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          GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY
REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, BEGINNING AT 11:05, IS NOW OPEN. 
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COULD OUR RECORDING CLERK PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL? YES. CHAIR ECHOLS. YULIE PADMORE, RECORDING. RECORDING CLERK TAKING ROLL. 
          WE HAVE DIRECTOR ESPAÑA. PRESENT. CHAIR ECHOLS. 
          PRESENT. PARK DISTRICT. STAFF COORDINATORS IN THIS MEETING INCLUDE ASSISTANT GENERAL
MANAGER LISA GOORJIAN. 
          PRESENT. ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL ELIZABETH MACKENZIE. 
          PRESENT. TODAY'S MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT. 
          STAFF IS PROVIDING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING. 
          MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT MAY DO SO BY PROVIDING A COMMENT IN
PERSON, JOINING LIVE VIA ZOOM WITH THE LINK PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA LOCATED ON THE DISTRICT
WEBSITE. 
          AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES,
WE WILL BEGIN. 
          OKAY. SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCEDURE? DOES NOT APPEAR SO. OKAY. SO FIRST UP IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST
OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING ON AUGUST 20TH. 
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COULD I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. AND THEN I GUESS IT'S THE TWO OF US. 
          SO I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA? ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. WE DO NOT. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. SO, OUR FIRST ITEM. ACTION ITEM IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE
2025 FEE 
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SCHEDULE. 
          BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH, THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD MORNING. BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS NOAH DORT,
AND I'M AN ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST IN OPERATIONS BUSINESS SERVICES ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT. I'M HERE TODAY TO REVIEW PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE PARK,
TO THE PARK DISTRICT FEE SCHEDULE FOR RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          BUT BEFORE THAT, BUSINESS SERVICES MANAGER TIFFANY MARGULICI IS HERE TO STEAL MY THUNDER
WITH A SHORT PRESENTATION. 
          I'M JUST KIDDING. THERE'S NO THUNDER TO BE STOLEN. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, NOAH. GOOD MORNING. TIFFANY MARGULICI,
BUSINESS SERVICES MANAGER. 
          IT'S SIMILAR TO AT THE QUARRY LAKES BOARD TOUR WHEN SANDY OUR DIVISION LEAD,
INTRODUCED ME AND SAID TIFFANY WILL BE PROVIDING AN EXCITING UPDATE ON FEE COLLECTION. SO I LIKE I THINK IT'S EXCITING A TOPIC,
AND HOPEFULLY OTHERS DO TOO. 
          SO AS NOAH SAID, THE BULK OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS REALLY ABOUT OUR ANNUAL FEE CHANGES
AND WALKING THE COMMITTEE THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR TO KEEP CURRENT ON OUR FEES. 
          AND IT'S PART OF THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES THAT THE FEES COME TO THIS COMMITTEE FIRST
FOR REVIEW AND THEN GO TO THE FULL BOARD. 
          YEAH. GO AHEAD. IT'S FINE BECAUSE I HAVE TWO SCREENS I CAN LOOK AT. 
          YEAH, IT'S FINE, IT'S FINE. SO AS PART OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION ON THE FEES AND CHARGES FEE
SCHEDULE CHANGES I WANTED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ON OUR FEE COLLECTION. 
          SO WHAT NOAH IS ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT IS REALLY ABOUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND WHAT FEE. 
          AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING WORK AS STAFF ON FEE COLLECTION AND IMPROVING EFFICIENCY. 
          AND ALL OF THIS COMES TOGETHER WITH THE FEE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WORKED ON THAT STAFF
WORKED ON IN 2023 AND WERE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. 
          AND THEY'RE UP HERE ON THE SCREEN. I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE,
BUT EVERYTHING WE'RE BRINGING TODAY IN TERMS OF A FEE CHANGE 
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OR AS I'M ABOUT TO SHARE WITH A FEE COLLECTION UPDATE,
IS ALIGNING WITH ONE OR MORE OF THESE AREAS. 
          ESPECIALLY AS WE TALK ABOUT THE FEE COLLECTION PROCESS. 
          NUMBER EIGHT EFFICIENCY. AND THEN FIVE TRANSPARENCY,
JUST BEING CLEAR WHAT THE FEES ARE. 
          SO WE HAVE THESE HERE. WE CAN COME BACK TO THEM AT ANY POINT IF NEEDED. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO ANCHOR OURSELVES TO WHAT OUR KIND OF PRINCIPLES ARE AROUND THIS. 
          BACK IN MARCH AT THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE,
I GAVE A FULL PRESENTATION ON FEE COLLECTION. 
          SO WE WON'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING AGAIN. 
          WE ALSO LOOKED AT SOME OF THE FEE COLLECTION PROJECTS DURING THE BOARD TOURS,
BOTH AT QUARRY LAKES AND AT ROBERTS, BUT THERE ARE 24 FIELD FEE COLLECTION LOCATIONS CURRENTLY 19 FOR PARKING,
7 FOR SWIMMING. 
          AND IN TERMS OF THE FEE COLLECTION SIDE OF THE PROCESS,
WE REALLY WANT TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY, REDUCE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEFT AND ERRORS. AND THEN WE'VE BEEN ITERATING TO MONITOR HOW
VISITORS, WHAT IMPACTS IT HAS TO THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE. 
          THIS HAS BEEN A VERY ORGANIC GROWING PROCESS GOING BACK TO 2022 WHEN THE VISITOR CENTERS
WENT CASHLESS 2024 CROWN BEACH. WE HAVE THESE FEE MACHINES. THEY'RE SHOWN IN THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT HAND
SIDE. 
          THEY GO BY VENTEK. THAT'S THE BRAND. WE HAD THEM KIND OF SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THE PARKS,
BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A REAL OVERALL LOOK AT WHERE THEY WERE. SO WE'VE REALLY TAKEN AN INVENTORY OF THOSE,
CENTRALIZED THE ACCOUNTS. 
          AND THEN 2024 AND NOW INTO THIS YEAR WORKING ON THE CASHLESS KIOSK PILOTS,
WHICH WE VISITED DURING THE BOARD TOURS AT QUARRY LAKES. 
          AND ROBERTS. AND I JUST WANTED TO REPORT BACK THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN GOING VERY WELL. 
          WE RECEIVED REALLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM PARK OPERATIONS THAT IT NOT HAVING TO COUNT THE
CASH AND PROCESS IT AND HAVE IT ON SITE. 
          DOES REDUCE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEFT AND ERROR. AND IS MEETING THE EFFICIENCY GOALS AND WE
HAVEN'T SEEN ANY EMERGING OR CONCERNING EQUITY CONCERNS. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY
TO IF WE HAD IDENTIFIED SOMETHING THAT WAS A CONCERN TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT, ONE WAY WE ADDRESSED IT WAS THROUGH DOING BILINGUAL
SIGNAGE AND USING ICONOGRAPHIC SIGNAGE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST SEE THE TAP TO PAY ICON. SO WE ARE KEEPING GOING WITH THESE DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND WE ARE OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR WE'RE LOOKING ON MORE SELF-SERVICE
OPTIONS. 
          THAT'S A REAL TREND TO PROVIDE INCREASED SECURITY. 
          PEOPLE ARE USED TO SCANNING SOMETHING, GENERALLY WITH THE QR CODE HAVING AN OPTION TO
PROCESS IT THEMSELVES ON THEIR OWN DEVICE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR INFORMATION. SO WE ADDED ANOTHER FEE MACHINE AT DON CASTRO. 
          WE DO HAVE THE FISHING ACCESS PERMIT ONLINE. IT'S HASN'T REALLY BEEN ANNOUNCED YET BECAUSE
WE'RE WORKING ON OUR SIGNS. 
          BUT THAT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ELIMINATE THE IN PHASE OUT THE IRON RANGERS OVER
THE COURSE OF 2026. 
          AND IRON RANGERS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE FEE MACHINES. 
          THEY'RE SHOWN HERE ON THIS PICTURE? THEY'RE NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE. 
          THEY INVOLVE PEOPLE GETTING THE ENVELOPES OUT AND PUTTING CASH IN THE ENVELOPES. 
          AND SO WE SEE A LOT OF REPORTS OF LITTER. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PAY,
SO THEY TAKE ALL THE ENVELOPES AND THROW THEM AROUND, OR WE SEE VANDALISM WHERE PEOPLE ARE POURING STICKY SUBSTANCES DOWN THE TUBES SO THAT THE
MONEY CAN'T BE RETRIEVED. 
          AND SOME THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY GROSS. 
          SO IT'S JUST REALLY NOT A GREAT METHOD ANYMORE FOR COLLECTING MONEY. 
          SO WE WOULD LIKE TO PHASE THESE OUT OVER THE COURSE OF 2026. 
          SOME PARKS HAVE ALREADY DONE IT. AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO THE CENTRAL
LOCATION AND THEN ALSO PROMOTE. 
          THEY CAN BUY AN ANNUAL ANGLER PASS WHICH COULD BE A GREAT DEAL. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SIGNAGE LIKE THE ONE YOU SEE HERE WHERE THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO,
SCAN WITH A QR CODE. 
          THEY COULD EITHER GET THE DAILY PASS OR THEY COULD DO AN ANNUAL PASS. 
          AND THEN OVER THE COURSE OF 2026, WE ARE REALLY GOING TO BE WORKING ON TYING ALL THESE
DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TOGETHER ABOUT THE FEE COLLECTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO 
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COMING TO THE BOARD WITH KIND OF A NEXT PHASE OR COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSAL ON HOW WE MIGHT
ROLL, BASICALLY COMBINE ALL THESE THINGS TOGETHER,
USE ALL OUR LESSONS LEARNED, AND COME FORWARD WITH A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR FEE COLLECTION. SO YEAH, I DID HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THE CASHLESS WHATEVER FEES,
I GUESS YOU CALLED THEM. 
          SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT WAS IT'S GOING WELL BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. 
          I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU'VE SEEN ANYTHING WITH PEOPLE WHO JUST SHOWED UP AND DIDN'T KNOW
IT HAD BEEN CHANGED AND ONLY HAD CASH OR. 
          I MEAN, MOST PEOPLE HAVE PHONES OR CREDIT CARDS THESE DAYS,
BUT IT HAS. 
          HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED ANYONE WHO WHO DIDN'T AND AND WASN'T ABLE TO GET IN OR WHAT? YEAH. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SOMETHING WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT. 
          WE STARTED THIS IN FALL 2024. SO WE FOR THE INITIAL 4 OR 5 MONTH PERIOD, WE WERE GIVING PEOPLE A GRACE PERIOD. 
          AND THEN ALSO WE DID A SURVEY TO HAVE, YOU KNOW,
COLLECT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. 
          SO SOME WE DID HAVE ESPECIALLY IN THE INITIAL PHASE,
SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE DID HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR CASH, WHICH IS I THINK WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING TO ME BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE REALLY WANT THAT TAP TO
PAY, AND THAT'S WHERE THE FOCUS IS. BUT WE DID LEARN THAT SOME OF OUR PARK USERS JUST PREFER TO
HAVE THE CASH IN THEIR POCKET. 
          AND SO OR THEY'RE NOT TAKING THEIR FULL WALLET OR WHATEVER THE REASONS. 
          SO WE DID HAVE SOME LEARNING CURVE AND A FEW COMPLAINTS. 
          WHAT WE LOOKED AT WITH THE RESULTS OF THOSE COMPLAINTS WAS THAT IT WAS PEOPLE WHO HAD A
CASH PREFERENCE, NOT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY REPORT OR CONCERN OF ANYONE WHO DID NOT HAVE AN ABILITY TO HAVE A
CREDIT CARD. ANOTHER WAY TO AS WE WORK TOWARDS OUR MORE COMPREHENSIVE FEE COLLECTION PLAN OVER THE NEXT YEAR WE'LL ALSO BE PULLING IN WHAT THE FOUNDATION DOES IN TERMS OF THEIR
OUTREACH PASSES AND MAKING SURE THOSE ARE GETTING DISTRIBUTED. SO THAT'S THE FOUNDATION HAS HAD A PRACTICE OF GIVING OUT FREE ANNUAL
PASSES TO CERTAIN GROUPS. 
          AND SO THERE MAY BE WAYS TO CONTINUE TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO PARK ACCESS,
BUT SO FAR WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY EVIDENCE THAT THIS PROGRAM OF HAVING A CREDIT CARD ONLY IMPLEMENTED ANY NEW BARRIERS. 
          AND ALSO FOR THE TWO LOCATIONS, IT HAS SAVED TIME FROM OUR PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF,
WHO ARE THE ONES THAT HAD BEEN GOING TO PICK UP CASH AT THOSE LOCATIONS. 
          AND SO IT REALLY MEETS OUR EFFICIENCY GOAL IN TERMS OF GETTING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF
DOING WHAT THEIR CORE BUSINESS IS, NOT DRIVING AROUND, PICKING UP CASH AND DRIVING IT TO THE BANK. 
          GREAT. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, SORRY, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          I WAS DEBATING WHETHER TO ASK IT, BUT I WILL. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND ON THIS SLIDE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE FISHING
PERMITS ONLINE OR AND I WASN'T SURE. 
          SO THIS ONE, THE FOUNDATION ONE. IS THAT A SIGN THAT'S OUT THERE,
OR IS THAT A SCREENSHOT OR WHAT IS THAT EXACTLY? YEAH. SO THIS IS A SIGN THAT WE DEVELOPED FOR OR WE MEANING PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHICS GROUP HAS DEVELOPED FOR THE CROWN BEACH OTIS FEE MACHINE. SO THIS IS ONE THAT'S DONE,
AND I BELIEVE IT'S UP NOW. 
          AND SO THE IDEA IS THAT THAT'S A CASHLESS LOCATION. 
          THERE'S A FEE MACHINE THERE, AND PEOPLE CAN PAY AT THE MACHINE FOR THEIR PARKING,
OR THEY COULD JOIN AND HAVE AN ANNUAL PASS. AND I THINK WE'VE EVEN UPDATED THE WORDS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY. I
THINK IT SAYS PARK ALL YEAR LONG OR SOMETHING. 
          THEY CAME UP WITH ANOTHER. THERE'S EVEN A DIFFERENT SLOGAN THAT'S A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED
TOWARDS THE FACT THAT IT'S LIKE FREE PARKING. 
          THAT HELPS. YEAH. THIS. YEAH. I MEAN, YEAH. 
          THIS SIGN IS SPECIFIC TO ELIMINATING FEE COLLECTION IN THE VISITOR CENTERS BECAUSE THE
VISITOR CENTERS, THE ONLY THING THEY'RE REALLY SELLING HAS BEEN THE MEMBERSHIPS AND THE OHLONE WILDERNESS
PERMITS. 
          AND SO THAT REQUIRES US TO DEPLOY A WHOLE BUNCH OF EQUIPMENT JUST FOR TWO THINGS THAT
PEOPLE CAN PURCHASE THEMSELVES. 
          SO THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY THE VISITOR CENTER SIGN,
SO THAT STAFF DON'T HAVE TO TAKE SOMEONE'S CARD AND RUN IT AND DO ALL THAT. 
          PEOPLE CAN DO THAT THEMSELVES. AND THERE IS A SIMILAR SIGN FOR THE OTIS CROWN BEACH LOT
THAT IS IS MORE GEARED TOWARDS PARKING. 
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AND THEN THE ONE THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON FOR FISHING WILL ALSO HAVE SPECIFIC LIKE ANNUAL
FISHING LANGUAGE. 
          SO THAT WAS A GOOD, GOOD QUESTION. THANKS. OKAY. 
          SO BEFORE I'M DONE STEALING NOAH'S THUNDER, I THINK I HAVE JUST ONE MORE SLIDE TO SAY AS
CONTEXT. 
          WHICH IS THAT FOR THIS YEAR'S WE AS SINCE 2023,
WHEN WE DID THE FEE COMPREHENSIVE FEE STUDY FOR THE PARK DISTRICT, WE REALLY STREAMLINED DOWN OUR OUR FEE SCHEDULE DOCUMENT TO BE FEE AND DOLLAR AMOUNT,
AND THAT WAS RECOMMENDED AS A BEST PRACTICE. 
