Aug 20, 2025 Operations Committee Meeting

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ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF OPERATIONS. BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT THIS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20TH, BEGINNING TODAY AT 1104. WELCOME, EVERYONE.

OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WOULD BE MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE?

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RECORDING CLERK TAKING ROLL. DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT.

HERE. DIRECTOR ESPAÑA. HERE. CHAIR WAESPI. HERE.

PARK DISTRICT STAFF COORDINATORS IN THIS MEETING INCLUDE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER LISA GOORJIAN.

HERE. ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL ELIZABETH MACKENZIE.

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IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING OF JUNE 18TH,

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MOTION TO ACCEPT? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A. I WASN'T HERE.

OKAY. I'LL SECOND IT. A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANYTHING TO COMMENT? HEARING NONE. JUST ONE MOMENT. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE AYE. ABSTAIN.

OPPOSED. AND ONE ABSTENTION. SO THE MOTION PASSES OR THE MINUTES PASS ON A VOTE OF 2 TO 0 TO 1.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? JUST CHECKING HERE. WE HAVE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO THE ACTION ITEMS, OF WHICH WE HAVE NONE, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.

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WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I'M HONORED TODAY TO COME HERE AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CONTRACT THE POLICE BOARD HAS WITH PEREGRINE TECHNOLOGIES. THE ONE TERM I'LL USE TODAY, YOU'LL HEAR A LOT OF IS DATA INTEGRATION.

THAT'S GENERALLY NEW TO ME IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SECTOR. BUT IF YOU COME FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR, YOU MAY BE AWARE OF DATA INTEGRATION HAS TO DO WITH TAKING YOUR DATA AND FINDING A WAY TO MAKE IT USEFUL TO YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION IN AN EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DIGITAL REALITY OF CURRENT MODERN DAY POLICING.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA THAT'S BEING GENERATED.

IT COMES FROM INCIDENTS, CASES, CITATION RECORDS.

BODY WORN CAMERA, IN-CAR CAMERA FOOTAGE, CASE NOTES, DETECTIVE NOTES, PEDESTRIAN CONTACTS, VEHICLE STOPS, EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE LOGS.

IT'S A LOT OF DATA. IN THE PAST, WE HAD FILES AND FORMS, AND THAT'S ALL BEING DIGITIZED.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THIS DATA, SEARCHING THROUGH IT, FIND WHAT'S VALUABLE.

TAKES TIME. IT TAKES STAFF TIME. IT TAKES RESOURCES.

AND THERE'S A BIG POSSIBILITY THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MIGHT BE MISSED. YOU'RE ALSO MISSING A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE FIND TRENDS AND SEE WHERE YOU NEED TO GO FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION. SO OUR CURRENT CHALLENGE IS OUR CURRENT SOFTWARE SYSTEMS ARE SILOED NON INTEGRATED.

THERE'LL BE A DIAGRAM MOMENTARILY TO SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS WE USE.

BUT CURRENTLY WHEN YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM AN SEARCH WHICH YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

OUR DETECTIVES AND STAFF SPEND A LOT OF TIME CROSS-REFERENCING BETWEEN THESE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS AND THIS MANUAL ANALYSIS.

IT SLOWS DOWN OUR PROCESSES. IT ALSO TAKES A LOT OF TIME.

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SOME THINGS ABOUT PEREGRINE NEED KNOW IS THAT SECURE SIEGES, COMPLIANT PLATFORM SIEGES IS THE FEDERAL LEVEL SECURITY THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN FOR ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS. PEREGRINE HAS SEARCHABLE DASHBOARDS.

WE CAN WORK WITH THE COMPANY TO CREATE THINGS THAT ARE USABLE TO US, TO SEARCH INCIDENTS AND TRENDS, AND FIND WHAT WE NEED TO FIND TO HELP OUR POLICE OFFICERS DO THE BEST JOB THEY CAN. IT OFFERS REAL TIME ANALYTICS AND MAPPING, SO WE HAVE HOTSPOTS.

WE CAN CREATE DIFFERENT ZONES. IT LETS OFFICERS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR BEAT AND LOCATIONS, AND ALSO HELPS WITH OUR 24 HOUR POLICING, AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENS REOCCURRING. I'D SAY AT THE END OF A GRAVEYARD SHIFT AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING MIGHT NOT BE RECOGNIZED BY THE SAME CREW THAT STARTS AT 7:00 AND CRIME HAPPENS AT 8:00. SO THEY MIGHT NOT BE TALKING EVERY DAY TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.

BUT SOFTWARE CAN LOOK THAT UP FOR US AND FIND THESE CONNECTIONS.

AND PEREGRINE ALSO CREATES ALERTS AND DATA VISUALIZATION.

SO IF YOU'RE PATROLLING A CERTAIN AREA, A ZONE A BEAT, IT MIGHT POP UP IN THE SYSTEM SAYING, HEY, THIS CRIME OCCURS APPROXIMATELY ON A TUESDAY AT 2 P.M.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK IN THIS AREA AT LEAST BE AROUND.

HERE'S AN IMAGE OF ALL OUR CURRENT DATA SOURCES. I SAID ALL SILOED.

SO CURRENTLY IN PEREGRINE WE'VE HAD THIS DATA UPLOADED.

SO ALL OF OUR BIG SYSTEMS ARE RMS RIM SYSTEM.

SO RIM IS WHAT OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT USES. AND WE CURRENTLY USE RIMS. SO YOU SEE A LOT OF OUR DISPATCH ENTRIES CASES ARE ALL IN THERE AXON WHICH HAS OUR BODY WORN CAMERA AND EVIDENCE FOOTAGE.

THAT'S ALL SEPARATE. WE HAVE APBNET BULLETINS.

THOSE ARE USUALLY EMAILS OR BULLETINS WE GET FROM OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT SAY WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT IN A WHITE CAR, OR THIS PERSON WEARING A BLUE HAT. WE GET THOSE IN EMAILS, BUT THOSE AREN'T PART OF OUR SYSTEM AS A WHOLE.

GENERALLY, WE'LL GET THOSE TO THE DEPARTMENT. WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE. AND MOST DEPARTMENTS ARE HOPING THAT WHOEVER SEES THAT THE OTHER AGENCY IS GOING TO REFER TO THEIR DETECTIVE UNIT AND THEN LOOK AT THEIR RECORDS AND THEN SEND SOMETHING BACK SAYING, OH, YEAH, WE HAVE THAT SAME SUSPECT VEHICLE. WE HAD THAT SAME GUY IN THE RED HAT, BUT THAT'S RELYING A LOT UPON. WILL YOU DO THAT WORK ON THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON THE RECEIVING END? WE HAVE A LOT OF INCIDENTS AND FORMS FOR THE PD.

A LOT OF IT IS BEING DIGITALIZED AND GOING INTO OUR RMS SYSTEM.

WE'VE TAKEN THAT DATA AND PUT IT INTO PEREGRINE AND FINALLY THE DISTRICT MAPPING SYSTEM FOR ESRI.

THAT'S ALL IN PEREGRINE. SO INSTEAD OF SEARCHING EACH ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY, WHICH YOU CAN IMAGINE IS TIME CONSUMING, AND SOME OF THESE ARE SLOW SYSTEMS. I'VE SEARCHED RIMS BEFORE. SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

WITH PEREGRINE, WE'VE TAKEN ALL THIS DATA. WE'VE PUT IT IN ONE PLACE.

SO PEREGRINES BECOME OUR ONE STOP SHOP TO SEARCH THIS DATA TO MAKE IT USABLE FOR US.

BENEFITS OF THE PD YOU'RE PROBABLY DISCOVERING HERE IN THIS PRESENTATION. SO FAR WE HAVE ADVANCED EVIDENCE OR ADVANCED INVESTIGATIVE CAPABILITIES, WE CAN FIND LINKS AND PATTERNS AND TRENDS THAT HELP OUR DETECTIVES DO THEIR JOB BETTER, AND HOPEFULLY FIND TRENDS THAT WE'RE MISSING ON OUR END.

WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR REAL TIME SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.

WITH PEREGRINE, IT CAN DO THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING AT THE OFFICER LEVEL.

OFFICERS ARE VERY GOOD ABOUT SEEING TRENDS AND WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT SOFTWARE CAN DO THAT WE CAN'T. LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE COULD BE A CRIME HAPPENING AT 6 A.M. AND 8 A.M.

THOSE TWO GROUPS OF OFFICERS MIGHT NOT BE TALKING WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT HOPEFULLY THE SYSTEM WILL RECOGNIZE THIS IS HAPPENING AND SEND SOME OFFICERS THAT WAY.

PEREGRINE HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR CROSS JURISDICTIONAL COLLABORATION.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, A LOT OF POLICING RELIES ON SENDING INFORMATION OUT TO OTHER AGENCIES, HOPING THEY SEARCH THROUGH THEIR DATA AND PLATFORMS AND GET BACK TO US.

PEREGRINE HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR US TO PUT AN EMAIL OUT, OR THE SYSTEM ITSELF WILL DO IT AND SEARCH OTHER PERSON'S DATA AND LET US KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT. EVERY AGENCY THAT'S ON PEREGRINE HAS THEIR OWN SYSTEMS AND MECHANISMS FOR RELEASING THAT DATA.

BUT CURRENTLY WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT A LOT OF AGENCIES LOCALLY THAT HAVE PEREGRINE.

YOU PUT SOMETHING OUT SAYING, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE WHITE SUSPECT VEHICLE, THIS LICENSE PLATE, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THAT AGENCY AND THEY'LL GET ALERT SAYING REGIONAL PARKS LOOKING FOR THE SAME THING. PLEASE HAVE A DETECTIVE CALL.

AND ON OUR END, IT'LL SAY DETECTIVE SMITH AT XYZ POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS INFORMATION ON THAT VEHICLE.

PLEASE CONTACT DETECTIVE SMITH. ALSO, PEREGRINE HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR EFFICIENCY GAINS.

YOU HEARD BEFORE. I TALK ABOUT HOW TO SEARCH EACH SYSTEM CURRENTLY SEPARATELY.

WITH PEREGRINE WE CAN SEARCH ALL THAT DATA AT ONE TIME THROUGH ONE SYSTEM.

AGAIN, THE TERM DATA INTEGRATION REALLY MEANS A LOT FOR THIS.

IT PUTS IT IN ONE SPOT. SO BY LEVERAGING PEREGRINE SECURE DATA INTEGRATION PLATFORM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS AND BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. WE DID DO A SIX MONTH PILOT PROGRAM TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS OUT FOR US.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE COULDN'T DO THE FULL CAPABILITIES BECAUSE TO DO THAT, WE HAD TO HAVE MOU'S AND OTHER AGENCIES AND DATA SHARING.

WE WEREN'T PREPARED TO DO THAT UNTIL WE WENT FULLY ONLINE.

BUT DURING OUR PILOT PROGRAM, WE DID HAVE A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK, AND WE USED IT FOR CRIME ANALYSIS, DATA MANAGEMENT, FOR CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUMMARIES, AS WELL AS FIELD INVESTIGATIONS.

WE DID FIND THE SIX MONTHS WAS THAT THIS WAS FOUND TO BE VALUABLE FOR ORGANIZING LARGE VOLUMES OF DATA.

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IT WILL ASSIST IN FUTURE CROSS AGENCY COLLABORATION, AND IT'S SUPPORTIVE OF INTELLIGENCE LED GRAPHICAL POLICING.

AGAIN, MAPPING HOTSPOTS, HELPING US KNOW WHERE TO GO, WHERE TO SEND OUR RESOURCES AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC THE BEST WE CAN.

THE PEREGRINE DATA INTEGRATION SOLUTION DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S GOAL OF SMARTER, MORE RESPONSIVE POLICING, INCREASED PUBLIC AND OFFICER SAFETY, AND AN EFFICIENT USE OF STAFF RESOURCES.

BY LEVERAGING PEREGRINE'S CAPABILITIES, THE DEPARTMENT CAN ENHANCE ITS MISSION TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC RESOURCES.

ONE QUESTION THAT COMES UP A LOT IS IS THIS SECURE? THAT'S A VERY VALUABLE QUESTION, AND I HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU.

IT IS, IT SERVES TO SAFETY UNDER TWO FRONTS. ONE IS THE CJIS LEVEL, WHICH IS MORE THE FEDERAL SIDE AND ALSO THE STATE COMPLIANCE FOR DOJ.

ALL THE DATA REMAINS ON SITE. PEREGRINE IS JUST A SOFTWARE SYSTEM.

WE'VE ALREADY TALKED WITH IT. THEY'VE ALREADY INTEGRATED CERTAIN ELEMENTS HERE.

THE DATA REMAINS ON SITE AT THE REGIONAL PARKS, JUST LIKE ALL OUR OTHER SYSTEMS ALREADY DO.

PEREGRINE JUST SITS ON OUR SERVERS AND HELP US SEARCH THAT DATA THAT WE INPUT INTO THE SYSTEM.

AND IT IS COMPLIANT, AS I ALREADY SAID, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART REMAINS ON SITE.

WE HAVE FULL CONTROL AND WE CAN SEARCH THE DATA QUICKLY AND MAKE SURE IT'S EFFICIENT.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST COMPONENT IS THAT UNLIKE OTHER SYSTEMS THAT MIGHT HAVE THINGS THAT ARE GONE OFF SITE.

OURS ARE ALL HERE, AND PEREGRINE CONSISTENTLY TAKES OUR DATA AND PUTS IT INTO THEIR SOFTWARE.

CAN WE SEARCH IT? IT'S FASTER BECAUSE IT'S HERE ON SITE ALREADY ON OUR OWN SERVERS.

PEREGRINE OFFICERS DIFFERENT CUSTOMIZABLE SOLUTIONS BASED ON WHAT LEVEL YOU'RE LOOKING AT AS.

SO IF YOU'RE AT THE MANAGEMENT LEVEL, YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE DASHBOARD YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR MAYBE YOUR RESPONSE TIMES.

WE CAN BUILD THAT DASHBOARD THE COMPANY AND USE THAT TO OUR BENEFIT.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT IT FROM AN INVESTIGATIVE SIDE.

IT CAN LINK CRIMES, LINK PERSONNEL, REACH OUT TO OTHER AGENCIES AND TRY TO GET THE CASE DATA WE NEED TO CLOSE OUT A CASE FOR A SERIAL AUTO BURGLARY PERSON, OR SOMEONE WHO'S STEALING THINGS FROM THE PARK. WE CAN USE THAT FOR INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES.

ANALYSTS AND FOR ANALYTICS THEY CAN PULL UP DATA FOR ANY TYPE OF TRENDS YOU WANT TO DO DASHBOARDS.

YOU BUILD A SYSTEM, MAKE IT EASILY SEARCHABLE AND REFERENCEABLE. AND THAT WAY PEOPLE AREN'T BY HAND SEARCHING DIFFERENT PLATFORMS, TRYING TO PULL THE DATA OUT THAT'S DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE A ONE STOP SHOP.

AND FINALLY FOR PATROL. OUR BIGGEST USER. PATROL HAS THE ABILITY TO PUT INFORMATION IN, FIND THE GRAPHICAL HOTSPOTS, KNOW WHERE TO GO. AND AGAIN, WITH THAT MAPPING, IT REALLY HELPS US LOCATE THE PARKS AND THE FREQUENCIES, WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS. BUT ALL THESE DASHBOARDS ARE CUSTOMIZABLE AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COMPANY DIRECTLY.

THEY CAN BUILD THINGS THAT WORK FOR US OR AS OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS BUILD THEIR OWN DASHBOARDS, PEREGRINE TELLS US. HEY, OFFICER OR AGENCY X IS USING IT FOR THIS, AND WE CAN IMPORT THAT SAME DASHBOARD ONTO OURS AND USE THE SAME DATA, BUT FOR OUR USES VERSUS THEIRS. AND AGAIN, THE CROSS JURISDICTIONAL CAPABILITIES.

IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW PD'S ALREADY TALKED TO EACH OTHER.

WE'RE CONSTANTLY SHARING DATA INFORMATION. IT'S JUST MUCH SLOWER OR FACE TO FACE.

THERE'S ROUTINE MEETINGS BETWEEN DIFFERENT DETECTIVES GROUPS, PROPERTY CRIME GROUPS, EMAILS THAT GO OUT APB AND AT BULLETINS.

IT'S ALREADY EXISTING, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE MOST EFFICIENT.

WITH PEREGRINE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHARE INFORMATION, PULL UP DASHBOARDS, SHARE DASHBOARDS, SHARE INFORMATION. ESPECIALLY FOR THE PARKS, WE HAVE SO MANY AGENCIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND OUR PARKS.

IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS, WE'D LIKE TO SHARE DATA AND TRENDS SO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR CITIES AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH US.

IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, THERE ARE 15 AGENCIES THAT ALREADY USE PEREGRINE AND SEVEN IN ALAMEDA COUNTY.

SO WE ARE NOT THE FIRST, BUT WE'RE NOT THE LAST. WE'D LIKE TO BE PART OF THE SYSTEM TO MAKE OUR POLICING MORE EFFICIENT.

OUR PROPOSAL IS TO WORK WITH PEREGRINE TO REPRESENT A STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN MODERNIZING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS.

AND BY LEVERAGING PEREGRINE'S SECURE DATA INTEGRATION PLATFORM, THE DEPARTMENT CAN ENHANCE INVESTED CAPABILITIES, IMPROVE REAL TIME SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND FOSTER CROSS JURISDICTIONAL COLLABORATION, ULTIMATELY SUPPORTING OUR MISSION TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY AND ENSURE EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES. AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PROPOSED CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE $97,000 FOR THREE YEARS OF EACH OF THOSE YEARS.

THAT'S ALL COMING FROM THE PD BUDGET. WE ALREADY HAVE THAT ALLOTTED INTERNALLY.

IT'S OUR OWN FUNDS, AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO ALLOCATE TO PEREGRINE FOR THAT 97 FOR EACH YEAR IS GOING TO INCLUDE THE SOFTWARE ACCESS, THE INTEGRATION SUPPORT. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO INTEGRATE ALL OF OUR CURRENT DATA, OUR RMS SYSTEM APB.

NET BULLETIN, DIGITALIZED FORMS, ALL THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO PEREGRINE.

IT'LL INCLUDE ONGOING TRAINING AND ANY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE DASHBOARD BUILDING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO FOR LESS THAN $300,000, WE THINK WE HAVE A TOOL THAT'S GOING TO HELP US BE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT,

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BECAUSE WE'RE FINE WITH THE MOVE TOWARDS A DIGITAL WORLD.

