Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission  
Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes  
Programming and Allocations Committee  
Cindy Chavez, Chair Nate Miley, Vice Chair  
Wednesday, December 13, 2023  
9:45 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Chair Chavez called the meeting to order and Commissioner Canepa and  
Commission Vice Chair Josefowitz were deputized to make quorum of the  
Committee.  
Commissioner Papan invoked AB 2449 (just cause) due to illness and was counted  
as present for the meeting.  
1. Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
6 -  
Present:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair  
Papan, Commissioner Canepa, and Commission Vice Chair Josefowitz  
4 -  
Absent:  
Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Ronen, and  
Commissioner Thao  
Non-voting members present: Commissioner El-Tawansy and Commissioner Schaaf  
2. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Canepa and seconded by Commissioner Abe-Koga, the  
Consent Calendar was unanimously approved by the following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair  
Papan, Commissioner Canepa and Commission Vice Chair Josefowitz  
4 -  
Absent:  
Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Ronen and  
Commissioner Thao  
23-1425  
2a.  
2b.  
Approval of Programming and Allocations Committee Minutes of  
November 8, 2023 Meeting  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
22-1774  
MTC Resolution No. 4545, Revised. 2023 Transportation Improvement  
Program (TIP) Amendment 2023-23.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
John Saelee  
Presenter:  
23-1413  
2c.  
2d.  
2e.  
MTC Resolution No. 4510, Revised. Transit Capital Priorities Policy and  
Program Revisions FYs 2021-22 - 2023-24.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Margaret Doyle  
Presenter:  
23-1415  
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:  
23-1449  
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:  
23-1416  
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:  
23-1419  
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:  
23-1440  
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:  
23-1495  
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:  
3. Regional  
23-1442  
3a.  
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 was held to take comments on the proposal.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Kenneth Kao  
Presenter:  
Aleta Dupree and Howard Wong were called to speak.  
23-1446  
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:  
Aleta Dupree was called to speak.  
Upon the motion by Canepa and seconded by Commissioner Miley, the  
Committee unanimously approved the referral of MTC Resolution 4619, Revised  
to the Commission for approval. The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair  
Papan, Commissioner Canepa and Commission Vice Chair Josefowitz  
4 -  
Absent:  
Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Ronen and  
Commissioner Thao  
4. State  
23-1443  
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:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Abe-Koga and seconded by Commissioner  
Miley, the Committee unanimously approved the referral of MTC Resolution No.  
4603, Revised to the Commission for approval. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair  
Papan, Commissioner Canepa and Commission Vice Chair Josefowitz  
4 -  
Absent:  
Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Ronen and  
Commissioner Thao  
5. Federal  
23-1417  
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:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Canepa and seconded by Commissioner  
Miley, the Committee unanimously approved the referral of MTC Resolution Nos.  
4505, Revised, 4202, Revised, and 4348, Revised to the Commission for approval  
and requested that staff return to this Committee with a report on jurisdictions  
still without certification and which exceptions have been granted with an  
opportunity to reaffirm those policies. The motion passed by the following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair  
Papan, Commissioner Canepa and Commission Vice Chair Josefowitz  
4 -  
Absent:  
Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Ronen and  
Commissioner Thao  
6. Information  
23-1445  
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  
7. Public Comment / Other Business  
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.