375 Beale Street  
Suite 700  
San Francisco, California  
94105  
Meeting Agenda  
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, July 18, 2024  
5:10 PM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Association of Bay Area Governments  
Executive Board Meeting No. 496  
This meeting shall consist of a simultaneous teleconference call at the following location(s):  
Albany City Hall (Conference Room), 1000 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, CA 94706  
Office of Supervisor Andersen, 309 Diablo Road, Danville, CA. 94526  
3089 Potrero Way, Fairfield, CA 94534  
Los Altos Community Center (Buckeye Room), 97 Hillview Avenue, Los Altos CA 94022  
City of Oakland, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Hearing Room 2, 1st Floor, Oakland CA 94612  
City of South San Francisco, 400 Grand Avenue, South San Francisco City Hall Conference  
Room, South San Francisco, CA 94080  
County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Suite 324A, San Rafael, CA 94903  
Meeting attendees may opt to attend in person for public comment and observation at  
375 Beale Street, Board Room (1st Floor), San Francisco, California. In-person attendees  
must adhere to posted public health protocols while in the building. The meeting webcast  
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Clerk: Wally Charles  
Roster  
Susan Hollingsworth 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  
Quorum is a majority of ABAG Executive Board members present.  
2. Public Comment  
Information  
3. Executive Board Announcements  
Information  
4. President's Report  
5. Executive Director's Report  
5a.  
24-0862  
Action:  
Executive Director’s Report for July 18, 2024  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Andrew Fremier  
Presenter:  
6. Consent Calendar  
6a.  
24-0863  
Action:  
Approval of ABAG Executive Board Minutes of May 16, 2024  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Clerk of the Board  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
06a EB Minutes 20240516 495 Draft.pdf  
6b.  
24-0870  
Authorization to negotiate and enter into a contract with The Energy  
Coalition in an amount not to exceed $267,730 to support the development  
and implementation of BayREN’s Energy Concierge service  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Sean Youra  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
06b 1 Summary Sheet BayREN Energy Concierge.pdf  
06b 2 Attachment A Summary Approval BayREN Energy Concierge.pdf  
6c.  
24-0871  
Authorization to amend a funding agreement with Friends of the San  
Francisco Estuary to support emerging leaders in the environmental field,  
including women, LGBTQI people, and youth for the period from August 1,  
2022 to December 31, 2027, extending the funding amount of $300,000 to  
$800,000  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Heidi Nutters  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
06c 1 Summary Sheet Amend1 SFEP Friends of the San Francisco Estuary.pdf  
06c 2 Summary Approval Amend1 SFEP Friends of the San Francisco Estuary.p  
6d.  
24-0872  
Authorization to negotiate and enter into a contract with The Energy  
Coalition in an amount not to exceed $339,806 to provide Decarbonization  
Showcase Management services for BayREN’s Targeted Decarbonization  
Services Program through December 31, 2025  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Jane Elias  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
06d 1 Summary Sheet BayREN Decarbonization Showcase.pdf  
06d 2 Attachment A Summary Approval BayREN Decarbonization Showcase.pd  
6e.  
24-0874  
Under the Proposition 1 Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM)  
Grant Program funded by the State of California Department of Water  
Resources (DWR), request for authorization to enter into Individual Funding  
Agreements with the following Local Project Sponsors (LPSs): Contra  
Costa Resource Conservation District ($2,717,138); San Francisquito  
Creek Joint Powers Authority ($5,955,258); San Mateo Resource  
Conservation District ($5,905,974), and the Zone 7 Water Agency  
($1,226,170)  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Caitlin Sweeney  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
06e 1 Summary Sheet SFEP IRWM_P1R2.pdf  
06e 2 Summary Approval SFEP IRWM_P1R2.pdf  
7. ABAG Administrative Committee Report  
7a.  
24-0864  
Report on ABAG Administrative Committee Meetings of June 14, 2024  
and July 12, 2024  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Belia Ramos  
Presenter:  
7b.  
24-0873  
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:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Allison Brooks  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
07b 1 Summary Sheet Interagency Flooding and Sea Level Rise MOU.pdf  
07b 2 Attachment ABAG Administrative Committee Summary Sheet 20240614.p  
8. Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Report  
8a.  
24-0865  
Report on Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Meetings of June 14,  
2024 and July 12, 2024  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Jesse Arreguin  
Presenter:  
8b.  
24-0906  
Assembly Bill 598 (Wicks): Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA)  
Funding  
Action:  
Sponsor / ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Julie Snyder  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
08b 1 Summary Sheet AB 598.pdf  
08b 2 Attchment Summary Sheet AB 598.pdf  
9. Plan Bay Area 2050+ Draft Blueprint  
9a.  
24-0868  
Presentation and Update on Plan Bay Area 2050+, including draft  
Blueprint strategies and key performance and equity findings, prior to late  
summer 2024 public and stakeholder engagement  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Chirag Rabari  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
09a 1 Summary Sheet Plan Bay Area 2050+ Draft Blueprint.pdf  
09a 2 Attachment A Plan Bay Area 2050+ Draft Blueprint.pdf  
09a 3 Attachment B Plan Bay Area 2050+ Draft BP Compendium.pdf  
09a 4 Attachment C Plan Bay Area 2050+ R2 Engagement.pdf  
10. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next regular meeting of the ABAG Executive Board is on September 19, 2024.