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ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OUR CAPITAL PROJECT STUDY SESSION.
I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD STUDY SESSION AND IT'S MAY 1ST, 2026, 9:33 AM.
[ROLL CALL]
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL.ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND START REAL QUICK WITH THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THEN WE'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU KNOW, AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY THAT WE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL OF THE LANDS WITHIN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ARE THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF EAST BAY OHLONE, BAY MIWOK.
AND NORTHERN VALLEY YOKUT, WHO ARE POLITICALLY ORGANIZED AND REPRESENTED BY A NUMBER OF TRIBES TODAY.
WE MAKE THIS RECOGNITION AS A WAY TO RESPECT AND HONOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO FIRST CULTIVATED AND INHABITED THIS LAND.
THE PARK DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING WAYS TO WORK AND CONSULT WITH EAST BAY TRIBES AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE TRIBAL CITIZENS REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR LAND AND CULTURE.
[PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.PJ, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY STEPPING UP.
YOU WANT TO SHIFT TO THE TABLE? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
GOOD MORNING, BOARD AND STAFF.
I'M KEVIN SMALLMAN, A PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER AT WARM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY IN FREMONT.
I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS WHERE THE LINES INTERSECT BETWEEN HEALTHY PARKS AND HEALTHY PEOPLE.
MY JOB IS TO TEACH A COMMUNITY HOW TO LIVE JOYFUL, HEALTHY LIVES.
A CRITICAL TOOL IN THAT PURSUIT IS ACCESS TO NATURE.
HUMANS ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THE NATURAL WORLD.
WHILE WE'VE SPENT MILLIONS OF YEARS IN NATURE, IT'S ONLY BEEN THE LAST FEW GENERATIONS THAT WE'VE LOST THAT CONNECTION.
RESEARCH CONFIRMS THIS BIOLOGICAL NEED.
VIEWING A HORIZON LINE LOWERS OUR CORTISOL LEVELS, AND EVEN A PICTURE OF NATURE CAN REDUCE YOUR HEART RATE.
PROVIDE JOY, WHICH LEADS TO HEALTHY PEOPLE.
MOVING OUR BODIES THROUGH VARIED TERRAIN TEACHES MOTOR CONTROL, AND OPEN SPACES OFFER NOVELTY, FREEDOM, CREATIVITY, AND EXPLORATION.
DISCUSSIONS AROUND NATURE-BASED PLAY, NATURE PRESCRIPTIONS, AND RISKY PLAY ARE ALL AT THE FOREFRONT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO BE WELL-BALANCED, HOW TO HAVE RESILIENT BODIES, AND HOW TO TAKE A FALL WHEN YOU'RE 70.
THE DESIGN OF OUR OPEN SPACES MUST DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE.
YOU CAN'T GO FISHING WITHOUT A BODY OF WATER, AND PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO HIKE IF THERE'S AN ENTICING PATH.
AT THE CALIFORNIA TRAILS CONFERENCE, I WAS SHOCKED BY USAGE DATA PRESENTED.
SAN LEANDRO, HAYWARD, AND PARTS OF UNION CITY, REPRESENTING A HALF MILLION PEOPLE AND 20% OF THE DISTRICT POPULATION, SHOW ALARMINGLY LOW PARK USE.
THESE COMMUNITIES ARE BEING UNDERSERVED.
AS SOMEBODY WHO BELONGS TO THIS POPULATION, I'M TROUBLED.
THE DATA SHOWS A CLEAR PATTERN.
WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITY-FILLED LEGACY PARKS, THERE'S HIGH USE.
AND WHERE THERE ARE NEWER PARKS WITH FEWER AMENITIES, THERE'S LOW USE.
A YEAR AGO, I WAS EXCITED TO HEAR THE BOARD PRIORITIZE MOVING MORE PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECTS FORWARD.
THE STAFF RESPONDED WITH AN AMBITIOUS PLAN.
I HEARD THE DIRECTIVE, SAW THE PLAN, AND UNFORTUNATELY WATCHED AS IT WAS SLASHED.
WE NEED EVERY TOOL POSSIBLE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY MAINTAIN THEIR HEALTH AND HUMANITY.
I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE PLACES TO GO KITE SURFING, MEDITATE IN THE WOODS, TOUCH WATER, SCRAMBLE UP A ROCK, AND FIND A TRAIL TO GET A LITTLE WILD ON.
I WANT PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND THEIR LIMITS, LOSE THEIR BALANCE, AND ULTIMATELY FIND THEIR FOCUS.
AS THE DISTRICT HOLDS THE LION'S SHARE OF OPEN SPACES IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE.
YOU'RE THE OPPORTUNITY MAKERS AND YOU'RE THE GATEKEEPERS.
PLEASE KEEP BEING CREATIVE ON HOW YOU ARE USING YOUR REMAINING MEASURE WW FUNDING.
SO THEN NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY,
[CAPITAL PROJECTS]
SO THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA ITEM D, CAPITAL PROJECTS.AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR INTRODUCTIONS.
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OKAY, GREAT.SO THIS IS OUR WORKSHOP SERIES AND WE SEE THIS AS YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF A CONTINUATION OF OUR JANUARY BOARD RETREAT.
SOME OF US WERE THERE, SOME OF US WERE NOT THERE.
SO REAL QUICK, I DID WANT TO RECAP THAT DURING THAT RETREAT, WE TOOK THIS LION, OTTER, GOLDEN RETRIEVER, BEAVER PERSONALITY AND WORK STYLE SURVEY AND ASSESSMENT.
AND IT CAME OUT THAT WE ARE A PRIDE OF LIONS.
AND WE HAD A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION OF WHAT THAT MEANT, THAT WE'RE THIS PRIDE OF LIONS, MAYBE WITH A FEW OTTERS AND BEAVERS AMONGST OUR MIX, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF WORKING TOGETHER AND COMMUNICATION.
AND ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD IN JANUARY AT THIS RETREAT THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING WAS WHETHER OR NOT THE WORK STYLE AND WORK...
CULTURE OF THE PERALTA OAKS BOARDROOM MIGHT REQUIRE US TO BE LIONS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND MAYBE PERHAPS THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOME DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, SET UP OUR COLLABORATION AND OUR WORKING TOGETHER SO THAT WE DON'T ALL HAVE TO BE FORCED TO BE ONE PERSONALITY TYPE, ONE TYPE OF WORK STYLE.
OR IT MAY BE THAT WE JUST REALLY ARE A PRIDE OF LIONS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE TODAY.
WE REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU KNOW, MEGAN AND THEN ALSO KAREN FOR JOINING US TO HELP FACILITATE TODAY'S CONVERSATION ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS, PLANNING, AND BOARD PRIORITIES.
AND THIS IS REALLY GOING TO NOW BE A SERIES OF THREE SESSIONS.
SO TODAY IS THE FIRST OF THREE.
WE'LL BE COMING BACK HERE ON MAY 12TH IN ABOUT ONE AND A HALF WEEKS TO DISCUSS BOARD PRIORITIES.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A FINAL SESSION OF THIS THREE-PART SERIES ON MAY 19TH.
THIS ONE'S REALLY FUN, SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
AND I SPENT SOME TIME, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR SOME GREAT IMAGES FROM PARKS AND RECREATION, THE TV SHOW.
AND I THINK ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM CAN REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE BUILD A PARK AND THE WHITEBOARD FLOWCHART THERE IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE IMAGE ON THE UPPER LEFT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO CUT THROUGH THE RED TAPE TO GET THE PIT FILLED IN.
CERTAINLY WHEN I SAW THIS, IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THERE WAS THE CAMPGROUND AT DUMBARTON QUARRY THAT WAS A MAJOR PROJECT DURING THAT TIME.
I BELIEVE THAT MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME I MET LISA GORGIN AT THAT PAC MEETING WHEN SHE CAME TO TALK ABOUT DUMBARTON QUARRY AND FILLING IN THE PITS.
SO WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A FAIRLY RECENT PROJECT THAT WE CAN RELATE TO IN REGARDS TO THIS TV SHOW.
BUT IF YOU LOOK IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW IT TALKS ABOUT PLANNING AND PUBLIC MEETINGS AND ZONING.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER IN OUR PROCESSES HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IS REFLECTED IN THIS WHITEBOARD HERE FROM THE TV SHOW.
AND THEN ON THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER, YOU SEE SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE TV SHOW LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION OR MAYBE NOT LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE OF BEING HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES THAT...
UNDERLINE WHY WE ARE A SPECIAL DISTRICT WITH AN ELECTED BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT REPRESENTS THE PUBLIC.
THESE PROCESSES TO DELIBERATE AND TO DISCUSS AND MAKE DECISIONS, IT ISN'T ALWAYS THE MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD PROCESS AND WE DO HAVE TO LEARN TO WORK TOGETHER AND THAT'S WHY WE SPENT TIME IN JANUARY THINKING ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT AND OUR DIFFERENT WORK STYLES AND WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT PLANNING.
FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS AND ALSO ALL OF OUR FUTURE GOALS HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK.
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RIGHT? I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO OUR ACTING GENERAL MANAGER.WELL, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SAN WONG.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND I WANT TO THANK MEGAN AND KAREN FOR BEING HERE AND THEIR SUPPORT WITH THIS GROUP.
I THINK WE'RE REALLY BUILDING OFF OF SORT OF THE WORK THAT WE DID IN JANUARY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SPEND A MINUTE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS FITS INTO OTHER PROCESSES.
AND I THINK THE WORK WE'RE DOING TODAY IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE OLD AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE NEW, RIGHT? THERE'S THE THESE NEXT THREE DAYS, THERE'S SOME SIMILARITIES TO WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE PRESENTATIONS JUST LIKE WE DO AND WE'VE DONE IN PAST CAPITAL PROJECT SESSIONS ABOUT WHAT'S THE WORK THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
IN OUR PRIORITY SETTING SESSION, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EACH OF YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES, WHETHER THEY CONNECT TO THE BUDGET OR NOT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THEN IN OUR SECOND PRIORITY SETTING SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER REALLY DIGGING INTO OUR OPERATIONS BUDGET, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT IN MORE DETAIL IN A MINUTE.
BUT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INTENTION BEHIND THIS IS REALLY HEARING FROM ALL OF YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS THAT YOU WANTED TO BE MORE INVOLVED, RIGHT? THAT WHEN WE GOT TO PRESENTING THE BUDGET IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, AS WE DID LAST YEAR, THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT PROCESS THAT DIDN'T FEEL TRANSPARENT, WHERE IT KIND OF FELT LIKE...
WHERE DID THIS BUDGET PROJECTION, WHERE DID THIS GROUP OF PROJECTS COME FROM? AND THAT WHAT I HEARD FROM YOUR BOARD IS WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE IT'S A MYSTERY OR THERE'S SORT OF LIKE A BLACK BOX THAT THESE THINGS GO INTO AND IT SPITS OUT SOMETHING AND YOU'RE ASKED TO JUST VOTE ON IT.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS, YOU'RE DRIVING THE PROCESS, AND THAT WHEN THE BUDGET COMES TO YOU, IT'S NOT A SURPRISE.
THAT YOU KIND OF EXPECTED IT TO COME OUT THE WAY IT DID.
SO WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OTHER STUDY SESSIONS, THE LAND SESSION, THE TRAIL SESSION.
YOU KNOW, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO REALLY SPEND TIME ON CAPITAL PROJECTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD WAS YOU WANTED TO KNOW MORE AND BE MORE INVOLVED IN THE SCORING PROCESS, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO.
I WANT TO REALLY APPRECIATE, KAREN WROTE THIS AMAZING...
ESSAY LIKE ABOUT LIKE THIS PHILOSOPHY OF HOW WHAT THE ROLES OR GOVERNANCE WHAT THE ROLE OF STAFF VERSUS BOARD IS AND THE THING THAT I THINK WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO ME ABOUT IT WAS DESCRIBING THE VALUE THAT BOTH THE BOARD BRINGS TO THIS WORK AND STAFF BRINGS TO THIS WORK AND HOW YOU KNOW SOMETHING LIKE SCORING PROJECTS THROUGH THIS THE CPP IS THIS TECHNICAL EXERCISE BUT THAT'S ONLY HALF OF HOW WE GET TO A REALLY THOUGHTFUL GROUP OF PROJECTS.
YOUR BOARD IS ELECTED BY THE COMMUNITY, REPRESENTS THE COMMUNITY, AND ENGAGES WITH THE WORK THAT STAFF DOES TO MAKE THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT AND SORT OF BRING THAT INTO THIS CONVERSATION.
AND THEN SO FOLLOWING THIS WORK THAT WE'RE DOING OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TOGETHER, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BRING THE, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THIS IN GREATER DETAIL.
OH, WE'RE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
ANYWAY, WE'LL COME TO YOUR BOARD AGAIN WITH SORT OF LIKE THE BUDGET.
ALL THOSE OTHER STEPS WILL STILL HAPPEN, AND WE'LL DETAIL THAT MORE ON THE 19TH.
SO GETTING MORE SPECIFIC INTO WHAT THESE SESSIONS ARE.
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME IN THE MORNING HEARING FROM OUR TEAM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR WORK PLAN, WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED RECENTLY.
WE'LL GO INTO WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT PRETTY FAST.
AND THEN WE'RE REALLY GOING TO TALK THE REST OF TODAY ABOUT THE CPP SCORING.
AND PART OF THAT'S NOT JUST THE MECHANICS OF IT, IT'S WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? HOW CAN WE REFLECT THE BOARD'S BROADER PRIORITIES? IN THIS SCORING FRAMEWORK.
ON THE 12TH, THAT'S GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR BOARD TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES IN GENERAL AND SHARE THEM WITH EACH OTHER IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S A LITTLE SHORTER TIME THAN WE'VE DONE BEFORE, AND IT'S ALSO WE HAVE A MORE CONSTRAINED BUDGET RIGHT NOW, AND SO IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK NOT JUST ABOUT IDEAS AND THIS CAN FIT INTO THE DISTRICT PLAN, IT CAN FIT INTO OUR BUDGET, BUT ALSO TRADEOFFS.
RIGHT? WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DEPRIORITIZE AS A DISTRICT? AND THEN ON THE 19TH, WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO OUR OPERATING BUDGET MORE SPECIFICALLY, AND KATIE'S GOING
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TO SHARE LOOKING BACK, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE AFFECTED OUR OPERATING BUDGET.LOOKING FORWARD, WE'RE OPENING A LOT OF NEW PARK FACILITIES, AND HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH THE WORK TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE FACILITIES, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE SOME BUDGET CONSTRAINTS? AND MY HOPE IS GETTING SOME BROAD DIRECTION FROM YOUR BOARD.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE EVERY DETAIL IN THAT SESSION, BUT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM YOU, WHAT'S YOUR DIRECTION ABOUT HOW WE SORT OF BALANCE THOSE LIMITS VERSUS THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE? AND MY BIGGEST HOPE, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
IS THAT WE WALK AWAY FROM THIS FEELING LIKE WE, THERE'S LESS MYSTERY, LIKE THERE'S, IT'S MORE TRANSPARENT.
WE ALL SORT OF HAVE A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.
AND THAT THE BUDGET, WHEN WE GET TO IT, ISN'T A SURPRISE.
WE HAVE A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SO, YOU KNOW, THESE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, AS MEGAN MET WITH YOU AS DIRECTORS AND OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, THAT WE HEARD FOLKS WANTED TO WORK ON.
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND TRUST, BUILDING OUR WORK PLAN TOGETHER, OUR UNDERSTANDING THE WORKFLOW AND CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITIES, UNDERSTANDING THE PRIORITIES FROM YOU AS DIRECTORS.
AGAIN, NOT JUST THE BUDGET, BUT BROADLY WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES, A FULL SENSE OF THE FISCAL LANDSCAPE OF WHAT'S AFFECTED OUR REVENUE AND EXPENSES.
AND THEN HAVING A PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK THAT FOLKS FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD.
AND THE LAST THING IS WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A ONE-OFF SESSION THAT DOESN'T HELP US IN THE FUTURE.
WE WANT TO BE BUILDING TOWARDS A GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE THAT IS THOUGHTFUL AND THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO REPLICATE.
I THINK THAT'S MY PART FOR NOW.
AND YEAH, MAX, YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE AGENDA TODAY, BUT JUST TO HAVE THE AGENDA UP, HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED.
AND WE HAVE BREAK AND LUNCH, AND WE'RE HOPING, WE'VE STRUCTURED IT TO CLOSE AT 2.30, AND WE'LL SEE HOW WE DO.
OKAY, SO MY NAME IS MEGAN FLUKE.
I AM SO DELIGHTED TO SERVE AS YOUR FACILITATOR TODAY TO SUPPORT YOUR STUDY SESSION.
I'M A LION GOLDEN RETRIEVER OVER HERE IF YOU'RE CURIOUS.
SO I RUN A LEADERSHIP CONSULTING, COACHING, FACILITATION, AND MEDIATION PRACTICE WORKING MOSTLY WITH NON-PROFITS AND PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS.
BEFORE THAT, I SPENT A DECADE OF MY CAREER AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GREEN FOOTHILLS WORKING TO PROTECT OPEN SPACE AND PARTNERING WITH PARK AGENCIES AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICTS MUCH LIKE THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS DISTRICT BUT OVER IN THE PENINSULA IN THE SOUTH BAY.
A FEATHER IN MY CAP IS 20 YEARS OF WORK TO PROTECT COYOTE VALLEY IN SOUTH SAN JOSE.
LIKE EVERYTHING, NATURE IS NEVER PROTECTED.
ANOTHER PROUD ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND I'M WEARING A PIECE OF IT HERE, IS WORKING TO FOUND THE MUWEKMA OHLONE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION AND SERVING AS THEIR FIRST INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
AND THEY ARE THRIVING RIGHT NOW.
SO HAPPY FOR THAT WORK AND HAVE A...
NECKLACE OF ONE OF THE TRIBAL MEMBERS I'M WEARING TODAY.
AND BEFORE ALL THAT WORK, I WAS ADVOCATING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEAR TRANSPORTATION, SO I REALLY HAVE A BACKGROUND IN LAND USE.
THAT ALL THAT SAID, I PERSONALLY CARE A LOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS ROOM AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND ALL THE WORK THAT EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM DOES.
I WANT TO LET KAREN NOW INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE, IF YOU'D LIKE, ABOUT THE MEMO YOU WROTE.
USUALLY I JUST DO ABOUT A 15-SECOND BIO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT ME, IT'S ABOUT YOU ALL.
BUT I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND AND WHO I AM.
AND IT REALLY DOES, IT'S A PERSONAL THING FOR ME.
I WAS RAISED IN THE EAST BAY, I'VE LIVED HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE.
UNION CITY, HAYWARD, CASTRO VALLEY, SAN RAMON.
SO I HAVE ROOTS HERE, AND I'VE SPENT MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER ALSO SERVING THOSE COMMUNITIES.
EXCEPT FOR THE LITTLE STINT I DID IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, WHICH WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PARKS, RECREATION, OPEN SPACE, AND IT'S NOT ABSTRACT FOR ME, AS I KNOW IT'S NOT FOR YOU.
AND I'M ALSO AN AVID USER OF THE PARK SYSTEM, LOOKING AT THE PAMPHLETS IN THE LOBBY.
I THINK I'VE BEEN TO ALMOST ALL.
I THINK I HAVE A FEW MORE TO GO, SO I'M DEFINITELY A PARK USER.
SO I WANT TO ADMIT OR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NEXT YEAR WILL BE 50 YEARS THAT I'VE SPENT
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IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.LIKE, I KNOW, I DON'T LOOK THAT OLD.
AND ALL IN PARKS, RECREATION, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL PLANNING.
AND SO MY LAST POSITION BEFORE I RETIRED WAS WITH THE CITY OF SAN RAMON.
I WAS THE PUBLIC SERVICE DIRECTOR, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT IF YOU GO THROUGH SAN RAMON, MY THUMBPRINT IS ON MOST ALL OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES AND PARKS THERE.
I STARTED THERE JUST SIX YEARS AFTER INCORPORATION OF THE CITY, SO I WAS REALLY IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
IT WAS A FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY.
BUT SINCE RETIRING, I'VE STEPPED BACK INTO A NUMBER OF INTERIM ASSIGNMENTS.
WITH THE HAYWARD AREA PARK DISTRICT, WITH CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, AND THEN SOME TIME HERE WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL, ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AS THE DIVISION LEAD OF MAINTENANCE AND SKILLED TRADES, THE POSITION THAT CHRIS HAS RIGHT NOW.
SO IF HE'S DOING FABULOUS WORK, I'LL TAKE FULL CREDIT.
SO I FEEL LIKE I HAVE SOME INSIDER KNOWLEDGE, IF YOU WILL, NOT JUST FROM THE PARK DISTRICT BUT FROM MY CAREER.
I ALSO BRING A LENS OF GOVERNANCE, AND I SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR MANY YEARS, AND WAS THE PRESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA PARK AND RECREATION SOCIETIES.
SO I WAS PART OF A STATEWIDE INITIATIVE THERE TO CREATE A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSION IN CALIFORNIA, AND MANY AGENCIES HAVE ADOPTED IT.
SO IF YOU'VE SEEN THE PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER LOGO, THAT WAS A RESULT OF THAT INITIATIVE.
I DO THIS WORK BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A WAY OF GIVING BACK TO A PROFESSION, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY TODAY A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO YOU ALL.
AND SO I'M SORT OF AT THIS INTERSECTION, AND I FOUND A VOICE AS A RETIRED PERSON WHO CAN SAY THINGS THAT JUST COME FROM MY HEART.
SO THAT MEMO JUST CAME FROM MY HEART AND WHAT I FELT WAS APPROPRIATE AT THE TIME.
SO JUST LOOKING AT THOSE TWO HIGHLY LEGITIMATE ROLES THAT WE ALL PLAY IN THIS WORK.
THIS IS MY FIRST FACILITATION WITH MEGAN, AND I CAN TELL YOU ALREADY IN THE BACKGROUND, SHE'S FABULOUS, AND YOU HAVE SOME GREAT CONTENT AND SOME GREAT WORK TODAY.
SO I FEEL PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT SEVERAL SESSIONS.
AND YOU MIGHT BE HEARING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF ME ON THE MIC TODAY, BUT KAREN WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TOGETHER OVER THE NEXT THREE SESSIONS.
SO MY JOB AND KAREN'S TODAY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM GETS HEARD AND THAT WE ACHIEVE THE OUTCOMES OF OUR SESSION.
WE'LL HAVE A LIGHT TOUCH WHEN THE CONVERSATION IS GOING WELL.
AND STEP IN IF WE THINK THE SPACE NEEDS IT, AND YOU'LL KNOW WHICH IS WHICH.
A FEW THINGS ABOUT HOW TODAY IS DESIGNED.
STAFF, WE HAVE A FEW AGENDA ITEMS. STAFF WILL HAVE THE FLOOR FIRST FOR FOCUSED SHORT PRESENTATIONS, AND THEN WE OPEN IT UP FOR THE BOARD WITH FOCUSED ONE OR TWO GENERALLY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD TO WORK WITH, AND THESE ARE ALL IN YOUR BINDER AS WELL IF YOU'D LIKE TO REFERENCE THOSE.
IT'S FOCUSED ON COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING AS A MEANS TO BUILDING TRUST THAT MAXIMIZES EVERYBODY HAVING A CHANCE TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY RATHER THAN LOTS OF BACK AND FORTH DELIBERATION.
SO WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO REALLY BE HEARD.
IF SOMETHING COMES UP FOR YOU THAT MATTERS, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO FIT RIGHT IN THE AGENDA, EVERYBODY HAS POST-ITS AND WE HAVE A PARKING LOT BACK HERE.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, AND I'LL SEE IF I CAN GET THIS, THERE WE GO, PARKING LOT.
I ENCOURAGE YOU, WRITE IT ON A POST-IT, SAY IT OUT LOUD, AND WE CAN HAVE SOMEBODY CAPTURE IT TOO.
IT WON'T JUST APPEAR, EVERYTHING THAT LANDS ON THE PARKING LOT WILL GET A RESPONSE.
AND THIS ENCOURAGES US TO JUST STAY ANCHORED IN THE PROCESS AND IN OUR TIME TOGETHER TODAY IN HOPES THAT WE DO GET OUT.
AT 2 30 SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE DIRECTORS IS JUST A DESIRE TO STAY FOCUSED IN THE AGENDA AND JUST REALLY USE OUR TIME WELL TOGETHER AND THE AGENDA WAS DESIGNED WITH EVERYBODY EVERYBODY'S HERE INPUT IN THE PROCESS AND IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR A FUTURE BOARD AGENDA ITEM MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER TOPIC THAT GETS JOSTLED AND YOU'RE LIKE I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THIS AGENDIZED AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DISCUSS IT PLEASE JOT DOWN FUTURE BOARD AGENDA ITEM AND THROW IT UP IN THE PARKING LOT ALL RIGHT, GO BACK.
ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO KAREN.
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THESE ARE OUR WORKING AGREEMENTS.THESE WERE STARTED IN JANUARY.
AND THROUGH THE LISTENING SESSIONS THAT I HAD WITH BOARD MEMBERS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS INDIVIDUALLY, THESE WERE REFINED FURTHER WITH EVERYBODY'S INPUT IN MIND.
AND THEY'RE ALSO IN YOUR PACKET.
EACH TIME WE MEET, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR HOW THEY MIGHT BE EDITED, WE WELCOME THESE.
THESE ARE A TOOL THAT WE WANT YOU TO USE AND WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK.
WE'LL HAVE POST-ITS THROWN ON THIS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
AND THEN AT THE END, MY GIFT TO YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE IT, IS IF YOU NEED A FRESH ONE, I'LL PRINT OUT A NEW BOARD.
THIS COULD BE SOMETHING PERHAPS THAT YOU CHOOSE TO CONTINUE TO DISPLAY IN YOUR MEETINGS.
BUT YEAH, ANYTIME SOMETHING FEELS MISSING, FEELS OFF, FEELS WORTH REFINING, PLEASE WRITE IT DOWN, STICK IT UP.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A FEW FUN QUESTIONS AND ALSO AN INTRODUCTION OF A TOOL, MENTIMETER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO USE MENTIMETER.
IT'S TECHNOLOGY THAT IS USEFUL AND FUN AND A LITTLE PLAYFUL.
EVERYTHING IS ANONYMOUS UNLESS YOU...
CHOOSE TO NOT MAKE IT ANONYMOUS.
SO IF YOU WRITE, HI, I'M MAX, AND HERE'S MY COMMENT, IT WILL SHOW UP.
BUT OTHERWISE, WORDS ARE ANONYMIZED, AND SOME OF THEM ARE AGGREGATED.
SO THERE'S TWO WAYS YOU CAN PARTICIPATE.
WHEN I PULL UP THE SCREEN, THERE'S A QR CODE.
YOU CAN POINT YOUR PHONE AT THE QR CODE ON THE SCREEN OR ON THE BIG SCREEN, AND IT WILL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THAT QUESTION.
OR YOU CAN LOG IN TO, THERE'LL ALSO BE THE WEBSITE YOU CAN LOG INTO WITH THE CODE.
SO WE WILL, I WON'T SAY IT'S AN EXPERIMENT, BUT WE WILL GIVE IT A GO.
MAYBE BEFORE WE DIVE IN, JUST, YEAH, WE'LL START WITH MENTIMETER IN JUST A SECOND.
I DO WANT TO JUST LAND THE AGREEMENTS FOR A SECOND.
WE'VE SPENT TIME WITH THESE INDIVIDUALLY.
BUT IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE JUST TO GET DIRECTORS TO SPEAK TO ANY COMMENTS THEY HAVE ON THESE AGREEMENTS RIGHT NOW.
SOME OF THESE MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE BIT NEW.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY INITIAL JUST QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO VOICE THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU THAT YOU'RE FEELING THE NEED TO SAY OR YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, EVEN IF IT LOOKS GOOD.
OKAY, SO THE QUESTION'S AT THE TOP, AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE SITE, AGAIN, THROUGH THE QR CODE ON YOUR PHONE OR THROUGH MENTI.COM WITH THAT EIGHT-DIGIT CODE, THOSE AGREEMENTS WILL POP UP ON THE PHONE, AND YOU GET TO PICK ONE.
WHICH, IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF WHICH AGREEMENT ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO ACCIDENTALLY VIOLATE BEFORE LUNCH? OKAY.
SO YOU JUST CLICK THE, GO TO THE QR CODE, AND THEN THERE'S LIKE A POLL, AND THEN YOU JUST TAKE THE POLL.
OR YOU CAN ALSO ON THE LAPTOP GO TO MENTI.COM AND THEN ENTER IN THE EIGHT NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE, 39410345.
AND SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SAY IS THAT THIS IS ALSO OUR PRACTICE OF MENTIMETER, WHICH WE'LL BE USING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SESSION, SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD TIME TO TRY USING IT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ARE YOU GOOD? SO IT'S SHOWING US IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER, SIX OF TEN HAVE RESPONDED.
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USING THE SIX HAVE RESPONDED, SO WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.YEAH, SO IT LOOKS LIKE OBSERVATIONS, AGREEMENTS THAT MIGHT BE POTENTIALLY VIOLATED BEFORE LUNCH.
WE HAVE PAUSE, STAYING ANCHORED IN THE PROCESS, RECOGNIZING WHAT'S OFF TOPIC, AND RESPECT AND CARE.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, YEAH, WE'LL BE USING THIS THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY.
AND SO THIS IS JUST A PRACTICE ROUND JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY CAN USE MENTIMETER.
SO WHICH AGREEMENT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANONYMOUSLY DEDICATE TO THE PERSON SITTING NEXT TO YOU? ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE RESPECT AND CARE POPPING UP AS A REQUEST.
PRACTICING JOY AND PRESENCE, STAYING ANCHORED IN THE PROCESS, AND RECOGNIZING WHAT'S OFF TOPIC.
ALRIGHT, NEXT QUESTION, AND THIS IS OUR LAST ONE.
WHICH AGREEMENT DO YOU THINK WOULD MAKE EVERY MEETING YOU ATTEND AT THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS DISTRICT BETTER? WHAT DOES PAUSE MEAN? AND THIS IS ALSO IN YOUR BINDER.
IT'S BASICALLY, IF THINGS SEEM LIKE THEY'RE GETTING HEATED OR JUST LIKE, WAIT, WHAT'S GOING ON? ANYBODY HERE CAN SAY, CAN WE JUST PAUSE FOR JUST A SECOND AND TAKE A STEP BACK? WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? OR JUST MAYBE COOL OFF THE SPACE IF IT'S HELPFUL.
