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  
9:45 AM  
Wednesday, July 10, 2024  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
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  
Chair Chavez called the meeting to order at 11:06 a.m.  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
6 -  
Present:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover, Vice Chair  
Papan, Commissioner Pedroza, and Commissioner Ronen  
3 - Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Miley, and Commissioner Thao  
Absent:  
MTC Commission Chair Pedroza was deputized to make quorum of the Committee.  
Commissioner Glover invoked AB 2449 (just cause) due to illness and was counted as present for the  
meeting.  
Non-voting members present: Commissioner El-Tawansy  
Ad-Hoc Non-voting members present: Commissioner Giacopini  
2. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Papan and seconded by Commissioner  
Ronen, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved by the following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover, Vice Chair  
Papan, Commissioner Pedroza and Commissioner Ronen  
3 - Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Miley and Commissioner Thao  
Absent:  
24-0750  
2a.  
Approval of Programming and Allocations Committee Minutes of June 12,  
2024 Meeting.  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
24-0823  
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:  
24-0843  
2c.  
2d.  
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  
Mallory Atkinson  
Presenter:  
24-0880  
Delegated Authority Quarterly Report: Fourth Quarterly Report of the  
Executive Director’s Delegated Authority Actions.  
Action:  
Information  
Luis Garcia  
Presenter:  
24-0882  
Transit Performance Initiative - Investment Program Semi-Annual Update.  
2e.  
2f.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Anne Spevack  
24-0881  
Regional Measure 2 (RM2) Capital Program: Semi-Annual Update.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Anne Spevack  
24-0814  
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:  
24-0896  
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:  
24-0895  
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:  
3. Information  
24-0773  
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  
In the interest of time, this informational agenda item was not presented to  
the Committee and deferred to the next Programming & Allocations  
Committee meeting currently scheduled for September 11, 2024.  
24-0780  
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  
In the interest of time, this informational agenda item was not presented to  
the Committee and deferred to the July 24, 2024, Commission agenda.  
24-0704  
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  
Aleta Dupree, Team Folds and Vinay Pimple, Policy Advisory Council  
were called to speak.  
The Committee recommended when presenting this item to the Commission the  
following should also be included to further discuss: an itemized list of cost  
control actions; a 1-page report of heat challenges and what is being done to  
control; what actions are being taken regarding adaptability and climate; and a  
presentation providing an overview of the Link21 project including what is the  
project and its funding source.  
4. Regional  
24-0841  
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:  
Aleta Dupree, Team Folds; Charley Lavery, Policy Advisory Council and  
Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3; and Adam Van de Water, TJPA  
were called to speak.  
Upon the motion by MTC Commission Chair Pedroza and seconded by  
Commissioner Papan, the Committee unanimously approved referral of the Major  
Project Advancement Policy: Stage Gate Evaluation Authorization for Transbay  
Joint Powers Authority - the Portal Project and Preview of 2024 State Funding  
Cycles to the Commission for approval with a parameter to identify further  
consideration of future projects to obtain MTC support as well as const  
containment measures. The motion carried the following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover, Vice Chair  
Papan, Commissioner Pedroza and Commissioner Ronen  
3 - Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Miley and Commissioner Thao  
Absent:  
5. Information  
24-0897  
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  
In the interest of time, this informational agenda item was not presented to  
the Committee and deferred to the next Programming & Allocations  
Committee meeting currently scheduled for September 11, 2024.  
6. Public Comment / Other Business  
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.  
Chair Chavez adjourned the meeting at 11:58 a.m.