375 Beale Street  
Suite 700  
San Francisco, California  
94105  
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, May 16, 2024  
5:10 PM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Association of Bay Area Governments  
Executive Board Meeting No. 495  
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  
Vice President Arreguin called the meeting to order at about 5:22 p.m.  
Quorum was present.  
22 -  
Present:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Cohen, Corzo, Eklund, Ellenberg, Fife,  
Fligor, Garcia, Kamei, Miley, Motoyama, Moy, Ortiz, Rabbitt, Reid, Romero,  
Sackett, Silva, Switzky, and Tiedemann  
11 -  
Absent:  
Bas, Breed, Carlson, Lee, Mandelman, Marquez, Martinez-Beltran, Mueller,  
Nagales, Ramos, and Williams  
2. Public Comment  
3. Executive Board Announcements  
4. President's Report  
24-0590  
ABAG President’s Report for May 16, 2024  
Vice President Arreguin gave the report.  
4a.  
5. Executive Director's Report  
24-0591  
Executive Director’s Report for May 16, 2024  
Alix Bockelman gave the report.  
5a.  
6. 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, Cohen, Corzo, Eklund, Ellenberg, Fife,  
Fligor, Garcia, Kamei, Motoyama, Moy, Ortiz, Rabbitt, Reid, Romero, Sackett,  
Silva, Switzky, and Tiedemann  
12 -  
Absent:  
Bas, Breed, Carlson, Lee, Mandelman, Marquez, Martinez-Beltran, Miley, Mueller,  
Nagales, Ramos, and Williams  
24-0592  
24-0616  
Approval of ABAG Executive Board Minutes of April 18, 2024  
6a.  
6b.  
Authorization to enter into contract amendment with Peak Digital, LLC to  
provide for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 agency website support services in  
the amount not to exceed $200,000  
24-0617  
24-0619  
6c.  
6d.  
Authorization to negotiate and enter into a contract with Zoon Engineering  
in an amount not to exceed $550,000 for Construction Management  
Services for the Palo Alto Horizontal Levee project  
Authorization to negotiate and enter into a memorandum of agreement with  
the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District), as a grant  
coalition member, in an amount not to exceed $4,498,656, pursuant to the  
successful award of the U.S. EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant  
opportunity  
24-0620  
24-0679  
6e.  
6f.  
Authorization to accept $5,000,000 and enter into a funding agreement  
with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement the Wetlands  
Regional Monitoring Program  
Approval of International Travel Request for ABAG President to Participate  
in the 2024 Social Housing Field Study in Vienna, Austria  
7. ABAG Administrative Committee Report  
24-0593  
Report on ABAG Administrative Committee Meeting of May 10, 2024  
Vice President Arreguin gave the report.  
7a.  
8. Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Report  
24-0594  
24-0599  
8a.  
8b.  
Report on Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Meeting of May 10,  
2024  
Vice President Arreguin gave the report.  
Assembly Bill 2396 (Reyes): State Partnership for Affordable Housing  
Registries in California Grant Program  
Upon the motion by Arreguin and second by Tiedemann, the ABAG Executive  
Board approved a support if amended position on Assembly Bill 2396 (Reyes).  
The motion passed unanimously by the following vote:  
22 -  
Aye:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Cohen, Corzo, Eklund, Ellenberg, Fife,  
Fligor, Garcia, Kamei, Miley, Motoyama, Moy, Ortiz, Rabbitt, Reid, Romero,  
Sackett, Silva, Switzky, and Tiedemann  
11 -  
Absent:  
Bas, Breed, Carlson, Lee, Mandelman, Marquez, Martinez-Beltran, Mueller,  
Nagales, Ramos, and Williams  
24-0618  
8c.  
Potential Legislation on Bay Area Housing Finance Authority Labor  
Standards  
Potential legislation to authorize the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority  
(BAHFA) to apply labor standards to regional housing bond proceeds  
directly allocated to counties and cities.  
Upon the motion by Arreguin and second by Motoyama, the ABAG Executive  
Board approved staff pursuing legislation to authorize Bay Area Housing Finance  
Authority to impose labor standards applicable to funds that are directly  
allocated to cities and counties. The motion passed by the following vote:  
20 -  
Aye:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Arreguin, Cohen, Corzo, Eklund, Ellenberg, Fife, Fligor,  
Garcia, Kamei, Miley, Motoyama, Ortiz, Rabbitt, Reid, Romero, Sackett, Silva,  
Switzky, and Tiedemann  
2 - Andersen, and Moy  
Nay:  
11 -  
Absent:  
Bas, Breed, Carlson, Lee, Mandelman, Marquez, Martinez-Beltran, Mueller,  
Nagales, Ramos, and Williams  
9. ABAG Finance Committee Report  
24-0595  
9a.  
Report on ABAG Finance Committee Meeting of May 16, 2024, including  
Approval of the Report on ABAG Investments for period ended March 31,  
2024 (Unaudited) and of the Report on Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24  
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Statement of Revenues  
and Expenses for the period ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited)  
Chair Rabbitt gave the report.  
Upon the motion by Rabbitt and second by Romero, the ABAG Executive Board  
approved the Report on ABAG Investments for period ended March 31, 2024  
(Unaudited) and the Report on Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 Association of Bay Area  
Governments (ABAG) Statement of Revenues and Expenses for the period ended  
March 31, 2024 (Unaudited). The motion passed unanimously by the following  
vote:  
20 -  
13 -  
Aye:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Cohen, Corzo, Eklund, Ellenberg, Fligor,  
Garcia, Kamei, Miley, Motoyama, Moy, Rabbitt, Reid, Romero, Sackett, Silva,  
Switzky, and Tiedemann  
Absent:  
Bas, Breed, Carlson, Fife, Lee, Mandelman, Marquez, Martinez-Beltran, Mueller,  
Nagales, Ortiz, Ramos, and Williams  
10. ABAG Housing Committee Report  
24-0596  
Report on ABAG Housing Committee Meeting of May 8, 2024  
Chair Romero gave the report.  
10a.  
11. Priority Conservation Area  
24-0597  
11a.  
Priority Conservation Area Framework Refresh  
Report on the recommended reforms for the Priority Conservation Area  
(PCA) Framework and adoption of ABAG Resolution 7 2024 and direction  
to proceed with Phase I implementation this summer  
Michael Germeraad gave the report.  
Upon the motion by Rabbitt and second by Arreguin, the ABAG Executive Board  
adopted ABAG Resolution No. 7-2024. The motion passed unanimously by the  
following vote:  
20 -  
Aye:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Cohen, Corzo, Eklund, Ellenberg, Fligor,  
Garcia, Kamei, Miley, Motoyama, Moy, Rabbitt, Reid, Romero, Sackett, Silva,  
Switzky, and Tiedemann  
13 -  
Absent:  
Bas, Breed, Carlson, Fife, Lee, Mandelman, Marquez, Martinez-Beltran, Mueller,  
Nagales, Ortiz, Ramos, and Williams  
12. Regional Housing Needs Allocation  
24-0598  
12a.  
California’s Housing Future 2040: Housing Community Development  
Recommendations  
Presentation on recommendations from Department of Housing and  
Community Development’s (HCD’s) recent report on potential RHNA Cycle  
7 reforms, including considerations related to potential legislative advocacy  
this year.  
Dave Vautin and Gillian Adams gave the report.  
13. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
Vice President Arreguin adjourned the meeting at about 7:47 p.m. The next  
regular meeting of the ABAG Executive Board is on July 18, 2024.