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PLEASE PROCEED. PERFECT, THANK YOU. OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON
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EVERYONE. I AM NOW CALLING TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FOR MARCH 11, 2026. THE MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER AT 1 00, 5 P.M. I WILL BE ATTENDING THIS MEETING REMOTELY TODAY UNDER THE JUST CAUSE PROVISION DUE TO BEING ILL, AND I WILL HAVE MY AUDIO AND VIDEO ON AT ALL TIMES. AND DID YOU MENTION THAT THERE IS THERE ANYBODY 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER IN THE ROOM? THERE IS NOT. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NO LONGER REQUIRED BY THE NEW LEGISLATION, BUT IN ANY CASE, THERE IS NO ONE ELSE IN THE ROOM WITH ME EXCEPT FOR TWO CATS. I'LL PROCEED TO TAKE ROLL. DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. HERE. DIRECTOR MERCURIO. HERE. CHAIR ECHOLS.[Approval of Minutes]
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025, AND THEN SEPARATELY DECEMBER 17TH, 2025. WERE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES? WELL, I WASN'T AT EITHER OF THOSE MEETINGS, SO THERE'S A BIT OF INFORMATION. I WASN'T AT EITHER MEETING EITHER.YEAH, SO I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION SINCE I WAS AT THOSE, AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS. WELL, HOW CAN WE PASS IT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE VOTES? YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING TO GIVE VOTE TO THE MINUTES BEING PRODUCED.
OKAY, I HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, I MEAN, THEN I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. ARE WE DOING ONE AT A TIME? I THINK WE CAN DO THEM TOGETHER. IS THAT CORRECT? EITHER WAY. OH, OKAY, GREAT. LET'S JUST DO THEM TOGETHER, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION. SO, JOHN, IS THAT YOUR MOTION? YEP. YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. SO WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 19TH AND DECEMBER 17TH OF 2025, I'LL LET THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL. OKAY. DIRECTOR DECHAMBEAU? YES. DIRECTOR MERCURIO? YES. DIRECTOR ECHOLS? YES. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I THINK THE NEXT THING UP IS PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. AND THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO, WELL, I GUESS WE DON'T, DO WE STILL NEED TO READ? HOW TO MAKE A COMMENT IF THERE IS NO COMMENT. I GUESS YOU SHOULD, JUST IN CASE ANYONE DECIDES TO JUMP IN LATER. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT EITHER IN PERSON OR VIA ZOOM. THOSE ATTENDING IN PERSON SHALL SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD TO THE CLERK, STAFF OR OTHERWISE INDICATE THEIR DESIRE TO SPEAK ON AND A NON AGENDA ITEM. OR AN AGENDIZED ITEM. THOSE ATTENDING VIA ZOOM MAY ALSO USE, RAISE THEIR HAND. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED WHEN IT'S THEIR TURN TO SPEAK. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PROVIDED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. A COUNTDOWN TIMER WILL BE DISPLAYED FOR THE SPEAKER'S CONVENIENCE.
GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO
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WE HAVE NO ACTION ITEMS TODAY, SO WE'LL GO DIRECTLY TO THE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. AND THE FIRST INFORMATIONAL ITEMS IS A REPORT. PUBLIC SAFETY 2025 QUARTERLY CRIME UPDATE NUMBER FOUR. AND WE HAVE POLICE LIEUTENANT JUSTIN RICE HERE TO PROVIDE US THAT REPORT.DIRECTOR ECHOLS FOR THE FIRST MEETING, WHEN IN FINANCE, YOUR VOICE COULD BE HEARD MUCH BETTER. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S OCCURRED IN THIS MEETING WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, WE CAN HEAR YOU, BUT IT'S WEAKER. WE'VE LOOKED ON OUR END. WE ARE AT MAX. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING
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YOU CAN DO ON YOUR END. OH, OKAY. WELL, I HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING. THAT'S BETTER.OKAY. I'LL LEAN IN CLOSER AND TALK IN MY OUTDOOR VOICE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, SO LET, IF WE CAN HAVE LIEUTENANT JUSTICE JUSTIN RICE, GO AHEAD AND START THAT PRESENTATION. SORRY ABOUT THAT. LIEUTENANT JUSTIN RICE OF THE EAST VIRGINIA REGIONAL PARKS POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US TODAY. SO THIS PRESENTATION IS AIMED AT SUPPLEMENTING OUR WARD REPORTS THAT ARE GIVEN TO OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE GOAL OF THESE PRESENTATIONS ARE ALWAYS TRANSPARENCY, NOT ONLY TO THE BOARD, TO THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, BUT TO THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE.
IN ADDITION TO TRANSPARENCY, WE LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT WE DO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT. OUR SOURCE OF DATA FOR THESE CRIME REPORTS. OUR IS OUR CAD SYSTEM AND OUR RIMS SYSTEM. THESE SYSTEMS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE NUCLEUS OF OUR INFORMATION STRUCTURE.
THEY DO EVERYTHING FROM DOCUMENT INCIDENTS OUT IN THE FIELD TO ALLOW OUR STAFF TO PROPERLY BOOK EVIDENCE RELATED TO CASES. SO THOSE ARE REALLY WHERE WE GET ALL OF OUR STATS FROM. AGAIN, OUR CAD AND OUR RIMS SYSTEMS. AS WE MOVE INTO INCIDENTS, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO REFRESH OUR RECOLLECTION OF WHAT AN INCIDENT ACTUALLY IS.
AN INCIDENT IS ANY EVENT THAT REQUIRES OUR DISPATCH TO NOTIFY POLICE OR FIRE PERSONNEL.
INCIDENTS CAN BE EITHER INITIATED THROUGH A CALL OR TEXT INTO OUR DISPATCH CENTER, OR IT CAN BE INITIATED BY PERSONNEL OUT IN THE FIELD. PRE-PLANNED EVENTS WILL ALSO BE GENERATED AS AN INCIDENT TO DOCUMENT AND MONITOR THE EVENT. IN Q4 OF 2025, WE HAD 5,223 INCIDENTS.
