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Sonoma County chosen spot of all the earth as far as nature is concerned, according to the famed plant wizard Luther Burbank Diverse County, with 1,010,000 acres of land on 1574 miles of scenic roadways, Cinema County is rightfully famed for its agriculture. Did a culture, industry and

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recreation as well as for the amazingly successful ethnic and economic mixture of its more than 340,000 residents on for the forward looking philosophy of its local governing bodies. Now we invite you to take a closer look at Sonoma County in the eighties with your host, Rich

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McGlinchy. We're gonna be talking about something that is going to be going on all year. We'll be talking about the 20th anniversary of the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department when you were talking to the director of that department. Joe Bredoteau has been with us a time

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or two before, and Barbara Leisure and Barbara is just production. But she's also the publicist, or the 20th anniversary marks on, uh, what we say parks and recreation. Now we reach all parts of the same thing those parts, and you'll be amazed to find out what

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has happened. If you are not familiar with Democratic parts under Joe's directorship in this past 20 years. First, it's nice to have you back so good to be here again. Wrong time. Yeah. Seems like it's like Barbara. Always good to see you, Thank you Problem. You

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have been selected to publicize this program and we're gonna talk to you about publishing. Show you this. People that go sure that killed something about the park's defector tells all about parts. But first, let's get over to you, Joe, for a moment. What's the significance of

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1987 for the Democratic Party program? It's basically the anniversary, right? Well, yes, Rich. The Parks Department started in 1967 and we're celebrating this year course our 20th year in the pork business here in Sonoma County. And we're having a number of activities that they're gonna be

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going on and trying to draw attention to what's happened over the last 20 years. You got a dozen amazing job. I know because you in close association many cases and, uh, I know, starting for back in 1967. You came to us here from the city centre

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fell asleep. Right? Right. You in the park, Director? There. For how long? About 11 years. Rich. Yeah. Okay. Came here in 1967. What did have he came up here? Well, very little. Um, the county had just, uh, decided to start a parks department. And when I

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came here as a director, I was given a tour of the existing parks that took about 1/2 hour a drive out the door in beach to look at a nun. Improved Dorine Park area. That was that Was it basically, And some activity up at the Healdsburg

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beach, And that that was really all there. Waas. At that time we had, we had a tremendous county. I think we've got something like 1,010,000 acres and about 1516 100 miles of roadway, and we actually had two little parks. That was that was the extent of

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it. Okay. All right, then. That leads us to the next question. Obviously, what's happened since then, Joe, What have you got now? What facilities have you added that have been developed? Well rich over the last 20 years, we were able to acquire a lot of additional

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park lands and improve a lot of recreation facilities to where we now have. Ah, very comprehensive park system that includes 16 regional parks throughout all those corners of the county. We have several community parks in some of the unincorporated areas, a number of veterans buildings that

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we assumed operation of in the department some years ago. We have eight of those in all of the cities throughout the county. We have, ah, great variety of special facilities, including bike ways and trails and hiking and writing trails, boat launching facilities. Uh, recently we opened

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a public marina out of Bodega Bay, which is in operation now, So we have a new array of various parks and recreation facilities. Now, another thing we have Well, Allah, that came about, what about 10 years ago? Yeah, that was one of the first parks that

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we had at the time when we came in in 1967 there was a lot of controversy about access to the ocean and the sea Ranch development which was going on in the county, and that park was dedicated to the county in 1968 and we have several

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parks now along the coast still Water Cove and down in Bodega Bay. So that was a forerunner of some of the parks that we now have along our Pacific coastline. I'm granting at this recent publication that you put together, which, in the local newspaper starting the

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part you mentioned Gralla, a point park and the excess trails another there just working. That's correct. We now have five public access trails that lead to various beaches along our North Sanoma county coast. Okay, and then Wriggle Ranch. What about Renal Ranch? That's another part that

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we have in Sebastian Pool that was acquired several years ago. That is 167 acre park that has a lot of community facilities. Soccer fields, ball diamond picnic areas. The site of the the annual Apple Fair every year serves many of the Western county residents and Step

