MATTERS, DEBTS INCURRED IN THE PROPERTY. AND SO ONCE THAT WAS ALL FINALIZED THE PARK DISTRICT UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN LEGAL DEATHS THAT NEEDED TO BE PAID OFF. AND ALSO THE NECESSITY TO SELL OFF THE NORTHERN SEVEN ACRES OF THE PROPERTY TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
THERE WERE SOME DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY KIND OF TIED TO THAT PROPERTY.
AND SO BACK IN 2021, THAT WAS FINALIZED. SO THAT SEVEN ACRES TO THE NORTH HERE INDICATED IN THE MAP AS RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA THAT WAS SOLD TO MARK HOMES RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO REALLY, ONCE THE FUNDS WERE DISPERSED FROM THAT SALE PROCEEDS IN 2024 AND THAT WAS FINALIZED.
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THAT'S REALLY WHEN WE KICKED OFF THE PARK PLANNING FOR THIS PROJECT.THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS SOME INITIAL SITE CLEANUP.
AND SO, OF COURSE, THAT MEANT THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS ON PROPERTY THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN OFF, REMOVED AND CLEANED UP. FOLLOWING THAT, OUR ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT AND WORKING WITH PREVIOUS CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT THE TIME DID AN INVENTORY OF ALL THE ITEMS IN MR. ARMON BURRELL'S PROPERTY.
WE HIRED ON A CONSULTANT TEAM LAST YEAR, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE HERE.
SO ASSESSMENT OF THE SITE, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, OPERATIONAL NEEDS EVALUATION OF NOT JUST THE BUILDINGS BUT THE ORCHARDS THEMSELVES, UTILITIES, EVERYTHING. THE PARK PLANNING CONSULTANT WORK WOULD INCLUDE SOME SCHEMATIC DESIGN CONCEPTS THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE FOR US.
THIS WOULD GO TO SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THE VISION IS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS FOR THE PARK, AS WELL AS WHAT THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES AND CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY BRING IT INTO ONE SEQUA DOCUMENTATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND BRING THAT OVER TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. AND THEN I WANTED TO SHOW KIND OF A LARGER PROJECT TIMELINE OF WHERE ALL THE PARK PLANNING FITS INTO THE LARGER TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT. SO WHAT I'D MENTIONED HERE IS THIS FIRST STEP PLANNING ALL THE ASSESSMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN, CONCEPT PLANS AND SEQUA.
ONCE THAT IS ALL COMPLETED, THAT WOULD MOVE TOWARDS GRABBING THAT 30% DESIGN CONCEPT AND REALLY REFINING THAT PROJECT DESIGN UP TO 100%. THEN WORKING IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
IT'S IN THE TOWN OF DANVILLE. SO THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF COORDINATION ON WHAT TYPE OF PERMITS THAT WOULD REQUIRE. AND THEN MOVING FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION AND EVENTUAL OPENING FOR PUBLIC ACCESS. SO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE WHAT THE WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE WITH THE CONSULTANT TEAM. THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE CONDITION, EXISTING CONDITION ASSESSMENTS OF THE BUILDINGS OF THE ORCHARD EVALUATION.
TAKING A LOOK AT OUR OPERATIONAL NEEDS, MEETING INTERNALLY WHAT IT TAKES TO OPERATE CERTAIN NEEDS AT THIS SITE, AND THEN DOING SOME INITIAL COMMUNITY SURVEY AND POP UP PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
AND I'LL GO INTO THE LAST TWO IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
JUST QUICKLY, SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS OF THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
A LOT OF THEM WERE IN FAIR TO POOR CONDITIONS.
SOME OF THEM WERE POOR CONDITION IN THE SENSE THAT THE ROOF NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.
THERE WERE IMMEDIATE STABILIZATION. SOME, SUCH AS THE CAR BARN, WERE PRETTY GOOD CONDITION, AND THEN THEY JUST MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO KIND OF STABILIZE THEM IN THE LONG TERM.
FOR THE ARBORIST CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT, THEY TOOK A LOOK AT A TOTAL OF OVER, I THINK 260 TREES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE MAJORITY OF THEM WERE KIND OF AT THE END OF THEIR LIFESPAN.
