375 Beale Street  
Suite 700  
San Francisco, California  
94105  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Bay Area Regional Collaborative  
Chair, Jesse Arreguin, Mayor, City of Berkeley  
Vice Chair, Zack Wasserman, SF Bay Conservation and  
Development Commission  
Friday, January 19, 2024  
10:00 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
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Office of Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, 11780 San Pablo Ave., Suite D, El  
Cerrito, CA. 94530  
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Roster  
ABAG—Jesse Arreguin, David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos, Pat Eklund  
BAAQMD—David Haubert, Mark Ross, Margaret Abe-Koga  
BCDC—John Gioia, Dave Pine, Zack Wasserman, Rebecca Eisen  
MTC—Alfredo Pedroza, Jim Spering, Eddie Ahn, Sue Noack  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
Chair Arreguin called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m. Quorum was  
achieved at 10:07 a.m  
9 - Arreguin, Wasserman, Eisen, Eklund, Gioia, Haubert, Noack, Ramos, and Ross  
Present:  
Absent:  
6 - Abe-Koga, Ahn, Pedroza, Pine, Rabbitt, and Spering  
2. Governing Board Member Announcements  
There were no Governing Board Member Announcements.  
3. Chair's Report  
There was no Chair's Report.  
24-0108  
4. Consent Calendar  
24-0109  
BARC Governing Board Chair’s Report for January 19, 2023  
3.a  
Approval of BARC Governing Board Minutes of December 8, 2023  
4.a  
Upon the motion by Noack and the second by Arreguin, the Consent  
Calendar was approved. The motion passed by the following vote:  
9 - Arreguin, Wasserman, Eisen, Eklund, Gioia, Haubert, Noack, Ramos and Ross  
6 - Abe-Koga, Ahn, Pedroza, Pine, Rabbitt and Spering  
Aye:  
Absent:  
5. BARC Member Agency Executive Director Updates  
24-0110  
24-0111  
24-0112  
Caltrans District 4 for January 19, 2023  
5.a  
5.b  
5.c  
Celia McCung gave the report.  
San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board  
Eileen White gave the report.  
Association of Bay Area Governments and Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission  
Brad Paul gave the report.  
24-0113  
California State Coastal Conservancy  
5.d  
Amy Hutzel gave the report.  
24-0114  
24-0115  
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission  
5.e  
5.f  
Larry Goldzband gave the report.  
Bay Area Air Quality Management District  
Greg Nudd gave the report.  
6. BARC Executive Director's Update  
Allison Brooks gave the report.  
24-0116  
Report from the BARC Executive Director  
6.a  
7. Presentation from the San Francisco Estuary Partnership  
Heidi Nutters gave the presentation.  
24-0122  
7.a  
Advancing Nature-Based Shoreline Strategies-Briefing on the San  
Francisco Estuary Partnership’s work to advance nature-based shoreline  
infrastructure for multiple benefits  
8. Public Comment  
There was no public comment.  
9. Adjournment/Next meeting  
The meeting adjourned at 11:22 a.m.