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and Sevastopol. My boy is beautiful. We're real proud of that rich. That's a $9 million facility that primarily serves the commercial fishing industry. But we have some recreational boats there, and we have 258 births and a full service marina that has fuel, ice all the amenities

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to keep a viable fishing industry in Bodega Bay. We also have a park named in honor. One of our favorite people refuse. Helen Partner? Yes. Uh, the Helen Putnam Park is in Petaluma named after, of course, the long time mayor of Petaluma, Helen Putnam and then

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supervisor who was instrumental in obtaining city and county support for that 250 acre park in Western Petaluma. We're about Kaiser part. That's something very well. Uh, probably last five or so years in Windsor we has have you, as you know, rich a lot of unincorporated pockets

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in the county that need parks. So we embarked several years ago on providing community parks, about 20 acres. Windsor was one of the first communities that we identified. It's having a large population with no park. So we now have a 20 acre park called Kaiser Park

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in Windsor. Serving the community needs. We have a number of other community parks in, for example, a brand new. And now that being developed in Roseland. In that community, we have several down in the Ken would area that whole time parks, but they're now developed for

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the residents in that area. There basically athletic fields and community kinds of facilities are there serving those like with the city does, which we don't have in those unincorporated areas. So we serve that kind of a recreation need to They have my favorite, which is Spring

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Lake Park. Yes, checked across the land from where we live, but that that's a beautiful spring, like is he's got to be the jewel of the whole system. Rich. The that's a water agency reservoir that started out as a flood control reservoir you know, worked real

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well. This last last flight. Water completely inundated the whole park, but it worked as a flood control reservoir. But that is our highest used park. We have almost 3/4 of a 1,000,000 visitors a year in that park. It has a swimming lagoon, as you know, and

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a lot of trails and just a beautiful boating facility. And and you wouldn't imagine it in the heart of Santa Rosa, because when you get there, it's like it's isolated and it's a tremendous park. There's a new one in the first district down. It's a number

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that you're just starting on. The right were real proud of the Maxwell Farms in the heart of the Sonoma Valley. We in 1987 were able Teoh have 85 acre park right in the heart of all of that development down there. And that's under underway. Now, we

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just let the bids were the first phase construction. We hope to dedicate that during our anniversary year sometime in July this summer, and have a ribbon cutting down there so we can open that park. Well, um, that kind of leads me to this next question. What

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has happened in regard to the 20th anniversary program? What? Uh, what are some of your plan you want? Well, don't catch on this. I want to get the bar of the bridge. Basically, it was a non opportunity to use the 20th anniversary program of our system

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to draw attention to the natural resource is that we've had created here over the last 20 years. So I asked the Board of Supervisors if if we could have a formal program during the year of 87 they agreed unanimously that we wanted the anniversary program highlighted

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and the citizens to know what's happened to our party eso They also provided some funds through the advertising budget to hire Barbara and her a firm Teoh, coordinate some of the activities, and I'm sure she will go into a lot of those in some detail. But

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we wanted to have a whole year program rather than just one kind of a celebration, like maybe the Golden Gate Bridge anniversary where they have, you know, walk across the bridge or something. But we wanted to draw attention over the whole year of what's out there.

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And there's a number of things that are going on, and we're real pleased that the committees that we have are functioning real well. We have a blue ribbon citizens committee. I was gonna ask you about that. That's a rather large committed. Yes, we're really amazed at

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the response we have over what is 100 members on the committee that are from all over the county that represent all kinds of interest in business and education and industry and conservation groups. And and they're working with us and with Barbara, and she's got him working

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on all kinds of committees in publicity and one raising, and, uh, we have the inimitable enough Ucbac Trowbridge Aziz, chairman of our plant, a tree Committee and he His goal is Teoh. Get 3500 trees planted in our parks, and I know he's going to do it.