          JUST SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON THE NAME OF THE FEE AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          IN THE PAST, WE HAD HAD KIND OF A MORE VERBOSE VERSION THAT HAD DIFFERENT CAVEATS AND
INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND. 
          AND THAT WAS ALL REALLY IMPORTANT. AND, MOST OF THAT IS NOW LIVING ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO PAY A CERTAIN FEE, LIKE A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT,
YOU CAN GO ON THE WEBSITE AND LEARN ALL ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU'LL HAVE TO PAY AND ALL THAT. 
          AND ONE THING WE FOUND THAT WAS KIND OF MISSING FROM OUR MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS WAS SOME
OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ANNUAL FREE DAYS AND WHAT OUR FEE WAIVER REDUCTION
PROCESS IS, AND ALSO THAT WE RECIPROCALLY ACCEPT THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS DISTINGUISHED VETERANS
PASS AS PART OF OUR ACCESS PROGRAM. 
          SO THIS IS A NEW DOCUMENT THAT'S IT'S NEW AND IT'S NOT NEW. 
          IT'S NEW IN WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT. IT'S NEW AS AN ATTACHMENT. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S REALLY REFLECTING WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING,
AND WE'RE JUST ADDING IT BACK IN BECAUSE WE GOT A LITTLE TOO CONCISE IN OUR LAST TWO YEARS VERSION. SO THAT'S ALL THAT IS. 
          AND WHEN WE GET TO IT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR WE'LL HAVE NOAH HERE. 
          SO ANYTHING ON FEE COLLECTION OR ANY OF THE ITEMS I JUST BROUGHT UP. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO NOAH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, TIFFANY. ALL RIGHT. 
          HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PACKET MIGHT HAVE PRINTED WITH. 
          BEFORE I CONTINUE, THE PACKET MIGHT HAVE PRINTED WITH A SMALLER VERSION OF THE RECOMMENDED
FEE SCHEDULE CHANGES. 
          SO I DO HAVE A HARD COPY HERE IF ANYBODY NEEDS THAT. 
          FOR A FULL ONE. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THE TYPO AT THE HEADER OF THAT. 
          THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2026 FEE SCHEDULE CHANGES,
NOT FOR THE YEAR 20,265. 
          I HOPE TO BE RETIRED BY THEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'LL START OFF WITH THE RECOMMENDATION HERE. 
          I'LL READ THIS AGAIN AT THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. 
          BUT PARK DISTRICT STAFF IS THE RECOMMENDATION WE'RE SEEKING. PARK DISTRICT STAFF RECOMMEND
THAT THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          THE 2026 FEE SCHEDULE, CHANGES TO THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2026. AND BEFORE WE REVIEW THE PROPOSED CHANGES,
HERE'S A LITTLE BACKGROUND AND PLEASE STOP ME AT ANY POINT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          ALL RIGHT. THE FEE SCHEDULE PROVIDES INFORMATION ON FEES CHARGED TO THE PUBLIC OR
OCCASIONALLY TO OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES. 
          IT INCLUDES ADMINISTRATIVE FEES SUCH AS ENCROACHMENT PERMITS,
PARK USE FEES SPECIFIC TO EACH PARK, OR THAT APPLY DISTRICT WIDE, AND CONCESSION FEES FOR A VARIETY OF CONCESSIONS OPERATED
THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT. 
          PARK DISTRICT STAFF AND CONCESSIONAIRES MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FEE CHANGES BASED ON A
VARIETY OF FACTORS, INCLUDING DEMAND, OPERATING COSTS, MARKET AND MARKET COMPARISONS OF SIMILAR SERVICES OR
FACILITIES OPERATED BY OTHER AGENCIES OR BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. 
          THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE PROPOSED FEE CHANGES ANNUALLY IN THE FALL
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, AND RECOMMENDS THE UPDATED FEE SCHEDULE TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR APPROVAL. AS MENTIONED BEFORE,
CHANGES APPROVED BY THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST. 
          AND TO BE CLEAR, ALL OTHER FEES NOT LISTED IN THE ATTACHMENT TO THE STAFF REPORT WOULD
REMAIN UNCHANGED. 
          FOR THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REVIEW THIS YEAR,
THERE ARE PROPOSED CHANGES TO ONE CATEGORY OF ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, ONE CATEGORY OF MISCELLANEOUS FEES. SEVEN CATEGORIES OF PARK USE FEES AND 15 CONCESSION
FEE CHANGE PROPOSALS FROM CONCESSIONAIRES. WE WILL START WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE CHANGE PROPOSAL. 
          OPERATIONS RECOMMENDS REMOVING THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEASE APPLICATION FEES TO REFLECT
CURRENT PRACTICE. 
          THE PROCESS FOR RECEIVING INTEREST IN A NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEASE OR RENEWAL OF AN
EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEASE DOES NOT CURRENTLY INCLUDE AN APPLICATION. 
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LEASE FEES ARE AUTHORIZED SEPARATELY BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHEN THE LEASE IS APPROVED. 
          WE DO HAVE A FORM FOR EXPRESSING INTEREST IN A NEW OR RENEWED NEW TELECOMMUNICATION SITE,
BUT IT IS NOT A FULL BLOWN APPLICATION AS IS IMPLIED HERE. NEXT UP IS THE MISCELLANEOUS FEE CHANGE PROPOSAL. 
          OPERATIONS RECOMMENDS ADDING THE OPTION FOR A SECOND PLAQUE TO BE ATTACHED TO A MEMORIAL
BENCH, WITH A MAXIMUM OF TWO PLAQUES PER BENCH. THE SECOND PLAQUE OPTION WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN
THE INITIAL BENCH SPONSOR REQUEST, OR ADDED LATER BY REQUEST FROM AN EXISTING BENCH SPONSOR. 
          SPONSOR A SECOND PLAQUE ADDED LATER WOULD NOT INCREASE THE TERM OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND TO BE TEN YEARS. OPERATIONS ALSO RECOMMENDS ADDING A FEE FOR ADDITIONAL
PROOFS FROM THE PLAQUE VENDOR BEYOND THE TWO VENDOR PROOFS INCLUDED IN THE PLAQUE FEE, JUST IN CASE THEY WANT TO SEE MORE OR HAVE CHANGES. 
          ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'LL LOOK AT THE PROPOSALS FOR PARK USE FEES. 
          THE PROPOSALS IN THIS SECTION ARE IN LINE WITH THE FEE STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE
GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT TIFFANY REVIEWED JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. 
          FIRST UP, STAFF IS PROPOSING A UNIFORM FEE FOR STANDARD DAY USE VEHICLE TRAILER PARKING. 
          VEHICLE PARKING WAS STANDARDIZED AT $5 PER VEHICLE FOR THIS YEAR THROUGH THIS PROCESS LAST
YEAR. 
          SO THIS CHANGE WILL EFFECTIVELY MAKE REGULAR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE TRAILER PARKING THE SAME
DISTRICT WIDE. 
          ALMOST ALL LOCATIONS CURRENTLY CHARGE $4 PER TRAILER FOR TRAILER PARKING,
WHILE ONLY TWO LOCATIONS CHARGE $3. 
          THOSE ARE BRIONES AND POINT PINOLE. STAFF IS ALSO PROPOSING CHANGES TO THE NAMES FOR BOTH
THE BOAT INSPECTION AND BOAT LAUNCHING FEES, AS WELL AS AN INCREASE TO THE BOAT INSPECTION FEES. 
          THE NAME CHANGES WILL HOPEFULLY REDUCE VISITOR AND STAFF CONFUSION WHILE ALIGNING THE PARK
DISTRICT WITH THESE TYPES OF FEES AT OTHER AGENCIES. 
          THE INCREASE TO BOAT INSPECTION FEES IS INTENDED TO IMPROVE COST RECOVERY. 
          FOR BOTH THE ARDENWOOD HISTORIC FARMS ENTRANCE FEE AND THE BLACK DIAMOND MINES MINING
MUSEUM STAFF IS PROPOSING A STANDARD EXEMPTION FOR IN DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALIFYING FOR 50% OR MORE FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH. 
          SO THIS WOULD JUST AUTOMATICALLY APPLY. THEY'D STILL HAVE TO OF COURSE,
EXPRESS INTEREST AND WE'D CHECK ON THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE AUTOMATIC. OKAY. STAFF PROPOSES ELIMINATING THE OHLONE WILDERNESS REGIONAL
TRAIL PERMIT. 
          THE PERMIT HAS NOT BEEN ENFORCED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND IS NO LONGER SERVING THE
FUNCTIONS ORIGINALLY INTENDED, WHICH NOW HAVE OTHER METHODS, AND THE COST TO ADMINISTER THE PERMIT IS GREATER THAN THE
FEES COLLECTED. 
          COULD I ASK ABOUT THE PROCESS CHANGING? BECAUSE IN THE PAST I'VE GOTTEN THIS PERMIT AND
YOU GIVE A MAP, AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO CERTAIN SECTIONS,
YOU SIGN IN AND YOU SIGN OUT. 
          SO THEN HOW BESIDES THAT KIND OF SIGN IN AND SIGN OUT LIST,
ARE YOU TRACKING PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING INTO THE WILDERNESS? BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT GO IN FOR A LONGER RUN,
OR YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY BE BACKPACKING THE WHOLE TRAIL. 
          SO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT SIGN IN AND SIGN OUT LIST IS THE PRIMARY WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE
TRACKED USING. 
          OKAY. USING THE TRAIL. AND THEN JUST AS FAR AS LIKE,
OH, AND I'M SORRY. 
          THE MAP. THE MAP IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. AND SO WE DO HAVE A PROCESS THAT PEOPLE CAN ACQUIRE
CAN ACQUIRE THE MAP EITHER HARDCOPY. 
          CERTAINLY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THEM IN PERSON HERE JUST LIKE WE HAVE OTHER BROCHURES,
BUT YEAH. 
          AND THEN AS FAR AS IT NOT BEING ENFORCED WHY WASN'T IT BEING ENFORCED,
LIKE. 
          SURE. PLEASE. YEAH. THANK YOU. I CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND. 
          SO AS WE STARTED TO DISCUSS THIS, THIS WAS A FEE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN OUR FEES STUDY OF
2023 WAS COSTING US MORE TO COLLECT THAN TO ADMINISTER. AND IT WAS ALSO CREATING A BARRIER FOR PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO GO BACKPACKING
AT LATE NOTICE. 
          THEY COULD MAKE A BACKPACK RESERVATION ONLINE,
BUT WE NEEDED TO MAIL THEM THIS PERMIT. 
          AND SO WE LEARNED THAT IT HAD ORIGINATED IN MAYBE AROUND THE 70S THROUGH OUR LAND USE
AGREEMENT WITH SAN FRANCISCO PUC OR SAN FRANCISCO WATER. THEY HAD REQUIRED US TO HAVE THIS PERMIT. 
          AND OVER THE YEARS IT HAD JUST SORT OF FIZZLED OUT A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND IN OUR NEW AGREEMENT WITH SFPUC, THEY DON'T REQUIRE IT. 
          AND SO OUR STANDARD FOR PARK MAPS IS THAT THEY'RE A FREE RESOURCE FOR EVERYONE,
EVERY OTHER SINGLE PLACE YOU CAN 
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GO, YOU CAN GET A FREE PARK MAP. SO IN TALKING TO STAFF,
WE WANT THIS MAP TO BE FREE LIKE ALL THE OTHERS AND AVAILABLE. 
          WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO TO GET IT AVAILABLE ONLINE. 
          SO PENDING THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION WE WILL WORK WITH EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND REALLY
MIGRATE THE CURRENT MAP TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE ONLINE. IT WAS KIND OF MORE HIDDEN BECAUSE OF THIS PERMIT WAS
KIND OF LIKE A MORE PAY TO PLAY SITUATION. 
          SO THAT'S WHY. AND THEN AS TO WHY IT WASN'T REALLY ENFORCED,
I THINK IT HAD JUST FALLEN OFF IN TERMS OF PRIORITY. 
          WHEN WE MET WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, THEY WEREN'T REALLY EVEN AWARE OF THE PERMIT PROGRAM. 
          SO AGAIN, IN SOME WAYS IT'S A POSITIVE SHOWING THAT WE DON'T REALLY WE DIDN'T HAVE A CLEAR
GOAL FOR WHY WE REALLY WERE REQUIRING A PERMIT FOR THIS PARK AND NOT FOR OTHERS, AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY INCREASE IN YOU KNOW,
CONCERN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BY NOT HAVING IT. SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A WAY TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE WILDERNESS
AREA, AND I HOPE THIS IS ONE THAT YOU DO PUBLICIZE THE CHANGE,
AS I MIGHT HAVE HAD MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THIS IS A PERMIT THAT EITHER A FRIEND OR A GROUP WOULD GET US IF WE WERE RUNNING,
OR FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS, OR IF FRIENDS WERE BACKPACKING. SO IN THAT PARTICULAR USER GROUP THEY WOULD BE VERY HAPPY
ABOUT THIS CHANGE. 
          AND THEN JUST AS FAR AS HOW YOU'RE STREAMLINING IN POLICY WITH YOU KNOW THE SAN FRANCISCO
PUC AND EVERYTHING THOSE ARE ALL GREAT THINGS. AND THEN JUST AS FAR AS NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR THAT PARTICULAR
MAP, WHICH WAS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A PAY TO PLAY MAP. 
          SO THAT'S ALL GREAT. BUT I THINK AS FAR AS ALSO SHARING IT WITH THOSE USER COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE USED TO ACCESSING IT IN A CERTAIN WAY WOULD BE GREAT. GREAT. I AGREE, AND IF IT IS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE AND APPROVED BY THE
FULL BOARD, THIS IS ONE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TO DO SOME SOCIAL MEDIA
BLASTS. 
          WE'LL UPDATE OUR WEBSITE. I THINK IT'S REALLY WORTH I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S WORTH CELEBRATING AS WELL. 
          AND ACTUALLY, TO THAT POINT, DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE PEOPLE WHO'VE GOTTEN THAT PERMIT IN
THE PAST BECAUSE YOU COULD JUST BLAST OUT AN EMAIL TO ALL OF THEM WHO'VE USED IT IN THE PAST AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS A CHANGE IN ADDITION TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND
OTHER THINGS, IF THAT'S INFORMATION THAT'S READILY AVAILABLE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. THE OTHER THING I WAS WONDERING IS SO I'M GLAD IT'S GOING TO BE ONLINE AND NOT
HIDDEN IN TERMS OF THE MAP. 
          SOMETIMES, AND I ASSUME THIS IS THE CASE WITH OHLONE THAT THE WI-FI IS NOT ALWAYS THAT
GOOD OUT THERE. 
          SO. SO YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A PRINTER AT HOME OR CAN THEY STILL GET A PHYSICAL
ONE, LIKE IF THEY CALLED, WOULD YOU STILL MAIL IT TO THEM? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO, WE WILL, AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS CHANGE,
OUR PLAN WOULD BE THEN TO MAKE THE MAPS AVAILABLE IN THE MAP BOXES ON SITE,
JUST LIKE ANY OTHER. 
          AT OHLONE? AT OHLONE. YEAH. 
          THERE ISN'T A WAY TO BUY THE PERMIT WHEN YOU'RE THERE. 
          SO IT'S REALLY A BUMMER. SO NOW PEOPLE CAN SHOW UP. 
          THERE'LL BE A TRAIL MAP AVAILABLE THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE,
JUST LIKE IT IS IN OUR BROCHURE BOXES. 
          THEY CAN ALSO THEN GET IT AT USUALLY THESE KINDS OF MAPS ARE ALSO STOCKED AT LIKE THE
COYOTE HILLS VISITOR CENTER OR SUNOL VISITOR CENTER. 
          SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO JUST TREAT IT MORE LIKE A USUAL PARK MAP AND DISTRIBUTE IT MORE
BROADLY AND HAVE IT ONLINE AND WHATEVER OTHER METHODS WE DO. SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP,
BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE BOTH THE NATURALISTS AND PARK OPERATIONS AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TO DO MORE OF AN IMPLEMENTATION ONCE IF WE GET THE
APPROVAL. 
          THANK YOU. GREAT. THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
TIFFANY. 
