ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICT  
MINUTES  
Board of Directors - Regular Meeting  
4:15 PM Closed Session (see item 8 for details)  
HYBRID MEETING  
AC Transit General Offices  
2nd Floor Board Room - 1600 Franklin Street, Oakland, California  
Phone (669) 900 6833, Webinar ID: 984 8717 5063  
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 5:00 PM  
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  
AIMEE L. STEELE, GENERAL COUNSEL/CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER  
LINDA A. NEMEROFF, BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER/DISTRICT SECRETARY  
TELECONFERENCE:  
Director H. E. Christian Peeples, 13328 San Pablo Avenue, Room 33B, San Pablo, California  
94806  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District Board of Directors held a meeting on Wednesday,  
September 11, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.  
It was announced that Director Peeples had met the teleconference requirements under the  
provisions of Board Policy 101, Section 4.9 regarding teleconferenced meetings and that all  
votes must be taken by roll call vote.  
President Young called the Board of Directors meeting to order at 5:03 p.m.  
2.  
3.  
ROLL CALL  
Director Beckles arrived to the meeting at 5:22 p.m. during Closed Session.  
Present:  
YOUNG, SHAW, BECKLES, WALSH, SYED, McCALLEY, PEEPLES  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
Laurel Paget-Seekins, Public Advocates, noted that the Regional Funding Measure item should  
have been on today's Agenda. Paget-Seekins commented on the importance of the current  
timeline by all partner agencies involved with this matter and expressed the necessity for a  
regional measure that will provide support; at least through the Realign Plus service levels, if  
not further.  
4.  
CLOSED SESSION/REPORT OUT - 5:00 PM  
At 5:07 p.m., Interim General Counsel Shayna van Hoften advised that the Board would  
convene in Closed Session to discuss Item 4.A. Closed Session adjourned at 5:53 p.m. At 6:00  
p.m. upon reconvening the Board of Directors meeting, the Interim General Counsel advised  
that there was nothing to report out of Closed Session.  
4.A. Conference with Legal Counsel – Potential Litigation  
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54956.9: (two cases)  
5.  
PUBLIC HEARING - 6:00 PM  
5.A. Hold public hearings to receive public comment on the Realign Draft  
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Final Network Plan.  
Staff Contact:  
Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering  
Claudia Burgos, Director of Legislative Affairs & Community Relations  
President Young welcomed everyone to the hearing and members of the Board and  
Board Officers were introduced. President Young then called on Interim General  
Counsel Shayna van Hoften to outline the rules of order and procedures for public  
speakers. President Young opened the Public Hearing at 6:10 p.m. The meeting was  
turned over to General Manager Hursh for the staff presentation on the Realign Draft  
Final Network Plan which was presented by Senior Transportation Planner David  
Berman and External Affairs Representative Diann Castleberry.  
Eighteen (18) speakers presented testimony concerning the Realign Draft Final Network  
Plan during the 6:00 p.m. session of the hearing.  
[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 final hearing at 6:00 p.m. will be incorporated into the file, and by reference  
hereto, are made a part of these minutes.]  
At 7:37 p.m., President Young announced that the public hearing was closed and that  
the Board would make a decision on the plan as early as the October 9, 2024, Board of  
Directors meeting.  
6.  
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.  
6.A. Review of Agenda Planning Pending List and Agenda Planning Request  
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Forms.  
Staff Contact:  
Linda Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary  
There were no new items added to Agenda Planning.  
7.  
8.  
GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT  
7.A. General Manager’s Report for September 11, 2024.  
The report was presented for information only.  
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BOARD/STAFF COMMENTS  
(Government Code Section 54954.2)  
8.A. Written reports from Board members on travel to District-related  
conferences occurring in the last 30 days.  
No reports were presented.  
9.  
ADJOURNMENT  
There being no further business to come before the Board of Directors, the meeting adjourned  
at 7:48 p.m. The next regular meeting of the Board is scheduled for Wednesday, September  
25, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.  
Respectfully submitted,  
/s/  
Linda A. Nemeroff  
Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary