Sep 01, 2026 Board of Directors Meeting

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ALRIGHT. HI, EVERYONE. I CALL

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THANK YOU. DIRECTOR ECHOLS.

PRESENT.

DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT? IT'S TEMPORARILY. NOT HERE.

DIRECTOR ESPAÑA? PRESENT.

DIRECTOR MERCURIO? HERE.

DIRECTOR WAESPI IS ABSENT.

VICE PRESIDENT COFFEY? I'M HERE.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT SANWONG? HERE.

THANK YOU.

GREAT, THANKS. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD. AND DIRECTOR COFFEY IS GOING TO START US WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

AND DIRECTOR ECHOLS WILL READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY, WE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL OF THE LANDS WITHIN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ARE THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF EAST BAY, OHLONE BAY, MIWOK, AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY, YUCAT, 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.

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE NOW MOVE ON TO MODIFICATION OF THE AGENDA, WHICH WE DO HAVE

[MODIFICATION OF AGENDA]

IT SHOULD.

FIRST CHECK, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? I DON'T SEE ANY.

WE WILL NEED A MOTION, THOUGH, TO MAKE THIS CHANGE. SO REAL QUICK, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE THE CHANGE TO OUR.

OKAY, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION MADE BY DIRECTOR COFFEY. SECONDED BY DIRECTOR ECHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, THAT'S 50.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT,

[SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]

AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SPECIAL PRESENTATION 2, OUR PRESENTATION OF LIFE SAVING AWARDS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, ROBERTO FELICE, YOUR AGM OF PUBLIC SAFETY. IT'S ACTUALLY A SPECIAL OCCASION WHEN WE GET TO RECOGNIZE OUR OFFICERS, AND IN THIS CASE, WE GET TO RECOGNIZE AN OUTSIDE AGENCY, ALSO FREMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOR HELPING US OUT. I'M GOING TO CALL EVENTUALLY JOE KOCHER, CAPTAIN KOCHER, TO COME UP HERE AND WALK US THROUGH THE EVENT OF THE DAY.

BUT JUST AS A REMINDER AND I THINK I SHARED IT WITH YOU BEFORE AS A POLICE OFFICER.

YOU KNOW, WE SWORN TAKE A NOTE AND THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO DO IS PRESERVE LIFE. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT YOU CAN DO AS A POLICE OFFICER.

TWO OF OUR OFFICERS GOT THE HONOR OF SAVING SOMEBODY'S LIVES ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST THE TWO OF THEM. SO, WE HAVE A LITTLE ANGEL THAT'S WITH US TODAY, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. WE ARE SUPER EXCITED. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SHETTY FAMILY. RIGHT. SHETTY CORRECTED. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. AND I'M GOING TO CALL UP JOE KOCHER TO COME UP HERE AND WALK US THROUGH. AND WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR HIM TO WALK UP HERE, OFFICER KIEFER AND COME ON UP. ALEC, COME UP HERE. YOU GUYS ARE JUST AS SPECIAL AS I AM. EXCUSE ME.

AS JUST LET ME GET OUT OF THE WAY.

CAPTAIN.

SORRY BUDDY, I GOT TO GIVE YOU MY BEST PART.

GOOD AFTERNOON. TERRENCE KOCHER, POLICE CAPTAIN WITH YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ON AUGUST 9, 2026, POLICE OFFICER PILOT KIEFER AND TACTICAL FLIGHT OFFICER SAUNDERS WERE ASSIGNED TO EBRPD HELICOPTER EAGLE 8.

THEY RESPONDED TO MISSION PEAK FOR A 7-YEAR-OLD CHILD WHO HAD COLLAPSED AND WAS UNCONSCIOUS NEAR THE SUMMIT. RECOGNIZING THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE CHILD'S CONDITION AND THE SIGNIFICANT TIME IT WOULD TAKE FOR RESCUERS TO REACH HER BY GROUND, KIEFER AND SAUNDERS IMMEDIATELY DEVELOPED AN EXPEDITED RESCUE PLAN WITH FREMONT FIRE WHO IS ALSO PRESENT HERE TODAY. THEY LANDED AT SANFORD STAGE AREA, PICKED UP FREMONT FIRE PARAMEDIC AND FLEW THE PARAMEDIC DIRECTLY TO THE SUMMIT SO ADVANCED MEDICAL CARE COULD BEGIN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THEY THEN TRANSITIONED IMMEDIATELY TO EXTRACTING THE CHILD. TFO SAUNDERS ASSISTED FIRE PERSONNEL WITH LOADING THE UNCONSCIOUS CHILD INTO EAGLE 8 AND OFFICER PILOT KIEFER FLEW

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FOLLOWING THE TREATMENT, THE CHILD REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AND IS THANKFULLY WITH US HERE TODAY. OFFICER PILOT KIEFER AND TACTICAL FLIGHT OFFICER SAUNDERS DEMONSTRATED ACCESSIBLE JUDGMENT, TEAMWORK, COMPOSURE AND SKILL UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.

THEIR DECISIVE ACTIONS DRAMATICALLY SHORTENED THE TIME FOR ADVANCED MEDICAL CARE AND DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SAVING OF A YOUNG CHILD'S LIFE. IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE POLICE OFFICER PILOT KIEFER AND TACTICAL FLIGHT OFFICER SAUNDERS WITH THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT LIFE-SAVING AWARD. NO, WE GOT.

WE GOT RYAN. COMING UP.

ENGINEER PARAMEDIC RYAN EISFELD, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO BE RECOGNIZED. FOR OUTSTANDING ASSISTANCE AND TEAMWORK DURING THE AUGUST 9, 2006, RESCUE OF AN UNCONSCIOUS CHILD NEAR THE SUMMIT OF MISSION PEAK. AFTER BEING TRANSPORTED ABOARD EAGLE 8, ENGINEER FIRE PARAMEDIC EISFELD WORKED SEAMLESSLY WITH EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT POLICE, FREMONT FIRE DISPATCH AND AMBULANCE PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT A COORDINATED RESPONSE TO AND RAPID HELICOPTER EXTRACTION.

HIS CALM PROFESSIONALISM, CLEAR COMMUNICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THIS UNIFIED TEAM HELPED MOVE THE CHILD SAFELY FROM THE REMOTE SUMMIT TO MEDICAL CARE. HIS ACTIONS REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND THE FREMONT FIRE DEPARTMENT. PLEASE CONGRATULATE ENGINEER PARAMEDIC RYAN EISFELD. SO ALTHOUGH WE ARE SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZING THESE THREE PROFESSIONALS FOR WHAT THEY DID THAT DAY, EVERYTHING WE DO AT PUBLIC SAFETY IS A TEAM. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE ALL THE PERSONNEL PRESENT WITH US WHO DIRECTLY ASSISTED WITH THIS OPERATION. PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED AS WELL.

OKAY.

ALL HONOREES CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE THEIR SEATS. IT IS OUR DISTINCT PLEASURE TO NOW INVITE THE SHETTY FAMILY TO COME UP AND GIVE A BRIEF STATEMENT.

YEAH, JUST SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S MY DAUGHTER, SAMAIRA.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HAVING US TODAY AND MAKING US PART OF THIS CELEBRATION. WE ARE EXTREMELY HONORED TO THE OFFICES HERE. YOU BRING CALM AND HOPE TO OUR CHAOS.

AND I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COURAGE TO IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED THAT DAY IF YOU GUYS WEREN'T NOT THERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I AM DEEPLY HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

YEAH, I WOULD ECHO THE SAME THOUGHTS. I CAN'T THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THIS MISSION ENOUGH. I WAS THERE WITH SAMAIRA AT THE TOP OF THE MISSION PEAK. WE MADE IT TO THE TOP. WE WERE SO HAPPY.

AND THEN SHE ASKED ME TO START DESCENDING IMMEDIATELY. I TOOK HER LEAD. I THOUGHT SHE WAS JUST DOING FINE. AS SOON AS WE STARTED GETTING DOWN,

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AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I WAS CONFUSED. I CALLED MY WIFE.

SHE DON'T KNOW KNEW HOW TO RESPOND EITHER. AND THEN I ENDED UP CALLING 911. THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE AROUND HELPING ME, BUT THE EXPEDITED SERVICE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN THIS MOMENT OF URGENCY IS PHENOMENAL. SO I WANT TO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY INVOLVED FOR THEIR EXPEDITED SERVICE AND FOR THE URGENCY THAT WAS IMPORTANT IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION.

GLADLY. SAMIRA WAS TAKEN TO THE FREMONT HOSPITAL AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE SANTA CLARA EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS LATER DURING THE DAY. WE WERE SO WORRIED ABOUT HER, BUT THE OFFICERS WERE KIND ENOUGH TO FOLLOW UP WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S DOING JUST FINE. SO I REALLY LOVE THE EMPATHY AND THE GRATITUDE THAT EVERYBODY HAD FOR THIS SITUATION. SO CAN'T THANK EVERYONE ENOUGH. SO, YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM REALLY GRATEFUL, AND THE FAMILY IS REALLY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THE NATION.

WELL, THIS DOESN'T CONCLUDE ANYTHING BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SURPRISE. LT. RICE, YOU WANT TO COME UP HERE? SO, IN FOLLOWING UP WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON, WE FOUND OUT THAT IN TWO DAYS, IT'S MYRA'S BIRTHDAY. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR HER.

JUST ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY HERE AT THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, LIFEGUARD SERVICES, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIDDO.

I HOPE IT'S A GOOD ONE.

WHAT DO YOU SAY? THANK YOU.

OH, WOW.

THANK YOU THERE, MADAM PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PERSONALLY, AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE IGM OF PUBLIC SAFETY, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION AND IN PARTICULAR FOR OUR AIR SUPPORT UNIT, WHICH IS SUCH A USEFUL TOOL IN OUR MANY TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US, THE CAPABLE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE EVERY DAY GOING IN AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND TO OUR GENERAL MANAGER, MAX COURTEN, FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT. WE KNOW THAT IT'S AN EXPENSIVE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE. AND TODAY, SEEING THAT MAKES IT ALL WORTH IT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FEW PHOTOS. MAYBE WHY DON'T WE BREAK FOR THE MEETING FOR SIX MINUTES, 1:45, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE PHOTOS, AND THEN AS PEOPLE CLEAR OUT FROM THE ROOM, THEN WE'LL START WITH OUR SECOND PRESENTATION OF THE DAY. OKAY, WONDERFUL.

SO 1:45 WILL BE BACK ONLINE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. IT'S 01:48. I APOLOGIZE THAT WE'RE THREE MINUTES AFTER I HAD PROMISED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE WITH OUR MEETING. AND WE ARE NOW GOING TO LOOK AT OUR SPECIAL PRESENTATION FROM CONTRA COSTA COUNTY DISTRICT SUPERVISOR CANDACE ANDERSON.

WELL, AND AS WE GET IT ALL TEED UP HERE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME SPEAK TO YOU. WE, OF COURSE, HAVE A VERY, VERY, VERY LONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IRON HORSE TRAIL. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOES WAY BACK. AND I ALWAYS LOVE TO PROVIDE JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WEREN'T HERE FROM THE BEGINNING, JUST OF THE TRAIL. AND SO BACK, YOU KNOW, WE RAN TRAINS AND IT'S FUN WHEN I AM BACK IN THE SAN RAMON VALLEY TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO REMEMBER THE TRAINS ACTUALLY RUNNING. UP THROUGH 1978, WE HAD THE BRANCH LINE.

AS BEVERLY LANE, WE'RE HERE.

SHE'S WRITTEN MANY A HISTORY ABOUT THE BRANCH LINE. AND BACK WHEN THE TRAIN STOPPED RUNNING, COUNTY WENT AHEAD AND PURCHASED THE RIGHT OF WAY BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WOULD HAVE AN IMPORTANT PURPOSE. SO, 1989, 82 THROUGH 86, THE COUNTY WENT AHEAD. WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT GRANTS FOR THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO BUY THE RIGHT OF WAY.

BUT THERE WERE STRINGS ATTACHED TO IT AND THAT ESSENTIALLY SAID, HEY, YOU'VE GOT TO MAINTAIN THIS 34-FOOT SWATH DOWN THE MIDDLE AND YOU NEED TO SOMEDAY PUT TRANSIT IN THERE. AND IT COULD BE A BUSWAY, IT COULD BE A TRAIN,

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WE LOOKED AT THIS AND EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT WHEN THE COUNTY BOUGHT THE RIGHT OF WAY BEFORE, AS WE WERE STUDYING THESE LIGHT RAIL MASS TRANSIT REALLY BECAME A VERY INTEGRAL PARTNER AS TO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE TRAIL. AND SO, BEVERLY LANE AND A GUY NAMED BIC HOOPER LED THE CITIZENS' MOVEMENT. BEVERLY AT THE TIME WAS ON DANVILLE'S TOWN COUNCIL AND THE RIGHT OF WHEEL TRAIL ADVOCATES TO CREATE THIS MULTI-PURPOSE PAVED TRAIL SIMILAR TO THE LAFAYETTE MORAGA REGIONAL TRAIL. ONE OF YOUR BOARD DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT'S VERY PET PROJECTS AS WELL. A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS GOT INVOLVED.

BOB DOYLE WAS THEN THE TRAIL COORDINATOR FOR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.

INVITED TO AN EARLY MEETING OF WHAT IS THIS MASTER PLAN GOING TO LOOK LIKE? AND IT ALSO OF COURSE BECAME A PLACE FOR UTILITY LINES FOR PIPES THAT CURRENTLY RUN DOWN THERE AND WITH ENCROACHMENT PERMITS FROM THE COUNTY. AND BY THE WAY, I HAVEN'T INTRODUCED YET CARL ROHNER, THIS MAN STANDING NEXT TO ME, HE IS OUR OVERSEER OF THE COUNTY FOR THE EAST BAY REGIONAL TRAIL. AND HE. OR THE IRON HORSE. I'M SEARCHING IRON HORSE TRAIL AND ALSO HAS BEEN WITH PUBLIC WORKS NOW IT'S 23 YEARS AND HE IS SPEARHEADING THIS PROJECT. I'M GOING TO LET HIM SPEAK IN A MOMENT AS WELL. SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT'S BECAME A VERY, VERY POPULAR RECREATIONAL TRAIL. VERY IMPORTANT. 1997, THAT'S WHEN WE APPROVED THE IRON HORSE CORRIDOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT CARL NOW OVERSEES, HE HAS HOST THE MEETINGS AND HAS A VERY ENGAGED COMMITTEE WORKING WITH HIM.

AND THEN DANVILLE AND STAN RAMONE, WHEN I WAS ON THE TOWN COUNCIL, WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING BRIDGES OVER MAJOR OVER OVERPASSES, OVER BOLLINGER CANYON, OVER CROW CANYON, OVER SYCAMORE.

BUT AGAIN, THERE WAS STILL THIS EDICT THAT YOU HAD TO MAINTAIN THE 34-FOOT SWATH TO HAVE A LIGHT RAIL, A TRAIN, SOMETHING COMING OVER IT, AND BRIDGES WOULD HAVE TO BE DESIGNED THROUGH THAT.

SO THEN SB375 CAME ALONG ENCOURAGING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION. AND THAT WAS ONE WHERE ON THE DANVILLE TOWN COUNCIL AT THE TIME WE WERE SAYING, WELL, SO WHY ARE WE CONTINUING TO PROMOTE NECESSARILY HAVING TRANSIT DOWN HERE? MAYBE THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS WE COULD LOOK AT. AND SO, WHEN I GOT ELECTED TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I SAID TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IS WHY CAN'T WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE IRON HORSE TRAIL IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PEOPLE ARE USING TO GET FROM SCHOOL AND FROM WORK.

CAN'T WE GET THE STATE TO LET US OUT FROM UNDER THE EDICT? WENT UP TO SACRAMENTO MANY TIMES, MET WITH CTC LEADERS. ULTIMATELY, THEY SAID, IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT FROM UNDER THIS, YOU'VE GOT TO GET LEGISLATION. TIM GRAYSON, AT THE TIME OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER, NOW OUR STATE SENATOR, WENT AHEAD, EXCUSE ME, CARRIED LEGISLATION FOR US THAT DID LET US OUT FROM THAT AGREEMENT, SO TO SPEAK, THAT WE COULD IN FACT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION QUARTER.

WE NEEDED TO ADD A SEAT ON THE CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO REALLY PLAY A PART IN IT, TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS IN THE FUTURE FOR EMERGING MOBILITY. AND THEN TIMING OF THE BILL, OF COURSE ALLOWED SANTA MARYLAND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR VERY BEAUTIFUL SAN RAMON BRIDGE THAT CAME FORWARD.

BUT IN THE INTERIM, AS SOON AS WE GOT THE LEGISLATION PASSED PRE PANDEMIC, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE DO SOMETHING WITH THIS. AND SO, THE COUNTY DID MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION QUARTER STUDY THAT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PARTICIPATED IN. IT REALLY EXAMINED WHAT ARE THE CONSTRAINTS, HOW CAN WE REALLY DO SOMETHING WITH THIS TRAIL TO CONSIDER ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, TO ESSENTIALLY CREATE THE BICYCLE EXPRESSWAY IS WHAT I USED TO REFER TO IT AS OF HOW DO WE REALLY GET PEOPLE MOVING AND THEN ALSO LOOK AT NEW TECHNOLOGIES? IS THERE ROOM IN THERE TO SOMEDAY RUN SOME AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE UP AND DOWN THE SIDE? I WILL SAY WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY, I HAD PEOPLE IN ALAMO ACCUSING ME OF WANTING TO RUN DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES UP AND DOWN THE IRON HORSE TRAIL. AND I HAD TO SORT OF ALLAY THOSE CONCERNS AS WELL. BUT CITIES HAD INPUT OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE HAPPEN. AND SO ULTIMATELY, WHAT I ENDED UP DOING, BECAUSE I HATE TO HAVE STUDIES SITTING ON A SHELF. I HAD $500,000

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AND SO BACK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WE DID BRING IN A FEW PEOPLE FROM THE PARK DISTRICT TO SAY, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE.

OUR CONSULTANT IS STARTING DRAWINGS. AND SO WE'VE BEEN SHARING THE DRAWINGS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, YOU HAVE BEEN THE GREAT PARTNERS IN MAINTAINING THE TRAIL. WE MIGHT GET THEM BUILT, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THE MAINTENANCE, WHICH CAN GET EXPENSIVE. IT CAN GET COSTLY. WHEN WE MET IN MARCH, THE UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT PROBABLY THIS FIRST PILOT COULD BE ABSORBED BY YOUR MAINTENANCE CREWS.

BUT AS WE START MOVING FORWARD, THAT'S WHERE CERTAINLY WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO COME UP WITH MORE OF A PLAN AS OUR PARTNERSHIP RIGHT NOW DESIGN IS ADVANCING TO WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THE 95% PLAN STAGE. CARL, DO YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT AT ALL WHAT THAT MEANS? WELL, 95% WOULD BE NEARLY COMPLETE. WE'RE WORKING ON IT. WE'RE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 65 AND 95% RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, I GET DIFFERENT NUMBERS FROM CARL ON A GIVEN DAY, BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. SO, BOLLINGER CANYON BRIDGE. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE. I WAS DELIGHTED THAT JOHN WAS THERE THAT DAY, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT IT. AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE HOPING THAT AS THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CROW CANYON BRIDGE, AS THEY'RE STARTING TO DESIGN THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO INTEGRATE A LITTLE BIT MORE THE BICYCLE EXPRESSWAY, THE DUAL TRACKING INTO THAT BRIDGE AS WELL.

DON'T NEED TO TELL ALL OF YOU THESE REASONS WHY TRAIL SEPARATION IS SO IMPORTANT, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS CAN OFTEN BE THE LAST MILE CONNECTING TO TRANSIT. AM I SPEAKING TOO LONG? SOMEBODY'S ALARM. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN WHEELED AND PEDESTRIAN MODES. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REALLY HORRIFIC, EVEN RECENTLY, ACCIDENTS ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL WHERE PEDESTRIANS HAVE BEEN RUN INTO BY BICYCLISTS, NOT ONLY ON E BIKES, BUT JUST REGULAR CYCLISTS. AND IT'S A SERIOUS CONCERN. WHEN I'M OUT SPEAKING TO GROUPS, I WILL SAY HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ALMOST BEEN RUN OVER BY A PACK OF MARAUDING 12-YEAR-OLDS ON E BIKES. AND HALF THE ROOM RAISES THEIR HANDS AND IT'S A FRIGHTENING THING. AND WE APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE SO MUCH, EAST BAY REGIONAL POLICE, PARK POLICE WHO ARE OUT THERE WHEN THEY HAVE TIME TO, TO HELP MAINTAIN THE SPEED LIMIT. OUR PARTNERS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE COMING UP WITH REGULATIONS TO GET VERY CLEAR REGULATIONS AS TO WHO CAN BE RIDING WINCH BIKES ON THE SEGMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. WE'VE GOT NINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS RIGHT ALONG THAT CORRIDOR TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THE TRAIL. AND SO, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CLEARLY VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.

SO BASIC DESCRIPTION RIGHT NOW, THIS CURRENT PILOT IS ABOUT 1.3 MILES LONG FROM THE NEW BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD BRIDGE TO CROW CANYON. ITS EXISTING TRAIL IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE KEPT FOR PEDESTRIANS AND THE NEW TRAIL IS WHAT WILL BE FOR THE BICYCLES. AND THE WALKING TRAIL IS TYPICALLY ON THE WEST SIDE, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT SHADIER WITH THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOULDER, ALMOST A SWALE TO TYPE AREA BETWEEN THE TWO.

