Sep 02, 2025 Board of Directors Meeting

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WELL, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THIS CLOSED SESSION MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025, BEGINNING AT 11:04. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?

[ROLL CALL]

DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. HERE. DIRECTOR WAESPI.

HERE. DIRECTOR ESPAÑA. HERE. DIRECTOR SANWONG.

HERE. DIRECTOR. WHY AM I CALLING YOU. PRESIDENT MERCURIO.

HERE. DID I MISS SOMEBODY? YES. I'M PRESENT. DIRECTOR ECHOLS.

THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GENERAL MANAGER.

EXCUSE ME. GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH. HERE. AND GENERAL COUNCIL BOURGAULT.

HERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA OF THE CLOSED SESSION? OKAY, WE DO NOT. SO HEARING THAT WE WILL ADJOURN TO THE CLOSED SESSION.

[CLOSED SESSION ITEMS]

REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025, BEGINNING AT 11:03 P.M. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?

[ROLL CALL]

DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. PRESENT. DIRECTOR WAESPI.

HERE. DIRECTOR ESPAÑA. HERE. DIRECTOR SANWONG.

HERE. DIRECTOR ECHOLS. HERE. PRESIDENT MERCURIO HERE.

GENERAL MANAGER LANDRETH. HERE. AND GENERAL COUNCIL.

BOURGAULT. HERE. THANK YOU. AND WILL DIRECTOR SANWONG, PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? ALLEGIANCE] AND FOR THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT TODAY, DIRECTOR COFFEY.

[LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT]

TODAY WE MAKE THIS RECOGNITION AS A WAY TO RESPECT AND HONOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO FIRST CULTIVATED AND INHABITED THIS LAND.

THE PARK DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING WAYS TO WORK WITH AND CONSULT WITH EAST BAY TRIBES, AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE TRIBAL CITIZENS REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR LAND AND THEIR CULTURE.

NEXT, WE'LL CONSIDER A MODIFICATION OF THE AGENDA.

DOES ANY MEMBER WISH TO MAKE A MOTION TO MODIFY THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA? OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

[PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]

WE HAVE NONE IN THE BOARDROOM WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 4.

AND I'M GOING TO START WITH MIMI DEAN. BUT LET ME LET ME SHARE WITH YOU HOW.

I'M SORRY. LET ME TURN ON MY. THERE WE GO. PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO IF ATTENDING BY ZOOM, THEY MAY RAISE THEIR HAND AND THEIR NAME WILL BE CALLED WHEN IT IS THEIR TURN TO SPEAK.

IF ATTENDING IN PERSON, THEY MAY SUBMIT A SPEAKER'S CARD TO THE CLERK'S STAFF OR OTHERWISE INDICATE THEY WISH TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A NON AGENDA ITEM.

ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE OF 3 P.M.

ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 1ST, HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT COME IN AFTER THIS TIME WILL WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD AND INCLUDED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS AFTER THE MEETING.

AND IF YOU ARE HERE TO PROVIDE A COMMENT REGARDING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL CALL FOR YOU TO SPEAK WHEN THE ITEM IS LISTED.

AND WE HAVE RECEIVED 4 COMMENTS AND EACH OF THEM WILL RECEIVE 3 MINUTES.

AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH MIMI DEAN. YOU CAN STEP UP.

YES, MA'AM. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. IS THAT ON? MAKE SURE. NOW IT'S ON. ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD AFTERNOON

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I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I LIVE IN SAN LORENZO, AND MY PROPERTY IS VERY CLOSE TO A BEAUTIFUL, MAGNIFICENT OPEN SPACE CALLED SKYWEST. IT'S A FORMER GOLF COURSE, AND IT'S 126 ACRES.

AND I'M JUST HERE TODAY TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT AND WALKED SKYWEST WITH ME AND GOT TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT SKYWEST IS AND TO LEARN ABOUT OUR VISION AND OUR COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE, OLD PEOPLE, DISABLED PEOPLE, KIDS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES WHO JUST REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE SKYWEST SAVED AS OPEN SPACE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THE DIRECTORS WHO ALREADY DID COME OUT AND CHECK IT OUT, BECAUSE I HOPE YOU GOT A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF HOW BEAUTIFUL SKYWEST IS AND WHAT IT COULD BE.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE BUSY SCHEDULES, AND I APPRECIATE YOU FINDING THE TIME IN THEM AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILIES, YOUR FRIENDS, AND NOT SLEEPING IN ON A SUNDAY MORNING.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO PLEASE COME OUT AND CHECK OUT SKYWEST AND JUST SEE WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT COULD BE. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS JEFF KAHN.

HI, I'M JEFF KAHN, A LEADER OF THE ROCKRIDGE TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE THE BOARD TO MAKE SAVING LAKE TEMESCAL RECREATION AREA A MAJOR PRIORITY.

THIS PARK IS UNIQUE IN ITS LOCATION WITHIN THE DENSE URBAN CORE OF OAKLAND AND BERKELEY.

IT'S USED BY A WONDERFUL MIX OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE BLACK FAMILIES, HISPANIC FAMILIES, GROUPS OF NANNIES WITH THEIR KIDDOS, NEIGHBORS. THE FULL MOSAIC OF EAST BAY RESIDENTS.

PERSONALLY, I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT KIND OF MIX OF PEOPLE IN ANY OTHER EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK.

SINCE YOUR 2019 ENGINEERING STUDY OF THE LAKE, AND EVEN YEARS BEFORE THAT, THE BOARD HAS KNOWN THAT THE LAKE IS DYING.

ONCE 80FT DEEP, IT'S NOW LESS THAN 10 FEET DEEP AND SUFFERS PERPETUAL ALGAE BLOOMS. ONCE A MECCA FOR HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF SWIMMERS ON A SUNNY DAY, ON A TYPICAL DAY TODAY, THERE'S A LIFEGUARD ON THE BEACH AND NO SWIMMERS IN THE WATER.

IF YOU DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND FULLY LOOK INTO THE PUBLIC RESPONSE TO YOUR RECENT SURVEY ABOUT PARK FUTURE PRIORITIES, I AM CONFIDENT YOU WILL FIND THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SINGLED OUT LAKE TEMESCAL URGING YOU TO DELAY, NO LONGER IN ACTING TO SAVE THIS LAKE. THE LAKE IS DYING.

THIS IS YOUR WATCH. SAVE THE LAKE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS ALICE FRIEDMAN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ALICE FRIEDMAN, AND FOR OVER A DECADE I HAVE BEEN WRITING AND ADVOCATING FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OUR BELOVED LAKE TEMESCAL. SINCE 2014, I'VE REACHED OUT TO HIGHLIGHT THE URGENT THREATS FROM ONGOING SEWAGE LEAKS AND TOXIC BLUE GREEN ALGAE BLOOMS, ISSUES THAT JEOPARDIZE BOTH ECOLOGICAL HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

IN 2019, YOUR OWN DREDGING STUDY FOUND THAT FOR $30 MILLION, WE COULD RESTORE THE LAKE AND PROTECT IT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

I ASK YOU TODAY, LET'S ACT ON THAT BLUEPRINT WITH THE PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION 4.

CALIFORNIA IS MAKING HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

I STRONGLY URGE THE BOARD TO PURSUE THIS CRITICAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITY SO WE DON'T MISS THIS UNPRECEDENTED CHANCE TO SAVE THE LAKE.

LET'S DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP AND ENSURE THE EAST BAY'S NATURAL TREASURES ARE CLEAN, SAFE AND THRIVING.

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I'M HJ LAWRENCE. I THOUGHT I COULD WRITE PRETTY WELL, BUT I GUESS NOT TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US. I'M ALSO HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE RESTORATION AND DREDGING OF LAKE TEMESCAL.

THE PERSPECTIVE I WANTED TO GO INTO IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THIS PARTICULAR LAKE.

AS AN AVID BIRDER AND AS A MEMBER OF THE GOLDEN GATE BIRD ALLIANCE.

I BIRDED DOWN THERE FOR MANY DAYS AND IT'S IT'S WHAT WE CALL AN EBIRD HOTSPOT.

IT'S ONE OF THE HOTSPOTS FOR BIRDING IN THE EAST BAY.

OVER 176 SPECIES OF BIRDS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED DOWN THERE.

THE LOSS OF THE LAKE WOULD MEAN THAT WOULD GO AWAY AND WE'D LOSE THE EAGLES, THE OSPREYS, THE SHOREBIRDS, THE WATERBIRDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

SO THIS TO ME, IT'S JUST ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR IN DECIDING THAT THIS IS A WORTHY PARK TO TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE.

AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US. APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. THANK YOU.

AND THEN WE HAVE LAST SPEAKER. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE ONLINE THAT JUST POPPED UP.

ISADORA RAISIN.

HELLO, I'M ISADORA RAISIN. AND I'VE WORKED AT ANTHONY CHABOT EQUESTRIAN CENTER FOR KEYSTONE STABLES SINCE JULY 2023.

IN JANUARY 2024, I WAS PROMOTED TO A CARETAKER POSITION.

I SIGNED A LEASE WITH MY BOSS AND OWNER OF KEYSTONE, ANTHONY RICARDO, AND MOVED INTO THE MOBILE HOME ON SITE.

I DID THIS BECAUSE MY JOB DUTIES INCLUDE LOCKING THE GATE, NIGHT CHECK, AND FIRST RESPONSE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

ON NIGHTS THAT I'M ON DUTY, HOWEVER, THERE IS A GROWING RAT PROBLEM IN MY HOME, WHICH PREDATED MY MOVE IN.

A MONTH AGO THE 2 OTHER RESIDENTS MOVED OUT AND THE PEST ACTIVITY INCREASED SEVERELY.

THERE ARE RATS IN THE WALLS AND VENTS, AND I'M GETTING BITTEN BY RODENT MITES EVERY NIGHT AND IT'S TRULY UNINHABITABLE.

ALAMEDA VECTOR CONTROL CAME AND MADE A FULL REPORT IN JANUARY AND IN AUGUST.

A PEST CONTROL COMPANY PUT IN A REMEDIATION BID.

WHICH MR. RICARDO TOLD ME HE SENT TO TIFFANY MARGOLUTI IN THE BUSINESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

I'VE CALLED MISS MARGOLUTI AND LEFT MESSAGES WITH NO RESPONSE.

I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THE BOARD TO PLEASE EXPEDITE THEIR DECISION PROCESS AND EITHER APPROVE THE REMEDIATION OF THIS DWELLING OR CONDEMN THE BUILDING TO BE RAZED. MY LIVING SITUATION DEPENDS ON YOUR SPEEDY DECISION.

THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE SOMEONE INTERFACE WITH HER TO THE LEVEL APPROPRIATE.

ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE OUR ACTING AGM OVER THERE.

ROBERT KENNEDY, WHO CAN TALK TO YOU. JUST WAVE YOUR HAND, ROBERT.

YEP. YEP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? YES. IN OR OUT? YES. WE HAVE MR. ABREU ON THE LINE.

GOING TO PROMOTE HIM SO HE CAN SPEAK. KELLY ABREU, PLEASE ACCEPT.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. KELLY, YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES.

