MCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, April 17, 2025
6:30 P.M.
Present: Liz Alessio, The County of Napa and Four Napa Cities/Town (American Canyon, Calistoga, St. Helena, and Yountville)
Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur
Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Mark Belotz, Town of Danville
Monica Brown, County of Solano
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Kevin Jacobs, City of Novato
Arlene Kobata, City of Pittsburg
Maika Llorens-Gulati, City of San Rafael
Satinder Malhi, Alternate, City of Martinez
Aaron Meadows, City of Oakley
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo, joined at 6:55pm
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Gabe Quinto, City of El Cerrito, Acting Chair
Mary Sackett, County of Marin
Mathew Salter, Town of Ross
Shanelle Scales-Preston, County of Contra Costa, joined at 7:35pm Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill
Graham Thiel, Town of Moraga
Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon
Sridhar Verose, City of San Ramon
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere, joined at 6:43pm
Cesar Zepeda, City of Richmond
Brianne Zorn, City of Martinez
Absent: Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
Kari Birdseye, City of Benicia
Melissa Blaustein, City of Sausalito
Gina Dawson, City of Lafayette
Tarrell Kullaway, Town of San Anselmo
Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado, City of San Pablo
Beth Painter, City of Napa
Manveer Sandhu, City of Fairfield
Staff
Docusign Envelope ID: 45A2F692-9DBB-4F67-A179-B1BFB2FAE5C3 & Others: Jared Blanton, VP of Public Affairs
Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources
Shyna Deepak, Communications Manager
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Caroline Lavenue, Legal Counsel II
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk Associate
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Coordinator
Tyler Noble, Municipal Capital Markets Group, Inc.
Efren Oxlaj, Finance Manager
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Internal Operations Manager
Dan Settlemyer, Internal operations Associate
Maíra Strauss, VP of Finance and Treasurer
Lisa Strong, Internal Operations Intern
1. Roll Call
Acting Chair Quinto called the regular meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
Acting Chair Quinto opened the floor for board announcements, and there were no comments.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were comments made by Rebekah Collins and Isabelle Winstead.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
Vicken Kasarjian, COO introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and comments were made by Dion Bailey.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 3.20.25 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Approved Contracts for Energy update
C.3 Board of Directors Voting Shares Update
C.4 Proposed Committee Governance Recommendations from the Executive Committee
C.5 Addition of Board Members to Committees
Docusign Envelope ID: 45A2F692-9DBB-4F67-A179-B1BFB2FAE5C3 Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. 2024 Charles F. McGlashan Advocacy Award Presentation (Discussion) Jared Blanton, VP of Public Affairs, presented the McGlashan Advocacy Award to The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, RCF Connects, and Andrew Bradley, Program Manager, City of St. Helena.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
7. Proposed Resolution 2025-02: Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of a Clean Energy Purchase Contract and Certain Other Documents in Connection with the Issuance of the California Community Choice Financing Authority Clean Energy Project Revenue Bonds; and Certain Other Actions Required to Ensure the Reduction in the Costs of Renewable Energy Therewith (Discussion/Action) Vicken Kasarjian, COO and several MCE staff addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Nakamura/Darling) to approve Resolution 2025-02:
Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of a Clean Energy Purchase Contract and Certain Other Documents in Connection with the Issuance of the California Community Choice Financing Authority Clean Energy Project Revenue Bonds; and Certain Other Actions Required to Ensure the Reduction in the Costs of Renewable Energy Therewith.
Motion carried by roll call vote. Yays-28; No-1; Abstain-1 (No: Wilkinson; Abstain: Their; Absent: Bailey, Birdseye, Blaustein, Dawson, Kullaway, Pabon-Alvarado, Painter, Sandhu).
8. Board & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were comments made by Scales-Preston, Salter and Beckman.
9. Adjournment
Action: It was M/S/C (Perrey/Alessio) to approve Consent Calendar items C.1, C.2, C.3, C.4 and C.5. Motion carried by unanimous roll call (Absent:
Bailey, Birdseye, Blaustein, Dawson, Kullaway, Pabon-Alvarado, Painter, Palmares, Salter, Sandhu, Scales-Preston, Thier).
Docusign Envelope ID: 45A2F692-9DBB-4F67-A179-B1BFB2FAE5C3 Acting Chair Quinto adjourned the meeting at 7:45 p.m. to the next scheduled Board Meeting on May 15, 2025.
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Shanelle Scales-Preston, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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