May 20, 2026 Legislative Committee

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OKAY,

[Roll Call]

DIRECTOR SANWONG IS APPEARING REMOTELY.

DIRECTOR SANWONG.

CAN YOU PLEASE CONFIRM? THAT NO OTHER INDIVIDUAL 18 YEARS OR OLDER WILL BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM WITH YOU AT YOUR REMOTE LOCATION? NO.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO LEAVE YOUR VIDEO ON WHILE THE BOARD IS IN SESSION.

OKAY, I WILL TAKE ROLL.

DIRECTOR WAESPI IS ABSENT.

DIRECTOR COFFEY? HERE.

DIRECTOR SANWONG IS ATTENDING REMOTELY.

THANK YOU.

YES, HERE.

CHAIR ESPA A.

HERE.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

THERE ARE NONE TO APPROVE.

NEXT,

[Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda]

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MADAM CLERK.

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KELLY AVERUE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

SO, YESTERDAY'S MEETING WAS KIND OF A PLANNING SESSION, I THOUGHT, AND TODAY IN THE BUDGET.

AND...

TODAY IS A BUDGET MEETING, EXCUSE ME, LEGISLATIVE MEETING.

BUT ALL THIS STUFF IS BASED ON REALITY.

SO, I WANTED TO DO A QUICK REALITY CHECK.

THE POPULATION GROWTH IN THE TWO COUNTIES, EACH COUNTY IS GROWING OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, WHICH WAS THE TIME FRAME THAT WAS IN THE SLIDES YESTERDAY WHEN YOU WERE DOING YOUR REVIEW OF THE LAST SIX YEARS OF THE HEADCOUNT GROWTH AND ALL THAT.

AND OVER THAT PERIOD, THE STATE TOTAL STATE POPULATION HAS GROWN 0% PER YEAR COMPOUND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE.

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, SAME THING, ABOUT 0%.

ALAMEDA COUNTY, SAME THING, ABOUT 0%.

THE TWO COUNTIES COMBINED, ABOUT 0% COMPOUND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE.

SO, COMPARED TO THAT, YESTERDAY YOU SAW THAT YOUR HEADCOUNT WAS GROWING AT ABOUT 2% PER YEAR GROWTH RATE.

AND YOU SAW THAT YOUR STAFFING EXPENSES WERE GROWING OVER 7% PER YEAR, COMPOUND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE.

AND THEN LET'S DO THE MOST, YOUR BIGGEST CAPITAL EXPENSE RIGHT NOW IS THAT GIANT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ACROSS THE STREET.

AND LOOKING BACK AT WHEN THE MONEY STARTED FLOWING INTO THAT, MONEY STARTED GOING IN TWO YEARS AGO WITH LIKE BOND MEASURE MONIES AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS.

ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, THE MONEY STARTED.

SO, I ASSUME, AND I GOT A FEELING LIKE TWO YEARS AGO IS WHEN THE REAL CONSTRUCTION STARTED.

AND CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, AS OF LAST YEAR, IT WAS SCHEDULED TO END TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR, END OF CONSTRUCTION.

BUT THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

A LITTLE REALITY CHECK HERE.

IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STREET, THAT THING IS HALF BUILT.

SO, UM...

AND IT'S ALREADY TAKEN TWO YEARS.

SO, THAT MEANS ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF OR SO TO FINISH THE THING.

SO, AND I DON'T THINK I'M NOT EVEN SURE THAT YOUR YOUR BOARD HAS BEEN REALLY FACED THE REALITY THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FINISHED THIS FALL.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FINISHED THIS SUMMER.

IT'S IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT LONGER.

AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WITH THE WITH THE PARK DISTRICT WHERE YOUR SCHEDULES SLIP AND YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR NOSE.

AND IT KIND OF DOESN'T GET POSTED OR ISN'T REALLY OBVIOUS OR ISN'T REALLY REPORTED PROPERLY.

SO, WHEN IT COMES TO THE

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AND WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING FOR GROWTH, YOU CAN GET PROPERTY TAX GROWTH.

YOU CAN GET ALL KINDS OF GROWTH.

THAT'S ON PAPER, BUT IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL GROWTH.

THANK YOU, KELLY.

THAT'S YOUR TIME.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS.

WE HAVE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE NOW MOVING ON

[Action Items]

HERE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM IS DIVISION LEAD OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, ERICH PFUEHLER.

THANK YOU.

ERICH PFUEHLER, DIVISION LEAD FOR GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.

AND I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR, A, THE LENGTH OF THE NUMBER OF SLIDES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING LAST MONTH.

AND THEN, B, I'M THE ONLY PRESENTER EXCEPT FOR THE LAST ITEM THAT PLANNING WILL BE PRESENTING.

SO, PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE.

THE FIRST BILL ACTUALLY ESTABLISHES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES THE IDENTIFICATION OF SOME PILOT BIOMASS, WHAT THEY'RE CALLING PARKS.

THESE WOULD BE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO DISPOSE OF WOOD AND OTHER VEGETATION THAT'S REMOVED TO REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK.

THIS IS A PROCESS VERY SIMILAR TO THE CARBONIZER AT ANTHONY CHABOT.

SO, THE IDEA WOULD BE TO CREATE EITHER BIOCHAR OR OTHER PRODUCTS THAT COULD BE USED OUT OF THE MASS THAT'S REMOVED AND DELINEATED DOWN TO A SMALLER PRODUCT.

THE NEXT BILL, AB 1805, REALLY WOULD CODIFY OR PUT INTO THE PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY PARKS PASS PROGRAM.

THIS IS THE PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN CHECK OUT, BACKPACK, AND GET A FREE ENTRY INTO A STATE PARK.

IT'S HIGHLY SUPPORTED BY A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION.

AND BY PUTTING IT WITHIN THE PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE, IT HELPS ELIMINATE SOME OF THE UNCERTAINTY BUDGETARILY EVERY YEAR TO SEE WHETHER THE PROGRAM WOULD GET RENEWED.

IT WOULD STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS AND HAVE APPROPRIATIONS CONTRIBUTED TO IT, BUT IT WOULD AT LEAST BE AN ESTABLISHED PROGRAM.

NEXT BILL IS ON WILDFIRE, THE LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR WILDFIRE LOCAL ASSISTANCE.

THE REAL ISSUE HERE IS IT WOULD ALLOW OR CLARIFY THAT MOBILE RIGID DIP TANKS ARE ELIGIBLE.

THESE ARE THE TANKS THAT CAN BE MOVED THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT HELICOPTERS CAN DIP INTO FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION.

OUR FIRE TEAM BELIEVES THAT THIS COULD BE USEFUL TO EXPAND THE GRANT PROGRAM TO ACQUIRE THAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

INTERESTINGLY, THE LEGISLATION IS PRIMARILY SUPPORTED BY WATER AGENCIES.

BUT WE DID LEARN THAT IT WAS RECENTLY PUT ON THE SUSPENSE CALENDAR FOR APPROPRIATIONS.

SO, IT MAY BE, WE'LL SEE, BUT IT MAY BE DEAD FOR THE YEAR.

THEN, NOTING OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY DIVISION LEAD IS HERE, AND WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES ON, SORRY, OH NO, I DID DO THAT, ON NATIVE AMERICANS AND WOULD LIKE TO GIVE JOSE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE SECOND ONE.

BUT THE FIRST BILL ESSENTIALLY CODIFIES THE GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S EXECUTIVE ORDER OF 2019, APOLOGIZING BASICALLY FOR PAST REGRESSIONS TO TRIBAL TO NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES.

AND IT DOES PROVIDE A BROADER FRAMEWORK FOR RECOGNIZING TRIBAL RELATIONS.

THE RELATIONSHIP TO PUBLIC LANDS THAT TRIBAL NATIONS HAVE.

THE NEXT BILL IS ONE OF OUR E-BANK BILLS.

THERE'S TWO OF THEM IN THIS TRANCHE.

THIS IS THE WILSON BILL THAT YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE IT WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION IN SACRAMENTO.

THIS IS THE LEGISLATION THAT REQUIRES A SPEEDOMETER,

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IT IS SUPPORTED BY THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE CITY OF WALNUT CREEK, BUT IT IS ALSO OPPOSED BY THE CALIFORNIA BICYCLE COALITION.

AND THEIR OPPOSITION PRIMARILY IS TO LACK OF SUFFICIENT DATA TO SET SOME OF THE PARAMETERS THAT THE BILL SEEKS TO SET.

SO, I THINK IF IT'S AMENDED, WHICH I THINK THE AUTHORS ARE WILLING TO DO THEY COULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE DATA COLLECTION ISSUES.

AND THEN RETURNING TO TRIBAL AFFAIRS, THIS ESTABLISHES A CABINET-LEVEL POSITION FOR THE OFFICE OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS THAT WOULD HELP COORDINATE NATION-TO-NATION ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THROUGHOUT STATE AGENCIES SO THAT EACH AGENCY WOULD HAVE CONSULTATION POLICIES AND ALSO FRAMEWORKS TO INTERACT WITH TRIBAL NATIONS ON A MORE PRODUCTIVE AND COOPERATIVE LEVEL.

WITH THAT, I THINK MAYBE, JOSE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT SOME OF THE GREAT WORK WE'RE DOING WITH THE MOUS.

THANK YOU, ERICH, AND HELLO, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE.

JOSE GONZALEZ, EQUITY OFFICER.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF SUPPORT FOR THIS LEGISLATION.

IT'S IN HIGH ALIGNMENT TO WHAT THE WORK OF THE PARK DISTRICT IS DOING.

THE KEY COMPONENTS ARE GIVEN THE FEDERAL RECOGNITION STATUS OR LACK THEREOF OF EAST BAY TRIBES, ANY CLARITY THAT THE STATE PROVIDES, NOT JUST TO ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION BY THE GOVERNOR, BUT ALSO, THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, THAT REALLY PROVIDES A LOT OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF REFERENCE FOR A LOT OF THE TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

A BIG COMPONENT OF THAT THAT'S AN ACTIVE PROCESS RIGHT NOW IS...

AND IT IS A PROCESS, BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THE PARK DISTRICT ESTABLISHING MOUS WITH THE EAST BAY TRIBES, SIMILAR TO HOW THE STATE HAS DONE WITH A VARIETY OF TRIBES THROUGHOUT THE STATE THROUGH STATE PARKS.

AND SO, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS AS THAT MOVES ALONG, BOTH THROUGH ONE-ON-ONES, BUT THROUGH THE CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, AND THEN THE ONGOING WORK THAT OUR CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT IS DOING UNDER PLANNING.

