MCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, April 20, 2023
7:00 P.M.
Present: Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Gina Dawson, City of Lafayette
Alexis Fineman, Town of San Anselmo
David Fong, Town of Danville
John Gioia, Contra Costa County
Ryan Gregory, County of Napa and All Four Napa Cities
Janelle Kellman, City of Sausalito, joining at 8:22pm
Teresa Onoda, Alternate, Town of Moraga
Eduardo Martinez, City of Richmond
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo
Aaron Meadows, City of Oakley
Beth Painter, City of Napa
Scott Perkins, City of San Ramon
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Gabriel Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Katie Rice, County of Marin
Matt Rinn, City of Pleasant Hill
Shanelle Scales-Preston, City of Pittsburg
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Susan Wernick, City of Novato
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
K. Patrice Williams, City of Fairfield
Absent: Kari Birdseye, City of Benicia
Edi Birsan, City of Concord
Kevin Haroff, City of Larkspur
C. William Kircher, Town of Ross
Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael
Patricia Ponce, City of San Pablo
Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon
John Vasquez, County of Solano
Brianne Zorn, City of Martinez
Staff
& Others: JB Ackemann, VP of Public Affairs
Jesica Brooks, Board Clerk
Stephanie Chen, Director of Legislative Affairs
Darlene Jackson, Lead Board Clerk
DocuSign Envelope ID: 0FE47D13-5095-4600-A5EA-E56E3556916C Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs
Vicken Kasarjian, COO
Tanya Lomas, Internal Operations Assistant
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Justine Parmelee, Director of Internal Operations
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Office Manager
Daniel Settlemyer, Internal Operations Coordinator
Garth Salisbury, CFO and Treasurer
Jamie Tuckey, Chief of Staff
Dawn Weisz, CEO
1. Roll Call
Chair Scales-Preston called the regular meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were comments from Director Perrey.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were comments from member of the public, Rebecca Collins.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
CEO Dawn Weisz introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 3.16.23 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Approved Contracts for Energy Update
C.3 Master Services Agreement and Schedule A.1 with Franklin Energy Services, LLC
C.4 Resolution No. 2023-03 Authorizing the CEO to Negotiate and Execute a Vendor Services Agreement with GRID Alternatives Bay Area, Inc. and Schedule A.2 of the Master Services Agreement with Franklin Energy Services, LLC for the Richmond Rising Program C.5 Resolution No. 2023-04 Appointing Chief Financial Officer as Treasurer
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
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6. Richmond Virtual Power Plant Briefing by Director Beckman (Discussion) Director Beckman introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
7. Addition of Board Members to Committees (Discussion/Action) CEO Dawn Weisz introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Perkins/Beckman) to approve addition of Board Members to Committees. Director Fineman to the Technical Committee.
Motion carried by roll call vote. Absent: Birdseye, Birsan, Haroff, Kellman, Kircher, Gulati, Ponce, Thier, Vasquez, and Zorn).
8. Resolution No. 2023-05 Accepting Community Project Funding from the Congressional Grants Division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Discussion/Action)
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Painter/Onoda) to approve proposed Resolution No. 2023-05 Accepting Community Project Funding from the Congressional Grants Division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. Absent:
Birdseye, Birsan, Haroff, Kellman, Kircher, Gulati, Ponce, Thier, Vasquez, and Zorn).
9. Resolution No. 2023-06 Approval of Revolving Credit Agreement with Royal Bank of Canada (Discussion/Action)
Action: It was M/S/C (Rinn/Perkins) to approve Consent Calendar items C.1 - C.5. Motion carried by roll call vote. (Abstain: Director Wernick
Absent: Birdseye, Birsan, Haroff, Kellman, Kircher, Gulati, Ponce, Thier, Vasquez, and Zorn).
DocuSign Envelope ID: 0FE47D13-5095-4600-A5EA-E56E3556916C Garth Salisbury, CFO and Treasurer, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Meadows/Martinez) to recommend the Board adopt proposed Resolution No. 2023-06 Approving and Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of a Revolving Credit Agreement with Royal Bank of Canada. Motion carried by roll call vote. Director Wernick
Absent: Birdseye, Birsan, Haroff, Kellman, Kircher, Gulati, Ponce, Thier, Vasquez, and Zorn).
10.Public Affairs and Customer Programs Update (Discussion) JB Ackemann, VP of Public Affairs, and Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
11.Policy Update (Discussion)
Stephanie Chen, Director of Legislative Affairs, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
11.Board Matters & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were comments made by Director Gioia.
12.Adjournment
Chair Scales-Preston adjourned the meeting at 9:30 p.m. to the next scheduled Board Meeting on May 18, 2023.
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Shanelle Scales-Preston, Chair
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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