Bay Area Metro Center

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San Francisco, CA 94105

Meeting Minutes

Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Alfredo Pedroza, Chair Nick Josefowitz, Vice Chair

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

9:45 AM

Board Room - 1st Floor

Roster

Alfredo Pedroza (Chair), Nick Josefowitz (Vice Chair),

Margaret Abe-Koga, Eddie Ahn, David Canepa, Carol Dutra-Vernaci,

Dina El-Tawansy*, Victoria Fleming, Dorene M. Giacopini*, Federal D. Glover,

Rebecca Kaplan, Matt Mahan, Nate Miley, Stephanie Moulton-Peters, Sue Noack,

Gina Papan, David Rabbitt, Hillary Ronen, Libby Schaaf*, James P. Spering, Vacant

*Non-Voting Members

Chair Pedroza called the meeting to order at 10:51 a.m.

1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum

12 -

Present:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner

Fleming, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Kaplan, Commissioner Mahan,

Commissioner Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Ronen, and Commissioner Spering

5 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa,

Commissioner Miley, and Commissioner Rabbitt

Commissioner Glover invoked AB 2449 due to illness and was counted as present for the meeting.

Non-Voting Commissioners Absent: Commissioner El-Tawansy, Commissioner Giacopini and

Commissioner Schaaf

2. Chair's Report

Chair Pedroza gave the report.

3. Policy Advisory Council Report

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Policy Advisory Council Report

Information

3a.

Action:

Pamela Campos gave the report and announced that after being elected to the

San Jose City Council she would be leaving the Council next month.

4. Executive Director's Report

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Executive Director's Report

Information

4a.

Action:

Aleta Dupree (Team Folds) and Vinay Pimple (MTC Policy Advisory

Councilmember) were called to speak.

5. Commissioner Comments

6. Consent Calendar

Upon the motion by Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci and seconded by Commissioner

Kaplan, the Commission unanimously approved the Consent Calendar by the

following vote:

12 -

Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner

Fleming, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Kaplan, Commissioner Mahan,

Commissioner Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Spering

5 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa,

Commissioner Miley and Commissioner Rabbitt

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Approval of Commission Minutes of the October 23, 2024 Meeting

Commission Approval

6a.

Action:

Regional Network Management Committee

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6b.

6c.

MTC Resolution No. 4672. Local support for the West Oakland Link

Application for Alameda County Transportation Commission Administered

Funding

Action:

Commission Approval

Gavin Lohry

Presenter:

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MTC Resolution No. 4669. Design Immunity for the Interstate 580 (I-580)

Westbound High Occupancy Lane (HOV) Lane Extension Project

Action:

Commission Approval

Pamela Kwan

Presenter:

Administration Committee

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6d.

MTC Resolution No. 4637, Revised. Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Overall

Work Program (OWP) Amendment No. 3.

Action:

Commission Approval

Oscar Quintanilla Lopez

Presenter:

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6e.

MTC Resolution No. 4675. Master Fund Transfer Agreement with the

California Department of Transportation.

Action:

Commission Approval

Oscar Quintanilla Lopez

Presenter:

Programming and Allocations Committee (Miley)

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6f.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4404, Revised. Regional Measure 3 Policies and

Procedures Revisions.

Action:

Commission Approval

Julieth Ortiz

Presenter:

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6g.

MTC Resolution Nos. 3989, Revised; 4202, Revised; and 4505, Revised.

Various revisions to the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 2 and 3) and MTC

exchange programs, including programming $8.5 million to Priority

Conservation Area (PCA) projects, $4.6 million to various projects within

the Regional Vision Zero/Safety Program, and $4.0 million to Innovative

Deployments for Enhanced Arterials Transit Signal Priority (IDEA TSP)

and Bus Accelerated Infrastructure Delivery (BusAID) projects.

Action:

Commission Approval

Thomas Arndt

Presenter:

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6h.

6i.

6j.

MTC Resolution No. 4444, Revised. Transit Capital Priorities Policy

Revisions

Action:

Commission Approval

Margaret Doyle

Presenter:

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MTC Resolution No. 4660, Revised. Allocation of $4 million in Regional

Measure 3 Capital Funds to City of Union City and City of Fremont.

