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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WELCOME TODAY TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. IT IS MARCH 18TH,

[Roll Call]

AND THE MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER AT 1:00.

01:00 P.M. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU TAKE THE ROLL, PLEASE? YES, THANK YOU. DIRECTOR COFFEY. HERE. DIRECTOR WAESPI.

HERE. DIRECTOR SANWONG. HERE. AND CHAIR ESPAÑA IS ABSENT.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE WILL MOVE TO THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[Approval of Minutes]

WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES TODAY. ONE IS THE MEETING OF JANUARY 21ST, 2026, AND THE FEBRUARY 18TH OF 2026.

AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS OR ANYTHING, BUT LET'S ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER.

LET'S GO OUT ON A LIMB HERE. I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS.

SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE A MOTION AND SECOND ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THIS? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE. AND THEN I ABSTAIN. OKAY, WE HAVE THE MOTION PASSES 2-0-1.

I WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. NOT ON THE. FOR ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE ACTION ITEMS.

[Action Items]

THE RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT STATE LEGISLATION.

WELCOME, LISA.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, LISA BALDINGER, LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY MANAGEMENT ANALYST AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH OUR BOARD, STATE LEGISLATION IS BEING INTRODUCED. WE'RE BRINGING BILLS BEFORE YOU WHEN THEY COME TO A POINT THAT WE FEEL IT'S READY.

THE CONTENT IS READY TO TAKE A POSITION ON. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SPOT BILLS, AND SO WE'RE EXPECTING AT OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.

THIS MIGHT BE AN EVEN BULKIER ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

SO WE HAVE FIVE TODAY THAT WE'LL TALK THROUGH.

BUT WE DO EXPECT A NUMBER ON THE HORIZON. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU THAT SORT OF FOREWARNING OUR FIRST BILL ON THE AGENDA IS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION FROM A MEMBER OF OUR DELEGATION, ASSEMBLYMEMBER BAUER-KAHAN, AND IT'S SEEKING TO BRING SOME ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY TO E-BIKE USERS.

THIS IS A TREND WE'RE SEEING AT THE STATE LEVEL AS A NUMBER OF E-BIKE RELATED BILLS.

AND SO WE'LL BRING THEM BEFORE THIS BODY FOR CONSIDERATION AS THEY'RE RELEVANT TO OUR WORK.

WITH E-BIKES BEING USED ON OUR TRAILS BOTH PAVED AND UNPAVED.

SO WHAT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS AIMING TO DO IS HAVE A LICENSE PROCESS FOR E-BIKE USERS TO GO THROUGH AN EDUCATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS FOR USE OF E-BIKES. I WILL SHARE THIS BILL IS OPPOSED BY BIKE EAST BAY.

THEIR REASONING IS THAT THEY FEEL IT DOESN'T GET TO THE ROOT OF THE E-BIKE ISSUE, AND WOULD PREFER TO SEE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND CHANGES.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IT CAN BRING TO E-BIKE USE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING SUPPORT AT THIS TIME.

AB 2051 IS THE COASTAL RESILIENCE PERMITTING WORKING GROUP, ANOTHER BILL FROM A MEMBER OF OUR DELEGATION, ASSEMBLYMEMBER WICKS. THIS LEGISLATION IS SEEKING TO BRING TOGETHER A NUMBER OF ENTITIES WHO PERMIT WORK ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COASTLINE, INCLUDING THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, TO DISCUSS HOW PERMITTING CAN BE IMPROVED.

MITIGATE FOR REDUNDANCIES, MITIGATE FOR TIME DELAYS AND ESCALATING COSTS.

A NUMBER OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY SOME OF THE CIRCULAR PATHWAYS OF SHORELINE PERMITS, LIKE OUR HAYWARD MARSH PROJECT. AND SO WE SEE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN BRINGING THESE DIFFERENT VOICES TO THE TABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT SORT OF HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THOSE PROCESSES. IF WE DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER, WE'RE NOT HEARING EACH OTHER. AND SO THIS IS SIMPLY STANDING UP A WORKING GROUP FOLLOWING THE WORKING GROUP. THAT WOULD BE THE DIRECTIVE FROM THIS BILL.

WE HOPE THAT FUTURE SOLUTIONS WOULD COME TO THE STATE LEVEL TO IMPROVE THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

SO THIS WOULD BE A MULTI YEAR EFFORT. AB 1311.

THIS BILL WAS. UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T GET OUT OF COMMITTEE IN TIME.

SO AS OF TODAY IT'S NO LONGER MOVING. HOWEVER, WE DO WANT TO BRING IT FORWARD AS SUPPORT AND CONCEPT.

THIS BILL WOULD UTILIZE FUNDING FROM PROPOSITION 4 TO INVEST IN RANGELAND AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES AS DEFINED EBRPD IS OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS USED FOR RANGELAND PURPOSES, WOULD QUALIFY FROM INVESTMENTS MADE BY THIS PROGRAM.

AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO SEE IT BE REINTRODUCED OR INTEGRATED INTO ANOTHER BILL PACKAGE.

AND SO WE DO RECOMMEND SUPPORT. AB 1456. THIS IS A TREND WE CONTINUE TO SEE.

SO AS OUR BOARD KNOWS, THE GOVERNOR PUT FORWARD AN EXECUTIVE ORDER WHICH AIMED TO STREAMLINE AND SIMPLIFY PERMITTING FOR NECESSARY VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.

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THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER HAS A LIFE SPAN TO IT. AND SO WE'RE SEEING A NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE TO CODIFY THE IMPACT OF THAT ORDER, TO IMPROVE THE CEQA PROCESS, TO EXPAND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACROSS THE STATE.

AND SO WE RECOMMEND SUPPORT AS WELL. ANOTHER BILL FROM OUR DELEGATION, ASSEMBLYMEMBER LORI WILSON, AB 2184. THIS IS A CAP AND INVEST FUNDING FOR NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS.

AND THIS BILL, IT SEEKS TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING FROM THE GREENHOUSE GAS FOR NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL FOR CAP AND TRADE, IT WAS LARGELY FOCUSED ON THE MORE TRADITIONAL INVESTMENT AREAS AS WELL AS WILDFIRE MITIGATION WAS THE TOP PRIORITY, AND SO THIS WOULD EXPAND WHAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITH THE GGRF FUNDING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE WORK OF THE PARK DISTRICT.

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR STATE BILL PACKAGE FOR TODAY. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND WE ARE ASKING FOR A SUPPORT POSITION. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIKE ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO THE REGISTRATION FUND AND THEN HAVE THIS AVAILABLE TO THE DMV FOR ADMINISTERING THESE NEW REQUIREMENTS.

SO REGISTRATION FEES. I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE READ ABOUT IN THE PAPER.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. ABOUT THE IDEA OF, IF NOT A LICENSING, SOME SORT OF LIKE REGISTRATION PERMIT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DISPLAYED ON AN E-BIKE.

IS THAT WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED AS A SECOND BULLET POINT? SO I BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE THE REGISTRATION FEE FOR THE LICENSE PROCESS THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

SO IT WOULD COME WITH AN ADDITIONAL COST TO GO THROUGH, SIMILAR TO A DRIVER'S LICENSE.

AND I GUESS. SO IN PASSING THIS. SO THEN THIS WOULD REQUIRE THIS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND SO THEN REMIND ME AGAIN.

SO BIKE EAST BAY OPPOSES THIS AS PART OF THAT, THIS REGISTRATION.

THEY DON'T THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE. SO IT'S NOT.