THAT WAS ONE CONCERN RAISED BY PEOPLE IS IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE IT ALL PAVED, WILL PEOPLE JUST BE SWERVING IN AND OUT? AND NO, THEY WON'T. THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET OFF TRAIL AND TO COME OVER. THIS IS JUST A PROJECT LOCATION MAP SHOWING YOU IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY WHERE PHASE ONE IS, PHASE TWO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND APPLYING FOR GRANTS FOR WOULD BE THE CROW CANYON TO SYCAMORE VALLEY ROAD. SO CLOSER VICINITY MAPS WHERE WE ARE AND I DON'T HAVE TO KEEP REPEATING THAT, BUT THIS GIVES YOU SOME AI RENDITIONS OF WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

SO, AS YOU'RE COMING TO THE NEW BRIDGE OVER BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD, YOU WOULD SEE BICYCLE EXPRESSWAY MERGING WITH THE PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE THAT BRIDGE WAS DESIGNED AS A SINGLE PATH. AND THEN AS YOU LOOK AT THE TYPICAL TRAIL TRANSITION, YOU CAN SEE SORT OF THIS ONTO IT THAT TAKES PLACE. AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMENITIES,

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LINDA, I KNOW I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE LA MARINDA, THE LAFAYETTE MORAGA TRAIL, SOME OF THOSE THAT SIGNAGE GOING FORWARD AND AMENITIES ARE GREAT. WE'RE NOT PLANNING AS PART OF OUR PROJECT AMENITIES. WE WANT THAT TO BE SOMETHING THAT CITIES TAKE ON, THAT DEVELOPERS TAKE ON, THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE TRAIL. WORKING WITH CITY OF SAN RAMON, THERE'S SOME AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN COLLECTING PARK DEDICATION FEES THAT THEY INTEND TO USE TOWARD CONNECTIVITY. AS PROJECTS ARE BEING DEVELOPED BY ALEX MARIN JR. AS SUNSET DEVELOPMENT IS GOING OUT AND HAVING PEOPLE START DEVELOPING HOUSING, HAVING COMPANIES DEVELOPING HOUSING, HAVING THAT TRAIL CONNECTIVITY IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE PRIORITIZING, WHICH IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. SOMETHING THAT WE DID. WHEN I SAY WE, THE COUNTY, I HAVE AN ALAMO MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, SINCE ALAMO IS NOT A CITY. AND WE, YOU KNOW, OVER 10-YEARS-AGO ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY FROM SAN RAMON VALLEY FIRE. IT DOES NOT HAVE PARKING ON IT. IT'S ONLY ON THE TRAIL. AND ONE EVENING WE JUST SUMMER EVENING, SIMILAR TO THE WEATHER WE'RE HAVING NOW. THE ALAMO MAC AND MYSELF, WE JUST WALKED THIS PROPERTY THAT USED TO BE A WALNUT ORCHARD, SAID, WHAT WOULD WE WANT ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL AS AN AMAZING AMENITY? AND I'M THE MOM OF SIX KIDS. I USED TO TAKE THEM ON BIKE RIDES. I SAID, I WANT RESTROOMS. I WANT A PICNIC AREA. I WANT A PARK AREA.

WE'VE ADDED A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO REPAIR THEIR BICYCLES.

WE'VE ADDED SHADE STRUCTURES.

SO, THIS IS THE KIND OF THING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE.

NOT IN THE TRAIL, BUT OFF THE TRAIL AS OPPORTUNITIES ARISE.

AND THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SPOTS TO GO. MY HUSBAND AND I WILL OFTEN PICK UP BREAKFAST AT SIDEBOARD IN DANVILLE. WE'LL RIDE DOWN THE TRAIL AND HAVE BREAKFAST ON A SATURDAY MORNING HERE. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE AMENITIES LIKE THAT. PIPELINES AND UTILITIES. YOU ALL KNOW, HEY, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THEM IN THE TRAIL. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE WITH THE CURRENT DESIGN FOR THIS FIRST PILOT PROJECT.

WE ARE NOT HAVING TO REMOVE OR RELOCATE ANY OF THOSE. WE'RE ABLE TO AVOID THOSE IN THE CURRENT DESIGN, WHICH IS A NICE THING TO HAVE WITH IT, TOO. THIS TRAIL ORIGINAL, OUR PILOT PROJECT, WE DON'T HIT C3 REQUIREMENTS.

THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN AS WE WERE STARTING THIS.

OF COURSE, ANYTIME WE'RE DROPPING IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, IT CAN TRIGGER C3 REQUIREMENTS.

BUT GIVEN THE OR, I DON'T KNOW. I'M GOING TO TURN THIS TO CARL. WHY DON'T WE HAVE ANY C3 REQUIREMENTS? BECAUSE WE ARE EXEMPT.

SO THAT'S THE EASY ANSWER.

THIS IS EXEMPT. WHY ARE WE EXEMPT, CARL? BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE TRAIL AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE RUNOFF FROM THE TRAIL INTO BARE EARTH NEARBY.

OKAY, SO IT IS THE BARE EARTH.

LUCKILY, WE'RE NOT PAVING THE ENTIRE WIDTH, BUT WE ARE IN THOSE AREAS. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE JUST FROM THIS RENDITION, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THAT SORT OF LANDSCAPING IN BETWEEN. I THINK THERE WAS THOUGHTS THAT IF WE NEEDED TO, WE COULD HAVE MADE THAT A SWALE, AN AREA TO ABSORB THE WATER. BUT WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT TO BUILD IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO COST US AS MUCH TO HAVE THAT GOING FORWARD.

INTERSECTION SAFETY, HUGE, HUGE CONCERN OF ALL OF US. AND IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO SEE BOTH IN DANVILLE AND NOW THE COUNTY. WE ARE DOING SOME REALLY NICE FLASHING LIGHTS AT EVERY INTERSECTION WHERE THE TRAIL IS CROSSING. AND SO, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT EACH UNIQUE INTERSECTION AS THE TRAIL CONTINUES AS WELL. AND NEXT SEGMENT I ALREADY MENTIONED IS WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING FROM WHERE WE'RE FINISHING AT CROW CANYON UP TO SYCAMORE BECAUSE THE NEW BRIDGE IS GOING TO BE BUILT, OR THEY'RE IN SORT OF THE EARLY DESIGN PHASE, THE CITY OF SAN RAMON GOING OVER CROW CANYON ROAD. SO THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT PHASE, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT CONSTRUCTION. THIS GIVES YOU THE VICINITY MAP OF THIS PHASE TWO, AND THEN FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES. I BRING IT UP TO ALAMEDA COUNTY AND I GET A LITTLE PUSHBACK SOMETIMES ABOUT, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING AND WE CAN'T DO THAT.

BUT THEY JUST BUILT A BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE TAKING YOU RIGHT TO THE DUBLIN BART STATION.

ULTIMATELY, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE TRAIL RUNNING SOUTH FROM THE BOLLINGER CANYON TO THE DUBLIN BORDER AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE BEAUTIFUL TRAIL THAT THEY HAVE THERE. I KNOW THERE ARE ALWAYS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AS WELL WITH WHAT'S ON THE TRAIL.

IN FACT, EVEN ON THIS SEGMENT OF THE TRAIL, WE WERE CONCERNED BECAUSE IT WAS THE OLD BISHOP RANCH PEAR ORCHARD. AND AS CARL REMINDS ME, WHAT DO THEY USE IN PEAR ORCHARDS? LEAD. ARSENIC.

LEAD ARSENIC. AND LUCKILY, WE DID OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING SHOWED WE WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO MITIGATE FOR THAT.

SO IT IS A BIG CONCERN. SO

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CARL HAS APPLIED FOR THAT. AND THEN WE'RE AWAITING SOME STATE, CALIFORNIA, STATE PARKS, RECREATIONAL TRAILS FUNDING THAT WE WILL ALSO BE APPLYING FOR. AND WE'RE ESTIMATING, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE BETWEEN, I THINK TWO.

AROUND 2 MILLION IS WHAT CARL SAID.

YEAH. SO, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE COULD BUILD IT. THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, WHICH IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT A LOT OF MONEY TO GET IT DONE. AND MY GOAL IS REALLY IS TO GET THE FIRST PILOT PHASE BUILT.

REALLY MY GOAL IS NEXT YEAR.

WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN PULL THAT OFF OR NOT, I'M NOT SURE.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CAN DO, MAKE THIS REALLY WORK AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PEOPLE BEING IN THEIR CARS, AS AN AMENITY THAT IS NOT JUST RECREATIONAL, BUT IT REALLY GOES TO OUR GOALS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. I KNOW THE COUNTY CONTRA COSTA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THEIR TRANSPORTATION EXPENDITURE PLAN AS THEY LOOK AT RENEWING THEIR EXISTING HALF CENT SALES TAX. AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT IF EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS DISTRICT GOES OUT FOR ANOTHER PARCEL TAX, THIS MAY BE ONE OF THOSE PREMIER MARQUEE PROJECTS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT AND SAY, THIS MAKES MY LIFE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AND THIS IMPROVES MY.

WHETHER I ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIKES TO WALK ALONG THE SHADY PATH ON A WALK WITH MY FRIENDS OR I WANT TO GET FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER, I REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. SO I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL MOVE IT FORWARD AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO KEEP LOOKING AT ALL KINDS OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE. AND ULTIMATELY, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, EMAIL CAN ASK CARL OR ME AND CARL WHAT I BRING THEM ALONG AND THEN I DON'T WANT THEM TALK. CARL, WHAT HAVE WE FORGOTTEN TO TALK ABOUT? I THINK YOU'VE COVERED IT VERY WELL, SUPERVISOR.

AND THAT'S THE CORRECT ANSWER.

RIGHT. BUT WHAT DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS TO ME? YOU GUYS ARE OUR PARTNERS AND I DON'T WANT TO GET THIS PROJECT AHEAD OF YOU, WHICH IS WHY AS WE'VE BEEN MOVING ALONG, I'VE BEEN BRINGING THEM ALONG.

AND THEN I'LL SAY TO CARL, ARE YOU GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE PARK DISTRICT? HAVE THEY PROVIDED INPUT? AND MAYBE YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT INPUT HAVE YOU RECEIVED FROM EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK STAFF? SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOUR STAFF BECAUSE I'M WORKING WITH THEM. EVERY WEEK I'M GETTING THE CALLS FROM CARLOS SAYING, HEY, WE GOT THIS ON THE CORNER, WE'VE GOT THAT ON THE CORNER.

SO WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP AND I CONSIDER THEM MY BUDDIES. ALL RIGHT, SO, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, I MET WITH THEM LAST WEEK AND WE SAT DOWN AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS. AND THEIR OVERALL CONCERN, LOGICALLY SO, IS KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, MONEY AND STAFF. THEY MAY NEED MORE PEOPLE AS WE START TO BUILD THIS OUT. AND YOU KNOW, AS THE SUPERVISOR SAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT FIRST 1.3 MILES, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

BUT AS THIS STARTS TO GATHER SPEED AND MOVING ALONG, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE PEOPLE AND MORE HELP TO TAKE CARE OF IT. AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, MANAGING THE CORRIDOR ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS IS NOT AN EASY TASK. AGAIN, EAST BAY STAFF DOES A VERY GOOD JOB OF IT, BUT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.

AND TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD KIND OF A HOMELESS INCIDENT ON THE TRAIL. SO, LOTS HAPPENING. AND YOU KNOW, THANKS TO EAST BAY PARKS FOR SPEARHEADING, KIND OF GETTING CLEANING UP A BIG MESS WE HAD.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. AND ABSOLUTELY, WE, AS I KEEP REPEATING, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP AND WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. THAT REALLY GOES BACK. I ALWAYS SHARE THIS FUNNY ANECDOTE WHERE WHEN I BECAME A DANVILLE TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER IN 2003, I WAS APPOINTED, AND I WAS APPOINTED BECAUSE MILLIE GREENBERG HAD BEEN APPOINTED BY GRADY DAVIS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

AND I WENT OUT TO LUNCH WITH HER AND I HAD JUST, JUST READ ALL OF DANVILLE'S GENERAL PLAN AND I SEEN THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE RUNNING A TRANSIT CORRIDOR DOWN THE IRON HORSE TRAIL. AND SO, I SAID, WELL, MELLIE, TELL ME ABOUT THIS TRANSIT CORRIDOR.

AND SHE JUST SAID, OVER MY DEAD BODY. WELL, THAT HAPPENED. SORT OF A SIMILAR VOICE TO BEVERLY LANES. JUST SORT OF LIKE, NO, THIS ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. SO FROM THAT POINT I REALIZED, HEY, THIS IS A TREASURE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I THINK WE CAN DO IT RIGHT AND MAKE SOMETHING AMAZING OUT OF IT.

SO.

QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?

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AND ON THE PLANNING SIDE, SHAWN DUGAN AND OUR TRAILS TEAM WORKING TOGETHER ON SORT OF THE VISION FOR THAT SITE.

AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP AND MOVING THIS WORK FORWARD. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING ON IT TOGETHER.

OKAY. AND DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT IF YOU'VE GOT SOME BRILLIANT IDEAS OR THOUGHTS.

I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS, IF ANYONE HAS ANY.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I KNOW SOME OF US GOT TO GO ON A BIKE RIDE. ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL IN APRIL AS PART OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAILS AND GREENWAYS CONFERENCE. AND WE GOT TO HEAR ABOUT THE PROJECT FROM CARL WHILE WE WERE ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL. SO IT'S GREAT TO ALSO BE CONNECTED NOW, WHAT, ALMOST FIVE MONTHS LATER ON THIS PROJECT. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE IF ANYONE ON THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS TO ASK AT THIS TIME. IT'S PRESENTATION, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SETUP. SO, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, AND THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR PRESENTATIONS. GO AHEAD.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK IN HERE.

AND I KNOW. AM I GOING? YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT HAS. EVERYBODY'S THROWING THE WORD PARTNERSHIP AROUND BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP NOW AND IT'S GOING TO BE A PARTNERSHIP.

BUT I JUST. SINCE IT'S IN MY WARD, WARD 6, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND TO IT AND RECOGNIZE SOME FOLKS AND THE FACT THAT YES, IT WAS BOUGHT FOR TRANSPORTATION, THAT RIGHT OF WAY WAS BOUGHT FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES, BUT IT'S STILL SERVING TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES TO A GREATER DEGREE THAN I THINK WAS FIRST EVEN ENVISIONED BACK IN THE, YOU KNOW, 1980S AND 70S. WE NEED TO RECOGNIZED THAT WE'RE KIND OF STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF BEVERLY LANE AND BIC HOOPER BECAUSE THEY. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT HAD THE ENERGY AND THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE FOLKS TO GO OUT AND ADVOCATE THIS.

AND THEIR, THE NAME OF THEIR GROUP WAS ROUTE A RIGHT OF WAY TRAIL ADVOCATES.

YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE. AND SO, THEN BEVERLY ENDED UP SERVING ON THIS BOARD IN THE SEAT THAT NOW OCCUPY.

AND BICK HOOPER WAS ON THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE TOO. SO, HE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WITH THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, AND HE WAS A GREAT MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE. BUT THEN YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT IRON HORSE CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND THE COMMITTEE THAT WENT WITH IT. AND I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME IN CONCORD TO BE THE CONCORD REPRESENTATIVE ON THE FIRST ONE OF THOSE WHERE WE CAME UP WITH, WE HIRED A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TO DESIGN SOME OF THEIR LANDSCAPE FEATURES THAT MIGHT GO IN IN THE FUTURE. AND YOU KNOW, THE PLACES WHERE IT CROSSES THE STREET, HOW MIGHT WE HAVE LITTLE PLAZAS AND PLACES TO SIT? AND I NOTICED IN DANVILLE, THEY BUILT IT EXACTLY LIKE WHAT IS IN THAT PLANT. NO THANKS TO CARL. I'M SURE YOU PROBABLY WROTE HER DOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DID IT RIGHT.

BUT THAT WAS FUN DOING THAT. I REALLY ENJOYED THAT A LOT.

YEAH. AND PRESIDENT SAN JUAN MENTIONED THE TRIP THAT SOME OF US TOOK ON THE TRAIL DURING THE TRAILS CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED ON THAT WAS THE DIFFICULTY OF CROSSING STREETS WHEN YOU HAVE TWO TRAILS. AND WE KIND OF RECOGNIZED THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT TREATMENTS OF THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE GEOMETRY THAT EXISTS THERE RIGHT NOW. AND SO, IN A WAY IT'S GOING TO BE A LABORATORY TO SEE DOES IT WORK, TO HAVE IT CROSS OR MAYBE WE CAN'T DO THAT OR YOU KNOW, ALL THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT. AND SO THE TERM PILOT PROJECT IS NOT JUST A WORD, IT'S FOR REAL. YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ARE DOING THIS AS A PILOT. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE VARIOUS POLICE AGENCIES ALONG THE WHOLE CORRIDOR IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY COOPERATED WITH LAST WEEK AND DID A, DID A LITTLE ACTION OUT THERE, INCLUDING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEY MADE A NUMBER OF CONTACTS AND ACTUALLY ISSUED SOME CITATIONS AS WELL FOR BAD BEHAVIOR OUT THERE ON THE TRAIL. SO WE'RE ON IT, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE AGAIN THIS MONTH, LATER ON THIS MONTH DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF FUNDING, I KNOW SUPERVISOR, YOU MENTIONED CCTA AS A POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCE AND IT'S PERFECT BECAUSE IT'S A TRANSPORTATION

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ANY.

WE COULD PROBABLY DO THAT IF YOU NEEDED ANY HELP OR IDEAS.

BUT I DON'T.

MAYBE YOU DON'T.

WE JUST SUBMITTED. OH, A MONTH AGO.

SO YEAH, FOR THAT ONE.

BUT WE. WELL, AND TO THAT POINT, JOHN, THERE MAY BE SOME COLLABORATION. THE GRANTS WE'VE BEEN APPLYING FOR HAVEN'T INCLUDED MAINTENANCE AND THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE A JOINT GRANT GO IN AT SOME POINT WHERE WE ARE LOOKING FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR BOTH THE BUILDING OF THE TRAIL AND THEN SOME LONGER-TERM MAINTENANCE. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FOR US TO WORK ON.

YEAH, THAT'S VERY GOOD. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SENDING THIS FORWARD AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GO AHEAD, LINDA.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE PAGE A COUPLE PAGES BACK. BY THE WAY, I JUST LOVE THIS. I MEAN THE DUAL, DUAL TRACKING. I LIVED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR 10 YEARS AND, AND IT'S JUST THE NORM DOWN THERE. YOU JUST GOT TO SEPARATE THEM. WE CAN DO ALL THESE WEEKENDS WITH OUR POLICE, BUT SEPARATING THEM IS KEY.

AND I LOVE THAT. I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WERE NINE SCHOOLS ALONG THE WAY. THAT WAS A NICE LITTLE TIDBIT. AND GETTING KIDS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, SO KEEPING THEM SAFE AND ALL THAT.

I HAD A QUESTION ON YOUR FINANCING. YOU MENTIONED THE PCA, THE PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREAS, AND THAT'S KIND OF INTRIGUING TO ME. IS THE PATH ITSELF CONSIDERED A CONSERVATION AREA AND A PARK? IT'S CONSIDERED A CONSERVATION AREA, YES. AND THAT WAS A STATUS CHANGE THAT HAPPENED I THINK IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

BECAUSE I ASKED.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. SO THE TRAIL ITSELF, JUST LIKE WE CONSIDER IT BASICALLY A LINEAR PARK. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I THINK MORE AND MORE GETTING IT FUNDED AS A TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR, BUT KEEPING THAT NATURAL. I JUST HAD SUCH A. I GOT MY. I. I BOUGHT MY OWN E BIKE AND I WAS OUT THERE FOR THE GREENWAYS CONFERENCE IN APRIL, DOING SEVERAL MILES AND I SAW SOME KIDS OUT THERE WITH THEIR NANNY PLAYING ALONG THE SIDE IN THE GREEN SPACE. SO YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE TWO TRACKS, WHICH IS WONDERFUL, IT'S LIKE, WHERE'S THAT GREEN SPACE? BUT IT'S INTERESTING AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT UPDATE ON ABAG AND MAKING THAT SORT OF PART OF PCA AND HAVING THAT BE PART OF THE MONEY, HAVING PEOPLE SLOW DOWN, YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS DON'T WANT TO JUST RIDE THROUGH NATURE, BUT HAVE THE CHANCE TO TOUCH NATURE AND STILL SEE THE. I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE GRASS IN BETWEEN AND GLAD TO SEE PCA MONEY BEING PART OF THIS.

YEAH, I JUST SHARED THE PCA MONEY IS TYPICALLY, I THINK FUNDED NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION. SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN AT LEAST LIKE IN MARIN COUNTY WHERE I WORKED BEFORE, ALL OF THE PCA MONEY WAS FUNDING MULTI USE PATH IMPROVEMENT. SO, THIS WOULD BE VERY CONSISTENT WITH THAT FUNDING SOURCE.

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT. AND THE HOUSING ALONG THE WAY TOO. WE'RE SEEING ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS OF KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS, REDUCING VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED. I'M ACTUALLY A BIG BICYCLE FAN, PARTICULARLY FOR GETTING OUT OF CARS AND LOWERING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. SO WHEN WE WERE PHYSICALLY THERE ON THE TRAIL AND SAW EVEN AS WE SPEAK ALL THE TIME, NEW DEVELOPMENT, JUST SO WONDERFUL THEY'LL HAVE THIS RESOURCE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE UPDATE GETTING TODAY BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS. SO THANK YOU.

YEAH, LET ME GIVE A BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THAT. SAN RAMON RIGHT NOW IS GOING THROUGH AN INCREDIBLE RENOVATION AND CHANGING BISHOP RANCH INTO HOUSING. AND THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF HOUSES GOING UP ALONG THE IRON HORSE CORRIDOR. AND SO ALL THESE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO USE THAT CORRIDOR, HOP ON THEIR BIKES, GO DOWN TO DOWNTOWN SAN RAMON, GO SHOPPING, GO TO TARGET, GO TO CITY HALL FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS. ALL THIS WILL BE ABLE TO HAPPEN A LOT BETTER AND A LOT MORE SAFER IF WE BUILT A SECOND PATHWAY.

ABSOLUTELY. AND IT'S ALSO WHEN YOU HAVE NEW HOUSING, PEOPLE GET INTO PATTERNS AND YOU REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT PATTERN OF USING A TRAIL TO GET WHERE YOU NEED TO. I HAVE A SISTER WHO LIVES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SHE HAD PURCHASED A HOME IN A NEW AREA THAT HAD A SYSTEM OF TRAILS AND EACH HOUSE CAME WITH A BICYCLE. I MEAN, IT WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE BUILDERS REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE EACH HOUSEHOLD WITH A BICYCLE. SO I HAVEN'T SUGGESTED THAT YET TO ANY DEVELOPERS THERE, BUT WHO KNOWS? THANK YOU.

