10:00 - Bay Area Metro Center

Meeting Agenda

Meeting Notice 

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    

Amy Roach, General Counsel  

 

AGENDA 

Agenda updated 3/4/2026 at 1:46 PM; Item 9 Attachment 1 altered to be sorted projects by region. 

Agenda updated 3/6/2026 at 11:02 AM; Item 11 presentation was added.

DATE: March 6, 2026 

TIME: 10:00 A.M. 

LOCATION: Bay Area Metro Center – Yerba Buena 

375 Beale Street, San Francisco CA 94105 

 

The Authority meetings will be conducted in a hybrid format. Members of the public can choose to participate either virtually via Zoom or Webcast, by phone, or in person at the locations listed below. 

  • 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 
  • 504 Kings Way Suisun City, CA 94585 
  • Office of Supervisor Manfree,1195 Third St., Suite 310, Napa CA 94559 

 

Note: Each location listed above is open to the public and is ADA accessible. 

 

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Webinar ID: 884 0337 9825 

International numbers available:  https://bayareametro.zoom.us/u/kgcxObnTJ 

  

(Note: The Webcast link will not be active until the meeting begins) 

Public attendees watching virtually should connect to Zoom if they intend on making comments. Comment functionality is not available for public attendees connecting through Webcast.  

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. Chair’s Report (Information)  

 

5. Board Member Announcements (Information) 

 

6. Executive Reports (Information) 

 

7. Approval of Summary Minutes of December 5, 2025 (Action) 

 

8. Advisory Committee Chair’s Report (Information) 

Casey Skinner, Chair of the Advisory Committee 

 

9. Overview of Preliminary Recommendations for 2025-26 (Grant Round 9) (Information) 

Linda Tong, Deputy Program Manager 

Item 9: Presentation

Grant Items 

NORTH 

Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $640,000 to the County of Marin to augment the Authority grant of $1,300,000, authorized on June 6, 2025, to undertake the McInnis and Bayfront Marshes Beneficial Dredge Sediment Reuse and Tidal Wetlands Restoration Planning Project and to revise the project to include analysis of an innovative, nature-based alternative to traditional dredging that would not reverse subsidence on 140 acres but would instead result in additional sediment reaching the outer Bayfront marshes of Gallinas Creek. 

Natasha Daniels, Project Manager 

 

Non-Grant Items 

11. Tribal Engagement Overview and Update to Tribal Consultation Policy (Action) 

Sara Haugen, Project Manager and Grant Program Coordinator 

Item 11: Presentation 

12. State of Our Estuary Website (Information) 

Natasha Daniels, San Francisco Estuary Partnership 

Laura Feinstein, San Francisco Estuary Institute 

Item 12: Presentation

 

13. Levy Report (Information) 

Tim Seufert, Managing Director, NBS 

 

14. 2026 Board Tour Plan (Information) 

Taylor Samuelson, Public Information Officer 

 

15. 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 

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