Revised Agenda 7/17/96
No. 283
Thursday, July 20, 1995 7:30 p.m.
JOSEPH P. BORT METROCENTER AUDITORIUM, OAKLAND
(This meeting will be videotaped for future cable television broadcast)
STATUS*
1.0 CALL TO ORDER
1.1 Public Comment
1.2 Approval of Executive Board Summary Minutes** Action
(No. 282, May 18, 1995)
2.0 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.
2.1 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.
2.2 Committee Appointments
The Board's approval is requested for President
Torlakson's nomination of Saratoga Councilmember Karen
Tucker to the Legislation & Governmental Organization
Committee.
2.3 Approval of Resolution Concerning California
Redevelopment Agency Pool (Cal-RAP) Program**
The Finance & Personnel Committee recommends Executive
Board approval of the additional participants in
ABAG's California Redevelopment Agency Pool (Cal-RAP)
Program listed on Exhibit A of the Resolution.
2.4 Authorization to Submit Proposal to U.S. EPA to Define
and Implement San Francisco Bay Area Green Business
Program
Authorization is requested for Executive Director or
designee to submit grant application and, if approved,
to execute contract with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency for RCRA funds to define and
implement the San Francisco Bay Area Green Business
Recognition Program. The Green Business Recognition
Program provides incentives, compliance assistance,
resource conservation including water conservation and
power conservation, and multimedia pollution
prevention. The proposal package will not exceed
$150,000. No ABAG match is required.
2.5 Authorization to Contract with the City of Hayward as
a Third Party Administrator
Authorization is requested for the Executive Director
or designee to contract with the City of Hayward to
provide claim adjuster services for general liability
insurance claims. ABAG would receive $75,000 for a
one year period.
2.6 Authorization to Enter into Lease Agreement with
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for ABAG
Office Space
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is looking
for more office space in the MetroCenter. ABAG is
able to comply and requests authorization to enter
into a lease agreement allowing MTC to occupy space
that will become available in August after the
California Office of Emergency Services moves to its
new facilities in downtown Oakland.
2.7 Authorization of Contract to Provide MTC with Internet
Connection
Authorization is requested for Executive Director or
designee to contract with MTC. ABAG will provide MTC
with Internet connectivity services. ABAG will
receive an amount not to exceed $25,000 for the first
year.
3.0 ANNOUNCEMENTS BY PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS
3.1 Lifespan Bay Bridge Race Information
ABAG will co-sponsor the Lifespan Bay Bridge Race on
Sunday, September 24. This event is the kick-off
event for the 1995 United Way Campaign. The upper
deck of the Bay Bridge will be closed on that Sunday,
from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., for runners, joggers, and
walkers.
3.2 Bay Trail Races** Information
Two Bay Trail Races will be held on September 9 and
10. On September 9 at Oracle Parkway in Redwood
Shores, ABAG/Bay Trail will hold: The World's
Shortest Political Race, The Bureaucrats Cup,
Corporate Races A&B, and the Safety Officers Mountain
Bike Race. On September 10, a professional racers'
criterium will be held around Lake Merritt in Oakland.
Executive Board members are encouraged to participate
in "The World's Shortest Political Race."
4.0 PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE BOARD
4.1 Resolution to Support Local Base Closure and Reuse Information/
Commissions** Action
At the May 18 meeting, the Board requested that staff
work with the Directors of the Local Base Closure and
Reuse Commissions in order to draft a resolution in
support of their efforts. The Board is requested to
consider and act on the attached resolution.
4.2 Resolution to Oppose the San Luis Drain Project** Action
At the May 18 meeting, President Torlakson informed
the Board that the Court had ruled in favor of Central
Valley farmers to continue the construction of the San
Luis Drain project. President Torlakson has provided
a draft resolution opposing the project, which he sent
to all ABAG members. Board approval of the Resolution
is requested.
5.0 REPORTS
5.1 Finance & Personnel Committee Report
The following items are carried forward by the Finance
& Personnel Committee and are recommended for action
by the Board.
