Bay Area Metro Center

375 Beale Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Meeting Minutes

Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Sue Noack, Chair Stephanie Moulton-Peters, Vice Chair

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

9:35 AM

Board Room - 1st Floor

Roster:

Sue Noack (Chair), Stephanie Moulton-Peters (Vice Chair),

Margaret Abe-Koga, Eddie Ahn, David Ambuehl*, Candace Andersen,

Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Pat Burt, Noelia Corzo, Victoria Fleming,

Dorene M. Giacopini*, Alicia John-Baptiste, Barbara Lee, Matt Mahan,

Amber Manfree, Mitch Mashburn, Myrna Melgar, Nate Miley, Gina Papan,

Belia Ramos, Libby Schaaf*

*Non-Voting Members

Chair Noack called the meeting to order at approximately 9:37 a.m.

1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum

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Present:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Andersen,

Commissioner Ashcraft, Commissioner Burt, Commissioner Corzo, Commissioner

Fleming, Commissioner John-Baptiste, Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Manfree,

Commissioner Mashburn, Commissioner Melgar, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair

Moulton-Peters, Chair Noack, Commissioner Papan, and Commissioner Ramos

1 - Commissioner Mahan

Absent:

Commissioner Corzo arrived during agenda item 5a.

Commissioner Melgar arrived during agenda item 8a.

Commissioner John-Baptiste arrived during agenda item 8c.

Commissioner Miley arrived during agenda item 9a.

Commissioner Schaaf left during agenda item 9a.

Non-Voting Commissioner Present: Commissioner Schaaf

Non-Voting Commissioners Absent: Commissioner Ambuehl and Commissioner Giacopini

2. Pledge of Allegiance / Acknowledgement of the Flag

3. Compensation Announcement (Clerk)

4. Chair's Report

5. Executive Director's Report

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Executive Director's Report

5a.

Action:

Information

Presenter:

Andrew Fremier

Commissioner Corzo arrived during agenda item 5a.

6. Commissioner Comments

7. Consent Calendar

Upon the motion by Commissioner Andersen and seconded by Vice Chair

Moulton-Peters, the Commission unanimously approved the Consent Calendar by

the following vote:

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Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Andersen,

Commissioner Ashcraft, Commissioner Burt, Commissioner Corzo, Commissioner

Fleming, Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Manfree, Commissioner Mashburn,

Vice Chair Moulton-Peters, Chair Noack, Commissioner Papan and Commissioner

Ramos

4 -

Absent:

Commissioner John-Baptiste, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner Melgar and

Commissioner Miley

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Approval of the Commission Minutes of the January 28, 2026 meeting

Commission Approval

7a.

Action:

Programming and Allocations Committee (Commission Consent)

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7b.

7c.

MTC Resolution Nos. 3989, Revised, and 4505, Revised. Various

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

Program.

Action:

Commission Approval

Thomas Arndt

Presenter:

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MTC Resolution Nos. 4584, Revised; 4595 Revised; and 4731, Revised.

Allocation of $4.3 million in Regional Measure 3 Capital Funds to Contra

Costa County and the Solano Transportation Authority (STA), and a

rescission of $2.7 million in RM3 Capital Funds for STA.

Action:

Commission Approval

Karl Anderson

Presenter:

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7d.

MTC Resolution No. 4744, Revised. Adoption of the 2027 Regional Active

Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 8 Guidelines.

Action:

Commission Approval

Karl Anderson

Presenter:

Committee Report

8. Programming and Allocations Committee Report (Fleming)

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8a.

MTC Resolution No. 4742. FY2026-27 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 FY2026-27.

Action:

Commission Approval

Luis Garcia

Presenter:

Commissioner Melgar arrived during agenda item 8a.

