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, July 10, 2024  
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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Clerk: Carsie Bonner  
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 June 12,  
2024 Meeting.  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
2b.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4629, Revised; 4651, Revised; 4652, Revised;  
4653, Revised; 4654; 4656; 4659; and 4661. Revises the FY 24-25 MTC  
Fund Estimate, allocates additional FY 24-25 Transportation Development  
Act (TDA) and State Transit Assistance (STA) Funds to three transit  
operators, and approves the FY 24-25 STA State of Good Repair  
Regional Project List.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Terence Lee  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
2c.  
FY 2023-24 Federal Earmark Repurposing. Federal Highway  
Administration (FHWA) repurposed earmark funds under the earmark  
repurposing provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Presenter:  
Mallory Atkinson  
Attachments:  
2d.  
Delegated Authority Quarterly Report: Fourth Quarterly Report of the  
Executive Director’s Delegated Authority Actions.  
Action:  
Information  
Luis Garcia  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
2e.  
Transit Performance Initiative - Investment Program Semi-Annual Update.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Anne Spevack  
Attachments:  
2f.  
Regional Measure 2 (RM2) Capital Program: Semi-Annual Update.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Anne Spevack  
Attachments:  
2g.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 3989, Revised and 4505, Revised. Revisions to the  
One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 3) and MTC exchange programs to program  
$1.5 million in STP/CMAQ to MTC’s Bay Trail Marshlands Road Project  
and $660,000 in STP/CMAQ and non-federal MTC exchange funds to  
various bikeshare projects, and an informational update on a FY 2023-24  
apportionment exchange agreement.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Thomas Arndt  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
2h.  
MTC Resolution No. 4650, Revised. Revisions to the Regional Early Action  
Planning Grant (REAP 2) program, including programming $1 million to  
MTC for development and implementation of the Community Action  
Resource and Empowerment (CARE) program and $200,000 to MTC for  
legal services to support Regional Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA)  
activities, and to reflect other programming actions approved to-date.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Valerie Coleman  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
2i.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4614 Revised; 4615 Revised; 4608, Revised; 4660;  
4640, Revised and 4607, Revised. Allocation of $21.6 million in Regional  
Measure 3 (RM3) capital funds to Water Emergency Transportation  
Authority (WETA), San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency  
(SFMTA), Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) for San Jose  
Diridon Station, San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans), Sonoma  
County Transportation Authority (SCTA) and Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission (MTC), and rescission of $6 million in Regional Measure 3  
(RM3) capital funds to Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA).  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Julieth Ortiz  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
3. Information  
3a.  
Senate Bill 125 Regional Accountability Measure Update.  
Interim update on large operators’ progress toward Senate Bill 125  
Regional Accountability Measures.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Raleigh McCoy  
Attachments:  
3b.  
Draft 2025 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and Draft  
Transportation-Air Quality Conformity Analysis for the 2025 TIP.  
The federally required TIP is the region’s transportation funding document  
containing surface transportation projects and anticipated funding over the  
next four years. The projects are expected to receive federal funds, be  
subject to a federally required action, or are regionally significant. Federal  
air quality regulations require an air quality conformity determination on the  
TIP. The draft TIP and draft Air Quality Conformity Analysis documents  
were released for public review and comment beginning on June 27, 2024.  
The written comment period ends at 5:00 p.m. July 26, 2024.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Libby Nachman  
Attachments:  
3c.  
San Francisco Bay Area Transit District (BART) Capital Projects and  
Operating Outlook.  
BART executive staff will provide a presentation on the District’s high  
priority capital projects and status update related to operations  
sustainability.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Pamela Herhold, Sylvia Lamb and Priya Mathur, BART  
Attachments:  
4. Regional  
4a.  
Major Project Advancement Policy: Stage Gate Evaluation Authorization  
for Transbay Joint Powers Authority - the Portal Project and Preview of  
2024 State Funding Cycles.  
As part of the Major Project Advancement Policy (MAP) this item:  
1. Recommends the Commission authorize MTC staff to initiate and  
perform a MAP Stage Gate Evaluation of the Portal project, consistent with  
MTC Resolution 4537, as requested by Transbay Joint Powers Authority  
staff.  
2. Provide an informational update on 2024 State Funding Opportunities  
for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) and various  
Senate Bill 1 (SB1) programs.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Craig Bosman  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
5. Information  
5a.  
California Transportation Commission (CTC) and State Funding Program.  
Update on CTC and state funding programs under the CTC’s purview.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Kenneth Kao  
Attachments:  
6. Public Comment / Other Business  
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7. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Programming and Allocations Committee will be held on  
September 11, 2024 at 9:45 a.m. at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San  
Francisco, CA.