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Port seeks committee OK to accept $200,000 MTC grant for pay stations to standardize waterfront parking
Summary
The Port of San Francisco asked the Government Audit and Oversight Committee to approve retroactive acceptance of a $200,000 Metropolitan Transportation Commission grant to buy multispace pay stations for port parking lots; Caltrans review delayed final grant paperwork, port staff said. The committee forwarded the resolution to the full board.
The Port of San Francisco asked the Government Audit and Oversight Committee on July 17 to approve a retroactive resolution authorizing the Port to accept and expend $200,000 from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to buy multispace pay stations and standardize parking management across waterfront lots.
Peter Albert, development manager for the Port, told supervisors the Port pursued the pay-station project so the agency could consolidate disparate management practices across waterfront lots, improve enforcement and tighten revenue collection. The Port said the equipment is the same multispace pay stations used by SFMTA and that the move would support a future memorandum of understanding with SFMTA for operations and enforcement.
Grant details and administrative steps Albert said the Port submitted the grant application in 2022 and was awarded $200,000 in 2023. Because the grant is federal congestion-management and air-quality funding that flows through MTC, the Port had to work with Caltrans on environmental and historic-resources exhibits and other required documents; Albert said the Port filed roughly two dozen exhibits and forms with Caltrans and waited for final approvals. He told the committee Caltrans cleared the final items and the Port is holding the resolution so the grant agreement can be completed and executed.
Albert estimated the pay-station equipment typically pays for itself within about 18 months and said the Port had already committed staff time and some preparatory work. He described the MTC as a partner that will debrief agencies on the Caltrans process so future applicants can proceed more quickly.
Committee action After brief questions from Supervisor Steven Sherrill about staff time and administrative burden, the committee voted 3–0 to forward the resolution to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation.
Next steps Albert said the Port expects the final grant agreement within roughly 30 days of the committee action and will proceed with procurement, any necessary MOU with SFMTA, and installation thereafter.
