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          TO QUOTE JOHN. ALL RIGHT. HI. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          I CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY
REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FOR MARCH 18TH, 
          [Roll Call]
2026. THE MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER AT 10:33 A.M.. 
          LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL. DIRECTOR COFFEY? HERE. DIRECTOR MERCURIO? HERE. CHAIR SANWONG? HERE. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WONDERFUL. OKAY,
WE HAVE NO MINUTES TO APPROVE, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA. AND WE WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING? LET ME
DOUBLE CHECK. 
          I CAN'T OPEN MY ZOOM FOR SOME REASON. OKAY. WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. 
          AND WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEMS. BUT WE HAVE NO ACTION ITEMS. 
          [Informational Items]
SO THEN WE MOVE ON TO OUR INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. AND WE START WITH ITEM 5.A. 
          GOOD MORNING, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I'M REN BATES,
DIVISION LEAD OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. 
          THIS FIRST ITEM IS INFORMATIONAL. IT'S A PROJECT THAT DISTRICT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON
FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 
          THE BOARD AUTHORIZED EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT BACK IN 2021. 
          SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK HAPPENING. WE WERE HOPING THAT THIS MIGHT BE BROUGHT UP
DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE LAST YEAR, BUT AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, THERE WAS A LOT ON THE BUDGET LIST,
SO THIS ONE WASN'T ON THERE. 
          IT DOES HAVE A BIT OF A BUDGET DEFICIT, SO IT THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO BRING IT TO THE
BOARD'S ATTENTION. THIS SEEMED LIKE THE PROPER FORM. SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. 
          IT IS ABOUT THE ANTHONY CHABOT SEWER LINE. AS I SAID,
IT HAS BEEN WORKED ON BY MULTI-DIVISIONAL ASPECT. 
          PRESENTATION WILL INCLUDE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS,
WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE TO DATE AND SORT OF THE NEXT STEPS IN TERMS OF THAT, THIS PROJECT IS ALMOST READY FOR CEQA ADOPTION,
BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE REASON TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD,
SORT OF TO GET IT ON THE RADAR. 
          AND IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE BRING UP IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE TO ASK FOR MONEY. WE
HAVE MONEY TO CONTINUE THE DESIGN, BUT NOT FOR IMPLEMENTATION. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF TO GET INTO MORE
DETAILS AND BRING YOU UP TO SPEED. 
          THANKS. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS MATT NORTON. 
          I AM ONE OF THE MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENTS HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT. MY INTENTION IS TO
PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE EXISTING SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICING THE ANTHONY CHABOT CAMPGROUND AND THE REDWOOD CANYON GOLF COURSE. 
          BOTH SYSTEMS WERE INSTALLED IN THE LATE 60S AND 70S,
AND AS THEY'VE AGED, WE'VE HAD INCREASED MAINTENANCE ISSUES, OUTDATED MATERIALS, POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL RISK,
AND THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. 
          START WITH THE CAMPGROUND. THE CAMPGROUND SEWER SYSTEM IS INSTALLED OR WAS INSTALLED IN
1971. 
          SO IT'S NOW OVER 50 YEARS OLD AND MUCH OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NEARING THE END OF ITS
SERVICE LIFE. 
          THE SYSTEM INCLUDES GRAVITY LINES, PUMP STATIONS,
AND A COMMINUTOR THAT GRINDS THE WASTE. 
          A HOLDING TANK AND ALMOST A MILE LONG SIPHON LINE THAT MOVES THE WASTEWATER OUT OF THE
CAMPGROUND. 
          THE COMMINUTOR REQUIRES FREQUENT MAINTENANCE TO KEEP IT OPERATING. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER CONCERN, MAJOR CONCERN IS THE SIPHON LINE THAT RUNS ACROSS THE
FOOTBRIDGE, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP ON THE RIGHT, THE BRIDGE ITSELF WAS ALSO BUILT IN 1971 AND
CARRIES BOTH PEDESTRIAN AND THE SEWER LINE ITSELF. 
          AND BECAUSE THE LINE IS ATTACHED TO THE STRUCTURE,
REPLACING OR REPAIRING THE BRIDGE BECOMES MORE COMPLICATED. 
          THE BRIDGE CROSSES AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA OVER THE STREAM THAT FEEDS LAKE
CHABOT, SO FAILURE OF THE BRIDGE OR THE SIPHON LINE COULD RESULT IN THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF SEWAGE
RELEASED INTO THE LAKE. 
          IN ADDITION, SOME OF THE SECTIONS OF THE PIPE LACK ADEQUATE GROUND COVER AND ARE EXPOSED,
INCREASING THE RISK OF DAMAGE. 
          AND MUCH OF THE LINE IS MADE OF CLASS ONE 60 PVC,
WHICH IS AN OLDER, THIN-WALLED PIPE THAT NO LONGER IS USED BECAUSE OF ITS RELATIVELY HIGH FAILURE RISK. SO OVERALL, WE'RE DEALING WITH AGING INFRASTRUCTURE,
OUTDATED PIPE MATERIALS, AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL RISK, WHICH IS WHY THIS PROJECT IS BEING PROPOSED. 
          SO HERE'S SOME PHOTOS TO HELP KIND OF ILLUSTRATE THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE SYSTEM. 
          ON THE TOP LEFT, YOU'LL SEE A BUILDING THAT HOUSES A COMMINUTOR,
AND ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IS THE GRINDER EQUIPMENT ITSELF. 
          BOTH THE STRUCTURE AND THE EQUIPMENT ARE AGING AND REQUIRE REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND ARE AT
THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LIFE. 
          THE PHOTOS ON THE RIGHT SHOW THE SECTIONS OF SEWER PIPE THAT ARE EXPOSED ABOVE GROUND. 
          AND OF COURSE, SEWER LINES SHOULD NORMALLY BE BURIED AND HAVE ADEQUATE SOIL COVER. 
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SO IN THESE AREAS, THE PIPE IS VULNERABLE TO EROSION,
FALLING BRANCHES AND OTHER IMPACTS. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS THREE PHOTOS OF THE EXISTING SEWER FOOTBRIDGE. 
          AND THE LEFT PHOTO AS INDICATED BY THESE RED ARROWS,
YOU CAN SEE THE SEWER SIPHON LINE UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE. 
          IT'S MOUNTED DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH. SO THIS SHOWS HOW EXPOSED THE PIPE IS AND HOW DEPENDENT
THE SEWER SYSTEM IS ON THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE ITSELF. 
          THE SEWER PIPE THAT'S UNDER THE BRIDGE AND A SHORT SECTION THAT'S AFTERWARDS IS MADE OF
DUCTILE IRON, BUT IT'S ALSO EXPOSED PIPE THAT IS SUPPORTED BY AGING POST AND DAMAGE TO THE BRIDGE BY
FALLING TREES OR ANY SUCH RISK COULD CREATE A SEWER RELEASE. THE MIDDLE PHOTO. YOU CAN SEE THE BRIDGE DURING A FLOOD EVENT WHEN
IT'S NEARLY COMPLETELY UNDERWATER. 
          AND ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE A LARGE TREE THAT FELL ON THE BRIDGE. 
          AND THIS ILLUSTRATES THE TYPE OF IMPACTS THAT THE STRUCTURE IS EXPOSED TO. 
          THIS PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SEWER SYSTEM THAT'S SERVICING THE REDWOOD
CANYON GOLF COURSE, WHICH WAS OPENED IN 1966. THE EXISTING SYSTEM INCLUDES GRAVITY LINES,
LIFT STATION, FORCED MAIN THAT CARRIES THE WASTEWATER UP TO THE TEN HILLS. 
          TRAIL SECTIONS OF THE FORCE MAIN ARE MADE FROM ASBESTOS,
CEMENT PIPE OR ACP, WHICH BECOMES BRITTLE AS IT AGES. 
          WE'VE ALSO EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE BREAKS ON THIS LINE OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. 
          THE WATER LINE RUNNING ALONGSIDE THE FORCE MAIN IS ALSO ACP,
CREATING SIMILAR RELIABILITY ISSUES AND CROSS CONTAMINATION CONCERNS. 
          EXISTING LIFT STATION IS DESIGNED AS A DRYWELL,
WHICH HAS REOCCURRING PROBLEMS WITH GROUNDWATER INFILTRATION AND OTHER MAINTENANCE CONCERNS. THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT STANDARD IS A WET WELL SYSTEM. 
          THIS PROJECT WOULD BE UPGRADING THAT STATION TO THE STANDARD. 
          THE HOLDING TANK THAT'S UPSTREAM OF THE LIFT STATION WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED WITH AN
OVERFLOW THAT DIVERTED THE SEWAGE INTO THE DRIVING RANGE POND DURING PUMP FAILURES. OF COURSE, THAT'S IT'S BEEN PLUGGED AND ABANDONED,
BUT IT SHOWS HOW OUTDATED THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS. 
          OVERALL, THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT REPLACES AGING PIPES,
UPGRADES THE LIFT STATION, AND IMPROVES RELIABILITY WHILE BETTER PROTECTING THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT. SO NOW I'LL HAND IT OFF TO SHUN TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT DETAILS. 
          GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SHUN YU. I'M A DISTRICT CIVIL ENGINEER AND THE PROJECT MANAGER OF
THIS PROJECT. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR PROJECT. ACROSS BOTH SYSTEMS WE FACE SEVERAL CHALLENGES,
ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY, MAINTENANCE DIFFICULTY, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE,
FOOTBRIDGE RISKS, REPEATED COMMINUTOR FAILURES, INADEQUATE SEPARATION BETWEEN SEWER AND WATER LINES,
SUBOPTIMAL PUMP STATION LOCATION, THIS ISSUE INCREASES ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS, MAINTENANCE COSTS AND LONG-TERM LIABILITY. 
          TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, WE PROPOSE A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM UPGRADE. 
          KEY COMPONENTS INCLUDE REMOVE THE COMMINUTOR TO REDUCE MAINTENANCE ISSUES AND SYSTEM
FAILURES. 
          ABANDONED THE EXISTING SIPHON LOCATED DOWNSTREAM OF THE COMMINUTOR. 
          CONSTRUCT A NEW SEWER SYSTEM WITH AN ALIGNMENT THAT AVOIDS THE FOOTBRIDGE. 
          CONNECT FAMILY CAMPGROUND SEWER SYSTEM TO THE REDWOOD CANYON GOLF COURSE SEWER SYSTEM TO
ALLOW INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVE THE CAPACITY. UPGRADE THE EXISTING REDWOOD CANYON GOLF COURSE PUMP STATION AND
RELOCATE IT TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ACCESS ROAD, FURTHER AWAY FROM THE POND. RELOCATE THE DOMESTIC WATER LINE AND SEWER LINE
FROM THE STEEP HILLSIDE ADJACENT TO REDWOOD ROAD TO THE ROADWAY, PROVIDING ADEQUATE SEPARATION AND IMPROVED ACCESS FOR MAINTENANCE. 
          THE PLAN SHOWS, ON THE RIGHT IS THE NEW ALIGNMENT. 
          THIS PROJECT SHOWS WE CONNECT BOTH SILVER SYSTEM TOGETHER. 
          THE BLUE COLOR IS THE OLD ALIGNMENT OF THE CAMPGROUND SEWER SYSTEM 
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ALIGNMENT, AND THE RED AND MAGENTA LINE IS THE NEW ALIGNMENT WE'RE PROPOSING. 
          THE PROJECT INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW PUMP STATIONS,
APPROXIMATELY HALF MILES OF EIGHT INCHES GRAVITY SEWER LINE. 
          APPROXIMATELY 1.35 MILES OF SIX INCHES FORCE MAIN. 
          TEN NEW MANHOLE STRUCTURE. 0.65 MILES OF FOUR INCHES WATER RELOCATION,
WATERLINE RELOCATION. 
          THE NEW CONFIGURATION IMPROVED OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND ELIMINATE HIGH RISK COMPONENTS
SUCH AS SIPHON BENEATH THE FOOTBRIDGE. 
          WHILE WE'RE ON THAT MAP, IF I MIGHT ASK A QUESTION. 
          SO AT WHAT POINT DOES THE, IS THE WASTEWATER BEGIN BEING PUMPED UP? IS IT AT THE POINT OF THE PUMP STATION AND THEN GOING TO THE EAST? YES. OKAY. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S LIKE PUMP STATION NUMBER THREE. 
          YEAH. AND PUMP STATION NUMBER FOUR. THE REASON WHY IT'S NOT LIKE PUMP STATION NUMBER ONE
AND TWO, BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO OTHER EXISTING PUMP STATION UPSTREAM. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THE ONE ABOUT NUMBER FOUR. 
          OKAY. SO WE'RE PUMPING IT TWICE. CORRECT. YEAH. 
          THE MAGENTA LINE IS THE FORCE MAIN. YEAH. AND THE RED ONE IS THE GRAVITY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT ADDRESSED DEFICIENCIES IDENTIFIED IN THE
2021 PACP INSPECTION REPORT FOR THE CAMPGROUND. BECAUSE THIS PROJECT OCCURS IN AN
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA, MULTIPLE AGENCIES ARE INVOLVED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL REVIEW. 
          INCLUDE CEQA COMPLIANCE, COORDINATION WITH US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS,
US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, SAN FRANCISCO REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD,
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE. 
          LOCAL AND UTILITY PERMITS INCLUDE ALAMEDA COUNTY ENCROACHMENT PERMIT,
CASTRO VALLEY SANITARY DISTRICT, EAST BAY MUD, AND PG&E. AT THIS TIME,
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BROOKE TO DISCUSS THE REQUIRED ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND PERMITTING PROCESS. 
          THANK YOU SHUN. MY NAME IS BROOKE VINNEDGE. I'M AN ECOLOGICAL SERVICES COORDINATOR WITH
THE STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT AND SHUN ASKED ME TO BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROJECT. 
          AS WE ALL KNOW, REGULATORY PERMITTING IS OFTEN COMPLEX BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRED TO COMPLY
WITH LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LAWS THAT OFTEN OVERLAP BUT ULTIMATELY REQUIRE DIFFERENT METHODS OF
ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION. 
          THIS SLIDE PRESENTS A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF OUR APPROACH. 
          IN SHORT, WE WILL REQUEST PERMITS FROM THREE REGULATORY AGENCIES THE ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS, THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE. 
          THESE PERMITS ARE NECESSARY BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SEWER LINE WILL REQUIRE
TRENCHING THROUGH SENSITIVE HABITATS FOR ALAMEDA WHIPSNAKE, ACROSS TWO SEASONAL CREEKS AND ADJACENT TO THE HONKER BAY TRAIL,
WHICH BUTTS UP AGAINST LAKE CHABOT AND SAN LEANDRO CREEK AND THE FLOODPLAIN. SO THEY'RE VERY SENSITIVE HABITATS. 