          OKAY. MOVING ON. I'M SORRY FOR BACKPACK CAMPING RESERVATIONS. 
          STAFF PROPOSES CHANGING FROM A PER PERSON PER NIGHT MODEL BASED ON AGE TO A FLAT PER NIGHT
FOR THE SITE MODEL. 
          THIS CHANGE WOULD BETTER ALIGN THE DISTRICT WITH OTHER SIMILAR AGENCIES,
AS WELL AS SIMPLIFY AND STREAMLINE THE RESERVATION PROCESS FOR BOTH BACKPACKERS AND STAFF. 
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SORRY, THIS IS ONE I WASN'T CLEAR ON. WHEN YOU MEANT PER NIGHT. 
          DO YOU MEAN PER NIGHT FOR A GROUP AS FAR AS? CORRECT. 
          SO. I'M SORRY. SO, LIKE, IF A GROUP RENTS A CAMPSITE AND LET'S SAY THERE'S FOUR
BACKPACKERS. 
          SO NOW THE COST IS YOU'RE JUST PAYING FOR THE CAMPSITE. 
          EXACTLY. SO IT'S BECAUSE YEAH, BECAUSE A PER NIGHT. 
          OKAY. YEAH. SIMILAR TO OUR OTHER. OUR OTHER CAMPSITE. 
          AGENCIES. YEAH. AND OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL. YEAH. IT'S REALLY,
IT'S FOR THE SITE AND THE SITES HAVE VARIOUS OCCUPANCY LIMITS AND THAT SORT OF THING, BUT AND THERE'S NO GRADATION JUST AS FAR AS IF IT'S A LARGER BACKPACKING SITE OR SO,
BUT JUST ALL OF THEM, NO MATTER KIND OF WHAT THE CAPACITY IS? CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. AND THEN THE CHANGE FROM TO 200%,
LIKE WILL THERE DO YOU PROJECT THAT THERE WILL BE A LOSS AT ALL OR JUST AS FAR AS IS THE NORMAL OCCUPANCY,
AROUND 2 TO 3 FOR A SITE. 
          YEAH. CORRECT. THERE'S WAS JUST BASED ON TRYING TO GUESS ON A TWO PERSON ASSESSMENT HERE. 
          ACTUALLY, I GUESS THIS WOULD BE. YES. AN AVERAGE OF A TWO WAS A ONE AND A HALF. 
          SO YEAH, THIS IS JUST AN ATTEMPT TO TRY AND SHOW A SHIFT. 
          EVEN THOUGH THE UNITS ARE CHANGING. THAT'S WHERE THE 2% COMES FROM. 
          SO JUST TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE IT SAYS PROPOSED CHANGE,
$15 PER PERSON PER NIGHT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY $15 PER SITE. 
          CORRECT. IT'S JUST PER NIGHT. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. AT THE DISTRICT'S FACILITY,
RENTALS STAFF IS PROPOSING AN INCREASE TO THE NON CATERED OPTIONS SURCHARGE. 
          IF RESERVATIONS END BY 7 P.M. TO IMPROVE COST RECOVERY. 
          APPROVED CATERERS HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE DISTRICT THAT ALLOW THEM TO CLOSE DOWN THESE
RENTAL SITES AT THE END OF THE EVENT, AND A NON CATERED EVENT REQUIRES DISTRICT STAFF TO CLOSE DOWN INSTEAD. 
          SO WE HAVE CATERERS, APPROVED CATERERS THAT WOULD DO THIS WORK. BUT SINCE SOME PLACES DO
NOT WANT TO HAVE THAT CATERING SERVICE, WE HAVE TO HAVE STAFF COME IN AND PERFORM THAT JOB. 
          SO THIS IS AN INCREASE TO THAT FEE. ALSO STAFF IS ALSO PROPOSING TO REMOVE THE NON CATERED
OPTION SURCHARGE. 
          THIS IS IF RESERVATION ENDS AFTER 7 P.M. NOT BEFORE 7 P.M. 
          THE ONE I JUST MENTIONED. AND THIS IS ONLY AT THE BRAZILIAN ROOM IN TILDEN. 
          THIS OPTION WAS ACTUALLY DISCONTINUED IN 2022,
BUT WAS NOT REMOVED FROM THE FEE SCHEDULE. 
          AND IN LINE WITH THAT, STAFF ALSO PROPOSES REMOVING THE SPECIAL DAY RATE FOR EXTRA HOURS
THAT OPTION FOR CONSISTENCY ACROSS RESERVABLE FACILITIES. 
          NO OTHER LOCATIONS HAVE THIS OPTION. I REALIZE THIS TABLE IS A LITTLE CONFUSING,
BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST MAKING ALL OF THE RESERVABLE FACILITIES LOCATIONS MATCH. TILDEN WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT UNTIL 2022,
HAD AN AFTER 7 P.M. 
          OPTION. WE DON'T WANT TO. WE NO LONGER OFFER THAT. 
          SO WE'D LIKE TO ELIMINATE THAT. AND THEN THE NON CATERED OPTION BEFORE 7 P.M. 
          IS JUST MOVED UP ON THIS TABLE. THAT'S IT'S JUST CHANGING ITS PLACE. 
          IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING BUT PRIMARILY IT'S AN INCREASE IN THE SURCHARGE. 
          AND FOR THIS I UNDERSTAND THE COST RECOVERY. BUT ARE THERE ANY EQUITY ISSUES FOR DIFFERENT
LIKE LET'S SAY NONPROFITS OR COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT ARE, ARE RENTING THESE FACILITIES? YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT OUR FACILITIES ARE FLAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT SORT OF CONSIDERATION FOR DISCOUNTS OR REDUCTIONS. 
          OKAY. YEAH. SO I THINK YEAH, THEY CAN BE REQUESTED. 
          WE'RE TAG TEAMING HERE. ONE OF THE REASONS STAFF WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD AS AN ITEM
NOW IS BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THE BOARD APPROVE AND EXPAND OUR APPROVED CATERER LIST EARLIER THIS YEAR,
AND WE HAD HAD A FAIRLY SLIM LIST BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE'D CREATED IT, IT WAS RIGHT COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC,
WHEN THERE WAS STILL A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS, CATERER AS A BUSINESS WERE REALLY SUFFERING. AND SO WE HAD A VERY PARED DOWN LIST,
AND WE HAD ESPECIALLY STRUGGLED TO FIND CATERERS THAT HAD AFFORDABLE OPTIONS. SO THIS IS NOW THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO A LITTLE SUPPLEMENTAL RFP. 
          THE GOAL OF OUR LAST CATERER RFP, THAT WE HAD BROUGHT TO THE COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS YEAR
WAS TO EXPAND OUR BUDGET OPTIONS. 
          WE NOW HAVE MORE OPTIONS. WE NOW HAVE MORE BUDGET OPTIONS. 
          SO THEN THIS IS KIND OF THE LITTLE BIT OF THE PART TWO,
WHICH IS TO SAY, LIKE IF YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT CATERED OPTION 
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WE WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE RECOGNITION OF ALL THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO GO INTO
THAT. 
          SO WE HOPE THAT BY DOING THIS IN TANDEM WITH EXPANDING OUR LIST,
WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY FOR NONPROFIT GROUPS WHO ARE DOING EVENTS. 
          EVEN AT $300, THAT'S A GREAT ROOM RATE. SO IT'S A GREAT DEAL. 
          AND WE ALSO ONE OF OUR GOALS WITH IT IS TO HELP PEOPLE BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE
TAKING ON BY CHOOSING THE NON CATERED OPTION. SO WHEN YOU CHOOSE THE NON CATERED OPTION YOU'RE TAKING
THAT ROLE OF THE SITE REPRESENTATIVE. 
          BECAUSE AS WE'VE SHARED WITH OUR CATERING PROGRAM THE CATERERS ARE THE SITE
REPRESENTATIVE. 
          AND SO SOMETIMES IF WHAT WE'VE BEEN FINDING IF THE PRICE IS A LITTLE TOO LOW,
PEOPLE JUST WANT TO GO FOR IT AND THEN THEY ARE A LITTLE SURPRISED OR EXPRESSED TO US AFTERWARD THAT THEY ACTUALLY WISH THEY HAD GOTTEN A CATERER
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO ALL THIS DIFFERENT CLEANUP. 
          SO AT $300, WE STILL THINK IT'S A VALUE. AND HOPEFULLY IT MIGHT JUST HELP PEOPLE LIKE
REALLY BALANCE THAT DECISION. 
          AND IF THEY WANT TO CATER WITH SOME EXTRA SERVICE,
WE HAVE GREAT OPTIONS. 
          SO IF YOU DO HAVE SO IF YOU HAVE A NON CATERED EVENT YOU WOULD BE PAYING MORE AND YOU MUST
BE OUT BY 7 P.M.. 
          I GUESS IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALREADY HAVE TO BE OUT BY 7 P.M.,
CORRECT? OKAY. AND IF YOU HAVE A CATERED EVENT YOU CAN GO PAST 7 P.M. 
          OR DO YOU STILL. THAT'S CORRECT. SO AND THAT'S BECAUSE DURING THE DAYTIME UP UNTIL 7 P.M., WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE OUR STAFF OPEN AND CLOSE AND PROVIDE SOME KIND OF BARE
BONES SUPPORT BECAUSE THAT'S OUR STRUCTURE. 
          AND THEN AFTER 7:00 PM, ALL OUR STAFF GO HOME AND IT'S 100% THE CATERERS. 
          SO AT THE BRAZILIAN ROOM, WE USUALLY HAVE EVENTS GOING TO MIDNIGHT. 
          BUT STAFF, WE DO NOT HAVE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT STAFF WORKING UNTIL THAT TIME. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD. 
          OKAY. OKAY. BOY, SORRY FOR THE SMALL TYPE HERE,
BUT THE PROPOSAL IS TO REMOVE ALL OF THIS. 
          SO STAFF IS PROPOSING TO REMOVE THE CONFERENCE ROOM NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO OPTIONS FROM
THE RICHARD TRUDEAU TRAINING CENTER. 
          THESE CONFERENCE ROOMS ARE CURRENTLY BEING USED AS TEMPORARY DISTRICT OFFICE SPACE. SO
WE'LL LOOK AT POTENTIALLY BRINGING THOSE BACK, IF AND WHEN THAT'S NO LONGER NEEDED. SO THIS IS THE LAST ONE I HAVE THE QUESTION ON MY SO
I WON'T HAVE ANY. SO FOR THIS SLIDE. YEAH. IS THAT CENTER AVAILABLE ANYMORE? THE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MAIN ROOM IS STILL AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. BUT THIS IS REMOVING THERE'S SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAYOUT.
THERE'S A LARGE SORT OF CENTRAL ROOM AND THEN THERE'S TWO SMALLER CONFERENCE ROOMS JUST OFF THE SIDE OF THAT. SO THOSE TWO ARE NOW USED AS TEMPORARY DISTRICT OFFICES. 
          SO THE MAIN AREA IS STILL RESERVABLE. BUT THIS ELIMINATES EITHER INDIVIDUALLY THOSE
CONFERENCE ROOMS AS A RENTAL OR TOGETHER. 
          OKAY. YES I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING. 
          SO WAS THERE. SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE MAIN BUILDING IS LISTED SOMEPLACE ELSE IN THE
FEES? CORRECT. I DIDN'T LIST IT HERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO PROPOSED CHANGES IN IT. OKAY. 
          TYPE EVEN SMALLER. BUT BUT YES THERE IS AND I IF YOU WANT INFORMATION ON THAT I HAVE THE
FULL [INAUDIBLE]. 
          OH NO NO I JUST, I THAT WAS JUST KIND OF MY QUESTION WAS,
WAS IT JUST KIND OF PART OF THE CENTER OR. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. IT'S JUST THE TWO SMALLER CONFERENCE ROOMS. NOT NOT THE MAIN ONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OUR FINAL SECTION TODAY LOOKS AT THE 15 CONCESSION FEE CHANGE PROPOSALS GROUPED TOGETHER BY TYPE. 
          WHEN GIVING REASONS FOR PROPOSING FEE INCREASES,
CONCESSIONAIRES CITED THE RISE IN THE COST OF LABOR, INSURANCE, GOODS AND SUPPLIES, FUEL AND OTHER SERVICES. 
          SEVERAL CONCESSIONAIRES CITED CHALLENGES REGARDING THE UNCERTAINTY RELATED TO TARIFFS,
AND HAVE NOTED THAT THEY'RE ALREADY SEEING SIGNIFICANT PRICE INCREASES. I ALSO WANT TO REMIND THE COMMITTEE THAT WHILE CONCESSION AGREEMENTS REQUIRE THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF
THE PARK DISTRICT BEFORE INCREASING FEES OR INSTITUTING ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICES OR CHARGES, THE AGREEMENTS FURTHER STATE THAT, QUOTE,
CONSENT SHALL NOT BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD. 
          END QUOTE. AND THAT THE PARK DISTRICT QUOTE AGREES TO APPROVE ANY PRICE CHANGES THAT ARE
BELOW IMMEDIATE COMPETITIVE PRICES. 
          END QUOTE. ALL OF THE FEE CHANGE PROPOSALS ARE REASONABLE RELATIVE TO THE MARKET OF
COMPARISON PROVIDERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN CONSIDERING THAT THESE COMPARISONS ARE LAGGING. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, PROPOSED 2026 FEES ARE COMPARED WITH CURRENT 2025 MARKET FEES. 
          COMPARISON PROVIDERS. THE COMPARISON PROVIDERS FEES MAY BE,
AND VERY OFTEN ARE, SIMILARLY INCREASED AS WELL. 
          NEXT YEAR I WILL BRIEFLY MENTION THE BASICS OF EACH PROPOSAL,
BUT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AGAIN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS I GO THROUGH THEM. 
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BEFORE YOU JUMP IN. SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR. SO THESE PROPOSALS CAME FROM THE CONCESSIONAIRES
AND THEN AND ARE ALREADY APPROVED BY STAFF AND ARE BEING RECOMMENDED. THEY'VE BEEN REVIEWED BY STAFF. 
          AND NOT APPROVED, I SHOULD SAY. THEY'RE RECOMMENDED TO US BY YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF IT? THAT'S CORRECT, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I WILL PHRASE THEM AS THE CONCESSIONAIRE PROPOSES
THEM BUT MY REVIEW OF LOOKING AT THE MARKET AND TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY SIT IN THE COMPARISONS ARE PART OF THAT. GOTCHA. OKAY. SO WE DO SUPPORT THESE. 
          WE DO SUPPORT THESE. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. WE START WITH THE AMUSEMENT RIDES GROUP AND THE
REDWOOD VALLEY RAILWAY ALSO KNOWN AS THE STEAM TRAINS IN TILDEN REGIONAL PARK. 
          THE PROPOSAL INCREASES BOTH THE ONE RIDE TICKET PRICE AND THE FIVE RIDE FAMILY TICKET
PRICE. 
          ASSUMING FEE CHANGE APPROVAL, REDWOOD VALLEY RAILWAY AT TILDEN WOULD BE AMONG THE LOW TO
MIDDLE RANGE OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR MINIATURE TRAIN RIDES, AND I SHOULD MAKE A NOTE HERE BEFORE I CONTINUE. 
          I DO MY BEST EVERY TIME TO COMPARE AS CLOSE AS I CAN APPLES TO APPLES,
BUT IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE. 
          THERE ARE NOT, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE NOT THAT MANY STEAM TRAINS OR MINIATURE TRAINS AVAILABLE
TO DO COMPARISONS WITH. 
          SO I DO MY BEST. BUT WHEN I SAY WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE COMPARISONS,
IT'S A CHALLENGE. 
          ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS CAMP ARROYO. I SHOULD NOTE HERE THAT IF A CONCESSION REGULARLY
ACCEPTS RESERVATIONS OR CONTRACTS MANY MONTHS IN ADVANCE, THE PARK DISTRICT ALLOWS THEM TO PROPOSE FEE CHANGES FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR. 
          IF THEY DO NOT PROPOSE SUCH CHANGES FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR,
THEY MUST MAINTAIN THE CURRENT BOARD APPROVED FEES UNTIL ANY NEW PROPOSED FEES ARE APPROVED THROUGH THE REGULAR ANNUAL PROCESS,
AND THEN WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY. 
          SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE HERE THIS FIRST ONE IS FOR 2027. 
          CAMP ARROYO CONCESSIONAIRES PROPOSE AN INCREASE TO THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
FEES FOR 2027. 
          THE CURRENT FEES AND CHANGE PERCENTAGES IN THIS CHART ARE BASED ON THE FEES FOR 2026 THAT
WERE ALREADY APPROVED, SO THEY HAVE ALREADY APPROVED 2026 FEES. APPROVED THROUGH THE BOARD THROUGH LAST YEAR'S
ANNUAL PROCESS. 
          AS I MENTIONED, JUST JUST A SECOND AGO, TO DO THAT ADDITIONAL YEAR IN ADVANCE. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, TO BE CLEAR, NO CHANGES ARE PROPOSED FOR OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
FEES FOR 2026. 
          FOR CONFERENCE RATES, THE CONCESSIONAIRE IS PROPOSING INCREASES TO BOTH THE ALREADY BOARD
APPROVED FEES FOR 2026. 
          SO THEY HAD BOARD APPROVED FEES FOR 2026, AND THEY WANT TO ADJUST THOSE A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND NEWLY PROPOSED FEES FOR 2027. THE CHANGE PERCENTAGES HERE FOR 2027,
IN THIS CHART ARE RELATIVE TO THE PROPOSED 2026 FEES. 
          SO THEY WOULD ASSUME THAT THOSE ARE APPROVED FOR THAT JUST FOR THAT PERCENTAGE CHANGE. 
          AND THEY ARE ALSO PROPOSING CHANGES TO THE DAYTIME USE FEES,
INCLUDING A DECREASE IN THE RENTAL FEE. 
          THESE TWO FEES HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE 2018 UNDER THE PREVIOUS CAMP OPERATOR. 
          ASSUMING FEE CHANGE APPROVAL, CAMP ARROYO WOULD BE AMONG THE LOWER COST RANGE OF OPTIONS
AVAILABLE FOR OVERNIGHT OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND AMONG THE MIDDLE COST RANGE OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF CONFERENCE RENTAL. 
          MY FAVORITE PICTURE I ALWAYS INCLUDE THIS IN EVERY PRESENTATION I CAN MUDPUPPY'S TUB AND
SCRUB CONCESSIONAIRE IS PROPOSING AN INCREASE TO THE BASIC WASH SERVICE. 
          THE PRICES VARY BY DOG SIZE AND THE ADDITIONAL WASH SERVICES. 
          THEY ARE ALSO PROPOSING AN INCREASE TO THE STANDALONE NAIL TRIM SERVICE. 
          MOST COMPARISON PROVIDERS ONLY OFFER A PACKAGE OF SERVICES BEYOND A BASIC WASH. 
          SO WHEN INCLUDING THOSE ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO CREATE A SIMILAR PACKAGE. 
          THE PROPOSED CHANGES WOULD PLACE MUDPUPPY'S TUB AND SCRUB IN THE MIDDLE. COST RANGE OF
OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR FULL SERVICE DOG WASH. 
          MOVING ON TO OUR EQUESTRIAN CONCESSIONS. FIRST UP IS THE ANTHONY CHABOT EQUESTRIAN CENTER, WHERE THE CONCESSIONAIRE IS PROPOSING INCREASES TO BOTH BOARDING FEES AND LESSON FEES,
ASSUMING FEE CHANGE APPROVAL. 
          THE ANTHONY CHABOT EQUESTRIAN CENTER WOULD BE AMONG THE LOWER TO MIDDLE COST RANGE OF
OPTIONS FOR BOTH BOARDING AND LESSONS. 
          THESE SAME CONCESSIONAIRE THAT OPERATED THAT OPERATE,
EXCUSE ME ANTHONY EQUESTRIAN CENTER ALSO OPERATES LAS TRAMPAS STABLES AND HAVE PROPOSED SIMILAR INCREASES TO BOTH BOARDING AND LESSON FEES THERE AS WELL. 
          AGAIN, ASSUMING THE FEE CHANGE APPROVAL, LAS TRAMPAS STABLES WOULD BE AMONG THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE COST RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR BOARDING AND LESSONS. 
          OUR NEXT TWO, THE SKYLINE RANCH EQUESTRIAN CENTER CONCESSIONAIRE,
IS ALSO PROPOSING INCREASES TO BOTH BOARDING AND LESSON FEES. 
          ASSUMING FEE CHANGE APPROVAL, SKYLINE RANCH WOULD ALSO BE AMONG THE LOWER TO MIDDLE COST
RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR BOARDING AND LESSONS. 
          AND THE SAME CONCESSION OPERATOR ALSO OPERATES PIEDMONT STABLES CONCESSION AND REINHARDT
REDWOOD REGIONAL PARK, 
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AND HAVE PROPOSED THE SAME INCREASES THERE AS WELL. 
          JUST TO NOTE THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE LARGE STALL AVAILABLE THERE AND IT'S BASICALLY
RESERVED FOR A SPECIFIC USE QUARANTINE, SOME MEDICAL USE, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. AND AGAIN,
ASSUMING FY CHANGE APPROVAL, PIEDMONT STABLES WOULD BE AMONG, EXCUSE ME, AMONG THE LOWER TO MIDDLE COST RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR BOARDING AND LESSONS. 
          ALL RIGHT. NOW OUR EVENT VENUES GROUP, WE HAVE ARDENWOOD HISTORIC FARM. 
          THERE IS NO LONGER A CONCESSIONAIRE MANAGING EVENTS AT ARDENWOOD. BALD EAGLES HAVE BEGAN
NESTING IN ARDENWOOD IN 2020, AND SEVERAL AVOIDANCE MEASURES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO MINIMIZE DISTURBANCES AND
ENCOURAGE THE BALD EAGLES TO RETURN EACH YEAR. 
          ENDING EVENTS IN THIS AREA IS PART OF THOSE AVOIDANCE MEASURES. 
          DISTRICT STAFF RECOMMENDING REMOVING THIS SECTION FROM THE FEE SCHEDULE. 
          NEXT UP IS THE RANCH AT LITTLE HILLS IN LAS TRAMPAS,
WHERE THE CONCESSIONAIRE IS PROPOSING DECREASES TO THE WEDDING VENUE, RENTAL FEES, AND INCREASES TO THE RANGES OF CATERING PACKAGES FOR BOTH WEDDING AND NON
WEDDING EVENTS. 
          CAN I ASK SOMETHING FOR SOME OF SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT CONCESSIONAIRES? PLEASE. IS A REDUCTION IN FEES BASED ON BASED ON GETTING MORE PEOPLE TO RENT CERTAIN VENUES? BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OTHER FEES THAT WILL BE COMING UP WHERE KIND OF
MAYBE THE UPPER FEE HAS INCREASED, BUT KIND OF THE LOWER FEE HAS DECREASED. SO OUT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT YOU MENTIONED,
WHAT ARE KIND OF MAYBE LIKE THE TOP THREE FACTORS WHY THOSE PRICES MIGHT BE DECREASING. 
          YEAH. I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD CITE THREE FACTORS. 
          RESPONSIVE. WE ALLOW THEM WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM SORT OF MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS THEY SEE
FIT, APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE GUIDELINES,
BUT APPROPRIATE TO THEIR BUSINESS. SO, YEAH, QUITE OFTEN. WELL, ACTUALLY NOT THAT OFTEN. 
          WE WILL SEE DECREASES WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO COME. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS IS THAT THEY WANT THE THEY WANT TO OPEN THIS UP TO MORE PEOPLE SO
THAT THE VENUE PRICE COMES DOWN AND THE CATERING PACKAGE EITHER MIGHT STAY AT THAT, THAT LOWER LEVEL AND HAVE A HIGHER UPPER END,
BUT BASICALLY THAT ALLOWS SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND HAVE A WEDDING, HAVE AN EVENT AT POTENTIALLY A LOWER COST IF THEY HAVE THAT LOWER VENUE,
THAT LOWER CATERING COST OVERALL. 
          SO YEAH, WE DO DEFINITELY SEE CONCESSIONAIRES ADJUST THEIR PRICES AND EVEN SOMETIMES THEIR
FORMAT TO INCREASE BUSINESS AND PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PEOPLE. 
          ONE LAST THING I'LL NOTE HERE IS THAT THE FEES WERE LAST UPDATED BACK IN 2018,
SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE HERE FOR THIS ONE. 
          OKAY, LOOKING AT GOLFING IN THE DISTRICT, THE SAME CONCESSIONAIRE MANAGES BOTH THE TILDEN
GOLF COURSE AND THE REDWOOD CANYON GOLF COURSE THAT IS PART OF LAKE CHABOT. 
          FOR 2025, THE CONCESSIONAIRE IMPLEMENTED A DYNAMIC PRICING MODEL,
WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO ADJUST PRICES IN REAL TIME BASED ON A RANGE OF FACTORS, INCLUDING TIME OF DAY, DAY OF THE WEEK, AND GOLFER DEMAND. 
          END QUOTE. THAT QUOTE IS FROM THE CONCESSIONAIRE. MANY OTHER GOLF COURSES HAVE SIMILAR
DYNAMIC PRICING MODELS. 
          FOR 2026, THE CONCESSIONAIRE IS PROPOSING BOTH AN INCREASE TO MOST BASELINE FEES AND A
CHANGE TO THE DYNAMIC RANGE TO 25% BELOW BASELINE, CURRENTLY AT 15% BELOW BASELINE AND 15% ABOVE BASELINE CURRENTLY
10% ABOVE BASELINE. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE AND AS YOU MENTIONED DIRECTOR,
THE PROPOSAL WOULD MOSTLY RESULT IN GREENS AND RENTAL FEES THAT RANGE FROM BELOW THE CURRENT RATES TO ABOVE THE CURRENT RATES. AND EVEN STILL,
ASSUMING FEE CHANGE APPROVAL, REDWOOD CANYON PUBLIC GOLF COURSE WOULD BE AMONG THE LOWER TO MIDDLE RANGE OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR GOLFING AT A PUBLICLY OWNED GOLF COURSE. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, THE SAME CONCESSIONAIRE MANAGES THE GOLF COURSE. 
          AND HAS SIMILARLY PROPOSED AN INCREASE TO MOST BASELINE FEES,
AS WELL AS BROADENING THE DYNAMIC RANGE SAME AS BEFORE. 
          AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPOSAL WOULD MOSTLY RESULT IN GREENS AND CART RENTAL FEES
THAT RANGE FROM BELOW THE CURRENT RATES TO ABOVE THE CURRENT RATES, AND ASSUMING FEE CHANGE APPROVAL, TILDEN GOLF COURSE WOULD BE AMONG THE LOWER TO MIDDLE
RANGE OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR GOLFING AT PUBLICLY OWNED GOLF COURSE. OKAY. 
          OUR LAST CONCESSION GROUP FOR REVIEW IS WATERCRAFT. 
          THE CONCESSIONAIRE FOR SPORTS PROVIDES VARIOUS RECREATIONAL WATERCRAFT RENTALS,
AND LESSONS AT CROWN MEMORIAL STATE BEACH. 
          THEY HAVE PROPOSED CHANGES TO ONLY TWO OF THEIR OFFERINGS INTRODUCTORY KITING LESSONS AND
THE STAND UP PADDLEBOARD RENTAL ASSOCIATED WITH PADDLE BOARDING LESSONS. 
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ASSUMING FEE CHANGE APPROVAL, BOARD SPORTS WOULD BE AMONG THE LOWER COST RANGE OF OPTIONS
FOR KITING LESSONS AND AMONG THE MIDDLE COST RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR STAND UP PADDLE BOARD RENTALS. THEY LAST CHANGED THESE FEES IN 2023. 
          AT DEL VALLE THE MARINA BOAT RENTAL CONCESSIONAIRE PROPOSES INCREASES TO THE MOTOR BOAT,
DELUXE MOTOR BOAT AND PONTOON BOAT FEES. 
          ASSUMING FEE CHANGE APPROVAL, THE DEL VALLE MARINA WOULD BE WITHIN THE MIDDLE TO HIGHER
COST RANGE OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THESE TYPES OF POWERED BOAT RENTALS. I WOULD NOTE THAT LAKE BERRYESSA IN NAPA IS NOTABLY MORE EXPENSIVE,
BUT DEL VALLE MARINA PRICES ARE SIMILAR TO OTHER LOCATIONS, INCLUDING OUR OWN LAKE CHABOT MARINA. WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW. 
          THE SAME CONCESSIONAIRE OPERATES THE LAKE CHABOT MARINA AND CAFE,
AND THEY HAVE SIMILARLY PROPOSED AN INCREASE TO THE ELECTRIC PONTOON PATIO, BOAT RENTAL FEES. AND THEY ARE ALSO PROPOSING TO ADD NEW WATERCRAFT FOR RENTAL TOO,
FOR NOW, SWAN THEMED PEDAL BOATS. THESE SWAN THEMED PEDAL BOATS WOULD BE A LITTLE HIGHER COST 35
AND 55 INSTEAD OF THE STANDARD PEDAL BOATS AT 30 AND 44. SORRY, THAT'S $30 FOR THE BASE AND THEN UP TO TWO HOURS FOR THE 44. 
          ASSUMING FEE CHANGE APPROVAL, THE LAKE CHABOT MARINA WOULD BE WITHIN THE MIDDLE TO HIGHER
RANGE COST RANGE OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THESE TYPES OF BOAT RENTALS. BOY, I REALLY STRUGGLED TO FIND SWAN THEMED BOATS. [LAUGHTER] I DID FIND SOME IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, ECHO PARK IN LOS ANGELES. ARE WE ABLE TO GET THE UNICORN THEMED ONES? THOSE ARE. HEY, I LOVE IT. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY SOME OF MY FAVORITE. 
          I WILL, I'LL LET THE CONCESSIONAIRE KNOW THAT THERE'S INTEREST IN THAT. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. OUR FINAL CONCESSION RELATED ITEM FOR REVIEW ARE THE BOAT
RENTALS AT SHADOW CLIFFS. THE CONCESSIONAIRE HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THIS LOCATION,
AND DISTRICT STAFF RECOMMENDS REMOVING THIS SECTION. 
          WE MAY RETURN THAT LATER. ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT HAVING SOME TYPE OF RFP OR JUST AS FAR
AS GETTING THIS TYPE OF RENTAL BACK AT SHADOW CLIFFS? I SEE TIFFANY MOVING ALREADY. OKAY. SO, YES IT IS ON THE TO DO LIST TO REALLY ASSESS A LITTLE MORE WHAT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          WE MAY HAVE SOME CHALLENGES IN THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CONSOLIDATION OF THIS TYPE OF RENTAL
INDUSTRY. 
          SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MERGERS OF BIGGER COMPANIES. 
          AND THE COMPANY WHO TERMINATED THEIR AGREEMENT WITH US SAID THERE WASN'T ENOUGH VISITATION
VOLUME FOR THEM TO RUN IT. 
          SO WE ARE INTERESTED IN GIVING IT ANOTHER LOOK AROUND. 
          BUT I JUST DID WANT TO BE REALISTIC THAT THIS IS THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE
CONCESSIONAIRE DUE TO MERGERS. 
          IT'S THE SAME CONCESSIONAIRE, PARENT COMPANY NOW AT LAKE CHABOT,
DEL VALLE AND THIS LOCATION. 
          AND THEY TERMINATED THEIR AGREEMENT EARLY WITH US,
UNFORTUNATELY. 
          SO I THINK THE FIRST STEP IS TO DO ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD DO,
LIKE DO AN RFP, REALLY PROMOTE IT, SEE WHAT RESULTS WE GET, AND THEN IF NOT, WE'LL HAVE TO BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE
EXECUTIVE TEAM, THE BOARD, AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROCEED. BUT WE REALLY AS STAFF FIND A LOT OF
RECREATIONAL VALUE IN HAVING THESE BOATS AVAILABLE. AND WE WANT TO FIND A WAY TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THAT. 
          ARE WE ABLE TO USE ANY OF THOSE TECHNOLOGIES? I REMEMBER AT THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS FORUM THERE WAS THAT KAYAKING VENDING MACHINE. 
          I WAS PRETTY I WAS LIKE A VENDING MACHINE FOR IT WHERE IT COULD COME OUT ON THE RIVER. 
          SO MAYBE IT'S NOT ALL TYPE OF BOATS, BUT SOME TYPE OF ACCESS. 
          RIGHT. SO I THINK WE TOTALLY AGREE. SO I THINK THAT ALL WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS WHAT WE WANT
TO LOOK AT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS, BECAUSE THE CONCESSIONAIRE HAS PULLED OUT OF THIS LOCATION AND THIS IS JUST ABOUT ADOPTING
THE FEE SCHEDULE. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE REMOVING IT NOW. AND IT WILL GIVE US SOME TIME OVER THIS NEXT YEAR BEFORE
WE ADOPT NEXT YEAR'S FEES TO IDEALLY COME BACK WITH SOME OPTIONS. SO YEAH,
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE. 
          AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN OTHER, OTHER WAYS. BUT YEAH,
WE'VE SEEN THOSE THE KAYAK VENDING MACHINES SEVERAL PLACES NOW. 
          AND SO AND THERE MAY BE OTHER OPTIONS. SO I THINK JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS,
IT'S REALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CONCESSION AT THIS LOCATION THAT'S WHY WE'RE REMOVING IT. 
          BUT IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE WANT TO DISCONTINUE HAVING THAT RECREATIONAL AMENITY THERE. 
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OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW HOW THE INDUSTRY IS CONSOLIDATING,
AND ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE OTHER LAKES THAT ARE LESS ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN WATER QUALITY OR SILTATION. 
          AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN SHADOW CLIFF,
JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT TODAY'S QUESTION, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING IF. 
          WELL, IT BRINGS UP A GOOD QUESTION JUST TO BUILD ON WHAT AGM GOORJIAN WAS SAYING,
IS THAT PROCESS WISE, WHEN WE DO AN RFP AND WE BRING A NEW CONCESSIONAIRE ON MID-YEAR,
THE BOARD ADOPTS THE NEW CONCESSIONAIRE FEES AS PART OF THE CONCESSIONAIRE CONTRACT. 
          SO IF WE ARE ABLE TO LOCATE SOMEONE AND BRING FORWARD THAT RECOMMENDATION,
THE NEW FEES WOULD BE ADOPTED WITH THE ONSET OF THE CONCESSION THE NEW CONCESSION CONTRACT. SO TAKING THIS OUT HERE IS REALLY JUST A CLEANUP
MEASURE. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE HOPEFULLY IF WE'RE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING NEW FOR THE FUTURE,
THEN WE WOULD ADOPT IT AT THE TIME OF THE NEW CONTRACT. 
          AND THEN THEREAFTER EVERY YEAR IT WOULD BE PART OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW. 
          JUST A LITTLE PROCESS NOTE. SO JUST TO CLARIFY,
SO YOU WOULD ALSO BE LOOKING TO REPLACE THE SERVICES AT ARDENWOOD AS WELL. 
          OR IS THAT A WHOLE DIFFERENT SITUATION. WHAT IS THAT. 
          YEAH I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TOPIC. I CAN I HAVE AN UPDATE THAT I DID MAYBE TOWARDS
THE END OF LAST YEAR ON OUR CONCESSIONS. 
          OVERALL, THE ARDENWOOD CONCESSION SPECIFICALLY,
HAPPILY AND UNHAPPILY, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO BRING AN EVENT CONCESSION BACK THERE BECAUSE NOW WE'VE SEEN,
I THINK NOW 3 OR 4 YEARS OF A NESTING EAGLE. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH ARDENWOOD IS TO THE TRADE STAFF,
A MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES ARE WORKING ON BRINGING THE FOOD SERVICE PART OF ARDENWOOD TO DO SOME CODE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE WOULD FIND SOMEONE TO OPERATE JUST THE FOOD SERVICE. 
          BUT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE AT THIS TIME THE EVENT VENUE BEING ABLE TO COME BACK AT ARDENWOOD. 
          GOTCHA. NO, THAT'S. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH,
YEAH. 
          NO, WE DON'T WANT TO INTERFERE WITH THE EAGLES. CLEARLY. 
          YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S BASICALLY IT. 
          I'LL DO THE RECOMMENDATION AGAIN. PARK DISTRICT STAFF RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD OPERATIONS
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          THE 2026 FEE SCHEDULE. EXCUSE ME? CHANGES TO THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT ARE APPROVED BY THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS GO INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST, 2026. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST A VERY MINOR QUESTION. 
          SO ON THE FEE CHANGES UNDER THE MEMBERSHIP FEES,
IT JUST SAYS ADD. 
          SO IS THAT THAT'S JUST BECAUSE I MEAN I DON'T THINK THEY'VE CHANGED. 
          SO IT'S JUST THAT THEY WEREN'T ON THE FEE SCHEDULE BEFORE IS THAT SO YOU JUST [INAUDIBLE]?
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. YEAH. IT'S JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. THEY USED TO BE ON THE OLD VERSION OF THE FEE SCHEDULE. THEN WE TOOK THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE UNDER A SEPARATE
ENTITY, I BELIEVE, AND WEREN'T FITTING IN BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T OUR FEES TO CHANGE. GOTCHA. 
          OKAY. SO WE'RE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES WE'RE JUST PUTTING THAT BACK IN THERE. THERE'S
NO CHANGES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. 
          SO YOUR TEAM WON'T BE ADMINISTRATING THE FOUNDATION FEE. 
          I WOULD DEFER. OR IS THAT SOMETHING? YEAH. I THINK AT THIS TIME. 
          YEAH. WE'RE THAT'S REALLY FOR TODAY'S PURPOSE. 
          IT'S JUST TO ADD THEM BACK ON AS HOUSEKEEPING. 
          HOUSEKEEPING. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. 
          WELL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY, GREAT. AND NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. BUT I THINK WE HAD SOME LIVELY DISCUSSION ABOUT FEES. 
          SO I THINK, TIFFANY, I THINK THESE FEES ARE EXCITING. 
          SO YES, THANK YOU FOR SAYING SO. YES. I STAND CORRECTED. 
          AND I MEAN, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN GOING DOWN FOR TO BE ON THE SWAN BOAT. 
          YEAH. SO IT DID PIQUE MY INTEREST. FANTASTIC. 
          FANTASTIC. [LAUGHTER] OKAY. WELL, THEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SO NEXT UP WE HAVE SEVERAL INFORMATIONAL ITEMS,
STARTING WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY DRONE PROGRAM UPDATE. 
          [Informational Items]
ALL RIGHT. 
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GOOD AFTERNOON. NOW WE GET TO TALK ABOUT THE DRONE PROGRAM. 
          I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT IT. MY NAME IS SERGEANT CHRIS FELICIANO WITH THE EAST BAY
PARKS POLICE. I'M THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE UAS PROGRAM. 
          UAS STANDS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS. I'LL BE REFERRING TO IT AS UAS AND OR DRONES,
WHICH IT'S MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS. 
          THIS IS MY FIRST TIME PRESENTING AND THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME HAVING AN UPDATE ON THE DRONE
PROGRAM. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TODAY. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE MISSION OF THE PUBLIC
SAFETY UAS PROGRAM. 
          WE FOCUS ON ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS. 
          WE'RE LOOKING TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROVIDE REAL TIME AERIAL
INTELLIGENCE WHEN IT'S NEEDED. 
          ALSO PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE, TRANSPARENT AND LAWFUL OPERATIONS. 
          AND THEN A BIG PART OF IT ALSO IS GOING TO BE THE SUPPORT,
SEARCH AND RESCUE AND HAZARD MITIGATION. 
          THE TWO MAIN FOUNDATIONS OF OUR MISSION IS GOING TO BE THE SUPPORT AND SEARCH AND RESCUE
AND PROVIDE REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE TO GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ON THE GROUND AND PROVIDE US INTELLIGENCE WHEN WE NEED IT. TRAINING,
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 11 OPERATORS OR PILOTS THAT USE THE UAS PLATFORM. THE TRAINING IS PRETTY INTENSE. 
          WE HAVE A WEEK LONG POST CERTIFIED CLASS THAT WE WOULD TAKE TO GET US TO PASS THE PART 107
CERTIFICATION. 
          THE FAA PART 107 CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED BY OUR DEPARTMENT,
AND IT SETS US ABOVE STANDARDS. 
          WE HAVE ONGOING PROFICIENCY EVALUATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT TEST OUR AND IMPROVE OUR
SKILLS. 
          WE HAVE DISTRICT SPECIFIC TRAINING THAT WE DO. 
          WE'RE A VERY RURAL AREA. WE'RE NOT LIKE THE CITIES. 
          SO WE REALLY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE CAN LAUNCH AND WHAT WE COULD DO. 
          THE BIGGEST THREE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY BE CONCERNED WITH IS GOING TO BE AIRSPACE
BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO BIG AIRPORTS AROUND US, SSFO AND OAKLAND. THEN WE HAVE THE SMALLER ONES LIKE HAYWARD AND LIVERMORE AND CONCORD AND
BYRON OUT THERE. 
          AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WEATHER AND AND THE LAST ONE IS WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE
DRONE. 
          SO WE HAVE TO KEEP A CONSTANT LINE OF SIGHT. SO WHERE WE LAUNCH FROM IN THE DISTRICT IS
GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE SPECIALIZED SKILL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE RECEIVE EXTRA TRAINING WITH
SPECIFICALLY NIGHT OPERATIONS ARE GOING TO BE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN DAY OPERATIONS. BUT THE THE CORE OF OUR TRAINING IS THAT,
EXCUSE ME. 
          WE MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF TRAINING. 
          AND WE COMPARED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS WE HAVE HIGHER STANDARDS IN WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT
NOW. 
          AS I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, WE REQUIRE THE PART 107. 
          A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES DON'T REQUIRE THAT PILOT'S LICENSE,
BUT WE REQUIRE IT ALSO IN OUR IN DISTRICT SPECIFIC TRAINING WE REQUIRE TEN HOURS OF A DAYTIME OPERATIONS BEFORE WE COULD DO ANY NIGHTTIME OPERATIONS. 
          IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT BEAST AT NIGHT. UAS EQUIPMENT. 
          THIS IS SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE DISTRICT. 
          THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS WE'LL START WITH THE ONE ALL THE WAY ON THE LEFT,
THE DJI MAVIC THREE ENTERPRISE. 
          THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MOST LIKELY SEE. IT'S OUR WORKHORSE OF OUR UAS
PROGRAM. 
          THE OFFICERS AND PILOTS ARE GOING TO BE CARRYING THOSE IN THEIR PATROL CAR,
AND THEY WILL BE LAUNCHING THOSE AT SPECIFIC PARKS AND FOR SPECIFIC 
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MISSIONS. SOME OF THE KEY HIGHLIGHTS IS IT'S A MID-RANGE DRONE. 
          IT IS AVAILABLE TO DO MAPPING. WE HAVE THREE TYPES OF LENSES ON THE CAMERA PLATFORM ON
THAT WHICH IS THE FIRST ONE IS A WIDE ANGLE LENS. 
          THE SECOND ONE IS A ZOOM LENS THAT CAN MAKE WE CAN ZOOM IN PRETTY FAR AND SEARCH. 
          AND THE LAST ONE IS A THERMAL IMAGING, WHICH HELPS US DURING SEARCH AND RESCUE TO
DIFFERENTIATE HEAT SIGNATURES ON THE GROUND. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS THE DJI MATRICE 30. THIS IS A BIGGER PLATFORM USED FOR IT'S MORE WEATHER
RESISTANT LONGER FLIGHT TIMES. WE WOULD USE THIS FOR LONG SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS. 
          AND THE BIG THING ON THIS ONE IS THAT THE CAMERA IS BIGGER AND BETTER. 
          ON THIS ONE, WE HAVE ALL THE SAME AS THE MAVIC THREE,
BUT JUST A BETTER ZOOM CAPABILITY. 
          THIS CAMERA OPERATES INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE DRONE. 
          SO ON THE MAVIC THREE, YOU REALLY HAVE TO STEER THE CAMERA ON THE MAVIC OR ON THE MATRICE
THE BIGGER ONE. 
          THE CAMERA OPERATES INDEPENDENTLY. YOU CAN MOVE THE CAMERA ALL AROUND AND WHICH GIVES YOU
A BETTER SEARCH PATTERN AND ANGLES. 
          WE CAN LEAVE THIS IN THE AIR FOR PROBABLY ABOUT 40 MINUTES OR SO,
SEARCH AN AREA WITH THAT ZOOM LENS AND GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE OUR SUBJECTS ARE. 
          SOMETHING TO NOTE ON THIS ONE IS THE LASER RANGEFINDER THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED WITH IT,
WHICH DEFINITELY HELPS OUT IF WE LOCATE A LOST HIKER SUBJECT ON OUR CAMERA, WE COULD POINT THE LASER RANGEFINDER TOWARDS THAT AREA
AND GET EXACT GPS COORDINATES OF THEM, WHICH WOULD OBVIOUSLY HELP RESPOND INCOMING UNITS FASTER. 
          AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE HERE, WE HAVE THE DJI AVATA. 
          THESE ARE OUR SMALL DRONES. IT'S HALF THE SIZE OF THAT MAVIC THREE THERE. 
          THESE ARE USED FOR INTERIOR SEARCHES. MOSTLY USED INDOORS. 
          THEY'RE SMALL, THEY COULD BE AFFECTED BY WIND. 
          SO WE DON'T LIKE TO USE THEM OUTSIDE. BUT YOU COULD SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH THERE THERE'S
FIRST PERSON GOGGLES OR IS, IS THAT GOGGLES SYSTEM RIGHT THERE. AND I'M ABLE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE DRONES SEE AND
MANEUVER IN TIGHT ENVIRONMENTS. 
          IT'S VERY COMPACT, VERY EASY TO USE AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THE FIRST PERSON VIEW ON
THERE, YOU CAN GET INTO SOME PRETTY SMALL PLACES. SPECIALIZED PAYLOADS WE HAVE ON THE MAVIC
THREE. 
          WE ARE ABLE TO PUT A SPEAKER, A LOUDSPEAKER ON THERE AND SPOTLIGHT FOR NIGHT OPERATIONS. 
          WITH THE SPEAKER, WE'RE ABLE TO PROGRAM A PHRASE OR A PARAGRAPH OR SOMETHING INTO THE
CONTROLLER, AND THEN IT'LL BROADCAST THAT TEXT TO SPEECH OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER FOR CERTAIN SITUATIONS. 
          OR I COULD RECORD MY VOICE AND THEN I COULD RECORD THE RECORDING WILL PLAY OVER THE
LOUDSPEAKER AS WELL. 
          PAYLOADS FOR THIS, ON THE MAVIC THREE WE DON'T REALLY USUALLY USE PAYLOADS ON IT,
EXCEPT FOR THE SPEAKER AND THE LIGHT, BUT ON THE MATRICE,
IT IS MORE CAPABLE TO CARRY PAYLOADS. 
          WHAT TYPE OF PAYLOADS ARE WE GOING TO BE CARRYING IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO
BOTTLED WATER, FLASHLIGHT, A PARK MAP THAT WE COULD DROP OFF TO INJURED HIKERS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT WE'RE REALLY USING IT RIGHT NOW WITH THE LIFEGUARDS AND BEING ABLE TO DROP LIFE
PRESERVERS FOR SWIMMERS IN DISTRESS. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN USING THAT FOR. AND THEN SOME OTHER ACCESSORIES THAT WE'RE
EXCITED ABOUT IS, IS GOING BACK TO THE AERIAL INTELLIGENCE AND BEING ABLE TO GET REAL TIME INFORMATION. 
          IS THAT LIVE VIDEO DOWNLINK THAT CAN BE ACCESSED BY CERTAIN GROUPS. 
          DISPATCH DEFINITELY HAS ACCESS TO IT. IF WE'RE SETTING UP A COMMAND CENTER OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, THE COMMAND CENTER WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO IT. AND ALSO OFFICERS ON THE GROUND HAVE ACCESS TO
IT. 