SO THEIR STATEMENT HAS NOT BEEN THAT THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE LICENSES. THIS BILL, IT DOES HAVE SUPPORT SUCH AS FROM THE YOUTH COMMISSION. BIKE EAST BAY OPPOSITION IS THAT THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS BILL IS ADDRESSING WHAT THEY SEE AS THE BIGGEST E-BIKE ISSUE. AND THEY'RE KIND OF LEVERAGING THIS MOMENT AND THEIR PLATFORM TO REALLY BRING DAYLIGHT TO THE FACT THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO SEE INCREASED USE OF E-BIKES AND OTHER NON-MOTORIZED VEHICLES ON REGIONAL TRAILS, WE NEED TO EXPAND THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THOSE TRAILS.

SO WE HAVE MASSIVE HIGHWAYS ACROSS THE STATE.

I THINK HAVING LARGER BIKEWAYS AND PATHWAYS FOR USE IS REALLY WHAT THEY'RE ADVOCATING FOR.

SO THEY JUST, THEY'RE KIND OF REDIRECTING THE ENERGY TOWARDS SOMETHING. NOW, IF A BILL CAME FORWARD WITH THAT, WE WOULD LIKELY BRING IT BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORT AS WELL. SO IT'S A WELL-INTENDED OPPOSITION, REALLY, AIMING TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THEY SEE AS THE MAIN ROUTE OF THE E-BIKE ISSUE.

AND THEN THIS MIGHT BE GOOD FOR US TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE I KNOW THIS CAME UP.

BECAUSE WE DON'T ALLOW CLASS 3 VEHICLE ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

THAT'S CORRECT AND BY THIS YOU KNOW, THIS ASSEMBLY BILL PASSING THEN AND REQUIRING TO HAVE A LICENSE PLATE DISPLAYED THAT WOULD HELP US THEN IDENTIFY IF THERE ARE CLASS 3 ELECTRIC BICYCLES ON OUR NATURAL.

I THINK IT WOULD BE ANOTHER WAY TO IDENTIFY. YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE SAME BILL.

GREAT. SO TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A LICENSE, LIKE A CAR, DO YOU HAVE TO BE 16 YEARS OLD? IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY SAID IN THE LEGISLATION AT THIS TIME, BUT THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING.

BECAUSE THAT'S A GOOD IDEA [LAUGHTER]. 12-YEAR-OLDS RUNNING AROUND ON CLASS 2 OR 3 JUST SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED, PERIOD. I WAS WONDERING ON THE VEGETATION TREATMENT PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO STREAMLINE EVERYTHING WILL THAT.

I UNDERSTAND WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE TRIBAL TECHNIQUES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT SOUNDS FAIRLY GLOWING, BUT IS IT A PATHWAY TO USING MORE HERBICIDES? OR IS ANY. I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW THAT [LAUGHTER] ANSWER.

OR WHO IS OPPOSING THIS? IS ANYBODY OPPOSING THIS? TO MY UNDERSTANDING THERE IS NOT STRONG OPPOSITION TO THIS LEGISLATION.

OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. WELL, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORWARD THESE.

SUPPORT OF THESE TO THE FULL BOARD. WOULD ANYBODY CARE TO MOVE THAT.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO THE FULL BOARD.

SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT. THANK YOU.

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WE'LL MOVE NOW TO FEDERAL LEGISLATION. WELCOME, ERICH.

ERICH PFUEHLER DIVISION LEAD FOR GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS. RELATIVELY SHORT LIST OF FEDERAL BILLS.

FIRST ONE IS AN HONORARY PIECE OF LEGISLATION HONORING THE NATIONAL DAY OF PLAY.

AFTER THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE AFTER THE SPRING EQUINOX, WHICH IS COMING UP.

SO IT'S A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING THAT. AND THE IDEA IS OBVIOUSLY TO GET FOLKS OUTSIDE AND OFF THEIR SCREENS.

THIS LEGISLATION IS A RELATIVELY LARGE PUBLIC LANDS BILL THAT WE HAVE, THE BOARD HAS SUPPORTED IN THE PAST AND IT ESSENTIALLY MAKES 900,000 ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND PERMANENTLY PROTECTED.

SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE BLM LANDS, WHICH ARE WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

IT ALSO DESIGNATES 700 MILES OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS, AND IT FOCUSES ON THREE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE THE CENTRAL COAST AND THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS.

AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT SENATOR PADILLA SUPPORTS, BUT ALSO IS STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY THE RANKING MEMBER IN THE HOUSE, JARED HUFFMAN, WHO HAS STANDALONE LEGISLATION ON THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WILDERNESS ACT.

AND WE WILL BE OR SOME OF US WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE FEDERAL ADVOCACY CONFERENCE WILL BE MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE HUFFMAN'S COMMITTEE STAFF DISCUSSING NOT ONLY THIS LEGISLATION, BUT THE BROADER CONCEPT OF A OF A BROADER PUBLIC LANDS PACKAGE THAT COULD BE PRODUCED NEXT CONGRESS. SO THAT SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION.

AND WE'RE ASKING FOR SUPPORT ON THIS BILL, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE IN THE SENATE BILL AS WELL.

AND THEN THE LAST BILL IS ALSO SENATOR PADILLA.

THIS WOULD SET ASIDE $1 BILLION A YEAR FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION.

GRANTS WOULD BE AS LARGE AS $10 MILLION FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

THIS COULD ACTUALLY SUPPORT SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING ON THE WILDLAND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT STRATEGY DISTRICT WIDE.

SO A GOOD PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT. IT'S A FIVE YEAR WINDOW ON THAT BILLION DOLLARS.

SO IT'S A PROGRAM THAT ONLY IS CURRENTLY WOULD BE SCHEDULED TO EXTEND FOR FIVE YEARS.

AND WITH THAT, WE ARE, WE ARE SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THIS PACKAGE OF BILLS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY, GREAT. ERICH THE NATIONAL DAY OF PLAY. [LAUGHTER] THE WHEN IS THIS PLAN FOR THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR? IT'S MARCH 21ST IS WOULD BE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A COUPLE DAYS AWAY FROM HERE.

I GUESS IT'S NOT GOING TO GET DONE THIS YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH.

IT WOULD BE DESIGNATING THAT DATE EVERY YEAR.

BUT NO, I DON'T THINK IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT THIS YEAR, BUT POTENTIALLY COULD HAPPEN NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER.

AND IN TRACKING THIS, I WOULD THINK THAT IF IT'S, IF, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T PASS, I THINK THE PARK DISTRICT SHOULD DO IT ON OUR OWN.

WHAT A GREAT CONCEPT. THE NATIONAL DAY OF PLAY.

WE COULD ALL USE THAT. JUST A COMMENT. ANYWAY.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND FORWARD? JUST PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THERE IS NONE.

[LAUGHTER] I KNEW THAT. OKAY, SO I'LL MOVE TO RECOMMEND SUPPORT OF THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION AS PRESENTED.

I'LL SECOND. GREAT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO THE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.

[Informational Items]

THE UPDATE ON OUR PARK DISTRICT 2026 STATE ADVOCACY.

ERICH PFUEHLER DIVISION LEAD FOR GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS. JUST A REAL QUICK SORT OF UPDATE ON OUR STATE ADVOCACY CONFERENCE, WHICH IS COMING UP IN APRIL. SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE MORE FOCUSED ON THE FEDERAL CONFERENCE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK. I DID WANT TO BRING TO THE COMMITTEE, AND THIS IS OUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO BEFORE APRIL 28TH.

JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING IN SACRAMENTO.

THE DAY OF MEETINGS WILL BE APRIL 18TH. THAT'S A TUESDAY.

WE HAVE ARRANGED FOR ACCOMMODATIONS THE NIGHT BEFORE FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE UP.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BE AT THE EEC'S OFFICES, WHICH IS OUR CONSULTANT BY 8:45, SO WE CAN HAVE A QUICK BRIEFING,

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MAYBE A CUP OF COFFEE AND THEN GO THROUGH THE SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY AND HOPEFULLY HAVE ALL OF OUR MEETINGS FINALIZED BY 4:00 P.M.