          THE SPECIES AND PROTECTED HABITATS ARE JURISDICTIONAL,
MEANING THE CONSTRUCTION RELATED IMPACTS WILL BE REGULATED BY THESE THREE RESOURCE AGENCIES. AND WE WILL BE REQUIRED TO MINIMIZE AND AVOID AND MITIGATE FOR THE TEMPORARY
CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS. 
          I WILL NOTE THAT WE MET WITH THESE THREE AGENCIES IN 2023 TO PRESENT THE PROJECT AND
PRESENT OUR PERMIT APPROACH, AND THEY WERE ALL VERY EAGER AND SUPPORTIVE AND NOTED THE CRITICAL URGENCY OF THE PROJECT
DUE TO THE POTENTIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SEWER PIPELINE THAT'S CURRENTLY OVER SAN LEANDRO CREEK AND THE
FLOODPLAIN AND THE POTENTIAL DISASTER THAT COULD HAPPEN IF THERE WAS A FAILURE THERE TO BOTH HEALTH AND HUMAN SAFETY
AND NATURAL RESOURCES. 
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SO THESE AGENCIES ARE EAGER TO PERMIT THE PROJECT. 
          THE BOTTOM TABLE IN THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE PROCESSES
THAT WE ALSO NEED TO COMPLETE. 
          AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE A DRAFT INITIAL STUDY MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR
CEQA COMPLIANCE. 
          THAT DOCUMENT WAS CIRCULATED LAST SUMMER AND HAS NOT YET BEEN ADOPTED BY THE BOARD. 
          WE ARE WAITING TO SEE IF THIS PROJECT CAN GET FULLY FUNDED BEFORE WE TAKE THAT NEXT STEP. 
          IF THE PROJECT IS NOT FULLY FUNDED, WE MAY NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND MODIFY
THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION, IN WHICH CASE THAT WOULD ALTER OUR CEQA DOCUMENT. 
          FINALLY, THE DISTRICT WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH TWO
FEDERAL LAWS, THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AND THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT. 
          THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING THAT FIRST PERMIT, THAT 404 CLEAN WATER ACT PERMIT,
WHICH IS A FEDERAL PERMIT, TRIGGERS OR REQUIRES US TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH THESE OTHER TWO FEDERAL LAWS. 
          THIS PROCESS IS SOMETHING WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH. 
          WE DO ROUTINELY. AND AGAIN, WE'RE WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION
WILL NOT CHANGE BEFORE WE ENGAGE WITH THOSE AGENCIES. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END. AND I'LL PASS IT BACK TO SHUN. 
          LET'S GO AHEAD. I DO, IT'S FOR YOU KNOW, I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION PART OF THIS. 
          IS IT BECAUSE OUR SEWER IS SO OLD IT'S A HISTORIC ARTIFACT,
OR IS THERE SOMETHING AROUND THERE THAT'S YOU KNOW, WHAT EXACTLY HAS TRIGGERED THAT ELEMENT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          SO FOR THE HISTORIC COMPONENT, WE ARE ONLY REQUIRED TO CONSULT WITH THE STATE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION OFFICE FOR THE TWO CROSSINGS. 
          REMEMBER I SAID THEY'RE GOING TO BE TWO DRAINAGES THAT WE CROSS THAT WE HAVE TO TRENCH
THROUGH. 
          AND THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE WILL REQUIRE THAT WE ENGAGE IN WHAT'S CALLED
SECTION 106 CONSULTATION. 
          FOR THOSE TWO CROSSINGS, THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE TWO CROSSINGS ARE REGULATED BY THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS, SO THAT. WE ONLY NEED TO DO AN EVALUATION OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES AND THE SENSITIVE
CULTURAL RESOURCES AT THOSE TWO LOCATIONS. I'M FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,
THE, THE REST OF THE PROJECT IS NOT A SENSITIVE CULTURAL RESOURCE, AND WE WOULD JUST NEED TO DO THAT SECTION 106 PROCESS AT THOSE TWO LOCATIONS. 
          SO IS IT AN EXAMINATION TYPE OF STUFF OR IS IT JUST LITERATURE? YOU KNOW, THE RECORD KIND OF EXAMINATION. I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF LOOKING AT THE
RECORD AND THEN ALSO GOING OUT THERE AND DOING A FIELD SURVEY. 
          YEAH. AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE SHPO FOLKS IS,
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT ARE THE DEPTHS THAT WE'RE GOING DOWN TO? AND WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES THAT COULD BE UNEARTHED DURING THE
PROJECT? AND THEN WHAT ARE THE STEPS THAT WOULD BE TAKEN IF WE DID FIND SOMETHING THAT WAS
SENSITIVE? BONES OR ARTIFACTS. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THE TOTAL PROJECTED PROJECT COST IS APPROXIMATELY 14.2 MILLION. 
          MAJOR COMPONENTS, INCLUDING DESIGN, 1.1 MILLION. 
          PG&E, HALF A MILLION. CONSTRUCTION, 9.65 MILLION. 
          CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT, 0.8 MILLION. MITIGATION AND POST-CONSTRUCTION MONITORING,
0.24 MILLION. 
          ESCALATION, 1.94 MILLION. FOR DESIGN PHASE, WE HAVE SPENT 710,000 AS OF FEBRUARY 2026. ESTIMATED PERMIT AND EASEMENT FEE IS 145,000. 
          CONSULTANT FEE IS 750,000. STAFF TIME IS 205,000. 
          WE HAVE HIRED SEVERAL CONSULTANTS BKF FOR DESIGN. 
          SWAIN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL. MIG FOR CEQA. KLEINFELDER FOR CULTURE. 
          THE NUMBERS FOR PG&E AND CONSTRUCTION ARE BASED ON APRIL 2025 ESTIMATE. 
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THE NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION OF SIX YEARS,
SIX MONTHS CONSTRUCTION DURATION. 
          WE ALSO BUDGETED 200,000 FOR MITIGATION AND 40,000 FOR FIVE YEAR POST-CONSTRUCTION
MONITORING. 
          ESCALATION IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION OF 5% ANNUAL INFLATION AND YEAR 2025 CONSTRUCTION. 
          CURRENTLY FUNDED APPROXIMATELY 7 MILLION. UNFUNDED APPROXIMATELY 7.24 MILLION. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE AND MILESTONE. THE PROJECT BEGAN WITH THE RFP IN APRIL 2021. 
          THE BOARD APPROVED THE PROJECT AND THE DESIGN CONSULTANTS CONTRACT IN AUGUST 2021. 
          AS OF APRIL 2025, THE DESIGN IS 90% COMPLETE. 
          ASSUMING CEQA ADOPTION OCCURS IN THE IN NEXT TWO MONTHS. 
          FINAL BID DOCUMENT WILL BE READY IN SEPTEMBER 2027. 
          CONSTRUCTION IS TARGETED TO BEGIN IN MAY 2028. 
          CEQA DOCUMENT IS READY FOR ADOPTION UPON APPROVAL TO PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT. 
          TO SUMMARIZE, THE FOOTBRIDGE PRESENTS A CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND INFRASTRUCTURAL RISK,
AS WASTEWATER COULD LEAK AND CONTAMINATE LEACHABLE AND SAN LEANDRO CREEK. BOTH SEWER SYSTEMS HAVE SIGNIFICANT
MAINTENANCE ISSUES. 
          THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES LONG TERM STANDING DEFICIENCIES IN BOTH SYSTEMS. THE PRIMARY REMAINING CHALLENGE IS FUNDING. APPROXIMATELY 7.24 MILLION IS UNFUNDED. 
          ADVANCING THIS PROJECT WILL PROTECT WATER QUALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH WHILE IMPROVING LONG
TERM OPERATIONS. 
          AGAIN, THE CEQA DOCUMENT IS READY FOR ADOPTION UPON APPROVAL TO PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT. 
          THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. WELCOME. WE WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. THIS IS REALLY AN INFORMATIVE,
WELL DOCUMENTED PROJECT. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION. THIS IS.
I DO REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST DETAIL THAT I'VE RECEIVED ABOUT IT. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. REAL QUICK, I SEE THAT WE'RE ENDING WITH THE RV PHOTO. 
          DO WE HAVE AT THE CAMPGROUND, THE ABILITY FOR THE RVS TO DISPOSE OF THEIR WASTE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE OFFER AT THE CAMPGROUND? OKAY,
GREAT. THANK YOU. SO THAT'S A YES. 
          I SEE SOME HEAD NODS. AND DIRECTORS, IF I COULD JUST ADD,
YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT OVER SEVERAL YEARS. 
          WE HAVE 7.9 MILLION EXISTING IN THE PROGRAM FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE HAVE FUNDED 7 MILLION AND WE NEED ANOTHER 7.2. 
          7.2. THANK YOU. YES. SO WE'RE LIKE WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THERE IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF
FUNDING WE HAVE. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM,
BUT ONE THING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FROM YOUR BOARD FOR US TO THINK ABOUT IS LIKE, HOW SHOULD WE APPROACH LIKE NEXT STEPS WITH YOUR BOARD? LIKE, CERTAINLY AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE CAPITAL PROJECT STUDY SESSION PRIORITY SETTING,
THAT CAN BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT HOW THIS FITS IN WITH THE OTHER PRIORITIES OF THE DISTRICT. BUT I THINK LIKE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE PRESENT THIS TO THE FULL BOARD AS AN
INFORMATIONAL ITEM AT SOME POINT? LIKE, I THINK ONE THING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FROM YOU ALL IS YOUR BOARD IS LIKE DIRECTION
OF HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO TELL THE STORY. 
          WE ARE PLANNING TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ON ONE OF THE BOARD TOURS,
I THINK THIS YEAR. 
          RIGHT? THANK YOU. YEAH. SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE REST. 
          WE'LL VISIT THE CAMPGROUND AND TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT,
BUT WOULD INVITE AND INTERESTED TO HEAR YOUR ADVICE ABOUT HOW WE CAN. 
          IF SOMEONE HAS THIS IN FRONT OF THEM, WHEN WILL THIS BE ON THE BOARD SITE TOUR PROGRAM AND
WILL THAT BE BEFORE OR AFTER OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS DISCUSSION? IT'LL BE AFTER. SO IT'S GOING TO BE AUGUST AND AFTER THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. SO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          I THINK JOHN'S READY FOR SOME QUESTIONS, SO PLEASE GO AHEAD FIRST. WELL,
OF COURSE, BECAUSE I, I ACTUALLY RETIRED FROM A SANITARY DISTRICT. 
          SO I HAVE, I'M, IT'S A TWOFER FOR ME, YOU KNOW,
IT'S LIKE THE SEWERS AND THE TRAILS AND EVERYTHING IN THE PARKS. 
          IT'S ALL IN ONE PROJECT. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED. 
          I'VE BEEN EXCITED ALL MORNING ABOUT THIS. SO BUCKLE UP. 
          AWESOME. I KNOW WELL, WHAT ABOUT WHAT ABOUT YOU COLIN? 
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SO ANYWAY, I'M SEVERAL QUESTIONS. IS THE BRIDGE GOING TO BE REPLACED AS PART OF THIS
PROJECT AS PART OF THE FUNDING OF THIS PROJECT? NO. OKAY. THE NEW ALIGNMENT WILL AVOID ACROSS THE BRIDGE. 
          EXCUSE ME? THE NEW ALIGNMENT WILL AVOID THE FOOTBRIDGE. 
          SO, BUT THE BRIDGE IS IN GOOD ENOUGH CONDITION. 
          IF WE DECOMMISSION THE PIPE, THE BRIDGE ISN'T IN DANGER ANYMORE. 
          NO, THAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEP. BUT IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL BE ANOTHER PROJECT. 
          THE HAZARD WITH THE BRIDGE FAILING IS MUCH LOWER THAN THE PIPE FAILING,
RIGHT? BECAUSE IF THERE WAS A BIG STORM AND THE BRIDGE FAILED,
THEN WE WOULD CLOSE IT AND REPAIR IT. 
          BUT IF THE, IF IT FAILED WITH THE PIPE ON IT,
IT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT. 
          AND THE BRIDGE ACCOMMODATES A PUBLIC TRAIL. I BELIEVE SO,
YEAH. 
          JUST MAINTENANCE ACCESS. YEAH. NO, I THINK IT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          AND THEN SO WE'RE. SO THE OTHER THING I HAVE GOING FOR ME IS I HAVE IN HOUSE AT HOME A
CIVIL ENGINEER WHOSE CAREER STARTED IN THE WASTEWATER BUSINESS. THAT'S KIND OF RELATED HOW WE GOT TOGETHER ANYWAY,
BESIDE THE POINT. 
          SO THE COMMINUTOR, THAT'S HOW SHE PRONOUNCES IT IS NOT IS BEING DECOMMISSIONED OR,
YOU KNOW, TAKEN AWAY, WHY? WHY DO WE NOT NEED THAT ANYMORE? I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY WE NEED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE,
BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT DOES. 
          IT, YOU KNOW, MATT. YOU'RE TALKING. SEE WHERE I'M GETTING EXCITED,
TOO. 
          SO THE COMMINUTOR PRE-TREATS IT BY GRINDING IT. 
          BECAUSE THE SIPHON LINE, IT WAS A REQUIREMENT AT THAT TIME BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO ACCESS TO
THIS PIPE FOR ONE MILE GOING DOWNHILL AND BACK UPHILL. 
          HOW DO YOU KEEP SOLIDS FROM PLUGGING UP? SO IT WAS AN EFFORT TO JUST PRE-TREAT IT TO MAKE
SURE IT DOESN'T PLUG IN THE PIPE. 
          BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT NECESSARY. SO NOW WITH THE NEW SYSTEM GOING INTO A LIFT STATION. 
          IT FIXES THAT ISSUE. WELL, ACTUALLY, THAT WAS THE THEORY AT MY HOUSE THIS MORNING TOO. 
          SO WE GOT IT RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS ON THE FUNDING. 
          SO WHOEVER CAN, CAN DEAL WITH THAT WITH, I GUESS WHAT THE QUESTION IS. 
          WE MUST, THERE MUST BE SOME, WE MUST HAVE IDENTIFIED KIND OF GENERALLY WHO THE GRANTORS
MIGHT BE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS A WATER QUALITY ISSUE AS WELL AS A SERVICE ISSUE. 
          YEAH, I WISH THERE WAS LIKE A SEWER PROP FOR,
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S IT, UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE NOT A GREAT FIT FOR THE, THE GRANT FUNDING. YOU KNOW,
A LOT OF THE GRANT FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE IS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, WHICH OF COURSE THIS CONNECTS TO. BUT THE SCOPE OF WHAT IT IS,
IS MORE INFRASTRUCTURE FOCUSED. 
          SO IT WOULD BE A REAL STRETCH. YOU KNOW, CERTAIN TYPES OF RECREATIONAL AMENITIES LIKE THE
BAY TRAIL AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE GOOD FOR GRANT FUNDING. 
