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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, BEGINNING AT 11:04.[Roll Call]
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? DIRECTOR SANWONG.HERE. DIRECTOR ECHOLS. PRESENT. CHAIR MERCURIO.
HERE. GENERAL MANAGER SABRINA LANDRETH. HERE.
GENERAL COUNSEL LYNNE BOURGAULT. HERE. 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.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING PROCEDURES, WE WILL BEGIN.
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OF THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF AUGUST 27TH? SO MOVED. OKAY MOVED. I PREFER NOT TO SECOND SINCE I WASN'T THERE, BUT IF YOU OKAY, I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN.YOU WANT ABSTAIN? OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEMS.
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OF WHICH THERE IS ONE ITEM FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO ADOPT THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN PLAN FOR THE BIG BREAK CLIMATE ADAPTATION STUDY. YOU'RE UP. ALL RIGHT IT'S BEEN A WHILE. LET ME PULL UP THE PRESENTATION.YES GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT MERCURIO BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS ADAPTATION STUDY WILL HELP INFORM THE.
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INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S OUT THERE. BUT WHAT IT'LL ALSO DO IS INFORM FUTURE PARK DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE.AND STAFF LAST BROUGHT THIS BACK TO THE COMMITTEE ABOUT TEN MONTHS AGO, AND THAT WAS TO REVIEW THE CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE STUDIED ON SITE. FOLLOWING THAT, STAFF BROUGHT THIS TO A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS IN SCOTT STOLLER OUR CIVIL ENGINEER WITH DECO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THAT REVIEW, A PRELIMINARY DESIGN THAT WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE PROJECT.
AND THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION ITEM. STAFF IS LOOKING FOR THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO ADVANCE THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN TO THE FULL BOARD, AND CIVIL ENGINEER SCOTT STOLLER WILL GO OVER THE DETAILS OF NEXT STEPS AND WALK YOU THROUGH THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN. THANK YOU CHRIS.
GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT MERCURIO, BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS SCOTT STOLLER. I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER WITHIN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT.
AND HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG BREAK REGIONAL SHORELINE.
AND SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND DEVELOPED A PRELIMINARY DESIGN THAT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD AND PROGRESSING AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THIS PRELIMINARY DESIGN PLAN FOR THE BIG BREAK CLIMATE ADAPTATION STUDY AND RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD AND WE RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPROVE MOVING THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN PLAN FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD FOR ADOPTION. SO THE STUDY SCOPE IS PRESENTED HERE AND REALLY IS TO LOOK AT SEA LEVEL RISE VULNERABILITY ALONG OUR SHORELINE, PARTICULARLY TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS THERE, THE TRAILS AND OUR BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO TO HABITAT AND VEGETATION COMMUNITIES AND WHERE WE'RE THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO IS TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE OUR PRELIMINARY DESIGN PLAN, AND PART OF THAT WAS CONDUCTING PRETTY EXTENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH.
I WILL NOTE THAT THE INTENT OF THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND THE REPORTS IS REALLY TO HAVE A ROADMAP OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THE PUBLIC, STAFF AND THE BOARD SO THAT WE KIND OF SEE WHAT WE WANT TO DO AS A COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD AT THE SITE IN YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THAT SOME OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS MORE OR LESS IMPACTED BY PROJECTED SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE FUTURE.
LOOKING AT THE HABITAT, PUBLIC ACCESS AND THE INTERPRETATION WORK THAT IS BEING DONE OUT THERE, AND TO DEVELOP A PLAN THAT ADAPTS AND EXPAND EXISTING HABITATS FOR THE FUTURE.
AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE ACCESS AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL.
JUST A QUICK LOOK AT OUR SCHEDULE AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
WE BEGAN IN EARNEST IN JANUARY OF 2024, WITH SEVERAL SITE ASSESSMENTS AND STUDIES, WHICH WERE PRESENTED AND COLLATED IN THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS PRESENTATION THAT WE GAVE.
AND AND THEN WE EMBARKED ON A COUPLE OF PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGS AFTER THAT.
AFTER TODAY OUR, OUR PLAN IS TO CONTINUE OUR FINAL PUBLIC OUTREACH PUSH AND TO BRING THIS TO THE FULL BOARD FOR ADOPTION. SHOWN ANOTHER WAY [LAUGHTER] THIS THIS SLIDE REALLY SHOWS KIND OF OUR SNAKE LABYRINTH OF PROJECT REVIEW AND, AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN THAT DASHED RED BOX RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
THOSE YELLOW BOXES REALLY INDICATE WHERE OUR TOUCH POINTS ARE WITH THE WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AND TODAY WE HAVE ASSEMBLED THAT PRELIMINARY DESIGN.
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DIRECTORS. AND THEN REALLY, THAT'S WHERE THIS PROJECT SITS UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO ALLOCATE FUNDS AND PRIORITIZE SOME OF THE ITEMS IN THIS PLAN INTO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT LONG TERM PLAN.SO THE OUTREACH THAT WE'VE CONDUCTED TO DATE IN DECEMBER OF 2024, WE BEGAN OUR OUTREACH, AND WE HAVE BASICALLY THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING OR CONSULTING.
WE HAVE A GROUP OF PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS WHICH ARE LIKE OUR DOCENTS AND TEACHERS WHO ARE VERY ACTIVE AT BIG BREAK AND REALLY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST AND HAVE REALLY DEDICATED A LOT OF TIME ON THE SITE AND THEN OUT TO OUR, THE GENERAL PUBLIC. AND THEN IN PARALLEL, WE DO OUTREACH TO TO THE LOCAL TRIBES AS WELL.
AND SO WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED HERE IS IS SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE PUBLIC DECEMBER OF 2024, WE HAD AN ONLINE PUBLIC MEETING, AND THEN WE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH A HALF DAY WORKSHOP IN FEBRUARY OF 2025, WHICH WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE. AND THEN AGAIN IN MARCH 2025, WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE ALL ABILITIES DAY OUT AT BIG BREAK AND TABLED THERE AND REALLY WERE ABLE TO REALLY GET SOME GOOD FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THESE SITE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE SPOKE TO TRIBAL MEMBERS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF 2024.
THIS SLIDE IN THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES REALLY TALKS ABOUT OUR DESIGN CRITERIA AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT THIS SITE FOR SEA LEVEL RISE VULNERABILITY AND OUR DESIGN CRITERIA. THE GRAPH HERE IS FROM THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL, WHICH IS A STATE AGENCY THAT SETS SEA LEVEL RISE GUIDANCE FOR THE ENTIRE STATE. SO IN 2024, THEY PROVIDED AN UPDATE.
AND WE'RE USING THE INTERMEDIATE HIGH PROJECTION LINE, THAT ORANGE LINE ON THE GRAPH.
AND BECAUSE THIS SITE IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE, LOCATED IN THE DELTA, WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUBJECT TO SEA LEVEL RISE LIKE ANY OTHER COASTAL AREA, BUT ALSO FLOOD IS A IS A KIND OF A UNIQUE FEATURE IN THE DELTA THAT WE HAVE THE SAN JOAQUIN AND THE SACRAMENTO RIVERS COMING RIGHT PAST OUR SITE.
SO MANY OF OUR SITES THAT ARE ALONG THE BAY DON'T NECESSARILY FACE THOSE DUAL CONSIDERATIONS, BUT HERE WE DO. AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A DESIGN CRITERIA FOR KIND OF OUR, WHAT WE CALL OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS REALLY OUR BUILDINGS. LOOKING AT THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION, WHICH IS THE 1% CHANCE FLOOD THROUGH THAT LONG TERM TO 2100. IT'S ABOUT A 5 FOOT SEA LEVEL RISE THAT'S ADDED TO THAT CURRENT PROJECTION FOR FLOODING.
BUT FOR OUR SOFTER INFRASTRUCTURE OUR TRAILS, WE'RE LOOKING AT TRACKING THAT SAME THAT SAME CURVE, BUT FOR A 50 YEAR DESIGN LIFE TO 2075. AND WE SEE ABOUT A 2.5FT SEA LEVEL RISE FOR THAT THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR.
THIS IS LOOKING AT OUR SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE THERE'S A CONNECTOR TRAIL AND THE LEVY TOP TRAIL THAT WILL BE VULNERABLE TO ABOUT A 1.5FT, 1.4FT OF SEA LEVEL RISE, WHERE THEY START GETTING INUNDATED ON A DAILY BASIS BY THE HIGH TIDES.
BUT SOME OF THE MORE, SOME OF THE PAVED ROADS, THE PAVED ROADS OR TRAILS ON SITE, THE BIG BREAK REGIONAL TRAIL AND THE TRAIL THAT GOES OUT TO THE DELTA DISCOVERY AREA, THOSE ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, WHICH IS GOOD.
AND OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL HAVE FUTURE ITERATIONS OF THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL'S GUIDANCE.
RELATIVE TO THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON SITE, THIS IS LOOKING AT THE FLOODING ELEVATION.
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TO THE LONG TERM [LAUGHTER]. SO THE VISITOR CENTER WE CAN SEE IS ABOVE THAT 2100 PROJECTION WHICH IS GOOD.THE ONLY THING THAT'S REALLY IN THAT VULNERABLE RANGE IS THE RESTROOM THAT'S TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE THERE, NEAR THE NEAR THE PARKING LOT. BUT AGAIN, WHAT ALL THIS IS TELLING US IS, YOU KNOW, THE THESE ARE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO MONITOR AND AND BE AWARE, AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE COMING DECADES, AND THAT ANY WORK THAT WE DO KIND OF IN THE SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS, WE WANT TO LOOK TOWARD THESE ELEVATIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND JUST TO TO KIND OF REITERATE AND BE CLEAR, THE VISITOR CENTER, WHICH IS ARGUABLY THE MOST COMPLEX FACILITY THAT WE HAVE THERE IN THAT PARK, IS ON PRETTY MUCH THE HIGHEST GROUND.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS IT IS IN A, IN A PRETTY SECURE LOCATION FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
AND WHEN IT WAS, I BELIEVE, WHEN THE DESIGN WAS PUT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME FILL THAT WAS MOUNDED TO, TO GET TO THAT ELEVATION. YEAH TO CREATE THAT YEAH.
OKAY GOOD THANKS. SO NOW WE GET TO SOME PRETTY PICTURES.
THIS IS OUR PROPOSED PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND THIS IS A VERY BUSY SLIDE.
IT'S THE HIGHLIGHT OVERVIEW. AND I'LL DIVE INTO EACH OF THESE IN A MOMENT.
BUT REALLY WHAT I WANT TO SHOW HERE IS THAT WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED, BUT ALSO ECOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS. SO EVERYTHING THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW WITH TEXT, THOSE ARE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MOMENT.