THIS WAS A DECREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 1,800 INCIDENTS FROM Q3. KEEP IN MIND THAT Q3 IS OUR BUSIEST QUARTER, AS IT'S OUR SUMMER QUARTER.
ALL OF OUR SWIM PARKS ARE OPEN. Q4, YOU START SEEING THAT SHIFT IN WEATHER. YOU START SEEING EVERYBODY BACK IN SCHOOL FOR OUR SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION.
AND JUST TYPICALLY, OUR PARK USAGE DECLINES IN Q4.
IN Q4, WE HAD 979 CITATIONS, AND CITATIONS ARE GIVEN FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
THEY'RE A LEGAL NOTICE TO APPEAR IN COURT RELATED TO A VIOLATION AND ARE ISSUED BY BOTH OFFICERS AND POLICE SERVICE TECHNICIANS. THIS WAS A SLIGHT DROP FROM Q3 TO Q4, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO THE DECLINE IN PARK USAGE.
AS WE MOVE INTO ARRESTS... WE LIKE TO REMIND OUR AUDIENCE OF THE VARIOUS TYPES OF ARRESTS IN CALIFORNIA.
THERE'S CITE AND RELEASE, WHERE AN OFFICER IN THE FIELD ISSUES A CITATION AND THE INDIVIDUAL IS RELEASED THERE IN THE FIELD. THE CUSTODIAL ARREST IS WHAT YOU TYPICALLY ENVISION WHEN YOU THINK OF THE TERM ARRESTED, WHERE SOMEBODY IS PLACED UNDER ARREST, TRANSPORTED, AND BOOKED INTO JAIL. AND WARRANT ARRESTS ARE ARRESTS PURSUANT TO A JUDGE-ISSUED ORDER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO TAKE A PERSON INTO CUSTODY RELATED TO A CRIMINAL CASE. WE HAD 79 ARRESTS IN Q4, WHICH IS ONLY DOWN THREE ARRESTS FROM Q3.
WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR INCIDENTS DECLINED FROM Q3 TO Q4, OUR PARK USAGE DECLINED FROM Q3 TO Q4, WE WERE ONLY DOWN THREE ARRESTS FROM THOSE TWO QUARTERS. SO, YES. WE'LL FINISH YOUR THOUGHT.
I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THE POINT THAT I'M MAKING HERE IS THAT, EVEN THOUGH WE SAW... STEEP DECLINE IN PARK USAGE, WE ONLY HAD THREE LESS ARRESTS.
SO THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO OUR OFFICERS GOING OUT THERE 24-7, 365, AND DOING THE WORK. REGARDLESS OF WEATHER PATTERNS, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY IN THE PARK. THEY'RE STILL GOING OUT THERE AND HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CRIMES THAT ARE BEING COMMITTED. SO ARE THE WARRANT ARRESTS ONLY FOR CRIMES THAT WERE COMMITTED ON OUR...
BUT CITATIONS THAT WERE ISSUED BY OUR... NOT NECESSARILY. A WARRANT CAN COME FROM ANY AGENCY WITHIN CALIFORNIA, REALLY ANY AGENCY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
BUT A LOT OF WARRANTS THAT ARE ISSUED OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SOME OF THEM ARE EXTRADITABLE, SOME OF THEM ARE NON-EXTRADITABLE, MEANING IF SOMEBODY HAS A WARRANT OUT OF DENVER, COLORADO, IF IT'S NON-EXTRADITABLE, THAT MEANS DENVER. PD IS NOT GOING TO SEND A UNIT OUT TO US TO COME TAKE THAT PERSON INTO CUSTODY. SO WE'RE GRABBING
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SOMEBODY WHO IS WANTED SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND IT'S IN OUR AREA, AND SO THEY CALL.POTENTIALLY, BUT WE ALSO AUTHOR OUR OWN WARRANTS FOR CRIMINAL CASES THAT WE'RE INVESTIGATING AS WELL. BUT SOMEBODY COULD BE IN THE PARK FISHING, FOR AN EXAMPLE, AND ONE OF OUR OFFICERS GOES UP AND DOES A PERMIT CHECK ON THAT INDIVIDUAL. AND WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROPER FISHING LICENSE AND WE RUN THEM OUT THROUGH OUR DISPATCH CENTER, THAT PERSON COMES BACK FOR A WARRANT, RIGHT? SO A SIMPLE. SIMPLE CONTACT, OUR OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE, BEING PROACTIVE AND ENGAGING THE PUBLIC AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS FOLLOWING. NOT ONLY CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE, BUT ORDINANCE 38 THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE PARK DISTRICT.
SOMETIMES THOSE SEEMINGLY SMALL CONTACTS LEAD INTO BIGGER THINGS, LIKE THESE WARRANT ARRESTS.
ALL RIGHT, SO CASES ARE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS POLICE REPORTS. CASES ARE WRITTEN REPORTS OF ANY EVENT THAT REQUIRES WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION. THIS CAN VARY FROM AN ARREST REPORT TO A REPORT OF AN INJURED HIKER. THERE WERE 335 CASES IN Q4. 47 CASES WERE SUBMITTED TO THE ALAMEDA COUNTY AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY DA'S OFFICE. OF THOSE 47 CASES, 29 HAD CHARGES FILED AGAINST THEM, AGAINST THE SUBJECTS IN THOSE CASES, HOLDING THEM LIABLE FOR THE ALLEGED CRIMES. WELL, I CANNOT COMMENT ON MOST CASES FROM Q4 BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL OPEN INVESTIGATIONS. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THESE CASES AS YOU READ ALONG WITH ME. ONE OF THEM FROM THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.