SO, JUST WANT TO PUT THAT IN THE FRAMING IN TERMS OF HOW.

THIS HAS HIGH ALIGNMENT AND IF THERE'S SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO TOUCH ON THOSE.

THANK YOU.

THE NEXT BILL REALLY ESSENTIALLY EXPANDS THE ACTIVITIES OF REGIONAL FOREST AND FIRE CAPACITY PROGRAMS. THESE ARE REGIONAL EFFORTS TO ADDRESS WILDFIRE AND WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS DOES IN TERMS OF MODERNIZING IS IT INCLUDES VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ALONG ROADWAYS AND PATHWAYS.

SO, IT DOES EXPAND TO SOME EXTENT THE USE OF THE FUNDING WITHIN THE PROGRAM, OR AT LEAST IT EXPLICITLY CODIFIES THAT WORKING ALONG ROADWAYS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY CROSS MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS, THAT THAT MANAGEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND IT IS WHERE...

A HIGH NUMBER OF FIRES ACTUALLY DO BEGIN, AND IT IS SUPPORTED BY THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.

THE NEXT BILL IS, IT IS A SORT OF QUOTE-UNQUOTE CEQA BILL, BUT WHAT IT REALLY DOES IS IT ACKNOWLEDGES THE NUMEROUS PREVIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS OF THE FORMER CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION PROPERTY AND ESSENTIALLY SAYS WE'VE DONE THE ASSESSMENTS REPEATEDLY AS LONG AS THE PROJECT AS IS KNOWN AND HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY STUDIED ADVANCES THAT ADDITIONAL CEQA REVIEW WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY.

IN THE PROJECT ITSELF, IT REQUIRES 25% OF, THIS IS ON THE REUSE SIDE, THE CITY SIDE, REQUIRES 25% AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ALSO A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT.

IF THERE IS IF THERE DOES BECOME A SIGNIFICANT DEVIATION IN THE PROJECT FROM WHAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN REVIEWED, IT WOULD TRIGGER FURTHER SEQUEL REVIEW.

SO, THIS IS SIMPLY TRYING TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT QUICKER WITHOUT TRIGGERING ANOTHER REVIEW.

BUT IF THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE PLAN, THEN IT WOULD INDEED TRIGGER THAT.

IT IS SUPPORTED BY THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, AND THE CITY ACTUALLY APPROACHED US WITH POSSIBLY SUPPORTING THE BILL.

AND THE BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL ALSO SUPPORTS.

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IT WILL ALSO BETTER LINK THE PARK WITH THE CITY'S NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS IS THE SECOND E-BIKE BILL.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT BASICALLY...

SETS A DEFINITION FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN E-BIKE AND ESSENTIALLY AN E-MOTO OR A MOPED.

AND IT DOES PROHIBIT THE USE OF THOSE TYPES OF DEVICES ON REACHING SPEEDS BEYOND 20 MILES PER HOUR.

IT ALSO HAS SORT OF A LABELING AND DISCLOSURE AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR E-MOTOS OR MOPEDS TO ENSURE THAT CONSUMERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE BUYING AND THAT THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY BUYING AN E-BIKE.

AND THIS IS SUPPORTED BY BIKE EAST BAY AND THE CALIFORNIA BICYCLE COALITION.

AND THEN THE OFFICE OF NONPROFIT, AND PERHAPS JOSE MAY WANT TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE CREATED TO ALLOW NONPROFITS TO BETTER NAVIGATE THE STATE'S GRANT PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES.

SO, IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO RESOURCES, BUT IT WOULD, IN FACT, HELP POTENTIALLY HELP OUR FOUNDATION, BUT MORE PROBABLY LIKELY HELP SMALLER NONPROFITS THAT MIGHT BE PARTICIPATING IN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GRANT PILOT PROGRAM.

SO, IT DOES SEEK TO HELP NAVIGATE SOME OF THE PROCESSES THAT THE STATE GOES THROUGH AND HELP FACILITATE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF SMALLER NONPROFITS WITHIN STATE AGENCIES IN TERMS OF MAKING APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS MORE EASY.

ANOTHER WILDFIRE BILL, OR I'M SORRY, THIS IS A WILDLIFE BILL.

THIS ESSENTIALLY WOULD CALL ON CALTRANS AND THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO CONSIDER WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY IN PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE STATEWIDE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

AND REALLY WHERE THE BENEFIT CAN COME FOR THE PARK AGENCY IS THROUGH THAT PROCESS, OR WOULD BE AN INVENTORY CREATED THAT COULD LEAD TO DECISIONS WITHIN THE EAST BAY TO HELP ALIGN CALTRANS PIPELINE PROJECTS WITH POTENTIAL OVER-CROSSINGS, UNDER-CROSSINGS, A WAY OF CONNECTING CORRIDORS SO WILDLIFE CAN TRAVERSE.

IT IS SUPPORTED BY, OR SPONSORED ACTUALLY, BY THE NATURE CONSERVANCY AND SUPPORTED BY SAVE MOUNT DIABLO.

AND OUR LAST STATE BILL WOULD CODIFY THE OUTDOOR FALLS INITIATIVE.

AND IN DOING THAT, IT ENSURES THAT THE EQUITY GOALS OF OUTDOORS FOR ALL CONTINUE TO BE STATED AT THE RESOURCE'S AGENCY, REGARDLESS OF THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION OR FUTURE ADMINISTRATIONS.

CURRENTLY, IT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER.

SO, THIS ACTUALLY HAS JUST RECENTLY PASSED THE SENATE 37 TO 0 AND HAS NO STATED OPPOSITION.

SO, THAT WAS A LOT.

AND SO, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS TO ANY OF THOSE BILLS, I WILL TRY TO ANSWER.

BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR CLARIFICATION? OKAY.

ERICH, THE BICYCLE BILLS.

IS THERE AN ARGUMENT THAT WE SHOULD HOLD OFF SUPPORT UNTIL THEY EVOLVE? WHEN WE WERE IN SACRAMENTO, WE WERE TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT THESE BILLS WERE GOING TO EVOLVE TO BETTER REFLECT WHAT CAN BE DONE AND WHAT CAN'T BE DONE.

SO IS THERE, INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING THEM NOW, IS THERE AN IDEA THAT WE SHOULD KIND OF JUST WAIT? YEAH, I MEAN, IT CERTAINLY IS THE BOARD'S PREROGATIVE.

TRUTH BE TOLD, I THINK THIS INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED FOR THE COMMITTEE REPORT PRIOR TO OUR VISITS IN SACRAMENTO.

BUT I THINK THE ONE BILL THAT DEALS WITH E-MOTO'S DOES SEEM TO HAVE UNIVERSAL SUPPORT.

OH, THAT'S NOT BIKES.

WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT ONE.

OKAY.

YEAH, THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM.

I'M RUNNING INTO THOSE LITTLE MOTORCYCLES

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THAT I'M THERE.

ISSUE FOR ANOTHER DAY ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.

BUT NO, THAT BILL IS ADDRESSING MOTORCYCLES, AND I'M ALL FOR THAT ONE.

SO, I AGREE.

KEEP THAT ONE.

BUT I THINK MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT OTHERS THINK.

WELL, YES, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, AND THIS WAS REGARDING THE SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS.

SO COULD YOU TELL, SPEAK TO KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM BIKING GROUPS ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE AB 2346 WHICH IS ELECTRIC BICYCLE REGULATIONS AND THEN...

AND SB 1167, THE ELECTRIC BICYCLE CLASSIFICATION.

BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A BROADER BASE OF SUPPORT FOR THE SB.

FOR THE SENATE BILL, THERE IS A BROADER BASE OF SUPPORT.

WE DID, SUBSEQUENT OF OUR SACRAMENTO VISITS, WE'VE HAD SOME VERY POSITIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BICYCLING COMMUNITY, AND THEY WILL BE ENGAGED IN OUR PAC'S FOCUSED CONSIDERATION OF E-BIKE POLICIES THROUGHOUT THE EAST BAY.

AND THEY WILL BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN SORT OF HELPING TO EDUCATE AT LEAST THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS.

SO, IF THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE PREFERS TO REMOVE THOSE TWO BILLS OR AT LEAST THE WILSON BILL FROM THE DOCKET, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AND SEE WHERE THINGS HEAD IN THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF ACTUAL LEGISLATION.

I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE SB.

YEAH, THE WILSON BILL, THINKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, BUT I THINK THERE'S BETWEEN COLIN AND I, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET OLIVIA TO WEIGH IN JUST AS FAR.

I'M SORRY, DIRECTOR SANWONG.

DIRECTOR SANWONG TO WEIGH IN JUST BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS THERE'S A.

THERE'S SUPPORT AMONG TWO OF US FOR THE SB 1167 REGARDING CLASSIFICATION AND MOTOR-DRIVEN BICYCLES.

WHAT I DO, THOUGH, LIKE ABOUT AB 2346 IS SETTING A SPEED LIMIT, BUT THERE WAS AN ISSUE ABOUT THE SPEED LIMIT ON KIND OF BIKE LANES, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE PARK.

PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT CURRENT LANGUAGE FOR THIS BILL BECAUSE I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHANGES TO IT.

IS THAT CORRECT? I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN CHANGES YET.

I KNOW THAT THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT IT WHEN WE WERE IN SACRAMENTO, BUT IT DIDN'T LOOK AMENDED TO ME.

WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE RBK BILL? I'M SORRY? THE REBECCA KAHN? THAT, I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT, I DID NOT LOOK AT THAT PRIOR TO THE COMMITTEE TO SEE IF IT'S BEEN AMENDED, BUT...

BUT WE DID DECIDE TO SUPPORT THAT ONE, IS THAT CORRECT? I'M SORRY, I CAN'T, I'M NOT HEARING WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

I HAVE A MEMORY OF THAT BILL BEING BEFORE US.

YEAH.

THE COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE...

VOTED TO SUPPORT IT.

YEAH, AND THEN THERE WAS A FAIRLY ROBUST DISCUSSION AT THE BOARD MEETING, AND IT STILL WAS VOTED TO SUPPORT.

YEAH, I THINK I WASN'T AT THE PARTICULAR COMMITTEE MEETING, AND I THINK THE ONLY TWO INDIVIDUALS VOTING IN OPPOSITION TO KIND OF PAUSE WAS DIRECTOR MERCURIO AND I.

SO, WE WERE THE ONLY ONES FOR THAT OTHER BILL WHO WERE MORE KIND OF PAUSE AND SEE.

WE HAD THE ROBUST DISCUSSION.

SO, IT WAS APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO RECALL MY NUMBER.

YES, YES, YES.