GO AHEAD.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE SUPERVISOR FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS FOR SO MANY YEARS. I WAS NEWLY APPOINTED TO FILL THE SEAT HERE FOR DIANE BURGESS IN 2017 AND I WENT TO A JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST EVENT IN MORAGA AND GOT IN LINE WITH A SUPERVISOR AND

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I WON'T FILL ANYONE'S EARS WITH THIS STUFF, WITH THIS VISION WAY BACK WHEN. SO I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS VERY FOR VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND IT'S COMING TO FRUITION. DIRECTOR MERCURIO HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE, SIMILAR ADVOCATE FOR DOING THIS WITH THE CONTRA COSTA TRAIL ONCE THE CONTRA COSTA CANAL IS UNDERGROUNDED ON THE SAME FOR THE SAME REASONS. AND SO THIS WILL SERVE AS A PILOT FOR THAT ADVOCACY THAT YOU ARE DOING WITH THE CONTRA COSTA CANAL. SO IT'S A GREAT THING TO COME ALONG. THANK YOU.

MY PLEASURE.

YEAH, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. AND I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DUBLIN SIDE OF THE TRAIL. SO I REPRESENT THAT PORTION OF OUR PARK DISTRICT, DUBLIN, PLEASANTON AND LIVERMORE. AND ON THE DUBLIN SIDE OF THE TRAIL WHERE IT MEETS SAN RAMON, THAT PORTION OF THE TRAIL THAT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT OPERATES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SUB LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN, WHO HAS A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE LANDOWNER, ZONE 7 WATER AGENCY, WHICH IS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT I PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON. AND IT'S AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY IN TERMS OF BOARD GOVERNANCE SEPARATE FROM ALAMEDA COUNTY. THAT SAID, THE BRIDGE THAT'S IN THE SLIDE DECK, THAT WAS A PROJECT MANAGED BY CITY OF DUBLIN. BUT A LARGE PORTION OR THE MAJORITY OF THE PORTION OF THE FUNDING DID COME FROM THE ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN HOW CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT WORK TOGETHER WITH IRON ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL. AND I THINK HERE AT EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, AND I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN SAYING THIS FOR FOUR YEARS, I THINK WE'RE IN A REALLY UNIQUE POSITION WHERE WE CAN BRING, YOU KNOW, BOTH SIDES, BOTH COUNTY, ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SIDES OF THE TRAIL TOGETHER, SINCE WE WORK WITH CITY OF DUBLIN ON THE CITY OF DUBLIN SIDE AND THEN CITY OF PLEASANTON MANAGES THE PLEASANTON SIDE. AND LIVERMORE IS VERY EAGER TO HAVE US RECOGNIZE THEIR EFFORTS ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ZONE 7 IN REGARDS TO EXTENDING THE IRON HORSE TRAIL INTO LIVERMORE. AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US WORK TOGETHER TO BRING APART BOTH SIDES. AND SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF THE TWO TRACK, I BELIEVE CITY OF DUBLIN. SO, THEY JUST OPENED UP PHASE ONE OF THEIR IRON HORSE NATURE PARK RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRAIL.

AND I BELIEVE PHASE TWO DOES TALK ABOUT HAVING, YOU KNOW, THE BICYCLE EXPRESSWAY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT STAGE THAT PROCESS IS OR IF IT'S EVEN BEEN CONFIRMED THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S MOVING FORWARD. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND IT IS IN SOME OF THEIR VISIONING DOCUMENTS.

SO THAT COULD BE A REALLY FRUITFUL CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE THAT I THINK WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER. THE ONLY THING IS THAT IF THERE IS THAT SECOND BICYCLE EXPRESSWAY OR SECOND PATHWAY FOR PEDESTRIANS, I DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS THAT LAND. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ZONE 7 OWNS THAT LAND. SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME DIFFERENT MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL ITEMS TO FIGURE OUT IN REGARDS TO THAT. BUT OTHERWISE I DO THINK THAT THERE IS INTEREST.

LIKE I SAID, I KNOW WHEN CITY OF DUBLIN PUT TOGETHER THEIR VISION FOR THAT PARTICULAR FROM AMADOR VALLEY BOULEVARD TO THE SAN RAMON BORDER, THERE IS THIS IDEA THAT THERE WILL BE A SECOND PATHWAY.

BUT I THINK IT'S JUST MORE IN THAT VISIONING STAGE RIGHT NOW.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SPUR THEM ALL.

EXACTLY.

THIS WILL SAY I WANT ONE IN MY JURISDICTION. NO, THAT'S WONDERFUL. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. AND YES, AND I. WE HAVE A CORNER OF ZONE 7, OF COURSE, IN THE DAUGHERTY VALLEY IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. AND SO, I WORK WITH THOSE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL.

BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT REGARD AND THEN TRANSITIONING HERE. BUT I AGREE THE PARTNERSHIP IS THERE.

AND THE OTHER PLACE THAT WE CURRENTLY WORK TOGETHER ON TRANSPORTATION ISSUES IS THROUGH THE TRI VALLEY TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL, WHICH IS MADE UP OF PLEASANTON AND LIVERMORE AND DUBLIN, SAN MARON, DANVILLE AND THE COUNTY UP THROUGH ALAMO. SO, WE HAVE ALREADY A WORKING RELATIONSHIP IN RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE TWO SEPARATE COUNTIES, BUT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. BUT YOU ARE VERY MUCH THE COHESIVE GLUE BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT BOTH COUNTIES SEAMLESSLY. SO ANYWAY, I THINK THERE ARE SOME GREAT PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

YEAH.

AND IT GETS INTERESTING WITH MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL. SO THE BART STATION, SOME OF THE BART STATION IS OWNED BY BART, AND SOME OF THAT AREA IS OWNED BY ZONE 7. AND SO THERE ALSO HAD TO BE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN BART AND ZONE SEVEN, BECAUSE THERE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A REROUTING THROUGH THE DUBLIN PLEASANTON BART STATION THAT'S COMING UP, OR MAYBE IT'S ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO. AND SO THERE'S JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES ALONG THE TRAIL, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. AND I THINK IT'S WHAT MAKES IT SUCH AN IMPORTANT ASPECT IN TERMS OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.

THANK YOU.

IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE AREN'T DOING PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO WE WILL THEN CLOSE THE ITEM AND THANK OUR GUEST.

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AND I'D LOVE TO GET A PHOTO WITH ALL OF YOU BECAUSE THIS IS A FUN THING FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO PUSH OUT. SO, IF YOU JUST STAND WHERE YOU ARE, I'LL COME STAND OVER THERE AND CARL, COME WITH ME. WE'LL DO A PICTURE.

IS THAT OKAY? OKAY.

[PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A COUPLE HANDS UP ONLINE. WE HAVE ONE IN PERSON. I WILL READ MY ANNOUNCEMENT FIRST. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT EITHER IN PERSON OR VIA ZOOM. THOSE ATTENDING IN PERSON SHALL SUBMIT A ARD TO THE CLERK STAFF OR OTHERWISE INDICATE THEIR DESIRE TO SPEAK ON A NON-AGENDA ITEM. THOSE ATTENDING VIA ZOOM MAY USE THE RAISE YOUR HAND FEATURE.

SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED WHEN IT IS THEIR TURN TO SPEAK. EACH ILL BE PROVIDED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. SO, WE WILL START IN PERSON WITH DAVID SHIRT FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE BOTANICAL GARDEN, KELLY AND TO MAX.

OKAY, I HAVE A TELEPROMPTER APP ON MY PHONE AND OF COURSE, WHEN I WANT IT TO WORK, IT WON'T. OKAY, THERE WE GO.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GENERAL MANAGER AND STAFF. MY NAME IS DAVID SCHERETZ. RHYMES WITH CARROTS. I SPEAK TODAY AS CHAIR OF THE FRIENDS OF THE REGIONAL PARKS BOTANIC GARDEN.

FOR NEARLY 90 YEARS, THE REGIONAL PARKS BOTANIC GARDEN HAS FLOURISHED AS A LIVING MUSEUM, A 10-ACRE RICH BOTANICAL HERITAGE, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR STATE'S RAREST AND MOST ENDANGERED PLANTS, PLANT SPECIES. BUT BEHIND THE GARDEN STAFF IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION IS A DEDICATED COMMUNITY OF VOLUNTEERS, EDUCATORS AND ADVOCATES.

SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1996, THE FRIENDS HAVE WORKED IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DISTRICT AND THE REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION. OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE. TO SUPPORT THE GARDEN'S VITAL WORK IN CONSERVATION, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND NATIVE PLANT HORTICULTURE. WE HAVE NOW GROWN TO OVER 500 FRIEND'S MEMBERS THROUGH OUR VOLUNTEER NETWORK.

THE FRIENDS SERVE AS A TRUE CATALYST FOR GARDEN NEEDS. WE HELP FUND AND FACILITATE CRUCIAL IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, OFFERING TRAINED DOCENT TOURS, GARDEN GREETERS, WORKSHOPS AND PUBLICIZING THROUGH OUR QUARTERLY JOURNAL MANZANITA ALONGSIDE OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER TO HIGHLIGHT CALIFORNIA FLORA IN THE GARDEN CAPITAL AND HORTICULTURAL PROJECTS. DIRECT FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND MATERIALS FOR THE AWARD WINNING CREVICE GARDEN BED RESTORATION AND PUBLIC PATH CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT, CONSERVATION AND FIELD WORK SUPPORTING PLANT COLLECTION, FIELD TRIPS TO PRESERVE RARE SPECIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA'S DIVERSE ECOLOGICAL REGIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HOSTING KEY PUBLIC EVENTS SUCH AS OUR ANNUAL FALL NATIVE PLANT SALE AND WEEKLY SALES WHICH DRAW EAST BAY RESIDENTS INTO THE WORLD OF SUSTAINABLE NATIVE PLANT GARDENING. EVERY DOLLAR RAISED AND EVERY VOLUNTEER HOUR LOGGED BY THE FRIENDS DIRECTLY ENRICHES THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND IMPROVES ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. JUST 10 DAYS AGO, A NUMBER OF YOU HELPED US CELEBRATE OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A WARM AND UPBEAT AFTER HOURS GATHERING AT THE GARDEN WITH MORE THAN 150 FRIENDS. AS PART

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AND MAX AND I MIGHT HAVE TIME.

AS THE EAST BAY PARK REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT CONTINUES TO LEAD OUR REGION IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND BIODIVERSITY PRESERVATION, THE BOTANIC GARDEN REMAINS ONE OF YOUR STRONGEST PUBLIC ASSETS. WE THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR CONTINUED STEWARDSHIP, INVESTMENT AND LEADERSHIP TO KEEP THIS NATIVE PLANT SANCTUARY THRIVING. WE LOOK FORWARD TO STRENGTHENING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOARD, THE FOUNDATION DISTRICT STAFF, SO THAT THIS UNIQUE HAVEN CONTINUES TO INSPIRE LEARNING, CONSERVATION AND ENCHANTMENT FOR ALL BAY AREA RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR REGIONAL PARKS.

GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR.

I MUST ASK A QUESTION. WHAT'S THE COMMON NAME OF ARCTOSTAPHYLUS AUSTRALIS? LA FAVORITA BAJA MANZANITA.

THANK YOU.

AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT YOUR CLERK KELLY BOUGHT ONE ON HER OWN TO HELP US ACHIEVE OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL. SO, THANK YOU.

KELLY, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE CELEBRATION. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

IT WAS GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS WITH US AND BEING HERE TODAY.

THERE IS NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON, SO WE WILL GO ONLINE AND I WILL ACTUALLY SHARE MY SCREEN TO MAKE THIS EASIER FOR ONLINE TIMING. JENNY MCGREGOR, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF.

THANK YOU.

I'M UNMUTED. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JENNY MCGREGOR AND I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL. I'VE LIVED IN THE EAST BAY FOR OVER 25 YEARS, AND I DEEPLY VALUE OUR REGIONAL PARK SYSTEM. I LIVE IN ALBANY WITH MY 14-YEAR-OLD SON AND WE HIKE, BIKE, SWIM, FISH, PICNIC AND CAMP IN THESE PARKS.

TOGETHER.

WE GIVE BACK THROUGH TRAIL WORK-DAYS, SHORELINE CLEANUPS, AND BY CONTRIBUTING TO THE REGIONAL PARK SYSTEM FOUNDATION. ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I BECAME A YOUTH MOUNTAIN BIKING COACH, WHICH HAS ONLY DEEPENED MY APPRECIATION FOR THESE SPACES. MOUNTAIN BIKING IS INCREDIBLY FUN, BUT IT'S ALSO BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LIVES. IT KEEPS US PHYSICALLY FIT AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, IT BUILDS MENTAL FITNESS.

ON A MOUNTAIN BIKE, YOU'RE CONSTANTLY PROBLEM SOLVING.

YOU TRY A LINE, YOU MAKE A MISTAKE AND YOU TRY AGAIN.

EVENTUALLY YOU GET IT. OR MAYBE YOU DON'T. BUT EITHER WAY, THAT PROCESS BUILDS GRIT, PATIENCE AND RESILIENCE.

MOUNTAIN BIKING ALSO GETS US OUTSIDE, MOVING THROUGH NATURE UNDER OUR OWN POWER. A TRAIL BUILT WITH APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATIONS LIKE THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL IS NOT A DETRIMENT TO OUR WILD SPACES. IT IS A WAY TO RECREATE RESPONSIBLY WITHIN THEM AND TO DRAW MORE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUTH, INTO A LASTING CONNECTION WITH THESE LANDS. I'VE SEEN THAT FIRSTHAND WITH MY SON. HE'S GROWN UP IN THESE PARKS.

VISITS TO LITTLE FARM AND THE BOTANIC GARDEN, RIDES ON THE STEAM TRAIN, AND COUNTLESS HOURS EXPLORING THE TRAILS, STREAMS AND SHORELINES. WILLIE HAS ALWAYS ENJOYED OUR TIME IN THE PARKS. WHAT TRULY HOOKED HIM FOR LIFE WAS MOUNTAIN BIKING.

THE FUN, INDEPENDENCE AND CONFIDENCE OF RIDING WITH HIS FRIENDS AND TEAMMATES.

THAT'S THE PROMISE OF THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL. A PLACE FOR LEARNING AND PROGRESSION, WHERE RIDERS BUILD SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE IN A SAFE, INTENTIONAL ENVIRONMENT. TEENS ESPECIALLY ARE DRAWN TO BUILD THEIR OWN TRAILS WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A SANCTIONED PLACE TO RIDE THAT CHALLENGES THEIR SKILLS, OFTEN WITHOUT REGARD FOR EROSION OR HABITAT IMPACT.

A WELL-DESIGNED FLOW TRAIL LIKE THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL GIVES THEM SOMEWHERE LEGITIMATE TO CHANNEL THAT ENERGY, WHICH IS BETTER FOR THE RIDERS AND BETTER FOR THE LAND. IT ALSO GIVES MOUNTAIN BIKERS THEIR OWN SPACE, REDUCING POTENTIAL CONFLICTS WITH HIKERS AND EQUESTRIANS.

I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL FOR MY SON AND FOR ALL THE YOUTH ATHLETES I COACH WHO DESERVE A TRAIL BUILT FOR THEM TO LEARN, GROW AND FALL IN LOVE WITH THESE PARKS THE WAY I HAVE. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TODAY. AND THANK YOU TO PARK DISTRICT STAFF FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK YOU DO

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THANK YOU. CECILY BASTIDE.

YES, I'M HERE.

WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY.

HI, MY NAME IS CECIL BASTIDE. I LIVE IN BERKELEY AND I AM THE MOTHER TO THREE BOYS. EVERYONE IN OUR FAMILY RIDES BIKES IN TILDEN AND WILDCAT CANYON. MY TWO HIGH SCHOOLERS, MY SECOND GRADER AND MY HUSBAND. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TODAY IN FAVOR OF THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAILER.

MY 17-YEAR-OLD SON IS ON THE BERKELEY HIGH MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM AND HAS BEEN RIDING FOR FIVE YEARS. HE MET THREE OF HIS BEST FRIENDS RIDING BIKES AND IS NOW PART OF THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY OF KIDS WHO WILL LOVE NATURE AND BEING OUTDOORS THEIR ENTIRE LIFE. HE'S NOW APPLYING TO COLLEGES. HE REALLY HOPES THAT HE WILL END UP IN A PLACE WHERE HE CAN KEEP RIDING. HE IS THE PERSON WHO GOT THE ENTIRE FAMILY RIDING BIKES. HIS 14-YEAR-OLD BROTHER JOINED THE WILDCAT COMPOSITE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM THREE YEARS AGO.

HE IS ONE OF THOSE KIDS WHO USUALLY PREFER WATCHING SCREENS AND GETTING HIM OUTSIDE TO EXERCISE HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.

HAVING TRAILS CLOSE TO HOME IS A GAME CHANGER FOR KIDS LIKE HIM. THERE IS NO NEED TO DRIVE A LONG WAY. THEY CAN RIDE FROM THEIR HOUSE AND INVITE ALL THEIR FRIENDS ALONG.

CHILDREN AND WILDCAT CANYON ARE NICE, BUT THEY LACK GOOD SINGLE TRACK MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS, AND THIS IS WHY I SUPPORT THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL. MY KIDS LOVE RIDING FLOW TRAILS. THEY DISCOVERED THE JOYS OF THE ANDOR FLOW TRAIL IN TAMARANCIO WITH THEIR TEAMS. FLOAT TRAILS ARE A WAY TO RIDE EXCITING TRAILS IN A SAFE WAY BECAUSE THEY ARE DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT LIMITS SPEED AND ARE JUST SAFER THAN FIRE ROADS. I HAVE BEEN A COACH ON THE WILDCAT COMPOSITE TEAM FOR TWO YEARS NOW AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT VERY QUICKLY WE RUN OUT OF IDEAS FOR OUR WEEKLY RIDES. WE END UP RIDING THE SAME TRAILS OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND KIDS GET A LITTLE TOO COMFORTABLE AND FAST ON FIRE ROADS. THAT BECOMES DANGEROUS FOR ALL TRAIL USERS AND FOR THEMSELVES. HAVING BIKE ONLY TRAILS MAKES IT MORE FUN AND MORE SAFE FOR EVERYONE. I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED THAT MY 7-YEAR-OLD WILL SOON GET TO RIDE THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL. HE'S JUST LEARNING AND FINDING TRAILS THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR HIS ABILITIES HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT. THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES AND WILL BE FOR HIM AN EXCITING WAY TO RIDE RIGHT IN HIS BACKYARD. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, THE BOARD, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL AND I WISH YOU A GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU. SALLY TOBIN. YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF.

THANK YOU.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.

OKAY.

SALLY TOBIN, RICHMOND RESIDENT.

GREETINGS TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AND GENERAL MANAGER. LAST SATURDAY MORNING I WAS HANDING OUT FLYERS ABOUT PROTECTING WILDCAT CANYON PARK. A GROUP INCLUDING YOUNG CHILDREN WALKED BY. THE ADULTS EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE ONE WAY DOWNHILL ENGINEERED CYCLING FACILITY THAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE NATURAL AREA OF WILDCAT CANYON PARK. NO PROBLEM. BUT THEN, AS THEY WALKED UP THE HILL, AN ADULT SHOUTED BACK, IT'S NOTHING BUT A COW PASTURE. THAT COMMENT IS ALSO BEING MADE IN THE NEXT-DOOR DEBATES ABOUT THE PROPOSED CYCLING FACILITY WHICH TREAT ONE GROUP WITH MASSIVE UNFAIRNESS. I'M TALKING ABOUT COWS. THEIR PRESENCE IS SEEN BY SOME IN THE CYCLING COMMUNITY AS DEMOTING THE NATURAL AREA FROM THE LEVEL OF AN ECOLOGICAL PARADISE TO THAT OF A MANURE-FILLED COW PASTURE.

THIS PREJUDICIAL, UNJUST STEREOTYPING BEHAVIOR IS UNFAIR TO BOVINES. INDEED, MANY OF THOSE WHO ESPOUSE SUCH VIEWS MAY NOT EVEN BE VEGETARIANS.

AND THERE MAY BE AN UNDERLYING ASSUMPTION THAT SINCE CATS USE A LITTER BOX AND OWNERS IDEALLY PICK UP AFTER THEIR DOGS AND HUMANS USE TOILETS FOR OR PORTA POTTIES, THAT SOMEHOW ANIMALS THAT DISTRIBUTE THEIR EXCREMENT ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE ARE LOWER FORMS OF LIFE, UNDESERVING OF HONOR AND APPRECIATION.

BUT ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, THE ORIGINAL ANIMALS GRAZING THE MEADOWS OF THE ENTIRE CENTER OF CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE EAST BAY HILLS, WERE THE TULE ELK. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TULE ELK.

DURING THE GOLD RUSH YEARS,

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FOR CYCLISTS, IT IS BOTH UNJUST AND ENVIRONMENTALLY INCORRECT TO SNEER AT CATTLE AND ASSUME THAT AN ECOSYSTEM HAS BEEN DESTROYED. THAT SNEER IS ACTUALLY A CRY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

WILDCAT CANYON OFFERS THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY OF RICHMOND A FABULOUS EXAMPLE TO LEARN APPRECIATION FOR BOTH THE VALUE OF WILD PLACES AND THE PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY. THE FLOW TRAIL NEEDS TO BE RELOCATED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. KAREN LEUNG. YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF.

HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.

THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS KAREN LEUNG. I'M AN EL CERRITO RESIDENT. I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN THE WEST CONTRA COSTA SCHOOL DISTRICT. A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY, BOTH WHO STARTED MOUNTAIN BIKING WHEN THEY STARTED SIXTH GRADE WITH THE WILDCAT COMPOSITE TEAM. THEIR PARTICIPATION IN MOUNTAIN BIKING HAS REALLY BEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR OUR WHOLE FAMILY. EVEN THOUGH MY HUSBAND AND I ACTUALLY DO NOT MOUNTAIN BIKE, REALLY, IT'S GOTTEN OUR KIDS OUTSIDE AND OFF OF THEIR SCREENS. IT'S HELPED THEM BUILD NEW FRIENDSHIPS AND COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE GIRL.

REALLY BUILDING A WHOLE NEW FRIEND SUPPORT COMMUNITY. THE MOUNTAIN BIKING COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR IS REALLY GREAT FOR GIRLS GETTING INTO OUTDOOR SPORTS. AND ON TOP OF THAT, OBVIOUSLY.