SO FOLKS CAN HEAD HOME. IN EACH MEETING, WE ARE PROPOSING A STANDARD AGENDA REALLY WANTING TO HIGHLIGHT THE EAST BAY HILLS CONSERVATION PROGRAM. THAT'S LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR AND SIGNED INTO LAW, REALLY DESIGNATING THE EAST BAY HILLS AS AN AREA OF STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OUR DELEGATION ON THAT PROGRAM IN THE IN THE ANTICIPATION THAT IN FUTURE BOND PROPOSALS OR OTHER BUDGETARY PROCESSES, A DIRECT ALLOCATION CAN BE MADE TO THE EAST BAY HILLS CONSERVATION PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD BENEFIT PARK DISTRICT RESTORATION EFFORTS, INCLUDING POTENTIALLY LAKE TEMESCAL. THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ASKING FOR INCREASING THE PROPOSITION FOR ALLOCATIONS IN THE STATE BUDGET OR SPECIFICALLY THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY AND FOR CAL FIRE.

THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET CALLED FOR $41 MILLION FOR THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY'S COASTAL RESILIENCE PROGRAM AND ONLY $1 MILLION FOR THE BAY PROGRAM OF THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY. SO WE'RE SUPPORTING A LETTER THAT WAS SENT BY SENATOR JOSH BECKER THAT WOULD INCREASE THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY'S ALLOCATION TO $60 MILLION AND WOULD INCREASE THE BAY PROGRAM ALLOCATION TO $15 MILLION.

AND THEN FOR CAL FIRE, THEIR LOCAL FORESTRY GRANTS.

THAT PROGRAM HAD $81 MILLION OF PROP 4 ALLOCATED LAST YEAR.

THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL HAS $58 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR IT.

AND THE REQUEST IS SIMPLY TO HAVE THE SAME ALLOCATION THIS YEAR AS LAST YEAR.

AND THEN THE LAST ITEM WOULD BE PROP 4 SPECIFIC ASKS AND NOT NECESSARILY ASKING DIRECTLY FOR DIRECT ALLOCATION, BUT REALLY HIGHLIGHTING PROGRAMS THAT THE PARK OR PROJECTS THE PARK DISTRICT HAS THAT WOULD BENEFIT OR COULD BENEFIT FROM PROP 4.

SO IN THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, WE CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH WHICH PROJECTS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR WHICH MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION.

SO FOR SENATOR CABALDON AND ALSO FOR ASSEMBLYMEMBER WILSON, DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BIG BREAK AMPHITHEATER PROJECT, THAT'S THE SHADE STRUCTURE OUT AT BIG BREAK. FOR SENATOR GRAYSON AS WELL AS ASSEMBLYMEMBER AVILA FARIAS.

TALKING ABOUT SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD, BOTH OF THOSE OFFICES HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH US ABOUT THAT PROJECT AND ARE BOTH VERY SUPPORTIVE.

FOR LAKE. FOR SENATOR ARREGUÍN AND THEN ALSO FOR ASSEMBLYMEMBER BUFFY WICKS TALKING ABOUT LAKE TEMESCAL AND POTENTIAL NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STUDY FUNDING MONEY AS LONG AS WELL AS LONG TERM NEED FOR SENATORS WAHAB AND ORTEGA.

TALKING ABOUT THE HAYWARD SHORELINE AND THE FUNDING NEEDS FOR THAT PROJECT.

AND THEN FOR SENATOR MCNERNEY THERE IS AN EFFORT.

THIS IS ALSO WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE REQUEST FOR ASSEMBLYMEMBER BAUER-KAHAN.

THERE IS AN EFFORT INITIATED TO BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER WILSON TO USE SOME GGRF FUNDS FOR NATURAL AND WORKING LANDS. AND SO AS PART OF THAT PROPOSAL, MORE FOCUSED ON THE AGRICULTURAL SIDE, WE WERE WORKING WITH THAT OFFICE TO TRY TO SECURE AN ALLOCATION FOR POND RESTORATION PROJECTS. THE PARK DISTRICT HAS OVER 600 PONDS.

THEY ALL ARE IN SOME NEED, SOME LEVEL OF RESTORATION AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 25 YEARS.

BUT EACH PROJECT IS REALLY ONLY ABOUT $80,000 EACH, SO IT'S HARD TO GET GRANT MONEY FOR THAT PROGRAM.

SO HAVING SOMETHING AT THE STATE LEVEL, A STATEWIDE PROGRAM COULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR NOT ONLY THE PARK DISTRICT FOR RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AND OTHER AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. SO THOSE ARE PROPOSED EXAMPLES THAT BOARD MEMBERS CAN SPEAK TO WHEN MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION.

AND WITH THAT, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. WE ARE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE CONSULTANT AND ACTUALLY TO SCHEDULE THE MEETINGS.

THERE MAY BE SOME DIVIDE AND CONQUER WORK GOING ON BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MEETINGS FOR.

JUST TO FIT INTO ONE DAY. AND SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S A MEETING WITH SENATOR WAHAB THAT DOESN'T CONFLICT AT THE SAME TIME AS SENATOR ORTEGA BECAUSE IT WOULD LARGELY BE THE SAME BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ATTEND BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS.

SO WITH THAT, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? I BELIEVE WHEN WE REVIEWED THE EAST BAY HILLS BILL LAST YEAR, I'D ASKED ABOUT THE DIABLO RANGE AND OUR EFFORTS IN REGARDS TO THE DIABLO RANGE.

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I KNOW ASSEMBLYMEMBER REBECCA BAUER-KAHAN DID CHAMPION AN ASSEMBLY BILL.

AND I BELIEVE WE ALSO SUBMITTED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR HER BILL.

BUT I JUST WONDER, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PRIORITIZE THE DIABLO RANGE MORE AND I THAT'S NEVER BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE BOARD TO MAKE THAT DECISION EITHER WAY. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW DO WE GET THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DIABLO RANGE TO BE PART OF OUR ADVOCACY WORK? WELL, WE DID, YOU'RE CORRECT. THE BOARD DID SUPPORT THE BAUER-KAHAN LEGISLATION.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY HELD UP IN COMMITTEE IN APPROPRIATIONS BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SAVE MOUNT DIABLO ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE NEXT ITERATION OF IT SO THAT IT DOESN'T TRIGGER A BUDGET ALLOCATION THAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD BE SURE TO VETO.

AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT BILL.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT A NEW STANDALONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

I BELIEVE THERE WAS A RESOLUTION JUST RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DIABLO RANGE, WHICH WE ALSO SUPPORTED, BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY, THERE WASN'T ANY BINDING EFFORT THERE.

SO IT'S, IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS AND SOMETHING THAT WE'LL, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON.

AND I KNOW COLIN AND I ARE BOTH ON THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, AND I BELIEVE IN THE FALL WE HAVE ON OUR WORK PLAN TO REVIEW THE.

AND DISCUSS AND TALK ABOUT THE DIABLO RANGE, BUT I KNOW I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEE US ELEVATE THAT AS A AT LEAST DISCUSS THE ABILITY TO ELEVATE IT AS A ADVOCACY PRIORITY.

SO MY POINT IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE MEET WITH SENATOR MCNERNEY AND ASSEMBLYMEMBER REBECCA BAUER-KAHAN, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT THE DIABLO RANGE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADD THIS YEAR OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO WAIT TILL 2027. WE HAVE ELEVATED THAT PARTICULARLY.

PARTICULAR ISSUE WITH OUR CONSULTANTS. SO THEY ARE AWARE IT'S ON LIKE SORT OF THE TOP TIER OF THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING.

