>> THERE WE GO. I CALL THIS CLOSED SESSION MEETING OF
[ROLL CALL]
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THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON AUGUST 19TH TO ORDER FOR CLOSED SESSION.LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL.
>> NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2.
[PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS]
PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON OUR CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS?MR. LE FORCE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
>> YES. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I WILL SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE ITEM 3C, WHICH IS THE [INAUDIBLE] LITIGATION.
I MERELY WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I ASSUME THAT SINCE WE MADE A SETTLEMENT PROPOSAL THAT ONE MATTER OR ITEM OF THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION OF THE SETTLEMENT PROPOSAL.
I JUST WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS IN THE HOPE THAT WE CAN RESOLVE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WE BELIEVE WE CAN RESOLVE IN A POSITIVE CONSTRUCTIVE WAY WITH REGARD TO BRIONES.
THIS IS MET AS A WAY TO REACH RESOLUTION ON ISSUES THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE NOT GET RESOLVED, BUT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF ALL PARK USERS AND THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE A CONSTRUCTIVE RESOLUTION TO THIS LITIGATION. THANK YOU.
>> THEN I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF EMAILS THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENT SYSTEM AS WELL THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED TO CLOSED SESSION.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS?
[CLOSED SESSION ITEMS]
>> THEN WE WILL ADJOURN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF CLOSED SESSION, AND THEN WE'LL GO AND DISCUSS THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON AUGUST 19TH, 2025, BEGINNING AT 1:02 P.M. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL.>> GENERAL COUNSEL BOURGAULT? >> HERE
>> WONDERFUL. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT WILL LEAD US.
>> DIRECTOR ESPANA, WILL READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT TODAY.
[LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT]
>> AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY, WE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL THE LANDS WITHIN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ARE THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF EAST BAY ALONE, BAY MI WOK, AND NORTHERN VALLEY YOKUTS WHO ARE POLITICALLY ORGANIZED AND REPRESENTED BY A NUMBER OF THE TRIBES TODAY.
WE MAKE THIS RECOGNITION AS A WAY TO HONOR AND RESPECT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO FIRST CULTIVATED AND INHABITED THIS LAND.
THE PARK DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING WAYS TO WORK AND CONSULT WITH THE EAST BAY TRIBES AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE TRIBAL CITIZENS REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR LAND AND CULTURE.
>> NOW WE MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4, MODIFICATION OF THE AGENDA.
DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER WISH TO MAKE A MOTION TO MODIFY THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA? I DON'T SEE ANY REQUESTS.
THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE NO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS TODAY, IS THAT CORRECT? WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 6,
[PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
AND THIS IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA, AND OUR CLERK WILL EXPLAIN HOW TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT.>> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO BY.
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THEY MAY RAISE THEIR HAND AND THEIR NAME WILL BE CALLED WHEN IS THEIR TURN TO SPEAK.TWO, IF ATTENDING IN PERSON, THEY MAY SUBMIT A SPEAKER'S CARD TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR OTHERWISE INDICATE THEY WISH TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN AGENDA ITEM.
[BACKGROUND] EXCUSE ME? LET ME CONTINUE.
ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE OF 3:00 PM ON MONDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 2025 HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT COME IN AFTER THIS TIME WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD AND INCLUDED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS AFTER THE MEETING.
>> IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE TO PROVIDE COMMENT REGARDING AN ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA.
WE'LL CALL YOU NOW AND THEN FOR THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA, WE'LL CALL YOU AT THAT TIME THAT THE ITEM IS BEING REVIEWED.
HAS THE CLERK RECEIVED ANY SPEAKER CARDS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA OR ARE THERE ANY RAISED HANDS? THERE IS A RAISED HAND.
>> LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM THEIR TIME.
>> RANDY, YOU'VE BEEN PROMOTED.
>> RANDY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE TURN ON YOUR VIDEO.
THAT'S OKAY. MORE COMFORTABLE, A MESS RIGHT NOW.
BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO CALL IN AND SAY, I THINK IT'S AWESOME WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH RODDY RANCH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SAME THING HAPPEN FOR SKYWEST IN HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA.
MY FRIEND MIMI DEAN AND MYSELF, WE WALK THERE A LOT, AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO POSSIBLY WALKING WITH SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AT SKYWEST.
ONCE OPEN SPACE IS GONE, IT'S GONE FOREVER, AND THIS IS A GREAT PLACE RIGHT NEXT TO SAN LORENZO, AND IT WOULD SERVE SO MANY PEOPLE.
IT'S GREAT FOR BIKE RIDING, JUST EVERYTHING.
I HOPE THE BOARD IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT THAT FOR HAYWARD SAN LORENZO RESIDENTS.
I ALSO USE THE EAST BAY PARK DISTRICT TRAILS ALONG THE BAY AND I LOVE THEM.
IT WOULD BE SO EXCITING IF SKYWEST, THE FORMER SKYWEST GOLF COURSE, COULD BECOME PART OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS?
>> GREAT. THEN WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 7 ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TO SHARE AT THIS TIME? THEN NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 8 BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS FOR STAFF ON ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS OR DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO PULL FOR SEPARATE VOTES OR FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR?>> IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION ITEM 6 AND ITEM 7.
>> THEN DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT.
>> I JUST HAD A QUESTION OR A COMMENT ON MINUTES 2 AND 3.
LET'S START WITH THE MINUTES 2 AND 3 FIRST.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHERS FROM THE OTHER DIRECTORS, BY THE WAY, IN REGARDS TO CONSENT?
>> WE'LL START WITH TWO AND THREE.
>> I GUESS MORE OF A GENERAL COMMENT FOR OUR MINUTES.
MAYBE IT'LL BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, AND I KNOW WE'VE ASKED STAFF TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THE REPORT FORMAT.
BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE MINUTES, THE COMMENTS ARE IN GENERAL ARE RATHER THAN, DIRECTOR ECHOLS SAID THIS, DIRECTOR COFFEY SAID THAT.
WE'RE GETTING, IT JUST SAYS A GENERIC IN RESPONSE TO BOARD QUESTIONS AND THEN THE STAFF RESPONSE.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY TO KNOW IF SOMEONE'S VOTING AGAINST SOMETHING, WHY THEY VOTED AGAINST IT OR WHO THE KNOWS WERE.
JUST A GENERAL. I KNOW WE HAVE THE COMPLETE MINUTES.
WE KEEP THE TRANSCRIPTS FOR EVERY SINGLE WORD.
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JUST A GENERAL COMMENT AT SOME POINT, I HOPE WE CAN RE LOOK AT THE MINUTES AND THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTRIBUTE COMMENTS TO A SPEAKER RATHER THAN BROADLY IN RESPONSE TO BOARD QUESTIONS.>> IF I MAY. AS THE BOARD KNOWS, AND JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, ALL OF OUR MEETINGS ARE NOW ACTUALLY RECORDED AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
WHAT MAYBE WAS IN THE PAST, A PRACTICE WHERE WE WOULD DO MORE OF THESE VERBATIM MINUTES.
REALLY, AT THIS POINT, THE BEST PRACTICE, WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY AGENCIES THAT I'M AWARE OF WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST DOING ACTION MINUTES BECAUSE MOST AGENCIES NOW ARE JUST DIRECTING PEOPLE TO GO AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY WATCH THE TAPE ON GRANICUS, THERE IS A CAPTIONING SERVICE THAT'S ON THERE AS WELL.
REALLY, I WOULD SAY, IF ANYTHING, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT, AND I KNOW THAT OUR NEW AGM ALLISON BROOKS IS LOOKING AT THIS AND LOOKING AT SOME BEST PRACTICES AROUND IT, WHERE WE REALLY WOULD RECOMMEND MOVING TOWARDS MORE OF ACTION MINUTES SO THAT IT REALLY LEAVES LESS DISCRETION IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE ITEM AND SEE EXACTLY HOW THE DEBATE OR DISCUSSION TOOK PLACE, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND JUST ACCESSING OUR WEBSITE.
>> I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT AND JUST IN GENERAL, THINGS LIKE WHEN WE ASK FOR FUTURE GENERAL ITEMS, I KNOW ON THE 20TH, WHICH I'LL GO AHEAD AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THE CONSENT AS A WHOLE.
I WAS GOING TO SAY A MOTION TO APPROVE.
BUT THERE WAS A CONVERSATION DIRECTOR SANWONG ASKING ABOUT JULY 8 COMING BACK.
THERE WAS A CONVERSATION FROM MYSELF ASKING FOR SOLAR ON THE EEC ON THE JUNE 3RD.
I AGREE, AND I UNDERSTAND AND I'VE SERVED ON OTHER COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMITTEES, I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC THAT WE RECORD EVERYTHING NOW IN GRANICUS, AND JUST HOPING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE BALANCE.
NO, DON'T NEED TO PULL IT FROM THE AGENDA.
>> LET'S FOCUS ON CONSENT, BUT MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER UNDER AGENDA ITEM 11 FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I DO THINK THE ACTION MINUTES IS A WORTHY CONVERSATION, SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT THEN.
THEN IT WAS AGENDA ITEM 6 AND 7.
>> YES. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 6 DEALS WITH THE AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND A CONTRACT FOR RURAL PIG MANAGEMENT INC FOR FERAL PIG CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WIDE.
I SUPPORT THIS, BUT I ALSO AND I SUPPORT THE IDEA OF MANAGING THE PIGS IN OUR DISTRICT.
DOES THE GENTLEMAN THAT DOES THIS WORK, ARE THERE DELIVERABLES, OR IS THERE REPORTS? THE CONTRACT SAYS THAT HE WOULD SIGNIFY.
THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE THE LAST ONE I ASK.
IS THE NUMBER OF PARKS AFFECTED? I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT.
THE DAMAGE THAT'S DONE BY PIGS IN OUR PARKS AND THE TRAPPING LOCATIONS, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBER OF PIGS REMOVED ON A YEARLY BASIS.
>> DIRECTOR MATT GRAD, DIVISION LEAD FOR STEWARDSHIP.
GREAT QUESTIONS, DIRECTOR WAESPI.
WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING AN RFP RIGHT NOW TO EXTEND THAT WORK FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
WE ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT GETS COLLECTED.
WE DO KNOW WHERE THE TRAPS ARE, AND WE DO KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRAPPING AND WHAT LOCATIONS, BUT IT GETS AGGREGATED RIGHT NOW, BUT AGGREGATED BY PARK.
WE HAVE A TOTAL AREA OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN EACH PARK, AND THEN THE EFFORTS ARE DIRECTED REALLY BY STAFF OFTEN OR ANYONE.
I MEAN, WE GET COMPLAINTS ON A REGULAR BASIS OF DAMAGE.
THEN WE DIRECT THE EFFORTS TO WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE MOST DAMAGE.
IN THE NEXT CONTRACT, WE'RE LOOKING TO MORE FINE TUNE THAT DATA AND GET MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT EXACT TRAP EFFORT, AND AMOUNTS AND SPECIFIC LOCATION, SO WE CAN BETTER STRATEGICALLY DIRECT THE EFFORTS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING IT REALLY TO JUST ADDRESS PROBLEMS AS WE LEARN ABOUT THEM.
[BACKGROUND] [OVERLAPPING] WE DO HAVE GOOD SUMMARY DATE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED IN EACH PARK THROUGH THE YEAR.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE EXACT LOCATION WHERE EACH THING HAPPENED.
>> YOU QUANTIFY THE DAMAGE THAT THEY'VE DONE BECAUSE I KNOW AT REDWOOD COUNTY GOLF COURSE, THEY MUST HAVE REALLY RACKED UP SOME BIG MONEY DOWN THERE.
>> WE DON'T NECESSARILY KEEP A QUANTIFICATION OF THE TOTAL AREAS IMPACTED, BUT WE DO KEEP A QUANTIFY HOW MANY PIGS WERE REMOVED AFTER THAT INCIDENT HAPPENED.
>> THAT INVOLVES THE AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND A CONSULTANT CONTRACT WITH AECOM, TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR A TRAIL INVENTORY SERVICES AT LAS TRAMPAS AND READING THE BACKGROUND,THE BODY OF THE WORK SAYS YOU DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF OPENING LAND BANK AREAS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
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THE FIRST STEP IS TO DO A TRAILS INVENTORY.THERE'S LISTED OTHER PARTS THAT HAVE HAD TRAIL INVENTORIES.
I'M WONDERING HOW LAS TRAMPAS BUMPED UP TO THE NEXT ONE.
I WOULD HOPE MY WARD HAS PLACES THAT NEED TRAIL INVENTORIES TOO.
WHAT WAS THE PROCESS OF GOING TO LAS TRAMPAS?
>> WELL, THANK YOU. DIVISION LEAD BRIAN HOLT, PLANNING TRAILS GAS.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT TACTICAL, AND IT'S ALSO PRACTICAL IN THAT WE HAD MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO NORTHERN LAS TRAMPAS QUITE SOME TIME AGO.
IT WAS ABOUT THE TIME OF THE ACQUISITION OF THE LAPHAM PROPERTY, AND THAT WAS TO STUDY PUBLIC ACCESS OPTIONS INTO THE NORTHERN LAS TRAMPAS AREA.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF NUMBER OF ACRES THAT ARE LAND BANKED IN THE NORTHERN LAS TRAMPAS AREA.
WE LOOKED AT THE STAFF LEVEL, OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS INTO THAT AREA FOR A WHILE, CONSTRAINED BY LACK OF PUBLIC ROADWAYS CONNECTING TO THE SITE.
WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO IS MOVE THAT MONEY FORWARD TO DO A TRAILS INVENTORY TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THAT PROPERTY FROM A PEDESTRIAN STANDPOINT, SO PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE PARK FROM EXISTING OPENED AREAS OF THE PARK.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF JUST SHIFTING THE MONEY TO DO A TRAIL INVENTORY IN THAT AREA.
WE'LL SAY THAT PORTION OF NORTHERN LAS TRAMPAS HAS BEEN OF INTEREST TO OPEN UP FOR QUITE A WHILE.
THOSE AREAS HAVE BEEN LAND BANKED FOR QUITE SOME TIME, WELL OVER A DECADE.
BUT THERE WAS ALSO MONEY AVAILABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
THAT SAID, WE ARE LOOKING COMPREHENSIVELY DISTRICT WIDE, AT OPPORTUNITIES TO OPEN UP LAND BANK THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
WE'RE PREPARED TO SPEAK TO THAT.
MY STAFF HAS A LIST AND A PROCESS THAT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH IDENTIFYING THOSE PROPERTIES THAT CAN BE OPENED UP IN THE NEAR TERM, THOSE PROPERTIES THAT PERHAPS NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE PLANNING TO OPEN UP, BUT TAKING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD OF EXACT PROPERTIES IN YOUR WARD THAT WOULD BE OPEN UP.
THEY'RE SPREAD OUT, SPRINKLED OUT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU. IS IT JUST A GENERIC COMMENT ON MY PART? WARD DEAL.
>> I ALSO HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS, AND I WONDER IF MAYBE WE SHOULD PULL THIS AS A SEPARATE ITEM AND WE COULD LOOK AT THE REST OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR RIGHT NOW FOR A FULL
>> MOTION. I THINK THAT IT LOOKS THERE ARE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON NUMBER 7.
MY RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT SEPARATELY, SO WE WILL LOOK AT 1-6, 8-10.
LET'S HOLD ON SEVEN, FOR A MOMENT, SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER BOARD QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON 1-6, 8-10, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE.
I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE, ASHLEY AND MANAGEMENT, ON SUCCESSFULLY REACHING AN AGREEMENT CONCERNING TEMPORARY INTERMEDIATE, SEASONAL CLASSIFICATIONS THAT HADN'T BEEN SUBJECT TO THE MOU IN THE PAST, AND THAT WAS QUITE AN ENDEAVOR FOR BOTH MANAGEMENT AND THE UNION.
I THINK THE BOARD APPRECIATES THE EFFORT.
>> BEFORE WE DO A MOTION, I DO KNOW WE WANT TO OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
LET'S OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR NUMBERED 1-6 OR 8-10.
THIS WILL BE THE MOMENT FOR THAT, WILLIAM HUFF?
>> THREE MINUTES. THIS IS ON ITEM 4?
ESTEEMED BOARD, GENERAL MANAGER, GENERAL COUNSEL.
WILLIAM DANIEL HUFF, PRESIDENT OF AS LOCAL 2428, RESIDENT OF BERKELEY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY SHORT, BECAUSE DIRECTOR COFFEY STOLE WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU SAID, SIR, DIRECTOR.
I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE THAT I EXPRESSED, TWO WEEKS AGO, FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE DURING NEGOTIATIONS.
WE IN THE EXECUTIVE BOARD IN THE PLURALITY OF THE MEMBERSHIP BODY BELIEVE THAT THIS CONTRACT IS GOOD.
HENCEFORTH, IT IS IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME THAT YOU'VE TAKEN TO REVIEW IT, AND WE HOPE THAT IT PASSES TODAY AND THAT WE CAN WORK IN TANDEM WITH MANAGEMENT AND THE REST OF THE DISTRICT TO IMPLEMENT IT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? I THINK WE JUST HAD A FEW NEW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARRIVE,
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SO I WONDER IF THEY'RE HERE FOR CONSENT CALENDAR. WE'LL GIVE THEM A SECOND.I DON'T SEE ANYONE ON THE ZOOM.
BUT IF THERE IS ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT WISHES TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY CAN RAISE OUR HAND.
THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
NOT ON THE CONSENT. GREAT. THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD IF THERE'S ANY FINAL COMMENTS.
OTHERWISE, NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 1-6 AND 8-10.
>> ANY OPPOSED? I THINK IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 50.
[7. Authorization to Amend Consultant Contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (AECOM) by $41,904 for Trail Inventory Services: Las Trampas Wilderness Regional Preserve CEQA Determination: Exempt per 14 Cal Code Regs §15262 ]
I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, AND I JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE EASIER TO GET THROUGH THE REST OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.JUST BECAUSE I KNOW WITH AGENDA 7, IT DOES MENTION HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE SAME, IT'S GOING TO BE AMENDMENT OR AN ADDITION TO BOARD RESOLUTION 2024-2-31.
WHERE WE ALSO HAD BRIONES, PLEASANTON RIDGE, AND DEL VAL, WHERE WE DID A TRAIL INVENTORY FOR THOSE THREE PARKS, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BOARD HASN'T YET RECEIVED A REPORT OUT FROM THAT EFFORT.
I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR THAT. THAT'S ONE QUESTION.
THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE ON THAT IS IN REGARDS TO, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN WE APPROVED FOR THOSE THREE PARKS, IT WAS MOSTLY TO LOOK FOR SOCIAL TRAILS AND TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE USAGE OF THOSE SOCIAL TRAILS ACROSS THOSE THREE PARKS.
WHEREAS ADDING THIS LAND BAKED PORTION OF LAS TRAMPAS, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SITUATION.
>> CORRECT. STAFF HAS BEEN LOOKING AT UTILIZING THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY IN PARKS LIKE PLEASANTON RIDGE AND DEL VAL, WHERE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SOCIAL TRAILS AND WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES, BOTH TO DO RESTORATION WORK TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION, AND THEN ALSO POTENTIALLY CONSIDER ADDING TRAILS TO THE NETWORK, IF THERE'S ONES THAT SEEM SUITABLE TO ENHANCE PUBLIC ACCESS.
THAT'S STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S OUT THERE AND COULD POTENTIALLY SUPPORT FUTURE PROJECTS IN THOSE AREAS.
THEN THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THAT THE PLANNING TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON LAND BANK AREAS, UNDERSTANDING FROM YOUR BOARD THAT THERE'S SUPPORT FOR OPENING LAND BANK AREAS, AND SO THIS IS ONE AMONG OTHERS THAT THE PLANNING TEAM IS LOOKING AT OPENING, AND THIS WILL HELP SUPPORT THAT WORK OF DETERMINING HOW TO OPEN THAT AREA.
>> I GUESS WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AT THOUGH, MAYBE THIS GETS TO OUR PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS.
I THINK THIS ECHOES THE EARLIER QUESTION FROM DIRECTOR WAESPI ABOUT HOW THIS PORTION NORTHERN LAS TRAMPAS WAS ELEVATED IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES, BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY HEARD THAT.
IT MAKES SENSE. I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER ABOUT THE FUNDING, BUT I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE REPORT FOR THE PREVIOUS STUDIES, AND THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ALSO RECEIVE THAT REPORT.
SOMETIMES, I FEEL LIKE WE MIGHT BE STUDYING A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THEN WHERE DOES IT GO IN THE NEXT STEP OF THE PROCESS?
>> ONE THING, THAT WE'RE ALWAYS DOING, IS HEARING IDEAS FROM YOUR BOARD, FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FROM STAFF AND OTHERS OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS.
IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD THOUGHTFUL PROJECTS, WHERE WE'VE DONE THE WORK TO UNDERSTAND THE CONDITIONS BEFORE WE PROPOSE ANYTHING.
WE HAVE A REALLY TALENTED STAFF THAT TAKES THEIR JOB VERY SERIOUSLY AND WORKS DILIGENTLY WITH THIS INFORMATION TO INFORM FUTURE PROPOSALS, AND WE'RE UNDERTAKING DOZENS OF PROJECTS AT ANY GIVEN YEAR.
THESE KINDS OF STUDIES HELP FORM THE BASIS OF THOSE POTENTIAL PROJECTS.
WE TRY TO ALIGN OUR WORK WITH YOUR BOARD'S PRIORITIES AND WITH THE PRIORITY AND THE AVAILABILITY OF PLACES THAT ARE READY TO BE OPENED AND UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION, THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
YES, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS.
THE WAY THAT WE PRIORITIZE WORK,
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WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOUR BOARD ON OCTOBER 3RD, WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE TRAIL PROJECTS, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THIS COMING YEAR AND THAT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT WHAT THOSE PRIORITY PROJECTS ARE.>> I GUESS, I WOULD JUST ADD REAL QUICK, THIS WORK WOULD NOT TAKE AWAY FROM DELAY OR, OTHERWISE, IMPACT THE SCHEDULE FOR THAT WORK THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED IN PLEASANTON RIDGE OR DEL VAL, THE OTHER PLACES THAT YOU HAD SUGGESTED.
