ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICT

AGENDA

Board of Directors - Regular Meeting

AC Transit General Offices

2nd Floor Board Room

1600 Franklin Street, Oakland, California

Closed Session - 3:00 PM

Regular Meeting 5:00 PM

HYBRID MEETING

Phone (669) 900 6833 Webinar ID: 984 8717 5063

Zoom link https://actransit.zoom.us/j/98487175063

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DIANE SHAW, PRESIDENT (WARD 5)

MURPHY MCCALLEY, VICE PRESIDENT (WARD 4)

H. E. CHRISTIAN PEEPLES (WARD 1)

JEAN WALSH (WARD 2)

SARAH SYED (WARD 3)

ANTHONY C. SILVA (WARD 6)

JOEL YOUNG (AT-LARGE)

BOARD OFFICERS

SALVADOR LLAMAS, GENERAL MANAGER/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

AIMEE L. STEELE, GENERAL COUNSEL/CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER

LINDA A. NEMEROFF, BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER/DISTRICT SECRETARY

Live Public Comment

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assistive listening devices are available to individuals with a hearing impairment. Written

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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

PUBLIC COMMENT

Any person may directly address the Board at this time on any item of interest to the public

that is within the subject matter and jurisdiction of the Board. Boardmembers may briefly

respond to statements or questions from the public, ask questions for clarification, refer a

matter to staff, request staff to report back at a subsequent meeting, or direct staff to place

the matter on a future agenda. However, under the Brown Act, the Board cannot engage in

discussion or take action on any item not listed on the agenda. Public Comment on a specific

agenda item will be invited at the time the item is being considered. Two (2) minutes are

allowed for each item.

MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA

CONSENT CALENDAR (AND CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT ITEMS)

5.A. Consider approving Board of Directors meeting minutes of May 28, 2025.

25-049

25-335

Staff Contact:

Linda A. Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary

5.B. Consider receiving the General Manager’s Access Committee minutes of

April 8, 2025.

Staff Contact:

Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering

5.C. Consider authorizing the General Manager to attend the American Public

Transportation Association (APTA) Nominating Committee in Chicago,

Illinois, from July 22 to 24, 2025.

25-334

Staff Contact:

Salvador Llamas, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer

5.D. Consider receiving a review of Board Policy 120, Annuity Benefits for

Elected Officials with no recommended amendments.

25-336

25-327

Staff Contact:

Linda A. Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary

5.E.

Consider review of Board Policy 236 - Disability and Leave of Absence

Policy with no recommended amendments.

Staff Contact:

James Arcellana, Interim Executive Director of Human Resources

5.F.

Consider a review of Board Policy 463 - Transit Asset Management

Policy, with no recommended amendments.

25-331

25-290

Staff Contact:

Salvador Llamas, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer

5.G. Consider authorizing the General Manager or their designee to execute a

subrecipient agreement with the City of Oakland Department of

Transportation (OakDOT) to fund the purchase of zero emission buses

through the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC)

grant program.

Staff Contact:

Chris Andrichak, Chief Financial Officer

5.H. Consider adoption of Resolution No. 25-024 authorizing the General

Manager or their designee to file and execute allocation requests from

the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) of Regional

Measure 3 (RM3) funds for core capacity transit improvements: Training

and Education Center Modernization and Hayward Facility Hydrogen

Charging Infrastructure Projects.

25-324

Staff Contact:

Chris Andrichak, Chief Financial Officer

5.I.

5.J.

Consider the award of on-call Project Management/Construction

Management (PM/CM) Contracts to Acumen Building Enterprise. Inc.,

Auriga Corporation, Chow Engineering, Inc., Dabri, Inc., GHD, Inc.,

Parsons Transportation Group, Inc., and VSCE, Inc.

24-297a

25-318

Staff Contact:

Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering

Consider authorizing the General Manager to negotiate and execute an

agreement with the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) to provide

early morning bus service for a period effective August 8, 2025, through

February 10, 2028, with three (3) additional single-year options.

Staff Contact:

Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering

REGULAR CALENDAR

Finance and Audit Items - Chair McCalley

6.A. Consider adoption of Resolution 25-026 approving the Recommended FY

2025-26 Operating and Capital Budgets.

24-480d

25-325

Staff Contact:

Chris Andrichak, Chief Financial Officer

6.B. Consider authorizing the General Manager to bind the District’s

2025-2026 Commercial Property Insurance and Deadly Weapons

Response Insurance programs.

