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          ALL RIGHT. HI, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE NATURAL CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE MEETING OF
THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON TUESDAY, 
          [Roll Call]
OCTOBER 28TH, BEGINNING AT 11 A.M. AND THE MEETING IS NOW OPEN. 
          AND SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS GO AHEAD AND START WITH ROLL CALL. 
          THANK YOU. YULIE PADMORE, RECORDING CLERK TAKING ROLL. 
          DIRECTOR COFFEY? HERE. DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT? HERE. CHAIR SANWONG? HERE. PARK DISTRICT STAFF COORDINATORS IN THIS MEETING INCLUDE
ASSISTANT GENERAL, I. SORRY, MY APOLOGIES. DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER,
MAX KORTEN? HERE. AND ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL, JASON ROSENBERG? 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. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2. 
          [Approval of Minutes]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM MAY 27TH, 2025. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS,
CHANGES, QUESTIONS TO THE MINUTES? YES, GO AHEAD. CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THEM? SOMETHING I'M PRETTY SURE I WAS HERE FOR THAT
MEETING UNDER THE COMMITTEE. IT DOESN'T. IT SHOWS 2, WHICH I'M NOT SURE WOULD BE A QUORUM. 
          AND THEN IT DOESN'T SAY THAT MERCURIO IS PRESENT,
YET THE MINUTES LATER, UNDER SECTION B MENTIONED DIRECTOR MERCURIO DISCUSSING. 
          SO I'M. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO BACK AND SEE,
BUT SOMETHING'S A LITTLE BIT AMISS. 
          DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M. DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SEEING? YEP. I BELIEVE IT WASN'T DIRECTOR MERCURIO IT WAS DIRECTOR COFFEY WITH THOSE COMMENTS. 
          I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE GOING OVER THE TOOL THAT WAS CREATED AS PART OF THE SECOND CENTURY
DISTRICT PLAN. 
          AND I REMEMBER MAKING SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT COMMENTS,
AND I DON'T SEE THEM IN HERE. 
          AND SO THE, I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST BRING THIS BACK. 
          I THINK WE CAN BRING IT BACK. YEAH THAT'S FINE. 
          OKAY. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. SO I GUESS WE DON'T NEED TO THEN LOOK FOR A MOTION OR VOTE. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3. 
          [Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda]
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA. YES,
WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM AMELIA MARSHALL FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. 
          WELCOME, AMELIA. THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY. 
          IT'S WORKING. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS AMELIA MARSHALL,
26 YEAR VOLUNTEER. 
          AND HERE TODAY AS AN ADVOCATE FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          IT'S GREAT THAT THE NCRC SUBCOMMITTEE IS MEETING TODAY. 
          WE NOTE THAT ON TODAY'S AGENDA, THERE ARE TWO ITEMS PERTAINING TO NATURAL RESOURCES AND A
PROCEDURAL ITEM, BUT NOTHING PERTAINING TO CULTURAL RESOURCES. 
          IT'S TIME FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES TO COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS IN THE DISTRICT'S REGARD. 
          WE'VE SPOKEN BEFORE ABOUT THE NEED FOR THE BOARD TO DEVELOP A POLICY ON LANDMARKING. 
          ITS VERY VALUABLE HISTORIC ASSETS. WE'VE GOT NEWLY ACQUIRED ASSETS SUCH AS THE CHOUINARD
WINERY, THE JACK RODDY HOME RANCH, WINEHAVEN, AND THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE CLASSIC HOLDINGS THINGS
LIKE THE TILDEN PARK STEAM TRAINS, THE NEW DEAL STONEWORK IN TILDEN,
PIEDMONT STABLES, AND THESE ARE PERHAPS NOT AS WELL KNOWN AND MAGNIFICENT AS THE BRAZILIAN BUILDING AND THE TEMESCAL BEACH HOUSE,
BUT STILL VERY IMPORTANT. 
          NOW THE DISTRICT MAINTAINS A TOP SECRET CULTURE CULTURAL RESOURCE ATLAS. 
          I KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WAS A CONTRIBUTOR TO IT WHEN PREVIOUS CULTURAL RESOURCES
COORDINATOR BEV ORTIZ WAS DEVELOPING IT A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          AND ONE MIGHT SAY, WELL, THERE'S AN INVENTORY OF THE DISTRICT'S CULTURAL RESOURCES IN THAT
ATLAS. 
          HOWEVER, THERE'S A BIG PROBLEM. THE ATLAS LUMPS TOGETHER INDIGENOUS RESOURCES WITH
NON-INDIGENOUS AND STATE LAW PROTECTS INDIGENOUS RESOURCES FROM VANDALISM,
POT HUNTING, DESTRUCTION BY KEEPING THOSE SITES CONFIDENTIAL. THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER TYPES OF RESOURCES,
WHICH ARE MATTERS OF PUBLIC RECORD. 
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SO THOSE SHOULD BE CATALOGED OUTSIDE OF THIS ATLAS IN A FASHION THAT IS OPEN SOURCE FOR
PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND A WAY TO PRIORITIZE THE PRESERVATION OF THESE ASSETS SO THEY ARE NOT
DESTROYED WILLY NILLY HAS, AS HAS OFTEN BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. SO BY THE WAY,
AS LONG AS THE DISTRICT IS ENTHUSIASTICALLY HIRING A LOT OF WELL COMPENSATED AGM'S, WHY NOT ELEVATE THE HEAD OF THE STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT TO THE AGM LEVEL
AND HAVE A COUNTERPART WHO IS THE AGM OF CULTURAL RESOURCES? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE WILL THEN MOVE ON TO OUR INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. 
          [Informational Items]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4. AND WE START WITH FOUR A THE FREE ROAMING CAT ANNUAL REVIEW. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYONE. DIRECTORS,
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          I'M NATALIE REEDER. I'M A WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST IN THE WILDLIFE UNIT IN THE STEWARDSHIP
DIVISION HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT. 
          AND I HELP MANAGE OUR FREE ROAMING CAT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
          AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU OUR ANNUAL REVIEW AND UPDATE TODAY FOR ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE
HAPPENED BASICALLY UP TO NOW OVER THE PAST YEAR. 
          SO I'M SORRY, THE PRESENTATION SEEMS TO BE LAGGING A LITTLE BIT. 
          THERE IT GOES. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM AND HOW
IT WORKS AND SUCCESSES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HAD IN OUR PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF
WILDLIFE, CATS AND PEOPLE. SO IN THE PAST, WE HAVE TRIED TO MANAGE EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY,
AND WE'VE REALLY LEARNED THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING THEM ALL TOGETHER AND MANAGE IT HOLISTICALLY SO THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF ALL THREE OF THESE GROUPS. 
          WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROTECT SENSITIVE SPECIES THAT ARE PRESENT ON OUR LANDS,
AND WE ARE ALSO GUIDED BY OUR MISSION STATEMENT TO PRESERVE OUR RICH HERITAGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT AND IN THE EAST BAY AT
LARGE. 
          SO ESPECIALLY OUR SHORELINE SPECIES, SOME OF WHICH ARE PICTURED RIGHT HERE,
ARE UNDER INCREDIBLE PRESSURE. 
          AND THESE ANIMALS ARE ALSO SPECIFICALLY VULNERABLE TO CAT PREDATION BECAUSE THEY ALL NEST
ON THE GROUND. 
          AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEIR BABIES ARE VERY VULNERABLE TO PREDATION BY A NUMBER OF
PREDATORS, BUT ALSO CATS IN PARTICULAR. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY,
THESE SPECIES THAT LIVE ON THE SHORELINE HAVE LOST A HUGE AMOUNT OF THEIR HISTORICAL HABITAT TO DEVELOPMENT. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT THE TIDAL MARSH AROUND THE BAY LOOKED
LIKE HISTORICALLY, AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW AFTER CONVERSION TO AGRICULTURAL,
INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES. 
          OVER 95% OF IT IS GONE. SO THESE SHORELINE SPECIES THAT RELY ON THAT HABITAT ARE ALREADY
SQUEEZED TREMENDOUSLY AND WILL BE MORE IN THE FUTURE BY SEA LEVEL RISE. SO FREE ROAMING CATS,
AS AN ADDED THREAT TO THEM, REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR ABILITY TO SURVIVE LONG TERM. 
          AND THEN FOR THE CATS THEMSELVES YOU KNOW, LIFE IN OUR PARKS IS NOT EASY FOR THEM IF
THEY'RE NOT BEING CARED FOR BY A PERSON. 
          EVEN FERAL CATS THAT PEOPLE THINK OF AS BEING WELL ADAPTED TO LIVING OUTSIDE HAVE GREATER
EXPOSURE TO INJURY, ILLNESS AND PREDATION. THEY CAN START GETTING PREGNANT AT FOUR MONTHS OLD AND PRODUCE AN
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF OFFSPRING THAT THEN ALSO BREED AND CAN AUGMENT THE POPULATION VERY QUICKLY. AND THEN ALL OF THIS CAN BE REALLY UPSETTING TO
PARK USERS AND AFFECT THE EXPERIENCE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE IN THEIR PARKS. SO SEEING CATS SUFFERING, SEEING KITTENS OUT ON THE LANDSCAPE,
ANIMALS WITH DISEASE AND BEING CONCERNED ABOUT THEM REALLY CHANGES THE EXPERIENCE THAT PEOPLE HAVE WHEN THEY'RE IN THE PARKS. SO AGAIN,
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO LOOK AT THIS AS WE NEED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO PROTECT CATS AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE WHOSE PARKS THESE
ARE. 
          SO WE ACHIEVED THIS BY WE HAVE A LOT OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM
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PARK. WE HAVE IMPROVED SIGNAGE ABOUT THIS WITH CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHO
TO CONTACT, IF THEY SEE CATS OR IF THEY'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT ABANDONING A
PET CAT IN THE PARK. 
          WE ALSO HAVE BROCHURES THAT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE,
AND WE JUST STARTED OUR PROCESS OF UPDATING THE BROCHURE TO INCLUDE MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN EVOLVING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS,
AND WE'RE HOPING TO RELEASE THAT BROCHURE IN NEXT YEAR, HOPEFULLY IN THE SPRING. WE'VE ALSO REALLY TRIED TO START EXPANDING WHAT WHAT WE'RE
EDUCATING ABOUT. 
          SO WE TOOK A TOUR OF WILDLIFE RESCUE, SONOMA COUNTY WITH SOME OF OUR ANIMAL SHELTER
PARTNERS AND ALSO OAKLAND ZOO AND SOME OF THE REGIONAL RCDS TO LOOK AT THEIR DEMONSTRATION. 
          CATIO. THEY'RE THEY HAVE A REALLY INCREDIBLE COEXISTENCE EXHIBIT FOR LOTS OF DIFFERENT
DOMESTIC ANIMALS COEXISTING WITH WILDLIFE. 
          BUT THEY HAVE THIS REALLY IMPRESSIVE CATIO THERE WITH SIGNAGE TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT
CATIOS ARE, WHICH ARE THERE. IT'S A PORTMANTEAU OF PATIO AND CAT. 
          SO IT'S A PATIO FOR YOUR CAT OR A CATIO, AND IT'S A WAY FOR YOUR CAT TO ENJOY BEING
OUTDOORS WHILE KEEPING YOUR CAT SAFE AND ALSO KEEPING WILDLIFE SAFE. 
          AND THEN WE TOOK SOME OF THOSE LEARNINGS AND WENT TO OAKLAND ZOO FOR A COEXISTENCE EVENT
THIS SUMMER. 
          PARK STAFF FROM OUR OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION STAFF JOINED WITH ZOO PERSONNEL AND OUR
COMMUNITY CAT COORDINATOR, TIFFANY ASH-BAKER, TO SHOW A CATIO TO THE PUBLIC AND PROVIDE INFORMATION GENERALLY ABOUT
COEXISTENCE WITH PETS AND WILDLIFE. 
          AND WE'RE REALLY DREAMING BIG AND LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE OUR OWN EDUCATIONAL
DEMONSTRATION CATIO AT THE DISTRICT. 
          SO WE MIGHT POTENTIALLY HAVE ONE AT BIG BREAK IN 2026. 
          WE ARE LOOKING AT LOGISTICS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAKE THIS
DREAM A REALITY, INCLUDING FUNDING. AND THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE AN ONGOING
CONVERSATION WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT CATS AND WILDLIFE AND COEXISTENCE AND COULD POTENTIALLY HOST MOBILE ADOPTION EVENTS FOR OUR WILDLIFE. 
          SORRY FOR OUR ANIMAL SHELTER PARTNERS WHO COULD BRING ADOPTABLE CATS AND VOLUNTEERS TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT CATS. 
          WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING OUR PROACTIVE DETERRENCE MEASURES,
MONITORING OUR SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES, FENCING SENSITIVE AREAS TO KEEP PREDATORS OUT. 
          AND WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A BIG EFFORT ACROSS DIVISIONAL EFFORT TO SECURE OUR DUMPSTERS
AND REPLACE TRASH CANS WITH ANIMAL PROOF TRASH CANS. 
          SO WE'RE NOT ATTRACTING PREDATORS TO THE PARKS,
INCLUDING CATS THAT DO ACCESS TRASH AS A SOURCE OF FOOD. 
          ALL OF THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR REGIONAL ANIMAL SERVICE
AGENCIES, AND IS SUPPORTED BY FUNDING FROM THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION FOR ONE MORE YEAR. 
          SO WE ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY LONG TERM FUNDING SOURCES TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING. 
          WE DO HAVE BI MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE ANIMAL SERVICES AGENCIES THAT MANY OF THEIR
DIRECTORS ATTEND AND MONTHLY INTERNAL MEETINGS WHERE PARK STAFF WILL MEET AND TALK ABOUT CURRENT CAT ISSUES AND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. 
          I HAVE WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH OUR COMMUNITY CAT COORDINATOR AND,
A BIG DEVELOPMENT THIS YEAR IS THAT WE HAVE ALMOST ALL OF OUR LONG TERM COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE WITH THESE ANIMAL SERVICES AGENCIES,
AND WE'RE JUST WORKING TO FINALIZE THE LAST ONE. 
          AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO UPDATE OUR BROCHURE AND TALK MORE
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THESE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          SO THE REAL CENTERPIECE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TRAP AND TRANSFER. 
          SO MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH TNR OR TRAP NEUTER RETURN WHERE A CAT IS TRAPPED,
TAKEN TO A SHELTER OR ORGANIZATION FOR MEDICAL CHECK, VACCINATION SPAY NEUTER SURGERY,
AND THEN RETURNED TO THE PLACE IT WAS FOUND. 
          WE DON'T ALLOW THAT BY POLICY HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT,
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT HAVING CATS OUT IN THE PARKS IS NOT SAFE FOR OUR WILDLIFE, AND IT'S ALSO NOT SAFE FOR THE CATS. AND WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE FEEDING CATS IN THE PARKS,
BOTH BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO ATTRACT MORE CATS, AND WE DON'T WANT FEEDING OF NON-TARGET ANIMALS LIKE RACCOONS AND SKUNKS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT. 
