PACKET

AGENDA

SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

Meeting Notice

 

Date: 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Location: Legislative Chamber, Room 250, City Hall

Commissioners: Avalos (Chair), Wiener (Vice Chair), Breed, Campos, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang and Yee

Clerk: Steve Stamos

 

1. Roll Call

2. Approve the Minutes of the November 25, 2014 Meeting – ACTION* attachment

3. Chair’s Report – INFORMATION

4. Executive Director’s Report – INFORMATION attachment

Items from the Finance Committee

5. Increase the Amount of the Professional Services Contract with WMH Corporation by $5,400,000, to a Total Amount Not to Exceed $11,300,000 to Complete Preliminary Engineering, Environmental Analysis, and Design Services for the Yerba Buena Island Bridge Structures and Authorize the Executive Director to Modify Non-Material Contract Terms and Conditions – ACTION* attachment

6. Exercise the Second One-Year Option of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Office of Economic and Workforce Development and Increase the MOA Amount by $164,600, to a Total Amount Not to Exceed $500,000, for CityBuild Services to Promote Workforce Development for Phase II of the Presidio Parkway Project and Authorize the Executive Director to Modify Non-Material Agreement Terms and Conditions – ACTION* attachment

7. Adopt Positions on State Legislation – ACTION* attachment

8. Adopt the 2015 State and Federal Legislative Program – ACTION* attachment

9. Authorize the Executive Director to Execute a Memorandum of Agreement with the City and County of San Francisco, through the San Francisco Planning Department, for a Three-Year Period, in an Amount Not to Exceed $139,276, for the Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Project Environmental Review Phase, and to Negotiate Agreement Payment Terms and Non-Material Agreement Terms and Conditions – ACTION* attachment

10. Assign the Professional Services Contract with Jacobs Engineering Group to CirclePoint, Increase the Amount of the Contract by $225,000, to a Total Amount Not to Exceed $4,409,489, for Environmental Analysis Services for the Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Project Environmental Impact Report/Statement, and Authorize the Executive Director to Modify Non-Material Contract Terms and Conditions – ACTION*  attachment

11. Authorize the Executive Director to Execute a Funding Agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, in an Amount Not to Exceed $300,000 for the San Francisco Bay Area Core Capacity Transit Study, and to Negotiate Non-Material Agreement Payment Terms and Non-Material Agreement Terms and Conditions – ACTION* attachment

Items from the Plans and Programs Committee

12. Program $4 Million in Prop K Funds to the Quint-Jerrold Connector Road Project via a Fund Swap with an Equivalent Amount of Federal Transit Administration Funds from the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, and Commit to Allocate the Prop K Funds for Construction of the Connector Road, with Conditions – ACTION* attachment

13. Appoint Santiago Lerma and Chris Waddling to the Citizens Advisory Committee – ACTION* attachment

14. Appoint Winston Parsons to the Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Citizens Advisory Committee – ACTION* attachment

15. Allocate $30,486,088 in Prop K Funds, with Conditions, and Allocate $2,585,624 in Prop AA Funds, with Conditions, for Nine Requests, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules and Amend the Relevant 5-Year Prioritization Programs – ACTIONattachment

16. Allocate $872,859 in Prop K Funds, with Conditions, to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Environmental Review and Initial Construction Phase Improvements Planning, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule and Amend the Relevant 5-Year Prioritization Program – ACTION* attachment

Items from the Personnel Committee

17. [POSSIBLE CLOSED SESSION] Public Employee Performance Evaluation and Adopt the Executive Director’s Performance Objectives for 2015 – ACTION

The Transportation Authority may hold a closed session under California Government Code 54957 concerning the evaluation of the performance of the Executive Director.

OPEN SESSION: After the closed session, the Chair shall report the vote taken on motion(s) made in the closed session, if any.

18. Fix Annual Compensation for the Executive Director for the Period October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015 – ACTION

Other Items

19. Introduction of New Items – INFORMATION

During this segment of the meeting, Board members may make comments on items not specifically listed above, or introduce or request items for future consideration.

20. Public Comment

21. Adjournment

 

* Additional materials

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