Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Joint MTC Planning Committee with the ABAG Administrative  
Committee  
MTC Committee Members:  
James P. Spering, Chair  
Eddie Ahn, Vice Chair  
David Canepa, Damon Connolly, Carol Dutra-Vernaci,  
Victoria Fleming, Sam Liccardo, and Libby Schaaf  
Non-Voting Members: Dorene M. Giacopini and Vacant  
Friday, September 9, 2022  
9:40 AM  
REMOTE  
1. Call to Order  
2. MTC Planning Committee Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
6 -  
Present:  
Commissioner Connolly, Commissioner Liccardo, Chair Spering, Vice Chair Ahn,  
Commissioner Canepa and Commissioner Schaaf  
2 - Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci and Commissioner Fleming  
Absent:  
Non-Voting Member Present: Commissioner Giacopini  
Ex Officio Voting Member Present: Commission Vice Chair Josefowitz  
Ad Hoc Non-Voting Member Present: Commissioner Worth  
3. MTC Planning Committee Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Connolly and second by Vice Chair Ahn, the  
MTC Planning Committee Consent Calendar was unanimously approved. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
5 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Connolly, Chair Spering, Vice Chair Ahn, Commissioner Canepa and  
Commissioner Schaaf  
3 - Commissioner Liccardo, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci and Commissioner Fleming  
Absent:  
22-1252  
Approval of MTC Planning Committee Minutes of the July 8, 2022 Meeting  
MTC Planning Committee Approval  
3a.  
Action:  
Attachments:  
3a_2022-07-08_Joint_MTC_Planning_Committee_with_the_ABAG_Ad  
ministrative_Committee_Meeting_Minutes_Draft.pdf  
Commissioner Liccardo arrived after the approval of the Consent Calendar.  
4. ABAG Administrative Committee Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
ABAG Administrative Committee Members Present: Arreguin, Eklund, Fligor, Lee, Peralez, Ramos, and  
Romero.  
5. ABAG Compensation Announcement – Clerk of the Board  
6. ABAG Administrative Committee Consent Calendar  
22-1251  
6a.  
Approval of ABAG Administrative Committee Summary Minutes of the July  
8, 2022 Meeting  
Action:  
ABAG Administrative Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
6a_2022-07-08_ABAG_Administrative_Committee_Meeting_Minutes_  
Draft.pdf  
7. Information  
22-1269  
7a.  
Climate Initiatives Program - Investment Options  
Overview of programs recommended for investment to implement Plan Bay  
Area 2050 (PBA 2050) greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reduction  
climate strategies leveraging near-term funding from MTC’s One Bay Area  
Grant (OBAG 3) Program and the federal Carbon Reduction Program  
(CRP), a new formula-based program established through the Bipartisan  
Infrastructure Law (BIL).  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Therese Trivedi  
Attachments: 7ai_Climate_Initiatives_Investments_Summary_Sheet.pdf  
7aii_PowerPoint_Climate_Program_Investments.pdf  
Rich Hedges spoke on this item.  
Adina Levin spoke on this item.  
Randi Kinman spoke on this item.  
8. MTC Planning Committee - Approval  
22-1253  
8a.  
MTC Resolution No. 4530: Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Policy  
Adoption of TOC Policy.  
Action:  
MTC Commission Approval  
Presenter:  
Kara Vuicich  
Attachments:  
13a_22-1253_1_MTC_Reso_4530_Transit-Oriented_Communities_Poli  
cy.pdf  
13a_22-1253_2_MTC_Resolution_4530.pdf  
13a_22-1253_3_Transit-Oriented_Communities_Policy_Presentation.p  
df  
13a_22-1253_4_Transit-Oriented_Communities_Policy_Corresponden  
ce.pdf  
13a_Public_Comment_Vicki Tripoli.pdf  
13a_Public_Comment_Amy Thomson.pdf  
13a_Public_Comment_Anita Lusebrink.pdf  
13a_Public_Comment_Baty Family.pdf  
13a_Public_Comment_Bill Kirsch.pdf  
13a_Public_Comment_Coalition_of_Organizations.pdf  
13a_Public_Comment_Dave Severy.pdf  
13a_Public_Comment_Debbie Notkin.pdf  
13a_Public_Comment_Edgardo Laber.pdf  
13a_Public_Comment_Geoffrey Morgan.pdf  
13a_Public_Comment_Gordon Douglas.pdf  
13a_Public_Comment_Linda Henigin.pdf  
13a_Public_Comment_Robert Means.pdf  
13a_Public_Comment_Robert Raburn.pdf  
The following members of the public were called to speak:  
Jeremy Levine, Inclusive Lafayette;  
Jonathon Kass, SPUR;  
Corey Smith, Housing Action Coalition;  
Lisa Vorderbrueggen, Building Industry Association of the Bay Area;  
Keith Diggs, YIMBY Law;  
Warren Wells;  
Greg Wolff, City of Lafayette;  
Robert Wood, San Jose State University;  
Amy Thomson, TransForm;  
Ken Chan, Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County;  
Jonathan Singh, East Bay for Everyone;  
Kenneth Javier-Rosales, SV@Home;  
Adina Levin, Peninsula for Everyone;  
Derek Sagehorn, East Bay for Everyone;  
Ali Sapirman, Housing Action Coalition;  
Justine Marcus, Enterprise Community Partners;  
Aaron Eckhouse, California YIMBY;  
Louis Mirante, Bay Area Council;  
Jordan Grimes, Greenbelt Alliance; and  
Ja'Nai Aubry, NPH.  
Written public comments were received from: BART; East Bay for  
Everyone; BIA|Bay Area; and a combined letter from TransForm, SPUR,  
Enterprise Community Partners, Generation Housing, Greenbelt Alliance,  
California YIMBY, 350 Bay Area, East Bay Housing Organizations,  
Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California, Inclusive Lafayette,  
Contra Costa Young Democrats, East Bay for Everyone, Council of San  
Mateo County, and SV@Home.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Canepa and second by Commissioner  
Liccardo, MTC Resolution No. 4530: Transit-Oriented Communities Policy was  
referred to the Commission for approval. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Connolly, Commissioner Liccardo, Chair Spering, Vice Chair Ahn,  
Commissioner Canepa and Commissioner Schaaf  
2 - Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci and Commissioner Fleming  
Absent:  
9. Public Comment / Other Business  
10. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the MTC Planning Committee will be Friday, October 14, 2022 at  
9:40 a.m. Any changes to the schedule will be duly noticed to the public.