Board Meeting - June 10, 2010

TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 

NOTICE OF MEETING AND CALENDAR
 

Thursday, June 10, 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

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.

CONSENT CALENDAR 

7.  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. 

(7.1)     Approving the Minutes of the May 13, 2010 meeting. 

(7.2)     Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with Environmental Resources Management to extend the term from August 22, 2010, to August 22, 2011, with no change to the scope, price, or deliverables under the Agreement. 

(7.3)     Authorizing the Executive Director to execute professional services agreements with F3 & Associates and Luk and Associates to provide on-call general survey and mapping services for seven year terms and for total fees not to exceed $390,000 each. 

(7.4)     Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement with Townsend Management Inc for construction management services for the Temporary Terminal facilities project for an additional $275,000, for a new total compensation of $1,371,200. 

(7.5)     Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement with Jacobs for the New Bus Storage Facilities Project, to provide revised design services for a net fee increase of $483,379, and a new total authorized fee in the amount of $4,450,379.
 

REGULAR CALENDAR

8.  Approving the Fiscal Year 2010-11 Capital Budget in an amount not to exceed $362,948,000 and Fiscal Year 2010-11 Operating Budget in an amount not to exceed $3,817,000. 

9.  Authorizing the Executive Director to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Railroad Administration regarding the granting of funds in the amount of $400,000,000 under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for the Transbay Transit Center Train Box. 

10.  Authorizing the Executive Director to execute a professional services agreement with Turner Construction to provide construction management oversight services for the Transbay Transit Center for a base term of six years and compensation not to exceed $38,500,000. 

11.  Authorizing the Executive Director to execute a professional services agreement with Treadwell & Rollo to provide environmental construction monitoring services for a seven year term for a total fee not to exceed $650,000. 

12.  Approving the updated Initial Project Report dated June 10, 2010 and a Resolution of Project Compliance, and authorizing the Executive Director to execute the Cooperative Agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for the allocation of AB 1171 Bridge Toll Funds in the Amount of $134,074,000 for the Transbay Transit Center/Caltrain Downtown Extension Project. 

13.  Approving the updated Initial Project Report dated June 10, 2010 and a Resolution of Project Compliance for the allocation of Regional Measure 2 Funds in the Amount of $2,500,000 for the Transbay Transit Center/Caltrain Downtown Extension Project. 

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) 

Property:  Portion of Caltrans Parcel T bounded by the Transbay Terminal, Fremont, Mission, and First Streets 

TJPA Negotiators:  Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan, Executive Director; Charles Sullivan, Deputy City Attorney; and Andrew W. Schwartz, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, outside counsel 

Negotiating parties:  TJPA and Hines 

Under negotiation:  Terms of the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement between the TJPA and Hines and the price and terms of Hines’ purchase of the Property from the TJPA 

ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING 

14.  Announcement of Closed Session. 

ADJOURN 

 

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