ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICT  
AGENDA  
Board of Directors - Regular Meeting  
5:00 PM Regular Meeting  
3:15 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  
Zoom link https://actransit.zoom.us/j/98487175063  
Wednesday, April 23, 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  
KATHLEEN KELLY, INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  
AIMEE L. STEELE, GENERAL COUNSEL/CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER  
LINDA A. NEMEROFF, BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER/DISTRICT SECRETARY  
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1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
2.  
3.  
ROLL CALL  
PRESENTATION  
3.A. Recognition of AC Transit’s Bus Operator and Maintenance Team for  
their participation in the 2025 APTA International Bus Roadeo  
Competition.  
25-277  
Presenters:  
Kathleen Kelly, Interim General Manager/Chief Executive Officer  
Salvador Llamas, Chief Operating Officer  
4.  
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.  
5.  
6.  
MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA  
CONSENT CALENDAR (AND CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT ITEMS)  
6.A. Consider approving Board of Directors meeting minutes of April 9, 2025.  
25-046  
25-280  
Staff Contact:  
Linda A. Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary  
6.B. Consider approving Board of Directors meeting minutes of April 9, 2025  
(Special meeting).  
Staff Contact:  
Linda A. Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary  
6.C. Consider approving Board of Directors meeting minutes of April 17, 2025  
(Special meeting).  
25-281  
Staff Contact:  
Linda A. Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary  
6.D. Consider adoption of Resolution No. 25-018 appointing R. Bradford Huss  
as the public member on the AC Transit Retirement Board to fill the  
term expiring on March 31, 2027, and repeal Resolution No. 25-013.  
24-462f  
Staff Contact:  
Linda A. Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary  
6.E.  
6.F.  
Consider adoption of Resolution No. 25-012 authorizing the destruction  
of designated records maintained by the District Secretary's Office.  
25-183  
25-230  
Staff Contact:  
Linda A. Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary  
Consider adoption of Resolution No. 25-015 authorizing the Interim  
General Manager or her designee to file and execute applications and  
funding agreements with the California Department of Transportation  
(Caltrans) for allocations of the FY 2024-25 Low Carbon Transit  
Operations Program (LCTOP) funds for the Tempo Service Operating  
Assistance Project and the Fruitvale Corridor Transit Signal Priority  
Project, execute related Certifications and Assurances, and assign the  
Interim General Manager, or her designee, as the Authorized Agent for  
resulting LCTOP grants.  
Staff Contact:  
Chris Andrichak, Chief Financial Officer  
6.G. Consider adoption of Resolution No. 25-016 authorizing the Interim  
General Manager, or her designee, to file and execute applications and  
funding agreements with the California Department of Transportation  
for allocation of the California State of Good Repair (SGR) Program; to  
provide certifications and assurances to the California Department of  
Transportation; and to assign the Interim General Manager or her  
designee as the authorized agent for the California State of Good Repair  
(SGR) Program.  
25-231  
Staff Contact:  
Chris Andrichak, Chief Financial Officer  
6.H. Consider adoption of Resolution No. 25-014 authorizing the Interim  
General Manager, or her designee, to file and execute applications and  
funding agreements with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission  
(MTC) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 allocations of Transportation  
Development Act (TDA), State Transit Assistance (STA), Assembly Bill  
1107 (AB 1107), Regional Measure 2 (RM2) bridge toll revenues and  
Regional Measure 3 (RM3) bridge toll revenues.  
25-229  
Staff Contact:  
Chris Andrichak, Chief Financial Officer  
6.I.  
Consider authorizing the Interim General Manager to enter into an  
agreement with Resources for Community Development (RCD), a  
housing developer, to include AC Transit buses in their grant application  
under the State of California’s Affordable Housing Sustainable  
Communities (AHSC) Grant Program; and further authorize the Interim  
General Manager to execute the required subrecipient agreement upon  
award.  
25-267  
Staff Contact:  
Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering  
6.J.  
Consider authorizing the Interim General Manager to execute a contract  
with Quisitive, LLC to implement an Enterprise Datawarehouse in  
Microsoft Azure Cloud under the California Multiple Award Schedule  
(CMAS) rates in an amount not to exceed $394,585.  
25-111  
25-210  
Staff Contact:  
Ahsan Baig, Chief Information Officer  
6.K. Consider receiving the Semi-annual Strategic Plan progress update.  
