Board Meeting - February 9, 2017

 

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.

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If you need to use the services of a language interpreter, contact TJPA by calling 415.597.4620 or at info@TransbayCenter.org. We require an advance notice of three business days to accommodate your request.

Si necesita usar los servicios de un intérprete de idioma, comuníquese con TJPA llamando al 415.597.4620 o en info@TransbayCenter.org. Solicitamos un aviso previo de tres días hábiles para atender su solicitud.

如果您需要使用语言口译员，请联系TJPA，电话：415.597.4620，或电子邮件： info@TransbayCenter.org。我们需要您在三个工作日之前告知，以满足您的要求

 

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

6.  Construction Update

7.  Citizens Advisory Committee Update

8.  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.

CONSENT CALENDAR

9.  All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Calendar, are considered to be routine by the Transbay Joint Powers Authority, and will be acted upon by a single vote.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Board or the public so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as a separate item.

(9.1)     Approving the Minutes of the January 12, 2017 meeting.

(9.2)     Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Seifel Consulting and The Concord Group real estate economics bench consultants’ contracts to extend the term of the agreements to December 31, 2018.

 

REGULAR CALENDAR

10.  Presentation by Boston Properties of its interest and capabilities with respect to managing the Terminal.

11.  Authorizing the Executive Director to execute a Site License Agreement with Concourse Communications Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boingo Wireless, to provide neutral host distributed antenna system services for a twenty-year term, with upfront payments to the TJPA totaling $1,000,000, additional payments totaling a minimum $2,500,000 and up to $3,000,000 as carriers are signed, and minimum annual payments to the TJPA of 25% of gross revenue or $125,000, whichever is greater.

12.  Authorizing the Executive Director to execute an amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with URS Corporation to accommodate increased Program Management/Program Controls services for an amount not to exceed $5,400,000.

13.  Authorizing the Executive Director to execute an agreement for Federal Advocacy Services with Carpi & Clay, Inc. for two years and compensation of $320,000 with an option to extend the agreement for up to four one-year terms and defined increases in compensation if the options are exercised.

14.  Election of Chair and Vice Chair pursuant to the TJPA Joint Powers Agreement.

RECESS REGULAR MEETING AND CONVENE CLOSED SESSION

CLOSED SESSION

15.  Call to Order

16.  Roll Call

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

Property:  Transbay Transit Center (generally located between Mission, Beale, Howard, and Second Street in San Francisco; Assessor’s Block 3721, Lots 006 and 124; Assessor’s Block 3720, Lots 010 and 011; Assessor’s Block 3719, Lot 003)

Agency negotiator:  Mark Zabaneh, Executive Director; Shuprotim Bhaumik, HR&A Advisors, Inc.; Joan Story, Sheppard Mullin

Negotiating parties:

-           Cushman & Wakefield

-           Lincoln Property Company

Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment for long-term master lease of Transbay Transit Center

18.  CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—EXISTING LITIGATION
(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Gov. Code Section 54956.9)

Name of case: John Eng, et al. vs. Millennium Partners I, Inc., et al., San Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. CGC-16-553574

and

Name of case:  Laura S. Lehman, et al. vs. Transbay Joint Powers Authority, et al., San Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. CGC 16-553758

and

Name of case:  Pamela Butterly, et al. vs. Sean Jeffries, et al., San Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. CGC-17-556292

19.  CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: (4 potential cases)

ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING

20.  Announcement of Closed Session.

ADJOURN

 

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