ABAG Executive Board

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

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

Adoption of 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

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)

Overview of 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

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