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, February 11, 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

Vice Chair Melgar called the meeting to order at 10:28 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 and Commission Vice Chair

Moulton-Peters

Ad-Hoc Non-voting members present: Commissioner Giacopini (remote)

Commissioner Fleming participated remotely pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54953.8.3(2).

2. Consent Calendar

Upon the motion by Commissioner Abe-Koga and seconded by Commissioner

Manfree, 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:

26-0217

2a.

Approval of the Programming & Allocations Committee January 14, 2026

Meeting Minutes.

Action:

Committee Approval

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2b.

2c.

MTC Resolutions 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:

26-0092

2d.

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

Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 8 Guidelines.

Action:

Commission Approval

Karl Anderson

Presenter:

26-0225

2e.

MTC Resolution No. 4646, Revised. 2025 Transportation Improvement

Program (TIP) Amendment 2025-27.

Action:

Commission Approval

John Saelee

Presenter:

3. Regional

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3a.

MTC Resolution No. 4742. FY 2026-27 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, Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP) funds, and

Senate Bill (SB) 125 funds for transit operating assistance for FY 2026-27.

Action:

Commission Approval

Luis Garcia

Presenter:

Upon the motion by Commissioner Abe-Koga and seconded by Commissioner

Manfree, the committee approved referral of MTC Resolution No. 4742. FY 2026-27

MTC Fund Estimate for approval to the Commission. The motion carried 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:

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3b.

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 and Project Delivery component of CARE

including anticipated next steps in framework development.

Action:

Commission Approval

Janica Mendillo

Presenter:

Upon the motion by Commissioner Abe-Koga and seconded by Commissioner

Ramos, the committee unanimously approved referral of MTC Resolution No.

4604, Revised. MTC Community Action Resource and Empowerment (CARE) -

Community-Based Transportation Plan Project Development Technical

Assistance (CBTP TA) for approval to the Commission. The motion carried 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:

4. Federal

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4a.

MTC Resolutions 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:

Upon the motion by Chair Fleming and seconded by Commissioner Manfree, the

committee unanimously approve referral of MTC Resolutions Nos. 4505, Revised,

and 4740, Revised. Revisions to the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 3 and 4)

programs for approval to the Commission. The motion carried 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:

5. Information

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5a.

California Transportation Commission (CTC) and State Funding Programs

Update. Update on 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, March 11, 2026 at 9:45 a.m. Any changes to the schedule will be duly

noticed to the public.

Vice Chair Melgar adjourned the meeting at 11:!5 a.m.