11:00 - Bay Area Metro Center

Meeting Agenda

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Agenda was updated 10/14/2024 at 8:46 AM, to include materials for Item 15. 10/18/2024 at 3:44 Item 13 was updated.

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, Mayor, East Palo Alto 

 

Amy Hutzel, Executive Officer    

Amy Roach, General Counsel 

 

AGENDA 

DATE: October 18, 2024 

TIME: 11:00 A.M. – 1:00 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 
  • 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  

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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. December 2024 Board Meeting Time and 2025 Board Meeting Schedule (Action) 

B. South Bay Tour Video (Information) 

  

C. Report on Expenditures and Letters under Executive Officer’s Delegated Authority (Information) 

D. Call for Board Member Applications (Information) 

7. Approval of Summary Minutes of June 14, 2024 (Action) 

8. Advisory Committee Chair’s Report (Information) 

Jessica Martini-Lamb, Chair of the Advisory Committee 

Grant Item 

Linda Tong, Acting Deputy Program Manager 

Consideration and authorization to disburse up to $100,000 through the Community Grants Program to Coastal Quest, fiscal sponsor for Ninth Root, to augment the grant of $200,000 previously authorized by the Authority 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. 

Non-Grant Items 

10. Formation of Ad Hoc Committee to Select Advisory Committee Members (Action)   

Linda Tong, Acting Deputy Program Manager 

11. Draft Staff Response to Oversight Committee Letter (Information) 

Karen McDowell, Deputy Program Manager  

12. Measure AA: Voter Analysis for the Ballot Measure (Information) 

David Lewis, Save the Bay  

13. Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program Performance Measures Update (Information) 

Erica Johnson, Project Manager 

Karen Verpeet, San Francisco Estuary Institute 

Item 13: Presentation: Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program Performance Measures Update 

  • Presentation now includes Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program Funding Summary 2024-2029 as of 10/18/24

14. Annual Performance Assessment of Bay Restoration Regulatory Integration Team (BRRIT) (Information) 

Mark Kalnins, BRRIT Project Manager 

Frances Malamud-Roam, US Army Corps of Engineers, Current Chair of the BRRIT Policy and Management Committee and BRRIT staff 

Sahrye Cohen, US Environmental Protection Agency, Liaison to the BRRIT Policy and Management Committee 

15. Yearly Update on Implementation of Equity Guidelines (Information)  

Linda Tong, Acting Deputy Program Manager 

Attachment 1: Equity Guidelines  

16. Plan to Achieve Measure AA Campaign Goals (Information) 

Jessica Davenport, Acting Program Manager  

17. 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   
(341) 699-7425 or Paul.Johnson@scc.ca.gov  

 

Minutes
Item_07_Summary_Minutes_10182024_0.pdf
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