YEAH, WELL, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF LAKE TEMESCAL WHICH IS ONE OF THE 1ST 3 PARKS THAT WERE FIRST ESTABLISHED BY THE, THE VERY 1ST 3 PARKS ESTABLISHED BY THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY 1ST 3 AND IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN A DEPRESSION WETLAND DEPRESSION CAUSED BY THE BY THE HAYWARD FAULT. AND THERE'S ANOTHER LAKE THAT WAS ALSO ESTABLISHED WITH BY DREDGING AND DOESN'T HE HAVE A DAM BUT IT HAS A DREDGING IN THE MIDDLE OF FREMONT.

IT'S CALLED CENTRAL PARK OR LAKE ELIZABETH, AND IT HAS A VERY SIMILAR PROBLEM.

SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THE EXACT SAME YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT LAKE TEMESCAL AND SEND THEM OVER TO THE FREMONT CITY OFFICIALS AND THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

AND ALSO YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT PLANS AND AND YOU KNOW

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NOW, COYOTE HILLS HAD 53 PARKING SPACES ON THE CORNER OF PASEO PADRE PARKWAY AND AND PATTERSON ROAD.

AND THEY WERE BULLDOZED. AND THE PROMISE BACK THEN WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE REPLACEMENT PARKING AVAILABLE PRETTY SOON AND SOON BY THAT.

THAT TIME THIS WAS IN 2022 SOON MEANT IN 6 MONTHS OR SO.

AND NOW HERE WE ARE IN 2025. AND AFTER BEING BULLDOZED IN LATE 2022, HERE WE ARE.

NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. THE BULLDOZING HAPPENED, BUT NO REPLACEMENT PARKING WAS WAS CREATED.

SO THIS IS A POOR PLANNING BECAUSE WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY A FACILITY, WHEN YOU DESTROY BULLDOZED PARKING OR WHATEVER YOU DO WITH THE WITH THE PROMISE OF HAVING YOU KNOW, A WELL PLANNED REPLACEMENT UNDERWAY VERY SHORTLY OR ALREADY PAID FOR.

AND THINGS DON'T HAPPEN AFTER 3 YEARS. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR PLANNING PROCESS.

AND LIKEWISE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE [INAUDIBLE] WEBSITE AND LOOK AT THE WEB PAGE FOR THAT PARK, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT 3 WEEKS FROM NOW, THE NEW FACILITIES ARE SCHEDULED TO OPEN.

OF COURSE, THIS SCHEDULE HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS.

EVERY THREE MONTHS THE PARK DISTRICT WILL RUN TO THAT WEB PAGE.

AND INSTEAD OF RIGHT NOW IT SAYS SPRING SUMMER 2025, WHICH IS 3 WEEKS FROM NOW.

AND THAT THAT WILL MAGICALLY CHANGE AND GET PUSHED OUT.

THE CAN WILL GET KICKED FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD.

AND I URGE YOU TO PLEASE START COMING THROUGH AND DELIVERING ON YOUR SCHEDULES AND DELIVERING ON YOUR PROMISES AND NOT BULLDOZE THINGS IF YOU WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A REPLACEMENT.. ANYWHERE IN SIGHT.

ANYWHERE NEAR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

IS THAT THE LAST ONE? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. MOVING ON TO BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

OKAY. SO WE'RE CONSIDERING ALL THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS BEING CONSIDERED IN ITS ENTIRETY, EXCEPT FOR ITEM 9.

DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 9? WE DO NOT. OKAY. SO ARE THERE ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? OKAY. THEN DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SO MOVED. SECOND. MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE .AYE. OPPOSED. ABSTAIN. OKAY. IT CARRIES.

OKAY. NOW MOVING TO ITEM 9. YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, I GUESS, ABOUT THAT.

[9. Authorization to Apply for Grant Funds from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services’ Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update in the Amount of $75,000]

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR BEING PROACTIVE.

THIS ISN'T DUE FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT IT'S AN EXCITING TIME.

IT TIES IN WITH OUR DISTRICT PLAN AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE CRISIS.

AND PLANNING FOR THAT CRISIS IS IT'S BEEN A HOT TOPIC FOR ALL OF US IN FRONT AND CENTER, ALONG WITH FIRE ALL THE TIME.

SO THE LOCAL HAZARDOUS MITIGATION PLANS HAVE EVOLVED.

I MEAN, AT ONE TIME WE HAD THESE CLIMATE ACTION PLANS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES, AND THEN WE MOVED BEYOND THAT TO CLIMATE ADAPTION PLANS BECAUSE WE KNEW WE HAD PASSED THE 350 PPM AND THEN WE MOVED FROM THAT TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE PLANS. AND NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO CLIMATE EMERGENCY PLANS.

AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS TYING THEM TOGETHER.

AND A NEW HANDBOOK JUST CAME OUT ON THIS. I'M SURE STAFF IS WELL AWARE OF THIS, BUT IT'S EXCITING TIME.

THE LOCAL HAZARDS MITIGATION PLANS. JUST IN JUNE, THE GOVERNOR ISSUED A NEW, THE OPERATIONS EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENT JUST ISSUED A NEW HANDBOOK ON HOW TO WRITE THESE LHMP'S. AND THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION ON HOW TO INCLUDE CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE CRISIS.

SO IT TIES REALLY WELL TO WITH OUR UPCOMING DISTRICT PLAN MEETING.

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I DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, AND I DID I HAD TALKED THROUGH THROUGH YOLANDA.

I THINK STAFF IS OKAY WITH A COUPLE WHEREASES I'D LIKE TO ADD ONE IS JUST TO DRAW ATTENTION THAT THE LHMP PROVIDES A READY MADE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITIES TO ACCOUNT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE RISK IN THEIR PLANNING.

COULD YOU EXCUSE ME, COULD YOU SPELL OUT LHMP FOR THOSE.OKAY. JUST TO BE TO BE CLEAR.

USING THAT LANGUAGE. BUT I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS OF STAFF, AND I NOTICED THAT WE HAVE A LHMP MEETING COMING UP ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, WHICH I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT MEETING IS ABOUT RELATIVE TO THIS.

AND THEN I'D LIKE TO. ANOTHER QUESTION IS, WITH THIS MONEY WE'RE APPROVING TODAY MIGHT WE HIRE AN OUTSIDE FIRM, PARTICULARLY ONE WHO'S HAD A LONG HISTORY WITH CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLANNING? IN THE LHMP PROCESS. SO I GUESS THOSE ARE A COUPLE QUESTIONS I HAD.

AND I'D LOVE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PLAN.

OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. KATY HORNBECK, GRANTS MANAGER IN FINANCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

TO ANSWER YOUR 1ST QUESTION, THE MEETING ON THURSDAY IS THE 1ST PUBLIC MEETING WE'RE HAVING.

SO AS PART OF THE CURRENT PLAN THAT WE HAVE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT IT ANNUALLY AND REVIEW WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED IN IT. I THINK THERE ARE 16 OR 17 ACTIONS.

AND SO WE REVIEW ALL OF THOSE AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON THAT OR MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGES.

AND THEN WE WILL MYSELF AND ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER KATIE DIGNAN WILL RETURN TO THE BOARD, I BELIEVE, IN DECEMBER TO PRESENT WHAT WHAT OUR PROPOSED CHANGES WERE AND WHAT THAT WHAT THE OUTCOMES WERE FROM THAT PUBLIC MEETING.

AND THEN YOUR 2ND QUESTION ABOUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO WORK, WILL THESE FUNDS BE FOR AN OUTSIDE ENTITY TO WORK ON THE UPDATE? THE ANSWER IS YES. WE'LL WE'LL PUT OUT AN RFP FOR A CONSULTANT TO UPDATE THE PLAN.

AND WE CAN CERTAINLY AS PART OF THAT RFP CAN WRITE, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF CONSULTANT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND THEIR PAST EXPERIENCE.

IN PREVIOUS UPDATES THIS HAD BEEN LARGELY LED BY FMS. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD BRINGING IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO REALLY SPEARHEAD THE EFFORT IN UPDATING THIS PLAN SO THAT IT'S IN CONVERSATION WITH THE DISTRICT PLAN AND THAT THERE'S ALIGNMENT THERE MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW DEFINITELY WE'VE ALL TALKED THAT CLIMATE AND EQUITY IN THE DISTRICT PLAN IS GOING TO BE FRONT AND CENTER.

SO GREAT. GREAT JOB, GREAT INFORMATION. AND YOU WERE OKAY WITH MY PROPOSED PROCLAMATION ADDITION.

SO JUST FURTHER, IT JUST STATES THAT THE GUIDANCE IN THERE DOES STATE THAT THERE'LL BE THE LHMP WILL INCLUDE DETAILED CLIMATE PROJECTIONS, DESCRIPTIONS OF CLIMATE RISKS. EXISTING CLIMATE RELATED GOALS AND ACTIONS.

SO THOSE ALL CAME OUT IN JUNE FOR THE HANDBOOK FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ABOUT TO UPDATE THEIR LHMP.

SO I WOULD PROPOSE I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

I THINK IT'S A BIG, GREAT MOVE FORWARD IN DOING IT EARLY WITH THE DISTRICT PLAN.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT WITH THOSE 2 AMENDMENTS TO THE RESOLUTION, WHEREAS THE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN PROVIDES A READY MADE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITIES TO ACCOUNT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE RISKS IN OUR PLANNING.

SEA LEVEL RISE, ALL OF THE HEAT RELATED STROKES, ETC.

THAT'S NOT IN MY MOTION, SORRY. AND WHEREAS THE DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IN 2009, THAT'S MY MOTION. OKAY. ARE YOU CLEAR ON WHAT THOSE TWO WHEREASES ARE? ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ON THIS? ARE THERE ANY? WELL, I THINK WE WE NEED TO OFFER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS IF THERE'S ANY.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD ON THIS? YEAH, I JUST HAD A QUESTION. I DIDN'T I WANTED TO JUST BE CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.

AND YOU SAID SOMETHING YOU SAID, WELL, THAT'S NOT PART OF MY MOTION. SO MAYBE IF YOU OR THE CLERK COULD READ EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING ADDED TO THIS.

SO WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE VOTING. I DON'T THINK IT'S CONTROVERSIAL. I JUST LIKE TO.

AND I AND I DID OKAY. SHE HAS IT IN WRITING. WHEREAS THE LHMP, THE LOCAL HAZARDOUS MITIGATION PLAN PROVIDES A READY MADE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITIES TO ACCOUNT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE RISKS IN THEIR PLANNING.

AND WHEREAS THE DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IN 2009.

THAT'S MY MOTION. OKAY, SO WE ARE I GUESS WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT THE ADDITIONS ARE.

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CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING? THE MEETING THURSDAY I WENT TO OUR WEB PAGE TO LOOK FOR IT.

IS THAT AN IN-PERSON ONLY MEETING? NO. KATIE HORNBECK, GRANTS MANAGER.

NO. I BELIEVE THERE'S A ZOOM OPTION. OKAY. SO I'M LOOKING AT.

I NEED TO LOOK AT FACEBOOK, MAYBE TO GET THAT IT WASN'T ON OUR WEB PAGE.

I'M LOOKING AT IT. SHOULD BE. IT SHOULD BE ON OUR WEBSITE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. DOES THE BOARD FEEL COMFORTABLE NOW ABOUT VOTING ON THIS? SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT MADE BY DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY, I HEARD A SECOND FROM WAESPI.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTAIN. ALL RIGHT.

IT CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TOO. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE A NON CONSENT

[1. Authorization to Purchase Fire Operations Fuels Management Fleet Equipment and Authorize Execution of Contracts in an Amount up to $635,000 as Additions to the Fleet CEQA Determination: Exempt per 14 Cal Code Regs §15301, §15304, §15307, §15308]

AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS COMING UP.

