11:00 - Teleconference/Bay Area Metro Center
The agenda was updated on March 2, 2023, to add Item 9, Attachment 1: Message from the Chair of the Governing Board for Annual Report.
Meeting Notice
Governing Board
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
Amy Hutzel, Executive Officer
Amy Roach, General Counsel
Meeting Agenda
DATE: March 03, 2023
TIME: 11:00 A.M. – 1:30 P.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
- Sonoma County Administrator's Office, 575 Administration Drive, Suite 100a, Santa Rosa, 95403
- Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, 11780 San Pablo Ave, Suite D, El Cerrito, CA 94530
- Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District offices, 5050 El Camino, Los Altos, California 94022, 650-691-1200
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. Board Member Announcements (Information)
5. Chair’s Report (Information)
6. Executive Reports
A. Expenditures under Executive Officer’s Delegated Authority (Information)
Item 6A: Quarterly Report on Expenditures under Delegated Authority
7. Approval of Summary Minutes of December 16, 2022 (Action)
Item 7: Summary Minutes for December 16, 2022
8. Advisory Committee Chair’s Report (Information)
Jessica Martini-Lamb, Chair of the Advisory Committee
Lisa Horowitz McCann, Vice Chair of the Advisory Committee and Chair of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Equity
Catie Thow, Sea Grant Fellow
Item 8: Memo on Equity Framework Recommendation
Attachment 1: Equity Framework Outline
9. Consideration and Possible Approval of Text of Annual Report (Action)
Jessica Davenport, Deputy Program Manager
Karen McDowell, Deputy Program Manager
Item 9: Draft Annual Report of the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority, FY 2021- 2022
Attachment 1: Draft Message from the Chair of the Governing Board
Grant Items
NORTH
10. Montezuma Wetlands Restoration Project, Phase 2 (Action)
Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $2,100,000 to Montezuma Wetlands LLC to place 300,000 cubic yards of dredged sediment that has been diverted from ocean disposal at the Montezuma Wetlands site in Suisun Marsh, Solano County, for the purpose of raising the elevation required for the Montezuma Wetlands Restoration Project, Phase 2.
11. Goat Island Tidal Marsh Restoration and Public Access Project (Action)
Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $839,700 to the Solano Land Trust to conduct community engagement and prepare final designs and engineering plans, an adaptive management plan, and permit applications, for the restoration of 80 acres of tidal wetland, 8 acres of wetland-upland transition zone, and 1 acre of seasonal wetland, and related public access trails and amenities, at Goat Island Marsh in Solano County.
EAST
12. Berkeley North Basin Project (Action)
Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $600,000 to the East Bay Regional Park District to conduct environmental studies and prepare environmental documentation under the California Environmental Quality Act, assess the feasibility of daylighting Schoolhouse Creek, conduct community engagement, and prepare preliminary designs for the restoration of shoreline habitats and associated trails in North Basin Strip and Berkeley Meadow within McLaughlin Eastshore State Park in Alameda County.
WEST
Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $3,980,000 to the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority to augment the grant previously authorized by the Authority to conduct planning, perform data collection and analysis, develop design plans, and prepare program-level and project-level California Environmental Quality Act documentation for the Strategy to Advance Flood Protection, Ecosystems and Recreation along San Francisco Bay (SAFER Bay) Project in San Mateo County.
14. Delegation of Authority to the Executive Officer to Sign on to Specified Types of Letters and Position Papers (Action)
Jessica Davenport, Deputy Program Manager
15. Honoring Sally Lieber for her Outstanding Service to the Authority (Action)
Jessica Davenport, Deputy Program Manager
Item 15: Resolution 105 Honoring Sally Lieber for her Outstanding Service to the Authority
16. Appointment of New Advisory Committee Members (Action)
Jessica Davenport, Deputy Program Manager
Item 16: Memo on Ad Hoc Committee Recommendation on Advisory Committee Appointments
Attachment 1: Resolution 106 Appointing Members to the Restoration Authority Advisory Committee
Attachment 2: Biographies of Recommended Advisory Committee Members
17. Appointment of Oversight Committee Member (Action)
Karen McDowell, Deputy Program Manager
18. 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