BETWEEN AUGUST AND OCTOBER, SEVERAL REPORTS OF A MALE SUBJECT THAT APPROACHED FEMALE PEDESTRIANS FROM BEHIND AND GRABBED THE VICTIM AS HE PASSED THEM. A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED AND A SUBJECT WAS EVENTUALLY IDENTIFIED. IN NOVEMBER, THE SUSPECT WAS LOCATED AND ARRESTED BY THE EAST VIRGINIA PARKS POLICE DEPARTMENT HEAT UNIT. AS WELL AS THE U.S. MARSHALS. THEFT FROM EBRPD FUELS CREW IN SEPTEMBER 2025. OUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT'S FUELS CREW WAS OUT MITIGATING DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS IN OUR PARKS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE TOOLS THAT THEY RELY ON TO ACCOMPLISH THAT MISSION WERE STOLEN FROM THEIR VEHICLE. A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED. A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL INVESTIGATION ENSUED. THE SUBJECTS WERE IDENTIFIED ALONG WITH THEIR VEHICLE, WAS PURSUED THROUGH OAKLAND, AND THE SUSPECTS WERE CAPTURED AFTER THAT PURSUIT AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. AS ALWAYS, WE LIKE TO FINISH THESE PRESENTATIONS WITH A REMINDER TO OUR CITIZENS OUT THERE OF OUR CITIZEN RIMS PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS A GREAT TOOL FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE MORE INVOLVED AND RECEIVE ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION. IT INTEGRATES WITH OUR CAD AND OUR RIMS SYSTEMS THAT OFFICERS USE OUT IN THE FIELD. TO GET NEAR REAL-TIME INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC, AND CITIZENS CAN SIGN UP FOR DAILY OR WEEKLY EMAIL UPDATES AND VIEW CRIME INFORMATION FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.
WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU HERE, PRESENT TODAY AND ANYBODY ONLINE. AND I'M OPEN TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REPORT, VERY HELPFUL.
DIRECTORS, DIRECTOR DECHAMBEAU OR DIRECTOR MERCURIO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENT. I DON'T MIND TAKING COMMENTS. WE CAN TAKE THEM TOGETHER, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. SO JUST THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE EMAILS, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MORE INFORMATION HERE WAS REALLY NICE TO REMEMBER, REMIND US YOU'RE NOT JUST...
CHASING E3 BIKES AND MOTORCYCLES OUT THERE, BUT DEALING WITH FELONIES AND ALL OF THAT. AND I THINK THAT REALLY MAGNIFIES THE OPPORTUNITY OF PROTECTION IN OUR BAY AREA IN GENERAL, CONSIDERING HOW BIG WE ARE.
AND YOU'RE FULLY STAFFED. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THE OTHER THING, I COULD SEE THIS BEING LIKE A ONE-PAGE FACT SHEET, LIKE EVERY QUARTER OR SOMETHING, WHAT YOU PUT TOGETHER. I REALLY LIKE IT. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION OVER A LONGER-TERM TREND, A THREE- TO FIVE-YEAR TREND, LIKE YOU COMPARED IT TO THE LAST QUARTER. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. BUT I'M KIND OF CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME. IT WAS INTERESTING THAT WE'D HAVE TO SORT OF NORMALIZE IT, PERHAPS, TO THE NUMBER OF USERS. IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT 30% ARE ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN EVERYONE'S OUT.
BUT JUST IN GENERAL, I'M JUST CURIOUS OF THE OVERALL BIGGER TRENDS, LIKE A THREE-, FIVE-YEAR TREND. YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY GET THAT OUT TO YOU, FOR SURE. I CAN DEFINITELY SAY THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN UPTICK IN PROACTIVITY UNDER CHIEF FELICE'S DIRECTION.
OUR OFFICERS HAVE REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING UNDER HIS DIRECTION AND ARE GOING OUT THERE AND PROACTIVELY PATROLLING OUR PARKS EVERY DAY.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OUR STATISTICS INCREASE QUITE A BIT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. THANK
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YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, I WANT TO JUST COMMENT ON THE CITIZEN RIMS REPORT THAT IT COMES ONTO MY PHONE EVERY MORNING, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.IT GIVES ME A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT AND MORE, PARTICULARLY IN MY WARD. IT'S VERY HELPFUL. AND ONCE IN A WHILE, I KNOW I DO CONTACT YOUR OFFICE AND SAY, WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE HERE? WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? USUALLY ONE OF THE MORE SERIOUS INCIDENTS, AND I CAN ALWAYS GET AN ANSWER BACK, AND IT REALLY HELPS ME.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY HELPFUL. OKAY, SO WITH THAT, WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE PARK OPERATIONS UNIT 3 UPDATE, AND WE HAVE PARK UNIT MANAGER BRIDGET CALVI HERE TO INTRODUCE THAT ITEM. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, THE PUBLIC WHO MAY BE LOGGING IN VIRTUALLY, AND ALSO FELLOW EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK COLLEAGUES. MY NAME IS BRIDGET CALVI AND I AM THE UNIT MANAGER FOR UNIT THREE. I'M HERE TODAY TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2005, OR, I'M SORRY, 2025 LAST YEAR. AND THIS WILL NO WAY BE COMPREHENSIVE, BUT IT DOES HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS AND ALSO OUR DAY-TO-DAY. I DO WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO SHARE A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT MYSELF, JUST TO GAIN SOME FAMILIARITY FOR YOU ALL. I BEGAN MY CAREER WITH THE PARK DISTRICT IN 2001 AND ACTUALLY STARTED IN A PARK WITHIN THIS UNIT AT ANTHONY CHABOT. QUICKLY TRANSFERRED TO SEVERAL PARKS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. I WAS ALSO ON THE ROADS AND TRAILS CREW AND WORKED IN THE MASS DEPARTMENT AND THEN CAME BACK TO PARK OPERATIONS. I WAS ALSO AN INDUSTRIAL ON-CALL FIREFIGHTER AND A LIEUTENANT, AND I PROMOTED TO PARK SUPERVISOR IN 2012 AND THEN UNIT MANAGER IN 2022. ALL THAT TO SAY IS, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS WORK. I'VE WORKED AT MANY DIFFERENT UNITS AND THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND I'M JUST VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS WORK AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE TEAMS ARE DOING, AND I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK ALL OF THEM RIGHT NOW. SO I SUPER APPRECIATE THEIR DAY-IN AND DAY-OUT WORK. AND LOOKING AT THIS MAP, YOU CAN QUICKLY SEE WHERE UNIT 3 IS LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT. WE'RE BASICALLY THE RIDGELINE IN THE OAKLAND HILLS, BUT WE DO ENCOMPASS LAKE CHABOT AND ALSO LAKE TEMESCAL. SO AGAIN, STARTING IN THE SOUTH WILL BE LAKE CHABOT REGIONAL PARK, ANTHONY CHABOT REGIONAL PARK IN LEONA CANYON OPEN SPACE, REINHARDT REDWOOD REGIONAL PARK, ROBERTS REGIONAL RECREATION AREA, SIBLEY VOLCANIC REGIONAL PRESERVE, HUCKLEBERRY BOTANICAL REGIONAL PRESERVE, CLAREMONT CANYON. REGIONAL PRESERVE AND MCCOSKER AREA AND ALSO TEMESCAL REGIONAL RECREATION AREA. SORRY, A LITTLE TONGUE TWISTER THERE.