IT'S JUST UTILIZING AN EXISTING CONTRACT SO WE COULD ALSO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE SCHEDULE ON THAT.
>> UNDERSTOOD. I KNOW RECENTLY THERE HAD BEEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT AND BANK PROPERTIES, AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY COME UP WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE PRIORITIZATION, BUT ONE THE COMMENTS WAS MADE THAT IF WE FOCUS ON ONE LAND BANK AREA, THEN WE CAN'T LOOK AT ANOTHER AND SO THAT THERE'S THESE TRADE OFFS.
THIS ONE, PARTICULARLY, SURFACED TO ME BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I AM VERY MUCH WAITING FOR THAT CONVERSATION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PLEASANTON RIDGE AND DEL VAL, IN TERMS OF THE TRAILS.
I KNOW THIS CAME UP WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BRIONES PILOT PROJECT.
I KNOW I WAS A BIG ADVOCATE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT HAVING A PILOT PROJECT IN ALAMEDA COUNTY.
I SEE THIS BOARD RESOLUTION 2024-02-31.
I SAW THAT AS HELPING ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT US THINKING ABOUT ADDRESSING THIS TOPIC OF MULTI USE TRAIL CONFLICTS AND THINKING ABOUT SOCIAL TRAILS, AND ALSO HELPED ME PUT ON PAUSE THE ADVOCACY THAT I WAS PUSHING FOR FOR US TO HAVE A PILOT PROJECT IN ALAMEDA COUNTY.
>> I CAN JUST SAY STAFF IS WORKING ON THAT.
I KNOW ROK, RIGHT HERE, IS THE ONE MOVING MANAGING THOSE POTENTIAL PROJECTS.
HE'S BEEN OUT IN THE FIELD WITH OUR STEWARDSHIP TEAM WALKING POTENTIAL SITES, JUST TRYING TO FIND WHAT THE RIGHT MIX OF COMPONENTS ARE TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL PROJECT IN PLEASANTON RIDGE AND THEN DEL VAL.
I THINK IS THE NEXT STEP AFTER THAT, ANOTHER PLACE WE GOING TO LOOK AT.
THEN BRIAN'S TEAM JUST MET WITH OUR ENTIRE OPERATIONS TEAM AND STEWARDSHIP TEAM ALSO TO LOOK AT AND BANK PROPERTIES, AND TRY TO HELP PRIORITIZE WHERE WE CAN OPEN AND BANK PROPERTIES AND GET INPUT AROUND THAT.
I THINK BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
FOR SURE, WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE, BUT WE REALLY TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO TAKE THE OVERALL PRIORITIES THAT YOUR BOARD HAS COMMUNICATED AND DELIVER ON AS MANY OF THOSE AS WE CAN THAT ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.
>> THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION; TO PREPARE FOR TODAY, I DID GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE 2013 MASTER PLAN MAP JUST TO SEE WHAT PREVIOUS BOARD DECISIONS WERE IN REGARDS TO THE 2013 MASTER PLAN, AND FOR THE NORTH LAS TRAMPAS.
I DO SEE THAT THERE ARE TWO TRAILS THAT ARE MENTIONED AND I THINK IT'S WITHIN THE CALAVERAS TRAIL SYSTEM.
ONE OF THEM IS TO CONNECT LAS TRAMPAS TO BRIONES.
ONLY A SMALL PORTION IS IN THIS LAND BANK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF IT THOUGH IS MAYBE OUTSIDE OF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT CONTROL.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THIS STUDY, THAT'S BEING APPROVED TODAY, IS LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR TRAIL THAT'S MENTIONED IN THE 2013 MASTER PLAN OR JUST THAT PORTION THAT'S WITHIN THE LAND BANK PROPERTY?
>> YOU'LL RECALL IT WASN'T LAST BOARD MEETING.
I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE OF BOARD MEETINGS AGO, YOU APPROVED AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT YOU CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR FORGET THE EXACT NAME OF THE PROJECT CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL, BURTON RIDGE, AND THAT PROJECT IS READY TO MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S THE TRAIL PROJECT THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THAT MAP, SO THAT PROJECT IS SEPARATE, MOVING FORWARD, HAD ITS ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO, IN TERMS OF THE TRAIL INVENTORY THERE, IS THE SOCIAL PASS, TRAILS THAT ARE NOT THE REGIONAL TRAILS, JUST THE REGIONAL TRAILS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THAT MAP.
THAT ARE WITHIN THAT LAND BANK AREA.
WE'RE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND DISCUSS THIS NORTHERN LAS TRAMPAS AREA IN MORE DETAIL, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE LAND BANK PROPERTIES.
I WILL JUST SAY, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS, THERE'S A RECOGNITION THAT NOT ALL THESE LAND BANK PROPERTIES ARE CREATED EQUAL.
THIS WAS AN AREA THAT WE IDENTIFIED.
THERE IS PUBLIC CURRENTLY USING THAT AREA, AND FOLKS ARE ACCESSING THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY.
FROM AN OPERATIONAL POINT OF VIEW, IT'S NOT AN AREA THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD ADD SIGNIFICANTLY TO OPERATIONAL IMPACTS OR OTHER THINGS.
IT WAS REALLY A RECOGNITION THAT THIS AREA HAS BEEN LAND BANK FOR A WHILE,
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HAS A LOT OF POPULATION SURROUNDING IT.PEOPLE ARE ACCESSING THE PROPERTY.
LACKING THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT WE I HAD HOPED TO DO BEFORE, WHICH WAS PERHAPS SOMETHING A BIT MORE ON THE CAPITAL PROJECT SCALE.
THIS WAS AN AREA THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH OPENING UP LAND BANK PROPERTY, RELATIVELY EASILY UTILIZING WHAT IS EXISTING ON THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS AN INVENTORY TO IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE RESTORED AND CLOSED DOWN TO PROTECT THE RESOURCES ON THE SITE.
>> THE FUNDING WAS ALREADY EARMARKED FOR THIS AREA?
>> THE FUNDING WAS ALREADY EARMARKED FOR THIS AREA FOR OPENING UP PUBLIC ACCESS INTO NORTHERN LAS TRAMPAS?
>> LET'S JUST HYPOTHETICALLY, SAY, IF THIS DOESN'T PASS THEN, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT FUNDING? IT JUST SITS THERE OR?
>> THEORETICALLY, IT CONTINUES TO RESIDE IN THE BUDGET, YES.
>> IF SOMETHING IS SITTING IN THE BUDGET, IS THERE ANY EFFORT IF THE PROJECTS AREN'T PASSING THAT COULD THEN JUST GET MOVED BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND? OR IS THIS PROMISED?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SPECIFIC SOURCES.
>> GOD, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO SEE WHAT THE SPECIFIC SOURCES, BUT THEORETICALLY, IT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THIS PARK FOR THE PURPOSES OF OPENING UP PUBLIC ACCESS.
WE'VE SHIFTED OUR PROJECT FOCUS FROM WHAT WAS A CAPITAL PROJECT TO WHAT IS NOW MORE OF A RESTORATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROJECT, BUT WITH THE SAME GOAL OF OPENING UP PUBLIC ACCESS.
IF THE BOARD WERE TO DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING WHOLLY DIFFERENT, I GUESS THAT'S WITHIN YOUR PREVIEW, BUT AT THIS POINT, WE'RE MEETING THE SAME PROJECT OBJECTIVES.
>> OUR FINANCE TEAM, I KNOW KATIE, DIGNAN GOES THROUGH EXISTING PROJECTS WHERE FUNDS HAVEN'T BEEN UTILIZED IF THEY'VE BEEN SITTING ON THE BOOKS, AND THEN TRIES TO LOOK AT WHERE WE SHOULD CLOSE OUT A PROJECT AND RETURN THAT FUND TO FUND BALANCE SO THAT WE CAN REPROGRAMMING IN A WAY WHERE IT'S GOING TO GET UTILIZED.
>> I THINK, DR. DICAMBA, YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. EARLIER, THAT WAS CALAVERAS.
THIS IS LAS TRAMPAS AND THIS ONE.
I THINK IS LAS TRAMPAS, THE NORTH PORTION IS IN WARD 2 OR?
>> NORTHERN PORTION IS WITHIN STRADDLES.
>> I ALSO APPRECIATE THE SCOPE FOR IDENTIFYING SOCIAL TRAILS AND SUPPORT THE COMMENT THAT WRAP UP OF FINDING OUT THE STUDY AND USING ANY MONIES REMAINING TO GO TO THAT RATHER THAN ADDING MORE MONEY.
EVEN THOUGH THIS IS IN MY WARD, I ALSO SUPPORT THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT LAND BANKING OTHER PRIORITIES IN THE AREA.
I THINK OCTOBER 3RD, YOU SAID, WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT AND LOOK AT CRITERIA.
>> NO, OCTOBER 3RD IS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS STUDY SESSION.
THAT WILL BE DIRECTOR SANWONG HAD ASKED, HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE WHICH PROJECTS WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD? THAT WILL BE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOUR BOARD ALL OF THE PROJECTS WE'RE PROPOSING TO BRING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR YOUR BOARD TO HELP PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF RELATED TO THAT.
>> DEFINITELY LOOKING AT PRIORITIES DISTRICT WIDE AND WHETHER WE WANT TO DO A TRAILS INVENTORY, WHETHER IT'S DUAL IN, TILDEN, WILDCAT, WHATEVER.
BUT I ALSO CAN'T HELP BUT MAKE A COMMENT THAT SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH STAFF IN THE BACK IN THE PAST.
THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS ACTUALLY PRETTY INTERESTING AND IT'S VERY CLOSE TO SOME LOCAL CONTROL AND LAND USE ISSUES WITH A PRIVATE DEVELOPER WHO WANTS TO BUILD THERE AT THAT ACCESS AREA, AND THERE'S I THINK SOME POTENTIAL RISK OR SOME CONCERNS, AND IT SEEMS THAT THE MONEY FOR DOING THAT IN STUDY FOR ACCESS MIGHT BE BETTER HANDLED EITHER BY THE MUNICIPALITY OR THE PRIVATE OWNER.
BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT ADD THAT INTO THE MIX, AND THERE'S A LOT OF LITIGATION IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA IN COMMUNITY.
I JUST CAN'T HELP IT SAY THAT, AND THEREFORE, I'D BE INTERESTED AND SEE WHERE BETTER USE OF THE MONIES MIGHT GO.
>> I GUESS, TECHNICALLY, WE HAVE TO ALSO ARE THERE ANY OTHER BOARD QUESTIONS? THEN WE DO HAVE TO OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
>> HELLO, AGAIN. GOOD AFTERNOON.
WILLIAM HUFF, PRESIDENT AS 2428, SPEAKING ON ITEM 7 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
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ACO DOES INCLUDE WORK THAT FALLS UNDER THE SENIOR PLANNERS JOB DESCRIPTION, AND WE WERE NOT GIVEN THE CONTRACT IN ADVANCE TO REVIEW, WHICH WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM?
>> WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT? ARE THERE ANY FINAL BOARD COMMENTS? OTHERWISE, WE COULD BE LOOKING AT A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM.
>> [INAUDIBLE], HOLD ON. THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME.
PARDON ME. CHAIR. LATER ON, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE BREAK A FEW RULES, BUT THIS IS NOT THE TIME. HOLD ON.
>> WE'RE GOOD THEN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM?
>> LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL VOTE JUST IN CASE.
>> THAT PASSES 4,0 WITH ONE ABSTENTION.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON IN THE AGENDA TO AGENDA SECTION B,
[ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION]
AND WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 1, AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS FOR ON CALL TECHNICAL SERVICES.>> [NOISE] GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS.
PLEASE TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS NEXT ITEM FROM THE OPEN CALENDAR, ITEM B1, AS DIRECTOR SANWONG NOTED.
I'M REN BATES, DIVISION LEAD OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
I'M HERE TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU, WHICH IS THIS RECOMMENDATION.
I WON'T TORTURE EVERYONE BY READING THIS.
WHAT OSTENSIBLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR THREE YEAR CONTRACTS, WITH AN NTE AMOUNT, WHICH IS NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 FOR TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
I'LL WALK THROUGH A PROCUREMENT PROCESS AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, BUT THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU.
WE'RE SEEKING 18 CONTRACTS FOR ON CALL SERVICES, WITH AN EXTENSION OF POSSIBLY TWO YEARS WITH THE BOARD'S APPROVAL AND OR TO INCREASE THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT BY AN ADDITIONAL 250K, IF NECESSARY.
FOR BACKGROUND, THE DISTRICT HAS HAD AN ONGOING NEED FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT PROJECTS ON SPECIALIZED SCOPES AND INTERMITTENT SERVICES.
WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED FOR THESE ON CALL CONSULTANTS ARE SCOPES OF WORK THAT ARE SHORTER IN TIME FRAME OR IN VERY SPECIALIZED SCOPE.
IN ORDER TO HELP STAFF FULFILL COMPLETE PROJECTS, WE HAVE USED ON CALL SERVICES HISTORICALLY.
PREVIOUS ROUND THAT THE BOARD APPROVED WAS IN 2022 WITH ANNUAL EXTENSIONS.
WHAT WE LEARNED ROUND OF CONTRACTS IS THAT THOSE WERE EACH ANNUAL CONTRACTS WITH THE $50,000 NTE.
ADMINISTRATIVELY, THAT BECAME QUITE ONEROUS TO RENEW THOSE EVERY YEAR AND WE ALSO REACHED OUR LIMIT RELATIVELY QUICKLY, SO WE HAD TO DO A PO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
IN TERMS OF THAT, THAT'S WHY WE LOOKED TO THE TERMS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU NOW.
WE TALKED WITH LEGAL ABOUT THAT.
WE VETTED THAT WITH STAFF IN TERMS OF JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS ON BOARD AND OKAY WITH THAT.
THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE LOOKED AT THE SERVICES WE HAD USED IN OUR PREVIOUS ROUND AND TALKED WITH OUR STAFF IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TO SEE WHAT NEW CAPACITY OR WORK WE MIGHT NEED.
THOSE WERE THE HOW WE DETERMINED THE EXISTING SERVICES OR THE SERVICES WE WERE SEEKING FOR ON CALL CONSULTANTS.
THOSE AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE ARE LISTED HERE.
I WILL BRIEFLY SUMMIE SOME OF THESE SERVICES FOR YOU.
ARCHITECTURE, WE DO HAVE A STAFF ARCHITECT ON BOARD, BUT HE IS CURRENTLY MANAGING SEVERAL LARGE PROJECTS.
THERE ARE DISCRETE SCOPES OF WORK IN SEVERAL OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS THAT WILL REQUIRE EITHER A STAMPED ARCHITECT.
AN ARCHITECT STAMP ON OUR PLANS FOR A PATH OF TRAVEL BECAUSE CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES
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WILL ONLY TAKE THAT FROM A LICENSED ARCHITECT AS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.I CAN SAY, I DON'T APPRECIATE THAT, BUT THAT'S THE FACTS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE NEED TO HAVE AN ARCHITECT ON BOARD.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY WILL PROVIDE SERVICES TO US.
IN LOOKING AT, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT WE HAVE USED IN THE PAST IS FOR THE DUNBAR AND QUARRY PHASE 2, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF STRUCTURES OUT THERE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE BY THE DUNBAR QUARRY SOURCES, BUT PART OF THAT IS WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET DESIGNED SO THAT THEY CAN PERMIT THAT IN THE FUTURE.
WE NEEDED SOME DISCRETE HELP WITH THAT IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT SOME OF THE STRUCTURES LIKE PICNIC STRUCTURES AND RESTROOM STRUCTURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE.
BIOLOGICAL MONITORING, WE RECEIVE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS FOR LOTS OF OUR PROJECTS.
A LOT OF THOSE WILL REQUIRE THAT THERE IS A BIOLOGIST ON SITE WHILE WE DO ANY WORK.
IT IS, AGAIN, INTERMITTENT WORK, A LOT OF THIS WORK, THAT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS ALSO CONSTRAIN US TO TIME CONSTRAINTS IN TERMS OF WHEN WE CAN DO THE WORK.
BECAUSE OF SPECIES CONCERNS, AND THAT LIMITS THE WINDOW.
AGAIN, THAT'S WHY POTENTIALLY AND BIOLOGICAL MONITORING WE USE A LOT.
IN TERMS OF JUST CONSTRUCTION AND IT'S FINITE FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.
THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WE HAVE UTILIZED IN THE PAST.
WE ARE GETTING TO SOME BIGGER BIGGER PROJECTS.
WE HAVE DONE ONE OFF FOR HIRING CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS.
THIS IS ONE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE ON CALL TO HELP US WITH SOME REVIEW OF SOME OF OUR PLANS GOING FORWARD IN CONSTRUCT STABILITY.
THEY WOULD JUST COME IN AS AN OUTSIDE EXPERT TO HELP US LOOK AT THOSE SO WHEN WE'RE BIDDING, THAT THEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.
POTENTIALLY, WE DO NOT HAVE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER PER SE ON STAFF AND THESE FIRMS COULD HELP US WITH PROJECTS WHERE WE MIGHT NEED SUPPORT IN ADMINISTRATION OF CHANGE ORDERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
DESIGN RENDERING IS AS WE GET MORE INTO THESE BIGGER PROJECTS.
DESIGN RENDERING, FOR INSTANCE, THE EEC, WE HAVE WORKED THAT IN AS PART OF OUR CONTRACT, BUT THERE MIGHT BE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WOULD LIKE RENDERINGS THAT WOULD HELP TO COMMUNICATE IDEAS TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND TO SELL A PROJECT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, IF YOU WILL.
WE DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY THE MOST UP TO DATE RENDERING SOFTWARE AND OR STAFF THAT'S UP TO SKILL ON THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES WE ARE POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT.
THE NEXT IS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER ON STAFF, BUT OUR PLANS WILL SOMETIMES REQUIRE THE SCOPING OF ELECTRICAL SERVICES, AND SO WE'VE UTILIZED THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS IN THE PAST.
NURSERY SERVICES, WE DEAL WITH PHYTOTERA IN OUR DISTRICT, AND SO THAT'S A VERY IT'S A ORGANISM THAT CAUSES DAMAGE TO LOTS OF NATIVE PLANTS.
IT IS A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT SPECIES.
I DON'T GET TOO MUCH INTO PHYTOTERA, BUT A LOT OF THE SPECIES ARE MOVED ABOUT BECAUSE OF NURSERY STOCK.
WE HAVE PROTOCOLS THAT ALLOW US TO DO CONTRACT GROWING THAT FOLLOW PHYTOSANITARY PROTOCOLS.
WE'VE FOUND IN OUR CONTRACTING IT'S BETTER FOR US AS THE LANDOWNER TO PROVIDE THOSE PLANTS TO OUR CONTRACTORS OPPOSED TO LETTING THE CONTRACTOR SORT THOSE OUT, AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE NURSERY SERVICES ARE FOR.
QAQC IS WHEN I GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT'S FOR A LOT, BUT THE QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY CONTROL GETS BACK TO WHAT I SPOKE TO ABOUT CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT IN TERMS OF HAVING AN OUTSIDE THIRD PARTY HELP US VERIFY BOTH OUR PLANS AND ALSO PLANS THAT HAVE DONE BY CONSULTANTS.
WE'VE JUST LEARNED THAT AS WE'VE GONE TO BID, SOMETIMES THINGS ARE MISSED AND THINGS WILL CONTINUE TO GET MISSED, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES BY WHICH WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK THINGS BEFORE WE GO OUT TO BID, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL PLANS AND SPECS THAT ARE THE BEST FOR PUBLIC BIDDING.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION WRITING.
THIS IS VERY UNIQUE, AND AGAIN, WE'VE WORKED ON TECHNICAL SPECS, TECHNICAL SPECS SPECIFICATIONS, JUST FOR THE BOARD'S.
EDIFICATION IS PART OF OUR CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.
THERE ARE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
THE PLANS SHOW LAYOUT, SPECIFICATIONS USUALLY SHOW MATERIALITY, PERFORMANCE OR QUALITY OF WORK AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THOSE ARE ALL PART OF OUR CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.
AGAIN, STAFF IS WELL VERSED IN THIS, BUT THERE ARE SOMETIMES MATERIALS OR THINGS THAT ARE MORE UP TO DATE IN TERMS OF CURRENTLY WHAT'S IN THE MARKET.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME HELP IN THAT REGARD.
THEN THE LAST IS UTILITY LOCATING.
WE HAVE TO USE THIS WHEN WE LOOK IN WHEN WE GET INTO DESIGN IN TERMS OF FINDING OUT WHAT IS EXISTING OUT THERE.
THIS IS A SPECIAL SERVICE THAT STAFF, WE DON'T HAVE INTERNALLY, WE UTILIZE THAT TO HELP US FIND UNDERGROUND SUCH AS ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE IT IS FOR A LOT OF OUR PARKS.
I'LL SHARE SOME SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE ALREADY USED FOR ON CALLS.
HERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'VE USED ON CALLS.
WE HAD USED THE GEOTECH ON CALL FOR THE MCCOSKER CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT IN SIBIL.
WE'VE USED IT FOR UTILITY LOCATING FOR OUR KELLER BEACH RESTORATION PROJECT.
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THE PICTURE HERE IS FOR THE BRIONES LAFAYETTE STAGING AREA, REVAMP, WE USED AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER ON ON CALL FOR THOSE SERVICES. COST ESTIMATE FROM PT.PINOLE SERVICE YARD AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, WHICH IS ONE WE AREN'T GOING FOR NOW, BUT THAT WAS A PREVIOUS ONE WE HAD FOR REINHARDT REDWOOD BRIDGE.
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'VE UTILIZED THESE CONTRACTS IN THE PAST AND SHOW EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSES IN MY MIND OF HOW SAFIE USED THESE SERVICES.
OUR PROCUREMENT, LIKE I SAID, WE ISSUED AN RFQ IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.
THE RFQ ASKED FOR THE SERVICES AND PROFESSIONAL THAT I'VE CALLED OUT FOR, AND WE LOOKED FOR THOSE NINE DIFFERENT EXPERTISE THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
OUR RFQ STATED THAT WE WILL SCORE ALL OF THE RESPONSES BASED ON LET ME JUST QUOTE FOR YOU.
PROPOSAL APPROACH, QUALITY OF PRESENTATION, FOR ONE, FIRM QUALIFICATIONS FOR TWO, RELEVANT EXPERIENCE FOR THREE, GENERAL APPROACH FOR FOUR AND REFERENCES FOR FIVE.
