Jun 22, 2026 Park Advisory Committee

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON AND

[Roll Call]

YES, ABSOLUTELY. MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH? NO. MEMBER CHANG? NO. MEMBER CLAXTON? HERE. HELLO. THANK YOU. MEMBER DEPASCHALIS? HERE. THANK YOU.

MEMBER DETJENS. HERE. THANK YOU. HELLO, MEMBER DIETER.

HERE. THANK YOU. MEMBER HENRY. HERE. MEMBER LOPEZ.

MEMBER MAHADEVAN. NO. MEMBER MARSH IS NOT ONLINE. NO.

MEMBER MENDOZA. HERE. THANK YOU. ONE MOMENT, SORRY. JUST GETTING MORE PEOPLE IN. OKAY, SEEING MEMBER MARSH. MEMBER OBRINGER? HELLO. MEMBER OMOLO, NOT HERE. MEMBER PEOPLES, PRESENT. HELLO, THANK YOU. MEMBER SIMMONS, NOT PRESENT. MEMBER SMITH, I SEE HER IN THE LOBBY HERE. MEMBER VALENZUELA, HERE. HELLO, THANK YOU. MEMBER VASUDEV. OH, WE CAN'T HEAR THEM. WE CAN'T HEAR THEM. SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE AUDIO, BUT OKAY.

OKAY. NO, BUT SHE'S TALKING AS WELL.

AND MEMBER WILLIAMS IS NOT HERE. THANK YOU. AND ALSO, MADAM CLERK, MEMBER CHANG IS ALSO HERE. AWESOME. THANK YOU.

HELLO. VICE CHAIR, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. YES. AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY, AND ON BEHALF OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL OF THE LANDS WITHIN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ARE THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF THE EAST BAY OHLONE, BAY MIWOK, AND THE 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 PEOPLES WHO FIRST CULTIVATED AND INHABITED THIS LAND. THE PARK DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING WAYS TO WORK AND CONSULT WITH EAST BAY TRIBES AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE TRIBAL CITIZENS REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR LAND AND CULTURE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE VILLAGE KNOWN AS HUCHIUN ON CHOCHENYO OHLONE LAND. THANK YOU. APPROVAL

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DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE TO APPROVE. MEMBER DETJENS, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECONDED BY MEMBER PEOPLES.

MADAM CLERK, IF YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. YES, MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH. ONE MOMENT AS WE FIX THEM. AUDIO DIFFICULTIES.

IT SHOULD BE WORKING. IF YOU WANT TO DO IT ON MINE TOO.

OKAY, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE ONLINE GIVE US A TEST, AN AUDIO TEST? SCOTT, CAN YOU SHOUT? ANYONE ONLINE, CAN YOU HEAR US? OKAY, MORE AUDIO ISSUES. TRY

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WONDERFUL. TEST, TEST, TEST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I CAN HEAR THE PANELISTS, BUT I STILL CAN'T HEAR THE ROOM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU CAN'T HEAR THE ROOM, YOU'RE SAYING? OKAY, I'M TESTING. STAFF MEMBER MENDOZA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? VERY, VERY SOFT. YEAH, I HAVE MY, I HAVE MY VOLUME UP ALL THE WAY SO I CAN, I CAN SORT OF HEAR. OKAY, IT'S JUST FAINT.

IT'S REALLY LOW, SO I REALLY CAN'T HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON.

OKAY, SO IT SEEMS THAT THERE WAS A POWER OUTAGE AT SOME POINT AND PART OF OUR AUDIO SYSTEM HAS TO BE REPLACED. SO WE'LL ALL TRY AND AGREE TO KEEP OUR VOLUME UP DURING THE MEETING. SORRY ABOUT THAT, EVERYONE ONLINE.

OKAY, MOVING ON. I WILL NOW EXPLAIN HOW TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SORRY, MADAM CLERK, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE MINUTES. OH, SORRY. YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.

OKAY, SAME PAGE NOW. MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH. AYE. THANK YOU.

MEMBER CHANG? YES. MEMBER CLAXTON? YES. MEMBER DEPASCHALIS? YES. MEMBER DETJENS? AYE. MEMBER DIETER? AYE. MEMBER HENRY? YES.

MEMBER LOPEZ? MEMBER MAHADEVAN IS NOT HERE. MEMBER MARSH? AYE. THANK YOU. MEMBER MENDOZA. AYE. MEMBER OBRINGER. HOLD ON A SECOND.

YES, CHAIRMAN. I MEAN, MEMBER LOPEZ WOULD LIKE TO, I'M SORRY, I NEED TO CHANGE MY VOTE, PLEASE, TO ABSTAIN. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER OBRINGER. YES. THANK YOU.

MEMBER OMOLO IS NOT HERE.

MEMBER PEOPLES. AYE. THANK YOU, MEMBERS. WERE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? I'M HEARING SOME WONDERFUL WIND CHIMES AND TRUCKS GOING BY, SO, BUT I SAID YES, I WAS SUPPORTING THE MINUTES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THE CHAMBER INCREASED THEIR VOLUME.

IT'S VERY LOW AND I CAN BARELY HEAR ANYTHING. AND I HAVE MY VOLUME UP TO 100%. I'M SORRY, MEMBER MARSH, WE ARE WORKING ON THE VOLUME AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO TRY AND KEEP OUR VOLUME AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE. IT'S A TECHNICAL GLITCH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN THE ROOM AS WELL. OKAY, THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

OKAY, MEMBER SMITH. ABSTAIN.

OKAY, THANK YOU. MEMBER VALENZUELA. YES. THANK YOU.

MEMBER VASUDEV. YES. THANK YOU.

OKAY, THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS.

YES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO IN PERSON OR VIA ZOOM. IF ATTENDING IN PERSON, THEY MAY SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD TO THE CLERK'S STAFF OR OTHERWISE INDICATE THEY WISH TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A NON-AGENDA ITEM. IF ATTENDING VIA ZOOM, THEY MAY RAISE THEIR HAND TO INDICATE DESIRE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.

THEIR NAME WILL BE CALLED WHEN IT IS TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, SPEAKERS WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SHARE THEIR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. IF YOU ARE HERE TO PROVIDE A COMMENT REGARDING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL CALL ON INDIVIDUALS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT SPECIFIC ITEM. HAS THE CLERK RECEIVED ANY EMAILS OR SPEAKERS CARDS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ANY ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? NO, WE HAVE NOT.

THANK YOU. AGAIN, WE WILL PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ABOUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AT THE END

[Board Member Comments]

SO I'M GOING TO DO THIS UNCOMFORTABLY LOUD IN THIS ROOM. AND OKAY. SO WARD 6 IS CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA AND SOUTHERN CONTRA COSTA AND A LITTLE BIT OF EASTERN CONTRA COSTA. THAT'S WHAT I REPRESENT.

AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. PERIODICALLY AS I DO AND TO CATCH UP WITH FOLKS. AND IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, FOR ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS TO DO THAT FROM TIME TO TIME.

I'VE BEEN GIVEN A SUGGESTED TOPIC HERE TODAY THAT KIND OF FITS INTO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, AND THAT IS TRAILS AND TRAIL USE, TRAIL USERS, CERTAIN TRAIL USERS MAYBE. AND SO I WILL DO THAT. AND SO I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH AN OPPORTUNITY I HAD A FEW DAYS AGO. I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK TO THE ALAMO IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. AND THEY WANTED

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BUT THE THING IS, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN ALAMO, I MEAN, I THINK I SWEAR EVERYBODY GOES OUT THERE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A GREAT RESOURCE AND IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY.

EVERYBODY CAN DO SOMETHING OUT THERE. SO THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND I HAVE MY OWN EXPERIENCE WITH IT AND MY OWN OBSERVATIONS, BUT I THINK WHAT THEY WANTED WAS MORE OF LIKE THE ENFORCEMENT THING THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON THERE OR NOT GOING ON OUT THERE. AND SO I INVITED A POLICE OFFICER TO COME ON, ONE OF OURS, TO COME OUT SO I HAD LIEUTENANT GUZMAN JOIN ME AND TAKE OVER THAT PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT TALKED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ENFORCEMENT OUT THERE.

AND I ACTUALLY LEARNED SOME STUFF I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TOOLS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION BEING THE NUMBER ONE THING AND, YOU KNOW, CITATIONS ARE ANOTHER. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ISSUE A CITATION. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ALL THE LEGAL THINGS, BUT IT'S NOT A SIMPLE THING BECAUSE OF THE VEHICLE CODE AND WHAT THE TRAIL IS. A TRAIL ISN'T A ROAD. SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE HARD.

BUT THEY KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE BECAUSE WE TELL THEM WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AND THEY OBSERVE IT AND THEY HAVE WAYS OF DEALING WITH IT USING MOTORCYCLES AND ACTUALLY HELICOPTERS TOO. I WAS SURPRISED AT THAT. SO THAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE. WE'RE ALSO USING, AND THEN KIND OF GETTING AWAY FROM THAT PRESENTATION, JUST MORE GENERAL, WE'RE ALSO USING MESSAGE BOARDS IN DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND THE DISTRICT. I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOMETHING OUT THERE WHERE THE IRON HORSE TRAIL CROSSES THE CANAL TRAIL. THERE'S BEEN SOMETHING OUT THERE. WE ALSO USE TABLING, TABLING BY OUR VOLUNTEER SAFETY PATROL.

AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE LITERATURE AND KIND OF INFORM FOLKS ABOUT WHAT'S OKAY OUT THERE AND WHAT'S NOT.

AND, YOU KNOW, TELL THEM ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SORTS OF DEVICES, WE CALL THEM DEVICES, DEVICES THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED OUT THERE, LIKE SCOOTERS ARE NOT, ALTHOUGH EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE THERE EVERYWHERE. E-MOTOS ARE BASICALLY MOTORCYCLES. THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED THERE. BUT THE THING THAT, AGAIN, NOW I'LL GET BACK TO THE POLICE. THE THING THAT THEY HAVE ALWAYS TOLD ME IS IT'S MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE AND SAFER TO ENFORCE THE BEHAVIOR RATHER THAN WHAT YOU'RE DOING IT ON. SO IF YOU'RE GOING 23 MILES AN HOUR IN A 15-MILE-AN-HOUR ZONE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU'RE ON.

THAT'S NOT OKAY. OR IF YOU'RE ZIGZAGGING AROUND, THAT'S NOT OKAY. SO THAT'S KIND OF THEIR FOCUS. THERE ARE ALSO, AND ACTUALLY ERIC KNOWS MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME STATE LAWS THAT ARE KIND OF STATE BILLS, SOME BILLS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE THAT WILL HELP GET AT THIS ISSUE THAT REVOLVE AROUND SELLING THE DEVICES, LIKE AN E-MOTO, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT MANDATORY TO INFORM THE BUYERS LIKE WHAT THESE CAN'T DO, WHERE YOU CAN'T GO. AND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN DUE TO SOME OPPOSITION. BUT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY HAVE A LOT OF FAITH THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THERE IS A SOLUTION THERE THAT WILL REDUCE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE. BECAUSE THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS DOING DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT ON A COUNTY AND CITY AND TOWN LEVEL. AND I DON'T THINK THAT, THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY EASIER FOR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S OKAY AND WHAT'S NOT. SO I KNOW I WANT TO KIND OF GIVE SOME RECOGNITION TO THE TOWN OF DANVILLE. THEY HAVE BEEN OUT, AND WALNUT CREEK TOO, THEY HAVE BEEN OUT THERE PROACTIVELY DOING SOME ENFORCEMENT, NOT NECESSARILY ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, BUT JUST IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFISCATION. THEY DID A LITTLE BIT OF CITING THE PARENTS FOR LETTING THEIR 13-YEAR-OLD RIDE

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IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS. WHEN AUTOMOBILES FIRST CAME INTO USE IN THE EARLY 1900S, THERE WEREN'T ANY UNIFORM LAWS.

I STUDIED THIS. IT WAS A FREE-FOR-ALL THROUGH ALL THE TOWNS. THE HORSES WERE STILL AROUND.

HORSES WERE GOING CRAZY. BUT THAT HAPPENS A LOT LESS NOW, A LOT LESS NOW BECAUSE THE STATE GOT BEHIND IT AND THEY CODIFIED, MADE THEIR REGULATIONS UNIFORM AND HAD STANDARDS ON HOW YOU PUT SIGNAGE UP AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO IT KIND OF CALMED DOWN. I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THIS ISSUE. WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR ARMS AROUND IT, BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. SO I DON'T WANT TO GO ANY MORE THAN THAT.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I REALLY WANTED TO MENTION OUT THERE.

IN DANVILLE, I AM MEETING WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE THERE IN TRYING TO GET SOME ENFORCEMENT AND SOME CONTROL ON WEDNESDAY. AND THERE WILL BE A POLICE, ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS WITH ME. AND THIS PERSON HAS A LOT OF CONTACT WITH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WHAT I'M HOPING IS TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THEN HE CAN TELL A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE. SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING AT ALL, NECESSARILY JUST THIS, BUT ANYTHING AT ALL, I'M HERE. SO WHAT DO YOU GOT? THANK YOU, DIRECTOR MERCURIO.

COULD YOU ALSO, COULD YOU TOUCH ON WHEN YOU WERE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, JUST IN TERMS OF TO GIVE PERSPECTIVE ON HOW BIG A DEAL THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC? CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF EMAILS YOU GOT AROUND THIS ISSUE AND HOW THAT COMPARED TO OTHER ISSUES YOU WERE CONTACTED ON? WELL, YES, THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I HEAR ABOUT. AND I TOLD YOU, BASICALLY, MY WARD EXTENDS FROM BRIONES TO DISCOVERY BAY. THIS IS BY FAR THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I HEAR ABOUT.

AND IT'S NOT, I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME IN ALAMO. IT'S, I DON'T GO THERE ANYMORE BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER ALMOST GOT RUN OVER AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TEACH HER HOW TO RIDE HER BIKE. SO THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT, WELL, WHAT HAPPENED WAS SOMEBODY PUT A QR CODE ON A POST THAT LEADS ONTO THE IRON HORSE TRAIL. AND WHEN, AND I WENT AND I SCANNED IT. I WAS CURIOUS. AND IT CREATED AN EMAIL TO ME. AND THE MAYOR OF, AND THE MAYOR OF WALNUT CREEK AND KEN CARLSON ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND SO FOLKS WERE SENDING THOSE THINGS. AND I GOT ABOUT, I NEVER COUNTED, BUT ABOUT 80 EMAILS, ABOUT THAT, OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS. AT FIRST, I WAS VERY, LET'S JUST SAY I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED.

BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, I REALIZED THAT I HAD, NOW I HAD CONNECTION TO ALL THOSE, I HAD EMAILS.

AND SO I WAS ABLE TO SEND NOTICES OUT TO THEM AND TELL THEM WHAT WE WERE DOING.

AND SO IT WAS, I CONSIDER IT TO BE A NET POSITIVE. IT'S JUST THAT IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK. BUT I DIDN'T CONTACT THEM ALL. I'M A LITTLE BEHIND.

BUT I WAS ABLE TO KEEP THEM INFORMED A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON. I HEAR YOU AND I WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE WOULD SEND SOMETHING BACK, RARELY, BUT THEY'D SAY, I CAN'T BELIEVE ANYBODY REPLIED TO THIS. YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS, THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.

BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT TO ME SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THE DISTRICT OUGHT TO BE DOING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTRY POINTS ONTO THE IRON HORSE TRAIL AND ELSEWHERE, PUTTING UP A QR CODE THAT TAKES YOU TO THAT, THAT KIND OF INFORMATION. AND YOU KNOW, NOT SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. THIS WAS A PRIVATE CITIZEN THAT DID IT. AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT SURE HOW IT HAPPENED, BUT I ENDED UP MEETING THE PERSON THAT DID IT. AND WE'RE BUDDIES NOW. SO IT'S GOOD.

MEMBER LOPEZ. SURE. IN TERMS OF, LIKE, USAGE AND SO FORTH, I MEAN, APART FROM THE DANGER TO PEOPLE, PEDESTRIANS AND CHILDREN AND SO FORTH, LIKE, WHAT KIND OF I MEAN, I PRESUME THERE'S A BIG IMPACT, BUT I, CAN YOU GO IN, MAYBE YOU CAN PROVIDE SOME DETAILS AS TO, LIKE, THE IMPACT TO, LIKE, THE, LIKE, WILDLIFE AND HABITAT AND EVERYTHING WITH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BEING, I GUESS, OUT OF, OUT OF THE ORDINARY? WELL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, SO IT'S THROUGH SUBURBIA BASICALLY. SO I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S NO WILDLIFE AT ALL THROUGH, AT ALL THROUGH THE TRAIL? YOU KNOW, I'D HAVE TO, I'D HAVE TO CHECK INTO THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY WILDLIFE CAMERAS ALONG THERE OR NOT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE UP IN PLEASANTON RIDGE OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE CAN LOOK AND SEE ABOUT THAT SORT OF STUFF. BUT I'M NOT SURE THERE'S REALLY ANY WAY TO KNOW THAT ANSWER FOR THAT PARTICULAR, SO IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OR NOT THERE

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SO DO POLICE EVER JUST DETAIN SOMEBODY THAT THEY SEE OR THEY CAN SEE IS SPEEDING WHEN THEY'RE THERE? JUST SAY, STOP. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT ARRESTING THEM OR CITING THEM, BUT DETAIN THEM AND SAY, YOUR BEHAVIOR IS ENDANGERING OTHER PEOPLE. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS, EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

AND SORRY TO INTERRUPT, I THINK IN OUR PRESENTATION THEY'RE GONNA PUT IN HOW MANY INCIDENTS, HOW MANY CITATIONS, HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY TALKED TO.

SO MEMBER CLARKSON, WE'RE GONNA GET DETAILS ON THAT. AND YEAH, THANK YOU. HELLO, CAPTAIN KOTCHER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR MERCURIO? AND HE WILL BE HERE FOR THE WHOLE MEETING, SO YEAH, IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING. I'LL BE HERE AFTERWARDS TOO. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIRECTOR MCCURRY. THANK YOU.

RIGHT ON. WE HAVE NO ACTION

[Informational Items]

LET'S SEE. HEY, EVERYBODY.

MAX KORTEN, ACTING GENERAL MANAGER. AND THANK YOU. THIS IS ONE OF, LIKE, THE 2 TOPICS BESIDES THE EARLIER ONE ABOUT VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. THIS IS SORT OF THE SECOND ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE PAC, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT ON IT. AS DIRECTOR MERCURIO MENTIONED, THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY HIGH PRIORITY.

WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT IT, AND OUR OPERATIONS DIVISION, OUR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION, AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION ALL ARE WORKING TOGETHER CLOSELY. AND EVERY TIME WE CONNECT WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WORKING TOGETHER ON.

BUT IT'S, AS DIRECTOR MERCURIO MENTIONED, THIS IS A MUCH BIGGER ISSUE THAN JUST THE PARK SERVICE BY, OR THE PARK DISTRICT BY ITSELF. IT'S REALLY ALL OF THE LOCAL ENTITIES, ALL THE COUNTIES, EVERYONE ACROSS THE STATE. THERE'S A LOT OF STATE BILLS AROUND THIS. SO THIS IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS HERE TODAY.

AND SO JUST APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT WORKING ON IN A VACUUM. WE REALLY APPRECIATE PARTNERSHIP AROUND IT. AND SO THERE'LL BE OTHER FOLKS TO HELP SPEAK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THIS AS WELL.

BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR HELP IN THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN APPROACH THIS. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS TO DO WITH E-BIKES, BUT EVEN MORE SO, JUST LIKE IN THIS PICTURE, IT'S THE SORT OF E-MOTOS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE TYPICAL CLASSIFICATION OF E-BIKES THAT HAVE BEEN A PARTICULAR CHALLENGE, AND ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. I CAN SHARE I CAME TO EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS FROM THE COUNTY OF MARIN. WE HAD SOME REALLY TRAGIC ACCIDENTS INVOLVING YOUNG PEOPLE AND SO OUR WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, THERE WAS REALLY A PUSH TO PROVIDE SOME FURTHER GUIDANCE FOR ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE AND SO THERE WAS SOME STATE LEGISLATION THAT PILOTED A SPECIFIC PROGRAM IN MARIN COUNTY AROUND ESPECIALLY E-BIKES AND THESE E-MOTOS. SO THAT BEING SAID, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LISA, WHO'S GOING TO LEAD THIS PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL. SO TODAY IS OUR EDUCATION INFORMATION CONVERSATION. THIS IS THE FIRST OF OUR 4-MONTH SEQUENCE IN JULY WHILE YOU ALL ARE ON RECESS. WE ARE LEAVING YOU TODAY WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK ON THIS TOPIC. AND SO WE CAN TALK THROUGH THOSE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. WHEN WE COME BACK TOGETHER IN AUGUST, IT'LL BE ANOTHER WORKSHOP FORMAT WHERE WE TALK THROUGH THE ISSUE AND REALLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND GIVE SUGGESTIONS TO THE PARK DISTRICT BASED OFF WHAT YOU LEARNED. AND THEN CONCLUDING WITH A RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT IN SEPTEMBER. SO THIS IS THE FIRST OF THAT SEQUENCE ONCE AGAIN.

AND MUCH LIKE THE LAST TOPIC YOU HAD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SERIES OF SPEAKERS FROM DIFFERENT PARK DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS TODAY. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY SOME OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS FROM AROUND THE REGION AND THE STATE. SO TO GET US GOING, AND THANK YOU TO ELSA FOR PULLING TOGETHER THIS PRESENTATION. TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAIL STEWARDSHIP AND SAFETY, AND THAT REALLY MEANS HOW ARE WE CARING FOR THE TRAILS AND CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER ON THE TRAILS TO CREATE A SAFE, HEALTHFUL ENVIRONMENT. AND SO THIS IS COMING FROM A REQUEST FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT OVER THE NEXT 4 MEETINGS THE PAC WILL DIVE INTO EMERGING TRAIL USE CONCERNS RELATED TO THE USE OF E-BIKES ON PARK

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OUR PUBLIC SAFETY IS HOW THEY'RE RESPONDING TO TRAIL CONCERNS, AND THEY HAVE SOME WONDERFUL STATISTICS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH US. SO REALLY DIVING INTO THE DATA AND THE DETAILS.

WE'LL HAVE OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING TO COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY ON TRAILS AND ESPECIALLY SAFETY FOR YOUTH ON TRAILS. IT'S GREAT THAT KIDS ARE USING BIKES TO GET TO SCHOOLS, BUT WE WANT THEM TO USE BICYCLES SAFELY AND NOT MOTORCYCLES OR OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION THAT'S NOT SAFE OR LEGAL FOR THEM. WE'LL BE HEARING FROM OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ON HOW THEY'RE SEEING COMMUNITIES RESPOND TO AND WHAT THEIR ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING AROUND THESE GROWING AND CHANGING USES OF TRAILS. THEN OUR GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS TEAM WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE STATE LEGISLATION THAT'S MOVING ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT SPANS SO MANY JURISDICTIONS. HAVING CLEAR DIRECTION AT THE STATE LEVEL IS WONDERFULLY HELPFUL. AND THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL WILL BE DOING, WHERE WE'LL BE GOING FROM HERE, AND WHAT QUESTIONS WE'RE HOPING YOU CAN HELP US ANSWER. AND SO JUST FOUNDATIONALLY, THE PARK DISTRICT, WE MANAGE OVER 13,000 MILES OF TRAILS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE PUT FORWARD AN E-BIKE POLICY. SO ON OUR TRAILS, CLASS 1 AND CLASS 2 ARE PERMITTED ON ANY PAVED OR REGIONAL TRAILS.

CLASS 1 IS PERMITTED WHERE ALL BICYCLES ARE ALLOWED, BUT WE DO NOT ALLOW CLASS 3 OR E-SCOOTERS ON EAST BAY PARKS TRAILS. AND THIS IS PER OUR ORDINANCE 38. THIS IS A VERY HIGH-LEVEL SYNOPSIS, BUT IF THAT'S PART OF YOUR SORT OF REVIEW OF DETAILS AND DATA, YOU WANT TO DIVE INTO ORDINANCE 38, WE'RE HAPPY TO GET YOU A LINK. IT'S QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL SECTION ON BICYCLE USE. SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO GET THAT OVER TO YOU FOR SOME READING. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO OUR DIVISION LEAD OF OPERATIONS, ROBERT KENNEDY, TO SPEAK TO WHAT OUR PARK OPERATIONS DOES IN RELATION TO TRAILS.

GOOD EVENING. ROBERT KENNEDY, DIVISION LEAD FOR PARK OPERATIONS. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGES ABOVE, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE WORK THAT OUR COCOA TRAILS FOLKS HANDLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE DO A LOT OF VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, SO WE'RE KEEPING A LOT OF THOSE CORRIDORS CLEAR OF THE TREES AND VEGETATION THAT WILL KIND OF ENCROACH ONTO THE TRAIL, ALONG WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TRAIL, LIGHT TRAIL WORK THAT IMPACTS USERS. EXCUSE ME, MR. KENNY, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. I JUST GOT A NOTE THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH AUDIO.

IF WE TAKE A 5 TO 10 MINUTE BREAK, WE THINK THAT THE PEOPLE ATTENDING REMOTELY WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR US, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. YEAH. SO SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF. NO PROBLEM. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 5 TO 10 MINUTE BREAK, AND THEN WE'LL JUMP BACK, AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN HEAR US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SOUNDS GOOD. HEY, FOLKS, IF YOU COULD PLEASE RETAKE YOUR SEATS. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE SITTING DOWN. ALL RIGHT, MR. KENNEDY, BACK TO YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR YOUR PATIENCE WHILE WE GET EVERYTHING RESTORED. CONTINUE ON. THANKS, EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT, MAKE SURE THIS IS TURNED ON.

AGAIN, ROBERT KENNEDY, DIVISION LEAD FOR PARK OPERATIONS. JUST GIVING YOU A RUNDOWN OF ALL THE HARD WORK.

YES, NO PROBLEM. SORRY. NO, DO YOUR THING. ALL RIGHT. NOW YOU CAN SEE THE PRESENTATION. SO AS I WAS SAYING, ALL THE HARD WORK THAT OUR PARK OPERATION TEAM DOES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CORRIDOR THAT OUR FOLKS ARE TRAVELING ON ARE SAFE, FREE OF HAZARDS, AND ARE ENJOYABLE. AND SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR TIME IS ENSURING THOSE EXPERIENCES, THOSE RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES. WE DEAL WITH A NUMBER OF HAZARDOUS TREES ALONG THE CORRIDORS, AND THOSE ARE TREES THAT ARE FROM OUR PROPERTY ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY OR VICE VERSA.

ANYTHING THAT'S OVERHANGING THE CORRIDOR THAT POTENTIALLY HAS A TARGET SITE, WHICH IS OUR TRAIL OR POTENTIAL USERS, WE WANT TO GET RID OF.

SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT

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YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE DEBRIS GETTING PULLED UP FROM THE SIDES.

OF THE TRAILS, JUST AGAIN TO IMPROVE THAT EXPERIENCE.

ONE OF THE OTHER ADDITIONAL AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS YEAR WAS BROUGHT UP WITH THE BOLLARDS THAT SPLIT THE TRAIL FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. IT DIDN'T HAVE REFLECTIVE TAPE ON THERE. AND SO WE'VE BEEN PUTTING 3-STRIPING ALONG A LOT OF THE BOLLARDS ALONG THE IRON HORSE CANAL AND THE LAW OF MERINDA TRAIL. AND SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AS YOU NAVIGATE THAT CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE SLOW YOUR ROLL CAMPAIGN. AND SO OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN DEPLOYING A SPEED LIMIT SIGN AND LIGHT BOARD THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR JUST TO INFORM PARKGOERS OF THEIR CURRENT SPEED IN EFFORTS TO HOPEFULLY, ONE, EDUCATE THEM ON THEIR SPEED AND THE FACT THAT IN SOME CASES THEY'RE GOING IN EXCESS OF THAT. AND THAT'S NOT JUST E-BIKES, THAT'S BIKES OF ALL FORM. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR USERS THAT ARE ENJOYING THE TRAIL, WHETHER THAT BE ON SCOOTERS, E-BIKES, OR REGULAR BIKES, ARE ADHERING TO THE RULES. WE'VE DEPLOYED THOSE IN 14 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TRAIL SYSTEM, AND WE'VE BEEN SEEING IMPROVEMENTS. OUR STAFF FROM TIME TO TIME DO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST MORE FROM AN EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACTS OF YOUR EQUIPMENT IS ON THE TRAILS AND HOW THAT MIGHT MAKE USERS, YOU KNOW, SHY TO COME OUT OR SCARED TO NAVIGATE THIS ALONGSIDE OF YOU? AND SO AGAIN, OUR STAFF DO AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND THE UPKEEP AND HAZARD MITIGATION.

AND THAT'S JUST A FRACTION OF THE THINGS THAT THEY IMPACT.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT POISON OAK ALONG CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CORRIDOR. AND SO FROM TIME TO TIME YOU'LL SEE OUR TRUCKS ALONG THE TRAIL SPRAYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT STAYS BACK AND DOESN'T IMPACT OUR USER GROUP. SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST BIKES. IT'S MORE THAN JUST HAZARDOUS TREES. IT'S A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE, TOUCH, AND FEEL OUT THERE ON THE TRAIL. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE WILLING TO FIELD. AND THEN HE'LL BE WITH US FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL. AND A FUN FACT I WANT TO POINT OUT ON THIS SLIDE THAT ELSA PULLED IS THAT THE MILES OF TRAILS THAT OUR OPERATIONS TEAM IS MAINTAINING IS ALMOST 2 TIMES ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND SO THAT'S QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL LENGTH. AND SO NEXT UP IS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM WHO ARE JOINING US ONLINE.

SO I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO CAPTAIN KOTCHER AND JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT ME TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE FOR YOU.

NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? PERFECT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS TERRENCE KOTCHER. I'M THE OPERATIONS CAPTAIN FOR THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I'M GOING TO BE GUIDING YOU THROUGH THE NEXT HANDFUL OF SLIDES AS WE CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT TRAIL SAFETY. SO PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION PROMOTES SAFE TRAIL USE THROUGH 3 INTERCONNECTED PILLARS. AND AS OUR NAME KIND OF DENOTES, TRAIL SAFETY IS REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF WHAT WE'RE GOING AFTER. SO EVERYTHING WE DO IS IN THE PERPETUATION OF SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR PARK USERS, NO MATTER WHAT CONVEYANCE.

THEY ARE ON. SO THOSE 3 PILLARS FOR US ARE EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, AND ENFORCEMENT.

AND REALLY, WE LOOK AT A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS THAT WE RESPOND TO ON A DAILY BASIS IN THE PARK DISTRICT THROUGH THE LENS OF THESE 3 PILLARS, THESE INTERCONNECTED PILLARS.

YOU CANNOT HAVE TRUE SUCCESS IN COMBATING ANY OF THESE ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S TRAIL CONFLICTS OR CAR BREAK-INS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PUT INTO THAT TRIANGLE BETWEEN THESE 3.

WITHOUT A STRONG REPRESENTATION FROM ALL 3 LEGS. SO WE DO THAT IN A HANDFUL OF DIFFERENT WAYS. REALLY, WE LOOK AT IT IN 4 MAJOR BUCKETS THROUGH OUR NORMAL PATROL OF OUR OFFICERS OUT ON THEIR BEAT RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE. THAT'S A WAY IN WHICH WE'RE HANDLING SOME OF THESE ISSUES WITH DIRECTED PATROL THROUGH OUR PATROL PRIORITY PROGRAM, WHERE INFORMATION GETS ELICITED EITHER FROM PARK STAFF FROM OUR OWN POLICE OFFICER STAFF OR FROM THE PUBLIC THAT IDENTIFIES AN AREA IN WHICH ILLICIT ACTIVITY IS TAKING PLACE.

EXCUSE ME. AND THEN ANOTHER FOR THE EDUCATION PIECE, OUR VOLUNTEER TRAIL SAFETY PATROL IS OUT EVERY WEEK, MULTIPLE DAYS A WEEK DOING TABLING AT HOTSPOT LOCATIONS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THROUGH DATA, TRYING TO MAKE PEER-TO-PEER INTERACTIONS WITH TRAIL USERS TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPECTATION OF CONDUCT IS. A LOT OF TIME THAT EDUCATION PIECE GETS MISSED AND A LOT OF FOCUS GETS PUT ON ENFORCEMENT, WHICH HAS SHOWN NOT TO BE ALWAYS THE BEST OUTCOME FOR THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FACE. AGAIN, ALL 3 OF THESE ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING A BALANCE OF ALL OF THEM. WE ALSO

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BEFORE OR AFTER THEY GET ONTO OUR RESOURCE. WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT COORDINATION, AND MY COUNTERPART, MR. KENNEDY, JUST DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF TEAMING ME UP FOR THIS, WE COORDINATE WITH PARK OPERATIONS QUITE A BIT, MAKING SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT WE SEE OUT ON THE TRAIL, WHETHER IT'S ROOTS INTERFERING WITH THE PAVEMENT OR THE EXAMPLE OF MARKING THOSE TRAIL BOLLARDS, THAT WAS A COLLABORATION THROUGH COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC THROUGH OUR 2 ORGANIZATIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT WORK GETS DONE AGAIN TO PROMOTE TRAIL SAFETY. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. THE SLOW YOUR ROLL CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN GREAT AND WE'VE PARTNERED WITH OUTSIDE AGENCIES IN THAT EFFORT AS WELL.

REALLY, THE, WE LOOK TO MONITOR EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BUT SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE REGIONAL TRAILS, WE'RE LOOKING AT CONDITIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT INCIDENTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT FEEDBACK. AND THAT IS REALLY ONE OF THE ASKS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD MAKE TO ALL OF YOU IN YOUR CAPACITY IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE PERPETUATING OUR MESSAGE THAT IF YOU DO SEE SOMETHING, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

DATA. IS KING, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT 2 SLIDES. BUT THE MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN GET US ABOUT WHERE THESE INCIDENTS ARE TAKING PLACE AND ANY DESCRIPTION ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING AND WHO IS COMMITTING THE INFRACTIONS OR WHATEVER IS BEING REPORTED, THAT'S A DATA POINT THAT I CAN USE OR THAT OUR AGENCY CAN USE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET AN OFFICER ON THE SPOT IN THE MOMENT TO MAKE A CORRECTION. AND WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE THAT AND BE AS EFFICIENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

SO I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT ONE OF THE ASKS FROM PUBLIC SAFETY IS MAKING SURE THAT ANYBODY THAT YOU RUN INTO WHILE YOU'RE USING THE TRAIL OR IN THE CAPACITY FROM THE PACK HAS THE INFORMATION FOR OUR DISPATCH AND FEELS EMPOWERED TO GIVE US A CALL ANYTIME THEY'RE SEEING ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, ANYTHING UNSAFE, SO THAT WE CAN CREATE THAT DATA POINT AND THEN ADD IT TO THE LIST SO WE CAN ADDRESS IT AS NEEDED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THE NEXT 2 SLIDES ARE GOING TO BE COMPARISON BETWEEN 2025 AND YEAR-TO-DATE 2026. WE ARE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE IRON HORSE TRAIL AND THE CONTRA COSTA CANAL TRAIL. THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF OTHER TRAILS THAT INTERCONNECT SOME COMMUNITIES IN OUR PARK DISTRICT. THE ALAMEDA CREEK TRAIL, DELTA DE ANZA TRAIL, THE LAFAYETTE MORAGA TRAIL. THOSE, THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS AND THE NUMBER OF INTERACTIONS THAT WE HAVE ARE REALLY DE MINIMIS COMPARATIVELY TO THESE 2 TRAILS, AND REALLY THE, THE KING OF USAGE FOR US, WHAT WE SEE IS THE IRON HORSE TRAIL. SO LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE INCIDENTS, ALL OF LAST YEAR WE RECORDED 702 TOTAL INCIDENTS. SO THAT'S EITHER A FIRE OR POLICE CALL OF SOMEBODY ASKING FOR SOMETHING, WHETHER IT IS A SPEEDING BICYCLIST OR IT'S FOUND PROPERTY. OR IT IS A, AN ASSAULT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT OCCURRED ON THE TRAIL. IN TOTAL, STAFF ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL LAST YEAR, 34.5 HOURS IN TOTAL TIME. OF THAT 702 INCIDENTS, APPROXIMATELY 111 WERE E-BIKE RELATED OR E-MOTO RELATED. THAT'S ABOUT 15%. WE ISSUED 19 CITATIONS FOR A MYRIAD OF THINGS, INCLUDING SPEED. AND ALSO ILLEGAL CAMPING, AND WE HAD 15 REPORTED ACCIDENTS, BICYCLE ACCIDENTS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. YOU CAN LOOK OVER TO YOUR RIGHT AND SEE IN THE COXCROFT CANAL TRAIL FAR FEWER INCIDENTS, WHICH IS CORRESPONDING WITH FEWER E-BIKE RELATED INCIDENTS, AND THEN FAR LESS TIME BEING ENFORCED THERE BASED ON THE INCIDENTS CREATED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO NOW, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT OUR YEAR TO DATE. 2026, OUR TIME OR OUR ENFORCEMENT, OUR EDUCATION, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE'RE SPENDING OUT ON THE TRAILS HAS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED JUST IN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OR 5 AND A HALF MONTHS WHEN THESE STATS WERE TAKEN. WE'VE ALREADY SURPASSED THE AMOUNT OF ENFORCEMENT TIME FROM ALL OF LAST YEAR. CURRENTLY, WE ARE SITTING AT 216 TOTAL INCIDENTS.

30% OF THOSE INCIDENTS ARE E-BIKE OR E-MOTO RELATED.

THAT'S 66. WE'VE ISSUED 5 CITATIONS AND WE'VE HAD REPORTED 9 ACCIDENTS

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THANK YOU. THIS EFFORT HAS BEEN REFERENCED BY BOTH OUR OPERATIONS AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM, BUT OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON A SLOW YOUR ROLL. EDUCATION EFFORT WHERE WE'RE HANDING OUT THESE MATERIALS ACROSS THE REGION. WE HAVE PLENTY HERE TODAY IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOME. AND REALLY STRIVING TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AROUND SLOWING DOWN, WEARING A HELMET, STAYING ON DESIGNATED TRAILS, WHICH TYPES OF E-BIKES ARE PERMITTED, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AROUND SORT OF THE GUIDANCE OF TRAIL USE ON OUR WEBSITE.

THIS MESSAGE IS BEING PUSHED OUT THROUGH POSTCARDS, IN OUR REGIONAL NATURE ACTIVITY GUIDE, THROUGH OUR E-NEWS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD OUR VOLUNTEER TRAIL SAFETY PATROL TABLING OUT ON THE TRAIL, HAVING INTERACTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAIL SAFETY, WHERE THEY'RE EQUIPPED WITH THESE MATERIALS AS WELL.

AND SO REALLY THIS IS ONE APPROACH THAT WE'VE BEEN TAKING, BUT WE'RE NOT ALONE IN STRIVING TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT. AND SO AROUND THE BAY AREA, AS WELL AS AROUND THE STATE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF ENTITIES WHO ARE TRYING DIFFERENT APPROACHES, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'D LIKE YOU ALL TO HELP US EXPLORE AND FOCUS ON. SO IN MARIN, THEY'VE CREATED AN E-BIKERS CLUB THAT'S REALLY CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE, WELCOMING USE OF E-BIKE, BUT ALSO EDUCATION AROUND WHAT MAKES FOR SAFE E-BIKES FOR PARENTS AND YOUTH. THEY HAVE SO MANY COOL GRAPHICS. I HAD A HARD TIME PICKING, BUT THIS IS ONE OF LIKE 10.

