Association of Bay Area Governments
Representing City and County Governments of the San Francisco Bay Area
Agenda
ABAG Executive Board Meeting No. 391
Thursday, March 21, 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. 390 held on January 17, 2013.
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 Executive Board meeting.
Attachment: Grant application
C. Appointments to Committees
President Mark Luce requests Board approval of re-appointments to the following committees:
Legislation and Governmental Organization
Committee
Harry
T. Price, Mayor, City of Fairfield
Linda J. Seifert, Chair, Board of Supervisors, County of Solano
Regional Planning Committee
Julie
Combs, Councilmember Santa Rosa
Joint Policy Committee
Jean
Quan, Mayor, City of Oakland
Administrative Committee
Pat
Eklund, Mayor, City of Novato
Jean Quan, Mayor, City of Oakland
San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority
Roseanne
Foust, Councilmember, Redwood City (South Bay Seat)
Keith Caldwell, Napa County Supervisor (North Bay Seat)
John Gioia, Contra Costa County Supervisor ( East Bay Seat)
Dave Cortese, Santa Clara County Supervisor ( Bayside City/County Seat)
John Sutter, Director, East Bay Reg. Park Dist. (Bayside City/Park District
Seat)
Samuel Schuchat, Executive Officer, California Coastal Conservancy (Chair)
D. Contracts Approved by ABAG between $20,000 and $50,000
ABAG has entered into one contract with the University of California at Berkeley Fisher Center for Real Estate totaling $34,505 since the last Executive Board meeting.
Attachment: Contracts memo
E. Approval of Resolution No. 02-13 Endorsing the San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail
Staff requests Executive Board approval of Resolution No. 02-13 endorsing the San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail and encouraging shoreline jurisdictions to adopt local resolutions of support and integrate Water Trail policies into local plans to realize the vision of the San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail.
Attachments: Water Trail memo and Resolution
F. Authorization to Ratify Agreement with County of Marin to Provide Technical Support for Permit Writing
Staff requests Executive Board ratification of agreement with County of Marin and authorization for the Executive Director or designee to enter into agreement with the County to provide technical staff resources to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board for permit writing assistance.
Attachment: County of Marin Technical Support memo
G. Authorization to Ratify Interagency Agreement with Sonoma County Water Agency
Staff requests Executive Board ratification of agreement with the Sonoma County Water Agency and authorization for the Executive Director or designee to enter into agreement with the Sonoma County Water Agency to provide technical staff resources to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Attachment: Sonoma County Water Agency Technical Support memo
H. Adoption of Resolution No. 03-13 Authorizing Filing of Notice of Categorical Exemption Under CEQA for San Pablo Avenue Green Stormwater Spine Project
Staff requests approval of Resolution No. 03-13 confirming CEQA Determination for San Pablo Avenue Green Stormwater Spine Project.
Attachments: San Pablo Avenue Green Stormwater Spine Project memo and Resolution
7. Transbay Center Project
Information. Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan, Executive Director, and Robert Beck, Senior Program Manager, Transbay Joint Powers Authority, will present the strategy and current status of the region's Transbay Transit Center Project.
Attachment: Transbay Center Project description
8. PLAN BAY AREA PROCESS AND SCHEDULE
Information. Miriam Chion, ABAG Planning and Research Director, will update the Board on Plan Bay Area and discuss the Public Hearing Schedule and release of the final draft document which will be released in compliance with Senate Bill 375.
Attachment: Plan Bay Area Process and Schedule memo
9. BAY AREA REGIONAL DISASTER RESILIENCE ACTION PLAN INITIATIVE
Information/ACTION. Danielle Hutching’s Mieler, ABAG’s Earthquake and Hazards Program Coordinator, will brief the Board on ABAG’s Regional Resilience Initiative and request adoption of the Resilience Initiative Policy Papers and Action Plan. Staff will also request that the Executive Board refer the Initiative implementation phase to the Regional Planning Committee.
Attachment: Regional Disaster Resilience memo and Policy Papers
10. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT
Information/ACTION. ABAG President Mark Luce will report on the recent Administrative Committee Retreat held February 28-March 1, 2013.
11. LEGISLATION & GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE REPORT
Information/ACTION. Committee Chair David Rabbitt, Supervisor, County of Sonoma, will report on Committee activities and request Board approval of Committee recommendations.
Attachment: LGO Committee agenda
12. FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE REPORT
Information/ACTION. Committee Chair John Gioia, Supervisor, County of Contra Costa, will report on Committee activities and request Board approval of Committee recommendations.
Attachment: FP Committee agenda
13. ADJOURNMENT
The next meeting of the Executive Board is May 16, 2013.
Submitted:
Ezra Rapport, Secretary-Treasurer
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