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I can tell you, is that knowing Bob that he is going to be able to accomplish that. So there's a lot of things going on, and, uh, we are starting off with the banquet that coming. And then also we have a number of activities, like parades

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they were involved in on, uh, the tabloid that came out recently in the PD. And, well, they're just just a tremendous number. Is everybody in the park in your in your department involved? Yes, We have a lot of staff that air working on this. We're real

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pleased that the community is responding. That's the important thing. That there coming forward and recognizing their parks. Yeah, I think that's the beautiful part of it. So we're saving Barber, have got all the press baskets, but I think one of the things that's really important about

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this is the fact that you are staging this and you're doing it for Republican General. In other words, what? You want them to come to these parts, enjoy them they are there. Parks. If you say you've helped, Joe has done an amazing job in finding funds.

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I think he's picked a pocket of every federal and state agency that developed to get funds for me at the acquisition of these parts and in many cases, even the development of them which have not caused you and I the taxpayer, anything these parks have coming

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mostly purchases, the result of funds from the federal government. And every time I think about the park system, I think he's to be commended for the amazing job he's done on that score, right. We're going to come back in just a moment. We're gonna take a

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pause here, but we're going to talk to Barbara J. And we're going to talk to her about the publisher, the activities that put forth so far and we'll be putting forth for the remainder of the year. One thing I do want to call your attention before

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we pop off our artwork on the set today is the result of Alice Potrykus effort. Alice Patrick. It has been an artist here in Sonoma County for the past 10 years. She's done these beautiful redwood scenes and Alice. We really appreciate having your paintings with today.

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to Joe Bredoteau. He's the director of regional parts for Cinema County and Barbara Malaysia, and Barbara is the owner of a firm called Guess Productions, and she has been selected to publicize the 20th anniversary of its no account of regional parks, which will be going on

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all through 1987. It is nice. Well, thanks for it's nice to see a harbors. An old Remember the pressure? Yes, indeed. Okay, uh, that you were selected to do the published before the 20th anniversary. What? Have you got a ticket for the remainder of the year?

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Well, the publicity campaign is designed, as Joe was saying earlier, to give a constant, ongoing presence about the parks in the public's eye. And so we've designed several things. One as you mentioned, the tabloid that came out in the press Democrat, lest just recently. And the

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tabloid is a keeper. So if you know the audiences that remember seeing it, it's a good thing to keep because it gives you an overview of the parks, shows your map how to get to all of them and detailed description on each of them. Sure, sure.

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Maybe they remind them that they haven't seen that to get this your you received it already will be sure to retain. It has a lot of vital information about the parks. And then, thanks to the generosity of the press Democrat, we also get a few extra

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copies. So if someone hasn't gotten there, so are managed to to not keep it that day. We've got some extra so they can get them from the park's office. That's good, you know. You hear that? All right, we're gonna get that park number later, too. And

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then there's, Ah, there's a bunch of other things rich. One of them is a brochure that we put together that makes it very easy to give up. Many of them, thanks again to another sponsor, which is the operating engineers who printed 50,000 brochures. For us, that

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kind of help is Joe was saying the communities, Really it's really coming out and helping us put this year together. So we really appreciate the operate engineers for printing it and brochures air available People will be gained them at all the parades we're going to. As

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Joe was saying, We're being at every parade that the county's having this year. We have a great flip than the staff worked with me to come up with a design, and some artists in the community helped put it together. And we're gonna have Joette there at

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every parade, sitting on the picnic table and and waving to people. And the idea is you take a small amount of money and you spend it in a way that gets your maximum results and parades do that, and there are a lot of fun. So it's

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very cost effective, and it's a chance for people to meet the people that helps them. Things were not. You're sitting up there to take your reading Vella cheese and drinking somebody's boring apples to apples, right? Anything? So it. So the parades a really fun way to

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do. And we had kids from the soccer league and the baseball team with us on some of the praise, and we'll be involving the community in each town that we do them in. So that's one thing that we're doing. As Joe was saying, The Blue Ribbon

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Citizens Committee is just an outstanding group of people to get 100 people to say, Yes, I'll help and then they actually are helping and everybody is really working. It's ah, it's very, very incredible. Eso the value The goal of the whole year is to remind people

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what the value of the park system is in our lives, and it contributes tremendously to our quality of life in our sense of well being, gives us an environment. Teoh raise our Children and have a safe, healthy place for them to go to and play in.

