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          GREAT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD AFTERNOON. I CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FOR MARCH 17TH, 2026. 
          THE MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER AT 1.40 P.M. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR ECHOLS? PRESENT. DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT? PRESENT. DIRECTOR ESPAÑA IS NOT HERE. DIRECTOR MERCURIO? HERE. DIRECTOR WAESPI? HERE. 
          VICE PRESIDENT COFFEY? HERE. 
          PRESIDENT SANWONG? HERE. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          DIRECTOR MERCURIO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          DIRECTOR ECHOLS WILL READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 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 EAST BAYELONI, BAY MIWOK, AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY YUCCA, 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. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM B, MODIFICATION OF THE AGENDA. DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? I DON'T SEE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. C, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY, 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. D, PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER IN PERSON, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THREE HANDS UP ON LINE. I'LL START IN PERSON WITH ELLEN THOMPSON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ELLEN THOMPSON. I OWN REDWOOD VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY, THE STEAM TRAIN IN TILDEN. WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR 74 YEARS. WE GET NO MONEY FROM THE DISTRICT, NO GRANTS, NO DONATIONS. 
          EVERYTHING THERE IS BUILT AND MAINTAINED WITH PRIVATE FUNDS. 
          IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE TRAINS, THE TRACK, AND THE BUILDINGS, WE MAINTAIN THE MAJOR DRAINAGE AND EROSION CONTROL, PLANT THE LANDSCAPING, INCLUDING THE REDWOOD TREES. 
          WE DO FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT, INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES REMOVAL, AND RARE SPECIES PROTECTION, ALL AT PRIVATE EXPENSE. WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THE STEAM TRAIN CAN OPERATE FOR MANY MORE YEARS INTO THE FUTURE AND MEET THE HUGELY INCREASING ATTENDANCE BY PARK PATRONS. AND TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO MAKE MANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH REQUIRE PERMITTING FROM THE COUNTY. 
          BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT OUR DISTRICT LEASE. 
          BUT NOW, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO RENEW OUR LEASE WITH THE DISTRICT FOR SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS, WITH ONLY LIMITED SUCCESS. 
          IN THAT TIME, THE STAFF, PEOPLE WE TRY TO WORK WITH HAVE CHANGED 12 TIMES. IN SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS. A GOOD WORKING DRAFT WAS CREATED SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS AGO, BUT NOW THE STAFF WANT TO IGNORE IT. 
          IN RECENT WEEKS, THERE HAS BEEN A FLURRY OF EFFORT BY STAFF, BUT IT'LL JUST REQUIRE US TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE FACILITY, WITH NO GUARANTEE OF ANY LEASE IN THE FUTURE. NOW WE'RE BEING ASKED TO ABANDON THE LEASE DOCUMENT THAT'S BEEN POLISHED AND PERFECTED FOR 74 YEARS IN FAVOR OF AN INFERIOR ONE THAT'S WRITTEN. 
          WITH NO EXPERIENCE OF OUR SITUATION. NEGOTIATIONS ARE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU KNOW THAT EVEN EXISTING WRITTEN, SIGNED DOCUMENTS MAY NOT BE RESPECTED. EVERY DRAFT CONTAINS REVERSALS OF ISSUES THAT WERE SETTLED DECADES AGO. FACTS ARE LOST IN TRANSLATION BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS WITH ALL THE INTERESTED PARTIES, AND NO ONE CAN SPEAK FOR THE DISTRICT. THE STAFF IS, HOWEVER, NO LONGER DEMANDING SIGNATURES ON UNFINISHED DOCUMENTS AS A CONDITION OF MOVING FORWARD. 
          THAT IS A STEP FORWARD. 
          IN THE PAST, CONCESSIONAIRES HAVE BEEN FORCED OUT OF THE PARK, SOMETIMES BY ILLEGAL MEANS. 
          WE'VE ALREADY LOST HALF A DOZEN ATTRACTIONS THAT USED TO BE IN TILDEN. I HOPED IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN TO US, BUT HERE WE ARE. RECENTLY, THE BOARD HAS STATED THAT IT IS A PRIORITY FOR THEM TO PRESERVE CULTURAL AND NATURAL ASSETS. 
          AFTER 74 YEARS, I HOPE THAT THE TRAINS ARE THE CULTURAL ASSET THAT THE PUBLIC SEEMS TO THINK THEY ARE. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MONEY, BUT ONLY THE ABILITY TO KEEP SERVING THE PUBLIC. 
          WITH NO LEGAL PROTECTION, WE WOULD HAVE TO PICK UP EVERYTHING AND LEAVE. I NEED TO KNOW IF THE PRESENT SITUATION HAS BEEN SOME KIND 
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OF LONG-TERM DISTRICT POLICY TO ELIMINATE THE REMAINING ATTRACTIONS IN TILDEN. IS IT PERSONAL AGENDA OR JUST NEGLIGENCE? WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR FREE, WHY WOULD YOU THROW IT AWAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO ONLINE. MICHELLE RAPOPORT, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF. GOOD AFTERNOON, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND DIRECTORS, ECHOLS, AND ALL THE REST. THE REGIONAL PARKS HAVE LONG BEEN A JOY IN MY LIFE, FROM SUNDAY WALKS IN DIFFERENT PARKS EVERY WEEKEND TO EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS AT PLACES LIKE TILDEN'S BRAZILIAN ROOM AND KENNEDY GROVE. THE LONG HIKE FROM WILDCAT CANYON TO TILDEN'S NATURE CENTER WAS A GREAT FIVE-MILE ADVENTURE FOR MY TWO DAUGHTERS. MY CHILDREN ENJOYED MANY YEARS OF SCIENCE AT THE NATURE CENTER, AS WELL AS MANY WEEKENDS AT THE FARM AND AT THE TRAIN. WHEN WE MOVED TO RICHMOND 38 YEARS AGO FROM BERKELEY, WE BECAME FAMILIAR WITH WILDCAT CANYON AND ALVARADO PARK. FROM THE OTHER END. NOW, WALKING THE ROADS AND NARROW TRAILS ARE A QUIET TREAT FOR ME. I'VE BEEN INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DOWNHILL BIKING COURSE PLANNED WITH PUBLIC MONEY AND WITH PUBLIC AND A MILLION DOLLARS OF PRIVATE MONEY. THAT HAS BEEN A, YOU KNOW, A PROBLEM IN OTHER PLACES. 
          TO ENCOURAGE BIKERS FROM ALL OVER THE BAY TO COME AND RIDE, NOT ONLY THE DOWNHILL BYE. 
          TRAIL, BUT THE ROADS AND TRAILS THAT HIKERS WALK. BIKERS HAVE NO WAY OF WARNING HIKERS THAT THEY ARE RIDING IN A SHARED VICINITY. NO HORNS, NO BELLS, NO WORDS LIKE BEHIND YOU OR ON YOUR LEFT ARE CUSTOMARY ANY LONGER. THIS AREA IS DESIGNATED AS A NATURE AREA UNIT, RATHER THAN AN AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT. THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK BOARD IS FORGETTING ITS MAIN PURPOSE IN PRESERVING NATURE AREAS. I'M CONCERNED THAT IT WILL NO LONGER BE AN AREA FOR NATURE TO THRIVE, FLORA AND FAUNA, FOR PUBLIC LEISURE OR FOR SCENIC HIKING. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU. 
          SHARON ANDERSON, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF. YEAH, HI. I'D ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED WILDCAT CANYON BIKE TRAIL. I'M A RICHMOND RESIDENT AND I'VE WALKED THAT WILDCAT CANYON TRAIL FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE THE PROJECT INTRODUCES HIGH-INTENSITY RECREATION THAT CONFLICTS WITH THE TRANQUILITY AND SAFETY OF THE PARK. MANY OF US COME TO THIS PARK FOR QUIET NATURE, AND THE WILDLIFE HERE DEPENDS ON UNDISTURBED, CONNECTED HABITAT AND MOVEMENT CORRIDORS. 
          BUILDING THE FLOW TRAIL FOR A DESIGNATED NATURAL AREA WOULD DRAMATICALLY INCREASE BIKE TRAFFIC AND FRAGMENT THIS HABITAT WITH FREQUENT NOISE. 
          THIS ALSO AFFECTS OTHER PARK USERS. THE FLOW TRAIL WOULD CREATE A REGIONAL DESTINATION, INCREASING THE BIKE TRAFFIC ON WILDCAT CREEK TRAIL TO FEED IT. FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, SENIORS, WALKERS, AND PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO ENJOY QUIET NATURE USE THAT AS THEIR MAIN ENTRY FROM ALVARADO STAGING AREA PARKING LOT. THIS WILL INCREASE CONFLICTS AND MAKE THE PARK FEEL LESS WELCOMING, SECURE, AND PEACEFUL FOR OTHERS. AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S AN ADDED WILDFIRE RISK FROM BIKE AND E-BIKE TRAFFIC. 
          LITHIUM-ION BATTERY FAILURES AND PEDAL STRIKES ON ROCKS HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED AS FIRE STARTERS. I SINCERELY URGE YOU TO HONOR THE NATIONAL AREA PROTECTIONS AND KEEP WILDCAT CANYON QUIET AND SAFE FOR WILDLIFE AND FOR LOVE AND PET RECREATION. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JANET FLINT, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          JANET FLINT. OKAY, I THINK I'VE UNMUTED. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. THANKS SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. I AM ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE WILDCAT CANYON BIKE TRAIL. MY NAME IS JANET FLINT. 
          I LIVE IN RICHMOND, AND THIS COMMENT IS FROM PAM STELLO, WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, AND SHE ASKED ME TO READ THIS FOR HER. SHE'S ALSO IN RICHMOND. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A PARTICULAR SAFETY ISSUE REGARDING THE DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT CALLED WILDCAT CANYON REGIONAL PARK WILDCAT BIKE TRAIL. IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT THE PROPOSED CIRCULATION MAPS PRESENTED BY POINT STRATEGIES, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED AN ODD CHARACTERISTIC. 
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ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSED FLOW SLASH, THRILL TRAIL AND THE MIZZOU TRAIL RUN NEXT TO EACH OTHER ALONG THE SPINE OF THE RIDGE, THE TWO TRAILS CROSS AT AN INTERSECTION ABOUT 25% FROM THE TOP OF THE CYCLING TRAIL. THE CIRCULATION ROUTE SHOWS CYCLIST TRAFFIC RETURNING ONE WAY UPHILL ALONG THE MIZZOU TRAIL FOR ANOTHER DOWNHILL RUN. THE PUBLIC IS NOW BEING TOLD BY STAFF THAT ALTHOUGH MIZZOU TRAIL WILL BE CLOSED DURING CONSTRUCTION, IT WOULD EVENTUALLY REOPEN AS A TWO-WAY TRAIL FOR HIKERS, HORSES, AND CYCLISTS. THE INTERSECTION WILL ALLOW BEGINNING CYCLISTS TO NAVIGATE THE SWITCHBACKS AT THE TOP OF THE BIKE COURSE AND THEN EXIT ONTO THE MIZZOU TRAIL. BEFORE THEY REACH THE MORE CHALLENGING FEATURES LOCATED IN THE LOWER PART OF THE COURSE. THIS DESIGN SETS THE STAGE FOR CLASHES AT THE INTERSECTION BY CHANNELING AN INEXPERIENCED POPULATION OF MOUNTAIN BIKERS ONTO THE MIZZOU TRAIL. THESE RIDERS MUST EITHER GO UPHILL, BACK UP THE MIZZOU TRAIL, OR DOWNHILL ON THE MIZZOU TRAIL, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T RIDE BACK UPHILL ON THE ONE-WAY COURSE. 
          BEGINNING RIDERS ARE NOT A GOOD MIX WITH HORSES, OR, FOR THAT MATTER, WITH THE ELDERLY OR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN OR STROLLERS OR DOGS. YET, THE FLOW TRAIL IS TOTALLY UNSUPERVISED. NO MONITOR HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR ANY PART OF THE COURSE AT ANY TIME, WHETHER TO HAND OUT MAPS TO ENSURE ADEQUATE SPACING BETWEEN RIDERS ARE ENFORCED HELMET POLICIES OR SUGGEST CONVERSATION WHEN ENCOUNTERING A HORSE AND RIDER. 
          TO COME UPON AN INTERSECTION WITH CYCLISTS MIXING WITH WALKERS AND EQUESTRIANS SEEMS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. JOHN WORLEY, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF. I THINK I'M UNMUTED. WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          OKAY. MY NAME IS JOHN WORLEY. 
          I'M A RICHMOND RESIDENT. I FREQUENT WILDCAT CANYON, BOTH WALKING AND BIKING. AND I SUPPORT MULTI-USE OF THE PARK, BUT I THINK THE ADDITION OF THE WILDCAT CANYON BIKE TRAIL WOULD BE OVERUSE BY A PARTICULAR SEGMENT. WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE ENJOYMENT OF THE PARK FOR EVERYONE ELSE. 
          I SUPPORT IT BEING LEFT AS A MORE NATURAL AREA, AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          SUSAN WORLEY, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF. I GUESS I WAS CALLED. 
          MY NAME IS SUSAN WORLEY. I LIVE IN RICHMOND, RELATIVELY NEAR WILDCAT CANYON PARK, AND USE THE PARK QUITE A BIT. I DO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICKLY. 
          IT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF THE SUBJECT. IT WAS REALLY HARD TO FIND THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING, AND I'VE HEARD THAT FROM OTHER PEOPLE, SO MAYBE IT COULD BE FIXED ON THE WEBSITE. I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WILDCAT CANYON REGIONAL PARK WAS PUBLICLY VETTED AS A LOW-IMPACT... NATURE AREA. NOW WE ARE IN A PARTICULARLY CRITICAL TIME WITH OUR EARTH. WE MUST PROTECT NATURE AND OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS. I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF SO MUCH, SO MUCH THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, AND MY NEIGHBORS, WE VISIT WILDCAT PARK. 
          FOR THE SOLACE, FOR THE BEAUTY, FOR THE PEACEFULNESS. THIS AREA PROVIDES FOR US, FOR THE NATURE, A BREAK FROM THE NOISE AND THE SCURRY OF OUR LIVES. WE GO THERE FOR QUIET. I KNOW I'M REPEATING MYSELF. TO SEE THE BIRDS, TO SEE THE BOTANY, AND TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING AND QUIETLY ENJOYING NATURE. 
          PARKING ON THE WEEKENDS AND ON HOLIDAYS CAN ALREADY BE AN ISSUE. I CANNOT IMAGINE THAT IF THIS BIKE FLOW TRAIL WENT THROUGH, PARTICULARLY IF COMPETITIONS ARE PART OF IT, I CANNOT IMAGINE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD PARK THEIR CARS. I KNOW THEY'VE SAID PEOPLE CAN RIDE THEIR BIKES TO THE PARK, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? PARKING CARS IN TILDEN PARK AND TAKING THAT LONG TRAIL IN? YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME IN TERMS OF HOW PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE PARK, ACTUALLY. 
          RACING BICYCLES ACROSS WHAT IS NOW PLANT AND ANIMAL HABITAT, BUILDING RAMPS, I'VE SEEN THE SIZE OF THAT ON THE CHARTS, AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A WAY TO PROTECT AND APPRECIATE NATURE. CHANGING DRAINAGE PATTERNS, SPENDING ALL THE TAXPAYER MONEY. PAY OUR MONEY ON THIS. I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME MONEY PUT UP AHEAD OF TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, 
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MAINTAINING THIS WOULD REQUIRE ALL SORTS OF THINGS, INCLUDING SOME SUPERVISION. 
          THIS PARK WAS INTENDED AT ITS INCEPTION TO BE SOMETHING MANY OTHER PARKS ARE NOT, A PLACE TO APPRECIATE NATURE. 
          WITHOUT BUILDING THINGS, WITHOUT THE NOISE AND ALL THE MOVEMENT THAT THIS FLOW TRAIL SUGGESTS. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS. MANY OF US DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THIS UNTIL AUGUST 2025. AND APPARENTLY IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BEING WORKED ON FOR A FEW YEARS PRIOR TO AUGUST 25. THE PUBLIC WAS NOT SHARED, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION WAS NOT SHARED TO THE PUBLIC, AND THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME TO BE AN HONEST WAY TO DEAL WITH, TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC. THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK. THIS IS NOT A PRIVATE PLACE. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE BIKE TRAIL, THIS HIGH-IMPACT BIKE TRAIL IS NOT SOMETHING BELONGS IN A NATURE AREA. WE NEED TO PROTECT NATURE AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE PARK AS A QUIET AREA. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, THANK YOU, THERE IS NO PROBLEM. 
