Board Meeting – April 22, 2010 (Special)

TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND CALENDAR
 

Thursday, April 22, 2010
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 250
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 250, 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 – 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 February 11, 2010 meeting. 

(7.2)     Approving the updated Board Policy No. 001, Procurement Policy, and Board Policy No. 002, Protest Procedures, and annual review of Board Policy No. 009, Investment Policy. 

(7.3)     Authorizing the Executive Director to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Business Development, Inc. to provide outreach consultant services to Disadvantaged and Small Business Enterprises for a five year term and for a total amount not to exceed $500,000.
 

SPECIAL CALENDAR

8.  Presentation by Fred Clarke of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects of the Transbay Transit Center Design Development:

  • Architecture
  • Engineering
  • Sustainability
  • The Park

9.  Presentation of a proposed revised Baseline Budget for Phase 1 of the Transbay Transit Center Program in the amount of $1,589,000,000, Funding Plan, and Schedule. 

10.  Approving the recommended applicants to the Transbay Joint Powers Authority Citizens Advisory Committee. 

11.  Presentation of the TJPA FY2010-11 budget outlook pursuant to Board Policy No. 003. 

12. Approval of the draft Anticipated Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation Level (ADPL) Program for federal fiscal years 2010-11 through 2012-13 and authorization of the release of the draft ADPL for a 30-day public review/45-day public comment process.
 

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 

13.  Announcement of Closed Session.
 

ADJOURN

 

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