Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Joint MTC Planning Committee with the ABAG Administrative  
Committee  
James P. Spering, MTC Chair  
Eddie Ahn, MTC Vice Chair  
Jesse Arreguin, ABAG Chair Belia Ramos, ABAG Vice Chair  
Friday, October 13, 2023  
9:40 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
1. Call to Order  
Non-Voting Member Present: Dorene M. Giacopini  
Ex Officio Voting Member Present: Commission Chair Pedroza  
Ad Hoc Non-Voting Member Present: Commissioner Chavez  
ABAG Administrative Committee Members Present: Arreguin, Eklund, Lee, Rabbitt, Ramos, and  
Romero.  
The following individuals participated from noticed remote locations: ABAG Member Arreguin, MTC  
Commissioner Chavez (Ad Hoc Non-Voting Member), MTC Commissioner Giacopini, , ABAG Member  
Lee, and ABAG Member Ramos.  
The following individuals participated from unnoticed remote locations. Their participation did not count  
toward the quorum, and they did not vote on any items: ABAG Member Silva.  
2. MTC Planning Committee Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
6 -  
Present:  
Chair Spering, Vice Chair Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner  
Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Noack and Commissioner Rabbitt  
2 - Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci and Commissioner Mahan  
Absent:  
3. MTC Planning Committee Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Canepa and second by Commissioner Noack,  
the MTC Planning Committee Consent Calendar was unanimously approved. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Chair Spering, Vice Chair Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner  
Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Noack and Commissioner Rabbitt  
2 - Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci and Commissioner Mahan  
Absent:  
23-1160  
3a.  
Approval of MTC Planning Committee Minutes of the September 8, 2023  
Meeting  
Action:  
MTC Planning Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
3a_23-1160_2023-09-08_Joint_MTC_Planning_Committee_with_the_A  
BAG_Administrative_Committee_Meeting_Minutes_Draft.pdf  
23-1180  
Plan Bay Area 2050: 2023 Annual Progress Update  
3b.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Chirag Rabari  
Attachments:  
3bi_23-1180_Summary_Sheet_Plan_Bay_Area_2050_Implementation  
_Plan_Annual_Progress_Update.pdf  
3bii_23-1180_Attachment  
A_Plan_Bay_Area_2050_Implementation_Plan_Annual_Progress_Upd  
ate_Matrix.pdf  
4. ABAG Administrative Committee Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
5. ABAG Compensation Announcement – Clerk of the Board  
6. ABAG Administrative Committee Consent Calendar  
23-1161  
6a.  
Approval of ABAG Administrative Committee Summary Minutes of the  
September 8, 2023 Meeting  
Action:  
ABAG Administrative Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
6a_23-1161_2023-09-08_ABAG_Administrative_Committee_Meeting_  
Minutes_Draft.pdf  
23-1181  
Plan Bay Area 2050: 2023 Annual Progress Update  
6b.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Chirag Rabari  
Attachments:  
6bi_23-1181_Summary_Sheet_Plan_Bay_Area_2050_Implementation  
_Plan_Annual_Progress_Update.pdf  
6bii_23-1181_Attachment  
A_Plan_Bay_Area_2050_Implementation_Plan_Annual_Progress_Upd  
ate_Matrix.pdf  
23-1235  
6c.  
Adoption of Election Calendar for the Election of President and Vice  
President; Ratification of Appointments to the Canvassing Committee  
Action:  
ABAG Administrative Committee Approval  
Clerk of the Board  
Presenter:  
Attachments: 6ci_23-1235_Summary_Sheet_Election_Calendar.pdf  
6cii_23-1235_Attachment_A_Procedures_Election.pdf  
23-1236  
6d.  
Authorization to negotiate and enter into Bay Area Regional Energy  
Network (BayREN) contracts for a cumulative total amount not to exceed  
$91,591,970 to provide services for BayREN, including administration,  
marketing, implementation, and incentives with the following nine (9)  
member agencies in the amount following each agency Energy Council, on  
behalf of Alameda County jurisdictions, $38,410,603; County of Contra  
Costa, $1,235,996; County of Marin, $1,121,441; County of Napa,  
$1,056,770; City and County of San Francisco, $35,859,790; County of  
San Mateo, $1,527,754; County of Santa Clara, $1,727,358; County of  
Solano, $1,978,618; and, Regional Climate Protection Authority, on behalf  
of Sonoma County jurisdictions, $8,673,640.  
