11:00 - Bay Area Metro Center
Agenda updated 5:00 PM 3/22/2024. Item 12 Attachment 2 has been updated following the meeting.
Meeting Notice
Dave Pine, Supervisor, County of San Mateo, Chair
John Gioia, Supervisor, County of Contra Costa, Vice Chair
Aaron Peskin, Supervisor, City and County of San Francisco
Susan Gorin, Supervisor, County of Sonoma
Karen Holman, Director, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Sophie Hahn, Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Lisa Gauthier, Councilmember, East Palo Alto
Amy Hutzel, Executive Officer
Amy Roach, General Counsel
AGENDA
DATE: March 22, 2024
TIME: 11:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
LOCATION: Bay Area Metro Center – Yerba Buena Room
375 Beale Street, San Francisco CA 94105
The Authority meetings will be conducted in a hybrid format. To maximize public safety while maintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participate either virtually via Zoom or Webcast, by phone, or in person at the locations listed below. Physical attendance at any site listed below requires that all individuals adhere to the site’s health guidelines including, if required, wearing masks, health screening, and social distancing.
- Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, California 94105, 415-352-3600
- East Sonoma County Services Center, 19080 Lomita Ave, Sonoma, CA 95476
- Office of Supervisor Gioia 11780 San Pablo Avenue, Suite D, El Cerrito, CA 94530, 510-942-2221
Note: Each location listed above is open to the public and is ADA accessible.
Zoom Meeting Link: https://bayareametro.zoom.us/j/89378682244
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Webinar ID: 893 7868 2244
International numbers available: https://bayareametro.zoom.us/u/kep7u7tyr1
Webcast Link: https://baha.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=cbe83be2-0885-4437-b3cc-db6f1c0a2bc4
(Note: The Webcast link will not be active until the meeting begins)
Members of the public can make comments during the meeting by using the “Raise Hand” function in Zoom at the appropriate time(s) in the meeting. Public comments will be taken during each agenda item and at the beginning of the meeting on non-agenda items. Additional information on ways to provide public comments on agenda items is available on the Authority’s website on the Meetings tab.
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Public Comments (Information)
4. Board Member Announcements (Information)
5. Chair’s Report (Information)
6. Executive Reports
A. Quarterly Report on Expenditures and Letters under Executive Officer’s Delegated Authority (Information)
7. Approval of Summary Minutes of December 15, 2023 (Action)
Item 7: Summary Minutes for December 15, 2023
8. Advisory Committee Chair’s Report (Information)
Jessica Martini-Lamb, Chair of the Advisory Committee
Grant Items
NORTH
9. Deer Island Basin Phase 1 Tidal Wetlands Restoration Project (Action)
Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $2,423,000 to Marin County Flood Control District to implement the Deer Island Tidal Basin Wetlands Restoration Project: Phase 1 Construction, consisting of restoring 71.1 acres of tidal baylands; enhancing flood protection measures along 9,600 linear feet of existing levees, including the creation of 5,500 linear feet of ecotone slopes along the levees and raising of 2,800 linear feet of levee; and conducting three years of post-construction monitoring and adaptive management at Deer Island Basin Complex, Novato, Marin County. [Vanessa Aczon]
EAST
10. Sacred Spaces Project (Action)
Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $200,000 through the Community Grants Program to Coastal Quest, fiscal sponsor for Ninth Root, to conduct the Sacred Spaces Planning Project, consisting of collecting planning data, holding community engagement workshops, and creating plans for habitat and public access enhancements along the Damon Marsh Trail, including a series of climate-resilient and culturally relevant wellness zones at Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline in Alameda County. [Sara Haugen]
11. Approval of Annual Report (Action)
Taylor Samuelson, Public Information Officer and Karen McDowell, Deputy Program Manager
Item 11: Draft Annual Report
12. Approval of Staff Response to Oversight Committee Memo (Action)
Karen McDowell, Deputy Program Manager
Item 12: Memo on Staff Response to the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee Letter
Attachment 1: Independent Citizens Oversight Committee Letter covering Fiscal Year 2021/2022
Following the Board Meeting, Item 12 Attachment 2 has been updated at the board direction.
Attachment 2: Staff Response to the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee Letter covering Fiscal Year 2021/2022
13. Resolution Supporting EPA Annual Priority List (Action)
Jessica Davenport, Deputy Program Manager
14. Approval of Equity Guidelines (Action)
Sara Haugen, Project Manager
Item 14: Presentation on Proposed Equity Guidelines
Attachment 1: Equity Guidelines (redline)
Attachment 2: Equity Guidelines in Action
Attachment 3: Resolution 122 Adopting the Equity Guidelines
Exhibit A: Equity Guidelines
15. Overview of Preliminary Recommendation for Grant Round 7 (Information)
Jessica Davenport, Deputy Program Manager
Item 15: Memo on Preliminary Recommendation for Grant Round 7
16. Adjournment
Note: Agenda items may be taken out of sequence at the discretion of the Restoration Authority. At any time during the meeting, but prior to the adjournment of the open session of the meeting, the Restoration Authority may recess or adjourn to closed session to consider personnel matters, prices and terms of real estate transactions, and possible and pending litigation. Session will be closed to the public pursuant to attorney-client privilege and statutory authorization under Government Code Sections 11126(a), (c) (7), and (e).
Any person who has a disability and requires reasonable accommodation to participate in this public meeting should contact Paul Johnson no later than five days prior to meeting. Also, an assistive listening device can be made available for use during the meeting.
For questions about the meeting or the agenda, please contact Paul Johnson at
+1(341) 699-7425 or Paul.Johnson@scc.ca.gov
