Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission  
Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Operations Committee  
Committee Members:  
Carol Dutra-Vernaci, Chair  
Vacant, Vice Chair  
Eddie Ahn, David Canepa, Victoria Fleming,  
Matt Mahan, James P. Spering, and Sheng Thao  
Non-Voting Members: Dorene M. Giacopini and Vacant  
Friday, February 10, 2023  
9:35 AM  
REMOTE  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
5 -  
Present:  
Commissioner Spering, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Chair  
Dutra-Vernaci and Commissioner Fleming  
2 - Commissioner Mahan and Commissioner Thao  
Absent:  
Non-Voting Member Present: Commissioner Giacopini  
Ex Officio Voting Member Present: Commissioner Moulton-Peters and Commissioner Papan.  
2. Pledge of Allegiance / Acknowledgement of the Flag  
3. Compensation Announcement – Clerk of the Committee  
4. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Canepa and second by Commissioner  
Fleming, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved. The motion carried  
by the following vote:  
5 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Spering, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Chair  
Dutra-Vernaci and Commissioner Fleming  
2 - Commissioner Mahan and Commissioner Thao  
Absent:  
23-0153  
4a.  
Approval of Operations Committee Minutes of the January 13, 2023  
Meeting  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
4a_23-0153_2023-01-13_Operations_Committee_Meeting_Minutes_Dr  
aft.pdf  
23-0183  
Contract Amendment - Ventek Transit Inc. ($900,000)  
4b.  
4c.  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Jennifer Largaespada  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
4b_23-0183_Summary_Sheet_Contract_Amendment–Ventek_Transit_  
Inc_$900,000.pdf  
23-0193  
Clipper® Contract Change Order Amendment - Statement on Standards  
for Attestation Engagement No. 18 (SSAE 18) Annual Audit of Clipper  
Program: Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. (Cubic) ($200,000)  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
David Weir  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
4c_23-0193_Summary_Sheet_Clipper_Contract_Change_Order_Amen  
dment_SSAE_Audit_Cubic_$200,000.pdf  
23-0154  
4d.  
Contracts- Freeway Service Patrol Towing Services: Beat 5- Bay Area  
Tow, Inc. ($4,667,767), and Beat 27- Atlas Towing Services Inc.  
($4,374,920)  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Gio DiFabio  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
4d_23-0154_Summary_Sheet_Contracts-FSP_Towing_Services_Beat  
s_5_and_27-Bay_Area_Tow_Inc_and_Atlas_Towing_Services_Inc.pdf  
5. Committee Approval  
23-0192  
5a.  
Contract - Bay Wheels Bikeshare E-bike Expansion: Lyft, Inc.  
($15,940,000)  
Approval of a contract with Lyft, Inc. (Lyft) for expansion of the Bay Wheels  
bike share system in the form of electric bikes and other improvements in a  
not to exceed amount of $15,940,000.  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Presenter:  
Toshi Shepard-Ohta and Laura Krull  
Attachments:  
5ai_23-0192_Summary_Sheet_Bay_Wheels_Bikeshare_Ebike_Expan  
sion_Contract.pdf  
5aii_23-0192_Attachment_A_Bay_Wheels_Bikeshare_Ebike_Expansi  
on_Contract.pdf  
5aiii_23-0192_Attachment_B_Bay_Wheels_Bikeshare_Ebike_Expans  
ion_Contract.pdf  
5aiv_23-0192_PowerPoint_Bay_Wheels_Bikeshare_Ebike_Expansion  
_Contract.pdf  
5av_23-0192_Correspondence_Received.pdf  
Written public comments were received from: City of San Jose, Mayor Matt  
Mahan; Parker Day; and Sandhya Laddha, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition.  
The following individuals spoke on this item:  
George Spies;  
Raul Maldonado;  
Veda Florez;  
Randi Kinman;  
Robert Prinz, Bike East Bay;  
Amy Thomson, TransForm;  
Adina Levin; and  
Meredith Nelson.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Spering and second by Commissioner Ahn,  
the Contract - Bay Wheels Bikeshare E-bike Expansion: Lyft, Inc. ($15,940,000)  
was unanimously approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
5 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Spering, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Chair  
Dutra-Vernaci and Commissioner Fleming  
2 - Commissioner Mahan and Commissioner Thao  
Absent:  
6. Public Comment / Other Business  
7. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Operations Committee will be held on Friday, March 10, 2023  
at 9:35 a.m. at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA, and  
other remote locations. Any changes to the schedule will be duly noticed to the  
public.