          THIS ONE'S A REAL CHALLENGE. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW THE,
I'D SAY LIKE TO TAKE INTO OUR WORLD OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND THIS. 
          LIKE INITIALLY WHEN WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET FOR PROPOSAL FOR THIS LAST YEAR,
THIS WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE'RE LIKE, WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD SEE IF THERE'S AN INTEREST IN USING MEASURE WW FUNDS. 
          IT FELT LIKE AT THAT TIME, WE HADN'T HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR BOARD ABOUT LIKE
THIS COST. 
          AND SO IT FELT A LITTLE BIT PREMATURE TO BRING THAT THIS INTO THAT SCOPE OF PROJECTS THAT
WE WERE LOOKING AT. 
          BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS LIKE,
WHAT IS THE WORLD OF FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THIS? YOU TYPICALLY FOR US. IT CORRECT ME IF I'M MISSING IT,
BUT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WE TYPICALLY HAVE TO FUND IN-HOUSE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OUTSIDE FUNDING FOR IT. YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TOO IS LIKE,
IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT AND WE REALLY ONLY HAVE THE $7 MILLION, ARE THERE WAYS THAT WE COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES,
IF NOT FULLY, THEN PARTIALLY. 
          AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AS WELL,
BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR YOUR BOARD, YOU HAVE OPTIONS TO HELP GIVE US GUIDANCE ON. CAN YOU EXPAND? CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT COMMENT? SO YOU'RE SAYING IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL FUNDING TO ADDRESS THE MOST CRITICAL. 
          SO YOU'RE SAYING MAYBE A PIECEMEAL APPROACH OR A REDESIGN OR. 
          WELL, LIKE OTHER PEOPLE THAT KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN ME CAN PROBABLY SAY BETTER. 
          BUT HERE'S MY TOTALLY LAY NON-ENGINEER OR SANITATION EXPERT VERSION IS LIKE,
AND THIS IS VERY EARLY STAGES, 
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BUT ONE THING WE'RE SORT OF THINKING ABOUT IS IF YOU COULD JUST,
BUILD A BIGGER TANK THAT FOR PUMP OUTS AND IN SOME WAY BE ABLE TO HAVE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE,
BUT VALVES TO CLOSE THE SYSTEM DURING STORM EVENTS. THEN THERE'S A POTENTIAL. 
          AND IF WE COULD PUMP IT OUT, THEN, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S THE POTENTIAL THAT YOU COULD REDUCE THE HAZARD OF A FAILURE AND HAVE A BACKUP WHERE THE EFFLUENT WOULD THEN BE PUMPED OUT. IT'S A MORE COSTLY AND MAINTENANCE HEAVY
APPROACH. 
          BUT IF WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE JUST DON'T,
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S FEASIBLE BECAUSE AGAIN, I WELL, THESE FOLKS CAN SPEAK TO IT BETTER THAN I CAN,
BUT AND JUST REAL QUICK. 
          SO WHEN YOU SAY IT'S A MORE COSTLY MAINTENANCE. SO THAT WOULD BE MORE LIKE OPERATING
COSTS, BUT MAYBE LOWER CAPITAL COSTS WITH THAT POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE? YEAH. HEY, CHRIS WYCKOFF, ACTING AGM FOR FACILITIES,
INFRASTRUCTURE AND DIVISION LEAD FOR MAST. 
          SO YEAH, BASICALLY THE THE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS WOULD BE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS. 
          SO IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE A PHASED CONSTRUCTION OR A PIECEMEAL THING. 
          THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT METHOD TO
DIFFERENT METHODS THAT WOULD CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE THERE. 
          WHETHER IT WAS ADDITIONAL PUMP OUTS AND YOU KNOW,
IMPACT TO THE WAY THE CAMPGROUND ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS OR HOW OUR SANITATION DIVISION WOULD MANAGE IT DIFFERENTLY WITH DRIVERS. 
          THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE EXPLORING. IT'S NOT REALLY A,
LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE A CAPITAL OPTION CHANGE. 
          IT'S NOT A SCOPE OF THE CAPITAL, SO TO SPEAK. 
          SO WITH THE ALTERNATE, I JUST WANT, WITH THE ALTERNATIVE OPTION. 
          WHEN YOU'RE SAYING IT'S NOT REALLY CAPITAL, SO YOU'RE SAYING IT MIGHT COST A SIMILAR
AMOUNT AS WHAT'S. 
          THE OTHER WAYS THAT WE'RE TRYING THAT WE WOULD EXPLORE,
IT WOULD BE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS AS OPPOSED TO MORE OF A PROJECT COMPONENT. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. SO HIGHER LIKE POTENTIAL HIGHER OPERATION COSTS. 
          YES. POTENTIALLY LOWER CAPITAL COSTS. YES. OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTIONS. THERE WAS ANOTHER OPERATIONAL ASPECT OF THIS SYSTEM THAT I
WAS WONDERING ABOUT. 
          AND I FORGET IF THE HOLDING TANK GOES AWAY WITH THIS NEW THING OR IF IT'S STILL THERE. 
          I'M WONDERING, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A HOLDING TANK WHEN YOU'VE GOT A SEWER PIPE? MATT'S TERRIBLY EXCITED, SO. EXCITED STILL. SO THE HOLDING TANK,
I CAN GO INTO THE HISTORY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A OLD RAILROAD CAR. IT'S ABOUT AN 8000 GALLON TANK THAT GOT REALIGNED
WITH LIKE TAR TO MAKE IT WATERPROOF BETTER AND BETTER. 
          IT DOES. THIS SYSTEM'S FASCINATING. IT'S A HISTORIC LANDMARK. 
          THAT GOT BURIED AND THERE'S ACTUALLY AN INFLOW AND AN EXIT TO THAT TANK. 
          AND THERE'S DIVERSION VALVES AND IT GOT INSTALLED BECAUSE THE COMMINUTOR HAS SO MANY
FAILURES AND ISSUES THAT IT DIVERTS THE SEWAGE SO THAT IT COULD BE MANUALLY PUMPED BY THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT WHILE THE COMMINUTOR IS BEING WORKED ON. 
          OH, IT'S A BACKUP THEN. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT NORMAL. 
          IT'S NOT PART OF THE NORMAL OPERATION OF IT. NO. 
          YEAH. OKAY. WELL, OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. GOOD TO HAVE THAT. 
          YEAH. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU THINK OF SOME MORE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME GOOD QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH. YEAH. SURE. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE GAP BETWEEN THE 90% DESIGN COMPLETION IN APRIL OF 25 TO FINAL BID DOCUMENTS IN SEPTEMBER OF 27. 
          IT'S LIKE TWO AND A HALF YEARS. AND WHAT'S GOING ON DURING THAT TIME? YEAH. DURING, I REMEMBER LAST YEAR AND I PAUSED. 
          I GAVE A NOTICE TO OUR CONSULTANT TO PAUSE THE WORK BECAUSE WE NEED THOROUGH DIRECTION
FROM THE BOARD. 
          I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS YEAR ANOTHER 7 MILLION IS NOT GOING TO FUND THIS YEAR. 
          THAT'S WHY EVERYTHING IS ON HOLD AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND PLUS OUR PERMIT PROCESSING WILL TAKE ANOTHER YEAR TO GET ALL THE REQUIRED PERMITS. 
          THE CEQA WORK. THE CEQA WORK IS ALMOST DONE,
AS I SAID. 
          CEQA DOCUMENT IS READY FOR ADOPTION AS LONG AS WE GET GREEN LIGHT FROM THE BOARD MEMBER. 
          SO YES, CEQA PERMIT SEPARATE, RIGHT. THE CEQA IS THE APPROVAL PROCESS AND THE PERMITS ARE
FROM THE REGULATORY AGENCIES THAT ALLOW US TO DO THE WORK. 
          THE, SO WE'RE THAT THAT PERMITTING WORK CAN TAKE SOME TIME. 
          I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT'S HOLDING US UP IS WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND
IT. 
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AND INITIALLY WE THOUGHT THIS PROJECT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE. 
          RIGHT. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS INITIALLY WE THOUGHT THE 7 MILLION THAT WE HAVE WOULD
ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO. 
          AND SO WE JUST THOUGHT, WELL, THIS IS LIKE, IT'S MUCH MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
          WE DESIGN IT AND THEN BUILD IT AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO. 
          BUT ONCE WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE, WE REALIZED,
OH, IT'S GOING TO COST TWICE AS MUCH AS WE EXPECTED. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO START BRINGING IT HERE,
HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR BOARD AND KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW THIS FITS AMONG OTHER PRIORITIES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION BECAUSE LIKE I SAID,
I HAD NOT HAD THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. I MEAN,
I'D SAY WE DO NEED TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION HERE. 
          IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM PRIORITIES,
RIGHT? CLEARLY, THE POTENTIAL RISK AND THE PROBLEM WE NEED TO SOLVE IS CLEAR. 
          WHAT THE SOLUTION IS. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO EXPLORE THE ALTERNATIVE
OPTION A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST TO SEE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LINE UP AS TO KIND OF GET THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT CHOICE AND THAT DIFFERENCE. 
          AND SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ANOTHER OPTION. 
          AND IT MAY BE THAT THIS INITIAL OPTION THAT'S BEEN SCOPED OUT MIGHT BE THE BETTER CHOICE,
BUT IT MIGHT BE GOOD. 
          AND I THINK TO DO THAT DUE DILIGENCE AND TO KNOW WHAT,
YOU KNOW, THE HIGHER OPERATING COSTS, LOWER CAPITAL COSTS OPTION MIGHT LOOK LIKE. I ALSO LIKE TO SHARE,
YOU KNOW, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO BE AT REDWOOD CANYON GOLF COURSE TOMORROW NIGHT. WE HAVE THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SPECIAL DISTRICT'S ASSOCIATION ANNUAL DINNER AT REDWOOD
CANYON. 
          SO THIS IS VERY TIMELY TO ME AND MAYBE SOMETHING THAT I MIGHT WANT TO BRING UP BECAUSE AT
THIS MEETING, WE WILL HAVE ALL THE WATER MANAGEMENT WASTEWATER. 
          ALAMEDA COUNTY BASED SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION MEMBERS THERE. 
          AND SO THIS COULD BE A VERY INTERESTING PROJECT TO MENTION THAT THEY WILL ALL BE AT THIS
FACILITY. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND, AND ALSO MENTION THE FUNDING CHALLENGES BECAUSE
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE THINK OF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT WHERE TO GET AN ADDITIONAL 7 MILLION
FOR THIS CAPITAL PROJECT. 
          AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO MENTION THIS IN FRONT OF A GROUP THAT INCLUDES ALL THE
DIFFERENT WASTEWATER AGENCIES. 
          AND I ACTUALLY ADDED THE STICKY NOTES. SO YEAH WE HAVE,
I THINK IT WILL BE CASTRO VALLEY SANITARY DISTRICT WILL BE THERE TOMORROW NIGHT. 
          EAST BAY MUD WILL BE THERE TOMORROW NIGHT. SO I THINK THAT IT COULD BE AN INTERESTING
CONVERSATION TO HAVE AT THIS ACTUAL LOCATION. 
          I KNOW THAT A LOT OF EVENTS HAPPEN THERE. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNER WITH OUR CONCESSIONAIRE WHO MANAGES THE GOLF COURSE, AND MAYBE LISA HAS A FEW COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE GOLF COURSE AND JUST HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS. 
          AND ACTUALLY, THAT WAS PART OF MY QUESTION IS,
YOU KNOW, BOTH THE CAMPGROUND AND THE GOLF COURSE IN TERMS OF THE USAGE. 
          ANECDOTALLY, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE VERY POPULAR,
BUT IT MIGHT JUST BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM YOU TO HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, THIS SITE IS IN TERMS OF USAGE AND RECREATION. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT SANWONG AND DIRECTORS. 
          MY NAME IS LISA GOORJIAN. I'M THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF OPERATIONS,
AND I'M, I JUST WANTED TO BE ADDITIVE TO THE PRESENTATION AND THIS IS CERTAINLY ABOUT A CAPITAL PROJECT. AND SO IT'S,
IT, WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATIVE TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN ASP STEWARDSHIP, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, ALL THE GREAT WORK AND CERTAINLY IN MAST. 
          AND JUST I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ZOOM OUT AND JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
CAMPGROUND. 
          WE HAVE THE PARK SUPERVISOR, MAURICE QUINCE IS HERE. 
          WE HAVE THE UNIT MANAGER, BRIDGET CALVEY. SHE'S HERE. 
          AND SO AND THEN JUST WITH THE SUPPORT FROM OUR RESERVATIONS TEAM,
I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THE, WE HAVE 79 CAMPSITES AT ANTHONY CHABOT. IT, THEY HAVE,
IT HAS ABOUT IN JUST LOOKING FROM THE RESERVATION INFORMATION ON THE WEEKENDS 100% OCCUPANCY, AND ON THE WEEKDAYS,
JUST ABOUT 45% OCCUPANCY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. SO I'M LOOKING AT MAURICE, HE'S NODDING. 
          ANECDOTALLY THIS IS ONE OF OUR, AND I'M SAYING ANECDOTALLY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE DATA
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THIS IS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR CAMPGROUNDS THAT WE RUN. 
          I MEAN, I WOULD JUST SAY ALL OF OUR CAMPGROUNDS ARE VERY POPULAR,
BUT SPEAKING FROM RESERVATIONS, THEY'RE LIKE, THIS IS VERY HEAVILY USED. AND ALREADY THIS YEAR WE'VE SEEN OR IN 2025 WE
HAD OVER 3900 
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VISITORS CAMPERS THROUGHOUT THE SITE. IT WAS ABOUT 3200 IN 2024. 
          SO JUST GIVING YOU THE SCALE, THE PEOPLE PART OF IT. 
          THE CAPITAL PROJECT IS CLEARLY A HUGE INVESTMENT,
AND I ALSO WANTED TO BALANCE THAT WITH THE USERSHIP AND JUST SORT OF THE VALUE THAT THIS CAMPGROUND PROVIDES TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO BE LOST. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S,
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE. 
          WE CAN COME BACK FOR THAT, BUT JUST REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE CAMPGROUND,
NOT JUST AS THE SEWER SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE LIFELINE, BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE. 
          OKAY. I GUESS I CAN JUST SAY ONE MORE THING ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE AND THE EVENT CENTER. 
          I KNOW WHEN ALAMEDA COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR A LOCATION TO HAVE THE ANNUAL DINNER. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE MORE CENTRAL LOCATIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY. 
          SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING TOGETHER SPECIAL DISTRICTS FROM,
YOU KNOW, BERKELEY TO LIVERMORE TO FREMONT, CASTRO VALLEY, AND THIS LOCATION OF THE REDWOOD GOLF COURSE EVENT CENTER,
IT REALLY DOES BECOME AN IDEAL LOCATION TO HOLD IT. 
