Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission  
Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Planning Committee  
Vacant, Chair  
Eddie Ahn, Vice Chair  
Friday, February 14, 2025  
9:40 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Joint meeting with the ABAG Administrative Committee  
Roster  
Vacant, (Chair), Eddie Ahn (Vice Chair), David Canepa, Dorene M. Giacopini*, Matt Mahan,  
Stephanie Moulton-Peters, Sue Noack, Vacant, and Vacant  
*Non-Voting Member  
1. Call to Order  
2. MTC Planning Committee Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
4 -  
Present:  
Vice Chair Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Moulton-Peters and  
Commissioner Noack  
1 - Commissioner Mahan  
Absent:  
Non-Voting Member Present: Dorene M. Giacopini, MTC  
Ad Hoc Non-Voting Members Present: Commissioner Burt and Commissioner Kaplan  
ABAG Administrative Committee Members Present: Eklund, Rabbitt, Romero, Silva, and  
Williams.  
The following ABAG noticed remote locations were open to the public: Office of Supervisor Ken  
Carlson, 2255 Contra Costa Blvd., Suite 202, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523  
The following individual participated from an unnoticed remote location. Their participation did not count  
toward the quorum, and they did not vote on any items: Commissioner Papan.  
3. MTC Planning Committee Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Noack and second by Commissioner Canepa,  
the MTC Planning Committee Consent Calendar was unanimously approved. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
4 -  
Aye:  
Vice Chair Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Moulton-Peters and  
Commissioner Noack  
1 - Mahan  
Absent:  
25-0089  
3a.  
Approval of MTC Planning Committee Minutes of the January 10, 2025  
Meeting  
Action:  
MTC Planning Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
3a_25-0089_2025-01-10_MTC_Planning_Committee_Meeting_Minutes  
_Draft.pdf  
4. ABAG Administrative Committee Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
5. ABAG Compensation Announcement – ABAG Administrative Committee Clerk  
6. ABAG Administrative Committee Consent Calendar  
The ABAG Administrative Committee took action on this item.  
25-0090  
6a.  
6b.  
Approval of ABAG Administrative Committee Summary Minutes of the  
January 10, 2025 Meeting  
Action:  
ABAG Administrative Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
6a_25-0090_2025-01-10_ABAG_Administrative_Committee_Meeting_  
Minutes_Draft.pdf  
25-0166  
Adoption of ABAG Resolution No. 2-2025 authorization to Enter into an  
agreement with the California State Coastal Conservancy for up to $2  
million to Implement the Palo Alto Horizontal Levee Project  
Action:  
ABAG Administrative Committee Approval  
Caitlin Sweeney  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6bi_25-0166_Summary_Sheet_SFEP_ABAG_Res_No_02-2025_Palo  
_Alto.pdf  
6bii_25-0166_ABAG_Res_No_02-2025_Palo_Alto_Horizontal_Levee_  
Project.pdf  
25-0167  
6c.  
Authorization to amend a Cooperative Agreement between the  
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)/San Francisco Estuary  
Partnership (SFEP) and the City of Palo Alto for the construction and  
delivery of the Palo Alto Horizontal Levee Project  
Action:  
ABAG Administrative Committee Approval  
Caitlin Sweeney  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
6c_25-0167_Summary_Sheet_SFEP_Cooperative_Agreement_Palo_  
Alto.pdf  
7. Action  
25-0129  
7a.  
Transit Oriented Communities Policy: Planning Grant Awards  
Approval of $20 million in grants to local jurisdictions to support Transit  
Oriented Communities (TOC) policy planning across the four TOC Policy  
areas of land use density, housing policy, parking management, and  
station access and circulation.  
Action:  
MTC Planning Committee Approval  
Krute Singa  
Presenter:  
Attachments: 7ai_25-0129_Summary_Sheet_TOC_Planning_Grants.pdf  
7aii_25-0129_PowerPoint_Attachment_A_TOC_Planning_and_Implem  
entation_Grants.pdf  
7aiii_25-0129_Attachment_B_Summary  
TOC_Project_Award_Recommendations.pdf  
Jeremy Levine spoke on this item.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Canepa and second by Commissioner  
Moulton-Peters, the Transit Oriented Communities Policy: Planning Grant Awards  
were unanimously approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 -  
Aye:  
Vice Chair Ahn, Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Moulton-Peters and  
Commissioner Noack  
1 - Commissioner Mahan  
Absent:  
8. Public Comment / Other Business  
9. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the MTC Planning Committee will be held on Friday, March 14,  
2025 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.