IT'S TAKING A LONG TIME TO FILTER EVERYTHING WE NEED, AND WE'RE NOT BEING AS EFFICIENT AS WE COULD BE WITH OUR DATA, AND OUR PERSONNEL NEED TO BE THE BEST THEY CAN BE.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. JUST AS FAR AS HOW LONG IS THAT INTEGRATION TIME? BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE SOME SYSTEMS AND YOU COULDN'T FULLY USE ALL THE CAPABILITIES.

THIS PILOT. SO DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO RAMP UP AND TO FULLY USE THIS SYSTEM.

AND THEN ALSO, DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC SUCCESS THAT YOU CAN ILLUSTRATE FROM USING THIS SYSTEM? LET ME GO BACK REAL QUICK TO OUR ONE OF THE PHOTOS OF THE CURRENT DATA THAT'S INTEGRATED ALREADY.

SO THIS IS OUR CURRENT DATA THAT'S ALREADY SET.

AND SO OUR EXTERNAL DATA WE USE, WE HAVEN'T TURNED THAT ON YET BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO TURN ON A SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T HAVE EVERYTHING DEFINED FOR WHAT WE'RE SHARING, WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING. SO ALL THE CURRENT DATA THAT WE'RE UPLOADING FOR US IS ALREADY IN.

NOW THAT COULD CHANGE OVER TIME BECAUSE SOME OF OUR FORMS ARE CURRENTLY BEING DIGITALIZED.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE PUT IN THE SYSTEM. SO IT'S A CONSTANTLY CHANGING SYSTEM, BUT ALL OF OUR CORE DATA IS ALREADY IN THERE.

IT'S MOSTLY THE TURNING ON TO THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUTSIDE PERSONS THAT WE HAVEN'T TURNED ON YET, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PARAMETERS WE'RE SETTING AND WHAT PARAMETERS THEY'RE ALLOWING US TO USE ON THEIR SYSTEMS. AND THEN METRICS.

OUR BIGGEST METRICS WOULD BE OUR INVESTIGATION UNIT. THEY'VE USED A LOT TO PULL DATA AND PULL CASES, AND THEY CAN SEARCH THINGS ALMOST LIKE THEIR OWN SEARCHABLE DASHBOARD OR SEARCH ENGINE.

THEY CAN SEARCH IN THERE FOR VARIOUS SUSPECTS AND PULL VARIOUS CASES THAT ALL MATCH OR LINK.

SO WE HAVEN'T USED IT TOO MUCH FOR EXTERNAL CASES, BUT INTERNALLY IT'S BEEN A HUGE SAVER FOR TIME FOR THEM GOING TO ONE PLACE TO SEARCH UP INFORMATION FOR CASES AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE MS. SYSTEM. OUR BIGGEST ONE, LIKE MANY PDS, IS AUTO BURGLARIES.

SO IN THE PAST IF YOU WENT INTO MS. OUR REM SYSTEM, YOU HAD TO SEARCH IN THEIR AUTO BURG AND THEN ALL THE CASES COME UP AND SOME OF THOSE MIGHT BE CLOSED, SOME MIGHT BE OPEN, SOME HAVE SUSPECTS, SOME DON'T.

AND SO THEY'RE MANUALLY GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT ONES, TRYING TO FIND CONNECTIONS TO PEOPLE, PLACES, LOCATIONS WITH THE RMS SYSTEM IN PEREGRINE.

YOU CAN TREAT IT MORE AS A SEARCH ENGINE AND SAY, I'M LOOKING FOR CLOSED CASES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH SOMEONE BREAKING INTO THIS TYPE OF CAR, AND IT WILL HELP YOU FIND THOSE CASES QUICKER RATHER THAN MANUALLY GOING THROUGH IT. SO INVESTIGATIONS ARE OUR BEST TOOL RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN KEEPING OUR SWORN OFFICERS OUT IN THE FIELD ON THE JOB, RATHER THAN MANUALLY GOING THROUGH THINGS.

I'M JUST A LITTLE CURIOUS ABOUT HOW LONG DO WE RETAIN DATA AND HOW FAR BACK WOULD WE GO AS OUR PARK DISTRICT? JUST JUST CURIOUS HOW HOW LARGE IS IT, SOMETHING WE MAINTAIN IN PERPETUITY? AND ALSO MAYBE AN EXAMPLE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE WAS THERE'S BEEN AN OCCASIONAL HUMAN REMAINS OR SKULL FOUND IN THE PARK.

LIKE SO. I'M CURIOUS HOW FAR BACK WE GO. SO I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON DATA RETENTION, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE PD HAS ALL THE DATA RETENTION RETENTION STANDARDS THAT THE DISTRICT MAINTAINS.

SO EVERYTHING INSIDE PEREGRINE IS MODELED AFTER WHAT'S ALREADY ENTERED IN OUR SYSTEMS. SO IF WE HAVE AN OLD CASE THAT'S A MISDEMEANOR AND IT'S NEED TO GET DESTROYED, IT'LL BE LEFT AND GONE OUT OF PEREGRINE THE SAME AS IT WOULD IN OUR CURRENT MHS SYSTEM.

SO CERTAIN CASES LIKE COLD CASE HOMICIDES ARE GOING TO BE THERE IN PERPETUITY UNTIL WE FIND THE SUSPECT AND CLOSE THAT CASE OUT.

OTHER CASES THAT ALREADY PASS THEIR DEADLINE FOR PROSECUTION, THOSE GET DELETED ALL THE TIME AND THOSE WILL BE DELETED FROM PEREGRINE.

SO NOTHING IN HERE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT OUR CURRENT RETENTION STANDARDS ARE.

THANKS, MAN. SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB HERE MATT.

DON'T LAUGH AT MY TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS. SO THE SHARING OR THE INTERAGENCY OPERABILITY? I LOVE THAT QUOTE. AND IT'S GREAT THAT YOU HAVE TO.

YOU'VE GOT SO MANY AGENCIES YOU DEAL WITH ALL THE TIME. DO THEY HAVE TO BE A SUBSCRIBER OF PEREGRINE TO BE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS? I MEAN, YOU COMPILE THE DATA AND GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND HAVE TRENDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT HOW DO YOU SHARE IF, IF, SAY, THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE PEREGRINE? SO THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM FOR THEM, NOT FOR US.

THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM. SO WHAT THEY COULD DO AND WHAT SOME ACTORS HAVE BEEN DOING, THEY MIGHT CALL US UP OR GO TO A DETECTIVE MEETING AND SAY, WE'RE LOOKING, CAN YOU HELP US OUT? WE'RE LOOKING FOR SO-AND-SO. WE'RE LOOKING FOR MR.

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AND WE COULD SEARCH THE SYSTEM AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE'RE FINDING IN PEREGRINE.

THEY COULD REACH OUT TO, HEY, WE FOUND SOMETHING, BUT YOU NEED TO REACH OUT TO THIS AGENCY. THEY DON'T HAVE DIRECT ACCESS UNLESS THEY'RE PART OF PEREGRINE. BUT AGAIN, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE.

IT'S UP TO THEM IF THEY WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION AS AN AGENCY, IF THEY CAN FIND THE FUNDING FOR IT, BUT THEY ARE A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING THAT IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT INTO THE SYSTEM AND GET HITS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE AND HOPEFULLY CLOSE CASES OUT.

BUT THEY COULD NETWORK AND THEY COULD HAVE OTHER AGENCIES TRY TO HELP THEM FIND THINGS IF IT'S DOABLE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, UNDER THE ANALYSIS OF THE CRIME TRENDS EVOLVE AND PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS FOR RESPONSIVE TRANSPARENT POLICING INCREASE PEREGRINE WILL HELP OUT. SO UNDER TRANSPARENCY I'M LOOKING AT THIS YOUR INTERNAL DATA SOURCES.

HOW MANY OF THESE INTERNAL DATA SOURCES COULD SOMEONE RETRIEVE AS A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.

DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS TO TYPES OF THINGS? I KNOW SOME YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN'T GIVE OUT, BUT.

YEAH, THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS. THESE ARE ALL THE RECORDS WE ALREADY CURRENTLY HAVE.

SO IT WOULD BE ANY NORMAL RECORDS REQUEST. THESE PLATFORMS ALREADY EXIST WITH THE PD.

AND SO ANYTHING YOU REQUEST WOULD HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT TO MAKE SURE IT'S RELEASABLE AND NOT PART OF A CURRENT INVESTIGATION.

AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE APB THAT BULLETINS, THOSE HAVE SOME INVESTIGATIVE LEADS FOR LICENSE PLATES THAT WOULDN'T PROBABLY BE RELEASED, OR AT LEAST HAD TO BE REDACTED FOR CERTAIN THINGS. OTHER THINGS LIKE REPORTS OUR RMS SYSTEM, THOSE CAN BE RELEASED. PEOPLE WILL REQUEST THOSE ALL THE TIME.

ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT PROGRAM AND EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

PARDON ME. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS? MADAM CLERK? THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL THANK YOU. IT WAS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM AND IT WAS VERY INFORMATIONAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATE.

WELCOME, CHIEF. WELCOME, PATRICK. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON.

BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. KHARI HELAE, ACTING ASSISTANT OR CORRECTION? ACTING FIRE CHIEF. I'LL BE PRESENTING TODAY WITH THE ACTING ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF PATRICK MCINTYRE.

THIS PRESENTATION EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT WILDFIRE MITIGATION PROGRAM IS AN INFORMATION ONLY PRESENTATION DESIGNED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT ACTIVITIES OF THE FUELS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

SO IN 2020, WE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, WE STARTED WITH OUR TREE DIE OFF CHALLENGE THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH AT THE DISTRICT WHERE WE WERE AFFECTED BY DROUGHT AND CLIMATE CHANGE, AND OUR TREES WERE DYING OFF IN THE AREA.

TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO NETWORK WITH FORESTERS FROM THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.

WE'RE ALSO TO GET ABLE TO GET SCIENTISTS FROM PLACES LIKE UC BERKELEY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET INPUT ON WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THE PICTURE THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS OF ANTHONY CHABOT AND THE EUCALYPTUS THAT WERE DYING OFF THERE, WHERE WE HAVE THE LARGEST EUCALYPTUS PLANTATION IN THE EAST BAY AREA, YEAH.

THE SHORT SUMMARY THAT CAME BACK FROM THE FORESTERS AND FROM THE SCIENTISTS WAS THAT OUR TREES WERE AFFECTED FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, DROUGHT, AND OUR TREES WERE STRESSED.

AND JUST LIKE HUMANS, WHEN YOU ARE STRESSED, YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS LOWERED.

IN THIS SCENARIO, TREES BECAUSE THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM WAS LOWERED, THE NATURAL PATHOGENS, THE NATURAL INFESTATIONS THAT OCCUR OUT IN THE ENVIRONMENT TOOK ADVANTAGE, IN THIS CASE, BARK BEETLES KILLING OUR TREES, CAUSING THEM TO BE DEAD AND STANDING, AND CAUSING OUR PROBLEM TO BE EXTREME THAT WE NEEDED TO DEAL WITH.

THEY ALSO CAME UP WITH A PRESCRIPTION OF HOW TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, AND THE PRESCRIPTION WAS THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING

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WHY WOULD THINNING RESOLVE THE FOREST HEALTH ISSUE? IF YOU FOLLOW ANALOGY THAT TREES ARE LIKE STRAWS IN THE GROUND AND THE STRAWS ARE TAKING UP WATER AND NUTRIENTS FROM THE SOIL.

THE LESS STRAWS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE GROUND, OR THE LESS TREES THAT YOU HAVE IN THE GROUND LEAVES MORE NUTRIENTS AND WATER AND RESOURCES FOR THE TREES THAT ARE REMAINING. SO WE'RE ABLE TO SOLVE TWO THINGS WITH THIS PRESCRIPTION.

ONE, THE FIRE MITIGATION TO THE FOREST HEALTH ISSUE.

TO DO THIS WORK, YOU NEED MONEY AND TO DO ANYTHING YOU NEED MONEY.

AND OUR ESTIMATES WERE IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE APPLIED FOR AS MANY GRANTS AS POSSIBLE.

AT ONE POINT, WE HAD $32 MILLION OF PENDING GRANT APPLICATIONS OUT THERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK FROM THE TEAM TO APPLY FOR ALL THESE GRANTS.

BUT TO DO THIS WORK, YOU NEED MONEY. AND SOME PEOPLE HAD CONCERNS OF APPLYING FOR TOO MANY GRANTS, BUT WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO GET THIS FUNDING SO THAT WE COULD DO THE WORK AND MITIGATE THE ISSUES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

FORTUNATELY FOR US, I'LL SHOW SOME OF THE HISTORY HERE.

2020 WE'RE DEALING WITH AROUND 2.3 MILLION FUNDING, VERY GENEROUS.

AND IN 2024 WE HAD ABOUT $11.8 MILLION, $10 MILLION OF THAT WE HAD RECEIVED MONEY FROM A DIRECT ASK, WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, AND OTHER FUNDING WAS FROM VARIOUS GRANTS AND DISTRICT FUNDING. IN 2025, TOTAL FUNDING THAT WE HAD RECEIVED IS $13.54 MILLION. DOLLARS. THERE IS NO AGENCY THERE IS NO GROUP OR COALITION OR ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S BEEN ABLE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

ONE STRATEGICALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS COME UP WITH A PLAN.

SEEK THE FUNDING. GET THE FUNDING AND EXECUTE THE WORK.

THAT'S WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN DOING. AND WE'RE EXAMPLE FOR ANYBODY ELSE ON HOW TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL GRANT GRANTORS AND WE APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE IN PARTICULAR.

AND THAT'S THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY. OTHER GRANTS THEY HAVE THERE, THE DETAILS.

THERE'S LIKE A BUBBLE, I CALL IT. BUT YOU GOT TO FIT INTO.

THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY THEY FLIP THE SCRIPT ON THAT.

YOU BASICALLY CAN ESTABLISH A MEETING WITH THEM AND YOU GET THE PITCH, WHAT YOU THINK IS A GREAT PROJECT THAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY FUND.

IN OUR CASE, WE PITCHED WANTING TO DO FUELS MANAGEMENT TREATMENT IN LAKE CHABOT, THE CASTRO VALLEY AREA, TO DO FUELS WORK TO EXTEND A FUEL BREAK THAT WE RECENTLY GOT PERMITTED THROUGH THE CAL VTP.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND DO NEW WORK THAT HAD NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE, AND ALSO DO WORK OUT IN TILDEN PARK NEAR THE THE LITTLE FARM AREA OVER IN TILDEN. AND ADDITIONALLY, WE GOT MONEY FOR RESTORATION FOR OUT IN CARQUINEZ TO DO OAK RESTORATION IN THE AREA THAT HAD EUCALYPTUS TREES WORK BEING DONE THROUGH STEWARDSHIP.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET FUNDING FOR A STUDY TO FIGURE OUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE HERBICIDE TREATMENT THAT WE'RE USING FOR MAINTENANCE WITH THE EUCALYPTUS TREATMENT. AND LASTLY, WE'RE ABLE TO GET FUNDING FOR EQUIPMENT FOR OUR FUELS CREW.

BUT YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD SEPTEMBER 2ND FOR APPROVAL TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET JUST EQUIPMENT THAT CAN MAKE THAT WORK MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE FOR THE CREW.

AND THAT ALL CAME OUT OF THE MEETING PITCHING A CONCEPT, AND THEY FUNDED IT.

AND HERE WE ARE WITH ABLE TO MAKE USE OF THAT THAT FUNDING FROM THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY.

SO THEY'RE PRETTY SPECIAL BECAUSE OF THEIR STYLE.

I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME COLLABORATION AND LEADERSHIP THAT THE DISTRICT DOES THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS.

WE ARE CO-FOUNDERS AND LONG STANDING MEMBERS OF THE HILLS EMERGENCY FORUM, AND THROUGH THAT GROUP WE DID A COLLABORATIVE GRANT THROUGH

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THE LANDOWNERS LIKE EAST BAY MUD AND OURSELVES AND UC BERKELEY DID PUT TOGETHER PROJECTS THAT WERE CONNECTED.

SO WE HAD ONE CONTINUOUS FUEL BREAK UP IN GRIZZLY PEAK AREA, WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF FIRE ACTIVITY AND POTENTIAL PROBLEM.

AND THEN PARTNERS LIKE BERKELEY PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL THAT ALLOWED FOR DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND FUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY COULD DO THEIR PORTION, BECAUSE IT'S BOTH THAT ARE REQUIRED.

AND SOME OF THE LATEST INFORMATION OUT OF THE PALISADES FIRE WAS THAT DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND ZONE ZERO CLEARANCE IN YOUR HOME DRASTICALLY REDUCES THE THE RISK OF CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE.

WE CAN WE'LL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO DO OUR PART AS A DISTRICT BUT WHEN WINDS HIT CERTAIN SPEEDS, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE EMBERS. AND THE WAY THE PUBLIC CAN DO THEIR PART IS DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND ZONE ZERO.

SO THROUGH THAT GRANT, BERKELEY WAS ABLE TO GET FUNDING TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITY TO DO THEIR PART.

AND SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP, COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP OF THE DISTRICT.

I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO YOU, ACTING ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF PATRICK MCINTYRE.

YES. GOOD MORNING. AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE, TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO OUR SUCCESSES HERE AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN BEEN UNDERTAKING.

SO HERE IS AN EXAMPLE. YOU SEE THIS IMAGE ON THE SLIDE REEL OF WILDLAND FIRE THAT'S BEING SUPPRESSED BY FIREFIGHTERS. AND THIS FIRE TOOK PLACE IN OCTOBER 6TH OF 2024.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, DURING OCTOBER, THAT'S WHEN WE WERE FACING SOME OF OUR HIGHEST WILDFIRE DANGER AND WILDFIRE RISK PERIODS.

NOT ONLY IS IT THE NORTH WINDS THAT, YOU KNOW, MOVE FIRE RAPIDLY AND CAUSE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, CATASTROPHIC FIRES AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE PHONE WINDS THAT THAT DO FEED AND FUEL, THOSE FIRES THAT CAN AT TIMES BE CATASTROPHIC. BUT IT WAS AT NIGHTTIME, AND IT WAS A BIT OF AN EXTENDED RESPONSE FOR RESOURCES TO GET TO THAT FIRE.

THIS FIRE WAS ON REDWOOD ROAD AT THE SKYLINE STABLES, JUST DIRECTLY BELOW THE STABLES.

IT WAS A VEHICLE THAT WAS INTENTIONALLY SET ON FIRE, WHICH SPREAD TO THE VEGETATION AS WELL AS CAUSED SOME TORCHING.

THAT NIGHT WAS VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS, WHICH FROM A FIRE BEHAVIOR STANDARD THAT YOU KNOW, IS LEVEL TWO RESTRICTIONS UP INTO RED FLAG AS WELL AS WIND WASN'T SO MUCH OF A FACTOR, BUT THE VEGETATION WAS DRY. THE FUEL MOISTURE CONTENT EXTREMELY LOW.

A LARGE RISK FOR FIRES TO, YOU KNOW, SPREAD EMBER CAST ALSO SPAWNING IN ADJACENT COMMUNITIES AND HOMES RIGHT UP FROM THE STABLES. SO THIS AREA HERE ALONE IS ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDED TREATMENT AREAS.

THAT REALLY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE AND PROOF OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR FUELS TREATMENT WORK WHEN DONE STRATEGICALLY IN THE RIGHT LOCATIONS, AN DONE WITH THE EXPERTISE THAT OUR FUELS PROGRAM BRINGS TO OUR FUELS PROJECTS.

SO IN 2018, WE'D DONE A FUELS TREATMENT PROJECT IN THERE AND REMOVED SOME OF THE EUCALYPTUS TO REDUCE SOME OF THE VOLUME OF FUELS IN THERE. AND WE FOLLOWED UP WITH OUR FUELS CREW AND CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN THAT WORK.

AND THEN LATER ON, WE'RE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP AND GET FURTHER GRANT FUNDING TO EXPAND UPON THAT INITIALLY DONE WORK SO THAT IN THE EVENT OF THIS FIRE, THERE WAS NO EXTREME FUEL LOADING THAT THERE WAS BEFORE, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THROUGH FROM THE ROAD UP TO WHERE THAT LIGHT SHINING PRIOR TO OUR FUEL TREATMENT WORK. SO A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR FUELS TREATMENT, AS WELL AS HOW A COORDINATED, ORGANIZED RESPONSE, ALONG WITH FUELS TREATMENT AND PRIOR MANAGEMENT AND FIELD REDUCTION ACTIVITIES CAN HELP TO PREVENT THESE FIRES FROM ESCAPING FROM THAT INITIAL START.

OTHER EXAMPLES, EVEN ONE THAT WAS USED BY CALFIRE, WAS ALONG GRIZZLY PEAK BOULEVARD, WHERE WE HAD A FIREWORK START ON HIGH FIRE DANGER DAY, AND IT WAS KEPT TO ABOUT A 4X4 SIZED FIRE, WHICH, BASED ON ITS LOCATION, THERE WAS PLENTY MORE POTENTIAL HAD THAT AREA NOT BEEN TREATED AN OUR FIREFIGHTERS YOU KNOW, THE THREE PRONGS OF OUR OUR WORK WERE ABLE TO RAPIDLY RESPOND TO THAT FIRE AND WERE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY CAUGHT THAT FIRE.

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OUR DIABLO FUELS CREW IS 14 AT THIS POINT. THEY ARE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.

SORRY TO JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT. AND IN SUCH A KIND OF OFF THE CUFF KIND OF WAY, BUT THEY REALLY ARE A FORCE MULTIPLIER.

WHEN YOU GET EQUIPMENT INTO THEIR HANDS, THEY HELP WITH SUPPRESSION.

THEY ARE CONSTANTLY STAYING BUSY, TRAINING, KEEPING UP, HONING THEIR SKILLS.

THEY'RE VERY PROFESSIONAL. IF YOU EVER SEE THEM OUT ANYWHERE, THEY ARE LINED OUT.

THEY MOVE BETWEEN DIFFERENT PROJECTS, DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S AT AN EVENT, THEY ARE HIGHLY TRAINED.

THEY MOVE AND DO THEIR WORK WITH A PURPOSE AND VERY SAFELY ACTUALLY.

THERE'S SO WE HAVE OUR FUELS CREW WORKING RIGHT NOW IN LEONA CANYON, AND THAT'S THE PERFECT KIND OF PROJECT TO REALLY DISPLAY HOW A CREW THAT HAS THIS SPECIFIC CAPABILITIES THEY HAVE CAN GET WORK DONE IN AREAS THAT AREN'T REALLY WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT CONTRACTORS IN TO DO THE WORK. IT'S RELATIVELY DIFFICULT TO ACCESS.

IT'S ALONG THE HOMES ON THE WEST FACING ASPECT OF LEONA CANYON BELOW SKYLINE BOULEVARD, AN AREA THAT WE HAD NOT DONE FUELS TREATMENT WORK IN MULTIPLE YEARS, AND SO PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OR SO SINCE WE'VE DONE ANY WORK IN THERE.

AND THE CREW HAS BEEN IN THERE FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS NOW, AND THEY HAVE THREE MORE WEEKS WORTH OF WORK, AND THEY'RE GOING IN THERE ON A REGULAR, ALMOST DAILY BASIS.

TO GIVE AN IDEA HOW MUCH THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

I BELIEVE THERE'S 107 HAND PILES, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, WALKING TOWARDS THERE IN THE PICTURE THAT THEY'VE CREATED OF ALL THE FUEL THAT THEY'VE ALTERED IN LADDER FUELS, THEY'VE LIMBED OR BRUSHED THAT THEY'VE REMOVED WITHIN ABOUT 100FT OF THE STRUCTURES ALONG THAT RIDGE.

THAT PROJECT OR THAT CREW WORK IS DIRECTLY DISTRICT FUNDED.

WE'RE USING MEASURE FUNDS AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT GENERAL FUNDS TO PAY FOR THAT WORK.

ANOTHER PROJECT I WOULD WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS WELL, TOO, YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER.

ON THE RIGHT IS IN CLAREMONT CANYON. THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY A GRANT FUNDED PROJECT, WHICH IS THE FIRST OF THE FEMA 2019 GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED. WE APPLIED FOR IT IN 2019.

DIDN'T RECEIVE IT UNTIL THIS PAST YEAR. THE FIRST PROJECT IS YOU KNOW, OF MANY OF THE IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT THAT GRANT WILL TREAT WITHIN CLAREMONT CANYON AND TILDEN PARKS.

SO THIS AREA IS ALONG DRURY ROAD. WE PRACTICED OUR STANDARD FUELS TREATMENT WORK ALONG THE HOMES, BASICALLY TO IMPROVE UPON WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE BY OUR FUELS CREW.

THE CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS CREWS HAVE DONE WORK IN THERE AS WELL AS WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CIVICORP IN THAT AREA.

BUT THE CREWS CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH. AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO COME IN AND BRING CONTRACTORS IN TO DO THE LARGER SCALE WORK AND THE LARGE TREE REMOVALS, AS YOU SEE, THERE'S THE EUCALYPTUS GROUPING THERE THAT WAS REMOVED.

WE CAN'T DO THAT WITH OUR FUELS CREW. WE HAVE TO BRING IN LARGE CONTRACTS TO DO THAT WORK.

SO THAT PROJECT OVERALL HIGHLY IMPACTFUL. IT WAS OR IS IN AN AREA WHERE THE OAKLAND HILLS FIRE, 91, ACTUALLY BURNT HOMES ALONG THAT PARK BOUNDARY.

THE NEIGHBORS ARE VERY MUCH THANKFUL, AS WELL AS WE BELIEVE IT TO BE A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS HOW OUR FUELS TREATMENT WORK CARRIED OUT BY OUR FUELS REDUCTION COORDINATORS.

ADMINISTERING THE CONTRACTORS AND ADMINISTERING THE CONTRACTS REALLY DOES HAVE LASTING IMPACT.

SO ANOTHER PROJECT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IS IN TILDEN TILDEN PARK SURROUNDING THE EEC, THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY, AND IT REALLY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW MUCH THOUGHT AND HOW MUCH PLANNING GOES INTO THESE PROJECTS AND INTO OUR FIELD TREATMENT WORK.

THIS RECOMMENDED TREATMENT AREA. IT'S TILDEN TO A IT'S ABOUT 64 ACRES.

OVER THE YEARS WE'VE DONE MULTIPLE SMALLER PROJECTS.

WE'VE WORKED ON THE EVACUATION ROUTE FOR ALONG LOOP ROAD USING A PREVIOUS COASTAL CONSERVANCY GRANT AS WELL AS WE'VE HELD CHAINSAW

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AND THEN NOW IT'S TIME TO COME IN WITH A CONTRACTOR AND EXPAND UPON THAT PREVIOUS WORK AND GAIN FURTHER DEPTH INTO THE RECOMMENDED TREATMENT AREA.

WE DO NOT HAVE THE THE CURRENT FUNDS TO TREAT ALL 64 ACRES, BUT WE'VE IDENTIFIED 30 ACRES OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IN THERE, WHICH WERE CURRENTLY TREATING THROUGH THINNING.

AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF USING DIFFERENT METHODS FOR OUR FUELS TREATMENT.

SO THIS AREA WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY THAN WE NORMALLY DO WITHIN EUCALYPTUS.

AND DOING IT IN A PHASED APPROACH WHERE THE CONTRACTOR WILL COME IN AND DO THE THINNING OF THE THINNING FROM BELOW THE SMALLER DIAMETER TREES MAKE PILES WHICH WILL COME BACK AND WILL BURN THOSE PILES IN THE FALL OR THE SPRING WHEN WE DO OUR PILE BURNING.

AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN AFTER THE PILE BURNING, AND THEN REMOVE SOME OF THE LARGER TREES AFTER THE FACT.

WE WANT TO USE THIS AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF FUELS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND FUELS MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGIES THAT OUR NATURALIST PROGRAM COULD ACTUALLY TAKE TOURS INTO AND SHOW YOU KNOW, SCHOOL GROUPS AND STUDENTS WHAT EFFECTIVE FUELS MANAGEMENT AND FUELS TREATMENT WORK CAN ACCOMPLISH.

SO I'LL MOVE ALONG TO THE ANTHONY CHABOT PARK THAT CHIEF, PROJECT CHIEF PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.

SO THE ANTHONY CHABOT FUELS MANAGEMENT PROJECT AS IT WAS IDENTIFIED FOR FUELS TREATMENT WORK PRIOR, WHEN OUR EIR, OUR WILDFIRE HAZARD REDUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN WAS PUT INTO PLACE, BUT THEN FURTHERMORE WAS HIGHLIGHTED AND IDENTIFIED AS AN AREA OF SIGNIFICANT FUEL LOADING, SOME UNMANAGED FOREST OR PREVIOUSLY MANAGED AND THEN NOT MAINTAINED EUCALYPTUS FOREST THAT WAS IN POOR HEALTH AND WAS A CONSIDERABLE FIRE ISSUE ADJACENT TO TO OAKLAND.

SO IN 2020 THE ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED. SO IN AROUND 21 22, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE FUNDING FROM THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL CONSERVANCY TO DO A PILOT PROJECT, PART OF OUR PART OF A LARGER SCALE RFP THAT YOU THAT WAS APPROVED YEARS BACK IN ORDER TO TAKE ON OUR FUELS MANAGEMENT WORK IN ANTHONY CHABOT.

THAT PILOT PROJECT TREATED 80 ACRES, AND THAT WAS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE METHODOLOGIES AND REALLY EXPLORE NEW WAYS OF TREATING THE BIOMASS, WHICH RESULTED IN THE USE OF THE CARBONIZER TO PROCESS THE BIOMASS.

THAT 80 ACRE PILOT PROJECT PROVED TO BE A SUCCESS.

SO FOLLOWING THAT, WE ENDED UP TREATING OVERALL OVER THREE YEARS, 650 ACRES WITHIN THAT EUCALYPTUS STAND.

WE CONTINUE TO USE NEW IN INCOMING FUNDING TO EXPAND UPON THAT TREATMENT WORK THAT WE PERFORMED AS PART OF THE STATE FUNDED PROJECT. THAT 9.3 MILLION STATE FUNDED PROJECT WE WERE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT THIS PAST YEAR, AND NOW WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS UTILIZING THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM FEMA THROUGH THE PDM GRANTS, THE DIRECT ALLOCATIONS. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS AND WE WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD ON IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE APPROVAL OF TO AWARD TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS ADDITIONAL WORK IN ANTHONY CHABOT, BOTH SURROUNDING THE THE CAMPGROUND. WHAT'S THE CAMPGROUND WHERE WE HAVEN'T DONE WORK YET AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FUND. ALSO, TO EXPAND UPON THE FUEL BREAK ALONG SKYLINE BOULEVARD, CLYDE WOOLRIDGE IN GRASS VALLEY.

THAT IS ALL GOING TO BE. YEAH, 32 ACRES ALONG SKYLINE BOULEVARD.

A VERY DIFFICULT TERRAIN, DIFFICULT TO ACCESS TREES, AS WELL AS 22 ACRES THAT IS WEST OF THE CAMPGROUND.

AND I'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, LARGE SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PULL OFF OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS A TEAM IS TO GET THE BIOCHAR PRODUCED OUT INTO THE PARK.

SO OVER THE MULTIPLE YEARS OF THAT PROJECT BEING UNDERWAY, WE WERE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE 745 TONS OF BIOCHAR THROUGHOUT 35 LOCATIONS. THESE LOCATIONS WERE BOTH ON PARK DISTRICT LAND, AND SOME OF THEM WENT OUTSIDE OF PARK DISTRICT LAND BASED ON AN AGREEMENT WE WERE ABLE TO COME INTO WITH OUR OUR GRANTOR,

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WE USED IT AT OYSTER BAY FOR EROSION CONTROL.

WILDCAT CANYON FOR EROSION CONTROL. LIST GOES GOES ON AND ON.

IT'S A I'D BE GLAD TO SHARE THE LIST. IT'S ABOUT ONE WHOLE PAGE ALL THE WAY DOWN OF ALL THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

BUT AS WE KIND OF THOUGHT A LOT OF THE OR AS WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE, IT REALLY DID TURN OUT THAT THE BIOCHAR WOULD REALLY BE VERY USEFUL IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR.

SO SOME OF IT DID END UP GOING TO LOCAL VINEYARDS, AS WELL AS TO ARDENWOOD FARMS. THE MAJOR IMPACT, I WOULD SAY THAT WE ALL REALLY LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT WITH BIOCHAR IN GETTING IT BACK INTO THE PARKS IN THESE BENEFICIAL USES IS THAT IT DOES SEQUESTER THAT CARBON.

SO IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE IN ANTHONY CHABOT. WE SHOULD AND WE WOULD HAVE A LOT LESS INTENSE FIRE, SO THE FIRE INTENSITY WOULD BE A LOT LOWER. THERE WOULD HOPEFULLY NOT BE ANY STAND REPLACING FIRE, BUT ALL OF THAT MATERIAL THAT WAS CONVERTED, ALL THAT BIOMASS FROM OUR THINNING PROJECT THAT WAS CONVERTED INTO BIOCHAR, IS NOW SEQUESTERED AND WOULD NOT BE RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE IN UP INTO OUR ATMOSPHERE, HAVE THE IMPACTS ON OUR COMMUNITY WITHIN AND WITH THROUGHOUT THE STATE IF THERE WERE TO BE A LARGE SCALE FIRE IN THAT AREA.

SO IT'S IT'S MULTIPLE FOLD BENEFITS. AND THIS DOES REALLY, YOU KNOW, HAS PROVED TO BE A METHOD THAT WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IN FUTURE PROJECTS AS WELL TOO, IS THAT OPPORTUNITY LENDS ITSELF.

AND THAT IS THE FINAL SLIDE. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS IT ON TO CHIEF FOR ANY CLOSING COMMENTS.

YEP. AND JUST TO BRING US HOME QUICKLY, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A VERY CURRENT UPDATE.

WE ATTENDED A WILDFIRE SAFETY EVENT WITH ASSEMBLYMEMBER BUFFY WICKS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WERE THERE, AND WE HAD OUR OWN QUESTION. THE PARK DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WILDFIRE FORESTED AREAS.

WHAT'S THE DISTRICT DOING AS THEIR PART? I ANSWERED IN A SIMILAR WAY OF WHAT WE JUST PRESENTED, BUT OBVIOUSLY A SUMMARIZED VERSION OF IT. WHEN WE WERE DONE ANSWERING THAT QUESTION, WE HAD A FULL APPLAUSE FROM THE AUDIENCE. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I SEEN THAT HAPPEN.

IT WAS IN THE AUDIENCE OF ABOUT 200 PEOPLE. AFTER THAT EVENT, WE HAD A LINE OF PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS.

THE QUESTIONS HAD TO EITHER DO WITH THANKING US FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, ASKING QUESTIONS ON HOW THEY CAN DO IT THEMSELVES, THEIR FIREWISE COMMITTEE, THEIR DIABLO FIRE SAFE GROUP, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT GRANTS.

AND THE BEST COMMENT I HAD HEARD WAS FROM THE CHAIR OF THE EAST BAY WILDFIRE COALITION OF GOVERNMENTS THAT SAID, OUR PRESENTATION THAT CHIEF AND I HAD PUT ON WAS A MASTERCLASS ON HOW TO DO THE WORK.

SO THE REASON I'M PASSING THAT ON TO ALL OF YOU IS THAT ALL OF THIS WORK THAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING, AND WHAT I EXPLAIN IS WE HAVE AN ARMY OF PEOPLE BEHIND US, AND I'M NOT GOING TO LIST EVERYBODY BECAUSE I'M SURE I'LL MISS SOME DEPARTMENT.

BUT WE HAVE AN ARMY OF RESOURCES BEHIND US, MEANING THE DISTRICT, ALL OF US, THE BOARD, ALL THE MEMBERS FOR THE REASON WHY THIS WORK IS GETTING DONE. AND I'M SEEING TRUE APPRECIATION FROM THE PUBLIC FOR THIS WORK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MY ONLY COMMENT IS I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PRESENTATION.

AND JUST LEARNING AS FAR AS MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING.

I APPRECIATED ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES WE'VE HAD TO GO AND SEE THE SITES IN PERSON.

THE UPDATES ON THE GRANTS AND IT'S GREAT WORK AND IT'S AWESOME TO SEE, LIKE THE PARKS JUST LEADING, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME AND ENVIRONMENT WHEN SO MANY COMMUNITIES ARE GRAPPLING WITH THESE QUESTIONS.

THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE JUST IS WHAT DO WE SEE KIND OF THE PROJECTION OF FUNDING IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD MANY YEARS WHERE WE'VE RECEIVED VERY GENEROUS GRANTS.

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A LOT OF THESE GRANTS COME WITH AGREEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE AREAS, AND THAT COMES WITH A COST TO IT.

SO WE'RE AT A POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED AS AN AGENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SECURE THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT WORK THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND DOING STRATEGIES TO FOCUS ON THE MAINTAINING AND BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE TREATED AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.

I STILL BELIEVE THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.

WHAT I DO KNOW ABOUT GRANTS, IT'S DEFINITELY A NUMBERS GAME.

AND THE MORE GRANTS THAT YOU APPLY FOR, YOU KNOW, IF GIVEN AN EXAMPLE, $32 MILLION IN GRANTS AND WE RECEIVED, I THINK IT WAS 8.9 MILLION BACK. AND SO OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU DIDN'T APPLY FOR AT LEAST 8.9 MILLION, YOU'RE DEFINITELY NOT GETTING THAT. SO IT'S DEFINITELY THE MORE GRANTS YOU APPLY FOR IT, IT UPS YOUR CHANCES TO GET A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING.

YEAH. THANK YOU. AND IF I MIGHT ADD PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING KHARI, I THINK WE ARE DEPENDENT ON GRANTS A WHOLE LOT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I RECALL WHEN I STARTED ON THIS BOARD, WE WERE SPENDING $2 MILLION ON PRE FIRE MITIGATION.

AND NOW LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND.

IT COMES FROM THE YOU KNOW THE FEAR OF WILDFIRE AND CAL THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND COASTAL CONSERVANCY AND PEOPLE LIKE THOSE PEOPLE RESPONDING.

I'M WORRIED THAT PROP 4, THE GOVERNOR JUST SAID RECENTLY, AND I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THE PROP 4 HAD A NUMBER OF MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, MAYBE EVEN A BILLION. IT WAS A $4 BILLION BOND MEASURE. I THINK THAT WAS GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY AND PUT TO COVER THE DEFICIT, WHICH WE'VE SENT LETTERS OF PROTEST. AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION RECREATION PARK DISTRICT.

EVERYBODY'S UP IN ARMS OF THIS. YOU KNOW, WE ALL VOTED.

HEY, LET'S GET SOME NEW PROGRAMS. LET'S GET SOME MORE FIRE PROTECTION. AND NOW THEY'RE USING IT, OR THEY'RE SUGGESTING THEY'RE GOING TO USE THESE FUNDS TO BACKFILL THEIR DEFICIT PROBLEMS. SO I HOPE WE CAN BE YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S A GUARANTEED THING.

IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE. BUT WE REALLY NEED TO FIGHT FOR THOSE FUNDS.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS YOU GUYS PUT INTO IT.

YEAH. AND JUST I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE DISTRICT DOES DO ALSO THE WE RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE DISTRICT ALSO.

AND THOSE GRANTS WE HAD, I THINK IT WAS 8.9 MILLION IN GRANT APPLICATION OR GRANT FUNDING, BUT THEY CAME WITH MATCHES. IT WAS $2 MILLION THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDED THESE.

I'M NOT SURE IF I HIT THAT THE DOLLAR, BUT AROUND $2 MILLION IN DISTRICT MATCHES THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDED.

AND I'M BECAUSE THOSE GRANTS SHOWED UP OUT OF NOWHERE.

THAT WAS EXTRA MONEY THAT OUR AGENCY HAD TO PROVIDE SO WE COULD MAKE USE AND ACCEPT THESE GRANTS.

I DO FANTASTIC WORK. I THINK WE'RE ALL WORRIED ABOUT PROP 4 FOR LOTS OF THINGS, BUT FIRE FOR SURE IS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT THESE DAYS. IT'S LIKE THE WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? I LIVE NEAR. YOU KNOW, I'M IN THE URBAN EDGE.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? BUT I ALSO THINK THAT CONTINUING EFFORTS ON DESIGNATING THAT EAST BAY HILLS AREA WILL ALSO HELP US TO GET PROP 4 MONEY IF THEY'RE RELEASED OR OTHER GRANT MONEY, BUT I JUST THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

I LOVE THIS PRESENTATION. SOME OF THE STATS YOU WOULD OFFER TO TABLE SO THAT WHEN WE DO GO OUT ARM TO THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE THE THIS INFORMATION. PROBABLY THE SECOND QUESTION I OFTEN GET IS BESIDES THE PRESCRIPTION OF THINNING TO MITIGATE.

BUT THIS PROBLEM IS GOING ON. CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT GOING AWAY.

AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE TREE DIE OFF RATE MIGHT BE TODAY.

THIS MIGHT NOT BE YOUR QUESTION. IT MIGHT BE A STEWARDSHIP QUESTION.

BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS. THE 1 MILLION TREES ESTIMATE IS UP MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

AT HOME, I CUT OUT 4 OR 5 OAKS WITH SUDDEN OAK DEATH.

I'M AGAINST OPEN SPACE 250 ACRES. AND THEN NEXT YEAR, MORE OF THE TREE HAD DIED AND THE THINNING WASN'T SUFFICIENT.

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SO GOING BACK AND DOING THAT AND WITHIN THAT EXPERIENCE, I ALSO HAD SOME OF THE FUEL MANAGEMENT FOLKS THAT CAME TO MY HOME WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, AND THAT THEY ARGUED WITH ME THAT THE DUSKY FOOTED WOODRAT WAS NOT AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, AND THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT CLEANING OUT THE NESTS THAT WERE IN THE BACKYARD.

SO THERE'S A BALANCE BETWEEN PROTECTING THE OPEN SPACE, FIGURING OUT WHAT'S NEXT STEPS.

IS THIS, I DON'T KNOW, LONG TERM. WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING? BUT LET'S SEE. IS THERE A QUESTION IN HERE? I JUST, YOU KNOW JUST CURIOUS TO DO WE NEED A SECOND CARBONIZER OUT THERE, DO YOU THINK? I'M WONDERING IF THE CAPACITY TO STAY UP ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS.

AND I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE DIE OFF? DO WE KNOW OR WILL WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER INVENTORY? AND THEN ALSO THE RESTORATION PIECE HAS BECOME QUITE IMPORTANT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AS WE PULL THESE OUT, I WENT UP WITH SOME GRASSLANDS EXPERTS AND THEY WERE CONCERNED.

AND AGAIN, I HAD A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THIS. MY RENTER TOOK OUT ALL OF THE FRONT YARD, WAS OVERGROWN WITH MUGWORT, YARROW AND VARIOUS STRAWS.

AND WHEN THEY TOOK IT ALL DOWN THREE MONTHS LATER, IT ALL CAME BACK.

JUST POISON OAK AND THISTLE AND NOTHING ELSE.

THE WILD STRAWBERRIES WERE GONE. THE FLOWERS, THE LUPINE, THE POPPIES WERE ALL GONE.

SO MAYBE THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO JUST LUMP THOSE TOGETHER.

I'M RAMBLING. SOME THOUGHTS ON A FEW DIFFERENT TOPICS THERE.

THANK YOU. SORRY. I'LL QUICKLY SUMMARIZE I HEARD, RESTORATION.

I HEARD CARBONIZER AND I HEARD TREE DIE OFF. RIGHT.

OKAY. THE RESTORATION, WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STEWARDSHIP.

PART OF THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY GRANT WE RECEIVED WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STEWARDSHIP THE DISTRICT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE DEFINED ROLES, FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOCUSED ON FIRE MITIGATION.

BUT YES, OUR TECHNIQUES ALSO ENHANCE ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES ON THE LAND THAT WE'RE MANAGING, AND STEWARDSHIP HAS THEIR ROLE AND ONE OF THEIR ROLES IS RESTORATION.

SO THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE AS AN AGENCY WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WAS THE SECOND.

CARBONIZER WE HAVE BEEN IN TALKS WITH TRYING TO PROPOSE TO A GRANTOR TO RECEIVE OR PURCHASE OUR OWN CARBONIZER. WE'VE BEEN CONTRACTING OUT THIS ENTIRE TIME, THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, IT WAS AROUND $1 MILLION. AND IT WAS NOT A PROVEN CONCEPT FOR US UNTIL WE USED IT FOR OVER 400 ACRES. FOR SURE, IT'S A PROVEN CONCEPT AT THIS POINT.

WE ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU IN SEPTEMBER 2ND, REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR AGAIN CONTINUED INNOVATIVE PROJECT AND PART OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS IS USING THE CARBONIZER AND SOME OTHER REALLY COOL THINGS THAT I DON'T WANT TO SAY NOW, BUT YOU'LL GET TO HEAR ON SEPTEMBER 2ND WHEN WE PRESENT AND ASK APPROVAL FOR WORK OVER IN ANTHONY CHABOT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE TREE MORTALITY TREE DIE OFF, THE LAND THAT WE MANAGE IS A NATURAL ECOSYSTEM, WHICH MEANS IT'S CONSTANTLY EVOLVING, IT'S CONSTANTLY MOVING ON US.

AND SO IT'S YEAH, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO NEED TO ASSESS WHAT'S GOING ON.

WHAT I DO KNOW TODAY WE ARE HANDLING THE CURRENT CHALLENGE THAT WE HAD FIVE YEARS AGO.

WE AT LEAST I HAD THOUGHT IS ALL OF OUR LAND GOING TO DIE OFF? WE KNOW THAT'S NOT THE CASE NOW. WE'VE FIGURED OUT HOW TO MITIGATE IT, BUT I'M ALSO FULLY AWARE THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER CHALLENGE COMING OUR WAY BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I DO FEEL CONFIDENT WE'LL BE PREPARED TO NAVIGATE THROUGH IT WHEN IT DOES COME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN YOU TOUCH ON THE COMMENT ABOUT ENDANGERED SPECIES? WHEN YOU I KNOW YOU HAVE CULTURAL RESOURCES, PERSONS ON SITE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND NOT CUTTING DURING NESTING SEASON.

AND ALSO HERBICIDES ARE SO ESSENTIAL FOR THE WORK TO SPOT TREAT.

SO THOSE TREES DON'T COME BACK. AND I KNOW THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL WITH A LOT OF FOLKS, BUT THAT'S WHAT INTEGRATED PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT DOES, IS A LAST RESORT YOU DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THIS WORK YOU'RE OUT THERE DOING IS SPOT TREATED.

JUST A COUPLE. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE COUPLE THOUGHTS ON THE IMPACT OF SPECIES HABITAT? AND.

AS A DEPARTMENT, WE FOCUS NOT JUST ON FIRE MITIGATION, BUT WE HAVE MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES.

AND BECAUSE WE ARE PARK DISTRICT, IT'S ALSO ENHANCING ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES.

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AND FROM A FIRE CHIEF PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S FUELS.

THAT'S A HAZARD. BUT FROM A FIRE CHIEF PERSPECTIVE OF THE PARK DISTRICT, IT'S A BALANCE OF CREATING HABITAT FOR PROTECTED SPECIES AND AT THE SAME TIME HAVING A BLEND SO THAT WE'RE ALSO HANDLING THE FIRE MITIGATION CHALLENGE.

AND SO WE DO THAT BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. WE'RE VERY UNIQUE IN A SENSE, BECAUSE JUST OF WHO WE ARE IN NATURE AS A PARK DISTRICT, IT'S IT'S PART OF OUR WE LIKE I SAID, COMPETING OBJECTIVES.

AND WE ACHIEVE BOTH THROUGH OUR WORK. THANK YOU.

STAFF DO WE KNOW OR MAYBE CHAIR DO YOU KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO GO TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OTHER THAN THE PARTS OF IT I KNOW. DIRECTOR ECHOLS WAS ASKED TO DO A PRESENTATION RECENTLY TO A TO A MAC, AND I'VE BEEN ASKED RECENTLY TO DO A PRESENTATION.

I JUST THINK THIS IS VERY, SO HELPFUL. IT'S REALLY A GOOD STORY THAT OUR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND ALL OF US WOULD BENEFIT FROM PUTTING A GOOD FACE OUT THERE INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU KNOW IF THIS IS.

I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT I MEAN, I THINK IT'S YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT'S AN ONGOING GREAT THING WE'RE DOING.

I THINK TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS WOULD BE GREAT.

AND THIS IS THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION INFORMATION ONLY JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF THE WORK.

BUT JUST THE EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR WE DID 42 TOURS AS A DEPARTMENT WITH PUBLIC AGENCIES, ELECTIVES, COMMUNITY GROUPS WE'VE DONE A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS.

LIKE I SAID, WE WERE JUST AT THE EAST BAY WILDFIRE COALITION OF GOVERNMENTS WHERE IT WAS RECEIVED VERY WELL.

WE PRESENTED AT MULTIPLE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE WE I LITERALLY JUST GOT ANOTHER REQUEST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, BUT THEIR REQUESTS ARE CONSTANTLY COMING IN FOR US TO PRESENT OUR WORK OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND SO IT'S, WE'VE BEEN DOING OUR PART TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE WORKING ALONG WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.

DIRECTOR WAESPI. JUST AS A REMINDER, LAST YEAR WHEN THIS PRESENTATION CAME, IT FIRST JUST CAME AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM TO THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

AND THEN IT ALSO WAS ONE OF THE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AT THE FULL BOARD.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE PLAN FOR THIS YEAR, BUT I'M LOOKING AT MAX AND HE CAN NOD.

BUT I THINK BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS INFORMATION, IT WAS PRESENTED TWICE UNDER GENERAL MANAGERS COMMENTS.

EXCELLENT. AND MY GUESS IS ALSO AS PART OF LIKE THE BUDGET AND WORK PLANNING PROCESS, THAT THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THE FULL BOARD AS WELL. GREAT. I KNOW I'VE SEEN MANY ARTICLES IN OUR PUBLICATIONS OVER TIME, LIKE THE COMPASS.

THAT'S A PUBLICATION THAT GOES OUT TO OUR FOUNDATION.

AND JUST AS FAR AS UPDATES AND OTHER EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DIFFERENT MATERIALS. AND THEN THERE'S BEEN AS FAR AS VERY NICE COVERAGE THAT'S GOTTEN PICKED UP AS FAR AS WE'VE BEEN AWARDED DIFFERENT GRANTS.

SO I DO KNOW THAT OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM HAS DEFINITELY BEEN WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT.

AND I'M ALWAYS PROUD WHEN I SEE ONE OF THOSE ARTICLES OR GET ASKED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING BY THE PUBLIC.

AND YOU'VE ALSO CAME TO THE CITY COUNCILS WITHIN MY DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. OUTREACH. ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, KHARI AND PATRICK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AS YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG FAN OF YOU GUYS. AND WISH I WAS STILL YOUNG ENOUGH TO BE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

BUT ANYWAY. WITH THAT SAID. SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUFFY WICKS.

200 PEOPLE WERE AT AN EVENT AND YOU SHOWED OFF AND GOT A STANDING OVATION.

WHEN WAS THAT? I PRESENTED THE WORK THAT OUR AGENCY IS DOING AND THAT RECEIVED AN APPLAUSE.

BUT THE YEAH, EACH DEPARTMENT HAD QUESTIONS. WHAT? WHAT THE MODERATOR DID, BUFFY WICKS WAS THERE WAS A TON OF QUESTIONS.

THEY SUMMARIZED IT AND SAID, OKAY, THIS IS A QUESTION WE'LL DRAFT FOR THE PARK DISTRICT. THIS IS WHO WILL DRIVE FOR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

THE IN ATTENDANCE WAS, YOU KNOW, BERKELEY FIRE, CALFIRE, ALBANY FIRE, CALFIRE, PIEDMONT FIRE, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FIRE, EL CERRITO FIRE, AND RICHMOND FIRE AND OAKLAND FIRE.

AND IT WAS ACTUALLY THEY SAID THAT THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME ALL THOSE CHIEFS HAD GOTTEN TOGETHER FOR AN EVENT.

SO IT WAS HISTORIC FOR THOSE REASONS, TOO, AND THERE'S ABOUT 200 PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE.

AND WHEN I JUST PRESENTED THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY IS DOING, THERE IS THIS HUGE APPRECIATION THROUGH APPLAUSE FROM THE

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TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH WORK PEOPLE USUALLY WANT MORE.

AND SO IN THIS CASE, IT WAS JUST I DO SEE THAT APPRECIATION.

I WAS SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO OUR TEAM AND PASS THIS MESSAGE ON, BECAUSE ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND EFFORT AND DEDICATION WAS BEING APPRECIATED BY THE PUBLIC. AND SO I WAS JUST SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THAT AND COME BACK TO TELL OUR GROUP WHAT'S GOING ON.

AS WELL YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT. SO. SO WHAT DATE WAS THAT? THAT WAS SATURDAY. I DON'T KNOW THE LAST SATURDAY.

LAST SATURDAY? YEP. GREAT. THANKS. AND THEN BACK TO IT.

SO I THINK THIS IS TREMENDOUS. I THINK THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

YOU KNOW, A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY, TREES DYING OFF.

AND YOU GUYS STEPPED UP AND YOUR GREAT HEROES.

AND ANOTHER FACET OF THE FIRE SERVICE. IT'S TREMENDOUS.

I KNOW IT'S TAKEN A BIG PORTION OF YOUR TIME.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT ONE OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OR NOT, IT WAS, PARDON ME, IT WAS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE AND IT WAS EVEN THOUGHT OF AS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.

BUT IT'S ONE OF THE ONES YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT SO MUCH AS IN PRE FIRE MITIGATION WAS THAT DIABLO'S CREW.

YOU KNOW, DO YOU KEEP RECORDS BECAUSE I, WE ALWAYS SAID AS A BOARD, I REMEMBER WE SAID WE NEED AN ENTRY LEVEL POSITION FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO THE PARK HISTORY. IT'S HARD TO BE A PARK RANGER. YOU HAVE TO HAVE I THINK IT'S TWO YEARS OF LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT, IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT TO JUST LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL OR WHEREVER YOU LEAVE AND GET INTO THAT JOB.

BUT ONCE YOU IF YOU COULD GET IN THE FUELS CREW, THAT WAS A GOOD BRIDGE.

PEOPLE SAW HOW YOU WORKED IN THE PARK DISTRICT.

