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          ALL CLEAR. 
          ALL GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          [Roll Call]
WELCOME, EVERYONE. THIS IS A REGULAR PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2026, BEGINNING AT 4:00 PM. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL. 
          YES, THANK YOU. SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH? PRESENT. 
          JAMES CHANG? SUSIE CLAXTON? HERE ON ZOOM. 
          THANK YOU. STEVEN DEPASCHALIS. 
          PAUL DETJENS. OH, AND I SEE CARLYN OBRINGER IS ONLINE, SO I'M GOING TO PROMOTE HER TO PANELIST. UH, IRENE DIETER. 
          HERE. 
          BRUCE HENRY. 
          HERE. 
          CORINA LOPEZ. NOT HERE. 
          DEV... SORRY, I'M GONNA MESS THIS ONE UP. DEV MAHADEVAN. 
          HERE. 
          HERE? STILL ONE SHORT. 
          DENNISHA MARSH. FRANCIS MENDOZA. 
          PRESENT. 
          CARLYN OBRINGER. 
          UH, YES, CARLYN OBRINGER IS HERE. 
          OH, CAROLYN, SORRY. 
          NO WORRY. 
          AND THOMAS OMOLO. BOB PEOPLES. 
          PRESENT. 
          BOB SIMMONS. 
          HERE. 
          JUDITH SMITH. 
          HERE ON ZOOM. 
          THANK YOU. ED VALENZUELA. 
          HERE. 
          ANA VASUDEO. AND ROLAND WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. VICE, UH, VICE CHAIR MENDOZA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 
          AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL OF THE LANDS WITHIN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT ARE THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF EAST BAY OHLONE, BAY MIWOK, AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY YOKUT, WHO ARE POLITICALLY ORGANIZED AND REPRESENTED BY A NUMBER OF TRIBES TODAY. WE MAKE THIS RECOGNITION AS A WAY TO RESPECT AND HONOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO FIRST CULTIVATED AND INHABITED THIS LAND. THE PARK DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING WAYS TO WORK AND CONSULT WITH EAST BAY TRIBES AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE TRIBAL CITIZENS REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR LAND AND CULTURE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE VILLAGE OF HUICHIN ON CHOCHENYO OHLONE LAND, AND NEXT SUNDAY ON OCTOBER 4TH IS THE GATHERING OF OHLONE PEOPLES IN COYOTE HILLS REGIONAL PARK. 
          THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR 
          [Approval of Minutes]
MENDOZA. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION, APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 24TH, 2026 MINUTES? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MEMBER PEOPLES. 
          SECOND, MEMBER VALENZUELA. 
          MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. 
          YES, THANK YOU. SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH. 
          AYE. 
          JAMES CHANG IS ABSENT. SUSIE CLAXTON. 
          YES. AYE. 
          STEVEN BUS- WOW. STEVEN DEPAS- WOW, I CANNOT SAY THAT. 
          DEPASCHALIS IS ABSENT. PAUL DETJENS IS ABSENT. IRENE DIETER? AYE. 
          BRUCE HENRY? YES. 
          CORINA LOPEZ IS CURRENTLY ABSENT. DEV MAHADEVAN. 
          YES. 
          DENNISHA MARSH IS ABSENT. 
          FRANCIS MENDOZA. 
          AYE. 
          CARLYN OBRINGER. 
          YES. 
          THOMAS OMOLO IS ABSENT. BOB PEOPLES? YES. 
          BOB SIMMONS? YES. 
          JUDITH SMITH? YES. 
          ED VALENZUELA? YES. 
          ANA VASUDEO IS ABSENT, AND ROLAND WILLIAMS IS HERE NOW. 
          YES, ABSTAIN. 
          OKAY, ABSTAIN. OKAY, MOTION PASSES. 
          THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          YES, THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT CAN DO SO IN PERSON OR VIA ZOOM. IF ATTENDING IN PERSON, THEY MAY SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD TO ME OR OTHERWISE INDICATE THEIR DESIRE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. IF ATTENDING VIA ZOOM, THEY MAY RAISE THEIR HAND TO INDICATE A DESIRE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THEIR NAMES WILL BE CALLED WHEN IT IS TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES. AND WE HAVE NO ATTENDEES ONLINE, AND I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARD. 
          THANK YOU. IF YOU'RE HERE TO PROVIDE A COMMENT REGARDING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL CALL ON INDIVIDUALS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT SPECIFIC ITEM, AND CONFIRMING WITH THE CLERK YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY EMAILS OR SPEAKERS CARDS FROM THE PUBLIC ITEMS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA, IS THAT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          [Board Member Comments]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, ON TO OUR AGENDA. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A NEW DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE PARK DISTRICT, AMY, THIS VICE CHAIR MENDOZA. THANK YOU. 
          VICE CHAIR MENDOZA IS INQUIRING ABOUT, IT SAYS THAT WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER REGARDING 
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TILDEN PARK. 
          YES, WE DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AT THE BOARD MEETING. SO WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING A SUBJECT ON DEFORESTATION IN TILDEN PARK. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. NOBODY HERE TO MAKE A COMMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR MENDOZA. UM, OKAY, SO WE HAVE A NEW DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER TO INTRODUCE, AMY WOOLDRIDGE. 
          HI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME. I'M AMY WOOLDRIDGE, I'M THE NEW DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER. NOW WE'RE ON, NOW WE'RE ON. UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M THE NEW DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, AMY WOOLDRIDGE. SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE, UM, JUST OVER A MONTH, SO, UH, VERY NEW, AND HOPE TO MEET ALL OF YOU ON VARIOUS SITE TOURS AND OUT IN THE PARKS. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LI- A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF, UM, WHERE I COME FROM AND ALSO JUST M- MY, WHAT MY ROLE IS WITH THE DISTRICT NOW. UM, SO I'VE WORKED IN RECREATION AND PARKS IN CITIES, UM, FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. I'VE WORKED WITH CITY OF PINOLE AND CONTRA COSTA, UH, FOR 11 YEARS AS THE RECREATION DIRECTOR THERE, AND THEN FOR 14 YEARS WAS WITH CITY OF ALAMEDA MOST RECENTLY, 11 OF WHICH AS THE RECREATION AND PARK DIRECTOR. I BUILT 65 ACRES OF PARKS, INCREASED THEIR PARKLAND BY 40% IN ABOUT 10 YEARS. VERY PROUD OF THAT AND WORKED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO DO SO. UM, THE LAST 3 YEARS I WAS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, AND SO BRING ALL OF THOSE SKILLS HERE TO THE PARK DISTRICT. UM, I OVERSEE, UH, ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP, AND PLANNING, FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, HUMAN RESOURCES, AND FINANCE, AND ALSO OBVIOUSLY WORK CLOSELY WITH MAX GENERAL MANAGER, UM, AND SO THANK YOU. I, I WANTED TO KEEP IT BRIEF, BUT I'M ALSO, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER, BUT IT'S GREAT TO MEET YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELCOME TO THE PARK DISTRICT, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. 
          [Action Items]
RIGHT, ON TO OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM, REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF FINDINGS ON OUR FOCUS TOPIC NUMBER TWO, WHICH WE WENT THROUGH AT THE LAST MEETING, TRAIL STEWARDSHIP AND SAFETY. 
          OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, PAC MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC STAFF. EDDIE WILLIS, I'M THE ACTING, UH, LEGISLATIVE AND MANAGEMENT POLICY ANALYST. I'M FILLING IN FOR LISA BALDINGER WHILE SHE IS ON PARENTAL LEAVE. UH, SO I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE FOR JUST A LITTLE OVER A MONTH NOW. UH, THERE'S A LOT THAT I'M CATCHING UP ON, AND I'M GONNA, UM, VERY BRIEFLY TAKE US THROUGH THE FINDINGS OF, UM, THE PAC FOCUS NUMBER TWO FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS ON TRAIL SAFETY, AND IN PARTICULAR ON E-BIKES. ALL RIGHT, SO THE, THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS INITIATIVE, OF COURSE, OF THE PARK DISTRICT OVERALL, IS, UH, TO SUPPORT A WELCOMING, SAFE, AND CONSIDERATE TRAIL USE, UM, FOR ALL. AND THESE DISCUSSIONS HAVE GONE BACK YEARS. WE'VE, UM, WE- WE'VE DISCUSSED IT WITH THIS BODY, WE'VE DISCUSSED IT INTERNALLY, UM, SO IT'S NOT A NEW ISSUE, BUT I- I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS IS BEING LOOKED AT, UH, DEEPLY BY THE PAC, AND WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER, UM, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, IT'S REFERRED TO IN THE AGENDA PACKET, AND... 
          SORRY, LET ME REFER MY NOTES HERE REAL QUICK. UM, SO THIS CAME AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UM, THAT THE PAC LOOK AT TRAIL SAFETY WITH AN ESPECIAL FOCUS ON E-BIKES. UH, WE'RE CONSIDERING, UH, ALL TYPES OF E-BIKES, CLASS 1, 2, 3, UH, THE DISCUSSION OF E-MOTOS HAS COME UP IN, UM, IN DISCUSSIONS, UH, AND THIS AFFECTS, THIS REALLY AFFECTS ALL OTHER USERS, INCLUDING PEDESTRIANS, EQUESTRIANS, AND EVEN OTHER CYCLISTS. UM, SO AS THE EAST BAY'S POPULATION GROWS, SO DOES TRAIL USE. WITH OVER 1300 MILES OF TRAILS TO MANAGE, THE PARK DISTRICT ENDEAVORS TO FOSTER A SAFE, RESPECTABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE TRAIL CULTURE. 
          THIS IS EVEN MORE ESSENTIAL AS NEW TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS E-BIKES BECOME MORE POPULARIZED. ALL RIGHT, JUST REAL QUICKLY ON THE, UH, ROLE OF THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN THIS PROCESS. 
          UM, THE PAC WAS ASKED TO REVIEW AND ANALYZE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, UM, AS WELL AS WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES. UH, THE IDEA IS THAT THE PARK DISTRICT, UH, DOESN'T AND SHOULDN'T WORK IN A VACUUM. UM, SO MEETING 
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NUMBER ONE, UH, TOOK PLACE ON JUNE 22ND, UH, WITH 3 PRESENTATIONS FROM LOCAL MOUNTAIN BIKE, UM, GROUPS, INCLUDING BIKE EAST BAY, BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF THE EAST BAY, AND CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN BIKING COALITION. THE NEXT MEETING, UH, WHICH I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING, UH, AS I WAS JUST STARTING THIS ASSIGNMENT, WAS ON AUGUST 24TH. 
          AND, UM, I HEARD A LOT OF GREAT DISCUSSIONS FROM MY BREAKOUT GROUP, UM, BUT THERE IS A DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT, AND OUR ASK OF THE PAC, UM, IS TO RECOMMEND ITS ADVANCEMENT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ALL RIGHT, HERE'S A REVIEW OF THE LAST TIME WE MET ON THIS SUBJECT IN AUGUST. 
          UM, WE LOOKED AT RESEARCH METHODS, UM, SO THAT INCLUDES LOOKING AT, UM, AGENCY, CITY, AND ORGANIZATIONS, UH, THEIR WEBSITES, GENERAL SEARCH ENGINE SEARCHES, NEWS ARTICLES, UM, LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL EXAMPLES, AND I THINK, UH, SIGNIFICANT- SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. WE ALL COME WITH A BODY OF KNOWLEDGE, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE PAC SUCH A GREAT BODY, IS IS OUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND, UH, VIEWPOINTS. UM, SO THAT WAS PART OF THE RESEARCH METHOD. SOME OF THE COMMON THEMES, UM, WE HAVE LISTED UP HERE, REALLY LIKE A TOP ONE IS THAT THERE'S NO SINGLE SOLUTION, UM, TO THE ISSUE OF, UM, UH, TRAIL SAFETY, ESPECIALLY AROUND E-BIKES. UM, SO A COUPLE THINGS THAT, UH, REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION IS THERE MAY BE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL CONFUSION. 
          WE, UH, THE PARK DISTRICT OPERATES AMONG 30 PLUS LOCAL CITIES BETWEEN TWO COUNTIES, AND DIFFERENT AGENCIES MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT RULES AND INTERPRETATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES AROUND, UM, THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY. SO THAT MAY, UM, LEAD TO MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL CONFUSION, AND THE WHAT- WHAT WE FOUND IN THE BREAKOUT GROUPS IS THERE WERE SOME DIVERGENT VIEWS ON STATE VERSUS LOCAL LEADERSHIP. 
          SO THERE'S ONE CAMP WHERE IT'S LIKE, LET'S WAIT FOR THE STATE TO KIND OF PROVIDE US SOME DIRECTION, SOME UNIFORMITY TO THIS, AND OTHERS ARGUING, AT LEAST IN MY BREAKOUT GROUP, THAT, UM, HEY, LOCALS SHOULD TAKE THE FIRST STAB AT THIS, UM, BECAUSE WE MAY NOT HAVE TIME TO WAIT FOR STATE ACTION. UM, SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR THAT DISCUSSION AMONG PAC MEMBERS. UM, SOME KEY FINDINGS ARE LISTED HERE. UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, HAVING BIKE BELL STATIONS, TRAIL SIGNAGE, AND SAFETY FAIRS IN SCHOOL-BASED LESSONS, UM, WERE S- ARE SOME THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT. UH, THE, UNDER THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE EFFORTS AND HOW OUTCOMES ARE MEASURED, UM, I THOUGHT INTERESTING IS, UM, IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE RISE IN REPORTED E-BIKE INJURIES COULD BE LINKED TO A RAPID GROWTH OF USE, CREATING SKEWED MEASUREMENTS. 
          SO ARE THERE MORE INJURIES BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE BIKES, OR IS THERE, UH, ANOTHER UNDERLYING REASON? UH, WE ALSO HAVE LISTED HERE, UH, A FEW POINTS AROUND BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED. 
          UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS AND SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HEARD, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND THE THE LAST WORKSHOP WE DID. UM, ONE IS TO, AROUND EDUCATION COMMUNICATION, EXPAND THE SLOW YOUR ROLL INITIATIVE AND REFRESH IT REGULARLY. UM, PUBLISH CLEAR VISUAL INFORMATION, PRIORITIZE OUTREACH TO PARENTS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN BOTH WITHIN THE PARK DISTRICT AND OUTSIDE THE PARK DISTRICT WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          UH, UNDER DATA MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT, UH, ONE THING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT IS WE DON'T NECESSARILY RECORD THE DEVICE TYPE. UM, IS IT A CLASS 1 E-BIKE? IS IT AN E-MOTO? IS IT, UM, YOU KNOW, A CONVENTIONAL BICYCLE? SO LOOKING INTO RECORDING THE DEVICE TYPE, UM, WORKING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY ON, UH, COMING UP WITH A METHOD FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING INTO INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAIL DESIGN, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION- LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT MAY LOOK INTO IS POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, UH, SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS COULD BE PARTNERED ON WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THIS IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. UM, THE GENERAL MANAGER RECOMMENDS THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, CONFIRM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FINDINGS REPORT, THAT IT ACCURATELY REFLECTS INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND BROADER COMMUNITY, FROM THE COMMITTEE AND BROADER COMMUNITY, 
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AND RECOMMEND ITS USE IN DEVELOPING FUTURE STRATEGIES RELATED TO TRAIL AND E-BIKE USE. AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR INPUT. UM, WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. WE CAN TURN IT BACK OVER, UM, TO YOU ALL, AND STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, UM, BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. REMINDER, THE FIRST PIECE IS CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ONLY, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN DISCUSSION COMMENTS, FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. SO DO WE HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION FROM ANYBODY? MEMBER DIETER. 
          YES, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. 
          IS THIS ENTIRE REPORT GOING TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS? I MEAN, ALL THE FINDINGS, EVERYTHING, OR JUST THE RECOMMEND- JUST THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS? ERIC, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER ANSWER. I'LL, I'LL TURN IT TO ERICH PFUEHLER. 
          UH, ERICH PFUEHLER, UH, DIVISION LEAD FOR GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS. UH, YES, THE WHOLE REPORT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE BOARD. 
          MEMBER OBRINGER. 
          THANK YOU. SO I, UM, SO SINCE OUR AUGUST 24TH MEETING, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH TWO LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THEY WERE VERY EAGER TO, UH, CONNECT WITH THE PARK DISTRICT. UM, THEY'D NOTED AN OPPORTUNITY THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE IN THE TOWN OF DANVILLE, WHERE PART OF THE PARK DISTRICT, UM, I THINK IT'S IRON HORSE TRAIL, UM, INTERSECTS WITH, UM, D- DOWNTOWN DANVILLE, AND THERE HAVE BEEN KIOSKS PUT UP TO TRY TO EDUCATE FOLKS. AND, UM, AND SO MY QUESTION, SO I'VE GOT 2 QUESTIONS. THE FIRST IS, WHO WOULD I CONNECT, UM, THE TOWN OF, OR THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH SO THAT THEY COULD PARTNER WITH THE PARK DISTRICT ON A SIMILAR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY? AND, UM, WHAT KIND OF, SO ONCE THIS, UM, THIS REPORT IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD, IS THERE A PLAN TO CONNECT WITH, UM, PARTICULARLY THE CITIES THAT HAVE THE, THE TRAILS GOING THROUGH THEM, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR, UH, COLLABORATION WITH THE CITIES? SO, UH, ERICH PFUEHLER, DIVISION LEAD FOR GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS. UM, CARLIN, YOU COULD HAVE THE, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM MORAGA OR LAFAYETTE, UH, CONTACT MY TEAM AND START WITH ME, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL DIRECT THEM TO THE RIGHT PERSON. AND THEN WITH REGARD TO ENGAGEMENT, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE, THERE ALREADY IS ENGAGEMENT WITH ALL THE CITIES, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE IRON HORSE TRAIL. UM, I THINK WE RECOGNIZE THAT MORE, UM, DOES NEED, SHOULD SHOULD AND DOES NEED TO BE DONE, AND I THINK SOME OF THE FINDINGS IN THIS REPORT, UH, WILL BE ABLE TO HELP. UM, IN PARTICULAR, THERE WAS ONE FINDING WITH REGARD TO FRAMING THIS AS A, YOU KNOW, SAFE USE, USE USING OUR TRAIL SAFELY AS OPPOSED TO ENFORCING, UH, STRICT RULES, AND I THINK THAT WILL BE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF HOW WE FRAME OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MEMBER VALENZUELA. 
          SO, I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE THE, UH, THE STATE, THE STATE GOVERNMENT ONLY PASSED ONE OF THE BILLS THAT CAME UP, AND MOSTLY FOR TRAINING AND FRAMEWORK OF E-BIKES AND GEARED TOWARDS, UH, KIDS IN, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IT LOOKS LIKE. SO, I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO GO AT, AT THE BASIC NEEDS AT THE POINT, AND A LOT OF OTHER BILLS ARE STILL, STILL IN THE PIPELINE, OR, I MEAN, ARE WE GONNA WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER, OR ARE WE GONNA PUSH FORWARD AND TRY TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE CITIES? THE, UM, THERE IS A BILL STILL PENDING, UH, SB 1167, I THINK. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? UM, AND THAT IS THE ONE THAT, UH, DEFINES E-MOTOS VERSUS, UM, E-BIKES, AND THAT'S STILL PENDING. THE GOVERNOR HAS UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH TO SIGN IT. UM, ACTUALLY, IF HE DOESN'T SIGN IT, IT WILL BECOME LAW BECAUSE IT DID, IT WAS ENROLLED BY THE LEGISLATURE. AS PART OF OUR GROUP, THE GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS ADVOCACY PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR, THIS WILL BE ON OUR, IS ON OUR LIST OF, OF ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. MEMBER DIETER. 
          AND ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION HERE IS, WILL WE EVER GET TO THE STEWARDSHIP PART OF THIS EXERCISE, OR IS IT O- THIS YEAR, OR IS IT ONLY GOING TO STAY ON THE E-BIKE SITUATION? 
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UH, THIS IS THE FINAL REPORT FOR THIS YEAR AND THE FINAL FOCUS TOPIC. UH, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING SOME ITEMS FOR FOCUS TOPICS FOR NEXT YEAR AT OUR NEXT MEETING. UM, THE, UH, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE PAC AND THE BOARD MET RECENTLY, AND THERE'S AT LEAST 8, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS COMING, AND I THINK THEY ALL, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE ONE, HAVE A THROUGH LINE OF STEWARDSHIP. 
          MEMBER PEOPLES, OR NO? I'M WAITING FOR SUBSTANTIVE. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. UH, THANK YOU. 
          SO ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION? OKAY, SO SEEING NONE, UH, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, DISCUSSION, MEMBER PEOPLES. 
          DISCUSSIONS, COMMENTS, FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH, I HAVE QUITE A FEW CONCERNS ABOUT THE REPORT THAT'S BEEN DRAFTED, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PARTLY RELATED TO SUB- UH, TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT, BUT ALSO THE SUBSTANCE OF SOME OF THE MATERIAL THAT'S IN THERE. UM, ORGANIZATIONALLY, I, I, I, I REALLY OBJECT TO THE IDEA OF THEMES VERSUS FINDINGS, BECAUSE I THINK THE THEMES THAT ARE LE- LAID OUT IN THE REPORT, WHICH CAME OUT OF THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE LAST MEETING, ARE EFFECTIVELY FUN- FINDINGS. 
          THEY'RE THE THEMES ARE FINDINGS, AND, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED AS THEMES, I THINK IT DIMINISHES THEIR SIGNIFICANCE, AND THEY SHOULD BE INCORPORATED, UH, INTO A, UH, REVISED, UH, FINDINGS, UH, SECTION OF THE REPORT. UM, THE, UH, A SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE IS, I THINK, TO FOCUS ON EDUCATION AND, AND SIGNAGE AND, UH, COMMUNICATION AND SO FORTH. 
          THE WHAT'S MISSING IN THAT IS THE, UH, UH, THE FACT THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR, AND JUST DOING EDUCATION, UH, IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAY WELL KNOW, MAY WELL LEARN WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING, BUT THEY DON'T DO IT UNLESS THEY HAVE TO. SO THERE HAS TO BE MORE TO IT THAN, THAN THAT, AND I THINK THAT THAT, UH, ASPECT OF, UH, FOCUSING ON EDUCATION IS THERE HAS TO BE MORE WITH IT, WHICH I THINK INCLUDES ENFORCEMENT AND PERHAPS SOME INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES, BOTH TO THE VEHICLES AND TO THE TRAILS THAT PE- UH, PEOPLE ARE USING. UM, THE UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF EMPHASIS IN, IN THIS ON, ON UH, IN THE FIRST UH, UH, THE FIRST UH KEY FINDING, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES OF OTHER ENTITIES, YOU KNOW, REALLY DOESN'T HIGHLIGHT, UH, THOSE INITIATIVES, DOESN'T DEFINE THOSE INITIATIVES AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE PARK DISTRICT. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT WHAT DANVILLE HAS DONE, UH, BY MAKING PEOPLE TO DISMOUNT WHEN THEY'RE IN THEIR PARKS THERE, BUT YOU CAN'T DISMOUNT WHEN YOU'RE ON THE TRAIL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE GOING FROM ONE POINT TO THE OTHER. I MEAN, IT TAKES IT, THERE'S NO REASON TO, TO HAVE THE BIKE ON THE TRAIL IN THOSE INSTANCES. SO WHATEVER WE TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING, IT NEEDS TO BE RELEVANT TO WHAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS AND, AND SOMETHING THAT THE PARK DISTRICT CAN, CAN DEAL WITH. 
          UM, THE, UH, IN ADDITION TO, AS I MENTIONED, IN ADDITION TO EDUCATION, WE NEED TO HAVE OTHER, UH, OTHER ACTIVITIES, UH, ENFORCEMENT AND SO FORTH. UH, UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ENFORCEMENT, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, LOOKED AT IS SOME- SOMEHOW OR OTHER IDENTIFYING THE PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE VEHICLES THAT ARE, ARE, VIOLATING THE REGULATIONS. AND RIGHT NOW, IF SOMEBODY GOES ZIPPING BY ON A, ON AN E-BIKE, UH, YOU C- YOU CAN'T HARDLY TELL WHICH CLASS IT IS TO BEGIN WITH, UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW, UH, UH, WHO THAT INDIVIDUAL IS, AND AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE PARK POLICE HAVE, UH, LOOKED INTO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO CHASE SOMEBODY DOWN, UH, ON ON A ON ONE OF THESE TRAILS, UH, BUT THIS KIND OF LEADS TO THE WHOLE QUESTION OF, UH, IT'S REFERRED TO KIND OF OBLIQUELY IN THE, IN THE REPORT AS PERMITTING, YOU KNOW, LICENSING OF, OF THE DRIVERS AND LICENSING REGISTRATION OF THE VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, WITH DISPLAY OF, UH, LICENSE PLATES. AND THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, THAT WE, WE NEED TO GO FURTHER, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE COULD BE A LOT OF OBJECTIONS TO THAT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING 
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THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GIVE A LOT OF ATTENTION TO. UM, UH, I THINK IN TERMS OF THE, THE, THE FINDINGS HEADINGS WITH FOLDING IN SOME OF THE THEMES, IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE A SECTION ON HOW TO MAKE, UH, OUTCOMES, YOU KNOW, ON HOW OUTCOMES ARE MEASURED, UH, IN THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG ISSUE, I THINK HAS BEEN POINTED OUT, UH, UH, AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN THE TWO STATEWIDE, UH, STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ON THIS, I MEAN, THAT WAS A MAJOR CONCLUSION RECOMMENDATION FROM THOSE STUDIES. UH, I ALSO THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER SUBSECTION THERE ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO, TO DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE AND, AND PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THAT. UH, I, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IT, BUT SAN RAMON, UH, IN PARTICULAR IS LOOKING TO CREATING A MILE OR MORE OF THE IRON HORSE TRAIL WITH A PHYSICAL BARRIER DOWN THE MIDDLE OF IT, WHICH WOULD SEGREGATE BIKES AND E-BIKES ON ONE SIDE AND PEDESTRIANS AND WALKERS ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THAT'S A PHYSICAL CHANGE, UH, AND THEY'RE GOING TO EXPERIMENT WITH THAT, UH, UH, ON THAT. AND THEN I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THESE FINDINGS, WE NEED TO HAVE A, A COMPANION SECTION ON CONCLUSIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT REFLECT WHAT CAN WE CONCLUDE ABOUT THAT, AND WHAT CAN THE PARK DISTRICT DO? UM, AND, UH, I THINK THAT THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT THERE IS NO REAL ATTENTION TO THE TIME DIMENSION ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THESE ACTIONS THAT THE, UH, UH, HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED, AND AND THEY'RE GOING TO OCCUR OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE VARIABLE TIME TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THEM, BUT WE NEED TO THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT CAN BE DONE FIRST AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOING TO TAKE, UH, MORE TIME, AND AND THAT INCLUDES LEGISLATION, I THINK WE'LL, AND IT'S ALSO A A FACTOR ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVOLVING NATURE, UH, OF, UH, E-BIKE USE, YOU KNOW, WITH MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BUYING THEM, THE COST OF THE BIKES ARE COMING DOWN, AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BUYING THEM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MO- GREATER USE, UH, UH, SO WE NEED TO THINK IN TERMS OF TIME AS WELL ON THAT. AND THEN I WOULD HAVE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR REWORDING SOME OF THE SE- SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS FOR RE- REWORKING SOME OF THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. MEMBER OBRINGER. 
          THANK YOU. UM, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON MY PREVIOUS COMMENT, UM, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, UH, SINCE THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST ON THIS TOPIC AMONG CITIES, AND I DO APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE LAST TIME IS THAT THE PARK DISTRICT GAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE CONTRA COSTA MAYOR'S CONFERENCE. I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AROUND THE 30, 30 BY 30 PLAN, UM, SO IT WAS PROBABLY 2024. 
          UM, AND SO I JUST, I WOULD, I THINK THAT THIS MIGHT BE WHENEVER THIS REPORT IS FINALIZED, UH, AFTER IT'S GONE THROUGH ALL THE ITERATIONS, IT MIGHT BE A REALLY ENGAGING TOPIC, UM, FOR THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE TO INFORM ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ACROSS THE 19 CITIES AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THE SAME TIME. SO, UM, ERIC, IF YOU AND THE BOARD THINKS THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, I'M HAPPY TO HELP, UH, FACILITATE, UM, AGENDIZING THAT. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'LL, UM, CHECK IN WITH OUR GENERAL MANAGER AND SEE IF HE'D BE OPEN TO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH. 
          THANK YOU. UM, I- I THOUGHT THE REPORT WRITTEN BY STAFF CAPTURED, UH, THE- THE BREADTH OF IDEAS THAT I HEARD IN MY GROUP, AND I SUSPECT, WELL, THAT COMBINED WITH THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE PROVIDED THAT I COULD SEE, UM, PROBABLY CAPTURED WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE OTHER GROUPS PRETTY WELL. 