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So that's our job is to remind people of what that value is and then get them out there and enjoying it. We're really very fortunate. I can't throw too many accolades to Rigaudeau because it during this last 20 years at all these things that couples out

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and we do have beautiful parts in every section of the county now. So if you haven't gone to one of your regional parts lately, do so. Be sure to do so several times this year cause you're gonna be amazed at how beautiful they are and how

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enjoyable has spent little time there. And I'm really so glad that you're working on this thing with him, because I think it's it's so necessary to get the word out to the public and get them to taking advantage of the more we want everybody in this

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county to visit their parts periodically, you know, there's as Joe mentioned. There's someone who is working with us without whose help we wouldn't be able to do it. And that's a WC Bob Trowbridge and we have come up with. The Parks Department has come up with

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a list of tree needs that we have throughout the system. Bob loves trees on uh, and so he came to Joe with this idea that he'd like to help plant a few trees, a few trees, he said. I would like to help plant a few trees

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in the parks. Joseph's all right. Well, that's great. Would you help us a little bit with our 20th anniversary? And so Bob agreed. And so now we have a goal of 3500 trees. And if you know if you'd of us a few Bob, it's a very

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manageable. And so and so he's gotten Clint Wilson to join him, And so Clint is the co chair. So the two of them have taken on is their task for the rest of the year to get 3500 trees sponsored, so it's a beautiful a contribution, and

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so everybody can get involved and you could plant a tree for yourself for in memory of someone else. That's the sort of thing that will just keep giving year after year after year. And how little that every time you look at that tree, you remember it

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was tried last cops. It'll be there forever. That'll be your monument floats for the parade. Now, you've talked about that a little bit. You say that your float is gonna be in every one of the planes to take place in the rest of the year For

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the rest of the year, the government is going to be there drinking everyone drinking wine and eating cheese so that it's a fun way for us to get out and meet the people in the community and remind them that this is our anniversary. Really want them

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to visit the parks this year? Well, you know that's out. And I don't mean to be facetious. That's a real good idea for you to do that seriously, because many, many people know your name connected with parts, have read something in the papers about development in

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their area. But I've never seen you never met you. I think it's good for county officials to actually get out and let people see who they are. You know what I mean? And I think that's a good way to reach the people. I think that's a

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real good idea about the fair booth. Well, yes, we are. We're gonna have a fair booth, and we're again. Efficiency is part of our motto this year, so we've designed our float so that it all comes apart and it will be reconstructed as our fair booth.

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And it's, I think, you'll see. When you see it, you'll be delighted with how versatile it is. So, yes, we will have a booth, that Snow Mechanic fair and the snow member in fair. And so if anybody wants to help a staff it, you can always

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give a call in volunteer to come and be at the fair with us. Because that's 12 long days. Eso learn about the parks and help us tell other people about them. That way, people can get involved. Incidentally, the park number which were flush it therefore your

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letter is 5 to 72041 So if you want to call the kind of regional parks department, that's not What about the parade of Park? I'm so glad you asked the parade of parks. Yeah, well, I probably would have brought it up. The parade of parks is

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an idea that we've cooked up. And our hope is that throat this year of visibility and high visibility between the banquet, the floats, the fair booth, the tabloid, the brochure, the speaking engagements, we've got Rangers and people on the blue ribbon committee who want to go

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out and speak it. Service clubs and schools and school boards and Teoh. Lots of things like that are going on. So after a whole year of of activities like that, as well as community picnics in the park, which we ought to talk a little bit about

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two we're gonna have this grand finale, which is the parade of parks. I have this vision of cars driving all through the county with little flags on their antennas that say We love our parks or something to that effect and pick a park that you've never