OKAY, LET ME GO AHEAD AND GET THIS PRESENTATION SET UP HERE.

YEAH. SOMETHING HAPPENED TO, WE SHOULD USE THE PDF.

IS THAT THE POWERPOINT OR THE PDF? WE'LL JUST. WE'LL ROLL WITH IT. YEP.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KHARI HELAE, I'M THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF.

TODAY, I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING WITH ACTING ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF PATRICK MCINTYRE.

OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS A STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY GRANT EMPOWERING FUELS MANAGEMENT AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE FUELS MANAGEMENT FLEET EQUIPMENT. THE AMOUNT OF $635,000 AS ADDITIONS TO THE FLEET.

SO THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANTS OUT THERE.

AND TYPICALLY THE GRANTS HAVE THEIR OWN MODEL THAT YOU HAVE TO FIT INTO.

SOME IT MIGHT BE HIGH FIRE DANGER MAPPING. IT COULD BE DEMOGRAPHICS OF A COMMUNITY.

THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF BOXES YOU HAVE TO FIT IN.

THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY, MY OPINION, IS EXTREMELY UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT.

THEY WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM, THEY SAY WE LIKE TO FLIP THE SCRIPT AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS. THEY LITERALLY HAVE A MODEL WHERE YOU CAN GO UP TO THEM AND PITCH THEM AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO FUND, AND IF THEY LIKE IT, THEY WILL FUND IT.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE CAME UP WITH A CONCEPT WHERE WE WANTED TO DO FUELS MANAGEMENT IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN GET EQUIPMENT FOR OUR STAFF.

OUR FUELS CREW, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF TO HAVE BETTER EQUIPMENT SO WE CAN DO MORE WORK IN-HOUSE.

SO WE PITCHED THEM THIS IDEA OF HAVING WORK DONE IN A COMMUNITY IN CASTRO VALLEY, OFF OF TEN HILLS TRAIL THAT HAD BEEN ON OUR LIST.

AND IT ALSO TIED IN PERFECTLY BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS PERMITTED AREAS OF THAT COMMUNITY OUR CEQA PERMITTING,

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WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE PERMITTING AND GET THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THAT TRAIL PERMITTED.

SO THE ONLY THING WE NEEDED WAS ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO GET THIS WORK DONE.

AND IN ADDITION, THERE WAS AN AREA IN TILDEN BY THE ECE.

THE THANK YOU, KNEW THAT DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT. AND THERE WAS A EUCALYPTUS PLANTATION THERE THAT KENSINGTON AND THE CITY OF BERKELEY HAD CONCERNS AND WAS ALSO ON OUR LIST. SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE TWO AREAS TREATED WITH $1.5 MILLION OF FUELS MONEY AND $635,000 OF EQUIPMENT AND SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT IS A GRAPPLE TRUCK, A GREEN CLIMBER, A TRACK TRIPPER, AND A MINI SKID STEER.

SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT LOOKS LIKE.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A GREEN CLIMBER. CURRENTLY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A GREEN CLIMBER.

THIS IS A BIGGER, CLEAN GREEN CLIMBER. THIS ONE IS ABOUT $235,000.

THIS ONE CAN HAVE A HUGE MASTICATING HEAD ON IT.

IT'S A REMOTE CONTROLLED MACHINE. IT CAN GO UP EXTREMELY STEEP SLOPES.

IT CAN MASTICATE OVER LARGE BRANCHES, SMALL TREES, AND IT CAN DO MORE THAN OUR CURRENT GREEN CLIMBER CAN DO.

SO THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US THE ABILITY TO DO MORE WORK WITH OUR FUELS CREW AND BE MORE EFFICIENT.

WE HAVE AREAS WHERE THERE'S POISON OAK, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THIS IS THE IDEAL EQUIPMENT THAT YOU CAN SEND INTO THOSE AREAS BECAUSE IT'S REMOTE CONTROL AND YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE PERSONNEL IN THOSE AREAS.

THIS ONE ALSO CAN HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ATTACHMENTS.

SO IT GIVES US FLEXIBILITY TO DO DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUELS WORK AND OUR CURRENT GREEN CLIMBER DID NOT HAVE ALL THOSE CAPABILITIES.

AND SO THROUGH THIS GRANT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE ADDITION TO THE FLEET.

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

OKAY. THANK YOU CHIEF. AND I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

THIS IS ULTIMATELY VERY EXCITING FOR US TO BE HERE TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO YOU, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN LONG IN THE WORKS WHERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT COULD REALLY HELP OUR THE EFFICIENCIES OF OUR FUELS CREW, AS WELL AS IS TO HELP MOVE US ALONG IN OUR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AS WELL AS SOME OF THE INITIAL TREATMENT. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO INCREASE OUR WORKLOAD, FUELS MANAGEMENT PROJECTS BY THE VARIOUS GRANTS WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS BETWEEN FEMA, CAL FIRE, WE REALLY HAVE A NEED TO TO PERFORM THE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE ON THESE AREAS AND GETTING THE CORRECT TOOLS IN OUR FUELS CREW AND OUR FIRE PERSONNEL'S HANDS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO BE ABLE TO TO MEET OUR LONG TERM GOALS.

THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS APTLY NAMED THE INTIMIDATOR.

12 XP TRACKED WOOD CHIPPER. IT'S A VERY INDUSTRY TYPE STANDARD PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT CREWS SIMILAR TO THE FUELS CREW WILL UTILIZE FOR GOING THROUGH AND DOING THINNING PROJECTS.

IT ITSELF IS REMOTE CONTROLLED AS WELL. SO THERE'S NOT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO WRITE ON IT OR DRIVE IT.

IT'S REMOTE CONTROLLED SO THE OPERATOR CAN OPERATE IT FROM, YOU KNOW, A DISTANCE AWAY AT A SAFE DISTANCE AS WELL AS IT COMES WITH A WINCH CAPABILITY. SO BEING ABLE TO WINCH THE MATERIAL OVER TO THE CHIPPER REALLY DOES HELP TO PRESERVE AND CONSERVE OUR STAFF FROM DIFFERENT INJURIES RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, MOVING, PICKING UP, DRAGGING, PULLING BRUSH BRANCHES, TREES, LOGS AND THE LIKE.

SO REALLY KIND OF INCREASING THE CAPABILITIES WHILE STILL, YOU KNOW, PRESERVING OUR WORKFORCE.

AND THE CHIPPER ALSO CAN CHIP UP TO 14 IN A QUARTER INCH DIAMETER TREE.

SO NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CHIPPING MATERIAL LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME, BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHIP SOMEWHAT LARGER MATERIAL.

IT'S ABOUT 10,000 POUNDS, REQUIRES A CLASS A FOR TRANSPORT.

SO WE'LL WORK WITH OUR ROADS AND TRAILS, OUR CLASS A DRIVERS TO GET THAT TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR PROJECTS.

THE IDEA REALLY IS TO HAVE IT ON THE LARGER PROJECTS THAT ARE MORE ONGOING AND NOT BE MOVING IT AROUND CONSTANTLY.

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WHEN WE DO THAT PROJECT OVER THE COURSE OF, YOU KNOW, 5 OR 6 WEEKS, IT'S ABOUT A 36 ACRE PROJECT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IN THAT AREA.

YOU KNOW, CHIPPING IS A AN EFFECTIVE MANNER TO DISPOSE OF THIS WOODY MATERIAL FROM OUR THINNINGS, FROM OUR BRUSH REMOVAL PROJECTS, AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO GET THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT UP AND INTO THE UNITS.

WHEREAS A TIRED CHIPPER TOWED BEHIND A TRUCK REALLY CAN'T GET TO.

THE NEXT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS FORD F-750 GRAPPLE TRUCK.

SO WE SPECIFICALLY CHOSE THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT BASED ON ITS OVERALL CAPABILITY CAPABILITIES TO BASICALLY GRAB MATERIALS AND THEN TRANSPORT IT TO OTHER LOCATIONS.

A LOT OF THE TREE CONTRACTORS THAT WE USE HAVE THESE THESE TRUCKS, AND THAT'S HOW THEY'RE MOVING AROUND.

A LOT OF THE THE MATERIAL WHEN THEY REMOVE TREES OR DO SOME CLEANUPS IN OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE HAD INSTANCES WHERE HAVING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT LIKE THIS, THIS VEHICLE IN OUR FLEET WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL.

AND WE'VE HAD TO GO AND ASK CONTRACTORS TO COME AND DO THIS WORK.

SO WE'RE IMPROVING AND INCREASING OUR LONG TERM CAPABILITIES OF OUR OF OUR FUELS PROGRAM ALTOGETHER.

AN INSTANCE WHERE THESE ARE VERY USEFUL IS IF IT'S ROADSIDE CLEANUP ALONG ROADSIDES, WHERE WE'RE DOING THINNING PROJECTS, DOING OUR EGRESS AND ACCESS ROUTES, SAY ALONG TILDEN, THAT YOU CAN MOVE THROUGH.

IT LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF EXPOSURE STAFF ALONG THE ROADSIDE, AS WELL AS YOU CAN GET THROUGH THE AREAS QUICKER AND THEN GET THE MATERIAL OFF TO GREEN WASTE DISPOSAL, POSSIBLY TO, YOU KNOW, PROCESS IN THE CHIPPER SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE IT'S MORE APTLY USED.

THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS IDEAL FOR LOCATIONS WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO BURN PILING TO GET RID OF THE MATERIAL OR THE CHIPPINGS.

NOT SO MUCH OF AN OPTION. SO IT'S KIND OF A FORCE MULTIPLIER BY ALL MEANS.

AND THE NEXT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HERE IS A VERMEER MINI SKID STEER.

SO VERY MUCH SIMILAR TO THE MINI SKID STEERS THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT ARE ALREADY THAT ARE USED BY PARK OPERATIONS STAFF.

WE CURRENTLY HAVEN'T HAD ONE OF THESE WITHIN OUR IN THE FUELS MANAGEMENT WORK GROUP.

AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, IT CAN TRANSPORT AND MOVE LARGE LOGS.

SO ALONG WITH THE THE WINCH CHIPPER AND THE GRAPPLE TRUCK, THIS KIND OF ROUNDS OUT THE ABILITY FOR THE FUELS CREW TO DO PROJECTS SIMILAR TO THE SOME THAT MAY HAVE SEEN UP THERE ON NIMITZ WAY.

BUT YOU CAN GET THAT INTO AREAS RELATIVELY, YOU KNOW, NOT ON STEEP SLOPES, BUT RELATIVELY FLAT GROUND AND AREAS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE THE CREW DOING A LOT OF HAND PULLING. YOU CAN JUST USE THE GRAPPLE ON THIS MINI SKID TO MOVE THE MATERIAL OVER, GET IT TOWARDS THE CHIPPER, HELP TO MAKE BURN PILES, BUT REALLY TO REDUCE THAT THE AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL LABOR EFFORT AT TIMES.

IT DOESN'T COMPLETELY SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF FOLKS DOING THE WORK THAT OUR FUELS CREW DOES, BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY HELP AND BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER AND BRING MORE EFFICIENCIES.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. IT WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OTHER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND REALLY WILL IMPROVE AND INCREASE OUR CAPABILITIES LONG TERM TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THESE FUELS. TREATMENT AREAS LIKE ANTHONY CHABOT, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE WE'VE RECENTLY DONE ABOUT 667 ACRES.

