CAC Meeting – May 12, 2015

TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY

CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND CALENDAR

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

TJPA Offices
201 Mission Street, Suite 2100 San Francisco, CA
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Ted Olsson, Chair
Bruce Agid, Vice Chair

Keysha Bailey Charley Lavery Patty-Jo Rutland
Paul Bendix Sean McGarry Jason Smith
Paolo Cosulich-Schwartz Lauren Post Pascale Soumoy
Robert Feinbaum Alice Rogers Patrick Valentino
 Helen Han
Executive Director Staff Liaison CAC Secretary
Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan Scott Boule Barbara Pemberton

1.          Call to Order (5 minutes)

2.          Staff Report (10 minutes)

3.          Approval of April 7, 2015 Meeting Minutes (5 minutes)

4.          Update by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board and the California High Speed Rail Authority on level boarding heights and widths. (15 minutes)

5.          Presentation of the budget outlook for TJPA’s Fiscal Year 2015-16 annual capital and operating budgets and the Phase 1 Program budget. (15 minutes)

6.          Safety Week Presentation (20 minutes)

7.          Construction Update (30 minutes)

8.          Public Comment (5 minutes)

9.          CAC Member Comments & Future Agenda Requests

10.        Adjourn

The Transbay Joint Powers Authority Citizens Advisory Committee meeting will be held at the Transbay Joint Powers Authority office at 201 Mission Street, Suite 2100, San Francisco, CA. The closest accessible BART station is the Embarcadero Street Station at Beale 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 the Embarcadero Street Station; F- Market line; 2-Clement; 5-Fulton; 6-Parnassas; 9-San Bruno; 9L-San Bruno Limited; 14-Mission; 14L-Mission Limited; 14X-Mission Express; 21-Hayes; 30X-Marina Express; 31-Balboa; 38-Geary; 38-Geary Limited; 41-Union; 71-Haight; 71L-Haight Limited; 80X-Gateway Express; 82X-Caltrain Express and 108–Treasure Island. For information about MUNI services call 311 or view the MUNI map at www.sfmta.com/cms/mmaps/indxmaps.htm.

The meeting room is wheelchair accessible. There is accessible parking available in the 201 Mission Street parking lot located directly behind the building. The parking lot entrance is in the 200 block of Howard Street (between Beale and Main Street).

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 the TJPA 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 the TJPA at (415) 597-4620 at least 72 hours in advance of need. Written reports or background materials for agenda 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 TJPA’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 TJPA 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.

The Ethics Commission of the City and County of San Francisco has asked us to remind individuals that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [Campaign and Gov’t Conduct Code, Article II, Chapter 1, § 2.100, et seq.) to register and report lobbing activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 252-3100, fax (415) 252-3124 and web site: www.sfethics.org.