Programming and Allocations Committee

Approval of Programming and Allocations Committee Minutes of November 8, 2023 Meeting

MTC Resolution No. 4545, Revised. 2023 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 2023-23.

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

MTC Resolution Nos. 4620 and 4588, Revised. FY2023-24 STA-State of Good Repair Allocations and Project List Revision.

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.

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

Public Hearing: Proposed Amendments to the Regional Measure 3 (RM3) Program.

Pursuant to California Streets and Highways Code Section 30914.7(e), MTC proposes to modify five existing projects and reassign $16.7 million in Regional Measure 3 (RM3) funds, specifically to:

i. Redirect $16,700,000 in funds from the Solano County I-80/I-680/SR-12 Interchange Project (RM3 project #21) to the Solano I-80 Express Lanes (Toll System) project - part of the Bay Area Corridor Express Lanes suite of projects (under RM3 project #2)
ii. Modify scope of Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) project (RM3 project #7) to clarify eligibility of the multi-use pathway along SMART right-of-way.
iii. Modify scope of Highway 101-Marin/Sonoma Narrows (RM3 project #20) to extend the project limits approximately 4.5 miles from Petaluma Blvd. South to Petaluma Blvd. North in Petaluma and approximately three (3) miles from Atherton Ave. to State Route 37 in Novato.
iv. Add the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) as a joint project sponsor to State Route 37 Improvements (RM3 project #23)

A public hearing was held to take comments on the proposal.

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).

Update on California Transportation Commission (CTC) and state funding programs under the CTC’s purview.