LONG TERM MAINTENANCE IN THAT AREA IS GOING TO BE IMPERATIVE.

AND GETTING THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IN THE CREWS HAND WILL DEFINITELY HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MEET OUR OUR GOALS.

WHO BELIEVED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN WE DID OUR $2 MILLION ASK FOR OUR PILOT PROJECT.

THEY WERE THAT AGENCY. THEY'VE BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THIS EQUIPMENT AND THE FUELS FUNDING IS HUGE FOR THE EQUIPMENT OR FOR THE COMMUNITIES.

AND WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT? YES, IT'S FOR THE PROJECTS, BUT THE DISTRICT GETS TO KEEP THE EQUIPMENT AND USE IT ON ANY PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE. AND SO IT'S A WIN WIN FOR US. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL AND GLAD TO HAVE THIS AMAZING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A CONTINUED LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

SO I WANT TO FORMALLY REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE FUELS MANAGEMENT FLEET EQUIPMENT, AND THE AMOUNT OF $635,000 AS ADDITIONS TO THE FLEET.

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CHIEF, I'M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE ABILITY TO USE THIS EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE 2 COUNTY PARK SYSTEM.

CORRECT. BECAUSE THAT WAS ALL SORTS OF BELLS WENT OFF WHEN YOU SAID THAT.

BECAUSE IT'S A CONCERN TO THOSE OF US WHO DON'T REPRESENT THE EAST BAY HILLS.

WE ALL HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EAST BAY HILLS, AND I'M CONSISTENTLY ASKED TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE FUNDING WE'RE GAINING FOR THE PROJECTS IN THE EAST BAY HILLS AND THE EQUIPMENT WE'RE PURCHASING.

SO IT'S GOOD FOR ME IN PARTICULAR TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THE BENEFITS THAT THIS EQUIPMENT BRINGS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT SO THAT IT LEADS TO THE OTHER QUESTION, WHAT IS THE THAT I HAD? WHAT? THE LIFE OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS PREDICTABLE.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE SCHEDULE, WE WILL HAVE THIS EQUIPMENT, IT BECOMES PART OF THE INVENTORY, AND WE SCHEDULE WHAT IT'S LIKELY LIFE AND REPLACEMENT.

TIME FRAME IS FOR FUTURE BUDGETS. IS THAT CORRECT? I'M GOING TO DEFER TO JASON MCCRYSTAL ON THE REPLACEMENT AND LIFE SPAN OF THE EQUIPMENT.

GOOD AFTERNOON. JASON MCCRYSTAL, FLEET MANAGER FOR THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE LIFESPAN OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS 15 YEARS PLUS.

DEPENDS ON USAGE. AND IT'S CONSISTENT ALSO WITH ALL FLEET EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE IN SERVICE ALREADY.

SO WITHIN THIS, MAYBE BACK TO THE CHIEF OR OTHERS FOR THE SCOPE OF THE LIFESPAN OF THIS EQUIPMENT AND RELATED EQUIPMENT, AND JUST GUESSING OVERALL THAT WHEN WE ACQUIRE THIS EQUIPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE FUNDERS OF THE EAST BAY HILLS PROJECTS, THEY HAVE LIFESPANS THAT WILL EXCEED NECESSARILY THE THE EXISTING PROJECTS IN THE EAST BAY HILLS.

AND SO SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT, IF JUST CORRECT ME IF I'M MISSING THIS, THIS EQUIPMENT CAN GET MOVED AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF MY WARDS BRIONES. CORRECT. AND BRIONES.

WE HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WOODLANDS THAT RUN RIGHT UP TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG ALHAMBRA VALLEY OR RELIEZ VALLEY.

AND IT STRIKES ME THAT THESE ARE HEAVILY WOODED AND SIMILAR TO THE EAST BAY HILLS.

THERE'S LOTS OF UNDERBRUSH, AND THIS EQUIPMENT WOULD BE USEFUL THERE.

SO IT'S FEASIBLE THAT WE'RE WE'RE ACQUIRING THIS TO MEET THE FUNDER'S REQUIREMENTS AND THOSE PROJECTS.

BUT THIS EQUIPMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO DO PROJECTS WITHIN BRIONES AND OTHERS PARKS.

YES. I'M JUST FEEDING. YEAH. THE EQUIPMENT IS AVAILABLE DISTRICT WIDE, NOT JUST BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT ANY, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONS, ANY DEPARTMENT IN THE DISTRICT WHO HAS HAS THAT USE.

IT'S A IT'LL BE A DISTRICT RESOURCE. YEAH. AND ALL THE PARK OPERATIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL PARKS COME UP WITH THEIR FUELS MANAGEMENT PLANS ALMOST ANNUALLY I THINK.

AND SO THIS WOULD THIS WOULD FEED INTO THOSE PLANS THAT WE HAVE THESE THIS EQUIPMENT IN INVENTORY.

YES. AND WHY THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY LIKES THAT MODEL IS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THE MONEY GOES FURTHER, BECAUSE IF YOU JUST FUND A FUELS PROJECT, IT'S A ONE TIME THING.

BUT WHEN YOU FUND EQUIPMENT, IT IT GOES FOR 15 YEARS.

YEAH. IT'S A CAPITAL INVESTMENT. I'LL JUST ADD ONE THING.

SO, MAX KORTEN, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER. ONE THING WE'RE WORKING ON WITH OPERATIONS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DEFENSIBLE SPACE PLANNING DISTRICT WIDE.

SO IT WON'T JUST BE ONE OFF SORT OF PROJECTS.

WE'LL HAVE A DISTRICT WIDE APPROACH. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, WILL BE BRINGING TO YOUR BOARD IN MORE DEPTH.

SO IS THE VEHICLE FOR BRINGING THAT TO US GOING TO BE THE HAZARDOUS PLAN? BUT WE WERE JUST SPEAKING OF A FEW MINUTES AGO OR ANOTHER, ANOTHER DISTRICT WIDE FUELS MANAGEMENT PLAN.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EXACTLY EITHER OF THOSE.

SO I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE MECHANISM THAT SORT OF KEEPS IT THE SIMPLEST SO WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THE WORK AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN AND AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDES A, YOU KNOW, STRATEGY DISTRICT WIDE.

AND SO THE FIRST STEP OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, IS SORT OF MAPPING OUT WHAT ARE THE DEFENSIBLE SPACE REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEN OUR OPERATIONS TEAM IS LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE PLACES THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING FUELS REDUCTION WORK JUST ACROSS THE WHOLE DISTRICT.

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THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S DOING REALLY AWESOME WORK IN THE OAKLAND BERKELEY HILLS, BUT I THINK WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DO MORE AND SORT OF BE MORE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. SO I THINK WE'RE WORKING ON A STRATEGY AROUND THAT.

AND WHAT LEVEL OF PLANNING THAT REQUIRES. I DON'T KNOW IF WE KNOW THAT YET.

WE NEED TO KIND OF DO THE DO THE WORK TO UNDERSTAND IT.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE NOT PUSHING PAUSE ON THE WORK THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS ARE ALREADY DOING FOR FUELS REDUCTION, THAT'S ONGOING. AND WE'RE AWARE OF IN RECENT MONTHS, ACTUALLY, WE'VE ALL BECOME THE BENEFICIARIES OF IS IT CAL FIRE AND SOME ACADEMIC STUDIES THAT HAVE DESIGNATED FIRE RISK AREAS, THE MOST RECENT ONE BEING A SPECIFIC STUDY COMING OUT OF THE LA FIRES OF THE IMPACT OR POTENTIAL ZONES OF RISK THAT PRODUCE EMBERS, FOR INSTANCE, WAS, I THINK, THE ONE THAT CAME OUT WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. GO AHEAD. YEAH. THE SHORT ANSWER. YES. BUT THERE'S A FOCUS ON ZONE 0, ZONE 1 AND 2, BUT MAINLY ZONE 0. AND WITH THE INFORMATION COMING OUT OF THE PALISADES FIRE IS THAT COMMUNITY CAN IMPACT THEMSELVES IN A POSITIVE WAY BY DOING DEFENSIBLE SPACE, CONCENTRATING ON ZONE 0.

WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE THE BROADER PICTURE AND WHATEVER VEHICLE YOU ALL CHOOSE TO BRING BRING AN UPDATED OVERALL DISTRICT WIDE FUELS MANAGEMENT PLAN. I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES OR WE'RE, WE'RE ALL BEGINNING TO GET SOME OF THIS QUESTIONING BECAUSE WE HAVE CORRECTLY, I THINK, FOCUSED ON THE EAST BAY HILLS IN TERMS OF OUR FUNDING APPLICATIONS.

AND THE FUNDERS HAVE BEEN THERE. WE'VE DONE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL, I THINK WITH THE FUNDING OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE EAST BAY HILL HILLS.

BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US ALL TO BENEFIT SOME, MY CONSTITUENTS IN PARTICULAR THE BROADER LOOK.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT THIS IS THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL INVESTMENT INTO FUELS MANAGEMENT AND FUELS MITIGATION OVER THE BREADTH OF THE DISTRICT. AND AS WE KEEP GOING, AND THIS IS.

YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR LIVES ON INTO THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF HOW WE BUDGET AND HOW WE APPROACH ALLOCATION OF OUR RESOURCES.

I'M APPRECIATIVE OF HEARING THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE BROADER USES OF BOTH THE EQUIPMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUELS MANAGEMENT, FUELS REDUCTION FOR THE BROADER JURISDICTION OF OUR 2 COUNTIES.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. YEAH. DIRECTOR COFFEY MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING THAT I'M ALSO HEARING FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

AND I'M CURIOUS, IN TERMS OF OUR WEBSITE OR YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS OR TO SUBMIT INFORMATION, MAYBE EVEN PHOTOS OF AS AN EXAMPLE.

MAYBE PHOTOS OF TREES THAT APPEAR TO BE DYING OR DEAD AND OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT.

DO WE HAVE A NICE LANDING PAGE, OR DO WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE US THAT INFORMATION AND TO GIVE US SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK AND SO AND THEN ALSO WHERE WE RESPOND TO THOSE COMMENTS OR THOSE EMAILS.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S 2 WAYS THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN HELP REPORT THINGS TO US.

SO ONE OF THEM IS THERE'S A REPORT INCIDENT PAGE, LANDING PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE HAS A PHONE NUMBER.

IT ALSO HAS A FORM THAT FOLKS CAN FILL OUT. THAT IS THE BEST WAY WHEN SOMEBODY SEES SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A HAZARD OR SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON THAT THAT MIGHT BE DANGEROUS TO SEND FOLKS. THERE'S ALSO A CONTACT US PAGE WHERE IF IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE LIKE A BROADER QUESTION OR COMMENT, THEN THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE THAT THEY CAN GO. EITHER OF THOSE PLACES THAT THEY'LL EITHER GO TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS WITH THE CONTACT US OR OPERATIONS OR THE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE REPORTING INCIDENT.

AND THAT'S THE BEST WAY, BECAUSE IT GETS RIGHT TO OUR TEAM AND THEY CAN RESPOND, AND THEY CAN ALSO FOLLOW UP AND TRACK IT.

THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

I DO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE THE GASOLINE THE FUEL.

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE RD 99 AND HOW FAR HAS IT COME.