BUT GIVEN THAT THERE'S NOT ACTIVE LEGISLATION WE HAVEN'T ADDED IT TO, TO THE LIST, I THINK THERE'S ALSO SOME CONCERN ABOUT FROM WCB ABOUT SORT OF, THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD, ABOUT THAT PROGRAM IMPACTING OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ALSO BENEFIT THE PARK DISTRICT. SO THERE'S SOME NUANCES THERE THAT WE, I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO BE AWARE OF AND WORK OUT PERHAPS PRIOR TO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THIS IS INFORMATIONAL ONLY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. GREAT ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENT? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT. I KNEW THAT [LAUGHTER] OKAY. LET'S MOVE TO.

OKAY. LET'S MOVE TO THE REGIONAL PLAN ENGAGEMENT UPDATE.

GREAT GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ELSA GRANDVOINET-PELLEGRINI.

I'M A LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS TEAM.

WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE DISTRICT PLAN ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.

WE WANTED TO NOTE THAT THIS IS JUST ONE PART OF THE LARGER DISTRICT PLAN EFFORT GOING ON AT THE PARK DISTRICT IN COORDINATION WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND MUCH MORE.

AT THE PARK DISTRICT. OKAY, GREAT. SO AS PART OF PHASE 2 OF THE DISTRICT PLAN ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, WE WILL BE HOSTING A SERIES OF EIGHT COMMUNITY EVENTS THIS SUMMER WHICH ARE NOW BEING CALLED PARKS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIRS.

JESS WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE EVENT FLOW, BUT FIRST I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR GOALS FOR THESE EVENTS AND WHY WE HAVE DECIDED TO SET THESE UP. OUR HOPE IS TO PROVIDE A FUN AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.

TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THE DISTRICT PLAN TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT OUR PARKS OFFER PARKS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THESE EVENTS WILL BE HAPPENING, BUT ALSO DISTRICT WIDE. AND THIS IS WHERE THE RESOURCE FAIR ELEMENT WILL COME INTO PLAY, BUT JESS WILL GO OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN HER EVENT FLOW DESCRIPTION.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT AND ENGAGE WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

SO ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO HOST THESE EVENTS OUTSIDE OF OUR PARKS.

THIS IS TO REALLY ENGAGE PEOPLE THAT MAYBE ARE NOT REGULARLY ATTENDING PARKS, INVOLVED IN OUR SERVICES TO SHARE WHAT WE DO WITH THEM.

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WE ALSO WANT THEIR FEEDBACK AND WE WANT TO WELCOME THEM TO OUR PARKS TO HOPEFULLY USE THOSE SERVICES MORE DOWN THE LINE.

THE LOCATIONS YOU SEE LISTED RIGHT THERE. THESE REFLECT AREAS WHERE IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE DISTRICT PLAN ENGAGEMENT SURVEY RESULTS WERE LOWER.

WE'D REALLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM THESE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD FROM AND OUR COMMUNITY GROUP PARTNERS WILL ALSO BE WELCOME TO TABLE AS PART OF THE RESOURCE FAIR ALONGSIDE OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, FIRE, LIFEGUARD SERVICES AND MUCH MORE.

THE REGIONAL PARK FOUNDATION REALLY ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TABLE WE WELCOME THEIR ENGAGEMENT.

AND WE JUST AGAIN, WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY ALL THAT WE DO AND ALL THAT OUR LOCAL PARTNERS DO AS WELL.

SOME OF THE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED WITH IN PLANNING AT THIS STAGE ARE CIVICORP, POGO PARK, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION IN RICHMOND, THE NEWARK LIBRARY, URBAN TILTH HARD, THE HAYWARD AREA RECREATION DISTRICT AND LARPD, THE LIVERMORE AREA RECREATION PARK DISTRICT.

YEAH. SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OFF TO JESS.

SURE, SURE RIGHT SO WHEN YOU HAVE THE LIST OF THE YOU IDENTIFIED COMMUNITIES.

WITH LIMITED PARTICIPATION DURING THE INITIAL PLANNING PHASE. YES.

DID WE HAVE GOOD RESPONSES FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES OR? I'M NOT EXACTLY FAMILIAR WITH WHERE WE HAD THE HIGHEST RESPONSES AND LOWEST, BUT THESE WERE SOME OF THE MAIN ONES THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO HEIGHTEN THEIR RESPONSES. OF COURSE BUT HISTORICALLY, WE HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH FROM THESE COMMUNITIES.

SO JUST. YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WITH OUR SEGMENTATION, SOMETIMES WHEN WE HAVE A TRI-VALLEY, TRI-VALLEY TYPICALLY ALSO INCLUDES SAN RAMON AND DANVILLE, ALONG WITH THE ALAMEDA COUNTY CITIES OF DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, AND PLEASANTON. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE IN TERMS OF THOSE TWO CITIES, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF DUBLIN CAN BE A REALLY GOOD LOCATION BECAUSE IT'S CENTRAL TO ALL FIVE TRI-VALLEY CITIES.

SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO JUST CONSIDER AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE INSTEAD OF EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY, MAYBE DUBLIN. SO THAT'S MORE CENTRAL TO THE TRI-VALLEY.

YEAH AND WE REALLY WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK AND ANY IDEAS.

WE'RE STILL WORKING IN THE BEGINNING PHASES OF SETTING THESE EVENTS UP.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO WELCOME TO THE EVENT, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY TRY AND REACH OUT AND WORK WITH THEM.

YES, YES. AND WE CAN WORK WITH DIRECTOR MERCURIO AS WELL, SINCE I KNOW HE REPRESENTS THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PORTION OF THE TRI-VALLEY, SAN RAMON AND DANVILLE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO I WANT TO SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY GATHERING TARGETED AT THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING BRIONES.

AND FOR THAT REASON, I THOUGHT HOLDING ONE IN THE ORCHARD AT BRIONES, AT ALHAMBRA CREEK STAGING AREA WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA.

IT'S ALMOST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU'RE TARGETING WITH THESE COMMUNITIES HERE.

THEY'RE VERY, VERY ENGAGED. RIGHT. AND THEY WOULD BE, FEEL VERY MUCH SLIGHTED IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING.

AND I'VE TALKED TO THE MAYOR OF MARTINEZ ABOUT IT SEVERAL TIMES.

SHE'S ENCOURAGING US TO DO THAT. AND ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

YEAH, AND ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WE'RE THIS IS ONE PART OF THE LARGER DISTRICT PLAN ENGAGEMENT.

SO THESE ARE EIGHT EVENTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM IS SETTING UP TO KIND OF COMPLEMENT AND FILL IN SOME HOLES OF WHERE THE FULL DISTRICT PLAN ENGAGEMENT EFFORT IS, HAPPENING.

A NUMBER OF EFFORTS. AND SO ONE OF THOSE ARE THESE.

ANOTHER ONE IS WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE JUST HAD THE KICKOFF OF, KIND OF LIKE THEM DOING OUTREACH TO UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, IN WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS THROUGH BRIAN'S TEAM IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THOSE ZOOM KIND OF SESSIONS, AND THEN HE'S FOLLOWED UP WITH PARTNERS THAT ARE MORE LIKE OUR TRADITIONAL PARTNERS, LIKE THE FOLKS AROUND BRIONES WHO WANT MORE ENGAGEMENT.

SO HE JUST MET LAST NIGHT WITH THE SIERRA CLUB.

HE'S MET WITH, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN IT.

SO I THINK IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, I CAN HELP SHARE THAT REQUEST WITH BRIAN, BUT HE MIGHT FOLLOW UP JUST TO GET MORE INFO.

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AND SO I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO BOTH LIKE HAVE SOME THINGS WITH OUR TRADITIONAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE REALLY ENGAGED, SOME THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF MORE OPEN, WHERE WE'RE DRAWING A BROAD AUDIENCE, AND THEN THE MORE TAILORED CBO ENGAGEMENT WHERE WE KNOW UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES MIGHT NOT FEEL AS WELCOME IN SOME PLACES.

