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Meeting Minutes

Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Alfredo Pedroza, Chair Nick Josefowitz, Vice Chair

9:40 AM

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Board Room - 1st Floor

Roster

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

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

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

Matt Mahan, Nate Miley, Stephanie Moulton-Peters, Sue Noack, Gina Papan,

David Rabbitt, Hillary Ronen, Libby Schaaf*, James P. Spering, Sheng Thao

*Non-Voting Members

Chair Pedroza called the meeting to order at 12:26 p.m.

1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum

13 -

Present:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner

Chavez, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner

Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Spering, and Commissioner Thao

5 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner

Moulton-Peters, and Commissioner Rabbitt

Non-Voting Commissioners Present: Commissioner Giacopini, and Commissioner Schaaf

Non-Voting Commissioners Absent: Commissioner El-Tawansy

2. Chair's Report

There was nothing to report.

3. Policy Advisory Council Report

Michael Baldini, Policy Advisory Council Vice Chair, gave the report.

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Policy Advisory Council Report

Information

3a.

Action:

4. Executive Director's Report

Andrew Fremier gave the report.

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Executive Director's Report

Information

4a.

Action:

5. Commissioner Comments

6. Consent Calendar

Upon the motion by Commissioner Canepa and seconded by Commissioner

Noack, the Commission unanimously approved the Consent Calendar by the

following vote:

13 -

Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner

Chavez, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner

Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Thao

5 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner

Moulton-Peters and Commissioner Rabbitt

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6a.

6b.

Approval of Commission Minutes of the May 22, 2024 Meeting and the

June 12, 2024 Special Commission Meeting

Action:

Commission Approval

24-0749

Consultant Bench - 2024 Municipal Advisory Services - Cycle 1 for Service

Category: Conduit Financing (CSG Advisors Incorporated; KNN Public

Finance, LLC)

Action:

Authority Approval

Natalie Perkins

Presenter:

Programming and Allocations Committee

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6c.

MTC Resolution No. 4545, Revised. 2023 Transportation Improvement

Program (TIP) Amendment 2023-31.

Action:

Commission Approval

John Salee

Presenter:

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6d.

MTC Resolution No. 3664, Revised. Regional Measure 2 capital funds for

the design phase of the Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority Transit

Signal Priority Upgrade and Expansion Project.

Action:

Commission Approval

Anne Spevack

Presenter:

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6e.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4615 Revised; 4635 Revised; and 4640. Allocation

of $22.7 million in Regional Measure 3 (RM3) capital funds to San

Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), San Mateo County

Transportation Authority (SMCTA), and Sonoma County Transportation

Authority (SCTA).

Recommended allocations of a total $22.7 million in RM3 capital funds to

four projects: 10) Muni Fleet Expansion & Facilities-$6.7 million to SFMTA

for the Vintage Streetcar Rehabilitation Project (RM3 Project #10.7),

$11.34 million to SFMTA for the New Flyer Midlife Overhaul Project (RM3

Project #10.8); 18) Highway 101/ State Route 92 Interchange-$2.7 million

to SMCTA for the US Highway 101/State Route 92 Area Improvements

Project (RM3 Project #18.1); and 20) Highway 101-Marin/Sonoma

Narrows-$2 million to SCTA for the Marin Sonoma Narrows Mitigation

Monitoring and Reporting Project (RM3 Project #20.2).

Action:

Commission Approval

Julieth Ortiz

Presenter:

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6f.

MTC Resolution No. 4657. Allocation of FY2024-25 Transportation

Development Act (TDA) funds to County Controllers for TDA administration

and to MTC for TDA administration and planning.

Action:

Commission Approval

Luis Garcia

Presenter:

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6g.

MTC Resolutions Nos. 3989, Revised and 4505, Revised. Revisions to the

One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 3) and MTC exchange programs to program

$5 million in non-federal MTC exchange funds to the Bay Area Housing

Finance Authority (BAHFA) for county election cost reimbursement related

to the 2024 regional housing bond measure.

Action:

Commission Approval

Thomas Arndt

Presenter:

Regional Network Management Committee

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6h.

MTC Resolution No. 4658: Design Immunity for the West Grand Bus/

High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane Extension Project

Action:

Commission Approval

Cathy Chea

Presenter:

Committee Reports

7. Administration Committee Report (Papan)

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7a.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Program Update and Contract

Actions:

i. Purchase Order - Oracle Cloud Subscription Services: Mythics, LLC/

Mythics VIII, LLC ($2,600,000);

ii. Contract - Oracle System Integration Services: Mythics, LLC/ Mythics

VIII, LLC ($8,500,000); and

iii. Purchase Order Amendment - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Strategic Advisory Services and Implementation Support: Slalom, Inc.

($2,500,000)

Action:

Committee Approval

Nick Roethel

Presenter:

Upon the motion by Commissioner Papan and seconded by Commissioner

Chavez, the Commission unanimously approved the purchase order with Mytics,

LLC/Mythics VIII, LLC; the contract with Mythics, LLC/Mythics VIII, LLC; and the

purchase order amendment with Slalom, Inc. The motion carried by the

following vote:

13 -

Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner

Chavez, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner

Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Thao

5 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner

Moulton-Peters and Commissioner Rabbitt

8. Programming and Allocations Committee Report (Chavez)

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8a.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4651, 4652, 4653, and 4655.

Allocation of $440.9 million in FY2024-25 Transportation Development Act

(TDA), State Transit Assistance (STA), Regional Measure 2 (RM2), and

AB1107 funds to four transit operators and MTC to support transit

operations and capital projects in the region.

Action:

Commission Approval

Luis Garcia

Presenter:

Upon the motion by Commissioner Chavez and seconded by Commissioner

Papan, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution Nos. 4651, 4652,

4653, and 4655. The motion carried by the following vote:

13 -

Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner

Chavez, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner

Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Spering

5 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner

Moulton-Peters and Commissioner Thao

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8b.