Upon the motion by Commissioner Fleming and seconded by Commissioner

Melgar, the Commission adopted MTC Resolution No. 4742. The motion carried

by the following vote:

15 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Andersen,

Commissioner Ashcraft, Commissioner Burt, Commissioner Corzo, Commissioner

Fleming, Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Manfree, Commissioner Mashburn,

Commissioner Melgar, Vice Chair Moulton-Peters, Chair Noack, Commissioner

Papan and Commissioner Ramos

3 - Commissioner John-Baptiste, Commissioner Mahan and Commissioner Miley

Absent:

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8b.

MTC Resolution No. 4604, Revised. MTC Community Action Resource

and Empowerment (CARE) - Community-Based Transportation Plan

Project Development Technical Assistance (CBTP TA).

Revisions to the MTC Community Action Resource and Empowerment

(CARE) guidelines to establish county-level funding amounts for CBTP TA

and update the program guidelines. Staff will also provide an overview of

the Participatory Budgeting component of CARE including anticipated next

steps in framework development.

Action:

Commission Approval

Janica Mendillo

Presenter:

Upon the motion by Commissioner Fleming and seconded by Commissioner

Ashcraft, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution No. 4604,

Revised. The motion carried by the following vote:

15 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Andersen,

Commissioner Ashcraft, Commissioner Burt, Commissioner Corzo, Commissioner

Fleming, Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Manfree, Commissioner Mashburn,

Commissioner Melgar, Vice Chair Moulton-Peters, Chair Noack, Commissioner

Papan and Commissioner Ramos

3 - Commissioner John-Baptiste, Commissioner Mahan and Commissioner Miley

Absent:

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8c.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4505, Revised, and 4740, Revised. Revisions to the

One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 3 and 4) programs.

Revisions to the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 3 and 4) programs, including

establishing additional OBAG 4 policies and procedures and programming

a total of $81 million in OBAG 4 funds to MTC for planning and

implementation activities by County Transportation Agencies (CTAs) ($41

million) and MTC ($40 million).

Action:

Commission Approval

Thomas Arndt

Presenter:

Commissioner John-Baptiste arrived during agenda item 8c.

Written correspondence was received from BART.

Upon the motion by Commissioner Fleming and seconded by Commissioner

Melgar, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution Nos. 4505,

Revised, and 4740, Revised. The motion carried by the following vote:

16 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Andersen,

Commissioner Ashcraft, Commissioner Burt, Commissioner Corzo, Commissioner

Fleming, Commissioner John-Baptiste, Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Manfree,

Commissioner Mashburn, Commissioner Melgar, Vice Chair Moulton-Peters, Chair

Noack, Commissioner Papan and Commissioner Ramos

2 - Commissioner Mahan and Commissioner Miley

Absent:

9. Commission Approval

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9a.

Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Incentive Program

Overview of the proposed $45 million TOC Incentive Program as part of

One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) Cycle 4, including the TOC Evaluation

Framework

Action:

Commission Approval

Gillian Adams

Presenter:

Commissioner Miley arrived at the beginning of agenda item 9a and

Commissioner Schaaf left towards the end agenda item 9a.

Written correspondence was received from: Augie Marques, Andrew Lomano,

Billy Reed, Brian Boisson, Bryce Cook, Catherine Vallee, Christina Roma

Leffman, City of San Jose (Directors Burton, Ristow, and Solivan), City of Antioch

(City Manager, Bessie M. Scott), Debbie Wong, Diana Tjin, Diana LoVerde,

Gualdino Martins, East Bay Leadership Council (Mark Orcutt), Ed Kantz, Ed

Stoneham, Felix Schuda, San Francisco Home Life, Inc. (Frank Vella), Grace

Alicea, Frank Vento, Jaideep Gambhir, John DeBell, JK Global Real Estate

Consultant (Karim Sarraf), Linda Crose-Andersen, Lizza Vernazza, Maggie Chen,

South Bay Home Rental (Marcus Teixeira), Marcy and Tom Lauck, Maria Silvestri,

Mary Nobriga, Marylene Notarianni, Melanie M Brayton, Mike Zojaji, Napa County

Bicycle Coalition (Kara Vernor), Neema Hekmat, Nicole Hosemann, Remi Tan,

Salil Shetye, San Mateo County Association of Realtors (Fernando Pena), SPUR

and Seamless Bay Area Joint Letter, Shannon Bergman, Stephanie Sills, Steve

Kelly, Susan Liedstrand, Tam Le, Timothy S. O'Hara, Toryn Rizzo, City of Cotati

(Mayor Sylvia Lemus), 2 Separate Coalition Letters, Jay and Trish Gertridge, and

SAMCEDA (Don Cecil).

