YOU CAN BE HEARD. ALL RIGHT. HI. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
[CALL TO ORDER]
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WELCOME TO OUR FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH MEETING, A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.IT'S OUR WORKSHOP, OUR TRAILS WORKSHOP. AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
WE TYPICALLY DON'T DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, SO I'M GOING TO SKIP THOSE BECAUSE IT'S A WORKSHOP, NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THEY ARE IMPORTANT. AND THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL.
OKAY. DIRECTOR ESPAÑA IS ABSENT. DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT IS NOT IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MOMENT.
DIRECTOR MERCURIO. DIRECTOR ECHOLS IS NOT HERE AT THE MOMENT.
DIRECTOR WAESPI HERE. VICE PRESIDENT COFFEY HERE.
PRESIDENT SANWONG HERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
GREAT. THANKS, EVERYONE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM B.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE ONE HAND UP ONLINE AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON IN
[PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
PERSON. WE'LL START IN PERSON WITH AMELIA MARSHALL.GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THIS IS PROBABLY ON THE AGENDA, BUT I'LL JUST BRIEFLY MENTION THAT THE PARK DISTRICT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME FINANCIAL CLOSE MANAGEMENT IN THE COMING YEARS DUE TO THE ADVENTURES OF THE PRIOR GENERAL MANAGER'S ADMINISTRATION, AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BEHOOVE THE DISTRICT TO START KEEPING TRACK OF HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON MOUNTAIN BIKE RECREATION.
AND WE'VE GOT SPECIFIC BIKE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE OYSTER BAY BIKE SKILLS PARK, BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT NARROW TRAILS THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR MULTI-USE. THE CAUTIONARY TALE IS CROCKETT HILLS, WHICH WAS ADVERTISED AS BEING MULTI-USE, BUT THIS IS ONLY ATTRACTIVE TO CYCLISTS, SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT PROPOSED NEW, NARROW TRAILS THAT WILL BE ATTRACTIVE TO CYCLISTS AND NOT ATTRACTIVE TO OTHER TYPES OF USERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO ONLINE.
MICHAEL FREDE, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF. HI. GOOD MORNING.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET ON AND SPEAK.
I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATEMENT THAT IT IS IMPORTANT.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PARK DISTRICT DO IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BEYOND RECOGNITION FOR THE INDIGENOUS LANDS THAT WE'RE ALL SORT OF TOURISTS ON RIGHT NOW, AND BRING THAT UP AT EVERY MEETING AND MOVE FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS BEING A WORKSHOP.
HAVE THE INDIGENOUS LANDS YOU KNOW, BROKEN TREATIES AND EVERYTHING TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD INTO THE PUBLIC EYE AND INTO THE PRESENT AND REALLY ACTUALLY WORK ON GOING BEYOND JUST RECOGNITION AND NAME AND ACTUALLY PUT SOME TEETH INTO THE CREATION OF MORE TRAILS, MORE OPEN LAND, MORE, MORE WHATEVER WE NEED. ANYWAY, JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET ON ADVOCATE FOR MORE OPEN SPACE, MORE ADEQUATE STEWARDSHIP OF OPEN SPACE. AND YOU FOLKS ARE REALLY THE, ON THE, ON THE FRONT LINES OF HOW THAT CAN ACTUALLY COME FORWARD. ANYWAY, DO APPRECIATE IT. I WON'T WASTE ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MIMI DEAN, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF.
HI THERE. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I'M HERE REPRESENTING SAVE SKYWEST OPEN SPACE.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR EVEN LISTENING TO ME WHEN I SPEAK ABOUT SKYWEST. WE ALL KNOW IT'S 126 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE AND IT'S HOME TO WESTERN MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.
AND IT'S STILL NUMBER ONE IN THE ENTIRE EAST BAY.
WE ALSO KNOW IT'S HOME TO THE WESTERN POND TURTLE, OUR ONLY NATIVE CALIFORNIA TURTLE.
IT'S 126 GLORIOUS ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. IT'S OUR AREA.
THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES. EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN HAYWARD, IT BORDERS ON SAN LORENZO.
IT'S OUR AREA'S GOLDEN GATE PARK. WE NEED TO PRESERVE THIS SPACE AS OPEN SPACE.
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WE NEED TO PRESERVE IT AS A KIND OF RECREATION THAT YOU GUYS DO, YOU KNOW, TRAILS AND SHORELINES, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE DON'T NEED ANY KIND OF BIG DEVELOPMENT IN THERE.SO WHAT I'M, WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS I'M ASKING YOU THIS COMMITTEE TO PLEASE MOVE THIS FORWARD AS AN AGENDA ITEM AND START TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU CAN HELP US SAVE SKYE WEST OPEN SPACE.
THE OLD GOLF COURSE FOR THE EFFECTS OF THE AIRPORT ON THE COMMUNITY OF SAN LORENZO.
I'M FINDING OUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT COULD REALLY HELP US IN OUR EFFORTS TO SAVE THIS OPEN SPACE, AND I'M REALLY HOPING YOU GUYS WILL MOVE THIS FORWARD ON YOUR AGENDA AND HELP US DO JUST THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING, AND I HOPE YOU HAVE AN AWESOME REST OF YOUR WEEKEND.
IT IS ON OUR AGENDA. SO, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WANT TO DISMISS THAT.
THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT. I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE SCRIPT IN FRONT OF ME FOR OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. BUT I SUPPOSE, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST SHARE, I THINK THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE DO YOU KNOW, READ AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
I DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED, BUT I DO BELIEVE STRONGLY, YOU KNOW, IN US HONORING THE FACT THAT WE ARE ON OHLONE LAND AND ALSO WANT TO MENTION HOW TOMORROW WE ARE HAVING OUR RIBBON CUTTING AT COYOTE HILLS TO CELEBRATE THE PATTERSON PASS OR, EXCUSE ME, THE PATTERSON RANCH PROJECT. AND AT COYOTE HILLS, OUR VISITOR CENTER, WE ARE VERY DEDICATED TO YOU KNOW, HAVING, BEING A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GO AND LEARN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS HERE IN THE EAST BAY.
AND FOR THOSE WHO'D LIKE TO JOIN US TOMORROW, THE RIBBON CUTTING STARTS AT 10 A.M.
AND IS SCHEDULED TO END AT NOON, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND MAYBE ALSO VISIT OUR VISITOR CENTER IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE WHEN WE DO OUR AGENDA, BECAUSE WE DO TRY TO KEEP THE WORKSHOPS A LITTLE BIT INFORMAL, MAYBE WE CAN RECONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT TO INCLUDE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT ON HERE, OR ELSE PROVIDE THE SCRIPT FOR THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE HAVE THAT WE TYPICALLY GIVE AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETINGS.
IF YOU IF WE IF THERE'S A SCRIPT AVAILABLE THAT HAS IT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IT EITHER, BUT I.
SO PROCEED WITH THE MEETING, IS MY SUGGESTION.
AND THEN CLOSE THE MEETING OUT WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AND WE WILL GET A PRINTED LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR YOU. IN THE MEANTIME, IF THAT'S THE CASE, I'M FINE WITH THAT. YEAH. OKAY. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT. OKAY.
YEAH, YOU COULD DO IT AT ANY TIME. SO I WOULD SUGGEST PROCEEDING WITH THE MEETING. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE CAN JUST CLOSE IT OUT AT THE END OF THE MEETING. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM C ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND PLANNING DIVISION]
ALL RIGHT. I'LL GIVE A QUICK INTRO. SORRY. I WAS JUST LOOKING UP OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.SO THANK YOU. I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS STUDY SESSION.
AND SO IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE DO AS EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS STAFF IS HELP TO TAKE CARE OF AND CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THOSE TRAILS. AND I JUST SAY ONE THING THAT'S REALLY NEAT ABOUT OUR TRAILS PROGRAM.
SEAN'S GOING TO LEAD US OFF TODAY, BUT IT'S REALLY A TEAM EFFORT.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LIKE I GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS OUR TEAM WORKING TOGETHER.
AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE HOW OUR TRAILS TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING TOGETHER MORE THAN EVER LATELY.
OUR TRAILS PLANNING TEAM. WHO'S HERE TODAY? OUR STEWARDSHIP TEAM.
WHO'S HERE TODAY? OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM.
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OUR TRAILS. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SHAUN, BUT JUST APPRECIATE THIS ENTIRE GROUP THAT GETS TO WORK ON THIS.THANK YOU MAX. GOOD MORNING. I'M SEAN DOUGAN, I'M THE TRAILS PROGRAM MANAGER.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS. THIS YEAR MARKS MY 20TH YEAR HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND I'M NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE A SPEECH UNTIL LIKE, 25 OR 30.
BUT AS MAX SAID, IT'S FAR GREATER THAN THE TRAILS PROGRAM.
EVERY PART OF THE DISTRICT TOUCHES TRAILS. AND, AND HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH TRAILS.
SO IT IS A REALLY A VILLAGE. SINCE I STARTED MANAGING THIS PROGRAM, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF GROWTH HERE AT THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY DURING DURING THE RECESSION WHEN I STARTED IN OH EIGHT.
SO THE GROWTH IN LAND REFINEMENT IN HOW WE DO THINGS, LEADERSHIP CHANGE THE EVOLUTION AND THE PROGRESS THAT THIS, THAT THIS AGENCY HAS MADE RELATED TO TRAILS PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT HAS, HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN GREAT. BUT WE STILL DO HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, RIGHT? IT'S NOT PERFECT. OUR TRAIL SYSTEM ISN'T PERFECT.
I'M, I AM FILLED WITH HOPE. I MEAN, WE HAVE NEW, WE HAVE NEW BLOOD HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.
WE HAVE GREATER STRATEGIC PLANNING AND IDEAS COMING IN, DATA TRACKING EFFORTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES, NEW MANAGEMENT APPROACHES, NEW VOICES BEING ALLOWED TO ENTER THE CONVERSATION AND AN INCREASED IMPORTANCE ON THE TRAIL NETWORK THAT WHEN I STARTED, QUITE FRANKLY, WASN'T, WASN'T AS STRONG, WASN'T AS PLACED.
AND SO I AM FILLED WITH RENEWED OPTIMISM. AND WE ARE, I BELIEVE, ENTERING INTO A NEW ERA AS WE EVOLVE AROUND TRAIL AND, AND OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE POPULATION GROW AROUND OUR PARKS.
BUT THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS, RIGHT? LIKE, CAN THE PARK DISTRICT CONTINUE WITH THE SAME STRATEGIES AROUND OUR MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF OUR TRAILS? INFLUENCED BY THE SAME VOICES WITH THE SAME RESOURCE ALLOCATION TOWARDS THAT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS.
CAN THE PARK DISTRICT MEET RECREATIONAL DEMANDS BEING PLACED ON OUR PARKLANDS WHILE CONTINUING TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES? AND IT'S NOT REALLY WHETHER WE CAN AFFORD TO INVEST IN THIS SYSTEM. IT'S REALLY MORE OF A QUESTION OF WHETHER WE CAN AFFORD NOT TO INVEST IN THIS SYSTEM AND STILL MEET THE DEMANDS, MEET AND MEET OUR DUAL MISSION. TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL ACCESS, BUT ALSO PROTECT THE LANDS THAT WE STEWARD AND ALSO ENJOY THAT TWO THIRDS OR GREATER APPROVAL RATING THAT THIS PARK DISTRICT NEEDS TO SURVIVE INTO THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.
SO TODAY, WHILE I AM FACILITATING THIS STUDY SESSION AS WE MENTIONED, THIS IS WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM HERE THAT IS WITH US AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM REAL QUICKLY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF LOT OF FACES.
IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE ME. I THINK YOU'VE HEARD ENOUGH FROM ME REALLY OVER THE LAST DECADE.
SO FIRST WE HAVE LIKE I'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE TRAILS PROGRAM.
WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE UPDATES FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE YOUR PACKET THERE THAT HAVE ALL THE DETAILED UPDATES, BUT WE'LL PICK A FEW TO TALK ABOUT.
AND THEN AFTER WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AND AFTER LUNCH WE'RE GOING TO DO SIMILAR, SIMILAR ACTIVITY LIKE WE DID FOR THE LIKE YOU DID FOR THE LAN SESSION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BREAK OUT. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT MAPS AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT AND MEASURE WW.
GO AHEAD AND WAVE IF YOU WANT, CHRIS. PATRICK DEMING'S MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT.
HE'S BEEN IN THE ROLE NOW. I THINK A MONTH TWO MONTHS.
JOSH PHILLIPS ECOLOGICAL SERVICES MANAGER AND HE IS ALSO IN A NEW ROLE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU TOO, JOSH. CARMEN ERASMUS IS IS IN THE ROOM.
THEN MY TRAILS PROGRAM TEAM WHO I THINK YOU NEED TO HEAR MORE FROM.
AND SO I'M MAKING THEM SIT HERE ON A FRIDAY. THERE THEY ARE.
THAT'S SEAN CONNOLLY. HE'S OUR TRAILS COORDINATOR.
SHE'S NOT HERE NOW, BUT SHE'LL BE. OH. HI, KATIE.
SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON. SHE'S OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER RIGHT NOW.
AND SHE'LL BE SHE'LL BE JOINING US LATER TO, TO TALK ABOUT MEASURE WW AND LEAD US THROUGH THAT.
NAOMI LAVAL, PLANNING MANAGER, WILL JOIN US LATER IF SHE'S NOT HERE.
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AND AND THEN MANY MORE THAT I HAVEN'T MENTIONED IN TODAY, BUT THEY ARE HERE IN SPIRIT.SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS, YOU'VE SEEN THIS GRAPHIC BEFORE.
THERE'S PAVED TRAILS THAT WE KEEP ADDING. THIS, THIS GRAPHIC, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING IT AND REALLY GETTING INTO THE DATA ON WHAT OUR MILEAGE IS AND THINGS, BUT I WANT YOU TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE PROPORTIONS.
THOSE PROPORTIONS HAVEN'T CHANGED FOR A LONG TIME AND I DON'T SEE THEM CHANGING NECESSARILY.
THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 15% UNPAVED TRAILS FOR A WHILE, 9% PAVED TRAILS, AND 76% OF OUR TRAILS ARE ROADS THAT WE EITHER INHERITED OR ACTUALLY, I'M NOT SURE WE'VE BUILT A NEW ROAD EVER AT THE PARK DISTRICT, BUT I DON'T I'M NOT GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, NICK, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE. SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH REAL QUICK AND EXPLAIN.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN INDICATION OF HOW MUCH WORK THAT IS TO MAINTAIN, THAT IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND DENVER, COLORADO. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT EVEN IF WE DID NOTHING ELSE BUT MAINTAIN THOSE ROADS EVERY YEAR, THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET THROUGH AND TOUCH EVERY, EVERY BIT OF THOSE ROADS.
THEY ARE MAINTAINED MOSTLY BY ROADS AND TRAILS STAFF.
BUT WE DO HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT HELP OUT AS WELL FROM TIME TO TIME IF NEEDED.
THEY'RE FOR ACCESSIBILITY FOR FIRE AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE MAINTENANCE ACCESS AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE ROADS AND ASSESS SOME OF THESE LEGACY ROADS, WHETHER THEY, MAYBE THEY DON'T NEED TO BE THERE AT ALL, OR MAYBE THEY COULD BE REDUCED TO A TRAIL, OR MAYBE THEY COULD BE RESTORED TO, TO START REDUCING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT ON OUR LANDS.
AND FOR REFERENCE, THAT'S THE ENTIRE JOHN MUIR TRAIL FROM YOSEMITE TO MOUNT WHITNEY IN DISTANCE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE CREW MEMBERS AND ONE CREW SUPERVISOR CHARGED WITH MANAGING THOSE.
THE PARK OPERATIONS. DOES DOES SOME WORK ON THOSE RANGERS AND CRAFT SPECIALISTS? BUT WE DO FIND THAT MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE QUITE BUSY DOING OTHER PARK MANAGEMENT DUTIES AND THINGS.
SO OUR SMALL TRAIL CREW IS REALLY TASKED WITH WITH UPGRADES AND MAINTENANCE OF THOSE.
BUT WE ARE INTEGRATING MORE SUSTAINABLE TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE MAINTENANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
WHILE KEEPING IN MIND THAT IF OUR TRAILS AREN'T EXCITING AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR USERS, THEY MAY NOT WANT TO USE THEM ANYWAY AND MAY GO MAKE THEIR OWN.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR PAVED REGIONAL TRAILS.
THAT'S, THERE'S ABOUT 120 MILES OF PAVED REGIONAL TRAILS.
THAT'S THE DISTANCE FROM SACRAMENTO TO RENO, NEVADA.
THAT'S A LOT OF PAVEMENT. THAT'S A LOT OF MILEAGE MOSTLY MAINTAINED OUT THERE BY ALAMEDA CENTRAL, CONTRA COSTA AND EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY TRAIL UNITS.
JUST FOR REFERENCE, THAT'S 600,000 PER MILE OF REPAIR AND REPLACE.
THAT MEANS IT'S SO BAD THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT AND REPLACE IT.
AND A LOT OF LIKE FOUR MILES A YEAR OF SEALING AND PATCHING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TOUCH.
SO SO THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN. AND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, STAGING AREAS. AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE RESTORATION PROJECTS UNIT, WHO HAS BUILT SOME OF OUR MORE DIFFICULT TRAIL PROJECTS.
GOLDEN GATE FIELDS DOTSON FAMILY MARSH. AND THEN THERE'S USUALLY A RESTORATION COMPONENT WITH THEIR PROJECTS, WHICH IS, WHICH IS KIND OF NICE. SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR TEAM, EXCEPT FOR THAT INTERWEAVED THROUGHOUT IS THE TRAILS PROGRAM.
AND SO WE BUILD PAVED AND UNPAVED TRAILS WHERE MOSTLY THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
BUT WE'RE ALSO LIKE WE'RE NOT THE NUCLEUS OF OF OF IT.
CONSIDER THE TRAILS AT THE PARK DISTRICT AS MANY ATOMS AND THE TRAILS PROGRAM IS LIKE A COVALENT BOND THAT BONDS WITH THESE DIFFERENT ATOMS. AND I'M NOT GOING TO OVERDO THIS METAPHOR, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE HELPING OR INVOLVED OR ASSISTING EITHER ARCHIVAL HISTORIC INFORMATION OR FORWARD THINKING, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ALSO TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE AND PERMITTING AND SEQUA AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS A PLAN, SINCE WE DO SIT IN THE PLANNING AND THEN WE HAVE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, WHO IS ALWAYS REVIEWING ENGINEERING PLANS AND THINGS THAT WE LOTS OF PEOPLE DO THINGS
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OUTSIDE THIS DISTRICT. WE NEED TO FOLLOW IT. SO WE HAVE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WHO HELPS US REVIEW OUR PLANS AND OTHERS.WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A FOCUS ON IT, BUT RENEWED FOCUS JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO ON, ON OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE TRIBES, BUT ALSO DUE TO AB 52 DURING THE SQL PROCESS.
WE ARE. WE HAVE A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT WE NEED TO DO LEGALLY AROUND OUR PROJECTS.
AND THEN AS A NOT LAST AND NOT LEAST, BUT AS A SEGUE, I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT STEWARDSHIP IS INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE DON'T DO ANYTHING HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT WITHOUT COORDINATING WITH OUR STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT OUR LANDS, AND THEY KNOW THE PERMITTING SYSTEM, AND THEY KNOW AND THEY HAVE THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE REGULATORY AGENCIES. IT'S EXTREMELY TALENTED CREW THAT WE HAVE IN-HOUSE, AND WE'RE REALLY BLESSED TO HAVE THAT.
NOT EVERY AGENCY DOES. WE HAVE SOME AMAZING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT, FROM HANG GLIDING, KITE SURFING, MOUNTAIN BIKING, HORSEBACK RIDING, GOLFING, HIKING, SWIMMING, BIRD WATCHING, KAYAKING, PADDLE BOARDING. AND I'M SURE THERE'S OTHERS I'M MISSING.
HOW DO WE MEET OUR DUAL MISSION? BY ALLOWING ALL THAT, BUT ALSO PRESERVING THE NATURAL RESOURCES IN OUR PARKLANDS, RIGHT? WE DO THAT THROUGH CLOSE COORDINATION AND WORK WITH OUR STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT.
AND SO I WOULD LOVE JOSH PHILLIPS TO PLEASE COME UP AND EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND AND THEN I'LL COME BACK WHEN HE'S DONE. BUT.
JOSH, TAKE IT AWAY. THANKS, SHAUN.
GOOD MORNING. PRESIDENT SANWONG AND DIRECTORS.
MY NAME IS JOSH PHILLIPS. I'M THE ECOLOGICAL SERVICES MANAGER IN THE STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT.
AND I WAS, I WAS VERY PLEASED WHEN SEAN ASKED ME TO JOIN HIM THIS MORNING TO TALK FOR A FEW MINUTES ABOUT HOW THE STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT AND THE TRAILS PROGRAM WORK TOGETHER AND HOW WE COLLABORATE ON TRAILS PROJECTS. SO I WANT TO START WITH SOME CONTEXT ABOUT THE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ON THE LANDS THAT WE'RE PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO STEWARD.
AS YOU KNOW PARK DISTRICT LANDS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN REGIONAL CONSERVATION.
THEY'RE REALLY ESSENTIAL TO THE PROTECTION AND RECOVERY OF MANY STATE AND FEDERALLY LISTED SPECIES.
WE HAVE 14 FEDERALLY LISTED SPECIES ON PARK DISTRICT LANDS.
SO GIVEN THE BIODIVERSITY OF OUR PARKLANDS AND HOW WIDESPREAD THOSE SENSITIVE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ARE, IT CAN BE CHALLENGING TO PLAN A LONG, LINEAR PROJECT, LIKE A TRAIL THAT DOESN'T GO THROUGH AN AREA THAT HAS SENSITIVE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES.
SO WHETHER IT'S A PLANT OR WILDLIFE SPECIES PROTECTED BY THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, OTHER SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES A SENSITIVE PLANT COMMUNITY LIKE A NATIVE GRASSLAND, A WETLAND, A STREAM, A POND OR JUST HABITAT THAT SUPPORTS NESTING BY NATIVE BIRD SPECIES.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS ABUNDANT ON OUR PARK DISTRICT LANDS. SO GIVEN THE ECOLOGICAL VALUE OF OUR PARKLANDS, A THOUGHTFUL PLANNING APPROACH IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.
SHAUN AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER NOW FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS.
AND RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON HOW TO IMPROVE AND FORMALIZE THE PROCESS FOR THE WAY OUR TWO GROUPS WORK TOGETHER ON TRAIL PROJECTS. AND IT'S BEEN REALLY A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO BE WORKING CLOSELY IN THIS CAPACITY.
THE PROCESS PUTS A STRONG EMPHASIS ON ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PROJECT TEAM AND THAT EVERYONE FROM THE TEAM'S PERSPECTIVES ARE CAPTURED EARLY IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. SEAN'S TEAM BRINGS A LOT OF EXPERTISE TO THE TABLE.
THE BILE. THE STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT BRINGS A LOT OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, EXPERTISE, EVERYTHING FROM CONSERVATION GRAZING TO WILDLIFE BIOLOGY TO BOTANY TO ECOLOGY TO INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT. AND OF COURSE, THE REALLY FUN PART, THE PERMITTING PROCESS WHEN YOU'RE DOING PROJECTS IN AN AREA WITH SENSITIVE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES. SO WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE PERSPECTIVES ARE HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD AS WE EMBARK ON A NEW TRAIL PROJECT TOGETHER.
WE'RE ALSO STRIVING TO MAKE TRAIL PROJECTS. MULTI-BENEFIT.
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A SIMPLE EXAMPLE OF A WAY TO DO THIS WOULD BE IF WE ARE TO BUILD A NEW TRAIL, WE CAN DO AN EVALUATION OF SURROUNDING AREAS.ARE THERE EXISTING TRAILS THAT ARE NOW REDUNDANT? ARE THERE ILLEGALLY CONSTRUCTED TRAILS IN THE AREA AND THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY INCORPORATE THE CLOSURE AND RESTORATION OF THOSE TRAILS THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE OR THAT AREN'T NEEDED INTO THE ACTUAL NEW PROJECT.
SO WE CAN BE PROVIDING THAT ECOLOGICAL LIFT WHEN WE DO A TRAIL PROJECT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE UNDERSTOOD BY THE LARGER GROUP.
AND IF THERE'S DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES THAT WE GIVE OURSELVES, THE OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK THOSE THROUGH SO THAT WE CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AS WE MOVE FROM ONE PHASE OF THE PROJECT TO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
SO, YOU KNOW, TRAILS ARE COMPLICATED. AND ON PARK DISTRICT LANDS, SOMETIMES THEY CAN BE, THEY CAN BE EVEN MORE COMPLICATED, BUT THEY ARE REALLY AN ESSENTIAL PIECE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND I, THROUGH THE CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS.
I'M, I'VE, I'VE SEEN A VERY NOTICEABLE POSITIVE TRANSITION FROM KIND OF THE PERSPECTIVE THAT, YOU KNOW, STEWARDSHIP IS GOING TO SUPPORT A TRAIL PROJECT TO THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER ON A PARK DISTRICT PROJECT.
AND I'M VERY PLEASED ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT THIS IS ALL HEADED.
AND A LOT OF IT IS FROM, YOU KNOW, THE CLOSE COORDINATION WORKING WITH SEAN AND HIS GROUP. SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT BACK TO YOU.
THANK YOU. JOSH. DRAMATIC. WELL, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE ASKED YOU PRESIDENT SANWONG AT THE BEGINNING HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS. THE PLAN IS TO NOW ENTER INTO OUR PROJECT PHASE.
FOLLOWING THAT, CHRIS WYCOFF, PATRICK AND NICK AND THEN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
CARMEN ERASMUS AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
SO I WILL LEAVE IT TO YOU WHETHER YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW OR NOT.
I THINK WE'RE READY TO DO WHATEVER THIS IS YOUR SESSION.
SO SURE, LET'S IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO TAKE A BREAK AND OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
AND YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY VALUE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ALSO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO LET'S, LET'S GIVE THAT A TRY TODAY. AND, AND HOPEFULLY IT CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, THINGS MOVE, MOVE ALONG. SO BECAUSE WE'RE ON AGENDA ITEM D ONE, THE TRAIL OVERVIEW, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN THAT UP RIGHT NOW FOR ANY BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. AND BECAUSE IT'S THE WORKSHOP, IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMAL. SO DON'T FEEL, YOU KNOW, THE PRESSURE TO HAVE TO BE FORMAL IN ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY.
BUT SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE WE'VE BUILT EIGHT MILES OF PAVED REGIONAL TRAILS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS WHERE I'M GEORGE MILLER WAS PROBABLY FOUR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR WHERE ARE THESE TRAILS? WELL I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. GEORGE MILLER.
WE'VE GOT LONE TREE POINT PINOLE SHORES, GOLDEN GATE FIELDS.
I WOULD SAY NOT BRUNNER. DOTSON FAMILY. MARSH IS IN THERE.
PATTERSON IS THE PATTERSON RANCH. PATTERSON RANCH HAS SOME UNPAVED AND PAVED TRAILS.