          SO THERE'S ALSO THAT ASPECT OF THINGS WITH THE GOLF COURSE. 
          HEY, GOOD MORNING. BRIDGET CALVEY, UNIT MANAGER FOR UNIT THREE,
WHICH ENCOMPASSES ANTHONY CHABOT AND ALSO LAKE CHABOT. 
          HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CAMPGROUND,
BUT DID WANT TO ADD THAT THAT BRIDGE, THAT FOOTBRIDGE THAT IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE LAKE CHABOT LOOP. 
          SO IT GETS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON THAT BRIDGE ITSELF. 
          SO IT IS A KEY CRITICAL SECTION OF TRAIL AS WELL THAT MANY VISITORS ARE USING ON A DAILY
BASIS. 
          AND THEN ALSO THE CAMPERS FOR SURE AT THE CAMPGROUND,
BUT ALSO FOLKS PASSING THROUGH THAT AREA THAT ARE HIKING UP AND OVER OR THROUGH ANTHONY CHABOT USING THOSE FACILITIES AS WELL. THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL,
THANK YOU. 
          LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A MOMENT TO SEE IF WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. SO WE'LL OPEN AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN BRING IT
BACK TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. 
          I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE OR YOU WANT TO. 
          OKAY. YOU, NO? OKAY. GOOD. I DEFINITELY THINK THIS NEEDS TO GO TO THE BOARD. 
          I MEAN, IT RISES WAY UP INTO THE BOARD WIDE KIND OF CONSIDERATION THING. 
          SO YOU KNOW, I, AND I KNOW WE HAVE ONE OTHER BOARD MEMBER WHO IS INTERESTED IN SEWERS TOO, SO HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE LEFT OUT, I'M SURE. AND ALSO I WOULD SAY I WOULD,
I WOULDN'T, I DON'T WANT TO GET DIVERTED OFF INTO SOME COMPROMISE HERE FOR IT REALLY,
I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO JUST GO AFTER, YOU KNOW, 100% FINDING FUNDING, WHETHER IT'S OUR FUNDING OR SOME GRANTS TO TAKE CARE OF
THIS BECAUSE IT'S JUST, IT'S YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S, I KNOW SOME SOURCES OF GRANT MONEY WOULD RATHER BUILD A TRAIL OR A TRAIL BRIDGE THAN BUILD A SEWER. 
          I RECOGNIZE THAT BUT IT DOES HAVE SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS AND
THE USAGE OF THAT CAMPGROUND. 
          IT'S A VERY ACCESSIBLE PLACE FOR CAMPING, FOR FAMILY CAMPING,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO TAHOE OR SOMEWHERE IN YOSEMITE. 
          YOU CAN JUST COME RIGHT HERE. IT'S A GREAT PLACE. 
          SO ALL THOSE THINGS, I'M SURE WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT TOGETHER A REALLY GOOD
ARGUMENT AS TO WHY THIS IS A WORTHY TARGET OF FUNDING FROM SOME SOURCE SOMEWHERE,
SO. 
          YES, I AGREE THAT THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE SHARED WITH THE ENTIRE BOARD. 
          I WONDER IF WE CAN TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THIS RATHER THAN HAVING IT AS AN
INFORMATIONAL ITEM ON A BOARD AGENDA. 
          I WONDER IF WE CAN RECOMMEND TO OUR COLLEAGUES TO WATCH TODAY'S MEETING,
WHICH IS RECORDED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE. 
          AND I KNOW WE'RE COMING UP UPON OUR PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOPS. 
          AND I WONDER IF THIS COULD BE A GOOD CASE STUDY TO INCLUDE IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS
WORKSHOP. 
          AND SO THEN THE HOMEWORK WOULD BE TO WATCH TODAY'S MEETING BEFORE THAT WORKSHOP FOR OUR
COLLEAGUES WHO ARE NOT ON THIS COMMITTEE. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS COULD BE A REALLY INTERESTING CASE STUDY FOR US TO REVIEW AT THE
CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE THE ALTERNATE OPTION AVAILABLE. 
          I AGREE THAT IT MAY BE THAT WHAT WAS PRESENTED TODAY MIGHT WIN OUT AS THE BEST OPTION,
BUT I THINK THAT IT'S NICE TO HAVE ALTERNATIVES. 
          AND IN TERMS OF WORKING ON THE ALTERNATIVE, YOU KNOW,
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NECESSARILY NEED TO HIRE A CONSULTANT FOR THAT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE PRETTY 
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CLOSE TO KIND OF HAVING IT AT LEAST, YOU KNOW DRAFTED. 
          SO MAYBE JUST HAVING IT DRAFTED WITH SOME ESTIMATES AND JUST MENTION,
YOU KNOW, NO, WE DIDN'T HIRE A CONSULTANT, BUT WE JUST WANT TO OFFER THIS OPTION AND WHAT WE THINK THE ESTIMATED COST MIGHT BE. 
          AND IF THIS IS THE OPTION THAT A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD WANTS,
THEN WE MIGHT LOOK FOR A CONSULTANT TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAKE IT MORE OF A PROJECT ALTERNATIVE JUST TO KIND OF REDUCE COSTS
OVERALL IN TERMS OF EXPLORING THE ALTERNATIVE OPTION. 
          BECAUSE I DO AGREE, I THINK THIS ONE MIGHT STILL END UP BEING THE WAY THAT WE GO,
BUT IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE THAT. 
          BUT I THINK THAT COULD BE A REALLY GOOD EXERCISE FOR US AT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP. 
          AND BECAUSE WE HAVE TODAY'S MEETING RECORDED AND AVAILABLE,
MAYBE WE CAN TRY SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES OUR BOARD MEETINGS GET A LITTLE BIT LONG,
AND THERE IS A DESIRE NOT TO HAVE TOO MANY INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AT THE BOARD MEETING, SO WE COULD TRY IT AND SEE IF IT WORKS. BUT OTHERWISE,
YEAH, I THINK ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CONCERNS AND ALSO THE ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY DOES ELEVATE THIS PROJECT. AND IT MIGHT BE ALSO INTERESTING TO RUN THIS
THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS CRITERIA AS WELL TO SEE, BECAUSE I KNOW I CERTAINLY HAVE MY THOUGHTS ON OUR METHODOLOGY AND JUST TO SEE HOW THIS
LINES UP ON THAT AND WHETHER OR NOT WE AGREE WITH THAT SCORING THAT COMES OUT FROM THIS PROJECT. IS THERE A COMMENT ABOUT THE SCORING FOR THIS PROJECT? ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT. NO. WELL, A,
I'D SAY THAT'S GREAT. 
          THAT'S SORT OF EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECT SESSION. 
          I, REN MAY KNOW LIKE HOW THIS HAS SCORED IN THE PAST OR WHATEVER,
BUT I THINK OUR GOAL FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PRIORITY SESSIONS IS TO LIKE DIVE INTO THE SCORING TOGETHER TO TRY SCORING SOME OF THESE PROJECTS TO REDO THE SCORING TOGETHER,
TO TRY SCORING THOSE PROJECTS AGAIN, TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK OF WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, BUT GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH, I JUST WOULD ADD TO WHAT MAX WAS SAYING,
DIVISION LEAD DESIGN INSTRUCTION. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BOARD TAKE A LOOK AT AND SCORE THEMSELVES. 
          AND YOU CAN THEN HAVE A DIALOG AMONGST YOU ALL ABOUT HOW IT COMPARES TO SOME OTHER ONES WE
HAVE QUEUED UP. 
          SO WE'LL LEAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MYSTERY INTO WHAT THOSE OTHER PROJECTS ARE. 
          BUT YEAH, YOU'RE THINKING ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT WE ARE AS WELL TO ECHO WHAT MAX SAID. 
          SO IT IS PART OF THAT. WE'RE GOING TO TRY SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT,
AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO GET INVOLVED AND HELP US ASSESS THE CPPS WRITTEN AND USED. 
          THAT'S GREAT. AND ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU AT SOME POINT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
WORKING ON THE METHODOLOGY FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS METHODOLOGY AND KIND OF BUILDING OUT LIKE A WEB-BASED SCORING MODEL SO THAT IT DOESN'T
HAVE TO JUST BE HANDWRITTEN. 
          AND IT MIGHT BE. SO YOU CAN RUN DIFFERENT SIMULATIONS AND DIFFERENT SCENARIOS WITH IT. 
          SO I LIKE TO SHOW YOU WHAT I'VE KIND OF CREATED. 
          YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, MAYBE, MAYBE I'D LIKE TO MEET WITH RYAN AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE IT
WITH THE BOARD IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S POSSIBLE. 
          I GUESS THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR FUN. THAT SOUNDS THAT SOUNDS GREAT. 
          AND KATIE'S REALLY INVOLVED IN THAT, TOO. I'D SAY THE OTHER THING IS MEGAN'S,
MEGAN IS GOING TO HELP FACILITATE, SO SHE'S ALREADY DIGGING IN WITH US SO SHE CAN HELP SORT OF ELEVATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS
TOO. 
          YEAH. JOHN, YOU CAN HAVE SANITATION. I'LL TAKE SCORING METHODOLOGIES. 
          YOU'VE GOT A WELL-ROUNDED BOARD UP HERE. OKAY,
GREAT. 
          WELL, THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM. SO IF THERE AREN'T ANY FINAL COMMENTS,
THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT INFORMATIONAL ITEM. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          YOU SEE NOW IT'S MY TURN TO BE EXCITED. 
          JUST WANT TO KEEP IT FLOWING. AFTER THE SEWER PRESENTATION. 
          THAT'S THE BEST I COULD DO. SO SANDI FUNKE HERE. 
          AND I'M THE DIVISION LEAD OF INTERPRETIVE RECREATION SERVICES. 
          AND I WANT TO, BEFORE THE ROOM TOTALLY EMPTIES OUT. 
          I DO WANT TO. I THINK SEAN'S LEAVING. THAT'S OKAY. 
          WE HAD TWO MEMBERS. OH. HE'S STAYING. OH, AND THERE'S BRIDGET. GOOD. SO WE HAVE TWO
MEMBERS OF OUR WORKING GROUP. I'M GOING TO BE REFERRING TO IN A FEW MINUTES, INCLUDING BRIDGET CALVEY AND SEAN DUGGAN. AND I JUST APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE TODAY. 
          SO THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. 
          AND THIS WILL BE MOVING ON TO COMING TO THE BOARD,
HOPEFULLY LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER WITH A BOARD RESOLUTION. 
          AND I'LL KIND OF BE ALLUDING TO WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR WITH THAT. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT
OF BACKGROUND. 
          THE BOARD HAS INTERACTED WITH IDEAS SURROUNDING VOLUNTEERS AS FAR AS WE CAN FIND,
DOCUMENTED BACK TO 1976. 
          AND IN 1990, THE BOARD ADOPTED A VOLUNTEER. IT. 
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IT'S REALLY A MANUAL IS WHAT WAS ADOPTED. SO IT'S A 26 PAGE MANUAL WRITTEN AS THINGS WERE
WRITTEN IN THE 90S AND EVEN SOME OLD FORMS THAT WE CAN'T EVEN USE ANYMORE. THEY'RE NOT DIGITIZED,
BUT IT WAS, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, AN OLDER VERSION OF WHAT WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS WITH UPDATED VOLUNTEER MANUALS. 
          SO THE BOARD HAS INTERACTED WITH THOSE. AND A REALLY IMPORTANT MILESTONE HAPPENED LAST
YEAR. 
          SO LAST YEAR, WITH THE BOARD'S APPROVAL, WE WERE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE JESSICA SLOAN
START WORKING FULL TIME ON VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS A REALLY CRUCIAL MILESTONE. 
          SHE HAD BEEN DOING VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. ALONG WITH COORDINATING ALL OF OUR BUS
TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO NOW AS OF LAST YEAR, SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO START FOCUSING SOLELY ON VOLUNTEERS. 
          AND IT'S ONE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY. WE REALLY WANT TO SET HER UP FOR SUCCESS. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE WHY WE'RE HERE AND WHY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND TAKING SOME
WORK AROUND THE VOLUNTEERS. 
          JESSICA'S NEW CAPACITY AS WE GOT STARTED IN SUPPORTING JESSICA AND SAYING,
HEY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOME POLICY TO BACK UP UPDATED MANUALS AND UPDATED PROCESSES. ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND,
IT'S NOT JUST SIMILAR TO OTHER THINGS IN THE DISTRICT, IS THAT PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND WITH STAFF THAT ARE WORKING
WITH VOLUNTEERS, IT'S VERY DISPERSED. SO PEOPLE DO THINGS SOMETIMES DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          PEOPLE ARE TRACKING VOLUNTEERS, SOMETIMES IN A NON CENTRALIZED WAY,
AND THAT CAN LEAD TO LACK OF COMMUNICATION OR CROSS COMMUNICATION. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER WHY WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO GET TOGETHER AND HAVE SOME COMMON PROCESSES. 
          AND ALSO WE DID SOME LISTENING SESSIONS AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE IN A MINUTE. 
          BUT THERE DEFINITELY WERE SOME CONCERNS BROUGHT UP NOT ONLY BY THE VOLUNTEERS,
BUT BY STAFF WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS BY HAVING COMMON POLICY. 
          SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE WORKING WE'RE ASSESSING OUR CURRENT STATE OF VOLUNTEER
EFFORTS. 
          WE'RE KIND OF WRAPPING UP THAT PIECE AND WE'RE DEVELOPING BACKBONE POLICY TO INFORM
UPDATED VOLUNTEER MANUALS, PROCEDURES, AND PROCESS. SO ANTICIPATED OUTCOME OR UPDATED AND ADOPTED COMMON PROTOCOLS,
NEW STAFF TRAININGS. 
          THERE COULD BE MORE THAN ONE. IT DEPENDS ON WHERE WE GO. 
          POSSIBLY NEW VOLUNTEER TRAININGS AND REALLY JUST UPDATED GOALS FOR THIS NEWLY RESOURCED
VOLUNTEER WORK GROUP. 
          SO ON THE WORKING GROUP, FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS,
SEAN AND BRIDGET ARE PART OF PART OF THIS GROUP. 
          THIS IS REALLY A MULTI DIVISION WORK GROUP. SO WE HAVE PARK OPERATIONS REPRESENTED,
INR, WE HAVE HR AND RISK IN THIS GROUP. 
          WE HAVE LEGAL, WE HAVE STEWARDSHIP, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY,
THE FOUNDATION, AND PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          SO THIS IS ACROSS DIVISIONAL WORKING GROUP REALLY COMING TOGETHER TO DEVELOP POLICY. 
          THAT'S GOING TO WORK ALL FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO BEFORE I DIVE INTO KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LEARNING AND WHERE WE'RE AT,
I JUST WANTED TO REVIEW, YOU KNOW, WHO IS WHICH STAFF ARE WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS. 