EVERYBODY WANTED FUELS, CREWS, MEMBERS. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY STATS OF WHO MADE IT OR NOT? WHO MADE IT, BUT WHO LEFT THE FUELS CREW FOR FURTHER MOVEMENT UP THE LADDER IN THE PARK DISTRICT? I DON'T HAVE THE STATS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THAT PORTION OF OUR PROGRAM IS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

IT CAN ONLY MAKE SENSE IF YOU'RE ON OUR FUELS CREW YOU'VE PROVEN THAT YOU CAN WORK AND WORK HARD, AND ALSO THAT THEY'RE YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY ARE HIRING REALLY GOOD PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO WORK WITH.

AND SO THEY'VE BEEN HIRED AS RANGERS, THEY'VE BEEN HIRED AS FIREFIGHTERS.

WE'VE HAD THEM HAVE ACTING OPPORTUNITIES IN ROLES LIKE NATURALISTS, ALL SORTS OF ROLES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

SOME WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S A CHALLENGE, THAT YOU HAVE MEMBERS GOING OUT TO ACT OR GET PROMOTED TO OTHER JOBS WITHOUT NECESSARILY OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE DISTRICT COMING IN.

BUT I DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY BECAUSE I THINK AS ONE DISTRICT VERSUS A DEPARTMENT.

AND AS LONG AS THOSE PEOPLE ARE STAYING HERE IN OUR AGENCY AND WE'RE KEEPING THAT TALENT, GOOD FOR THEM IF THEY CHOOSE TO WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

I AGREE, I THINK IT'S A GREAT ENTRY INTO THE PARK DISTRICT AND A WAY TO MAKE IT.

OH ON THE ALSO ON THE DIABLOS, I THINK THAT'S THE BEST PATCH IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE OF TIMES.

IS THERE A CHANCE WE CAN GET A PATCH? [LAUGHTER] MAYBE NOT THE MAYBE NOT THE EMBROIDERED ONE.

THAT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT I KNOW I HAVE HEARD THERE WERE STICKERS.

WE HAVE. WE HAVE YES, WE HAVE SWAG. SO WE CAN GET YOU THE STICKERS.

THE PATCH. WE DO ACCEPT MINOR GIFTS OF PUBLIC FUNDS, ONLY TO BE USED FOR PUBLICITY TO MAKE IT LOOK BETTER.

BUT THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL PATCHES AND IT'S A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD IN THIS DISTRICT. I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE.

OH, AND THE CARBONIZER AND BIOCHAR, SO I HOPE YOU KEPT RECORDS.

HOW MANY CUBIC YARDS HAVE WE PRODUCED? IN TONS.

TWO TONS. HAVE WE PRODUCED? YEAH. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY CUBIC TONS? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ARE WE ABLE TO USE EVERYTHING WE PRODUCE? SO OVERALL, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ALL OF THE STATE FUNDED PROJECT IN ANTHONY CHABOT, WE CREATED 745 TONS. AND AS IT STANDS NOW, NEARLY ALL OF IT'S BEEN PUT TO USE. THERE ARE THERE IS SOME THAT'S AT ARDENWOOD THAT'S, YOU KNOW, STAGED FOR FUTURE USE, AS WELL AS SOME AT STATION TWO TO DISTRIBUTE VERY SMALL VOLUMES.

REALLY. THAT'S. YEAH, SMALL VOLUMES. SO OVERALL WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND 35 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT HAS GONE TO.

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WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT INTO THE CITY OF OAKLAND AS PART OF THE TREE PLANTING THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST AND SOME REALLY GREAT AVENUES THAT IN RELATIONSHIPS. SO WITH THAT AND GOING THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS, I THINK WE'RE ABLE TO OPEN UP THESE NEW AVENUES AND NEW WAYS THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK, THAT WE COULD STILL FIND LOCATIONS TO PUT IT AS WELL TOO, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR MAIN FEARS THAT THE PILOT PROJECT HELPED TO CALM WAS THAT WE TREAT ALL THESE ACRES, WE GENERATE ALL THIS BIOCHAR, AND WE DID NOT WANT TO BE STUCK WITH A BIG MOUNTAIN OF BIOCHAR SOMEWHERE.

YOU KNOW, AT ANTHONY CHABOT OR SOMETHING. AND ALONG WITH THAT, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE UC COOPERATIVE AND LOOKING INTO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTUALLY PUT THE BIOCHAR BACK INTO THE FUELS TREATMENT AREAS AS WELL, TOO.

ONE OF THE MINI GRANTS WE WERE JUST AWARDED THROUGH THE DISTRICT TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE THESE SMALL KILNS, THEY'RE CALLED FLAME CAP KILNS THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE AS WELL TOO, TO CREATE BIOCHAR AT A SMALL SCALE IN AREAS THAT WE DO PILE BURNING TO.

SO WE'RE, LOOKING TO CONTINUE THIS WHERE APPLICABLE, BY ALL MEANS.

THAT'S GREAT. I WAS THINKING THAT IF YOU HAD EXTRA.

I KNOW THE CASTRO VALLEY SANITARY DISTRICT HAS A VERY, VERY GOOD WAY OF PUBLICIZING THE FACT THAT THEY MAKE FOOD SCRAPS.

YOUR FOOD SCRAPS IF YOU'RE A CASTRO VALLEY RESIDENT INTO COMPOST, WHICH THEY GIVE BACK TO YOU AND HAVE A GREAT INTERPRETIVE LITTLE PLASTIC BAG THAT SAYS, HERE'S YOUR BANANA, HERE'S THE CYCLE, AND NOW YOU'RE GETTING A BAG OF COMPOST.

I THINK IF YOU COULD DO THAT WITH BIOCHAR, IF YOU HAD THE ABILITY AND I KNOW CASTRO VALLEY SANITARY DISTRICT WOULD LOVE TO DO IT WITH YOU BECAUSE THEY HAVE TWICE A YEAR, THEY HAVE WHAT'S CALLED RECYCLES DAY, AND THEY ENCOURAGE YOU TO BRING SOME RECYCLABLES AND HAZARDOUS WASTE.

BUT ALL 90% OF THE PEOPLE ARE UP THERE TO GET THEIR FREE BAGS OF COMPOST.

SO TO ADD BIOCHAR WOULD BE IF NOTHING ELSE, IT MIGHT BE HARD, BUT I THINK THE SANITARY DISTRICT COULD AFFORD TO COVER THAT ACTION.

THE PUBLICITY FOR YOU GUYS IN THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, PRE FIRE MITIGATION PROGRAM WOULD BE AMAZING.

AND I'M SURE OTHER CITIES PROBABLY WOULD DO THAT TOO.

SO KILL A BUNCH OF TREES OUT THERE AND LET'S GET SOME MORE BIOCHAR.

[LAUGHTER] NO I'M JOKING. BUT ANYWAY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY IF YOU COULD GET IN THAT DIRECTION.

AND YOU HAD ANOTHER COMMENT. JUST A COMMENT OR A QUESTION.

ALSO, THERE'S SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THAT BIOCHAR, NOT ONLY KIND OF LIKE THE COMPOST GIVEAWAY DAY WHERE PEOPLE COME PICK UP A BAG, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME LANDS THAT HAVE LIKE PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY PERHAPS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE UNIVERSITY IS LOOKING AT USING THAT FOR ACTUAL CLEANUP OF, YOU KNOW, OUT OF POINT MOLATE OR SOME OF OUR OTHER SITES.

HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING ABOUT THAT THAT YOU KNOW OF, OR I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH STAFF ELSEWHERE IF YOU DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN DONE IT.

WE KNOW THAT THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO BE DONE.

AND SO THERE'S IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DONE YET.

AND WE LIKE JUST THE THINGS THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT.

BUT THAT IS ON THE LONG THERE'S A LONG LIST OF USES OF BIOCHAR.

AND ONE OF THEM IS FOR CLEANUP AND BE ABLE TO ABSORB HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.

YEAH THERE'S A GREAT, GREAT FUTURE POSSIBLY FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. YEP. ABSOLUTELY. THANKS. AND THEN FINALLY, MY LAST QUESTION IS, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE SUCH GREAT WORK, SUCH INNOVATIVE WORK, SUCH INCREDIBLE STUFF. DOES FIRE PUTTING FIRE PRE YOU KNOW, PRE MITIGATION USE OF FIRE IS THAT ANYWHERE THERE.

I MEAN I USED TO LOVE DOING PRESCRIBED BURNS BUT.

OH YEAH. IT'S EXPENSIVE I KNOW IT'S CONTROVERSIAL.

I KNOW THAT AIR QUALITY BOARDS DON'T OR WELL THEY DON'T LIKE IT TOO MUCH ANYMORE.

BUT IS THERE STILL A USE FOR THAT? ABSOLUTELY.

THERE'S STILL A USE FOR IT. AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

AND WE'VE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF CONSIDERED EFFORT TO DIRECT.

IT'S REALLY CONTINUATION FROM PREVIOUS CHIEF, AND IT'S CONTINUING ON THROUGH MYSELF.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING IS TO BUILD ON THOSE PREVIOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS NOT JUST GET THE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS TRAINING AND BRINGING IN-HOUSE COURSES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE CERTIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS TO DO IT, TO CONTINUE TO DO PRESCRIBED FIRE, WHICH WE'RE ACHIEVING. AND NOW THE NEXT STEP IS HAVING UP TO DATE BURN PLANS SO WE CAN DO IT LEGALLY AND ALSO HAVE LAND USE DOCUMENTS OR CEQA PERMITTING SO THAT WE. SO EVERYTHING IS DONE THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND WE SEE PRESCRIBED FIRE AS AN ADDITIONAL WAY TO MAINTAIN OUR LAND IN A BETTER WAY, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO GOING TO IT'S GOOD FOR

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AND SO WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF PROJECTS COMING UP WHEN IT COMES TO PRESCRIBED FIRE.

WE HAVE COLLABORATION WITH CULTURAL GROUPS TO HELP ASSIST WITH BURN PLAN PLANNING.

AS FAR AS OBJECTIVES FOR PRESCRIBED FIRE, AND WE SEE IT AS AN ADDITIONAL WAY TO MAINTAIN OUR LAND BESIDES JUST USING MECHANICAL TREATMENT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR LAND. ALL RIGHT. GREAT.

THANK YOU. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS? THERE ARE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION. GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE ENERGY PLAN UPDATE.

SO HERE WE GO. OKAY. THERE WE GO.

GOOD AFTERNOON, DIRECTOR WAESPI AND BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS, KATIE DIGNAN, ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER WITH FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR STRATEGIC ENERGY PLAN.

I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T START OFF BY SAYING, IN FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS REALLY LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT ELECTRICITY UTILITY BILLS AND ALSO MANAGING OUR THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR EXISTING SOLAR ARRAY.

BUT THE TEAM THAT ACTUALLY INSTALL AND MAINTAIN ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE I'M ABOUT TO TO COVER, IT'S A BIG TEAM MADE UP OF OUR MAINTENANCE AND SKILLS TRADE UNIT, BUSINESS SERVICES, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS OUR WILDLIFE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENTS.

SO FIRST OFF, THE DISTRICT SUSTAINABILITY POLICY, APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN APRIL OF 2009, SET THE VISION OF MOVING THE PARK DISTRICT TOWARDS ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CARBON NEUTRALITY TO HELP REALIZE THIS VISION IN EARLY 2014.

THE PARK DISTRICT ENGAGED NEWCOMB, ANDERSON AND MCCORMICK TO DEVELOP A LONG TERM STRATEGIC ENERGY PLAN.

IN EARLY OCTOBER OF 2014 THE BOARD ADOPTED THE STRATEGIC ENERGY PLAN AND APPROPRIATED 8.7 MILLION TO LAUNCH THE PLAN.

THIS INCLUDED $7.5 MILLION FOR THE SOLAR ARRAY PROJECT AT SHADOW CLIFFS, AS WELL AS 1.2 MILLION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT. AGAIN IN 2021, THE BOARD APPROPRIATED AN ADDITIONAL $850,000 TO REPLACE THE SOLAR INFRASTRUCTURE HERE AT PERALTA OAKS AND ALSO CREATE A MICROGRID AT TRUDEAU. SINCE THEN, THIS PLAN HAS EVOLVED INTO A BROADER FRAMEWORK, INCLUDING WORK ACROSS SOLAR EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS.

SO TODAY I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH EACH OF THESE PILLARS, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THOSE PROJECTS, THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO FIRST OFF, AS I MENTIONED IN 2018, THE PARK DISTRICT COMPLETED THE SOLAR POWER ARRAY AT SHADOW CLIFFS, AND IT NOW SERVES AS OUR LARGEST SOLAR ENERGY CONTRIBUTOR, GENERATING OVER 1.9 MEGAWATT HOURS ANNUALLY.

THE TOTAL PROJECT COST WAS $6 MILLION. OF THIS, $5.5 MILLION WENT TOWARDS THE ARRAY ITSELF, AND THEN $500,000 WAS FOR THE EV CHARGING STATION, AS WELL AS REPAVING THE PARKING LOT AND INSTALLING STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASINS THROUGHOUT THE PARK AREA. SO FAR OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE SOLAR ARRAY AT SHADOW CLIFFS HAS AVERAGED 94.1% OF ITS DESIGNED 1.9MW PRODUCTION CAPACITY, AND OUR ANNUAL SOLAR CREDITS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT, RANGING IN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 AT ABOUT $307,000, THEN IN 2023 AT $292,000, AND THEN 2022 AT $295,000. TO DATE, THE SYSTEM HAS GENERATED APPROXIMATELY $2.4 MILLION IN BILL CREDITS THROUGH PG AND EAST RENEWABLE ENERGY SELF GENERATION BILL CREDIT TRANSFER PROGRAM, WHICH IS CALLED RESGBCT. ANNUAL OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE AROUND $28,000.

THIS INCLUDES AN ANNUAL MONITORING AND INSPECTION VISIT AS WELL AS WE CLEAN THE PANELS TWICE A YEAR.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL RETURN, THE BASELINE PAYBACK PERIOD IS 19 YEARS, ASSUMING A FLAT CREDIT VALUES.

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AND OVERALL, SHADOW CLIFFS CONTINUES TO PERFORM WELL AND IS A CORNERSTONE TO THE DISTRICT'S CLEAN ENERGY PLATFORM.

TO GO INTO THE RESGBCT PROGRAM. AS PART OF IT, IT CONSISTED DISTRIBUTED ACROSS 50M ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

AND THIS JUST GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF THE TOP 20 SOLAR METERS AND HOW OUR CREDITS ARE ALLOCATED ACROSS THE DIFFERENT UTILITY BILLS.

SO THE TOP RECEIVER IS THIS BUILDING PORTAL TO PERALTA OAK SOUTH.

SORRY. WHERE WE'RE RECEIVING A 15% ALLOCATION WHICH ANNUALLY COMES TO ABOUT $53,000.

OUR SOLAR PERFORMANCE MONITORING PARTNER, CLEANLEAF ENERGY, TRACKS AND EVALUATES OUR ENERGY PRODUCTION AT SHADOW CLIFFS ON A MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY BASIS, AND WE RECEIVE THESE REPORTS. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE IN THE PRESENTATION.

A GENERATION PERFORMANCE FROM JULY 2024 THROUGH JUNE 2025 HAS REMAINED STRONG, WITH CONSISTENTLY HIGHER AVAILABILITY AT 100% AND MOST MONTHS EXCEEDING THE EXPECTED GENERATION INDEX. OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, SHADOW CLIFFS HAS IS PRODUCED OVER 1800 MEGAWATT HOURS, WHICH IS A CRITICAL CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR RESGBCT CREDITS AND CARBON FOOTPRINT REDUCTION.

IN ADDITION TO SHADOW CLIFFS, THE DISTRICT OPERATES SEVERAL OTHER SOLAR PANEL SYSTEMS. HERE AT PERALTA OAKS, WE HAVE A 119 KILOWATT SYSTEM CONSISTING OF 454 PANELS, ALL SOLAR PANELS.

POWER GENERATED IS USED DIRECTLY BY THE BUILDING IN REAL TIME TO OFFSET OUR OUR COST.

AT TRUDEAU, WE INSTALLED A MICROGRID SYSTEM IN 2023 WITH A SOLAR ARRAY AND BACKUP BATTERY SYSTEM, WHICH PRODUCES ELECTRICITY ON SITE, STORES EXCESS ELECTRICITY FOR USE AT NIGHT, AND THEN POWERS THE FACILITY WHEN WE HAVE POWER OUTAGES.

AT BIG BREAK VISITOR CENTER IN OAKLEY, WE HAVE A TEN KILOWATT SYSTEM WITH THREE SOLAR ARRAYS.

WHILE THE SYSTEM DOES NOT FULLY OFFSET THE SITE'S ENERGY USE, IT SUPPORTS OUR LOCALIZED SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.

THEN, AT DEER VALLEY AT THE FORMER RODDY RANCH GOLF COURSE, WE HAVE A 44 KILOWATT SYSTEM.

THIS SYSTEM IS ENROLLED IN PG&E 'S NET ENERGY METERING PROGRAM, AND SINCE THE CURRENT USAGE OF THE SITE IS VERY MINIMAL, WE RECEIVE AN ANNUAL CREDIT FOR THIS GENERATION IN SEPTEMBER.

WE ALSO HAVE SOLAR PANELS INSTALLED AT OUR RESIDENCE AT VASCO CAVES AND BROOKS ISLAND, WHICH SERVE AS A PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCE SINCE THESE ARE OFF GRID FACILITIES.

FOR EACH OF OUR THREE LARGER SYSTEMS, WE HAVE ONLINE PLATFORMS WHICH MONITOR THE SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE, AND SO I'LL JUST QUICKLY WALK THROUGH THESE THREE. AT SHADOW CLIFFS, WE USE A POWER TRACK PLATFORM TO MONITOR REAL TIME GENERATION.

THIS DASHBOARD TRACKS OUR DAILY PRODUCTION, SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND INVERTER HELP AND ALSO HELPS US RECONCILE OUR PG&E CREDITS EVERY MONTH. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR SUNNY PORTAL, WHICH MONITORS OUR PRODUCTION HERE AT PERALTA OAKS, AND THE PLATFORM PROVIDES, AGAIN, REAL TIME TRACKING OF THE OUTPUT, INVERTER STATUS AND CARBON OFFSETS.