          UM, I DON'T NECESSARILY SUBSCRIBE TO THEM AS MUCH AS THE OTHER DISCUSSION FOLKS DID, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THOSE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, SO I THINK IT'S DOING A GOOD JOB OF THAT. UM, SOME SPECIFIC COMMENTS UNDER EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION, IT TALKS ABOUT EXPAND AND TAILOR SLOW YOUR ROLE, UH, INITIATIVES, SPECIFICALLY TO E-BIKES. I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO I- INCREASE OR IMPROVE THE, THE BROADER TRAIL CULTURE. 
          SO, WHILE, WHILE THE TOPIC IS FOCUSED ON E-BIKES, AND, AND I DO AGREE THAT THERE IS A SPECIFIC ISSUE THERE WITH E-BIKES, E-MOTOS, OUT-OF-CLASS DEVICES, I THINK THERE ARE ALSO OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT THE BROADER TRAIL CULTURE AT THE SAME TIME, AND THAT FITS WITH SOME OF THE INITIAL LANGUAGE IN, IN OUR MEMO TODAY. UM, UNDER 
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DATA MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT, UH, IT TALKS ABOUT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE E-BIKE VOLUME. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE E-MOTO AND OTHER OUT-OF-CLASS DEVICES AS WELL. 
          UM, I THINK E-BIKES ARE ONE THING, CLASS 1 AND CLASS 2 ARE PERMITTED, UM, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DIFFERENTIATE THOSE AND UNDERSTAND THOSE FROM A, A ROOT CAUSE POINT OF VIEW. 
          UM, ON THE LAST BULLET ITEM UNDER DATA MONITORING ENFORCEMENT, IT TALKS ABOUT DIRECT ENFORCEMENT AND STAFF PRESENCE. I, I THINK STAFF PRESENCE OR HUMAN PRESENCE AND THAT INTERACTION, I THINK, IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF AFFECTING BEHAVIOR CHANGE. 
          UM, I THINK SIGNAGE IS IMPORTANT, UM, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, MORE PEOPLE WILL COME IN CONTACT WITH THAT, BUT I THINK THAT HUMAN TO HUMAN INTERACTION, UM, CAN HAVE A, A VERY HIGH EFFECTIVENESS LEVEL. UM, SO THOSE ARE PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME FOR, FOR COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. MEMBER DIETER. 
          THANK YOU. UM, I, I THINK I HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE REPORT TOO, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS WHAT IT IS, THAT THIS GROUP CAME UP WITH SOMETHING FROM ONE MEETING. THIS IS A HUGE TOPIC, AND WE NEVER HAD A CONVERSATION AS A COM- FULL PAC. SO WE DON'T, WE COULDN'T REALLY EVEN DO A GIVE AND TAKE. 
          SO TO COUCH THIS AS, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS MIGHT BE A LITTLE OVER THE TOP. I THINK, UH, BY JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE BROUGHT FROM OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MIGHT BE A MORE APPROPRIATE APPROACH TO TAKE. UM, AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, UM, I REALIZE WHAT IT IS. WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DISCUSS ANY STEWARDSHIP OR TRAIL SAFETY ANYWHERE ELSE BECAUSE APPARENTLY THE DIRECTORS WANTED US TO ONLY TACKLE ONE THING, UM, WHICH IS E-BIKES. AND AT THE LAST TWO MEETINGS, I'VE BROUGHT IT UP, AND I'LL BRING IT UP AGAIN TODAY, BUT I THINK E-BIKES ON PAVED TRAILS VERSUS NATURAL TRAILS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALLGAME, AND SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO CRAFT A POLICY OR TO BRING FEEDBACK, UM, WHEN IT'S JUST A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET OF CHALLENGES. SO I THINK IN THE FUTURE THOSE COULD BE SEPARATED. UM, SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, I APPROACHED IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN BOB AND SCOTT. UM, I DECIDED TO GO THROUGH IT, AND I SUGGEST MAYBE DELETING A FEW PHRASES AND ADDING OTHERS. SO I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH THOSE SPECIFICALLY, IF THAT WORKS. 
          SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VOTE UP OR DOWN, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME, IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE REPORT, I THINK, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THESE REVISIONS, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. AND MEMBER PEOPLES, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO PUT SOME REVISIONS INTO IT, SOUNDS LIKE, RIGHT? OR HAVING A DISCUSSION TODAY AND THEN GET ANOTHER VERSION TO DISCUSS NEXT MONTH. 
          NO, CORRECT. I MEAN, WE, WE CAN, AGAIN, I WOULD JUST, I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO TABLE THAT FOR THIS. 
          NO, THAT, THAT WOULD BE FINE. 
          THAT WOULD BE MY HOPE THAT IF A MOTION IS MADE WITH THESE AMENDMENTS. 
          PERFECT. 
          UM, SO YOU JUST HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE THIS IS HOW IT IS. UM, BUT, UH, ON PAGE 2 UNDER COMMON THEMES, UM, I, THE FIRST SENTENCE, IT WAS CONSISTENTLY AGREED THAT E-BIKES PROVIDE MEANINGFUL BENEFITS. BECAUSE THE WORD MEANINGFUL IS ADDED THERE, I THINK WHAT WOULD MAKE IT CLEARER WOULD BE TO SAY PROVIDE MEANINGFUL BENEFIT FOR THOSE WITH MOBILITY CHA- CHALLENGES, WHO CANNOT TRAVEL LONG DISTANCE BY TRADITIONAL BIKE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE SENTIMENT WAS, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE MURKY. SO I WOULD JUST SUGGEST ADDING FOR THOSE WITH MOBILITY CHALLENGES. 
          THAT'S WHERE IT'S MEANINGFUL. 
          ERIC, DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THESE ONE BY ONE, OR DO YOU WANT TO HAVE IT? YEAH, I'M GONNA STILL, I WOULD, I WOULD STILL RECOMMEND WE DO THIS AS WE ENTERTAIN MOTIONS. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A BETTER WAY TO DO IT, BUT IT, IT'S UP TO THE BODY WHAT WE WANT TO DO. IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CHANGE THIS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, WHICH TO ME WOULD BE IN A, 
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IN A MOTION, AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GET ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BODY AS A WHOLE BEFORE WE START ENTERTAINING MOTIONS, WHETHER THAT'S APPROVE, REJECT, OR MODIFY. MEMBER SIMMONS? IT SHOULDN'T TAKE ME TOO LONG. 
          I WOULD JUST SAY, THOUGH, MEMBER PEOPLES ALSO HAS SOME SUGGESTIONS TOO, AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM THE GROUP. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, MEMBER DIETER. 
          I WILL NOTE ON THAT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT USE E-BIKES THAT DO NOT HAVE MO- MOBILITY ISSUES AND USE IT VERY SAFELY AND VERY SUCCESSFULLY, SO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT SPECIFIC WELL, THE- RECOMMENDATION. 
          RIGHT. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THE PROBLEM IS MEANINGFUL BENEFITS. IT'S ALSO MIGHT BE A MEANINGFUL BENEFIT FOR WALKING AROUND WITH AN OPEN CARRY GUN. IT MIGHT BE A MEANINGFUL BENEFIT, UM, I JUST THINK IT TO TAKE OUT, YOU KNOW, THE WORD MEANINGFUL, IF ANYTHING, THAT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT, BECAUSE I'M SAYING THE EXACT SAME THING. I'M JUST ADDING THE WORDS BEFORE WHO CANNOT TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES FOR THOSE WITH MOBILITY. WE DON'T NEED TO INCLUDE FOR MOBILITY, UH, CHALLENGES IF THAT BOTHERS YOU. 
          BUT HOW ABOUT IT WAS CONSISTENTLY AGREED THAT E-BIKES PROVIDE BENEFITS FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES BY TRADITIONAL BIKE. 
          SO A COUPLE THOUGHTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS I MADE AT ONE OF THE PRIOR MEETINGS WAS, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION NEEDS TO REFLECT FAMILIES WHERE ONE SPOUSE IS REALLY PHYSICALLY STRONG AND THE OTHER SPOUSE IS NOT, BUT THEY WANT TO RIDE TOGETHER, AND WHERE A PARENT WHO IS PHYSICALLY STRONG WANTS TO GO ON A RIDE AND TEACH HIS OR HER KID ABOUT RIDING. 
          MM-HMM. 
          AND SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE SAME POD WITH VERY DIFFERENT SKILLS, AND I- SO THAT'S PERFECT, IT COVERS THAT. 
          I DON'T THINK SO. 
          WELL, I'M NOT, THOSE ARE THEIR WORDS THAT'S IN THE REPORT. FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES, THAT'S WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO CANNOT, I MEAN, IF YOU SUGGEST THAT THEY DELETE THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S FINE, BUT ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS, UM, IT'S UNDERSTAND, OKAY. 
          YEAH. UM, OKAY, AND THEN I, I, BUT I WOULD BROADEN THAT EVEN FURTHER MM-HMM. 
          AND JUST SAY THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS OF HAVING E-BIKES, UH, YOU KNOW, AS BOB WAS ARTICULATING, AND MM-HMM. 
          THERE ARE, I KNOW ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL IN, IN SAN RAMON, WHERE I LIVE, THERE IS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COMMUTE ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL MM-HMM. 
          USING E-BIKES, SO THEY'RE NOT OUT ON THE HIGHWAY IN A, IN A MOTOR VEHICLE DOING THAT. 
          THEY'RE GOING DOWN TO THE, UH, UH, EAST DUBLIN, UH, METRO STATION SO IT'S A FAIR NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT DO THAT. SO, AND THERE ARE OTHER BENEFITS, I THINK, ON THAT. SO I, I JUST... 
          WELL, SO I HEARD YOU BOTH SAY YOU DON'T LIKE- BENEFITS, YEAH. 
          WELL, I HEARD YOU BOTH SAY THAT WHAT SHOULD BE ELIMINATED IS WHO CANNOT TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES BY TRA- BY TRADITIONAL BIKE. NEITHER ONE OF YOU LIKE WHAT THE PARK DISTRICT HAD IN THERE. THAT'S COMMON THEMES UNDER BALANCING ACCESS AND SAFETY. 
          WHERE ARE YOU IN TRA- TRAVELING LONG DISTANCES PAGE, PAGE 2. 
          WAS A SPECIFIC, I MEAN THAT, THAT'S A SPECIFIC MEANINGFUL BENEFIT. 
          I, I THINK RIGHT. 
          THE LANGUAGE THEY HAVE IS VERY GOOD. 
          WELL, THESE TWO DON'T THINK IT IS, SO, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T FIND A PROBLEM WITH IT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHY PEOPLE USE E-BIKES. 
          I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUGGESTING A CHANGE BECAUSE YOU DID HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. 
          NO, ONLY THOSE TWO WERE. I ONLY SU- SUGGESTED. 
          OKAY. 
          THE WHAT I WAS GOING TO ADD, I DECIDED NOT TO AFTER HEARING YOU. I WAS GONNA SAY WITH MOBILITY CHALLENGES, SO I SAID FORGET MY ADDITION AND JUST SAY, PROVIDE MEANINGFUL BENEFITS FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES BY TRADITIONAL BIKE. 
          I'M GONNA PAUSE YOU GUYS FOR ONE SECOND, JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DISCUSSION COMMENTS. IF WE HAVE A LOT, WHAT I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND WE DO, WE COULD BE HERE FOR OVER AN HOUR JUST GOING AROUND WORDSMITHING. SO I WANT TO SEE IF OTHER FOLKS HAVE COMMENTS. IF NOT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS A FEW MORE MINUTES, AND THEN IF WE CAN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT HERE, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE WE ALL SUBMIT OUR COMMENTS ON REVISIONS, AND THEN WE LOOK AT IT AGAIN. UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THAT, AND THEN RESPECTFUL OF EVERYBODY'S TIME, IF THE BODY'S GOOD WITH THAT. 
          AND THEN MEMBER VALENZUELA, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? OKAY. SO, MEMBER SIMMONS. 
          I DO HAVE SORT OF SOME BROADER 
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COMMENT. I'M GOING BROAD, NOT WORDS. 
          NO, PLEASE. I HAD A COUPLE BROAD COMMENTS TOO, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S WEIGHED IN FIRST. 
          OKAY, BUT I DIDN'T FINISH. YOU REALIZE THAT, RIGHT? OKAY. 
          NO, ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          IF YOU DIDN'T FINISH ON YOUR, YOUR BROAD COMMENTS, I'M FINE WITH DEFERRING. I JUST, I, I THINK THE CHAIR IS CORRECT, WE SHOULDN'T GO THROUGH INDIVIDUAL CHANGES AT THIS TIME. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE REPORT IS GENERALLY OKAY. UM, I DON'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING IN THE REPORT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T WRITTEN BY ME, SO I'M NOT GOING TO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING IN THE REPORT. UH, THAT'S JUST SORT OF THE WAY THINGS ARE. I WILL, UH, AND SO I'M MORE IN THE VIEW OF, UH, MEMBER, UH, BARTLEBAUGH ON THAT POINT. I WILL, UH, SADLY, NOT SADLY, I WILL, UM, DISAGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, UH, MEMBER PEOPLES. I DO ACTUALLY THINK EDUCATION IS PROBABLY THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING. 
          I'M AWARE OF A COUPLE AREAS THAT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, WHICH IS, IS, IS SOME ARE AWARE I DO A LOT OF HIKING. I'VE DONE HIKING IN CHINA CAMP ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST HEAVILY BIKE, HEAVILY USED BIKE AREAS IN THE BAY AREA. AND I'VE SEEN GROUPS OF YOUNG, MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE KIDS RIDE BY. 
          OUR HIKING GROUP, CONSISTING MOSTLY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER 65, STEP ASIDE, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE THESE TRAIL USER SIGNS TO TALK ABOUT TRAIL ETIQUETTE, AND THE KIDS ALL SAY THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THEY'RE ATTENDING SCHOOLS, AND THEY'RE ATTENDING GROUPS, AND THEY'RE BEING TAUGHT HOW TO RIDE MOUNTAIN BIKES AND HOW TO RIDE THEM SAFELY AND HOW TO RIDE THEM RESPECTFULLY AND AND CAREFULLY. THE SECOND THING I WILL POINT OUT, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT SIGNAGE IN A MINUTE. 
          FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE SINGLE MOST EFFECTIVE SIGN THAT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IS THE TRAIL COURTESY SIGN. IT'S SIMPLE, IT'S CLEAN, UM, AND IT'S EASY TO READ, AND I BELIEVE THAT OVER THE LAST 8 YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN HIKING FOR MUCH LONGER THAN THAT, I'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN COURTESY, BOTH BY MOUNTAIN BIKERS TO HIKERS AND BY HIKERS TO MOUNTAIN BIKERS. THAT HASN'T COME BECAUSE OF ANY ENFORCEMENT, IT HASN'T BECOME BECAUSE RULES AND REGULATIONS, IT'S JUST BECOME PEOPLE ARE JUST SHOW- SHOWING MORE COURTESY TO OTHER EACH OTHER, AND I THINK ACTUALLY THOSE TRAIL SIGNS, AS SIMPLE AS THEY ARE, UM, HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN SORT OF SAYING, HEY, COME OUT HERE, ENJOY IT, BUT BE RESPECTFUL. HAVING SAID THAT, I WILL SAY AS A HIKING GROUP, WE ALL, NOTWITHSTANDING WHAT THE SIGN SAYS, THAT THE MOUNTAIN BIKER IS SUPPOSED TO YIELD TO US, WE ALWAYS YIELD TO THE MOUNTAIN BIKER BECAUSE IT'S JUST SAFER, AND WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DOING THAT. 
          FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I WALKED THE ENTIRE DISTANCE FROM WILLOW PASS TO DUBLIN ON THE IRON HORSE TRAIL, AND THE TRAIL SIGNAGE DOES VARY BY COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THERE'S A, A AREA THERE FOR DISCUSSIONS WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES ABOUT HOW TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN BETTER SIGNAGE. UM, MOST OF MY HIKING, THOUGH, IS ON, UM, IN THE PARKS, NOT ON PAVED, UH, PAVEMENT. UM, AND I HOPE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'LL COME OUT OF THIS, AND MAYBE THE THING THAT WAS MENTIONED BY THE CHAIR, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING THE TIME, BUT I THINK TRAIL STEWARDSHIP CAN INCLUDES TRAIL SIGNAGE, AND OVERALL IN THE PARKS, THE TRAIL SIGNAGE BY THE PARK DISTRICT IS IN A CATEGORY PRETTY POOR. I THINK SOME OF IT IS 50, 60 YEARS OLD. 
          SOME OF IT HAS THE, THE SYMBOLS ARE MISSING, UM, BUT I HOPE THE PARK DISTRICT WILL INCUR- WILL CONSIDER AS PART OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS, UH, CREATING A PROGRAM TO REPLACE ALL OF THE TRAIL SIGNS, UH, IN THE EAST BAY PARKS BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF THE SIGNAGE, THE, UM, SOME OF THEM ARE MISSING THINGS, SO ANYHOW, SO I WON'T GO INTO MORE DETAIL. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO THINK ABOUT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SIGN. WHEN YOU COME UPON A SIGN THAT HAS, AND I'VE SEEN ONE RIGHT NOW AT THE, AT THE NEW TRAILHEAD THAT, UH, UH, UH, SAVE MOUNT DIABLO JUST PUT IN. YOU GO TO THE BACKSIDE OF THAT KIOSK, AND THERE'S TWO SIGNS THERE WITH 15 ITEMS. ALL OF THEM HAVE ABOUT 10 WORDS ON THEM, AND BY THE TIME I'VE READ FIFTH NUMBER 15, I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT 1 THROUGH 8 SAY. AND SO THE PURPOSE OF SIGNAGE IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE? GET IT OUT THERE, GET IT CLEAR. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE TRAIL ETIQUETTE SIGNAGE IS SO GOOD. IT'S SIMPLE, IT'S CLEAN, AND IT'S EFFECTIVE. 
          WHEN YOU START PUTTING A LOT OF WORDS ON A SIGN, DO YOU REALLY EXPECT PEOPLE TO READ THE SIGN? THE ANSWER IS NO. UM, I'M GOING TO MENTION ONE OTHER THING, AND THAT'S SIGN POLLUTION. I'VE BEEN IN LONG WALKS OF ON IRON HORSE TRAIL, WHERE YOU, 
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NOT THE IRON HORSE, OUT IN UM, CONTRA COSTA CANAL TRAIL, WHERE YOU SEE 8 SIGNS IN THE SPACE OF 20 FEET. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO STOP 8 TIMES IN 20 FEET TO READ THE SIGNS, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME THOUGHTFUL THOUGHT CONSIDERATION, THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO UH, UH, HOW MUCH SIGNAGE. 
          MY OWN BELIEF IS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T PUT UP A SIGN WITHOUT TAKING DOWN A SIGN. 
          AND I REALIZED I'M, AND I HAVE ONE MORE POINT, CHAIR. I'M SORRY, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GO WITH THE, UM... YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME INTO, WHEN YOU LEAVE THE PARKING LOT AND YOU GO TO THE, HAVING A SIGN THAT SAYS, WELCOME TO YOUR PARK, PLEASE ENJOY IT, PLEASE ENJOY IT SAFELY, IS, IS, IS REALLY WHAT SHOULD BE THERE. 
          SOMETHING THAT SAYS FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING RULES TO ENJOY THE PARK, WHICH IS WHAT SOME OF THEM SAY, IS NOT A WELCOMING SIGN. AND I THINK THE PARK DISTRICT SHOULD SPEND SOME TIME THINKING ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE ITS TRAIL SIGNAGE, TO MAKE ITS TRAIL SIGNAGE MORE WELCOMING, AND TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO ENJOY AND TO READ THE SIGNS. AND I'M, I'M GOING TO STOP MY RANT RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. MEMBER VALENZUELA. 
          YEAH, I, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD VOTE ON THE MOTION THAT'S BEFORE, BECAUSE IF WE START ADDING ALL THESE DIFFERENT SENTENCES AND CHANGING THINGS, I THINK WE CAN, I MEAN, WE CAN'T VOTE ON EACH SENTENCE. SO, I MEAN, I, I PERSONALLY, I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD VOTE ON WHAT'S BEFORE US. IF IT'S NOT GOING TO PASS, THEN THERE'S A REASON WHY IT'S NOT GOING TO PASS. BUT, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, AND THEY LISTED THEM BY HOW MANY PEOPLE WANTED A CERTAIN THING. IT'S KIND OF SOUNDED LIKE WE WERE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, ROUGHLY, BUT, UM, TO ME, I THINK WE SHOULD VOTE ON THE MOTION THAT'S IN FRONT OF US. 
          SO HERE'S MY RECOMMENDATION. 
          WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TOPICS TO GET TO TONIGHT, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO JUSTICE TO EVERYONE'S COMMENTS. 
          THERE'S 4 MEMBERS IN PARTICULAR THAT HAVE A LOT OF PASSION AROUND THIS. UH, MEMBER MAHADEVAN, YES, GO AHEAD. 
          UM, I, I THINK THE REPORT CAPTURES THE SENSE OF WHAT WE ALL TALKED ABOUT. I DIDN'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING IN IT. 
          IT'S A VERY COMPLEX SUBJECT, AND SO, UH, I THINK BOB SIMMONS PRETTY MUCH SUMMARIZED SOME OF MY FEELINGS THAT, YEAH, I THINK THERE IS A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF SIGNS, I'M NOT THERE TO S- SPEND TIME READING 15 SIGNS AND 20 FEET OR WHATEVER, EVEN 8 SIGNS, ESPECIALLY IF IT HAS A LOT, AND I SPENT MY LIFE READING STUFF, SO IT'S NOT LIKE I DON'T READ, BUT I'M NOT THERE TO READ. I'M THERE TO ENJOY THE PARK, WATCH THE DUCKS OR WALK OR WHATEVER I'M DOING, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IT'S A, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT. 
          SO I THINK WE CAN HIT BROAD THEMES, BUT ABSOLUTELY 21 PEOPLE SITTING HERE AND DISCUSSING LANGUAGE IS A WASTE OF TIME. THANK YOU, MEMBER MAHADEVAN. SO I WOULD JUST ADD TOO, I THOUGHT STAFF DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS. JUST IN OUR OWN BREAKOUT TABLE, THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT WAS CAPTURED IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THERE'S THINGS IN THIS REPORT I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH, AND THERE'S THINGS I DON'T AGREE WITH, AND THAT WAS THE SAME IN MY TABLE BREAKOUT. WE DIDN'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING. SO I'M GONNA PROPOSE WE DO RIGHT NOW, WE CAN ENTERTAIN MOTIONS, AND YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO PASS, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION, NO, I DON'T, AND WE CAN MAKE A MOTION, UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA PASS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS. 
          REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO, EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE, EVEN IF WE, IF WE WERE TO VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD, AND I'M NOT ENDORSING ANY POSITION, BUT IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, THEN PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE ALL YOUR COMMENTS AND SUBMIT THEM TO STAFF AND ASK THEM TO PROVIDE THAT AS WELL. SO POINT OF ORDER, POINT OF ORDER, THOUGH. UM, I DON'T REC- I DON'T SUGGEST CHANGING ANYTHING, BUT THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS THAT OUR GROUP SUBMITTED THAT ARE NOT IN HERE. SO I DON'T THINK IT DOES CAPTURE EVERYTHING. SO I JUST WANTED TO LIST THOSE FEW THINGS. 
          SO WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO IS TO MAKE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE WITH THE FOLLOWING REVISIONS. 
          WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO ENTERTAIN MOTION, SO IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, THEN YOU CAN VOTE AGAINST THE MOTION TO APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED. WE CAN VOTE YES, WE CAN VOTE NO, WE CAN VOTE, UM, YES WITH FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS. 
          SO I WOULD BE SUGGESTING THAT I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS REPORT WITH THESE FOLLOWING ADDITIONS? THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION, YES, IS YOU MAKE A MOTION. I APPROVE WE RECOMMEND THE REPORT WITH THE FOLLOWING, AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MEMBER VALENZUELA, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE MEMBER VALENZUELA IS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND AS SUBMITTED. 
          OKAY, I WILL MAKE A MOTION OKAY. 
          TO PASS THIS REPORT WITH THESE FOLLOWING ADDITIONS. UNDER 
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BALANCING ACCESS AND SAFETY, UH, IT SAYS, UM, I SUGGEST WE INSERT THE BREAKOUT GROUP SAID TO CONSIDER USING A PERMIT MODEL LIKE EAST BAY MUDS, WHICH OFFERS A 5-YEAR PERMIT AT 6 DOLLARS A YEAR AND IS FREE TO LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS TO AVOID CREATING AN EQUITY BARRIER AND PAIR IT WITH AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT WHERE PERMITTED INDIVIDUALS WOULD RECEIVE GUIDELINES AND BICYCLE MAPS. I, ANOTHER ADDITION WOULD BE, UH, UNDER KEY FINDINGS, TO ADD PERMITS FROM THE PARK DISTRICT. RIGHT NOW IT JUST SAYS LICENSE PLATE AND REGISTRATION. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FROM THE STATE OR IF THIS REPORT'S SUGGESTING THAT IT'S FROM THE PARK DISTRICT TO HAVE LICENSE PLATES. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I S- OUR GROUP SAID PERMITS FROM THE PARK DISTRICT. 
          CAN, UH, MAY I ASK FOR SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT UNDER KEY FINDINGS? UNDER PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES FROM OTHER AGENCIES. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          IT SAYS OTHER PROPOSALS INCLUDE E-BIKE REGISTRATION AND LICENSE PLATES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT THE PARK DISTRICT SHOULD HAVE, LICENSE PLATES. BUT I DO KNOW THAT OUR GROUP SAID TO, UM, OTHER PRO- PROPOSALS IS TO PERMIT, TO REQUIRE PERMITS FROM THE PARK DISTRICT. UM... 
          AND... ALSO, ANOTHER ITEM THAT OUR GROUP SUGGESTED UNDER EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE EFFORTS AND HOW OUTCOMES ARE MEASURED, UM, WAS TO RECONSIDER WHETHER TO ALLOW ANY MOTORIZED BICYCLES ON TRAILS, THAT THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING, UH, THAT THE BOARD SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP ON THE TABLE TO RECONSIDER. 
          AND ALSO OUR GROUP SUGGESTED THAT ENFORCEMENTS, UM, COULD INCLUDE, UM, FINES OR A SUSPENSION OF BIKE PERMITS. LET ME JUST SAY, ENFORCEMENT CONSEQUENCES COULD INCLUDE SUSPENSION OF BIKE PERMIT FOR REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF TRAIL, TRAIL SAFETY RULES. 
          UM, AND THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS THAT I SUGGEST DELETING, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S TOO MUCH INFORMATION FOR THE GROUP. 
          I THINK THAT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO MEMBER DIETER'S MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND MEMBER DIETER'S MOTION. 
          SECOND BY MEMBER CHANG. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          ARE WE, ARE WE, UH, ARE WE DONE DISCUSSING? I THOUGHT WE CAN DISCUSS THE MOTION OR SUBSTITUTE MOTION. 
          IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION, MEMBER CHANG, WE CAN DO THAT. I, WE ARE ON THE MOTIONS, THOUGH. 
          AND DON'T WE NEED TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THAT CORRECT, MADAM CLERK? CORRECT. THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MEMBER OBRINGER. SO WE HAVE A SECOND. CAN WE PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE MOTION? YES, WE CAN. 
          SO ARE YOU SURE THERE'S, LIKE, WE CAN'T HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION? THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, YOU MAY DO THAT. 
          OH, I THOUGHT MEMBER, I THOUGHT MEMBER VALENZUELA'S MOTION WAS PASSED AS IS, AND MEMBER NO, WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON IT YET. 
          WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON IT, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS A SECOND. 
          CORRECT. IT HASN'T ACTUALLY, HE HASN'T EVEN PROPOSED IT YET. 
          CORRECT. 
          THERE WAS FORMALLY, CORRECT. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          A DISCUSSION OF A MOTION, BUT A MOTION WAS NOT MADE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, SO WE HAVE A S- UH, MOTION BY MEMBER DIETER, SECOND BY MEMBER CHANG. UH, MADAM CLERK, IF WE COULD PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. 
          YES. SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH. 
          I THINK NO. 
          SOMEONE'S HAND IS RAISED. 
          SOMEONE'S HAND IS RAISED WHERE? SIMMONS, MEMBER SIMMONS, WAS YOUR HAND RAISED? SORRY. 
          WHAT? NO, NOBODY'S HANDS ARE UP ONLINE. THANK YOU. SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH IS A NO. 
          NO. 
          JAMES CHANG. JAMES CHANG, YOUR 
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VOTE, PLEASE. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          SUSIE CLAXTON. 
          YES. 
          STEVEN DEPASCHALIS. 
          NO. 
          PAUL DETJENS, I DON'T BELIEVE IS HERE, CORRECT? IRENE DIETER? YES. 
          BRUCE HENRY? NO. 
          CORINA LOPEZ IS ABSENT. DEV MAHADEVAN? NO. 
          DENISHA M- MARSH IS ABSENT, CORRECT? FRANCIS MENDOZA? YES. 
          CARLYN OBRINGER? UH, NO. 
