Board Meeting - February 11, 2010
TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NOTICE OF MEETING AND CALENDAR
Thursday, February 11, 2010
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 416
San Francisco, CA
REGULAR MEETING
9:30 a.m.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nathaniel Ford, Chair
Elsa Ortiz, Vice Chair
Mark Church
Michael Cohen
Chris Daly
Bijan Sartipi
Executive Director
Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan
Secretary
Nila Gonzales
201 Mission St. #2100
San Francisco, California 94105
415-597-4620
415-597-4615 fax
ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority meeting will be held in Room 416, at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA. The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center Station at United Nations Plaza and Market Street. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: Muni Metro Lines J‑Church, K‑Ingleside, L‑Taraval, M‑Oceanview, and N‑Judah at Van Ness and Civic Center Stations; F-line; 47‑Van Ness; 49-Mission-Van Ness; 5-Fulton; 21-Hayes; 9‑San Bruno; and 71‑Haight Noriega. For information about MUNI accessible services call 923‑6142.
The meeting room is wheelchair accessible. Accessible curbside parking spaces have been designated on the Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street perimeters of City Hall for mobility-impaired persons. There is accessible parking available within the Civic Center Underground Parking Garage at the corner of McAllister and Polk Streets, and within the Performing Arts Parking Garage at Grove and Franklin Streets.
If you require the use of an American Sign Language interpreter, a sound enhancement system, or a reader during the meeting, such person or system can be made available upon request; please contact Nila Gonzales at (415) 597-4620, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. Late requests will be honored if possible. Calendars and minutes of the meeting may be available in alternative formats; please contact Nila Gonzales at (415) 597-4620 at least 72 hours in advance of need. Written reports or background materials for calendar items are available for public inspection and copying at 201 Mission St. Suite 2100 during regular business hours.
Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call our accessibility hotline at (415) 252‑3112 to discuss meeting accessibility. In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.
The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.
9:30 – REGULAR MEETING
ORDER OF BUSINESS
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Communications
4. Board of Director’s New and Old Business
5. Executive Director’s Report
- Funding Update
- Construction Manager/General Contractor SBE Update
6. Public Comment
Members of the public may address the Authority on matters that are within the Authority's
jurisdiction and are not on today's calendar.
THE FOLLOWING MATTERS BEFORE THE TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ACTION AS STATED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR THE CHAIR.
REGULAR CALENDAR
7. Approving the Final Relocation Impact Study II.
8. Approving the updated Initial Project Report dated February 11, 2010, and a Resolution of Project Compliance for the allocation of Regional Measure 1/AB 1171 Bridge Toll Funds in the Amount of $10,700,000 for the Transbay Transit Center/Caltrain Downtown Extension Project.
9. Approving the Minutes of the December 10, 2009 meeting.
RECESS REGULAR MEETING AND CONVENE CLOSED SESSION
CLOSED SESSION
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section 54956.8)
(3.1) Property: 580 Howard Street #500
TJPA Negotiators: Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan, Executive Director, and Andrew W. Schwartz and Deborah L. Keeth, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, outside counsel
Negotiating parties: TJPA; Timothy Mott, trustee of the Timothy Mott Trust, U/T/A dated March 5, 2004
Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment for TJPA’s acquisition of property interest in 580 Howard #500
(3.2) Property: 133 Beale Street (portion of Block 3718, Lot 025) (Caltrans Lease Area No. SFX-480-26)
TJPA Negotiators: Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan, Executive Director, and Andrew W. Schwartz and Deborah L. Keeth, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, outside counsel
Negotiating parties: TJPA; Beale Street Bar & Grill; Gloria Eckstein; Joseph Eckstein; State of California Department of Transportation
Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment for TJPA’s acquisition of property interest in 133 Beale Street (portion of Block 3718, Lot 025) (Caltrans Lease Area No. SFX-480-26), including compensation for loss of business goodwill under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1263.510
4. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b), the TJPA Board of Directors will meet in closed session to discuss routine evaluation of public employees:
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION:
Executive Director, Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan
Board Secretary, Nila Gonzales
ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING
10. Announcement of Closed Session.
ADJOURN
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