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San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes  
Metropolitan Transportation Commission  
Alfredo Pedroza, Chair Nick Josefowitz, Vice Chair  
9:35 AM  
Wednesday, March 22, 2023  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Chair Pedroza called the meeting to order at 9:39 a.m.  
1. Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
15 -  
Present:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Glover,  
Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner  
Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Spering, and  
Commissioner Thao  
3 - Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Fleming, and Commissioner Moulton-Peters  
Absent:  
Commissioner Glover was absent during Roll Call and arrived during agenda item 8a.  
Commissioner Miley was absent during Roll Call and arrived during agenda item 14a.  
Non-Voting Commissioner Present: Commissioner Giacopini  
Non-Voting Commissioner Absent: Commissioner El-Tawansy  
2. Pledge of Allegiance/ Acknowledgement of the Flag  
3. Compensation Announcement  
4. Joint MTC and BAHFA Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Spering and seconded by Commissioner  
Dutra-Vernaci, the Joint MTC and BAHFA Consent Calendar was unanimously  
approved by the following vote:  
13 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Mahan,  
Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner  
Ronen, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Thao  
5 -  
Absent:  
Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Glover,  
Commissioner Miley and Commissioner Moulton-Peters  
23-0360  
Minutes of the February 22, 2023 Joint MTC with BAHFA meeting  
Commission and BAHFA Approval  
4a.  
Action:  
5. MTC and BAHFA Approval  
23-0345  
5a.  
BAHFA Resolution No. 28  
Approval of the Housing Preservation Pilot and Priority Sites Pilot and  
Acceptance of estimated Grant of $43 Million in REAP 2.0 Proceeds from  
MTC to BAHFA; Delegation of Authority to the Executive Director or  
Designee To Implement Such Programs; CEQA Determination: Housing  
Preservation Pilot is Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guideline 15061(b)(3),  
Delegated CEQA Authority for the Priority Sites Pilot Program; Authority to  
Execute Agreements with Terner Center at UC Berkeley ($5 million) and  
Housing Accelerator Fund ($5 million).  
Action:  
BAHFA Approval  
Presenter:  
Somaya Abdelgany  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Rabbitt and seconded by Commissioner  
Spering, the Authority unanimously adopted BAHFA Resolution No. 28. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
13 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Mahan,  
Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner  
Ronen, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Thao  
5 -  
Absent:  
Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Glover,  
Commissioner Miley and Commissioner Moulton-Peters  
6. Public Comment / Other Business  
7. Adjourn BAHFA and Continue with MTC Agenda  
8. Chair's Report  
Written correspondence was received from Senator Cortese and Senator  
Wiener.  
23-0515  
23-0357  
Correspondence Received  
New Committee Assignments  
8a.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Commissioner Glover arrived during agenda item 8a.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci and seconded by Commissioner  
Rabbitt, the Commission unanimously approved the New Committee  
Assignments. The motion carried by the following vote:  
14 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Glover,  
Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan, Commissioner  
Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Thao  
4 -  
Absent:  
Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Miley and  
Commissioner Moulton-Peters  
9. Policy Advisory Council Report  
Randi Kinman gave her report.  
10. Executive Director's Report  
Executive Director, Andrew Fremier, gave his report.  
Aleta Dupree was called to speak.  
23-0359  
Executive Director's Report  
Information  
10a.  
Action:  
11. Commissioner Comments  
12. Consent Calendar:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Spering and seconded by Commissioner Ahn,  
the Commission unanimously approved the Consent Calendar by the following  
vote:  
14 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Glover,  
Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan, Commissioner  
Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Thao  
4 -  
Absent:  
Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Miley and  
Commissioner Moulton-Peters  
Programming and Allocations Committee  
22-1766  
12a.  
12b.  
12c.  
MTC Resolution No. 4545, Revised. 2023 Transportation Improvement  
Program (TIP) Amendment 2023-07.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Adam Crenshaw  
Presenter:  
23-0302  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4456, Revised, and 4510, Revised. Transit Capital  
Priorities Policy and Program FY2021-22 - FY2023-24.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Margaret Doyle  
Presenter:  
23-0349  
Update to Proposed Expenditure of MTC Share of CARES Act (H.R. 748)  
Supplemental Federal Transit Funds  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Margaret Doyle  
Presenter:  
23-0364  
12d.  
12e.  
12f.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4519, Revised. An update to the Transit  
Transformation Action Plan Program of Projects to reflect the programming  
and allocation of approximately $1.8 million to AC Transit and $2.2 million  
to BART for staff support of the delivery of Action Plan Priorities.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
William Bacon  
Presenter:  
23-0407  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4504, Revised, 4523, Revised, and 4524, Revised.  
Updates the programming and allocation of Transportation Development  
Act and State Transit Assistance funds for Feeder Bus payments from  
BART to four East Bay bus operators.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Terence Lee  
Presenter:  
23-0288  
MTC Resolution No. 4273, Revised. FY2022-23 Cap and Trade Low  
Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP)  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Anne Spevack  
Presenter:  
Joint MTC Planning Committee with the ABAG Administrative Committee  
23-0277  
12g.  