          SO WE INSTEAD PRACTICE TRAP AND TRANSFER. SO WE'LL TRAP CATS. 
          TRANSFER THEM TO OUR ANIMAL SERVICE AGENCY PARTNERS WHERE THEY WILL BE EVALUATED,
MEDICALLY TREATED, VACCINATED, SPAYED NEUTERED, MICROCHIPPED AND PLACED IN A HOME. 
          THESE ARE ALL CATS PICTURED HERE THAT WERE TRAPPED AND TRANSFERRED THIS YEAR. 
          AND THE TYPE OF HOME THAT THEY'RE PLACED IN REALLY DEPENDS ON THE CAT. 
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SO A CAT THAT IS UNDER SOCIALIZED TO PEOPLE. AND ACTUALLY,
I JUST FOUND OUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY CAT COORDINATOR THAT THIS CAT THAT I'M SHOWING HERE AS A WORKING CAT DID ACTUALLY TURN OUT TO BE FRIENDLY ONCE IT GOT INTO ITS HOME. 
          BUT WHEN WE FIRST TRAPPED IT, IT APPEARED TO BE FERAL. 
          SO IT WENT INTO A WORKING CAT HOME WHERE IT IS ADOPTED BY AN ADOPTER. 
          BUT IT'S NOT A REGULAR ADOPTION, AS YOU WOULD,
AS MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH AS A PET. 
          THEY STAY IN AN ACCLIMATION CAGE FOR ABOUT A MONTH. 
          SO THEY GET USED TO THAT BEING THEIR NEW HOME,
AND THEN THEY'RE RELEASED AND THEY CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE AS AN OUTSIDE CAT, BUT THEY ARE BEING SUPERVISED BY THEIR NEW CARETAKER,
WHO CAN CATCH THEM IF NEEDED FOR ANY SORT OF MEDICAL TREATMENT. 
          THEY'RE BEING FED, THEY'RE BEING MONITORED, AND IN SOME CASES THEY'RE BEING CONTAINED. 
          AND THEN FOR CATS THAT ARE SOCIALIZED OR KITTENS THAT ARE CAUGHT YOUNG ENOUGH THAT THEY
CAN GO TO AN ADOPTIVE HOME, GO THROUGH A NORMAL PET ADOPTION PROCESS. AND I DID TRY TO GET A COUPLE VIDEOS HERE TO
SHOW YOU, AND IT WON'T PLAY AUDIO, SO I'LL JUST CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE THEM AS THEY PLAY. 
          BUT THE KITTENS HERE THAT YOU SEE IN THE CAGE WERE CAUGHT BY RANGER MONIQUE BIGBEE AT MLK. 
          I THINK IT WAS VERY EARLY 2025. SO THERE'S THREE KITTENS THERE. 
          THEY ARE FRIENDLY. SO THEY PROBABLY HAD BEEN DROPPED OFF AT MLK. 
          AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, MONIQUE CAUGHT THEM. TIFFANY BROUGHT THEM TO OAS. 
          AND THEN WHILE THEY WERE AT OAS, THEY WERE RECRUITED TO STAR IN THIS INSTAGRAM AD FOR
ORIGINAL BREWING, ORIGINAL PATTERN BREWING. SO THESE THREE CATS GOT TO BE INSTAGRAM FAMOUS TEMPORARILY
BEFORE THEY EVENTUALLY WENT TO THEIR PET ADOPTIVE HOMES. SO THESE THREE KITTENS, RATHER THAN YOU KNOW,
STARTING OUT LIFE OUTSIDE WHERE WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THEM? THEY MIGHT HAVE SUCCUMBED TO AN INJURY OR PREDATION OR A CAR STRIKE. 
          THEY MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN SICK. INSTEAD, NOW THEY'RE IN AN ADOPTIVE HOME. 
          AND SO I THINK THIS EXAMPLE REALLY SHOWS IN A VERY ADORABLE WAY JUST HOW POSITIVE THIS
PROGRAM CAN BE AND THE HUGE AND IMPORTANT RESULTS WE CAN HAVE FOR CATS AND THEN ALSO FOR WILDLIFE, BECAUSE THESE CATS ARE NOT LIVING OUTSIDE. 
          AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT SUCCESS AND SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
FUTURE, STARTING WITH THE STORY OF THIS CAT FROM HAYWARD. 
          EARLIER, ACTUALLY, JUST A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. WE GOT A CALL FROM SAN FRANCISCO BAY BIRD
OBSERVATORY THAT THEY WERE SEEING A CAT PRETTY REGULARLY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SOME THREATENED WESTERN SNOWY PLOVER NESTS THAT THEY WERE MONITORING. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE, THE FOUR BLUE DOTS ARE WESTERN SNOWY PLOVER NESTS THAT AT
THE TIME WERE HATCHING WAS IMMINENT. 
          SO THEY WERE VERY SOON TO BE LITTLE TINY COTTON BALL CHICKS RUNNING AROUND THAT WOULD BE
PERFECT CAT TOYS OR CAT PREY. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE THE BLACK CIRCLES WITH THE CAT PRINTS ARE WHERE THE CAT WAS SEEN. 
          SO THIS CAT REALLY WAS IN SWIPING DISTANCE OF THESE SOON TO BE BABY BIRDS. 
          SO WE WORKED WITH HAYWARD AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT TO ACCESS THIS PROPERTY AND
ATTEMPT TO TRAP THIS CAT. 
          WE WERE OUT THERE. WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE QUICK AND EASY,
AND WE ENDED UP OUT THERE FOR ALMOST THREE WEEKS. 
          WE CAUGHT THE CAT ON CAMERA MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT IT WOULD NOT GO INTO OUR TRAP. 
          YOU CAN SEE THERE A SKUNK DID. BUT WE, IT WASN'T THE BLACK AND WHITE ANIMAL THAT WE WERE
TRYING TO CATCH. 
          WE PRETTY MUCH FIGURED OUT THAT THE REASON THE CAT WASN'T GOING INTO THE TRAP WAS THAT
THERE WERE A LOT OF ANTS. 
          AND TIFFANY FIGURED OUT A WAY TO KEEP THE ANTS OUT,
AND THEN ALMOST RIGHT AWAY, WE GOT OUR CAT. 
          SO THIS IS. WE NAMED HIM MARSHALL FOR MARSH CAT. 
          AND HE STAYED IN, YOU KNOW, IN TIFFANY'S CARE FOR A LITTLE WHILE UNTIL HE COULD GET HIS
SPAY, HIS NEUTER SURGERY AND HIS VACCINES. AND THEN HE WAS NOT. 
          HE WAS UNDER SOCIALIZED OR NOT SOCIALIZED TO PEOPLE. 
          SO HE WENT INTO A WORKING CAT HOME. AND YOU CAN SEE HIM HERE IN HIS ACCLIMATION CATIO WITH
HIS NEW COLLEAGUE AS THEY'RE GETTING READY TO START LIFE AS WORKING CATS IN THIS ADOPTIVE HOME. AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS
COLLABORATION THAT WE HAD WITH HAYWARD PARKS, HAYWARD ANIMAL SHELTER, WHO PROVIDED THE SPAY NEUTER SURGERY AND VACCINES FOR THIS CAT SFB
AND TIFFANY AT OAKLAND ANIMAL SERVICES. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ALL FOUR OF THOSE NESTS HATCHED SUCCESSFULLY. 
          AND THE CHICKS, SOME OF WHICH ARE PICTURED HERE,
WERE NOT EATEN BY THAT CAT. 
          SO THAT'S A HUGE SUCCESS STORY THAT WE HAD THIS LAST YEAR. 
          WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF INSTANCES WHERE THE CATS ARE SO IMMINENTLY CLOSE TO SOME OF THE
SPECIES WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT. 
          BUT WHEN IT DID HAPPEN THIS TIME, WE WERE ABLE TO MOBILIZE QUICKLY AND TAKE CARE OF IT. 
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SO OVERALL, SINCE WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM IN 2021,
WE'VE BEEN TRANSFERRING AN AVERAGE OF 50 CATS PER YEAR FROM THE PARKS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FLUCTUATION IN THE DATA FROM THIS CURRENT YEAR ARE
NOT THE COMPLETE YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY THROUGH SEPTEMBER WHEN THIS PRESENTATION WAS MADE. 
          AND THEN IN THE MAP ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE SHORELINE
PARKS, OR THAT MOST OF THE CATS TRANSFERRED HAVE BEEN FROM THE SHORELINE PARK. 
          SO MLK, OYSTER BAY, HAYWARD, BIG BREAK, MILLER/KNOX. 
          AND THAT'S PARTLY BECAUSE WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO SPEND THE MOST EFFORT WHERE THE SPECIES
ARE THE MOST AT RISK. 
          BUT ALSO ALL THOSE SHORELINE PARKS ARE IN THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED HUMAN AREAS. 
          SO THERE ARE MORE CATS ON THE SHORELINE THAN THERE ARE INLAND. 
          SO IT REALLY IS BOTH THAT THOSE ARE THE AREAS WE'RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT AND THE AREAS
THAT NEED THE MOST WORK. 
          BUT WE HAVE ALSO TRAPPED AND TRANSFERRED CATS FROM THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT ANYWHERE
THAT THEY'RE FOUND AND WHERE WHERE WE CAN HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT. 
          AND ALL OF THIS IS A GROUP EFFORT. WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP US TRAP, WHO HELP US TRAP CATS. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE FULL CIRCLE CATS THAT PROVIDE TRAINING
FOR OUR STAFF AND SUPPORT. 
          WE REALLY CAN'T DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT OUR ANIMAL SERVICES AGENCY PARTNERS. 
          WE ARE REALLY LIMITED TO BE ABLE TO DO ONLY WHAT THEY HAVE CAPACITY FOR,
AND THEY'VE REALLY STEPPED UP IN THE FACE OF YOU KNOW, PRETTY LOW BUDGETS AND STAFFING CUTS TO TO WORK WITH US AND MAKE THIS PROGRAM A SUCCESS. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, COMMUNITY CAT COORDINATOR TIFFANY IS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING
CONNECTIONS WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND DOING THE TRAPPING HERSELF AND MAKING THIS ALL POSSIBLE. 
          AND THEN OUR OWN PARK STAFF ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL. 
          OUR RANGERS AND NATURALISTS WHO ARE IN THE PARKS EVERY DAY LET US KNOW WHEN THEY'RE SEEING
CATS AND THEN SOMETIMES HELP US TRAP. 
          AND I HAVE A QUOTE HERE FROM RANGER MELISSA MCDONALD AT QUARRY LAKES,
WHO IS TIED FOR OUR NUMBER ONE CAT TRAPPER OF 2025. 
          I THINK BOTH SHE AND ALVIN TRAPPED FIVE CATS THIS LAST YEAR. 
          AND MELISSA SAYS THE IMPROVED FERAL CAT TRAPPING PROGRAM HAS BEEN A LIFELINE TO THOSE OF
US IN PARKS WITH A LARGE POPULATION OF FERAL AND OR DUMPED CATS. 
          IN YEARS PAST, THERE WAS NO CLEAR PATHWAY TO GET THE CATS OUT OF THE PARK IN A SMOOTH AND
ETHICAL MANNER. 
          HAVING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SHELTERS HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS NEW
PROGRAM, AND AN ABSOLUTE MUST IN ORDER FOR THIS PROGRAM TO CONTINUE. 
          MY ONLY CRITICISM OF THE PROGRAM IS THE NEED FOR ONE MORE TIFFANY. 
          AND I WILL GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE REALLY QUICK JUST TO REITERATE THAT POINT THAT OUR ANIMAL
SERVICE AGENCY PARTNERS ARE IN GENERAL CHRONICALLY UNDERFUNDED, UNDERSTAFFED AND UNDER-RESOURCED. AND WHILE THEY DO STEP UP AS MUCH AS THEY CAN,
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR ADEQUATE FUNDING WITH THEIR CITIES AND COUNTIES,
AND TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEER HOURS IF POSSIBLE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT THERE ARE POTENTIALLY SOME PERSONNEL
CHANGES THAT MAY IMPACT THIS PROGRAM, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TRACKING THOSE AND ENSURING THAT THERE IS CONTINUITY AND ONGOING
SUCCESS FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          AND WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. GREAT OVERVIEW AND VERY INFORMATIVE. 
          SO I'LL START WITH MY COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO BE AS FORMAL WITH THE COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS. 
          I HAVE A. WHAT A FABULOUS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. 
          A LOT OF DETAIL. I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU DO WITH FENCES. 
          I SAW IN THE STAFF REPORT. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT,
AND I THINK A CAT CAN GET OVER ANY FENCE, BUT YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S SOME TYPE OF REPAIR AND EVEN REMOVING VEGETATION. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FENCING? YEAH, WE HAVE A COUPLE AREAS THAT WE THAT WE HAVE FENCED. 
          SO THERE'S A PREDATOR FENCING AT MLK. WE ALSO HAVE PREDATOR FENCING AT DAIMON SLOUGH. 
          AND YES, YOU'RE CORRECT THAT CATS CAN GET OVER PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING,
BUT CATS CAN ALSO BE LAZY. 
          SO THE IDEA IS THAT IF WE HAVE STRATEGIC FENCING,
IF THE CATS ARE TRYING TO GET FROM MAYBE AN AREA WHERE THEY'RE GETTING FED TO A DUMPSTER THAT THEY CAN ACCESS FOR FOOD, MAYBE NOT EVEN ON OUR PROPERTY IF THERE'S A
FENCE, YOU KNOW, IN THE WAY THEY MIGHT CHOOSE TO GO AROUND IT. 
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SO IT'S KIND OF A DETERRENT, MORE SO THAN ANY SORT OF PREDATOR PROOFING. 
          IT'S ALSO INTENDED TO KEEP OUT OTHER PREDATORS LIKE FOXES,
COYOTES, SKUNKS, RACCOONS. 
          SO IT'S MEANT TO SERVE TO, TO PROVIDE SOME PROTECTION AGAINST A WIDER RANGE OF PREDATORS. 
          BUT IT CAN ALSO HELP WITH KEEPING CATS OUT OF AN AREA. 
          SO I MIGHT NOT BE SO SMART, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS PREDATOR FENCING? WHAT IS WHAT IS THAT? YEAH. WELL, SO IT IS JUST FENCING. 
          RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CHAIN LINK FENCING AT THESE AREAS. 
          YOU DID ASK ABOUT THE VEGETATION CLEARING. SO A LOT OF TIMES IF THE VEGETATION IS ALLOWED
TO GROW UP, THERE WILL BE HOLES UNDER THE FENCE EITHER CREATED BY ANIMALS OR PEOPLE. 
          AND IF YOU HAVE VEGETATION CLEARED, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO SEE THOSE THINGS AND TO KEEP THE
FENCE IN A CONDITION WHERE IT'S MOST LIKELY TO, TO KEEP ANIMALS OUT. SO IT IS REGULAR FENCING,
BUT IT'S SORT OF MAINTAINED IN A WAY, WITH AN EYE TO REALLY KEEPING ANIMALS OUT. 
