Board Meeting – September 14, 2017

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.

If you need to use the services of a language interpreter, contact TJPA by calling 415.597.4620 or at info@TransbayCenter.org. We require an advance notice of three business days to accommodate your request.

Si necesita usar los servicios de un intérprete de idioma, comuníquese con TJPA llamando al 415.597.4620 o en info@TransbayCenter.org. Solicitamos un aviso previo de tres días hábiles para atender su solicitud.

如果您需要使用语言口译员，请联系TJPA，电话：415.597.4620，或电子邮件： info@TransbayCenter.org。我们需要您在三个工作日之前告知，以满足您的要求

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

• Quarterly Financial Reports

6.  Citizens Advisory Committee Update

7.  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

8.  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.

(8.1)     Approving the Minutes of the July 13, 2017 meeting.

(8.2)     Authorizing the Executive Director to extend the term for the current bench of law firms providing services in their respective practice areas on an as-needed basis by two years, without increasing the maximum compensation allowed for the bench.

(8.3)     Authorizing the Executive Director to amend the existing Cooperative Agreement with the California Department of Transportation to revise the scope and funding for services related to the Bus Storage Facility and the Bus Ramps, resulting in a net increase in authorized funds of $100,000.

(8.4)     Approving extension of Jenny Holzer artwork for the Bus Deck Level of the transit center, increase fabrication budget for the artwork by $600,000 with no change in the overall public art program budget, and amendments to certain agreements to implement.

(8.5)     Authorizing the Executive Director to issue a purchase order to KBM-Hogue in the amount of approximately $370,000 for design, project management, manufacture, delivery, and installation of furniture for the TJPA’s security operations center for the Salesforce Transit Center, building maintenance areas, and some outdoor areas, under the terms detailed in the Bay Area Headquarters Authority Agreement.

 REGULAR CALENDAR

9.  Adopting rules and regulations for the TJPA’s park on the roof of the transit center, and authorizing staff to proceed with requesting proposed amendments to the San Francisco Municipal Code to make TJPA’s park a “park” subject to certain rules and regulations under the Municipal Code.

10.  Authorizing the Executive Director to execute an amendment to the Professional Services Agreement for Legal Services with Jones Day to provide litigation support services arising from the movement of 301 Mission Street, for an additional compensation of $1,500,000.

11.  Authorizing the Executive Director to execute a Waiver and Release Agreement with Millennium Tower Association and the TJPA’s payment of $1,159,694 for a full release of the TJPA’s obligation for construction of a permanent wall under a 2008 Easement Agreement.

12.  Construction Update.

13.  Facility Readiness Update.

14. Park programming presentation by Biederman Redevelopment Ventures, Asset Manager team.

15.  Presentation by Illuminate on art opportunity.

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.