AND BUT BUT I SHOULD JUST STOP AND SAY THAT I HAVE A VERY DETAILED LIST OF EVERY PROJECT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST, SINCE 2014. NO, IT'S ACTUALLY, WELL, THIS, THIS, THIS, EXCUSE ME, THE STATISTICS BOOK SHOWS ACREAGE AND THINGS, BUT I CAN PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH, WITH A LIST OF EVERY PROJECT THAT WE'VE DONE.
IT'S AN ONGOING LIST OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, SINCE 2009.
REALLY? OKAY, GREAT. THANKS. AND I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT UNDER PAVED REGIONAL TRAILS.
NO, I'VE GOT TO THAT. I GUESS I LOST IT. I'M NOTICING THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CERTAIN THINGS OH.
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REPAVING AND SEALING BY MAST. IS THERE A LIST OF WHO THE PRIORITY OF PAVING.IT'S A PAVED TRAIL. IT'S NOT A REGIONAL TRAIL.
BUT WHERE DOES THAT FIT? WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE MAINTENANCE OF IT AND IS THERE A PRIORITY LIST? GREAT QUESTION. SO I KNOW THAT THE TEAM FROM MAST, CHRIS AND NICK AND PAT PATRICK ARE GOING TO PRESENT LATER.
I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU GUYS DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW OR TO DO IT AS PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION? I I'M MORE ABOUT PAPER TRAILS FOR SURE. I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO ASK IT LATER IF IT'S COMING UP LATER.
GREAT. THANKS. YEAH, YOU'LL PROBABLY GET A BETTER ANSWER.
WHEN IN THIS AGENDA, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT MASTER PLANNING FOR TRAILS? YOU KNOW, THAT SUBJECT HAS BEEN. GIVEN TO US OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
ON OCCASION, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE 2013 MASTER PLAN, WHICH CONTAINS MOST OF OUR MASTER PLAN FOR TRAILS DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S SPOTTY THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT.
THROUGHOUT THE 2013 MASTER PLAN. AND SO THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT MASTER PLANNING FOR TRAILS.
MY PARTICULAR INTEREST, AS YOU FOLKS KNOW, IS THE THOUGHT THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP BIKE ONLY TRAILS AT LOCATIONS WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM APPROPRIATE FOR THEM.
AND IN A COLLABORATIVE SENSE, WHERE WE ARE SUBJECT TO A LOT OF ROGUE TRAIL CREATION.
SO WE'VE DONE THAT IN BRIONY'S, FOR INSTANCE, AND I WANT TO FOCUS ON WHERE WE CAN DO THAT ELSEWHERE, LIKE CONTRA LOMA. SO THIS IS I'M NOT SURE WHERE THIS FITS IN WITH THE DISTRICT PLAN PROCESS OR WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO DO IT SEPARATELY, BUT IT'S A PRIORITY FOR ME BECAUSE OF THIS DEFICIENCY THAT WE HAVE, THE DEMAND WE HAVE AND THE ONGOING CREATION OF ROGUE TRAILS, I GUESS.
YOU KNOW, I JUMP IN JUST TO SAY, I THINK I DON'T THINK THERE'S A MASTER PLAN OR SOME KIND OF PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT'S STANDING IN THE WAY OF US DOING WORK THAT HAS MULTIPLE BENEFITS AND PROVIDES VALUE TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, WELL, THAT'S IN SOME WAYS LIKE I THINK.
WILL THE DISTRICT PLAN TALK ABOUT TRAILS? YES, FOR SURE.
BRIAN CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO IT BEST. BUT BUT I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT ACTUALLY WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MORE AROUND TRAILS AND LOOK AT IT IN A HOLISTIC SENSE.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW ACTUALLY IT'S MAYBE MORE IN LIKE CHRIS AND MAST WORLD IS KIND OF UNDERSTANDING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF A LOT OF OUR FIRE ROADS AND THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE, PRIORITIZE THAT WORK? SIMILAR TO HOW DIRECTOR WAESPI WAS THINKING ABOUT THE PAVEMENT, THERE'S, WE, THERE'S A LOT THAT WE COULD DO TO KIND OF LIKE UNDERSTAND THOSE MAINTENANCE NEEDS BETTER AND HELP PRIORITIZE OUR MAINTENANCE, THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SORT OF OTHER VISITOR FOCUSED IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT A HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE AND HEAR IDEAS.
BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS REALLY THE FUNDING TO DO THAT WORK, RIGHT? AND THAT THOSE, SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE MIGHT BE EASIER, SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
AND SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH, WITH IT'S OBVIOUSLY GOOD TO HAVE A VISION AND A STRATEGY HOLISTICALLY, BUT IF WE TRY TO GET TOO GRANULAR ABOUT PLANNING PROJECTS THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE, IT COULD TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY AND SORT OF SECURE WORK THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY SLOW US DOWN FROM IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS AND MAINTENANCE WORK IN THE NEAR TERM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
YEAH. FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP TRAILS. AND FOR WHOM? WHAT IS THE VEHICLE FOR THAT? IS IT GOING TO BE THE DISTRICT PLAN?
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IS IT GOING TO BE SOME SEPARATE BIKE, BIKE AND PEOPLE AND HORSE TRAILS PLAN? WHAT? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND I'M NOT.GOOD MORNING. BRIAN HOLT, ACTING ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND PLANNING.
SO I WILL I'LL TRY TO GIVE. I'LL TRY TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT OF MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.
I'M NOT SURE IF I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR, YOUR QUESTION COMPLETELY.
SO THERE IS OBVIOUSLY THE PAVED REGIONAL TRAILS.
THERE'S THE IN PARK TRAILS, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NEW TRAILS, THERE'S MAINTENANCE OF TRAILS.
THE 2013 MASTER PLAN DOES NOT PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE TRAIL PLANNING FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
SO THE PAVED REGIONAL TRAILS LIKE BAY TRAIL, IRON HORSE TRAIL, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THEN THE MAJOR UNPAVED TRAILS LIKE THE CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL.
MARSH CREEK TRAIL AND OTHER, SO IT REALLY, IT LAYS OUT SORT OF A, I GUESS A BLUEPRINT FOR WHERE THE PARK DISTRICT WOULD GROW, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY INTENDED TO GUIDE LIKE WHAT TYPES OF TRAILS ARE BEING DEVELOPED WHERE.
SO, SO SO THERE'S ALWAYS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THAT MAP, HOW THE DISTRICT PLAN MIGHT RELATE TO FUTURE TRAILS PLANNING IS WE ARE GOING THROUGH A REAL EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WHERE WE ARE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHERE THEY PRIORITIZE TRAILS AND DIFFERENT TRAIL TYPES VERSUS OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT THE PARK DISTRICT DOES.
I WOULD SAY FOR LIKE SOME OF THE IN-PARK TRAILS, REALLY, IT'S AS MUCH OF A STEWARDSHIP QUESTION AS IT IS A TRAILS QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW DO WE MANAGE OUR RESOURCES? HOW DO WE MANAGE BIODIVERSITY, THAT SORT OF THING.
THE DISTRICT PLAN COULD WE COULD HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT, HEY, THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND FOR THESE TYPES OF TRAILS, OR THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DEMAND FOR THESE TYPES OF TRAILS OR OTHER THINGS. AND THAT WILL REALLY PROVIDE US SOME GUIDANCE.
IF IN TERMS OF A DOCUMENT OR A POLICY, IN TERMS OF IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT DOING SORT OF A SPECIFIC TYPE OF FOCUSED PLANNING EFFORT AROUND WHAT TYPES OF TRAILS OR WHERE, BUT THAT'S A LITTLE SEPARATE FROM SOME OF THE OTHER.
YEAH, YEAH, I GUESS I'D JUST SAY LIKE. IT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU BRIAN. I THINK, YOU KNOW THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES JUST LIKE JOSH AND SHAUN SPOKE TO FOR DOING MULTIPLE BENEFIT PROJECTS WITHIN OUR EXISTING SYSTEM. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW THERE ARE, WE HAVE SO MANY MILES OF EXISTING FIRE ROADS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM WERE BUILT AS OLD RANCH ROADS OR LOGGING ROADS.
THEY WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR RECREATION. THEY ALREADY ARE MULTIPLE USE.
AND THEY ALSO WERE NOT DESIGNED TO BE LIGHT ON THE LAND.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR TEAM'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MULTIPLE BENEFIT PROJECTS WHERE WE BOTH REDUCE THE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, WE MAKE THE SYSTEM MORE SUSTAINABLE TO TAKE CARE OF AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THERE'S SOME HIGH LEVEL WORK THAT WE PRIORITIZATION SORT OF STRATEGY THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THROUGH THE DISTRICT PLAN.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO CAUTION ABOUT IS THAT WHERE IT'S UNLIKELY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DRILL IN AND JUST SAY, HERE'S LIKE ALL THE, YOU KNOW, EXACT SORT OF TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IN ALL THE PLACES IN THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE THAT COULD BE AN EXTREMELY TIME CONSUMING EFFORT THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM MOVING FORWARD ALL OF THE REGULAR WORK AND EXISTING PROJECTS THAT THAT WE'RE DOING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
TRYING TO BALANCE THOSE TWO THINGS. AND I'LL JUST ADD NOT TO HAVE THE LAST WORD PASSWORD.
GENERAL MANAGER GORDON, I. WE ARE DOING LIKE IF IF THE PARK DISTRICT WERE TO DO A MASTER PLAN SUCH AS SUGGESTED, WE ARE DOING A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THAT ANYWAY, WHICH IS AGAIN LIKE LOOKING AT OUR FIRE CODES,
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LOOKING AT OUR TRAILS, DOING TRAILS, INVENTORIES, SPEAKING WITH THE COMMUNITY. THE ONE, THE ONE CHALLENGE I'VE SEEN IN MY TIME HERE IS IF YOU JUST TAKE AS AN EXAMPLE, IS A LAND USE PLAN, THE PLEASANTON RIDGE LAND USE PLAN.YOU COULD DO ALL THE GREAT PLANNING. YOU COULD COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY. YOU GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. BUT THAT PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THAT, WE DON'T HAVE PERMITS FOR THAT YET. RIGHT? SO THEN THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER PROCESS.
AND IN MANY CASES, WE STRUGGLE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PLANS BECAUSE OF THAT PROCESS.
AND MAYBE WE MISS SOMETHING LATER. SO NOT ONLY WOULD WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE ON THE PLANNING FOR YEARS TO GET THIS PERFECT PLAN RIGHT THAT WE THAT WE LOVE, THEN IT STILL NEEDS TO BE PERMITTED. SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? NO, I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT. WHAT I'M NOT GETTING IS WHAT IS THE VEHICLE THAT I HAVE AVAILABLE TO.
PERSONALLY ADVOCATE FOR, YOU KNOW, NOT MULTI-BENEFIT PROJECTS, BUT SPECIFIC BENEFIT PROJECTS.
AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS I'LL JUST KIND OF HAVE TO BE AD HOC ABOUT IT.
THE 200 MILES OF NARROW DIRT TRAILS THAT WE TALK ABOUT.
I HAVE BEEN USING THOSE TRAILS MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE THEM WITH BIKES.
AT MY AGE. I'M SCARED OF, YOU KNOW, THE THE MY EXPERIENCE AT FERNANDEZ RANCH AND JOAQUIN MILLER, YOU KNOW, I DON'T GO THERE BECAUSE THEY ALLOW BIKES DOWNHILL ON NARROW DIRT TRAILS.
AND MY WIFE WAS STRUCK BY A BIKE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AT FERNANDEZ RANCH.
SO YOU KNOW, ON THAT, IN THAT SENSE I AGREE WITH THE POLICY THAT WE'VE HAD AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT EIGHT FEET WIDE IS THE RIGHT MEASURE, AS OUR POLICY SAYS, I THINK IT SHOULD BE MAYBE AT LEAST FIVE.
BUT SO THAT'S ONE OF MY POSITIONS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEN I FEEL LIKE OF 200 MILES HAVING LESS THAN TEN AS BIKE ONLY FOR MOUNTAIN BIKE USE IS NOWHERE NEAR WHAT THE DEMAND IS FOR IT AND ENCOURAGES ROGUE TRAILS.
THEY, THEY CREATE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MOUNTAIN BIKE KIDS, YOU KNOW? SO I NEED A VEHICLE FOR THAT KIND OF BALANCING.
THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS THAT WE THAT BETWEEN SEAN'S TEAM, OUR MAST TEAM AND STEWARDSHIP THAT WE DO IN A YEAR IS A SMALL HANDFUL, TO BE HONEST. AND SO THOSE ARE PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL OUT BY NAME IN OUR, OUR PRIORITIZATION AND CAPITAL PROJECTS PLANNING WITH YOU AS A BOARD. AND, AND I EXPECT THAT US AS STAFF AND YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ABOUT WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE AND WHERE WE'RE PLANNING THEM.
AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR US AS BOARD MEMBERS TO HELP DRIVE WHICH PROJECTS WE'RE SELECTING TO WORK ON BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE LIMITED IN NUMBER AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, IF WE HAVE MORE CAPACITY, AWESOME.
BUT RIGHT NOW, HAVING A CONSISTENT STRATEGY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
BUT THEN THE SMALL NUMBER OF THEM, IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE.
I THINK FOR NOW, FOR YOU ALL TO BE ENGAGED IN HELPING TO GUIDE OUR WORK ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, IF THAT MAKES MORE SENSE. OKAY, THAT, AND I THINK THEN WHAT I'M THINKING IS I SHOULD DO SOME ADVOCACY TO GET THESE CONCEPTS INTO THE DISTRICT PLAN.
YES. THANK YOU. LYNDA LYNDA HAS HER HAND UP. OKAY.
WELL, LYNDA HAS HER HAND UP, SO. OH, YEAH. LET'S DO LYNDA AND THEN JOHN.
YEAH. HEY, I GUESS I'M STILL ON QUESTIONS. I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED JOSH. ADDED A SLIDE TO THE HANDOUT THAT I HAD SPECIFICALLY ON ON SUSTAINABILITY.
I THINK I'M REALLY ALIGNED WITH COLIN'S QUESTION.
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I MEAN, I'M FEELING A LITTLE BIT, WE'LL SEE HOW THE REST OF THE DAY GOES.YOU KNOW, IT'S I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE INFORMATIONAL UPDATES, BUT WHERE DO WE ACTUALLY DO OUR POLICY AND PLANNING AS ELECTED OFFICIALS RATHER THAN I MEAN, I'M HEARING YOU THAT THAT'LL COME THROUGH IN SOME OF THE PROJECTS, BUT HOW DO WE GET PROACTIVE AND WITH A PLAN, WITH A VISION OF WHAT WE WANT OUR PARKS TO SEE AND A LOT FOR ME RIGHT NOW IS DRIVEN FINANCIALLY, BUT I FOUND REALLY HELPFUL RECENTLY IS WHEN YOU SORT OF TOLD US WHAT THE DOLLAR PER ACRE WAS FOR LAND BANKING VERSUS I THINK I ASKED ABOUT CONCESSION VERSUS DEVELOPING VERSUS RECREATION. AND I THINK ALL OF THAT IS A BIGGER PICTURE.
IT'S A MORE PROACTIVE WAY TO, TO PLAN A MORE RATHER THAN REACTIVE OF WHERE DO WE WANT OUR MONEY TO GO? THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IS SOMETHING THAT'S A STANDARD PRACTICE FOR PAVED ROADS AND I UNDERSTAND.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHERE ARE WE HEADED WITH THAT RELATIVE TO LIKE PRIORITIZATION? THE LAND USE PLAN IS SO IMPORTANT FOR PRIORITIZATION.
I MEAN, SOME OF OUR PARKS ARE SPECIFICALLY CALLED PRESERVES FOR A REASON.
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING IN PRIORITIZING EITHER A LEVEL OF SERVICE OR A CP OR JUST WHATEVER WOULD BE IN BETWEEN FOR FOR A PAVED ROAD OR, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, A DIRT ROAD. AND THE ROAD TRAILS.
THE LAST I REMEMBER, THE SOBS CLOSED THREE TRAILS, BUT I THINK THERE WERE STILL 16 THAT WERE OPEN, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE THAT CONVERSATION. SO I'M SUPPORTING COLIN'S LIKE WHERE DO WE GET THE MASTER PLAN? WHERE DO WE ALIGN THAT WITH LAND USE? WHERE DO WE ALIGN THAT WITH OUR CORRIDORS, OUR ENDANGERED SPECIES? WHERE DO WE ALIGN THAT? AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE, THE COSTS, THE PRIORITIES.
I DON'T, I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE STILL TO COME TODAY.
SO TRYING TO THINK WHAT ARE MY QUESTIONS IN THERE? SO IS THERE A BIGGER INVENTORY WITH LEVEL OF SERVICE INVENTORY AND ALSO PRIORITY OF THE ROAD TRAILS OF OUR CURRENT TRAILS AND SOME IDEA TO HELP US UNDERSTAND AS POLICY MAKERS, HOW DOES THAT LIE IN? IT'S INTERESTING QUESTION. LIKE OUR USERS, I THINK THERE WAS 11% OF OUR USERS ARE BICYCLISTS OR I'VE HEARD UP TO 17%.
AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T, I APPRECIATE THIS OVERVIEW, THE BIG PICTURE AND I'M ASKING THE SAME QUESTION, WHERE'S WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? WHAT'S THE VEHICLE? WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS, THE INVENTORY, THE MAPS TO HELP US PLAN A BIG PICTURE? WHAT DO WE WANT THIS TO LOOK LIKE? AND WHERE DO WE NOT WANT ANY TRAILS AT ALL BECAUSE THEY'RE A PRESERVE.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK PART OF THAT IS DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT, I THINK YOU'RE SPEAKING TO EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO WITH THE DISTRICT PLAN, AND THAT'S THE EXACT CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING, RIGHT? IS DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SERVICE, THE COST RELATED TO THOSE LEVELS OF SERVICE, AND THEN THE, YOU KNOW, PLUSES AND NEGATIVES ON IT. AND THEN WHERE DO WE OUR LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, WHERE DO WE WANT TO PUT THOSE FUNDS IN, WHAT'S THE HIGHEST VALUE, AND REALLY GOING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ASKING THAT QUESTION AND THEN HELPING YOU ALL AS BOARD MEMBERS, DRIVE THOSE, THAT EXACT QUESTION.
AND WHERE DO WE DO THAT? SO THAT IS YOU KNOW, A PLACE AT A HIGH LEVEL WHERE WE WANT TO DO THAT.
OF COURSE, ALSO EACH YEAR IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, I SEE LISA GOORJIAN NODDING HER HEAD.
OUR RESOURCE ALLOCATION STUDY THAT OPERATIONS HAS BEEN DOING IS ASKING THAT EXACT QUESTION, WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WE WANT TO HAVE IN ALL OF OUR PARKS? AND HOW DO WE HAVE A CONSISTENT APPROACH? AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BROUGHT TO YOUR OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
AND WE'LL BRING AGAIN, AND THEN WE'LL BRING TO YOUR BOARD.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THE DOING THE ASSESSMENT OF OUR EXISTING SYSTEM OF TRAILS AND FIRE ROADS.
AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO CHRIS OVER THERE WITH THE THUMBS UP THAT LIKE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL TO SORT OF DRIVE OUR WORK AND PRIORITIZATION. SO I THINK OUR TEAM IS ON THE SAME PAGE AS YOU.
I THINK WE WANT TO HAVE BOTH THAT REALLY HIGH LEVEL PRIORITIZATION AND THEN ALSO THE INFORMATION AT THE GROUND LEVEL TO HELP US INFORM THAT WORK. SO 100% AGREE. SO I GUESS I STILL DO JUST QUESTION WHAT, WHAT'S THE VEHICLE?
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WHEN DOES THAT HAPPEN? I'VE USUALLY SEEN IT IN SOME TYPE OF MASTER PLAN.WHERE DO WE SEE HOW MANY MILES OF ROAD TRAILS? AND THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE BEFORE I FORGET ON THE TRAILS ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN THE THE WHEN WE PLAN OR WE REPAIR OR WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE, HOW, HOW ARE WE DEALING WITH THE TRANSPORTATION, THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, THE CONNECTION TO THESE TRAILS TO THESE PARKS.
I DON'T KNOW. WE GOT A BUNCH OF EMAILS THIS WEEK ABOUT RIFLE RANGE VERSUS ANOTHER TRAIL VERSUS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALL PART OF A BIGGER INVENTORY AND I JUST KEEP, I'M WITH COLIN ON SOME TYPE OF MASTER PLAN.
NOT JUST THE DISTRICT PLAN, BUT ANYWAY, I'M, I'M ENJOYING THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT MORE DISCUSSION TO COME.
SO I'LL JUST KIND OF HOLD THOSE THOUGHTS UNLESS YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ON YOU KNOW PUBLIC TRANSIT AND ACCESS TO THOSE TO THOSE TRAILS. I MEAN, I WOULD JUST SAY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR TRAIL SYSTEM, PUBLIC TRANSIT AND ACCESS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR TRANSIT PARTNERS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH THE MASTER OR THE MASTER PLAN, THE DISTRICT PLAN AS WELL.
BUT LIKE, I'M HEARING AN INTEREST IN THAT AND THAT COULD ALWAYS BE SOMETHING THROUGH THE DISTRICT PLAN THAT COULD BE HIGHLIGHTED BY YOUR BOARD AND THAT WE COULD SORT OF IDENTIFY FOR FOLLOW UP, OR IT COULD BE IDENTIFIED HIGHLIGHTED HERE.
AND OF COURSE, AGAIN, THAT HAS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
YEAH. MONEY. WHAT? OKAY. THANK YOU. LYNDA. ALL RIGHT.
YES. GO AHEAD. JOHN. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE DIRECTOR COFFEY'S COMMENT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO EXPAND IT EVEN MORE. LET'S THINK ABOUT THE REGIONAL TRAIL NETWORK, WHICH YOU KNOW, HASN'T THE, THE ACTUAL PROPOSED ROUTES OF THOSE TRAILS HAVEN'T CHANGED SINCE 2013.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. A LOT HAS HAPPENED IN IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORLD AND WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT IN TRANSPORTATION THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED HERE A LITTLE BIT. DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT MENTIONED TRAILS AS TRANSPORTATION AND I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF THAT.
I RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S HAPPENING. SO, SO I WOULD SAY WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF MASTER PLANNING FOR THE REGIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TRAILS PROPOSED THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT YOU KNOW, IN OUR, IN OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT THAT SHOULD BE, I THINK. SO THERE'S THAT, YOU KNOW, NEW, THERE COULD BE NEW ALIGNMENTS BASED ON THE CURRENT DAY AND THE CURRENT EXPECTATION OF THE PUBLIC. IF WE DID A MASTER PLANNING FOR TRAILS, IT WOULD GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN.
IT ALSO, WHEN WE FINISH THE DOCUMENT, IT WOULD GIVE ALL THE LOCAL ENTITIES AROUND ALL THE CITIES.
THIS IS WHERE THE REGIONAL TRAIL IS SCHEDULED TO COME.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO COORDINATE OUR TRAIL SYSTEM WITH WITH THE DISTRICT.
THEY ALREADY DO THAT. I KNOW, LIKE FOR INSTANCE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY OF CONCORD'S TRAIL MASTER PLAN, THEY CALL OUR THEY CALL THE CANAL TRAIL, THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, THE SPINE TRAILS THAT THEY TIE INTO.
YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE, WE'RE CARRYING A HEAVY LOAD.
BUT WE HAVE MORE LOAD TO CARRY. SO WHEN WE NEW TRAILS, I MEAN, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE UNPAVED TRAILS TO ADD ON ANOTHER ELEMENT OF PAVEMENT, NOT, NOT TAKE AWAY THE DIRT PART, BUT TO ADD SO THAT THEY'RE MORE ROBUST ALL YEAR LONG.
AND THEN THERE'S A BIG EFFORT NOW BEING INVESTIGATED TO TO DOUBLE TRACK THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.
AND THAT'S THAT'S AN ACTIVE THING THAT'S GOING ON.
THE PLANNING OF THAT IS IS ABOUT TO START. SO THAT COULD BE IN OUR, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE DO WE WANT TO DO THAT? AND WHAT I'M ALL LEADING INTO HERE IS IF WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN FOR ALL THESE TRAILS THAT ARE COMING.
YOU'VE YOU'VE GONE IN AND YOU'VE LOOKED AT IT AND YOU'VE DECIDED THESE TWO KNOW THAT ONE.
YES, IT'S IN, IT'S CODIFIED, IT'S IN THE PLAN.
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WE'RE ALREADY GREAT ON IT. I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T GET GOOD GRANTS. WE DON'T GET A LOT OF MONEY, BUT I THINK IT WOULD HELP US SOME AND THEN FINALLY THERE ARE SOME KIND OF GAPS IN OUR SERVICE THAT THAT WE NEED TO.I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE EXISTING TRAILS, BUT TRAILS THAT DON'T EXIST, THAT WOULD FILL GAPS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY PITCH FOR A REALLY ROBUST MASTER PLANNING PROCESS.
THANKS, JOHN. THAT REALLY HELPS SET UP FOR WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY AND ASK ABOUT.
SO THIS WAS NOT PLANNED. YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT HAVING A MASTER PLAN.
I THINK IT CAN HELP US. AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO KIND OF CIRCLE BACK TO THE COMMENT BRIAN HOLT MADE ABOUT YOU KNOW, RELATIVE DEMAND. AND I THINK ONE OF THE TENSIONS WE MAY HAVE HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE LIVE VERSUS WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR REGIONAL TRAILS AND CONNECTING REGIONAL TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE.
YOU KNOW, I DID SOME ANALYSIS RECENTLY THAT SHOWED THAT THAT THE LIVERMORE AMADOR VALLEY AREA, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY GROUND BASIN AREA, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THE ZONE SEVEN SURFACE AREA, 425 ACRES. THAT'S ACTUALLY HALF OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA OF ALAMEDA COUNTY AT ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 800 ACRES.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE ENTIRE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT SERVICE AREA, THE, YOU KNOW, THE GREATER COMMUNITIES OF LIVERMORE, DUBLIN, PLEASANTON, SUNOL, AND UNINCORPORATED ALAMEDA COUNTY IN THE EASTERN PARTS OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, THAT'S ONE FOURTH OF THE TOTAL AREA OF THE COMBINED ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OPEN SPACE AND ACCESS TO OPEN SPACE AND REGIONAL TRAILS AND CONNECTING REGIONAL TRAILS, THERE IS OPPORTUNITY THERE. AND I THINK ABOUT HOW STRATEGICALLY AND PRIORITIZATION WISE, SO IT MAY NOT BE MULTI-BENEFIT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE SMALL PARCEL, AND I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
AND I THINK I HEARD THAT, SHAUN YOU CAN'T RETIRE UNTIL WE ACQUIRE THIS ONE PARCEL BETWEEN SHADOW CLIFFS AND DEL VALLE THAT'S LOCATED IN UNINCORPORATED ALAMEDA COUNTY. BUT BUT THAT THAT ACQUISITION COULD POTENTIALLY ONCE WE CONNECT SHADOW CLIFFS TO DEL VALLE, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY THEN ALLOW US TO CONNECT SO MANY OF OUR IN-PARK TRAILS AND REGIONAL TRAILS BECAUSE OF THE OHLONE WILDERNESS TRAIL AND THE IRON HORSE TRAIL THAT YOU KNOW, WITH THE OHLONE WILDERNESS TRAIL CONNECTING TO DEL VALLE AND THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, CONNECTING AT SHADOW CLIFFS THAT COULD ENABLE US TO CONNECT MISSION PEAK TO MOUNT DIABLO, CONNECT FROM FREMONT TO CONCORD. IT CAN.
