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, March 12, 2025  
9:45 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Roster  
Vacant (Chair), Nate Miley (Vice Chair),  
Margaret Abe-Koga, Victoria Fleming, Gina Papan,  
Vacant, Vacant, Vacant  
Non-Voting Members: Dina El-Tawansy, Libby Schaaf  
Vice Chair Miley called the meeting to order at 10:04 a.m.  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
3 - Commissioner Abe-Koga, Vice Chair Miley, and Commissioner Papan  
1 - Commissioner Fleming  
Present:  
Absent:  
Non-voting members present: Commissioner El-Tawansy and Commissioner Schaaf  
Ex Officio Voting Members Present: Commission Chair Noack, Commissioner Kaplan and  
Commissioner Melgar.  
Ad-Hoc Non-voting members present: Commissioner Giacopini  
2. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Abe-Koga and seconded by Commissioner  
Papan, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved by the following vote:  
3 - Commissioner Abe-Koga, Vice Chair Miley and Commissioner Papan  
1 - Commissioner Fleming  
Aye:  
Absent:  
25-0372  
2a.  
2b.  
Approval of Programming & Allocations Committee Minutes of February  
12, 2025 Meeting.  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
25-0241  
MTC Resolution No. 4646, Revised. 2025 Transportation Improvement  
Program (TIP) Amendment 2025-07.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
John Saelee  
Presenter:  
25-0257  
2c.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 3989, Revised; 4202, Revised; 4505, Revised; and  
4540, Revised. Various revisions to One Bay Area Grant 2 and 3. Carbon  
Reduction Program and MTC exchange programs, including programming  
$40.7 million to local agencies for various Transit Oriented Communities  
(TOC) capital projects and $20.8 million to MTC for various local TOC  
planning projects.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Thomas Arndt  
Presenter:  
25-0291  
2d.  
MTC Resolution No. 4584, Revised. Allocation of $500,000 in Regional  
Measure 3 (RM3) capital funds to Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and  
Transportation District (GGBHTD).  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Julieth Ortiz  
Presenter:  
25-0292  
2e.  
2f.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4674, Revised and 4510, Revised. Transit Capital  
Priorities Program FYs 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Margaret Doyle  
Presenter:  
25-0361  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4651, Revised and 4652, Revised. Proposed  
allocation $95.7 million in FY2024-25 Transportation Development Act  
(TDA) and State Transit Assistance (STA) funds to three transit operators  
to support transit operations and capital projects in the region.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Luis Garcia  
Presenter:  
3. Regional  
25-0239  
3a.  
Public Hearing: Proposed Amendment to the Regional Measure 3 (RM3)  
Program.  
Pursuant to California Streets and Highways Code Section 30914.7(e),  
MTC proposes to modify the scope of one existing project in the Regional  
Measure 3 (RM3) capital program, specifically to:  
·
Modify scope of Highway 101-Marin/Sonoma Narrows (RM3 project  
#20) to include the high occupancy vehicle lane hours signage on Highway  
101 between Arata Lane in Windsor and North Bridge Boulevard in  
Sausalito.  
A public hearing will be held at the meeting to take comments on the  
proposal.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Kenneth Kao  
Written correspondence received by James R. Cameron, Executive Edirector,  
SCTA/RCPA and Anne Richman, Executive Director, Transportation Authority of  
Marin.  
25-0151  
3b.  
MTC Resolution No. 4537, Revised. Major Project Advancement Policy:  
Stage Gate Evaluation and Recommendations for Transbay Joint Powers  
Authority - the Portal Project.  
Under the Major Project Advancement Policy (MAP), this item  
recommends the Commission approve the advancement of the Transbay  
Joint Powers Authority (TJPA)’s The Portal project into MAP Level 1  
through an update to MTC Resolution No. 4537, Revised, contingent on  
formation of a Change Control Board (CCB) with MTC as a member and  
charter executed prior to the start of The Portal Project Phase 2  
(pre-construction), and development of an updated operating cost estimate  
and funding strategy by December 31, 2025.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Kenneth Folan  
Presenter:  
Written correspondence was received by Senator Wiener,  
Assemblymember Haney, Assemblymember Stefani; Daniel Lurie, Mayor  
of San Francisco; Joe Sanders, Painters & Drywall Finishers Local Union  
913; John J. Dohery, IBEW 6; Larry Mazzola Jr., United Association of  
Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry,  
Local Union No. 38; Trevor Long, Glaziers Architectural Metal and Glass  
Workers Union, Local 718 of San Francisco; Anthony Nuanes, Carpet,  
Linoleum & Soft Tile Workers, Local Union No. 12; and Michael Gimbel,  
Friends of the Downtown Rail Extension.  
The following were called to speak: Rudy Gonzalez, SFBCTC; Charley  
Lavery, Operating Engineers Local 3 and Policy Advisory Council; Joshua  
Arce, Northern California Laborers Alliance for Jobs; Adam Van de Water,  
Transbay Joint Powers Authority; Sebastian Petty, SPUR; Michael Baldini,  
Policy Advisory Council; Ken Bukowski; Roland Lebrun; Dylan Fabris, SF  
Transit Riders; Rehama Tereda; and Adina Levin, Policy Advisory Council.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Papan and seconded by Commissioner  
Abe-Koga, the Committee unanimously approved referral of MTC Resolution No.  
4537, Revised. Major Project Advancement Policy: Stage Gate Evaluation and  
Recommendations for Transbay Joint Powers Authority - the Portal Project to the  
Commission for approval. The motion carried the following vote:  
3 - Commissioner Abe-Koga, Vice Chair Miley and Commissioner Papan  
1 - Commissioner Fleming  
Aye:  
Absent:  
4. Federal  
24-1607  
4a.  
One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) Overview and Key Considerations.  
Overview of the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) program, including key  
considerations and development schedule for the next grant cycle (OBAG  
4).  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Thomas Arndt  
Written correspondence received by BACTA Executive Directors.  
5. Information  
25-0201  
5a.  
California Transportation Commission (CTC) and State Funding Programs  
Update.  
Update on California Transportation Commission (CTC) and state funding  
programs under the CTC’s purview.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Kenneth Kao  
6. Public Comment / Other Business  
25-0435 Public Comment  
6a.  
7. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Programming and Allocations Committee will be held on April  
9, 2025 at 9:45 a.m. at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco,  
CA.