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Meeting Minutes - 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, January 18, 2024  
5:10 PM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Association of Bay Area Governments  
Executive Board Meeting No. 492  
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,  
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 / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
President Ramos called the meeting to order at about 5:12 p.m. Quorum  
was present.  
22 -  
Present:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Bas, Eklund, Fife, Garcia, Gluckstein,  
Kamei, Lee, Lopez, Marquez, Martinez-Beltran, Motoyama, Moy, Nagales, Ramos,  
Reid, Romero, Sackett, Silva, and Williams  
10 -  
Absent:  
Carlson, Cohen, Corzo, Ellenberg, Hillis, Mandelman, Miley, Ortiz, Rabbitt, and  
Tiedemann  
2. Public Comment  
3. Executive Board Announcements  
4. President's Report  
24-0031  
4a.  
ABAG President’s Report for January 18, 2024 and Appreciation for Jesse  
Arreguin  
Presdent Ramos gave the report.  
Lopez joined the meeting.  
24-0161  
Adoption of ABAG Resolution No. 1-2024 Appreciation for Leah Zippert  
4b.  
Upon the motion by Williams and second by Eklund, the ABAG Executive Board  
adopted Resolution No. 1-2024. The motion passed unanimously by the following  
vote:  
20 -  
Aye:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Eklund, Fife, Garcia, Gluckstein, Kamei,  
Lee, Lopez, Marquez, Motoyama, Moy, Nagales, Ramos, Reid, Romero, Sackett,  
Silva, and Williams  
12 -  
Absent:  
Bas, Carlson, Cohen, Corzo, Ellenberg, Hillis, Mandelman, Martinez-Beltran, Miley,  
Ortiz, Rabbitt, and Tiedemann  
5. Executive Director's Report  
24-0032  
Executive Director’s Report for January 18, 2024  
Bockelman gave the report.  
5a.  
6. Executive Board Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Romero and second by Garcia, the ABAG Executive Board  
approved the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously by the  
following vote:  
21 -  
Aye:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Bas, Eklund, Fife, Garcia, Gluckstein,  
Kamei, Lee, Lopez, Marquez, Motoyama, Moy, Nagales, Ramos, Reid, Romero,  
Sackett, Silva, and Williams  
11 -  
Absent:  
Carlson, Cohen, Corzo, Ellenberg, Hillis, Mandelman, Martinez-Beltran, Miley,  
Ortiz, Rabbitt, and Tiedemann  
24-0033  
Approval of ABAG Executive Board Minutes of November 16, 2023  
6a.  
7. ABAG Administrative Committee Report  
24-0034  
7a  
Report on ABAG Administrative Committee Meetings of December 8,  
2023, and January 12, 2024  
President Ramos gave the report.  
8. Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Report  
24-0035  
8a.  
Report on Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Meetings of December  
8, 2023, and January 12, 2024  
Vice President Arreguin gave the report.  
24-0086  
8b.  
Proposed Final 2024 MTC/ABAG Joint Advocacy Program  
Final 2024 Joint Advocacy Program for MTC and ABAG, outlining the  
agencies’ state and federal legislative priorities.  
Upon the motion by Arreguin and second by Hollingsworth-Adams, the ABAG  
Executive Board approved the Proposed Finals 2024 MTC/ABAG Joint Advocacy  
Program. The motion passed unanimously by the following vote:  
20 -  
12 -  
Aye:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Eklund, Fife, Garcia, Gluckstein, Kamei,  
Lee, Lopez, Marquez, Motoyama, Moy, Nagales, Ramos, Reid, Romero, Sackett,  
Silva, and Williams  
Absent:  
Bas, Carlson, Cohen, Corzo, Ellenberg, Hillis, Mandelman, Martinez-Beltran, Miley,  
Ortiz, Rabbitt, and Tiedemann  
9. ABAG Housing Committee Report  
24-0037  
Report on ABAG Housing Committee Meeting of November 8, 2023  
Chair Romero gave the report.  
9a.  
10. San Francisco Estuary Partnership  
24-0099  
Report on Advancing Nature-Based Shoreline Solutions  
Sweeney gave the report.  
10a.  
Martinez-Beltran joined the meeting.  
11. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
President Ramos adjourned the meeting at about 6:44 p.m. The next  
regular meeting of the ABAG Execuive Board is on March 21, 2023.