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Meeting Minutes  
Metropolitan Transportation Commission  
Alfredo Pedroza, Chair Nick Josefowitz, Vice Chair  
Wednesday, September 28, 2022  
9:35 AM  
HYBRID (In-Person Option Available)  
Call to Order the Joint Meeting of the Commission with the Bay Area Housing  
Finance Authority  
1. Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
17 -  
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  
Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf, Commissioner Spering, and Commissioner Worth  
1 - Commissioner Liccardo  
Absent:  
Non-Voting Member Present: Commissioner Giacopini  
Non-Voting Member Absent: Commissioner El-Tawansy  
2. Pledge of Allegiance/ Acknowledgement of the Flag  
3. Compensation Announcement  
4. Joint MTC and BAHFA Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Papan and seconded by Commissioner  
Glover, Consent Calendar items 4a and 4b were approved 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  
Ronen, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Worth  
2 - Commissioner Liccardo and Commissioner Schaaf  
Absent:  
22-1342  
4a.  
4b.  
Minutes of the June 22, 2022 BAHFA Meeting; and Minutes of the August  
24, 2022 Special Joint MTC w/ BAHFA Meeting.  
Action:  
Action:  
Commission and Authority Approval  
22-1390  
MTC Resolution No. 4539, and BAHFA Resolution No. 019 - providing for  
remote meetings pursuant to Assembly Bill 361  
Commission and Authority Approval  
22-1391  
4c.  
Contract - Web Design Services for BAHFA’s Doorway Housing Portal  
Pilot: Exygy Inc. ($1,000,000)  
Authorization to negotiate and enter into a contract with Exygy Inc., in an  
amount not to exceed $1 million, for web design services for BAHFA’s  
Doorway Housing Portal Pilot  
Action:  
Authority Approval  
Commissioner Schaaf arrived during the vote for agenda item 4c.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Papan and seconded by Commissioner  
Abe-Koga, the Commission approved Consent Calendar agenda item 4c by the  
following vote:  
17 -  
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  
Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Worth  
1 - Commissioner Liccardo  
Absent:  
4. Joint MTC and BAHFA Consent Calendar  
Commissioner Papan was absent during the Authority's vote on the consent  
calendar.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Worth and seconded by Commissioner Glover,  
the Authority unanimously adopted the Consent Calendar 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 Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner  
Schaaf, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Worth  
2 - Commissioner Liccardo and Commissioner Papan  
Absent:  
5. Public Comment / Other Business  
Written public comment was received from Ian Griffiths of Seamless Bay  
Area.  
22-1585  
Public Comment  
6. Adjourn Bay Area Housing Finance Authority and Continue with MTC Agenda  
7. Chair's Report (Pedroza)  
8. Policy Advisory Council Report (Randi Kinman)  
Written public comments were received from Adina Levin (Policy Advisory  
Council) and Sprague Terplan.  
The following were called to speak: Adina Levin and Warren Cushman  
(California Council of the Blind).  
22-1586  
Public Comment  
9. Executive Director’s Report (McMillan)  
22-1341 Executive Director's Report  
10. Commissioner Comments  
11. Consent Calendar:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Rabbitt and seconded by Commissioner Ahn,  
the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved by the following vote:  
17 -  
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  
Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Worth  
1 - Commissioner Liccardo  
Absent:  
Programming and Allocations Committee  
22-1030  
11a.  
MTC Resolution No. 4475, Revised. 2021 Transportation Improvement  
Program (TIP) Amendment 2021-26.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Adam Crenshaw  
Presenter:  
22-1259  
11b.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4522, Revised 4523, Revised and 4524, Revised,  
and 4528. Allocation of $172 million in FY 2022-23 Transportation  
Development Act (TDA), State Transit Assistance (STA), Regional  
Measure 2 (RM2), 5% Unrestricted State, and 2% Bridge Toll funds to six  
operators and MTC to support transit operations and capital projects in the  
region.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Kenji Anzai  
Presenter:  
22-1291  
11c.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4035, Revised and 4202, Revised. Revisions to the  
One Bay Area Grant programs (OBAG 1 and 2), including extending  
obligation deadlines for the OBAG 2 County and Safe & Seamless Mobility  
Quick-Strike Programs.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Thomas Arndt  
Presenter:  
22-1323  
11d.  
MTC Resolution No. 4534, Revised. Amendment to Regional Program of  
Nominations for Senate Bill 1 Trade Corridor Enhancement Program.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Kenneth Kao  
Presenter:  
Operations Committee  
22-1255  
11e.  
MTC Resolution No. 4538: 2021 MTC Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard  
Mitigation Plan  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Stephen Terrin  
Presenter:  
Committee Reports  
12. Programming and Allocations Committee (Rabbitt)  
22-1285  
12a.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4444, Revised, 4510, Revised, 4513, Revised, and  
4169, Revised. Transit Capital Priorities Policy and Program FY2021-22 -  
FY2023-24  
Update of Transit Capital Priorities (TCP) Process and Criteria and  
programming of $42.3 million in in the TCP program; including $40.0  
million in FTA Formula Revenue funding for FYs 2021-22 through 2023-24,  
for transit operator state-of-good-repair consistent with the TCP Process  
and Criteria and additional programming of $2.3 million in AB 664 Bridge  
Tolls; a correction to the BATA Project Savings program; and discussion of  
financing against future FTA revenues.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Margaret Doyle  
Presenter:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Rabbitt and seconded by Commissioner  
Glover, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution Nos. 4444,  
Revised, 4510, Revised, 4513, Revised, and 4169, Revised. The motion carried by  
the following vote:  
17 -  
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  
Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Worth  
1 - Commissioner Liccardo  
Absent:  
22-1292  
12b.  
