Metropolitan Transportation  
Commission  
Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes  
Programming and Allocations Committee  
Committee Members:  
David Rabbitt, Chair Gina Papan, Vice Chair  
Margaret Abe-Koga, Cindy Chavez, Federal D. Glover, Nate  
Miley, Hillary Ronen, Amy R. Worth  
Non-Voting Member: Dina El-Tawansy  
Wednesday, October 12, 2022  
9:45 AM  
REMOTE  
Call Meeting to Order  
1. Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
7 -  
Present:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover,  
Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair Papan, Commissioner Ronen, and Commissioner  
Worth  
1 - Chair Rabbitt  
Absent:  
Non-Voting Member Absent: Commissioner El-Tawansy  
Ex Officio Voting Member Present: Commission Chair Pedroza and Vice Chair Josefowitz  
Ad Hoc Non-Voting Members Present: Commissioner Canepa, Commissioner Fleming, Commissioner  
Giacopini and Commission Spering  
2. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Glover and seconded by Commissioner  
Chavez, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved by the following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair  
Papan, Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Worth  
2 - Commissioner Abe-Koga and Chair Rabbitt  
Absent:  
22-1360  
Minutes of September 14, 2022 meeting  
Committee Approval  
2a.  
2b.  
Action:  
21-1626  
Quarterly Report of the Executive Director’s Delegated Authority Actions  
Action:  
Information  
Kenji Anzai  
Presenter:  
22-1432  
2c.  
2d.  
MTC Resolution No. 4475, Revised. 2021 Transportation Improvement  
Program (TIP) Amendment 2021-28  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Adam Crenshaw  
Presenter:  
22-1452  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4202, Revised, 4505, Revised, and 4540. Revisions  
to the One Bay Area Grant programs (OBAG 2 and 3), including  
programming approximately $69 million in Regional Program funds and  
adoption of the Carbon Reduction Program (CRP), which commits $60  
million to Climate Initiatives projects and programs as part of the OBAG 3  
regional investment strategy.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Mallory Atkinson  
Presenter:  
22-1448  
2e.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4523, Revised and 4524, Revised. Allocation of $48  
million in FY 2022-23 Transportation Development Act (TDA) and State  
Transit Assistance (STA) funds to seven operators and MTC to support  
transit operations and capital projects in the region.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Kenji Anzai  
Presenter:  
22-1459  
2f.  
MTC Resolution 4519, Revised. An update to programming for the Transit  
Transformation Action Plan to reflect the programming of funds to transit  
operators for the Clipper BayPass program.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
William Bacon  
Presenter:  
22-1473  
2g.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4095, Revised and 4250, Revised. Rescission of  
$700,000 in Regional Measure 2 (RM2) funds from the environmental  
phase of Bay Bridge Forward 2020 suite of projects, and allocation of  
$700,000 in RM2 funds to the construction phase of the West Grand  
HOV/Bus-Only Lane (Phase 2) project, part of Bay Bridge Forward (BBF).  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Kenneth Kao  
Presenter:  
22-1527  
2h.  
MTC Resolution No. 4547 and 4273, Revised. Low-Carbon Transit  
Operations Program (LCTOP) Corrective Action Plan (CAP)  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Anne Spevack  
Presenter:  
3. Regional  
22-1283  
3a.  
MTC Resolution Nos. 4537 and 4130, Revised. Major Projects  
Advancement Policy and Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program  
Framework.  
i. Adoption of the Regional Major Project Advancement Policy (MAP); and  
ii. Revision to MTC’s Cap and Trade Framework updating the regional  
Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program Framework.  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Kenneth Folan  
Presenter:  
Written public comments were received from Innovation Tri-Valley  
Leadership Group, Remi Tan, SPUR and Seamless Bay Area, and  
Tri-Valley San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority.  
The following members of the public were called to speak: Jason Baker  
(Silicon Valley Leadership Group), Priya Mather (BART), Peter Strauss  
(Friends of DTX and Board of San Francisco Transit Riders), Janice Li  
(BART Vice President), Denise Bouillerce (Stanford Healthcare), Vincent  
Hames Courtney (Northern California District Council of Laborers), Nate  
LeBlanc (San Jose Downtown Association), Bruce Agid (TJPA former  
Chair), Melisaa Hernandez (Tri-Valley-San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail  
Authority and Mayor of the City of Dublin), Charley Lavery (International  
Union of Operating Engineers Local 3), John Arantes (SEIU Local 1021),  
Adina Levin (Friends of Caltrain and Friends of DTX), Veronica Vargas  
(Tri-Valley/San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority and Mayor Pro Tem  
of the City of Tracy), Eric Schatmeier, Rebecca Saltzman (BART  
President), Sal Cruz (AFSCME Local 3993), Gerald Cauthen (Bay Area  
Transportation Working Group), Howard Wong (Sierra Club), Richard  
Hedges, Devon Ryan (Caltrain Government Affairs), Tiffany Rodriguez  
(San Jose State University Associated Students), and Val Menotti (BART).  
Commissioner Abe-Koga arrived during agenda item 3a.  
Upon the motion by Commissioner Worth and seconded by Vice Chair Papan, the  
Committee approved the referral of MTC Resolution Nos. 4537 and 4130, Revised  
to the Commission for approval. The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Commissioner Abe-Koga, Commissioner Glover, Commissioner Miley, Vice Chair  
Papan, Commissioner Ronen and Commissioner Worth  
1 - Chair Rabbitt  
Absent:  
Abstain:  
1 - Commissioner Chavez  
22-1475  
3b.  
Regional Transportation Measure: Transit Operating Fiscal Challenges  
and Advocacy for State Support of Transit  
An update on transit operating fiscal challenges to inform FY 2022-23  
State Budget Advocacy and future regional transportation measure  
discussions.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Melanie Choy and William Bacon  
Written public comments were received from Genesis, and Michael  
Abramson.  
The following members of the public were called to speak: Peter Strauss  
(San Francisco Board Voices for Transportation, and Adina Levin (Friends  
of Caltrain and Friends of DTX).  
4. Information  
22-1466  
4a.  
California Transportation Commission (CTC) and State Funding Programs  
Update  
Update on California Transportation Commission (CTC) and state funding  
programs under the CTC’s purview.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Kenneth Kao  
5. Public Comment / Other Business  
6. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Programming and Allocations Committee is scheduled to be  
held on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 remotely and by webcast. Any changes to the  
schedule will be duly noticed to the public.