          IF WE WERE ABLE TO PUT OUT THAT LINK AND IF THEY HAVE AN INTERNET SIGNAL,
THEN THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT LINK. 
          SOME OF OUR CAPABILITIES DAY AND NIGHT OPERATIONS. 
          LIVE STREAMING WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT. GPS BASED MAPPING IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING
IN NEW TALKING ABOUT GETTING THAT MOST UP TO DATE LIVE INTELLIGENCE. IF WE HAVE AN INCIDENT OF A SEARCH AND RESCUE AND WE NEED TO MAP AN
AREA VERY QUICKLY THEN AND WE DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON GOOGLE MAPS. 
          THAT WAS MAYBE, YOU KNOW MAPPED A YEAR AGO, WE COULD TAKE OFF AND MAP AN AREA PRETTY
QUICKLY AND GET A LIVE MAP OF THE AREA 
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AND THEN START DEPLOYING RESOURCES OFF OF THAT. 
          I THINK THE LIVE INTELLIGENCE IS THE BIGGEST THING ON THIS PLATFORM FOR THE GPS MAPPING. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THE INDOOR AND CONFINED MANEUVERING OF THE SMALLER DRONES. 
          ANYTHING TO HELP GET MORE INTELLIGENCE IN A SMALL ROOM,
ESPECIALLY FOR INTERIOR SEARCHING OR BARRICADED SUBJECTS AND VEHICLES, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE DEPLOYING THOSE AGAIN,
REAL TIME DECISION MAKING. 
          MORE INFORMATION WE HAVE, THE BETTER DECISIONS WE CAN MAKE. 
          AND THEN THE HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING CAPTURING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR CRIME SCENES AND
EVIDENCE COLLECTION IS HUGE. SOME OF OUR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATIONS ARE GOING TO BE THE SEARCH AND
RESCUE, WHICH IS VERY HIGH UP THERE. YOU'LL SEE SOME STATISTICS HERE IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES. 
          CRIME SCENE DOCUMENTATION, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT,
OBVIOUSLY SUSPECT TRACKING TACTICAL SUPPORT ON INTERIORS SEARCH WARRANTS AND TACTICAL TEAMS AND THE AREA INTELLIGENCE WE ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, I'M BIG ON THIS. I AM A SUPERVISOR. 
          I DO NOT WANT TO SEE MY OFFICERS GET HURT. SO ANYTIME WE COULD USE THIS FOR OFFICER SAFETY
AND PREVENT A PERSON FROM GETTING INJURED, I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO SEND A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT JOB. 
          AND THIS DOES IT FOR US. SOME STATISTICS FROM 2025. 
          THESE WERE LAST UPDATED IN AUGUST. OUR TOTAL FLIGHTS FOR THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN 693. 
          OUR TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS HAVE BEEN 141. AND OUR TOTAL OPERATIONS TO AUGUST HAVE BEEN 251. THE TOP THREE MISSIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ARE GOING TO BE DIRECTED PATROL. 
          DIRECTED PATROL IS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WE RECEIVE A CALL OF A LOST HIKER AT BRIONES OR
SOMEWHERE. 
          WE WILL SEND A DRONE OPERATOR AND THEY WILL GO LAUNCH LOCATE. 
          SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT OR SOMETHING AS PROACTIVE AS WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH CURFEW AT
A CERTAIN PARK, AND WE COULD LAUNCH, SEARCH THE AREA, AND HOPEFULLY NOBODY'S THERE. 
          IF SOMEBODY IS THERE, WE CAN GO AND EDUCATE. FIRE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER ONE. 
          FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR OWN DRONES, BUT WE DO ASSIST IN THAT. 
          AND SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF FIRE ARE GOING TO BE SMOKE INVESTIGATION. 
          BUT MOSTLY USED AFTER THE FIRE IS IN MOP UP OR CLEAN UP MODE TO LOOK AT HOTSPOTS. 
          THEY USE THAT THERMAL CAMERA TO DIFFERENTIATE TEMPERATURES ON THE GROUND. 
          AND I HAVE KNOWN I'VE SPOKEN WITH CAPTAIN SIMPSON. 
          HE'S LOCATED AT LEAST 2 OR 3 HOT SPOTS THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF OUR PERIMETER THAT WE DID NOT
KNOW ABOUT. 
          WITH THE DRONE USING THERMAL CAMERA. AND THEN OUR FINAL ONE OF THE TOP THREE IS GOING TO
BE THE SEARCH AND RESCUE WHICH IS IT REALLY SELLS ITSELF BECAUSE WE CAN GET OUT THERE QUICK AND LAUNCH,
GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN, SEND RESOURCES TO THAT. LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS. 
          THIS ONE IS FROM THIS YEAR. OFFICERS FROM THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT RESPONDED TO
A CALL ABOUT A SUICIDAL SUBJECT AT LAKE REGIONAL PARK. 
          THE SUSPECT WAS REPORTEDLY HAD A NOOSE AROUND THEIR NECK AND WAS THREATENING SELF-HARM. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH THIS FROM OUR HEADQUARTERS. 
          LOCATE THE SUBJECT. YOU COULD SEE THE SUBJECT IS LOCATED IN THE TREES AROUND THE CIRCLE
THE RED CIRCLE. 
          AND IN THIS IMAGE IT SHOWS YOU THE THERMAL IMAGE. 
          ON THIS SETTING WE HAVE A BLACK COLOR IS GOING TO BE A HEAT SIGNATURE DIFFERENT THAN THE
WHITE. 
          SO THE WHITE WOULD BE COOL AND THE BLACK DARK WOULD BE A DARK A HEAT SIGNATURE. 
          YOU CAN SEE HOW IT KIND OF BLENDS INTO THE TREES. 
          THIS IS ONLY A PHOTOGRAPH OF IT, BUT WHEN IT'S A VIDEO,
OUR EYES, HUMAN EYES ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON MOVEMENT. 
          SO WE LOOK AT MOVEMENT AND THEN WE COULD LOOK AT MOVEMENT,
ZOOM IN AND SEE THE DIFFERENT, TEMPERATURES IN THAT AREA AND LOCATE THE SUBJECT. 
          SO IN THIS CASE, THE SUBJECT WAS SAFELY LOCATED DETAINED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL
FOR TREATMENT. 
          YES. SO IN THIS SITUATION, YOU'RE USING THE DRONE TO MINIMIZE THE RISK? BECAUSE, I MEAN, LET'S SAY THE SUICIDAL PERSON HAD A KNIFE OR SOMETHING ELSE. 
          SO THEN HOW DO COPS THEN ENGAGE ONCE YOU HAVE THAT INTELLIGENCE? 
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HOW DO YOU DESIGN, LIKE, THE NEXT PIECE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE? BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS AND TWO OF THESE THAT I THINK THAT YOU HAVE
IN THE RESULTS ARE SUICIDES. 
          SO KIND OF HOW DID THE USE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY THEN INFORM KIND OF YOUR OFFICER RESPONSE
AND KEEP OUR OFFICERS SAFER? ABSOLUTELY. GREAT. GREAT QUESTION. THE BIGGEST THING IS GATHERING AS MUCH INFORMATION AS
POSSIBLE. 
          PART OF OUR DE-ESCALATION TACTICS IS GETTING THAT INFORMATION AND DETERMINING WHAT IS THE
SAFEST ROUTE, LIKE IN THIS CASE, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE SAFEST ROUTE TO APPROACH WITH THIS TYPE OF
TECHNOLOGY? IT PROVIDES US IT'S A TOOL AND IT GIVES US MORE TO GO ON. 
          WE STILL, AS POLICE OFFICERS, HAVE TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO COME UP AND SEE WHAT THE SAFEST
ROUTE IS TO GO AND CONTACT THIS PERSON. 
          IN THIS CASE THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS LOCATE NUMBER ONE,
COME UP WITH A PLAN NUMBER TWO, AND THEN EXECUTE THAT PLAN AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND COMMUNICATION IS GOING TO BE HUGE. ON THIS CASE,
WE DIDN'T USE THE SPEAKER BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD OFFICERS IN ROUTE CLOSE TO THAT AREA. 
          SO DEVELOPING A LINE OF COMMUNICATION DEFINITELY HELPS IN THAT DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUE. 
          AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE STILL HAVE TO SEND OFFICERS IN THERE TO GO AND TALK WITH
THIS PERSON AND AND HELP THEM OUT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU. THIS ONE,
ANOTHER SUCCESS AT MILLER KNOX. 
          OFFICERS ARE DISPATCHED TO MILLER KNOX REGIONAL SHORELINE AFTER RECEIVING REPORTS OF AN
INDIVIDUAL BRANDISHING, BRANDISHING A LARGE KNIFE AND THREATENING TO ATTACK PARK VISITORS. 
          OFFICERS NEGOTIATED WITH THE SUBJECT FOR OVER AN HOUR. 
          AND WE COULD SEE WHAT HAPPENED HERE. WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN RICHMOND
PD. 
          THEY NEGOTIATED FOR A GOOD HOUR OR SO MORE. AND THE WAY WE USE THE DRONE IN THIS SITUATION
IS WE GOT BEHIND THEM TO SEE WHAT WAS IN THEIR HANDS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD HURT
THE OFFICERS WHEN THEY CAME UP AND APPROACHED. 
          THE COMMUNICATION FACTOR OF THIS IS, IS HUGE. 
          AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP A RAPPORT WITH THE SUBJECT AND PEACEFULLY SUBMIT TO AN
ARREST. 
          THIS IS MY LAST ONE FOR SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS FOR THIS YEAR. 
          THIS HAPPENED IN BRIONES. OFFICERS RECEIVED A REPORT OF A POSSIBLE SUICIDAL SUBJECT IN
BRIONES REGIONAL PARK. 
          EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW BIG BRIONES IS, SO OFFICERS AND THE COUNTY MOBILE CRISIS TEAM
RESPONDED. 
          THE UAS OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE SUBJECT WITHIN TEN MINUTES. 
          NORMALLY IN THIS SITUATION, BRIONES IS A VERY LARGE PARK,
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND FIGURE OUT, DRIVE THE TRAILS, LITERALLY BE OUT THERE LOOKING WITH BINOCULARS AND TRYING TO FIND THIS
PERSON TO HELP THEM OUT. 
          WITHIN TEN MINUTES, WE LOCATED THE PERSON WALKING ON THE TRAIL,
AND THEN WE CALLED IN THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSES FOR THE THE MOBILE CRISIS TEAM. 
          AND THERE IT GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE ZOOM OUT LENS THAT WIDE THAT LAST SHOT RIGHT
THERE IS GOING TO BE THE WIDE LENS THAT WE USUALLY USE TO FLY AROUND AND MANEUVER. 
          BUT THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW THE ZOOM LENS ACTUALLY COULD GET PERSON INFORMATION AND ANY OTHER
TYPE OF INFORMATION TO HELP RESPONDING OFFICERS AND RESOURCES. THE FUTURE. I'M EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE. 
          THERE'S A LOT CHANGING IN OUR REALM RIGHT NOW. 
          THE BIGGEST THING RIGHT NOW IS INTEGRATION WITH AI OR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
          AND AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS BEING ABLE TO TAKE A LIVE VIDEO FEED AND USING ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE TO HELP THE OPERATOR AND THE VISUAL OBSERVER WHO'S EVER MONITORING,
FIND CERTAIN THINGS FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN POINT OUT A A PERSON. 
          AND AGAIN, OUR HUMAN EYES LOOK FOR MOVEMENT. IF IT'S NOT MOVING,
IT MAY BE HARD TO SEE, BUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAS THE CAPABILITY TO LOOK AT A VIDEO AND SEE, WELL, THIS IS A PERSON. 
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I'M GOING TO MARK IT AS A PERSON AND THEN HAVE THE HUMAN CHECK TO MAKE SURE IT IS A
PERSON. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS A FUTURE. AUTOMATED MISSIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT MAY BE IN
THE FUTURE. 
          THAT'S GOING TO BE WAY DOWN IN THE FUTURE. DRONE DOCKING AND RECHARGING STATIONS AND KEY
PARTS. 
          I REALLY SEE THIS HAPPENING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE A PARK SUCH AS BRIONES OR DEL VALLE,
WHERE WE COULD HAVE A CHARGING STATION OUT THERE PLUGGED IN TO INTERNET AND POWER, AND MY DRONE SITS RIGHT IN THAT DOCKING STATION. 
          ANYTIME I NEED TO TAKE IT OFF, I GO TO MY COMPUTER,
I LAUNCH IT, IT OPENS UP, IT TAKES OFF, AND I'M ABLE TO FLY IT FROM MY COMPUTER OR A REAL TIME CRIME CENTER THAT'S THE FUTURE. 
          A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TOWARDS THAT. AND THAT'S JUST TO GET YOUR EYES ON AND GET
AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE FOR US, LIKE IF THAT WAS IN THE CORNERS OF OUR DISTRICT. 
          IT TAKES US A VERY LONG TIME TO GET THERE ON PATROL 20 MINUTES PLUS,
MAYBE. 
          IF WE GET EYES ON, WE COULD DIRECT RESOURCES QUICKER. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT EXPANDING NIGHT AND ALL WEATHER OPERATIONS THAT'S GOING TO COME WITH
TECHNOLOGY JUST EVOLVING. 
          WE DO AND WE ARE LOOKING TO TRAIN WITH ALLIED AGENCIES. 
          ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS A KEY ALLY HELPING US START OUR PROGRAM. 
          WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM. AND THEN, OF COURSE,
OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH AND TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVES. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT THE
CAPABILITIES ARE AND WHAT THE INABILITIES ARE, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF MYTHS OUT THERE WHAT DRONES CAN AND CANNOT DO. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BALANCING THOSE EXPECTATIONS. 
          THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? BONUS POINTS TO TELL ME WHERE THIS PARK IS. 
          CLOSE. NO THAT'S EAST SHORE. THERE'S HIGHWAY 80 RIGHT THERE? THIS WAS EAST SHORE JUST NORTH OF VIRGINIA STREET THERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. I HAD JUST ONE QUESTION ON YOUR STATISTICS. 
          SO YOU HAVE 693 FLIGHTS AND THEN 251 TOTAL OPERATIONS. 
          SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUGE DIFFERENCE RIGHT. 
          THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR TRAINING. FOR OUR FIRST YEAR OF TRAINING THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN
FLIGHTS THERE. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 50/50. WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO PROMOTE HIGHER MISSIONS IN THE FUTURE. 
          BUT THIS SINCE THIS WAS OUR FIRST YEAR, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON TRAINING AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAD EVERYTHING RIGHT BEFORE WE DEPLOYED. 
          YEAH. AND I WAS INTERESTED TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING A,
LIKE, A PLACE WHERE YOU COULD DOCK YOUR DRONES AND, AND THEN LAUNCH THEM. AND THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, LIKE, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE,
IN AN IDEAL WORLD, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? LIKE, WHAT WOULD THAT LITTLE DOCKING STATION LOOK LIKE,
AND HOW WOULD YOU KEEP IT SECURE AND HOW WOULD YOU KEEP IT? SORT OF NOT OBVIOUS IN A NATURAL SETTING. RIGHT. 
          THERE ARE A FEW WAYS WE COULD DO THAT. AND IT'S BASICALLY A SIZE OF THIS CHAIR HERE. 
          IT'S NOT THAT BIG. AND ALL I NEED IS POWER AND AN INTERNET CONNECTION,
AND WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN DOING TO KEEP IT SECURE IS PUT IT ON POLICE STATIONS AND FIRE STATIONS. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FIRE STATIONS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT WE COULD PUT
THEM ON, AND THEY WILL GO ON THE ROOF OF THE FIRE STATIONS,
SO THE PUBLIC WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE IN A SECURE AREA. AND IT WILL BE A SAFE AREA TO LAUNCH TO WHEN IT'S ON
THE ROOF OF THOSE POLICE OR FIRE STATIONS. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. DIRECTOR ESPAÑA DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE. SORRY, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION, LIKE, THE NEXT TIME WHEN YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION IS PERHAPS WE
MIGHT WANT TO SHOW SOME MORE DISCRETION WITH THE VIDEOS THAT WE WERE SHOWING THE PEOPLE IN THE VIDEOS BECAUSE THE WHOLE SLIDE WAS KIND OF DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SAW IN THE BOARD PACKAGE. 