AND ALSO WITH SHADOW CLIFFS. THINKING ABOUT TRANSIT, I KNOW THAT THERE IS A WHEELS BUS THAT HAS A BUS STOP RIGHT IN FRONT OF SHADOW CLIFFS THAT COMES THROUGH EVERY 15 TO 20 MINUTES AND IS CONNECTED TO BART.
AND SO WHEN WE START TO THINK ABOUT THESE, YOU KNOW, LARGER REGIONAL TRAIL CONNECTIONS AND HOW THIS ONE PARCEL BETWEEN SHADOW CLIFFS AND DEL VALLE CAN MAKE ALL OF THESE CONNECTIONS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WHERE WOULD THAT FIT IN OUR PRIORITIZATION? AND MAYBE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE POPULATION DEMAND FOR IT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE SO INCREDIBLE TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE NOW HAVE CONNECTIONS FROM MISSION PEAK TO MOUNT DIABLO, FROM FREMONT TO CONCORD.
AND THERE'S TRANSIT RIGHT THERE AT THAT HUB AT SHADOW CLIFFS.
YOU KNOW, I EVEN IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE A SIGN, YOU KNOW, THIS MANY MILES TO CONCORD, THIS MANY MILES TO FREMONT. AND THAT WOULD BE SUCH A GREAT SIGN TO HAVE AT SHADOW CLIFF.
SO IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT DREAMING BIG, BUT ALSO THAT NATURAL TENSION BETWEEN YOU KNOW, WHERE THE LAND IS AND WHERE THE PEOPLE LIVE, AND BOTH ARE IMPORTANT. AND SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS BOTH.
IT WAS SO GOOD WHAT YOU SAID. SO I WANT TO REITERATE IT, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, BUT SOMETHING JUST ABOUT HOW THERE'S DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIONS THAT MAYBE AREN'T ON OUR LIST BUT ARE JUST IMPORTANT. AND I KNOW YOU AND I VERY MUCH SHARE AN INTEREST IN THINKING ABOUT THE DE ANZA TRAIL.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF US ARE LOOKING AT THAT SHORT DISTANCE RIGHT NOW BETWEEN LOS VAQUEROS AND BRUSHY PEAK, BUT MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER ALTERNATE THAT HELPS CONNECT THOSE TWO AREAS.
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I KNOW THERE IS A LANDFILL PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO BRUSHY PEAK.I THINK IT'S VASCO LANDFILL. IT'S NOT THE ALTAMONT LANDFILL.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY RECENTLY DID SOMETHING WITH PERMITTING WHERE THEY DID HAVE TO GET YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF AN ASSEMBLY BILL, THEY DID HAVE TO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT IN REGARDS TO CULTURAL RESOURCES AND REACHING OUT TO TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.
AND THERE WAS NO COMMENT ALONG THOSE LINES. SO MAYBE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BRUSHY PEAK AND LOS VAQUEROS MIGHT NOT BE THAT SHORT DISTANCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, BUT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, WE REACH OUT TO THE I THINK IT'S VASCO LANDFILL, BUT WE REACH OUT TO THAT LANDFILL THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO BRUSHY PEAK. AND MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THERE TO CONNECT THE TWO PROPERTIES.
IT MIGHT BE A LONGER CONNECTION THAN THE ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THAT SHORTER DISTANCE, BUT THAT MIGHT BE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THE CONNECTION.
AND SO WHERE DO WE HAVE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT FIT IN OUR PARTY? BECAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES TIME, RIGHT, TO REACH OUT TO THE LANDFILL COMPANY AND TO THINK ABOUT THE TRAIL ROUTE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE GOT SHAUN WORKING ON IT TILL HE RETIRES, SO.
YEAH. WELL, I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS A WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT EAST ALAMEDA COUNTY LATER IN THE IN THE SLIDESHOW. BUT ALSO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY IN THE THIRD PART OF THIS SESSION, TO LOOK AT MAPS THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME AND ON THIS WALL HERE AND TALK ABOUT MEASURE WW. PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT. AND THEN SOME OF THIS MAY ALIGN WITH THAT YOUR YOUR IDEAS AND THINGS.
AND THEN WE HAVE POST-IT NOTES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN AND TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
SO I DID WANT TO JUST REMIND YOU OF THAT, THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THANKS, SHAUN. I MEAN, I GUESS TO ME, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL REPRESENT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ELECTED YOU.
WE WANT YOU PARTICIPATING WITH US AT THIS STUDY SESSION.
AND THEN THE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER ON SORT OF WHAT THE CAPITAL PROJECT STUDY SESSION IS THE THE PRIORITY SETTING SESSIONS TO LOOK AT THOSE, MAYBE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, SO THAT YOU CAN BE EVEN MORE ENGAGED AS BOARD MEMBERS IN HOW WE BUILD THE PROGRAM OF WORK AND THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD FOR THE COMING BUDGET YEAR AND FUTURE YEARS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, LIKE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
BUT THEN AS WE WORK THROUGH THE YEAR AND THE PLANNING PROCESS, WE WANT EACH OF YOU TO BE ENGAGED TO HELP US THINK ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE RIGHT PLACE TO PUT OUR OUR TIME AND MONEY.
THANK YOU. GREAT. IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER BOARD QUESTIONS, BUT MAYBE LET'S OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. SO THIS IS JUST THE OVERVIEW FOR TODAY, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S WE'RE ALREADY HAVING A PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION AND THIS COULD HELP US WITH THE NEXT SECTIONS. YES. WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS IN PERSON AND ONE HAND UP ONLINE, ACTUALLY ONE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM IN PERSON.
HELLO, I'M SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH, ADVOCACY DIRECTOR FOR BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF THE EAST BAY.
COMMENTING ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERSHIP PRESIDENT SANWONG DIRECTORS ACTING GENERAL MANAGER, COURTNEY AND STAFF, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT TODAY. I'VE SENT YOU IN SOME, SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT PART OF ONE OF THOSE COMMENTS AND THEN SPEAK TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN THE DISCUSSION.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, I HADN'T HEARD ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGING USE.
WE TALK ABOUT ROGUE TRAILS AND DISCUSSIONS COME ABOUT THE TIME IT TAKES TO, TO GET NEW TRAIL ACCESS.
CHANGING USE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO AFFECT CHANGE IN A MUCH SHORTER TIMELINE.
THEY RIDE ON THOSE ROADS. IT'S SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUES THERE POTENTIAL.
AND THEY CAN SEE TRAILS THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE ON AND THEY ABIDE BY THE RULES.
WE'RE WELL AWARE OF THAT AND ACCESS IS A PIECE OF THAT.
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IT'S BEEN MANY DECADES AND IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THE RECOGNITION OF THAT.BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF EAST BAY ALSO SHARES KIND OF CONCERNS ON HOW DO WE ARTICULATE HOW, PARTICULARLY IN THE DISTRICT PLAN OR TRAILS MASTER PLAN LANGUAGE SUCH THAT IT'S SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH THAT IT DRIVES REAL CHANGE? IN THE 2013 DISTRICT PLAN, IT TALKED ABOUT TRAILS FOR ALL AND THAT CONCEPT IS GOOD, BUT IT DIDN'T GET DOWN TO A CONCRETE ACTIONABLE REALLY DIRECTION. COMMENTS FROM ACTING GENERAL MANAGER KORTEN ABOUT THE CONCERNS WITH, I THINK BEING OVERLY CONSTRAINED AND THE EFFORTS THAT WOULD GO INTO A TRAIL MASTER PLAN.
I THINK THOSE ARE UNDERSTANDABLE TOO. IN THE BTC LETTER TO THE DISTRICT PROPOSING INPUT TO THE DISTRICT PLAN, WE, WE TALK ABOUT A CONCEPT OF SOMETHING LIKE AND SAY TEN YEARS, 75% OF THE POPULATION WOULD HAVE A TEN MILE SINGLE TRACK OPPORTUNITY WITHIN A 20 MINUTE DRIVE AS A WAY AT A HIGH LEVEL TO TRY AND CHARACTERIZE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
IT'S NOT SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND I'M OUT OF TIME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU IRENE DIETER. HI EVERYONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR LINE OF QUESTIONING FOR JUST THE OVERVIEW.
SO I WANT TO SAY THAT THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO MENTION, I BROUGHT UP AT A PACK MEETING ALSO, AND I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING TODAY, BUT ON THE GRAPHIC AT YOUR VERY FIRST GRAPHIC ON THE TRAILS AND ROADS, IT GIVES THE IMPRESSION THAT NONE OF THE ROADS ARE TRAILS AND THAT THOSE ARE OFF LIMITS TO HUMAN BEINGS OR TO USERS, I SHOULD SAY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE THE PARK DISTRICT ONLY HAS 320 MILES OF TRAILS OR IF THEY ACTUALLY HAVE MORE TRAILS. BUT I DO THINK THAT IT SHOULD SAY IF SOME OF THESE ROADS ARE THERE, RANCH AND FIRE ROADS THAT ARE USED FOR MULTI-USE TRAILS, THEY SHOULD BE DESIGNATED AS THAT BECAUSE IT DOES THE PARK DISTRICT AN INJUSTICE IF WE'RE NOT INCLUDING A BUNCH OF MILES OF MULTI-USE TRAILS AS PART OF THIS GRAPHIC. SO IF THERE COULD BE SOME DESIGNATION TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF ROADS ARE OFF LIMITS VERSUS THEY ARE BEING USED AS TRAILS AND NOT SEPARATE THEM ENTIRELY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO ONLINE. MIMI DEAN, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF.
HI, EVERYBODY. HEY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
I BEFORE THIS BICYCLE ACCIDENT, I HAD, I WAS A VERY AVID BICYCLIST RIDING ALONG BAY TRAIL ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY DOING MY GROCERY SHOPPING DOWN IN UNION CITY BY TAKING THE BAY TRAIL TO GET THERE OR GOING OVER TO OAKLAND, TAKING THE BAY TRAIL TO GET THERE. AND I DID USED TO RIDE MY MOUNTAIN BIKE IN REDWOOD ON THE SINGLE TRACKS BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE ALLOWED THAT. SO I LOVE BICYCLING AND I THINK BICYCLING IS OFTEN AWESOME, BUT BOY, IT'S SO HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THE RULES.
NOW THAT I'M KIND OF DISABLED AND I'M A WALKER, IT'S EVEN MORE APPARENT THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EVERYBODY, BUT IT IS SOME PEOPLE. AND I WISH THERE WAS A WAY WE COULD FIND A WAY TO HAVE ACCESS FOR EVERYBODY ON THE TRAILS, BUT ALSO HAVE SAFE ACCESS. BECAUSE I HEARD WHAT DIRECTOR COFFEY SAID ABOUT HIS WIFE GETTING HIT BY A BICYCLE.
AND I CAN TOTALLY RELATE TO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I GOT INJURED.
SO ANYWAY, I HOPE WE CAN FIND SOME WAY TO SHARE THE TRAILS AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SIGNS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EDUCATION, EDUCATION GENERALLY WORKS.
I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE CAN'T BE OUT THERE CHASING PEOPLE AROUND.
I GET IT ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT BIKES.
BECAUSE I LOVE THEM. I WANT TO SAY ABOUT SKY WEST, I WANT TO SAY THAT SKY WEST WOULD PROVIDE A TOTALLY SAFE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO THE BAY. ON TRAILS. SKY WEST HAS SO MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY IN PLACE.
IT HAS SO MANY TRAILS FOR THE OLD GOLF CARTS AND YOU KNOW, IT HOOKS RIGHT INTO THE SAN LORENZO COMMUNITY PARK, RUN BY HARD. AND IT'S JUST A NICE OPEN SPACE THAT FEELS REALLY SAFE FOR SENIORS.
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I TOOK SOME SENIORS OUT THERE ON A WALK AND THEY WERE BOTH IN THEIR 70S AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED TO SEE SOMEWHERE THAT THEY COULD COME BACK TO ON THEIR BICYCLES AND RIDE AND FEEL SAFE BECAUSE IT HAS NICE TRAILS.IT'S VERY FLAT. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN THERE.
AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS PLACE ALREADY EXISTS.
BESIDES THE TRAILS, IT'S GOT THE WATER, IT'S GOT THE IRRIGATION.
SO TRAILS TO ME ARE SO IMPORTANT AND I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE TRAILS.
I THINK IT WAS I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE OF YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING THE TRAILS WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE, RIGHT? WHERE THE PEOPLE LIVE VERSUS WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE.
I THINK THAT WAS OLIVIA AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE DOWN HERE IN THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY ON THE A STREET, THE NORTHWEST PART OF HAYWARD, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ACCESS.
WE'VE GOT LIKE KENNEDY PARK. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP.
THANK YOU. MICHAEL FREDE, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF.
HI. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO DEFER TO MIMI DEAN'S COMMENTS.
AND IN A SENSE, I'M SORT OF EXTENDING HER TIME BECAUSE I'M GOING TO MAKE THE SAME COMMENTS, BUT AS A DIFFERENT QUESTION OR WHATEVER, JUST SORT OF A THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE'RE FACING SOME MISSED OPPORTUNITIES IF WE DON'T ENGAGE YOU KNOW, THE PARK DISTRICTS ALSO HARD AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO MAYBE HAS SOME SAY IN IT AND MAYBE SOME FUNDING TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ACCESS AND YOU KNOW, GET AHOLD OF AND HAVE MEANINGFUL CONTROL OVER THE SKYWEST PROPERTIES.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO JUST SORT OF WONDERING IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS WHEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR INVENTORIES, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO SHOW HOW MUCH BY BY STUDYING THE INVENTORY OF YOUR TRAILS AND ALL THE ACCESS POINTS.
THERE'S A VERY GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT THERE'S SOME DUPLICATION IN THERE.
THAT COULD BE TIME AND MONEY SAVINGS THING IF YOU COULD HAVE LIKE JUST LOOK AT THIS WHOLE PROCESS MORE AS A VENN DIAGRAM RATHER THAN A LINE ITEM. TOP DOWN TYPE OF STRUCTURE.
AND SEE IF THERE CAN'T BE SOME WAY OF ENGAGING.
YOU KNOW, THE EAST BAY EBMUD AND ALSO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS ALL OF THOSE FOLKS ARE INVOLVED WITH OUR ENVIRONMENT, SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO OPEN SPACE.
ANYWAY, I WAS ALSO THINKING, PROBABLY YOU DO HAVE SOME CONNECTION WITH THE LOS ANGELES.
AND THAT'S WE'RE SORT OF A MICROCOSM OF LOS ANGELES, IF YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY IN TERMS OF PROVIDING CORRIDORS FOR ANIMAL AND, AND HUMAN TRANSPORT BACK AND FORTH IN A SAFE WAY.
WHETHER THEY'RE ON BIKES OR ON FOOT OR IN A LITTLE THREE WHEELED ELECTRIC CART, I DON'T KNOW.
AND LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF RIPARIAN YOU KNOW, WATERSHED, THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY.
ALL THE, ALL THE THINGS THAT FEED INTO THE SAN LORENZO CREEK AND ALAMEDA CREEK.
AND IT'S JUST, IT'S REAL IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR OPEN SPACE.
AND THAT'S MY ADVOCACY. SO ANYWAY, EXTRA POINTS FOR MIMI DEAN, WHAT SHE'S BEEN DOING WITH SKYWEST.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LARRY GOSSELIN, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF.
OKAY. I DON'T THINK LARRY WANTS TO SPEAK. I DON'T SEE HIS MICROPHONE MOVING. LARRY, ONE MORE TIME, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. NOTHING FROM LARRY.
OKAY, THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY, GREAT.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO MOVE TOWARDS TAKING A SHORT BREAK, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO MAYBE WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC, I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE INVENTORY OF TRAILS.
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AND TO MY RECOLLECTION, I DON'T THINK THAT THOSE STUDIES HAVE COME BACK TO THE BOARD.AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS ALSO MAYBE PHASE TWO AFTER WE DID OUR BRIONY'S PILOT PROJECT WAS TO LOOK AT THOSE THREE PARKS AND TO DO THAT TRAIL INVENTORY STUDY. SO I WOULD HOPE AT SOME POINT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST PRESENTING TO THE BOARD, BUT PRESENTING TO THE PUBLIC A REVIEW OF THE INVENTORY TRAILS AND SPECIFICALLY THOSE THREE PARKS WHERE WE, I KNOW WE DID APPROVE FUNDING FOR THAT. SO I GUESS I'LL MAKE THAT A QUESTION INSTEAD OF A COMMENT.
IF, JUST, IF YOU COULD JUST PROVIDE A QUICK ANSWER.
SURE. SO AND SHAUN CAN PROBABLY PROVIDE MORE DETAIL.
SO ESSENTIALLY THAT THAT WORK PROVIDES SORT OF A GIS INVENTORY OF OUR TRAILS.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SO MUCH A REPORT, BUT JUST LIKE A MAPPING TOOL THAT THEN WE CAN USE TO INFORM THE PROJECTS THAT BOTH MAINTENANCE PROJECTS THAT OUR TEAM WOULD UNDERTAKE OR, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DO ANOTHER PILOT PROJECT LIKE WE DID IN, IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT TRAILS. AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY, LIKE WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO USE THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM BRIONY'S TO APPLY TO OTHER PARKS. AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THOSE WERE THE THREE PARKS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
I SEE. AS A FOLLOW UP. YEAH. OH. GREAT POINT.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BETTER NOW. SO YEAH, I THINK.
EXACTLY. I THINK THE THING, JUST LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, AND I THINK JOSH TALKED ABOUT THIS AND SHAUN A LITTLE BIT AND THERE MAY BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES LATER TODAY IS REALLY TAKING THAT INFORMATION.
AND YOU KNOW, TO ME, THE BIGGEST SORT OF MOST ESSENTIAL THING FROM THAT PILOT IS HOW CAN WE TAKE OUR EXISTING NETWORK, THE SHARED GOALS AROUND IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION, IMPROVING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE NETWORK AND IMPROVING ACCESS AND FIND SORT OF MULTIPLE BENEFIT PROJECTS THAT REALLY INTEGRATE OUR TEAM AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WHILE I DON'T SEE THEM BEING EXACTLY LIKE BRIONY'S OR AS BIG, LIKE THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM WHAT WORKED THE BEST THERE AND TAKE, TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAYBE DIDN'T WORK AS WELL.
AND SO I THINK WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT.
I THINK YOU KNOW NO, THIS THIS MAPPING IS SORT OF LIKE THE BACKGROUND THAT WE WOULD NEED, BUT THEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOUR BOARD AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SORT OF DAYLIGHTING THAT PROCESS AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
IS THAT. DID I MISS ANYTHING? YEAH. I'LL JUST ADD THAT THE INVENTORY WAS COMPLETED ON BRIONES, PLEASANTON RIDGE AND DEL VALLE AND THE INVENTORY FOR LAS TROMPAS AND NORTHERN LAS TROMPAS, AS YOU MENTIONED, IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW. BUT I DO HAVE A SLIDE LATER THAT I CAN GET INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW WE'RE USING THAT DATA.
AND IF NOT, MAYBE WE SHOULD ADD THEM. I DON'T HAVE THAT WORK PLAN IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I KNOW THAT THE A, B, C, D THAT THAT ALAMEDA COUNTY CONSERVATION RESOURCES DISTRICT, THEY ARE WORKING ON A WILDLIFE CORRIDOR STUDY AND THEY'RE STUDYING TWO OPTIONS ON 580 IN EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY. SO IN THE LIVERMORE AREA, AND THEN ONE AREA IN THE SUNOL CORRIDOR ON 680. AND THE IDEA IS THAT ONE OF THOSE THREE MAY SURFACE AS THE PRIORITY FOR A WILDLIFE CORRIDOR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SO MUCH MEGAFAUNA IN THOSE AREAS.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE INTERESTING AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIABLO RANGE AT OUR NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE TO ALSO MAYBE HEAR ABOUT THAT WILDLIFE CORRIDOR CORRIDOR PROJECT. SO THOSE ARE MY TWO POINTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO PROVIDED COMMENT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS ON THIS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BEFORE WE TAKE A QUICK BREAK? ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A SEVEN MINUTE BREAK.
SO WE'LL COME BACK AT. IS THAT GOING TO BE WHAT.
1102. OKAY. HI. WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON NOW TO AGENDA ITEM D TWO HOUR TRAIL PROJECTS AND MAINTENANCE WORK PLAN.
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WELCOME BACK. SORRY FOR THAT DELAY. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE SEAN CONNOLLY WHO IS OUR TRAILS COORDINATOR.HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF HIS PROJECTS THAT HE'S LEADING.
AND THEN HE'LL BE FOLLOWED BY SUZANNE WILSON OF MY TEAM SENIOR PLANNER.
AND THEN LASTLY, ROARKE HEALY. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL HEAR FROM CHRIS WYCOFF, PATRICK SIMMONS AND NICK HECTOR ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE PLAN, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY CARMEN ERASMUS AT THE END.
AND THEN WE'LL OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION AGAIN AFTER THE PROJECT, SO SHAUN TAKE IT AWAY.
HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SEAN CONNOLLY. I'M THE TRAILS COORDINATOR FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.
PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY. I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT A FEW PROJECTS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IN THE LAST, WELL, A VARIETY OF TIME. BUT ANYWAY THE FIRST ONE IS THE PHILIP SCHOLZ TRAIL.
THIS IS A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TWO AND A HALF MILE MULTI-USE LOOPED TRAIL.
OOPS. SORRY, I'M ALREADY MISSING THE SLIDE DECK.
THANK YOU. IT'S A MULTI-USE LOOP TRAIL IN PLEASANTON RIDGE.
ITS PURPOSE IS TO IMPROVE ACCESS. IMPROVE ACCESS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARK THERE.
IT WAS CONSTRUCTED LAST YEAR WITH THE HELP OF SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAIN TRAIL STEWARDSHIP.
THE PHILIP SCHOLZ MEMORIAL TRAIL, AFTER THE PHILIP SCHOLZ MEMORIAL FUND DONATED $80,000 TO THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION IN 2016 TOWARD THE DEDICATION OF A TRAIL IN PLEASANTON RIDGE IN PHILIP'S MEMORY.
PHILIP, YOU MAY RECALL, WAS A PLEASANTON RESIDENT AND AVID HIKER.
HE WAS STRUCK BY A CALTRAIN AND DIED WHILE SAVING A MAN'S LIFE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE.
THE PARK DISTRICT BOARD ACCEPTED THIS DONATION AND DEDICATED THE TRAIL IN 2018.
AND THE TOTAL COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION TRAIL WAS 665, WITH THE REMAINING COST OF $665,000 WITH THE REMAINING COST OF THE PROJECT WAS COVERED BY PLEASANTON RIDGE AND CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL MEASURE WW FUNDING.
YES. YOU TAKE QUESTIONS AFTER EACH ONE? GREAT.
SO ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A DEDICATION AND A PARTY FOR THE SCHOLZ FAMILY AND OPEN THIS THING UP? GREAT. EXCELLENT. ABSOLUTELY. NEXT AREA? I THINK. I THINK SOON, RIGHT? YEAH. RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DATE IN LATE APRIL.
YEAH. SORRY. LATE MAY. I AM SORRY. MAY 31ST IS THE DATE WE'RE CONSIDERING.
IS THAT OFFICIAL? OKAY. SORRY. I'M SPEAKING WITH LAUREN BERNSTEIN FROM THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION OVER THERE, AND I KNOW THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE TO DO, BUT WE WILL FIND A TIME WHEN YOU'RE AVAILABLE.
BUT AROUND MAY 1ST. YEAH. ALRIGHT. MOVING ALONG.
WE'RE CONTINUES TO CLOSE THE REMAINING GAPS ALONG THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL.
THAT'S, THAT'S IN OUR EAST BAY PARKLANDS. PARTICULAR FOCUS IS THE SAN PABLO CREEK CROSSING.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE CROSSING FOR THAT THAT AREA THERE.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SMALL TRAILS CREW TO REFINE THAT DESIGN AND LAYOUT FOR THAT CROSSING.
HOW ARE YOU GETTING HOW ARE YOU CROSSING CASTRO RANCH ROAD? CASTRO. OH, THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S GETTING THERE NEXT.
YEAH. SO THIS IS JUST FOR THE, THE BRIDGE COMPONENT THERE.
JUST IN THE ACTUAL, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER, THE ROAD ACROSS THE WAY AT THE NORTH KENNEDY GROVE? YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S MY NEXT. THIS WAS JUST THE ACTUAL BRIDGE COMPONENT FOR THAT ONE SECTION WHERE THERE'S JUST A SAFETY CROSSING ISSUE.
BUT THE NEXT THERE'S PLANNING CONTINUES FOR THE GAP BETWEEN KENNEDY GROVE AND THE APN PROPERTY.
THAT'S SHOWN ON THE MAP HERE. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OPTIONS WITH THE PRIVATE PROPERTY HOLDER THERE.
THE INTENT IS TO GET THIS BRIDGE CORRECT. YES.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO CROSS A BUSY ROAD. I'M JUST WONDERING.
I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF THE CROSSING OF THE ROAD ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT GOES UP PAST THERE.
CARRIAGE HILLS NORTH. OKAY. ONE OF OUR DESIGN FIRMS, NICHOLS CONSULTING ENGINEERS, WORKED WITH THE COUNTY TO IDENTIFY A CROSSING AT THAT LOCATION. IT HASN'T BEEN PUT IN YET, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
SO THERE'LL BE SOME KIND OF CROSSING DEDICATED CROSSING CROSSWALK OR EVEN SIGNALED THERE.
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ABSOLUTELY. SO IN THE TRAIL ACCESS ITSELF, WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO, TWO ROUTES.ALL RIGHT. AND NEXT IS THE BRIONES TRAILS MANAGEMENT.
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE SUNSET OF THE BRIONES PILOT PROJECT IN THE ZONE.
NOW WE'RE REFERRING TO IT AS THE SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA, BY THE WAY. SEVERAL FOLLOW UP EFFORTS WERE INSPIRED FROM THAT EFFORT INCLUDING SUSTAINABLE REROUTES. UPDATING SIGNAGE AND MAPS, EXPANDING EDUCATION AND VOLUNTEER PROGRAMING AND CONSIDERING OTHER TACTICS THAT WILL HELP FURTHER ADDRESS USER CONFLICT IN THE AREA AS WELL AS RESOURCE IMPACTS THAT WE WERE CONTINUING TO MONITOR AS WELL.
ONE EXAMPLE OUT OF THAT EFFORT IS THE SOCIAL TRAIL THAT PARALLELS THE ALHAMBRA CREEK, WHICH IS ACTUALLY, ACCORDING TO OUR. OUR USE NUMBERS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR TRAILS OUT THERE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AGAIN, THERE'S THAT TRAIL IS VERY POPULAR.
WE SEE A LOT OF KIDS OUT THERE, A LOT OF FAMILIES.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY IT'S BEEN UTILIZED QUITE A BIT, BUT IT ALSO HAS WATER QUALITY AND VEGETATION ISSUES OUT THERE AS THE TRAIL IS SO CLOSE TO THE CREEK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF EROSION CONCERNS OUT THERE AND MAKESHIFT BRIDGES.
YES. THERE IS. I WOULD CALL THE HARDEST WORKING TWO BY FOUR IN THE DISTRICT IS OUT THERE.
