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Yeah, I just

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and happy new year. I would like to call

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the board of directors meeting for the

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Vander Valley Open Space Authority to

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order. It's January 8th, 2020 minutes.

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» Director Tank

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>> here.

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» here.

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>> Director Matthews

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» Director Matthews

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>> here.

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» here.

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>> Director Chapman

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» Director Chapman

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>> here.

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» here.

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>> Director Sutherland

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» Director Sutherland

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>> here. Director Dominguez

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» here. Director Dominguez

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>> here.

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» here.

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>> Director Gil. Yes, I'm good.

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» Director Gil. Yes, I'm good.

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>> Okay, excellent. This portion of the

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» Okay, excellent. This portion of the

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meeting is reserved for persons desiring

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to address the board on any matter not

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on the agenda. Speakers are limited to

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three minutes. Do we have anyone either

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via Zoom or in person

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strangely?

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All righty then. We'll then move on to

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the approval of the December 11th

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meeting minutes.

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>> Move to approve.

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» Move to approve.

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>> I'll second.

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» Uh, Director Kent,

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>> yes.

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» yes.

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>> Director Matthews,

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» Director Matthews,

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>> yes. Director Chapman,

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» yes. Director Chapman,

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>> yes.

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» yes.

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>> Director Sutherland, yes. Director

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» Director Sutherland, yes. Director

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Dominguez, yes. Director Gil,

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>> yes.

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» yes.

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>> That motion pass unison. Great.

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» That motion pass unison. Great.

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All right. Now we'll move on to the

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approval of the consent items. There are

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two items from consent. Does anybody

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wish to pull any items from the consent

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calendar?

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Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion.

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I'll [clears throat] move approval for

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the consent calendar.

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Second.

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Okay. Okay. So, we have a motion from

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Director Matthews with a second by

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Director Dominguez.

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>> Director Kennet,

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» Director Kennet,

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>> yes.

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» yes.

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>> Director Matthews,

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» Director Matthews,

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>> yes.

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» yes.

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>> Director Chapman,

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» Director Chapman,

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>> yes.

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» yes.

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>> Director Sutherland,

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» Director Sutherland,

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>> yes. Director Dominguez,

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» yes. Director Dominguez,

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>> yes.

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» yes.

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>> Director Gail,

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» Director Gail,

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>> yes.

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>> That passes unanimously. We are moving

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» That passes unanimously. We are moving

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right along.

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And the next item, business,

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is to be approved a resolution

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recognizing district 5 director Vicki

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Alexander for her years of service to

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the Santa Clair Valley Open Space

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>> Mark, are you going to lead us offer?

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» Mark, are you going to lead us offer?

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>> Good evening, directors. Mark Landraph,

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» Good evening, directors. Mark Landraph,

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assistant general manager. I invite the

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hen baton to our general manager.

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>> Sorry, I pulled rank on Mark tonight. I

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» Sorry, I pulled rank on Mark tonight. I

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>> [laughter]

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» [laughter]

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>> I wanted to be able to do this. Good

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» I wanted to be able to do this. Good

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evening, directors. Um, it's my honor

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this evening to bring before you a

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resolution of the governing board of the

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Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority

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recognizing District 5 Director Vicky

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Alexander for her years of service to

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the Santa Clara Valley Open Space

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Authority.

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Whereas Vicky Alexander was appointed to

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the Santa Clara Valley Open Space

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Authority Citizens Advisory Committee by

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the board of directors as its district 5

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representative on August 22nd, 2019

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and was elected CAC chairperson in 2021

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and 2022.

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district 5 position on the open space

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authority board of directors on February

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24th, 2022 and was elected vice

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chairperson in 2023, 2024, and 2025.

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And whereas Vicki submitted her

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resignation announcement on December

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4th, 2025, indicating her impending

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resignation for the board of directors

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effective midnight on December 11th,

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2025.

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Whereas Vicki taught fourth grade

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classes at Linhaven Elementary School in

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the Campbell Union High School District

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and also provided English as a second

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language instruction through

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Metropolitan Adult Education in San

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And whereas Vicki served in leadership

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roles at her family business in Santa

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Clara for over 27 years.

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And whereas Vicki has served as a member

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of the board of directors for the League

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of Women Voters for over five years and

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has led or co-led multiple initiatives

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related to climate and local governance

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within that capacity.

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colleagues on the board as a leveling

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force in that after listening to others

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on a given topic, she typically provided

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a few well-chosen words that brought

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other thoughts and opinions together.

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And whereas Vicki was considered to be

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thoughtful and articulate especially

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when dealing with sensitive you issues.

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Whereas Vicki could be relied upon to be

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wellprepared and knowledgeable

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discussed in a board meeting or at all

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board meetings for that matter

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especially while serving as vice

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chairperson. And whereas Vicki was a

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strong proponent of those aspects of the

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authorities's mission that relate to the

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support of agriculture and the

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enhancement of biodiversity

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and consistently expressed support for

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the AY's urban grant program.

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And whereas Vicki has been dedicated in

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her enjoyment of open space and trails,

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inspiring others to follow in her

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footsteps.

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understanding of the importance of

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maintaining solid intergovernmental

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relationships and would appear at

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numerous off-site agency events, being

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very active in welcoming guest speakers,

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including partner agency staff and any

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elected officials and their

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representatives.

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Whereas Vicki served as a role model to

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others through her steady support and

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informed comments during board meetings.

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Now therefore, be it resolved that the

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Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority

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Board of Directors honors the service of

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Director Vicky Alexander to the Open

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Space Authority and its constituents.

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Passed, approved, and adopted on January

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8th, 2026.

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And Madame Chair, I'd like to turn it

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back over to the board for your

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discussion. And then we have a

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presentation to uh Director Alexander.

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Thank you, Andrew.

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>> I will go first, Vicki. It's been an

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» I will go first, Vicki. It's been an

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absolute honor and privilege to work

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with you, you know, as chair and vice

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chair. I think we we made a really good

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team. I will miss you solidly. We had a

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lot of good conversations. We had to

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navigate a lot of difficult things

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together. Um, I will miss your steadfast

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support of the agency, especially in

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close session. We were very principled

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and very a calm guiding voice. Sometimes

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you know we would get emotional and we

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would did you think about this

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that that is so appreciative and I I

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said I cannot

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stress enough how I will miss you and I

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look hopeful that you will um continue

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the work in other areas. You know keep

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in touch with us. Thank you. Thank you

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from the bottom of my heart. Um

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» actually I specially come today for for

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definitely I was sick. I informed the

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clerk uh I think two days ago I'm not

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attending this meeting. uh but this

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morning I feel much better and then I

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realized that oh our dear friend

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director Alexander has the last board

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meeting and I should has to be go and

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visha that's why I'm here

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as we know that director Alexander with

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us almost last four years on the board

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and during that time she did a fantastic

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job to achieve many important milestone

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to bring the agency to the next level of

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its progress.

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Thank you Vicki

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for your dedications

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and your leaderships on the board. Your

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passion really made a big difference and

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we miss you

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and I personally wishing you a

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[clears throat] great success and

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fulfill on your next endeavor. Good

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luck. God bless you and keep

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[clears throat] in touch with us. Thank

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you.

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» Doing good,

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>> Vicki. Thank you so much for your years

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» Vicki. Thank you so much for your years

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of service and leadership. And even

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though we worked together for a short

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time, um it definitely stood out that

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your your steadfast

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approach to how we handle situations and

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your calmness and more importantly your

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passion to the mission of this

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organization is really what helped us

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all work together collaboratively as a

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group. Um and it just made a real

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difference in how we all show up. So, we

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appreciate you and I'm thankful for the

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short time that we had to work together.

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I appreciate your guidance and your

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mentorship and I wish you the best and I

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hope that I could call on you anytime in

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the future if I need some support.

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» Director Matthews.

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>> Yes. Well, I'm really glad that our

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» Yes. Well, I'm really glad that our

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paths crossed however briefly. However,

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um what's great about Santa Clara County

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in general is that all of our paths are

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crossing all the time. I just learned

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that you taught ESL for Metropolitan,

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which I also did. So, I don't remember

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you exactly, probably different times,

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but there's another example of our paths

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crossing. I'm sure you're going to

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continue on your own individual path and

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do good things for the community. And um

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thank you for your service.

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and director Kenn.

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» Well, the part of uh you being the

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leveling force that was mentioned is uh

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really the truth and I appreciate you

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being that person on our board and it's

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funny that you took us through the

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pandemic and I kind of first remember

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really meeting you in person after you

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know we were able to get back. So,

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>> um I'm I'm glad you were here. I'm glad

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» um I'm I'm glad you were here. I'm glad

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you're uh moving forward to something

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um in your life that uh looking forward

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to [clears throat]

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despite uh I don't know if you feel

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guilty yet about leaving this

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in our time of need but I wish you well

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and uh good luck

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>> director

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» director

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thank you Vicki I think I've known you

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longer than almost anyone here because

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we met on the CAC.

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I remember when you came to the CAC,

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what you say about Vicki being a very

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leveling force is so true. Um, your work

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on the CAC was so important. It was so

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great to get to know you there and then

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I was so delighted

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and a little bit sad when you were going

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through the board. like a but but the

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CAC learned from you. I know you do

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great work on the board and the board

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has obviously learned from you. Your

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impact on this organization is going to

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be deep because you've gone through so

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many different steps. Um I know that

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you're going to continue to shine and do

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great things wherever you go. And I know

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that there's somebody out there who's

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probably really little who's going to

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really benefit from from you and all

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your love and and all your your love and

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calmness and and great sense of value.

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So, thank you so much for sharing your

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time with us and um knowing you're going

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to go on and do great things. Thank you.

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» That we'll bring it back to staff.

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Thank you, Madam Chair. Well, I think a

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lot of things have been said about you,

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Vicki, but I first of all, I just want

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to say thank you for your support of me

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uh and staff. Always so respectful and

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just very fruitful conversations we've

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had. I was always so impressed when we

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had our one-on- ons. You always had deep

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questions for me. you knew what was

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happening in the community, what was

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happening around the state and you

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brought that awareness to our business

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and in really thoughtful questions that

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you would ask.

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I also was so impressed with how well

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prepared you always are and especially

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in close session uh the thoughtful

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questions you would you would have and

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you were somebody said here a leveling

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force around the table to get us to yes

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or to no as the case might be. And last

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but not least, I have really enjoyed

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getting to know you as a fellow hiker

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and open space lover. Um the only thing

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is um you continue to show me up.

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[laughter] You

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you are out there like nobody's business

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hiking the trails and visiting wild

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places all over the country and the

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world and it's really impressive. Um, so

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stay in touch, keep telling us where the

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best places are and um, we'll be just

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down the trail trying to catch up with

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you. Thanks.

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» Yeah, Vicki, it's been such a pleasure

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working with you both on the CP um, and

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on the board. uh like you know has been

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said uh you've been such a a steady

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force and provided really strong

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leadership and will I will always

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appreciate that and I I learned a lot

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from from you over those years. Um

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you've also been such a great listener.

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So um not everybody is such a good

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listener and and like was um put in the

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resolution, you know, you have a really

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good way of bringing people's thoughts

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together and coalesing them. Um I I

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think that helped bring a lot of unity

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and uh cohesiveness to to the group. So

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just really appreciate having gotten to

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know you and uh and do hope you stay in

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touch with us.

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» Hi Vicki, I also want to thank you for

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your service and uh like Mark, I really

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appreciate working with you um while you

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were on the CAC as well as uh while you

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were on the board. Um, so many great

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things have been said. I hate to repeat

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them. Um, but your your calmness, your

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graciousness,

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um, being able to take in information,

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uh, be very rational about it, ask great

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questions. Um, again, it's clear you

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were so well informed and committed and

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just really appreciate your dedication

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to the mission, to staff, um, and just

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helping move the agency forward. uh wish

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you the best of luck uh in what you uh

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what you do after this and I know it

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must be wonderful because it was clear

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that you enjoyed your time here so it

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must be really great. Enjoy.

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» Director Alexander Vicki um want to just

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uh shout out to all your accomplishments

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and supporting staff on all of our

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public access projects in particular

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over the last few years and and one to

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come very soon. um you played an

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instrumental role in shaping those both

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on the CAC and on the board and so you

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can always look back and hike those

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trails and and think of your time here

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at OSA.

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» Thank you for thank you for your

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service. One thing I'll share is that I

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became a board member of a small

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nonprofit about four years ago and um I

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don't know if I'm very good at it, but

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you know seeing folks like you excel as

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board members and just contribute to the

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organization really does all you know us

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uh upand cominging folk uh you know

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learn from people who can really um do

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it and so you know good board members

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are really hard to find and and we'll

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definitely miss you. Thank you.

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Uh,

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hi Vicki. Feels weird to say that. Uh,

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[laughter] I really, uh, our most

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regular interaction was probably at the

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administration and budget committee

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meeting over these last handful of

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years. we were in our vice chair role

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and those were always such exciting

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meetings which might not sound like

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plausible but part of that was again

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that just very honest and legitimate

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curiosity that you would bring to the

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topics that staff is bringing to you and

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to the board. So I appreciate so greatly

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uh how you helped us frame and shape

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things like our governance principles

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and our uh processes around budget and

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recruiting or finding new CAC members

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and all sorts of those things. So

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appreciate kind of the curiosity that

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you brought to those kind of mundane

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sounding processes to people who aren't

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in the room. Thank you. We'll miss you

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Caroline or Ivy. Anything you'd like to

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would be

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>> Mickey. Sure.

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» Mickey. Sure.

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>> Hello. Um

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» Hello. Um

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yeah, it was it's been wonderful. Um I

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think uh both of our tenurs started at

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the same time um right before the

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pandemic. So um you know it was it's

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nice to have helped facilitate your

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growth uh with the agency as well. And

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I've always enjoyed our conversations

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about hiking and our trips. And I'm I'm

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uh I aspire to uh have the gumption to

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travel and to do like the really amazing

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traveling that that you do um that you

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set aside time for and I'm I'm I'm

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always in awe of that. So um hopefully

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uh you know we'll keep in touch and I

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can continue to hear about your your

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great travels

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>> and yours too.

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» and yours too.

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>> [laughter]

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» And while she's doing that, do we have

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any anyone of them that must be the

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public?

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» Director Alexander, we have two things

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we'd like to present to you. The board

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from the board and staff tonight.

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Sure.

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First of all, we have the official

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resolution that was read into the

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record. And I want to thank Mark

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Landraph uh who uh does such a wonderful

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job in putting these together and staff

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as well in in admin for uh putting this

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together and making it look so good. So

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from up to you.

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>> Thank you.

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» Thank you.

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>> Yeah.

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And then um we really had a hard time

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deciding what photo to give um Director

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Alexander, but this particular one is of

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00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:37,599
a a lovely property that the Open Space

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Authority has protected. Um we have um

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guided tours there for the public. It's

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not yet a full-fledged open space

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preserve, but this is Diablo Foothills

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in South County, and anytime you'd like

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to go and explore there some,

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>> I would love to.

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» I would love to.

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>> We'd be happy to take you there. [gasps]

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» We'd be happy to take you there. [gasps]

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So, um, Madam Chair, I thought maybe,

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um, Director Alexander could take a

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picture with the board members. And

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>> I was hoping you would say, "Okay." Yes.

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» I was hoping you would say, "Okay." Yes.

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[clears throat]

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>> All right.

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» All right.

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>> I'm wearing my uniform.

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» Okay. So,

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>> maybe up behind there. So, yeah.

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00:52:46,480 --> 00:53:13,349
There you go. There we go.

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There's a greater problem.

525
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:41,349
>> Yes.

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00:53:41,359 --> 00:53:57,990
Madam chair, I like to move.

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00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,559
Okay. We have a motion to approve the

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resolution recognizing district 5

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00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:04,160
director Vicky Alexander for her years

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of service the San Valley open space

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authority

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by director Kenn with a second by

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director Gil

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roll.

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>> Director Kenn.

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» Director Kenn.

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00:54:13,839 --> 00:54:14,390
>> Yes.

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00:54:14,390 --> 00:54:14,400
» Yes.

539
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:15,349
>> Director Matthews.

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» Director Matthews.

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>> Yes.

542
00:54:15,750 --> 00:54:15,760
» Yes.

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00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:16,870
>> Director Chapman.

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» Director Chapman.

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00:54:16,880 --> 00:54:17,270
>> Yes.

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00:54:17,270 --> 00:54:17,280
» Yes.

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>> Director Sutherland.

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» Director Sutherland.

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>> Yes.

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00:54:18,950 --> 00:54:18,960
» Yes.

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00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:20,069
>> Director Dominguez.

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00:54:20,069 --> 00:54:20,079
» Director Dominguez.

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00:54:20,079 --> 00:54:20,549
>> Yes.

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00:54:20,549 --> 00:54:20,559
» Yes.

555
00:54:20,559 --> 00:54:21,349
>> Director Gil.

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00:54:21,349 --> 00:54:21,359
» Director Gil.

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00:54:21,359 --> 00:54:24,710
>> Yes.

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» Congratulations and best luck.

559
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:36,559
Thank you. Thank you all. I look forward

560
00:54:36,559 --> 00:54:38,480
to all the great things that are going

561
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:48,470
to be happening in the future.

562
00:54:48,480 --> 00:54:51,670
» Okay.

563
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:54,640
You're now on to electing board

564
00:54:54,640 --> 00:54:56,160
officers, chairperson and vice

565
00:54:56,160 --> 00:54:59,520
chairperson for 2026

566
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:01,599
where

567
00:55:01,599 --> 00:55:07,349
three years I get some pass. [laughter]

568
00:55:07,359 --> 00:55:08,720
» Uh Caroline, did you want to do

569
00:55:08,720 --> 00:55:09,359
presentation first?

570
00:55:09,359 --> 00:55:11,349
>> Yes, really quick. Um just to go through

571
00:55:11,349 --> 00:55:11,359
» Yes, really quick. Um just to go through

572
00:55:11,359 --> 00:55:13,119
a couple of things and to kind of uh

573
00:55:13,119 --> 00:55:15,119
help uh describe the process that we'll

574
00:55:15,119 --> 00:55:17,520
take to to make the nominations and to

575
00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:19,599
vote.

576
00:55:19,599 --> 00:55:22,480
Uh so uh pursuant to public resources

577
00:55:22,480 --> 00:55:27,040
code 35130 and section 2.10 of the board

578
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:28,800
operating rules and procedures adopted

579
00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:30,720
by the board the board of directors

580
00:55:30,720 --> 00:55:32,960
shall elect a new board off new board

581
00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:35,280
officers at the first regular meeting in

582
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:37,680
January of each year and the term of

583
00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:40,400
each office is for one year and the

584
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:42,400
responsibilities of each officer chair

585
00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:44,960
and vice chair are outlined in the staff

586
00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:47,440
report.

587
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:50,160
Um the following officers have served

588
00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:52,240
over the past four years. So as uh

589
00:55:52,240 --> 00:55:55,680
director Chapman has mentioned uh um

590
00:55:55,680 --> 00:55:58,319
well starting in 22 uh our chairperson

591
00:55:58,319 --> 00:56:01,200
was Dr. Gil and our vice chairperson was

592
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:04,240
director Chapman and then subsequently

593
00:56:04,240 --> 00:56:06,000
it has been director Chapman and

594
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:09,750
director Alexander.

595
00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:12,960
Um so the first step we'll do each vote

596
00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:15,680
for the officer respectively one at a

597
00:56:15,680 --> 00:56:18,240
time. Um so we'll start with the

598
00:56:18,240 --> 00:56:20,960
election of the chair and once we have

599
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:24,640
uh a vote for um for chairperson then

600
00:56:24,640 --> 00:56:28,000
that uh person will take over the the

601
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:31,359
position immediately and that uh the new

602
00:56:31,359 --> 00:56:33,359
chair will preside over the election of

603
00:56:33,359 --> 00:56:37,040
the vice chair. So step one uh we'll

604
00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:40,240
open the floor to nominations and uh

605
00:56:40,240 --> 00:56:42,400
there can be up to three nominations on

606
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:46,400
the floor at one time. Uh the chair will

607
00:56:46,400 --> 00:56:48,079
close the floor to nominations once we

608
00:56:48,079 --> 00:56:50,160
have all of them and then you can take

609
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:52,720
public comments. Um the next step will

610
00:56:52,720 --> 00:56:56,400
be to vote uh starting with the last

611
00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:58,559
nomination received first per

612
00:56:58,559 --> 00:57:00,880
Rosenberg's rules of orders and then the

613
00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:03,599
final step uh whomever gets uh four

614
00:57:03,599 --> 00:57:07,839
votes will then be uh elected chair.

615
00:57:07,839 --> 00:57:10,789
>> Okay. Thank you. Before I do that, I

616
00:57:10,789 --> 00:57:10,799
» Okay. Thank you. Before I do that, I

617
00:57:10,799 --> 00:57:12,480
just wanted to say the last three years

618
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:14,240
have been an extreme honor and privilege

619
00:57:14,240 --> 00:57:16,400
to serve as the chair. I've enjoyed it

620
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:19,599
very much. Um, but it is time to

621
00:57:19,599 --> 00:57:21,920
relinquish the gavl onto somebody else.

622
00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:25,599
And I I I what I think is very exciting

623
00:57:25,599 --> 00:57:28,000
about this agency is when I took on vice

624
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:29,680
chair, I had only been with the agency I

625
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:31,839
think I'd only been position for a year.

626
00:57:31,839 --> 00:57:34,079
So I think it's it's wonderful to rotate

627
00:57:34,079 --> 00:57:36,480
the positions and to give leadership

628
00:57:36,480 --> 00:57:38,079
experiences to all the board members

629
00:57:38,079 --> 00:57:39,280
because I think it's a really good

630
00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:40,720
learning experience and a good way to

631
00:57:40,720 --> 00:57:42,240
know kind of the ins and out what's

632
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:44,799
going on with the agency. So thank you

633
00:57:44,799 --> 00:57:46,720
for for allowing me to serve for three

634
00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:49,760
years. So with that I'm going to make a

635
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:51,280
motion or I'm going to make a nomination

636
00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:53,440
to nominate Director Sutherland as

637
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:56,240
position chair.

638
00:57:56,240 --> 00:57:59,510
>> I'll second that.

639
00:57:59,510 --> 00:57:59,520
» I'll second that.

640
00:57:59,520 --> 00:58:05,990
>> Do we have any other nominations? Any

641
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:09,270
other nominations

642
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:11,440
going once?

643
00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:15,120
Okay, we will close the nominations.

644
00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:17,349
[laughter]

645
00:58:17,359 --> 00:58:20,319
All right. So, we have a motion and a

646
00:58:20,319 --> 00:58:25,359
second to uh elect Director Sin as the

647
00:58:25,359 --> 00:58:27,440
next chair.

648
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:30,150
>> And there are no uh no public no public.

649
00:58:30,150 --> 00:58:30,160
» And there are no uh no public no public.

650
00:58:30,160 --> 00:58:33,270
Okay.

651
00:58:33,280 --> 00:58:37,589
You ready?

652
00:58:37,599 --> 00:58:45,270
You want it?

653
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:49,520
» He's not She's not leaving the room now.

654
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:51,030
>> Okay.

655
00:58:51,030 --> 00:58:51,040
» Okay.

656
00:58:51,040 --> 00:58:54,319
All right. Let's call roll.

657
00:58:54,319 --> 00:58:55,109
>> Director Ken,

658
00:58:55,109 --> 00:58:55,119
» Director Ken,

659
00:58:55,119 --> 00:58:55,589
>> yes.

660
00:58:55,589 --> 00:58:55,599
» yes.

661
00:58:55,599 --> 00:58:56,630
>> Director Matthews,

662
00:58:56,630 --> 00:58:56,640
» Director Matthews,

663
00:58:56,640 --> 00:58:57,030
>> yes.

664
00:58:57,030 --> 00:58:57,040
» yes.

665
00:58:57,040 --> 00:58:58,069
>> Director Chapman,

666
00:58:58,069 --> 00:58:58,079
» Director Chapman,

667
00:58:58,079 --> 00:58:58,549
>> yes.

668
00:58:58,549 --> 00:58:58,559
» yes.

669
00:58:58,559 --> 00:58:59,589
>> Director Sutherland,

670
00:58:59,589 --> 00:58:59,599
» Director Sutherland,

671
00:58:59,599 --> 00:59:01,190
>> yes. Director Dominguez.

672
00:59:01,190 --> 00:59:01,200
» yes. Director Dominguez.

673
00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:01,589
>> Yes.

674
00:59:01,589 --> 00:59:01,599
» Yes.

675
00:59:01,599 --> 00:59:02,549
>> Director G.

676
00:59:02,549 --> 00:59:02,559
» Director G.

677
00:59:02,559 --> 00:59:03,670
>> Yes.

678
00:59:03,670 --> 00:59:03,680
» Yes.

679
00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:05,109
>> All right. That motion passes

680
00:59:05,109 --> 00:59:05,119
» All right. That motion passes

681
00:59:05,119 --> 00:59:09,920
unanimously and so I will now pass over.

682
00:59:09,920 --> 00:59:14,870
>> Thank you.

683
00:59:14,880 --> 00:59:18,079
» And just Helen and I have known each

684
00:59:18,079 --> 00:59:19,760
other

685
00:59:19,760 --> 00:59:20,160
years.

686
00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:22,870
>> Our children were very young. We first

687
00:59:22,870 --> 00:59:22,880
» Our children were very young. We first

688
00:59:22,880 --> 00:59:24,640
met when she was trying to put a

689
00:59:24,640 --> 00:59:28,240
playground in behind the rose garden

690
00:59:28,240 --> 00:59:30,480
library and her children were small

691
00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:33,040
enough to play on a playground. So

692
00:59:33,040 --> 00:59:35,680
Helen, it's been years that you and I

693
00:59:35,680 --> 00:59:36,960
have been working together and playing

694
00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:39,280
outside and I appreciate your

695
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:41,359
nomination. And to my fellow board

696
00:59:41,359 --> 00:59:43,119
members, thank you very much for your

697
00:59:43,119 --> 00:59:50,950
support. Look forward to this.

698
00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:54,681
And then I do have the cheat sheet.

699
00:59:54,681 --> 00:59:56,240
[clears throat]

700
00:59:56,240 --> 00:59:58,549
>> That's a standing up.

701
00:59:58,549 --> 00:59:58,559
» That's a standing up.

702
00:59:58,559 --> 01:00:02,230
>> Um, and so now we need we need to I want

703
01:00:02,230 --> 01:00:02,240
» Um, and so now we need we need to I want

704
01:00:02,240 --> 01:00:04,079
to open

705
01:00:04,079 --> 01:00:07,599
nominations for

706
01:00:07,599 --> 01:00:10,480
uh accept nominations for vice chair.

707
01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:14,480
And do we have a nomination?

708
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:17,750
>> I'd like to nominate uh director Gil.

709
01:00:17,750 --> 01:00:17,760
» I'd like to nominate uh director Gil.

710
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:20,630
>> Thank you. And does this require a

711
01:00:20,630 --> 01:00:20,640
» Thank you. And does this require a

712
01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:23,520
second?

713
01:00:23,520 --> 01:00:24,710
>> It does not, madam chair.

714
01:00:24,710 --> 01:00:24,720
» It does not, madam chair.

715
01:00:24,720 --> 01:00:27,430
>> It does not. Okay.

716
01:00:27,430 --> 01:00:27,440
» It does not. Okay.

717
01:00:27,440 --> 01:00:29,599
Um, are there any other nominations for

718
01:00:29,599 --> 01:00:31,680
vice chair? Yes. I'd like to nominate

719
01:00:31,680 --> 01:00:33,760
Director Dominguez.

720
01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:35,920
Thank you.

721
01:00:35,920 --> 01:00:37,920
Um,

722
01:00:37,920 --> 01:00:41,440
and so it doesn't require a second. We

723
01:00:41,440 --> 01:00:43,520
now need to move to the next step. Or

724
01:00:43,520 --> 01:00:45,119
are there any other nominations? We can

725
01:00:45,119 --> 01:00:49,349
take up to three.

726
01:00:49,359 --> 01:00:51,839
going once, going twice.

727
01:00:51,839 --> 01:00:54,559
Okay, I'd like to close nominations for

728
01:00:54,559 --> 01:00:59,200
the vice chair. Um, and then

729
01:00:59,200 --> 01:01:04,950
Carolyn, can you lead us through the

730
01:01:04,960 --> 01:01:07,359
» Yes. Oh, thank you. Yes. Let me catch up

731
01:01:07,359 --> 01:01:10,000
because I'm typing these out. Okay. Give

732
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:13,670
me one second.

733
01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:17,190
Let's

734
01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:35,109
see.

735
01:01:35,119 --> 01:01:39,920
Okay. Uh so we will vote so uh we will

736
01:01:39,920 --> 01:01:42,240
vote the last nomination that was

737
01:01:42,240 --> 01:01:45,040
received first. So we will vote on

738
01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:47,200
director Chapman nominating director

739
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:49,200
Dominguez to be vice chairperson for the

740
01:01:49,200 --> 01:02:00,390
board of directors for 2026.

741
01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:02,799
» Excuse me. through the chair. Um, clerk

742
01:02:02,799 --> 01:02:04,480
of the board, could I ask councel and

743
01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:07,839
you um there's been a motion made to

744
01:02:07,839 --> 01:02:09,920
advance the vice chair position for

745
01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:11,440
director Dominguez. Correct.

746
01:02:11,440 --> 01:02:12,870
>> Does there need to be a second or is

747
01:02:12,870 --> 01:02:12,880
» Does there need to be a second or is

748
01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:14,720
there just a

749
01:02:14,720 --> 01:02:15,589
>> you just

750
01:02:15,589 --> 01:02:15,599
» you just

751
01:02:15,599 --> 01:02:28,549
>> Okay. Thank you.

752
01:02:28,559 --> 01:02:30,240
» Okay. All

753
01:02:30,240 --> 01:02:33,119
right, I'm ready. So, the uh motion on

754
01:02:33,119 --> 01:02:36,480
the floor uh is for Director Chapman uh

755
01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:38,319
nominating Director Dominguez to be vice

756
01:02:38,319 --> 01:02:40,480
chairperson for board of directors for

757
01:02:40,480 --> 01:02:43,440
2026.

758
01:02:43,440 --> 01:02:45,680
Um, Director Kennet,

759
01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:47,109
>> no.

760
01:02:47,109 --> 01:02:47,119
» no.

761
01:02:47,119 --> 01:02:48,309
>> Director Matthews,

762
01:02:48,309 --> 01:02:48,319
» Director Matthews,

763
01:02:48,319 --> 01:02:49,190
>> yes.

764
01:02:49,190 --> 01:02:49,200
» yes.

765
01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:50,630
>> Director Chapman,

766
01:02:50,630 --> 01:02:50,640
» Director Chapman,

767
01:02:50,640 --> 01:02:51,190
>> yes.

768
01:02:51,190 --> 01:02:51,200
» yes.

769
01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:53,589
>> Director Sutherland, yes. Director

770
01:02:53,589 --> 01:02:53,599
» Director Sutherland, yes. Director

771
01:02:53,599 --> 01:02:54,559
Dominguez,

772
01:02:54,559 --> 01:02:55,349
>> yes.

773
01:02:55,349 --> 01:02:55,359
» yes.

774
01:02:55,359 --> 01:02:57,670
>> Director Gil,

775
01:02:57,670 --> 01:02:57,680
» Director Gil,

776
01:02:57,680 --> 01:03:02,309
>> no.

777
01:03:02,319 --> 01:03:04,480
The motion passes. So, uh, director

778
01:03:04,480 --> 01:03:18,549
Dominguez is

779
01:03:18,559 --> 01:03:21,520
» Thank you. Thank you. Um, and then I

780
01:03:21,520 --> 01:03:24,240
guess we move on now to new business

781
01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:27,520
item number three, which is receive a

782
01:03:27,520 --> 01:03:30,000
presentation on the American Badger

783
01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:32,160
Corridor modeling in the open space

784
01:03:32,160 --> 01:03:34,400
authorities jurisdiction. And I hope

785
01:03:34,400 --> 01:03:36,319
that you all got to watch the video

786
01:03:36,319 --> 01:03:44,390
because it's really fun.

787
01:03:44,400 --> 01:03:46,559
» Thanks.

788
01:03:46,559 --> 01:03:48,799
Good evening, board of directors and

789
01:03:48,799 --> 01:03:50,079
staff.

790
01:03:50,079 --> 01:03:52,640
My name is Lillian Amarol. I'm the GIS

791
01:03:52,640 --> 01:03:54,160
technician here at the Open Space

792
01:03:54,160 --> 01:03:56,319
Authority. I'm very excited to be here

793
01:03:56,319 --> 01:03:57,680
tonight to share with you all the

794
01:03:57,680 --> 01:03:59,280
project I've been working on since

795
01:03:59,280 --> 01:04:02,240
joining OSA and to highlight the work

796
01:04:02,240 --> 01:04:03,680
that we've been a part of for the

797
01:04:03,680 --> 01:04:05,920
conservation of American Badgers and

798
01:04:05,920 --> 01:04:07,680
wildlife connectivity throughout our

799
01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:09,760
region.

800
01:04:09,760 --> 01:04:11,440
There will be no action needed from the

801
01:04:11,440 --> 01:04:13,039
board tonight. The purpose of our time

802
01:04:13,039 --> 01:04:14,960
is to receive a presentation on the

803
01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:16,640
American Badger Corridor Modeling

804
01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:19,520
Project. I'll start by describing OSA's

805
01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:22,160
commitment to grassland conservation and

806
01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:24,319
tell you about the wildlife corridor

807
01:04:24,319 --> 01:04:26,559
modeling itself, how we collaborated

808
01:04:26,559 --> 01:04:29,359
with post on the project and how the

809
01:04:29,359 --> 01:04:31,520
data produced from this project will be

810
01:04:31,520 --> 01:04:35,599
used to inform management planning.

811
01:04:35,599 --> 01:04:37,760
So the open space authority is a part of

812
01:04:37,760 --> 01:04:39,680
the Santa Cruz Mountain Stewardship

813
01:04:39,680 --> 01:04:43,039
Network and the stewardship network

814
01:04:43,039 --> 01:04:45,680
formed a wildlife working group that

815
01:04:45,680 --> 01:04:47,839
ultimately decided to select American

816
01:04:47,839 --> 01:04:50,160
badgers to help guide the network's

817
01:04:50,160 --> 01:04:52,559
conservation goals of enhancing

818
01:04:52,559 --> 01:04:55,039
grassland habitat connectivity and

819
01:04:55,039 --> 01:04:56,720
grassland stewardship throughout the

820
01:04:56,720 --> 01:04:58,400
region.

821
01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:00,799
And the interest in uh selecting

822
01:05:00,799 --> 01:05:02,640
American badgers as a species of

823
01:05:02,640 --> 01:05:04,400
interest really comes from the status

824
01:05:04,400 --> 01:05:06,960
that we observe today. They're listed as

825
01:05:06,960 --> 01:05:09,680
a uh species of special concern by the

826
01:05:09,680 --> 01:05:11,119
California Department of Fish and

827
01:05:11,119 --> 01:05:16,480
Wildlife. And um this comes from

828
01:05:16,480 --> 01:05:19,280
their the fact that badgers and their

829
01:05:19,280 --> 01:05:21,680
habitats are quite adverse to the

830
01:05:21,680 --> 01:05:23,599
effects of development and human

831
01:05:23,599 --> 01:05:26,079
disturbance on the land landscape. And

832
01:05:26,079 --> 01:05:28,240
the reason being they are quite wide

833
01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:31,359
ranging mammals. So they require uh

834
01:05:31,359 --> 01:05:34,000
large swaths of connected grassland

835
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:37,119
habitat in order to roam and fulfill uh

836
01:05:37,119 --> 01:05:39,280
find the resources that are essential to

837
01:05:39,280 --> 01:05:44,480
them. So, um, historically they their

838
01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:46,160
population numbers have declined

839
01:05:46,160 --> 01:05:50,240
throughout the state and, um,

840
01:05:50,240 --> 01:05:53,280
and there's been a statewide initiative

841
01:05:53,280 --> 01:05:56,079
to learn more about badgers and better

842
01:05:56,079 --> 01:05:59,359
understand their movement patterns and,

843
01:05:59,359 --> 01:06:01,680
uh, how the population is doing on a

844
01:06:01,680 --> 01:06:04,160
statewide basis. So following the

845
01:06:04,160 --> 01:06:06,000
interest in learning more about badgers,

846
01:06:06,000 --> 01:06:08,240
there's been uh sufficient data that has

847
01:06:08,240 --> 01:06:10,079
come out of these efforts that are now

848
01:06:10,079 --> 01:06:11,760
being used to drive conservation

849
01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:14,799
measures and specifically here in our

850
01:06:14,799 --> 01:06:17,760
region. Uh badgers are proposed for

851
01:06:17,760 --> 01:06:20,559
listing under the coming amendment to

852
01:06:20,559 --> 01:06:24,000
the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan. So

853
01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:26,400
throughout the habitat plan permit area,

854
01:06:26,400 --> 01:06:29,039
this listing would enhance the level of

855
01:06:29,039 --> 01:06:32,160
protection that badgers receive. Um,

856
01:06:32,160 --> 01:06:33,920
which is important because the

857
01:06:33,920 --> 01:06:35,359
California Department of Fish and

858
01:06:35,359 --> 01:06:37,599
Wildlife species of special concern

859
01:06:37,599 --> 01:06:41,039
listing is quite limited in terms of the

860
01:06:41,039 --> 01:06:43,119
uh what sort of protection it provides

861
01:06:43,119 --> 01:06:47,280
for badgers. So under the habitat plan

862
01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:49,119
uh they would receive enhanced

863
01:06:49,119 --> 01:06:51,680
protection while allowing for the future

864
01:06:51,680 --> 01:06:55,119
devel development um in this in this

865
01:06:55,119 --> 01:06:57,760
particular region

866
01:06:57,760 --> 01:07:00,000
and to look at the types of data that

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01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:02,240
are being produced and leveraged to

868
01:07:02,240 --> 01:07:04,880
inform management planning. I would like

869
01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:06,960
to highlight the project that I got to

870
01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:09,680
work on as a GIS intern with Mid

871
01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:12,480
Peninsula Regional Open Space District.

872
01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:17,200
Um, Midpen published data in 2024 of

873
01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:19,359
their computer model that they produced

874
01:07:19,359 --> 01:07:22,640
that identifies likely movement pathways

875
01:07:22,640 --> 01:07:25,760
for American badgers between patches of

876
01:07:25,760 --> 01:07:28,720
grassland habitat found throughout Mid

877
01:07:28,720 --> 01:07:33,440
Pen's uh jurisdiction and beyond. So the

878
01:07:33,440 --> 01:07:35,839
corridor model identified movement

879
01:07:35,839 --> 01:07:37,359
pathways

880
01:07:37,359 --> 01:07:39,599
uh between grassland through their core

881
01:07:39,599 --> 01:07:42,960
preserves but also identified linkages

882
01:07:42,960 --> 01:07:45,440
that extend down the Pacific coast to

883
01:07:45,440 --> 01:07:47,599
the badger population found in Santa

884
01:07:47,599 --> 01:07:51,200
Cruz. And then the modeling efforts also

885
01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:56,000
identified a a linkage to across the

886
01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:58,079
Santa Cruz Mountains and into Santa

887
01:07:58,079 --> 01:08:02,000
Clair County. And the modeling efforts

888
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:04,799
identified Coyote Valley as a likely

889
01:08:04,799 --> 01:08:07,440
movement pathway for American Badgers.

890
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:09,440
And so I was brought on to the Open

891
01:08:09,440 --> 01:08:11,359
Space Authority to continue these

892
01:08:11,359 --> 01:08:14,559
modeling efforts and extend the model

893
01:08:14,559 --> 01:08:16,640
across open space authorities

894
01:08:16,640 --> 01:08:19,199
jurisdiction in the interest of better

895
01:08:19,199 --> 01:08:21,920
understanding just how badgers might be

896
01:08:21,920 --> 01:08:27,430
moving across the landscape. Um,

897
01:08:27,440 --> 01:08:31,040
so to learn a little bit about badgers,

898
01:08:31,040 --> 01:08:33,279
uh, I'll tell you that they are small to

899
01:08:33,279 --> 01:08:36,000
medium-sized mammals and everything

900
01:08:36,000 --> 01:08:38,480
about them has evolved to allow them to

901
01:08:38,480 --> 01:08:41,359
become expert diggers and digging is a

902
01:08:41,359 --> 01:08:43,920
very essential adaptation for their life

903
01:08:43,920 --> 01:08:48,159
cycle. Um, they use digging to build out

904
01:08:48,159 --> 01:08:51,120
the dens that they rest and mate in. And

905
01:08:51,120 --> 01:08:54,000
they also rely on digging to excavate

906
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:56,480
their prey from the ground. They prey on

907
01:08:56,480 --> 01:09:00,080
mostly um burrowing rodents like gophers

908
01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:02,799
and ground squirrels, but badgers are

909
01:09:02,799 --> 01:09:05,839
extremely preydriven and as they move

910
01:09:05,839 --> 01:09:07,679
across the landscape, you could call

911
01:09:07,679 --> 01:09:10,319
them opportunistic omnivores because

912
01:09:10,319 --> 01:09:13,120
they'll eat mostly anything. So if they

913
01:09:13,120 --> 01:09:15,920
encounter insects, birds, bird eggs,

914
01:09:15,920 --> 01:09:18,239
reptiles, and amphibians, those are fair

915
01:09:18,239 --> 01:09:20,799
game as well. One of my favorite parts

916
01:09:20,799 --> 01:09:23,600
of this project was um collaborating

917
01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:26,000
with the communications team and we

918
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:28,239
produced the Badger banter video that

919
01:09:28,239 --> 01:09:32,000
you just uh mentioned. Um, yeah. So,

920
01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:34,799
being able to talk with or consult with

921
01:09:34,799 --> 01:09:37,920
Badger biologists and experts is really

922
01:09:37,920 --> 01:09:40,400
critical to these types of computer

923
01:09:40,400 --> 01:09:43,520
modeling and wildlife corridor modeling

924
01:09:43,520 --> 01:09:46,000
efforts because you could only create a

925
01:09:46,000 --> 01:09:47,759
computer model based on what you know

926
01:09:47,759 --> 01:09:50,000
about the species. So, I'll leave it to

927
01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:52,799
Dr. Jesse Quinn to describe to you the

928
01:09:52,799 --> 01:09:55,679
ways in which badgers provide ecosystem

929
01:09:55,679 --> 01:09:57,760
services to a variety of wildlife

930
01:09:57,760 --> 01:09:59,760
throughout our region in grassland

931
01:09:59,760 --> 01:10:02,239
ecosystems.

932
01:10:02,239 --> 01:10:03,830
>> Don't think of the grassland ecosystem

933
01:10:03,830 --> 01:10:03,840
» Don't think of the grassland ecosystem

934
01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:06,560
in California very much. But where we do

935
01:10:06,560 --> 01:10:09,120
think of that grassland system is on the

936
01:10:09,120 --> 01:10:10,719
great plains and we kind of have a mini

937
01:10:10,719 --> 01:10:13,040
version of that in California. But their

938
01:10:13,040 --> 01:10:15,520
burrows provide habitat for other

939
01:10:15,520 --> 01:10:19,199
species. So for weasels, burrowing owls,

940
01:10:19,199 --> 01:10:20,880
our buring owls are one of the main

941
01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:23,040
species that will reoccupy a badger

942
01:10:23,040 --> 01:10:25,360
burrow. Down cell kit fox, the

943
01:10:25,360 --> 01:10:27,360
Sanwalking kit fox will use badger

944
01:10:27,360 --> 01:10:31,360
burrows. So uh they do provide habitat

945
01:10:31,360 --> 01:10:34,400
for animals that live in burrows but

946
01:10:34,400 --> 01:10:37,199
don't necessarily dig their own burrows.

947
01:10:37,199 --> 01:10:39,840
And then they also serve as kind of a

948
01:10:39,840 --> 01:10:41,520
control for some of those rodent

949
01:10:41,520 --> 01:10:44,480
populations, California ground squirrels

950
01:10:44,480 --> 01:10:48,080
and gophers. moles uh where they occur

951
01:10:48,080 --> 01:10:50,320
and then they also because of the

952
01:10:50,320 --> 01:10:52,320
turning over the soil that's another

953
01:10:52,320 --> 01:10:54,800
kind of benefit that they provide to the

954
01:10:54,800 --> 01:10:57,679
ecosystem is providing this fresh soil

955
01:10:57,679 --> 01:11:00,560
for new plants to colonize

956
01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:02,709
>> I brought in this badger pelt for your

957
01:11:02,709 --> 01:11:02,719
» I brought in this badger pelt for your

958
01:11:02,719 --> 01:11:05,920
reference I'll pass it along the table

959
01:11:05,920 --> 01:11:12,709
here

960
01:11:12,719 --> 01:11:15,280
» so yeah as Dr. Jesse Quinn explained

961
01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:17,920
they really provide an ecosystem service

962
01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:20,960
to a variety of wildlife in grassland

963
01:11:20,960 --> 01:11:24,719
landscapes. And by selecting American

964
01:11:24,719 --> 01:11:27,520
badgers as just one of our many focal

965
01:11:27,520 --> 01:11:33,440
species, um we at OSA, we are hoping to

966
01:11:33,440 --> 01:11:35,600
incorporate what we know and what we

967
01:11:35,600 --> 01:11:37,760
learn about these species as we focus on

968
01:11:37,760 --> 01:11:41,440
them and um take into account their

969
01:11:41,440 --> 01:11:44,560
considerations when informing uh

970
01:11:44,560 --> 01:11:47,360
planning through CVA camp. So the aspect

971
01:11:47,360 --> 01:11:49,600
of CV camp that I'm getting at here is

972
01:11:49,600 --> 01:11:52,480
the enhancement of wildlife habitat and

973
01:11:52,480 --> 01:11:54,800
ecological connectivity.

974
01:11:54,800 --> 01:11:57,840
And this is critical to focus on here in

975
01:11:57,840 --> 01:12:00,560
Coyote Valley because uh the landscape

976
01:12:00,560 --> 01:12:02,960
as we know it today has some pretty

977
01:12:02,960 --> 01:12:04,800
significant barriers to wildlife

978
01:12:04,800 --> 01:12:07,679
movement. And those barriers are the US

979
01:12:07,679 --> 01:12:11,360
Route 101, Monterey Road, and the Union

980
01:12:11,360 --> 01:12:14,800
Pacific Rail Line. So by using

981
01:12:14,800 --> 01:12:17,280
geospatial analysis to produce a

982
01:12:17,280 --> 01:12:21,520
computer model that predicts um likely

983
01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:23,679
movement pathways for badgers across

984
01:12:23,679 --> 01:12:26,400
this region while also taking into

985
01:12:26,400 --> 01:12:29,120
account these barriers that impede their

986
01:12:29,120 --> 01:12:33,600
movement. we can hopefully or we seek to

987
01:12:33,600 --> 01:12:36,640
identify um the most critically

988
01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:38,640
important areas on the landscape that

989
01:12:38,640 --> 01:12:41,120
are helping to facilitate the successful

990
01:12:41,120 --> 01:12:44,400
movement. And the main point of this is

991
01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:47,199
to maintain maintain the genetic

992
01:12:47,199 --> 01:12:49,120
diversity that we see in badger

993
01:12:49,120 --> 01:12:52,159
populations and help facilitate the

994
01:12:52,159 --> 01:12:54,560
exchange of genetic material from the

995
01:12:54,560 --> 01:12:56,320
Santa Cruz Mountain population of

996
01:12:56,320 --> 01:12:58,719
badgers with the Diablo Range population

997
01:12:58,719 --> 01:13:01,840
of badgers. theoretically.

998
01:13:01,840 --> 01:13:04,560
And so there are a couple approaches uh

999
01:13:04,560 --> 01:13:07,440
that are out there to studying wildlife

1000
01:13:07,440 --> 01:13:12,880
movement. And one is by collaring the

1001
01:13:12,880 --> 01:13:15,120
species that you're hoping to track uh

1002
01:13:15,120 --> 01:13:18,640
with a GPS collar. And you can use that

1003
01:13:18,640 --> 01:13:21,280
data to produce a map like this where

1004
01:13:21,280 --> 01:13:24,080
I'm displaying uh bobcat telemetry

1005
01:13:24,080 --> 01:13:27,040
tracking um that reveals critical

1006
01:13:27,040 --> 01:13:29,440
movement corridors in Coyote Valley for

1007
01:13:29,440 --> 01:13:32,560
bobcats. However, badgers are quite

1008
01:13:32,560 --> 01:13:36,239
unique because of their adaptation to uh

1009
01:13:36,239 --> 01:13:38,159
dig underground. Their skin is very

1010
01:13:38,159 --> 01:13:40,719
loose to help them not get stuck

1011
01:13:40,719 --> 01:13:43,040
underground. Um and so this makes

1012
01:13:43,040 --> 01:13:46,159
coloring them uh difficult.

1013
01:13:46,159 --> 01:13:48,159
So the open space authority has taken

1014
01:13:48,159 --> 01:13:51,280
another approach where we are using

1015
01:13:51,280 --> 01:13:54,080
computer models to predict where the

1016
01:13:54,080 --> 01:13:56,640
wildlife are likely to be in this case

1017
01:13:56,640 --> 01:13:58,719
where badgers are likely to be moving

1018
01:13:58,719 --> 01:14:01,360
and again these models are completely

1019
01:14:01,360 --> 01:14:03,679
informed by applied science and expert

1020
01:14:03,679 --> 01:14:06,000
opinion.

1021
01:14:06,000 --> 01:14:08,960
So to start uh a project like this, we

1022
01:14:08,960 --> 01:14:12,640
had to compile a comprehensive data set

1023
01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:15,040
of badger occurrences throughout our

1024
01:14:15,040 --> 01:14:18,560
region. Um and we use this data to help

1025
01:14:18,560 --> 01:14:22,239
us inform questions that are critical to

1026
01:14:22,239 --> 01:14:24,239
ask when you're creating something

1027
01:14:24,239 --> 01:14:27,520
called a habitat suitability analysis.

1028
01:14:27,520 --> 01:14:30,239
Um, we used what we know about where we

1029
01:14:30,239 --> 01:14:32,480
find badgers in our region to answer

1030
01:14:32,480 --> 01:14:34,719
questions like, "What things on the

1031
01:14:34,719 --> 01:14:36,719
landscape do badgers care about? What

1032
01:14:36,719 --> 01:14:39,040
don't they care about?" And you roll it

1033
01:14:39,040 --> 01:14:42,560
all up into a model that reveals highly

1034
01:14:42,560 --> 01:14:46,400
suitable and and uh fairly unsuitable or

1035
01:14:46,400 --> 01:14:49,120
low suitability habitat types across our

1036
01:14:49,120 --> 01:14:50,719
region.

1037
01:14:50,719 --> 01:14:54,560
And when you take um the results of all

1038
01:14:54,560 --> 01:14:56,960
this modeling and sort of simplify it

1039
01:14:56,960 --> 01:15:00,800
down to just that core badger habitat

1040
01:15:00,800 --> 01:15:04,080
um it reveals an [clears throat] image

1041
01:15:04,080 --> 01:15:06,960
like on the screen. Uh so the the

1042
01:15:06,960 --> 01:15:09,360
habitat suitability modeling revealed

1043
01:15:09,360 --> 01:15:11,760
that there is lots of grassland and

1044
01:15:11,760 --> 01:15:13,920
badger habitat throughout the Diablo

1045
01:15:13,920 --> 01:15:17,280
range for them to utilize. However, west

1046
01:15:17,280 --> 01:15:19,440
across the valley in the Santa Cruz

1047
01:15:19,440 --> 01:15:22,080
Mountains, there is fairly limited

1048
01:15:22,080 --> 01:15:25,120
habitat for badgers to utilize. And in

1049
01:15:25,120 --> 01:15:26,880
the regions where there is habitat

1050
01:15:26,880 --> 01:15:30,080
patchiness, um the vegetation types that

1051
01:15:30,080 --> 01:15:32,480
you'll find there are mostly forested

1052
01:15:32,480 --> 01:15:35,280
and shrub communities. And as I

1053
01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:38,719
mentioned, badgers are very prey driven.

1054
01:15:38,719 --> 01:15:40,560
So the movements they make across the

1055
01:15:40,560 --> 01:15:42,239
landscape are driven by where they're

1056
01:15:42,239 --> 01:15:43,760
going to find their next meal. and

1057
01:15:43,760 --> 01:15:45,920
burrowing rodits just typically aren't

1058
01:15:45,920 --> 01:15:49,280
found in in the uh forested and shrub

1059
01:15:49,280 --> 01:15:51,040
communities that badgers just aren't

1060
01:15:51,040 --> 01:15:54,000
likely to move through for that reason.

1061
01:15:54,000 --> 01:15:57,199
So um after

1062
01:15:57,199 --> 01:15:59,679
the efforts to figure out where in our

1063
01:15:59,679 --> 01:16:02,800
jurisdiction is there a good quality

1064
01:16:02,800 --> 01:16:07,600
badger habitat, we use these results to

1065
01:16:07,600 --> 01:16:10,800
produce a wildlife corridor model that

1066
01:16:10,800 --> 01:16:13,360
predicts badger movement across our

1067
01:16:13,360 --> 01:16:14,960
jurisdiction.

1068
01:16:14,960 --> 01:16:19,440
And the um the modeling efforts reveal

1069
01:16:19,440 --> 01:16:23,120
that there is quite extensive uh

1070
01:16:23,120 --> 01:16:25,040
connectivity for badger movement

1071
01:16:25,040 --> 01:16:28,239
throughout the Diablo range in in the

1072
01:16:28,239 --> 01:16:31,520
eastern part of our study area. uh again

1073
01:16:31,520 --> 01:16:33,520
because there is abundant uh connected

1074
01:16:33,520 --> 01:16:36,880
badger habitat and conversely on the

1075
01:16:36,880 --> 01:16:38,560
other side of the valley in the Santa

1076
01:16:38,560 --> 01:16:43,280
Cruz Mountains um we see those corridors

1077
01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:45,840
become very narrow and thin and

1078
01:16:45,840 --> 01:16:47,840
constrained to the already limited

1079
01:16:47,840 --> 01:16:50,640
grassland habitat that's there and on

1080
01:16:50,640 --> 01:16:53,840
this regional level it produced uh cross

1081
01:16:53,840 --> 01:16:56,560
valley connections from the east to west

1082
01:16:56,560 --> 01:16:59,679
that um identifies many roads and

1083
01:16:59,679 --> 01:17:02,640
overcrossing things that

1084
01:17:02,640 --> 01:17:04,239
are likely movement pathways for

1085
01:17:04,239 --> 01:17:06,960
badgers, but it's not easily

1086
01:17:06,960 --> 01:17:08,960
uh modeled on this regional scale. So,

1087
01:17:08,960 --> 01:17:11,280
in a couple minutes, I'll highlight our

1088
01:17:11,280 --> 01:17:13,920
efforts to zoom in on Coyote Valley and

1089
01:17:13,920 --> 01:17:16,080
model movement [clears throat] across

1090
01:17:16,080 --> 01:17:19,360
across the valley there. But to look at

1091
01:17:19,360 --> 01:17:23,440
the Santa Cruz Mountains uh corridor,

1092
01:17:23,440 --> 01:17:26,400
um we're seeing limited pathways because

1093
01:17:26,400 --> 01:17:28,880
of that densely forested and shrub

1094
01:17:28,880 --> 01:17:32,480
communities. And here in uh here in this

1095
01:17:32,480 --> 01:17:35,120
region, for example, Little Uvisas Creek

1096
01:17:35,120 --> 01:17:37,360
Preserve is identified as a likely

1097
01:17:37,360 --> 01:17:41,040
movement pathway. And um the image that

1098
01:17:41,040 --> 01:17:43,120
you see here is of Little Uvisis Creek

1099
01:17:43,120 --> 01:17:46,159
Preserve. And it just demonstrates that

1100
01:17:46,159 --> 01:17:48,960
transition zone between badger habitat

1101
01:17:48,960 --> 01:17:52,880
and less uh less compatible habitat for

1102
01:17:52,880 --> 01:17:55,520
badger and their prey. Um this is what

1103
01:17:55,520 --> 01:17:57,199
much of the Santa Cruz Mountains look

1104
01:17:57,199 --> 01:18:00,560
like. So these thin constrained

1105
01:18:00,560 --> 01:18:02,480
corridors really communicate that

1106
01:18:02,480 --> 01:18:05,840
there's relatively poor connection for

1107
01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:08,159
uh to reach the Badger population and

1108
01:18:08,159 --> 01:18:14,070
the rest of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

1109
01:18:14,080 --> 01:18:18,400
And so to go sort of on the fine scale,

1110
01:18:18,400 --> 01:18:22,000
we wanted to start thinking about how

1111
01:18:22,000 --> 01:18:24,719
badgers encounter the valley and the

1112
01:18:24,719 --> 01:18:26,960
many um

1113
01:18:26,960 --> 01:18:29,040
barriers that they face while crossing

1114
01:18:29,040 --> 01:18:33,280
the valley and roads are a big one. Our

1115
01:18:33,280 --> 01:18:37,280
occurrence data revealed 53 out of 163

1116
01:18:37,280 --> 01:18:39,840
total records are made up of badger

1117
01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:42,080
roadkill. So, this communicates that

1118
01:18:42,080 --> 01:18:44,719
badgers do cross roads, although not

1119
01:18:44,719 --> 01:18:46,960
always successful.

1120
01:18:46,960 --> 01:18:50,880
And there's been um a fair bit of effort

1121
01:18:50,880 --> 01:18:53,120
to get boots on the ground and survey

1122
01:18:53,120 --> 01:18:55,600
Coyote Valley for roadkill data, which

1123
01:18:55,600 --> 01:18:58,000
is very informative for management

1124
01:18:58,000 --> 01:19:02,640
planning. [snorts] And so, uh, we, um,

1125
01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:04,880
once we get this valuable data, we could

1126
01:19:04,880 --> 01:19:07,360
start asking ourselves questions like

1127
01:19:07,360 --> 01:19:10,080
what what are ways that what what are

1128
01:19:10,080 --> 01:19:12,400
things that we can do to reduce vehicle

1129
01:19:12,400 --> 01:19:14,320
wildlife collisions here in Coyote

1130
01:19:14,320 --> 01:19:18,000
Valley and ensure successful dispersal?

1131
01:19:18,000 --> 01:19:21,600
And I'll show you a little snippet of

1132
01:19:21,600 --> 01:19:24,560
the ways in which we're exploring or an

1133
01:19:24,560 --> 01:19:27,600
avenue of how we're doing that. You

1134
01:19:27,600 --> 01:19:34,070
maybe have seen this video before.

1135
01:19:34,080 --> 01:19:36,239
So this is a badger and a coyote

1136
01:19:36,239 --> 01:19:39,440
captured traveling through a culvert. Um

1137
01:19:39,440 --> 01:19:43,679
which is um

1138
01:19:43,679 --> 01:19:45,840
yeah culverts human humans have placed

1139
01:19:45,840 --> 01:19:48,800
culverts under roadways as an as an

1140
01:19:48,800 --> 01:19:50,320
attempt to make our lives more

1141
01:19:50,320 --> 01:19:53,600
convenient by diverting water instead of

1142
01:19:53,600 --> 01:19:56,080
over a roadway under a roadway. And

1143
01:19:56,080 --> 01:19:58,960
while it's not aimed at enhancing

1144
01:19:58,960 --> 01:20:01,760
wildlife movement, um, wildlife are so

1145
01:20:01,760 --> 01:20:04,480
resilient that they have come to realize

1146
01:20:04,480 --> 01:20:07,280
that they can use these culverts as

1147
01:20:07,280 --> 01:20:10,400
passages across otherwise impenetrable

1148
01:20:10,400 --> 01:20:13,440
barriers. And so

1149
01:20:13,440 --> 01:20:16,159
open space authority collaborated with

1150
01:20:16,159 --> 01:20:18,960
post on this project because POST has

1151
01:20:18,960 --> 01:20:21,520
been spending quite a bit of time boots

1152
01:20:21,520 --> 01:20:24,239
on the ground in Coyote Valley uh

1153
01:20:24,239 --> 01:20:27,360
surveying culverts and um assessing

1154
01:20:27,360 --> 01:20:30,320
their conditions along a stretch of US

1155
01:20:30,320 --> 01:20:34,159
101 in the valley. And post delivered

1156
01:20:34,159 --> 01:20:36,560
data to us that communicated which

1157
01:20:36,560 --> 01:20:39,199
coverts are badgers likely to be

1158
01:20:39,199 --> 01:20:40,800
utilizing.

1159
01:20:40,800 --> 01:20:43,600
And we incorporated this data into a

1160
01:20:43,600 --> 01:20:47,120
finecale version of the corridor model.

1161
01:20:47,120 --> 01:20:49,600
Um, and

1162
01:20:49,600 --> 01:20:52,320
the results of incorporating that

1163
01:20:52,320 --> 01:20:54,400
actually provided additional movement

1164
01:20:54,400 --> 01:20:56,800
pathways where the model identified the

1165
01:20:56,800 --> 01:21:00,320
covert as a a likely route for badgers.

1166
01:21:00,320 --> 01:21:02,560
In addition to the covert, the model

1167
01:21:02,560 --> 01:21:06,000
also identifies overpasses over highways

1168
01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:09,679
like Metaf Road and Bailey overpass as

1169
01:21:09,679 --> 01:21:11,920
likely routes for successful dispersal

1170
01:21:11,920 --> 01:21:15,199
across the valley. Um that covert that I

1171
01:21:15,199 --> 01:21:16,960
mentioned that the model identified is

1172
01:21:16,960 --> 01:21:19,679
by Coyote Creek Parkway allowing badgers

1173
01:21:19,679 --> 01:21:22,320
to enter into the parkway and um

1174
01:21:22,320 --> 01:21:24,239
hopefully enter the valley through to

1175
01:21:24,239 --> 01:21:28,640
Meadows. So these results data like this

1176
01:21:28,640 --> 01:21:31,840
are very telling and will be used uh to

1177
01:21:31,840 --> 01:21:34,320
inform management decisions.

1178
01:21:34,320 --> 01:21:37,280
OSA can work with part uh with uh

1179
01:21:37,280 --> 01:21:40,480
agencies like Calrans to make sure that

1180
01:21:40,480 --> 01:21:42,400
they are properly maintaining their

1181
01:21:42,400 --> 01:21:44,640
coverts under their roadways so that

1182
01:21:44,640 --> 01:21:46,800
wildlife have a fair chance of utilizing

1183
01:21:46,800 --> 01:21:49,679
them. And additionally, we can look at

1184
01:21:49,679 --> 01:21:52,320
in the installment of uh directional

1185
01:21:52,320 --> 01:21:56,400
wildlife fencing that will help guide

1186
01:21:56,400 --> 01:22:00,400
the the wildlife to um to the culverts

1187
01:22:00,400 --> 01:22:02,639
that we anticipate that they will be

1188
01:22:02,639 --> 01:22:07,590
using for uh movement.

1189
01:22:07,600 --> 01:22:11,679
So from this project um it really comes

1190
01:22:11,679 --> 01:22:15,040
at the the core of it is that we're one

1191
01:22:15,040 --> 01:22:17,360
of many regional stakeholders in

1192
01:22:17,360 --> 01:22:19,679
grassland and ecological connectivity

1193
01:22:19,679 --> 01:22:22,000
and stewardship throughout our region.

1194
01:22:22,000 --> 01:22:24,000
And through this project we have

1195
01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:26,960
significantly improved spatial models

1196
01:22:26,960 --> 01:22:30,080
that exist of badger habitat here in our

1197
01:22:30,080 --> 01:22:32,480
region. And this data that we've

1198
01:22:32,480 --> 01:22:34,000
improved

1199
01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:36,239
will be a resource for management

1200
01:22:36,239 --> 01:22:39,199
planning and will help guide the future

1201
01:22:39,199 --> 01:22:42,400
future plans through CVAMP, the Santa

1202
01:22:42,400 --> 01:22:44,719
Clara Valley Habitat Plan, future

1203
01:22:44,719 --> 01:22:47,360
permitting, and general plan updates,

1204
01:22:47,360 --> 01:22:49,920
which are required by law to include

1205
01:22:49,920 --> 01:22:53,199
wildlife corridors.

1206
01:22:53,199 --> 01:22:55,440
So, if you guys are interested in

1207
01:22:55,440 --> 01:22:57,199
learning more about badgers, I'll plug

1208
01:22:57,199 --> 01:23:00,320
one more time badger banter. the public

1209
01:23:00,320 --> 01:23:02,880
um has had public loves learning about

1210
01:23:02,880 --> 01:23:06,320
badgers. This has been a very successful

1211
01:23:06,320 --> 01:23:09,440
long form video that we have. So, this

1212
01:23:09,440 --> 01:23:11,199
is a great resource if you're interested

1213
01:23:11,199 --> 01:23:14,880
in learning more. And additionally, the

1214
01:23:14,880 --> 01:23:17,679
program and and um communications

1215
01:23:17,679 --> 01:23:21,199
collaborated to create a story map that

1216
01:23:21,199 --> 01:23:24,000
is just another resource to learn about

1217
01:23:24,000 --> 01:23:26,320
um OSA's work and then it's also focused

1218
01:23:26,320 --> 01:23:28,960
on like regional efforts as well. So

1219
01:23:28,960 --> 01:23:31,199
with that, thank you so much for your

1220
01:23:31,199 --> 01:23:34,480
time tonight and I'm open for questions.

1221
01:23:34,480 --> 01:23:37,840
This is Oh, this badger this cameas uh

1222
01:23:37,840 --> 01:23:40,159
Sierra Vista open space preserve which

1223
01:23:40,159 --> 01:23:42,159
is where we see most of our badgers

1224
01:23:42,159 --> 01:23:44,239
because there is such a consistent

1225
01:23:44,239 --> 01:23:49,669
ground squirrel population there.

1226
01:23:49,679 --> 01:23:51,360
» Thank you very much. This was a great

1227
01:23:51,360 --> 01:23:54,960
presentation and um your banter is a lot

1228
01:23:54,960 --> 01:23:56,800
of fun.

1229
01:23:56,800 --> 01:23:59,120
Um, I'd like to open the floor for any

1230
01:23:59,120 --> 01:24:02,560
board questions or comment.

1231
01:24:02,560 --> 01:24:04,639
I think we'll start with Director Kennet

1232
01:24:04,639 --> 01:24:07,440
and then just go around.

1233
01:24:07,440 --> 01:24:10,709
>> I I watched the whole video and it was

1234
01:24:10,709 --> 01:24:10,719
» I I watched the whole video and it was

1235
01:24:10,719 --> 01:24:13,120
really great.

1236
01:24:13,120 --> 01:24:14,880
I [clears throat] simply didn't either

1237
01:24:14,880 --> 01:24:17,440
pay attention or realize there was so

1238
01:24:17,440 --> 01:24:20,000
much involved these critters that are

1239
01:24:20,000 --> 01:24:22,400
around and what they do. I'd love to

1240
01:24:22,400 --> 01:24:25,520
have a couple on my property.

1241
01:24:25,520 --> 01:24:29,120
are inundated with brown squirrels.

1242
01:24:29,120 --> 01:24:31,110
>> Thank you. That was really well done.

1243
01:24:31,110 --> 01:24:31,120
» Thank you. That was really well done.

1244
01:24:31,120 --> 01:24:35,110
>> Thank you.

1245
01:24:35,120 --> 01:24:36,560
» I think there might be one in my

1246
01:24:36,560 --> 01:24:38,960
backyard because I have a huge mound. I

1247
01:24:38,960 --> 01:24:41,040
think it was the whole half the

1248
01:24:41,040 --> 01:24:41,920
property.

1249
01:24:41,920 --> 01:24:44,790
>> It's way bigger than a than a mole. But

1250
01:24:44,790 --> 01:24:44,800
» It's way bigger than a than a mole. But

1251
01:24:44,800 --> 01:24:46,239
uh thank you for the presentation. Very

1252
01:24:46,239 --> 01:24:48,480
very good. And I was happy to see that

1253
01:24:48,480 --> 01:24:50,480
not only are they the badgers are

1254
01:24:50,480 --> 01:24:53,199
following prey for food, but they're

1255
01:24:53,199 --> 01:24:55,360
creating habitat for some of the prey.