          WHAT? THERE IS NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. GREAT, THANK YOU 
          [GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS]
EVERYONE, ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM E GENERAL MANAGERS COMMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS MAX COURT AND GENERAL MANAGER, ACTING GENERAL MANAGER, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. WE HAD A REALLY OUTSTANDING EVENT AT TIDEWATER BOATING CENTER LAST FRIDAY AT MLK SHORELINE. WITH CONGRESSWOMAN LATIFAH SIMONS, WHO PRESENTED THE DISTRICT WITH A GIANT $1.1 MILLION CHECK TO SUPPORT THAT PROJECT. IT'S A REALLY COOL PROJECT THAT OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON. THAT'S TURNING A FORMER INDUSTRIAL SITE INTO A PARK WITH PLAYGROUNDS, NATURE AREA, CONNECTION TO THE BAY. AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT THERE. AND SO THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH CONGRESSWOMAN SIMONS IS HELPING TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. AND HUGE THANKS TO ALLISON BROOKS AND THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TEAM FOR MAKING THAT VISIT AND EVENT HAPPEN. BECAUSE IT'S SO HELPFUL TO TELL THESE REALLY POSITIVE STORIES ABOUT THE WORK THAT OUR TEAM AND YOUR BOARD ARE DOING TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO HAD A REALLY GREAT KICKOFF FOR OUR DISTRICT PLAN COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION PARTNERSHIP. SO WE PUT OUT RFP AND FUNDED A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP US DO OUTREACH FOR OUR DISTRICT PLAN WITH COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD AS MUCH FROM, SO UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. 
          AND WE BROUGHT THEM ALL TO THE TRUDEAU CENTER YESTERDAY, AND BETWEEN BRIAN AND JOSE AND OUR TEAM. WE HAD A REALLY GREAT KICKOFF. IT WAS SUPER EXCITING TO JUST FEEL THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM. AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE READY TO PARTNER WITH US. WE DID AN EXERCISE. WE WERE KIND OF LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE IN THE TWO-COUNTY EAST BAY THAT THOSE FOLKS WERE CONNECTED WITH, AND SO I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED FOR THEM TO HELP US ENGAGE A LITTLE MORE DEEPLY THAN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IN THE PAST. WAS THAT RECORDED? NO, IT WAS NOT RECORDED BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY KIND OF LIKE EDUCATIONAL SESSION FOR THEM TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS, BUT WE WOULD LIKE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING YOUR BOARD AND HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING, TO CONNECT YOU ALL WITH THAT WORK. SO THIS WAS FOR APPLICANTS TO THE NOT AWARD? AWARDEES. SO IT WAS FOR AWARDEES. ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS. SO WE WENT THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS. WE SELECTED A NUMBER OF THE APPLICANTS, AND THESE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE AWARDED. SO WE HAD, LIKE, STACKS OF MATERIAL, AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A WORKSHOP ON HOW THOSE TEAMS COULD THEN TAKE WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND BRING IT TO THEIR COMMUNITIES TO DO ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO ALSO APPRECIATE ALL THE FOLKS THAT WERE COMMENTED TODAY AND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COMMENTING, SCOPING COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE CEQA DOCUMENT ON THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL. YOU KNOW, WE CAME TO YOUR BOARD, AND YOUR BOARD, YOU KNOW, ASKED, DIRECTED STAFF TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH THIS VERY OPEN PROCESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE FLOW TRAIL. AND PART OF THAT PROCESS IS A SCOPING PERIOD WHERE WE ASK COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHAT SHOULD WE BE STUDYING IN THE EIR. AND SO THAT JUST CLOSED LAST FRIDAY. WE'VE GOTTEN LOTS OF REALLY GOOD COMMENTS. THAT WILL INFORM THE WORK OF WRITING THE DRAFT EIR. 
          WE'LL WORK ON THAT. AND THEN, PROBABLY MAYBE IN THE LATE SUMMER OR EARLY FALL, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A DRAFT OF THAT EIR TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT WILL START ANOTHER COMMENT PERIOD ON THE DRAFT EIR. THAT WILL BE A 45-DAY COMMENT PERIOD. WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS DURING THAT TIME, AND THEN WE'LL RESPOND TO THOSE COMMENTS, AND THEN WE WOULD BRING SOMETHING 
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TO YOUR BOARD, WHICH WOULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COMMENT. SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THERE'S LOTS OF MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WE'RE CONTINUING OUR LONGSTANDING SUPPORT FOR THE ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY MEMORIAL FOR NISEI VETERANS. AT CROWN BEACH. AND SO I THINK IT'S AT CROWN BEACH. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR OPERATIONS TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THIS GROUP AND SORT OF CHANGED OUR APPROACH A LITTLE BIT. WE USED TO SERVE DIRECTLY IN-KIND SUPPORT THROUGH OUR STAFF. WE'RE NOW DOING A FISCAL SPONSORSHIP OF THE EVENT. SO, YEAH. AT REINHARDT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I'M SORRY. APPRECIATE IT. SO THIS IS WHY I WAS CONFUSED. WE ALSO ARE PROUD TO HOST THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS POLAR PLUNGE, WHICH IS AT CROWN BEACH, FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR. AND THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY COOL EVENT. IT IS RECEIVING SOME SIGNIFICANT REGIONAL COVERAGE. THERE'S PSAS ON CROWN 4. THERE WILL BE A LIVE BROADCAST. LET'S SEE, STAFF ARE CURRENTLY SORT OF FIXING UP AND HELPING TO SUPPORT OUR FACILITY TO BE READY FOR IT. WE'LL HAVE OUR MOBILE EDUCATION UNIT SUPPORTING, AND THEN OUR STAFF WILL BE HELPING OUT. 
          OF COURSE, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF, WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THEIR SUPPORT. BUT IN ADDITION, SAN FRANCISCO PD, SAN FRANCISCO SHERIFF, BART PD, ALAMEDA PD, ALAMEDA COUNTY FIRE, OAKLAND PD, AND OTHER AGENCIES WILL BE HELPING TO SUPPORT AS WELL. AND THEN FROM OUR INTERIM RECREATION STAFF. WE'RE CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH THIS MONTH. THERE'S SOME REALLY SPECIAL PROGRAMS. ON MARCH 7TH, AT DELVAL, THERE WAS A FEMINIST BIRDING PROGRAM. ON MARCH 8TH, AT DELVAL, THERE WAS A LIFE ON THE RANCH PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTING THE HARD WORK OF WOMEN ON THE RANCH. AND THEN ON SUNDAY, ON MARCH 8TH, AT ARDENWOOD, THERE WAS A PROGRAM ALL ABOUT CLARA PATTERSON. 
          COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN LEARN ABOUT HER INDEPENDENCE, DETERMINATION, AND EFFORTS TO CHAMPION WOMEN'S EQUALITY, AND LOOK AT HISTORIC OBJECTS AND LEARN ABOUT THE STRENGTH THAT THEY SYMBOLIZED FROM CLARA PATTERSON. AND THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT. GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          VERY INFORMATIVE. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I KNOW YOU JUST MADE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR AGENDA ITEM F? I DON'T THINK SO. SO WE'LL 
          [CONSENT CALENDAR]
MOVE ON THEN TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR, AGENDA ITEM G. AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE RIGHT NOW TO REMOVE OR AMEND ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO SEE IF ANYONE WANTS TO REMOVE OR AMEND ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IF NOT, THEN WE CAN PROCEED WITH... 
          QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? OKAY, I SEE DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT HAS A QUESTION, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION, MAYBE FOR STAFF ON THE FIRST ONE. I THINK IT'S GREAT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, SECOND ALTERNATIVES FOR COMMITTEE MEETINGS. THAT REALLY HELPS US NOT CANCEL MEETINGS. BUT WHAT I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT, I THINK IT SAYS, QUOTE, IT'LL BE IN THE REVISED, NEXT PUBLISHED VERSION. I'M JUST WONDERING AT ONE POINT, I KNOW BACK IN, I THINK IT WAS MY FIRST MEETING AS ELECTED OFFICIAL. ON FEBRUARY 3RD, I PROVIDED A COUPLE PAGES OF COMMENTS ON THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES, AND IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING TO ME. WHAT WAS APPROVED? WHAT'S BEEN AMENDED? THIS IS A SMALL AMENDMENT, BUT WILL THE BOARD HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, ANOTHER BITE AT APPLE TO LOOK AT THIS. BECAUSE IT JUST SAYS REVISED IN THE NEXT PUBLISHED VERSION. 
          SO WILL THIS BE ON AN AGENDA ITEM, OR WILL WE JUST KIND OF DO THIS ONE PIECE AND OTHER PIECES THAT COME UP? SO, KELLY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE. I THINK THIS IS JUST A SINGULAR SORT OF CHANGE TO THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES. THAT'S JUST ABOUT THIS PIECE. 
          DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW UP AND GET YOU WHAT THE... CURRENT, OR WHAT THE REVISED VERSION OF THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES IS, AND THEN, I MEAN, THERE ARE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS YOUR BOARD WANTS TO TAKE IT, AMENDING THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES. I THINK WE'RE SORT OF WORKING ON A POTENTIAL UPDATE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. 
          SO WE CAN HAPPY TO TALK OFFLINE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FOR THAT. SO WILL THIS AMENDMENT HAPPEN TONIGHT, OR WE'RE APPROVING IT TO GO 
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FORWARD WHEN WE SEE IT AGAIN? IT'S HAPPENING NOW. THIS IS A ONE SINGULAR ITEM ADJUSTMENT TO THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES. 
          SO JUST IN GENERAL, FOR ME, IT GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING IF THERE ARE SMALL AMENDMENTS ALONG THE WAY. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT EITHER WAY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. SO THAT'S NO REASON TO PULL IT, JUST THAT GENERAL QUESTION I HAD IN COMMENT. AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION ON NUMBER THREE, THE CONTRACT FOR THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY CENTER AT SONOMA STATE. I THINK IT'S GREAT. I JUST WAS CURIOUS HOW IT SOUNDS LIKE. IT'S A SMALL PROJECT FOR THEM TO BE A LIAISON TO THE TRIBES. I IMAGINE ANNA MARIE WILL BE INVOLVED. I WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT WE GET IT RIGHT. AND IT'S A LITTLE SAD THAT WE ONLY HAD ONE. ONE BID, IT SOUNDS LIKE STAFF DID A GREAT JOB, WENT BACK OUT TO BID A SECOND TIME TO TRY TO GET THAT. 
          BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT COYOTE HILLS VISITOR CENTER, HOW LONG HAS THAT DISPLAY BEEN IN PLACE NOW? HI, THIS IS SANDY FUNKE, DIVISION LEAD OF INTERPRETIVE AND RECREATION SERVICES. THE DISPLAY HAS BEEN AROUND AT LEAST 15 YEARS, SO WE DEFINITELY DO WANT TO GET IT RIGHT. WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH ANNA MARIE GUERRERO. AND, MATTER OF FACT, THE CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT ALSO HAS AN ON-CALL CONTRACT WITH THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES CENTER. AND THEY WORK WITH THEM FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK AS WELL. THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, I JUST HAD THAT. IT WAS INTERESTING THAT IT WASN'T MENTIONED IN THERE. AND DEFINITELY, I LOVE THAT CENTER. 
          I'M EXCITED WE'RE UPDATING IT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAD WAS ON ITEM FOUR, THE AUTHORIZATION TO EXTEND THE SERVICES. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE INCREASING IT THREEFOLD, FROM $83,000 TO A QUARTER MILLION. AND I DIDN'T SEE IN THE STAFF REPORT IF THERE WAS SOME COMPETITIVE OR ALTERNATIVES RATHER THAN APPROVING TODAY. WAS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT? WRITTEN IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE COULD EXPAND IT TO THIS AMOUNT. I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD DATA FOR OUR PARK, REALLY GOOD DATA THAT WE NEED ABOUT OUR USERS, ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS. SO I JUST WONDERED ON THE COMPETITIVENESS OR IF ALTERNATIVES WERE CONSIDERED. HI, I'M NEHA WOMAFAL, PLANNING MANAGER, ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP, AND PLANNING. WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED THE CONTRACT TWO YEARS AGO, WE DID LOOK AT ADDITIONAL PROVIDERS OF SIMILAR DATA, AND PLACER AI WAS REALLY THE PROVIDER THAT HIT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR. SO THIS WAS REALLY JUST SEEN AS AN EXTENSION OF A CONTRACT WITH THEM, A NEW SEARCH FOR ANOTHER PROVIDER, AND THEIR DATA HAS BEEN CONSISTENT. THEY HAVE MADE MODIFICATIONS TO THEIR ALGORITHMS IN ORDER TO BETTER ADDRESS PARK NEEDS AND PUBLIC AGENCY NEEDS. SO WE'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM IN TERMS OF THE DATA. AND WE HAVE BEEN USING IT IN A WIDE VARIETY OF WAYS FOR OUR PROJECTS AND OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH. THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSE. SO ASKED ON ON THE FLY. I PUT YOU ON THE SPOT THERE. I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? I SUPPOSE I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SO GOING BACK TO CONSENT CALENDAR, AGENDA ITEM ONE, WHEN WE SAY PUBLISH, IS THAT PRINTED OR IS THAT GOING TO ALSO PERTAIN TO THE ONLINE VERSION? WE WON'T UPDATE THE ONLINE VERSION UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT ROUND. IT WILL ALL BE UPDATED. ONLINE? YES. 
          EVERYWHERE. PERFECT. SO WHEN YOU SAID PUBLISH, IT JUST MEANT PRINTED. 
          PUBLISHED IS EVERYTHING. 
          PUBLISHED TO THE WEBSITE, PUBLISHED PHYSICAL PAPER. WE DON'T ACTUALLY PRINT PHYSICAL COPIES, SO PUBLISHED IS UPDATING THE PDF, YOU KNOW, WORD VERSION THAT BECOMES A PDF, AND THEN WE PUT IT ONLINE, AND THEN WE WILL EMAIL IT TO THE BOARD. GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SO WHAT I'LL DO IS OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR, SEE IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT. THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. 
          AND WE WILL CLOSE THAT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR ANY COMMENTS. OTHERWISE, IF THERE AREN'T ANY COMMENTS... 
          WE CAN LOOK FOR A MOTION. 
          OKAY, I THINK, DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT MAKE A COMMENT ON ITEM SEVEN, THE INVESTMENT REPORT, THE MARKET. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO ME. I THINK IT WAS, I THINK PAGE 73 REALLY TALKS ABOUT INVESTMENTS THESE DAYS, PARTICULARLY IN OIL AND GAS. I THINK WE KNOW WHAT THAT'S 
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RELATED TO IN THE NEWS. I DID KNOW ALSO THAT YOU DON'T MAKE CHANGES IN THE PORTFOLIO AT TIMES. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T SELL LOW OR MAKE SWITCHES NOW. 
          BUT OVERALL, THERE WAS AN ESG REST TABLE THAT I REALLY APPRECIATED SEEING FROM STAFF, WHERE OIL AND GAS AND OTHER THINGS WERE PRETTY HIGH ON THE RISK. AND I JUST WONDER, AT SOME POINT, MAYBE I CAN BRING IT UP LATER, BUT GENERAL COMMENT ON OUR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. 
          WE'RE THE NATION'S LARGEST PARK DISTRICT. AND I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES WILL STAY AWAY OR MAKE COMMITMENTS TO NOT INVEST THEIR RETIREMENT FUNDS, RETIREMENT MONEY. SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UNIVERSITIES DO THAT. SO MY GENERAL COMMENT IS THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT AND SOMETHING I WOULD SUPPORT GOING FORWARD. 
          BUT I HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          THAT WAS JUST A GENERAL COMMENT ON HOW WE'RE INVESTING THOSE MONEY. AND I APPRECIATE THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT UPDATE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. ANYONE WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION? OKAY. VICE PRESIDENT COFFEY MADE THE MOTION AND IT LOOKS LIKE, YES, DOCTOR AND GOAL SECONDED. ALL RIGHT, LET ME HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. 
          DIRECTOR COFFEY. DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT? AYE. DIRECTOR ECHOLS? DIRECTOR ESPANA IS ABSENT. DIRECTOR MERCURIO? AYE. DIRECTOR WAESPI? AYE. 
          PRESIDENT SAN JUAN? YES. THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM 7-0? YEP. OR 
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6-0? 6-0, YEAH. WE'RE GOOD, WE'RE GOOD. WE GOT IT. 
          ALRIGHT, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. IT'S GOING TO BE OUR ACTION ITEM SECTION AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THAT. AGENDA ITEM I-1. WELL, MAYBE I'LL INTRODUCE THIS AND HAND IT OVER TO WREN. I JUST WANT TO START BY APPRECIATING YOUR BOARD FOR YOUR STICKING WITH US THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF GETTING THIS BUILDING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. AND THEN REALLY ALSO TO OUR STAFF. YOU KNOW, I THINK. BETWEEN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM, TOBY, WREN, CARMEN, ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TALKING TO YOU TODAY, AND OUR FINANCE TEAM, WE'VE REALLY BEEN... 
          LOOKING AT THIS WITH THE FINE-TOOTH COMB AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT. 
