Association of Bay Area Governments
Representing City
and
Revised Agenda
ABAG Executive Board Meeting No. 390
Thursday,
January 17, 2013, 7:00 PM
MetroCenter
Auditorium
101
8th Street (at Oak Street)
Oakland,
California
Agenda and attachments available at ABAG Home Page
For information, contact Fred Castro, Clerk
of the Board, at (510) 464 7913.
1. CALL TO ORDER & Pledge of
Allegiance
2. PUBLIC COMMENT
3. ANNOUNCEMENTS
4. PRESIDENT’S REPORT
5. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
ACTION: Unless there is a request by a Board member
to take up an item on the consent calendar separately, the calendar will be
acted upon in one motion.
A. Approval of Executive Board Summary Minutes
Summary
Minutes of Meeting No. 389 held on November 15, 2012.
Attachment: Summary
Minutes
B. Grant Applications
With
Board consent, ABAG will transmit the attached list of federal grant
applications to the State Clearinghouse.
These applications were circulated in ABAG’s “Intergovernmental Review
Newsletter” since the last Board meeting.
Attachment: Grant Application
C. Appointment to Committees
President
Luce requests Board approval of appointments to the following committees:
San
Francisco Bay Restoration Authority—West Bay Seat
San
Mateo County Supervisor David Pine (Replaces Phil Ting, former SF Assessor)
Regional
Planning Committee
Walnut
Creek Councilmember Kristina Lawson
Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti
Oakland Councilmember Desley Brooks
Solano County Supervisor Erin Hannigan
Legislation
and Governmental Organization Committee
Fremont
Mayor Bill Harrison
Finance
and Personnel Committee
Fremont
Mayor Bill Harrison
Contra Costa County Supervisor Karen Mitchoff
San Mateo County Supervisor Dave Pine
Mountain View Councilmember Ronit Bryant
Administrative
Committee
San
Mateo County Supervisor Dave Pine, Executive Board Alternate
Brisbane Councilmember Sepi Richardson
Joint
Policy Committee
Brisbane
Councilmember Sepi Richardson
Metropolitan
Transportation Commission
Napa
County Supervisor Mark Luce, ABAG President
California
Council of Governments (CalCOG)
Napa
County Supervisor Mark Luce, ABAG President
RHNA
Appeals Committee
Novato
Mayor ProTem Pat Eklund
Napa County Supervisor Mark Luce
Clayton Mayor Julie Pierce
Palo Alto Mayor Greg Scharff
One Additional Nominee to be Named
D. Approval of Resolution No. 01-13 Authorizing Submittal of
Grant Application to California Dept. of Water Resources for San Francisco Bay
Region Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) Prop 84 Round 2
Implementation Projects
Authorization
is requested for the Executive Director or designee to file IRWMP application,
and, if funded to execute a grant agreement with the California Department of
Water Resources for Prop 84 Round 2 Implementation Projects.
Attachment: Executive
summary and Resolution
01-13
7. EXTENDED PRODUCER
RESPONSIBILITY
Information/ACTION: Heidi Sanborn, Executive Director, California
Product Stewardship Council will brief the Board on extended producer
responsibility issues and request Board support in obtaining resolutions and
letters of support from cities, towns, and counties in the region. The Council is a coalition of local
governments founded in 2007 to promote producer responsibility for discarded
computers, batteries, paints, and similar products with hazardous or toxic
properties. Ms. Sanborn will report on the Council’s work, including
legislative advocacy, implementation support for recently enacted stewardship
laws and seek support for the Council's strategic initiatives for 2013 and
beyond.
Attachments: Executive summary and staff
memo on Extended Producer Responsibility
8. OVERVIEW OF ABAG fINANCIAL
sERVICES
Information: Clarke Howatt, ABAG Public Finance Director,
and Peggy Caruso, ABAG Housing Finance Manager, will present a brief overview
of the Agency's Financial Services Program with focus on the activities of the
ABAG Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporations and highlighting the
Authority's highly successful program for financing affordable multi-family
housing. Case studies of mixed-use, multi-family housing capital financing
projects completed by the Authority on behalf of the City and County of San
Francisco will be presented.
Attachment: Staff
memo on ABAG Financial Services
9. REGIONAL PLANNING PROGRAM UPDATE
Information: Miriam Chion, ABAG Acting Planning Director,
will provide an update on the Regional Priority Development Plan (PDA)
Implementation Program and Priority Conservation Plan (PCA) Grant proposals and
the Public Engagement Strategy for Plan Bay Area.
10. BAY AREA REGIONAL PROSPERITY
PLAN
Information: Vikrant Sood, Program Manager, Regional
Prosperity Plan, will provide an overview of the three-year regional initiative
grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission (MTC).
Attachment: Regional
Prosperity Plan
11. LEGISLATION & GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE REPORT
Information/ACTION. Committee Chair Julie Pierce, Mayor, City of
Clayton, will report on Committee activities and request Board approval of
Committee recommendations.
Attachment: L&GO Committee agenda
12. FINANCE & PERSONNEL
COMMITTEE REPORT
Information/ACTION. The Committee Chair will report on Committee
activities and request Board approval of Committee recommendations, including:
A. FY 2013-14 Budget and Work Program
Attachment: F&P Committee agenda
Attachment: Proposed Membership Dues
13. Report on The status of the
design and renovation of 390 Main street
Information. Andrew Fremier, Deputy Executive Director,
Bay Area Headquarters Authority, will give a presentation on the 390 Main
Street, San Francisco, focusing on the design of the physical plant and the
status of the development project, as background for the closed session on the
proposed real estate transaction.
14. CLOSED SESSION
The following items will be discussed in closed session pursuant
to the requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act:
The ABAG Executive Board will meet in closed session pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.8 to confer with real property negotiators to
discuss building co-location and the acquisition of real property:
Agency Negotiators: Ezra Rapport, Executive Director; Pat Jones,
Assistant Executive Director; Kenneth Moy, Legal Counsel; Herb Pike, Finance
Director; Brian Kirking, Information Services Director; and Administrative
Committee.
MTC Negotiating Parties: Steve Heminger, MTC Executive Director;
Adrienne Tissier, MTC Chair; Amy Worth, MTC Vice Chair; James Spering, MTC
Commissioner; Bay Area Headquarters Authority/Metropolitan Transportation
Commission.
Under negotiation: Terms and conditions regarding proposed real
estate exchange of ABAG Condominium interest at MetroCenter, 101 8th Street,
Oakland for condominium interest at Regional Facility, 390 Main Street, San
Francisco.
15. ADJOURNMENT
The next meeting of the Executive Board is March 21, 2013.
Ezra
Rapport, Secretary-Treasurer
ABAG
Executive Board Meeting Schedule