AND ALSO WE USE THIS TO VALIDATE OUR PG&E BILL CHARGES AND SOLAR CREDITS.

AND THEN AT TRUDEAU, WE HAVE MY SOL-ARK WHICH SUPPORTS THE 132KW SYSTEM ARRAY.

AND IT SHOWS LIVE ENERGY FLOW GENERATION BREAKDOWNS BY PURPOSE AND THE HEALTH OF ALL FOUR OF OUR INVERTERS.

AND WE ALSO USE THIS TO VALIDATE AGAINST OUR PG&E RECORDS.

NEXT, SOME OF THE OTHER SOLAR POWER INITIATIVES WE HAVE IS SOLAR POWERED WELLS FOR GRAZING.

THE DISTRICT RELIES ON SOLAR POWER TO SUPPORT OUR LIVESTOCK WATERING SYSTEMS IN REMOTE AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE EXISTING BUILT IN CAPACITY.

THIS SUPPORTS FUEL REDUCTION EFFORTS IN THOSE AREAS BY ALLOWING GRAZING WHERE WATER MAY NOT OTHERWISE EXIST.

THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 42 SOLAR POWERED WELLS, DISTRICT WISE, AND EACH PANEL PRODUCES ABOUT 400W.

INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIRS ARE TYPICALLY MANAGED BY THE GRAZING TENANTS OR CONTRACTORS.

AND WE RECENTLY UPGRADED THE SYSTEMS WITH THIS RANCH BOT, A NEW SATELLITE CONNECTED MONITORING SYSTEM THAT NOTIFIES GRAZING TENANTS THROUGH A MOBILE APP ABOUT USAGE AND ANY PROBLEMS DETECTED BY PUMP FAILURE OR WATER LEVEL.

THIS ALSO ALLOWS FOR LIVESTOCK WATERING SYSTEMS TO BE MONITORED AND CONTROLLED REMOTELY, RESULTING IN EFFICIENCIES AND RESPONSE TIME AND WATER USAGE.

AND HERE'S JUST A COUPLE PHOTOS OF THE SOLAR POWERED WELLS AT VERNAL POOLS, DELTA ACCESS AND MISSION PEAK.

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THE DISTRICT HAS 32 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.

18 ARE FOR THE DISTRICT'S FLEET, AND THEN WE HAVE 14 FOR PUBLIC USE.

SO THE MAP JUST SHOWS YOU SO YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ARE.

AND THE ORANGE WE HAVE WHERE OUR INTERNAL FLEET CHARGING STATIONS ARE.

IN PURPLE, WHERE THE PUBLIC EV STATIONS ARE. AND THEN THIS LITTLE WRENCH LIKE IS FOR FUTURE EV STATIONS THAT WE'RE PLANNING.

SO IN TERMS OF OUR INTERNAL EV CHARGING STATIONS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 18 LOCATION STATIONS HERE AT PERALTA OAKS ADMIN BUILDING. WE ALSO HAVE IT AT ARDENWOOD, COYOTE HILLS, CROWN BEACH, PEARL SHADOW CLIFFS, AND TILDEN NORTH COUNTY COURTYARD. WE'RE PLANNING TO DO ADDITIONAL INSTALLATIONS HERE, AS WELL AS AT LAKE CHABOT, SOUTH COUNTY, PACHECO COURTYARD AND ALSO TILDEN NORTH COUNTY COURTYARD.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 17 ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND 31 HYBRID VEHICLES, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR FLEET, WE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CHARGING STATIONS.

ON THE PUBLIC SIDE, WE HAVE 14 STATIONS TOTAL, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY LOCATED AT DUMBARTON QUARRY, MCLAUGHLIN EAST SHORE AND SHADOW CLIFFS. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ARE PLANNED FOR COYOTE HILLS, AS WELL AS EASTPORT STAGING AREA AT SIBLEY, AND THE NEW PROJECT AT TILDEN TIDEWATER DAY USE AREA.

IN 2022, DECO PERFORMED AN ANALYSIS OF EV CHARGING OPTIONS AND ASSESSED POTENTIAL SITES AND LOCATIONS.

THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO OUR NEW PROJECT DESIGNS.

FEES FOR PUBLIC ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING USE HAS REMAINED AT ABOUT $0.25 PER KILOWATT HOUR SINCE 2017.

IN ADDITION TO ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, PUBLIC ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS REQUIRE NETWORK CONNECTIVITY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PAYMENT FOR THOSE CHARGEPOINT STATIONS. AND THIS SLIDE JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT IT HAS BEEN COSTING THE DISTRICT TO RUN THESE PUBLIC EV CHARGING STATIONS. THERE'S AN ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE WE'RE ASSESSED FROM AT CHARGEPOINT, AS WELL AS SOME PERMIT FEES THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

HISTORICALLY, THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN SUBSIDIZING THIS COST.

HOWEVER, IN 2024, AS KILOWATT USAGE INCREASED, AT 80%, WE STARTED TO RECOGNIZE A REVENUE OF ABOUT $400.

SO THE NEXT PILLAR IS THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS.

AS PART OF THE 2014 STRATEGIC ENERGY PLAN, OVER 500 PROJECTS WERE IDENTIFIED TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT'S ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

THE BOARD APPROPRIATED $1.2 MILLION FOR THESE PROJECTS.

AS OF JULY 2025, ABOUT $1 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT AND WE HAVE ABOUT $154,000 REMAINING.

OF THE 500, 496 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND THESE WERE MAINLY LIGHTING PROJECTS WHERE WE REPLACED THE FIXTURES AND MOVED TO MORE EFFICIENT, NEWER GENERATION LAMPS AND LED. WE ALSO INSTALLED SIX VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES AT OUR SWIMMING FACILITIES TO HELP MONITOR AND CONTROL THE PUMPS. HERE'S A COUPLE SNAPSHOTS AND PICTURES OF OLD VERSUS NEW INSTALLATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE ON THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FRONT, CHANGING OUT THE LIGHT FIXTURES.

SO WHAT DO WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE? RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OUR PERALTA OAKS NORTH PROJECT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND IT INCLUDES THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PANELS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO OFFSET 100% OF THE BUILDING'S ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS.

WE ALSO HAVE PLANS FOR 12 DOUBLE EV CHARGING STATIONS.

AND WE'RE BUILDING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL 12 STATIONS IN THE FUTURE.

IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS WITH THE PLAN, WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE OF OUR ELECTRICITY COST, DESPITE THESE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND FROM 2020 TO 2024, OUR ELECTRICITY COST HAS ALMOST DOUBLED FROM $845,000 TO $1.6 MILLION.

SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ANALYZING OUR CONSUMPTION DATA AT SOME OF OUR SITES THAT HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT USAGE INCREASES, SUCH AS DEL VALLE, CONTRA LOMA AND DUMBARTON QUARRY, AND TRYING TO ASSESS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS THAT WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT GOING FORWARD.

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AND THEN ALSO IN OFFICE SERVICES, WE'RE WORKING TO PROCURE A CONSULTANT TO PERFORM ANNUAL INSPECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR EXISTING SOLAR ARRAY SYSTEMS, AND THEN ALSO GET AN ENGINEER TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW SOLAR SITES AND DO THOSE REPORTS AND ASSESSMENTS TO SEE WHERE WE MIGHT BENEFIT FROM DOING THOSE PROJECTS. SO WITH THAT, I AM FINISHED. SO THANK YOU AND OPEN TO QUESTIONS.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, BOARD MEMBERS? NO, EVERYTHING WAS REALLY CLEAR. JUST AS FAR AS WITH THE INCREASE IN CONSUMPTION, THE SITES THAT YOU MENTIONED, SOME OF THOSE HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. SO AS FAR AS WITH COYOTE HILLS NEARBY YOU'VE HAD GROWTH AT THAT OVERALL PARK WITH NEW FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

SO I CAN UNDERSTAND LIKE THE GROWTH THERE, BUT ARE THERE OTHER FACTORS AT SOME OF THE SITES THAT'S LEADING TO AN INCREASE IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION, DESPITE OUR DIFFERENT EFFORTS TO AS FAR AS REDUCE CONSUMPTION? YEAH. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CRUNCH THE NUMBERS AND GO BACK AND SEE, LIKE, WHY DID WE SEE THESE BIG INCREASES FROM 2024 TO 2025? AND LIKE WHAT. YOU KNOW, WHAT MONTHS ARE WE SEEING IT IN.

BECAUSE IT WASN'T IT'S LIKE JUST ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND WE'RE HAVING TO REALLY DIVE INTO THE PG&E BILLS AND TAKE OUT THE GENERATION CREDITS THAT WE RECEIVE.

SO IT REALLY IS REQUIRING A LITTLE BIT MORE ANALYSIS TO POINT OUT THOSE FACTORS THAN WORKING WITH THE PARKS TO SEE, DID SOMETHING CHANGE? DID YOU ADD SOME NEW FEATURE? AND THEN GETTING THIS CONSULTANT IN TO HELP US ALSO DO THIS ANALYSIS ON WHAT SOLUTIONS WE COULD IMPLEMENT IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY, WELL, IT'S GREAT THAT YOUR TEAM IS DIVING DOWN INTO THAT.

THANK YOU. I JUST MAY NOT KNOW THE TERMINOLOGY, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE.

FIRST OF ALL, FANTASTIC. THIS IS REALLY NICE TO SEE IT ALL IN ONE PLACE.

I WAS ASKED TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THIS. I NEEDED YOU A FEW MONTHS AGO.

SERIOUSLY, THIS IS PERFECT. WELL, AGAIN, IT'S A BIG TEAM EFFORT BECAUSE I'M JUST COMPILING THE DATA, BUT THE ACTUAL DEPARTMENTS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING THE REAL WORK EVERY DAY. REALLY NICE TO HAVE IT ALL IN ONE PLACE.

AND SO THE KIND OF THE TAKEAWAY THAT I'M LOOKING AT THIS SOLAR CREDITS EARNED THE 307,000.

CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER CREDITS VERSUS ACTUAL DOLLAR REVENUES.

AND THEN YOUR NICE CHART OF HOW THEY'RE ALLOCATED? I JUST I'M NOT REALLY THAT FAMILIAR WITH THE TERMINOLOGY.

SURE. HOW DOES THAT WORK. SO THE RESGBCT, WHATEVER WE GENERATE FROM THE PANELS GOES IN AND THAT EQUATES TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MEGAWATTS. AND SO THEN PG&E CLASSIFIES THAT AND GIVES US A DOLLAR AMOUNT.

AND THEN IT'S CREDITED TO THE GENERATION CREDITS ARE ON EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL METERS.

AND IT'S JUST LOOKING AT WHATEVER THE GENERATION COST IS.

IT COUNTERS THAT. RIGHT. SO WE PUT IT OUT ON THE GRID, PG&E GIVES IT BACK OR GIVES US CREDIT BACK.

GIVES US CREDIT BACK. CORRECT. INTERESTING. YEAH.

AND IT'S A LONG PROCESS FOR US TO SIT THERE AND RECONCILE ALL OF THESE BILLS THE DISTRICT HAS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE CHOSEN 50M, BUT WE HAVE OVER LIKE 120 BILLS FROM PG&E.

SO IT'S JUST SITTING THERE MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE NUMBERS ARE LINING UP IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE GENERATED AND WHAT IT'S BEING CREDITED TOWARDS. FISCALLY, HOW ARE THESE SET UP? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS.

ARE THESE POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, ARE THESE.

DO WE PURCHASE? THIS IS OUR OWN EQUIPMENT? YES, THIS IS OUR OWN.

THE EQUIPMENT AT SHADOW CLIFFS IS OUR OWN. WE INSTALLED AND PURCHASED IT OUTRIGHT.

YES. SO SEPARATE FROM GRANTS, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THESE PPAS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO COME IN AND PUT, LIKE, THEY LOVE OUR ROOF HERE, AND THEY WANT TO PUT A SYSTEM UP THERE, AND THEY PAY FOR IT, THEY MAINTAIN IT AND THEY GIVE US CREDIT, AND THEY TAKE SOME OF IT IN A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

I JUST WASN'T SURE IF WE'VE DONE ANY OF THOSE IN OUR REGION.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER FUNDING SOLAR MECHANISM THAT CAN BE A WIN WIN FOR.

AND EVEN AVOID THE. BECAUSE IT'S AN INDUSTRY MODEL WHERE THEY MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT ALSO.

THEY'RE USING OUR LAND OR OUR ROOF OR OUR BUILDINGS OR WHATEVER.

ANYWAY, I'M DIGRESSING THERE. THE REST. AND I DON'T KNOW.

ALSO A LOT OF TIMES THE OFFSETS AND THE STATE GOAL UNDER OUR SB32 IS TO HAVE RETURNED TO 1990 LEVELS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. SO THE FINANCE HERE IS FABULOUS.

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THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF CREDIT THAT WE'RE GETTING.

BUT ALSO DO WE HAPPEN TO KNOW THE GREEN? I THINK THE ANSWER IS NO.

SO THIS IS A COMMENT. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK IT AS A QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU CAN KNOW THE ANSWER. BUT THE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY OR THE TONS OF CO2 OFFSETS THAT WE'VE ACHIEVED BY THIS, I THINK IT'D BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WELL WE'RE DOING TO MEET THE STATE GOALS UNDER SB32 TOO, TO GET BACK TO MEET OR EXCEED THE 1990 LEVELS OF CO2 EMISSIONS.

SO THIS PRESENTATION IS. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING.

STAFF, I'D BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE THAT WHAT THE OFFSET IS.

AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC CONSUMPTION, WHAT'S REALLY NICE IS OFTEN YOU CAN TAKE THOSE CARBON OFFSETS AND SAY SOMETHING LIKE, THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO TAKING OUT THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT WOULD CROSS THE UNITED STATES THREE TIMES, LIKE THAT KIND OF CARBON OFFSET. I'D BE INTERESTING WHEN WE GET THIS BACK AGAIN TO HAVE MORE OF THAT.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE MICROGRID. THAT IS AWESOME.

I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD ONE AT THE TRUDEAU CENTER.

IS THAT GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR. SO IN THE EVENT THAT THE POWER GOES OUT OR WE HAVE PROBLEMS THAT WOULD.

WOULD THAT BE OUR EMERGENCY OPERATING CENTER TYPE OF THING, OR DO POLICE AND FIRE ALSO HAVE A MICROGRID OUT AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS? THAT'S REALLY A GREAT. ESPECIALLY WITH PG&E FLUCTUATIONS AND POWER OUTAGES, MORE AND MORE CITIES.

FIRE, POLICE ARE GOING TO A STANDALONE SOLAR POWERED MICROGRID.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT IS JUST A FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY.

I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD THAT AT TRUDEAU, AND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GO FOR A COOLING CENTER, IF WE'D WE'D BE POWERED UP. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A POWERPOINT I'D LOVE TO HAVE WHEN I GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU.

GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION. AND I'M GLAD WE WERE TRYING TO TACKLE THIS.

SO ONE QUESTION. SO DID YOU SAY THAT OUR TOTAL ELECTRICITY BILL FOR THE REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FOR ONE YEAR IS $1.6 MILLION? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS FOR FOR 2024.

AND THAT'S ON TOP OF THE $2.4 MILLION IN CREDITS? THE 2.4 IS CUMULATIVE OVER TIME. SO IT INCLUDES THAT.

THEN WE HAVE THE 300,000 CREDIT THAT WE RECEIVED.

OKAY. WELL, I GUESS IT'S A GREAT POINT. I KIND OF WONDER FROM MY LEVEL WHEN I WORKED HERE IS, IS THERE LIKE AN ENERGY TEAM OR SOMEONE THAT WOULD GO AROUND? I REMEMBER ONE OF MY TASKS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO WAS TO LOOK AROUND THE SOUTH COUNTY COURTYARD AND SAY, GOSH, LOOK AT THESE T8 FLUORESCENT BULBS. WE'RE USING THEIR T WHATEVER.

YOU CAN BE AT 12 NOW THAT THEY'RE INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT, GO THROUGH, LOOK AT THINGS, LIGHTS THAT STAY ON ALL NIGHT LONG THAT HAVE NO REASON TO BE LIT. I MEAN, I SHOULD SAY I USED TO WORK WITH ON THE TRADES CREW AND AN ELECTRICIAN DECIDED THAT YOU HAVE TO.

THERE WAS A STAIRWAY AT TILDEN. AND IN THIS, YOU HAVE TO LIGHT A STAIRWAY, RIGHT? DURING BUSINESS HOURS. THIS ELECTION DID NOT GIVE YOU THE OPTION OF A SWITCH OR NOT.

HE JUST SAID NO, DON'T WANT TO VIOLATE ANY RULES.

NOBODY WILL TURN THE LIGHT OFF OR NOBODY WILL TURN IT ON. SO IT WAS ON ALL THE TIME.

THE ETERNAL FLAME, WHICH DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE, BUT I KNOW WE'RE GETTING AWAY FROM THAT AND I HOPE WE ARE.

BUT I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS A GROUP THAT WALKS AROUND AND LOOKS.

I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY, I GO TO PARKS A LOT AND I SEE LIGHTS THAT ARE ON ALL DAY LONG, OUTDOOR LIGHTS ALL DAY LONG.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A EASY THING TO DO OR AN EASY THING TO MISS.

BUT IF THERE'S. I THINK THERE'S SOME SAVINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A GIANT BIG NUMBERS LIKE THIS, BUT I BET IT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL THAT WE COULD INTERNALLY JUST SAY, HEY, WHY DOESN'T SOMEBODY PUT A SENSOR ON THAT LIGHT. WHEN IT GETS DARK, LIGHT GOES ON.

WHEN IT GETS BRIGHTER AND THE SUN COMES OUT, IT GOES OFF.

JUST A THOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW.

I'LL NEED TO LOOK INTO IF WE HAVE, LIKE, WHAT MEASURES WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE. I KNOW THROUGH OUR SKILLED TRADES, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE THE ONES THAT IMPLEMENTED MOST OF THESE ENERGY EFFICIENT MEASURES.

AND THOSE DID INVOLVE LIGHT SWITCHES AND CHANGING THOSE OUT AND MAKING THEM CONTROL FEATURES.

SO BUT IN TERMS OF MONITORING REGULARLY, I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE GROUP AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE FOR THE FUTURE.

AND AS AN INTERPRETIVE TOOL, IF FOR NOTHING ELSE, AS AS YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUALLY BRING UP THAT OUR MISSION STATEMENT,

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WHAT IS THE PHRASE? ENVIRONMENTAL.