1256
01:24:55,360 --> 01:24:58,639
So that they're compensating as well.

1257
01:24:58,639 --> 01:24:59,750
>> Thank you very much. It's a good

1258
01:24:59,750 --> 01:24:59,760
» Thank you very much. It's a good

1259
01:24:59,760 --> 01:25:00,560
present.

1260
01:25:00,560 --> 01:25:03,669
>> Thank you.

1261
01:25:03,669 --> 01:25:03,679
» Thank you.

1262
01:25:03,679 --> 01:25:05,510
>> Thank you for the great presentation. I

1263
01:25:05,510 --> 01:25:05,520
» Thank you for the great presentation. I

1264
01:25:05,520 --> 01:25:07,440
really en I've learned a lot and I said

1265
01:25:07,440 --> 01:25:10,719
I continue to learn every time you bring

1266
01:25:10,719 --> 01:25:13,120
forward. Um I have a question. Does the

1267
01:25:13,120 --> 01:25:14,639
city of San Jose are they going to get

1268
01:25:14,639 --> 01:25:16,320
copied in on some of this because of the

1269
01:25:16,320 --> 01:25:18,880
wildlife corridor study? I think this

1270
01:25:18,880 --> 01:25:21,360
would be fascinating to update them, you

1271
01:25:21,360 --> 01:25:22,800
know, that you've identified a species

1272
01:25:22,800 --> 01:25:24,480
that we didn't even think about. You

1273
01:25:24,480 --> 01:25:28,880
know, it's like getting hit by cars and

1274
01:25:28,880 --> 01:25:31,669
>> through the chair. I'd like to refer uh

1275
01:25:31,669 --> 01:25:31,679
» through the chair. I'd like to refer uh

1276
01:25:31,679 --> 01:25:33,280
Aaron.

1277
01:25:33,280 --> 01:25:35,510
>> Yeah. Through the chair. Aaron Abear,

1278
01:25:35,510 --> 01:25:35,520
» Yeah. Through the chair. Aaron Abear,

1279
01:25:35,520 --> 01:25:37,440
natural resources manager. Um, as

1280
01:25:37,440 --> 01:25:40,400
Lillian mentioned, um, there's a a

1281
01:25:40,400 --> 01:25:42,480
relatively new law that requires

1282
01:25:42,480 --> 01:25:44,880
wildlife corridors to be analyzed in

1283
01:25:44,880 --> 01:25:47,280
general plan updates. Um, this is kind

1284
01:25:47,280 --> 01:25:50,400
of a new frontier of, you know, general

1285
01:25:50,400 --> 01:25:53,040
plan practice. So, um, there not a lot

1286
01:25:53,040 --> 01:25:55,520
of examples out there that that are done

1287
01:25:55,520 --> 01:25:58,239
under this law, but um, we work some of

1288
01:25:58,239 --> 01:25:59,360
the consultants with some of the

1289
01:25:59,360 --> 01:26:00,400
consultants who are actually under

1290
01:26:00,400 --> 01:26:02,239
contract, for instance, with Morgan Hill

1291
01:26:02,239 --> 01:26:04,800
to do some of their updates. So, um,

1292
01:26:04,800 --> 01:26:07,120
we're finishing up kind of the technical

1293
01:26:07,120 --> 01:26:08,960
documentation that's kind of behind

1294
01:26:08,960 --> 01:26:11,040
everything Lillian described. And once

1295
01:26:11,040 --> 01:26:12,719
we have that package, probably in the

1296
01:26:12,719 --> 01:26:14,800
next couple weeks, we'll submit it to a

1297
01:26:14,800 --> 01:26:17,120
variety of folks. So, this is kind of

1298
01:26:17,120 --> 01:26:19,360
the, you know, science of record for for

1299
01:26:19,360 --> 01:26:20,960
badgers in our area, including, you

1300
01:26:20,960 --> 01:26:23,520
know, San Jose, really any jurisdiction

1301
01:26:23,520 --> 01:26:25,440
for their general plan updates.

1302
01:26:25,440 --> 01:26:26,709
>> Sounds like you're giving in a credible

1303
01:26:26,709 --> 01:26:26,719
» Sounds like you're giving in a credible

1304
01:26:26,719 --> 01:26:29,199
resource and data point to back up this,

1305
01:26:29,199 --> 01:26:30,719
you know, what we're trying work we're

1306
01:26:30,719 --> 01:26:33,520
doing out there. It's great. Thank you.

1307
01:26:33,520 --> 01:26:36,159
Thank you, director.

1308
01:26:36,159 --> 01:26:37,990
>> Yeah, just two really good questions.

1309
01:26:37,990 --> 01:26:38,000
» Yeah, just two really good questions.

1310
01:26:38,000 --> 01:26:40,400
Are these like is this a live cam that I

1311
01:26:40,400 --> 01:26:42,639
could get on if

1312
01:26:42,639 --> 01:26:45,280
that possible? Um because that would be

1313
01:26:45,280 --> 01:26:48,239
fantastic to do. And then the second one

1314
01:26:48,239 --> 01:26:51,520
was very similar to um director around

1315
01:26:51,520 --> 01:26:54,320
the data sharing. Is there been data

1316
01:26:54,320 --> 01:26:57,040
sharing with higher ed institutions or

1317
01:26:57,040 --> 01:26:59,679
their departments of DIS to learn more

1318
01:26:59,679 --> 01:27:02,000
there collaboration around that? through

1319
01:27:02,000 --> 01:27:04,080
the chair. Um, yeah, I'll answer the

1320
01:27:04,080 --> 01:27:06,239
first question. These are static

1321
01:27:06,239 --> 01:27:08,880
cameras. We set them up. Um, you know,

1322
01:27:08,880 --> 01:27:10,719
I'll have to ask our field staff if

1323
01:27:10,719 --> 01:27:13,360
there's any way to get a badger stream

1324
01:27:13,360 --> 01:27:16,400
going forth. So, get back on that.

1325
01:27:16,400 --> 01:27:19,430
>> The huge fascination with our community

1326
01:27:19,430 --> 01:27:19,440
» The huge fascination with our community

1327
01:27:19,440 --> 01:27:21,199
and kids, our kids would love to watch

1328
01:27:21,199 --> 01:27:22,000
that live stream.

1329
01:27:22,000 --> 01:27:24,629
>> Yeah, absolutely. It's it's a good idea.

1330
01:27:24,629 --> 01:27:24,639
» Yeah, absolutely. It's it's a good idea.

1331
01:27:24,639 --> 01:27:26,960
Um, yeah, I'll say, uh, you know, right

1332
01:27:26,960 --> 01:27:29,120
now the the conversation's mostly been

1333
01:27:29,120 --> 01:27:30,639
kind of within the conservation

1334
01:27:30,639 --> 01:27:32,880
community. Lily mentioned the Santa Cruz

1335
01:27:32,880 --> 01:27:34,800
Mountain Stewardship Network. So,

1336
01:27:34,800 --> 01:27:36,239
distributing to all of those land

1337
01:27:36,239 --> 01:27:39,199
managers in our area as well as the the

1338
01:27:39,199 --> 01:27:41,520
habitat plan will actually be coming at

1339
01:27:41,520 --> 01:27:42,880
the next meeting of the board of

1340
01:27:42,880 --> 01:27:45,120
directors to give you an update. So, I

1341
01:27:45,120 --> 01:27:46,560
don't know if they'll they might menture

1342
01:27:46,560 --> 01:27:49,520
badger by name once there, but um, yeah,

1343
01:27:49,520 --> 01:27:52,000
it's a good question. How can we roll

1344
01:27:52,000 --> 01:27:53,520
this out into the broader community?

1345
01:27:53,520 --> 01:27:55,360
We've been kind of racing towards the

1346
01:27:55,360 --> 01:27:58,320
finish line. Um we'll be sharing a

1347
01:27:58,320 --> 01:27:59,920
poster at the Santa Cruz Mountain

1348
01:27:59,920 --> 01:28:01,440
Stewardship Network Science and

1349
01:28:01,440 --> 01:28:04,560
Symposium thing on on January 30th. So

1350
01:28:04,560 --> 01:28:06,480
we're in the academic kind of space. So

1351
01:28:06,480 --> 01:28:08,159
there might be some of those higher ed

1352
01:28:08,159 --> 01:28:10,400
folks there. So we haven't quite got

1353
01:28:10,400 --> 01:28:12,320
into the uh the roll out phase, but

1354
01:28:12,320 --> 01:28:14,880
that's a great idea.

1355
01:28:14,880 --> 01:28:18,790
>> And director Gil,

1356
01:28:18,800 --> 01:28:21,360
» it's really a great presentation. You

1357
01:28:21,360 --> 01:28:23,679
did a fantastic job for that. I learned

1358
01:28:23,679 --> 01:28:27,199
a lot. I don't know about badges before

1359
01:28:27,199 --> 01:28:30,400
but uh when I just watch this video and

1360
01:28:30,400 --> 01:28:32,639
your presentation

1361
01:28:32,639 --> 01:28:35,360
quite a bit understand is the badges

1362
01:28:35,360 --> 01:28:38,080
that can we see that one face to face

1363
01:28:38,080 --> 01:28:41,360
that badger somewhere?

1364
01:28:41,360 --> 01:28:43,110
>> Can you see one?

1365
01:28:43,110 --> 01:28:43,120
» Can you see one?

1366
01:28:43,120 --> 01:28:45,510
>> Go to the any property then we can see

1367
01:28:45,510 --> 01:28:45,520
» Go to the any property then we can see

1368
01:28:45,520 --> 01:28:46,639
there.

1369
01:28:46,639 --> 01:28:48,709
>> Yeah through the chair. Um, if you want

1370
01:28:48,709 --> 01:28:48,719
» Yeah through the chair. Um, if you want

1371
01:28:48,719 --> 01:28:51,760
to see a badger in OSA's preserves,

1372
01:28:51,760 --> 01:28:53,679
you're probably most likely to see one

1373
01:28:53,679 --> 01:28:56,239
at Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve.

1374
01:28:56,239 --> 01:28:58,229
>> Yeah, our staff have seen them there

1375
01:28:58,229 --> 01:28:58,239
» Yeah, our staff have seen them there

1376
01:28:58,239 --> 01:29:01,440
over the years relatively frequently.

1377
01:29:01,440 --> 01:29:03,189
>> Thank [clears throat] you very much.

1378
01:29:03,189 --> 01:29:03,199
» Thank [clears throat] you very much.

1379
01:29:03,199 --> 01:29:03,910
>> Good job.

1380
01:29:03,910 --> 01:29:03,920
» Good job.

1381
01:29:03,920 --> 01:29:06,470
>> Thank you.

1382
01:29:06,470 --> 01:29:06,480
» Thank you.

1383
01:29:06,480 --> 01:29:10,560
I think my comment is that um this is

1384
01:29:10,560 --> 01:29:13,280
all great and lovely and amazing

1385
01:29:13,280 --> 01:29:15,760
information, but I was really sad when I

1386
01:29:15,760 --> 01:29:18,000
saw the little triangles where there

1387
01:29:18,000 --> 01:29:21,679
there are a lot of badger road kills and

1388
01:29:21,679 --> 01:29:22,320
um

1389
01:29:22,320 --> 01:29:25,030
>> so I'm hoping that this well I know this

1390
01:29:25,030 --> 01:29:25,040
» so I'm hoping that this well I know this

1391
01:29:25,040 --> 01:29:27,280
information will be used to somehow

1392
01:29:27,280 --> 01:29:29,520
knock that number down.

1393
01:29:29,520 --> 01:29:30,950
>> I don't want to say I'm on the road.

1394
01:29:30,950 --> 01:29:30,960
» I don't want to say I'm on the road.

1395
01:29:30,960 --> 01:29:31,430
>> Yeah.

1396
01:29:31,430 --> 01:29:31,440
» Yeah.

1397
01:29:31,440 --> 01:29:32,629
>> But thank you for your great

1398
01:29:32,629 --> 01:29:32,639
» But thank you for your great

1399
01:29:32,639 --> 01:29:34,639
presentation and your great work. Oh,

1400
01:29:34,639 --> 01:29:38,000
I'm sorry. Go ahead.

1401
01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:39,189
>> Sorry. I was just trying to catch your

1402
01:29:39,189 --> 01:29:39,199
» Sorry. I was just trying to catch your

1403
01:29:39,199 --> 01:29:40,239
eye.

1404
01:29:40,239 --> 01:29:42,470
>> No, no. Um, through the chair, may I

1405
01:29:42,470 --> 01:29:42,480
» No, no. Um, through the chair, may I

1406
01:29:42,480 --> 01:29:44,480
just thank Lillian for her work on this

1407
01:29:44,480 --> 01:29:46,400
project. It's been a pleasure to have

1408
01:29:46,400 --> 01:29:48,159
you on board and through this great

1409
01:29:48,159 --> 01:29:51,040
work, you've gotten to earn a a position

1410
01:29:51,040 --> 01:29:53,360
with us as a GIS technician. We can't

1411
01:29:53,360 --> 01:29:55,199
wait to see what else you're able to

1412
01:29:55,199 --> 01:29:56,800
accomplish on behalf of the Open Space

1413
01:29:56,800 --> 01:29:59,280
Authority. Um and I also want to

1414
01:29:59,280 --> 01:30:01,679
acknowledge as well that this work is

1415
01:30:01,679 --> 01:30:04,960
really a culmination of the uh or like

1416
01:30:04,960 --> 01:30:07,280
an action of the landscape linkage and

1417
01:30:07,280 --> 01:30:09,440
Monterey Road report where a lot of that

1418
01:30:09,440 --> 01:30:11,440
roadkill data was generated from those

1419
01:30:11,440 --> 01:30:13,360
studies. So um kind of as a

1420
01:30:13,360 --> 01:30:14,800
recommendation from those reports of

1421
01:30:14,800 --> 01:30:16,639
doing further studies and geospatial

1422
01:30:16,639 --> 01:30:19,440
analysis that's what you're seeing um

1423
01:30:19,440 --> 01:30:22,880
this evening. So here's us progressing

1424
01:30:22,880 --> 01:30:24,719
on on that great work accomplished by

1425
01:30:24,719 --> 01:30:26,880
our colleagues in the last five years.

1426
01:30:26,880 --> 01:30:29,440
Thank you.

1427
01:30:29,440 --> 01:30:33,350
>> Thank you. Um

1428
01:30:33,360 --> 01:30:35,520
are there any members of the public who

1429
01:30:35,520 --> 01:30:42,470
wish to comment? There are none.

1430
01:30:42,480 --> 01:30:45,280
Do I ask

1431
01:30:45,280 --> 01:30:46,800
now? Okay to just say this item

1432
01:30:46,800 --> 01:30:49,600
isformational only and no board actions

1433
01:30:49,600 --> 01:30:54,719
need. Okay. Thank you very much.

1434
01:30:54,719 --> 01:30:58,880
And new business item number four is to

1435
01:30:58,880 --> 01:31:02,480
receive a presentation on the completion

1436
01:31:02,480 --> 01:31:04,480
the completed restoration projects for

1437
01:31:04,480 --> 01:31:07,199
Rancho Pinata delural stock ponds and

1438
01:31:07,199 --> 01:31:10,400
Laguna Seika stepping stone restoration.

1439
01:31:10,400 --> 01:31:12,480
And this is Rachel.

1440
01:31:12,480 --> 01:31:14,880
Yes. Hello. Good evening, colleagues and

1441
01:31:14,880 --> 01:31:16,400
board members. My name is Rachel

1442
01:31:16,400 --> 01:31:18,960
Clemens. I am our watershed restoration

1443
01:31:18,960 --> 01:31:20,800
specialist and I'm going to be giving a

1444
01:31:20,800 --> 01:31:23,760
summary of the two restoration projects

1445
01:31:23,760 --> 01:31:26,400
that I implemented um with our staff

1446
01:31:26,400 --> 01:31:29,040
this summer. Um it's a bit of a longer

1447
01:31:29,040 --> 01:31:30,960
pres presentation, but I have a lot of

1448
01:31:30,960 --> 01:31:33,679
cool visuals and photos. So, I'm really

1449
01:31:33,679 --> 01:31:35,040
proud of our work that we did this

1450
01:31:35,040 --> 01:31:36,719
summer, and I hope that you find it as

1451
01:31:36,719 --> 01:31:40,159
fascinating as I did.

1452
01:31:40,159 --> 01:31:42,320
I'll start by just giving a sideby-side

1453
01:31:42,320 --> 01:31:44,400
highle summary of the two projects and

1454
01:31:44,400 --> 01:31:46,400
then I'll dive into each one a little

1455
01:31:46,400 --> 01:31:48,159
bit more in detail, giving some

1456
01:31:48,159 --> 01:31:50,960
background and uh on why we did the

1457
01:31:50,960 --> 01:31:53,280
project and what we actually did on the

1458
01:31:53,280 --> 01:31:55,840
land and then I'll talk about any

1459
01:31:55,840 --> 01:31:58,320
learnings that we had and next steps and

1460
01:31:58,320 --> 01:31:59,760
then at the end hopefully we have some

1461
01:31:59,760 --> 01:32:03,750
time for questions and comments.

1462
01:32:03,760 --> 01:32:06,320
So um like I said we had two projects

1463
01:32:06,320 --> 01:32:08,239
this summer. The first one was the

1464
01:32:08,239 --> 01:32:11,280
Laguna Sega stepping stone project and

1465
01:32:11,280 --> 01:32:13,040
it was a small project really designed

1466
01:32:13,040 --> 01:32:15,520
as a pilot what we hope will be the

1467
01:32:15,520 --> 01:32:17,760
first of many restoration actions that

1468
01:32:17,760 --> 01:32:19,920
take place in North Laguna Secika which

1469
01:32:19,920 --> 01:32:22,080
is a very central area to the Coyote

1470
01:32:22,080 --> 01:32:25,520
Valley area's master plan. So we planned

1471
01:32:25,520 --> 01:32:27,679
for about a year and a half and the

1472
01:32:27,679 --> 01:32:30,000
project took two weeks to implement.

1473
01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:32,000
I'll say that we did most of the

1474
01:32:32,000 --> 01:32:33,840
implementation inhouse with our own

1475
01:32:33,840 --> 01:32:36,719
staff, which was really neat to see and

1476
01:32:36,719 --> 01:32:38,560
helped build a lot of capacity to do

1477
01:32:38,560 --> 01:32:40,400
more restoration work like this in the

1478
01:32:40,400 --> 01:32:43,120
future. The main goals were to retain

1479
01:32:43,120 --> 01:32:45,360
more water in the wetland after it's

1480
01:32:45,360 --> 01:32:47,679
experienced a lot of modification and

1481
01:32:47,679 --> 01:32:51,199
degradation over the last century and

1482
01:32:51,199 --> 01:32:53,760
also to experiment and test some

1483
01:32:53,760 --> 01:32:56,719
hypotheses and gather some information

1484
01:32:56,719 --> 01:32:59,199
that will help us in future restoration

1485
01:32:59,199 --> 01:33:01,840
projects there. I would say our target

1486
01:33:01,840 --> 01:33:04,880
species um were really a lot of species.

1487
01:33:04,880 --> 01:33:06,800
It was maybe more general of just

1488
01:33:06,800 --> 01:33:08,880
species that use wetland areas, but

1489
01:33:08,880 --> 01:33:11,360
specifically California tiger salamander

1490
01:33:11,360 --> 01:33:13,440
um perhaps red-legged frogs and a lot of

1491
01:33:13,440 --> 01:33:15,074
water birds um use Laguna

1492
01:33:15,074 --> 01:33:16,800
[clears throat] Secika. You can see it

1493
01:33:16,800 --> 01:33:18,960
was quite a relatively smaller project

1494
01:33:18,960 --> 01:33:20,960
as compared to the Rancho Kenyatta

1495
01:33:20,960 --> 01:33:24,080
Deloro project both in terms of just

1496
01:33:24,080 --> 01:33:26,719
planning time and cost.

1497
01:33:26,719 --> 01:33:29,520
Um at Rancho Kinyatta um we restored

1498
01:33:29,520 --> 01:33:31,600
three stock ponds to kind of extend

1499
01:33:31,600 --> 01:33:34,560
their life and utility for wildlife. Um,

1500
01:33:34,560 --> 01:33:36,159
you can see the project was in planning

1501
01:33:36,159 --> 01:33:38,400
for a very long time. That was because

1502
01:33:38,400 --> 01:33:40,960
primarily of we had some staff turnover

1503
01:33:40,960 --> 01:33:43,840
and the COVID 19 pandemic kind of right

1504
01:33:43,840 --> 01:33:45,679
in the middle of planning everything.

1505
01:33:45,679 --> 01:33:47,520
Um, so it took quite a while to get to

1506
01:33:47,520 --> 01:33:48,960
the finish line. So, we were really

1507
01:33:48,960 --> 01:33:51,440
happy to get this one done this summer.

1508
01:33:51,440 --> 01:33:53,199
It took pretty much all summer to do,

1509
01:33:53,199 --> 01:33:55,120
about four months, and we'll have a

1510
01:33:55,120 --> 01:33:58,000
5-year monitoring period. So, this is um

1511
01:33:58,000 --> 01:33:59,760
definitely a big investment from the

1512
01:33:59,760 --> 01:34:02,880
authority to do a project like this. Um,

1513
01:34:02,880 --> 01:34:04,480
like I mentioned, we wanted to extend

1514
01:34:04,480 --> 01:34:06,719
the life of three man-made stock ponds

1515
01:34:06,719 --> 01:34:10,000
that were built in the early 1960s, late

1516
01:34:10,000 --> 01:34:13,199
1950s, and enhance habitat for species

1517
01:34:13,199 --> 01:34:15,280
we knew that were using the ponds, which

1518
01:34:15,280 --> 01:34:18,320
were western pond turtle and California

1519
01:34:18,320 --> 01:34:20,639
red-legged frog.

1520
01:34:20,639 --> 01:34:24,400
Um, the project um was a significant

1521
01:34:24,400 --> 01:34:25,920
investment, about a million-doll

1522
01:34:25,920 --> 01:34:28,320
project, quite a bit of staff time. Um

1523
01:34:28,320 --> 01:34:31,120
however about 40% was grant funded um

1524
01:34:31,120 --> 01:34:33,199
which is great to see and on both

1525
01:34:33,199 --> 01:34:35,520
projects we engaged a number of partners

1526
01:34:35,520 --> 01:34:38,400
that I'll talk about more.