YOU'LL SEE HERE ALL THE STAFF THAT ENCOMPASS THE UNIT.
THERE'S 47, INCLUDING MYSELF, SIX SUPERVISORS, ONE ADMIN SPECIALIST, 39 PARK STAFF THAT RANGE FROM PARK RANGERS, PARK CRAFT SPECIALISTS, PARK SERVICE WORKERS, PARK SERVICE ASSISTANTS, AND ALSO AN OFFICE ASSISTANT.
WE ALSO HIRE MANY SEASONALS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, OR, I'M SORRY, THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, THAT MAINLY HELP WITH OUR SUMMER FOCUS. AND THOSE WOULD BE THE PARK OPERATIONS AID, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE STUDENT LABORERS, AND ALSO GATE ATTENDANTS. I WILL BE QUICKLY ZOOMING IN TO EACH PARK JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK MAP AND THE STAFF. THAT ARE LOCATED AT EACH AREA. SO STARTING WITH LAKE CHABOT ONCE AGAIN AND THE STAFF THAT HELPS MAINTAIN THAT PARK ON A DAILY BASIS.
MOVING ON TO ANTHONY CHABOT WITH THE CAMPGROUND AND ALL THE TRAILS AND EQUESTRIAN AREAS.
REINHARDT, I'M SORRY, HERE'S THE STAFF. THERE'S A LITTLE LAG. REINHARDT REDWOOD WITH THE AMAZING REDWOOD CANYON AND ALL THE TRAILS THERE. AND THE STAFF THAT ARE THERE. ROBERTS WITH THE STATE-OF-THE-ART SWIMMING POOL
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AND ALSO THE STAFF THERE.SIBLEY CREW AND ALL THE AREAS THEY MAINTAIN SURROUNDING SIBLEY AND THE STAFF THERE.
AND THEN TEMESCAL AND THE URBAN OASIS AND FISHING AREA THERE.
UNIT 3 CONTINUES WITH... GOALS AND OVERALL THEMES THAT BENEFIT THE PARK AND PARK EXPERIENCE.
SAFETY FOR THE PUBLIC AND ALSO THE STAFF AS PARAMOUNT AND DOES GUIDE OUR DAILY WORK. WHETHER IT'S REMOVING A HAZARD FROM A TRAIL OR HANDLING A ROADSIDE DUMPING, DOING GENERAL PARK MAINTENANCE OR REPAIRING DAMAGED INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE PARK BENCHES OR RESTROOMS. AND DOING A LOT OF VEG CLEARING. THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES. WE ALSO HANDLED UNEXPECTED, WHICH IS WATER LINE BREAKS, PARK VISITOR EMERGENCIES, TROUBLESHOOTING EQUIPMENT ISSUES. AND THE LIST CAN GO ON.
THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF STAFF CLEARING LARGE REDWOOD TREES THAT ARE BLOCKING ACCESS ON THE HIKING TRAILS. THIS TAKES VERY SKILLED AND TRAINED EMPLOYEES TO DO THIS WORK. WE ALSO HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF ROADSIDE DUMPING THAT OCCURS IN A LOT OF OUR AREAS. THIS SPECIFICALLY IS OFF OF CLAREMONT CANYON. YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS SOME LOG PLACEMENT TO TRY AND DETER THAT FROM HAPPENING. AND THEN THIS IS SOME OF THE UNEXPECTED THINGS WE DEAL WITH. COMING INTO WORK AND SEEING VEHICLE FIRES THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED, HELPING DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES AND GET RID OF THE CARS AND DO THE CLEANUP AFTER. MOVING ON TO... SOME OF THE OTHER WORK THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IN THE UNIT WOULD BE THE RESTORATION AND TRAIL MAINTENANCE. IN THIS PICTURE, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE VOLUNTEERS, PARK STAFF, AND ALSO STAFF WITH VOLUNTEER SERVICES DOING ACACIA REMOVAL JUST ABOVE THE TRUDEAU CENTER. THIS IS TO HELP BRING THAT AREA BACK TO ITS NATURAL GRASSLAND.
OTHER RESTORATION EFFORTS INCLUDE... THE HAZARDOUS TREE CONTRACTS THAT WE RUN THROUGHOUT THE UNIT, THE CLOSING OF ILLEGAL OR SOCIAL TRAILS, RESTORING TRAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, RESTORING AGING PICNIC AREAS, PLANNING FOR FUTURE PROJECTS, AND ALSO PLANNING NATIVE SPECIES AT TIMES. HERE'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A BOOTLEG, OR SOCIAL TRAIL, THAT WAS BUILT BY THE PUBLIC.
ON THE FAR LEFT, YOU'LL SEE STAIRS THAT THEY ACTUALLY BUILT. IN THE MIDDLE, YOU'LL SEE A CREW MEMBER GETTING RID OF THOSE STAIRS. AND THEN ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE SOME EROSION CONTROL FOR THEM TO BRING IT BACK TO ITS NATIVE HABITAT. WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR SELECTING INDIVIDUAL BOOTLEG TRAILS FOR RESTORATION SUCH AS THIS? THE PROCESS IS BASICALLY AREAS THAT WE SEE BEING HEAVILY UTILIZED. THIS ONE WAS VERY, THE FACT THAT THEY HAD PUT IN THESE STAIRS, IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION PRETTY QUICKLY. IT REALLY IS JUST A TRIAGE OF SEEING THEM, PLANNING THE WORK, AND HAVING TEAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO GO DO THE WORK.