LIKE THERE'S CONSENSUS THAT ALL OF THEM ARE IMPORTANT.
SO PRACTICING JOY AND PRESENCE, RECOGNIZING WHAT'S OFF TOPIC.
OH, SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO CALL OUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
SO I ALREADY SAID THE PARKING LOT, AND WE TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT I MENTIONED.
SO THESE AGREEMENTS ARE YOURS.
AS A FACILITATOR TODAY, KAREN AS WELL, WE'LL STEP IN AND SUPPORT THIS.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN BROUGHT IN.
OF COURSE, DIRECTOR SAN WONG IS THE BOARD PRESIDENT AS WELL.
I THINK WE'LL ALL LEAN IN MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO HELPING TO SUPPORT THE GROUP'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE AGREEMENTS.
BUT I INVITE EVERYBODY HERE TODAY, PARTICULARLY OUR DIRECTORS, IN HOLDING EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE TO THE AGREEMENTS AND POINTING BACK TO THEM.
IN YOUR BINDER, THERE'S THE AGREEMENTS, BUT ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE SOME PROMPTS THAT YOU COULD USE TO SUPPORT YOUR BOARD IN FOLLOWING THE AGREEMENTS.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE THERE, AND I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT.
ALL RIGHT, THIS NEXT QUESTION.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH THE AGREEMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE AGREEMENTS? ARE WE GOOD? ALL RIGHT, GREAT.
I'M JUST GOING TO ACTUALLY STAND.
SO THIS NEXT ONE IS SORT OF LIKE, AS YOU KNOW, YOU ARE BUILDING A LEGACY, ONE DECISION AT A TIME.
AND WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS, RIGHT, OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US, AND THEN NEW OTHERS WILL STAND ON OUR SHOULDERS.
SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE USING THE PARKS IN 20 YEARS.
MAYBE THEY'RE NOT HERE YET, THEY DON'T LIVE HERE YET, MAYBE THEY'RE A VISITOR, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT EVEN BORN YET.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO SAY ABOUT WHAT YOU DO IN THIS ROOM TODAY OVER THESE NEXT THREE SESSIONS WHEN THEY VISIT A PARK OR A TRAIL? WHAT DO YOU WANT THEIR TAKEAWAY TO BE IN THEIR REFLECTION OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE, WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN 20 YEARS? SO THE NEXT MENTIMETER SHOULD ALLOW YOU TO DO AN OPEN-ENDED.
I BELIEVE YOU CAN WRITE AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE AS YOU'D LIKE.
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AND THEN WHAT YOU WRITE WILL POP UP ON THE SCREEN.IT MAY LET YOU ALSO GIVE MORE THAN ONE COMMENT, SO YOU COULD DO SEVERAL SMALL BITES.
OKAY, WRAPPING UP, EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE? SIX OF 11, MAYBE? I THINK THAT'S ALL.
POTENTIALLY WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, OR WITH REVEALING SOME OF THE COMMENTS YOU WROTE, DOES ANYONE LIKE TO MAYBE TAKE A STAB AT ANY THEMES THAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE? KIND OF WORDS THAT ARE JOINED TOGETHER? PROTECTION AND INVESTMENT, PRESERVATION IS POPPING UP.
APPRECIATION, HAPPY, JEWEL, JEWELS ARE NICE.
I SEE THE WORD OUR, O-U-R, SO THAT'S A GOOD WORD, JOINTLY CREATING.
SO WE ARE WRAPPED UP WITH OUR INTRODUCTION AND GOING TO TURN TO THE FIRST STAFF PRESENTATION ON 2025 PERFORMANCE AND THE 2026 WORK PLAN.
I'LL STOP SHARING MY SCREEN AND THEN ARE YOU ALL PRESENTERS AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT? OKAY, COOL.
JUST TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, I'M CHRIS WYCKOFF.
I'M DIVISION LEAD OF MAST AND I'M ACTUALLY ENDING MY ACTING ROLE AS THE AGM OF THE NEW DIVISION FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
I DO HAVE WREN BATES HERE WITH ME, WHO'S THE DIVISION LEAD FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE A NEW DIVISION THAT WAS RECENTLY COMBINED AND REALLY WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING THE MAJORITY OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.
FOR THE DISTRICT, WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT YOU WITH OUR 2025 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SUCCESSES, AS WELL AS OUR 2026 WORK PLAN.
AND TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WHAT MAX SAID EARLIER, THE INTENT HERE IS WE WANT TO BUILD A PROCESS.
AND WE'VE HEARD THAT WE NEED MORE INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION WITH YOU ALL ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.
AND SO THE INTENT IS TO DAYLIGHT HERE AND KIND OF HIGHLIGHT A NEW...
OR AN OPERATIONAL PROCESS FOR US.
SO I'LL LET WREN TAKE IT THERE.
REN BATES, THE DIVISION LEAD OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO TO THAT POINT AND TO WHAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT MORE INFORMATION, THIS IS GOING TO BE A QUICK PRESENTATION.
AND CHRIS AND I, LIKE HE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO OUR MANAGERS, THE UNIT MANAGERS IN THE FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEW DIVISION TO WALK YOU ALL THROUGH WHAT THEIR WORK GROUPS ARE WORKING ON AND WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED IN 2025.
YOU WHAT THEY ARE WORKING ON IN 2026.
THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF THE ACTIONS YOU TOOK IN TERMS OF LAST YEAR, IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET.
SO THIS WILL BE RELATIVELY QUICK, BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT CHRIS WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF PROCESS, THE INTENT IS THAT YOU'LL GET TO KNOW AND SEE OUR MANAGERS BECAUSE WE HOPEFULLY HAVE THEM
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COMING ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO HOPEFULLY EXEC COMMITTEE AS A WAY TO DISCUSS PROJECTS IN DEPTH, WHETHER THAT'S AN OVERVIEW OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC, I REALIZE THAT'S AT A COMMITTEE LEVEL AND DOESN'T...INCLUDE THE WHOLE BOARD, BUT I'LL REITERATE WHAT MEGAN SAID EARLIER IN TERMS OF AGENDA ITEMS, LIKE, AND WE CAN CONTINUE THAT AS WELL, NOT JUST TODAY, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT PIQUES THE INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE BOARD, WE CAN HAVE STAFF COME AND MAKE PRESENTATIONS INFORMATIONAL.
I THINK WE'VE DONE THAT RECENTLY WITH HAYWARD MARSH.
I THINK I'VE HEARD THAT THAT WAS A SUCCESS.
SO IN TERMS OF THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE AIMING TOWARDS.
AND JUST IN TERMS OF THE INTENT, AGAIN, OF THE NEW DIVISION IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO CENTRALIZE CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY SO THAT WE HONE THAT PROCESS IN, BECOMES EFFICIENT, MORE REPETITIVE, SORT OF CONSISTENT ACROSS THE WHOLE DISTRICT, AND TO HAVE ONE GROUP DOING THAT SO THAT WE CAN REPORT BACK APPROPRIATELY AND SEE WHERE IT LANDS WITH YOU ALL, THE CONSTITUENTS, AND SORT OF HOW MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A STAFF LEVEL.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED, AND THIS IS A PRECURSOR TO THAT.
SO, AGAIN, REITERATING THE INTENT OF THE MORNING, LET'S MAYBE HOLD QUESTIONS ON THESE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY.
I GUESS WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
I THINK PART OF IT IS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE WORK PLAN IS, AND THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE AT THE END, SORT OF TO QUEUE UP THE NEXT PHASE OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITIZATION AND YOUR HOPES FOR REVISION OR TO MAKE IT MORE APPLICABLE TO PROJECTS THAT WE DO.
WITH THAT, I GUESS I'LL LEAVE A QUESTION.
I JUST, CONTRARY TO WHAT I SAID, I'LL LEAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT, BUT I WOULD, YES, IF WE COULD DO THE PRESENTATION, I'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT NEW PROCESS.
LIKE I SAID, WE ARE, IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION, NOT A SUGGESTION.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, BUT I THINK WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
SO I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, BUT THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF AND LET THEM PRESENT ON OUR SUCCESSES AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
CHRIS BARTON WHO WILL LEAD US OFF AND AS A REMINDER MY TEAM JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND STATE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD.
CHRIS BARTON RESTORATION PROJECTS MANAGER WITH THE PARK DISTRICT.
THANKS REN, PRESIDENT SAN JUAN, BOARD MEMBERS.
AS REN MENTIONED THESE ARE BRIEF PRESENTATIONS SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO GREAT DETAIL BUT TO PROVIDE A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE UNITS AND WHAT WE DO WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT WE'RE UP TO THIS YEAR.
SO I AM THE RESTORATION PROJECTS MANAGER.
WE HAD TWO STAFF LAST YEAR AND WE ACTUALLY ADDED TWO STAFF LAST YEAR, A CIVIL ENGINEER AND A PROJECT COORDINATOR.
AND MY UNIT FOCUSES ON HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS WITH THE PUBLIC ACCESS COMPONENT.
AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THAT'S ALL THAT WE DO, BUT THAT TENDS TO BE OUR STRONG SUIT AND OUR SPECIALTY.
SO PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE THAT TEND TO BE THE ONES THAT MY UNIT WORKS ON.
IN 2025, WE COMPLETED TWO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
ONE WAS TO REPAIR SOME DAMAGE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL.
IF THE BOARD RECALLS, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT STORM EVENT BACK IN DECEMBER 2024, AND THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE OF THE BAY TRAIL AT GOLDEN GATE FIELD.
I KNOW THERE'S PAST DISCUSSION ON WHETHER IT FLOODS OR NOT.
I THINK THIS MAKES IT CLEAR THAT GOLDEN GATE FIELDS PARKING LOT FLOODS.
THE OTHER PROJECT THAT WE COMPLETED WAS AT THE TILDEN BOT GARDEN, AND THIS WAS A WORK ORDER FROM THE BOT GARDEN.
THERE WAS A SLOPE FAILURE THAT WAS HAPPENING THERE.
THIS IS A COMPLICATED PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE CULTURAL...
AND THE HISTORIC RESOURCES THERE AS WELL AS THE NATURAL RESOURCES.
WE HAVE OUR NATIVE RAINBOW TROUT THAT USE WILDCAT CREEK THERE.
THERE ARE SOME PLUNGE POOLS THERE THAT OVER THE SUMMER THEY HUNKER DOWN, SO IT WAS A VERY TECHNICAL PROJECT, SO THAT'S WHY THIS PROJECT WAS WITH OUR UNIT.
WE REACHED SOME MILESTONES LAST YEAR.
ONE WAS TO SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE THE COYOTE HILLS PROJECT.
THE OTHER WAS FOR HAYWARD MARSH.
WE MADE GOOD MOVEMENT ON THAT.
THE PERMITS WERE OBTAINED, AND MOST OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ISSUES HAVE BEEN COVERED.
WE'VE ALSO COMPLETED, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR STEWARDSHIP GROUP, THE REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH WILL INFORM THE CLEANUP OF THE FORMER GUN CLUB UP AT LAKE ANTHONY CHABOT.
AND THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS WHERE PARK PLANNING OCCURRED, AND ONE WAS AT THE NORTH BASIN STRIP.
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SHORE STATE PARK, AND ALSO AT BIG BREAK, A CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN.AND 100% DESIGN CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS WERE COMPLETED FOR THE PROJECT AT BROOK ROAD IN TILDEN PARK.
LOOKING AT THIS YEAR, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE UNIT? HAYWARD MARSH, WE ARE COMPLETING BID DOCUMENTS, OR WE HAVE COMPLETED BID DOCUMENTS, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO CONSTRUCT PHASE 1A, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE CONSTRUCTION ACCESS INTO THE PROJECT THAT WILL ENABLE US TO BUILD THE PROJECT.
FOR THE ANTHONY CHABOT GUN CLUB, WE ARE WORKING ON THE REMEDIAL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WILL LEAD US TO CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT PROJECT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT TO COMPLETE THIS.
PART OF IT BUT WE DO HAVE IT UNDERWAY AND FOR THE TWO PLANNING PRELIMINARY DESIGN PROJECTS WE'VE BROUGHT THE NORTH BASIN STRIP TO THE BOARD THE BOARD HAS APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR THAT PROJECT AND WE PLAN ON BRINGING THE BIG BREAK ADAPTATION PLAN TO THE BOARD WHEN WE WERE AT THE BIG BREAK VISITOR CENTER FOR A FUTURE BOARD MEETING IN JUNE AND FOR THE TILDEN PARK THE BROOK ROAD PROJECT.
WE ARE BRINGING THAT PROJECT TO CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.
OUT AT LAKE TEMESCAL, WE ARE PICKING UP ON WHERE A 2019 STUDY LEFT OFF AND WE'RE TO LOOK AT DREDGING AND HOW TO RESTORE RECREATION, SWIMMING, FISHING AT THE LAKE.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON DEVELOPING A PRELIMINARY DESIGN, LOOKING AT VALUE ENGINEERING FOR THAT SITE.
RESTORATION PROJECTS UNIT HAS ALSO STEPPED IN TO ASSIST OUR FELLOW UNIT, WHO HAS CARRIED FORWARD THE RODDY RANCH PROJECT AND THE POINT ISABEL PROJECT.
SO MY UNIT WILL BE WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION IMPLEMENTATION PART OF THAT.
AND THAT'S PURELY JUST BALANCING STAFFING AND WHO WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO DO THE BEST JOB POSSIBLE.
THERE'S THE KNIGHTS AND NUNN RESTORATION PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EAST CONTRA COSTA HABITAT CONSERVANCY.
AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT PROJECT, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $8 MILLION WORTH OF WORK OF A LARGER $30 MILLION PROJECT.
AND THAT'S TO ADDRESS SOME FLOODING ISSUES OUT THERE, ALSO TO MEET SOME OF THE RESTORATION OBJECTIVES UNDER THE HCP.
WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY TO OFFSET DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS IN EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
THERE ARE TWO FEMA PROJECTS MY UNIT ARE WORKING ON.
THESE ARE IN REDWOOD AND ANTHONY CHABOT, AND THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY BANK FAILURES ALONG REDWOOD CREEK, AND THESE ARE LARGER PROJECTS THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SO MY UNIT IS WORKING ON THESE.
AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE JEWEL LAKE DAM, WILDCAT CREEK, THERE'S SOME EROSION THERE.
STAFF AND OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN MONITORING THERE.
IT NEEDS SOME HELP, AND WE ARE WORKING ON DESIGN AND PERMITTING TO ESSENTIALLY PREVENT THE TRAIL FROM LOSING THE ACCESS THERE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY UNIT, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CARMEN.
PRESIDENT SAN WONG, MY NAME IS CLAY SIMMONS.
I'M THE DESIGN MANAGER FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT A LITTLE OVER EIGHT YEARS NOW AS A CIVIL ENGINEER AND I FILLED GLENN GILCHRIST'S LARGE SHOES A COUPLE SEPTEMBERS AGO.
HE WAS OUR LONGTIME DESIGN MANAGER.
AS CHRIS ALLUDED TO, THE WAY THAT THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY ORGANIZED AS IT'S NOT ALONG DISCIPLINARY LINES, BUT RATHER PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD WHERE HE FOCUSES ON RESTORATION PROJECTS.
THE DESIGN UNIT PRIMARILY FOCUSES ON THOSE PROJECTS THAT FIT WITHIN THE WHEELHOUSE OF WHAT OUR IN-HOUSE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS CAN PERFORM.
LICENSED CIVIL ENGINEERS, LICENSED ARCHITECT, AND WE FOCUS ON PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE STAMPING AND SIGNING AND DELIVERING THESE PROJECTS OURSELVES.
THAT SAID, THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF OVERLAP.
THAT'S A LOOSE DEFINITION AND WE ALL CONTRIBUTE WHEREVER NEEDED.
SO I OVERSEE A TEAM OF TWO LICENSED PROFESSIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERS,
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A LICENSED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, TWO CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, AND A PROJECT COORDINATOR.SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2025 CONSIST OF EARLY ON IN THE YEAR WE COMPLETED THE REMOVAL OF THE HISTORIC FERRY POINT PIER AT MILLER NOCK SHORELINE.
WE COMPLETED A CONTRACT THAT LASTED ABOUT 10 YEARS OUT AT OYSTER BAY.
SO WE FILLED OVER A MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF DIRT.
OVER THAT LANDFILL IN PREPARATION FOR A FUTURE PARK.
WE COMPLETED THE CAMP ARROYO POOL RENOVATION.
THERE ARE A COUPLE PHOTOS OF THAT POOL AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE OUT NEAR DEL VAL.
WE ALSO COMPLETED ANOTHER POOL PROJECT.
THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY A REPLACEMENT DEMOLITION AND A REPLACEMENT OF AN EXISTING POOL OUT AT LA STRADA.
TROMPAS AT LITTLE HILLS THAT WAS BUILT BACK IN THE 50S.
THAT SITE WAS FILLED AND WE PUT ARTIFICIAL TURF ON IT AND OUR CURRENT CONCESSIONAIRES ARE REALLY HAPPY.
IT'S A MUCH MORE USEFUL LAND USE FOR THEM.
WE ALSO EVERY YEAR SUPPORT SOMEWHERE AROUND 30 TO 40 WHAT WE CALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.
AND THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT THE DISTRICT DOES UNDER A SYSTEM-WIDE PERMIT WITH OUR REGULATORS, INCLUDING THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, U.S.
AND FOR THE MOST PART, THESE ARE CULVERT REPLACEMENTS, FORDS.
CLEAR SPAN BRIDGES, LANDSLIDE REPAIRS, AND THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE PROVIDE DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR.
WE WRITE PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS, WE PREPARE PLANS, STAMP AND SIGN THEM, AND WE RUN WATERSHED ANALYSES, CALCULATE FLOWS, PEAK FLOWS FOR DIFFERENT RECURRENCE INTERVAL STORMS, DESIGN CULVERTS.
THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT BODY OF WORK LAST YEAR AS WELL.
SOME PROJECT MILESTONES IN 2025.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE BIG PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING.
ANTHONY CHABOT'S SEWER REPLACEMENT.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT AT A RECENT BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
WE GOT TO 90% DESIGN LAST YEAR.
THAT'S STILL WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE PROJECT LACKS FUNDING.
ACCESS AND PICNIC AREA AT OYSTER BAY, 60% DESIGN, RENOVATE MCKAY AVENUE UTILITIES PROJECT.
THAT'S A PROJECT THAT WILL BE IN CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.
SO WE HIT 60% DESIGN LAST YEAR, AND THEN UPGRADE DECKING AND PICNIC AREA OUT AT MLK SHORELINE.
YOU CAN SEE IN PARENTHESES SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WERE DONE IN-HOUSE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW WE WE PRIDE OURSELVES WITH WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DELIVER PROJECTS NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT SOME THINK THAT WE JUST HIRE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS FOR ALL OF OUR PROJECTS WE HAVE IN-HOUSE SKILL SETS TO TO PROVIDE A LOT OF THESE DESIGN DRAWINGS AND CALCULATIONS AND OBTAIN PERMITS OURSELVES SO SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PROUD PROUD OF THIS YEAR IN 2026 THERE'S A COUPLE PHOTOS OF A DECK.
THAT IS JUST ABOUT COMPLETE NOW OUT AT MLK SHORELINE.
100% IN-HOUSE DESIGN, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.
WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ELECTRICAL CONSULTING ON THAT, BUT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT PROJECT.
WE PLAN TO BREAK GROUND FOR THE MCKAY AVENUE UTILITIES PROJECT LATE THIS SUMMER, EARLY FALL.
THE ACCESS AND PICNIC AREA AT OYSTER BAY SHORELINE IS ANOTHER PROJECT DEALING WITH SOME GRANT FUNDING ISSUES ON THAT.
SO NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT OUR END BUDGET IS ON THAT ONE, BUT WE PLAN ON BREAKING GROUND ON THAT ONE THIS YEAR AS WELL.
A SMALL WATER METER PROJECT OUT AT DUBLIN HILLS WHERE WE'RE SEGREGATING HOA FROM PARK DISTRICT WATER USAGE.
SOME BRIDGES OUT AT COGSWELL, HAYWARD SHORELINE, HARDWARE REPLACEMENT.
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AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST THIS YEAR.THERE'S A FISH SCREEN OUT AT MILLERNOCK SHORELINE THAT IS IN NEED OF REPAIR.
THAT PROJECT SHOULD ALSO BE COMPLETE THIS YEAR.
SOME CAMPGROUND IMPROVEMENTS AT BRIONES.
WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT COMPLETED THIS YEAR.
AND THEN A COUPLE BIG PROJECTS.
TWO LARGE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES ON THE LAFAYETTE MORAGA TRAIL AND BRIONES TO LAS TRAMPAS.
TRAIL AT SCHOOL STREET, THAT'S THE ONE UP IN MORAGA, AND THEN THE LAFAYETTE CREEK BRIDGE NEAR DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE.
WE JUST FOUND OUT, LIKE YESTERDAY, THAT WE HAVE SOME LEAD TIME ISSUES ON THOSE BRIDGES, SO IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE PROBABLY WILL NOT BE BUILDING THOSE UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PORTION OF THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL OUT AT LLAMA LANE THAT'S IN DESIGN.
HI, I'M CARMEN ERASMUS, CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGER AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT BY DISCIPLINE.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT WITHIN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE COMPRISED OF SIX PROFESSIONALS LISTED ON THIS SLIDE, ANNIKA, EVA, JIM, STACY, AND TOBY.
MOST OF US ARE LICENSED IN OUR RESPECTIVE DISCIPLINES, BUT WE PERFORM WORK CROSS-DISCIPLINES.
AND OUR TEAM HAS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE WORKING AT THE PARS DISTRICT, WITH MOST OF US WORKING HERE AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS.
OUR PROJECTS TEND TO BE LARGE-SCALE IN SIZE, IN THE $6 MILLION TO $90 MILLION RANGE, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, TAKE A LONG TIME AND EFFORT TO BRING TO FRUITION.
UPLANDS PROJECT IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ONES THAT WE SHEPHERDED BY PROJECT COORDINATOR STACY HOGAN-BATTALLA WITH AN ASSIST BY CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR BILLY CULPEPPER.
THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED LATE LAST YEAR TO UPGRADE ACCESSIBILITY AND BRING ADDITIONAL AMENITIES TO THE PUBLIC.
IT HAD A LOT OF GRANT FUNDING, IT WAS A JOCK PROJECT, AND IT WAS MULTIFACETED.
HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF OUR PROJECTS WITH MAJOR MILD MILESTONE MOVEMENTS IN 2025.
A LOT OF THESE WE'VE PRESENTED TO YOU, YOUR BOARD.
TILDEN NATURE AREA, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER, EAST SHORE STATE PARK, POINT ISABEL, MLK TIDEWATER, WHICH IS COMING UP IN JUNE.
ANOTHER PRESENTATION, DIABLO FOOTHILLS CASTLE ROCK PICNIC AREA, WHICH IS AN ADA UPGRADE, DEER VALLEY PUBLIC ACCESS, AND PERALTA OAKS NORTH.
AND HERE'S SOME MORE IMAGES OF THOSE PROJECTS.
AND FINALLY, THESE ARE A COUPLE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING BEYOND 2026 FOR DEVELOPMENT, FUNDING, AND ULTIMATE COMPLETION.
POINT MALATE, OUR GROUP HAS BEEN ASSIGNED, AND MILLER KNOX, KELLER BEACH, WHICH IS IN PROGRESS.
GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M A MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT OVER IN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT NUMBER THREE IN THE MAST DIVISION.
I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT MY DEPARTMENT.
ONE PARTICULAR UNIT, OF COURSE, IT'S THE RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT UNIT.
STAFFING COMPRISES OF THE MANAGER OVER THE UNIT, WHICH IS MYSELF, THE SUPERINTENDENT, TWO PROJECT MANAGERS, AND FOUR PROJECT COORDINATORS.
THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE UNIT IS REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PROJECTS ON EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH DIFFERS FROM THE DECO UNIT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE CAP OUT PROBABLY BELOW WHAT CARMEN STARTS AT, JUST TO GIVE IT A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE.
WE'RE PRIMARILY FUNDED THROUGH THE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT FUND, WHICH WE ALL KNOW AS MER.
THIS FUND IS GUIDED BY THE BOARD-ADOPTED FINANCE POLICY 6.1.
IT'S A SLIGHTLY NEWER DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY BOARD ACTION IN 2023 AND STAFFED IN 2024.
BECAUSE THE PROJECTS THAT COME TO US ARE PRIMARILY RENOVATION PROJECTS, WE APPROACH JOBS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
WE DEVELOP PROJECT SCOPES BY LOOKING AT THE SITE HOLISTICALLY, BRINGING INTO ACCOUNT ADA, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ABATEMENT, AND OTHER ASPECTS THAT...
DRIVE OUR DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.
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HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE CIP PROJECTS THAT COME THROUGH US.IT'S JUST A TASTE TO GIVE YOU THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS WE WORK ON.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS OUR PROJECTS IN 2025 THAT WERE COMPLETED.
BULL VALLEY STAGING IS THE ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY PICTURED ON THE RIGHT.
THE STAGING AREA INCLUDED A CXD BOLT TOILET.
PARKING LOT APPROACH, TIGER TEETH AND A NEW ENTRANCE.
WE ALSO DID ABOUT 1.6 MILES OF FULL RENOVATION OF THE IRON HORSE TRAIL.
WE REPLACED THE ROOF AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
WE REPLACED FLOORING AT THE MLK SHORELINE WITH EPOXY FLOORING, AND WE DID ADA ACCESS TO THE TILDEN MERRY-GO-ROUND RESTROOM AND RESHAPED THE PARKING LOT.
HERE'S SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PROCESS.
COAL CANYON SWIM LAGOON, WHICH WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF AND EXCITED ABOUT.
WE'RE DOING A NEW ADA APPROACH AND A RAMP TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
WE'RE RENOVATING THE TWO RESTROOMS. TO ALLOW FOR ADA ACCESS AND STALLS AND CHANGING AREAS.
WE'RE RENOVATING THE OLD SNACK BAR INTO A LIFEGUARD BUILDING SO THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE THAT AS KIND OF A BREAK ROOM AND STAGING AREA.
AND WE'RE ALSO, SINCE WE'RE THERE, REPLACING THE ROOFS WITH STANDING STEAM METAL ALUMINUM ROOFING FOR FIRE HARDENING AND DOING A FULL NEW PAINT JOB.
THE REPAID BAYVIEW TRAIL AND ALAMEDA CREEK TRAIL IS A FULL RENOVATION PROJECT THAT ACTUALLY IS JUST FINISHING UP, SO YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ONE.
AND THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, WE ARE JUST FINISHING UP ALSO A RESTORATION OF THE GUERIN BARN, REPLACING SIDING ON TWO SIDES AND DOING A FULL PAINT AND DRY ROT REPLACEMENT.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE WILDCAT CANYON PARK OFFICE.
WHICH IS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS HOLISTICALLY.
WE WENT IN WITH A ROOF REPLACEMENT BECAUSE IT HAD TAR AND GRAVEL, ENDED UP LOOKING AT THE WINDOWS AND DOING A WINDOW REPLACEMENT AND THEN DOING A BATEMENT OF THE OLDER PAINT AND HVAC UPGRADES.
SO IT TURNED INTO A LITTLE BIT LARGER OF A PROJECT BUT WE'RE PROUD OF WHERE THAT'S GOING.
HERE'S OUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR 2026 AND POTENTIALLY 2027 BECAUSE THESE ARE LONGER LASTING PROJECTS.
WE'RE PAVING MULTIPLE AREAS OF THE EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY TRAIL SYSTEM.
WE'RE DOING A PAINT JOB AND ABATEMENT AT THE RAILROAD MUSEUM AT MILLER KNOX EXTERIOR AND THEN INTERIOR OF THE PARK OFFICE AREA.
WE'RE DOING STATE-IMPOSED REGULATORY REQUIRED DELVAL TREATMENT CENTER FILTER REPLACEMENTS.
THERE'S FOUR FILTERS THERE THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.
IT'S A BIT LARGER OF A PROJECT.
AND THEN WE'RE DOING PAVING ALONG THE DELTA DE ANZA IN THE MARSH CREEK AREA AND THIS IS A LONGER PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S A SLURRY SEAL SO WE'RE GETTING ABOUT 5.9 MILES OF THAT AREA COMPLETED.
AND THAT WAS IT FOR OUR PRESENTATION.
OKAY, SO I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS NOW BASED ON WHAT WE JUST PRESENTED.
IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A TASTE OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES THAT'S BUDGETED AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD.
THAT SAID, WE'VE ALSO HEARD THAT YOU ALL HAVE SOME DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND SO THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE POSED TO YOU NOW ARE RIGHT HERE UP ON THE BOARD AND THEY'RE IN THE PRESENTATION I BELIEVE SO WHAT IS ONE PRIORITY PROJECT THAT YOU WERE HOPING TO HAVE PROGRESSED FURTHER IN 2025 AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE PRIORITIZED WHY AND THEN WHAT IS ONE PRIORITY PROJECT THAT YOU COULD THINK DE-PRIORITIZE OR SLOW TO CREATE THE RESOURCES NEEDED FOR YOUR PRIORITY ANOTHER DIRECTOR PRIORITY OR ANOTHER DISTRICT PRIORITY AND WHY SO THE WHY IS IN BOLD I THINK WHAT WE'VE ALSO HEARD THIS MORNING IS THAT THE NEXT SESSION WILL BE ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES I THINK WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON HERE IS THE WHY, BECAUSE WE'VE ALSO HEARD ABOUT THE CPP AND THE INADEQUACIES OR THE DIFFERENCE OF WHAT THOSE CRITERIA ARE.
SO IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT YOUR PROJECT THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE PRIORITIZED OR DEPRIORITIZED, PLEASE FOCUS ON THE WHY, BECAUSE IN THE AFTERNOON OR LATER WE WOULD BE DOING SOME CPP SCORING
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YOURSELF, AND SO KIND OF THEN YOU'LL SEE THE CRITERIA, AND SO THEN IT'S KIND OF LOOKING AT, AGAIN, HOW WE CAN MODIFY THE CPP BASED ON...WHAT CRITERIA ARE THERE AND WHAT CRITERIA SHOULD BE ADDED OR AMENDED OR LOOKED AT.
MEGAN, PLEASE ADD TO THAT IF NEED BE.
MEGAN, CAN I ADD JUST ONE QUICK THING, WHICH IS, AS I WAS LISTENING TO THIS, I WAS REALIZING ONE THING THAT'S SORT OF UNIQUE ABOUT HOW WE'RE STRUCTURED IS THAT WE DO HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT, RIGHT? OUR TRAIL PROJECTS, WE HAD A DIFFERENT STUDY SESSION WHERE WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THEM.