          SO IN THE BOARD PACKAGE, YOU COULDN'T IDENTIFY THE PERSON. 
          SO THIS IS THE PERSON THAT WAS WIELDING THE KNIFE. 
          SO IF LIKE I THINK THE IMAGE THAT WE HAD IN THE BOARD PACKAGE WAS KIND OF DIFFERENT THAN
THE VIDEO THAT WE SAW WITH 
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ALL THE FORCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO I THINK LIKE IT WAS A GOOD PRESENTATION. 
          BUT IF WE CAN JUST HAVE SOME MORE DISCRETION WITH THE PEOPLE AND THE IMAGES AND
EVERYTHING. 
          SURE. BECAUSE SOME WERE RELATED TO SUICIDE, AND THEN JUST THE ONE JUST WHERE WE HAD THAT
LONGER VIDEO THAT WAS JUST WHAT I WANTED TO MENTION BECAUSE IT MIGHT. 
          THE VIDEO SHOWS SOME OF OUR POPULATIONS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. 
          SO JUST I THINK THE OTHER VIDEO, LIKE THE PICTURE SLIDE THAT YOU HAD WHERE IT YOU COULDN'T
SEE THE PERSON, IT WAS JUST THEIR BACKSIDE WAS JUST KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          OKAY. IT WAS IT WAS A LITTLE BIT A LOT. SO THAT'S I WASN'T EXPECTING TO SEE THE VIDEO. 
          SO BUT OTHERWISE AS FAR AS THE DESCRIPTIONS ON HOW YOU'RE USING THE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY
WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. AND JUST AS FAR AS HOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE OF AI AND LAUNCHING AND SEEING HOW WE CAN USE THAT TECHNOLOGY MORE I THINK IS VERY GOOD AND
EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO AS FAR AS USING THESE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES WHERE WE CAN REDUCE KIND OF THE POTENTIAL
HARM AND THEN USE DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES I THINK IS GREAT, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT YOU GUYS ARE USING A
STANDARD THAT'S HIGHER. 
          THAT WAS LIKE THE ONLY KIND OF COMMENT I HAD ABOUT THE SLIDES. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          A VERY INFORMATIVE MOST OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE
PRESENTATION. 
          SO VERY THOROUGH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT UP WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY QUARTERLY CRIME UPDATE NUMBER THREE. 
          I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. WE'RE TAKING A QUICK BREAK. 
          OKAY, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. OKAY. STAND BY FOR A SECOND. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I'M LIEUTENANT BEN GUZMAN,
REGIONAL PARKS POLICE. 
          IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY WITH THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND ACTUALLY FOLLOWING
SERGEANT FELICIANO. THE US PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY VERY INFORMATIVE. IT'S GOING TO ADD SOME APPLICATION TO OUR DISCUSSION TODAY, WHICH YOU HAD BEFORE FOR OUR QUARTERLY REPORT FOR OUR
ACTIVITY LEVELS BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE OF THIS YEAR. 
          SO IT'S QUARTER TWO. I'VE GOT A TYPO IN THE AGENDA. 
          IT'S FOR QUARTER TWO THIS YEAR FOR US. SO I'D LIKE TO SAY THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO PROVIDE
SOME TRANSPARENCY TO THE BOARD. 
          AND THE PUBLIC LETS US EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW WE OPERATE AND WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE
DISTRICT FROM OUR SIDE, AND ALSO LETS YOU SEE SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY REQUESTS OR INFORMATIONAL ASPECTS WHICH YOU
JUST SAW, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE HIM BEFORE ME THAT WAY HE CAN POINT UP SOME SPECIFIC THINGS
IN HERE THAT RELATE TO HIS TECHNOLOGY. 
          AND THAT'S ONE REASON WHY WE DO THIS, TO ALL WRAP IT ALL TOGETHER. 
          AS IT SAYS IN HERE, THE FUTURE NEEDS AND SHOW WHAT WE'VE DONE. PART OF THE GOALS HERE IS
TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW TO SUPPLEMENT THE MONTHLY BOARD AWARD REPORTS THAT YOU'LL RECEIVE. AND THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT ONLY. 
          SO WHERE DO WE GET OUR DATA FROM? OUR DATA STARTS FROM COMING FROM OUR RMS SYSTEM AND OUR
CAD SYSTEM. 
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USING THESE SYSTEMS HELPS US DOCUMENT CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR POLICE,
FIRE AND OPERATIONS, LETS US IMPLEMENT CRIME ANALYSIS, SEND INFORMATION OUT TO OFFICERS USING OUR MOBILE CAD SYSTEM,
MAP LOCATIONS AND TRACK OUR PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE. 
          SO ALL THE SOFTWARE GOES TOGETHER. WE CAN USE THAT TO FIND THINGS WE NEED TO DO FOR STAFF
AND PUSH IT OUT TO OUR OFFICERS, OR DO RESEARCH IN-HOUSE. SO AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE IN OTHER PAST PRESENTATIONS,
WE HAVE TWO THINGS CASES AND INCIDENTS. AS I SAID BEFORE, IN THE PAST,
EVERYTHING IS AN INCIDENT. 
          NOT EVERYTHING IS A CASE. SO WHEN AN OFFICER DOES A NORMAL PATROL IN A PARK,
THAT'S NOT DOCUMENTED OTHER THAN TIME IN THE PARK. 
          BUT EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A PEDESTRIAN STOP A CAR,
STOP A FOUND PROPERTY REPORT AN AUTO BURGLARY, THOSE ARE ALL AN INCIDENT. AND THOSE ARE DEFINED AS ANY EVENT THAT REQUIRES THE DISPATCH
OF A POLICE OR FIRE UNIT. 
          THEY MAY ALSO BE OFFICER INITIATED OR SOMETIMES GENERATED TO RECORD EVENTS FOR
INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. 
          SO JUST AS WE GO THROUGH THE REPORT, JUST REMEMBER EVERYTHING'S AN INCIDENT,
BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS A CASE. 
          IN QUARTER TWO, WE HAD ABOUT 5,500 DISPATCH INCIDENTS WE FOUND OF THOSE,
35% OCCURRED ON THE WEEKENDS, WHICH IS WHAT WE KIND OF EXPECT DURING THIS QUARTER TWO. 
          WE KIND OF LEAD FROM WINTER COLD MONTHS. MORE INTO SUMMER,
WE'RE GETTING MORE ACTIVITY, MORE THINGS ON THE WEEKEND HAPPENING. 
          THE MAJORITY OF INCIDENTS, 52% OCCUR BETWEEN 11 A.M. 
          AND 7 P.M.. I KIND OF WORKED THROUGH EIGHT HOUR BLOCKS,
AND THAT WAS THE BLOCK WHERE WE HAD THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF INCIDENTS. ALMOST HALF OF THEM TOTAL WERE THAT EIGHT HOUR PERIOD THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SPAN OF QUARTER TWO. AND THEN 18%
OF INCIDENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN 10 P.M. 
          AND 5 A.M., WHEN THE PARTS ARE TECHNICALLY SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSED. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON
THAT. 
          THOSE GENERALLY COME FROM OUR CURFEW VIOLATIONS,
EITHER PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH THE PARKS ON REGIONAL TRAILS, CARS IN THE PARK AFTER HOURS. THEY'RE ALSO INCLUDING ALARM RESPONSES,
FOCUSED PATROL CHECKS, CAMPGROUND CHECKS, AND AS WE SAW BEFORE, LOST OVERDUE HIKERS THAT'S A BIG ONE,
ESPECIALLY AFTER 10:00. 
          PEOPLE THINK THEY'LL BE OUT THERE. FRIENDS OR FAMILY CALL,
SAY, HEY, THEY'RE NOT BACK IN TIME. WHERE ARE THEY? SO RELATES TO OUR DRONE PROGRAM FROM EARLIER. SO EVEN IF THE PARKS ARE CLOSED WE HAVE A
LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON. 
          OF THOSE 5500 DISPATCH INCIDENTS, 2500 WERE CALLS FOR SERVICE. 
          SO THOSE WERE EITHER CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC PARK STAFF OR ANOTHER INCOMING RESPONSE OR
REQUEST. 
          AND THEN 3000 WERE OFFICER INITIATED. OF ALL THESE TOTAL DISPATCH INCIDENTS,
425 WERE TRAFFIC STOPS. 
          THAT'S YOU TRADITIONALLY THINK OF AS A POLICE MAKING A CAR STOP ON A VEHICLE THAT'S
MOVING. 
          WE HAD ABOUT 1000 VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN STOPS. 
          THAT WOULD BE FOR VEHICLES THAT WERE ALREADY PARKED IN A PARK THAT'S NOT MOVING. AND THEN
WE HAD ABOUT 1100 SECURITY CHECKS AND SPECIAL PATROLS. 
          THOSE GENERALLY INCLUDE FOCUSED, TARGETED PATROLS FOR VARIOUS REASONS OR CAMPGROUND
CHECKS. 
          CITATIONS, WE HAD ABOUT 1400 CITATIONS OVER THIS TIME PERIOD,
WHICH AGAIN IS NOT UNCOMMON. 
          AS WE LEAVE FROM THE COLDER MONTHS INTO THE WARMER MONTHS,
WE HAVE MORE ACTIVITY. 
          AND A CITATION IS AN OFFICIAL NOTICE TO APPEAR AT A COURT RELATED TO A CRIMINAL CHARGE OR
INFRACTION VIOLATION ISSUED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. 
          OF THESE, ALMOST 1400 CITATIONS, FOUR OF THEM WERE CATEGORIZED AS MISDEMEANORS. 
          WE HAD 212 ORDINANCE CITATIONS, 230 OTHER INFRACTIONS,
AND THOSE INCLUDE VIOLATIONS SUCH AS VEHICLE CODE FOR VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT ORDINANCE, BUT THEY ARE STILL INFRACTION LEVEL. 
          AND THEN WE HAD ABOUT 900 PARKING CITATIONS. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON PARKING CITATIONS,
THOSE THAT COME FROM A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS, THE TOP ONES BEING TILDEN, COYOTE HILLS, CROWN DEL VALLE,
AND ARROYO DEL VALLE. 
          SOME OF THESE ARE ONGOING ISSUES WITH THE PARK DISTRICT AS LARGE AS WE ARE. 
          EVERY DAY THERE'S VIOLATIONS GOING ON. THERE ARE PEOPLE PARKED IN RED ZONES PARKED WHEN
NOT SUPPOSED TO BE. SO ON A DAY TO DAY LEVEL, WE HAVE CITATIONS ISSUED ALL THE TIME, AND SOME PARKS EXPERIENCE A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE
COMING AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR. 
          WILDFLOWER BLOOMS. EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE THE PARK. WELL,
UNFORTUNATELY, IF YOU'RE ON VARGAS, LET'S SAY. AND YOU COME THERE AND THERE'S NO MORE PARKING. PEOPLE SOMETIMES PARK 50 ON THE ROADWAY AND IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD. 
          SO WE GO THERE AND DO EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY CITES THE PARKING CITATION, BUT IT DOES GET THE WORD OUT. AND THE NEXT
WEEKEND IT'S SAFER FOR THAT WEEKEND. 
          AN ARREST FOR QUARTER TWO. WE CAN DEFINE THAT AS THREE DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          AN ARREST IS A SEIZURE OF A PERSON BY LEGAL RESTRAINT IN RESPONSE TO A CRIMINAL CHARGE. 
          THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT ARRESTS WE CATEGORIZE HERE FOR THE PRESENTATION. ONE IS AN INFIELD
CITE AND RELEASE, TYPICALLY FOR MISDEMEANOR CHARGE. THE OFFICER HAS DISCRETION TO TAKE SOMEONE TO JAIL,
PHYSICAL CUSTODY, OR WRITE THEM A CITATION FOR A COURT DATE TO COME LATER ON. 
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A PERFECT EXAMPLE WOULD BE YOU CATCH SOMEONE SPRAY PAINTING GRAFFITI ON A WALL. 
          YOU CAN TAKE THE GRAFFITI AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 
          THERE'S NO FURTHER VIOLATION THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          SO IF WE TAKE THEIR PAINT CANS, THEIR BACKPACK,
WE CAN GIVE THEM A CITATION. 
          AND WE'VE SOLVED THE PROBLEM. DOES THAT PERSON NEED TO GO TO JAIL WHEN WE FIX THE PROBLEM? PROBABLY NOT. YOU HAVE SOMEONE OTHERWISE, THOUGH,
WHO HAS A, WE'LL SAY IT'S IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY HERE, BUT A DUI AND YOU STOP THEM. IF YOU JUST GIVE THEM A CITATION,
THEY MIGHT REOFFEND. 
          TRY TO DRIVE THEIR CAR. GET A DIFFERENT CAR AND DRIVE OFF. SO THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE ONE
WHERE YOU HAVE A CUSTODIAL ARREST THAT YOU HAVE A VIOLATION. 
          SO WE HAVE THE IN-FIELD CITE AND RELEASE. WE HAVE CUSTODIAL ARREST WITHOUT A WARRANT. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE THE ARREST PURSUANT TO AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT. SO THREE DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES WE LOOK AT. FOR THIS QUARTER TWO 2025, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 99 ARRESTS. OF THOSE 60 RELATED TO MISDEMEANORS,
39 WERE RELATED TO FELONIES. 
          AND WE HAD ABOUT 46 THE TOTAL NUMBER RELATED TO WARRANTS. 
          SOME OF THOSE WARRANTS ARE INTERNAL TO US. SOME OF THEM ARE FOR EXTERNAL FOR OTHER
AGENCIES THAT PUT IN THE STATE SYSTEM THAT WE LOCATE, JUST ANY CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY, THEIR NAME GETS RUN OUT FOR A DIFFERENT VIOLATION. THE
WARRANT POPS UP AND THAT SHOWS UP IN THE SYSTEM. 
          HERE'S OUR CASES. WE SAID BEFORE, EVERYTHING'S AN INCIDENT. 
          NOT EVERYTHING IS A CASE. TO DEFINE A CASE IT'S A REPORT WRITTEN BY AN OFFICER OR PUBLIC
SAFETY TECHNICIAN TO DOCUMENT AN EVENT. 
          IT ALSO INCLUDES DOCUMENTATION OF A CRIME USED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO PROSECUTE A
SUSPECT. 
          AND IT'S ALSO USED TO REPORT CRIMINAL DATA TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OR FBI FOR
STATISTICAL PURPOSES. 
          OVER THIS TIME PERIOD, WE HAD 467 CASES. OF THOSE CASES,
109 WERE RELATED TO FELONY CRIMES OR FELONY EVENTS. 
          107 WERE MISDEMEANOR CASES AND SEVEN WERE ACCIDENT REPORTS. 
          OF THOSE FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR CASES, THAT DOESN'T MEAN PEOPLE ARRESTED THAT MEANS THAT
WE TOOK WHAT WE CALL IT. WE TOOK PAPER ON THAT. WE WROTE IT. SOME OF THEM WERE SOMEONE WHO WAS ARRESTED SOMETIMES THEY'RE FOR A CRIME THAT WAS REPORTED THAT WE HAD TO GO DOCUMENT
THAT REQUIRED FURTHER FOLLOW UP LATER ON. 
          SOME SIGNIFICANT CASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR QUARTER TWO. 
          WE HAD THREE FIREARMS TAKEN OFF THE STREET. TWO ARRESTS FOR RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY TO
DISTRICT RESIDENCES, IS TWO ARREST FOR POSSESSING DANGEROUS WEAPONS OTHER THAN FIREARMS. TEN ARRESTS FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE,
WHICH, AGAIN, AS THE SUMMER KIND OF COMES IN. WE HAVE MORE ALCOHOL IN THE PARK SOMETIMES AND THE PARKS ARE OPEN LATER. SO WE DO FIND WE HAVE MORE DUIS AS IT COMES,
MORE IN THE SUMMERTIME. 
          WE HAD ONE ARREST FOR FLEEING FROM THE POLICE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE,
TWO ARRESTS FOR SEX CRIMES OR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER, THREE ARRESTS FOR POSSESSION OF DRUGS FOR SALES AND ONE ARREST FOR ARSON. 