          HOW DO WE GET THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE WITH ENCOURAGING AS FEW ADDITIONAL COSTS AS POSSIBLE? AND SO WE'VE BEEN SITTING DOWN AND HAVING HARD CONVERSATIONS AND TRYING TO LIMIT ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS TO ONLY WHAT'S NECESSARY. AND SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY IS THE RESULT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          TO GET THIS DOWN TO THE VERY LEAST, THAT WE POSSIBLY NEED TO BRING TO YOUR BOARD. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO REN. GREAT. THANK YOU, MAX. REN BATES, DIVISION LEAD OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. I'M GOING TO TAKE MAX'S INTRODUCTION A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. STAFF IS FULLY COGNIZANT AND AWARE OF THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS PROJECT. I THINK WE ARE IN THE HOME STRETCH. JUST FOR CONTEXT, AND AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A RENOVATION. THE BUILDING WAS BOUGHT IN 2019. 
          THE DIRECTION AT THAT TIME WAS REUSE AS MUCH AS EVERYTHING AS YOU CAN. SINCE WE'VE GOTTEN INTO THAT, WE'VE DISCOVERED THAT A LOT OF THAT, BECAUSE OF THE TIME THAT IT SAT VACANT, IS NOT REALLY USABLE. AND SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY INCURRED COSTS FOR IN TERMS OF THE WINDOWS AND THE GLAZING AND ALL THAT, WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE. I THINK WHAT WE'RE FINDING OUT NOW IS THAT NOT HAVING A FULL PLAN SET THAT HAS MADE CHANGES, THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS TRICKLE DOWN. 
          SO, IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE IMPLICATED BY REPLACING ALL OF THE WINDOWS. WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS THAT IMPACT SOME OF THE FIREPROOFING THAT WAS THERE. AND SO SOME OF THESE THINGS AGGREGATE OVER TIME AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG INTO THE PROJECT, BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, NOT HAVING THAT FULLY DEVELOPED AS A PLAN KIND OF LEADS TO WHERE WE ARE NOW. SO THAT'S HOW WE'VE GOTTEN TO COME TO THIS ADDITIONAL MONEY AGAIN, IT IS NOT LOST ON STAFF. I GUESS IN TERMS OF THAT, I'LL ALSO PROVIDE THAT. A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE DONE WITH DESIGN BUILDS, AND WHEN THE DISTRICT ENTERED INTO THIS PROJECT, THAT DESIGN BUILD AUTHORITY WAS NOT AN OPTION FOR US AS AN AGENCY. 
          IN TERMS OF HOW WE DO THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE THESE KIND OF CONTEXT POINTS FOR THE BOARD'S KNOWLEDGE. AS WE PRESENT THIS ACTION TO THE BOARD FOR ITS AUTHORIZATION, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TOBY, WHO'S GOING TO WALK US THROUGH WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE OCTOBER, SINCE WE WERE LAST HERE AT THE BOARD, ASKING FOR SOME MONEY. I DO WANT TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO'VE COME AND LOOKED AT THE BUILDING SINCE THAT TIME AND TOURED IT WITH US. I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THAT WE'RE DOING A LOT THERE. 
          THE OFFER STILL STANDS FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN THERE. 
          WE WILL BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU THROUGH THE BUILDING TO SEE WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS 
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OF THAT. THAT'S ENOUGH FROM ME FOR RIGHT NOW. I'LL INTRODUCE TOBY TO TAKE IT ON AND DO THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WHEN HE'S COMPLETE. THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, REM. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS, ACTING GENERAL MANAGER, CORTON. AND AS RED JUST SAID, THE INVITATION IS THERE FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT, AND IT'S ALSO THERE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN IT AND WANT TO SEE ALL THAT'S CHANGED, BECAUSE A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE WE LAST WALKED THROUGH THE BUILDING WITH YOU. MY NAME IS TOBY PERRY, I SHOULD HAVE ADDED, I'M IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT MANAGING THIS IMPROVED PERALTA OAKS NORTH PROJECT. 
          THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU TODAY, IT'S KIND OF A MOUTHFUL, BUT I'LL LEAD YOU THROUGH IT. 
          THE GENERAL RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS FOR THE IMPROVED PERALTA OAKS NORTH PROJECT. 
          FIRST, AUTHORIZE AND INCREASE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF $2.8 MILLION WITH SWINNERTON FOR ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION SCOPE. 
          AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH RED CAR ANALYTICS OF SANTA ROSA IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,000. TRANSFER AND APPROPRIATE $134,970 FROM 2012 PROMISSORY NOTE INTEREST. 
          TRANSFER AND APPROPRIATE $247,546 FROM 2024 PROMISSORY NOTE INTEREST. AND THEN TRANSFER AND APPROPRIATE $2,607,925 FROM REPLACE EAGLE 7 WITH EAGLE 9 PROJECT. 
          591,213 OF GENERAL FUND AND 02,016,712 OF MAJOR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT TO THE PROJECT. I'LL JUMP IN JUST SUPER QUICK, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THIS, SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT NEEDED TO GET ADDRESSED TO GET THIS BUILDING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. THIS BUILDING IS A LOT OF. WHO'S GOING TO BE IN THIS BUILDING IS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM, AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE CHIEF FELICE OVER THERE. I THINK. WE SAT DOWN AND HAD ANOTHER KIND OF HARD CONVERSATION, WHICH WAS THAT WE HAD THESE ADDITIONAL COSTS. WORKING WITH OUR KATIE AND OUR FINANCE TEAM, WE RECOGNIZED THERE'S NOT ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN OUR BUDGET THAT'S UNALLOCATED THAT WE COULD BRING TO THIS PROJECT. AND SO WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT OUR EXISTING FUNDING SOURCES TO FIGURE OUT WERE THERE ANY SOURCES THAT WE COULD TAP TO GET THIS DONE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS. THE REPLACEMENT FUND FOR OUR HELICOPTERS ENDED UP BEING THE PLACE THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO TAKE THE MAJORITY OF THIS FUNDING FROM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO DAYLIGHT THAT. AND APPRECIATE THE CHIEF AND HIS TEAM FOR THEIR PROBLEM-SOLVING AND ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT. SO, AS YOU ALL MAY RECALL, I CAME BEFORE YOU IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR TO PROVIDE A PROJECT UPDATE. 
          AND TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT AT THAT TIME. 
          SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS, AND THE BUILDING, AS YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE STREET, IS STARTING TO LOOK PRETTY COMPLETE, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. I PRESENTED A GOOD DEAL OF THE BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT THEN, SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL KIND OF SPIN THROUGH THESE NEXT SLIDES PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT I STILL DO WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL OF KIND OF WHERE WE STARTED. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECT LOCATION AS IT RELATES TO OUR BUILDING WE'RE STANDING IN RIGHT NOW. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF IMAGES OF THE BUILDING BEFORE WORK BEGAN. WE BOUGHT THE BUILDING BACK IN 2019, AND IT WAS INITIALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1983. SO, AS REN SAID, IT WAS AN OLDER BUILDING IN NEED OF RENOVATION. THE BUILDING CONSISTS OF FOUR LEVELS AND APPROXIMATELY 107,000 SQUARE FEET. AS A REMINDER, THE BUILDING AT ITS COMPLETION WILL BE LEED GOLD. IT WILL ACCOMMODATE 225 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES VIA 167 WORKSTATIONS. UPON COMPLETION, IT WILL HAVE 24 EV CHARGING STALLS READY TO GO. 
          IT WILL PROVIDE FIBER REDUNDANCY FOR INCREASED NETWORK RESILIENCE. WE'LL HAVE EMERGENCY VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD VIA SHELDON, WHICH IS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING. AND WE'VE MANAGED TO REUSE SOME OF THE SALVAGED WOOD FROM THE SITE FOR SOME BEAUTIFUL FURNITURE THAT WILL GO IN THE BUILDING. IN FACT, YOUR CLOTHES. THE CLOSED SESSION CONFERENCE TABLE FROM UL WILL BE BUILT FROM SYCAMORE THAT WAS HARVESTED, AND THE FRONT OF THE DAIS IS REDWOOD. HERE'S THE FLOOR PLAN ON THE FIRST FLOOR, WHICH IS WHERE THE PUBLIC WILL ENTER THE BUILDING. IT'S WHERE THE BOARDROOM IS, THE CLOSED SESSION ROOM, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE SPACES WILL BE. AND THEN THE OTHER THREE FLOORS, THE BASEMENT, THE SECOND FLOOR, AND THE THIRD FLOOR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW SHARED COMMON AREAS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL STAFF, THESE SHOULD... THESE FLOORS WILL BE SECURE PUBLIC SPACES, PUBLIC SAFETY SPACES. UH, SHOWN IN THE BLUE THERE. UH. SO. IN JULY OF 2024, THE BOARD AWARDED 
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A CONTRACT TO SWINNERTON FOR 59 MILLION 847 DOLLARS, AND WORK BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024. ON THIS SLIDE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, SINCE THAT TIME, A LOT OF WORK HAS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WHAT'S SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE IS ACTUALLY WORK THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED. JUST SINCE I WAS LAST BEFORE YOU GUYS IN OCTOBER. 
          WE'RE APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS INTO WHAT IS APPROXIMATELY A 24-MONTH CONSTRUCTION DURATION. 
          AND SO SINCE OCTOBER, MUCH OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED INCLUDES THE COMPLETION OF THE EXTERIOR WATERPROOFING, THAT'S KIND OF THE SIDING ON THE BUILDING, AND THE INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS, THE FINAL INSTALLATION OF ALL THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT IN THE BUILDING. ALL OF THE INTERIOR WALLS AND WINDOWS ARE NOW IN. BAKEROOMS AND KITCHENETTES HAVE BEEN BUILT OUT, AND COUNTERTOPS AND SHELVING IS IN. OBVIOUSLY, WITH SEVERAL MONTHS LEFT OF CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S STILL WORK TO DO. 
          REALLY, WE'RE LUCKING OUT IN GREAT PART TO THIS WEATHER THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW AND THAT THERE'S STILL SITE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND THEN INSIDE THE BUILDING, THEY'RE INSTALLING FLOORING, LIGHTS, INSTALLING PLUMBING FIXTURES, REALLY SOME OF THE FINE FINISHES THAT ARE NEEDED. 
          TO FINISH OUT THE BUILDING. SO I INCLUDED THIS SLIDE BECAUSE THIS WAS ACTUALLY A SLIDE THAT I HAD FROM THE MEETING BACK IN OCTOBER, WHICH REPRESENTED KIND OF HOW MUCH WORK HAD BEEN DONE AT THAT TIME. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE LEFT IMAGE THAT REALLY, WHEN I WAS LAST HERE, WE WERE STANDING IN THE CENTER OF THE FLOOR, AND YOU COULD LOOK RIGHT OUT TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. THE CENTER PHOTO IS WHERE THEY HAD POURED A PAD FOR THE GENERATORS, BUT THERE WERE NO GENERATORS. 
          AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THEY HAD INSTALLED A NEW STAIRCASE THAT THEY HAD CUT INTO THE BUILDING, BUT YET THERE'S NO KIND OF FINISHED WALLS OR ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE WERE IN OCTOBER, IN CONTRAST TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE INTERIOR LOBBY, WHICH HAS ALL NEW CEDAR SIDING. 
          IN THE CENTER IMAGE IS THE BUILT-OUT LOBBY RECEPTION DESK. 
          SPACE IN THE LOBBY IS UNCONDITIONED BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE, AND IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN, BUT WE WANTED TO CREATE A CONDITIONED SPACE AND A SAFE SPACE FOR THOSE WORKING THE RECEPTION. SO THAT AREA HAS BEEN BUILT OUT AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE GLASS THAT GOES ON THERE. THAT.IT'S GOING TO COMPLETELY ENCLOSE THAT SPACE. 
          AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE DAIS TAKING SHAPE. THAT'S THE FINAL DAIS FORM. ALL THAT'S LEFT THERE ON THE FRONT OF IT IS TO PUT THE REDWOOD SIDING THAT WE GOT FROM THE TREES ACROSS THE STREET. HERE ARE A FEW IMAGES. IT'S A LITTLE HARD. 
          THEY'RE A LITTLE DARK HERE. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE A FEW OF THE IMAGES FROM SPECIALIZED PUBLIC SAFETY SPACES IN THE BUILDING. ON THE LEFT, HERE IS THE FUTURE. PUBLIC SAFETY LOCKER ROOM, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF ON THE BACK, IN THE BACK OF THAT IMAGE, THAT THERE'S LIKE THREE DOORS THERE. THAT'S FOR CHANGING ROOMS TO GO, TO GRAB YOUR THINGS FROM THE LOCKERS AND TAKE IT INTO THOSE ROOMS TO CHANGE. 
          THE LOCKERS THEMSELVES ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INSTALLED IN A FEW WEEKS. IN THE CENTER ARE THESE LARGE ROLLING SHELVING UNITS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY WILL USE TO STORE PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE IN THE BASEMENT. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT AGAIN, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE HERE. 
          THERE'S A TABLE THERE. ON THE RIGHT IS THE PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE INTAKE ROOM THERE, WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE IN EVIDENCE AND ANALYZE IT FOR THEIR NEEDS. 
          ON THE LEFT HERE, YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF OFFICE SPACE IN THE BUILDING. ACTUALLY, THE CARPET IS ALREADY IN THERE. 
          IT'S COVERED IN PLASTIC TO PROTECT IT FOR NOW, BUT THAT'S ALREADY IN. 
          IN THE CENTER, YOU CAN NOW SEE THAT SAME KIND OF GENERATOR PAD AREA. NOW THE GENERATORS ARE INSTALLED. 
          THERE'S SAFETY RAILING THERE. 
          THE PAVING UP TO ALL SURROUNDING IS POURED. 
          AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE KITCHENETTES THAT'S BUILT OUT. HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE THE PROJECT COSTS FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDE THE MONEY WE'RE HERE SEEKING TODAY. UNFORTUNATELY, AS WREN SAID, DUE TO... ADDITIONAL UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FROM PERMITTING AGENCIES, I.E. THE CITY OF OAKLAND, EAST BAY, MUD, AND MODIFICATIONS, SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO SCOPE. 
          TO ENSURE IT WILL SERVE, THE BUILDING WILL SERVE THE PARK DISTRICT'S NEEDS AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICES FACILITY. 
          THE COSTS HAVE EXCEEDED THE EXISTING CONTINGENCY FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD LAST OCTOBER. 
          HERE'S THE UP-TO-DATE PROJECT BUDGET, WHICH YOU CAN FIND IN YOUR PACKET. AND THEN, LASTLY, AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE REMAINING PROJECT SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS. 
          OBVIOUSLY, CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AS WE SPEAK. LATER THIS SPRING, STAFF WILL BE BACK. BEFORE YOU'RE SEEKING ADDITIONAL FUNDING RELATED TO IT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NEEDS, AS WE OCCUPY THE BUILDING. AND 
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THEN THIS SUMMER, WE EXPECT TO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, ALLOWING US TO COMMISSION THE BUILDING, WHICH MEANS MAKING SURE ALL THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. ARE CALIBRATED AND THAT OUR STAFF KNOW HOW TO OPERATE THE BUILDING, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY WE'LL BE INSTALLING THE BUILDING'S FURNITURE. AND THEN, FOLLOWING THAT, WE EXPECT THE PROJECT WILL BE WRAPPED UP AND STAFF CAN MOVE IN THIS FALL. SO WITH THAT, THE RECOMMENDATION AGAIN IS BEFORE YOU, AND MYSELF AND WREN ARE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. SO YOU JUST FINISHED WITH THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NEEDS. 
          DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF THAT FUNDING? AND WOULD THAT BE IN ADDITION TO TODAY'S PROPOSALS? THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE PROPOSAL. 
          YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE PROPOSAL. OUR IT TEAM, AND DAVID WAS HERE EARLIER, BUT I KNOW HE IS WORKING WITH OUR EXTERNAL TEAM TO GET QUOTES FOR ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO GO IN. IT'S SERVERS, IT'S FIREWALLS. SOME OF THE BACK-END TYPE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEEDED FOR THIS BUILDING. AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ESTIMATE OF THAT COST? WE'RE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW. SO, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF IT IS. IT'S SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS, A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO WE'RE STILL, AGAIN, LIKE. I THINK. OUR APPROACH TO IT IS FOR THESE COSTS TO GET OUR TEAM ABLE TO OCCUPY AND UTILIZE THE BUILDING. SOME OF THE THINGS. LIKE, THESE, COSTS WERE THINGS THAT WERE NOT INITIALLY FORESEEN IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS. 
          THE TECHNOLOGY COSTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW ARE MORE LIKE. 
          THOSE WERE SORT OF NOT PICTURED AS PART OF THE COST OF BUILDING THE FACILITY, BUT ARE LIKE OCCUPANCY COSTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW TO ACTUALLY GET OUR TEAMS FUNCTIONAL WITHIN THE FACILITY. SO. WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS, BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. AND WE'RE PUT, LIKE I'D SAY. 
          BETWEEN ME AND KATIE, WE ARE TAKING A HARD LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE ITEM AND TRYING TO CONSTRAIN EXPENDITURES. 