Action:  
ABAG Administrative Committee Approval  
Jane Elias  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6di_23-1236_Summary_Sheet_BayREN_Member_Agency_Contracts.  
pdf  
6dii_23-1236_Attachments_BayREN_Summary_Approvals_Member_  
Agency_Contracts_Combined.pdf  
23-1237  
6e.  
Authorization to negotiate and enter into Bay Area Regional Energy  
Network (BayREN) contract amendments for a cumulative total amount not  
to exceed $12,335,000 to provide services for BayREN including  
administration, marketing, implementation, incentives, and regulatory  
support with the following eight (8) third-party consultants in the amount  
following each consultant: CLEAResult Consulting, Inc., $3,250,000;  
Collective Strategies Consulting LLC, $150,000; Frontier Energy, Inc.,  
$25,000; Law Offices of Elizabeth Kelly, $200,000; M. Cubed, $100,000;  
Rising Sun Center for Opportunity, $8,040,000; The Energy Coalition,  
$250,000; The Regents of the University of California, $120,000.  
Action:  
ABAG Administrative Committee Approval  
Jane Elias  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6ei_23-1237_Summary_Sheet_BayREN_Third_Party_Consultant_Con  
tracts.pdf  
6eii_Attachments_BayREN_Summary_Approvals_Third_Part_Consult  
ant_Contracts_Combined.pdf  
23-1238  
6f.  
Adoption of ABAG Resolution No. 14-2023, which authorizes the submittal  
of a financial assistance application to the State Water Resources Control  
Board for State Revolving Fund (SRF) funding for Clean Water on behalf of  
the San Francisco Estuary Partnership for up to $1 million for continued  
development of the State of the Estuary Platform and, if awarded,  
authorization to negotiate and enter into an agreement with the State  
Water Resources Control Board and any amendments thereto necessary  
to receive the financial assistance from the State Water Resources Control  
Board.  
Action:  
ABAG Administrative Committee Approval  
Caitlin Sweeney  
Presenter:  
Attachments: 6fi_23-1238_Summary_Sheet_SFEP_EstuaryPlatform.pdf  
6fii_23-1238_Attachment_A_ABAG_Resolution_No_14-2023_SFEP_E  
stuary_Platform.pdf  
6fiii_23-1238_Attachment_B_Summary_Approval_SFEP_Estuary_Plat  
form.pdf  
23-1239  
6g.  
Authorization to negotiate and enter into Individual Funding Agreements as  
part of the Proposition 1 Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM)  
Grant Program funded by the State of California Department of Water  
Resources (DWR), with the following Local Project Sponsors (LPSs) in the  
following amounts: City of San Jose - ($4,980,000); Contra Costa County  
Flood Control and Water Conservation District ($1,500,000); Contra Costa  
Resource Conservation District ($1,595,650); Daily Acts Organization  
($1,500,000); Marin Municipal Water District ($6,408,000); San  
Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority ($3,799,087); San Mateo  
Resource Conservation District ($5,429,803); Valley Water ($3,845,229);  
Zone 7 Water Agency ($827,478); Zone 7 Water Agency ($130,000);  
Roseview Heights Mutual Water Company ($300,000), and City of  
Burlingame ($1,009,232).  
Action:  
ABAG Administrative Committee Approval  
Caitlin Sweeney  
Presenter:  
Attachments: 6gi_23-1239_Summary_Sheet_SFEP_IRWM_P1R2.pdf  
6gii_23-1239_Attachment_Summary_Approval_SFEP_IRWM_P1R2.p  
df  
23-1240  
6h.  
Authorization to negotiate and execute an amendment in an amount not to  
exceed $200,000 with Solano Transportation Authority for construction of a  
portion of the Bay Trail for a total contract amount not to exceed $600,000.  