AND THEN EVERYTHING THAT'S KIND OF SHADED IN A DIFFERENT HUE OF THE RAINBOW, THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, ECOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS. SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND REALLY THE ITEMS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE REALLY ROSE TO THE FOREFRONT THROUGH WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN WORK THAT WAS DONE IN 2006 THROUGH 2009 WITH IMPLEMENTATION AND SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT PEOPLE HAD WANTED TO IMPLEMENT WITH WITH A PROJECT BACK THEN, OR IDEAS THAT THEY HAD FOR KIND OF A FULL MASTER PLAN THAT DIDN'T GET IMPLEMENTED.
AND AND JUST UNDERSTANDING THE SITE AND OUR, OUR CONSULTANT INPUT.
AND SO WHAT WE'LL SEE STARTING AT THE TOP LEFT ITEM A IS IMPROVING THE KAYAK BEACH LAUNCH.
AND SO REALLY WHAT THAT ENTAILS IS PROVIDING A DURABLE GRAVEL SURFACE, PEBBLE PEBBLE SURFACE THAT TO FACILITATE EASIER ACCESS TO THE WATER. RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF MUCK THAT IS THERE.
AND BECAUSE IT IS A BEACH LAUNCH PEOPLE WILL SINK, ESPECIALLY DURING LOW TIDES, YOU KNOW, UP TO THEIR KNEES SOMETIMES WHEN THEY'RE LAUNCHING WATERCRAFT.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPROVING THAT EXPERIENCE.
IT'LL ALSO IMPROVE THE COLLECTION OF OF PLANTS FOR NATIVE CULTURAL PURPOSES.
ITEM B, AS WE MOVE TO THE RIGHT, IS LOOKING AT REPLACING THE AMPHITHEATER SHADE AND SHADE IS, IS A BIG THING AT THIS SITE ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S HOT NOW AND WE KNOW THAT THOSE DAYS ARE OF HOT DAYS WILL INCREASE OVER TIME.
AND SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT RESHAPING THAT AMPHITHEATER IS IMPORTANT.
THAT'S ITEM C ON THE MID LEFT. AND AND REALLY THIS IS REALLY GOING TO IMPROVE CIRCULATION ON SITE.
IT'S GOING TO REALLY HELP WITH THE PROGRAMING WITH MULTIPLE LOOPS FOR VISITORS OUR CAPACITY TO HOST SIMULTANEOUS GROUPS WILL INCREASE AND ALSO PROVIDE A.
A SHORTER LOOP, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE.
WOULD BE HELPFUL TO TO GET OUT TO THE DISCOVERY EXPERIENCE AND THEN.
HAVE KIND OF A, A FULL A FULL RANGE OF EXPERIENTIAL AS YOU MOVE. FROM THE VISITOR CENTER THROUGH KIND OF A WETLAND COMPLEX WITH OBSERVATION DECKS BACK AROUND PAST THE POND.
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AND SO WE REALLY SEE THIS AS, AS A BIG IMPROVEMENT TO THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AS WE MOVE OFF TO THE RIGHT.ITEM D IS IMPROVING THE LEVEE TOP TRAIL. OH DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, I'M JUST CURIOUS. SO, ARE ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THE LONGER TERM SEA LEVEL RISE AND CLIMATE CHANGE? OR ARE SOME OF THESE MORE JUST TO MAKE IT BETTER IN GENERAL? YEAH SO SOME OF IT IS VISITOR EXPERIENCE FOR SURE.
AND SO I THINK THIS ITEM, THE LEVEE TOP TRAIL THAT I'M GETTING TO HERE IS, IS AN ITEM THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THAT SEA LEVEL RISE PROJECTION SLIDE AS BEING VULNERABLE. AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S A, IT'S A NARROW TRAIL THAT IS SOMEWHAT IRREGULAR.
AND SO OUR GOAL HERE IS TO WIDEN IT SLIGHTLY SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A DURABLE SURFACE.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, RAISING IT TO OUR 2075 ELEVATION, BUT GIVING IT A WIDE ENOUGH BASE THAT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON HOW THOSE PROJECTIONS COME IN, WE HAVE THAT PRISM THAT WE CAN BUILD THAT TRAIL UP FURTHER.
OKAY. MAKES SENSE THANK YOU. AND THEN AS WE MOVE OFF TO THE TO THE EAST THERE YOU KNOW, THE DELTA IS, IS AN AMAZING PLACE. AND THE AND THE VISTAS, IF YOU'RE UP HIGH ENOUGH, ARE, ARE REALLY I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, BREATHTAKING. YOU KNOW, JUST IN TERMS OF, LIKE, JUST TO SEE THIS ENSEMBLE OF WATER AND WETLANDS AND THEN EVEN SOME OF THE, THE BOAT TRAFFIC AND JUST, JUST REALLY, YOU KNOW, GETTING A SENSE OF WHAT ALL IS HAPPENING IN THE DELTA.
AND SO THAT ITEM E IS A PERCHED ELEVATION DECK.
NOT YOU KNOW, MAYBE FIVE FEET ABOVE KIND OF EXISTING GROUND JUST SO THAT YOU'RE UP ABOVE THE TREES.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE REALLY ISN'T AN AREA IN THAT ZONE WHERE YOU ARE KIND OF UP ABOVE THE, THE WETLAND AND REALLY CAN SEE OUT THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT ZONE.
AND THEN AS WE MOVE DOWN TO THE, THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECOGNIZED IS THAT BEAVER AND RIVER OTTER THEY LIKE TO CROSS FROM THE, THE OUTER WETLANDS INTO THE INTERNAL EMERGENT MARSH.
AND THEY DO THAT BY CLIMBING ONTO OUR TRAIL AND SLIDING DOWN.
AND SO IN SOME AREAS, THE TRAIL HAS GOTTEN VERY NARROW.
SO ESSENTIALLY THAT WOULD BE A SHORT BRIDGE WITH A A CUTOUT TO ALLOW BOTH WILDLIFE BUT ALSO IMPROVE WATER CIRCULATION IN THAT EASTERN MARSH. AND THEN THERE'S ONE OTHER TRAIL CLOSER TO THE PARKING LOT THAT FOR ACCESSIBILITY, WE'RE LOOKING TO RAISE AND IMPROVE THAT SURFACE AS WELL.
AND AND WHAT THIS IS, IS LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES.
NOT THAT EVERY SQUARE FOOT OF THIS WILL BE A SHADE TREE, BUT RECOGNIZING, AGAIN, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PAVED AREAS AND THAT PAVED ROAD THAT GOES OUT TO THE DELTA DISCOVERY EXPERIENCE. IT DOES GET QUITE HOT, AND SO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SHADE OVER THOSE PAVED SURFACES REDUCES AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. AND HAVING SOME SEATING ALONG THERE CERTAINLY HELPS.
AND THEN THIS ITEM TWO IS IS LOOKING AT IMPROVING NATIVE PLANT COVER.
AND SO THIS IS AN INTERESTING PROCESS AND RECOMMENDATION THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR CONSULTANTS.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME RARE GRASS SPECIES THAT THAT LIVE IN THIS ZONE.
THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS, MOWING SCHEDULES, BUT ALSO OPPORTUNISTIC TRANSLOCATING OF RHIZOMATOUS GRASSES TO HELP TO KIND OF RECOLONIZE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE SEE A LOT OF, OF WEEDY SPECIES.
AND SO THIS PLAN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE KIND OF LIKE ONE TIME CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, BUT ALSO KIND OF A PROGRAMMATIC AND OPPORTUNISTIC ELEMENTS WHERE, AS YOU KNOW, STAFF AND OPERATIONS BUDGET ALLOWS, WE CAN KIND OF TARGET SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS ITEM 3 IS ADJACENT TO THAT EMERGENT MARSH YOU SEE ON THE EAST.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS IN EXPANDING THE MARSH AND WILLOW RIPARIAN ZONE.
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AND THIS WILL HELP TO SELF MITIGATE ANY IMPACTS THAT WE HAVE ON SITE FROM SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT BASKING LOGS IS ONE KIND OF STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY.
BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT KIND OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SHORELINE.
THIS AREA IS USED FOR THE PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND, AND THINKING ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT IN, IN CONCERT WITH PRESERVING CERTAIN AREAS FOR BASKING AND REPRODUCTION FOR THOSE NORTHWESTERN POND TURTLES.
REALLY JUST A NICE WAY TO INVITE SOME OF THE BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES TO HAVE A SPACE WHERE THEY CAN THRIVE AND BE OBSERVED. AND SO IT REALLY HELPS WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THESE AT SOME OF OUR DIFFERENT PARKS AND VISITOR CENTERS.
THE ANTIOCH DUNES ARE A HISTORIC HABITAT THAT HAS BEEN IN THIS AREA FOR YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE AGES, YOU KNOW, CLIMATE HABITATS HAVE CHANGED AND DEVELOPMENT HAS COME IN.
BUT THERE ARE SOME UNIQUE SPECIES THAT THAT DO LIVE ON THESE DUNES.
AND SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE THAT AREA.
NOTABLY IS THE, THE LOCALLY ADAPTED ANTIOCH DUNE EVENING PRIMROSE, WHICH IS A REALLY LOW GROWING BUT BEAUTIFUL PLANT THAT HAS A NICE FLOWER, THE SILVER BUSH LUPINE AND OTHERS.
AND NOW WE GET TO TOWARD THE CONCLUSION WHERE WE PULL TOGETHER SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF IMPROVEMENTS. AND LIKE I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, THE THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THIS PLAN THAT LAYS OUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY OUR, OUR INTENTION FOR BIG BREAK AND, AND OVER TIME WE'RE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, PEEL OFF AND IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE. BUT IN TODAY'S DOLLARS, IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT IT ALL, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A $6 MILLION PRICE TAG.
AND WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT STEPS. LIKE I ALLUDED TO EARLIER.
WE'LL BE LOOKING TO COMPLETE OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH THIS FALL.
WE'D LIKE TO BRING THIS PROJECT AND THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR ADOPTION BY THE FULL BOARD THIS WINTER, AND THEN LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL INCLUSION INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN OF PORTIONS OF THIS PLAN.
AND AND JUST TO BRING TO THE FOREFRONT AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT THE AMPHITHEATER SHADE STRUCTURE IS BEEN AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT AND IS PLANNING TO BE PROGRESSED KIND OF CONCURRENTLY WITH WITH ALL THIS WORK.
AND ALSO TO CONCLUDE, OUR THE GENERAL MANAGER RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THIS PRELIMINARY DESIGN PLAN AND THAT WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE FULL BOARD FOR ADOPTION.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AND THEN COMMENTS LATER.
OKAY. NO YEAH. YEAH I THINK WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, I'D ASKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON SEA LEVEL RISE. AND I REMEMBER I ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEES THAT DWR MANAGES AND PRIORITIZES IN THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN IN REGARDS TO SEAWATER GETTING INTO THE DELTA, BECAUSE IT CAN BE VERY RISKY TO THE FRESH WATER THAT GETS PUMPED OUT AT HARVEY BANKS PUMPING PLANT.
AND I BELIEVE WE'RE DOWNSTREAM FROM HARVEY BANKS.