YOU SHOULD GO ON THEIR WEBSITE. RAILS TO TRAILS HAS A SHARE THE TRAIL EDUCATION EFFORT OUT AROUND JUST DIFFERENT TRAIL USES THAT YOU'LL SEE AND SORT OF HOW YOU CAN SAFELY AND KINDLY USE THE TRAIL WITH OTHERS. OUR PARTNERS IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, THIS IS A GRAPHIC PULLED FROM VIDEOS THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR INSTAGRAM AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE THEY HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS SHARING VERBALLY TIPS AND INSIGHTS ON HOW TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT TYPES OF E-BIKES, WHAT MAKES FOR SAFE TRAIL USE, ETC. AND THEN IN MARIN, THE SLOW AND SAY HELLO CAMPAIGN EFFORT, WHICH MEMBER BARTLEY HAS BROUGHT UP A NUMBER OF TIMES, IS ONE THAT'S OUT THERE AND QUITE VISIBLE.

HOWEVER, THESE ARE JUST A FEW.

THIS IS A NEW AND GROWING AREA OF INTEREST. AND SO TO SPEAK TO KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE SEEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IN COMPLEMENT TO THE WORK OF THE PARK DISTRICT. I'D NOW LIKE TO INVITE UP, WE HAVE 3 GUEST SPEAKERS JUST TO SHARE HIGH-LEVEL COMMENTS ABOUT THEIR ORGANIZATION. AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND BE A RESOURCE THROUGHOUT THIS SORT OF FOCUSED TOPIC FOR US. SO FIRST UP, I'D LIKE TO INVITE ROBERT FROM BIKE EAST BAY.

HEY, EVERYBODY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS ROBERT PRINS. I WORK AS ADVOCACY DIRECTOR WITH BIKE EAST BAY REPRESENTING ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES.

ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE COORDINATING WITH EAST BAY PARKS. WE'RE 2 OF THE ONLY AGENCIES OR GROUPS THAT LOOK BETWEEN THE 2 COUNTIES OF THE BROADER EAST BAY. SO WE DEFINITELY SHARE A LOT OF INTEREST AND OVERLAP IN OUR JURISDICTIONS. I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR BIKE EAST BAY FOR AROUND 15 YEARS. I ACTUALLY STARTED AS A BIKE SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM INSTRUCTOR.

AND TOOK OVER AND MANAGED THAT PROGRAM FOR AROUND 10 YEARS. IT'S NOW ONE OF THE LARGEST FREE, MAINLY ADULT AND FAMILY-FOCUSED BIKE ED PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY.

AND THEN I SWITCHED OVER AND I'M NOW WORKING AS ADVOCACY DIRECTOR, WORKING ON PLANS, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND POLICY WORK THROUGHOUT THE 2 COUNTIES. AND OUR ORGANIZATION WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS EAST BAY BIKE COALITION, SAME GROUP BUT FOUNDED BACK IN 1972. SO WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY ALONG WITH THE EAST BAY PARKS DISTRICT. SOME OF THE STUFF WE'VE WORKED ON TOGETHER IN THE PAST INCLUDES ORIGINAL E-BIKE PILOT THAT INFORMED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRENT RULES THAT WERE NOTED EARLY IN THE PRESENTATION. WE WERE HAPPY TO COORDINATE AND SUPPORT THAT PILOT PROJECT TO GROUND TRUTH SOME OF THE IDEAS ABOUT E-BIKE ACCESS ON THE TRAILS BEFORE MAKING IT OFFICIAL POLICY, AND THANKFUL FOR THE BOARD WHO VOTED TO APPROVE THAT. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEM, EAST BAY PARKS, ON THE DISTRICT PLAN OUTREACH AS A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.

AND IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, WE'VE GOT A RIDE COMING UP NEXT MONTH IN JULY BETWEEN OAKLAND AND ALAMEDA WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE PLAN, GET SOME SURVEYS FILLED OUT, AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. SOME

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WE'RE NOT HEARING THE SAME THING ABOUT THE LEVEL OF CONCERNS ABOUT E-BIKES. AND IT'S BEEN VERY INTERESTING TO SEE SOME OF THE DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED THAT SHOWS EVEN ALONG THE TRAIL SYSTEMS AND THE TRAILS NETWORK, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY CONSISTENT AS WELL.

SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN HEARING, TRYING TO FIND OUT ABOUT, ARE WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE JURISDICTIONS AND THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT ARE INFORMING THOSE OUTCOMES. AND ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT'S BASED ON DATA. THERE WAS A STUDY THAT WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THE MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE, THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER THAT PROVIDED A LOT OF REALLY GREAT INVESTIGATION INTO E-BIKE SAFETY ISSUES ACROSS THE STATE AND LOOKING AT OTHER REGIONS AS WELL AND COMPARING IT. 2 OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS THAT THEY HAD IS JUST THE DATA IS NOT GOOD. THE AMOUNT OF CRASH DATA WE HAVE, ABOUT 50% OF ALL THE BIKE CRASHES THAT HAPPEN THAT ARE REPORTED, WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE A BIKE OR AN E-BIKE. SO IT'S ABOUT HALF OF IT RIGHT THERE. ABOUT 7% OF THE CRASHES THAT WE DO KNOW WERE AN E-DEVICE, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A LEGAL E-BIKE OR SOME OTHER ILLEGAL E-MOTO.

WITHOUT THAT DATA, IT'S REALLY HARD TO MAKE RESPONSIBLE POLICY ACTIONS ON HOW TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM IF WE DON'T HAVE A REALLY FIRM IDEA ABOUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SUPPORT ARE EFFORTS ON THE STATE LEVEL TO CHANGE UP HOW CRASH REPORTING HAPPENS TO BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO BETTER DATA TO INFORM POLICY DECISIONS GOING FORWARD. THE OTHER THING THE MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE SAID WAS THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS A BIG ISSUE. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING AS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOME OF THE JURISDICTIONS THAT THESE TRAILS NETWORKS RUN THROUGH.

ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND EAST ALAMEDA COUNTY, THOSE ARE 2 OF THE AREAS THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAVE BEEN DOING THE LEAST IN THE EAST BAY WITH REGARDS TO TO PROGRESSIVE PROTECTED ON-STREET BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND AS A RESULT, THE TRAILS NETWORKS ARE REALLY GREAT TO RIDE ON, BUT THOSE ARE JUST VERY, YOU KNOW, BARE-BONES LEVEL OF SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE IN SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT MEETS THOSE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES GUIDELINES. AND SO WE THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE SEEING OVERCROWDING ON THAT LIMITED TRAIL NETWORK AS A RESULT, WHEREAS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT DEMAND IS GETTING SPREAD OUT MORE THROUGHOUT MORE FACILITIES. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADVOCATING FOR WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES IS FOR THEM TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL. MANY OF THEM HAVE BIKE PLANS THAT THEY'VE BEEN SITTING ON FOR A LONG TIME. I'M NOT GOING TO PICK ON THIS SPECIFICALLY, BUT ONE EXAMPLE IS SAN RAMON.

THEY PASSED A BIKE PLAN IN 2018 THAT HAD A DOZEN PROTECTED BIKEWAYS RECOMMENDED. SO THEY'VE BUILT NONE OF THEM SO FAR, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON A BIKE PLAN UPDATE RIGHT NOW THAT WILL HOPEFULLY RESULT IN BETTER OUTCOMES THAN THE ONE FROM 2018. BUT WE SEE THE IRON HORSE TRAIL ISSUES THROUGH SAN RAMON AS BEING PARTLY A RESULT OF THAT. IT'S CONCENTRATING A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE ON, WHETHER IT'S A LEGAL OR ILLEGAL DEVICE, YOU GET, YOU KNOW, CROWDED CONDITIONS ON TRAILS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CONFLICTS. WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT GET SPREAD OUT MORE, BUT ALSO ELEVATE SAFETY OVERALL. I'D MENTIONED WE RESPOND TO A LOT OF FATAL AND SEVERE CRASHES AND ADVOCATE FOR DESIGN AND EDUCATION SOLUTIONS TO HELP MITIGATE THEM.

HONESTLY, WE ARE NOT SEEING A LOT OF FATAL AND SEVERE E-BIKE COLLISIONS WITHIN THE EAST BAY. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW, SADLY, BUT IT'S NOT A TREND THAT WE'RE SEEING. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING ARE FATAL CRASHES ARE HAPPENING EVEN IN SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES. ALAMO WAS CALLED OUT, FOR INSTANCE. THE LAST FATAL BIKE CRASH IN ALAMO WAS 2024 ON LIVORNO ROAD NEAR 680. IT WAS NOT AN E-BIKE RIDER, IT WAS A SENIOR CYCLIST.

A DRIVER PULLED OUT FROM A PARKING SPOT AND MADE A U-TURN ACROSS THEIR PATH AND STRUCK AND KILLED THEM. WE ATTEMPTED TO REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY TO WORK ON INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS AFTER THAT AND DID NOT, NEVER HEARD BACK. LAST YEAR, THE LAST FATAL BIKE CRASH IN WALNUT CREEK, FOR INSTANCE, ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THE PEDAL BIKE RIDER IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WAS HIT AN ADULT KILLED BY A CAR DRIVER.

WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE CITY AFTER THAT, NEVER HEARD BACK. SO WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE A DEDICATED FOCUS IN THESE JURISDICTIONS ON STREET SAFETY ISSUES, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FOCUSED IN THE AREA THAT'LL HAVE THE MOST IMPACT.

AGAIN, REALLY WELL-INFORMED BY DATA. ANOTHER THING WE WOULD LIKE TO, AND I'LL LEAVE WITH THIS, ANOTHER THING WE'D LIKE TO REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ADVOCATE FOR IS MORE FUNDING FOR THE EXISTING E-BIKE REBATE PROGRAMS. THERE'S ONE RIGHT NOW IN ALAMEDA COUNTY THROUGH AVA COMMUNITY ENERGY, AND ANOTHER ONE IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY THAT'S RUN BY 511CC OR WHATEVER THEIR NAME IS CURRENTLY. THOSE HAVE BOTH BEEN SUPER POPULAR, AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT IS IF YOU GET THE REBATE, THERE'S A SPECIFIC LIST OF E-BIKES THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO PURCHASE WITH THAT REBATE MONEY, WHICH MEANS YOU CAN KIND OF START, YOU KNOW, INFLUENCING PEOPLE AND GET, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE BUYING SAFE AND LEGAL DEVICES AS OPPOSED TO THESE ILLEGAL E-MOTOS THAT GO FASTER AND

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AND ALSO THEY HAVE TO BE BOUGHT FROM A LOCAL SHOP. SO NOT ONLY SUPPORTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY AS A RESULT, BUT THEY'RE FORMING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT SHOP FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS OF FUNDING LEFT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET REFUNDED. AGAIN, THEY'VE BEEN SUPER POPULAR. WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF UPTAKE ON THESE E-BIKE REBATE PROGRAMS. WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WHEN THE OPPORTUNITIES COME UP TO HEAR SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED FUNDING ON THOSE SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE WITH SAFE AND LEGAL E-BIKES, CONNECTIONS TO LOCAL SHOPS, AND SUPPORTING LOCAL ECONOMY AT THE SAME TIME. THANKS. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM NOW OR PASS THEM ALONG. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE HAVE JOHN ADAMS FROM THE BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF THE EAST BAY.

HELLO. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ON? OKAY, GREAT. A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON BTCEB. WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1987. WE'RE A MOUNTAIN BIKING ORGANIZATION, AND WE WERE FOUNDED ON THE, BASICALLY IN RESPONSE TO THE PARK DISTRICT ORIGINALLY LOOKING TO BAN MOUNTAIN BIKES IN THE PARKS ALTOGETHER. SO WE'RE COMING ON THE 40 YEARS NOW. BUT AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WE ARE FOCUSED ON TRAIL STEWARDSHIP, MOUNTAIN BIKE ADVOCACY, AND BUILDING COMMUNITY ON TRAILS. AND SO WITH THAT STEWARDSHIP, THOUGH, WE FOCUS A LOT OF OUR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS ON HELPING THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE OTHER LAND MANAGERS MAINTAIN TRAILS. RIGHT. THAT'S OUR RELATIONSHIP HERE. AND SO WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE CITY OF OAKLAND FOR JOAQUIN MILLER PARK. WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST FOR FERNANDEZ RANCH AND, OF COURSE, MULTIPLE PARKS IN THE PARK DISTRICT, INCLUDING CROCKETT HILLS. WE ARE ALSO CO-FOUNDERS OF THE OAKLAND BIKE PATROL, WHICH IS A SAFETY MECHANISM FOR THE JOAQUIN MILLER PARK AND OTHER PARKS IN THE AREA. AND WE ACTIVELY MAINTAIN THEIR BUDGET FOR KEEPING THEM TRAINED ON FIRST AID AND MAINTAINING THEIR FIRST AID KITS ARE UP TO DATE OR STANDARDIZED.

RIGHT. SO AS AN ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, WE ARE FOCUSED ON NATURAL TRAILS. AND PART OF THAT IS WE DO BELIEVE CLASS 1 E-BIKES SHOULD HAVE ACCESS WHEREVER BIKES HAVE ACCESS, WHETHER IT'S NATURAL OR PAVED TRAILS. I THINK WHAT'S INTERESTING THOUGH IS AS AN ORGANIZATION AND AS A COMMUNITY, WE'RE NOT SEEING THESE E-MOTOS OR OUT-OF-CLASS DEVICES AS MUCH ON THE TRAILS. IT SEEMS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE HARD DATA, BUT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN FAIRLY GOOD AT SELF-POLICING OR CALLING OUT THOSE WHO DON'T BELONG WHERE THEY, THEY SHOULDN'T BE. THAT SAID THOUGH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A COMPLEX SITUATION.

THE BIKES AND THE BATTERIES AND THE TECHNOLOGY IS RAPIDLY EVOLVING AND RAPIDLY GETTING CHEAPER, REALLY CHEAP. YOU CAN GO TO COSTCO AND BUY AN E-MOTO FOR $1,400. SO IT'S, WE RECOGNIZE IT'S A QUICKLY, RAPIDLY EVOLVING MARKET.

UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE DOES CLEARLY DEFINE WHAT BICYCLES ARE. FOR CLASS 1, 2, AND 3.

AND WE LOOK TO OUR PARTNERS AT CAMTB TO WORK AT THE STATE LEVEL TO REALLY DEFINE THESE OUT-OF-CLASS DEVICES. RIGHT. AND SO WHERE WE SEE THE MAIN ACTIONS OR AREAS OF ACTION NEEDED ARE REALLY ENFORCEMENT THROUGH EXISTING LAWS AND EDUCATION, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT. YOUR PACKETS ARE EXCELLENT AND TRAIL ETIQUETTE. RIGHT. WE SEE E-BIKE USERS AS A NEW USER GROUP. YOU KNOW, DOG WALKERS, HIKERS, PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, AND THEN E-BIKE USERS ARE YET ANOTHER GROUP. AND SO REALLY IT IS ABOUT HOW DO WE MANAGE THE CONFLICT BETWEEN USER GROUPS AND HOW DO WE SPREAD THAT OUT.

SO FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE MOUNTAIN BIKE ACCESS AND MORE SINGLETRACK IN THE PARKS AND SPREAD THAT OUT AND GET THE MOUNTAIN BIKES OFF THE HIGH-USE AREAS WHERE THEY'RE GREATLY LIMITED, RIGHT? AND THEN ALSO THE POWER AND SPEED ISSUES WITH E-BIKES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AT THE STATE LEVEL BECAUSE AS PART OF OUR STEWARDSHIP, RIGHT, WE BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A LIMIT TO E-BIKE POWER. TOO MUCH TORQUE DESTROYS THE TRAILS.

CLASS 1 E-BIKES REALLY DON'T AFFECT TRAILS. THAT'S WHY THE STATE LEVEL AND FEDERAL LEVEL AND MULTIPLE STATES ARE OPENING UP TRAILS TO CLASS 1 E-BIKES, RIGHT? AND SO WE STAND FIRM WITH THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE STAND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR, OR INPUT FROM US AS AN ORGANIZATION? NOPE. YEAH, COOL. THANK YOU.

AND TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT STATE PERSPECTIVE, OUR LAST SPEAKER THAT WE'LL BRING

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I'LL JUST KNEEL DOWN SO I CAN SPEAK INTO IT. I'M ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE THE CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN BIKING COALITION. AND AS JOHN NOTED, THE CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN BIKING COALITION'S MISSION IS TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE SUSTAINABLE BIKE-FRIENDLY TRAILS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA BY LEVERAGING A UNIFIED STATEWIDE PLATFORM FOR MOUNTAIN BIKERS AND GRAVEL GRAVEL RIDERS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE ARE FOUNDED MUCH MORE RECENTLY THAN THE 1970S OR THE '80S, ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO, TO PROVIDE A SORT OF STATEWIDE POLICY PERSPECTIVE FOR, WE'RE NOW UP TO 45, MAYBE 40-SOMETHING LOCAL TRAIL STEWARDSHIP GROUPS SUCH AS THE BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF THE EAST BAY. AND WE STARTED, OUR ORGANIZATION STARTED AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT E-MOUNTAIN BIKES BECAME A THING AND E-BIKES BECAME A THING. IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. SO ONE OF OUR EARLIER THINGS THAT WE DID IS A STATEMENT ON E-BIKES, WHICH YOU'RE WELCOME TO READ.

YOU CAN FIND ON THE WEBSITE. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU, SHARING SIMILAR THINGS, THAT CLASS 1 E-BIKES HAVE VERY SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS TO MOUNTAIN BIKES, RIGHT? THEY'RE PEDALED, THEY DON'T GO ALL THAT FAST, THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THAT MUCH POWER. AND SO THAT'S SORT OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SORT OF PILLARS ALL ABOUT LIKE, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN GOING FORWARD? BECAUSE AS YOU'VE SEEN E-BIKES HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWS EVERYWHERE THIS YEAR. THERE'S BEEN A FLURRY OF LEGISLATION.

AND WE'RE SORT OF RESPONDING TO IT FROM THIS POSITION.

BUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN A LARGER PICTURE, RIGHT? SO WE THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE HOW DOES THIS ACCESS PROVIDE HUMANS BETTER ACCESS TO TRAILS? WHAT'S THE BEST EXPERIENCE PEOPLE CAN THINK ABOUT? WHAT'S THE BEST PUBLIC SAFETY POLICIES, RIGHT? SO OUR MEMBERS ARE TRAIL STEWARDSHIP GROUPS.

WE ARE NOT OURSELVES TRAIL STEWARDSHIP GROUPS. SO LIKE I'VE BEEN A BIKE COMMUTER FOR DECADES. I ALSO RUN TRAIL STEWARDSHIP GROUPS. FRANCISCO ON THE GROUND THERE, BUT NOT IN THIS CONTEXT. PROTECTING OUR RESOURCES, RIGHT? WHAT ARE THE POLICIES WHICH PROTECT THAT? AND REFINING THE TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT? SO HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE THAT THESE DEVICES THAT PEOPLE USE BE APPROPRIATE AND IN CONTEXT WITH E-BIKES, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE ALL SEEING THE E-MOTO SITUATION. SO AS I MENTIONED, AND I THINK I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS REALLY QUICKLY, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF LEGISLATION OUT THIS YEAR.

THE BIG ONE, WHICH BASICALLY ALL THE ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE SUPPORTING, INCLUDING THE INDUSTRY GROUPS, IS KNOWN AS SB 1167. AND IT'S A REALLY BIG BILL. THE BIG THING IT TALKS ABOUT IS THAT, SORT OF THE HEADLINE IS THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELL AN E-MOTO AS AN E-BICYCLE.