          BECAUSE I THINK THESE ARE ALL. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR LIMITED AMOUNT OF RESOURCES. AND I'LL JUST ADD, FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS ALL FOLDED IN AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. SUCH THAT WE'RE INSTALLING THIS STUFF WHILE WE STILL HAVE OUR CONTRACTOR OVER THERE. AND IT'S ALL INTEGRATED AND SUCH THAT IT'S THAT WHEN WE SAY THE BUILDING IS TURNED OVER, IT'S FULLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S FULLY OCCUPIABLE. WHICH ISN'T JUST FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING SIGN-OFFS FROM OUR, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF OAKLAND AND WHATNOT. BUT IT'S ALSO ENSURING THAT WE CAN MOVE IN AND THAT WE CAN OPERATE IN THERE SUCCESSFULLY. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION, I KNOW WHEN WE REVIEWED THIS IN 2024, I HAD ASKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERSHIPS. AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY SORT OF ONGOING CONVERSATION. I KNOW ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFFS ARE LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WAS THERE ANY POTENTIAL FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS BUILDING AND OTHER AGENCIES? AND THEN I'LL JUST SHARE ONE MORE POINT IN THIS QUESTION. I KNOW I HAD HEARD FROM A BOARD DIRECTOR THAT THERE HAD BEEN OUTREACH TO US TO PARTNER WITH THEM. BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO BUILDING THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX HERE IN OAKLAND. AND, UM, AND I GUESS WE JUST DECIDED TO DIVERGE AND NOT WORK TOGETHER ON THAT. 
          BUT I DO KNOW THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE CONVERSATION WITH ONE PUBLIC AGENCY ABOUT THIS. WELL, I GUESS TO START, I THINK ORIGINALLY THE PROPOSAL WAS TO BUILD THIS FACILITY AT LAKE CHABOT, WHERE OUR EXISTING FACILITY WAS. I MEAN, I WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME. 
          BUT THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF DIRECTIONS FROM YOUR BOARD. LEADERSHIP STAFF AS WE'VE SORT OF ADJUSTED WHAT THE APPROACH IS TO THIS BUILDING. SO I THINK IT'S BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW IT BETTER THAN I DO, BUT IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ITERATIVE PROCESS TO GET TO WHAT THE DESIGN IS? THAT, YOU KNOW, INFORMED THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, ROBERTO FILICE, GM OF PUBLIC SAFETY. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MADAM PRESIDENT, NO. AND THE REASON BEING IS THAT WE CAN NOW MOVE. 
          ANOTHER AGENCY IN WITH US, JUST FOR THE SIMPLE FACT, BECAUSE OF EVIDENCE THAT WE DEAL WITH, BECAUSE OF CASES THAT WE DEAL WITH, BECAUSE OF SEVERAL INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE DEAL WITH, IT WOULD NOT BE CONDUCIVE TO WORK WITH ANOTHER AGENCY, UNLESS WE COULD USE IT AS A BASE FOR A TASK FORCE, BUT TO ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER AGENCY PARTNER 
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WITH US WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE. 
          TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. 
          THEN WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT BACK FOR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND OR A MOTION. 
          YEAH, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE, AND MAX MENTIONED THIS ALREADY, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN, HOW MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE FLEXIBILITY AND THE CREATIVITY THAT WENT INTO REALLOCATING THE EAGLE 7 TO EAGLE 9 PROJECT MONEY. WHEN I SAW THAT, I HAD A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE. IT'S LIKE, THANK YOU, CHIEF FELICE, FOR BEING THAT FLEXIBLE AND RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS A VERY, VERY TOUGH PROJECT, AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO REPRIORITIZE THE PURCHASE OF A NEW HELICOPTER TO A LATER TIME IN ORDER TO GET THIS PROJECT. I THINK YOU'RE USING THE WORD CROSS THE FINISH LINE, RIGHT? WE'RE TRYING TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE. SO I WANT TO COMMEND STAFF FOR HAVING THAT FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO FUNDING. COLIN, I THINK YOU HAD YOUR HAND RAISED, AND THEN DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. I JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT STAFF. I TOOK THAT TOUR, I GUESS, WITH BRENNAN AND TOBY. 
          WHAT WAS AMAZING TO ME IS THE DEGREE OF CUSTOMIZATION, OF NUANCE THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN EVERY SINGLE ROOM. 
          TO CREATE WHAT JUST APPEARS TO A CIVILIAN THAT JUST A FABULOUS ENVIRONMENT SETTING FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS. 
          AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S. ONE OF THE THINGS I TAKE PRIDE IN IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS. I JUST, AND THAT WAS THE VALUE OF THAT WALKTHROUGH FOR ME. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE AND COMMEND THE, I GUESS IT'S JUST A VERY INTIMATE WORK YOU DO WITH EACH AND EVERY ROOM OVER THERE. THANK YOU. 
          DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT AND THEN DIRECTOR ECHOLS. GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. YEAH, A LOT OF THIS, THE HORSE HAS LEFT THE BARN FOR ME, FOR THE AGENCY. 
          THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH GOING ON. 
          IT'S COME TO US A NUMBER OF TIMES FOR DIFFERENT CHANGES, CONTINGENCIES, ADDITIONS. I DON'T THINK SOME OF THE MONIES IN HERE INCLUDE THE NEW TOWERS WE NEEDED TO ADD, THE IT NEEDS. THE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THIS PROJECT IS A LITTLE MORE THAN COMPLEX TO ME. A LOT OF IT WAS STARTED WELL BEFORE MY TIME ON THE BOARD. 
          BACK TO 2019 AND 2024 CONSTRUCTION. AND, I MEAN, THE BUILDING'S BEAUTIFUL. I'VE BEEN OVER THERE. IT'S OVERWHELMING TO ME, HONESTLY. I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT COMMENT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'VE SPENT. 
          IT'S A COMMENT, NOT A QUESTION. 
          I DON'T WANT ANY STAFF STANDING UP. IT'S, LIKE I SAID, THE HORSES LEFT THE BARN. IT DOES KIND OF MAKE ME, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, COULD WE HAVE STARTED A BUILDING FROM SCRATCH? COULD WE HAVE FOUND SOMETHING THAT WAS NEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? BUT HERE WE ARE. IT IS WHAT IT IS. WHAT I'VE SEEN IS BEAUTIFUL. THE THOUGHT THAT HAS GONE THROUGH IT, EVERYTHING, EVEN WITH THE LIFEGUARDS, YOU KNOW, HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT EQUIPMENT WILL COME IN AND BE STORED AND MOVED. I HAVE TO SAY ALSO, IT'S JUST A COMMENT. I DON'T THINK STAFF NEEDS TO RESPOND. BUT WITH THE NEW TELEWORK, WITH ALLOWING EMPLOYEES TO BE OUT IN THE FIELD, YOU KNOW, I DO WONDER THE OCCUPANCY RATES PER SQUARE FOOTAGE. SO I'M KIND OF BRINGING UP SOME NEGATIVE STUFF, SOME GOOD STUFF. I THINK IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TOGETHER AND MOVING FORWARD. I DO HOPE, AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT MADE EARLIER THAT YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO ASSESS ALL THAT'S NEEDED TO FUNCTIONALLY GET US IN THERE. I THINK AT SOME POINT, TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT WAS OUR FINAL COST PER SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THIS BUILDING THAT WE HAVE. 
          YOU KNOW, LET'S... FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE UP FOR IT. 
          LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP OUR AGENCY WHOLE AND ON GROUND, A GOOD, FUNCTIONAL FINANCIAL FOOTING. 
          AND YES, THANK YOU FOR GETTING CREATIVE AND FELICE SCHAEFER. WORKING WITH US AND USING THE HELICOPTER REPLACEMENT MONEY TO HELP US GET THROUGH THIS. 
          AND LET'S GET IT DONE. GO AHEAD, DR. ACKLES. OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REPORT. I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE PROGRESS SINCE LAST WEEK. FALL. IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE THE BEFORE-AFTER PICTURES AND WHERE YOU'RE HEADED. AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO APPRECIATE THE TEAM FOR THE AMOUNT OF CARE AND ATTENTION THAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THE BUILDING. AND YOUR CARE AND ATTENTION TO THE BUDGET AS WELL. BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE UNDERSTAND THINGS COME UP. I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO WORK WITH AN OLDER BUILDING THAT YOU'RE THEN IMPROVING AND UPGRADING. AND, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU CERTAINLY HAVE YOU DONE A GOOD JOB 
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OF IT. AND AND I ALSO APPRECIATE HOW CAREFULLY YOU'VE LOOKED TO FIND. YOU KNOW WHERE WE CAN, WHERE WE CAN TAKE MONEY FROM. 
          AND, OF COURSE, CHIEF FELICIA, I'D LIKE LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW ALL THAT HAPPENED. 
          BUT BUT UH, BUT ANOTHER TIME. 
          BUT APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THAT. UM, AND I CERTAINLY WILL TAKE YOU UP ON INVITATION FOR A TOUR. I WAS. I HAD ANOTHER COMMITMENT THE DAY YOU OFFERED IT. BUT BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO COME CHECK IT OUT, SO LET'S GET THAT ON THE CALENDAR. DEFINITELY, YEAH, I WANT TO ECHO THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE. I LIKE THE FREEZING CARE AND ATTENTION, BOTH, YOU KNOW, IN THE DESIGN AND THOUGHTFULNESS. AND ALSO IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, I KNOW I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. 
          WHEN I INITIALLY CAME BEFORE THE BOARD IN 2024, I, I DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT TRANSIT AND THE OVERALL COSTS OF THE PROJECT. AND I THINK I'M GOING TO STICK WITH THAT, SO I WILL BE A NO VOTE TODAY, BUT I REALLY KNOW THAT A LOT OF HARD WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS, AND I WANT TO SHARE THAT APPRECIATION, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT GOING TO BE VOTING FOR THIS. SO WITH THAT, THOUGH, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A MOTION. I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE ALL THE CHANGES IN THE BUDGET THAT HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY DIRECTOR MERCURIO, SECONDED BY... VICE PRESIDENT COFFEY, WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. 
          DIRECTOR COFFEY. DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. AYE. DIRECTOR ECHOLS. AYE. DIRECTOR ESPANA IS ABSENT. DIRECTOR MERCURIO. 
          AYE. DIRECTOR WAESPI IS NOW ABSENT. DIRECTOR, OR PRESIDENT? SAN JUAN. NO. 
          MOTION PASSES 4-1-2. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON. LET'S ACTUALLY MAYBE JUST TAKE A SHORT BREAK, IF WE CAN, TRY TO KEEP IT TO FIVE MINUTES. 
          QUICK STAND UP AND STRETCH BREAK. SO WE'LL COME BACK, LET'S SAY, AT 41 TO 41. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET STARTED IF EVERYONE'S READY TO GO FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM AND THEN THE END OF THE MEETING ITEMS. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM. WAS IT I2, I BELIEVE? YES, I2. GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT SAN WONG, CHRIS BARTON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CHRIS BARTON, RESTORATION PROJECTS MANAGER. 
          STAFF HAS COMPLETED A CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN AND PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THE NORTH BASIN AREA OF EAST SHORE STATE PARK. AND THESE PLANS ARE GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PARK DISTRICT IN SEVERAL WAYS. THE FIRST IS TO PROACTIVELY PLAN FOR HOW THAT AREA OF THE PARK WILL ADAPT TO SEA LEVEL RISE. THE SECOND ONE IS TO UNDERSTAND THE PARK DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF THIS AREA OF EAST SHORE FOR CAPITAL PROJECT PLANNING PURPOSES. AND THE THIRD IS COORDINATION. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT THE BERKELEY SHORELINE, AT THIS AREA OF EAST SHORE, STARTING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, THE CITY OF BERKELEY. THEY HAVE IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR TOM BATES SPORTS FIELD. THEY RECENTLY COMPLETED A LOT OF PLANNING FOR THE FERRY TERMINAL. THAT'S OUT AT THE WATERFRONT. THEY ALSO HAVE SEVERAL GRANTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS ALONG MARINA BOULEVARD. TURNING TO OUR NEIGHBORS, CALTRANS, THE GILMAN OVERPASS, THEY COMPLETED THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EVERYONE ELSE, PARK DISTRICT INCLUDED. AND ALSO THEY'RE WORKING ON A PLANNING EFFORT FOR UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. SO WE'RE EXPECTING A LOT MORE PARK USERS TO BE ABLE TO CROSS OVER THE FREEWAY AND GET TO THE SHORELINE. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE PARTICIPATION FOR THIS PROJECT. WE HAD A NEW APPROACH TO OPENING AND INVITING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO THE PLANNING PROCESS WITH THIS PROJECT, AND THAT'S THE NEW VOICES PARTNERSHIP. AND SCOTT'S GOING TO GO OVER THAT IN MORE DETAIL, BUT I WANTED TO, NOW THAT WE'RE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS PROCESS, JUST SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE NEW VOICES AND ALSO TO ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDER PARTNERS. 
          AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY PARTNERS, WHICH INCLUDE THE CITY OF BERKELEY AND OTHERS. 
          AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR PROJECT MANAGER, SCOTT STOLLER, PROJECT TEAM, WRT, AND SUSAN MOFFITT, WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THIS NEW VOICES PROGRAM UNDERWAY. 
          AND TO THE BOARD, TOO, THERE WERE SO MANY MEETINGS THAT WE HAD AND BOARD EXECUTIVE MEETINGS. IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS, BUT WE GOT A LOT OF INPUT, GOOD INPUT, THAT'S INFORMED THIS PLAN THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE HERE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION AUTHORITY. 
          THEY FUNDED MOST OF THIS WORK TO HAVE THIS KIND OF ADDED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THE BUDGET TO 
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DO THIS EXTRA WORK AND HAVE THIS PILOT TYPE OF PROGRAM. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT, AND HE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATION AND THE PROJECT. GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT SAN WONG AND BOARD DIRECTORS AND GENERAL MANAGER, ACTING GENERAL MANAGER MAX CORTON. SO, AFTER DECADES OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY WORK BY THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE GENERAL PLAN FOR EAST SHORE STATE PARK WAS FINALIZED IN 2002. AND THE MCLAUGHLIN EAST SHORE STATE PARK STRETCHES EIGHT AND A HALF MILES FROM EMERYVILLE UP TO RICHMOND AND HAS ZONES DESIGNATED FOR HABITAT PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION, AND ACTIVE RECREATION. THE NORTH BASIN STRIP IS DESIGNATED FOR ACTIVE RECREATION. IT HAS SEEN LITTLE ACTIVITY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES. AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN 2020, WE STARTED LOOKING FOR FUNDING AND GRANTS TO PLAN THIS AREA OF THE PARK. AND IN 2023, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING A GRANT FROM THE S.F. BAY RESTORATION AUTHORITY, AND WE BEGAN WORK IN 2024. THIS PROJECT BUILDS ON MOMENTUM OF OTHER PROJECTS. 
          IN THE VICINITY. IT WILL PROVIDE A SAFE AND WELCOMING WAY TO EXPERIENCE THE SHORELINE, GATHER WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE QUIETER AND SPECIAL AREAS OF THE SITE. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, EAST SHORE STATE PARK IS ONE OF THE TOP THREE MOST VISITED PARKS IN THE DISTRICT, AND TOM BATES SPORTS FIELD DRAWS THE MAJORITY OF THOSE VISITORS. 
          SO, I'LL BE PRESENTING THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR THE PROJECT THAT WAS DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST YEAR. THAT ALIGNS WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND IS RESPONSIVE TO PUBLIC INPUT. 
          AND SO, THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU IS TO REVIEW AND ACCEPT THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR THE NORTH BASIN STRIP PROJECT WITHIN THE MCLAUGHLIN EAST SHORE STATE PARK. SO THIS PROJECT WAS... PRESENTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE A FEW TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR. AND I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT BACKGROUND AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND I'LL FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND THE SHORELINE TREATMENTS, AND THEN TOUCH UPON THE COSTS AND OPTIONS FOR PROJECT PHASING. 
          AT THE END. THE PROJECT SITE IS COMPRISED PRIMARILY OF HISTORIC BAY LANDS, AND SO THIS AREA WAS WAS FILLED. IT IS THE ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE OF THE EAST BAY OHLONE, THE BAY MIWOK AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY ACUTE PEOPLES. IT'S LOCATED ALONG THE SHORELINE IN BERKELEY, BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AVENUE AND GILMAN STREET. THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS THE REPORTING THAT WE'VE UNDERTAKEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THE GREEN BOXES ON TOP INDICATE WHERE WE HAVE DONE PROJECT WORK WITH THE TEAM, AND THEN MOVING THROUGH OUR CHECK-IN PERIODS. 
          IN YELLOW WITH THE BOARD, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND AT THE BOTTOM, IN BLUE ARE OUR PERIODIC CHECK-INS WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE IN THE RED BOX OVER ON THE RIGHT, WHICH INDICATES THIS BOARD ACTION TODAY. AND REALLY, THE NEXT STEP AFTER THIS FOR US WOULD BE... 
          TO HAVE THE PROJECT PRIORITIZED WITHIN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS PROGRAM AND THEN LOOK FOR FUNDING TO FURTHER THE DESIGN, CONDUCT CEQA, AND GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. 
          IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TIMELINE, SO WE STARTED ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THE FALL OF 2024. THAT WAS AFTER A COUPLE MONTHS OF INITIAL PROJECT WORK WITH THE TEAM TO UNDERSTAND THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, IDENTIFY SOME OF THE SITE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS. 
