communications systems. we continue to work with caltrans to review the starke project. on1:5bky the temper terminal, ae mentioned, it is now cleared, so we can complete phase two of the terminal. that work is moving along well. with respect to the rail component of the program, we continue to work with trout track -- caltrans and the california high speed authority on the design. we have received formal written letters onyde the agreement andn the platform agreement, layout of the transit center. we expect the high speed rail authority to formalize the process through a variant. give us the funding of state. y>> good morning. just a brief update on where are with the funding status. on phase one of our $1.59 billion we are expecting,wekauzy $900 million allocated to date.

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phase two work goingl particularly as it relates to environment to work we need to continue that part of the work. !-mv >> director colon? i rg -- director cohen? x about a phased inm75çv4 approaa electrification coming up the peninsula that did not necessarily seem consistent with ]$/p:the strategy we had talked about in treating the entire san jose to>c&$ñ area as one project. i wonder what the impact of that might look like. .9uzvr>> the only thing i know t ia high the c speed rail authority responded with a letter to caltrain on that issue. i am not sure theøy[g] are on te same page right now. we have not had any involvement

7kuwt: letters go back and forth. >> it might be worthwhile, perhaps gettingr(tq7úr steve ind again as we have in the past, just to check back in. the commitment that we originally had that we would treat the$1 area as one project was important. if there is any deviation from that, i think weuht seriously consider that. >> director lloyd? >> at this point, if you are correct, director choen,>hcohene z addressing it at the november meeting. excellent question. >> 5>!éw/pthank you. now i would like an update on wqiupdate.

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adds past month. m? in z>mñw we also/ew to attending the event at the end of the month of october 27,px# e conjectures of bent, which would be held at the gallery design center. .b$her÷>> thank you. >> any questions? hs>> director lloyd? >> goingp description of the rail box. i assume we are lookinglxtqíl ah >> i think i will have bob respond to that. inner-city or commuter.

at this point in time, we are stillce@)j÷ looking at different platform heights for high-speed rail and 4 caltrain commuter rail. kaw [3÷high-speed being a 44 in, caltrans, 25 inches. common boardingm@so=iñ height, t will give the station a lot more -- >> we would flexibility in what kinds of trains and tracks we use. i just returnedq it is amazing what they are doing over there. compatible. i would hope that we would have the same sort of thingú caltrain. the new2 emu cars will probably bay-u specifications. >> i suspect the work that= caltrain are doing looking at , potentially having to move to

>> 3 compatibility also. northeast9y;k@.n corridor, we he some friends that are separated from the platform. ⌝j÷>> thank you, director. 9ó3c >> thank you, verk6y( very much. next item >> item 6. public comment. address items on the calendar. we have ÷richar. >> good morning. here z for the benefit of transbay

transit riders. this isjkc!gj a follow-up to tho meetings held earlier this week. happy with the lack of shelter. =[7!f2right now, we are in an in summer. it is going to start raining. e of benches. we have to u;azw stand at one n the rain waiting for a bus. it is not much fun. lack of restaurants.  that there werets. none, i was blind sided. how did we go through the b$& =vdrx@i was told that it was inl the brochures. the restroom moment, they said, by the way, it isú

money, we are afraid of terrorists drop9n[q.0ç a bomb dn the toilet. that0'ekwzm is not good enough. there are no bushes around. teus-$for a woman, this is a vy personal issue. edv yy÷this is a humiliating is. use the sidewalk, like dogs. we are people who work for a living. e9] transit buses are coming from úñ ucsf, they already a one-hour bus ride before they get to the transbay terminal. there are a lot of people who are elderly or disabled. %)+/x with small children. we are>s we do not want marble floors.

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on this magnificent building. hopefully, it will be magnificent. but you cannot put in any bus shelters. you cannot put any seats down there near where the bus stops are. and you cannot put any bathrooms and therefore the public. you have plumbing there already

because greyhound has bathrooms. there are restrooms for the drivers. so why don't you take some of this federal money you are getting and fix that area so it can be accessible? it is a long walk from market street. it is a couple of blocks. somebody just told me -- the population is starting to get older. san francisco. with all this money you are spending, you can spend some money for bathrooms, for seats. you already have security guards because they seem to like to arrest me. i almost thought about suing you folks for the way that they treated me. thank you. >> joyce roy.

>> good morning. you may all remember a few years ago, bart had an extensive strike. a lot of people discover the transbay buses. once the strike was settled, a lot of them kept on writing. now we have the possibility of the reverse. if people are not comfortable at this temporary station, they are going to discover bart or something else. it will become a habit, and it will not come back when the building is built. so you will have this lovely, grand central station, and nobody comes. the train will not be there. you need to do all you can to keep these riders coming, even

attract new ones. there are only four things you have to look at. the restrooms is the easy one. it is there. i think there are overblown security concerns. but particularly, was the second phase is billed and you have to have security around their. that should be easily solved. the canopies are another thing. they are very attractive but they are nonfunctional, unless the rain comes directly down. you might say we need a second layer of canopy, shelter underneath and behind. it is going to be cold and blowing rain. you will find few people coming