RIGHT? SO WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE HEARING PEOPLE GO INTO THE STORE AND SAY, I WANT A BIKE FOR MY KID. AND THE STORE'S LIKE, THIS IS THE BIGGEST, BADDEST BIKE EVER, AND THEN PEOPLE GO BUY THIS THING THAT GOES 40 MILES AN HOUR AND THE KID GOES AND HURTS THEMSELVES OR SOMEBODY ELSE.

THIS WILL PREVENT THAT. IT'S GOT A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS, SO IT REQUIRES BETTER LABELING.

SO, YOU KNOW, BEHAVIOR IS EASIER TO ENFORCE THAN DEVICES, BUT NONETHELESS, HAVING A DEVICE AND KNOWING WHAT IT IS WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS IS EASY.

THERE'S A BUNCH OF, I HEARD SOME INTERESTING STORIES ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THE WORLD ACTUALLY ARE SORT OF TESTING THESE ON THE GROUND IF THEY ENCOUNTER SOMEONE WITH BAD BEHAVIOR. THE OTHER THING ADDRESSES SOMETHING ROBERT MENTIONED, WHICH IS THAT INCIDENT REPORTS FROM THE CHP AND MAYBE OTHER AGENCIES WILL HAVE THE INFORMATION FROM THIS LABEL RECORDED WITH THEM SO THAT IF THERE'S FUTURE STUDIES, THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO BETTER RESEARCH INTO THAT. SO WE'RE VERY MUCH SUPPORTING THAT. THERE'S A COUPLE BILLS WE HAVEN'T BEEN SUPPORTING, INCLUDING SOME ABOUT SPEED LIMITS. ONE OF THE THINGS WHICH THE PILOT MENTIONED IN MARIN, THERE'S A SIMILAR PILOT IN SAN DIEGO, AND THERE'S ONE WHICH IS BEING RECOMMENDED POSSIBLY IN SAN MATEO COUNTY. SO WE'LL HAVE 2 DIFFERENT PILOTS POTENTIALLY LOCALLY ABOUT YOUTH AND E-BIKES SPECIFICALLY. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE, THE KEY THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, RIGHT? WHICH IS WE SEE THIS SORT OF HOW DO WE KEEP THESE, THERE'S A DIFFERENT CLASS OF USER, BUT HOW DO WE KEEP IT VERY SIMILAR SO THAT THE BEHAVIOR FROM THE TOOL IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE, THE CONTEXT IT'S IN? I ALSO JUST WANT TO REFERENCE THE REST OF THE STAFF REPORT REFERENCED SOME REALLY EXCELLENT DOCUMENTS ON LIKE WHAT OTHER PLACES ARE DOING.

THE RAILS TO TRAILS IS EXCELLENT DOCUMENTATION, WHICH IS REFERENCED IN THE PACKET. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPPORTERS OF SORT OF THE DIRECTION THAT THE DISTRICT IS GOING. SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT AND HOPE YOU GUYS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. THEY SAID I COULD BRING HANDOUTS. I DON'T HAVE HANDOUTS EXCEPT STICKERS IF ANYONE WANTS SOME. I'LL LEAVE THEM IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM HERE. YES. COULD YOU REPEAT THE BILLS THAT YOU ARE NOT SUPPORTING? THE BIG ONES WHICH WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING. LET'S SEE, I DIDN'T MENTION THEM. THE, THE ONE WHICH WE, WHICH WE OPPOSED WAS AB 1942, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE LICENSE PLATES FOR CLASS 2 AND CLASS 3 E-BIKES, RIGHT? AND THIS IS SORT OF LIKE DIRECTIONALLY REALLY COMPLICATED, RIGHT? WE HAVE THIS SCENARIO RIGHT NOW WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, HOW DO YOU MANAGE IT? AND IT'S,

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THAT'S THE BIG ONE WE OPPOSED.

THERE'S A BUNCH OF THINGS WE'RE NEUTRAL ON. AB 2346 ACTUALLY JUST CHANGED LIKE 2 DAYS AGO, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH SPEED LIMITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND HEADLIGHTS.

WE'RE SORT OF TAKING A NEUTRAL STANCE ON THAT, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER BIG ONE WHICH IS LIKELY TO GO THROUGH. AND I THINK YOU'LL HEAR A BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE SHORTLY. MEMBER LOPEZ. THANK YOU. JUST SOME CLARIFICATION. SO THE CLASS 3 CAN GO UP TO 40 MILES PER HOUR? NO. SO CLASS 1, THE REGULATIONS ON CLASS 1 IS THEY CAN GO UP TO 20 MILES AN HOUR, THEY'RE ONLY PEDAL-ASSISTED, RIGHT? SO DO THAT. AND THEY ALSO HAVE A 750-WATT LIMIT, WHICH IS BEING INCLUDED. CLASS 2 IS THROTTLE UP TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. AND THEN CLASS 3 IS 28 MILES AN HOUR WITH THIS REALLY INTERESTING RESTRICTION THAT I THINK THE THROTTLE IS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BRING YOU TO 20, AND THEN YOU CAN PEDAL UP TO 28. I'M NOT QUITE SURE THE ORIGIN OF THAT. IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING CLASS. SO I'M CONFUSED. AND THIS IS NOT REALLY A, THIS IS A CHALLENGE. IT'S ACTUALLY JUST A QUESTION SORT OF COMING FROM IGNORANCE ON MY PART. IF YOU HAVE A CLASS 3 BIKE THAT CAN GO FASTER OR AS FAST AS THE SPEED LIMIT AROUND A SCHOOL, WHY WOULD ADVOCACY GROUPS BE OPPOSED TO HAVING A LICENSE PLATE, LIKE IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY, THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LICENSE PLATE, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THERE MAY BE A TEST INVOLVED OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE LICENSURE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE THE ABILITY TO, WHEN GETTING A LICENSE FOR THE VEHICLE, OF HAVING LIKE SOME PUBLIC EDUCATION AT THE DMV. IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU GET THIS, BUT YOU HAVE TO PASS THIS TEST TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. I FEEL LIKE THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE REALLY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, REALLY, I MEAN, IN MY OPINION, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF YOU HAVE A HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM FOR CHILDREN, YOU HAVE A HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I THINK.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A BIKE ADVOCACY GROUP, YEAH, NOT A CHALLENGE, BUT HOLD ON.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO BE ON THEIR BIKES, BUT THEY MAY ACTUALLY BE GOING TO SCHOOL FASTER THAN THE POST-DISPUTE LIMIT, IT SEEMS AWFULLY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, THEM BEING MINORS, RIGHT? SO YEAH, I FEEL THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE, AND I, I KNOW YOU SAID IT'S COMPLICATED, MULTI-LAYERED, BUT REALLY MY COMP, MY, MY QUESTION, MY, MY INTENTION HERE IS REALLY FOR THAT, THAT DIALOGUE AND SORT OF HAVING AN OPEN MIND AS TO THE VARIOUS SCENARIOS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE MORE UNIVERSAL, RIGHT? YEAH, I HEAR YOU ON THAT BECAUSE IT JUST TIES INTO LIKE, WHERE ARE THE BOUNDARIES? WELL, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A TRAIL THAT'S PRIMARILY URBAN, SOME SUBURBAN LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN THIS MEETING, PERHAPS THAT'S BEING USED AS A MEANS OF ACCESSING THE SCHOOL. I MEAN, IT'S VERY, IT'S VERY PROBABLE, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS TO BE A I THINK IN PUBLIC POLICY, THE ABILITY TO SEE THAT THE PERFECT CAN BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU.

YEAH, THANK YOU. AGE LIMIT.

YES, SO A NUMBER OF THE CLASSES, NOW I'M FORGETTING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE AN AGE LIMIT. SO 16 AND UNDER, I BELIEVE, IS CLASS 3 IS RESTRICTED FROM. AND SO SOME OF THESE BILLS ARE INTRODUCING AGE LIMITS TO THEM SO THAT IF YOU'RE A YOUTH, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO EVEN HAVE A CLASS 3 BIKE FOR SURE. THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. AND MAYBE SOME OF THE CLASS 2 ONES. CERTAINLY SOME OF THE PILOTS SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT CLASS 2. I THINK THE MARIN ONE DOES. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE SAN MATEO, SAN DIEGO ONE. AND THE E-MOTO IS COMPLETELY OUT OF THIS RANGE.

THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT, RIGHT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THIS BILL DOES IS IT REALIGNS, THE SENATE BILL REALIGNS A BUNCH OF THINGS AND CATEGORIZES MOPEDS AND E-MOTOS. AND THE IDEA THERE IS, SO ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS WHICH HAPPENED PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS THE ABILITY FOR OFF-ROAD E-MOTOS TO EVEN BE A LEGAL THING IN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE VINS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE'S TRYING TO CREATE THESE NEW CATEGORIES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE SMALL-SCALE TRANSPORTATION IS BETTER. I'M SPEAKING, I'M BOTH A COMMUTER BUT A MOUNTAIN BIKE ADVOCATE.

SO HOW DO WE HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FOR THESE THINGS IS SOMETHING WHICH EVERYONE IS THINKING ABOUT AND WORKING ON. SO IT LOOKS LIKE SB 167 IS MOVING ALONG PRETTY WELL, 37-NOTHING, I GUESS. DO YOU, ARE YOU ASKING FOR ANY SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE? LIKE, DO YOU NEED LETTERS OR ANYTHING, OR DOES IT LOOK LIKE THAT'S GONNA GO THROUGH? I'M NOT SURE I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. CERTAINLY THAT BILL HAS LOTS OF SUPPORT AND NO KNOWN OPPOSITION. THE DEADLINE FOR THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE HAPPEN TO BE TODAY BECAUSE WE SUBMITTED A LETTER FOR THAT.

BUT CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW,

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AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE, YES, OFFICER MATTHEW.

TO JUST CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ON STATE BILLS, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO ERIC TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS BEEN DOING IN TERMS OF ENGAGING AT THE STATE LEVEL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, LISA. AND MUCH OF WHAT I HAD PREPARED TO SAY HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID. I WANT TO THANK OUR ADVOCACY FOLKS FOR ATTENDING IN PERSON. AND THEN ALSO FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK THEY'RE DOING ON THE VARIOUS BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED. AND ALSO THE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY. I KNOW JOHN MUIR HEALTH AND I THINK MAX MENTIONED MARIN, A LOT OF THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS HAVE STEPPED UP THEIR ADVOCACY WORK ON PROVIDING SOME UNIFORMITY AROUND E-BIKES AND E-MOTOS IN THE STATE. AND OUR BOARD ADVOCATED FOR STATE LEGISLATION, NOT A SPECIFIC BILL PER SE, BUT HAVING SOME STATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROVIDE UNIFORMITY WHEN WE WENT TO SACRAMENTO IN APRIL AND MET WITH OUR DELEGATION. SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR 3 FOCUS TOPIC ITEMS FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS.

WE, I SHOULD MENTION, WE DO SUPPORT SB 1167 THAT BRUCE MENTIONED. AND THE BILL REGARDING LICENSE PLATES ACTUALLY HAS BEEN HELD IN WHAT, WHAT IN SACRAMENTO THEY CALL SUSPENSE, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS IT'S NOT ADVANCING THIS YEAR. BUT OF THE 10 BILLS THAT WE IDENTIFIED, 5 ARE ACTUALLY ADVANCING. SO ONE OF THEM IS SB 1167. THERE'S ALSO AN E-BIKE TRAINING BILL THAT'S ADVANCING. THERE'S LEGISLATION REGARDING SPEEDOMETERS AND HAVING LIGHTS ON E-BIKES. I THINK, I THINK IT WAS MATTHEW MENTIONED THE SAN MATEO SAFETY PILOT PROGRAM. THAT'S ADVANCING. ADVANCING. AND THEN ALSO THERE'S THE, THERE'S AN EFFORT BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER WICKS THAT ROBERT PRESENTED TO US FROM BIKE EAST BAY REGARDING ESSENTIALLY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ROAD SAFETY. A LOT OF THESE, A LOT OF THE ISSUES ARE IN FACT RELATED TO TRAFFIC ON ROADS AND NOT AS MUCH NECESSARILY ON RECREATIONAL TRAILS OR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION TRAILS. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER BILL THAT WAS ADVANCING, BUT IT WAS WHAT THEY CALLED GUTTED AND AMENDED, WHICH MEANS IT CHANGED ITS FOCUS FROM ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION TO SPATIAL MAPPING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE. SO IT'S, IT'S STILL ADVANCING, BUT IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT BILL. WE WILL KNOW BY SEPTEMBER 30TH WHICH BILLS ARE SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. AND THAT WILL INFORM OUR 2027 STRATEGY AS WELL AS COMMUNICATING, CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR PARTNERS. AND THEN I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AN ARTICLE THAT WAS ACTUALLY APPEARED, I BELIEVE, YESTERDAY WITH REGARD TO THE TOWN OF DANVILLE AND SOME OF THE EFFORTS THEY'RE PURSUING TO LIMIT E-BIKES IN PARKS AND ACTUALLY HAVING SPEED LIMITS.

AND WHAT'S PARTICULARLY INTERESTING IS AT THE VERY END, THE TOWN MANAGER, TY WILLIAMS, SAYS, WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT REALLY THE COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION MUST COME FROM THE LEGISLATURE, BECAUSE THE LAST THING THAT ANY OF US WHO RIDE BIKES OR SCOOTERS WANT TO DO IS TRAVEL THROUGH A PATCHWORK OF DIFFERENT ORDINANCES FROM CITY TO CITY. THEY ARE A TOWN, BUT WE DO HAVE THIS ARTICLE AVAILABLE. IT'S THE EXACT KIND OF INFORMATION UP AT THE TABLE THERE. IT'S THE EXACT KIND OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE HOPING TO LEARN THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH THE PAC TO HELP INFORM STATEWIDE ADVOCACY STRATEGY.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR FOCUSING ON THAT, AND THEN WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

ONE OTHER THING I DID WANT TO MENTION ALSO ON THE COUNTER ARE THESE SLOW YOUR ROLL POSTCARDS. I'M NOT SURE IF WE MADE THAT, MADE CLEAR THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE, BUT JESS IS DEMONSTRATING AND SO IS FRANCES. SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO THANK AGAIN OUR PRESENTERS, AND I'LL HAND IT BACK TO LISA. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT I'LL MAKE ON THIS SLIDE IS ASSEMBLYMEMBER LORI WILSON, WHO FEATURED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THIS SLIDE. SHE'S A MEMBER OF OUR DELEGATION. SHE'S UP IN THE DELTA REGION, AND SHE'S THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION. AND WHEN OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WENT TO SACRAMENTO RECENTLY, SHE REALLY EMPHASIZED AND SHARED WITH THEM HER COMMITMENT TO FINDING A SAFE PATH FORWARD

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RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE WILDFIRE STUDY IN THAT THAT WAS ALREADY A COHESIVE REPORT THAT YOU WERE HELPING TO REFLECT ON. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AS YOU HEARD TODAY, DIFFERENT TEAMS ARE APPROACHING. WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER, WE'RE COLLABORATING ON IT, BUT THE REPORT HERE WILL BE REALLY UNIQUE AND FROM THE PAC. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL ON THAT. WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS FOR YOU TO UNDERTAKE A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF TRAIL SAFETY EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS AND APPROACHES AT THE LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATEWIDE, AND NATIONAL LEVEL. SO HERE IN THE EAST BAY, WE HAVE 33 CITIES, WE HAVE 2 COUNTIES, BUT WE'RE ALSO A PEER TO LOS ANGELES AND OTHER AREAS. AND SO UNDERSTANDING HOW DIFFERENT FOLKS ARE APPROACHING THIS, BOTH WITHIN CALIFORNIA AND BEYOND, IS GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL TO US.

AND THIS IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM YOUR PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENT, WHICH WAS TO GO OUT AND TALK TO FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WELCOME YOU, PLEASE GO OUT AND TALK TO FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT ALSO, PLEASE DO SOME RESEARCH. DO SOME DEEP DIVING. EXPLORE WHAT YOUR CITY IS DOING. IS THERE A BIKE ORDINANCE IN YOUR CITY, ET CETERA? SO AS I SHARE THESE 3 QUESTIONS, I'LL READ THEM OUT LOUD. HAVE THAT IN MIND THAT THIS IS A BIT OF A RESEARCH PROJECT THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DIVE IN. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE.

BUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU ALL TO COME BACK READY TO ANSWER AT THE WORKSHOP IN AUGUST IS WHAT TRAIL SAFETY PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS, OR INITIATIVES ARE OTHER AGENCIES IMPLEMENTING? SO WE GAVE A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES TODAY, LIKE THE SLOW YOUR ROLL OR THE MARIN BIKE CLUB. WE KNOW THERE'S MORE OUT THERE, AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU WHAT YOU FIND, WHAT YOUR, YOU KNOW, SISTER-IN-LAW'S KID IN KENTUCKY IS A PART OF, ETC.

LIKE, THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO KNOW AND HEAR FROM YOU. HOW EFFECTIVE HAVE THESE EFFORTS BEEN, AND HOW ARE OUTCOMES BEING MEASURED? SO WE NOTED TODAY SOME DIFFERENT METRICS. AROUND SAFETY, BUT ALSO THAT IT IS A CHALLENGING THING TO QUANTIFY. AND THE MORE INFORMATION AND DATA THAT WE CAN MEASURE, THE BETTER WE CAN PUT REGULATIONS AND SAFETY PROCEDURES IN PLACE. AND THEN OUR 3RD QUESTION IS, WHAT BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED CAN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT APPLY TO ITS OWN TRAIL SAFETY NETWORK? SO WHAT CAN WE PULL AND LEARN FROM OTHERS? AND WE'RE LOOKING THEN FOR UNIQUE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FROM YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR AMENITIES, OUR SERVICES. SO WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING, BUT OF WHAT YOU LEARNED, WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GREAT THAT YOU THINK WOULD WORK WELL IN THIS COMMUNITY GIVEN OUR CULTURE, OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, AND OUR SIZE? SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THIS BACK FOR CONVERSATION ON AUGUST 24TH AT OUR, IT'S ACTUALLY OUR NEXT PAC MEETING BECAUSE WE HAVE THE JULY SUMMER RECESS. AND SO WE'RE HOPING BETWEEN NOW AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO SOME RESEARCH, SPEND SOME TIME ANSWERING THESE 3 QUESTIONS AND BRINGING THEM BACK FOR DISCUSSION. AND SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS TODAY, PARTICULARLY OUR GUEST SPEAKERS WHO CAME ALL THE WAY TO OUR HEADQUARTERS TO TALK WITH US, AND OPEN IT UP, ACTUALLY HAND IT BACK TO THE CHAIR WHO CAN OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. FIRST, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, WE DO NOT. OKAY. SO DISCUSSION, COMMENTS, FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS? MEMBER PEOPLES.

I, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, WITH MY BACKGROUND IN POLICY, I MEAN, THIS IS A REALLY MAJOR POLICY KIND OF A FOCUS ON A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE WHICH GOES WELL BEYOND THE PARK DISTRICT. I THINK IT'S, IT'S IN THAT CONTEXT, I THINK WHAT DIRECTOR MACCHIARO MENTIONED IS WORTH CONSIDERING, IS THAT IT'S BEEN 125 YEARS PLUS NOW SINCE WE'VE HAD AUTOMOBILES IN THIS COUNTRY, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF LEARNING ON THAT. AND I THINK UNDERSTANDING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT HISTORY WOULD HELP TO ILLUMINATE WHAT CAN BE DONE HERE. IN PARTICULAR, I'M AWARE OF A, THE INITIATIVE, TODAY WE HAVE THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ACT AND THE BOARD THAT ADMINISTERS THAT.

