375 Beale Street  
Suite 700  
San Francisco, California  
94105  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
ABAG Executive Board  
President, Jesse Arreguin, Mayor, City of Berkeley  
Vice President, Belia Ramos, Supervisor, County of Napa  
Immediate Past Pres, David Rabbitt, Supervisor, County of  
Sonoma  
Thursday, May 18, 2023  
5:10 PM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Association of Bay Area Governments  
Executive Board Meeting No. 488  
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Roster  
Susan Adams, Candace Andersen, Jesse Arreguin, Nikki Fortunato Bas, London Breed,  
Ken Carlson, David Cohen, Noella Corzo, Pat Eklund, Susan Ellenberg, Carroll Fife,  
Neysa Fligor, Leon Garcia, Rich Hillis, Dave Hudson, Rosemary Kamei, Otto Lee,  
Rafael Mandelman, Elisa Marquez, Yvonne Martinez-Beltran, Myrna Melgar, Nathan Miley,  
Ray Muellar, Mark Nagales, Peter Ortiz, David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos, Treva Reid,  
Carlos Romero, Mary Sackett, Cindy Silva, Aaron Tiedemann, Wanda Williams, Steve Young.  
Donald Young (Advisory).  
1. Call to Order / 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  
4.a.  
ABAG President’s Report for May 18, 2023  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Jesse Arreguin  
5. Executive Director's Report  
5.a.  
Executive Director’s Report for May 18, 2023  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Andrew Fremier  
6. Executive Board Consent Calendar  
6.a.  
6.b.  
Approval of ABAG Executive Board Minutes of April 20, 2023  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Clerk of the Board  
Attachments:  
Authorization to enter into a contract with DiLytics Inc. in an amount not to  
exceed $900,000 to provide database development services for Bay Area  
Regional Energy Network (BayREN) through June 30, 2024  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Jenny Berg  
Attachments:  
6.c.  
Authorization to amend a Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN)  
funding agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in an  
amount not to exceed $1,200,000 to provide services for BayREN  
Business implementation and incentives through December 31, 2023  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Jenny Berg  
Attachments:  
6.d.  
Assembly Bill 413 (Lee): Vehicles: Stopping, Standing and Parking Near a  
Crosswalk  
Prohibits vehicles from stopping, standing or parking within 20 feet of a  
marked crosswalk or intersection to improve visibility of bicyclists and  
pedestrians.  
Action:  
Support and Seek Amendments / ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6.e.  
Assembly Bill 645 (Friedman): Speed Safety Pilot Program  
Revised version of legislation MTC supported in 2021 and 2022  
(Assembly Bill (AB) 550 (Chiu, 2021) and AB 2336 (Friedman, 2022)) to  
authorize specified cities to implement five-year pilots to test speed safety  
cameras, under specific circumstances.  
Action:  
Support / ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments:  
6.f.  
Assembly Bill 1053 (Gabriel): Multifamily Housing Program (MHP)  
Construction Loans  
Allows developers who receive a state MHP award to access the financing  
before a development's construction phase instead of taking out a more  
expensive private loan for construction.  
Action:  
Support / ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Julie Snyder  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6.g.  
Authorization to accept $909,800 from the U.S. Environmental Protection  
Agency to implement the San Francisco Estuary Blueprint under the  
National Estuary Program  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Caitlin Sweeney  
Attachments:  
6.h.  
Assembly Bill 1335 (Zbur): Population Forecasting for Long Range Plans  
Action:  
Oppose / ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments:  
7. ABAG Administrative Committee  
7.a.  
Report on ABAG Administrative Committee Meetings of April 14, 2023  
and May 12, 2023  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Jesse Arreguin  
8. ABAG Legislation Committee  
8.a.  
Report on Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Meetings of April 14,  
2023 and May 12, 2023  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Jesse Arreguin  
8.b.  
Senate Bill 532 (Wiener): Local Ballot Measure Labels  
Provides option for local bonds and other tax measures to provide details  
via the voter guide instead of on the ballot label, with transparency  
safeguards.  
Action:  
Support / ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Julie Snyder  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
8.c.  
Assembly Bill (AB) 817 (Pacheco): Brown Act Teleconferencing Reform  
AB 817 would expand remote-meeting options for non-decision-making  
local legislative bodies, including advisory boards, that do not take final  
action on legislation, regulations, contracts, licenses, permits, or other  
entitlements.  
Action:  
Support / ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments:  
8.d.  
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 State Budget Update  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Rebecca Long  
Attachments:  
9. ABAG Finance Committee  
9.a.  
Report on ABAG Finance Committee Meeting of May 18, 2023  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
David Rabbitt  
10. ABAG Housing Committee  
Report on ABAG Housing Committee Meeting of April 13, 2023 and May  
11, 2023  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Carlos Romero  
Approval of the BAHFA Business Plan Equity Framework and Funding  
Programs by the ABAG Executive Board acting as the Executive Board to  
the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Kate Hartley and Daniel Saver  
Attachments:  
Approval of the Updated Program Budget for the Regional Early Action  
Planning Grant of 2019 (REAP 1.0) and Proposed Re-programming and  
Authorization for the Executive Director (or his designee) to reallocate and  
expend any unspent REAP 1.0 funds, at his discretion, for eligible staff  
costs in an amount not to exceed a cumulative amount of up to $500,000 if  
there are REAP 1.0 funds remaining after December 31, 2023, or within 3  
months of the REAP 1.0 expenditure deadline, whichever is sooner  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Daniel Saver  
Attachments:  
11. Local Government Services  
Authorization to amend a Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN)  
funding agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in an  
amount not to exceed $157,085,114 for services for BayREN  
implementation through December 31, 2027, and Update on BayREN  
Current and Future Programs  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Jenny Berg  
Attachments:  
12. Regional Housing Needs Allocation  
California’s Housing Future 2040: The Next Regional Housing Needs  
Allocation  
Discussion of issues related to the Regional Housing Needs  
Determination (RHND) and Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA)  
processes to inform the analysis being conducted by HCD for California’s  
Housing Future 2040: The Next Regional Housing Needs Allocation.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Gillian Adams  
Attachments:  
13. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next regular meeting of the ABAG Executive Board is on July 20, 2023.  
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