The following members of the public were called upon to speak in the Board

Room: Anil Babbar (California Apartment Association), Jack Lin, Bill Espinola,

David Stark (Bay East Association of Realtors), Jennifer Rizzo, Jenal Lockwood

(Santa Clara County Association of Realtors), Margaret Stern (East Bay

Leadership Council), Sandy Sicsko (Santa Clara County Association of Realtors),

Amy Mendez, Casper Leung, Meina Young (Business and Housing Network), Jane

Lee (Business and Housing Network), Greg Peratta, Dennis War (Santa Clara

County Association of Realtors), Danvi Dubey (Santa Clara County Association of

Realtors), Warren Cushman, Gina Zari (Santa Clara County Association of

Realtors), AnaMaria Russo (Santa Clara County Association of Realtors), Cheryl

L., Zack Deutsch-Gross (TransForm), Michael DeCecco, Neil Collins, Michael

Gordon, Enrique Navarro, W. Gene Herat, Rhovy Lyn Antonio (California

Apartment Association), Jenny Zhao, Joyce Lin, Cade Cannedy (Climate Resilient

Community), Emily Wheeler (Public Advocates), Amanda Chang, Amiel Leano

Atanacio, Kristen Hackett (My Eden Voice), Jeff Podraza (Santa Clara County

Association of Realtors), Frank Caveile (Santa Clara County Association of

Realtors), Joseph Weinstein, Meg Heisler, Jordan Grimes (Greenbelt Alliance),

Lyndsay Wright (Mobile Homeowners Unite), Suzanne Drake, Marianne Posberg,

Tano Trachtenberg, Jack Fleck (350 Bay Area), Kit Yung Chang (Bay Area

Housing Network), Shirley Wang (Bay Area Housing Network), Grace Lai (Bay

Area Housing Network), Winnie Fung (Bay Area Housing Network), Larry Lee, and

Ken Chan (Housing Leadership Council).

The following members of the public were called upon to speak in the Zoom:

Suzanne Moor (Health Care for Homeless and Farm Workers Program of San

Mateo), Mark (East Bay Leadership Council), Tyran (Bay East Association of

Realtors), Anne Olivia, Guest 532998, Dawn Kalmodo, Paul, Paul Campos, Adina

Levin, Noah House, Jaime (Icon Perspective), Fernando Pena (San Mateo County

Association of Realtors), Annie K. (East Bay Young Democrats), Peter Pan (Bay

Area Housing and Business Network), Mak, Nicholas, Marie, Igor Trago (City of

Berkeley), Ma Kai Freeman, Karen Grove (Menlo Together), Shanty Singh

(Tenants Together), Jenny Madsen, Max, Gia (Housing Choices), Aaron, Diane

Flesher (Santa Clara County Association of Realtors), Kelly Hunt (Santa Clara

County Association of Realtors), Winnie Funding, Francisco Papalia, Aaliyah

Gomez (Marin Association of Realtors), Benjamin (Center for Independence of

Individuals with Disabilities), Rebecca Matrix Ravitch, Tuan, Cecelia Luna Para,

Paul, Tina Wong (BetterHousingPolicy.Org), and Sunjay Shepherd.

