meeting Details

Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 - 9:35 a.m.
Yerba Buena Conference Room - 1st Floor

Bay Area Metro Center
375 Beale Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

Agenda Items

Roster
Alfredo Pedroza (Chair), Nick Josefowitz (Vice Chair),
Margaret Abe-Koga, Eddie Ahn, David Canepa, Cindy Chavez, Carol Dutra-Vernaci,
Dina El-Tawansy*, Victoria Fleming, Dorene M. Giacopini*, Federal D. Glover,
Matt Mahan, Nate Miley, Stephanie Moulton-Peters, Sue Noack, Gina Papan,
David Rabbitt, Hillary Ronen, Libby Schaaf*, James P. Spering, Sheng Thao
*Non-Voting Members

Agenda item1.

Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum

Agenda item2.

Pledge of Allegiance / Acknowledgement of the Flag

Agenda item3.

Compensation Announcement (Clerk)

Agenda item4.

Chair's Report

Agenda item4a.

MTC Resolution No. 4627. Resolution of Appreciation for Carol Kuester on the occasion of her retirement from MTC.

Agenda item5.

Policy Advisory Council Report

Agenda item5a.

Policy Advisory Council Report

Agenda item6.

Executive Director's Report

Agenda item7.

Commissioner Comments

Agenda item8.

Consent Calendar

Agenda item8a.

Approval of Commission Minutes of the November 15, 2023 Meeting

Administration Committee
Programming and Allocations Committee

Agenda item8d.

MTC Resolution No. 4510, Revised. Transit Capital Priorities Policy and Program Revisions FYs 2021-22 - 2023-24.

Agenda item8f.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4571, Revised, 4624, and 4626. Allocation of $13.3 million in FY2023-24 State Transit Assistance (STA), Five Percent Unrestricted State Fund Revenue, and Regional Measure 3 funds to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) and MTC to support transit operations and capital projects in the region.

Agenda item8h.

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 reprogramming $4.9 million within the OBAG 3 Regional and County and Local Programs as part of a fund source exchange for the San Francisco County Transportation Authority’s (SFCTA’s) Yerba Buena Island Multi-Use Path and reprogramming $2.7 million to two projects within the OBAG 2 Solano County Program.

Agenda item8i.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4519, Revised, and 4529, Revised. An update to the Transit Transformation Action Plan Program of Projects to program approximately $1.8 million in State Transit Assistance (STA) Population-Based Funds to the Mapping & Wayfinding Standards project and $25,000 in STA Revenue-Based Exchange Funds to support Transit Priority activities. Update to Attachment A of MTC Resolution No. 4529 to clarify eligible activities for the November 2023 allocations to AC Transit and BART, and to allocate $25,000 to support Transit Priority activities.

Agenda item8j.

MTC Resolution No. 4625. Adoption of the $11.7 million FY2023-24 Regional Measure 3 (RM3) Operating Program.
Committee Report

Agenda item9.

Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee (Canepa)

Agenda item10.

Regional Network Management Committee (Rabbitt)

Agenda item11.

Programming and Allocations Committee (Chavez)

Agenda item11a.

MTC Resolution 4619, Revised, and Approval of Regional Short-Term Financial Plan for Senate Bill 125 Transit Funding

A request for approval of the Short-Term Financial Plan for the MTC region, which provides documentation required under Senate Bill 125 to the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) in exchange for the release of $1.1 billion in Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) and Zero-Emission Transit Capital Program (ZETCP) funding to MTC between FY 2023-24 and FY 2026-27, and associated revision to MTC Resolution 4619.

Agenda item11b.

Agenda item11c.

Housing Incentive Pool and Housing Element:
(i) MTC Resolution No. 4505, Revised. Revisions to MTC’s One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 3) Program to update Housing Element compliance requirements.

(ii) MTC Resolution Nos. 4202, Revised and 4348, Revised. Revisions to MTC’s Housing Incentive Pool (HIP) to adopt eligibility and programming guidelines, an update of the final year of the program (2022), and the preliminary list of HIP program standings by jurisdiction (2018-2022).

Agenda item12.

Closed Session

Agenda item12a.

Closed Session Public Comment

Agenda item12b.

Closed Session - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION The Commission met in closed session pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) and paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9 to confer with counsel regarding significant exposure to litigation: one case.

Agenda item12c.

Open Session

Agenda item13.

Public Comment / Other Business

Agenda item14.

Adjournment / Next Meetings:

The next meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission will be held on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA.