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Committee backs $2.38 million MTC grant to San Francisco for priority development area planning
Summary
The committee forwarded a resolution authorizing the Planning Department to accept $2,380,000 from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to fund Priority Development Area planning across multiple years, with planning staff to coordinate with city agencies and report to MTC.
The Budget and Finance Committee moved forward a resolution authorizing the Planning Department to apply for, accept and expend $2,380,000 from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to support planning and implementation in locally designated Priority Development Areas (PDAs) through fiscal 2015–16.
Andres Power, representing Supervisor Wiener, told the committee the MTC approved a regional set‑aside of about $20 million for PDA planning; San Francisco’s share is roughly $2.3 million. "The San Francisco Planning Department was identified as the recipient of San Francisco's share of those funds," he said, and the department will work with other city agencies — including the Transportation Authority, the Municipal Transportation Agency and the Mayor’s Office of Housing — to develop a work plan guiding fund programming.
Supervisor John Avalos asked whether other counties typically route comparable funds through congestion management agencies; Planning staff said PDAs are locally designated and that in other counties the funds commonly go to congestion management agencies, while San Francisco acts as both city and county and therefore the Planning Department is the implementing entity.
Planning staff said the agency accepting and spending the funds will be responsible for reporting requirements to the MTC and that the department will coordinate with multiple city agencies on project selection and reporting. Chair Mark Farrell opened public comment; none were offered. The committee voted to forward the item to the full Board without opposition.