          THOMAS OMOLO. 
          YES. 
          BOB PEOPLES? YES. 
          BOB SIMMONS? NO. 
          JUDITH SMITH? YES. 
          ED VALENZUELA? NO. 
          ANA VASUDEO IS NOT HERE, CORRECT? AND ROLAND WILLIAMS? NO. 
          NO. OKAY, I'M GONNA NEED A MOMENT TO ADD SOME THINGS. THE MOTION DOES NOT PASS. WE HAVE 8 NOS AND 7 YESES. 
          THANK YOU. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? MEMBER VALENZUELA. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PASS THE, UH, UM, THE E-BIKE, UH, FINDINGS AS WRITTEN. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MOVED BY- SECOND. 
          MOVED BY MEMBER VALENZUELA, SECOND BY MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH. 
          MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL. 
          YES. SCOTT BARTLEBAUGH. 
          AYE. 
          JAMES CHANG. 
          UH, ABSTAIN. 
          SUSIE CLAXTON. 
          NO. 
          STEVEN DEPASCHALIS. 
          YES. 
          PAUL DETJENS IS ABSENT. IRENE DIETER. 
          NO. 
          BRUCE HENRY. 
          YES. 
          CORINA LOPEZ IS ABSENT. DEV MAHADEVAN? YES. 
          DENNISHA MARSH IS, MARSH IS ABSENT. FRANCIS MENDOZA. 
          NO. 
          CARLYN OBRINGER. 
          YES. 
          THOMAS OMOLO? YES. 
          BOB PEOPLES? NO. 
          BOB SIMMONS? YES. 
          JUDITH SMITH? NO. 
          ED VALENZUELA? YES. 
          ANA VASUDEO IS ABSENT, AND ROLAND WILLIAMS. YES. 
          OKAY, PLEASE HOLD WHILE I TALLY. OKAY, THE MOTION PASSES WITH 9 YESES. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. OKAY, WE'RE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY BOARD MEMBER ESPAÑA. 
          CAN I ACTUALLY CHIME IN ONE SECOND? ON THE FIRST MOTION THAT WAS MADE THERE, I WOULD LIKE, UM... MEMBER, SORRY, I'M SORRY, MEMBER DIETER, IF YOU CAN SUBMIT ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU WERE SUGGESTING TO ME IN AN EMAIL SO WE CAN ACCURATELY REFLECT THEM IN THE MINUTES, BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY WORDY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING. 
          YES, I WILL SEND THEM TO YOU. 
          THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED IN WRITING, UM, FROM THE LAST MEETING, BUT I WILL GLADLY RESUBMIT THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MEMBER DIETER, THAT ALSO MEANS THE BOARD, THE FULL BOARD, WILL SEE ALL YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL. SO EVERYBODY WHO ALSO VOTED FOR THAT MOTION, THE BOARD WILL SEE MEMBER DIETER'S RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS LUANA ESPAÑA, AND I'M DIRECTOR OF WARD 4. WARD 4 INCLUDES SAN LEANDRO, ALAMEDA, OAKLAND, UM, UNTIL THE FRUITVALE AREA, UM, AND THE UNINCORPORATED, SO ASHLAND, SAN LORENZO, HAYWARD ACRES, CHERRYLAND. UM, SO I'VE SERVED IN THIS CAPACITY FOR 1 YEAR AND 9 MONTHS, AND TODAY I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PAC, 
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BRUCE HENRY, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR INVITING ME, UH, TO GIVE A WARD 4 UPDATE. SO THE PARK DISTRICT IS DEVELOPING A DISTRICT PLAN TO CREATE A SHARED VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE REGIONAL PARKS THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITY, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, UH, COLLABORATION, AND PARTNERSHIP. AND THERE HAS BEEN ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OVER THE LAST 24 MONTHS, SPECIFICALLY IN WARD 04, UM, THERE HAS BEEN STAKEHOLDER, UM, OUTREACH IN UNDERSERVED, UM, COMMUNITIES. SO THERE HAS BEEN 13 MEETINGS AND EVENTS IN WARD 04, INCLUDING ZOOM AND COMMUNITY TABLING. UM, AND THERE'S ALSO BEEN, UM, COMMUNITY WARD OUTREACH MEETINGS. TWO THAT I PARTICIPATED IN WERE THE SAN LORENZO PARK AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR AND THE ALLEN TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH 46TH ANNUAL HOLISTIC HEALTH FAIR. 
          UM, AND THERE ALSO HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE, UH, CBO-LED EVENTS AND OUTREACH. 
          THE CBOS, UM, HOSTED 9 DISTRICT PLAN OUTREACH EVENTS IN WARD 4 WITH A TOTAL OF 646 PARTICIPANTS. UM, SOME OF THE EVENTS WERE, UH, CYCLE OF CHANGE, UH, BIRD AND BARBECUE COMMUNITY RIDE FROM FRUIT- FRUITVALE BART TO ARROWHEAD MARSH AT THE MLK SHORELINE, UM, GROWING TOGETHER SAN LORENZO HIGH SCHOOL FOCUS, UH, GROUP, AND [INAUDIBLE] CHERRYLAND EGGSTRAVAGANZA IN HAYWARD. SO THE PARK DISTRICT HAS MANY CIVIC PARTNERSHIPS AND A TALENTED GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM THAT IS ENGAGED WITH LEADERSHIP FROM THE LOCAL TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          DISTRICT-WIDE, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A FEW UPDATES. 
          UH, SO FOR GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, THERE'S BEEN 125 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN SECURED FOR THE ACQUISITION, UH, WITH THE PARK DISTRICT COMMITTED TO PROVIDING 20 MILLION FROM VOTER-APPROVED MEASURE WW, UM, AND THE TOTAL ACQUISITION IS 175 MILLION. THE PARK DISTRICT IS HELPING, UM, THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND TO FUNDRAISE THE FINAL 30 MILLION NEEDED FOR ACQUISITION, AND ACQUISITION FUNDS MUST BE SECURED BY DECEMBER 15TH, 2026. UM, EXCITING NEWS, UM, UM, FOR THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL. THE PARK DISTRICT IS ADVOCATING A FEASIBILITY STUDY REGARDING THE DESIGNATION OF THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL AS A NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL TO ENHANCE THE TRAIL'S, UM, VISIBILITY AS A WORLD-CLASS RECREATION. UM, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO ATTRACT NEW VISITORS AND A VERY LARGE SEGMENT OF THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL IS WITHIN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. UM, FOR INCREASING, UM, CAL FIRE'S BUDGET FOR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, UM, THE PARK DISTRICT IS ADVOCATING FOR INCREASED FUNDING IN THE STATE BUDGET THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE FOR IMPORTANT FUEL REDUCTION PROJECTS IN THE REGIONAL PARKS. AND FOR THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, THE PARK DISTRICT CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING FOR THE SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROJECT. AND FOR E-BIKE AND TRAIL SAFETY, THE PARK DISTRICT IS ADVOCATING FOR LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ADDRESS E-BIKE ROAD, UM, SORRY, WOULD ADDRESS E-BIKE CHALLENGES, IMPROVE, UM, OVERALL TRAIL S- SAFETY. SO SPECIFICALLY IN WARD 4, UM, I'D HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO GO TO MANY, UM, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UM, PROGRAM ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS. 
          SO I'VE MET WITH THE MAYORS OF OAKLAND, ALAMEDA, SAN LEANDRO, AND THE ALAMEDA COMMUNITY DISTRICT SUPERVISOR, AND WE HAVE ALSO RESTARTED, UM, THE LIAISON MEETINGS. SO LAST WEEK THERE WAS A LIAISON MEETING, UH, WITH EAST BAY MUD, AND THERE WILL BE A LIAISON MEETING WITH THE CITY OF ALAMEDA IN THE FUTURE. SO, WHETHER I'M PRESENTING IN A MEETING LIKE TODAY, OR DRESSED UP AS A POLLINATOR WITH INTERPRETIVE STAFF FROM THE DOUG SIDEN VISITOR CENTER AT CRAB COVE, I'M ALWAYS IN THE COMMUNITY CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE AND SHARING THE PARK DISTRICT'S MISSION. THESE ARE A FEW OF THE, UM, EVENTS I PARTICIPATED IN SINCE THE SUMMERTIME. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO SOME BRIEF WARD 4 PARK UPDATES. SO THIS IS 
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A VERY POPULAR, UM, TOPIC, UM, IN ALAMEDA. SO THIS IS A CROWN BEACH BATHROOM IMPROVEMENTS. SO THE GRAND STREET, UH, BATHROOM PROJECT PLANS ARE BEING UPDATED BY CONSULTANTS, AND THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO GO OUT TO BID THIS YEAR. 
          FOR THE MCKAY AVENUE UTILITY, UH, RENOVATION PROJECT, UM, ON AUGUST 4TH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZED A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR MCKAY AVENUE UTILITY RENOVATION PROJECT, AND THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A NEW SEWER SYSTEM TO ALLOW THE PARK DISTRICT TO DISPOSE OF SEWAGE DIRECTLY TO THIS, UM, TO THE CITY OF ALAMEDA ON CENTRAL AVENUE, UM, AND THE SEASONAL SAND MOVEMENT AT ALAMEDA BEACH. SO THIS TAKES PLACE ANNUALLY IN THE SPRING AND IS DEPENDENT ON THE TIDAL FLOWS AND PROTECTED, UH, SPECIES NESTING. SO THE COST, UM, OF EQUIPMENT RENTALS AND SAND HAVE STEADILY RISEN, UM, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND OUR STAFF IS LOOKING, UH, FOR WAYS TO REDUCE COSTS, AND THE CITY OF ALAMEDA REIMBURSES A PARK DISTRICT FOR HALF OF THE COST. UM, FOR BEACH SAFETY, UM, I WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW HERE IN THIS ROOM AND EVERYONE WHO IS TUNING IN THAT THE PARK DISTRICT, UM, WE MAINTAIN A VERY CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF ALAMEDA REGARDING POTENTIAL BEACH TAKEOVERS, LARGE GATHERINGS, AND SIMILAR EVENTS IMPACTING, UM, CROWN MEMORIAL STATE BEACH AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. UM, THE PARK DISTRICT POLICE AND THE ALAMEDA POLICE MAINTAIN DIRECT COMMUNICATION TO SHARE INTELLIGENCE, MONITOR PLAN OR EMERGING EVENTS, AND COORDINATE STAFF. 
          AND WHEN AN EVENT IS IDENTIFIED, THE AGENCIES ESTABLISH A COORDINATED RESPONSE, UM, APPROPRIATE TO THE ANTICIPATED SIZE AND CIRCUMSTANCES. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE OUTSIDE COORDINATION, INTERNALLY, UM, THE POLICE, UH, DEPARTMENT AT THE PARK COORDINATES DIRECTLY WITH CROWN BEACH OPERATIONS TO ENSURE THAT OUR STAFF ARE INFORMED OF POTENTIAL EVENTS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PLANS. SO OVERALL, THIS JOINT COORDINATION HAS PROVIDED, UM, A CONSISTENT FRAMEWORK, UM, FOR EARLY INFORMATION SHARING, JOINT PLANNING, AND COORDINATED RESPONSE TO EVENTS. SO AT SO AT, UM, MARTIN LUTHER KING, UH, JR. 
          SHORELINE REGIONAL PARK, UM, OUR SHORELINE CENTER RENOVATION, THE PROJECT'S COMPLETE, AND THIS INCLUDES A BEAUTIFUL NEW DECKING AND ADJACENT PICNIC AREA, AND IT'S VERY CLOSE TO REOPENING, AND WE'RE JUST DOING A LITTLE FINISH UP OF THE INTERNAL UTILITIES. 
          FOR THE TIDEWATER DAY USE, UH, AREA GROUNDBREAKING. I HOPE THAT MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM JOIN US FOR OUR CEREMONY THAT'S TAKING PLACE ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH. AND THIS IS JUST A GREAT NEW PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A NEW 7-ACRE RECREATION AREA ADJACENT TO TIDEWATER BOATING CENTER, WITH SMALL AND LARGE GROUP PICNIC SPACES, A MULTI-USE LAWN, UM, RESTROOM FACILITIES, AND A NATURE PLAY AREA FOR CHILDREN. FOR OYSTER BAY REGIONAL SHORELINE PARK, UM, THE PLANNING FOR NEW ACCESS AND FUTURE PICNIC AREA UPGRADES. 
          SO RIGHT NOW OUR STAFF IS FINALIZING THE DESIGN AND OBTAINING PERMITS FROM ALAMEDA COUNTY, THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, AND THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AND OUR PROJECT BIDDING IS EXPECTED IN LATE 2026 OR EARLY 2027. 
          UM, FOR THE BIKE SKILLS AREA, UM, THE PROJECT IS IN ITS FINAL DE- DESIGN PHASE WITH, UM, 800K APPROVED BY THE BOARD FOR DESIGN AND PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION. UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT DIFFERENT GRANT MONEY. UM, THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO GO TO BID IN LATE 20, UM, 26 OR EARLY 2027. UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS NEEDED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PHASES, UH, FOR THE 15-ACRE BIKE SKILLS AREA. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, UM, BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING, FUNDING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING IT IN PHASES. UM, ALAMEDA POINT. 
          SO, UM, WE ARE CONTINUING, UM, TO MONITOR, UM, THIS, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, 
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HAS CANCELLED, UH, THE VETERAN AFFAIRS PROJECT, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE, UH, WITH THE CITY OF ALAMEDA AND OUR DIFFERENT ELECTED, UH, LEADERS TO DEVELOP A FUTURE REGIONAL PARK AT ALAMEDA POINT. SO WHATEVER YOU HEAR IN THE NEWS, I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED ON THIS PROJECT. AND NOW WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PAC UPDATE. IRENE, COULD YOU STAND UP? RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CELEBRATING AN INSPIRATIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBER. SHE HAS BEEN A PAC MEMBER SINCE 2018. 
          THAT'S 4 TERMS. SHE'S A LONG TIME ALAMEDA COMMUNITY LEADER AND ADVOCATE, AND YOU CAN RUN INTO HER WALKING ALONG CROWN BEACH OR EVEN OVER, UM, GETTING COFFEE. UH, SHE'S A CHAMPION FOR CRAB COVE AND ALAMEDA POINT, AND SHE WAS THE 2014 EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR CITIZEN ADVOCACY, AND SHE'S AN ALAMEDA POST CONTRIBUTOR. 
          IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ALAMEDA AND WITH THE PARK, SHE'S GOT THE HOT SCOOP. UM, SO IRENE, DO YOU HAVE A FEW BRIEF WORDS TO SHARE WITH US? NOT REALLY. I DON'T. JUST, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE NICE TRIBUTE AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR MY SERVICE ON THIS PAC COMMITTEE. 
