meeting Details

ABAG Executive Board

Thursday, March 20, 2025 - 5:10 p.m.
Board Room - 1st Floor

Bay Area Metro Center
375 Beale Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

Agenda Items

Roster
Susan Adams, Sylvia Arenas, Pamela Campos, Ken Carlson, Noelia Corzo, Bien Doan,
Matt Dorsey, Betty Duong, Pat Eklund, Carroll Fife, Neysa Fligor, Nikki Fortunato-Bas,
Lisa Gauthier, Rich Hillis, Rosemary Kamei, Eric Lucan, Daniel Lurie, Rafael Mandelman,
Yvonne Martinez-Beltran, Nathan Miley, Lisa Motoyama, Catherine Moy, Mark Nagales,
David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos, Carlos Romero, Shanelle Scales-Preston, Cindy Silva,
Pierre Washington, Wanda Williams.
Donald Young (Advisory).

Agenda item1.

Call to Order / Pledge of Allegiance / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum / Compensation Announcement

Agenda item2.

Public Comment

Agenda item3.

Executive Board Announcements

Agenda item4.

President's Report

Agenda item4a.

ABAG President’s Report for March 20, 2025

Agenda item5.

Executive Director's Report

Agenda item5a.

Executive Director’s Report for March 20, 2025

Agenda item6.

Consent Calendar

Agenda item6a.

Approval of ABAG Executive Board Minutes of January 16, 2025

Agenda item6b.

Authorization to Enter into a Contract with Corcus Construction for Construction of the Palo Alto Horizontal Levee in the City of Palo Alto in an Amount Not to Exceed $2,764,140.00, Plus a Contingency of $552,828.00, and Adoption of a Resolution Delegating Authority to Exercise Discretionary Approval of Designs Pursuant to Government Code Section 830.6 for the Project

Agenda item6c.

Approval of a Mutually Acceptable Agreement to Transfer a Portion of the County of Sonoma’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) to the City of Santa Rosa

Agenda item6d.

Approve Amendment No. 01 to the Memorandum of Understanding Between Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and ABAG Publicly Owned Energy Resources

Agenda item6e.

Senate Bill (SB) 239 (Arreguín): Ralph M. Brown Act Teleconferencing Reform

Co-sponsor SB 239 (Arreguín) to expand remote meeting options for non-decision-making local legislative bodies - including advisory boards - that do not take final action.

Agenda item6f.

AB 670 (Quirk-Silva), Regional Housing Needs Allocation Credit for Preservation

Co-sponsor a bill by Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva to allow cities and counties to earn credit toward their Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) targets by preserving “naturally occurring affordable housing” with long-term deed restrictions.

Agenda item6g.

Ratification of appointments to ABAG Committees and other bodies

Agenda item6h.

Agenda item7.

ABAG Administrative Committee Report

Agenda item7a.

Report on ABAG Administrative Committee Meetings of February 14, 2025 and March 14, 2025

Agenda item8.

Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Report

Agenda item8a.

Report on Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Meetings of February 14, 2025 and March 14, 2025

Agenda item8b.

Cap and Trade Update and Advocacy Principles

Recommended principles to guide ABAG’s advocacy on the extension of the Cap and Trade program.

Agenda item8c.

Assembly Bill 736 (Wicks) and Senate Bill 417 (Cabaldon): Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026

Places a $10 billion general obligation (GO) bond measure on the June 2026 statewide ballot for a variety of housing production and preservation programs.

Agenda item9.

ABAG Finance Committee Report

Agenda item9a.

Report on ABAG Finance Committee Meeting of March 20, 2025

Agenda item9b.

Approval of the Report on Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Statement of Revenues and Expenses for the Period Ended December 31, 2024 (Unaudited)

Agenda item9c.

Approval of the Report on ABAG Investments for period ended December 31, 2024 (Unaudited)

Agenda item10.

ABAG Housing Committee Report

Agenda item10a.

Report on ABAG Housing Committee Meeting of February 12, 2025 and March 12, 2025

Agenda item11.

ABAG Resilience Technical Assistance

Agenda item11a.

Agenda item12.

ABAG Financial Outlook

Agenda item13.

Adjournment / Next Meeting