MTC Resolution No. 4505, Revised.  
Revisions to the One Bay Area Grant program (OBAG 3), including  
programming $103 million in OBAG 3 Regional Program funds.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Mallory Atkinson  
Presenter:  
Commissioner Spering left during agenda item 12b.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Rabbitt and seconded by Commissioner  
Worth, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution No. 4505, Revised.  
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  
Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf and Commissioner Worth  
2 - Commissioner Liccardo and Commissioner Spering  
Absent:  
22-1258  
12c.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4544 and 4545. Adoption of the 2023 Transportation  
Improvement Program (TIP) and Transportation Air Quality Conformity  
Analysis for Plan Bay Area 2050 (Plan) and the 2023 TIP.  
The federally required TIP is a comprehensive listing of all Bay Area  
surface transportation projects that receive federal funds, are subject to a  
federally required action or are regionally significant for air quality  
conformity purposes. MTC is required to make a positive air quality  
conformity determination for the TIP and Plan in accordance with EPA’s  
transportation conformity regulations and MTC’s Bay Area Air Quality  
Conformity Procedures.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Adam Crenshaw  
Presenter:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Rabbitt and seconded by Commissioner  
Glover, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution Nos. 4544 and  
4545. 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  
Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf and Commissioner Worth  
2 - Commissioner Liccardo and Commissioner Spering  
Absent:  
22-1287  
12d.  
MTC Resolution No. 4504, Revised. FY 2022-23 MTC Fund Estimate  
Updates the FY 2022-23 MTC Fund Estimate to incorporate actual FY  
2021-22 revenue for the State Transit Assistance (STA) and State of Good  
Repair (SGR) programs and revises FY 2022-23 revenue estimates.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
William Bacon  
Presenter:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Rabbitt and seconded by Commissioner  
Papan, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution No. 4504, Revised.  
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  
Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf and Commissioner Worth  
2 - Commissioner Liccardo and Commissioner Spering  
Absent:  
13. Joint MTC Planning Committee with the ABAG Administrative Committee  
(Spering)  
22-1253  
13a.  
MTC Resolution No. 4530: Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Policy  
Adoption of TOC Policy.  
Action:  
MTC Commission Approval  
Presenter:  
Kara Vuicich  
Written public comments were received from Amy Thomson, Anite  
Lusebrink, the Baty Family, Bill Kirsch, Coalition of Organizations (as listed  
in header), Dave Severy, Debbie Notkin, Edgardo Laber, Geoffrey  
Morgan, Gordon Douglas, Linda Henigan, Robert Means, Robert Raburn,  
and Vicki Tripoli.  
The following members of the public were called to speak: Vinay Pimple,  
Howard Wong, Jonathan Kaas (SPUR), Amy Thompson (TransForm),  
Kenneth Javier Rosales (Silicon Valley at Home), Amiel Leano Atanacio  
(Enterprise Community Partners), Louis Mirante (Bay Area Council), and  
Jordan Grimes (Greenbelt Alliance).  
Commissioner Spering returned during agenda item 13a.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Spering and seconded by Commissioner Ahn,  
the Commission adopted MTC Resolution No. 4530. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
13 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Canepa,  
Commissioner Connolly, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Glover,  
Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner  
Schaaf, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Worth  
1 - Commissioner Liccardo  
Absent:  
Abstain:  
4 -  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci and  
Commissioner Papan  
14. Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee (Vice Chair Liccardo)  
22-1444  
14a.  
Proposition 30: Clean Cars & Clean Air Act  
Recommendation for MTC and ABAG to endorse Proposition 30 on the  
November 8, 2022 ballot.  
Action:  
Support / ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Support / MTC Commission Approval  
Presenter:  
Rebecca Long  
Written public comment was received from C/CAG Board of Directors.  
The following members of the public were called to speak: Gretchen  
Newson (IBEW and the California State Association of Electrical Workers),  
Woody Hastings (The Climate Center), Dr. Robert Gould (San Francisco  
Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility), Joel Koppel (San Francisco  
Planning), Oscar Garcia, Amy Thomson (TransForm), Augustina Ullman  
(SPUR), and Sandra Lowe (City of Sonoma Council Member).  
Upon the motion by Chair Pedroza and seconded by Commissioner Worth, the  
Commission adopted a support position on Proposition 30. The motion carried by  
the following vote:  
14 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Connolly,  
Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner  
Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf and Commissioner Worth  
2 - Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci and Commissioner Papan  
1 - Commissioner Liccardo  
Nay:  
Absent:  
Abstain:  
1 - Commissioner Spering  
15. Public Comment / Other Business  
16. Adjournment / Next Meetings:  
The next meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is scheduled to be  
held at 9:35 a.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. Any changes to the schedule will  
be duly noticed to the public.