          WELL, WE WILL SEE YOU AT THE CHRISTMAS PAC MEETING WHERE WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL TO CELEBRATE YOUR SER- YOUR SERVICE TERM. OKAY, THERE ARE MANY UP, UM, UPCOMING EVENTS AND PROGRAMS DISTRICT-WIDE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE ONES, UM, IN, UM, WARD 4. AND ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH IS A TIDEWATER DAY USE AREA GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY. ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH IS A CROWN BEACH DUNE RESTORATION, AND, UM, IN WEDNESDAY, UH, THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21ST THROUGH 25TH, AND OCTOBER 28TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST, IS A CRAB COVE DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS COMMUNITY ALTAR. SO HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE FOR QUESTIONS? SO ARE THERE ANY KIND OF BRIEF QUESTIONS? MEMBER VALENZUELA. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE YOU'VE BEEN SITTING IN THIS SEAT RIGHT HERE. UM, WHAT'S, WHAT, UM, ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE LAST YEAR THAT, THAT YOU'RE MOST PROUD OF? WELL, I'M GONNA S- THERE'S MANY, UM, ACCOMPLISHMENTS I'M PROUD OF, UH, DISTRICT-WIDE, BUT ONE THAT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE TIDEWATER GROUNDBREAKING. AND I'M MOST PROUD OF THIS ONE, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE TALENTED STAFF AND TRAIL PLANNER AND NATURALIST, UM, AND FOUNDATION THAT HELPED BRING THIS PROJECT TO THE FINISH LINE, BUT IT'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP THE SHORELINE TO AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO GIVE DEEP, UH, DEEP EAST OAKLAND AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS, UM, THE SHORELINE, BUT ALSO THERE'S GOING TO BE INCREASED PROGRAMMING THERE IN THE FUTURE, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW THIS PARK IS A GAME CHANGER. 
          THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR ESPAÑA? VICE CHAIR MENDOZA. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, DIRECTOR ESPAÑA. AS THE TIDEWATER SERVICE INITIATIVE NATURALISTS HIRED TO WORK AT TIDEWATER BOATING CENTER, I THINK MAYBE 15 YEARS AGO, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT, UM, COMING TO FRUITION. ALSO THE, UM, RESONANCE THAT'S HAPPENED WITH YOUR WARD IN ALAMEDA, ESPECIALLY HAVING DEPUTY GENERAL- GENERAL MANAGER WOOLDRIDGE HERE, MM-HMM. 
          AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY THERE. UM, ONE EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE RENAMING OF JACKSON PARK TO CHOCHENYO PARK, MM. 
          MAYBE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, AND UM, THE GATHERING OF OHLONE PEOPLES COMING UP ON SUNDAY. 
          UH, WILL YOU BE PRESENT TO ATTEND? IT, I KNOW IT'S NOT, 
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NOT IN YOUR WARD, BUT I KNOW YOU, UM, I- LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT INDIGENOUS HISTORY. 
          UM, I ACTUALLY MET YOU AT THAT EVENT YEARS AGO, UM, AND I WAS ALSO AT THE OPENING OF THE TIDEWATER, UH, CENTER AS AN AMBASSADOR. UM, SO I DO HAVE TIME THIS, UH, SUNDAY TO ATTEND, SO LET'S DEFINITELY TOUCH BASES SO WE CAN BE THERE AT THE SAME TIME. AND THEN I AM VERY EXCITED TO HAVE AMY ON THE TEAM. UM, NOT ONLY DOES SHE HAVE AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE IN PARKS, BUT SHE KNOWS ABOUT THE ALAMEDA ISSUES FIRSTHAND AND WILL BRING SUCH EXPERIENCE, UH, TO ALAMEDA POINT. UM, WE HOPE THAT COMES TO FRUITION ONE DAY, UM, AND TO S- TO SO MANY OTHER, UH, PROJECTS HERE AT THE PARK. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU ALL, AND I DEFINITELY WILL... OH, YES? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY ATTEMPT TO OPEN UP THE BAY TRAIL OUT AT ALAMEDA POINT THROUGH THE, UH, PROPOSED REGIONAL PARK? BECAUSE THAT COULD BE OPENED RIGHT AWAY BEFORE THE REGIONAL PARK EVEN, UH, GETS UNDERWAY. 
          UM, THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY ON THE WORK PLAN. HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN ON MY WISH LIST EACH YEAR, SO I, I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE. 
          UM, I THINK WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO, UM, COMING IN THE FUTURE IS TO OPEN THAT AREA BACK UP FOR TOURS, UM, SOME SPECIFIC TOURS, SO WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF KEEP THIS ON EVERYONE'S RADAR AND WELL INFORMED. 
          BUT YES, THAT WOULD BE A SEASONAL, UH, IF IT WERE TO OPEN A SEASONAL BIKE TRAIL DUE TO THE LEAST TERN COLONY OUT THERE. BUT YES, I'M, I'M VERY AWARE OF THAT, AND IT'S ON MY RADAR. 
          MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED ONLINE FOR QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NO HANDS UP. 
          THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, DIRECTOR ESPAÑA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME TO JOIN US TONIGHT AND FOR PRESENTING TO US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [Informational Items]
THANK YOU. 
          NEXT UP, WE HAVE AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION ON THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE, UH, PAC FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE RECENTLY REVIEWED THIS. I'M GOING TO ASK MEMBER VALENZUELA TO GIVE A REPORT BEFORE WE SEE THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE. 
          YES, THANK YOU. UH, ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, WE HAD A MEETING OF THE PAC FINANCE COMMITTEE. WE REVIEWED THE ACFR REPORT FOR 2025. AMY MEYER, UH, FROM THE, UH, AUDIT COMPANY PRESENTED THE REPORT. 
          WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE FORMAT. SHE DID A, A GREAT JOB OF OUTLINING HOW, WHY, AND HAD, HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE AUDIT, UH, AND, AND WENT STEP BY STEP THROUGH THE WHOLE AUDIT. UH, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD IN OUR COMMITTEE WAS THE, UH, AUDIT TIMING COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS VERY LATE IN THE YEAR. WE, UH, ACTUALLY HAVE THAT AUDIT WAS 2 MONTHS EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          THEIR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO TRYING TO GET TO JUNE, UM, DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF WHY THAT HAPPENED, AND WE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT. 
          ALSO, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE FOUNDATION IS, UH, IN THE AUDIT, HOW IT WAS COVERED, AND THE GOAL OF, UH, COMING UP IN, IN THE, IN THE COMING YEARS TO, UH, SEPARATE IT TOTALLY AND HAVE 2 SEPARATE AUDITS. AND THERE WERE A FEW ERRORS, ONE OF, UM, IN THE AUD- IN THE, UH, AUDIT, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAD IN OUR COMMITTEE WAS, UH, ARE THESE ONGOING ERRORS OR THEY'RE JUST, JUST A ONE-OFF ERROR IN TIMING OR RECORDING? WE ALSO, UM, HAD, UM, A PRESENTATION FROM JONAH NICOLAS ON THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. 
          OUTLINE WAS WELL DONE, LOTS OF, UH, REALLY NICE, UH, GRAPHS, ESPECIALLY WITH GRAPHS THAT SHOWED, UH, PREVIOUS YEARS COMPARED TO 2025. HE WE WE WENT OVER ALL THE THE MAIN PARTS OF THE 2025 BUDGET, AS ESPECIALLY HOW IT COMPARED TO LIKE LIKE LAST YEAR'S WITH WITH ALL THE GRAPHS. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAD WERE, UM, UH, WE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT HOW THE INTEREST INCOME IS, UH, UH, IS RECORDED IN THE BUDGET AND WHERE THAT MONEY GOES TO IN, IN, IN THE COMING YEARS. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE CALPERS, UH, FUNDING AND THE PARS RETIREMENT FUNDING. BOTH REP- BOTH THE REPORTS THAT WE, UH, SAW THAT DAY SHOWED, UH, LOTS OF EFFORT IN THE AUDITING AND THE, UH, THE CLOSEOUT OF THE 2025. WE COMMENDED THE, UH, FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE AUDIT, THE AUDIT COMPANY FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DID ON THE AUDIT, AND WE ALSO COMMENDED THAT, UH, UH, HAVING A, UH, 
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QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY WELL, ALLOWING US TO DISCUSS WW FUNDS, HOW HOW THEY COME IN INTO FOCUS, AND ALSO COMING UP INTO, UH, THE NEW BUDGET ALSO, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AND TO, UH, RELAY ANY CONCERNS THAT THE PAC HAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR FINANCE CHAIR VALENZUELA? OKAY, GIVE US, UH, ONE MOMENT, AND WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF. THERE WE GO. 
          APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE PACK. I GAVE THIS, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, LAST WEEK TO A SMALL SUBSET THE, UH, OF THIS COMMITTEE, THE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE. SO, UM, GO THROUGH THIS FOR THE, FOR THE WHOLE BOARD. UM, MAZE & ASSOCIATES, WHICH IS THE DISTRICT'S EXTERNAL AUDITOR, UH, ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED AUDIT OPINION FOR THE PARK DISTRICT FOR 2025. FOR THOSE THAT, UM, FOLLOW THE AUDIT STANDARDS, AN UNMODIFIED OPINION IS THE HIGHEST OPINION THAT A, UH, ENTITY CAN RECEIVE. SO IT'S BASICALLY SAYING THAT, UM, IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS, THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL POSITION IS CORRECTLY STATED ACCORDING TO THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. 
          OVERALL, THE DISTRICT-WIDE FINANCIAL POSITION, YOU'LL SEE THERE, THIS IS, UH, AT 1.21 BILLION DOLLARS FOR TOTAL NET POSITION, UH, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 84 MILLION DOLLARS. UH, ALSO AN INCREASE OF, UH, CLOSE TO 100 MILLION DOLLARS WAS OUR NET CAPITAL ASSETS, AND OUR UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION, UH, WENT UP 24%, OR 42 MILLION DOLLARS, TO 215 MILLION. UM, WHAT I WOULD POINT OUT HERE IS THIS IS THE OVERALL FINANCIAL POSITION FOR THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST THE GENERAL FUND. 
          UH, IT IS THE CONSOLIDATION OF ALL THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE RESULTS OF THE, OF THE AUDIT. AND THIS HISTORICAL GRAPH SHOWS OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS THE TOTAL NET POSITION OF THE DISTRICT, AGAIN, NOT JUST THE GENERAL FUND, UM, THE TOTAL GOVERNMENT, UH, WIDE FUNDS INCREASING FROM ABOUT 770 MILLION DOLLARS, UM, UP TO THAT 1.2 BILLION DOLLARS THAT WE SHOWED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. AND WHAT DROVE THAT INCREASE, UH, IN THE 2025 NET POSITION? UM, REVENUES WERE, UH, UP, UM, 22.6 MILLION DOLLARS, AGAIN, LARGELY FROM PROPERTY TAXES. 
          UH, THAT IS THE LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT. THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE DOWN APPROXIMATELY 2% UH, YEAR OVER YEAR, WHICH IS REFLECTIVE OF A UM, SAVINGS THAT THE DISTRICT EXPERIENCED IN VACANCIES AND PERSONNEL. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT LEADS TO THE 84.1 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE IN TOTAL NET POSITION FOR THE DISTRICT. AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE UH, GENERAL FUND WITHIN THE PARK DISTRICT. IT'S REALLY THE OPERATING FUNDS OF THE ORGANIZATION WHERE WE HAVE OUR ONGOING OR RECURRING REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. 
          UH, THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE IS TYPICALLY WHAT IS LOOKED TO WHEN, UM, THE HEALTH OF THE ORGANIZATION IS, UH, BEING EVALUATED. UH, HERE YOU'LL SEE THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE AGAIN OVER THAT 10-YEAR HORIZON, UH, GOING DOWN ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN 5 MILLION DOLLARS, UH, IN THE, UH, PAST YEAR IN 2025, BUT STILL VERY HEALTHY AT NEARLY 150. UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL EXPENDITURES VERSUS REVENUES ON A RECURRING BASIS FOR THE DISTRICT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S 30 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE, OR, UM, UH, NOT INCREASE, BUT 30 MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUES IN EXCESS OF THE EXPENDITURES. UH, WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE AND WHAT CAUSED THE FUND BALANCE TO GO DOWN WAS THE PARK DISTRICT DOES TRANSFERS OUT TO FUND VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS, UH, THAT IT HAS. UH, SO ABSENT THOSE, THE PARK DISTRICT, INSTEAD OF A FUND BALANCE DECREASE, WOULD HAVE SEEN A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR. AND THEN ON THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT SIDE, IT REALLY WAS A DEFINING FEATURE, UH, AND CAUSED A LOT OF THE, UM, SHIFTS WITHIN THE, THE OVERALL GOVERNMENTAL NUMBERS. UM, THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, UH, WAS AT 943.2 MILLION DOLLARS 
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IN TOTAL ASSETS, UH, WITH OUR OUTLAYS OF 107.2 MILLION DOLLARS. THAT IS, UM, LARGELY FROM THE BUILDING YOU'LL SEE ACROSS THE STREET, UH, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, UM, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT THE DISTRICT HAD. UH, ALSO OF NOTE, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THE NET PENSION LIABILITY FOR THE DISTRICT, UM, IS AT 112.1 MILLION DOLLARS. THIS DECREASES THE TOTAL NET POSITION, AND IT IS THE DISTRICT'S SHARE OF THE TOTAL CALPERS UNFUNDED LIABILITY. AND THEN FOR THE NET OPEB ASSETS, THIS IS THE DISTRICT'S OWN LIABILITY THAT IT HAS FOR ITS RETIREES, PROVIDES, UM, RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS FOR A NUMBER OF, UM, OLDER, UH, MEMBERS. IT'S A CLOSED SYSTEM, SO THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT, UH, SYSTEM TODAY, BUT WE STILL HAVE THOSE ONGOING OBLIGATIONS, AND, UH, HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE ASSETS WITHIN THAT TRUST, UH, EXCEED THE LIABILITIES BY OVER 25, OR CLOSE TO 25 MILLION DOLLARS. AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS I WOULD POINT OUT, UM, SIMILAR TO THE OPEB TRUST, THE DISTRICT ALSO HAS A CLOSED PENSION PROGRAM FOR SOME OF ITS, UH, FORMER EMPLOYEES. THE DISTRICT STARTED INTO CALPERS, UH, ABOUT 20 PLUS YEARS AGO, BUT THERE ARE A REMNANT OF FORMER EMPLOYEES THAT ARE PARTICIPANTS IN A DISTRICT RUN PLAN. UH, THAT PENSION PLAN YOU'LL SEE THERE, UH, SIMILAR TO THE OPEB PLAN, HAS ASSETS IN EXCESS OF ITS LIABILITIES ABOUT 20 MILLION DOLLARS, AND THEN FOR THE SWORN SAFETY PLAN, 9.6 MILLION DOLLARS. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, THE DISTRICT, IN TERMS OF FINANCING ITS, UH, KNOWN LIABILITIES FOR ITS, UH, YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES CURRENT AND CERTAINLY FORMER EMPLOYER EMPLOYEES, UM, IS CERTAINLY IN A, UH, VERY STRONG POSITION. SO SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS, UH, I'D POINT OUT AGAIN, THE NET POSITION INCREASING, UH, 84.1 MILLION DOLLARS TO GREATER THAN 1.2 BILLION. 
