375 Beale Street  
Suite 700  
San Francisco, California  
94105  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
ABAG Executive Board  
Thursday, November 17, 2022  
5:10 PM  
HYBRID (In person option available)  
Association of Bay Area Governments  
Executive Board Meeting No. 481  
In light of Governor Newsom’s State of Emergency declaration regarding COVID-19 and in  
accordance with Assembly Bill 361’s (Rivas) provisions allowing remote meetings, this meeting  
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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, Giselle Hale, Barbara Halliday, David Haubert, Rich Hillis,  
Dave Hudson, Otto Lee, Matthew Mahan, Rafael Mandelman, Gordon Mar,  
Yvonne Martinez-Beltran, Nathan Miley, Karen Mitchoff, Stephanie Moulton-Peters,  
Raul Peralez, David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos, Carlos Romero, James Spering, Loren Taylor,  
Steve Young. Donald Young (Advisory).  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
2. Public Comment  
Information  
3. Executive Board Announcements  
Information  
4. President's Report  
4.a.  
ABAG President’s Report for November 17, 2022  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Jesse Arreguin  
5. Executive Director's Report  
5.a.  
Executive Director’s Report for November 17, 2022  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Therese W. McMillan  
Attachments:  
6. Consent Calendar  
6.a.  
Approval of ABAG Executive Board Minutes of September 15, 2022,  
October 13, 2022, and October 28, 2022  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Clerk of the Board  
Attachments:  
6.b.  
6.c.  
Approval of ABAG Meeting Calendar for 2023  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Clerk of the Board  
Attachments:  
Adoption of Resolution No. 21-2022 Regarding Remote Meetings  
Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Kathleen Kane  
Attachments:  
6.d.  
Authorization to award three firms with placement on the Evaluation,  
Measurement & Verification Bench for the Bay Area Regional Energy  
Network: Grounded Research and Consulting, LLC; Tierra Resource  
Consultants; and, Industrial Economics, Inc.; and to negotiate and enter into  
contract(s) with bench firm(s) for evaluation, measurement and verification  
studies and services, provided the term of any one contract is within the  
time period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024, and the  
cumulative amount of said contract(s) does not to exceed $586,000  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Jenny Berg  
Attachments:  
6.e.  
Authorization to amend a Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN)  
contract with CLEAResult Consulting, Inc. for implementation and incentive  
processing in an amount not to exceed $6,400,000 through December 31,  
2023  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Jeffery Liang  
Attachments:  
6.f.  
Request from Sonoma County to transfer a portion of its Regional Housing  
Needs Allocation (RHNA) to the City of Cloverdale  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Gillian Adams  
Attachments:  
6.g.  
Authorization to negotiate and enter into contract with Urban Planning  
Partners, Inc. (UPP) to provide housing policy research and technical  
assistance in an amount not to exceed $500,000 through December 31,  
2023  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Gillian Adams  
Attachments:  
6.h.  
Authorization to amend a Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN)  
contract with CodeCycle in an amount not to exceed $220,000 for  
implementation services through December 31, 2023  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Karen Kristiansson  
Attachments:  
6.i.  
Authorization to negotiate and enter into a five-year subaward agreement  
(2023-2028) with the Regents of the University of California to provide Sea  
Grant Fellow services to the Association of Bay Area Governments for San  
Francisco Estuary Partnership in an amount not to exceed $875,000 to  
implement the San Francisco Estuary Blueprint  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Athena Honore  
Attachments:  
6.j.  
Authorization to negotiate and enter into a three-year subaward agreement  
with the San Francisco Estuary Institute for a contract amount not to exceed  
$650,000, to develop the State of the Estuary Platform  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Caitlin Sweeney  
Attachments:  
7. ABAG Administrative Committee  
7.a.  
Report on ABAG Administrative Committee Meetings of October 14, 2022  
and November 4, 2022  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Jesse Arreguin  
8. Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee  
8.a.  
Report on Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Meetings of October  
14, 2022 and November 4, 2022  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Jesse Arreguin  
9. ABAG Finance Committee  
9.a.  
Report on ABAG Finance Committee Meeting of November 17, 2022  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Karen Mitchoff  
9.b.  
Report on the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Financial  
Statements and Accompanying Reports for Fiscal Year 2021-2022  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Derek Hansel, MTC, and Kathy Lai, Lead Engagement Partner with Crowe  
LLP  
Attachments:  
10. ABAG Housing Committee  
Report on ABAG Housing Committee Meeting of October 13, 2022  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Carlos Romero  
Adoption of Resolution No. 19-2022 by ABAG Executive Board as the  
Executive Board to Bay Area Housing Finance Authority appointing nine  
members to the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority Advisory Committee  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Kate Hartley  
Attachments:  
Update on 6th Cycle Housing Element drafts submitted to the California  
Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) by Bay Area  
jurisdictions, HCD’s comments on those drafts, and available technical  
assistance provided by ABAG  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Daniel Saver  
Attachments:  
11. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next regular meeting of the ABAG Executive Board will be announced.  
Public Comment: The public is encouraged to comment on agenda items at Committee meetings  
by completing a request-to-speak card (available from staff) and passing it to the Committee secretary.  
Public comment may be limited by any of the procedures set forth in Section 3.09 of MTC's Procedures  
Manual (Resolution No. 1058, Revised) if, in the chair's judgment, it is necessary to maintain the orderly  
flow of business.  
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rendering orderly conduct of the meeting unfeasible, the Chair may order the removal of individuals who  
are willfully disrupting the meeting. Such individuals may be arrested. If order cannot be restored by  
such removal, the members of the Committee may direct that the meeting room be cleared (except for  
representatives of the press or other news media not participating in the disturbance), and the session  
may continue.  
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All items on the agenda are subject to action and/or change by the Committee. Actions recommended  
by staff are subject to change by the Committee.