          WE HAD A TWO-HOUR ON-SITE WORKSHOP IN THE FALL OF 2024, AND CONCURRENT WITH THAT IS WHEN WE INITIATED OUR NEW VOICES PARTNERSHIP. SO WE HAD THREE MEETINGS WITH THAT SELECTED GROUP TO HELP BUILD CAPACITY AND TO REALLY PULL IN SOME IDEAS TO THE PROJECT PLANNING PROCESS. ALONG WITH THAT, IN EACH OF OUR CHECK-INS WITH THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCLUDED ALSO CHECKING WITH A PROJECT ADVISORY GROUP, WHICH WAS COMPRISED OF SOME OF THE MORE WELL-REPRESENTED NON-PROFITS IN THE AREA. THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING THE EAST SHORE STATE PARK TO BEGIN WITH, BUT ALSO HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THIS AREA AND ALSO GREAT STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE PARK DISTRICT IN GENERAL. WE HELD OUR THIRD COMMUNITY MEETING IN NOVEMBER 
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OF 2025, WHERE WE PRESENTED THIS PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND OUR PROJECT WORK WRAPPED UP EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE NEW VOICES PARTNERSHIP REALLY WAS AN EFFORT TO BUILD CAPACITY AND ADVOCACY WITHIN THE PARK PLANNING PROCESS. AND SO WE GATHERED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING 10 NON-PROFITS, AND WENT THROUGH A STEPPED PROCESS OF INTRODUCING THE PARK PLANNING PROCESS. AND UNDERSTANDING CEQA AND KIND OF POINTS ALONG THAT TIMELINE IN IN ORDER TO INFLUENCE AND PROVIDE INPUT TO PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERGOING THAT PLANNING. AND ONE OF THE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE BEST OUTCOME WAS, I THINK, THAT WE GOT SOME REALLY ACTIONABLE, IMPORTANT AND USEFUL IDEAS THAT ARE REPRESENTED IN THE PLAN. BUT THE THE PROGRAM IS ALSO RECOGNIZED WITH A MERIT AWARD FROM THE CALIFORNIA TRAILS AND GREENWAYS CONFERENCE LAST SPRING. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING BACK TO THAT CONFERENCE THIS SPRING AND HAVE A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS FROM THAT PROGRAM. SO, OUT OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, THERE WERE SIX PRIORITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED. THEY'RE LISTED HERE AND THEY'RE INCORPORATED IN VARIOUS WAYS INTO THE INTO THE PLAN. THE FIRST ONE IS TO CONSERVE AND ENHANCE HABITAT AND IN THE NORTH PORTION OF THE SITE. AND I'LL ZOOM INTO ALL THESE IN A MOMENT. 
          BUT IT'S ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHT. WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT AT THE ENTIRE SITE PLAN, WE'RE INTRODUCING SEASONAL TIDAL PONDS. WE WILL BE PROPOSING ENHANCED NATIVE PLANTINGS BY THE COMMUNITY GROUPS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORELINE AND THEN HAVE A NATIVE POLLINATOR MEADOW ALSO IN THAT SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE. PRESERVING THE MAGICAL EXPERIENCE? AND SO THERE ARE SOME OF THESE QUIETER SPACES THAT EXIST ON THE SITE NOW. WE'RE LOOKING TO PRESERVE THOSE NODES INTO THE FUTURE. ENSURING SAFETY, COMFORT, AND ACCESS. 
          AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR VISITORS FEEL SAFE IN OUR PARKS AND UNDERSTANDING SIGHT LINES, PROVIDING A WIDE AND PAVED BAY TRAIL ALTERNATE THROUGH THE SITE, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PARKING, RESTROOMS, ALL GO TO SERVE THAT PRIORITY. 
          CREATING SOCIAL SPACES. SO FOCUSING A LOT OF THAT SOCIAL ACTIVITY IS FOCUSED IN THE NORTH OF THE PROJECT SITE, WITH THE SUNSET PROMENADE, THE CENTRAL BEACH, THE BIKE SKILLS AREA. 
          AND DESIGNING FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCY, WE ARE ON THE SHORELINE, AS WE'RE ALL WELL AWARE. AND SO WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO MAINTAIN EXISTING USE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE SUNSET PROMENADE, WE'LL BE RAISING THE ELEVATION OF THAT AREA TO BE RESILIENT TO SEA LEVEL RISE. WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING WITH NATURE AND KIND OF WHAT CARDS WERE DEALT OUT THERE BY CREATING THESE SEASONAL PONDS IN A LOWER DEPRESSION AREA. 
          AND THEN ALONG THAT SOUTHERN... PORTION OF THE SHORELINE LOOKING AT NATURE-BASED SHORELINE TREATMENTS. THE LOWEST PART OF THE SITE THAT RUNS EAST-WEST IS THE VIRGINIA STREET EXTENSION. 
          AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT WE CALL MANAGED RETREAT IN THAT AREA. 
          SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT. 
          AND THEN, LASTLY, TO FOSTER STEWARDSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS. 
          SO, TWO COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT HAVE LONG HISTORY AT THIS SITE. HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT AND ARE INTERESTED TO CONTINUE WORKING THERE. AND SO THAT IS THE MOUNTAIN BIKING COMMUNITY, SO THIS BIKE SKILLS AREA, AND ALSO NATIVE PLANT RESTORATION AND STEWARDSHIP. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT PEOPLE AT THESE GROUPS ARE ACTIVE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THEIR WORK OUT THERE. ZOOMING IN ON THE NORTHERN AREA OF THE SITE. SO THIS PART OF THE PLAN BUILDS UPON THAT 2002 GENERAL PLAN THAT PROPOSED A PROMENADE. AND SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS WE'RE CALLING A FLEXIBLE USE PROMENADE. SO WE'RE INCORPORATING A SMOOTH PAVED SURFACE THAT CAN BE USED FOR ROLLER SKATING AND OTHER KIND OF WHEELED SPORTS. AND REALLY TO BE USED AS AN INFORMAL GATHERING AREA. 
          THERE'S AREAS FOR LOUNGING, SITTING, PICNICKING, POTENTIAL FOR CONCESSION OR FOOD TRUCKS IN THAT NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA. THERE'S SPACE FOR A SCULPTURAL PLAY ELEMENT AND STEPS SEATING DOWN TO THE WATER'S EDGE. AS WE MOVE FURTHER SOUTH, WE CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE SEPARATED PATHWAYS. 
          SO THE BAY TRAIL ALTERNATIVE PATH IS PUSHED UP 
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AT A HIGHER ELEVATION ALONG THE SPORTS FIELDS. AND THERE IS A SLOWER, MORE EXPLORATORY PATH ALONG THE WATER'S EDGE. AND BETWEEN THOSE, WE HAVE SITUATED THESE TIDAL PONDS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE ENHANCED AND THE ELEVATIONS WILL BE ADJUSTED. BUT CURRENTLY, THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS INUNDATED DURING KING TIDES. AND SO IT'S A LOW EFFORT WAY OF INCREASING TIDAL WETLANDS THAT WILL EVOLVE OVER TIME WITH RISING SEAS. AS WE MOVE FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE SHORELINE, THERE IS A PERCHED BEACH BEING SHOWN. 
          THIS IS AN AREA FOR VISITORS TO RELAX AND GATHER WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. AND AGAIN, STEP SEATING AND ACCESS TO A GRAVEL BEACH. AND SO THIS IS ALL IN AN EFFORT TO, YOU KNOW, WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT, WITH THE TIDAL ACTION, YOU KNOW, A SANDY BEACH IS NOT FEASIBLE. 
          AND SO KIND OF CREATING THAT SIMILAR GATHERING EXPERIENCE, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER UP, AWAY FROM WAVE ACTION. IS THE INTENTION. BEHIND THIS AREA IS A PICNIC AND BARBECUE AREA, ACTIVE RECREATION MEADOW, AND THEN BEHIND THIS ARE BATHROOMS, A PROPOSED PARKING AREA, AND AN AREA THAT'S RESERVED FOR THE BIKE SKILLS. AS WE MOVE FURTHER SOUTH ON THE INTERIOR SITE, WE'RE GOING TO FORMALIZE SOME OF THE NARROW TRAILS THAT CONNECT DOWN TO VIRGINIA STREET EXTENSION. WHERE THERE WILL BE A FORMALIZATION OF, THERE'S AN EXISTING AREA WHERE PEOPLE PARK, AND SO WE'LL EXPAND THAT SLIGHTLY AND SPRUCE THAT UP A BIT. AND THEN ALONG THE SHORELINE, THAT WHOLE SOUTHERN REACH OF SHORELINE IS UNPROTECTED AND CURRENTLY ERODING, AND SO WE'LL BE APPLYING A NATURE-BASED APPROACH THAT I'LL DISCUSS IN JUST A COUPLE MINUTES. 
          WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. IT'LL CREATE POCKET GRAVEL BEACHES AND GATHERING NODES, KIND OF SEQUENCED AS WE MOVE. 
          ALONG THAT SHORELINE. AND THEN AT THE VERY END, ON THE SOUTH PORTION, THERE WHERE SCHOOLHOUSE CREEK DAYLIGHT'S TO THE BAY, OUR PLAN IS TO FORMALIZE ACCESS TO, THERE'S AN EXISTING GRAVEL BEACH WITH ROUNDED GLASS THAT HAS BEEN WORKED BY THE WAVE ACTION OVER TIME. 
          AND SO IT'S A REALLY NICE LITTLE SPOT FOR WHERE PEOPLE GATHER RIGHT NOW. AND THEN THAT AREA WHERE THE CULVERT CURRENTLY SPILLS OUT INTO THE BAY WILL FORMALIZE AND OVERLOOK IN THAT AREA. THAT'S A SPOT WHERE WE'VE WITNESSED A LOT OF WILDLIFE, BAT RAYS AND LEOPARD SHARKS, AND SO WE REALLY SEE THIS AS A HABITAT HOTSPOT AND POTENTIAL FOR HABITAT OBSERVATION. AND THEN, LASTLY, STORMWATER FROM THE SITE WILL BE DIRECTED JUST NORTH OF THAT PARKING AREA AND FOCUSED THROUGH POLLINATOR MEADOW. AND THEN, CLOSER TO THE SHORELINE. THERE IS AN AREA WHERE WE CAN STAGE INTERPRETIVE PANELS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SITE HISTORY AND THE NATURAL RESOURCES THAT ARE PRESENT. 
          HERE'S A COUPLE OF IMAGES OF... THIS GATHERING NODE THAT IS PLANNED FOR THE SOUTHERN SHORELINE, AND REALLY THE INTENT IS TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE NATURE-BASED SHORELINE APPROACH WITH PUBLIC ACCESS. AND SO THESE THESE NODES JUT OUT FROM THE SHORELINE A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND THEY'RE DESIGNED TO HELP FRAME VIEWS OF THE NORTH BASIN AND TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS, SUCH AS WIND AND SUN. IN TERMS OF CIRCULATION, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE EAST SHORE STATE PARK IS SO HEAVILY USED IS BECAUSE THE BAY TRAIL RUNS NORTH-SOUTH ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD. THAT'S JUST TO THE EAST OF THE PROJECT SITE. AND THERE ARE ALSO TWO PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE PATHS THAT CROSS THE HIGHWAY, AT GILMAN STREET AND AT UNIVERSITY AVENUE. SO, THE PROJECT WILL MAINTAIN THE EXISTING BAY TRAIL ALIGNMENT. 
          PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH VELOCITY TRANSPORT, BUT WE'LL INVITE VISITORS THROUGH THE SITE THROUGH AN ALTERNATE BAY TRAIL ALIGNMENT THAT'S SHOWN IN ORANGE. AND SO THAT'LL BE A WIDE AND PAVED TRAIL, BUT THAT'S THROUGH DESIGN, ENCOURAGING SLOWER TRAFFIC THAN THE PRIMARY BAY TRAIL. 
          IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION, THAT ALIGNMENT IS PULLED A LITTLE BIT IN FROM THE SHORELINE COMPARED TO THE EXISTING GRAVEL PATH THAT'S OUT THERE, AND THAT'S TO PRESERVE SOME OF THOSE QUIETER MOMENTS. 
          PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO CURRENTLY EXPERIENCE ON THE SITE. AS I MENTIONED ON THE INTERIOR OF OUR RECTANGLE THERE, WE PLAN TO HAVE THE BIKE SKILLS AREA, BUT ALSO TO FORMALIZE THOSE NARROW PATHS, SOME 
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OF THOSE THAT EXIST CURRENTLY. 
          AND THEN ON THAT SOUTHERN PORTION, FLOWING EAST-WEST ALONG VIRGINIA STREET, IS SHOWN IN RED, AND THAT'S WHERE WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PULL BACK THE EXISTING ALIGNMENT. OF A VIRGINIA STREET EXTENSION. IT CURRENTLY FLOODS DURING KING TIDES, AND SO WE SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW SEA LEVEL RISE, TRANSGRESSION AND HABITAT TRANSFORMATION OVER TIME. AND EVEN NOW WE SEE POCKETS OF PICKLEWEED ESTABLISHING. 
          AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY AN EXCITING, YOU KNOW, TEMPORAL LABORATORY THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS OVER TIME. SPEAKING OF SEA LEVEL RISE, SO I DID WANT TO SHARE OUR APPROACH TO ACCOMMODATING SEA LEVEL RISE ON THE SITE. THE DARK BLUE AREAS, SO YOU SEE ALONG THE NORTH PORTION OF THE SITE, THERE'S A LARGE PUDDLE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO NEAR ABOUT WHERE THOSE SEASONAL PONDS WOULD BE LOCATED. AND THEN ON THE SOUTHWEST, ALONG THE VIRGINIA STREET EXTENSION, WHERE WE SEE, YOU KNOW, THOSE RISING TIDES COMING INTO THE SITE IN THE THE NEAREST FUTURE. 
          WE'RE RELYING ON THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL 2024 SEA LEVEL RISE, THE THE INTERMEDIATE HIGH SCENARIO, AND SO WE'RE PLANNING FOR FIVE FEET OF SEA LEVEL RISE THROUGH THE END OF THE CENTURY. AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE AREA, THE COUPLE AREAS THAT WE ARE FILLING IN THE PROMENADE THAT WE'RE GOING UP TO AT LEAST ELEVATION 14. THE OTHER THING TO NOTE FROM THIS SLIDE IS THE BULK OF THE NORTH BASIN STRIP OUR RECTANGLE THERE. THAT'S ALL PRETTY HIGH AND DRY, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING THAT AS A POSITIVE SIGN. THE CHALLENGE THERE, SHOWN IN THOSE RED ARROWS, IS IT'S ALSO AN UNPROTECTED SHORELINE CURRENTLY, AND IT EXPERIENCES EROSION DURING SOME OF OUR LARGER WINTER STORMS. SO OUR APPROACH IS TO PROTECT AND ACCOMMODATE, AND ALSO TO RETREAT. AND SO ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS IN THAT NORTHERN AREA, ALONG THE PROMENADE AND THE CENTRAL BEACH, WE'LL BE RAISING ELEVATIONS BY A FEW FEET TO PROTECT THOSE AREAS. WE'LL BE ACCOMMODATING TIDAL ACTION IN THOSE SEASONAL PONDS BY ALLOWING FLOW TO COME IN TO THE SITE IN A MEASURED WAY. AND THEN WE'LL BE MANAGING RETREAT ALONG THE VIRGINIA STREAM EXTENSION. 
          SINCE WE HADN'T PRESENTED ANY OF THIS TO THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, I DID WANT TO DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THE SHORELINE TREATMENTS, JUST TO GIVE YOU THE FULL PICTURE. I'LL TRY AND GO A LITTLE BIT QUICKLY THROUGH THIS, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT I'LL BE DOING IS TOGGLING BETWEEN KIND OF EXISTING CONDITIONS, SOME PHOTOS OF WHAT WE SEE OUT THERE NOW, AND THEN HOW WE PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT, OR WHAT THE FUTURE PLAN IS. SO IN THE NORTHERN AREA OF THE SITE. WHERE THE PROMENADE WOULD BE AND THOSE TIDAL PONDS IS REALLY CHARACTERIZED BY END-DUMPED CONCRETE ALONG THE SHORELINE. AND SO WE HAVE THIS SOMEWHAT MOONSCAPE AREA. THERE IS SOME FUCUS AND OTHER VEGETATION THAT HAS COLONIZED SOME OF THE INTERTIDAL ZONE, SO THAT'S PROMISING. AND IN THE FUTURE, WHAT WE SEE THIS BEING IS SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ARCHITECTURAL, WHERE WE HAVE STEPPED ACCESS. 
