9. Planning Committee Report (Spering)
9a.
Interagency Flooding and Sea Level Rise Memorandum of Understanding
Authorize the Executive Director or designee to enter into a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) with the four voting member agencies and the
three non-voting partner agencies of the Bay Area Regional Collaborative
(BARC) to coordinate efforts to address the threats of flooding and sea
level rise in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Action:
Approval / ABAG Executive Board
Approval / Commission
Presenter:
Allison Brooks and Joshua Bradt
Upon the motion by Commissioner Spering and seconded by Commissioner
Canepa, the Commission unanimously adopted the Interagency Flooding and
Sea Level Rise MOU. The motion carried by the following vote:
12 -
Aye:
Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner
Chavez, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner
Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,
Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Spering
6 -
Absent:
Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner
Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Rabbitt and Commissioner Thao
10. Legislation Committee Report (Canepa)
10a.
Constitutional Amendment to Set Vote Threshold at Fifty-Five Percent for
Housing and Infrastructure Bonds
Revises Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 1 (Aguiar-Curry,
2023), which placed on the November 2024 ballot a constitutional
amendment to institute a 55 percent vote threshold for housing and
infrastructure bonds and special taxes.
Action:
Support / ABAG Executive Board Approval
Support / Commission Approval
Presenter:
Julie Snyder
Upon the motion by Commissioner Canepa and seconded by Commissioner
Glover, the Commission unanimously adopted a support position on the
Constitutional Amendment to Set Vote Threshold at Fifty-Five Percent for Housing
and Infrastructure Bonds. The motion carried by the following vote:
12 -
Aye:
Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner
Chavez, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner
Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,
Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Spering
6 -
Absent:
Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner
Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Rabbitt and Commissioner Thao