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December 6, 2016 Board of Directors Board Meeting Agenda DECEMBER 6, 2016 Clerk of the Board YOLANDE BARIAL KNIGHT (510) 544-2020 PH (510) 569-1417 FAX MEMO to the BOARD OF DIRECTORS East Bay Regional EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT Park District Board of Directors DOUG SIDEN The Regular Session of the DECEMBER 6, 2016 President - Ward 4 Board Meeting is scheduled to commence at 1:00 p.m. at the EBRPD Administration Building, BEVERLY LANE 2950 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland. Vice President - Ward 6 DENNIS WAESPI Treasurer - Ward 3 DIANE BURGIS Secretary - Ward 7 Respectfully submitted, JOHN SUTTER Ward 2 AYN WIESKAMP Ward 5 WHITNEY DOTSON Ward 1 ROBERT E. DOYLE General Manager ROBERT E. DOYLE General Manager P.O. Box 5381 2950 Peralta Oaks Court Oakland, CA 94605-0381 (888) 327-2757 MAIN (510) 633-0460 TDD (510) 635-5502 FAX www.ebparks.org AGENDA REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 6, 2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT The Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park 11:30 a.m. ROLL CALL (Board Conference Room) District will hold a regular meeting at 2950 Peralta Oaks PUBLIC COMMENTS Court, Oakland, CA, commencing at 11:30 a.m. for Closed Session and 1:00 p.m. CLOSED SESSION for Open Session on Tuesday, December 6, 2016. A. Conference with Labor Negotiator: Gov’t Code § 54957.6 Agenda for the meeting is listed adjacent. Times for agenda Agency Negotiator: Robert E. Doyle, Debra Auker, items are approximate only and Jim O’Connor, Sukari Beshears & are subject to change during the Eddie Kreisberg meeting. If you wish to speak on Employee Organizations: AFSCME Local 2428, Police Association matters not on the agenda, you Unrepresented Employees: Managers and Confidentials may do so under Public Comments at the beginning or end of the agenda. If you wish to B. Conference with Legal Counsel: testify on an item, please complete a speaker’s form and 1) Existing Litigation – Gov’t Code § 54956.9 (d) (1): submit it to the Clerk of the Board. a) SPRAWLDEF and Sierra Club v FEMA et al A copy of the background United States District Court, Northern California materials concerning these Case No. CV-15-2331 LB agenda items, including any material that may have been C. Conference with Real Property Negotiator Regarding Price and/or submitted less than 72 hours Terms of Payment – Gov’t Code § 54956.8 before the meeting, is available for inspection on the District’s website (www.ebparks.org), the 1) Agency Negotiator: Bob Nisbet, Liz Musbach Administrative Building reception desk, and at the APN/ADDRESS PROPERTY OWNERS PARK/TRAIL meeting. Contra Costa County Agendas for Board Committee Meetings are available to the 002-200-007; 002-200- Coast Capital Income Fund, Byron Vernal Pools public upon request. If you wish LLC to be placed on the mailing list 014; 002-200-015; 002- Regional Preserve to receive future agendas for a 200-017 (portion) specific Board Committee, 5400 Byron Hot Springs please call the Clerk of the Road, Byron Board’s Office at (510) 544- 001-011-021-1 Ricci Joseph Campos and Byron Vernal Pools 2020. Armstrong Road, Byron Michelle Ann Campos, or Regional Preserve District facilities and meetings their successor(s), as comply with the Americans with Trustees of the Campos Disabilities Act. If special Family Living Trust, and accommodations are needed for you to participate, please David Fitzpatrick contact the Clerk of the Board 00l-021-003 Robert F. Casey, Trustee and Byron Vernal Pools as soon as possible, but Bryon Hot Springs Road, Samuel Stewart and Regional Preserve preferably at least three Byron Jacqueline Stewart, Trustees working days prior to the meeting. 3 1:00 p.m. OPEN SESSION (Board Room) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE A. APPROVAL OF AGENDA B. PUBLIC COMMENTS 1:15 p.m. C. BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD 1. CONSENT CALENDAR a. Approval of Approval of District Check Listing for the Period of October 17, 2016 to November 6, 2016 (Auker/Doyle) (Resolution) (No Cost) b. Approval of the Minutes for the Board Meeting of November 15, 2016 (Barial Knight/Auker) (No Cost) c. Authorization to Enter into a Contract Renewal with United States Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: Wildlife Services to Conduct Predator Damage Management to Protect Federal and State-Listed Species: District-Wide (Graul/Nisbet) (Resolution) (Budgeted Funds) d. Authorization to Transfer and Appropriate Funds for Land Acquisition Department Projects (Musbach/Nisbet) (Resolution) (Measure AA & WW) e. Acceptance of the East Bay Regional Park District Investment Report for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2016 (Zenoni/Auker) (Resolution) (No Cost) f. Acceptance of the Third Quarter 2016 General Fund and Other Governmental Funds Financial Report (Spaulding/ Auker) (Resolution) (No Cost) g. Approval of Revisions to the Balanced Budget Policy (Spaulding/Zenoni /Auker) (Resolution) (No Cost) h. Authorization to Apply for Funding from the Urban Forestry Grant Programs entitled “Urban Forest Expansion and Improvement” and “Urban Wood and Biomass Utilization” as provided through the California Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, District Wide (Margulici/Auker/Alvarez) (Resolution) (No Cost) i. Authorization to Accept Final Insurance Payment