THERE WERE A LOT OF GRAFTED TREES FROM ENGLISH WALNUTS INTO THE BLACK WALNUT TREES, BUT EVENTUALLY THEY WERE SAYING, I THINK VERY FEW OF THEM HAVE ANY HIGH SUITABILITY FOR RETENTION, POSSIBLY SEVEN.
AND A LOT OF THEM WERE REVERTING BACK TO THE, THE NATIVE BLACK WALNUT TREES.
AND THEN THERE WERE SOME BIOLOGICAL MAKING SURE WE LOOKED AT WHAT SPECIES WERE PRESENT IN THE WETLAND RESOURCES AND THEN UTILITIES, TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT POTENTIAL UTILITIES CAN BE INCLUDED ON THE SITE FOR PARK PLANNING, INCLUDING THE MAIN SEWER LINE.
THE CONSULTANT TEAM WORKED WITH OUR PARK STAFF TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO MAINTAIN THE ORCHARD, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE WANT IT TO BE FUNCTIONING AS PART OF THE PARK PLANNING.
WHAT FACILITIES ARE NEEDED ON SITES THERE, SUCH AS A SERVICE YARD.
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WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT NEEDS ARE AND OF COURSE PUBLIC SAFETY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IN THE RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF LIKE URBAN.IT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM A VERY COMMERCIAL AREA, MARSHALLS PARKING LOT, COSTCO.
SO LOOKING AT LIKE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM OUR WIDE OPEN SPACES, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF SECURING THE SITE AND, AND ON SITE PATROL? SOME OF THE INITIAL COMMUNITY SURVEY ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS DONE, PLANNING STAFF AND OUR OWN INR STAFF ALSO WENT OUT ON SITE, SOME OF THEM NOT ON SITE, BUT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE DID WAS RIGHT ALONG THE IRON HORSE TRAIL WHERE IT MEETS THE MUSEUM SAN RAMON VALLEY, RIGHT AT THE PARKING LOT OF THE DANVILLE FARMERS MARKET RIGHT WHEN IT OPENED.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF CAPTURE AUDIENCE FROM ALL THREE ACTIVITIES AND LOCATIONS AND KIND OF REALLY CAPTURE INITIAL INPUT THAT PEOPLE HAD ON THE SITE AND REALLY PUSHING FOR THEM TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY THAT WE WORKED WITH THE CONSULTANT TEAM TO DEVELOP.
AND THAT SURVEY WAS JUST TO REALLY GET INPUT ON WHAT THEY ENVISION, WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE AT THIS PARK, GIVEN THAT IT IS TO BE AN AGRICULTURAL PARK. WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES THEY HAVE AND WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS? SO OVERALL, I THINK OVER ABOUT TWO MONTHS OR SO WE DID RECEIVE 150 RESPONSES.
THE SURVEY ITSELF WAS PUBLICIZED ON OUR PARK DISTRICT WEBSITE.
THEY LET US KNOW THAT THEY'VE KIND OF SPREAD THE WORD AND SHARED.
IT WAS ON NEXT DOOR A LOT OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE PARK DISTRICT .
AND WE HAD KIND OF BOOKMARKS THAT PASS OUT, PASS OUT DURING THESE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WITH THAT WAS WITH SAN RAMON, DANVILLE, AND THEN WITH SAN RAMON.
WE ALSO WENT TO THEIR SHEEP SHEARING EVENT AT THE FOREST HOME FARMS PARK AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, IN TERMS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR A COMMUNITY MEETING.
WHAT IT ALL INCLUDES, THE CONTEXT OF THE PARK AND THE PROPERTY.
AND JUST TO QUICKLY GO OVER SOME OF THE SURVEY RESULTS.
A LARGE PART OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN APOLOGIES FOR THE SMALL TEXT, BUT PEOPLE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN THE EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMING COMPONENT FOR THE AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE.
AND AS WELL AS NATURE OBSERVATION IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES AND CONCERNS.
THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES ARE SHOWN HERE IN THE LIGHT BLUE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY PRIORITIZING, PRIORITIZING AND WANTING TO SEE IS MAKING SURE THAT THE PARK IS KEPT CLEAN AND WELL MAINTAINED, AND THAT THERE BE AN EDUCATIONAL AND SELF-GUIDED TOUR COMPONENT, AGAIN, WITH THE AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION INTERPRETATION AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PARK IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS IS THAT ONCE WE'LL THE PARK, THE CONSULTANT WILL GATHER THE DATA, THE ASSESSMENT FINDINGS AND THE RESULTS AND DEVELOP THAT INTO THESE THREE DESIGN CONCEPT ALTERNATIVES.