Staff Contact:  
Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering  
7.  
REGULAR CALENDAR  
External Affairs Items - Chair Peeples  
7.A. Consider receiving the Monthly Legislative Report and adoption of  
Resolution No. 25-019 in support of $2 billion in new flexible funding  
from the state budget to save and improve public transit.  
25-158  
Staff Contact:  
Claudia Burgos, Interim Executive Director of External Affairs, Marketing  
and Communications  
Finance and Audit Items - Chair McCalley  
7.B. Consider receiving a report on the Draft FY 2025-26 Operating and  
Capital Budgets.  
24-480b  
25-238  
Staff Contact:  
Chris Andrichak, Chief Financial Officer  
7.C. Consider authorizing the General Manager to bind the District’s  
2025-2026 Transit Operations Insurance program.  
Staff Contact:  
Aimee L. Steele, General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer  
Planning Items - Chair Young  
7.D. Consider receiving an update on Paratransit coverage for East Bay  
Paratransit (EBP) riders under the August 2025 service change, limiting  
coverage to a three-quarter mile buffer around the new network.  
25-110  
Staff Contact:  
Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering  
7.E.  
Consider receiving an update on the District’s transit shelter  
maintenance, advertising, and capital contracts, and consider granting  
the General Manager authority to:  
18-211L  
1. Swap the location of shelters, as necessary, while maintaining a  
maximum limit of 276 District-owned shelters, in coordination with the  
local jurisdictions; and  
2. Enter into agreements with local jurisdictions to maintain additional  
transit shelters if the local jurisdiction retains the ownership and agrees  
to reimburse the District the net maintenance cost (total cost of  
scheduled and unscheduled maintenance costs less advertising revenue).  
[Requested by President Shaw - 10/23/2024]  
Staff Contact:  
Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering  
Operations Items - Chair Walsh  
7.F. Consider approving amendments to Board Policy 468 - Procurement  
24-517  
Protest Procedures.  
Staff Contact:  
Chris Andrichak, Chief Financial Officer  
Board Administrative Matters - President Shaw  
7.G. Consider approving and authorizing the Board President to sign an  
Employment Agreement with the selected candidate for the position of  
General Manager/Chief Executive Officer.  
25-272  
Staff Contact:  
Linda A. Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary  
8.  
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.  
8.A. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation  
(Government Code Section 54956.9 (a))  
-Vincent v. AC Transit, WCAB Case Nos. ADJ11983179 and ADJ10117061  
-Al Meshry v. AC Transit and Robert Hunter Jr., et al., ACSC Case No. 24CV085006  
-Powell v. AC Transit, WCAB Case Nos. ADJ3145704, ADJ1580899, ADJ1898284, and  
ADJ16207486  
8.B. Conference with Legal Counsel – Potential Litigation  
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Govt. Code Section 54956.9(b): one matter  
8.C. Conference with Labor Negotiators  
(Government Code Section 54957.6):  
Agency Designated Representative:  
- Interim General Manager Kathleen Kelly  
- Labor and Employee Relations Representative  
Employee Organizations: ATU Local 192, AFSCME Local 3916, IBEW Local 1245,  
Unrepresented Employees  
8.D. Public Employee Performance Evaluation  
(Government Code Section 54957 (b)(1))  
Title: Interim General Manager  
8.E. Public Employment  
(Government Code Section 54957(b)(1))  
Title: General Manager  
8.F. Public Employee Appointment  
(Government Code Section 54957(b)(1))  
Title: General Manager  
8.G. Conference with Labor Negotiators  
(Government Code Section 54957.6):  
Agency Designated Representatives:  
- James Ross, Renne Public Law Group  
- Gregg Moser, Krauthamer & Associates  
Unrepresented Employee: General Manager  
9.  
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.  
9.A. Review of Agenda Planning Pending List and Agenda Planning Request  
Forms.  
25-015g  
Staff Contact:  
Linda Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary  
10.  
11.  
GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT  
10.A. General Manager’s Report for April 23, 2025.  
25-014d  
25-038g  
BOARD/STAFF COMMENTS  
(Government Code Section 54954.2)  
11.A. Written reports from Board members on travel to District-related  
conferences occurring in the last 30 days.  
Staff Contact:  
Linda Nemeroff, Board Administrative Officer/District Secretary  
12.  
ADJOURNMENT  
Next Meeting: April 30, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. (Board Retreat)  
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.