for the Tilden Equipment Shop Fire (Ferrario/Victor) (Resolution) (Revenue Authorization) j. Authorization to Purchase Three Ford Pursuit Utility Vehicles from Folsom Lake Ford (McCrystle/O’Connor (Resolution) (Budgeted Funds) k. Approval of Contract Renewal of Two Sole Source Agreements for Helicopter Engine Maintenance with Safran Helicopter Engines USA, Inc. (T. Anderson) (Resolution) (Budgeted Funds) 4 l. Authorization to Continue Agreement with Contra Costa County to Maintain the District’s Radio Communications System (Gershaneck/Anderson) (Resolution) (No Cost) m. Authorization to Award Contract to the San Francisco Chronicle to Print, and Authorization to Distribute Regional in Nature Activity Guide (Johnson) (Resolution) (Budgeted Funds) n. Authorization to Commence Process to Fill Ward 7 Board Member Vacancy by Appointment (Siden/Doyle) (Resolution) (No Cost) 1:30 p.m. 2. FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION FIRST PUBLIC HEARING a. East Bay Regional Park District 2017 Proposed Operating and Projects Budget (Auker/Doyle) (Resolution) (No Cost) 1:45 p.m. 3. ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION a. Authorization to Accept from the Regional Parks Foundation Fee Title Interest in 50.0± Acres of Real Property to be Donated by Antioch Holdings, LLC, and Transfer and Appropriate Funds for Associated Costs: Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve (Musbach/Nisbet) (Resolution) (Budgeted Funds/ Budget Change) b. Authorization to Enter into an Option, Purchase and Sale Agreement and Transfer and Appropriate Funds for the Acquisition in Partnership with the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy of 80± Acres of Real Property from Ricci Joseph Campos, Michelle Campos, and David Fitzpatrick: Byron Vernal Pools (Musbach/Nisbet) (Resolution) (Grant Funds/ Budget Change) c. Authorization to Enter Into a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Acceptance of a Portion of the Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal and to Transfer and Appropriate Funds for Related Acquisition Expenses: San Francisco Bay Trail (Musbach/Nisbet) (Resolution) (Measure AA/Budget Change) d. Temporary Modification of Ordinance 38 to Prohibit Dogs on the McCosker Loop Trail on the McCosker Parcel: Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve (Holt/Nisbet) (Resolution) (No Cost) e. Approval to Rename the Martinez Regional Shoreline to Ted and Kathy Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline: Martinez Regional Shoreline (Holt/Nisbet) (Resolution) (Budgeted Funds) 2:30 p.m. 4. BOARD AND STAFF REPORTS a. Actions Taken by Other Jurisdictions Affecting the Park District (Doyle) 5 2:45 p.m. 5. GENERAL MANAGER’S COMMENTS a. Staff Introductions: Chief of Park Operations Assistant Finance Officer b. Staff Presentation: Acquisition, Stewardship & Development 3:00 p.m. 6. ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION 3:05 p.m. 7. BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS a. Operations Committee (09/15/16) (Sutter) b. Operations Committee (10/20/16) (Sutter) c. Executive Committee (11/04/16) (Siden) 3:20 p.m. 8. BOARD COMMENTS 3:45 p.m. D. PUBLIC COMMENTS 3:50 p.m. E. ADJOURNMENT 6 CONSENT CALENDAR AGENDA REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF DIRECTORS EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT Tuesday, December 6, 2016 C. BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD 1. CONSENT CALENDAR a. Approval of District Check Listing for the Period of October 17, 2016 Through November 6, 2016 (Auker/Doyle) RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the Board of Directors approve the Check Listing for the period of October 17, 2016 through November 6, 2016. Per Resolution No. 1992-1-40, adopted by the Board on January 21, 1992, a copy of the Check Listing has been provided to the Board Treasurer for review. A copy of the Check Listing has also been provided to the Clerk of the Board, and will become a part of the Official District Records. 7 EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT RESOLUTION NO.: 2016 – 12 - December 6, 2016 APPROVAL OF DISTRICT CHECK LISTING FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 17, 2016 THROUGH NOVEMBER 6, 2016 WHEREAS, District Resolution No. 1992 - 1 - 40, adopted by the Board of Directors on January 21, 1992, requires that a listing of District checks be provided to the Board Treasurer for review; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District hereby approves the check listing for the period of October 17, 2016 through November 6, 2016; Moved by Director , seconded by Director , and adopted this 6th day of December, 2016 by the following vote: FOR: AGAINST: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: 8 AGENDA REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF DIRECTORS EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT Tuesday, December 6, 2016 C. BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD 1. CONSENT CALENDAR b. Approval of the Minutes for the Board Meeting November 15, 2016 (Barial Knight/Auker) 9 Page Left Blank Intentionally 10 Unapproved Minutes Board Meeting of November 15, 2016 The Board Meeting, which was held on November 15, 2016 at the East Bay Regional District, 2950 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland, CA was called to order at 11:45 a.m.
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