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, July 18, 2024  
5:10 PM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Association of Bay Area Governments  
Executive Board Meeting No. 496  
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  
Member Nikki Fortunato Bas, arrived during Agenda Item 2. Public Comment.  
Member Yvonne Martinez-Beltran arrived at 5:45 p.m.  
21 -  
Present:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Bas, Carlson, Corzo, Eklund, Fligor,  
Martinez-Beltran, Moy, Rabbitt, Romero, Sackett, Silva, Tiedemann, Williams,  
Gluckstein, Tanner, Toms, Jimenez, and Hedges  
17 -  
Absent:  
Breed, Cohen, Ellenberg, Fife, Garcia, Hillis, Kamei, Lee, Mandelman, Marquez,  
Miley, Motoyama, Mueller, Nagales, Ortiz, Ramos, and Reid  
2. Public Comment  
The following individuals spoke on this Item:  
Ken Bukowski  
3. Executive Board Announcements  
4. President's Report  
5. Executive Director's Report  
24-0862  
Executive Director’s Report for July 18, 2024  
5a.  
6. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Eklund and seconded by Hedges, the Consent Calendar was  
approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
20 -  
Aye:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Bas, Carlson, Corzo, Eklund, Fligor,  
Moy, Rabbitt, Romero, Sackett, Silva, Tiedemann, Williams, Gluckstein, Tanner,  
Toms, Jimenez, and Hedges  
18 -  
Absent:  
Breed, Cohen, Ellenberg, Fife, Garcia, Hillis, Kamei, Lee, Mandelman, Marquez,  
Martinez-Beltran, Miley, Motoyama, Mueller, Nagales, Ortiz, Ramos, and Reid  
24-0863  
24-0870  
Approval of ABAG Executive Board Minutes of May 16, 2024  
6a.  
6b.  
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  
24-0871  
6c.  
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  
24-0872  
24-0874  
6d.  
6e.  
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  
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)  
7. ABAG Administrative Committee Report  
24-0864  
7a.  
Report on ABAG Administrative Committee Meetings of June 14, 2024  
and July 12, 2024  
24-0873  
7b.  
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.  
Upon the motion by Eklund and seconded by Hedges, Agenda Item 7b. was  
approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
20 -  
Aye:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Bas, Carlson, Corzo, Eklund,  
Martinez-Beltran, Moy, Rabbitt, Romero, Sackett, Silva, Tiedemann, Williams,  
Gluckstein, Tanner, Toms, Jimenez, and Hedges  
18 -  
Absent:  
Breed, Cohen, Ellenberg, Fife, Fligor, Garcia, Hillis, Kamei, Lee, Mandelman,  
Marquez, Miley, Motoyama, Mueller, Nagales, Ortiz, Ramos, and Reid  
8. Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Report  
24-0865  
24-0906  
8a.  
8b.  
Report on Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Meetings of June 14,  
2024 and July 12, 2024  
Assembly Bill 598 (Wicks): Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA)  
Funding  
Upon the motion by Carlson and seconded by Hedges, Agenda Item 8b was  
approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
21 -  
Aye:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Bas, Carlson, Corzo, Eklund, Fligor,  
Martinez-Beltran, Moy, Rabbitt, Romero, Sackett, Silva, Tiedemann, Williams,  
Gluckstein, Tanner, Toms, Jimenez, and Hedges  
17 -  
Absent:  
Breed, Cohen, Ellenberg, Fife, Garcia, Hillis, Kamei, Lee, Mandelman, Marquez,  
Miley, Motoyama, Mueller, Nagales, Ortiz, Ramos, and Reid  
9. Plan Bay Area 2050+ Draft Blueprint  
24-0868  
9a.  
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  
The following individuals spoke on this Item:  
Ken Bukowski  
10. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next regular meeting of the ABAG Executive Board is on September 19, 2024.