          INTERESTING. I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME COMMENTS, BUT MAYBE I CAN SAVE THOSE TO LEFT OF
QUESTIONS. 
          I THINK YOU'RE WELCOME TO SHARE THE COMMENTS. 
          NOW, WE DON'T NEED TO BE AS FORMAL FOR THE COMMITTEE. 
          YEAH, GO FOR IT. WELL, I JUST I THINK THIS IS JUST A FABULOUS. 
          I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT, LIKE, WHEN WE REALLY LET STEWARDSHIP TAKE THE REINS OF
PROTECTING AND DEFENDING OUR PARKS AND OUR ENDANGERED SPECIES. 
          I MEAN, IT'S JUST READING THIS, IT JUST WENT ON AND ON,
THE WEEKLY MEETINGS, THE BIMONTHLY MEETINGS, THE QUARTERLY MEETINGS, THE CAMERA TRAPS. I MEAN,
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE IS JUST FASCINATING. 
          AND YOU'VE TEAMED UP WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          YOU'VE SOUGHT AND YOU'VE GOTTEN AWARDS. YOU'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT. 
          YOU'RE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC. I MEAN, SIGNS, BROCHURES. 
          I MEAN, IT WAS JUST FABULOUS. AND I TRY NOT TO BE FACETIOUS HERE,
BUT I JUST COULDN'T HELP BUT THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE FOUR LEGGED PREDATORS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TWO LEGGED PREDATORS. 
          AND IN PARTICULAR, I WAS THINKING ABOUT OUR HOMO SAPIENS WHO ARE PUTTING IN ROGUE TRAILS
IN AREAS THAT ARE ENDANGERING OUR ENDANGERED SPECIES. AND WHAT A GREAT MODEL THIS WOULD BE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU TRAP AND TRANSFER THEM [LAUGHTER],
BUT DIFFERENCE, DETERRENCE AND SOME OF THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE IN HERE. 
          I JUST THINK THIS IS SUCH A GREAT CASE STUDY OF WHAT CAN REALLY WORK WHEN WE REALLY FOLLOW
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND REALLY WANT TO DEFEND AND PROTECT OUR SPECIES. 
          THE OTHER COMMENT I HAVE IS I'VE WORKED FOR EIGHT YEARS IN BAJA WITH TERNS,
IN PROTECTING TERNS. 
          I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BANDING AND AND DONE A LOT OF WORK. 
          SO I WAS SORT OF CURIOUS ABOUT THE FENCING ALONG THE BEACHES. 
          AND I DID VISIT THE TERN RETURN OF THE TERNS TOUR HERE AND THE WILDLIFE WOMAN WHO'S OUT
THERE FISH AND WILDLIFE WOMAN, I FORGET HER NAME. I'M NOT SURE. PROTECTING THE BIRDS. 
          ANYWAY, I WAS JUST CURIOUS. YOU KNOW, THIS THIS CONNECTION WITH PROTECTING ENDANGERED
SPECIES AND THEN FINDING A WAY TO TAKE OUR DOMESTIC INPUT, WHETHER IT'S OUR PETS OR OURSELVES OR KILLING NESTS OR WHATEVER. 
          BUT THEY'RE DOING SOME, THE BAJA PROGRAM IS DOING SOME WORK WITH THE AUDUBON IN SAN DIEGO, AND THEY ONLY HAVE 30 NESTING PAIRS DOWN THERE. 
          AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE OVER 300 HERE. AND A LOT OF IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS GREAT WORK THAT
WE'RE ABLE TO DO HERE AND AFFORD HERE AND FIND CREATIVE FUNDING FOR. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, I'M SORT OF RAMBLING, BUT SOME OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN DO A SISTER CITY
OPPORTUNITY WITH THE FOLKS I'VE WORKED WITH DOWN IN ENSENADA. 
          IT'S JUST IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO WHEN YOU REALLY PUT YOUR MIND TO
IT. 
          AND SHARING THAT MORE BROADLY. IT'S JUST FABULOUS. 
          I SAW SOME MORE SLIDES IN HERE ABOUT THE THE TERNS AND THE RAILWAYS. 
          IS THAT STILL COMING OR IS THAT PART OF THIS PRESENTATION? THEY'RE THERE IN CASE THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC SPECIES. 
          JUST EXTRAS, EXTRA INFORMATION. AND THIS ALONG THE WEST COAST FROM HERE TO BAJA. 
          I MEAN, THE RIDGEWAY RAILS, THE MARSH MOUSE. I JUST WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE,
HEAR MORE OF THIS AND HEAR WHAT WE CAN DO TO APPLY WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO BROADER SPECIES PROTECTION. JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          IT'S A REALLY SHOWS WHAT YOU CAN DO. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS. 
          IT DID MAKE ME THINK THAT AS YOU AS YOU MENTIONED,
THE SORT OF BROADER SCALE WE HAVE, THIS PROGRAM HAS STARTED TO GET ATTENTION. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE LOOKING TO INSTITUTE SIMILAR PROGRAMS
AT THEIR AGENCIES. 
          AND I'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO PROMOTE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE,
MEETING WITH THEM AND TELLING THEM OUR LESSONS LEARNED, BECAUSE I THINK THIS COULD BE MORE BECOME STANDARD PRACTICE FOR ANYBODY WHO'S MANAGING
ENDANGERED SPECIES LIKE WE ARE. 
          AND ONCE IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE STANDARD PRACTICE,
THERE'LL PROBABLY BE MORE ESTABLISHED FUNDING SOURCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
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SO IT CAN ONLY BENEFIT US TO HELP OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOP SIMILAR PROGRAMS. I MEAN, BROADLY, I MEAN, THIS IS A NATIONAL ISSUE. 
          SO WE USE CAMERA TRAPS DOWN IN BAJA, AND WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH A LOT OF TIMES IT WAS
HUMANS. 
          IT WAS A LOT OF TIMES IT WAS PEOPLE ON BICYCLES OR IT WAS FOXES OR COYOTES. 
          AND SO I NOTICED YOU USED CAMERA TRAPS AS WELL IN THIS MULTI APPROACH IS AN INTERNATIONAL
OPPORTUNITY AS WELL TO BE LEADERS IN PROTECTING OUR SPECIES. 
          THEIR MIGRATORY AND THEY DON'T KNOW BORDERS. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. DIRECTOR COFFEY DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS? SURE. WHAT ARE OUR PLANS FOR FUNDING THIS PROGRAM? THE FOUNDATION WAS COVERING THE COST FOR THE FIRST,
I THINK THREE YEARS. 
          AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. 
          AND I'M HOPING WE CONTINUE TO FUND IT. YEAH,
WE ARE LOOKING AT VARIOUS OPTIONS. 
          WE DID GET A ONE YEAR EXTENSION, SORT OF A SEPARATE GRANT FROM THE REGIONAL PARK
FOUNDATION TO COVER 2026. 
          WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SOURCES LIKE OUR MITIGATION ENDOWMENTS FOR CERTAIN CONSERVATION
EASEMENT PROPERTIES WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDS FROM THERE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM HAVE CODIFIED IN THE EASEMENT THAT THE ENDOWMENT IS SUPPOSED
TO GO TOWARDS NON-NATIVE SPECIES OR PREDATOR CONTROL. 
          SO THERE'S A POTENTIAL SOURCE THERE. AND THEN WE ARE HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO JUST
GET A BASE BUDGET TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM PERMANENTLY GOING FORWARD. 
          OKAY, GOOD. I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT. I THINK THE BOARD WILL SUPPORT WHATEVER EFFORTS
ARE NEEDED TO CONTINUE FUNDING THE PROGRAM. TIFFANY IS MY PERSONAL HERO. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT,
YOU CAN'T BELIEVE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO TRAP THESE CATS. IT IS TIME CONSUMING. IT'S PHYSICAL. 
          IT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT THING TO DO. EMOTIONAL. 
          AND SHE SHE DOES ALL OF THAT AND DOES IT WELL,
AND IS, OF COURSE, PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. 
          AND ONE OF THE BEST FEATURES OF THIS PROGRAM WAS THAT WE ENGAGED TIFFANY. 
          AND GOOD LUCK FINDING MORE TIFFANY'S. THEY'RE JUST NOT OUT THERE WITH WHAT SHE BRINGS WITH
IT. 
          ARE YOU GOING TO ADD? SO MATT GRAUL, DIVISION LEAD FOR STEWARDSHIP. 
          I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING, WITH THE FOUNDATION,
YOU KNOW, WITH THIS YEAR, WE APPLIED. 
          WE DID APPLY FOR ADDITIONAL YEARS OF FUNDING. AND THEY,
SINCE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION AND, AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COMMIT TO MORE THAN ONE YEAR,
BUT THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IN GENERAL. 
          AND THEY LIKELY WILL BE A FUNDING SOURCE IN THE I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM DIRECTLY,
BUT THEY SEEM VERY POSITIVE ABOUT BEING A FUTURE FUNDING SOURCE. BUT JUST BECAUSE THE TRANSITION RIGHT NOW, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COMMIT TO A MULTI-YEAR MULTIYEAR CONTRACT RIGHT
NOW, BUT WE WILL STILL APPROACH THEM FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO CONTINUE. 
          TERRIFIC. ONE QUESTION OUT OF IGNORANCE. THE CATIO. 
          WHAT IS THE EDUCATION THAT IS BEING PURSUED WITH CATIOS? SO BOTH THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR OWN CATIOS. 
          SO FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY, MAYBE THEY HAVE A YARD OR A SIDE YARD WHERE THEY COULD
INSTALL A CATIO, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEIR ONLY CHOICE IS TO EITHER KEEP THE CAT INDOORS FULL
TIME OR LET THEM GO INDOORS AND OUTDOORS. 
          SO THIS PROVIDES A MIDDLE GROUND WHERE THEY CAN KEEP THEIR CAT SAFE FROM TRAFFIC AND
THINGS LIKE THAT, AND ALSO KEEP WILDLIFE SAFE. SO WE WANT TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT'S POSSIBLE WITH CATIOS. 
          THERE ARE VERY AFFORDABLE OPTIONS THAT PEOPLE CAN BUY ONLINE. 
          THEY CAN BUILD THEIR OWN, THEY CAN HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO BUILD A CUSTOM ONE. 
          AND I ACTUALLY DID FORGET TO MENTION THAT AT THAT ZOO EVENT THE OAKLAND ZOO RAFFLED OFF A
CUSTOM CATIO TO THE WINNER, SO THEY HAD A CONTRACTOR WHO WOULD BUILD A CATIO FOR THE PERSON WHO WON THAT RAFFLE. 
          SO THAT'S THE IDEA IS WE COULD SHOW, YOU KNOW,
HOPEFULLY INCREASE THE USE OF PATIOS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE PET CATS THAT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE SOME TIME OUTDOORS. AND THEN I THINK PART OF THAT CONVERSATION,
ONCE WE'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT THAT, WE CAN INTRODUCE THE LARGER ISSUES ABOUT CAT PREDATION ON WILDLIFE. 
          CAT SAFETY OUTSIDE. AND THE GENERAL NEED TO HAVE BETTER COEXISTENCE BETWEEN CATS AND
WILDLIFE. 
          SO IT'S DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO HAVE OUTDOOR CATS TO CONTAIN THEM. 
          YES. OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE NEVER HAD A CAT BEFORE. 
          AND THIS IS A NEW, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE A NEW CONCEPT FOR THEM SO THAT INSTEAD OF,
AGAIN, MAKING THAT THAT SORT OF FALSE CHOICE OF OUTDOORS OR INDOORS, THEY CAN DO SOMETHING THAT SORT OF ACHIEVES BOTH GOALS WITH WHILE KEEPING BOTH CATS AND
WILDLIFE SAFE. 
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SO I'M INTERNALIZING THIS BECAUSE I HAVE A FERAL THAT I WAS TAKING CARE OF. 
          TIFFANY IN FACT HELPED ME CATCH IT AND RELEASE IT AFTER IT WAS NEUTERED. 
          SO IT'S AN OPTION BECAUSE I BROUGHT THAT FERAL INDOORS BECAUSE I STARTED SEEING COYOTES. 
          OH, YEAH. JUST TRAVERSING MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I SAID,
YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD FOR HER TO BE OUTSIDE ANYMORE. 
          SO THIS IS AN OPTION THEN THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE MAYBE CONTAINING A FERAL CAT LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH IT CAN BE. IT CERTAINLY DEPENDS ON THE CAT. 
          SOME CATS REALLY WOULDN'T DO WELL LIVING IN A CATIO FULL TIME. 
          AND IT MIGHT DEPEND ON WHAT LIFE STAGE THEY'RE AT AND HOW SOCIALIZED THEY ARE. 
          YOU KNOW, SOME CATS ARE SORT OF SEMI-FERAL. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE ABLE TO BRING
YOURS INSIDE SO IT WOULDN'T BE AN OPTION FOR ALL CATS. 
          BUT CERTAINLY ALL PET CATS COULD, YOU KNOW, COULD SPEND SOME TIME IN A CATIO. 
          AND SOME CATIOS YOU CAN INTEGRATE WITH LIKE A CAT DOOR SO THEY CAN GO IN AND OUT AT WILL
OR A WINDOW. 
          OR YOU CAN SORT OF HAVE TIME WHERE YOU PLACE THE CAT OUTSIDE IN THE CATIO. 
          SO THERE'S LOTS OF OPTIONS. THAT'S TERRIFIC. AND I HADN'T THOUGHT OF IT,
SO I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. YES. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANKS. 
          ABOUT THE FOUNDATION SUPPORT, DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF THE ONE YEAR FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FROM THE FOUNDATION TO THIS PROGRAM? YES. SO I BELIEVE WE WERE AWARDED 30,000. WE'VE BEEN GENERALLY THE LAST THREE YEARS OF
FOUNDATION FUNDING WAS 25,000. 
          AND WE ARE LOOKING AGAIN AT OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE,
BUT AND ALSO HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY. 
          SO SO FAR, THE MONEY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO FRIENDS OF OAKLAND ANIMAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT
THE COMMUNITY CAT COORDINATOR POSITION. 
          BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING, SUCH AS PUTTING IN A DEMONSTRATION PATIO AT BIG BREAK,
OR POTENTIALLY DOING OTHER TYPES OF SUPPORT FOR OUR SHELTER PARTNERS. 
          AND I KNOW THIS IS MORE OF A FOUNDATION QUESTION,
BUT DO WE KNOW IF THEY HAVE A SEPARATE FUNDRAISING ACCOUNT FOR PEOPLE THAT FEEL YOU KNOW, STRONGLY A STRONG AFFINITY TOWARDS SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO DONATE
SPECIFICALLY TO THIS PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE A SEPARATE. 
          YEAH, I CAN JUMP IN SO THEY DO NOT. THIS COMES FROM THEIR GENERAL FUNDRAISING. 
          AND I THINK IF THERE WAS A DESIRE TO FUNDRAISE SEPARATELY,
THAT MIGHT BE BETTER THROUGH THE OAKLAND. 