          UH, THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING RESULTS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER THAN THE BUDGET, UH, BEFORE TRANSFERS. AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO THAT 30 MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUES IN EXCESS OF EXPENDITURES. AND THEN OVERALL, JUST THE LONG-TERM POSITION OF THE DISTRICT IS, IS STRONG IN ITS CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND WITH, UH, ITS FUNDING WITHIN ITS CLOSED PENSION AND OPEB PLANS. AND THIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY, AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THEM. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BEFORE GENERAL DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS? AND MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ONLINE WHO HAS A QUESTION? THERE ARE NO HANDS UP ONLINE, AND I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS. 
          OKAY. MEMBER PEOPLES. 
          YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN POINT OUT THAT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THESE KINDS OF POSITIVE, UH, RESULTS SHOWING THAT THE PARK DISTRICT IS REALLY BEING CAREFUL WITH ITS, WITH ITS FUNDS AND, AND REALLY CAREFUL, CAREFUL HOW IT USES THEM, UH, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL, UH, GENERATE CONFIDENCE IN THE PUBLIC, UH, FOR WHAT THE PARK, PARK DISTRICT IS DOING, HELP TO CONTRIBUTE CONFIDENCE. 
          NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND JUST AS A OUTSIDER COMING IN, BEEN HERE 3 MONTHS, UM, HAPPY TO COME INTO AN ORGANIZATION THAT INSPIRES THAT CONFIDENCE WITH THE EXTERNAL AUDITORS COMING IN AND MAKING THAT UNMODIFIED OPINION. 
          MEMBER MAHADEVAN. 
          UM, I, I KNOW WE DID BETTER THAN LAST YEAR, BUT UH, COMING FROM MY BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND HAVING BEEN CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, UM, SEPTEMBER IS A LONG WAYS FROM THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. IS THERE ANY GOAL TO MOVE IT FASTER, OR IS THAT'S, ARE WE GREAT COMPARED TO OTHER PARK DISTRICTS? UH, BECAUSE NORMALLY, FOR EXAMPLE, AN ORGANIZATION HAS DEBT, THE DEBT COVENANT SAYS 120 DAYS THERE'LL BE AN AUDIT DONE, FOR EXAMPLE. SO SEPTEMBER'S LONG WAYS FROM DECEMBER, SO JUST A QUESTION. 
          NO, NO, I, I, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT. UM, I, FUNNY ENOUGH, IN LOOKING BACK, UH, LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE THIS, UH, REPORT ACTUALLY DID COME IN NOVEMBER, SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A, UM, IMPROVEMENT, BUT HONESTLY, JUST AGAIN, COMING IN, I, I WOULD TELL THE, THIS COMMITTEE THAT, UM, FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES CURRENTLY IS IMPLEMENTING A NEW ERP SYSTEM. 
          I'M SURE EVERYONE HERE IS, IS FAMILIAR WITH THAT, AND IT IS TAKING A TREMENDOUS, UM, AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME AWAY FROM A LOT OF THE EVERYDAY, UH, UM, OPERATIONS THAT WE DO AND THE REPORTS THAT WE'RE, 
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WE'RE BRINGING TO THE COMMITTEE. SO NOT, NOT AN EXCUSE, UM, BUT JUST A REASON BEHIND THAT. UH, IT IS CERTAINLY THE, THE GOAL, PARTICULARLY WITH THE ERP COMING INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT FRUITION COMING INTO PLAY IN JANUARY, THAT THE, THE AUDIT WOULD BE, UM, PRESENTED MUCH SOONER IN, IN 2027. MM-HMM. 
          THANK YOU. MEMBER WILLIAMS. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. UM, UH, THE, THE NUMBERS LOOK REALLY GREAT. 
          UM, IN ANY OF THE TESTING THAT WAS PERFORMED, UH, AND ANY RESULTS FROM THAT, DEFICIENCIES, ANY ITEMS OF NOTE, UM, FROM THAT PORTION OF THE AUDIT? YES, THERE, THERE WAS A, UM, A, A HANDFUL OF DEFICIENCIES THAT WERE REPORTED, MOSTLY IN REGARDS TO, UM, SOME INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER COMPLIANCE, UM, JUST SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE MADE IN THAT REGARD. THERE'S, UH, I- I GUESS I JUST POINT ONE OUT IN PARTICULAR AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          THERE'S, UM, SOME PURCHASE ORDER APPROVALS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN ROUTED THAT THE GENERAL MANAGER HAS GIVEN AUTHORITY OR DESIGNATED AUTHORITY FOR MYSELF OR OTHERS TO APPROVE, AND SOME OF THOSE WERE JUST NOT IN WRITING. UH, SO THE AUDITORS DINGED US ON THAT AND JUST SAID, YOU GUYS NEED TO GET THAT STUFF IN WRITING SO THAT, UM, THERE IS THAT, UH, PROVEN AUTHORITY THAT THOSE PURCHASE ORDERS CAN BE APPROVED WITHOUT THE GENERAL MANAGER ACTUALLY SEEING THEM. 
          THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, SO MADAM CLERK HAS ALREADY NOTED THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND SO DOES ANYONE ELSE ONLINE HAVE A DISCUSSION COMMENT? OKAY, NOBODY IN THE ROOM. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          YOU BET. THANK YOU. 
          NEXT UP, INFORMATIONAL REVIEW OF THE SPECIAL INTEREST MONTHS AND OBSERVANCE PROCESS. THANK YOU. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ESPE GREENWOOD. I AM THE VERY NEW COMMUNICATION, UH, DIVISION LEAD FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. UH, TITLE KEEPS CHANGING A LITTLE BIT, AND, UM, THIS IS MY FIRST PAC MEETING, SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE PRESENTING TO ALL OF YOU, AND THE TOPIC IS THE 2027 SPECIAL INTEREST MONTHS AND OBSERVANCE, AND THIS IS WORK THAT THE OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS IS PICKING UP FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY. 
          SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL MY COLLEAGUE JOSE GONZALEZ CAME HERE LAST YEAR AND OUTLINED SOME PLANS, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY BUILD ON THAT WORK. THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM, AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO RE- WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. UM, JUST TO RECAP A LITTLE BIT, IN 2025, JOSE PRESENTED BOTH TO THE PAC AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UM, A NEW PRO- PROCEDURE AND A WAY TO CODIFY THE VARIOUS INFORMATION, SPECIAL INTEREST AND OBSERVANCE MONTHS THAT ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE PARK DISTRICT. THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD, AND THOSE, UH, SPECIAL OB- INTEREST MONTHS AND OBSERVANCES WERE ADOPTED AND IMPLEMENTED, AND WE HAVE BEEN, UM, FOLLOWING THAT CALENDAR IN 2026. TODAY, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT 2027 AND HOW THIS VERY NEW PROCESS CAN WORK EVEN BETTER NEXT YEAR. UM, JUST AS A QUICK REFRESHER, WHAT IS THIS SPECIAL IN- IN- SPECIAL INTEREST MONTH AND OBSERVANCE CALENDAR? IT IS A FORMALLY RECOGNIZED CALENDAR. IT IS BASED ON VERY SPECIFIC PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA ADOPTED BY THE BOARD, AND IT IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE. 
          WE REALIZE THAT THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT SPECIAL INTEREST AND OBSERVANCES OUT THERE, BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE AND HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE BOARD. UH, SO WHAT ARE THESE CRITERIA THAT ARE USED TO RECOGNIZE SPECIAL INTERESTS? UM, THEY MUST BE MISSION ALIGNED, EQUITY FOCUSED, COMMUNITY, THERE MUST BE COMMUNITY RELEVANCE, EDUCATION IMPACT, RESOURCE IMPACT, SUSTAINABILITY, EXISTING OBSERVANCES, AND ALIGNMENT WITH OTHER AGENCIES. SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS ALL RINGING A 
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BELL, AND THIS IS SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO WHAT JOSE PRESENTED LAST YEAR. UM, THIS PROCESS ALSO INCLUDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE A VOICE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO APPROVES THE OBSERVANCE CALENDAR, THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS AND PROPOSES ITEMS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAN GO ONLINE AND SUBMIT REQUESTS, PARK DIVISION STAFF THAT'S CHARGED WITH PROGRAMMING, AND THE GENERAL MANAGER WHO ENSURES THE OBSERVANCE IN THE CALENDARS ARE IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY AND RESOURCED. JOSE DID A VERY THOROUGH JOB. THE OFFICE OF EQUITY DID A VERY GOOD JOB. 
          THEY ALSO HAVE A TIMELINE, WHICH IS OUT HERE, WHICH BRINGS US TO THE CALENDAR. THIS WAS THE OFFICIALLY APPROVED CALENDAR IN 2026, EXCEPT FOR THE PART IN YELLOW, WHICH I WILL GET TO IN A MINUTE, BUT, UM, WE ARE PROPOSING, THIS IS A VERY NEW PROCESS. WE ARE IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTING IT, SO WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE MAINTAIN THE EXISTING 2026 AND JUST MAKE ONE CLARIFICATION, AND I'LL TALK, GET TO THAT IN THE YELLOW IN A MINUTE. UM, FOR REFERENCE, THESE WERE THE SPECIAL OBSERVANCE DAYS, EVENTS, AND WEEKS THAT WERE ALSO FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURE AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN 2026, 2025 FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN 2026. YOU CAN SEE, UM, SOME OF THEM, WE'VE UPDATED THE DATES FOR 2027, BUT NOT ALL HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED. UH, TO GET BACK TO THE CLARIFICATION WE WANT TO MAKE MOVING FORWARD, UM, ON THE OFFICIAL CALENDAR, IT LISTED DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH IN OCTOBER. 
          THIS CAUSED A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION BECAUSE JULY IS DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH, AND, UM, THERE WAS SOME, THERE'S A NEED FOR CLARIFYING IT. SO WE'RE COMING BACK AND PROPOSING THAT FOR 2027, IT IS RECOGNIZED WITH ITS OFFICIAL NAME AS NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS. UM, AND I DO BELIEVE EVERYBODY RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM EDDIE, THANK YOU, EDDIE, ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON THAT JUST BROUGHT BACK THE 8, UM, SPECIAL OBSERVANCES THAT THE PAC PUT FORWARD LAST YEAR. 
          UM, THIS IS A VERY NEW PROCEDURE, SO I THINK, UM, WE'D LIKE TO JUST CHECK IN WITH YOU AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES, ANY CHANGES TO THE LIST THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UM, AND OPEN TO QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. MEMBER SIMMONS. 
          FIRST, THANK YOU. UM, SURE. 
          IS THE, WITH REGARD TO THE CHANGE WITH THE NATIONAL UH, DISABILITY AWARENESS. 
          DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED NATIONALLY? THERE, THERE'S 2 ACTUAL, UH, UH, SPECIAL MONTHS. SO ONE IS EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THE OTHER ONE IS DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH, 2 SEPARATE DISTINCT MONTHS. 
          SO THE DISTRICT IS SORT OF SUGGESTING COMBINING THEM INTO ONE EVENT? NO. 
          THE DISTRICT, THE PROPOSAL IS TO MAINTAIN THE NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH, WHICH IS IN OCTOBER, TO KEEP THE OCTOBER DATE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          SURE. 
          MEMBER DIETER. 
          YES, DID YOU PROVIDE A LIST FOR OUR INPUT FROM THE LAST TIME? ON FRIDAY, I BELIEVE EDDIE SENT OUT AN EMAIL RECAPPING THE, THE 8 THAT WERE, UM, OKAY, INCLUDED LAST BECAUSE I VAGUELY REMEMBER SEEING IT, AND I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE AGENDA AND WHATEVER. 
          THE ONLY THING THAT POPPED OUT TO ME MM-HMM. 
          WAS THAT FOR SOME REASON THE DISTRICT CHOSE TO PICK DAYS FOR SOME ITEMS, WEEKS FOR OTHERS, AND MONTHS FOR OTHERS, AND WITHOUT ANY RATIONALE. AND I THINK IT WOULD ONLY BE FAIR THAT EVERYBODY GETS KIND OF THE SAME EQUAL AMOUNT OF TIME, UM, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO ADD MORE AS TIME GOES ON, RATHER THAN CLAIMING AN ENTIRE MONTH. I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THOSE ARE NATIONAL STUFF. 
          THE, THE, THE 8, UM, MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES ARE FEDERAL AND STATE. 
          BUT WEREN'T THERE SOME IN, BASED ON OUR INPUT THAT WERE FOR A MONTH LONG? LET ME DOUBLE CHECK. THOSE CAN BE ADDED. WE CAN PRESENT THOSE TO THE BOARD, AND IF SELECTED, 
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THEY CAN BE ADDED. GIVE ME A MINUTE. I PRINTED THAT OUT. 
          ON YOUR LIST, I'M GOING TO READ THEM OUT JUST SO EVERYBODY HAS IT. 
          EQUESTRIAN MONTH, MOUNTAIN BIKE MONTH, UH, A WILDLIFE MONTH, INVASIVE SPECIES WEEK, WATERSHED WEEK, INTERNATIONAL DAY, UH, FOR BIOLO- BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, AND BIRDABILITY WEEK. SO WE CAN, YES, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL MONTHS WE CAN, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD, WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE BOARD TO REVIEW. SO OF THOSE 8, MM-HMM. 
          I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE ANY OF THEM OR ADD TO IT OR REMOVE ANY OF THEM? I JUST THINK THEY SHOULD ALL BE EQUAL. 
          THEY SHOULD ALL BE MONTHS? OR E- OR WEEKS. 
          OR WEEKS. 
          YEAH. THAT WAY YOU FREE UP OTHER WEEKS FOR THE DISTRICT TO ALLOW IT TO GROW OR WHATEVER. BUT I THINK EVERYTHING SHOULD JUST BE A WEEK, BECAUSE OTHERWISE I DON'T... 