1527
01:34:38,400 --> 01:34:40,159
So first up is the stepping stone

1528
01:34:40,159 --> 01:34:42,159
project. This is the location. Laguna

1529
01:34:42,159 --> 01:34:44,159
Secika is a historic wetland in North

1530
01:34:44,159 --> 01:34:46,800
Coyote Valley. Um the figure on the

1531
01:34:46,800 --> 01:34:49,199
right is the historical ecology. The

1532
01:34:49,199 --> 01:34:52,000
wetland used to extend over a mile long

1533
01:34:52,000 --> 01:34:54,159
from north to south and it used to have

1534
01:34:54,159 --> 01:34:57,440
perennial parts to it. um and now it is

1535
01:34:57,440 --> 01:35:01,280
quite a bit smaller in extent and um the

1536
01:35:01,280 --> 01:35:04,000
time that water sticks around later into

1537
01:35:04,000 --> 01:35:06,480
the season. So the habitat has been

1538
01:35:06,480 --> 01:35:09,760
degraded in various ways. Um, a little

1539
01:35:09,760 --> 01:35:12,320
bit of historical context on that is in

1540
01:35:12,320 --> 01:35:14,800
1916 they started the reclamation of

1541
01:35:14,800 --> 01:35:17,920
Laguna Secika where they drained the

1542
01:35:17,920 --> 01:35:20,480
wetland in about 10 different ways, all

1543
01:35:20,480 --> 01:35:22,239
the ways that they knew how in order to

1544
01:35:22,239 --> 01:35:25,440
try to um clear the land for farming and

1545
01:35:25,440 --> 01:35:27,199
other developments. This is a machine

1546
01:35:27,199 --> 01:35:29,520
that dug a really big ditch right to the

1547
01:35:29,520 --> 01:35:32,159
center of the wetland and they um

1548
01:35:32,159 --> 01:35:33,840
connected it to other canals and

1549
01:35:33,840 --> 01:35:37,360
drainage ditches. Um,

1550
01:35:37,360 --> 01:35:39,840
this is you can kind of see here on the

1551
01:35:39,840 --> 01:35:41,920
photo there's like a white line that you

1552
01:35:41,920 --> 01:35:43,920
can see on this vegetation. That's where

1553
01:35:43,920 --> 01:35:46,800
the water stood before they dug that

1554
01:35:46,800 --> 01:35:48,800
ditch. So, we have evidence that the

1555
01:35:48,800 --> 01:35:52,719
water used to be at least 4 feet high.

1556
01:35:52,719 --> 01:35:54,719
Now, it doesn't really get anywhere near

1557
01:35:54,719 --> 01:35:58,000
that for a long period of time.

1558
01:35:58,000 --> 01:36:01,520
Um, this is a photo of them digging um

1559
01:36:01,520 --> 01:36:03,600
ditches and installing what we call tile

1560
01:36:03,600 --> 01:36:05,840
drains. These are underground drains

1561
01:36:05,840 --> 01:36:08,320
that extend that drainage network out

1562
01:36:08,320 --> 01:36:11,600
into the wetland area and um funnel all

1563
01:36:11,600 --> 01:36:15,440
that water into the drainage ditch.

1564
01:36:15,440 --> 01:36:17,440
And they also removed and burned

1565
01:36:17,440 --> 01:36:20,480
vegetation including willows and tulies.

1566
01:36:20,480 --> 01:36:23,280
So quite on this wetland and this is

1567
01:36:23,280 --> 01:36:25,040
kind of our current landscape that we're

1568
01:36:25,040 --> 01:36:27,520
working with. You can see the extent of

1569
01:36:27,520 --> 01:36:29,840
the wetland is much smaller. Um there's

1570
01:36:29,840 --> 01:36:31,600
that artificial drainage channel right

1571
01:36:31,600 --> 01:36:33,679
in the middle. There's also now a

1572
01:36:33,679 --> 01:36:35,840
connection to Coyote Creek, which wasn't

1573
01:36:35,840 --> 01:36:38,000
there historically. So everything on

1574
01:36:38,000 --> 01:36:40,000
this landscape is designed to shuttle

1575
01:36:40,000 --> 01:36:43,040
water off as fast as possible um rather

1576
01:36:43,040 --> 01:36:45,199
than sticking around for the benefit of

1577
01:36:45,199 --> 01:36:46,960
wildlife.

1578
01:36:46,960 --> 01:36:49,040
And so when I refer to the drainage

1579
01:36:49,040 --> 01:36:50,800
channel, that's kind of what I'm talking

1580
01:36:50,800 --> 01:36:52,960
about. And then the general wetland area

1581
01:36:52,960 --> 01:36:54,719
you can see is what's wetted in this

1582
01:36:54,719 --> 01:36:57,199
picture in the winter.

1583
01:36:57,199 --> 01:36:58,800
So our goals with the stepping stone

1584
01:36:58,800 --> 01:37:00,080
project, like I mentioned, it was a

1585
01:37:00,080 --> 01:37:01,840
pilot project. We really wanted to get

1586
01:37:01,840 --> 01:37:03,920
out there and explore and restore some

1587
01:37:03,920 --> 01:37:06,239
of that natural hydrarology. We were

1588
01:37:06,239 --> 01:37:08,000
particularly interested in those tile

1589
01:37:08,000 --> 01:37:10,960
drains. Um we wanted to know are the

1590
01:37:10,960 --> 01:37:13,520
tile drains from 1916 still functioning?

1591
01:37:13,520 --> 01:37:16,639
Are they there? Um we also had evidence

1592
01:37:16,639 --> 01:37:18,639
that potentially more tile drains were

1593
01:37:18,639 --> 01:37:21,119
put on to expand that system. So we

1594
01:37:21,119 --> 01:37:24,080
wanted to kind of fact check that. We

1595
01:37:24,080 --> 01:37:26,000
also wanted to modify that artificial

1596
01:37:26,000 --> 01:37:28,800
drainage channel. It's it's super um

1597
01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:31,440
super straight and super um kind of

1598
01:37:31,440 --> 01:37:34,080
homogeneous and gets water out as fast

1599
01:37:34,080 --> 01:37:35,920
as possible. We wanted to use a

1600
01:37:35,920 --> 01:37:37,760
technique called beaver dam analogs. And

1601
01:37:37,760 --> 01:37:39,280
I'll show you some photos in a minute,

1602
01:37:39,280 --> 01:37:41,679
but to help back water up and keep it

1603
01:37:41,679 --> 01:37:46,229
from draining out so so fast.

1604
01:37:46,239 --> 01:37:48,400
So, this is a complex and beautiful

1605
01:37:48,400 --> 01:37:49,920
figure. I'm going to walk you through

1606
01:37:49,920 --> 01:37:52,400
what it's showing. We went out there in

1607
01:37:52,400 --> 01:37:54,159
the wetland with an excavator and I

1608
01:37:54,159 --> 01:37:55,920
watched our equipment mechanic operator

1609
01:37:55,920 --> 01:37:59,360
dig holes for several days and um all

1610
01:37:59,360 --> 01:38:01,600
these lines on the map here are where we

1611
01:38:01,600 --> 01:38:03,199
thought we might find something

1612
01:38:03,199 --> 01:38:06,800
interesting. um be that a a tile drain

1613
01:38:06,800 --> 01:38:10,719
from 1916 or which is the yellow and

1614
01:38:10,719 --> 01:38:15,440
purple lines or the um the orange lines

1615
01:38:15,440 --> 01:38:19,040
which we thought would be PVC pipes from

1616
01:38:19,040 --> 01:38:20,880
uh additional construction drawings that

1617
01:38:20,880 --> 01:38:22,800
we found um that we thought were

1618
01:38:22,800 --> 01:38:25,840
installed sometime after 1950.

1619
01:38:25,840 --> 01:38:28,159
So quite an extensive drainage network.

1620
01:38:28,159 --> 01:38:32,639
Um and we wanted to see firstly if the

1621
01:38:32,639 --> 01:38:36,560
the tile drains from 1916 were there and

1622
01:38:36,560 --> 01:38:38,320
they were which was really interesting.

1623
01:38:38,320 --> 01:38:40,719
Um though largely we found that they

1624
01:38:40,719 --> 01:38:42,880
were not intact. A lot of them appeared

1625
01:38:42,880 --> 01:38:45,119
to be collapsed but it was really cool

1626
01:38:45,119 --> 01:38:48,159
that we were able to georreerence these

1627
01:38:48,159 --> 01:38:50,000
blueprints from over a hundred years ago

1628
01:38:50,000 --> 01:38:52,639
and pretty much nail it with where we uh

1629
01:38:52,639 --> 01:38:54,880
dug into the ground. So that was really

1630
01:38:54,880 --> 01:38:56,239
neat.

1631
01:38:56,239 --> 01:38:59,520
Um, we found tile drain one. So, the one

1632
01:38:59,520 --> 01:39:01,679
by the tree line here, uh, the one

1633
01:39:01,679 --> 01:39:03,360
that's making a T in the center, we

1634
01:39:03,360 --> 01:39:05,440
actually were not able to locate. So,

1635
01:39:05,440 --> 01:39:07,119
that means it was either removed at some

1636
01:39:07,119 --> 01:39:09,520
point or never put in. So, um, either

1637
01:39:09,520 --> 01:39:11,119
way, that's really good information to

1638
01:39:11,119 --> 01:39:12,719
know.

1639
01:39:12,719 --> 01:39:16,239
Um, digging around the orange and green

1640
01:39:16,239 --> 01:39:19,679
lines, we expected to find PVC pipes.

1641
01:39:19,679 --> 01:39:22,000
Um, and we didn't find PVC pipes. What

1642
01:39:22,000 --> 01:39:25,440
we found um were these uh linear

1643
01:39:25,440 --> 01:39:27,760
features of gravel. So this is a wetland

1644
01:39:27,760 --> 01:39:29,760
that has clay soils. These gravels are

1645
01:39:29,760 --> 01:39:32,639
obviously put there by humans. Um so

1646
01:39:32,639 --> 01:39:33,760
this was a really interesting and

1647
01:39:33,760 --> 01:39:37,760
unexpected finding and we found them

1648
01:39:37,760 --> 01:39:39,760
usually right where we expected to find

1649
01:39:39,760 --> 01:39:42,239
the VC pipes. Really interesting because

1650
01:39:42,239 --> 01:39:44,239
they were holding on to a lot of water.

1651
01:39:44,239 --> 01:39:46,159
You can see in this photo on the right

1652
01:39:46,159 --> 01:39:49,040
we dug in one area hit a pocket of

1653
01:39:49,040 --> 01:39:51,760
gravel. bunch of water would gush in and

1654
01:39:51,760 --> 01:39:54,560
then just a couple feet over we where

1655
01:39:54,560 --> 01:39:56,960
there's the water would be much much

1656
01:39:56,960 --> 01:40:00,320
lower. Um so you know and they appeared

1657
01:40:00,320 --> 01:40:02,719
to sort of be linear and going towards

1658
01:40:02,719 --> 01:40:05,280
the drainage channel. So that was an

1659
01:40:05,280 --> 01:40:08,639
interesting finding. Um

1660
01:40:08,639 --> 01:40:11,679
and not all of them had water um but

1661
01:40:11,679 --> 01:40:13,440
most of them did and they tended to be

1662
01:40:13,440 --> 01:40:14,880
concentrated near the center of the

1663
01:40:14,880 --> 01:40:16,400
wetland.

1664
01:40:16,400 --> 01:40:20,159
So, um, our findings here, you know,

1665
01:40:20,159 --> 01:40:22,800
tile drains no longer functional. We

1666
01:40:22,800 --> 01:40:24,159
probably don't have to worry much about

1667
01:40:24,159 --> 01:40:26,639
them in our future restoration planning.

1668
01:40:26,639 --> 01:40:30,320
Um, we only found PVC pipes in one area.

1669
01:40:30,320 --> 01:40:33,600
So, it's definitely uh our image of

1670
01:40:33,600 --> 01:40:35,520
where we thought the PVC pipes would be

1671
01:40:35,520 --> 01:40:37,280
was not accurate and it's definitely not

1672
01:40:37,280 --> 01:40:39,760
as extensive as we thought. And we have

1673
01:40:39,760 --> 01:40:41,760
this gravel that we're going to have to

1674
01:40:41,760 --> 01:40:44,239
deal with um in in future restoration

1675
01:40:44,239 --> 01:40:45,520
scenarios. So, it's good to know that

1676
01:40:45,520 --> 01:40:47,040
it's there. Good to know that it's

1677
01:40:47,040 --> 01:40:49,199
shuttling water away from the wetland to

1678
01:40:49,199 --> 01:40:51,119
some extent. So, we'll have to think

1679
01:40:51,119 --> 01:40:53,280
about how we want to address that in

1680
01:40:53,280 --> 01:40:56,560
future restoration planning.

1681
01:40:56,560 --> 01:41:00,080
So, finding complete. Um, the next thing

1682
01:41:00,080 --> 01:41:01,440
that we did for the stepping stone

1683
01:41:01,440 --> 01:41:03,760
project was build these beaver d logs or

1684
01:41:03,760 --> 01:41:06,480
BDAS. So, these are structures that

1685
01:41:06,480 --> 01:41:08,560
mimic the natural function of beaver

1686
01:41:08,560 --> 01:41:10,880
dams in the wild. So they back up water,

1687
01:41:10,880 --> 01:41:13,760
they create habitat complexity,

1688
01:41:13,760 --> 01:41:15,600
um they keep water around for longer

1689
01:41:15,600 --> 01:41:17,520
into the season. So they're basically

1690
01:41:17,520 --> 01:41:20,800
made out of um vegetated branches and

1691
01:41:20,800 --> 01:41:23,040
dirt, kind of like a lasagna. You just

1692
01:41:23,040 --> 01:41:24,480
keep stacking them on top of each other

1693
01:41:24,480 --> 01:41:26,400
and it creates a mound that spans the

1694
01:41:26,400 --> 01:41:29,040
channel. Um BDAS are a really hot topic

1695
01:41:29,040 --> 01:41:30,960
in the world of restoration right now

1696
01:41:30,960 --> 01:41:33,440
because they're simple, cost effective,

1697
01:41:33,440 --> 01:41:35,040
you can build them with materials on

1698
01:41:35,040 --> 01:41:37,360
site, um and they're easily modified or

1699
01:41:37,360 --> 01:41:40,000
removed. So, it was cool to try out this

1700
01:41:40,000 --> 01:41:41,679
technique on our land, and I hope we can

1701
01:41:41,679 --> 01:41:44,000
continue doing this um into the future.

1702
01:41:44,000 --> 01:41:45,920
These are some photos of us building it.

1703
01:41:45,920 --> 01:41:47,840
We had a lot of people from partnering

1704
01:41:47,840 --> 01:41:50,239
organizations come out and help, and

1705
01:41:50,239 --> 01:41:52,080
that's a good thing because it's really

1706
01:41:52,080 --> 01:41:54,159
labor intensive to build these, but also

1707
01:41:54,159 --> 01:41:57,520
super rewarding. This is a picture of um

1708
01:41:57,520 --> 01:41:59,280
what they look like completed. You can

1709
01:41:59,280 --> 01:42:01,199
see there's logs that are stacked on the

1710
01:42:01,199 --> 01:42:03,440
downstream end to kind of give the

1711
01:42:03,440 --> 01:42:05,040
structure some weight and hold it in

1712
01:42:05,040 --> 01:42:07,679
place.

1713
01:42:07,679 --> 01:42:09,520
And this is a post rain photo from

1714
01:42:09,520 --> 01:42:11,760
December. So you can kind of see the

1715
01:42:11,760 --> 01:42:13,679
water on the upstream side is maybe a

1716
01:42:13,679 --> 01:42:15,199
little bit higher. And I'll be

1717
01:42:15,199 --> 01:42:17,360
particularly interested to see how this

1718
01:42:17,360 --> 01:42:19,360
performs when the water starts to draw

1719
01:42:19,360 --> 01:42:21,440
down in the spring. The goal is to keep

1720
01:42:21,440 --> 01:42:23,760
more water on the upstream side rather

1721
01:42:23,760 --> 01:42:25,440
than it going down the drainage channel.

1722
01:42:25,440 --> 01:42:27,199
So I'll continue monitoring these and

1723
01:42:27,199 --> 01:42:28,639
see if they're effective and see if it's

1724
01:42:28,639 --> 01:42:30,159
something we want to replicate in other

1725
01:42:30,159 --> 01:42:32,880
areas.

1726
01:42:32,880 --> 01:42:35,040
So again, I'm going to keep monitoring

1727
01:42:35,040 --> 01:42:37,119
the site. I think this project provided

1728
01:42:37,119 --> 01:42:39,280
a lot of valuable information and

1729
01:42:39,280 --> 01:42:42,000
experience for our staff. Um, we're

1730
01:42:42,000 --> 01:42:44,400
going to maintain the BDAS, maybe um,

1731
01:42:44,400 --> 01:42:45,920
build them up a little bit higher in the

1732
01:42:45,920 --> 01:42:48,400
springtime. And like I said, hopefully

1733
01:42:48,400 --> 01:42:50,320
future phases of this stepping stone

1734
01:42:50,320 --> 01:42:52,639
project in the Laguna Sega area will

1735
01:42:52,639 --> 01:42:55,600
continue.

1736
01:42:55,600 --> 01:42:57,199
Moving on to our second project, which

1737
01:42:57,199 --> 01:43:08,390
is the Rancho Ponds project.

1738
01:43:08,400 --> 01:43:09,920
They're about a half a mile from each

1739
01:43:09,920 --> 01:43:13,280
other. Pond one is quite big. It's about

1740
01:43:13,280 --> 01:43:16,320
an acre and it's very deep. Um the issue

1741
01:43:16,320 --> 01:43:18,639
there was that the burm was leaking and

1742
01:43:18,639 --> 01:43:21,440
there were a ton of invasive catfish. Uh

1743
01:43:21,440 --> 01:43:23,360
making it really difficult for any

1744
01:43:23,360 --> 01:43:26,080
native frogs and amphibians to have a

1745
01:43:26,080 --> 01:43:29,600
sustainable population. So, we wanted to

1746
01:43:29,600 --> 01:43:31,280
drain the pond to actually do the

1747
01:43:31,280 --> 01:43:33,280
construction work with the added benefit

1748
01:43:33,280 --> 01:43:35,760
of killing off all those invasive fish

1749
01:43:35,760 --> 01:43:38,800
and um repair the berm by lining it with

1750
01:43:38,800 --> 01:43:41,840
a with a kind of a waterproof liner

1751
01:43:41,840 --> 01:43:44,400
essentially. Pond seven and 10 are much

1752
01:43:44,400 --> 01:43:47,199
smaller and they're very similar. um

1753
01:43:47,199 --> 01:43:49,040
more of a classic stock pond in the

1754
01:43:49,040 --> 01:43:51,440
sense that they just they they all

1755
01:43:51,440 --> 01:43:53,280
typically need maintenance every so

1756
01:43:53,280 --> 01:43:55,600
often to because they sediment in over

1757
01:43:55,600 --> 01:43:57,840
time and they become much less of a

1758
01:43:57,840 --> 01:43:59,360
pond. So, you kind of got to muck them

1759
01:43:59,360 --> 01:44:02,400
out. Um and there were also some erosion

1760
01:44:02,400 --> 01:44:06,080
issues going on there.

1761
01:44:06,080 --> 01:44:07,760
Um, before we worked on any of the

1762
01:44:07,760 --> 01:44:09,520
ponds, we had to drain them and we had

1763
01:44:09,520 --> 01:44:11,280
to relocate some of the critters that

1764
01:44:11,280 --> 01:44:14,080
were living in them, which was a little

1765
01:44:14,080 --> 01:44:16,719
bit chaotic and a really interesting

1766
01:44:16,719 --> 01:44:18,960
experience. Um, and also a really great

1767
01:44:18,960 --> 01:44:21,040
window into what was living in there.

1768
01:44:21,040 --> 01:44:23,600
So, really good some baseline data. You

1769
01:44:23,600 --> 01:44:25,760
can see at pond one, this is where the

1770
01:44:25,760 --> 01:44:27,440
all those catfish were. There were

1771
01:44:27,440 --> 01:44:30,639
almost no or tree frogs or red-legged

1772
01:44:30,639 --> 01:44:32,960
frogs or really anything. We do have a

1773
01:44:32,960 --> 01:44:34,639
good western pond turtle population

1774
01:44:34,639 --> 01:44:35,920
there, but only because they're big

1775
01:44:35,920 --> 01:44:38,080
enough to not get eaten by a catfish.

1776
01:44:38,080 --> 01:44:40,000
Um, so that was a really eye opening

1777
01:44:40,000 --> 01:44:43,040
thing to see. Pond 7 had a lot more

1778
01:44:43,040 --> 01:44:45,360
diversity than we expected. We found

1779
01:44:45,360 --> 01:44:49,920
adult and um, uh, juvenile and tadpole

1780
01:44:49,920 --> 01:44:51,679
uh, red-legged frogs there, as well as

1781
01:44:51,679 --> 01:44:53,360
western pond turtles, which we were not

1782
01:44:53,360 --> 01:44:56,800
expecting. We relocated um all the

1783
01:44:56,800 --> 01:44:58,719
adults and all the tadpoles that we

1784
01:44:58,719 --> 01:45:01,360
could downstream to Yagas Creek so they

1785
01:45:01,360 --> 01:45:04,560
would have a chance to um still stay

1786
01:45:04,560 --> 01:45:07,040
alive and hopefully they or their

1787
01:45:07,040 --> 01:45:08,719
children or grandchildren can make their

1788
01:45:08,719 --> 01:45:12,400
way back up to the ponds in the future.

1789
01:45:12,400 --> 01:45:14,639
So, not as cute as a badger, but still

1790
01:45:14,639 --> 01:45:17,280
has a special place in my heart. This is

1791
01:45:17,280 --> 01:45:19,679
the California red-legged frog. Um on

1792
01:45:19,679 --> 01:45:21,840
the left is an adult female. She's not

1793
01:45:21,840 --> 01:45:24,080
too happy to be taken out of her pond,

1794
01:45:24,080 --> 01:45:26,400
but there she is surveying her new

1795
01:45:26,400 --> 01:45:28,719
kingdom in Yagas Creek. And I told her

1796
01:45:28,719 --> 01:45:31,440
to to come on back up in a few months.

1797
01:45:31,440 --> 01:45:34,560
Um, and this is on the on the um right

1798
01:45:34,560 --> 01:45:37,040
hand side. There's a red-legged frog

1799
01:45:37,040 --> 01:45:38,480
tadpole. You can see the one on the

1800
01:45:38,480 --> 01:45:40,480
right is just starting to grow legs.

1801
01:45:40,480 --> 01:45:41,920
They undergo this incredible

1802
01:45:41,920 --> 01:45:46,239
metamorphosis where they um convert from

1803
01:45:46,239 --> 01:45:47,920
essentially getting oxygen and water to

1804
01:45:47,920 --> 01:45:50,159
on land and they grow legs and absorb

1805
01:45:50,159 --> 01:45:54,159
their tail and it's pretty alien stuff.

