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, December 11, 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

1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum

6 -

Present:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Fleming, Vice Chair

Miley, Commissioner Papan, and Commissioner Ronen

Non-voting members present: Commissioner El-Tawansy and Commissioner Schaaf

Ex Officio Voting Members Present: Commission Chair Pedroza

Ad-Hoc Non-voting members present: Commissioner Giacopini

2. Consent Calendar

Upon the motion by Commissioner Chair Papan and seconded by Commissioner

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

6 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Fleming, Vice Chair

Miley, Commissioner Papan and Commissioner Ronen

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2a.

2b.

Approval of Programming & Allocations Committee Minutes of November

13, 2024 Meeting.

Action:

Committee Approval

MTC Resolution No. 4673. FY 2024-25 State Transit Assistance State of

Good Repair (STA-SGR) Allocations of $47.2 million to transit operators

and MTC.

Action:

Commission Approval

Terence Lee

Presenter:

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2c.

MTC Resolution No. 4646, Revised. 2025 Transportation Improvement

Program (TIP) Amendment 2025-01.

Action:

Commission Approval

John Salee

Presenter:

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Regional Measure 3 (RM3) Capital Program: Semi-Annual Update.

2d.

2e.

Action:

Information

Presenter:

Anne Spevack

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MTC Resolution Nos. 4584, Revised, 4602, Revised, and 4670. Allocation

of $12.5 million in Regional Measure 3 (RM3) capital funds to WestCAT,

Solano Transportation Authority and Contra Costa Transportation Authority.

Action:

Commission Approval

Julieth Ortiz

Presenter:

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2f.

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 and to align project timelines with fund

program deadlines.

Action:

Commission Approval

Valerie Coleman

Presenter:

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2g.

MTC Resolution No. 4677. Allocation of $4.2 million in Regional Measure 3

(RM3) Operating Reserve Account funds to the Water Emergency

Transportation Authority (WETA) to support ferry service operations and

capital projects.

Action:

Commission Approval

Luis Garcia

Presenter:

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2h.

MTC Resolution No. 4529, Revised. State Transit Assistance

Revenue-Based Exchange Fund and BusAID Funding Agreements.

Action:

Commission Approval

Allison Quach

Presenter:

3. Regional

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3a.

Co-operative Agreement with Project Partners and Memorandum of

Understanding with Project Sponsor and Funding Partners for two Bay

Area Megaprojects

i. Diridon Station

ii. Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) - The Portal

A request to authorize the Executive Director to enter into the Diridon

Station Co-Operative Agreement with project partners and the Transbay

Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) (The Portal) Memorandum of Understanding

with project sponsor and funding partners to establish roles and

responsibilities for the next phase of these projects.

Action:

Commission Approval

Presenter:

James Tung and Therese Trivedi

David Tran, Office of Mayor Mahan and Vinay Pimple, MTC Policy

Advisory Committee were called to speak.

Upon motion by Commissioner Papan and seconded by Commissioner Abe-Koga,

the Committee unanimously approved the Executive Director to enter into the

Diridon Station Co-Operative Agreement with project partners and the Transbay

Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) (The Portal) Memorandum of Understanding with

project sponsor and funding partners to establish roles and responsibilities for the

next phase of these projects. As part of this action, staff was asked to provide a

6-month update on progress. The motion carried the following vote:

6 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Fleming, Vice Chair

Miley, Commissioner Papan and Commissioner Ronen

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3b.

MTC Resolution No. 4644, Revised.

Approval of revisions to the FY2024-25 Regional Measure 3 Operating

Program to support express bus operations. In accordance with MTC

Resolution 4619, Revised, approved by the Commission in November, this

item includes funding commitments to satisfy the $300 million regional

contribution to address public transit operator shortfalls.

Action:

Commission Approval

Raleigh McCoy

Presenter:

Upon motion by Commissioner Ronen and seconded by Commissioner Abe-Koga,

the Committee unanimously approved referral of MTC Resolution No. 4644,

Revised, approval of FY 2024-25 Regional Measure 3 Operating Program support

express bus operations to the Commission for approval. The motion carried the

following vote:

6 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Fleming, Vice Chair

Miley, Commissioner Papan and Commissioner Ronen

4. Federal

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4a.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4674 and 4510, Revised. Transit Capital Priorities

Program FY2024-25 and 2025-26.

Programming of $1.5 billion in FTA Formula Revenues for FYs 2024-25

and 2025-26 for transit operator state-of-good-repair consistent with the

Transit Capital Priorities (TCP) Process and Criteria. In accordance with

MTC Resolution 4619, Revised, approved by the Commission in

November, this item includes funding commitments to satisfy the $300

million regional contribution to address public transit operator shortfalls.

Action:

Committee Approval

Margaret Doyle

Presenter:

Upon the motion by Commissioner Ronen and seconded by Commissioner

Abe-Koga,the Committee unanimously approved referral of MTC Resolution No.

4674 and 4510, Revised, Transit Capital Priorities

Program FY2024-25 and 2025-26 to the Commission for approval. The motion

carried the following vote:

6 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Fleming, Vice Chair

Miley, Commissioner Papan and Commissioner Ronen

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4b.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4202, Revised; 4505, Revised; and 4678.

Adoption of project selection and programming policies for certain Surface

Transportation Block Grant Program (STP) and Congestion Mitigation and

Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) funds for transit operations and

various revisions to the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 2 and 3) programs. In

accordance with MTC Resolution 4619, Revised, approved by the

Commission in November, this item includes funding commitments to

satisfy the $300 million regional contribution to address public transit

operator shortfalls.

Action:

Commission Approval

Thomas Arndt

Presenter:

City and County Association of Governments provided written

correspondence.

Upon the motion by Commissioner Glover and seconded by Commissioner

Fleming, the Committee unanimously approved referral of MTC Resolution Nos.

4202, Revised; 4505, Revised; and 4678. Adoption of project selection and

programming policies for certain Surface Transportation Block Grant Program

(STP) and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ)

funds for transit operations and various revisions to the One Bay Area Grant

(OBAG 2 and 3) programs to the Commission for approval. The motion carried the

following vote:

6 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Fleming, Vice Chair

Miley, Commissioner Papan and Commissioner Ronen