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been to. If you live in Healdsburg, you probably haven't been to Helen Putnam Park. If you live in Sonoma, you probably haven't been to Dorine Beach or Wriggle Ranch. So pick a park that you've never gone to pack a lunch, grab your friends and your kids

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or whatever and go out and meet the people from that community. We're gonna have open house on that day, the whole park systems gonna have open house. And we want to welcome the people from the other parts of our county. We want to bring us a

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little bit together, give people a chance to find out what the resource is our within the county and give us a chance to meet each other at the parks and cook up all the schemes for the next year. Because I think when you have this much

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activity going on, we want to continue it. We want to continue having people think of the parks when they're planning their events. Like the Shakespeare in the Park is gonna happen at Regal Ranch. Analyze High school Drama club is going to as a result, yes, and

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and a concert in parks that some of the blue ribbon committee, you're praying together and we're gonna do a day at Spring Lake. That case s to sponsoring a day at Spring Lake is part of this anniversary celebration. Ellsberg. A boat float? Yeah, we're talking about

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doing a boat float on Hillsboro beach go there and construct our boats and floating down the river. Uh, well, I mean, the parks could be a lot of fun, And it could be a place for the community Gets together and enjoy. Since I visited every park

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we have with him because I have Teoh, we're gonna open the park, and I thank heavens I have to go, because I've got to see every one of them. And I've been back every one of the most part about and I think that there really are

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no mechanic part. Really fascinating. Uh, your plan for the year. Terrific. This is really great. What is planned in the future for the parks. I mean, we're talking about the 20th anniversary. Kick it off a little thing. Joe's got some thoughts about that, too. Obviously, when

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you build this much public awareness, you want to have a short range and long range goals. So the short range goals is to build awareness today and get people out into the parks. But we want them to keep thinking of the parks is an alternative. The

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parks are an option for their entertainment in their recreation, so we want them to constantly think of the parks as a vital option. And hopefully we're going to be working in an on going away. And probably not with all this bang that we're doing this year,

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but on a consistent kind of level to keep people aware of what the resources are at the parks. And of course, you know, funding for that is always an issue. So we've got an idea about that, too. Uh, both the future. And then also, what are

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the plans for the friends? There's no foundation well, hopefully rich at the conclusion of this anniversary year. It'll serve as a creation vehicle to form what we hope to be a a nonprofit foundation called something like the Friends of Sonoma County Regional Parks, where people can

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become members of that foundation and hopefully contribute in some way to the furtherance of this great park system. And hopefully that will be an ongoing thing that people can come forward and become intimately involved in helping to further the mark system. Um, this park, you know,

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there's needs out there for the future. The county obviously is going to grow and there's gonna be more people, and they need the open space and they need to parks, and we hope that they'll come forward and participate a little bit as well. So that's our

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long range goal, that this is a very wonderful What do you want to know about that? Well, I think that that's the long range goal was essential and that once the value is established and people realize how important parks are to their lives, they'll remember them

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in whatever way possible and way need people's help to volunteer to, to help help build trails and to plant trees and to be dough since of the parks. Okay, we're down to just a few seconds or, well, listen a minute. What a couple things I want

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to mention one of them is They're your part and, for heaven's sakes, go visit them and use them. And when you do sure to pick up your litter afterwards, and that's one of the things that people forget to do often. But we do have beautiful parks,

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and if you haven't been to them, you should You should go to every one of you can get the brochure and find out just where they are and go there. Probably nice to see you. Thank you. You're doing a splendid job. This is great Jo Jo's.

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But our slogan is 20 years of natural fund. 20 years of natural. For 20 years of natural for our guests have been Joe Rigaudeau, Director of Regional Park for Sonoma County, and Barbara Lee Jae. The order of Yes, production production. Yeah. I always want to say

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yes. Incorporated. I don't know why. That Yes, productive. And Barbara is also the publicist for the 20th anniversary of its You know what kind of regional parks? My name is Richman G. The program is to know McCann in the eighties. Be back with you next week

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with another member of the county government. Family were related agency until then. Good night. Good luck. Good health to you all.