Upon the motion by Commissioner Melgar and seconded by Commissioner Lee,

the Commission adopted Option 1 with an amendment directing staff to return

with additional information about technical assistance efforts and clarification

that no protection policy is given preference over another — all are evaluated on

an equal basis. The protection policy options are intended to reduce

displacement and ensure that existing residents benefit from transit-oriented

growth; however, implementation of any option is subject to feasibility and

alignment with the applicable policies, regulatory framework, and broader

community considerations of the local jurisdiction, and should not be construed

as expressing support for any particular approach. The motion carried by the

following vote:

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Aye:

Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Andersen, Commissioner Ashcraft,

Commissioner Corzo, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner John-Baptiste,

Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Manfree, Commissioner Melgar, Vice Chair

Moulton-Peters, Chair Noack and Commissioner Ramos

5 -

Nay:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Burt, Commissioner Mashburn,

Commissioner Miley and Commissioner Papan

1 - Commissioner Mahan

Absent:

10. Commission Information

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10a.

Next-Generation Clipper Update

Update on the Next-Generation Clipper system, highlighting the program’s

background and development history, as well as implementation progress

of the new account-based platform and transitioning current Clipper users.

Action:

Commission Information

Jason Weinstein, MTC

Agenda item 10a was deferred.

Presenter:

11. Closed Session

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Closed Session / Public Comment

11a.

Adina Levin and Alex Miller were called to speak for Closed Session Public

Comment.

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11b.

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Titles: Executive Director, General Counsel

CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS

Agency designated representatives: Sue Noack and Stephanie

Moulton-Peters

Unrepresented Employees: Executive Director, General Counsel

The Commission met in Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code

§54957, with respect to the Executive Director’s and General Counsel’s

performance and compensation range of non-represented employees.

Neither the Executive Director nor General Counsel were present for

discussions on compensation.

12. Open Session / Report out from Closed Session

The Commission returned to open session and the following Commissioners left

at the conclusion of agenda item 11b: Abe-Koga, Corzo, Manfree, Melgar, Miley,

and Papan.

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12a.

MTC Resolution No. 4369, Revised. Approval of the Executive Director’s

Performance Evaluation, associated compensation range and salary

adjustment - final amount to be read into the record.

Action:

Commission Approval

Alex Miller was called to speak for agenda item 12a.

Upon the motion by Commissioner Mashburn and seconded by Commissioner

Andersen, the Commission adopted MTC Resolution No. 4369, Revised setting the

salary of the Executive Director's to $420,433.73 effective January 1, 2025 and

$420,433.73 effective January 1, 2026. The motion carried by the following vote:

11 -

Aye:

Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Andersen, Commissioner Ashcraft,

Commissioner Burt, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner John-Baptiste,

Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Mashburn, Vice Chair Moulton-Peters, Chair

Noack and Commissioner Ramos

7 -

Absent:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Corzo, Commissioner Mahan,

Commissioner Manfree, Commissioner Melgar, Commissioner Miley and

Commissioner Papan

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12b.

MTC Resolution No. 4741. Approval of General Counsel’s Performance

Evaluation, associated compensation range and salary adjustment - final

amount to be read into the record.

Action:

Commission Approval

Alex Miller was called to speak for agenda item 12b.

Upon the motion by Commissioner Fleming and seconded by Commissioner Ahn,

the Commission adopted MTC Resolution No. 4741, setting the salary of General

Counsel to $392,174.43 effective January 1, 2025 and $418,842.32 effective

January 1, 2026. The motion carried by the following vote:

11 -

Aye:

Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Andersen, Commissioner Ashcraft,

Commissioner Burt, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner John-Baptiste,

Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Mashburn, Vice Chair Moulton-Peters, Chair

Noack and Commissioner Ramos

7 -

Absent:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Corzo, Commissioner Mahan,

Commissioner Manfree, Commissioner Melgar, Commissioner Miley and

Commissioner Papan

13. Public Comment / Other Business

Written correspondence was received for agenda item 13 from Mark Baker.

Aleta Dupree and Alex Miller were called to speak.

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Public Comment

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 March 25, 2026. Any changes to the schedule will be duly noticed to the public.