EACH OF THOSE WERE A TOTAL OF 20 OUT OF 100.
WE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT STAFF WITH EXPERTISE IN EACH IN THEIR OWN SPECIFIC EXPERTISE IN THE FIELDS WE'RE LOOKING FOR. SCORE THOSE.
WE HAD QUITE A FEW FOLKS OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STAFF SCORE THESE AND BASED ON THE SCORES AND THE HIGH SCORES THAT WE AS A RESULT OF THAT PROCESS, THE FOLLOWING FIRMS WERE SELECTED AND THIS CHART SHOWS THE CATEGORY FOR WHICH THEY WERE SELECTED.
THIS GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THE PROPOSAL AND THEN THE SERVICES THAT WHICH THEY'RE PROVIDING.
AGAIN, AS A NOTION, JUST THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE, THESE ARE ON CALL SERVICES, AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE REACH OUT TO AN ON CALL, THEY DON'T HAVE CAPACITY, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SEVERAL ON CALL.
I WILL AT THIS POINT STATE THAT THE DISTRICT DOESN'T OBLIGATE ANYTHING FINANCIALLY AT THIS POINT.
THESE ARE ON CALL SERVICES, AND SO NOT UNTIL WE ENGAGE WITH THEM, WILL WE INCUR ANY COST AND THOSE COSTS WILL COME FROM THE PROJECT BUDGET ITSELF.
YOU'LL SEE QAQC THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE, AND THAT'S JUST DEPEND CONTINUED UPON THEIR EXPERTISE, AND SO THEY'LL REVIEW FOR THAT EXPERTISE THEY'RE PROVIDING.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S A BUNCH OF THERE.
I WORKED OUT THAT JUST WE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY PICK FOR QAQC BECAUSE THOSE WERE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE OTHER FOLKS THAT WE SELECTED.
IT'S A LOT TO DIGEST, BUT THIS IS THE RESULT.
AGAIN, HERE'S THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE THE BOARD.
IN BRIEF, IT'S AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO THREE YEAR CONTRACTS WITH THESE 18 CONSULTANT SERVICES NOT TO EXCEED FOR 500,000 OVER THE YEAR.
I GUESS IN TERMS TO SPEAK TO THAT, WE DID DO THREE AT 50K, SO THIS IS MORE OF.
THE LAST CONTRACTS WERE THREE YEARS AT 50,000 EACH.
THIS IS DEFINITELY AN INCREASE OF THAT BECAUSE IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT OUT, IT'S MORE ABOUT THREE TIMES AS MUCH, BUT WE ALSO FOUND THAT IN OUR PREVIOUS ROUND, WE RAN OUT OF CAPACITY ON CERTAIN ONES, SO WE'RE JUST PROVIDING OURSELVES SOME SPACE HERE TO UTILIZE THIS.
AGAIN, THE DISTRICTS NOT OBLIGATED TO THESE FUNDS.
THIS IS JUST FOR ON CALL AND THE PROJECT FUNDS WILL SUPPORT THESE SERVICES.
THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO FIELD QUESTIONS AS THEY ARISE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE IF ANYONE ON THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS THEY'D LIKE TO ASK ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM. GO AHEAD.
>> WHEN 18 FIRMS THAT ARE UP THERE, THE COMMON DENOMINATORS, THEY'RE ALL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AND WE CAN HIRE THESE FOLKS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTING WITH THEM.
IS THAT AS OPPOSED TO JOB OR ORDER CONTRACTING WHERE WE'RE DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS.
>> CORRECT. YES. JOB ORDER CONTRACTING IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT IS CONTRACT WORK AND SO THAT'S PHYSICALLY BUILDING SOMETHING AND THAT IS A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN TO HIRING CONSULTANTS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
THIS IS THE WAY WE SELECT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
I'M NOT SURE IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, BUT THE RFQ PRO.
>> YOU ARE, BUT I'M GETTING TO SORRY.
MY QUESTION IS THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A DISTINCT GROUP OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.
WE USE A LOT MORE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS OUT THERE.
TIM'S COMPANY, OTHER PLANNING GROUPS THAT WE USE REGULARLY, LAW FIRMS,
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OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT WE DON'T PROCURE, SO TO SPEAK, THEIR SERVICES LIKE YOU ARE DOING FOR THIS GROUP.I'M WONDERING WHAT THE DISTINCTIONS WOULD BE WHERE WE HAVE THESE FIRMS THAT ARE SHOWING UP HERE AS PRE APPROVED, AS OPPOSED TO OTHER FIRMS THAT WE USE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
>> I THINK IF I'M HEARING YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, AND TO CLARIFY, THAT YOU'RE ASKING WHY WE'RE APPROACHING IT THIS WAY WITH MULTIPLE AS OPPOSED TO, LIKE, I'M NOT THE OTHER, I GUESS, WHERE IT'S A RFP FOR JUST ONE CONSULTANT SPECIFICALLY. IS THAT?
>> YEAH, IT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR LEGAL OR SOMEONE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THESE ARE BUDGETED WORK.
WE'RE HIRING THESE PEOPLE TO DO WORK THAT'S ALREADY BUDGETED.
THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID FOR THEM.
WE HAVE OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT WE HIRE ON A REGULAR BASIS WHERE WE DON'T DO THIS.
TO GET HIM ON BOARD FOR HIRING. THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
>> LET ALL OF DEFER TO AN ACADEMIC QUESTION FOR ME.
>> I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
I THINK THE DISTINCTION THAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THAT IF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF A PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT, THEN THAT'S MORE OF A PACKAGE THAT WHERE WE HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID WITH A REQUEST OR AN INVITATION TO BID.
ON THOSE CONTRACTS, WE HAVE TO GO WITH THE LOW BIDDER HERE BECAUSE THESE ARE PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE TO BE LICENSED AND WHATNOT, WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO GO WITH A LOW BIDDER.
WE'RE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY CHARGE, WHAT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS ARE, WHAT EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE IN THESE PARTICULAR AREAS.
THEN ONCE THEY'VE GIVEN US THAT INFORMATION, AND WE'VE PUT THEM ON OUR LIST, YOU CAN SELECT THEM.
THIS IS A PARTICULAR PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE THAT'S AUTHORIZED BY THE PUBLIC CONTRACTS CODE.
>> MY QUESTION IS A LITTLE MORE NARROW AND THEN WHY THESE FIRMS SHOW UP HERE FOR PRE APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD, WHEREAS OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS DON'T.
YOU SPEND MONEY ON LAWYERS [OVERLAPPING] WE DON'T PRE APPROVE THEM.
>> CORRECT. THESE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE NEEDED ON AN ONGOING BASIS FOR THESE INTERMITTENT OR SHORT TERM PROJECTS.
THEY'VE JUST BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT WAY.
IF SOMETHING COMES UP UNEXPECTEDLY, YOU MIGHT SEE A CONTRACT COME UP SEPARATELY AND NOT ON FOR AN ON CALL.
>> IF I MAY, I THINK WE DO STILL HIRE SPECIFIC CONSULTANTS.
FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE COME TO THE BOARD AND WE'VE DONE RFP PROCESSES, HIRE CONSULTANTS TO HELP US DEVELOP SPECIFIC PLANS.
FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE HIRED CONSULTANTS WITH THE RODDY RANCH PLANS, WE'VE HIRED THEM FOR THE OYSTER BAY PLANS IN TERMS OF BKF TO HELP US DEVELOPMENT THOSE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.
THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE SELECT IS VERY MUCH THE SAME, BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE HAVE A DEFINITE PROJECT SCOPE THERE THAT WE WANT THEM TO COMPLETE THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS FROM START TO FINISH.
WHEREAS THESE ON CALLS ARE FOR SERVICES THAT SAY WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DESIGN, WE HAVE STAFF THAT'S WORKING ON SOMETHING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE LIKE, NOT ALL OF A SUDDEN, BUT WE'VE DECIDED NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING AND WE NEED AN ARCHITECT TO COME ON BOARD AS OPPOSED TO GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.
WE'RE TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE THAT NOW SO THAT WE CAN THEN HAVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE RP PROCESS.
WE HAD ADVERTISED IT, SO ANYBODY WHO SAW THIS COULD APPLY, THEN WE SCORED THOSE BASED ON THE CRITERIA. IT'S JUST SETTING UP.
THE CRITERIA ARE VERY SAME FOR OUR SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
THIS JUST ALLOWS US TO DISTRICT COUNCIL SAID IS IT GIVES US ABILITY TO NOT HAVE TO GO AND DO SMALLER THINGS.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE WORK THAT'S LESS THAN 50K.
THAT WOULD BE HARD FOR US TO CONTRACT SO THIS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO DO SCOPES OF WORK AT LESS THAN 50K FOR SCOPES THAT WE DON'T HAVE STAFF FOR. DOES THAT HELP?
>> SORRY, THAT'S THE DISTINCTION I WAS LOOKING FOR.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION OVER ALL FISCAL ANALYSIS, I SAW THIS BEFORE, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS LARGE AMOUNT, 18 FIRMS, $509 MILLION.
AT SOME POINT, ARE WE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE AND RECONSIDER BRINGING AN FTE IN THE HOUSE TO DO THEM? ALONG THOSE LINES, HAS THE UNION REVIEWED THIS?
>> I WILL SAY FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE FTE ESTABLISHMENT, AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE UNION, EITHER.
BUT WHAT I CAN SAY FROM STAFF'S POINT OF VIEW IS THAT THERE'S NOT
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ENOUGH WORK TO NECESSITATE FIGURING OUT HOW TO HIRE A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE FOR THESE CERTAIN SCOPES OF WORK BASED ON HISTORICALLY HOW WE'VE DONE IT AND HOW WE'RE SETTING THESE UP TO MOVE FORWARD.WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON GIVING THESE CONSULTANTS WORK AND SOME OF THE SPECIFICITY OF THE WORK AND THE INTERMITTENT NATURE OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE.
FROM MY POINT OF VIEW AND MANAGING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND THEN THE DIVISION THAT'S USING THESE, I DON'T SEE THAT NEED.
>> THEN ALSO, I THINK SOMEWHERE I MIGHT HAVE READ THERE WERE 30 OR USED TO BE 30.
AS YOU NARROWED THESE DOWN, WAS THERE A PROCESS FOR CONSIDERING EQUITY, WOMEN OWNED, SMALL BUSINESS, MINORITY AND SELECTING THESE 18 IN YOUR SCORING?
>> THAT WAS NOT PART OF OUR SCORING.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? YEAH. GO AHEAD.
>> THANKS. I GUESS THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS.
IN APRIL 2022, WE AUTHORIZED CONTRACTS UP TO $50,000 AND THEN UP TO A MILLION TOTAL.
THAT'S THE THING WE USE AROUND HERE.
ANYTHING OVER $50,000 THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE.
SO NOW WE'RE UP TO 500 OR A TOTAL 9 MILLION.
IS THERE ANY REPORTING WILL WE KNOW ANY OF THIS GOING ON OR IS THIS JUST GOING TO BE MIXED INTO THE PROJECT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT LOTS OF STUFF GETS MIXED INTO THE PROJECT.
>> THERE WILL BE SPECIFIC PROJECT OR PURCHASE ORDERS FOR EACH SCOPE OF THIS WORK SO IT WILL BE TRACKED FOR THAT PROJECT, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE PER PURCHASE ORDERS, THAT WILL HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK ATTACHED TO THEM.
IT WILL BE IN THE PROJECT BUDGET, YES, BUT YOU CAN FIND IT IN TERMS OF WHAT SCOPE HAS BEEN DONE AND FOR THE WHAT DOLLAR AMOUNT.
I'M NOT SURE IF I FULLY UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, DIRECTOR WAESPI.
>> SURE, I UNDERSTAND HOW I'M POSING THE QUESTION.
UP TO $50,000, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO USE THAT TERM.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, BUT WE'RE AUTHORIZING YOU TO DO THAT WITHOUT TELLING US.
IF FOR SOME REASON, AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING IT WOULD EVER HAPPEN, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE HIRED, WELL, I GUESS THESE ARE FOR ALL APPROVED PROJECTS.
THEY'RE ALREADY APPROVED BY US.
>> IT'S JUST BUILT INTO IT, SO I'M WORKING MY WAY OUT OF THIS CONVERSATION.
I JUST THINK IT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
I THINK MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF WE'RE NOT KNOWING ABOUT, IN MY OPINION HERE.
>> IF I CAN RESPOND, TO YOUR POINT, THE BOARD AUTHORIZES THE BUDGET FOR EACH PROJECT SO YOU DEFINITELY HAVE RIGHT TO ALLOW MONEY.
I THINK TO GO BACK TO THE ISSUE THAT CAME UP WITH CONSENT AND DIRECTOR SANWONG'S QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS? IT SITS THERE AND THEN IT GOES INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT I ALSO TO THAT END IS THAT THESE ON CALLS, THE INTENT IS NOT TO GO INTO A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK.
IF WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK, WE'LL ENTER INTO A SPECIFIC CONTRACT THAT OUTLINES THAT SCOPE OF SERVICES AND WE'LL DO SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.
ANYWAY, PART OF IT IS THAT THERE'S NOT AN INTENT.
WE'VE LEARNED THAT CAPACITY WISE AND YOU DIDN'T SEE ALL THIS, BUT BECAUSE THE BOARD AWARDED THREE YEARS, WE THEN AMENDED EVERY YEAR AND WE HAD THE RIGHT TO GO AND AMEND THE $50,000.
THAT HAPPENED WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL BECAUSE OF THAT APPROVAL.
WE DIDN'T COME BACK EVERY YEAR, IN OTHER WORDS.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT CONSOLIDATING THIS AS OPPOSED TO COMING BACK ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO RUN ADMINISTRATIVELY THROUGH THAT.
OUR GOAL IS TO ADMINISTRATIVELY MAKE THIS SO THAT WE CAN QUICKLY ENGAGE WITH CONSULTANTS WHEN WE HAVE TO FOR A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT, EITHER IT MAY BE OVER 50K.
WE CAN START TO REPORT THAT OUT IF YOU WANT AS WE GIVE UPDATES ON THE PROJECT.
IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A POLICY FOR THAT, BUT IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD DESIRES IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THIS, WE CAN SAY, THIS IS AN ON CALL WE'RE UTILIZING.
I THINK IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE'VE DISCLOSED WHAT WE'VE USED IT ON BEFORE SO IF WE ENTER INTO THAT AND THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT, I CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU IN TERMS OF THIS IS HOW WE'RE UTILIZING THESE AND WE CAN PRESENT THAT.
>> I TRUST YOU DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE DISTRICT.
I GUESS MY QUESTION WILL BE NOW YOU REMINDED ME.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HIRE ONE OF THESE CONTRACTORS AND LIKE WE SEE JUST ABOUT EVERY SESSION WE HAVE HERE OF PEOPLE SAYING, OH, WE'VE GOT A CHANGE ORDER, WE NEED MORE, AND IT'S ALWAYS COMES BEFORE THE BOARD.
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WHO SAYS, SURE. GO AHEAD TAKE THAT EXTRA 10%.>> THE GOAL OF SETTING THESE UP IS THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
I THINK ONCE WE TERM OUT BASED ON WHAT'S APPROVED, IT WOULD COME BACK WITH THE BOARD'S APPROVAL TO EXTEND, AND SO I THINK I GUESS, WHEN WE HAVE A CHANGE ORDER FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE DO A CHANGE ORDER TO A CONTRACT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD FOR A DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND SO IF THAT CHANGE ORDER IS IN EXCESS OF THE 50,000 OR THE 15% CONTINGENCY, WE ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE BOARD.
THAT GETS THE SAME TO THE ALLOTTED AND APPROVED MONEY.
THESE ARE SET UP TO GIVE US THAT CAPACITY AND WE WON'T HAVE CHANGE ORDER.
IN OTHER WORDS, THIS WILL BE THE APPROVAL.
I'M GOING TO DEFER TO COUNCIL. IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S READY.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, CHANGE ORDERS ARE PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WORLD, AND SO FOR THESE TYPES OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, YOU MIGHT SEE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WHERE THEY NEED TO EITHER EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT OR ADD MORE MONEY TO IT OR MAYBE ADD SOMETHING TO THE SCOPE OF WORK.
BUT THOSE ARE CONTRACT AMENDMENTS, AND THAT HAS TO STAY WITHIN WHAT THE BID WAS AND IT'S EITHER SOMETHING THAT WAS UNEXPECTED THAT NEITHER THE DISTRICT OR THE CONTRACTOR COULD HAVE FORESEEN, AND THEN WE WOULD APPROVE THAT TYPE OF A CHANGE ORDER ADMINISTRATIVELY.
>> BUT THE BOARD WOULD NOT KNOW OF AN AMENDMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> YOU WOULD BECAUSE IF THE CONTRACT IS OVER 50,000 ORIGINALLY AND YOU'RE JUST ADDING 10,000 TO IT, WE STILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, COUNCIL.
>> NO, I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ONE.
IT IS A LOT OF MONEY, AND I GUESS I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM.
WHEN WE'RE READING THIS $500,000 EACH FOR THREE YEARS.
THAT'S OVER A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS OR IS THAT 500,000 EACH YEAR?
>> IT'S FOR OVER A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS SO THAT IS A CUMULATIVE FOR THE THREE YEARS.
>> PREVIOUSLY, WHEN WE DID THE THREE YEARS AT 50,000 EACH, THAT WAS 50,000 OVER THE PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.
>> THAT WAS 50,000 FOR EACH YEAR, AND SO.
>> YEAH, AND I GUESS JUST TO SPEAK TO THAT IS WHEN THE PURCHASE ORDER WAS CREATED AT THAT POINT, BECAUSE IT WAS AN ANNUAL CONTRACT AND THE CONTRACT TERMED OUT, THAT MEANS THAT THE PURCHASE ORDER THEN, BECAUSE THIS IS ASSOCIATED TO PROJECT FUNDS, IF THAT PURCHASE ORDER HASN'T BEEN USED, THEN WE HAVE TO REDO THAT WHOLE PURCHASE ORDER AT THE END OF THE YEAR BECAUSE IT IS NOW TIED TO A CONTRACT THAT HAS TERMED OUT.
THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE'RE BUILDING THAT CAPACITY IN BECAUSE IT BECOMES ADMINISTRATIVELY WE'RE THEN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS LOOKING AT THESE CONTRACTING WHERE THEY ARE AND THEN HAVING TO REDO PURCHASE ORDERS, WHICH IF WE COULD GET THE APPROVAL, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO RUN THROUGH THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
>> IF I MAY, THIS IS VERY STANDARD PRACTICE IN ORGANIZATIONS OF OUR SIZE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE BOARD'S DESIRE AND THE PUBLIC'S DESIRE FOR US TO KEEP THESE PROJECTS MOVING AND TO DELIVER ON YOUR PRIORITIES.
VERY STANDARD PRACTICE TO DO THESE MULTI YEARS BECAUSE AS REN SAID, IT'S THIS ARTIFICIAL ANNUAL CALENDAR YEAR DATE WHERE WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO ANOTHER SIX WEEK PROCESS TO GET THOSE RENEWED REALLY DOES HINDER HIS ABILITY TO DELIVER.
I JUST WANT TO ZOOM US UP FOR A SECOND BECAUSE THIS IS STAFF REALLY TRYING TO ADJUST OUR PRACTICES TO DELIVER ON WHAT YOU ALL ARE ASKING US TO DO.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE CHANGE IS GOING FROM 150,000 OVER THREE YEARS TO 500,000 OVER THREE YEARS.
>> THEN I'M JUST CURIOUS IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRMS FOR THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT THAT WE WORKED THROUGH THE THREE YEARS WITH THE 150,000 OVER THE THREE YEARS, DID WE HAVE 18 OR?
>> WE HAD MORE THAN 18. I BELIEVE IT WAS 25 OR 26.
I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT NUMBER.
>> WE COULD HAVE HAD 150,000 FOR EACH OF THE 25, WE'LL SAY.
>> IN TERMS OF THE AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE, WAS IT ALL NINE THAT WE HAVE HERE? I GUESS YOU HAD MENTIONED ONE EXAMPLE OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, WHICH ISN'T PART OF TODAY.
I'M JUST CURIOUS WHICH ONES WERE INCLUDED IN THAT THREE YEAR AND WHICH ONES ARE NEW IN THIS PROPOSAL OF THE NINE?
>> SURE. I MIGHT HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU SPECIFICALLY.
>> FOR INSTANCE, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING WAS ONE.
WE HAD GEOTECHNICAL, WHICH WE DIDN'T RE UP THIS TIME.
THE NEW ONES ARE RENDERING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
BEAR WITH ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
>> THIS IS HELPFUL BECAUSE THIS IS MY NEXT SET OF QUESTIONS TOO.
>> THE NEW ONES WOULD BE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, DESIGN RENDERING QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY CONTROL, TECH SPEC WRITING, AND UTILITY LOCATING.
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>> SO WE DID HAVE ARCHITECTURE THEN BEFORE.
>> I'M JUST CURIOUS, IF YOU CAN THINK OF AN EXAMPLE WHERE IF WE HAD THIS 500,000, IT WOULD HAVE HELPED PROCESSES, AND SPECIFICALLY, I'M THINKING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, DESIGN RENDERING AND THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION WRITING OPTIONS.
>> I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ONE ON MIND.
I THINK JUST TO SPEAK TO IT IN GENERAL AND I CAN FIND SPECIFIC IS THAT SOME OF OUR CAPACITY RAN OUT AT THE 50K FOR SOME OF THOSE IN THE PAST, AND SO THEN MUCH LIKE WORKING WITH PEOPLE WE LIKE AND RESPONSIVE, WE THEN WOULD GO TO SOME OF THE OTHER OPTIONS.
I THINK IN TERMS OF THAT, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT SPECIFIC.
>> IT'S OKAY. THE REASON I ASK, I KNOW WHEN WE SAY THE BOARD, IT ALSO DOES MEAN THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND I THINK THE PUBLIC DOES LIKE TO SEE THAT TRANSPARENCY OF OUR PROJECTS AND THE CONTRACTS AND THE LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOWARDS THESE PROJECTS.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, DESIGN RENDERING, SPECIFICALLY, THOSE FOUR, AND THEN I HAD A LITTLE QUESTION ON TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION WRITING.
YOU USE AS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES IN THE PRESENTATION ARE TILDEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND EDUCATION CENTER IN TERMS OF DESIGN RENDERING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THAT TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC.
I LIKE HOW THAT STAYS WITHIN THE PROJECT AND IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD, AND I THINK THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ALSO LIKE TO SEE THAT COME THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROCESS OF BOARD MEETING.
I'M NOT SURE HOW HELPFUL IT IS TO HAVE SUCH A LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNT OUT THERE FOR DESIGN RENDERING WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE BOARD REVIEW PROCESS.
>> SORRY, I TURNED OFF THE MIC.
I THINK THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S ONE WHERE WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MUCH WE'LL USE IT.
I THINK THE EC HIGHLIGHTS THAT AND AS IT'S FOLDED IN, I THINK THAT GETS TO IF WE HAVE A BIG PROJECT WHERE WE WOULD BE HAVING SERVICES THAT ARE HELPING DESIGN OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT SPECIFICALLY TO THE POINT OF EARLIER IF WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT.
I HEAR YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL USE IT, BUT IN TERMS OF EASE OF THE CONTRACT AND THE BOARDS, WE JUST LUMP THEM ALL TOGETHER AT THE SAME AMOUNT.
>> THAT'S FAIR. I THINK WHAT I'LL DO IS JUST MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T ANY FINAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SO LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SHARE COMMENT.
>> FOR ITEM B1 IN THE ZOOM ROOM.
ANYONE WANTING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
IN THE BOARD ROOM, WILLIAM HUFF.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GENERAL MANAGER, GENERAL COUNCIL.
WILLIAM DANIEL HUFF PRESIDENT AS LOCAL 2428.
A LOT TO COVER, I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST.
BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, THE MMBA REQUIRES PUBLIC AGENCIES TO PROVIDE NOTICE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND CONFER BEFORE CONTRACTING OUT, WORK PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED BY THE BARGAINING UNIT CLASSIFICATIONS.
CURRENTLY, WE ARE HAVING A MEETING REGARDING A GRIEVANCE FOR CONTRACTING OUT BARGAINING UNIT WORK, AND NOW IT APPEARS TO ME AS IF THE BOARD IS BEING ASKED TO CONTRACT OUT BARGAINING UNIT WORK.
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED, DIRECTOR DAM BLOW.
WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THESE CONTRACTS WHEN I REVIEWED THE AGENDA, WHEN IT WAS SENT OUT A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO, AND I REQUESTED COPIES OF THE CONTRACTS.
LAST NIGHT, I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY DO NOT EXIST. THAT IS A DIRECT QUOTE.
TO ECHO, DIRECTOR WAESPI, "LOTS OF STUFF WE'RE NOT KNOWING ABOUT," BUT REPLACE THE WORD WITH I, BECAUSE THAT LED ME TO BE QUITE CONFUSED AND A LITTLE PERPLEXED.
TO TAKE A STEP BACK, IF WE HAVE BEEN REQUESTING THESE SERVICES SINCE 2022, AND IT WAS JUST EXPRESSED TO US THAT SEVERAL OF THESE JOBS CAN BE DONE BY MEMBERS OF OUR BARGAINING UNIT, SUCH AS THE ARCHITECT, OR CAN BE DONE BY OTHERS WITH TRAINING, SUCH AS THE TECHNICAL AND SPECIFICATION WRITING OR DESIGN RENDERING, WHERE ALL WE NEED IS TO GET SOFTWARE AND TRAIN STAFF.
IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE A LOT OF THIS COULD BE DONE IN HOUSE.
HOPEFULLY, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.
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IT SEEMS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD PROBABLY COST LESS THAN $500,000 TO GET SOFTWARE AND TRAIN STAFF TO USE IT THAN TO HIRE IT OUT.OR IF WE ARE USING THIS MUCH MONEY TO HIRE EXTRA ARCHITECTS, WE COULD PROBABLY JUST HAVE ANOTHER ARCHITECT IN HOUSE BECAUSE I DO NOT SEE THE PARK DISTRICT SHRINKING, AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL HOW MUCH IT HAS GROWN UNDER EVERYONE HERE'S EFFORT.
BUT CONSIDERING WE DO PLAN ON EXPANDING, IT MAY MAKE MORE SENSE TO BRING SOME OF THIS STUFF IN HOUSE AND TO CONTRACT IT OUT.
>> I HAVE MORE NOTES, BUT I WILL SPARE YOU MY MONOLOGUE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT I'VE USED THE MICROPHONE CORRECTLY EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN UP HERE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO'VE SUBMITTED A COMMENT?
>> GREAT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
>> THESE ARE GOOD POINTS YOU'RE RAISING, AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU THAT I'VE OFTEN CONFRONTED WITH OUTSOURCING WORK THAT OCCURS TO ME ON OCCASION THAT WE COULD HANDLE BY EXPANDING IN HOUSE WORK.
THE ONE THAT CAME TO MIND THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR MANY YEARS IS PAVING.
WE KEEP GETTING FEEDBACK ON THAT AND COMING BACK TO THE ISSUE, BUT THAT'S OUT THERE, AND IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT IT'S AN ISSUE THAT DEPENDS ON THE OVERALL VOLUME OF THE WORK THAT'S DONE.
WITH SOME OF THESE AREAS, WE MIGHT HAVE THAT ISSUE AND ALL THAT.
I'M PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS ONE BECAUSE IN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES, I'VE OBSERVED THAT WE FREQUENTLY HIRE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITHIN THESE CATEGORIES, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, THE BIOLOGICAL SPECIALISTS, WE HIRE FREQUENTLY THE VARIOUS PLANNING COMPANIES, I KNOW THEY'RE IN BERKELEY, A COUPLE OF THEM THAT WE DEAL WITH ALL THE TIME.
EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES INVOLVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT WE USE ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT AREN'T IN HOUSE.
I'M COMFORTABLE THAT WE'RE NOT ALL OF A SUDDEN GOING OUT OUT OF HOUSE TO DO STUFF WE'VE BEEN DOING IN HOUSE.
THAT WOULD BOTHER ME IF WE WERE DOING THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT HERE.
WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVED, IT ALSO DOESN'T CONCERN ME A HELL OF A LOT BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY APPROVING THE PROJECT BUDGETS.
WE APPROVE PROJECT BUDGETS VERY FREQUENTLY, WHERE THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO PUBLIC WORKS NECESSARILY IN THEIR ENTIRETY, AND WE GO OUT AND HIRE PROFESSIONALS TO DO SPOT ON WORK WITHIN THOSE PROJECT BUDGETS, AND WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE IN THAT MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT BUDGET OR THAT HALF $0.5 MILLION PROJECT BUDGET, WHERE THAT SPENT, UNLESS WE ASK OR LOOK AT IT IN THE IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S NOT A PART OF OUR APPROVAL PROCESS WHEN WE'RE APPROVING A BUDGET FOR SOMETHING, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND IT.
PROFESSIONALS LAND WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES ALL THE TIME.
AGAIN, MY FAVORITE BECAUSE I LIVED IT WAS LAWYERS.
WE ESTABLISH AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR LAWYERS, AND IT'S NOT UP TO US TO HIRE THEM, AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING IN THE END, WHICH WE PRUDENTLY DO FIND OUT.
BUT WHILE WE'RE DOING IT, WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW.
LASTLY, THE POINT ABOUT CONTRACTS, NONE OF THESE FOLKS HAVE CONTRACTS YET.
IT WAS IN THE REPORT THAT WE'RE SETTING UP THESE FOLKS FOR HAVING CONTRACTS IN THE FUTURE, SHOULD WE ACTUALLY USE THEM.
WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY USING OR ENDING UP USING SOME OF THESE FIRMS. WE DON'T HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THEM YET.
WHEN WE DO CONTRACT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T GO BEFORE THE BOARD.
WE IN HOUSE, OUR STAFF WORKS ON THOSE CONTRACTS AND PREPARES THEM AND APPROVES THEM.
AGAIN, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY GET TO AND WITH SOME OF THESE FIRMS, WE MAY NEVER HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THEM UNDER THIS.
THIS IS A LOT LIKE JOB ORDER CONTRACTING WHERE IF WE USE A FIRM, WE THEN CONTRACT WITH THEM.
I THINK WILLIAM AND OTHERS HAVE RAISED REALLY GOOD POINTS WITH HERE AND I'M JUST TRYING TO DESCRIBE WHY I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THIS ONE AS IT'S BEEN PRESENTED.
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>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME COMMENTS? YES.
>> I'M JUST STILL STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT.
I FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF A DICHOTOMY THAT WE'RE SAYING IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL, AND WE'VE DONE THIS ALL ALONG.
WE CAN'T HANDLE IT IN HOUSE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE WITHIN OUR BUDGET, AND WE REVIEW THE BUDGET, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE RAISING IT TEN FOLD.
JUST HAVING A LITTLE STRUGGLE WITH THAT.
IT'S IN THE BUDGET, BUT WHEN SOMETHING GOES, SOMETHING GIVES.
I KNOW JUST MY OWN TWO CENTS MAYBE.
THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVES OR STAFF HAS AN ALTERNATIVE.
WE COULD APPROVE THIS WITH A LOWER AMOUNT.
MAYBE NOT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 150 TO GIVE STAFF SOME OPPORTUNITY TO WORK UP TO 250 INSTEAD OF THE 500 BECAUSE WE ONLY SPENT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE STAFF REPORT 1 MILLION.
DEFINITELY MAYBE CHECK IN WITH THE UNION BEFORE WE JUMP 10 FOLD.
AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS WITHIN THE BUDGET.
I GET THAT, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE DICHOTOMY OF THAT, AND I CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE TO CHECK IN WITH THE EQUITY OFFICER.
I KNOW MY FEDERAL WORK AND THINGS IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PREFERENTIAL PURCHASING POLICY FOR CONTRACTS.
IT WOULD REALLY BE NICE IF WE HAD HEAD CONSIDER COULD CONSIDER OR IN THE FUTURE, CONSIDER MINORITY, WOMEN OWNED, SMALL BUSINESS, THAT TYPE OF THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, LOOKS LIKE MAX, YOU WANT TO ANSWER.
>> I GUESS, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR, THIS MONEY IS NOT BUDGETED.
IT'S NOT MONEY THAT'S IN THE BUDGET.
IN THE FUTURE, YOUR BOARD WILL BUDGET FOR PROJECTS, AND WE'LL USE THE PROJECT FUNDS THIS JUST TO PROVIDES THE CAPACITY.
>> I'LL ALSO CLARIFY, IT'S NOT A 10 FOLD INCREASE BECAUSE IT'S 350/3 YEARS, SO THAT'S 150, AND SO IT'S A LITTLE OVER THREE TIMES AS MUCH, NOT 10 TIMES AS MUCH JUST TO CLARIFY.
>> ANYONE OBJECTING ON THAT? ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> I DO HAVE A COMMENT THAT I WANT TO MAKE, BUT YES, GO AHEAD FIRST.
>> AS FAR AS FOR DIFFERENT LARGE PUBLIC AGENCIES, ON CALL CONTRACTS FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES IS A NORMAL PROCESS.
THE STAFF HAS GONE THROUGH THE DUE DILIGENCE TO GET DI TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IN DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE WE MAY NEED EXTRA SUPPORT.
THEN JUST AS FAR AS SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED BY REEN, WHAT'S DIFFERENT IN THIS PROCESS THEN WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT TO BID FOR THE BID, IT'S ACCEPTING THE LOWEST BID, WHERE HERE, WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT FIRMS THAT HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE.
AS FAR AS SUBDATION BOLTS, DIFFERENT COMMENTS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS DOESN'T HAVE AS FAR AS I KNOW, AND I MIGHT BE MISTAKEN.
IS A CONTRACT COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT THAT SPECIFICALLY LOOKS AT DIFFERENT PREFERENCE CATEGORIES, AND THOSE CATEGORIES ARE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF CONTRACT AND WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE COMING FROM.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS ACROSS THE BOARD, IF YOU'RE DOING SMALL BUSINESSES, DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES, DIFFERENT BUSINESSES WITH VETERANS, ET CETERA.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROCESS AND WHAT SCORING.
AS FAR AS THERE'S POINTS WHERE THAT'S APPLICABLE, BUT IT'S NORMALLY NOT APPLICABLE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF CONTRACT.
THE ONE THING AS FAR AS THE PARK HAS DONE VERY SUCCESSFULLY ON SOME LARGER CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES IS MAKING SURE THAT THE DIFFERENT LABOR THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HAS BEEN UNIONIZED FROM THE DIFFERENT TRADE ORGANIZATIONS.
SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE THOSE DIFFERENT COMMENTS ABOUT THIS.
I THINK AS FAR AS ONE CONSIDERATION IS ALWAYS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON WHY THE DIFFERENT INCREASE IS IN A. AI THINK THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD QUESTION TO UNDERSTAND A BIT MORE ABOUT WHY WE WOULD NEED TO INCREASE THE LEVELS AND WHY IT'S A NECESSITY HERE AT THE PARK TO MOVE FORWARD CERTAIN PROJECTS, AND AS FAR AS HAVING A PROCESS THAT IS MORE STREAMLINED OVER TIME,
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SO WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN TO IS IMPORTANT.THOSE WERE MY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ITEM.
>> THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? FOR ME, I GUESS I DON'T LIKE THAT THESE ARE ALL GROUPED TOGETHER.
I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY LIKE TO HAVE SEEN THIS MAYBE SEPARATED OUT BETWEEN CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, DESIGN RENDERING, QAQC, TE SPEC WRITING, AND THEN THE OTHERS.
I DO UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE BIOMONITORING, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, NURSERY SERVICES.
I DO THINK QAQC COULD BE HELPFUL.
I GUESS WE ONLY HAD ONE PERSON COME BACK FROM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION WRITING.
I DO THINK THE AMOUNT, THE 500,000 ALSO FEELS LIKE A LOT TO ME.
I THINK I COULD GET BEHIND MAYBE A PORTION OF THIS, SOME OF THE SUBSET OF SERVICES AND POTENTIALLY A LOWER AMOUNT.
IF WE JUST DID IF WE REMOVE THE ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, DESIGN RENDERING OUT, AND THEN SOME OF THE QAQC, I HAVE 10 FIRMS, AND IF WE WENT TO 250,000, THAT GETS US TO 2.5 MILLION.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, I GUESS, MORE AGREEABLE BECAUSE AGAIN, I DO WORRY ABOUT SOME OF THE COMMENTS I RECEIVE ABOUT HOW SOMETIMES OUR BUDGET PROCESSES AND OUR SPENDING.
I RECEIVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS ABOUT OUR TRANSPARENCY.
I DO WORRY THAT IF WE HAVE ALL THIS AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON PROJECTS WITHOUT IT COMING TO BOARD REVIEW AND THE PUBLIC BEING ABLE TO REVIEW IT, THAT COULD JUST BE SEEN AS ANOTHER OPTION TO NOT BE AS TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC.
I WONDER IF SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT GREATER THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE MIGHT BE A RELIABLE NEXT STEP BEFORE GETTING TO SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS, OR IF ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION.
>> WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
>> THANK YOU. ANYONE WANTS TO SECOND?
>> CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE?
>> WOULD YOU SUGGEST DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS COME. I THOUGHT IT WAS FIRST SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> IF ANYONE DOES ANYONE HAVE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> WELL, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT IT WOULDN'T BE HARD TO DO SOME REPORTING. LET US KNOW.
THERE WILL BE SOME BIG THINGS THAT 50,000 WAS ALWAYS THE NUMBER I USED FOR EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN HERE.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING OVER THAT, WOULD IT BE A PROBLEM TO MENTION IT TO THE BOARD? I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT IT, BUT IT'S INTERESTING THESE NEW MONTHLY REPORTS WE GET SEEM TO BE VERY FULL OF GREAT INFORMATION OR GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF HOW IT WORKS.
JOT CONTRACTING WAS A LITTLE STRANGE AT FIRST, BUT NOW YOU KEEP REPORTING BACK AND IT KEEPS REPORTING TO BE SUCCESS.
JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP US INFORMED IF YOU WOULD.
>> WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO REPORT BACK AS THESE ARE USED.
>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE TAKE A BREAK.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND THESE FOR AGENDA ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA?
>> GENTLEMAN FROM THE PUBLIC HAS CALLED ME UP AND ASKED TO AND I SAID,
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COME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.I WAS HOPING I COULD INDULGE EVERYONE HERE AND LET THEM SPEAK.
I BELIEVE YOU AN EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT, YES, WE CAN EXTEND.
I KNOW I'VE SEEN OTHER CITY COUNCILS DO THIS WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT DIFFERENT AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT. CAN YOU LET US KNOW IF THAT'S OKAY, REAL QUICK BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK?
>> WELL, IT ISN'T ON THE AGENDA TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
TYPICALLY WHAT YOU DO IS YOU FOLLOW YOUR AGENDA.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF COMMENTS THEY HAVE OR IF THEY CAN FIT THEM INTO SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S TRUE THAT SOMETIMES CITY COUNCILS WILL HAVE MORE THAN ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THING, BUT HERE WE HAVE ONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR AGENDA ITEMS.
>> I THINK I KNOW THE CITY OF LIVERMORE, THE MAYOR OF LIVERMORE HAS BEEN ABLE TO MOVE PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGHOUT THE AGENDA, PER THE PURVIEW OF THE MAYOR AS THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT VIOLATES OUR BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES.
IF IT DOESN'T, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE REOPEN PUBLIC COMMENT TO ALLOW OUR SPEAKERS BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK.
I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU FOLLOW THE AGENDA, BUT YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, AND THEN IF YOU GET A COMPLAINT, YOU'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
>> QUESTION FOR COUNSEL. COULD WE DO IT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS CAN BE DONE BY US OR THE PUBLIC.
COULD WE DO IT UNDER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS?
>> I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
BUT IT'S POSSIBLE. THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING IF YOU CAN FIT IT INTO SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY ON THE AGENDA, THAT WOULD BE THE PREFERABLE WAY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A BREAK.
>> WE'LL TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK.
>> GREAT. WE ARE BACK AT 2:40 PM FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, BOARD MEETING.
[BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AROUND THE AGENDA, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE UP ITEM 12, BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED TO THIS POINT IN THE MEETING.WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE DIRECTOR WAESPI THE CHANCE TO GO FIRST ON THIS ITEM.
>> WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE THINGS I DID AND SOME OF MY CONCERNS.
I THINK I'LL SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF MY CONCERNS FIRST AND THEN INTRODUCE SOMEONE TO SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT I WANT TO SPEAK ON.
EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST, SOMEBODY CUE ME,10 YEARS.
A GROUP COMES TO OUR QUARRY LAKES REGIONAL PARK.
IT'S CALLED CATH PULA [BACKGROUND]
>> THAT'S WHAT I SAID. YES, CHAUTH.
IT'S A CELEBRATION FROM MOSTLY HINDUS FROM EAST ASIA.
MY FRIEND SUNIL WILL FILL IN THE BLANKS A LITTLE BIT. THEY COME, AND THEY CELEBRATE.
THE CELEBRATION IS TO CELEBRATE THE RISING SETTING SUN. THANK YOU.
IN ORDER TO DO IT CORRECTLY OR PER THE TENANTS OF THEIR BELIEFS, YOU NEED TO BE IN WATER AT SUNSET, AND THEN THE NEXT MORNING AT SUNRISE.
IT'S REALLY GREAT AT COREY LAKES BECAUSE COREY LAKES IS CLOSED AT THAT TIME.
WHAT SUNIL AND HIS GROUP HAVE DONE IN THE PAST IS THEY RENT THE FACILITY, PAY FOR POLICE SERVICES, AND PARK RENT.
ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE PAID FOR, TAKING CARE OF SECURITY AND EVERYTHING.
THEY VERY PEACEFULLY COME IN, PARK THEIR CARS, WALK DOWN TO THE SITE WHICH IS ON THE EDGE OF THE WATER, AND THEY GET INTO THE WATER AS THE SUN IS SETTING.
THERE'S SOME CELEBRATION THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND TOTALLY, BUT IT'S VERY PEACEFUL.
I'VE OBSERVED IT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS IN A ROW.
IN FACT, AT ONE POINT, THE ONLY LITTER THAT WAS THERE WERE TICKETS THAT WERE SOLD.
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NOW THERE ARE NO LONGER TICKETS.IT'S THE PERFECT PARK EVENT IN MY OPINION.
SUNIL AND HIS GROUP HAVE ASKED EVERY YEAR TO EXPAND IT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND ESPECIALLY IN A SWIM AREA. OH, MY GOD.
THERE HAS TO BE A SPAN OF CONTROL IN A SWIM AREA.
WELL, YES, BUT NOBODY GOES SWIMMING.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY UP TO THEIR KNEES.
IT'S USUALLY UP TO THE ANKLES.
IT'S FAIRLY COLD AT SUNSET AND SUNRISE.
I WON'T SPEAK FOR SUNIL, BUT I'VE SPOKEN TO THEM.
AS A BACKGROUND, THIS IS A CULTURAL EVENT.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS WHEN I WAS READING THE GENERAL MANAGER'S MONTHLY REPORT LAST NIGHT THAT WE GOT.
THERE WAS A REPORT ON OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM GOING OUT AND HAVING US MEET WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
WHEN I AND DIRECTOR SANWONG MET WITH THE CITY OF FREMONT, THE MAYOR RAJ SALWAN HAD MENTIONED THAT HE LOVES CULTURAL EVENTS LIKE THIS AND MENTIONED CHAUTH BY NAME AND SUGGESTED THAT HE SUPPORTS THIS.
I SUGGESTED TO HIM THAT HE MIGHT VOLUNTEER A FEW OF HIS POLICE OFFICERS TO HELP OUT, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM THAT.
ALSO, WHEN WE MET WITH SUPERVISOR ELISA MARQUEZ, I THINK FORGET WHAT THE QUOTE WAS, I HAVEN'T PULLED IT UP YET, SAID SHE SUPPORTED CULTURAL EVENTS AND THAT WE SHOULD TOGETHER SUPPORT MORE CULTURAL EVENTS, AND SHE MENTIONED CHAUTH, PUJA, BY NAME.