1806
01:45:54,159 --> 01:45:55,760
These are the pond turtles. We found

1807
01:45:55,760 --> 01:45:57,920
some really tiny cute ones. Help them

1808
01:45:57,920 --> 01:45:59,840
get relocated. The one on the bottom

1809
01:45:59,840 --> 01:46:01,433
left is actually self- relocating

1810
01:46:01,433 --> 01:46:02,960
[snorts] which is how the majority of

1811
01:46:02,960 --> 01:46:04,880
the ones from the big pond pond number

1812
01:46:04,880 --> 01:46:07,920
one uh got out. They're actually adapted

1813
01:46:07,920 --> 01:46:10,400
to do that. They go up into the uplands

1814
01:46:10,400 --> 01:46:12,080
and they dig a hole and they just wait

1815
01:46:12,080 --> 01:46:13,600
for it to start raining and then they

1816
01:46:13,600 --> 01:46:15,520
make their way back to the pond. We've

1817
01:46:15,520 --> 01:46:16,880
already seen them back in the pond this

1818
01:46:16,880 --> 01:46:19,600
year, which is really great.

1819
01:46:19,600 --> 01:46:21,600
So, I just have a few before and after

1820
01:46:21,600 --> 01:46:22,880
photos, and I'm going to start with the

1821
01:46:22,880 --> 01:46:24,400
two small ponds because they're a little

1822
01:46:24,400 --> 01:46:26,400
more straightforward. Um, this is

1823
01:46:26,400 --> 01:46:28,400
before. You can see there's a lot of

1824
01:46:28,400 --> 01:46:30,639
vegetation in there. Not really much of

1825
01:46:30,639 --> 01:46:34,560
a pond anymore. And this is after. Um, I

1826
01:46:34,560 --> 01:46:36,239
was worried about those tulies, but

1827
01:46:36,239 --> 01:46:37,840
they're already starting to come back.

1828
01:46:37,840 --> 01:46:41,040
They're pretty aggressive growers.

1829
01:46:41,040 --> 01:46:42,480
And it's a little tough to see in this

1830
01:46:42,480 --> 01:46:44,320
photo, but this is where we repaired the

1831
01:46:44,320 --> 01:46:46,400
burm. Essentially, where the burm

1832
01:46:46,400 --> 01:46:49,840
collapsed was our um was our new outfall

1833
01:46:49,840 --> 01:46:52,320
location, which was not good. Um and

1834
01:46:52,320 --> 01:46:56,159
this is uh after.

1835
01:46:56,159 --> 01:46:57,760
So, this is that collapsed berm. A

1836
01:46:57,760 --> 01:47:00,159
little bit more of a closeup. And this

1837
01:47:00,159 --> 01:47:02,719
is repaired.

1838
01:47:02,719 --> 01:47:04,800
There was also quite a bit of um erosion

1839
01:47:04,800 --> 01:47:08,960
issues with this outfall pipe. So, we um

1840
01:47:08,960 --> 01:47:11,199
relocated the outfall pipe, put in this

1841
01:47:11,199 --> 01:47:14,080
new overflow structure um and relocated

1842
01:47:14,080 --> 01:47:16,480
it away from the old head cut and

1843
01:47:16,480 --> 01:47:19,040
erosion area and took the pipe all the

1844
01:47:19,040 --> 01:47:20,800
way down the hillside so that hopefully

1845
01:47:20,800 --> 01:47:23,440
we um won't experience that same type of

1846
01:47:23,440 --> 01:47:25,360
erosion.

1847
01:47:25,360 --> 01:47:28,000
Pond 10's very similar. This is a before

1848
01:47:28,000 --> 01:47:30,080
picture and after. So, the pond is a bit

1849
01:47:30,080 --> 01:47:32,560
deepened. It's a little bit wider. Um,

1850
01:47:32,560 --> 01:47:34,000
we installed fencing around both of

1851
01:47:34,000 --> 01:47:35,600
these ponds as well to protect from

1852
01:47:35,600 --> 01:47:38,400
cattle impacts.

1853
01:47:38,400 --> 01:47:41,520
So, before from this angle, we put in um

1854
01:47:41,520 --> 01:47:43,520
a lot of container plants, which I'll

1855
01:47:43,520 --> 01:47:44,800
talk about a little bit more in a

1856
01:47:44,800 --> 01:47:46,880
second. There's a floating turtle ramp

1857
01:47:46,880 --> 01:47:48,400
in the center of that pond where the

1858
01:47:48,400 --> 01:47:51,199
turtles can bask if they choose to come

1859
01:47:51,199 --> 01:47:53,280
on over.

1860
01:47:53,280 --> 01:47:54,719
This is looking into the pond. There

1861
01:47:54,719 --> 01:47:57,360
were there was actually no um like

1862
01:47:57,360 --> 01:47:59,920
formal spillway or outflow structure. it

1863
01:47:59,920 --> 01:48:01,760
was kind of just sliding off and

1864
01:48:01,760 --> 01:48:03,840
creating a really big head cut. So, we

1865
01:48:03,840 --> 01:48:06,560
installed an overflow pipe. Um on the

1866
01:48:06,560 --> 01:48:09,520
left is the the old erosion. Um and then

1867
01:48:09,520 --> 01:48:11,360
on the right is the the new outflow

1868
01:48:11,360 --> 01:48:14,080
pipe.

1869
01:48:14,080 --> 01:48:16,320
Pond one was kind of our trickiest pond.

1870
01:48:16,320 --> 01:48:18,639
Um in some ways it's the biggest one.

1871
01:48:18,639 --> 01:48:20,719
It's about an acre and it's in a very

1872
01:48:20,719 --> 01:48:23,520
steep valley.

1873
01:48:23,520 --> 01:48:25,199
The reason we did this is because the

1874
01:48:25,199 --> 01:48:26,800
burm that's pictured here on the left

1875
01:48:26,800 --> 01:48:28,880
was leaking. The photo on the right is

1876
01:48:28,880 --> 01:48:31,040
just some um photo evidence of water

1877
01:48:31,040 --> 01:48:32,800
seeping through the burm in previous

1878
01:48:32,800 --> 01:48:35,360
years.

1879
01:48:35,360 --> 01:48:37,920
So what we were doing was installing a

1880
01:48:37,920 --> 01:48:40,320
bentonite clay liner on the burm from

1881
01:48:40,320 --> 01:48:42,080
about where the first person is standing

1882
01:48:42,080 --> 01:48:44,239
to where the furthest person is

1883
01:48:44,239 --> 01:48:46,719
standing, maybe a little bit more in. Um

1884
01:48:46,719 --> 01:48:48,400
we had to drain the pond first, which

1885
01:48:48,400 --> 01:48:49,679
actually proved to be pretty

1886
01:48:49,679 --> 01:48:51,920
complicated. It's a lot of water and

1887
01:48:51,920 --> 01:48:54,080
it's really wet even after all the water

1888
01:48:54,080 --> 01:48:56,560
is gone. There was a lot of this just

1889
01:48:56,560 --> 01:48:58,480
kind of standing around looking at the

1890
01:48:58,480 --> 01:49:01,119
ponds. When's it going to dry out?

1891
01:49:01,119 --> 01:49:02,800
Because you really couldn't walk more

1892
01:49:02,800 --> 01:49:04,480
than two feet into the pond without

1893
01:49:04,480 --> 01:49:06,320
sinking up to your waist. It was a real

1894
01:49:06,320 --> 01:49:08,159
safety hazard, much less getting a

1895
01:49:08,159 --> 01:49:11,040
20,000lb excavator out there. So, there

1896
01:49:11,040 --> 01:49:12,719
was a lot of back and forth of like, how

1897
01:49:12,719 --> 01:49:14,960
do we dry out the pond and can we get

1898
01:49:14,960 --> 01:49:16,480
machinery out there and what are the

1899
01:49:16,480 --> 01:49:18,719
logistics of this going to look like? Um

1900
01:49:18,719 --> 01:49:20,960
there was about 3 to four feet of

1901
01:49:20,960 --> 01:49:22,480
unexpected

1902
01:49:22,480 --> 01:49:25,199
clay sediment built up over the last 60

1903
01:49:25,199 --> 01:49:27,280
70 years of everything washing down into

1904
01:49:27,280 --> 01:49:30,320
this valley. So um we had to actually

1905
01:49:30,320 --> 01:49:32,080
remove all that mud and sediment out of

1906
01:49:32,080 --> 01:49:33,679
the way before we could even begin

1907
01:49:33,679 --> 01:49:36,159
placing the bentonite liner. So it was

1908
01:49:36,159 --> 01:49:38,400
pretty logistically complicated but an

1909
01:49:38,400 --> 01:49:40,719
interesting case.

1910
01:49:40,719 --> 01:49:42,880
So, this is once they got that mock out

1911
01:49:42,880 --> 01:49:45,520
of the way, um, this is them starting to

1912
01:49:45,520 --> 01:49:48,320
put these bags of bentonite onto the

1913
01:49:48,320 --> 01:49:51,040
pond. Um, and then they just mix it with

1914
01:49:51,040 --> 01:49:53,040
the native soil and kind of compress it

1915
01:49:53,040 --> 01:49:55,040
back in. And the bentonite when it's

1916
01:49:55,040 --> 01:49:57,920
exposed to water, it gets um, it

1917
01:49:57,920 --> 01:50:00,800
essentially just becomes like really

1918
01:50:00,800 --> 01:50:02,960
tight and compact and prevents water

1919
01:50:02,960 --> 01:50:04,719
from uh, [clears throat] seeping into

1920
01:50:04,719 --> 01:50:08,800
the burm and acts as a waterproof layer.

1921
01:50:08,800 --> 01:50:11,760
So, three excavators walk into a bar.

1922
01:50:11,760 --> 01:50:14,320
Here's what they're all doing. The top

1923
01:50:14,320 --> 01:50:15,920
left is doing what I just said. It's

1924
01:50:15,920 --> 01:50:17,679
mixing that bentonite with the top layer

1925
01:50:17,679 --> 01:50:21,199
of soil. The one on the right is

1926
01:50:21,199 --> 01:50:24,080
clearing out all of the the sediment so

1927
01:50:24,080 --> 01:50:25,679
that we can even get to the base layer

1928
01:50:25,679 --> 01:50:28,159
of the pond. And the one at the bottom

1929
01:50:28,159 --> 01:50:30,480
is digging a cut off trench. So, that's

1930
01:50:30,480 --> 01:50:32,080
kind of the end of the liner. And it

1931
01:50:32,080 --> 01:50:33,920
forces all the water to go beneath the

1932
01:50:33,920 --> 01:50:37,119
liner instead of through the burm. So, a

1933
01:50:37,119 --> 01:50:39,040
complicated and graceful dance of

1934
01:50:39,040 --> 01:50:41,199
machinery in this very small confined

1935
01:50:41,199 --> 01:50:42,880
area.

1936
01:50:42,880 --> 01:50:45,360
And because we had to move all uh all

1937
01:50:45,360 --> 01:50:48,239
the sediment to work on the actual pond

1938
01:50:48,239 --> 01:50:51,840
bottom, we had to do one half. We had to

1939
01:50:51,840 --> 01:50:54,080
move all the sediment to one side, do

1940
01:50:54,080 --> 01:50:57,360
one half, and then flop it back over and

1941
01:50:57,360 --> 01:50:59,040
then do the other half. So, it was kind

1942
01:50:59,040 --> 01:51:01,840
of a creative solution and um worked out

1943
01:51:01,840 --> 01:51:05,199
well despite a lot of uh uncertainty in

1944
01:51:05,199 --> 01:51:07,840
the beginning. So, here's some after

1945
01:51:07,840 --> 01:51:09,360
photos. I will say these are from

1946
01:51:09,360 --> 01:51:12,480
November since all the rain we just got.

1947
01:51:12,480 --> 01:51:15,280
This pond is completely full, way sooner

1948
01:51:15,280 --> 01:51:17,119
than expected, which has presented a few

1949
01:51:17,119 --> 01:51:18,960
challenges, but I am happy to have

1950
01:51:18,960 --> 01:51:21,199
received the rain.

1951
01:51:21,199 --> 01:51:23,520
So, here's some after photos. Got some

1952
01:51:23,520 --> 01:51:25,360
erosion control blanket on the work

1953
01:51:25,360 --> 01:51:28,400
area. floating turtle ramps in here as

1954
01:51:28,400 --> 01:51:29,920
well.

1955
01:51:29,920 --> 01:51:32,800
Some plantings here, too.

1956
01:51:32,800 --> 01:51:35,280
All the ponds uh have water depth gauges

1957
01:51:35,280 --> 01:51:37,840
installed and fencing installed. Now,

1958
01:51:37,840 --> 01:51:39,840
here's a closeup of those turtle basking

1959
01:51:39,840 --> 01:51:42,800
ramps. I hope they use them. Um and then

1960
01:51:42,800 --> 01:51:45,119
we also seated some areas of disturbance

1961
01:51:45,119 --> 01:51:48,480
in the project work site.

1962
01:51:48,480 --> 01:51:50,080
So, here's some photos. We partnered

1963
01:51:50,080 --> 01:51:51,360
with the student conservation

1964
01:51:51,360 --> 01:51:52,800
association. They came out and helped

1965
01:51:52,800 --> 01:51:55,360
with our with some fencing. So they

1966
01:51:55,360 --> 01:51:56,960
worked alongside our field staff. This

1967
01:51:56,960 --> 01:51:59,119
is a great opportunity for them to learn

1968
01:51:59,119 --> 01:52:01,679
about the conservation field,

1969
01:52:01,679 --> 01:52:04,880
do some projects on the land.

1970
01:52:04,880 --> 01:52:06,400
We also worked with the San Jose

1971
01:52:06,400 --> 01:52:09,520
Conservation Corps to install um 2600

1972
01:52:09,520 --> 01:52:11,440
plants across the three ponds. This was

1973
01:52:11,440 --> 01:52:13,119
no easy feat. It was a really big

1974
01:52:13,119 --> 01:52:15,599
planting project. So here are some

1975
01:52:15,599 --> 01:52:17,920
examples of the species that we planted.

1976
01:52:17,920 --> 01:52:20,880
They're all wetland water loving plants.

1977
01:52:20,880 --> 01:52:23,360
Here's some We got some really great

1978
01:52:23,360 --> 01:52:25,280
photos of the core coming out to help

1979
01:52:25,280 --> 01:52:28,000
us. Pretty tough planting conditions,

1980
01:52:28,000 --> 01:52:30,000
more of a remote site. They did a really

1981
01:52:30,000 --> 01:52:32,400
amazing job and it's really rewarding to

1982
01:52:32,400 --> 01:52:34,159
work with these young people who are

1983
01:52:34,159 --> 01:52:35,440
kind of just getting their foot in the

1984
01:52:35,440 --> 01:52:37,199
door with conservation. And our field

1985
01:52:37,199 --> 01:52:39,520
staff worked alongside them, which was

1986
01:52:39,520 --> 01:52:43,510
really, really helpful.

1987
01:52:43,520 --> 01:52:46,239
Found a big mushroom.

1988
01:52:46,239 --> 01:52:48,000
And while that was happening, our field

1989
01:52:48,000 --> 01:52:49,920
staff was working diligently in really

1990
01:52:49,920 --> 01:52:51,760
challenging conditions to install the

1991
01:52:51,760 --> 01:52:53,679
irrigation that's going to supply water

1992
01:52:53,679 --> 01:52:56,080
to these plants in the dry season and

1993
01:52:56,080 --> 01:52:58,480
what we thought would be before the pond

1994
01:52:58,480 --> 01:53:00,080
fills up, though that happened a lot

1995
01:53:00,080 --> 01:53:02,560
quicker than we thought.

1996
01:53:02,560 --> 01:53:04,800
So really a lot of gratitude to them. We

1997
01:53:04,800 --> 01:53:06,719
also had two volunteer days with the

1998
01:53:06,719 --> 01:53:09,440
public. So they came out and helped us

1999
01:53:09,440 --> 01:53:11,760
plant

2000
01:53:11,760 --> 01:53:16,070
a really fun project.

2001
01:53:16,080 --> 01:53:17,920
So, there'll be a five-year monitoring

2002
01:53:17,920 --> 01:53:19,760
and maintenance period. Um, we're going

2003
01:53:19,760 --> 01:53:21,440
to be looking at various things to

2004
01:53:21,440 --> 01:53:23,360
determine the success of the project.

2005
01:53:23,360 --> 01:53:25,840
Um, do the pond stay and the BMS stay

2006
01:53:25,840 --> 01:53:29,280
stable? Um, do all of those fun species

2007
01:53:29,280 --> 01:53:31,520
come back? Do we have NES and tree frogs

2008
01:53:31,520 --> 01:53:33,360
and red-legged frogs and western pond

2009
01:53:33,360 --> 01:53:34,880
turtles? And how long does it take? Are

2010
01:53:34,880 --> 01:53:37,760
their populations able to expand? Um, do

2011
01:53:37,760 --> 01:53:41,599
invasive species like bullfrogs come in?

2012
01:53:41,599 --> 01:53:44,239
um what's the vegetation cover and

2013
01:53:44,239 --> 01:53:46,560
success looking like after our plantings

2014
01:53:46,560 --> 01:53:48,400
and there's a lot of features to

2015
01:53:48,400 --> 01:53:51,040
maintain. Um so it'll be continue to be

2016
01:53:51,040 --> 01:53:52,800
a significant commitment from us over

2017
01:53:52,800 --> 01:53:55,760
the next few years but I think and I and

2018
01:53:55,760 --> 01:53:57,679
I hope it'll be a really worthwhile

2019
01:53:57,679 --> 01:53:59,599
commitment. It's been a really cool

2020
01:53:59,599 --> 01:54:01,360
project.

2021
01:54:01,360 --> 01:54:03,599
So here's just the summary slide again

2022
01:54:03,599 --> 01:54:06,320
to kind of um wrap things up comparing

2023
01:54:06,320 --> 01:54:09,360
and contrasting the two projects. um

2024
01:54:09,360 --> 01:54:12,000
similar in nature but very different in

2025
01:54:12,000 --> 01:54:13,760
the way they were executed and the in

2026
01:54:13,760 --> 01:54:15,280
the sites and the challenges that each

2027
01:54:15,280 --> 01:54:18,000
one presented.

2028
01:54:18,000 --> 01:54:19,440
I encourage you if you haven't seen

2029
01:54:19,440 --> 01:54:21,360
these, our communications team did a

2030
01:54:21,360 --> 01:54:24,000
really awesome job um publicizing this

2031
01:54:24,000 --> 01:54:25,840
work this summer. Feel really grateful

2032
01:54:25,840 --> 01:54:27,520
to them as well. These are really cool

2033
01:54:27,520 --> 01:54:30,719
videos that show some um some visuals

2034
01:54:30,719 --> 01:54:32,400
from the project and some some

2035
01:54:32,400 --> 01:54:34,639
interviews so you can get um insight

2036
01:54:34,639 --> 01:54:38,239
into specific components.

2037
01:54:38,239 --> 01:54:40,560
And our BDAS were featured in Nature

2038
01:54:40,560 --> 01:54:43,520
magazine which is really cool I think.

2039
01:54:43,520 --> 01:54:47,040
Um the article is about uh nature-based

2040
01:54:47,040 --> 01:54:50,320
solutions to flooding in urban areas. Um

2041
01:54:50,320 --> 01:54:53,199
so I hope that our humble little BDAS

2042
01:54:53,199 --> 01:54:56,239
can spark some greater conversation. um

2043
01:54:56,239 --> 01:54:59,199
about restoration like this and make it

2044
01:54:59,199 --> 01:55:01,920
more accessible for other people to um

2045
01:55:01,920 --> 01:55:05,119
to do this as well.

2046
01:55:05,119 --> 01:55:06,880
And lastly, I just want to point out the

2047
01:55:06,880 --> 01:55:08,960
partnerships that we had on these two

2048
01:55:08,960 --> 01:55:12,400
projects. Um for the building the BDAS,

2049
01:55:12,400 --> 01:55:14,800
we had representatives from POST, the

2050
01:55:14,800 --> 01:55:16,560
San Monteo Resource Conservation

2051
01:55:16,560 --> 01:55:18,880
District, City of San Jose, the Habitat

2052
01:55:18,880 --> 01:55:20,800
Agency, and Valley Water all come out

2053
01:55:20,800 --> 01:55:22,960
and physically help us build the BDAS,

2054
01:55:22,960 --> 01:55:27,040
which was really special. um and a great

2055
01:55:27,040 --> 01:55:29,679
learning exchange between agencies and

2056
01:55:29,679 --> 01:55:31,760
organizations.

2057
01:55:31,760 --> 01:55:34,560
Um and we worked with a great um company

2058
01:55:34,560 --> 01:55:37,360
called Nature's Engineers. They do they

2059
01:55:37,360 --> 01:55:39,760
specialize in BDAS and restoration work

2060
01:55:39,760 --> 01:55:42,239
like this and do a lot of great beaver

2061
01:55:42,239 --> 01:55:45,040
advocacy work in San Lucispo. Um and it

2062
01:55:45,040 --> 01:55:47,119
was awesome to to make a connection with

2063
01:55:47,119 --> 01:55:50,480
them. Um, like I mentioned before, the

2064
01:55:50,480 --> 01:55:52,480
Student Conservation Association and the

2065
01:55:52,480 --> 01:55:54,320
San Jose Conservation Corps came out to

2066
01:55:54,320 --> 01:55:56,560
help with the Rancho project and Point

2067
01:55:56,560 --> 01:55:58,560
Blue and Valley Water were both funders

2068
01:55:58,560 --> 01:56:00,639
of that project. So, you know, there's

2069
01:56:00,639 --> 01:56:03,440
the element of all the technical things

2070
01:56:03,440 --> 01:56:06,239
we did on the land to help um you know,

2071
01:56:06,239 --> 01:56:07,920
the the critters out there, but there's

2072
01:56:07,920 --> 01:56:11,280
also the ecosystem of people and um the

2073
01:56:11,280 --> 01:56:13,280
relationships we were able to build and

2074
01:56:13,280 --> 01:56:16,400
bolster that will help further this work

2075
01:56:16,400 --> 01:56:18,239
in our organization and also in the

2076
01:56:18,239 --> 01:56:20,639
region. So, I find that to be a really

2077
01:56:20,639 --> 01:56:22,719
rewarding part of these projects as

2078
01:56:22,719 --> 01:56:26,880
well. So, um, with that, I'd be happy to

2079
01:56:26,880 --> 01:56:28,639
take any questions and comments you have

2080
01:56:28,639 --> 01:56:30,800
about either project. And thanks for

2081
01:56:30,800 --> 01:56:32,080
listening.

2082
01:56:32,080 --> 01:56:33,830
>> Thank you very much, Rachel. Great

2083
01:56:33,830 --> 01:56:33,840
» Thank you very much, Rachel. Great

2084
01:56:33,840 --> 01:56:34,800
presentation.

2085
01:56:34,800 --> 01:56:35,430
>> Thanks.

2086
01:56:35,430 --> 01:56:35,440
» Thanks.