SO IT WOULD BE THE PARK SUPERVISOR THEN WOULD KIND OF BE THE LEAD ON MAKING THAT DETERMINATION? IT REALLY IS HOW IT'S BROUGHT.
FOR APPROVING IT? YEAH. I MEAN, I WOULD SAY, IN MOST CASES, YES. BUT MAYBE WE'RE GETTING A PHONE CALL FROM A NEIGHBOR.
MAYBE I'M ACTUALLY SEEING IT HIKING ON MY DAY OFF. LIKE, THERE'S A WHOLE COMBINATION.
THIS ONE GOT INSTALLED PRETTY QUICKLY AND WAS BECOMING A NUISANCE VERY QUICKLY, SO WE WANTED TO GET RID OF IT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD APPROACH. YEAH.
THANKS. ON THAT ONE, I'M CURIOUS, WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME? SOME OF THESE THINGS, I THINK, LIKE THE CAR FIRE, THIS IS MY WARD. SURE. I KNEW ABOUT THE CAR FIRE AND STUFF, BUT I DON'T HAVE A CONCEPT OF LIKE OVER TIME. IS THIS PRESENTATION JUST LIKE IN GENERAL, OR WHEN WAS THIS? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR BOOTLEG, WHICH IS AMAZING THAT THEY BUILT STAIRS, EVEN. YEAH. IS THIS YEAR OR IS THIS RECENT? THIS IS ALL FOCUSED ON 2025.
OKAY. PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED. BUT I'M ALSO JUST GIVING A QUICK OVERVIEW OF ALL THE THINGS WE HANDLE, ON TOP OF GETTING INTO MORE SPECIFICS. UM, THIS WAS, UH, 2025 TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. VEHICLE FIRES ON REDWOOD ROAD. I THINK WE HAD MAYBE 10 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR LAST YEAR. APPRECIATE THAT SORT
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OF PERSPECTIVE. YEAH, NO PROBLEM YOU'RE DOING, AND OFTEN, AND NOW, YEAH, NO PROBLEM BECAUSE I'VE DONE SOME HIKING IN THIS. LIKE, ONE MINUTE, I SEE YOU GUYS HAVE PUT ALL KINDS OF BUSHES, OR YOU OR YOUR STAFF AT THE PARK RANGER, AND THEN I'LL GO BACK AND IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S CHAINSAW, THEY COME IN WITH CHAINSAWS EVEN. AND CUT THE TREES THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY PLACED IN THE WAY TO TRY TO REPAIR THAT BOOTLEG, AND YET SOMEONE HAS CHAINSAWED THEM AND MOVED THEM BACK TO THE SIDE.IT JUST MUST BE CONSTANT. IT IS, YEAH, YEAH, IT IS. SO THAT'S WHEN WE GET OUR PARTNERS, LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY, POTENTIALLY INVOLVED.
TO TRY AND FOCUS IN ON AN AREA OR DO OTHER EFFORTS TO TRY AND REALLY FOCUS IN ON THAT. BUT YES, THE MINUTE WE BLOCK THEM, THEY COME BACK, THEY MIGHT MOVE THE MATERIALS.
BUT THE THINGS OF DENUDING THE TRAIL AND ACTUALLY BREAKING UP THE SOIL, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A BETTER RESULT THAN JUST THROWING A FEW BRANCHES ON THE TRAIL. SO WE TRY AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO GET RID OF THE TRAIL. I APPRECIATE THAT.
YEAH, NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS. SO LET'S SEE. ASIDE FROM ALL THAT RESTORATION WORK, WE'RE ALSO MAINTAINING A POOL.
CAMPGROUND, TWO LAKES THAT OFFER DIFFERENT RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES. ONE OFFERS SWIMMING AND FISHING. THE OTHER, LAKE CHABOT, OFFERS FISHING AND BOATING. AND SO THERE'S EQUESTRIAN CENTERS, AND THERE'S ALL THE OTHER FEATURES THAT ARE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
ZOOMING IN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED, WE MADE A GREAT EFFORT TO GET... THE THREE STREAM BEAR SAVERS INSTALLED. THESE ARE THE TRASH, RECYCLE, AND COMPOST.
NOT ONLY DOES THIS COMPLY WITH THE DISTRICT STANDARDS, BUT IT ALSO COMPLIES WITH THE STATE MANDATE WITH THE REDUCTION OF ORGANIC MATERIALS SENT TO LANDFILLS. THIS IS A BEFORE, AFTER OR BEFORE PICTURE, AND HERE WE HAVE AN AFTER PICTURE OF THE CANS INSTALLED. MOVING ON TO LAKE CHABOT, WE HAVE SOME EFFORTS TO TRY AND DETER SOME OF THE ILLEGAL DUMPING THERE.
STAFF WAS ABLE TO PLACE SOME SPLIT RAIL FENCING AND NEW GATES, AND ALSO CONTINUING WITH THAT LOG THEME. STAFF WORKED CLOSELY ALSO WITH CITY OF OAKLAND TO PARTNER WITH THEM. ALSO, WITHIN THE UNIT, WE SPENT ALMOST $40,000 IN ROADSIDE DUMPING EFFORTS.
IS CLEANUP EFFORTS, PUTTING UP THE MITIGATION TOOLS LIKE I TALKED ABOUT, THE SPLIT RAIL, THE BOULDERS, SIGNAGE, LOGS, ETC. ALSO IN ANTHONY CHABOT CAMPGROUND, WE RAN SOME HAZARDOUS TREE CONTRACTS TO TRY AND MAKE THE CAMPGROUND A LITTLE BIT SAFER. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE FOREST IS THINNER, SIMILAR TO THE FUELS MANAGEMENT GOALS THAT WE HAVE.
BUT ALSO GETTING RID OF THOSE TREES THAT MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO SOME OF THE CAMPERS. ALSO IN REINHARDT REDWOOD, WE RAN A LARGE HAZ TREE CONTRACT TO REMOVE SIX LARGE ELMS. THESE WERE DISEASED AND DYING.
