Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Bay Area Partnership Board  
Kate Miller, Chair  
Carolyn Gonot, Vice Chair  
Monday, December 2, 2024  
10:00 AM  
Yerba Buena – 1st Floor  
The Bay Area Partnership Board is scheduled to meet at 10:00 a.m.  
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Clerk: Wally Charles  
Roster  
Kate Miller (Chair) and Carolyn Gonot (Vice Chair)  
Members: Bryan Albee, Rashidi Barnes, Michelle Bouchard, James Cameron, April Chan, Tilly  
Chang, Sean Charpentier, Bill Churchill, Steven Cliff, Eddy Cumins, Deborah Dagang, Rachel  
Ede, Dina El-Tawansy, Matthew Fabry, Diane Feinstein, Philip Fine, Andrew Fremier, Larry  
Goldzband, Tim Haile, Daryl Halls, Johannes Hoevertsz, Michael Hursh, Beth Kranda, Tess  
Lengyel, Denis Mulligan, Seamus Murphy, Benedict Stuth, Toks Omishakin, Robert Powers,  
Steve Ramos, Anne Richman, John Ristow, Josh Rowen, Tony Tavares, Tanisha Taylor, Ray  
Tellis, Rob Thompson, Jeffrey Tumlin, Adam Van de Water, Danny Wan, Christy Wegener,  
Nancy Whelan, Torina Wilson, Daniel Woldesenbet,Vacant, Vacant.  
1. Call Meeting to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
Viet Tran acted as a delegate and voting member of the Board in place of Philip Fine, Bay  
Area Air Quality Management District. Attendance and Actions noted as “Fine” were  
taken by Tran.  
Daniel Hill acted as a delegate and voting member of the Board in place of Steve Ramos,  
California Highway Patrol. Attendance and Actions noted as “Ramos” were taken by Hill.  
Monique Webster acted as a delegate and voting member of the Board in place of Jeffery  
Tumlin, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Attendance and Actions noted  
as “Tumlin” were taken by Webster.  
Toan Tran acted as a delegate and voting member of the Board in place of Barnes  
Rashidi, East Contra Costa Transit Authority. Attendance and Actions noted as “Rashidi”  
were taken by Tran.  
Casie Fromson acted as a delegate and voting member of the Board in place of Michelle  
Bouchard,Caltrain. Attendance and Actions noted as “Bouchard” were taken by Fromson.  
Carolyn Clevenger acted as a delegate and voting member of the Board in place of Tess  
Lengyel. Alameda County Transportation Commission. Attendance and Actions noted as  
"Lengyel" were taken by Clevenger.  
Ramses Madou, acted as a delegate and voting member of the Board in place of John  
Ristow. City of San Jose. Attendance and Actions noted as "Ristow" were taken by  
Madou.  
Amber Lo, acted as a delegate and voting member of the Board in place of Daniel  
Woldesenbet. County of Alameda. Attendance and Actions noted as "Woldesenbet" were  
taken by Lo.  
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Present:  
Board Member Mulligan, Chair Miller, Board Member Halls, Board Member  
Hoevertsz, Board Member Woldesenbet, Board Member Ristow, Board Member  
Tellis, Board Member Richman, Board Member Dagang, Board Member Lengyel,  
Board Member Chang, Board Member Tumlin, Board Member Bouchard, Board  
Member El-Tawansy, Vice Chair Gonot, Board Member Cumins, Board Member  
Churchill, Board Member Van de Water, Board Member Murphy, Board Member  
Wegener, Board Member Chan, Board Member Barnes, Board Member Fremier,  
Board Member Ramos, Board Member Fine, Board Member Cameron, and Board  
Member Rowen  
18 -  
Absent:  
Board Member Whelan, Board Member Ede, Board Member Kranda, Board Member  
Goldzband, Board Member Powers, Board Member Feinstein, Board Member  
Omishakin, Board Member Wan, Board Member Albee, Board Member Hursh,  
Board Member Haile, Board Member Charpentier, Board Member Thompson, Board  
Member Tavares, Board Member Taylor, Board Member Cliff, Board Member  
Wilson, and Board Member Fabry  
2. Welcome and Chair Report  
The following individuals spoke on this Item: Sean Charpentier, member of  
the Bay Area Partnership Board.  
2a.  
Relocation of the Region 9 regional office to Los Angeles and the creation  
of the new Bay Area office  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Ray Tellis, Regional Administrator Region 9  
3. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Member Cumins and second by Member Chang, the Consent  
Calendar was unanimously approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
27 -  
Present:  
Board Member Mulligan, Chair Miller, Board Member Halls, Board Member  
Hoevertsz, Board Member Ristow, Board Member Feinstein, Board Member Tellis,  
Board Member Richman, Board Member Dagang, Board Member Lengyel, Board  
Member Chang, Board Member Tumlin, Board Member Bouchard, Board Member  
El-Tawansy, Vice Chair Gonot, Board Member Cumins, Board Member Churchill,  
Board Member Van de Water, Board Member Murphy, Board Member Wegener,  
Board Member Chan, Board Member Barnes, Board Member Fremier, Board  
Member Ramos, Board Member Fine, Board Member Cameron, and Board Member  
Rowen  
18 -  
Absent:  
Board Member Whelan, Board Member Ede, Board Member Kranda, Board Member  
Woldesenbet, Board Member Goldzband, Board Member Powers, Board Member  
Omishakin, Board Member Wan, Board Member Albee, Board Member Hursh,  
Board Member Haile, Board Member Charpentier, Board Member Thompson, Board  
Member Tavares, Board Member Taylor, Board Member Cliff, Board Member  
Wilson, and Board Member Fabry  
3a.  
Approval of the Bay Area Partnership Board Minutes of the October 23,  
2023 Meeting  
Action:  
Board Approval  
Attachments:  
4. Information / Approval  
4a.  
Transit 2050+: Final Network  
(35 minutes)  
Staff will present Final Network recommendations from the Transit 2050+  
modal plan developed with the operator-led Project Management Team,  
which will be integrated into the fiscally-constrained Plan Bay Area 2050+.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Kara Vuicich, MTC/ABAG and Andy Metz, AC Transit  
4b.  
Plan Bay Area 2050+: Transportation Element Update  
(35 minutes)  
Staff will present an overview of proposed Transportation Element  
strategies and projects, prior to integration into the Plan Bay Area 2050+  
Final Blueprint in January 2025.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Chirag Rabari, MTC and Adam Noelting, MTC  
Attachments:  
The following individuals spoke on this Item: Pat Piras  
4c.  
One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 4) Development  
(15 minutes)  
Initial considerations and schedule for development of the next One Bay  
Area Grant (OBAG 4) program, including implementation of MTC’s Transit  
Oriented Communities (TOC) Policy  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Thomas Arndt, MTC  
4d.  
Transportation Revenue Measure Update  
(25 minutes)  
Update on potential legislation to authorize a Bay Area transportation  
measure on the 2026 ballot  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Alix Bockelman, MTC  
5. Board Member Wrap Up / Next Steps  
6. Public Comment / Other Business  
7. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Bay Area Partnership Board will be held at a time and location to be duly  
noticed.