RIGHT. STRENGTH AND AGILITY IS SOMETHING THEY'RE ALSO BUILDING. WHAT'S BEEN GREAT ALSO IN THEIR PARTICIPATION THERE IS THAT THEY'VE BUILT SKILLS TO BIKE SORT OF FOR THEIR WHOLE LIVES AND BEING ABLE TO GET THEMSELVES IN AND AROUND THE AREA WITHOUT RIDES FROM THEIR PARENTS.

ADDITIONALLY, AS I MENTIONED, MY HUSBAND AND I, WHO ARE ACTUALLY FROM RICHMOND AND EL CERRITOS, HAVE BEEN IN THE AREA FOR QUITE A LONG TIME THROUGH OUR KIDS AND DOING THIS MOUNTAIN BIKING, HAVE REALLY LEARNED TO EXPLORE THE EAST BAY PARK REGIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH WE HAD NOT DONE NEARLY ENOUGH BEFORE.

I ACTUALLY HIKE NOW ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND, WHICH IS SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO BEFORE MY KIDS WERE MOUNTAIN BIKING. IT'S ALSO JUST BEEN AMAZING TO SEE THE TEENS AND TWEENS OUT ENGAGING AND BUILDING HELP BUILDING TRAILS FOR THE PARKS AND IMPROVING OUR PARKS. WHILE THIS IS ALL GREAT, THERE ARE REALLY LIMITED OPTIONS FOR MOUNTAIN BIKING IN OUR IMMEDIATE AREA, ESPECIALLY IN TILDEN AND WILDCAT CANYON. AND I BELIEVE THE PROPOSED WILDCAT FLOW TRAIL WOULD BE AN AMAZING ADDITION FOR MOUNTAIN BIKERS IN OUR AREA, ESPECIALLY FOR THE WEEKDAY PRACTICE, WHICH IT'S USED FOR BY MANY TEAMS. AND IT WOULD BE SAFER SINCE IT WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY FOR BIKERS AND REALLY WOULD HELP ACCOMMODATE THIS GROWING SPORT THAT'S GETTING SO MANY KIDS INTO NATURE AND SPECIFICALLY OFF THEIR PHONES AND OFF THEIR SCREENS. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO IN MAKING OUR AREA WONDERFUL WITH THE EAST BAY PARK SYSTEM AND REALLY TRYING TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THERE IS NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY, GREAT.

[GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS]

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. SO, I HAVE A LITTLE SLIDESHOW AND I ALSO HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER OF ALLISON COMING UP TO SHARE A FEW THINGS IN A MINUTE AT THE END. SO, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO START BY. THERE WE GO.

START BY WELCOMING A NEW MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, AMY, WHO'S OUR NEW DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER. I WANTED TO WELCOME HER AND JUST SHARE. I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT AMY JOINING OUR TEAM.

SHE'S GOING TO HELP OVERSEE OUR TEAM FROM HR TO FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACQUISITION STEWARDSHIP AND PLANNING. SHE BRINGS OVER 22 YEARS OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE. SHE SPENT 19 YEARS AS THE REC AND PARKS DIRECTOR AND WORKED MOST RECENTLY AS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IN ALAMEDA. SO, YEAH, THIS IS DAY TWO, AND I'M ALREADY SUPER EXCITED THAT SHE'S HERE.

OKAY, NEXT UP, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME REALLY EXCITING VEGETATION MANAGEMENT WORK WE'RE DOING IN TILDEN. THIS IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO JEWEL LAKE. AND ONE

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IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE IN THESE PICTURES, BUT IF YOU LOOK THERE, WE'RE THINNING OUT THAT EUCALYPTUS GROVE. AND THE TOP PICTURE IS BEFORE AND THE BOTTOM PICTURE IS AFTER.

AND YOU SEE ALL OF THOSE SMALLER TREES UNDERNEATH THE EUCALYPTUS.

THOSE ARE CALIFORNIA COAST LIVE OAK, BAY LAUREL TOYONS. THOSE ARE THE NATIVE TREES THAT HAVE JUST BEEN WAITING FOR US TO DO THIS WORK TO GIVE THEM SUNLIGHT TO FLOURISH. SO IT IS SO EXCITING TO SEE THIS WORK THAT'S REALLY FUELS REDUCTION AND RESTORATION IN ONE. AND HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF SOME ADDITIONAL WORK. AND THERE'S LIKE A TINY BABY OAK TREE THAT IS MAKING ITS WAY ALREADY. AND THEN HERE'S AN ADDITIONAL AREA. SO, WE'RE MOVING TO SOME AREAS BY THE MERRILL GO ROUND. BEEN WORKING AROUND JEWEL LAKE AND THE GOLF COURSE OUT THERE. AND THEN WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN OPERATIONS THE DAY CAMPS THAT ARE OPERATED THROUGH OUR INTERPRETATION AND REC DEPARTMENT. I GOT TO HANG OUT WITH OUR RECREATION TEAM OUT AT MILLER KNOX THE OTHER MORNING, BRIGHT AND EARLY. AND THEY ARE JUST SUCH A COOL, EXCITED GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.

AND THEY LED A REALLY STRONG SUMMER CAMP SESSION THAT WAS ENJOYED BY 368 CAMPERS. 28 OF THEM BENEFITED FROM SCHOLARSHIPS, AND THREE STAFF MEMBERS WERE FORMER LEADERS IN TRAINING THAT CAME UP THROUGH OUR CAMP PROGRAM, FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS REALLY COOL PROJECT IN LEONA CANYON.

THIS IS THE LARGEST NEW CULVERT THAT OUR TEAM HAS EVER UNDERTAKEN, MEASURING 72 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 50FT LONG. AND THIS IS JUST THE TYPE OF WORK THAT OUR TEAM IS DOING TO KEEP OUR FIRE ROADS ACCESSIBLE FOR VISITORS AND ALSO FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, SAFETY, ACCESS, AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SUSTAINABLE AND REDUCE EROSION AND ARE LIGHT ON THE LAND. THIS IS SOME WORK.

TWO SORT OF SMALLER PROJECTS TO HIGHLIGHT A NEW SHADE STRUCTURE AT LAS TROMPAS AND NEW ADA ACCESSIBLE DOORS AT THE BIG BREAK VISITOR CENTER. AND THEN I THINK OUR GUESTS LEFT FROM THE BOTANIC GARDEN.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE REALLY OUTSTANDING EVENT OUT THERE AND OUR WHOLE TEAM THAT HELPED AND OF COURSE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN, APPRECIATE SEVERAL OF YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS WHO JOINED THAT EVENT. AND THEN I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO ALISON TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK HER TEAM'S DOING.

THANK YOU, GENERAL MANAGER CORTIN AND BOARD MEMBERS.

OH, THERE WE GO.

I THINK I. OH, WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE? THERE.

LET ME HAVE.

I'M IN CHARGE.

OKAY.

HI.

ALISON BROOKS, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. THIS GIVES YOU JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WEB TRAFFIC. I THINK THE THING TO POINT OUT HERE IS THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT, AND THEY'RE ALL ABOUT PEOPLE WANTING TO KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO IN OUR PARK. SO, THE BIG. THE MOST POPULAR PAGE IS DELVAL REGIONAL PARK. PEOPLE WANT TO GO FISHING, THEY WANT TO GO BOATING. SO THOSE ARE ALL OUR MOST VISITED SITES. SO, I THINK THAT'S JUST INTERESTING INFORMATION. THAT IS THE PRIMARY REASON THAT PEOPLE COME TO OUR SITE. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR WEBSITE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE JUST KEEPING IN MIND. WE WANT TO HAVE OUR WEBSITE BE ORIENTED TO PARK USERS PRIMARILY TO GET THEM CONNECTED WITH THE INFORMATION THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. AND SOME OF. WE DO HAVE A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA STAFF PERSON WHO'S ALREADY KIND OF GOTTEN US GOING IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'VE SEEN OUR METRICS GO UP IN TERMS OF FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM. THOSE ARE IMPROVING. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WHAT IS DRIVING ENGAGEMENT ARE JUST FUNNY CONTENT, AND THAT'S A BIGGER DRIVER ON INSTAGRAM AS WELL. ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR VIDEOS WAS THE GARREN BARN RENOVATION, AND THAT GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, NOSTALGIC COMMENTS, PEOPLE SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES IN THE BARN. AND THEN I CAN'T PLAY IT, APPARENTLY, THE SOUND.

BUT HOPEFULLY YOU GET A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT THE KIND OF FUNNY MOTH VIDEO THAT WAS ON

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AGAIN, COASTAL. SO THOSE ARE.

OH, WE DIDN'T GET THE CHANGE THERE WAS. AND THEN LAKE CHABOT INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE ON SEPTEMBER 27. A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO THAT AS WELL. SO THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S ALL I GOT.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, SO THEN WE'LL MOVE

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

I BELIEVE WE JUST DID SOME OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THIS

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. SO I DON'T.

DIRECTOR SANWONG, I DO HAVE ONE ITEM. SO THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD GRANT PROPOSAL, WE WANT TO PULL THAT AND MOVE IT TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING BECAUSE THE.

THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT ENDED UP IN THE STATE BUDGET IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE PUT IN THE BOARD MATERIAL. SO WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE THAT AND BRING IT BACK TO YOUR BOARD.

OKAY, SO WE WILL PULL ITEM 5 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR TODAY. ANY OTHER ITEMS? I DON'T BELIEVE WE DO.

YES.

NOT QUESTIONS YET. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL.

GO AHEAD.

WHY DON'T WE JUST APPROVE THAT AT THE NEW NUMBER? I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE AGENDIZED BECAUSE STAFF SAID THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM BRINGING IT BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING THAT WAY.

OH, OKAY. I'D JUST BE WILLING TO APPROVE IT AT THE NEW NUMBER. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

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

THAT WILL REALLY SEE THIS AS A FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP SOME OF THE PAIN OF SEEING SOME REDWOOD TREES THINNED. AND SO, I HAD JUST ASKED IT BECAUSE THE WAY IT WAS LISTED, IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME IF IT WOULD INCLUDE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PORTION.

YEAH, I'D SAY WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TOGETHER. AND BOTH WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IN HOUSE WITH OUR OWN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TEAM AND THEN ALSO WITH OUR PARTNERS FROM SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE.

AND JUST OVERALL, I THINK IT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL.

STAFF HAS PUT SO MUCH TIME AND WE'VE SEEN THIS ALREADY AT THE BOARD BEFORE.

WE'VE SEEN.

SEEN THIS ALREADY AT THE NATURAL RESOURCES AT SOME POINT, A CLEAR TRANSPARENCY THAT WE HAVE HAD MANY PUBLIC OPPORTUNITIES AND THERE'LL BE MANY MORE TO COME. THAT WASN'T REALLY THROUGH THE STAFF REPORT. AND I JUST THINK STAFF'S DONE A GREAT JOB. AND I GUESS THAT'S MORE OF A COMMENT GOING FORWARD AND A THANK YOU FOR WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO KEEP DOING THAT. AND THEN I

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THANK YOU.

GREAT.

ANY OTHER BOARD QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? OTHERWISE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN A PUBLIC COMMENT.

THERE'LL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO MAKE COMMENTS OR ASK QUESTIONS.

THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. OTHERWISE, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 1 THROUGH 4, 6 THROUGH 8.

SO, MOVED.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR ECHOLS. ALL

[PRESENTATIONS]

SIX.

ZERO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO THEN, NOW WE WILL MOVE ON. WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION, AND THIS IS OUR PRESENTATION ON THE UPDATE AND DISCUSSION OF THE DISTRICT PLAN NEXT STEPS.

ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. I'LL PRESENT THIS OR I'LL START PRESENTING THIS AND HAND OVER BRIAN AND THEN WRAP IT UP.

SO, YOU KNOW THIS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE DISTRICT PLAN FOR A COUPLE YEARS, AND IN OUR WORKSHOPS WITH YOUR BOARD EARLIER THIS YEAR, ONE THING I HEARD WAS LIKE A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT SORT OF THE DIRECTION OF THE DISTRICT PLAN AND SORT OF GETTING SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT THE WORK WE'VE DONE SO FAR AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE REALLY HEARD IS FROM THE PUBLIC AS WE'VE DONE A LOT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION ENGAGEMENT. AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE BRIAN AND NAOMA AND OUR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TEAM AND OUR GOVERN LEDGE TEAM OPERATIONS. THEY'VE ALL BEEN WORKING TOGETHER REALLY HARD ALONG WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS ON OUTREACH AND REALLY TRYING TO REACH FOLKS AND ASK THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR VISION FOR THE DISTRICT. AND ONE THING THAT WE'VE HEARD CONSISTENTLY IS PEOPLE LOVE THE WORK WE DO.

SO SOME OF OUR FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS AND THE APPROACH THAT WE HAVE DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE REINVENTED. BUT ONE THING THAT WE HAVE HEARD THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR IS A SPECIFIC SOLID PLAN ON WHAT OUR GOALS AND PRIORITIES ARE MOVING FORWARD. AND IF WE'RE CONSIDERING POTENTIAL FUNDING MEASURE OR OTHER MECHANISM. WE SAW IN OUR SURVEY THAT PEOPLE WANT A PLAN FOR HOW WE PLAN TO UTILIZE THE PUBLIC SUPPORT AND FUNDING THAT WE'RE GIVEN TO OPERATE. AND SO, THE RECOMMENDATION TODAY, IF YOU CAN MOVE IT FORWARD. OH YEAH. IS TO REDEFINE THIS EFFORT AS A STRATEGIC PLAN.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE GENERALLY KNOW WHAT A STRATEGIC PLAN IS. USUALLY THEY'RE LESS THAN 10 YEARS, SOMETIMES MORE LIKE FIVE YEARS. BUT 10 YEARS SEEMS REASONABLE AND NOT AS LIKE A DISTRICT PLAN OR MASTER PLAN REDOING OUR MASTER PLAN OR A SECOND CENTURY PLAN, IMPLYING LIKE 100 YEARS. I THINK TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE MODEST IN THE SCOPE SO THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S USEFUL AND REASONABLE AND IT WILL USE OUR EXISTING MASTER PLAN AS A FOUNDATION AND CAN IDENTIFY GOALS AND STRATEGIES TO HELP GUIDE US FORWARD AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS FEEDBACK FROM YOUR BOARD ON THIS PATH FORWARD. AND THEN IF, IF THAT SOUNDS RIGHT, WE'D WORK TO SCHEDULE WORKSHOPS WITH YOUR BOARD TO HELP DEVELOP THOSE GOALS AND STRATEGIES TO INFORM THAT PLAN. AND AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION I'LL DESCRIBE THOSE NEXT STEPS.

BUT RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN AND I JUST AGAIN WANT TO APPRECIATE HIS EFFORTS AND REALLY ALL THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE GONE INTO THIS SO FAR.

YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENERAL MANAGER CORIN BRIAN HOLT DIVISION LEAD PLANNING, TRAILS, CULTURAL RESOURCES AND GIS. AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD. REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND INVOLVEMENT ON THIS PROJECT AND OUR MANY OTHER PROJECTS AS WE'VE GONE FORWARD. SO YEAH, I'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF SORT OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN. I THINK MAX HAS FRAMED IT UP WELL IN TERMS OF REALLY KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING AND SORT OF WHAT A GOOD SORT OF ACTIONABLE STRATEGY IS MOVING FORWARD IS. SO, YOU'LL RECALL, TALK AROUND SORT OF AN UPDATE

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AND THOSE ARE STILL REAL ACTIVE DOCUMENTS THAT THE PLANNING AND GIS TEAM WORK ON. A LOT OF INFORMATION WAS USED TO ASSEMBLE INFORMATION ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES, HISTORIC RESOURCES, INFORMATION ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND THEN OF COURSE DOVE INTO A NUMBER OF OUR, ALL OF OUR EXISTING MASTER PLANS AND REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF THE GROWTH OF THE MASTER PLANS, KIND OF HOW THEY EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS AND REALLY THE 2013 MASTER PLAN AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS MOST CRITICAL IN THERE, AS WELL AS PULLING OUT ALL THE POLICIES AND STARTING TO LOOK AT THOSE. SO, WE DID BRING ON THE CONSULTANT TEAM IN 2024, AND THEY'VE BEEN REALLY KEY IN DOING A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR US. ALL OF THIS DATA HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, IT'S ON THE PARK DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. WE'VE SHARED IT WITH THE BOARD BEFORE.

PRETTY, PRETTY DEEP DIVE INTO A LOT OF DATA AROUND THE POPULATION THAT THE PARK DISTRICT SERVES. SO DEMOGRAPHICS INFORMATION ON WHO'S VISITING PARKS, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARK ACCESS, AND THEN ALSO A LOT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ANALYSIS.

SO THIS INFORMATION IS ALL REALLY KIND OF CORE AND CENTRAL TO THE PLANNING EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN USED ACROSS THE BOARD. I THINK. YOU KNOW, THE NATURAL CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE RECENTLY GOT A PRESENTATION ON SOME OF THE NATURAL RESOURCE INFORMATION. AND SO WE'RE USING THIS INFORMATION IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND PULLING IN A LOT OF REGIONAL DATA, A LOT OF THIS DATA SUGGESTED BY, BY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT WE SHOULD BRING IN. AND THIS IS VERY MUCH A LIVE TYPE OF MAPPING TOOL THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADD INFORMATION AS IT COMES UP AS THERE'S ADDITIONAL DATA THAT'S DEVELOPED AND TRYING TO KEEP THAT LIVE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M HOPEFUL WILL CONTINUE TO SORT OF LIVE ON BEYOND AND SEPARATE FROM THIS WHOLE EFFORT TO REALLY PROVIDE INFORMATION BASIS FOR THE PARK DISTRICT AROUND OUR BASELINE DATA, BEYOND SORT OF PAPER MAPS AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO THAT WAS REALLY A BIG PORTION OF 2025 AS WELL AS A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK. AND YOU KNOW, MAX HAD MENTIONED AND ACKNOWLEDGED STAFF AND I JUST WANT TO DO THE SAME. WE'VE MET WITH JUST DURING, WE DID A PRETTY EXTENSIVE ENGAGEMENT AROUND IN THE ROUND ONE AND THEN DURING ROUND TWO, WE'VE HAD OVER 31 STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.

WE HAD 25 SEPARATE PUBLIC EVENTS. AND THIS WAS ALL, THIS WAS ALL LED BY PARK DISTRICT STAFF. SO VERY MUCH AN INTERNAL EFFORT AND A LOT OF NIGHT MEETINGS, A LOT OF WEEKEND MEETINGS THAT OUR STAFF ATTENDED. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY KIND OF ALL HANDS ON DECK WITH THAT. WE'VE MET WITH A NUMBER OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES. THERE WAS A SURVEY THAT WENT OUT, JUST MENTIONED REALLY THE PARTNERSHIP WITH EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING ON THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIRS AND REALLY ANYTIME ANY ORGANIZATION HAS REACHED OUT TO US, WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH THEM AND TO GO THROUGH THIS. AND THERE IS A LIST OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE MET WITH AND THAT WE'VE INVITED THAT WAS IN THE BOARD PACKET. AGAIN, THANKS TO THE BOARD. THAT LIST WAS REALLY DEVELOPED WITH A LOT OF INPUT FROM YOU ALL. SO, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND WE'VE DONE SORT OF EVERY EFFORT WE CAN TO TRY TO GET THIS OUT IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND TO REACH OUT TO YOUTH. WHAT YOU'LL BE SEEING SOON, AND ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS BEING COMPILED INTO A REPORT AND WHAT YOU'LL BE SEEING SOON IS YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM THE NUMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH. SO, WE'VE HAD 14 ORGANIZATIONS UNDER CONTRACT WHO HAVE BEEN HOSTING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND THESE WERE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED CLASSIFIED AS HAVING SORT OF THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF RESPONSES IN SOME OF THE EARLY ROUNDS OF ENGAGEMENT TO REALLY TRY TO HELP FACILITATE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THOSE. SO WE'LL BE HAVING A NUMBER OF THESE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS COME BACK AND PRESENT SOME OF THEIR KEY TAKEAWAYS TO THE BOARD STARTING IN OCTOBER AND THAT'LL GO THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

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AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD AGAIN THE BOARD'S DIRECTION ON SORT OF NEXT STEPS, INCLUDING THE WORKSHOP AND THE SCOPE OF THIS. AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS. THANK YOU.

THANKS SO MUCH, BRIAN.

APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. SO, I THINK JUST OUTLINING THIS TIMELINE, WE'RE HERE TODAY CHECKING IN WITH YOUR BOARD, GETTING DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, IF WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS DIRECTION, WE'D BE SETTING UP WORKSHOPS WITH YOUR BOARD TO HELP DEVELOP GOALS, TO HELP DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR THOSE GOALS. AND THEN OUT OF THAT, WE'D CREATE A DRAFT PLAN. AND OUR HOPE IS TO GET THAT ADOPTED BY THE END OF NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.

OKAY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR QUESTIONS.

GO AHEAD.

DIRECTOR FOR MAX IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THAT'S THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT THAT WE WILL PRODUCE. IS THAT MEANT TO SUCCEED DIRECTLY THE MASTER PLAN? NOT NECESSARILY. SO, I THINK THE MASTER PLAN HAS, LIKE, A LOT OF.

IN ADDITION TO HAVING SOME STRATEGIES IN IT, IT ALSO HAS SOME SORT OF BACKGROUND POLICIES OF HOW WE DO OUR WORK THAT ARE NOT REPLACED BY THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THE STRATEGIC PLAN REALLY IS YOUR BOARD SAYING, HERE ARE OUR FIVE OR SEVEN, LIKE, TOP GOALS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, AND HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. AND SO, WHAT IT IS, IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR BOARD TO DRIVE THE WORK OF OUR TEAM. AND SO THAT OUR TEAM, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON BOARD ITEMS, BOARD LETTERS, ONE THING THAT YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE IS OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM ALWAYS GOES THROUGH AND SAYS, HERE ARE OUR GOALS, AND HERE'S HOW THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION MEETS OUR GOALS.

ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN IS FOR EVERY TIME WE'RE BRINGING A BOARD ITEM TO SHOW HOW IT CONNECTS WITH THE GOALS AND THE STRATEGIES THAT YOUR BOARD PUT TOGETHER AS PART OF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GUIDE OUR WORK FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. THAT MAKES SENSE. THERE ARE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES MIGHT BE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE MASTER PLAN.