WELL, YEAH, ELSA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

SO YOUR PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF EVENTS IS JUST CONCENTRATING ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.

AND I SEE YOU HAVE THESE A LIST OF EIGHT MEETINGS.

IS IT? THEN THEY HAVE MONTHS. YES. DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC DATES? WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE BOARD SHORTLY TO SETTLE SPECIFIC DATES AND GET YOUR AVAILABILITY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL JOIN THESE EVENTS AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE WARD ON YOUR SPECIFIC WARD.

SO THAT WILL BE HAPPENING SHORTLY. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE PHASE OF CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND ESTABLISHING EVENT VENUES, AND THEN WE WILL BE NARROWING DOWN THE DATES.

OKAY. AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE, THE COMMUNITY BASED GATHERINGS OR THE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

THERE'S A MASTER LIST FOR THAT? WELL, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 16 THAT HAVE BEEN SIGNED UP AS CONTRACTORS FOR PART OF THIS PROCESS.

AND WE, AS MAX SAID, WE JUST HAD A KICKOFF MEETING WITH THEM ON FRIDAY AND WE WILL FIND EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TO ENGAGE THEM, SEE WHERE THEIR SYNERGIES BETWEEN WITH THESE EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING THEM IN TO SUPPORT SOME OF THESE EVENTS AS WELL.

AND IF, YOU KNOW. SO DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? I WAS JUST ASKING BRIAN ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I THINK ACTUALLY THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE FOR YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE CBOS.

I MEAN, FOR US AS STAFF AS WELL. BUT THEN THE OTHER THING WE WERE THINKING IS HAVING THEM AS THEY ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND HERE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY'LL PROVIDE INPUT TO US AROUND THE DISTRICT PLAN FOR STAFF, BUT WE'RE ALSO INTERESTED IN HAVING THEM PRESENT TO YOU ALL AS A BOARD AS THEY TALK WITH THE COMMUNITIES TO SHARE WHAT THEY'RE HEARING WITH YOU.

SO I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND REALLY WANT TO HEAR YOUR ADVICE AND IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE CAN WHAT, WHAT FEELS LIKE THE RIGHT APPROACH TO YOU AS WELL.

AND WE CAN PROVIDE THE LIST CERTAINLY OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING A WARD, AN UPDATE OF YOUR WARD AT ONE OF THESE EVENTS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE, I THINK JESSICA WITH THE FAIRVIEW MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COMMISSION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, BUT I.

IS THERE SOME MASTER LIST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED I'D LOVE TO HAVE A MASTER LIST WITH DAVE.

THERE. THERE IS. SO IF YOU GO TO THE DISTRICT PLAN WEBSITE AND THIS HAS BEEN TRUE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DISTRICT PLAN. THERE'S A WEBSITE AND AS MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED, THEY'RE UPDATED ON THAT DISTRICT PLAN. I FORGOT BRIAN WAS ACTUALLY THERE.

SO HERE I AM [LAUGHTER] TALKING ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION, BUT THE MAN HIMSELF IS HERE.

BUT YES, THAT THAT CONTINUES TO BE UPDATED WITH THE LISTS.

AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GIVE YOUR BOARD A PREVIEW BEFORE THESE THINGS GET SCHEDULED OF SORT OF LIKE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO CHECK IN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND WE REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE YOU IN THE PROCESS.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT JUST LIKE, I FEEL LIKE I'M A SPOILER ALERT [LAUGHTER] HERE GIVING AWAY THE COOL PARTS OF THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY COOL COMBINATION OF HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR BOARD TO PRESENT AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND US AS STAFF TO SUPPORT YOU AND RESULTS WISE IS THERE. SO WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE.

HOPEFULLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND AS MANY AS I CAN.

BUT WHO IS GOING TO PRESENT THE RESULTS? AND THE RESULTS FOR ME WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT RESULT WAS, DID TWO PEOPLE COME OR DID 200 PEOPLE COME? AND WHAT DID THEY WANT? WELL, OKAY I GUESS I WOULD SAY HE'S HERE. COME ON OVER BRIAN. I THINK LIKE TO ME, WE'RE HAVING A TON OF ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE BUILDING TOWARDS THIS PLAN.

PART OF IT IS LIKE, HOW DO WE CAPTURE THE THEMES OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN THE PLAN? BUT THE OTHER THING IS WE WANT YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE DECISION MAKERS AND US AS LEADERSHIP STAFF, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE HELPING TO INFORM WRITING THIS THING IS FOR YOU TO HEAR FROM FOLKS AND CREATE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO JUST HEAR THAT DIRECTLY.

BUT I'LL HAND IT OVER TO BRIAN BRIAN HOLT ACTING ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER, ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND PLANNING.

SO THERE'S MULTI-PRONGED SORT OF OUTREACH THAT'S GOING ON.

THERE'S THE FULL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO THE BOARD.

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THAT'S UP ON THE WEBSITE. IT'S UP ON THE BOARD'S RESOURCE PAGE AS WELL THAT DAVE MASON HAS PUT TOGETHER THAT HAS THE FULL ENGAGEMENT PLAN.

WHAT ELSA IS PRESENTING ON IS A VERY SPECIFIC SORT OF SUBSET OF THAT, WHICH IS ON THESE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS THAT ARE GOING ON SEPARATELY, LIKE MAX HAD MENTIONED. I MEAN, I'M HAVING, YOU KNOW, THREE PLUS MEETINGS A WEEK WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS SPECIFICALLY ON THE DISTRICT PLAN PLUS JUST THE SORT OF GENERAL WEBINAR OUTREACH THAT WE'VE DONE, WHICH I KNOW DIRECTOR COFFEY HAS JOINED SOME WHICH WE APPRECIATE.

AND THEN THERE'S WE'VE BEEN KIND OF JUST MAKING OURSELVES AVAILABLE SAYING, HEY, IF YOU ALL WANT TO MEET WITH US, WE'RE HERE, WE'RE AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH YOU ALL. IN TERMS OF RESULTS AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE REPORTED BACK, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS THEY'RE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INPUT THAT WE'RE GETTING ON THIS.

SOME OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND TALKING WITH FOLKS AND GETTING THEM YOU KNOW, FAMILIAR WITH THE PARK DISTRICT AND WHAT WE DO AND, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF THE TYPICAL SORT OF STUFF THAT WE DO, BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO DIRECT THEM TO OUR ONLINE ACTIVITIES. SO WE'VE HAD YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF THESE PRESENTATIONS.

AND AND THEN AS WE'RE HAVING EVENTS, WE'VE HAD IPADS AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS TO GO ON AND KIND OF ENGAGE WITH THESE ONLINE ACTIVITIES.

SO WE'RE SORT OF GETTING THAT AS WELL. ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE KIND OF PACKAGED UP AND, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRESENT RESULTS AS IT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, COMES TO AN END, WHICH IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, LATER THIS SUMMER SO. AND THIS, THESE EVENTS IN PARTICULAR, WHICH JESSICA HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO EVEN PRESENT ON THE STRUCTURE [LAUGHTER].

BUT SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THE WAY THESE HAVE BEEN DESIGNED, WHICH SHE'S GOING TO GET TO, HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE TO YOUR REQUEST TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE, TO CONNECT WITH YOUR WARDS AND PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW.

THE WAY WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT IT IS YOU CAN PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE ASSETS AND RESOURCES, NOT JUST IN YOUR WARD, BUT REGION WIDE WITH THE PARK DISTRICT, BUT THEN ALSO REALLY HELPED GET PEOPLE'S MINDS WRAPPED AROUND, OKAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESOURCES IN THE PARK DISTRICT AND WHAT I HAVE ACCESSIBLE TO ME OR WHAT I.

