10:00 - Bay Area Metro Center
John Gioia, Supervisor, County of Contra Costa, Chair
Amber Manfree, Supervisor, County of Napa
Brent Blackaby, Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Lisa Gauthier, Supervisor, County of San Mateo
Danielle Cwirko-Godycki, Councilmember, City of San Mateo
Karen Holman, Director, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Princess Washington, Councilmember, City of Suisun City
Amy Hutzel, Executive Officer
Desiree Staeffler-Marchbanks, Staff Counsel
AGENDA
Agenda updated 6/3/2025: a correction was made to the numbering of the minutes.
DATE: June 6, 2025
TIME: 10:00 A.M.
LOCATION: Bay Area Metro Center - Board 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
- Buckeye Conference Room, 500 County Center, 5th Floor, Redwood City, CA 94063, 650-363-4570
- Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Office, 5050 El Camino, Los Altos, CA 94022, 650-691-1200
- Office of Supervisor Gioia, 11780 San Pablo Avenue, Suite D, El Cerrito, CA 94530, 510-942-2221
- 511 Floyd Court, Suisun City, CA 94585, 707-330-1802
Note: Each location listed above is open to the public and is ADA accessible.
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1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Public Comments (Information)
4. Chair’s Report (Information)
5. Board Member Announcements (Information)
6. Executive Reports
Item 6. Memo on Expenditures and Letters under Executive Officer’s Delegated Authority (Information)
7. Approval of Summary Minutes of February 28, 2025 (Action)
8. Advisory Committee Chair’s Report (Information)
Jessica Martini-Lamb, Chair of the Advisory Committee
9. Appointment of Advisory Committee Chair and Vice Chair (Action)
John Gioia, Board Chair
10. Draft Equity Gap Analysis (Information)
Sara Haugen, Grant Program Coordinator
Item 10: Memo on Draft Equity Gap Analysis
Attachment 1: Equity Gap Analysis Map
Attachment 2: Chart with Percentage of funding to EDCs
11. Independent Citizens Oversight Committee’s Annual Review of Conformance with Measure AA (Information)
Jim Fiedler, Chair, Independent Citizens Oversight Committee
12. Budget and Staff Work Plan
A. Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget (Action)
Arleicka Conley, Section Director, Budget & Financial Planning & Analysis
B. Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Staff Work Plan (Information)
Linda Tong, Deputy Program Manager
Attachment 1: Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Staff Work Plan
13. Review of Round 8 Grant Process (FY2024-25) and Authorization to Release Round 9 (FY2025-26) Grant Round Materials (Action)
Linda Tong, Deputy Program Manager
Grant Items
NORTH
Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $1,200,000 to the City of American Canyon to complete technical studies, 60% design, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documentation, and draft permit applications, and to conduct public outreach for the American Canyon Wetlands Restoration and Public Access Project Phase II, which will restore or enhance over 60 acres of wetlands and associated transitional habitat along the lower Napa River, improve fish passage, improve water quality, raise 1.2 miles of existing Bay Trail out of the floodplain and increase its resilience to future sea level rise, improve public safety for the trail, and build a new Bay Water Trail trailhead and associated facilities, in American Canyon, Napa County.
Diana Fu, Project Manager
Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $1,300,000 to the County of Marin to further preliminary designs, collect data and perform technical studies, prepare CEQA documents, and prepare regulatory permit applications for the McInnis Marsh Beneficial Dredge Sediment Reuse and Tidal Wetlands Restoration Project, which will improve future tidal restoration potential of the McInnis Marsh Basin in Marin County by restoring 22 to 30 acres of diked wetlands and the reversal of subsidence across 140 acres of marsh.
Natasha Daniels, Project Manager
EAST
Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $1,000,000 to K to College, doing business as SupplyBank.org, to conduct the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline Restoration and Flood Management Project, consisting of conducting feasibility studies and community engagement, developing designs, and preparing permit applications for tidal marsh restoration and nature-based flood management features at Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline in Alameda County.
Sara Haugen, Project Manager
WEST
Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $300,000 to Literacy for Environmental Justice from the Authority’s Community Grants Program to implement the Southeast San Francisco Shoreline Stewards Project, consisting of shoreline stewardship capacity building, habitat enhancement, climate adaptation planning, and workforce development in San Francisco.
Erica Johnson, Project Manager
Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to two hundred seventy eight thousand six hundred sixty dollars ($278,660) to San Bruno Mountain Watch to implement the Healing a Wounded Watershed with Colma Creek Collective Project in San Mateo County, consisting of community-led restoration on approximately one-quarter to one-third acre at the mouth of Colma Creek; hosting restoration education workshops, watershed field trips, and community-based shoreline restoration events; and collecting and distributing historical Colma Creek Watershed information.
Chere Erickson, Project Manager
SOUTH
19. Alviso Shoreline Habitat Project (Action)
Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $330,730 to Grassroots Ecology to restore and enhance two acres of marsh-adjacent upland habitat with a focus on benefits to the burrowing owl and monarch butterfly within the Alviso district of San Jose in Santa Clara County; and through work with local community groups, to provide training, education, and workforce development as part of conducting the restoration and enhancement.
Virgilio Cuasay, Project Manager
20. 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
(510) 367-9481 or Paul.Johnson@scc.ca.gov.