          TO THE SHORELINE. AND WE ANTICIPATE SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, AREAS AND ELEVATIONS THAT ARE IN THAT SAME INTERTIDAL ZONE WOULD GET RECOLONIZED BY SOME OF THOSE SIMILAR PLANTS AND ANIMALS. AND THEN THIS IDEA OF A PERCHED BEACH THAT IS SET UP ABOVE THE THE TIDAL ACTION ELEVATION. THE SEASONAL PONDS IS AN AREA WHERE WE'RE INVITING THAT FLOW IN. BE PROTECTING THE SHORE ITSELF, BUT HAVE KIND OF DISTINCT AREAS WHERE THE HIGH TIDE CAN COME IN. MAYBE IT'LL BE SALT PANS. INITIALLY WITHOUT MUCH VEGETATION, BUT AS SEA LEVELS RISE, THAT VEGETATION COMPONENT WOULD ALSO EVOLVE OVER TIME ALONG THE SOUTHERN REACH. THIS IS A PHOTO THAT IS PRETTY REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT'S OUT THERE, WHERE WE HAVE THESE EROSIONAL SCARPS. ALONG MUCH OF THE AREA, THERE IS SALT GRASS THAT COMPRISES SOME OF THE TOW, WHERE WE SEE SOME OF THE FRESHWATER SEEPS ON SITE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL HERE IS TO KIND OF WORK WITH NATURE THE BEST THAT WE CAN. AND WORKING WITH OUR PROJECT TEAM, WE'VE REALLY COME TO AN APPROACH THAT I THINK IS 
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INNOVATIVE. I THINK IT'S PRACTICAL AND IT'S SUPPORTED BY SOME REFERENCE. ELEMENTS THAT WE SEE ON THE SITE ITSELF, BUT ALSO I THINK THE APPROACH IS USED IN OTHER PLACES AROUND THE BAY AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WITH THIS IS THOSE ISLANDS THAT WE KIND OF SEE JUST KIND OF STICKING OUT IN THE WATER, BECAUSE THEY'RE SMALL, WE CALL THEM ISLETS. AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY PROVIDE KIND OF A A WIND AND A WAVE SHADOW BEHIND THEM, AND SO THEY PREVENT EROSION IN IN SMALL AREAS. AND BEHIND THEM. SETS UP GRAVEL AND SAND BARS THAT CONNECT THE SHORELINE TO THOSE ISLETS, AND THOSE ARE CALLED TOMBOLOS. 
          AND SO THE THE APPROACH IS TO HAVE THESE ISLETS IRREGULAR, IRREGULARLY SPACED ALONG THE SHORELINE AND CREATE THIS GRAVEL BEACH. THAT THAT IS PERSISTENT OVER TIME. SO THIS APPROACH COUPLED WITH FINDING THOSE AREAS WHERE THE SALT GRASS HAS ALREADY STABILIZED THE SLOPE. AND KIND OF WORKING IN TANDEM WITH THOSE TWO APPROACHES ON THAT SOUTHERN SHORELINE. 
          ALL RIGHT, A LOT OF SMALL TEXTS AND A LOT OF NUMBERS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S A HEAVY LIFT TO REALIZE THIS VISION. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT WILL BECOME ANOTHER BELOVED PEARL IN THE STRING OF PARKS ALONG THE EAST BAY SHORELINE. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS PROJECT. WE'VE BROKEN OUT THE THE COSTS INTO TWO DIFFERENT VECTORS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF PHASING THE PROJECT INTO THESE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE NORTHERN PROMENADE, THE CENTRAL BEACH AND THEN THAT SOUTHERN AREA THAT WE'VE DESIGNATED AS THE POLLINATOR MEADOW. AND THEN WE'VE. ALSO, I TOOK A LOOK AT SOME OF THE CORE MISSION CRITICAL ELEMENTS AND THEN SOME OF THE ELEMENTS. 
          THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIONY, BUT WOULD REALLY ENHANCE THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE. 
          AND SO THAT'S FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THE GRAND TOTAL FOR IN 2020 DOLLARS, WE'RE TARGETING 25 MILLION. AND SO IT CAN BE BROKEN UP SEVERAL WAYS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT. SO WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE. AND THEN JUST BRINGING IT BACK TO THE RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW, IS TO REVIEW THIS PROPOSED PLAN AND TO ACCEPT IT. AND AS I MENTIONED EARLY ON, REALLY. 
          THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO PRIORITIZE THIS PROJECT WITHIN OUR MATRIX FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS PROGRAM, AND THEN TO COME TO THE BOARD TO SEEK GRANT FUNDING AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. AND I'LL JUST LEAVE YOU WITH A COUPLE OF... RENDERINGS FROM THE SKY. THIS IS EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT GREENER AND AND WITH SOME ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER PROPOSED CONDITIONS, SO HAPPY TO TAKE SOME QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE. YES, GREAT. 
          THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME ABOUT THIS PROJECT? YOU JUST MENTIONED BRINGING THIS WITHIN THE CIP PROCESS. HAS IT BEEN THERE? I'M JUST NOT REMEMBERING IT. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. NOT DURING MY TIME, BUT MAYBE IT CAME, IT WAS REVIEWED WITH OTHER PROJECTS IN THE PAST. DO YOU KNOW, WREN? THE CURRENT SCOPE OF WORK'S BEEN ON OUR WORK PLAN IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE. I THINK AT THIS POINT, WHERE WE ARE IS THAT WE PROBABLY WON'T. 
          THERE AREN'T FUNDS, SO WE WON'T CONTINUE THE PROJECT UNLESS WE GET FUNDS. I MEAN, IN THE INTERIM, WE'LL SEEK GRANT FUNDING TO SORT OF SEE WHERE WE CAN LAND. BUT IN THE INTERIM, IT'S, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, PUT ON HOLD UNTIL WE GET FUNDING. MY QUESTION WAS, THAT LIST OF 60 PROJECTS. IT'S ON THERE AS PRE-PLANNING. IT'S IN THERE, AND IT SHOWS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT. WE HAVE FUNDING, SO IT IS IN THERE AS A PRE-PLANNING PROJECT. 
          INTERESTING. OKAY, GREAT. 
          BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO. 
          WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO SEEK GRANTS OR MOVE IT FORWARD AT THIS TIME.IT'LL BE PART OF THE SUITE OF PROJECTS THAT WE TALK ABOUT WITH YOUR BOARD AND ARE THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROJECT SESSION AND PRIORITY SETTING TO GET FEEDBACK ON. PROJECTS RIPEN. I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH SENT US A THOUGHTFUL E-MAIL IN WHICH HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT EXISTING BICYCLE PATTERNS. CAN YOU GIVE US A FEEL FOR USING ONE OF THOSE MAPS? 
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WHAT THE EXISTING PATTERNS ARE? AND I GUESS HIS CONCERN WAS DISRUPTION. I HAVEN'T READ HIS COMMENT. OKAY. WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF. OKAY. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IT SPECIFICALLY. SCOTT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL DISRUPTION WITH EXISTING BICYCLE USE IN THE NORTH FACE. I MEAN, THERE'S TWO SORT OF MAIN WAYS THAT BICYCLES USE THE FACILITY. 
          SO. ONE IS ALONG THE SORT OF MAIN, THERE'S THE BAY TRAIL, THAT'S THE PAVED TRAIL ALONG THE ROAD, AND THEN THERE'S A GRAVEL TRAIL THAT'S KIND OF ALONG THE BEACH. AND THEN WITHIN THE AREA WHERE THE CURSOR JUST WAS, THAT'S BEEN USED SORT OF SOCIALLY, AS A SKILL-BUILDING AREA FOR YOUNG CYCLISTS, I THINK, PRIMARILY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE EXISTING USES INTO THE PLANE. THANK YOU. 
          DOES THIS WORK? YEAH. SO I'D JUST ECHO WHAT MAX SAID AND SHARE. SO THERE ARE SKILL-BUILDING AREAS KIND OF THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE NORTH BASIN STRIP. 
          CREATED BY THE BIKERS? EXACTLY. YEAH, EXACTLY. AND I THINK THE INTENT WITH THIS WHOLE PLANNING PROCESS WAS TO FOCUS. THAT ACTIVITY AND TO HAVE THEM BE KIND OF FORMAL PARTICIPANTS AND PARTNERS WITH THE DISTRICT. OH, THAT'S TERRIFIC. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. 
          LAST QUESTION. IS THERE GOING TO BE LIKE THE WE HAVE AN AMPHITHEATER AND A PICNIC AREA RIGHT NEXT TO A PICKLEBALL COURT. IS THERE GOING TO BE LIKE SOME KIND OF SOUND BARRIER? WELL, FORTUNATELY, THE PICKLEBALL COURT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE THIS PROJECT, SO I THINK THAT WE'LL HAVE A NEW EXISTING CONDITIONS TO EVALUATE. THE WIND DOES BLOW FROM WEST TO EAST, TYPICALLY, SO WE HAVE THAT ON OUR SIDE. 
          THAT HELPS. YEAH. BUT THAT SOUND FROM THOSE COURTS IS ANNOYING. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, ONE THING THAT'S UNIQUE, I'VE, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AREN'T THERE YET, BUT I'VE COACHED MY KID'S SOCCER TEAM ON THOSE. I'M SORRY IF THERE'S ANYONE I'VE OFFENDED. 
          OH, IT'S... IT'S ALL GOOD. I'LL SAY, FROM COACHING MY KIDS' SOCCER TEAM IN THOSE EXISTING FIELDS, YOU'RE BETWEEN THE BAY AND THE WIND AND THE FREEWAY. SO IT'S LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF EXISTING LIKE AMBIENT NOISE IN THAT AREA. SO TO ME, LIKE, WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT'S THE PLACE WHERE YOU COULD HAVE A LOT OF PICKLEBALL NOISE, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE WHERE PEOPLE WON'T MIND TOO MUCH. BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE, ANYWAY. I'M NOT GOING TO PICNIC NEXT TO A PICKLEBALL COURT. WELL, JUST TO EXPAND, I THINK THE, AND WE DO HAVE SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE AREA OF THE CENTRAL BEACH, WHICH I THINK IS A LITTLE BIT MORE REMOVED, AND THEN THAT AREA THAT IS THE PROMENADE SPACE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT PEOPLE WILL, YOU KNOW, GATHER THERE IF THE MOOD STRIKES, AND I THINK IT'LL BE REALLY WELCOMING, BUT I THINK THAT THERE PROBABLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, TO DISCUSS WITH THE CITY AT SOME POINT ON, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF SOUND. JUST KEEP IT ON YOUR RADAR. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. I SEE DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT HAS HER HAND RAISED. YES. COULD YOU HELP ME SEE MORE BRIEFLY, OR IN MORE DETAIL, WHERE IS THIS SCHOOLHOUSE CREEK? MAYBE YOU COULD BRING THAT SLIDE UP. YOU KIND OF WENT THROUGH IT. SHOW ME. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF MY OKAY. CAN YOU SEE THE SMALL CURSOR THERE? YEAH, SO IT'S JUST IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE NORTH BASIN. AND ITS HISTORICAL FLOW CAME FROM WHERE? CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SCHOOLHOUSE CREEK? YEAH, SCHOOLHOUSE CREEK, IT'S A VERY SMALL WATERSHED IN BERKELEY. 
          AND THERE IS A SCHOOLHOUSE THAT I THINK STILL EXISTS. THERE'S A PARK THAT IS MAYBE A QUARTER MILE TO THE EAST. AND SO, HISTORICALLY, THE SHORELINE WAS ABOUT WHERE SECOND STREET IS IN BERKELEY. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY DEFINITELY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. AND HISTORICALLY, SCHOOLHOUSE CREEK HIT THIS BACK BEACH AND THEN WENT DUE NORTH, ACTUALLY THROUGH GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, SO WHERE THE HORSE TRACK IS, AND THEN ENTERED THE BAY IN ALBANY. SO THAT'S THE HISTORIC ALIGNMENT OF SCHOOLHOUSE CREEK. SO I ASK THAT, AND I GUESS MY SECOND QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE A COMPILATION OF THE PUBLIC INPUT OR COMMENTS AROUND? ABOUT, IT MUST HAVE BEEN, I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, THIS NEW VOICES PROCESS IS FABULOUS, BY THE WAY. I MEAN, IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH COMMUNITIES WHEN I WORKED 
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AT EPA, BRINGING EVERYTHING TOGETHER, REALLY DEEP LISTENING, REALLY FINDING A SPACE FOR EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT PICKLEBALL. WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, ELEVATED BOARDWALK. WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, A BIKE SKILLS AREA. I MEAN, YOU REALLY LISTENED AND PUT THAT TOGETHER. 
          BUT I THINK IT MUST HAVE BEEN AROUND ABOUT THE THIRD MEETING. 
          I STARTED GETTING A BUNCH OF EMAILS, AND I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT, HONESTLY. 
          AND SO A LOT OF QUESTIONS WERE FROM THE SIERRA CLUB, THE FRIENDS OF FIVE CREEKS. I WENT THROUGH REAL QUICKLY. DO WE HAVE THOSE COMPILED SOMEWHERE FOR US? I REMEMBER I FORWARDED THEM TO STAFF AND SAID, WHAT IS THIS? I'M NOT EVEN FAMILIAR WITH IT. YOU KNOW, WE WERE GETTING THESE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND I WAS TOLD THAT THIS DAY THAT WE'RE HAVING TODAY WAS COMING. BUT IS THERE A COMPILATION? I TRIED TO GO THROUGH MY EMAILS OF THOSE COMMENTS. WE DO HAVE THEM COMPILED. SO AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH REPORT, SO AS AN APPENDIX, WE HAVE ALL THOSE PRINTED AS PDFS. AND SO THOSE ARE DOCUMENTED AND WE HAVE. ARE THEY HERE FOR US, OR DO WE HAVE A COPY OF THOSE? WE CAN GET YOU A COPY. YEAH, THEY CAN DEFINITELY BE MADE AVAILABLE, AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE. IS IT AVAILABLE ONLINE? THAT WAS MY QUESTION, TOO. IS IT SOMETHING THAT I'D BE ABLE TO FIND ONLINE? I DON'T, I DOUBT WE HAVE. YEAH, SO THE FINAL REPORT IS NOT ONLINE YET, AND SO THAT WILL INCLUDE. 
          BUT WE HAVE DRAFT REPORTS FROM CHRONICLING THE DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS OF THE OUTREACH, AND SO SOME OF THOSE... 
          COMMENTS AND EMAILS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ARE PACKAGED IN THAT, BUT NOT THE FINAL FINAL. SO THERE'LL BE SOME, THERE IS A WEBSITE I REMEMBER FINDING BACK IN NOVEMBER. SO THERE'LL BE A FINAL REPORT POSTED THERE AT SOME POINT? YES. OKAY. SO MANY QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR NOW. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PUBLIC INPUT. ANY OTHER BOARD QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT DO YOU WANT TO? YES, SO I ALSO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT SCHOOLHOUSE CREEK, AND SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT, AS WELL AS THE HISTORIC SHORELINE. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE MAPS, I WAS TRYING TO OVERLAY. THE HISTORIC SHORELINE AND SCHOOLHOUSE CREEK, I GUESS WHERE IT'S BEEN REROUTED TO THIS LOCATION, AND ALSO THE, I KNOW. IT'S ALSO RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE SHELL MOUND SITE AS WELL, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 580. SO I THINK AT SOME POINT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE AN UPDATED MAP OF THE REGION, KIND OF SHOWING WHERE THAT APPROXIMATE HISTORIC SHORELINE IS, THE SCHOOLHOUSE CREEK. MAYBE THE NATURAL FLOW SCHOOLHOUSE CREEK WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTING TO INCLUDE IN THAT MAP, JUST SO THAT WE HAVE THAT FOR FUTURE DECISION-MAKING. 
          BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THESE TOPICS HAVE COME UP A NUMBER OF TIMES. AND THEN MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW? WE AT THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE HAD A PRESENTATION RECENTLY ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT EFFORTS IN REGARDS TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE. AND KNOWING THAT THIS PARCEL, THE NORTH BASIN STRIP, IS MOSTLY EITHER ENGINEERED OR LANDFILL TYPE OF... SPACE. AND WE DID HAVE A QUESTION WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS AT THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT ARE SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF SEA LEVEL RISE? WITH ALL OF OUR LANDFILLS ALONG THE SHORELINE AND ANY OF THOSE CONCERNS? AND THEN ALSO KNOWING THAT THIS IS NOT THE NATURAL LOCATION OF THE HISTORIC SHORELINE. 
          THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 580 NEAR SECOND STREET IN BERKELEY. AND I GUESS WE MIGHT NOT ANSWER IT TODAY, BUT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTING TO INCLUDE FOR FUTURE DECISION-MAKING, THIS IDEA OF WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LANDFILL, THE MAINLAND PORTIONS OF THE SHORELINE, WHICH IS A LOT OF THE SHORELINE, AND I THINK A LOT OF THE PROTECTIONS FOR SAN FRANCISCO BAY WAS THE CONCERNS THAT THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY WAS GOING TO BE FILLED IN. AND NOT ABLE TO BE NATURAL. AND SO AS WE'RE INVESTING IN THIS PROPERTY THAT'S NOT PART OF THE NATURAL SHORELINE, AS WE'RE POTENTIALLY INVESTING IN THIS. PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THOSE CONCERNS FOR PREVENTING THE NATURAL, YOU KNOW, COURSE OF THE WATER? AND I KNOW, WITH 580 RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF NEED TO PROTECT THIS AREA. BECAUSE CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF INVESTMENTS IN 580 BY CALTRANS AND OTHER ENTITIES. 