          ANIMAL SERVICES. ANIMAL SERVICES RATHER THAN THROUGH THE FOUNDATION. 
          BUT WE CAN ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE, TOO. 
          SO THIS IS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION. AND, SO I SUPPOSE THINKING ABOUT 20,
27 I'M GUESSING THERE IS SOME SORT OF TIMELINE IN 2026,
PROBABLY AROUND THE MIDPOINT OF THE YEAR, WHERE THE APPLICATION TO THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS,
AND THEN THEY DETERMINE HOW MUCH THEY'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM. SO WE WOULD KNOW BEFORE THE 2027 BUDGET SEASON WHAT AMOUNT IS OR IS NOT BEING
AWARDED. 
          SO THEN, IF THERE IS THIS NEED TO ESTABLISH A BUDGET THROUGH THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK
DISTRICT BUDGET PROCESS FOR 2027, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. IS THERE? ARE THERE? YEAH. 
          SO I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT. YES, I THINK WE'RE WE ARE COMMITTED TO FINDING A WAY TO MAKE
THIS PROGRAM CONTINUE. 
          SO THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN A REALLY OUTSTANDING PARTNER TO SUPPORT IT. 
          BUT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WE'RE WORKING ON IF THAT IF THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT IN THE FUTURE,
WE'LL WORK ON OTHER AVENUES. 
          OKAY, GREAT. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR,
BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM FOR US TO CONTINUE AND TO YOU KNOW, I REALLY LIKE HEARING ABOUT THE SUCCESS STORIES. SO THANKS FOR SHARING THAT. AND ALSO,
YOU KNOW, THE ATTENTION FROM OTHER AGENCIES AND, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD,
BUT AS OTHER AGENCIES START TO ADOPT SIMILAR PROGRAMS, AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES. AND SO I THINK IN
THE LONG TERM, WE WOULD HOPE THAT ALL OF THIS HELPS, YOU KNOW,
THE PROGRAM. 
          BUT IN THE NEAR TERM I CAN SHARE PERSONALLY,
I WOULD BE WILLING TO SUPPORT IN WHATEVER CAPACITY TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS AMAZING PROGRAM THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED. I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. OKAY. 
          LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. 
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SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK. TAKE YOUR TIME. 
          TAKE YOUR TIME. YES. AND WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH NO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. REALLY GOOD WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
HOW IT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS. 
          SO WE'LL THEN MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.B AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF TAKING A BREAK, MAYBE AROUND 12:15,
SO LET'S SEE WHAT WE YOU KNOW, GET DONE IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. 
          SO THIS IS OUR MANAGING RESERVOIRS IN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. 
          THERE. ALL RIGHT. JOE SULLIVAN, FISHERIES PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE PARK DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. DIRECTORS, WELCOME. 
          THIS IS OUR ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE GIVE WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE ANNUAL HABS REPORT. 
          HABS BEING HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS. IT'S TRANSFORMED INTO MORE OF A RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM AS IT'S EVOLVED OVER TIME. AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I MEAN BY THIS IS. WHEN I STARTED AT ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO WHEN I
WAS DOING FISH SURVEYS OUT ON A BOAT, YOU'D LOOK IN THE WATER AND YOU'D SEE GREEN SPECKS,
LOOKS LIKE LITTLE MINIATURE LAWN CLIPPINGS. 
          NOT UNCOMMON, BUT THOSE WERE HARMFUL ALGAE. AND IT'S ACTUALLY NOT AN ALGAE TO
CYANOBACTERIA. 
          AND OVER TIME, OVER THE YEARS, WE STARTED NOTICING THE WATER TURNING,
LIKE WHAT YOU SEE IN THE IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS SLIDE, THE WATER WOULD TURN TO LIKE, PEA SOUP. AND EVENTUALLY THOSE CYANOBACTERIA STARTED
CREATING TOXINS AND CREATING TOXINS WHERE WE HAVE SWIM BEACHES IS NOT A GOOD THING. 
          SO WE HAD TO START CLOSING SWIM BEACHES. SO WE SAW THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE A MUCH MORE
ACTIVE ROLE IN TO TRYING TO MANAGE THESE CYANOBACTERIA. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY. 
          WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THIS PROGRAM THAT EVOLVED MUCH LIKE THE THE CAT PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS A IN-HOUSE BUILT PROGRAM THAT THE PARK DISTRICT STARTED OVER TEN YEARS AGO. 
          AND I'LL SHOW YOU HOW THIS HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. 
          SO I'M GOING TO START JUST BY KIND OF INTRODUCING WHAT RESERVOIRS ARE,
AND WE INTENTIONALLY USE THAT NAME. 
          WE'RE NOT CALLING THEM LAKES. EVERYONE SAYS WE HAVE LAKES,
BUT WE REALLY HAVE RESERVOIRS. 
          AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE ARE. I'M SURE YOU ALREADY KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT. 
          SO IT COMES WITH A LOT OF ISSUES. RESERVOIRS ARE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THEY'RE HUMAN MADE. AND YOU HAVE TO MANAGE INFRASTRUCTURE OVER TIME AS IT AGES. 
          AND THEN I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO ANJA BREY. 
          ANJA HAS BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR OVER TEN YEARS. 
          EIGHT YEARS. FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT NOT IN THIS ROLE. 
          WE CREATED A WHOLE POSITION FOR THIS PROGRAM. 
          IT'S THE ECOLOGICAL SERVICES COORDINATOR. THAT TITLE IS NOT NEW,
BUT THE ROLE IS NEW. 
          IT'S A LAKE MANAGER. IT'S ESSENTIALLY A LIMNOLOGIST. 
          A LIMNOLOGIST IS STUDIES, STUDIES, LAKES AND WATER QUALITY AND,
AND HOW TO MANAGE THOSE. 
          SO IT'S A BRAND NEW POSITION. WE, THE BOARD APPROVED IT IN 2023,
I WANT TO SAY. 
          WE RECRUITED TWICE FOR THIS POSITION OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT. 
          WE FAILED RECRUITMENT. WE JUST DID NOT GET THE RIGHT TYPES OF CANDIDATES BECAUSE IT'S SUCH
A SPECIALIZED POSITION. 
          THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO THESE SORTS OF THINGS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD DOING LAKE MANAGEMENT
ACTIVITIES AND STUDYING LAKES. 
          AND IT'S HIGHLY TECHNICAL. WE JUST IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT FOR THAT POSITION. 
          SO THE THIRD TIME WE ACTUALLY SAW THAT WE HAD A PERSON IN HOUSE THAT KNOWS ABOUT THESE
THINGS, AND THAT'S ANJA. AND I CAN'T RAVE ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT SHE DOES FOR THIS PROGRAM,
BUT I'LL PASS IT OVER TO HER. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO STEAL HER THUNDER. AND THEN WE'RE JUST. 
          SO SHE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT SHE'S DOING TO MANAGE FOR THESE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS AND GENERAL
LAKE MANAGEMENT. 
          AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO I'VE SAID THIS. WE ALL KNOW IT. WHEN YOU PUT A DAM IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREAM,
YOU'RE CREATING A RESERVOIR. 
          YOU'RE STOPPING SEDIMENT TRANSPORT. THAT SEDIMENT BUILDS UP BEHIND THAT THAT DAM AND
CAUSES ALL KINDS OF ISSUES. 
          IF YOU DON'T MANAGE IT PROPERLY. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE. 
          WE HAVE EIGHT RESERVOIRS IN IN THE PARK DISTRICT. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE TEN. BUT I THINK WE'RE NOT COUNTING. 
          QUARRY LAKES HAS THREE SEPARATE BASINS. BUT WE ALSO OPERATE FIVE SWIM BEACHES LAKE ANZA,
LAKE TEMESCAL, 
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QUARRY LAKE, SHADOW AND DEL VALLE. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO RESERVOIRS THAT ALLOW NO BODY
CONTACT BECAUSE THEY'RE DRINKING WATER RESERVOIRS. 
          THAT'S CONTRA LOMA, LAKE CHABOT. AND THEN WE HAVE A RESERVOIR THAT HAS NO RECREATION
EXCEPT FOR JUST ESTHETIC VALUE, AND THAT'S JEWEL LAKE. SO THIS IS HOPEFULLY NOT NEWS TO YOU. 
          RESERVOIRS AGE OVER TIME. THEY'RE THEY'RE MAN MADE. 
          SO EVENTUALLY THEY FILL IN WITH SEDIMENT, AND IF THAT SEDIMENT IS NOT REMOVED,
IT JUST TURNS INTO A SWAMP. 
          THE STREAM WILL REROUTE ITSELF AND THE WATER JUST SPILLS OVER THE DAM. 
          SO BUT WITH THOSE WITH ALL THAT SEDIMENT COMING IN,
NUTRIENTS ARE BOUND TO THAT SEDIMENT. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST A RESERVOIR FILLING IN, YOU'RE INTRODUCING A TON OF NUTRIENTS TO THIS
SYSTEM. 
          ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A PICTURE TAKEN THIS JANUARY AFTER A HUGE STORM. 
          THIS IS IN TILDEN, LAKE ANZA, WILDCAT CREEK GOES INTO LAKE ANZA. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT MASSIVE SLUG OF SEDIMENT THAT CAME DOWN THROUGH THE CREEK AND NOW IS
SETTLED INTO THE LAKE, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE. I KNOW THIS IS NO NEWS. 
          I MENTIONED JEWEL LAKE IN TILDEN PARK. ALSO MAN MADE. 
          IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL WHEN IT'S WHEN IT'S FULL OF WATER. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY IN THE SUMMER WHEN THERE'S NO WATER,
YOU CAN TELL IT IS COMPLETELY FILLED IN WITH SEDIMENT AND IT GOES DRY IN THE SUMMER NOW. 
          SO THIS IS JUST A SAD BUT TRUE EXAMPLE OF HOW RESERVOIRS OPERATE. 
          AND THEY NEED TO BE MAINTAINED. SO NOT ONLY ARE YOU LOSING VOLUME TO YOUR WATER STORAGE
FACILITY, YOU'RE INTRODUCING THESE NUTRIENTS WHICH ARE CREATING THESE FEEDING THESE THESE ALGAE
BLOOMS, CYANOBACTERIA BLOOMS. AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE MARINA AT LAKE CHABOT,
LOOKS LIKE PEA SOUP. 
          BUT IT'S NOT JUST ALGAE BLOOMS. THE THOSE NUTRIENTS CAN FUEL A VEGETATION AROUND THE LAKE. 
          VEGETATION IN THE LAKE CAUSING FISHING ISSUES,
BOATING ISSUES. 
          A LOT OF IMPACTS TO RECREATION OVER TIME. SO WE STARTED REALIZING WE REALLY NEEDED TO TAKE
A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN MANAGING FOR THE SEDIMENT AND FOR THESE NUTRIENTS BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING RECREATION. AND THAT'S SEEN HERE LAST YEAR. 
          THIS IS THE NUMBER OF SWIM DAYS THAT WE HAVE OUR SWIM FACILITIES OPEN AT EACH OF OUR SWIM
FACILITIES. 
          I'M HIGHLIGHTING OUR TWO VERY POPULAR ONES, LAKE ANZA AND LAKE TEMESCAL. 
          LAST YEAR, THEY WERE CLOSED TO SWIMMING BECAUSE OF TOXINS IN THE CYANOBACTERIA. 
          THEY WERE CLOSED OVER HALF OF THE SWIM SEASON LAST YEAR ALONE. 
          AND THAT'S REFLECTIVE. THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          WE'VE REALLY HAD TROUBLE KEEPING THE SWIM FACILITIES OPEN BECAUSE THE TOXINS ARE,
THEIR NEUROTOXINS, AND WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE OR DOGS OR ANYONE BEING EXPOSED TO THESE TOXINS. 
          SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? WE HIRED ANJA TO SOLVE ALL OUR ISSUES,
AND SHE'S GOING TO GO OVER AND I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH SHE'S GOING TO STRESS ABOUT SHE'S GOING TO SHOW YOU A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF THE WORK SHE'S BEEN
DOING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT IT IS INCREDIBLY TECHNICAL. WE HAVE SO MUCH DATA THAT SHE HAS TO MANAGE. 
          WE HAVE DATA LOGGERS IN LAKE ANZA AND TEMESCAL THAT ARE LOGGING CONSTANT DATA 24 HOURS A
DAY. 
          ANJA HAS TO DEAL WITH ALL THAT AND TAKE IT AND MAKE SENSE OF IT AND DECIDE WHAT MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIES WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT. 
          AND SO I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW THANKFUL WE ARE TO HAVE HER AND HER POSITION,
AND I'LL LET HER TAKE IT FROM HERE. 
          THANK YOU, JOE, FOR THE INTRODUCTION. AND HELLO,
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          SO I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE MANAGE THESE AGING RESERVOIRS. 
          THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE DO LAKE BATHYMETRY FOR LAKE BATHYMETRY. 
          WE HIRE A CONTRACTOR AND THEY COME OUT WITH A BOAT AND SOME FANCY EQUIPMENT,
AND THEY DRIVE UP AND DOWN THE LAKE, AND THEN THEY COME UP WITH AN UNDERWATER TOPOGRAPHIC MAP THAT HAS A DEPTH,
CONTOURS AND SHAPES. 
          AND THEN WE CAN TAKE THIS MAP AND WE COMPARE IT WITH THE PREVIOUS MAP,
WHICH WE HAVE DONE AT LAKE TEMESCAL. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THIS OFF THE SLIDE. SO WE COMPARED A 2024 BATHYMETRY MAP WITH A 2017 MAP. 
          AND THE GIS DEPARTMENT HELPED US CALCULATE THE DIFFERENCE. 
          SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INFILL INTO THE LAKE. AND WE FOUND OUT THAT IN 6.8 YEARS,
LAKE TEMESCAL LOST ALMOST 8% OF ITS VOLUME. 
          SO THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT METRIC TO KNOW IF WE WANT TO MANAGE THESE LAKES LONG TERM. 
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THE NEXT ITEM IS THE DREDGING OF THE LAKE TEMESCAL. 
          SEDIMENT BASINS. LAKE TEMESCAL HAS THREE SEDIMENT BASINS. 
          THERE'S ONE BETWEEN THE CALDECOTT CREEK AND THE LAKE AT THE OUTFLOW. 
          AND THEN THERE'S TWO BETWEEN THE TEMESCAL CREEK AND THE OUTFLOW INTO THE LAKE. 
          AND THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THESE SEDIMENT BASINS IS BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT THAT STORMWATER
GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE LAKE. 
          WE WANT THAT THE WATER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THESE BASINS,
AND FOR IT TO HAVE THE SILT, THE SEDIMENT, THE LITTLE ROCKS AND DEBRIS TO SETTLE OUT. 
          SO THESE SEDIMENT BASINS, THEY FILL UP THROUGH THE STORM SEASON,
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BEFORE DREDGING PHOTO, THERE'S A LITTLE SAND BANK. AND THEN WE IN OCTOBER,
WE DREDGE HIM AND GET HIM READY FOR THE NEXT SEASON. 