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S LOCATED WHAT I'M ACTUALLY I WAS LOOKING AT A MAP. IT'S LOCATED BETWEEN BETHEL ISLAND AND TRACY, AND I THINK WE'RE TECHNICALLY DOWNSTREAM FROM HARVEY BANKS. AND SO I'M CURIOUS IF WE REVIEWED SOME OF THE DWR, YOU KNOW, LEVEE PLANS AND PRIORITIZATION
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AND, AND HOW MUCH THAT MAY OR MAY NOT IMPACT SEA LEVEL RISE? YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT FLOODING RISK.I THINK SACRAMENTO RIVER FLOODING MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A GREATER RISK THAN SEA LEVEL RISE IN THIS AREA.
JUST KNOWING HOW MANAGED THE LEVEE SYSTEM IS IN THIS AREA.
AND I'M CURIOUS IF THAT WAS CONSIDERED AS PART OF OUR CALCULATION HERE IN REGARDS TO THE RISK.
AND YOU DID MENTION FLOODING RISK DURING THE PRESENTATION. YEAH.
SO THE THE FLOOD ELEVATIONS THAT ARE USED ARE PUBLISHED BY FEMA PRIMARILY.
AND SO THIS STUDY DIDN'T LOOK AT ANY NEW MODELING TO UNDERSTAND THE UPSTREAM IMPACTS FOR FLOODING AT THIS SITE, BUT RELIED ON PUBLISHED, PUBLISHED DATA. OKAY.
YEAH, I DO KNOW THAT WITH THE LEVEES AND MAYBE I CAN SEND A LINK OVER FROM THE DWR WEBSITE, BUT BIG BREAKS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THE LEVEES THAT DWR MANAGES TO TRY TO PREVENT SALT WATER OR SEAWATER FROM GETTING INTO AND NEAR THE FRESHWATER SUPPLY. NOW, WITH THE SACRAMENTO RIVER FLOODING RISK.
I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING OF CONSIDERATION, AND I THINK WE SAW THAT IN 2017.
AND THEN I THINK I MENTIONED THIS, BUT IF NOT, I'LL MENTION IT NOW.
THERE IS A, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY UPSTREAM, THERE IS A PROJECT SITES RESERVOIR IN COLUSA COUNTY THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THE BENEFITS THAT THEY INCLUDE IS TO HELP MANAGE FLOOD RISK IN SACRAMENTO RIVER AREA.
YEAH SO AGAIN I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD THE PROJECT AND IMPROVEMENTS AT BIG BREAK, YOU KNOW, REALLY NEED TO CONSIDER ALL YOU KNOW SURROUNDING AND MITIGATING FACTORS THAT MAY BE IMPLEMENTED OVER TIME.
BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU KNOW, AS, AS SYKES COMES ONLINE AND IF THERE ARE PUBLISHED, YOU KNOW, STUDIES IN TERMS OF WHAT THE RISKS ARE, IF THEY'RE MITIGATED SLIGHTLY, THOSE DEFINITELY CAN ALL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN I HAVE TWO OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
SO ONE IS I GUESS I'LL START FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE.
SO I KNOW WE WERE JUST AT BIG BREAK, BUT I ACTUALLY DON'T REMEMBER LOOKING FOR THIS.
DO WE HAVE ANY OF THIS INFORMATION POSTED IN THE VISITOR CENTER FOR FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT OR, YOU KNOW, GETTING MORE INFORMATION? BECAUSE I KNOW WE DO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO PASS THROUGH THAT VISITOR CENTER, SUCH AS.
I BELIEVE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT HAS COMMISSIONERS THAT WILL REGULARLY VISIT THE CENTER, AS DOES SOME OF THE DIFFERENT WATER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE COULD BE OF INTEREST TO THEM.
AND SO I'M CURIOUS IF ANY OF THIS INFORMATION IS POSTED AT THE VISITOR CENTER.
SO THE POSTERS THAT WE USED FOR OUR FEBRUARY PUBLIC MEETING AND IN MARCH FOR THE ALL ABILITIES DAY.
THOSE POSTERS ARE AT BIG BREAK. I DON'T KNOW HOW PROMINENTLY THEY'RE DISPLAYED AT THIS POINT.
I KNOW THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR THEIR INTERPRETIVE AREA, AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'VE KIND OF FIT OR USE THIS INFORMATION FOR KIND OF ONGOING PUBLIC AWARENESS. BUT I KNOW FOR A TIME PERIOD THIS PROJECT WAS DISPLAYED AND AS PART OF OUR ONLINE SURVEY, THERE WAS A QR CODE AND THINGS THAT WE WERE INVITING THE VISITING PUBLIC TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND PROVIDE INPUT.
YES CAUSE THAT LEADS TO MY FOURTH QUESTION ABOUT FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, WHERE I KNOW THAT THEY REGULARLY WILL SEND THEIR COMMISSIONERS AS PART OF, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, LEARNING AND TRAINING IN REGARDS TO THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA.
THEY'LL HAVE THEIR COMMISSIONERS COME THROUGH OUR BIG BREAK VISITOR CENTER.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SO CONCERNED WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DELTA THAT THEY'RE BUYING ISLANDS AND PROPERTY THAT THEY NOW OWN OR, WELL, OWN IN THAT AREA. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF IN TERMS OF FUNDING AND WE CAN KEEP THIS HIGH LEVEL IN GENERAL, BUT HAS THERE BEEN THAT CONSIDERATION OF YOU KNOW, ALL THE SOME OF THESE OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES IN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SACRAMENTO-SAN
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JOAQUIN DELTA AREA OF THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY MIGHT ALSO BE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT.I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT. AND AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE DISTRICT AND WE LOOK AT PROJECT FINANCING, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT KIND OF ALL INTERESTED PARTIES.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YEAH AND THEN I GUESS I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS A QUESTION.
BIG BREAK IS A STOP. AND MIKE MORAN FROM INR LEADS A LOT OF THOSE TOURS AND DOES A VERY GOOD JOB.
AND YOU'LL GET A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, WHETHER IT'S IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OR YOU KNOW, WATER AGENCIES OR FLOOD MANAGEMENT, EVEN SOME, YOU KNOW, WITH THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, SOME, YOU KNOW, FARMER, LARGE FARMERS THAT WILL COME THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.
AND AND SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK GOING FORWARD, JUST SEEING THE AMOUNT OF COST, YOU KNOW. DO WE HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE INTERNALLY TO START TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THOSE PROGRAMS ARE COMING THROUGH BIG BREAK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THE INFORMATION OF THIS PROJECT POSTED SO THAT WE CAN START TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS.
I THINK THESE ARE ALL REALLY GOOD POINTS. JUST TO BE THINKING SYSTEMATICALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ACROSS DEPARTMENTS YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK I CAN BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH BIG BREAK, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE LATEST INFORMATION TO YOU KNOW, TO BE ON DISPLAY.
LIKE I SAID, WE THEY DO HAVE THE POSTERS. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAYBE I CAN DO IS YOU KNOW, TALK TO WYATT AND JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THEY NOW? AND CAN WE INCORPORATE THOSE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROMINENTLY IF THEY'RE NOT NOW? GREAT THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM OUT THERE? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. OR IN HERE? NO? OKAY. ALL RIGHT SO THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR COMMENTS.
ANY COMMENTS? YEAH. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.
THIS IS EXCITING WORK. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BOTH ADDRESS THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION AS WELL AS MAKE THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE EVEN MORE COMPELLING. AND BIG BREAK DOES A REALLY WONDERFUL JOB WITH PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND SCHOOL VISITS.
AND SO THIS WILL MAKE THINGS EVEN BETTER, I THINK SO, THANK YOU.
YEAH, I THINK THIS IS REALLY GREAT OVERVIEW. AND YOU KNOW, MY RECOMMENDATION IS JUST TO MAYBE INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE DWR LEVY PRIORITIES AND SITES RESERVOIR.
CERTAINLY THOSE PROJECTS COULD IMPACT, YOU KNOW, THE SACRAMENTO RIVER FLOOD RISK AND OR THE RISK OF SEA LEVEL RISE IN SALT WATER ENTERING THE DELTA, WHICH I KNOW DWR IS VERY FOCUSED ON PREVENTING.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I REALLY LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT FUNDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OUR PLANS FROM OUR, YOU KNOW, INTERNAL BUDGET RESOURCES VERSUS OPPORTUNITIES TO MAYBE WORK WITH SOME OTHER PARTNERS THAT REALLY VALUE YOU KNOW, BIG BREAK VISITOR CENTER AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE BIG BREAK AS PART OF THEIR PROGRAMING. BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PROMISE HERE. AND IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD THANK YOU.
AND I REALLY LIKE THE ALL THE GRAPHICS AND EVERYTHING.
THE MAPS AND EVERYTHING MADE IT VERY HELPFUL TO, TO LOOK AT IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
YOU KNOW THE KAYAK LAUNCH THING IS THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND.
AND ALSO THE HABITAT, THE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE BESIDES US FOLKS.
SO ALL THAT STUFF IN THERE, I LOVE THE WAY IT'S BEEN WOVEN TOGETHER.
AND I THINK IT ILLUSTRATES JUST A ACTUALLY A REAL TYPICAL WAY THAT WE DO PROJECTS.
IT'S NOT WE DON'T JUST GO AND BUILD A TRAIL SOMEWHERE OR SOMETHING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING TO SEE HOW IT ALL FITS TOGETHER. AND THEN SPEAKING ABOUT THE, THE ELEMENTS OF IT I REALLY THINK THAT BOARDWALK GOING ACROSS THE POND, THAT'S A POND, RIGHT? AND CALL IT A POND? YEAH I MEAN, I THINK THAT IT'S IT KIND OF TIES THE TWO PARTS OF THE PARK TOGETHER, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES A VIEWING AREA, YOU KNOW? RIGHT, RIGHT ON TOP [LAUGHTER] OF THE WATER AND WHERE THE TURTLES ARE AND STUFF.
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I'VE SEEN THOSE TURTLES THERE. THEY'RE REALLY COOL. PEOPLE LOVE THOSE. SO THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD FEATURE.IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE PARK AND IT, IT TERMINATES AT, I GUESS THAT'S BIG BREAK ROAD, BUT IT WON'T ALWAYS DO THAT.
OUR PLAN IS TO EXTEND THAT TRAIL TO THE WEST.
AND SO WITH THAT I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON THIS THIS RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO ADOPT THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN PLANS FOR THE BIG BREAK CLIMATE ADAPTATION STUDY.
YEAH I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION. OKAY GOT A MOTION AND A AND I THINK THE MOTION IS TO RECOMMEND IT TO THE BOARD, RIGHT? THE FULL BOARD, ISN'T THAT? YEAH I TRIED TO SAY THAT THAT SECOND. ALL RIGHT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? YES. AYE.