          AND SOME MAJOR... FREEWAY AND THOROUGHFARE. AND SO I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED DURING THIS PROCESS. 
          BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE MAY WANT TO ALSO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I 
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THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT AND IT JUST MAKES ME THINK OF SOMETHING THAT. ANNIKA, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS FROM THE DECO TEAM, TALKED ABOUT. THE TIDEWATER SITE VISIT THE OTHER DAY IS LIKE, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT RESTORATION HERE, RIGHT? LIKE THE 80 FREEWAY, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S THERE BETWEEN THIS AND THE SHORELINE THAT WAS THERE MANY YEARS AGO. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, MAKING THE BEST OUT OF WHAT WE HAVE AND MAKING THE BEST DECISIONS FOR NATURE, FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT? AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT, I MEAN, I JUST APPRECIATE THIS TEAM AND SCOTT'S LEADERSHIP IS... 
          HAVING REALLY IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO'VE COME AND PARTICIPATED TO CONSIDER ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES, AND I THINK IT WAS A REALLY NEAT PROCESS WHERE PEOPLE TALKED AMONGST EACH OTHER AND THEMSELVES AND SORT OF BALANCED DIFFERENT IDEAS. 
          AND CAME UP WITH, INFORMED, THIS PROPOSAL. THAT REALLY TRIES TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF A SITUATION THAT'S NOT A NATURAL SITUATION, BUT HOW DO WE BRING NATURE INTO. THE LANDFILL. 
          YES, AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT FUTURE FUNDING, I WOULD THINK THAT CALTRANS WOULD ACTUALLY REALLY WANT US TO BE, YOU KNOW, MAKING THIS SHORELINE PROTECTION STRONG, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN THIS, YOU KNOW, NATURE FINDS A WAY, AND IF THE NATURAL SHORELINE'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, THEN THERE IS NEED FROM CALTRANS. FOR THERE TO BE THIS BUFFER BETWEEN THE SHORELINE. AND WHERE THIS MAJOR, LIKE, HEAVILY TRAVELED. HIGHWAY IS SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE, AS WE THINK ABOUT FUTURE FUNDING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT WAS MORE OF A COMMENT, BUT THAT'S OKAY, UM, ANYWAYS. 
          SO LET'S OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. 
          OKAY, THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR ANY ADDITIONAL BOARD COMMENTS. WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT EMOTIONS OF THE MOTION. 
          JUST I WANT TO, I GUESS THIS IS A QUESTION, SO THE MOTION YOU WANT US TO? THIS PRELIMINARY DESIGN CONCEPT WHERE WE BREAK OUT THE THREE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS SUNSET, PROMENADE, CENTRAL BEACH, POLLINATOR, MEADOW, AND THEN THERE'S THE CORE AND VISION BREAKOUT. BUT ALL WE'RE, ALL WE'RE APPROVING TODAY IS THE CONCEPT, WE'RE NOT APPROVING ANY BUDGET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THIS WILL THEN GET PUT INTO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS CONVERSATION AND THAT THAT'S WHEN WE'LL START TO KIND OF PIECE TOGETHER THAT FUNDING PIECE. CORRECT AND THE MOTIONS ACTUALLY TO ACCEPT. 
          THE VISION, AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE THAT WE'RE, SO THE IDEA OF APPROVAL THAT HAPPENS, SO THIS IS ACCEPTING THIS VISION, AND THEN THAT VISION WOULD INFORM POTENTIAL FUTURE PROJECTS, AND THOSE FUTURE PROJECTS WOULD GO THROUGH A CEQA PROCESS, AND AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS IS WHEN YOUR BOARD WOULD APPROVE A PROJECT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          SO THIS IS JUST ACCEPTING THIS VISION. THAT'S VERY CLEAR. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, ANY COMMENTS? GO AHEAD, DR. ECHOLS. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SCOTT, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE TEAM, ALONG WITH NEW VOICES AND THE MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE VERY ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS. 
          PEOPLE HAD VERY STRONG VIEWS ABOUT A WHOLE RANGE OF THINGS, AND I THOUGHT THIS PROCESS WAS... REALLY INCREDIBLE IN TERMS OF GIVING EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, AND THEN REALLY THINKING DEEPLY ABOUT WHERE EVERYONE WAS COMING FROM. AND THEN COMING UP WITH A PROPOSAL THAT, WELL, I GUESS WHEN YOU SAY IT HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, IT DOESN'T REALLY. BECAUSE YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GETTING EVERYTHING YOU WANT. BUT WHAT I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED ABOUT, ESPECIALLY AT THE FINAL MEETING, WAS HOW PEOPLE, I MEAN, ADVOCATES I'VE KNOWN, WHO HAVE EXTREMELY... 
          STRONG AND IMPASSIONED VIEWS, AND RIGHTLY SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY ACCEPTED THE PLAN AS A WHOLE. BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY CONTRADICT WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, THEY FELT THAT, OKAY, IT'S A GOOD PLAN. BECAUSE ALL OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE TALKING, YOU KNOW, HAD THESE IDEAS AND THOSE IDEAS WERE BEING REPRESENTED. AND SO, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED, IT WAS... A PLAN THAT AT LEAST MOST PEOPLE COULD GET ON BOARD WITH. AND I THINK THAT'S RARE, AND I ATTRIBUTE A LOT OF THAT TO THE NEW VOICES. AND, OF COURSE, I THINK STAFF DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AS WELL. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED NEW VOICES, AND I THINK MY EXPERIENCE WITH THAT GROUP WAS REALLY GREAT. I STAYED LATE AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS AND HAD... 
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JOINED THEIR CIRCLE AND REALLY GOT TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE WAS LOOKING FOR AND WHAT EVERYONE WANTED AND SORT OF WHY. AND IT WAS VERY COMPELLING. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. AND WE DO NEED TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE. AND A LOT OF THESE FOLKS HAD NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN A PROCESS LIKE THIS BEFORE. AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. 
          AND SO... YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE, I GUESS WE'RE APPROVING THE DESIGN. SO I SUPPORT THAT. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THANKS EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED. 
          SORRY, ONE MORE THING. I MEAN, I JUST HOPE WE CAN FIND A WAY TO HAVE PROCESSES MORE LIKE THIS IN SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY FANTASTIC WHEN YOU CAN HAVE SUCH DIVERGENT VIEWS AND STILL HAVE AT LEAST MOST PEOPLE COMING AWAY FEELING LIKE, OKAY, I WAS HEARD. WE TALKED IT ALL OUT AND FEELING OKAY WITH WHERE WE END UP IN TERMS OF THE PROJECT DESIGN. AND THAT DOESN'T OFTEN HAPPEN. SO I MAYBE WE CAN DO MORE OF THIS AND I'D SAY, YES, THAT IS OUR. THAT'S THE VISION REALLY IS, HAVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET OTHER VOICES IN AND SIMILAR. YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE KICKOFF WITH THE CBO'S FOR THE DISTRICT PLAN, THAT'S PART OF THE VISION FOR THAT PROCESS. AND THEN OVERALL, I THINK OUR TEAMS ARE LOOKING FOR MORE AND MORE PLACES TO HAVE THESE MULTIPLE BENEFIT PROJECTS THAT ARE WIN-WIN PROJECTS. AND I THINK, JUST LIKE YOU SAID VERY ELOQUENTLY, IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A WIN-WIN PROJECT, THAT MEANS THAT EACH SIDE HAS TO COME TO THE TABLE AND COMPROMISE A LITTLE BIT. 
          NOBODY'S GOING TO GET EVERYTHING THEY WANT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROJECT OR AN APPROACH THAT IS REALLY INFORMED BY EVERYONE AND IS SORT OF FAIR AND BALANCED. SO I THINK THAT'S OUR GOAL, AND I THINK DOING THIS PROJECT AND THIS APPROACH REALLY SORT OF PILOTED THIS SO THAT WE COULD REPLICATE IT ELSEWHERE. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. DR. 
          DESCHAMBAULT, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED. YES. DESPITE EVERYTHING, I JUST SAID ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN, WHICH IS DEFINITELY TRUE, THIS IS FEELING A LITTLE BIT LIKE WILDCAT CANYON TO ME, THAT ALL THIS GREAT WORK WENT IN AND ALL THESE GREAT COMMENTS ARE DONE, AND THEN WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME, AND I THINK PEOPLE GOT REALLY BORED WITH ME TALKING ON WILDCAT CANYON, TRYING TO BE CLEAR, AND I'LL JUST SAY IT, AND JUST SAY IT. THIS TRULY IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. AND COLIN'S GOING TO THROW UP HIS HANDS, AND OH MY GOD, LINDA, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO US AS THE POLICYMAKERS, THIS IS TRULY, UNLESS YOU HAD IT BEFORE I WAS ELECTED, THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN THIS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, LYNN WILL THROW UP HER HANDS, PUBLIC HEARING, THAT'S THE WRONG TERM TO USE. 
          THIS IS TRULY THE FIRST TIME THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF US, AND IT'S FABULOUS. BUT LET'S NOT SHORTCHANGE OR BE PREMATURE. THERE WERE A BUNCH OF LETTERS, AND I'M SORRY, YOU GUYS, I'M OFF-SITE. I'VE GOT FAMILY MEDICAL EMERGENCIES GALORE. BUT THERE ARE SOME VERY GOOD LETTERS OUT THERE, FROM THE SIERRA CLUB, FROM THE FRIENDS OF FIVE CREEK, FROM DR. LAMONT, AND FROM SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH TODAY. I WANT TO HEAR AND FINISH THE PROCESS. I GET REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS IS IN FRONT OF US WITH A... THIS FEELS LIKE A PRESENTATION AND JUST ACCEPT IT. I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY. I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY INSTEAD DIRECT STAFF TO TAKE WHAT WE'RE HEARING, TO FINISH THAT STAFF REPORT, TO PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE SO I CAN READ IT. AS A POLICYMAKER, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND. THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS STILL WITH SEA LEVEL RISE AND SCHOOLHOUSE CREEK, AND MAYBE STAFF HAS THE ANSWERS, BUT I DON'T HAVE THEM AS A POLICYMAKER TODAY. I DON'T HAVE THOSE LETTERS. I SCRAMBLED TODAY TO TRY TO FIND THEM, AND I'M SORRY I COULDN'T FIND THEM, BUT I'M GLAD THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUT TOGETHER SOMEWHERE. 
          AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE THIS ISN'T FABULOUS, AND A FABULOUS PROJECT. I JUST FEEL LIKE THE PUBLIC PROCESS, THIS NEW VOICES, THIS PROCESS WENT SO FAR TO GET US TO HERE. LIKE, WE SHOULDN'T JUST HAVE, LIKE, ONE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROJECT, AND THEN DON'T WORRY, THE EIR IS COMING, OR THE NOP IS COMING, OR THE NEXT PROJECT IS COMING. 
          IT WOULDN'T KILL US TO HAVE ONE MORE MEETING ON THIS, AND AS A POLICYMAKER, FOR ME TO SEE ALL THOSE REPORTS, I MEAN, ALL THOSE COMMENT LETTERS. ONE OF THEM, AND THE PROCESS WAS SO FABULOUS THAT EVEN MY PAC APPOINTEE CAME OUT OF NEW VOICES. I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY A GOOD CHANCE. 
          WE GOT ADVOCATES WHO ARE NOW A PERMANENT PART OF OUR PAC. I JUST FEEL 
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LIKE WE'RE, I'M NOT READY. I WOULD LOVE TO JUST DIRECT STAFF TO TAKE OUR INPUT RATHER THAN. 
          ACCEPT THE CONCEPT DESIGN AS IS. I FEEL LIKE THIS WAS A GREAT PUBLIC HEARING AND LET'S FINISH THE REPORT. LET'S BRING IT BACK FOR FINAL PROJECT APPROVAL, MAYBE EVEN ON CONSENT. I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S ONE MORE STEP MISSING FOR ME, AND THAT IS HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT ALL THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND NOBODY'S HERE TODAY. I WAS HOPING THERE'D BE SOME PEOPLE ON PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I AM. I FEEL LIKE WE NEED ONE MORE STEP. 
          OTHERWISE, IT'S FEELING LIKE WE'RE JUST JUMPING AHEAD. 
          HOW DID WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT? WHY AREN'T ANY OF THESE NORTH STRIP BASIN ORGANIZATIONS ON HERE? IT'S JUST SOMETHING'S MISSING FOR ME. I GUESS MAYBE TO ADD, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD QUITE A PROCESS WITH THIS PROJECT. IT HAS BEEN TO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN TO A FULL BOARD. IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN TO BOARD COMMITTEES TWICE. 
          EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TWICE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S, WE TRY TO BUILD THIS AROUND AN OPEN PROCESS WITH YOUR BOARD. I THINK FOR MYSELF AND OUR TEAM, WE'RE ALWAYS HERE TO LISTEN TO HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT PROCESS BETTER. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE AREN'T PUBLIC COMMENTS IN PERSON, BUT IT MAY BE THAT. 
          PART OF IT IS THAT THERE WERE MANY PUBLIC MEETINGS AND MANY OPPORTUNITIES. I'M ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW AND THIS TODAY'S MEETING'S NOT, SO WE HAVE A WEBSITE, THE EBPARKS.ORG SLASH PROJECT, SLASH NORTH BASIN STRIP SHORELINE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AND TODAY'S MEETING'S NOT LISTED ON HERE. SO IF SOMEONE WAS FOLLOWING THIS WEBSITE, UM, THEY, THEY WOULDN'T SEE TODAY'S MEETING LISTED ON THAT WEBSITE. YES, IT'S ON OUR REGULAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WEBSITE AND AGENDA IS THERE, SO WE ARE THANK YOU. 
          FULFILLING ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS ON THAT END. I THINK IT'S JUST A FRAGMENTATION OF INFORMATION. 
          AND WE GOT COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE TO THE BOARD. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ALSO BECAUSE I SUSPECT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE AGENDA, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. THAT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE GROUPS WHO ARE FILING AN ISSUE, THAT THEY KNOW WHEN IT'S ON THE BOARD CALENDAR. 
          BUT HAVING SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK PART OF WHY WE DON'T HAVE MORE COMMENTS AND MORE PEOPLE HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE. 
          PEOPLE SAID THEIR PIECE. WE HAD THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND BY THE END OF THAT THIRD MEETING, EVEN PEOPLE WHO REALLY DISAGREED WHERE THE PLAN WAS LANDING WERE AT PEACE WITH IT. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SUSAN SCHWARTZ FROM FRIENDS OF FIVE CREEKS, WHO HAD VERY STRONG VIEWS ON THIS. AND PROBABLY STILL DOES, AND I HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR HER, BUT SHE SAID THAT THE PLAN IS A GOOD PLAN, EVEN THOUGH. SHE BELIEVED THERE WERE MISTAKES IN THE PLANNING DOCUMENTS, AND THEY DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY WANTED. SHE FELT IT WAS A GOOD PLAN, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE, AND I HOPE I'M NOT MISSPEAKING, BUT THIS IS WHAT I HEARD HER SAY, THAT BECAUSE EVERYONE HAD BEEN THERE, AND SHE HAD LISTENED TO OTHERS AND WHERE THEY WERE COMING FROM AND WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, AND SHE APPRECIATED THAT AND RESPECTED THAT. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT HAD MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE HEARD. REALLY THAN ALMOST ANY PROJECT THAT I HAVE BEEN BEEN INVOLVED WITH SO FAR IN MY ALMOST SIX YEARS WITH THE DISTRICT. SO YEAH, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE QUESTION, THEN CON AFTER I ASK THIS QUESTION. SO I SEE THAT THERE'S ALSO AN EMAIL LIST FOR THE NORTH BASIN STRIP THAT PEOPLE COULD SIGN UP FOR. 
          I THINK THIS WAS PART OF OUR NEW VOICES INITIATIVE. DID WE SEND OUT AN EMAIL ABOUT TODAY'S MEETING TO THAT EMAIL LIST JUST TO LET THEM KNOW? THAT THIS WAS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. DO WE KNOW IF WE SENT THEM ANY SORT OF COMMUNICATION OR CORRESPONDENCE? SO THERE WAS SOME COMMUNICATION THAT WENT OUT. I RECEIVED COMMUNICATION BACK FROM OUR CONSULTANT TODAY, WHO. 
          I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT LOST IN OUR BACK AND FORTH ABOUT GETTING THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING TO THE BROADER GROUP, BUT THERE WAS SOME COMMUNICATION THAT WENT OUT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WENT TO THE ENTIRE LIST THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU. COLIN, GO AHEAD. YEAH, JUST MY MEMORY IS THAT BOARD MEMBERS WERE INVITED TO THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS AT THE SITE. AND I REMEMBER FEELING BAD BECAUSE I DIDN'T MAKE THEM BECAUSE OF CONFLICTS. BUT I KNOW LUANA AND ELIZABETH ATTENDED THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THIS PROCESS. 
          SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH GOING AHEAD, PLUS THE EXEC COMMITTEE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? 
