Programming and Allocations Committee

Approval of Programming and Allocations Committee Minutes of June 12, 2024 Meeting.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4629, Revised; 4651, Revised; 4652, Revised; 4653, Revised; 4654; 4656; 4659; and 4661. Revises the FY 24-25 MTC Fund Estimate, allocates additional FY 24-25 Transportation Development Act (TDA) and State Transit Assistance (STA) Funds to three transit operators, and approves the FY 24-25 STA State of Good Repair Regional Project List.

FY 2023-24 Federal Earmark Repurposing. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) repurposed earmark funds under the earmark repurposing provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024.

Delegated Authority Quarterly Report: Fourth Quarterly Report of the Executive Director’s Delegated Authority Actions.

Transit Performance Initiative - Investment Program Semi-Annual Update.

Regional Measure 2 (RM2) Capital Program: Semi-Annual Update.

MTC Resolution Nos. 3989, Revised and 4505, Revised. Revisions to the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 3) and MTC exchange programs to program $1.5 million in STP/CMAQ to MTC’s Bay Trail Marshlands Road Project and $660,000 in STP/CMAQ and non-federal MTC exchange funds to various bikeshare projects, and an informational update on a FY 2023-24 apportionment exchange agreement.

MTC Resolution No. 4650, Revised. Revisions to the Regional Early Action Planning Grant (REAP 2) program, including programming $1 million to MTC for development and implementation of the Community Action Resource and Empowerment (CARE) program and $200,000 to MTC for legal services to support Regional Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA) activities, and to reflect other programming actions approved to-date.

MTC Resolution Nos. 4614 Revised; 4615 Revised; 4608, Revised; 4660; 4640, Revised and 4607, Revised. Allocation of $21.6 million in Regional Measure 3 (RM3) capital funds to Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) for San Jose Diridon Station, San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans), Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA) and Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), and rescission of $6 million in Regional Measure 3 (RM3) capital funds to Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA).

Adoption of the framework for the $300 million regional contribution to complement Senate Bill 125 emergency transit operations funding and an informational update on the status of large operators’ progress toward Senate Bill 125 Regional Accountability Measures.

The federally required TIP is the region’s transportation funding document containing surface transportation projects and anticipated funding over the next four years. The projects are expected to receive federal funds, be subject to a federally required action, or are regionally significant. Federal air quality regulations require an air quality conformity determination on the TIP. The draft TIP and draft Air Quality Conformity Analysis documents were released for public review and comment beginning on June 27, 2024. The written comment period ends at 5:00 p.m. July 26, 2024.

BART executive staff will provide a presentation on the District’s high priority capital projects and status update related to operations sustainability.

Major Project Advancement Policy: Stage Gate Evaluation Authorization for Transbay Joint Powers Authority - the Portal Project and Preview of 2024 State Funding Cycles.

As part of the Major Project Advancement Policy (MAP) this item:
1. Recommends the Commission authorize MTC staff to initiate and perform a MAP Stage Gate Evaluation of the Portal project, consistent with MTC Resolution 4537, as requested by Transbay Joint Powers Authority staff.

2. Provide an informational update on 2024 State Funding Opportunities for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) and various Senate Bill 1 (SB1) programs.