375 Beale Street  
Suite 700  
San Francisco, California  
94105  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
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, May 16, 2024  
5:10 PM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Association of Bay Area Governments  
Executive Board Meeting No. 495  
The ABAG Executive Board is scheduled to meet at 5:10 p.m., or immediately after the  
preceding ACFA Governing Board meeting.  
This meeting shall consist of a simultaneous teleconference call at the following location(s):  
City of Oakland, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Hearing Room 2, 1st Floor,  
Oakland, California 94612  
Office of Supervisor Andersen, 3338 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA 94549  
City of San Jose, 200 E. Santa Clara Street, City Manager’s Conference Room, 17th Floor,  
Room #1734, San Jose, CA 95113  
County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Suite 324A, San Rafael, CA 94903  
3089 Potrero Way, Fairfield, California 94534  
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Roster  
Susan 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  
4a.  
24-0590  
Action:  
ABAG President’s Report for May 16, 2024  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Belia Ramos  
Presenter:  
5. Executive Director's Report  
5a.  
24-0591  
Action:  
Executive Director’s Report for May 16, 2024  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Andrew Fremier  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
Handout Item 5a ABAG_05-16-24_DRAFT-ED-Report v2.pdf  
6. Consent Calendar  
6a.  
6b.  
24-0592  
Action:  
Approval of ABAG Executive Board Minutes of April 18, 2024  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Clerk of the Board  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
06a EB Minutes 20240418 494 Draft.pdf  
24-0616  
Authorization to enter into contract amendment with Peak Digital, LLC to  
provide for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 agency website support services in  
the amount not to exceed $200,000  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Alysha Nachtigall  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
06b 1Summary Sheet Peak Digital LLC v1.pdf  
06b 2 Summary Approval Peak Digital LLC v1.pdf  
6c.  
24-0617  
Authorization to negotiate and enter into a contract with Zoon Engineering  
in an amount not to exceed $550,000 for Construction Management  
Services for the Palo Alto Horizontal Levee project  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Caitlin Sweeney  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
06c 1 Summary Sheet Zoon Engineering v1.pdf  
06c 2 Summary Approval Zoon Engineering v1.pdf  
6d.  
24-0619  
Authorization to negotiate and enter into a memorandum of agreement with  
the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District), as a grant  
coalition member, in an amount not to exceed $4,498,656, pursuant to the  
successful award of the U.S. EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant  
opportunity  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Jane Elias  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
06d 1 Summary Sheet BayREN MOA BAAQMD v1.pdf  
06d 2 Attachment A Summary Approval BayREN BAAQMD v1.pdf  
06d 3 Attachment B BayREN ABAG_LOI.pdf  
06d 4 Attachment C BayREN BAAQMD_LOI.pdf  
6e.  
24-0620  
Authorization to accept $5,000,000 and enter into a funding agreement  
with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement the Wetlands  
Regional Monitoring Program  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Caitlin Sweeney  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
06e 1 Summary Sheet SFEP WRMP v2.pdf  
06e 2 Summary Approval SFEP WRMP v2.pdf  
6f.  
24-0679  
Approval of International Travel Request for ABAG President to Participate  
in the 2024 Social Housing Field Study in Vienna, Austria  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Andrew Fremier  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
06f 1 Summary Sheet Approval International Travel v2.pdf  
06f 2 Summary Approval International Travel Vienna v1.pdf  
7. ABAG Administrative Committee Report  
7a.  
24-0593  
Action:  
Report on ABAG Administrative Committee Meeting of May 10, 2024  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Belia Ramos  
Presenter:  
8. Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Report  
8a.  
24-0594  
Report on Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Meeting of May 10,  
2024  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Jesse Arreguin  
Presenter:  
8b.  
24-0599  
Assembly Bill 2396 (Reyes): State Partnership for Affordable Housing  
Registries in California Grant Program  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval / Support if Amended  
Julie Snyder  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
08b 1 Summary Sheet AB 2396 v1.pdf  
08b 2 Attachment Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Summary_Sheet_AB_2396_Rey  
8c.  
24-0618  
Potential Legislation on Bay Area Housing Finance Authority Labor  
Standards  
Potential legislation to authorize the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority  
(BAHFA) to apply labor standards to regional housing bond proceeds  
directly allocated to counties and cities.  
Action:  
Support / ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Julie Snyder  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
08c 1 Summary Sheet Potential BAHFA Labor Standards v2.pdf  
08c 2 Attachment Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Summary_Sheet_BAHFA_labor_  
9. ABAG Finance Committee Report  
9a.  
24-0595  
Report on ABAG Finance Committee Meeting of May 16, 2024, including  
Approval of the Report on ABAG Investments for period ended March 31,  
2024 (Unaudited) and of the Report on Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24  
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Statement of Revenues  
and Expenses for the period ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited)  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
David Rabbitt  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
09a 1 Summary Sheet ABAG Investments and Revnue Expenses v1.pdf  
09a 2 Attachment A Finance Summary Sheet ABAG Investment 20240516.pdf  
09a 3 Attachment B Finance Summary Sheet ABAG Revenue Expense 2024051  
10. ABAG Housing Committee Report  
10a. 24-0596  
Action:  
Report on ABAG Housing Committee Meeting of May 8, 2024  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Carlos Romero  
Presenter:  
11. Priority Conservation Area  
11a. 24-0597  
Priority Conservation Area Framework Refresh  
Report on the recommended reforms for the Priority Conservation Area  
(PCA) Framework and adoption of ABAG Resolution 7 2024 and direction  
to proceed with Phase I implementation this summer  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Michael Germeraad  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
11a 1 Summary Sheet PCA_Refresh v2 CORRECTED LINK.pdf  
11a 2 Attachment A Presentation_PCA_Refresh v1.pdf  
11a 3 Attachment B PCA_Refresh_Final_Report_2024_05_07.pdf  
11a 4 Attachment C Comment_Response_Matrix v2.pdf  
11a 5 Attachment D ABAG Resolution 7 2024 PCA Framework Reforms v1.pdf  
12. Regional Housing Needs Allocation  
12a. 24-0598  
California’s Housing Future 2040: Housing Community Development  
Recommendations  
Presentation on recommendations from Department of Housing and  
Community Development’s (HCD’s) recent report on potential RHNA Cycle  
7 reforms, including considerations related to potential legislative  
advocacy this year.  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Information  
Gillian Adams and Dave Vautin  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
12a 1 Summary_Sheet_HCD_CA_Housing Future_2040 v1.pdf  
12a 2 Attachment A Recommendation_Matrix_HCD_CA_Housing_Future_2040  
12a 3 Attachment B RHNA_Reflections_031722 v1.pdf  
12a 4 Attachment C Presentation HCD_CA_Housing Future_2040 v2.pdf  
13. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next regular meeting of the ABAG Executive Board is on July 18, 2024.