YEAH, YEAH, IT'S SITTING THERE. IT'S BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. BUT SO THAT IS ACTUALLY, THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE INTO THE PROPOSAL FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND FIRST THINGS IS APPROXIMATELY A 40 FOOT TRAIL BRIDGE ACROSS THERE THAT WE'RE WORKING AGAIN WITH THE SMALL TRAILS CREW THAT WILL BE HELPING US OUT WITH THAT. THAT'LL HELP A LOT. THAT'LL BE THE FIRST FIRST EFFORT, I THINK, OUT THERE. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO RELOCATION OF SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF THE TRAIL FURTHER, GET IT FURTHER AWAY FROM THE CREEK TO ADDRESS THE EROSION OUT THERE AS WELL. AND ESTABLISH MORE OF A SUSTAINABLE TRAIL ALIGNMENT. SO SQL STUDIES ARE ACTUALLY IN THE WORKS, WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTANICAL SURVEYS AMONG OTHER THINGS OUT THERE.
AND ANTICIPATE IN 2027, WE CAN GET, GET GOING WITH THE SMALL TRAILS CREW AND CIVICORP PENDING OTHER CHALLENGES AS WE WORK FORWARD, OF COURSE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S OUR OPTIMISTIC VIEW. AND I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REALLY OPEN UP A NEW, NEW SEGMENT OF TRAIL THAT THAT HIKERS WILL REALLY ENJOY OUT THERE.
AND I THINK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, I'LL PASS IT ALONG TO SUZANNE WILSON.
GOOD AFTERNOON. SUZANNE WILSON, SENIOR SENIOR PLANNER IN THE TRAILS PROGRAM.
I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT TWO PROJECTS PROBABLY PRETTY QUICK.
THERE ARE PROJECTS YOU'RE FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH, I THINK THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE TWO AND A HALF MILE SEGMENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL OUT AT POINT MALLARD. THIS. THERE WAS ACTUALLY A BOARD ACTION ITEM BEFORE YOU JUST EARLIER THIS WEEK ON TUESDAY THAT WAS RELATED TO THIS PROJECT.
AND IN 2027, THE SEGMENT MOVING NORTH FROM THE BEACH PARK TO THE HISTORIC WINEHAVEN DISTRICT WILL LIKELY OPEN WHEN THE CITY OF RICHMOND HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSTRUCT THE SHORELINE RESTORATION PROJECT THAT WILL CLOSE A 200 MILE GAP THAT WILL CONNECT THOSE TWO SEGMENTS, SORRY, 200 FOOT GAP THAT WILL CONNECT. WOW. METRICS MATTER.
ACTUALLY, IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A WALK ON THE RICHMOND-SAN RAFAEL BRIDGE, THE BAY TRAIL, OVER THE BRIDGE DURING THE WEEKENDS WHILE IT'S OPEN, YOU CAN LOOK RIGHT DOWN INTO THE PROJECT AND SEE SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. THE SHOT HERE THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE IS ACTUALLY FROM FROM THE BRIDGE, AND WE'RE GOING TO START PAVING NEXT WEEK.
SO YOU'LL REALLY START TO SEE SOME REALLY START TO SEE IT COME TOGETHER.
AND THE SECOND, THE SECOND PROJECT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS SWITCHING FROM THE SHORELINE TO THE RIDGE TO THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL FROM THIS IS A SEGMENT THAT WILL CONNECT GARIN REGIONAL PARK TO NILES CANYON. THIS IS THIS PROJECT HAS TWO COMPONENTS, AND WE'VE SECURED ALL THE REGULATORY PERMITS FOR THE PROJECT.
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AND THAT THAT MEANS WE'LL BASICALLY BE ABLE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR OF THAT 3.64 MILE ALIGNMENT OF THE RECREATIONAL TRAIL THAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP ON THE RIGHT.WE'RE STILL WORKING CLOSELY WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY AND THE PACIFIC LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION TO TO CREATE FINAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THE AT GRADE CROSSING OF THE NILES CANYON RAILWAY. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WE RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE CALIFORNIA PACIFIC UTILITIES, CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, CPUC TO INSTALL THAT AT GRADE CROSSING.
WE'RE JUST PUTTING TOGETHER THE FINAL COMMENTS, INCORPORATING THE FINAL COMMENTS FROM THE PLA AND GETTING THOSE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS READY TO GO. SO THAT PORTION OF THE PROJECT WILL BE BID, WE HOPE, THIS YEAR, BUT LIKELY NOT CONSTRUCTED UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
ANYWAYS, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S LIKELY TO OPEN IN 2027, BUT STARTING CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.
OKAY. YEAH. YES. SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR AGO THAT WE HAD OUR MEETING WITH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING CLOSELY BECAUSE OF THEIR ALAMEDA CREEK WATERSHED CENTER AND THE HOPES TO CONNECT WITH IT.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM SINCE A YEAR AGO.
AND IN COLLABORATION WITH WITH SAN FRANCISCO AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ACREAGE AND, AND THE LARGE AMOUNT OF AREA, I THINK I WAS READING THAT SAN FRANCISCO OWNS 61,000 ACRES IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, AND I WAS JUST LOOKING AT OUR TRAILS AND STATISTICS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE OWN OR OPERATE 59,000 ACRES IN ALAMEDA COUNTY.
SO THAT JUST GIVES A SENSE OF SCALE. YEAH. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH THE SFPUC PRIMARILY WITH REGARDS TO THE CONNECTION FROM VARGAS PLATEAU DOWN TO WHERE THAT WATERSHED CENTER IS AT NEAR THE THE WATER TEMPLE.
SO THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OF NILES CANYON, THIS PARTICULAR TRAIL WON'T BE A DIRECT CONNECTION, BUT ULTIMATELY THE LONG TERM GOAL IS THAT THIS TRAIL COMES OFF THE RIDGE.
OR YOU COULD PICK UP THE NILES CREEK TRAIL AND FOLLOW THAT FUTURE PLAN OR THAT PLAN.
AND DO WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE, MAYBE A MAP THAT SHOWS SOME OF THESE FUTURE CONNECTIONS AND, AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO, AND IT COULD BE A LONGER TIME HORIZON FOR ALL OF THESE TRAILS TO COME ONLINE, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND SEE? YEAH, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK INTO IT, I KNOW. I THINK, I THINK ACTUALLY THE, THE MASTER PLAN MAP THAT WAS IN THE 2013 UPDATE, I THINK SHOWS SOME OF THESE CONNECTIONS IN THE REGIONAL NATURE, NOT THEIR EXACT ALIGNMENTS. AND SOME OF THE ALIGNMENTS ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT.
BUT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE MIGHT HAVE THERE.
THANK YOU. THANKS. I'M GOING TO PASS OFF TO ROARKE.
ALL RIGHT. HELLO. MY NAME IS RORY KIELY. I'M A PLANNER ALSO IN THE TRAILS PROGRAM.
THE CONNECTION FROM OLYMPIC BOULEVARD TO AURORA DRIVE.
SPECIFICALLY, THIS WILL CONNECT THE TERMINUS OF THE LAFAYETTE MORAGA TRAIL AT THE OLYMPIC STAGING AREA IN LAFAYETTE, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE NEW TRAIL THAT STARTS AT AURORA DRIVE AND ULTIMATELY INTO LAS TROMPAS VIA THE NORTHERN LAS TRAMPAS LAND BANK, POTENTIALLY SOMEDAY. SO THIS TRAIL IN PARTICULAR IS 2.5 MILES.
IT'S A COLLABORATION OF NEW TRAIL AND EXISTING RANCH ROAD.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE SMALL FONT IN THIS MAP, THE RED IS NEW TRAILS.
THE HIGHLIGHT IS THE NORTHERN PARCEL THAT WE OWN.
IT'LL GO THROUGH A BEAUTIFUL OAK WOODLAND ACROSS THE DRAINAGE AND THEN ENTER A SERIES OF EASEMENTS.
IN TOTAL, IT'S ABOUT 1.2 MILES OF NEW TRAIL, 1.3 OF EXISTING RANCH ROADS.
LIKE I SAID YOUR BOARD APPROVED THE SECRET DOCUMENT LAST JUNE AT THE BIG BREAK MEETING.
AND WE ARE NOW FINALIZING NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE RIGHT OF WAY WITH A COUPLE LAST EASEMENT HOLDERS.
AND WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THIS NEXT YEAR.
ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? OKAY. ALSO, AS YOU MAY RECALL, IN 2023, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION
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ABOUT THE CALAVERAS. THE WAY IT'S WORDED HERE, CONSTRUCTION POSTPONES.SO THAT'S REALLY BEEN OUR CHALLENGE IS WORKING WITH THOSE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE'RE, WE'RE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S TAKING SOME TIME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO AS I WAS SAYING, THE 20 IN 2023, THE MAST DRIVE BRIDGE WAS COMPLETED ACROSS THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, COMPLETING ACROSS THE WALNUT CREEK CHANNEL RATHER.
AND AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, EAST BAY PARKS WAS OBLIGATED TO COMPLETE IT TO A LOGICAL TERMINUS.
WITHIN FIVE YEARS. WE IDENTIFIED THAT TO BE MARS DRIVE.
SO DOWN ON THE BOTTOM OF THAT MAP, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO EXTEND THE IRON HORSE REGIONAL TRAIL AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER MILE UNDERNEATH MARS DRIVE, UNDERNEATH HIGHWAY FOUR, UNDERNEATH AND AROUND IMHOF TO CONNECT THERE.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE EFFECTIVELY PAVING THE FLOOD CONTROL LEVEE.
YOUR BOARD APPROVED THAT IN DECEMBER, AND IT WAS APPROVED BY THE FLOOD CONTROL BOARD EARLIER LAST MONTH, I I BELIEVE. SO THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO COME UP AND AROUND THE HORN AROUND PACHECO CREEK.
REALLY MARCHING US CLOSER TO OUR GOAL OF CONNECTING PLEASANTON ALL THE WAY TO WATERFORD.
AND ONE DAY BENICIA. JUST TO PUT A FINAL POINT ON THAT, WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH CONCO AND ACME TO SECURE EASEMENTS TO GET THROUGH THEIR LANDS AS WELL. SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT SECURED THIS YEAR.
GREAT. ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? OKAY. I WAS ENJOYING THAT SO MUCH. I ALMOST FORGOT THAT I NEED TO PRESENT HERE.
SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL NEJEDLY STAGING DEBORAH LISA YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROJECT, BUT I DID WANT TO ALSO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THAT THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD HAS APPROVED OUR 90% DESIGN OF THAT. AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A MINOR THING TO SOME, BUT IT IS HUGE.
IT'S TAKEN THIS THIS PROJECT LITERALLY STARTED IN 2003.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY. THAT'S HOW LONG THINGS TAKE, ESPECIALLY WITH UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
AND SO WE ARE, WE ARE MOVING TO THE FINAL STAGES OF THIS QUARTER.
THIS IS A GRANT AGREEMENT THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE THE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY.
IF YOU RECALL. AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE BRINGING IT NOW FROM WE'VE, WE'VE COMPLETELY HANDED IT OFF TO THEM AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT THROUGH FINAL DESIGN AND PERMITTING. THE ONE THING I WILL NOTE THOUGH, IS THAT UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD HAS TO COMPLETE THE WORK WITHIN THEIR CORRIDOR, AND THEY ARE A PRIVATE COMPANY AND THEY ARE U P SO THAT COULD BE ABOUT A YEAR OF TIME BEFORE WE SEE THEM DOING ANYTHING.
SO. THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT DELAY THERE, BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.
AND, AND THIS IS IN GENERAL GOOD NEWS. WHAT ABOUT THAT PROPERTY WHERE THE CRANES ARE? YOU NEEDED SOME KIND OF AN ARRANGEMENT? YEAH.
WE'RE STILL WORKING. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT. YEAH.
THE PLEASANTON RIDGE, I WANTED TO BRING UP TEJON CANYON TRAIL AND THE AREA SPECIFICALLY.
WE, WE'VE HAD PERMITS FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO CONSTRUCT THE TEJON CANYON TRAIL.
WE'VE SPLIT IT UP INTO LOWER AND UPPER TEJON CANYON.
THE AREAS IN, IN MAROON, PINK, AND RED HAVE ALL BEEN PERMITTED WITH THE CONGDON LOOP DOWN IN ARMS KIND OF PARTIALLY PERMITTED PENDING THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CULTURAL REVIEW. THE YELLOW IS THE EXISTING ROADWAY.
OUT OF ALL OF THIS, THIS NETWORK, WE MAY BE CONSTRUCTING THE UPPER PIECE.
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AT A LATER DATE OR UNDER ANOTHER PERMIT. WE HAVE EXTENDED THE PERMITS.THEY WERE GOING TO EXPIRE THIS YEAR. WE HAVE AN EXTENSION SO THAT'S GOOD.
WE ARE ALSO AMENDING THE PERMITS AT THE BOTTOM.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR STEWARDSHIP STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT AND OUR OPERATIONS DIVISION TO RELOCATE THAT SLIGHTLY SO THAT IT IS FARTHER AWAY FROM THEIR OPERATION AND THEIR SERVICE YARD THERE, AS WELL AS AWAY FROM THE PRIVATE INHOLDING HERE, WHICH WILL BE GOOD NEWS FOR THE SORENSEN'S THERE.
ADDITIONALLY, I WILL ADD THAT I HAVE BEEN JOINING MAX AND BRIAN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF PLEASANTON REGARDING SOME KIND OF PUBLIC ACCESS INTO ARMS. WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED ANYTHING AT THIS POINT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT SO THAT WE CAN EVENTUALLY HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS AT THIS LOCATION. AND I'LL LET MAX JUMP IN AND ADD A LITTLE.
AND THEN OUR DECO TEAM HAS ALSO BEEN PARTNERING TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR THE STAGING AREA THAT WAS REALLY BIG. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SENSITIVE CULTURAL RESOURCES IN THAT GENERAL AREA, AND THERE'S ALSO REALLY SENSITIVE NATURAL RESOURCES.
AND SO WHAT OUR TEAM'S BEEN DOING BETWEEN SHAUN AND OUR DECO TEAM HAS BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S A MORE MODEST STAGING AREA THAT COULD ACCOMPLISH WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEED IS.
AND SO I'VE BEEN MEETING OUR SHAUN AND BRIAN, OUR TEAM HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH STAFF FROM THE CITY, AND THEN I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND PLANNING DIRECTOR AS WELL TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE.
SIZE AND SHAPE OF A PROJECT THERE THAT WOULD MEET THE REQUEST FROM THE COMMUNITY AND IS STILL BUILDABLE, GIVEN THE CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS OF THE SITE.
SO I FEEL VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT. AND I THINK WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IS BOTH, YOU KNOW, DESIGN AND BUILD THE TRAIL IMPROVEMENT SOON AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU AS WE CONTINUE TO PLAN AND DESIGN THE POTENTIAL STAGING AREA.
ONCE WE HAVE A DRAFT OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
COME TO YOUR BOARD AND BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT FORWARD AS WELL.
YEAH, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD SOME POINTS TO THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAVE THE STAGING AREA AND THE ACCESS AT GARMS, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PROVIDES DIRECT ACCESS TO PLEASANTON RIDGE IN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON.
SO AT THE PRESENT MOMENT, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT DOES NOT PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO PLEASANTON RIDGE IN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON. IT'S ALL THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH CITY OF PLEASANTON. SO EVEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE AUDIT TRAIL AT CASTLE RIDGE, THAT CASTLE RIDGE PARCEL IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF PLEASANTON.
AND THAT AGREEMENT THAT THAT AGREEMENT TO HAVE ACCESS THERE AT CASTLE RIDGE WAS AGREED UPON BECAUSE OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD OPEN UP ARMS. AND SO I'M REALLY THRILLED THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THIS.
AND I DO THINK MAYBE MODIFYING THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT IS A GOOD IDEA.
YOU KNOW, I, I TEND TO PREFER NOT PAVING NATURAL SPACES WHEN POSSIBLE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT YOU KNOW, FOR RAIN TO PERCOLATE INTO THE GROUND. AND WHEN YOU PAVE A SERVICE, THEN THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF PAVED PARKING THERE. AND ON THE WEEKENDS, FOOTHILL HIGH SCHOOL, FOOTHILL HIGH SCHOOL, AND THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING THERE, WHICH ON THE WEEKENDS MIGHT, MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENCOURAGE ANY OVERFLOW PARKING AT THAT PAVED PARKING LOT. CERTAINLY DURING THE WEEK WITH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, THAT'S NOT AN OPTION.
BUT I HAVE I CAN SHARE THAT. I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE PLEASANTON UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD AND THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND THEY ARE OPEN TO THE IDEA OF HAVING THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WEEKEND AND MAYBE SUMMER PARKING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS THOUGH, IN REGARDS TO THE, THE MAP.
SO YOU HAVE THE YELLOW SERVICE ROAD AND THEN THE GREEN SERVICE ROAD TO MUELLER RANCH.
AND I THINK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME AGAIN? SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE YELLOW SERVICE ROAD AND THAT GREEN SERVICE ROAD TO MUELLER RANCH? SURE. THE, THE GREEN SERVICE ROAD WOULD BE ONLY FOR THE PARK DISTRICT ACCESS AT THIS TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO IT'S THERE, READY TO GO. WE JUST NEED TO MEET IT FROM GARMES.
WITH THE LOWER TEJON CANYON TRAIL. THE RED, THE THE MORE RED PIECE WHERE YOU SEE A BRIDGE AND A TRIANGLE, YOU SEE A, SORRY, A PINK SQUARE AND A AND A BLUE TRIANGLE.
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THERE'S BETTER ALIGNMENTS THROUGH THERE THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO, MIGHT WANT TO PURSUE IN COORDINATION WITH OUR STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT.AS WELL AS WE KNOW THAT FOLKS REALLY WANT TO VISIT THE FALLS THERE, BUT WE ARE, WE DON'T FEEL THAT THAT'S RIPE FOR CONSTRUCTION AT THIS POINT WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE A ROAD THAT WE COULD USE AS A TRAIL AT THIS POINT.
SO WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE LOWER PIECE NOW AND AS A PHASE ONE AND PUBLIC ACCESS FROM FOOTHILL.
AND THEN LATER WE MAY VISIT THE UPPER TEJON CANYON PIECE AND FIGURE SOMETHING OUT THERE.
IS THAT HELPFUL? IT IS, IT IS. EXCEPT THAT I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THIS SERVICE ROAD TO MULLER RANCH.
IT'S JUST LIKE A DOTTED LINE. THE GLEN, THE LAND BANK PROPERTY THERE.
IS IT THE OTHER ONE UP THERE? IS THAT THE ONE THAT I'M THINKING OF? THE SO THE AMADOR LAND BANK PROPERTY THERE IS LIKE A LITTLE THERE'S A FEW CONNECTIONS THERE THAT ARE ROADS THAT EXIST, BUT THEY ARE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE IS TRESPASSING AND USE OF THOSE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO, TO DETERMINE A PLAN FORWARD.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH PLEASANTON ABOUT HOW, HOW THIS CAN BE MANAGED, BUT I DON'T I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SOLUTION AT THIS TIME FOR, FOR ADDRESSING THAT. BUT WE WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TRESPASSING COMING IN AND THAT WE DESIGNATE THESE TRAILS.
WE HOPE SO. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL ABOUT THIS, BUT I DO THINK IT'S WORTH A CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUELLER RANCH MAY OR MAY NOT BE CONNECTED TO EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT LAND BANKS THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE DESIGNATED AS PART OF THE ARMS AREA. IT MIGHT BE THE AMADOR LAND BANK OR COULD BE THE SOURCE LAND BANK.
AND IF YOU GO TO ALL TRAILS, IT EVEN DIRECTS PEOPLE TO WALK ON THAT TRAIL.
AND I THINK IT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP THAT TRAIL.
SO, SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER.
EAST ALAMEDA COUNTY. MURRAY TOWNSHIP TRAIL PLANNING.
THE BLACK OUTLINE THERE IS THE MURRAY TOWNSHIP OUTLINE.
THERE'S COMPLETION OF THE SHADOW, SORRY, GAP.
CLOSURE OF THE SHADOW CLIFFS TO DEL VALLE TRAIL BETWEEN VALLECITOS AND SYCAMORE GROVE.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LIVERMORE ON THAT FOR MANY YEARS.
POSSIBLY. BUT WE STILL NEED TO CONTINUE WORK ON THAT.
BRUSHY PEAK TO LOS VAQUEROS RESERVOIR, YOU KNOW, OF SOUTH BAY AQUEDUCT, WHICH IS NOT REALLY TOO VISIBLE HERE, BUT THERE'S REQUESTS FROM THE STATE TO OPEN THAT UP TO PUBLIC ACCESS.
DOOLAN CANYON ACCESS, WHICH, WHICH YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND THEN THERE'S A TRAIL ALONG THE PATTERSON RANCH PROPERTY ON WESTERN DEL VALLE THAT HAS SOME EXISTING RANCH ROADS ON IT THAT THE ADVOCATES ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE LOOK INTO HOW THEY MAY BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, ETC.. SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW. ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS REALLY COOL IN THIS AREA IS THAT WE HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIVERMORE AREA REC AND PARK DISTRICT.
AND SO OUR TEAM'S BEEN MEETING REGULARLY WITH THE LA PD PLANNING TEAM.
SO TO ME, LIKE, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTNERSHIP HERE AND THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER TO BOTH BRING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THINGS THAT EACH OF OUR TEAMS DO WELL.
AND AND THEN HOPEFULLY DELIVER SOME HELPFUL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY THERE.
OKAY. YOU'RE SMILING. SO THAT'S GOOD. QUESTION GOING, GOING BACK, GOING BACK ONE SLIDE.
WOULD THAT REQUIRE. AN ACQUISITION TO, TO, TO CONSTRUCT IT OR IS IT ALL EXISTING? IT'S ZONE SEVEN LAND. OKAY. SO WE'D HAVE TO WORK WITH ZONE SEVEN.
AND WOULD IT REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION OR IS THERE ALREADY SERVICE ROADS THERE?
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DO WE KNOW? I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SORT OF DIVING INTO.THERE'S EXISTING ROADS THERE. AND SO ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS YOU COULD USE EXISTING ROADS.
I THINK THAT'S AGAIN, LIKE THAT'S THE WE'RE INTERESTED.
WE'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE INTEREST. WE'RE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THAT.
LPD HAS ALSO FLAGGED AN INTEREST IN LOOKING AT THAT.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO KIND OF CONTINUING TO DIVE INTO THAT AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST APPROACH.
YEAH. NO, IT ON THE SURFACE, IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY LOGICAL ADDITION TO THE TRAIL SYSTEM IN THAT AREA.
IT REALLY DOES. SO SOUNDS GOOD. WELL, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO IF WE DO GET THIS SHADOW CLIFFS DEL VALLE TRAIL AND, YOU KNOW, BEFORE SHAUN SHAUN RETIRES AND WE HAVE THAT CONNECTION RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO GO FROM SHADOW CLIFFS TO MISSION PEAK, RATHER THAN HAVING TO WALK AROUND DEL VALLE, IT WOULD IT WOULD CUT OFF THAT WALK AROUND DEL VALLE TO THEN GO FROM SHADOW CLIFFS EMISSION PEAK. NOT A HORRIBLE WALK, BUT YES, IT WOULD ADD ANOTHER WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE AND THERE'S GREAT VIEWS FROM THAT AREA AS WELL.
SO WE BUT SHORT SHORT STORY, WE NEED TO LOOK INTO IT MORE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT HERE. SO COOL. AND THEN I WILL, THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE BEFORE I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR, OUR MAINTENANCE FOLKS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT SOME GREAT SLIDES THAT THEY WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TOO. THE PLEASANTON RIDGE DEL VALLE TRAIL ASSESSMENTS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. AND SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AROUND THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY IS WE LOOKED INTO, OKAY, LET'S GO DO AN INVENTORY OF ALL OF OUR TRAILS AND ALL OF OUR PARKS AND LET'S GET A CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND LET'S REALLY CLASSIFY THEM AND YOU KNOW, ALL THAT. AND WE STILL WANT TO DO THAT. BUT THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES WITH THAT.
ONE OF THEM IS THAT MOST OF THE DATA, WHEN YOU COLLECT CONDITION DATA ON TRAILS, IT'S POSSIBLY OUT OF DATE THE NEXT WINTER, RIGHT? BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT SLIDES, SOMETHING CHANGES, ETC.. SO IT'S, IT'S SOMEWHAT IMPRACTICAL.
THE OTHER IS THAT WE, WE, WE DID THIS WORK IN THIS TRAIL INVENTORY WORK THROUGH CONSULTING CONTRACT.
SO UNLESS WE HAVE ABOUT $7.5 MILLION, WE NEED TO DO THIS BY PIECE BY PIECE BY PIECE TO DO IT.
AND WE NEED WE HAD TO REFINE HOW WE DID IT. SO WE DID GET ALL OF OUR TRAILS AND ROADS CORRECTLY PLACED ON THE DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS WE HAVE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. WE DID A SIGNAGE INVENTORY SO WE CAN SEE WHERE THERE'S SIGNAGE, WHERE THERE SHOULDN'T, WHERE THERE ISN'T, WHERE THERE SHOULD BE. WE DID GATES, WE CHECKED OUT GATES AND TYPES OF FENCING AND TYPES OF GATES, AND WE DID LOOK AT BOOTLEG TRAILS, BUT FROM A SORT OF HIGH LEVEL WHERE IT'S LIKE, IS THIS REALLY A RECREATIONAL TRAIL OR IS THIS JUST A COW TRAIL TO A TROUGH? OR IS THIS A GAME TRAIL? SO THAT'S ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
BUT WE DO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS SOUTHEAST PLEASANTON RIDGE.
THE BLACK TRAILS THERE THAT YOU CAN HARDLY SEE ARE OUR LEGAL TRAILS. THE ORANGE ONES ARE BOOTLEG TRAILS IN PLEASANTON RIDGE. SO THIS THIS REALLY ILLUSTRATES THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK TO HOW TO APPROACH THIS AND MAINLY RESTORE THESE TRAILS THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE.
SO REALLY GOING OUT, WORKING WITH OUR STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT AGAIN AND CLASSIFYING WHERE TRAILS ARE THE MOST IMPACTFUL, TRYING TO FIND THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY, WE KNOW THEY'RE PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE CLOSED SIMILAR TO BRIONES, BECAUSE THEY'RE SO POPULAR RECREATIONALLY ALREADY AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR DECADES.
WE'RE DOING AN INVENTORY ASSESSMENT AND CATALOGING THOSE AND RUNNING THEM THROUGH OUR SURVEY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA. WE'RE ANALYZING THE USE PATTERNS AND THE SENSITIVE RESOURCE AREAS.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH A WAY THAT WE CAN CLOSE SOME OF THESE AND POTENTIALLY OPEN THEM IF, IF WE CAN MAKE AN ENVIRONMENTAL BETTERMENT HAPPEN FROM THAT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS. WE'RE THIS IS UNDERWAY.
WE'RE REALLY JUST IN THE EXPLORATORY PHASE RIGHT NOW.
AND WE WILL PIVOT TO DELVAL AFTER THAT AS WELL.
WHERE THERE IS ALSO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF, OF BOOTLEG TRAILS.
THAT'S THE BRINGING LESSONS LEARNED FROM BRIONES TO THESE TWO PARKS.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU. YES. ALL RIGHT.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE OKAY WITH US. JUST JUST KEEPING IT POWERING THROUGH.