OKAY CARRIES THANK YOU. THANK YOU
[Informational Items]
NOW WE HAVE SOME INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. ONE IS 5.A THE FIRST ONE IS THE BOREL PROJECT DESIGN OPTIONS.ALL RIGHT GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD MORNING STILL.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS NEOMA LAVALLE PLANNING MANAGER.
SINCE LAST YEAR, THE PLANNING TEAM LED BY KIM THAI AND DRAKE HEBERT HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO COMPLETE SITE ASSESSMENTS, HIRE CONSULTANTS, COLLECT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE THESE CONCEPTS WITH YOU TODAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE KIM TY, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING TO YOU.
GOOD MORNING BOARD. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS KIM THAI, ACTING PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITHIN THE ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION. THANK YOU TO NEOMA LAVALLE, AS SHE MENTIONED.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BE BRINGING BEFORE YOU TODAY.
LOOKS LIKE WE'LL NEED TO SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE TO YOU TODAY ON THE DESIGN OPTIONS FOR THE BOREL AGRICULTURAL PARK PROJECT.
SO JUST TO RECAP ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF, THIS PROPERTY IS A TEN ACRE PROPERTY THAT WAS BEQUEATHED TO THE PARK DISTRICT BY ARMAND BOREL IN 2009. UNDER THE CONDITION THAT IT BECOME AN AGRICULTURAL PARK.
IT CONTAINS ONE OF THE EAST BAY'S LAST REMAINING WALNUT ORCHARDS.
THE BOREL FAMILY ORIGINALLY OWNED ABOUT 66 ACRES OF WALNUT ORCHARDS IN THE SAN RAMON VALLEY.
WHEN IT CAME TO THE PARK DISTRICT OFFICIALLY IN 2014.
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AND AS WELL AS PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL PARK TO FULFILL THE WISHES OF MR. ARMAND BOREL. SO, WITH THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR PROCEEDING WITH DEVELOPING, DEVELOPING THIS AGRICULTURAL PARK PROJECT, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PUBLIC ACCESS PLANNING PROJECT FOR THIS PROPERTY.IT'S A QUICK RECAP OF WHERE WE ARE IN THIS PROJECT.
LAST YEAR WE KICKED OFF WITH BRINGING ON BOARD A CONSULTANT TEAM.
THEY HELPED US TO PROVIDE SOME TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY STUDIES, LOOKED AT THE EXISTING SITE ASSESS THE EXISTING SITE BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT ON THE NEEDS AND VISIONING AND LOOKED AT OPERATIONAL AND MAINTENANCE NEEDS AS WELL.
AS WELL AS OTHER TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY STUDIES, SUCH AS TRAFFIC AND CIRCULATION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE LOOKED AT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT. AND BACK IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, WHEN WE CAME TO THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WE MENTIONED A FEW OF THOSE RESULTS FROM THOSE COMMUNITY SURVEYS.
SO SOME OF THE TOP CHOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE WAS DEFINITELY AN INTERPRETIVE AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AGRICULTURAL HISTORY OF THE AREA, AS WELL AS WALKING AND RUNNING TRAILS FOR NATURE OBSERVATION AND SOME OF THE PRIORITIES, PRIORITIES FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS FOR PARK CLEANLINESS AND MAINTENANCE.
SO MOVING FORWARD NOW IN THE ORANGE BOX YOU SEE HERE WE'VE INCLUDED ALL OF THOSE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, FROM THE BOARD AND FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE SITE ASSESSMENTS AND OPERATIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT INTO THESE SCHEMATIC DESIGN OPTIONS.
AND WE'LL GO INTO THOSE AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE.
AND THAT WILL BE INCLUDED INTO THE CEQA DOCUMENT TO BE EVALUATED UNDER CEQA.
AND THAT WILL BE BRING BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD NEXT YEAR FOR ADOPTION.
SO AS PART OF THE DESIGN SCHEMATIC DESIGN OPTIONS, AS IS MENTIONED, INCORPORATED ALL OF THOSE INPUT AND IT REALLY GROUPED INTO THREE DIFFERENT THEMES. SO THE LARGE THE FIRST ONE IS THE SCHOOL GROUPS AND LARGE GROUP EDUCATION FOCUS.
THE SECOND ONE IS A REGIONAL EDUCATION FOCUS.
AND THIRD ONE IS THE SELF-GUIDED EDUCATION FOCUS, WHICH WE'LL DESCRIBE IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES.
EACH OF THOSE DESIGN OPTIONS HAVE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT MAY BE VERY PARTICULAR TO THOSE THEMES, BUT IT MAY ALSO INCLUDE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT COULD BE IN EITHER IN EITHER OF THE DESIGN OPTIONS.
AND SO BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY SHOWN IN ALL OF THOSE.
SO THE GOAL IN AND COMING TO THAT PREFERRED DESIGN OPTION IS THAT WE WOULD ULTIMATELY USE THE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN KIND OF LIKE FAVORABLY TAKEN AND COME TO THOSE USING ALL OF THOSE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WORK AND NOT NECESSARILY CHOOSING ONE OF THOSE THESE THREE OPTIONS. IN THIS FIRST OPTION, CONCEPT OPTION A, THE SCHOOLS AND LARGE GROUP THE GOAL WOULD BE TO PROVIDE A LOT OF THE RECREATIONAL AND PROGRAMING AMENITIES DIRECTLY AT THE SITE.
SO INR STAFFING WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY.
SOME OF THE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT ARE VERY PARTICULAR TO THIS THEME, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE OR ON YOUR SCREEN, IS THE LARGER CAR PARKING WITH BUS DROP OFF AND BUS PARKING.
THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT. YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE A SOUND BARRIER WALL UP ON THE THE WESTERN SIDE.
HIGHWAY 680 IS JUST, YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND SO A LARGE PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR INR STAFF WOULDN'T BE COMPETING WITH THE FREEWAY AND TRAFFIC NOISE DURING THEIR PROGRAMING. OTHER DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT ARE VERY PARTICULAR TO THIS CONCEPT OPTION IS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMING, THERE IS AN OPTION FOR OUTDOOR CLASSROOM AND ADDITIONAL STORAGE FOR THEIR PROGRAMING SUPPLIES IN TERMS OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT WOULD REMAIN, THAT WOULD BE ARMAND BOREL'S MAIN RESIDENCE, THAT WOULD BE REPURPOSED AND USED AS PARK DISTRICT OFFICE AND PARKS SITE SECURITY RESIDENCE.
THE IDEA HERE IS THAT ON THE SERVICE ROAD, THAT WOULD BE FOR STAFF ONLY.
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SO THERE'S A SMALL PARKING FOR THAT OFFICE, AND THEN ALSO THE NEW SERVICE YARD AND SERVICE BUILDING FURTHER IN THE BACK.THERE WOULD ALSO BE THE WALNUT BARN THAT WOULD BE RETAINED FOR AN INTERPRETIVE VIEWING EXHIBITS.
THERE'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE THE MAIN RESIDENCE IS THE WATER TOWER.
THE TRAIN DEPOT WOULD BE REPURPOSED AND STABILIZED TO BE USED AS AN ENTRY KIOSK.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF NEW BUILDING, NEW BUILDINGS, THERE WOULD BE A NEW INTERPRETIVE COMPLEX MORE FOR PARK DISTRICT STAFF MEETING SPACE AS WELL AS MORE INTERPRETIVE EXHIBITS. AND AGAIN, THE NEW SERVICE BUILDING FOR THIS AS PART OF THE SERVICE YARD.
AND THEN THE PART OF THE ORCHARD WOULD BE RETAINED FOR DEMONSTRATION ORCHARDS.
THAT WOULD ALSO BE PICNIC AREAS AND THE MEANDERING AND TRAILS AROUND THE PARK.
MOVING ON TO OPTION CONCEPT OPTION B, THE MORE REGIONAL FOCUS.
SO THERE WOULD STILL BE INR STAFFING. BUT IT WOULD BE LESS SO THAN THE FIRST OPTION.
AND THE IDEA FOR THE REGIONAL FOCUS IS THAT STAFF WOULD GO INTO THE COMMUNITY, INTO THE REGION TO PROMOTE MORE OF THE REGIONAL RECREATION AMENITIES, NOT JUST THE ONES FOCUSED ON SIGHT. THERE'S A BIT MORE OF A FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION OF THE RECREATIONAL AMENITIES HERE.
THE CAR PARKING SPACE IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN THE OTHER ONE.
THERE'S STILL THE THE PARK THE MAIN RESIDENCE WOULD BE USED AS THE PARK OFFICE.
THE CAR BARN IS ACTUALLY RETAINED COMPARED TO THAT FIRST OPTION.
AND THAT WOULD BE USED FOR AN INTERPRETIVE, A REGIONAL INTERPRETIVE CENTER.
THE WALNUT BARN WOULD STILL ALSO BE USED FOR VIEWING INTERPRETIVE EXHIBITS.
AND THEN THERE'S A RETENTION OF A STORAGE SHED.
AND THEN THERE WOULD STILL BE SOME PICNIC AREAS AND DEMONSTRATION ORCHARDS.
AND WE DID RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM BOARD, I THINK BELIEVE I BELIEVE DURING ONE OF THE CFD MEETINGS WHERE THERE WAS A NEED FOR OR INTEREST IN HAVING MORE OF THE WALK WALKING TRAILS OUTSIDE OF THE PARK BOUNDARY.
SO IS THIS AREA GOING TO BE CLOSED OFF FOR BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO CHARGE PEOPLE AN ENTRY FEE OR FOR SECURITY OR BOTH OR? I'M JUST WONDERING WHY. BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE MIDDLE FARM AND OTHER PLACES THAT AREN'T WALLED OFF.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. WE'VE RECEIVED.
SO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH AND GOT STAFF INPUT THAT INCLUDED PUBLIC SAFETY'S AND OPERATION.
PARK OPERATIONS. SO THIS WOULD BE MORE FOR SITE SECURITY, NOT NECESSARILY PAID ENTRY.
BUT IT WOULD BE MORE FOR SITE SECURITY. AND AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE ANSWER TO THIS.
BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS. WHY IS THERE A PARTICULAR NEED FOR SECURITY HERE AND NOT OTHER PARK PROPERTIES? THERE ARE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON SITE HERE, AND CURRENTLY THE SITE IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE EXPERIENCED TRESPASSING ISSUES WITH PEOPLE COMING IN, YOU KNOW AT NIGHT TIME OR EARLY MORNING OR SO AND TRESPASSING AND VANDALIZING A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS.
AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT IT WOULD IT WOULD STILL NEED, ONCE IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO BE CONTROLLED, ESPECIALLY TO MAINTAIN THOSE BUILDINGS. OKAY MAYBE I'LL ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON HER QUESTION.
