Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
6:00 pm
In Person
The Lake Merritt Room
Cal State East Bay - the Oakland Center
In the Transpacific Centre
1000 Broadway, Suite 109
Oakland, CA 94607
Or from the following remote locations:
• Member Tiedemann – 1121 L St #408 Sacramento, CA 95814 • Member Bartlett – Wells Fargo Building - 2140 Shattuck Avenue, Floor 6, Berkeley, CA 94704
• Member Barrientos – Residence Inn Bakersfield Lobby - 4241 Chester Ln, Bakersfield, CA 93309
• Member Kaur – Clipper Club - 5 Captain Dr. Emeryville, CA 94608 • Member Cox – Conference Room - Irvington Community Center 41885 Blacow Rd. Fremont, CA 94538
• Member Warmsley – Hilton Stockton Lobby - 2323 Grand Canal Boulevard, Stockton, CA, 95207
• Member Bedolla – 1755 Harvest Landing Lane, Tracy, CA 95376 • Member Patino – Tenaya Lodge Lobby - 1122 Highway 41 Fish Camp, CA 93623
• CAC Chair Eldred - 500 metros Este del Canopy, Calle, Montezuma-Delicias Rd, Provincia de Puntarenas, Montezuma, 60111, Costa Rica
Via Zoom:
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Meetings are accessible to people with disabilities. Individuals who need special assistance or a disability-related modification or accommodation to participate in this meeting, or who have a disability and wish to request an alternative format for the meeting materials, should contact the Clerk of the Board at least 2 working days before the meeting at (510) 906- 0491 or [email protected].
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If you have anything that you wish to be distributed to the Board of Directors, please email it to the clerk by 5:00 pm the day prior to the meeting.
1. Welcome & Roll Call
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Public Comment
This item is reserved for persons wishing to address the Board on any Ava Community Energy-related matters that are not otherwise on this meeting agenda. Public comments on matters listed on the agenda shall be heard at the time the matter is called. As with all public comment, members of the public who wish to address the Board are customarily limited to two minutes per speaker and must complete an electronic speaker slip. The Board Chair may increase or decrease the time allotted to each speaker.
4. Closed Session Public Comment
5. Closed Session
A. Public Employee Performance Evaluation and Appointment pursuant to Government Code § 54957: Chief Executive Officer; Conference with Labor Negotiators (Negotiators: Board Chair and Vice Chair) (Unrepresented Employee: Chief Executive Officer).
6. General Report Out of Closed Session
CONSENT AGENDA
7. Approval of Minutes from January 17, 2024
8. Contracts Entered into (Informational Item)
9. State Legislative Advocate
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the CEO to negotiate and execute a CSA with Omni government representation services.
10.Amendment to Celery Design Collaborative CSA
Adopt a resolution authorizing the CEO to negotiate and execute the sixth amendment to the CSA with Celery Design Collaborative
11.Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Q2 Financial Statements
Second quarter financial statements for the current fiscal year.
12. Arup Amendment
Approve Resolution Authorizing Ava CEO to Negotiate and Execute an Amendment to the Agreement with Arup to Provide Grant Writing Support and General Technical Consulting Services
REGULAR AGENDA
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13. CEO Report
14. CAC Chair Report
15. Selection of Chair and Vice-Chair (Action Item)
16. Long-Term Contracts for Approval
Requesting Intersect Easley PPA Approval
17. Disadvantaged Communities - Green Tariff / Community Solar Green Tariff Power Purchase Agreement (Action Item)
DAC-GT/CSGT PPA approval
18. Board Member and Staff Announcements including requests to place items on future Board agendas
19. Closed Session Public Comment
20. Closed Session
B. Conference with Real Property Negotiators pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8: 251 8th Street (Negotiators: CEO Nick Chaset, CFO Howard Chang, General Counsel Inder Khalsa) (price and terms of payment).
21.General Report Out of Closed Session
22. Adjourn
The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 6:00 pm.
The Lake Merritt Room
Cal State East Bay - the Oakland Center
In the Transpacific Centre
1000 Broadway, Suite 109
Oakland, CA 94607