BUT THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST MENTIONING IT.

OKAY.

DIRECTOR SANWONG?

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DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR CLARIFICATIONS? I DO HAVE A FEW.

YES, THANK YOU.

I SUPPORT ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED BILLS IN FRONT OF US, INCLUDING AB 2346 TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD.

I DO ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION.

I WAS NOT IN THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER LORI WILSON MEETING.

I WONDER IF THIS ASSEMBLY BILL MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN THAT MEETING IN SACRAMENTO, AND IF SO, IF THERE COULD BE JUST SOME HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY OF THAT DISCUSSION.

I WAS NOT IN THAT MEETING EITHER.

SO, ALLISON, I THINK YOU WERE, WEREN'T YOU? WE DIDN'T. WE HADN'T.

THAT WAS PARTLY WHY I WAS.

THEY HAD DISCUSSED SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL.

THEY WERE HEARING A LOT OR HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS.

SO, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION THAT THEY'RE EXPLORING SOME AMENDMENTS TO THIS BILL.

THAT'S CORRECT.

YEAH.

WE HEARD THAT FROM MOST OF THE LEGISLATORS AND STAFF THAT THEY'RE EITHER SUPPORTING OR HESITANT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE AND EVOLVE.

WE KEPT HEARING THAT, HEARD THAT DEFINITELY FROM LORI WILSON.

YEAH, I THINK AS A MEMBER OF OUR DELEGATION, I SUPPORT HER LEADERSHIP ON THE ASSEMBLY BILL.

I DO ALSO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

FOR JOSE, JUST TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TWO BILLS IN REGARDS TO THE FORMAL APOLOGY AND ESTABLISHING THE CABINET POSITION, BOTH OF THOSE I STRONGLY SUPPORT.

AND I JUST LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, BOTH AT COYOTE HILLS AND WITH OUR GATHERING OF THE OHLONE PEOPLES, BUT THEN ALSO AT SUNOL WITH THE SUNOL RANCHERIA AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR WORK WITH...

SO MANY OF OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS, I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SUPPORT THIS.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW, AS THIS MOVES FORWARD, WHAT ARE SOME OF OUR NEAR-TERM GOALS IN TERMS OF RESPONSES TO THESE BILLS, AND HOW CAN I HELP BE INVOLVED? ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.

I'LL SPEAK OF THIS IN THIS ONE WAY.

SO, WHEN I REFERENCE THE MOUS, AGAIN, THAT'S NOT NEW IN TERMS OF...

THE STATE WORKING ON THIS, AS I MENTIONED, PRIMARILY THROUGH STATE PARKS.

IT IS NEWER OR NEWISH FOR THE PARK DISTRICT.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ACTIVITIES, OTHER WORK AND AGREEMENTS HAVEN'T BEEN IN PLACE.

THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE.

THE MOU IS INTENDED TO REALLY PROVIDE MORE OF THE FRAMEWORK THAT PROVIDES THE PARAMETERS THAT ARE MORE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, THEY'RE DESIGNED WITH THE SPECIFIC EAST BAY TRIBES IN MIND.

AND THE WORK HAS JUST STARTED.

SO, OUR CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT IS LEADING THAT EFFORT WITH KIND OF CO-LEAD SUPPORT FROM GOV AND LEDGE AND THE OFFICE OF EQUITY.

THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT.

LIKE WHAT'S THEIR PIECE OF WHAT THIS WORK COULD LOOK LIKE? SO, THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT MOVING FORWARD, BOTH AT THE STAFF AND BOARD LEVEL.

WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT RANGES FROM PRESCRIBED BURNING TO ONGOING STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS THAT INVOLVE CEQA, BUT ALSO, TO SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING ELEMENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED.

SO, SOMETHING LIKE THE OHLONE GATHERING, LIKE THAT'S STILL GOING TO CONTINUE.

NOTHING STOPS BECAUSE OF THE MOU EFFORT.

I'M GOING TO KIND OF STRESS THAT POINT.

BUT NOW WE'RE GETTING TO KIND OF TAKE THIS ASSORTMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND REALLY PUT THEM IN THIS BIGGER FRAMEWORK SO THAT WE HAVE A COMMON REFERENCE SPECIFIC FOR EACH OF THE EAST BAY TRIBE.

AND AS WE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE ORGANIZED AT THE MOMENT IN TERMS OF WHETHER THE OHLONE TRIBE OR MUWEKMA OR CONFEDERATE VILLAGES.

AND SO THAT WAY THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY OF LIKE, WELL, WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS WORKING TOGETHER MEAN IN THE BIG PICTURE? AND THEN WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC THINGS WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK LIKE THE OHLONE PEOPLES, LIKE THE SUNOL AND OTHER THINGS THAT ALSO NOT JUST AGREEMENTS FOR HOW WE WORK TOGETHER, BUT ALSO, KIND OF BROADENS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC FUNDING.

SO, A LOT OF THE GRANTS...

THAT THE STATE HAS MADE AVAILABLE, WE'RE ABLE TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE EVEN STRONGER REFERENCE POINTS ABOUT HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE EAST BAY TRIBES.

I HOPE THAT HELPS.

I'M HAPPY TO DIVE MORE.

IT DOES.

AND THEN I HAVE SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT RECENTLY.

AND I GUESS WHEN I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN I HELP IT? HOW CAN I HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER? YOU KNOW, I KNOW OUR OUR OUR OUR PARTNER, ANDREW GALVIN, HAD HAD RECENTLY RE REVISED AND

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AND, YOU KNOW, MADE THE EXHIBIT AT MISSION SAN JOSE A LOT MORE, YOU KNOW, SENSITIVE TO THE OHLONE PERSPECTIVE.

AND I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT WORK AT MISSION SAN JOSE.

AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS PRETTY RECENTLY.

ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A PARK, MISSION PEAK, NAMED AFTER MISSION SAN JOSE.

AND I THINK WE JUST AND IT'S SUCH AN ICONIC YOU KNOW, MISSION PEAK IS SO ICONIC IN THE SOUTHERN ALAMEDA COUNTY AREA, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY VISIBLE FROM A LOT OF POINTS IN THE SOUTH, SOUTHERN PART OF ALAMEDA COUNTY.

AND ALSO, IT'S AN ACHIEVEMENT TO HIKE MISSION PEAK.

AND I'D REALLY LIKE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT MISSION HISTORY AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR TRIBAL PARTNER, ANDREW GALVIN, DID.

AND I HOPE THAT THESE TWO BILLS CAN ALSO HELP US THINK ABOUT THIS WHERE WE HAVE THIS YOU KNOW, EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HELP TELL THAT STORY AND ALSO THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE A PARK NAMED AFTER THE MISSION IN MISSION PEAK.

YEAH, SHORT ANSWER IS YES.

OF COURSE.

YEAH, AND AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU CAN THINK OF MAYBE THREE GENERAL ENGAGEMENT PATHWAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK.

THERE'S EVERYTHING THAT'S BASICALLY STATUTORY AND REGULATORY.

THEY'RE JUST THINGS THAT WE KIND OF HAVE TO DO, LIKE TRIBAL MONITORING.

AND THEN THERE IS THE KIND OF EDUCATION COMPONENT ELEMENT, SO, THIS IS WHERE THAT WOULD FIT IN.

WHICH IS HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER FOR THE STORYTELLING, FOR THE NARRATIVE BUILDING, FOR THE PROGRAMMING, AND SO FORTH.

AND THEN THERE'S THE OTHER KIND OF BIGGER, WE CALL THEM LIKE STRATEGIC DISTRICT-WIDE INITIATIVES, OR SOMETHING LIKE PRESCRIBED BURNING, WHICH MAY INCREASINGLY, I THINK, MAY HAVE A STATUTORY ELEMENT FOR IT.

AND IT CAN HAVE KIND OF A NARRATIVE ELEMENT TO IT, BUT IT'S ALSO KIND OF JUST IN HOW WE WORK TOGETHER.

AND SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THREE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS IN WHICH...

THERE'S A ROLE FOR ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE PARK DISTRICT, SO, IT'S NOT DISJOINTED.

AND WHEN WE GET ASKED, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THIS LARGER FRAMEWORK.

SO, WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED WOULD FIT PERFECTLY INTO THAT, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS ACCOUNTED FOR.

GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I'LL ALSO, BECAUSE THIS IS A SEGUE TO MY NEXT ITEM THAT I JUST WANTED TO ASK A FEW CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, AT THE NATURAL CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, WHICH DIRECTOR COFFEY AND I ARE BOTH A PART OF, WE DID TALK ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, CULTURAL BURNS.

AND WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THE PROFESSOR, I THINK IT'S FROM CHICO, HE'S FROM CHICO STATE, JOIN US AT THAT MEETING.

AND WE GOT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT EFFORT.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE, I KNOW THAT OUR PLAN IS TO HAVE THAT PART OF OUR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT STRATEGY.

AND SO, I'M REALLY, I THINK IT'S SUCH GREAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, TIMING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE, YOU KNOW, THIS SIMILAR TOPIC IS ALSO YOU HAPPENING WHERE THESE TWO BILLS ARE GOING FORWARD BECAUSE IT ALIGNS WITH A LOT OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

AND SO, WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NATURAL CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, MY NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT THE WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY.

SO, THANK YOU, JOSE, FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS AND PROVIDING SOME MORE INSIGHT.

SO, WITH WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT SAVE MOUNT DIABLO IS ONE OF THE SUPPORTERS OF THAT.

I KNOW THE DIABLO RANGE IS, YOU KNOW, A REALLY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE FOR SAVE MOUNT DIABLO. IT'S ONE THAT I STRONGLY SUPPORT, AND I NOTICED IN THE PREPARED STAFF REPORT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE EAST BAY HILLS CONSERVATION PROGRAM, BUT I CERTAINLY WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD ALSO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, BEING STRONG SUPPORTERS OF THE EFFORTS WITHIN THE DIABLO RANGE, AND I KNOW THAT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY CONSERVATION RESOURCES DISTRICT, THE ACR.

THE IN EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY IS WORKING ON A WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY PROJECT.

THEY'RE THEY'RE EXPLORING THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

I THINK TWO OPTIONS ACROSS 580 AND THEN ONE OPTION IN THAT SUNOL 680 CORRIDOR.

AND I BELIEVE AT THE NATURAL CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, WE WILL HAVE THIS.

WE WILL HAVE THE ACRCD AND SAVE MOUNT DIABLO POTENTIALLY JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE WILDLIFE.