GOOD MORNING, DIRECTORS. PRESIDENT. SANWONG. AS SEAN SAID, MY NAME IS CHRIS WYCKOFF.
I'M THE ACTING AGM OF FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
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I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM TO BE HERE TALKING TRAILS WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY.I'M A TRAIL RUNNER, SO I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S A, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, AS STAFF AND WITHIN ALL THESE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AND TRYING TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY REFRESHING TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW STAFF AND YOUR BOARD ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE SAME ISSUES.
THERE WE GO. DOWN ARROW. YEAH. OKAY. BUT SPECIFICALLY, I'M HERE TO ALSO KIND OF INTRODUCE SOME FOLKS FROM MAST THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY AS MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THREE GROUPS THAT REALLY KIND OF MANAGE TRAIL MAINTENANCE FOR OUR TEAM.
AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, AND SHAWN SAID IT EARLIER, HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF KIND OF POINTING EVERYBODY OUT, YOU KNOW, PARK OPERATIONS DOES A TON OF DAY TO DAY MAINTENANCE OUT THERE.
BUT WE DO HAVE A, WE HAVE THE SMALL TRAILS TEAM, WE HAVE OUR ROADS AND TRAILS CREW.
WHICH IS WHAT DIRECTOR WAESPI ASKED ABOUT EARLIER.
AND I'M AFTER I'M DONE, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO NICK AND PATRICK.
THEN I'LL COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE PAVING AFTERWARDS. SO HOW IS HOW ARE TRAILS MAINTAINED FOR US AND HOW DOES HOW DOES OUR WORK PLAN GET FORMED? YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR WORK INTAKE PROCESS REALLY WE HAVE A TRAILS, CREEKS AND PONDS PROCESS THAT TAKES ACCOUNT ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH A JURISDICTIONAL BODY OF WATER. AND IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE WORK WITH DECO OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOLKS, OUR STEWARDSHIP TEAM, IT'S INFORMED BY PARK OPERATIONS.
AND THAT'S ONE WAY THAT THE WORK HAPPENS. GETS ONTO THE WORK PLAN.
WE HAVE A FAMOUS WORK ORDER SYSTEM. SO AGAIN, PARK STAFF THEY SUBMIT WORK ORDERS FOR ISSUES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE FIELD AND THAT OUR TEAMS GET ON. WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, THE TRAIL WORK PLAN.
SO THERE ARE ELEMENTS ON OUR WORK PLAN THAT COME DIRECTLY FROM SEAN'S TEAM.
YOU'RE WELCOME. IT'S EXCITING. WE ALSO HAVE OUR ANNUAL FIRE TRAIL GRADING PROCESS.
AS YOU SAW. YOU KNOW, IN THOSE DIAGRAMS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A LARGE LIST.
DID WE SHARE? THE COMPUTER. I THINK THE COMPUTER.
TECHNICAL DELAY. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
YEAH, WE CAN USE ANOTHER ONE. I HAVE IT ON THE WEB.
ON IF YOU HAVE IT PULLED UP. YEAH. YEAH. BRING IT UP.
MINE IS LIKE, SIGNED INTO THE PRESENTATION. OH, WOW. YEAH.
I HAVE THE PRESENTATION ONLINE. I DO, I WAS LOOKING AT IT EARLIER.
APOLOGIES. THE COMPUTER ACTUALLY JUST CRASHED OUT OF OUR CONTROL COMPLETELY.
I'M VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A BREAK, I WONDER, I WONDER.
YEAH. MAYBE WE COULD DO SOME, LIKE, QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AND THEN AND THINK ABOUT MAYBE MOVING TO LUNCH, AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER LUNCH, GET BACK INTO THE PRESENTATION. I THINK THAT SOUNDS PERFECT. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S MODIFY THINGS THAT WAY.
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PRESENTATION. BUT I HEARD THERE MIGHT BE SOME QUESTIONS OVER HERE.JUST FOR GENERAL BENEFIT, COULD YOU TELL STATE WHAT M A S T STANDS FOR? I DON'T THINK IT'S IN THERE. YEAH. SORRY, MAST.
THAT'S MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES, RIGHT? JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS. SURE. YEAH. GO AHEAD.
I NEED A MIC. OH. ANOTHER QUESTION. NO, THAT WAS IT FOR NOW.
THAT'S FINE. OKAY. OKAY. OH, IT'S OVER HERE. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I'M JUST INTERESTED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ON THE TRAILS WORK PLAN, HOW YOU PRIORITIZE THAT WORK. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE'S, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, I IMAGINE A LOT OF IT IS IS RESPONSIVE, BUT ARE THERE WAYS TO BE ALSO MORE PROACTIVE? I KNOW THERE'S A TON OF WORK TO DO, BUT I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY OF THE NIMITZ AND YOU KNOW, WHERE IT IT FAILED OVER SOME OF THOSE REALLY HEAVY RAINSTORMS. AND, AND THERE'S OTHER AREAS THAT I THINK ARE ALSO VULNERABLE TO THAT.
AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW YOU, HOW YOU KIND OF LOOK PROACTIVELY AT THE TRAILS AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FIRST. SURE.
AND THERE'S KIND OF LIKE THERE'S TWO THINGS TO ADDRESS THERE. THE FIRST ONE, I THINK WHEN YOU, WHEN THE ITEM THAT WAS ON THERE WAS THE TRAILS WORK PLAN, THAT SPECIFIC ITEM WAS REFERRING TO WORK THAT SEAN'S TEAM WORKS WITH THE SMALL TRAILS CREW.
AND THAT'S BASED ON IT COMING FROM A CONSTRUCTABILITY STANDPOINT.
BUT AS FAR AS PRIORITIZATION OF OTHER ELEMENTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S GONE.
SO PARK OPERATIONS PROVIDES, HELPS PROVIDE PRIORITIZATION AS THE BIGGEST NEEDS WITHIN THEIR PARKS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, LIFE SAFETY ACCESS, EMERGENCY ACCESS.
DO YOU WANT TO I MEAN, MAYBE THAT'S IN A SLIDE IN THE FUTURE, BUT DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? I KNOW NO. DIRECTOR WAESPI ALSO ASKED ABOUT THAT.
BUT DO YOU WANT TO JUST KIND OF SPEAK TO IT? YES.
AND SO WE PRESENTED THIS ALSO AT THE MYRRH UPDATE IN NOVEMBER OF 2025.
SPECIFICALLY THE NIMITZ TRAIL IS AN ISSUE FOR SURE.
WE ACTUALLY WALKED IT AS A VERY LARGE GROUP FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION TO COME UP WITH SOME PLANS.
THERE'S ALSO SOME TCP PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE.
THAT'S THE TRAIL STREAKS AND PRAWNS TO FIX SOME ISSUES.
THERE'S ALSO A FEMA PROJECT THERE. BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PAVING WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS RAISE THE PAVING CONDITION INDEX OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. AND SO SOMETHING LIKE THE NIMITZ TRAIL, IF IT'S LOW IN THE PCI COME ONTO THE WORK PLAN.
AND I'D SAY THERE'S SO MUCH OUR TEAM I KNOW TALKING TO CHRIS AND SHAUN LIKE THIS WHOLE TEAM, WE'D LOVE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT OUR WORK.
YOU KNOW, THIS THE OUR TRAIL CREW IS STILL RELATIVELY NEW.
BUT AND, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN OUR ROAD AND TRAIL SYSTEM.
I MEAN, IF WE HAD ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, I WOULD SPEND AS MUCH OF IT AS POSSIBLE BUILDING THIS ROAD AND TRAIL CREW MORE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH WORK THAT WE COULD BE PROACTIVELY ADDRESSING.
AND I THINK THAT'LL BE AN IMPORTANT THING TO BALANCE IN THE FUTURE WITH YOUR BOARD.
RIGHT. SO THERE'S AREAS WHERE THE PAVING ARE POOR, BUT THEN I THINK THERE'S ALSO.
WELL, CERTAINLY THERE'S OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE ARE CULVERTS UNDERNEATH THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, IN, IN WITH CLIMATE CHANGE IN PARTICULAR, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE.
I MEAN, IT WAS NOT CLEAR INITIALLY WHETHER THERE WAS WHETHER THAT WHOLE PIECE OF THE TRAIL THAT WHERE THAT CULVERT, YOU KNOW, WENT UNDER AND IT BROKE. THIS MADE THIS BIG SINKHOLE.
SO BUT SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, IN THAT PRIORITIZATION, FOR ME, IT'S NOT JUST WHICH TRAIL ARE, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO BE REPAVED BECAUSE OF THE PAVING, YOU KNOW, THE PAVEMENT IS, HASN'T BEEN DONE IN A LONG TIME,
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WHICH IS ALSO TRUE ON THE NIMITZ. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER PLACES ON THE NIMITZ WHERE THERE ARE CULVERTS THAT GO UNDERNEATH.AND SO I WOULD WANT TO BE LOOKING AT THAT. THAT MIGHT NOT BE YOU, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY SOMEONE ELSE.
BUT TO BE LOOKING AT THAT HOLISTICALLY BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
I MEAN, WE'RE JUST LUCKY NO ONE WAS OUT THERE WHEN THAT SINKHOLE GOT CREATED, OR NO ONE WAS WALKING RIGHT IN THAT LITTLE SIDE OF THE TRAIL, BECAUSE PEOPLE DO WALK ON THE SIDE OF THE TRAIL.
SO YEAH, I DO ACTUALLY. YEAH. THINK OF IT, THAT IS STILL THAT IS STILL CHRIS'S WORLD.
I MEAN, THAT, AGAIN, THAT'S THE SHARED NATURE OF THIS WORK.
AND THAT'S HE MENTIONED THAT TCP THAT'S TRIALS, CREEKS AND PONDS.
IS THAT WHAT. OKAY. AND SO THAT'S LOOKING AT EVERY ONE OF THOSE CULVERTS, ALL THE WATER CROSSINGS WHERE THERE'S WATER THAT CROSSES OUR ROAD AND TRAIL SYSTEM, THERE IS. SO AGAIN, SO MUCH DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AROUND THAT.
AND THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE MULTIPLE BENEFIT PROJECTS.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES WHERE WE CAN REMOVE OLD CULVERTS, EITHER INCREASE THEIR SIZE OR TURN THOSE INTO TRAIL BRIDGES.
IT'S A HUGE BRIDGE THAT'S GOING IN TO REPLACE A CONCRETE, A PLACE WHERE WE ESSENTIALLY PUT CONCRETE IN THE CREEK CHANNEL IN A, IN A, YOU KNOW, SALMONID BEARING, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL STEELHEAD SECTION OF CREEK.
THERE'S A TON OF PLACES WE CAN DO THAT. AND, AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE, THE MASS TEAM OPERATIONS AND OUR STEWARDSHIP TEAM WORK TOGETHER ON THIS TRAILS, CREEKS AND PONDS WORK PLAN THAT'S TRYING TO PRIORITIZE WHERE THOSE MULTIPLE BENEFIT PROJECTS ARE.
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK WE CAN DO TO BE MORE, MORE STRATEGIC AND INCREASE OUR CAPACITY.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD QUESTIONS? LIKE I SAID, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AFTER LUNCH. LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO'D LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC. OH, LYNDA. LYNDA. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. LINDA. YEAH, MY AUDIO IS ON.
I JUST AM SO CURIOUS ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATION.
I WASN'T QUITE CLEAR. I REALLY I'M LOVING THE WORKSHOP AND GETTING UP TO SPEED ON THESE PROJECTS, BUT HOW THESE. 11 I THINK THEY'RE. 11 ACTUALLY GOT ON TODAY'S LIST.
I LOVE THAT THEY'RE REGIONAL IN NATURE AND LARGE.
AND I REMEMBER DIRECTOR WAESPI BROUGHT IT UP WHEN WE APPROVED THAT RECENTLY.
AND WHAT ARE THE WHAT DOES IT COST PER FOOT? YOU KNOW, FOR COST PER MILE, LIKE THERE'S A TWO AND A HALF MILE PAVED TRAIL IN POINT MALLARD THAT WAS IN THE MILLIONS THE OTHER DAY. AND THERE'S A TWO AND A HALF MILE CALAVERAS, BUT IT'S GOT ALL KINDS OF PERMITTING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND PROPERTIES.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT A SHORT ONE QUARTER MILE OF IRONHORSE.
LIKE I JUST DON'T HAVE A GOOD FEEL. WE HAVE THIS FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY.
I APPRECIATE HEARING WHAT'S GOING ON, AND I'M GETTING REALLY GOOD AT ACRONYMS. BY THE WAY, TC T W WHAT IS FAMOUS FAMOUS STAND FOR FAMOUS IS JUST THE NAME OF THE PROPRIETARY WORK SYSTEM THAT WE USE. SO I JUST DON'T HAVE A FEEL FOR THE VEHICLE AND THE PROCESS OF HOW THESE GOT PRIORITIZED AND A LITTLE BIT ON DIRECTOR ECHOLS WHERE THERE ARE OTHERS THAT MIGHT BE BIGGER, WORSE, BETTER SAFETY ISSUES, ETC.. SO SO I AND WHEN DO THOSE HARD DECISIONS GET MADE? DO WE HAVE SOME SORT OF SCORE AT SOME POINT WE SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT ONE'S NOT GOING TO BE PAID.
THOSE ARE REALLY GREAT. THERE'S NO YEAH, I'M NOT SEEING THE FISCAL PIECE TODAY.
THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS. SO AND AGAIN TODAY WE'RE NOT PLANNING FOR LIKE THIS ISN'T LIKE, THIS IS SORT OF REPORTING ON THE WORK WE'VE DONE.
AND THOSE TYPICALLY GO THROUGH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS PLANNING WHERE, YOU KNOW, JUST, AND I THINK WE CONTINUE TO WANT TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS AND WILL BE REVISITING THE CIP SCORING WITH YOUR BOARD IN THE CAPITAL PROJECT SESSION.
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BUT THOSE ARE BIG PROJECTS WHERE YOUR BOARD IS SORT OF WORKING WITH US AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM TO YOU KNOW, WEIGH THOSE AGAINST OTHER PRIORITIES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT APPROACH IS.AND THEN THEY ALL GO THROUGH MANY YEARS LONG PLANNING PROCESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY, ENGAGE YOUR BOARD, HAVE A THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO EXACTLY WHAT THOSE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THE WORK THAT THAT CHRIS IS TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S PART OF LIKE THE TRAILS, CREEKS AND PONDS OR THE FAMOUS, THE WORK ORDERS THAT COME FROM OPERATIONS. THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY DO MANY SMALL PROJECTS EVERY YEAR THAT ARE OPERATIONAL NEEDS.
SO THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY SMALL.
BUT I MEAN, TO ME ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE.
OH YEAH, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT, I GUESS. HOW DID THE 11 TODAY BECOME THE 11 WE LOOKED AT TODAY? YEAH. GREAT QUESTION. SO THAT SHAUN CAN SPEAK TO IT.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT ARE THESE PROJECTS THAT LIKE, HONESTLY EXISTED BEFORE I GOT HERE AND THEY'VE TAKEN THIS LONG, THESE PROJECTS TAKE SO LONG THAT YOU ACTUALLY COULD START TO ASK, LIKE, WHY ARE WE EVEN DOING THIS? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR SO LONG. SO THESE LIKE IN PARTICULAR, LIKE YOU KNOW I, I CHOSE THESE PROJECTS TODAY TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THERE'S ACTUALLY UPDATES ON THEM AND THERE'S POSITIVE MOVEMENT FORWARD.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE PROJECTS THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT.
BUT I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IF DON'T WORRY, IN VERY SOON, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND WHAT FINANCE AND KATIE DIGNAN IS WORKING ON AND IT'S CALLED SMART SHEETS.
AND EACH ONE OF OUR PROJECTS AND OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS OUTLINED WITH A PAGE AND ALL THE FINANCIALS, MONEY SPENT, SOFT COSTS, HARD COSTS AND MONEY TO COMPLETE.
AND FOR LIKE THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY CLEARLY ON ONE PAGE SHOWING YOU THE FISCAL IMPACTS OF THESE PROJECTS AND WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY MAY TAKE TO COMPLETE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S, IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
IT'S NOT QUITE READY, BUT IT, BUT IT IS COMING.
IT SOUNDS GOOD. I GUESS I JUST KIND OF WONDERED, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD ADDED TWO MORE YOU KNOW, TODAY, JUST AS A MATTER OF TIME OR MATTER OF PRICING, BUT I HEAR YOU THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN UPDATE TODAY MORE THAN ANYTHING FOR US.
AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THERE'S ANOTHER SORT OF PROCESS GOING ON FOR DECISION MAKING FISCAL IMPACT.
I JUST ALSO HAD A QUESTION ON SOME OF THE 11 PROJECTS.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STAGING AREAS AND STUFF AND IF THE POLICY IS THE BUDGET ALREADY IN PLACE, OR IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EV CHARGING STATIONS? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER STUFF OR THIS REALLY, TRULY IS TODAY JUST AN UPDATE FOR US TO, TO SORT OF JUST LISTEN INFORMATION? I THINK THIS IS A STUDY SESSION.
SO IT'S, WE'RE PROVIDING SORT OF AN UPDATE. AND THEN THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY, WE'RE HOPING TO SORT OF CONNECT AND LIKE, THINK ABOUT ACTUALLY THE WW LIKE FUNDS AND PROMISES AND SORT OF SOME OF THOSE THAT CONNECTED WITH TRAILS AND TALK TOGETHER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THOSE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THOSE PROMISES AND KIND OF HAVE A CONVERSATION.
BUT THE BIG PROJECTS, THE DECISION OF WHICH PRIORITIES TO MOVE FORWARD WILL HAPPEN THROUGH THE BUDGET AND THE CAPITAL PROJECTS PROGRAM, AND YOUR BOARD WILL WILL BE A PART OF DETERMINING WHAT THOSE ARE.
AND WE'RE NOT MOVING ANY PROJECTS FORWARD THAT DON'T GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OR, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF MY CONCERN.
YOU JUST TOUCHED ON IT. RATHER THAN KEEP WAITING UNTIL IT'S THE BUDGET PROCESS, HOW CAN WE WEIGH IN EARLIER AND MAKE THESE WORKSHOPS WHERE WE CAN HAVE SOME MORE INPUT BECAUSE THE, I FOUND THE BUDGET PROCESS QUITE QUITE HEAVY, QUITE BURDENSOME, QUITE SUDDEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR KATIE'S WORKING ON STUFF IN THE CPP IS COMING UP SORT OF SEPARATE.
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SOME POINTS THIS YEAR. WELL, AND I HEAR THAT CONCERN, I THINK BEFORE THE BUDGET.SO THE GOAL, LIKE THE WAY I'M ENVISIONING IT, I WANT TO TALK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT IT IS LIKE, WE DO THESE STUDY SESSIONS FOR YOU TO HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SORT OF DIVE INTO THESE SUBJECT MATTERS IN MORE DEEPLY.
AND THEN THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PRIORITY SETTING SESSIONS, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET PROJECTION FOR THE COMING YEAR AND THE UPCOMING YEARS, AND SORT OF WHAT REVENUES WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
WE CAN TRY OUT THE SCORING ON THE WORLD OF PROJECTS, AND WE CAN SEE HOW THAT GOES.
AND TALK ABOUT HOW THAT GOES AND WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
YOUR BOARD AND STAFF CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT THE POTENTIAL PRIORITY PROJECTS ARE.
AND THEN WE WANT TO HAVE AN ACTIVITY WHERE YOU WORK TOGETHER TO REFINE THAT PRIORITIZATION IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, NOT IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER. RIGHT.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT TOGETHER, AND IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A SURPRISE AT THE END.
THANK YOU MAX. YEAH, I THINK THAT SOUNDS REALLY PROMISING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME CONCERNS IN 2025 WHEN WE RECEIVED THE BUDGET, AND WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE WORK WE HAD BEEN DOING LEADING UP TO THE BUDGET REALLY CONNECTED.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO TRY TO CONNECT THE ENTIRE YEAR IN 2026.
AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO VIEW IT AS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SOME, YOU KNOW, MODIFICATIONS THIS YEAR IN 2026 WE MAY NOT GET IT ALL RIGHT, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE TRYING TO ITERATE AND IMPROVE UPON THE PROCESS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT, IF I COULD, ABOUT THE I WAS ALARMED BY THE THE, THE ROGUE TRAILS, THOSE ORANGE TRAILS, THOSE MAPS. I MEAN, THE SAME THING HAPPENED.
THAT MAP YOU PUT UP A MINUTE AGO LOOKED LIKE WE HAD MORE ROGUE TRAILS THAN REGULAR TRAILS.
AND I KNOW THAT AREA IS ALSO WHERE THERE ALREADY IS A FLOW TRAIL.
I BELIEVE ISLA VISTA HAS A FLOW TRAIL. SO YOU KNOW, WHATEVER DECISION WAS MADE BY PREVIOUS BOARDS OR WHAT WE, WE DO AS A GROUP GOING FORWARD TO BRING IN BICYCLISTS, THAT IMPACT IS JUST DUMBFOUNDING AND JUST THINK THAT WE CAN CORRAL THEM ONTO THE TRAILS WE WANT. THAT CLEARLY IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, ONCE WE BRING THEM INTO THE AREA, THEY'RE GOING TO BE INTO THESE ROGUE TRAIL AREAS SOMEHOW. WE'VE GOT TO BEEF UP. I WAS REALLY GLAD WE BEEFED UP THE TRAILS CREW, BUT SOMEHOW I DON'T KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A, WE GOT A REAL PROBLEM THERE.
THAT WAS AN ALARMING PHOTO. YES. AND I'LL JUST SHARE.
SO THERE ARE TRAILS THAT ARE FORMED FROM ALL THE CATTLE THAT GRAZE ON PLEASANTON RIDGE.
AND THEN SOMETIMES THOSE CATTLE TRAILS THEN BECOME ATTRACTIVE BIKE TRAILS.
AND THE OTHER POINT I'LL MAKE, YOU KNOW, I DID PRIOR TO SERVING ON THIS BOARD SERVE ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I SERVED ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE DURING THE TIME THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING THE PILOT PROJECT AT BRIONY'S.
AND I WAS AN ADVOCATE WHILE I WAS ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE SAYING MAYBE WE SHOULD DO A PILOT PROJECT IN BOTH COUNTIES AND RECOMMENDING THAT PLEASANTON RIDGE BE THE PILOT PROJECT IN ALAMEDA COUNTY. SO THAT'S WHY EARLIER WHEN I BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE DONE THE INVENTORY.
AND WHILE WE MIGHT NOT DO ANOTHER PILOT PROJECT, AND I AGREE WITH THAT SENTIMENT, THERE STILL IS A PHASE TWO FOLLOW UP TAKING THIS INVENTORY TO TO THINK ABOUT IT. SO I THINK THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR THAT.
JUST JUST ADD TO IT. NOT ALL THE ROAD TRAILS ARE BIKE RELATED TOO, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF HIKING TRAILS THAT PEOPLE CAN END UP CREATING, PROBABLY LIKE THE ONE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CONNECTING OVER BY THE TEJON CANYON. SO JUST TO SHARE THAT. OKAY.
ANY OTHER BOARD QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY.
I DO WANT TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT AN OPTION BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WE HAVE.
WAIT TILL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT OR.
WELL, JUST IN CASE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO WAIT WHILE WE'RE EATING LUNCH. YEAH. OKAY.
WE HAVE TWO IN PERSON AND WE HAVE ONE HAND UP ONLINE.
CURTIS COOPER IN PERSON. THANKS.
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THANKS. I'M COURT COOPER. I'M THE FOUNDER AND HEAD OF THE WILDCAT MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM.THIS YEAR WE GREW TO ABOUT 200 RIDERS, UP ABOUT 20% FROM LAST YEAR.
WE RIDE TWICE A WEEK, ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES IN TILDEN AND WILDCAT, AND THERE'S ABOUT ANOTHER 250 RIDERS FROM THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS THAT JOIN US. GIVEN THE DISTANCE.
IN FACT, WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT EIGHT MILES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE.
BUILDING THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL IS GOING TO HELP A LOT.
OUR RIDERS ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THAT DONE.
AND THAT WAS DUE TO EROSION THAT THAT YOU COULD SEE COMING YEARS IN ADVANCE.
THE SAD PART IS THAT THESE THESE CLOSURES COULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST DELAYED FOR YEARS.
IF THE DRAINAGE HAD BEEN BETTER MAINTAINED, WELL, OUR 500 LOCAL NIKE AND BTC DEB MEMBERS STAND READY TO HELP WITH THE SIMPLE TASK OF. BUT CRITICAL TASK OF IMPROVING THE DRAINAGE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS MADE SOME PROGRESS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
LAST YEAR THEY ADDED A NEW EMPLOYEE AND THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR OFFICE AND SHE IS VERY, VERY PERSONABLE AND AN EXPERT IN TRAIL MAINTENANCE. MY TEAM HAS HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH HER TWICE THIS LAST YEAR.
OUR EFFORTS HAVE KEPT TWO KEY TRAILS OPEN DURING ALMOST THE ENTIRE WINTER.
OUR LOCAL TEAMS COULD PROBABLY SUPPORT ONE WORKDAY A MONTH, AND THE TRAILS COULD CERTAINLY USE IT, BUT IT DOES NEED MORE DISTRICT SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
HEY, KELLY, CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT? SO I THINK JUST TO HELP OUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PREPARE, MAYBE I'LL STATE THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE AT THE END OF ITEM D THREE. SO PROBABLY TOWARDS THE END OF THIS WORKSHOP TODAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH.
HELLO, I'M SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH, ADVOCACY DIRECTOR FOR BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF THE EAST BAY.
PRESIDENT SANWONG DIRECTORS, ACTING GENERAL MANAGER.
COURTNEY AND STAFF. WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERSHIP. WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE SMALL TRAIL CREW AND THE GREAT TECHNICAL WORK THAT THEY DO. WE ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER EXPANDING THE CREW OR ADDING A SECOND CREW TO ADDRESS THE BACKLOG OF DEFERRED NARROW NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL MAINTENANCE AND AGING TRAIL INFRASTRUCTURE. AND GOOD TO HEAR SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT EARLIER.
WE'RE EXCITED AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSED NATURAL SURFACE ROAD MAINTENANCE, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT WHEN THE COMPUTER IS CORRECTED TO INCLUDE DRAINAGE INSTALLATIONS AND CREATED BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WITH A FOCUS ON PREVENTATIVE AND TARGETED WORK RATHER THAN A FOCUS ON VOLUME.
THIS APPROACH SHOULD IMPROVE THE RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE ROADS. REDUCE REDUCED MAINTENANCE LOAD, IMPROVED USER EXPERIENCES AND, PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, REDUCE EROSION AND IMPACTS TO THE WATERSHED AND HABITAT.
WHEN TRAIL RELATED IMPACTS ARE DESCRIBED AS UNACCEPTABLE, YET THEY ARE OF MUCH LOWER MAGNITUDE.
ROAD TO TRAIL CONVERSIONS FOR ROADS THAT DON'T NEED TO BE.
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ROADS. ROAD WIDTH, ALONG WITH REALIGNMENTS OF UNSUSTAINABLE STEEP GRADE SECTIONS WOULD ALSO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE INHERITED ROAD SYSTEM WHILE IMPROVING USER EXPERIENCES. VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND LOSS OF ACCESS AND SAFETY ISSUES DUE TO OVERGROWTH CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM.WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS SITUATION CAN BE IMPROVED.