          SO WE HAVE JESSICA SLOANE. SHE'S OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM SUPERVISOR,
AND SHE HAS TWO RECREATION ASSISTANTS, NATALIE AND CAMERON. AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS OUT DAY TO DAY LEADING WORKDAYS,
DOING TRAIL WORK, DOING RESTORATION WORK AND HELPING WITH BIG EVENTS. 
          AND THEY ALSO HAVE A SENIOR ADMIN, A SPECIALIST THAT'S HELPING SCHEDULE ALL THESE
DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          THERE'S A VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR IN PUBLIC SAFETY THAT'S HEATHER. 
          AND BESIDES THESE FOLKS THAT WORK REALLY FULL TIME AND DEDICATED TO VOLUNTEERS,
WE ALSO HAVE FOLKS THAT WORK AS DOCENT COORDINATORS. 
          THOSE FOLKS ARE NATURALISTS, ACTUALLY, BUT THEY RECEIVE A 6% PAY PREMIUM WHERE THEY CAN
SPEND PART OF THEIR TIME COORDINATING OUR INR DOCENTS AND PROVIDING THEM WITH SUPPORT AND TRAINING. 
          AND BESIDES THAT, OTHER FOLKS COME IN AND HELP OUT ON THE DAY OF BIG EVENTS. 
          HERE WE HAVE A PICTURE OF KELSEY AND ELAINE. THEY DON'T WORK IN OUR VOLUNTEER GROUP,
BUT THEY WERE OUT HELPING OUT AT ONE OF THE MLK CLEANUPS. 
          SO OVERALL, WE HAVE 2200 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS. SO FROM THAT GROUP,
1600 ARE CONSIDERED COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. 
          SO THIS IS SOMEONE LIKE MY SON THAT COMES IN ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR,
PICKS UP GARBAGE. 
          HIS MOM TAKES HIM TO BOBA AFTER. IT'S GREAT. HE HAS A GOOD TIME BUT,
YOU KNOW HE DOES HIS THING. 
          HE GOES HOME. IT'S GREAT. WE LOVE THOSE KINDS OF FOLKS. 
          YOU GET TO GET IN AND YOU KNOW, FEEL LIKE YOU MADE MADE A YOU KNOW,
YOU MADE YOU MADE AN IMPACT. 
          BUT THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK TIME AND TIME AGAIN. 
          THEN WE HAVE OUR SPECIALIZED VOLUNTEERS. SO THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE TRAINED PEOPLE LIKE
THE AMBASSADORS, WHERE THEY HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC ROLE AND THEY'RE TRAINED OVER TIME,
AND THEY'RE COMING BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. 
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AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE FOLKS IN A MINUTE. 
          SO OVERALL, LAST YEAR, LOOKING AT WORKDAYS AND EVENTS,
OVER 550 AND OVER 40,000 HOURS CONTRIBUTED THE NUMBERS. THEY KIND OF SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. SO JUST A COUPLE PICTURES OF VOLUNTEER EVENTS. 
          I LOVE THE MLK DAY CLEANUP AND EVENTS. I ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE IT MYSELF. 
          THESE EVENTS ARE OFTEN ATTENDED BY FAMILIES THAT REALLY WANT TO GET OUT AND CELEBRATE THE
DAY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE THE COASTAL CLEANUP IS ANOTHER HUGE DAY WHERE WE HAVE FOLKS OUT. 
          AND OF COURSE, EARTH DAY IS ALL HANDS ON DECK. 
          LOTS OF DIFFERENT WORK DAY IS HAPPENING ALL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE GROUPS THAT ARE COMING OUT TO WORK ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT. 
          THIS IS A PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THIS IS A HABITAT RESTORATION GROUP THAT MEETS MONTHLY
AT WILDCAT CANYON, AND THEY'VE REMOVED A HUGE SWATH OF NON-NATIVE IVY AND USED BURLAP TO HELP WITH EROSION
CONTROL. 
          SO THIS IS A GROUP THAT COMES BACK TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO A SPECIFIC ECOSYSTEM THAT
THEY'VE CONNECTED WITH. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE GROUPS LIKE THE SCOUT GROUP. 
          SO THIS IS A GROUP THAT WOULD CALL UP VOLUNTEER SERVICES AND SAY,
HEY, WE WANT TO DO A SPECIAL SERVICE PROJECT. 
          MAYBE WE CAN ONLY COME OUT ONE DAY. AND SO THEY WORK WITH MY TEAM TO GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE
THEMSELVES. 
          AND THEN MY TEAM WORKS WITH PARK OPS AND STEWARDSHIP TO FIGURE OUT WHERE CAN WE DO A
PROJECT WITH THE SCOUTS? THEY HAVE THIS MANY KIDS. THEY'RE THIS AGE. SO IN THIS CASE,
THE TEAM WENT OUT AND DID A BROOM PULL. 
          SO LAST YEAR THERE WERE 39 PROGRAMS LIKE THIS COMPLETED,
WORKING WITH APPROXIMATELY 980 VOLUNTEERS. 
          AND JUST IN THESE SERVICE PROJECTS CONTRIBUTED 3000 HOURS. 
          NOW WE LOVE OUR SPECIALIZED VOLUNTEERS. THESE ARE FOLKS COMING AGAIN AND AGAIN. 
          WE REALLY HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. 
          THEY'VE BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS PROCESS. THEY HAVE OPINIONS. 
          SOME OF THEM SERVE ON THE PACK IN ADDITION TO THE ROLES THEY TAKE. 
          SO WE HAVE OUR AMBASSADORS WHO ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY DOING TABLING. 
          THE ARCHIVE SPECIALISTS THAT WORK WITH BRENDA,
OUR DOCENTS, IN THAT CASE, OUR INR DOCENTS, FARM VOLUNTEERS. SO THESE ARE FOLKS WORKING AT ARDENWOOD OR TILDEN,
SPECIFICALLY WITH THE FARM ANIMALS. 
          THE TILDEN BOTANIC GARDEN VOLUNTEERS. AND WITHIN THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 
          THERE'S FOLKS THAT WORK IN THE NURSERY, THERE'S FOLKS THAT HELP DO TOURS. 
          THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT LITTLE ROLES OVER THERE. 
          THE VOLUNTEER TRAIL SAFETY PATROL. SO THIS IS THE GROUP WORKING WITH HEATHER. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES THE MOUNTED PATROL, THE K9 PATROL,
HIKING, BIKING AND SEARCH AND RESCUE. 
          AND THEN OUR WILDLIFE INSIGHTS GROUP. AND THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL. 
          THAT'S A GROUP THAT LOOKS AT OUR WILDLIFE CAMERA DATA. 
          I REALLY THINK THAT'S NEAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE WAY THAT YOU CAN GET VOLUNTEERS
INVOLVED, THAT MAYBE HAVE ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES AND CAN'T GET OUT TO THE PARKS. 
          VERY, VERY COOL SPECIALIZED ROLE. SO JUST ANOTHER GREAT PICTURE. 
          I LOVE OUR DOCENTS, SO I HAVE TO PUT A PICTURE OF THEM OUT WITH OUR TEAM AT DEL VALLE AND
THEY'RE OUT DOING OUTREACH TO LOCAL SCHOOLS AT A LIBRARY NIGHT. 
          OKAY, SO WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS WORKING GROUP? SO WE KICKED OFF THIS INTERDIVISIONAL GROUP OVER A YEAR AGO AND WE STARTED WITH LISTENING
SESSIONS. 
          SO I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE NEXT. SO WE REALLY WANTED TO GET THE STATE OF WHAT DO
PEOPLE FEEL LIKE IS GOING ON WITH THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. 
          AND FROM THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED SOME DRAFT OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES,
WHICH I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY. 
          THOSE WILL GO INTO A BOARD RESOLUTION AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON POLICY. 
          THE IDEA IS THE POLICY COMES OUT OF THE PRINCIPLES,
AND THEN WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS TO GET THAT POLICY ADOPTED. 
          AND FROM THAT POLICY WILL BE SPROUTING NEW MANUALS AND TRAININGS TO REALLY HELP LEVEL UP
OUR PROGRAMS. SO LISTENING GROUPS, SEAN AND BRIDGET, WERE YOU BOTH ON SOME OF THE LISTENING GROUPS? OH, AND DINA. HEY, DINA. DINA'S HERE TOO. GREAT. 
          YEAH, SO WE HAD FIVE LISTENING SESSIONS. THEY WERE VERY EXCITING,
I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THREE WERE WITH VOLUNTEERS AND TWO WERE WITH STAFF. 
          ONE THING I WANT TO SAY THAT WAS VERY STRONG IS EVERYONE THAT WAS ON THE LISTENING
SESSION, NOBODY CAME ON AND SAID, WE DON'T WANT VOLUNTEERS OR WE DON'T NEED VOLUNTEERS. 
          EVERYBODY THINKS VOLUNTEERS ARE REALLY A VALUE ADD TO WHAT WE DO. 
          THEY AUGMENT STAFF EFFORTS AND CAN MAKE BIG IMPACTS. 
          ONE OF THE IMPACTS PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE WORK THEY'RE DOING IN THE
PARKS, IT'S THAT THEY REALLY SERVE AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARKS. 
          AND THAT WAS REALLY ACKNOWLEDGED. AND ALSO THEY CAN REALLY BE IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT HAVE
INSIGHTS INTO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS THAT WAS REALLY RECOGNIZED THAT VOLUNTEERS ARE THAT SORT OF THAT LITTLE VOICE IN THE BACK OF OUR HEAD SAYING,
HEY, BY THE WAY, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT. NOW,
STAFF WERE ALSO RECOGNIZED BY THE VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY SUPPORT AND MENTOR THEM. 
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SPECIFICALLY THE ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES WE PROVIDE,
THE INR DOCENTS WAS MENTIONED AND THAT WE DO PROVIDE APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION. 
          NOW WE ALSO HAVE SOME CONSIDERATIONS COME UP AS WELL AS SOME CONCERNS. 
          NUMBER ONE IN DARK BLUE, BOLD VOLUNTEERS WANT TO DO MORE. 
          THEY WANT TO DO MORE ON THEIR, WITH, THEY WANT TO DO MORE. 
          IN GENERAL, THEY WANT TO DO MORE WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE SELF-DETERMINATION. 
          THEY WANT TO DO MORE WITH DIFFERENT TOOLS. THEY JUST WANT TO DO MORE. 
          THEY WANT TO BE MORE EMPOWERED. AND THEY WANT TO SEE ANOTHER,
IF WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER CATEGORY OF SPECIALIZED VOLUNTEERS, MAYBE RESTORATION, MAYBE TRAILS,
BUT THERE'S A DESIRE THAT THERE'S MAYBE ANOTHER CATEGORY WE HAVEN'T REACHED WHERE THERE'S TRAINED VOLUNTEERS THAT CAN HAVE MORE SELF-EFFICACY AROUND BEING OUTDOORS IN THE PARKS,
POSSIBLY TRAILS OR RESTORATION. 
          A CONCERN THAT ALSO CAME UP, ESPECIALLY FROM STAFF,
BUT I THINK A LITTLE BIT FROM THE VOLUNTEERS TOO, IS WE HAVE ROGUE VOLUNTEERS. THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO EAST BAY PARKS. 
          THIS IS THIS, THIS EXISTS, BUT THESE ARE VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE GONE OUT AND DONE THINGS ON
THEIR OWN THAT SOMETIMES ARE REALLY IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH WHAT WE WANT DONE IN THE PARKS, ESPECIALLY WITH STEWARDSHIP. SO PLANTING THE WRONG THINGS IN THE WRONG PLACE. 
          JUST ALL KINDS OF THINGS. SO WE DON'T, WE, IT DOESN'T,
IT'S NOT THE MAJORITY OF VOLUNTEERS, BUT WE DO WANT TO ADDRESS THIS. THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH SOFTWARE AND ONBOARDING IN
GENERAL, ONGOING COMMUNICATION AND GREATER SUPPORT IN THE PARKS,
ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS DOING RESTORATION AND TRAIL WORK THAT WAS DESIRED. 
          AND I'M EXCITED TO SAY FOLKS WANTED TO FIND GUIDELINES,
EXPECTATIONS, AND TRAINING, WHICH IS PERFECT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING. 
          SO FROM THIS, WE CAME UP WITH THESE DRAFT PRINCIPLES AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING FEEDBACK ON
THESE PRINCIPLES. 
          SO THESE PRINCIPLES WERE DEVELOPED WITH THE WORKING GROUP. 
          WE HAVE TAKEN THESE OUT TO THE BOARD OPERATING COMMITTEE. 
          WE HAVE GONE TO THE PAC AND THAT WAS EXCELLENT,
THEY ADDED A PRINCIPLE TO THIS. 
          THESE ARE GOING OUT AS I SPEAK TO BACK OUT TO THE VOLUNTEERS AS WELL. 
          SO THEY'LL BE GETTING THAT VIA EMAIL TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON,
AND WE'LL BE GOING BACK TO STAFF THAT WORK WITH VOLUNTEERS TO SEE. 
          ARE THESE THE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES WE WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT AS WE DEVELOP POLICY
WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS? SO I WANT TO SPEND A MINUTE ON THESE BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO REALLY
BE LOOKING FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT ARE THESE PRINCIPLES. 
          THIS IS VERY PARALLEL TO WHAT YOU ALL DID WITH THE INCLUSIVITY PRINCIPLES. 
          SO STEWARDSHIP IS UP THERE AT THE TOP. WE CONNECT VOLUNTEERS WITH THE PARKS IN A WAY THAT
INSPIRES A SENSE OF CARING AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR PARK RESOURCES. COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, VOLUNTEERS AT ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM AND SUPPORT OUR
MISSION WHILE BENEFITING OUR WORK AS AN ORGANIZATION. WE SUPPORT COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAKING MEANINGFUL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PARKS, CONNECTING WITH US AND ONE ANOTHER. SAFETY IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. 
          WE VALUE SAFETY OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, THE STAFF AND THE PUBLIC AND ACT ACCORDINGLY. 
          WE DEVELOP CLEAR EXPECTATIONS, GUIDELINES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. 
          INCLUSIVITY. WE STRIVE TO ENSURE OUR VOLUNTEERS REFLECT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE EAST BAY. 
          TRAINING AND SUPPORT. WE RECOGNIZE THE PARTICIPATION OF VOLUNTEERS DOES REQUIRE AN
INVESTMENT OF TIME AND EFFORT BY THE DISTRICT AND STAFF. 
          STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS SHOULD HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD THE KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS AND ATTITUDES NEEDED TO MEANINGFUL MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE WITH EACH OTHER. 
          THE DISTRICT AND THE PUBLIC AND ANYTHING WE DO WITH VOLUNTEERS IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER
PARK DISTRICT POLICIES AND COMMITMENTS. 
          SUSTAINABLE. NOW THIS REALLY SHOULD SAY SUSTAINABLE GROWTH. 
