VCE 1/19/23 Board Special Meeting Agenda Page 1 of 3
Special Meeting of the Valley Clean Energy Alliance
Board of Directors
Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 5 p.m.
Via Video/Teleconference
Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361 (AB 361), legislative bodies may meet remotely without listing the location of each remote attendee, posting agendas at each remote location, or allowing the public to access each location, with the adoption of certain findings. The Board of Directors have found that the local health official recommended measures to promote social distancing and authorized the continuation of remote meetings for the foreseeable future. Any interested member of the public who wishes to listen in should join this meeting via teleconferencing as set forth below.
Please note that the numerical order of items is for convenience of reference. Items may be taken out of order on the request of any Board member with the concurrence of the Board. Staff recommendations are advisory to the Board. The Board may take any action it deems appropriate on any item on the agenda even if it varies from the staff recommendation.
Members of the public who wish to listen to the Board of Director’s meeting may do so with the video/teleconferencing call-in number and meeting ID code. Video/teleconference information below to join meeting:
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Public comments may be submitted electronically or during the meeting. Instructions on how to submit your public comments can be found in the PUBLIC PARTICIPATION note at the end of this agenda.
Board Members: Jesse Loren (City of Winters), Tom Stallard (City of Woodland), Gary Sandy (Yolo County), Will Arnold (City of Davis), Richard Casavecchia (City of Winters), Mayra Vega (City of Woodland), Lucas Frerichs (Yolo County), Bapu Vaitla (City of Davis) VCE 1/19/23 Board Special Meeting Agenda Page 2 of 3
5:00 p.m. Call to Order
1. Welcome - Board Clerk to administer Oaths of Office to new Board Members (Government Code § 1362)
2. Elections of Officers for 2023
3. Public Comment: This item is reserved for persons wishing to address the Board on any VCE-related matters that are not otherwise on this meeting agenda or are listed on the Consent portion of the 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, electronically submitted comments should be limited to approximately 300 words.
Comments that are longer than 300 words will only be read for two minutes. All electronically submitted comments, whether read in their entirety or not, will be posted to the VCE website within 24 hours of the conclusion of the meeting. See below under PUBLIC PARTICIPATION on how to provide your public comment.
CONSENT AGENDA
4. Authorization to continue remote public meetings as authorized by Assembly Bill 361.
5. Approve December 8, 2022 Board meeting Minutes.
6. Receive 2023 Long Range Calendar.
7. Receive Financial Updates November 30, 2022 financials (unaudited) financial statements.
8. Receive Legislative update provided by Pacific Policy Group.
9. Receive January 11, 2023 Regulatory update provided by Keyes & Fox.
10. Receive Community Advisory Committee December 15, 2022 meeting summary.
11. Receive quarterly Customer Participation update.
12. Support proposed 2023 legislation to remove Assembly Bill 843 Sunset Limit for Bioenergy Market Adjusting Tariff (BIOMAT) program. (Action)
REGULAR AGENDA
13. Update on VCE’s Long-Term Power Portfolio. (Information)
14. Receive 2022 Customer year-end review presentation. (Information)
15. Discuss Board meetings and Brown Act / Assembly Bill 2449 rules regarding teleconferencing meetings. (Discussion/Action)
16. Board Member and Staff Announcements: Action items and reports from members of the Board, including announcements, AB1234 reporting of meetings attended by Board Members of VCEA expense, questions to be referred to staff, future agenda items, and reports on meetings and information which would be of interest to the Board or the public.
17. Adjournment/Announcement: The next regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 5 p.m.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR VALLEY CLEAN ENERGY BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPECIAL MEETING ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2023 AT 5:00 P.M.:
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. Public participation for this meeting will be done electronically via e-mail and during the meeting as described below.
Public participation via e-mail: If you have anything that you wish to be distributed to the Board and included in the official record, please e-mail it to VCE staff at VCE 1/19/23 Board Special Meeting Agenda Page 3 of 3
[email protected]. If information is received by 3:00 p.m. on the day of the Board meeting it will be e-mailed to the Board members and other staff prior to the meeting. If it is received after 3:00 p.m. the information will be distributed after the meeting, but within 24 hours of the conclusion of the meeting.
Verbal public participation during the meeting: If participating during the meeting, there are two (2) ways for the public to provide verbal comments:
1) If you are attending by computer, activate the “participants” icon at the bottom of your screen, then raise your hand (hand clap icon) under “reactions”. 2) If you are attending by phone only, you will need to press *9 to raise your hand. When called upon, please press *6 to unmute your microphone.
VCE staff will acknowledge that you have a public comment to make during the item and will call upon you to make your verbal comment.
Public Comments: If you wish to make a public comment at this meeting, please e-mail your public comment to [email protected] or notifying the host as described above. Written public comments that do not exceed 300 words will be read by the VCE Board Clerk, or other assigned VCE staff, to the Committee and the public during the meeting subject to the usual time limit for public comments [two (2) minutes]. General written public comments will be read during Item 3, Public Comment. Written public comment on individual agenda items should include the item number in the “Subject” line for the e-mail and the Clerk will read the comment during the item. Items read cannot exceed 300 words or approximately two (2) minutes in length. All written comments received will be posted to the VCE website. E-mail comments received after the item is called will be distributed to the Board and posted on the VCE website so long as they are received by the end of the meeting.
Public records that relate to any item on the open session agenda for a regular or special Board meeting are available for public review on the VCE website. Records that are distributed to the Board by VCE staff less than 72 hours prior to the meeting will be posted to the VCE website at the same time they are distributed to all members, or a majority of the members of the Board. Questions regarding VCE public records related to the meeting should be directed to Board Clerk Alisa Lembke at (530) 446-2750 or [email protected]. The Valley Clean Energy website is located at:
https://valleycleanenergy.org/board-meetings/.
Accommodations for Persons 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 Alisa Lembke, VCE Board Clerk/Administrative Analyst, as soon as possible and preferably at least two (2) working days before the meeting at (530) 446-2754 or [email protected].