375 Beale Street  
Suite 700  
San Francisco, California  
94105  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
ABAG Executive Board  
President, Belia Ramos, Supervisor, County of Napa  
Vice Prs, Carlos Romero, Councilmember, City of East Palo  
Alto  
Past Prs, David Rabbitt, Supervisor, County of Sonoma  
Thursday, March 20, 2025  
5:10 PM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Association of Bay Area Governments  
Executive Board Meeting No. 500  
The ABAG Executive Board is scheduled to meet at 5:10 p.m.,  
or immediately following the preceding ACFA Governing Board meeting, whichever is later.  
This meeting shall consist of a simultaneous teleconference call at the following location(s):  
City of San Jose, 200 E. Santa Clara Street, City Manager’s Conference Room,  
17th Floor, Room #1734, San Jose, CA 95113  
500 County Center, 5th Floor, Buckeye Conference Room, Redwood City, CA 94063  
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Hearing Room 2, 1st Floor, Oakland, CA 94612  
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Roster  
Susan Adams, Sylvia Arenas, Pamela Campos, Ken Carlson, Noelia Corzo, Bien Doan,  
Matt Dorsey, Betty Duong, Pat Eklund, Carroll Fife, Neysa Fligor, Nikki Fortunato-Bas,  
Lisa Gauthier, Rich Hillis, Rosemary Kamei, Eric Lucan, Daniel Lurie, Rafael Mandelman,  
Yvonne Martinez-Beltran, Nathan Miley, Lisa Motoyama, Catherine Moy, Mark Nagales,  
David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos, Carlos Romero, Shanelle Scales-Preston, Cindy Silva,  
Pierre Washington, Wanda Williams.  
Donald Young (Advisory).  
1. Call to Order / Pledge of Allegiance / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum /  
Compensation Announcement  
A quorum of the ABAG Executive Board shall be a majority of its voting members (15).  
2. Public Comment  
Information  
3. Executive Board Announcements  
Information  
4. President's Report  
4a.  
ABAG President’s Report for March 20, 2025  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Belia Ramos  
Presenter:  
5. Executive Director's Report  
5a.  
Executive Director’s Report for March 20, 2025  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Boad Information  
Andrew Fremier  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6. Consent Calendar  
6a.  
Approval of ABAG Executive Board Minutes of January 16, 2025  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Clerk of the Board  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6b.  
Authorization to Enter into a Contract with Corcus Construction for  
Construction of the Palo Alto Horizontal Levee in the City of Palo Alto in  
an Amount Not to Exceed $2,764,140.00, Plus a Contingency of  
$552,828.00, and Adoption of a Resolution Delegating Authority to  
Exercise Discretionary Approval of Designs Pursuant to Government  
Code Section 830.6 for the Project  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Caitlin Sweeney  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6c.  
6d.  
6e.  
Approval of a Mutually Acceptable Agreement to Transfer a Portion of  
the County of Sonoma’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) to  
the City of Santa Rosa  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Gillian Adams  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
Approve Amendment No. 01 to the Memorandum of Understanding  
Between Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and ABAG  
Publicly Owned Energy Resources  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Jane Elias  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
Senate Bill (SB) 239 (Arreguín): Ralph M. Brown Act Teleconferencing  
Reform  
Co-sponsor SB 239 (Arreguín) to expand remote meeting options for  
non-decision-making local legislative bodies - including advisory boards  
- that do not take final action.  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6f.  
AB 670 (Quirk-Silva), Regional Housing Needs Allocation Credit for  
Preservation  
Co-sponsor a bill by Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva to allow cities  
and counties to earn credit toward their Regional Housing Needs  
Allocation (RHNA) targets by preserving “naturally occurring affordable  
housing” with long-term deed restrictions.  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Julie Snyder  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6g.  
6h.  
Ratification of appointments to ABAG Committees and other bodies  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Belia Ramos  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
Adoption of ABAG Resolution No. 05-2025: Establishment of the MTC  
ABAG Community Advisory Council  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Ky-Nam Miller  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
7. ABAG Administrative Committee Report  
7a.  
Report on ABAG Administrative Committee Meetings of February 14,  
2025 and March 14, 2025  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Belia Ramos  
Presenter:  
8. Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Report  
8a.  
Report on Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Meetings of  
February 14, 2025 and March 14, 2025  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Belia Ramos  
Presenter:  
8b.  
Cap and Trade Update and Advocacy Principles  
Recommended principles to guide ABAG’s advocacy on the extension  
of the Cap and Trade program.  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
8c.  
Assembly Bill 736 (Wicks) and Senate Bill 417 (Cabaldon): Affordable  
Housing Bond Act of 2026  
Places a $10 billion general obligation (GO) bond measure on the June  
2026 statewide ballot for a variety of housing production and  
preservation programs.  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Julie Snyder  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
9. ABAG Finance Committee Report  
9a.  
Report on ABAG Finance Committee Meeting of March 20, 2025  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
David Rabbitt  
Presenter:  
9b.  
Approval of the Report on Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Association of Bay  
Area Governments (ABAG) Statement of Revenues and Expenses for  
the Period Ended December 31, 2024 (Unaudited)  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Grace Martinez  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
9c.  
Approval of the Report on ABAG Investments for period ended  
December 31, 2024 (Unaudited)  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Natalie Perkins  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
10. ABAG Housing Committee Report  
Report on ABAG Housing Committee Meeting of February 12, 2025 and  
March 12, 2025  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Carlos Romero  
Presenter:  
11. ABAG Resilience Technical Assistance  
Report on ABAG Resilience Technical Assistance  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Presenter:  
Michael Germeraad  
Heidi Nutters  
Attachments:  
12. ABAG Financial Outlook  
Report on ABAG Financial Outlook  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Derek Hansel  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
13. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next regular meeting of the ABAG Executive Board is on April 17, 2025.