THAT WAS DEVELOPED, THAT LEGISLATION WAS DEVELOPED, I THINK, IN THE 1960S. DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN, FORMER SENATOR AND WHATNOT, WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT. AND ONE

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AND THEY APPLIED THOSE KINDS OF CONCEPTS TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. THE PATHOGEN, OF COURSE, WAS THE VEHICLES THAT ARE ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VECTOR WOULD BE THE HIGHWAYS THEMSELVES, AND THEN THEY HAD THE VICTIMS. AND COMING OUT OF THAT IS HIGHWAY PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRE A LOT MORE SAFETY MECHANISMS ON CARS, SEAT BELTS, AIRBAGS, COLLAPSIBLE STEERING WHEELS, CAGES. THAT DON'T COLLAPSE IN AN ACCIDENT AND SO FORTH.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT CAME OUT OF THIS IS MAJOR CHANGES IN DESIGN STANDARDS FOR HIGHWAYS, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN JERSEY WALLS, PUTTING IN GUARDRAILS AROUND BRIDGE ABUTMENTS AND SO FORTH.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO THINK IN TERMS OF AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODEL HERE.

WHAT ARE THE THE MAJOR COMPONENTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH, IF WE CAN IDENTIFY THEM AND THEN THINK IN TERMS OF WHICH ONES CAN BE ADDRESSED BOTH, YOU KNOW, AT A STATE LEVEL, YOU KNOW, A VERY BROAD LEVEL, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE PARK DISTRICT, WHAT THE PARK DISTRICT CAN DO. SO IN THAT CONTEXT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PERHAPS HAVE MORE THAN JUST ONE ADDITIONAL MEETING.

FOR THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THIS. THERE'S A LOT THERE. I MEAN, JUST LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF AUTOMOBILE SAFETY, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST 125 YEARS COULD BE FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL.

BUT IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE DOING AND THAT WE NEED TO PUT THE ATTENTION ONTO IT.

MEMBER TETJENS. CHAIR, AM I CORRECT THAT WE ARE IN CLARIFYING QUESTION MODE RATHER THAN COMMENT MODE? OKAY, I HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY QUESTION FOR THE CAPTAIN. YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT A LOT OF THE INFORMATION YOU GET IS FEEDBACK FROM TRAIL USERS AND ENCOURAGED US TO, I GUESS, CALL DISPATCH IF WE SAW SOMETHING. I WANTED TO MAYBE ASK ASK WHAT OTHER VENUES DOES THE PARK DISTRICT HAVE FOR REPORTING INFORMATION.

I JUST RETURNED FROM A EUROPEAN TRIP, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES ON THE UNDERGROUND IN LONDON, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.

AND IT'S SEE IT, SAY IT, SORT IT, AND CALL US AT 016610. AND ALSO ON BART GOING TO THE AIRPORT, I NOTICED THEY HAD AN APP WHERE YOU COULD ANONYMOUSLY REPORT DIFFERENT THINGS. AND I'M CURIOUS, AND I GENERALLY DON'T KNOW, DOES THE PARK DISTRICT HAVE ANY OF THOSE KIND OF PUBLIC-FACING MECHANISMS THAT IF WE ARE OUT ON THE TRAIL SYSTEM, WE DO GET CUT OFF BY AN E-BIKE OR AN E-MOTO, WE TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF IT? IS THERE A MECHANISM BESIDES JUST CALLING DISPATCH? HELLO. YES, TERRENCE COTCHER, CAPTAIN, REGIONAL PARKS. YES, SO THE DISTRICT DOES THROUGH EXTERNAL AFFAIRS HAVE A, AND I'M BLANKING ON THE EXACT NAME OF IT, BUT ON THE WEBSITE YOU CAN REPORT AN INCIDENT. AND IT'S PRETTY PREVALENTLY PLACED ON, I THINK, THE FRONT PAGE WHERE EITHER ANONYMOUSLY OR THROUGH, PUT YOUR NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, REPORT ANYTHING THAT OCCURS WITHIN PARK DISTRICT JURISDICTION. WE DO NOT HAVE AN APP. WE DO NOT HAVE, IT'S A BALANCE, AT LEAST IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST, OF HOW MUCH SIGNAGE WE PUT UP VERSUS TAKING AWAY FROM THE BEAUTY THAT'S AROUND US IN THE PARK DISTRICT. SO THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT IS ONGOING

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BUT I THINK YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN THAT MORE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET IN CONTACT WITH US IS A VALUABLE LEVER TO PULL. IF I CAN ADD TO THAT, CAPTAIN GIORGIO CHAVEZ WITH THE REGIONAL PARKS POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORT SERVICES. IF YOU GO TO EBPARKS.ORG, YOU CAN FIND OUR PARK WATCH REPORT FORM. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT CAPTAIN KOTCHER WAS ALLUDING TO. I WILL TRY TO POST IT IN THE CHAT IF POSSIBLE. IT'S EASY TO FILL OUT, AND ONCE YOU FILL IT OUT, IT GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, WHICH GETS TO DISPATCH AND THEN GETS TO US. SO THAT'S ANOTHER FORM OF REPORTING OTHER THAN HAVING TO CALL DISPATCH. MEMBER BAUDELAIRE. YES, THANK YOU. I WANTED TO RESPOND TO MEMBER LOPEZ'S QUESTION ABOUT WHY BIKE ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT OPPOSE AB 1942 THAT WAS AIMED AT LICENSING. AB 1942 JUST REQUIRED LICENSING. IT DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY EDUCATION AND IT DIDN'T PROVIDE A SKILLS OR KNOWLEDGE TEST. SO, IT WAS LIMITED IN WHAT IT PROVIDED.

ADDITIONAL DOWNSIDES WERE THAT LICENSING WOULD PROVIDE ANOTHER HURDLE, PARTICULARLY TO PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR LOW-COST TRANSPORTATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CARS. AND SO THAT WAS SEEN AS A NEGATIVE BY SOME GROUPS AS WELL. BIKE EAST BAY HAS A VERY GOOD POST ON THEIR WEBSITE WITH A BROADER ANALYSIS OF THAT, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS THAT DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE BIKE COMMUNITY OPPOSE THAT. THANK YOU, MEMBER CHANG. THANK YOU. I JUST, I JUST, I THINK HEARING FROM ALL OF THESE, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY EXPERTS, AND HEARING OUR REPORT, I DO THINK THAT I WOULD, OUTSIDE OF LIABILITY, I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PARK JUST REALLY ENFORCE EXISTING RULES AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A WAY FOR, LIKE WHAT MEMBERS SAID IN REGARDS TO BEING ABLE TO REPORT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. I EVEN AGREE, I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE.

THERE'S CLEARLY SO MUCH MORE TO LEARN. BUT I THINK AS EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS, OUTSIDE OF, I GUESS, THE LIABILITY PART OF WHY WE SHOULD CARE, I THINK ENFORCING EXISTING RULES AND EMPOWERING OUR STATE AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO HAVE UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT. I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD AND GOOD SOLUTION. AND LET THE EXPERTS STATEWIDE DECIDE ON WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. MEMBER OBERINGER. YEAH, SO FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS. BECAUSE I REMEMBER IT WAS NOT THAT LONG AGO THAT THIS CONVERSATION WAS JUST STARTING TO HAPPEN AND E-BIKES ON TRAILS, AND NOW IT REALLY HAS EXPLODED IN OUR CITIES. AND SO IT'S REALLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE LEARNINGS THAT ARE COMING FROM THIS DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY APPLY AT THE CITY LEVEL. AND TO THE TASK, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE WERE GIVEN TO RESEARCH FOR OUR AUGUST MEETING, I JUST WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND SINCE THERE'S ALL THIS LEGISLATION AND THERE ARE ALL THESE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING.

SO WHAT IS THE GOAL? I MEAN, IS THE PARK DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO IMPLEMENTING WHATEVER STATE LAWS GET PASSED, I MEAN, IS THE, IS THE PARK DISTRICT ALSO LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO IMPROVE TRAIL SAFETY? I MEAN, BECAUSE THERE COULD BE A LOT OF IDEAS THAT COME FORWARD.

SO, SO WITH THE IDEA WE COME UP WITH EVERYTHING WE CAN FIND AND THEN THE BOARD AT SOME POINT, WINNOWS IT DOWN TO A FEW THAT WILL BECOME POLICY? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THE EXERCISE. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR IT. SO IN RESPONSE TO MEMBER CHANG, ABSOLUTELY, THE PARK DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO ENFORCE ALL OF THE LAWS AND LEGALITIES, AND SHOULD MORE COME AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE WILL UPDATE OUR PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES TO REFLECT THOSE CHANGES. OUR GOAL HERE IS THAT THOUGH THOSE LAWS ARE ALREADY IN AND IT IS ILLEGAL FOR A 13-YEAR-OLD TO BE ON AN E-MOTO, THAT CHILD'S PARENTS STILL HELPED PURCHASE THAT E-MOTO AND THEY STILL WENT OUT ON IT. AND SO THIS ISSUE IS SORT OF BEYOND WHERE OUR EXCELLENT OFFICERS TEAM CAN BE OUT ON THE TRAILS. AND SO WHAT WE NEED IS TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN OR REALLY USE ALL OF THE TOOLS

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BUT ARE THERE MORE STONES THAT WE CAN TURN OVER TO DO EVEN MORE AND BETTER WORK? THERE'S ALSO, WE KNOW THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE WHAT BIKES AMAZON CAN SELL AND OTHER RETAILERS THAT ARE SELLING FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE TO DELIVER. SO IT'S REALLY LARGELY COMPREHENSIVE. AND I DO THINK THE ANALOGY TO WHEN MOTOR VEHICLES WERE FIRST PUT ON THE ROAD IS A GOOD ONE FROM THAT POINT. AND SO IT IS BOTH POLICY BUT ALSO PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. IF IT'S THAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS AN UPDATED CLARIFICATION ON OUR POSTCARD THAT THIS COMMUNITY FOUND HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL DETAIL REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE TO PARENTS TO GET THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL SAFE, WE WANT TO KNOW THAT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR TEAM CAN IMPLEMENT THE NEXT DAY. AND SO IT REALLY IS JUST A SPAN OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WE'RE LOOKING FOR SORT OF THE SMORGASBORD OF OPTIONS, AND THEN WHETHER IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE OR A POLICY CHANGE THAT WOULD COME OUT OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. IF A POLICY CHANGE, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WOULD BE THE IMPLEMENTERS. IF IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE THAT STAFF CAN TAKE ON, STAFF IS HERE AND READY TO TAKE THAT ON. VICE CHAIR MENDOZA. THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO SAY, ALONG WITH LOOKING TO MY SISTER-IN-LAW IN KENTUCKY, I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE IN ILLINOIS, BUT WE WERE VERY CLOSE, ALSO LOOKING FROM WITHIN, BECAUSE I WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE PROGRAM CALLED CYCLES OF CHANGE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HERE IN OAKLAND IN THE EAST BAY. THERE WAS JUST A RIDE AT MLK SHORELINE A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO, AND THEN ALSO GRANT MONEY WAS GIVEN TO THEM AS WELL AS TUTELAGE ON HOW TO EMPLOY THAT MONEY.

YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO YOUNG FOLKS, AND THE ADVERTISEMENT IS VERY WONDERFUL IN THAT YOU HAVE AN ANIME. I DON'T KNOW IF FOLKS KNOW ANIME.

IT'S VERY POPULAR NOWADAYS WITH MY DAUGHTERS AT LEAST.

REACHING OUT TO THEM, BUT ALSO GOING TO CYCLES FOR CHANGE BECAUSE THEY REACH OUT TO YOUNG FOLKS IN OAKLAND AND IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL. THEY REACH OUT TO POSSIBLY BIKE PARTIES THAT ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT ARE POPPING UP.

BEEN POPULAR FOR 10, 15 YEARS NOW, BUT YOUNG FOLKS ARE REALLY LATCHING ON TO THEM, AS WELL AS BIKE SHOP WORKSHOPS ALL OVER THE EAST BAY. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GOING ON IN NOT JUST THE BAY AREA BUT ALSO EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS SPECIFICALLY. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT THAT OUT. AND I ALSO WANT TO REFERENCE MEMBER OBRINGER'S POINT WHERE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS MAYBE ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO OR SO IN A PAC MEETING AND WANTED TO ALSO PUT UP THE FACT THAT I WANT, THAT TRAIL SAFETY FOR US AS HUMANS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING EVER CAME OF THE STUDY THAT MIDPEN DID IN THE TRAIL SAFETY OF HOW THE HUM OF THE E-BIKES ARE AFFECTING ANIMALS, SPECIFICALLY ANIMALS THAT USE ECHOLOCATION. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST SORT OF NOT, NOT TO STEER THE FOCUS DIRECTLY INTO THAT, BUT ALSO INCLUDING THAT IN THE CONVERSATION AS WELL.

MEMBER VALENZUELA. YEAH, HOW MANY OF THE MILES THAT WE HAVE IN TRAILS WITHIN THE PARKS DISTRICT CAN THE BIKES GO? SO THE FULL 1,300 IS ACCESSIBLE TO CLASS 1 E-BIKES, AND THEN CLASS 2 ARE PERMITTED ON OUR PAVED TRAILS, WHICH I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER TIP OF TONGUE. I DON'T KNOW IF DIRECTOR MERCURIO OR ERIC DO.

THE NUMBER OF MILES, THE NUMBER OF MILES OF OUR PAVED TRAIL NETWORK, WE, WE SAY BETWEEN 150 AND 200. SO IS THAT STARTING TO INCREASE MORE, PLANNED INCREASE OF THE TRAILS THAT, THAT ARE IN THE PLAN? ARE THEY GOING IN AS PLANNED FOR CLASS 2, CLASS 1? SO IN TERMS OF PLANNING FOR THE BIKE USE, THAT WAS INTEGRATED INTO THE POLICY DECISION, WHICH IS THAT THE STRUCTURE OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF A PAVED TRAIL WOULD SUPPORT HOW AN E-BIKE FUNCTIONS, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF SORT OF HOW A CLASS 1 FUNCTIONS IS MORE FRIENDLY ACROSS THE TRAILS. SO I'D SAY PLANNING IS A COMPONENT, BUT OUR PLANNING TEAM DOES APPROACH THEIR PLANNING DECISIONS RELATED TO E-BIKES IN A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ALL BICYCLES AT THIS TIME.

NOW, IF IN YOUR RESEARCH YOU COME ACROSS A PLANNING EXAMPLE WHERE AN AGENCY IS FACTORING IN THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, OR AS FRANCES SHARED WITH MIDPEN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO HERE AND HIGHLIGHTED.

BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY NEW ISSUE, AND SO INTEGRATING IT INTO OUR UPDATES WOULD BE IMPORTANT. YEAH, BECAUSE JUST

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BUT I THINK TO THE POINT BEING MADE ABOUT THIS IS SUCH A BIG ISSUE AND SUCH A BIG BITE AT THE APPLE, I THINK REALLY FOCUSING ON THE PAVED TRAIL USE AS SORT OF A FOUNDATIONAL FOCUS. AND THEN I DO EXPECT COMING OUT OF THIS PAC CONVERSATION THAT YOU ALL WILL HAVE NUMEROUS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE PIC-FOCUSED TOPICS RELATED TO TRAILS. SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE SORT OF AN ONGOING STRING THAT WE PULL. YEAH, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN, AND I MEAN, I HAD MENTIONED THAT WE HAD JUST PERSONALLY GOT OUR OWN E-BIKES. AND I SAW THEN THE EXPLOSION COMING. AND I DON'T THINK WE EVEN, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO EXPLODE THAT MUCH. AND NOW EVERYBODY HAS AN E-BIKE AND YOU GO ANYWHERE, EVERYBODY'S ON, ON, ON BIKES.

FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'RE IN TOWN. THEY SEEM TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE RULES. BUT ON THE TRAILS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN ON TRAILS WHERE THEY'RE FLYING BY. AND SO THIS IS ONLY GOING TO BE BIGGER, FASTER. SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE TAKING THIS SUBJECT, AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO COVER THIS YEAR.

MEMBER CHANG. I KNOW I SPOKE ONCE ALREADY, BUT I AM, WHEN WE COME BACK TO TALK ABOUT THIS, I AM REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT STAFF HAS TO SAY, ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO ENFORCEMENT, LIKE OUR FRONTLINE ENFORCERS, ARE THEY STRUGGLING TO ENFORCE? WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES? I MEAN, IF THEY WANT TO ANSWER NOW, THAT'S FINE, BUT THAT'S HONESTLY WHAT I AM MOST CURIOUS ABOUT. AND THEN YES, OBVIOUSLY HAPPY TO WANT TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO SAY. SO TODAY IS THE DAY TO TAP INTO STAFF FOR THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE. SO I WOULD SUGGEST TURNING THAT OVER TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM. AND THEN JUST FOR THE CHAIR, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT MEMBER MARCH'S HAND. HAND HAS BEEN UP FOR A BIT. SURE, I CAN TAKE THAT QUESTION. IT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE. THERE ARE ONLY 75 OF US SWORN IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND THERE IS QUITE A NUMBER OF MILES OF TRAIL. AGAIN, THAT'S WHY DATA IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE EFFICIENT, AND GETTING THE WORD OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE USING THE TRAIL AND ARE AFFECTED NEGATIVELY BY SOME INTERACTION, THAT WE ARE GETTING THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN CREATE A DATA POINT. THOSE DATA POINTS BECOME LARGER AND THE PROBLEM PRESENTS ITSELF IN AN ACTIONABLE WAY.

SO REALLY THE BIG ASK IS TO THINK ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH OUTSIDE THE BOX, SOME OF YOU BROUGHT IT UP ALREADY, THE QR CODE EXAMPLE OR THE LONDON TUBE EXAMPLE, THOSE TYPES OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO US ARE VALUABLE AND THAT WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON TO THEN INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF VISUAL IMPACT THAT WE HAVE OF THE ACTUAL PROBLEM SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IT. THE ONE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS, AS ENFORCEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENFORCEMENT, THEN THE OTHER 2 LEGS DOESN'T MATTER, ENVIRONMENT OR EDUCATION. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY EVALUATING IS WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST OUTCOME OF THE ENTIRE SITUATION. AND THE OUTCOME OF CHASING A 12-YEAR-OLD ON AN E-BIKE AT EXCESSIVE SPEED DOESN'T ALWAYS EQUATE TO A POSITIVE OUTCOME. SO WE ARE TRYING TO CONSTANTLY BALANCE THAT.

IN THE FIELD, BUT IT IS EXTREMELY PROBLEMATIC THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF THE PARK DISTRICT AS A WHOLE AND US GETTING RESOURCES TO THE POINT DURING THE ACTUAL VIOLATION SO THAT WE CAN TAKE POSITIVE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO CORRECT. IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST DRILLING DOWN A LITTLE MORE, LIKE, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A 12-YEAR-OLD WAS ON ONE OF THESE CLASS 3 BIKES, ARE YOU ABLE TO TICKET THE 12-YEAR-OLD? ARE YOU ABLE TO TAKE AWAY THEIR BIKE? LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT, ALL THAT IS A STRUGGLE, BUT WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE WHEN WE SAY ENFORCEMENT? YEAH, SO WE ARE ACTUALLY FORTUNATE. THE DISTRICT HAS HAD A LONGSTANDING ORDINANCE 38, WHICH IS VOLUMINOUS. IT'S GOT A LOT IN IT THAT HELPS US

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THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF OPTION THAT OCCURS, AND OUR OFFICERS ARE TRAINED AND PROVIDED THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION IN THE MOMENT, WHETHER THAT IS A CITATION, WHETHER THAT IS A HEART-TO-HEART CONVERSATION, WHETHER THAT IS CALLING A PARENT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS PASSED TO A RESPONSIBLE ADULT. ALL OF THOSE ARE OPTIONS FOR US.

AND IT REALLY BEGINS, AS I STATED, KIND OF IN THE BEGINNING, NOT TO BRING IT ALL THE WAY BACK AGAIN, WITH THE INFORMATION, THE DATA OF WHAT IS OCCURRING WHEN AND WHERE, SO THAT WE CAN GET THE OFFICER ON THE SPOT TO MAKE THE IMPACT. THANK YOU.

AND I APOLOGIZE, MEMBER MARSH.

I HAVE A QUESTION THAT TIES TO WHAT MEMBER CHANG ACTUALLY ASKED, AND THEN I PROMISE I WILL CALL ON YOU. I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND.

BUT THE LAST, NO WORRIES.

THANK YOU.

AT THE LAST SITE TOUR, I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD THE OFFICER I SPOKE TO, BUT I ASKED A QUESTION AROUND IMPOUND, AND I ACTUALLY ASKED A QUESTION THAT MEMBER CHANG DID. ARE THERE ANY TOOLS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS THE BOARD TO ALLOW THEM TO DO? AND AGAIN, I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT I THOUGHT THE OFFICER TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE NOT ALLOWED TO IMPOUND VEHICLES WHERE OTHER AGENCIES ARE ALLOWED TO IMPOUND VEHICLES AT THEIR DISCRETION. IS THAT, AND THEN YOU JUST SAID YOU CAN.

SO ARE YOU GUYS, SO IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

FOR THIS SPECIFIC, IF IT'S A PLAIN ORDINANCE VIOLATION FOR SPEED, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO, THERE'S NO MECHANISM OR CONNECTION TO IMPOUND. IF IT IS A LARGER CONCERN ABOUT RECKLESS DRIVING, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE TIED BACK TO THE VEHICLE CODE OR SOME LARGER CRIME THAT'S BEING COMMITTED, THEN IMPOUND IS POSSIBLE BASED ON EVIDENTIARY CODE. SO IN THE SMALLER SENSE, IF IT'S A PERSON GOING 18 OR 20 MILES AN HOUR ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, IMPOUNDING THE VEHICLES OR IMPOUNDING THE MECHANISM OF TRAVEL IS NOT A PART OF THE CONVERSATION. IF IT'S A LARGER CRIME, SOMETHING KIND OF MORE IMPACTFUL, IMPOUND OR COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE IS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. MEMBER MARSH. SO THIS QUESTION IS FOR ROBERT. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S STILL IN THE ROOM. HE KEPT SAYING HE REACHED OUT TO CERTAIN CITIES WHEN THEY HAD FATAL ACCIDENTS AND DIDN'T GET RESPONSES, BUT I'M WONDERING IF HE REACHED OUT OR GONE TO ANY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEETINGS OR GONE TO THEIR WALK AND TALKS THERE.

THEY HAVE BEEN PLANNING WALK AND TALKS THROUGH THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WALKING THROUGH PARKS ON TRAILS, GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT DIFFERENT PARKS, DIFFERENT TRAILS, AND THE NEEDS FROM THE COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS OR INCIDENTS HAVE GONE TO JUST THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS IN THE DISTRICTS THAT THESE CITIES ARE IN, THE SAN RAMONS AND THE WALNUT CREEKS? THANKS FOR THE QUESTION, AND THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WALK AND TALKS. NO, WE HAVE NOT BEEN PART OF THOSE ACTIVITIES FOR CRASHES THAT HAPPEN IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS.

WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH COUNTY STAFF AND SUPERVISORS.

TYPICALLY, WHEN IT'S WITHIN A JURISDICTION BOUNDARY, WE'LL BE DIRECTLY IN CONTACT WITH STAFF AND ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM THAT JURISDICTION. WE ALSO HAVE OVER A DOZEN LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH THAT ARE CITY OR REGION SPECIFIC, AND VERY OFTEN WE'LL FILTER SOME OF THOSE REQUESTS THROUGH THOSE LOCAL GROUPS AS WELL, BECAUSE STAFF AND ELECTEDS TEND TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THEM THAN TO THE REGIONAL BIKE COALITION SOMETIMES.

MEMBER OBRINGER. THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE, I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ALREADY, BUT ONE QUICK SO I'M PART OF THE CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BOARD, AND A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR HAS BEEN THE WALK AND ROLL PROGRAM THAT IS BEING ROLLED OUT IN TO MORE AND MORE SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA COUNTY BEGINNING THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR. AND SO I JUST, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S,

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MEMBER DIETER. SO JUST TO WRAP UP, SO WHEN THIS COMES BACK TO US IN AUGUST, IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT PAVED TRAILS. PAVED TRAILS WOULD BE THE CORE FOCUS.

NOT ABOUT OTHER, THAT'S CORRECT. THE OTHER TRAILS.

OKAY, THANK YOU. I THINK OUR HOPE IS TO TRY TO FOCUS IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH BEING PAVED TRAILS AND WHAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE DOING, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY WAYS THAT YOU CAN APPROACH THIS. WHEN WE SORT OF SAT DOWN AS A STAFF, WE SAW HOW BIG THIS COULD GET.

AND WE WANT TO GIVE, OUR HOPE IS TO MAKE IT ACHIEVABLE AND TO HAVE TANGIBLE OUTCOMES.

FROM YOUR REPORT. AND IF ONE OF THE OUTCOMES IS A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF ADDITIONAL TOPICS THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON IN FUTURE YEARS, THAT'S A FANTASTIC PIECE AS WELL. SO GREAT CONVERSATION AND QUESTIONS. WE PROBABLY NEED TO MOVE ON. WE'RE WAY OVER TIME. A LOT OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND STUFF, BUT WE PROBABLY DO NEED TO MOVE ON. IF SOMETHING'S BURNING, THEN PLEASE ASK.

BUT JUST CLARIFICATION, SO LIKE IF A COMMUNITY HAS A BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN? DO YOU WANT THE IDEAS THAT COME OUT OF THAT PLAN, OR, IF YOU SPEAK TO YOUR COMMUNITY OR LOOK AT THEIR BIKE AND PED MASTER PLAN AND THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE THAT IS UNIQUE OR EXCITING OR COULD BENEFIT THE PARK DISTRICT'S WORK, THAT'S THE KIND OF KEY FINDING. THANK YOU. WE DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO BRING JUST THE MASTER PLANS AND HAND THEM TO US. OKAY, SO WE HAVE OUR ASSIGNMENT. YES, DIRECTOR MCCURRIER. IF I MAY, WILL IT PLEASE THE CHAIR? I ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S COME OUT OF DANVILLE, THERE ARE CITIZEN ADVOCATE ACTIVISTS THERE THAT ARE DOING THEIR OWN RESEARCH.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, AND THIS IS FROM LAST YEAR, SO, BUT I ASSUME IT'S STILL ACCURATE, THEY'VE GONE OUT AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY PHOTOGRAPHED THE BIKE RACKS AT, I THINK THEY WERE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AND THEN THEY'VE EVALUATED EACH INDIVIDUAL BIKE THAT'S THERE AND THEY FOUND SOME GIGANTIC PROPORTION OF THEM WERE ILLEGAL DEVICES.

SOMEWHERE IN THE 80 TO 90% RANGE, I BELIEVE. SO I WOULD THINK IT'D BE VERY PRODUCTIVE TO APPROACH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HELP WITH THIS.

AND FROM WHAT I HEAR, AND THIS COULD BE STALE OLD KNOWLEDGE, BUT THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO JUMP INTO THAT ISSUE. THE SCHOOL BOARDS WEREN'T.

BUT I KIND OF THINK IT'S TIME THAT THEY DID. SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE, IF THEY SAID YOU CAN'T HAVE A, YOU CAN'T PARK AN ILLEGAL DEVICE AT THIS BIKE RACK, THAT'S A HUGE IMPACT RIGHT THERE. SO I HOPE THAT THERE CAN BE SOME ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VARIOUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AND THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAN RAMON VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, I THINK, THAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH.

BECAUSE, AND ONE MORE THING.

THE E-MOTOS ESPECIALLY, THOSE ARE A THING THAT'S KIND OF A CONVENIENCE DEVICE FOR PARENTS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE THEIR KIDS ALL AROUND ANYMORE. SO THAT THEY JUST SAY, HERE, TAKE THIS, GO TO PRACTICE, GO TO WHATEVER, GO TO SCHOOL, NOT GOING TO DRIVE YOU ANYMORE. AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GIVING THEM AN ILLEGAL THING TO DO. AND THAT'S NOT LEGAL AND IT'S NOT SAFE.

SO I REALLY THINK THE SCHOOLS NEED TO PAY A BETTER, THIS IS MY OPINION, THEY NEED TO STOP BEING ENABLERS OF THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR BECAUSE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO REALLY GET AT THE HEART OF IT AND NOT ENABLE IT. GO OUT AND TALK TO SOME SCHOOLS.

OKAY, EXCELLENT POINTS, ROBUST CONVERSATION, SUPER IMPORTANT TOPIC, AS IS THE NEXT ONE. I WOULD JUST ASK EVERYONE, PLEASE BE MINDFUL, PLEASE HEADLINE AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT TOPIC, BECAUSE WE PROBABLY DO NEED TO STOP AT NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE, ALL OUR SPEAKERS, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO CAME FROM OUTSIDE THE PARK DISTRICT, AND THANK YOU FOR INFORMING US. ALL RIGHT, NEXT TOPIC IS INFORMATION MEASURE WW PROGRESS REPORT

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WE HAD A PRESENTATION THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE FROM KATIE DINGNAN, AND THE REPORT WAS ABOUT THE WW PROGRESS REPORT.

THIS REPORT, WHICH YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE, HAS SOME NEAT STUFF IN IT. IT HAS A TIMELINE OF WHERE THIS REPORT IS GOING TO BE GIVEN AND HOW, AND CHARTS ABOUT THE WW FUNDS AND HOW THEY'RE BEING SPENT.

ALSO, THERE'S SOME NEAT BREAKDOWNS ON WHERE THE MONEY IS SPENT IN THE DIFFERENT WARDS. AND WE HAD LOTS OF DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FORMAT, AND WE REALLY LOVE THE FORMAT, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE PAC AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUGGESTIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR ABOUT SIMPLIFYING THE FORMAT OF THE REPORT. AND THEN GOING, HAVING A LINE AT THE BOTTOM OR 2 LINES IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION IN THE MAIN REPORT THAT YOU CAN GO AND YOU CAN REALLY DIAL DOWN ON SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.

BUT AS A REPORT, IT WAS VERY, IT WAS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE THAT WERE PRESENT ON THE THE ZOOM CALL. SOME OF THEM WERE, THEY WERE WANTING TO KNOW ON THE WW FUNDS IF THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF LAND THAT WAS IN THE INITIAL ASK FOR THE LAND AND THE INITIAL PURCHASE OF THE LAND. WAS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN THAT? AND THEN ALSO ABOUT THE PROCESS OF HOW THE WW FUNDS ARE MOVED INTO THOSE PURCHASES, WHAT OTHER PURCHASES ARE COMING UP IN THE SYSTEM THAT WE NEED THE WW FUNDS, JUST IN CASE WE START TO RUN OUT ON THAT. ALSO, THERE WAS A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WOULD A NEW BOND ISSUE LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO THE WW BOND ISSUE THAT WE HAVE HERE. ARE WE LOOKING AT MORE RUNNING THE PARK, FIXING THINGS UP, RATHER THAN ACTUALLY PURCHASING NEW PROPERTIES. ALSO, THERE WAS ALSO A CONCERN ABOUT FUTURE TRANSFER OF ANY OF THE WW FUNDS LIKE WE DID THIS PAST YEAR AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS WARRANTED OR EVEN IF WE SHOULD DO IT AT ALL.

OVERALL, WE WE THOUGHT THAT THE PROGRESS REPORT IS A GREAT TOOL AND THAT IT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE MONITOR THE WW BOND ISSUE IN THE PAC FINANCE COMMITTEE. GREAT, THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBER VALENZUELA? ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM, OH, SORRY, MEMBER PEOPLES. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I THINK, THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NEW BOND MEASURE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT, NOT TO DEAL WITH LAND ACQUISITION, WHICH IS COVERED BY MEASURE WW.

SO IF WE'RE CONSIDERING A NEW BOND MEASURE OR SOME OTHER MECHANISM TO INCREASE FUNDING, IT'S FOCUSED ON DEVELOPMENT.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE ISSUE OF LAND ACQUISITION WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED. AND IN THAT CONTEXT, I THINK THE DISCUSSION AT THE BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, THE PRESENTATION OF THE VOTER SURVEY INFORMATION, WAS REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS ISSUE. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR MEMBER VALENZUELA'S? NO, WE DON'T. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TURNING IT OVER TO STAFF. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KATIE HORNBECK. KATIE DIGNAN, WHO'S THE ACTING CFO AND ALSO THE ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER, COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION. SO YOU DON'T GET THAT KATIE, BUT YOU GET ME, A DIFFERENT KATIE. AND I'M ALSO HERE FOR THE ITEM RIGHT AFTER THIS. SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE TWOFER. AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THIS SNAPPY. SO THE MEASURE WW PROGRESS REPORT.

THIS IS COVERING 2008, SO WHEN IT STARTED, TO THE END OF LAST YEAR. HERE'S THE TIMELINE. SO THIS STARTED BACK IN THE FALL. I THINK IT WAS APPROXIMATELY IN OCTOBER WHERE WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM BOTH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE PARK

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25% OF THAT, OR $125 MILLION, WAS FOR THE LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM. I'LL ACTUALLY BE COVERING AN UPDATE ON THAT IN THE GRANTS PRESENTATION AFTER THIS. AND THEN 75% OR $375 MILLION FOR DISTRICT CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND SO THAT INCLUDES ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT.

AND THE ALLOCATION IS BASED ON POPULATION PER WEST, SOUTH, AND DIABLO METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREAS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE DISTRICT PLAN, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE MURRAY TOWNSHIP, WHICH IS LIVERMORE VALLEY, AND THE UNINCORPORATED EAST ALAMEDA COUNTY. THESE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES HAVE VARIOUS TABLES AND CHARTS ON THEM, AND WITH LOTS OF NUMBERS, SO I'M NOT GOING TO LINGER ON THEM TOO MUCH. BUT THIS IS A FUNDING SUMMARY OF, THIS IS AS OF JANUARY 2026. YOU CAN SEE IN THIS TABLE, THE ORANGE BARS REPRESENT WHAT HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED IN ACQUISITION AND IN DEVELOPMENT, AND THE LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM, AND THEN IN BLUE IS WHAT IS REMAINING TO BE APPROPRIATED. EXCUSE ME.

MEASURE WW FUNDING BY METRO AREA. THESE PIE CHARTS INDICATE THAT PERCENTAGE BREAKDOWN AS WELL, AND THIS IS ALSO IN THE REPORT, IN THE DRAFT REPORT. YOU CAN SEE. AND THEN MEASURE WW FUNDING BY WARD. AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT IT'S KIND OF SMALL THERE, BUT IN THE LIST OF WARDS, SO 1 THROUGH 7, AND THEN THERE WERE SOME PROJECTS THAT GO OVER WARD 6 AND 7, AND THEN PROJECTS THAT ARE MULTI-WARD AS WELL.

AND THEN FOR THE LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM, AS I MENTIONED, I'LL BE COVERING THIS LATER, BUT VERY BRIEFLY, 46 AGENCIES WITH 240 APPROVED PROJECTS. AS OF A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE ARE AT 230, SO WE ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO BEING, HAVING SPENT ALL THIS FUNDING AND ALL THE PROJECTS BEING COMPLETED.

THESE NEXT 3 SLIDES ARE A LIST OF THOSE AGENCIES, THE NUMBER OF APPROVED PROJECTS, HOW MANY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, THE TOTAL APPROVED FUNDING, AND THEN THE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN DISBURSED. SO IN THE GRANTS UPDATE PRESENTATION, THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ATTACHMENT.

ATTACHMENT NUMBER 2 PROVIDES A MUCH MORE DETAILED REPORT OF LIKE WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE AND THE STATUSES OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT.

IN PURPLE, IT'S HIGHLIGHTING THE AGENCIES THAT HAVE ANY PROJECTS LEFT TO BE COMPLETED. SO WE'RE DOWN TO I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE AGENCIES. ALL RIGHT, HOW TO READ THE MEASURE WW PROGRESS REPORT. SO THE FIRST FEW PAGES.

START WITH AN INTRODUCTION, AN OVERVIEW OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA ALLOCATIONS AND INVESTMENT AREA SUMMARIES, AND THEN IT DISPLAYS THE RELATIVE PROGRESS ON EXPENDITURES AGAINST APPROPRIATIONS. AND THAT'S, THIS SCREENSHOT HERE IS FROM PAGE 11. SO THIS IS THE SUMMARY WHERE IT'S GOING TO LIST ALL THE INVESTMENT AREAS, AND IN GREEN IT'S WHAT'S BEEN EXPENDED, IN ORANGE IT'S WHAT'S BEEN APPROPRIATED, AND THEN BLUE IS ALLOCATION.

SO ALLOCATION MEANING IT HAS NOT BEEN APPROPRIATED TO A PROJECT YET AND IS AVAILABLE TO BE. AND THEN PAGE 6 HAS THE DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS THAT YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THE REPORT. IT'S A GREAT REFERENCE EVEN, I THINK, FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE WORKED ON THIS REPORT. IT'S ALWAYS JUST, WE'LL FLIP BACK TO THAT PAGE FOR A REMINDER.

HOW TO READ THE PROGRESS REPORT AGAIN. SO THE DETAILS, SO EACH INVESTMENT AREA IS GOING TO COVER A FUNDING SNAPSHOT, WHAT THE ORIGINAL COMMITMENT WAS, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SO WHAT'S BEEN DONE TO DATE, COMPLETE PROJECTS AND CURRENT FUTURE PROJECT LISTS, FUTURE PLANS, AND THE FUNDING DETAILS.

A KEY IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED IN THE FOOTER SO YOU'LL KNOW WHAT THOSE ABBREVIATIONS STAND FOR THAT'S BEING REFERENCED IN THE INVESTMENT AREA, AND REFERENCES NOTED FOR PROJECTS WITH FUNDING FROM MULTIPLE INVESTMENT AREAS AND FOR TRANSFERS IN AND OUT WITHIN AND ACROSS THE INVESTMENT AREAS.

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EXCUSE ME. MORE COMMONLY WOULD BE ACQUISITION FUNDS FOR AN INVESTMENT AREA WAS THEN APPROVED TO BE APPROPRIATED FOR A DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD IN THAT INVESTMENT AREA. THE END OF THE REPORT IS GOING TO COVER THE MEASURE WW LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM, AND THEN APPENDIX A IS A SUMMARY OF THE WW FUNDING TRANSFERS, AND THEN APPENDIX B IS THAT SENATE BILL 165 THAT I REFERENCED EARLIER, WHICH IS REQUIRED REPORTING OUT ON HOW THE INTEREST WAS SPENT. A FEW REPORT HIGHLIGHTS.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE $214.6 MILLION THAT'S BEEN APPROPRIATED IN MEASURE WW, AN ADDITIONAL $348.6 MILLION HAS BEEN LEVERAGED THROUGH GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. WE HAVE, COMMITMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN 4 OF THE 67 INVESTMENT AREAS, OVER 230 PROJECTS COMPLETED. WORK IN REMAINING AREAS IS ONGOING AND DEPENDENT ON FUTURE LAND ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITIES, AND NEW PROJECTS WILL BE ADDED TO THE FUTURE REPORTS AS NEEDED. STAFF CONTINUES TO REVIEW TRANSFERS BETWEEN INVESTMENT AREAS OR FROM ACQUISITION TO DEVELOPMENT AND WILL UPDATE IN FUTURE REPORTS AS NEEDED.

AND THIS PROGRESS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND POSTED TO THE PARK DISTRICT WEBSITE.

AND I BELIEVE IT IS CURRENTLY POSTED THERE NOW. ALL RIGHT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.