THEY KIND OF SIT IN OUR PLANNING UNIT.
THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER SORT OF PARK DEVELOPMENT PLANNING THAT HAPPENS THROUGH OUR PLANNING UNIT.
SO WE DIDN'T REALLY GET THE CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE HERE.
AND THEN THE OTHER BIG THING WE DO THAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IS OUR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT WORK.
SO JUST WANTED TO NAME THAT THAT WASN'T DESCRIBED.
YEAH, JUST TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL COLOR.
SO ONE, IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS AROUND A PRIORITY PROJECT THAT YOU THINK COULD HAVE BEEN MORE PRIORITIZED OR SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK COULD BE DEPRIORITIZED THAT'S NOT A CAPITAL PROJECT, THAT PROBABLY MAKES MORE SENSE EITHER FOR THE PARKING LOT OR FOR THE MAY 12TH SESSION WHEN DIRECTORS ARE TALKING ABOUT THEIR PRIORITIES.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE TIME THERE.
THE FOCUS OF TODAY AND WHAT WE'LL BE CAPTURING ON, KAREN WILL BE UP THERE AND I'LL HOP ON IF NEEDED, WE'LL BE CAPTURING THOSE WHYS.
I WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT SAN WONG, WHO WE SPENT SEVERAL HOURS TOGETHER OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS REALLY HONING IN ON WHAT ARE THE RIGHT QUESTIONS THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO HELP MOVE THE CONVERSATION FORWARD.
AND THERE'S MANY QUESTIONS TODAY THAT ARE ALL THE ANSWERS ARE GOING TO BE USED TO SUPPORT STAFF'S EVOLUTION OF THE CPP FRAMEWORK THAT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK ON MAY 19TH.
SO THERE IS A FOCUS ON THE CPP FRAMEWORK LATER ON TODAY, BUT YOUR ANSWERS HERE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE PULLED IN TO THAT.
EVEN THAT FIRST QUESTION THAT WE HAD ON WHAT DO YOU WANT A KID 20 YEARS FROM NOW TO SAY ABOUT THE PARKS? LIKE EVERY QUESTION TODAY IS GOING TO BE USED AS THE CPP FRAMEWORK IS GETTING.
SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH WITH BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF THE EAST BAY COMMENTING ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERSHIP.
PRESIDENT SAN WONG, DIRECTORS, STAFF, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.
STAFF, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THE PRESENTATIONS AND FACILITATED.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A VERY PRODUCTIVE DAY PLANNED HERE.
I LIKE THE MINI-METER AT THE BEGINNING, AND I APPRECIATE THESE QUESTIONS HERE, PARTICULARLY ASKING WHY, TO GET TO THE REASONS BEHIND PRIORITIZING OR DEPRIORITIZING.
BACK TO STAFF PRESENTATIONS, I THINK THOSE WERE VERY INFORMATIVE ON RESPONDING TO PREVIOUS COMMENTS BY DIRECTORS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PUBLIC.
ABOUT SPENDING ON STEWARDSHIP.
IT STARTED OUT WITH THE RESTORATION PROJECT UNIT, WHICH IS, IN MY MIND, HEAVILY FOCUSED ON STEWARDSHIP.
THOSE WERE MULTI-BENEFIT PROJECTS, AS DESCRIBED, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S...
THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE MADE IN THE PAST WERE LOOKING AT, I THINK, HEADCOUNT IN THE BUDGET FOR STEWARDSHIP, AND THERE'S MUCH MORE SPENDING THAT GOES TO SUPPORT STEWARDSHIP THAN JUST THAT HEADCOUNT, AND I THINK THAT WAS DISPLAYED.
IN MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY RESTORATION.
WHEN IT GETS DOWN LATER TO PROJECTS FOR BRIDGES, LANDSLIDES, BANK COLLAPSES, CULVERTS, THOSE ARE ALL STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS AS WELL.
I THINK ALSO IT WAS NOTED THAT TRAILS WEREN'T TALKED ABOUT HERE TODAY, BUT I THINK TRAILS ARE MULTI-BENEFIT PROJECTS AS WELL.
THEY ARE DIRECTING THE PUBLIC TO STAY ON A CERTAIN PATH.
IDEALLY NOT TO STRAY FROM THAT SIGNIFICANTLY, AND IT'S ALSO A DETERRENT TO THE PUBLIC GOING OUT AND CREATING THEIR OWN PATHS.
SO THOSE, IN MY MIND, ARE A MULTI-BENEFIT PROJECT, AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT DISCUSSION GOES LATER ON IN THE SCORING MECHANISM FOR CIP PROJECTS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT AND ALL THE WORK YOU'RE PUTTING IN ON THIS.
KAREN, SO WE HAVE THESE TWO QUESTIONS UP HERE.
WHAT IS ONE PRIORITY PROJECT THAT YOU WERE HOPING
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TO HAVE PROGRESSED AND WHY? AND THEN ONE THAT YOU THINK COULD BE DEPRIORITIZED OR SLOWED.KAREN WILL BE WRITING THE WHYS FOR WHAT YOU'RE HOPING TO HAVE PROGRESSED IN GREEN AND THE WHYS FOR WHAT YOU THINK COULD BE DEPRIORITIZED OR SLOW IN RED.
AND LET ME KNOW, KAREN, IF YOU HAVE THOSE COLORS.
DO YOU WANT TO DIRECT THIS PART? SURE.
YEAH, AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LEADING UP TO TODAY, BUT WHAT IS A CAPITAL PROJECT AND WHAT IS NOT A CAPITAL PROJECT? AND I BELIEVE OUR CURRENT DEFINITION, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MODIFY THIS, BUT IT'S WHEN A PROJECT PASSES THAT $100,000 THRESHOLD.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT HOW WE DEFINE A CAPITAL PROJECT VERSUS NOT A CAPITAL PROJECT? YES.
IT'S $100,000, AND I'LL COVER IT IN THE NEXT SET OF PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S OVER $100,000.
IT'S IN A DISCRETE LOCATION AND HAS A START AND END DATE.
OKAY, AND I KNOW WHEN WE ORIGINALLY HAD THIS SLIDE THAT'S IN FRONT OF US, THE BOARD ENGAGEMENT SLIDE, I THINK WE DID SAY WHAT IS ONE PRIORITY CAPITAL PROJECT, AND WE TOOK OUT THE WORD CAPITAL BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING WITH THE DEFINITION.
SO IT'S NOT UP HERE ON THE PROMPT.
AND SO I THINK WE CAN TRY TO DO OUR BEST AS BOARD MEMBERS, BUT IT MAY BE THAT SOME OF THE EXAMPLES WE'RE GOING TO USE HERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE A CAPITAL PROJECT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING TODAY.
AND THEN ON THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EXERCISE TO JUST SHOW, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH PRIORITIES AND TRADEOFFS.
WE WILL, AND I THINK MEGAN HAD ALREADY MENTIONED THIS, BUT I WANT TO REITERATE THIS, THAT ON THE MAY 12TH SESSION, AND THAT'S WHEN...
TRADITIONALLY IN THE PAST, BOARD MEMBERS WOULD COME AND SHARE THEIR LONGER LIST OF PRIORITIES, AND WE HAVE MORE OF A CONVERSATION AROUND THAT.
TODAY WHAT THIS IS, THIS IS JUST AN EXERCISE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO EACH HAVE AN EXAMPLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT TOP PRIORITY IS, AND THEN IF THERE'S ONE THAT COULD BE SLOWED DOWN OR, I GUESS, WHERE WE WOULD WAIT FOR ANOTHER DAY TO EXPLORE.
THEN THAT WOULD BE THAT EXAMPLE.
SO THIS IS JUST TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS EXERCISE.
AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TIMER GOING FOR THREE MINUTES.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE ARE STICKING TO OUR AGENDA.
I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, SO EVERYBODY PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK.
AND YEAH, LET'S GO RIGHT AHEAD.
WHO'D LIKE TO START? SO I SEE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND I WONDER, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT, SO I WONDER IF I WERE TO PROVIDE MY EXAMPLES, IF THAT WOULD HELP ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, BUT THEN IF NOT, WE'LL STILL GO TO EACH BOARD MEMBER, AND MAYBE AS THE BOARD MEMBER IS SPEAKING, IF THEY WANT TO ALSO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS, OR DO YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS? I'D LIKE TO ASK IT NOW BECAUSE IT WOULD CHANGE WHAT I END UP SAYING.
OKAY, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO SOME QUICK QUESTIONS BEFORE WE DO THE THREE MINUTES EACH.
I FEEL LIKE YOU TOUCHED AROUND THE EDGE OF THIS QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE, DOES THIS HAVE TO BE A CAPITAL PROJECT OR COULD BE A PARK THAT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? AND IT'S NOT YET.
THE SPIRIT OF THIS DISCUSSION IS REALLY FOCUSED IN ON CAPITAL PROJECTS, IN PART BECAUSE THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE USED TO HELP TO REFINE THE CPP SCORING FRAMEWORK.
SO THAT'S LIKE THE SPIRIT OF WHY WE'RE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.
THE DIRECTORS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE MAY 12TH SESSION TO GO MUCH DEEPER ON ALL OF THEIR PRIORITIES.
BUT I THINK, JOHN, TO YOUR POINT, LIKE I WOULD SAY THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT, I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS LIKE THERE'S PROJECTS THAT ARE EARLY IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, LIKE MAYBE IN PRELIMINARY DESIGN OR SOMETHING VERSUS LATER, OR MAYBE IT'S NOT EVEN IN PRELIMINARY DESIGN.
I MEAN, I GUESS IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT A PROGRAM OR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT A PROJECT AT ALL, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT IN THIS LIST.
BUT IF IT'S A POTENTIAL PROJECT AND YOU WERE EITHER HOPING IT WAS HIGHER PRIORITY OR LOWER PRIORITY, THEN BRING IT UP.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? DOES IT NEED TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE CAPITAL PLAN NOW? NO.
THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT HERE, RIGHT, IS WHAT, WELL, I GUESS WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE WANTED TO BE, HAVE PROGRESSED FURTHER AND WHY? AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE ESPECIALLY IF IT'S NEW, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE SLOWED OR DEPRIORITIZED? SO IF YOU WERE LIKE, HEY, THE THING I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO BE PRIORITIZED WASN'T EVEN IN THE PLAN, FAIR ENOUGH.
SO I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY OKAY.
ANOTHER WAY OF THINKING ABOUT IT IS.
REALLY FOCUSING ON THE WHY RATHER THAN THE WHAT.
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WE'RE GOING FOR HERE.WHAT'S FRUSTRATING IS THAT WE HISTORICALLY PRIORITIZE, WHETHER IT'S A SINGLE ITEM OR OUR TRADITIONAL LISTS, IN THE CONTEXT OF BALANCING AND TRADEOFFS.
I GUESS JOHN JUST ASKED THE QUESTION, BUT IF TRAILS AND LAND ACQUISITION ISN'T WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, THEN I GUESS I FEEL VERY CONSTRAINED TO LOOK JUST AT CAPITAL PROJECTS OR, YOU KNOW, IN THE ABSENCE OF DEALING WITH OUR REAL PRIORITIES.
WE HAD AT THE RETREAT AN EXERCISE IN WHICH EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD PUT A DOT ON WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES WERE.
AND ALL SEVEN OF US PUT LAND ACQUISITION.
AND AM I SUPPOSED TO SET THAT ASIDE TODAY? COLIN, I GUESS WHAT I'D SAY IS TRAILS ARE TOTALLY, THAT'S A CAPITAL PROJECT.
WHEN I WAS JUST CALLING, WE ALREADY PRESENTED ON OUR WORK PLAN ABOUT TRAILS AT AN EARLIER SESSION, SO YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT PRESENTED TODAY.
BUT WHEN A TRAIL PROJECT IS OVER $100,000, WE CONSIDER THAT A CAPITAL PROJECT.
SO THAT'S TOTALLY OKAY TO TALK ABOUT.
I MEAN, OF COURSE, LIKE THIS IS FOR YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ACQUISITIONS, THAT'S TOTALLY OKAY.
IT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE SORT OF CENTERING IS PROJECTS.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS HOW WOULD YOUR BOARD BALANCE DIFFERENT PROJECTS? THAT'S WHAT, LIKE, THE CPP SCORING IS ABOUT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO LEARN.
SO I THINK YOU'RE WELCOME TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT I THINK THE MOST HELPFUL IS HELPING US UNDERSTAND HOW TO BALANCE PROJECTS.
AT WHAT POINT, MAYBE IT'S THE NEXT MEETING, BUT AT WHAT POINT DOES THE BOARD GET TO ESTABLISH LAND ACQUISITION AS OUR PRIORITY? IS IT IN THIS PROCESS? IS IT IN THE DISTRICT PLAN PROCESS? I THINK IT'S, SO I'D SAY, COLIN, IT'S ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I THINK IN THE DISTRICT PLAN PROCESS, WE HEARD THAT FROM YOUR BOARD, RIGHT, AT ONE OF THE LAST MEETINGS.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING IN AN OVERARCHING WAY THAT YOUR BOARD CAN CONTINUE TO SAY.
THIS PROCESS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND ON THE 12TH, YOU CAN ALSO, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM YOUR BOARD AGAIN ON THE 12TH.
TODAY IS REALLY, THIS IS OUR CAPITAL PROJECT STUDY SESSION.
SO THE THING I'M HOPING TO HEAR TODAY IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF AROUND CAPITAL PROJECTS? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE LESS OF? I'M FRUSTRATED BY CONSTRAINT IN THE DISCUSSION, BOTH IN TERMS OF SCOPE AND THE STRESS ON FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS.
AND I FEEL LESS ABLE TO DO VISIONING AS A RESULT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR COFFEY, OR VICE PRESIDENT COFFEY.
IF IT'S HELPFUL TO SHARE, MY UNDERSTANDING AS WE WERE DESIGNING THE SESSION TODAY SPECIFICALLY AND ALL THREE OF THE SESSIONS IS THAT NOT THE ENTIRE BOARD TODAY DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE DIDN'T NECESSARILY SHAPE THE CURRENT CPP SCORING FRAMEWORK AND WE WANTED TO GIVE THE ENTIRE BOARD A GREATER SENSE OF OWNERSHIP AND LIKE YES THIS IS THIS IS OURS AND SO THESE QUESTIONS ARE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO GET BOARD FEEDBACK ON THAT IS GOING TO BE USED TO REFINE THE SCORING FRAMEWORK SO THAT'S WHY IT'S FOCUSED IN THIS WAY AND THE ENTIRE ALL ALL THREE OF THE STUDY SESSIONS WILL NOT BE FOCUSED ON THE SCORING FRAMEWORK IT'S JUST WE HAVE A FEW AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THAT.
I GUESS MY FRUSTRATION IS WITH THIS QUESTION AS OPPOSED TO WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO, WHICH MAKES SENSE TO ME.
AND IT MAY BE THAT I REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CAPITAL PROJECT AND JUST TO REMOVE THE CAPITAL PORTION JUST BECAUSE OF OUR DEFINITION.
AND PERHAPS MAYBE MY EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THE PROMPTING HERE.
SHED LIGHT ON WHY I TOOK OUT PRIORITY CAPITAL PROJECT, BECAUSE MY EXAMPLE IS RIGHT ON THAT BORDERLINE OF THAT $100,000.
THAT'S BEEN MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND IT IS A PROJECT THAT HAS NOT BEEN PRIORITIZED BY EAST BAY PARKS UNTIL VERY RECENTLY THIS YEAR.
BUT WITH THIS QUESTION, IT SAYS THAT SOMETHING THAT I WAS HOPING TO HAVE PROGRESSED FURTHER IN 2025, IT WAS NOT ON OUR LIST IN 2025.
IT ALSO WAS NOT ON OUR LIST FOR 2026.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ONLY RECENTLY HAVE STARTED TO LOOK AT, AND I BELIEVE IT MAY EVEN NOW MIGHT HAVE GONE
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PAST THE $100,000 THRESHOLD.SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONE PRIORITY PROJECT THAT I CAN SAY OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT IN SHARING.
AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD TO CONSTRAIN ON THAT DEFINITION OF CAPITAL PROJECT, YOU KNOW, WHERE DOES SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, AS A TOP PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES AT DELVAL KIOSK, WHERE DOES THAT FIT INTO OUR PLANNING PROCESS? BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS CONSISTENTLY FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS BEEN NOT INCLUDED AS A PRIORITY FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.
AND THEN WHAT'S THE ONE PRIORITY PROJECT? YEAH, I THINK IT'S THE ONLY, THE DELVAL KIOSK IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK WITHIN DELVAL PARK, REGIONAL PARK, IT'S THE ONLY PARK WHERE WE HAVE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCATED BEYOND THE KIOSK.
AND SO IT'S A BOTTLENECK FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO THEIR HOMES OR TO THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS.
YES, AND ALSO MORE SPECIFICALLY ON MAJOR SUMMER HOLIDAYS, THE BACKUP TO GET INTO DELVAL REGIONAL PARK IS VERY IMPACTFUL.
TO THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
YES, AND I BELIEVE THE ONE EXAMPLE TO ME THAT REALLY SURFACES AS A PRIORITY IS TYPICALLY DURING THE SUMMERS IN EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY, WE'LL HAVE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES, SOMETIMES OVER 100 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
REALLY WHAT WE'RE SOLVING FOR HERE IS THE 4TH OF JULY.
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR IS THE BACKUP ON 4TH OF JULY GETTING INTO DELVAL REGIONAL PARK.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAYS WHERE THE TEMPERATURE MIGHT HAVE BEEN, LET'S SAY, 105 TO 110 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
AND SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCATED BEYOND THE KIOSK ARE RANCHING BUSINESSES.
AND THERE WAS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY FOR SOME OF THE LIVESTOCK.
THAT WERE LOCATED BACK THERE AND THE VETERINARIAN THAT WAS TRYING TO GET TO THE LIVESTOCK WAS CAUGHT UP IN THE TRAFFIC AND THAT THAT WAS A CONCERN.
THAT'S MY THREE MINUTES, BUT I DID WANT TO ALSO GET TO THE DEPRIORITIZATION.
SO THE EXAMPLE I HAVE HERE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN I FIRST JOINED THIS BOARD, BECAUSE WE WERE COMING OUT OF A SEVERE DROUGHT, AND THE SHADOWCLIFF LAKE LEVELS WERE SO LOW THAT WE HAD SHADOWCLIFF LAKE, SHADOWCLIFF LAKE WAS CLOSED TO SWIMMING, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT SHADOWCLIFF LAKE DURING THE SEVERE DROUGHT.
WHILE WE WERE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS IN LATE 2022 AND EARLY 2023 TO REFILL SHADOWCLIFFS LAKE, WE DO NOT HAVE A LONG-TERM RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY FOR SHADOWCLIFFS LAKE.
AND SO IF THERE'S ONE PRIORITY PROJECT THAT I THINK COULD BE SLOWED DOWN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS A VERY IMPORTANT PRIORITY, I WOULD PUT THAT IN THAT SECOND CATEGORY OF THE SLOWDOWN.
AND PART OF THAT IS, AND I THINK BOTH OF MY EXAMPLES ARE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL COLLABORATION EXAMPLES.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY, WHO ACTUALLY MANAGES THE ROAD IN AND OUT OF DELVAL KIOSK.
AND FOR SHADOW CLIFFS LAKE, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THERE IS A PRIORITY PROJECT AT ZONE 7 WATER AGENCY TO CONNECT DELVAL.
LAKE TO THE CHAIN OF LAKES WHICH SHADOW CLIFFS IS PART OF THAT CHAIN OF LAKES REGION AND THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT TO HAVE A TURNOUT AT SHADOW CLIFFS LAKE BUT I'VE DEPRIORITIZED THIS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T THAT THERE ISN'T REALLY THE STAFF SUPPORT HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT TO ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT HAVING A TURNOUT INTO SHADOW CLIFFS LAKE NOT SURE IF THOSE EXAMPLES ARE HELPFUL FOR THE BOARD DIRECTOR, YOU'RE SAYING WE JUST DON'T HAVE...
YEAH, I GUESS, SO I BROUGHT IT UP PRETTY CONSISTENTLY IN 2023 AND 2024 AS A PRIORITY, THE SHADOW CLIFFS LAKE AND HAVING A LONG-TERM RELIABLE WATER
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SUPPLY, AND IT JUST NEVER REALLY GAINED TRACTION.AND I KNOW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS TURNOUT ON THAT CHAIN OF LAKES PIPELINE, THAT ZONE 7 IS...
I'M CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING LIKE WE REALLY NEED TO BE COLLABORATING AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH ZONE 7 AND WE'RE NOT SO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S NOT THAT INTEREST HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT I'M NOT GOING TO PUSH THIS AS A PRIORITY.
I GUESS I MEAN THE GOAL OF THIS WORK IS FOR STAFF SO IT'S NOT STAFF'S ROLE TO DECIDE WHAT OUR POLICY LIKE VALUES ARE.
AND I THINK THE QUESTION HERE IS MORE, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DEPRIORITIZE? NOT BECAUSE, NOT WHAT DID WE, OR WHAT DO YOU THINK STAFF THINK? BECAUSE I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN YOUR IDEAS.
SO THAT WOULD BE MOST VALUABLE.
AND MAYBE WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT LATER.
I'M GOING TO MOVE THROUGH SOME OF THE PARKS.
SO I'D LIKE TO START WITH ALAMEDA.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PILOT PROJECTS OR JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO MINIMIZE HAVING TO MOVE THE SAND EACH YEAR AT CROWN BEACH.
SO WHAT TYPE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS COULD WE HAVE THERE THAT MIGHT BE AN INVESTMENT NOW, BUT WILL SAVE THE PARK MONEY DOWN THE ROAD? OR HOW DO WE START RE-ENVISIONING WHAT THAT BEACH WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE WITH BUY-IN FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS? ALSO AT JUST AS FAR AS AT CROWN BEACH AND CRAB COVE, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THERE'S REASONS FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT ISSUES WE'RE HAVING WITH THE BATHROOMS, BUT JUST AS FAR AS I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE MOVEMENT.
AS FAR AS, AND THIS IS RELATED TO THE MCKAY AVENUE UTILITIES AND BRINGING WATER, BUT JUST AS FAR AS MORE MOVEMENT TOWARDS RESTORING BATHROOMS OVER WITHIN THE MCKAY AREA, WHICH IS NEAR THE VISITOR CENTER, AND WITH THE WHOLE CROWN BEACH AREA.
FOR THE NEXT PARK, FOR OYSTER BAY, AND THIS IS, I'M HAPPY TO SEE PROGRESS IN THAT WE'RE AT 60% DESIGN, BUT OYSTER BAY IS REALLY A GREAT PARK THAT PROVIDES MORE ACCESS FOR THE SAN LEANDRO COMMUNITY, AND IT'S CONNECTED TO THE BAY TRAIL.
AND SO DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCESS IN THE PICNIC AREA MOVE QUICKER BECAUSE THAT REALLY WILL OPEN IT UP AND THEN ALSO JUST AS FAR AS MOVING TOWARDS THE DESIGN OF EITHER THE BIKE PUMP TRACK OR BIKE SKILLS AREA AND DEPENDENT IF WE'RE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME CREATIVE STRATEGIES FOR FUNDING LOOKING AT WILL THIS BE SOMETHING THAT'S EITHER STAGED OVER TIME OR WILL WE BE ABLE TO GET CREATIVELY THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT SO WE COULD BUILD OUT THE PARK I MEAN THE SKILLS AREA AND BECAUSE AS FAR AS WITH THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS SO JUST, I MEAN, JUST AS A CHECK-IN TO SUPPORT THE FACILITATION.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 20 MINUTES LEFT OF THIS ITEM.
AND THE INTENTION HERE IS REALLY AROUND, LIKE, ONE FOR EACH OF THOSE QUESTIONS IF WE WANTED TO STAY FOCUSED.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE TIME, AGAIN, LIKE MAY 12TH, FOR US TO GO MUCH, MUCH DEEPER.
THAT SAID, THIS IS THE BOARD STUDY SESSION, SO WE CAN SHIFT OUR AGENDA AROUND.
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I LIKE THE CLOCK.THIS IS GOING TO FORCE ME NEXT TIME TO BE QUICKER, AND I'LL BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THEM DONE.
SO AT ALAMEDA POINT, JUST AS FAR AS CONTINUING TO EXPLORE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A TEMPORARY TRAIL, BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT FACTORS WITH LEASE TURNS AND OTHER ITEMS WHY WE COULDN'T GET A PERMANENT TRAIL.
EXPLORING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THAT WOULD BE A TRAIL AS FAR AS INCREASING A SEGMENT OF THE BAY TRAIL.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO TO THE SECOND QUESTION? AS FAR AS DEPRIORITIZATION, I THINK SOME OF THE DEPRIORITIZATION IS NATURALLY OCCURRING IN MY AREA.
JUST AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT ALAMEDA POINT, BUT UNTIL WE GET DIFFERENT INFORMATION BACK FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, CREATING THAT INTO, OPENING THAT AS A PARK HAS BEEN SOMETHING.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, BUT IT'S NOT AS HIGH AS PRIORITY, WHERE I THINK THIS TRAIL IS HIGHER PRIORITY.
SO I THINK SOME THINGS ARE BEING NATURALLY DEPRIORITIZED BY WHAT'S HAPPENING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT? OKAY.
WELL, FOR ME, I WOULD SAY THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY PROJECT THAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN MORE PROGRESS ON IN 2025 IS POINT MALATE.
AND I DO FEEL LIKE WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.
AND I PARTICULARLY WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT FOR THE GREAT WORK ON THE BAY TRAIL.
AND THAT'S MOVING VERY QUICKLY.
AND I KNOW WE'RE ALSO DOING A LOT OF PRELIMINARY WORK ASSESSING THE LAND AND THE STATE OF THE BUILDINGS, ET CETERA.
BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO FOCUS AND MOVE FORWARD TO A MORE, I GUESS, MORE PUBLIC INPUT AND MORE FULLY FORMED PLANNING PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING FOCUSED ON THIS PROJECT AND PUSHING IT FORWARD.
POINT MALATE IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PROVIDING MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OUR PARKS.
INCOME CENSUS TRACTS IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
IT'S ALSO RICH IN NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE NATIVE AMERICAN SITES, HISTORICAL CHINESE FISHING VILLAGE, AND WINEHAVEN.
I KNOW YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT FOR THESE GUYS' BENEFIT, I'M GIVING MY WHY HERE.
AND SO, YEAH, AND THERE'S JUST A LOT TO SEE OUT THERE.
THERE'S INCREDIBLE THE NATURE AND THE WILDLIFE AND THE ABILITY TO PRESERVE THE SHORELINE THERE.
THE SEAGRASS BEDS ARE CRITICAL FOR SOME SPECIES THAT ARE NOT QUITE ENDANGERED, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST SEAGRASS BEDS IN ALL OF THE BAY AREA.
SO FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS FASTER.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF DEPRIORITIZING, THIS IS THE HARD QUESTION, OF COURSE.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SIMILAR TO WHERE DIRECTOR ESPANA IS IN TERMS OF THINGS BEING NATURALLY DEPRIORITIZED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BOTH NORTH BASIN STRIP AND THE EEC, WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THOSE.
SO THOSE ARE TWO REALLY BIG PROJECTS IN MY WARD THAT AREN'T GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD.
YEAH, ALTOGETHER, AND TO IMPROVE EQUITABLE ACCESS IN PARTICULAR, BUT ALSO ACCESS IN GENERAL, TOO.
SO I THINK THERE'S A REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY THERE.
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AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ALREADY CLOSELY TRACK THE PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA, SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE WHAT I'M SAYING HERE WOULD WARRANT A CHANGE, AT LEAST IN THOSE THOSE ISSUES.I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THE TIME.
WHO'D LIKE TO GO NEXT? THANK YOU.
MINE IS IN CONCORD, ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF CONCORD.
IT'S THE CALIFORNIA RIDING AND HIKING TRAIL, A HISTORIC TRAIL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY A STATE TRAIL THAT GOT DEEDED OVER TO THE PARK DISTRICT WHEN THE STATE BAILED AND DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT.
SO WE'RE THE STEWARDS OF THIS.
IT RUNS THROUGH MANY NEIGHBORHOODS IN CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, BUT IT ENDS AT THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF MANGINI RANCH PROPERTY, WHICH IS OWNED BY SAVE MOUNT DIABLO.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CONTRA COSTA TRAILS MAP, THE BIG MAP THAT SHOWS MULTIPLE TRAILS ALL AROUND CENTRAL, WELL, ALL AROUND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, YOU'LL SEE THAT TRAIL AT ONE POINT WHERE IT ENDS SAYS, TO BE CONTINUED.
AND THERE'S AN ARROW POINTING UP LIME RIDGE.
SO I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS AND I KNOW I'VE SHOWED THIS TO STAFF BEFORE.
WE NEED TO EXTEND THAT TRAIL FOR PROBABLY LESS THAN A MILE TO POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE, THIS WOULD BE A FIRST PHASE, CONNECT WITH MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK.
I THINK IT'S OUR ROLE TO DO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
IT WOULD BE THE FIRST PHASE OF A CONNECTION TO MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK.
IT WOULD HELP TO DISPERSE THE VERY CROWDED ACCESS TO MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK AND THAT PART OF THE MOUNTAIN.
EVERY FORMALIZED ACCESS AROUND THERE IN THAT AREA IS CROWDED ON THE WEEKENDS, AND FOLKS JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
IT'S A NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL THAT OUR FOLKS COULD DESIGN AND BUILD, AND I WOULD REALLY BE...
I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT OURSELVES.
THEY'D WANT TO DO IT, AND WE'LL HAVE DONE IT.
THE TRAIL WOULD IMPROVE CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE LIME RIDGE OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS MANAGED JOINTLY BY CONCORD AND WALNUT CREEK.
AND IT WILL BE, LIKE I SAID, THE FIRST PHASE TO MAKE THE CONNECTION INTO MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK.
THAT CONNECTION IS DEPENDENT ON ONE MORE LAND ACQUISITION.
AND SO I WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE BUILD THE TRAIL AS FAR AS WE CAN, AND WHEN THE LAND ACQUISITION COMES, BOOM, WE HAVE ACCESS.
DEPRIORITIZED, THAT'S AN EASY ONE.
THE WATER LINE INTO LAS TRAMPAS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RENOVATED SHOULD NOT BE RENOVATED IN A DIFFERENT METHOD OF OPERATING THAT THOSE.
THAT SAVES YOU, I DON'T KNOW, SIX TO FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLARS.