          WE HAVE A PRETTY EXTENSIVE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM PROGRAM IN THE DISTRICT. 
          IT'S SOLID AND THE WATER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. 
          THEY DO VISUAL MONITORING WEEKLY BETWEEN APRIL AND OCTOBER AND THEN TWICE A MONTH BETWEEN
NOVEMBER AND MARCH. 
          AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WEEKLY STAFF GOES OUT AND GOES CHECKS THE BEACHES OR IF YOU HAVE A
PREDOMINANT WIND DIRECTION AT CERTAIN LAKES, YOU GO TO THAT END OF THE LAKE AND YOU WALK IT,
YOU CHECK FOR CYANOBACTERIA, YOU GRAB A SAMPLE, AND THEN YOU BRING IT BACK TO THE LAB AND LOOK UNDER THE MICROSCOPE,
IDENTIFY WHAT IT IS. 
          AND THEN WE TEST FOR TOXINS IN VARIOUS WAYS. WE GOT A FANCY MACHINE THAT YOU SEE DOWN AT
THE BOTTOM, WHICH IS AWESOME. AND IT GIVES US HIGH QUALITY RESULTS. 
          THEN DEPENDING ON THE TOXIN RESULTS WE EITHER RECOMMEND A CAUTION SIGN. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE, THE YELLOW SIGN IS THE CAUTION SIGN,
OR WE RECOMMEND A DANGER SIGN IF IT'S OVER FOR EXAMPLE, FOR MICROCYSTINS, IF IT'S OVER SIX MICROGRAMS PER LITER AND THE DANGER SIGN,
WE WOULD CLOSE THE BEACH FOR SWIMMING. 
          SO THE WATER MANAGEMENT STAFF IS COMMUNICATING WITH PARK STAFF ON SIGN POSTINGS. 
          AND THEY'RE ALSO COMMUNICATING WITH WEEKLY EMAILS AND WEBSITE UPDATES WITH INTERNAL AND
EXTERNAL FOLKS. 
          SO THE NEXT IS THE NUTRIENT MONITORING PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S MY PART. AND WE DO MONTHLY NUTRIENT SAMPLES AT LAKE ANZA AND LAKE TEMESCAL. 
          AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2017. SO WE HAVE A ROBUST DATA SET. 
          AND I HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME WHEN I TALK TO OTHER CONSULTANTS. 
          THEY'RE REALLY PROUD OF WHAT WE LIKE. THEY'RE LIKE AMAZED ON HOW MUCH DATA WE HAVE. 
          AND SO IT'S SUPER AWESOME. THIS YEAR I STARTED,
LAST YEAR, I STARTED A COUPLE OTHER A COUPLE NEW THINGS. 
          SO I WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY NUTRIENTS ARE COMING IN DURING STORMS,
WHICH I NEVER, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN MY PREVIOUS POSITION, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY. 
          SO NOW THAT IT'S MY POSITION, I HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THIS. 
          SO I'M GOING OUT DURING WINTER STORMS AND COLLECT THESE NUTRIENT SAMPLES. 
          AND I ALSO TAKE STREAMFLOW MEASUREMENTS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU JUST TAKE A
SAMPLE AND YOU GET A CONCENTRATION, YOU CAN'T PUT THAT INTO A CORRELATION WITH THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT COMES IN,
SO IF I CAN CORRELATE THAT WITH THE WATER, I ACTUALLY GET A LOAD OF A NUTRIENT THAT COMES IN,
AND SO THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE NUTRIENTS IN THE LAKE ARE COMING IN FROM THE CREEKS, OR HOW MUCH IS COMING IN FROM INSIDE THE LAKE FROM THE SEDIMENT. 
          ALSO NEW THIS YEAR IS WE DID A BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT MONITORING. 
          SO THE TREATMENT THAT I'M REFERRING TO IS A IS THE NUTRIENT REMEDIATION TREATMENT. 
          SO WE WANTED TO SEE HOW THESE TREATMENTS SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO WE COLLECTED WATER SAMPLES BEFORE AND AFTER AND THEN SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THAT. 
          AND THEN I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DATA MANAGEMENT AND THE EVALUATION. 
          WE HAVE REAL TIME LOGGERS IN LAKE ANZA AND IN LAKE TEMESCAL. 
          YOU SEE A PHOTO OF ONE OF THEM. THEY'RE ON A CABLE AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS. 
          AND THE COOL THING ABOUT THIS IS THEY GIVE ME LITERALLY REAL TIME DATA. 
          AS I SAID IN MY OFFICE AND LOOK AT THE SOFTWARE. 
          SO IT'S SUPER HELPFUL. MOST OF, ALL OF THEM DO DISSOLVED OXYGEN AND TEMPERATURE. 
          BUT THE TOP LOGGERS, THEY ALSO PROVIDE PH, CONDUCTIVITY AND TURBIDITY. 
          AND THIS IS SUPER HELPFUL BECAUSE IN LAKE ANZA WE HAVE A HYPOLIMNETIC OXYGENATION SYSTEM. 
          AND I PRETTY MUCH TURN UP THE OXYGEN. SO IF I SIT AT MY DESK AND I SEE THAT THERE'S LOW
OXYGEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE, I CAN GO DOWN AND TURN THE OXYGEN UP. AQUATIC WEEDS ARE A BIG ISSUE,
AS YOU REMEMBER FROM A SLIDE 
          [00:55:02]
EARLIER FROM JOE. IF WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, THESE LAKES WOULD LITERALLY JUST BECOME A
WETLAND BECAUSE THE PLANTS WOULD JUST TAKE OVER AND IT WOULD BECOME LAND. SO THESE ARE ALL PICTURES FROM LAKE ANZA IN LAKE TEMESCAL. 
          AT LAKE TEMESCAL THE CATTAILS ARE ENCROACHING FROM THE SIDE,
FROM THE SHORE. 
          AND SO I HAVE TO MANAGE THOSE FOR, JUST FOR NOT TAKING OVER,
BUT ALSO TO KEEP THE FISHING ACCESS OPEN. 
          THEN LAKE ANZA WAS COVERED WITH AZOLLA FERN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT IN 2023,
WE COULDN'T OPEN FOR SWIMMING, SO THAT IN 2022 THAT WAS A BIG ISSUE. SO WE DO MECHANICAL REMOVAL AS WE CAN,
AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          BUT SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE THE MILFOIL, YOU KNOW,
WE CAN'T USE. 
          WELL, YEAH, THE MILFOIL LIKE SAGO PONDWEED OR SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE WATER. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO DO HERBICIDE APPLICATIONS SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR TO KEEP THOSE AT BAY. 
          OXYGEN IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S,
IT GIVES BETTER WATER QUALITY, BUT IT ALSO PREVENTS PHOSPHORUS RELEASE FROM THE SEDIMENTS. 
          SO IN 2020, WE INSTALLED A HYPOLIMNETIC OXYGENATION SYSTEM IN LAKE ANZA AND IT'S DOING
BETTER THAN BEFORE, BUT I'M NOT HAPPY WITH IT. SO THE PROBLEM THAT WE FOUND IS THAT IT IS TOO STRONG FOR THE
LEG, AND IT MIXES THE LEG IN THE SUMMER, WHICH WE DON'T WANT. 
          SO I'M LOOKING INTO A RETROFIT OF THE SYSTEM EITHER NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER,
DEPENDING ON THE PERMITS AND EVERYTHING. 
          BUT IN LAKE TEMESCAL THIS YEAR, WE INSTALLED A OXYGEN SATURATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM IN
JUNE. 
          AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. 
          NUTRIENT MITIGATION. SO THIS IS WHEN WE HIRE A CONTRACTOR AND THEY BRING OUT A BOAT. 
          AND THEY TREAT THE LAKE FOR HIGH PHOSPHORUS TO BIND PHOSPHORUS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THESE SLIDES IN CASE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. 
          I THINK THAT GIVES THE WATER A REALLY COOL COLOR. 
          AND WE HAD GIS COME OUT WITH A DRONE. SO THERE'S SOME DRONE FOOTAGE. 
          IT. I TREATED BOTH LAKES THIS YEAR WITH A PHOSPHORUS REMEDIATION TREATMENTS. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE UPPER MIDDLE PHOTO, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THE WATER LOOKS LIKE
WHEN WE PUT, WHEN WE ADD THESE COMPONENT COMPOUNDS TO THE,
TO THE WATER, IT MAKES KIND OF LIKE A FLOCK. 
          AND THEN IT BINDS THE PHOSPHORUS AND IT TAKES THE PHOSPHORUS OUT OF THE WATER COLUMN,
AND THEN IT SINKS DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, AND IT KIND OF CREATES A LAYER OVER THE SEDIMENT. 
          AND THAT IF THERE'S STILL SOME SEDIMENT COMING OUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE,
THEN IT WOULD CAPTURE THAT TOO, AND WOULD PREVENT THAT TO COME INTO THE WATER COLUMN. 
          AND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT AS CYANOBACTERIA LOVE PHOSPHORUS. 
          AND IF WE CAN TAKE AWAY THEIR, SO, YOU KNOW,
FOOD THEN THEN THERE WON'T BE AS PRODUCTIVE AND AS DOMINANT. 
          SO I WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF SUCCESS STORIES BECAUSE WE DID A LOT OF THINGS IN 2025. 
          AND THESE GRAPHS ARE SORT OF LIKE COMPILED BETWEEN LIGANDS AND LAKE TEMESCAL. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE UPPER LEFT, WE HAD AN AMAZING INCREASED CLARITY AT BOTH OF THESE
LAKES AFTER THE TREATMENT. 
          I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTO,
IT'S JUST AMAZING. 
          I, FOR FUN CALLED LIGANDS A LITTLE LAKE TAHOE BECAUSE YOU COULD LITERALLY LIKE WHEN YOU
WALKED AROUND THE LAKE, YOU COULD SEE THE BOTTOM. IT WAS FANTASTIC. SO THEN THE UPPER LEFT GRAPH IS A TOTAL
PHOSPHORUS AT LAKE TEMESCAL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE. 
          LOOK AT THE BLUE LINE. YOU CAN SEE HOW IN JULY 2024,
OVER THE WHOLE SUMMER, THERE WAS A BIG, BIG INCREASE IN TOTAL PHOSPHORUS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          WHEN THERE'S NO OXYGEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE,
THERE'S A CHEMICAL REACTION HAPPEN WHERE THE PHOSPHORUS ACTUALLY COMES OUT. 
          AND ONCE YOU HAVE THIS BIG SPIKE, THAT'S USUALLY WHEN WE GET THE CYANOBACTERIA TAKE OFF
AND HAVE THESE TOXIC BLOOMS. SO IF YOU SCOOT OVER TO THE TO THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THAT THE PHOSPHORUS JUST STARTED TO
CLIMB, CLIMB UP. AND THEN WE DID THE TREATMENT. AND THEN THE TOTAL PHOSPHORUS IS FROM IS REALLY
LOW AND IT'S STILL LOW AS OF SEPTEMBER. 
          SO THAT'S ALSO SUPER SUCCESS. WE HAVE THESE AT THE SAME THING HAPPEN AT BOTH LAKE LAKE AND
LAKE TEMESCAL. 
          AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE OXYGENATION SYSTEM THAT WE PUT INTO LAKE TEMESCAL. 
          LOOK AT THE RED CIRCLES HERE IN THE GRAPH IN THE LOWER GRAPH. 
          AND WE HAD A LOT A LOT OF DAYS OF NO OXYGEN AT LAKE TEMESCAL IN 2020 FOR REALLY POOR WATER
QUALITY. 
          AND WE INSTALLED THIS OXYGENATION SYSTEM IN JUNE. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE IN 2025 THAT THERE IS REALLY NO WE HAD NO ZERO OXYGEN EVENTS. 
          AND I'M VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT THE OXYGEN SYSTEM DOES. 
          [01:00:04]
SO ONE THING THAT IS NOT ON THIS SLIDE, BUT WE ARE ALL SUPER HAPPY ABOUT TOXINS AT BOTH
LAKES WERE SUPER LOW AND WE HAD NO SWIM BEACH CLOSURE. CLOSURE AT LAKE AND LAKE TEMESCAL IN 2025 DUE TO HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS. THE BEACHES WERE OPEN THE ENTIRE TIME AND WE ARE STILL OPEN FOR SWIMMING ON YOUR OWN,
AT YOUR OWN RISK ACTUALLY. 
          SO THIS SLIDE I PUT IN TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF WHAT ALL THIS COSTS. 
          I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE OVERWHELMING. SO MAYBE JUST LOOK AT THE BLUE ITEMS. THESE ARE THE BIG TICKET ITEMS FOR THIS YEAR. 
          SO THE OXYGENATION SYSTEM WAS ABOUT $130,000. 
          AND THE TWO TREATMENTS AT LAKE ANZA AND LAKE TEMESCAL WERE ROUGHLY ABOUT $80,000 EACH. 
          THIS ADDS UP TO A TOTAL AS OF OCTOBER TO $490,000. 
          AND I WANTED TO JUST ADD THAT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE MY FULL TIME POSITION,
AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL THE STAFF TIME FOR PEOPLE WATER MANAGEMENT TO GO OUT, COLLECT THE SAMPLES, COMMUNICATE STAFF TO POST SIGNAGE,
LIFEGUARDS, RIGGING, ALGAE, ETC. 
          SO THERE IS MORE TO BE ADDED TO THAT. WE ALSO HAVE THREE MORE RESERVOIRS THAT THAT ARE
OPEN FOR SWIMMING, AND SHADOW CLIFFS IS ONE OF THEM. SHADOW CLIFFS,
I WOULD SAY, IS ONE OF OUR BEST LAKES IN TERMS OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS. WE HAVE VERY LITTLE CYANOBACTERIA OCCURRENCE,
VERY LITTLE TOXINS AND CLOSURES. 
          AND THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH AQUATIC WEEDS A LITTLE WHILE BACK. 
          AND WE DID TREAT THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OCCURRENCES OF SWIMMERS ITCH AT THIS LAKE. 
          AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING MORE. 
          THEN QUARRY LAKES IS KIND OF OUR WORST LAKE,
I WOULD SAY ONE OF OUR WORST LAKES. 
          WE HAVE LOTS OF CLOSURES, LOTS OF TOXINS. BUT THE WATER IS OWNED BY THE ALAMEDA COUNTY
WATER DISTRICT, SO THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IF WE DID ANY TREATMENT. 
          SO WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWED TO TREAT THERE AND WE'RE NOT. 
          SORRY, I FORGOT TO MENTION WE'RE NOT TREATING IT SHADOW CLIFFS JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NOT
MANY ISSUES. 
          AND LAKE DEL VALLE IS THE NEXT RESERVOIR. WE HAVE TWO BEACHES. 
          IT'S A VERY BIG RESERVOIR. SO WE DON'T TREAT THERE CURRENTLY EITHER,
BECAUSE IT WOULD COST A LOT OF MONEY. 