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PROPERTY? SECURITY RESIDENTS KIND OF A THING? WE DID HAVE WE DID HAVE THAT SHOWING IN OPTION A AS PART OF THAT, THERE'S A SITE SECURITY RESIDENCE IN OPTION A.SO THAT'S STILL IT'S A POSSIBILITY IF WE IF WE THINK IT'S? OKAY. ALL RIGHT GO AHEAD. YEAH THERE'S A SITE SECURITY RESIDENCE HERE. SO CONCEPT OPTION C IS MORE SELF-GUIDED.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE MORE PASSIVE RECREATION.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LARGER AREA FOR THE DEMONSTRATION ORCHARDS.
BUT THIS ONE, IT'S INR STAFF WOULD BE STAFFING FROM THE MOBILE VISITOR CENTER AGAIN, GOING OUT INTO THE SITE RATHER THAN HOLDING A LARGE A LOT OF THE LARGE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMING FOR THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
WE STILL KIND OF MADE SURE TO GROUP AND FOCUS ANY OF THE BUILDINGS AND RECREATION AWAY FROM THE, THE 680 POTENTIAL NOISE. THAT WOULD STILL BE KIND OF LIKE A VISUAL PLANT SCREENING.
AND THEN THERE WOULD STILL BE PARKING FOR VEHICLES WITH A SERVICE ROAD TO GO BACK INTO THE SERVICE YARD AND SITE SECURITY RESIDENTS HERE THE MAIN RESIDENTS, THE BOREL RESIDENCE WOULD BE USED AS AN INTERPRETIVE VIEWING EXHIBIT.
SO IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH COMMUNITY SURVEY, THIS THESE DESIGN OPTIONS ARE ALREADY ON OUR PROJECT WEB PAGE, WITH OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AND SEND IT DIRECTLY TO THE PLANNING TEAM.
AND WE'RE CONTINUING CONTINUING TO DO THAT. WE JUST HELD OUR FIRST COMMUNITY WORKSHOP.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK ON THE DESIGN OPTIONS THEMSELVES.
WE'RE PLANNING TO NOW GO INTO AN EXISTING EVENT, THE SAN RAMON'S FOREST HOME FARMS. THEY HAVE AN UPCOMING FALL FESTIVAL. IT'S RIGHT NEXT NEARBY.
AND SO BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE PARTICIPATING PARTICIPANTS AND VISITORS PLANNING TO GO THERE, WE'LL KIND OF PLACE OURSELVES ON A TABLE AND GET THE FEEDBACK THERE.
IT'S OFTEN HARD TO KIND OF PULL PEOPLE AWAY FROM THEIR EXISTING SCHEDULE.
SO WE'RE ALSO PLANNING TO OUTREACH TO SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.
WE DID HEAR FEEDBACK TO GET MORE INPUT FROM YOUTH.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH INR. WE HAVE A, AN OPTION ON THE INR SCHEDULE ON THEIR WEBSITE TO, TO HAVE INR NATURALIST GO INTO THE CLASSROOMS TO PLAN A PARK.
AND SO WE'D WORK WITH THEM TO DEVELOP NOT ONLY SURVEYS FOR THE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO TO HELP THEM TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT AND LEARN MORE ON HOW TO PLAN FOR AN AGRICULTURAL PARK AT THE SITE. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE TO HAVE ONLINE INPUT.
THIS IS OUR PRELIMINARY LIST OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE'VE OUTREACHED TO, AND THAT INCLUDES WORKING WITH STAFF FROM THE TOWN OF DANVILLE, SAN RAMON. WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
AGAIN, WORKING WITH FOREST HOME FARMS AS A POTENTIAL PARTNER AS WELL.
WE'VE DONE A PHYSICAL MAILERS TO THE NEARBY RESIDENTS.
IT'S ABOUT 300 ADDRESSES. WHEN WE WERE REACHING OUT TO FOLKS FOR THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP AND AS WELL AS WE HAVE A MAILING LIST WITH INTERESTED PARTIES FROM THOSE COMMUNITY POP UP OUTREACH EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO BE ON OUR MAILING LIST.
SO AGAIN, IN TERMS OF PROJECT NEXT STEPS FOR BOREL, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE GOING ALONG WITH FINANCE TO THE FULL BOARD TO ESTABLISH THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT. SO THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE PLANNING TIMELINE HERE.
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AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THANK YOU.ALL RIGHT ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YEAH.
YEAH SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WITH THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, DOES STAFF HAVE CERTAIN GOALS OR CRITERIA IN MIND IN ADDITION TO? YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHAT WAS IN THE DEED THAT FOR AN AGRICULTURAL PARK.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO. I SEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO AND GET FEEDBACK, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT. AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU FEEDBACK TOO.
BUT ARE THERE ARE THERE CERTAIN CRITERIA OR OBJECTIVES THAT YOU HAVE IN MIND FOR WHAT YOU WANT THIS TO LOOK LIKE ULTIMATELY? YEAH IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, INCORPORATING ALL THE FEEDBACK.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF STAFF INPUT, IT'S ALSO WHAT WOULD COMPLEMENT FROM AN INR PERSPECTIVE, IT WOULD BE WHAT WOULD COMPLEMENT THE EXISTING RECREATION PROGRAMING AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALREADY EXIST IN THE SURROUNDING REGION.
IF THERE ARE ALREADY A LOT OF SCHOOL PROGRAMMINGS WITH FOREST HOME FARMS WITH NEARBY DUBLIN'S HERITAGE PARK, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO KIND OF DUPLICATE AND HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME TYPE OF PROGRAMING.
SO IT WOULD BE MORE OF SOMETHING TO COMPLEMENT.
IN TERMS OF WHAT'S AT THE SITE? WE'VE DONE WITH PLACEWORKS, THE CONSULTANT TEAM AND OPERATIONALS AND MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT STAFF NEEDS AT THIS SITE. SO THE SERVICE YARD WAS INCLUDED IN ALL THREE DESIGN OPTIONS BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY NEEDED.
IF WE WERE TO DO A LOT OF THE MAINTENANCE OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE VEHICLES ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF, THAT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED. WE ALSO HEARD THAT THERE WAS NEED FOR MEETING SPACE AND PARK OFFICE AT THAT SITE.
SO EACH OF THESE WERE INCLUDED IN THAT INPUT FROM STAFF IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS NEEDED FOR THE SITE TO BE INCLUDED AS DESIGN ELEMENTS. SO THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PREFERRED DESIGN OPTION.
AND ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T WANT TO DUPLICATE.
SO THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT TOO. I'M CURIOUS, WHEN YOU TALKED IN A COUPLE OF THE SITES THAT ARE OPTIONS CONCEPTS THAT YOU WERE MENTIONING, YOU TALKED ABOUT ROOM FOR RECREATION.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF WHAT YOU MEANT BY THAT? ARE YOU THINKING SORT OF MORE SPORTS OR ARE YOU DO YOU MEAN MORE THE INTERPRETATION EDUCATION? I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. WOULD THAT BE KIND OF WHERE THE WALNUT BARN IS AND WHERE LIKE THE VIEWING INTERPRETIVE EXHIBITS? IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? SO I WAS WONDERING WHAT YOU WERE ENVISIONING WHEN YOU SAY RECREATION? FOR THIS CONCEPT A FOR EXAMPLE, THE SCHOOLS IN LARGE GROUP, WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED IF THEY WERE TO HAVE LARGE, A LOT OF LARGE PROGRAMING ACTIVITIES. SO THAT WOULD BE THE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM.
SO ROOM FOR PROGRAMING. YEAH AND WHICH IS VERY INTERPRETIVE FOCUSED, I THINK IN TERMS OF RECREATION, WE DID HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL WALKING PATHS.
SO THAT'S WHY EACH CONCEPT HAS THIS THIS PARTICULAR CONCEPT HAS A LOT OF WALKING PATHS.
THE NEXT CONCEPT HAS A WALKING PATH OUTSIDE OF KIND OF THE HARDER CONTROLLED BOUNDARY.
AND THEN SAME THING WITH THIS. SO I THINK THAT WAS MORE OF THE RECREATION ELEMENTS.
BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE A HEAVY RECREATION.
WE'RE NOT INCLUDING BALL COURTS OR THOSE SORTS THAT SORT OF ACTIVE, ACTIVE RECREATION.
RIGHT NO, THAT MAKES SENSE THAT'S VERY HELPFUL GOOD.
OKAY AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION, AND I DO HAVE COMMENTS, BUT I'LL HOLD THE COMMENTS [LAUGHTER] SO.
SO WILL WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AS THAT EVOLVES BEFORE WE SET IT INTO CEQA? BECAUSE THESE ARE VERY DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
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I MEAN, I DEFINITELY HAVE AN OPINION, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, DOES IT IS IT GOING TO COME BACK TO EITHER US OR THE FULL BOARD BEFORE WE GO AND, AND BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO DECIDE ON THE OPTION BEFORE WE APPROVE THE CEQA.YES. SO THIS IS REALLY OUR FIRST STEP. AND WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK NOW ON THESE THREE OPTIONS.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO BE REFINING THESE THREE CONCEPTS INTO ONE PREFERRED SO THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
AND WE CERTAINLY IF THERE IS TIME WE CAN MEET WITH MORE OF THE BOARD IF THAT IS DESIRED.
BUT YOU KNOW, THE INTENT IS THAT THIS FALL AND THROUGH EARLY WINTER IS THE TIME TO COLLECT ALL THE FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AND TO REFINE DOWN TO ONE PREFERRED CONCEPT. THEN ONCE WE ARE GOING INTO THE, YOU KNOW, FINALIZING THE 30% DESIGN, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE STILL IN THREE CONCEPTS OR MAYBE 15%.
THEN THAT IS REALLY WHEN WE WOULD BE INITIATING THE CEQA PROCESS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S THE FORMAL FORMAL PARTS OF THE CEQA APPROVAL PROCESS.
THANKS YES I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH AND YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE GOALS WITH THE STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH IN TERMS OF THE PRELIMINARY LIST AND POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM US TODAY? SO THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE. AND IN TERMS OF GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, I WANTED TO JUST OUTLINE THE PRELIMINARY LIST TO SHOW KIND OF WHAT OUTREACH WE HAVE DONE.
IN CASE YOU HAVE FEEDBACK IF WE'RE MISSING SOMEONE, VERY IMPORTANT. BUT IT'S ALSO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE AN INFORMATION ON, LIKE WHO WE'VE BEEN OUTREACHING TO, WHO'VE BEEN WHO HAVE BEEN INTERESTED, WHICH IS THE INTERESTED PARTIES AROUND THE COMING TO US FROM THOSE OUTREACH POP UP EVENTS THAT WE'VE GONE TO AND SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP.
YEAH, I HAVE A FEW TO RECOMMEND. AND ALSO SOME THOUGHTS.
I'M CURIOUS IN TERMS OF. SO I KNOW SO YOU'RE SHARING WITH US THE THREE OPTIONS.
CORRECT? WE'RE GETTING INPUT NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
OKAY. YEAH AND I GUESS I'LL TRY TO FRAME THIS AS A QUESTION.
AGRICULTURAL HISTORY GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF, YOU KNOW, THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY TO THIS, THIS AREA.