YEAH, AND THIS TRAIL IS ONLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO LET ME JUST SUMMARIZE THE CRITERIA THAT I HEARD AND I THINK THAT YOU STATED, THAT IT'S A PROJECT THAT CONNECTS MANY NEIGHBORHOODS AND MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS.
IT PROVIDES, IT INCREASES CONNECTIONS TO ANOTHER PARK, MOUNT AVALO.
IT ADDS A NEW ACCESS POINT TO ANOTHER PARK.
AND THERE'S VALUE IN THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT CAN BE DONE IN-HOUSE, AND THAT'S A GOOD CRITERIA FOR YOU.
AND THAT IT COULD BE A JOINT OPERATIONS WITH SOMEBODY.
I THINK WITH CITY OF WALNUT CREEK AND CONCORD. SO THE FACT THAT IT'S A JOINTLY PROJECT.
YEAH, IT WOULD REQUIRE COOPERATION WITH THOSE TWO AGENCIES.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOUR BOARD IS DOING A GREAT JOB.
DISTILLING IT DOWN TO ONE THING YOU WANT TO ADD AND ONE THING YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY, SUPER HARD.
SO I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT.
KAREN, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT HE ALSO SPOKE TO READINESS.
THAT I IF YOU CAN USE THE MIC, PLEASE.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT I THINK DIRECTOR MERCURIO SAID READINESS, AND THE TAIL END OF HIS IS THAT IT WOULD BE READY ONCE WE GOT THE CONTINUED ACQUISITION, SO THAT'S PART OF IT, TOO.
SO JUST AS A WHY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE THAT READINESS PART.
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SO JUST AS A TIME CHECK, WE HAVE ABOUT 10 MORE MINUTES IF WE WANTED TO STAY ON TIME.I'D LIKE TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING I THINK ALL OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED ARE WORTHY AND GREAT, AND I'M SADDENED THAT WE'RE PUT IN THIS POSITION.
AND I'M ALSO SADDENED THAT I ONLY HAVE TO LIMIT THIS TO ONE BECAUSE THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT I HAVE A HISTORY OF SUGGESTING DON'T BE WARD-CENTRIC, AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S BEING WARD-CENTRIC, WHICH IS FINE.
DARN IT, I WANTED TO SAY, OH, AND I'M BASING THIS ON PROMISES WE'VE MADE TO PEOPLE LONG AGO, GOT THEM TO VOTE FOR US FOR PROJECTS, AND, OR PARDON ME, AND THEN LETDOWNS, HOW WE LET PEOPLE DOWN.
AND SO MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, I TOLD MY WIFE I'D HAVE TO SAY THIS, DRY CREEK PIONEER, WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS, WHATEVER IT'S BEEN, BUT THAT WAS A CONDITION OF WHY WE GOT 1,500 ACRES.
FROM THE GOOD FOLKS, THE MEYER SISTERS.
I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT SO MY WIFE WOULD HEAR IT.
IF SHE'S LISTENING, I DON'T WANT TO BE WORD-CENTRIC.
NO, I THINK WE OUGHT TO OPEN CONTRALOMA.
CONTRALOMA WOULD BE MY PRIORITY FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE LISTED BEFORE, OF ALL OUR DREAMS, OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO SERVE UNDERSERVED, ALL THESE DREAMS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE RECREATION, ALL THESE DREAMS OF, WELL, PRESERVATION'S NOT GOING TO BE IN THIS ONE, OBVIOUSLY.
READ THE HISTORY OF WHY CONTRALOMA WAS CREATED.
TELL LOTS OF TALES FOR EVERYBODY HERE OF WHY WE NEED THAT PARK FOR ALL OF THE REASONS WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME AND FOR ALL THE PRIORITIES.
AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY.
I HEAR EQUITABLE ACCESS, I THINK, AND ESPECIALLY EQUITABLE ACCESS.
OK, I WON'T SAY ANY OF THE OTHERS.
LET'S JUST SAY THE ONE I WOULD ELIMINATE.
ONCE AGAIN, I'LL PREFACE IT BY SAYING I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE TOWARDS ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO GET US A BOND MEASURE.
THE REASON WE'RE OUT OF MONEY IS BECAUSE WE NEED A PARCEL TAX OR SOMETHING TO DO PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF MONEY FOR ACQUISITION, BUT WE NEED TO BACK IT UP AND CREATE PARKS.
SO I'M GOING TO SAY THIS WITHOUT HOPEFULLY NOT ANGERING ANYONE.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT A COUPLE HERE.
I'VE WORKED THERE A MILLION YEARS.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT WENT FROM $7 MILLION TO A $14 MILLION PROJECT, AND I UNDERSTAND HOW PROJECTS WORK HERE.
NO FAULT OF ANYBODY'S AROUND HERE, BUT IT'LL PROBABLY BE $20 MILLION, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THAT, OR PARDON ME, THE IMMEDIATE BENEFIT IN PLANS FOR A PARCEL TAX IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
I UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO PLAN FOR IT, TRY TO GET GRANTS FOR IT, AND PLAN AHEAD FOR IT.
AND I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING FOR THE GUN RANGE, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME REGULATORS THAT ARE FORCING US TO DO IT A LITTLE QUICKER.
WHO'D LIKE TO GO NEXT? SURE, I'LL GO.
I'M STRUGGLING, I THINK, MUCH LIKE DIRECTOR COFFEY IS.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE CPP SCORES IS GOING TO HELP ME DECIDE THESE PRIORITIES.
BY PICKING THEM FROM THE SKY, IT DOESN'T FEEL, I DON'T KNOW, PROFESSIONAL, HOLISTIC.
AND I THINK I SHARED THAT WHEN WE HAD SOME PRE-PREP, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE MOVING TO THE CPP SOON.
IN THE MEANTIME, I WILL SET ASIDE, BECAUSE I DO THINK A PRIORITY OF ACQUISITION WOULD BE OVER SOMETHING ELSE, OR A PRIORITY OVER RESTORATION OVER RECREATION IF WE HAD TO, OR A PRIORITY OVER LAND BANKING IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE GOING TO ALL COME OUT LATER.
BUT IF YOU'RE FORCING ME TO SET ASIDE, AND I'M PLAYING ALONG WITH THE PROCESS HERE, AND I APPRECIATE AND WANT TO SUPPORT THE PROCESS BECAUSE I THINK MY CONCERNS MAY COME OUT LATER, BUT WHERE DO I PRIORITIZE YOUTH EDUCATION? WHERE DO I PRIORITIZE ACQUISITION? WHERE DO I PRIORITIZE, LIKE I SAID, CLIMATE CHANGE? SO I'M STRUGGLING, BUT ALL RIGHT.
I THINK BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE THINGS I CARE ABOUT, IF I HAVE TO PICK A PROJECT, AND I HATE IT BECAUSE IT FEELS WARD-CENTRIC.
I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT TEMESCAL.
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AND I THINK WE'RE ALL DOING THIS AND I DON'T LIKE IT.I THINK WE SHOULD BE DISTRICT-WIDE.
BUT AGAIN, I KEEP SAYING I'M PLAYING THE GAME.
SO TEMESCAL BECAUSE, I MEAN, ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION, THE DEMOGRAPHICS, THE EQUITY, THAT COMMUNITY.
IT'S THE ONLY THING GREEN THERE IN OAKLAND FOR MILES.
SO THERE'S GREAT HABITAT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION.
IT'S AMAZING THAT THAT LITTLE PUDDLE WILL TAKE IN THE GOLDEN EAGLES AND THE POND TURTLES.
IT'S AMAZING TO ME THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE GROWING WITH EVERYTHING FROM BUFFY WICKS TO THE MAYOR DOWN TO THE LAKE TEMESCAL REGION.
I'M LOOKING THROUGH THE CRITERIA BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT DRIVES IT TO ME.
IT DOESN'T HAVE A HIGH PROJECT READINESS, HONESTLY.
WE ALL KNOW THAT, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE OTHER REASONS WOULD PUT IT HIGHER UP FOR ME.
AND HISTORIC IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST THREE PARKS, AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
CAN I ADD SOMETHING SUPER QUICK? JUST TO LOWER THE STAKES HERE, YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY ADDING OR DELETING ANYTHING FROM OUR LIST.
WE'RE JUST USING THIS AS AN EXERCISE TO DRAW OUT.
THE WHY SO TO TRY TO TRY TO SEE IF THE CPP IT'S TOTALLY OKAY TO BE WARD CENTRIC BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW THAT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE SO UM YEAH AND WHAT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I HAVE TO SAY THOUGH THAT WOULD TAKE PRIORITY THAT I'VE HEARD ON FROM EVERYTHING LIKE ISABEL TO GUN CLUB THOUGH SO MY ONE PROJECT TEMASCALE AND I MAYBE IF I CAN HAVE A PLUS OR A PARENTHESES ANYTHING WE'RE MANDATED TO DO BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET AROUND THAT I MEAN WHOEVER PURCHASED THESE TOXIC LANDS, WE PURCHASED THEM.
IF WE HAVE A MANDATE TO DO SEWER, IF WE HAVE A MANDATE TO A GLENN CLUB.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET AROUND THAT.
AND THAT, IN THE PRIORITY SCORE LATER, I JUST WANT IN PARENTHESES, SHOULD BE ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS.
I MEAN, IF WE HAVE TO DO IT, WE HAVE TO DO IT.
WE CAN LOOK AT POLICY TO NOT GET THESE KIND OF LANDS IN THE FUTURE, BUT IF WE HAVE TO DO IT.
SO IT DOESN'T REALLY, TEMESCAL IS KIND OF AN ASIDE.
SO AS ANYTHING TO REMOVE, I THINK IT'S FUNDING DRIVEN.
YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO HOLD ON PROJECTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN STARTED OR LAND BANK THEM, I CAN'T PICK ONE SPECIFICALLY.
I REALLY DIDN'T LIKE HEARING ABOUT THE EEC BEING DROPPED.
I WOULD ACTUALLY PUT THAT, BUT I WOULD PUT THAT UP WITH TEMESCAL AND THE EEC IF I HAD TO CHOOSE A SECOND PROJECT BECAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, YOUTH EDUCATION, THE NEXT GENERATION.
I WOULD PUT, IT NEEDS TO BE MISSION DRIVEN.
AND I THINK THE BOARD AT SOME POINT MAY HAVE TO THINK, DO WE WANT TO BE RESTORATION-FOCUSED OR RECREATION-FOCUSED? IF WE HAVE TO CHOOSE, HOW DO WE DO THAT? SO I PERSONALLY WOULD DEFUND THINGS THAT ARE INTENSE RECREATION, AND IF IN FACT AS A GROUP WE DECIDE WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO BALL FIELDS, INTENSE RECREATION WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD.
IF WE START TO INCH INTO THINGS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUR MISSION.
AS MUCH AS I KNOW WE NEED THEM IN BALL FIELDS, IF WE'VE GOT A TIGHT BUDGET AND WE'VE GOT TO FOCUS ON A BALLOT MEASURE COMING UP, I THINK WE'RE LOVED FOR OUR PARKS AND NOT NECESSARILY FOR INTENSE RECREATION.
I COULD GO ON FOR A WHILE, BUT I'LL STOP RIGHT THERE SO I CAN HELP KEEP US ON TIME.
SO LET ME JUST SUMMARIZE THE WHYS.
IT PROVIDES INCREASED ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S BRINGING GREEN SPACE INTO AN URBAN AREA.
I THINK I SAID IT TWICE, BRINGING GREENING AND PARKING INTO THE URBAN SPACE.
ALSO, IT MEETS SOME MANDATE, EVEN IF THAT'S A HISTORIC MANDATE FROM A LONG TIME AGO.
WE BOUGHT IT FOR THIS REASON, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR.
MISSION DRIVEN, IF IT'S A MISSION DRIVEN PROJECT.
AND THEN SOME REASONS TO DEPRIORITIZE PROJECTS WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY LACK OF FUNDING OR IF IT STARTS IMPINGING ONTO WHAT AN URBAN PARK MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
WHAT YOU CALL INTENSE, I WAS THINKING IT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE A LOCAL CITY PARK.
I'M GOING TO CHEAT A LITTLE AND DO TWO, BUT THE REASON IS BECAUSE OUR FOCUS IS ON WHY.
AND BOTH OF THESE HAVE THE SAME WHY.
AND THE WHY I HAVE IN MIND, JOHN KNOWS, IS RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
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IN OTHER WORDS, CIRCUMSTANCES, SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE PUT A LOT, A LOT OF MONEY INTO THE USE AND WE'RE NOT GETTING THE USE.AND THE FIRST IS GETTING THE HAZEL ATLAS MINE.
AT BLACK DIAMOND OPEN, AGAIN, IT WAS CLOSED FOR MOST OF 2025.
SOME OF IT IS STAFFING, AND I'VE RECENTLY HEARD THAT IT MAY BE CLOSED THIS YEAR, TOO, BECAUSE OF STAFFING ISSUES.
IT IS PARTIALLY THE TIMBER PROJECT NOT PROGRESSING.
AND THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, THE WHY, IS THAT THIS BOARD, OVER THE LAST...
DECADE HAS PUT CLOSE TO 10 MILLION DOLLARS INTO THAT MOUNTAIN IN THE FORM OF THE GREAT STAIRS AND THE RECREATION OF A COAL MINE AND NEITHER IS BEING UTILIZED AS IT WAS INTENDED IT WAS INTENDED TO BE ONE INTEGRATED EXPERIENCE HAZEL ATLAS DOWN THE STAIRS INTO THE COAL MINE ENDING UP IN THE VISITOR CENTER THAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE AND IT'S GOING ON A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW THAT WE'RE NOT DOING IT.
THE OTHER IS THE POINT WILSON TO POINT MALATI BAY TRAIL GAP.
WE, THIS AGENCY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE, HAS PUT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE BAY TRAIL ALONG SAN PABLO BAY.
AND THE COUNTY IS GOING TO PUT ANOTHER TEN, EXTENDING THE TRAIL FROM RODEO TO CROCKETT, HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR.
AND THIS ONE GAP BETWEEN PINOLE SHORES AND THE PARK IS ALL THAT REMAINS PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO GET FROM THE VALLEJO BRIDGE TO OAKLAND.
AND FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, WE SHOULD BE MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT TRAIL.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DEPRIORITIZE.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW OF ANY PROJECT TO DEPRIORITIZE.
I THINK I WOULD BE RELIANT ON THE PROCESS THAT KAREN DESCRIBES IN THE ESSAY, WHEREBY STAFF PLAYS A ROLE IN THAT, AND THEN WE PLAY A ROLE.
THAT'S A PARTICULAR ISSUE WHERE I WOULD PUT A LOT OF RELIANCE ON STAFF.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEN BRING TO BEAR WHAT MY ROLE IS ON TOP OF WHAT STAFF IS DOING.
I'M WONDERING ABOUT WRITING UP STAFF RECOMMENDED AND THEN BOARD DISCUSSED.
AND HER ESSAY DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, YOU KNOW, WHO BRINGS WHAT TO THE ISSUE.
WE BRING SOMETHING AND STAFF BRINGS A LOT.
ARE WE GOOD TO BE HERE FROM EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE CAN OH, KAREN, SORRY.
YOU WANT TO REPEAT BACK? THAT THE CRITERIA IS INCREASED OR VISIBLE, ACKNOWLEDGED ROI, RETURN ON INVESTMENT, THAT MONEY INCREASES USE AND ACCESS, THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE PAST INVESTMENTS TO CAPITALIZE ON THOSE, AND THAT WHEN THERE'S AN UNDERUTILIZATION OF A PRIOR INVESTMENT, THAT WE INCREASE UTILIZATION BY LOOKING AT THAT INVESTMENT.
AND LOOKING AT CAN SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS EQUAL BIG WINS, BIG GAINS, AND THEN WHEN THE STAFF BRINGS A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON TECHNICAL EXPERTISE THAT THAT RISES TO THE TOP FOR YOU.
SO RIGHT BEFORE WE SHIFT TO BREAK, I WANTED TO ASK, I HEARD A COUPLE OF DIRECTORS RUMBLE A LITTLE BIT AROUND HOW DO WE SHIFT AWAY FROM BEING SOLELY WARD FOCUSED AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THIS ON THE PARKING LOT FOR SOMETHING TO THINK MORE ABOUT YOU KNOW IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO SPEND AN ABHORRED ITEM ON AND ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT AS PART OF ONE OF OUR WORKING AGREEMENTS IS HAVING MORE OF A DISTRICT-WIDE FOCUS AND SO I THOUGHT MAYBE DIRECTORS WOULD WANT TO HAVE ON THE PARKING LOT AND ALSO I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE I DON'T KNOW HOW WE FEEL ABOUT HOW THIS AGENDA ITEM IS SHAPED I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THERE IS A SESSION EVALUATION IN YOUR BINDER AND YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT ABOUT THIS AND IT'LL BE USED TO REFINE HOW WE SHAPE THE AGENDAS FOR THE NEXT TWO SESSIONS.
GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WAS A LEARNING PROCESS AND I GUESS ONE QUESTION I HAD AS WE MOVED THROUGH IT I SAW AS FAR AS DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS USE MORE OF THE KEY WORDS.
URBAN AREA EQUITABLE ACCESS IS IT IMPORTANT THAT THAT GETS CAPTURED IN OUR WHAT WE SAID RIGHT NOW OR YES OKAY BECAUSE MY AREAS ARE THE MOST URBAN SO I JUST WANT TO SAY EQUITABLE
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ACCESS SO IT'S IT HITS ALL THE PRODUCT IT HITS EVERY ONE OF MY AREA.AND I'M WONDERING ABOUT JUST TO GIVE US AMPLE TIME FOR BREAK.
IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADD ADDITIONAL COLOR TO WHAT'S UP THERE.
CAN WE DO THAT? YOU CAN DO IT.
PUT ON OUR POST IT AND JUST YOU COULD FEEL FREE TO HAVE IT ADDED TO WHAT'S UP THERE.
OH, THAT'S GREAT, BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KEYWORDS THAT I SAW OUR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS USE TOWARDS THE END ARE CAPTURED.
WE HAVE UNTIL 1140 FOR BREAK, BUT WE ARE HOPING FOR 15 MINUTES.
DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT SAN JUAN, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHIFT OUR AGENDA? SHORTER BREAK OR JUST WE'LL PUSH OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER? I THINK 10 MINUTES SHOULD BE FINE.
LET'S JUST DO A 10-MINUTE BREAK.
WE'RE BACK FROM OUR BREAK, AND WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, KATIE, OR, YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON, KATIE DIGNAN, ACTING CFO HERE TO TALK ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECT ORIGINATION AND FLOW, AND TO FRAME US, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS HOW PROJECTS ENTER THE CIP.
THROUGH BOARD PRIORITIES, VOTER MEASURES, STAFF IDENTIFICATION, COMMUNITY NEED AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND HOW THEY MOVE THROUGH THE DELIVERY PIPELINE WITH BOARD ENGAGEMENT GATES NEEDED AT EACH STAGE.
WE WANT THE BOARD TO WEIGH IN ON WHETHER THERE ARE GAPS AND HOW PROJECTS ORIGINATE OR IN WHEN AND HOW THE PROJECT ENGAGES.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO SHARE MY PRESENTATION.
CAN I JUST SAY THAT THIS BOARD IS BLOCKING MY VIEW BECAUSE THIS ONE DOESN'T REALLY WORK FOR ME.
I KIND OF HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT ONE, SO JUST OVER ABOUT TWO FEET.
SO, CAPITAL PROJECT ORIGINATION AND FLOW.
WHAT QUALIFIES AS A CAPITAL PROJECT? SO, AS I SAID EARLIER TODAY, A PROJECT OVER 100,000 IN A DISCRETE LOCATION THAT HAS A START AND END DATE.
AND TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ARE NEW CONSTRUCTION, REPLACEMENT, RESTORATION, RENOVATION OF PARK, DISTRICT FACILITIES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN SERVICES THAT INDIRECTLY LEAD TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, SUCH AS FEASIBILITY STUDIES, MASTER PLANNING, AND LAND ACQUISITION.
PROJECT DELIVERY IS DONE BY MULTIPLE UNITS IN THE DISTRICT.
SO EARLIER TODAY, YOU HEARD FROM DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND ALSO FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS UNIT 3, RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND SKILLED TRADES.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE PLANNING, WHO HAS THE NUMBER OF TRAILS PROJECTS.
THEY DO PARK PLANNING AND INTERAGENCY PLANNING UNITS.
WE HAVE STEWARDSHIP THAT HAS PROJECTS, PARK OPERATIONS, INTERPRETIVE AND RECREATION SERVICES, AND CREATIVE DESIGN GROUP.
SO THESE PROJECTS CAN INVOLVE A LARGE TEAM TO ACTUALLY GET THEM IMPLEMENTED AND THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO AT THE PARK DISTRICT, HOW DO PROJECTS ORIGINATE? I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO BREAK IT OUT INTO TWO SECTIONS, INTO INTERNAL AND THEN EXTERNAL.
AND THEN COLOR CODED, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM, SO WE HAVE THE KIND OF AQUA GREEN IS THE BOARD, THE PART GREEN IS STAFF, PURPLE IS COMMUNITY, RED IS EXTERNAL AGENCY GOVERNMENT BODY, AND THEN THE ORANGE IS PARTNERSHIP.
SO WHEN WE LOOK INTERNALLY, WHERE THE BOARD COMES IN IS WHEN THEY APPROVE PLANNING DOCUMENTS, SUCH AS LAND USE PLANS, PARK DEVELOPMENT PLANS, PUBLIC ACCESS AND RESTORATION PLANS.
OR FROM FEASIBILITY STUDIES, PROJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED, AND THEN THEY ASK THEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADOPTING THEM WITH FUNDING AND THEN MOVING INTO THE CAPITAL PLAN.
AND THEN ALSO BOARD MEMBER PRIORITIES.
INTERNALLY, PROJECTS ORIGINATE FIRST USUALLY WITH MAINTENANCE REQUESTS.
AND THEN AS YOU HEARD FROM MATT EARLIER, THEY GO OUT, ASSESS WHAT THE NEED IS, AND THEN IF THE PROJECT QUALIFIES OVER $100,000, THEN IT GETS ADDED TO THE CIP.
WE HAVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND REPAIR.
SO WHEN WE HAD OUR WINTER STORMS IN 2023, WE ENDED UP A NUMBER OF PROJECTS ENDED UP POPPING UP THAT WE NEEDED TO GO ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE OF LANDSLIDES AND EROSIONS AND TRAIL REPAIRS AND DEBRIS REMOVAL.
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FAILURE OR IF THERE IS A DEPARTMENT NEED OR STAFF IDEA.EXTERNALLY, WE HAVE OUR VOTER APPROVED MEASURES.
SO WE HAVE MEASURE FF AND WE ARE.
ALL FAMILIAR WITH MEASURE WW, WHERE PROJECTS WERE ACTUALLY CALLED OUT AS PART OF THAT BOND CALL.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES THAT ORIGINATE THROUGH OUR PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THEN ALSO JUST FEEDBACK THAT WE GET FROM THE COMMUNITY.
JUST TO, YOUR BOARD HAS, IN DEVELOPING THOSE PROJECTS, AND YOU HAVE A ROLE IN HELPING TO CONNECT.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR EXTERNAL, WHICH SOMETIMES WE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AWARE OF THE REGULATORY DIRECTIVE PROJECTS THAT MAKE IT ONTO THE CIP.
BUT THEN THERE'S THESE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT POP UP.
AND SO AS PART OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH CITIES, THEY END UP ARE PLANNING TO DO PROJECTS ON OUR PART.
AND SO THEN THEY END UP COMING TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TO REVIEW THOSE PLANS, APPROVE THEM.
EVEN THOUGH THE DEVELOPERS ARE PAYING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROJECT, WE STILL HAVE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN REVIEWING THE DESIGNS AND MAKING SURE IT MEETS OUR STANDARDS.
AND THEN AGAIN, AN AGENCY PRIORITY.
AND THEN THE OTHER GROUP IS OUR PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
SO CHRIS HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER THE KNIGHTS AND NUNN PROJECT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
SO WHAT ARE THE CAPITAL PROJECT PHASES? SO FIRST WE GET INTO ONCE A PROJECT IS ORIGINATED AND THE PROJECT FUNDING WOULD COME FOR APPROVAL TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DURING THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS.
AND THEN WE GO INTO A PROJECT LEAD IS ASSIGNED FROM THE PROJECT DELIVERY GROUP.
THE NEXT PHASE IS PLANNING AND THIS IS WHERE STAFF WORKS TO ESTABLISH THE PROJECT CHARTER AND PLAN AND THEN THEY ENGAGE CONSULTANTS.
AND SO EVERYWHERE IN GREEN ON THIS SLIDE IS WHERE THE BOARD IS ENGAGED.
SO WHEN WE'RE EXECUTING A CONTRACT WITH A CONSULTANT THAT'S OVER $50,000, WE'RE COMING TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL FOR THAT.
NEXT PHASE WOULD BE PRE-DESIGN, AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE WORKING ON OUR ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY PERMIT STRATEGY AND SURVEYS.
WE'RE DEVELOPING CONCEPTUAL PLANS, COST ESTIMATES, AND RENDERINGS.
THEN WE'RE DOING A PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN.
AND THEN WE COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL OF THE CEQA DOCUMENTS IF REQUIRED.
AND THEN AT THIS PHASE IS USUALLY WHERE WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO THE BOARD AGAIN TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
BECAUSE INITIALLY WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING THESE PROJECTS, WE REALLY HAVEN'T COME UP WITH THE COST ESTIMATES THAT WE NEED TO APPRECIATE THE FULL COST.
SO YOU USUALLY SEE THE PROJECTS AGAIN AT THE END OF PRE-DESIGN WHEN WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE TOTAL COST OF THE FUNDING IS, AND IT'S COMING BACK TO YOU TO...
PROVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING BE ADDED TO PROCEED WITH DESIGN.
I'LL JUST QUICKLY ADD THAT CEQA APPROVAL, THAT IS YOUR BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT.
SO, LIKE, THAT IS THE MOMENT WHERE YOUR BOARD SAYS, YES, WE WANT THIS TO HAPPEN.
AND THEN THAT BUDGET PIECE IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE EVEN IN THE DESIGN WORK PRE-CEQA, THAT'S WHAT YOUR BOARD'S TELLING US, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT YOU TO BE WORKING ON.
AND MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH IS DESIGN AND PERMITTING, AND IT'S BROKEN OUT INTO FOUR DESIGN MILESTONES.
YOU HAVE YOUR 30% DESIGN, YOUR 60%, YOUR 90%, AND THEN YOUR 100% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT SIZE, IF IT REQUIRES EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS TO HELP US WITH CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, THEN WE'D BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD TO GET APPROVAL FOR EXECUTING THAT CONTRACT.
AND THEN AGAIN, IF ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS REQUIRED, IT WOULD BE REQUESTED DURING THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
AFTER THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING PHASE IS OUR BID AND AWARD, WHERE WE PREPARE A BID PACKAGE FOR ADVERTISEMENT.
IF IT'S A JOB ORDER CONTRACT, SO IF IT'S A REPAIR OR RENOVATION PROJECT, IT'S ELIGIBLE TO USE THE JOB ORDER CONTRACTING VEHICLE.
AND I PUT THREE STARS AFTER THAT BECAUSE ALL OF OUR JOC CONTRACTS, ARE PRESENTED TO QUARTERLY, REN DOES A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SO THAT'S HOW THE BOARD IS UPDATED ON THE AWARD OF THOSE CONTRACTS.
AND THEN IF IT'S NOT THROUGH JOB ORDER CONTRACT, THEN WE PUT IT OUT FOR PUBLIC BID.
AND ONCE THOSE BIDS COME IN, WE COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL TO AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND AMEND ANY EXISTING CONSULTANT CONTRACTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND THEN WE MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION.
WHERE YOU ISSUE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED, THE CONTRACTOR MOBILIZES, WE HAVE OUR WEEKLY CONSTRUCTION COORDINATION, DESIGN DIRECTIVES, AND CHANGE
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REQUESTS, INSPECTIONS, AND SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.AND I JUST HIGHLIGHT ALL THESE THINGS BECAUSE IN TERMS OF STAFF TIME, THERE IS A LOT OF STAFF TIME THAT GOES ON IN CONSTRUCTION.
SO IT'S A REALLY UNIQUE GAME THAT OUR PROJECT MANAGERS AND LEADS PLAY, AND REN AND CHRIS IN MANAGING THIS, HAVE SEE HOW WE'RE MANAGING OUR WORKLOAD BECAUSE STAFF IS MORE ON-SITE EVERY WEEK HAVING TO SUPERVISE WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CLOSEOUT AND MONITORING MONITORING PHASE AND SO THIS IS WHEN WE DO FACILITY COMMISSIONING, WE HAND OFF TO OUR OPERATIONS STAKEHOLDERS, WE HAVE OUR WARRANTY PERIOD REVIEW AND THE REGULATORY PERMIT COMPLIANCE MONITORING AND REPORTING.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO RECOGNIZE A LOT OF FUNDING THAT'S REQUIRED AFTER THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED IS FOR REGULATORY MONITORING.
AND SO ANNUALLY, AS PART OF THE BUDGET, YOU'RE USUALLY ADOPTING ABOUT $100,000 TO STEWARDSHIP TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE WE MET OUR PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT IS THE CAPITAL PROJECT PHASES.
OUR CURRENT PORTFOLIO RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE 100 PROJECTS.
WE HAVE OVER $215 MILLION ASSIGNED TO PROJECTS.
OF THE STATS, 82 ARE IN PROCESS.
WE HAVE FOUR NOT STARTED, EIGHT ON HOLD, AND I THINK IT'S FIVE THAT ARE COMPLETE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR PROJECTS BY PHASE.
I'VE GOT A LITTLE GRAPH THERE.
SCREEN AND YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT NINE IN PLANNING, 24 IN PRE-DESIGN, THREE IN BID AND AWARD, 42 IN DESIGN AND PERMIT, 13 IN CONSTRUCTION, AND NINE IN CLOSEOUT.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 50 PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CONSIDERED AT RISK BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT FULLY FUNDED.
THE CURRENT FUNDING FOR THOSE 50 PROJECTS IS ABOUT 63.5 MILLION BUT THE ESTIMATED COST IS 238 MILLION LEAVING US WITH A FUNDING GAP OF $174 MILLION.
I'VE DONE A BREAKOUT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PROJECTS BY DEPARTMENT SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECTS ARE RUN BY DECO AND MAST WITH THE TRAILS AND PLANNING RIGHT BEHIND IT.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, POINT MILADI IS THE LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS, OPS IS HANDLING THE MLK STORAGE YARD, AND THEN INR HAS THE COYOTE HILLS VISITOR CENTER REDESIGN, EXHIBIT DESIGN.
