Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission  
Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Agenda  
Programming and Allocations Committee  
Cindy Chavez, Chair Nate Miley, Vice Chair  
Wednesday, December 13, 2023  
9:45 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
The Programming and Allocations Committee is scheduled to meet at 9:45 a.m. or immediately  
following the 9:40 a.m. Administration Committee meeting.  
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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  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
Quorum: A quorum of this committee shall be a majority of its regular non-ex-officio  
voting members (5).  
2. Consent Calendar  
2a.  
Approval of Programming and Allocations Committee Minutes of  
November 8, 2023 Meeting  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Attachments:  
2b.  
MTC Resolution No. 4545, Revised. 2023 Transportation Improvement  
Program (TIP) Amendment 2023-23.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
John Saelee  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
2c.  
MTC Resolution No. 4510, Revised. Transit Capital Priorities Policy and  
Program Revisions FYs 2021-22 - 2023-24.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Margaret Doyle  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
2d.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4620 and 4588, Revised. FY2023-24 STA-State  
of Good Repair Allocations and Project List Revision.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Terence Lee  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
2e.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4571, Revised, 4624, and 4626. Allocation of  
$13.3 million in FY2023-24 State Transit Assistance (STA), Five Percent  
Unrestricted State Fund Revenue, and Regional Measure 3 funds to the  
San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority  
(WETA) and MTC to support transit operations and capital projects in  
the region.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Luis Garcia  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
2f.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4594, Revised; 4613, Revised; and 4615.  
Allocation of $16.8 million in Regional Measure 3 (RM3) capital funds to  
Solano Transportation Authority (STA), Alameda-Contra Costa Transit  
District (AC Transit), and San Francisco Municipal Transportation  
Agency (SFMTA)  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Julieth Ortiz  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
2g.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 3989, Revised; 4202, Revised; and 4505,  
Revised. Various revisions to the One Bay Area Grant programs  
(OBAG 2 and 3) and MTC exchange program, including reprogramming  
$4.9 million within the OBAG 3 Regional and County and Local  
Programs as part of a fund source exchange for the San Francisco  
County Transportation Authority’s (SFCTA’s) Yerba Buena Island  
Multi-Use Path and reprogramming $2.7 million to two projects within  
the OBAG 2 Solano County Program.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Thomas Arndt  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
2h.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4519, Revised, and 4529, Revised. An update to  
the Transit Transformation Action Plan Program of Projects to program  
approximately $1.8 million in State Transit Assistance (STA)  
Population-Based Funds to the Mapping & Wayfinding Standards  
project and $25,000 in STA Revenue-Based Exchange Funds to  
support Transit Priority activities. Update to Attachment A of MTC  
Resolution No. 4529 to clarify eligible activities for the November 2023  
allocations to AC Transit and BART, and to allocate $25,000 to support  
Transit Priority activities.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Allison Quach  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
2i.  
MTC Resolution No. 4625. Adoption of the $11.7 million FY2023-24  
Regional Measure 3 (RM3) Operating Program.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Raleigh McCoy  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
3. Regional  
3a.  
Public Hearing:  
Public Hearing: Proposed Amendments to the Regional Measure 3  
(RM3) Program.  
Pursuant to California Streets and Highways Code Section 30914.7(e),  
MTC proposes to modify five existing projects and reassign $16.7 million  
in Regional Measure 3 (RM3) funds, specifically to:  
i. Redirect $16,700,000 in funds from the Solano County I-80/I-  
680/SR-12 Interchange Project (RM3 project #21) to the Solano I-80  
Express Lanes (Toll System) project - part of the Bay Area Corridor  
Express Lanes suite of projects (under RM3 project #2)  
ii. Modify scope of Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) project  
(RM3 project #7) to clarify eligibility of the multi-use pathway along  
SMART right-of-way.  
iii. Modify scope of Highway 101-Marin/Sonoma Narrows (RM3 project  
#20) to extend the project limits approximately 4.5 miles from Petaluma  
Blvd. South to Petaluma Blvd. North in Petaluma and approximately  
three (3) miles from Atherton Ave. to State Route 37 in Novato.  
iv. Add the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) as a joint  
project sponsor to State Route 37 Improvements (RM3 project #23)  
A public hearing will be held at the meeting to take comments on the  
proposal.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Kenneth Kao  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
3b.  
MTC Resolution 4619, Revised, and Approval of Regional Short-Term  
Financial Plan for Senate Bill 125 Transit Funding  
A request for approval of the Short-Term Financial Plan for the MTC  
region, which provides documentation required under Senate Bill 125 to  
the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) in exchange for the  
release of $1.1 billion in Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program  
(TIRCP) and Zero-Emission Transit Capital Program (ZETCP) funding to  
MTC between FY 2023-24 and FY 2026-27, and associated revision to  
MTC Resolution 4619.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Theresa Romell  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
4. State  
4a.  
MTC Resolution No. 4603, Revised. Regional Transportation  
Improvement Program (RTIP) Policies and Procedures and Program of  
Projects for the 2024 RTIP  
Updates to the 2024 Regional Transportation Improvement Program  
(RTIP) Policies and Procedures and Program of Projects for the 2024  
RTIP, totaling $226 million in new programming for the Bay Area.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Karl Anderson  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
5. Federal  
5a.  
Housing Incentive Pool and Housing Element:  
(i) MTC Resolution No. 4505, Revised. Revisions to MTC’s One Bay  
Area Grant (OBAG 3) Program to update Housing Element compliance  
requirements.  
(ii) MTC Resolution Nos. 4202, Revised and 4348, Revised. Revisions  
to MTC’s Housing Incentive Pool (HIP) to adopt eligibility and  
programming guidelines, an update of the final year of the program  
(2022), and the preliminary list of HIP program standings by jurisdiction  
(2018-2022).  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Thomas Arndt  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6. Information  
6a.  
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  
Attachments:  
7. Public Comment / Other Business  
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8. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Programming and Allocations Committee will be held on  
January 10, 2024 at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco,  
CA.  
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