ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICT  
MINUTES  
Special Meeting of the Board of Directors  
CLOSED SESSION 5:45 PM (see item 5 for details)  
SPECIAL MEETING/PUBLIC HEARING 6 PM  
HYBRID MEETING  
AC Transit General Offices  
2nd Floor Board Room - 1600 Franklin Street, Oakland, California  
English Phone (669) 900 6833, Webinar ID: 984 8717 5063  
Spanish Phone (707) 304-7195, Conference ID: 647 528 554#  
Mandarin Phone (707) 304-7195, Conference ID: 983 252 334#  
Cantonese Phone (707) 304-7195, Conference ID: 286 412 310#  
Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 6:00 PM  
Spanish Phone Number: (707) 304-7195, Conference ID: 647 528 554# Chinese Phone Number: (707)  
304-7195, Conference ID: 983 252 334#  
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS  
JOEL YOUNG, PRESIDENT (AT-LARGE)  
DIANE SHAW, VICE PRESIDENT (WARD 5)  
JOVANKA BECKLES (WARD 1)  
JEAN WALSH (WARD 2)  
SARAH SYED (WARD 3)  
MURPHY MCCALLEY (WARD 4)  
H. E. CHRISTIAN PEEPLES (AT-LARGE)  
BOARD OFFICERS  
MICHAEL A. HURSH, GENERAL MANAGER/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  
JILL A. SPRAGUE, GENERAL COUNSEL/CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER  
LINDA A. NEMEROFF, BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER/DISTRICT SECRETARY  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
The AC Transit Board of Directors held a special meeting on Wednesday, September 6, 2023.  
Prior to the start of the meeting, the General Counsel confirmed that Director Peeples met all  
the conditions to participate in the meeting remotely under the "Just Cause" exception under  
the Brown Act and advised that all votes must be taken by roll call vote.  
President Young called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m.  
2.  
3.  
ROLL CALL  
Present:  
YOUNG, BECKLES, WALSH, SHAW, PEEPLES, McCALLEY, SYED  
PUBLIC HEARING  
3.A. Receive presentations from the District’s public outreach and  
demographer consultants regarding upcoming workshops and  
outreach activities and the process and criteria for redistricting to a  
seven-ward election system for the Board of Directors; and hold the  
first of two public hearings to receive public input and provide  
direction regarding the boundaries and composition of wards before  
draft maps of proposed ward boundaries are drawn.  
23-391b  
Staff Contact:  
Linda A. Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary  
Presenters:  
Jennifer Nentwig, Tripepi Smith  
Michael Wagaman, Wagaman Strategies  
President Young welcomed everyone to the public hearing and advised that legal notice  
of the hearing was given in accordance with Board Policy 110. The Spanish, Chinese and  
Cantonese interpreters were introduced and instructions were given on how to access  
language services.  
The hearing opened at 6:08 p.m. and the meeting was turned over to Board  
Administrative Officer/District Secretary Linda Nemeroff who introduced the following  
presenters:  
·
Jennifer Nentwig, Tripepi Smith, who provided an overview of the public outreach  
plan for the redistricting process, and  
·
Michael Wagaman, Wagaman Strategies, who presented an overview of the  
redistricting process and timeline.  
Mr. Wagaman addressed questions from the Board and agreed to include county  
supervisorial district boundaries as well as city council boundaries to the extent the  
information was available.  
Two persons presented testimony concerning the redistricting process to transition to a  
seven-ward election system.  
A copy of the oral comments are attached hereto as Exhibit A and are made a part of  
these minutes. Email, fax, voicemail, and written comments received up to the close of  
the hearing are incorporated into the file, and by reference hereto, are made a part of  
these minutes.  
The public hearing closed at 6:56 p.m.  
President Young announced that the next public hearing on redistricting would be held  
on September 13, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.  
4.  
5.  
BOARD/STAFF COMMENTS  
(Government Code Section 54954.2)  
Members of the Board and Board Officers thanked staff for their efforts on the redistricting  
process. President Young reported on the American Public Transportation Association Study  
Mission to Australia and New Zealand.  
ADJOURNMENT  
There being no further business to come before the Board of Directors, the meeting adjourned  
at 7:00 p.m. The next regular meeting of the Board of Directors is scheduled for September 13,  
2023 at 5:00 p.m.  
Respectfully submitted,  
/s/  
Linda Nemeroff  
Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary