Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO Roger Snoble sat in on his last board meeting today as two new directors made their first appearances.

Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar and Department of Transportation General Manager Rita Robinson were appointed to the 13-member board of directors by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Huizar replaces Councilman Bernard Parks, who stepped down in January, and Robinson replaces former Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Chairman David Fleming, who resigned after the mayor appointed him to the Metropolitan Water District's board of directors.

Snoble, meanwhile, will be replaced April 6 by Orange County Transportation Authority CEO Arthur T. Leahy.

Snoble, 63, announced his retirement in December after leading the transportation agency for seven years. In his departure, he expressed a desire to have consistent leadership over the next few years as Measure R-funded projects get underway.

"I feel sort of like Moses. With the passage of Measure R, I helped part the seas, but I'm not going out to the promised land with you," Snoble said.

Snoble spent the past year pushing hard for the passage of Measure R, a half-cent sales tax to fund transportation projects throughout the county, which voters approved in November.

Among the farewell gifts presented to him at today's meeting by Metro Board Chairman Villaraigosa was a framed "YES on Measure R" poster.