CONNECTIVITY IN THE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND SO, IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THIS DIABLO RANGE WORK TO THIS BILL THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TO RECOMMEND TO APPROVE TO THE, TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

AND SO, I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, DID WE THINK ABOUT DIABLO RANGE IN ADDITION TO EAST BAY HILLS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS LEGISLATION? YEAH, CERTAINLY.

SO, THE, THE, DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE

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IN OUR BILL, THE EAST BAY HILLS WAS SUCCESSFUL AND THEN THE DIABLO RANGE LEGISLATION, WHICH WE SUPPORT AND IS SPONSORED BY SAVE MOUNT DIABLO, WAS HELD IN SUSPENSE LAST YEAR DUE TO THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR WCB.

THEY ARE WE'RE WORKING THAT LEGISLATION AND TRYING TO GET SOMETHING THAT CAN ESSENTIALLY PASS THE FINANCE TEST TO ENSURE THAT IT COULD ADVANCE TO A FULL VOTE.

BUT CURRENTLY THAT LEGISLATION IS BEING HELD BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS.

ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO.

I GUESS JUST IN GENERAL, IT'D BE GREAT FOR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT TO INCORPORATE DIABLO RANGE AS MUCH AS WE TALK ABOUT THE EAST BAY HILLS.

BUT THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.

SO, THANK YOU.

OKAY.

WE WILL NOW OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

MADAME CLERK, PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS.

WE HAVE ONE HAND UP ONLINE AND NO ONE IN THE ROOM, SO, WE WILL GO ONLINE TO KELLY AVERUE.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

GO AHEAD, KELLY.

OH, GO AHEAD, KELLY.

OKAY, NOW MY AUDIO'S ON.

YEAH, WHEN TALKING ABOUT CULTURAL EDUCATION ABOUT THE NATIVE TRIBES IN VARIOUS PLACES, THE DEFAULT MODE FOR THE PARK DISTRICT IS TO PUT UP, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIMITED SQUARE FOOTAGE, LIMITED SIGN SPACE, RIGHT? SO, IF YOU WALK INTO MISSION PEAK OR WALK IN ANYWHERE, ALMOST ANYWHERE, YOU GET EDUCATION ON THE BENEFITS OF GRAZING ANIMALS, AND YOU DON'T GET ANYTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE NATIVE PEOPLES.

SO THAT WOULD THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT THERE TO MAYBE MAYBE TAKE OUT SOME OF THIS, YOU KNOW, SWAP IN SOME SOME MESSAGING ABOUT THE NATIVE TRIBES AND THEIR HISTORY OF STUFF IN DIFFERENT PLACES, MAYBE PERMANENTLY OR MAYBE.

ROTATE THEM.

AND THEN ON THE WILDLIFE CROSSINGS, THIS WAS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL.

THEY BROUGHT IN A PROFESSOR.

THIS ONE WAS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS.

AND HE TALKED ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF LAST WEEK AT THE ALTAMONT MEETING.

AND WHAT'S INTERESTING THERE IS THAT THIS IS A CONFLICT.

KIND OF LIKE THE CONFLICT BETWEEN BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS ON THE HIKING TRAILS.

AND HERE, THE PROFESSOR SAID THAT THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE WILD ANIMALS' CROSSINGS AND TRAILS AND THE HUMAN TRAILS.

AND HE SAYS THAT THEY'RE BASICALLY INCOMPATIBLE.

AND I WAS VERY, VERY UNHAPPY TO HEAR THAT.

BUT IF THAT'S TRUE, THEN, YEAH, WE DO NEED TO HAVE SEPARATE.

WILDLIFE CROSSINGS.

AND WE ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE, WHERE IF WE DON'T BUILD ANY TRAILS AND WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS DISTRICT OR HOW ARE THE PARK AGENCIES LIKE THIS PARK AGENCY, PARK DISTRICT, GOING TO GO TO THE PUBLIC AND ASK FOR MORE MONEY TO BUILD MORE PARKS, MAINTAIN PARKS, BUILD TRAILS? AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU TELL THEM THAT, NO, THESE AREAS ARE FOR ANIMALS ONLY AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY PEOPLE THERE.

SO, WE DO, I THINK IF YOU WANT TO GET MONEY FROM TAXPAYERS, YOU NEED TO BUILD TRAILS.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO IN THE MOST SENSITIVE ANIMAL AREAS, BUT IF YOU WANT TAXPAYER SUPPORT, YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOME PARKS AND SOME TRAILS AND SOME BIKING AREAS AND FIND THAT BALANCE.

AND IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY, THEN WE WON'T HAVE ANY PEOPLE IN THE PARKS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST HAVE...

THE PARKS FOR ANIMALS AND THE TAXPAYERS WILL STOP PAYING FOR IT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH THAT FOR TOO LONG.

THANKS.

WE HAVE NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS

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I'LL SECOND.

OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

I'LL DO THE ROLL CALL VOTE SINCE WE HAVE AN ATTENDEE ONLINE.

YEP.

DIRECTOR COFFEY? AYE.

DIRECTOR WAESPI IS ABSENT.

DIRECTOR ESPA A? AYE.

DIRECTOR SANWONG? YES.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ITEM 4B.

RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT FEDERAL LEGISLATION.

AND HERE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM IS DIVISION LEAD OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, ERICH PFUEHLER.

THE ONE AND ONLY.

APPRECIATE THE INTRODUCTION.

THIS IS A LITTLE MORE BRIEF THAN THE STATE SLATE OF BILLS, BUT THIS IS A RESOLUTION IN THE HOUSE HONORING BLACK HISTORY MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.

THIS IS TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNTRY AND THEN THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

AND IT WOULD SEEK TO DIRECT AGENCIES SUCH AS THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO HONOR AND SHARE THE HISTORY AND SUPPORT BLACK HISTORY MUSEUMS. THIS ALSO HAS A DIRECT TIE TO THE PORT CHICAGO NAVAL MAGAZINE NATIONAL MEMORIAL AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND CURRENT AND FUTURE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN THE PARK DISTRICT AND NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO SHARE THE HISTORY OF THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED AT PORT CHICAGO.

THE SECOND RESOLUTION IS ACTUALLY CELEBRATING THIS 2026 IS THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF RANGELANDS AND PASTORALISTS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A UN-SPONSORED RECOGNITION INTERNATIONALLY.

SO, TO HAVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZING THIS POSSIBILITY OF RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF RANGELANDS AND THAT THE LIVESTOCK COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE PARK DISTRICT...

SHOULD SUPPORT GIVEN OUR GRASSLAND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT WITH GRAZING AND THE CO-BENEFITS THAT THAT WORK PROVIDES WITH SPECIES RECOVERY, WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION, AND GROUNDWATER RETENTION AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION.

SO, IT IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE.

THIS BILL IS REALLY A RESPONSE TO SO, THE EVOLUTION OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND ADAPTING TO MOVING OFF OF FOSSIL FUELS.

IT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF DESALNE, WHO OBVIOUSLY REPRESENTS A FAIR NUMBER OF REFINERIES IN HIS DISTRICT, AND REALLY GETS TO CREATING MORE INTERCONNECTED COMMUNITIES.

THE DIRECT BENEFIT FOR THE PARK DISTRICT WOULD BE FUNDING FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND PAVED TRAILS.

BUT IT ALSO DOES PROVIDE SOME LIMITATIONS IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING FOR IT CAN'T BE USED FOR ADDITIONAL FREEWAY HIGHWAY LANES, BUT COULD BE USED FOR BIKE LANES.

SO, IT DOES TRY TO CREATE A MORE INTERCONNECTED EAST BAY OR COUNTRY.

AND IT DOES ALSO HAVE A COMPONENT NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PARK DISTRICT, BUT ON THE WORKFORCE AND JOB TRAINING FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE JOBS OF THE FUTURE.

SO, GIVEN THE MEMBER OF OUR DELEGATION AND THAT THERE IS A DIRECT POTENTIAL BENEFIT FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, WE'RE RECOMMENDING SUPPORT.

AND THEN AGAIN, ANOTHER LOOK AT SORT OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, KIND OF THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS BILL IS IT DOES ACTUALLY CALL OUT SPECIAL DISTRICTS AND MAKE THEM SPECIFICALLY ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

WHICH MEANS WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO RELY ON A COUNTY OR METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

WE COULD APPLY DIRECTLY OURSELVES, AND WE DO HAVE SOME SUCCESS IN THAT SPACE.

AND THEN OUR LAST BILL REALLY IS, WHAT THE BILL ACTUALLY DOES IS IT CREATES A CABINET LEVEL OR ADMINISTRATION-LEVEL DEPARTMENT OF AMERICORPS,

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SO, WITH THAT, WE'RE SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THOSE FEDERAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR CLARIFICATION FROM BOARD MEMBERS? DIRECTOR SANWONG? NO, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION, SO, THANK YOU, AND I SUPPORT ALL OF THESE.

WE WILL NOW OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

MADAME CLERK, PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS.

WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS OR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? I HAVE ONE COMMENT.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I FELT IT WAS VERY BOLD IN THIS TIME AND DAY THAT PRESLEY WAS RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTION.

AT THIS TIME IN AMERICA WHERE OUR AMERICAN HISTORY IS BEING ERASED, AND SPECIFICALLY BLACK HISTORY FROM SOME OF OUR NATIONAL PARKS AND OTHER MUSEUMS, TO SEE THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING THE SIGNIFICANCE, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S IMPORTANT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA AT ITS 250TH.

BIRTHDAY.

SO, I WAS JUST VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT.

AND THEN JUST AS FAR AS GIVING THAT SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN TELL THE REAL STORY, THE REAL HISTORY OF WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE SERVICE MEMBERS WITHIN OUR PARK.

SO, I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT.

AND THEN JUST AS FAR AS YOU SEEING ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND PROVIDING BETTER CONNECTIONS TO THE PARK, I WAS JUST PLEASED WITH THOSE DIFFERENT BILLS.

OKAY, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION AS PRESENTED.

OKAY.

AND I'LL SECOND.

OKAY.

I CAN CALL THE ROLL CALL VOTE.

DIRECTOR COFFEY? AYE.

DIRECTOR ESPA A? AYE.

DIRECTOR SANWONG? YES.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM 4C, RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MEASURE A.

HERE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM IS THE DIVISION LEAD OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, THE ONE AND ONLY ERICH PFUEHLER.

AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE INTRODUCTION, AND I'LL SHARE THAT MY COLLEAGUES IN GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS HAVE VARIOUS OBLIGATIONS THIS WEEK, SO, YOU'RE GETTING...

JUST ME AND SOME GUESTS.

