Board Meeting - February 13, 2014

 

 

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, N‑Judah, and T-Third at Van Ness and Civic Center Stations; F-Market; 19-Polk, 47‑Van Ness; 49-Mission-Van Ness; 5-Fulton; 6 Parnassus; 21-Hayes; 9‑San Bruno; and 71‑Haight Noriega.  For more information about MUNI services call 311.

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 or NGonzales@TransbayCenter.org, 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 or NGonzales@TransbayCenter.org 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 and are available online at www.TransbayCenter.org.

To assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, 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 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

• Construction 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.  Presentation by San Francisco Planning Department on Railyard Alternatives and I-280 Boulevard Feasibility Study Request for Proposals.

8. Presentation by Caltrain on Caltrain Modernization Program.

9. Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Amendment No. 1 to the agreement for independent auditing services with Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., to extend the term for an additional two years and increase the maximum compensation by the option price of $96,000.

10. Approving the updated Initial Project Report dated February 13, 2014, and a Resolution of Project Compliance for the allocation of Regional Measure 2/AB 1171 Bridge Toll Funds in the Amount of $3,500,000 for the Transbay Transit Center Program.

11. Approving the Minutes of the November 14, 2013 meeting.

12. Approving the Minutes of the January 9, 2014 meeting.

RECESS REGULAR MEETING AND CONVENE CLOSED SESSION

CLOSED SESSION

13. Call to Order

14. Roll Call

15. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section 54956.8)

Property:  81-83 Natoma Street (Block 3721, Lot 108)

TJPA Negotiators:  Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan, Executive Director, and Andrew W. Schwartz and Deborah L. Miller, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, outside counsel

Negotiating parties:  TJPA; Wooden Spoon & Fork, LLC d/b/a Zebulon Cafe

Under negotiation:  Price and terms of payment for TJPA’s acquisition of property interest in 81-83 Natoma Street, including compensation for loss of business goodwill under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1263.510

16. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section 54956.8) and CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov. Code section 54956.9(a) and 54956.9(d)(1))

Property:  564 Howard Street

TJPA Negotiators:  Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan, Executive Director, and Andrew W. Schwartz and Deborah L. Miller, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, outside counsel

Negotiating parties:  TJPA; 564 Howard Street, LLC; Gruen Gruen + Associates

Under negotiation:  Property owner’s claim for precondemnation damages

Name of case: City and County of San Francisco v. 564 Howard Street, LLC, et al., San Francisco Superior Court Case No. CGC-10-506781

ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING

17.  Announcement of Closed Session.

ADJOURN

 

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