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Meeting Minutes

Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Alfredo Pedroza, Chair Nick Josefowitz, Vice Chair

Wednesday, October 26, 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

Vice Chair Josefowitz was absent during the roll call and arrived during

agenda item 9.

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Present:

Absent:

Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Canepa,

Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Connolly, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci,

Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Liccardo,

Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner

Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf, Commissioner Spering, and Commissioner Worth

1 - Commissioner Abe-Koga

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 (Commission Vote)

Upon the motion by Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci and seconded by Commissioner

Glover, the Commission unanimously approved the Consent Calendar by the

following vote:

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Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Chavez,

Commissioner Connolly, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming,

Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Liccardo, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner

Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf,

Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Worth

2 - Vice Chair Josefowitz and Commissioner Abe-Koga

Absent:

4. Joint MTC and BAHFA Consent Calendar (BAHFA Vote)

Upon the motion by Commissioner Spering and seconded by Commissioner

Dutra-Vernaci, the Authority unanimously approved the Consent Calendar by the

following vote:

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Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Chavez,

Commissioner Connolly, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming,

Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Liccardo, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner

Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf,

Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Worth

2 - Vice Chair Josefowitz and Commissioner Abe-Koga

Absent:

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4a.

4b.

Minutes of the September 28, 2022 Joint MTC w/ BAHFA meeting and

October 6, 2022 Special Commission meeting

Action:

Commission Approval

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MTC Resolution No. 4541, and BAHFA Resolution No. 21 - Providing for

Remote Meetings Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361

Action:

Commission Approval; and Authority Approval

5. Public Comment / Other Business

6. Adjourn Bay Area Housing Finance Authority and Continue with MTC Agenda

7. Chair's Report (Pedroza)

Upon the motion by Commissioner Papan and seconded by Commissioner

Spering, the Commission unanimously approved the Ad-Hoc Executive Director

Selection Committee with the following members: Alfredo Pedroza, Nick

Josefowitz, Jim Spering, Amy Worth, Federal Glover, Gina Papan, and Margaret

Abe-Koga. The motion carried by the following vote:

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Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Chavez,

Commissioner Connolly, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming,

Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Liccardo, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner

Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf,

Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Worth

2 - Vice Chair Josefowitz and Commissioner Abe-Koga

Absent:

8. Policy Advisory Council Report (Randi Kinman)

Policy Advisory Council Vice Chair, Ilaf Esuf, gave the report.

Adina Levin (Policy Advisory Council Transit Transformation Action Plan

Subcommittee Chair) and Rich Hedges were called to speak.

9. Executive Director’s Report (McMillan)

22-1508 Executive Director's Report

10. Commissioner Comments

11. Consent Calendar:

Upon the motion by Commissioner Spering and seconded by Commissioner

Worth, the Commission unanimously approved the Consent Calendar by the

following vote:

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Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Canepa,

Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Connolly, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci,

Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Liccardo,

Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner

Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Worth

1 - Commissioner Abe-Koga

Absent:

22-1240

11a.

MTC Resolution No. 4516, Revised. FY 2022-23 Overall Work Program

(OWP) Amendment No. 1

Action:

Commission Approval

Derek Hansel

Presenter:

Administration Committee

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11b.

MTC Resolution No. 4546. Delegation of Authority Regarding Settlement

of Claims and Lawsuits and Contracts for Legal Services

Action:

Commission Approval

Andrea Visveshwara

Presenter:

22-1370

11c.

MTC Resolution No. 1198, Revised. Revisions to MTC’s Conflict of

Interest Code to Update List of Designated Positions - Release for Public

Comment

Action:

Commission Approval

Andrea Visveshwara

Presenter:

Programming and Allocations Committee

22-1432

11d.

MTC Resolution No. 4475, Revised. 2021 Transportation Improvement

Program (TIP) Amendment 2021-28

Action:

Commission Approval

Adam Crenshaw

Presenter:

22-1452

11e.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4202, Revised, 4505, Revised, and 4540. Revisions

to the One Bay Area Grant programs (OBAG 2 and 3), including

programming approximately $69 million in Regional Program funds and

adoption of the Carbon Reduction Program (CRP), which commits $60

million to Climate Initiatives projects and programs as part of the OBAG 3

regional investment strategy.

Action:

Commission Approval

Mallory Atkinson

Presenter:

22-1448

11f.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4523, Revised and 4524, Revised. Allocation of $48

million in FY 2022-23 Transportation Development Act (TDA) and State

Transit Assistance (STA) funds to seven operators and MTC to support

transit operations and capital projects in the region.

Action:

Commission Approval

Kenji Anzai

Presenter:

22-1459

11g.

11h.

MTC Resolution 4519, Revised. An update to programming for the Transit

Transformation Action Plan to reflect the programming of funds to transit

operators for the Clipper BayPass program.