2087
01:56:35,440 --> 01:56:37,990
>> Um,

2088
01:56:37,990 --> 01:56:38,000
» Um,

2089
01:56:38,000 --> 01:56:39,199
Renet,

2090
01:56:39,199 --> 01:56:40,709
>> yeah,

2091
01:56:40,709 --> 01:56:40,719
» yeah,

2092
01:56:40,719 --> 01:56:42,480
sort of following along some of the

2093
01:56:42,480 --> 01:56:45,119
videos came before. It was kind of cool

2094
01:56:45,119 --> 01:56:46,880
to see that. Looking forward to going

2095
01:56:46,880 --> 01:56:49,840
out there and watching some critters for

2096
01:56:49,840 --> 01:56:55,199
around. Well done. Thank you. Thanks

2097
01:56:55,199 --> 01:56:56,870
>> Matthews.

2098
01:56:56,870 --> 01:56:56,880
» Matthews.

2099
01:56:56,880 --> 01:57:01,990
>> Good project. Good presentation.

2100
01:57:02,000 --> 01:57:04,239
» Great great presentation. Thank you very

2101
01:57:04,239 --> 01:57:05,679
much. I want to know when we can go out

2102
01:57:05,679 --> 01:57:07,119
there. I want to see this.

2103
01:57:07,119 --> 01:57:10,950
>> Yeah. Um I would love to to host a host

2104
01:57:10,950 --> 01:57:10,960
» Yeah. Um I would love to to host a host

2105
01:57:10,960 --> 01:57:13,520
a board outing. We I think we took one

2106
01:57:13,520 --> 01:57:15,199
of the committees out there. I can't

2107
01:57:15,199 --> 01:57:17,040
remember which one.

2108
01:57:17,040 --> 01:57:17,510
>> Which one?

2109
01:57:17,510 --> 01:57:17,520
» Which one?

2110
01:57:17,520 --> 01:57:19,109
>> Our expenditure oversight committ. Yeah,

2111
01:57:19,109 --> 01:57:19,119
» Our expenditure oversight committ. Yeah,

2112
01:57:19,119 --> 01:57:20,560
we took the expenditure plan and

2113
01:57:20,560 --> 01:57:24,719
oversight committee out there last year.

2114
01:57:24,719 --> 01:57:26,070
>> The board could come out. That'd be

2115
01:57:26,070 --> 01:57:26,080
» The board could come out. That'd be

2116
01:57:26,080 --> 01:57:28,000
really fun. Maybe we could put you to

2117
01:57:28,000 --> 01:57:31,040
work doing some weeding, too.

2118
01:57:31,040 --> 01:57:36,070
>> I'd be I'd be happy to do a tour.

2119
01:57:36,080 --> 01:57:37,920
» No question. So, thank you for the great

2120
01:57:37,920 --> 01:57:38,719
presentation.

2121
01:57:38,719 --> 01:57:42,229
>> Thanks, Dr. Gil.

2122
01:57:42,229 --> 01:57:42,239
» Thanks, Dr. Gil.

2123
01:57:42,239 --> 01:57:43,910
>> Um,

2124
01:57:43,910 --> 01:57:43,920
» Um,

2125
01:57:43,920 --> 01:57:46,480
no question, no comments, but really a

2126
01:57:46,480 --> 01:57:50,320
great presentation. Thank you. Thanks.

2127
01:57:50,320 --> 01:57:53,030
>> I have a question and this is me not

2128
01:57:53,030 --> 01:57:53,040
» I have a question and this is me not

2129
01:57:53,040 --> 01:57:55,599
understanding what I was hearing.

2130
01:57:55,599 --> 01:57:58,960
If it's a is it a stock pond and does

2131
01:57:58,960 --> 01:58:01,440
that mean it's there to provide water

2132
01:58:01,440 --> 01:58:02,400
for cattle?

2133
01:58:02,400 --> 01:58:04,229
>> Yes. So that is why the ponds were

2134
01:58:04,229 --> 01:58:04,239
» Yes. So that is why the ponds were

2135
01:58:04,239 --> 01:58:06,239
originally built when the land was

2136
01:58:06,239 --> 01:58:08,960
exclusively used for ranching. Um so

2137
01:58:08,960 --> 01:58:10,880
there's stock ponds. It's pretty common

2138
01:58:10,880 --> 01:58:12,719
in a lot of our preserves in this

2139
01:58:12,719 --> 01:58:16,159
region. Um, and some of them still are

2140
01:58:16,159 --> 01:58:18,159
used for cattle as well as habitat. And

2141
01:58:18,159 --> 01:58:20,159
that's kind of a sometimes a delicate

2142
01:58:20,159 --> 01:58:21,760
balance, but it definitely is possible

2143
01:58:21,760 --> 01:58:23,599
for them to be used for both

2144
01:58:23,599 --> 01:58:25,350
>> because you fenced them off.

2145
01:58:25,350 --> 01:58:25,360
» because you fenced them off.

2146
01:58:25,360 --> 01:58:26,070
>> That's correct.

2147
01:58:26,070 --> 01:58:26,080
» That's correct.

2148
01:58:26,080 --> 01:58:27,990
>> So, they're not they're still called

2149
01:58:27,990 --> 01:58:28,000
» So, they're not they're still called

2150
01:58:28,000 --> 01:58:30,239
stock ponds, but they're not available

2151
01:58:30,239 --> 01:58:31,280
for cattle.

2152
01:58:31,280 --> 01:58:34,070
>> Yeah. So, the the big pond can still be

2153
01:58:34,070 --> 01:58:34,080
» Yeah. So, the the big pond can still be

2154
01:58:34,080 --> 01:58:36,000
used for cattle. We're fencing some

2155
01:58:36,000 --> 01:58:37,599
portions of it off. the burm we're going

2156
01:58:37,599 --> 01:58:39,199
to keep cattle off just for the

2157
01:58:39,199 --> 01:58:41,360
stability of that construction project,

2158
01:58:41,360 --> 01:58:43,040
but they'll still have access to other

2159
01:58:43,040 --> 01:58:46,080
parts of the pond. And then pond 7, they

2160
01:58:46,080 --> 01:58:48,000
have actually been off that for a while.

2161
01:58:48,000 --> 01:58:50,400
Because of that, there's some

2162
01:58:50,400 --> 01:58:52,960
geotechnical concerns around that pond.

2163
01:58:52,960 --> 01:58:56,400
Um, and it may not last forever. So,

2164
01:58:56,400 --> 01:58:58,080
we're trying to keep the cattle off that

2165
01:58:58,080 --> 01:59:00,800
one. Um, but pond 10, it is fenced off

2166
01:59:00,800 --> 01:59:02,560
that there is a gate. So, we could work

2167
01:59:02,560 --> 01:59:04,639
with the grazer to do some flash grazing

2168
01:59:04,639 --> 01:59:06,719
inside the pond at certain times. And

2169
01:59:06,719 --> 01:59:08,080
then where does the water come from

2170
01:59:08,080 --> 01:59:09,760
besides the rain?

2171
01:59:09,760 --> 01:59:11,830
>> Um yeah, so that's a great question. I

2172
01:59:11,830 --> 01:59:11,840
» Um yeah, so that's a great question. I

2173
01:59:11,840 --> 01:59:14,239
would say with pond 10, it primarily

2174
01:59:14,239 --> 01:59:17,599
comes from rain, like surface water. Um

2175
01:59:17,599 --> 01:59:20,480
pond 7 and pond one definitely have a

2176
01:59:20,480 --> 01:59:22,719
strong groundwater component. There's

2177
01:59:22,719 --> 01:59:25,520
actually a spring up on that ridge. So

2178
01:59:25,520 --> 01:59:28,320
we found that um those two ponds

2179
01:59:28,320 --> 01:59:30,320
actually we had to continuously pump

2180
01:59:30,320 --> 01:59:32,080
them out during construction. So there

2181
01:59:32,080 --> 01:59:34,400
is a source of water even in the the dry

2182
01:59:34,400 --> 01:59:36,800
season at least during you know average

2183
01:59:36,800 --> 01:59:39,119
or above average precipitation years.

2184
01:59:39,119 --> 01:59:39,750
>> Thank you.

2185
01:59:39,750 --> 01:59:39,760
» Thank you.

2186
01:59:39,760 --> 01:59:41,990
>> And then

2187
01:59:41,990 --> 01:59:42,000
» And then

2188
01:59:42,000 --> 01:59:44,719
my last comment was that what a great

2189
01:59:44,719 --> 01:59:49,119
way to train people on how to use heavy

2190
01:59:49,119 --> 01:59:51,440
equipment. That was really impressive

2191
01:59:51,440 --> 01:59:54,480
seeing those big things out there. And

2192
01:59:54,480 --> 01:59:56,639
um it's not everywhere where you can get

2193
01:59:56,639 --> 01:59:58,880
that kind of training and experience. So

2194
01:59:58,880 --> 02:00:01,520
I find that to be just a huge benefit of

2195
02:00:01,520 --> 02:00:04,080
this organization that we can train and

2196
02:00:04,080 --> 02:00:07,199
use that kind of labor and trained labor

2197
02:00:07,199 --> 02:00:07,679
force.

2198
02:00:07,679 --> 02:00:08,390
>> Thank you.

2199
02:00:08,390 --> 02:00:08,400
» Thank you.

2200
02:00:08,400 --> 02:00:10,310
>> Yeah. Yeah. I will say the Rancho

2201
02:00:10,310 --> 02:00:10,320
» Yeah. Yeah. I will say the Rancho

2202
02:00:10,320 --> 02:00:11,920
project, we had a contractor come out

2203
02:00:11,920 --> 02:00:13,440
and do it, but they were an incredible

2204
02:00:13,440 --> 02:00:15,760
contractor. They they are a restoration

2205
02:00:15,760 --> 02:00:17,679
specific contractor, Triangle Land

2206
02:00:17,679 --> 02:00:19,360
Restoration. And I felt really grateful

2207
02:00:19,360 --> 02:00:21,119
to be able to work with them because

2208
02:00:21,119 --> 02:00:23,760
they've done a lot of um a lot of

2209
02:00:23,760 --> 02:00:25,760
similar projects and it's not standard

2210
02:00:25,760 --> 02:00:28,639
work to be in remote, steep, rocky

2211
02:00:28,639 --> 02:00:30,560
conditions like that where you're having

2212
02:00:30,560 --> 02:00:32,480
to work so closely together. It's a

2213
02:00:32,480 --> 02:00:35,520
little unconventional. Um and yeah, I

2214
02:00:35,520 --> 02:00:38,400
also feel really proud of our staff for

2215
02:00:38,400 --> 02:00:41,360
doing the work um on the stepping stone

2216
02:00:41,360 --> 02:00:42,800
project. It was a great learning

2217
02:00:42,800 --> 02:00:44,800
opportunity for all of us, you know,

2218
02:00:44,800 --> 02:00:47,520
equipment and by hand. So, I feel felt

2219
02:00:47,520 --> 02:00:49,199
really supported by our field team. They

2220
02:00:49,199 --> 02:00:50,400
are super competent.

2221
02:00:50,400 --> 02:00:53,189
>> And for the major most people who live

2222
02:00:53,189 --> 02:00:53,199
» And for the major most people who live

2223
02:00:53,199 --> 02:00:55,760
in the valley, when we see big equipment

2224
02:00:55,760 --> 02:00:57,520
like that, it's going to be building

2225
02:00:57,520 --> 02:01:00,400
something downtown and it's nice to see

2226
02:01:00,400 --> 02:01:03,679
it being used out preserving wildland.

2227
02:01:03,679 --> 02:01:04,800
So, thank you very much.

2228
02:01:04,800 --> 02:01:05,430
>> Yeah.

2229
02:01:05,430 --> 02:01:05,440
» Yeah.

2230
02:01:05,440 --> 02:01:07,589
>> And I think Director Matthews,

2231
02:01:07,589 --> 02:01:07,599
» And I think Director Matthews,

2232
02:01:07,599 --> 02:01:09,589
>> yeah, I did have a question. You

2233
02:01:09,589 --> 02:01:09,599
» yeah, I did have a question. You

2234
02:01:09,599 --> 02:01:11,920
mentioned removing a lot of the species

2235
02:01:11,920 --> 02:01:14,560
to do the pond restoration and then you

2236
02:01:14,560 --> 02:01:15,840
mentioned you were hoping they would

2237
02:01:15,840 --> 02:01:17,760
find their way back. Why wouldn't you

2238
02:01:17,760 --> 02:01:19,840
just introduce Why wouldn't you give

2239
02:01:19,840 --> 02:01:20,960
them a helping hand with that?

2240
02:01:20,960 --> 02:01:24,870
>> Yeah, just put one in my pocket and

2241
02:01:24,870 --> 02:01:24,880
» Yeah, just put one in my pocket and

2242
02:01:24,880 --> 02:01:26,560
um that could maybe be something to

2243
02:01:26,560 --> 02:01:28,880
consider in the future. Um there's a lot

2244
02:01:28,880 --> 02:01:30,560
of

2245
02:01:30,560 --> 02:01:33,119
I you could say complicated or

2246
02:01:33,119 --> 02:01:36,080
protective measures for species um for

2247
02:01:36,080 --> 02:01:38,880
actually handling the species. um you

2248
02:01:38,880 --> 02:01:41,280
have to have a qualified biologist who

2249
02:01:41,280 --> 02:01:43,599
has proper like permits and training to

2250
02:01:43,599 --> 02:01:46,400
even um handle the species at all. We

2251
02:01:46,400 --> 02:01:49,840
had to work with biologists to relocate

2252
02:01:49,840 --> 02:01:52,719
them. So, it's more of an extensive

2253
02:01:52,719 --> 02:01:54,800
process to do what you would call like a

2254
02:01:54,800 --> 02:01:58,880
reintroduction um to the ponds. Um I

2255
02:01:58,880 --> 02:02:01,440
have a lot of confidence that nes and

2256
02:02:01,440 --> 02:02:03,760
tree frogs will be returning. In fact,

2257
02:02:03,760 --> 02:02:06,080
I've I've already seen it. Um, and I

2258
02:02:06,080 --> 02:02:07,760
know turtles are coming back to pond

2259
02:02:07,760 --> 02:02:11,199
one. Um, my main thing that I'm

2260
02:02:11,199 --> 02:02:12,960
concerned about is the red-legged frog.

2261
02:02:12,960 --> 02:02:15,840
So, I think maybe it's a case of we wait

2262
02:02:15,840 --> 02:02:18,560
a couple years and see. Um, if they

2263
02:02:18,560 --> 02:02:19,840
because if they found their way there,

2264
02:02:19,840 --> 02:02:22,480
they're they're pretty resilient and um,

2265
02:02:22,480 --> 02:02:24,320
they should be able to find their way

2266
02:02:24,320 --> 02:02:27,760
back. So, I feel I feel good about that.

2267
02:02:27,760 --> 02:02:29,760
And maybe if it's been a few years,

2268
02:02:29,760 --> 02:02:31,040
that's why we have that fiveyear

2269
02:02:31,040 --> 02:02:32,800
monitoring period. and then maybe we

2270
02:02:32,800 --> 02:02:36,159
could look into additional options. But

2271
02:02:36,159 --> 02:02:39,199
it would be there'd be some logistics to

2272
02:02:39,199 --> 02:02:40,960
consider in in bringing them back to the

2273
02:02:40,960 --> 02:02:42,880
ponds from from Yagas Creek. The first

2274
02:02:42,880 --> 02:02:44,880
of which would be finding them. But

2275
02:02:44,880 --> 02:02:46,470
>> yeah, [clears throat] so yeah, good it's

2276
02:02:46,470 --> 02:02:46,480
» yeah, [clears throat] so yeah, good it's

2277
02:02:46,480 --> 02:02:50,560
a good good thing to think about.

2278
02:02:50,560 --> 02:02:52,070
>> That's

2279
02:02:52,070 --> 02:02:52,080
» That's

2280
02:02:52,080 --> 02:02:54,719
the chair if I may add one thing. Um,

2281
02:02:54,719 --> 02:02:56,639
you know, uh, the board may recall some

2282
02:02:56,639 --> 02:02:59,440
of the trail planning work at Rancho and

2283
02:02:59,440 --> 02:03:01,599
some of the presentations that Jen on

2284
02:03:01,599 --> 02:03:04,080
our staff has led. Um, all of those

2285
02:03:04,080 --> 02:03:07,119
trails, all the versions of them go by

2286
02:03:07,119 --> 02:03:10,719
Pond 7. So, um, whenever that project is

2287
02:03:10,719 --> 02:03:12,800
is ready or you're doing tours related

2288
02:03:12,800 --> 02:03:14,560
to that project, you'll drive right by

2289
02:03:14,560 --> 02:03:16,480
it. So, it's a good opportunity to see

2290
02:03:16,480 --> 02:03:18,719
it. Um the other thing I'll I'll just

2291
02:03:18,719 --> 02:03:20,719
kind of belabor even though Rachel

2292
02:03:20,719 --> 02:03:23,599
mentioned it is that you know a lot of

2293
02:03:23,599 --> 02:03:27,119
restoration work takes a long time. Um I

2294
02:03:27,119 --> 02:03:29,920
think you know six years in the case of

2295
02:03:29,920 --> 02:03:33,119
the ponds project plus five years of

2296
02:03:33,119 --> 02:03:34,960
monitoring right I mean this is like big

2297
02:03:34,960 --> 02:03:37,840
portions of people's careers. So um just

2298
02:03:37,840 --> 02:03:40,480
to you know understand how how long this

2299
02:03:40,480 --> 02:03:42,320
work takes for a bunch of reasons from

2300
02:03:42,320 --> 02:03:44,480
the design phase to the permitting to

2301
02:03:44,480 --> 02:03:46,719
the contracting to the biology to the

2302
02:03:46,719 --> 02:03:49,199
cultural resources. Um you know we don't

2303
02:03:49,199 --> 02:03:52,239
make widgets here and there's there's a

2304
02:03:52,239 --> 02:03:54,400
reason that that time period can get up.

2305
02:03:54,400 --> 02:03:56,000
Um the other thing I'll mention is you

2306
02:03:56,000 --> 02:03:57,599
know just that that's an a million

2307
02:03:57,599 --> 02:03:59,760
dollar project. You saw those all that

2308
02:03:59,760 --> 02:04:01,360
dirt and all that equipment and that's

2309
02:04:01,360 --> 02:04:03,840
and that's money. Um, you know, about

2310
02:04:03,840 --> 02:04:06,080
half of that or so was was funded by

2311
02:04:06,080 --> 02:04:09,440
Valley Water, a grant from them. Um, and

2312
02:04:09,440 --> 02:04:12,159
then a smaller portion was was a project

2313
02:04:12,159 --> 02:04:13,440
with Point Blue, which is a

2314
02:04:13,440 --> 02:04:15,360
long-standing partnership relationship

2315
02:04:15,360 --> 02:04:18,560
with their straw program that connects

2316
02:04:18,560 --> 02:04:20,400
students and teachers to watershed

2317
02:04:20,400 --> 02:04:23,920
restoration. So, um, you know, and just

2318
02:04:23,920 --> 02:04:25,840
time to I think Rachel told me the other

2319
02:04:25,840 --> 02:04:28,800
day that this last year she spent 950

2320
02:04:28,800 --> 02:04:31,119
hours on the Rancho project. So, you

2321
02:04:31,119 --> 02:04:33,040
know, that's like half of an employee,

2322
02:04:33,040 --> 02:04:35,119
right? And this is uh I don't want to

2323
02:04:35,119 --> 02:04:36,719
speak for you, but the maybe the biggest

2324
02:04:36,719 --> 02:04:38,159
project in your career.

2325
02:04:38,159 --> 02:04:39,750
>> Yeah, definitely. And yeah, the 900

2326
02:04:39,750 --> 02:04:39,760
» Yeah, definitely. And yeah, the 900

2327
02:04:39,760 --> 02:04:41,760
hours, I guess, is since I started, so

2328
02:04:41,760 --> 02:04:43,599
maybe two years, but still a really good

2329
02:04:43,599 --> 02:04:44,960
chunk of time. And definitely the

2330
02:04:44,960 --> 02:04:46,960
biggest project that I have personally

2331
02:04:46,960 --> 02:04:50,400
managed and um a lot so many different

2332
02:04:50,400 --> 02:04:52,560
it's so interdisciplinary. I've really

2333
02:04:52,560 --> 02:04:54,880
learned a lot about a I learned a little

2334
02:04:54,880 --> 02:04:57,360
about a lot of things, I'll say. And it

2335
02:04:57,360 --> 02:05:00,400
was I had also had to you know

2336
02:05:00,400 --> 02:05:01,840
coordinate with a lot of different

2337
02:05:01,840 --> 02:05:04,239
people. So big learning experience for

2338
02:05:04,239 --> 02:05:05,840
me personally and I think for the

2339
02:05:05,840 --> 02:05:07,679
organization and just in terms of what

2340
02:05:07,679 --> 02:05:10,080
it takes to do a project like this.

2341
02:05:10,080 --> 02:05:12,926
>> So kudos to Rachel for you know taking

2342
02:05:12,926 --> 02:05:12,936
» So kudos to Rachel for you know taking

2343
02:05:12,936 --> 02:05:14,639
[snorts] this one through. A lot of

2344
02:05:14,639 --> 02:05:17,280
complications all along the way. Um you

2345
02:05:17,280 --> 02:05:19,440
know but trusting staff with a million

2346
02:05:19,440 --> 02:05:21,119
dollars and a bunch of endangered

2347
02:05:21,119 --> 02:05:25,589
species is a big deal. So

2348
02:05:25,599 --> 02:05:27,920
» yeah. All right. Thank you all.

2349
02:05:27,920 --> 02:05:30,070
>> Thank you.

2350
02:05:30,070 --> 02:05:30,080
» Thank you.

2351
02:05:30,080 --> 02:05:34,149
>> Um, do we have any members of the public

2352
02:05:34,149 --> 02:05:34,159
» Um, do we have any members of the public

2353
02:05:34,159 --> 02:05:36,000
who would like to comment on this item?

2354
02:05:36,000 --> 02:05:39,119
There are none. Thank you. Uh, this item

2355
02:05:39,119 --> 02:05:40,800
isformational and there's no board

2356
02:05:40,800 --> 02:05:44,239
action needed. So, thank you very much.

2357
02:05:44,239 --> 02:05:46,880
And I think we are now ready to move on

2358
02:05:46,880 --> 02:05:49,599
to committee meeting summaries or there

2359
02:05:49,599 --> 02:05:51,679
will no there were no committee meetings

2360
02:05:51,679 --> 02:05:53,360
since the December meeting. So, there

2361
02:05:53,360 --> 02:05:56,639
are none. And nowformational reports

2362
02:05:56,639 --> 02:06:00,400
beginning with general manager.

2363
02:06:00,400 --> 02:06:02,390
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um I'm going to

2364
02:06:02,390 --> 02:06:02,400
» Thank you, Madam Chair. Um I'm going to

2365
02:06:02,400 --> 02:06:04,960
defer to Mark uh to start our report

2366
02:06:04,960 --> 02:06:07,599
outs.

2367
02:06:07,599 --> 02:06:11,669
>> And I'm going to hand it to

2368
02:06:11,669 --> 02:06:11,679
» And I'm going to hand it to

2369
02:06:11,679 --> 02:06:14,159
Heritage Oaks.

