Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Regional Network Management Council  
Robert Powers, Chair  
April Chan, Vice Chair  
Monday, April 28, 2025  
11:30 AM  
BART  
2150 Webster Street, Board Room– 1st Floor  
Oakland, CA 94612  
The Regional Network Management Council is scheduled to meet at 11:30 a.m.  
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Clerk: Wally Charles  
Roster  
Robert Powers, Chair; April Chan, Vice Chair  
Michelle Bouchard, Bill Churchill, Andrew Fremier, Carolyn Gonot, Kathleen Kelly, Julie  
Kirschbaum, Denis Mulligan, Seamus Murphy, and Nancy Whelan  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
Member Julie Kirschbaum arrived during Agenda Item 2.  
Casey Fromson, who arrived during Agenda Item 3a, acted as a delegate and  
voting member of the Regional Network Management Council, in place of  
Member Bouchard. Attendance and Actions noted below as “Bouchard” were  
taken by Fromson.  
10 -  
Present:  
Chair Powers, Vice Chair Chan, Council Member Bouchard, Council Member  
Churchill, Council Member Fremier, Council Member Gonot, Council Member Kelly,  
Council Member Kirschbaum, Council Member Mulligan, and Council Member  
Whelan  
1 - Council Member Murphy  
Absent:  
2. Consent Calendar  
The following individuals spoke on this Item:  
Adina Levin, Chair of RNM Customer Advisory Group, Member of MTC Policy  
Advisory Council.  
Upon the motion by Council Member Mulligan and seconded by Council Member  
Churchill, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved. The motion carried  
by the following vote:  
9 -  
Aye:  
Chair Powers, Vice Chair Chan, Council Member Churchill, Council Member  
Fremier, Council Member Gonot, Council Member Kelly, Council Member  
Kirschbaum, Council Member Mulligan and Council Member Whelan  
2 - Council Member Bouchard and Council Member Murphy  
Absent:  
Minutes of the January 27,2025 Meeting  
Approval  
2a.  
Action:  
2b.  
Regional Network Management Council Work Plan Progress Update  
(January-March 2025)  
Update on progress achieved towards the Regional Network Management  
Council’s FY 2023-24 & 2024-25 Work Plan.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Allison Quach, MTC  
Attachments:  
3. Approval / Information  
3a.  
Clipper START Pilot Update  
Update on the Clipper START Pilot and a proposal to transition to an  
ongoing fare product.  
Action:  
Endorsement  
Presenter:  
Thalia Leng, MTC and Lysa Hale, MTC  
The following individuals spoke on this Item:  
Aleta Dupree, Team Folds; and Adina Levin, Chair of RNM Customer Advisory  
Group, Member of MTC Policy Advisory Council;  
Upon the motion by Council Member Fremier and seconded by Council Member  
Mulligan,the endorsement to transition the Clipper® START from a Pilot to an  
ongoing fare discount product offered through Clipper, was unanimously  
approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
10 -  
Aye:  
Chair Powers, Vice Chair Chan, Council Member Bouchard, Council Member  
Churchill, Council Member Fremier, Council Member Gonot, Council Member Kelly,  
Council Member Kirschbaum, Council Member Mulligan and Council Member  
Whelan  
1 - Council Member Murphy  
Absent:  
3b.  
Clipper BayPass Pilot Update  
Update on the Clipper BayPass Pilot Program  
Information  
Action:  
Presenter:  
William Bacon, MTC and Ryan Reeves, BART  
The following individuals spoke on this Item:  
Aleta Dupree; and Adina Levin.  
3c.  
2023/2024 Regional Transit Passenger Snapshot Survey Update  
Information on the 2023/2024 Transit Passenger Snapshot Survey.  
Information  
Action:  
Presenter:  
Shimon Israel, MTC  
Attachments:  
The following individuals spoke on this Item:  
Adina Levin.  
3d.  
Regional Network Management (RNM) Performance Measures Update  
Informational update on the two-year review of transit Regional Network  
Management program progress.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Allison Quach, MTC  
Chair Powers deferred Item 3d to a future meeting.  
4. Director’s Report – Melanie Choy  
The following individuals spoke on this Item:  
Adina Levin.  
5. Public Comment / Other Business  
The following individuals spoke on this Item:  
Aleta Dupree.  
6. Adjournment / Next Meetings  
The next meeting of the Regional Network Management Council is scheduled  
to be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday May 19th, 2025 at BAMC, 1st Floor Board Room,  
375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Any changes to the schedule will be duly  
noticed to the public