          IN 2019, ANCHOR DID A FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT FOR DREDGING AND RESTORATION,
AND I JUST WANTED TO REPORT AT THE END OF MY PRESENTATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO HIRE ANOTHER COMPANY IN 2026 TO COME UP WITH ACTUAL
DREDGE DESIGN FOR LAKE TEMESCAL AND A PRICE TAG WITH THAT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. 
          GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. 
          I BELIEVE I GOT TO MEET YOU WHEN YOU WERE STILL IN YOUR PREVIOUS ROLE BACK IN 2023,
WHEN I HAD SOME EAGER DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL AND FOOTHILL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC AND WANTED TO LEARN WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF TESTING THE WATER
QUALITY. 
          AND I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THAT DAY. 
          I ALSO LEARNED A LOT BEING THERE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 
          AND AND I SHARE THIS STORY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE SUCH A RANGE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE EAST BAY. 
          AND IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO ALSO WORK WITH THOSE THAT WANT TO MAYBE PURSUE CAREERS IN
SCIENCE AND ARE INTERESTED IN SOLVING SOME OF OUR YOU KNOW, BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TODAY. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT EXPERIENCE BACK IN 2023 WAS
VERY TRANSFORMATIVE FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU IN THIS CAPACITY. 
          SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? SURE. ANJA. ANJA,
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE? THIS IS EXCELLENT. I'M A DATA PERSON. I WORKED AT THE BENCH FOR 20 YEARS DOING
ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING, AND THIS IS JUST REALLY INFORMATIVE. UNLIKE OLIVIA I HAVEN'T HAD YOU COME OUT AND SPEAK
QUITE YET TO THE FRIENDS OF TEMESCAL. WHO'D BE REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS AS WELL? I THINK OVER AND OVER I OFTEN PEEL BACK THE LABELS HERE AT THIS AGENCY,
AND I REALLY FIND DOWN AT LEVELS LIKE YOURS THAT REALLY ARE DEPTH LIKE THE EARLIER PRESENTATION, REALLY DEFENDING AND PROTECTING OUR SPACES THAT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS
GET OUT TO THE PUBLIC WHO'S EAGER AND SEEKING THAT INFORMATION. 
          [01:05:03]
AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD STORY. I REALLY BELIEVE AFTER DOING 20 YEARS AT THE
BENCH, I WENT TO EPA AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING COMMUNITY RIGHT TO KNOW,
AND I REALLY THINK MORE OF THIS INFORMATION IN THE WAY YOU PRESENTED TODAY WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. JUST SEEING A CAUTION SIGN OR A DANGER SIGN SOMETIMES ISN'T WHAT ENOUGH FOR THEM, THEY WANT THIS KIND OF HISTORY AND THIS STORY. 
          I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING OUT THERE IS MORE THAN I'VE BEEN DIGGING FOR
FOR THE PAST TEN MONTHS, AND I THINK IT'S A FABULOUS STORY. I THINK THIS SHOULD GO TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          AND I THINK ONE THING YOU DIDN'T TOUCH ON, THOUGH,
THAT IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS IS DRIVEN BY CLIMATE CHANGE AND WARM. 
          IT'S NOT COMPLETELY, BUT A BIG CHUNK OF IT BECAUSE OF THE RUNOFF,
THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS PULLING IN THE STORMS, THE NUTRIENTS, THE WARMING OF THE WATERS. AND IT'S ALSO AN EQUITY ISSUE. 
          I MEAN, A LOT OF THESE LAKES, THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE,
PARTICULARLY AT TEMESCAL, THAT THESE LOWER INCOME PEOPLE GET TO SWIM. 
          THE NIÑERAS ARE OUT THERE WITH THEIR BABIES,
YOU KNOW, DURING THE DAY. 
          AND SO THIS IS REALLY A CLIMATE AND EQUITY ISSUE. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE AND GET THE STORY OUT AND TO THE PUBLIC. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS I HAVE. I THINK,
YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIGGEST THING THAT I HEAR ABOUT FROM THE PUBLIC IS WANTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CAUTION MEANS. YOU KNOW, AND WHAT THAT DATA MEANS,
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AM I SAFE TO STILL GO IN THERE? IT'S STILL ABOVE ACTIONABLE LEVELS, BUT IT MIGHT NOT HAVE HIT THE DANGEROUS LEVELS IN ANY
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP EXPLAIN THAT. 
          ALSO, IF YOU'RE DOING HERBICIDE SPRAYS, HOW TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW NOT TO GO IN THE WATER
AND THINGS. 
          YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN NEW ENGLAND AND YOU KNOW,
THIS IS THE CLOSEST WE HAVE TO A LAKE IS, AND IT'S SAND. IT MIGHT BE A RESERVOIR, BUT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF THEM DON'T KNOW THAT'S NOT NATURAL. 
          I GOT A CHANCE TO GO UP IN THE HELICOPTER, AND YOU CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY FROM THE AIR WHERE
THE DAM IS AND HOW IT'S BEEN DAMMED AND NOT NOT NATURAL, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT OPPORTUNITY. I'VE. I HAVE A QUOTE I USE ALL THE TIME THAT WE'RE ONLY
GOING TO CONSERVE WHAT WE LOVE. 
          WE'RE ONLY GOING TO LOVE WHAT WE KNOW, AND WE'RE ONLY GOING TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE TAUGHT. SO
IT ALL COMES BACK TO TEACHING AND GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT THAT YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER IN A MANAGEABLE. I'VE BEEN HOPING AND WORKING WITH OUR OUTREACH THAT WE MIGHT DO SOME SORT OF
FACT SHEET YOU KNOW, AT MAYBE A, YOU KNOW, A LOW, YOU KNOW, LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WOULD REALLY HELP
PEOPLE SEE THIS GREAT STORY THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO PROTECT THE PARKS. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS IS GOING TO BE A CIP PROJECT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK 800,000 IS CLOSE TO THE 80 MILLION THAT IS GOING TO BE NEEDED
OUT THERE, BUT IT'S A START. YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW,
AT JEWEL LAKE, HOW DOES THAT PROJECT BECOME A PROJECT? JEWEL LAKE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL DAYLIGHTING TO LET IT GO
BACK TO FLOW. 
          AND WHAT WE HEARD EARLIER, BRINGING IN NATIVE SPECIES AND THINGS. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW, I'D LOVE TO GET JEWEL LAKE AND THIS UP TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH
SOME MORE INFORMATION AND OUT TO THE PUBLIC. 
          ONE OTHER THING I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU IS THE COMMUNICATION OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY OR
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN IT'S CLOSED? I KNOW MAX IS VERY FAMILIAR THAT WE HAVE SOME DOWNGRADIENT FOLKS THAT HAVE A WATER FEATURE
AT FROG PARK AND THE ON AND OFF CONTROL WHO CONTROLS THAT WATER FEATURE, THAT LITTLE CREEK THAT RUNS BELOW, THAT'S OUR WATER. 
          SO, HOW DO WE KEEP THE COMMUNICATION OPEN BETWEEN THE CITY OF OAKLAND AND THE ALAMEDA WHO
CONTROL THAT? BUT I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SEE IMPROVE COMMUNICATION. 
          WE HAD A SUSPECTED SPILL RECENTLY, NOT TOO RECENTLY,
BUT A LITTLE WHILE BACK. 
          AND I JUST LOVE TO SEE MORE. AND YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUTREACH TO THE
DOWNGRADIENT WATER FEATURE, BUT TO THE. TO THE BATHERS. IN GENERAL, I GUESS I'M HUNG UP ON TEMASCAL. 
          THAT'S IN MY REGION. THAT'S THE ONE I GET THE MOST QUESTIONS ON,
BUT I JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. 
          I FEEL LIKE I'VE FOUND MY FAVORITE BOOK. MY STORY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR COFFEY. SO WE'RE NOT ALONE IN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM. 
          AND I'M WONDERING TO WHAT EXTENT WE REACH OUT TO OTHER LAND OPERATORS AND WHO HAVE SIMILAR
RESERVOIRS AND HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES. AND I SENSE THAT WE DO LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHER RESERVOIR OPERATORS. IS THAT CORRECT? SO I ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK I'M GOING TO NALMS, THE NORTH AMERICAN LAKE ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE. 
          SO IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES, THE ENTIRE CONFERENCE. 
          AND SO THIS WILL I WILL BE GIVING TWO PRESENTATIONS ABOUT LIGANDS ON LAKE TEMESCAL BECAUSE
PEOPLE CAN LEARN FROM WHAT I HAVE DONE, 
          [01:10:04]
BUT I ALSO PICK AND CHOOSE THE TALKS THAT APPLY TO OUR RESERVOIRS,
TO, YOU KNOW, TO LEARN AND BRING BACK ABOUT NEW PRODUCTS, ABOUT LAKES THAT ARE KIND OF COMPARABLE. BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, OUR LAKES ARE ONE IS LIKE 9.7FT DEEP ON AVERAGE, AND THE OTHER ONE IS 46FT DEEP AT THE DEEPEST SPOT. 
          SO THESE LAKES ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT. AND ONE METHOD DOESN'T APPLY TO TO BOTH LAKES. 
          SO THEY HAVE TO BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY. SO YES,
I LEARN A LOT FROM THESE CONFERENCES AND THAT'S WHERE I GO. 
          BUT I ALSO WORK WITH A LOT OF CONSULTANTS, LAKE SPECIFIC CONSULTANTS THAT DO THIS KIND OF
WORK. 
          AND I GET GUIDANCE FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. 
          I CAN BOUNCE OFF IDEAS, I GET IDEAS, AND THEN I KIND OF EVALUATE WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH
IT, TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE. I KEEP HOPING SOMEONE OUT THERE WILL COME UP WITH THE,
YOU KNOW, THE THE MAGIC SOLUTION TO TOXICOLOGY AND SUCH. 
          THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF SNAKE OIL SELLERS, THOUGH,
THAT TRY TO SELL YOU ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT'S NOT REALLY PROVEN, SO YOU GOT TO SORT THROUGH THAT AS WELL. I CAN IMAGINE. 
          THANK YOU. YES, THIS IS A GREAT REPORT. I KNOW THAT WE HAD A BOARD WORKSHOP AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, OCTOBER 3RD, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WORKSHOP,
WHERE TOWARDS THE END OF THE CONVERSATION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS COLLECTIVELY WAS TALKING,
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS VERY SUBJECT IN REGARDS TO INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR OUR LAKES WITH LAKE TEMESCAL,
YOU KNOW, BEING THE PROJECT THAT KIND OF STARTED THAT CONVERSATION. 
          BUT CERTAINLY EACH LAKE. AND, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND I HAVE THIS MATRIX. 
          AND AT SOME POINT I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY PUT THIS,
CREATE THIS MATRIX WHERE, YOU KNOW, EACH LAKE HAS ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, MANAGED BY ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT. 
          SO THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR QUARRY LAKES THAT THERE MIGHT NOT THAT MIGHT
NOT EXIST AT OTHER LAKES. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT LAKE CHABOT, I DO KNOW THAT THAT THERE'S ALSO SOME
REQUIREMENTS FROM EAST BAY MUD IN REGARDS TO WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO AT LAKE CHABOT. 
          WHEREAS WITH SHADOW CLIFFS, I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES WHEN WE'RE IN PERIODS OF
SEVERE DROUGHT AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS OUR WATER SOURCE OF THE ARROYO THAT RUNS BY SHADOW CLIFFS, AND THAT CAN LEAD TO LOW LAKE LEVELS. 
          AND THEN WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES DURING DROUGHT PERIODS. 
          AND I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR TOPIC ACROSS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT,
I THINK THAT WE WILL SEE SOME OF THIS COME TO THE BOARD IN REGARDS TO HAVING TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR RESERVOIRS AND ALL OF THE RECREATION ACTIVITIES WE HAVE
THERE AND THE DIFFERENT MIX OF CHALLENGES. AND SO I GUESS I JUST WANT TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU JUST TO,
TO BE PREPARED, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY ACROSS THE BOARD. AND WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT VARIABLES AT PLAY WITH EACH OF OUR
DIFFERENT RESERVOIRS. 
          AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT INVESTMENTS INTO PROJECTS AND MAKING THOSE DECISIONS,
I THINK THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IS GOING TO BE SO VALUABLE. 
          SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND JUST TO BE PREPARED AS WELL,
BECAUSE I DO HEAR THIS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. 
          AND THIS DID COME UP RECENTLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
TODAY. 
          I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NEXT IS MAYBE SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN REGARDS TO
THIS ITEM. 
          WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT. 
          IF THERE AREN'T ANY FINAL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE,
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. 
          BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS THAT WE TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK. 
          SO WE'LL GET STARTED WITH THE NEXT ITEM AT 1220 501 MORE COMMENT. 
          YES. PLEASE GO AHEAD. SO YEAH, AGAIN, MAX GRAUL,
DIVISION LEAD FOR STEWARDSHIP. 
          JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS. I JUST I HEARD THROUGH THE DISCUSSION,
JUST WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT COLOR TO A FEW THINGS. ONE THING I NOTICED WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LAKE TEMESCAL AND ANJA SHOWED THE BATHYMETRY PHOTOS AND HOW MUCH IT'S
FILLED IN OVER THE LAST 6.8, APPROXIMATELY SEVEN YEARS. DURING THAT TIME,
WE HAVE BEEN MAINTAINING THE SEDIMENT BASINS. 
          AND SO THERE ARE THREE SEDIMENT BASINS THAT LAKE TEMESCAL. AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO USE
THOSE BASINS TO MITIGATE, THE SEDIMENT COMING IN. SO WE HAVE BEEN MAINTAINING THIS YEAR AND EVEN THIS YEAR WE
CLEANED OUT THE BASINS, COMPLETELY, REMOVED ABOUT 430YD³ FROM THOSE BASINS TO PREVENT THAT. 
          AND THAT'S DONE BY OUR ROADS AND TRAILS STAFF. AND THAT WORK IS PERMITTED BY OUR
STEWARDSHIP STAFF UNDER OUR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. 
          [01:15:03]
BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, LIKE DESPITE THAT EFFORT OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS
IT'S STILL FILLING IN. 
          SO I THINK IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR A LARGER EFFORT THERE. 
          AND I'M GLAD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE APPROPRIATING THE MONEY TO START THAT STUDY FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          THE QUESTION ALSO CAME ABOUT FROG PARK. ONE THING ABOUT THAT IS WHEN WE DO HAVE THESE,
DETECT THESE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE LAKE, WHETHER IT BE AN ALGAL BLOOM OR A SEWAGE SPILL,
WE NOTIFY THE CITY OF OAKLAND. 
          AND SO CITY OF OAKLAND STAFF ARE THE ONES THAT OPERATE THAT PARK AND WORK WITH ALAMEDA
COUNTY WATER DISTRICT, I BELIEVE, TO OR ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL TO FILL FROG PARK. 
