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Suite 700  
San Francisco, California  
94105  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
ABAG Executive Board  
Thursday, July 21, 2022  
5:10 PM  
HYBRID (In person option available)  
Association of Bay Area Governments  
Executive Board Meeting No. 475  
The ABAG Executive Board may act on any item on the agenda.  
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:10p.m., or after the preceding ACFA meeting.  
Agenda, roster and webcast available at https://abag.ca.gov  
For information, contact Clerk of the Board at (415) 820-7913.  
Roster  
Susan Adams, Candace Andersen, Jesse Arreguin, Nikki Fortunato Bas, London Breed,  
Tom Butt, David Canepa, Pat Eklund, Susan Ellenberg, Maya Esparza, Carroll Fife,  
Neysa Fligor, Leon Garcia, Liz Gibbons, Giselle Hale, Barbara Halliday, David Haubert,  
Rich Hillis, Dave Hudson, Otto Lee, Matthew Mahan, Rafael Mandelman, Gordon Mar,  
Yvonne Martinez-Beltran, Robert McConnell, Nathan Miley, Karen Mitchoff,  
Stephanie Moulton-Peters, Raul Peralez, David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos, Carlos Romero,  
James Spering, Loren Taylor. Donald Young (Advisory).  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
Vice President Ramos called the meeting to order at about 5:14 pm.  
Quorum was present.  
20 -  
Present:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Butt, Canepa, Eklund, Garcia, Hale,  
Halliday, Hillis, Martinez-Beltran, McConnell, Miley, Mitchoff, Peralez, Rabbitt,  
Ramos, Romero, Spering, and Taylor  
13 -  
Absent:  
Bas, Breed, Ellenberg, Esparza, Fife, Fligor, Haubert, Hudson, Lee, Mahan,  
Mandelman, Mar, and Moulton-Peters  
2. Public Comment  
3. Executive Board Announcements  
4. President's Report  
22-1108  
ABAG President’s Report for July 21, 2022  
Vice President Ramos gave the report.  
4.a.  
5. Executive Director's Report  
22-1109  
Executive Director’s Report for July 21, 2022  
Therese McMillan gave the report.  
5.a.  
6. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Hollingsworth-Adams and second by Garcia, the ABAG  
Executive Board approved the Consent Calendar. The motion passed  
unanimously by the following vote:  
19 -  
Aye:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Butt, Canepa, Eklund, Garcia, Hale,  
Halliday, Hillis, Martinez-Beltran, McConnell, Miley, Mitchoff, Peralez, Rabbitt,  
Ramos, Romero, and Spering  
14 -  
Absent:  
Bas, Breed, Ellenberg, Esparza, Fife, Fligor, Haubert, Hudson, Lee, Mahan,  
Mandelman, Mar, Moulton-Peters, and Taylor  
22-1110  
22-1111  
Approval of ABAG Executive Board Minutes of June 16, 2022  
6.a.  
6.b.  
Adoption of Resolution No. 13-2022 Regarding Remote Meetings  
Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361  
22-1180  
6.c.  
Authorization to negotiate and execute an amendment to the San  
Francisco Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN) contract with  
CLEAResult Consulting Inc., to provide BayREN rebate processing and  
payment services in an amount not to exceed $250,000, for a total  
contracted amount of $8,075,262, through December 31, 2023.  
22-1182  
6.d.  
Adoption of Resolution No. 14-2022 regarding the 2021 Urban and  
Multibenefit Drought Relief Program Grant program reflecting modifications  
made by the State of California to the preferred contracting method and the  
total budget for Daily Acts, and authorization to apply for and enter into a  
new agreement with California Department of Water Resources for 2021  
Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief Program Grant funding, and  
authorization to enter into a contract with Daily Acts in an amount up to  
$4,700,000 to implement the Petaluma River Watershed: Land Resilience  
Partnership Project  
22-1183  
6.e.  
Authorization to accept and to execute an agreement for grant funds from  
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Comprehensive  
Conservation and Management Plan implementation, between October 1,  
2022 and September 30, 2023, in an amount not to exceed to $750,000;  
and authorization to negotiate and execute a subrecipient agreement with  
the Regents of the University of California in an amount not to exceed  
$110,000 for the services of two Sea Grant Fellows to the San Francisco  
Estuary Partnership.  
22-1184  
6.f.  
Authorization to accept grant funds from the Friends of the San Francisco  
Estuary to support emerging leaders in the environmental field, including  
women, LGBTQI people, and youth, between August 1, 2022 and July 30,  
2026, in an amount up to $300,000  
7. ABAG Administrative Committee  
22-1112  
Report on ABAG Administrative Committee Meeting of July 8, 2022  
Vice President Ramos gave the report.  
7.a.  
8. Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee  
22-1114  
8.a.  
Report on Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Meeting of July 8,  
2022  
Vice President Ramos gave the report.  
22-0843  
8.b.  
Assembly Bill 2011 (Wicks): Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act  
of 2022  
Streamlines certain affordable housing development on underutilized  
commercial sites; eligibility for streamlining subject to affordability, location  
and labor standards.  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann gave the report.  
The following gave public comment: Cory Wolbach, Raul Maldonado, Zeke  
Sandoval, Daniel Gregg, Ryan O'connell, Adam Buchbinder, Kiyomi  
Yamamoto, Kevin Ma, Rafa Sonnenfeld, Paul Bickmore, Caller, Matthew  
Miller, Ed Evans, Sean McGarry, Tim Clark, Jordan Grimes, Ja'Nai Aubrey,  
Gloria Bruce, Aaron Eckhouse, Mitch Mankin, Kylie Clark, Robert  
Fruchtman, Martin Espinoza, Sara Ogilvie, Ann Schneider, Ramon Miraz,  
Nico Nagle, Rick Solis, Louis Mirante, Melinda Nichols, Julie Beer, Aniel  
Leano Atanacio, Nevada Merriman, Rich Hall, Amy Thompson, Jeremy  
Levine.  
The following submitted public comment: Cecilia Littlepage; Jay Bradshaw,  
Nor Cal Carpenters Union; Efren Carillo Burbank Housing.  
Upon the motion by Ramos and second by Hale, the ABAG Executive Board  
approved a support if amended position on Assembly Bill 2011 (Wicks), as  
reported. The motion passed as follows:  
15 -  
Aye:  
Nay:  
Hollingsworth-Adams, Andersen, Arreguin, Garcia, Hale, Halliday, Hillis, Miley,  
Mitchoff, Peralez, Rabbitt, Ramos, Romero, Spering, and Taylor  
2 - Eklund, and Martinez-Beltran  
16 -  
Absent:  
Bas, Breed, Butt, Canepa, Ellenberg, Esparza, Fife, Fligor, Haubert, Hudson, Lee,  
Mahan, Mandelman, Mar, McConnell, and Moulton-Peters  
9. ABAG Housing Committee  
22-1115  
Report on ABAG Housing Committee Meeting of July 14, 2022  
Chair Romero gave the report.  
9.a.  
10. San Francisco Estuary Partnership  
22-1185  
Presentation on the 2022 San Francisco Estuary Blueprint  
Caitlin Sweeney gave the report.  
10.a.  
11. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
Vice President Ramos adjourned the meeting at about 7:39 p.m. The next  
special meeting of the ABAG Executive Board is on August 18, 2022.