Board Meeting – August 31, 2006 (Special)


TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND CALENDAR

Thursday, August 31, 2006
1 Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 416
San Francisco, CA

SPECIAL MEETING
9:00 a.m.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Nathaniel Ford, Chairman
Jerry Hill, Vice Chairman
Michael Cohen
Chris Daly
Greg Harper

Executive Director
Maria Ayerdi

Secretary
Roberta Boomer

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 Roberta Boomer at (415) 701-4505, 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 Roberta Boomer at (415) 701-4505 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   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 CHAIRMAN.

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 20, 2006 meeting.

(7.2) Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Program Management/Program Controls Professional Services Agreement with URS Corporation to modify the Agreement to replace any reference to the Deputy Director/Chief Engineer to the Executive Director, and modify the Key Personnel provision by adding the Principal-In-Charge/Program Sponsor position and substitute other key personnel.

(7.3) Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Caltrain Downtown Extension Professional Services Agreement with Parsons Transportation Group to modify the Agreement to replace any reference to the Deputy Director/Chief Engineer to the Executive Director.

(7.4)  Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Legal Services Agreement with the law firms of Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, LLP; Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, LLP; Ruiz & Sperow, LLP, and Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy, LLP, to modify the agreement by revising any reference in the Agreement pertaining to the review, approval and submission of invoices by the Consortium Counsel such that each individual law firm shall review, approve and submit an invoice directly to the TJPA.
SPECIAL CALENDAR

8.  Presentation on CityBuild by the TJPA and Chris Iglesias, CityBuild Director.

9.  Resolution extending an invitation to the California State Department of Transportation to serve as an ex-officio member of the TJPA Board of Directors in accordance with Section 17 of the TJPA Joint Powers Agreement and Article V of the TJPA Bylaws.

CLOSED SESSION

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.8, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors will meet in closed session with Real Property Acquisition Negotiators Maria Ayerdi, Harry Quinn, and Andrew Schwartz regarding the price and terms of payment for purchase of the following properties:

Address Bl/Lot Owner
1) 200 Main Street             Block 3739 Lot 002      Union Pacific Transportation.
2) 272 Main Street             Block 3739 Lot 006      Abbassi 1988 Living Trust
3) 200 Folsom Street         Block 3739 Lot 004      Donald J. Morosi 1991 Trust
4) 200 Folsom Street         Block 3739 Lot 007      Pamela M. De Ferrari
5) 580 Howard, Suite 500  Block 3721 Lot 106     Timothy Mott Trust
6) 85 Natoma, Suite 5        Block 3721 Lot 113     Terri Brown
7) 85 Natoma, Suite 9        Block 3721 Lot 117     Wendy Roess-McNerrney
8) 201 Second                   Block 3736 Lot 097      201 Second St. LLC
9) 215 Second Street         Block 3736 Lot 096      Rob Birmingham
10) 217 Second Street       Block 3736 Lot 095      Anthony Hay
11) 546 Howard                Block 3721 Lot 016      KSW Properties
12) 564 Howard Street      Block 3721 Lot 019      564 Howard St. LLC
13) 568-576 Howard St.   Block 3721 Lot 020       Invesmaster Corp.
14) 90 Natoma Street        Block 3721 Lot 047       Patrick & Co.
15) Natoma Street             Block 3721 Lot 031       KSW Properties
16) 77-79 Natoma Street   Block 3721 Lot 029      William Beck Rev. Trust
17) 83 Natoma Street        Block 3721 Lot 108      William Beck Rev. Trust
18) 57 Tehama Street        Block 3736 Lot 074       Fritzi Realty
19) 60 Tehama Street        Block 3736 Lot 088       Peter F. Byrne

ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE SPECIAL MEETING

10. Announcement of Closed Session.

ADJOURN

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