SO, FOR THIS ITEM, BRIAN HOLT WILL BE SPEAKING TO IT AT LENGTH LATER, BUT MAYBE CAN ALSO SPEAK TO IT BRIEFLY NOW BECAUSE IT IS AN ACTION ITEM TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT MEASURE A.

IT'S AN EXTENSION OF THE URBAN LIMIT LINE IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, I BELIEVE, UNTIL 2045.

IT DOES MAKE SOME VERY MINOR CHANGES, SUCH AS RODDY RANCH WAS PREVIOUSLY WITHIN THE URBAN LIMIT LINE.

NOW IT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF IT.

SO, IT'S REALLY CLARIFICATIONS OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE PERHAPS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME IT WAS AMENDED.

BUT, BRIAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT NOW OR LATER? MAYBE THE BEST WOULD BE TO SEE IF THE BOARD HAS OR THE COMMITTEE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

THERE WILL BE A MORE ROBUST

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SO, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS NOW, WE CAN ADDRESS THEM BEFORE TAKING ACTION ON SUPPORTING.

OTHERWISE, THERE WILL BE A MORE, WE DO WANT A SUPPORT POSITION, AND THEN THERE WILL BE MORE OF A DISCUSSION AT OUR LAST ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR CLARIFICATION FROM BOARD MEMBERS? I HAVE ONE.

JUST LOOKING AT A LITTLE BIT.

DIRECTOR COFFEY? SO, I WAS LOOKING CAREFULLY AT THE MAP AND THERE IS APPARENTLY SOME ADJUSTMENTS GOING ON AROUND ANTIOCH, BUT THE MAP WAS TOO SMALL.

I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE DETAIL AROUND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SOUTHERN END OF ANTIOCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

BRIAN HOLT, DIVISION LEAD OF PLANNING.

I AM GOING TO ATTEMPT TO SHARE WHAT WE...

PRESENTATION FOR THE NEXT ITEM, SO, I JUST GOT TO GO THROUGH AND FIND IT.

SORRY ABOUT THAT JUST JUMPING IN. SO, LET ME ADVANCE THIS REAL QUICK. I'M SORRY PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE WAITED JUST FOR THE...

NO IT'S FINE BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING AN ACTION ON IT, SO IT'S GOOD TO DISCUSS IT NOW. SO, I CAN JUST I CAN JUST GO OVER I GUESS THE HIGH POINTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMITTEE HERE. SO, THE URBAN LIMIT LINE THIS IS CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.

THERE'S A SIMILAR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY WITHIN ALAMEDA COUNTY, BUT THIS IS THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY VOTER APPROVED URBAN LIMIT LINE.

THE IDEA AROUND IS IT REALLY ENSURES THAT URBAN DEVELOPMENT KIND OF OCCURS WHERE THE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES ARE, WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES ARE ALREADY EXISTENT OR PLANNED, SO, IT ESSENTIALLY DRAWS A LINE IN TERMS AROUND WHERE WE WANT TO SEE DEVELOPMENT AND OUTSIDE OF THAT LINE IS REALLY WHERE'S MORE TARGETED FOR OPEN SPACE AND AGRICULTURAL LAND.

SO, THE IDEA REALLY WAS AROUND PREVENTING SPRAWL AND INEFFICIENT USE OF LAND USE AND TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME TRAFFIC AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.

AND THE GENERAL STANDARD WAS SORT OF THE 65-35 LAND PRESERVATION STANDARD, SO THAT WAS TO REALLY LIMIT URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO NO MORE THAN 35% OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.

SO, THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKGROUND THERE.

SO, THE CHANGES HERE ARE KIND OF SHOWN IN COLORS.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE LINE HAS BEEN SORT OF RESTRICTED IN SOME LOCATIONS.

AND THAT'S REALLY TO REALLY TO TAKE OUT AREAS THAT ARE LARGELY ACQUIRED BY THE PARK DISTRICT OR THAT AREN'T ANTICIPATED FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN THOSE AREAS WHERE THE URBAN LIMIT LINE IS EXPANDED, IT'S REALLY TO KIND OF INCORPORATE EXISTING URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

SO, IT'S REALLY KIND OF A CLEANUP EXERCISE, AND IT WORKS TO SIMPLIFY SOME OF THE EXISTING LINES, AND IT'S THE COUNTY LINE WITH THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES, SOME OF THE EXISTING SORT OF DEVELOPMENTS.

SO, DIRECTOR COFFEY, YOU INQUIRED ABOUT THE...

THE CITY OF ANTIOCH AND SOME OF THE SOUTHERN AREA, I THINK YOU MIGHT BE REFERRING TO SORT OF THIS.

CAN YOU SEE THIS AREA HERE? THAT'S ACTUALLY WITHIN BRENTWOOD, AND THAT'S KIND OF PART OF THE IS IT WITHIN BRENTWOOD? I MIGHT HAVE TO GET BACK ON DETAILS WITH YOU, BUT IF YOU SEE IN THE HARD LINE HERE, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY EMPIRE MINE ROAD.

SO, THE AREA SOUTH OF THERE IS OUR ROWDY RANCH PROPERTY.

AND THE AREA NORTH THERE IS THE SAND CREEK FOCUS AREA STUFF.

SO, THIS PROPERTY IS, I BELIEVE, I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY MENTION EXACTLY THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT IT'S WITHIN THAT AREA THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR SOME TIME THERE IN THE SAND CREEK FOCUSED AREA.

OKAY, SO THAT IS THE GREEN THERE THAT

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THAT IS...

BRINGING LAND OUTSIDE OF THE OLD LINE INTO THE LIMIT LINE NOW OR WHAT IS THAT DOING? THIS IS, LIKE I SAY, IT'S BRINGING THE LINE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING CITY LIMITS.

OOPS, SORRY.

SO, IT'S REMOVING THAT AREA FROM THERE IS HOW I READ IT HERE.

BUT I MIGHT HAVE TO DIVE IN AND CLARIFY THAT SPECIFIC PROPERTY FOR YOU.

OKAY.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

IS IT IMPACTING THE LAND AROUND EMPIRE MINE ROAD? NO, IT DOESN'T.

SO, WHEN WE ACQUIRED THE RODDY RANCH GOLF COURSE, YOU MAY RECALL IT WAS A BIT UNIQUE BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY WITHIN THE CITY OF ANTIOCH URBAN LIMIT LINE, WHICH IS PARK DISTRICT.

GENERALLY, DOESN'T BUY LARGE OPEN SPACE PROPERTIES THAT ARE WITHIN THE URBAN LIMIT LINE AND THAT AREA WAS SO THAT AREA HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THERE BUT THE AREAS ARE TO THE NORTH OF EMPIRE MINE ROAD THAT HAS BEEN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE ANTIOCH GENERAL PLAN AND THE ANTIOCH SAND CREEK FOCUS AREA SPECIFIC PLAN SOME OF THOSE AREAS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, THOSE ARE STILL INCLUDED IN THERE, SO, I HAVEN'T NECESSARILY MADE ANY BIG MOVES, AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME OTHER PROPERTIES IN THERE THAT...

THE PARK DISTRICT HAS DISCUSSED.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY PRECLUDE ANYTHING, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY FACILITATE IT EITHER.

SO, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A NO CHANGE.

YOU KNOW, THE COUPLE OF RANCHES I'M THINKING ABOUT.

THANK YOU.

I JUST HAD A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.

SO, LIKE, HOW DID THE PARK DISTRICT ENGAGE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY WHEN DEVELOPING THIS? AND THEN ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT...

SOME CURRENT PROPERTIES OR FUTURE POTENTIAL PURCHASES ARE WITHIN OR OUTSIDE OF THE LIMIT? YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

YOU MIGHT RECALL CONTRA COSTA COUNTY JUST RECENTLY UPDATED THEIR GENERAL PLAN, AND THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR.

WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY ON THAT GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, AND A LOT OF THAT WAS AROUND SOME OF THIS DISCUSSION AROUND THE URBAN LIMIT LINE.

SO, WE WE ARE AND NOT NECESSARILY TO COMMENT ON THE PAST, BUT I THINK OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHEN THE URBAN LIMIT LINE WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH COUNTY STAFF SO, AND SO, WE'VE ACTUALLY MET WITH THEM A COUPLE TIMES AND KIND OF WENT THROUGH LINE BY LINE WHERE EACH OF THESE CHANGES WERE SO COUNTY STAFF WAS REALLY PROACTIVE IN TERMS OF REACHING OUT TO US.

AND I THINK WE HAD WILL NELSON WHO WAS WHO WAS PRINCIPAL PLANNER DREW UP THE URBAN LIMIT LINE.

HE CAME AND PRESENTED TO YOUR COMMITTEE, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS LAST YEAR AT SOME POINT ON THIS.

YEAH, SO, WE HAVE BEEN KIND OF AT THE TABLE WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

AS QUESTIONS CAME UP, AND THERE WAS A COUPLE OTHER PLACES, AS THEY WERE DEVELOPING THIS, THERE WERE SOME PROPOSALS FOR AREAS TO EXPAND THE URBAN LIMIT LINE.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THEM.

EACH TIME THOSE WOULD COME UP, THEY'D KIND OF FLAG IT IF WE HAD CONCERNS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR BUILDING AND YOUR TEAM BUILDING COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND BEING ABLE TO BE ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION WHEN THERE WAS THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.

YEAH, SO, JUST REAL IN SUMMARY, YOU KNOW, SO, THAT THE URBAN LIMIT LINE LARGELY IS CONTRACTED TO MOVE AREAS OUTSIDE THE URBAN LIMIT LINE THAT HAVE PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT RESTRICTIONS.

SO, THESE ARE AREAS WITH...

CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, DEED RESTRICTIONS, SO, AREAS LIKE THE RODDY RANCH GOLF COURSE, AND THEN SOME OF THE SIMPLIFICATION STUFF THERE.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE EXPANSIONS ARE, AND SOME OF THESE ARE ALONG THE SHORELINE AREAS, WHICH ARE LARGELY ALREADY EXISTING DEVELOPED SITES.

SO, LARGELY THE URBAN LIMIT LINE IS GETTING MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN IT IS EXPANSIVE.

THAT'S A BIG TAKEAWAY.

WE WILL NOW OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

MADAME CLERK, PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS.

WE HAVE ONE HAND UP ONLINE AND NO ONE IN THE ROOM.

UNMUTING KELLY.

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THANK YOU.

YEAH, WHEN I SEE THE URBAN LIMIT LINE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN WITH CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M JOLTED UPRIGHT IN MY SEAT BECAUSE THE SAME THING IS GOING ON IN ALAMEDA COUNTY.