5.1.1 Approval of Resolutions in Connection with Industrial Action
Development Bond ("IDB") Financing Project**
The Finance & Personnel Committee recommends Executive
Board approval of a non-binding resolution in
connection with an application for issuance of Tax
Exempt IDBs for a Santa Clara County-based
manufacturer of computer equipment (Reliance Technical
Services, Inc.). The Committee also recommends Board
adoption of a Resolution authorizing the Executive
Director to apply for Private Activity Bond Allocation
in connection with this project.
5.1.2 Approval of Resolution Authorizing Enhanced Credit Action
Pool Program**
The Finance & Personnel Committee recommends Executive
Board approval of an enhanced financing structure for
the ABAG Credit Pool Program (California Local
Government Pool). The new structure allows issuance
of revenue bonds to provide financing for the
acquisition of obligations of the jurisdictions listed
on Exhibit A of the proposed resolution.
5.1.3 Approval of Resolution Authorizing California Mello Action
Roos and Assessment Bond Pool**
The Finance & Personnel Committee recommends Executive
Board approval of a new program to provide financing
for the acquisition of land-based securities of the
agencies listed in Exhibit A of the proposed
resolution. This program offers an enhanced structure
to ABAG's current local assessment district financing
(SABR) program.
5.1.4 Report on County Teeter Plan Financing Program** Information
The Finance & Personnel Committee was presented with
preliminary information concerning a new ABAG program
in development for the benefit of County Governments
for the financing of receivables attributable to
property tax delinquencies. Staff will describe the
program.
5.2 Report on CALCOG Legislative Agenda Information
Rusty Selix, Executive Director of California
Association of Councils of Governments (CALCOG) will
give a report on the status of legislation of vital
interest to ABAG members. These include proposals by
the California Constitutional Revision Commission
(CCRC) that will affect the status of COGs, important
housing element reform bills (SB 936 Campbell & SB
1073 Costa), a new look at the Endangered Species Act,
and Senator Kopp's (SBXX13-15) new bills to reform
local government finance which are opposed by CSAC,
LCC, and more than a dozen other statewide
organizations.
5.3 Legislation & Governmental Organization Committee Action
Report**
Chair Paul Kloecker will report on CCRC's "Alternative
Proposals for Revision" and on legislation regarding
energy deregulation, telecommunications, housing, and
other state and federal bills of regional interest.
Action will be requested.
5.4 Projections '96 Preliminary Report** Information/
ABAG is about to produce a new set of projections for Action
the next 20 years. Will more people move in or out of
the region? Will worker productivity rise while real
income falls? Where will population and economic
growth take place? What will be the most significant
factors that will affect the economy's growth
potential as we approach the 21st Century? Dr. Ray
Brady, ABAG's Research Director, will present an
overview of significant findings from the draft
Projections '96 document. Board approval is
requested to distribute the draft document to cities,
counties, and CMAs for review and comment.
5.5 Request for Authorization for ABAG to Create Power Information/
Purchasing Pool** Action
ABAG Executive Director Eugene Leong will report on
recent changes in the regulation of both electrical
power and natural gas which makes it feasible and
cost-effective for local governments to consider a
bulk purchasing program. ABAG requests authorization
to initiate the creation of such a purchasing program
for natural gas immediately, to develop a similar
program for electrical power in the near term, and to
amend ABAG's committee policy to allow implementation
of these program through ABAG.
6.0 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
6.1 Executive Session: Conference with Labor Negotiator Information/
Government Code Sec. 54957.6 Action
Agency Negotiator: Eugene Y. Leong
Employee Organization: SEIU Local 790
On March 16, 1995, the Board authorized the Executive
Director to meet and confer with SEIU Local 790 on
salary and benefit issues. ABAG's current contract
with Service Employees International Union Local 790
expired
June 30, 1995. A package was presented to the Finance
& Personnel Committee (F&P). The F&P Committee has
reviewed the proposal. Executive Director Eugene
Leong will present the proposal and the committee
recommendation.
6.2 Management Salaries and Benefits FY 95-96 Information/A
The Executive Director will make his recommendations ction
to the Finance & Personnel Committee (F&P) for
adjustments, if any, to the salary and compensation
package for management staff. The Executive Director
will present the Committee's recommendations to the
Executive Board for its approval.
7.0 ADJOURNMENT
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Eugene Y. Leong, Secretary-Treasurer