Action:

Commission Approval

William Bacon

Presenter:

22-1473

MTC Resolution Nos. 4095, Revised and 4250, Revised. Rescission of

$700,000 in Regional Measure 2 (RM2) funds from the environmental

phase of Bay Bridge Forward 2020 suite of projects, and allocation of

$700,000 in RM2 funds to the construction phase of the West Grand

HOV/Bus-Only Lane (Phase 2) project, part of Bay Bridge Forward (BBF).

Action:

Commission Approval

Kenneth Kao

Presenter:

22-1527

11i.

MTC Resolution No. 4547 and 4273, Revised. Low-Carbon Transit

Operations Program (LCTOP) Corrective Action Plan (CAP)

Action:

Commission Approval

Anne Spevack

Presenter:

Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee

22-1558

MTC Resolution No. 3931, Revised - Policy Advisory Council Appointment

11j.

Action:

Commission Approval

Presenter:

Kỳ-Nam Miller

Committee Reports

12. Administration Committee (Glover)

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12a.

MTC Resolution No. 4517, Revised. MTC FY 2022-23 Operating and

Capital Budgets, Amendment No. 1

A request for Commission approval of MTC Resolution No. 4517, Revised,

MTC FY 2022-23 Operating and Capital Budgets, Amendment No. 1.

Action:

Commission Approval

Derek Hansel

Presenter:

Upon the motion by Commissioner Glover and seconded by Commissioner

Ronen, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution No. 4517, Revised.

The motion carried by the following vote:

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Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Canepa,

Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Connolly, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci,

Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Liccardo,

Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner

Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Worth

1 - Commissioner Abe-Koga

Absent:

13. Programming and Allocations Committee (Rabbitt)

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13a.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4537 and 4130, Revised. Major Projects

Advancement Policy and Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program

Framework.

i. Adoption of the Regional Major Project Advancement Policy (MAP); and

ii. Revision to MTC’s Cap and Trade Framework updating the regional

Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program Framework.

Action:

Commission Approval

Kenneth Folan

Presenter:

Written public comments were received from Written public comments

were received from Congressmen Josh Harder and Eric Swalwell, Senator

Eggman, Senator Glazer, Senator Wieckowski, Dan Leavitt (San Joaquin

Regional Rail Commission), Mayor London Breed and Rafael Mandelman

of SFCTA, David Shr, Michael Abramson, Santa Clara Valley

Transportation Authority (Commissioners Abe-Koga, Chavez and Liccardo

and VTA Board of Directors Chairperson Jones), Brad Bulger, Monica

Mallon, Dee Barragan (Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association),

Davide Viera (BART Transit Village Advocates and Friends of Five

Wounds Trail), Grace P, Rani Fischer, Marcia Cohen Zakai, Beni Blade

(Building & Construction Trades Council), Adam Van de Water, (Transbay

Joint Powers Authority), Senator Scott Wiener and Assembly Member Matt

Haney, and Chris Patterson-Simmons.

The following members of the public were called to speak: Bevan Duffy

(BART Board of Directors), Peter Strauss (San Francisco Transit Riders),

Beth Fisher (Santa Clara Building Trades Council), Nancy Young (Mayor

City of Tracy), Gerald Cauthen (Bay Area Transportation Working Group),

David Haubert (Alameda County Supervisor), Denise Bouillerce (Stanford

Healthcare), Pamela Herhold (BART Assistant General Manager), Steve

Lanza (Tri-Valley Leadership Group), Tim Sbranti (Chabot-Las Positas

Community College District), Don Hofer (Shea Homes), Dave Hudson

(Mayor City of San Ramon), Sblend Sblendorio (Hoge Fenton Jones &

Appel), Veronica Vargas (Tri-Valley San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail

Authority), Don Marek (Fremont Bank), Eddie Esota Alvarez (Building and

Construction Trades Council of Alameda County), Bob Woerner (Mayor

City of Livermore), Chloe Shipp (San Jose Downtown Association),

Melissa Hernandez (Tri-Valley San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority),

Marlee Smith (Selected Valley Leadership Group), Laura Tolkoff (SPUR),

Adina Levin (Friends of Caltrain), David Buchholz (Colliers Commercial

Real Estate), San Jose State University Transportation Solutions, Richard

Hedges, Jim Schmidt, Charley Lavery (Operating Engineers Local 3),

Tiffany Martinez (San Jose State University), Don Cecil (San Mateo County

Economic Development), Bruce Agid (High Speed Rail), Rudy Gonzalez,

(San Francisco Building and Construction Trades), Sam Sargent

(Caltrain), Yolanda Fintschenko (Daybreak Labs), and Howard Wong

(TJPA Citizen Advisory Committee).

Upon the motion by Commissioner Rabbitt and seconded by Commissioner

Worth, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution Nos. 4537 and

4130, Revised. The motion carried by the following vote:

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Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Canepa,

Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Connolly, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci,

Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Liccardo,

Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner

Ronen, Commissioner Schaaf, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Worth

1 - Commissioner Abe-Koga

Absent:

14. Public Comment / Other Business

15. Adjournment / Next Meetings:

The next meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is scheduled to be

held at 9:35 a.m. on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. Any changes to the schedule

will be duly noticed to the public.