MTC Resolution No. 4550, Revised - Guidelines for Countywide  
Transportation Plans  
Action:  
MTC Commission Approval  
Adam Noelting  
Presenter:  
Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee  
23-0258  
MTC Resolution No. 3931, Revised - Policy Advisory Council Appointment  
12h.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Presenter:  
Kỳ-Nam Miller  
Committee Reports  
13. Administration Committee (Glover)  
23-0348  
13a.  
MTC Resolution No. 4565: Grant of Funding from Metropolitan  
Transportation Commission (MTC) to Bay Area Housing Finance Authority  
(BAHFA) for Regional Early Action Planning Grant (REAP 2.0) Housing  
Preservation and Priority Sites Programs and Authority to the Executive  
Director to Take Action to Implement the Grant  
Request for authorization to grant $43 million in REAP 2.0 funding from  
MTC to the BAHFA for two new housing pilot programs: the Housing  
Preservation Pilot and the Priority Sites Pilot and for the Executive Director  
to take action to implement the grant.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Somaya Abdelgany  
Presenter:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Glover and seconded by Chair Noack, the  
Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution No. 4565. The motion carried  
by the following vote:  
14 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Glover,  
Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan, Commissioner  
Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Spering and Commissioner Thao  
4 -  
Absent:  
Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner Miley and  
Commissioner Moulton-Peters  
14. Programming and Allocations Committee (Rabbitt)  
23-0285  
14a.  
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 changing the fund source of $15.9  
million for MTC’s Bay Wheels Bikeshare E-Bike Expansion project,  
programming $15.3 million to various projects within the Transit  
Performance Initiatives (TPI) program, increasing OBAG 3 programming  
capacity by $9 million to reflect to increased funding under the federal  
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and programming projects on  
the OBAG 3 County & Local Program contingency list.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Thomas Arndt  
Presenter:  
Aleta Dupree was called to speak.  
Vice Chair Josefowitz recused himself from agenda item 14a.  
Commissioner Miley arrived during agenda item 14a.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Rabbitt and seconded by Commissioner  
Papan, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution Nos. 3989,  
Revised, 4202, Revised, and 4505, Revised. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
14 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner  
Canepa, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner  
Mahan, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner Papan,  
Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Spering and  
Commissioner Thao  
3 - Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Fleming and Commissioner Moulton-Peters  
Absent:  
15. Joint MTC Planning Committee with the ABAG Administrative Committee  
23-0301  
15a.  
MTC Resolution No. 4567: Priority Sites Nomination Criteria  
Background information on the Priority Sites program and request that the  
Committee refer MTC Resolution No. 4567 to the Commission for  
approval. Following approval, staff will solicit local nominations for eligible  
Priority Sites and bring recommendations for approved Priority Sites to the  
Committees in the summer. Thereafter, projects on adopted Priority Sites  
will be eligible for pilot funding and technical assistance, subject to funding  
availability and further programmatic guidance by the Commission, the  
ABAG Executive Board, and/or the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority  
(BAHFA) Board as applicable.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Mark Shorett  
Presenter:  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Ahn and seconded by Commissioner  
Dutra-Vernaci, the Commission unanimously adopted MTC Resolution No. 4567.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
15 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Glover,  
Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner  
Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Spering and  
Commissioner Thao  
3 - Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Fleming and Commissioner Moulton-Peters  
Absent:  
16. Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee  
23-0298  
16a.  
Senate Bill 225 (Caballero): Community Anti-Displacement and  
Preservation Program  
New state program to invest in affordable housing preservation and  
anti-displacement strategies.  
Action:  
Support / Commission Approval  
Julie Snyder  
Presenter:  
Upon the motion by Chair Pedroza and seconded by Commissioner  
Dutra-Vernaci, the Commission unanimously adopted a support position for  
Senate Bill 225 (Caballero). The motion carried by the following vote:  
15 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Glover,  
Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner  
Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Spering and  
Commissioner Thao  
3 - Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Fleming and Commissioner Moulton-Peters  
Absent:  
23-0300  
16b.  
Assembly Bill 350 (Aguiar-Curry): Sacramento Area Regional Plan Update  
Delays until 2025 the Sacramento Area Council of Governments’(SACOG)  
next sustainable communities strategies update.  
Action:  
Support / Commission Approval  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Presenter:  
Upon the motion by Chair Pedroza and seconded by Commissioner  
Dutra-Vernaci, the Commission unanimously adopted a support position on  
Assembly Bill 350 (Aguiar-Curry). The motion carried by the following vote:  
15 -  
Aye:  
Chair Pedroza, Vice Chair Josefowitz, Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner  
Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Commissioner Glover,  
Commissioner Mahan, Commissioner Miley, Commissioner Noack, Commissioner  
Papan, Commissioner Rabbitt, Commissioner Ronen, Commissioner Spering and  
Commissioner Thao  
3 - Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Fleming and Commissioner Moulton-Peters  
Absent:  
17. Public Comment / Other Business  
18. Adjournment / Next Meetings:  
The next meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is scheduled to be  
held at 9:35 a.m. on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Any changes to the schedule will be  
duly noticed to the public.