Board Meeting – July 19, 2007
TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NOTICE OF MEETING AND CALENDAR
Thursday, July 19, 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
- Funding Update
- Public Outreach
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 June 21, 2007 meeting.
(7.2) Authorizing the Executive Director to execute the Professional Services Agreement for financial systems procurement services with Schafer Consulting for a term of one year and an amount not to exceed $48,000 and the option to engage Schafer Consulting for an optional task for an additional amount not to exceed $50,000.
(7.3) Authorizing the Executive Director to award and enter into a written agreement for the payment of anHonorarium to Pelli Clarke Pelli in the amount of $100,000, for its participation in Stage II of the Design and Development Competition for the Transbay Transit Center and Transit Tower and its agreement that Design Materials submitted during the Competition shall become the exclusive property of the TJPA.
(7.4) Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Amendment No. 1 to the IT Agreement with Bluecrane, Inc., to modify the Agreement to extend the term of the IT Agreement for an additional three years without increasing the maximum compensation under the IT Agreement.
REGULAR CALENDAR
8. uthorizing the Executive Director to execute an agreement for environmental consulting services for the Temporary Terminal and Bus Storage project sites with Treadwell & Rollo for a maximum compensation of $333,992 and for a term not to exceed three years.
9. Authorizing the Executive Director to execute an agreement for environmental consulting services for Phase I parcels with ERM for a maximum compensation of $1,147,000 and for a term not to exceed three years.
10. Authorizing the Executive Director to execute the Trolley Line Relocation and Street ModificationAgreement with the Municipal Transportation Agency to provide engineering services for overhead line and traffic engineering for a maximum compensation of $811,962 and for a period to commence on the effective date of the Agreement and to terminate on December 31, 2009.
11. uthorizing the Chair of the Board of Directors to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Management and Administrative Services Agreement with Local Government Services, to modify the agreement to increase the maximum compensation under the Agreement by $400,600 to $3,498,573.
12. Presentation on the Draft Relocation Impact Study to be released for public comment.
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.