AND IT GETS THEIR MIND KIND OF FLOWING WHERE THEY CAN WEIGH IN ON THE DISTRICT PLAN AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE OR WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE.

SO THEN THEY CAN MORE, YOU KNOW, HEAR FROM YOU IN YOUR RESPECTIVE WARDS AND THEN REALLY ENGAGE WITH THE QUESTIONS AND KIND OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING IN TERMS OF THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE DISTRICT PLAN. I DON'T KNOW, JESSICA, DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN ON THAT? SURE. JESSICA CAUSER, ACTING LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT WITH GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.

SO AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE KIND OF GOALS OF THESE SPECIFIC COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, WHICH ARE PART OF THE LARGER PHASE 2 DISTRICT PLAN ENGAGEMENT, ARE TO GO OUT INTO THESE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TRADITIONALLY HAD LOWER RESPONSE RATES.

AND SO INCREASING ENGAGEMENT ON THE DISTRICT PLAN, BUT ALSO AS, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, RAISING VISIBILITY AND AWARENESS OF THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO THESE COMMUNITIES AND MEETING THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY ARE IN THESE LOCATIONS.

SO PROVIDING THAT UPDATE, THAT KIND OF STATE OF THE WARD WHAT'S GOING ON IN EACH AREA, BUT ALSO DISTRICT WIDE SO THAT FOLKS HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WAYS THAT THEY CAN ENGAGE WITH THE PARK DISTRICT.

AND SO THE WAY IN WHICH WE WILL, WE'RE HOPING TO RUN THESE AND WE WOULD, WE'RE COMING TO YOU EARLY AS WE DON'T HAVE DATES FOR THESE YET, SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF INTRODUCE THIS EARLY ON, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM ALL OF YOU AS WELL AS WE KIND OF HEAD DOWN THE ROAD INTO PLANNING THESE OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES.

SO THE IDEA IS THAT THESE WOULD START WITH ABOUT 30 TO 45 MINUTES OF KIND OF STATE OF THE WARD, SOME PROCESS AND UPDATE FROM EXECUTIVE STAFF ABOUT THE DISTRICT PLAN ITSELF AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN THERE WOULD BE KIND OF A RESOURCE FAIR AND MIXER AND LIGHT REFRESHMENTS AND KIND OF A REALLY CASUAL SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL WELCOME TO ENJOY SPENDING TIME GETTING TO KNOW FOLKS FROM THE PARK DISTRICT. AND SO BE ABLE TO KIND OF GO AROUND TO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT TABLES, CHAT WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AT THE PARK DISTRICT AND ALSO COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

SO THESE WILL BE PLANNED IN COLLABORATION WITH SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY AND WILL BE COORDINATING WITH THEM, COORDINATING WITH PLANNING. PLANNING WILL BE AT THESE EVENTS AND HAVE THESE DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN ENGAGE WITH AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOU ALL HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN YOUR WARDS.

AND SO THESE ARE JUST KIND OF OUR INITIAL KIND OF PROPOSED SCHEDULE AND IDEAS THAT WE WOULD WELCOME FEEDBACK ON, WE WOULD WELCOME HEARING FROM YOU. WE HAVE KIND OF THIS APRIL THROUGH AUGUST TIME FRAME.

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LIKELY STARTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO MAY PROBABLY.

AND THEN SOME OF THESE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CONNECTIONS OUT TO FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THESE TBDS ARE JUST WAITING TO HEAR RESPONSES BACK AND KIND OF CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THESE AREAS, IDENTIFYING THE BEST VENUE TO GET THE COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND THEN ENGAGING WITH THESE VENUES AND OTHER COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA TO GET COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THE WORD OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND GET FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO COME AND ENGAGE AT THESE EVENTS.

SO AGAIN, WE WOULD WELCOME KIND OF FEEDBACK IDEAS, THOUGHTS ABOUT SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS AS WE MOVE DOWN THE ROAD TO PLANNING THESE FOR THIS LATE SPRING AND SUMMER.

GREAT. THEY'LL BE ON SATURDAYS. [LAUGHTER] YEAH.

SO THESE ARE ABOUT TWO HOURS EITHER KIND OF IN THE MORNING OR AFTERNOON.

BASED ON AVAILABILITIES THEY'LL BE HELD ON SATURDAYS.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT SATURDAYS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

ANY QUESTIONS FURTHER? THANK YOU. LET ME FOLLOW UP ON SATURDAYS IN PARKS OR IN COMMUNITIES? IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO THE IDEA HERE IS THAT WE'LL BE GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY TO MEET, TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE, BUT BE ABLE TO SHARE ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE PARKS, THE PARKS THAT ARE IN THAT WARD AND BEYOND.

TO KIND OF MEET THE COMMUNITIES IN A LOCATION THAT FEELS WELCOMING TO THEM IN A COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A COMMUNITY VENUE A COMMUNITY CENTER, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEN BE ABLE TO SHARE THE RESOURCES THAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS TO OFFER.

THANK YOU I'M REALLY THRILLED TO SEE ALL OF THIS COMING TOGETHER.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR ORGANIZING THIS AND PRESENTING THIS TODAY.

I GUESS ONE THING I'LL SAY I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, BEING FOCUSED ON THE WARDS, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MEETING COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY ARE, AT LEAST FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT I REPRESENT, I DON'T KNOW IF THE WARD CENTRIC APPROACH WORKS THE BEST.

AND I THINK THE WAY YOU HAVE IT ORGANIZED ACTUALLY KIND OF MAKES IT THAT WAY.

SO BECAUSE I THINK I WAS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WHERE YOU PUT SOUTHERN ALAMEDA COUNTY TOGETHER WITH FREMONT, UNION CITY, AND NEWARK, AND THAT WOULD BE WARDS 3 AND 5 COMBINED.

AND SO CERTAINLY I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO WORK.

AND I'M SURE THIS WAS PART OF THE INTENTION. WORK CLOSELY WITH DENNIS ON SOUTHERN ALAMEDA COUNTY AND LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE CITY OF FREMONT AND UNION CITY AS WELL AS NEWARK.

AND TYPICALLY ALSO WITH THE WARD REPORTS, I KNOW WHEN I MEET WITH FOLKS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF FREMONT THAT I, THAT WARD 5 INCLUDES, AND THEN NEWARK, I USUALLY WILL HAVE THE WARD 3 REPORT WITH ME BECAUSE OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE TO GO TO ARDENWOOD AND ARDENWOOD IS TECHNICALLY IN WARD 3, NOT WARD 5, EVEN THOUGH LIKE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS THE CITY OF NEWARK. SO IT'S A VERY POPULAR AND IMPORTANT PARK TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NEWARK.

AND I'M HAPPY TO WORK TOGETHER. I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL, WE ALREADY AGREED TO JUST WORK TOGETHER ON EVERYTHING IN REGARDS TO THE TRI-CITIES.

AND SO RATHER THAN MAKE IT WARD CENTRIC, IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE TRI-CITIES CENTRIC.

AND WE'D BE, I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK TOGETHER WITH DENNIS ON THAT.

AND I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT THE TRI-VALLEY, RIGHT? CERTAINLY WORKING WITH DIRECTOR MERCURIO AND KIND OF HEARING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MAYBE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SAN RAMON, DANVILLE, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PORTION OF THE TRI-VALLEY.

IT MAY MAKE DUBLIN A MORE APPEALING LOCATION IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DRAW IN FOLKS FROM THOSE TWO CITIES.

PLUS ALSO WITH DUBLIN [LAUGHTER] IT DOES GET US A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO CASTRO VALLEY AS WELL.

AND THAT CAN ALSO BE APPEALING TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN WARD 3.

