Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Approval of Commission Minutes of the November 15, 2023 Meeting

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.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4594, Revised; 4613, Revised; and 4615. Allocation of $16.8 million in Regional Measure 3 (RM3) capital funds to Solano Transportation Authority (STA), Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)

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.

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.

Update on a potential 2026 regional transportation revenue measure, including results of stakeholder engagement, public outreach (as well as voter opinion research), a proposed vision, goal and focus areas, expenditure priorities, revenue source options and potential reform concepts that could accompany enabling legislation.

Initial work to stand up the Regional Network Management (RNM) Council includes the approval of a Charter.

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.

Updates to the 2024 Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP) Policies and Procedures and Program of Projects for the 2024 RTIP, totaling $226 million in new programming for the Bay Area.

(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).

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.