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  
Wednesday, January 14, 2026  
9:45 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Roster  
Victoria Fleming (Chair), Myrna Melgar (Vice Chair),  
Margaret Abe-Koga, Barbara Lee, Amber Manfree,  
Nate Miley, Gina Papan, Belia Ramos  
Non-Voting Member: David Ambuehl and Libby Schaaf  
Chair Fleming called the meeting to order 11:05 a.m.  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
7 -  
Present:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Manfree, Vice  
Chair Melgar, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Papan, and Commissioner  
Ramos  
1 - Commissioner Lee  
Absent:  
Non-voting members present: Commissioner Ambuehl and Commissioner Schaaf  
Ex-Officio Voting Members Present: Commission Chair Noack, Commission Vice Chair  
Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Anderson (remote)  
Ad-Hoc Non-voting members present: Commissioner Giacopini (remote)  
2. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Vice Chair Melgar and seconded by Commissioner  
Abe-Koga, the Consent Calendar, was unanimously approved by the following  
vote:  
7 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Manfree, Vice  
Chair Melgar, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Papan and Commissioner  
Ramos  
1 - Commissioner Lee  
Absent:  
26-0079  
2a.  
Approval of the Programming & Allocations Committee December 10,  
2025 Meeting Minutes  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
26-0011  
2b.  
MTC Resolution No. 4709, Revised. Allocation of $7.1 million in  
FY2025-26 Transportation Development Act (TDA) operating funds to the  
City of Fairfield (FAST) to support transit operations in the region.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Jack McDowell  
Presenter:  
26-0053  
2c.  
2d.  
MTC Resolution No. 4660, Revised. Allocation of $15 million in Regional  
Measure 3 (RM3) Capital Funds to the City of Newark.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Julieth Ortiz  
Presenter:  
26-0012  
Second Quarterly Report of the Executive Director’s Delegated Authority  
Actions.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Jack McDowell  
26-0052  
Transit Performance Initiative - Investment Program Semi-Annual Update.  
2e.  
Action:  
Informational  
Anne Meeple  
Presenter:  
3. Regional  
26-0055  
3a  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4604, Revised, and 3989, Revised. MTC Community  
Action Resource and Empowerment (CARE): Power-building and  
Engagement (Pb+E): Program of Projects - Round 2.  
Revisions to MTC Community Action Resource and Empowerment  
(CARE) guidelines and MTC’s Exchange Program to award an additional  
$1 million in Power-building and Engagement (Pb+E) grants, augmenting  
the $1.5 million awarded in November 2025 in Round 1.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Judis Santos  
Presenter:  
Carolyn Gonot, General manager of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation  
Authority, and Roland Lebrun were called to speak.  
Upon the motion by Vice Chair Melgar and seconded by Commissioner  
Abe-Koga, the Committee approved referral of MTC Resolution Nos. 4604,  
Revised, and 3989, Revised – MTC Community Action Resource and  
Empowerment (CARE): Power-building and Engagement (Pb+E): Program of  
Projects - Round 2 to the Commission for approval. The motion carried the  
following vote.  
6 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Manfree, Vice  
Chair Melgar, Commissioner Papan and Commissioner Ramos  
1 - Commissioner Lee  
Absent:  
1 - Commissioner Miley  
Abstain:  
26-0096  
3b.  
Regional Measure 3 Express Lanes Category Update.  
Update on the Bay Area Corridor Express Lanes Category within the  
Regional Measure 3 Program.  
Action:  
Information  
David Man  
Presenter:  
4. Information  
26-0078  
4a.  
California Transportation Commission (CTC) and State Funding Programs  
Update. Update on CTC and State Funding Programs Update.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Kenneth Kao  
5. Public Comment / Other Business  
6. 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, February 11, 2026 at 9:45 a.m. Any changes to the schedule will be  
duly noticed to the public.  
Chair Fleming adjourned the meeting at 12:12 p.m.