Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission  
Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes  
Bay Area Toll Authority Oversight Committee  
Margaret Abe-Koga, Chair Nate Miley, Vice Chair  
Wednesday, May 14, 2025  
9:35 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Roster  
Margaret Abe-Koga (Chair), Nate Miley (Vice Chair),  
Victoria Fleming, Amber Manfree, Myrna Melgar,  
Gina Papan, Belia Ramos  
Non-Voting Members: Dina El-Tawansy, Libby Schaaf  
Chair Abe-Koga called the meeting to order at 9:41 a.m.  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
Non-voting members present: Commissioner El-Tawansy and Commissioner Schaaf  
Ex Officio Voting Members Present: Commission Chair Noack, Commission Vice Chair  
Moulton-Peters and Commissioner Anderson (remote)  
Ad-Hoc Non-voting members present: Commissioner Giacopini (remote)  
Commissioner Miley arrived during the Pledge of Allegiance and Commissioner Schaaf arrived  
during the Consent Calendar.  
2. Pledge of Allegiance  
3. Compensation Announcement (Committee Clerk)  
4. Consent Calendar  
Aleta Dupree, Team Folds, was called to speak.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Miley and seconded by Commissioner  
Manfree, the Consent Calendar, was unanimously approved by the following  
vote:  
7 -  
Aye:  
Chair Abe-Koga, Vice Chair Miley, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Manfree,  
Commissioner Melgar, Commissioner Papan and Commissioner Ramos  
25-0632  
Approval of BATA Oversight Committee Minutes of April 9, 2025 Meeting  
Committee Approval  
4a.  
Action:  
25-0417  
4b.  
BATA Resolution No. 186 - Richmond-San Rafael Forward - Open Road  
Tolling and Interstate 580 Westbound High Occupancy Vehicle Lane  
Project: Project Study Report - Project Report Approval Recommendation  
and Direction to Staff to file a Notice of Exemption under the California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).  
Action:  
Authority Approval  
Ingrid Supit  
Presenter:  
25-0461  
4c.  
4d.  
Contract Amendment - Advanced Toll Collection and Accounting System:  
TransCore, LP ($16,200,000)  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Jeff Gerbracht  
Presenter:  
25-0629  
FasTrak® Regional Customer Service Center Contract Actions:  
i. Contract Change Order Amendment - Bay Area Payment Plan  
Operations Extension: Conduent State and Local Solutions, Inc.  
($925,000); and  
ii. Contract Change Order - Implementation Support for ACTC I-680  
Southbound Extension: Conduent State and Local Solutions, Inc.  
($125,000)  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Eric Davis  
Presenter:  
25-0570  
4e.  
4f.  
Contract Amendment: Regional Tolling Infrastructure Maintenance  
Services: Yunex LLC ($20,900,000).  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
James Go  
Presenter:  
25-0729  
Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) Statement of  
Revenues and Expenses for the Period Ended March 31, 2025  
(Unaudited).  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Derek Hansel  
5. Committee Approval  
25-0549  
5a.  
Open Road Tolling Update and Contract Actions:  
i. Contract Amendment - All-Electronic Tolling Implementation Program  
Management and Oversight: WSP USA, Inc. ($3,000,000)  
ii. Contract Amendment - Planning and Design of the Civil Infrastructure of  
the Northern Toll Bridges for the Conversion to Open Road Tolling: HDR,  
Inc. ($3,665,000)  
A status report on the program to transition from All Electronic Tolling  
(AET) to Open Road Tolling (ORT) on the seven State-owned bridges and  
requests for approval to authorize the Executive Director or designee to  
negotiate and enter into the following:  
(i) Contract amendment with WSP USA, Inc. (WSP) in an amount not to  
exceed $3,000,000 to provide program management and oversight for the  
conversion of the seven state-owned bridges to ORT and to extend the  
contract for an additional four years.  
(ii) Contract amendment with HDR, Inc. (HDR) in an amount not to exceed  
$3,665,000 for planning, design and construction support services of the  
civil infrastructure for the Northern (Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez)  
Toll Bridges for the conversion to ORT and to extend the contract for two  
additional years, subject to approval of future BATA budgets.  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Jeff Gerbracht  
Presenter:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Papan and seconded by Commissioner  
Fleming, the Committee unanimously approved Contract Actions for a Contract  
Amendment for All-Electronic Tolling Implementation Program Management and  
Oversight with WSP USA, Inc. in the amount of $3,000,000 and a Contract  
Amendment for Planning and Design of the Civil Infrastructure of the Northern  
Toll Bridges for the Conversion to Open Road Tolling to HDR, Inc. in the amount  
of $3,665,000. The motion carried the following vote:  
7 -  
Aye:  
Chair Abe-Koga, Vice Chair Miley, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Manfree,  
Commissioner Melgar, Commissioner Papan and Commissioner Ramos  
25-0542  
5b.  
Richmond - San Rafael Bridge Projects Update.  
Request for committee approval to pursue next steps of a project as  
recommended by the Richmond San Rafael (RSR) Bridge West Bound  
Upper Deck Study, which explored feasibility of providing a third High  
Occupancy Vehicle Lane (HOV) on the Bridge. Staff will also provide a  
status update on ongoing projects including proposed modifications to the  
RSR Bridge Access Improvement Pilot (Pilot) and the RSR Forward Open  
Road Tolling (ORT) and Interstate 580 Westbound HOV Lane Project.  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Ingrid Supit  
Presenter:  
Written correspondence was received by Odin Palen.  
Warren Wells, Marin County Bicycle Coalition, was called to speak.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Miley and seconded by Commissioner Melgar,  
the Committee unanimously approved to pursue next steps of a project as  
recommended by the Richmond San Rafael (RSR) Bridge West Bound Upper  
Deck Study, which explored feasibility of providing a third High Occupancy  
Vehicle Lane (HOV) on the Bridge. The motion carried the following vote:  
7 -  
Aye:  
Chair Abe-Koga, Vice Chair Miley, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Manfree,  
Commissioner Melgar, Commissioner Papan and Commissioner Ramos  
6. Public Comment / Other Business  
Aleta Dupree, Team Folds, was called to speak.  
7. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next regular meeting of the BATA Oversight is scheduled to be held at the Bay  
Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco on June 11, 2025 at 9:3 a.m. Any  
changes to the schedule will be duly noticed to the public.  
Chair Abe-Koga adjourned the meeting at 10:40 a.m.