Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority Network and  
Operations Committee  
Carol Dutra-Vernaci, Chair  
Stephanie Moulton-Peters, Vice Chair  
Friday, June 14, 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:  
Vice Chair Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Noack and  
Commissioner Spering  
2 - Chair Dutra-Vernaci and Commissioner Rabbitt  
Absent:  
Non-Voting Member Absent: Dina El-Tawansy  
Ad Hoc Non-Voting Members Present: Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Giacopini, and  
Commissioner Papan.  
2. Pledge of Allegiance / Acknowledgement of the Flag  
3. Compensation Announcement (Clerk)  
4. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Spering and second by Commissioner Noack,  
the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
4 -  
Aye:  
Vice Chair Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Noack and  
Commissioner Spering  
2 - Chair Dutra-Vernaci and Commissioner Rabbitt  
Absent:  
24-0605  
Approval of the Minutes of the May 10, 2024 Meeting  
Committee Approval  
4a.  
Action:  
Attachments: 4a_24-0605_2024-05-10_BAIFA_Network_and_Ops_Draft_Minutes.pdf  
24-0730  
4b.  
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority  
(BAIFA) Statement of Revenues and Expenses for the Period Ended  
March 31, 2024 (Unaudited)  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Grace Martinez  
Attachments: 4bi_24-0730_Summary_Sheet_BAIFA_FY2023-24_Q3_Financials.pdf  
4bii_24-0730_Attachment_A_BAIFA_FY2023-24_Q3_Financials.pdf  
24-0689  
4c.  
Cooperative Agreements - Funding for Interstate 680 in Contra Costa  
County for Preservation Maintenance Projects: i. 04-2968 - Caltrans  
($871,000); and ii. 04-2969 - Caltrans ($856,000)  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Stephen Wolf  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
4ci_24-0689_Summary_Sheet_Caltrans_Cooperative_Agreement_680  
_CAPM_v4.pdf  
4cii_24-0689_Attachment_A_Caltrans_Cooperative_Agreement_680_  
CAPM.pdf  
24-0696  
4d.  
Contract - Services for Express Lanes Backhaul Network: i. Purchase  
Order - Network Consulting Services: SSP Data ($700,000); ii. Purchase  
Order - Telecommunication Services: AT&T ($250,000)  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Mark Dinh  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
4d_24-0696_Summary_Sheet_Contracts_ELNBackhaul_SSPData_AT  
T.pdf  
5. Approval  
24-0681  
5a.  
Bay Area Infrastructure Finance Authority (BAIFA) Resolution No. 36,  
Revised - Revision of Exception to Assessment of Penalties  
Request for Authority approval of BAIFA Resolution No. 36, Revised -  
Revision of Exception to Assessment of Penalties. The resolution offers a  
one-time waiver of one violation penalty to all customers, as required by  
statute, or a one-time waiver of all violation penalties to customers eligible  
for BATA’s low-income payment plan. This would take effect after BAIFA’s  
current one-time waiver policy expires on September 30, 2024.  
Action:  
Authority Approval  
Chelsea Gamulo  
Presenter:  
Attachments: 4a_Summary_Sheet_Update_to_Authority.pdf  
4a_Summary  
Sheet_BAIFA_Reso_36_Revised_Exception_to_Assessment_of_Pen  
alties.pdf  
4a_Attachment_A_BAIFA_Resolution_36_Revised_corrected.pdf  
4a_Attachment_B_PowerPoint_BAIFA_Resolution_36_Revised.pdf  
Aleta Dupree, Team Folds, was called to speak.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Noack and second by Commissioner Spering,  
the BAIFA Resolution No. 36, Revised - Revision of Exception to Assessment of  
Penalties was unanimously approved to be referred to the Bay Area  
Infrastructure Financing Authority for approval. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
4 -  
Aye:  
Vice Chair Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Noack and  
Commissioner Spering  
2 - Chair Dutra-Vernaci and Commissioner Rabbitt  
Absent:  
24-0710  
5b.  
Services for Express Lane Network Toll System Lifecycle Replacement: i.  
Contract - General Systems Consulting Services - Silicon Transportation  
Consultants, Inc. ($4,000,000); ii. Contract - Implementation Advisory  
Services - Atkins North America, Inc. ($500,000)  
Request for Committee approval to contract with: i. Silicon Transportation  
Consultants, Inc. (STC) to serve as the general systems consultant for the  
lifecycle replacement of the express lane tolling system for the BAIFA  
Express Lane Network in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 through  
June 30, 2027, and ii. Atkins North America, Inc. to provide implementation  
advisory services in an amount not to exceed $500,000.  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Ken Hoang  
Presenter:  
Attachments: 5b_24-0524_Contract_Authority_EL_STS+ANA.pdf  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Canepa and second by Commissioner Noack,  
the Services for Express Lane Network Toll System Lifecycle Replacement: i.  
Contract - General Systems Consulting Services - Silicon Transportation  
Consultants, Inc. ($4,000,000); ii. Contract - Implementation Advisory Services -  
Atkins North America, Inc. ($500,000) were unanimously approved. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
4 -  
Aye:  
Vice Chair Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Noack and  
Commissioner Spering  
2 - Chair Dutra-Vernaci and Commissioner Rabbitt  
Absent:  
6. Public Comment / Other Business  
Aleta Dupree, Team Folds, spoke on this item.  
7. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority Network and  
Operations Committee will be held on Friday, July 12, 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.