Board Meeting – May 15, 2008
TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NOTICE OF MEETING AND CALENDAR
Thursday, May 15, 2008
1 Dr. 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
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 April 17, 2008 meeting.
(7.2) Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Architectural and Engineering Design Services Agreement with Carter & Burgess, Inc. for the New Bus Storage Facilities Project, to modify the Agreement to provide additional design services associated with preliminary engineering for ramps, value engineering and design remobilization and to increase the maximum compensation by $300,000, from $3,265,000 to $3,565,000.
(7.3) Amending the Rules of Order to establish the second Thursday of the month at 9:30 a.m., City Hall, Room 416, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place as its regular meeting day, time and location beginning July 10, 2008.
(7.4) Adopting the revised Investment Policy identified as Board Policy No. 009, Category: Financial Matters.
(7.5) Authorizing the Executive Director to establish a trustee relationship with Deutsche Bank in order to have land sales proceeds and tax increment proceeds deposited into trust, per the terms of the Cooperative Agreement with the State of California.
REGULAR CALENDAR
8. Resolution of Appreciation for Edward Harrington.
9. Appointing Frederick Clarke to the position of Chief Financial Officer for the TJPA.
RECESS 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)
(3.1) Property: Portion of Caltrans Parcel T bounded by the Transbay Terminal, Fremont, Mission, and First Streets
TJPA Negotiators: Maria Ayerdi, Executive Director; Charles Sullivan, Deputy City Attorney; and Andrew W. Schwartz, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, 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
(3.2) Property: 272 Main Street
TJPA Negotiators: Maria Ayerdi, Executive Director, and Andrew W. Schwartz, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, outside counsel
Negotiating parties: TJPA and Abbassis, et al.
Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment for TJPA’s purchase of 272 Main Street
ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING
10. Announcement of Closed Session.
11. Authorizing the Executive Director to execute an Agreement for professional design and construction administration services for the Transit Center Building and Related Structures with Pelli Clarke Pelli Architectsfor a maximum compensation of $105,000,000.
12. Authorizing the Executive Director to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City and County of San Francisco Arts Commission to provide assistance in selecting, acquiring and managing the installation of public art as part of the Transbay Program for a maximum compensation of $950,000 and for a period not to exceed seven (7) years.
13. Presentation of and Public Hearing for Fiscal Year 2008-09 Budget in an amount not to exceed $161,858,500.
14. Election of Chair and Vice Chair pursuant to the TJPA Joint Powers Agreement.
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.