THEY WERE CONSULTED WITH ARBORISTS TO SAY THAT THEY WERE AN IMMINENT THREAT, AND SO WE DID GET RID OF THOSE. IT'S CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE A BIT, BUT I THINK ONCE WE GIVE THE PUBLIC THE EDUCATION, THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT.
ALSO IN REINHART REDWOOD, A TRAILS, CREEKS, AND PONDS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED ON THE GOLDEN SPIKE TRAIL.
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE OLD PLASTIC RETAINING WALL THAT WAS INSTALLED YEARS AND YEARS AGO. THAT WAS NOT HOLDING UP AND CAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF EROSION ON THE TRAIL.
THE SMALL TRAILS CREW CAME IN AND INSTALLED THIS ROCK WALL AND ALSO ROCK FORT CROSSING, WHICH MAKES THE TRAIL MORE SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG RUN.
THEY ALSO WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE PARK STAFF, AND STAFF WAS ABLE TO GAIN SOME REALLY GREAT SKILLS AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. THIS WAS ALSO A VERY TECHNICAL PROJECT. IN THE MIDDLE, IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT THERE IS SOME CABLING THERE THAT THEY ACTUALLY HIGH-LINE THE MATERIALS DOWN TO THE PROJECT SITE. SO A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE MAST SMALL TRAILS CREW. THEY'RE AMAZING AND DOING EXCELLENT WORK AND ALSO GIVING PARK STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE THEM.
ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU SEE THE COMPLETED PROJECT.
AND MOVING ON TOWARDS ROBERTS, WE HAVE SOME CONTINUED EFFORTS OF RESTORATION IN THE ROBERTS BOWL AREA. STAFF IS PUTTING UP SPLIT RAIL THERE. TO
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HELP KEEP DOGS AND ALSO PEOPLE ON THE TRAILS. THIS IS AN AREA THAT COMMERCIAL DOG WALKERS REALLY LOVE, AND SO THIS IS THE AFTER PICTURE OF SOME SPLIT RAIL AND ALSO SOME PLANTS THAT WERE RELOCATED THERE. MOVING ON TO SIBLEY, WE HAVE POND TRAIL THAT HAD SOME GREAT WORK DONE BY PARK STAFF, JUST DEALING WITH SOME OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUES. AND ALSO ON SKYLINE NATIONAL TRAIL, WHICH IS PART OF THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL, HERE'S A LOCATION WHERE STAFF WAS ABLE TO COME IN WITH EQUIPMENT AT THE PARK SITE, REGRADE THE AREA, ADD SOME ROCK AND SOME DRAINAGE FEATURES. THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER LOCATION ON THE SKYLINE NATIONAL TRAIL WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WORK. A TCP, TRAILS, CREEKS, AND PONDS PROJECT WAS ALSO COMPLETED ON SKYLINE NATIONAL TRAIL. IN BETWEEN FISH RANCH ROAD AND OLD TUNNEL ROAD. THIS TRAIL WAS ACTUALLY CLOSED FOR A FEW YEARS AND WAS VERY DANGEROUS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TREAD WAS VERY MINIMAL.THE SMALL TRAILS CREW CAME IN AFTER GETTING ALL THE PERMITS AND FINALLY GETTING APPROVED AND REWORKED THAT TRAIL. IT'S MUCH SAFER AND SUSTAINABLE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. THIS IS THE TRAIL AFTER WE REOPENED IT. AND THEN MOVING ON TO TEMESCAL, PARK STAFF WAS ABLE TO WORK ON AN AREA THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO DO LAKE MANAGEMENT THERE.
IT'S ALSO BEEN PROVIDING A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO FISH RIGHT THERE AND ALSO BIRD WATCH. AND THAT WRAPS UP MY OVERVIEW. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SUPPORT. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
THANK YOU. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL REPORT, VERY INFROMATIVE. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATION? I HAVE A QUESTION. I THINK WE TALKED EARLIER AT OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING THAT AT SOME POINT THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF LEVEL OF SERVICE.
ANALYSIS OF THE TRAILS. I MEAN, LOOKING AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE, IT'S SO MUCH NEEDED. IT'S SO IMPRESSED, THE BEFORE AND AFTER WHEN YOU SEE IT. EVEN IN THE PHOTOS, EVEN IF I'VE WALKED THEM TO SEE WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH IN THE STEPS, BUT AT SOME POINT, BACK TO SORT OF THE EARLIER COMMENT, LIKE PRIORITIZING THESE AND GETTING THEM DONE. AND I'M A LITTLE CURIOUS ABOUT THE OVERLAP WITH THE CIP, BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN OUT, AND MAX, WHO'S A VERY BUSY MAN RIGHT NOW, AT ONE POINT, THERE'S, I THINK, SIX OR SEVEN PROJECTS IN OUR CIP, FOR REDWOOD IN PARTICULAR. AND I THINK THERE WAS SOME ISSUE WITH FEMA MONEY, PAYING AND GETTING REIMBURSED, AND THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH THE STREAM TRAIL. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THAT, ACTUALLY. I JUST WANTED TO, OVERALL, HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT THE PRIORITIES? HOW DO WE GET SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE? HOW MUCH, WHAT'S YOUR BACKLOG LOOK LIKE? LIKE, IT'S HARD TO TELL. YOU MUST JUST HAVE A HUGE STACK OF PROJECTS YOU WOULD LOVE TO GET TO, INCLUDING THE ONES I'M THINKING ABOUT. THAT WERE UNDER MY PREDECESSOR, DEE ROSARIO'S TIME. WE WENT OUT THERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND STREAM TRAIL AND THE RIVER AND THE BATHROOMS THERE OF THE CREEK. AND DO YOU MOVE IT? DO YOU FIX IT? DO YOU WHATEVER? I DON'T KNOW HOW.
