Board Meeting - November 1, 2010 (Special)

 TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND CALENDAR 
 

Monday, November 1, 2010
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 416
San Francisco, CA 
 

SPECIAL 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, 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 – SPECIAL 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 October 14, 2010 meeting.

(7.2)     Authorizing the Executive Director to issue a Joint Trench Authorization Letter and enter into a Joint Trench Construction Cost Agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric and AT&T to construct a joint utility trench in Minna Street from First Street to Second Street.
 

SPECIAL CALENDAR

8.  Authorizing an Amendment to Contract No. 08-04-CMGC-000, Construction Manager/General Contractor Services for the Construction of the Transbay Transit Center Building and Related Structures, with the joint venture of Webcor Builders and Obayashi Corporation to update the terms of the Agreement to incorporate the construction of the rail levels of the Transit Center in the Project in a "bottom-up" sequence; to clarify which elements are now included in Phase I and Phase II of construction; to revise the construction schedule to seven years and CM/GC Fixed Fee to $71,000,000; and to modify related contract language. 

9.  Approving an Amendment to Contract No. 08-04-CMGC-000, authorizing Webcor/Obayashi Joint Venture to award a Trade Subcontract to Transworld Construction, Inc. as the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid in the amount of $663,478 for TG19.1– 301 Mission Interim Screen Wall, and thereby increasing authorized Direct Costs under Contract No. 08-04-CMGC-000 from $4,796,301 to $5,459,779 and increasing the authorized Construction Services Fixed Fee from $374,591.11 to $428,996.30. 

10. Authorizing the Executive Director to execute a Professional Services Agreement for Legal Services related to federal grants, procurement and other matters with the law firm of Thompson Coburn LLP for five years at a cost not to exceed $1,000,000.  

RECESS SPECIAL 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 SPECIAL MEETING 

11.  Announcement of Closed Session. 

ADJOURN
 

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