Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes  
Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority  
Alfredo Pedroza, Chair  
Nick Josefowitz, Vice Chair  
Wednesday, June 22, 2022  
9:55 AM  
HYBRID (In person option available)  
Call Meeting to Order  
1. Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
16 -  
Present:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Connolly,  
Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Glover,  
Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner  
Spering, Commissioner Schaaf and Commissioner Worth  
2 - Commissioner Liccardo and Commissioner Ronen  
Absent:  
Non-Voting Member Present: Commissioner Giacopini  
Non-Voting Member Absent: Commissioner El-Tawansy  
2. Chair's Report  
3. Consent Calendar  
Vice Chair Josefowitz recused himself from consent agenda item 3c and a  
motion was called for agenda items 3a and 3b.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci and seconded by Vice Chair  
Josefowitz, the Authority unanimously approved items 3a and 3b of the Consent  
Calendar by the following vote:  
15 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Connolly,  
Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Miley,  
Commissioner Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner Spering,  
Commissioner Schaaf and Commissioner Worth  
3 - Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Liccardo and Commissioner Ronen  
Absent:  
22-0865  
Minutes of the May 25, 2022 meeting  
Authority Approval  
3a.  
3b.  
Action:  
22-0866  
BAIFA Resolution No. 33 Providing for Remote Meetings Pursuant to  
Assembly Bill 361  
Action:  
Authority Approval  
22-0971  
3c.  
Contract Amendment - Express Lanes Program Advisor: WSP, Inc.  
($1,800,000)  
Action:  
Authority Approval  
Stephen Wolf  
Presenter:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Worth and seconded by Commissioner Glover,  
the Authority approved agenda item 3c of the Consent Calendar by the following  
vote:  
14 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner  
Canepa, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Connolly, Commissioner  
Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Papan,  
Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner Spering, Commissioner Schaaf and  
Commissioner Worth  
3 - Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Liccardo and Commissioner Ronen  
Absent:  
4. Approval  
22-0932  
4a.  
BAIFA Resolution No. 31 - FY 2022-23 Operating and Capital Budgets  
Staff requests approval of BAIFA Resolution No. 31, authorizing the FY  
2022-23 BAIFA Operating and Capital Budgets.  
Action:  
Authority Approval  
Derek Hansel  
Presenter:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Ahn and seconded by Vice Chair Josefowitz,  
the Authority unanimously adopted BAIFA Resolution No. 31. The motion carried  
by the following vote:  
15 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Connolly,  
Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Miley,  
Commissioner Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner Spering,  
Commissioner Schaaf and Commissioner Worth  
3 - Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Liccardo and Commissioner Ronen  
Absent:  
22-0983  
4b.  
Services For Express Lanes Backhaul Network  
i. Purchase Order - Network Consulting Services: SSP Data ($640,000);  
and  
ii. Purchase Order - Telecommunication Services: AT&T ($205,000)  
A request for approval of purchase orders for consulting and  
telecommunication services in support of the Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission (MTC) Express Lanes Network operations on I-680 and I-880  
and San Mateo County Express Lanes Joint Powers Authority  
(SMCEL-JPA) express lanes operations on US 101 from Palo Alto to  
Redwood City, and for implementation of new express lanes segments on  
US 101 from Redwood City to SR-380 and I-80 from Fairfield to Vacaville.  
Each vendor will be procured using a collaborative intergovernmental  
procurement agreement (IPA), which satisfies BAIFA’s procurement  
requirements, subject to the approval of BAIFA Resolution No. 31, FY  
2022-23 Operating and Capital Budgets.  
Action:  
Authority Approval  
Mark Dinh  
Presenter:  
In accordance to Government Code Section 84308, Commissioner Chavez  
recused herself from agenda item4b.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Worth and seconded by Commissioner  
Dutra-Vernaci, the Authority approved the purchase order with SSP Data in an  
amount not to exceed $640,000; and a purchase order with AT&T in an amount  
not to exceed $205,000. The motion carried by the following vote:  
14 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Connolly, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci,  
Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Papan, Commissioner  
Rabbitt, Commissioner Spering, Commissioner Schaaf and Commissioner Worth  
3 - Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Liccardo and Commissioner Ronen  
Absent:  
22-0895  
4c.  
BAIFA Toll Facility Ordinance Amendment  
A recommendation to adopt proposed changes to BAIFA’s existing Toll  
Facility Ordinance to enable tolling-related pilots, allow modifications to  
violation penalty amounts and exceptions by board resolution, and to define  
the Executive Director’s authority in an emergency.  
Action:  
Authority Approval  
Pierce Gould  
Presenter:  
Commissioner Fleming arrived during agenda item 4c.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci and seconded by Commissioner  
Glover, the Authority unanimously approved the BAIFA Toll Facility Ordinance  
Amendment. The motion carried by the following vote:  
16 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Connolly,  
Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Glover,  
Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner  
Spering, Commissioner Schaaf and Commissioner Worth  
2 - Commissioner Liccardo and Commissioner Ronen  
Absent:  
22-0894  
4d.  
I-880 Express Lanes Means-Based Toll Discount Pilot  
Approval to pilot a means-based toll discount on the I-880 Express Lanes,  
subject to adoption of the, amended and restated BAIFA Toll Facility  
Ordinance on June 22, 2022 and subsequent 30-day waiting period for the  
toll facility ordinance to become effective.  
Action:  
Authority Approval  
Pierce Gould  
Presenter:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Worth and seconded by Commissioner  
Dutra-Vernaci, the Authority unanimously approved an I-880 Express Lanes  
Means-Based Toll Discount Pilot. The motion carried by the following vote:  
16 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Connolly,  
Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Glover,  
Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner  
Spering, Commissioner Schaaf and Commissioner Worth  
2 - Commissioner Liccardo and Commissioner Ronen  
Absent:  
5. Information  
22-0893  
5a.  
Revision to BAIFA Toll Violation Penalties  
An information update on a recommendation from Bay Area Express  
Lanes operators to reduce express lanes toll violation penalties to $10 +  
$20 for the first and second notice (for a total of $30 due at the time of the  
second notice).  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Stephen Wolf  
6. Public Comment / Other Business  
7. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority is scheduled to  
be held on July 27, 2022. Any changes to the schedule will be duly noticed to the  
public.