JUST A LITTLE BIT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY QUESTION IS. I MEAN, HOW IS YOUR BACKLOG? HOW IS YOUR STAFFING? HOW ARE WE COLLABORATING WITH THE CIP PROJECTS TO GET SOME OF THOSE DONE? YOU DO GREAT WORK ONCE YOU CAN GET TO IT, ONCE WE GET TO IT AS A PARK. IT'S IMPRESSIVE.
BUT THERE'S A LONG LIST, I IMAGINE, BEHIND YOU. YEAH, THERE DEFINITELY IS. AND I'LL SAY FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE, I WAS THE SUPERVISOR AT REDWOOD BEFORE A UNIT MANAGER. SO THOSE ARE PROJECTS I WENT AND LOOKED AT DURING THE FEMA STORMS, RIGHT? SO AS WE ALL KNOW, THEY'RE PRIORITIZED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DISTRICT, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE THE ROADS AND TRAILS CREW THAT IS TACKLING HOWEVER MANY PROJECTS THEY CAN FIT INTO THEIR QUEUE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND THEN THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME CONTRACTING. AND THEN THE FEMA FUNDS. OR ANOTHER LAYER THAT ADDS TO THAT COMPLEXITY. SO I'M HAPPY, THAT'S WHY I'M VERY HAPPY TO REPORT OUT ON THE TRAILS, CREEKS, AND PONDS PROJECTS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE JUST GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. LOOKS LIKE ROBERT MIGHT WANT TO JUMP IN.
WE CAN SUPPORT YOU, HOW WE CAN LOOK AT LEVEL OF SERVICE, HOW WE CAN HELP. I MEAN, YOU GUYS GOT YOUR HANDS FULL.
YEAH, IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING MANAGING PARK OPERATIONS. AND SO, TO ANSWER THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH DECO AND MAST TO BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE ALL OF THAT WORK. AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING BACK AT 2017 JUST TO MAKE SURE THE THINGS THAT WE
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HAVE REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR ARE ACTUALLY MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN CLOSE OUT 2017. AND THEN EVALUATING SOME OF THE CURRENT EXISTING PROJECTS TO DETERMINE AT WHAT SCALE DOES THAT WORK NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED BECAUSE THEY'RE ABOVE. THE CAPABILITIES AND SKILLS OF OUR FRONTLINE STAFF, AND IN SOME SITUATIONS THEY'RE LARGER THAN MAST, SO THEY BECOME A CAPITALIZED PROJECT. AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT LIST RIGHT NOW TO DETERMINE WHAT'S ACTUALLY THE PRIORITY, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO SHARE THE POT WITH THE EXISTING PROJECT FACILITIES AND THEN LOOK AT OUR NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE.SO IT'S WORKING AND CHURNING ITS WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU FOR APPROVAL AT SOME POINT ONCE WE'VE DETERMINED WHICH PROJECTS ARE THE PRIORITY. ME. WHEN WE LOOK AT, WHAT WAS THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, SORRY? I THINK IT'S ALL PART OF THE PRIORITY. THAT'S KIND OF DUMBFOUNDING WHAT YOU JUST SAID. 2017, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS GO BACK TO? IS THAT BEING IMPACTED BY THE RELEASE OF FEMA FEDERAL FUNDS? NO. IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR PROCESS AND HOW WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE WORK AND THE SCALE OF THE WORK. SO IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES IN A TIMELY MANNER, THEY TEND TO GROW IN SIZE. AND SO EACH CONSECUTIVE STORM THAT HAPPENS BEHIND THAT EXACERBATES THAT.
SOMETIMES SMALLER PROJECTS, WAY MORE COMPLEX, AND SO YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SERVICE LEVELS RIGHT NOW AS A TEAM, AND SO WE ARE STRATEGIZING DIFFERENT APPROACHES WHEN IT COMES TO OUR WORK. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TYPES OF PARKS THAT WE HAVE. AND SO THAT WOULD BE FORTHCOMING IN A PRESENTATION THAT I WILL BE DELIVERING TO BOC IN THE FUTURE. I'LL JUST ADD, SO THAT WAS ROBERT KENNEDY.
HE'S THE DIVISION LEAD OF PARK OPERATIONS, AND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IS DECO, AND MAINTENANCE AND STALE TRADES IS MAST, JUST FOR CLARITY. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS, MOST OF THE PROJECTS THAT I THINK BRIDGET COVERED, WE WOULDN'T CONSIDER CAPITALIZED BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER $100,000. SO, YOU KNOW, CAPITAL PROJECT IS OFTEN SORT OF A FINANCIAL TERM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ASKED, HOW DOES THIS INTEGRATE WITH THE CIP, REALLY, IT'S THE REALLY BIG ONES, AND THOSE ARE OFTEN OVERSEEN BY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND THOSE ARE CAPITALIZABLE.
THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE DONE IN MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES THAT CAN BE THAT MUCH AS WELL. BUT I THINK FOR THE...
THOSE WOULD BE MAJOR TRAIL REROUTES, MAJOR WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING IN A BIG BRIDGE. THEY'RE JUST A MUCH LARGER SCALE. I THINK ROBERT ALSO JUST MENTIONED ABOUT LEVELS OF SERVICE, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE OPERATIONS DIVISION IS WORKING WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES DIVISION ON. REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE THE MAINTENANCE STANDARD, THE STANDARD OF HOW WE LEVEL OF SERVICE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY LEVEL OF SERVICE, BUT LIKE, WHAT IS THE PRESCRIPTION FOR WHAT, HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN DIFFERENT TRAILS.
AND SO WE'RE ALL TRYING TO, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HASN'T MAYBE BEEN AS CONSOLIDATED OR CLEAR, AND SO WE'RE ALL INTERESTED IN WORKING ON THAT TOGETHER.
SO THAT'S AN ONGOING BODY OF WORK THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR.
AND ARE CONTINUING. I APPRICIATE THAT AND COLABERATION AND EVERYTHING. I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION ON TREES, THE HAZARDOUS TREES. SOMETIME BACK, WE DID AN INVENTORY THAT WE KNEW WE HAD. IT WAS IN THE NEWS THAT A MILLION TREES ON THE RIDGELINE WERE DEAD.
