Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission  
Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Agenda  
Metropolitan Transportation Commission  
Alfredo Pedroza, Chair Nick Josefowitz, Vice Chair  
Wednesday, December 20, 2023  
9:35 AM  
Yerba Buena Conference Room - 1st Floor  
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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  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
A quorum of the Commission shall be a majority of its voting members (10).  
2. Pledge of Allegiance / Acknowledgement of the Flag  
3. Compensation Announcement (Clerk)  
4. Chair's Report  
4a.  
MTC Resolution No. 4627. Resolution of Appreciation for Carol Kuester on  
the occasion of her retirement from MTC.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
5. Policy Advisory Council Report  
Action:  
5a.  
Policy Advisory Council Report  
Information  
Attachments:  
6. Executive Director's Report  
Action:  
6a.  
Executive Director's Report  
Information  
Attachments:  
7. Commissioner Comments  
8. Consent Calendar  
Action:  
8a.  
Approval of Commission Minutes of the November 15, 2023 Meeting  
Commission Approval  
Attachments:  
Administration Committee  
8b.  
MTC Resolution No. 4358, Revised - ABAG Operational Advance for  
Liquidity and Cash Flow  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Derek Hansel  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
Programming and Allocations Committee  
8c.  
MTC Resolution No. 4545, Revised. 2023 Transportation Improvement  
Program (TIP) Amendment 2023-23.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
John Saelee  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
8d.  
MTC Resolution No. 4510, Revised. Transit Capital Priorities Policy and  
Program Revisions FYs 2021-22 - 2023-24.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Margaret Doyle  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
8e.  
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:  
8f.  
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:  
8g.  
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:  
8h.  
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:  
8i.  
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:  
8j.  
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:  
Committee Report  
9. Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee (Canepa)  
9a.  
Regional Transportation Revenue Measure Update  
Update on a potential 2026 regional transportation revenue measure,  
including results of stakeholder engagement, public outreach (as well as  
voter opinion research), a proposed vision, goal and focus areas,  
expenditure priorities, revenue source options and potential reform  
concepts that could accompany enabling legislation.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Rebecca Long  
Attachments:  
10. Regional Network Management Committee (Rabbitt)  
10a.  
MTC Resolution No. 4622: Regional Network Management (RNM) Council  
Charter  
Initial work to stand up the Regional Network Management (RNM) Council  
includes the approval of a Charter.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Melanie Choy  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
11. Programming and Allocations Committee (Chavez)  
11a.  
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:  
11b.  
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:  
11c.  
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:  
12. Closed Session  
12a.  
12b.  
Closed Session Public Comment  
Closed Session - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL -  
ANTICIPATED LITIGATION The Commission met in closed session  
pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) and paragraph (2) of  
subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9 to confer with  
counsel regarding significant exposure to litigation: one case.  
12c.  
Open Session  
13. Public Comment / Other Business  
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14. Adjournment / Next Meetings:  
The next meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission will be held on  
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San  
Francisco, CA.  
Public Comment: The public is encouraged to comment on agenda items at Commission meetings  
by completing a request-to-speak card (available from staff) and passing it to the Commission  
secretary. Public comment may be limited by any of the procedures set forth in Section 3.09 of MTC's  
Procedures Manual (Resolution No. 1058, Revised) if, in the chair's judgment, it is necessary to  
maintain the orderly flow of business.  
Meeting Conduct: If this meeting is willfully interrupted or disrupted by one or more persons  
rendering orderly conduct of the meeting unfeasible, the Chair may order the removal of individuals who  
are willfully disrupting the meeting. Such individuals may be arrested. If order cannot be restored by  
such removal, the members of the Commission may direct that the meeting room be cleared (except  
for representatives of the press or other news media not participating in the disturbance), and the  
session may continue.  
Record of Meeting: Commission meetings are recorded. Copies of recordings are available at a  
nominal charge, or recordings may be listened to at MTC offices by appointment. Audiocasts are  
maintained on MTC's Web site (mtc.ca.gov) for public review for at least one year.  
Accessibility and Title VI: MTC provides interpreter services/ADA accommodation upon request to  
persons with disabilities and individuals with limited-English proficiency who wish to address  
Commission matters. To request accommodation, please call (415) 778-6757. For TDD/TTY, call 711  
and ask to be relayed to (415) 778-6700. We request at least three working days' notice to  
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available at the meeting.