Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Joint MTC Planning Committee with the ABAG Administrative  
Committee  
MTC Committee Members:  
James P. Spering, Chair  
Eddie Ahn, Vice Chair  
David Canepa, Carol Dutra-Vernaci, Matt Mahan,  
Stephanie Moulton-Peters, Sue Noack, and David Rabbitt  
Non-Voting Members: Dorene M. Giacopini and Vacant  
Friday, March 10, 2023  
9:40 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
1. Call to Order  
Non-Voting Member Present: Commissioner Giacopini  
Ex Officio Voting Members Present: Commission Chair Pedroza and  
Commission Vice Chair Josefowitz  
Ad Hoc Non-Voting Members Present: Commissioner Moulton-Peters, Commissioner Noack, and  
Commissioner Rabbitt.  
ABAG Administrative Committee Members Present: Arreguin, Eklund, Rabbitt, Ramos, Romero, and  
Silva.  
The following individual participated from a noticed remote location: Commissioner Giacopini (MTC),  
Member Eklund (ABAG), Member Ramos (ABAG), and Member Silva (ABAG).  
Commission Chair Pedroza served as ex-officio voting member of the Committee and deputized  
Commissioner Noack to act as a voting member of the Committee in the absence of a quorum.  
2. MTC Planning Committee Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
2 - Vice Chair Ahn and Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci  
Present:  
Absent:  
5 -  
Chair Spering, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner  
Mahan and Commissioner Thao  
3. MTC Planning Committee Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Pedroza and seconded by Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, this  
was approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Vice Chair Ahn, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Pedroza and Noack  
Aye:  
5 -  
Absent:  
Chair Spering, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner  
Mahan and Commissioner Thao  
23-0245  
3a.  
Approval of MTC Planning Committee Minutes of the February 10, 2023  
Meeting  
Action:  
MTC Planning Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
3a_23-0245_2023-02-10_Joint_MTC_Planning_Committee_with_the_A  
BAG_Administrative_Committee_Meeting_Minutes_Draft.pdf  
Commissioner Noack abstained from Agenda Item 3a.  
23-0277  
3b.  
MTC Resolution No. 4550, Revised - Guidelines for Countywide  
Transportation Plans  
Action:  
MTC Commission Approval  
Adam Noelting  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
12g_23-0277_MTC_Resolution_4550_Guidelines_for_Countywide_Tra  
nsportation.pdf  
23-0320  
Priority Development Areas: 2023 Application Window  
3c.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Mark Shorett  
Attachments:  
3c_23-0320_Summary_Sheet_Priority_Development_Areas_2023_Ap  
plication_Window.pdf  
4. ABAG Administrative Committee Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
5. ABAG Compensation Announcement – Clerk of the Board  
6. ABAG Administrative Committee Consent Calendar  
23-0246  
6a.  
Approval of ABAG Administrative Committee Summary Minutes of the  
January 13, 2023 Special and February 10, 2023 Meetings  
Action:  
ABAG Administrative Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
6ai_23-0246_2023-01-13_Special_ABAG_Administrative_Committee_  
Meeting_Minutes_Draft.pdf  
6aii_23-0246_2023-02-10_ABAG_Administrative_Committee_Meeting  
_Minutes_Draft.pdf  
23-0321  
Priority Development Areas: 2023 Application Window  
6b.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Mark Shorett  
Attachments:  
6b_23-0321_Summary_Sheet_Priority_Development_Areas_2023_Ap  
plication_Window.pdf  
7. Approval  
23-0301  
7a.  
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:  
Attachments:  
15a_23-0301_MTC_Resolution_4567_Priority Sites Nomination  
Criteria.pdf  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci and second by Noack, MTC  
Resolution No. 4567: Priority Sites Nomination Criteria was adopted to be  
forwarded to the Commission for approval. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
4 - Vice Chair Ahn, Commissioner Dutra-Vernaci, Pedroza and Noack  
Aye:  
5 -  
Absent:  
Chair Spering, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner  
Mahan and Commissioner Thao  
8. Public Comment / Other Business  
9. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Joint MTC Planning Committee with the ABAG Administrative  
Committee will be held on Friday, April 14, 2023 at 9:40 a.m. at the Bay Area Metro  
Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA. Any changes to the schedule will be  
duly noticed to the public.