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Meeting Minutes - Final

ABAG Administrative Committee

Chair, Belia Ramos, Supervisor, County of Napa

Vice Chair, Carlos Romero, Councilmember, City of

East Palo Alto

Friday, May 9, 2025

10:00 AM

Board Room - 1st Floor

Joint Meeting with the MTC Planning Committee

Roster

Pat Eklund, David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos, Carlos Romero, Cindy Silva, Wanda Williams

The following ABAG noticed remote location was open to the public: County of Sonoma, 575

Administration Drive, Room 100A, Santa Rosa, CA 95403.

1. Call to Order

2. MTC Planning Committee Roll Call / Confirm Quorum

3. MTC Planning Committee Consent Calendar

The MTC Planning Committee took action on this item.

25-0481

3a.

Approval of MTC Planning Committee Minutes of the April 11, 2025

Meeting

4. ABAG Administrative Committee Roll Call / Confirm Quorum

5 - Ramos, Rabbitt, Eklund, Romero, and Williams

1 - Silva

Present:

Absent:

5. ABAG Compensation Announcement – ABAG Clerk of the Board

The acting ABAG Clerk of the Committee gave the compensation announcement.

6. ABAG Administrative Committee Consent Calendar

Upon the motion by Eklund and second by Williams, the ABAG Administrative

Committee Consent Calendar was unanimously approved. The motion carried by

the following vote:

5 - Ramos, Rabbitt, Eklund, Romero, and Williams

1 - Silva

Aye:

Absent:

25-0645

6a.

6b.

Approval of ABAG Administrative Committee Summary Minutes of the

April 11, 2025 Meeting

25-0692

Ratification of Appointments to ABAG Committees and Other Bodies

7. ABAG Administrative Committee Approval

25-0646

7a.

Contract - Implement Estuary Youth Council Program: Mycelium Youth

Network ($146,601)

Authorization to enter into contract with Mycelium Youth Network for

$146,601 to implement the Estuary Youth Council Program.

Upon the motion by Williams and second by Eklund, the Contract for Implement

Estuary Youth Council Program with Mycelium Youth Network for an amount not

to exceed $146,601 was unanimously approved. The motion carried by the

following vote:

5 - Ramos, Rabbitt, Eklund, Romero, and Williams

1 - Silva

Aye:

Absent:

25-0744

7b.

Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) Transfers: Delegation of

Authority

Recommendation to delegate authority to the MTC Deputy Executive

Director, Metro Planning and Policy to administer transfers of RHNA units

pursuant to the provisions of California Government Code Section

65584.07.

Written public comment was received from: City of San Jose

Chris Constantin spoke on this item.

Jerad Ferguson, City of San Jose, spoke on this item.

Upon the motion by Romero and second by Ramos, the Regional Housing Needs

Allocation Transfers: Delegation of Authority was approved as amended. The

motion carried by the following vote:

4 - Ramos, Rabbitt, Romero, and Williams

Aye:

Nay:

1 - Eklund

1 - Silva

Absent:

8. Information

25-0601

8a.

Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Policy: Draft Evaluation Criteria

Presentation of a draft framework to evaluate jurisdiction progress toward

compliance with the TOC Policy.

Written public comments were received from:City of Campbell; City of

Morgan Hill; City of Mountain View; Santa Clara Valley Transportation

Authority; City of Palo Alto; Various organizations, elected officials, and

advisory members as listed on the correspondence; and Bay Area County

Transportation Agencies.

The following individuals spoke on this item:

Sebastian Petty, SPUR;

Adina Levin, Peninsula for Everyone;

Anil Babbar, California Apartment Foundation;

Erika Vandenbrande, City of Walnut Creek;

Randi Kinman;

Amanda Chang, Urban Habitat;

Sara Greenwald, 350 Bay Area; and

Sophia Dewitt.

9. Public Comment / Other Business

Aleta Dupree was called to speak.

10. Adjournment / Next Meeting