I WOULD SUPPORT THE ONLY THING I THINK SUNIL IS ASKING IS TO GO FROM 1,700 PARTICIPANTS TO 2,200.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
WHATEVER THE PROPOSAL IS, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE PARK DISTRICT IN THE PAST, THEY'VE SUCCESSFULLY MOVED UP.
I THINK THEY'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. REQUESTED MORE.
WE'VE DONE IT. IT'S BEEN A SUCCESS.
I KNOW THERE'S A BREAKING POINT.
WE CAN'T HAVE 10 MILLION PEOPLE THERE, BUT I WOULD SUPPORT HOPING THAT WE CAN INCREASE IT INCREMENTALLY YEAR BY YEAR UNTIL IT FAILS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL.
SUNIL, IF I'M DOING THIS PROPERLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, PLEASE LET'S CONSIDER THIS.
GO TO THE MICROPHONE, TELL US WHO YOU ARE, TELL US YOUR ORGANIZATION, AND TRY TO DO IT IN THREE MINUTES BECAUSE THIS WILL BE OUR OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT TOO, OR SOMETHING.
>> LAST YEAR, WE GOT THE PERMISSION OF 1,700.
THIS TIME WE ARE REQUESTING 2,500.
EVEN IF PEOPLE DO NOT COME, ALL PEOPLE ATTENDING, WE WILL REGISTER FOR 2,500 AND ROUGHLY 2200 PEOPLE WILL COME.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING SO AT LEAST WE CAN OPEN FOR THE REGISTRATION FOR MAXIMUM 2,500 PEOPLE.
THAT IS A PERMIT WE ARE REQUESTING FOR RATHER THAN 1,700 PEOPLE.
INCREMENTALLY, WE HAVE STARTED FOR 250, 500, 700, THEN 1,200, THEN 1,500, THEN 1,700.
NOW WE ARE REQUESTING FOR 2,500.
THAT MAKES US VERY COMFORTABLE SO THAT ALL PEOPLE WHO WANTS TO REALLY COME, WE CAN ALLOW FOR REGISTRATION FOR THEM TOO.
THAT IS ONLY REQUEST, AND IT'S VERY PEACEFUL.
IT'S RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL IN NATURE.
WE ARE JUST WORSHIPING SUN IN THE SETTING WHILE SUN IS RISING AND WHILE SUN IS SETTING, AND ALL KIDS, ALL AGE PEOPLE COMES AND WORSHIP.
THIS IS A VERY SPIRITUAL NATURE.
IF SOMEONE DOES NOT GET CHANCE TO COME, THEY WILL FEEL HEARTBROKEN.
THAT IS ESPECIALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU, SUNIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM.
I KNOW THAT THE EVENT IS COMING UP IN OCTOBER.
>> OCTOBER 27. THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME.
IT'S NOT FOR US TO BE VOTING ON OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE RECONSIDER AND TRY TO WORK SOMETHING OUT IF WE CAN. THANK YOU.
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>> NOW, AM I SUPPOSED TO RIFF ON ABOUT WHAT I DID FOR THE LAST 2.5 MONTHS?
>> WE'RE GOING TO STILL STICK WITH THAT, OKAY.
THE LAST TIME WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT.
>> EXCUSE ME JUST ONE SECOND, AND THIS IS THE CLERK FROM WAY BACK HERE.
WE REALLY NEED TO CORRECT THE AGENDA IN TERMS OF MAKING A MOTION BECAUSE WE HAVE TOTALLY CHANGED THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA.
I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE A MOTION TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA, AND THEN GO BACK AND DO THE ROLL CALL AND THEN START OVER.
>> I'LL LET YOU LEAD THAT EFFORT IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO EXTEND THIS ANYWHERE.
I THINK WE SHOULD COME BACK TO THIS AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
ALL THESE FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO WORK.
>> MAYBE LET'S MAKE THE MOTION, AND THEN WE CAN.
>> I MOVE THAT WE GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE LEFT BEFORE RECESS AND CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING.
>> ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, I BELIEVE, SO THEN WE WILL JUST GO BACK TO THE REGULAR ORDER OF THE AGENDA.
>> SORRY, I JUST WANT TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES JUST AS FAR AS THAT WE'RE NOT OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING RULES FOR HOW WE JUST DID THAT OR JUST VOTE.
>> YES, GENERAL COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT?
>> I REALLY DON'T. I WOULD PREFER NOT TO COMMENT, SO I'M JUST GOING TO VOTE NO.
>> LET'S GO BACK, SO THAT WAS 4, 1 ON A VOTE ON DENNIS' MOTION TO KEEP IT AT THE SAME AGENDA ORDER.
>> CORRECT. WE DID ALLOW SOME COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER 12.
[FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION]
WE'LL KEEP ON GOING. LET'S GO ON TO C1. THANK YOU.A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DECLARING THE INTENTION TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT.
>> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. JENNIFER BUEHRER MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
TODAY, I'LL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH SOME DETAILS REGARDING OUR PROPOSED BOREL COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT.
JOINING ME WILL BE DRAKE HEBERT FROM ASD, AND TIM SEUFERT MANAGING DIRECTOR FROM OUR CONSULTANTS OVER AT NBS.
BOTH TIM AND HIS COLLEAGUE, NICK DE HOF HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US GET THIS PROJECT TO WHERE IT IS TODAY, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM.
ACTUALLY, TO KICK THINGS OFF, THERE ARE FOUR PRIMARY ACTION ITEMS THAT WE'RE HOPING THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER TODAY.
TO START OFF, WE'RE HOPING THE BOARD WILL APPROVE A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT FOR BOREL, APPROVE BOTH THE RATE AND METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN RMA AND THE BOUNDARY MAP, AND THEN LASTLY, TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR OCTOBER 5TH WHERE THE FINAL FORMATION WILL BE CONSIDERED.
THEN WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO TIM FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.
>> THANKS. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
WE ARE YOUR SPECIAL TAX CONSULTANT IN THIS ROLE.
I'M JUST HERE TO REALLY MAKE A COUPLE OF BRIEF COMMENTS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OBVIOUSLY THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT THE FIRST THING IS, WHAT IS A CFD AS A COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT? IT'S A SPECIAL TYPE OF A PARCEL TAX THAT THE DISTRICT HAS USED IN MANY CASES.
HERE FOR BOREL, IT'S GOING TO BE LEVIED ONLY ON THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THIS NEW CFD, ASSUMING THIS GOES FORWARD.
IT REQUIRES A TWO-THIRDS APPROVAL.
TYPICALLY WITH A CFD, IT'S REGISTERED VOTERS, BUT IF THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY NO REGISTERED VOTERS, IT BECOMES A VOTE OF THE LAND OWNERS, AND SO THEY VOTE BASICALLY BASED ON THE LAND.
AS MENTIONED, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT HAS USED A NUMBER OF CFDS IN THE PAST,
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GOING BACK TO THE PODVA ONE IN 2015, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY YOUR FIRST ONE, SO A DECADE AGO NOW, AND THEN LAS TRAMPAS, AND THEN WE REPLACE THE EXISTING PARCEL TAX WITH MEASURE FF, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY A CFD PARCEL TAX, AND THEN THE SYCAMORE VALLEY.THERE'S A LOT OF JARGON THAT WE ALL USE IN THIS WORLD, AND SO JUST A FEW THINGS WITHOUT GOING TOO DETAILED, WHAT YOU MIGHT HEAR WHEN CFDS ARE MENTIONED.
MELLO-ROOS WERE THE TWO LEGISLATORS THAT WROTE THE ACT BACK IN 1982, IS WHEN IT WAS APPROVED.
SOME PEOPLE CALL IT MELLO-ROOS DISTRICT.
I DON'T, BUT IT'S A SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT.
CFD IS AGAIN, JUST THE ACRONYM FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT THAT WAS CREATED BY THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES ACT.
RMA IS THE SHORTHAND FOR THE FORMULA.
THAT IS THE SPECIAL TAX FORMULA.
THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT NUANCES TO IT, AND NOW WE'RE HAVING TO ADD NUANCES ABOUT ADUS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AS THE THINGS EVOLVE IN CALIFORNIA.
AS I MENTIONED, IT'S THAT TWO-THIRD THRESHOLD IS WHAT THE APPROVAL WILL BE IF IT IS APPROVED IN THIS PROCESS GOING FORWARD.
THE BOUNDARY MAP IS THE DOCUMENT THAT GOVERNS IN TERMS OF WHO'S IN AND WHO'S OUT, AND IF YOU ALL APPROVE THIS PROCESS, AND WE GO FORWARD, THAT BOUNDARY MAP IS RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY RECORDER AS IS A SPECIAL TAX LIEN, WHICH IS A LIEN THAT'S PUT ON ALL THE PROPERTIES ASSUMING THAT ALL OF THAT IS APPROVED GOING FORWARD.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS THE BATON UNLESS THERE ARE ANY TECHNICAL CFD QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
>> DRAKE HEBERT SENIOR PLANNER, ASD.
I'M HERE TO JUST GIVE A LITTLE SHORT BACKGROUND ON THE BOREL PROJECT AS WELL AS THE TRUEMARK HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
THE BOREL PROPERTY WAS BEQUEATHED TO THE PARK DISTRICT BY ITS FORMER OWNER, ARMAND BOREL WITH THE CONDITION THAT BECOME A FUTURE AGRICULTURAL PARK, AND IT'S LOCATED IN SOUTHERN DANVILLE RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF SAN RAMON.
IF YOU CAN SEE THE MOUSE HERE, THERE'S THE BOREL PROPERTIES HERE IN GREEN, AND THE TRUMARK HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS HERE IN RED.
THE PROPERTIES ARE SURROUNDED BY EXISTING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, BIG BOX STORES OVER HERE, WHICH IS MARSHALLS AND COSCO, AND THERE'S A BUSINESS PARK DOWN HERE.
THIS ROAD RIGHT HERE IS CAMINO RAMON, FOSTORIO WAY, AND THIS OVER HERE IS HIGHWAY 680.
THE PROPERTY HAS SEVERAL OLD AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS, ARMOND, THE BOREL FAMILY'S OLD HOUSE AS WELL AS VARIOUS ARTIFACTS FROM WHEN THEY WERE LIVING AND WORKING ON THE PROPERTY.
HERE WE HAVE THE DESIGN PLAN FOR THE TRUMARK HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TO GIVE YOU AN ORIENTATION HERE DOWN.
HERE ON THE SOUTH, THIS IS OUR FUTURE BOREL PARK DOWN HERE, AND THIS IS CAMINO RAMON.
THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE 167 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, WHICH INCLUDES 124 FOR SALE TOWNHOME UNITS AND 434 RENT APARTMENT UNITS, WHICH WILL BE BELOW MARKET RATE UNITS AND OWNED BY A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WILL RENT THOSE OUT AT THAT BELOW MARKET RATE.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CFD WAS A CONDITION OF PROJECT APPROVAL, AND ALSO, WAS REQUIRED BY THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT OF THE PROPERTY, AND IT WILL FUND THE FUTURE PARK.
THE CFD WILL FUND BASIC LAND MANAGEMENT SERVICES ON THE SITE.
THAT WILL INCLUDE LITTER REMOVAL, RESTROOM AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE, SEASONAL DISKING AND TILLING, WEEDING AND GENERAL LANDSCAPING, RANGER AND PUBLIC SAFETY PATROL.
THE FULL COST OF OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE FUTURE BOREL AGRICULTURAL PARK IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED.
WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING MIDDLE OF THE PLANNING PROCESS OF WHAT WE WILL BE DOING ON THE SITE, AND THOSE DECISIONS WILL OBVIOUSLY HEAVILY IMPACT WHAT THE FULL OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COST WILL BE.
WE'LL BE RETURNING TO THE BOARD WITH MORE DETAILS ON THAT IN THE RELATIVELY NEAR FUTURE AS THOSE PLANS DEVELOP.
I'LL NOW PASS IT ON FOR MORE DETAILS ON CFD FORMATION AND ITS CALCULATION.
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>> HI, AGAIN. JENNIFER BEER, MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
BEFORE WE DIG INTO THE NUMBERS, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE CFD RATE.
TO START OFF, THE CFD RATE WAS DERIVED WITH THE BASIC LAND MANAGEMENT SERVICES COSTS IN MIND, AND TO COME TO THESE NUMBERS, WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH OPERATIONS AND PUBLIC SAFETY TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT NEEDED.
THE COSTS THAT YOU'LL SEE REFLECT FULLY BURDENED STAFF RATES, AND SO THESE WILL INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE REGULAR SALARY WAGES, BUT WE ALSO TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION BENEFITS AS WELL, ESSENTIALLY THE FULL PACKAGE.
OUR MODEL ESTIMATES THE NUMBER OF STAFF HOURS REQUIRED TO PROPERLY CARRY OUT THE BASIC LAND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION HERE, THESE ARE THE MINIMAL BASELINE COSTS.
SINCE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, BOREL AGRICULTURAL PARK IS STILL UNDERWAY.
WE DON'T, AS OF TODAY, HAVE A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT THOSE LONG-TERM OPERATING COSTS WILL LOOK LIKE JUST YET.
THESE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY OUR DEVELOPER, TRUMARK HOMES, AND THE RATE IS DOCUMENTED IN THE RMA, WHICH WE'VE INCLUDED FOR YOU AS ATTACHMENT C TODAY.
THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE STAFFING AND THE TASKS THAT WE EXPECT TO NEED IN ORDER TO PROPERLY CARRY OUT THE BASIC LAND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.
THESE ARE VERY GENERAL ESTIMATES, BUT THE TOTAL OPERATING MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT COSTS COMES OUT TO ROUGHLY $111,000, WHICH INCLUDES A $500 ANNUAL ONGOING EXPENSE FROM OUR CONSULTANTS OVER A NBS.
THE CFD RATE IS PROPOSED TO BE SET AT $658.46 PER TOWNHOME UNIT, WHICH WILL GENERATE AN ANNUAL REVENUE OF ROUGHLY $82,000 IN THE INITIAL YEAR OF ASSESSMENT, COVERING ROUGHLY 73% OF THE TOTAL BASIC LAND MANAGEMENT COSTS.
THIS NUMBER WAS NEGOTIATED AND MUTUALLY AGREED UPON WITH TRUMARK AS A BALANCED STARTING POINT.
THE CFD REVENUE IS EXPECTED TO GROW ANNUALLY AS THE TOWNHOMES ARE SUBJECT TO THAT 3% ANNUAL ESCALATOR.
THEN AS A SIDE NOTE, UNDER CURRENT REGULATIONS, THE CFD CANNOT COVER INTERPRETIVE COSTS, SO THOSE HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM OUR CALCULATION.
THEN IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING HERE THAT THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH TRUMARK REQUIRED A MINIMUM CFD RATE OF $300 PER UNIT.
WE ANALYZED TO THE PROPERTY DATA AND CAME UP WITH MULTIPLE VIABLE SCENARIOS WITH THE INTENTION OF SPREADING THE COSTS IN A MORE REASONABLE AND JUSTIFIABLE MANNER ACROSS THE CFD BOUNDARY.
THROUGH NEGOTIATION, WE WERE ABLE TO ARRIVE AT THAT FINAL $658.46 PER UNIT RATE.
SINCE, FOR ONE, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE BELOW-MARKET APARTMENT UNITS, AND THEN FOR TWO, IT WAS CAREFULLY BENCHMARKED AGAINST OTHER SPECIAL TAX ASSESSMENTS IN THE AREA TO ENSURE ITS REASONABLENESS.
THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A BREAKDOWN OF THE $82,000 IN PROJECTED CFD REVENUE BY TOWNHOME TYPE.
THE 124 TOWNHOMES ARE SUBJECT TO THAT 3% ANNUAL INCREASE.
THE CFD DOES NOT APPLY TO THE FOUR RENT APARTMENT UNITS FOR THE FIRST 55 YEARS AS LONG AS THEY REMAIN CLASSIFIED AS WELFARE-EXEMPT PROPERTY.
BUT IF THAT CLASSIFICATION CHANGES IN 55 YEARS, THE APARTMENT UNITS WOULD THEN BE ASSESSED AT 15% OF THE TOWNHOME RATE IN EFFECT AT THAT TIME.
JUST TO PROVIDE AN ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE IN 55 YEARS.
THE TOWNHOME RATE AT THAT TIME WOULD BE $3,248, AND THE APARTMENT RATES AT THAT TIME WOULD BE 15% OF THAT, SO ABOUT $487.
THE ANNUAL APARTMENT INCOME AT THAT TIME, IF THEY ARE NO LONGER EXEMPT, WOULD COME OUT TO ROUGHLY $21,000.
THEN THE 3% ANNUAL ESCALATOR WOULD APPLY TO THOSE APARTMENT UNITS THEREAFTER AS WELL.
HERE'S A TIMELINE OF THE NEXT STEPS IN APPROVING THE BOREL CFD.
WE PROVIDED THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH A PREVIEW OF IT ON AUGUST 13, AND THEN TODAY WE'RE HOPING THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ESTABLISH THE BOREL CFD, REVIEW THE DRAFT OF THE RMA, AND THEN ALSO REVIEW THE BOUNDARY MAP AS WELL.
THEN, ON OCTOBER 7, IT'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR THE FULL APPROVAL OF THE CFD FORMATION.
THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND A CALLING OF A SPECIAL LANDOWNER ELECTION, AND THE RESULTS FROM THE ELECTION ARE TO BE DECLARED AT THAT MEETING.
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THEN LASTLY, WE'RE HOPING THE BOARD WILL ALSO APPROVE ORDINANCE TO LEVY THE SPECIAL TAX.TODAY, WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AND THEN TAKE ACTION ON THE FOUR ITEMS LISTED.
THEN WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT OVERVIEW AND THE REPORT.
I GUESS, REAL QUICK, BEFORE OPENING THIS UP TO BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, I DO KNOW THAT THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM SOME MEMBERS OF OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE WHEN YOU HAD THIS ON YOUR AGENDA, AND WHAT WAS DISCUSSED THEN?
>> SURE. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED IT SUBSTANTIVELY WITH TIM'S HELP, AND ALL OF YOU ON STAFF, AND THAT WAS I HAD SOME ISSUES WITH WHETHER THERE WAS A NEXUS BETWEEN THE $600 ANNUAL LEVY HERE AND WHAT EXACTLY BENEFITS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS GOING TO GET FROM OUR PARK OR THE PROXIMITY TO OUR PARK.
THAT WAS RESPONDED TO AT LENGTH, AND I ULTIMATELY WAS SATISFIED, AND IT WAS A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE THAT THE FULL BOARD ADOPT THE CFD.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD?
>> YES. FOR THE BASIC LAND MANAGEMENT COST CALCULATIONS, YOU SAID THAT IT WAS A NEGOTIATED PERCENTAGE, JUST AS FAR AS THAT 73% OF THE TOTAL BASIC LAND MANAGEMENT COSTS.
COULD YOU JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT, AND THEN AS FAR AS FOR MANAGING THIS PARTICULAR LAND, WAS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO GET IT HIGHER THAN 73% RECOUPING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THOSE COSTS, OR WHAT IS WITHIN THAT PROCESS?
>> YEAH. TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THE BOARD HAD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT OUR CFDS TO BE THE HIGHEST SPECIAL TAX ASSESSMENT ON THE BILLS.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE 73%, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS RATE IS CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THE OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICE ASSESSMENTS, SUCH AS THE CONTRA COST OF SEWER CHARGE, WHICH IS COMING OUT AT $647.
THE PROCESS IS, WE ALSO LOOKED AT A FEW PROPERTIES WHERE THE FARIA AND THE POD CBDS ARE LEVIED AS WELL.
THOSE HOMES HAVE OTHER SPECIAL TAX ASSESSMENTS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN OUR CFDS.
JUST AS EXAMPLES, A PROPERTY OFF OF VA VINCENZA, WHICH IS PART OF THE FARIA PRESERVE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, HAS A GAD ASSESSMENT OF $787.
A PROPERTY OFF OF RED TAIL COURT, WHICH IS PART OF THE PODVA REDHAWK DEVELOPMENT, HAS A GAD ASSESSMENT OF OVER $1,700.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN OUR CFDS, AND WE KEPT THAT IN MIND WHILE WE WERE COMING UP WITH THE RACE.
>> SO WAS MORE OF A FOARD DIRECTIVE TO STAY IN THAT AREA VERSUS TRYING TO COME CLOSER TO 100%?
>> NO MEVAL PLANNING MANAGER, ASD.
SOME OF IT ALSO TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE OVERALL TAX RATE THAT WOULD BE ON THOSE UNITS.
WITH SPEAKING WITH THE DEVELOPER, THEY KNOW ALL THE OTHER ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THOSE TOWNHOMES.
WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THERE, I BELIEVE IT'S 2%, THE MAX THEY CAN HAVE.
THERE WAS SOME BACK AND FORTH OF, WELL, IF WE GO TOO HIGH HERE, THEN THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO LEVY THOSE OTHER REQUIRED TAXES, AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT THE PROPERTY TAXES COULD BE.
THAT'S WHERE THE NEGOTIATION CAME.
WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE TOO HIGH, AND THAT'S A BOARD DIRECTIVE FROM PREVIOUS CFDS, AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE FULL TOTAL LEVY ON ALL THE TOWNHOMES FROM THE VARIOUS ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS.
IT WAS A COMBINATION OF THE TWO.
>> THANK YOU. THAT HELPS ME TO UNDERSTAND THE 73%.
YOU MENTIONED ABOUT SERVICES THAT COULDN'T BE INCLUDED, SUCH AS INTERPRETIVE, WERE THERE ANY OTHER TYPE OF SERVICES THAT WOULDN'T BE INCLUDED?
>> SORRY, THAT WOULD BE OR WOULD NOT BE.
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>> WOULD NOT BE BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED INTERPRETATION SERVICES.
>> TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S THE ONLY SERVICES THAT AREN'T INCLUDED AS PART OF THE CFD.
>> JUST A QUICK TECHNICAL COMMENT.
THE CFD LAW, THIS COMMUNITY FACILITIES ACT, IS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHICH SERVICES YOU CAN INCLUDE IN A SPECIAL TAX.
ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, YOU CAN FINANCE ALMOST ANYTHING YOU COULD PURCHASE, BUT THERE ACTUALLY IS A LIST, AND INTERPRETIVE SERVICES AND SUCH ARE JUST NOT ALLOWED AS PART OF THE PARCEL TAX.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT BECAUSE YOU HAD MENTIONED IT DURING YOUR PRESENTATION, AND I JUST HAD WANTED TO ASK IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE WITHIN THAT SCOPE. THANK YOU.
