Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission  
Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes  
Bay Area Toll Authority Oversight Committee  
Federal Glover, Chair Margaret Abe-Koga, Vice Chair  
Wednesday, July 10, 2024  
9:35 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Roster  
Federal Glover (Chair), Margaret Abe-Koga (Vice Chair),  
Cindy Chavez, Victoria Fleming, Nate Miley, Gina Papan,  
Hillary Ronen, Sheng Thao  
Non-Voting Members: Dina El-Tawansy, Libby Schaaf  
Vice Chair Abe-Koga called the meeting to order at 9:49 a.m.  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
6 -  
Present:  
Vice Chair Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Chair Glover, Commissioner Papan,  
Commissioner Pedroza, and Commissioner Ronen  
3 - Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Miley, and Commissioner Thao  
Absent:  
MTC Commission Chair Pedroza was deputized to make quorum of the Committee.  
Commissioner Glover invoked AB 2449 (just cause) due to illness and was counted as present for the  
meeting.  
Non-voting members present: Commissioner El-Tawansy  
Ex Officio Voting Members Present: Commission Chair Pedroza  
Ad-Hoc Non-voting members present: Commissioner Giacopini  
2. Pledge of Allegiance  
3. Compensation Announcement (Committee Clerk)  
4. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Papan and seconded by Commissioner  
Chavez, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved by the following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Vice Chair Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Chair Glover, Commissioner Papan,  
Commissioner Pedroza and Commissioner Ronen  
3 - Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Miley and Commissioner Thao  
Absent:  
24-0751  
24-0755  
Approval of BATA Oversight Committee Minutes of June 12, 2024 Meeting  
Committee Approval  
4a.  
4b.  
Action:  
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) Statement of  
Revenues and Expenses for the Period Ended May 31, 2024 (Unaudited).  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Derek Hansel  
24-0853  
4c.  
Yerba Buena Island Southgate Road Realignment and Bimla Rhinehart  
Vista Point Projects  
i. Funding Amendment - San Francisco County Transportation Authority  
($1,000,000).  
ii. Contract Amendment - AECOM Technical Services ($200,000).  
iii. BATA Resolution No. 178 Design Immunity for Bimla Rhinehart Vista  
Point Parking Lot Project.  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Authority Approval  
Presenter:  
Peter Lee  
5. Authority Approval  
24-0661  
5a.  
BATA Resolution No. 52, Revised: FasTrak® Policy Changes: Referral to  
Authority.  
A request that BATA Resolution No. 52, Revised be referred to the full  
Authority for approval of policy updates related to: (1) inclusion of all  
Express Lanes (Bay Area Infrastructure and Financing Authority (BAIFA),  
Alameda County Transportation Commission, Santa Clara Valley  
Transportation Authority, and San Mateo County Express Lanes Joint  
Powers Authority) in the payment plan for low-income customers; (2) the  
replenishment amount and threshold amount for cash paying customers; (3)  
reduction in violation penalty amounts for Golden Gate Bridge, Highway  
and Transportation District; (4) updates to one-time waiver of toll evasion  
penalties for all toll operators; and (5) reduction in the California  
Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) fee for placing unpaid violations on  
registration hold.  
Action:  
Authority Approval  
Lysa Hale  
Presenter:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Papan and seconded by Commissioner Ronen  
the Committee unanimously approved the referral of BATA Resolution No. 52,  
Revised to the Authority for approval. The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Vice Chair Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Chair Glover, Commissioner Papan,  
Commissioner Pedroza and Commissioner Ronen  
3 - Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Miley and Commissioner Thao  
Absent:  
6. Information  
24-0711  
6a.  
Toll Bridge Allision Mitigation and Fender Update.  
Update on toll bridge allision prevention and mitigation measures and  
fender systems.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Peter Lee, BATA and Muthanna Omran, Caltrans  
Altea Dupree, Team Folds, was called to speak.  
Information - Toll Bridge Stewardship.  
24-0878  
6b.  
Overview of the BATA toll bridge program, including traffic and revenue  
trends, tolls, expenditures and toll bridge capital program funding needs as  
discussed at the April 25, 2024, Commission Workshop. Staff seeks  
direction in light of pressures on the program and importance of the  
revenue stream in order to fund the maintenance of the bridges in a state of  
good repair.  
Action:  
Information  
Lisa Klein  
Presenter:  
Altea Dupree, Team Folds, was called to speak.  
The committee requested staff return for further discussion with additional  
information on topics including toll bridge usage; bridge repair and replacement  
needs, costs and timing; use of toll funds.  
7. Public Comment / Other Business  
Aleta Dupree, Team Folds, was called to speak.  
8. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the BATA Oversight Committee will be held on September 11,  
2024 at 9:35 a.m. at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA.  
Vice Chair Abe-Koga adjourned the meeting at 10:58 a.m.