IT WAS CLEAR THERE'S A SHORTFALL OF RESOURCES, AND THIS IS EXACERBATED DURING PEAK VEGETATION GROWTH PERIODS, WHICH WE'RE ENTERING RIGHT NOW. WE REMAIN READY TO HELP AS VOLUNTEERS.
LIMITATIONS ON VOLUNTEERS DUE TO THE UNION MOU ARE CONSISTENTLY CITED.
WE HOPE THAT SOMETHING COULD BE WORKED OUT TO ENABLE AT LEAST LIMITED VOLUNTARY USE OF LINE TRIMMERS DURING PEAK WORKLOAD PERIODS FOR VEGETATION THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO BE ADDRESSED BY FULL TIME EMPLOYEES OR CONSERVATION CREWS FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT.
IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, WE WOULD LIKE ANOTHER SOLUTION TO BE A PRIORITY SUCH THAT ELIMINATED NARROW, LIMITED, NARROW TRAIL ACCESS FOR BIKES IS NOT IMPACTED ROUTINELY.
THIS IS RECOGNIZED BY THE PARK DISTRICT CLEARLY, AND WE APPRECIATE THE STAFFING INCREASES AND PROGRESS THAT IS BEING MADE TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES. DISCUSSION AT THE BOARD LEVEL HAS CHARACTERIZED THIS AS MORE OF AN EXPERIENCE, RATHER THAN A MEANINGFUL LEVEL OF WORK THAT GETS DONE.
FOR THE BULK OF THE VOLUNTEERS IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM, THAT IS LIKELY THE CASE.
EVEN THE INFREQUENT VOLUNTEERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO ONLINE. DAVID LUND, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF.
UNMUTE. HELLO. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION.
ONE, IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IF YOU KNOW, I KNOW ALL THESE ACRONYMS. YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF US, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. BUT AND STAFF KNOWS THEM ALL.
SO AND I THINK STAFF PROBABLY KNOWS THE MASTER PLAN MAP AND THE TABLE OF REGIONAL TRAILS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD REALLY HELP THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD IF YOU WOULD, ON EVERY PRESENTATION LIKE THAT, AT LEAST PROJECT YOUR TRAIL MASTER PLAN SO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW WHAT THESE TRAILS ARE AND A LIST OF THE REGIONAL TRAILS. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A TRAIL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THAT TRAIL? SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. THEN MY OTHER COMMENT WAS ON, I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT YOU'RE DOING THE TRAILS IN THE MURRAY TOWNSHIP AREA.
WHAT IS NEEDED IS THE STAFF EXPERTISE TO HELP CROSS A 500 FOOT GAP ON FLAT TERRAIN WHERE THE OWNER DOESN'T WANT ACCESS. AND THAT IS THE UNIQUE THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK CAN HELP ON THAT.
WE DO NOT I DON'T THINK THEY NEED THE $5 MILLION.
THE CITY HAS THE 5 MILLION TO DO IT, BUT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM TRYING TO GET PERMISSION.
AND SO SO IT'S NOT REALLY A BUDGET ITEM. IT'S, YOU KNOW, I WISH THE BOARD COULD ENCOURAGE STAFF TO TRY TO WORK WITH THAT HOME, THAT LANDOWNER, AND OPEN UP THIS SHORT LITTLE SECTION THAT CONNECTS THE TWO PARKS.
ANYWAY, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. AND THEN THEN I TALKED ABOUT THE WEST SIDE OF DEL VALLE 20 YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, LIKE A ROTARY GROUP HIKED ALONG THE WEST SIDE, GOT PERMISSION FROM THE OWNER, MY HIKING GROUP GOT PERMISSION FROM THE OWNER EVERY YEAR OR SO, YOU COULD GET PERMISSION TO WALK ON THOSE RANCH TRAILS.
AND 13 YEARS AGO, ZONE SEVEN BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND NO ONE'S BEEN ABLE TO HIKE ON IT SINCE.
AND THEN IT WAS AT LEAST A DECADE AGO THAT ZONE SEVEN MET WITH EAST BAY.
AND THEY PRODUCED A MAP OF THE OF THE ROUTE THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
SO I WAS AT THAT LIAISON MEETING WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER FROM ZONE SEVEN AND EAST BAY AND LA PD.
SO THEY HAVE THAT MAP. SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE STARTING FROM SCRATCH.
YOU HAVE THAT MAP. THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT TO USE IT.
THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY CONSTRUCTION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
ANYWAY, IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT RATHER THAN JUST SAY, WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, ROTARY GROUPS AND OTHER GROUPS.
YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT.
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OKAY, GREAT. SO I SEE IT'S NOW 1225. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE BREAK FOR LUNCH UNTIL 01:00, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND DO THE PRESENTATION.OKAY. WONDERFUL. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
NO NET. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. IF ANYONE WANTS TO TAKE THEIR SEATS THE TECH IS READY FOR US. WELL, WE CAN'T GET STARTED UNTIL WE HAVE ONE MORE BOARD MEMBER. WE JUST NEED ONE.
SO HERE THEY COME. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE CAN GET STARTED. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE ARE BACK FOR OUR AFTERNOON SESSION OF OUR TRAILS STUDY WORKSHOP.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET INTO THE PRESENTATION WHEN READY. OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BACK ONLINE HERE. SO WE HAD BRAKED AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW WE MAINTAIN TRAILS AND THE AVENUES FOR THE TEAMS THAT I OVERSEE, WHICH IS MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES.
HOW DO HOW DOES THE WORK PLAN GET FORMED AND HOW DOES THAT WORK HAPPEN? SO AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE TRAILS, CREEKS AND PONDS PROCESS WHERE WORK IS SUBMITTED.
YOU KNOW, THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE JURISDICTIONAL BODY OF WATER. AND AS DIRECTOR ECHOLS SAID YOU KNOW, THOSE CULVERTS ARE A BIG PIECE OF THAT WORK. WE HAVE A FAMOUS WORK ORDER SYSTEM WHERE INTERNALLY STAFF CAN SUBMIT WORK ORDERS THAT ARE BEYOND DAY TO DAY MAINTENANCE OF PARK OPERATIONS WHERE THE MAST TEAMS CAN WORK. WE HAVE THE TRAILS WORK PLAN, WHERE SEAN'S TEAM HAS PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND TAKING THROUGH DESIGN AND GET TO A CONSTRUCTIBLE PHASE. AND THEN WE BEGIN TO WORK ON THOSE.
WE ALSO HAVE A, AN ANNUAL WHAT WE CALL OUR FIRE TRAIL GRADING PROCESS.
AND I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT ONE IN JUST A MINUTE.
BUT ALSO THIS LAST ONE AND I'LL I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ACRONYMS. SO WE HAVE THE MUR PCI PROCESS. SO MUR SO MUR IS MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT AND RENOVATION.
AND WE DO HAVE A WE HAVE AN ANNUAL FUND THAT FUNDS THOSE PROJECTS.
WE GIVE A MUR UPDATE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. I THINK WE GAVE IT IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PAVED TRAILS AND HOW WE SELECT WHICH TRAILS WE'RE GOING TO REPAVE OR RESURFACE, WE UTILIZE THE PAVING CONDITION INDEX.
SO AS I SAID BEFORE WE HAVE A FIRE TRAIL MAINTENANCE PROCESS.
AND THE. IT'S IT'S OUR BASIC GRADING AND MAINTENANCE.
IT'S AN ANNUAL PROCESS THAT'S HANDLED BY OUR ROADS AND TRAILS TEAMS. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IMPROVING THIS PROCESS.
I WAS ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ALL OF THE CONVERSATION AND QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL WERE POSING TODAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT, I'M COMING UP. IT'S ABOUT 11 MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, MANY OF THE SAME QUESTIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE THIS PROCESS.
HISTORICALLY, IT'S BEEN A FOCUS ON MILEAGE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF HAD TO BE RIGHT.
WE HAD 1300 MILES OF TRAILS DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT THAT INFOGRAPHIC THAT'S BROKEN DOWN.
AND I DID WANT TO POINT OUT PART OF THIS CONVERSATION TOO IS ON TERMINOLOGY.
BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THESE FIRE ROADS AND IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE TRAIL WORLD OF FIRE ROAD IS SOME PEOPLE CALL IT A TRAIL, SOME PEOPLE CALL IT A FIRE ROAD. AND SO THE TERMINOLOGY IS EVEN TRICKY HERE.
AND AS WE'VE KIND OF GOTTEN INTO, HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE PROJECTS? HOW DO WE FIX THINGS? HOW DO WE BETTER THEM FOR THE LONG TERM? SO MANY OF THESE QUESTIONS COME UP. WE, YOU KNOW, IN RECENTLY, WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE ACTUALLY CATEGORIZED, YOU KNOW, HAND-DRAWN MAPS AND GOT THEM INTO OUR GIS SO WE CAN BETTER TRACK THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND AGAIN, IT'S ALL BRING BACK THAT 1300 MILES NUMBER.
SO IF YOU DO THAT MATH, IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING IDEA THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW ACCURATELY MAINTAIN OR HAVE THAT INVENTORY PROCESS THAT SEAN TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE SO MUCH CAN HAPPEN IN A YEAR. IT'S THESE DIRT ROADS AND DIRT TRAILS ARE DIFFERENT THAN PAVING,
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YOU KNOW, PAVING YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK AT AND, YOU KNOW, MINUS, YOU KNOW, SOME NATURAL DISASTER, THEN YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH PREDICT WHERE THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONDITION OF PAVEMENT IS GOING TO SIT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS CHANGE OUR PROCESSES WHERE WE RESPOND TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S OUT THERE. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT SOIL TYPES, THERE'S DIFFERENT GRADES, THERE'S DIFFERENT NEEDS OUT WITHIN THE TRAIL SYSTEM.
WE'RE CREATING YOU KNOW, BMPS BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND LOOKING TO INSTALL YOU KNOW, ROLLING DIPS AND OTHER DRAINAGE YOU KNOW, SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS. WE ABSOLUTELY WILL STILL BE OUT DOING OUR FIRE TRAIL GRADING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HANDLE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND FIRE ACCESS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH, BUT ALSO BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND LOOKING FOR SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS THAT WE CAN INSTALL SOME OF THESE DRAINAGE STRUCTURES.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO HAVE NICK HECTOR COME UP.
THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS NICK HECTOR. I AM YOUR ROADS AND TRAILS SUPERVISOR.
TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS GET A LOT OF ATTENTION, BUT PLAYS A CRITICAL, CRITICAL ROLE IN SAFETY ACCESS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND COMMUNITY USE.
IT'S CALLED FIRE TRAIL GRADING. FIRE TRAILS ARE MORE THAN JUST DIRT ROADS IN THE HILLS.
THEY ARE LIFELINES. THEY PROVIDE EMERGENCY ACCESS FOR FIRE CREWS, EVACUATION ROUTES FOR COMMUNITIES, AND ESSENTIAL ACCESS FOR MAINTENANCE AND LAND MANAGEMENT TEAMS. WHEN THESE TRAILS ARE PROPERLY GRADED AND MAINTAINED, THEY FUNCTION THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO RELIABLY, SAFELY AND SUSTAINABLY. WHETHER OR NOT THEY BECOME LIABILITIES INSTEAD OF ASSETS, FIRE TRAIL GRADING IS NOT JUST ABOUT MAKING A ROAD LOOK SMOOTH.
IT'S ABOUT FUNCTION, SAFETY, DRAINAGE, AND LONG TERM DURABILITY.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PURPOSES OF GRADING IS ACCESS.
DURING AN EMERGENCY, FIRE CREWS NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY AND SAFELY.
EQUIPMENT, TRUCKS, WATER TENDERS, DOZERS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN'T OPERATE EFFECTIVELY ON RUTTED, WASHED OUT OR UNSTABLE TRAILS, POORLY MAINTAINED TRAILS, SLOW RESPONSE TIMES, DAMAGED EQUIPMENT AND COULD EVEN PREVENT ACCESS ENTIRELY.
AND WILDFIRE CONDITIONS MINUTES MATTER AND SOMETIMES SECONDS MATTER.
ANOTHER MAJOR FUNCTION OF GRADING IS DRAINAGE CONTROL.
WATER IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ENEMIES OF UNMAINTAINED FIRE ROADS.
WITHOUT PROPER SHAPING, TRAILS, DEVELOP RUTS, CHANNELS AND EROSION LINES THAT FUNNEL WATER DOWNHILL.
OVER TIME, THIS CREATES DEEP GULLIES, UNDERCUTS ROAD BEDS AND DESTABILIZES SLOPES.
THIS PREVENTS EROSION, PROTECTS SURROUNDING HABITATS, AND EXTENDS THE LIFE OF THE TRAIL VIA TRAIL.
GRADING IS ALSO ABOUT SAFETY. UNEVEN SURFACES, SOFT SHOULDERS, WASHBOARDS AND DROP OFFS INCREASE THE RISK OF ROLLOVERS, ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES. NOT JUST FOR EMERGENCY CREWS BUT FOR MAINTENANCE STAFF, PARK RANGERS AND UTILITY WORKERS.
A WELL GRADED TRAIL REDUCES THOSE HAZARDS AND CREATES PREDICTABLE, STABLE DRIVING CONDITIONS.
THERE'S ALSO A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ASPECT THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
REGULAR GRADING IS FAR MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
GRADING IS NOT JUST MAINTENANCE, IT'S RISK MANAGEMENT.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS ANOTHER KEY PIECE OF THIS CONVERSATION.
PROPER GRADING DOESN'T MEAN OVERWORKING THE LAND.
IN FACT, WHEN DONE CORRECTLY, IT MINIMIZES IMPACT.
CONTROLLED DRAINAGE, STABILIZED SURFACES AND PROPER SLOPE SHAPING REDUCES SEDIMENT RUNOFF INTO CREEKS, WETLANDS AND WATERWAYS THAT PROTECTS ECOSYSTEMS WHILE STILL MAINTAINING ACCESS FOR FIRE SAFETY.
GOOD GRADING IS A BALANCE BETWEEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.
BUT FIRE TRAILS DON'T ONLY SERVE EMERGENCY AND MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS, THEY ALSO SERVE THE PUBLIC.
A WELL-MAINTAINED FIRE TRAIL BECOMES A SHARED COMMUNITY RESOURCE.
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AND LOCAL RESIDENTS. SMOOTH, STABLE SURFACES, IMPROVE SAFETY FOR WALKERS, REDUCE RISK, REDUCE FALL RISKS AND MAKE TRAILS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO A WIDER RANGE OF USERS. FOR CYCLISTS AND EQUESTRIANS, PROPER GRADING REDUCES WASHBOARDS RUTS AND UNEVEN FOOTING THAT CAN CAUSE INJURIES TO RIDERS, ANIMALS AND EQUIPMENT. WELL MAINTAINED TRAILS ENCOURAGE HEALTHY RECREATION, OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AND CONNECTION TO OPEN SPACE.MAINTENANCE CREWS AND RECREATIONAL USERS CAN COEXIST IN MANY COMMUNITIES.
THESE FIRE TRAILS ARE SOME OF THE MOST USED RECREATIONAL ROUTES.
AND WHEN YOU'RE. AND WHEN THEY'RE WELL MAINTAINED, THEY ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE, TOURISM, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH NATURAL LANDS. SO FIRE GRADING SUPPORTS NOT JUST FIRE SAFETY, BUT PUBLIC WELLNESS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION. FOR OUR GRADING ALSO SUPPORTS COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
THESE TRAILS OFTEN DOUBLE AS EVACUATION ROUTES AND ACCESS POINTS DURING DISASTERS.
MAINTAINING THEM ENSURES COMMUNITIES AREN'T ISOLATED WHEN EMERGENCIES HAPPEN.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT FIRE DEPARTMENTS. IT'S ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE COORDINATION AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AT ITS CORE.
FIRE GRADING IS ABOUT READINESS, READINESS FOR WILDFIRE SEASON, READINESS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, READINESS FOR PUBLIC USE, READINESS FOR THE ACCESS WHEN CONDITIONS ARE AT THEIR WORST, NOT THEIR BEST.
WHEN TRAILS ARE PROPERLY GRADED, CREWS CAN RESPOND FASTER.
EQUIPMENT CAN OPERATE SAFELY. EROSION IS CONTROLLED.
SO FIRE GRADING ISN'T JUST A CONSTRUCTION TASK, IT'S A SAFETY STRATEGY.
IT'S A PREVENTION STRATEGY. IT'S A COMMUNITY INVESTMENT.
AND IT'S A LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO LAND STEWARDSHIP.
IT REPRESENTS PLANNING INSTEAD OF A REACTION.
MAINTENANCE INSTEAD OF CRISIS RESPONSE. PREPAREDNESS.
INSTEAD OF RISK WHEN WE MAINTAIN FIRE TRAILS PROPERLY.
WE'RE NOT JUST SHAPING DIRT. WE'RE SHAPING OUTCOMES.
WE'RE IMPROVING EMERGENCY RESPONSE. PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES, SUPPORTING PUBLIC RECREATION, AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY SAFETY. AS YOU CAN SEE, FIRE TRAIL GRADING IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF SUSTAINING OUR REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, LET'S JUST DO SOME QUICK.
SURE. THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, NICK. HOW MANY HOW MANY MILES OF TRAILS DO YOU GRADE EVERY YEAR? FIRE TRAILS. WE GRADE, I WOULD SAY BETWEEN 300 AND 400 MILES OF TRAIL EACH YEAR.
ALL IN-HOUSE, ALL MY. MY DEPARTMENT DOES. THERE IS SOME OUTSIDE CONTRACTING OUT OF GRADING.
BUT THAT HAS. BECOME LESS AND LESS. GOOD. THANKS.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANKS A LOT, NICK. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
THAT IS THE ROADS AND TRAILS CREW THAT WAS LED BY NICK HECTOR IS LED BY NICK HECTOR.
THE SMALL TRAILS CREW, AS WELL AS OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WHICH CURRENTLY USES CIVICORP AS OUR WORK PARTNER, AND WE HAVE TWO CREWS THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THAT CONTRACT WHO ARE OVERSEEN BY SOME AWP SUPERVISORS IN OUR IN OUR GROUP.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR. THIS STUFF WILL BE OVER SOME OF OUR TRAIL WORK, BUT I WANTED TO ALSO THANK NICK FOR HIS PRESENTATION.
WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO MODERNIZE SOME OF OUR APPROACHES TO OUR FIRE TRAIL GRADING PROCESS.
RECOGNIZING THAT I LIKE THE ANALOGY THAT SHAUN USED DESCRIBING THE LENGTH OF OUR NETWORK IN THE RESPECT OF BEING EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO DENVER. THAT'S REALLY EYE OPENING.
SO, WELL, I, I THINK THAT THE QUESTION IS, IS VALID ABOUT HOW MANY MILES WE TOUCH A YEAR.
I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO START FOCUSING ON THE QUALITY OF HOW WE TOUCH THOSE TRAILS AND NOT JUST THE DISTANCE, BECAUSE THERE'S A NUMBER OF TRAILS IN OUR NETWORK. I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT OUR OVERLY STEEPENED THAT COULD USE SOME BETTER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
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SO THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TOUCHING ALL THOSE MILES OF TRAIL EVERY YEAR OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.SO IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE FACT THAT GOOD TRAIL WORK AND GOOD ROAD WORK CAN BE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND HELP DEAL WITH, WITH WATER AND DRAINAGE BEFORE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM IN OUR WATERSHEDS.
SO MOVING FORWARD HERE AS I SAID, DEALING WITH SOME OF THE BULLETS ON THIS SLIDE WE ARE TRYING TO RELY A LITTLE BIT MORE ON PRESCRIPTIVE MEASURES AND A MORE INTENTIONAL APPROACH IN THE COMING YEARS.
AND WE ARE GOING, OUR, ONE OF OUR GOALS FOR 2026 IS TO IDENTIFY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SITES THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT WHERE WE CAN APPLY THE STRATEGY OF IMPLEMENTING ROLLING DRAIN DIPS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES THAT GET WATER OFF OF THESE ROAD SYSTEMS AND ALSO MAKE THEM WHAT'S CALLED HYDROLOGICALLY, DISCONNECTED FROM THE STREAM SYSTEM. SO WE GIVE WATER A PLACE TO GO THAT DOESN'T DUMP IT DIRECTLY INTO OUR STREAMS. MOVING ON THOUGH, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE TRAIL PROJECTS THAT ARE OUR TRAIL CREW DOES DURING THE YEAR.
AND TO RECAP MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES, PUBLIC WORKS TWO, WHICH I CURRENTLY LEAD, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING, REROUTING, REPAIRING THE ENTIRE DISTRICT ROAD AND TRAIL NETWORK.
SOME OF THE TYPICAL PROJECTS THAT OUR TRAIL CREW WORKS ON YEARLY INVOLVE, ESPECIALLY DURING WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS OUR TRAILS, CREEKS AND PONDS SEASON. THAT IS THE WORK DONE AROUND JURISDICTIONAL WATERWAYS THAT NEED SPECIAL PERMITTING.
AND SO THE PEOPLE WHO DO THAT WORK ARE CURRENTLY A SIX MEMBER TRAIL CREW THAT WAS STARTED IN 2023.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF LEADING THAT CREW UP UNTIL DECEMBER AND WHICH I PROMOTED UP TO THIS POSITION, AND WE ARE ADDING A SEVENTH MEMBER ON MONDAY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR THAT'S GOING TO HELP US REALLY ADD A A NEW DIMENSION TO HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE AND TREAD WORK ON OUR NARROW NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL NETWORK USING SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT YOU SEE IN THIS SLIDE. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT TRAIL CREW, WE HAVE A 15 MEMBER ROADS AND TRAILS CREW. THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS AND THEIR GROUND CREW THAT NOT ONLY DO THE THE YEARLY FIRE TRAIL GRADING, BUT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR UPWARDS OF 30 TO 40 CULVERT REPLACEMENTS A YEAR DURING THAT SAME PERMIT PROCESS.
THEY DO SMALL PATCH PAVING PROJECTS. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ROCKING SERVICE YARDS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO DO A LOT.
AND MY GOAL WITH WITH BOTH OF THESE GROUPS IS TO GET US INTO A MORE PRESCRIPTIVE, PROACTIVE POSTURE AND NOT BE CONSTANTLY REACTING TO EMERGENCIES. BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT TO GET US THERE. IN TERMS OF TALKING ABOUT TRAIL PROJECTS THAT FIT INTO THAT CATEGORY, THE FIRST ONE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU ALL WAS DONE LAST YEAR AS A TRAIL IN REDWOOD REGIONAL PARK CALLED THE GOLDEN SPIKE TRAIL.
THIS, FOR REFERENCE, COMES OUT OF THE TRUDEAU PARKING LOT STAGING AREA DOWN THROUGH THE SERPENTINE PRAIRIE AND GOES THE LENGTH OF THE PARK ALL THE WAY TO THE PARK OFFICE DOWN IN REDWOOD CANYON. IT'S VERY, VERY POPULAR HIKING TRAIL.
IT'S A NARROW NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL. AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF KEY LOCATIONS WHERE THE TRAIL CROSSES EPHEMERAL STREAMS THAT WERE REALLY GETTING HAMMERED BY SEASONAL RAINS. THIS TRAIL, AS YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, THERE WAS A KIND OF UNDERSIZED RETAINING WALL STRUCTURE THAT WAS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC WOOD. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A METHODOLOGY THAT WE WOULD USE CURRENTLY.
AND THE WATER WAS CHANNELIZING DOWN THROUGH THAT DRAINAGE.
AND INSTEAD OF FLOWING DIRECTLY OVER THE TOP OF THE STRUCTURE, IT WAS ACTUALLY SKIPPING AROUND IT AND STARTING TO SCOUR THE TRAIL TO THE POINT WHERE IT WOULD BECOME UNUSABLE. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF IDENTIFYING EARLY OR SOMEWHAT EARLY IN THE PROCESS OF THE TRAIL DEGRADATION, A FIX INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL IT'S COMPLETELY FAILED AND GONE.
AND THE TRAIL SOLUTION THAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS REALLY ROBUST FOR THE LOCATION.
WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING IS RUNNING A, WHAT'S CALLED A HIGH LINE SYSTEM.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO STAGE ALL OF THIS VERY LARGE ROCK YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE PICTURE.
THESE ARE ALL ONE TON BOULDERS. AND THEN WE MOVED THEM DOWN TO THE WORK LOCATION ON A HIGH LINE.
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SO THAT THE WATER NOW FLOWS DOWN THROUGH THE NATURAL WATER COURSE, OVER A HARDENED, DURABLE ROCK CROSSING AND CONTINUES INTO ITS NATURAL ALIGNMENT.SO HOPEFULLY THIS THE HOPE HERE IS THIS FIX IS SOMETHING THAT CAN LAST FOR DECADES.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS THE KIND OF WORK THAT PAYS DIVIDENDS NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT IN, YOU KNOW, 20, 30, 40 YEARS TO COME. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE SINCE AND SEEN IT IN THE WET, AND IT IS WORKING PERFECTLY THE WAY WE DESCRIBED IT.
SO BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND HARDEN OUR TRAIL NETWORK IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE SHOWING THAT THIS KIND OF WORK IS ALSO A FORM OF STEWARDSHIP. IN THAT SAME VEIN. I WANTED TO SHOW A PROJECT THAT THE TRAIL CREW DID WITH IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, WITH THE ROAD CREW. THIS IS OUT AT THE MARTINEZ SHORELINE.
THERE WAS A BOARDWALK ABOUT 100 TO 120 FOOT LONG BOARDWALK THAT CROSSED THE MARSH, AS WELL AS A SHORT TRAIL BRIDGE, BOTH OF WHICH, WHEN BUILT, WERE PROBABLY ADEQUATE FOR THE SEA LEVEL RISE AND CONDITIONS.
BUT KING TIDES WERE SHOWING THAT AS WATER WAS COMING IN.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? HOW ARE WE PLANNING FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCY AS PART OF OUR WORK? WE CAME IN AND REMOVED THE PREVIOUS STRUCTURE WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
AND INSTEAD OF POURING CONCRETE IN PLACE, WHICH WOULD BE A RISK TO THE ENVIRONMENT, WE PREPARED THESE THESE CONCRETE ABUTMENTS YOU SEE HERE IN THE LEFT PICTURE WITH THE ATTACHED STEEL GIRDER, AND THEN PLACED THOSE STRUCTURES FOR THE BRIDGE ABUTMENTS AND BUILT UP A GALVANIZED STEEL BRIDGE WITH A REDWOOD DECK.
AND OUR INTENTION IS TO TIE THAT STRUCTURE IN THIS SUMMER WITH ANOTHER BOARDWALK REPLACEMENT THAT WILL LIFT THE BOARDWALK TO THAT SAME LEVEL. YOU KNOW, IT'S THE DESIGN WAS DONE IN-HOUSE WITH OUR DECO PARTNERS.
AND SO NOW WE HAVE AS BUILT DRAWINGS THAT WE CAN REFER TO FOR THESE TYPES OF THINGS.
IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT BETWEEN THE TRAIL CREW, BETWEEN OUR ROADS AND TRAILS, PARTNERS WHO CAN COME IN WITH THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT WAS NEEDED TO LIFT THIS INTO PLACE. WE HAD STEWARDSHIP STAFF ON SITE FOR THESE PROJECTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE CERTAIN SPECIES THAT EXIST IN THE MARSH THAT NEED TO BE PROTECTED. DURING THE WORK WINDOWS AND THE DECO STAFF, AS I SAID, SIGNED OFF ON ON THE PLANS THAT ARE NOW REPEATABLE.
CAN I JUST ADD IN HOW COOL THIS WORK IS? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL AND QUALITY OF WORK THAT THIS TEAM IS DOING, WHETHER IT'S LIKE PLACING THOSE ONE TON BOULDERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, MIMIC THE NATURAL CONDITION AND WILL LAST LIKE 100 YEARS OR PRE-CASTING THESE FOOTINGS TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE. THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE IT WOULD BE HARD TO EVEN FIND A CONTRACTOR THAT WOULD DO SOME OF THAT WORK.
SO YEAH. VERY COOL. THANK YOU MAX. NO, I APPRECIATE IT.
AND IT'S FUN. HONESTLY, BEING OUT HERE, I, I'M IN KIND OF A POSITION NOW WHERE I DON'T GET TO DO THIS EVERY DAY AND I'M PLANNING ALL THE WORK, BUT I STILL LOVE HIGHLIGHTING IT BECAUSE THESE GUYS ARE HAVING A BLAST DOING IT.
AND SO REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE IT. LASTLY, THE OTHER GREAT PROJECT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL IS THIS IS CURRENTLY ONGOING. IT'S IN LAUREL CANYON. NOW. LAUREL CANYON IS A TRAIL IN TILDEN NATURE AREA, WILDCAT PARK.
THIS TRAIL TRADITIONALLY WAS MAINTAINED BY JUST ONE RANGER THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SMALL BRIDGE CROSSINGS AT THE TOP THIRD OF THE TRAIL THAT WERE GLORIFIED, TWO BY 12 PLANKS THAT WERE LAID ACROSS THE AREAS OF THE STREAM.
AND SO THOSE WERE FAILING. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WERE PUT IN PLACE, BUT LIKELY 40 TO 45 YEARS AGO.
AND THE TRAIL CREW CAME IN TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE.
SO THE ANSWER TO FIX WAS NOT JUST, OH, WE'LL FIX THESE BRIDGES IN PLACE.
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OR A SINGLE TRACK DOZER. LARGE TOTERS THAT CARRY IN THE ROCK AND STEEL TO BUILD THE OTHER TRAIL STRUCTURES.I REALLY APPRECIATE FROM THE PUBLIC THE COMMENTS ABOUT LIKE THE TYPE OF TRAILS WE HAVE AND WHAT ARE THE USE DESIGNATIONS? SHOULD THEY BE FIVE FEET WIDE, EIGHT FEET WIDE? THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE REALLY INTERESTING AND ENLIGHTENING TO ME.
AND FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT, OUR PERSPECTIVE IS THAT A LOT OF THESE TRAILS WE SHOULD LOOK AT IN TERMS OF THEIR WIDTH OR THEIR LAYOUT, HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THEM? SO FOR ME, THE ANSWER IS NOT SO MUCH LIKE THEY GO HAND IN HAND, RIGHT? YES, THE TRAIL SHOULD BE WIDE ENOUGH SO IT ALLOWS FOR SAFE PASSAGE.
BUT ALSO THE KEY ELEMENT FOR US IS THE TRAIL SHOULD BE WIDE ENOUGH SO IT CAN BE CONTINUED TO BE MAINTAINED WITH EQUIPMENT THAT MAKES IT SO THAT WE CAN DO IT MORE FREQUENTLY IF NEEDED, AND WE CAN DO IT WITH A MORE ROBUST FIX.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THEM USING ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE HIGH LINE SYSTEMS. THEY'RE BRINGING IN A RETAINING WALL PACKAGE THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE TRAIL WIDER IN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PINCH POINTS.
ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU HAVE US AGAIN PUTTING IN AN ABUTMENT FOR THAT NEW 45 FOOT STEEL BRIDGE.
THIS IS ANOTHER CASE WHERE RATHER THAN POURING CONCRETE IN PLACE, WE WERE ASKED TO BUILD UP THE FOUNDATION USING LIFTS OF GEOCELL AND CAREFULLY PLACING THE THE STEEL ALL THREAD, THE ALL THREAD THERE IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO CONNECT TO A BRIDGE ABUTMENT AND ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THIS, HOPEFULLY THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE CLIMB FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER ALL THE WAY TO WILDCAT CANYON, WILDCAT PEAK. THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER SCRAMBLES TO GET UP TO WILDCAT PEAK THAT ARE NOT AS FUN.
AND SO I REALLY HOPE WE RELIEVE SOME OF THE PRESSURE ON THOSE AND GET PEOPLE ONTO THIS TRAIL.
SO BEFORE I SEND IT BACK TO CHRIS, I'D JUST SAY THAT I HIGHLIGHT THOSE THREE PROJECTS.
AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST LIMITED BY STAFFING IN ORDER TO GET MORE OF THEM DONE PER YEAR.
I, I LIKE TO, I LIKE, I LIKE SHAWN'S ANALOGY ABOUT A NUMBER OF MILES OF TRAIL.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS ANOTHER ONE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OUR PARTNER AGENCIES IN THE BAY AREA, FOR EXAMPLE, GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL REC, WHICH IS A NATIONAL PARK THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR SAN FRANCISCO AND MUIR WOODS, A NUMBER OF THE BEAUTIFUL LOCATIONS WE ALL LOVE.
SO THEIR FOCUS IS OBVIOUSLY ON A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TRAIL WORK.
BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PROBLEM IN FRONT OF US, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT HAVING MORE FOLKS TO DO THE JOB IS, IS, IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. THE LAST PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WITH MAST IS GOING BACK TO OUR PAVING WORK, AND I'LL LET CHRIS TAKE THAT ON. ANY QUESTIONS? SORRY. FIRST. DIRECTOR ECHOLS. YEAH. IT'S NOT EXCUSE ME, IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION, BUT I GET MY VOICE BACK HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS ON BEING PROACTIVE, PREVENTIVE.
YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT RESILIENCE AND THE, THE STORMS, THE CONTINUED CLIMATE IMPACT BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. AND I THINK THAT GOES REALLY ACROSS EVERYTHING.
SO THESE TRAILS CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THE NIMITZ EARLIER.
THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SITUATION. SELBY AND TILDEN AS WELL.
ALL OF THOSE WERE JUST HAMMERED BY THE STORMS. AND AND THE PREVENTION IS REALLY WHAT'S WHAT IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU FOR FOCUSING ON THAT.
THANK YOU. IT'S I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. GO AHEAD. WELL JUST COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
THIS YOU KNOW, THIS VISION OF THIS SMALL TRAILS CREW IS A LONG, LONG TIME AND LOTS OF WRANGLING WITH THE UNION OVER HOW IT WAS GOING TO WORK AND HOW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT BOY, WHAT A WHAT A TREMENDOUS SOURCE OF PRIDE IT MUST BE.
THOSE PROJECTS ARE JUST SO COOL. IT'S, IT'S AMAZING.
AND I, I COMPLIMENT YOU AND I ASSURE YOU 30 YEARS FROM NOW YOU'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THEM AND SAY, WOW, THAT WAS COOL. I'M GLAD I DID IT. IT'S. I'M HONORED TO TAKE ON THE ROLE AS THE MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH ROADS AND TRAILS AS WELL. THEY'RE AN AMAZING GROUP OF AWESOME CREW THAT IS SUPER SKILLED AT WHAT THEY DO.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BIG, BIG JOB IN MAINTAINING THIS AMOUNT OF MILEAGE.
BUT CERTAINLY I THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN PLACE TO DO IT.
EXCELLENT. I THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR QUESTIONS.
THANKS SO MUCH. THAT WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE. OKAY.
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AND I'M ALSO GOING TO BE TRY AND BE A LITTLE BIT SHORT WITH IT BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE AN EXERCISE STILL TO GO AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S TIME FOR IT.SO, AND OF COURSE, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS AS WELL.
SO THE, THE MUR IS OUR 553 FUND AGAIN. IT'S MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT.
AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS PAVING AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WE UTILIZE THE PAVING CONDITION INDEX THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX IS, IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED.
YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH ALL PUBLIC AGENCIES USE IT THAT MAINTAIN THEIR PAVEMENT.
OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP A SCORE OF 70 OR ABOVE ON ALL OF OUR PAVING.
THIS IS SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR 2025 PAVING PROJECTS.
AGAIN, I'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT WE SHARED THIS INFORMATION IN NOVEMBER.
THESE ARE SOME PHOTOS FROM THE IRON HORSE AND THEN ALSO AT THE STAGING AREA.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
AND THEN FOR THE 2026. THESE ARE OUR PROPOSED LOCATIONS.
SO WE HAVE THE LAFAYETTE MORAGA REGIONAL TRAIL.
WE HAVE A SECTION OF THE BAYVIEW TRAIL, ALAMEDA CREEK, AND THEN THE MARSH CREEK AND DELTA DE ANZA THE MARSH CREEK AND DELTA DE ANZA WOULD BE PRESERVATION. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESURFACING AND THOSE OTHER SECTIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT FULL PAVING.
WE ALSO JUST PART OF THAT IS SUPPORTED BY MEASURE J WITH CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD.
AND WE GET THESE LONGITUDINAL CRACKS IN THERE.
ARE YOU WILLING TO WHAT'S YOUR POSITION ON FILLING THOSE CRACKS IN BETWEEN TOTAL SURFACE, YOU KNOW, TOTAL RESURFACING OR RECONSTRUCTION? YEAH, ACTUALLY.
SO IF, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, IF TOTAL REPLACEMENT IS EXPENSIVE AND, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T GO AS FAR AS FAR AS MILEAGE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE ACTUALLY WILL DO PATCH PAVING AND FIXES REALLY ANYTHING SHORTER THAN, YOU KNOW 1000FT OR SO. WE WILL ABSOLUTELY TRY AND KEEP THINGS TO EXTEND THEIR LIFE, YOU KNOW, DOING CRACK SEAL FILLING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE TRY TO NOT DO IS STAY AWAY FROM THE WRONG LARGE PRESCRIPTIVE METHOD.
LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO RESURFACE SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, THAT GETS YOU INTO A LOT OF TROUBLE, RIGHT? THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE CRACKS GET PRETTY BIG.
THE OTHER ONE THAT'S COME UP I JUST NOW THOUGHT OF THIS IS I'VE GOTTEN SOME, LET'S JUST CALL IT A COMPLAINT RATHER THAN A COMMENT ABOUT SLUMPS IN THE IN THE PAVEMENT THAT ACCUMULATE WATER WHEN IT RAINS AND IT COVERS, IT GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE PAVEMENT.
IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF GOING IN THERE AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPOT TREATMENT, MAYBE GOING IN THERE AND FILLING THAT OR PULLING IT OUT AND REDOING IT, OR SOME WAY TO CORRECT THOSE GIANT PUDDLES FROM DEVELOPING? YEAH, THE BIRDBATHS, WE ALWAYS CALL THEM. YEAH.
AND SO LIKE, WE WILL DO SMALL SECTIONS, WE'LL PULL OUT SMALL SECTIONS.
OKAY. SO EVEN THOUGH HE'S OBVIOUSLY VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT FIRE TRAIL GRADING.
YOU KNOW, NICK'S TEAM, THEY ALSO DO ALL OF THAT PATCH PAVING WORK.
SO AGAIN, ANYTHING IN THOSE SMALLER SECTIONS, WE WILL DO SMALL SECTIONS OF PAVING INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE LARGE SECTION AS PART OF THE PCI. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? LYNDA. ANY. I DON'T SEE YOUR HAND UP, SO WE'LL SAY NO.
OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE AND INSIGHTFUL.
OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE CARMEN ERASMUS TO TALK ABOUT TWO OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU.
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AND NOW WITHIN THE FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE DIVISION.AND ONE OF OUR ROLES IS TO SUPPORT OTHER DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING, AS SEAN MENTIONED, THE TRAILS UNIT, EITHER WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR GENERAL PROJECT SUPPORT.
SO LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE A POINT, ISABEL AND KELLER BEACH THAT ARE HAVE TRAILS COMPONENTS.
AND THE REASON THAT WE SELECTED THESE PROJECTS IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT ONLY SIGNIFICANT TRAILS COMPONENTS, BUT ALSO LARGE RESTORATION COMPONENTS AS WELL AND ASSOCIATED BUDGETS.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS DEER VALLEY WHICH IS THE FORMER RODDY RANCH PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE TRANSFERRED TO CARLA MEYER'S IN THE RESTORATION PROJECTS GROUP IN DECO, AND SO SHE'LL SHEPHERD THE PROJECT FROM BIDDING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE DO PLAN ON GOING OUT TO BID AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
AND CARLA IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT RECRUITMENT RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU SHOULD SEE HER COMING TO YOU PRETTY SOON AND PRESENT THIS PROJECT IN MORE DETAIL.
SO AT A GLANCE, I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE TRAIL'S COMPONENTS.
SO WE'LL BE CONSTRUCTING APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES OF NEW TRAIL, WHICH IS A NET IMPERVIOUS REDUCTION OF 5.5 ACRES AND DEMOLISHING SIX MILES OF NONCOMPLIANT AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED CONSTRUCTED EXISTING GOLF PATH AND TRAIL CONSTRUCTION IS APPROXIMATELY 6 MILLION OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS. AND SO THIS IS JUST A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE STATS ON THE PROJECT GOALS AND THE BASIC SCOPE TRAILS. AS PART OF MANY ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING RESTORATION, ADA, CODE UPDATES, ETC.. AND THIS IS THE TRAILS COMPONENT OF THE BUDGET, AND WE THANK THE BOARD IMMENSELY FOR FUNDING THIS PROJECT RECENTLY.
AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AS PLANNED.
SO THAT'S DEER VALLEY AND THE NEXT ONE. OH, THERE WE GO.
THOSE ARE SOME IMAGES OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS THURGOOD THE SOUTH OF BAILEY PROJECT AT THURGOOD MARSHALL.
ANOTHER LARGE SCALE PROJECT WITH A SIGNIFICANT TRAIL COMPONENT.
EVA IS ALSO THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS ONE.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE BEGINNING REGULATORY PERMITTING AND WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
SO THE ESTIMATE IS ABOUT 2027 TO GO OUT TO BID.
SO THIS PROJECT HAS A NETWORK OF SEVEN MILES OF MULTIMODAL PATHWAY AND ALMOST THREE MILES OF DEMOLITION FROM THE EXISTING RAIL LINES AND UNUSED ROADS. THIS TRULY IS A RAILS TO TRAILS PROJECT, AND APPROXIMATELY 5.5 MILLION OF THE PROJECT BUDGET IS ALLOCATED TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION COSTS OF THE TRAILS.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FUNDING THIS PROJECT.
AND THE PROJECT TEAM WILL ALSO BE COMING TO THE BOARD AGAIN WITH UPDATES AND FUTURE BOARD ACTIONS.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THIS WAS REALLY JUST A BRIEF HIGHLIGHT.
AND THERE'LL BE MORE DISCUSSION AT THE CAPITAL PROJECT STUDY SESSION.
COULD. I GET ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS WHEN I GO OUT THERE TO THURGOOD MARTIN.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT IT'S ALL NEW TO PEOPLE.
IT'S NEW TO US, RIGHT? BUT ONE OF THEM THAT KEEPS COMING UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
PEOPLE LOOK, I TELL THEM WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THESE RAIL LINES INTO TRAILS, YOU KNOW? WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE RAIL? THEY WANT TO KNOW ARE WE GOING TO SALVAGE IT? WHAT HAPPENS TO IT? YOU KNOW, DO WE OWN IT NOW? I MEAN, AND HOW DOES THAT WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH A LOT OF THE RAIL IS GOING TO STAY IN PLACE.
SO IT'LL BE PART OF THIS NEW SECTION OF TRAIL.
SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE EXISTING RAIL LINE IN PLACE.
OH SO SO THE RAILS ACT LIKE HEADER BOARDS KIND OF.
YES. OKAY. INTERESTING. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE STUFF THAT WE TAKE OUT? I MEAN, DOES THAT GO TO THE SCRAPYARD OR SOMETHING OR.
YEAH. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THAT.
I WASN'T SURE WE REALLY KNEW THAT YET. IT WILL BE PART OF THE KEEP ASKING ME THAT, YOU KNOW? YEAH. I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
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ANY OTHER BOARD QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I GUESS I JUST HAVE A FEW IN GENERAL, AND SOME OF IT MIGHT EVEN GO TO THE PREVIOUS ONE WHERE WE SAW THE PAVING MAPS. I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO JUST MAYBE IN THE FUTURE INCLUDE A NOTE WITH THE PAVING MAPS THAT THE MEASURE J NOTE I THOUGHT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WHEN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PASSED MEASURE J, THEY THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THESE REGIONAL TRAILS AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS YOU KNOW, FUNDING AND MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THE REGIONAL TRAILS, WHEREAS WE DON'T HAVE THAT SAME IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OR ALAMEDA COUNTY PORTIONS HANDLE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT I WANTED TO MENTION BECAUSE, BECAUSE COLIN AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING AN ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT DEER VALLEY AND RODDY RANCH, AND I THINK THAT AS WE PREPARE FOR OUR JUNE BIG BREAK MEETING, THERE DOES NEED TO BE AN UPDATE TO THE MAP POTENTIALLY OF THE EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPE DISTRICT, BECAUSE RODDY RANCH IS PART OF THE CITY OF ANTIOCH.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT COULD ALSO BE HELPFUL TO DO JUST WHILE WE'RE HERE.
AND WE JUST HAD THAT CONVERSATION THIS WEEK. AND THEN AND THEN I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING I HAVEN'T SEEN FOR EITHER OF THESE TWO PROJECTS, THURGOOD MARSHALL, SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD AND RODDY RANCH IS THE PROJECTED OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS.
AND SO JUST WHENEVER WE COME BACK TO THESE PROJECTS TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE COULD BE HELPFUL.
YEAH, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING ON TOO, IS, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE HOPE TO ENGAGE WITH YOU ON EITHER THROUGH THE STUDY SESSIONS OR IN ANOTHER WAY, BECAUSE I THINK LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR COMING BUDGETS, WE HAVE VERY LIMITED FUNDING FOR ONGOING INCREASES. SO IT'S REALLY TRYING TO THINK, WHAT ARE SOME OPTIONS FOR AS THESE PARKS COME ONLINE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE THEM, AND THEN GETTING INPUT AND DIRECTION FROM YOUR BOARD TO CONSIDER DIFFERENT MODELS, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S OF COURSE LIKE AN IDEAL MODEL, BUT THERE'S ALSO LIKE, WHAT'S THE WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES GIVEN THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO? BECAUSE I KNOW WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT DUELING CANYON, FOR EXAMPLE, OR EVEN THE, YOU KNOW, 4.6 ACRE ACQUISITION, WE HAD A FULL ANALYSIS OF THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, ANTICIPATED COSTS.
AND SO I JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY SOME PROJECTS WE, WE DO THAT WORK AND OTHERS THAT WE DON'T KNOW, WE DO IT FOR ALL THE PROJECTS AND WE HAVE A, I, I WOULD GUESS THAT WHEN, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS EVEN HERE WHEN THESE PROJECTS CAME TO THE BOARD IN THE PLANNING STAGES. BUT TYPICALLY, I'D IMAGINE THAT'S SORT OF PART OF HOW WE BRING THEM TO YOUR BOARD.
BUT FOR SURE, WE'VE LOOKED AT BRIAN UP THERE AT WHAT THE OPERATIONS COST WOULD BE.
WELL, YEAH, THANK YOU. I WOULD SAY FOR THURGOOD MARSHALL, THERE WAS A FULL OPERATION MAINTENANCE COST ANALYSIS THAT WAS PART OF THE LAND USE PLAN THAT WAS DONE. SO THAT WAS, I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS PRE-COVID THAT THAT WAS ADOPTED.
SO 2020, I THINK THAT THAT WAS DONE, BUT SEPARATELY FOR RODDY RANCH GOLF COURSE AND A LOT OF THE HCP PROPERTIES NOW LAVAL AND OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT SHE'S BEEN REALLY LEADING A BIG EFFORT TO DO A DEEP DIVE WITH THE HABITAT CONSERVANCY AROUND O&M COSTS, BECAUSE THERE IS A PRETTY COMPLICATED SORT OF FRAMEWORK IN TERMS OF LIKE HOW MUCH THE FUNDING THAT THE HCP PROVIDES FOR MAINTENANCE OF THAT.
ANYWAYS, LONG STORY SHORT IS WE HAVE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF LOOK AT THAT WORK.
SO THAT'S WHY MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY SEEING IT NOW WAS SORT OF BROUGHT IN ON THE FRONT END.
I THINK WE WANT THAT TO BE PART OF THE CALCULUS FOR DECISIONS THAT WE BRING TO YOUR BOARD ABOUT NEW PROPERTIES, AND EUPROJECTS IS WHAT THE LONG TERM COST OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE.
SO I THINK THAT'S DURING THAT DECISION THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AS WE LOOK TOWARDS BUILDING THEM OUT AND THEN POTENTIALLY OPENING THEM, WE WANT TO REENGAGE WITH YOUR BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING AND FOR HOW TO DO THAT. BUT WHEN WE APPROVED THE BUDGET FOR THIS, THIS IT WAS WITH THE 2025 BUDGET PROCESS, CORRECT? SO THERE WAS, I GUESS THERE'S SORT OF MULTIPLE PIECES.
YOUR BOARD APPROVES A PROJECT LIKE WITH SEQUA OR ANOTHER STEP.
THERE'S THAT SORT OF THE APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT, WHICH HAPPENED WELL BEFORE 2025.
AND THEN YOUR BOARD, I THINK YOUR BOARD HAS APPROVED FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE PAST, WELL BEFORE 2025. YOUR BOARD APPROVED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN 2025 OUT OF MEASURE WW TO POTENTIALLY COMPLETE THIS
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PROJECT. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SORT OF CRITICAL PATH STEPS THAT YOUR BOARD TAKES AROUND APPROVING A PROJECT.IF THAT IF THAT. YEAH, IT'S HELPFUL. I JUST THINK WITH LIKE THESE LONGER TERM PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, FOR IF WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT O&M, MAYBE AT EACH OF THE DECISION POINTS THAT COULD BE INCLUDED BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WAS INCLUDED WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD DURING THE 2025 BUDGET PROCESS. GREAT POINT. YES. WELL, THAT LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE EVERY TIME WE'RE BRINGING THAT TO YOUR BOARD. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT I WANT TO BRING UP, BECAUSE WE KEEP ON TALKING ABOUT LAND USE PLANS AND I THINK WE DO HAVE AN OUTSTANDING ITEM. BECAUSE OVER THE SUMMER OF 2025, THAT WAS ANOTHER TOPIC THAT DID COME UP BOTH IN REGARDS TO WILDCAT CANYON AND THE PROPOSED FLOW TRAIL THERE, AS WELL AS PLEASANTON RIDGE AND THE WOODS.
ACCESS. AND IN BOTH OF THOSE SITUATIONS, FROM SUMMER 2025, LAND USE PLANS CAME UP.
AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I RECEIVED FROM EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT STAFF WAS THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE LAND USE PLANS AREN'T A LEGAL BINDING DOCUMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS FOLLOW WHAT THE LAND USE PLANS SAY.
AND I THINK THAT THE OUTSTANDING ITEM THAT I WANT TO MENTION WITH LAND USE PLANS, AND I THINK I HAD MENTIONED THIS PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE HAD THAT OCTOBER WORKSHOP ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS, EXCUSE ME, THE OCTOBER WORKSHOP, IT WAS THERE WAS CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT I MEANT THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN. I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD HAVE ALSO TALKED ABOUT LAND USE PLANS AND WHERE LAND USE PLANS FIT WITHIN THIS DISTRICT PLANNING PROCESS. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S STILL AN OUTSTANDING ITEM THAT WE HAVEN'T YET HAD THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT.
OKAY. SO YOU'RE INTERESTED IN A FUTURE INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION ABOUT LAND USE PLANS IN GENERAL? I GUESS WHAT IS OUR POLICY? BECAUSE IF WE'RE SAYING THAT IT'S NOT LEGALLY BINDING AND YEAH, WE MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, THIS OLDER LAND USE PLAN FOR WILDCAT CANYON FROM THE 1980S, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT LEGALLY BINDING.
I DON'T KNOW IF I NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THAT SENTIMENT.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO HAVE A REVIEW.
AND SO I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RIGOR IN TERMS OF LAND USE PLANS.
I THINK. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR SECOND CENTURY DISTRICT PLAN, I THINK WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS LAND USE PLANS AS A PART OF THAT. AND WHAT THE ROLE OF LAND USE PLANS ARE.
AND THEN ALSO THE EVACUATION ROUTE AT KILLCARE WOODS.
IT ALSO, THE LAND USE PLAN FOR PLEASANTON RIDGE ALSO CAME UP.
OKAY. WELL, I WANT TO MAKE SURE A OFFLINE. I'M HAPPY TO TALK THROUGH THOSE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY FEEL RESOLVED AND LIKE WE'VE SPOKEN TO THEM.
WHAT I'M HEARING IS. AND I SEE BRIAN NODDING HIS HEAD.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD. LINDA. I CAN'T SEE HER HANDS.
JUST A COMMENT ABOUT O AND M AND STUFF. ONE OF THE SLIDES EARLIER CAUGHT MY EYE THAT IT WAS AN ANNUAL ONGOING BUDGET OF 14.8 MILLION. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY O AND M VERSUS JUST PROJECTS WE HAVE TO DO, BUT, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS WE HAVE TO DO SORT OF DELVES INTO O AND M LIKE MAINTAINING THESE TRAILS, BUT LOOKING MORE CLOSELY AGAIN, AT THE DOLLAR PER MILE, WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT ALTERNATIVES DO WE HAVE? IS THERE AN OPTION TO BE, YOU KNOW, LESS INTENSIVE RECREATION? HOW CAN WE BUDGET? HOW HAS THAT CHANGED OVER THE PAST 3 TO 5 YEARS? YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REALLY BIG CHANGE IN OUR STORMS, THE STORM INTENSITY.
YOU KNOW, THE WORLD CAME UP WITH THIS TERM OF ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS.
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AND HOW HAS THAT IMPACTED OUR TRAILS THIS 4.8 MILLION.OVER TIME, OVER YEARS, OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS EVEN.
AND YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE ROLL THAT IN TO THIS TO THIS PLANNING ON, ON TRAILS AND FIGURE OUT HOW THAT ROLLS INTO. SO WE'RE NOT SURPRISED AT THE END OF THE YEAR ON BUDGETS.
AND THERE'S SO MUCH OVERLAP IN GRAY AREA. THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU ADMITTED THERE ARE GLIMPSES THAT, YOU KNOW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. SO AND I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IN THE DISTRICT PLAN HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, DEMAND TO USE OUR PARKS. BUT WE ALSO YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DEMAND FOR HOUSING, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO START BUILDING HOUSING IN OUR PARKS. LIKE WHERE DO WE, WHERE DO WE TAKE THE BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING AND GET THOSE ROGUE TRAILS OUT AND REALLY PROTECT NATURE.
SO THE BALANCE OPENS THE SESSION TODAY. I REALLY APPRECIATED HEARING ABOUT STEWARDSHIP AND, YOU KNOW, WRAPPING THAT IN THROUGH ALL OF THIS IS A CHALLENGE WE FACE.