DID YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, COMMENT?
>> JUST TO FOLLOW UP, TIM. IF I CAN BUG YOU IN ONE MORE TIME.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF EVERYBODY GETS TO VOTE, EXCEPT THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON, AND I BET I KNOW HOW THAT PERSON IS GOING TO VOTE.
IS THERE EVER BEEN IN THE HISTORY OF CFDS, A GROUP? I ASSUME THESE FOLKS JUST BY WHAT THEY'VE GOT, HAVE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR MIGHT.
IF THEY DO, AND BASED ON OUR DISCUSSION AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHERE THERE WILL BE NO ACCESS FROM TRUMARK INTO THE PARK, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO LEAVE THEIR PLACE, COME AROUND, AND ENTER AT FOSTORIA, DRAKE, AM I CORRECT? I'M ASSUMING THAT.
>> WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SOMEBODY OR IS THERE ANY HISTORY IF SOMEBODY SAYING, "HEY, WE'RE NOT GETTING A REAL BENEFIT HERE.
WE WANT TO HAVE A GATE FROM OUR PROPERTY ONTO YOUR PROPERTY."
>> I'M GOING TO NOT PUT ON MY LAWYER HAT BECAUSE I'M NOT A LAWYER.
BUT THERE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN SOME INTERESTING CHALLENGES BY SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRYING TO OVERTURN A PARCEL TAX THAT WAS IN PLACE BY THE VOTERS THAT ULTIMATELY WILL COME IN AND RESIDE IN THOSE TOWNHOMES.
GENERALLY, WE TRY TO STRUCTURE THIS SO THAT THAT CANNOT HAPPEN.
BUT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF IF SOMEBODY WERE WANTING TO FOMENT A SMALL REBELLION, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, LET'S SAY, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE THOSE REGISTERED VOTERS AT THAT TIME IN THAT REGION.
BUT THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR THEM TO REVOTE.
>> THERE'S NO PROVISION TO REVOTE.
NO, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO START A PROCESS TO RESCIND THAT SPECIAL TAX.
>> BUT TIM, THE ASSESSMENT WILL BE FULLY TRANSPARENT WHEN THEY PURCHASE.
>> THEY'RE GOING INTO THE TRANSACTION VERY KNOWINGLY THAT THEY IS.
>> I VERY MUCH EYES WIDE OPEN.
WHEN THEY PURCHASE A NEW TOWNHOME, THEY WILL HAVE TO SIGN A THING THAT LISTS EVERYTHING FROM YOUR PARCEL TAX TO IF THERE'S Y, THE GEOLOGICAL HAZARD ABATEMENT, THE GAD THING THAT WAS MENTIONED, OR WHATEVER OTHER TAXES ARE ON THAT.
IT'S VERY CLEAR WHEN PEOPLE BUY IN THAT THIS IS SUB [OVERLAPPING]
>> IN YOUR LONG HISTORY OF CFDS, YOU'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING OVERTURNED, RIGHT?
>> NO, THERE HAVE BEEN, LIKE I SAID, SOME CHALLENGES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, A COUPLE OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT IT WAS THEY WERE ALL NEGOTIATED.
I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER BECAUSE I THINK THIS WAS ASKED DURING FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND I DID WATCH IT.
MAYBE NOT CLOSELY, BUT I DID HAVE IT ON.
IN TERMS OF THE PROPERTY TAXES, THIS WILL BE THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE CFD.
BUT I BELIEVE THESE PARCELS WILL ALSO BE WITHIN MEASURE WW AND HAVE MEASURE WW AS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM.
THEN AS PART OF THEIR 1% PROPERTY TAX, EASTBAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT WILL ALSO RECEIVE THROUGH THAT 1% PROPERTY TAX.
THERE'LL BE THREE PLACES ON EACH OF THESE TOWNHOMES PROPERTY TAXES WHERE EASTBAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT WILL HAVE SOME REVENUE RECEIVED.
>> IF THERE AREN'T ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, RIGHT NOW, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
>> FOR ITEM C1, ANYONE IN THE ZOOM ROOM WANTING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> THEN WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, MAYBE OUR FINANCE CHAIR.
>> I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF.
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I THINK THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF A COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT IS JUST A GREAT WAY TO DO BUSINESS.I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT FROM IT.
I APPRECIATE HEARING WHAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND DAKOFE DOING DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A NEXUS, AND STAFF HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND.
WE HAVE FOUR OTHER CFDS, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE WITHIN THE RANGE WAS INTERESTING ALL THE WAY FROM $12 UP TO CLOSE TO THIS ONE, 636, BUT IT SEEMS REASONABLE, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT'S SO WILLING TO WORK WITH US AND DO THAT.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A REALLY GOOD WAY FOR THE PARKS TO DO BUSINESS AND STAY WHOLE, AND IT'S LIKE A WIN-WIN PAY-AS-YOU-GO.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO FUND OUR PARKS.
>> YES. THE CONVINCING FACET OF THAT NEXUS TO ME WAS THAT THE PROXIMITY TO WHAT'S GOING TO BE A FABULOUS EDUCATION PARK AND NEIGHBORHOOD EXPERIENCE FOR FOLKS AROUND THERE IS GOING TO ADD SIGNIFICANT VALUE TO EACH OF THOSE TOWNHOMES, BEYOND 600 A YEAR.
WITH THAT, WE'LL MAKE A MOTION 2A, APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, DECLARING THE INTENT TO ESTABLISH A CFD FOR BURRELL AND B APPROVAL OF THE MAXIMUM SPECIAL RATE FOR FISCAL 25/26, AS DESCRIBED IN THE RATE AND METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT PRESENTED TO US, AND C ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC HEARING DATE ON OCTOBER 7, 2025 FOR FINAL RATIFICATION.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY DIRECTOR COFFEY, OUR FINANCE CHAIR, AS WELL AS A SECOND FROM DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT.
>> OKAY. ANY POSED, I BELIEVE THAT WAS UNANIMOUS.
SO OPPOSE, NO ABSENTION, SO 5:0. GREAT. THANK YOU.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM D. IS IT?
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WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION TO TALK ABOUT AN MOU WITH THE SCRIPTS INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY.>> MR. DRISCOLL, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> IF YOU COULD HOLD ONE MOMENT WHILE CHIEF LECHE MAKES HIS COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL GET TO YOU.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. I'M STANDING BY.
>> THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN NATURAL HAZARD RESEARCH RANGING FROM EARTHQUAKE TO WILDFIRE, HE'S ALSO THE HEAD OF CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE CAMPAIGN PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR DRISCOLL TO WALK US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
>> GREAT. I CAN HEAR YOU SO OFF WE GO.
>> DID YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR SCREEN?
>> NOW WE CAN SEE YOUR SCREEN.
>> YOU DO SEE THE FIRST SLIDE?
IF YOU WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO PRESENT?
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>> I'M READY TO GO SO HERE WE GO.
>> DO YOU HAVE IT IN SLIDESHOW? THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME TO PRESENT ON ALERTCALIFORNIA.
WE HAVE 1,200 CAMERAS UP AND DOWN THE STATE.
THEY PROVIDE ENHANCED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS TO FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH CAL FIRE.
WE WON THE 2023 INNOVATION AWARD FROM TIME MAGAZINE OF USING AI AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO PUT OUT AWARDS TO HELP FIREFIGHTERS HAVE THAT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND FIGHT FIRE IN THE INCIPIENT PHASE.
WE'RE A MULTI-HAZARD PLATFORM.
BEFORE EVENTS, WE'RE MAPPING THE FUEL LOADS WITH LIGHTER AND MULTI-SPECTRAL DATA.
THIS ALLOWS US TO ASSESS THE HEALTH OF THE FUELS, THE MOISTURE CONTENT.
IT ALSO HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE LOAD OF THE FUELS IS.
IS IT IN THE CANOPY? IS IT ON THE FOREST FLOOR? DURING EVENTS, EARLY CONFIRMATION OF IGNITION FROM UC'S NOW 1,200 SENSORS, PROVIDES SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND WILDFIRE DETECTION.
AFTER EVENTS, WE CAN LOOK AT THE BURN SCARS WITH LIGHTER AND MULTI-SPECTRAL.
WE CAN LOOK AT HOW SEDIMENT EROSION OCCURS AND HOW BIO-HABITATS WILL COVER.
THIS IS A PICTURE FROM OVER IN THE INYO WHITE MOUNTAINS.
WE LOVE THESE DAYS BECAUSE IT'S VERY HARD TO BURN SNOW.
HERE, JUST LAST YEAR, WE WERE CONCERNED THAT A SMALL FIRE WAS GOING TO IMPACT AND BURN INTO THE INYO WHITE MOUNTAINS.
WE WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
I'M GOING TO JUST PULL THIS OVER AND MINIMIZE IT.
WE HAVE OVER 100 COLLABORATORS.
ALL THE UTILITIES ARE SPONSORS OF THIS PROGRAM, CAL FIRE.
YOU CAN JUST LOOK AND SEE HERE, THERE'S MANY GROUPS, FIRETS, HOUSES, WISPS, OTHER UNIVERSITIES.
BUILDING THIS VILLAGE WAS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM.
HERE, WE HAVE 1,200 CAMERAS OUT TODAY THAT CAN BE MOVED BY FIRST RESPONDERS, FIREFIGHTERS, THEY CAN MOVE THE CAMERAS AND CONFIRM IGNITION.
WE'VE DEVELOPED AI THAT ACTUALLY IS BEATING THE 911 CALL AND ALLOWS US TO GET ON FIRES QUICKLY.
WE'VE ALL HEARD THIS, IT'S NOT GOING AWAY.
WE'RE IN EXTREME CLIMATE, AND YOU CAN DENY IT, YOU CAN SUPPORT IT, BUT IT'S IMPACTING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
THEY GO FROM ONE FIRE TO ANOTHER.
WE'RE HAVING HURRICANES THAT JUST EXPLODE INTO CAT FIVE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN CALIFORNIA FOR YEARS TO COME.
WITH BUILT PARTNERSHIPS, I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT ONE WITH ESRI, WHERE THEY'VE USED OUR CAMERAS TO HELP INFORM THE PUBLIC OF RISK.
THEY CAN COME IN, WE CAN LOOK AT OUR CAMERAS.
THE BLUE SHADING SHOWS THE VIEW SHED COVERAGE, WHERE IT'S DARKER BLUE, WE HAVE BETTER COVERAGE.
WE'RE GOING TO NOW ZOOM INTO THE WHITAKER RIDGE.
I CAN CLICK ON THIS AND THE AI TELLS ME THERE'S 13 CAMERAS THAT CAN SEE THIS RIDGE UNOBSTRUCTED.
A FIRST RESPONDER, OR DISPATCHER, CAN LOOK AT THE DATA RIGHT AWAY AND KNOW WHICH CAMERAS CAN SEE IT.
THE MOST EXCITING THING NOW IS WE CAN DROP A PIN ANYWHERE ON THE MAP AND WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT CAMERAS CAN SEE IT.
IT TAKES AWAY WATCHSTANDER FATIGUE, IT REDUCES THE NOISE IN THE FIREHOUSE, IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SEE THE SAME INCIDENTS AND FORM A PLAN BASED ON DATA.
THIS IS A 3D MODELS, THIS IS LAKE CASTAIC.
WE CAN GO IN AND WE CAN ZOOM IN ON THESE FEATURES AND WE CAN ACTUALLY NOW UNDERSTAND WHAT CAMERAS CAN SEE THEM.
THE HUGHES FIRE, WE CAN SEE THAT THESE ARE THE CAMERAS IN OUR QUIVER THAT COULD ACTUALLY IMAGE THE FIRE AND SHOW FIREFIGHTERS WHAT THE SMOKE LOOKED LIKE.
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WAS IT BENT OVER? WAS IT BLACK? IMMEDIATELY, WE'RE IN A SCENARIO WHERE WE CAN BRING ALL THESE DATA TYPES TOGETHER ON THE HUGHES FIRE.PEOPLE CAN GO AND GET EVACUATION ORDERS, WARNINGS, EGRESS, STATUS UPDATE, THEY CAN SEE THE CAMERAS.
THEY CAN GO AND MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR SAFETY.
WE'RE IN A TIME OF TECHNOLOGY WHERE WE'RE BRINGING THIS ALL TOGETHER.
THERE'S HARDWARE, THERE'S SOFTWARE.
BUT WHAT MAKES OUR PROGRAM, ALERTCALIFORNIA, SPECIAL IS THE LIVEWARE, THE PEOPLE.
IT'S GOING TO GET HOTTER YEAR BY YEAR.
WE SEE THIS LONGER HEAT PERIODS.
THESE HEAT DOMES, WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE ONE HERE STARTING THE END OF THIS WEEK.
YOU LOOK AT THE TOP 10 FIRES HERE, AND HERE WE JUST ADDED A NEW ONE, THE PARK FIRE.
WE'RE ABLE TO MAP THE PERIMETER OF THE FIRE DAILY.
IF YOU'RE IN THIS REGION UP HERE AND THE FIRE IS COMING TOWARDS YOU, IT'S TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT EVACUATION.
WE CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE REAL-TIME DATA FOR DECISIONS.
WE WENT OUT AND MAPPED THE SCAR OF THE EATON FIRE RIGHT AFTER IT HAPPENED SO WE COULD ASSESS WHETHER IT WAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO LANDSLIDES.
THE PALISADES FIRE, LOOK AT HOW FAST THIS WENT IN ONE DAY.
HOPEFULLY, IT ILLUMINATES TO EVERYONE THAT FIRE SEASON IS YEAR ROUND.
WE WENT AND COLLECTED LIDAR DATA, DID SLOPE ANALYSIS BECAUSE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER WAS BEARING DOWN ON THIS REGION.
WE WERE AFRAID THAT THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED IN MONTECITO MIGHT HAPPEN HERE.
THE MINUTE WE WERE TOLD IT WAS SAFE FOR US TO FLY, WE WENT OUT AND COLLECTED LIDAR DATA.
WE MADE MODELS OF WHAT BUILDINGS MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY LANDSLIDES.
THE THING THAT'S REALLY GOOD ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH NV5, UC SAN DIEGO.
I'M WONDERING IF I CAN GET RID OF THAT.
I'M NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE TO DO THIS BECAUSE THESE DATASETS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS OF THESE FIRES ON THE LANDSCAPE, ON THE SOILS, THE RESERVOIRS, OUR WATER SUPPLY, CASCADING DISASTERS.
THIS WAS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER THAT HIT MONTECITO RIGHT AFTER THE END OF THE THOMAS FIRE.
TWENTY-THREE PEOPLE DIED OVERNIGHT IN THIS LANDSLIDE.
WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED THAT THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING UP NORTH.
THE MONTECITO DEBRIS FLOW MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE OCEAN, DRAINING OUT OF THE SAN YNEZ MOUNTAINS.
WE'VE BUILT THESE SENTINELS THAT CAN GIVE US REAL-TIME INFORMATIONAL DATA.
THEY'RE WEIGHTED AT THEIR FEET, SOLAR PANELS.
HERE'S THE CAMERA SYSTEMS, MICROWAVES, STARLINK.
WE WENT IN RIGHT AFTER IN THE SIERRA MADRID CANYON TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FLOODING WOULDN'T BURY THE HOUSES BENEATH IT. LOOK AT THIS.
THESE ARE EXTREME EVENTS AND DATA ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
THEY HAD TO CLEAR IT OUT BECAUSE ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC RIVER WAS COMING AND THEY HAVE TO WAIT TILL IT DRIES OUT SO THEY CAN GET PURCHASE ON IT AND GET IT REMOVED.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE EFFORT, BUT WE PROVIDED DETAILS ON HOW THE CANYONS AND DRAINAGE BASINS FILLED UP.
WE CAN ALSO BRING IN WIND CONDITIONS, WE CAN BRING IN OTHER VARIABLES BECAUSE OF THE ESRI STACK.
WE JUST DROPPED A PIN TO LOOK AT THE CASTAIC, OR HUGHES FIRE, AND LAKE CASTAIC.
WE CAN GO IN AND SEE FROM BURNT PEAK WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHITAKER RIDGE.
WE CAN GET A THREE DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FIRE.
REALLY IMPORTANT, WE CAN ALSO ADD WIND DIRECTIONS.
ON THIS, WE CAN PUT THESE IN, BUT THESE ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, AI.
WHAT DOES OUR AI DO? OUR AI SCANS THE HORIZON, WE SPIN THE CAMERA EVERY TWO MINUTES, TAKING SIX FRAMES PER ROTATION, AND WE CAN LOOK AT THE DATA, AND WE CAN REDUCE THE NOISE BECAUSE THE AI IS TELLING US WHICH CAMERAS TO LOOK AT.
THE AI SAYS, THERE'S SMOKE DETECTED HERE.
ALL OF THESE CAMERAS CAN SEE THAT SMOKE, UNOBSTRUCTED BY THE TOPOGRAPHY.
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A FIREFIGHTER DOESN'T HAVE TO EVEN KNOW THE CAMERA NAME, IT'S INTEROPERABILITY AT ITS FINEST.WE HAVE A COMMON OPERATING PICTURE.
THEN WE CAN SEND OUT THESE ALERTS.
FIREFIGHTERS CAN ENTER WHAT TIME THEY WANT THE ALERTS.
THE ALERT COMES IN; THIS IS TO YOUR COOL FIRE.
YOU GET A PHONE CALL, YOU ANSWER IT.
IT GIVES YOU ALL THE DATA THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FIRE AND THE IGNITION.
THE TROTTER FIRE IN KERN COUNTY.
THE REASON I SHOW IT TWICE IS THESE WERE LIGHTNING STRIKES.
WE WERE ABLE TO WATCH THE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND DETERMINE WHICH ONE WAS GOING TO TAKE OFF AND IT WAS THE TROTTER FIRE.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE SHADOWS OF THE CLOUDS ARE GOING BY REALLY FAST.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY WINDY AFTERNOON.
WE WERE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY UNDERSTAND THE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO CALL IN AIR ATTACKS, AND YOU CAN WATCH THIS, AND THEY'RE JUST VERY EFFECTIVE.
WE'RE ABLE TO NOW HELP DECIDE THE RESPONSE TO THE EVENT.
THE EVENT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALMOST 4,000 ACRES, WE KEPT IT TO 52.
SUPPRESSING FIRES WERE STARTING TO EVOLVE.
THESE CAMERAS CAN ALSO HELP US LOOK FOR CONTROL BURNS, RX BURNS.
WE'RE DETECTING FIRES, BEATING 911 HUNDREDS OF TIMES, CHANGING FIRE RESPONSE.
PHIL ZYLSTRA SAID THIS, THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT IS THE FIRES YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT.
ALERTCALIFORNIA, WE'VE BUILT OUT THROUGH THE STATE.
WE MONITOR OUR CAMERAS ALL THE TIME.
WE HAD 1,200 CAMERAS UP RIGHT NOW AT 99% ONLINE.
AS I SAID THAT THIS FIRE DETECTION TOOL WAS NAMED ONE OF TIMES BEST INNOVATIONS OF 2023.
SCENIC RECOGNIZE US FOR DEVELOPING AI TOOL FOR WILDFIRE DETECTION.
WE'VE BUILT THESE VIDEO WALLS SO THE FIREFIGHTERS CAN LOOK AT ALL THE DATA THAT WE'VE COLLECTED, WE'VE BUILT THEM IN SOUTH-UPS AND NORTH-UPS.
LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS OUR BEST CAMERA RIGHT NOW, THE 6075E.
THIS IS A NEW CAMERA WE'VE JUST DEVELOPED.
LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION DIFFERENCE.
LOOK AT THE LIGHT POLLUTION THAT'S KNOCKED DOWN.
FINDING FIRES AT NIGHT, EARLY DETECTION IS REALLY HARD.
WE'RE MAKING GREAT STRIDES, WE'RE INNOVATING.
I WANT YOU TO JUST KNOW THAT NOT EVERY STORY IS A SUCCESS STORY.
WE GOT BURNT OVER HERE AND LOST MEGA EQUIPMENT.
HABOOB, IN NOVEMBER, AND THEY WERE FIGHTING A FIRE AND KERN.
THIS IS IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA.
LOOK AT THIS. THE FIREFIGHTERS COULDN'T BREATHE.
>> EXCUSE ME, PROFESSOR DRISCOLL? I'M NOT SURE IF YOUR SLIDES ARE ADVANCING.
WE ARE NOW SEEING THE ALERTCALIFORNIA BURNT PEAK 1.
>> LET'S LEAVE AND STOP SHARE AND SHARE AGAIN.
I'M GOING TO SHARE THIS. IS THAT BETTER?
>> GIVE IT JUST A MOMENT. AT THIS POINT, IT SAYS NEAL DRISCOLL HAS STARTED SCREEN SHARING, SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL COME UP.
>> I'VE SENT THIS SLIDE DECK TO THE CHIEF, SO YOU DO HAVE THIS.
>> WE HAVE A PDF THAT WE CAN FOLLOW.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS DOWN AND JUST TALK US THROUGH.
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. WILL WE BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THIS THOUGH WHEN WE HAVE THIS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN ALSO VIEW? IT'S NOT RIGHT IN OUR AGENDA PACKET RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU YOU'RE STILL NOT SEEING?
>> WE DON'T SEE. THERE YOU GO. GO AHEAD.
>> WELL, I JUST GOT RID OF IT.
LET'S DO THIS. LET'S SHARE, SEE IF THAT WORKS. YES?
>> IT SAYS IT'S SHARING ON MY END.
IT MIGHT BE A DELAY IN THE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT SEEING IT.
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>> ARE YOU SEEING ANYTHING ON THE SCREEN?
>> WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT DOWN?
>> WELL, LET ME JUST FINISH UP.
I'M WONDERING WHERE THE CONNECTIVITY IS BROKEN, BUT YOU CAN STILL HEAR ME. IS THAT CORRECT?
I CAN SEE YOU. WHICH SLIDE ARE YOU ON?
CAN YOU SEE 53? YEAH. I'M IN A ZONE.
I HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE I HAD ANOTHER COMMITMENT, AND SO I'M IN A ZONE THAT HAS LESS GOOD CONNECTIVITY.
