AGENDA

DATE: March 22, 2024 

TIME: 11:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

LOCATION: Bay Area Metro Center – Yerba Buena 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
• East Sonoma County Services Center, 19080 Lomita Ave, Sonoma, CA 95476 
• Office of  Supervisor Gioia 11780 San Pablo Avenue, Suite D, El Cerrito, CA 94530, 510-942-2221

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

Zoom Meeting Link: https://bayareametro.zoom.us/j/89378682244(link is external)

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Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):

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Webinar ID: 893 7868 2244

International numbers available: https://bayareametro.zoom.us/u/kep7u7tyr1(link is external)

Webcast Link: https://baha.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=cbe83be2-0885-4437-b3cc-db6f1c0a2bc4(link is external)

(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. Board Member Announcements (Information)

5. Chair’s Report (Information)

6. Executive Reports

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

7. Approval of Summary Minutes of December 15, 2023 (Action)

Item 7: Summary Minutes for December 15, 2023

8. Advisory Committee Chair’s Report (Information)

Jessica Martini-Lamb, Chair of the Advisory Committee

Grant Items

NORTH   

9. Deer Island Basin Phase 1 Tidal Wetlands Restoration Project (Action)

Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $2,423,000 to Marin County Flood Control District to implement the Deer Island Tidal Basin Wetlands Restoration Project: Phase 1 Construction, consisting of restoring 71.1 acres of tidal baylands; enhancing flood protection measures along 9,600 linear feet of existing levees, including the creation of 5,500 linear feet of ecotone slopes along the levees and raising of 2,800 linear feet of levee; and conducting three years of post-construction monitoring and adaptive management at Deer Island Basin Complex, Novato, Marin County. [Vanessa Aczon]

EAST

10. Sacred Spaces Project (Action)

Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $200,000 through the Community Grants Program to Coastal Quest, fiscal sponsor for Ninth Root, 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. [Sara Haugen]

11. Approval of Annual Report (Action)

Taylor Samuelson, Public Information Officer and Karen McDowell, Deputy Project Manager

Item 11: Draft Annual Report 

12. Approval of Staff Response to Oversight Committee Memo (Action)

Karen McDowell, Deputy Program Manager 

Item 12: Memo on Staff Response to the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee Letter

Attachment 1: Independent Citizens Oversight Committee Letter covering Fiscal Year 2021/2022

Attachment 2: Staff Response to the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee Letter covering Fiscal Year 2021/2022

13. Resolution Supporting EPA Annual Priority List (Action)

Jessica Davenport, Deputy Program Manager

Item 13: Resolution 121 Expressing Support for the Federal Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Priority List of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 San Francisco Bay Program Office

Exhibit A: Draft Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Priority List of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 San Francisco Bay Program Office

14. Approval of Equity Guidelines (Action) 

Sara Haugen, Project Manager 

Item 14: Presentation on Proposed Equity Guidelines

Attachment 1: Equity Guidelines (redline) 

Attachment 2: Equity Guidelines in Action 

Attachment 3: Resolution 122 Adopting the Equity Guidelines  

Exhibit A: Equity Guidelines

15. Overview of Preliminary Recommendation for Grant Round 7 (Information)

Jessica Davenport, Deputy Program Manager

Item 15: Memo on Preliminary Recommendation for Grant Round 7

16. Adjournment