Wed, Apr 2, 2025·Sacramento County, California·Boards and Commissions

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District Meeting - March 27, 2025

Discussion Breakdown

Engineering And Infrastructure30%
Economic Development25%
Personnel Matters20%
Technology And Innovation15%
Community Engagement10%

Summary

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District Meeting

The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) held its regular meeting on March 27, 2025. The meeting covered important updates on board member compensation, teleconferencing policies, and federal air quality priorities.

Opening and Roll Call

  • Meeting convened with quorum present
  • Roll call conducted and pledge of allegiance performed
  • Meeting broadcast on MetroCable Channel 14 with replay scheduled for March 30, 2025

Key Administrative Updates

  • Board compensation increased from $100 to $200 per meeting
  • Annual compensation cap raised from $12,000 to $24,000
  • New teleconferencing rules implemented:
    • Two teleconference meetings allowed per board member
    • Just cause/emergency provisions for undisclosed remote locations
  • District board orientation meetings ongoing with new directors

Federal Air Quality Updates

  • EPA reevaluating several health-based air quality standards
  • California withdrew waiver requests for clean fleets rule and locomotive regulation
  • Potential impacts on emission reduction targets being assessed
  • District maintaining 15-20% of operating budget from federal funding

Notable Announcements

  • District co-sponsoring SB88 legislation for biomass resource utilization
  • CAPCOA budget requests submitted for AB 617, FARMER program, and wood smoke reduction
  • Dr. Ayala attending World Health Organization global conference on air pollution in Colombia

Meeting Conclusion

  • Meeting adjourned at 9:41 AM
  • Next meeting replay scheduled for March 30, 2025, at 11:30 AM on MetroCable Channel 14

Meeting Transcript

All right, we will call to order the March 27, 2025 meeting of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. Would the clerk please call the roll? Director Rikino. Here. Director Desmond. Here. Director Dickinson. Director Gara. Director Hume. Director Kennedy. Here. Director Maple. Here. Director Melton. Here. Director Pren. Here. Director Roblas. Director Rodriguez. Here. Director Sandor. Director Sernah. Here. Director Vang. We have a form. All right, if you'd all please rise and join me in the pledge of allegiance. And go back to the European lady column it is an event we apporn. All right, if you'd all please rise and join me in the pledge of allegiance. Greetings to the flag of the United States of America. To Central Library for which it stands when nation under grain and is is the will of to observe the meeting in real time at Metro14live.saccounty.gov. Participate in person via Zoom video or teleconference line and by submitting written comments to board clerk at airquality.org. Comments will be delivered to the board of directors. Public comments regarding matters under the jurisdiction of the board of directors will be acknowledged by the chairperson, distributed to the board of directors, and included in the record. This meeting of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District is live and recorded with closed captioning. It is cable cast on MetroCable Channel 14, the local government affairs channel on Comcast and Direct TV, Uverse Cable Systems. Today's meeting replays on Sunday, March 30th, 2025, at 11.30 a.m. on MetroCable Channel 14. Very good. Thank you. That takes us to our consent calendar. Any questions from my colleagues? And I don't see any member of the public here, so I don't think we have any requests to speak.