Board Meeting – October 27, 2006 (Special)
TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND CALENDAR
Friday, October 27, 2006
1 Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400
San Francisco, CA
SPECIAL MEETING
12:00 p.m.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nathaniel Ford, Chairman
Jerry Hill, Vice Chairman
Michael Cohen
Chris Daly
Greg Harper
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 400, 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.
12:00 ‑ SPECIAL 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 CHAIRMAN.
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 August 31, 2006 meeting.
(7.2) Approving a Memorandum of Understanding between the TJPA and the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority to provide updated ridership studies of the transbay corridor for $60,000.
(7.3) Approving the agreement between Transbay Joint Powers Authority and the Municipal Transportation Agency for services to perform contract compliance and oversight in the amount of $64,800.
(7.4) Approving a contract with David Tattersall & Company in the amount of $50,000 to provide real estate review appraiser services for a term not to exceed three years with an option to extend two years.
SPECIAL CALENDAR
8. Appointing the Design and Development Competition Jury.
9. Presentation on the Design and Development Competition Request for Qualifications.
10. Presentation by Cambridge Systematics on Transbay Ridership Study.
11. Adopting the City and County of San Francisco CityBuild Program.
12. Approving the TJPA Citizen’s Advisory Committee Structure and Bylaws.
13. Approving a contract with Nancy Whelan Consulting in the amount of $1,800,000 to provide financial grant management for a term not to exceed three years with an option to extend two years.
14. Adopting the Reserve Policy identified as Board Policy No. 012, Category: Financial Matters.
CLOSED SESSION
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(c), the Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors will meet in closed session regarding possible initiation of litigation, 1 case.
4. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.8, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors will meet in closed session with Real Property Acquisition Negotiators Maria Ayerdi, Harry Quinn, and Andrew Schwartz regarding the price and terms of payment for purchase of the following properties: 85 Natoma Street #5, 85 Natoma Street #9, and 580 Howard Street #500.
ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE SPECIAL MEETING
15. Announcement of Closed Session.
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.