SO ONE EXAMPLE MIGHT BE A TRAILS MASTER PLAN, RIGHT.

UPDATING THAT MAP OF KEY TRAIL CONNECTIONS. THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT YOUR BOARD IDENTIFIES AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

ANOTHER ONE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, AROUND ACQUISITIONS, HELPING TO UPDATE THE MAP OF WHERE WE'RE TARGETING ACQUISITIONS OVER THE NEXT DECADE OR SO. SO THOSE COULD BE STRATEGIES THAT YOUR BOARD IDENTIFIES, AND THEN THAT CREATES MY WORK PLAN. AND OUR TEAM'S WORK PLAN IS WE KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS UPDATE THAT, AND WE'LL ALSO MAP OUT SORT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE FOR THOSE ITEMS. GREAT.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

DIRECTOR ECHOLS.

YEAH, SO I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK SO FAR, AND THANK YOU, BRIAN, AND YOUR TEAM AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS. MY QUESTION, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE IN A STRATEGIC PLAN SPECIFIC ACTIONABLE ITEMS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND WE SUPPORT.

AND I FULLY AGREE ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT WE WOULD ALSO, IF WE DO GO OUT FOR A BOND MEASURE IN 2028, THAT WE WOULD WANT AN ALIGNMENT BETWEEN WHAT'S HERE IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED IN FUNDING THROUGH HELP.

FUNDING THROUGH A BOND MEASURE. SO, I GUESS I'M WONDERING, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THOSE TWO FIT TOGETHER AND ALIGN AND THE TIMING OF THAT? BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE WORRIED. I MEAN, THIS IS A GOOD TIMELINE. IT'S FAIRLY QUICK AS THINGS GO, BUT IT MAY NOT BE QUICK ENOUGH FOR A 2028 BOND MEASURE. SO, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THAT.

YEAH, I WOULD SAY I THINK THIS IS QUICK ENOUGH FOR A 2028 BOND

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BUT I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THOSE, THIS TIMELINE AND WORKING ON A PARCEL TAX IS POSSIBLE.

BUT I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT I THINK FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR IS A ROADMAP. EVEN STARTING WITH DEVELOPING THE GOALS, WHICH WOULD BE THIS WINTER, YOU'RE STARTING TO BUILD THAT ROADMAP. AND THEN AS WE BUILD THE STRATEGIES AROUND THOSE GOALS, IT GETS CLEARER AND CLEARER.

AND SOME OF THE FINAL PARTS OF THIS PROCESS ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, EDITING THAT, GETTING FEEDBACK ON IT AND, AND MOVING TOWARDS THE FINAL ADOPTION. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR BOARD WOULD, IF, IF YOU WANTED TO PUT A MEASURE ON THE BALLOT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ACTION IN JULY OF 28.

SO, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TIME THERE. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, IF YOUR BOARD GIVES DIRECTION AROUND A MEASURE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D BE.

WE'RE ALREADY SORT OF WORKING ON MAKING SURE WE'RE. WE'D MEET A TIMELINE AROUND THAT.

YEAH.

BECAUSE YOU, I GUESS, YEAH, DEFINITELY YOU WOULD. I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY GET IT ON THE BALLOT UNTIL THE SUMMER IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE FALL BALLOT.

BUT I'M THINKING MORE OF HAVING THESE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED, HAVING THEM, HAVING THE BOARDS BUY IN, HAVING THE COMMUNITIES BUY IN.

THAT SHOULD BE DONE WELL IN ADVANCE OF SUMMER OF 2028.

AGREED. YEAH. AND I THINK BOTH ARE POSSIBLE. SO.

OKAY.

YEAH.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR COFFEY.

I WANT TO ECHO THE COMPLIMENT ON THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH WORK.

I'VE RECENTLY LOOKED THROUGH THE ENTIRE LIST OF WHAT WE'VE DONE, BOTH IN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION AND JUST GOING OUT AND TALKING TO STAKEHOLDERS. IT'S AN ENORMOUS EFFORT THAT WE'VE PUT INTO THIS AND I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT STAFF ON DOING THAT TREMENDOUS WORK. I ALSO WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE GENERAL MANAGER ON CHANGING DIRECTION A BIT ON THIS AND MAKING IT, I THINK, COINCIDE WITH WHAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IN TERMS OF BOARD INVOLVEMENT.

I DO HAVE THE SAME AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT I THINK IT'S THE SAME QUESTION THAT JOHN JUST RAISED, AND THAT IS I'M NOT SURE WHICH VEHICLE TO USE WHEN I EXPRESS FUTURE VISION, WHETHER IT'S THE 2013 PLAN OR THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN OVERLAY THAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING. I HAVE A VISION FOR A FUTURE PARK CALLED RANCHO PINOLE. PINOLE, IF YOU PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY, IT IS IN THE 2013 PLAN, BUT NEEDS UPDATES. SO, WHAT IS MY VEHICLE FOR THAT? IN CONTRAST, I HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT ENTIRELY NEW ENDEAVORS.

THE RODEO SHORELINE, THE EAST CONTRA COSTA PUBLIC LANDS THAT ALREADY EXIST. ONE OF THEM IS A SUCCESS THAT BRIAN HAS BROUGHT ABOUT.

DUTCH SLOUGH AND INCORPORATING THAT INTO OUR FUTURE STRATEGIC OR MASTER PLANNING. I DON'T.

CAL RANCH, THE JOHN MARSH STATE HISTORIC PARK, WHICH THE STATE HAS REPEATEDLY ASKED WHETHER WE'D BE WILLING TO MANAGE IT. JERSEY ISLAND, SO ALHAMBRA, HIGHLANDS AND MARTINEZ. THESE ARE ALL FUTURE POSSIBLE SOMEDAY RELATIONSHIPS OR PURSUITS FOR EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS. WHAT IS THE VEHICLE FOR ME TO ADDRESS THOSE FOR ESTABLISHING OUR PLAN FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS? IS IT THE 20? UPDATING THE 2013 PLAN OR INFLUENCING A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN? AND I THINK EACH OF US HAVE.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT. I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS YOU HAVE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT ARE PART OF YOUR VISION. AND PART OF WHAT THIS PROCESS IS, IS TO HELP US DEVELOP A WORK PLAN THAT INTEGRATES THOSE ITEMS THAT EACH OF YOU HAVE

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THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO RELY ON OUR FACILITATORS TO HELP SUPPORT WORKING WITH YOUR BOARD ON BUT IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE GOALS THAT DRIVE US AND THEN WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES THAT GET US THERE. SO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR AN EXAMPLE, MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, UPDATING A, A STRATEGY AROUND IDENTIFYING OUR PRIORITIES FOR NEW PARKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, OR IT COULD BE UPDATING OUR.

WHICH WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON OUR PRIORITIES FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS BECAUSE SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE EXISTING PARKS AND THEN THOSE COULD BE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS UNDER THOSE CATEGORIES.

SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS HAVE, YOU KNOW, A STRATEGY OR STRATEGIES THAT ARE INFORMING THE DISTRICT'S WORK AND THOSE WOULD BE CONNECTED TO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT I THINK EACH OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AS BOARD MEMBERS.

SO, YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE CAN EXPRESS THIS VISION OR THESE PRIORITIES FOR THE FUTURE AND RELY ON YOU FOLKS TO PLACE IT IN THE RIGHT VEHICLE.

CORRECT. AND I THINK THAT'S THE IDEA OF HAVING FACILITATORS TO HELP WORK WITH YOUR BOARD AND US AS STAFF IS TO HELP FIGURE OUT FROM ALL OF THESE IDEAS. HOW DO WE PUT THAT INTO SOME MEANINGFUL STRATEGIES THAT ARE CAN MAKE SENSE OF ALL OF THE IDEAS TOGETHER AND KEEP US FOCUSED AS STAFF ON THE PRIORITY WORK.

OKAY, THAT SOUNDS RIGHT.

OKAY.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

LUANA.

YEAH, JUST SOME CLARIFICATIONS.

WILL WE STILL BE WORKING WITH PLACEWORKS MOVING FORWARD? CORRECT.

SO, THEY'LL BE THE FACILITATORS.

WELL, SO I ACTUALLY, TO BE HONEST HERE, WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IS HAVING PLACEWORK STILL SUPPORT THIS WORK. WE STILL HAVE I THINK AROUND 650. I THINK WE SPENT ABOUT 750, $50,000, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO, WE HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY FOR THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HERE ON THEIR CONTRACT.

TO BE JUST FRANK ABOUT IT, I'VE BEEN THINKING OF HAVING MEGAN, WHO SUPPORTED US WITH SOME OF OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR BOARD, SUPPORT THE ACTUAL IN PERSON FACILITATION OR SOMEBODY ELSE.

I. I THINK PLACEWORKS CAN STILL SUPPORT THE PROCESS.

BUT YOU KNOW, I WANTED, IF YOUR BOARD GIVES US DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD ALONG THESE LINES, WE WOULD WORK WITH YOU ON WHAT THE RIGHT FACILITATOR IS FOR THAT PROCESS. AND THEN WE WOULD, SIMILAR TO HOW WE'VE DONE WITH OTHER WORKSHOPS, WORK WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY TO KIND OF DO SOME PRE WORK TO UNDERSTAND IDEAS AND THEN BUILD THE AGENDA FOR THE WORKSHOP BASED ON THAT.

OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE GOLD DEVELOPMENT AND BOARD WORKSHOPS, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THESE TYPE OF WORKSHOPS.

SO, I GUESS WHAT I'M STRUGGLING TO SEE RIGHT HERE IS HOW THIS WORKSHOP WOULD BE DIFFERENT. I FEEL LIKE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPRESS AND EVEN IN OUR YEARLY DIFFERENT WARD GOALS AND LARGER PARK GOALS, WE'VE BEEN EXPRESSING DIRECTION. SO I THINK UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT AND THEN DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND AS FAR AS A STRATEGIC DOCUMENT, I AM NOT, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE HAVING TWO DOCUMENTS. DOCUMENTS OR LIKE AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS WITHIN THE 2013 MASTER PLAN. LIKE I THINK AS FAR AS WHATEVER WE DEVELOP NEEDS TO BE THE ONLY REFERENCE POINT AND WE'RE NOT REFERENCING ANY OF THE OTHER DOCUMENTS AS FAR AS HOW WE MOVE FORWARD SO THAT THERE'S NO CONFUSION BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IN OUR DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW AS BOARD WORK, THERE'S NOT A 100% CERTAINTY OF WHICH DOCUMENT AND HOW ALL THOSE VIEWS ARE GOING TO BE INCORPORATED. SO MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WHATEVER VEHICLE OR WHATEVER'S DESIGNED FINDS A WAY SO THAT WE'RE ONLY DEALING WITH THAT ONE DOCUMENT. AND I DO HOPE THAT IT'S VERY STREAMLINED. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY-BASED OUTREACH. I DO NOT FEEL IT WAS EASY TO GET TO THAT POINT. I FELT LIKE THERE WERE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AND THERE WERE SOME INITIAL PUSHBACK AND THEN

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AND I JUST FELT LIKE AS FAR AS WHEN THOSE INITIAL SURVEYS WERE DONE AND THEY WERE GETTING RESULTS IN THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CORRECTIVE ACTION ON THEIR SIDE ABOUT HOW DO WE GET ADDITIONAL KIND OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITIES. BECAUSE AFTER THAT WE WINDED UP EXTENDING CONTRACT AND THEN GOING OUT. BUT I DO THINK AS FAR AS WHAT DID RESULT WAS SOME GREAT WORK. WORK BY PLANNING TEAM BY ALISON BROOKS AND REALLY LOOKING AT.

AND JOSE AS FAR AS LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD RESET.

BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S A PROCESS WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN TO QUICKER AND THAT AS FAR AS IT'S ALSO A PROCESS WHERE I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A RELUCTANCE OR BOARD INPUT OR AS FAR AS LEVERAGING BOARD CONTACT. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM REALLY REACHING OUT TO US LIKE WHERE SHOULD WE LIKE HAVE THIS? AND THERE WERE SOME VERY, VERY, I THINK GREAT COMMUNITY RESOURCES EVENTS THAT WERE HELD WITHIN OUR WARD AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND HAVING THE STAFF OUT THERE. SO I REALLY JUST APPLAUD THE NEW DIRECTION, AND I THINK AS FAR AS BUILDING ON A LOT OF GREAT RELATIONSHIPS. BUT I THINK WHAT'S REALLY GREAT TOO IS THEY'RE BRINGING ALL THOSE DIFFERENT RELATIONS AND CONTACT INTO LIKE ONE DATABASE SO THAT ALL THE PARK IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT RATHER THAN MAYBE ONE TEAM OR ONE PERSON HAVING THOSE DIFFERENT CONTACTS. AND I'M ALSO AS FAR AS I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS A LITTLE SHORTER THAT WE'RE WRAPPING THIS UP. I THINK THIS STRATEGIC VISION AND PLANNING HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TOO MANY YEARS. IT WAS EVEN STARTING BACK WHEN, WHEN I WAS A PAC MEMBER AND BEFORE THAT. SO TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FINALLY TIE IT UP AND START FOCUSING OUR TIME AND RESOURCES ON SOMETHING ELSE, I THINK IT'S A GREAT MOVE FORWARD.

TWO THINGS. SO, ONE IS JUST LIKE HOW IS THIS WORKSHOP GOING TO BE DIFFERENT? YOU HAD ASKED AND I THINK ACTUALLY THE PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS WE'VE DONE WITH YOUR BOARD AROUND CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES. I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO REALLY HELP US WHEN WE GET TO THIS WORKSHOP BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE LESS OF A LIFT BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD PRACTICE WITH THE SAME THING.

AND SO I THINK THAT REALLY GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD OFF OF THAT WORK AND HOPEFULLY IT'S EASIER TO DEVELOP THESE GOALS BASED ON ALL THE FEEDBACK WE'VE HEARD.

AND THEN. BUT I, BUT I GUESS THE OTHER THING IS LIKE, I WANT YOU TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS. LIKE, I DON'T WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING THIS AND JUST CHECKING IN TO GET FEEDBACK. I REALLY WANT YOUR BOARD TO BE PART OF IT. AND THEN, AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE ABOUT SORT OF ONE DOCUMENT, LIKE, I THINK ONE THING THAT IS NOT IN THE MASTER PLAN IS A CLEAR SET OF GOALS AND STRATEGIES.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE STRATEGY STRATEGIC PLAN IS GOING TO HAVE. IT DOES HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE LIKE GOALS AND STRATEGIES, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE FIVE CLEAR GOALS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YES, I HOPE IT'S AS CLEAR AS THE FOUNDATIONS.

YES, I'D LOVE TO HAVE A PIECE THAT IS THE GOAL. WHAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAVE IS LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF POLICIES THAT ARE IN THE MASTER PLAN AND IF WE WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH, THROUGH AND REDO ALL OF OUR POLICIES, WE WOULD BE WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS. I WANT TO GET THIS DONE AND HECK IF WE CAN MOVE FASTER IN THIS TIMELINE, AWESOME. BUT WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS GOALS AND STRATEGIES TO ACCOMPLISH THEM. SO, MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN KIND OF KEEP IT SIMPLE AND WE CAN KEEP THAT MASTER PLAN AS A FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT THAT DESCRIBES OUR POLICIES. BUT THE, BUT THIS IS OUR WAY. ONE SPOT FOR OUR GOALS AND STRATEGIES.

DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT.

I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO ASK MY QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, THE ENORMOUS EFFORT, TIME, ENERGY, FISCAL MONEY WE'VE ALL PUT INTO THIS IS DEFINITELY COMING TO FRUITION OR DEFINITELY SEEING, YOU KNOW, SO MANY MEETINGS, SO MANY NUMBERS. I ACTUALLY LOVE TO SEE IT ON A CHART. I MEAN THE STAFF MEETINGS,

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BUT I'M ALSO A LITTLE PANICKED OVER HERE, TO BE HONEST. WE HAVE A 90-YEAR HISTORY OF DISTRICT PLANS THAT HAVE GUIDED US SO CLEARLY. AND I THINK YOU HEARD EARLIER WE WERE WORRIED ARE YOU TRYING TO REWRITE THE MISSION? ARE YOU TRYING TO REWRITE THE LAND USE PLANS GOING AWAY? ARE THEY GOING TO BE IN THERE? WE HAVEN'T. AND NOW I'M KIND OF HEARING ALMOST TWO DOCUMENTS. I COME FROM A CITY BACKGROUND, AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE YOUR VISION, YOUR MASTER PLAN, YOUR GENERAL PLAN. AND IT LAYS OUT, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, WE WANT GREEN BUILDINGS. AND THEN IT'S VERY COMMON TO THEN HAVE AN IMPLEMENTING DOCUMENT, LIKE A PLANNING COMMISSION OR WHERE YOU ZONE, WHERE ARE THOSE GREEN BUILDINGS GOING TO GO? AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER DOCUMENT, PRETTY TYPICALLY YOUR DESIGN REVIEW. WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? WHAT LEAD STANDARD WILL THEY BE? YOU KNOW, HOW TALL? WHAT SIZE DO YOU HAVE TO. SO, I STILL FEEL. AND I GUESS I WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE. I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH RENAMING THIS EFFORT THE DISTRICT PLAN, BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW IF WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A DISTRICT PLAN AND THEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC PLAN THAT KIND OF FOLLOWS THAT.

YOU'VE GOT YOUR BLUEPRINT, YOU'VE GOT YOUR ZONING, YOU'VE GOT YOUR SPECIFICS. AND SO, OUR BLUEPRINT, WE'VE ALL AGREED, NEEDS SOME UPDATING.

IT NEEDS A CHAPTER ON CLIMATE CHANGE. IT NEEDS A CHAPTER ON EQUITY. SO. AND I THINK SOME OF THE FRUSTRATION IS WHY ARE WE PUTTING ALL THIS EFFORT IF THE DISTRICT PLAN HAS WORKED FOR 90 YEARS AND WE ONLY NEED TO ADD A COUPLE CHAPTERS? WE AGREE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, PRESERVED. WE AGREE ON THE MISSION, WE AGREE ON THE. SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED, AND I DON'T WANT TO THROW OUT THAT TO ME IS OUR FOUNDATION, OUR HISTORY, OUR 90 YEARS.

BUT I UNDERSTAND, AND HAIRSTAFF NEEDS A STRATEGIC PLAN. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE BOTH? WELL, MAYBE I CAN HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. YOU KNOW, WE'RE. WE'RE PRETTY DIFFERENT THAN A CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, A CITY DOES ZONING. THEY DO, YOU KNOW, APPROVE BUILDINGS, THAT. THERE'S A LOT OF EXTERNAL FOLKS COMING TO A CITY FOR APPROVALS. WE DON'T DO THAT. WE OWN THE LAND THAT WE MANAGE. AND USUALLY YOUR BOARD'S MAKING THE DECISION, NOT SOMEBODY COMING TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. I WENT AND HAD LUNCH LAST WEEK WITH ANDREA, WHO'S THE GM FOR SANTA CLARA VALLEY OPEN SPACE AUTHORITY, AND ANA, WHO'S THE GM FOR MIDPEN. THEY BOTH HAVE SIMILAR PLANS TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. IT'S REALLY. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A SET OF CODES OR A SET OF RULES.

IT'S REALLY A WORK PLAN FOR OUR TEAM. SO IT'S REALLY YOUR BOARD SAYING, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WE HAVE THIS MISSION.

UNDER THAT MISSION, WHAT ARE THE GOALS THAT DRIVE ALL OF OUR WORK OR SHOULD BE DRIVING ALL OF OUR WORK AND THEN WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES FOR ACCOMPLISHING IT? AND THERE WOULD BE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UNDER THAT OF WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO IMPLEMENT THOSE STRATEGIES.

AND SORT OF A TIMELINE OF HOW WE GET THERE. BUT IT'S NOT AS DETAILED AS HAVING LIKE RULES OR POLICIES. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN THOSE STRATEGIES TO AS SORT OF TO DO'S AS PART OF THAT IMPLEMENTATION, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO, ARE WE STILL GOING TO HAVE A DISTRICT PLAN? SO, THERE IS NO DISTRICT PLAN RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A MASTER PLAN.

I'M SORRY, IS THERE STILL GOING TO BE A MASTER PLAN? THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, THAT'S LIKE A FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT THAT HAS SOME PIECES THAT ARE EVERGREEN, RIGHT. AND THERE'S ALSO PIECES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, MORE FORWARD LOOKING OF SORT OF WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH. WHAT GETS REPLACED IS THE WHAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE NEXT 10-YEARS AND WHAT OUR GOALS ARE. WHAT DOESN'T GET REPLACED PLACE NECESSARILY ARE SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE IN THAT THAT ARE FOUNDATIONAL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

NOT COMPLETELY.

I GUESS I STILL AM OF THE THOUGHT THAT A MASTER PLAN, A DISTRICT PLAN THAT HAS GUIDED US TO BECOME THE LARGEST PARK DISTRICT IN THE NATION, THAT SHOULD BE UPDATED EVERY 10 TO 20 YEARS COULD BE UPDATED AND STILL HAVE THIS THING THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR THAT YOU NEED, THAT STAFF NEEDS, THAT GETS INTO THE WEEDS, INTO THE DETAILS.

I MEAN, HERE'S ANOTHER PIECE.

SO, YOU SAID I JUST WANT TO ASK. SO, WHEN YOU SAY THAT 2013 IS OUR FOUNDATION, ARE WE STILL GOING TO REFER TO THAT FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS? I MEAN IT SEEMS TO ME OUR FOUNDATION SHOULD BE UPDATED.

SO WE HAVE A MASTER DISTRICT PLAN OF 2020, AND WE HAVE A

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I THINK THE MASTER. THE WAY THE MASTER PLAN ITSELF IS STRUCTURED IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. ONE THING THAT'S IN THERE IS A MAP OF TRAILS, OF FUTURE TRAIL CONNECTIONS.

THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE UPDATE THAT COULD GET. IT'S LIKE A TRAILS MASTER PLAN. ONE OF YOUR STRATEGIES IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN COULD BE TO UPDATE THAT TRAILS MASTER PLAN. ANOTHER THING COULD BE TO UPDATE, YOU KNOW, PLACES FOR PLACES WE'RE FOCUSING ON FOR ACQUISITIONS, WHICH IS IN THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS SPOKEN ABOUT. SO THERE ARE COMPONENTS OF THAT THAT COULD GET UPDATED THAT YOU COULD CALL OUT THAT YOU WANT TO ADDRESS.