I MEAN, IN THE OLD DAYS IT DIDN'T WORK SO WELL ON COLD MORNINGS.

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BUT HAVE THEY IMPROVED THAT? CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? AND DO WE MAYBE ALREADY HAVE EQUIPMENT USING THE RD 99 THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT CAN BE BASICALLY RECYCLED VEGETABLE OIL.

IS THAT TRUE? WELL, YES, DIRECTOR. THERE'S A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE HAD EARLY ON AS BIODIESEL, WHICH WAS BASICALLY JUST FILTERED COOKING OIL, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WERE MIXED IN WITH DIESEL TO GIVE YOU 20%, 05, 50% OR EVEN UP TO 100% CONCENTRATION. RENEWABLE DIESEL IS EVERYTHING THAT BIODIESEL IS MADE OF TO ALSO INCLUDE ANIMAL FAT, SOLIDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE THEN KIND OF MADE INTO A SLURRY LIKE PETROLEUM CRUDE AND REFINED, EXCUSE ME, REFINED THE SAME WAY AS REGULAR CRUDE OIL, BUT IT'S MADE WITH RENEWABLE RESOURCES, WHETHER IT BE FROM FISH STOCK, BEEF STOCK, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT ACTUALLY COMES FROM THE REFINERIES ARE IN THE PRODUCE THE RENEWABLE DIESEL FUEL FROM THE DIFFERENT BIODEGRADABLE MATERIALS.

LOVE THE IDEA. AND BRINGING DOWN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND LINING UP WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PREFERENTIAL PURCHASING PLAN AND ALL.

DO WE HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE RUNNING OFF THAT NOW, DO WE HAVE A FUELING PLACE WHERE THAT GETS FUELED UP? ACTUALLY, YES. EVERYTHING DIESEL POWERED IN THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN RUNNING ON IT SINCE 2016 WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT IT IN.

IT'S AT ALL OF OUR ABOVE GROUND AND UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT'S NOT VERY READILY AVAILABLE OUT IN THE PUBLIC.

THERE'S 2 PUMPS THAT ARE VENDOR HAS ONE IS IN SAN LEANDRO, ANOTHER ONE'S IN SAN JOSE.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT DELIVERED TO US IN ORDER TO GET IT.

WHERE DO WE KEEP THAT? DO WE HAVE THAT IN ONE OF OUR CORP YARDS? SOUTH COUNTY CORP YARD, TILDEN CORP YARD AT OUR UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. AND THEN WE HAVE 11 ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS TO INCLUDE DEL VALLE, COLE CANYON, A LOT OF OTHER LOCATIONS. SO THAT WOULDN'T LIMIT WHERE WE COULD USE IT IN THE.

ABSOLUTELY. IT'S AVAILABLE DISTRICT WIDE. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

APPRECIATE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHERS? YEAH. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THIS.

I OBVIOUSLY AM IN GREAT SUPPORT OF THIS. I TRULY APPRECIATE THESE PROGRAMS. AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO DO EXCELLENT WORK. I ALSO JUST ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING PHOTOGRAPHS IN HERE OF WHAT YOU BOUGHT.

HOW DO YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU WANT THE BOARD TO BUILD BY A SKID STEER, A BANDIT, INTIMIDATOR AND A GRAPPLE TRUCK AND A GREEN CLIMBER? I'D HAVE BEEN WORRIED WHAT WE WERE DOING MAKING A SUPERHERO MOVIE OR SOMETHING.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. MY ONLY QUESTION IS, AND IT'S NOT A CRITICAL WHO THE HECK IS GOING TO RUN THESE THINGS? WHO WHO ARE THE OPERATORS GOING TO BE? WHAT'S BEAUTIFUL IS THAT IT'S ALL REMOTE TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S ALL REMOTE CONTROLLED DEVICES. SO YOU CAN I UNDERSTAND THAT SO THAT INCLUDES FIRE CAPTAIN, FIRE LIEUTENANT, FUELS CREW MEMBERS.

IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. WE UTILIZE ALL OF OUR STAFF, UTILIZES GREEN CLIMBERS, AND THOSE THINGS ARE REMOTE CONTROLLED.

THEY'RE BETTER FOR US BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STUFF.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAFETY CONCERNS WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY OPERATING EQUIPMENT, MEANING ROLLOVERS.

OTHER THINGS THAT CAN TAKE PLACE. SO THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS PRETTY AMAZING AND ALLOWS US TO DO MORE.

EXCELLENT. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. SO IT IS THE ENTIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT, NOT JUST THE FUELS CREW.

CORRECT. THIS THIS IS THE ENTIRE WELL, FIREFIGHTERS NOT OUR FUELS REDUCTION COORDINATORS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT JOB.

BUT THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE TASK PORTION OKAY. GOOD. THAT'S I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE YOU'LL GET A LOT OF WORK DONE.

I WAS WONDERING SO AND THEN I GUESS THIS WOULDN'T MAYBE FOR JASON.

SO WE'VE REALLY GOT A COMMITMENT HERE, AS COLIN HAS TALKED ABOUT.

AND I REMEMBER WHEN 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO WHEN WE MOVED AGAINST MOVED AWAY FROM HERBICIDES, WE SPENT, GEEZ, OVER HALF A MILLION, MAYBE MORE ON THESE TYPES OF MOWERS TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU WOULDN'T DO BY USING HERBICIDES.

IS THERE DO WE KEEP TRACK OF THIS? I KNOW YOU KEEP TRACK OF IT SOMEHOW, BUT IS IT AN ACREAGE MOWED? ACREAGE CLEARED, OR IS IT? I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, DO THESE MACHINES HAVE OUR MOTORS OR OUR READERS ON IT.

SO HOW MANY HOURS DO WE GET OFF OF THESE THINGS? I KNOW WE JUST PURCHASED HALF HOUR AGO. WE JUST PURCHASED ANOTHER GREEN CLIMBER FOR UNIT 07, I WONDER MY QUESTION IS, HAVING WORKED HERE BEFORE, THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN TIMES YOU CAN USE THESE THINGS.

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AND THERE NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. SO WHERE WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT ALL THIS STUFF? ABSOLUTELY. I MIGHT WANT TO DEFER TO PARK OPS.

THEY HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF THEIR STORAGE FACILITIES AT DIFFERENT SERVICE YARDS, BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES, WHETHER IT BE COVERED INSIDE CONTAINERS. I KNOW THEY FIT IN THE END OF A CONTAINER, SO THEY'RE STORED OUT OF THE WEATHER AND PROTECTED FOR SURE.

GOOD, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO THIS.

ANY OTHERS? I KIND OF FEEL LIKE ANYBODY WHO'S REALLY GOOD AT PLAYING VIDEO GAMES IS GOING TO WANT TO DO THAT JOB, WHICH IS THIS CURRENT GENERATION IF THERE AREN'T ANY MORE QUESTIONS ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? OKAY. SO OH, I ACTUALLY, I HAD ONE QUESTION. SO THE MASTICATOR PROCESS, IS THAT LITERALLY EVERYTHING. OR IS IT HAS TO BE JUST TWIGS AND THE LEAVES ARE SEPARATE? OR IS IT JUST GOING IN THERE AND EVERYTHING GETS MASTICATED AND THEN SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND.

WITH THE, THE ONE THAT WE'RE ASKING APPROVAL FOR.

THAT'S THE BIGGER GREEN CLIMBER? I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DIAMETER OF A TREE, BUT I KNOW IT'S RATED TO MASTICATE SMALL TREES.

WE TYPICALLY WILL BE USING IT FOR BRANCHES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

OUR CREW TYPICALLY IS LIMBING AND DOING MAINTENANCE WORK.

SO IT'S GOING TO GIVE THEM THE ABILITY. INSTEAD OF CREATING PILES, WE NOW HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS.

WE CAN MASTICATE ON SITE. WE HAVE A GRAPPLER.

WE CAN HAUL IT OFF SITE. WE ARE A FULL SERVICE WITH THIS $635,000 OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE HOPEFULLY BE AWARDED FROM THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY, BUT IT WILL REALLY MAKE US A WELL-ROUNDED OPERATION.

SO IT'S IT'S WOODCHIPS AND LEAVES TO ALL INTO A ONE MASS OF STUFF.

YEAH. IT'S CHIPS. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY CHIPS, BUT IT IT MASTICATES IT.

SO IT'S KIND OF CHIPPING BUT DIFFERENT FORM. YEAH.

OKAY. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO COMMENTS ANY ANY JUST GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

DIRECTOR ECHOLS. YEAH. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY HELPFUL, VERY PERSUASIVE.

AND I ALSO LIKED THE THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF PHOTOS.

THAT WAS HELPFUL. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED FOCUS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE YOUR WORK EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE AND MORE EFFICIENT. AND AS YOU SAID, THESE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT CAN BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT HOW YOU CAN LEVERAGE THE WORK THAT OUR TEAMS ARE DOING, OUR HUMAN TEAMS ARE DOING WITH THESE MACHINES.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT.

RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES. I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND HOW YOU CAN WORK IN NEW WAYS WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS, AND IDENTIFYING THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY.

SO OFTEN GRANTS WILL BE PROGRAMMATIC, BUT TO LEVERAGE SOMETHING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY FOR A NEW PROGRAM AND THEN KIND OF AS FAR AS LOOK INTO DIFFERENT CAPITAL ITEMS SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WORK NOT JUST IN THE EAST BAY HILLS, BUT IN OTHER WARDS AND CONTINUE THE PROGRAM. THAT'S GREAT.

AND JUST I HOPE THAT YOUR TEAM CONTINUES TO THINK OF NEW WAYS THAT WE CAN TAKE THESE PROGRAMS FURTHER AND CONTINUE TO BE A MODEL.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON, SOUNDS LIKE YOU DEVELOPED THE RIGHT PITCH TO THE CONSERVANCY, AND THEY LIKE WHAT YOU SAID. SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME AND STRATEGIZING TO THE POINT WHERE YOU HAD SOMETHING DOWN THAT YOU COULD PUT BEFORE THEM THAT WOULD BE POSITIVELY RECEIVED. AND IT WORKED. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I ALSO REALLY, REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE THE WHOLE NOTION OF BEING ABLE TO ANOTHER NUMBER 01, USE SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY, NUMBER 2, TO GET EQUIPMENT THAT IS GOING TO YOU SAID IT YOURSELF, KEEP WORK IN-HOUSE. RIGHT. I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THAT.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT. BUT IN THIS CASE WE CAN AND WE ARE.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR THAT. IT'S I THINK ELIZABETH YOU SAID A FORCE MULTIPLIER, RIGHT? THAT'S. I WAS LOOKING FOR THE WORDING. OKAY, YOU SAID IT.

ALL RIGHT, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO AT THIS POINT, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THIS PURCHASE.

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ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR THAT. GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS.

[GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS]

I ACTUALLY HAVE JUST ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO PUT ON THE RECORD HERE TODAY.

BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO MISS YOUR NEXT MEETING.

I HAVE A FAMILY OBLIGATION IN WHICH IT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY BE OUR CLERK'S LAST MEETING WITH US ON THE 16TH, AND I WILL NOT BE HERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON THE RECORD HERE TO YOLANDA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FOR 34 YEARS, I BELIEVE IT IS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE PARK DISTRICT.

YOU'VE SEEN A LOT. I CAN'T WAIT TO READ THE BOOK.

AND JUST YOUR STEADINESS, YOUR DEDICATION AND REALLY YOUR FLEXIBILITY AND LEADERSHIP BEHIND THE SCENES.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET TO SEE YOU HERE AT THE DAIS.

WE ALL GET TO SEE WHAT YOU REALLY DO BEHIND THE SCENES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON A PERSONAL NOTE, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR REALLY EMBRACING YOU KNOW, HAVING ME COME IN HERE AND ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND SAY WE'VE TRIED THAT BEFORE.

GM WE'RE NOT DOING THAT AGAIN. AND I REALLY I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

AND THE LEGACY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE HERE. SO THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MERCURIO, FOR LETTING ME DO THAT. I'M SAD THAT I'M GOING TO MISS THE 16TH WHERE THE REST OF THEM CAN CAN SPEND TIME EMBARRASSING YOU.

YEAH. [APPLAUSE] DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION? NO, WE DO NOT. THANK YOU. THAT SEEMS TO ALWAYS BE THE ANSWER.

BUT ANYWAY [LAUGHTER] I GUESS THAT'S GOOD. ANY PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS?

[PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

BUT WHILE AT THE CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE LAST WEEK, WHICH REALLY TALKS A LOT ABOUT GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC MEETINGS AND GOOD STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF HOW WE ORGANIZE OUR AGENDA, I SPENT A LOT OF THE CONFERENCE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT.

I KNOW AT THE LAST BOARD NEETING, WE DID HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARRIVE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT HAD ENDED, AND I REALLY WANTED TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAD TRAVELED A FAIRLY LONG DISTANCE TO BE HERE TO ADDRESS THE THE BOARD AT LAST BOARD MEETING. AND THROUGH THAT, I OVER THIS PAST WEEKEND, I DID ANALYZE A LOT OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND BEFORE MARCH APRIL 2020, WHEN THE BOARD MEETINGS WENT VIRTUAL.

ON THE PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS, THERE WAS A 2ND OPTION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE VERY END OF OUR AGENDA, AND I BELIEVE THIS COULD BE HELPFUL TO REINSTATE TO OUR AGENDA STRUCTURE TO HELP ACCOMMODATE FOLKS WHO MAYBE HAVE DIFFERENT SCHEDULES TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.

I'LL ALSO MENTION THAT AS I ANALYZE THE PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS PRIOR TO MARCH APRIL 2020, I DID SEE A LOT OF THE AGENDAS. DID HAVE THE TIME ESTIMATE OF WHEN ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WOULD LIKELY BE PRESENTED, WHICH I KNOW IS SOMETHING THAT DIRECTOR ECHOLS BRINGS UP QUITE OFTEN.

AND IN LOOKING AT THOSE AGENDAS, I ALSO SEE IN SEEING THAT AND SEEING THE 2ND OPTION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT COULD ALSO, AGAIN, BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO CREATE A MUCH MORE INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING BOARD MEETING ENVIRONMENT.

SO I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM THAT WE CONSIDER REINSTATING THE 2ND OPTION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF THE MEETING, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PRIOR TO MARCH APRIL 2020, AS WELL AS THE TIME ESTIMATES THAT ALSO HAD BEEN ON THE AGENDA DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

YOU KNOW, I JUST I THINK ABOUT HOW AGAIN, PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT SCHEDULES ARE COMING FROM PRETTY FAR AWAY PLACES ACROSS THE EAST BAY.

AND THERE MIGHT ALSO BE DIFFERENT TRAFFIC PATTERNS.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THIS INCLUSIVE APPROACH.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 2ND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN, WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO HEAR FROM GROUPS WE DON'T REGULARLY HEAR FROM.

AND I THINK BY CREATING THIS TYPE OF AGENDA SCHEDULE THAT THAT CAN ALLOW US TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DEFINITELY PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT MAYBE AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH OUR PUBLIC MEETING PROCESS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AND HOW PUBLIC COMMENT OPENS AND ENDS.

AND SO I JUST THINK THAT THESE TWO OPTIONS CAN REALLY HELP US HAVE GOOD BOARD MEETING STRUCTURE TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE.

SO I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO REVIEW THAT AT A FUTURE MEETING AGENDA TO REVISE OUR BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES.

I BELIEVE IF I RECALL, WE WERE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES AROUND THIS TIME PERIOD ANYWAYS.

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT IS I HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA.

OH, YOU DO TOO. OKAY. GO AHEAD. YEAH. GIVEN THE EARLIER COMMENTS THAT WE GOT FROM THE PUBLIC, I'M CURIOUS. I GUESS I CAN ASK IF THE DURING THE CIP PROCESS, WHEN WILL THE OPPORTUNITY BE FOR A AGENDIZED DISCUSSION ON LAKE TEMESCAL? YOU HAVE A STUDY SESSION COMING UP.

I BELIEVE IT'S OCTOBER 3RD WHERE YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIG INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

INCLUDING THAT ONE. CORRECT. IS THAT MEETING SOMETHING THE PUBLIC CAN ATTEND.

YES. IT'S A IT WILL BE JUST A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD AT A PUBLIC LOCATION.

AND I THINK IT WAS DECIDED NOT TO HOLD IT HERE AND RECORD IT IN ZOOM.

WE'RE STICKING WITH TRUDEAU. IS THAT I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT LOCATION.

I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. YEAH. I WAS HOPING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE IT HERE AND RECORDED IF THERE'S PUBLIC INTEREST.

THE OTHER REQUEST I HAVE, I NOTICED TODAY THERE WAS, AGAIN ON OUR CONSENT A, SOMETHING ABOUT LAS TRAMPAS, THIS TIME, THE SOUTHERN PORTION. I KNOW LAST TIME WE PULLED SOMETHING FROM CONSENT ABOUT THE THE NORTH AND THE LAND BANK AND THE CALAVERAS TRAIL.

I JUST WOULD APPRECIATE IT AT SOME POINT. MAYBE THAT ALSO.

THAT'S THE ANSWER. WOULD THAT BE IN THE CIP, I'M JUST INTERESTED IN A BIG PICTURE UNDERSTANDING OF NORTH SOUTH LAS TRAMPAS AND THESE DIFFERENT CONSENT ITEMS. DID YOU WANT TO TALK I THINK THIS PROBABLY PREDATES YOUR TIME HERE ON THE BOARD. WE HAVE DONE SOME PRETTY EXTENSIVE PRESENTATIONS AROUND THAT, SO I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ARE BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED.

[BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED]

IT GOT MORE PRESS COVERAGE THAN I CAN RECALL IN MY LAST 8 YEARS OF EVERYTHING OTHER THAN CATS.

SO IT WAS AND A LOT BETTER NEWS, ACTUALLY. BUT EXTENSIVE COVERAGE, EXTENSIVE PUBLIC INTEREST AND PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY AND LEADERSHIP ACCOLADES.

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT, OF COURSE, THE ACQUISITION OF POINT MOLATE.

AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE ON THIS AGENDA WHERE I CAN TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY GRATIFICATION.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GENERAL MANAGER AND BECKY AND JASON AND THE WHOLE TEAM AND GENERAL COUNCIL, ALL OF WHOM WORKED ON BRINGING TO FRUITION AN INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED TRANSACTION WITH A COMPLICATED HISTORY AND A COMPLICATED NUANCE TO THE WHOLE THING IN TERMS OF BRINGING THE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION TO CLOSURE.

A LOT OF EFFORT, A LOT OF TENACITY AND GREAT SUCCESS IN THE END IN BRINGING ABOUT A FAVORABLE TRANSACTION WITHIN THE PARAMETERS SET BY BOTH THE STATE AND THIS BOARD. SO, SABRINA, CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT'S SOMETHING FOR THE AGES. IT REMAINS A MAJOR FACET OF ALL OF OUR LIVES NOW TO ACTUALLY ACT ON THE ACQUISITION AND IMPLEMENT THE FUTURE OF THAT PARK.

AND AS WE'VE ALL LEARNED THIS IS THE START. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WILL ONE DAY BE ONE OF THE

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ONE OF THEM, THIS POINT MOLATE PROCESS THAT WE'VE JUST BEGUN WILL EVENTUALLY BRING ABOUT.

SO I'M JUST EXCITED, AND I HAVE A LITTLE PARTY I WENT TO OF THE POINT MOLATE ALLIANCE FRIDAY NIGHT.

A LOT, A LOT OF HAPPY PEOPLE AND A LOT OF HISTORY RECITED AND A LOT OF ACCOLADES FOR THIS DISTRICT, OUR GENERAL MANAGER AND THIS BOARD SO THAT THAT WAS FUN.

TO ATTEND. ANYWAY, I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME COMMENTARY ON THAT THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TRANSACTION THAT WILL WE ALL WILL BE TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS TO COME.

AND 100 YEARS FROM NOW, THEY'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IT LIKE WE TALK ABOUT TILDEN.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE OF THAT SIGNIFICANCE.

SO I WANTED TO TAKE THAT MOMENT AND I'M SORRY I STOLE YOURS, BUT HE TOOK ME FIRST.

RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND I, I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO.

YOU KNOW, AND I'M GLAD I DID. [LAUGHTER] AND, YOU KNOW, MY OWN PERSONAL, YOU KNOW, MY LIFE.

I HAVE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF THAT. MY DAD DRIVING BY THAT WHALING STATION OUT THERE AND.

AND HOLDING MY NOSE. AND MY DAD, HOW COULD THEY? YOU KNOW, IT'S SO I HAVE A PERSONAL LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH STENMARK DRIVE, AND GOING BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN YOU COULD ACTUALLY DRIVE ALL THE WAY AROUND. ANYWAY. THAT'S ENOUGH. AUGUST 20TH I ATTENDED MY REGULAR MEETING OF THE DELTA NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.

THE MEETING THIS QUARTER STARTED OFF WITH A TOUR OF THE HISTORIC BENICIA ARSENAL LANDS.

AROUND CITY OF BENICIA. AND THEN OUR MEETING COMMENCED IN THE AFTERNOON AT THE OLD CAPITOL IN BENICIA.

SO I'M THOROUGHLY ENJOYING THAT POSITION ON THE DELTA PROTECTION COMMISSION'S COMMITTEE.

ON THE 21ST. I STOOD. OH, THIS WASN'T PARK DISTRICT, WAS IT? I WAS, I FILLED IN FOR PRESIDENT MERCURIO AT THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OF WHICH I AM ALSO A MEMBER AND DIRECTOR MERCURIO HAS BEEN WHAT, A MEMBER, A BOARD MEMBER, BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT ORGANIZATION FOR MANY YEARS, AND IS A CENTRAL FIGURE IN THAT HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF CONTRA COSTA.

AND JOHN WAS OUT OF TOWN AND ASKED ME TO ATTEND A TOUR OF THE FACILITIES IN MARTINEZ WITH THE WITH OUR NEW SUPERVISOR SHANELLE SCALES-PRESTON WENT VERY WELL, BY THE WAY, JOHN.

THAT YOU WERE MISSED. THAT EVENING, I ATTENDED A BIG BREAK, SIP AND STROLL PROGRAM.

THIS IS ONE I COMMEND TO ALL OF YOU. YOU'D ALL LIKE IT.

IT'S AN ADULTS ONLY SESSION IN THE EVENING AT BIG BREAK, WHERE THE STAFF PREPARES MOCKTAILS USING INGREDIENTS THAT THEY PICK THERE.