HOWEVER, ONE ONE OTHER AREA THAT I THINK COULD BE OF INTEREST AND COULD BE INTERESTING TO EXPLORE WITH THIS PROJECT IS HOW TO CONNECT WITH THE CURRENT POPULATION, AND I DO SEE THAT THERE'S A PRETTY LARGE FOCUS ON EDUCATION.
MOST LIKELY K THROUGH 12, BUT MAYBE ALSO COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AND SO IN TERMS OF THE STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT INCLUDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I BELIEVE THE SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT COVERS BOTH DANVILLE AND SAN RAMON.
IT'S A JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT BETWEEN THOSE TWO, BETWEEN THAT CITY AND THAT TOWN.
SO IS THAT IS THAT AN EXAMPLE OF A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAYBE HEAR FOR STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH TODAY? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND ACTUALLY, I SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF THE OUTREACH ALONGSIDE INR.
WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR MAILING LIST TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY THEY INCLUDED THE SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THOSE WE'VE GOTTEN SOME INITIAL INTEREST IN COMING TO THE GOING INTO THE CLASSROOM.
AND I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN ALREADY A COUPLE OF REQUESTS FOR A NATURALIST TO GO OUT INTO THE CLASSROOM.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S FROM THE SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I HAVE A FEW MORE THOUGHTS ON THIS, BUT I'LL WAIT TILL WE DO COMMENTS.
HOWEVER, I'LL ASK ONE MORE QUESTION. SO THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS AND STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO THINK ABOUT PROGRAMING FOR SCHOOL GROUPS.
YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY FIND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS AND MAYBE HAVING EITHER PROGRAMING OR PANELS THAT CAN HELP SOME OF THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS CONNECT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MATERIAL.
AND I KNOW WITHIN SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M JUST LOOKING AT SOME CENSUS DATA, BUT ALSO ANECDOTALLY, I KNOW THAT IT'S YOU KNOW, A GROWING ASIAN POPULATION AND WITHIN THAT,
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A GROWING SOUTH ASIAN POPULATION. AND SO HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER THIS, THIS GREAT AGRICULTURAL HISTORY AT BOREL, BUT THEN ALSO HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH, YOU KNOW, THE GROWING ASIAN AND GROWING SOUTH ASIAN POPULATIONS OF DANVILLE, SAN RAMON? AND I'LL JUST SHARE ANECDOTALLY, I KNOW I FIND MYSELF SAYING THIS A LOT, THAT THE 680 CORRIDOR BETWEEN DANVILLE AND SAN JOSE SEEMS TO BE REALLY THIS GROWING SOUTH ASIAN CORRIDOR, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR INR PROGRAMING, TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS IS BECOMING A VERY LARGE GROUP.AND IN SOME CITIES I THINK SAN RAMON IS GETTING CLOSE TO THIS.
IT'S BECOMING A MAJORITY OF THE CITY. I THINK THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK.
WHEN WE HAD OUR CONSULTANT CONDUCT, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
PART OF THAT INCLUDED DESCRIBING THE DEMOGRAPHICS, INCLUDING CENSUS DATA, AND THAT ALL INCLUDED BUT THE THE CONTENT OF THE THE PROGRAMING ITSELF, I THINK SINCE WE'RE WORKING ON THE DESIGN AND THE LAYOUT OF THE PROPERTY WITH THE BUILDINGS, THE CONTENT OF THE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMING WOULD LARGELY BE WITH INR TEAM.
AND THAT COULD BE ASIDE FROM THE PUBLIC ACCESS PLANNING COMPONENT.
BUT THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK THAT WE WOULD TAKE TO THE INR STAFF.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT I DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS OR QUESTIONS? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DO NOT OKAY.
SO LET'S BRING IT BACK FOR OUR COMMENTS. WHO WANTS TO GO? YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? GO AHEAD. SURE YES. SO I HAVE A FEW OTHER STAKEHOLDER GROUPS TO, TO RECOMMEND.
SO DIABLO VALLEY COLLEGE HAS A SAN RAMON CAMPUS.
SO I DO THINK COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS COULD ALSO BE A VERY INTERESTING GROUP.
AND THOSE THAT ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS AS PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION, IT'S THE VISITORS BUREAU. IT'S BRANDED AS VISIT TRI-VALLEY.
AND IT DOES INCLUDE DANVILLE AND ALAMO, BUT NOT SAN RAMON [LAUGHTER].
CITY OF SAN RAMON DOES THEIR OWN. AND THEN THERE'S A GROUP INNOVATION TRI-VALLEY.
AND THEY TEND TO BE FOCUSED MORE ON YOU KNOW, TECH, BIOTECH.
SO, SO IT'S LIKE THE FLIP OF VISIT TRI-VALLEY.
TRI-VALLEY CONSERVANCY DOES INCLUDE SAN RAMON, BUT NOT DANVILLE. BUT I HAVE TO IMAGINE, BECAUSE THERE IS A FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE WITHIN THE TRI-VALLEY CONSERVANCY, THERE COULD BE SOME INTEREST IN HEARING ABOUT THIS PROJECT FROM THEM.
YOU KNOW, SAVE MOUNT DIABLO IS ALSO LOCATED NEARBY.
SO THAT COULD BE ANOTHER INTERESTING STAKEHOLDER GROUP FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, AND IT'S NOT A POLITICAL ORGANIZATION.
IT'S THE TRI-VALLEY CHAPTER OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
AND I KNOW A BOARD MEMBER FROM SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS A PART OF THAT BOARD, AND THEY RUN A VERY ROBUST INTERN PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
AND THAT INTERN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM DOES RUN A LOT OF THE TRAINING IN THE TOWN OF DANVILLE.
AND SO THAT COULD BE A REALLY GOOD GROUP TO CONNECT WITH, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF EFFORTS TO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, SPECIFICALLY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DANVILLE AND SAN RAMON AND THROUGHOUT THE TRI-VALLEY.
AND I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CONNECT YOU KNOW, THIS PLACE OF AGRICULTURAL HISTORY TO THE, YOU KNOW, MODERN DAY POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS.
YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF RECREATION, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT TOO, YOU KNOW. YES NOT ACTIVE, NO PICKLEBALL COURTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE RECREATION OPPORTUNITY. AND THIS MIGHT BE MORE FOR INR TO THINK ABOUT, BUT I GUESS AS WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE DESIGNS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOGA ACTUALLY CAN BE AN INTERESTING CONNECTION POINT BECAUSE IT IS FROM INDIA.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE EAST BAY, NOT JUST THOSE OF SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE, MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN. SO THAT MIGHT BE YOU KNOW, A RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER HERE.
THANK YOU. OKAY YEAH. WELL, I DEFINITELY SEE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMBINING THESE CONCEPTS.
THERE THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP, AS YOU, AS YOU POINTED OUT, WHEN YOU WERE PRESENTING I, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN THIS PROPERTY FOR EDUCATION AND INTERPRETIVE WORK, AND I WOULD WANT IT TO BE ACCESSIBLE FOR SCHOOLS, ALTHOUGH I'M I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE FOR SCHOOL GROUPS AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING, I MEAN, IF WE DID CONCEPT A.
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MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO DO CONCEPT A WITHOUT QUITE SO MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE? BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT NEED.BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO ABOUT THE BUSSES.
I MEAN, I GUESS THAT'S JUST IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SCHOOL GROUPS AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM TO, TO DROP OFF. BUT YEAH SO. YEAH SO I HAVE TO PROBABLY DIVE INTO THIS [LAUGHTER] MORE TO GIVE YOU REALLY DETAILED FEEDBACK.
BUT BUT IN GENERAL, I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW, WE DO WANT IT ACCESSIBLE TO SCHOOL GROUPS.
AND WHETHER THAT MEANS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE BLOCK OFF THE SPACE FOR, FOR BUSSES OR WE DO, LIKE, AT OTHER SITES WHERE THERE'S A SAFE PLACE TO DROP THE KIDS, AND THEN THE BUSSES FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO PARK, BECAUSE I SEE THAT HAPPENING REALLY AT MOST SITES.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MOST PARK DISTRICT SITES, BUT WHEN I'VE WHEN I'VE CHAPERONED SCHOOL GROUPS, THAT'S GENERALLY WHAT THEY DO. SO, SO I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO USE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A GIANT PARKING [LAUGHTER] LOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, I GUESS IS PART OF IT. BUT I DO THINK WE DO WANT TO HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL FOCUS, BOTH FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR SCHOOL GROUPS, AND WE CERTAINLY DO THAT AT OTHER SITES. AND SO THAT WOULD BE AT LEAST MY, YOU KNOW, MY PREFERENCE FOR THIS PROPERTY.
ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. AND SO DID YOU GET THE COMMENTS THAT I SENT? DID I? [LAUGHTER] SOMETIMES I FORGET IF I PRESS SEND OR NOT [LAUGHTER].
BUT I DID I DID SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THIS.
I, THIS IS IN MY WARD AND I'VE BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN IT, SO I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT A LOT.
SO I, I DID PROVIDE SOME FAIRLY DETAILED COMMENTS.
AND JUST, JUST SO JUST TO BE. TO SHARE THE KIND OF THE MAIN ONES THAT THAT I DID SUGGEST.
AND JUST A SIDE NOTE HERE, I DID GET A LETTER FROM FRIENDS OF SAN RAMON CREEK.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT I DIDN'T SEE LISTED UP THERE THAT WELL, YOU'VE NOW ENGAGED BECAUSE THEY'VE SENT US A LETTER, SO THERE'S AN ENGAGEMENT GOING ON THERE, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THEY COPIED.
SO I WILL SEND THAT ALONG TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEE IT.
THEIR CONCERN, THEIR INTEREST IS A CONNECTION TO THE A TRAIL CONNECTION TO THE CREEK THAT RUNS BEHIND THE PROPERTY, THE SAN RAMON CREEK WHICH I ALSO HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR.
AND SO AGAIN, I'LL SEND THAT ALONG AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND.
SO THAT WOULD BE PRETTY USEFUL, I THINK, FOR CONNECTIVITY.
I ALSO SHARE THE CONCERN ABOUT A LARGE PARKING LOT.
NOT THAT I WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE THAT. I DO CERTAINLY FAVOR THE RECREATION ELEMENT OF THIS, LIKE I DO WITH JUST ABOUT ANY OTHER PARK THAT WE HAVE.
SO THE AND I THINK WE GET THAT WITH THE, THE PATH SYSTEM THAT GOES AROUND THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
AND SO IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THAT, I THINK YOU NEED TO YOU CAN'T HAVE A FENCE ALONG THE STREET, YOU KNOW. SO SO I THINK IT WAS IN OPTION C, HAD A FENCE THAT WAS PULLED BACK TO JUST SECURE THE BUILDINGS AND THE IMPROVEMENTS.