          THERE'S A STRONG DESIRE FROM PARK USERS AND VOLUNTEERS TO PARTICIPATE AND GROW THE SCOPE
OF THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, BUT THE PROGRAM NEEDS TO GROW APPROPRIATELY AND IN A MANNER THAT THE DISTRICT AND THE
STAFF CAN SUPPORT IT. 
          AND OUR FINAL PRINCIPLE, AND THIS WAS ADDED THROUGH PACK ENGAGEMENT IS ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND THIS IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERS ARE CONTINUALLY ENGAGED THROUGH ONGOING
RECOGNITION AND RETENTION EFFORTS. 
          SO IS IT OKAY IF I STOP HERE JUST TO GET ANY FEEDBACK ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE,
OR SHOULD I WRAP UP THE WHOLE PRESENTATION? WRAP IT UP AND THEN WE'LL PERFECT. OKAY. I ONLY HAVE TWO MORE SLIDES,
SO THAT'S GREAT. 
          OKAY. AND I CAN GO BACK. SO IN ADDITION TO THE WORK WE'RE DOING IN OUR WORKING GROUP,
WE HAVE A JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. 
          AND SO MEMBERS, WE HAVE A MEMBER OF OUR WORKING GROUP ON THAT COMMITTEE ALONG WITH JESSICA
ROMEO. 
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AND THEN REPRESENTING LABOR IS THE PRESIDENT OF ASFCME AS WELL AS JESSICA SLOANE,
WHO'S BEEN IS REALLY GOING TO BE MAKING ALL THIS HAPPEN. 
          SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT'S GOING ON. AND ANYTHING WE DO WITH THE WORKING GROUP IS,
YOU KNOW, WORKING IN PARALLEL AND WITH THIS COMMITTEE AND WE'RE HAPPY THAT THAT IS GOING FORWARD. 
          I'M NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, SO I CAN'T NECESSARILY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
THAT. 
          AND YEAH, SO NEXT STEPS WE'RE FINALIZING THESE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES ON THE PRINCIPLES. 
          I HAVE ALSO BEEN SHOPPED AROUND TO THE KEY STAFF ALREADY. 
          SO JESSICA HAS GIVEN FEEDBACK ON THIS AND HEATHER AND BART AT THE BOT GARDEN. 
          AND REALLY JUST GETTING STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK ON THESE PRINCIPLES. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT STEP WILL BE A BOARD RESOLUTION,
ADOPTING THE PRINCIPLES AND THEN JUST RETIRING ANY PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS LIKE THE ONE IN 1990. AND THEN FROM THAT, REALLY USING THESE PRINCIPLES TO DEVELOP THE POLICY THAT WE'LL
BE WORKING WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS TO FINALIZE AND PUT INTO ACTION. 
          GREAT. I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS A GREAT OVERVIEW. LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I THINK YOU'RE EAGER TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS. YES. 
          THANK YOU, I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THOSE SESSIONS WHICH WAS FASCINATING JUST TO SEE
MY FELLOW VOLUNTEERS INTERACT WITH YOU FOLKS. MY OWN INVOLVEMENT HAS BEEN WITH THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN
2005. 
          SO MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN DOING AMBASSADOR GIGS,
AS WE CALL THEM, FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN 20 YEARS. 
          AND IN FACT, WHEN MY KIDS WERE STILL AROUND AS TEENAGERS,
I GOT PERMISSION TO HAVE THEM TRAINED. 
          SO PAT O'BRIEN TOLD US WE WERE THE FIRST AMBASSADOR FAMILY IN ENGAGED BY THE PARK DISTRICT
WAY BACK WHEN. SO MY TWO KIDS, MY SON AND DAUGHTER WOULD ACCOMPANY US WHEN WE'RE DOING
TABLING, AND THEY GOT PRETTY GOOD AT IT. AND TO THIS DAY. 
          MY SON SOMETIMES JOINS IN WHEN I'M DOING A TABLE SOMEWHERE. 
          SO WITH THAT BACKGROUND, I GUESS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE COMMITMENT IS TO THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S NO MYSTERY THAT IT'S BEEN FAIRLY MORIBUND SINCE COVID. 
          SO PRE-COVID, IT WAS A PRETTY ROBUST PROGRAM,
LOTS OF AMBASSADORS. 
          AND POST COVID IT'S NOT MUCH. I THINK I'VE BEEN INVITED TO DO ONE EVENT THIS YEAR. 
          YEAH, THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, LIKE SEVERAL OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS. IT'S VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE INR SERVES AS SORT OF THE BACKBONE FOR ALL VOLUNTEER
EFFORTS, BUT THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS NOT SITUATED WITHIN MY DEPARTMENT. 
          IT'S BEEN IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS. THAT'S CORRECT. SO WHAT I WILL SAY AS FAR AS OUR COMMITMENT
IN INR IS WE'RE VERY COMMITTED TO PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICY AND SUPPORT FOR THE STAFF LEAD ON THAT, TO BE ABLE TO REALLY BRING THAT BACK AND HAVE THAT BE
WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE. 
          SO I WOULD SAY WITHIN MY DEPARTMENT, WE'RE VERY COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING WHEREVER PUBLIC
AFFAIRS WANTS TO GO WITH IT. 
          AND I THINK FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, THERE'S A REALLY BROAD LIKE INTEREST AND SUPPORT FOR IT. 
          AND I THINK LIKE A LOT OF THINGS AS ALLISON'S KIND OF LIKE COMING IN AND REBUILDING THE
SUPPORT OF THAT WHOLE TEAM IS TO LIKE, REACTIVATE THAT GROUP AND RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING TO. 
          WELL, THAT'S WHY I PREFACE WHAT I WANT TO SAY BY IS THERE AN INTEREST IN REVIVING IT? YES. YOU KNOW, YES, 100%. I'M PRETTY SURE BEFORE ALLISON WAS HERE,
IT WAS NOT THERE WASN'T A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS ABOUT THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S SO LABOR INTENSIVE. IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO PREPARE THE AMBASSADORS TO
DO A GIG. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED POST COVID. BUT I DON'T WANT TO START TALKING A LOT ABOUT IT
IF, YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF INTEREST IN REVIVING IT. IF THERE IS AN INTEREST IN
REVIVING IT, THEN THE QUESTION IS AND YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AND I'VE TALKED TO ALLISON ABOUT IT, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT IT SHOULD JUST BE UNDER JESSICA THAT IT BE IN
INR THAT IT BE PART OF THE OVERALL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AND NOT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO GET THE ATTENTION,
I THINK THAT IT DESERVES JUST OUT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 
          AND THAT'S SORT OF WHAT HAPPENED. ANYWAY, THAT'S MY INPUT. 
          IF THERE IS AN INTEREST IN REVIVING IT, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM,
IT'S THE, IT MEETS A DEFICIT WE HAVE IN OUR 
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COMMUNITIES ARE, IN PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE PARK DISTRICT IS. 
          YOU KNOW, PEOPLE KNOW OUR PARKS. OUR PARKS ARE POPULAR. 
          AND THEY RECOGNIZE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS, BUT THEY'RE NOT SO CLEAR ON,
ARE WE A STATE AGENCY? ARE WE A COUNTY? ARE WE? YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THAT KIND OF NUANCE. 
          AND THE AMBASSADORS, IF TRAINED, WILL ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE? I DO IT CONSTANTLY WHEN I'M TABLING AT A COMMUNITY EVENT. 
          AND I THINK IT'S AN ABILITY TO GET OUT THERE AND EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE PARK DISTRICT IN
ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S A TRAIL YOU WOULD RECOMMEND IN MY HOMETOWN,
THAT KIND OF BASIC AMBASSADOR WORK. 
          SO I, YOU KNOW, I COULD GO ON FOREVER ABOUT THE PROGRAM,
BUT IF THERE'S AN INTEREST IN REVIVING IT, THEN I WON. I KNOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE FIVE YEARS,
WE'RE HAVING A TRAINING COMING UP AT TRUDEAU. 
          I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US ADVERTISE THAT IN SOCIAL MEDIA PRETTY EXTENSIVELY. 
          I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA YET ABOUT IT. 
          I'M ONCE IN A WHILE I GO ON FACEBOOK, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. 
          BUT OVER THE YEARS DOING THE TABLING, I'VE BEEN ASKED A LOT. 
          OH, HOW CAN I DO THIS? HOW CAN I COME AND HELP YOU FOLKS WITH THESE INFORMATION TABLES? SO I THINK THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF RESPONSIVENESS TO PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING AND BEING TRAINED
IF WE ADVERTISE THE TRAINING SESSION PRETTY WELL. SO I'D ENCOURAGE THAT IF WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE OUT TO THAT TRAINING
SESSION AND REVIVE THE PROGRAM. 
          SO I'D LIKE ALL THIS WORK THAT'S BEING DONE. I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE. 
          IT'S A IT'S A POST-COVID THING TO DO TO REGATHER OURSELVES IN TERMS OF THE VOLUNTEERS. 
          AND JUST ONE OTHER COMMENT THAT I HEAR A LOT IN BOTH MY ROLE AS A BOARD MEMBER OR WHETHER
I'M OUT THERE DOING TABLIN. 
          AND BY THE WAY, IT REALLY HELPS INFORM ME IN THIS ROLE AS WELL,
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COMPLAIN SEES OUR TABLE, COMES OVER AND COMPLAINS 99% OF WHAT I GET AT THAT,
THAT WHEN I'M TABLING IS LOVE AND AFFECTION. 
          SO IT'S REALLY AN AFFIRMING THING TO DO TO GET OUT THERE AND DO THAT,
OTHER THAN JUST GO OUT IN THE PARK AND TALK TO PEOPLE. 
          THE TABLING REALLY HELPS ME KIND OF HAVE A, A FEEL FOR WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS THINKING
ABOUT WITH REGARD TO THE PARKS AND TRAILS. 
          THE OTHER THING I HEAR A LOT IS FRUSTRATION AMONG VARIOUS USER GROUPS WITH THE LIMITATIONS ON WHAT THEY CAN DO BY REASON OF OUR LABOR AGREEMENTS. 
          I THINK IT WOULD HELP US, AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT IS PRECLUDED AND
WHAT IS ALLOWED. 
          BECAUSE I WILL HAVE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CONTACT ME AND SAY,
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO WE WANT TO GO OUT AND HELP WITH FIRE MITIGATION OR WHATEVER. AND FRANKLY, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER,
WHAT THE, WHAT THE LIMITATIONS ARE AND WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS CAN DO. 
          THE BICYCLE COMMUNITY IS VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS BECAUSE THEY WANT IN CROCKETT HILLS IN
PARTICULAR, I HEAR ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. THEY WANT TO GO OUT AND DO YOU KNOW,
ATTACK WEEDS AND DO MAINTENANCE ON THE FLOW TRAILS OUT THERE AND THEY KEEP COMING UP AGAINST THIS WALL BASED ON OUR LABOR
AGREEMENTS. 
          AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE
ENCOUNTERING. 
          I THINK IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEY WANT TO USE TOOLS. 
          AND WHEN THEY GO OUT AS A GROUP AND START USING TOOLS,
THAT CREATES PROBLEMS. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY, BUT I THINK TWO OF THE CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN THE DESIRE
FOR VOLUNTEERS TO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER ONE HAS BEEN AROUND WHAT TYPES OF WORK THEY WANT TO DO. 
          I THINK I THINK SANDI MENTIONED BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. 
          THERE'S A DESIRE TO DO MORE INDEPENDENTLY AND JUST MORE PERIOD. 
          AND THEN ALSO A DESIRE TO DO LIKE A WIDER RANGE OF ACTIVITIES THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE
AVAILABLE. 
          SO YOU'RE HITTING THE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. 
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YEAH, AND I THINK THERE PROBABLY IS SOMETHING WE CAN COME TO THAT'S IN BETWEEN WHAT THESE
GROUPS WANT, WHICH I THINK IS LIKE BY THEMSELVES, POWER TOOLS. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD EVER, FOR A LOT OF REASONS,
WANT THAT, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN, WORKING TOGETHER, COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS OF WHERE WE CAN EMPOWER PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO
MORE AND HAVE MORE, YOU KNOW, SELF-EFFICACY. THAT CAN GET MORE FOLKS INVOLVED. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY PARTLY THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS EXERCISE IS TO COME UP WITH POLICY AND
THEN ALSO WORK WITH THAT JOINT LABOR COMMITTEE AS WELL TO SEE WHAT CAN WE DO, WHAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE FOR VOLUNTEER GROUPS TO DO. 
          I THINK IT'S, I THINK THE OTHER THING IS WE ARE THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND
SOMETIMES FOLKS WILL BRING UP, WELL, I CAN DO THIS HERE AND I CAN DO THAT THERE. 
          AND THIS GROUP ALLOWS ME TO DO THAT. SO I THINK IT'S COMING UP WITH OUR OWN UNIQUE
SOLUTION WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS THAT WORKS FOR US AND WORKS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PARKS AND THE SAFETY OF THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. 
          EVERYBODY ALL TOGETHER. SO I FEEL CONFIDENT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO A PLACE OF
CLARITY THAT DOES INVOLVE MORE FOLKS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE YET,
BUT I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. AND I THINK STARTING WITH THE PRINCIPLES IS A GOOD STARTING SPOT. AND I VERY MUCH WANT TO RESPECT OUR LABOR AGREEMENTS. 
          I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT. 
          WHAT'S GOING ON? MAYBE A LITTLE PRIMER, MAYBE A LITTLE COUPLE PARAGRAPHS FOR ME SOMEDAY TO
UNDERSTAND THAT ISSUE SO I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO THOSE WHO ASK ABOUT IT. AND I'M AWARE YOU'RE AWARE THAT IT'S AN ISSUE OUT THERE. 
          AND WE HAVE TO DO HAVE TO WORK WITH AFSCME TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE CLEAR PARAMETERS TO WHAT
WE CAN TELL PEOPLE THEY CAN DO AND WHAT THEY CAN'T DO. 
          THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO NEXT? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT RUNDOWN SANDI. VERY,
VERY INTERESTING. 
          SO THERE'S A VOLUNTEER MANUAL THAT STAFF USES? THERE'S SEVERAL VOLUNTEER MANUALS. YEAH. OKAY. 
          AND YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REVISING IT TO REFLECT CURRENT. 
          WE WOULD START WITH THE POLICY. AND SO REALLY WE FEEL AS THOUGH WE NEED BACKBONE DISTRICT
WIDE POLICY SO THAT AS, AS PEOPLE, FIRST OF ALL, WE TAKE INVENTORY OF ALL THE VARIOUS MANUALS THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
          SO THAT ANY NEW MANUALS OR UPDATED MANUALS FOLLOW POLICY. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, ONE THING FOLKS IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PUT IN POLICY IS A CODE OF CONDUCT. 
          SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE ONE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ANY,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A MANUAL FOR THE DOCENT PROGRAM OR A MANUAL FOR THE BOT GARDEN, ANY FURTHER MANUALS, WE WOULD ALL HAVE THE SAME CODE OF CONDUCT. 
          SO WE ALL AGREE THIS IS THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE VOLUNTEERS SO THAT YOU KNOW BY CHANCE
THAT 1% THAT JUST ONE PERSON THAT DOESN'T WANT TO FOLLOW IT. 
          WE ALL AGREE THAT THIS IS THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR VOLUNTEERS EVERYWHERE. 
          SO WE START WITH THE POLICY DRAFTING THINGS LIKE CODES OF CONDUCT,
THE CODE OF CONDUCT. 
          AND THEN FROM THAT GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS ALL THE VARIOUS MANUALS THAT EXIST BECAUSE THE
MANUALS ARE GOING TO, THEY DIFFER A LITTLE BIT DEPENDING ON THE PARTICULAR PROGRAM. 
          A MANUAL FOR SOMEONE WORKING FOR WILDLIFE PHOTOS IS GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
THAN A MANUAL FOR MAYBE DOCENTS. 
          OKAY. AND THEN ONE THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS IN THE WORK WORLD,
IT'S THE SPAN OF MANAGEMENT, RIGHT? IN THIS CASE, NUMBER OF NUMBER OF STAFF PER VOLUNTEER,
NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS PER STAFF. 
          RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE STANDARDS LIKE THAT? YOU KNOW,
GUIDELINES FOR, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE 300 PEOPLE COMING IN FROM PG&E TO VOLUNTEER ONE DAY, IT'S MORE THAN TWO STAFF MEMBERS TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. 
          SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION. WE HAVE THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT EXISTS WITH VOLUNTEERS. 
          I KNOW THAT IN THE OTHER PART OF MY WORK, I'M WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND FOR EXAMPLE,
CAMPING. 
          THOSE STANDARDS ABSOLUTELY EXIST, SO I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. 
          YEAH. YOU KNOW, IN MY TIME DOING TRAIL MAINTENANCE WORK IF THERE'S NOT,
I'M NOT SAYING THIS HAPPENED ON A PARK DISTRICT THING, BUT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OTHER, OTHER AGENCIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE VOLUNTEER TRAIL
EVENTS, BUT IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, QUOTE UNQUOTE SUPERVISION AND QUOTE UNQUOTE TRAINING, WHICH MAYBE IS TEN MINUTES BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY ALL YOU NEED. 
          BUT IF YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT, YOU GOT PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING THE WRONG THING,
THEY'RE DOING THE WRONG STUFF. THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING HARD, BUT THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT MAXIMIZING THEIR EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SUPERVISION. SO WHAT
HAPPENS IS SOME OF US WHO HAVE DONE IT BEFORE END UP, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BE DIPLOMATIC AND, YOU KNOW,
SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S BETTER IF YOU DO IT THIS WAY INSTEAD, YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WELL. 
          IF THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE YANKING STUFF OUT OF THE GROUND,
MAYBE THAT'S NOT VERY TECHNICAL, BUT IF YOU'RE BUILDING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT MEANS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE
FOCUSED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S PROPER GUIDANCE. 
          AND WE WANT TO TRAIN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. 
          AND THEN WHEN THEY COME BACK, THEN THEY BECOME MENTORS FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE COMING ALONG
WITH THEM. 
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SO THAT IS ONE THING. NOW, THE NEXT ONE I THINK IS FOR SEAN,
BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THE IVAN DIXON PROGRAM. 
          YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THAT, THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE OF FUNDING VOLUNTEER WORK. 
          IS THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT LATELY. 
          WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? YOU KNOW. I CAN TURN TO SEAN,
BUT I WILL SAY THIS IS ALSO WHY I APPRECIATE HAVING COUNCIL AS PART OF OUR I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME CLEAR GUIDELINES WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE PROCEDURE,
AT LEAST IN THE BACK OF OUR HEADS, THAT IF THERE'S AN EXCHANGE OF MONEY, WE'VE PROBABLY LEFT THE VOLUNTEER REALM. 
          FROM WHAT LITTLE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD AND I DON'T KNOW IF LYNNE WANTS TO CHIME IN ON
THAT, BUT I CAN ALSO TURN THINGS OVER TO SEAN. SEAN DOUGAN TRAILS PROGRAM MANAGER. 
          AM I STANDING ON THIS? SORRY. I'LL GET DOWN. YEAH. 
          SO THIS IS AS SANDI MENTIONED REALLY LOOKING AT THE POLICY RIGHT NOW TO GROW FROM THAT,
THE STRUCTURE OF THESE PROGRAMS AND HOW THEY'RE RUN AND HOW THE PARK DISTRICT MANAGES THE VOLUNTEERS FOR EACH ONE,
IT COULD VARY PROBABLY WILL. 
          AND SO THAT'S PRECISELY WHY I ASKED TO BE ON THIS. 
          AND THAT'S WHY STEWARDSHIP IS ON THIS. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PARK OPERATIONS ON THIS
COMMITTEE, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE IMPORTANT. 
          AND SO THE IVAN DIXON VOLUNTEER TRAIL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM MAY NOT BE CALLED THAT IN THE
FUTURE. 
          IT MAY ACT DIFFERENTLY, IT MAY BE RUN DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN INTO THE STRUCTURE OF IT YET,
I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I'M SITTING ON THIS COMMITTEE. 
          IT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS AN ELEMENT THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED. 
          AND, AND WE ARE, WE WILL, I'M CONFIDENT, SO. YEAH,
I MEAN, I'M, I CONSIDER THAT TO BE AN IMPORTANT LEGACY THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF PRESERVING. AGREED. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          NO. AND I THINK I THINK YOU'RE HITTING ON SOMETHING WITH YOUR PREVIOUS COMMENT DIRECTOR
MERCURIO OF CAPACITY. 
          AND I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST TALKING YOUR LAST PRESENTATION ESSENTIALLY IS A
PRESENTATION ON CAPACITY. 
          AND I THINK THERE IS A POINT AT WHICH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS STAFF CAPACITY. 
          THE CENTRAL REASON I THINK WHY AN ORGANIZATION SHOULD HAVE A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM ISN'T TO
GET WORK DONE IN THE PARKS. 
          IT'S THE EFFECT WE HAVE ON THE VOLUNTEERS AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR US IN OUR FUTURE. 
          AND IT, IT IS NOT IT'S NOT ONE FOR ONE. IT'S COSTLY. 
          IT INVOLVES FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS. AND AT SOME POINT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
WHERE WE ARE NOW, WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO MEAN. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GREAT, THANK YOU. SO WHEN I WAS ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND
BEFORE THE COVID PANDEMIC, I WORKED A LOT IN THINKING ABOUT AND WE DISCUSSED THIS A LOT ON THE
PAC COMMITTEE THINKING ABOUT CORPORATE GROUPS, CORPORATE TEAMS, AND HOW TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A DAY AWAY FROM THE OFFICE OUTSIDE AT A PARK
FOR TEAM BUILDING. 
          I KNOW WHEN I WORKED AT THERMO FISHER, WE DID THIS WITH SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER IN TERMS
OF A CREEK CLEANUP. 
          AND IT WAS LIKE ONE OF THE BEST DAYS EVER WITH THE TEAM THAT I WAS ON THERE. 
          AND THAT WAS ABOUT, AND I WORKED AT THERMO FISHER WHILE I WAS ON THE PAC. 
          SO THAT'S SORT OF HOW I GOT INTO THIS IDEA. HEY,
WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT? ESPECIALLY BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH OUR OFFICES WERE SUNNYVALE,
SANTA CLARA, SAN JOSE, A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES ACTUALLY LIVED HERE IN THE EAST BAY. 
          AND AND I WAS ABLE TO ORGANIZE AND I WORKED WITH THE FOUNDATION TO ORGANIZE THIS. 
          SO IT WAS THROUGH THE FOUNDATION THAT THIS CORPORATE TEAM BUILDING IDEA WAS STARTING TO
COME TOGETHER. 
          AT THAT TIME PERIOD. AND I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH JULIANA SCHIRMER FROM THE FOUNDATION,
AND WE ORGANIZED A TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITY AT SHADOW CLIFFS FOR THE, AT THE TIME IT WAS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS. 
          AND I WAS CONSIDERED A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AT THE TIME,
BUT IT WAS GREAT TEAM BUILDING TO DO. 
          AND I ALSO LEARNED A LOT ABOUT SHADOW CLIFFS AND IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE 2017 STORM. 
          SO I ALSO GOT TO HEAR ABOUT YOU KNOW, HOW OUR PARK RANGERS REALLY HELP PREVENT THESE LARGE
TREES THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE 2017 STORMS WERE RIGHT AFTER THIS MAJOR DROUGHT. SO A LOT
OF THE TREES HAD FALLEN IN SHADOW CLIFFS. 
          AND THEN WITH THE STORM AND THE WATERS RISING,
IF OUR STAFF HADN'T, YOU KNOW, BEEN RESPONSIVE. 
          THOSE TREES COULD HAVE BEEN FLOWN DOWN INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES. 
          AND OUR PARK STAFF, RANGER STAFF WAS ABLE TO PREVENT A LOT OF THAT. 
          AND THAT WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT STORY TO LEARN ABOUT AT THAT TIME. 
          AND SO I JUST THINK ABOUT BOTH THE TEAM BUILDING ASPECT AND BEING ABLE TO BE OUT AT THE
PARKS AND LEARN ABOUT A SPECIFIC ISSUE, 
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BUT ALSO BE OUTSIDE WITH THAT CAMARADERIE AND BUT THEN,
BUT THEN ALSO LEARN IMPORTANT ISSUE. 
          AND SO NOW HERE BEING ON THE BOARD, I STILL REMEMBER THAT STORY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED DURING
THE 2017 STORMS AT SHADOW CLIFFS. 
          AND I KNOW A LOT OF THIS WAS PUT ON PAUSE DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC. 
          AND THEN ALSO THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING IN REGARDS TO CHANGES WITH THE REGIONAL PARKS
FOUNDATION. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, I AM THE BOARD APPOINTEE TO WORK AS A LIAISON WITH THE REGIONAL PARKS
FOUNDATION THIS YEAR. 
          AND WHEN I ATTENDED THE FIRST BOARD MEETING AT THE BEGINNING OF 2026,
I SHARED WITH THE FOUNDATION. 
          ONE OF MY GOALS IS I'D LIKE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN,
YOU KNOW, REVIVE THIS IDEA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CORPORATE TEAM BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND I THINK, AND I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE FOUNDATION IS A PART OF YOUR WORKING
GROUP. 
          AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT,
YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY GOALS AS THE BOARD LIAISON WITH THE FOUNDATION IS TO TRY TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE CORPORATE TEAM BUILDING PROOF OF CONCEPT THIS YEAR,
WORKING WITH THE FOUNDATION AND, YOU KNOW, SEEING HOW THAT MATERIALIZES SO WE CAN MAYBE HELP REBUILD SOME OF THAT IDEA. 
          I DON'T EVEN THINK WE FULLY, FULLY CREATED IT BACK BEFORE COVID. 
          IT WAS JUST KIND OF STARTING IN THIS GENESIS STAGE THEN AND THEN GOT PAUSED BECAUSE OF
COVID. 
          SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US KIND OF REVIVE THAT CONVERSATION THIS YEAR. 
          I BELIEVE WE DID SOME LAST YEAR BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SERVICE PROPOSALS,
I HAVE TO CHECK WITH JESS, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT INCLUDES CORPORATE WORKDAYS,
SO I CAN CHECK WITH HER. 
          BUT I'M PRETTY SURE WE DO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THOSE. 
          AND THEN THE FOUNDATION LIKES TO COME IN BECAUSE THEN THEY LIKE TO GO IN AND ASK FOR A
DONATION WITH THE CORPORATE PARTNERS. 
          SO THEY WANT TO KEEP THAT NEXUS. YEAH, I JUST SAY LIKE,
I THINK APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND SANDI'S TEAM DOES SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB. AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO JUST LIKE YOU
SAID, BUILD A STRONGER CONNECTION WITH BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION AND OUR TEAM. 
          AND TO BE SORT OF MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT SOME OF THIS,
LIKE REAL FUNDRAISING DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE GREAT. AND I THINK WE LOOK FORWARD TO KEEPING YOU INVOLVED
AS A CHAMPION TO HELP MOVE THAT WORK FORWARD. 
          SO THANK YOU. YEAH, BECAUSE THIS IS COMING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF,
YOU KNOW, BUSY PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE COMMUTING EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, TO SILICON VALLEY OFFICES. AND THERE IS A LOT OF EFFORT TO HAVE THESE TEAM BUILDING
ACTIVITIES. 
          AND I THINK WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF COMPANIES BASED HERE IN THE EAST BAY. 
          SO IT MIGHT BE WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR COMPANIES THAT ARE BASED,
YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE PARK DISTRICT, I BELIEVE I USED THE EXAMPLE OF WORKDAY, WHICH IS HEADQUARTERED IN PLEASANTON. 
          MAYBE THAT COULD BE A GOOD ORGANIZATION FOR US TO THINK ABOUT TRYING TO HAVE A CORPORATE
TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITY WITH. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOW WORKING WITH THEM FOR OUR ERP SYSTEMS. AND I THINK IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO, YOU KNOW,
HELP MEET EACH OTHER AS WELL AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND SHARE OUR STORY AT THE PARK DISTRICT. AND SO, YES, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT SOME HAVE COME THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO MAYBE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC SECTOR
BECAUSE THESE MIGHT BE PEOPLE THAT ARE SO BUSY, THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET TO BE OUT OF THE PARK,
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO VOLUNTEER TO BE AN AMBASSADOR. 
          BUT WE STILL WANT TO REACH THOSE FOLKS AS WELL. 
          AND THEN I HAVE TWO OTHER QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RETIRING THE 1990 POLICY,
IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL WHENEVER THIS COMES BACK AGAIN TO HAVE THAT LINK OR THE PDF, IT DON'T, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE PRINTED OUT,
BUT JUST TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT 1990 POLICY BEFORE THE BOARD. 
          TOTALLY. YOU KNOW, MAKES A DECISION JUST TO,
SO WE HAVE THAT BACKGROUND. 
          AND THEN MAYBE. AND I SHOULD SAY LIKE WE ARE LOOKING AT IT TO SEE IF THERE'S NUGGETS WE
CAN PULL OUT OF IT. 
          IT'S JUST A LOT OF IT'S LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FORM THAT'S OFFICIALLY PART OF IT. 
          LIKE WE WOULDN'T, I DON'T EVEN KNOW, LIKE IT'S DOT MATRIX. 