IF YOU WANTED TO UPDRACE ADDRESS LAND USE PLANNING, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU WANTED STAFF TO FOCUS ON THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A STRATEGY IN THIS STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE COULD FOCUS ON. BUT TRYING TO DO ALL OF THAT AS PART OF THIS EFFORT WOULD TAKE A VERY LONG TIME.

AND WHAT WE REALLY HEARD, I THINK FROM YOUR BOARD AND FROM THE COMMUNITY, IS THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE NOT A PRIORITY TO RETHINK. THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND I THINK NOT TO BE RETHOUGHT. IT COULD JUST BE SIMPLY UPDATED AS THE BLUEPRINT AND THEN ALL THIS OTHER EFFORT. LIKE, I DON'T WANT OUR MISSION STATEMENT TO GO AWAY. I DON'T WANT THE DEFINITION OF PARKS VERSUS PRESERVES TO GO AWAY. BUT WHAT WE'VE LACKED IS WE HAVEN'T BEEN CLEAR ON HARM, HOW PARKS AND PRESERVES ARE DEFINED. SO, IT'D BE REALLY NICE IF IN THE STRATEGY WE WANT TO REDEFINE AND CLARIFY WHEN IS IT A PARK, WHEN IS IT A PRESERVE.

BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THAT WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN THAT RECOGNIZES PARKS AND PRESERVES VERSUS REGIONAL PARKS VERSUS SO I.

I DON'T SO ONE THING. SO, I GUESS HERE'S AN EXAMPLE. YOU JUST IDENTIFIED AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT REVISIT LIKE PARKS VERSUS PRESERVES VERSUS SHORELINES. THE STRATEGIC PLAN ITSELF WOULDN'T MAKE A DETERMINATION ABOUT REDETERMINING WHAT THOSE MEAN, BUT IT COULD BE IDENTIFIED THAT STAFF SHOULD REVISIT THAT AS ONE OF THE STRATEGIES IN THAT PLAN. THIS IS REALLY MORE OF OUR WORK PLAN THAN TRYING TO MAKE RULES IN AND OF THEMSELVES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO, THE DISTRICT PLAN, THE MASTER PLAN OF 2013 WILL CONTINUE AND WE'LL STILL REFER TO IT IN SOME WAYS.

YES.

YEAH, RIGHT. I WOULD THINK SO.

THERE'S ELEMENTS IN THERE LIKE LAND USE PLANS THAT I DON'T THINK THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS REALLY JUST GIVING YOU GOALS AND STRATEGIES FOR ACCOMPLISHING THINGS.

ALL RIGHT, I'M CONFUSED. LET ME ASK A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS.

SO LET'S MOVE ON FROM THAT. I'M JUST NOT.

GETTING THE LOVE I NEED FOR RENAMING THIS EFFORT THE DISTRICT PLAN. JUST SO I SEE IT AS TOO. BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS OVERALL ON THE TIMELINES AND THE DELIVERABLES.

I THINK WHEN WE APPROVED. I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE FISCAL IMPACT.

I THINK WE SPENT A LOT ON THIS, BUT WE DID TALK ABOUT AT SOME POINT AND MAYBE THE THIS WOULD HELP CLARIFY WHEN WE WOULD GET EITHER A GANTT CHART SO WE COULD REALLY SEE.

BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN I LOOK AT MY 2025 HANDOUT VERSUS THE ONE TODAY, WE'RE ABOUT A YEAR BEHIND, WHICH IS OKAY, THAT'S NORMAL.

AND IT'S BECAUSE WE PUT A YEAR A TON OF EFFORT IN HERE.

BUT SOME TYPE OF GANTT CHART AND SOME TYPE OF OUTLINE THAT WOULD HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE CURRENT DISTRICT PLAN LOOK LIKE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE EXISTING MASTER PLAN.

EXISTING MASTER PLAN. WE HAVE TO GET. I MEAN, YEAH, I'D LIKE HAVING A MASTER PLAN THAT LOOKS LIKE THE SAME ONES WE'VE HAD FOR 90 YEARS OR CLOSE TO IT.

AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT.

WHAT DOES THAT DELIVERABLE LOOK LIKE FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN? AND SORT OF A GANTT CHART, BECAUSE A GANTT CHART, AND I USE THAT TERM JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE. WE USE IN THE INDUSTRY OR ENGINEERING.

IT'S PROBABLY MAYBE NOT A.

BUT A TIMELINE AND A DELIVERABLE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS BECAUSE MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP LIE OUT. AND ALSO, IF I SAW AN OUTLINE OF WHAT DRAFT OUTLINE, WHICH I THINK WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR ALSO FOR A BIT, WOULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND AND I GUESS TO SHARE THAT 2013 MASTER PLAN.

WHAT I'M SHARING TODAY IS THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM YOUR BOARD AND FROM COMMUNITY IS REALLY THAT WE DON'T NEED TO GO BACK AND REDO THAT ENTIRE 2013 MASTER PLAN. THAT'S A MASSIVE EFFORT OF TRYING TO REHASH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE IN THERE, AND A LOT

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IF YOU'VE SEEN THE FOUNDATION STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOUR BOARD, THAT'S A STRATEGIC PLAN. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. IT HAS A SMALL NUMBER OF GOALS AND THOSE INFORMED STRATEGIES THAT DRIVE THE WORK FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

FOR THE FOUNDATION. IT'S NOT TYPICALLY A BOOK WITH CHAPTERS. IT'S A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD DOCUMENT THAT JUST DEFINES WHAT THE WORK IS OF THE AGENCY.

GO AHEAD.

SO, I COULD USE A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION, TOO, BUT I DO HAVE A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO IT. MAX, MAYBE YOU CAN BITE OFF A LITTLE PIECE OF THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN AND SHOW US THE STRUCTURE OF IT AND WHAT'S COVERED IN IT, YOU KNOW, AS IF IT WAS AN OUTLINE AND YOU WOULD CHOOSE ONE SECTION AND THEN JUST LAY IT ALL OUT HOW IT RELATES TO THE MASTER PLAN, EXISTING MASTER PLAN, AND THAT SORT OF THING. ONE ISSUE, ONE PROGRAM, WHATEVER, JUST SO WE CAN. BECAUSE I CAN'T VISUALIZE IT RIGHT NOW, AND I REALLY WANT TO, AND I THINK I NEED TO, BUT IS THAT A. YEAH, I MEAN, I LIKE. I GUESS PART OF IT IS AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I THINK IT'LL MAKE SENSE.

LIKE, IT'S. THAT'S THE HARD PART, THOUGH, WHERE WE CAN SEND YOU. LIKE, I CAN SEND YOU SOME STRATEGIC PLANS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SEE.

IT'S. YEAH. I MEAN, YEAH, WE CAN DO MORE TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

YEAH, BUT I LIKE TO.

TO SEE TAILORED WHAT WE'RE DOING.

UNDERSTOOD. I MEAN, I LOOK FOR OTHER PARK ORGANIZATIONS TOO. I MEAN, I LIKE, I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, GOALS CAN BE THINGS LIKE PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, PROVIDING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

RIGHT.

THOSE ARE LIKE THE LEVELS OF WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE AND THEN YOUR STRATEGIES ARE HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS? LIKE WHAT ARE THE.

SO, PICK SOME AND LAY THEM OUT AND SHOW THEM TO THEM.

US.

OKAY.

I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT ANY OTHER WAY.

OKAY.

I, BECAUSE I THINK THE PROCESS WE'RE LAYING OUT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT WORK TOGETHER, BUT WE CAN ALSO DO A PROCESS WHERE WE DEVELOP A DRAFT AND BRING IT TO YOU THAT'S ALSO VERY DOABLE AND THAT THAT COULD BE THE DIRECTION FROM YOUR BOARD.

I THINK MAX AND BRIAN, YOU'RE DEALING WITH A BUNCH OF FORMER PAC MEMBERS WHO HAVE LIVED WITH THIS, THE MASTER PLAN.

IF I COULD MAYBE OFFER ONE ANALOGY THAT MIGHT GET TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. DIRECTOR MERCURIO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MAIN SORT OF TOPICS IN THE 20131- MASTER PLAN WAS THIS SORT OF CONCEPT OF TRAILS FOR ALL. AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE'VE WORKED FOR A LONG TIME ON SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE WENT THROUGH THE TRAIL USER WORKING GROUP, WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS AND THE SUGGESTIONS COME UP THAT WE SHOULD DO A TRAILS MASTER PLAN. AND THERE WAS THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT, WELL, IS THAT PART OF THIS EFFORT? IS THAT A SEPARATE EFFORT? AND I THINK WHAT MAX IS SAYING IS THAT THAT COULD BE A SORT OF A RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT'S IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HELPS US SORT OF CLARIFY REALLY WHAT WAS THE GUIDANCE IN THE 2013 MASTER PLAN. SO, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SUGGESTING THERE'S A CHANGE IN THAT SORT OF GOAL OF HAVING TRAILS FOR ALL IN THE 2013 MASTER PLAN. THAT STILL REMAINS AND THAT'S STILL THERE. BUT THIS EFFORT WOULD REALLY PROVIDE SOME GOALS AND STRATEGIES AROUND HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. IS THAT LOOKING AT SOME, YOU KNOW, MOUNTAIN BIKE SPECIFIC FACILITIES AROUND THE DISTRICT, IS THAT WORKING ON EXPANDING OUR REGIONAL TRAIL NETWORK, SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO THAT'S AT LEAST HOW I'M SORT OF THINKING OF IT, AND I HOPE THAT'S ACCURATE.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL. I WAS ALSO GOING TO TAKE A STAB AT TRYING TO CLARIFY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO YOU COVERED A LOT OF IT. SO IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, I THINK WHAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT IS HAVING, YOU KNOW, THE MASTER PLAN IS THERE. IT DOESN'T GO AWAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE CHOOSING CERTAIN GOALS AND STRATEGIES AND THEN LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT THEM.

SOME OF THOSE MAY BE THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY IN THE MASTER PLAN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING A FINER POINT ON MAKING THEM ACTIONABLE. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WE. I

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IS THAT PART OF IT? I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE IF THIS IS GOING TO ALIGN IN SOME WAY WITH A BALLOT MEASURE. SO, YOU CAN TALK TO THAT? YEAH, AND I CAN. I MEAN, I'M JUST LIKE. AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, I JUST PULLED UP MIDPEN'S STRATEGIC PLAN, FOR EXAMPLE.

RIGHT.

LIKE THEIR, THEIR GOALS ARE, YOU KNOW, PROMOTING AND ESTABLISH A COMMON CONSERVATION VISION WITH PARTNER AGENCIES, CONNECT PEOPLE TO OPEN SPACE AND A REGIONAL VISION, STRENGTHEN FINANCIAL AND STAFFING RESOURCES TO FULFILL THE MISSION. THOSE ARE THEIR GOALS. AND THEN UNDER THAT THEY HAVE OBJECTIVES. LIKE ONE OF THEIR OBJECTIVES IS ENHANCING COLLABORATION BETWEEN PARTNERS, DETERMINE AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO CONSERVATION IN THE REGION, DEVELOP AN OPEN SPACE VISION PLAN. AND SO IT'S KIND OF. YOU DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE. THERE'S SORT OF SUBSET PLANS LIKE, LIKE BRIAN WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN THAT THIS CAN IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, FURTHER PLANNING EFFORTS THAT THE DISTRICT COULD UNDERTAKE. BUT IT HELPS US ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

SO, PROJECTS THEMSELVES, EITHER WOULD THEY BE IN HERE STILL OR WOULD THEY BE.

THEY'D BEEN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. THEY'D STILL STAY WHERE THEY ARE WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

RIGHT.

SO, THIS WOULD, THIS LIKE MIGHT IDENTIFY THAT WE WOULD UPDATE OUR APPROACH TO CAPITAL PROJECTS, OUR STRATEGY, OUR AROUND CAPITAL PROJECTS. BUT THIS PLAN WOULD NOT LIST PROJECTS, IT WOULDN'T LIST SPECIFIC THINGS BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS RELATIVELY QUICKLY TO CREATE A STRUCTURE AND THEN EACH OF THOSE PIECES WE COULD UNDERTAKE, THEY'D BE IDENTIFIED IN HERE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO, I'M JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN, THE 2013 MASTER PLAN, AND IT IS FAIRLY DATED IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE IMAGES, THE ORG CHART, SOME OF THE INFORMATION. AND IF THIS IS THE PLAN WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SAYING THIS IS OUR MASTER PLAN, AND THEN WE'RE DOING A STRATEGIC PLAN ON TOP OF THIS, I THINK IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFICULT, I GUESS, THING TO PROMOTE, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A PARCEL TAX MEASURE. I MEAN, I LOOK AT THIS AND THERE'S JUST SO MUCH OUTDATED INFORMATION AND IMAGERY AND I WONDER, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS MULTI-YEAR EFFORT. WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY.

RIGHT.

WHAT DID I JUST HEAR? WE'VE SO FAR SPENT $750,000. IT MIGHT BE GOOD. MAYBE WE DON'T CHANGE THE CORE CONTENT, BUT IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO UPDATE AT LEAST THE 2013 PLAN.

MY RECOMMENDATION NOT TO BE REPRINT THE 2013 PLAN, BUT REALLY FOCUS ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE'RE WORKING ON. IT'LL HAVE ITS OWN IMAGERY.

THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD PROMOTE.

THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S AN EXISTING FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT THAT COULD BE UTILIZED. BUT WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT. I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND REDOING THAT OR RE PROMOTING IT.

RIGHT.

OR IF THIS, IF WE'RE MAKING THIS A FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT, CAN WE STRIP OUT THE IMAGERY AND OUTDATED INFORMATION AND JUST HAVE IT BE A DOCUMENT OF THE INFORMATION? BECAUSE I THINK THIS WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO THEN GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND SAY, THIS IS OUR FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT.

YEAH.

YES, WE COULD DO THAT.

OKAY.

AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS, I KNOW WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND WHEN WOULD WE ESTIMATE REPORT OUT OF ALL THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK? YEAH, WE ACTUALLY JUST TODAY SORT OF CLOSED UP ALL THE SURVEY AND DID ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF, GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION OVER TO THE CONSULTANTS. I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A DATE ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I THINK IF THE BOARD WERE TO LOOK TOWARDS HAVING A WORKSHOP IN THE FALL OR THE WINTER, WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GET THAT REPORT BACK FOR THAT TIME.

AND SO THEN ALSO LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, SO IF WE SPENT ABOUT 750,000 SO FAR, WE HAVE APPROVED 1.3 MILLION TOWARDS THIS PROJECT. 557300 I FOUND IS THE NAME OF THE PROJECT. SO WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF BUDGET. WHAT, $600,000. HOW MUCH OF THAT BUDGET DO WE ANTICIPATE WE WOULD NEED TO DO THE REPORT OUT? MAYBE IF WE TAKE OUT THE OUTDATED INFORMATION AND PRODUCE THE FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT AND THEN PUT TOGETHER A STRATEGIC PLAN, DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD BE THE REMAINING $600,000? DO WE THINK IT WOULD BE LESS? DO WE THINK IT WOULD BE MORE? I THINK THERE'S PLENTY IN THAT EXISTING AMOUNT TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH. YOU KNOW,

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BUT THERE'S PLENTY IN THERE TO ACCOMPLISH IT.

AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION, I BROUGHT THE MAPS WITH ME BECAUSE, AND I UNDERSTAND WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS MASTER PLAN 2013 MAP IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK.

AND I KNOW IT'S A MAP THAT A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, ENGAGED CONSTITUENTS LOOK AT AND REFER TO AND REFERENCE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE ONE TRAIL THAT I HEAR THE MOST ABOUT IN REGARDS TO WHAT'S HERE IN THE MASTER PLAN, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SIGNIFICANT, NOT JUST A SIGNIFICANT REGIONAL TRAIL, BUT A SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL TRAIL AND CROSSES MULTIPLE STATE BOUNDARIES, IS THE DE ANZA TRAIL. AND THE MAP THAT WE HAVE, OR THE DE ANZA EXPEDITION TRAIL. PARDON ME. WHAT WE HAVE IN THE 2013 MAP AND IN OUR OLD BROCHURE SHOWED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BRUSHY PEAK AND LOS VAQUEROS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE TREAT THIS AS A VISION. IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE TRAIL ROUTE, ALTHOUGH THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE FOR US TO CONNECT BRUSHY PEAK TO LOS VAQUEROS.

BUT THEN I NOTICED THAT IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, 2026, WE UPDATED THE MAP AND WE CHANGED THE ROUTE. AND I KNOW WHEN WE HAVE THESE PRIORITY SESSIONS EACH YEAR, AT LEAST, SO WE'VE NOW HAVE FOUR SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, AT LEAST THREE OF THE FOUR PRIORITY SESSIONS. I MENTIONED THE BRUSHY PEAK TO LOS VAQUEROS CONNECTION. AND I WASN'T MADE AWARE THAT WE WERE UPDATING THE ANZA EXPEDITION OF 1776 BROCHURE, NOR WAS I AWARE THAT OUR VISION HAD CHANGED TO BE A DIFFERENT ROUTE. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT OUR PROCESSES, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT UP AT MULTIPLE PRIORITIES SESSIONS. AND THERE MAY BE OTHER TRAILS OUT THERE, BUT THIS IS THE ONE THAT CAUGHT MY EYE TO THE POINT THAT I BROUGHT EVERYTHING HERE WITH ME. AND I KNOW I EVEN GOT THIS REALLY HUGE MAP FROM AUGUST 30, 2024, LOOKING AT THAT BRUSHY PEAK TO LOS VAQUEROS CONNECTION. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN WORKED ON, AND I'M JUST SURPRISED THAT WE WOULD UPDATE THE MAP AND THEN ALSO NOT NOTIFY THE BOARD ABOUT THAT.

AND DIRECTOR SANWONG, YOU BROUGHT THIS UP WITH ME PERSONALLY SEVERAL TIMES. AND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, I LET YOU KNOW THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, ON PURPOSE ON THE PART OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM. OUR TEAM THAT MANAGES OUR MAPS UPSTATE UPDATES THEM REGULARLY AND DOES THEIR BEST. AND SOMETIMES THOSE UPDATES HAPPEN.

AND THE RESULTS SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT. YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, LIKE, I'M HAPPY TO SET UP A MEETING WITH YOU, ME AND ALLISON TO TALK WITH THAT TEAM AND UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER. AND YOU MENTIONED TO ME THAT YOU'D RATHER US MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO'VE BROUGHT THIS UP. AND SO WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS SETTING THAT UP AS YOU REQUESTED.

THAT'S GREAT. AND THEN I SUPPOSE MY QUESTION ON THAT WOULD BE POLICY DRIVEN IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN BOARD'S NOTIFIED ABOUT SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT UPDATES IN OUR MAPS AND. OR IS IT POSSIBLE TO REMOVE THIS MAP FROM THE WEBSITE SO THAT IT DOESN'T CREATE THAT CONFUSION AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT TODAY. MAYBE LET'S LEAVE THAT AS A RHETORICAL QUESTION.

BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD BE CURIOUS ABOUT IN REGARDS TO THIS.

WE CAN REMOVE THAT FROM THE WEBSITE. THAT'S FINE.

SURE.

OKAY. OKAY. SO, THEN I GUESS NEXT STEP. SO, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, MAYBE. WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? LET'S OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD.

THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT, SO THEN WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR ANY FINAL COMMENTS. I GUESS IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION, BUT NEXT STEPS. SO NEXT STEPS WOULD BE MORE OF A WORKSHOP.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING. AND ALSO, THIS IS A PRESENTATION. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MAKING A DECISION ON. I GUESS MY ONLY CONCERN IS THE BUDGET BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN WE INITIALLY WE HAD TWO APPROVALS, PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, AND THAT TOTALS 1.3 MILLION.

AND I THINK WE MADE THAT APPROVAL THINKING WE WERE GOING TO GET A MASTER PLAN RETURN FROM THIS PROCESS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME IS A STRATEGIC PLAN. I DON'T KNOW IF 1.3 MILLION IS. IT MATCHES WHAT A STRATEGIC PLAN MIGHT BE.

WELL, I CAN SHARE. WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOUR BOARD IS THERE'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU A VISION FOR WHAT A STRATEGIC PLAN LOOKS LIKE. SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CAN DO WITH OUR TEAM IS SHARE SOME EXAMPLES OF STRATEGIC PLANS. I THINK IT'S AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE DOCUMENT. YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT NOT HAVE SOME DETAILS,

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TO HAVE A SHARED VISION FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING SOME EXAMPLES. AND I CAN ALSO WORK ON STARTING TO DEVELOP WITH YOU AS THE BOARD CHAIR, THE, YOU KNOW, FUTURE WORKSHOPS TO HELP SORT OF DEVELOP THIS WORK, REGARDLESS OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

I THINK DOING THAT GOAL SETTING AND STRATEGIES IS IMPORTANT.

SO. AND WE CAN KEEP. I CAN KEEP WORKING WITH YOUR BOARD ON EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

I AGREE.

AND I THINK WITH THOSE EXAMPLES, IT MIGHT ALSO BE HELPFUL TO SEE THE BUDGET AND THE COSTS TO PRODUCE THOSE STRATEGIC PLANS, BECAUSE I DOUBT THEY CAME CLOSE TO $600,000.

I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT SAYING AGAIN, AND I KNOW I'M BROKEN RECORD AND YOU CAN ROLL YOUR EYES AND SIGH, BUT I MEAN, I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE NEED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I FEEL LIKE I NEED AN OUTLINE. I NEED TO SEE WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. I'VE BEEN EXCITED, I JOINED THE BOARD VERY CLEARLY THAT WE WERE WORKING ON A SECOND CENTURY PLAN, THAT WE'VE GUIDED THIS FOR 90 YEARS. AND IF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US IS TO SHIFT GEARS TO A NEW TERMINOLOGY, BUT THAT'S THE INTENT, THAT THIS WILL COMPLETELY REPLACE THE DISTRICT PLAN. I MEAN, IT WILL INCORPORATE, BUT I THINK YOU'RE, I THINK YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT, BUT WHAT YOU'RE NOT SAYING IS IT'S GOING TO AGE OUT AND BE DONE AND IT'S OVER.

