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Meeting Minutes - Final  
Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee  
Jesse Arreguin, Chair  
Sam Liccardo, Vice Chair  
Members  
Eddie Ahn, David Canepa, Damon Connolly,  
Carol Dutra-Vernaci, Pat Eklund, Victoria Fleming,  
Barbara Halliday, Dave Hudson, Gordon Mar,  
Karen Mitchoff, Alfredo Pedroza, David Rabbitt,  
Belia Ramos, Libby Schaaf, and Jim Spering  
Non-Voting Members  
Dorene M. Giacopini and Vacant  
Friday, September 9, 2022  
9:45 AM  
REMOTE  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
9 -  
Present:  
Vice Chair Liccardo, Chair Arreguin, Committee Member Eklund, Committee  
Member Connolly, Committee Member Spering, Committee Member Ahn,  
Committee Member Ramos, Committee Member Canepa and Committee Member  
Schaaf  
8 -  
Absent:  
Committee Member Hudson, Committee Member Halliday, Committee Member  
Pedroza, Committee Member Mitchoff, Committee Member Mar, Committee  
Member Dutra-Vernaci, Committee Member Rabbitt and Committee Member  
Fleming  
Non-Voting Member Present: Commissioner Giacopini  
Ex Officio Voting Member Present: Commission Vice Chair Josefowitz  
2. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Vice Chair Liccardo and second by Committee Member  
Eklund, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved. The motion carried by  
the following vote:  
9 -  
Aye:  
Vice Chair Liccardo, Chair Arreguin, Committee Member Eklund, Committee  
Member Connolly, Committee Member Spering, Committee Member Ahn,  
Committee Member Ramos, Committee Member Canepa and Committee Member  
Schaaf  
8 -  
Absent:  
Committee Member Hudson, Committee Member Halliday, Committee Member  
Pedroza, Committee Member Mitchoff, Committee Member Mar, Committee  
Member Dutra-Vernaci, Committee Member Rabbitt and Committee Member  
Fleming  
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2a.  
2b.  
Approval of Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Minutes of the July 8,  
2022 Meeting  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
2a_2022-07-08_Joint_MTC_ABAG_Legislation_Committee_Meeting_  
Minutes_Draft.pdf  
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Legislative History  
Detailed list of bills the ABAG and MTC are tracking in Sacramento,  
including those ABAG or MTC supports or opposes.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments: 2b_Handout-September_2022_Legislative_History.pdf  
3. Local / Regional / State Legislation  
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3a.  
MTC/ABAG Priority Bill Update  
Status update of 2022 state legislation on which MTC and/or ABAG  
adopted a position.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments: 3a_MTC-ABAG_Priority_Bills_Update.pdf  
Rich Hedges spoke on this item.  
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3b.  
Regional Transportation Measure Update  
Summary of next steps in seeking authorization for a regional  
transportation measure.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann and Dave Vautin  
Attachments: 3bi_Regional_Transportation_Measure_Update.pdf  
3bii_PowerPoint_Regional_Transportation_Measure_Update.pdf  
3biii_Correspondence_Received_MTC-ABAG-Legislation-Committee_  
Regional_Transportation_Measure_Update_Redacted.pdf  
The following members of the public were called to speak:  
Tina Martin, Mothers Out Front;  
Jack Kurzweil, Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club;  
Amy Thomson, TransForm;  
Eugene Bradley;  
Peter Straus, San Francisco Transit Riders;  
Vinita Goyal, San Francisco Transit Riders;  
Adina Levin, Friends of Caltrain; and  
Michael Gliksohn, Richmond Progressive Alliance.  
Written public comments were received from: Dave Rhody; Jack Kurzweil;  
Elliot Helman; Betty Kissilove; Jean Tepperman; Michael Gliksohn; and  
Kevin Ma.  
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3c.  
Proposition 30: Clean Cars & Clean Air Act  
Recommendation for MTC and ABAG to endorse Proposition 30 on the  
November 8, 2022 ballot.  
Action:  
Support / ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Support / MTC Commission Approval  
Presenter:  
Rebecca Long  
Attachments: 14a_22-1444_Proposition_30-Clean_Cars_and_Clean_Air_Act.pdf  
The following members of the public were called to speak:  
Amy Thomson, TransForm;  
Gretchen Newsom, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW);  
Rich Hedges;  
Augustina Ullman, SPUR;  
Tony Alexander, Bridge Tree Inc.;  
Mariela Ruacho, American Lung Association; and  
Oscar Garcia, California Environmental Voters.  
Upon the motion by Vice Chair Liccardo and second by Committee Member  
Schaaf, a support position on Proposition 30: Clean Cars & Clean Air Act was  
adopted to be forwarded to the ABAG Executive Board and MTC Commission for  
approval. The motion carried by the following vote:  
7 -  
Aye:  
Vice Chair Liccardo, Chair Arreguin, Committee Member Connolly, Committee  
Member Ahn, Committee Member Ramos, Committee Member Canepa and  
Committee Member Schaaf  
8 -  
Absent:  
Committee Member Hudson, Committee Member Halliday, Committee Member  
Pedroza, Committee Member Mitchoff, Committee Member Mar, Committee  
Member Dutra-Vernaci, Committee Member Rabbitt and Committee Member  
Fleming  
2 - Committee Member Eklund and Committee Member Spering  
Abstain:  
4. Federal Legislation  
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4a.  
Bay Area Housing Finance Authority Advocacy  
Update on potential federal funding opportunity for the Bay Area Housing  
Finance Authority (BAHFA).  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments: 4ai_Bay_Area_Housing_Finance_Authority_Advocacy.pdf  
4aii_Attachment_A_BAHFA_Provisions_Senate_THUD_August_2022.  
pdf  
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4b.  
Inflation Reduction Act Update  
Overview of transportation and climate provisions in the health care,  
climate, and tax reconciliation package.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments: 4bi_Inflation_Reduction_Act_Update.pdf  
4bii_Attachment_A_Senate_Democrats_Inflation_Reduction_Act_Sum  
mary_of_Energy_Security_and_Climate_Change_Investments.pdf  
4biii_Attachment_B_White_House_Fact_Sheet_Inflation_Reduction_A  
ct_California_8.2022.pdf  
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4c.  
Washington D.C. Legislative Update  
Report on key legislative, funding and political developments over the past  
month from Washington, D.C. prepared by the Summit Strategies team.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments: 4c_Summit_Strategies_Washington_DC_Report.pdf  
5. Public Comment / Other Business  
6. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee will be Friday,  
October 14, 2022 at 9:45 a.m. Any changes to the schedule will be duly noticed to the  
public.