YEAH, THERE. I THINK THAT ONE WORKS. I THINK THAT ONE PROVIDES THE MAIN GOAL THAT YOU'RE AFTER, AND THAT IS TO SECURE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE, BUT THEN ALSO ENABLE FOLKS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA TO GO IN AND TAKE A WALK. I KNOW ON ONE OF THESE OPTIONS, YOU ARE REMOVING THE BIG BARN THAT CURRENTLY HAS ALL THOSE CARS IN IT. AND I WOULD PREFER TO LEAVE THAT THERE.
AND IT'S A PRETTY COULD BE A USEFUL STRUCTURE FOR, FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE WE MIGHT WANT.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR PLANNING ON ATTENDING THAT FOREST HILLS FARMS EVENT THAT'S COMING UP SOON.
A VERY EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
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I'LL TRY TO BE THERE FOR THAT TOO. AND THE OTHER ONE YOU HAD IN DANVILLE, I WENT TO THAT.AND THERE WASN'T I WASN'T THERE THE WHOLE TIME, WAS THERE MOST OF THE TIME.
BUT THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. BUT [LAUGHTER] I DID SEE A LOT OF COMMENTS PROVIDED BY THOSE THAT ATTENDED. I SAW A LOT OF THOSE STICKIES UP THERE ON THE ON THE BOARD. SO I THINK YOU'LL PROBABLY FIND THOSE TO BE VALUABLE TOO, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY WERE ALL FOLKS THAT LIVE IN DANVILLE OR SAN RAMON THERE.
SO THAT THAT IS REALLY GREAT AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD.
THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF ELEMENTS TO CONSIDER HERE.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WE COMBINE THEM ALL INTO SOMETHING THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC AND ALSO DOES DOES WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, AND THAT IS INTERPRET THE, THE WALNUT GROWING FUNCTION THAT WAS HAPPENING THERE.
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. WHEN YOU'RE DONE ONE OTHER STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATION THAT I WANTED TO RECOMMEND.
IT'S THE THREE VALLEYS FOUNDATION. COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
AND THEY'RE MAKING A BIG FUNDRAISING EFFORT FOR NONPROFITS FOCUSED ON THE 9 TO 5 AREA CODE REGION, OF WHICH BOREL PROPERTY WOULD BE A PART OF. AND I KNOW THREE VALLEYS ORGANIZATION.
THE SAN RAMON VALLEY IS ONE OF THE THREE VALLEYS THAT INSPIRED THAT NAME.
AND SO THAT COULD BE A VERY GOOD ORGANIZATION TO ALSO INCLUDE AS A STAKEHOLDER AND MAYBE ALSO I GUESS LONGER TERM [LAUGHTER] THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR OWN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION CONNECTING WITH THREE VALLEYS FOUNDATION AND THEN.
THE OTHER ONE, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE BUSSES. I THINK WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION ONCE BEFORE, AND I BELIEVE I HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THINK ABOUT REACHING OUT TO THE NEARBY NEIGHBOR, COSTCO.
THEY DO CERTAINLY HAVE A LARGE PARKING LOT. SOMETIMES IT CAN BE VERY BUSY, BUT SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT ALSO BE ACCOMMODATING FOR A SCHOOL BUS TO BE THERE, AND IT COULD ALSO BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL. AND AS I SHARED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THEIR CALIFORNIA HEADQUARTERS IS AT THE LIVERMORE COSTCO.
SO THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE THAT COULD BE GOOD POTENTIAL PARTNERS TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE DANVILLE COSTCO FOR BUS PARKING WOULD BE PASSING THROUGH THAT AIRPORT REGULARLY. THANK YOU. THAT JUST REMINDED ME ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE BUSSING A LOT OF TIMES, AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, THE SCHEDULE.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW ALL OF THAT IS ARRANGED.
AND CERTAINLY IF THERE'S OTHER PLACES NEARBY WHERE THEY COULD PARK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I THINK IF YOU DID THAT, YOU WOULD YOU COULD STILL INCORPORATE YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS, INTERPRETIVE PLAY AREA, PICNIC AREA, SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN THE, YOU KNOW, COMBINE THAT WITH THE SELF-GUIDED PIECE SO THAT YOU STILL HAD THAT, THAT FLOW, IT WOULD BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THE PROBLEM WITH THE FENCE, YOU KNOW. BUT BUT YOU CAN. I THINK YOU CAN DO THAT. CERTAINLY IT'S NOT THAT BIG A DEAL AND HAVE SOME OF THOSE FEATURES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE, BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SPACE FOR THEM WHERE ALL THE BUILDINGS ARE. SO JUST ANOTHER, ANOTHER THOUGHT. BUT THANK YOU. A LOT TO WORK WITH HERE.
YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THIS IS REALLY IT'S AMAZING HOW FOR SUCH A SMALL AREA, HOW COMPLICATED [LAUGHTER] IT COULD BE. AND WELL, BECAUSE YOU'VE PROVIDED SO MANY OPTIONS FOR US WITH, WITH A LOT OF GREAT THOUGHT THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO US AND THE PROCESS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES SENSE AND WHERE AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND WHAT YOU DID FOR US TODAY.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE. THANK YOU. SO NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 5.B ANOTHER INFORMATIONAL ITEM AND THAT IS PARKLAND OPENING AND LANDBANK REVIEW
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UPDATE.ALL RIGHT HELLO AGAIN. NEOMA LAVALLE [LAUGHTER] PLANNING MANAGER.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, I CAME BEFORE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE LANDBANK REVIEW PROCESS AND THE READINESS CRITERIA THE PLANNING USES TO DETERMINE PARKLAND AREAS THAT ARE READY FOR A PLANNING PROJECT. I ALSO PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIVE LARGE PLANNING PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, AND TODAY PLANNING HAS RETURNED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS YEAR'S LANDBANK REVIEW AND THE PROPERTIES STAFF IS RECOMMENDING SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE LANDBANK LIST.
WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON PLANNING PROJECTS CURRENTLY ON OUR WORK PLAN.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE FIVE, THOSE FIVE LARGE PLANNING PROJECTS.
THANK YOU, THAT'S FROM CLAYTON RANCH OVER IRISH CANYON, LOOKING TOWARDS MOUNT DIABLO.
YEAH, THAT'S NORTH PEAK YEAH KIM THAI, ACTING PRINCIPAL PLANNER HERE BEFORE YOU TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON, AS NEOMA MENTIONED, THE PARKLAND OPENING AND LANDBANK REVIEW PROCESS.
OKAY OPEN AND ALSO TAKE PROPERTIES OFF THE LANDBANK LIST, AS WELL AS WALKING YOU THROUGH THE PARKLAND OPENING ASSESSMENT OF THREE PARTICULAR TYPES OF PROPERTIES, THE ONES THAT MEET THE PUBLIC ACCESS PLANNING, PROJECT READINESS CRITERIA.
BUT THEY'RE PART OF PROJECTS BY OTHER ENTITIES.
AS A RECAP OF THE LANDBANK PROPERTIES AND LANDBANK REVIEW, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY OR ROUGHLY 36,000 ACRES OF PROPERTIES CURRENTLY WITH A LANDBANK STATUS. MEANS THEY'RE CLOSED TO PUBLIC ACCESS, BUT THERE IS STILL LAND MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING STILL OCCURRING.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL LAND RESTRICTIONS THAT COULD BE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, FOR INSTANCE, OR THEY ARE INTENDED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS ONCE IT IS SAFE AND SUITABLE.
AND WITH THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCE PROTECTION MEASURES.
SO HERE IN THE DARKER GREEN, A LANDBANK PROPERTY WHICH CAN BE EITHER UNENCUMBERED OR ENCUMBERED, WHEN IT'S ENCUMBERED IT MEANS IT'S, FOR INSTANCE LANDS WITHIN THE HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN HCP AREA OR UNDER CONSERVATION EASEMENT MAY HAVE CERTAIN PUBLIC ACCESS RESTRICTIONS ALREADY SPELLED OUT BY THE TIME IT COMES TO THE PROPERTY THE PARK DISTRICT.
APOLOGIES OR IT HAS PUBLIC ACCESS GOALS IN WHILE WE WHEN WE ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY.
IF IT WAS ACQUIRED PURELY FOR RESOURCE PROTECTION WITH NO PUBLIC ACCESS THE ASSESSMENT KIND OF ENDS THERE THAT THE PLAN IS TO RECATEGORIZE TAKE THAT OFF THE LANDBANK LIST. AND THAT ENDS THE THE ASSESSMENT FOR THOSE PROPERTIES.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE ACQUIRED WITH PUBLIC ACCESS GOALS, ANY LEVEL OF PUBLIC ACCESS.
WE'RE LOOKING INTO THESE FOUR CRITERIAS IN MINT GREEN.
IF THEY'RE ALREADY SAFE AND SUITABLE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, THEN WE'LL WORK TO KIND OF JUST OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, SHOWING THAT ON PARK BROCHURE MAPS ON OUR WEBSITE AS PART OF THE PARK, IF IT NEEDS SOME MINOR IMPROVEMENTS, MINOR PASSIVE ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS WILL WORK INTERNALLY IN COORDINATION WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS NEEDED TO ADDRESS THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
SUCH AS SIGNAGE, GATES, FENCING AND THEN GET THAT OPEN FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
THESE LAST TWO, IF PROPERTIES ARE DETERMINED TO KIND OF NEED MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, OR EVEN PLANNING TO DETERMINE WHAT THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE, THEN THAT GETS EVALUATED UNDER THE PLANNINGS PROJECT READINESS CRITERIA, AND WE'LL GO INTO THAT AS WELL.
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SO THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE LANDBANK LIST.EXAMPLES OF THESE INCLUDE BUCKEYE RANCH THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DETERMINED.
THAT'S ALREADY SAFE AND SUITABLE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
SOME OF THESE COULD BE LIKE SUBMERGED LANDS, WETLAND AREAS.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC ACCESS ON THOSE IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO WE'RE TAKING THAT OFF THE LANDBANK LIST.
HERE YOU SEE HERE IS THE MATRIX FOR THE PLANNING'S READINESS CRITERIA FOR HOW PROJECTS ARE TAKEN MOVING FORWARD FOR A PUBLIC ACCESS PLANNING PROJECT. THE FIVE BIG ONES THAT YOU SEE HERE RODDY RANCH IS PART OF DEER VALLEY, THE SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD FOR THURGOOD MARSHALL, CLAYTON RANCH, THE GARIN TO PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL TRAIL PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT, AND BOREL WE'VE TAKEN THAT AND EVALUATED IT AS PART OF THIS READINESS CRITERIA. AND THE ONES IN GREEN SHOW THAT THERE'S THE ADEQUATE ACQUISITIONS HAVE BEEN MADE THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR, FOR DEVELOPING ACCESS. AND THERE ARE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIFIED.
