[00:00:01] DOES MINE WORK? OKAY, THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME, EVERYONE. THIS IS A REGULAR PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON AUGUST 25TH, [Roll Call] 2025, BEGINNING AT 4:03 P.M. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE DO THE ROLL CALL. YES OF COURSE. FIRST UP, MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH IS NOT HERE. MEMBER CHANG ALSO NOT HERE. MEMBER CLAXTON NO. MEMBER DETJENS. I AM HERE. THANK YOU. MEMBER DIETER. HERE. THANK YOU. MEMBER FARMER. I DO NOT BELIEVE IS HERE. AND MEMBER HENRY. HERE. [INAUDIBLE] MEMBER LOPEZ? NO. MEMBER MAHADEVAN. HERE. THANK YOU. MEMBER MARSH. ARE YOU IN LINE WITH US MEMBER MARSH. I DO YOU SEE HER? SO YES. MEMBER MENDOZA. HERE. MEMBER OBRINGER. OKAY. I DO SEE HER ONLINE [INAUDIBLE] MEMBER OMOLO. HERE. THANK YOU. MEMBER PEOPLES. PRESENT. THANK YOU. MEMBER REID. HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEMBER SIMMONS. HERE. THANK YOU. MEMBER SMITH. HERE. THANK YOU. AND MEMBER VALENZUELA. HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND MEMBER WILLIAMS IS NOT HERE. THANK YOU. I WILL NOW READ A NOTE ON THE BROWN ACT AND MEETING PROCEDURES. TODAY'S MEETING IS HELD PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT. THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT OR PARK DISTRICT INTENDS TO HOLD MEETINGS THROUGH A HYBRID PLATFORM OF IN-PERSON AND REMOTE ATTENDANCE TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE VIA REMOTE ATTENDANCE THROUGH THE PARK DISTRICT'S VIRTUAL PLATFORM OF ZOOM. THE PARK ADVISORY MEMBERS AND DESIGNATED STAFF WILL, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, PARTICIPATE IN PERSON AT THE PARK DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS AT 2950 PERALTA OAKS COURT IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. OCCASIONALLY, MEMBERS OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MAY ATTEND REMOTELY PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, AS AMENDED BY AB 2449 PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953, SUBDIVISION B, PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER DENNISHA MARSH WILL PARTICIPATE FROM 352 SHORELINE DRIVE IN PITTSBURG, CALIFORNIA, AND PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER CARLYN OBRINGER WILL PARTICIPATE FROM 1950 PARKSIDE DRIVE IN CONCORD, CALIFORNIA. FINALLY, PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER JAMES CHANG WILL PARTICIPATE FROM CALLE SAN MIGUEL NUMBER 46 FRACCIONAMIENTO, NUEVA ENSENADA. CP 22880, IN ENSENADA, BAJA CALIFORNIA. THIS NOTICE AND AGENDA WILL BE POSTED AT THE TELECONFERENCE LOCATIONS, ACCESSIBILITY TO AND PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THESE ADDRESSES WILL BE PROVIDED AS REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953 B3. WE ARE PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VISUAL STREAMING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO, EITHER IN PERSON OR LIVE VIA ZOOM, OR BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL TO PARKADVISORYCOMMITTEE@EBPARKS.ORG BY LEAVING A VOICEMAIL AT (510) 544-2034. THIS INFORMATION IS NOTED ON THE AGENDA. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT MEETING PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. VICE CHAIR MENDOZA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY, AND ON BEHALF OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL OF THE LANDS WITHIN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ARE THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF EAST BAY, OHLONE, BAY MIWOK AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY YOKUT, WHO ARE POLITICALLY ORGANIZED AND REPRESENTED BY A NUMBER OF TRIBES TODAY. WE MAKE THIS RECOGNITION AS A WAY TO RESPECT AND HONOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO FIRST CULTIVATED AND INHABITED THIS LAND. THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING WAYS TO WORK AND CONSULT WITH EAST BAY TRIBES, AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE TRIBAL CITIZENS REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR LAND AND CULTURE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE VILLAGE KNOWN AS HUICHIN ON CHOCHENYO OHLONE LAND. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR MENDOZA ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY DUE TO AN EMERGENCY THAT WISH TO REQUEST THE BODY'S APPROVAL TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY? [00:05:04] SEEING NONE FOR MEMBERS WHO PREVIOUSLY NOTED THEIR REMOTE PARTICIPATION PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, WE WILL NOW CONFIRM IF THERE ARE ANY INDIVIDUALS PRESENT AT YOUR MEETING LOCATION. MEMBER MARSH IS APPEARING REMOTELY. PAC MEMBER MARSH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER THAT ARE, OR TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, PLAN TO BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM AT YOUR LOCATION? BRUCE, WOULD YOU LIKE [INAUDIBLE] OKAY, THAT SHOULD WORK. BRUCE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK AGAIN? THANK YOU. ALSO IF YOU PLEASE NOTE THAT MEMBER LOPEZ IS PRESENT. NOTED, THANK YOU. MEMBER MARSH IS APPEARING REMOTELY. PAC MEMBER MARSH ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER THAT ARE OR TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE PLAN TO BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM AT YOUR LOCATION? NO, AND WE CAN'T SEE THE ROOM. IT'S STILL NO CAMERAS IN THE ROOM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WE'RE WORKING THROUGH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. MEMBER OBRINGER IS APPEARING REMOTELY. PAC MEMBER OBRINGER. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER THAT ARE, OR TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, PLAN TO BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM AT YOUR LOCATION. THE ANSWER IS NO. HOWEVER, THIS AREA IS ACCESSIBLE IF SOMEONE JUST DECIDES THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE WITH ME. THANK YOU. MEMBER OBRINGER. MEMBER CHANG ARE YOU PRESENT REMOTELY? OKAY, WE DO NOT SEE MEMBER CHANG. ENJOY ENCENATA. ON TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? [Approval of Minutes] AND A SECOND. SUPPOSED SO MOVED. MOVED BY PEOPLES. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. THANK YOU. MEMBER OBRINGER. THE FIRST AND THE SECOND. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL. YES. THANK YOU. MEMBER DETJENS FIRST. AYE. MEMBER DIETER. AYE. MEMBER HENRY. YES. MEMBER LOPEZ. PRESENT, I MEAN AYE, SORRY. THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] CATCHING UP. MEMBER MAHADEVAN. ABSTAIN. I WASN'T HERE. MEMBER MARSH. ABSTAIN. MEMBER MENDOZA. YES. THANK YOU. MEMBER OBRINGER. YES. THANK YOU. MEMBER OMOLO. YES. THANK YOU. MEMBER PEOPLES. YES. THANK YOU. MEMBER REID. YES. THANK YOU. MEMBER SIMMONS? YES. THANK YOU. MEMBER SMITH. YES. AND MEMBER VALENZUELA. YES. THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. IF YOU COULD PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES. PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED 1 OF 3 WAYS. 1ST, VIA EMAIL TO PARKADVISORYCOMMITTEE@EBPARKS.ORG 2ND VIA VOICE MAIL AT (510) 544-2036 AND LEAVING A MESSAGE WHICH CAN BE TRANSCRIBED AND GIVEN TO THE COMMITTEE AND MADE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. AND 3. FINALLY, BY JOINING THE MEETING VIA THE ZOOM LINK, WHICH IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. THE SUBMISSION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS WAS NOTICED ON THE AGENDA AND IN THE PARK ADVISORY PACKET POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. ALL EMAILS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE ON FRIDAY LAST WEEK ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS. ANY EMAILS THAT HAVE COME IN AFTER THIS DATE WILL BE ORGANIZED AND GIVEN TO THE COMMITTEE AFTER THIS MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF YOU'RE HERE TO PROVIDE A COMMENT REGARDING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL CALL ON INDIVIDUALS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT SPECIFIC ITEM. HAS THE CLERK RECEIVED ANY EMAILS OR SPEAKER'S CARDS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ANY ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? [00:10:05] NO, WE HAVE NOT. THANK YOU. AGAIN, WE WILL PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ABOUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AT THE END OF EACH ITEM. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, AND THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM MEMBER WAESPI WHO LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TONIGHT. [Informational Items] I THINK HE SHAVED HIS MUSTACHE, BUT WE'LL BE HEARING FROM MEMBER WAESPI AND THEN COMMENTS FROM THE ROOM. OH, HE APPRECIATES THAT. SO OUR 1ST INFORMATIONAL ITEM WILL BE AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON GRANTS AND MEASURE WW LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM. THANK YOU. MIC]. WELL. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KATY HORNBECK. I'M THE GRANTS MANAGER IN THE FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION. I'LL BE GIVING AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON THEIR GRANTS PROGRAM, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES AN UPDATE ON OUR MEASURE WW LOCAL GRANTS PROGRAM. SO BRIEFLY I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE THE GRANTS TEAM. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW US, I'M THE GRANTS MANAGER, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, BUT I HAVE 2 GREAT TEAM NEMBERS, DAVID CAULBOY, WHO'S OUR ADMIN ANALYST, WHO HE HANDLES A LOT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT FOR OUR LOCAL MEASURE WW PROGRAM THE SINGLE AUDIT AND PROVIDES ALL OF THE GRANT ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. AND THEN WE HAVE JENNIFER MINO, WHO'S OUR ACCOUNT TECH WHO DOES ALL THE INVOICING FOR OUR GRANTS. SO SHE IS THE ONE THAT'S GETTING THAT MONEY FROM OUR GRANT AGENCIES. AND THOSE NOT PICTURED ARE ALL THE STAFF OUT THERE IN THE FIELD WHO ARE THE ONES COMPLETING THE WORK AND SPENDING THE MONEY, WHICH IS THE REAL CRITICAL PART OF GRANTS. IT'S REALLY FUN AND EXCITING TO SAY WE GOT GRANT MONEY, BUT IF WE DON'T ACTUALLY GO DO THE WORK AND SPEND THE MONEY, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO SHOUT OUT THE STAFF OUT THERE BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT I'M DOING. ALL RIGHT, 2025 GRANTS AT A GLANCE. SO THIS IS AS OF THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. SO THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS THE LEGISLATIVE AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM IN SECURING GRANTS, LOOKING FOR GRANTS, CREATING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO TO DATE, THIS IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED THIS YEAR. WE'VE SUBMITTED 12 APPLICATIONS ON AVERAGE WHERE WE GO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 GRANT APPLICATIONS A YEAR. 2 NOTABLE ONES FROM THIS YEAR, WE SUBMITTED 2 APPLICATIONS TO THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND, $6 MILLION EACH, 1 FOR THE RESTORATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT OUT AT THE FORMER RODDY RANCH GOLF COURSE. AND THEN ANOTHER GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE SOUTH OF BAILEY PROJECT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE OPENING UP PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK. GRANT AWARDS. WE'VE RECEIVED 8 NOTIFICATIONS OF GRANT AWARDS. AND THAT LITTLE ASTERISK. WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT'S NOT THAT OF THOSE 12 APPLICATIONS, WE'VE RECEIVED GREAT 8 AWARDS. IT'S 8 AWARD NOTIFICATIONS THIS YEAR. SO THAT COULD BE FROM APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED THIS YEAR, BUT IT MOST LIKELY WAS FROM LAST YEAR. IT OFTEN TAKES SEVERAL MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF SUBMISSION TO NOTIFICATION OF A GRANT AWARD, AND ONE OF NOTE IS $2.6 MILLION GRANT FROM THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY FOR THE POINT MOLATE BAY TRAIL. THIS WAS REALLY CRITICAL. IT CLOSED THE FUNDING GAP, WHICH ALLOWED THE STAFF TO GO OUT TO BID AND GET THAT PROJECT UNDERWAY. NO AWARD. 