AND THEN YOU GET A BREAKOUT OF YOUR PROJECT FUNDING AND VERSUS THE COST.
SO THIS IS JUST A HIGH-LEVEL SNAPSHOT, BUT GOING INTO WHAT WE SHARED YESTERDAY IS TO GET MORE DETAILS ON EACH OF THE PROJECTS, EACH OF THE 100 PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN.
THE TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER A NEW DASHBOARD THAT IS LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE, AND I'M GOING TO GO THERE AND SHOW THE PUBLIC HOW YOU ACCESS IT.
SO ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU GO TO OUR WORK.
AND YOU HIT PARK PROJECTS AND ONCE YOU GET DOWN HERE YOU SEE THAT THE PARK DISTRICTS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN GIVES YOU INFORMATION ON THAT YOU CLICK ON THE CIP PROJECT DASHBOARD BUTTON AND THEN YOU HAVE THE DETAILS ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS AND SO IT'S BROKEN OUT BY THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES YOU HAVE THE COLOR CODING FOR THE PHASES AND THEN YOU CAN ZOOM IN AND OUT, CLICK ON A PROJECT.
SO YOU MENTIONED CROWN BEACH EARLIER.
SO THE CROWN BEACH RENOVATE MCKAY AVENUE UTILITIES.
IT GIVES YOU THE PROJECT SCOPE, THE CATEGORY, THE ESTIMATED COSTS, THE CURRENT FUNDING, THE PROJECT FUNDING SOURCES, THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT, THE CURRENT PHASE IT'S IN, WHEN THAT PHASE STARTED, WHEN THAT PHASE IS ANTICIPATED TO END.
WHAT WARD AND WHAT CITY IT IS IN.
AND YOU CAN GO UP HERE, YOU CAN SELECT THE CITY IF YOU WANTED TO FILTER IN BY THAT, YOU COULD FILTER IN BY THE WARDS, YOU COULD FILTER IN BY THE PROJECT CATEGORIES AND THE PROJECT PHASES.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR DASHBOARDS OVER HERE SHOWING YOU THE CURRENT PROJECT PHASES AND THE PROJECT STATUSES.
AND THIS INFORMATION WILL BE UPDATED EVERY QUARTER.
SO AS UPDATES COME IN, IT'LL UPDATE AND THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THIS.
SO THE NEXT THING WE'VE INTRODUCED, THANKS TO DAVE MASON, HE HAS PUT TOGETHER FOR THE BOARD A SHAREPOINT SITE, WHICH IS THE BOARD
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SERVICES PROGRAM SITE THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO.AND WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR HOME PAGE IN SHAREPOINT, YOU JUST COME DOWN HERE AND YOU CLICK.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TRACKER.
AND SO YOU'RE PREVIOUSLY REQUESTING FOR MORE DETAILS AND UPDATES ON PROJECTS.
AND SO NOW WHAT YOU CAN DO IS YOU CLICK IN HERE, AND THIS IS LOADING RIGHT NOW.
WE USE A TOOL CALLED SMARTSHEET.
AND YOU HAVE THE MORE DETAILS ON THE PROJECTS THAT ARE POSTED ON THE CIP DASHBOARD.
AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY FIRST TO VIEW BY PROJECT LOCATION, SO THIS IS SORTED BY THE PARKS.
OR YOU CAN VIEW BY PROJECT STATUS, CURRENT PHASE, CITY, WARD, DEPARTMENT, AND EVEN THE PROJECT LEAD.
SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO TO CONTACT TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT.
AND THEN WHAT YOU CAN DO IS YOU CLICK ON THESE LITTLE THREE DOTS HERE, GIVES YOU VIEW DETAIL, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OF THOSE SAME DETAILS.
THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU HAVE IS WHAT WAS THE PREVIOUS QUARTER'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PLANS FOR NEXT QUARTER, AND ANY OBSTACLES, ISSUES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ENCOUNTERING.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THIS CARD VIEW AND YOU'RE USED TO SEEING THINGS LIKE IN EXCEL, YOU CAN CHANGE THE VIEW RIGHT HERE TO GRID, AND THEN IT'LL PRODUCE AN EXCEL DOCUMENT.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DOWNLOAD THIS AND THEN SORT IT HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO BY CLICKING THESE THREE DOTS RIGHT HERE.
AND JUST HIT EXPORT AND THEN YOU CAN EXPORT IT INTO MICROSOFT EXCEL.
SO THIS IS ALL IN RESULT TO THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR OF GETTING MORE INFORMATION ON PROJECTS, PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, HAVING GREATER VISIBILITY INTO ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT ALL THE TEAM IS DOING AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE MAKE AND SEEING HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING.
SO THIS IS ALL FOR YOU ALL IN RELATION TO THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I THINK I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE TO GO THROUGH.
NOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE QUESTIONS.
AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A BOARD DISCUSSION SLIDE, OR WE WANT TO GO ON THAT ONE? YEAH, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A SIMILAR TYPE OF APPROACH FOR THIS BOARD DISCUSSION WHERE WE HAVE ABOUT THREE MINUTES PER DIRECTOR FOCUSED ON THESE TWO QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT KATIE SPOKE ABOUT TOPICS THAT ARE ALSO OUTSIDE OF THESE QUESTIONS TOO, AND SUPER EXCITING REPORT.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON STUFF OUTSIDE OF THESE QUESTIONS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE THE PARKING LOT.
SO THE TWO FOCUS ARE, ARE THERE ANY PROPOSED REVISIONS TO HOW PROJECTS ORIGINATE INTO THE CIP? AND ALSO, ARE THERE ANY PROPOSED REVISIONS TO WHEN OR HOW THE BOARD ENGAGES IN THE CAPITAL PROJECT PHASES? WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? WELL, I'LL START AND JUST...
I'D SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC-FACING CAPITAL PROJECT DASHBOARD.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED BACK IN OCTOBER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS WHEN WE WERE AT KENNEDY GROVE AND WE HAD A HALF-DAY CAPITAL PROJECTS SESSION.
THAT WAS IN OCTOBER, AND WE'RE NOW HERE ON MAY 1ST, SO THAT WAS A PRETTY QUICK TURNAROUND TO GET THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, SO THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE.
AND THEN I WOULD ADD TO THIS, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING THAT WASN'T COVERED IN THIS PRESENTATION IS, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THAT DASHBOARD IS A COMPONENT OF COMMUNICATIONS TO THE PUBLIC, SO THINKING ABOUT COMMUNICATION STRATEGY MORE BROADLY, AND THIS MAY BE WHERE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMES INTO PLACE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE RECENTLY...
CELEBRATED THE PATTERSON RANCH OPENING AT COYOTE HILLS AND THAT TO ME IS A REALLY GOOD CASE STUDY FOR WHERE WE MAYBE COULD HAVE HAD A BETTER COMMUNICATION STRATEGY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DELAYS IN REGARDS TO THAT SPECIFIC CAPITAL PROJECT AND SO HOW THOSE DELAYS ARE COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC ALSO COMMUNICATED WITH THE BOARD I KNOW I FELT AS THE BOARD DIRECTOR IN WHICH COYOTE HILLS WAS PART OF WARD 5 ALTHOUGH IT IS ALL ONE PARK DISTRICT I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY UPDATES ON THE DELAYS OR WHY THERE WERE DELAYS OR HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANY OF THE CONSTITUENTS WHO WOULD REACH OUT TO ME AND ASKING ABOUT THE COYOTE HILLS PATTERSON RANCH PROJECT.
AND SO I THINK WHILE THIS IS A HUGE LEAP FORWARD IN TERMS OF HAVING THIS PROJECT DASHBOARD AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO VIEW, I THINK THEN THE NEXT CONVERSATION WOULD BE ON THAT COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN TERMS OF HOW WE COMMUNICATE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND THAT DOESN'T REALLY ANSWER, REALLY, EITHER
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OF THE TWO QUESTIONS.ARE YOU FEELING COMPLETE? I THINK JOHN'S READY, SO WE'LL GO TO JOHN.
OUR JOB, PART OF OUR JOB, BOARD MEMBER'S JOB, IS TO INTERACT WITH THE CONSTITUENTS.
THEY KNOW HOW TO REACH US, THEY DO, AND THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT AND EVERY ABILITY TO SEND ME AN EMAIL AND SAYS, WHY AREN'T YOU BUILDING, WHY AREN'T YOU PROVIDING A NEW PARK SOMEWHERE? BUT WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE IT MORE FORMALIZED AND HAVE SOME KIND OF WINDOW.
AND SOME PROCESS THAT WE PUBLICIZE WHERE THEY COULD NOMINATE PROJECTS.
AND THE ONLY CAVEAT I WOULD PUT IN THERE IS, YOU KNOW, PLEASE DO NOT NOMINATE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THERE.
LOOK AND SEE IF WE HAVE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, DIG.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON THERE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER, IS HAVING A PROCESS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'D HAVE A WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN AND HAVE IT BE A CAPITAL PROJECT.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ON THE SECOND QUESTION AROUND WHEN OR HOW THE BOARD ENGAGES? THANK YOU.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT? I HAVE, AS FAR AS THERE'S NOTHING TO ADD FOR ONE AND TWO, AS FAR AS CAPITAL PROJECT.
PHASES, THESE ARE WHERE EVEN IF YOU WERE SITTING ON ANOTHER BOARD, IT'S THE SAME AREAS WHERE YOU WOULD AS FAR AS ENGAGE.
SO WHAT I THINK IS VERY GOOD, WHAT I DO LIKE IS HAVING THE SKY FOR THE WHOLE BOARD TO SEE SO WE CAN ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHERE OUR DIFFERENT AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT ARE.
I LIKE THE NEW TOOLS AND ESPECIALLY THE USE OF THE GIS MAP FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE INFO.
BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY FOR THE FIRST QUESTION OR THE SECOND TO ADD.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD USE RED FOR ME.
I WANT SOMETHING IN BETWEEN WHEN IT'S ORIGINATE THE CIP AND WHEN THE BOARD ENGAGES.
I GO INTO THAT MAYBE IN A SECOND, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE FILLING THAT GAP BETWEEN THE TWO.
SO MY COMMENTS ON ORIGINATE IS, I GUESS I'M LOOKING, I THINK YOU'RE KIND OF LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THIS CHART.
I PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEE THE BOARD IN MORE PLACES.
IT SEEMS A LITTLE ODD FOR US TO BE SORT OF EQUAL IN LINE AND JUST THERE'S SOMETHING.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE...
PROJECTS, AND I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE HERE IN A MINUTE, MAYBE HAS, I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD SEES ALL OF THEM OR OVERSEES THEM.
I THINK THE REALITY IS THIS IS TRUE, THAT WE GET SOME FROM EXTERNAL.
SO HOW DOES THE BOARD FIT IN? AND MAYBE THAT'S IN THE, I ASKED TO USE A RED PEN IN THE GAP AREA.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GETS TO THE BOARD BEFORE THE NEXT CHART.
YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED, I THINK AS A SUBCOMMITTEE RECENTLY, ABOUT HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
IT GOES IN LINE WITH JOHN'S EARLIER COMMENT ABOUT HOW DO WE GET SOMETHING IN A PRIORITY OR FORM FROM THE COMMUNITY.
IF THE COMMUNITY REALLY HAS A BUILDING OR SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE A HISTORIC, WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING SOME APPLICATION FORM.
AND I COULD KIND OF SEE WHAT JOHN WAS SAYING ALONG THOSE LINES, LIKE HOW COULD SOMEONE ACTUALLY PROPOSE SOMETHING.
LIKE QUITE FRANKLY, GOLDEN GATE FIELDS WAS PROPOSED 20 YEARS AGO BY OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO HOW DID THAT PROJECT ORIGINATE AND WHERE'S THE RED WEIRD GAP ZONE BEFORE YOU GET TO BOARD ENGAGE AND HOW WOULD THEY ACTUALLY LET US KNOW IN A MORE FORMAL PROCESS? I THINK WE ALL KNEW GOLDEN GATE WAS OUT THERE AND THERE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO WORRY ABOUT CLOSED SESSIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS WHEN A GROUP IS MAYBE MORE ADVANCED IN THEIR TECHNOLOGY OR MAYBE EVEN BETTER AT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE OF GETTING A PRIORITY TO US.
SO WHEN IT SAYS, HOW HAS A PROJECT ORIGINATED, SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, IT MAY
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BE A COMMUNITY PRIORITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY IS NOT ABLE TO TELL US ABOUT IT OR DON'T HAVE THE AVENUE, OR WE HAVE ANOTHER GROUP THAT'S VERY OUTSPOKEN.I'LL JUST GIVE THE EXAMPLE OF THE WILDCAT WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE...
THERE'S HUGE INPUT ON THAT FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT WHEN DID THE BOARD ACTUALLY GET ENGAGED? AGAIN, THAT SORT OF RED GAP ZONE THAT I FEEL LIKE IS MISSING.
AND IT HAPPENED A LITTLE BIT ON THE NORTH BASIN STRIP TOO.
THERE WAS ALL THIS GREAT EXTERNAL WORK AND ALL THIS STUFF GOING ON, BUT THEN BY THE TIME IT CAME TO US, WE KIND OF MISSED, WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE, SOMEHOW WE WEREN'T IN THAT.
SO THAT ALL GOES TO MY BIG PICTURE QUESTION ON THIS.
HOW PROJECTS ORIGINATE, I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED WHERE THE BOARD FITS IN AND WHERE THE COMMUNITY HAS A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
THE SECOND QUESTION I THINK IS MORE ABOUT THIS CHART, AND I THINK IT TIES INTO WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER.
I ALMOST SEE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A SECTION, A REVISION THAT ADDS BEFORE ORIGINATION, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ORIGINATION SAYS OUR ROLE AS A BOARD IS ANNUAL BUDGET, AND I DON'T THINK POLICY AND PROJECTS SHOULD BE DONE THROUGH BUDGET.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S A RED AREA BETWEEN THE ORIGINATE, THE BOARDING CAGE, AND THEN THIS WHERE I DON'T THINK THE ORIGINATION SHOULD BE ORIGINATED IN A BUDGET.
WE'RE LIKE, YOU ALREADY APPROVED IT.
IT WAS BACK ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.
LIKE, WHERE? I DON'T SEE IT ANYWHERE.
OH, IT'S ON ATTACHMENT D, LINE 12.
SO THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE JUST THROUGH THE BUDGET.
IT MAY BE A BLOCK BEFORE THERE.
AND ON THE CLOSEOUT AND MONITORING, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING MORE ABOUT STORYTELLING THAT WE, ONCE THE PROJECT'S DONE, THAT WE, AND I THINK THAT COULD BE GREEN AND EVERYONE ELSE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT THIS GREAT BRIDGE THEY DID IN REDWOOD REGIONAL PARK OR THIS, YOU KNOW, SO I'D LOVE TO SEE AN ADDITION OF THAT.
I THINK THAT ANSWERS THE TWO QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY PROPOSED REVISIONS? DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM ON THIS TOPIC? I'M GOOD FOR NOW.
DIRECTOR WASPIE, I THINK I SAW THAT YOU WANTED TO GO.
SO, OKAY, ON THE PROPOSED REVISIONS, I AGREE ON THE ORIGINATION OF THE PROJECTS.
I'M WONDERING WHAT ROLE THE DISTRICT PLAN, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR TWO YEARS, AND THE SURVEYS THAT WE TAKE THAT COST LOTS OF MONEY.
AND I THINK I HOPE WE GAIN SOME INPUT ON THAT.
I HOPE WE GET SOME GREAT IDEAS.
I HOPE WE GET SOME WORKABLE IDEAS.
BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO AT LEAST SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE PAY FEALTY TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE DIGGING AND DIGGING AND DIGGING IN OUR PUBLIC TO TRY TO GET THEIR OPINIONS ON WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
WE COULD LIST IT, I THINK, AND LISTEN TO IT ALONG WITH THE SURVEYS.
ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN OF PERMITTI, I WISH THAT WERE LISTED HERE.
WELL, YOU GUYS DO KEEP US UPDATED ON 60%, 30%, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I GUESS AN UPDATE, DURING CONSTRUCTION YOU GET A WEEKLY CONSTRUCTION COORDINATION DESIGN DIRECTIVES AND CHANGE REQUESTS.
IF YOU COULD GIVE AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD, I KNOW THAT WOULD OPEN UP A REAL, WHAT YOU CALL IT, BARREL.
BUT I THINK THERE IS SOME WAYS THAT I THINK SOME OF THE DELAYS I'VE HEARD BEFORE WHILE I WAS HERE WERE BASED ON POLITICS.
AND WE DO AT SOME POINT HAVE SOME POLITICAL CONNECTIONS.
OR NOT RESPONDING TO A PROJECT OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, SOMEBODY WE HIRE, TO GET INFORMATION.
THE IDEA THAT WE COULD INCLUDE A BOARD, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW EAST BAY MUD BOARD MEMBERS, AND YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE RUINING OUR PROJECT HERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO OPEN UP SOMETHING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, AND YOUR GUYS AREN'T RESPONDING.
AND I THINK WE HAVE A ROLE, A POLITICAL ROLE.
SO IF WE COULD BE LET KNOWN OF ANY OF THESE SNAGS, AND IT'S IN A POLITICAL NATURE.
I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH SOMEBODY THAT CAN'T GET ENOUGH CONCRETE OR STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT IF THERE IS A RULE FOR US, I THINK AT THAT LEVEL DURING CONSTRUCTION, WE COULD DO IT.
AND I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, DIRECTOR DECHAMBEAU, THAT WHAT YOU CALL STORYTELLING, I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST AT THE END OF A PROJECT WE ALL LIKE TO CELEBRATE IT, BUT IS THERE A FORMAL WAY THAT IT'S BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE DID.
LET'S REVIEW EVERYTHING WE'VE TOLD YOU FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
LET'S THINK OF A BETTER THING.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING AT ANYTHING WE DO.
AND I KNOW IF IT'S JUST PUTTING ASPHALT AT SOME PLACE,
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MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING.BUT AT LEAST AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE'VE DONE IT.
WHERE WE CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSES BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL FOR US COMING IN THE FUTURE.
DO WE DO THAT? I'M SO IGNORANT.
I WALK INTO A PARK AND I GO THERE ALL THE TIME.
SO I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THAT I KNOW THAT IN MEASURE WW ON THE LOCAL FUNDING WE DID, IF I REMEMBER HAYWARD AREA RECREATION PARK DISTRICT WOULD TAKE OUR FUNDS AND PUT UP A BEAUTIFUL SIGN, GORGEOUS SIGN SAYING THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY MEASURE WW FUNDS.
YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK OR WHATEVER IT SAID.
DO WE DO THAT IN OUR PROJECTS? YEAH, BUT I THINK THESE ARE SUPER GREAT POINTS.
I'M LIKE, EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF IT, IT'S SUPER HELPFUL.
BUT WE COULD PROBABLY DO MORE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST DO A QUICK RECAP OF I THINK THE LAST TWO? ONE IS THAT THE ORIGINATION PROCESS FOR THE CIP SHOULD INCLUDE HOW THE DISTRICT PLAN AND THINGS LIKE SURVEYS INFORM AND DEVELOP THE CIP AND THAT ONE OF THE PHASES SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF FORMAL CELEBRATION A WRAP-UP.
HERE'S WHAT WORKED HERE'S WHAT DIDN'T I CALL THEM AFTER ACTION REPORTS KIND OF A REVIEW OF THE OF THE STATUS AND THEN WHERE TO ENGAGE THE BOARD MORE OR IN ADDITION WHEN THERE IS A DELAY AND WHY IT'S HAPPENING AND THEN ALSO, WILL THE INFLUENCE AND ROLE OF THE BOARD BE VALUABLE IN WORKING WITH DELAYS, PERHAPS, ESPECIALLY DURING CONSTRUCTION? WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT? I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONS TO WHAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DESCRIBED.
I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS A WAY THAT A MASTER LIST OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS, ONCE ORIGINATED, CAN BE OCCASIONALLY CIRCULATED TO THE BOARD.
THIS WOULD HELP US KNOW WHAT IS OUT THERE.
I'M ALWAYS FASCINATED WHEN A PROJECT FIRST COMES TO US, AND I GET EXCITED AND I THINK TO MYSELF, I WISH I KNEW ABOUT THIS EARLIER.
AND, BUT SERIOUSLY, I USUALLY AM REALLY PLEASED THAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING SOME PROJECT.
AND SOME OF THEM, I UNDERSTAND, HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FOR 100 YEARS.
WELL, NO, NOT MORE THAN 90, BUT FOR MANY YEARS.
JOHN SUTTER'S VISION FOR THE SHORELINE, FOR INSTANCE.
IT WAS A VISION AND THEN OCCURRED 60 YEARS LATER, RIGHT? WE ALL TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE BOARD TO SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, WHAT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN CONTEMPLATED.
AND THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW.
AND IF WE TAKE INTEREST IN IT, IT'S UPON OURSELVES TO LOOK INTO IT.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THEY'RE TAKEN OFF THE LIST, WHEN A PROJECT DISAPPEARS.
WHAT HAPPENED TO JEWEL LAKE AND THAT PROJECT? IT JUST SEEMED TO GO AWAY.
AND I'D LIKE THE SAME WITH LAND ACQUISITIONS, BY THE WAY.
WHEN WE DECIDE NOT TO PURSUE LAND, IT'D BE GOOD TO KNOW THAT.
ANYWAY, THAT HELPS US FULFILL OUR ROLE AS ADVOCATES.
I THINK, AGAIN, I'M LIKE, ALL THESE IDEAS ARE OUTSTANDING.
START WORKING ON RIGHT NOW BUT I JUST LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THEM AND THIS IS GOING TO REALLY HELP US IN THE FUTURE SO THANK YOU.
CAN YOU BE OKAY TO ADD SOMETHING TO WHAT COLIN SAID? I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA ESPECIALLY AS A NEWER PERSON LIKE WHAT'S BEEN TAKEN OFF THE LIST AND WHY THAT WHOLE IDEA AND LIKE WHY SOMETHING IT SEEMS LIKE SHOULD FIT IN.
LIKE I KNOW MY PREDECESSOR AND SUTTER WAS VERY INTERESTED IN CROWLEY, AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME INFRASTRUCTURE OR DOLLAR THINGS THERE, BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE THE TRADEOFF OR THE CPP SCORE AND WHY IT JUST ISN'T SPOKEN ANYMORE.
SO THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT COMMENT.
I AGREE THERE'S A LONG HISTORY AND SO MANY PEOPLE, BEVERLY LANES AND THE PEOPLE BEFORE US AND BOB DOLES WHO HAD THESE VISIONS, THE JOHN SUTTER AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.
HOW DO I HELP KEEP THE FOUNDER'S VISION AND THOSE FOUNDATION BLOCKS GOING FORWARD? OR, OOPS, I MISSED IT AND NOW IT'S GONE.
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RESURRECT OLD OR FORMER IDEAS, RESURFACE THEM, AND CONTEMPLATE THAT WERE CONTEMPLATED BUT NOT ACTED UPON.YEAH, AND I'LL ADD TO THAT A LITTLE BIT, TOO.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHO MAKES THESE DECISIONS OF WHAT GETS...
ADDED AND PRIORITIZED AND THEN ALSO WHAT GETS REMOVED.
I THINK THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING AND A LOT OF IT HAS HAPPENED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND I WANT TO BE A PLUS ONE TO DIRECTOR DECHAMBEAU'S COMMENT THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT ORIGINATION THE BOARD'S ONLY ROLE THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED HERE IS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS SO THAT JUST SOLIDIFIES THAT PROJECT DECISIONS AND POLICY HAVE BEEN MADE DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS BUT REALLY I THINK THERE IS A STEP BEFORE THAT, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF WHAT INSPIRED THIS SERIES OF THREE WORKSHOPS I'LL SHARE AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE 2026 BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
AND SO WHEN MAX, OUR ACTING GENERAL MANAGER, AND I WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THESE WORKSHOPS, THAT'S WHEN WE DECIDED AND WE FELT THAT WE SHOULD ITERATE UPON THE PREVIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS.
STUDY SESSION AND BOARD PRIORITIZATION SESSIONS TO REALLY TRY TO BRING THEM TOGETHER IN THIS THREE-PART SERIES.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS TIME, SO THAT MAYBE IN THIS CAPITAL PROJECT PHASES, THE ORIGINATION OF BOARD INVOLVEMENT ISN'T JUST DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
PROJECTS ORIGINATE, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD CHART.
IT'S, AS OTHERS, INCLUDING OUR ACTING GM, HAVE POINTED OUT, IT'S A LITTLE MORE SUBTLE BECAUSE THERE'S MORE NUANCE HERE.
THERE'S BOARD INVOLVEMENT IN THE VOTER APPROVED MEASURES, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES TO SHAPE THAT.
AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE THAT SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN SOME WAY BECAUSE THE BOARD IS THERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WITH GOLDEN GATE FIELDS.
ACTIVELY INVOLVED BOTH IN OUR DISTRICT PLAN AS WELL AS GETTING $20 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR MEASURE WW IN 2008.
SO THAT'S BEEN A LONG BOARD PRIORITY AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY PRIORITY.
AND ALL OF THAT MELDS TOGETHER AT SOME LEVEL.
SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN SOME WAY.
AND THEN ALSO IN TERMS OF THE PHASES, I DO AGREE THAT WE NEED TO BE BRIEFED AND KEPT IN FORM BEFORE IT GETS TO THE BUDGET PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW IN THE PAST, I THINK THE STAFF HAS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF UPDATING, AT LEAST UPDATING ME ON SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF A MASTER LIST SO EVERYONE CAN SEE KIND OF WHAT'S ON THE TABLE, WHAT'S MOVING FORWARD, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
WE CAN ALSO USE THOSE TOOLS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
SEE THE STATUS OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN AS CAN THE PUBLIC AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND REALLY GREAT.
I ALSO AGREE THAT YES, SOME TYPE OF CELEBRATION AT THE END IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THAT USUALLY HAS TAKEN THE FORM OF A RIBBON CUTTING, AND I THINK WE ARE STILL DOING THE RIBBON CUTTINGS, BUT I WOULD REQUEST THAT IN THE PAST, MOST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SHOWN UP AT THE RIBBON CUTTINGS.
I THINK MORE RECENTLY THE PARTICULAR BOARD MEMBER HAS BEEN INFORMED IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A RIBBON CUTTING.
BUT THE REST OF THE BOARD FINDS OUT WHEN THERE'S A PRESS RELEASE THAT COMES OUT, WHICH IS LIKE TWO DAYS BEFORE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT INTO MY SCHEDULE AND SHOW UP FOR THESE OTHER PROJECTS AROUND THE DISTRICT BECAUSE, YES, I DO SEE THIS AS A DISTRICT-WIDE THING, AND I WANT TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF I DON'T FIND OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL TWO DAYS BEFORE, I'M NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO REARRANGE MY SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S FAR AWAY FROM WHERE I'M AT AND WHERE I'VE GOT OTHER MEETINGS AND COMMITMENTS.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST AS WELL.
OKAY, SO I JUST ADDED TO ORIGINATE SOMETHING INTO THE CIP, CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE HISTORY GOING BACK, PERHAPS CREATE A PHASE OUTSIDE OF THE FORMAL BUDGET PROCESS, AND THEN WHEN THERE IS A PHASE OF CELEBRATION, RIBBON-CUTTING, MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S ADVISED AND INVOLVED IN ADVANCE.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT, DIFFERENTIATE PERHAPS DIFFERENT LEVELS AND TYPES OF ENGAGEMENT AGAINST THE TYPE OF A PROJECT, BECAUSE SOME ARE BIGGER, SMALLER PROJECTS, AND SO PERHAPS ALL ENGAGEMENT DOES NOT LOOK THE SAME.
SO DO ALL PROJECTS REQUIRE THE SAME LEVEL AND TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT?
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I GUESS THIS IS MORE OF A RHETORICAL QUESTION TO GRAPPLE WITH, A $100,000 PROJECT ENGAGEMENT VERSUS A $9 MILLION PROJECT ENGAGEMENT.THAT'S JUST HANGING OUT THERE.
I'M GOING TO PUT THIS ON THE PARKING LOT, BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETHING THAT ELIZABETH HAD MENTIONED MADE ME THINK OF AN ITEM THAT LINDA HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT IS HELPFUL WHEN YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR REPRESENTING A WARD WHERE MAYBE THERE'S A MAJOR PROJECT HAPPENING TO GET THOSE CAPITAL PROJECT UPDATES, BUT SOMETIMES MORE INFORMATION MIGHT BE GOING TO THAT DIRECTOR IN THAT WARD THAN THE REST OF THE BOARD.
WE CAN MAYBE USE NORTH BASIN PROJECT AS AN EXAMPLE.
MAYBE ELIZABETH REALLY WAS UP TO DATE ON THAT PROJECT, BUT THE REST OF THE BOARD WASN'T.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS DISTRICT-WIDE MINDSET AND NOT BEING SO WARD-CENTRIC, IF THE REST OF THE BOARD ISN'T AS INFORMED ON A PROJECT, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, BUT THEN ALSO IT DOES KIND OF MAKE US DEFAULT TO BEING MORE WARD-CENTRIC.
YEAH, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
WE SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF OURSELVES.
AS FOR NEXT STEPS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT STAFF IS GOING TO BE PULLING ALL OF THIS FEEDBACK, EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE WRITTEN DOWN HERE, AND THIS RECORDING ALSO WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, SO STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO ALSO TURN BACK TO THE RECORDING AND BRING BACK SORT OF UPDATED MATERIALS AS A PART OF THE LAST DAY AND LET THE BOARD KNOW WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO INCORPORATE AND WHAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO INCORPORATE.
AND THE BOARD WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THAT.
IS THAT ACCURATE STILL? YEAH, THAT SOUNDS PERFECT.
I THINK THIS IS SUPER HELPFUL.
I THINK, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE INCORPORATE INTO AS WE'RE WORKING ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET? BUT SOME OF IT, I THINK, IS REALLY, LIKE, HOW DO WE ADJUST OUR ENTIRE PROCESSES AND HOW WE DO BUSINESS TO BE BETTER ABLE TO FACILITATE YOUR BOARD'S INVOLVEMENT IN OUR WORK? AND I LOVE THESE IDEAS.
ONE MORE BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH.
WE DO WANT TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT REAL QUICK.
SO WE WILL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND I HAVE ONE IN FRONT OF ME AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER ONE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.
GREAT TO SEE THE DASHBOARD THERE.