THEY PROVIDED US WITH SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGN CONCEPTS.
SO WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT INTERNALLY WITH OUR OWN STAFF TO SEE HOW WE CAN KIND OF FIT THOSE INTO THREE MAIN THEMES THAT WE'LL PLAN TO KIND OF USE AND BRING THAT FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC AND AGAIN TO THE BOARD ONCE IT'S READY TO SHOW THE CONCEPT ALTERNATIVES.
TO LOOK AT KIND OF WHAT'S ALREADY EXISTING OUT THERE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATIVE AND WE'RE COMPLEMENTARY TO WHAT'S IN THE SURROUNDING AREA AND WHAT WHAT OUR OWN PARK CAN PROVIDE? AND SO WHETHER IT'S LARGE SCHOOL GROUPS WITH LARGE PROGRAMING, THAT WOULD BE KIND OF ONE OF THE OPTIONS FOR THEMES.
THE SECOND IS MORE REGIONAL COMPONENT WHERE BECAUSE THIS IS CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT EAST BAY THAT WE WOULD BE MORE OF LIKE THE GATEWAY INTO MORE REGIONAL RECREATION. SO KIND OF LIKE COMING PEOPLE WOULD BE COMING HERE, BUT THEN WE'LL LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT ELSE IS AVAILABLE IN THE SURROUNDING REGION, WHETHER IT'S MORE OF THE AGRICULTURAL COMPONENT IN IRONWOOD OR MORE OF THE TRAILS AND HIKING AND OR MORE OF LIKE ACTIVITIES IN THE DELTA AT BIG BREAK. AND THEN THE THIRD COMPONENT WOULD BE MORE OF LIKE A SORRY.
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UNDERSTAND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THROUGH INTERPRETIVE PANELS.THAT WILL BE TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICTS.
THAT'S THE SPECIAL TAX. THAT WAS KIND OF PART OF THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH MARK HOLMES.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY MEETING WHERE WE'LL WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE THREE CONCEPT ALTERNATIVES ARE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY REFINING IT INTO A PREFERRED CONCEPT AND THEN MOVING FORWARD WITH SEQUA.
AND THEN THAT CONCLUDES THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF A PRECURSOR TO FRIDAY'S BOARD SITE TOUR.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS.
YEAH I JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE PROJECT TIMELINE.
I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT IN REGARDS TO THE BAY TRAIL, AND I WAS TRYING TO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, RECONCILE IT WITH REN'S FLOWCHART, BUT I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE.
LIKE, IT WAS EASY TO FOLLOW. AND SO I, YOU KNOW, WHEN THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR EARLIER CONVERSATION WITH THE TEMPLATES, IT'S GREAT TO I GUESS EACH OF US LIKE, HAS DIFFERENT LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LEARNING STYLES AND YOU KNOW, WHILE I MIGHT APPRECIATE THE FLOWCHART, SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT LIKE IT DIFFERENT, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.
SO SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT IN HERE. AND MY QUESTION IS.
I GUESS I'LL ASK ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, WITH THE FLOW CHARTS, YOU KNOW.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT LIKE, DO WE HAVE MULTIPLE TEMPLATE OPTIONS FOR PRESENTING THESE KIND OF PROJECTS? THERE'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU REGULARLY DO WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER YOUR PRESENTATIONS, BUT THEN MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. I THINK WE OFTEN KIND OF LOOK TO EACH OTHER, EACH DEPARTMENT, SEE WHAT WORKS. IF WE GET POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THIS PARTICULAR, WE'LL KIND OF WORK OFF OF THAT SO THAT WE'RE NOT RECREATING THE WHEEL AND WE'LL KIND OF USE EACH OTHER'S TEMPLATES. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.
AND THEN MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS.
OH, YES. PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU'RE RAISING A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE TEMPLATE.
IF THAT SOUNDS GOOD. GREAT. THANK YOU. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I LIVE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THIS IS LIKE A HEALTHY BIKE RIDE ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL TO GO VISIT WHEN IT OPENS.