CAN YOU SEE THAT YOU SEE SLIDE?
>> THE SLIDES ARE NOT [OVERLAPPING] STATIC TITLE ON FOR JUST A SECOND.
>> WELL, THANK YOU TO THE PERSON WHO POINTED OUT THAT THE TRAIN HAD LEFT THE STATION, AND I WASN'T ON IT.
I'M GOING TO JUST PLAY FROM THE CARD SIDE.
>> THE HOW ALERT, CALIFORNIA'S AI.
>> YEAH. I CAN LET ME JUST STOP AND GO HERE, GOT TO GET YOU UP IN FRONT.
DO YOU HAVE THIS SLIDE DECK LOADED UP THERE?
WE'RE ON NUMBER 53, THE IR FILTER?
>> YEAH. PERFECT. WE'RE GOING TO START THERE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, JUST LET US KNOW THAT THE SLIDE NEEDS TO BE ADVANCED.
>> RIGHT, LET'S ADVANCE THE SLIDE.
THIS IS A NEW CAMERA WE DEVELOPED, AND 54 SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR PREVIOUS CAMERA, THE 60 75 E, AND THIS NEW CAMERA.
CAN YOU SEE MY CURSOR? YOU CAN'T.
BUT HERE, IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, THIS IS THE SAME MOUNT RANGE AT THE SAME TIME; THESE CAMERAS ARE CO-LOCATED.
THESE PLATFORMS WE'VE DEVELOPED.
FIRST RESPONDERS CAN USE THEM TO CONFIRM IGNITION RIGHT AWAY OR DETECT IGNITION.
HERE, I'M NOW ON SLIDE 55. ARE YOU THERE?
>> IT'S A BLANK SLIDE, PROBABLY BECAUSE IT'S INTERACTIVE FOR YOU.
WE HAVE SEVERAL BLANK SLIDES. THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> THIS HERE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THEY'RE BLANK.
>> THEY'RE BLANK. THE NEXT ONE THAT I SEE IS ALERTCALIFORNIA.
THERE YOU GO. ALERTCALIFORNIA.
>> WELL, AGAIN, WITH DESCRIBING WHAT THE PROGRAM IS, PROVIDING EARLY CONFIRMATION.
>> [OVERLAPPING] HERE, WE'RE MULTIHAZARD.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FUEL LOADS.
THE NICE THING IS THAT WITH LAFAYETTE POLICE WHO HAVE MIGRATED OVER TO EAST BAY PARKS, WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 50 CAMERAS IN YOUR REGION, AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY EVALUATING FOR SMOKE AND AI, AND WE HAVE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, SO WHEN THE CAMERA SPINS, TAKING SIX PICTURES PER ROTATION.
THEN THE AI SAYS SOMETHING CHANGED FROM THAT ROTATION TO THE PREVIOUS ONE.
GO CHECK IT OUT, THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, THE FIREFIGHTER, IS ABLE TO THEN CONFIRM OR REJECT AND TRAIN THE AI.
HOW LUCKY ARE WE TO HAVE CAL FIRE AS OUR TRAINER, OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT FOR AI, BECAUSE AI IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE DATA YOU FEED IT? HERE, THEN, WE CAN MAKE A DECISION AND PUSH OUT AN ALERT,
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AND THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL.I'M GOING TO SCROLL BACK TO A FEW SLIDES.
HERE, IF WE COULD GO TO SLIDE 46, AND I APOLOGIZE THAT TECHNOLOGY IS TRYING TO THWART US, BUT WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS.
ARE YOU ON SLIDE 46? IT SAYS 2023 FIRE SEASON IMPACTS.
>> THIS IS THE QUOTE THAT I MENTIONED.
THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT IS THE FIRES YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT BECAUSE THEY'RE PUT OUT BEFORE THERE'S ANY 911 CALL, OR THE PUBLIC HAS DETECTED OVER 900 FIRES.
WE'RE BEATING 911 HUNDREDS OF TIMES, BUT MY FIREFIGHTER, LIAISON, AND ADVISOR, NEIL, DOESN'T FALL FOR THE SHINY OBJECT.
BEATING 911 BY A MINUTE OR TWO IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE ENHANCED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.
THESE CAMERAS PROVIDE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE DISPATCHER SO THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO SCALE THEIR RESPONSE.
HERE, IT'S JUST, AND LOOK AT THIS.
WE HAVE A SLIDE MADE A LITTLE WHILE AGO, TOTAL CAMERA 1198, OF WHICH YOU'RE LOOKING AT 90, ALMOST 99% ONLINE'RE CONSTANTLY MONITORING THE PLATFORM BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE THE PLATFORM GO DOWN, IT HAS TO BE THERE TO PROVIDE THIS CRITICAL INFORMATION ON HOW WE START THE ATTACK ON FIRES.
WE HAVE BOUGHT INTO THE FACT THAT EARLY DETECTION, EARLY CONFIRMATION IS THE BEST PATH FORWARD.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOME FIRES OCCUR WHEN THE WINDS GET SO SEVERE, LIKE THE EATON OR THE PALISADES.
YOU'RE PROVIDING MAPS OF EGRESS.
YOU'RE PROVIDING OTHER SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.
BUT THOSE FIRES WERE HORRIFIC, AND THE A LOSS OF LIFE AND FATALITIES.
BUT OUR SYSTEM IS NOT DESIGNED TO HELP WHEN THE FIRES GET THIS BIG, IT'S DESIGNED MORE FOR THE INCIPIENT PHASE OF THE FIRE, THE START OF THE FIRE.
BUT IT DOES PROVIDE INFORMATION AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DURING THE FIRE, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO FIGHT FIRE IN THE EARLY PHASE, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT'S GOING TO TURN THE TABLES, MOVE THE NEEDLE JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH EAST BAY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP, AND WE'RE USING VIEWSD ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHERE THE NEXT CAMERAS ARE GOING.
AS I SHOWED YOU IN THE BEGINNING, LET'S JUST GO TO THE SLIDE.
IF YOU GO TO SLIDE FIVE, WE WORKED, WE BUILT THESE RELATIONSHIPS, AND EVERYONE IS JUST AN AMAZING CONTRIBUTOR, WHETHER IT'S FUNDS, EQUIPMENT, TECHNOLOGY, TOWERS, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. I APOLOGIZE.
I HAD TO LEAVE THE AREA THAT I KNEW I HAD HIGH CONNECTIVITY BECAUSE I HAD TO GO TO ANOTHER MEETING, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE CONNECTIVITY DIDN'T WORK, BUT I WILL THROW A SUGGESTION THAT IN A MEETING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE COULD TRY TO DO THIS AGAIN, AND I WILL DO A VERY ABBREVIATED PITCH.
BUT WE THINK THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND WE HAVE MANY BABY STEPS TO TAKE. THANK YOU.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING WITH US AND HAVING SUCH A GREAT OVERALL PRESENTATION.
THIS IS NICE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I'M FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT ALL OF US AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU AND WOULD BE THRILLED TO DO SO.
AT LEAST I KNOW I WOULD. WHAT DO I LIKE TO DO? I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS.
YES. WERE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS FROM CHIEF FEET WHICH, REAL QUICK, BEFORE WE DO ANY BOARD QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS?
>> I THINK IT IS JUST TO REINFORCE THE VISION THAT OUR GENERAL MANAGER HAD FOR FIRE PREVENTION.
I THINK THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE'VE BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH FUEL MANAGEMENT, AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STEP THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GET THERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE DOCTOR TO ANSWER
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ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN I CAN.>> DON'T GO THERE. DON'T GO THERE, CHIEF.
[LAUGHTER] THERE'S NO TRUTH TO THAT. NO.
>> ALL RIGHT. ANY BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS PRESENTATION OR WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO CONSIDER?
I THINK THIS IS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
ONE QUESTION WOULD BE, YOU'VE GOT 1,200 CAMERAS IN CALIFORNIA OR THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
HOW MANY DO YOU PROPOSE TO PUT IN THE REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT?
>> RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE JUST OVER 50.
THAT QUESTION WE'RE WORKING EVERY DAY IS VIEW SHED COVERAGE, HOW MUCH OF EAST BAY PARKS IS OBSTRUCTED FROM VIEW OF THE CAMERAS WE HAVE.
WE CONSTANTLY ARE UPGRADING THIS AND PUTTING IN CAMERAS, AND AS YOU CAN TELL, PEOPLE ALL OVER WANT THESE CAMERASI TRY TO DISTRIBUTE THEM BASED ON A QUANTITATIVE VIEW SHED ANALYSIS, AND THAT WAY IT'S DEFEND I FIRST SEE PROBABLY ANOTHER, A DOZEN CAMERAS IN YOUR REGION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS?
>> FANTASTIC. HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED ANY? I ASSUME THESE CAMERAS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE OUT IN THE OPEN, AT LEAST FROM SOME SLIDES, AND THEY SPIN AROUND.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY VANDALISM OR THEFT OF ANY OF YOUR 1,200 UNITS?
>> YEAH. WE'VE HAD A FEW WHAT I CALL KNUCKLEHEADS.
THEY DON'T REALIZE THEY'RE ON CAMERA, THOUGH, SO WE GET THE LICENSE PLATE OF THE TRUCK.
ONE TRUCK CAME IN AND PULLED THE FENCE DOWN, AND THEN STOLE THE CAMERA.
THE SHERIFFS TOOK CARE OF THAT QUITE QUICKLY.
WE DO HAVE SOME VANDALISM, BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE HAVE IS PERMITTING.
WE WORK WITH THE FIRE SERVICES, THE REGION FIVE, THE ENTIRE FORCE, BECAUSE WE CAN PUT OUR CAMERAS ON THEIR LOOKOUT.
WE CAN PUT OUR CAMERAS ON LOE S'S LOOKOUT, AND WE CAN PUT OUR CAMERAS ON CAL FIRE LOOKOUTS, AND IT SAVES US FROM HAVING TO DO ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DIGGING.
WE'RE USING EXISTING PLATFORMS. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO SQA, AND THEY'RE CALLED LOOKOUTS FOR A REASON, SO THEY'RE VERY VALUABLE TO US, AND WE'RE POPULATING THEM NOW.
IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND YOU GO TO THE SIERRA CAMERA, THAT'S IN THE SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST, AND IT'S A LOOKOUT THAT PROVIDES INCREDIBLE IMAGERY OF THE REGION, AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PROBLEM IS, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO REMOVE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.
WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THEM WITH AI TO DO THEIR JOB MORE EFFICIENTLY, BE LESS FATIGUED, AND REMOVE THE NOISE.
IN OUR APPLICATION OF AI, THIS IS AI FOR GOOD.
>> ALL RIGHT. IF WE HAD A CAMERA, SAY ON THE TOP OF VOLMER PEAK AND TILDEN PARK, AND IT WERE EITHER VANDALIZED OR STOLEN, WHAT WOULD THE TURNAROUND BE TO GET ANOTHER ONE? DO YOU GUYS JUST SEND IT IN THE MAIL OVERNIGHT, OR ANOTHER ONE OUT THERE TO US?
>> WELL, I WISH WE COULD JUST SEND IT IN THE MAIL.
BUT WE WOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH ANOTHER CAMERA, AND OUR ENGINEERS WOULD COME OUT, MAKE SURE THERE WASN'T ANY COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO THE ELECTRICAL PARTS OF THE CAMERA.
BUT YEAH, WE RESPOND, ANOTHER THING IS CAMERA LENSES GET ABRADED BY THESE STORMS, AND SO WE HAVE TO REPLACE THOSE.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY, WE HAVE ONE GROUP THAT IS INSTALLING AND ONE GROUP THAT GOES OUT IN THE FIELD AND REPLACES AND UPGRADES THE CAMERAS.
>> GREAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
>> OUR CADENCE IS EVERY TWO WEEKS, MY TEAMS ARE IN THE FIELD, AND THEY ASSESS WHERE THEY CAN GO SAFELY AND NOT HARM'S WAY.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS NOW 32 YEARS, AND NO ONE'S GOTTEN HURT ON MY WATCH.
>> GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. GO AHEAD.
>> I THINK THIS IS A PRETTY INTERESTING USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN AI, AND I APPRECIATE YOU USING THE CASTE ACCUSE FIRE.
BY THE WAY, I GO THERE FREQUENTLY, AND THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD RESPONSE.
IS THIS INFORMATION ON THIS LIST WHAT WAS IT SLIDE FIVE YOUR ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS?
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IS THIS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, OR IS IT JUST REALLY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS? I JUST FEEL LIKE THE PUBLIC WOULD BENEFIT FROM SOME LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE KNOWING THESE ARE OUT THERE, THE INTERACTIVE MAP THAT YOU SHOWED.I GUESS THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION IS, AFTER THIS MOU, WOULD WE AT SOME POINT, I LIKE I SAID, I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND IT'S FOR PUBLIC, BUT ANOTHER PRESENTATION TO SHOW US WHERE THE 50 IN OUR PARKS ARE NOW AND THE OTHER AND 24 MORE, YOU'LL HAVE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS OR ANOTHER 12 NEXT YEAR TO COME BACK.
JUST BE REALLY INTERESTING DEMONSTRATION.
>> LET'S PLAN THAT BECAUSE SHOWING YOU THERE'S CERTAIN DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE YOUNG IN AND I ONLY PEELED OFF THE OUTER LAYER.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CAMERAS, FIRST RESPONDERS CAN MOVE THEM.
THE CAMERA CHANGES COLOR IF IT'S BEEN MOVED IN THE LAST MINUTE, FIVE MINUTES, 10 MINUTES, 30 MINUTES.
YOU CAN GO ONLINE AS THE PUBLIC.
YOU CAN SEE WHICH CAMERAS ARE BEING MOVED.
THAT REQUIRES A FIRST RESPONDER, SOMEBODY THAT'S ONBOARD TO MAKE A PHYSICAL DECISION TO MOVE THE CAMERAS TO SEE SOMETHING.
ONE, THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHAT CAMERAS ARE BEING MOVED.
THEY CAN ENHANCE THE PICTURE BY TIME LAPSE.
THE PUBLIC CAN LOAD UP MAPS OF ROADWAYS OF TOPOGRAPHY, TERRAIN.
THERE'S SO MANY PALETTES THAT THE PUBLIC CAN LOAD UP AND LOOK AT.
WE'VE BUILT THIS TO SERVE TWO DIFFERENT MASTERS.
ONE, THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ACTUALLY PUT THE FIRES OUT AND THE BRAVERY THAT THEY EXHIBIT WHEN THE FLAME LIGHTS ARE 20, 30 FEET OVER THEIR HEAD IS REMARKABLE.
BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY TO EVERYBODY IN THE PUBLIC IS THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE A SHERIFF TELL YOU TO EVACUATE.
YOU CAN USE THESE CAMERA SYSTEMS, WE'RE IN WATCH DUTY.
IF YOU GET THE APP WATCH DUTY, IT TELLS YOU WHERE FIRES ARE POPPING OFF.
WE'RE ALSO IN THE LIVING ATLAS WITH ESRI.
WE'RE PUSHING THESE DATA OUT TO EVERYONE.
THEY CAN COME IN ZOOM, THEY CAN TIME LAPSE, THEY CAN OBSERVE WHERE THE CAMERAS ARE BEING MOVED.
THEY CAN OBSERVE WHERE THEIR HOUSE IS WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRE PERIMETERS THAT I SHOWED.
IS IT SAFE? I WANT TO JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE ANECDOTE THAT HAPPENED AT THE EATON FIRE.
MY SON LIVES IN PALISADES RIGHT THERE, SIERRA MADRE.
WE WERE UP SKIING AND WE SAW THE FIRES ON THE NEWS.
WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE CAMERAS, AND I CALLED MY SON AND I SAID, IT'S TIME TO EVACUATE.
HE GOES, NO, THERE'S BEEN NO OFFICIAL EVACUATION.
I SAID, MICHAEL, JUST WALK OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE AND LOOK UP TOWARDS MOUNT WILSON.
HE SAID, DAD, THE WHOLE MOUNTAINS ON FIRE, AND I'M THERE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK I BUILT THIS SYSTEM FOR? YOU NEED TO LEAVE NOW.
I SAID, GRAB YOUR FIANCE, TAKE THE CARS, DOGS, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAVE AND GET OUT OF THERE NOW.
AND HE SAT IN A PARKING LOT ON THE 210.
AND I GOT HIM TO GO DOWN THE 507-70-1901 TO THE 2015 TO MY HOUSE DOWN IN SAN DIEGO.
BUT PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO LEAVE AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY.
IF YOU'RE TOLD IT'S DANGEROUS AND LEAVE, PLEASE DO IT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. GO AHEAD.
>> I WAS SPEAKING THE OTHER DAY.
I RECALL WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I MENTIONED WATCH DUTY, WHICH PROFESSOR DRISCOLL JUST MENTIONED.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW.
LAST NIGHT, AND I JUST REALLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT AROUND 620, MY PHONE BUZZED OFF WITH THE FAMILIAR WATCH DUTY NOTIFICATION.
BECAUSE I HAVE IT SET FOR THIS PART OF MY PART OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, IT NOTIFIED ME THAT THERE WAS A FIRE A LITTLE SOUTH OF OUR PACHECO CORPORATE YARD OFF OF 680, CALLED THE PACHECO FIRE.
IT WAS PICKED UP VERY QUICKLY BY UC SAN DIEGO THESE CAMERAS, ONE AT WHAT THEY CALL BRONIS TABLETOP IN OUR PARK.
THE OTHER OFF CROCKETT HILLS PARK ON THE COMING SKY-WAY.
THE APP ALSO LET ME LOOK AT IN REAL TIME, THOSE TWO CAMERAS AS THEY FOCUSED ON THE SMOKE COMING UP FROM THIS PACHECO FIRE.
I KNEW WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO THAT FIRE WAS CONTAINED.
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IT IS A VERY GOOD APP AND TO LINDA'S POINT, YOU CAN USE THIS APP AND LOOK AT ALL THE CAMERAS IN THE EAST BAY THAT UC SAN DIEGO HAS SET UP BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL MARKED ON THE MAP THAT WATCH DUTY USES.THERE'S AT LEAST ONE CAMERA THAT WOULD PROBABLY PICK UP A FIRE NEAR MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN HERCULES.
THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BETTER.
IT IS AN AMAZING TECHNOLOGY, AND MY ONLY QUESTION IS, I WOULD LOVE TO INFLUENCE SOME OF THE WARD SEVEN AREAS WHERE WE COULD BENEFIT FROM THESE CAMERAS.
IF THERE'S ANOTHER DOZEN OR SO, I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO MAYBE POINT OUT AT LEAST TWO OR THREE SPOTS WHERE IT APPEARS TO ME IT WOULD REALLY BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THE CAMERA IF I WAS SETTING ONE OUT.
>> THE WORD OF MOUTH IS REALLY IMPORTANT OF PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO US, SAYING WE HAVE THESE GREAT CAMERA LOCATIONS. COME LOOK AT THEM.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL, AND I CAN COME UP AND GIVE A TALK JUST TO THE BOARD WITHOUT OTHER AGENDA ITEMS ON IT SO YOU CAN SEE REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE CAPABILITIES, AND WE APPRECIATE THIS PARTNERSHIP, SO THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU IN THE UNIVERSITY FOR DOING THIS AND PROVIDING AN INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL PUBLIC SERVICE TO ALL OF US. THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
I DID HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO ASK.
IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ALAMEDA COUNTY AREA OF THE EASTBAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
GEOGRAPHY, WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PRIVATE LAND OWNERS, MOSTLY RANCHES, I DO SEE THAT YOU HAVE RANCH WIFI LISTED AS ONE OF YOUR PARTNERS.
I WAS WONDERING IF THAT'S MAYBE ONE GROUP THAT IS.
WITH SOME OF THESE PRIVATE RANCHES AND LARGER LAND OWNERS, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
>> YES, I AM. HERE, I'M GOING TO BE UP IN NAPA ON 11 OF SEPTEMBER, TALKING TO A BUNCH OF WINE LANDOWNERS AND LOOKING AT PEAKS.
WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK FROM THE VALLEYS UP TO THE PEAK SO WE CAN CAPTURE HOW THE FIRE IS GOING THROUGH THE CANYONS AND THE URBAN WILDLIFE INTERFACE.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR CAMERAS TO PUT IN.
IF YOU PROVIDE US A CAMERA SITE, THEN WE PROVIDE ALL THE TECHNOLOGY AND HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO GET YOU ONLINE.
IT'S A VERY SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP AND WE NEED TO BE INNOVATIVE.
WE NEED TO EMPLOY NEW STRATEGIES BECAUSE THIS EXTREME CLIMATE IS NOT GOING AWAY.
I'D BE VERY HAPPY AND JOHN CORNELL AND THE CHIEF HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF PARTNERING WITH US.
WE THINK THAT THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN USE THE PARKS AND YOU HAVE GREAT LOCATIONS, AND WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY AND WAYS TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON LAND AND THEY'RE TEMPORARY THEY CAN GO AWAY.
BUT WE THINK THIS IS AN AREA THAT HASN'T BEEN TAPPED AS MUCH AS IT COULD BE.
>> YES. I THINK A LOT OF PRIVATE LAND OWNERS, WHETHER IT'S WINERIES OR OTHER LARGER FARMS, WHICH WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF IN THE EASTERN PARTS OF BOTH COUNTIES, ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AS WELL AS A LOT OF THE RANCHES.
I KNOW THERE'S A GROUP, CALIFORNIA RANGE LAND TRUST.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE SPOKEN WITH THEM, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IN THIS INFORMATION AND.
>> OKAY. WELL, I JUST THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, I FEEL LIKE THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST OF MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO SHARE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR COMMUNITY IN ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AND I THINK IT'S SO GREAT THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT EASTBAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT L LANDS, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP COMMUNICATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING AND I ALSO NOTICED ONE OF YOUR OTHER PARTNERS LISTED HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO WATER POWER SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A DATA POINT WHERE THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE THE LARGEST LAND OWNER IN ALAMEDA COUNTY.
I DO KNOW THAT THEY OWN A PRETTY LARGE PORTION.