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

THERE IS A THE SIERRA CLUB WHICH I GUESS I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF RIGHT NOW.

THE SIERRA CLUB LEARNED OF AN EFFORT SPONSORED BY THE GENERAL SERVICES AGENCY AND DISTRICT 1 OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, SUPERVISOR DAVID HOWARD.

HE IS PROMOTING AN EFFORT TO BRING IN SOMETHING LIKE A PRESS SECRETARY.

IN THIS CASE, IT'S A POLITICAL CONSULTANT, WHICH THEY'RE PRETENDING LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE DOING A SURVEY TO ASSESS PUBLIC SENTIMENT ABOUT MODIFYING MEASURE D, WHICH IS THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY IN EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY.

AND THIS IS NOT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THEY'RE MORE OR LESS HIRING A PRESS SECRETARY TO PROMOTE THE PROJECT, BUT THE PROJECT IS UNDEFINED.

THE CHANGES ARE UNDEFINED, COMPLETELY UNDEFINED.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS OPENING THE DOOR.

RIGHT NOW, ALL CHANGES NEED VOTER APPROVAL.

AND THIS IS A VOTER APPROVED.

MEASURE D WAS VOTER APPROVED IN 2000 IN THE YEAR 2000.

THEY WANT TO BYPASS THAT.

THEY WANT TO OPEN THE DOOR TO ALLOW THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEY WANT TO LEAVE THE EXACT NATURE OF THE CHANGES COMPLETELY UNDEFINED.

SO, THEY'RE OPENING THE DOOR TO MORE OR LESS OVERTURN MEASURE D AND PAVE OVER THE TRI-VALLEY.

THE SIERRA CLUB HAS WRITTEN A POSITION STATEMENT ON THIS AND IS SENT A LETTER TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

I GUESS WE CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU.

AND YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.

TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR POLITICAL CONSULTANT HIRING PROCESS AND SEE WHAT THEY WANT THE POLITICAL CONSULTANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS SOUND PALATABLE TO THE VOTERS.

AND JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE A PRESS SECRETARY.

PRESS SECRETARIES DON'T MAKE POLICY.

THEY DON'T MODIFY POLICY.

THEY JUST REWORD THE POLICY TO MAKE IT SOUND GOOD TO THE AUDIENCE.

SO, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THIS THING.

AND IN THE FUTURE, THE ACTUAL CHANGES ARE COMPLETELY UNDEFINED RIGHT NOW.

SO YEAH, I'LL TRY TO GET YOU UP TO SPEED WITH WHAT THE SIERRA CLUB IS DOING IN OUR EFFORT TO RESPOND TO THIS.

AND THERE'S ALSO A GREAT ARTICLE IN THE, OR EDITORIAL IN THE LIVERMORE INDEPENDENT, THE INDEPENDENT NEWS, WHICH IS THE NEWSPAPER OVER THERE.

THANKS.

WE HAVE NO OTHER PUBLIC.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS OR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? OKAY, AS A CONTRA COSTAN.

LIFETIME, THIRD GENERATION CONTRA COSTA.

I'LL MOVE THAT WE SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT CONTRA COSTA'S MEASURE A AS PRESENTED.

AND I SECOND IT.

GREAT.

I WILL CALL ROLL CALL VOTE.

DIRECTOR COFFEY? AYE.

DIRECTOR SANWONG? YES.

CHAIR ESPA A? AYE.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

[Informational Items]

HERE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM IS DIVISION LEAD OF GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, ERICH PFUEHLER.

THANK YOU.

AND WE DO HAVE SOME GUEST SPEAKERS ON THIS, SO, I WON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THE TALKING, BUT I JUST WOULD INTRODUCE IT BY SORT OF SHARING WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.

THE GOVERNOR IN JANUARY RELEASED HIS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS A PROJECTED POTENTIAL DEFICIT IN THE AREA OF AROUND $20 BILLION THAT WE WERE NAVIGATING BY SHIFTING SOME REVENUE OUT OF THE RAINY-DAY FUND AND SOME OTHER SHIFTS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

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SO, THERE IS A FAIRLY BALANCED BUDGET PICTURE AT THE MOMENT.

THAT SAID, THE STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES FOR FUTURE YEARS AND OUT YEARS ARE STILL THERE, AND THERE ARE SOME EFFORTS WITHIN THE MAY REVISE TO TRY TO SHIFT SOME FUNDING TO ADDRESS THOSE LONG-TERM OR AT LEAST NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IN ADVANCE.

AND SO, THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, AND I SUSPECT THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT FOR THE NEXT MONTH.

SO, JUNE 15TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO PASS A BUDGET.

AS WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS, A BUDGET CAN BE PASSED JUNE 15TH, BUT THEN TRAILER BILLS CAN APPEAR AFTER.

SO, IT DOES PASS THE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT, BUT THEN THERE'S STILL SOME NEGOTIATION BETWEEN JUNE 15TH AND THE END OF SEPTEMBER WHEN ALL BILLS HAVE TO BE MOVED THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ON JUNE 30TH, THE GOVERNOR SIGNS OR VETOES THE JUNE 15TH BUDGET.

BUT AGAIN, THERE STILL CAN BE NEGOTIATION UP UNTIL THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO, WITH THAT, I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD, MEANING OUR ACTING GENERAL MANAGER AND ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER, ON A PARTICULAR ITEM IN THE BUDGET, WHICH I WOULD LET A.G.M. BROOKS SPEAK TO DIRECTLY.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR CONSULTANT FROM EEC TO KIND OF GIVE A BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE THINGS ARE LEGISLATIVELY AND WHAT THE NEGOTIATION POINTS ARE OVERALL AT THE STATE.

SO, ALLISON, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN.

THANKS, ERICH.

YEAH, SO, YOU MAY HAVE NOTED THAT THE GOVERNOR INCLUDED $125 MILLION IN THE BUDGET FOR GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, THE PURCHASE OF ACQUISITION OF GOLDEN GATE FIELDS.

SO, UM...

THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND IS ACTIVELY WORKING TO ADVANCE THAT.

WE ARE EXPLORING.

IT IS LARGELY PROP 4 FUNDING CURRENTLY, AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE HOW THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, SO, WE'RE NOT PULLING ALL OF THAT FUNDING FROM PROP 4, BUT WE COULD FIND SOME POTENTIALLY OTHER FLEXIBLE FUNDING.

THAT WON'T BE AS DIRECTIVE ON THE EVENTUAL USES WE CAN DO ON THE SITE.

SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THAT PROCESS.

WE'RE ACTIVELY KIND OF...

IS THE GOVERNOR'S SUGGESTION AT 125, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE EFFORTS OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER WICKS AND SENATOR ARAGUIN? THAT 125 INCLUDES 75 MILLION FROM THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY, 25 FROM THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD, AND THEN ANOTHER 25 FROM THE CNRA.

SO, THAT'S HOW IT'S CURRENTLY BROKEN OUT.

SO, THOSE TWO LEGISLATORS ARE PART OF THAT, OR THEY'RE TRYING TO FILL ANOTHER GAP? THEY'RE TRYING TO POTENTIALLY SWAP OUT SOME OF THOSE, MAYBE PERHAPS 25, SWAP THAT OUT FOR MORE FLEXIBLE FUNDING.

OKAY, SO, THOSE TWO EFFORTS IN THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE JUST ARE THERE? THEY'RE THERE.

OKAY.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH, AND I ALSO WASN'T...

WELCOME TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS WITH THOSE TWO LEGISLATORS IN SACRAMENTO.

SO, COULD YOU JUST GET ME UP TO SPEED ON WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF THEIR WORK? YEAH, WE REALLY DIRECTORS, PRESIDENT SANWONG, WE DIDN'T DISCUSS IT TOO MUCH.

I KNOW DIRECTOR COFFEY WAS THERE AND ESPA A. I WAS WITH SENATOR ERGUIN.

I DIDN'T ATTEND BUFFY WICKS.

AND THAT WAS WITH HER STAFF.

SO, SHE WASN'T THERE.

SO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ERRIGANE IS VERY SUPPORTIVE

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AND HE'S VERY OPTIMISTIC.

AND HE'S VERY OPTIMISTIC, YEAH.

AND I DO THINK HE CONTINUES TO WORK, WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.

THERE'S A SENATE HEARING TOMORROW ON THE BUDGET.

AND YESTERDAY THERE WAS AN ASSEMBLY HEARING.

AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT THIS.

I KNOW WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS ACTUALLY IN REID'S OFFICE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PROPOSITION 4, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME OTHER PROJECTS AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IN REGARDS TO PROPOSITION 4.

HOW MAY THIS IMPACT OR NOT IMPACT THOSE OTHER EFFORTS? YES, I THINK A LOT OF THE QUESTIONING, AND I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE HEARING YESTERDAY, BUT THOSE WERE...

THAT WAS REALLY THE LINE OF QUESTION I THINK THAT WAS COMING FROM THE LEGISLATORS IS GENUINELY A CONCERN.

IS THIS TAKING UP A LOT OF PROP 4 FUNDING THAT OTHER FOLKS ACROSS THE STATE OR EVEN OURSELVES WHO ARE RELYING, HAVE EARMARKED PROP 4 FUNDING TO POTENTIALLY HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE? SO, THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY IF WE CAN SECURE OTHER SOURCES THAT WE WOULD WANT TO PUT MORE MONEY BACK INTO THE PROP 4 POT.

WHAT'S THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO THOSE CONCERNS? WELL, THE ADMINISTRATION IS VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE PROP GOLDEN GATE FIELDS.

ANY, DID HE SAY ANYTHING THAT SUGGESTS THAT THIS ISN'T CHEWING UP TOO MUCH? I WASN'T AT THE HEARING, BUT I KNOW SECRETARY CROWFOOT SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT? YEAH, SECRETARY CROWFOOT, WCB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JEN NORRIS, AND COASTAL CONSERVANCY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AMY HUTZEL ALL WERE THERE AND SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE ALLOCATION OF THE PROP 4 FUNDING AND WE'RE VERY STRONGLY SIGNALING THE SUPPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE GOVERNOR FOR THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I'M JUST WONDERING BECAUSE IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR ME TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THOSE CONCERNS BECAUSE WE GET IT OURSELVES DOWN HERE.

YEAH.

WE'VE HEARD FROM ONE CITY ALREADY.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO THINK, BECAUSE THIS IS MY OWN THEORY, THAT GOLDEN GATE FIELDS IS A SINGULARITY.

AND BY THAT, I MEAN IT'S GOING TO AND HAS ATTRACTED MONEY THAT COMES JUST BECAUSE IT'S GOLDEN GATE FIELDS.

