The authority is formulating a transportation program in connection with the authority’s redevelopment activities on Treasure Island. The board of supervisors directed that the transportation program ensure adequate and reliable funding for transit service for Treasure Island, including bus transit service provided by the city‘s municipal transportation agency, or its successor agency. In formulating the transportation program, the authority shall make recommendations for the governance structure of the transportation management agency. Based on the authority’s recommendations, the board of supervisors may designate a board or agency that shall act as the transportation management agency. The board of supervisors may revise or revoke this designation of the transportation management agency and designate a new board or agency to act as the transportation management agency at any time. The board of supervisors may also designate itself as the transportation management agency. Notwithstanding Chapter 898 of the Statutes of 1997, any subsequent amendments to that chapter, but subject to Section 1967.5, the transportation management agency shall have the exclusive power to do any or all of the following pursuant to the terms of a resolution or ordinance adopted by the board of supervisors:

(a) Adopt and administer the transportation program and implementing rules and regulations.

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(b) Recommend to the board of supervisors and the transportation authority an initial fee structure for the imposition of congestion pricing fees applicable to residents and other motorists as they enter or exit Treasure Island in the amount deemed necessary and proper by the transportation management agency to implement the transportation program.

(c) Adopt amendments to the congestion pricing fee structure initially adopted by the board of supervisors and the transportation authority pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1967.5, as the transportation management agency deems necessary and appropriate from time to time to implement the transportation program, based upon a finding that the amendments to the fee have a relationship or benefit to the motor vehicle drivers who are paying the fee.

(d) Administer and collect congestion pricing fees on Treasure Island.

(e) Adopt on-street and off-street parking regulations for Treasure Island, including regulations limiting parking, stopping, standing, or loading and establishing parking privileges and locations, parking meter zones, and other forms of parking regulation similar to those adopted for other areas of San Francisco.

(f) Adopt on-street and off-street parking fees, fines, and penalties for Treasure Island and administer and collect all on-street and off-street parking fees, fines, penalties, and other parking-related revenues on Treasure Island.

(g) Adopt a transit pass fee structure applicable to residents and other users of Treasure Island and administer and collect all Treasure Island transit pass fees.

(h) Fix the rates and charges for services provided or functions performed by the transportation management agency and administer and collect those rates and charges.

(i) Apply for, accept, and administer state, federal, local agency, or other public or private grant funds for transportation purposes.

(j) Administer and collect all other revenues generated by the transportation program.

(k) Undertake studies, performance evaluations, and other mechanisms as it deems necessary and proper to adopt and amend the transportation program with the purpose of relieving transportation-related impacts.

(l) Expend its revenues for any purpose related to the transportation program, including costs of implementation, operation, collection and enforcement, maintenance, construction, and administration under the transportation program.

(m) Enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and direct funding agreements with private parties and governmental agencies, including city departments, to the extent deemed necessary and proper by the transportation management agency to implement the transportation program, including for any of the following:

(1) The construction and maintenance of transportation facilities serving Treasure Island that are directly related to the transportation program, including design, preconstruction, and other related costs.

(2) Transit capital improvements and operations for services that directly serve Treasure Island.

(3) Notwithstanding § 40717.9 of the Health and Safety Code, implementation of transportation impact mitigation measures as adopted from time to time to improve or encourage the use of transit and other nonmotor vehicle means of access to Treasure Island.

(n) Adopt rules and regulations governing high-occupancy vehicles pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 1967.5.

(o) Take all other steps as the transportation management agency deems necessary and proper to implement the transportation program.

(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 443, Sec. 2. (AB 141) Effective September 19, 2014.)