2370
02:06:14,159 --> 02:06:17,589
>> Thank you, Mark. U Lucas Shawheimer,

2371
02:06:17,589 --> 02:06:17,599
» Thank you, Mark. U Lucas Shawheimer,

2372
02:06:17,599 --> 02:06:19,440
planning design construction manager

2373
02:06:19,440 --> 02:06:21,599
again. um [clears throat] provide a

2374
02:06:21,599 --> 02:06:24,560
brief update, excuse me, on the proposed

2375
02:06:24,560 --> 02:06:26,880
Heritage Oak Cemetery project in the

2376
02:06:26,880 --> 02:06:29,360
city of San Jose. Um staff brought this

2377
02:06:29,360 --> 02:06:31,199
item to your board, I think it was in

2378
02:06:31,199 --> 02:06:34,000
October, uh and the board provided

2379
02:06:34,000 --> 02:06:36,800
direction for us to review the project

2380
02:06:36,800 --> 02:06:40,880
supplemental air findings. Um as well as

2381
02:06:40,880 --> 02:06:44,079
uh provide comments and do outreach to

2382
02:06:44,079 --> 02:06:46,239
local and state elected officials as we

2383
02:06:46,239 --> 02:06:50,800
see fit. um based on the findings. Um so

2384
02:06:50,800 --> 02:06:55,199
um basically in uh December 17th uh the

2385
02:06:55,199 --> 02:06:57,280
supplemental ER was released by the city

2386
02:06:57,280 --> 02:07:01,040
of San Jose for public comment. Uh staff

2387
02:07:01,040 --> 02:07:04,320
working closely with legal council uh is

2388
02:07:04,320 --> 02:07:06,800
reviewing the supplemental er findings

2389
02:07:06,800 --> 02:07:10,400
and preparing comments. Um the proposed

2390
02:07:10,400 --> 02:07:12,560
uh schedule is the public comment period

2391
02:07:12,560 --> 02:07:17,199
will close uh in February 18th, 2016.

2392
02:07:17,199 --> 02:07:19,280
Um [clears throat] NOSA will provide a

2393
02:07:19,280 --> 02:07:21,599
comment letter prior to that. We were

2394
02:07:21,599 --> 02:07:25,440
informed by uh city staff that the

2395
02:07:25,440 --> 02:07:28,639
project um and determination of adequacy

2396
02:07:28,639 --> 02:07:30,400
of the findings will go to a planning

2397
02:07:30,400 --> 02:07:34,400
director's hearing. Um and uh the date

2398
02:07:34,400 --> 02:07:37,599
of that is TBD. uh it would be following

2399
02:07:37,599 --> 02:07:40,800
the close of the uh comment period and

2400
02:07:40,800 --> 02:07:43,040
then preparation of the final E. So

2401
02:07:43,040 --> 02:07:45,360
we'll be tracking that very closely. Um

2402
02:07:45,360 --> 02:07:46,880
so as I mentioned, OSA is planning to

2403
02:07:46,880 --> 02:07:50,320
provide a comment letter um at that uh

2404
02:07:50,320 --> 02:07:51,760
public comment period and then it goes

2405
02:07:51,760 --> 02:07:54,000
to the director's hearing at which OSA

2406
02:07:54,000 --> 02:07:56,960
would plan to provide a comment letter

2407
02:07:56,960 --> 02:07:59,360
and depending on the decision at that

2408
02:07:59,360 --> 02:08:01,599
point of the planning director whether

2409
02:08:01,599 --> 02:08:06,079
to uh accept the supplemental e or not

2410
02:08:06,079 --> 02:08:08,880
um OSA would plan to potentially file an

2411
02:08:08,880 --> 02:08:12,560
appeal of that. Um, if that were the

2412
02:08:12,560 --> 02:08:16,079
case, uh, we would file the appeal for,

2413
02:08:16,079 --> 02:08:18,639
um, uh, appeal of that and it would go

2414
02:08:18,639 --> 02:08:20,880
to the city of the San Jose City

2415
02:08:20,880 --> 02:08:24,560
Council, uh, for final, uh, approval of

2416
02:08:24,560 --> 02:08:27,440
the supplemental ER. Um, and there's

2417
02:08:27,440 --> 02:08:28,719
actually two approvals. There's a

2418
02:08:28,719 --> 02:08:30,320
supplemental Y and then the project

2419
02:08:30,320 --> 02:08:32,239
approval for the plan development permit

2420
02:08:32,239 --> 02:08:34,800
which would both of those items would go

2421
02:08:34,800 --> 02:08:39,040
to the director hearing and if appealed

2422
02:08:39,040 --> 02:08:44,470
the city council hearing.

2423
02:08:44,480 --> 02:08:47,280
» Okay,

2424
02:08:47,280 --> 02:08:50,079
that's thanks Lucas. Do we have any

2425
02:08:50,079 --> 02:08:53,760
other managers with report outs? Pardon

2426
02:08:53,760 --> 02:08:56,880
me. Elizabeth,

2427
02:08:56,880 --> 02:08:59,189
>> just a quick bit of good news. In the

2428
02:08:59,189 --> 02:08:59,199
» just a quick bit of good news. In the

2429
02:08:59,199 --> 02:09:01,040
fall, we submitted our renewal

2430
02:09:01,040 --> 02:09:03,920
application for a CSDA transparency

2431
02:09:03,920 --> 02:09:06,239
certificate of excellence. And we're

2432
02:09:06,239 --> 02:09:07,840
excited to share that we received notice

2433
02:09:07,840 --> 02:09:09,440
in late December that our application

2434
02:09:09,440 --> 02:09:12,560
was approved. Uh just this certificate

2435
02:09:12,560 --> 02:09:14,159
commemorates the authorities's continued

2436
02:09:14,159 --> 02:09:16,560
dedication to being transparent and open

2437
02:09:16,560 --> 02:09:18,239
and accessible to the public. So, we're

2438
02:09:18,239 --> 02:09:21,440
very excited to uh have a renewal of

2439
02:09:21,440 --> 02:09:23,920
this and we'll be coordinating at the

2440
02:09:23,920 --> 02:09:26,159
time with CSDA for them to come and

2441
02:09:26,159 --> 02:09:28,480
present the certificate to the board at

2442
02:09:28,480 --> 02:09:30,960
a future meeting in the coming month.

2443
02:09:30,960 --> 02:09:34,870
That's it.

2444
02:09:34,880 --> 02:09:36,880
» A bare natural resources manager. Um,

2445
02:09:36,880 --> 02:09:38,880
just real quick, um, obviously you see

2446
02:09:38,880 --> 02:09:41,119
the excellent work my team is up to, so

2447
02:09:41,119 --> 02:09:43,920
I don't need to cover that, but um, I'll

2448
02:09:43,920 --> 02:09:46,960
share, um, just last week, uh, for for a

2449
02:09:46,960 --> 02:09:48,480
couple years running now, we've worked

2450
02:09:48,480 --> 02:09:49,920
in partnership with the California

2451
02:09:49,920 --> 02:09:51,520
Department of Fish and Wildlife to

2452
02:09:51,520 --> 02:09:53,920
track, um, elk on the various properties

2453
02:09:53,920 --> 02:09:56,400
that we own and manage in Coyote Ridge.

2454
02:09:56,400 --> 02:09:59,119
Um, got this nice note. Thanks again for

2455
02:09:59,119 --> 02:10:01,360
coordinating and permitting CDFW to use

2456
02:10:01,360 --> 02:10:03,760
OSA property for a helicopter base camp.

2457
02:10:03,760 --> 02:10:05,840
Yesterday we were able to collar an

2458
02:10:05,840 --> 02:10:07,840
additional five cows and two bulls in

2459
02:10:07,840 --> 02:10:09,679
the vicinity of Kite Ridge south of

2460
02:10:09,679 --> 02:10:12,639
Anderson Lake. There's a total of 13 10

2461
02:10:12,639 --> 02:10:14,560
cows and three bulls out collared in

2462
02:10:14,560 --> 02:10:16,800
this area. Now we're also able to collar

2463
02:10:16,800 --> 02:10:18,800
another eight elk in herds to the east

2464
02:10:18,800 --> 02:10:21,599
and to the north. So Lillian did a good

2465
02:10:21,599 --> 02:10:23,199
job of describing the different methods

2466
02:10:23,199 --> 02:10:25,360
of understanding where wildlife moved.

2467
02:10:25,360 --> 02:10:27,840
Um this is obviously a little bit more

2468
02:10:27,840 --> 02:10:29,679
exciting with the helicopter and

2469
02:10:29,679 --> 02:10:32,239
tranquilizers and all of that, but um it

2470
02:10:32,239 --> 02:10:34,560
it really does help us sort of uh

2471
02:10:34,560 --> 02:10:37,280
understand the the landscape. Um the

2472
02:10:37,280 --> 02:10:39,679
other thing I'll report is that um staff

2473
02:10:39,679 --> 02:10:42,639
is working very hard to um develop some

2474
02:10:42,639 --> 02:10:44,639
of the alternatives for the board's

2475
02:10:44,639 --> 02:10:46,719
consideration. We'll talk about that at

2476
02:10:46,719 --> 02:10:48,560
a future board meeting, next boarding

2477
02:10:48,560 --> 02:10:50,320
meeting. So looking forward to sharing

2478
02:10:50,320 --> 02:10:53,119
that. Um, another thing I'll mention is

2479
02:10:53,119 --> 02:10:55,119
um, staff has presented in the past

2480
02:10:55,119 --> 02:10:58,239
about um, the county's rural zoning

2481
02:10:58,239 --> 02:11:00,239
update um, which is very complicated

2482
02:11:00,239 --> 02:11:03,199
topic on a number of fronts. Um, and

2483
02:11:03,199 --> 02:11:05,440
similarly at the same time uh, you may

2484
02:11:05,440 --> 02:11:08,079
recall that Anna on my team has also

2485
02:11:08,079 --> 02:11:10,800
started our agricultural strategic plan

2486
02:11:10,800 --> 02:11:13,040
and uh, members of the public who don't

2487
02:11:13,040 --> 02:11:15,280
you know always know their alphabet soup

2488
02:11:15,280 --> 02:11:17,119
of government agencies do get us

2489
02:11:17,119 --> 02:11:19,440
confused a little bit. So, um, some of

2490
02:11:19,440 --> 02:11:21,440
the broad concern that people have about

2491
02:11:21,440 --> 02:11:23,119
the rural zoning update, maybe

2492
02:11:23,119 --> 02:11:24,960
particularly in the equestrian community

2493
02:11:24,960 --> 02:11:27,520
or other sort of niche groups, um, some

2494
02:11:27,520 --> 02:11:29,599
of that is confusion is coming our way.

2495
02:11:29,599 --> 02:11:32,239
So, we're doing our best to get talking

2496
02:11:32,239 --> 02:11:34,800
points out there just to make sure for

2497
02:11:34,800 --> 02:11:36,719
folks to know who's on first and what

2498
02:11:36,719 --> 02:11:38,320
our work is about versus what the

2499
02:11:38,320 --> 02:11:40,560
county's works are about. Um, and I I'm

2500
02:11:40,560 --> 02:11:42,400
telling the board, so in case you hear

2501
02:11:42,400 --> 02:11:44,320
anything, um, please direct it to staff

2502
02:11:44,320 --> 02:11:46,719
and we can, um, help help guide them in

2503
02:11:46,719 --> 02:11:48,320
the right direction for what resources

2504
02:11:48,320 --> 02:11:50,159
they might need with the county or if

2505
02:11:50,159 --> 02:11:51,679
they are in fact interested in our

2506
02:11:51,679 --> 02:11:53,760
agricultural work that we can share that

2507
02:11:53,760 --> 02:11:57,280
as well. Thank you.

2508
02:11:57,280 --> 02:11:59,669
>> Through the chair, I think uh, Erin just

2509
02:11:59,669 --> 02:11:59,679
» Through the chair, I think uh, Erin just

2510
02:11:59,679 --> 02:12:01,840
uh, reminded me of something. If your

2511
02:12:01,840 --> 02:12:04,880
board remembers, I don't know exactly

2512
02:12:04,880 --> 02:12:06,960
which board meeting it was in the fall,

2513
02:12:06,960 --> 02:12:11,280
you approved anou and a $30,000

2514
02:12:11,280 --> 02:12:15,040
uh contract of support with the

2515
02:12:15,040 --> 02:12:16,719
University of California Cooperative

2516
02:12:16,719 --> 02:12:20,159
Extension for agricultural marketing to

2517
02:12:20,159 --> 02:12:22,400
help the public understand better the

2518
02:12:22,400 --> 02:12:24,159
importance of our working lands, our

2519
02:12:24,159 --> 02:12:26,560
local food, what farmers do, etc. And

2520
02:12:26,560 --> 02:12:29,520
that was called for in the Santa Clara

2521
02:12:29,520 --> 02:12:32,320
Valley. um a plan which we were a

2522
02:12:32,320 --> 02:12:34,800
co-author of and Alex sat on the

2523
02:12:34,800 --> 02:12:37,440
technical advisory committee for that.

2524
02:12:37,440 --> 02:12:39,920
So Julie Morris of UC Cooperative

2525
02:12:39,920 --> 02:12:42,480
Extension is leading that up. They've

2526
02:12:42,480 --> 02:12:43,199
come up with [clears throat] their

2527
02:12:43,199 --> 02:12:44,960
marketing and branding strategy for

2528
02:12:44,960 --> 02:12:47,520
agriculture. Um we're helping them out

2529
02:12:47,520 --> 02:12:50,800
with that and um they're trying to take

2530
02:12:50,800 --> 02:12:52,800
advantage of some of the big sporting

2531
02:12:52,800 --> 02:12:54,560
events and other things where people are

2532
02:12:54,560 --> 02:12:57,599
coming to San Jose. So you keep your

2533
02:12:57,599 --> 02:12:59,840
eyes peeled. you may start to see uh

2534
02:12:59,840 --> 02:13:02,320
billboards about natural and working

2535
02:13:02,320 --> 02:13:05,520
lands on uh billboards along Highway 101

2536
02:13:05,520 --> 02:13:10,159
um in the very near future. Thanks.

2537
02:13:10,159 --> 02:13:11,910
>> Thank you.

2538
02:13:11,910 --> 02:13:11,920
» Thank you.

2539
02:13:11,920 --> 02:13:13,910
>> And through through the chair, if I may,

2540
02:13:13,910 --> 02:13:13,920
» And through through the chair, if I may,

2541
02:13:13,920 --> 02:13:15,360
I have two more quick project

2542
02:13:15,360 --> 02:13:16,800
announcements uh that are worth

2543
02:13:16,800 --> 02:13:18,560
mentioning. Uh the first is our Rancho

2544
02:13:18,560 --> 02:13:20,639
Canada Regional Trails Pro expansion

2545
02:13:20,639 --> 02:13:23,280
project which Aaron mentioned earlier.

2546
02:13:23,280 --> 02:13:26,880
Uh we'll be releasing on the 16th an RFP

2547
02:13:26,880 --> 02:13:29,280
for SQUA uh for an environmental

2548
02:13:29,280 --> 02:13:31,040
consultant for that project. We'll begin

2549
02:13:31,040 --> 02:13:33,520
that analysis. Uh and then the second

2550
02:13:33,520 --> 02:13:36,800
big one is the um your board tonight uh

2551
02:13:36,800 --> 02:13:40,719
adopted uh the NEPA documents for the

2552
02:13:40,719 --> 02:13:42,800
Kite Valley Open Space Preserve uh

2553
02:13:42,800 --> 02:13:45,280
public access improvements project. uh

2554
02:13:45,280 --> 02:13:46,960
we'll be transmitting that now to the

2555
02:13:46,960 --> 02:13:49,119
county of Santa Clara and that will go

2556
02:13:49,119 --> 02:13:51,040
to the uh county of Santa Clair Board of

2557
02:13:51,040 --> 02:13:53,760
Supervisors on February 23rd is the plan

2558
02:13:53,760 --> 02:13:55,840
for their approval and that would be the

2559
02:13:55,840 --> 02:13:58,320
final hurdle we need for a $800,000

2560
02:13:58,320 --> 02:13:59,920
grant from the federal government from

2561
02:13:59,920 --> 02:14:02,800
HUD for that. Um so that's a big

2562
02:14:02,800 --> 02:14:05,119
milestone. And then uh related to that,

2563
02:14:05,119 --> 02:14:08,560
on January 23rd, uh we plan to issue a

2564
02:14:08,560 --> 02:14:11,440
request for construction bids for the

2565
02:14:11,440 --> 02:14:21,669
construction project.

2566
02:14:21,679 --> 02:14:23,199
» Thank you, Madam Chair. I was looking at

2567
02:14:23,199 --> 02:14:24,560
Helen and now I have to kind [laughter]

2568
02:14:24,560 --> 02:14:29,683
of shift shift my games.

2569
02:14:29,693 --> 02:14:31,990
» [laughter]

2570
02:14:32,000 --> 02:14:34,800
» I believe there is no legal report.

2571
02:14:34,800 --> 02:14:36,390
>> How'd you guess?

2572
02:14:36,390 --> 02:14:36,400
» How'd you guess?

2573
02:14:36,400 --> 02:14:38,069
>> It says no legal report on my cheat

2574
02:14:38,069 --> 02:14:38,079
» It says no legal report on my cheat

2575
02:14:38,079 --> 02:14:41,350
sheet. [laughter]

2576
02:14:41,360 --> 02:14:44,079
» I'll surprise you sometime.

2577
02:14:44,079 --> 02:14:46,069
>> And [clears throat] then uh board member

2578
02:14:46,069 --> 02:14:46,079
» And [clears throat] then uh board member

2579
02:14:46,079 --> 02:14:47,040
reports.

2580
02:14:47,040 --> 02:14:47,990
>> Hi there, Alex.

2581
02:14:47,990 --> 02:14:48,000
» Hi there, Alex.

2582
02:14:48,000 --> 02:14:50,229
>> Nothing really happened since our last

2583
02:14:50,229 --> 02:14:50,239
» Nothing really happened since our last

2584
02:14:50,239 --> 02:14:53,040
meeting. I wish everybody a happy new

2585
02:14:53,040 --> 02:14:59,109
year and it's going to be negative soon.

2586
02:14:59,119 --> 02:15:03,510
No reports you

2587
02:15:03,520 --> 02:15:06,639
um no I'm just looking forward to a very

2588
02:15:06,639 --> 02:15:09,440
vibrant and exciting 2026 for a lot of

2589
02:15:09,440 --> 02:15:14,470
reasons.

2590
02:15:14,480 --> 02:15:17,679
» Oh thank you Alex for nominating me but

2591
02:15:17,679 --> 02:15:20,159
I want to say congratulation to our

2592
02:15:20,159 --> 02:15:24,000
newly elected chair

2593
02:15:24,000 --> 02:15:27,119
Dr. Southerntherland and then newly

2594
02:15:27,119 --> 02:15:30,960
elected vice chair director Domingus

2595
02:15:30,960 --> 02:15:34,159
right so thank you very much and we will

2596
02:15:34,159 --> 02:15:37,840
work together and will we achieve many

2597
02:15:37,840 --> 02:15:41,599
many task this year's

2598
02:15:41,599 --> 02:15:42,639
right

2599
02:15:42,639 --> 02:15:44,470
>> and then I would just like to report

2600
02:15:44,470 --> 02:15:44,480
» and then I would just like to report

2601
02:15:44,480 --> 02:15:47,199
that I did go to Patrick Erin's assembly

2602
02:15:47,199 --> 02:15:49,840
member Erin's holiday event and had a

2603
02:15:49,840 --> 02:15:54,000
table there with open space information

2604
02:15:54,000 --> 02:15:56,719
Um, and to remind all of us as board

2605
02:15:56,719 --> 02:15:58,960
members to please, if you have a few

2606
02:15:58,960 --> 02:16:01,920
minutes, reach out to the other electeds

2607
02:16:01,920 --> 02:16:03,679
that you share areas in the district

2608
02:16:03,679 --> 02:16:05,599
with, just to give an update on the

2609
02:16:05,599 --> 02:16:08,639
great work that we are doing. There are

2610
02:16:08,639 --> 02:16:11,679
sheets to that we can pass out. We can

2611
02:16:11,679 --> 02:16:13,920
leave behind the coloring books. It's

2612
02:16:13,920 --> 02:16:17,199
it's just like I think a yearly check-in

2613
02:16:17,199 --> 02:16:19,280
with folks would be great just so we

2614
02:16:19,280 --> 02:16:21,520
stay on everybody's top of mind because

2615
02:16:21,520 --> 02:16:23,840
there are so many other distractions out

2616
02:16:23,840 --> 02:16:25,280
there but we would be a happy

2617
02:16:25,280 --> 02:16:28,079
distraction

2618
02:16:28,079 --> 02:16:29,990
>> and um yeah thank you madam chair I

2619
02:16:29,990 --> 02:16:30,000
» and um yeah thank you madam chair I

2620
02:16:30,000 --> 02:16:32,319
really appreciate what you just said um

2621
02:16:32,319 --> 02:16:34,800
and uh and yeah agree I think it's great

2622
02:16:34,800 --> 02:16:36,800
to make those uh connections on an

2623
02:16:36,800 --> 02:16:38,880
ongoing basis with our elected leaders

2624
02:16:38,880 --> 02:16:40,960
in each of your respective districts and

2625
02:16:40,960 --> 02:16:43,599
I also wanted to mention that Charlotte,

2626
02:16:43,599 --> 02:16:45,760
our public information manager, has set

2627
02:16:45,760 --> 02:16:49,439
up two outreach to go boxes, which they

2628
02:16:49,439 --> 02:16:50,800
don't have sandwiches or anything in

2629
02:16:50,800 --> 02:16:53,599
them, but they've got um the kit that if

2630
02:16:53,599 --> 02:16:56,399
you are um going to an event and say

2631
02:16:56,399 --> 02:16:58,399
it's near-term, so it's not on our

2632
02:16:58,399 --> 02:17:00,399
long-term schedule or including

2633
02:17:00,399 --> 02:17:02,479
volunteers, you just want to go, it's

2634
02:17:02,479 --> 02:17:06,000
got a tablecloth, uh collateral, pins,

2635
02:17:06,000 --> 02:17:09,920
giveaways, um everything you need to, uh

2636
02:17:09,920 --> 02:17:11,359
put up [clears throat] a table at one of

2637
02:17:11,359 --> 02:17:13,359
those events. I know director you have

2638
02:17:13,359 --> 02:17:13,920
done that.

2639
02:17:13,920 --> 02:17:14,549
>> Really nice.

2640
02:17:14,549 --> 02:17:14,559
» Really nice.

2641
02:17:14,559 --> 02:17:18,549
>> Yeah.

2642
02:17:18,559 --> 02:17:22,639
» Thank you. Any other

2643
02:17:22,639 --> 02:17:25,750
comments?

2644
02:17:25,760 --> 02:17:28,479
Then I think I will adjourn the meeting

2645
02:17:28,479 --> 02:17:32,200
at 8:16.