Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission  
Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes  
Programming and Allocations Committee  
Victoria Fleming, Chair Myrna Melgar, Vice Chair  
9:45 AM  
Wednesday, July 9, 2025  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Roster  
Victoria Fleming (Chair), Myrna Melgar (Vice Chair),  
Margaret Abe-Koga, Amber Manfree, Nate Miley  
Gina Papan, Belia Ramos  
Non-Voting Members: Dina El-Tawansy, Libby Schaaf  
Vice Chair Melgar called the meeting to order at 10:19 a.m.  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
4 -  
Present:  
Commissioner Manfree, Vice Chair Melgar, Commissioner Miley, and  
Commissioner Ramos  
3 - Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Fleming, and Commissioner Papan  
Absent:  
Non-voting member absent:Commissioner Schaaf  
Ex Officio Voting Members Present: Commission Vice Chair Moulton-Peters (remote) and  
Commissioner Anderson (remote)  
Ad-Hoc Non-voting members absent: Commissioner Giacopini  
2. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Manfree and seconded by Commissioner  
Ramos, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved by the following vote:  
4 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Manfree, Vice Chair Melgar, Commissioner Miley and Commissioner  
Ramos  
3 - Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Fleming and Commissioner Papan  
Absent:  
2a.  
2b.  
Approval of the Programming & Allocations Committee June 11, 2025  
Meeting Minutes..  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
MTC Resolution No. 4646, Revised. 2025 Transportation Improvement  
Program (TIP) Amendment 2025-15.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
John Saelee  
Presenter:  
2c.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4615, Revised; 4722; and 4584, Revised. Allocation  
of a net total of $21 million in Regional Measure 3 (RM3) Capital Funds to  
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Transportation Authority  
(SFMTA), Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Marin  
County Transit District (Marin Transit) and Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit  
(SMART).  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Julieth Ortiz  
Presenter:  
2d.  
MTC Resolution No. 4721. Allocation of $250,000 in Regional Measure 2  
(RM2) Capital Funds for the Palo Alto Transit Center Quarry Road  
Connection Project  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Anne Meeple  
Presenter:  
Written correspondence was received by Robert Reidy, Vice President of  
StanFord University and City of Palo Alto.  
2e.  
2f.  
MTC Resolution No. 4650, Revised. Regional Early Action Planning Grant  
(REAP 2) program revisions.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Valerie Coleman  
Presenter:  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4688, Revised; 4709, Revised; 4710, Revised;  
4711, Revised; 4712, Revised; 4717, Revised; and 4720. Proposed action  
revises the FY2025-26 MTC Fund Estimate to incorporate actual sales tax  
receipts for FY2024-25.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Luis Garcia  
Presenter:  
2g.  
2h.  
Fourth Quarterly Report of Executive Director’s Delegated Authority  
Actions.  
Action:  
Informational  
Luis Garcia  
Presenter:  
Transit Performance Initiative - Investment Program Semi-Annual Update.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Anne Meeple  
2i.  
FY 2025 Federal Earmark Repurposing. Potential projects to receive  
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) repurposed earmark funds under  
the earmark repurposing provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act  
of 2025.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Mallory Atkinson  
Presenter:  
3. Regional  
3a.  
MTC Resolution No. 4706, Revised. Amendment to the FY2025-26  
Regional Measure 3 (RM3) Operating program to support implementation  
of the Marin-Sonoma Coordinated Transit Service (MASCOTS) plan.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Theresa Romell  
Presenter:  
Adina Levin, Policy Advisory Committee and Regional Network  
Management; Randy Kinman, Policy Advisory Council; Roland Lebrun  
were called to speak.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Manfree and seconded by Commissioner  
Miley, the Committee unanimously approved referral of MTC Resolution No. 4706,  
Revised. Amendment to the FY2025-26 Regional Measure 3 (RM3) Operating  
program to support implementation of the Marin-Sonoma Coordinated Transit  
Service (MASCOTS) plan to the Commission for approval. The motion carried the  
following vote:  
4 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Manfree, Vice Chair Melgar, Commissioner Miley and Commissioner  
Ramos  
3 - Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Fleming and Commissioner Papan  
Absent:  
4. Federal  
4a.  
One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 4) Development.  
Updates and initial considerations for development of the One Bay Area  
Grant (OBAG 4) program.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Thomas Arndt  
Written correspondence was received by Laura Walsh of Save the Bay.  
Laura Walsh, Save the Bay, was called to speak.  
5. Information  
5a.  
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  
6. Public Comment / Other Business  
7. Adjournment / Next Meetings:  
The next regular meeting of the Programming and Allocations Committee is  
scheduled to be held at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco  
on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 9:45 a.m. Any changes to the schedule will be  
duly noticed to the public.