          SO WE MAKE SURE WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING WE'RE NOTIFYING THAT CITY STAFF ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING. BUT WE DID RECENTLY TALK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A KIND OF JUST GET TO KNOW YOU AGAIN, MEETING WITH CITY OF OAKLAND AND REFRESH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT WE'LL BE DOING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS LEADING INTO NEXT YEAR'S SWIM SEASON. AND THEN ANJA DID TALK ABOUT THE NORMS ORGANIZATION THAT WE THAT SHE'S GOING TO THE ANNUAL
CONFERENCE. 
          BUT MANY OF OUR STAFF ARE ALSO PART OF COMMS,
THE CALIFORNIA LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY, AND WE'VE ALL HAD AN ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP IN THAT GROUP FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. MANY OF OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN OFFICERS IN THAT ORGANIZATION.
AND WE OUR STAFF ARE WATER MANAGEMENT AND FISHERIES STAFF DID ATTEND THAT RECENT CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO. AND WE MAINTAIN AN ANNUAL JUST RELATIONSHIP AND WORK WITH OTHER
LAKE MANAGERS THAT ARE PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO WORK ON THESE ISSUES. SO JUST WANTED TO ADD THOSE DETAILS. 
          CAN I ASK YOU TWO MORE QUESTIONS? HAVE YOU DONE THE DREDGING ALREADY THIS YEAR? YES, THAT ALREADY HAPPENED AT TEMESCAL. DARN. 
          I'D LIKE TO GO OUT SOMETIME AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THE THREE. 
          MAYBE I CAN SET UP WITH MAX FOR ANOTHER VISIT. 
          I, FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THE SEDIMENT BASINS. 
          YEAH. WE CAN COME OUT AND SHOW THEM TO YOU WHERE THEY ARE. I MEAN,
I THINK WE'VE, I THINK I SORT OF KNOW I'VE BEEN OUT THERE SO MANY TIMES, BUT I'D LOVE A STAFF TOUR. I MEAN, AGAIN, I NEED TO SHOW THE PICTURE,
BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE AN INSET MAP TO SHOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS ON THE LAKE. 
          WITH THAT SPECIFIC BASIN IS IN THE INFLOW OF TEMESCAL CREEK AS IT COMES INTO THE LAKE. 
          BUT WE CAN WE CAN POINT THE OTHER THING I HAVE I HAVE PROVIDED MAX WITH A LIST OF
CONTACTS. 
          I MEAN, IT TURNED OUT THE CITY OF OAKLAND DIDN'T EVEN REALLY KNOW. I'VE WALKED OUT THERE
BOTH WITH ACTUALLY, WITH THREE. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE WITH MAYOR LEE. 
          I'VE BEEN OUT THERE WITH COUNCILMEMBER UNGAR,
WHO USED TO BE A LIFEGUARD THERE, AND ALSO COUNCILMEMBER [INAUDIBLE]. 
          AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THERE'S A DISCONNECT OF WHO WHO'S WHO. 
          AND I DID PROVIDE A LIST OF CONTACTS OF WHO'S LITERALLY TURNING ON THE KNOB OFF AND ON,
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO BE PART OF WHAT I'VE LEARNED OUT THERE IN THE FIELD WITH TALKING TO PEOPLE TO HELP IMPROVE THAT LIST OF CONTACTS. 
          AND WE DID TALK AT SOME POINT THAT MAYBE SOME SORT OF WATER QUALITY INFORMATION. 
          AND THERE WAS A LIST. IS THAT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY? YEAH. AND WE'RE JUST ABOUT READY TO LAUNCH THAT. IT'S SITTING IN MY INBOX THE LIKE THE
JUST FOR A FINAL REVIEW. 
          BUT WE'LL GO OUT LATER THIS WEEK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION AS WE SEND THAT PERSON
OUT. IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE OR OTHER THINGS, WE SHOULD INCLUDE WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE READY TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A BREAK. LET'S COME BACK AT 12:28. 
          THANKS. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK. SO WE ARE CONTINUING OUR NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
COMMITTEE MEETING FOR OCTOBER 28TH AT 2025. AND WE ARE NOW ON AGENDA ITEM 4.C,
OUR INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. AND THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION OF THE 2026 AGENDA PLAN FOR THIS COMMITTEE. 
          WELL, I CAN JUMP IN AND JUST KIND OF TALK THIS THROUGH REALLY BRIEFLY. 
          AND WE COULD SHARE MAYBE THE WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE THE AGENDA PLAN FOR FOLKS ON THE SCREEN. 
          WE PUT THIS TOGETHER, BOTH LOOKING AT, ASKING OUR NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES STAFF
ABOUT POTENTIAL TOPICS AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE LISTS THAT HAVE BEEN COME UP,
HAVE COME UP IN THE PAST. 
          AND THEN LOOKING BOTH AT EXISTING SORT OF ONGOING BODIES OF WORK. 
          SO THE LIKE THE IPM ANNUAL REPORT, THE RESERVOIRS,
FREE ROAMING CATS LIKE YOU GOT TODAY. 
          THOSE ARE ANNUAL THINGS THAT WE REPORT ON. AND THEN LOOKING ALSO AT PROJECTS THAT ARE
CONNECTED TO, YOU KNOW, LARGE PROJECTS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO STEWARDSHIP,
NATURAL RESOURCES AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. 
          SO INCLUDING, LIKE THE KNIGHTSEN RESTORATION PROJECT,
HAYWARD MARSH RESTORATION PROJECT, BROOKS ROAD, SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE WANTED TO BRING IN WAS SOME OF OUR
PARTNERSHIPS. 
          WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OTHER REGIONAL AND LOCAL AGENCIES. 
          AND SO FOR SEA LEVEL RISE INVITING IN BCDC, HASPA AND OTHERS. 
          ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER AGENCY IS TALKING ABOUT WORKING ON A CLIMATE STUDY,
SO WE THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING OF INTEREST TO THIS GROUP. 
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COLLABORATIONS WITH UNIVERSITIES ON STUDIES AROUND AMPHIBIAN COMMUNITIES AND THEN LIKE THE
CITY OF ALAMEDA ON THEIR SEA LEVEL RISE, ADAPTATION,
PLANNING AND SAVE MOUNT DIABLO AND TRI-VALLEY CONSERVANCY ON SOME OF THEIR WORK IN THE DIABLO RANGE. SO THAT'S JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW,
BUT HAPPY TO TAKE NOTES AND AND MAKE CHANGES AND ADD THINGS AND GET YOUR INPUT. YEAH. 
          THIS IS A GREAT PROPOSED AGENDA PLAN FOR 2026. 
          THANKS FOR SHARING THIS. I KNOW DIRECTOR COFFEY HAS SOME THOUGHTS IN REGARDS TO THE THE
MASTER LIST FROM A FEW YEARS AGO FROM PER YOUR EMAIL LAST NIGHT. SO MAYBE THAT COULD BE A GOOD TOPIC TO START OFF WITH
RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THEN I ALSO HAVE SOME IDEAS OF THINGS TO ADD. 
          BUT I'LL WAIT AND LET YOU GO FIRST. I JUST LOST TRACK OF THAT LIST. 
          I MAY HAVE HAD IT IN THE PAST, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO GET A COPY OF IT AND THEN,
YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET THE FULL FLAVOR OF THE TOPICS THAT ARE OUT THERE. WE SPENT A QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON THAT LIST. 
          IT'S GETTING OLD NOW. IT'S SEVERAL YEARS OLD,
BUT IT WAS COMPREHENSIVE AND I JUST CAN'T FIND A COPY OF IT. 
          AND I'M SURE IF WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT. MAYBE. 
          MATT HAS IT. OKAY, MATT HAS IT PERFECT. WE HAVE A COPY OF AT LEAST LIKE OUR NOTES FROM
THAT, THE LIST I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND AGAIN,
WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THIS, MATT'S TEAM WENT AND MATT WENT AND LOOKED THROUGH LIKE THE WHAT WE'D COVERED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR HOWEVER LONG IT WAS SINCE THE LIST WAS
DEVELOPED, AND KIND OF FELT LIKE A LOT OF THE THINGS HAD BEEN COVERED. 
          AND YEAH, THIS IS I CAN SHARE THIS WITH YOU. THIS IS. 
          OH, PERFECT. THIS ISN'T THE THIS IS NOT THE LIST FROM THOSE MEETINGS. 
          THIS WAS JUST OUR TEAM PUT TOGETHER. THESE WERE ALL THE TOPICS WE'VE COVERED IN THE LAST
FIVE, 4 OR 5 YEARS. SO SOME OF THESE WERE IN THAT LIST,
AND THAT'S HOW THEY GOT INTO THESE AGENDAS. 
          BUT AND THEN WE CAN PROVIDE THE NOTES THAT WE HAVE THAT I THINK IS THE LIST YOU'RE
REFERRING TO AS WELL, SO. IT'S THE RICHNESS OF THE TOPIC THAT THIS TOPICS THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS. 
          AS I'M READING WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS,
I KEPT THINKING, OH, WE SHOULD DO THAT ONE AGAIN. 
          WE SHOULD DO THAT ONE AGAIN. I'LL ADD ONE THAT I HEARD WAS OF INTEREST TO AND FROM OUR
TEAM. 
          AND POTENTIALLY YOUR BOARD WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WORK OF THE EAST BAY STEWARDSHIP NETWORK. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADD IN TO ONE OF THESE MEETINGS. 
          AS FAR AS TODAY GOES. SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED PLAN. 
          IT'S AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM. SO WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THIS PLAN FOR 2026 IS THE INTENT FOR
THE FIRST MEETING IN 2026, WHICH IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE FEBRUARY 25TH,
2026. 
          TO TO HAVE THAT COMMITTEE MAKE THE DECISION OF OKAY,
THIS THIS IS DEFINITELY THE THE TOPICS THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN 2026. 
          I COULD BE WRONG. I DON'T THINK WE TYPICALLY DO IT THAT WAY. 
          I THINK WHAT WHAT THE IDEA WAS JUST TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND INPUT IN THIS INFORMATIONAL
ITEM, AND THEN WE'D WORK WITH THE CHAIR TO SORT OF LOOK FORWARD IN THE YEAR. 
          AND THEN WE CAN BE ADAPTIVE IN AGENDAS AS WE GO. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT FULLY SET IN STONE,
BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO CHANGE AS THINGS COME UP, BUT WE WOULD JUST WORK WITH THE CHAIR ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT
TRACK, IF THAT SOUNDS OKAY. IT LOOKS GREAT. YEAH, I LIKE THE FLEXIBILITY. 
          I DO BELIEVE THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE DOES DO A MORE FORMAL PROCESS. 
          OKAY. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS TO EITHER. 
          UP TO YOU. YES. AND SO BUT MAYBE HAVE THAT AS A DISCUSSION ITEM TO TAKE ACTION AT THE
FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING AND MAYBE ALLOW THAT COMMITTEE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT DECISION. I ALWAYS TEND TO PREFER MORE OF A FLEXIBLE APPROACH,
SO I'M PERSONALLY OKAY WITH IT, BUT I THINK MAYBE GIVE THE COMMITTEE THE ABILITY TO DECIDE. 
          I DO THINK THAT MAYBE THIS MASTER LIST REVIEW AT THAT FIRST MEETING WOULD BE GOOD TO
CONSIDER. 
          ALSO, INCLUDING AS PART OF THE AGENDA ON FEBRUARY 25TH,
2026. 
          AND THEN A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE TO ADD,
AND THEY MAY EVEN BE ON THIS MASTER LIST IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          BUT ONE AREA THAT I KNOW IT DOES COME UP A LOT. 
          IT'S ALSO A PERSONAL YOU KNOW, PASSION AREA FOR MYSELF,
AND IT'S THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WATERSHEDS ACROSS OUR 
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GEOGRAPHIC AREA ACROSS, YOU KNOW, BOTH COUNTIES ACROSS,
YOU KNOW, THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT SERVICE AREA, MAYBE HAVING AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THOSE DIFFERENT WATERSHEDS. I KNOW BOTH OF MY COLLEAGUES
ON THIS COMMITTEE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WATERSHEDS THAT THEY LIVE NEAR, AS AM I WITH THE ALAMEDA CREEK WATERSHED. GOOD. 
          I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT IMPACTS IN REGARDS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CREEKS
AND STREAMS UPSTREAM FROM, YOU KNOW, OUR RESERVOIRS AS WELL AS DOWNSTREAM. 
          AND SO I THINK MAYBE HAVING THAT SYSTEM LIKE THAT WHOLE SYSTEM OVERVIEW AND CONVERSATION
AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT COULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. 
          I REALLY LIKE SEEING PARTNERS ON HERE. SOME OTHER PARTNERS,
AND MAYBE THIS COULD BE PART OF THE WATERSHED CONVERSATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US REACH OUT TO INCLUDE THE ALAMEDA CREEK ALLIANCE,
AS WELL AS THE ALAMEDA COUNTY CONSERVATION RESOURCES DISTRICT, ACRCD. THEY DO A LOT OF REALLY GOOD WORK AND ARE ALSO VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE WORK WE DO HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. 
          AND THAT COULD BE YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OCTOBER 28TH,
2026 MEETING WITH SAFE, MOUNT DIABLO AND TRI-VALLEY VALLEY CONSERVANCY. YOU KNOW,
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC AREA AS ALAMEDA CREEK ALLIANCE AND THE ALAMEDA COUNTY RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT, SO THAT THAT COULD BE AN INTERESTING DAY TO COMBINE
SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS. 
          SO THAT'S ONE AREA. SO WATERSHEDS OVERALL. BUT THEN THERE'S SPECIFIC THINGS WITHIN EACH OF
THE WATERSHEDS. 
          AND THE OTHER ONE THAT I'M REALLY EAGER TO THINK ABOUT. 
          AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO FIT THIS IN YOU KNOW,
SOME SORT OF FIELD TRIP. 
          I KNOW THAT OUR FRIEND ANDY GALVIN HAS REALLY BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN UPDATING AND YOU KNOW, MODIFYING SOME REALLY IMPORTANT EXHIBITS IN THE EAST BAY,
INCLUDING AT MISSION SAN JOSE AS WELL AS AT THE LAWRENCE BERKELEY HALL OF SCIENCE. AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY YOU KNOW,
IMPORTANT CULTURAL MATERIAL TO THINK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, HOW,
YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR OHLONE NEIGHBORS ARE STILL HERE TODAY AND ARE REALLY ACTIVELY WORKING TO UPDATE EXHIBITS AT IMPORTANT PLACES LIKE MISSION SAN JOSE AND FREMONT AND THE LAWRENCE
BERKELEY HALL OF SCIENCE. 
          AND THEN I KNOW THAT SOME OF HIS RELATIVES ARE THE FOLKS BEHIND CAFE OHLONE,
WHICH I BELIEVE COMING UP IN 2026, THEY WILL HAVE A PERMANENT YEAR ROUND CAFE OHLONE EXPERIENCE AT THE LAWRENCE BERKELEY HALL
OF SCIENCE. 
          SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED AT THE SAME TIME,
BUT I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND WHETHER IT'S THIS COMMITTEE THAT DOES THAT OR MAYBE SOMETHING FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD TO DO,
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US INCORPORATE INTO THE 2026 YEAR. 
          AND MAYBE THIS COMMITTEE COULD ALSO HELP IF WE DID THE ENTIRE BOARD. MAYBE THIS COMMITTEE
COULD HELP ORGANIZE SOME TYPE OF FIELD TRIP TO SEE THESE EXHIBITS ABOUT THE OHLONE THAT ARE GETTING UPDATED AND MODIFIED AT IMPORTANT PLACES. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? WELL, FIRST, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THE BOARD VOTED FOR TWO MORE
MEETINGS A YEAR, SO WE'RE UP FROM 4 TO 6. OF COURSE, I STILL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE 12. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS COMMITTEE EQUAL TO THE OTHER COMMITTEES,
SINCE WE HAVE THREE YEARS OF TOPICS SOMEWHERE IN A LIST THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN REFINED OR REGENERATE. I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE CAN FIND THAT LIST OF TOPICS. 
          OKAY, SO THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR. THERE'S STILL KIND OF A MASTER LIST SOMEONE PUT
TOGETHER OF ALL THE THINGS WE COULD EVENTUALLY TALK ABOUT. 
          I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT. YEAH, I THINK THERE WAS A LIST MADE,
LIKE, FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? FOUR OR. [INAUDIBLE] LAST YEAR. 
          3 OR 4 YEARS AGO. SO THREE YEARS AGO. SO IT WAS JUST A LIST MADE THREE YEARS AGO. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN DOING TOPICS BOTH FROM THAT LIST AND THAT HAVE COME UP SINCE THEN,
SINCE THEN. 
          SO IT'S, IT IS, IT'S A LIST I THINK MATT HAS IT. 
          SO IF, IF YOU LIKE OFFLINE WE CAN LOOK AT THE LIST TOGETHER OR WE CAN PROVIDE IT
SEPARATELY WHATEVER WHATEVER WORKS BEST. 
          SO I MEAN, SINCE OUR MISSION IS DRIVEN BY THIS COMMITTEE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS,
I JUST STILL FEEL LIKE THAT'S MY $0.02. 
          I'LL MOVE ON FROM THERE. GIVEN WHAT WE DO HAVE AND WHAT THE BOARD DID VOTE FOR,
I'M HAPPY FOR SIX. 
          I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE REALLY EARLY ON. I FEEL LIKE I WOULD REALLY BENEFIT AS A
DECISION MAKER TO HAVE A REAL INVENTORY. 
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AND I KNOW NATURE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT AND SOME OF THESE OVERLAYS,
BUT EARLY ON WE HEAR TODAY ABOUT THE RAIL AND THE BIRDS, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE NEWTS AND WE HEAR ABOUT. 
          BUT I DON'T STILL HAVE A GOOD FEEL. I'M GOING ON ONE YEAR IN AND I WOULD REALLY BENEFIT
AND THE BOARD PERHAPS ON A REALLY FULL UNDERSTANDING OF OUR INVENTORY. 
          HOW MANY MOUNTAIN LIONS DO WE HAVE? WHERE ARE OUR BIRDS? WHERE ARE THE NEWTS AND WHAT SEASON? I'M GETTING MORE FAMILIAR WITH NESTING SEASONS,
BUT THAT'S JUST KIND OF, I THINK EARLY MAYBE AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING IN THE DECISION SUPPORT TOOL CATEGORY ONE. 
          BUT THAT WOULD BE REALLY, I'D LOVE TO HAVE A FEEL FOR,
HOW MANY ENDANGERED SPECIES DO WE HAVE? AND DO THEY SHOW UP IN THREE PARKS OR ALL 74 OR SO,
A WILDLIFE OVERVIEW, KIND OF AN INVENTORY, A BASELINE. I'M SURE STEWARDSHIP MUST BE KEEPING THAT SOMEWHERE OF ALL OF OUR PRIMARILY
ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES, THAT'S WHAT I'D BE MOST INTERESTED IN. THAT'S A YOU KNOW,
AND IT COULD DRIVE THE DISTRICT PLAN AS WE LOOK AT WHICH OF OUR PARKS HAVE THE RICHEST BIODIVERSITY OR HAVE THE MOST, I DON'T KNOW,
SOMEONE ASKED ME THE OTHER DAY, ARE MOUNTAIN LIONS IN OUR PARKS? AND I'M LIKE, I'M SURE THEY ARE. DO WE KNOW WHICH ONES AND ARE THEY THREATENED OR ARE THEY
ENDANGERED? I THINK THEY'RE THREATENED. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE ON THE ENDANGERED LIST,
SO I DON'T HAVE THE I'D LOVE AN INVENTORY. 
          BUT FOCUSED ON, SO WILDLIFE IS LIKE ANIMALS. ARE YOU ALSO THINKING. 
          ALL SENTIENT BEINGS, PLANTS AND NEWTS AND BIRDS? I JUST AND FULL UNDERSTANDING. THEN THE DISTRICT PLAN COULD DRIVE US TO UNDERSTAND WHICH
ONES ARE OUR RICHEST IN BIODIVERSITY THAT WE REALLY SHOULD BE PROTECTING. 
          IDEALLY, IF THE STEWARDSHIP HAS TRACKED THEM OVER TIME,
HAVE WE SEEN THAT THE MOUNTAIN LIONS HAVE GONE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY OUT IN, I DON'T KNOW, PASCO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT EARLY ON. 
          OVERALL, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT MORE OF A BALANCE THAT OUR ACTION. 
          WE HAVE ACTION ITEMS THAT MAYBE EVEN HALF OF,
RATHER THAN JUST INFORMATION ONLY WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS NOW TO REALLY ENGAGE AND PUT, PUT IN, YOU KNOW, TAKE ACTION AT OUR MEETINGS. 
          I WOULD REALLY LIKE THAT TO COME OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE,
DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. 
          YEAH. ON YOUTUBE, SEARCH MOUNTAIN LIONS, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT OKAY. 
          THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME VIDEO OUT THERE. AGAIN,
I THINK I HEAR LIKE TODAY ABOUT THE RIDGEWAY WHALE TRAIL AND THE PLOVERS AND THE TERNS, BUT IT'D BE GOOD FOR ME TO HAVE A FULLER UNDERSTANDING. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE WE'D ALL BENEFIT FROM THAT AND A FULLER OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE AND
HAVE INPUT. 
          AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE CLIMATE INEQUITY WEAVE INTO ALL OF OUR ITEMS THAT WHEN THEY COME
TO US, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND. WE JUST HEARD ABOUT THE LAKES,
BUT THINGS ARE CHANGING. 
          LIKE, WHAT DO WE THINK'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 10,
50, 100 YEARS. 
          WE'RE WE'RE IN A CHANGING CLIMATE. WE HAVE AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT FACING US IN OUR PARKS. 
          AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, NO MATTER WHAT TOPICS THAT THAT BE BROUGHT IN THE EARLIER COMMENT
FROM THE PUBLIC, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A COUPLE MORE. I WOULD BE OKAY WITH ADDING FOUR ITEMS PER MEETING. 
          MORE ON CULTURAL. I'D LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REMATRIATION OF LAND. 
          I SEE THAT BACK SOME TIME AGO WE DID SOMETHING ON LOOKING AT INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND
OPPORTUNITIES. 
          I SAW A FABULOUS PRESENTATION AT TOGETHER BAY AREA. 
          OF WHAT THEY DID IN OAKLAND, AND WE COULD REALLY LEARN IT WAS QUITE INTENSE HOW THEY HAD
TO DEAL WITH THE THE LAND OWNERSHIP. 
          AND I'D LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT'S INVOLVED. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE HI. I DITTO THE WATERSHED APPROACH. 
          I THINK AS WE GO FORWARD, SAME THING NOT ONLY TO ALL OF OUR ITEMS,
MAYBE BRING IN CLIMATE AND EQUITY, BUT I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHICH WATERSHED IT'S IN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          I THINK THAT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE ESSENTIAL WATERS GOLD IN THE BAY AREA. 
          BUT TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHICH PARKS ARE IN WHICH WATERSHED AND WHERE DO THINGS FLOW,
AND NOT JUST LOOK AT THINGS IN SILOS. 
          AND I DO LOVE THE IDEA OF MORE PARTNERSHIPS,
OPPORTUNITY, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STAKEHOLDERS, YOU KNOW, THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE FOLKS ARE DOING A TON. 
          OTHER PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON ENDANGERED SPECIES. 
          BCDC IS WORKING ON SEA LEVEL RISE. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES,
LIKE THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE LEARNING FROM, OF GOING BACK TO NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS. AND I THINK WE HAVE A LOT TO LEARN FROM OUR
INDIGENOUS FIRST PEOPLES. 
          YEAH. AND THAT MAKES ME THINK ABOUT I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED ABOUT MOUNTAIN LIONS,
ACTUALLY. 
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SO WHEN I MENTIONED THE ALAMEDA COUNTY RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT,
THEY ARE THE AGENCY THAT'S LEADING THE EFFORTS TO EXPLORE THE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR OVERPASS OPPORTUNITIES IN EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY. 
          AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE STUDYING TWO SPOTS ALONG 580 TO HAVE A OVERPASS FOR WILDLIFE LIKE
MOUNTAIN LIONS TO CROSS OVER OR ON 680 IN BETWEEN SUNOL REGIONAL AND PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL. 
          SO I THINK HEARING FROM THEM AND UNDERSTANDING THAT COULD BE COULD BE REALLY VALUABLE FOR
US. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE THINK ABOUT A MATRIX YOU KNOW,
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIES, IT CAN BE ITS OWN STANDALONE AS WE SEE THE INVENTORY ACROSS OUR PARKS,
AS WELL AS WHEN WE TALK TO PARTNERS AND SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE EAST BAY. ALSO BEEN THINKING ABOUT AN INVENTORY. 
          I APPRECIATE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER IN THE MEETING FROM AMELIA ABOUT ALSO THINKING
ABOUT YOU KNOW, LANDMARK STATUS OF CULTURAL ASSETS. I KNOW THAT WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, CHOUINARD WINERY, WINEHAVEN, THE STEAM TRAIN, PIEDMONT STABLES,
EVEN. 
          WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE DESIGNATED A LANDMARK. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOOTHILL FARMS STRUCTURE THAT'S AT TYLER RANCH,
AND I DO GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE DOING WITH THAT STRUCTURE. AND I THINK IT'S WORTH IT TO YOU KNOW,
START TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THESE OLDER STRUCTURES THAT ARE ACROSS OUR PARKS AND WHAT KIND OF POLICIES WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SET FOR THEM,
AND THEN WHAT WE ALSO MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO WITH THEM, BECAUSE IT DOES GENERATE INTEREST AND FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME RESPONSES,
SOME POLICY RESPONSES AND TO START TO REALLY DISCUSS THAT. 
          AND THEN SO, SO THIS IS A LOT SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTH IT TO COME BACK IN FEBRUARY
WITH THE NEW COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THIS. 
          AND I GUESS THE FINAL POINT THAT I WANT TO MAKE TODAY,
YOU KNOW, I REALLY HOPE THAT IN GENERAL, WHEN THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A VISION FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN 2026,
I REALLY WANT YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS. I KNOW DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT AND I HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
STAFF REPORTS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES AND GUIDING WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC AND THINKING ABOUT OUR MISSION STATEMENT AS A PARK DISTRICT AND HOW
THAT'S INTEGRATED INTO OUR STAFF REPORTS. 
          AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE, STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS COMMITTEE CAN REALLY HELP,
YOU KNOW, BE A LEADER TO TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE INTEGRATE SOME OF THIS INTO OUR STAFF REPORTS. AND I'LL JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT. 
          BECAUSE I KNOW SO MANY OF US THAT SERVE HERE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ON THIS
COMMITTEE, WE'RE REALLY MISSION DRIVEN ABOUT HOW THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PRESERVES A RICH
HERITAGE OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES AND PROVIDES OPEN SPACE, PARKS, TRAILS, SAFE AND HEALTHFUL RECREATION,
AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. 
          ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC GUIDES THE DISTRICT AND ALL OF ITS ACTIVITIES. 
          AND I REALLY, TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS COMMITTEE CAN REALLY,
YOU KNOW, BE THE COMMITTEE THAT HELPS TO LEAD, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE INTEGRATE THE MISSION AND ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO AND,
YOU KNOW, IN OUR STAFF REPORTS. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IDEA CONTINUE TO BE YOU KNOW,
DISCUSSED AND FIGURED OUT IN 2026. 
          ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY FINAL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR MAX? HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE JUST SHARED MAX? I JUST CURIOUS REAL QUICK. I
THINK IT'S SUPER HELPFUL. I THINK THAT'S FEELS LIKE A VERY DOABLE LIST OF THINGS. 
          I'VE MADE SOME NOTES ABOUT SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS,
AND I THINK IT SOUNDS GREAT. 
          LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. IT'S AWESOME. WONDERFUL. 
          YEAH. OKAY. I LIKE THE ENTHUSIASM. ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WITH THAT, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS WHICH IS THE NEXT ITEM AND I MISS I'M
MISSING MY ORIGINAL AGENDA, 
          [Announcements]
BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE STILL IN ORDER WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          AND I DID WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT IN THE PAST MONTH,
WE DID CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IN 2025 HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. 
          IT'S OFFICIALLY SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO READ A STATEMENT ABOUT HOW WE CLOSED OUT HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH,
AND WE'RE NOW ENTERING INTO NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. AND AS THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE,
IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD RESOLUTIONS ON PARKS AS WELCOMING SPACES AND THE BOARD ADOPTED
CALENDAR ON HERITAGE MONTH TO SHARE A FEW WORDS THAT EXPRESS OUR VALUES AND STRESS 
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AND CONTINUE OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR MULTILINGUAL,
ETHNICALLY DIVERSE AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. 
          WHEN WE SAY OUR PARKS ARE FOR ALL, THAT MEANS INCLUSIVE OF THE WIDE DIVERSITY THAT IS THE
LATIN COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF LANGUAGE, SOCIO ECONOMIC AND IMMIGRATION STATUS. 
          OUR PARKS ARE PLACES TO REST AND RECREATE FOR A HOST OF FAMILIES THAT ARE BILINGUAL,
WHO MIGHT BE PREDOMINANTLY SPANISH SPEAKING, OR EVEN WHERE SPANISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE BECAUSE THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS INDIGENOUS,
YET THE LANGUAGE OF NATURE CAN BE UNIVERSAL, AND PARKS ARE SPACES WHERE WE ARE REMINDED OF THE VALUE OF SOCIAL DIVERSITY AS MUCH AS
BIODIVERSITY. 
          IN PARKS WE CAN CONTINUE, WE CAN CONNECT WITH THE LAND AND WITH EACH OTHER AND APPRECIATE
AND VALUE OUR DIFFERENCES. 
          WE ARE STEADFAST IN OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING A SAFE,
WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE PARK SYSTEM FOR ALL OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.