Board Meeting – March 10, 2016

 

 

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, N‑Judah, and T-Third at Van Ness and Civic Center Stations; F-Market; 19-Polk, 47‑Van Ness; 49-Mission-Van Ness; 5-Fulton; 6 Parnassus; 21-Hayes; 9‑San Bruno; and 71‑Haight Noriega.  For more information about MUNI services call 311.

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 or NGonzales@TransbayCenter.org, 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 or NGonzales@TransbayCenter.org 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 and are available online at www.TransbayCenter.org.

To assist the City’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 the City to accommodate these individuals.

The ringing 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 – REGULAR MEETING

ORDER OF BUSINESS

1.  Call to Order

2.  Roll Call

3.  Communications

4.  Board of Director’s New and Old Business

5.  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.

RECESS REGULAR MEETING AND CONVENE CLOSED SESSION

CLOSED SESSION

6.  Call to Order

7.  Roll Call

8.  CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section 54956.8)

Property:  Portions of State Parcel F (APN 3721-015A); 75 Natoma (APN 3721-031), 546 Howard (APN 3721-016), 564 Howard (APN 3721-019), 568 Howard (APN 3721-020), and 77-79 Natoma (APN 3721-029) (“Parcel F”)

TJPA Negotiators:  Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan, Executive Director, and Bill White, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, outside counsel

Negotiating parties:  Pre-qualified bidders in Parcel F procurement

Under negotiation:  Price and terms of payment for sale of Parcel F

ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING

9.  Announcement of Closed Session.

REGULAR CALENDAR

10.  Authorizing the Executive Director to execute an agreement for Independent Auditing Services with Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Company for an amount not to exceed $144,000 for a period of three years.

11.  Approving an agreement with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) to join the California Employers’ Retiree Benefit Trust Program (CERBT) to Prefund Other Post-Employment Benefits, delegate authority to request disbursements from the trust and authorize the execution of necessary documents with CalPERS to fund and maintain participation in the trust.

12.  Approving the Minutes of the February 11, 2016 meeting.

13.  Approving the Minutes of the February 29, 2016 Special meeting.

14.  Presentation of Operations and Maintenance Study for the Transbay Transit Center.

15.  Presentation of Safety & Security Concept of Operations for the Transbay Transit Center.

16.  Approving a Resolution to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement, to be presented at the April 14, 2016 TJPA Board of Directors meeting, with the City and County of San Francisco Department of Public Works for Construction Oversight Services.

17.  Executive Director’s Report

• Quarterly Financial Reports
• Monthly Investment Transaction Report

18.  Construction Update

19.  Citizens Advisory Committee Update

RECESS REGULAR MEETING AND CONVENE CLOSED SESSION

CLOSED SESSION

20.  Call to Order

21.  Roll Call

22. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b), the TJPA Board of Directors will meet in closed session to discuss the process for routine evaluation of public employee TJPA officers:

Title:  Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer, and Board Secretary

ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING

23. Announcement of Closed Session.

 

ADJOURN

 

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 lobbying 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.