MTC Resolution No. 4639. Adoption of the RM3 Safe Routes to Transit &

Bay Trail (SR2TBT) Grant Program Guidelines.

Action:

Commission Approval

Karl Anderson

Presenter:

Upon the motion by Commissioner Chavez and seconded by Commissioner

Canepa, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution No. 4639. The

motion carried by the following vote:

13 -

Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner

Chavez, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner

Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Thao

5 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner

Moulton-Peters and Commissioner Rabbitt

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8c.

MTC Resolution No. 4411, Revised. Initial Programming of RM3

Dumbarton Corridor Improvements project category.

Initial programming of the $130 million in RM3 Project #17, Dumbarton

Corridor Improvements. $72 million programmed to projects in Alameda

County, $32.5 million programmed to projects in San Mateo County, $5

million programmed to Bay Area Toll Authority projects, and $20.5 million

in a reserve for future programming.

Action:

Commission Approval

Craig Bosman

Presenter:

Written correspondence was received from:Supervisor David Haubert (Alameda

County Board of Supervisor), Robert Czerwinski, Jennifer Schwartz, Andreas

Kadavanich (Bike Fremont), Dr. Mandeep S. Gill, Liz Ames, PE (BART) Flavio

Poehlmann, Warren Slocum (San Mateo County Board of Supervisors), and

Mayor Lily Mei (City of Fremont).

The following members of the public were called to speak: Glen Kirby, Dr.

Mandeep Gill, Bob Czerwinski, Monika Ashbalker, Liz Ames (BART), and Gerald

Couthen.

Commissioner Thao left before the vote for agenda item 8c.

Upon the motion by Commissioner Chavez and seconded by Commissioner

Dutra-Vernaci, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution No. 4411,

Revised. The motion carried by the following vote:

12 -

Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner

Chavez, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner

Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Spering

6 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner

Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Rabbitt and Commissioner Thao

9. Planning Committee Report (Spering)

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9a.

Interagency Flooding and Sea Level Rise Memorandum of Understanding

Authorize the Executive Director or designee to enter into a Memorandum

of Understanding (MOU) with the four voting member agencies and the

three non-voting partner agencies of the Bay Area Regional Collaborative

(BARC) to coordinate efforts to address the threats of flooding and sea

level rise in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Action:

Approval / ABAG Executive Board

Approval / Commission

Presenter:

Allison Brooks and Joshua Bradt

Upon the motion by Commissioner Spering and seconded by Commissioner

Canepa, the Commission unanimously adopted the Interagency Flooding and

Sea Level Rise MOU. The motion carried by the following vote:

12 -

Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner

Chavez, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner

Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Spering

6 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner

Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Rabbitt and Commissioner Thao

10. Legislation Committee Report (Canepa)

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10a.

Constitutional Amendment to Set Vote Threshold at Fifty-Five Percent for

Housing and Infrastructure Bonds

Revises Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 1 (Aguiar-Curry,

2023), which placed on the November 2024 ballot a constitutional

amendment to institute a 55 percent vote threshold for housing and

infrastructure bonds and special taxes.

Action:

Support / ABAG Executive Board Approval

Support / Commission Approval

Presenter:

Julie Snyder

Upon the motion by Commissioner Canepa and seconded by Commissioner

Glover, the Commission unanimously adopted a support position on the

Constitutional Amendment to Set Vote Threshold at Fifty-Five Percent for Housing

and Infrastructure Bonds. The motion carried by the following vote:

12 -

Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner

Chavez, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner

Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Spering

6 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner

Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Rabbitt and Commissioner Thao

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10b.

Assembly Bill 2813 (Aguiar-Curry): Government Investment Act

Implementing legislation for the 55 percent vote threshold constitutional

amendment; adds local accountability requirements and makes other

changes.

Action:

Support and Seek Amendments / ABAG Executive Board Approval

Support and Seek Amendments / Commission Approval

Presenter:

Julie Snyder

Upon the motion by Commissioner Canepa and seconded by Commissioner

Glover, the Commission unanimously adopted a support and seek amendments

position on Assembly Bill 2813 (Aguiar-Curry). The motion carried by the

following vote:

12 -

Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner

Chavez, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner

Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Spering

6 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner

Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Rabbitt and Commissioner Thao

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10c.

Assembly Bill 598 (Wicks): Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA)

Funding

Clarification of the limitations on BAHFA’s authority to condition funding

disbursements on local jurisdictions’ land use and housing policies.

Action:

Sponsor / ABAG Executive Board Approval

Sponsor / Commission Approval

Presenter:

Julie Snyder

Upon the motion by Commissioner Canepa and seconded by Commissioner

Dutra-Vernaci, the Commission unanimously adopted a sponsor position for

Assembly Bill 598 (Wicks). The motion carried by the following vote:

12 -

Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner

Chavez, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner

Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Spering

6 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner

Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Rabbitt and Commissioner Thao

11. Commission Approval

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11a.

Metropolitan Transportation Commission Resolution (MTC) No. 4638 -

Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Operating and Capital Budgets

Adoption of MTC Resolution No. 4638 approving the MTC FY 2024-2025

Operating and Capital Budgets

Action:

Commission Approval

Derek Hansel

Presenter:

Upon the motion by Commissioner Spering and seconded by Commissioner

Noack, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution No. 4638. The

motion carried by the following vote:

12 -

Aye:

Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner

Chavez, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner

Glover, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,

Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Spering

6 -

Absent:

Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner

Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Rabbitt and Commissioner Thao

12. Public Comment / Other Business

13. Adjournment / Next Meeting:

The next meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission will be held on

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San

Francisco, CA.