AND THEN THE ONES IN YELLOW ARE KIND OF LIKE ONGOING WORK WITHIN PLANNING TO DETERMINE FUNDING COMMITMENTS AND PLANNING FOR RESOURCE PROTECTION, STAFFING AND FACILITIES. I WANT TO NOTE HERE THAT THE FUNDING COMMITMENTS IT MEANS THERE HAVE BEEN FUNDS EITHER COMMITTED THROUGH MEASURE WW OR FOR INSTANCE, WITH BOREL, THE FUTURE CFD, AND ALSO FUNDS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED FOR THAT PROPERTY THROUGH THE SALE PROCEEDS, FOR INSTANCE THAT KIND OF GETS THAT TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT THERE ARE THERE MAY STILL BE FUNDING GAPS.
AND I'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT IN A FEW SLIDES.
SO AGAIN, NUMBER ONE IS THE RODDY RANCH GOLF COURSE TO THE SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD, THURGOOD MARSHALL.
SO IN TOTAL, THAT'S OVER 5000 ACRES THAT WOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE LANDBANK LIST ONCE THESE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND PROVIDED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE THE FUNDING GAP, THE FUNDING COMMITMENTS COLUMN FOR THOSE FIVE PROJECTS, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, FUNDS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN COMMITTED THAT WOULD BE KIND OF DRIVING THESE PROJECTS FORWARD FOR PUBLIC ACCESS PLANNING, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY HAVE FUNDING COMPLETELY SECURED.
THERE'S ABOUT 12.4 OR $12.5 MILLION FOR THE RODDY RANCH.
THAT WOULD JUST BE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CLAYTON.
AND THEN FOR BOREL, BECAUSE IT'S SO EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT AND WE'RE STILL DETERMINING THE DESIGN OPTIONS, THAT ONE IS TBD AT THE MOMENT. AND AND JUST TO NOTE THAT THIS IS FUNDING FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR REQUIRED STAFFING, THAT WOULD ALSO BE TO BE DETERMINED. AND MOVING FORWARD, FOR THOSE PROPERTIES THAT REQUIRE MORE OF THE SMALLER PASSIVE ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS IN THESE CASES, CEQA MAY BE EXEMPT OR ALREADY COVERED.
PERMITTING IS LARGELY COMPLETED, OR THERE'S LIMITED THAT'S NEEDED FOR PERMITTING IMPROVEMENTS.
SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES COULD INCLUDE SIGNAGE, GATES, FENCING, OR TRAIL CONSTRUCTION FOR TRAILS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PERMITTED AND OR MINOR GRADING. SO SOME EXAMPLES THAT I'VE LISTED HERE IS THE FARBER PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BRUSHY PEAK.
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IN THIS INSTANCE, THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WALK IN ENTRANCE.BUT AS A MINOR IMPROVEMENT OR PASSIVE ACCESS, THERE COULD BE SOME MINOR GRADING DONE INTERNALLY TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE PARKING AND PROVIDE AND MAKE THAT INTO AN ACTUAL PUBLIC ACCESS POINT INTO BRUSHY PEAK.
I LISTED HERE THE FUNDS THAT ARE REQUESTED AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
FOR FARBER IN BRUSHY PEAK, THAT'S ABOUT $150,000.
AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE KIND OF LIKE ASSESSMENTS TO DETERMINE THE MAKING SURE THAT ALL STEPS ARE NECESSARY BEFORE PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS AND INCLUDING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THE LANDBANK PROPERTIES WITHIN NORTHERN PLEASANTON RIDGE.
A LOT OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN INCLUDED IN A CEQA COMPONENT BACK IN 2012.
THERE'S ALREADY BEEN PERMITS COMPLETED AS WELL.
SO MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT SOME OF THAT WOULD BE JUST TRAIL CONSTRUCTION FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PERMITTED, GONE THROUGH CEQA AND ONCE THOSE ARE CONSTRUCTED, THAT COULD BE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE TAKING OFF THE LANDBANK LIST AND ESTIMATED FUNDS REQUESTED IS ABOUT $3.5 MILLION, I BELIEVE THAT ALSO INCLUDES THAT DOES INCLUDE TRAIL CONSTRUCTION AND ALL THE COMPONENTS REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS IN NORTHERN, NORTHERN LAS TRAMPAS.
THERE'S ABOUT ALMOST A THOUSAND ACRES OF LANDBANK PROPERTY IN NORTHERN LAS TRAMPAS IN THE LAFAYETTE MORAGA AREA, AND FUNDS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE AND HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED $250,000 PREVIOUSLY FROM MEASURE WW TO LOOK INTO OPENING THESE LANDBANK PROPERTIES. THIS COULD BE EXEMPT FROM CEQA IN THE SENSE THAT THERE ARE EXISTING RANCH ROADS THAT COULD PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
BUT IF WE DETERMINE THAT, YOU KNOW, MORE IS NEEDED THAN THAT WOULD KIND OF PUSH THESE OFF THE LIST AND SO FOR THESE PROPERTIES SO FUNDS AVAILABLE $250,000. I THINK WHAT YOU SAID WAS THAT THAT MIGHT THERE MIGHT BE MORE FUNDING MIGHT BE NEEDED TO OPEN THAT THAT THAT PROPERTY. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF JUST ASSESSING THAT.
THERE WAS A RECENT CONTRACT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD FOR A TRAIL INVENTORY TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THOSE EXISTING RANCH ROADS COULD BE PROVIDED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS. DEPENDING ON WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS ARE.
IF IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CONSTRAINTS THAT COME UP, THEN YEAH, IT COULD BE TAKEN OFF OF THIS LIST BECAUSE THEN IT'S NO LONGER A PASSIVE ACCESS IMPROVEMENT. IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PLANNING THAT'S NECESSARY, THEN IT WOULD BE TAKEN OFF THIS.
AND THEN FUNDS REQUESTED. IS THAT ANTICIPATED TO BE ALL THAT'S NEEDED OR JUST ALL JUST WHAT'S YEAH? CORRECT. OKAY ALL RIGHT. AND IN TOTAL FOR THESE THREE PROPERTIES, THAT'S ABOUT 1700 ACRES OF LANDBANK PROPERTY THAT COULD BE TAKEN OFF THE LIST. THERE ARE ALSO PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES, FOR INSTANCE, OR PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE PROPERTY TO THE PARK DISTRICT.
WHILE PROPERTIES WEREN'T COMING TO THE PARK DISTRICT, THERE WERE TRAIL ACCESS COMPONENTS TO THAT THAT DOES PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS, AND THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN OPENED SINCE JUNE. THE SECOND ONE IS SOUTHERN LAS TRAMPAS.
THEIR LANDBANK PROPERTIES IN THAT AREA. AND WHILE THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS ON THE PARK DISTRICT, WE'VE GONE THROUGH PLANNING CEQA AND GOING THROUGH PERMITTING NOW THE COMPONENT, WE'RE LISTING IT HERE IN PROJECTS IN COORDINATION WITH OTHERS, BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STAGING AREA IS IN COORDINATION WITH ANOTHER ENTITY.
AND SO THAT IS ALSO LISTED HERE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
AND THAT'S ANTICIPATED TO BE OPEN IN 2027 OR SO.
AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS THE WESTERN HILLS OPEN SPACE IN SIBLEY.
THAT ONE IS CURRENTLY TO BE DETERMINED IN TERMS OF ANTICIPATED OPENING, BECAUSE THE TIMELINE IS LARGELY DEPENDENT ON THE DEVELOPER BEING ABLE TO TRANSFER THE PROPERTY TO THE DISTRICT AFTER MEETING CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS SUCH AS INFRASTRUCTURE,
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CONSTRUCTING THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS WITH THE RESOURCE AGENCIES.AND SO IN TOTAL, THAT IS ALMOST 1000. ANOTHER 1000 ACRES OF LANDBANK.
SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SAY WE'RE DEPENDING ON OTHER ENTITIES, MIGHT THAT AT LEAST SOMETIMES MEAN THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING IT FOR US TO OUR SPECIFICATIONS? IS THAT TRUE? OKAY. AND THAT'S.
THAT'S TRUE IN SOUTHERN LAS TRAMPAS RIGHT? OKAY GOOD.
THANK YOU THE PROPERTIES TO BE TAKEN OFF THE LANDBANK LIST AND THOSE REQUIRING MINOR IMPROVEMENTS AND IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES.
IN TOTAL, THAT IS ALMOST 9000 ACRES OF PROPERTIES THAT WOULD EITHER BE TAKEN OFF THE LANDBANK LIST AND OR PROVIDED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF LIKE PEELING ANOTHER LAYER OFF OF SHOWING YOU KIND OF HOW LANDBANK REVIEW PROCESS IS WORKING AND THE PUBLIC ACCESS FOR PROPERTIES, FOR PUBLIC ACCESS IS DETERMINED.
THANK YOU AND WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ON THIS ONE? SO WHEN WHEN I THINK SOME OF THOSE ARE GOING TO HAPPEN LIKE VERY SOON.
I MEAN IT'S VERY THEY'RE VERY EITHER VERY SMALL OR THEY'RE PRETTY SIMPLE.
DO WE. DO WE GO RIGHT IN AND FIX THE MAP? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT HAS DIFFERENT SHADING.
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO GO PRINTING UP AND THROWING OUT MAPS OR ANYTHING, BUT LIKE THE ONLINE MAPS, I MEAN, I USE THOSE ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY SIMPLE TO DO, RIGHT? IT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, CAN WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT THAT CHANGE WOULD HAPPEN RELATIVELY QUICKLY AFTER THIS THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENS? YEAH OKAY GOOD THANK YOU. AND THEN I GUESS DURING THE NORMAL UPDATING SCHEDULE OF THOSE BROCHURES, THEN PRINTED ONES, AND WE WOULD JUST CHANGE THEM TO FIT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE OKAY.
THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I SAID NO LET'S SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? NO COMMENTS. NO COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT GO AHEAD.
OKAY WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT. REALLY WELL DONE AND VERY INFORMATIVE.
AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THESE PROPERTIES COMING OUT OF LANDBANK.
AND I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT AND STRATEGY BEHIND ALL OF THIS, THE WAY STAFF HAS LOOKING AT AS YOU SAID, WELL, THE ONES WHERE REALLY NOTHING HAS TO BE DONE OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE HELD AS SORT OF NATURE PRESERVATION AREA.
AND THEN THESE THAT ARE GETTING TEED UP IS ALSO VERY EXCITING.
CAN I JUST ADD ONE? ONE OTHER THING SO MAX COURT AND DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, JUST TO POINT OUT THAT DOOLAN CANYON WASN'T INCLUDED IN THIS BECAUSE WE'RE COMING TO YOUR COMMITTEE SEPARATELY IN OCTOBER. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR.
ALL RIGHT THANK YOU YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS EXCEPT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE THE EFFORT THAT'S GONE INTO THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE THINGS FROM ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND WE CAN SAY THAT THERE ARE 9000 ACRES, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF IMMEDIACY, YOU KNOW, AND SO STAY TUNED. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ANYBODY HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STAFF OR BOARD? IF NOT, THEN WE ARE ADJOURNING AT 12:48. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.