13 OF THOSE. SO AGAIN, THAT'S NOT JUST FROM THIS YEAR. IT'S FROM PREVIOUS YEARS AS WELL. AND THEN PAYMENTS RECEIVED, I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ONE BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR GRANTS ARE REIMBURSEMENT BASED. SO WE HAVE TO GO SPEND THE MONEY, DO THE WORK AND THEN REQUEST THE THE GRANT FUNDS. AND THAT'S WHAT JENNIFER DOES. WE RECEIVED 50 PAYMENTS TODAY TOTALING ABOUT $6 MILLION. AND WHAT I WANTED TO NOTE HERE WAS THAT ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, WE WERE AWARDED FUNDING FROM FEMA, FROM THEIR HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM AND THEIR PRE DISASTER MITIGATION PROGRAM FOR FUELS WORK. AND IT TOOK ABOUT 10 YEARS TO GET OUR APPROVALS AND SPEND ALL THOSE FUNDS. AND WE CLOSED OUT THOSE PROGRAMS THAT FUNDING THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR WHICH IS A HUGE FEAT. THERE'S A TON OF PAPERWORK THAT GOES INTO CLOSING OUT THOSE THAT FUNDING, BUT ALSO OBVIOUSLY THE STAFF SPENDING THAT MONEY AND DOING ALL OF THAT FUELS WORK ACROSS THE PARK DISTRICT. TYPES OF FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE AND MANAGE IN THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT. SO IF IT'S NOT REVENUE, IT'S PROBABLY BEING PROCESSED AND ADMINISTERED IN OUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT. [00:15:06] THERE'S YOUR COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAMS THAT WE THAT'S SORT OF MOST OF WHAT WE DEAL WITH. THAT'S WITH OUR AGENCIES LIKE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD, COASTAL CONSERVANCY, CAL FIRE, CALOES, FEMA WITH THEIR COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS, TO NAME A FEW. THEN THERE'S PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. SO THAT'S WHEN THERE'S A STORM DAMAGE AND A DISASTER IS DECLARED. WE WORK WITH CALOES AND FEMA TO GET PUBLIC FUNDS TO GO TO THE COST OF RESTORING THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE DAMAGE. WE PROCESS SOME FUNDING FOR ENDOWMENTS OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. THERE'S MITIGATION FUNDING. SO OFTEN THAT'S LIKE A PERMITTING AGENCY, LIKE THE WATER BOARD WILL REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, DO YOU HAVE A RESTORATION PROJECT IN SUCH AND SUCH AREA? BECAUSE SOME, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPER DID SOMETHING AND NOW THEY NEED TO CONTRIBUTE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TOWARDS A WETLAND PROJECT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN FUNDING AGREEMENTS. SO THESE ARE TYPICALLY PASS-THROUGHS NONCOMPETITIVE. WE WILL EITHER BE THE AGENCY PASSING THROUGH FUNDS TO LIKE WE'LL APPLY FOR A GRANT, WE GET AWARDED, BUT WE'LL PASS THAT THROUGH TO SOMEBODY ELSE TO COMPLETE THE WORK AND VICE VERSA. SO A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE CITY OF OAKLAND APPLIED FOR A GRANT THROUGH NOAA FOR SOME MARINE DEBRIS REMOVAL WORK, AND THEY HAD ASKED US IF THERE WAS ANY PROJECTS WE HAD, AND WE HAD SOME DEBRIS REMOVAL IN THE ESTUARY BY MLK. SO THEY CARVED OUT SOME MONEY FOR THAT AND THEY GOT AWARDED. SO THEY'LL BE PASSING THROUGH THOSE FUNDS TO US. AND WE SET UP A SEPARATE FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR THAT. WHAT DO WE GET GRANT FUNDING FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. SOME PICTURES OF FUNDING WE'VE GOTTEN GRANTS FOR IN THE PAST. AND THEN THE LONG LIST, WHICH IS BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE IN THE PARK DISTRICT, DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, UNITS, DEPARTMENTS HAVE PROBABLY GOTTEN A GRANT AT SOME POINT. MOST OF OUR FUNDING DOES GO TOWARDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, BUT YOU'LL SEE I&R WILL GET PROGRAMING FUNDS, OBVIOUSLY TRAILS, PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT, STORM DAMAGE FIELDS AND ON DOWN THE LINE EVEN, YOU KNOW, $10,000 FOR A PIG MANAGEMENT STUDY. WE GET GRANTS FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS. GRANTS BY DEPARTMENT. SO THIS IS GOING TO SHOW BOTH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THE NUMBER OF GRANTS. AND THIS WAS AS OF ABOUT A MONTH AGO, THESE NUMBERS HAVE ALREADY SHIFTED. THINGS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING AS WE GET NEW GRANTS AND CLOSE OUT GRANTS. I KNOW THIS IS VERY SMALL, SO HOPEFULLY IT'S LARGER IN YOUR PACKET. YOU CAN SEE THE SORT OF LIKE A QUARTER OF THE PIE IS THIS ADMINISTRATIVE IS TAGGED AS ADMINISTRATIVE. AND THAT IS ALL OF OUR FEMA PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY CAN BE COMPLETED IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. WE TAG IT AS ADMINISTRATIVE SO WE CAN MORE EASILY TRACK WHERE THE MONEY IS AND IT BEING SPENT. AND THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE NEXT SORT OF BIG CHUNK OF GRANT FUNDS THAT WE GET ARE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY IN THE DECO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION UNIT. YEAH. WHAT PERIOD OF TIME DOES THIS COVER? SO THIS IS WHEN WE RUN OUR GRANT SCHEDULE, IT'S WHAT IS CURRENT. SO THIS COULD BE FROM GRANTS WE GOT SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO ONE THAT WE GOT YESTERDAY. IT'S ANYTHING THAT'S ACTIVE OR OPEN. AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT. SO IF THAT DIDN'T REALLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, HOPEFULLY IT WILL LATER. AND THEN THE LAST THING I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT IN THIS PIE IS THAT THE ACQUISITION CHUNK, IT'S SAYS $40 MILLION, $36 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR THE POINT MOLATE ACQUISITION. SO IT KIND OF SKEWS IT A LITTLE BIT. BECAUSE WE DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE THAT MUCH IN ACQUISITION GRANT FUNDING. ALL RIGHT. EVERY TIME I GIVE A PRESENTATION ON GRANTS, I LIKE TO GIVE THESE GRANT REMINDERS, THE 3 R'S, I OFTEN GET ASKED, HOW DO WE GET GRANTS? AND THE NUMBER ONE WAY WE GET GRANTS IS THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS, A, YOU KNOW, FUND PROJECT. A GREAT APPLICATION OBVIOUSLY GOES A LONG WAY, BUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR FUNDERS IS NUMBER 1. AND OUR RELATIONSHIP IS BASED ON OUR REPUTATION, OUR CAPACITY AND OUR CAPABILITY TO SPEND THE MONEY TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT THE WAY WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO COMPLETE IT, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE SPENT ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS, AND ALSO JUST BEING RESPONSIVE AND FLEXIBLE AND NIMBLE. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ENABLE US TO HAVE THESE REALLY GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WHERE SOMETIMES THESE AGENCIES ARE REACHING OUT TO US SAYING, HEY, LIKE, WHAT'S IN YOUR PIPELINE? WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITY PROJECTS? WE'RE LOOKING TO FUND THIS AND THIS KIND OF THING. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE? SO WE'RE HAVING A REALLY STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, WHICH ALLOWS US TO THINK, TO GET MORE FUNDING. [00:20:01] READINESS GRANTS DON'T DRIVE PROJECT PRIORITIES. IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND OR THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. SO I WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH ALL THE, THE THE DIVISION LEADS TO DETERMINE. AND MY BOSS, KATIE DIGNAN, AS WELL. WE ARE DETERMINING LIKE, WHAT ARE THE PROJECT PRIORITIES AND WHAT IS THE FUNDING STRATEGY. WHAT ARE THE FUNDING GAPS AND WHAT CAN GRANTS FILL. PART OF THAT IS ALSO NEEDING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMPETITIVE PROJECTS, WHAT DOES THAT WHAT DOES COMPETITIVE LOOK LIKE? WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THESE PROJECTS IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO IF I GET A GRANT NOW, WE WANT TO TYPICALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT MONEY IN COMPLETED WITHIN 2 TO 3 YEARS. SO JUST BECAUSE WE THINK LIKE, WELL, WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED MONEY, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW FOR A VISITOR CENTER. WE PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO GET GRANTS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THESE AGENCIES WANT THEIR MONEY TO BE SPENT RIGHT AWAY. OTHER THINGS LIKE PERMITTING AND DESIGN, IDEALLY A PROJECT IS THAT LIKE 65% DESIGN OR GREATER AND PERMITTING IS DONE. IT'S LIKE A IT TELLS THE AGENCY THAT THIS PROJECT IS READY AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GET DONE. YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF PLANNING GRANTS OR PLANNING OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE BECAUSE PLANNING GRANTS ARE JUST A LITTLE RISKIER. LIKE, YOU COULD SPEND $100,000 TO SAY LIKE, YEAH, WE THINK A TRAIL WILL GO OVER THERE, BUT THE TRAIL MAY NEVER COME TO FRUITION. SO THESE AGENCIES LIKE TO SEE PROJECTS THAT ARE LIKE, WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY'RE IMPORTANT THAT WE AS AN AGENCY HAVE INVESTED TIME AND MONEY TO SEEING THIS THROUGH. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT OUT PROJECTS THAT ARE FEEL A LITTLE WEAK AND THEN RISKY. SO I ALSO LIKE TO GIVE THIS A REMINDER THAT WE GET PAID FOR THE PROJECTS WE COMPLETE, NOT THE GRANTS AWARDED. AS I MENTIONED AT THE TOP, IT IS SO FUN TO SEND THE EMAIL AND BE LIKE, WE GOT THIS $36 MILLION FOR THIS ACQUISITION, BUT UNLESS THE ACQUISITION HAPPENS, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. SO WE WANT TO GO AFTER THESE THIS FUNDING WITH THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE READY, THAT ARE COMPETITIVE SO WE CAN MAINTAIN THOSE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS. SO SO THESE ARE THESE 3 R'S ARE ALWAYS IN CONVERSATION WITH EACH OTHER. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE GRANT FUNDING LIFECYCLE. I OFTEN GET QUESTIONS OR PEOPLE WILL COME TO ME LIKE HEY I NEED I NEED FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT AND I WANT TO START IT NEXT MONTH. AND THAT'S USUALLY NOT POSSIBLE. IT CAN TAKE A YEAR OR YEARS TO TO GET GRANT FUNDING. AND IT STARTS WITH THIS LEGISLATION AND INITIATIVES. AND THAT'S OFTEN WHERE SOME OF THE PAC ROLE IS, THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE. THE GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS TEAM THEY'RE CREATING AND OUR BOARD MEMBERS, OF COURSE, ARE ADVOCATING AND CREATING THESE POTS OF MONEY. SO A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE PROP 4 CLIMATE BOND. A LOT OF TIME IS SPENT CREATING THAT POT OF MONEY. AND THEN ONCE IT GETS APPROVED OR, YOU KNOW, VOTED YES ON, THERE'S TIME FOR THAT MONEY TO GET OUT TO THE AGENCIES THAT WILL ADMINISTER IT. AND THEN IT TAKES TIME FOR THOSE AGENCIES TO CREATE THEIR RULES AND THEIR GUIDELINES OR CRITERIA BEFORE MY TEAM ACTUALLY JUMPS INTO THE PICTURE. AND THAT'S WHEN AN APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE. AND AT THAT POINT THERE IS SOME ENGAGEMENT. WE MIGHT DO SITE VISITS, WE MIGHT DO LIKE AN OFFICE HOURS WHERE WE'RE GAUGING THEIR INTEREST IN THE PROJECT OR, YOU KNOW, WE THINK IT'S ELIGIBLE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? HOW COMPETITIVE IS IT REALLY? IS IT GOING TO SCORE HIGH ENOUGH? SO WE'RE WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND ON THAT AND WE'LL SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE COULD WAIT A COUPLE MONTHS. WE COULD WAIT A YEAR, SOMETIMES MORE. SOME OF OUR FEMA APPLICATIONS WE'VE SUBMITTED ARE NOW LIKE 2 OR 3 YEARS OLD. SO IT'S JUST IT COULD BE A REALLY LONG LEAD TIME BEFORE WE FIND OUT. AND THEN IF WE ARE AWARDED, THERE'S OFTEN A LOT OF WORK WE HAVE TO DO, MAYBE MORE SITE VISITS, GETTING LETTERS OF SUPPORT, WHICH IS A GREAT ROLE THAT THE PAC MEMBERS HAVE PLAYED IN THE PAST IS GETTING LETTERS OF SUPPORT NOT JUST FROM YOURSELVES, BUT NEIGHBORS COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT YOU'RE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH. WE SPEND A LOT OF PAPERWORK, AND THEN FINALLY WE GET THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND WE TELL THE PROJECT MANAGERS, GO FORTH, SPEND YOUR MONEY, GET THE PROJECT DONE. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE ATTACHMENT THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET. ATTACHMENT 1 THE GRANT SCHEDULE. I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF EXPLAIN, LIKE HOW YOU CAN READ THAT SINCE IT'S A REALLY BIG TABLE. A LOT OF INFORMATION IN IT. IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE LOCATION TO THE FAR LEFT. AND THIS SCREENSHOT HERE, IT SAYS 2017 WINTER STORM. SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT A PARK LOCATION, BUT IT'S A WAY WE GROUP ALL OF OUR STORM DAMAGE SO WE CAN SEE OR UNDERSTAND IT MORE EASILY OF WHAT'S OUT THERE. SO YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR PARK LOCATION AND THEN THE PROJECT NAME, THE GRANT AGENCY. IF THERE'S A PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WAS AWARDED AND THEN THE STATUS, THE STATUS OF A GRANT, IT FALLS INTO 1 OF 5 CATEGORIES. THERE'S ACTIVE MEANING. WE HAVE A GRANT AGREEMENT. IT'S BEEN EXECUTED. AND THAT MEANS THE THE MONEY HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED INTO A PROJECT. YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE PROJECT BUDGET BOOK. IF IT'S AN APPLIED STATUS, IT MEANS WE HAVE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING SINCE. [00:25:09] AWARDED IS WE GOT A LETTER OR AN EMAIL, SOME KIND OF NOTIFICATION THAT THEY HAVE SELECTED OUR APPLICATION AND THEY WANT TO FUND OUR PROJECT. AND THEN CLOSE OUT IS THAT THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE. BUT WE'RE NOW GOING THROUGH THE CLOSE OUT PROCESS. SO USUALLY IT'S LIKE FINAL REPORTS, FINAL SITE VISITS. AND THEN ONCE THEY, YOU KNOW, WE GET OUR FINAL REIMBURSEMENT, WE'LL CLOSE IT OUT IN THE SYSTEM AND IT NO LONGER SHOWS UP IN THE GRANT SCHEDULE. AND THEN PENDING MEANS LIKE A GRANT PROGRAM OR AN OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED LIKE THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION AUTHORITY, THEIR NEXT ROUND OF MEASURE AA FUNDING. THEIR GRANT APPLICATION IS DUE OCTOBER 6TH. SO WE HAVE THAT FLAGGED IN OUR SYSTEM AND WE'RE TRACKING IT AND WE'LL GET AN APPLICATION. AND SO THE STATUS IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING. SO YOUR QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT LIKE WHAT WHAT IS THIS ENCAPSULATING? IT'S LIKE, WELL, EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY TRACKING THAT'S FALLING IN ONE OF THESE BUCKETS. SO A PROJECT THAT WE GOT GRANT FUNDING FOR 10 YEARS AGO, IF IT'S CLOSED OUT, WE DON'T SEE IT ANYMORE AND IT WON'T SHOW UP ON YOUR LIST. BUT WE HAVE IT ARCHIVED. AND THEN OUR HEADLINE AS OF YOU KNOW, A MONTH AGO, WAS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY MANAGING 180 GRANTS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $190 MILLION. BUT THAT NUMBER IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TODAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO MEASURE WW LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM. I WAS HERE LAST YEAR GIVING AN UPDATE ON THIS. SO I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS THE REVIEW BRIEF. BUT OF THE $500 MILLION BOND, $125 WAS ALLOCATED TO THIS LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM. THIS IS ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT. THERE WERE 240 APPROVED PROJECTS. AS AGENCIES WERE GETTING THEIR APPLICATIONS IN. WE HAD TO REQUEST A TIME EXTENSION FOR THE PROGRAM. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO SUNSET LAST YEAR. WE HAD OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED A 3 YEAR TIME EXTENSION OF THE $125 MILLION, ABOUT 99% OF IT HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED. AND OF THAT, $118 MILLION HAS BEEN REIMBURSED TO AGENCIES. SO WE'RE RIGHT HERE AT THE VERY END OF THIS PROGRAM 229 OF THE 240 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CLOSED OUT. SO WE HAVE 6 AGENCIES LEFT WITH FUNDS AND PROJECTS TO COMPLETE. AND I HAVE THAT. THE BREAKDOWN HERE IS 11, WHAT WE CALL OPEN PROJECTS, 6 OF WHICH ARE DONE, BUT WE JUST NEED TO CLOSE THEM OUT. CLOSE OUT MEANS A SITE VISIT. THEY PROVIDE US ALL THEIR PAPERWORK AND DOCUMENTATION FROM THEIR CONTRACTORS THAT THEY'VE POSTED A MEASURE WW SIGN AT THE SITE, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN THERE'S 5 PROJECTS THAT STILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED. AND THIS TABLE HERE SHOWS WHAT THOSE AGENCIES ARE. I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT JUST THE VERY TOP. WE HAVE THE CITY OF BERKELEY. THEY HAVE 3 OPEN PROJECTS. ALL 3 OF THEM ARE NOW COMPLETED, BUT THEY ARE NOW THEY NEED TO WORK THROUGH OUR CLOSEOUT PROCESS, AND THEN THEY'LL BE OFF OFF THE BOOKS AND THEN AN OVERVIEW. IT'S JUST A ATTACHMENT TO APOLOGIES FOR THE ERROR. THIS IS OUR WW SCHEDULE. SO TO UNDERSTAND THIS OR TO READ IT. IF YOU MOVE LEFT TO RIGHT YOU'LL SEE THE THE CITY. SO THE EXAMPLE HERE. SO HERCULES THEY HAD 3 APPLICATIONS THAT WERE APPROVED. THEIR TOTAL AMOUNT THEIR CONTRACT DOLLAR, THAT $1.1 MILLION. THAT'S WHAT WAS CARVED OUT FOR THE CITY OF HERCULES. THEY HAD 3 PROJECTS THAT WILL LIST THE PROJECT TYPE AND THEN THE STATUS. THEY HAVE ONE CLOSED. THAT MEANS IT'S ALL DONE. AND THEN THE 2 THAT ARE LEFT AND THEN MOVING OVER, YOU CAN SEE THE APPROVED AMOUNT OR WHAT THEY APPLIED FOR, WHAT WAS APPROVED, HOW MUCH THEY'VE BEEN REIMBURSED REIMBURSED, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING LEFT TO PAY THEM OUT. AND THEN MY VERY LAST UPDATE ON WW IS THE URBAN CREEKS UPDATE. SO IN THE BOND THERE WAS A CARVE OUT OF $8 MILLION FOR URBAN CREEK PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY. OF THAT, $1.6 WAS DESIGNATED FOR LOCAL AGENCIES TO USE. THERE WERE 3 AGENCIES WHO APPLIED AND WERE AWARDED A GRANT CONTRACT, AND THAT TOTALED JUST JUST ABOUT THAT $1.6. 2 OF THE 3 AGENCIES HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PROJECTS. THE LAST 1, TOWN OF MORAGA, STILL HAS TO COMPLETE THEIR LAGUNA CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT. THEY REQUESTED A TIME EXTENSION. THE PROGRAM WAS SUPPOSED TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. I'LL BE GOING TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MOST LIKELY IN OCTOBER, TO REQUEST THAT TIME EXTENSION. THEY RAN INTO SOME PERMITTING DELAYS, AND SO THEY THEY'LL BE STARTING THEIR WORK NEXT YEAR AND WILL BE DONE BEFORE THIS. WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST A 2 YEAR TIME EXTENSION. SO THE END OF 2027. AND THAT'S MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION. ALSO, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION IN THE ATTACHMENTS. AND YOU DID A REALLY NICE JOB. THANKS. KEEP US ON TRACK. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? [00:30:03] NO THEY'RE NOT. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. QUESTIONS? MEMBER DETJENS. VERY IMPRESSIVE PORTFOLIO YOU MANAGE. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS. HOW MANY OR WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE DONE USING IN-HOUSE STAFF. AND HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE FARMED OUT TO YOUR CONSULTANTS THAT MIGHT BE HELPING YOU? GREAT QUESTION. I HAVE NOT DONE THE BREAKDOWN. WE WORK. LET ME SEE HOW TO START THIS. SO WE HAVE ABOUT $50,000 IN A PROJECT THAT WE REQUEST EVERY YEAR IN THE BUDGET PROCESS TO USE FOR A GRANT WRITING SERVICES OR SUPPORT. AND THAT CAN ALSO BE FOR LIKE, TECHNICAL STUDIES. DEPENDING A LOT OF LIKE TRANSPORTATION GRANTS REQUIRE A BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS. SO WE USE THAT $50,000 FOR A COMBINATION OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IS PROBABLY LIKE 70 TO 80%. WE'RE WORKING WITH A GRANT WRITER WHO WILL DO THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, PULL BACKUP DOCUMENTATION TOGETHER, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN MYSELF, AND THEN THE PROJECT MANAGER WILL GO IN AND REVIEW AND FINALIZE AND ADD IN ADDITIONAL THINGS OR HANDLE CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF IT, JUST DEPENDING WHAT IT IS. GIS ALMOST ALWAYS DOES THE MAP PART FOR US. IT JUST IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE AGENCY. AND THERE ARE SOME GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SO TECHNICAL OR ROBUST THAT WE WILL PUT OUT AN RFP FOR A CERTAIN GROUP TO DO THAT, LIKE WHO HAS A BACKGROUND IN TRAIL PROJECTS OR FUELS WORK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S SORRY, I DON'T HAVE A BETTER ANSWER FOR YOU. I COULD PROBABLY GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT WE GET QUITE A BIT OF SUPPORT. AS YOU PROBABLY CAN MAYBE SURMISE. THE BULK OF MY WORK AND MY TEAM'S WORK IS JUST MANAGING WHAT WE HAVE. GRANT WRITING IS A JOB IN AND OF TO ITSELF. SO WE GET SUPPORT FROM THE OUTSIDE ON THAT. MEMBER OBRINGER. I WAS TRYING TO GET MYSELF OFF MUTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAD 2 QUICK QUESTIONS. SO FIRST OF ALL I JUST I DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION OF ACTIVE BECAUSE I WAS TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE GRANTS RELATED TO THE THE THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK. SO DOES THAT MEAN THE THE APPLICATION OR THE GRANT FUNDING IS BEING IMPLEMENTED? COULD YOU JUST REDEFINE WHAT ACTIVE MEANS, PLEASE? SURE. ACTIVE MEANS WE'VE RECEIVED A GRANT AGREEMENT FROM THE GRANT AGENCY OR AN OBLIGATION LETTER. SOMETHING THAT SAID HAS SAID, LIKE YOU, YOU HAVE THIS FUNDING. OUR GENERAL MANAGER HAS TYPICALLY SIGNED A DOCUMENT OR OUR CFO THAT'S REQUIRED FOR ME TO GO TO TO SUBMIT THE PAPERWORK NEEDED TO APPROPRIATE THOSE FUNDS INTO THE PROJECT. SO THAT WAY WHEN THE PROJECT MANAGER GOES TO LOOK AT THEIR PROJECT TO SEE LIKE, HOW MUCH MONEY DO I HAVE IN THERE? IT'LL SHOW UP AS A LINE ITEM OF GRANT FUNDING. SO ONCE WE GET THAT GRANT AGREEMENT, THE FUNDS BECOME ACTIVE AND WE CAN PUT IT INTO THE PROJECT BUDGET. OKAY, GREAT. BUT IT MEANS THAT THEN THE PROJECT HASN'T OCCURRED YET. CORRECT. MOST LIKELY IT HASN'T STARTED YET. UNLESS IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THE PROJECT HAS STARTED. BECAUSE THE PROJECT MANAGER WILL WAIT UNTIL THE PROJECT IS FULLY FUNDED BEFORE THEY GO OUT TO BID OR DO THE WORK. THERE ARE SOME SITUATIONS, MAYBE IF THERE'S LIKE A, LIKE A STEWARDSHIP STUDY THEY MIGHT HAVE STARTED IT WITH SOME GENERAL FUND MONEY OR THEIR OPERATIONAL BUDGET. AND THEN THE GRANTS FUNDS COME SUPPLEMENTED. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, I MEAN I REMEMBER MEASURE WW. IT WAS BEFORE I WAS EVEN ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I'VE BEEN HERE AWHILE NOW. SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO GO OUT FOR A NEW BOND MEASURE SINCE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE MEASURE WW FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED AT THIS POINT? THAT'S NOT A QUESTION I CAN ANSWER. I KNOW, MAYBE ASK THE BOARD MEMBER WHENEVER. MAYBE HE COULD COMMENT ON THAT WHENEVER HE MAKES HIS REMARKS. SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. I'M JUST CURIOUS, SINCE THIS IS THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE HERE. AND AND THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO I WILL HOLD MY QUESTION FOR THE BOARD MEMBER. THANK YOU. MEMBER PEOPLES THEN MEMBER SIMMONS. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND INFORMATIVE AND IT COVERS AN AWFUL LOT OF GROUND. I AM STRUCK. YOU KNOW HOW THE MONEY WE SPEND FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT, THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT? YOU KNOW HOW WELL SPENT IT IS? YOU HAVE A VERY HIGH BENEFIT COST RATIO AND REALLY ALLOW US TO LEVERAGE OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE [00:35:09] TO THE DISTRICT. I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON SOME OF THESE. I GUESS I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE URBAN CREEK'S GRANT PROGRAM PREVIOUSLY, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA. I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHY, OF THE AUTHORIZATION, ONLY $1.6 MILLION WAS PROVIDED. AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS OPPORTUNITIES TO USE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL $6.6 OR WHATEVER IT IS FOR THAT. AND I SAY THAT IN THE SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN 2004, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME INTEREST AS EXPRESSED BY THE 3 PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED. BUT I THINK RECENTLY WHAT I HAVE BECOME AWARE OF IS THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN STREAM RESTORATION, FISH RESTORATION, AND WHENEVER YOU TALK ABOUT FISH RESTORATION ON THE CREEKS HERE IN THAT EAST BAY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CREEKS THAT ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH URBAN AREAS BEFORE THEY GET OUT TO THE BAY. AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THIS FUNDING SOURCE COULD BE VERY VALUABLE FOR SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES ON PLACES LIKE PINOLE CREEK, WALNUT CREEK, MARSH CREEK, AND MOUNT DIABLO CREEK IN PARTICULAR ARE 3 OR 4 THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH. SO IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING THIS AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING UNDER THIS PROGRAM, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE. FOR THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE EAST BAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THIS INTEREST IN IT. THE THE OTHER ISSUE YOU KIND OF TOUCHED UPON AND I APPRECIATE IT, BUT HOW CAN THE DISTRICT, YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRICT IN GENERAL BE MORE NIMBLE IN RESPONDING TO OPPORTUNITIES TO GET FUNDING? YOU KNOW, TO WHAT EXTENT IS IT POSSIBLE TO BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE MIGHT WANT TO PUT IN GRANTS, EVEN THOUGH WE AREN'T NEAR THAT POINT YET? BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BIG ONES RIGHT NOW IS PROPOSITION 4 IS GOING TO BE AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY THERE, AND WE OUGHT TO BE THINKING IN TERMS OF AND THIS BEGINNING TO SEE SOME DEFINITION OF WHAT THAT MONEY CAN BE USED FOR. AND IF WE CAN BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT COULD FIT UNDER THAT AND BEGIN TO, YOU KNOW, FLESH THEM OUT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST DEVELOP OUTLINES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WHEN WE GET READY, WHEN THE PROJECT IS NEAR READY TO GO, WE CAN MOVE VERY QUICKLY ON IT, SO THAT THE FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, NIMBLENESS AND BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT TO SOME EXTENT. BUT I WOULD CONTINUE TO TO EMPHASIZE THAT. IS IT OKAY IF I INTERRUPT YOU YES. SO WE ARE WORKING ON BY WE, MEANING MYSELF AND KATIE DIGNAN, OUR OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER, ARE WORKING WITH THE OTHER DIVISION LEADS TO BASICALLY CREATE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A FUNDING PROJECT LIST OR PRIORITY PROJECT LIST. THAT'S NOT JUST FOR PROP 4 OPPORTUNITIES, BUT JUST DISTRICT WIDE. WHAT ARE THE CURRENT FUNDING NEEDS FOR CURRENT PROJECTS AND THEN ALSO FUTURE PROJECTS. SO THAT'S THAT IS IN PROGRESS OR IN PLAY RIGHT NOW. AND PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING AT A POINT WHERE WE COULD SHARE THAT WITH SOME OF THE GRANT AGENCIES THAT WILL BE ADMINISTERING PROP 4 LIKE COASTAL CONSERVANCY. AND SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND SAY, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN FUNDING NOW AND NEXT YEAR AND GOING FORTH. AND THEN I JUST ALSO WANTED TO GO BACK TO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE URBAN CREEKS. SO OF THAT $8 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR URBAN CREEK PROJECTS THE $1.6 THAT WENT TO THE LOCAL AGENCIES. THE REMAINING AMOUNT HAS, I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THIS, BUT I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN ALL OF IT HAS BEEN SPENT AT THIS POINT WAS APPROPRIATED TO VARIOUS PROJECTS WITHIN THE PARK DISTRICT, AND SPENT SO A CHUNK OF IT TOWARD THE COYOTE HILLS PROJECT. I THINK MAYBE MCCOSKER THE MCCOSKER PROJECT AS WELL. SO THERE WAS THE $8 MILLION. $1.6 CARVED OUT FOR LOCAL AGENCIES AND THEN THE REMAINING FOR PARK DISTRICT PROJECTS. AND THAT, I BELIEVE, HAS BEEN SPENT DOWN TO DATE. THANK YOU. AND THEN IF WAS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. OKAY. MEMBER SIMMONS. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, KATY, FOR THE PRESENTATION. [00:40:03] IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. AND I HAVE 2 QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE MITIGATION FUNDING TOPIC. I COME TO THAT BECAUSE I'M ASSOCIATED WITH THE WALNUT CREEK WATERSHED COUNCIL. WE'RE DOING RESTORATION PROJECTS IN THAT WATERSHED, AND MOST OF THEM ARE FUNDED BY MITIGATION FUNDING, WHICH IS A UNIQUE CATEGORY IN ITSELF IN TERMS OF HOW IT COMES TO YOU AND HOW YOU PLAN FOR IT AND ALL THAT. 1 QUESTION IS VERY SPECIFIC TO YOUR PROCESSES, WHICH IS AT LEAST IN THE MITIGATION FUNDING THAT WE'RE SEEING, THERE'S EITHER A 5 OR 10 YEAR PERIOD OF MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE THAT IS INCLUDED TYPICALLY IN THE GRANT. ARE YOU CLOSING OUT YOUR GRANT AFTER YOU COMPLETE THE PROJECT, OR AFTER THE 5 OR 10 YEAR PERIOD OF MITIGATION AND MONITORING IS COMPLETED. USUALLY WE'RE CLOSING OUT OUR GRANT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, TRACKING IN OUR SYSTEM AND OUR SCHEDULE WHEN THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED. WE PROBABLY HAVE THE VARIES. MAYBE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT GENERALLY WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE IT OUT IN OUR SYSTEM. WE CAN STILL GO BACK IN TRACK OR AT OUR ARCHIVE PROJECTS. BUT TO YOUR POINT, YES, THERE ARE EVEN OUR JUST OUR RESTORATION PROJECTS. WE'LL HAVE YEARS OF MONITORING INVOLVED. AND BUT ONCE WE'VE SPENT THE GRANT MONEY AND WE'VE MET THE GRANT REQUIREMENTS, WE CLOSE OUT ON OUR SYSTEM. AND IF THOSE AGENCIES COME BACK TO AUDIT US, WE COULD THEN PROVIDE THEM WITH THE MONITORING REPORTS. YEAH. I MEAN, IN OUR CASE, WE ACTUALLY ASSIGN AN AMOUNT TO EACH YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO DO MONITORING. SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF ASKED THAT QUESTION. IF YOU'RE TRACKING THE SECOND QUESTION AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY MOST OF OUR PROJECTS ARE ON PUBLIC LANDS. MOST OF THEM ARE IN CITIES SO FAR IN PARKS OR IN OPEN SPACE. DOES EITHER OF THE REGULATORY AGENCIES REQUIRE THE PARK DISTRICT TO PROVIDE A CONSERVATION EASEMENT AS A CONDITION OF GIVING YOU MITIGATION FUNDING? IN MY EXPERIENCE, NO. THE MITIGATION FUNDING WE'VE RECEIVED HAS NOT REQUIRED A CONSERVATION EASEMENT. IT'S USUALLY THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE WOULD BE FOR THE FERRY POINT PIER REMOVAL. THE WATER BOARD HAD REACHED OUT TO US, AND THERE WAS ABOUT $500,000 THAT A DEVELOPER NEEDED TO CONTRIBUTE TO A PROJECT. AND THIS CHECKED THEIR BOXES, AND WE SO YEAH. THANK YOU. MEMBER VALENZUELA DID YOU HAVE YOUR HEAD UP OR. NO. I HAD A COUPLE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT MEASURE CC AND SOMETHING SAID IT'S COMPLETED, A LINE ITEM. MEASURE CC. YEAH, LINE ITEM 12 FOR MCKAY AVENUE. OH ARE YOU. I WONDER IF THIS DIPS INTO KATIE DIGNAN'S PRESENTATION. OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY. YOU'RE JUST DOING WW RIGHT NOW. THE LOCAL MEASURE WW YEAH. OKAY. YES IT'S HARD. THERE'S TWO KATIE'S IT'S YOU KNOW WE'RE ALL IN FINANCE, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU AGAIN. AMAZING PRESENTATION. AND AGAIN IT'S SO HARD TO TAKE ALL THAT DETAILED INFORMATION AND GIVE IT TO US IN A WAY THAT'S VERY CONCISE AND THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT ARE DOING.[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S BALLOT MEASURES. OKAY WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME ON THAT LAST ITEM. GOOD AFTERNOON. PAC MEMBERS. KATIE DIGNAN, ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER, HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR CAPITAL FINANCE RELATED TO OUR BALLOT MEASURES. SO STARTING OFF, I'LL START WITH MEASURE CC AND MEASURE FF. THIS SPECIAL PARCEL TAX EXPANDS BOTH ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF ALAMEDA, ALBANY, BERKELEY, EL CERRITO, EL SOBRANTE, EMERYVILLE, KENSINGTON, OAKLAND, PIEDMONT, RICHMOND, AND SAN PABLO. SO OUR FIRST MEASURE CC, WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2004, AND THE TAX SUNSET IN [00:45:01] 2020. AFTER 15 YEARS, THE MEASURE CC TAX SUNSET, LIKE I SAID IN 2020 AND AS OF 2025, THE DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED $47.9 MILLION FROM THIS MEASURE. WE STILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SOME REVENUE BASED ON SOME DELINQUENT PROPERTY TX. SO OF THE FUNDING FOR MEASURE CC, THE $47.98 MILLION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND HAS BEEN ALLOCATED. WE'VE SPENT $45.86 HAS BEEN EXPENDED LEAVING A BALANCE OF $22.12 MILLION OF FUNDS REMAINING. WE HAVE 72 OUT OF 84 PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND THE ONES REMAINING ARE FUELS MANAGEMENT, TIDEWATER DAY USE AT AREA AT MLK SHORELINE IMPROVEMENTS AT MILLER/KNOX FOR THE KELLER BEACH PROJECT, THE POINT MOLATE TRAIL EXTENSION, AND ALSO THE POINT PINOLE VISITOR CENTER. SO TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION, THERE HAS BEEN SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE MARKED AND COMPLETED IN APPENDIX ONE. BUT THAT JUST MEANS THAT THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THOSE PROJECTS ARE STILL YET TO BE CONSTRUCTED. AND SO THAT PORTION OF FUNDING PROBABLY WENT TO FUND THE DESIGN FOR THOSE PROJECTS. SO MOVING ON. THE NEXT WAS MEASURE FF IN NOVEMBER OF 2018, OVER 85% OF VOTERS APPROVED THE CONTINUATION OF MEASURE CC. THE TAX LEVY BEGAN IN 2020, AND IT'S ESTIMATED TO GENERATE $3.3 MILLION PER YEAR UNTIL 2040. FUNDING WAS COMMITTED TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS. WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WILDFIRE PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND STEWARDSHIP, FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, GREEN TRANSPORTATION, AND REGIONAL TRAILS, AND IT ALSO FUNDED 11.59 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THE PARKS IN THE AREA IN THE MEASURE FF AREA. AS OF MAY 2025, THE BOARD AUTHORIZED ALLOCATION OF $1.8 MILLION AS A MATCH FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION PROJECTS, LEAVING A BALANCE OF $4.7 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY FUNDS, AND OUR ALLOCATIONS TOTAL $61 MILLION, WITH $16.8 MILLION APPROPRIATED TO DATE. AND I'VE PROVIDED AN ATTACHMENT B, WHICH LISTS ALL THE CURRENT ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, FUNDING EXPENDED TO DATE AND THE REMAINING BALANCES. SO YOU CAN GET DETAILS ON ALL OF THAT IN YOUR PACKET. SO SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED THAT ARE IN PROGRESS, WE HAVE MCKAY AVENUE RENOVATION AT CROWN BEACH. WE HAVE THE MONITORING FOR BURROWING OWLS AT MCLAUGHLIN EAST SHORE. WE HAVE OUR AGAIN, OUR KELLER BEACH PROJECT AT MILLER KNOX, THE TIDEWATER DAY USE FACILITY AT MARTIN LUTHER KING REGIONAL SHORELINE. AND THEN WE PROVIDE ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS TO OAKLAND ZOO. AND THEN THERE'S OTHER LESS THE COMPLETED PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THUS FAR AS OUR WATER BOTTLE REFILL STATIONS AND THE RESTORATION OF MCCOSKER CREEK. SO TO SHOWCASE SOME PHOTOS OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED AS I SAID, OUR FUELS MANAGEMENT GRAZING PROJECTS HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY MEASURE CC AND CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED BY MEASURE FF. THEN THE TIDEWATER DAY USE FACILITY THAT'S CURRENTLY HOPEFULLY GOING OUT TO BED LATER THIS YEAR. IS FUNDED BY BOTH MEASURE CC AND MEASURE FF. THEN WE HAVE OUR KELLER BEACH PROJECT AT MILLER KNOX, WHICH IS ALSO FUNDED BY BOTH MEASURE CC AND MEASURE FF. THEN THE POINT MOLATE BAY TRAIL, WHICH JUST STARTED CONSTRUCTION THIS MONTH. SINCE WE'RE STILL IN AUGUST, AND THAT WAS FUNDED BY BOTH MEASURE CC AND MEASURE FF, AND THEN OUR ONGOING FUELS MANAGEMENT PROJECTS THE SUPPORT CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE TO ASSIST WITH THIS WORK ARE FUNDED BY MEASURE FF. SO MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT BALLOT MEASURES, WHICH ARE OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDS, WHICH IS MEASURE AA AND WW. THESE FUNDS WERE BROKEN OUT INTO DIFFERENT INTO 3 METROPOLITAN AREAS TO ENSURE THAT THE FUNDS ARE IN LINE WITH OUR MASTER PLAN. WE DIVIDE INTO 3 AREAS THE MEASURE AA AND WW BOND FUNDS BASED ON POPULATION PER METRO AREA. SO FIRST WE HAVE THE WEST METROPOLITAN SECTOR, WHICH INCLUDES CROCKETT TO SAN LEANDRO, BOUNDED BY ON THE WEST BY THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND ON THE EAST BY EAST BAY HILLS. THEN THE SOUTH METROPOLITAN AREA IS SAN LORENZO TO SANTA CLARA COUNTY LINE IN THE SOUTH, AND IN ALAMEDA COUNTY TO SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY LINE IN THE EAST. THEN THE DIABLO SECTOR IS EAST OF EAST BAY HILLS, AND IT INCLUDES LAND BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND THE DELTA SHORELINE, ON THE EAST BY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, AND ON THE SOUTH BY ALAMEDA COUNTY LINE AND HIGHWAY 580. [00:50:04] IN 1988, VOTERS APPROVED THE ISSUANCE OF $225 MILLION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. OF THAT, 25%, OR %56 MILLION, WAS ALLOCATED TO THE LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM THAT PROGRAM IS COMPLETE AND ALL THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN DISBURSED TO THE AGENCIES. THE PARK DISTRICT HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE MAJORITY OF THE MEASURE AA PROGRAM, AND WE'RE WORKING ON UTILIZING THE REMAINING FUNDS AND CLOSING OUT OUR PROJECTS. ALL BOND PROCEEDS HAVE BEEN ISSUED SINCE 2006, AND AS OF THE END OF MAY, THE BALANCE OF BOND PROCEEDS AND INTEREST HELD BY THE TRUSTEE IS AT $10.67 MILLION. THERE'S APPROXIMATELY $3.6 MILLION REMAINING OF BOND PROCEEDS IN INTEREST TO BE APPROPRIATED. THIS SET OF CHARTS COMPARES THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATIONS BY METROPOLITAN AREA VERSUS THE ACTUAL APPROPRIATIONS TO DATE AND AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE IN 1988, SO THE CURRENT DISTRIBUTION IS 38% TO WEST METRO AREA, 30% TO SOUTH METRO AREA, AND 32% TO DIABLO. THIS NEXT SET OF CHARTS GOES INTO THE APPROPRIATION BASED ON WHAT THE ADJUSTED ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT TARGETS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE BALANCED WITHIN 1% OF OUR ORIGINAL TARGETS FOR EACH OF THESE ALLOCATION AREAS. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE ABOUT $1.8 MILLION OF PROCEEDS THAT ARE REMAINING TO BE ALLOCATED. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT BREAKS OUT THAT THERE'S $1.6 MILLION IN ACQUISITION AND ABOUT $163,000 IN DEVELOPMENT. TO DATE, THE TOTAL NET INTEREST EARNED IS $29.1 MILLION. WE'VE APPROPRIATED $27.3 OF THAT, AND THAT LEAVES US ABOUT $1.8 MILLION TO BE APPROPRIATED. AND OUR PLAN IS THIS WITH THIS UPCOMING 2026 BUDGET, IS TO APPROPRIATE ALL THE REMAINING FUNDS AS WE CAN, BOTH THE UNALLOCATED BOND PROCEEDS AND THE INTEREST EARNED. SO MOVING ON TO MEASURE WW SIMILAR TO MEASURE AA IT WAS HAD 25% FOR LOCAL GRANT. THE LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM THAT KATY JUST COVERED THE STATUS OF THAT IT AUTHORIZED IN 2008, $500 MILLION OF CAPITAL BONDS. 25% IS FOR THE LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM. THEREFORE, 75% IS FOR THE DISTRICT'S CAPITAL PROJECTS. WE'VE ISSUED A TOTAL OF $300 MILLION $80 MILLION IN 2009, 13 AND 17, AND THEN 60,000,000 IN 2022. THE 2017 AND 2022 BOND ISSUANCES ALSO INCLUDED $30 MILLION FOR CERTIFIED GREEN BONDS. SO LOOKING AT OUR DISTRIBUTIONS BASED ON THE 2020 CENSUS, THE WW ALLOCATION SHOULD BE AT 38% FOR WEST, 27% FOR SOUTH AND 35% FOR DIABLO. OUR CURRENT APPROPRIATIONS ARE AT 42% FOR WEST, 23% FOR SOUTH, AND 40% FOR DIABLO. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE APPROPRIATIONS. AND AS WE ALLOCATE MULTI DISTRICT AND CONTINGENCY FUNDS TO ENSURE WE'RE MEETING OUR METRO AREA ALLOCATION TARGETS. NEXT, AGAIN, I'M SHOWING YOU CHARTS BASED ON OUR ORIGINAL TARGETS VERSUS THE APPROPRIATION TO DATE OF THE $173.8 MILLION, $84.7 MILLION IS APPROPRIATED TO ACQUISITION AND $89.1 IS TO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. THE TARGETS WERE INITIALLY ESTABLISHED BY THE EXPENDITURE PLAN ADOPTED IN 2008. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE EXECUTED OUR INITIAL TARGETS. BUT DUE TO CONTINGENCY AND MULTI DISTRICT ALLOCATIONS FOR ITEMS SUCH AS THE BAY TRAIL, RIDGE TRAIL AND URBAN CREEKS, THEY'RE NOW APPROPRIATED TO THE METRO AREA WHERE THE PROJECT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE. AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THAT THE AMOUNTS HAVE EXCEEDED WHAT THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATIONS WERE PLANNED FOR. AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S VERY MINIMAL APPROPRIATIONS UNDER THE DISTRICT CATEGORY. IN TERMS OF CASH FLOW OF THE $298.5 MILLION APPROPRIATED TO PARK DISTRICT AND LOCAL GRANT PROJECTS. WE'VE SPENT $265.33 MILLION AS OF JUNE 2025, AND OUR EXPENDITURES HAVE AVERAGED ABOUT $15 MILLION PER YEAR. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A REMAINING BALANCE OF UN-APPROPRIATED FUNDS, TOTALING $182.4 MILLION. OF THAT, $161 IS FOR ACQUISITION AND $21 IS FOR DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO HAVE $18.3 MILLION STILL AVAILABLE IN OUR DISTRICT WIDE CONTINGENCY, LEAVING A TOTAL AMOUNT REMAINING TO BE APPROPRIATED OF OVER $200 MILLION. SO JUST TO SHOWCASE SOME PROJECTS, I'VE INCLUDED THIS MAP HERE, WHICH SHOWS YOU ALL OF THE ACQUISITIONS [00:55:10] THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN MEASURE WW. SORRY. SO THE LIGHT GREEN SO IS THE WW FUNDING CONTRIBUTED TO LAND ACQUISITION WITHIN A PARK, THEN VOTE. AND THEN YOUR LINES FOR YOUR TRAILS ARE ALSO IN LIGHT GREEN. THEN THE BLUE IS. THE FUNDING CONTRIBUTED TO ACQUISITIONS ALONG THE SF BAY WATER TRAIL, AND THEN SOME EXAMPLES OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FUNDED. THE POINT MOLATE ACQUISITION HAD BOTH $3 MILLION AND MEASURE AA AND $3.9 MILLION IN MEASURE WW, THEN $850 OF MEASURE WW WAS USED FOR THE COYOTE HILLS WELL REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT OCCURRED THIS YEAR, WHICH PROVIDED AGRICULTURALLY SUSTAINABLE WATER FOR FARMING AT THE PATTERSON PROPERTY. WE HAD $115,000 OF MEASURE WW WAS SPENT EARLIER THIS YEAR TO REPAIR THE HAYWARD SHORELINE LEVEE AND ADJACENT TRAIL AT OYSTER BAY. $1.7 MILLION IN MEASURE AA AND $1.85 MILLION IN MEASURE WW HAS BEEN SPENT TO FINISH THE SOIL IMPORT PROJECT TO PREPARE FOR THE NEW PARKING LOT AND RESTROOMS. WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT PLEASANTON RIDGE. THE PHILIP SCHULTZ TRAIL, WHICH IS HAS MEASURE WW FUNDS ALLOCATED TO IT, AND THEN THE BOARD HAS APPROPRIATED $3.6 MILLION OF WW FOR THE DESIGN OF THE TILDEN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER, WHICH IS UNDERWAY. SO IN YOUR PACKET, I'VE INCLUDED APPENDIX D, WHICH ALSO HAS DETAILS ON ALL OF THE PARK LOCATIONS WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE MEASURE WW ON APPROPRIATE BALANCES. AND TO GO BACK TO THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED EARLIER ABOUT GOING OUT FOR A NEW BOND MEASURE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE STILL HAVE OVER $200 MILLION OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVEN'T APPROPRIATED TO PROJECTS, SO IT'S REALLY IMPERATIVE ON US TO AS WE GO INTO OUR ARE 2026 BUDGET SEASON TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THESE REMAINING BALANCES SO THAT WE CAN GO BACK OUT TO FOR ANOTHER BOND MEASURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AGAIN, YOU GAVE US A TON OF INFORMATION, BUT PUT IT VERY SUCCINCTLY SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MEMBER LOPEZ. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I'M LOOKING AT FIGURE 1, AND I REMEMBER HAVING THIS QUESTION SORT OF BACK WHEN IT ALL HAPPENED. AND I NEVER FULLY UNDERSTOOD, LIKE, THE CONTEXT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS BASED ON A POLLING OR WHAT, BUT THE BOUNDARIES FOR MEASURE CC AND MEASURE FF, YOU KNOW DIDN'T SEEM TO BE COMPLETELY CONTIGUOUS IN TERMS OF THE ENTIRE THE REACH OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. IS THAT CORRECT? SO THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN PORTIONS, CERTAIN COMMITTEE'S THAT DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THIS OR DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE FOR THIS FOR THE RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONAL AREAS? IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. AND THIS WAS WAY BEFORE MY TIME. SO I'LL LEAN ON ERICH MIGHT HAVE SOME MORE DETAILS ON HOW WE SPECIFICALLY CAME TO THIS AREA. WELL, PERHAPS IN HIS COMMENTS. THANK YOU. SO YOU SAID THAT THAT THERE'S CURRENTLY $200 MILLION THAT HAS NOT BEEN APPROPRIATED. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. BUT WE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION THAT SAID THAT THAT FUNDING IS PRETTY MUCH ALL SPOKEN FOR. THE FUNDING, THE 25% OF THE BOND ISSUANCE THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR LOCAL GRANT, THE LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM HAS ALL BEEN SPENT. BUT THE REMAINING FUNDING THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR PARK DISTRICT PROJECTS, ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT HAS NOT YET BEEN SPENT. ABOUT $200 MILLION. YEAH, $200 MILLION. AND IT HAS YET TO EVEN BE ASSIGNED TO PROJECTS. OKAY. AND HOW DO THE VARIOUS, YOU KNOW, JURISDICTIONS OR PARTNERS FIND OUT? ABOUT THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THAT. SO THAT FUNDING THE $200 MILLION IS ALLOCATED FOR PARK DISTRICT PROJECTS. OKAY. SO IT'S WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION? NO OTHER. CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE I GOING BACK TO THE IT'LL BE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A QUESTION I GUESS FOR THE OTHER OR PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM. SO I'LL JUST HOLD BACK ON THAT THEN I YOU KNOW, I DO HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A CERTAIN, A CERTAIN A SIZABLE NUMBER OR A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HAS BEEN UNALLOCATED OR IS STILL SORT OF IN THE QUEUE THAT THAT PART OF OUR PLAN, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT CENTURY IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, [01:00:04] YOU KNOW, HOW WE GO ABOUT STRATEGICALLY PLANNING. AND THIS IS NOT REALLY A QUESTION. IT'S A COMMENT BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK. STRATEGIC PLANNING AROUND, YOU KNOW CITY JURISDICTIONS AND OTHER SORT OF COUNTY AND STATEWIDE, YOU KNOW, MEASURES FOR REVENUE RAISING AND WHERE WHERE THE PARK DISTRICT FITS IN WITH ALL OF THOSE SORT OF NOT NECESSARILY COMPETING MEASURES, BUT PERHAPS I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD DESCRIBE IT, JUST, YOU KNOW, OTHER MEASURES THAT ARE ON THE BALLOT THAT, YOU KNOW, VOTERS WILL SORT OF THINK ABOUT IN CONTEXT TO ONE ANOTHER. SO, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO KIND OF HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT, MAYBE IN A FUTURE PRESENTATION WHEN WE GET THERE WITH THE PLAN AND HOW THAT TIMING GOES. I THINK, AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS NEED TO KNOW SORT OF IN ADVANCE. SO WHO'S DOING WHAT? AT WHAT POINT IN TIME WITH REVENUE RAISING SO THAT THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT INADVERTENTLY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, GOING AFTER SORT OF THE SAME POCKETBOOK AT THE SAME TIME. SO BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, I APPRECIATE IT. GREAT. THANK YOU. MEMBER VALENZUELA. YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. LOTS OF NUMBERS. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS FOR THE $200 MILLION THAT WE HAVE LEFT OVER. HOW DO WE GO ABOUT SPENDING THAT? I MEAN, DO WE HAVE THEM EARMARKED FOR A CERTAIN TYPE OF PROJECT, OR ARE WE JUST LEAVING THEM IN THE BANK? SO WHEN PROJECTS START TO POP UP, BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE WE KNOW OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT MIGHT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A POOL OF MONEY LIKE THAT. I MEAN, HOW DO WE DECIDE WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO GO? SO THEY WERE AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WERE SHARED WITH VOTERS IN 2008. THESE WERE ALLOCATED TO DIFFERENT PARK LOCATIONS AND DIVIDE BETWEEN ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT. BUT THE ORDINANCE AND THE LEGISLATION THAT WENT TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF THESE BONDS, GAVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE PROJECT LIST AS THEY SEE FIT. WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE ALLOCATIONS IN THE METRO AREAS, SO THERE IS THE ABILITY TO MOVE THAT AROUND. BUT IT IS THIS WAS THERE RIGHT NOW ASSOCIATED TO THE LOCATIONS THAT WERE LISTED ON THE ORIGINAL PROJECT LIST AS PROMISED IN 2008. SO AS THE POPULATION EXPANDS TOWARDS THE EAST, WHERE IS FUNDING FOR PROJECTS OUT THAT WAY GOING TO COME FROM? IS THAT FROM A FUTURE BOND MEASURE MAYBE, OR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS FOR THE METRO AREA AND THERE'S SOME LEEWAY TO IT. BUT AS WE GO EAST POPULATION GO EAST, MORE AND MORE PARKS ARE NEEDED GOING EAST IN BOTH COUNTIES. SO I MEAN, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM? I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S A BROAD QUESTION. I KNOW THAT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION THAT PROBABLY CAN BE ANSWERED AT THIS TIME. YEAH. AND I THINK I'M WE'RE LIMITED TO THE FUNDING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND TRYING TO GET THE FUNDING WE HAVE SPENT DOWN AND HOLDING TO OUR COMMITMENTS OF STICKING WITH THE POPULATION. THE METRO AREA POPULATION DISTRIBUTION WE HAVE. AND SO AS WE GO FORWARD, LIKE WHEN NEW CENSUS DATA IS RELEASED, WE UPDATE OUR NUMBERS. AND THAT'S WHERE WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, SEE IF WE CAN ADJUST OUR FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE.SO EVERY 10 YEARS WHEN THE CENSUS IS DONE, WE LOOK AT THE. SORRY. EVERY 10 YEARS WHEN THE NEW CENSUS NUMBERS COME OUT. WE LOOK TO SEE HOW THE POPULATION HAS SHIFTED. AND SO WE THEN HAVE RESOLVED THAT BECAUSE THE POPULATION HAS SHIFTED EAST. ALL FUTURE INTEREST EARNINGS DO NEED TO BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE DIABLO METRO. AREA. YES, THE DIABLO METRO AREA.SO IT DOES GET REEVALUATED EVERY 10 YEARS AS THE CENSUS IS RELEASED 2020. 2020. YEAH. COULD I ADD A LITTLE BIT ON TO THAT. SO THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS AGAIN, THERE ARE IT'S DIVIDED UP INTO REGIONAL PARKS. SO I KNOW YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. SO THERE'S SO MUCH FOR DEER VALLEY, SO MUCH FOR ROUND VALLEY, CLAYTON RANCH, ALL THOSE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AMOUNTS IN THERE. BUT AS HAS BEEN STATED, THERE'S FLEXIBILITY. THE BOARD HAS DOES HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY. THERE'S ALSO A WHOLE I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS. THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF CONTINGENCY IN THERE TOO THAT HAS NOT BEEN YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THE CONTINGENCY IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OR ANYTHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING LIKE THAT. SO YOU KNOW, AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT IT DOESN'T JUST GET MAGICALLY SPENT AT RIGHT DIRECTLY OUT OF THE OUT OF THE MEASURE. [01:05:01] THERE HAS TO BE A CAPITAL PROJECT TO IDENTIFIED BY THE BOARD OR THE DISTRICT OR, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE THE BOARD. SOMETHING IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT REQUIRES FUNDING WILL IDENTIFY THAT FUNDING AS PART OF THE FUNDING FOR IT. SO. MEMBER DETJENS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. SOME MAY COMPLAIN ABOUT ALL THE NUMBERS, BUT I WELCOME THE FIREHOSE OF DATA, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. LOOKING AT YOUR TABLE 3 IN YOUR STAFF REPORT WITH THE REMAINING BALANCES, I SEE IT'S THE TOTAL, THE AVAILABLE FOR ACQUISITION AND THE AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT. AM I CORRECT THAT DEVELOPMENT IS TO TAKE EITHER TO IMPROVE EXISTING REGIONAL PARKS OR TO TAKE AND DO THE NECESSARY PREPARATION TO OPEN LAND BANK PROPERTIES IS WHICH FOR THE LAND BANK PROPERTIES? WHICH CATEGORY DOES THAT FALL UNDER? IS TRAILS THAT'S WHAT FALLS UNDER DEVELOPMENT. SO BUILDING IN ANY NEW NEW TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE NEED FOR THAT AREA, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS ARE CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MEMBER SIMMONS. I HAVE ONE FOLLOW UP TO THAT, JUST TO INQUIRE. THERE'S IN ROUND VALLEY REGIONAL PARK, THERE'S A TRAIL THAT'S BEEN CLOSED DUE TO STORM DAMAGE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSED FOR A WHILE. IS THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY CONSIDERED TO BE A PROJECT THAT THIS TYPE OF FUNDING CAN COVER? YES. OKAY. WELL, FIRST, IF IT WAS DAMAGED BY THE ONE OF THE WINTER STORMS, WE'RE TRYING WE'RE RIGHT NOW WORKING WITH FEMA TO TRY TO GET THOSE DAMAGES REIMBURSED SO WE CAN GET COMPLETE THAT WORK. SO DEPENDING IF IT WAS 2017 OR 2023 STORMS. THE CLOSURE WAS JUST THIS PAST YEAR OR SO. OKAY. SO AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PRETTY MUCH ELIMINATES GOING AROUND ROUND VALLEY, WHICH IS KIND OF, FOR A HIKER TROUBLESOME. OKAY. SO TO EXPAND ON MEMBER VALENZUELA'S QUESTION, WHAT WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE BOARD IN ALLOCATING FUNDS? SO DOES STAFF COME UP WITH THEIR LIST AUTONOMOUSLY, AND DOES THE BOARD ALWAYS REVIEW THAT OR DOES THE BOARD ALSO HAVE INPUT. AND THEN IS THERE EVER A CONFLICT WHERE THE BOARD SAYS, WE WANT THIS, STAFF WANTS THIS? LIKE, I HATE TO PUT IT THIS WAY, WHO WINS THAT? AND SORRY, THERE'S LIKE 3 QUESTIONS IN THERE. BUT I ALWAYS KIND OF WONDER LIKE HOW DOES THE ALLOCATION PROCESS WORK? BECAUSE I'LL JUST IT AND YOU KNOW, I'M OUT OF WARD 5, BUT I DO HAVE A CONCERN ON AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE MORE PROJECTS ON THE EAST, JUST AS POPULATION GROWS, AS I UNDERSTAND IN SOME FUNDS, LIKE WE'RE NOT PAYING INTO THAT. BUT WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE BOARD IN THIS VERSUS STAFF? OKAY, I'LL TAKE A STAB AT IT AND THEN I'LL HAND OVER TO DIRECTOR MERCURIO. SO FIRST WE AS AS STAFF, WE ARE A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION HAS A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, THAT THE BOARD APPROPRIATED FUNDING FOR THEM TO PROCEED WITH DESIGNING OR CONSTRUCTING THOSE PROJECTS. AND SO AS THEY COME TO THE POINT WHERE THEY NEED MORE FUNDING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT PHASE, THEN WE COME TO THE BOARD AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO BE APPROPRIATED. SO IT'S THE BOARD WHO IS DECIDING WHAT GETS FUNDED, WHAT PROJECTS GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING. AND SO WE AS STAFF COME WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING THOSE PROJECTS. BUT ALREADY THERE'S A WHOLE WORK GROUP THAT HAS A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND THEY'RE DESIGNING. AND THOSE PROJECTS WERE DETERMINED BY THE THE BOARD AND FUNDING APPROPRIATED THAT WAY DOES THAT. AND THEN ANNUALLY WE COME IN ANNUALLY AS PART OF THE BUDGET WITH THE PROJECT, THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT NEED FUNDING TO PROCEED TO THE NEXT PHASE. GREAT. THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK SO. LET ME LET ME JUST ADD SOMETHING IN THERE. JUST A GENERAL MORE OF A GENERAL THING HERE. THERE'S WAY MORE PROJECT NEEDS THAN THERE IS THAN THERE ARE FUNDS. EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE JUST HAVE MONEY COMING OUT OF OUR POCKETS. IT'S FALLEN OUT. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY THE CASE. SO THE THE ISSUE THAT HAS TO BE WORKED ON NOW NEXT IS HOW TO PRIORITIZE, REPRIORITIZE, MAYBE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET IN THE PLAN BASED ON, WELL, FRANKLY, NEW BOARD MEMBERS COMING IN AND HAVING DIFFERENT PRIORITIES. BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, CHANGING PRIORITIES FOR A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT REASONS, YOU KNOW. OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVEN'T COME YET, YOU KNOW, OR INITIATIVES THAT WE THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT BEFORE. [01:10:03] NOW THE THE RELATIVE PRIORITY OF THEM HAS SHIFTED DOWN, INCREASING BECAUSE OF SOMETHING ELSE. SO IT'S A CHANGING THING. AND WE HAVE TO GET WE'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING OUR ARMS AROUND THAT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO SPEND THE LIMITED FUNDS. YES. AND TO SAY THE WORK PLAN THAT WE HAVE AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE PUBLISHED IN THE LAST BUDGET, WE HAD OVER $250 MILLION, YOU KNOW, OF FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED TO FUND THE PROGRAM AND THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. SO IT'S NOT THAT THE THE NEED ISN'T THERE. BUT THEN IT'S COMING BACK TO THE BOARD AND GETTING THOSE PROJECTS BEAT FOR THESE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW. AND WHO CAN BEAT THE LOUDEST? YOU KNOW. [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU BOTH. MEMBER OBRINGER. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS AS I HAD SOME OF THOSE. I THINK THE ONLY FINAL QUESTION I HAVE ABOUT THAT REMAINING MEASURE WW FUNDS, IS THERE A TIMELINE TO SPEND IT DOWN OR IS IT JUST, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER APPROPRIATE. SO I MEAN, HOW LONG CAN IT BE HANGING OUT THERE UN-APPROPRIATED. SO THE ONE THING WE DO HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE TAX EXEMPT BONDS. SO WE ARE REQUIRED. YOU KNOW, WE RUN INTO ARBITRAGE SITUATIONS IF WE DON'T SPEND DOWN THE MONEY AND IF WE'RE EARNING INTEREST AND THAT EXCEEDS THE THE AMOUNT OF TAX REBATE THAT WE RECEIVED. SO THAT'S ONE THING. BUT OUR PLAN IS NOT TO HOLD ON TO THESE FUNDS FOREVER. WE WE YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS NOW OF HOW WE CAN START SPENDING THIS, THIS FUNDS ON THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE WORKS SO THAT WE CAN GO OUT FOR A FUTURE MEASURE AND FUND OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. MEMBER PEOPLES. THANK YOU AGAIN. AN AWFUL LOT OF INFORMATION HERE AND I APPRECIATE YOU PRESENTING IT. I HAD THERE'S A LOT HERE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT IN HERE IS RELATES TO WHAT'S ON CHART 8. WE'RE IN AND IT TALKS ABOUT IN THE DISCUSSION RELATED TO THAT, HOW MONEY THE BOARD HAS MADE DECISIONS TO SHIFT MONEY FROM ACQUISITION TO TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS NEEDS THAT WE HAVE. AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF 3 THINGS THAT IT SEEMS WORTH NOTING ABOUT THIS. I ONE, I HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT WILL END UP GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION BETWEEN ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT. I TRY TO MAINTAIN THAT. I CAN SEE SHIFTING IT ON ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT'S NOT A PERMANENT SHIFT THAT THE. BALANCE THAT WAS SET OUT ORIGINALLY WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE TIME MEASURE WW FUNDING IS FINALIZED. I NOTE ON THAT CHART 8 WHEN IT SHOWS THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED, YOU KNOW, BY THE 3 METRO REGIONS THAT THE DIABLO REGION IS WAY BELOW ITS ORIGINAL TARGET AND WAY BELOW THE THE OTHER 2 DISTRICTS ARE PART OF THAT. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE ARE ACTIVITIES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE OF THE DISTRICT THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT BEING UNDERTAKEN ON A COMPARABLE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE DISTRICT. AND I SUSPECT THAT PART OF THE ISSUE THERE IS THAT ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE DISTRICT, THAT'S THE OLDER PART OF THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE OLDER FACILITIES, AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY NEEDING TO UPDATE THOSE FACILITIES, REPLACE THEM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST OF THE PROJECTS, THEY'RE ON OLDER DEVELOPMENTS AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S FAIRLY EXPENSIVE WITH CONSTRUCTION COST TODAY. SO THERE'S A NEED THERE TO, TO FUND THAT. BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE BALANCE BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT IN THE LONG TERM. I THINK IT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE IDEA THAT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO LOOK AT UPDATING MEASURE FF THAT PERHAPS MORE MONEY NEEDS TO BE GENERATED THERE, BECAUSE THAT FOCUSES ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE THE OLDER PART OF THE OF THE DISTRICT, THIS OLDER FACILITIES AND SO FORTH. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES, IT SEEMS TO ME, THAT RELATE TO THAT, THAT ALLOCATION BOTH IMMEDIATE. BUT I THINK ALSO LONGER TERM ISSUES THAT OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED AS THE DISTRICT IN THE DISTRICT [01:15:03] PLAN, AS THE DISTRICT PLAN IS DEVELOPED. JUST KEEPING IN MIND THAT MAINTAINING AND REHABILITATING THOSE OLDER FACILITIES ARE REALLY THE FORCE DRIVING THE SHIFTS OF FUNDING TO THE WESTERN PART OF THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. MEMBER DIETER. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR LIST FROM WIND FROM A STORM DAMAGE. WHY DOES IT STOP AT 2023? THE LIST OF DAMAGE THAT WAS WE'VE DONE BECAUSE THERE'S MORE DAMAGE THIS PAST YEAR IN 2025. SO THE THE FEMA, THE DISASTER DECLARED DAMAGES THAT WE HAVE ON RECORD IS JUST 20. THE WINTER STORMS FROM 2017 AND THE WINTER STORMS FROM 2023, THOSE WERE THE DECLARED DISASTERS. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FUNDING FROM FEMA. AND THAT'S WHY THEY WERE ON THE LIST THAT KATY PROVIDED. OH, SO THEY'RE ONLY TIED TO FEMA? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. YES MEMBER OMOLO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION. I WAS JUST REALLY KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THAT $200 MILLION THAT IS LOOKING TO BE ALLOCATED AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT AND KIND OF THE DISCUSSION. THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE AN INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON HIERARCHY OF THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO STATE WHICH PROJECTS MAY BE ABLE TO GET FUNDING WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST LIKE A REALLY IMPORTANT AND GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE IN A WAY FOR THEM TO REALLY BE ABLE TO SEE THEMSELVES IN IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN KIND OF THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS. AND I'M WONDERING WHETHER THE ORIGINAL LIST IS AVAILABLE OF KIND OF THE PROJECTS WHERE IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE ALLOCATED, BUT ALSO HOW THE OUTREACH OR ABILITY TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITHIN THOSE PARKS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT AS WELL. SO THE THE ORIGINAL LIST IS PROVIDED AND WE SHARE IT EVERY YEAR AS PART OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET SEASON TO COME FORWARD AS WE PRESENT THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WANTING, PRESENTING FOR FUNDING. AND AND AS WE GIVE ANNUAL LIKE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COMES AND GIVES US UPDATES ON THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED TO MOVE THEM FORWARD. SO I THINK THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS. AND I THINK DIRECTOR MERCURIO HAS SOMETHING HE WANTED TO ADD. I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT TIME FOR ME TO I ALREADY THOUGHT OF THIS BEFORE, BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO SAY IT. YOU FOLKS ARE THE LEADERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW YOU'RE ON HERE BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT SOMETHING, SOMEBODY, SOMEHOW, SOMEWHERE. AND I WAS JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL REALLY ARE INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO NOT ONLY AS YOURSELF, BUT TO SUBMIT SOME COMMUNICATIONS TO US FROM NOW FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, BECAUSE WE'RE DEVELOPING THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND THE CAPITAL AND THE PLAN, BUT ALSO TO ENCOURAGE YOUR MAYBE ANY AGENCY THAT YOU MIGHT LIVE IN OR REPRESENT TO ALSO SUBMIT COMMUNICATIONS TO US ADVOCATING FOR SOME PARTICULAR PROJECT. I GUESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS HERE THAT YOU FEEL HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED AND HAVE. THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE COULD INCREASE ACCESS OR INCLUSION IN THEM. SO I'M GLAD I HAD A CHANCE TO SAY THAT. PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND. AND YOU KNOW, TELL US WHAT YOU WANT. YEAH.WE HAVE HAVE HAD YOU KNOW, HERE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP DEFINE PRIORITIES AND HAD LIKE A CHARRETTE PROCESS WHICH HAS SPANNED, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ONE MEETING. BUT I DO LIKE I DO LIKE THIS IDEA AND I DO SUPPORT THAT WE MAYBE BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE BRASS TACKS AS YOU GO INTO THAT. YOU KNOW THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TIME OR BANDWIDTH IN TERMS OF STAFF RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO EVERY COMMUNITY AND HAVE A LIKE A, A TOWN HALL OR MAYBE SOME OF THE NEWER DIRECTORS ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT SITES TO DO THEIR TOWN HALL, FOR EXAMPLE. BUT, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF US JUST DEFINED PRIORITIES, PERHAPS THERE COULD BE A, A LONGER LIST THAT WE CAN HELP SHORTEN TO HELP INFORM THE PROCESS FOR THE THE ELECTED FOLKS, YOU KNOW, TO REPRESENT US. MAYBE WE CAN BE MORE PARTICIPATORY THAT WAY. I MEAN, I THINK A NUMBER OF US DO, YOU KNOW, MEET DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY VOICE THAT IS HOLISTIC. [01:20:08] I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT AFTER NEARLY, YOU KNOW, 2 YEARS HERE, THAT THIS IS A VERY WELL BALANCED GROUP. AND I THINK IF WE WERE GIVEN A CHANCE TO SAY HERE'S, YOU KNOW, 30 PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT. WE SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, HERE'S SORT OF WHAT IS FEASIBLE OR WITHIN THE, CONFINES OR THE PARAMETERS OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE BONDS AND SO FORTH THAT WOULD MEET THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, DRUMMING, THE, SOME OF THE, THE DIRECTORS ARE DRUMMING FOR, YOU KNOW, CAN CAN THIS GROUP HERE HELP ADVISE? AND, YOU KNOW, GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GO BACK TO OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND, AND SAY, HEY, WE HAVE A CHANCE HERE. HERE'S SORT OF THE LIST AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE'S A SITUATION WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO ASK FOR, BUT A LIST, LET'S SAY, LET'S JUST SAY HYPOTHETICALLY OF 50 PROJECTS OR SOMETHING. THEN WE CAN GO BACK AND I COULD I CAN GO BACK TO THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY, OR SOMEONE CAN GO TO THE THE SUPERVISORS, YOU KNOW, GROUP OR WHATEVER AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? AND IT COULD DOVETAIL WITH WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE THINKING OR DOING. AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT IT WOULD BE VERY, I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO JUST SOME IDEA. THANK YOU. AND I DID DO WANT TO SHARE THAT WE DO HAVE IN OUR BUDGET BOOK THE LIST OF THE CURRENT PROJECTS, THE 72 PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT STILL REQUIRE OVER $200 MILLION OF FUNDING THAT WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING ON. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THAT LIST. AND I CAN I CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMITTEE OF THIS OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE PUBLISHED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THOSE PROJECTS AND SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE, AND IT GIVES AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE NEEDING TO GO INTO 2026 TO ASK FOR FUNDING FOR. MEMBER SMITH, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO DIRECTOR MERCURIO. I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE ANSWERED MY QUESTION, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO HAVE THAT LIST THAT WE'RE GOING OUT AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO INFORM OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT IN ADVANCE. LIKE WAY IN ADVANCE. SO THE SOONER WE COULD GET THAT KNOWING THAT BUDGETING IS GOING TO BE COMING UP AGAIN SOON, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US BE ABLE TO REACH INTO OUR COMMUNITIES. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS AGAIN FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION. THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT. AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE JOINED BY DIRECTOR MERCURIO TONIGHT. YES.[INAUDIBLE]. I'M THE SUBSTITUTE DIRECTOR, SO LET'S JUST KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL HERE. ACTUALLY, I ACTUALLY WAS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER YEARS AGO, SO I KNOW ALL THE TRICKS. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE KIND OF FOLLOWING THE JACK KEROUAC SCHOOL OF STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS REPORTING, BECAUSE THERE'S NO ORDER TO THIS. ON SHORT NOTICE. THIS IS WHAT YOU GET. SO I WANT TO START OFF WITH THURGOOD MARSHALL AND CLAYTON RANCH. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS. THAT WAS LITERALLY THE FIRST THING THAT CAME INTO MY MIND, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN MY WARD AND THEY'RE NEAR WHERE I LIVE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I START. SO THURGOOD MARSHALL AND FORGIVE ME IF YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS. I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE WHAT WHAT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO YOU FOLKS ALREADY, BUT THURGOOD MARSHALL. FOR SOUTH OF BAILEY, THERE'S A DESIGN PROCESS THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE, TO ENABLE IT TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND IT'S GOING TO BE 2 OR 3 MORE YEARS BEFORE THE PUBLIC WILL BE IN THERE ON THEIR OWN. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE LOTS OF COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE ADVERTISE. AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR TO GO IN THERE AND BE PART OF A PROGRAM WHICH WILL ALSO. YOU CAN EITHER GO THERE FOR THE PROGRAM OR YOU CAN GO THERE JUST TO BE IN THERE. I KNOW THERE'S 2 DIFFERENT REASONS FOR GOING IN THERE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF GREAT STORIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE TOLD, PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE PORT CHICAGO 50, WHICH IS IN THE NAME OF THE PARK NOW. SO ANYWAY, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO. CLAYTON RANCH IS SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND BANK PROPERTY THAT IS GOING TO BE OPEN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. PROBABLY. WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF DEVELOPING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CLAYTON TO ALLOW US TO USE CLAYTON COMMUNITY PARK PARKING TO ACCESS THE PARK. SO THAT ALLOWS US TO SPEED UP ACCESS A LITTLE BIT. YOU'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE PARK THROUGH BLACK DIAMOND WAY, BUT THERE WILL BE AND THIS IS A THIS IS A HEADS UP FOR YOU. [01:25:06] I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ON THE ON THE LIST YET THAT YOU CAN ACCESS, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A WALK AND TALK PUBLIC EVENT AT THE END OF NOVEMBER WITH MAYOR CLAYTON, MAYOR TRUPIANO AND ME, AND I'M NOT SURE IF DIRECTOR COFFEE IS. IT'S ACTUALLY IN DIRECTOR COFFEY'S AWARD. BUT I ALWAYS TELL HIM IT'S YOUR PARK, BUT I SUPPLY THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO CLAYTON. SO THAT'S HAPPENING SOON, AND THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT. AND THE REASON IS IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY. GOING A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH BURRELL IS THE THE WALNUT ORCHARD THAT WE OWN. THAT'S NOW, WHAT, TEN ACRES IN SIZE? AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD A SITE VISIT OUT THERE RECENTLY. SOME OF YOU WERE PROBABLY, I THINK SOME OF YOU WERE THERE. THE THE DESIGN WORK AGAIN IS STILL PROCEEDING ON THAT. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF BENEFITS REGIONALLY AND LOCALLY FOR WHATEVER IT IS WE HAVE IN THERE, BUT MAINLY IT'S INTENDED TO TELL THE STORY AND THE HISTORY OF WALNUT GROWING IN THE SAN RAMON VALLEY AND ELSEWHERE. STICKING TO THAT AREA. IRON HORSE TRAIL. A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THAT. THERE CONTINUE TO BE ISSUES. THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST CONFLICT THAT I HAVE IN MY WARD IS ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, PARTICULARLY BETWEEN ALAMO AND DUBLIN. THERE'S A PROLIFERATION OF THESE SMALL. THEY'RE BASICALLY MOTORCYCLES. THEY'RE NOT EVEN E-BIKES. THEY'RE THEY'RE SMALL MOTOR, ELECTRIC POWERED MOTORCYCLES. CAUSING SOME DISTRESS TO THE ALL THE OTHER USERS, NOT ONLY ON THE TRAIL, BUT ON THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS OF THAT AREA THERE. AND THERE'S AN EFFORT BEING MADE BY THE, THE CITY AND TOWN AS WELL AS I'VE BEEN ASKED TO CONTACT JOHN MUIR HOSPITAL'S REPRESENTATIVE FROM THERE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT SOME ISSUES THEY'RE HAVING WITH SEEING YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM THAT HAVE BEEN OPERATING THOSE. THOSE KIND OF THINGS IN AN UNSAFE MANNER. SO I'M TRYING TO GET WE HAVE YOU ALL KNOW WE HAVE A POLICE FORCE. I'M ADVOCATING FOR THEM TO HAVE A PRESENCE OUT THERE MORE THAN THEY DO NOW, NOT JUST TO WRITE CITATIONS, BUT PARTICULARLY TO DO EDUCATION OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S JUST IT'S KIND OF A CAPACITY ISSUE, I THINK IS REALLY CAUSING THE BIGGEST ISSUE OUT THERE. I KNOW YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW. I THINK YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS. WE'RE WORKING ON THE WILDCAT CANYON BIKE TRAIL PROJECT, WHICH IS HAS SOME CONTROVERSY TO IT, BUT IT ALSO HAS WHAT I BELIEVE ARE SOME REAL BENEFITS TO ALL THE TRAIL USERS. BY PROVIDING A FACILITY FOR MOUNTAIN BIKES, IT KIND OF FREES UP SOME OF THE OTHER TRAILS FOR THE OTHER USES. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SUPPORTING THAT THAT PROJECT. LET'S SEE A COUPLE OF EVENTS NOW THAT I WAS INVOLVED WITH VERY RECENTLY. JUST YESTERDAY THERE WAS AN INTERESTING EVENT THAT WAS HELD AT INSPIRATION POINT IN TILDEN. IT WAS SORT OF LIMITED IN SCOPE, BUT IT WAS SPONSORED BY BAY NATURE MAGAZINE IN COOPERATION WITH CIVICORPS AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE FIRE MITIGATION WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND TO HAVE OUR AND ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT CHIEFS BE OUT THERE TO EXPLAIN TO US WHAT WAS DONE AND WHY. WE ALSO HAD DISTRICT STAFF OUT THERE AND TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS. IT WAS ORGANIZED THROUGH BAY NATURE, SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HEARD ABOUT IT MORE. I WENT BECAUSE I'M PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AND I REALLY NEED TO GO TO THOSE THINGS, BUT ALSO I REALLY WANTED TO GO TO THAT THING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT FIRE MITIGATION. THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING IN THE DISTRICT, AND I ALWAYS WANT FOLKS TO KNOW OUT THERE THAT WE ARE WE'RE SEEKING A LOT OF GRANTS. WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF GRANTS, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK. AND EVERY YEAR THAT GOES BY WHERE THERE ISN'T A MAJOR FIRE IN THAT AREA, GETS US THAT MUCH CLOSER TO REDUCING THE OVERALL FIRE DANGER THERE TO KEEP THE FIRES DOWN TO THE GROUND. I ALSO WENT TO AN AWARD A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH HARD A HARRIET AREA. HARRY HAYWARD AREA SAY THAT REGIONAL RECREATION DISTRICT. NO. HAYWARD AREA RECREATION DISTRICT. THEY HAVE AN EVENT FROM TIME TO TIME, AND I REALLY LIKE TO GO AND ATTEND THOSE AND SUPPORT THEM IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO. THIS ONE EVENT THEY HAD RECENTLY WAS IT WAS A 3 FER. [01:30:05] IT WAS A GROUNDBREAKING AND 2 DEDICATIONS ALL IN THE SAME AREA. AND IT WAS A GREAT GROUNDBREAKING FOR A PARK. A DEDICATION OF A COMBINATION LOW INCOME HOUSING AND COMMUNITY CENTER IN A SINGLE BUILDING WAS AN INCREDIBLE PROJECT. I LOVE THAT PROJECT. WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE MADRONE TOWERS. YEAH. MADRONE TOWERS. YEAH. WONDERFUL PROJECT. AND THEN DOWN THE ROAD, A REALLY GREAT IDEA FOR A PARK. THEY HAD THEY HAVE SOME LAND. THEY DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO REALLY DEVELOP IT FULLY, SO THEY KIND OF PAVED IT AND THEN PAINTED A LOT OF STUFF ON THERE AND PUT A LOT OF ACTIVITIES ON THERE SO THAT THERE'S LOW MAINTENANCE, BUT IT CAN BE USED AS A PARK TEMPORARILY UNTIL THEY HAVE THE FUNDING TO DEVELOP IT THE WAY THEY WANT TO WITH TURF AND ALL THAT, WHATEVER YOU MIGHT DO IN THAT SORT OF A THING. I WAS ALSO FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF A A MEETING WITH ANAMARIE FARIAS, OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER THAT REPRESENTS PART OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. AND SHE MET US OUT AT THURGOOD MARSHALL, AND WE WALKED AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND TALKED ABOUT IT, ABOUT THAT PARK, ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO TELL THE, YOU KNOW, THE CIVIL RIGHTS STORIES AND THAT SORT OF THING. BUT WE GOT TO KNOW HER A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SHE'S NEW, AND I'M GOING TO BE TRYING TO TO DEVELOP THAT RELATIONSHIP EVEN MORE BECAUSE IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION WHETHER IT'S AT THE STATE OR NATIONAL LEVEL. I WAS ALSO GOING BACK A LITTLE FURTHER IN TIME. WAS ANYBODY HERE AT THE BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD BRIDGE DEDICATION FOR THE IRON HORSE TRAIL? SO THAT WAS A THAT WAS A WONDERFUL THING WHERE THE CITY OF SAN RAMON SPENT SOMEWHERE AROUND $15 MILLION TO PUT A GRADE SEPARATION OVER AN 8 LANE ROAD. I MEAN, HOW MANY, HOW MANY EIGHT LANE ROADS ARE THERE AROUND? THERE ARE SOME. AND THEY GOT A TREMENDOUS TURNOUT BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S BEEN WATCHING THAT BRIDGE BE BUILT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE PROVIDES A WONDERFUL SERVICE TO THE TRAIL USERS AND SOME BIT OF RELIEF TO THE DRIVERS, TOO. AND IN MY HEAD, I ESTIMATED 300 TO 500 BIKES WERE THERE FOR THAT EVENT. SO IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY BUILT THAT DISTRICT DIDN'T HAVE TO BUILD THAT. THE CITY BUILT THAT. AND SO IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE DO. WE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPENED LAST YEAR DOWN IN DUBLIN OVER DUBLIN BOULEVARD. AND THE STORY IS NOT OVER YET BECAUSE THEY ARE COMING VERY CLOSE TO BEGINNING DESIGN WORK ON CROW CANYON ROAD. SAME IDEA. BUILD A BIG BRIDGE OVER THE ROAD TO INCREASE SAFETY AND MAKE USING THE IRON HORSE TRAIL A LITTLE MORE PLEASANT. THEN I GUESS I'M GOING BACKWARDS IN TIME HERE. THE VOLUNTEER. HOW MANY PEOPLE WENT TO THE VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION EVENT AT LITTLE HILLS? YEAH, THAT WAS A GREAT THING. WE DID IT EVERY YEAR. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO. IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT THIS YEAR, GO NEXT YEAR. IT'S A LOT OF FELLOWSHIP, A LOT OF FOOD, A LOT OF GAMES AND MUSIC AND JUST A GREAT TIME IN A GREAT SETTING. IT WAS IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT. I ALSO WANT TO JUST KIND OF POINT OUT, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT RECENTLY, THE PARK DISTRICT'S POLICE FORCE ACHIEVED FULL STAFFING FOR THE 1ST TIME, AND I THINK IT WAS 18 YEARS. NO OTHER POLICE FORCE IN CERTAINLY THE BAY AREA IS ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT. THEY'RE KIND OF AROUND 10% TO 25% VACANCIES. WE DON'T HAVE ANY. THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO. I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO WORK. AND THERE ARE GREAT PEOPLE TO WORK FOR. THE CHIEF AND HIS STAFF HAVE CREATED A PLACE WHERE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WANT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREERS CAN GO AND WORK. AND SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT. THAT ENABLES US TO BE FULLY STAFFED AND HAVE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY ON AS TO HOW WE USE THE OFFICERS. SO YOU KNOW YOU CAN BET THAT I'LL BE PUTTING MY $0.02 IN ON HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE USED BASED ON SOME PRIOR STUFF THAT I JUST SAID HERE. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE CALIFORNIA TRAILS AND GREENWAYS CONFERENCE IS HELD EVERY YEAR, AND IT ALTERNATES BETWEEN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE JUST HAD SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN POMONA. NEXT YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE AT. [01:35:04] WAIT FOR IT, SAN RAMON. SO I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO ATTEND. IT'S REALLY A GREAT EVENT. IT GOES ON FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS, AND YOU CAN LEARN A LOT AND MEET A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE ABOUT TRAILS, PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN TRAILS. AND THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE A BIG SPONSOR AND WILL BE PROBABLY HAVING SOME EVENTS, SOME EVENTS. AND CERTAINLY WE ALWAYS HAVE SPEAKERS THERE. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU, IT'S GOING TO BE, I THINK, AT THE MARRIOTT THERE. ALSO HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE HAVE DONE OR ARE DOING THE TRAILS CHALLENGE? I ENCOURAGE` ALL OF YOU TO TO DO THAT. YOU STILL HAVE 5 MONTHS TO GET IT DONE.MIC]. WELL, OKAY. SO SO I DID IT IN 3 MONTHS. YOU HAVE TO DO 5 TRAILS TOTALING 26 MILES. AND SO THEN I DECIDED I WOULD DO ALL THE TRAILS. AND I'VE DONE THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO ALL THE TRAILS. I MEAN, BECAUSE BRUCE AND I DID DID ONE TOGETHER. ONE OF THE HARDER ONES, ACTUALLY. I'M GLAD YOU WERE THERE. THAT WAS THAT WAS A TOUGH ONE DOWN IN SUNOL. BUT YOU YOU GO AND YOU VISIT THE TRAILS YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, WE ALL KIND OF GET STUCK IN OUR RUTS. WE DO. I DO THE ONES AROUND WHERE I LIVE. BUT I WAS ALL OVER THE DISTRICT BECAUSE I FOLLOWED THE BOOK. SO BY BY FOLLOWING THAT BOOK, AND I NEVER DONE IT BEFORE, I KIND OF EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT I NEVER REALLY DID THE TRAILS CHALLENGE BEFORE. I'M HOOKED NOW, AND I'M HOPING TO BE AVAILABLE TO OUR STAFF TO HELP THEM MAYBE MAKE A FEW IMPROVEMENTS TO THE THE PROCESS. I THINK WE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT MEASURE WW FROM MEMBER OBRINGER, BUT I THINK SHE HAD THAT QUESTION ANSWERED. I THINK THAT'S ALL. ALSO, JUST A HEADS UP. NEXT YEAR IS A BIG 250 YEAR. IT'S THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES. BASICALLY, IT'S ALSO THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA EXPEDITION UP TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING GOING ON ON HOW TO COMMEMORATE THAT. AND I'VE BEEN INTERESTED AND I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT AND TRYING TO BE INVOLVED IN IT. THE PARK DISTRICT WILL HAVE A ROLE IN THAT TOO. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF A HEADS UP THAT'S COMING. I CAN TAKE QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS. SURE. SO WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP FOR THE TRAILS IN THE CLAYTON RANCH PROJECT GOING TO MEET THE BLACK DIAMOND TRAILS. WELL, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S BASICALLY THERE. SO WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS PERMITTING, I THINK, SOME CLOSING OUT SOME PERMITTING AND GETTING THE SIGNAGE PUT IN THERE. SO THEY'RE ALL THEY'RE ALL GRADED, THE ONES THAT ARE THERE. I THINK ALL THE RANCH ROADS ARE PRETTY MUCH READY TO GO. THERE'S A FEW SINGLE TRACK TRAILS THAT WERE BUILT YEARS AGO WHEN SAY MOUNT DIABLO OWNED THE PROPERTY. THEY'RE NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME YET. THEY NEED TO BE REJUVENATED BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN USED. EVEN THE COWS WEREN'T USING THEM. SO WE HAVE TO. YEAH, IF THEY'D BEEN USING THEM, THEY'D BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. BUT SO. SO I THINK THERE'S SOME A LITTLE BIT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S HOLDING IT UP. IT'S, THERE'S SOME PERMITTING STUFF THAT STILL HAS TO HAPPEN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. SURE. WE HAD A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, MAYBE ABOUT 2 MEETINGS AGO FROM STEWARDSHIP WITH DEER VALLEY AND THE PLANNING AROUND THAT. SPECIFICALLY, MY QUESTION IS AROUND THE NAMING. THERE WAS INTEREST AMONGST PAC MEMBERS TO ENSURE THAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, THE OHLONE PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND BEING ABLE TO NAME THAT PARK POSSIBLY IN YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL NAME OF WHAT IT IS OR IN HONOR OF THE NATIVE PEOPLES. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE AWARENESS AROUND? I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T BEEN THAT HASN'T BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. IT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, THOUGH. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP, BECAUSE PARTICULARLY. WELL, EITHER AND OR THE PARK NAME AND THE TRAIL NAMES AND THE SAME THING FOR CLAYTON RANCH TOO. I'VE BEEN SORT OF INTERESTED IN THAT. IT HASN'T BEEN, HASN'T KIND OF HASN'T ROLLED MY WAY YET, YOU KNOW. SO MAYBE I NEED TO ROLL TOWARD IT, I THINK MAYBE, BUT YEAH, I TOTALLY SUPPORT THOSE APPROACHES I DO. YEAH. MEMBER MARSH. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT AND YOUR COMING TO OUR MEETING. [01:40:05] I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I HAVE BEEN GETTING BOMBARDED LATELY WITH THE CONTRA LOMA POOL, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MAY TAKE THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO REPAIR, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT'S TRYING TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT PLAN, MAYBE MAKING IT BACK INTO A LAKE OR A POND OR SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO SWIM OR IS IT IN THE PROCESS FOR MAYBE BEING FUNDED NEXT YEAR OR WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE KNOW OF? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN. HOWEVER, I'M NOT. I CANNOT SAY THAT I'M THE LEAD BOARD MEMBER ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN MY WARD. AND I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR COFFEY IS SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN PURSUING THAT AND TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN OUT THERE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. BUT I KNOW SO BETWEEN DIRECTOR COFFEY AND A NUMBER OF OUR STAFF, THEY ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN SOLVING THAT ISSUE. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. OH, AND ONE MORE COMMENT. I WANTED YOU TO TELL YOLANDA CONGRATULATIONS ON HER RETIREMENT. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALL GOING TO BE STRESSED OUT AND SAD WITHOUT HER, BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON HER RETIREMENT. THOSE. THAT IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF BITTERSWEET. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, CONGRATULATIONS FOR HER. BUT WE'RE GOING TO MISS HER DEARLY. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR FILLING IN.[APPLAUSE] REPORT FROM THE CHAIR. [Announcements] I DO NOT HAVE A REPORT. I JUST HAVE A REMINDER ANNOUNCEMENT. EVERYONE IN HERE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN EMAIL FROM ELSA ON AUGUST 19TH. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE SEE HER AFTER THE MEETING. BUT IT WAS REGARDING THE PAC SITE TOUR ON SEPTEMBER 12TH. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU RSVP. EITHER WAY, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT GOING, PLEASE RSVP TO HER BY SEPTEMBER 5TH. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE GROUP MEMBER VALENZUELA. YES, WE HAVE OUR BIG BREAK PHOTO EXHIBIT COMING UP. I KNOW THAT PAC MEMBER CLAXTON WAS PART OF THAT LAST YEAR AND SHE REALLY ENJOYED THE WHOLE PROCESS. IT'S AN AMAZING PROJECT THAT WE THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR THERE, WHERE WE ASK ANYBODY TO TAKE A PHOTO WITHIN THE PARK DISTRICT, SUBMIT IT TO THE BIG BREAK WEBSITE BY OCTOBER 10TH, AND WE WILL ENLARGE IT TO 8 BY 10, MATTE IT AND HAVE A PHOTO EXHIBIT WITH THAT. THE LAST 2 WEEKS OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND THEN YOU GET THE PHOTO AFTER THAT. BUT LAST YEAR WE HAD I THINK THE YOUNGEST ONE WAS PROBABLY 6 OR 7 PROBABLY, AND OLDEST WAS WELL INTO THE 80S. WE HAD FAMILIES, WHOLE FAMILIES SHOW UP AND HAVE ALL THEIR PHOTOS THERE. AND WHAT WE DO IS ON THE 1ST NIGHT THAT WE HAVE THAT WE INVITE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SUBMITTED A PHOTO, AND YOU CAN COME THERE AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT SUBMITTED PHOTOS, AND WE GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PHOTO. WHAT WHAT WERE THEY THINKING OF WHEN THEY TOOK THAT PHOTO THERE, WHAT IDEA THAT THEY HAD ABOUT THE PHOTO. AND IT'S REALLY NEAT TO SEE EVERYBODY TALK ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG KIDS THAT COME AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE FIRST PHOTO. SOME OF THEM WERE THE FIRST PHOTO THEY'VE EVER TAKEN. AND SO THIS IS TO HAVE FAMILIES BE IN THE PARKS, TO ENGAGE IN A FAMILY ACTIVITY AND TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE PARK AND TO REMEMBER THEIR EXPERIENCES IN THE PARK. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT LIKES TO TAKE PHOTOS, ANYBODY HERE, I WILL BRING SOME PAMPHLETS NEXT MONTH. BUT IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE, BIG BREAK WEBSITE AND SUBMIT A PHOTO. THE HARD THING TO DO IS SUBMIT 1. THAT'S ALL YOU GET. JUST 1. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER MARSH. BETWEEN THE 2ND OR 3RD SUNDAY IN OCTOBER, KATHERINE MANDEL WILL BE AT BIG BREAK. AND SHE'S GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THE GOLDEN MUSCLE. AND WE WANT TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE OUT AS POSSIBLE. SO I WILL REACH OUT TO BOARD MEMBER COFFEY TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME PAC MEMBERS AND SOME BOARD MEMBERS OUT THERE, BECAUSE THAT IS AN INVASIVE SPECIES THAT'S COMING OVER ON BOATS THAT CAN AFFECT US [01:45:08] REALLY BADLY. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ALL GOT A CHANCE TO COME AND ASK OUR QUESTIONS AND GET MORE INFORMATION ON IT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST PRIVATE WATERWAYS, BUT IT'S IN OUR BAYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, SO. THANK YOU. MEMBER OBRINGER. THANK YOU. SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, THERE WAS THE ANNUAL COMMEMORATION OF THE PORT CHICAGO EXPLOSION AND THE CEREMONY OUT AT THE MEMORIAL SITE. AND I DO APPRECIATE. I KNOW THAT THE PARK DISTRICT ALWAYS PARTICIPATES AND HAS STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. AND THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR WAS THE CELEBRATION OF THE EXONERATION, AND THE THEN-SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WAS THERE, AS WELL AS ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S GRANDDAUGHTER AND THURGOOD MARSHALL SON. THIS YEAR, THE FORMER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TORRES, HE DID COME AND AND I APPRECIATED HIM BEING THERE AND CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S THE EXONERATION. BUT THEN THERE'S STILL ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT THE FRIENDS OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50 ARE WORKING TOWARD FOR JUSTICE. FOR THE PORT CHICAGO 50. AND I DID WANT TO LET THIS GROUP KNOW THAT THE THE THOSE THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONTACTED ME AND SEVERAL OTHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT EVENT, LETTING US KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC IN OCTOBER. I DON'T HAVE THE DATES YET, BUT TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND TOUR THE MEMORIAL SITE, IT'S USUALLY ONLY OPEN ON THE DAY THAT THE COMMEMORATION OF THE PORT CHICAGO EXPLOSION TAKES PLACE. SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, I SHOULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION AT OUR SEPTEMBER PAC MEETING. BUT JUST WANTED TO DO SOME SEED PLANTING BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT THERE. IT'S ON AN ACTIVE ARMY BASE, SO YOU CAN'T ACCESS IT WITHOUT SPECIAL PERMISSION. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE PARK DISTRICT FOR THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION EVERY YEAR IN THAT IMPORTANT HISTORIC EVENT, AND LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS UPCOMING OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR MENDOZA. THANK YOU. MEMBER OBRINGER I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO BE OUT THERE AND THAT'S VERY SPECIAL LAND, IT'S VERY POIGNANT TO BE OUT THERE KNOWING ITS HISTORY. IT'S ALSO THE 109TH BIRTHDAY OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE THAT JUST PASSED. SO WE WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT IN OUR COLLABORATION WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY AT THURGOOD MARSHALL. AND I WAS RECENTLY AT MERRITT COLLEGE SPEAKING IN DAVE ZUCKERMAN CLASS. MANY OF US KNOW DAVE Z, WHO WAS THE REGIONAL RECREATION MANAGER AND ALSO SUPERVISING NATURALIST AT TILDEN. JUST HISTORIAN EXTRAORDINAIRE. HE TEACHES A CLASS UP THERE NOW ON NATURAL HISTORY AND PARK OPERATIONS. AND JIM O'CONNOR WAS ALSO A PART OF THAT EARLY ON. BUT ALONG WITH RECRUITING FOR SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS I WORK FOR THERE'S JUST A LOT OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN THEM. THE OAKLAND ZOO. I'M GOING TO A CAMPOUT IN POINT REYES THIS WEEKEND WITH BROTHERS ON THE RISE, AN ORGANIZATION THAT THE PARK DISTRICT WORKS WITH, SPECIFICALLY WITH LATINX AND BLACK MEN AND YOUNG TEENS IN THE OAKLAND AREA. I OPEN INVITATION TO ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME. IN OCTOBER, I'M TEACHING A CALIFORNIA NATURALIST CLASS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ACORN MAKING, SO THAT'S SOMETIME IN OCTOBER. ANOTHER THING THAT'S HAPPENING IN OCTOBER, MANY OF US KNOW, IS THE GATHERING OF OHLONE PEOPLES. AND SUSIE SAW THE SHIRT THAT I HAVE HERE OF COYOTE HILLS. SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GO TO THE COYOTE HILLS PAC SITE TOUR THAT ELSA HAS PUT TOGETHER. IN SEPTEMBER. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO PAY HONOR TO A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WHO PASSED AWAY RECENTLY MALCOLM MARGOLIN, WHO WROTE THE OHLONE WAY AS WELL AS EAST BAY OUT. HE WAS A STUDENT AIDE AT COYOTE HILLS WAY BACK IN THE DAY. AND YEAH, HE JUST PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK. MANY OF US KNOW HIM AS A REALLY A STALWART OF THE COMMUNITY AND A FRIEND TO A NATIVE CALIFORNIAN, SO I JUST WANTED TO HONOR THAT. THANK YOU. MEMBER LOPEZ. MY REQUEST WOULD BE THAT WE ADJOURN IN HIS HONOR AND MEMORY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. THIS MEETING OF AUGUST 25TH, 20. OH. I'M SORRY. I MEAN, SORRY I DIDN'T SEE YOU, BOB. THIS WEEK IS THE EAST BAY HILLS HIKE AND RIDE FROM WEDNESDAY TO MONDAY THROUGH THE EAST BAY HILLS, [01:50:07] WHERE YOU CAN COME HIKE, BRING YOUR HORSE. THERE'LL BE MEALS PROVIDED. PEOPLE CAMP OUT. IT'S REALLY. I RODE MY HORSE LAST YEAR. IN THE EVENT SATURDAY NIGHT, THERE'LL BE A AN AUCTION TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE RIDGE TRAIL. WHO ELSE IS THAT FOR? IT'S SPONSORED BY THE METROPOLITAN HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION. THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL VOLUNTEERS FOR OUTDOOR CALIFORNIA. COME ON OUT. YOU CAN COME OUT FOR JUST DINNER IF YOU WOULD LIKE. AND THERE'S ENTERTAINMENT ACTUALLY WILL BE PERFORMING, I THINK, THURSDAY NIGHT AT REDWOOD ARENA. IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT AND HAVE DINNER AND HAVE SOME MUSIC AND TALK TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING THE TRAILS. THANK YOU. OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T. ANYONE ELSE GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU MEMBER SMITH TOO FOR WAVING BEHIND. SO I SAW THAT. SO THE MEETING OF AUGUST 25TH, 2025 IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 5:54 P.M. IN HONOR OF THE MEMORY OF MALCOLM MCGOWAN. THE NEXT REGULAR PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2025 AT 4 P.M. THANK YOU EVERYONE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.