Action:

Commission Approval

Julieth Ortiz

Presenter:

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MTC Resolution Nos. 4650, Revised; 4202, Revised; and 4505, Revised.

Revisions to the Regional Early Action Planning Grant (REAP 2) program

and One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 2 and 3) programs to reflect changes to

MTC’s REAP 2 REAP 2 expenditure plan to ensure all REAP 2 funds can

be spent by the statewide expenditure deadline while still delivering a

broad suite of activities originally proposed for REAP 2 funds.

Action:

Commission Approval

Valerie Coleman

Presenter:

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6k.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4651, Revised; 4652, Revised; 4653, Revised;

4654, Revised; and 4668, Revised. Proposed action allocates $74.3

million in FY2024-25 Transportation Development Act, State Transit

Assistance, Regional Measure 2, Regional Measure 3 (RM3), and Senate

Bill 125 funds to three transit operators to support transit operations and

capital projects in the region.

Action:

Commission Approval

Luis Garcia

Presenter:

Committee Report

7. Regional Network Management Committee (Rabbitt)

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7a.

MTC Resolution No. 4647, Revised. Bus Accelerated Infrastructure

Delivery (BusAID) Program - San Mateo County Transit District

(SamTrans) ($2,000,000)

A request for approval of MTC Resolution No. 4647, Revised approving

approximately $2,000,000 to advance transit priority project planning

through the BusAID funding program.

Action:

Commission Approval

Britt Tanner

Presenter:

Aleta Dupree (Team Folds) was called to speak.

Upon the motion by Commissioner Noack and seconded by Commissioner

Dutra-Vernaci, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution No. 4647,

Revised. The motion carried by the following vote:

12 -

Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner

Fleming, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Kaplan, Commissioner Mahan,

Commissioner Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Spering

5 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa,

Commissioner Miley and Commissioner Rabbitt

8. Administration Committee (Papan)

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8a.

MTC Resolution No. 4638, Revised. FY 2024-25 Operating and Capital

Budgets Amendment No. 1.

A request for approval of MTC Resolution No. 4638 Revised, authorizing

amendments to the MTC Operating and Capital Budgets for FY 2024-25

increasing operating revenue by $10.5 million and operating expenses by

$11.4 million. The resulting $0.8 million increase to the projected operating

deficit is funded by a draw from fund balance.

Action:

Commission Approval

Derek Hansel

Presenter:

Upon the motion by Commissioner Papan and seconded by Commissioner

Dutra-Vernaci, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution No. 4638,

Revised. The motion carried by the following vote:

16 -

Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner

Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming,

Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner

Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan, Commissioner

Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Spering

1 - Commissioner Kaplan

Absent:

9. Programming and Allocations Committee (Miley)

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9a.

MTC Resolution No. 4619, Revised. Senate Bill 125 Regional

Accountability Measure Progress Update.

Adoption of the framework for the $300 million regional contribution to

complement Senate Bill 125 emergency transit operations funding and an

informational update on the status of large operators’ progress toward

Senate Bill 125 Regional Accountability Measures.

Action:

Commission Approval

Raleigh McCoy

Presenter:

Upon the motion by Chair Pedroza and seconded by Commissioner

Dutra-Vernaci, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution No. 4619,

Revised, which was accompanied by a request for staff to follow up at a future

date with additional information on: 1) formalized coordination efforts for

transformation / accountability initiatives such as inter-operator transit schedules

and implementation of BART Fare Gates, 2) ADA accommodations for when

accessibility problems arise (like an elevator is out of order), 3) funding for the

fiscal cliff should not be taken from county programming, and 4) some

explanation be provided on how funds are actually spent. The motion carried by

the following vote:

12 -

Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner

Fleming, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Kaplan, Commissioner Mahan,

Commissioner Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Spering

5 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa,

Commissioner Miley and Commissioner Rabbitt

10. Public Comment / Other Business

Aleta Dupree (Team Folds) and Michael Baldini were called to speak.

11. 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 Wednesday, December 18, 2024.

**Note this is the third Wednesday of the month due to the Christmas holiday. Any

changes to the schedule will be duly noticed to the public.**