Draft Minutes
Executive Committee Meeting
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
3:00 pm
In Person:
Conference Room 5
Ava Community Energy
1999 Harrison St., Suite 2300
Oakland, CA 94612
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Hayward City Hall, 777 B St, Hayward, CA 94541
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1. Welcome & Roll Call
Present: Members: Marquez (Alameda County), Roche (Hayward), Vice-Chair Gonzalez (San Leandro) and Chair Andersen (Piedmont)
Not Present: Members Fugazi (Stockton) and Balch (Pleasanton)
2. Public Comment
(9:29) Public Comment - Tamara Haw asked if Ava has plans for local, renewable, large-scale development beyond solar-on-rooftops.
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(10:02) Public Comment – Jessica Tovar spoke in support of making local clean energy investments that will reduce pollution and lower local rate-payer's bills.
3. (12:11) Approval of Minutes from June 4, 2025
Vice-Chair Gonzalez moved approval of the minutes. Member Roche seconded the motion, which was approved 4/0/0/0/2 (yes/no/abstain/recuse/not present).
Yes: Members: Marquez, Roche, Vice-Chair Gonzalez and Chair Andersen No: none
Abstain: none
Recuse: none
Not Present: Members: Fugazi and Balch
4. (14:33) Closed Session Public Comment
There were no speakers for the closed session public comment.
5. (14:35) Closed Session
No speakers.
A. Public Employee Performance Evaluation Pursuant of Code § 54957: Chief Executive Officer
6. (1:00:12) General Report Out of Closed Session
No reportable actions were taken.
Quorum was lost at the end of closed session, leaving 3 members present (quorum is 4). Chair Andersen adjourned the meeting at 4:00pm. The following agenda items were not heard due to loss of quorum:
7. Local Development and Customer Programs Strategic Roadmap Development Overview (Informational Item)
Overview of the process to develop a strategic roadmap on local electrification efforts
8. Committee Member and Staff Announcements including requests to place items on future Executive Committee Agendas
The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 3pm.