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OTHERWISE, WE CAN LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM. 
          OKAY, I THINK ACTUALLY FIRST DIRECTOR DUCHAMPO HAS HER HAND RAISED, SO LET'S GIVE HER A CHANCE. 
          YOU'RE ON MUTE. I MEAN, I HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING, AND THERE WERE 2,000 KIDS THAT SHOWED UP FOR WILDCAT, AND WE HAD ALL THESE MEETINGS, AND WE COULD HAVE GONE, AND I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE, AND ECHOLS WAS THERE. DE ROSARIO WAS THERE, BUT OH, I MISSED THAT WILDCAT MEETING. 
          IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN THIS IS OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. 
          WE'RE THE POLICYMAKERS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD IT. IF NOBODY WANTS TO CONTINUE THIS, I'LL JUST MAKE MY TWO CENTS. I CAN HEAR YOU, ELIZABETH. I'M SO GLAD YOU WERE THERE AT THOSE MEETINGS, AND I'M SO GLAD SOME OF YOU ARE GOING TO THAT. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE TOGETHER, THE SEVEN OF US, ELECTED OFFICIALS. I THINK WE NEED ONE MORE BITE AT THIS APPLE. OTHERWISE, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ABSTAIN. I DO NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION I NEED TO MAKE A DECISION. I HEAR WHAT SUSAN SCHWARTZ HAS SAID, AND I BELIEVE YOU. I HEARD WHAT NORMAN SAID, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE LETTER. I BELIEVE THE SIERRA CLUB CAME TO A GREAT COMPROMISE, TOO. 
          SAME THING. THEY STILL HAD CRITICISM, BUT THEY ENDED UP PUTTING TOGETHER A LETTER THAT ALL ITS CHAPTERS AGREED ON. I CAN'T FIND THE LETTER. I DON'T HAVE IT HERE IN MY PACKET. YOU HAVEN'T POSTED IT ON THE WEBSITE YET. WE HAD A MISCOMMUNICATION WITH THE E-MAILS GOING OUT. 
          WEBSITES, FACEBOOK PAGES ARE GREAT FOR THAT. IT WAS A PROFESSOR THAT COMMENTED. I FOUND THAT E-MAIL TODAY. I'M NOT SAYING STAFF DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB. I'M JUST SAYING, THIS IS, AND THAT ALL OF YOU DIDN'T GET THE INFORMATION YOU NEED, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SAT DOWN WITH YOU. I LOVE OUR BOARD. I LOVE HEARING FROM ALL OF YOU. I LOVE HEARING BACK FROM YOU, DIRECTOR ECHOLS, AND WHAT YOU'VE SEEN AND OTHERS HAVE SEEN. AND THIS IS OUR FIRST HEARING AND I'M MISSING THE SUMMARY AND A BUNCH OF LETTERS FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          THAT GIVES ME THE CONFIDENCE I NEED TO SAY YES TO THIS FABULOUS. POLLINATOR GARDEN AND SEASONAL PONDS, AND I MEAN, IT ALL SOUNDS SO GREAT. 
          ELEVATED BOARDWALK. THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, GATHERING NODES, THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT IT. THAT DOESN'T SOUND GOOD. I JUST I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO VOTE. 
          AND AND IF YOU DON'T, GUYS DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE IT FOR ANOTHER SESSION. THAT'S MY TWO CENTS. THANK YOU ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR MOTION? ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, YOU, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION. AS STATED, THAT WE ARE APPROVING THE CONCEPT. ALL RIGHT. AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. SO THAT MOTION MADE BY DIRECTOR ECHOLS, SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT COFFEY. 
          WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. 
          THANK YOU. DIRECTOR COFFEY? AYE. DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT? ABSTAIN. DIRECTOR ECHOLS? AYE. DIRECTOR ESPANOS ABSENT. 
          DIRECTOR MERCURIO? AYE. 
          DIRECTOR WAESPI IS ABSENT. 
          PRESIDENT SAN JUAN? YES. 
          MOTION PASSES 4-0, TWO ABSENCES AND ONE ABSTENTION. ALL RIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND NOW MOVE ON IN OUR AGENDA. OUR NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM J. WHICH IS PRESENTATIONS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PRESENTATIONS SCHEDULED TODAY, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM K, ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION. I THINK WE DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. DIDN'T WE TAKE A VOTE? OKAY. OKAY. THEN WE MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM L, 
          [PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DO ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I HAVE ONE. I THOUGHT WE WERE TOMORROW, WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING AND I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO REVIEW SPONSORSHIPS AT THAT MEETING. BUT I KNOW AT SOME POINT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT COME UP ON THE AGENDA AND I'LL ALSO WORK THROUGH THAT. 
          BUT I JUST WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE THAT AGENDA ICED TOMORROW. OKAY, IT'S AGENDA EYES FOR A FUTURE MEETING. OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. I WOULD LOVE TO ADD OUR BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES SOMETIME THIS YEAR 
          [BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED]
TO REVIEW THAT. OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHERS, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED. 
          DIRECTOR ECHOLS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? SURE. WELL, LET'S SEE. 
          SINCE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING ON MARCH. MARCH 4TH, I MET WITH DAVE MASON, OUR BOARD SERVICES PROGRAM SUPERVISOR, ON THE BOARD SERVICES 
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PROJECT. AND THANK YOU, DAVE, FOR YOUR HARD WORK GETTING THIS KICK-STARTED. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO WHAT WE NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL OR MORE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR ROLE HERE. ON MARCH 5TH, I WENT TO THE STUDY SESSION ON TRAILS. ON MARCH 11TH, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE OPERATION COMMITTEE. ON THE 12TH, I HAD MY ONE-ON-ONE WITH OUR ACTING GM, CORTON. 
          AND ON THE 16TH, YESTERDAY, I MET WITH OUR CONSULTANTS REGARDING OUR COMMUNICATION STRATEGY. GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          VICE PRESIDENT COFFEY? YEAH, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. ON THE 4TH, DIRECTOR MERCURIO AND I ATTENDED AN INTERVIEW WITH OUR NEW COMMUNITY OUTREACH CONSULTANTS, BODEWELL, I THINK THEIR NAME IS NOW. ALL RIGHT. 
          AND THAT EVENING, I ATTENDED A DISTRICT PLAN ENGAGEMENT ZOOM, HOSTED BY BRIAN HOLT. IT WAS ONE OF THE DISTRICT WIDE STAKEHOLDER GROUP. ENGAGEMENTS. 
          ON THE 5TH, I MET WITH FOLKS THAT HAVE ORGANIZED THE ANZA 250 SYMPOSIUM AT LAS MADONNAS COLLEGE ON APRIL 11TH. I MET WITH THEM TO GO OVER THEIR BUDGET ISSUES. 
          ON THE EVENING OF THE FIFTH. I ATTENDED THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE IN MY HOMETOWN, SO THAT WAS AN EASY APPEARANCE. 
          ON THE 6TH, I ATTENDED OUR BOARD WORKSHOP. 
          ON THE 7TH, I WENT TO A VETERANS MEMORIAL DEDICATION, AGAIN, IN MY HOMETOWN AT HERCULES CITY HALL. AND THAT EVENING, I ATTENDED A SERVICE OF A MAN I REMEMBER FONDLY, WHO, FOR... CLOSE TO 20 YEARS WAS THE LEADER OF THE CONTRA COSTA CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL, STEVE ROBERTI, AND STEVE RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. 
          ON THE 10TH, ALONG WITH PETE DEQUINCY, I ATTENDED AN ANTIOCH CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO PRESENT ON THE DISTRICT PLAN AND TO DISCUSS CONTRALOMA AND THE LAGOON SITUATION. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. PETE THEN PRESENTED ON ALL HIS AQUATICS. SWIM PROGRAMS, SUMMER CAMPS, ALL THE CPR TRAININGS THAT WE ARE DOING SINCE CONTRALOMA CLOSED WITH THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL POOLS IN AMBROSE. AND I CAN TELL YOU, THERE WAS AUDIBLE GASPS IN THE AUDIENCE AS PETE WENT OVER. THE NUMBERS OF KIDS WHO ARE GETTING SWIM LESSONS, WHO ARE LEARNING CPR, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS. AND PETE ATTRIBUTED THIS TO THE... PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE SCHOOLS AND AMBROSE. 
          AND COMPARED IT TO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WHEN WE ONLY HAD CONTRALOMA. AND I TELL YOU, JUST PETE ABSOLUTELY WOWED THAT CROWD. IT WAS A FULL ROOM OF PEOPLE AT THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          IF THAT'S UP, MAYBE THEY POST IT SOMEWHERE. I'D RECOMMEND AT LEAST LISTENING TO PETE'S PART, NOT MINE. ON THE 12TH, OH, I HAD THE UM BOARD MEETING, PREPARATION MEETING LAST WEEK FOR THIS MEETING. 
          ON THE 13TH, I ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE DELTA SIERRA CLUB CHAPTER UP IN OAKLEY. AND THIS WEEKEND, ON THE 15TH, I WENT ON A HIKE AT FERNANDEZ RANCH, ALSO KNOWN ON OUR MAPS AS RANCHO PINOLE. 
          AND THIS WAS A HIKE HOSTED BY THE GREEN BELT ALLIANCE. 
          THAT COVERS MINE. THANK YOU. 
          DIRECTOR MERCURIO? YES. ON THE MARCH 3RD, I ATTENDED THE BOARD MEETING. 
          ON THE 4TH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE, BASICALLY WE CALL IT AN INTERVIEW, I GUESS, WITH THE BODEWELL FOLKS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM. 
          LATER THAT DAY, I HAD A LUNCH MEETING WITH INTERIM FIRE CHIEF IVERSON TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION. ON THE FIFTH... I HAD A LUNCH MEETING WITH TED CLEMENT, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAVE MOUNT DIABLO. ON THE NIGHT OF THE 5TH, I ALSO WENT TO THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE IN HERCULES. ON THE 6TH, I WENT TO MY FIRST TIME ATTENDANCE OF THE SAN RAMON MAYOR. HE HAS 
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A BREAKFAST EVERY MONTH. VERY WELL ATTENDED. HE GETS LIKE 35 PEOPLE THERE. ON THE 6TH, I WENT TO THE BOARD STUDY SESSION ON TRAILS, ALWAYS A HIGHLIGHT OF MY YEAR. AND THEN, ON THE 7TH, I ATTENDED THE COYOTE HILLS RIBBON CUTTING, WHICH WAS ALSO WELL ATTENDED AND VERY INSPIRATIONAL. WE GOT TO MEET THE PATTERSONS, WHO DONATED PART OF THE PROPERTY OF THAT DEDICATION TO US. AND IT WAS ANOTHER VERY GOOD EVENT PUT ON BY OUR FOLKS HERE. 
          ON THE 11TH, I WENT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, FOLLOWED BY THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. AND ON THE 13TH, I HAD A LUNCH MEETING WITH OUR CLERK OF THE BOARD HERE, KELLY. KIND OF A LONG-AWAITED, GET-ACQUAINTED MEETING. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY FUN AND INFORMATIVE. 
          AND ALSO... LATER ON, RIGHT AFTER THAT, I CAME BACK OVER THIS WAY, AND I MET WITH ARCHIVES PROGRAM SUPERVISOR BRENDA MONTANO. I WAS ACTUALLY DOING A LITTLE DELIVERY OF SOME MATERIAL FOR DIRECTOR EMERITA BEVERLY LANE. SHE HAD A BOX OF... BASICALLY, PRIMARY SOURCES OF HOW THE IRON HORSE TRAIL WAS CREATED, BECAUSE SHE WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT. SO BEVERLY WAS EXCITED TO GET IT INTO THE RIGHT HANDS. BRENDA WAS EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE STEWARDSHIP OF THOSE DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I WISH I HAD ENOUGH TIME TO READ THEM ALL, BUT I DIDN'T. AND THEN, LET'S SEE, ON THE 16TH, I HAD A CHECK-IN MEETING WITH OUR ACTING GENERAL MANAGER, MAX. GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? WELL, I'LL TRY TO CATCH UP ON THE LAST ONE. I THINK I DIDN'T REPORT OUT LAST TIME, BUT I WAS PRETTY BUSY END OF FEBRUARY AND ATTENDED SOME ROTARY LUNAR NEW YEAR EVENTS, LUNAR NEW YEAR PARADE. I WAS THE PRESENTER ON FEBRUARY 23RD. 
          I ATTENDED THE PAC FOR THEIR KICKOFF. THEY'RE BE WORKING FOR SIX MONTHS ON THE FIRST TOPIC, WHICH IS... DIVERSITY AND RESTORATION. ON THE 25TH, I CHAIRED MY FIRST NATURAL AS CHAIR OF MY NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE. ON THE 26TH, I WENT TO THE EAST BAY LEAGUE OF CITIES. I HAD A FABULOUS PANEL OF OUR FOUR STATE SENATORS, GOT A CHANCE TO INFORM PEOPLE ABOUT OUR PARK DISTRICT PLAN. 
          ON THE THIRD WAS OUR BOARD OF DIRECTOR MEETINGS, AND I'VE BEEN OTHERWISE TIED UP. THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO REPORT FOR TODAY. GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          REAL QUICK, I'LL SHARE ON, AFTER THE LAST MEETING ON MARCH 4TH, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE IT. SO WE HAD THE TRAIL SESSION ON MARCH 6TH, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. SO AFTER THAT, ON MARCH 7TH, WE HAD THE COYOTE HILLS RIBBON CUTTING. THAT WAS GREAT. I'M SO THRILLED THAT WE WERE ABLE. 
          CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION OF THAT PROJECT. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ORGANIZING IT. I THINK EVERYBODY FELT VERY POSITIVE THAT DAY IN REGARDS TO BEING ABLE TO BE OUT ON A DAY THAT WAS INCREDIBLE WEATHER. SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD INCREDIBLE WEATHER THAT DAY. I REALLY ENJOYED THE LIVE MUSIC. 
          WE EVEN HAD A POPSICLE CART WITH SOME GOURMET POPSICLES THAT WERE INCREDIBLE. SO IT WAS A REALLY NICE DAY TO CELEBRATE. EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ACHIEVED TOGETHER WITH THAT PATTERSON RANCH PROPERTY AT COYOTE HILLS. THE OTHER ITEM I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, AND I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THAT LAUREN'S STILL HERE, ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11TH, WE HAD A REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING AT KENNEDY GROVE THAT I ATTENDED ALONG WITH OUR ACTING GENERAL MANAGER, MAX CORTON. 
          AT THAT MEETING, I WAS THERE TO REPRESENT OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND I WAS THERE, AND I GOT TO OBSERVE, AS PART OF THAT PARTICIPATION, I GOT TO OBSERVE THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION BOARD. THEY APPROVED ADOPTION OF THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN I ACTUALLY DIDN'T STAY TO HEAR WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SECOND AGENDA ITEM, BUT I'M ASSUMING LAUREN WAS HIRED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE REGIONAL PARKS. YEAH, SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING, AND SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD THAT WE WILL, YOU KNOW, THAT. BE HAVING ON OUR AGENDA IN THE NEAR FUTURE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION AND THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. SO TO JUST BE PREPARED FOR THAT. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY 
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TO HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED. AND SOME OF THE MEETINGS THAT I'VE BEEN ATTENDING ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS THIS YEAR. THE OTHER ITEM THAT I WANTED TO MENTION ON, OH, THAT I SKIPPED, THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS ON THERE ON THAT MONDAY, MARCH 9TH, SO, JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION MEETING, SANWONG WASPIE AND I HELD OUR FIRST OFFICE HOURS WITH PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN FREMONT, AND WE DID VIRTUAL OFFICE HOURS. I KNOW IT'S NOT SUPPORTED BY THE PARK DISTRICT, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MENTION THIS, THAT WE'RE TRYING THIS INITIATIVE. 
          FOR THESE VIRTUAL OFFICE HOURS, AND I WANT TO THANK, THROUGH A DIFFERENT AFFILIATION THAT I HAVE, I WAS ABLE TO HOST IT. 
          THROUGH THE ZOOM ACCOUNT OF A UNIVERSITY. AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT ACCESS. AND IT WAS AN ENLIGHTENING CONVERSATION. YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO TRY THIS WITH FREMONT SPECIFICALLY IS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN FREMONT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, WORKING IN SILICON VALLEY. AND IT JUST IS A LITTLE BIT MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD, RATHER THAN TRYING TO MEET PHYSICALLY, TO HAVE A VIRTUAL MEETING. AND IT WAS REALLY EFFECTIVE. WE EVEN HAD ONE PERSON PARTICIPATE FROM THE COUNTRY OF BOLIVIA. 
          AND SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS REALLY YOU IMPORTANT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS FROM FREMONT DURING THAT VIRTUAL. OFFICE HOURS AND SOMETHING THAT I INTEND TO DO MORE REGULARLY AND MAYBE EXPAND IT TO ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OFFICE HOURS WITH ME. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE ONE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, IN CASE THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE OUR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. 
          THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          OKAY, SO WE'LL CLOSE THAT, AND THEN NOW WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.