Meeting  
EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
1:00 PM
 
NOTICE REGARDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT THE EAST BAY
REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
 
The East Bay Regional Park District (Park District), with limited exceptions, holds public meetings through a hybrid platform of in-person and remote attendance to allow members of the public to participate through the Park District’s virtual platform, Zoom. The Board of Directors will participate in-person at the Park District Administrative Headquarters (2950 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland, California) unless otherwise designated. Occasionally, members of the Board of Directors may attend remotely as permitted by the Brown Act.
 
This Meeting May Be Accessed As Follows:.
 
  1. In person at the Park District Administrative Headquarters (2950 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland, California)
  2. Live via the Zoom virtual meeting platform: (Zoom links are located on the meeting Agenda below)
  3. Via the Park District’s stream: www.ebparks.org/calendar/public-meetings 
     
Park District facilities and meetings comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If special accommodations are needed for you to participate, please contact the Clerk of the Board as soon as possible, but preferably at least three working days prior to the meeting.
     
Public Comments May Be Submitted in Person or in One of the Following Three Ways:
 
  1. Via email to Public Comment at [email protected]. Emails must contain in the subject line “Public Comments – not on the agenda” or “Public Comments – agenda item title”. It is preferred that these written comments be submitted by 3:00 pm on the day prior to the meeting.
  2. Via voicemail at (510) 544-2016. The caller must start the message by stating “Public Comments – not on the agenda” or “Public Comments – agenda item title” preferably followed by their name and place of residence, followed by their comments. It is preferred that these voicemail comments be submitted by 3:00 pm on the day prior to the meeting.
  3.  Live via the Zoom virtual meeting platform. The Zoom link below will let you into the virtual meeting for the purpose of providing a public comment.
     
Written comments and transcribed voicemails will be provided to the Board of Directors. All written comments received by the close of the public comment period will become part of the official meeting record. If you have any questions, please contact the Clerk of the Board Yolande Barial Knight at [email protected] or at 510-544-2020.
     
A copy of the background materials concerning these agenda items, including any material that may have been submitted less than 72 hours before the meeting, is available for inspection on the Park District’s website (https://www.ebparks.org/calendar/public-meetings).

Unless otherwise noted in an agenda description, all actions taken by the Board of Directors include a determination that CEQA does not apply (i.e., the action is not a project and therefore exempt from CEQA).

 
AGENDA
EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

 

NO CLOSED SESSION
 
  
OPEN SESSION  1:00 p.m.
I.
ROLL CALL
II.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
IV.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
V.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
VI.
PUBLIC COMMENT
VII.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
VIII.
BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD
A.
CONSENT CALENDAR
1.
Approval of Park District Check Listing for the Period of November 27, 2023 through December 19, 2023
2.
Approval of the Minutes for the Board Meeting January 16, 2024 and February 5, 2024
3.
Approve and Adopt an Amendment to the East Bay Regional Park District Salary Schedule to Implement  Approved Wage Adjustments for Police Association Classifications and for Salary Adjustments for Certain Public Safety Unrepresented Classifications
4.
Authorization to Award and Execute a Professional Services Contract for $89,830 with ZFA Structural Engineers for the Redesign Tidegates Project: Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline
CEQA Determination: Exempt per 14 Cal Code Regs §15262
5.
Authorization to Enter into Cooperative Agreement with Antioch Unified School District for Educational and Recreational Aquatic Services 
6.
Authorization to Partner with San Francisco Estuary Institute for the Restore Wildcat Creek at Brook Road Project 
CEQA Determination: Exempt per 14 Cal Code Regs §15301, §15307, §15308, §15061(b)(3)
7.
Authorization to Appropriate and Transfer $75,000 of Measure FF Funds into Enhance Pallid Manzanita Habitat Project: Sobrante Ridge Regional Park
8.
Authorization to Appropriate and Transfer $50,000 of Measure FF Funds into Restore Riparian Habitats Project: Wildcat Canyon Regional Park
9.
Authorization to Appropriate and Transfer $220,000 of Measure FF Funds into Assess Redwoods and Management Plan Project: Aurelia Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park and Roberts Regional Recreation Area
10.
Authorization to Appropriate and Transfer $200,000 of Measure FF Funds into Restore Native Grasslands Project: Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline
11.
Authorization to Apply for Grant Funds from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Watershed Grants Program for the United States Army Corp of Engineers’ Delta Levees and Island Project in the Amount of $750,000
12.
Authorization to Apply for Grant Funds from California Fire Safe Council's State Fire Capacity Grant Program for Fuels Management in Wildcat Canyon Regional Park in an Amount up to $100,000
13.
Authorization to Purchase One 3000-Gallon Portable Restroom Vacuum Tank Truck in the Total Amount of $290,000 from West-Mark as an Addition to the Fleet
IX.
ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
A.
Authorization to Award a Professional Services Contract for $630,000 with WRT, LLC for the Restoration and Public Access Planning for the North Basin Strip: McLaughlin Eastshore State Park Regional Shoreline  
CEQA Determination: Exempt per 14 Cal Code Regs §15262
B.
Project Update on the Replace Environmental Education Center (EEC) Project at Tilden Nature Area: Tilden Regional Park
X.
GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS
XI.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION
XII.
BOARD COMMENTS
XIII.
ADJOURNMENT
ATTACHED: INFORMATIONAL MATERIAL