375 Beale Street  
Suite 700  
San Francisco, California  
94105  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
ABAG Executive Board  
President, Belia Ramos, Supervisor, County of Napa  
Vice President, Jesse Arreguin, Mayor, City of Berkeley  
Immediate Pst Prs, David Rabbitt, Supervisor, County of Sonoma  
Thursday, March 21, 2024  
5:10 PM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Association of Bay Area Governments  
Executive Board Meeting No. 493  
The ABAG Executive Board is scheduled to meet at 5:10 p.m. or immediately following  
the 5:05 p.m. ACFA Governing Board meeting, whichever is later.  
This meeting shall consist of a simultaneous teleconference call at the following location(s):  
City of Oakland, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Hearing Room 2, 1st Floor,  
Oakland, California 94612  
County of Contra Costa, 309 Diablo Road, Danville, CA. 94526  
City of San Jose, 200 E. Santa Clara Street, City Manager’s Conference Room, 17th Floor,  
Room #1734, San Jose, CA 95113  
Front Porch, 112 Trellis Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903  
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Roster  
Susan Adams, Candace Andersen, Jesse Arreguin, Nikki Fortunato Bas, London Breed,  
Ken Carlson, David Cohen, Noelia Corzo, Pat Eklund, Susan Ellenberg, Carroll Fife,  
Neysa Fligor, Leon Garcia, Rich Hillis, Rosemary Kamei, Otto Lee, Rafael Mandelman,  
Elisa Marquez, Yvonne Martinez-Beltran, Nathan Miley, Lisa Motoyama, Catherine Moy,  
Ray Mueller, Mark Nagales, Peter Ortiz, David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos,Treva Reid,  
Carlos Romero, Mary Sackett, Cindy Silva, Aaron Tiedemann, Wanda Williams.  
Donald Young (Advisory).  
1. Call to Order / Pledge of Allegiance / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
2. Executive Board Announcements  
Information  
3. President's Report  
3a.  
24-0202  
ABAG President’s Report for March 21, 2024  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Belia Ramos  
Presenter:  
4. Executive Director's Report  
4a.  
24-0203  
Executive Director’s Report for March 21, 2024  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Andrew Fremier  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
04a ABAG_03-21-24_ED-Report v4.pdf  
5. Consent Calendar  
5a.  
24-0204  
Approval of ABAG Executive Board Minutes of January 18, 2024  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Clerk of the Board  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
05a EB Minutes 20240118 492 Draft.pdf  
5b.  
5c.  
5d.  
24-0310  
Authorization to accept an award of $4,524,870 from the U.S.  
Environmental Protection Agency to advance nature-based shoreline  
adaptation implementation, permitting and governance, and to negotiate  
and enter into subaward agreements with: East Bay Regional Parks  
District in an amount not to exceed $550,000; Save The Bay in amount not  
to exceed $780,000; and the East Bay Dischargers Authority in an amount  
not to exceed $1,375,000  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Presenter:  
Caitlin Sweeney  
Attachments:  
05b 1 Summary Sheet SFEP Nature Base Shoreline PivotPoints v2.pdf  
05b 2 Summary Approval - Pivot Points v1.pdf  
24-0311  
Authorization to accept an award of $6,102,000 from the U.S.  
Environmental Protection Agency to undertake watershed-scale planning  
and implementation in the North Richmond/Wildcat Creek Watershed and  
to negotiate and to enter into subawards with: Contra Costa County Flood  
Control and Water Conservation District in an amount not to exceed  
$2,500,000; The Watershed Project in amount not to exceed $450,000;  
and Urban Tilth in an amount not to exceed $150,000  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Presenter:  
Caitlin Sweeney  
Attachments:  
05c 1 Summary Sheet SFEP Wildcat Creek Watershed v2.pdf  
05c 2 Summary Approval Wildcat Creek v1.pdf  
24-0315  
Authorization to negotiate and enter into a contract with Frontier Energy,  
Inc. in an amount not to exceed $240,000 for Administrative, Data and  
Outreach Services for BayREN Local Government Programs  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Presenter:  
Jane Elias  
Attachments:  
05d 1 Summary Sheet BayREN Admin+Outreach v1.pdf  
05d 2 Summary Approval BayREN Admin+Outreach v1.pdf  
5e.  
5f.  
24-0351  
Ratification of Election of ABAG Finance Committee Chair and Vice Chair  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Presenter:  
Clerk of the Board  
Attachments:  
05e Summary Sheet Ratification of Election ABAG Finance Chair Vice Chair v1.  
24-0352  
Ratification of Election of ABAG Housing Committee Chair and Vice Chair  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Presenter:  
Clerk of the Board  
Attachments:  
05f Summary Sheet Ratification of Election ABAG Housing Chair Vice Chair v1.p  
5g.  
24-0428  
Approval of Report on ABAG Investments for period ended December 31,  
2023 (Unaudited) and Report on Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 Association of  
Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Statement of Revenues and Expenses for  
the period ended December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Presenter:  
Derk Hansel  
Attachments:  
05g 1 Summary Sheet ABAG Investments and Financial Statement v1.pdf  
05g 2 Attachment A Summary Sheet ABAG Investments December 2023 v1.pdf  
05g 3 Attachment B Summary Sheet ABAG FY2023-24 December Financial Sta  
5h.  
24-0446  
Adoption of Resolution 4-2024 Reinstating the Town of Corte Madera as a  
Member of the Association of Bay Area Governments  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Presenter:  
Brad Paul  
Attachments:  
05h 1 Summary Sheet Reinstate Corte Madera v1.pdf  
05h 2 Attachment A ABAG Resolution 4 2024 Reinstate Town of Corte Madera.p  
05h 3 Attachment B Reso 09 2024 Rejoining and Renewing Membership with AB  
6. ABAG Administrative Committee Report  
6a.  
24-0205  
Report on ABAG Administrative Committee Meetings of February 9, 2024  
and March 8, 2024  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Belia Ramos  
Presenter:  
7. Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Report  
7a.  
24-0206  
Report on Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Meetings of February  
9, 2024 and March 8, 2024  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Jesse Arreguin  
Presenter:  
8. ABAG Finance Committee Report  
8a.  
24-0207  
Report on ABAG Finance Committee Meetings of March 21, 2024  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
David Rabbitt  
Presenter:  
9. ABAG Housing Committee Report  
9a.  
24-0208  
Report on ABAG Housing Committee Meetings of February 14, 2024 and  
March 13, 2024  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Carlos Romero  
Presenter:  
10. Regional General Obligation Bond for Affordable Housing  
10a. 24-0295  
Workshop on Regional Housing Bond  
1. Remarks by Special Guests Assemblymember Buffy Wicks and San  
Francisco City Attorney David Chiu  
2. Presentation on Potential Bay Area Affordable Housing  
Bond-Overview, Key Considerations and Timeline  
3. Questions/Discussion  
Action:  
Executive Board Information  
Presenter:  
Kate Hartley  
Attachments:  
10a 1 Summary Sheet BAHFA Bond Workshop_v6.pdf  
10a 2 Attachment A BAHFA Bond Explainer.pdf  
10a 3 Attachment B BAHFA Bond Workshop.pdf  
10a 4 Attachment C BAHFA Business Plan Final Draft.pdf  
10a 5 Attachment D BAHFA Bond Workshop Presentation_v6.pdf  
11. Public Comment  
Information  
12. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next regular meeting of the ABAG Executive Board is on April 18, 2024.