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JUST BE INTERESTING TO HEAR FROM SOME OF YOUR OTHER PARTNERS DOWN THE ROAD.I NOTICE YOU HAVE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL AS WELL AS A WEBSITE.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE NICE AFTER DAY FOR US TO HELP SHARE WITH OUR PUBLIC, THE EFFORTS THAT WERE PART OF THIS AT EAST REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, BUT THEN ALSO FOR THOSE THAT MAYBE ARE OWNERS OF LARGE LAND OR MAYBE HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT THEY COULD ALSO THEN GO TO YOUR WEBSITE AND TO YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL TO LEARN MORE.
>> ONE THING THAT WE CAN DO RIGHT AWAY, SEND ME A LOGO, AND YOU'LL BECOME PART OF THE VILLAGE, WHICH YOU ALREADY ARE.
WE HAVE CAMERAS IN THE PARK AND YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT CONTRIBUTOR RESOURCES.
SO WOULD LOVE TO SHARE A SPOT ON THIS SLIDE.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW, I THINK EVERY BOARD MEMBER WHO'S WANTED TO ASK QUESTIONS HAS BEEN ABLE TO, WE DO NEED TO OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.
ANYONE IN THE ZOOM ROOM WANTING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. NO COMMENT.
>> THEN WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AS WELL AS THE IDEA OF THINKING ABOUT MAKING A MOTION.
WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION IN OUR BOARD PACKET, A PROPOSED RESOLUTION.
>> I MOVE THE RESOLUTION IF EVERYONE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY, GREAT.
>> A MOTION MADE BY DIRECTOR WAESPI, A SECOND MADE BY DIRECTOR COFFEY.
>> ANY OPPOSED, I BELIEVE THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. ANY ABSTENTIONS? I THINK IT'S FIVE. GREAT. PERFECT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DR. DRISCOLL, FOR JOINING US TODAY AND FOR GIVING US THIS OVERVIEW.
I'M THRILLED TO BE A PART OF THE VILLAGE, AND I'M SURE THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH YOU VERY SOON TO SHARE OUR LOGO, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE MORE OF THIS INFORMATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE YOU A PDF FILE.
ONLY IF QUICK LIGHTS THAT YOU COULD DISTRIBUTE AROUND.
>> THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.
NOW WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON IN OUR AGENDA.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NINE GENERAL MANAGERS COMMENTS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY TODAY. THEN NUMBER TEN.
ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION?
>> OKAY. SO THE NUMBER 11 IS PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.
[PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
I DO HAVE ONE, BUT MAYBE I'LL LEAVE THIS UP TO THE BOARD TO GO IF ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST BEFORE I GO.>> FOR FUTURE FOR UPCOMING BOARD MEETING, I THINK STAFF HAS HEARD FROM ME THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FIRST DISTRICT PLAN STUDY SESSION, AND I UNDERSTAND AND THAT I MAY BE OUTVOTED OR WE MAY BE MOVING FORWARD WITH COMBINING THAT WITH THEM THE CIP PROJECT.
THAT I STILL FEEL THOSE I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE DISTRICT PLAN BE ITS OWN STANDALONE STUDY SESSION.
AND I GUESS MY REQUEST IS AT A MINIMUM, IF WE MIGHT CONSIDER MOVING IT HERE WHERE IT CAN BE VIDEO RECORDED AND FOLKS CAN PARTICIPATE BY ZOOM SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN PARTICIPATE.
>> THAT WAS THE ITEM THAT I WAS ALSO GOING TO BRING UP.
I DON'T LIKE COMBINING THE TWO.
I GUESS WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS, I DO FEEL A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT THAT IT MIGHT GET MOVED TO OCTOBER BECAUSE I BELIEVE OCTOBER IS ALSO THE START OF BUDGET SEASON, AND I KNOW WE WERE TRYING TO REVIEW CAPITAL PROJECTS BEFORE WE START OUR BUDGET SEASON.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THESE GET RESCHEDULED, THAT WE MAKE SURE TO BE MINDFUL, THAT WE DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS DISCUSSION BE SOMETHING THAT'S USEFUL AS THE 2026 BUDGET IS BEING PUT TOGETHER.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY BOTH GOING TO BE MY PREDICTION IS PROBABLY PRETTY INTENSE DISCUSSIONS AND POSSIBLY ALSO A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE MAY BE BETTER SERVED TO NOT COMBINE THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THEN I ALSO AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ZOOM PARTICIPATION AVAILABLE AND ALSO THE RECORDING.
THIS IS JUST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SECOND THAT IDEA.
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IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, THE BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED.WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST DIRECTS?
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
I THINK I'M CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT WE'LL DO EVERYTHING AFTER WHATEVER THE JULY 1ST MEETING IN JULY WAS, OR NO. NEVER MIND.
ON JULY 8TH, I ATTENDED THE RETIREE ASSOCIATION MEETING ON JULY 9TH, I ATTENDED THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION, AND WE HAD A COMBINED MEETING WITH THE CONTRACT SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION.
ON JULY 10TH, I MET WITH MAX CORTEN AND TALKED ABOUT THE FOUNDATION PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
ON JULY 12TH, I ATTENDED THE WALK AND TALK WITH SUPERVISOR ELISA MARQUEZ AT COUNTY HILLS, GREAT JOB BY ALL STAFF MEMBERS, AND ALYSSA AND ALL HER MANY FOLLOWERS, AND WE HAD A GREAT WALK IN THE PARK.
ON JULY 16TH, I ATTENDED ONE ON ONE CONVERSATION WITH OUR GENERAL COUNSEL, LINDA BERGO ON THE 18TH, I HAD A CONVERSATION, ONE ON ONE WITH A GENERAL MANAGER.
THE 26TH, I WENT TO I GUESS MY NEW CONGRESSMAN'S TOWN HALL AT BIG BREAK, MARK D SONS TOWN HALL.
ON JULY 27TH, I ATTENDED THE ARDEN WOODS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT CELEBRATION, REALLY A GOOD FUN TIME.
ON THE 31ST OF JULY I MET WITH BRETT IVES TO TALK ABOUT GENERAL MANAGER'S EVALUATION.
ON AUGUST 6TH, I ATTENDED THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.
LAST WEEK ON THE 12TH, I ATTENDED A HARD EVENT.
BOY, HARD IS JUST GOING GREAT GUNS.
THEY WERE CELEBRATING OPENING THREE OR OPENING TWO PARKS AND HAVING A GROUNDBREAKING IN ANOTHER.
THEY'RE GO GREAT GUNS AND DOING JUST REALLY REMARKABLE THINGS.
>> ON THE 13TH, I ATTENDED THE BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE AND ON THE 14TH, I ATTENDED A HSP MEETING, WHICH WAS A PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR HAP.
HAS SIGNED HOOKED UP WITH A THIRD PARTY THAT'S GOING TO RUN THE ORGANIZATION IN THE PAST.
IT WOULD BE SHUFFLING IT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN AGENCIES, AND IT WAS REALLY A BURDEN FOR THE AGENCIES THAT WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ON ALL THAT ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF WORK.
WE'VE GOT A CONSULTANT TO DO THAT NOW AND WE ALSO HIRED A CONSULTANT TO MAKE MADE GOOD ON OUR PROMISES IN THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE HAYWARD SHORE LINA.
IT WAS A PRETTY BIG MONUMENT MONUMENTS DAY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CSDA CONFERENCE COMING UP THIS NEXT WEEK.
IS THERE ANY LIST OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING? I KNOW MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS GOING OR ANY STAFF MEMBERS GOING?
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
HAVE SOME FUN WITH THEM. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.
>> DIRECTOR COFFEY ARE YOU READY, OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO COME BACK TO YOU.
>> BECAUSE IT GOES BACK SO FAR.
>> IT DOES. BUT I GUESS YOU JUST HAVE TO.
>> I GUESS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO THIS AT OUR FIRST AUGUST MEETING.
>> JUNE 19TH WAS THE LAST MEETING WHERE WE ACTUALLY DID REPORTING SO THAT'S WHY MY LIST GOES BACK INTO JUNE, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I'LL TRY TO RUN THROUGH IT AND MAYBE NOT GO THROUGH ALL THAT I'VE WRITTEN DOWN HERE.
MY HIGHLIGHTS OF LATE JUNE AND JULY.
ON JUNE 24TH, I WAS ON A TOUR PUT TOGETHER BY THE CONTRA COSTA FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT OF THE LOWER SAND CREEK BASIN IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN THE AREA THAT THEY WANTED TO SHARE WITH VARIOUS LOCAL OFFICIALS, INCLUDING US.
ON THE 25TH, I ATTENDED THE DELTA PROTECTION COMMISSIONS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA COMMITTEE MEETING IN SUISUN CITY.
ON JUNE 26TH, I PRESENTED TO THE BRENTWOOD CITY PARK AND REC COMMISSION ON ALL THINGS EAST BAY PARKS OF INTEREST TO EAST CONTRA COSTA.
DID THE BOARD SITE TOUR ON THE 27TH OF BURRELL AND SHADOW CLIFFS.
I DID AMBASSADOR TABLING AT THE MARTINEZ BEAVER FESTIVAL ON JUNE 28TH,
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ALONG WITH THE MOBILE VISITOR CENTER AND THE MOBILE FISH TANK AND IT WAS BY FAR THE MOST POPULAR OF THE GROUPS ATTENDING THE ANNUAL MARTINEZ FESTIVAL THERE.I ATTENDED WITH THE CITY MANAGER, AND I MESSED UP ON MY CALENDAR, SO I HAD TO ATTEND BY PHONE, OUR CITY LIAISON MEETING WITH CITY OF ANTIOCH.
I ATTENDED THE CONTRA COSTA WATERSHED FORUM ON 9TH OF JULY, THE CIVIL CORP WILDCAT OUTING ON THE 10TH, AND THAT EVENING, I ALSO MET WITH MAX AND THE FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP TO DISCUSS THEIR REORGANIZATION ISSUES AND FURTHER INTO THAT EVENING AND I ATTENDED THE CONTRA COSTAMIREZ CONFERENCE IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
ON THE 12TH, I ATTENDED A BIG BREAK CAMPFIRE.
ON THE 14TH THROUGH THE MY ENTIRE MIDDLE OF JULY, I WAS OUT VISITING GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, WHICH WAS A JOY, A WONDERFUL SUMMER VACATION.
I DID THE VOTER SURVEY WITH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.
THE PROPOSED VOTER SURVEY MEETING WITH OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS STAFF ON JULY 24TH.
I HAD A GREAT PRODUCTIVE ONE ON ONE WITH OUR GENERAL COUNSEL ON JULY 25TH.
THE MARK DOSONIE, HE REPRESENTS CASTRO VALLEY?
>> IT'S THE PROPOSED WORK BOUNDARY CHANGES.
>> WELL, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY.
INTERESTING. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.
HIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE FAIR OUT AT BIG BRAKE WAS ON JULY 26TH.
I DID AMBASSADOR TABLING AT THE ARDENWOOD WHEAT HARVEST FESTIVAL ON THE 27TH.
I GUESS THAT WAS THEIR ANNIVERSARY, TOO.
WAS IT 40 WITH DIRECTOR WAESPI THERE? ATTENDED AS AN OBSERVER AT THIS POINT, SINCE IT IS NOW ORGANIZED THE MARSH CREEK WATERSHED COUNCIL ON JULY 29TH.
ALSO MET WITH THE EVALUATION CONSULTANT, AND THAT WAS ON JULY 31ST AND MY LIST FOR THIS MEETING WE HAD OUR LEDGE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 6TH, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MAYORS CONFERENCE NOW IN THIS TIME IN ANTIOCH ON THE 7TH.
ATTENDED A MEETING WITH ALLISON BROOKS ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH ON AUGUST 8TH, AT HER MEETING, THAT WAS WITH DIRECTOR WAESPI AND SAN.
ON THE 9TH I MET WITH A NEW REALITY OUT THERE.
WE GET TO MEET WITH FACEBOOK GROUPS.
I HAD A MEETING ON THE 9TH WITH A FACEBOOK GROUP BASED IN ANTIOCH TO TALK ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS ON THE CONTRA LOMA LAGOON CLOSURE, AND WE MET OUT AT CONTRA LOMA, JUST A SMALL GROUP OF THOSE FOLKS.
I ATTENDED THE SERVICE AWARDS AT ROBERTS ON THE 12TH.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK ON THE 13TH AND I HAD A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND ON THE 14TH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS CEREMONY REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OR THE SWEARING IN OF NEW SWORN OFFICERS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SEVERAL AWARDS.
I WILL EMIT TO GETTING TEARY EYED AT SOME OF THOSE THE SCENE OF WIVES AND LITTLE KIDS PINNING THE PIN ON THEIR FATHER OR MOTHER, AS THE CASE MAYBE, WAS REALLY MOVING AND SOME OF THE AWARDS WERE FANTASTIC.
IT ALSO CORRESPONDED WITH THE NEWS THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS 100% STAFFED, WHICH IS TO THINK ABOUT IT, A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.
LASTLY, I ATTENDED WITH DIRECTOR MCCURIO, ON THE 15TH, ASSEMBLY MEMBER ANNE MARIA AVILA FERRIS.
SHE WAS TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50 BY OUR STAFF, LED BY KEVIN DAMSTRA THIS PAST WEEKEND AND THAT WAS
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A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT IN TERMS OF A SMALL GROUP OF US MEETING WITH THE NEW ASSEMBLY MEMBER.>> THANK YOU. DR. ESPANA, [INAUDIBLE]?
>> YES. SEVENTY FOUR, ALAMEDA 48TH ANNUAL FA JULY PARADE AND PREPARADE BREAKFAST, 729, REGIONAL PARK FOUNDATION MET WITH HOLLY POTTER AND MAX, CURTIN, 731, EVALUATION DESIGN PROCESS, BRETT IVES, 731, LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETING, SUPERVISOR LINA TAM, 731, EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL 2025 INSULATION AWARDS, 85 BOARD MEETING, 89 MLK RALLY PICNIC, 810 TOUR OF POINT MALATE WITH BRUCE BEYER, 812, CELEBRATE ASHLAND.
I HAD BEEN ON THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE FOR CHOOSING THE DESIGN WORK IN ASHLAND ROOTS AND THE NAMING OF THE THREE PARKS.
I WAS ALSO IN THE NAMING COMMITTEE AND 813, OUTDOOR AFROS GATHERING OF GRATITUDE AND CONNECTION, 813 ALAMEDA AREA DISTRICT GOOD SCOUT AWARD DINNER.
>> THANK YOU. DR. DESCHAMBAULT.
OF COURSE, IT GAVE ME TIME TO COMPLETE THE TRAILS CHALLENGE AND ALSO PUT IN 91 MILES TOTAL BOTH IN AND OUT OF OUR PARK DISTRICT.
JUNE 28TH, I ATTENDED THE RETURN OF THE TURNS.
VERY INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY AND HUNDREDS OF PAIRS OF TURNS OUT THERE COMPARED TO THE WORK I'VE DONE IN BA WHERE THEY ONLY HAVE 40 PAIRS.
WE'VE GOT 300 HERE IN THE BAY AREA RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF URBAN AREA.
THE MORVEN SONATA BAHA IS ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN TRYING TO COORDINATE MAYBE SOME SISTER CITY OPPORTUNITY SISTER PARK FOR IMPROVING THE RETURN OF THE TURNS.
JULY 3RD, STAFF TOOK ME OUT ON A BRIDGE YARD TOUR AND JOHN SUTTER, ALSO WORKED REMOTELY WITH DTSC PROJECT MANAGER ABOUT CLEANUP LEVELS OUT THERE AND WHAT TYPE OF HISTORICAL ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE FOR ENSURE FISHING SAFETY OFF THE PIER.
JULY 9TH, I WENT AHEAD AND TOOK MY MANDATORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS HARASSMENT TRAINING AND ON THE 12TH, I TOOK THE MANDATORY BOARD OF DIRECTOR ETHICS TRAINING.
ON THE 24TH, I MET WITH ALLISON COOK TO DISCUSS BUILDING RELATIONSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR UNION ASM.
MOVING INTO AUGUST 4TH, I HAD A GREAT ONE ON ONE WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER.
LET'S SEE AUGUST 5TH, WAS OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND CLOSED SESSION.
THE 6TH WAS LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
I CONTINUED THE JOHN SUTTER AND DIA ROSARIO LEGACY.
I WAS SWORN INTO THE LAKE MERRICK BREAKFAST CLUB ON AUGUST 7TH, I ATTENDED REMOTELY TO THE DESOLA EVENT IN ANTIOCH.
AUGUST 8TH I ENJOYED HEADING OUT TO THE PORT OF OAKLAND ON THE HARBOR TOUR.
ON THE 10TH, HAD THAT GREAT TOUR ALONG WITH DIRECTOR ESPANA, ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T OVERLAP, BUT GETTING OUT THERE TO SAN PABLO HARBOR, TERMINAL FOUR AND REALLY GETTING UP IN THE HILLS AND LOOKING AT POINT MALATE.
ON THE 12TH I WAS HONORED TO GIVE OUT THE SERVICE AWARDS AT ROBERTS PARK.
ON THE 15TH I MET WITH THE BOARD OF THE OAKLAND FROG PARK.
IT'S A LINEAR PARK IN OAKLAND THAT FEATURES A WATER THAT COMES ITS SOURCE FROM LAKE TEMESCAL, SO THEY'RE QUITE INTERESTED IN OUR WORK ON THERE. THAT'S IT.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. I'LL BE BRIEF.
JULY 9TH, I WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE AT THE JOINT ALAMEDA COUNTY CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, AND I'M REMINDED, I'LL CONNECT WITH YOU LATER ABOUT THIS BY AND MAKE SURE WE PAID OUR DUES TO THOSE CHAPTERS, ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME OF US ARE GOING TO THE CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK.
THAT WAS GREAT. THERE WAS ONE MOMENT.
I THINK I SHARED THIS WITH DIRECTOR COFFEY WHERE THE CONTRA COSTA CHAPTER WAS TRYING TO NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR A COMMITTEE, I THINK FOR THEIR ANNUAL FUND RAISER, DENNIS AND I WERE THERE TOGETHER, AND I WAS JOKING THAT WE SHOULD NOMINATE A CALL IN TO SERVE WHILE HE WASN'T THERE FOR THE CONTRA COSTA COMMITTEE BUT THEY ALREADY HAD A NOMINATING COMMITTEE AND SOMEONE ELSE SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO INTERFERE WITH THAT.
BUT WE ALMOST NOMINATED YOU FOR A COMMITTEE.
YES, JULY 12TH I WAS ALSO AT THE COYOTE HILLS WALK AND TALK WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERVISOR, ELISA MARQUEZ, AND THE MAYOR FREMONT ROH SALWAN WAS ALSO THERE AND I GUESS
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THE ONE MESSAGE I WANT TO MENTION THAT HE HAD SHARED WITH ME THAT DAY WAS TRYING TO SCHEDULE THE FREMONT LIAISON MEETINGS.I KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS SINCE 2023 AND HE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT AND I HOPE WE CAN GET ONE SCHEDULED BEFORE THE END OF 2025.
ON JULY 28TH, WE DID HAVE OUR DUBLIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETING WITH THE DUBLIN MAYOR, SHERRY WO, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE DUBLIN EXECUTIVE TEAM.
ON JULY 31ST, THERE WAS A MEETING AT THE HOUSE AT THE GARMS PROPERTY WITH THE KILCARE WOODS ASSOCIATION BOARD THAT I ATTENDED FOR A PORTION OF THE TIME, AND THEN I HAD ANOTHER MEETING AT SHADOCLIFFS WITH OUR CONSULTANT IN REGARDS TO THE REVIEW OF THE GENERAL MANAGER ON THE SAME DAY.
ON AUGUST 8TH, I WAS A PART OF THE MEETING THAT COLIN MENTIONED ABOUT THE PUBLIC RELATIONS MEETING.
THEN THE FINAL ONE THAT I WANT TO MENTION IS YESTERDAY, I WAS INVITED BY THE LAS POSITAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE LOCATED IN LIVERMORE.
THEIR GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT WANTED TO MEET WITH ME AND SO I SAID, YES, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MY PASSION PROJECT PASSION INTERESTS OVERLAP WITH SOME OF THEIR QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO DEL VAL IN REGARDS TO HOW TO GET THE EMERGING NEW YOUNG GEOLOGY STUDENTS INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE LOCAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AROUND WATER MANAGEMENT AND DAMS, WHICH WE HAVE AT DEL VAL, AS WELL AS SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN ASTRONOMY.
WE DO HAVE THE TRI VALLEY STAR GAZERS WHO ARE MEETING ACTUALLY AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, EITHER AUGUST 30TH OR 31ST, IN THE ARROYO STAGING AREA ON THE DAM SIDE OF LAKE DEL VAL FOR THEIR MONTHLY STARGAZING.
THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT INTEREST SOME OF THE GEOLOGY STUDENTS SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CHAIN OF LAKES WHERE SHADOW CLIFF IS LOCATED IN THE GROUNDWATER BASIN AND THERE'S SOME INTERESTS THERE. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
LAS POSITAS COLLEGE IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ZONE SEVEN WATER AGENCY.
HEADQUARTERS WHERE I USED TO GO QUITE OFTEN FOR BOARD MEETINGS, AND IT'S SO INTERESTING TO BE THERE BECAUSE SO MANY HOUSING UNITS AND SO MANY NEW COMPLEXES HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN BUILT IN THAT AREA.
THIS IS ALSO THE SAME AREA THAT'S NEAR OUR LAND BANK PROPERTY, DUN CANYON.
I THINK IT'S JUST INTERESTING TO SEE ALL THESE PROJECTS NOW ARE STARTING TO BE BUILT AND LOOK LIKE THEY'RE OPENING SOON.
I WAS JUST AMAZED THAT I FEEL LIKE IT HASN'T BEEN THAT LONG SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THAT AREA BUT IT JUST LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WITH ALL THE NEW HOUSING.
HOPEFULLY, WITH THE LAS POSITAS COLLEGE GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT, WE CAN HOPEFULLY I'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR DEL VAL VISITOR CENTER OR SOME OTHER FOLKS WITHIN THE PARK DISTRICT WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP AT LEAST MEET THESE STUDENTS THIS IS OUR NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS.
THAT'S IT FOR WHAT I'VE DONE, AND I THINK THAT IF THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.
>> REALLY QUICKLY, DUES WERE PAID, GIVING THANKS TO AMANDA FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING THAT. THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW.
PERFECT. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.