          IT'S LIKE JUST VERY OLD. YEAH. THAT'S FAIR. AND IF YOU LIKE,
HAD A LITTLE BRIEF MEMO OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU READ AND WHAT YOU THINK MIGHT BE GOOD TO KEEP,
NOT KEEP, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. 
          BECAUSE ANYTIME I HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SUNSETTING A POLICY,
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT POLICY IS BEING SUNSET BEFORE IT'S SUNSETTED. 
          AND I AM GOING TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN, YOU KNOW,
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DO SO. 
          BUT IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO HAVE EASY ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD ONE THAT I THINK CAME UP A LITTLE BIT IN REGARDS TO THE BOTANICAL
GARDEN, BECAUSE I BELIEVE MOST EITHER ALL OR SOME BOARD MEMBERS,
INCLUDING MYSELF, DID RECEIVE SOME EMAILS ABOUT AN ISSUE AT THE BOTANICAL GARDEN IN REGARDS TO A VOLUNTEER BEING ASKED TO NO LONGER VOLUNTEER AT THE BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
          AND SO I THINK MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, YOU KNOW,
WHEN THIS COMES BACK TO THE BOARD, I BELIEVE MAYBE ADDRESSING THAT LIKE HOW SOME OF THE ISSUES MIGHT BE RESOLVED AND WHAT YOU KNOW, IS THERE GOING TO ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
IF SOMEONE, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, PUTTING TOGETHER THIS UNIVERSAL CODE OF CONDUCT IS ONE STEP,
BUT IF SOMEONE'S FOUND TO NOT BE, 
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IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT SOMEONE ISN'T ADHERING TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT,
DO THEY HAVE KIND OF LIKE A DUE PROCESS OPTION AS WELL, LIKE, AND WHAT THAT DUE PROCESS OPTION LOOKS LIKE? BECAUSE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEONE'S VOLUNTEERING,
A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THEIR TIME, PERSONAL TIME, THEY'RE VERY DEDICATED TO THE MISSION. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE DO WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE THOSE VOLUNTEERS ACCESS TO SOME SORT OF OPTION TO
SAY, HEY, I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO STATE MY CASE AND YOU KNOW,
GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, BY YOU KNOW, WHEN WE COME TO THE BOARD TO HAVE THE PRINCIPLES
ADOPTED. 
          WE WILL THEN GO IN AND WORK ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY,
AND IT WILL BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY. 
          WE'LL WORK WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS ON. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO,
IS HAVE CODE OF CONDUCT AND RIGHT IN THE POLICY. 
          HOW CAN A VOLUNTEER BE EXITED AND WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT HAS TO BE PART OF IT,
BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE CONSISTENT POLICIES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DISTRICT. 
          WE HAVE A CONSISTENT PRINCIPLES SO STAFF FEEL SAFE. 
          VOLUNTEERS FEEL SAFE AND THE COMMUNITY FEELS SAFE. 
          YEAH, I THINK THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT HAPPENS IS SOMEONE,
IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN WITH THE VOLUNTEER AND WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A PROCESS IN PLACE, THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY DO EMAIL THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AND OR BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, OUR MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE
AGENDA. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME STRUCTURE IN PLACE. 
          AND CERTAINLY PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO EMAIL THE BOARD AND ATTEND OUR MEETINGS AND
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S GOOD TO ANTICIPATE THE NEED FOR THAT STRUCTURE SO THAT IT DOESN'T,
YOU KNOW, ESCALATE WHERE THEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT VOLUNTEERS NOT RECEIVING THAT,
THAT STRUCTURAL REVIEW. 
          AND I'LL JUST ADD, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE BEHIND THIS IS HAVING LIKE
CLEAR PROCEDURES AND, YOU KNOW, SOPS AROUND HOW WE DEAL WITH ISSUES AND HOW WE APPROACH THIS PROGRAM OVERALL. 
          SO YES, IT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL. AND LIKE, I'M NOT AWARE OF WHATEVER THE SPECIFIC
INCIDENCE IS, BUT LIKE, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE, WILL BE SPECIFIC INCIDENCES WHERE PEOPLE ARE HAPPY OR
NOT HAPPY FOR SOME REASON, AND WE'LL REACH OUT TO YOUR BOARD. AS YOU MENTIONED,
THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SO. 
          SO, BUT I THINK HAVING, AS YOU MENTIONED, HAVING A PROCEDURE JUST HELPS US HAVE A FAIR AND
RESPONSIBLE WAY TO SUPPORT OUR VOLUNTEERS AND TO MANAGE ISSUES WHEN THEY ARISE. 
          SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH YOU ALL TO SOLIDIFY THOSE PRINCIPLES,
SO THAT WE CAN THEN BE EMPOWERED BY MAX TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT POLICY ALL DRAFTED, WORK WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS, AND GET IT IN PLACE SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WE'RE ALL,
THIS IS THESE ARE THE RULES OF THE GAME. 
          EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME RULES. WE'RE GOOD TO GO. 
          THAT'S GREAT. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE ITEMS THAT I HAD THE MOST QUESTIONS ABOUT. 
          WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS SEE IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE'LL OPEN AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. BRING IT BACK FOR ANY
FINAL WORDS. 
          GO AHEAD. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I THINK ABOUT SOMETIMES IS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN
DIFFERENT MODELS OUT THERE IS AUTONOMY WITHIN LIMITS. SO, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SO RIGID AS TO SAY YOU
ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE THIS SITUATION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT IS BEING DONE AND WHO'S DOING IT AND HOW LONG
THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT. 
          RIGHT. SO THE, THE THE MODEL I LOVE TO THINK ABOUT IS SKYLINE GARDENS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT IN EAST BAY MUD. 
          IT'S OFF OF GRIZZLY PEAK BOULEVARD. AND IT'S EAST BAY MUD LAND AND THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERS
DOING RESTORATION WORK THERE. 
          AND I VISITED IT SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES AND IT'S JUST A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS STORY. 
          LITERALLY ACRES OF, OF HABITAT HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED FROM IN AN INVASIVE CHOKEHOLD TO
NATIVE FLOWERS BLOOMING ALL OVER AND NATIVE PLANTS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING. 
          AND THEY DO IT BECAUSE THEY ARE, AT EAST BAY MUD THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS OUT
THERE. 
          THAT IT'S NOT VERY STRUCTURED. I CAN'T BE MORE SPECIFIC THAN THAT,
BUT IT'S JUST NOT THAT STRUCTURED. 
          AND THEY GO OUT MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK AND THEY,
AND THEY, THEY DO THIS WORK AND IT'S REALLY WORKED OUT WELL FOR THEM. 
          SO AGAIN THAT'S PRETTY LIMITED. THAT MODEL DOESN'T APPLY VERY,
VERY MUCH, VERY OFTEN. 
          BUT IF WE CAN POSSIBLY OPEN OURSELVES TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING IT DONE THAT WAY,
THAT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, COULD HAVE A TREMENDOUS EFFECT ON THE LAND AND WHAT LIVES THERE. 
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I KNOW YOU TOUCHED UPON THIS IT'S, THAT'S WHAT,
THAT'S ONE SITUATION WHERE IT'S THE WORK GETTING DONE THAT, THAT REALLY IS THE BIG THING THAT YOU NOTICE. 
          BUT I LIKE WHAT YOU WERE ALSO SAYING, AND I AGREE WITH IT THAT IT'S THE IMPACT WE HAVE ON
THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND ON THE INDIVIDUALS THAT IS ALSO HUGELY IMPORTANT. 
          AND YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO BE REAL SORT OF SELFISH ABOUT IT,
WE COULD BE DEVELOPING PEOPLE WHO COME AND WORK FOR US LATER ON, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S I'M SURE IT'S HAPPENED AND IT'LL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN
WHERE A YOUNG PERSON GOES OUT THERE AND THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, AND THEY REALIZE THAT YOU COULD MAKE A LIFE OF THIS. 
          YOU COULD GET PAID FOR DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK,
YOU KNOW, AND I NEVER KNEW THAT WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, OR ELSE I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT CAREER,
HONESTLY. YOU KNOW, I JUST DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT SO THAT'S A SUPER IMPORTANT THING TO THINK ABOUT. 
          THE OTHER THING IS KIND OF RELATED TO THAT MAYBE VOLUNTEERISM IS SOMETHING THAT APPEALS TO
ALL GROUPS. 
          EVERYBODY. LOOK AT ANY DEMI DEMOGRAPHIC ELEMENT CONTRIBUTES VOLUNTEERS,
EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED. 
          AND SO I LIKE THE INCLUSIVE INCLUSIVITY OF IT. 
          WHEN I, WHEN I GO, I WENT TO THERE WAS A COASTAL CLEANUP EVENT AT,
AT MLK SHORELINE AT OAK PARK AND I ASKED THE FOLK, OUR FOLKS THERE, HOW MANY ARE HERE? THEY SAID AT LEAST 310 FOLKS,
PROBABLY CLOSE TO HALF OF THEM WERE UNDER 18 YEARS OLD. 
          AND SO THAT WAS REALLY, BUT YOU KNOW, IT TOOK,
IT TOOK A PRETTY BIG AMOUNT OF OUR STAFF TO MANAGE ALL THAT TOO, BECAUSE THE VOLUNTEERS WERE PICKING UP SO MUCH STUFF THAT THEY HAD TO KEEP LOADING IT ON
THE TRUCKS AND HAULING IT AWAY, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT WAS, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          BUT LOOK AT ALL THOSE FOLKS, JUST THAT ONE LOCATION ON THAT ONE DAY,
WHAT THEY DID. 
          AND THEN I ALWAYS LIKE TO GO AND WALK THROUGH AN AREA THAT'S BEEN TREATED,
WHETHER IT'S A TRAIL CONSTRUCTION OR A CLEANUP, I LIKE TO WALK THROUGH AT THE END AND LOOK AT IT,
REMEMBERING WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE. 
          AND IT'S REAL, A REAL BENEFIT THAT'S BEEN PERFORMED BY ALL THESE PEOPLE. 
          SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT IT,
THE INCLUSIVITY OF IT AND THE ABILITY FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT FOLKS TO BE INVOLVED IN. AND THEN FINALLY KIND OF BUILDING ON WHAT DIRECTOR
COFFEY WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT UNION, THE UNION INVOLVEMENT IN THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT
WE COME TO A MUTUAL AGREEMENT ON WHAT WE CAN DO OUT THERE WITHOUT STEPPING ON TOES AND CAUSING GRIEF. 
          I KNOW THERE'S A PLACE SOMEWHERE IN THERE THAT WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND GET LOTS OF
PEOPLE INVOLVED AND LOTS OF WORK DONE AND MAKE US ALL FEEL BETTER ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT THE RESOURCE THAT WE PROTECT HERE AT THE PARK
DISTRICT. 
          JOHN, ARE WE INVOLVED OR THINKING ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED WITH VOLUNTEER TABLING EFFORTS
ALONG THE IRON HORSE TO DEAL WITH BIKE ENFORCEMENT? I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME OF THAT. 
          YEAH. YEAH. SO YEAH, THAT'S BEEN ONGOING WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 
          WE'VE BEEN WE HAVE AN INTERNAL WORKING GROUP ON BIKE SAFETY,
ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON THE IRON HORSE TRAILS BETWEEN OPERATIONS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING THE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT OUR
VOLUNTEER PATROL. 
          YEAH. ESP. YES. YEAH. THOSE FOLKS, ALONG WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER EFFORTS. 
          YEAH. I'VE HEARD I'VE HEARD ANECDOTALLY THAT WHERE THE IRON HORSE TRAIL CROSSES THE CONTRA
COSTA CANAL TRAIL, THAT'S LIKE THE MAJOR TRAIL INTERSECTION IN THE PARK DISTRICT,
THAT SOMEBODY'S BEEN THERE DOING JUST THAT. 
          SO IT'S EITHER OUR PEOPLE, OUR VOLUNTEERS OR. 
          I THINK IT WAS. IT WAS OUR VOLUNTEERS. YEAH,
THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. 
          WE COULD USE THAT ON THE BAY TRAIL. OH, YEAH,
I'M SURE YOU COULD. 
          AND THE ALAMEDA CREEK TRAIL. YEAH. I THINK OVERALL,
THE, YOU KNOW, THIS EFFORT, THAT EFFORT AROUND BIKE SAFETY AND THE PAVED MULTI-USE TRAILS A IS SOMETHING THAT'S SUCH A REGIONAL STATEWIDE
ISSUE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PARTNERING A LOT AND THEN FIGURING OUT MODELS THAT WORK AND MIGRATING IT AROUND TO OTHER PLACES. 
          SO IT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO IT'S PART OF THE THOUGHT HERE IS MAYBE PERIODICALLY CHECK IN WITH
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ON WHERE WE MIGHT WANT 
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TO THINK OR WHERE WE THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO DEVELOP VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES,
BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THAT'S OCCURRED TO ME LATELY. 
          IT'S JUST GREAT. TRAIL BIKE EDUCATION. THANK YOU. 
          DAVE MASON JUST DROPPED IN, AND IF YOU DID WANT TO HEAR JUST A QUICK ONE-MINUTE UPDATE ON
THE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM. 
          WOULD THAT BE OKAY? YOU KNOW, DAVE MASON, FOR SERVICES PROGRAM SUPERVISOR. POSITIVE NEWS ON THE SESSION AT TRUDEAU,
IT'S ACTUALLY AT CAPACITY FOR THE AMBASSADOR TRAINING. 
          SO THAT'S ACTUALLY THE COOL, POSITIVE THING TO DO A BUNCH OF OUTREACH ON THAT. 
          AND THEN THEY ARE RECORDING IT THOUGH, SO THEY CAN DO THE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH ON THAT
PROGRAM AND CONTINUE THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER PLACES. 
          SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS KIND OF TO YOUR COMMENT AND QUESTION. 
          SURE. LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THE PROGRAM. YEAH,
AND I JUST SAY FOR THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE DOING ACTIVITIES. I HOPE THAT WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING
THE ALAMEDA COUNTY PORTION OF THE IRON HORSE TRAIL. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONCERNS IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, WHERE THE NEW DUBLIN BRIDGE TO THE BART STATION HAS BEEN INSTALLED. 
          THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENS THERE,
BOTH, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT MULTI-USE, BUT THEN ALSO THAT TENDS TO BE A SITE FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO
PROTEST. 
          AND SO WE MAY ALSO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED. 
          AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAS REACHED OUT IN REGARDS TO THAT SPECIFIC ASPECT OF THE IRON
HORSE TRAIL. 
          OKAY. IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER FINAL WORDS,
THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANY SORT OF RESOLUTIONS. 
          SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANY FINAL WORDS. THANK YOU. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT
TOPIC. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION. VERY GOOD WORK, SANDI. ALL RIGHT, GREAT. SO THEN WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA,
WHICH I BELIEVE IS ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TODAY'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO THEN WE'LL MOVE TO ADJOURNMENT. THANK YOU
EVERYONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.