Action:  
ABAG Administrative Committee Approval  
Lee Huo  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6hi_23-1240_Summary_Sheet_Bay_Trail-Vine_Trail_Gap_Closure_Co  
nstruction_Grant_Contract_Approval.pdf  
6hii_23-1240_Summary_Approval_Bay_Trail-Vine_Trail_Gap_Closure_  
Construction_Grant_Contract.pdf  
6hiii_23-1240_ABAG_Resolution_2019_15_Authorization_to_Receive_  
Funds_Bay_Trail_Signed.pdf  
23-1241  
6i.  
Overview of the Local Expenditure Planning process required for the 80%  
of funding administered by Bay Area counties and direct-allocation cities  
from the anticipated 2024 Regional Housing Bond, and how the Bay Area  
Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) is supporting jurisdictions throughout  
this process.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Heather Peters  
Attachments:  
6i1_23-1241_Summary_Sheet-Local_Expenditure_Planning_for_2024_  
Regional_Bond.pdf  
6i2_23-1241_Attachment_A_Presentation_Local_Expenditure_Plannin  
g_for_2024_Regional_Bond.pdf  
6i3_23-1241_Public_Comment_Urban_Habitat_Local_Expenditure_Pla  
nning_for_2024_Regional_Bond.pdf  
23-1242  
6j.  
Authorization to negotiate and execute a Cooperative Agreement between  
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)/San Francisco Estuary  
Partnership (SFEP) and the City of Palo Alto for the construction and  
delivery of the Palo Alto Horizontal Levee Project.  
Action:  
ABAG Administrative Committee Approval  
Heidi Nutters  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6ji_23-1242_Summary_Sheet_SFEP_Cooperative_Agreement_Palo_A  
lto.pdf  
6jii_23-1242_PowerPoint_SFEP_Cooperative_Agreement_Palo_Alto.p  
df  
6jiii_23-1242_Attachment_B_Summary_Approval_SFEP_Cooperative_  
Agreement_Palo_Alto.pdf  
23-1305  
Ratification of Appointment to Committee(s)  
6k.  
Action:  
ABAG Administrative Committee Approval  
ABAG President Jesse Arreguin  
Presenter:  
Attachments: 6k_23-1305_Summary_Sheet_Committee_Appointment.pdf  
7. MTC Approval  
23-1188  
7a.  
MTC Resolution No. 4530, Revised - Transit Oriented Communities (TOC)  
Policy Revision and Discussion on Compliance  
Amendment to MTC Resolution No. 4530 to clarify the application of the  
TOC Policy to allocations of capital funding to transit extension projects  
and continued discussion about defining expectations for "compliance."  
Action:  
MTC Commission Approval  
Gillian Adams  
Presenter:  
Attachments: 8a_23-1188_Summary_Sheet_MTC_Res_4530_Rev_TOC_Policy.pdf  
8a_23-1188_Attachment A_TEMP-RES-4530 Revised.pdf  
8a_23-1188_Attachment_B_Summary_TOC_Policy_Requirements.pdf  
8a_23-1188_Attachment_C_PowerPoint_TOC.pdf  
8a_23-1188_Public_Comment_Combined.pdf  
8a_Public_Comment_Various_Signers.pdf  
The following individuals spoke on this item:  
Adina Levin, MTC Policy Advisory Council;  
Ken Chan, Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County;  
Amiel Leano Atanacio, Enterprise Community Partners; and  
Erika Pinto, SPUR.  
Written public comments were received from:  
City of San Jose  
Combined letter from 350 Bay Area, Bike East Bay, California YIMBY,  
Greenbelt Alliance, East Bay Housing Organizations, East Bay for  
Everyone, Enterprise Community Partners, Friends of Caltrain, Generation  
Housing, Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County, SPUR,  
SV@Home, and TransForm.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Noack and second by Chair Spering,  
MTC Resolution No. 4530, Revised - Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) Policy  
Revision and Discussion on Compliance was adopted to be forwarded to the MTC  
Commission for approval. The motion carried unanimously by the following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Chair Spering, Vice Chair Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner  
Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Noack and Commissioner Rabbitt  
2 - Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci and Commissioner Mahan  
Absent:  
8. Public Comment / Other Business  
9. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Joint MTC Planning Committee with the ABAG Administrative  
Committee will be held on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 9:40 a.m. at the Bay Area  
Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA. Any changes to the schedule will  
be duly noticed to the public.