SO WHAT I NEED TO HEAR THEN IS CONVINCE ME THAT THIS NEXT PLAN, CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT, SECOND CENTURY, REALLY IS GOING TO GUIDE US BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN THE BIBLE. I MEAN, THIS IS THE REASON I'M HERE.

THIS IS THE REASON I RUN AND I'VE BEEN AT THE PARK DISTRICT. NOT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE USED TO AS PACS, BUT THIS IS WHAT I'M USED TO AS A POLICYMAKER, TO GUIDE US. AND IT'S SCARING ME TO JUST SWITCH GEARS. SO, I THINK A GANTT CHART, AN OUTLINE, IF IT'S REALLY JUST A RENAMING, THAT'S OKAY.

BUT IS IT REALLY GOING TO BE GUIDING THE NEXT 90 YEARS? BECAUSE I, I'M REALLY. I WANT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO GUIDE THE FUTURE LIKE OUR FOUNDING FATHERS GUIDED US AND HAS BROUGHT ME HERE TODAY.

THIS.

YEAH, THIS WOULD JUST BE A GUIDE FOR 10 YEARS. SO, THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TRYING TO HAVE A GUIDE FOR 90 OR 100 YEARS. I THINK IT'S.

I MISSPOKE ON THAT. I MEAN, CLEARLY THE MASTER PLANS ARE.

DISTRICT PLANS HAVE TO BE UPDATED EVERY 10 OR 20 YEARS. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ASKED, BEING ASKED TO SORT OF SHIFT TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT STRUCTURE AND MAYBE IT IS JUST NOMENCLATURE. SO, WITHOUT, WITHOUT AN OUTLINE, WITHOUT A GUIDANCE, WHERE IS THE CURRENT PLAN GOING TO COME FORWARD IN THAT PROCESS? NOT THAT IT'S FOUNDATIONAL, IT'S DONE AND WE'RE MOVING ON.

BUT THIS DOCUMENT THAT I'VE RELIED ON, THAT I LOVE, THAT I TRUST, THAT'S THE BIBLE THAT DRIVES THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK DISTRICT THAT WE GIVE OUR LIVES TO. HOW IS THAT GOING TO COME FORWARD IN THE.

IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN? THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE. I'M DISCONNECTING. AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IT'S GOING TO BE FOUNDATIONAL.

FOUNDATIONAL. BUT I'M NOT HEARING THE BLACK AND WHITE WIDE ANSWER OF HOW DOES IT.

HOW IS IT GOING TO COME FORWARD? WHAT'S THE OUTLINE? SHOW ME WHERE. THE REASON WE STARTED THIS, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WAS BECAUSE WE NEED TO UPDATE IT TO INCLUDE CLIMATE ACTION, PLANNING AND EQUITY.

BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO RELOOK AT HOW WE, LIKE I SAID, PARKS AND PRESERVES, AND ALSO RELOOK AT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF THE SPECIFICS OF WHO OUR USER GROUPS ARE CHANGING. THE WORLD IS CHANGING RAPIDLY. WE ARE HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING.

ANYWAY, I'M SUPER UNCOMFORTABLE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. AND I'M TRUSTING YOU TO BRING US ALONG AND GIVE ME A GANTT CHART, GIVE ME AN OUTLINE.

HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST 90 YEARS IS GOING TO CONTINUE.

BECAUSE I WANT IT TO CONTINUE.

ANY OTHER BOARD COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? I GUESS I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER FINAL COMMENT THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO GET INFORMATION ON. I KNOW, AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT. WAS IT THE 1973 MASTER PLAN? BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER READING THIS, THAT WHEN THE PARK DISTRICT INCREASED OUR PROPERTY TAX THROUGH THE ASSEMBLY, THERE WAS AN ASSEMBLY BILL 925 BY JOHN KNOX, ASSEMBLY MEMBER JOHN KNOX. AND PART OF THAT REQUIRED US TO HAVE A MASTER PLAN. AND THEN THERE'S THIS RESOLUTION

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SO, I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW MUCH OF THIS IS REQUIRED OR NOT REQUIRED. SO THAT WOULD BE ALSO HELPFUL TO BRING BACK TO US, TO LET US KNOW. AND IT'S JUST LIKE IN THE FIRST COUPLE PAGES OF THE 1973 MASTER PLAN. IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER COMMENTS, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE A BREAK. LET'S MAYBE.

NO BREAK.

NO, I'M JUST. I JUST DID.

IT'S OKAY. I. I KIND OF NEED A BREAK. UNLESS YOU WANT TO CHAIR THE MEETING. I'M GOING TO TAKE A BREAK.

OKAY.

SO, YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE THE MEETING.

OKAY.

SO NO, JUST TAKE A BREAK.

OKAY.

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OKAY.

WE'LL DO 10-MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD.

GREAT.

WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. IT'S 04:06PM AND WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM J1, OUR AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH MOFFITT AND NICOL.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, AS CHRIS AND MATT COME UP, JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THIS TEAM. ONE THING THAT THEY'VE REALLY INTEGRATED WITH THEIR WORK IS BRINGING IN SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO'VE BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT.

SO, THERE'S FRIENDS OF LAKE TEMESCAL GROUP. WHO'S HERE? OH, THEY LEFT. WELL, THEY WERE HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE AND THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GREAT PARTNERS. THEY'RE CHAMPIONS FOR THIS WORK. AND SO, THIS TEAM'S BEEN MEETING WITH THEM REGULARLY TO STAY A PART OF THIS AND APPRECIATE DIRECTOR DECHAMBEAU TOO FOR BEING PART OF THOSE MEETINGS AND HELPING TO CREATE AND SUPPORT THAT CONNECTION.

THANKS, MAX. PRESIDENT SANWONG BOARD MEMBERS, CHRIS BARTON, RESTORATION PROJECTS MANAGER. I'LL GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO JUST THE PROJECT AND THEN HAND IT OVER TO MAC. SO, STAFF WILL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE LAKE TEMESCAL WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND SEEKING BOARD AUTHORIZATION FOR THE NEXT STEPS. AS THE BOARD KNOWS, THE RECREATIONAL USE AT THE PARK CENTERS AROUND THE LAKE. THE PARK DISTRICT PROVIDES LIFEGUARD SERVICES DURING THE SWIM SEASON FROM LATE APRIL TO LATE SEPTEMBER WITH SEVEN DAY A WEEK SERVICE DURING THE PEAK SEASON, WHICH IS JUNE TO MID-AUGUST.

AND JUST SOME REVENUE NUMBERS.

IN 2025, SWIMMING GENERATED $4,000. YEAH, $4,000 FROM 1300 VISITORS. FISHING GENERATED $15,000 FROM 3,000 FISHING PERMITS. AND PARKING GENERATED $28,000 FROM 6,000 PARKING FEES. AND IT'S A CHALLENGING LAKE, AS WE'VE HEARD FROM PUBLIC COMMENT OVER THE YEARS. AND JUST FOR THOSE THAT KNOW THE LAKE, THE LAKE IS ACTUALLY 160 YEARS OLD. IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST LAKES OR ENGINEERED MAN-MADE RESERVOIRS IN CALIFORNIA. IT HOLDS SEDIMENT AND POLLUTION FROM THE CITY OF OAKLAND AND THE FREEWAY. AND THAT'S MADE WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. AND IT'S NOT A NEW THING. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE THE 1960S. THE PARK DISTRICT STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT HAS HAD BEEN.

THEY'VE BEEN MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTING WATER QUALITY MITIGATION ACTIONS OVER THE YEARS AND THERE'S BEEN SOME SUCCESS WITH THAT. BUT THERE STILL ARE SOME LAKE CLOSURES.

IT'S STILL A REALLY DIFFICULT LAKE TO MANAGE FOR WATER QUALITY. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO ASSIST STAFF WITH IDENTIFYING COST-EFFECTIVE ACTIONS TO ENSURE FISHING, SWIMMING, ENJOYMENT OF THE LAKE CONTINUES INTO THE FUTURE. THE WORK BUILDS UPON THE 2019 FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT WAS DONE AND IT ENLISTS A TEAM OF LAKE MANAGEMENT EXPERTS AND EXPERTS IN DREDGING. SO, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO PARK DISTRICT CIVIL ENGINEER MAC OLSEN, WHO'S THE PROJECT MANAGER AND HE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROJECT STATUS UPDATE AND NEXT STEPS.

THANKS CHRIS AND GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS. GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, SO JUST A QUICK OUTLINE. GOING TO GO OVER SOME BACKGROUND, PROJECT GOALS, PROJECT STATUS AND THE RECOMMENDATION. AS CHRIS MENTIONED, CHABOT BUILT THE ORIGINAL DAM OF TEMESCAL CREEK AS A DRINKING WATER RESERVOIR IN 1868. THE PARK DISTRICT ACQUIRED THIS IN 1936, WHICH USUALLY THE AREA WAS AROUND 44 ACRES AND THEN IN 1937 THE BROADWAY AND

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AS CHRIS MENTIONED, WATER QUALITY ISSUES BEGAN IN 1960 AND THEN IN THE 1970S WATER QUALITY STARTED TO PERIODICALLY FAIL PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDS. IN 1978, PARK DISTRICT DEVELOPED A LAKE RESTORATION PLAN AND IMPLEMENTED THIS. THIS INCLUDED THE REMOVAL OF SEDIMENTS TO ABOUT 19FT AND CREATION OF INLET SEDIMENT BASINS ON TEMESCAL CREEK. FOLLOWING THIS RESTORATION EFFORT, THE TEMESCAL CREEK SEDIMENT BASINS HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL SEDIMENT BASIN WAS ADDED IN 1992, ONGOING LAKE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AND IN 2025 A OXYGEN SATURATION TECHNOLOGY WAS INSTALLED TO PROVIDE CONTINUOUS LAKE TREATMENT.

AFTER THE DEPLOYMENT OF THIS OST, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN WATER QUALITY CLOSURES OF THE BEACH. THERE WE GO.

SO, RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO ADDRESS LAKE TEMESCAL'S WATER QUALITY ISSUES, THE PARK DISTRICT COMMISSIONED A DREDGING AND RESTORATION FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT IN 2019. THIS PROJECT'S GOALS AIM TO FURTHER EVALUATE THE 2019 DREDGING FEASIBILITY STUDY BY RECEIVING GUIDANCE FROM EXPERTS IN A SPECIALIZED LIMNOLOGY FIELD TO ADDRESS WATER QUALITY, TO MAINTAIN RECREATIONAL USES, TO REDUCE ONGOING SEDIMENTATION AND LAKE INFILL AND TO MINIMIZE THE COSTS AND PROVIDE THE MOST BENEFIT WITH THE EXPENDITURES AND TO MINIMIZE AND POSSIBLY AVOID PARK CLOSURES DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FUTURE RESTORATION EFFORTS.

TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS, THE BOARD APPROVED FUNDING WITHIN THE 2026 BUDGET AND THIS YEAR STAFF HAVE SOLICITED PROPOSALS TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN IN TWO STAGES. THE FIRST STAGE WAS ENVISIONED AS AN EXPEDIATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE EFFORT AT A LIMITED FIXED FEE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE FROM MULTIPLE TEAMS OF EXPERTS SO THAT THE DISTRICT MAY BETTER SELECT THE MOST QUALIFIED FIRM. FOLLOWING AN OPEN PROPOSAL PROCESS, THREE TEAMS WERE SELECTED FOR STAGE ONE IN MAY AND BY THE END OF JULY THE REQUIRED DELIVERABLES WERE PROVIDED THAT ASSESS THE EXISTING INFORMATION AND PROVIDE A REFINED LIST OF ALTERNATIVES FOR STAGE TWO AND THE ADVANCED TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN. SO, SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM STAGE ONE PROCESS. THE STAGE ONE PROVIDE THE DISTRICT WITH NEXT STEPS FOR STAGE TWO AS WELL, THE FIRST KEY TAKEAWAY IS THAT THERE'S NO SILVER BULLET FOR LAKE RESTORATION.

HOWEVER, THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY SUGGESTS LAKE DEPTH OF 30 TO 35FT CAN IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND FUTURE LAKE MANAGEMENT.

THE SECOND TAKEAWAY IS THAT THE CURRENT LAKE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES OFFER THE BEST BENEFIT TO COST RATIO. AND THE THIRD TAKEAWAY IS THAT THE CURRENT SEDIMENT BASINS ARE NOT PROVIDING ADEQUATE REMOVAL OF EXTERNAL LOADING OF SEDIMENT, AND THE NUTRIENTS AND WATER QUALITY MEASUREMENTS INDICATE A MAJORITY OF NUTRIENT LOADING IS FROM THE LAKE BOTTOM SEDIMENT.

SO INTERNALLY. ANOTHER KEY TAKEAWAY IS THAT TREATMENT WETLANDS NEED TO BE FURTHER ASSESSED TO CONSIDER THE COST BENEFIT AND DESIGN PARAMETERS AND FUTURE MANAGEMENT. SO, AFTER THE STAFF SELECTION COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE THREE FIRMS STAGE ONE DELIVERABLES MOFFITT NICKEL TEAM WAS SELECTED AND RECOMMENDED FOR STAGE TWO. THE PROJECT OUTLOOK FOR STAGE TWO INCLUDES STARTING IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR AND CONCLUDING NEAR, NEAR THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

KEY STAGE 2 SCOPE ITEMS INCLUDE TARGETED DATA COLLECTION, TECHNICAL ANALYSIS THAT REFINE THE DREDGING AND RECOMMENDED

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THANK YOU.

GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND OVERVIEW.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANY BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS ON THE ITEM. GO AHEAD.

DIRECTOR MERCURIO.

SO, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SEDIMENT BASINS ARE LETTING A LOT OF STUFF THROUGH, TO PUT IT SIMPLY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT. AND SO, AND THEY'VE BEEN IN THERE A WHILE. SO THEY UTILIZE PAST PRACTICES AND PAST TECHNOLOGY. IF THERE IS ANY TECHNOLOGY INVOLVED WITH THIS, THE EVENTUAL PROJECT THAT WE COME UP WITH, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THOSE SO THAT THEY TRAP MORE SEDIMENT, THAT THEY'RE MORE EFFECTIVE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO, TO COME BACK AND DO THIS AGAIN QUITE AS OFTEN? YEAH, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES THAT WAS ANALYZED IN THIS FIRST STAGE. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP HERE THERE'S THE KETTCOTT INLET AND THEN THE TEMESCAL INLET WHERE THE KETTIKAT PRETTY MUCH STORM DRAIN COMES IN. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM. IT'S VERY TIGHT AGAINST THE LAKE. AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVED, YOU KNOW, CAPACITY PAST LIKE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO MAINTAIN THIS BASIN. BUT FURTHER EXPANSION IS NOT TECH IS NOT REALLY FEASIBLE IN THAT AREA. BUT IN THE, IN THE TEMESCAL CREEK AREA THERE IS SOME AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, SPACE SO THAT IT COULD BE EXPANDED AND WHAT THE, WHAT THE FURTHER ANALYSIS WILL SHOW US, TOO, IS TRYING TO CREATE A MODEL TO SHOW WHERE THESE NUTRIENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY COMING FROM. SO THE INITIAL THOUGHT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE POTENTIALLY MAY BE MORE NUTRIENTS COMING FROM THE TEMESCAL CREEK VERSUS THE CALDECOTT INLET. SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY GETTING A BETTER IDEA OF THIS IMPROVES THE DESIGN, MAKE SURE THAT OUR FUTURE MANAGEMENT LOAD IS LESSENED.

YEAH, I JUST WANT TO BUILD UPON THAT FOR A SECOND, JUST. BECAUSE WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT, I USUALLY TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UPSET DOWNSTREAM, SO UPSTREAM.

SO, WITH THE CREEK SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF STORM DRAIN RUNOFF, OR ANY SORT OF ACTIVITIES UPSTREAM GOES INTO THAT CREEK, AND THEN THAT CREEK FLOWS INTO LAKE TEMESCAL. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.

OKAY, SO THEN WITH THIS PROPOSAL AND WORKING WITH THIS CONSULTANT, WE'LL BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DEFINITIVE IDEA WHETHER MORE IS COMING FROM THE CREEK OR FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND ALSO WHAT SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE HAS A LAWN AND IS USING A LOT OF CHEMICALS LIKE ROUNDUP OR SOME OTHER CHEMICALS TO MAINTAIN THEIR LAWN, THAT COULD BE RUNOFF POTENTIALLY INTO THE CREEK. OR IF THERE'S A LOT OF VEHICLES DRIVING, SOMETIMES THOSE TIRES CAN CREATE DUST OR CREATE SOME TYPE OF OTHER POLLUTANTS THAT CAN RUN INTO THE CREEK AND THEN ULTIMATELY TRAVEL DOWNSTREAM.

SO WILL WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF. AND THOSE ARE JUST HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLES. WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION AT LAKE TEMESCAL. BUT WOULD THIS STUDY HELP US GET A BETTER IDEA OF THAT? YEAH. SO, I GUESS I HAVE TWO PARTS TO MY ANSWER OF THAT.

FIRST BEING, YOU KNOW, THE WATERSHEDS ARE IN THE CITY OF OAKLAND, SO WE DON'T TECHNICALLY, LIKE, HAVE MUCH JURISDICTION THERE.

SO, IT'S. IT'S DIFFICULT TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAVE AN IMPACT THERE.

BUT PART OF THIS SCOPE THAT WE'VE OUTLINED FOR OUR CONSULTANT HERE IS LOOKING AT THAT. BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, BUT PART OF IT IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, OKAY, IS THERE, LIKE, COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, OR, LIKE, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT

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WHICH I. WE DIDN'T REALIZE GOING IN.

AND SO, MAYBE THAT SEDIMENT HAS ACCUMULATED OVER TIME. AND SO, IF WE WERE, IN THEORY, IF WE WERE TO DREDGE AND REMOVE THAT, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT OVER TIME IT COULD BUILD UP AGAIN FROM EXTREME ACTIVITIES.

IN THEORY. AND POTENTIALLY WE DON'T KNOW THE DEFINITIVE ANSWER TO THIS.

ALL RIGHT, SO HANG ON FOR A SEC FOR THE SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSION HERE. SO, THE 30 TO 35FT, IT CREATES A THERMOCLINE IN THE LAKE. SO THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PRETTY MUCH THIS, LIKE, THIS LAYER THAT STAYS COLD IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE. AND THAT LAYER PREVENTS THE SEDIMENT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE FROM UNDERGOING THIS REDUCTION OXIDATION REACTION THAT RELEASES NUTRIENTS INTO THE LAKE WATER. SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE MECHANISM FOR THAT RELEASE. SO IT'S BY DREDGING TO THAT POINT, WE'RE CREATING THAT WHICH PREVENTS THIS, LIKE, CHEMICAL, YOU KNOW, REACTION FROM HAPPENING. SO, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I THINK IT DOES, ACTUALLY, YES. AND I THINK THIS JUST HELPS US TO TELL THE STORY A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN REGARDS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING AT LAKE TEMESCAL AND WHY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO INVEST IN DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO KEEP IT OPEN FOR SOMETHING IN FISHING.

YEAH. AND I THINK, LIKE, WHAT MAX IS DESCRIBING IS, LIKE, WE BOTH WANT TO DEEPEN THE LAKE SO THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROCESS. AND THEN WE WANT TO INVEST IN MECHANISMS THAT HELP, TO YOUR POINT, SO THAT DOESN'T JUST FILL BACK IN AGAIN SO THAT WE'RE CAPTURING SEDIMENT OR HELPING IT GET PAST THE LAKE IN SOME WAY SO THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OUR INVESTMENT STAYS FUNCTIONAL FOR AT LEAST A WHILE. IT'S STILL A RESERVOIR. SO THAT'S KIND OF PART OF WHAT IT IS IN TERMS OF THE UPSTREAM HUMAN BEHAVIOR ACTIVITIES. THERE IS THE CLEAN WATER PROGRAM OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE CUTE MASCOTS, FRED AND IZZY, AND THEY'RE ALL. AND I FIND THEM TO BE VERY, VERY EXCELLENT RESOURCE. SO, WHEN TALKING ABOUT STORMWATER POLLUTION, HEALTHY YARDS AND GARDENS, AND THEN LITTER PREVENTION AND CLEANUP, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THEIR THREE PILLARS. I'M READING IT OFF THE WEBSITE JUST IN CASE ANYONE WANTED TO KNOW, JUST SO I MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT.

BUT THEY REALLY DO A GREAT JOB OF THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO STUDY THIS, AND IF WE DO POTENTIALLY DO THE DREDGING PROJECT, I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE GREAT AS A THIRD PILLAR TO WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS EXISTING PROGRAM, THE CLEAN WATER PROGRAM OF ALAMEDA COUNTY TO ALSO EDUCATE THOSE WHO ARE UPSTREAM AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM, YOU KNOW, FOR A CLEAN, HEALTHY LIKE TEMAZCAL, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION, HEALTHY YARDS AND GARDENS AND LITTER PREVENTION AND CLEANUPS.

THANK YOU. A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

WHAT A GREAT UPDATE. THIS MOVED VERY FAST. WE'RE IN AUGUST.

NO, IT'S GREAT. WE'RE IN AUGUST. THE STAGE ONE IS COMPLETED AND STAGE TWO IS KICKING OFF. IF YOU COULD GO BACK ONE SLIDE. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR THE SORT OF GANTT CHART, WHATEVER THAT I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR. I LOVE VISUALS.

SO, I'M JUST SEEING THAT THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN BETWEEN. SO IF WE DON'T GET THAT IN UNTIL NOVEMBER AND WE DON'T REALLY DO THE ESTIMATE DRIVERS. SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF DO OUR FEASIBILITY IN NOVEMBER AND SORT OF HAVE SOME DECISION TIME HERE AT THE END OF DECEMBER.

BUT IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN FOR US TO GET SOMETHING ELSE MORE OF A MID-YEAR. THIS MOVED FAST.

THAT'S GREAT. THE PUBLIC'S

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YEAH. SO, WHAT'S REALLY DRIVING, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS KIND OF JUST ESTIMATING REALLY, BUT I THINK IT IS KIND OF PRETTY ACCURATE. BUT THERE'S SEDIMENT SAMPLING IS GOING TO BE DRIVING THAT PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND THAT'S WHY I KIND OF HAD IT LIKE TOWARDS FEBRUARY END. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE. YEAH, THERE COULD BE A CHECK IN WITHIN THAT. I MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO WITHIN THEIR BUDGET.