Staff Contact:

Aimee L. Steele, General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer

6.C. Consider receiving a preliminary status report on the District’s proposed

19.50% DBE goal for federal fiscal years (FFY) 2026-2028, authorize staff

to initiate a 30-day public comment period, and permit staff to submit

the goal to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) without further

Board action if necessary changes are minimal or insignificant.

25-329

Staff Contact:

Phillip Halley, Interim Director of Civil Rights & Compliance

Planning Items - Chair Young

6.D. Consider approving the City of Alameda’s proposal to repurpose $9

million from the “Alameda to Fruitvale BART Rapid Bus” project in the

2014 Measure BB Transportation Expenditure Plan to a program of three

transit-focused multimodal projects elsewhere in Alameda.

25-322

Staff Contact:

Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering

Operations Items - Chair Walsh

6.E.

Consider authorizing the General Manager to execute a five-year

contract with Clever Devices Ltd. for the continued provision of

hardware warranty, software maintenance, system hosting, and

professional services in an amount not to exceed $6,790,270, plus

optional professional services.

25-328

Staff Contact:

Ahsan Baig, Chief Information Officer

CLOSED SESSION/REPORT OUT

The items for consideration are listed below and will be reported on by the General

Counsel as necessary at the end of the meeting.

7.A. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation

(Government Code Section 54956.9 (a))

- Castro v. AC Transit, WCAB Case No. ADJ15021655, ADR Case Nos.: AC-ADR-000648 and

AC-ADR-000900

- Gil v. AC Transit, ADR Case No. AC-ADR-000575

7.B. Conference with Legal Counsel – Potential Litigation

Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54956.9: (five cases)

7.C. Conference with Labor Negotiators

(Government Code Section 54957.6):

Agency Designated Representative:

- General Manager Salvador Llamas

- Labor and Employee Relations Representative

Employee Organizations: ATU Local 192, AFSCME Local 3916, IBEW Local 1245,

Unrepresented Employees

AGENDA PLANNING

Directors are limited to two agenda planning requests per meeting. Each item requested shall

have the concurrence of three Directors, including the requestor.

8.A. Review of Agenda Planning Pending List and Agenda Planning Request

Forms.

25-015k

Staff Contact:

Linda Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary

BOARD/STAFF COMMENTS

(Government Code Section 54954.2)

9.A. Written reports from Board members on travel to District-related

conferences occurring in the last 30 days.

25-038k

Staff Contact:

Linda Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary

10.

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting: June 25, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

MEETING DISCLOSURES

Live Audio/Video Stream: Meetings of the Board of Directors are recorded and streamed live on the District’s

website.

Public Comment: Live public comment will be accepted during the meeting in person, through Zoom, or the

teleconference number listed on the cover page. Members of the public wishing to present comments in

person should complete a Speaker’s Form and submit it to the District Secretary at the meeting. For subjects

not listed on this agenda, the public will be invited to speak under the "PUBLIC COMMENT" item on the regular

meeting agenda. For specific agenda item(s), speakers will be invited to address the Board at the time the item

is being considered. All speakers, including anyone using simultaneous translation equipment, are allowed two

(2) minutes to present comments. Speakers using a translator will receive twice the allotted time. Individuals

wishing to present more detailed information are encouraged to submit comments in writing. Written

comments are included in the record for meeting(s), and as such, are available for public inspection and may be

posted to the District’s website.

Electronic Devices: All electronic devices such as cell phones, smartphones, tablets and similar sounding

devices, shall be placed on mute, vibrate, or silent mode during Board meetings pursuant to District Ordinance

No. 12.

Order of Agenda Items: The Board may discuss any item listed on this agenda and in any order.

Availability of Agenda-Related Materials: Written agenda-related materials for all open-session regular

meetings are available to the public 72 hours prior to the meeting or at the time the materials are distributed

to a majority of the Board. Written materials presented at a meeting by staff or a member of the Board will be

available to the public at that time, or after the meeting if supplied by an outside party. Agenda-related

materials are available from the District Secretary’s Office, 1600 Franklin Street, Oakland, California, or on the

District’s website.

District Ordinance No. 13 prohibits non service animals at District facilities unless specifically authorized by law.

To accommodate individuals with severe allergies and environmental illnesses, meeting participants should

refrain from wearing scented products to the meeting.