ALTHOUGH I PROBABLY WON'T BE RIDING MY BIKE ON FRIDAY BECAUSE IT'S MAYBE AN HOUR BIKE RIDE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOVELY SATURDAY, RIGHT? TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF MY QUESTION IS WITH THE IRON HORSE TRAIL AND THE PROXIMITY TO THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, ARE WE ALSO LOOKING AT THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS SITE AND THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, KNOWING THAT SO CLOSE AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THAT LIKE, THIS CAN BE AN ADVENTURE, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE IRON HORSE TRAIL AND COME VISIT OUR NEW AGRICULTURAL PARK.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT? AND MAYBE IT MIGHT NOT BE WHEN WE OPEN BURRELL, BUT I THINK MAYBE THEN THE NEXT PHASE COULD BE TO LOOK ABOUT.
LOOK AT HOW WE CAN CREATE THAT STRONGER CONNECTION.
YEAH. APOLOGIES THAT THE MAP THAT I HAVE IN THE PRESENTATION DOESN'T KIND OF ZOOM OUT TO REALLY SHOW WHERE THE IRON HORSE TRAIL IS, BUT ADJACENT TO THE BURRELL PROJECT AREA, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS ONE ACRE TOWN OF DANVILLE PARCEL, AND THEN ACTUALLY THE CONTRA COSTA FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.
AND BEHIND THAT IS KIND OF LIKE A SERVICE ROAD, BUT EVENTUALLY IT KIND OF MOVES UP FURTHER NORTH AND THEN KIND OF GOES THROUGH A LOT OF PRIVATE PROPERTIES, EVENTUALLY LEAKING INTO THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.
AND I'LL JUST ADD REALLY QUICKLY THAT ALONG HERE.
THIS IS FOSTORIA WAY. THIS THIS ROAD ACTUALLY GOES AND CONNECTS DIRECTLY WITH THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.
AND I THINK IT'S LESS THAN IT'S ABOUT HALF A MILE.
IT'S VERY CLOSE. SO WE CERTAINLY WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GO UP THAT WAY.
THE TOWN OF DANVILLE HAS BEEN MAKING IMPROVEMENTS WITH SAFE BIKEWAYS.
AND I'M AWARE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BIKING AND WALKING, BUT I'LL ALSO MENTION, I THINK I MENTIONED THIS CASUALLY DURING LUNCH ONE TIME, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE IN BETWEEN CLOSED AND OPEN SESSION FOR A BOARD MEETING.
BUT THE COSTCO GAS STATION IN SAN RAMON ON FOSTORIA WAY DOES HAVE AN IRON HORSE SCULPTURE.
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IT'S BASICALLY THE THE FIRST HALF OF A HORSE COMING OUT OF A TRAIN.IT'S I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY NICE SCULPTURE TO SEE.
AND SO IT ALSO STRIKES ME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF COSTCO, CALIFORNIA, THEIR HEADQUARTERS IS AT THE LIVERMORE COSTCO, RIGHT NEAR THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT NOT TOO FAR FROM DOOLIN CANYON.
IN FACT, THE MAYOR OF LIVERMORE LIKES TO SAY DYLAN CANYON IS FIVE MINUTES FROM COSTCO.
GO. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BECAUSE IT IS A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AREA ON FOSTORIA.
BUT I THINK THE FACT THAT THERE IS THE IRON HORSE SCULPTURE AT THAT GAS STATION, AND I THINK KNOWING THAT THE CALIFORNIA HEADQUARTERS IS ALSO LOCATED NEAR LIVERMORE AIRPORT, WHERE WE HAVE OUR AIR SUPPORT UNIT, AS WELL AS NOT TOO FAR FROM DULANEY CANYON, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOME INTEREST IN REACHING OUT TO COSTCO TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, NICE CONNECTION FOR WALKING AND BIKING FROM IRON HORSE TRAIL TO BURRELL.
SO I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED LOOKING AT FOREST HOME PARK AND SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF NEARBY, BUT I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF SARATOGA AND EITHER MOUNTAIN VIEW OR SUNNYVALE ALSO OPERATE AGRICULTURAL PARKS, HAVE THAT HAVE THAT HAVE ORCHARDS IN THEM, FRUIT, FRUIT, FRUIT ORCHARDS I THINK.
HAS THE THE CONSULTANTS GONE AND LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID GET SOME IDEAS ON OPERATIONAL APPROACHES.