THEY HAVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT CHECK IN MEETINGS AND DELIVERABLES TO US AND WE HAVE REQUESTED FOR THEM TO PROVIDE SOME GRAPHICS AS WELL, SOME CONCEPTUAL GRAPHICS. SO THAT'S WITHIN THEIR BUDGET AS WELL.

AND WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, FINALIZING THEIR PROPOSALS, THEIR PROPOSAL AND THEIR SCOPE OF WORK. SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ADDED THERE. I THINK IT WOULD BE DEFINITELY HELPFUL.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXPECTING A ANOTHER TORRENTIAL YEAR OF RAINS, EL NINO YEAR. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO IN THAT UPSTREAM? I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME SORT OF MAKESHIFT SEDIMENT COLLECTIONS THAT ARE THERE. WOULD IT MAKE ANY SENSE OR BE OF ANY VALUE TO DO IT TWICE INSTEAD OF ONCE OR ANYTHING TO. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I APPRECIATE THE SCIENCE LESSON. YOU'LL BE A GREAT PROFESSOR OF THIS SEDIMENT IS WHAT'S KIND OF CAUSING THE BLOOM ITSELF.

BUT WOULD IT MAKE ANY SENSE TO INCREASE THAT EFFORT THIS YEAR TO TRY TO CLEAN THOSE SEDIMENT BASINS QUICKER, FASTER, HAD A HEAVIER FILM NET? I DON'T KNOW.

JUST ASKING.

YEAH.

SO, IT IS PLANNED WITHIN THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR TO CLEAN OUT THE SEDIMENT BASINS. SO THAT IS ALREADY PLANNED.

BUT WHAT WE RAN INTO, AND THIS IS KIND OF ANECDOTAL, IS THAT THERE'S SOME HARDENED, LIKE SOME COARSE AND ROCK SEDIMENT THAT HAS SETTLED TO THE BOTTOM OF THOSE SEDIMENT BASINS AND NOW PREVENT US FROM REMOVING OVER A CERTAIN QUANTITY OF SEDIMENT FROM THEM. SO THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE LOOKED AT FOR IMPROVING THEM IN THE FUTURE.

SO, IT'D BE A BIG UNDERTAKING.

I COULDN'T JUST SAY, CAN WE JUST DO IT TWICE THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF ONCE? THE ROCK AND SEDIMENT ARE SUCH THAT WE'RE KIND OF SOL THIS YEAR TO DO ANYMORE.

YEAH, I THINK, MAX, SHARING THAT THE CAPACITY OF THOSE BASINS IS LIMITED, THE AMOUNT THEY CAN ACTUALLY DIG BECAUSE OF THAT HARDER MATERIAL. BUT TO YOUR INQUIRY ABOUT EL NINO'S EFFECT IS THAT ONE THING THAT WE FOUND ARE THESE LARGER FLOWS FROM STORM VENTS, EL NINO ARE NOT JUST BIGGER RAINFALL EVENTS WHERE IT'S LIKE CHOCOLATE MILK RUNNING DOWN THE CREEK. THOSE SEDIMENT BASINS DON'T DO MUCH AT ALL FOR CAPTURING THE SEDIMENT. SO WE WILL STILL GET THOSE FLOWS THIS WINTER. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO JUST ADD TO MAC'S RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT PROCESS IS THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN, OR WE'RE PLANNING TO BRING THAT TO THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. SO AFTER WE'VE COLLECTED ENOUGH DATA AND WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT PENCIL TO PAPER AND TO START DEVELOPING A PRELIMINARY DESIGN, WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT TO BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO SHARE THAT BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THE ACTUAL PRELIMINARY DESIGN.

SO, BEFORE THE FEBRUARY, WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT STARTS ON THAT CHART, PRELIMINARY DESIGN DEVELOPMENT STARTS FEBRUARY 2027.

I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THE EXACT DATE. SO, BEFORE WE IN EARNEST START DEVELOPING THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL SOMETHING, THE BIG THING IS GOING TO BE COLLECTING THE DATA TO UNDERSTAND HOW TOXIC OR NOT THE SEDIMENT IS. AND THAT'S GOING TO INFORM, YOU KNOW, THE VALUE OF DIFFERENT ACTIONS. AND FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL START, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER, CLEARER IDEA OF WHAT A PRELIMINARY DESIGN WILL LOOK LIKE. AND WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING AT THAT TIME.

THANK YOU.

SO, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE LIKE MAYBE Q2 POSSIBLY.

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BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN THAT QUESTION FROM THE COMMUNITY BEFORE, BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE DUG UP AND, YOU KNOW, LEFT A PILE WHILE WE'RE ANALYZING IT OR WHATEVER. AND SO, I'VE BEEN ASKED, WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO THAT MORE OFTEN? BUT I HEAR THAT IT'S NOT THE COMPLETE ANSWER, AND THEY'RE SUCH THAT WE CAN'T REALLY DIG ANY MORE OUT. THOSE TWO ARE FULL. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT RENBATES DIVISION LEADER DESIGN INSTRUCTION THE OTHER THING THAT PRECLUDES US FROM DOING IT MULTIPLE TIMES IS OUR WINDOW OF THAT OUR GENERAL PERMIT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT WORK.

SO, OUR GENERAL PERMIT THAT WE DO A LOT OF OUR TCP TRAILS, CREEKS, PONDS, PROJECTS UNDER LIMITS THE WINDOW OF WORK BETWEEN AUGUST 1 AND OCTOBER 31. AND SO, THE ROADS AND TRAILS TO CREW THAT DOES A LOT OF INTERNAL WORK FOR OUR CULVERT REPLACEMENTS HAS LIMITED TIME. AND WE ALSO ARE LIMITED BY THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THAT WE CAN REMOVE FROM THOSE SEDIMENT BASINS.

SO, IN ADDITION TO THE. THE THINGS THAT CHRIS AND MAC HAVE POINTED OUT, STRUCTURALLY, WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT WITH OUR PERMITS AND HOW WE OPERATE AND HOW WE MAINTAIN THOSE SEDIMENT PONDS.

YEAH, BASICALLY, THE REGULATORY AGENCIES DON'T WANT US IN THERE DURING THE RAINY SEASON. SO, IT'S LIKE ONCE THE RAINY SEASON HAPPENS, WE'RE ABLE TO GO IN THERE TO REMOVE FROM THE PREVIOUS SEASON, BUT WE COULDN'T GO IN LIKE, AS STUFF IS ACCUMULATING DURING THE RAINY SEASON, WHICH LIMITS DOING ANOTHER DREDGING.

EVEN IF WE COULD OR EVEN IF IT MATTERED OR HELPED. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT DOWNSTREAM. I KNOW. I BELIEVE IT'S IN 2023, AFTER THE STORMS, WE DID TALK ABOUT LAKE TEMESCAL, AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE DAM THERE DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF THE SEDIMENT THAT'S COMING FROM UPSTREAM TO FLOW DOWNSTREAM. SO. SO THAT'S ONE REASON IT GETS STUCK IN THE LAKE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NOTICED IN THESE STORM EVENTS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WITH THIS CONSULTING PROJECT? I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S JUST TRUE OF A RESERVOIR.

RIGHT.

LIKE, NATURALLY, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A DAM, ALL THAT SEDIMENT WOULD GO OUT TO THE BAY, AND IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR THE BAY. SO, IN IDEAL CONDITION, THERE WOULD BE NO DAM OR RESERVOIR, AND THAT SEDIMENT WOULD FLOW FREELY. WHAT YOU GET WITH THE RESERVOIR IS THERE'S A DAM, THE WATER'S COMING DOWN, IT'S GOT ALL THE SEDIMENT IN IT. AND YOU'RE PROVIDING A SPACE FOR THAT TO LIKE LEAVE THE WATER COLUMN AND SETTLE IN THE. IN THE RESERVOIR. AND SO, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL DETENTION BASIN THAT'S TAKING SEDIMENT OUT OF THE CREEK AND STORING IT IN OUR RESERVOIR, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT IT'S KIND OF JUST. THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

YEAH.

YEAH. DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM, IT GOES INTO ALAMEDA COUNTY OR ALAMEDA. ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD DISTRICTS. VERY LARGE BOX CULVERT AND YOU KNOW, THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO EMERYVILLE CRESCENT. NEVER PRETTY MUCH DAYLIGHTING, I BELIEVE, UNTIL YOU GET TO LIKE IKEA MAYBE. YEAH.

ARE THERE MODELS, LIKE WHEN THERE'S A BIG STORM EVENT THAT A DAM COULD BE SOMEHOW LIFTED OR REDUCED SO THAT MORE WATER CAN FLOW DURING THOSE EVENTS AND MORE SEDIMENT IN THE WATER CAN FLOW. AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR THE CONSULTING PROJECT TO ANSWER. SO WE COULD.

YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVE THAT THE CONSULTANT TEAMS IDENTIFIED.

SO, YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE ANALYZED FURTHER IN THIS TECHNICAL ANALYSIS.

BUT YEAH, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT NOT ACTUALLY, REMOVE THE DAM'S EARTHEN SO YOU COULDN'T LIFT IT, BUT HAVING A BYPASS ESSENTIALLY. RIGHT. SO, YEAH, BUT THE MECHANISM AND LIKE THE PERMITTING AND LIKE ALL OF THAT AND THESE TO BE LIKE FIGURED OUT.

SO.

SO, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THE MOMENT. WHAT WE'LL DO IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

OKAY, THEN WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. I WANT TO THANK THE.

THE GROUP THAT WAS HERE EARLIER AND HOPEFULLY I KNOW WE'VE HEARD FROM THEM THROUGH EMAIL, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL FEEL COMFORTABLE TO REACH OUT TO US. ANY FINAL COMMENTS OTHERWISE WE ARE LOOKING. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, SO WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE A MOTION AND THERE IS A RESOLUTION FOR THIS ON PAGE STARTING ON PAGE 115 IN OUR PACKETS.

I'M HAPPY TO MOVE TO APPROVE PERHAPS WITH A LINE ITEM OR UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'LL GET AN UPDATE OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BEFORE GOING THROUGH THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN.

AND I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE TO AWARD AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACT

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OKAY, MOTION MADE BY DIRECTOR DESCHAMBAULT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED BY DIRECTOR ECHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTAIN? THAT PASSES. SIX, ZERO. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THIS IS A GREAT CONVERSATION. AND NOW WE WILL MOVE ON OUR AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS

[PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

DIRECTOR COFFEY. SO, YOU WANT AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION? I. IT'S.

IT'S ACTION.

OKAY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE PLANNING A REPLACEMENT FOR IT THAT WOULD BE SOME KIND OF AQUATIC FACILITY. BUT IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC FACILITY THAT YOU WANT, WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO GO THROUGH SUCH A IN DEPTH PROCESS.

NO, I JUST LOOK THROUGH THE MATERIALS. I'VE EMAILED MY SUGGESTIONS AND THEY REMAIN AGNOSTIC ON WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO REPLACE THE LAGOON WITH A SWIM FACILITY. AND THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE A LOT OF DIFFICULTY WITH POLITICAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP IN ANTIOCH. SO, I WANTED ON A POLICY LEVEL DIRECT OUR FOLKS TO SUGGEST WE ARE INTENDING TO REPLACE THAT FACILITY WITH A SWIM FACILITY. AND IF THEY TELL US TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, FINE.

OKAY, SO I'LL WORK WITH YOU ON WHAT THAT ITEM IS.

I'D SUPPORT THAT TOO. THAT'S AN AGENDA ITEM.

ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO, I THINK I REMEMBER GETTING SOME MIXED FEEDBACK. IF WE, IF CLOSED SESSION GOES TOO LONG AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE CLOSED SESSION TO AFTER THE OPEN SESSION MEETING, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL NOTE ON OUR AGENDAS? ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE? BECAUSE I DO THINK SOMETIMES, WE HAVE HAD SOME CLOSED SESSIONS GO A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY BUILT INTO OUR AGENDA STRUCTURE.

YEAH, I RECOMMEND THAT FOR PLANNING PURPOSES THAT WE PLAN AHEAD SO THAT BOARD MEMBERS KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO STAY LONGER AND SO THAT STAFF KNOWS THAT THEY MAY NEED TO BE CALLED UPON TO, YOU KNOW, BE THERE AND AVAILABLE FOR THE CLOSED SESSION AFTER THE REGULAR MEETING.

IT'S ALSO, I THINK A BEST PRACTICE TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF, YOU KNOW, THE TIMING OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU WANT THAT, THAT IT JUST BE AGENDIZED THAT WAY AND THAT SOME ADDITIONAL PLANNING GO FORWARD SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN, WHEN IT MAY BE NECESSARY SO THAT YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES CAN KNOW ABOUT OUT AND PLAN THEIR EVENING.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND MAYBE THAT WE CONSIDER THAT FOR ONGOING STRUCTURE. WE CAN MAYBE DISCUSS THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES, BECAUSE THE BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES DOES INCLUDE AN AGENDA SECTION. BUT I THINK THAT THAT COULD HELP US WITH SOMETHING LIKE TODAY WHEN WE DID HAVE A LONGER CLOSED SESSION. AND I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE AGAIN FOR STARTING THE OPEN MEETING LATE, BUT MAYBE GOING FORWARD ALSO FOR US AS BOARD MEMBERS. AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE WE CAN DISCUSS AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES.

YOU KNOW, I'LL DO MY BEST TO GIVE US START TIME SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO HAVE MEETINGS ON TIME. I'M ALSO ONLY GOING TO BE CHAIRING THIS FOR THREE MORE MONTHS, SO AFTER THAT IT'LL BE A NEW CHAIR. BUT I CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE DON'T STICK TO THE TIME MANAGEMENT OR ARRIVE LATE OR ARRIVE UNPREPARED, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE EACH AS BOARD MEMBERS CAN ALSO DO OUR PART TO KEEP OUR MEETINGS RUNNING ON TIME. BUT YES, I DO THINK THAT WHEN WE GET TO OUR BOARD OPERATING GUIDELINES,

[BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED]

SO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO BOARD REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED. WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR ECHOLS.

I'LL MAKE IT QUICK. I'M GOING TO START BACK AT. SINCE I MISSED THE LAST MEETING, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE AUGUST 4TH BOARD MEETING AFTER THAT.

HAD MY ONE ON ONE WITH OUR GM

[02:55:02]

JUST A PERSONAL NOTE. AND THEN AUGUST 22ND, 30TH ANNIVERSARY, FRIENDS OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE DAVID BEING HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND VERY THOUGHTFUL TO GIVE US THESE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF THE BAJA MANZANITA. SO REALLY WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT AND IT'S A REALLY FABULOUS GROUP OF PEOPLE. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE BOTT GARDEN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.

IT WAS A VERY WELL-DONE EVENT.

LAST WEEKEND IN MARTINEZ AT THE WATERFRONT, THEY HELD JOHN, THE WORD FOR 150.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SESQUICENTENNIAL THAT I CAN'T PRONOUNCE IT.

THEY HAD THAT CELEBRATION ON THE MARINA WATERFRONT IN MARTINEZ. I ATTENDED MOONLIGHT ON THE MOUNTAIN THIS WEEKEND AND WENT TO THE CSDA CONFERENCE IN PALM SPRINGS. LAST WEEK, AND AT ONE POINT IT REACHED 117 OUTSIDE. THIS IS WHY THE ROOM RATES IN PALM SPRING ARE PRETTY LOW IN AUGUST, AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE IT THERE. YEAH.

OKAY, I'LL GO REAL QUICK. I JUST WANT TO THANK, AGAIN, OUR CLERK TEAM AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WENT INTO ORGANIZING AND MAKING THE CAMP ARROYO BOARD MEETING POSSIBLE. I THINK IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO EXPERIMENT HAVING BOARD MEETINGS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. IT'S QUITE A LARGE GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

AND I THINK IT REALLY DOES SHOW OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO THEM AND WE HEAR THEM AND THAT THEY DO WANT US TO BE CLOSER TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK WE HAD A REALLY GREAT MEETING.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE FUN IF WE HAD THE POOL PARTY. AND IT'S TRUE THAT I DECIDED NOT TO PUSH FOR THE POOL PARTY, BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE. SO, REALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ORGANIZING THAT. I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY, FOR OUR FIRST ONE, IT WAS A SUCCESS.

SO, THANK YOU.

AND THEN I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE BOARD SITE VISIT. I DO WANT TO MENTION WE'VE HAD TWO COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIRS THAT I ATTENDED.

SO, ON THE 22ND OF AUGUST, WE HAD ONE IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, RIGHT NEAR THAT LOVELY IRON HORSE TRAIL BRIDGE THAT WE SAW EARLIER TODAY. AND ALSO, BEAUTIFUL VIEW IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE BRIDGE OF PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL PARK. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. IT WAS ANOTHER EXPERIMENT. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIRS WHERE WE WERE OUTSIDE IN A PARK WITH DIFFERENT TABLES AND HAVING MORE OF A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE AS THEY WERE VISITING. WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE PRESENTATION COMPONENT, AND I THINK IT WAS RUN REALLY WELL.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS REACHING OUT AND ASKING ME FOR RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY GROUPS TO INVITE. I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE COMMUNITY GROUPS WERE THERE. I FELT LIKE ALL MY FRIENDS WERE THERE FROM THE TRI VALLEY CONSERVANCY, ALAMEDA CREEK ALLIANCE, THE THREE VALLEYS FOUNDATION, LIVING ARROYOS, LARPD WAS THERE. AND SO, I REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ALSO JOINED US. AND WE HAD A REALLY WONDERFUL DAY. AND THE BEST PART WAS WE HAD OUR MOBILE VISITOR TEAM THERE, AND THEY KNEW TO SET UP RIGHT NEXT TO THE PLAYGROUND BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT THAT WOULD BE VERY ATTRACTIVE TO. TO THE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO WERE ALREADY AT THE PLAYGROUND. IT REALLY WAS A GREAT SYNERGY TO HAVE OUR MOBILE VISITOR TEAM, VISITOR CENTER TEAM, RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE PLAYGROUND. AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER. WE HAD ANOTHER ONE THIS PAST SATURDAY IN THE CITY OF NEWARK. AND THAT ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS WELL, WHERE WE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF NEWARK LIBRARY. AND THAT WAS ALSO VERY WELL ATTENDED AND VERY LIVELY. AND I REALLY APPRECIATED SEEING THE DON EDWARDS TEAM, PART OF U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE, AS WELL AS THE THEY'RE FRIENDS OF DON EDWARDS TEAM, THE NONPROFIT. AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO, YOU KNOW, GET TO KNOW SOME FOLKS THAT ARE IN THAT GENERAL NEWARK AREA.

IN BETWEEN THAT, WE DID HAVE OUR SECOND EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND CITY OF FREMONT LIAISON MEETING AT ARDENWOOD ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26TH. AND THAT WAS A REALLY PRODUCTIVE AND EFFECTIVE

[03:00:01]

OKAY.

DISTRICT FIRST QUARTER MEETING.

HOW EFFICIENT. I LIKE IT. I ATTENDED ON THE 25TH, THE 30TH BOTANIC GARDEN CELEBRATION. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE REASON I ASKED ABOUT THIS MANZANITA IS THERE'S ONLY OVER 90 SPECIES OF MANZANITAS OUT THERE AT THE BOTANIC GARDEN. SO, I LEARNED A LOT THAT DAY. I THOUGHT I KNEW A LOT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR PLANT SALE.

BUT WE'RE, IT'S JUST ONE OF 90 DIFFERENT SPECIES THAT WE'RE PRESERVING AND AIR LOOMING OUT THERE. ATTENDED MOONLIGHT ON THE MOUNTAIN. AND I WANT TO REPORT THAT ON 8:30 I WENT BACK OUT TO CROCKETT HILLS. I WALKED 78 MILES. I SAW DOZENS OF BICYCLISTS, MOSTLY NICE, EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE SAVED ONE GOPHER SNAKE WHO WAS SUNNING ITSELF ON THE FLOW TRAIL. AND I ONLY SAW ONE HIKER. SO THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING TO ME. SO PEOPLE ARE NOT HIKING OUT THERE, BUT WE DID. AND MOSTLY PEOPLE CALLED OUT AND WE WERE ABLE TO JUMP OFF TO THE SIDE. IT WAS, IT WAS NICE TO GET OUT THERE AND SEE IT IN FULL ACTION ON A, ON A SUNDAY. AND IT WAS ACTUALLY, YEAH, IT WAS VERY NICE OUT THERE. PEOPLE WERE THE, THE SLOW AND HELLO WAS, WAS DEFINITELY GOING ON PEOPLE. IT WAS A GOOD TRIP.

GOOD TO HEAR. YEAH. SO AUGUST 18TH, THE BOARD MEETING.

AUGUST 19TH, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. AUGUST 21ST, THE BOARD SITE TOUR THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED. ON AUGUST 24TH, I HAD A COFFEE MEETING WITH NORMAN LAFORCE AND SALLY TOBIN TO TALK ABOUT THE WILDCAT BIKE TRAIL. ON AUGUST 25, I HAD A COFFEE MEETING WITH DAN FITZPATRICK, WHO IS THE NEW CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT DIRECTOR THAT'S BEEN APPOINTED TO FILL THE RETIRING SEAT OF JOHN BERG. AND I FOUND OUT THAT HE'S AN AVID HIKER.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME. SOME COMMONALITY WITH THE WATER, THAT WATER DISTRICT WITH OPEN SPACE. AND SO, IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR THAT.

AUGUST 26TH, I ATTENDED THE POLICE RECOGNITION EVENT AT TRUDEAU, WHICH WAS WHERE WE RECOGNIZED THE NEW OFFICERS AND OTHER STAFF THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD, WHICH WE HAD A NUMBER OF THEM THERE. I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT THOSE NEW FOLKS.

AND ON THE 27TH, I HAD MY MONTHLY CHECK-IN WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER. AND ON THE 27TH, THE AFOREMENTIONED REGIONAL PARK FOUNDATION SUMMER SOCIAL OVER IN OAKLAND.

BEAUTIFUL UPTOWN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. AND THEN ON AUGUST 29TH, MOONLIGHT ON THE MOUNTAIN, A VERY, VERY ENERGIZING AND SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL FUNDRAISER THAT SAVE MOUNT DIABLO DOES. AND WE ARE A MAJOR SPONSOR OF THAT EVENT.

OKAY, THAT'S EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT, REAL QUICK. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT, THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.