AND I THINK, I THINK RATHER THAN BE WARD CENTRIC, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE IDEAL LOCATION IS TO DRAW IN AS MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. AND I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT WE'RE WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER AS A BOARD. THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS HAD THE DREAM OF HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT. ACTUALLY, IF YOU'RE THINKING OF VENUES IN LIVERMORE, CERTAINLY TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR AIR SUPPORT UNIT AND MAYBE POSSIBLY ALSO HAVE DOOLAN CANYON OPEN SO THAT PEOPLE COULD GO OUT AND EXPERIENCE DOOLAN CANYON THAT SAME DAY.

SINCE THAT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT, THAT IS LIKE A DREAM EVENT THAT I'VE HAD IN MY MIND.

SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD FIT INTO THIS, THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST.

BUT IT MAY BE THAT IF WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IN A LOT OF PEOPLE, I KNOW WE HAVE LARPD LISTED HERE, AND CERTAINLY WE WOULD WANT TO WORK WITH THEM WHEREVER WE'RE DOING THE TRI-VALLEY LOCATION. BUT IT MAY BE THAT DUBLIN MIGHT BE THE BEST LOCATION BECAUSE THEN WE CAN BRING IN SAN RAMON, DANVILLE AND CASTRO VALLEY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.

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IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, BUT I DO THINK THAT TRYING TO GET THE MOST PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE IN LIKE THE CENTRALIZED COMMUNITY LOCATIONS, I THINK IS REALLY IDEAL AND VERY EXCITING BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL WANT TO ENGAGE WITH US AND SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS.

AND I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF HIGHLIGHTING YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, BEING NEAR OUR PARKS WHILE WE MIGHT HAVE IT AT A COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND I THINK YOU EVEN BROUGHT THIS UP WITH BRIONES HAVING IT AT THE ALHAMBRA STAGING AREA.

I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO COMBINE IT WITH A NEARBY PARK.

SO IF WE HAD LIVERMORE AIRPORT, LIKE I SAID, AND DOOLAN CANYON WAS OPEN.

I THINK THAT THAT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE MAYBE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T REALIZE THAT THAT PARKS NEARBY.

YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT AND APPRECIATE ALL OF THE FEEDBACK.

I THINK THAT'S SOME OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO DEFINITELY NOTING ALL OF THAT. AND I WILL SAY THAT I DON'T THINK THE IDEA IS THAT ONLY THE BOARD MEMBER FROM THAT WARD IS INVITED [LAUGHTER].

SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE EXCLUSIVE LIKE THAT.

THAT'S NOT THE IDEA. YEAH. THANK YOU. GREAT THANKS.

HOW ARE THESE EVENTS GOING TO BE ADVERTISED? SO WE'LL BE.

YEAH, WE'LL BE WORKING TO ADVERTISE THEM THROUGH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION PARTNERS.

AND SO GETTING THE WORD OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS ADVERTISING ON OUR SITE AS WELL.

AND SO THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SPREADING IT OUT IN A WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ACCESSING THIS INFORMATION.

THESE WILL BE. MAYBE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. THESE ARE GOING TO TARGET SPECIFIC GROUPS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, OR IS THE GENERAL PUBLIC GOING TO BE TOLD ABOUT THEM? YEAH. SO THEY'RE PUBLIC EVENTS. SO SOMEBODY WALKING BY WOULD BE ABLE TO STOP IN AND PARTICIPATE.

THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY TARGETED AT SPECIFIC, LIKE ONLY SPECIFIC COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS CAN PARTICIPATE.

WE'RE JUST USING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS TO WORK TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY TO KIND OF GATHER MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

SO THEY WON'T NECESSARILY BE JUST SPECIFIC, FOR THESE EVENTS, THEY WON'T BE TARGETED AT SPECIFIC COMMUNITY PARTNERS OR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. IT WILL BE LEVERAGING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS TO ALSO BRING IN OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THESE AREAS.

IF THAT MAKES SENSE SPEAKERS] THROUGH THE PARTNERS. I'M, YOU KNOW, IS THERE GOING TO BE AN AD IN THE NEWSPAPER? EVERYONE'S INVITED TO THIS EVENT. YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT.

I MEAN, WE. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. OKAY AND WE HAVE AN ADVERTISING BUDGET. I MEAN, IS IT JUST AS A REMINDER.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS ABOUT CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T RESPOND TO THAT FIRST SURVEY.

SO HOW ARE WE CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE JUST TRYING TO REACH.

FIND ANOTHER WAY TO REACH THEM IF THEY'RE NOT COMING TO OUR PARKS OR THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING TO OUR SURVEYS.

CAN WE MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND MAKE THEM AWARE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.

HEAR WHAT WOULD MAKE OUR PARKS MORE ATTRACTIVE TO THEM? MAYBE, YOU KNOW, JUST FIND EVERY AVENUE AND THIS IS JUST ONE ATTEMPT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.

BUT TO REALLY TRY A DIFFERENT STRATEGY TO REACH AUDIENCES THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T HEARD FROM.

AND SO THIS IS, THIS IS OUR, YOU KNOW, TRYING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

SO I THINK IT'S GOOD AROUND THE ADVERTISING AND OTHER WAYS OF REACHING THEM.

WE'RE GOING TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER AVENUES.

OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD IF I MIGHT ADD, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. BUT I ALSO THINK YOU HAVE A LIST OF OVER 50 SPECIALTY GROUPS IN HERE THAT YOU'VE NAMED OR INTEREST GROUPS.

I HOPE YOU'LL ADVERTISE TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HATED THE PEOPLE THAT WE DIDN'T WANT THOSE FOLKS, BUT IN FACT, THEY WERE LED TO BELIEVE THAT THEY TOOK A TOOK THE SURVEY.

WELL, IF I CAN EXPAND ON LISA BALDINGER LEGISLATIVE POLICY MANAGEMENT ANALYST.

WE'RE SO EXCITED AND THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT ON THESE EVENTS.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME. AS JESS SHARED, WE WILL BE SHARING THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND PARTNERSHIP, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PUTTING ON ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. WE'LL BE ADVERTISING THROUGH TRADITIONAL MEDIUMS. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICES IN THE AREA TO BRING ATTENTION THROUGH THEIR NEWSLETTERS, THROUGH OUR NEWSLETTERS AND THROUGH OTHER AVENUES. SO THESE WILL BE OPEN TO EVERYONE.

AND ADDITIONALLY AT THE EVENTS. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANT TO HOST THEM IN THE COMMUNITY SPACES IN THE MORE URBAN SETTING IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO ALSO CAPTURE PASSER BUYERS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WELCOME SIGN IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES THAT SAYS, THIS IS AN EVENT OPEN TO ALL, AND ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US HERE. AND SO REALLY BEING AS INVITING AS POSSIBLE TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE WONDERFUL SERVICES,

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THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND THE IMPACT THAT THESE FOLKS, THEY'RE PAYING FOR THIS THROUGH THEIR TAXES.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN GET OUT OF IT. SO IT IS A BROAD APPROACH THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING OUT IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING THESE MEETINGS.

YOUR ATTENDANCE IS OUR PRIORITY, SO ONCE WE HAVE THE VENUE, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU ALL TO IDENTIFY WHICH SATURDAYS WORK BEST FOR YOU.

FOR BOTH THE BOARD MEMBER WHOSE WARD IT'S IN, AS WELL AS THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE THE SURROUNDING WARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN JOIN US. AND SO REALLY, HAVING YOU PRESENT AND ENGAGING WITH US IN PARTNERSHIP AT THESE EVENTS IS A PRIORITY TO US.

WELL, SO I GUESS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION WOULD BE THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE VERY ENGAGED THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS, TOOK THE SURVEY, ANTICIPATE BEING INVITED FOR MORE.