AND THAT DOESN'T DETRACT FROM USING THE PANOPLY OF FUNDS HERE ON OTHER PROJECTS.

AND I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE ANSWER.

SORT OF LIKE, WHAT WE SAID ABOUT POINT MILADI, POINT MILADI WAS A SINGULARITY AND IT DIDN'T DETRACT FROM GOING AFTER OTHER FUNDING SOURCES FOR OURSELVES OR WOULD DETRACT FROM, WOULD TAKE AWAY POTENTIAL FUNDING FOR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE TWO COUNTIES.

AND I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH TRUE AS IT TURNS OUT.

SO, I THINK SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES ARE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH GOLDEN GATE FIELDS IN THE FUNDING.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT GGRF THAT'S THE EREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUND, CORRECT, AND AND I KNOW WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ALSO AT OUR SACRAMENTO CONFERENCE, AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING OF INTEREST TO JUST LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

AND ALSO, I DO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE NEGOTIATED BEYOND THE BUDGET DATE.

SO, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WOULD WORK BEST TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT I FOUND IT INTERESTING AT OUR SACRAMENTO CONFERENCE DISCUSSING IT.

AND I DO THINK THAT...

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS.

YEAH, AND THAT PERHAPS COULD BE A GOOD SEGUE TO REED'S DISCUSSION, BUT THE OVERALL REVENUE PROJECTED FOR GGRF HAS BEEN REDUCED TO ABOUT HALF, AND PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT MAY BE THE AIR RESOURCES BOARD ISSUING SOME NEW GUIDELINES THAT LIMITS SOME

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BUT I THINK, I KNOW REED'S BEEN WORKING IN A COALITION TO SECURE SOME OF THAT FUNDING FOR NATURAL AND WORKING LANDS.

THE LEGISLATION THAT ASSEMBLYMEMBER WILSON SPONSORED HAS ADVANCED, SO, WE'LL BE HAVING SOME DIALOGUE, CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT OFFICE.

PARTICULARLY AROUND POND RESTORATION, BUT JUST ALSO NATURAL AND WORKING LANDS IN GENERAL, TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE GGRF ALLOCATIONS ARE SET ASIDE FOR PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO AGENCIES LIKE OURS.

BUT I THINK WITH THAT, REID, I MIGHT ASK YOU TO CHIME IN BOTH ABOUT GGRF AND THEN JUST THE BROADER CONTEXT OF THE STATE BUDGET AND WHERE THINGS MAY BE HEADING OVER THE NEXT MONTH.

YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

ERICH, YOU...

YOU CAPTURED IT WELL AND DESCRIBED THE SCENARIO, AND I CAN SEE YOUR SLIDES HERE, AND I THINK THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL.

WHAT I WILL ADD TO THE CONVERSATION IS THAT ERICH'S CORRECT THAT THE MAIN BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS WILL TRY TO WRAP UP IN JUNE, BUT THE KEY ELEMENTS THAT I THINK YOU, OR MANY OF THE KEY ELEMENTS YOU ARE ALL INTERESTED IN, WILL NOT BE RESOLVED DURING THAT JUNE TIMEFRAME.

IT WILL BE DEALT WITH IN SUBSEQUENT BUDGET BILLS.

THEY TYPICALLY WILL CALL THEM BUDGET BILL JUNIORS.

AND IN SOME CASES, THEY USE A TOOL CALLED THE TRAINER BILL.

AND SO, WE BELIEVE ALL INDICATIONS ARE IN TALKING TO THE VARIOUS PARTIES IN CONTROL OF THE BUDGET THAT BOTH THE PROP 4 FUNDING WILL GET NEGOTIATED LATER.

AND WHEN WE SAY LATER, MOST LIKELY THAT MEANS AUGUST AND MAYBE ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST WHEN THE LEGISLATURE HAS TO BE DONE.

AND THAT GOES FOR...

GGRF AS WELL, THOSE CLIMATE DOLLARS YOU WERE REFERENCING.

WHAT'S USEFUL ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE POTS OF MONEY, THOSE ARE THE TWO KEY POTS THAT YOU ALL AND MANY OTHERS IN THE KIND OF CONSERVATION SPACE IN CALIFORNIA ARE LOOKING AT.

OBVIOUSLY, PROP 4 HAS VERY DISCREET BUCKETS OF MONEY, PROGRAM GUIDANCE.

THOSE ARE THINGS WE CAN ALL LOOK AT AND GO APPLY FOR.

GGRF HAS BEEN A SLIGHTLY MORE ELUSIVE POT OF MONEY THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET AT.

LAST YEAR, WE HAD THE HALF VICTORY, I'LL CALL IT, IN THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO AGREE THAT SOME PORTION OF GGRF SHOULD BE USED ON NATURAL AND WORKING LANDS.

WE HAD HOPED THAT THIS YEAR WOULD BE THE YEAR IN WHICH WE'D ACTUALLY DELIVER ON THAT.

BUT AS ERICH MENTIONED, THERE IS A NEW DYNAMIC THAT HAS POPPED UP, AND THAT IS THAT THE...

AIR RESOURCES BOARD, THEY'RE THE AGENCY IN CHARGE OF THIS CLIMATE PROGRAM.

THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS TO MODIFY THAT PROGRAM.

AND SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF THAT PROGRAM THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING, FOR A NUMBER OF VERY COMPLICATED REASONS, MOST LIKELY WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF GGRF MONEY FLOWING TO THE STATE.

SO, THAT IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL AT SOME LEVEL.

THAT WILL BE A FIGHT BETWEEN THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ABOUT WHAT TO DO THERE.

BUT DEPENDING ON HOW THE CHIPS FALL, THERE MAY BE, AS ERICH'S MENTIONING, LESS MONEY IN GGRF, AND THAT WILL TRIGGER A BUNCH OF NEW DISCUSSIONS.

AND SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS MAY OCCUR BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF AUGUST AS WELL.

AND SO, WE WILL HAVE A BETTER SENSE, I THINK, A LITTLE BIT LATER FOR YOU ON HOW MUCH IS AVAILABLE.

AND IS THERE ENOUGH AVAILABLE FOR US TO TRY TO GET A PIECE OF THAT FOR NATURAL AND WORKING LANDS? AND I APOLOGIZE.

I THINK I MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT IF I DIDN'T.

THE BUDGET IS NOT LIKE A TYPICAL POLICY BILL THAT HAS DEADLINES AND HEARINGS YOU CAN GO PUBLICLY WATCH, AND YOU CAN SEE VOTES.

IT'S OPAQUE.

ITS ULTIMATE DEADLINE IS THE END OF AUGUST.

SO, AS WE LEARN THINGS, WE WILL BE SHARING THAT WITH YOU.

BUT I REALLY CAN'T TELL YOU BY THIS PRECISE DATE, THIS CERTAIN ACTIVITY WILL FOR SURE OCCUR.

SO, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU.

BUT AGAIN, ERICH IS...

LAYING OUT SOME OF THE PITFALLS WHERE THERE MAY NOT BE AS MUCH MONEY, AND WE MAY NOT REALLY KNOW UNTIL AUGUST, BOTH ON PROP 4 AND GGRF, HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO LAND IN THE FINAL BUDGET.

THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, REID.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY POLICY BRIEFS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT RECOMMEND REVIEWING, IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING I'M INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT EXISTS, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO THE NATURAL AND WORKING LAND ASPECT, BUT JUST THE FUND IN GENERAL,

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SO, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FORWARD THAT ALONG.

YEAH.

AND I'LL ASK THE TEAM IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S EASILY DIGESTIBLE.

IF NOT, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ALSO HAVE A DIRECT DIALOGUE WITH YOU AND JUST KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH ALL THE PIECES AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A MORE OF A 101 ON THIS SUBJECT IF YOU'D LIKE.

OKAY, WE WILL NOW OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS.

WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

THANK YOU, AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER TO BRIAN HOLT.

OKAY.

ITEM 5B, INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON LOCAL ACTIONS TAKEN BY OTHERS.

HERE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM IS DIVISION LEAD OF ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP, AND PLANNING, BRIAN HOLT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, DIVISION LEAD OF PLANNING AND BRIAN HOLT.

HAPPY TO BE HERE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY.

FOR SOME TIME NOW YOU'VE HAD ME COME IN BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE AND PRESENTING ON ACTIONS BY LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND I DO MY BEST TO PRETEND THAT I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, BUT I'M REALLY SUPPORTED BY A BIG STAFF OF FOLKS INCLUDING TANYA COVARRUBIAS WHO I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE WAS JUST RECENTLY PROMOTED TO SENIOR PLANNER.

TANYA HAS LED OUR SAGE PROGRAM FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO, SHE DOES...

A LOT OF THE REVIEW OF THE VARIOUS AGENDAS FROM DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND DOES A LOT OF THE RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN LOCAL AGENCIES.

AND SO, TANYA IS GOING TO JUMP IN AND SPEAK TO THESE FIRST COUPLE ITEMS, AND I MAY JUMP IN AND SUPPORT AS NEEDED.

BUT WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO TANYA.

THANK YOU.

TANYA, MAY WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR PROMOTION TO SENIOR PLANNER? THANK YOU, SURE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU.

AS BRIAN MENTIONED, TANYA KOVARUBIAS, SENIOR PLANNER IN ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP, AND PLANNING IN THE INTERAGENCY PLANNING UNIT.

AND LIKE HE ALREADY EXPLAINED, I COORDINATE THE SAGE STRATEGIC ACTIONS OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY PROGRAM, AND WE PRESENT SOME OF THOSE ACTION ITEMS HERE TO YOU AT THE COMMITTEE.

SO, I'LL GO THROUGH.

OUR FIRST ITEM IS...

THE PLEASANTON PLANNING COMMISSION BACK IN APRIL HAD RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO CERTIFY THE FINAL EIR, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, FOR THE HIDDEN CANYON ESTATES.

THIS PROJECT INCLUDES CONSTRUCTING 28 DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND REBUILDING TWO OF THE LESTER FAMILY HOMES AND AND ROADWAYS ON APPROXIMATELY 24 ACRES OF THE TOTAL 130 PROJECT SITE.

IT INCLUDES DEDICATION OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, A PUBLIC TRAILHEAD, RESTROOM, PARKING, AND PROVIDING A NEW TRAIL ACCESS INTO PLEASANTON REGIONAL PARK TRAIL SYSTEM.

THIS ACTUALLY WENT TO CITY COUNCIL YESTERDAY, LAST NIGHT, AND WAS APPROVED, SO JUST AN UPDATE TO WHEN THIS WAS SUBMITTED.