I THINK WITH REGARDS TO THE ORCHARD, THEY DO.
THE CONSULTANT TEAM DOES HAVE AN ARBORIST AS PART OF THEIR TEAM THAT HAS EXPERIENCE WORKING IN DIFFERENT ORCHARDS AND OTHER PROJECTS, SO HE'S KIND OF TAKEN THAT EXPERIENCE WITH HIM IN EVALUATING THIS AND KIND OF PROVIDING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT JUST FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE CURRENT EXISTING TREES, BUT WHAT OTHER WHAT OTHER SAY, FRUIT TREES COULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL. AND THEN IN TERMS OF WHAT OTHER ORCHARDS WE'VE LOOKED AT, I THINK OUR OWN CONSULTANT TEAM BRINGS THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE WITH WORKING AT, SAY, OTHER AGRICULTURAL PARKS THAT THEY'VE BROUGHT ON.
THEY PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT OTHERS, LIKE YOU SAID, AND ALSO IN THE SOUTH BAY AS WELL.
OKAY. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WAS ONCE IN DANVILLE AND ONCE IN SAN RAMON AT THE AT THAT SHEEP SHARING FARE SO ONE EACH. THERE WAS ALSO THE TOWN OF DANVILLE'S KIND OF ANNUAL RECREATION EXPO.
AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR OWN AND, AND NOT JUST PUBLICIZE THE SURVEY FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT ALSO KIND OF LIST WHAT OTHER PARK DISTRICT PROGRAMING WE HAVE FOR THE EAST BAY.
OKAY. LET'S SEE, I THINK THOSE ARE MY ONLY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE DO NOT. ANY COMMENTS? NOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO FRIDAY. THANKS SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS TODAY TO GIVE US A PREVIEW.
YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF WHEN YOU HAVE THAT COMMUNITY MEETING THAT THAT YOU CHECK WITH ME FOR MY FOR MY SCHEDULE TOO. BEFORE YOU SCHEDULE IT, BECAUSE I REALLY I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I REALLY WANT TO GO AND BE PART OF THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHENEVER I TALK ABOUT THIS, WHICH ISN'T A HUGE NUMBER OF TIMES, BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE EITHER DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS, THIS, OR THEY DO KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY DRIVE BY IT TWICE A DAY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT? WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO SOMETHING? SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT. AND ALSO I WANT TO JUST COMMEND YOU ON THE, THE WELL-DESIGNED SURVEY.
SO THANKS FOR FOR DOING THAT. AND THEN GETTING MOVING ALONG TO THE TRAIL CONNECTION, IT KIND OF HAPPENS THAT THE THE, THE CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE IS, IS ALL PUBLICLY OWNED.
THERE'S A SERVICE ROAD, AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.
SO NOT THAT ANYTHING IS SIMPLE AROUND HERE, BUT, I MEAN, THAT'S A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD THING AS A, AS A FUTURE PHASE. SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DO.
WE JUST DON'T DON'T KNOW WHEN. BUT WHEN WE DO, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY HUGE ASSET FOR THE COMMUNITY, JUST JUST ON ITS OWN, BUT ALSO AS A CONNECTION AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR THAT, THAT BIKE RIDE THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO.
TO GET INTO THE AG PARK ON A, ON A WEEKEND MAYBE, OR SOMETHING.
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SO AND I'VE ACTUALLY FROM TIME TO TIME, I HAVE INTERACTIONS WITH FOLKS FROM FLOOD CONTROL, THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, AND I, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TEND TO ASK THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FUTURE TRAIL OPTIONS ALONG THEIR CREEK RIGHTS OF WAY.AND THEY'RE VERY THEY'RE VERY ACCOMMODATING. THEY'RE VERY OPEN MINDED.
THIS IS NOT 20 YEARS AGO. THIS IS A NEW DAY. THEY REALIZE THAT THEY OWN AND CONTROL AND MAINTAIN IMPORTANT ASSETS THAT CAN GREATLY EXPAND PUBLIC ACCESS.
AND SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T THINK WE'D BE ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT ON THIS THING.
GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS OUR LAST INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ANYONE? NO.
OKAY, WELL, THEN IT'S TIME TO ADJOURN AT 12:26.
THANK YOU TO ALL INVOLVED HERE TODAY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.