JUST A SIMPLE MAYBE HAVING A LIGHT THAT GOES ON WHEN YOU COME INTO THE ROOMS. YOU KNOW, MANY OFFICES DO THAT. YOU COME INTO THE ROOM, LIGHT GOES ON, YOU LEAVE THE ROOM, THE LIGHTS GO OFF. THE LIGHTS.

GUESTS THAT COME HERE AND PEOPLE THAT SEE US AND WE SAY WE'RE AN ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY, THE IDEA OF WALKING THE WALK, IT MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA, ESPECIALLY IN THIS COMPLEX DOWN HERE, IN THE RESTROOMS HERE AND THE HALLS AROUND DOWN HERE WHERE PEOPLE COME AND I'M SURE IT'S BEING TAKEN CARE OF IN THE NEW BUILDING. I HOPE IT IS.

ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THIS WAS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM.

ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS? THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. GREAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE NEED A TWO MINUTE BREAK? OKAY, LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. [INAUDIBLE], RELAX.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO HEAR FROM THE MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT UNIT.

WELCOME, CHRIS AND MATT. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WAESPI.

I WANTED TO SAY GOOD AFTERNOON AND KIND OF REINTRODUCE MYSELF, AS I'M STILL FAIRLY NEW TO THE DISTRICT.

MY NAME IS CHRIS WYCKOFF, AND I'M THE DIVISION LEAD FOR MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADE.

TODAY WE DO HAVE MATT NORTON HERE. HE IS THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR PUBLIC WORKS UNIT #3.

THEY DO FOCUS MOSTLY ON RENOVATIONS AND REPLACEMENTS OF MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

AND HE'S HERE TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE THE HISTORY, THE FUNCTIONALITY AND THE BUDGETARY ELEMENTS OF HIS TEAM.

SO I'LL LEAVE TO HIM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHRIS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WANT TO JUST START OUT BY REINTRODUCING MYSELF.

I'M MATT NORTON. I´M THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE UNIT SUPERINTENDENT, ALSO KNOWN AS PUBLIC WORKS UNIT #3.

AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, AND HOW WE'RE FUNDED IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE DISTRICT'S INFRASTRUCTURE SAFE, RELIABLE AND SUSTAINABLE. OKAY. SO LET'S START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. THE UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2024, SO IT'S STILL PRETTY YOUNG.

WE WERE CREATED TO IMPROVE PARK DISTRICT EFFECTIVENESS.

AND THIS IS JUST A FOCUS ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND UPGRADES SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT MISSION DELIVERY.

WE UTILIZE SOFTWARE TO CREATE A DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT.

THIS INCREASES OUR DELIVERABILITY, OUR ACCOUNTABILITY, AND OUR PUBLIC RELEVANCE.

ANOTHER REASON WHY IT BECAME IMPORTANT FOR OUR DIVISION OR OUR UNIT TO BE CREATED WAS THAT WE HAVE OVER 1400 ASSETS THAT WE MANAGE.

WE ALSO HAVE 188 MILES OF PAVED ROADS AND TRAILS AND 4.5 MILLION FT² OF PARKING LOT AREA.

SOME OF THE CORE VALUES THAT WE FOCUS ON WHEN WE TAKE ON PROJECTS, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN SAFE, HIGH FUNCTIONING FACILITIES. WE WANT TO IMPROVE FACILITY AND PAVEMENT CONDITIONS DISTRICT WIDE.

WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE SUSTAINABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.

AND THEN WE WANT TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR DELIVERY.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANT TO MENTION ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT IS WHAT WE DO.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

WE FOCUS MOSTLY ON LARGER, MORE COMPLEX REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS THAT ARE BEYOND ROUTINE FIXES.

WHEREAS WE HAVE OUR TRADES DEPARTMENT AND MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES THAT FOCUSES MORE ON ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT THAT FOCUSES ON NEW CONSTRUCTION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

WE INTEGRATE MORE OF A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE APPROACH, AND THIS IS USING OUR DATA DRIVEN TECHNOLOGIES.

AND WE FOCUS ON THINGS SUCH AS AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH ROOFS, WINDOWS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, PAVEMENT THAT IT'S TRIGGERED IN THE SYSTEM SAYING THAT IT'S END OF LIFE.

IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HERE'S THE CREW. WE HAVE ONE SUPERINTENDENT,

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THIS FUNDING IS OUTLINED FOR USE IN POLICY 6.1, AND WE BREAK THE DEPARTMENT KIND OF UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT SEGMENTS, THE FACILITY AND UTILITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND THE PAVING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

SO FIRST LET'S LOOK INTO THE FACILITY AND UTILITIES PROGRAM, WHICH IS FUNDED ABOUT $3 MILLION ANNUALLY.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE ALSO USE IN OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE DO FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE GENERAL FUND MONEY, PROJECT FUNDS, GRANTS. BUT FOR THIS PRESENTATION, I'M FOCUSING MORE ON OUR ANNUAL ALLOCATION FUNDS.SO LET'S DIVE MORE INTO THE FACILITIES AND UTILITIES. THIS IS BROKEN KIND OF EVEN FARTHER UP INTO TWO SECTIONS.

WE HAVE ABOUT 25% OF THE FUNDS. THAT GOES TOWARDS LIKE A PREVENTATIVE, PROACTIVE APPROACH, WHICH I WAS KIND OF TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. THESE ARE SELF-GENERATED PROJECTS THAT WE PUT ONTO A WORK PLAN TO GET DONE ACCORDING TO THE SOFTWARE AND WHAT THE SOFTWARE IS TELLING US TO FOCUS ON. AND THEN 75% AT THIS TIME IS FOCUSED ON PARK REQUESTS.

WE HAVE AN INTAKE PROCESS THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEND IN REQUESTS AND WE PUT IT INTO A WORK PLAN AND QUEUE IT UP FOR PROJECT DELIVERABILITY. SO WITH THAT, MORE ON THE PROJECT INTAKE PROCESS. OUR GOAL WITH THE PROJECT INTAKE PROCESS IS TO STAY TRANSPARENT IN NATURE. SO WE CREATED A SHAREPOINT FOLDER THAT IS AVAILABLE THAT SHOWS THE WHOLE PROJECT LIST AND KEEPS UPDATES SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHERE THEIR PROJECT IS IN THE QUEUE, WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED AND SHOWS COMMENTS OF WHY IT WOULD BE ON HOLD OR WHAT IS HOLDING THE PROJECT UP. SO IF WE BREAK DOWN THE LIFE OF A REQUEST AS IT'S CREATED AND IT COMES IN.

IT'S FIRST STARTED BY IDENTIFICATION. PARK STAFF WILL IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND REPORT IN AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I NEED THIS FIXED. WE'LL SEND OUT A STAFF MEMBER TO INVESTIGATE OR REQUEST MORE INFORMATION FOR KIND OF A INFORMATION GATHERING STEP. WE ACCUMULATE ALL THAT DOCUMENTS, PUT IT INTO A FOLDER, AND THEN HAVE THEM GENERATE A PROJECT INITIATION FORM THAT HAS ALL OF THIS ATTACHED TO IT. THAT GOES THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS THAT GETS REVIEWED BY THE CHAIN OF COMMAND APPROVED AT WHATEVER LEVEL IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR THAT PROJECT.

WE ALSO ACCOUNT FOR HOW MUCH FUNDING THAT WE'RE ESTIMATING THE PROJECT TO TAKE, REVIEW THE SCOPE AND THEN SET IT A PRIORITY AND THEN PUT IT INTO THE PROJECT QUEUE FOR PLANNING. ONCE IT'S COMPLETE, WE GO THROUGH A WHOLE CLOSEOUT PROCEDURE, INCLUDING GOING INTO OUR WORK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, UPDATING IT SO THAT WE CAN TRACK DATA IN THE FUTURE.

NOW, DO YOU TAKE QUESTIONS DURING YOUR PRESENTATION? SURE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS BY BOARD? I JUST HAD ONE.

I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, THIS DESCRIPTION OF HOW A PROJECT IS REQUESTED AND THEN HOW IT'S RECEIVED AND HOW IT'S REVIEWED AND HOW IT'S APPROVED AND HOW IT'S COMPLETED.

YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S THE 730 IN THE PIE DIAGRAM, THE $730,000 FOR PREVENTATIVE AND SELF-GENERATED MAINTENANCE. SO I'M THINKING OF WHEN I WALK ON THE EAST SHORE TRAIL AT LAKESHORE AT LAKE CHABOT, THERE'S CRACKS THAT GET BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY YEAR, AND IT COULD BE EASILY OR NOT.

I MEAN, NOTHING'S EASY, BUT SEALED, YOU KNOW, CRACK SEALING AS OPPOSED TO TEARING OUT THE WHOLE ROAD AND THEN PUTTING IN A NEW PAVEMENT.

I'M WONDERING AT WHAT LEVEL. I GUESS THE REAL LEVEL I'M CONCERNED WITH IS, WHO MAKES THE DECISION THAT THAT'S A PRIORITY? I MEAN, AND IS IT CONSIDERED? I MEAN, DO YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. I KNOW YOU'LL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION EASE OF ACCESS OR THE ABILITY TO GET TO THE PROJECT AND DO IT, THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR IT IF IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE OR IF IT'S TOO FAR GONE ON THE PAVEMENT INDEX, IT HAS TO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR JUST SEALING IT.

BUT AT WHAT POINT DO YOU CONSIDER. I'M SUGGESTING THAT THAT TRAIL IS PROBABLY IN THE TOP TEN

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BUT IF THE IRON HORSE TRAIL FAILS AND WASHES OUT, YOU CAN WALK AROUND AT LAKE CHABOT HAS BEEN THE CASE IN THE 2023 STORMS. YOU WASH OUT A TRAIL THERE, A TRAIL AND A ROAD FAILS.

YOU'RE IN THE LAKE OR YOU'RE ON A STEEP HILLSIDE.

AND SO THEY CLOSE THE TRAIL FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.

I'M WONDERING, WHAT AM I WONDERING? I MEAN, DOES THAT COME INTO THE.

ARE THERE A LOT OF FACTORS AND WHO MAKES THE DECISIONS, BY THE WAY? I GUESS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I'LL FOCUS ON THE PAVEMENT, PROBABLY PORTION OF IT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF IT'S SLOPE STABILITY AND SUCH.

WITH THE PAVEMENT, WE, AND I WILL GET TO THAT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.

WE HAVE A STREET SAVER SOFTWARE. WE'RE ALSO DOING A CURRENT ASSESSMENT THAT'S GOING OUT THERE AND CHECKING THE CURRENT CONDITION OF ALL THE PAVEMENT.

IT'S GOING TO GIVE US A NEUTRAL, EQUITABLE WAY OF HAVING THE DATA SHOW US WHERE WE NEED TO PUT OUR PRESCRIPTIONS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THE WORK PLAN FROM THAT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE FAIR AND EQUITABLE, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION. THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE FOCUSED MORE ON SOFTWARE.

TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THE HUMAN ERROR OUT OF IT.

YES, FOR PAVEMENT RIGHT NOW. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

IT IS ON THE WORK PLAN, AND WE DO PREDICT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS.

BUT WE HAVE IT ON HOLD AT THIS POINT UNTIL THE CURRENT ASSESSMENT IS DONE, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN UPDATED ASSESSMENT THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION SO WE CAN MAKE IT A MORE EDUCATED WORK PLAN. OKAY.

I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT TOO. SO AGAIN, BEING FAIRLY NEW TO THE DISTRICT, BUT ONE OF THE COMMON THINGS AMONGST PUBLIC WORKS IS SOMETHING CALLED A PCI, PAVING CONDITION INDEX. AND THE SOFTWARE THAT MATT IS REFERRING TO REALLY.

IT UTILIZES THE PCI. AND IT'S A METRIC THAT ESSENTIALLY SCORES THE CONDITION OF PAVEMENT AT THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

AND SO THAT METRIC, DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT FALLS, PRIORITIZES THE WORK AND MOVES IT UP IN THE LIST, SO TO SPEAK. A SIMILAR PROCESS IS DONE WITH THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT MATT IS DISCUSSING.

THAT INTAKE, THE REQUEST. THERE'S A SCORING MATRIX THAT YOU USE THAT SETS THAT PRIORITY, THAT ALLOWS US TO TO DO THAT.

SO IT IS A TRANSPARENT. IT'S NOT THAT SOMEONE SETS IT AS A PRIORITY.

WE UTILIZE THE METRICS. OKAY. I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT OPPOSED.

I THINK SOMEBODY SHOULD MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE IF I JUST GO OUT THERE AND MAKE AN ASSESSMENT AND A TRAIL IS A 71 AND IS AT 71 BELOW. SO I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER.

BUT IT'S BELOW 71, AND IT'S A TERRIBLE ROAD. WELL, WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS.

AND TWO PLACES THAT ARE THE SAME NUMBER IN TERRIBLE CONDITION.

WHO GETS FIXED FIRST? BECAUSE THE IDEA OF IF THIS TRAIL LEAVES, YOU WASH IT INTO A LAKE.

AND THE IDEA IF YOU'RE IN A FLAT SURFACE WHERE NOBODY HIKES, WHO CARES, SO TO SPEAK? YEAH, I DO THINK THAT THOSE FACTORS HAVE TO COME AND PLAY WHEN LOOKING AT IT, YOU KNOW SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND USABILITY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS DO HAVE TO PLAY.

AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE THOSE THINGS THROUGH EACH YEAR AS WE SET THE WORK PLAN ON THOSE FACTORS AND HOW THEY'RE USED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH.

I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT, THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WITH CHRIS'S, ADDITION TO CHRIS JOINING THE DISTRICT, IS THAT THERE ARE LARGE AREAS OF, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE IRON HORSE TRAIL WHERE WE KNOW WE NEED TO ADDRESS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO DISCRETE AREAS. SO MAYBE THERE'S JUST ONE PART OF THE LAKE, SOUTH SHORE TRAIL OR A PORTION ALONG THE SEAVIEW TRAIL AT COYOTE HILLS, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE IT'S NOT THE WHOLE THING THAT NEEDS TO GET FIXED, BUT THERE'S JUST A SECTION OF IT. AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, LOOK AT THAT WITH A NEW SET OF EYES ABOUT HOW WE CAN START TO FEATHER IN FIXING THINGS WITHOUT MAKING IT A BIG DEAL WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MOVING SOMETHING TO THE TOP OF THE LIST TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM SOMETHING ELSE BUT HELPING WITHIN OUR PARKS, WITH OUR PARK STAFF, REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO THE BIG PROJECTS,

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BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT TRAILS ARE SO IMPORTANT.

SO. YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT WAS KIND OF A GOOD SEGUE TO DIFFERENT SOFTWARE, BUT VFA SOFTWARE IS THE OTHER SOFTWARE WE USE.

THIS IS FOR FACILITY MANAGEMENT INSTEAD OF THE PAVING.

DOES A VERY SIMILAR THING INSTEAD OF A PCI. THIS IS FCI.

SO FACILITY CONDITION INDEX SCORE. AND THEN JUST, IT KIND OF HELPS ANSWER THAT QUESTION TOO.

IT GUIDES OUR PROJECT FOCUS. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY DETERMINE WHERE A PROJECT WORK IS.

IT JUST GIVES US RAW DATA TO SHOW US WHERE OUR ATTENTION SHOULD BE.

AND THEN WE UTILIZE THAT AND REVIEW IT TO CREATE THE WORK PLAN FROM.

SO THAT GIVES THAT NEXT LAYER THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, DIRECTOR WAESPI, THAT SAYS, IF WE HAVE TWO ISSUES, WE CAN KIND OF USE THAT PARK EYE TO SEE WHICH ONE WOULD PROBABLY NEED MORE ATTENTION.

AND THEN, I'LL ADD IT ALSO HELPS US TRACK IMPROVEMENT OVERALL, AND OVER TIME THAT SHOWS THAT WE'RE INCREASING OUR FACILITY.

IN THIS CASE, FACILITY. THE OTHER ONE'S PAVEMENT.

CONDITION INDEX OVERALL. AND IT ALSO PREDICTS HOW MUCH FUNDING WE WOULD NEED IN ORDER TO GET THE SCORE UP AND ELEVATED TO A LEVEL THAT'S SUSTAINABLE. AND WE'RE HOPING TO LOOK MORE INTO THIS IN THE FUTURE AS WE DEVELOP MORE DATA.

OKAY. SO FOR THE FACILITIES, OUR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE OR OUR PROACTIVE APPROACH.

HERE'S TWO PRIME EXAMPLES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON CURRENTLY.

WILDCAT CANYON ON THE LEFT. THIS IS THE STAFF OFFICES AND THE FIRE STATION #9.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S A REALLY OLD BUILDING. A LOT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT KIND OF BUILT UP OVER TIME.

THE SYSTEM RECOGNIZED THAT IT NEEDED MULTIPLE ASSETS UPGRADED.

SO WE'RE COMING AT THAT PROJECT KIND OF HOLISTICALLY AND DOING A NEW ROOF.

SO THIS IS AN OLD TOWER AND GRAVEL ROOF. NEW PAINT, LEAD ABATEMENT BECAUSE THE PAINT IS LEAD BASED.

HVAC UPGRADES. AND I THINK SOME LIGHTING AND ELECTRICAL UPGRADES AS WELL.

ON THE RIGHT, I PUT THIS IN HERE BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A REAL GOOD REMINDER OF HOW DEFERRED MAINTENANCE CAN GET OUT OF CONTROL.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITING OF THE GARIN BARN, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S GOT A LOT OF SUN DAMAGE AND WATER ROT INTO THE WOOD.

IF WE DID THE PROACTIVE APPROACH AND KEPT THE PAINTING UP EVERY 20 YEARS AS PRESCRIBED, IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED OF HAVING.

AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE TO DO SIDING REPLACEMENT ON TWO SIDES OF THIS BUILDING.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO THE SIDING REPLACEMENT ON TWO SIDES OF THIS BUILDING, AND WE'RE GOING TO PAINT THE WHOLE THING, A NEW BEAUTIFUL COAT OF RED.

AND FOR BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS, YOU SHOULD GO BY AFTER IT'S DONE.

IT SHOULD BE DONE BY NEXT YEAR. ESPECIALLY THE GARIN BARN, IT'S GOING TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

JUST TO ADD FOR THE FACILITIES. WE COME AT THESE PROJECTS WITH A HOLISTIC VIEW.

