Board Meeting - September 20, 2007
TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NOTICE OF MEETING AND CALENDAR
Thursday, September 20, 2007
1 Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 416
San Francisco, CA
REGULAR MEETING
9:00 a.m.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jerry Hill, Chair
Nathaniel Ford, Vice Chair
Michael Cohen
Chris Daly
Elsa Ortiz
Bijan Sartipi
Executive Director
Maria Ayerdi
Secretary
Nila Gonzales
201 Mission St. #1960
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 1960 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.
9:00 – 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 July 19, 2007 meeting.
(7.2) Approving the Minutes of the August 6, 2007 meeting.
(7.3) Authorizing the Executive Director to execute the Professional Services Agreement for financial support services with Fred Clarke Consulting for a term of two years and a maximum amount of $170,650 and approving an amendment to the FY 2007-08 budget to increase the grant and financial management amount by $170,650, from $600,000 to $770,650 and to decrease another budget line item by the same amount.
(7.4) Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Amendment #4 to Request for Services #1 to Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP to increase the maximum approved amount under Request for Services #1 from $1,425,000 to $1,705,000.
(7.5) Authorizing the Executive Director to execute the Professional Services Agreement for Federal advocacy services with Holland + Knight for a term of three years and an amount not to exceed $505,500; and the Professional Services Agreement for Federal advocacy services with Chambers, Conlon & Hartwell for a term of three years and an amount not to exceed $256,500; and approving an amendment to the FY 2007-08 budget to increase the legislative services amount by $45,000, from $225,000 to $270,000 and to decrease another budget line item by the same amount.
(7.6) Authorizing the Executive Director to execute the Professional Services Agreement for State advocacy services with Suter, Wallauch, Corbett and Associates for a term of three years and for compensation not to exceed $362,250.
(7.7) Authorizing the Executive Director to execute the Professional Services Agreement for Real Estate Economics Advisory services with Keyser Marston Associates for a term of two years and an amount not to exceed $130,125.
(7.8) Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Amendment No. 2 to the IT Agreement with Bluecrane, Inc., to modify the Agreement to approve Coastline Technology Consulting, Inc. as the subcontractor without changing the term, scope, price, deliverables or maximum compensation under the IT Agreement.
REGULAR CALENDAR
8. Approving the Team of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and Hines and authorizing the Executive Director to enter into exclusive negotiations for: (1) a Term Sheet with the Team of Pelli/Hines and then, if successful and subject to TJPA Board approval of the Term Sheet, a Disposition and Development Option Agreement for the Tower Property, also subject to Board approval; and (2) a Design Agreement for the Transit Center with Pelli, subject to Board approval. Presentation by Don Stastny, Competition Manager
9. Approving the Final Relocation Impact Study.
10. Approving the FY 2007-08 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program.
11. Authorizing the Executive Director to execute an agreement for professional design and engineering services of utilities for the New Transit Center building with Metcalf & Eddy/AECOM for a maximum compensation of $5,198,015 through the end of utility construction and warranty period.
12. Authorizing the Executive Director to execute right-to-enter agreements for real property, either to be acquired by the TJPA for the Program or adjacent to the right-of-way for the Program that may be affected by Program construction, that would require the TJPA to repair damage to the property at the TJPA’s own cost and defend and indemnify the property owners from claims by third parties resulting from the TJPA’s activities on the property; and to execute the Right of Entry Agreement with Union Pacific.
13. Authorizing the Executive Director to execute the agreement between the TJPA and the San Francisco Planning Department to perform planning and implementation services for the Transbay District Plan and TJPA Properties Study for a maximum compensation of $730,000 and limited to a period of three years.
ADJOURN
The Ethics Commission of the City and County of San Francisco has asked us to remind individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Admin. Code Sections 16.520 - 16.534] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market Street, Suite 801, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 554-9510, fax (415) 554-8757 and web site: sfgov.org/ethics.