Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, May 15, 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:
• Alternate Member Tam (Alameda County) – 1221 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94612
• Member Bartlett (Berkeley) – Wells Fargo Building - 2140 Shattuck Avenue, Floor 6, Berkeley, CA 94704
• Member Kaur (Emeryville) – Clipper Club - 5 Captain Dr. Emeryville, CA 94608 • Member Hu (Dublin) – Dublin City Hall - 100 Civic Plaza, Dublin, CA 94568 • Member Cox (Fremont) – Conference Room - Irvington Community Center 41885 Blacow Rd. Fremont, CA 94538
• Member Bedolla (Tracy) – 1755 Harvest Landing Lane, Tracy, CA 95376 • Alternate Member Sakakihara (Union City) – Business Center, Courtyard Fort Worth 1-30 West Near NAS JRB, 6530 West Freeway, Fort Wroth, TX 76116 • CAC Chair Hernandez – 1743 140th Avenue, San Leandro CA • CAC Vice-Chair Souza – 24027 Wilcox Ln, Hayward, CA 94541 Via Zoom:
https://ebce-org.zoom.us/j/87023071843
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 301 715 8592 or 888 475 4499 (Toll Free) or 877 853 5257 (Toll Free) Webinar ID: 870 2307 1843
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.
CONSENT AGENDA
4. Approval of Minutes from April 17, 2024
5. Contracts Entered into (Informational Item)
6. Auditor Contract Amendment
Approve an amendment to extend the auditor contract
7. Community Innovation Grant Agreements
Authorize CEO to negotiate and execute grant agreements with Rising Sun and AGAPE for early workforce training
8. BlocPower Loan Amendment
Approve a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement
9. Approval of reimbursement for scheduling coordinator function in the MRP Pacifica Marketing, LLC agreement
Approval for Ava to reimburse contract counterparty
REGULAR AGENDA
10. CEO Report
11. CAC Chair Report.
12. Legislative Update (Action Item)
Update on recommended bill positions and Ava’s Legislative Program, and vote on bill positions
13. Draft Budget Review (Informational Item)
Review the draft budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year
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14. DERMS + Battery Program Administration (Action Item) Action Item authorizing CEO to negotiate contract for Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) + Battery Program Administration Support
15. PG&E Nuclear Allocation (Action Item)
Action item on 2025-2030 PG&E Nuclear allocation
16. Board Member and Staff Announcements including requests to place items on future Board agendas
17. Closed Session Public Comment
18. Closed Session
A. Public Employee Appointment pursuant to Code § 54957(b)(1)): Chief Executive Officer.
19. General Report Out of Closed Session
20. Adjourn
The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 12, 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