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Meeting Minutes

Bay Area Toll Authority Oversight Committee

Federal Glover, Chair Margaret Abe-Koga, Vice Chair

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

9:50 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

Chair Glover called the meeting to order at 10:54 a.m.

1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum

6 -

Present:

Vice Chair Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Chair Glover, Commissioner Miley,

Commissioner Papan, and Commissioner Ronen

2 - Commissioner Fleming, and Commissioner Thao

Absent:

Non-voting members present: Commissioner Schaaf

Non-voting members absent: Commissioner El-Tawansy

Ad-Hoc Non-voting members present: Commissioner Giacopini

2. Consent Calendar

Aletta Dupree was called to speak.

Upon the motion by Vice Chair Abe-Koga and seconded by Commissioner

Chavez, the Committee unanimously approved the Consent Calendar. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 -

Aye:

Vice Chair Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Chair Glover, Commissioner Miley,

Commissioner Papan and Commissioner Ronen

2 - Commissioner Fleming and Commissioner Thao

Absent:

24-0492

2a.

Approval of the BATA Oversight Committee Minutes of April 10, 2024,

Meeting.

Action:

Committee Approval

24-0354

3a.

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge:

i. Richmond-San Rafael (RSR) Bridge Pilot Project Recommendations

ii. Contract Amendment - RSR Bridge Access Improvement Project -

On-Call Design Services: HNTB Corporation ($100,000)

A status report and recommended next steps for BATA’s Interstate 580

(I-580) Richmond-San Rafael (RSR) Bridge Access Improvement Pilot

Project (Pilot). Staff seeks:

(i) Committee referral to the Authority for approval to pursue steps to

extend the Pilot on the upper deck with modifications and make the Pilot on

the lower deck permanent; and

(ii) Committee approval for a contract amendment with HNTB Corporation

(HNTB) in an amount not to exceed $100,000 to provide on-call design

services to complete the project documentation for the required approvals.

Action:

i. Authority Approval

ii. Committee Approval

Presenter:

Lisa Klein

The following members of the public submitted written correspondence:

Bruce Beyeart, Trails for Richmond Action Committee; Carrie Schulman;

Jon Spangler, BART Bicycle Advisory Task Force; Lee Larsen; Robert

Prinz, Bike East Bay; Bradley and Susan Justice; Eris Weaver, Sonoma

County Bicycle Coalition; and Ted Joseph.

The following members of the public were called to speak: Bruce Beyeart,

Trails for Richmond Action Committee; Warren Wells, Marin County

Bicycle Coalition; Marcus Daniels; Amy; Al Park; Jordan Moldow; Bryan

Colbertson; Tom Lent; Dani Lanis; Robert Prinz, Bike East Bay; Jon

Spangler; Phyllis Orrick; and Anthony, Transbay Coalition.

Upon the motion by Vice Chair Abe-Koga and seconded by Commissioner

Chavez, the Committee unanimously approved referral to seek Authority

Approval to pursue steps to extend the Pilot on the upper deck with modifications

and make the Pilot on the lower deck permanent and for the Committee to

approve the contract amendment with HNTB Corporation (HNTB) to provide

on-call design services to complete the project documentation for the associated

required approvals in an amount not to exceed $100,000. The motion carried by

the following vote:

5 -

Aye:

Vice Chair Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Chair Glover, Commissioner Papan

and Commissioner Ronen

2 - Commissioner Fleming and Commissioner Thao

Absent:

Abstain:

1 - Commissioner Miley

4. Public Comment / Other Business

Aleta Dupree and Jon Spangler were called to speak.