          PART OF THE REASON WHY WE EVEN SUGGESTED ADDING THEM WAS THAT MOST ITEMS WERE PEOPLE-CENTRIC, AND THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH ITEMS THAT WERE WILDLIFE AND, UM, THE ECOSYSTEM, LIKE THE WATERSHED, AND THAT ONLY GOT A WEEK. AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THE DISTRICT CHOSE TO GIVE A MONTH TO SOME, BUT NOT TO OTHERS. SO I JUST SUGGEST MAKING THEM ALL WEEKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, UM, AND THANK YOU FOR NOTING THAT MOUNTAIN BIKE MONTH WAS ON THE LIST THAT WENT TO THE, TO THE BOARD. UM, AT THE DISCUSSION AT THE BOARD, THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD TO BE REVIEWED BY STAFF, BUT I DON'T FIND ANY RECORD OF THAT COMING BACK FROM STAFF, UM, WITH THE EVALUATION OF ANOTHER 10 OR SO THAT WAS ON, WERE ON THAT LIST. UM, I, I TRADED EMAILS WITH JOSE EARLIER THIS YEAR A COUPLE TIMES ASKING ABOUT THAT, AND THAT LOOP NEVER GOT CLOSED AS TO HOW THAT GOT RESOLVED. MY MEMORY WAS THAT IT WAS ADDED, AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY COMMUNICATION ABOUT THAT. UM, IT, IT, IT HAD BEEN BY RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD IN 2024 AND 2025 FOR A MOUNTAIN BIKE MONTH. 
          I, UM, I REMEMBER THIS WAS LIKE THE FIRST WEEK I STARTED, SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT CLOSING THE LOOP, BUT WE HAD ALWAYS MEANT TO BRING IT BACK HERE FOR REVIEW. UM, THE, AND I'M GOING BACK ON WHAT I'VE LEARNED SO FAR, UM, FOR THE ONE-OFF OBSERVANCES AND RESOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, WE DID CREATE A WEB, UM, A LINK ON THE WEBSITE MM-HMM. 
          WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO IN AND SUBMIT THEIR REQUEST FOR SPECIAL MONTHS. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY, UM, IN SO FAR IN 2026. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VICE CHAIR MENDOZA. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. UH, SHOUT OUT TO THE EQUITY OFFICE FOR THIS IMPORTANT WORK. I THINK THAT OFTENTIMES, UM, RECOGNITIONS LIKE THIS CAN SEEM PERFORMATIVE, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UM, WHAT I'M, UH, TRYING TO MAKE SURE, ENSURE IN THE WORK THAT WE DO IS THAT WE DON'T JUST, YOU KNOW, PUT THE MONTH, THE WEEK, THE THE YEAR, WHATEVER, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE, IT'S AN EMPTY SLOT, OR THERE'S A SCAFFOLDING OF OF, UM, UM, RECOGNITIONS. 
          BUT SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE DISABILITY, UM, AWARENESS MONTH AS OPPOSED TO DISABILITY, UH, PRIDE MONTH, UM, ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT I SAW WAS JUST WHAT, WHAT IS, UM, UH, POPULAR AMONGST THAT SPECIFIC AFFINITY GROUP, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST PULL OUT OF THE AIR BECAUSE OF SOME INTERNET RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE. SO I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, BIRDABILITY, UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE WEEK W- OF, UH, B- BIRDABILITY BEING, UM, VERY IMPORTANT, AS WELL AS DISABLED BIRDERS. I'M A BIRDER MYSELF, CAN YOU TELL? UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, LIKE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL TRAVELING COMPANIONS, IF IF WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE WEEK, THE MONTH, THE DAY WITHOUT ACTUALLY DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, SPECIFICALLY EVENTS AND ALSO, UM, BEHIND THE SCENES WORK WITH YOUTH AND AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND I THINK IT CAN RING HOLLOW. 
          I ALSO WANT TO PUSH BACK ON, UM, MEMBER DIETER'S, UM, CONTENTION A BIT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE EQUITABLE IN THAT. I THINK THAT THERE THERE'S AN INTENT IN THAT TO TO BE EQUITABLE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, DAY, WEEK, MONTH, UM, IT DOESN'T SPEAK, 
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THE THE LENGTH DOESN'T SPEAK TO ITS IMPORTANCE, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. I THINK THAT IT, WE JUST LATCH ON TO THE ONES THAT PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY LATCHED ON TO IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF, UM, THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, UM, UM, WE ARE, UM, NOT JUST, UH, FOLLOWING AS, UM, UH, A FOLLOWER, BUT TAKING THE LEAD IN A LOT OF THOSE KINDS OF EVENTS. 
          MEMBER PEOPLES. 
          YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT DAY, WEEK, MONTH. AND AS I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, THE PROCEDURES IS YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO TIE THIS INTO SOME NATIONAL, BROADER NATIONAL, UH, ORGANIZATION. 
          AND IF, IF THEY HAVE A PARTICULAR, IF IT'S A DAY NATIONALLY IS CELEBRATED ON A DAY, THAT'S WHAT THE PARK DISTRICT USED, AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE THEM ALL MONTHS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UH, SO IT, IT TIES INTO THE, THE BROADER NATIONAL, UH, UH, CELEBRATION, THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT'S, THAT'S THERE. 
          MEMBER DIETER. 
          JUST TO CLARIFY, I WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT WERE BEING ATTACHED TO THE NATIONAL. I UNDERSTOOD THAT. IT'S JUST THAT THE PAC SUGGESTED ADDING A FEW. A FEW TOPICS, AND I SAID THOSE ONES THAT WE ADDED THAT AREN'T INVOLVED WITH ANY NATIONAL THING SHOULD ALL BE EQUAL, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT. 
          MADAM CLERK, DO ANY PAC MEMBERS ONLINE HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NOBODY HAS THEIR HAND UP. 
          OKAY, VERY GOOD. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO MOVING ON, REPORT FROM CHAIR. I THINK EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT THIS BODY ACTUALLY ELECTS A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR EVERY YEAR. THAT WILL HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER, SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THOSE ROLES ACTUALLY ENTAIL, THEN PLEASE CONTACT EITHER FRANCIS OR CONTACT ME, AND WE CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE ROLES ACTUALLY ENTAIL. 
          BUT START THINKING ABOUT THAT IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, IF YOU WANT TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY, MAYBE TALK TO THEM FIRST BEFORE YOU NOMINATE THEM. 
          BUT THINK ABOUT THAT. IN NOVEMBER, WE WILL ELECT OFFICERS, AND THOSE ARE FOR 2-YEAR TERMS. THAT'S IT. 
          SO MOVING ON. WHAT'S THAT? ARE YOU TERMED OUT? I AM. I KNOW, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE ANY MORE THAN... YEAH, NO. TERMED OUT AT THE END, 
          [Announcements]
YES. UH, WITH THAT, YEAH. UH, ANY MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS? MEMBER VALENZUELA. 
          YES, UH, IT WAS NICE TO SEE ON THE LIST OF, UH, MAJOR FUNCTIONS, ALL ABILITIES DAY AT BIG BREAK. IT'S COMING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, 10 A.M. 
          TO 1. I LEFT A BUNCH OF FLYERS UP THERE, AND IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE, IT'S ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. UM, AMAZING PROGRAM, LIKE I SAY EVERY YEAR, UH, TWICE A YEAR. WE, UM, HAD CLOSE TO 2,000 PEOPLE FOR THE, UH, MARCH 1 FOR A 3-HOUR PROGRAM ON A TUESDAY. SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF, UH, PEOPLE THAT WILL COME AND ENJOY THE DAY. UH, IT IS A, UH, FUNCTION THAT IS, UH, HELPED BY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS ONE DAY, BUT IT'S HELPED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT BY EITHER PEOPLE COMING TO WORK OR ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'RE HELPING WITH OR THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT, UH, YEAH, COME OUT AND JOIN THE DAY. IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY, OPEN TO FAMILIES. WE- THERE'S JUST A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT GO ON. 
          YOU CAN LOOK ON THE WEBSITE TO SEE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES. IT'S AN AMAZING DAY. ONE MORE QUICK THING. WE HAVE OUR PHOTO EXHIBIT COMING UP OVER AT BIG BREAK. THIS IS WHAT THE, UH, THE FINISHED PRODUCT LOOKS LIKE. UH, SUSIE, UH, OFTEN ENTERS OUR PHOTO EXHIBIT, AND, UH, THIS IS, YOU DOWNLOAD THE PHOTO THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN IN ONE OF THE EAST BAY PARKS INTO OUR WEBSITE OVER AT BIG BREAK. WE WILL ENLARGE IT TO 8 BY 10, MAT IT. IT'LL BE IN AN EXHIBIT THAT WE HAVE FROM OCTOBER 31ST TO NOVEMBER 8TH, AND THEN YOU GET THE PHOTO BACK AFTER THAT. BUT, UH, IT'S ANOTHER AMAZING PROGRAM. 
          WE LAST, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT HAVE ENTERED PHOTOS AS YOUNG AS 5 OR 6, AND, YOU KNOW, AS, AS OLD AS YOU CAN PRESS A FINGER ON, ON A SHUTTER. SO, UH, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY NICE PROGRAM, AND IT'S AN EXHIBIT, NOT A CONTEST. REALLY NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY'S DIFFERENT EYE WITH THIS, UH, PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR MENDOZA. 
          SO I THANK, UH, MEMBER VALENZUELA FOR ALWAYS HAVING FLYERS AND, UM, THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL. I DON'T HAVE THE FORETHOUGHT TO DO THAT, SO, UH, 
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AS I MENTIONED BEFORE IN THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THEN DURING THE MEETING THAT, UM, THE GATHERING OF OHLONE PEOPLES IS HAPPENING THIS SUNDAY ON OCTOBER 4, UH, USUALLY THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH, UM, OF EVERY YEAR, AND UH, OF OCTOBER OF EVERY YEAR IS WHAT I MEANT TO SAY. AND UM, YEAH, I'D LOVE FOR, FOR EVERYBODY TO GO AND, AND CELEBRATE THE, THE RICH HISTORY AND THE CURRENT WORK THAT MANY UH, OHLONE PEOPLE ARE DOING TO THIS DAY. UM, IT'S ALSO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY COMING UP ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, AND ON THE LIST I SEE THAT IT'S A TYPO FOR OCTOBER 11. 
          UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT FOR FUTURE, UH, PRESENTATIONS. AND, AND LASTLY, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU ALL FOR, UM, JUST THE RECOGNITION OF THE LAND THAT WE'RE ON AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE UPLIFT, UH, NATIVE VOICES. UM, APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. MEMBER BARTLEBAUGH. 
          ON, UH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, UH, BICYCLE TRAILS COUNCIL OF THE EAST BAY, BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL, AND EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT WILL BE PARTNERING OUT AT CROCKETT HILLS, UH, FOR THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL DAY OF SERVICE. 
          UM, SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD, UH, DAY OF SERVICE OUT THERE LAST YEAR WITH OVER 55 VOLUNTEERS, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD FOR A TRAIL WORK DAY. IT'S NOWHERE NEAR AN ALL ABILITIES DAY TURNOUT, BUT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, A GOOD DAY OUT THERE, AND SIGNUPS ARE MANAGED ON THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL WEBSITE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. 
          THANK YOU. MEMBER OBRINGER. 
          THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THIS GROUP, UM, THE WHEELS OF GOVERNMENT CREAK ALONG, BUT THEY DO EVENTUALLY MOVE FORWARD POSITIVELY IN MANY CASES. YOU MIGHT RECALL I MISSED OUR MAY 26TH MEETING BECAUSE I WAS AT THE CONCORD CITY COUNCIL MEETING APPROVING A PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WITH THE NAVY AND BROOKFIELD, THE MASTER DEVELOPER FOR THE FORMER CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION. NOW, AT THAT TIME, WE THOUGHT THE NAVY WAS GOING TO SIGN THEIR OWN PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT SOON AFTER. 
          UH, ACTUALLY, THEY JUST SIGNED IT LAST THURSDAY. SO, BUT WHY IS THIS A BIG DEAL? WELL, IT IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE THIS IS THE FURTHEST WE HAVE EVER GOTTEN WITH THIS PROJECT, AND BY THE NAVY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, IT PROVIDES THE BUSINESS CERTAINTY THAT, THAT BROOKFIELD NEEDS AS THE MASTER DEVELOPER TO INVEST IN THE SPECIFIC PLAN. AND SO THAT IS NOW HAPPENING, AND UM, AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY MEETINGS BEGINNING IN JANUARY AROUND ALL OF THE HOT TOPICS. 
          UH, TRAFFIC SEEMS TO BE THE BIG ONE, UH, TRANSPORTATION FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE. UM, BUT AGAIN, IT JUST COMES BACK TO PEOPLE ARE NOT EXCITED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY. BUT THE PIECE THAT THEY KEEP ASKING FOR, THEY KEEP SAYING, WELL, CAN YOU JUST LEAVE IT OPEN SPACE? CAN YOU JUST LEAVE IT OPEN SPACE? THE ANSWER IS NO. 
          THAT'S UP TO THE NAVY. THEY WANT THEIR MONEY, AND IT HAS TO BE REDEVELOPED EITHER WITH THE CITY OF CONCORD IN CONTROL OR THE NAVY IN CONTROL, AND I'D RATHER HAVE THE CITY OF CONCORD USING A COMMUNITY-INFORMED, UM, AREA PLAN. 
          BUT WHY IS THIS RELEVANT TO THIS GROUP? WELL, I THINK THAT AS TIME GOES ON, YOU KNOW, THE FASTER THAT WE CAN GET AT LEAST THE SOUTH OF BAILEY ROAD PORTION OF THE THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK, HOME OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50, OPEN, THE BETTER, BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL SHOW THE COMMUNITY, THE GREATER COMMUNITY, NOT JUST CONCORD, BUT FOLKS IN EAST COUNTY, PITTSBURGH, OAKLEY, BRENTWOOD, ANTIOCH, THAT THERE IS SOME ADVANTAGE TO, UM, HAVING, YOU KNOW, THIS PROPERTY TURNED OVER, AND AND AND THERE WILL BE SOME PUBLIC BENEFITS. SO I, UM, I AM GOING TO BE TERMED OUT, UH, SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE WITH YOU BEGINNING IN JANUARY, SADLY, ON THE PAC, BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYONE BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG OPPORTUNITY, AND AGAIN, THE PARK DISTRICT, I THINK, IS THE PIECE THAT EVERYBODY CAN AGREE IS A POSITIVE COMPONENT OF THIS REDEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, UH, THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2026 IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 5:54 P.M. THE NEXT REGULAR PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, 2026 AT 4 P.M. THANK YOU, AND GOOD NIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.