SO THIS, THIS EVENING, THEY WERE MAKING, BLACKBERRIES OFF THE VINES.

MOCKTAILS. AND THEN A NATURALIST LED STROLL. AND IT TENDS TO BE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, NOT KIDS.

AND IT'S A REAL COOL OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AROUND WITH A BUNCH OF OUR ADULT PARK USERS AROUND AROUND A FIRE AND SIP MOCKTAILS AND THEN TAKE A STROLL. IT'S A IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. ON THE 24TH, I ATTENDED THE BAY NATURE AND CIVICORP SPONSORED HIKE UP IN TILDEN OF OF THE NIMITZ. IT WAS TO SPECIFICALLY VIEW AND AND EVEN WALK AROUND VARIOUS FUELS MANAGEMENT WORK DONE BY CIVICORP UP IN THE HILLS AREA.

ON THE 25TH TO 28TH, I ATTENDED A CSDAIN MONTEREY AND YES I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT WE COVERED A LOT OF ISSUES INVOLVING GOVERNANCE RULES AND PROCEDURES APPLICABLE JUST TO SPECIAL DISTRICTS.

LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF LAWYERS. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING AT THIS EVENT.

AND LOTS OF CONSULTANTS THAT TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO FOR DISTRICTS LIKE OUR OWN LOT IN

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I FOUND IT VERY USEFUL AND HELPFUL. ON THE 28TH, I WAS THE FEATURED SPEAKER OF THE RODEO MAC.

THE MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE COUNTY OUT IN RODEO THE 29TH, THE AFOREMENTIONED THIS WAS LAST FRIDAY POINT MOLATE ALLIANCE CELEBRATION IN RICHMOND AT MARINA BAY.

AND I GUESS THIS WAS JUST THIS WEEKEND. I ATTENDED THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL, ANNUAL HIKE AND DINNER AT PORT MEADOW.

THOUGH I DIDN'T DO THE HIKE, I, MY WIFE AND I ATTENDED THE ANNUAL DINNER AT PORT MEADOW WITH THOSE FOLKS.

AND A GOOD TURNOUT OF EQUESTRIANS THIS YEAR, I WANT TO NOTE SO THAT COVERS IT FOR ME.

NEXT. ALL RIGHT. 8/20 I ATTENDED THE BOARD COMMITTEE'S OPERATIONS MEETING.

8/22. THE BOARD SITE VISIT AND THEN IN MY WORK CAPACITY I WAS ATTENDING THE ALAMEDA LABOR COUNCIL ANNUAL UNITY DINNER, AND THERE I WAS ABLE TO WITNESS PARK RETIREE IRWIN LYNCH FROM THE AFSCME LOCAL 24 28 RECEIVE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AWARD. SO IT WAS GREAT TO WITNESS HIS BRILLIANCE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS WORK AND SEE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CELEBRATE HIM.

ON. 8/23. I SPOKE AT THE 85TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REGIONAL PARKS BOTANIC GARDEN, AND THIS WAS ALSO HOSTED WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN.

ON 8/25 TO 8/27 ATTENDED THE CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE.

AND ON 8/30 ATTENDED THE EAST BAY HILLS BENEFIT DINNER AND 8/31 WOKE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING WITH MIMI DEAN TO TAKE A VERY THOROUGH WALK OF SKYWEST AND SEE EVERYTHING.

LEARN ABOUT ITS PAST HISTORY, THE AIRPORT PLANS, AND THEN ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE MONARCH GROVE.

THANK YOU. SIR. THANK YOU. ON AUGUST 20TH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING.

AND ALSO EARLIER IN THE DAY, I ATTENDED A CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF RECREATION PARK DISTRICTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.

GREAT THINGS CAME OUT OF THAT. OUR CONFERENCE NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE IN MONTEREY AGAIN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

AND THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE OF CARPET IS GETTING REALLY, REALLY BETTER.

WE'VE GOT A LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE WE HAVE LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS, PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

I THINK WE HAVE UP TO 50 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING, INCLUDING ERICH AND HIS TEAM.

SO WE'RE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICTS, AND THEY'RE GETTING FAIRLY POWERFUL AND GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO.

ON AUGUST 21ST, I ATTENDED THE HAYWARD STREET PARTY.

HAYWARD STREET PARTY IS WHOOPS, THAT'S A LITTLE LATER IN THE DAY, BUT THAT'S THAT'S OKAY.

ANYWAY THE HAYWARD STREET PARTY WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK NEXT YEAR I HOPE WE CAN, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE PROMOTING AND DOING STUFF WITH OUR OUR NEXT CENTURY PLAN.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF YOUR AGENCY AND HARDS THERE.

HASPA WAS THERE A LOT OF OTHER GROUPS? COMMUNITY GROUPS.

LOTS OF PEOPLE COME THROUGH. THERE ARE LOTS OF VISITATION.

I THINK WE'D BE WELL WELCOMED THERE. ON THE 22ND, I DID THE BOARD BOARD SITE TOUR AT MLK AND ROBERTS.

ALWAYS FUN. AFTERNOON OR DAY ON THE 26TH THROUGH THE 28TH, I ATTENDED THE CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION CONFERENCE.

AND THAT WAS INFORMATIVE INTERESTING AND GREAT CAMARADERIE WITH MY FELLOW RECREATIONALISTS AND MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.

IT WAS GREAT TO GET TOGETHER WITH YOU FOLKS IN A SOCIAL SITUATION.

AND FINALLY I TOOK A TOUR OF SKYWEST WITH MIMI DEAN AND SOME OTHER ACTIVISTS DOWN IN THE HAYWARD AREA AND CHECKED OUT SKYWEST.

AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR SANWONG.

YEAH. REAL QUICK. I ALSO ATTENDED THE HAYWARD STREET PARTY ON AUGUST 21ST.

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AND THEN I REALIZED THAT MY FRIEND, ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERVISOR ELISA MARQUEZ, HAD ALSO INVITED ME.

AND SO WHILE I DIDN'T MEET UP WITH DIRECTOR WAESPI OR THE THE HAYWARD AREA RECREATION DISTRICT GROUP THAT I KNOW HE WAS HANGING OUT WITH.

I DID GET TO SEE THEIR BOOTHS AND IT REALLY IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE WELL ATTENDED EVENT, AND I THINK IT IS A GREAT PLACE FOR US TO CONSIDER HAVING SOME MORE VISIBILITY FOR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. AND I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST TO SPEND TIME WITH MY FRIEND ON THE ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BUT ALSO THE HAYWARD MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. AND AS I'VE ALREADY SHARED WITH MIMI, CERTAINLY SKYWEST CAME UP ONCE THEY FOUND OUT MY AFFILIATION WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

SO IT WAS A NICE TIME TO SPEND THERE. AND I'LL ALSO SHARE ON THE 21ST.

WHEN I WENT DOWN TO HAYWARD, IT WAS MAYBE 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN WHERE I LIVE.

AND SO IT WAS ALSO NICE TO MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A COOLER TEMPERATURE THAT DAY.

AND THEN I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE LAST WEEK, AUGUST 25TH, 26TH, 27TH, 28TH. I ACTUALLY HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE SINCE I WAS ON A PREVIOUS SPECIAL DISTRICT BOARD, SO IT WAS NICE TO GO UNDER THE HAT OF BEING A PART OF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

I THINK WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME, THOSE OF US WHO WERE THERE.

I BELIEVE AT LEAST 3 OF US WERE PART OF A CONGA LINE ONE NIGHT.

SO THAT'S A CHERISHED MEMORY. AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR LAST WEEK.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT. OKAY. WELL, I WILL JUST ADD, OF COURSE, ON POINT MOLATE, ALTHOUGH I DID SAY A FEW THINGS AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK, BUT TRULY, THIS IS A OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME TO BE ABLE TO PRESERVE THIS STUNNING BAYFRONT PROPERTY WITH VERY SIGNIFICANT BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPORTANCE AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE. AND I REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK ONE MORE TIME, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, THE MANY GROUPS THAT WERE INVOLVED, OUR STAFF, OF COURSE, FOR GETTING IT DONE. OUR GM AND JASON.

BECKY, OUR GENERAL COUNSEL AND EVERYONE AND OF COURSE, THIS BOARD WHO HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE ALL THE WAY ALONG.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST JOINED THIS BOARD, THIS WELL, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF MY HIGHEST PRIORITIES FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IT WASN'T I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, IT'S LIKE, WELL, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, BUT AT THE TIME I REMEMBER A NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS LIKE, OH, THAT'LL NEVER HAPPEN, THAT'LL NEVER HAPPEN. BUT ANYWAY, SO IT'S YOU KNOW, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S TAKEN A VILLAGE AND IT'S TAKEN A WHOLE LOT OF REALLY HARD WORK. AND I JUST AM SO HAPPY THAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT.

AND NOW WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK AHEAD. AND BUT I'M EXCITED FOR THAT.

AND I'M JUST VERY EXCITED THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PRESERVE THIS, THIS VERY SPECIAL PLACE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME AND TO ALSO TO INCREASE ACCESS IN A PART OF THE BAY AREA WHERE FOLKS DON'T HAVE AS MUCH ACCESS TO OPEN SPACE AS AS SOME OTHER AREAS.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND SINCE MY ACTIVITIES PALE IN COMPARISON TO THAT I'M GOING TO JUST SAVE SOME TIME AND SUBMIT MY MEETINGS AND THINGS TO THE CLERK DIRECTLY AND WRAP IT UP WITH THAT. OKAY.

WELL, DIRECTOR SANWONG, I BELIEVE YOU'VE BROKEN IMPORTANT RULE.

YOU KNOW, WHAT GOES ON AT CSDASTAYS AT CSDA. ON AUGUST 20TH, I ATTENDED THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

ON AUGUST 21ST, I HAD A CHANCE TO STAFF HELD A VISIT TO COYOTE HILLS, THE NEW PATTERSON ADDITION.

I DON'T KNOW IF KELLY ABREU IS STILL ONLINE, BUT I WAS QUITE IMPRESSED WITH THE ADDITIONAL ROWS OF PARKING AND 5 NEW EV CHARGERS DOWN THERE. WHEN THAT'S OPEN, IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME. AND THEY HAD A QUIZ.

HOW MANY TREES HAVE WE PLANTED. AND EVERYBODY GUESSED UNDER 2000.

IT WAS ABOUT 10,000 TREES THEY'VE PLANTED OUT THERE.

SO REALLY INTERESTING I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK THAT OUT.

THE AUGUST 22ND BOARD TOUR WAS GREAT. I LEFT A LITTLE EARLY.

I ATTENDED THAT AFTERNOON. OAKLAND MAYOR BARBARA LEE HAD A ROUNDTABLE ON PARKS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE A SMALLER, YOU KNOW, CROSS-SECTIONAL, BUT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN I DON'T KNOW, 2 DOZEN PEOPLE AROUND THE TABLE. REALLY INTERESTING GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM ALL THE PARKS.

THAT WAS FUN. YES. I ATTENDED THE BALL REMAIN SILENT ON THE APRIL 25TH THROUGH 28TH.

ACTUALLY, THERE WAS A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION, PARTICULARLY AS A FRESHMAN ON STAFF.

I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. I HAVE TO SAY, I WAS REALLY INTERESTED.

IT WAS ON THEIR COVER PAGE, THIS LOTERIA EVENT.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE OTHERS MADE IT TO IT, BUT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING WAY THEY GOT THE SPANISH CULTURE TO ATTEND A MEETING.

