TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NOTICE OF MEETING AND CALENDAR

Thursday, March 16, 2006
1 Carlton B. Goodlett Place , Room 416
San Francisco, CA

REGULAR MEETING
9:30 a.m.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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

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.

9:30 ‑ REGULAR MEETING

ORDER OF BUSINESS

1.  Call to Order

2.  Roll Call

3.  Communications

4.  Board of Director’s New and Old Business

5.  Executive Director’s Report

-Quarterly Contract Status Report
-FY06 Second Quarter Budget 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 December 19, 2005 meeting.

(7.2) Authorizing the Executive Director to issue a Notice to Proceed for Professional Services Agreement 04-06-PR-000 with Singer Associates for public relations support and community outreach services for an amount not to exceed $275,368 for the total contract value of $420,000.

REGULAR CALENDAR

8.  Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman pursuant to the TJPA Joint Powers Agreement.

9.  Audit Presentation of the TJPA Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2005.

10. Adopting the Investment Policy identified as Board Policy No. 009, Category: Financial Matters.

11. Presentation on Recommended Program Implementation Strategy and Preliminary Funding Plan.

12. Discussion and possible action on letter from City and County of San Francisco and San Francisco County Transportation Authority dated February 8, 2006 regarding funding and phasing plans.

13. Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Intergovernmental and Loan Agreements with the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency to reimburse the Agency for services provided to the Authority.

14. Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Amendment Two to Request for Services #1 to Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger to increase the maximum approved amount from $725,000 to a total of $1,425,000.

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.