Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission  
Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Agenda  
Metropolitan Transportation Commission  
Wednesday, February 26, 2025  
9:35 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
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Clerk: Kimberly Ward  
Roster:  
Margaret Abe-Koga, Eddie Ahn, Candace Andersen, Pat Burt, David Canepa, Dina El-Tawansy*,  
Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Victoria Fleming, Dorene M. Giacopini*, Alicia John-Baptiste, Rebecca  
Kaplan, Matt Mahan, Amber Manfree, Mitch Mashburn, Myrna Melgar, Nate Miley, Stephanie  
Moulton-Peters, Sue Noack, Gina Papan, Belia Ramos, Libby Schaaf*  
*Non-Voting Members  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
A quorum of the Commission shall be a majority of its voting members (10).  
2. Pledge of Allegiance / Acknowledgement of the Flag  
3. Compensation Announcement (Clerk)  
4. Past Chair's Report  
5. Ad-Hoc Nominating Committee Report and Election of Officers  
5a.  
Closing of Nominations and Election of Officers  
Commission Approval  
Action:  
6. New Chair's Report  
6a.  
MTC Resolution No. 4693. Resolution of Appreciation for State Senator  
Nancy Skinner  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
6b.  
MTC Resolution No. 4697. Resolution of Appreciation for Commissioner  
Nick Josefowitz on the occasion of his departure from MTC  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
7. Policy Advisory Council Report  
Action:  
7a.  
Policy Advisory Council Report  
Information  
Attachments:  
8. Executive Director's Report (Fremier)  
8a.  
Executive Director’s Report  
Information  
Action:  
9. Commissioner Comments  
10. Consent Calendar  
Action:  
10a.  
Approval of the Commission Minutes of the January 22, 2025 meeting  
Commission Approval  
Attachments:  
10b.  
Contract - Transit Oriented Communities Policy (TOC) Technical  
Assistance: PlaceWorks, Inc. ($1,600,000)  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Presenter:  
Sophie Gabel-Scheinbaum  
Attachments:  
Programming and Allocations Committee  
10c.  
MTC Resolution No. 4650, Revised. Revisions to the Regional Early Action  
Planning Grant (REAP 2) program to reflect changes within the Regional  
Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA) program.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Valerie Coleman  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
10d.  
MTC Resolution No. 4646, Revised. 2025 Transportation Improvement  
Program (TIP) Amendment 2025-05.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
John Saelee  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
10e.  
MTC Resolution No. 4614, Revised. Allocation of $14.1 million in Regional  
Measure 3 (RM3) Capital Funds to Water Emergency Transportation  
Authority (WETA).  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Julieth Ortiz  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
10f.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4202, Revised and 4505, Revised. Various revisions  
to the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 2 and 3) programs, including  
programming $5 million for Housing Incentive Pool (HIP) projects and $1  
million to MTC for Adaptive Ramp Metering on SR4 in Contra Costa  
County.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Thomas Arndt  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
10g.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4651, Revised; and 4654, Revised. The proposed  
action allocates $7.6 million in FY2024-25 Transportation Development  
Act (TDA) and Regional Measure 3 (RM3) funds to two transit operators to  
support transit operations and capital projects in the region.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Luis Garcia  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
Legislation Committee  
10h.  
Senate Bill 71 (Wiener): Environmental Streamlining for Sustainable  
Transportation  
Action:  
Support / Commission Approval  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
Committee Report  
11. Programming and Allocations Committee Report (Miley)  
11a.  
MTC Resolution No. 4688. FY 2025-26 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 2025-26.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Terence Lee  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
11b.  
MTC Resolution No. 4689. Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Productivity  
Improvement Program (PIP).  
Recommended adoption of the FY 2024-25 PIP which incorporates the  
Senate Bill 125 Regional Accountability Measures for emergency transit  
funding, and update on operator progress toward Senate Bill 125 Regional  
Accountability Measures.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Raleigh McCoy  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
11c.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4633, Revised; and 4639, Revised. Adoption of the  
2025 Regional Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 7 Program of  
Projects and Adoption of the Regional Measure 3 (RM3) Safe Routes to  
Transit & Bay Trail Program (SR2TBT) Cycle 1 Program of Projects.  
i. MTC Resolution No. 4633, Revised. Adoption of the 2025 Regional  
ATP Cycle 7 Program of Projects and Funding Target Update; and  
ii. MTC Resolution No. 4639, Revised. Adoption of the RM3 SR2TBT  
Cycle 1 Program of Projects, which programs $75 million in new funding  
capacity covering FY 2024-25 through FY 2027-28.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Karl Anderson  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
12. Legislation Committee Report (Canepa)  
12a.  
Regional Transportation Revenue Measure Polling Results  
Overview by EMC Research, Inc. (EMC) of polling results related to a future  
regional transportation revenue measure.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Rebecca Long  
Attachments:  
12b.  
Transportation Revenue Measure Principles  
Legislative update on enabling legislation for a transportation revenue  
measure and draft principles to guide MTC’s advocacy.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Rebecca Long  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
12c.  
Senate Bill (SB) 239 (Arreguín): Ralph M. Brown Act Teleconferencing  
Reform  
Co-sponsor SB 239 (Arreguín) to expand remote meeting options for  
non-decision-making local legislative bodies - including advisory boards -  
that do not take final action.  
Action:  
Co-Sponsor / Commission Approval  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
12d.  
Regional Housing Needs Allocation Credit for Preservation  
Co-sponsor a bill by Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva to allow cities  
and counties to earn credit toward their Regional Housing Needs  
Allocation (RHNA) targets by preserving “naturally occurring affordable  
housing” with long-term deed restrictions.  
Action:  
Co-Sponsor / Commission Approval  
Julie Snyder  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
13. Public Comment / Other Business  
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14. Adjournment / Next Meetings:  
The next regular meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is  
scheduled to be held at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco  
on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.