          A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS ON THESE CASES ARE THE ONES I JUST MENTIONED. 
          ONE SUSPECT WAS LOCATED, IDENTIFIED AND CONFESSED TO VARIOUS ARSONS. 
          OUR INVESTIGATION UNIT HAVE IDENTIFIED SUSPECTS FROM TWO DIFFERENT AUTO BURGLARY CASES AND
WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. 
          LAST I CHECKED, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ARRESTED YET,
BUT THE WARRANTS ARE IN THE SYSTEM. SO IF WE LOCATE THESE SUSPECTS OR SOMEONE ELSE DOES, THEY'LL BE ARRESTED AND QUESTIONED AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 
          ONE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED WHO HAD BROKEN INTO A VACANT PARK RESIDENCE SEVERAL TIMES AT
BLACK DIAMOND. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE HIM AND ARREST HIM, AND THEN ONE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT
WITH A DEADLY WEAPON BY USE OF A VEHICLE. 
          AND THAT WAS IN TILDEN. AS I'D LIKE TO SAY, CRIME NEVER STOPS,
AND NEITHER DO WE. 
          WE WORK 24/7, 365. WE'RE ALWAYS HERE. IF YOU NEED US OR THE PUBLIC,
JUST GIVE US A CALL FOR THE ONE THAT WAS ARRESTED FOR ARSON. 
          WHERE WAS THAT LOCATED? ANTHONY I BELIEVE. ANTHONY CHABOT. 
          AND THERE'S SOME FOLLOW UP ON THAT CASE THAT HE GOT SOME. 
          IT WAS LOOKED AT BY OUR DETECTIVES AND IT WAS ARSON. 
          HE CONFESSED TO ARSON, BUT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AS WELL. 
          AND SO INSTEAD OF GOING FOR PROSECUTION, OUR DETECTIVE WENT AND TALKED TO THE JUDGE AND
FOUND SOME OTHER WAYS TO HANDLE IT AND TO GET HIM THE HELP HE NEEDED. 
          AND THAT'S THE ROUTE WE'RE GOING NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          FINALLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH CITIZEN RIMS. YOU CAN SIGN UP TO FIND INFORMATION FROM CURRENT CASES,
THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE PARKS THAT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP OR TAKE A LOOK AT THE INFORMATION WHEREVER THEY'D LIKE. AND THAT'S ALL
I HAVE TODAY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? NONE. 
          NONE. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY EITHER. THANK YOU. 
          VERY, VERY CLEAR AND PRECISE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. 
          OH DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, OKAY. YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST TAKE A TWO MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL DO OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM AFTER THAT. YOU CAN BE HEARD. 
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THANK YOU FOR THAT SHORT BREAK. SO NOW WE ARE READY FOR THE PARK OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT
UNIT TWO UPDATE. 
          WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAKE SURE I GET MY. 
          SHE TOLD ME HOW TO DO IT, AND THEN I FORGOT. OKAY. 
          YES. THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MARCUS PHINNESSEE AND I SERVE AS THE OPERATIONS UNIT
MANAGER FOR UNIT TWO. 
          I OVERSEE SEVERAL PARKS AND AREAS, INCLUDING COYOTE HILLS,
DUNBARTON QUARRY, ALAMEDA COUNTY TRAILS, QUARRY LAKES, GARIN DRY CREEK, CULL CANYON, AND DON CASTRO. 
          THESE PARKS OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES,
FROM FISHING AND BOATING TO HIKING, SWIMMING, CAMPING AND CAMPING, GIVING VISITORS DIVERSE AND ENJOYABLE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT ALL THESE PARKS HAVE BEEN GROUPED TOGETHER UNDER ONE UNIT. 
          IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD NEW CONNECTIONS AND STREAMLINE OPERATIONS. 
          IN UNIT TWO WE FOCUS ON FOSTERING A STRONG SENSE OF TEAMWORK AND INCLUSION. 
          AS PART OF THAT EFFORT, WE'VE WELCOMED ARDENWOOD INTO OUR UNIT TO KEEP THEM INFORMED AND
INVOLVED IN PARK OPERATIONS. 
          THE PARK SUPERVISOR NOW ATTENDS OUR SUPERVISOR MEETINGS,
AND THEIR TEAM IS REGULARLY INVITED TO JOIN UNIT PROJECTS AND MEETINGS. 
          THIS KIND OF COLLABORATION HAS HELPED BUILD TEAMWORK AND ALIGNMENT AND STRONG
COMMUNICATION ACROSS OUR PARKS AND DEPARTMENTS. 
          AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE VARIOUS PICTURES OF OUR PARKS FEATURED ON
THE SLIDES. 
          THE CURRENT SLIDE IS GARIN FEATURING GOSSIP ROCK ON THE HIGH RIDGE TRAIL. 
          HERE'S A VISUAL OVERVIEW OF OUR PARKS IN UNIT TWO. 
          IN THE UPPER LEFT WE HAVE CULL CANYON LAGOON IN THE MIDDLE. 
          AT THE TOP, DUMBARTON QUARRY CAMPGROUND ON THE UPPER RIGHT,
DON CASTRO LAGOON IN THE CENTER YOU'LL SEE QUARRY LAKES. 
          BOTTOM RIGHT IS COYOTE HILLS. IN THE BOTTOM LEFT WE HAVE A VIEW FROM ALAMEDA COUNTY
TRAILS. 
          EACH OF THESE SITES BRINGS SOMETHING UNIQUE TO THE UNIT AND TO THE OVERALL VISITOR
EXPERIENCE. 
          THIS MAP GIVES YOU A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF UNIT TWO. 
          OUR UNIT COVERS THE SOUTHERN REGION OF THE DISTRICT,
SPANNING FROM FREMONT TO CASTRO VALLEY AND EXTENDING ALONG THE IRON HORSE TRAIL THROUGH PLEASANTON AND DUBLIN, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE ALAMEDA CONTRA COSTA COUNTY LINE. 
          IT'S A LARGE AND DIVERSE AREA WITH A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER,
BOTH LITERALLY AND OPERATIONALLY. 
          CURRENTLY, OUR UNIT HAS 46 STAFF MEMBERS WITH TWO VACANCIES. 
          MANAGING SUCH A BROAD AREA TAKES TEAMWORK, AND I'M PROUD OF THE STAFF'S CONTINUED
DEDICATION AND ADAPTABILITY, ESPECIALLY AS WE'VE TRANSITIONED INTO THIS NEW UNIT STRUCTURE. 
          I REALLY LIKE THIS PICTURE. THIS WAS OUR HOLIDAY PARTY AND IT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN MY UNIT. AND WE TOOK THIS PICTURE TO SHOW THAT THAT UNIQUE PERSONALITIES THAT WE HAVE. 
          HERE ARE A FEW OF KEY PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN UNIT TWO. 
          THE DON CASTRO BRIDGE BUILD PROJECT LED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SMALL TRAILS CREW. 
          THE PATTERSON RANCH PROJECT AT COYOTE HILLS,
AND THE PILOT PROJECT, A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE. 
          THE DON CASTRO BRIDGE BUILD WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE SMALL TRAILS CREW. 
          WE BUILT TWO BRIDGES, ONE 16 FOOT LONG AND THE OTHER 20FT ALONG THE WHISPERING CREEK
TRAIL, WHICH IS PART OF THE TRAILS, CREEKS AND PONDS LIST. 
          AFTER THE 2023 STORM, SEVERAL TRAIL SECTIONS BECAME IMPASSABLE. 
          THESE BRIDGES HAVE REOPENED ACCESS NOT ONLY FOR STAFF BUT ALSO FOR PARK USERS,
RESTORING A CRITICAL ROUTE THAT HAD BEEN WASHED OUT. 
          THESE BRIDGES NOW ALLOW STAFF TO TRAVEL FROM THE COURTYARD TO THE SWIM LAGOON WITHOUT
NEEDING TO USE PUBLIC ROADS, 
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WHICH IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT IN BOTH EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY. 
          HERE YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESSION OF THE DON CASTRO BRIDGE PROJECT STEP BY STEP. 
          THE TEAM WORKED THROUGH DESIGN, SITE PREPARATION AND CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLETE THIS
ESSENTIAL IMPROVEMENT. 
          AND HERE IS THE FINISHED BRIDGES. A GREAT EXAMPLE OF TEAMWORK AND FIELD EXECUTION. 
          WE'RE PROUD. I'M PROUD OF THE RESULTS AND THE BENEFITS THIS BRINGS TO BOTH STAFF AND THE
PUBLIC. 
          THEY HAVE GOTTEN MANY COMPLIMENTS ON THIS BRIDGE BUILD. 
          THE PUBLIC NO LONGER HAVE TO WALK THROUGH MUD TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE,
AND THEY COULD DRIVE THEIR UTVS ACROSS IT. 
          IT'S AN AWESOME IMPROVEMENT TO DON CASTRO. MOVING OVER TO COYOTE HILLS,
THE PATTERSON RANCH PROJECT HAS BEEN A MAJOR FOCUS. THE DESIGN PORTION STARTED IN 2017 AND CONSTRUCTION KICKED
OFF IN 2022. 
          WE'RE NOW CLOSE, REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO COMPLETING THE PROJECT AND PREPARING FOR PUBLIC
ACCESS. 
          ONCE OPENED, THE AREA WILL INCLUDE ONE RESTROOM COMPLEX WITH A TOTAL OF FOUR RESTROOMS,
THREE OBSERVATION DECKS, TWO PICNIC SITES, 100 PARKING STALLS, TWO VENTEK PAY STATIONS,
CHARGING STATIONS, AND A ONE MILE ADA COMPLIANT TRAIL. 10,000 NEW NATIVE PLANTS AND TREES AND A NEW KIOSK IN THE CONCESSIONAIRE AGRICULTURE AREA. 
          THIS PROJECT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT ENHANCEMENTS TO THE PARK'S OFFERINGS. 
          THE PROJECT IS A PILOT PROGRAM FUNDED BY A $40,000 GRANT FROM THE REGIONAL PARKS
FOUNDATION. 
          THIS INITIATIVE IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH LATINO OUTDOORS,
A TRUSTED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION WITH STRONG TIES TO THE LOCAL LATINO COMMUNITY. 
          THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
PARTICULARLY FROM THE LATINO COMMUNITY, AND PROVIDE THEM WITH WELCOMING, POSITIVE EXPERIENCE IN OUR PARKS,
ENCOURAGING THEM TO RETURN IN THE FUTURE. 
          THIS PILOT PROJECT IS STRENGTHENING OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS. 
          SO FAR, LATINO OUTDOORS HAS ORGANIZED THREE EVENTS AT QUARRY LAKES,
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE GROWING THIS PARTNERSHIP. 
          AS WITH ANY ESTABLISHED PARK SYSTEM, WE'RE FACING ONGOING CHALLENGES,
PARTICULARLY WITH AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND STORM IMPACTS. 
          ONE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE IS THE REMOVAL OF SEDIMENT AND DEBRIS FROM NORTH DRY CREEK IN
GARIN. 
          WE NOW HAVE PERMIT APPROVAL TO CLEAR THREE KEY SECTIONS OF THE CREEK NEAR THE BARN AREA,
WHICH WILL HELP IMPROVE DRAINAGE AND REDUCE FLOOD RISK. 
          ANOTHER CURRENT PROJECT IS THE INSTALLATION OF THE BRIDGE AT ZIELE CREEK TRAIL. 
          THIS WILL BE A LARGER SCALE PROJECT SIMILAR TO THE DON CASTRO BRIDGE PROJECT. 
          THIS BRIDGE WILL SPAN 24FT, RESTORING ACCESS TO THE ZIELE CREEK TRAIL,
WHICH WAS DAMAGED IN THE 2023 STORMS. THE TRAILHEAD ENTRANCE WAS COMPROMISED AND THIS BRIDGE WILL PROVIDE A SAFE ENTRY POINT FOR
PARK USERS. 
          IT ALSO CONNECTS GARIN WOODS LOOP TRAIL. THIS WILL BE ANOTHER UNIT PROJECT FOR A UNIT TWO. 
          THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS. THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          DIRECTOR ESPAÑA DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE NEW SYNERGIES,
BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE NEWLY CONFIGURED IN THE PARKS THAT YOU SERVE. SO HOW IS THAT CONFIGURATION JUST ALLOWED THE DIFFERENT
EMPLOYEES IN YOUR WHOLE UNIT TO TAKE CARE OF THE PARKS OR MAYBE RESPOND TO DIFFERENT ISSUES. 
          SO, AS YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD THE OTHER UNITS,
YOU HAD THE SHORELINE PARK [INAUDIBLE] RECREATIONAL LAKES. 
          RIGHT. SO THOSE UNITS PRETTY MUCH HAD THE PARKS,
HAD SOMETHING IN COMMON. 
          THIS THE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING IT NOW, WE HAVE PARKS IN EVERY DIFFERENT AREA. 
          WE HAVE SWIMMING LAGOONS, WE HAVE THREE SWIMMING FACILITIES. 
          WE HAVE FISHING NOW, WE HAVE HIKING NOW, WE HAVE CAMPGROUND NOW. 
          SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A BIG POT OF NICE CHICKEN SOUP WHERE YOU JUST MIX IN ALL THOSE
INGREDIENTS AND EAT SOMETHING GOOD. 
          [01:50:04]
THAT'S WHAT THIS RESTRUCTURING HAS DONE FOR UNIT TWO. 
          SO WE HAVE IF YOU HAVE A CAMPGROUND AND THEN I HAVE SOME OPEN SPACE AREAS WHERE GATES MAY
NEED TO BE MAINTAINED AND STUFF. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF CROSS TRAINING THAT GOES ON WHICH HELPS PROMOTE THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. 
          RIGHT. THE ON THE JOB LEARNING EXPERIENCE. OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. AND THEN ALSO FOR THE DIFFERENT PICTURES SHOWING THE
WHOLE PROCESS AND EVERYTHING. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE SKILL BUILDING TYPE OF PROJECTS,
AND ALSO THAT YOUR TEAM WAS WORKING WITH SMALL TRAILS CREW AND EVERYTHING ON IT. YEAH. SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT PROCESS. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US AN UPDATE. AND THE PATTERSON PARKING LOT. 
          OH, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT SO. 
          I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. YES, DEFINITELY. DEFINITELY. 
          THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. VERY HELPFUL UPDATE. AND, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          OKAY. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? WELL, IT'S NOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          [Announcements]
I DID WANT TO JUST SORT OF PIGGYBACK ON MARCUS'S PRESENTATION. 
          SO WE DO BOARD SITE TOURS. AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT KIND OF GOES AROUND GEOGRAPHICALLY
ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          BUT THEN WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE UNIT MANAGERS OF THE SEVEN UNITS THEN BEING ABLE TO COME
IN AND FOCUS ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR UNITS. 
          I THINK A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO WE HAD JEFF MANLEY,
THE UNIT MANAGER OF UNIT TWO, THREE FOUR ALONG THE SHORELINE. 
          AND THEN WITH MARCUS. THIS IS, MARCUS IS THE FIRST PRESENTATION TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE
WELL, NOT FOR THIS YEAR ON UPDATES OF THE DIFFERENT OF THE REORGANIZATION OF PARK OPERATIONS. 
          SO BEFORE WE HAD SIX UNITS AND THEY WERE MORE FUNCTIONALLY ORGANIZED. 
          AND SO MARCUS IS REALLY REFLECTING THIS UPDATE OF THE NOW THE UNITS ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY
ORGANIZED. 
          AND SO AS HE POINTED OUT, IT REALLY ALLOWS FOR A LOT MORE INTERACTION GEOGRAPHICALLY,
BUT WITH VERY A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FUNCTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING. SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING. AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE UNIT MANAGERS
COMING IN. 
          SO THAT WAS A LONG WAY OF GETTING TO FRIDAY IS THE BOARD SITE TOUR,
WHICH WILL ALSO BE IN, IN REAL LIFE, BEING ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE UNIT. 
          SO JUST THOUGHT I'D PUT IN A PLUG FOR THAT. YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. WELL, I'LL BE THERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. SO OUR MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 1:01 P.M.. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.