YEAH, I THINK THE DASHBOARD WILL BE USEFUL.
I WAS ABLE TO GET TO IT ON MY PHONE, BUT I WASN'T ABLE TO DIG IN VERY DEEP.
ALTHOUGH I DID FIND THAT CONTRA LOAN TRAILS IS NOT A PROJECT THERE.
DIRECTOR COFFEY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.
BTCB HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT KIND OF FEEDS INTO ANOTHER PART OF THE DISCUSSION HERE THAT'S MAYBE A NUANCE, AND A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS WERE DIRECTED AT.
I THINK THERE'S A PORTION OF THIS PROCESS THAT IS PRE-PROJECT.
AND IT WOULD HELP IF THERE WAS SOME VOCABULARY TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A PROJECT YET.
IN THE INTERACTION WITH STAFF ON WILDCAT, IT WAS MADE VERY CLEAR THROUGH EARLY DISCUSSIONS ON THAT, THIS IS NOT A PROJECT YET.
AND EVEN THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING, IT IS NOT A PROJECT YET.
AND I THINK THE FIRST COUPLE TIMES IT WAS ON A BOARD AGENDA, IT WAS NOT A PROJECT YET.
BUT THERE ISN'T GOOD VOCABULARY TO DESCRIBE THAT.
AND SO I THINK PART OF THE COMMENTS I'M HEARING, IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TIMELINE, IT'S GOT THE GREEN ITEMS AND MANY OF THE DIRECTORS WERE REFERRING TO WHERE THE BOARD INTERACTS THERE.
BUT ON THIS CHART THAT SHOWED THE ORIGINATION, I THINK A TIMELINE FORMAT FOR THAT MIGHT HELP OR KIND OF GREEN TEXT.
AND THERE WERE WORDS SPOKEN THAT I THINK.
DID GET AT THAT GREEN TEXT ON THE NEXT CHART.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE BOARD COME FROM SOMETIMES.
AND DIRECTOR COFFEY COMMENTED ON, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A LIST OF THESE IDEAS THAT AREN'T PROJECTS YET.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF CONCERN, I HEAR THE BOARD EXPRESS THAT, HEY, WE'RE NOT TOLD ABOUT THIS THING UNTIL IT'S WELL DOWN THE ROAD.
SO THAT MIGHT BE AN AREA TO EXPLORE.
AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING AND REFLECTING BACK.
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BRIEFLY WAS TALKED ABOUT FUNDING SHORTFALLS, AND THEY'RE HUGE.THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY LEFT IN WW, AND I THINK, AGAIN, I THINK DISCRETION NEEDS TO BE USED ON WW FUNDING AND HOW THAT'S ALLOCATED AND WHERE THAT BALANCE IS.
THE NEXT TIME THE PARK DISTRICT COMES ASKING THE VOTERS FOR MONEY.
SO I URGE YOU TO REVISIT ACQUISITION VERSUS DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK IF THE POT FOR ACQUISITION IS SITTING THERE AND IS HUGE, THAT WILL HAVE A HUGE BEARING ON HOW SOME VOTERS WILL VIEW A NEXT REQUEST.
I HAVE TO PUSH A BUTTON? OKAY.
WELL, SO I HEARD A NUMBER OF COMMENTS BASED AROUND WARD-CENTRIC PRIORITIES AND LOTS OF BOARD MEMBERS WRESTLING WITH HOW MUCH DO THEY PRIORITIZE THEIR WARD VERSUS THE DISTRICT, RIGHT? SO I HAVE A PERSPECTIVE TO THAT.
SO I LIVE IN SAN LEANDRO, ABOUT A MILE FROM HERE, BUT I RECREATE IN LAKE CHABOT, WHICH IS DIRECTOR WASPY'S WARD.
THE BORDER IS SUPER CIRCUITOUS BASED AROUND POPULATIONS FOR WHERE THE WARDS ARE, AND THAT'S NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW YOUR PARK USERS USE THE PARKS.
MY PRESCHOOLER-AGE KID, THEIR PRESCHOOL IS GOING ALL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, DOING FIELD TRIPS EVERYWHERE.
I'VE BEEN TO LITTLE FARM A DOZEN TIMES.
WE'VE RIDDEN THE TRAIN, THE STEAM TRAIN OVER THERE.
WE'VE DONE PUMPKIN PATCH ACTIVITIES OVER AT ARDENWOOD.
I RECREATE IN THE PARKS EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN THERE.
MY IN-LAWS LIVE IN MARTINEZ, SO WE'RE DOING ACTIVITIES OVER ON THE CARQUINEZ SHORELINE AND AT BRIONI'S AND CROCKETT.
SO WHEN I'M VOTING FOR A BOARD MEMBER, I'M VOTING FOR A BOARD MEMBER THAT IS A TEAM PLAYER.
I'M VOTING FOR A BOARD MEMBER.
I'M VOTING FOR A PARK DISTRICT THAT DOES GOOD WORK.
I'M NOT VOTING FOR MY BACKYARD.
AND WHEN IT'S TIME FOR A PROJECT IN MY BACKYARD TO TAKE PLACE, I WANT THE REST OF THE BOARD TO SEE THAT AS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND STEP UP AND SUPPORT THAT PROJECT.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO SUPPORT THAT PROJECT BECAUSE OF SOME SORT OF POLITICAL DEAL THAT, OH, YOU VOTED FOR MINE, SO I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR YOURS.
DO WE WANT TO JUST START? DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A 45-MINUTE LUNCH OR A 35-MINUTE LUNCH OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN? LET'S TRY FOR 35 MINUTES.
OKAY, WE'LL DO A 35-MINUTE LUNCH.
I'LL PUT IT UP ON THE TIMER SO YOU'LL KNOW.
WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED WITH OUR AFTERNOON.
PORTION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION DURING LUNCH, SO I WANT TO ADDRESS ONE TOPIC.
SO IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A CAPITAL PROJECTS STUDY SESSION.
AND THAT IS, FOR THE MOST PART, WHAT TODAY IS, IS OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS STUDY SESSION.
GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED DURING THE 2026 BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR, AND ALSO SOME OF THE FORECASTING IN REGARDS TO OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO THE GENERAL FUND.
WE MADE THE DECISION TO COMBINE THAT WITH THE BOARD PRIORITIES WORKSHOPS, WHICH ARE THE NEXT TWO MAY 12TH AND MAY 19TH SESSIONS.
AND WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE END OF TODAY TO TALK ABOUT MAY 12TH, WHICH IS THE BOARD PRIORITY SESSION.
SO WE CAN REALLY SHAPE, YOU KNOW, THAT DAY AND THAT AGENDA.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS A SERIES.
AND TODAY REALLY IS THAT CAPITAL PROJECTS STUDY SESSION SERIES, PART OF THE SERIES.
WELL, I'LL CONTINUE ON WITH OUR PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK.
SO WE ARE GOING TO, FOR THIS, THE GOALS OF THIS SESSION IS BY THE END OF THIS SEGMENT, THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THE CURRENT CAPITAL PRIORITIZATION, PROJECT PRIORITIZATION SCORING FRAMEWORK, THE 10 CRITERIA, THEIR WEIGHTS, AND HOW THE SCORES HAVE AND HAVEN'T BEEN DRIVING DECISIONS.
ALSO, THAT THE BOARD HAS NAMED WHAT THE FRAMEWORK GETS.
RIGHT, WHAT'S OVER-WEIGHTED OR UNDER-WEIGHTED, WHAT'S MISSING, INCLUDING COMMUNITY AND VOTER PRIORITIES THAT SHOULD BE SHAPING THE CRITERIA BUT AREN'T YET.
KATIE, CAN I ADD SOMETHING THAT'S LEFT OVER? YES.
AND THAT IS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND HAVING 100 AND SOME GOING, SOME NOT.
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WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME? IS IT A FIVE-YEAR PLAN OR IS IT JUST OPEN-ENDED? WELL, SOME OF THEM ARE GOING PAST FIVE YEARS.WE PROJECT IT AS FIVE YEARS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PROVIDING IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
BUT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS DO EXTEND.
SOME OF THEM, WE JUST STARTED TRACKING THE START DATES, ARE WELL OVER FIVE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT.
AND NOW WE HAVE ALL THAT DATA.
IN OUR TOOL SMART SHEET THAT WE CAN START ANALYZING, LIKE, HOW LONG ARE THESE PROJECTS TAKING US TO GET THEM FROM START TO FINISH? SO WHAT SCOTT SAID CAUSED ME TO THINK, NOW, IS A PROJECT ONCE, DOES IT BECOME A PROJECT AND MAKE THAT LIST OF 100 WHEN THE CEQA PROCESS STARTS OR CEQA DECISION IS MADE? SO GO, MAX.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT'S THE ANSWER TO WHAT SCOTT WAS RAISING? I THINK IT'S ON THAT LIST ONCE WE'RE PROGRAMMING EXPENSES TOWARDS THE PROJECT.
SO IT'S TYPICALLY PRE-SEQA BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET UP TO LIKE 30% DESIGN TYPICALLY TO DO SEQA.
SO THERE'S SOME PRE-DESIGN WORK AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE SEQA.
AND THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE LIST HAVE COME, THEY HAVE MONEY ASSOCIATED, THE BOARD HAS APPROPRIATED MONEY FOR THOSE PROJECTS AND AN OFFICIAL PROJECT NUMBER WAS CREATED.
AND IT'S REFERENCED IN LIKE STAFF MATERIAL OR IN THE BUDGET BOOKS.
AND SO THAT'S HOW IT'S GOTTEN ON THERE.
AND THE OTHER WAY THAT PROJECTS GET ON THAT LIST IS IF IT'S A MAINTENANCE PROJECT, BECAUSE WHAT WE DO ANNUALLY IS WE ALLOCATE MORE FUNDING.
AND ONCE THEY GO OUT AND INSPECT A MAINTENANCE REQUEST, AND IF IT GOES OVER $100,000, IT'S GETTING ADDED TO THE CIP.
SO IF IT'S UNDER $100,000, IT'S STILL STAYING IN THE OPERATING BUDGET.
BUT IF IT GOES OVER $100,000, WE NEED TO ADD IT TO THE CIP SO THAT IT GETS CAPITALIZED.
OKAY, SO PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK.
SO IN AUGUST OF 2022, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A POLICY FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITIZATION, AND ITS PURPOSE IS TO ESTABLISH A CRITERIA TO EVALUATE AND PRIORITIZE OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PARK DISTRICT'S MISSION, VISION, AND MASTER PLAN.
THE KEY GOALS WERE CENTERED ON EQUITY AND COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED NEEDS, INCREASED TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, IMPROVED FUNDING STRATEGIES ALIGNED WITH PROJECT PRIORITIES, AND PROVIDE STABILITY AND FOCUS ON CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE STUDY SESSIONS, WE HAVE HEARD WHAT THE BOARD HAS SAID, AND WE ALSO, AS STAFF, ARE FINDING THAT THE SCORING DOES NOT ADEQUATELY PRIORITIZE SUPPORT FACILITIES FOR STAFF, OPERATIONS, PUBLIC SAFETY, AS THESE ARE NOT ENHANCING PUBLIC ACCESS.
AND ALSO, TRAILS PROJECTS DO NOT SCORE HIGH AS A NUMBER OF THE CRITERIA ARE NOT APPLICABLE.
SO IT IS IDEAL FOR US TO RE-LOOK AT THE CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITIZATION SCORING AT THIS TIME AND GO THROUGH AND SEE IS THIS TRULY THE PRIORITIES OF THE BOARD AND SO AND THE ORGANIZATION AND SO WE HAVE THE CURRENT PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK I'VE PUT A SNAPSHOT UP HERE BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF POINTS THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO THE TO THE EACH CRITERIA SO OUR FIRST CRITERIA IS EQUITY AND THEN WE GO INTO HABITAT AT 20 POINTS THEN YOU HAVE HABITAT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AT 15 POINTS ENHANCING AND INCREASING ACCESS AT 15 POINTS, THEN YOU'VE GOT CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS AT 15 POINTS, PARTNERSHIPS AT 15 POINTS, OPERATING EFFICIENCIES AT 15 POINTS, PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AT 15 POINTS, AND THEN WE DROP DOWN TO 10 POINTS WITH MULTI-BENEFICIAL USE AND IF IT'S MAINTAINING AND EXTENDING THE USEFUL LIFE, AND THEN FIVE POINTS FOR PROJECT READINESS.
IF A PROJECT IS DEEMED ESSENTIAL.
MEANING IT'S A LEGAL REQUIREMENT, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, THERE'S A REGULATORY MANDATE.
IT RECEIVES AN NA SCORE AND ADVANCES DIRECTLY TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PENDING GENERAL MANAGER APPROVAL.
THAT'S WHAT THE POLICY CURRENTLY STATES.
SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE CURRENT POLICY.
THE TOTAL POINTS IS 135, AND IT'S ALL OR NOTHING.
SO EITHER IT GETS 20 POINTS OR IT GETS ZERO POINTS.
SO THAT'S ALSO THE WAY WE'VE BEEN SCORING THINGS TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW IS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO AN ACTIVITY AND IN YOUR PACKETS YOU HAVE EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS, ONE FOR EACH WARD.
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IS THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER A PROJECT SUMMARY.SO YOU HAVE ALL THE DETAILS ON THE PROJECT, THE OBJECTIVE, THE DESCRIPTION, THE CURRENT COST AND FUNDING.
AND THEN BEHIND IT IS HOW WE HAVE SCORED THAT PROJECT.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING EACH MEMBER TO LOOK AT THE SHEETS AND THEN CONSIDERING THE SHEETS FOR YOUR AWARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW SCORES MIGHT BE DIFFERENT AND WHY? AND THEN DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A FUTURE BOARD AGENDA ON THIS TOPIC? BUT I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO MEGAN.
AND JUST AS A QUESTION, DOES IT HAVE TO BE IN THEIR AWARD OR COULD IT BE ANY PROJECT? IT COULD BE ANY PROJECT.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 25 MINUTES FOR THIS PARTICULAR PIECE.
YEAH, I NOTICED, SO IN THE PACKET THAT WE RECEIVED, WE RECEIVED THE POLICY THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN 2022, BUT THEN I NOTICED IN THE BINDER THERE'S THE QUESTIONS, BUT THOSE QUESTIONS WERE NEVER APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SO THOSE ARE STAFF-RECOMMENDED QUESTIONS FOR EACH OF THE CRITERIA, BUT THEY WERE NEVER, EVER APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SHARE THE FULL PROCESS WITH YOU TO BE SUPER TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW IT'S BEEN USED AND WE JUST WANT TO GET YOUR INPUT INTO ALL OF IT.
SO THIS IS US JUST PUTTING EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE FOR YOU AND AND AND TRYING TO USE IT TOGETHER AND BE LIKE, ARE WE ON THE RIGHT TRACK OR IF LIKE I THINK WE THINK WE'RE NOT QUITE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE MAKE THIS BETTER? AND I'LL JUST COMMENT.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 55 MINUTES FOR THIS BOARD ENGAGEMENT ITEM.
HALF OF THE TIME, WHAT WE'VE ALLOTTED, HALF OF THE TIME, ABOUT 25 MINUTES, IS GETTING DIRECTORS' TOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW SCORES MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.
I THINK THAT THAT QUESTION OF WHY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, GETTING DOWN TO THE WHY.
AND WE WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO SAY, HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK UP.
AND THEN PART TWO, ONCE WE FINISH THIS, IS ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE CRITERIA AND WHICH SEEM OVERWEIGHTED, UNDERWEIGHTED, MAYBE MISSING, NOT REPRESENTED.
SO WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE CRITERIA ITSELF.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN WORKING TO HAVE KAREN WRITE STUFF UP.
SO I WAS THINKING WE COULD HAVE KAREN DO THAT AGAIN.
SO ARE WE WORKING TOGETHER THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE? FOR EXAMPLE, WE START THEN HERE WITH BURRELL.
I THINK WE COULD DO THAT FOR SURE.
WE REALLY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EACH DIRECTOR HAD A FEW MINUTES TO SHARE A FEW OF THEIR THOUGHTS ON...
HOW SCORES MIGHT BE DIFFERENT AND WHY.
HOW DOES THAT SOUND? DOES THAT SEEM LIKE A GOOD USE OF 25 MINUTES OF TIME? IF FOLKS NEED A COUPLE MINUTES JUST TO LOOK AT THIS RIGHT NOW AND JUST THINK ABOUT IT, WE CAN JUST TAKE A QUICK PAUSE WHILE FOLKS...
DOES THAT SEEM HELPFUL? WAY TO USE THE PAUSE.
SO MAYBE LET'S TRY 10 MINUTES AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT IN 10 MINUTES.
SO LET'S TAKE A 10-MINUTE PAUSE.
TO REVIEW THE MATERIAL BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MATERIAL BEFORE EITHER SO YEAH TAKE IT FOR ME YEAH THAT WAS MY MOST LIKELY TO VIOLATE UH VERY IMPRESSED GIVE YOU RUBBER CHICKEN THERE YOU GO I'M
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WAITING.WHICH ONE ARE YOU SUGGESTING WE DO FIRST THEN? SO WE'LL DO THAT ONE FIRST.
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THANK YOU.HOW ABOUT TWO MORE MINUTES? DOES THAT SOUND GOOD?
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OKAY.ALL RIGHT, ARE WE GOOD TO START? I THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO MINUTES OR 12 MINUTES.
SO WE'LL USE THE TIMER AGAIN JUST SO DIRECTORS KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH REGARDS TO THE THREE MINUTES.
AND LET'S JUST MAKE SURE WE HEAR FROM EVERYBODY, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE TIME THAT WE NEED.
AND IF YOU DON'T GET A CHANCE TO SAY SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE GETS SAID, WE CAN FIGURE OUT OTHER WAYS OF CAPTURING THAT.
YEAH, SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO GO IN ORDER AND WE START WITH BURRELL? YEAH, LET'S DO THAT.
I THINK I AGREE WITH THIS SCORING HERE.
BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN IT BROKEN DOWN LIKE THIS BEFORE WITH THESE SUBCATEGORIES THAT ARE USED TO COME UP WITH THE SCORE FOR EACH.
AND SO THAT JUST CLEARS UP A WHOLE LOT OF THE MYSTERY THAT I'VE HAD OF LOOKING AT THAT GOING, WHERE'D THAT COME FROM? AND SO BY HAVING, LOOKS LIKE USUALLY IT'S THREE COMPONENTS OF THAT, AND ANY ONE OF THOSE WILL TRIGGER THE POINTS, RIGHT? THAT HELPS A LOT.
GENERAL QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS I WOULD LEAVE OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF CHANGING THE ALLOCATION FOR EACH OF THE CRITERIA.
IN OTHER WORDS, INCREASING AND ENHANCING ACCESS AT 15 POINTS MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE.
AND I'LL JUST VOICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 25 MINUTES AFTER THIS TO ACTUALLY GET INTO EXACTLY THAT.
WE'LL WANT TO HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE.
AND THEN ON THIS ONE, ON FIVE PARTNERSHIP, THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A NONPROFIT.
BUT THAT'S NOT SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ALREADY TRIGGERS THE 15 POINTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR OTHER REASONS.
BUT, YEAH, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THIS SCORE AS HIGH AS IT DID.
AND I SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I CAN SEE WHY ALLOCATED THIS WAY.
BUT DID IT TRIGGER THE 15 POINTS? SO WHEN I LOOK AT PARTNERSHIP FOR BURRELL HERE, IT HAS ZERO POINTS ASSIGNED TO IT.
AND SO WITH THE WHYS AND THE ENDS, MY EARLIER POINT FOR THOSE SUBCATEGORIES, THAT WAS NEVER APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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I BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE JUST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF.AND SO ONE OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS IS ALSO WHO COMES UP WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SUBCATEGORIES AND ALSO WHO GETS TO ASSIGN THE Y OR THE N TO EACH OF THESE SUBCATEGORIES.
THE ONLY THING THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD IS WHAT WAS IN OUR PACKET, SO THE MAIN NUMBER AND THEN THE MAIN CRITERIA TITLE AND THEN THE DESCRIPTION.
THAT'S ALL THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS, IS THIS, WHERE ARE WE ON THE RIGHT TRACK? AND THEN, I MEAN, IT'S ALSO, MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S NOT LIKE A GRADUATED SCORING, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE, DID IT MEET THIS CATEGORY OR NOT? YES OR NO.
SO LIKE, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE COULD DO IT.
AND SO I THINK LIKE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THE FEEDBACK OF LIKE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, YOU KNOW, ARE WE ON THE RIGHT TRACK? ARE WE MISSING SOMETHING? AND THERE WAS A MEETING, AT LEAST MORE THAN ONE MEETING ON THIS PROJECT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
ONE IN THE TOWN OF DANVILLE AND ANOTHER ONE AT A FAIR, I THINK, NEARBY IN SAN RAMON.
SO THAT WOULD TRIGGER A YES ON THAT.
PRESIDENT SAN JUAN, I'M WONDERING, ARE YOU ASKING FOR A DEEPER CONVERSATION AROUND THE TOPIC THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP? I THINK WE'LL GET TO THAT LATER.
ALSO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M READING IT RIGHT, BECAUSE UNDER PARTNERSHIP, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, IT HAS A ZERO SCORE, BUT IT'S HIGHLIGHTED.
SO BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL SUBCATEGORIES HERE, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT SHOULD NOW BE 15? I'M NOT SURE HOW TO INTERPRET THIS, ACTUALLY.
DIRECTOR SENWONG, I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT.
I THINK IT'S SORT OF HIGHLIGHTED ON THE POINTS RECEIVED THERE.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS KIND OF STILL SORT OF A LITTLE BIT WORKING HERE.
SO I THINK YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN THAT, YES.
THIS PROJECT HAS HAD REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH OUTSIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND WE DEFINITELY HAVE EXTERNAL PROJECT FUNDING, SO THE SORT OF PARTNERSHIP CRITERIA IS KIND OF MET THERE.
SO BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I THINK, YEAH, THAT PROBABLY SHOULD RECEIVE THE EXTRA 15 POINTS THERE.
ALSO, ISN'T THERE CONVERSATION WITH TOWN OF DANVILLE IN TERMS OF A LAND THAT'S...
IT'S SEPARATE, BUT SO IS THAT WHEN IT THEN, SO WHERE IT SAYS NO, THAT WE'RE NOT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GOVERNMENT OR AGENCY PARTNER? THERE'S ANOTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT WITH THE MUSEUM OF THE SAN RAMON VALLEY, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN, YOU CAN'T REALLY GO ON ANYTHING BY THAT.
IT WAS ONLY A DISCUSSION, AND SO IT CAN'T BE ASSUMED AT ALL.
SO IT'S OKAY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TWO OTHER REASONS IN THERE TO TRIGGER THE 15 POINTS.
AND ALSO, LIKE I SAID, THESE REASONS ARE WHAT? I GUESS STAFF CAME UP WITH AND ALSO MADE THAT DECISION, NOT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
ARE WE TURNING TO THE NEXT PROJECT? CAN WE ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT, OR ONLY THE PERSON IN THAT WARD? SO THIS IS A DECISION FOR THE BOARD.
HOW ARE WE FEELING ON TIME? DO WE WANT TO EXTEND THE LENGTH OF OUR STUDY SESSION TODAY? I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING NOT TO BE SO WARD-CENTRIC.
MAYBE WHY DON'T YOU JUST ASK YOUR QUICK QUESTION, LINDA? HERE'S MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE'RE GOING TO GO AROUND EACH PERSON, GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE SCORING.
IT COULD BE ABOUT BURRELL OR ANY PROJECT.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE SCORING.
WHICH ONE'S OUR NEXT ONE? PLEASANTON RIDGE, GARMS, PUBLIC ACCESS.
SO I GUESS THERE'S A QUESTION ON THE TABLE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING BY DIRECTOR OR BY PROJECT.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING I BROUGHT UP THE LAST THREE YEARS AT THIS CAPITAL PROJECTS STUDY SESSION.
YOU KNOW, THE EQUITY CRITERIA, YOU KNOW, REQUIRES THE PROJECT ADVANCE WORK WITH WHICH PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT VALUE TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGH EXPANDED SERVICE.
WE DON'T INCLUDE TRANSIT AS ONE OF OUR CRITERIA IN THE SUBCATEGORIES.
AGAIN, THAT'S NEVER BEEN APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BUT TYPICALLY TRANSIT OR A BART STATION IS, I THINK, A FORM OF EQUITY IN TERMS OF PARKS AND LOCATIONS BEING LOCATED NEAR TRANSIT.
SAME WITH HOUSING AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT FUTURE HOUSING PROJECTS AS WELL AS JOBS.
AND SOMETIMES SOME OF THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, RH AND ARENA, DOES TIE TO JOBS.
BUT WE DON'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHERE PEOPLE ARE WORKING, EVEN THOUGH WE DO COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES
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FROM COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.AND SO I THINK IF WE WERE TO MODIFY HOW WE SCORE EQUITY, GARMS COULD ACTUALLY HAVE SOME POINTS ASSIGNED TO IT HERE BECAUSE OF ITS...
PROXIMITY TO A BART STATION, ITS PROXIMITY TO HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
ALSO, I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE SCORING WAS.
WHEN THE SCORING WAS ASSIGNED, WAS IT ASSIGNED YESTERDAY? WAS IT ASSIGNED FIVE YEARS AGO? FOR EXAMPLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPENED UP NEAR THE BART STATION ON THE DUBLIN SIDE OF THE WEST DUBLIN PLEASANTON STATION.
SO WOULD THAT THEN CHANGE THE SCORING HERE? AND THEN.
IN TERMS OF HABITAT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION, WE DO HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH SOCIAL TRAILS IN THIS PART OF PLEASANTON RIDGE, AND WOULD GARMS ACCESS POTENTIALLY HELP MAKE IT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY SOCIAL TRAIL USAGE? SO COULD THAT POTENTIALLY BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD AFFECT THAT SECOND ONE, HABITAT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION? AND THEN I WOULD ALSO, UNDER PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, WHERE WE HAVE A ZERO SCORE, PUBLIC SAFETY, AGAIN, WE HAVE A LOT OF SOCIAL TRAILS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAILS THROUGH PRIVATE PROPERTY.
WE DID HAVE THE SAD SITUATION OF SOMEONE BEING IN THIS GENERAL AREA WHO GOT LOST AND DIED ON A VERY HOT DAY.
SO I THINK THAT THERE MAY BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS A ZERO SCORE THERE.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE PROJECT READINESS DOES TALK ABOUT AND ALSO YEAH PUBLIC PROJECT READINESS TALKS ABOUT YOU KNOW PROJECTS CONTAIN AN AGENCY POLICIES SO WOULD A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING COUNT AS AN AGENCY POLICY YOU KNOW WE MADE A PROMISE TO THE CITY OF PLEASANTON THAT WE WOULD OPEN UP GARMS PUBLIC ACCESS AT THE PRESENT MOMENT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT DOES NOT PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO PLEASANTON RIDGE IN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON OUR PRIMARY ACCESS POINT IS STILL A PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY OF PLEASANTON, CASTLE RIDGE, AND OPENING THAT WAS WE SIGNED THIS MOU AS A PROMISE THAT WE WOULD OPEN GARM.
ALL RIGHT, WHY DON'T WE GO TO ANOTHER DIRECTOR AND WE'LL GO AHEAD.
LIKE AS FAR AS TRANSIT AND HOUSING NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER LIKE THAT'S A DISCUSSION BUT TO JUST DILUTE GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY AND SOCIAL EQUITY THAT HAVE STANDARD DEFINITIONS THAT ARE ALSO USED BY OTHER PARK DISTRICTS THEY'RE ADDRESSING ACCESS OF DISADVANTAGE.
COMMUNITY TO SERVICES OR PROGRAMS. I THINK AS FAR AS PUTTING HOUSING, PUTTING ALL OF THAT, IS LIKE LOOKING AT SHOULD THAT BE AN ADDITIONAL CATEGORY VERSUS DILUTING WHAT EQUITY IS IN THIS.
I THINK IT'S A FAIR POINT, YEAH.
SO IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO ADDRESS THAT AND MAYBE...
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE COMPREHENSIVE.
YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S HISTORICAL AND PRESENT-DAY EQUITY, BUT THEN ALSO THERE'S FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND IS THAT EQUITY OR IS THAT NOT EQUITY? BUT HOW DOES THAT GET FACTORED IN? AND ALSO HOUSING GROWTH.
I WAS GOING TO THROW UP IN THE PARKING LOT JUST A DISCUSSION ON HOW CRITERIA ARE DEFINED.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A CONVERSATION WORTH HAVING.
AM I HEARING THAT? YES, BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED.
WHEN HOW WE DEFINE DISADVANTAGE, UNDERSERVED IS DILUTED AND ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE MULTIPLE UNDERSERVED AND DISADVANTAGE COMMUNITIES, SORRY TO BE WARD CENTRIC BUT WITHIN MY WARD SO I'M JUST MORE HEIGHTENED TO THAT BUT I DO SEE THAT MORE RICH DISCUSSION THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN THERE.I THINK LIKE TABLING THAT WOULD BE GREAT SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT THOSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT, THE ACCESS TO BAR AND EVERYTHING.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE COME OUT AS SORT OF MAYBE WE'RE MISSING SOME THINGS IN THE CRITERIA.
SO, I WOULD ASK MAYBE THE SAME THING.
I MEAN, FOR ME, EQUITY AND CLIMATE ARE THE PROBABLY TWO, YOU KNOW, MOST IMPORTANT THINGS.
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VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT DIRECTOR ESPANA SAID, IT'S DIFFICULT WHERE YOU'RE COMBINING NATURAL AND CULTURAL TOGETHER.LIKE IT'S ALMOST LIKE WITH BURRELL, THERE'S CLEARLY A CULTURAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, A PROJECT THAT SCORES REALLY HIGH BOTH IN NATURAL AND CULTURAL AND HOW TO BREAK THOSE OUT.
I THINK WE DO A GOOD JOB LATER ON CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS, BUT SOME BETTER THOUGHT ON HOW TO CAPTURE THOSE NUMBERS MAYBE.
SOME OF THE OTHER COMMENT BECAUSE THEY CAN BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER.
NATURAL DIVERSITY OF ANIMALS VERSUS CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS VERSUS ZERO CLIMATE IMPACT VERSUS ON AND ON AND ON IT GOES.
SO AND I NOTICED THAT THAT ONE, I THINK ARMS DIDN'T SCORE THAT GREAT ON IT EITHER, BUT MAYBE IT WOULD IF IT WERE BROKEN OUT.
AND I GUESS I LOST THIS QUESTION RHETORICALLY, YOU KNOW, IS THE SCORING.
