Metropolitan Transportation

Commission

Bay Area Metro Center

375 Beale Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Meeting Minutes

Programming and Allocations Committee

Vacant, Chair Nate Miley, Vice Chair

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

9:45 AM

Board Room - 1st Floor

Roster

Vacant (Chair), Nate Miley (Vice Chair),

Margaret Abe-Koga, Victoria Fleming, Federal D. Glover,

Gina Papan, Hillary Ronen, Vacant

Non-Voting Members: Dina El-Tawansy, Libby Schaaf

Vice Chair Miley called the meeting to order at 9:59 a.m.

1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum

5 -

Present:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Fleming,

Commissioner Miley, and Vice Chair Papan

1 - Commissioner Ronen

Absent:

Non-voting members present: Commissioner Schaaf

Ex Officio Voting Members Present: Commission Chair Pedroza and Commissioner Kaplan

Ad-Hoc Non-voting members present: Commissioner Giacopini

2. Consent Calendar

Upon the motion by Commissioner Papan and seconded by Commissioner

Glover, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved by the following vote:

5 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Fleming,

Commissioner Miley and Vice Chair Papan

1 - Commissioner Ronen

Absent:

24-1412

2a.

2b.

Approval of Programming & Allocations Committee Minutes of October 9,

2024 Meeting.

Action:

Committee Approval

24-0141

MTC Resolution Nos. 4404, Revised. Regional Measure 3 Policies and

Procedures Revisions.

Action:

Commission Approval

Julieth Ortiz

Presenter:

24-1006

2c.

MTC Resolution Nos. 3989, Revised; 4202, Revised; and 4505, Revised.

Various revisions to the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 2 and 3) and MTC

exchange programs, including programming $8.5 million to Priority

Conservation Area (PCA) projects, $4.6 million to various projects within

the Regional Vision Zero/Safety Program, and $4.0 million to Innovative

Deployments for Enhanced Arterials Transit Signal Priority (IDEA TSP)

and Bus Accelerated Infrastructure Delivery (BusAID) projects.

Action:

Commission Approval

Thomas Arndt

Presenter:

24-1331

2d.

2e.

2f.

MTC Resolution No. 4444, Revised. Transit Capital Priorities Policy

Revisions.

Action:

Commission Approval

Margaret Doyle

Presenter:

24-1332

MTC Resolution No. 4660, Revised. Allocation of $4 million in Regional

Measure 3 (RM3) Capital Funds to City of Union City and City of Fremont.

Action:

Commission Approval

Julieth Ortiz

Presenter:

24-1362

MTC Resolution Nos. 4650, Revised; 4202, Revised; and 4505, Revised.

Revisions to the Regional Early Action Planning Grant (REAP 2) program

and One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 2 and 3) programs to reflect changes to

MTC’s REAP 2 expenditure plan to ensure all REAP 2 funds can be spent

by the statewide expenditure deadline while still delivering a broad suite of

activities originally proposed for REAP 2 funds.

Action:

Commission Approval

Valerie Coleman

Presenter:

24-1397

2g.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4651, Revised; 4652, Revised; 4653, Revised;

4655, Revised; and 4668, Revised. The proposed action allocates $295.6

million in FY2024-25 Transportation Development Act (TDA), State Transit

Assistance (STA), Regional Measure 2 (RM2), and Senate Bill 125 (SB

125) funds to two transit operators to support transit operations and capital

projects in the region.

Action:

Commission Approval

Luis Garcia

Presenter:

3. Regional

24-0773

3a.

Senate Bill 125 Regional Accountability Measure Progress Update.

Adoption of the framework for the $300 million regional contribution to

complement Senate Bill 125 emergency transit operations funding and an

informational update on the status of large operators’ progress toward

Senate Bill 125 Regional Accountability Measures.

Action:

Commission Approval

Raleigh McCoy

Presenter:

Vinay Pimple was called to speak.

Upon motion by Commissioner Glover and seconded by Commissioner Papan,

the Committee unanimously approved referral of Senate Bill 125 Regional

Accountability Measure Progress Update to the Commission for Approval. As part

of the action, staff was asked to follow up at a future date with additional

information on: 1) formalized coordination efforts for transformation /

accountability initiatives such as inter-operator transit schedules and

implementation of BART Fare Gates, 2) ADA accommodations for when

accessibility problems arise (like an elevator is out of order), 3) funding for the

fiscal and how its impact on county programs, and 4) some explanation be

provided on how funds are actually spent. The motion carried the following vote:

5 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Fleming,

Commissioner Miley and Vice Chair Papan

1 - Commissioner Ronen

Absent:

4. Information

24-1283

4a.

Housing Element Compliance and Related One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 2

and 3) Policies.

Update on regional Housing Element certifications and implementation of

MTC’s related policies for One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 2 and 3) recipients.

Action:

Information

Presenter:

Thomas Arndt and Heather Peters

Written correspondence received by Albert Lopez, Planning Director for

Alameda County Community Development Agency.

Sandi Rivera, Alameda County Community Development Agency; Michael

C. Williams, City of Hayward; and Hector Rojas, Planning Division, City of

Vallejo; and Vinay Pimple were called to speak.

24-1321

4b.

California Transportation Commission (CTC) and State Funding Programs

Update. Update on California Transportation Commission (CTC) and state

funding programs under the CTC’s purview.

Action:

Information

Presenter:

Kenneth Kao