SO, THE LOCATION OF THE PROJECT IS AT THE NORTHERN PART OF PLEASANTON RIDGE OFF OF DUBLIN CANYON ROAD.

SO, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ADDITION TO PLEASANTON RIDGE AS IT ADDS A NORTHERN ACCESS POINT INTO THE REGIONAL PARK.

HERE IS AN OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

OVERALL, OF SHOWING THE OPEN SPACE DEDICATION AREA, THE STAGING AREA, AND THE TRAIL CONNECTION.

ACTUALLY, ZOOMING IN, THIS SHOWS A LITTLE CLOSER THE STAGING AREA WHICH WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 20 VEHICLE PARKING STALLS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FAMILY HOMES WILL BE RIGHT OFF OF DUBLIN CANYON AND THE SAME AND WE'LL HAVE THE ACCESS ROAD RIGHT THERE THAT WILL LEAD INTO THE STAGING AREA.

IF I GO BACK, YOU CAN SEE THE OPEN SPACE DEDICATION AREA WHICH WILL BE GIVEN DEDICATED

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THE NEXT ITEM IS FROM OAKLEY.

A CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE BRIDGEHEAD INDUSTRIAL PROJECT.

IT REDESIGNATES LAND USE FROM COMMERCIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

THE CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT ENVISIONS 10 INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.

IT ALSO PROPOSES A CLASS ONE BIKE PATH FROM BIG BREAK REGIONAL SHORELINE TO THE PARKING AREA ON INDUSTRIAL ROAD.

SO, LIKE I SAID, THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN BETWEEN ANTIOCH-OAKLEY SHORELINE AND BIG BREAK REGIONAL SHORELINES.

NOW YOU CAN SEE IN THE ORANGE THERE.

ZOOMING IN ON THE PROJECT SITE, IT SHOWS THAT THERE IS AN EXISTING OR PROPOSED STAGING AREA THE WHITE WITH THE ARROW TO A PARKING LOT THAT WAS ACTUALLY BUILT BY THE OAKLEY LOGISTICS CENTER.

AND COLLABORATION WAS DONE WITH OUR TRAILS DEPARTMENT ON THE PROPOSED REGIONAL TRAIL CONNECTION, WHICH I'LL GO BACK ONE SLIDE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT IS IN THE PURPLE DASHED LINE, AND GETTING A FUTURE STAGING AREA, WHICH OAKLEY LOGISTICS PUT IN A PARKING LOT.

BUT THERE'S STILL SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THAT WESTERN TRAIL AND THE PARKING AREA.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS IN FEBRUARY, WEST COUNTY WASTEWATER BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNOUNCED THAT FEDERAL FUNDING WAS APPROVED FOR $1.35 MILLION FOR THE NORTH RICHMOND WASTEWATER PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.

THIS WILL ASSIST WITH GETTING 100% DESIGN FOR THE NORTH RICHMOND LIVING LEVEE PROJECT, INCLUDING RENDERINGS OF PROPOSED COMMUNITY AMENITIES, AS OUTLINED IN THE NORTH RICHMOND COLLABORATIVE SHORELINE PLAN.

THIS ADAPTATION PLAN EXAMINES A FIVE-MILE STUDY AREA IN BETWEEN POINT MILADI AND POINT PINAL REGIONAL SHORELINES WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE.

THE NORTH RICHMOND COLLABORATIVE SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN NEAR TERM VISION AREA LIKE I STATED IS IN BETWEEN POINT MILADI AND REALLY THE DOTSON MARSH.

CURRENTLY THE PROJECT IS FINISHING UP ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WILL BE MOVING CONCEPTS FORWARD INTO DETAILED DESIGN, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AND GOVERNANCE PLANNING.

STAFF IS EXCITED AND HAS BEEN MONITORING AND HAS COLLABORATED ON THIS PROJECT AND PROVIDED FEEDBACK.

AND WE'VE ALREADY GONE OVER MY LAST ITEM IN DETAIL WITH BRIAN.

SO THAT, I'LL JUST SKIP THROUGH THESE SLIDES WHICH YOU HAD ALREADY SEEN, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I CAN TRY AND ANSWER AND IF NOT, WE HAVE BRIAN HERE WHO COULD SPEAK ON ANY OF IT, ITEMS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU AND AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FROM CLARIFICATION FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS? DIRECTOR SANWONG? NO, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT, IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE.

DIRECTOR COFFEY? I'M CURIOUS ON THE WEST COUNTY WASTEWATER PROJECT OR STUDY, WHAT WAS THE FEDERAL FUNDING FROM? EPA OR FEMA? I'M NOT AWARE.

I WASN'T AWARE OF FEDERAL FUNDING COMING TO CALIFORNIA.

AND IT WAS ANNOUNCED BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

MAYBE IT WAS PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, JUST CURIOUS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SAGE ON HIDDEN CANYON ESTATES, THAT'S A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE PARK DISTRICT.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING ON TOP OF THAT AND PRESUMABLY COORDINATING AND TELLING THE CITY WHAT WOULD BE

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SAME WITH OAKLEY AND BRIDGEHEAD INDUSTRIAL PROJECT.

WE HAD A LETTER IN TO THE CITY OF OAKLEY A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THEY MADE THE ACTUAL DECISION FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE CITY ADOPTED OUR SUGGESTION FOR THE REQUIREMENT OF ALLOWING FOR THIS TRAIL TO MOVE AROUND THE PROJECT SO THAT WE'RE CONNECTING THE ANTIOCH-OAKLEY PIER AND PARK TO BIG BREAK.

AND, OF COURSE, IF YOU'RE CONNECTED TO BIG BREAK, YOU'RE CONNECTED ON OUT TO MARSH CREEK TRAIL.

SO, IT REALLY IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT TO MAKE SURE THE CITY OF OAKLEY INCORPORATED THAT AND ABOUT HALF OF THAT DISTANCE IS ALREADY THERE.

YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS IS WHERE I WALK ALONG WHERE THE FUTURE TRAIL WILL BE AROUND AMAZON THERE.

AND WE HAVE A LITTLE PARKING LOT THAT WAS BUILT FOR US.

SO, THAT'S EXCITING.

AND IT'S BECAUSE THIS AGENCY HAS THE WHEREWITHAL TO HAVE YOU FOLKS WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON AMONG THE 33 CITIES AND THE TWO COUNTIES.

SO, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.

TWO VERY IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS.

THANK YOU.

I HAD A QUESTION FOR THE HIDDEN CANYON ESTATES PROJECT SITE AREA.

SO, WHEN WE CONSTRUCT THE NEW PARKING LOT AND STAGING AREA, WILL WE BE CHANGING THE STATUS? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I SEE CURRENTLY BY IT THAT THE LAND IS LAND BANKED.

SO, KIND OF WHAT ARE THE PLANS ONCE THAT STAGING AREA IS BUILT? YEAH, THAT IS GOING THROUGH PLANNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO THEN HAVE THE LAND BANK OPENING OF THAT SURROUNDING PROPERTY.

THERE'S ALSO TRAIL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING ON, SO, I DON'T KNOW IF BRIAN WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK MORE TO THAT.

AND BRIAN, COULD YOU ALSO SPEAK TO WHEN THAT LAND BANK IS OPEN, KIND OF WHAT TYPE OF ACCESS THERE WILL BE IN THERE? YEAH, THIS ONE WAS INTERESTING.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LITTLE BIT OF A CHICKEN IN THE EGG, HORSE IN THE CART SORT OF THING.

AS DIRECTOR COFFEY MENTIONED, THE LESTER PROJECT, THIS PONDEROSA HOMES PROJECT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR PROBABLY 10 PLUS YEARS NOW OR SO, 15 YEARS WHEN THEY FIRST ORIGINALLY PROPOSED FOR THIS SITE.

SO, WE DID HAVE A DIRECTOR RESPONDING, AS YOU KNOW, SOME TRAIL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT MOVED FORWARD.

I THINK THE ORIGINAL ANTICIPATION WAS THAT THE STAGING AREA WOULD COME INTO PLACE AND THEN WE WOULD BUILD THE TRAILS, AND IT WOULD ALL CONNECT.

AS SOMETIMES HAPPENS, THE TRAIL PROJECT MOVED FORWARD AHEAD OF THE STAGING AREA.

SO, WE DID BUILD THAT.

THAT WAS A PHILIP SCHULTZ TRAIL WAS BUILT AND CONSTRUCTED LAST YEAR.

AS YOU KNOW, IT IS CURRENTLY IN LAND BANK STATUS AS THIS, YOU KNOW, OUR SORT OF REQUIREMENT AS PROPERTY WILL BE OPENED UP AS IT'S SAFE AND SUITABLE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AS THE STAGING AREA COMES ONLINE AND WE'RE ABLE TO SORT OF YOU KNOW MAKE THAT CONNECTION TO THE TRAIL AREAS THAT AREA WILL BE ALL OPENED UP FROM THEN. SO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF STILL YOU KNOW WHERE THE DEVELOPER WILL BE DEVELOPING THE STAGING AREA AND DEDICATING THAT OVER TO THE PARK DISTRICT. SO, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT ON THEIR TIME FRAME THERE THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE COST OF OF CONSTRUCTION.

BUT WE ALSO DON'T NECESSARILY DRIVE THE SCHEDULE, SO, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AND MONITOR ON THAT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS.

WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? THANK YOU.

HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

THANK YOU.

[Announcements]

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WE'LL BE SURE TO PASS THAT ON TO THE STAFF TOO, I KNOW THEY'D APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WHEN WE DO MEET WITH THE DIFFERENT LEGISLATORS YOU CAN JUST TELL HOW MUCH EFFORT YOUR TEAM HAS PUT INTO PREPARATION.

THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE STAFFERS.

THEY'RE ABLE TO QUICKLY SPEAK ABOUT DIFFERENT ITEMS. AND MANY OF THE OFFICES HAVE A GREAT PICTURE OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS.

SO, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND ALSO, WE ENJOY HEARING FROM YOU, EVEN IF IT WAS A FOURTH TIME IN A ROW.

SO, BECAUSE THE REPORTS ARE ALWAYS, AS DIRECTOR COFFEY SAID, VERY INFORMATIVE, AND WE CAN DEFINITELY SEE HOW PROACTIVE YOUR TEAM, ALLISON BROOKS, AND THEN ALSO BRIAN HOLT IN PLANNING.

WE'LL MOVE TO THE FINAL ITEM, 7TH ADJOURNMENT.

SO, THE TIME IS.

2.40, THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.

GET BETTER, OLIVIA.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.