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EACH CARD WAS USED TO REPRESENT EITHER A PARK OR A BIRD, OR A PLANT OR AN ANIMAL, AND THEY HAD OVER 1600 PEOPLE SHOWING UP BECAUSE THE HISPANIC CULTURE REALLY LOVES THEIR LOTERIA GAME. SO THEY MADE THEIR OWN DECK OF CARDS AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE OUT WAITING OUT THE IN LINE, OUT THE DOOR TO ATTEND THEIR PUBLIC MEETINGS.

SO VERY INTERESTING. ALSO ON AUGUST 30TH, I ACCEPTED THE OFFER.

I ENCOURAGE OTHERS, I THINK WE ALL GOT AN EMAIL FROM PROFESSOR JOHN TAYLOR AT CAL BERKELEY, AND HE OFFERED TO WALK WILDCAT CANYON WITH ME.

AND I DID THAT ALONG WITH OUR FORMER PAC PRESIDENT, PROFESSOR NEIL TATSUI.

SO THAT WAS QUITE INTERESTING. I AM GOING TO BE AT THE NRPA NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION, SO I WON'T BE HERE, YOLANDA, EITHER. BUT I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME AND ALL THE BACK AND FORTH QUESTIONS.

I NEVER WOULD HAVE ONBOARDED AS WELL AS I DID WITHOUT YOUR HELPING.

THE WAY YOU HOLD THE STAFF TOGETHER. AND SORRY, I'LL MISS THE BIG FAREWELL, BUT YOU'VE BEEN A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF GETTING ME ON BOARD HERE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT I'LL DO MINE.

BUT BEFORE I DO, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT OUR ADJOURNMENT TODAY WILL BE IN MEMORY OF A VERY SPECIAL PERSON.

AND DENNIS IS GOING TO HELP ME WITH THAT, BUT SO I MISSED THE LAST MEETING.

SO YOU HAVE TO SIT THROUGH A WHOLE MONTH WORTH OF MY STUFF. I WENT TO THE BOARD MEETING ON AUGUST 5TH.

ON AUGUST 6TH, I MET WITH OUR OUR CONSULTANT, BRANT IVES, TO TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL MANAGER'S EVALUATION PROCESS.

ON AUGUST 7TH I ATTENDED THE CONTRA COSTA MAYOR'S CONFERENCE IN ANTIOCH.

THERE'S ALWAYS SO MANY GREAT CONNECTIONS TO MAKE THERE.

THOSE THOSE OF US WHO GO. I THINK WE ALL REALIZE THAT THAT'S A VERY GOOD INVESTMENT IN OUR TIME.

YOU GET TO MEET PEOPLE YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY MEET. ON AUGUST 8TH, DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT AND I WENT ON A HIKE IN IN SIBLEY, STARTING AT THE EASTPORT, THE NEW EASTPORT STAGING AREA.

AND WE WALKED ON A BRAND NEW TRAIL. AND I THINK WE BOTH WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS TRAIL THAT OUR FOLKS DESIGNED AND BUILT.

AND AS AN AFICIONADO OF TRAILS, I GIVE IT AN A PLUS.

IT HAS ALL THE DESIGN FEATURES THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE IN A SUSTAINABLE TRAIL.

I BELIEVE IT'S THE PEAVINE TRAIL, BUT THE SIGNS WEREN'T UP YET WHEN WE WENT THERE, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE.

IT JUST BASICALLY PARALLELS PINEHURST ROAD. KEEPS YOU OFF THE ROAD.

ON AUGUST 11TH I VISITED THE PARK DISTRICTS POLICE HANGAR OUT THERE AT THE LIVERMORE, AND ALSO GOT TO GO ON A HELICOPTER RIDE ALL AROUND THE AREA.

AND I ALMOST GOT THROWN OFF BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO A FIRE, AND THEY WERE ABOUT TO LAND BASICALLY ON THE DAM AT BRIONES.

AND THEN THEY SAID, OH, CAL FIRE DOESN'T NEED US.

SO WE TOOK OFF AND ALMOST FINISHED MY TOUR. THAT WAS A LITTLE EXCITING.

THEY DID PROMISE TO PICK ME UP FROM THERE, THOUGH. THEY WEREN'T JUST GOING TO THROW ME. THROW ME OUT. I WENT TO THE EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS ON AUGUST 12TH. THAT'S ALWAYS A GREAT THING OUT IN ROBERTS.

ON. AND THEN FROM THERE, I ZOOMED OVER TO ASHLAND TO TAKE PART IN A EVENT BY HARD, WHICH WAS 2 PARK GRAND OPENINGS AND A PARK DEDICATION.

NO. 2 DEDICATIONS AND A PARK. IT WAS 3 EVENTS IN 1.

THEY WERE VERY EFFICIENT IN THEIR SCHEDULING.

AND THEN LET'S SEE, ON AUGUST 13TH WAS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 15TH WE MET WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER FARIAS AT THURGOOD MARSHALL AND SPENT A VERY PRODUCTIVE TIME. SHE SEEMED TO CUT OUT A BIG CHUNK OF HER DAY TO MEET WITH US, AND SHE WAS IN NO HURRY TO LEAVE.

AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SHE'S VERY INTERESTED, AND SHE'S NEW, SO I THINK SHE FEELS LIKE SHE WANTS TO LEARN AS MUCH AS SHE CAN, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. ON THE 15TH, ALSO ON THAT DAY, AGAIN, I HAD THESE THINGS BACK TO BACK.

I HAD LUNCH WITH A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER FROM THE CITY OF CONCORD, PABLO BENAVENTE.

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ON THE 16TH I WENT TO AN EVENT IN EL CERRITO AT THE EL CERRITO CITY HALL, SPONSORED BY BUFFY WICKS AND WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS EVENT. AND IT WAS LOTS OF FOLKS THERE, LOTS OF TABLES TO TEACH RESIDENTS ABOUT HOW TO DEFEND THEIR HOMES.

AND THEY HAD PANELS, THEY HAD SLIDESHOWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT. THERE WE HAD THE BOARD SITE TOUR ON AUGUST 22ND.

ON AUGUST 24TH. I WAS WITH WITH DIRECTOR COFFEY AT THE CIVICORP BAY NATURE FIRE MITIGATION HIKE UP AT UP AT INSPIRATION POINT ALONG NIMITZ WAY UP ON THE 25TH. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE DESIGNATED BOARD MEMBER FOR THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.

AND THEN WE HAD THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE 27TH.

AND THEN LATER ANOTHER ANOTHER BACK TO BACK DAY LATER IN THE 27TH, I WENT TO THE TO PRESERVATION PARK IN OAKLAND, WHERE THEY HAD THE HIDDEN HEROES OF THE GREENBELT AWARDS PROGRAM CEREMONY, WHERE THEY PICK OUT 3 FOLKS IN IN THE BAY AREA WHO HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONS OF GREEN SPACE, OPEN SPACE, LAND PRESERVATION.

THAT WAS REALLY GREAT, TOO. AND THEN I WAS PART OF THAT GROUP OF FOLKS THAT MIMI DEAN TOOK OUT TO SKYWEST THE OTHER DAY AND GOT TO SEE WHAT THAT PROPERTY IS ALL ABOUT.

THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME. SO WE'RE GOING TO END THIS MEETING TODAY.

WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF OF MALCOLM MARGOLIN WHOSE PICTURE IS ABOUT TO BE ON THE SCREEN THERE, I BELIEVE THERE HE IS IN THE MIDDLE. AND OUR DIRECTOR WAESPI KNEW MR. MARGOLIN PERSONALLY. AND HE HAS A FEW WORDS TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

ABOUT HIM. WELL, THANK YOU. I HOPE SOME OF YOU OR ALL OF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW MALCOLM.

HE WAS A GREAT CLASSIC HUMAN BEING. HE PASSED JUST LAST MONTH.

HE IS GREAT. HE GREW UP IN NEW YORK CITY, WENT TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATED DROVE IN HIS VOLKSWAGEN VAN TO CALIFORNIA AND BECAME A HIPPIE AND WENT TO BERKELEY.

AND OF COURSE, WHAT CAREER PATH DOES THAT LEAD YOU TO? EXCEPT BEING A PARK RANGER AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND SPECIFICALLY REDWOOD PARK? AND THAT'S WHERE HE ENDED UP. AND MALCOLM WAS A REALLY INTERESTING GUY.

I DIDN'T WORK WITH HIM AT REDWOOD. DEE AND I CAME SHORTLY AFTER HE LEFT THE PARK DISTRICT, BUT HIS LEGACY WAS STRONG THERE. WE KNEW ALL ABOUT HIM, KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM, AND HE WOULD COME BACK AND VISIT OCCASIONALLY.

MALCOLM, YOU KNOW, HE WORKED WITH LOTS OF CREWS IN THE DISTRICT, LOTS OF YOUTH PEOPLE.

WAS VERY SMART GUY. SO HE DIDN'T JUST KIND OF GO, OH, LET'S LOOK AT THESE TREES.

HE WROTE A BOOK. HE WROTE THE FIRST BOOK ABOUT THE PARK DISTRICT.

IT WAS CALLED EAST BAY OUT. IT WAS IN 1974. IT WAS CALLED AN EAST BAY OUT, AN UNAUTHORIZED GUIDE TO THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

BUT I THINK HE HAD JERRY KENT HELPING HIM OUT A WHOLE LOT.

AND JERRY COOPERATED WITH THAT WHOLE DEAL. THEY WORKED WORK TOGETHER REALLY WELL.

SO WHEN MALCOLM LEFT THE DISTRICT, HE STARTED EDITING COMPANY CALLED HEYDAY BOOKS.

I HOPE YOU'VE ALL HEARD OF IT. AND HE BECAME REALLY, REALLY FAMOUS FOR PROMOTING NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES.

HE WROTE THE OHLONE WAY. AND HE ALSO WROTE WHAT WAS THE OTHER FAMOUS ONE, THE WAY WE WERE REMEMBRANCES OF NATIVE CULTURES AND SPECIFICALLY THE OHLONE PEOPLES AROUND HERE.

MALCOLM WAS ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER OF BAY NATURE MAGAZINE AND ALWAYS WAS A FRIEND OF THE PARK DISTRICT ALWAYS CAME BACK AND JUST A GREAT GUY. AND I HOPE WE CAN REMEMBER HIM.

IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE GOOGLE HIM.

THEY'RE GREAT STORIES ABOUT HIM. GREAT REMEMBRANCES.

AND HE EPITOMIZED A GUY THAT LIKED PARKS AND REALLY APPRECIATED THEM AND ALWAYS CAME BACK AND AND ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, HE WAS FEATURED IN OUR LAST MASTER PLAN IN 2013.

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AND PARKS WAS A BIG PART OF THAT. SO FAREWELL, MALCOLM.

AND THIS IS A GREAT PICTURE. THIS WAS A THE DEDICATION OF THAT PLIER.

WHAT WAS IT? THE BIG MAP DOWN AT TILDEN AT THE EEC A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK.

HOPE YOU'RE ALL THERE. MALCOLM CAME BACK AND TOLD A LOT OF GREAT STORIES, AND I GOT TO TAKE MY PICTURE WITH 2 OF MY HEROES, SO. THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. SO, AT 02:38, WE'RE ADJOURNED. IN MEMORY OF MALCOLM MARGOLIN.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.