Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
Metropolitan Transportation  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Commission  
Meeting Minutes 3 - Final  
Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority Network and  
Operations Committee  
Carol Dutra-Vernaci, Chair  
Stephanie Moulton-Peters, Vice Chair  
Friday, February 9, 2024  
9:35 AM  
Roster  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Carol Dutra-Vernaci (Chair), Stephanie Moulton-Peters (Vice Chair), David Canepa,  
Dina El-Tawansy*, Sue Noack, David Rabbitt, and James P. Spering  
*Non-Voting Member  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
4 -  
Present:  
Chair Dutra-Vernaci, Vice Chair Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Canepa and  
Commissioner Spering  
2 - Commissioner Noack and Commissioner Rabbitt  
Absent:  
Non-Voting Member Absent: Dina El-Tawansy  
Ex Officio Voting Member Present: Commission Chair Pedroza  
Ad Hoc Non-Voting Member Present: Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Giacopini, 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 Spering and second by Commissioner  
Canepa, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved. The motion carried  
by the following vote:  
4 -  
Aye:  
Chair Dutra-Vernaci, Vice Chair Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Canepa and  
Commissioner Spering  
2 - Commissioner Noack and Commissioner Rabbitt  
Absent:  
Approval of the Minutes of the January 12, 2024 Meeting  
Committee Approval  
4a.  
Action:  
Attachments:  
5. Approval  
5a.  
Contract - Express Lanes Program Advisor: William R. Gray and  
Company, DBA Gray-Bowen-Scott (Gray-Bowen-Scott) ($8,487,000 plus a  
contingency of $1,500,000)  
Request for Committee approval to award a contract to Gray-Bowen-Scott  
to provide express lanes program advisor services, including support for  
planning, policy, implementation, and operation of BAIFA’s Express Lanes  
Network as well as for planning and coordination on regional express lanes  
matters. The contract would be for a term of three years and four months for  
a total amount not to exceed $8,487,000 plus a contingency of $1,500,000,  
subject to annual BAIFA budget approval, with an option to extend up to an  
additional three years in increments of BAIFA’s choosing.  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Stephen Wolf  
Presenter:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Spering and second by Commissioner  
Canepa, the Contract for Express Lanes Program Advisor: William R. Gray and  
Company, DBA Gray-Bowen-Scott for an amount not to exceed $8,487,000 plus a  
contingency of $1,500,000 was unanimously approved. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
4 -  
Aye:  
Chair Dutra-Vernaci, Vice Chair Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Canepa and  
Commissioner Spering  
2 - Commissioner Noack and Commissioner Rabbitt  
Absent:  
6. Public Comment / Other Business  
7. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority Network and  
Operations Committee will be held on Friday, March 8, 2024 at 9:35 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.