WHAT MATTERS OR IS THE PROMISE THAT WE MADE IN THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH CITY OF PLEASANTON, I MEAN, IS THAT IMPORTANT THAT WE FULFILL THIS PROMISE THAT WE MADE IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ACCESS IN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON TO PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL PARK? RIGHT NOW WE'RE DIVING INTO HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A CLINICAL COMPARISON.
BUT YOUR BOARD BRINGS REALLY IMPORTANT EXPERTISE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE AND YOU SERVE.
AND SO THAT IS AS IMPORTANT, IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT, THAN...
AND THEN I THINK IN TERMS OF CULTURAL, I DO REMEMBER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT BURRELL, I KNOW I'M GOING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS PROJECT, BUT I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS, YOU KNOW, THE 680 CORRIDOR, BASICALLY FROM DANVILLE TO SAN JOSE, ALTHOUGH I KNOW OUR PARK DISTRICT STOPS IN FREMONT.
IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, IT'S BECOMING ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING, IF NOT THE FASTEST GROWING, AND ONE OF THE LARGEST SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE BAY AREA AND IN THE STATE AND IN THE COUNTRY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY AT BURRELL AS PART OF THAT 680 CORRIDOR TO MAYBE THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CULTURAL PROGRAMMING, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, HAVING YOGA CLASSES THAT APPEAL TO THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY.
AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE ANOTHER ENHANCEMENT AT BURRELL TO BRING IN SOME DIFFERENT CULTURAL PROGRAMMING.
JUST AS A TIME CHECK, THERE'S ABOUT 10 MORE MINUTES ON THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME WIGGLE ROOM.
WE STILL HAVE 45 MINUTES LEFT OF OUR SESSION.
SO JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT TO THE DIRECTORS AS TO HOW TO USE TIME.
SHALL WE MOVE TO THE NEXT PROJECT? I THINK I FOUND A WAY TO CAPTURE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT PROMISES AND MOUS.
SO MAYBE ONE OF THE CRITERIA COULD BE, ARE THERE ANY...
PAST AGREEMENTS OR THERE ARE ANY CURRENT AGREEMENTS OR POLICIES THAT WOULD CHANGE IT AND MAKE IT, SO MAYBE LIKE SO IF THERE'S AGREEMENT WITH SOMEONE AND THAT'S A CRITERIA THAT SOMETHING WOULD TAKE PLACE, AND THAT WOULD BE MAYBE FIVE POINTS OR SOMETHING.
SO I THINK MAYBE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WERE DISCUSSING, IF WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE THE SITUATION.
BUT BUILD IT INTO CRITERIA, THEN THAT COULD POTENTIALLY ENHANCE THE SCORE AND ADDRESS IT IN A WAY.
SO, YEAH, THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL CRITERIA.
DO WE WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE, THE OYSTER BAY BIKE SKILLS PARK? LET'S GIVE IT A TRY, AND I GUESS IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE PREVIOUS TWO, THAT'S AN OPTION THAT'S OUT THERE.
AS FAR AS THE SCORING, I THINK THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAD HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT WAS WAS SOME OF IT HABITAT CONSERVATION BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME PARKS FOR BUTTERFLIES AND SO I MEAN IT IS A VERY URBAN PARK IT IS A LANDFILL BUT OTHER I MEAN THAT WAS LIKE THE ONLY SCORE BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE THE SCORE SHEET ON THIS ONE.
BUT I FELT GOOD WITH THE SCORING ON IT.
I GUESS I WAS SURPRISED THAT IT GOT 100 AND IT WAS KIND OF HIGHER SCORED THAN SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS.
BUT WHEN YOU GO TO THE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS, LIKE IT MEETS ALL THOSE DIFFERENT FACTORS.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY CLEAR.
IT JUST WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE SEEN THE JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE CRITERIA, BECAUSE WITH THIS ONE, THERE'S JUST AN
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OVERALL SCORE SHEET.BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE JUSTIFICATION SO IF THERE WERE SOME OTHER...
I JUST HAVE THE OVERALL SCORE SHEET ON THIS ONE.
YES, BUT LIKE THE PART THAT I DO HAVE...
BUT IT'S THE SAME SCORE SHEET.
SO IT WAS ON OYSTER BAY, BUT YEAH, IT WAS THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT HABITAT.
I MEAN, IS THERE ROOM FOR, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HABITAT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION, IS THERE ROOM TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING A FORMER LANDFILL AND MAKING IT SOMETHING FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, DOES THAT MEET HABITAT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION CRITERIA? I DON'T KNOW.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT THERE COULD BE DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF SOME OF THESE OPTIONS AND TO GIVE IT A HIGHER SCORE, ACTUALLY.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT, SINCE I COULDN'T SEE THE SCORE SHEET, I DIDN'T KNOW IF PART OF IT COUNTED TOWARDS THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE KIND OF BUTTERFLY GARDEN.
THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
ECOLOGICAL, NOT THE WHOLE PARK.
SO DID ANY OF THAT COUNT? BUT I COULDN'T SEE THE JUSTIFICATION.
BUT IT WASN'T LIKE OPEN SPACE AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE CONSERVING THIS WHOLE OPEN SPACE AREA THAT'S MORE WILDERNESS OR MORE RURAL LIKE IT WOULD BE IN CONTRA COSTA.
I THINK THIS IS ALL SUPER HELPFUL FEEDBACK, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I'M HEARING, WHETHER IT'S AROUND EQUITY OR AROUND...
CONSERVATION AND ECOSYSTEMS IS LIKE, I MEAN, THE BEST CASE SCENARIO, I RAN OUT OF TIME.
RIGHT, IS THAT ALL OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE EQUITY AS PART OF THEIR GOALS AND ALL OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE LIKE IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT AS PART OF THEIR GOALS.
BUT LIKE OBVIOUSLY SOME ARE GOING TO BE MORE OR LESS.
AND SO IT COULD BE THAT OUR SCORING, MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO ALL OR NOTHING SCORING.
MAYBE IT'S BETTER TO HAVE SOME GRADIENTS OR SOMETHING IN THERE.
BUT I THINK I'M HEARING ON BOTH OF THOSE THIS TENSION BETWEEN BEING BROADER AND TRYING TO BE NARROWER.
AND I GUESS BECAUSE HABITAT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION JUST MENTIONED CULTURAL RESOURCES, AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE TEND TO THINK OF CULTURAL RESOURCES AS WHAT HAPPENED IN HISTORY, BUT ALSO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT TODAY'S POPULATION.
AND IN TERMS OF THE BIKE SKILLS AREA, IT IS TRUE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, THE YOUTH, MANY OF THEM DO LIKE TO GO TO PLACES LIKE BIKE SKILLS AREA.
AND SO I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE INCREASED POINTS OR INCREASED WEIGHT FOR SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, YOUTH ACTIVITY THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST.
SO, YOU KNOW, I EQUATE THIS SIMILAR TO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE SOUTH ASIAN POPULATION ALONG THE 680 CORRIDOR.
MAYBE THERE ISN'T THIS HISTORY OF THE SOUTH ASIAN POPULATION, BUT THAT'S WHO'S HERE TODAY.
AND SO WE ALSO DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHO'S HERE TODAY.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIRECTORS WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YET.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? WE ALSO HAVE CONTRALOMA NEXT, SO MAYBE WE CAN MOVE TO CONTRALOMA.
DENNIS TALKING? OKAY, I'M GENERALLY OKAY WITH THE SCORING HERE.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, IF I'M GETTING THIS RIGHT, I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE IN NUMBER EIGHT, MULTI-BENEFICIAL USE, AND I THINK SOMEONE ELSE RAISED THAT, THAT IT'S KIND OF UNCLEAR AND WE SHOULD WORK ON THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT FOR NOW, RIGHT? WE JOTTED THAT DOWN AS DEFINITELY A FUTURE DISCUSSION THAT THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN.
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A GOOD IDEA? YES.
SO BECAUSE I THINK THAT PROVISION AROSE OUT OF MY RETURN ON INVESTMENT OBSERVATIONS.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND THAT THE CRITERIA DIDN'T ADEQUATELY PROVIDE FOR THAT.
SO THE FACT THAT A GIVEN OPERATION WAS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER OPERATION
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AT THE PARK, LIKE HAZEL ATLAS, THERE SHOULD BE SOME POINTS THERE.AND THAT RESULTED IN A CHANGE TO THE SCORE FOR THAT PROJECT.
BUT I DON'T SEE THAT CLEARLY IN THIS LANGUAGE.
AS TO THIS CONTRALOMA, IT'S A TEN-POINT FACTOR.
MY READ OF THE MULTI-BENEFICIAL USE IS THAT, IN THIS CASE, THE POOL IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER OPERATIONS IN THAT PARK.
AND MAYBE IT'S TOO ESOTERIC, BUT I'VE ALWAYS SEEN THAT PARK ALONG WITH MILLER KNOX.
AS SERVING A COMMUNITY AS A LOT OF PEOPLE'S VERY NICE BACKYARD THAT THEY OTHERWISE DON'T HAVE.
AND PEOPLE GO THERE TO USE THE LAWNS, THE PICNIC AREAS, THE BARBECUES, FISHING AT THE LAKE, AND THE SWIMMING LAGOON.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST PART OF A LARGER OPERATION, AND ITS ABSENCE TAKES AWAY FROM MULTI-BENEFICIAL USES THAT IT PROVIDES.
SO I'M JUST THROWING OUT THERE THE POSSIBILITY THAT...
IT SHOULD GET 10 POINTS FOR THAT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO JUMP IN REAL QUICK ON THIS ONE.
THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THE PROJECT IS AT CONTRALAMA.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RIGHT NOW AND EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
AND SO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE OPPORTUNITIES TO, LIKE, IDENTIFY AND INCREASE SCORES IN HERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF MULTI-BENEFIT PROJECT, IT TALKS ABOUT RECREATIONAL ACCESS, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.
YOU KNOW, PERHAPS IF, YOU KNOW, THE...
IF THERE IS A POOL, A SWIM LAGOON, WHATEVER IT IS, AND THERE'S SOME SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COMPONENT TO IT, WE CAN SORT OF FIND WAYS TO SORT OF MAXIMIZE CO-BENEFITS THERE TO SORT OF MAKE IT SERVE MULTIPLE USES.
SO SOME OF THESE ARE NOT TOTALLY STATIC.
I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN TERMS OF IT RELATES TO SOME OF THE OTHER OPERATIONS IN THE PARK.
BUT LOOKING JUST AT THE PROJECT, THERE'S SORT OF AN IDEA.
AS IT'S CURRENTLY ENVISIONED, IT MIGHT BE A SINGLE-PURPOSE PROJECT, BUT THIS CAN BE A TOOL TO SORT OF MAKE A PROJECT BETTER.
THEN LASTLY, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, IT GETS BACK TO THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD A YEAR AGO AND THAT I, IN MY OWN PRIORITIZATION, I HAVE WHAT I CLAIM TO BE THE ROTARY IMPACT.
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR ME TO GO TO THE ROTARY CLUB AND TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT? AND THAT ARISES OUT OF THE CONCEPT OF POPULARITY, THAT THIS PARK DISTRICT HAS ALWAYS HAD ITS BASIC M.O.
THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE POPULAR AND DO POPULAR THINGS.
WHERE IS THAT? WHERE IS THAT IN THE SCORE? WHERE IS IN THE SCORE THE DEMAND BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR OF ANTIOCH THAT WE REOPEN THIS LAGOON? SO THERE NEEDS TO BE THIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT AT A ROTARY CLUB? YOU KNOW, AND THIS ISN'T FIT IN HERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO.
HAVE TREMENDOUS COMMUNITY AND POLITICAL PRESSURE ON THIS LAGOON.
AND THAT'S JUST A REALITY THAT DESERVES SOME POINTS, I THINK.
COLLEEN, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT IT? YEAH.
SO DO YOU THINK IS THAT SHOULD WE CARVE OUT A WAY TO CAPTURE THAT IN THE SCORE, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOUR BOARD BRINGS TO THIS THAT THE SCORE DOESN'T CAPTURE? LIKE IT COULD BE THAT WE DO THIS SCORE.
THAT ONLY TELLS HALF THE STORY, AND THE OTHER PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU KNOW IS THAT THERE'S THIS REALLY IMPORTANT PUBLIC DEMAND FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I WOULD THROW IT OUT THERE, MAYBE IT'S ANOTHER DAY'S TOPIC, BUT DEMAND IS CERTAINLY A FACTOR.
I MEAN, A DEMAND PUT THE WILDCAT TRAIL ON THE BOOKS, AND DEMAND IS GOING TO INCREASINGLY MOUNT.
WITH A FACILITY AT 60 TO 100,000 PEOPLE A YEAR USED, THAT IS NOW CLOSED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO I THINK MAYBE THERE'S SOME POINTS THAT SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, DEMAND IS HARD TO GAUGE.
BUT OUR CONCERN AS BOARD MEMBERS IS THAT PROJECTS WHERE WE FEEL THAT THE SHEER POPULARITY OF IT AND THE IMPACT OF IT BEING CLOSED SOMEHOW WORKS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE SCORING.
SO THAT MANAGEMENT APPRECIATES THOSE POINTS AS WELL.
I'M HEARING, YEAH, INTEREST IN TRYING TO CAPTURE THAT IN THE SCORING.
RECOGNIZE THERE'S THE TECHNICAL PIECE THAT IS STILL THERE WITH THE STAFF, BUT THERE'S THIS OTHER CONCEPT
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OF THE COMMUNITY, THE DEMAND, THE POPULARITY.HOW DOES THAT GET FLAVORED IN, BAKED IN TO THE CAKE AS THE ADDITIONAL SPICE, IF YOU WILL? AND I HEARD OPPORTUNITIES TO...
MAYBE THERE IS A WAY TO SAY, ARE WE GETTING A LETTER TO THE COMMUNITY? IS THERE A FACEBOOK PAGE DEVOTED TO THE CLOSURE OF THIS LAGOON? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, IS HELPFUL FEEDBACK.
I DON'T SEE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MENTIONED IN THERE BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU HAD MENTIONED JUST AS FAR AS SO MUCH OF POLITICAL DEMAND FROM THE CITY COUNCILS.
YEAH, I WAS CALLED BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF ANTIOCH TO DISCUSS THIS.
WELL, UNDER PARTNERSHIP, THERE'S A...
YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR PARTNERSHIP.
BOTH THE CITY AND THE WATER DISTRICT WILL ADD ON TO ANY GRANT APPLICATIONS WE HAVE.
THEY'VE ALREADY SAID THAT, SO THAT'S A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP.
IT'S NOT A BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP.
BUT IT'S A FUNDING PARTNERSHIP OF FORM.
I ALSO LIKE THE WAY YOU FRAMED IT AS THE ROTARY CRITERIA.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY THE COMMUNITY SCORE DEMAND POPULARITY, MAYBE JUST PUT IN, LIKE, QUOTATIONS, THE ROTARY CRITERIA, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GOOD...
WELL, THAT'S WHAT POPULARITY IS.
IT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO GO, AND REOPENING THIS IS GOING TO BECOME VERY POPULAR TO SAY THAT.
EXCUSE ME, LET'S NOT FORGET THE KIWANIS.
DID YOU, I WAS OUT OF THE ROOM, DID YOU TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIP SCORING HERE? BECAUSE I THINK IT SHOULD GET 10 UNDER PARTNERSHIP.
BECAUSE OF THE CCWD COLLABORATION, IT HAS TO HAPPEN.
SO THIS IS ZERO? IT'S THEIR LAND OR THEIR, THEY BUILT THE LAGOON.
YEAH, RIGHT NOW PARTNERSHIP IS ZERO FOR THIS PROJECT.
IT SAYS ZERO FOR PARTNERSHIP AND IT'S, THERE IS A PARTNERSHIP.
WELL, THE INTENT THERE WAS, IS THERE AN EXTERNAL PARTNER THAT IS MAKING THE PROJECT HAPPEN? SO IS THERE A FUNDING PARTNER? IS THERE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT? RIGHT NOW, CCWD IS NOT NECESSARILY THAT PARTNER.
THEY'RE THE LAGOON OWNER, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY WELL, THEY COULD STOP IT.
AND SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ADVANCING.
SO, AGAIN, THIS IS A KIND OF CRITERIA OF LIKE THIS IS SCORING LOW HERE, SO IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THAT SCORE BY INCREASING OUR PARTNERSHIPS HERE? SO IT IS A WAY FOR STAFF TO KIND OF BE ABLE TO, LIKE, SHARPEN OUR PENCILS AND LOOK AT, LIKE, OH, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.
MAYBE THERE IS A WAY TO BOOST UP THE PARTNERSHIP NUMBERS.
SO JUST AS A TIME CHECK, IT'S 2 O'CLOCK, AND WE DO WANT TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE WEIGHTING OF THE CRITERIA AS WELL, AND WE STILL HAVE SOME DECISIONS TO MAKE ABOUT HOW WE USE THE MAY 12TH SESSION.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, THOUGH, WE HEAR FROM OUR LAST DIRECTOR.
I THINK THERE'S IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? WE HAVE TWO MORE.
WE HAVE THOMAS GALL AND ANTHONY CHABOT, BUT THEN ALSO YEAH, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT.
ELIZABETH HAD TO LEAVE EARLY, BUT THERE MAY STILL WANT TO BE THE DIRECTORS MAY STILL WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT TILDEN. OKAY.
SO ARE WE OKAY TALKING ABOUT THESE REMAINING THREE PROJECTS? I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE BOARD.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THEM, BUT JUST AS LONG AS THERE'S BOARD CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD, MAYBE MAYBE WHAT I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND DOING, LET'S MAYBE SKIP AHEAD TO ANTHONY CHABOT WITH THE SEWER REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND THEN DO TEMESCAL AND THEN SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AT TIME AND THEN MAYBE GO BACK TO TILDEN AT THE END.
SO WHY DON'T WE MOVE TO ANTHONY CHABOT? I'M GOING TEMESCAL.
DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THE SCORING FOR ANTHONY CHABOT? ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT WITH THE 100-5 POINT? I THINK IT'S FINE.
THE REST OF THE BOARD IS OKAY WITH THAT.
I HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH, ON SEWER.
ISN'T THAT IN NA? ISN'T THAT MANDATORY OR IT'S NOT? IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN THE SEWER AT ROBERTS? YES.
SO THE SEWER AT ROBERTS, WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
WE'VE JUST NOTED THAT IT'S GETTING OLD AND IF IT BREAKS IT COULD...
BE NOT TEMESCAL, ANTHONY CHABOT.
ON TEMESCAL, I'D SAY I DON'T AGREE WITH IT.
BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO DO SOME WORK
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AT OUR NEXT MEETING TO DIVE IN AND DEFINE SOME OF THESE.I THINK I PUT EARLIER ON ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S ONE OF MY HIGHEST IS I DO THINK IT SERVES A HIGH EQUITY COMMUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEFINE THAT OR SEPARATE THAT.
DIFFERENT FROM THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IT SERVES VERSUS THE TYPE OF PEOPLE IT SERVES.
THERE'S A LOT OF NINERAS OUT THERE AND I'D LOVE TO EVEN SEE MORE SIGNAGE IN TWO LANGUAGES, PARTICULARLY FOR FISHING.
IT'S NOT CONSISTENT THAT IT'S IN BOTH LANGUAGES, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF SUSTAINABLE FISHING GOING ON OUT THERE.
A LOT OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THAT RELY ON THAT.
FOOD AND THERE IS A BUS STATION AND THE COMMENT WAS YOU KNOW THAT ALONE DOESN'T MAKE IT BUT IT FOR SOMEONE WHO'S FOR PEOPLE TO GET FROM OAKLAND INTO TEMESCAL IS REALLY EASY THE BUS DROPS YOU RIGHT THERE AT THE DOOR.
SO THAT ONE DEFINING THE HABITAT VERSUS RESOURCE IT DID GET THE FULL POINT SO I WON'T BEAT THAT ONE UP NECESSARILY BUT IN ANOTHER SESSION.
THE FAR IS INCREASING ENHANCING PUBLIC ACCESS.
AGAIN, BECAUSE OF MY EARLIER COMMENTS, I THINK THAT IT REALLY SHOULD BE HIGH.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT HAS A FACILITY FOR PUBLIC USE, BUT THERE'S PICTURES OF THOUSANDS, 7,000 PEOPLE PER DAY IN THE OLD DAYS OUT THERE.
I WOULD SAY THE EARLIER COMMENT ABOUT A CULTURAL RESOURCE, THAT BUILDING IN ONE OF OUR FIRST PARKS.
CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS, FOR SURE.
IF WE DON'T FIX THIS, THE RUNOFF, THE WARMING, THE CLIMATE.
THERE'S THINGS THAT I HAVE A QUESTION WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW WE DEFINE CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS.
MAYBE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS BORRELL, BUT IF THEY HAD SOLAR.
BECAUSE CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS FOR ME IS NOT JUST ADAPTING TO THE FUTURE, BUT ARE WE DOING OUR PART TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES? SO IF YOU HAD SOMETHING AT BORRELL WHERE THERE WAS A SOLAR PARKING LOT, OR WE PUT SOLAR OUT ON, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT FITS IN TO THE CRITERIA.
IF YOU MAKE SOMETHING THAT'S ENERGY EFFICIENT OR CUTTING.
DOLLARS AT A FACILITY OR BRINGING DOWN GREENHOUSE GASES OF OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT OVERALL.
PARTNERSHIPS, A LOT OF YOU HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED PARTICULARLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
HOW DO WE DEFINE THAT? WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN A LETTER.
HOW CAN IT BE ZERO FROM BUFFY WICKS TO THE MAYOR, TO THE COMMUNITY, TO LAKE TAMASKAL? YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT POPULARITY OR THE ROTARY CLUB EFFECT.
THAT DEFINITELY HAS A ROTARY CLUB EFFECT.
I'D LOVE TO OVERALL UNDERSTAND WHAT, I GOT 15 POINTS, BUT I'M UNCLEAR ON OPERATING EFFICIENCIES.
IF WE DO THIS, MAYBE IT'LL SAVE STAFF TIME FROM THE OXYGENATION AND THE CHELATION AND ALL OF THAT.
I THINK WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN ADDITION TO POPULARITY IN GENERAL, NOT SPECIFICALLY TEMESCAL, BUT ALSO THE OPPOSITION.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE HEARING SO MANY LETTERS FROM PEOPLE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T WANT THE PROJECT, THAT ALSO HAS A NEGATIVE ROTARY EFFECT.
I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT BOTH AND PLAN AHEAD FOR WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
IF OUR PARTNERS THAT WE NEED TO HELP PASS A BOND IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE WE WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM SOME THINGS.
MAINTAINS AND EXTENDS USEFUL LIFE AND SERVICES.
AGAIN, I'M SURPRISED ZERO BECAUSE I THINK PART OF THE CRITERIA HERE IS TO GET THAT SO IT'S OPERATING.
I MEAN, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TELLING PEOPLE AND ANSWERING WHY THE DARN THING IS CLOSED.
SO I THINK USEFUL LIFE AND SERVICES KEEPING THAT PARK OPEN.
PROJECT READINESS DEFINITELY IS ZERO.
SO WE KNOW THAT, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM.
I THINK OVERALL, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I WOULD HAVE WITH PARTNERSHIPS WOULD BE THINGS LIKE, DOES THE CITY ALREADY HAVE IT IN THEIR GENERAL PLAN? DO WE ALREADY HAVE IT WITH THE...
PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREAS VERSUS PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREAS WHEN WE LOOK AT REGIONAL LIKE WHERE DO WE FIT IN WITH THAT MOUS AND AGAIN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DEMAND I MENTIONED IT EARLIER BUT HOW DO YOU HEAR FROM THE VOICES THAT AREN'T LOUD THAT MIGHT REALLY CARE.
MAYBE WE HAVE A VERY LARGE MANDARIN GROUP OUT THERE.
I'VE SEEN THEM OUT THERE DOING TAI CHI, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT AS LOUD OR ORGANIZED AS A BICYCLING COALITION WHO WANTS A BIKE TRAIL AROUND TEMESCAL.
SO HOW DO YOU GET THAT? AND I'D SAY THE SAME FOR NATURE.
HOW DO YOU GET A VOICE FOR NATURE TO SPEAK UP? BECAUSE THE GOLDEN EAGLES ARE OUT THERE AND NESTING, BUT WHERE DO THEY GET A VOICE? AND MAYBE IT'S BACK IN THE NATURAL CHECKLIST, BUT IT'S ALSO THE POPULARITY, HOW POPULAR IS THIS FOR BIODIVERSITY WITH THE CRITTERS.
SO I THINK OVERALL, THIS IS EXCITING.
I'M THRILLED WITH THE EARLIER.
I DON'T THINK I EVEN SAID IT, BUT THE CIP DASHBOARD IS JUST OVERALL GREAT.
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AND THEN IF WE CAN ADD THIS CPP TO THAT DASHBOARD, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE GOAL, BUT THAT'S KIND OF MY LAST POINT IS ONCE WE REFINE THESE AND DIG INTO THEM AND BREAK THEM OUT AND SCORE THEM.CERTAINLY IN THAT DASHBOARD HAVING THAT SCORE BECAUSE THIS IS WE'RE REALLY COMING A LONG WAY TO UNDERSTANDING I THINK JOHN MENTIONED IT EARLIER I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'VE MADE SOME LEAPS AND BOUNDS AND AND AS WE FINE-TUNE IT AND FINE-TUNE THE SCORES WE REALLY IT'S GOING TO REALLY HELP US FIGURE OUT HOW WE AS A TEAM PRIORITIZE THESE PROJECTS AND TO FIND THEM BETTER.
THANK YOU DENNIS, I THINK YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS ON THIS PROJECT.
WELL, OVERALL, AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS OVERALL LATER ON, RIGHT? OKAY, SO MY ONLY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS RELATIVELY FOUR YEARS AGO WE STARTED THIS NEW CRITERIA.
WHO ARE THE RATERS? IS IT A SECRET OR IS IT HIDDEN? WE CAN DO THAT LATER IF IT'S GOING TO COME LATER.
I MEAN, GENERALLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN DOING IT, AND RANDY, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS WE'VE BEEN HAVING THE PROJECT MANAGERS.
GO THROUGH AND SCORE IT, BUT THEN THAT ROLLS UP TO THE DIVISION LEAD LEVEL, AND THE DIVISION LEADS SORT OF GO THROUGH AND KIND OF FACT-CHECK IT, THAT SORT OF THING.
AND THEN THAT KIND OF GOES THROUGH, SO CHECKS AND BALANCES, BUT IT'S KIND OF THE DIVISION LEAD IS THE FIRST STOP.
OKAY, AND SO THE NUMBER WOULD BE, IS THAT 3, 4, 2? I DIDN'T FOLLOW YOU.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE A SAY IN THIS? WHO ASSIGNS A 20 OR A 0? IS IT FOUR PEOPLE? IS IT TEN PEOPLE? THIS IS REN BATES, DIVISION OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
THE SCORES WE HAVE, IF WE PRESENTED THIS IN 2025 AND WE HAD A FULL LIST OF ALL THE SCORES OF ALL THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, DIRECTOR WASPIE, WE HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD ALL THE DIVISIONS WHO PROPOSED THE PROJECT OR WHOSE PROJECT WERE THE CLIENTS OR THE SPONSORS OF THAT SCORE THAT IN TERMS OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THAT IS.
WE STARTED THIS AND WE DID THIS IN EARNEST FOR THE 2025 MARCH STUDY SESSION, AND WE STARTED THAT AS A PROCESS IN THE MIDDLE OF 2024.
SO WE HAD ALL THE AGGREGATE GROUPS DO THAT.
IT WAS AN ATTACHMENT LAST YEAR TO OUR STUDY SESSION.
I GUESS WE CAN GET THAT TO EVERYONE AS A REMINDER.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT WAS DEPENDENT UPON THE DIVISION THAT IT CAME FROM.
AND SO STUFF THAT WAS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, WE HAD THE PROJECT MANAGER LOOK AT IT.
TO BRIAN'S POINT, HAD THE MANAGER LOOK AT IT AND THEN THE DIVISION LEAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL SCORED IT SIMILARLY, THAT IT WAS CONSISTENT, AND THEN THAT'S BEEN VETTED UP.
SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT IS.
TO ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS OF HOW THEY WERE PROPOSED, THE BOARD ADOPTED THE POLICY, BUT THE PROCEDURES ARE PART OF THE QUESTIONS ARE PART OF THE PROCEDURES.
AND TYPICALLY, STAFF MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PROCEDURES, AND THEN THE GENERAL MANAGER APPROVES THOSE PROCEDURES.
SO IN TERMS OF THAT, THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THE QUESTIONS THAT DEFINE THE CRITERIA.
A LOT OF PROJECTS HAVE BEEN A COUPLE, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE BURRELL AND THE CONTRALOMA ONE WE HAVE RESCORED BECAUSE THOSE SCOPES HAVE CHANGED OVER THE PAST YEAR OR TWO.
THE OTHER ONES HAVE STAYED CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT.
AND SO IN TERMS OF THAT, WE DO, TO YOUR POINT, DIRECTOR DECHAMBEAU, THE CPP, I BELIEVE, IS IN THE BUDGET BOOK, AND WE HAVE THAT SCORE, SO THAT IS PART OF WHAT'S PUBLICLY COMMUNICATED AS WELL.
THOSE ARE MY ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT I HEARD.
IF I MISSED THEM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I WOULD JUST ADD, MAYBE, AND WE'LL GET INTO IT LATER, POSSIBLY INCLUDING A BOARD MEMBER OR TWO IN THIS BECAUSE OF THE KNOWLEDGE YOU'VE HEARD FROM SOME PEOPLE.
TO ME, THIS IS LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE TRANSPARENCY ON HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK ABOUT, LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GETTING RIGHT? WHERE COULD THE SCORING BE BETTER? COOL.
AND I'LL GET BACK TO THE, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THIS AND WE'RE IN A HURRY, BUT I'LL GET BACK TO THE TEMESCAL. SO EQUITY, ZERO.
I THINK 20 OR NOTHING IS BAD, BECAUSE YOU GET NOTHING HERE.
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AT LAKE TEMESCAL IS WE'VE INTENTIONALLY LOOKED FOR SERVING UNDERSERVED AND NOT JUST PROVIDING BENEFITS, BUT PROVIDING GREAT JOBS.
AND I THINK WE STILL SAY THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST.
EMPLOYERS OF YOUTH IN THE BAY AREA, WORLD, WHEREVER, BUT TWO COUNTIES.
WE USED TO, AND WE DID IT INTENTIONALLY, HAVE LIFEGUARD TRAINING ACADEMIES.
TEN SESSIONS, EIGHT HOURS A DAY, WHERE WE TEACH PEOPLE WITH NO SKILLS, OTHER THAN BE ABLE TO SWIM, TO BECOME LIFEGUARDS.
AND IT'S A GREAT JOB, 23, 38 AN HOUR, JUST START, AND THEY PAY YOU FOR TRAINING.
WE USED TO DO IT AT TEMASCALE.
AND BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T DREDGED IT, AND BECAUSE BLUE-GREEN ALGAE AND ALL THE OTHER EXTRANEOUS CIRCUMSTANCES ARE CREATING THAT, WE TOLD THE LIFEGUARD ACADEMY, OH, BY THE WAY, WE REALLY HATE TO SAY THIS TO YOU POOR KIDS IN THESE AREAS.
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NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE TRAINING IN CASTRO VALLEY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE YOU'VE GOT TO GET A COUPLE OF POINTS FOR EQUITY BY US.GIVING JOB TRAINING WHERE THE FACILITY IS.
AND SO I KNOW THAT'S, IT'S HARD, IT'S ESOTERIC, BUT ADDING MORE PEOPLE TO THE MIX AND MAYBE ADDING OR NOT HAVING 20 OR NOTHING, BECAUSE I THINK THAT MEANS SOMETHING, THAT WE HAD LAKE TEMESCAL, IT WAS A TRAINING FACILITY FOR GIVING KIDS JOBS.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY COMMENT.
YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WRITE IT DOWN, KAREN, IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY ROBUST CONVERSATION.
I KNOW WE HAD TILDEN EEC, WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT.
I KNOW IT WAS TOUCHED UPON EARLIER BY DIRECTOR ECHOLS.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE AS A BOARD WANT TO TALK ABOUT TILDEN EEC RIGHT NOW IN THIS CONTEXT OR IF WE WANT TO MOVE ON IN THE AGENDA.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE ON IN THE AGENDA, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT TILDEN EEC AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I WANT TO GET IT IN NOW.
WE DON'T REALLY ADDRESS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF OUR TRAIL PROJECTS TO BE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
AND SO I'D LIKE THAT REALLY EXPRESSLY HARDWIRED INTO THIS PROCESS, THAT EITHER A NEW TRAIL OR CHANGING AN OLD TRAIL OR SOMETHING COULD RESULT IN A REALLY PROFOUND INCREASE IN ACCESS TO BIKEABILITY.
INTO OUR FACILITIES, WHATEVER.
COULD WE MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON THE EEC ONE? I MEAN...
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES OUT ON THAT ONE, BUT JUMPED OUT, IS WE DON'T HAVE A CRITERIA REALLY FOR EDUCATION.
SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS A POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE FORESTERS OR FUTURE RANGERS? FUTURE LAND PROTECTORS.
I THINK THE VERY FIRST QUESTION YOU ASKED US IS WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO USE TO SAY IN THE FUTURE? AND THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL, I JUST WISH WE COULD JUST CRANK THIS ONE OUT.
IT'S SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST ADD, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED AND IT WAS SOLAR READY, BUT AGAIN, MY EARLIER COMMENT FOR THE EEC.
IT COULD BE SOLAR AND EDUCATIONAL.
WHAT I'VE SEEN ARE SOLAR WHERE THERE'S A METER INSIDE, AND YOU HAVE THE KIDS WATCH AS THE SOLAR IS GENERATED.
WE COULD BE RUNNING OUR FACILITY, AND WE COULD BE EDUCATING ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT JEWEL LAKE JUST UP THE WAY.
IF THAT WAS EITHER DAYLIGHTED OR MADE PART, HABITAT RESOURCE CONSERVATION HAS GOT A ZERO THERE.
THAT'S KIND OF BIZARRE TO ME SINCE THE EDUCATION OF HABITAT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION.
AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE NEW BUILDING I SAW, LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO HAVE A SPACE FOR JOURNALING AND EVERYTHING.
AND I JUST ASK, HOW CAN A PROJECT BE OVER 100 POINTS? IN OUR SCORING, I THINK IT WOULD BE CONFUSING TO THE PUBLIC.
I MEAN, I THINK 100 SHOULD BE MAX.
AND IF IT MEANS THE CRITERIA IS, AS DIRECTOR WASPIE SAID, SOME SCALE.
IT'S HARD FOR THE PUBLIC TO DIGEST SOMETHING OVER 100, I THINK.
IF YOU CAN GET 135, THAT ONE SHOULD GET 135.
ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS ARE AN AMAZING SEGUE TO THE NEXT PORTION.
IT'S ACTUALLY SORRY, REJECTED.
IF WE'RE GOING TO USE THE WORD EQUITY, TEMESCAL.
AREA IS NOT WEST OAKLAND HAVE WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT WEST OAKLAND IN THAT WARD IT'S NOT EAST OAKLAND AND IT'S NOT THE UNINCORPORATED IN MY AREA SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROVIDING MORE SWIM LESSONS WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO USE TO MEZCAL BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF SWIM LOCATIONS THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE SWIM AND LIFEGUARDING TO INDIVIDUALS FROM WEST OAKLAND.
THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF EQUITY YOU CAN HAVE AT THAT PARK, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE DILUTION OF THE TERMS, HOW THEY'RE STATED IN HERE.
AND I MEAN, WEST OAKLAND HAS NOT BEEN IN THIS ONE CONVERSATION.
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BEEN A LOT ABOUT TEMESCAL AND I UNDERSTAND THE POOLS IN TEMESCAL BUT THOSE ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE THE UNDERSERVED IN OAKLAND AND THE FRUITVALE.SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT THERE SO WE CAN HAVE REFERENCE WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THAT ACTUALLY MEET THE CRITERIA IN HERE.
I THINK ALL THIS FEEDBACK IS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO SORT OF LIKE THE WEIGHTING OF THE SCORING RIGHT NEXT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M HEARING FROM THIS GROUP IS REALLY LIKE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE MAYBE LESS ALL OR NOTHING WITH SOME OF THE SCORING TO BE ABLE TO LIKE SHOW WHERE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE SOME IMPACT ON LIKE NATURAL RESOURCES, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT AREN'T LIKE A FULLY NATURAL RESOURCE RESTORATION PROJECT OR AROUND EQUITY WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS THAT MAY TOUCH ON THAT, BUT THERE'S OTHER PROJECTS WHERE THAT IS REALLY.
CENTRAL FEATURE AND DELIVER AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
SO I THINK LIKE I THINK I'M HEARING THAT IN A NUMBER OF THESE COMMENTS.
I MEAN AND JUST TO CALL OUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM LIKE THIS WAS A VERY RUSHED CONVERSATION AND THERE'S CLEARLY A LOT MORE TO SAY AND SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THE MAY 19TH SESSION WHERE WE'RE PLANNING STAFF IS PLANNING ON BRINGING CONTENT BACK THIS IS IT'S GOING TO BE A LONGER TERM PROCESS.
AND I CAN IMAGINE THAT THE QUESTIONS AND CONVERSATION THAT WERE ASKED OF THE BOARD ON MAY 19TH WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF THIS VERSUS LIKE, OKAY, GREAT, WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, NOW LET'S MOVE ON.
IT SEEMS VERY CLEARLY THAT WE NEED TO SPEND SOME MORE TIME ON THE TOPICS OPEN TODAY, INCLUDING HOW DO WE DEFINE THE CRITERIA.
THAT SAID, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE TIME FOR THIS QUESTION AT LEAST, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHERS ON THE WAITING.
SO IF YOU CAN GO TO MENTIMETER AND TO LINDA'S POINT, YOU HAVE 100 POINTS HERE.
WE ACTUALLY, MENTIMETER WOULDN'T ALLOW US TO USE 135.
I THOUGHT YOU WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
SO THIS IS THE CURRENT CRITERIA.
AND WE INVITE THE DIRECTORS TO GO ON MENTIMETER RIGHT NOW AND ACTUALLY DO THE WEIGHTING.
LIKE HOW WOULD YOU WEIGHT THIS CRITERIA OUT OF 100? AND DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANY COLOR TO THAT, KAREN OR MAX? THIS IS JUST FOR THE BOARD.
SO THE TECHNICAL PIECE OF THIS IS THAT YOU CAN PICK, MOVE THE INCREMENTS OF 10, OR YOU CAN ENTER YOUR OWN NUMBER.
AND ZERO IS A NUMBER AS WELL, JUST FOR IF YOU WANTED TO PUT ZERO.
AND WE'RE DOING THIS BASED ON THE CURRENT DEFINITION.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY INPUTS IN THE PROCESS.
SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE AT SOME FUTURE POINT TO BRING BACK A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THIS WITH THE NEW CONTENT AND THEN DO THIS AGAIN.
BUT THIS JUST GIVES A GOOD BASELINE FOR HOW YOU'RE FEELING ABOUT THE CURRENT CPP.
YOU CAN PUT 10 OR YOU CAN PUT 20 OR 22 OR 0, WHATEVER YOU WANT.
AND IN CASE IT'S HELPFUL TO CALL OUT, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE YOUR CELL PHONES, YOU COULD ALSO USE YOUR LAPTOP.
AND THIS IS A NEW TOOL, SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE, I'M HAPPY TO COME AND HELP PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT.
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WE HAVE A SUBMIT BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM TOO THAT YOU HAVE TO HIT.LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO IT ADMINISTRATIVELY WITHOUT...
YEAH, IF I HIT CLEAR, I'M AFRAID IT'LL START CLEARING.
YES, SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW IS FOUR PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED SO IT STARTS AGGREGATING THE SCORES INTO A SINGLE SCORE.
SO YOUR SCORES ARE NOW EMBEDDED OR BUNDLED INTO ALL THE SCORES.
YEAH, I DON'T EVEN THINK WE CAN SEE WHO SAID WHAT.
SO WE DO HAVE A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE HOPING TO ASK AROUND THIS, AROUND...
WHICH OF THE CRITERIA SEEM OVERWEIGHTED, WHICH SEEM UNDERWEIGHTED, AND WHICH MIGHT BE MISSING OR NOT REPRESENTED? WHAT I'M THINKING IS WE CAN ACTUALLY TURN TO HOW WE MIGHT USE MAY 12TH AND HOW WE MIGHT USE MAYBE EVEN MAY 19TH AS A WAY OF KEEPING TO TIME AND ALSO KEEPING THIS CONVERSATION GOING, BECAUSE CLEARLY THERE'S SO MUCH WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
SO I'M GOING TO SHIFT US OVER TO MAY 12TH, MAY 19TH.
SO HERE'S THE CURRENT PLAN UP ON THE SLIDES.
MAY 12TH IS GOING TO BE JUST THREE HOURS, AND THEN MAY 19TH WILL BE THE SAME LENGTH OF TIME TODAY, FIVE HOURS.
OF COURSE, THERE'LL BE A LUNCH FOR THE LATTER.
FOR MAY 12TH, IT'LL BE FOCUSED IN ON EACH DIRECTOR HAVING ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES TO SHARE THEIR PRIORITIES, AND I HAVE SOME PROMPTS FOR EACH OF YOU TO CONSIDER.
AND BRING PRIOR, SO YOU ALL HAVE SORT OF A CONSISTENT WAY OF BRINGING YOUR PRIORITIES TO THE FLOOR.
AND THEN AFTERWARDS, YOU'LL SPEND SOME TIME SYNTHESIZING THOSE PRIORITIES, SEEING WHERE THERE'S ALIGNMENT, SEEING WHERE MAYBE THERE'S SOME DISAGREEMENT, IDENTIFYING WHERE THERE MIGHT BE EASY CHOICES AND MAYBE IDENTIFYING WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOME HARDER CHOICES TO MAKE JUST BECAUSE OF THAT DISAGREEMENT OR PERHAPS FUNDING.
ON MAY 12TH, WE ALSO HAVE THIS LIKE 35 MINUTES OF SPACIOUSNESS, WHICH I COULD IMAGINE BEING USED AS JUST OVERFLOW FOR DIRECTOR PRIORITIES, THOUGH WE ALSO COULD USE IT AS AN OVERFLOW FOR THE CONVERSATION STARTED TODAY.
SO I WANTED TO GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THAT.
BEFORE GETTING YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON HOW TO USE THE EXTRA TIME ON MAY 12TH, FOR MAY 19TH, THERE'LL BE ABOUT AN HOUR
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AROUND THE FULL FISCAL LANDSCAPE, AN HOUR CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION ON THE PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK.AND THEN AN HOUR AFTER LUNCH AROUND THE REPEATABLE GOVERNANCE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING OUT WITHIN THESE CONVERSATIONS, THESE THREE STUDY SESSIONS AND IDEAS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP AROUND HOW THE BOARD MIGHT BE ENGAGED IN THE LARGER CAPITAL PROJECT PROCESS AND JUST THE LARGER JUST EVERYTHING THAT WE BROUGHT UP TODAY.
SO WE'LL HAVE AN HOUR TO TALK THROUGH THAT.
SO THAT SAID, HOW DO WE WANT TO USE? THAT EXTRA 30 MINUTES ON MAY 12TH.
NOW WE DON'T NEED TO DO MENTIMETER.
I KIND OF JUST WANT TO GET A VIBE CHECK FROM THE DIRECTORS.
YOU TRUST ME AS A FACILITATOR AND WORKING WITH DIRECTOR STAN WONG.
BUT YEAH, I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHERE OTHER DIRECTORS ARE RIGHT NOW.
JOHN, I KNOW YOU'RE LEAVING SOON.
MAYBE DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GO? OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.
SO THIS MAY 12TH, REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IN THE PAST HAD A BOARD PRIORITIES WORKSHOP WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE EACH OF OUR PRIORITIES.
AND MAYBE EVEN AHEAD OF MAY 12TH, MAYBE WE CAN SHARE SOME OF THE REPORTING FROM THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE REPORTING THAT WE RECEIVED.
IN REGARDS TO OUR PREVIOUS BOARD PRIORITIES SESSION, SO THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
I THINK IT'S THE LAST ITEM IN YOUR BINDER.
I GUESS I COULD MAKE ONE COMMENT, AND THAT IS, SO THESE ARE GOING TO BE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS FOR PRIORITIES, RIGHT? I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE ALL SEND THEM IN ADVANCE SO YOU CAN SEE THEM.
I WILL DO THAT, AND I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOES IT TOO.
OKAY, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE FLOOR.
HOW DO OTHER DIRECTORS FEEL ABOUT FILLING OUT BASICALLY A FORM IN ADVANCE? I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY EASILY DO THAT, AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE FRAMEWORK CRITERIA.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO REALLY HELP GUIDE US.
HOWEVER YOU SEE THAT, SOME MORE EXAMPLES.
I JUST THINK THAT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE...
UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THOSE DIRECTOR PRIORITIES, WE DIDN'T REALLY DO MUCH WITH THEM LAST YEAR.
IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN GO OVER.
IT'S MORE OF A COMMUNICATION THAT THIS IS WHAT WE LIKE, BUT WE DIDN'T SEEM TO REALLY USE THEM TO GUIDE US THROUGH THE YEAR ANYWAY.
SO COMING PREPARED, LIKE JOHN SAID, WOULD BE GREAT.
SO I WANT TO MESH BETWEEN YEAR A AND B OPTION.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME DIRECTORS WHO HAVE LOTS THAT THEY'RE JUGGLING.
I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ARE JUGGLING LOTS AND LOTS.
FOR THOSE DIRECTORS, AS YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR NEXT WEEK, IS EVERYBODY FEELING LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TIME TO GET THEIR PRIORITIES IN DIGITALLY PRIOR? I THINK YOU JUST STATE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
OKAY, THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
OKAY, MAKE IT THE EXPECTATION.
SO THERE IS IN YOUR, THERE'S A MEMO AT THE FRONT OF YOUR BINDER WITH QUESTIONS.
LIKE PREPARATION QUESTIONS FOR MAY 12TH. THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING DIRECTORS TO COMPLETE.
NOW WE CAN SEND AROUND A FORM JUST SO THAT IT LOOKS PRETTY.
WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF MAKING THINGS LOOK PRETTY AND CONSISTENT.
SO WE'LL DO THAT FOR YOU AND PROBABLY GET THAT TO YOU, LET'S SAY, MONDAY NEXT WEEK.
ONE THING THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL, SO NOW THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, THESE EXERCISES TODAY, IT MIGHT ALSO BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM STAFF IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY HEARD TODAY IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY, DEPRIORITIZATION, BUT THEN ALSO THE FRAMEWORK.
I'D BE CURIOUS TO HEAR THAT FEEDBACK.
SO MAYBE ON MAY 12TH, IF THERE'S TIME TO FIT THAT IN, THAT WOULD OR MAY 19TH. SINCE MAY 19TH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING ALL TOGETHER.
SO ON ONE OF THOSE TWO DATES, I THINK THAT COULD ALSO BE INTERESTING.
I JUST SAY LIKE THIS HAS BEEN SUPER HELPFUL FOR ME AND I BRING BACK TO OUR TEAM AND I THINK LIKE, YOU KNOW, WELL, THROUGH THESE SESSIONS, WE GET ONLY SO MUCH TIME WITH YOUR BOARD.
LIKE WE'RE OFTEN JUST WORKING THROUGH BUSINESS ITEMS. SO THIS IS OUR TIME TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES.
AND SOME OF THIS WORK AS WE'RE TALKING THROUGH STUFF TOGETHER, I THINK WE'LL SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUDGETS AND THAT'S ON OUR TEAM'S MIND.
SO THAT'S KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY I CAN JUST TELL YOU FROM MY PERSPECTIVE FOR MYSELF AND OUR TEAM, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN SUPER, SUPER HELPFUL.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EACH OF YOUR ENGAGEMENT IN IT BECAUSE, LIKE, HAVING A PROCESS THAT IS, YOU KNOW, MAKES SENSE AND HONORS
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YOUR BOARD'S INTENTIONS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR TEAM.I JUST FOUND VERY USEFUL THE LAST FEW YEARS IN WORKING ON MY PRIORITIES, THE ANNUAL UPDATE ON INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER INTERESTS.
THIS IS A PRODUCT OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE SET FORTH EVERY YEAR, AND IT GIVES THEIR STATUS.
THEY MAY BE ONGOING OR IT MAY BE NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND THIS, THEREFORE, TOLD ME THAT IF THERE'S A PRIORITY THAT I STATED, AN INTEREST THAT I STATED, AND IT'S VIGOROUSLY BEING PURSUED, I DON'T PUT IT ON MY NEW LIST.
AS A NEW PERSON LAST YEAR, I FELT.
LIKE THE PRIORITY PROCESS TO BE KIND OF CUMBERSOME, IS THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PRIORITIES, AND I WINDED UP HAVING MY OVERALL PRIORITIES BEING LIKE, OH, YEAH, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT, BUT THIS IS WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN, AND THIS IS WHAT I'M NOW INTERESTED IN MAKING A PRIORITY ONCE I UNDERSTAND IT IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT CAN BE DONE OR RESOURCES WE HAVE.
SO I THINK ANYTHING TO HELP ME.
I'VE STREAMLINED SOMETHING WHERE I'M GOING TO END UP WITH MAYBE ONE, MAYBE LIKE THREE PRIORITIES, BECAUSE I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE LOOKING AT MY SHEET FROM LAST YEAR.
THIS IS ME PARTICULARLY CALLING BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD KIND OF MORE YEARS TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE PRIORITIES.
I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS GIVING ANY GOOD DIRECTION THAT COULD BE ACTED ON, AND IT WOULD BE HARDER TO DISTILL FROM MY LIST.
WHAT IS A TRUE PRIORITY? SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS WITH THE PROCESS.
AND ANY WAY THAT WITH THIS OR THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT I CAN GET TO THE POINT WHERE I'M GIVING GOOD, ACTIONABLE INFORMATION FOR STAFF, THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO BE.
SO I MIGHT DELIVER SOMETHING THAT'S STILL NOT THERE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE CHALLENGE.
BUT I THINK FOR THIS WASN'T ONE ITEM, BUT I FEEL LIKE BEING HERE THE LAST YEAR, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE LIKE AN ACHIEVABLE PRIORITY.
AND THEN OTHERS ARE LIKE, IT'S A PRIORITY FOR US.
BUT UNTIL A, B, AND C HAPPENS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACT ON IT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT.
I MEAN, I THINK THIS WHOLE, ALL THREE OF THESE SESSIONS ARE TRYING TO DO A BETTER JOB OF WORKING WITH Y'ALL TO UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT'S PRIORITIES, RIGHT? BECAUSE SEVEN OF YOU TOGETHER GIVE STAFF DIRECTION.
WHAT I'M USED TO, AND I WAS TALKING TO COLIN ABOUT THIS ONE-ON-ONE EARLIER, IS LIKE WHEN I WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF MARIN, IN MY EVALUATION WAS WHEN OUR BOARD GAVE ME HIGH-LEVEL DIRECTION ON THEIR PRIORITIES FOR WHAT ME AND MY TEAM SHOULD BE WORKING ON EACH YEAR.
IN A CLOSED SESSION, THAT WAS LIKE A REAL, THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR SETTING DIRECTION.
AND THEN THROUGH, WE HAD LIKE BUDGET WORKSHOPS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE WHERE WE WERE SORT OF SETTING OUR INTENTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO FUND IN THE NEXT YEAR, OUR NEXT TWO-YEAR BUDGET.
AND THEN THROUGH PLANNING PROCESSES WAS ANOTHER PLACE TO SET INTENTIONS.
OFTEN THESE LIKE INDIVIDUAL PRIORITIES CAME IN OUR ONE-ON-ONES TO UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT ARE THE INDIVIDUAL THINGS, MAYBE IT'S IN YOUR WARD OR JUST.
INDIVIDUALLY THEY TURN INTERESTED IN.
I THINK HAVING THIS, WE'RE TRYING TO DO A HYBRID OF KEEPING THE THE THAT EXISTING PRACTICE OF NAMING THESE PRIORITIES AND MAKING SURE THAT I THINK THAT'S NOT JUST FOR STAFF BUT IT'S FOR EACH OF YOU TO TALK TO EACH OTHER AND SHARE YOUR PRIORITIES WITH EACH OTHER TOO AND I I CAN REALLY SEE THE VALUE OF THAT AND SO I THINK FOR ME I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE ALL THOSE THINGS AND THAT THEY'RE MEANINGFUL THAT WE DON'T JUST RUN THROUGH THE PRACTICE AND THAT IT MEANS SOMETHING AND WE'RE REALLY UTILIZING YOUR REALLY GOOD IDEAS TO INPUT TO OUR WORK.
THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO FURTHER PREPARE BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE THE PRIORITIES IN FRONT OF YOU.
IN THE SESSION THE CURRENT PLAN IS THAT YOU'LL SPEND SOME TIME TALKING WITH EACH OTHER AROUND WHERE YOU SEE ALIGNMENT AS A GOVERNING BODY, WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THE TENSIONS, WHAT ARE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HARD TO MAKE, WHAT ARE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE EASY TO TO MAKE.
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RATHER THAN THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS SPEAKING TO STAFF, LIKE, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT, STAFF.INSTEAD, IT'S REALLY INTENDED, THE CURRENT DESIGN IS FOR YOU TO BE SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER AND FIGURING OUT TOGETHER WHERE THERE'S AGREEMENT AND HAVING THOSE HARD CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER VERSUS STAFF HAVING TO KIND OF, LIKE, WORKSHOP IT AFTERWARDS, EITHER AS A STAFF OR ONE-ON-ONE WITH A DIRECTOR.
DID I SEE PUBLIC COMMENT? YEAH, SO REAL QUICK, LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS WILL BE OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TODAY.
AND I HAVE ONE IN FRONT OF ME FOR SCOTT BARTLE.
SCOTT BARTLE, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.
I THINK SCORING MATRICES ARE GOOD TOOLS, BUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH THEM IS THAT THEY'RE SOMEWHAT COARSE.
YOU CAN'T FIT EVERYTHING IN THERE THAT YOU WANT TO, AND I THINK THEY'RE BEST USED FOR DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN PROJECTS.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT RISES TOWARDS THE TOP, WHAT'S IN THE MIDDLE, AND WHAT'S IN THE BOTTOM.
BUT DIFFERENTIATING PROJECT 33 FROM 34, NOT SO GOOD FOR THAT.
AND MAYBE NOT SO GOOD FOR 30 VERSUS 40 EVEN.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. ALSO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE GOOD COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF THE... DEFINITION FOR THE CRITERIA THAT ARE USED AND REALLY BRING DISPASSIONATE.
SCORING OF THOSE AND TRY TO BE TRUE TO THE CRITERIA THAT YOU'VE SET AND TAKE AWAY THE TRYING TO SCORE THE PROJECT THAT YOU FEEL IS THE ONE THAT SHOULD SCORE HIGH BUT TRY TO SCORE THEM ALL DISPASSIONATELY REALLY AND I THINK THE TOOL SERVES BEST WHEN USED THAT WAY.
FOR THOSE CATEGORIES THAT AREN'T SCORING PARTICULARLY WELL IN THE SYSTEM THAT THE GUT FEEL IT'S NOT PASSING THAT GUT CHECK. TRAILS WAS NOTICED AS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY THERE WAS ONE OTHER CATEGORY KIND OF SUPPORT SERVICES FOR STAFF SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE ONE CONSIDERATION WOULD BE TO PUT THAT IN AS A CATEGORY PERHAPS AND PUT THAT THERE IF IT THE SYSTEM DOESN'T SEEM TO BE GIVING THE RESULTS THAT YOU THINK IT SHOULD GIVE RETURN ON ROI, RETURN ON INVESTMENT, WAS MEASURED. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN MORE WITH ECONOMIC PROJECTS, AND IT'S EASIER TO ASSIGN A DOLLAR VALUE WITH SALES OF A PRODUCT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE DISTRICT DOESN'T HAVE THAT, BUT THEY DO HAVE USERS SERVED, AND THAT MIGHT BE A WAY TO TRY AND DO A CALCULATION THAT COMES UP WITH A NUMBER THAT COULD GIVE SCORING FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE OR A SEPARATE METRIC TO CONSIDER. THERE WAS GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TYPE OF USERS SERVED. SO I THINK STRICTLY THE MAGNITUDE OF USERS IS ONE THING, BUT PARTICULAR AUDIENCES ARE IMPORTANT AS WELL FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. I WOULD ECHO DIRECTOR MERCURIO'S COMMENT ON LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION VALUE IN TRAILS. I THINK THAT IS AN ASPECT THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S THE KEY THINGS I HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. KEVIN SMALLMAN. SCOTT TURNS OFF THE MICROPHONE. YEAH, I HAVE A FEW KIND OF FOLLOW-UPS, JUST HEARING THE DISCUSSION AS IT PROGRESSED THROUGH THE DAY. THE FIRST ONE IS IN THAT LENS OF EQUITY AND HOW DO WE SHED LIGHT.
TO PARK USAGE BASED ON THAT EQUITY QUESTION.
PUSHING BACK TO THE CALIFORNIA TRAILS CONFERENCE A FEW WEEKS AGO, YOUR STAFF PUT FORWARD A REALLY IMPRESSIVE PRESENTATION ON HOW THEY USE PLACER DATA TO UNDERSTAND WHO'S USING THE PARKS AND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. THEY GAVE A REALLY COOL EXAMPLE OF A PARK. I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT, BUT IT GOT A RENOVATION. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS DOWN BY THE SHORELINE SOMEWHERE. AND THE PLACER DATA PRIOR TO THE RENOVATION SHOWED REALLY LOW USAGE BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEN POST-RENOVATION, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS POPULATION THAT WEREN'T PARK USERS BECAME PARK USERS. AND THERE'S HOLES THROUGH DATA, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE SOME REALLY POWERFUL TOOLS. AND I GUESS I'M SUGGESTING LEADING ON YOUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
YOU HAVE SOME REALLY INTELLIGENT STAFF THAT ARE THINKING BIG QUESTIONS AND TRYING TO... TO ANSWER THEM. I THINK WHERE PARKS ARE GETTING THEIR PRIORITIES IS PROBABLY BASED AROUND SOME REALLY SMART PEOPLE MAKING REALLY SMART DECISIONS. AND THEN SECONDLY,
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LIKE I'M HEARING ALL OF THIS, LIKE WHAT THINGS DO WE FUND? WHY DO WE FUND THEM? WHAT'S THE ORDER WE GO IN? AND THAT LIKE FEELS LIKE KIND OF SMALL THINKING, RIGHT? IT'S THIS IDEA THAT WE HAVE A FINITE POOL OF MONEY.BUT YOU'RE KNOCKING ON THE DOORSTEP OF A FUNDING MEASURE. YOU GOT A BUNCH OF THIS MM MONEY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH WAY YOU'RE GOING TO GO WITH IT. ARE YOU GOING TO HOLD ON TO IT FOR LAND ACQUISITION FOR THE FUTURE? OR DO YOU THROW A BUNCH OF THAT INTO LIKE OPENING UP A BUNCH OF PARKS, MAKING A BUNCH OF PROJECTS HAPPEN, GETTING YOUR COMMUNITY ABSOLUTELY THRILLED WITH WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO? AND DO YOU TRUST THAT YOU'RE DOING GOOD WORK AND BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO SEE MORE OF THAT? AND CONTINUE WITH THAT MOMENTUM. I FEEL LIKE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THIS POT OF MONEY HERE AT THE END, IT'S LIKE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU HAVEN'T HAD AS, YOU KNOW, THIS BOND MEASURE WAS EARLIER IN ITS LIFE CYCLE. SO YEAH, JUST MAYBE THIS IS THE TIME TO LIKE... CHECK A BUNCH OF STUFF OFF THE LIST AND SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY NOW. I THINK THE ISSUE IS, BACK TO MY LIFE IN COMMUNITY HEALTH, OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT HEALTHY.
OBJECTIVELY, 75% OF OUR POPULATION DOESN'T GET THE EXERCISE THEY NEED. AND HOW DO YOU GUYS SUPPORT THAT? HOW DO YOU MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY HEALTHIER IN THESE INVESTMENTS? ANYWAY, THANK YOU. SO WE HAD A RICHER CLOSED PLAN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO. PLEASE FILL OUT THE EVALUATION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE ANY CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK THAT YOU THINK WOULD HAVE MADE THIS BETTER EITHER THIS TIME, AS WE THINK ABOUT THE NEXT SESSION, THE FOLLOWING TWO SESSIONS NEXT YEAR. YOUR FEEDBACK WOULD BE MOST WELCOME. IT'S IN YOUR BINDER. YOU CAN EMAIL THIS. YOU CAN ALSO JUST SEND ME AND KAREN AN EMAIL WITH JUST LIKE YOUR GENERAL THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.