Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission  
Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes  
Programming and Allocations Committee  
Committee Members:  
Cindy Chavez, Chair Nate Miley, Vice Chair  
Margaret Abe-Koga, Victoria Fleming, Federal D. Glover, Gina  
Papan, Hillary Ronen, Sheng Thao  
Non-Voting Member: Dina El-Tawansy  
Wednesday, April 12, 2023  
9:45 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Chair Chavez called the meeting to order.  
1. Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
7 -  
Present:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Fleming,  
Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair Papan, and Commissioner  
Ronen  
1 - Commissioner Thao  
Absent:  
Non-Voting Member Absent: Commissioner El-Tawansy  
Ad Hoc Non-Voting Members Present: Commissioner Canepa, and Commissioner Giacopini  
2. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Vice Chair Papan and seconded by Commissioner Abe-Koga,  
the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved by the following vote:  
7 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Fleming,  
Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair Papan and Commissioner  
Ronen  
1 - Commissioner Thao  
Absent:  
23-0451  
Minutes of the March 8, 2023 meeting  
Committee Approval  
2a.  
2b.  
Action:  
22-1776  
Quarterly Report of the Executive Director’s Delegated Authority Actions  
Action:  
Information  
Luis Garcia  
Presenter:  
22-1767  
2c.  
2d.  
MTC Resolution No. 4545, Revised. 2023 Transportation Improvement  
Program (TIP) Amendment 2023-08.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Adam Crenshaw  
Presenter:  
23-0041  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4523, Revised and 4524, Revised. Allocation of  
$22.8 million in FY 2022-23 Transportation Development Act (TDA) and  
State Transit Assistance (STA) funds to three operators to support transit  
operations and capital projects in the region.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Luis Garcia  
Presenter:  
23-0289  
2e.  
2f.  
Concurrence Request for State Transportation Improvement Program  
(STIP) Amendment for Contra Costa County  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Karl Anderson  
Presenter:  
23-0290  
STIP Amendment Request for Sonoma County. Concurrence with STIP  
Amendment Request to reprogram $3.4 million from Santa Rosa US  
Highway 101 Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing to the Hearn  
Interchange project in Sonoma County.  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Karl Anderson  
Presenter:  
23-0453  
2g.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4202, Revised and 4505, Revised. Various  
revisions to the One Bay Area Grant programs (OBAG 2 and 3), including  
reprogramming $3.65 million in OBAG 2 Regional funds within the  
Connected Bay Area Program and revisions to clarify OBAG 3 County &  
Local Program programming requirements.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Thomas Arndt  
Presenter:  
3. Federal  
23-0467  
3a.  
MTC Resolution No. 4510, Revised. Transit Capital Priorities Policy and  
Program FYs 2021-22 - 2023-24  
Update of Transit Capital Priorities (TCP) program; including updates to  
FYs 2021-22 through 2023-24 programming, and amending FY 2022-23  
programming to include updated fixed guideway cap programming and the  
Zero-Emission Bus (ZEB) Infrastructure Set-Aside.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Margaret Doyle  
Presenter:  
The following members of the public were called to speak: Alfonso  
Rodrigues (TJPA), Adina Levin, and Michelle Bouchard (Caltrain).  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Ronen and seconded by Commissioner  
Abe-Koga, the Committee unanimously approved the referral of MTC Resolution  
No. 4510, Revised to the Commission for approval. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
7 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Fleming,  
Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair Papan and Commissioner  
Ronen  
1 - Commissioner Thao  
Absent:  
4. Information  
23-0325  
4a.  
Major Projects Advancement Policy (MAP) Update  
Informational update on the continued development of the Major Project  
Advancement Policy (MAP). This update will include presentations from  
sponsors of named megaprojects seeking advancement in the federal  
Capital Investment Grants process including updates to cost and funding  
plans to be incorporated into the MAP.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Kenneth Folan gave opening remarks followed by presentations from TJPA  
staff: Andrea Miller and Alfonso Rodrigues, and VTA  
staff: Carolyn Gonot, Gary Griggs, and Greg  
Richardson.  
Michael Baldini (Policy Advisory Councilmember) was called to speak.  
While no action was taken on this item, the Chair requested that staff follow up to  
provide Committee members the video referenced by VTA staff that further  
explains the bore equipment to be used for the VTA BART Silicon Valley Phase  
II Extension Project and the contract between BART and VTA for that project.  
23-0452  
4b.  
California Transportation Commission (CTC) Update  
Staff will provide an update on the CTC’s meeting of March 22-23, 2023.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Theresa Romell  
5. Public Comment / Other Business  
6. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Programming and Allocations Committee is scheduled to be  
held at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco at 9:45 a.m. on  
Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Any changes to the schedule will be duly noticed to the  
public.