Participate in one of two East Bay Regional Park District plan engagement webinars for community organizations and members of the public in Ward 1 – West Contra Costa County. These interactive sessions will focus on training participants to use District Plan engagement tools, share feedback, and help spread these tools within your organizations and communities.

Webinar dates (10:00–11:30am):
Thursday, January 22 – Register here
Tuesday, March 10 – Register here

The Park District recognizes that community members and organizations engage with EBRPD in different ways and at different levels. The engagement tools—including a questionnaire and budgeting activity—are designed to support meaningful discussion across those varying levels. While these tools are the primary way to provide input during this phase, feedback is always welcome via email at DistrictPlan@ebparks.org.

Richmondside Reporter Zack Haber covered the North Point Isabel Cap Resilience Project that is being spearheaded by East Bay Regional Parks. Haber spoke with several PIDO board members including Lew Jacobson and AJ Benham.

“Where else can you go with this kind of acreage on the water and let your dog play off-leash?” Benham told Richmondside. “It’s just such a unique combination of a beautiful environment, dogs can play here, and everyone gets along, generally.”

Haber further detailed different perspectives on the project, including from PIDO member Mary Barnsdale and director of conservation for the Golden Gate Bird Alliance, Whitney Grover.

The full story by Haber which also provides critical historical context can be found here.

Through a funding partnership with California State Parks, the proposed project seeks to beautify and improve the project site’s resilience to sea level rise by enhancing the existing remedial cap to provide long-term, sustainable recreational use of the park through effective grading, drainage, and planting to prevent soil erosion.

You can read the complete proposal here: https://ceqanet.lci.ca.gov

Public Comments are accepted until 10/20/2025.

See PIDO’s comment submitted to EBRPD here.