Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission  
Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes  
Programming and Allocations Committee  
Committee Members:  
David Rabbitt, Chair Gina Papan, Vice Chair  
Margaret Abe-Koga, Cindy Chavez, Federal D. Glover, Nate  
Miley, Hillary Ronen, Vacant  
Non-Voting Member: Dina El-Tawansy  
Wednesday, February 8, 2023  
9:45 AM  
REMOTE  
Chair Rabbitt called the meeting to order at 10:35 a.m.  
1. Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
6 -  
Present:  
Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair  
Papan, Chair Rabbitt, and Commissioner Ronen  
1 - Commissioner Abe-Koga  
Absent:  
Non-Voting Member Absent: Commissioner El-Tawansy  
Ex Officio Voting Member Present: Commission Chair Pedroza  
Ad Hoc Non-Voting Members Present: Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner  
Giacopini, and Commissioner Spering  
2. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Vice Chair Papan and seconded by Commissioner Glover,  
the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved by the following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair  
Papan, Chair Rabbitt and Commissioner Ronen  
1 - Commissioner Abe-Koga  
Absent:  
23-0162  
Minutes of January 11, 2023 meeting  
Committee Approval  
2a.  
2b.  
Action:  
23-0042  
MTC Resolution No. 4545, Revised. 2023 Transportation Improvement  
Program (TIP) Amendment 2023-05.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Adam Crenshaw  
Presenter:  
23-0231  
2c.  
MTC Resolution No. 4412, Revised. Regional Measure 3 (RM3) Letter of  
No Prejudice of $0.7 million to the Solano Transportation Authority for the  
I-80/680/SR-12 Interchange Project.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Kenneth Kao  
Presenter:  
23-0251  
2d.  
MTC Resolution No. 4505, Revised. Revisions to the One Bay Area Grant  
program (OBAG 3) to direct $20 million within the Climate Initiatives  
program to MTC for Regional e-Bikeshare Expansion.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Mallory Atkinson  
Presenter:  
3. Regional  
23-0230  
3a.  
FY 2022-23 Transit Performance Initiative Call for Projects Award  
Recommendations  
Recommendation of awards for the FY2022-23 Transit Performance  
Initiative (TPI) Investment Program Call for Projects, including award of  
approximately $15 million in STP/CMAQ funding and approximately $6  
million in Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP) funding.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Anne Spevack  
Presenter:  
Jonathan Kass (SPUR) was called to speak.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Glover and seconded by Vice Chair Papan,  
the Committee unanimously approved the referral of the FY 2022-23 Transit  
Performance Initiative Call for Projects Award Recommendations to the  
Commission for approval. The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair  
Papan, Chair Rabbitt and Commissioner Ronen  
1 - Commissioner Abe-Koga  
Absent:  
23-0163  
3b.  
MTC Resolution No. 4556. FY 2023-24 MTC Fund Estimate  
Annual Fund Estimate and proposed apportionment and distribution of  
approximately $1 billion in Transportation Development Act (TDA) Local  
Transportation Fund, State Transit Assistance (STA), State of Good  
Repair (SGR) Program, Assembly Bill 1107 (AB 1107), transit-related  
bridge toll, and Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP) funds  
for FY 2023-24.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Terence Lee  
Presenter:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Chavez and seconded by Commissioner  
Glover, the Committee unanimously approved the referral of MTC Resolution No.  
4556 to the Commission for approval. The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair  
Papan, Chair Rabbitt and Commissioner Ronen  
1 - Commissioner Abe-Koga  
Absent:  
4. Information  
23-0164  
4a.  
Update on the Transit Operations “Fiscal Cliff”  
Staff will provide an overview of the anticipated financial challenges facing  
the operations budgets of Bay Area transit agencies over the next five  
fiscal years, including information from the Reimagined Short Range  
Transit Plans (SRTP) developed by operators in the fall of 2022.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
William Bacon  
The following members of the public were called to speak: Bob Allen  
(Urban Habitat), Adina Levin (Seamless Bay Area, Transbay Coaltion, and  
MTC Policy Advisory Councilmember), and Veda Florez (MTC Policy  
Advisory Councilmember).  
23-0130  
4b.  
Major Projects Advancement Policy (MAP) Update  
Informational update on the continued development of the Major Project  
Advancement Policy (MAP). This update is focused on the proposed  
Stage Gate process for evaluating policy reinforcements and risk  
management and the development of the programmatic categories.  
Proposed revisions to the MAP endorsement table based on recently  
announced federal and state awards will be presented to this Committee  
for information in March. Revisions to the MAP, based on these updates  
and Committee direction, will be presented for action in April.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Kenneth Folan  
Adina Levin (Seamless Bay Area, Transbay Coalition, and MTC Policy  
Advisory Council) was called to speak.  
23-0303  
4c.  
Regional Measure 3 Update  
Staff will provide a status update and general summary of the Regional  
Measure 3 program, including a review of the expenditure plan and  
Commission approved Letters of No Prejudice.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Theresa Romell  
23-0165  
4d.  
California Transportation Commission (CTC) and State Funding Programs  
Update  
Staff will provide an update on the CTC’s meeting of January 25-26, 2023  
and state funding programs under the CTC’s purview.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Kenneth Kao  
5. Public Comment / Other Business  
6. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Programming and Allocations Committee is scheduled to be  
held on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 9:35 a.m. at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375  
Beale Street, San Francisco, CA. Any changes to the schedule will be duly noticed to  
the public.