I THINK I'VE SAID THAT A COUPLE TIMES TODAY, SO I'LL JUST FEEL LIKE I'M REPEATING MYSELF, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THE. I FEEL LIKE I'M LEARNING A TON.
THIS FEELS MORE LIKE A POSTER SESSION OF PROJECTS AND I.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT I'M LEARNING AND HEARING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE, THE COMMENTS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE A BIT MORE PROACTIVE GOING FORWARD AND SOMEHOW BRING FINANCES INTO THIS EARLY AND OFTEN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT SECTION IF YOU'RE READY.
DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. AND WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE ALSO CONTEMPLATING THAT AND THAT THE BOARD IS DISCUSSING THAT, BECAUSE IF WE'RE ALL TALKING AND CONTEMPLATING THOSE SAME THINGS, I THINK WE'RE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THIS IS KATIE DEIGNAN, AND SHE'S GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH OUR OUR BREAKOUT SESSION ON MEASURE WW.
AND I'LL PASS IT OVER TO YOU AND LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY. THANKS, KATIE.
GREAT. THANK YOU SEAN. AND. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD OF DIRECTORS LIKE SEAN, SAID KATIE DUGGAN, ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER. HERE TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS EXCITING SESSION WHERE WE GET TO MOVE AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
AS A CONTINUATION FROM THE BOARD LAND STUDY SESSION ON MEASURE WW ACQUISITIONS THIS AFTERNOON, WE'RE GOING TO BREAK OUT INTO GROUPS TO REVIEW 11 MEASURE WW INVESTMENT AREAS WITH THE GOAL OF DETERMINING IF WE MEET WE MET THE COMMITMENT TO THE PUBLIC AND IF NOT WITH THE REMAINING UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCES.
WHAT AREAS DOES YOUR BOARD RECOMMEND WE PRIORITIZE FOR ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT? AND SO TO RE FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE MEASURE WW REPORTS, IF YOU OPEN THE PACKETS THAT YOU HAVE STARTING ON PAGE 69, JUST WANT TO QUICKLY RUN THROUGH THIS HOW THE, HOW THESE REPORTS ARE SET UP.
SO FOR ON PAGE 69, WE HAVE INVESTMENT AREA, THE BAY TRAIL.
THE TOP PART TELLS YOU THE METRO AREA, THE WARD, THE STATUS.
THE LIST OF COMPLETED PROJECTS, THE LIST OF CURRENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS.
AND THE SECOND TO LAST ROW INDICATES THE CURRENT UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCES.
SO NOW WE'LL BREAK OUT INTO TWO GROUPS GROUP ONE, JUST START OFF.
DIRECTOR ECHOLS, WAESPI AND DIRECTOR SANWONG.
WE'LL HAVE YOU GO OVER HERE TO THE LEFT TO LOOK AT THE SF BAY TRAIL, WHICH INCLUDES MLK SHORELINE AND OAKLAND SHORELINE, THE BAY WATER TRAIL, THE DELTA TRAIL, AND THE MARSH CREEK TRAIL.
AND THEN GROUP TWO, DIRECTOR COFFEY AND MERCURIO OVER THERE TO LOOK AT THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL, WHICH INCLUDES RANCHO PINOLE, AS WELL AS CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL AND IRON HORSE TRAIL, WHICH INCLUDES THE IRON HORSE TO MOUNT DIABLO TRAIL INVESTMENT AREA.
AND SO DETAILS ON EACH OF THESE PROJECTS ARE IN YOUR PACKET.
WE'LL TAKE 20 MINUTES TO DO DISCUSSIONS. STAFF WILL BE THERE WITH YOU TO KIND OF TAKE FEEDBACK.
WE'LL HAVE POST-IT NOTES, SHARPIES FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH AND IDENTIFY AREAS YOU WANT US TO FOCUS ON,
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AND WE'LL SPEND 20 MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL SWAP.THEN WE'LL COME BACK AS A GROUP, AND WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM EACH BOARD MEMBER YOUR FEEDBACK FROM THE EXERCISE AND THE THINGS YOU REALLY WANT US TO TAKE AWAY AND FOCUS ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WHEN YOU SAY, OH, AND DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT BRIAN'S GOING TO JUMP ON WITH YOU AND GO THROUGH AND THEN ALSO NOTE THESE MAPS WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU TO HAVE AFTER THIS MEETING. WHEN YOU SAY SWAP WILL SWAP THE LOCATIONS.
YES. SO WE'LL GET TO DO BOTH OF THEM. YOU'LL GET TO DO BOTH OF THEM.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST SIT IN THE BACK AND IN CHAIRS, WE CAN MOVE THEM A LITTLE BIT CLOSER SO YOU CAN HEAR, BUT REALLY YOUR ROLE IS JUST TO OBSERVE THE PROCESS.
AND THANK YOU FOR RESPECTING THAT. OKAY. YEAH.
SO NOW WE CAN GET STARTED AND I'LL CALL THE GROUP TOGETHER WHEN WE HIT THE 20 MINUTES MARK.
SO THE AUDIO TURNED OFF IN THE BOARDROOM. I DID CONFIRM WE ARE GOOD TO GO. I WILL JUST NOTE THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING.
SO THERE ARE THE PUBLIC FOLKS WHO ARE ON HERE ARE STILL ABLE TO LISTEN IN.
SO BUT STILL KIND OF RECORDED AND DOING THE, THE PUBLIC THING.
OH. AND ARE YOU STILL ON LYNDA? YEAH, I'M STILL HERE.
OKAY. SO FOR GOING THROUGH THIS. SO THERE'S THESE YOU CAN SEE THE I GUESS THE 11 TRAIL ALLOCATION. SO AGAIN, THESE WERE MEASURE WW ALLOCATION AREAS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID IN THE LAN SESSION. SO WHERE THOSE THERE'S EXISTING MONEY LOOKING TO JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAPS, SEE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS WHAT'S BEEN DONE. AND THEN WHERE YOU KNOW, GET INPUT ON, YOU KNOW, IF, KEEP THE ALLOCATION AS IS IF OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS HERE, BUT KEEP THE ALLOCATION WHERE IT IS OR IF IT NEEDS TO BE SHIFTED OR THAT SORT OF THING.
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NOT YET. YES WE ARE. YES WE ARE. OKAY, GREAT.[04:08:19]
ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. THAT WAS GREAT TO GET UP AND LOOK AT MAPS AND HAVE A CONVERSATION.[04:08:25]
SO THANK YOU FOR FACILITATING AND ORGANIZING THAT.[04:08:29]
ALL RIGHT. SO HOW DO WE WANT TO CLOSE OUT THIS?[04:08:33]
SO WHAT WE WERE HOPING IS JUST EACH BOARD MEMBER COULD WALK THROUGH, JUST KIND OF GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK FROM, FROM THE EXERCISES TODAY AND LIKE THE MAIN[04:08:40]
TAKEAWAYS THAT YOU WANT US AS STAFF TO, TO FOCUS ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE NEXT PRIORITY SESSIONS.[04:08:45]
AND ALSO ESPECIALLY WITH WW. NOW THAT YOU SEE WHAT THESE REMAINING BALANCES ARE, YOU KNOW,[04:08:50]
IF THE COMMITMENTS HAVEN'T BEEN MET, WHAT WHAT SHOULD WE PRIORITIZE WITH THOSE REMAINING FUNDINGS? OKAY. WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? SHALL I DO SOME COLD, COLD CALLING? HOW ABOUT A GENERAL OBSERVATION THAT CAN I MAKE.OKAY. WELL. SO THE THOUGHT IS, AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE WW FUNDING, THERE ARE AREAS WHERE WE NEED DEVELOPMENT OF BAY TRAIL.
I'LL JUST PICK PICK BAY TRAIL WHERE THERE'S A LOT MORE MONEY FOR BAY TRAIL.
ACQUISITION STILL AS OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT. AND IF WE HAVE A PIECE OF BAY TRAIL GAP THAT NEEDS FUNDING, I WOULD BE ALL FOR USING BAY TRAIL ACQUISITION FUNDING FOR BUILDING THE TRAIL.
TO ME, BUILDING A TRAIL IS THE EQUIVALENT OF ACQUISITION AND I THAT'S UNIQUE TO TRAILS.
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AND I, I WOULD URGE US TO LOOK AT THOSE KIND OF NUMBERS AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE DON'T NEED MONEY FOR ACQUISITION. GREAT. THANK YOU. WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT? OR SHALL WE DO SOME COLD CALLING? OH, I'LL JUST SHARE.YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I PERSONALLY SOMETIMES GET THE CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL AND THE BAY RIDGE TRAIL MIXED UP, SO IT WAS HELPFUL TO HAVE THE MAPS NEXT TO EACH OTHER OVER HERE.
AND FOR ME, WHEN LOOKING AT THOSE TWO, PARTICULARLY THE ALAMEDA COUNTY, THE SOUTHERN ALAMEDA COUNTY PORTIONS, WHAT STRUCK ME IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTNERSHIPS SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, CITY OF FREMONT, SFPUC, ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT. AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
SO I THINK TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE TWO TRAIL CONNECTIONS.
AND I REALLY LIKE THIS CONVERSATION. THERE'S A PORTION OF.
AND NOW I'M GETTING THEM MIXED UP. I THINK IT'S THE CALAVERAS RIDGE.
NO, I THINK IT'S THE BAY TRAIL. IT'S THE BAY TRAIL, THE BAY BRIDGE TRAIL, THE BAY RIDGE TRAIL.
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO OVER UNDER SIX EIGHT HIGHWAY 680, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS POSSIBLE.
AND SO THERE'S A CONVERSATION ABOUT HAVING THAT INSTEAD GET MOVED TO MISSION BOULEVARD, WHICH I FOUND VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, THERE'S ANOTHER EFFORT WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO TRY TO PROMOTE BEING ABLE TO GO FROM MISSION TO MISSION ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
AND SO THE IDEA OF MAYBE NOT PURSUING THE OVER UNDER HIGHWAY 680 AND INSTEAD GOING BY MISSION SAN JOSE, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE IN TERMS OF CALIFORNIA HISTORY.
I KNOW THEY JUST REDID AND REVISED THE EXHIBIT, WORKING WITH OUR FRIEND ANDY GALVIN TO MAKE IT MORE TO BRING IN MORE OF THE OHLONE PERSPECTIVE. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT MISSION SAN JOSE.
SO THAT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE MAY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL FOLKS AND MAYBE UPDATE THE MAP WITH THAT IDEA. I MAY HAVE OTHER COMMENTS ON SOME OF THE OTHER ONES, BUT I WANT TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE IS READY.
GO AHEAD. JOHN. SO I WOULD SAY ON THIS MAP HERE, THE IRON HORSE TO MOUNT DIABLO TRAIL.
THE, THE PRIORITY THERE WOULD BE THE NORTH, THE NORTH SOUTH SECTION ON THE, ON THE EAST END, BECAUSE THAT IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE TASSAJARA RIDGE TRAIL.
SO IT'S A DUAL THING. AND I THINK THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT ON THE OTHER MAP.
NO. YEAH. NO. YEAH. ON THIS MAP UP HERE, THE THE IRON HORSE TRAIL NORTH EXTREME NORTHERN PART IS A PRIORITY THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED YET. NORTH OF HIGHWAY FOUR.
THAT'S A VERY, VERY HIGH PRIORITY. AND WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION TOO.
THAT'S THAT'S MANAGED AND OPERATED BY CITY OF LIVERMORE.
AND THERE IS AN EFFORT BY CITY OF LIVERMORE TO EXTEND THAT INTO THEIR DOWNTOWN. SO AT SOME POINT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY IRON HORSE TRAIL, LIVERMORE TO BENICIA OR BENICIA TO LIVERMORE, WHICH IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE. LINDA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? FOR SOME OF THIS CONVERSATION FEELS, I'LL BE HONEST, A LITTLE MOOT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE ANY W W MONEY UNTIL WE DID THIS. SO THE FACT THAT WE APPROVED A BUDGET AND DID MOVE SOME, AND NOW WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MOVING MORE, I FEEL LIKE HONESTLY, IT ALSO FEELS WEIRD BECAUSE I KNOW MY FACE IS LOOMING THERE ON THE WALL IN THE REMOTE CONTROL, THE REMOTE, LIKE, HA. SO I I HAVE, I'VE HAD AN ISSUE WITH ALL OF THIS.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO BE HONEST. I MEAN I FEEL LIKE I WANT OUR PARTNERS INVOLVED.
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AND THEN I STILL HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS I HAD BEFORE.SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THE PROCESS. I'M NOT THRILLED WITH IT.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE ASKING IF WE CAN. PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT.
AND I'M A TEAM PLAYER. SO WE WE VOTED, WE MOVED.
AND THE BUDGET IS WHAT IT IS. BUT TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING MORE.
I STILL HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATIONS I HAD BEFORE.
LET'S INVOLVE THE PAC, WHICH THEY DIDN'T KNOW AND I DIDN'T KNOW.
THEY'RE THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. LET'S INVOLVE THE PARTNERS.
I'M BUYING IN TO SOME OF THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO NOT USE IT AT ALL.
AND ACCESS IN ESSENCE ACQUIRES OR LETS US ACQUIRE, YOU KNOW, GET TO THE LAND IS SOMETHING.
BUT WE JUST MOVED $26 MILLION. SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
ABOUT MOVING MORE. I'D RATHER SEE US BALANCE OUR BUDGET IN OTHER WAYS.
AND IF IT'S SOMEWHERE LIKE OAKLAND. I WAS TALKING WITH BRIAN, WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW? THEN YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHAT COLIN WAS SAYING EARLIER, THERE'S SOME GAPS ON THE BAY TRAIL OR SOME GAPS.
OR THERE'S THIS GUY SKYWAY OR OAKLAND LINK THAT WOULD GET PEOPLE UP AND OVER TO NICELY PRETTY MUCH BASICALLY TO JOHN SUTTER, BUT ACROSS THE BAY BRIDGE TO, TO THE ISLAND LIKE THAT TO ME MIGHT BE A GOOD USE OF MONEY.
SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE THE OPTIONS THAT WERE LAID OUT FOR ME TODAY.
AND I'M SORRY I WASN'T THERE WITH YOU GUYS IN THE ROOM TO HEAR WHAT EVERYONE ELSE WAS SAYING, BECAUSE MAYBE WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE CREATIVE TOGETHER, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S WHERE I'M KIND OF STILL AT. DON'T MOVE ANY MORE WW MONEY.
WE JUST MOVED A CHUNK. LET'S SEE HOW WE DO THIS YEAR.
LET'S KEEP THE CONVERSATION ON PROJECTS AND CIP PROJECTS GOING FORWARD.
AND THIS IS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION THAT I APPRECIATE HAVING.
THIS THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS INTENDED TO BE. I THINK THE INTENTION WAS WE HEARD WHEN WE BROUGHT THE BUDGET AND THE PROPOSALS AROUND W W AT A REQUEST FROM YOUR BOARD TO REVISIT THE PROMISES MADE AND PROMISES KEPT TO KIND OF REALLY DIG IN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WERE THOSE PROMISES AND HOW ARE WE DOING ON THEM? AND SO WITH EACH OF THESE STUDY SESSIONS, OUR HOPE WAS TO KIND OF LIKE DIVE INTO WHAT THAT ORIGINAL INTENT WAS WITH THE WW MONEY. WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE AROUND THEM? WHAT ARE THE REMAINING OPPORTUNITIES? THIS IS A, TO ME, LIKE A LOW STAKES OPPORTUNITY TO JUST KIND OF LIKE TALK ABOUT IT TOGETHER AND HELP US AS STAFF KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE WISDOM AND IDEAS THAT YOU ALL HAVE AS BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THAT CAN JUST HELP BUILD OUR APPROACH INTO THE FUTURE.
BUT IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE A PROPOSAL FOR ANY ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT OF FUNDS AT THIS TIME.
YEAH, BUT THESE ARE ALL THESE, WHAT IS IT, 8 OR 9 PROJECTS? THEY'RE ALL WW PROMISES, CORRECT? EXACTLY. SO THE POINT OF THIS EXERCISE WAS HOW DO WE FULFILL THESE WW PROMISES.
THAT'S 100% CORRECT. EXACTLY. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED ALSO, THOUGH, AS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THESE DIFFERENT TRADE OFF DECISIONS, IS NOT ALL OF THE OPTIONS FOR THE TRAILS ARE LISTED ON THESE REPORTS BECAUSE MAYBE THEY'RE NOT ENTERED IN AS PROJECTS.
I THINK IT WAS THE CALAVERAS RIDGE TRAIL THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, WHERE UNDER CURRENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS, THERE WASN'T SOME OF THE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, I THINK THAT GO INTO THE SFPUC LAND THAT WERE LISTED THERE.
WORKING WITH SF PUC AS A PARTNER ON THIS TRAIL.
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GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE GO AHEAD OR ELIZABETH.GO AHEAD. FIRST OF ALL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IN TERMS OF THE EXERCISE, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO GET UP AND WALK AROUND AND LOOK AT MAPS AND PICTURES. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND IT ALSO DID HELP TO DRAW ATTENTION TO REALLY SOME VERY LARGE SUMS OF MONEY THAT ARE STILL SITTING IN DIFFERENT POCKETS OF WW. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE BEST SPEND THIS MONEY CONSISTENT WITH KEEPING OUR PUBLIC HAPPY? AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE TO, I DO AGREE WITH COLIN THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THE TRAIL IS A FORM OF ACQUISITION AND IT'S, IT IS, IT'S TRUE OF OTHER THINGS TOO.
BUT YOU KNOW, I DO THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT THE, THE PUBLIC MOST WANTS AND IT'S GOOD TO TALK TO OUR PARTNERS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THESE MAPS YOU KNOW, THE GAP, OF COURSE THAT STOOD OUT THE MOST FOR ME ON THE BAY TRAIL IS THE, IS THE POINT SAN PABLO BECAUSE MY, MY, ONE OF MY BIG GOALS IS TO EVENTUALLY SEE THE BAY TRAIL GO ALL THE WAY AROUND POINT SAN PABLO AND, AND THEN CONTINUE ON. SO I WILL JUST LEAVE IT WITH THAT.
ME TOO. GOOD. I'VE COMPANY. DENNIS. I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT I THINK IT WAS A GREAT EXERCISE.
I THINK IT'S GREAT INTERACTING WITH THE STAFF IN THIS MANNER.
I, YOU KNOW, AS A STRICT ACQUISITIONS, ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENTS, DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? AND COLIN.
THANK YOU. IN MY LIFE, I ALWAYS LOOK FOR EXCUSES TO GO BACK ON WHAT I PROMISE AND WHAT I STAND FOR.
NO, I'M JOKING, BUT I THINK THAT IS. I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE CRACK.
I WANT TO TALK TO THE STAKEHOLDERS AND SEE HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THAT. BUT IT'S A TRAIL.
AND WHAT'S A TRAIL? YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE A TRAIL.
AND SO I, I'M, I'M A LITTLE MORE EASY WITH THAT IN THIS CASE WITH THE TRAILS.
THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE. AND I THINK IT'LL BE A BIG, BIG VICTORY OVER US.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON. SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH.
SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH, ADVOCACY DIRECTOR, BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF THE EAST BAY.
PRESIDENT SANWONG DIRECTORS, ACTING GENERAL MANAGER AND STAFF.
WE ASK THAT YOU REINSTATE FULL FUNDING THAT THE STAFF ASKED FOR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR THE PLEASANT RIDGE TRAILS AND OYSTER BAY BIKE SKILLS PROJECTS, SO THEY MAY CONTINUE WITHOUT DELAY OR SCOPE REDUCTION.
THE DECISION TO CONSCIOUSLY DELAY THESE PROJECTS, COMBINED WITH DECADES OF LIMITED RESULTS THROUGH ADVOCACY, PROVIDES A REASONABLE PERSON MORE THAN ENOUGH RATIONALE TO CONCLUDE THAT CIVIL, DISOBEDIENT, ROGUE TRAILS ARE A VIABLE OPTION TO CONSIDER.
WE'D MUCH RATHER THIS WAS NOT A VIABLE OPTION.
YOUR CONSTITUENTS FROM THE MOUNTAIN BIKE COMMUNITY, YOUNG AND OLD, WERE THE LARGEST GROUP.
ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS MAKE SENSE TO ADVANCE AT THIS TIME.
REDUCE FUNDING DELAYS THE RESPONSIBLE EFFORTS TOWARDS MINIMAL IMPACT TRAILS.
FULLY FUNDING THESE PROJECTS IS A POSITIVE STEWARDSHIP ACTION.
IT INCENTIVIZES CYCLISTS TO WORK WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
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THE MEASURE MEASURE W UPDATE AT THE LAST WORKSHOP SHOWED SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON ACQUISITION, WHILE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS LAG BEHIND. DEVELOPMENT PROMISES ARE NOT BEING KEPT.WE PROVIDED STAFF WITH A NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVE POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND CONTINUE TO BE EAGER TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT TO HELP MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD.
THE LAST TIME A MEASURE WENT TO THE PUBLIC IT BARELY FAILED.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO POSSIBLY POSITIVELY IMPACT THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO ONLINE. MIMI DEAN, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF.
BUT I'M GOING TO SAY ONCE AGAIN THAT MEASURE WW WAS.
VOTED IN A LONG TIME AGO MAINLY FOR ACQUISITION OF NEW LANDS.
AND SO I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED MORE ACQUISITION AND WE NEED IT.
WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR MAP AND I LOOK AT WHERE ALL THE PARKLANDS ARE AND I GET IT AND I UNDERSTAND WHY THE PARKLANDS ARE WHERE THEY ARE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE BIG OPEN SPACES ARE, RIGHT? SO OF COURSE, THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE. AND LOTS OF PEOPLE DONATE THE LAND OR YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE LAND OR LEASE THE LAND, I GET IT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS GIANT OPPORTUNITY DOWN HERE IN THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF THE EDEN AREA AND IT'S 126 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE AND THAT WOULD JUST BE AN AMAZING ACQUISITION FOR YOU GUYS.
SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE ALMOST 5000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED OUR PETITION IN THIS AREA. ALMOST 5000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION TO KEEP SKY WEST AS OPEN SPACE.
I AM HERE, I'M THEIR VOICE TO SAY, PLEASE, PLEASE LOOK INTO HELPING US SAVE SKYWEST AND PURCHASING THIS LAND FROM THE CITY OF HAYWARD AND THE HAYWARD EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, BECAUSE WE NEED IT DOWN HERE.
I LOOK AT THE MAP OF PARKS AND JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE.
I MEAN, SURE, YOU CAN GET TO THE HAYWARD SHORELINE FROM HERE, BUT FOR PEOPLE OVER IN NORTHWEST HAYWARD, THEY HAVE TO DRIVE DRIVE THROUGH SOME PRETTY BAD TRAFFIC TO GET TO EITHER ENTRANCE TO THE SHORELINE PARKS.
SKYWEST IS A PERFECT SOLUTION TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT BEHIND KENNEDY PARK.
IT'S RIGHT ON A BUS LINE ON HESPERIAN BOULEVARD.
IT'S TWO MILES FROM A BART STATION. IT IS THE PERFECT PLACE.
AND IT WOULD CREATE A TRAIL THAT WENT FROM THE BAY, AND IT COULD GO DOWN HESPERIAN AND GO ALL THE WAY TO THE CREEK WAY TRAIL AND GO ALL THE WAY OUT TO COLE CANYON. SO I'M JUST ADVOCATING FOR SKYWEST, AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME.
HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR DAY. THANK YOU.
MEETING. I TURNED MYSELF OFF. THERE IS NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT.
GREAT. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR STICKING WITH US AND ALSO SHARING YOUR COMMENTS.
YEAH, I THINK THE OTHER CONVERSATION WE HAD WAS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL AND THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POPULATION GROWTH AND PRESSURES AND PROJECTIONS.
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AND AND I HAD SHARED HOW, YOU KNOW, I HAD DONE MY ANALYSIS TRYING TO LOOK AT OUR CITIES THAT HAVE A POPULATION OF 80,000 OR MORE PEOPLE THAT ALSO HAVE A GROWTH RATE ABOVE THE AVERAGE ACROSS BOTH COUNTIES, ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.AND I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE BOTH THE CITY OF ALAMEDA AND CITY OF OAKLAND ARE TWO OF THOSE CITIES.
BUT I ALSO SHARED THAT THE THE POPULATION GROWTH ANALYSIS I DID, I COULDN'T REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO ANALYZE THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS. SO WHAT OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
AND THAT THAT'S SOMETHING TO ALSO CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT GROWTH AND GROWTH PRESSURES.
AND SO I THINK WHEN WE GET TO OUR NEXT WORKSHOP, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS PRIORITIZATION, I THINK THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHERE SOME OF THESE MEASURE WW INVESTMENTS MAY GO FOR A TRAIL LIKE THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL.
AND SO I GUESS WE'RE CLOSING THINGS OUT. ANY FINAL COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? AND THEN I'LL GIVE, YOU KNOW, MAX AND, AND KATIE AND SEAN A CHANCE TO ALSO SHARE SOME FINAL COMMENTS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? THANKS. IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.
BUT PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH YOU ALL AND SORT OF THIS LEADING TO OUR CAPITAL PROJECT SESSION, PRIORITY SETTING AND HOPEFULLY SORT OF A PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT BUILDS TOWARDS OUR BUDGET IN A WAY THAT WE'RE ALL CONNECTED AND WORKING ON THE SAME PAGE TOWARDS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO, I WANTED TO THANK YOU AS WELL, BUT THEN MENTIONED TOO THAT APRIL 16TH THROUGH THE 18TH IS THE CALIFORNIA TRAILS AND GREENWAYS CONFERENCE.
WE HAVE TWO SESSIONS THAT WILL BE PROPOSING SORRY, PRESENTING AT AND SO, SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT AGENDA AND FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. BUT IT'S IN SAN RAMON, SO IT'S RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD.
TALK ABOUT THE DOUBLE TRACKING PROJECT, TALK ABOUT THE BRIDGES THAT HAVE JUST BEEN COMPLETED, AND THEN PLANNING TO END AT THE RAILROAD MUSEUM AND DISCUSS THE ANZA TRAIL AND MEET WITH WITH BEVERLY LANE AND HAVE SOME LUNCH THERE WHERE SHE GIVES A TALK.
SO IT'S A PARTNERSHIP TO THE COUNTY SAN RAMON TRAILS AND GREENWAYS.
SO JUST, JUST WANTED TO LEAVE THAT WITH YOU AND SAY THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOU KNOW MY NUMBER, YOU KNOW MY EMAIL. SO WE'RE ALL HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
THANKS. ALL RIGHT. I'M, I'M GOING TO READ OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO CLOSE OUT TODAY.
AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY, WE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL OF THE LANDS WITHIN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ARE THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF THE EAST BAY, OHLONE, BAY MIWOK AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY YOKUT, WHO ARE POLITICALLY ORGANIZED AND REPRESENTED BY A NUMBER OF TRIBES. TODAY, WE MAKE THIS RECOGNITION AS A WAY TO RESPECT AND HONOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO FIRST CULTIVATED AND INHABITED THIS LAND.
THE PARK DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING WAYS TO WORK AND CONSULT WITH EAST BAY TRIBES, AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE TRIBAL CITIZENS REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR LAND AND CULTURE.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.