San Francisco County Transportation Authority — Moving the City

San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Moving the City

San Francisco County Transportation Authority - June 21, 2005

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AGENDA

SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

Meeting Notice

Date: 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Location: Legislative Chamber, Room 250, City Hall
Commissioners: McGoldrick (Chair), Alioto-Pier (Vice-Chair), Ammiano, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Ma, Maxwell, Mirkarimi, Peskin and Sandoval
CLERK: Pooja Jhunjhunwala

1. Roll Call

2. Approval of Minutes of May 17, 2005 meeting - ACTION * (attachment 1)

3. Chair's Report – INFORMATION

4. Executive Director's Report - INFORMATION

Recommendation from the Plans and Programs Committee

5. Confirm Aida Berkovitz and Andrew Green as New Members to the Geary Citizens Advisory Committee and Appoint Leslie Clark, Jean Fraser and Diego Sanches as Alternatives to the Committee – ACTION* (attachment 2) (unsigned resolution)

6. Approve Prop K 5-Year Prioritization Programs for Pedestrian and Bicycle Facility Maintenance; Bicycle Circulation/Safety; and Tree Planting and Maintenance , as presented– ACTION* (attachment 3) (unsigned resolution)

7. Allocate $46,646,204 in Prop K Funds, with Conditions and Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules, for 36 Prop K Funding Requests and Appropriation of $50,000 in Prop K Funds Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule for the Van Ness BRT Conceptual Design, as Presented – ACTION* (attachment 4) (unsigned resolution)

8. Support the Fourth Street Alignment of the Central Subway as the Locally Preferred Alternative and Amend Resolution 04-51 Authorizing a Change in Scope so that Previously Allocated Funds Can Be Spent on the New Alignment – ACTION* (attachment 5) (unsigned resolution)

9. Approve an Amendment to Resolution 02-17 to Change Scope, Cost, and Schedule for MUNI's Operator Restroom Project, as Requested – ACTION* (attachment 6) (unsigned resolution)

Recommendations from the Personnel Committee

10. POSSIBLE CLOSED SESSION: Public Employee Performance Evaluation - ACTION

The Authority will hold a closed session under Gov. Code 54957 concerning the annual evaluation of performance of the Executive Director.

OPEN SESSION : After the closed session, the Chair shall report the vote taken on any motion in the closed session.

11 . Fix Annual Compensation for the Executive Director – ACTION* (attachment 7) (unsigned resolution)

Recommendations from the Finance Committee

12. Adopt the Proposed FY2005/06 Annual Budget and Work Program – ACTION* (attachment 8) (unsigned resolution)

13. Approve an Amendment to the FY 2004/05 contract with the City Attorney's Office in an amount of $110,000; and Approve FY 2005/06 professional services contracts with the City Attorney's office in an amount not to exceed $50,000 and with the San Francisco Community Television Corporation in an amount not to exceed $30,000 – ACTION* (attachment 9) (unsigned resolution)

14. Approve a One Year Extension to the Contract with Cordoba/ Zurinaga Joint Venture for On-Call Professional Engineering Services in an amount not to exceed $350,000 – ACTION* (attachment 10) (unsigned resolution)

15. Adopt Positions on State Legislation – ACTION* (attachment 11)

Items for Direct Board Consideration

16. Approve a Resolution Authorizing the Settlement of the Lawsuit entitled Thier v. Systan, Inc., Roy Lave, and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority , filed on January 9, 2004, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case # CGC 04-42790 for a total amount of $175,000, of which the Authority will pay $150,000 ($93,878.21 is payment for work completed by Thier PR and $56,121.79 is an estimated cost of services that would have been performed by Thier PR during the notice period required for termination) and Systan will pay $25,000 – ACTION* (unsigned resolution)

Other Items

17. 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.

18. Public Comment

19. Adjournment

Please Note: that the meeting proceedings can be viewed live at http://www.sfgov.org/sfgtv or that evening at 6:00 pm on Cable Channel 26 in San Francisco, with a repeat on the weekend (either Saturday or Sunday evening). To know the exact cablecast times for weekend viewing, please call SFGTV at (415) 557-4293 on Friday when the cablecast times have been determined.

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