IF NOT, I'LL GET BACK TO THE GROUP AFTER TALKING TO KATIE. SO, REMINDER TO THE GROUP, THESE ARE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ONLY.

COMMENTS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS WILL BE IN A LATER PORTION AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? AND MADAM CLERK, I CAN'T SEE OUR REMOTE ATTENDEES. IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REMOTELY. CLARIFYING QUESTION, MEMBER PIEPLES? YEAH, I LOOKED AT SOME OF THESE TABLES, THE SUMMARY TABLES, YOU KNOW, BY METRO AREA OR BY WARD, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWS THE ALLOCATED ACQUISITION. IS THIS THE SUMMARY OF THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATIONS OR DOES THAT REFLECT CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, $48 MILLION OR SO THAT'S BEEN TRANSFERRED OUT OF ACQUISITION INTO DEVELOPMENT? USEFUL TO CLARIFY. YEAH, I'M NOT SURE.

I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH KATIE AND HELEN AFTERWARDS WHEN THEY RETURN. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, MADAM CLERK? WE DO NOT. THANK YOU. SO GENERAL COMMENTS, FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FROM THE BODY? MEMBER VALENZUELA. SO THE GOLDEN GATE FIELDS THAT WERE TRYING TO PURCHASE IT. IS THAT MONEY, WAS THAT $25 MILLION COMING FROM WW FUNDS? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, YES. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN APPROPRIATED YET, BUT THAT IS THE INTENTION. SO IS THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, OR WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THAT SINCE, I MEAN, IT WAS ANNOUNCED AND EVERYTHING? IT'S PROBABLY DEPENDENT ON THE TIMELINE OF THE SALE.

I'M NOT A REAL ESTATE PERSON, BUT MY ASSUMPTION IS WE WANT TO KEEP THOSE FUNDS SET ASIDE UNTIL WE'RE READY FOR THAT TO BE TRANSFERRED THROUGH SO INTEREST CAN ACCRUE AND WHATNOT. SO I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK IN WITH LAND ACQUISITION. YEAH, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKED AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES SINCE THAT WAS ANNOUNCED FROM PEOPLE COMING TO THE PARK AND STUFF, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE GOING TO LOOK LIKE? WHERE'D THE MONEY COME FROM AND ALL THAT? SO I MEAN, IT'S VERY,I WOULDN'T SAY A HOT BUTTON,BUT WITH ALL THE ADVERTISEMENT THAT WAS WITH IT, I MEAN THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING QUESTIONS. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING WHERE IN THE PROCESS. MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH. THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK. A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSION OR A COMMENT ON DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

STAFF FOUND IN THEIR RESEARCHING FOR THE REPORT THAT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET SPECIFIC NUMBERS ON THE ACRES OF PROPERTY THAT WERE INTENDED TO BE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED.

AND THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE REPORT, DESCRIPTIONS OF BOTH THE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT TEND TO BE BROAD OR VAGUE IN SOME CASES, I THINK, TO PROVIDE SOME LATITUDE. BUT THEY WEREN'T RIGIDLY AND HARD TO FIND SUCH THAT YOU CAN

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SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT, PARTICULARLY IN THAT DISCUSSION OF PROMISES MADE AND PROMISES KEPT. I THINK IT IS CHALLENGING TO REALLY DEFINE WITH A SHARP POINT WHAT SOME OF THOSE PROMISES WERE. ALSO, THE SECOND POINT WAS THUS FAR, I THINK IT'S $214 MILLION OF WW MONEY HAVE BEEN SPENT BETWEEN ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT, AND $348 MILLION DOLLARS HAVE BEEN LEVERAGED TO AUGMENT THAT. SO WW IN AND OF ITSELF WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT THAT HAVE HAPPENED. SO I THINK IT'S HARD TO SAY, AGAIN, WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF CERTAINTY AT THE ONSET THAT WW HAS AN EXTREMELY HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF ACCOMPLISHING EVERYTHING THERE IF IT'S TIGHTLY DEFINED. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT IN FUTURE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL TRANSFERS. THE REPORT'S VERY GOOD. IT PROVIDES A LOT OF INFORMATION. DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF WERE TO GET MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON ACREAGE AND SO FORTH, OR EVEN THE BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THE LEVERAGE MONEY WENT TO, WHETHER THAT CAME INTO MORE SO INTO DEVELOPMENT OR ACQUISITION. THE REPORTING JUST HASN'T BEEN SET UP THAT WAY OVER THE NEARLY 20 YEARS OF THE LIFE OF THIS. AND THAT WOULD BE, IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF STAFF TIME TO GET THAT. SO VERY GOOD REPORT THOUGH, AND MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. SO 3 MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS AND THEN WE PROBABLY NEED TO MOVE ON. AND JUST A REMINDER, FOLKS, WE HAVE ONE MORE TOPIC TO COVER AFTER THIS TOO. VICE CHAIR MENDOZA. SO IN REFERENCE TO MEMBER VALENZUELA'S QUESTION ABOUT GOLDEN GATE FIELD, SOME MIGHT ALREADY HAVE THIS IN MIND, BUT THE BOARD SITE TOUR COMING UP MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO INVITE THOSE CONSTITUENTS OF YOURS AS WELL AS MAYBE REPORT BACK TO THEM SINCE IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING.

AND NOTHING FOR KATIE OTHER THAN JUST A NOTE OF APPRECIATION FOR THE YEARS OF WW FUNDING GOING TO PLACES THAT I WOULD NEVER THINK TO SEE EAST BAY PARKS' NAME.

AND THE TIME I BROUGHT MY KIDS TO A PLAYGROUND AND SAW WW THROUGH EAST BAY PARKS, I WAS REALLY APPRECIATIVE, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES THAT NEEDED IT THE MOST. SO THERE WAS A REAL EYE FOR EQUITY. AND LOOKING AT THE REPORT, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT, YOU KNOW, PROPORTIONATELY A LOT OF THE MONEY WENT TO PLACES THAT NEEDED AS MUCH GREEN SPACE AS POSSIBLE, NOT JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO PROVIDING WILDLIFE CORRIDORS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE DETAILS. ARE THESE, 2 QUESTIONS, ARE THESE POSTED ONLINE AS A PRESENTATION UNDER WWW, THE WHOLE THING? THE PRESENTATION IS POSTED, AND THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE IS ONLINE AS WELL, AND THEN THE DRAFT REPORT IS ONLINE. YES, BUT NOT AS PART OF THE AGENDA, BUT I MEAN MORE SPECIFICALLY UNDER LIKE MAYBE A MEASURE WW BANNER, LIKE A TAB. YEAH, I'M NOT SURE. I'LL HAVE TO, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY, ONLY PEOPLE WHO KNOW WOULD KNOW TO GO INTO A PAC AGENDA ITEM AND FIND THE AGENDA AND THEN COME. IT MIGHT BE REALLY COOL TO, FOR THE PUBLIC, JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY, BECAUSE WHEN THAT TIME COMES, WHEN THERE'S AN ASK FOR MORE MONEY, YOU COULD SAY THERE'S BEEN SOME TRANSPARENCY AND UPDATES OF THAT ALL THROUGHOUT. I THINK THAT'S PART, A GOOD PART OF THE STORY. AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE THAT HERE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND ACKNOWLEDGE IT. THE OTHER THING TOO IS SOME FOLKS, YOU KNOW, DON'T DO THE BRASS TACKS IN TERMS OF THE DETAIL. AND SO I'M LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL BALLOT LANGUAGE, MEASURE WW IN 2008. AND IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. I MEAN, IT SAYS TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE VERBIAGE. SO, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST TAKE A LITTLE PART OF IT. TO CONTINUE RESTORING URBAN CREEKS, FOR EXAMPLE. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE HYPERLINK TO THE DETAILS, BUT ALSO HAVE SOME, MAYBE SOME PIE CHARTS OR SOMETHING ABOUT LIKE WHAT MONIES HAVE ACTUALLY GONE TO EACH ITEM EXACTLY PER THE BALLOT LANGUAGE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL. SO THEY CAN SEE THAT X AMOUNT OF MONEY WENT TO URBAN CREEKS, X AMOUNT OF MONEY WENT TO PROTECT WILDLIFE. I KNOW IT'S, THAT WOULD BE VERY HARD BECAUSE IT'S ALL SORT OF INTERCONNECTED, BUT PURCHASE, SAVE OPEN SPACE, LIKE WHAT THE ACQUISITION ONES WERE, WHERE, WHAT WAS

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AND CERTAINLY AT THAT LEVEL OF HOW IT WAS PASSED WAS A LOT OF PUBLIC TRUST, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, ESPECIALLY AS POCKETBOOKS BECOME SMALLER, I GUESS, FOR LIVING AND COST OF LIVING AND SO FORTH, AND FOR JURISDICTIONS TO GO OUT FOR MONEY. AGAIN, ALL OF THESE WAYS OF GIVING PEOPLE SORT OF THE INFORMATION KIND OF IN THE WAY THEY MIGHT SEE IT, IN DIFFERENT SORT OF WAYS, WHETHER IT BE THE DETAILS OR THE HIGH-LEVEL PUBLICLY, MAYBE EVEN YEARS IN ADVANCE, WOULD BE GOOD, A GOOD THING.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I'M JUST GONNA, 20 MORE SECONDS. WHEN I WAS WITH ONE JURISDICTION, THERE WAS A $1, WE HAD A LITTLE TRIFOLD AND IT WAS A DOLLAR.

LIKE, WHERE DOES YOUR DOLLAR GO WHEN YOU PAY FOR YOUR PROPERTY TAXES? PEOPLE SAY, I PAY PROPERTY TAXES, HOW COME I'M NOT GETTING ANY SERVICES? NOT BEING AWARE THAT IT ACTUALLY WENT TO THE COUNTY. SO IT WOULD SHOW LIKE WHERE THAT PARTICULAR CITY GOT WAS ONLY THE PERCENTAGE, AND IT SHOWED WHERE $1 OF PROPERTY TAXES, HOW IT WAS ALL SPREAD OUT, VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS AND SO FORTH. IT WAS A TRIFOLD, AND IT WAS LIKE THE BUDGET, AND IT SHOWED THAT PUBLIC SAFETY, MOST OF THE MONEY WENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. IT WAS VERY, VERY HIGH-LEVEL, BUT IT WAS REALLY POPULAR. AND I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT BE ALSO ADDITIVE WHEN DOING SORT OF OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ALL ALONG THE STORY, YOU KNOW, IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND AT DIFFERENT PARKS AND, YOU KNOW, ENTRANCES AND SO FORTH.

PEOPLE SEE, OH YEAH, OKAY, SO WE COME BACK FOR ANOTHER $500 MILLION OR MORE EVEN IN THE FUTURE, PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH YEAH, THIS IS A STORY THAT I BELIEVE IN. THANK YOU. MEMBER PEOPLES, AND THEN WE WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC. I SHARE WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS APPRECIATION FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, COMPILING THIS INFORMATION.

THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT THAT HAVE, SUGGESTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE FUTURE, BUT IT REALLY DOES PROVIDE A GOOD BASIS FOR THE PAC FULFILLING ITS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE MEASURE WW. FUNDING.

IN TERMS OF THE QUESTION OF WHAT WAS PROPOSED FOR ACQUISITION, I WOULD TAKE THE EAST SHORE STATE PARK AS AN EXAMPLE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE IS MONEY IN THERE FOR ACQUISITION. AND THE ONLY PRIVATE PROPERTY, I THINK, ALONG THAT STRETCH IS THE GOLDEN GATE FIELD. SO OBVIOUSLY, THE, IN 2008 THAT THE PROJECT LIST WAS CONSIDERING THAT AREA FOR ACQUISITION. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THIS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WAS AN ALLOCATION FOR ACQUISITION, A TOTAL ALLOCATION, WHICH HAS BEEN DIVIDED OUT AMONGST THESE VARIOUS PROJECTS.

PROJECTS. AND WE CAN ADD UP THOSE, HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE TOTAL, NOT INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, BUT LOOK AT THE TOTAL THAT WAS PROMISED FOR ACQUISITION AND TRY TO ACHIEVE THAT. I BELIEVE IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT ARE IN HERE, THAT $48 MILLION OF ACQUISITION MONEY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED OVER TO DEVELOPMENT SO FAR. AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT LOOKING BACK AT WHAT WAS PROMISED IN 2008.

BUT I THINK AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO POTENTIAL NEW FUTURE PROJECTS, FUTURE BOND MEASURES OR OTHER WAYS OF ACHIEVING FUNDING, YOU KNOW, THE CREDIBILITY WE HAVE IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SUPPORT FUTURE BOND MEASURES OR PARCEL TAXES OR WHATEVER IT IS. SO BEING VERY CAREFUL, VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WAS PROPOSED FOR ACQUISITION VERSUS DEVELOPMENT OUT OF THAT $375 MILLION THAT CAME TO THE DISTRICT, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TRY TO STAY WITH THAT AS BOTH LOOKING TO THE PAST, YOU KNOW, THE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE IN THE PAST, BUT ALSO LOOKING TO THE FUTURE FUNDING NEEDS AND POSSIBILITY OF GETTING THAT MONEY. OKAY, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. NEXT, INFORMATION UPDATE ON GRANTS AND MEASURE WW LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM. THANKS. ALL

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AND ALSO JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE WHO'S NOT PICTURED HERE, WHICH ARE THE THE STAFF WHO GO AND SPEND THE MONEY AND COMPLETE THE WORK, WHICH IS CRITICAL IN GRANTS.

TYPES OF FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE AND MANAGE. SO IT'S A MIX OF FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, PRIVATE ACROSS A VARIETY OF SOURCES. MOST OF THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE IS STATE OR LOCAL. THIS IS A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE KINDS OF FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE.

WHAT DO WE GET GRANT FUNDING FOR? PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING. SO IF IF IT EXISTS HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT, WE HAVE PROBABLY GOTTEN A GRANT FOR IT AT SOME POINT. MOST OF OUR GRANT FUNDING DOES GO TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OR RESTORATION WORK. AND THEN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ALSO INCLUDES PUBLIC ACCESS. AND A FEW PICTURES OF DIFFERENT FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED TO SUPPORT. A COUPLE OF GRANT REMINDERS THAT I LIKE TO GIVE ANYTIME I'M TALKING ABOUT GRANTS. HOW DO WE GET GRANTS? WE GET THEM THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS. AND THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT ON OUR REPUTATION AND AS AN AGENCY THAT CAN COMPLETE WORK, THAT CAN SPEND THE FUNDS IN THE WAY THAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO SPEND THEM, THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO COMPLETE THESE WORKS, THE WORK AND THE CAPABILITY AND THE STAFF EXPERIENCE TO DO SO.

THIS HAS LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.

ALSO, WE DEMONSTRATE OUR, THE COMMITMENT TO OUR PROJECTS WITH INTERNAL FUNDING AND MATCH. A LOT OF OUR INTERNAL MATCH FUNDS ARE WW. THE WW SORT OF IS ALMOST LIKE OUR SEED MONEY TO A PROJECT WHERE IT'S GOING TO GET US THROUGH A PORTION OF DESIGN, AND OTHER AGENCIES SEE OUR BUY-IN AND ARE WILLING TO ALSO THEN COMMIT AS WELL.

READINESS, GRANTS DON'T DRIVE PROJECT PRIORITIES. IT'S THE PROJECT PRIORITIES THAT DRIVE THE GRANTS THAT WE GO OVER.

SO OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, YOU KNOW, THEY ESTABLISH A CIP PLAN AND THAT NOTICES ME WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES HERE AND WHAT WE NEED TO GET FUNDING FOR.

COMPETITIVE PROJECTS, SO WHEN I AM FORWARDED OR WHEN I FIND A GRANT OPPORTUNITY, I'M LOOKING TO SEE, OKAY, WHAT IS COMPETITIVE THAT'S ON OUR DOCKET? A LOT OF TIMES IT COMES DOWN TO THESE COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, CAN WE GET IT DONE IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS, THAT'S USUALLY THE PERFORMANCE PERIOD FOR A GRANT. IS THE DESIGN DONE? HOW FAR ALONG ARE WE IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS? HAVE WE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY? DO WE HAVE LAND TENURE SECURED? IF ALL OF THOSE BOXES ARE CHECKED, OR AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, IT'S USUALLY A COMPETITIVE PROJECT.

AND IT JUST BECOMES MORE, IT CAN RANK HIGHER, IT CAN SECURE MORE POINTS, AND EVERY POINT MATTERS IN THESE COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS. AND THEN FINALLY, RISKY, GRANTS ARE RISKY. WE GET PAID FOR THE PROJECTS WE COMPLETE, NOT THE GRANTS WE'RE AWARDED.

IT IS REALLY FUN AND EXCITING FOR ME TO SEND AN EMAIL AND SAY, HEY, WE GOT A $5 MILLION GRANT FOR THE RESTORE HAYWARD MARSH PROJECT, WHICH IS A TRUE FACT.

HOWEVER, WE NEED TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT, AND WE WILL GET REIMBURSED THOSE FUNDS LATER. SO WHEN WE'RE, WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE READY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD THOSE PROJECTS WE FEEL SURE ABOUT THAT HAVE SOME LEGS.

IT'S A BOARD PRIORITY AS WELL, AND WE CAN GET IT DONE IN THE NEXT SO MANY YEARS. AND THEN ALSO, GRANTS AREN'T ALWAYS AVAILABLE OR CAN COVER THE FULL COST OF A PROJECT. AS I'M SURE EVERYONE IS WELL AWARE OF, OUR PROJECTS ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE, AND WE CAN COBBLE TOGETHER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH GRANTS, BUT IT DOESN'T COVER THE FULL COST.

OF A PROJECT TYPICALLY. AND THEN FINALLY, EVERYBODY WANTS MONEY. THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF GRANT PROGRAMS THAT ARE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE THAT WE TEND TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR AND ARE ALSO OVERSUBSCRIBED. MOST RECENTLY, THAT 3RD BULLET POINT, THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS, THEY ADMINISTER THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND PROGRAM THROUGH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. WE SUBMITTED 2 APPLICATIONS LAST YEAR. THEY RECEIVED $340 MILLION IN REQUESTED FUNDS AND THEY HAD $42 MILLION AVAILABLE. ONE OF OUR 2 APPLICATIONS WAS SELECTED FOR AN AWARD. WE, THE

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SO I'D JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS WE SUBMIT AS MANY APPLICATIONS AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE, IT IS A COMPETITIVE FIELD OUT THERE AND THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO GO AROUND. A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST YEAR AND ABOUT HALFWAY INTO THIS YEAR.

SO, YOU KNOW, GRANTS DEPARTMENT DOESN'T WORK ALONE.

WE COLLABORATE HIGHLY WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS. AND IN 2025, WE SUBMITTED 37 APPLICATIONS. THAT'S RIGHT, KIND OF IN THE AVERAGE OF WHAT WE DO, 30 TO 40-ISH IS WHAT WE SUBMIT.

WE HAD 16 GRANT AWARDS. AND THEN PAYMENTS RECEIVED, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT, ALMOST EVERY GRANT IS REIMBURSEMENT-BASED. SO OUR ONE ACCOUNT TECHNICIAN, SHE SUBMITS ALL OF OUR REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS, AND WE RECEIVED ABOUT $50 MILLION LAST YEAR. I JUST, A LITTLE ASTERISK THERE, THAT IS A BIG AUGMENTATION.

THAT'S NOT THE USUAL. WHAT'S FACTORED IN HERE, THAT $50 MILLION, IS THE $36 MILLION GRANT THAT WE GOT FROM THE STATE. FOR POINT, THE POINT MILADY ACQUISITION. WE TEND TO RANGE BETWEEN LIKE $13 AND $15 MILLION A YEAR IN GRANT REIMBURSEMENTS. IN 2026, SO FAR WE'VE SUBMITTED 18 APPLICATIONS TOTALING AROUND $42 MILLION. WE'VE RECEIVED 9 GRANT AWARDS, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'VE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT ONE OF OUR APPLICATIONS HAS BEEN SELECTED, AND WE MAY STILL BE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SECURING THOSE FUNDS. AND THEN PAYMENTS RECEIVED, WE'RE AT 25 OF ABOUT, AND THAT'S, WE'VE RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER $2.5 MILLION IN GRANT REIMBURSEMENTS SO FAR TO DATE. JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF ATTACHMENT 1. THIS IS OUR GRANT SCHEDULE. I'M SURE WHAT YOU HAVE IS ALREADY OUT OF DATE. IT TENDS TO CHANGE ON A DAY-TO-DAY, WEEK-TO-WEEK BASIS. BUT THE WAY YOU CAN READ IT IS IT WILL LIST THE PROJECT NAME, THE LOCATION OF THAT PROJECT, THE GRANT AGENCY THAT WE'RE RECEIVING THE FUNDS FROM, THE STATUS OF THAT GRANT, AND THEN THE AMOUNT WE'VE BEEN AWARDED.

FOR STATUS, IT'S EITHER GOING TO FALL IN THE PENDING, APPLIED, AWARDED, ACTIVE, OR CLOSEOUT STATUS. PENDING IS WE KNOW THIS IS AN APPLICATION ON THE HORIZON. MAYBE IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED, BUT WE HAVEN'T SUBMITTED YET, BUT WE ARE TRACKING IT AND WE'RE DETERMINING WHAT PROJECT BEST FITS THE BILL. APPLIED, AS IT IMPLIES, IT'S, WE HAVE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION.

AWARDED, WE'VE RECEIVED THAT NOTICE THAT OUR APPLICATION WAS SELECTED FOR GRANT FUNDING.

ACTIVE IS WE HAVE AN EXECUTED AGREEMENT IN PLACE, WHICH MEANS WE CAN APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS INTO A PROJECT. AND THEN CLOSEOUT IS THE PROJECT IS DONE AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OUR END TO GET FINAL REIMBURSEMENT, SUBMIT FINAL REPORTS, DO A SITE VISIT, ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO CLOSE OUT A GRANT. NOTED HERE, BUT TYPICALLY BETWEEN 3 AND 5 YEARS AFTER WE'VE CLOSED A GRANT, WE ARE, WE COULD BE AUDITED AS WELL, SO WE KEEP EVERYTHING ON FILE AS WELL, JUST IN CASE OF AN AUDIT. AS OF WHEN WE SUBMITTED THIS STAFF REPORT, WE WERE MANAGING OVER 110 GRANTS TOTALING $158 MILLION, AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 48 GRANTS THAT FALL UNDER THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FUNDING FROM CAL OES AND FEMA FOR WINTER STORM DAMAGES FROM 2017 AND 2023. AND ON THAT NOTE, FEMA STORM DAMAGE. SO IN 2017, WE STILL HAVE 10 PROJECTS LEFT TO COMPLETE FROM THE 2017 WINTER STORM. GETTING THROUGH THE FEMA APPROVALS IS QUITE LENGTHY. AND WE'RE, RECENTLY WE GOT THE FINAL APPROVALS FINAL, EXCUSE ME, APPROVALS NEEDED.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO GET THOSE DONE, THOSE PROJECTS DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 2023, ONLY 2 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN OBLIGATED, AND THOSE WERE THE LAKE CHABOT DOCKS AND THE DEL VALLE MARINA. SO STAFF CAN NOW START WORKING ON THOSE. WE STILL HAVE 13 PENDING. I'LL CLARIFY, WHEN, LIKE, THE WAY FEMA STRUCTURES THESE, A PROJECT CAN HAVE MULTIPLE SITES. SO THERE ARE PROBABLY 100 OR SO SITES FROM 2023 THAT INCURRED DAMAGE FROM THAT WINTER STORM, BUT THEY ALL GOT LUMPED UNDER, YOU KNOW, 13 DIFFERENT PROJECTS. SO IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S QUITE, IT'S A LOT MORE THAN JUST THE 13 NOTED THERE. AND THEN SOMETHING THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER DIVISIONS IS HOW TO HANDLE FUTURE RESPONSE. AND SO WE ARE, WE PUT OUT SOME RFPS FOR DEBRIS MONITORING SERVICES, TO HAVE ON-CALL DEBRIS REMOVAL THAT WILL BE SPECIFIC TO A STORM DAMAGE RESPONSE TO JUST WORK A LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING FEDERAL CONTRACTING GUIDELINES AS WELL AS THAT WE ARE COLLECTING ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION TO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT WE RAN

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FUNDING PRIORITIES. SO THIS IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST BY ANY MEANS, AND IT'S NOT RANKED IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER. THIS IS FUNDING PRIORITIES FOR PROP 4 OR THE CLIMATE BOND AS THOSE GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE MADE, AS WELL AS JUST ANY OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT I'M, TEND TO BE THE ONES THAT I'M SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS FOR TIME AND TIME AGAIN. NOTED HERE IS THE ESTIMATED PROJECT COST AND THE FUNDING GAP.

FOR THE ONES THAT SAY ZERO, SO THAT VERY FIRST ONE, THE RESTORATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT THAT'S HAPPENING OUT AT THE FORMER RODDY RANCH, IT IS CURRENTLY FULLY FUNDED BASED OFF OF CURRENT PROJECT ESTIMATE.

THERE'S A GOOD CHUNK OF WW MONEY THAT WAS APPROPRIATED IN THERE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR. BUT IN GRANTS DEPARTMENT, WE ARE STILL SEEKING OUT GRANTS. AND ANY GRANTS THAT WE GET WILL THEN BASICALLY, WILL RETURN ANY WW MONEY BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL POT. SO JUST BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS FULLY FUNDED DOESN'T MEAN I THEN GET TO GO, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING ELSE. I'M STILL FOCUSED ON GETTING AS MUCH OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN WE USE THE WW OR GENERAL FUND TO BACKFILL AS NEEDED.

ALL RIGHT, MEASURE WW LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM. OF THAT $500 MILLION BOND, $125 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY TO THE LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM. 46 CITIES AND COMMUNITIES AND COUNTY SERVICES WERE ELIGIBLE AND BENEFITED FROM THIS. AND ACROSS THOSE 46 CITIES, THERE WERE 240 APPROVED PROJECTS. THE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR. IF THERE ARE ANY AGENCIES WITH REMAINING PROJECTS COME NEXT SUMMER OR FALL, THEY CAN REQUEST A TIME EXTENSION, AND I'LL GO TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A TIME EXTENSION REQUEST.

NEARLY ALL OF THAT $125 MILLION HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED OR APPROVED, AND ABOUT LIKE 98% HAS BEEN DISBURSED.

SO WE'RE RIGHT, RIGHT THERE AT THE VERY END. AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER, 230 PROJECTS OF THE 240 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CLOSED OUT. SO WE HAVE 5 AGENCIES LEFT, 10 OPEN PROJECTS. 6 OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY COMPLETED, BUT WE NEED TO CLOSE THEM OUT, MEANING THEY NEED TO SUBMIT THEIR FINAL REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST, PROOF OF THE WW SIGN HAS BEEN INSTALLED, DOING A SITE VISIT, THOSE SORT OF THINGS. AND THEN 4 PROJECTS ARE STILL CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE AND NEED TO GET DONE. AND THIS TABLE HERE JUST KIND OF ECHOES WHAT YOU SAW IN THE LAST PRESENTATION AS WELL AS IN ATTACHMENT NUMBER 2.

BUT THESE ARE THOSE 5 AGENCIES WITH OPEN PROJECTS THAT NEED TO GET DONE OR GO THROUGH THE CLOSEOUT PROCESS.

ATTACHMENT NUMBER 2 IS A MORE DETAILED LOCAL MEASURE WW REPORT THAN WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN WHAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU EARLIER. THIS, IF YOU'RE READING IT, IT'S GOING TO LIST EVERY AGENCY, ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS FOR, AND THE STATUS OF THOSE. MAYBE CLOSED, IT MAY BE APPROVED, WHICH MEANS IT'S STILL ONGOING.

CANCELED IS THEY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION AND THEN RESCINDED IT. HOW MUCH THEY APPLIED FOR, WHAT GOT APPROVED, AND WHAT HAS BEEN PAID TO THEM. IF THERE'S ANY REMAINING BALANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE REIMBURSED TO THEM. THE URBAN CREEKS UPDATE. SO OF THAT $500 MILLION BOND, $8 MILLION WAS SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED TO URBAN CREEK PROJECTS. THAT $8 MILLION WAS FOR BOTH THE PARK DISTRICT AND CITIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE RESTORING URBAN CREEKS OR ACQUIRING CREEK EASEMENTS.

THAT $8 MILLION GOT FURTHER DIVIDED. SO $1.6 $1.6 MILLION WAS SET ASIDE FOR OTHER AGENCIES, AND THE REST IS FOR PARK DISTRICT PROJECTS THAT ARE RESTORING URBAN CREEKS OR ACQUIRING CREEK EASEMENTS. 3 AGENCIES APPLIED FOR THIS FUNDING, THIS $1.6 MILLION, AND WERE AWARDED CONTRACTS JUST SHY OF THAT. SO THERE'S A BALANCE OF ABOUT $10,000 AND THE PROGRAM DOES EXPIRE AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR. HOWEVER, IF THE TOWN OF MORAGA NEEDS MORE TIME TO COMPLETE THEIR PROJECT, THEY CAN PUT IN A REQUEST AND I'LL GO TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR APPROVAL TO EXTEND. AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. SO MEMBERS, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ONLY, NO COMMENTS AT THIS PORTION.

MEMBER PEOPLES? YEAH, FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IS I COULDN'T SEE IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, THE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, WHERE THE GRANTS PROGRAM WAS LOCATED. IT USED TO BE A SEPARATE BOX ON THE CHART. WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED IN THE ORGANIZATION? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. GRANTS DEPARTMENT IS LOCATED IN FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES UNDER THE CAPITAL

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HAS THAT BEEN TOTALLY SPENT NOW? NO, THERE'S ABOUT $1 MILLION LEFT. AND IF IN YOUR HANDY-DANDY REPORT HERE, IT GIVES THE EXACT AMOUNT. I CAN PULL IT UP VERY BRIEFLY.

BUT I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT $1 MILLION THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATED YET TO A PROJECT. SOME OF THE FUNDING WENT TOWARDS THE COYOTE HILLS RESTORATION PROJECT. THERE WAS ABOUT $500,000 THAT HAD BEEN APPROPRIATED TO THE WILD CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT AT BROOK ROAD. BUT THAT ENDED UP GETTING RETURNED TO THE POT BECAUSE WE GOT A GRANT TO COVER THAT.

GREAT EXAMPLE. AND SO, YES, I, IT'S ABOUT $1 MILLION THAT WE HAVE LEFT AVAILABLE, WOW, THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE LEFT.

YEAH. THANK YOU. MEMBER OBERINGER. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. SO THAT CHART WHERE YOU HAD ALL THE PROJECTS AND LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, WHERE IT HAD $18 MILLION IN THE ONE COLUMN AND THEN ZERO UNFUNDED.

SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? I MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHEN WOULD THE $18 MILLION GET ALLOCATED? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER FUNDING REQUESTS AT THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT YOU'RE WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT. SO WHEN DO YOU KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE SPENDING THE MEASURE WW MONEY OR NOT? LIKE, WHEN DOES THAT, WHERE IS THAT DECISION-MAKING POINT? WELL, WW MONEY CAN BE SPENT OR MAY BE BEING SPENT TO FINISH DESIGN AND PERMITTING, DEPENDING ON, SO WE HAVE SOME GRANTS THAT ARE SECURED FOR THAT PROJECT, BUT THOSE GRANTS MAY NOT COVER DESIGN AND PERMITTING. THEY MAY JUST BE FOR CONSTRUCTION.

SO TO GET THROUGH THAT DESIGN AND PERMIT PHASE, SOME WW OR GENERAL FUND MAY BE USED. WHAT WOULD LIKELY HAPPEN IS ONCE A PROJECT GOES OUT TO BID AND WE, YOU KNOW, SELECT THE, YOU KNOW, LOWEST MOST RESPONSIVE BIDDER AND WE HAVE THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT NOW FOR WHAT THE TOTAL PROJECT COST WILL BE, WE CAN THEN ASSESS, OKAY, IS THAT A LOT HIGHER OR IS IT LOWER OR IS IT ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECTED? AND IF WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY, THEN WE WOULD RETURN ANY REMAINING WW MONEY TO THE POT. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID FOR THE BROOK ROAD PROJECT. BIDS CAME IN, WE WERE A LITTLE BIT UNDER BUDGET, SO WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE SOME MORE, SORRY, THE URBAN CREEKS MONEY OUT. AND ALSO AROUND THE SAME TIME, WE HAPPENED TO GET THAT GRANT FUNDING. SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I THINK SORT OF. THANK YOU.

MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE DO NOT.

THANK YOU. SO MEMBER COMMENTS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.

OKAY, MEMBER PEOPLES. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I THINK THAT THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT PROBABLY HAS THE BEST BENEFIT-COST RATIO OF ANY ENTITY IN THE PARK DISTRICT. I MEAN, IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE ON YOUR '25-'2025 GRANTS. YOU KNOW, YOU HAD A .432 BATTING AVERAGE. AND IN 2026, YOU'RE RUNNING AT .500 BATTING AVERAGE IN TERMS OF PROJECTS OR GRANTS RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTED. I MEAN, THAT'S, THOSE ARE JUST REALLY IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS. AND I, IN THAT CONTEXT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO ENHANCE, YOU KNOW, FURTHER ENHANCE YOUR CAPABILITIES AND HELP WITH THE NIMBLENESS AND I KNOW THAT'S A BIG ISSUE HERE, IS BEING NIMBLE SO THAT YOU CAN RESPOND WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES. I APPRECIATE THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK. THE, WE'RE ABLE TO DO AS MUCH AS WE DO IN PART WITH THE SUPPORT OF ALL THE PROJECT MANAGERS. I RELY ON THEM TO HELP PROVIDE THAT CONTACT. I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN RIPARIAN HABITAT AND FUEL BREAK AND ALL THOSE THINGS. SO THEY PROVIDE A LOT OF NARRATIVE FOR US. THE BOARD ALSO HAS HISTORICALLY APPROVED BETWEEN $50,000 AND $100,000 ANNUALLY AS ONE-TIME BUDGET ASKS FOR GRANT WRITING SERVICES.

AND SO WE HIRE, OR WE HAVE AN ON-CALL GRANT WRITING SERVICE THAT PROVIDES THE MAJORITY OF OUR SUPPORT FOR THAT, WHICH IS HUGE. MOST OF WHAT I DO, I MEAN, JUST MANAGING WHAT WE HAVE, AND THEN WE HAVE THAT GRANT WRITING SUPPORT FOR APPLICATIONS. HAS THAT FUNDING LEVEL BEEN ADEQUATE, OR WOULD IT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE AN EVEN LARGER POTENTIAL THAT YOU CAN USE? THAT'S BEEN

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BUT WE KNOW WE CAN ALWAYS ASK FOR MORE. OKAY, THANK YOU.

MEMBER DETJENS. I BELIEVE YOU ANSWERED PART OF MY QUESTION WITH MEMBER PEOPLES, BUT MY QUESTION WAS BASICALLY HOW MUCH OF THE GRANT ACTUAL WRITING IS DONE WITH DISTRICT STAFF VERSUS, I ASSUME THERE HAD TO HAVE BEEN SOME SORT OF EXTERNAL HELP, AND YOU CLARIFIED IT WAS. IS MOST OF IT FARMED OUT, OR IS IT DONE IN STAFF IN YOUR DIVISION, OR IS IT THE STUFF THAT IS IN-HOUSE, IS THAT FARMED OUT TO THE OTHER TECHNICAL DIVISIONS? YEAH. I WOULD SAY PROBABLY ABOUT 80% OF THE COPY THAT IS WRITTEN FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS IS DRAFTED INITIALLY BY OUR GRANT WRITER.

BUT SHE'S PULLING THAT INFORMATION FROM LAND USE PLANS, PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS, DESIGN DOCUMENTS, STUDIES, LIKE FEASIBILITY STUDIES. SO SHE'S NOT WORKING FROM SCRATCH NECESSARILY. SO SHE PROVIDES A DRAFT AND THEN IT GOES TO ME AND TO THE PROJECT TEAM FOR REVIEW AND TO VET THAT EVERYTHING IS ACCURATE OR IF WE WANT TO EXPAND ON A PARTICULAR POINT. AND DEPENDING ON WHAT THE GRANT APPLICATION IS, WE MAY SAY, OKAY, WE WANT TO LEAN MORE HEAVILY ON THE RESTORATION COMPONENT OR WE MAY WANT TO LEAN MORE HEAVILY ON PUBLIC ACCESS. SO IT'S CERTAINLY A GROUP EFFORT, BUT YEAH, TO BE HONEST, I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY IS WRITTEN FROM OUR GRANT WRITER, AND THEN WE COME IN WITH THE REVIEW. YEAH, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE APPRECIATE HOW SPECIAL AND TALENTED IT IS TO WRITE GRANTS. IT'S ITS OWN JOB, YES. I WAS JUST GOING TO EXTEND A SIMILAR COMPLIMENT IN THAT I AM ON THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION AUTHORITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO OBVIOUSLY, I RECUSE MYSELF FROM DIRECTLY REVIEWING PARK DISTRICT APPLICATIONS, BUT I AM IN WITH THE DISCUSSIONS. AND I ALSO DO REVIEW, NOT TO SCORE, BUT I ALWAYS REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS. AND I FIND THEM CONSISTENTLY WELL DONE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU

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THERE IS NO REPORT FROM THE CHAIR. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS? MEMBER VALENZUELA. YES, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO QUICKLY THANK THE BOARD FOR HAVING THE ONE BOARD MEETING OUT IN THE EAST COUNTY, CHOOSING BIG BREAK. I TALKED TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WERE AROUND, AND THEY'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE, THE FACT THAT BOARD COMES OUT AND MEETS THERE ONCE A YEAR.

IT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING BY EVERYONE INVOLVED, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

MEMBER OBERINGER. THANK YOU.

SO FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PARK DISTRICT FOR HOSTING A COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR THIS COMING SATURDAY IN THE CITY OF CONCORD AT OUR SENIOR CENTER. THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING FROM 10 AM TO 12 PM. IT IS YOU CAN WALK THERE FROM BART. SO I JUST WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY, AND I PLAN TO STOP BY AS WELL.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET LOTS OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THE DISTRICT PLAN. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE WITH THIS GROUP, I WAS NOT HERE AT THE MEETING LAST MONTH BECAUSE IT WAS HELD ON A TUESDAY, AND I WAS AT CITY COUNCIL, AND AT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE MADE PROGRESS WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE FORMER CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION. WE SIGNED A PROFIT-SHARING AGREEMENT WITH THE NAVY, AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS SAGA, THIS IS THE LATEST, OR THE FURTHEST, I SHOULD SAY, THAT WE'VE EVER MADE IT WITH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO SIGN A PROFIT-SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CONCORD, THE NAVY, BECAUSE THEY WANT MONEY. THEY'RE NOT GIVING THIS TO US FOR FREE, AS WELL AS THE MASTER DEVELOPER BROOKFIELD. SO IT'S JUST YET ANOTHER STEP FORWARD. AND SO WE FEEL VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THAT.

BUT I WILL SAY THE PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT THAT PEOPLE ARE MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THE THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50, NOT THE REST OF IT.

BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE UPDATES WITH THE GROUP. VICE CHAIR MENDOZA. I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK WITH WHAT MEMBER OBRINGER SAID.

MADAM CLERK TOLD US A WEEK AGO

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