THAT'S ALL YOUR AREA, YOUR UNIT. HOW ARE WE DOING WITH TRACKING OUR... I MEAN, DO WE HAVE ANOTHER INVENTORY? HOW ARE YOU DOING OUT THERE WITH DEAD TREES? ARE THEY...
MAYBE I'LL ESCALATE IN COST AND TAKING UP YOUR TIME IN YOUR UNIT MORE THAN NORMAL OVER TIME. COMBINATION, I WOULD SAY. WE'RE FORTUNATE BECAUSE WE ARE IN ONE OF THE RTAS, THE RECOMMENDED TREATMENT AREA, WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE ITS EYES ON US. SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
FOR INSTANCE, ALL THE WORK THEY'RE DOING IN ANTHONY CHABOT PARK. AND THAT IS GREAT, RIGHT? THERE'S ALWAYS TREES DYING.
BUT WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE HEAVIER IMPACTED ONES, THE ONES THAT ARE ACROSS PICNIC AREAS, MAIN TRAILS, THINGS THAT STAFF CAN TAKE CARE OF ON THEIR OWN TIME, LIKE THE TREE YOU SAW THAT FELL ACROSS THE TRAIL. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT AHEAD OF TIME. IT CAME DOWN IN A STORM. AND THEN, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE ANTHONY CHABOT, PARK SUPERVISOR HERE.
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THEY JUST DID SOME BRUSHING ALONG MARCIAL ROAD TO GET OPEN FOR THE CAMPGROUND. SO IT'S...JUST A WHOLE COMBINATION OF HOW WE DO THAT WORK, BUT ALSO THERE'S THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL COMING UP. I THINK YOU GUYS PASSED THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR DOING LARGER, MORE CONTRACTED WORK. SO, YEAH, WE LOOK AT IT FROM ALL ANGLES. HAVE YOU SEEN AN INCREASE IN YOUR WORKLOAD WITH CLIMATE CHANGE? AND THANK GOD, IT'S RAINING TODAY, DROUGHT AND THINGS, JUST IN GENERAL. I WOULD SAY THAT'S HARD TO QUANTIFY ONLY BECAUSE THE MONTEREY PINES HAVE A LIFESPAN, AND WE'RE JUST SEEING THAT LIFESPAN DYING AT THIS POINT.
YOU KNOW, THE 60 TO 80 YEAR OLD TREES ARE WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU. YEAH. YEAH. AND I JUST, I WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY THE ACTION ITEM THAT CAME TO THE BOARD IN DECEMBER WAS FOR ON CALL. EMERGENCY AND HAZARDOUS TREE REMOVAL. SO THAT'S WORK THAT ALWAYS, BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE AND SCALE, WE'RE WORKING WITH TREE COMPANIES THAT HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT EMERGENCY TREE AND HAZARDOUS TREE WORK.
SO THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GET A NEW CONTRACT EVERY TIME, IT'S LIKE WE'VE ALREADY... GONE THROUGH THE CONTRACTING PROCESS THROUGH AN APPROPRIATE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. AND SO IT'S MORE OF JUST A WORK ORDER FOR THOSE COMPANIES, RATHER THAN A BRAND NEW CONTRACT. AND SO THAT'S, WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL, SO WE APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S ACTION ON THAT AND THE SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, LISA AND ROBERT ALSO, AND REALLY EXCELLENT REPORT.
BRIDGET, DIRECTOR, MERCURIO, DID YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR BRIDGET OR ANYONE ELSE? YES, I DO. I'M THINKING ABOUT ALL THE DUMPING THAT GOES ON, AND I PRESUME THAT'S MOSTLY ALONG THE ROADS. DO WE EVER HAVE A WAY OF FIGURING OUT WHO DID IT? NO. I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO SEE THEM IN THE ACT.
SO POTENTIALLY, A PASSERBY MIGHT SEE THEM. A LOT OF TIMES, FOLKS HAVE NO LICENSE PLATE.
THEY TAKE OFF THEIR LICENSE PLATE TO GO DO THE DUMP. BUT IT'S PRETTY RARE THAT WE SEE OR KNOW WHO DID IT. I THINK THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE THERE'S BEEN MAIL IN THE DUMP, AND THEY TRY AND TRACE IT WITH THAT, BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO LINK IT TO. THAT PERSON WAS ACTUALLY DOING THAT ILLEGAL DUMPING. SO I THINK IT'S PRETTY HARD, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT THERE, THOUGH.
I KNOW THIS WEEKEND EVEN SOME FOLKS ON THE PARK DISTRICT WERE HELPING IN AN AREA THAT WAS REALLY THE CITY OF OAKLAND.
THERE WERE FILES AND FILES OF PAPERS OUT THERE THAT GOT BLOWN OVER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I DO. I MEAN, OH, MY GOD. I SEE DIFFERENT THINGS OUT THERE. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST LIKE THREE MATTRESSES OR COUCHES, BUT THIS ONE WENT ON FOR A WHILE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED.
STAFF WAS OUT THERE TRYING TO PUT IT INTO BAGS SO AT LEAST OAKLAND COULD COME.
IT WAS A REAL GROUP EFFORT. IT WAS A DISASTER. IT WENT ALL OVER. THANK YOU. YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. DIRECTOR ECHOLS, YOU'RE ON MUTE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, I WAS JUST ASKING OUR CLERK, DID WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS OKAY, GREAT, AND UM, SO, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, DID YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE WRAP UP? WRAP UP THIS ITEM? NONE FOR ME. OKAY, GREAT, WELL, THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU, BRIDGET FOR THE REPORT. REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR EXPERIENCE UH THAT YOU BRING TO THIS JOB, AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND THE WORK OF ALL 47 STAFF MEMBERS AT UNIT THREE. THAT'S, UM, REALLY, IT'S A. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT SO NICELY. UM, OKAY, SO I THINK WITH THAT, UH, OUR NEXT ITEM IS ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY? IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT WE DO, UM, SO ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE ADJOURN TODAY, ALL RIGHT, THEN, WE ARE ADJOURNING
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AT 1 48 P.M. THANKS EVERYBODY.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.