I'M SURE THEY GAVE THE 2,300 PEOPLE THAT DID RESPOND ORIGINALLY.

I ASSUME THEY GAVE SOME CONTACT INFORMATION. WILL WE CONTACT EACH OF THOSE FOR THESE MEETINGS? YES, YES.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE FOLKS. AND IN FACT, THEY CONTRIBUTE ALONG WITH YOUR BOARD AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT FIRST ROUND TO THE DRAFT GOALS AND PRIORITIES THAT WE WORKED WITH YOUR BOARD ON PRESENTED, I THINK, BACK IN OCTOBER 3RD. HAVE TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT OUR ON OUR WEBSITE THAT BRIAN AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, SO THAT WE TOOK THAT EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. IT'S, IT'S LED TO ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.

BUT WHAT WE HEARD FROM YOUR BOARD AND FROM THE PAC AND OTHERS WHEN WE PRESENTED WAS YOU NEED TO GO FURTHER, THAT YOU'VE ONLY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE IN TERMS OF WHO WE'VE TALKED TO IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM.

AND SO THIS EFFORT, THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, THE MEETINGS THAT BRIAN'S DOING WITH THE SIERRA CLUB AND OTHERS, ALL THAT EFFORT IS RESPONDING TO WHAT WE'VE HEARD.

I THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM YOUR BOARD FROM THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OTHERS, WHICH WAS YOU NEED TO DO MORE.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S GUIDING US. IT'S WE SUPER APPRECIATE ALL THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE GOT.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE AND CONNECT WITH ALL THOSE FOLKS.

I'LL ALSO ADD ONE EFFORT THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED IN TODAY'S MEETING IS THAT DISTRICT PLAN ENGAGEMENT WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN OUR PARKS, AT ALL LARGE FESTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS. AND SO THOSE HIGH USERS WILL BE ENGAGED THROUGH THOSE VENUES AS WELL.

BUT WE WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO COME OUT TO THESE GATHERINGS WITH US. THANK YOU GO AHEAD SO THOSE ARE OUR EAST BAY PARK'S FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. BUT I ALSO REMEMBER HEARING EARLIER. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE INCREASING OUTREACH AT PLACES LIKE ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FAIRS AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS.

AND I'M CURIOUS, AGAIN, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT, THE DAY THAT THE MOST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE LIKELY TO BE AT THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT, I'LL HAVE TO CONFIRM THAT THE EVENTS HAPPENING THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S BEEN ON THE 4TH OF JULY.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS IS TO HAVE YOU KNOW, A PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER ON 4TH OF JULY.

IT ALSO MIGHT HELP US, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CROWDS AT DEL VALLE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON 4TH OF JULY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT COULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE LIVERMORE COMMUNITY WHEN WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE THE MOST PEOPLE AT THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT.

AND I BELIEVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ALREADY DOES HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS THAT DAY SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY THERE.

BUT MAYBE WE CAN COMBINE EFFORTS ON THAT DAY.

AND THAT COULD BE A GOOD WAY TO REACH PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT.

SAME WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR. MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OUR INTENTIONS AND PROGRAMING AT ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR.

BUT I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR FOR US TO YOU KNOW, HAVE A DESIGNATED DAY TO RENT ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW SPECIAL FACILITIES AT THE FAIR AND WE CAN INVITE PEOPLE TO MEET US THERE, BUT THEN ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY AT THE FAIR AND KIND OF RUN MAYBE A SIMILAR SITUATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE PARK DISTRICT AND GATHER INPUT.

AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT AN EVENT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE AT, AND IT'LL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTIES AND MAYBE NEAR LIKE THE 4-H BOOTHS OR THE 4-H AREAS COULD BE A GOOD LOCATION TO, TO TARGET AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

AND I THINK SO THEN WHEN THINKING ABOUT THE LOCATIONS FOR THESE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT SLIDE AFTER THIS, YOU KNOW, IF WE THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE EVENTS THAT MIGHT ALSO CHANGE THE CALCULUS OF WHERE WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, TARGETED EVENTS, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL GOING ON AT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR AND THEN MAYBE 4TH OF JULY AT THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT, LIKE IN MY MIND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT CALCULUS. OKAY, SO THEN MAYBE THAT DOES MAKE DUBLIN MAYBE AN IDEAL LOCATION, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEN WE CAN DRAW ON PEOPLE FROM SAN RAMON AND DANVILLE AND POSSIBLY CASTRO VALLEY THAT DAY.

THIS IS GREAT FEEDBACK, AND THIS CONVERSATION HAS REALLY BECOME MUCH MORE EXPANSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE. WE'RE EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT THE GOOD WORK OF JESS AND ELSA, AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE PUT TOWARDS THESE EIGHT EVENTS. AND THEN ALSO OUR TEAM PLANNING EXTERNAL AFFAIRS BROADLY IS ENGAGING.

WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED.

THIS WEEKEND ON SATURDAY IS GOING TO BE THE AMBASSADOR TRAINING, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE EQUIPPED WITH TOOLS TO SPEAK ON THE DISTRICT PLAN TO GO OUT INTO COMMUNITY. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THEY ARE OPEN TO PARTNERING WITH BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED TO GO TO SPECIFIC COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ENGAGE BROADLY.

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AND SO WE ARE INTERNALLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALL OF THIS.

SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. AND THEN AS EVENTS ARE LOCKED IN AND CONFIRMED, THOSE ARE BEING UPDATED ON THE DISTRICT PLAN PUBLIC WEBSITE.

AND THEN I ALSO BELIEVE DAVE MASON IS UPDATING YOU ALL REGULARLY ON THESE EVENTS CONFIRMATIONS.

AND THEN I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION I THOUGHT OF. SO I KNOW WE GOT THIS NICE APPENDIX WITH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WORK PLAN WITH A LIST OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING I THINK THERE'S SO MANY ON HERE AND I'LL PROBABLY GO THROUGH IT AND TRY TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL NON-PROFITS, BUT THERE WERE TWO THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY.

I READ THROUGH THIS ONE IS IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT BE MISSING UNINCORPORATED EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY.

SO THOSE ARE MOSTLY THE FOLKS THAT LIVE AROUND DEL VALLE. AND CERTAINLY THAT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDER GROUP FOR US TO INCLUDE ON THIS LIST.

AND THEN WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES, I KNOW WE TRIED OUR BEST TO, TO BE COMPREHENSIVE, BUT I THINK WE MAY WANT TO JUST LOOK AT THE MAP OF ALL THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS AND THEN SPECIFICALLY AN IMPORTANT PARTNER, AND WE MAY WANT TO EVEN CONSIDER OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM OR SOME TYPE OF MEETING WITH THEM BECAUSE I THINK BECAUSE ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THEIR BOARD HAS ASKED ME FOR THAT MEETING IS OHLONE COLLEGE.

SPECIFICALLY, WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM IN TERMS OF USING AT THE FREMONT CAMPUS, USING THE PARKING LOT AS AN OPTION FOR PEOPLE TO PARK AT TO ACCESS MISSION PEAK.

AND THERE ARE SOME TOPICS RELATED TO THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH OHLONE COLLEGE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH US ABOUT SPECIFICALLY.

FANTASTIC. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK, THAT DOCUMENT. SO PLEASED THAT YOU READ IT.

THANK YOU. IT WAS A CONTRIBUTION FROM A NUMBER OF OUR COLLEAGUES.

AND THAT LIST THAT YOU HAVE, IT'S REALLY A FOUNDATION FOR OUR CRM PROJECT WITH THE BOARD IS AWARE OF.

AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO, THAT WE'RE ENGAGING WITH. AND SO ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ANY OF YOU HAVE, WE REALLY WELCOME THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS.

WE NOW MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? HEARING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.