WHEN WE APPROACH A PROJECT, WE AREN'T JUST LOOKING AT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

WE LOOK AT WHAT ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES WE CAN DO, WHAT WATER SAVING TECHNOLOGY WE CAN IMPLEMENT, ADA, ACCESSIBILITY TO THE FACILITY, AND MULTIPLE OTHER FACTORS.

SO HERE'S A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES THAT I PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU GUYS TODAY.

THE ONE ON THE TOP LEFT, THAT'S THE SIBLEY RESTROOM AND PAVILION UP IN SKYLINE.

WE DID A SERIES OF ROOF REPLACEMENTS, AND THIS IS JUST A REALLY GOOD PICTURE THAT SHOWS ALUMINUM STANDING SEAM METAL ROOFING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT ON THERE.

THIS INCREASES FIRE HARDENING, AND IT ALSO INCREASES THE LIFE OF THE ROOF.

ALLOWS US 50 YEARS BEFORE WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND REDO THE ROOF SYSTEMS. AND WE DID IT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PARK. SO ALL OF SIBLEY PARK.

BELOW THAT YOU HAVE VASCO HILLS HORSE ARENA. WE PUT ALL NEW LED LIGHTING FIXTURES AND BROUGHT IN POWER TO THE ARENA.

SO NOW IT CAN BE UTILIZED LATE INTO THE NIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING.

TILDEN IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN END OF LIFE FLOORING.

THE HARDWOOD FLOORS THAT WERE IN THERE HAVE BEEN REFINISHED SO MANY TIMES THEY COULDN'T BE REFINISHED ANYMORE.

SO WE WENT AND PUT ALL NEW HARDWOOD FLOORING THROUGHOUT THE BRAZIL ROOM.

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WE DID LEAD ABATEMENT AND PAINTING IN THE STABLES.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURE, THE HORSES ARE VERY HAPPY.

AND THEN BELOW THAT, WE ALSO DO DEMO PROJECTS.

THIS IS THE VASCO HILLS RESIDENCE DEMO. AND THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EAST CONTRA COSTA HABITAT CONSERVATION.

THEY HAVE A PROPERTY LINE THAT SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN HABITAT JUST ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING.

SO WE DETERMINED THAT THE BUILDING NEEDED TO GO IN ORDER TO KEEP A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.

AND THEN TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, YOU HAVE THE TILDEN CORPORATION YARD HVAC PROJECT.

WE WENT THROUGH AND UPGRADED HVAC FOR MOST OF THE FACILITIES, AND THIS IS FOR STAFF COMFORT AQI.

WE PUT DAMPERS FOR SMOKE EVENTS AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE BEAUTIFUL CASSETTES ON THE TOP RIGHT THAT BRING THE ROOM TOGETHER.

OKAY, NOW I WANT TO FOCUS IN ON PAVING, SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT PAVING.

WE HAVE $2.25 MILLION ALLOCATED YEARLY FOR PAVING.

AND THAT GOES TOWARDS A 100% PREVENTATIVE, MAINTENANCE DRIVEN APPROACH COMPARED TO THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE A PROJECT INTAKE PROCESS. PAVING IS DETERMINED ENTIRELY FROM THE SOFTWARE.

I DO WANT TO ADD, ROADS AND TRAILS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ROADS, SO ANY SMALL POTHOLES OR ROOT INTRUSIONS GET PATCHED AND REPLACED BY ROADS AND TRAILS, SO THAT'S WHERE THE WORK REQUESTS COME IN FOR THEM.

FOR US, WE FOCUS ON LARGER RENOVATION PROJECTS THAT ARE LARGER IN SCOPE.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, BUT I'LL MENTION IT QUICKLY AGAIN.

WE USE STREET SAVER AS A SOFTWARE THAT MONITORS OUR PCI SCORE OR PAVING CONDITION INDEX SCORE, AND WE USE THIS SCORE TO DETERMINE WHERE THE WORK NEEDS TO GO.

AND THEN WE OBJECTIVELY LOOK AT IT AND TRY TO CREATE WORK PLANS TO WHERE WE CAN ESTABLISH WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS.

AND THEN JUST LIKE VFA, IT TRACKS CONDITION IMPROVEMENT OVER TIME SO WE CAN SEE HOW WE'RE DOING.

AND IT WILL PREDICT THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS NECESSARY IF WE WANT TO INCREASE PRESCRIPTIONS.

WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT WITH AMS TO DO A NEW ASSESSMENT FOR ALL OF OUR PAVEMENT.

IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AT THIS TIME TO DO A NEW ASSESSMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE USING NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THEY'RE GOING TO USE LIDAR, OR THEY'RE USING, BECAUSE IT'S CURRENTLY UNDERGOING, LIDAR TO DO THE ASSESSMENT, WHICH HAS MORE TECHNOLOGIES IN IT SO WE CAN GET A MORE ACCURATE PCI. WE ALSO ARE CONTRACTED WITH THEM TO DO AN UPGRADE OF THE SOFTWARE THAT INCLUDES A GIS INTEGRATION.

SO WE CAN HAVE A MAPPING SOFTWARE THAT SHOWS US WHERE ALL THE HOTSPOTS ARE FOR PAVEMENT.

AND HERE IS SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE JUST COMPLETED.

ON THE TOP YOU HAVE BULL VALLEY UP IN THE CARQUINEZ STRAIT.

YOU HAVE BEFORE ON THE LEFT, AFTER ON THE RIGHT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STAFF IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB PUTTING THESE IN BULL VALLEY, I WANT TO ADD INCLUDED THINGS LIKE BIKE RACKS, ADA ACCESSIBILITY, ADA PARKING, CROSS SLOPE.

YOU CAN SEE THE CONCRETE CURBS THAT WERE ADDED FOR DRAINAGE BECAUSE IT HAD SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES AND NEW TIGER TEETH ON THE ENTRY.

BELOW THIS IS THE IRON HORSE TRAIL. WE DID A COMPLETE MILL INFILL, SO GRIND OUT COMPACT NEW ASPHALT ON TOP. IN DOING THIS, IT ALLOWED US TO MAKE UP FOR THE POOR SUBBASE AND ADD CROSS SLOPE TO MAKE IT MORE ADA ACCESSIBLE. THIS INCLUDED SHOULDER BACKING, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL END PRODUCT.

ALL IN ALL, WE COMPLETED, I BELIEVE, 2.25 MILES OF PAVEMENT.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MATT.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? NONE.

OH, MY COMMENT IS, IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THAT WORK THAT'S GETTING DONE, THAT'S FOR SURE.

AND MAYBE A SITE TOUR, JUST DRIVING ALONG A TWO MILE STRETCH OF PAVING WOULD BE INTERESTING.

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I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE USING THE RAC, THE RUBBERIZED ASPHALT CONCRETE AND THE GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR THAT.

SO THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR USING ASPHALT MATERIAL THAT USES, IT'S [INAUDIBLE] IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR USING ASPHALT THAT IS PARTIALLY TIRES, RUBBERIZED TIRES, AND THERE'S A LOT OF RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES AND GRANTS FOR THAT.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE USED, YOU KNOW? I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT ONE AND GET BACK TO YOU.

OKAY, THANKS. AND DEFINITELY THE WHOLE VIEW. AND WHEN YOU MENTIONED THOSE ARE HAPPY HORSES OUT AT PIEDMONT STABLES, BY THE WAY, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND IT WAS A PRETTY NICE REDO.

DIDN'T MENTION THE, OR MAYBE YOU DID. THE LEAD IN PAINT AND THE LIGHTING, WHAT A BIG PROJECT THAT WAS.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE. BUT WHERE DOES THE YOUR DIVISION START, AND THE OTHER END? I THINK LISA KNOWS QUITE WELL THAT THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT OUT THERE FOR BETTING AND STORAGE.

SO WHEN DOES SOMETHING BECOME A REPAIR, A SMALL PROJECT, A CONTRACT ISSUE? SO WE'VE GOT THESE GREAT STALLS FOR THE HORSES, BUT THEY'RE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR BETTING STORAGE UNIT.

IS THAT YOUR UNIT OR HOW DO YOU LOOK AT THAT HOLISTICALLY? IT'S JUST SILOS TO KIND OF TAKE CARE OF THE WHOLE FACILITY OVERALL.

IT SOUNDS LIKE [INAUDIBLE]. DO YOU WANT TO SAY? OKAY. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DIVISIONS THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING ON THE HIGHER END.

SO YOU'RE TALKING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION VERSUS PUBLIC WORKS UNIT #3.

WE FOCUS ON WHAT'S ALREADY EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND UPDATING OR REPLACING OR REPAIRING.

THEY DO NEW CONSTRUCTION OR CAPITALIZABLE PROJECTS.

THAT PROJECT DOES QUALIFY AS A REPLACEMENT. SO IT IS IN MY DEPARTMENT AND IT IS ON OUR WORK PLAN.

IT'S IN THE PROCESS. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ONE.

YEAH. LET ME JUST BACK UP. SO THIS MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND REPAIR UNIT IS NEW, RIGHT? IT JUST KIND OF GOT TO STOP US LAST YEAR. IT KIND OF CALLED SOME POSITIONS FROM THROUGHOUT MAST.

AND PREVIOUSLY, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REALLY ALSO DID SOME MAJOR RENOVATION AND REPAIR.

BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS UNIT WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS, THESE ARE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT CONSIDERED. THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF IS CALLED MAST, WHICH IS MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MISNOMER BECAUSE THIS ISN'T REALLY MAINTENANCE WORK.

THIS IS REALLY WORK THAT WE ARE UTILIZING THE JOB ORDER CONTRACTING.

SO WE'RE USING ON CALL CONTRACTORS TO DO THAT, THAT MAJOR REPLACEMENT OF PAVING WAS DONE USING ON CALL PAVING CONTRACTORS. THAT'S TYPICAL OF PRETTY EVERY JURISDICTION AROUND HERE.

THAT'S HOW THEY DO THAT WORK. THEY HAVE THAT.

I'M GOING TO. I CAN SEE CHRIS IS ALSO THERE. I WILL JUST SAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THEY ARE WORKING ON THE [INAUDIBLE] BARN.

MATT IS WORKING ON IT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, CHRIS, THAT I MISSED? NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT THERE IS. ONE OF THE REASONS THE TEAM WAS FORMED WAS, THERE HAS BEEN A BACKLOG OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR SURE.

AND THEY ARE, AS YOU LOOKED AT THAT PIE CHART, A BIG REASON WHY THAT SMALLER, SELF-GENERATED PIECE IS BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT HAS TO HANDLE THE BACKLOG BEFORE THAT OTHER PREVENTATIVE PIECE CAN GROW, SO.

DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. I LIKE THE CONCEPT.

LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S NEW IN 2024 AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

THAT SORT OF INCREASING RESPONSIVENESS IS THE GOAL OVERALL.

I HAD ANOTHER JUST GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT, YOU MENTIONED LOOKING AT THIS HOLISTICALLY, BUT LIKE WHEN YOU DID THE SIBLEY RESTROOM AND PAVILION REPLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, OUR DISCUSSION WE JUST HAD JUST BEFORE THIS ONE FOR PUTTING SOLAR ON THAT ROOF, OR PERHAPS A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT, OR WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT.

YOU MENTIONED HVAC UPGRADES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ENERGY EFFICIENT, TO BRING DOWN THE ENERGY.

I IMAGINE THAT'S IN YOUR CRITERIA, YOUR FCI? WELL, FCI PROBABLY TRIGGERS WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

BUT THE HOLISTIC LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT STEWARDSHIP, ENERGY, EVERYBODY'S IN THERE BECAUSE.

WE CAN SAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY WHEN WE REPLACE THAT SIDING IN GARIN, IF WE AT THE SAME TIME DO ENERGY EFFICIENCY SIDING.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF, I DON'T KNOW IF AGENCIES, BUT THE NET ENERGY UPGRADE GRANTS, THERE'S A LOT OF GRANTS FOR MAKING SURE BUILDINGS ARE

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IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU MENTIONED SIBLEY BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DID LOOK INTO THE SOLAR CONCEPT, BUT IT WAS DETERMINED IT WAS JUST TOO MANY TREES UP THERE AND IT WASN'T TOO EFFICIENT OF AN AREA.

YEAH. WELL, I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THE WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A NEW PROCESS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY A LOT.

LIKE, WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG? SO I APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOUR GROUP, AND YOU TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THAT IN THIS SORT OF NEW SETUP, AND I APPRECIATE HEARING BACK HOW IT'S WORKING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU TO THE PRESENTATION.

I TOO AM VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE FITTING A REALLY NICE LITTLE NICHE THERE BETWEEN THE BIG MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND THE DECO STUFF AND THE MAST FOLKS. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT TEAM YOU HAVE.

I GUESS, LIZ, YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING. SO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE STUFF IS GOING TO BE DONE IN-HOUSE? I WOULD ASSUME IT'S 2% AND 98% WILL BE CONTRACTED OUT, OR IS IT 10%, 90%, WHAT? SOME PAVING, BUT THAT'S GOT TO BE LESS THAN 1%.

THE WAY THAT I WAS KIND OF TRYING TO PAINT THE PICTURE WAS THAT THERE'S A KIND OF NOT A THRESHOLD, BUT THERE'S A LIMIT TO WHAT THEY CAN HANDLE. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE PRESCRIBED WORK LIKE SLURRY SEALING 3 OR 4 MILES OF TRAIL SO THAT WE CAN PREVENT THE DEGRADATION OF THAT TRAIL SYSTEM. THAT WOULD BE MY DEPARTMENT THAT FOCUSES ON THAT.

BUT IF THERE IS SOME ALLIGATOR AREA FROM WATER INTRUSION, THEN THAT WOULD BE A PATCH REPAIR.

AND THEN THAT WOULD GO INTO THE ROADS AND TRAILS CREW.

SO THE WORK THAT MY DEPARTMENT DOES IS ALREADY KIND OF DEEMED NOT NOT MAINTENANCE.

SO IT'S NOT EMPLOYEE BASED, IT'S CONTRACTOR BASED, SPECIALTY WORK OR IT'S LARGE SCALE.

OKAY. WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ONE QUESTION.

OH, WHO GETS TO CONVERT BATHROOMS AND RESTROOMS AND CHEMICAL TOILETS IN THE NICE RESTROOMS? I MEAN, IS THAT YOU OR DID THAT. WHO GOT THAT WONDERFUL PRIZE? I'M REALLY GLAD YOU ASKED THAT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, I LOVE RESTROOMS. YES. IT'S STILL KIND OF A HYBRID. VOLT TOILETS ARE STILL CONSIDERED UNDER SANITATION, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE WITH A PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE IT NEEDS A LITTLE DESIGN ELEMENT AND PERMITTING AND SUCH. AND THEN FLUSHABLE TOILETS ARE EITHER DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OR SOME OF THEM FALL UNDER MY DEPARTMENT SO THAT IT'S KIND OF SPREAD OUT. BUT THAT WHOLE PROGRAM IS NOT FORGOTTEN.

IT'S JUST MORE PEOPLE GET THROWN AT IT. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS MORE ON IT AND GET A LOT MORE DONE.

EXCELLENT. BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE PARK DISTRICT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO VISIT. I'M WONDERING, SO IS THERE AN FCI, OR. YEAH.

I MEAN, DO THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND DO THIS BUILDING GIVE IT A RATING? HOW CAN YOU RATE A CHEMICAL TOILET? BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONVERT IT TO A REALLY NICE ONE. HOW IS THAT DONE? IS IT FCI INDEX? I MEAN, HOW DOES IT DO IT? AND I'M YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M DOING IS AND THIS IS POLITICAL, SO YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER UNLESS YOU KNOW THE ANSWER. BUT I MEAN, WE'VE STILL GOT SIX UGLY CHEMICAL TOILETS AT ONE OF THE MOST USED PLACES IN THE DISTRICT DOWN THERE AT MISSION PEAK, STANFORD AVENUE STAGING AREA.

AND IT'S GOT TO BE A POLITICAL DEAL, BUT I'D LOVE SOME BACKING TO WORK THE POLITICAL DEAL TO SUGGEST FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT, THAT'S THE CRAZIEST THING ON EARTH TO KEEP DOING THAT, KEEP HAVING THAT AND PAYING $30,000 A YEAR TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE PUMPING, BY THE WAY. SO DOES THAT HAVE AN INDEX NUMBER ON IT? THE BEST I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION IS THERE IS A CHEMICAL REPLACEMENT LIST, BUT IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE FCI AND THE PCI.

IT'S GOT ITS OWN LIST AND IT'S GOT ITS OWN CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDING.

AND IT'S JUST THE SYSTEMATIC REPLACEMENT OF CHEMICAL TOILETS WITH EITHER VOLT OR FLUSHABLE.

AND THEY'RE PRIORITIZED? AND THEY'RE PRIORITIZING.

WE SYSTEMATICALLY GO DOWN THE LIST AND GET A FEW DONE.

I BELIEVE IT GOES TO THE BOARD ANYWAY. BUT I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM.

PROBABLY I MIGHT HAVE LOST IT OR FORGOT IT. YEAH, WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.

THAT'D BE NICE. AND THEN ONE QUESTION, I KEEP ASKING.

YOU GUYS DO GREAT WORK, BUT I HAVE TO ASK ONE MORE QUESTION.

WHAT ABOUT PARK RESIDENCES? IS THAT YOUR PURVIEW?

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IF IT'S GETTING DEMOLISHED, IF IT'S GETTING COMPLETELY RENOVATED, IF IT'S GETTING BUILT.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE DECO, RIGHT? IF IT'S AN EXISTING THAT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED SUCH AS THE CAMPER ROYAL STAFF OFFICES, THAT FALLS WITHIN MY PURVIEW. IF IT'S A BRAND NEW ONE THAT DIDN'T EXIST, THAT WOULD MOST LIKELY FALL UNDER DECO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE ANTHONY CHABOT CAMPGROUND RESIDENCE? THAT ONE'S NEARLY DONE. I HOPE SO. IT'S ABOUT THREE YEARS, ISN'T IT? THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GREAT PRESENTATION. GREAT WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS? LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, SO WE'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND GOOD LUCK IN THE ENDEAVORS.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER OR FOR THE BAD OF THE ORDER? BOARD MEMBERS? ANYTHING? NOTHING? OKAY, THEN.

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 1:31. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.