10:00 - Bay Area Metro Center

Meeting Agenda

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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    

Desiree Staeffler, Staff Counsel  

 

AGENDA 

Minor corrections to heading numbering in item 9, column headers corrected for item 11 attachment 1, and a fiscal year reference corrected in the memo item 11. 9/5/2025

DATE: September 5, 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 
  • Office of Supervisor Manfree , 1195 Third St., Suite 310, Napa, CA 94559, 707-259-8278 
  • 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
  • 1700 Shoreview Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401, 650-398-6409 

 

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

 

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Webinar ID: 856 2988 4572 

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

  

(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) 

 

 

Item 6B. State of the Estuary Conference (Information)  

 

Item 6C. NBC Bay Area OpenRoad episodes (Information)    

Item 6D. 2026 Governing Board Meeting Schedule (Action) 

Item 6D: Memo on 2026 Governing Board Meeting Schedule - Revised September 5th

 

7. Approval of Summary Minutes of June 6, 2025 (Action) 

 

8. Advisory Committee Chair’s Report (Information) 

Erika Castillo, Vice-Chair of the Advisory Committee 

 

9. Proposed Staff Response to the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee’s Annual Review of Conformance with Measure AA (Information) 

Karen McDowell, Program Manager 

  

 

10. Yearly Update on Implementing Equity Guidelines (Information) 

Sara Haugen, Grant Program Coordinator 

Attachment 1: Equity Guidelines 

    

11. Administrative Cost Scenarios (Information) 

Karen McDowell, Program Manager 

 

Grant Items 

WEST 

Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $1,150,000 to the City and County of San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department to implement the India Basin Waterfront Park Phase 3: Shoreline Park Redevelopment Project, consisting of the redevelopment of the India Basin Shoreline Park in San Francisco into a mixed-use community park with improved public access and recreational amenities, enhanced habitat, and climate resilience, and adoption of findings under the California Environmental Quality Act. [Erica Johnson] 

 

13. 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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