Metropolitan Transportation

Commission

Bay Area Metro Center

375 Beale Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Meeting Minutes

Programming and Allocations Committee

Cindy Chavez, Chair Nate Miley, Vice Chair

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

9:45 AM

Board Room - 1st Floor

Roster

Cindy Chavez (Chair), Nate Miley (Vice Chair),

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

Gina Papan, Hillary Ronen, Sheng Thao

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

Chair Chavez call the meeting to order at 10:48 a.m.

Commissioner Ronen invoked AB 2449 (just cause) due to physical disability and was

counted as present for the meeting.

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

1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum

7 -

Present:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover,

Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair Papan, Commissioner Ronen, and Commissioner

Thao

1 - Commissioner Fleming

Absent:

2. Consent Calendar

Aleta Dupree was called to speak.

Upon the motion by Commissioner Thao and seconded by Commissioner Glover,

the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved by the following vote:

7 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover,

Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair Papan, Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner

Thao

1 - Commissioner Fleming

Absent:

24-0198

2a.

Approval of Programming and Allocations Committee Minutes of February

14, 2024 Meeting.

Action:

Committee Approval

23-1414

2b.

2c.

MTC Resolution No. 4108, Revised. Revisions to the Transportation

Development Act (TDA) Article 3 Policies and Procedures to add eligible

project types and make other minor clarifications.

Action:

Commission Approval

Luis Garcia

Presenter:

24-0262

MTC Resolution Nos. 4570, Revised and 4571, Revised. Allocation of $7.8

million in FY2023-24 Transportation Development Act (TDA) and State

Transit Assistance (STA) funds to Union City and Eastern Contra Costa

Transit Authority/Tri Delta Transit (ECCTA) to support transit operations

and capital projects in the region.

Action:

Commission Approval

Luis Garcia

Presenter:

24-0264

2d.

2e.

MTC Resolution No. 4202, Revised. Revisions to the One Bay Area Grant

(OBAG 2) Program to finalize Housing Incentive Pool (HIP) award

amounts.

Action:

Commission Approval

Thomas Arndt

Presenter:

24-0265

MTC Resolutions No. 3989, Revised and 4505, Revised. Various revisions

to the One Bay Area Grant Program (OBAG 3) and MTC exchange

program, including reprogramming $2 million to provide matching funds for

MTC’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant, reprogramming $2

million to update pavement data collection software, changing the fund

source for both projects from STP/CMAQ to non-federal exchange funds,

and the addition of the City of Albany as co-sponsor for a portion of the San

Pablo Avenue Parallel Bike Network project.

Action:

Commission Approval

Thomas Arndt

Presenter:

24-0215

2f.

MTC Resolution No. 4273, Revised. FY 2023-24 Cap and Trade Low

Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP).

Action:

Commission Approval

Anne Spevack

Presenter:

3. Regional

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3a.

MTC Resolution No. 4633. Adoption of the 2025 Regional Active

Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 7 Guidelines.

Action:

Commission Approval

Karl Anderson

Presenter:

Aleta Dupree was called to speak.

Upon the motion by Commissioner Glover and seconded by Commissioner

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

4633 to the Commission for approval. The motion carried by the following vote:

7 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover,

Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair Papan, Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner

Thao

1 - Commissioner Fleming

Absent:

24-0301

3b.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4586, Revised; 4592, Revised; 4614, Revised;

4615, Revised; and 4635. Allocation of $49.9 million in Regional Measure

3 (RM3) capital funds to Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA),

Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority (BAIFA), Water Emergency

Transportation Authority (WETA), San Francisco Municipal Transportation

Agency (SFMTA), and San Mateo County Transportation Authority

(SMCTA).

Allocation of a total $49.9 million in RM3 capital funds: $0.5 million to

CCTA for the I-680/SR-4 Interchange Improvements - Trail Connection

Feasibility Study (RM3 Project #19.2), $16.7 million to BAIFA under the

Bay Area Corridor Express Lanes program for the I-80 Express Lanes Toll

System (RM3 Project #2.2), $0.84 million to WETA under the Ferry

Enhancement Program for the Shoreline Electrical Program (RM3 Project

#5.2), $12.6 million to SFMTA under MUNI Fleet Expansion and Facilities

Projects for the Presidio Yard Modernization Project (RM3 Project #10.6),

and $19.3 million to SMCTA for Highway 101/State Route 92 Interchange

Area Improvements (RM3 Project #18.1).

Action:

Commission Approval

Craig Bosman

Presenter:

Aleta Dupree was called to speak.

Upon the motion by Commission Papan and seconded by Commissioner

Abe-Koga, the Committee unanimously approved the referral of MTC Resolution

Nos. 4586, Revised; 4592, Revised; 4614, Revised; 4615, Revised; and 4635 to the

Commission for approval. The motion carried by the following vote:

7 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover,

Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair Papan, Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner

Thao

1 - Commissioner Fleming

Absent:

24-0258

3c.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4625, Revised and 4626, Revised. Approval of

revisions to the FY2023-24 Regional Measure 3 (RM3) Operating Program

and allocation of FY2023-24 RM3 Operating Program funds to support

express bus operations.

Action:

Commission Approval

Raleigh McCoy

Presenter:

Aleta Dupree was called to speak.

Upon the motion by Commission Glover and seconded by Commissioner

Abe-Koga, the Committee unanimously approved the referral of MTC Resolution

Nos. 4625, Revised and 4626, Revised to the Commission for approval and

directed staff that in future years, clarification would be made to assess

operators’ eligibility to receive RM3 Express Bus funding. The motion carried by

the following vote:

7 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover,

Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair Papan, Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner

Thao

1 - Commissioner Fleming

Absent:

4. Federal

24-0270

4a.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4444, Revised and 4510, Revised. Transit Capital

Priorities Policy and Program Revisions FYs 2021-22 - 2023-24.

Update of Transit Capital Priorities (TCP) Process and Criteria and

programming of $77.6 million in FTA Formula Revenue funding for FYs

2021-22 through 2023-24, for transit operator state-of-good-repair

consistent with the TCP Process and Criteria.

Action:

Commission Approval

Margaret Doyle

Presenter:

Aleta Dupree was called to speak.

Upon the motion by Commissioner Glover and seconded by Commissioner

Abe-Koga, the Committee unanimously approved referral of MTC Resolution Nos.

4444, Revised and 4510, Revised to the Commission for approval and directed

staff to address comments made by the Committee. The motion carried by the

following vote:

7 -

Aye:

Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover,

Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair Papan, Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner

Thao

1 - Commissioner Fleming

Absent:

5. Public Comment / Other Business