Board Meeting – October 13, 2016

TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

 

 

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.  Executive Director’s Report

• Project Labor Agreement Quarterly Update

6.  Construction Update

7.  Citizens Advisory Committee Update

8.  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 INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR THE CHAIR.

REGULAR CALENDAR

9.  Approving an Amendment to Contract No. 08-04-CMGC-000, authorizing Webcor/Obayashi Joint Venture to award a Trade Work subcontract to WPCS International-Suisun City, Inc. as the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid in the amount of $1,455,292 for TG27.2R: Audio Visual Equipment and Integration, thereby increasing authorized Direct Costs by $1,455,292, and increasing the authorized Construction Services Fixed Fee by $50,935.

10. Approving the Minutes of the September 8, 2016 meeting.

11.  Amending the TJPA Rules of Order to change the regular meeting time for TJPA Board meetings from 9:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. beginning November 10, 2016, still on the second Thursday of each month in City Hall, Room 416, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco.

12.  Presentation by the San Francisco Planning Department and San Francisco Public Works of the Transit Center District Implementation of the Public Realm Improvements.

RECESS REGULAR MEETING AND CONVENE CLOSED SESSION

CLOSED SESSION

13.  Call to Order

14.  Roll Call

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

Property:  Transbay Transit Center (generally located between Mission, Beale, Howard, and Second Street in San Francisco; Assessor’s Block 3721, Lots 006 and 124; Assessor’s Block 3720, Lots 010 and 011; Assessor’s Block 3719, Lot 003)

Agency negotiator:  Mark Zabaneh, Interim Executive Director; Shuprotim Bhaumik, HR&A Advisors, Inc.; Joan Story, Sheppard Mullin

Negotiating parties:

–           Cushman & Wakefield

–           Lincoln Property Company

–           Youngwoo & Associates

Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment for long-term master lease of Transbay Transit Center

16.  CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—EXISTING LITIGATION

(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Gov. Code Section 54956.9)

Name of case: John Eng, et al. vs. Millennium Partners I, Inc., et al., San Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. CGC-16-553574

and

Name of case:  Laura S. Lehman, et al. vs. Transbay Joint Powers Authority, et al., San Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. CGC 16-553758

17.  CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: (1 potential case)

18.  PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT (Gov. Code section 54957)

Title:  Executive Director

ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING

19.  Announcement of Closed Session.

ADJOURN

 

 

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