Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission  
Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Agenda  
Policy Advisory Council  
Carina Lieu, Chair  
Gabriela Orantes, Vice Chair  
Tuesday, September 23, 2025  
10:00 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
This meeting shall consist of a simultaneous teleconference call at the following location(s):  
Napa Valley Transportation Authority, 625 Burnell Street, Napa, CA 94559  
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The Policy Advisory Council advises the Metropolitan Transportation Commission on  
transportation policies in the San Francisco Bay Area, incorporating diverse perspectives  
relating to the environment, the economy, and social equity.  
Clerk: Martha Silver  
Roster  
Carline Au, Michael Baldini, Diana Benitez, Huascar Castro,  
Zack Deutsch-Gross, Anne Olivia Eldred, Christine (Chris) Fitzgerald,  
Gerry Glaser, William Goodwin, Pradeep Gupta, Dwayne Hankerson,  
Wendi Kallins, Randi Kinman, Charley Lavery, Adina Levin, Carina Lieu (Chair),  
Gabriela Orantes (Vice Chair), Johnny Parker, Phillip Pierce, Vinay Pimple,  
Jeffrey Rhoads (Jeff), Terry Scott, Jaime Viloria, Howard Wong, and Roland Wong  
1. Call Meeting to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
Quorum: A quorum of this council shall be a majority of its regular voting members (13).  
2. Compensation Announcement (Clerk)  
3. Welcome and Chair's Report  
3a.  
Chair’s Report  
(5 minutes)  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Carina Lieu, MTC Council Chair  
4. Approval  
4a.  
Approval of the July 22, 2025 Meeting Minutes  
(5 minutes)  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Carina Lieu, MTC Council Chair  
Attachments:  
5. Public Comments / Other Business  
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6. Legislative Update  
6a.  
State Legislative Update  
(30 minutes)  
Status update of MTC-ABAG’s priority bills.  
Information  
Action:  
Presenter:  
Rebecca Long  
Attachments:  
7. Information  
7a.  
MTC’s Community Action Resource and Empowerment (CARE) Program:  
Power-Building and Engagement  
(30 minutes)  
MTC’s CARE Program: Power-building and Engagement (Pb+E) Update  
and Call for Projects Process.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Judis Santos  
Attachments:  
7b.  
Proposed Updates to Regional Network Management Customer Advisory  
Group Structure  
(30 minutes)  
Proposed updates to the Regional Network Management Customer  
Advisory Group Structure to have greater representation from local transit  
operators' own public advisory boards for the new term beginning in  
January 2026.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Josie Ahrens  
Attachments:  
7c.  
Staff Liaison Report  
(3 minutes)  
Overview of recent MTC policy decisions and other activities.  
Information  
Action:  
Presenter:  
K-Nam Miller, Staff Liaison  
Attachments:  
7d.  
7e.  
Council Member Reports  
(5 minutes)  
Members of the Council may report on locally relevant issues or events.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Carina Lieu, MTC Council Chair  
New Business  
(5 minutes)  
Members of the Council may bring up new business for discussion or  
addition to a future agenda.  
Action:  
Discussion  
Presenter:  
Carina Lieu, MTC Council Chair  
8. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the MTC Policy Advisory Council will be held on Tuesday,  
October 28, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San  
Francisco, CA. Any changes to the schedule will be duly noticed to the public.