there to take the bus. and the seating should not be so difficult. i understand some more seating has been ordered. it can be designed so people cannot sleep on it, but there needs to be seating and every bus stop. then there needs to be something known as a warming hut. you need to have some kind of shelter from the weather that people can wait if they have just missed the bus -- which comes every 30 minutes -- it is dark, cold. maybe there could be some vending machines. >> thank you. do we have any other public comment? >> that includes the members of

the public who expressed a willingness to speak. >> state your name for the record. >> my name is michael. thank you for letting me address you this morning. is anybody opposed to closing the transbay joint powers authority? >> this is your time to speak. >> is there anybody opposed to that? just looking through this, does anybody agree this is evidence of corruption? hearing no opposition -- does anybody know how much a border director gets paid? none of you know how much you get paid. >> sir, this is public comment. this is your opportunity to speak. >> i see on the regular calendar

there is going to be something raised in a contract from 0 to $5 million? it seems to me evidence of corruption. does anybody oppose describing this document as evidence of the board's corruption? hearing no opposition, it is established. >> ok, madam secretary. >> that concludes public comment. >> public comment is closed. let's move onto the next item. >> moving on to the consent calendar, all matters will be retained and will be voted on by a single vote. i have not received any indication that a member of the border or public wishes to have an item severed. your items are 7.1, approving the minutes of the september 9,

2010 meeting. 7.2, authorizing the executive director to execute a man the number one to the agreement with local government services for human resources management extending the term for additional two years. >> it has been moved and properly seconded. all those in favor? opposed? ok, motion passes. >> we are going to move into the regular calendar now. item eight, approving an amendment to contract 08-04 authorizing webcor/obayahhi.

>> directors, bob will report on that item. >> good morning, directors. you have heard about this item from marianne and steve. this is our first director construction contract under the webcor/obayashi agreement. it is one of six relocation contracts we will be performing. if you have any questions on the contract, i would be happy to answer them. >> any questions? >> the item has been moved. let's do a roll call on these items. >> no members of the public have indicated they want to address you on this item.

[roll call] item 8 is approved. >> ok, next item. >> operas and the executor to execute amend the number two to the agreement for precious design and construction administrative services for the trend center building and related structures with pelli clarke pelli to incorporate the bottom of sequence to design and construction to provide construction industries and services for the extended construction period to allow electronic monitoring of salomon and soil conditions during excavation and construction of a train box. >> thank you, members of the board. this amendment is to be pelli clarke pelli contract. when we initially awarded it, we have phases one and two of

construction, but we only include construction administration for what was then described as the first phase of construction. the first major component we add services under this amendment is to provide for construction administration and some of monitoring and during the construction of the train box. this is providing for the construction administration, the grant that we received. the second major element of scope under the services agreement is to incorporate the train box at extension. part of the back and forth with high-speed rail, we have extended the eastern terminus of the station from beale street to the eastern side of main street. if we are adding about 300 feet to the length of the rail box. we will be constructing that

below grade. that is currently a phase two scope. that will be part of a future phase of construction, as well as an above-grade entrance. we are also looking at locating a future greyhound improvements to that site. additional elements of a scope underneath this agreement include additional structure and geotechnical studies performed by the team, as requested by our seismic and structure or review committee. additional services for a few other minor changes. i would be happy to answer any questions you have about the amendment. >> ok, any questions? we have a motion. >> no members of the public have indicated they want to address you.

[roll call] item 9a$. is approved. item 10. authorizing the executive director to execute amend the number one to the agreement with parsons for engineering design services for the caltrain downtown extension project for a maximum compensation of $1.2 million and authorizing the amendment of the tcpa fiscal year 2011 budget to increase the line item four downtown extension engineering and design by $460,000 to $1,210,000. >> good morning, directors. i have been working with caltrans high-speed rail and our consultants is parsons corp.. we have been doing the real design work. as a result, we have come to an agreement on the extended

platform as a layout. where caltrain goes, where high- speed rail goes. we still have details to iron out. an additional technical meeting with high speed rail and caltrain. we go to all of their meetings and we have been working at this well. parsons is our engineering arm which produces the exhibits and get the approvals. i would be happy to recommend that we keep them on so that we can keep the progress of going. i could answer any questions, if you have them. >> ok, any questions from the board regarding this item? >> i will move the item. >> moved and properly seconded. >> no members of the public have expressed a wish to address you

on this item. [roll call] item 10 is approved. item 11 is authorizing the executive director to execute an agreement for quitclaim of interest and related agreements as a condition of the tcpa's receipt of a grant from the san mateo county transportation authority of $12,262,000 for acquisition of 85 natoma for the downtown rail extension project. >> you have an item before you that is the quick claim deed. this is $12.6 million for the acquisition of 85 natoma. an agreement has been worked out between the two parties.

because this does include the box and the part of phase two, it has special conditions that were asked for by the san mateo transportation authority. deborah is available to answer any questions about how that particular legal consideration was made. if you have any questions, we are happy to answer them. >> i can describe a little bit about what they're doing here. earlier, we have an allocation of funds for the acquisition of 580 howard, which is a prowhen e ta on that allocation, they asked for the tjpa to quitcli aim to property.

this is consistent with other organizations. in the event a problem does not move forward in a certain time frame, that the tjpa return the money back to the agency. the ta ask for additional conditions for allocation to funds. add additional condition is that in the event of a trigger circumstance, such as the project not moving forward in a certain time frame, tjpa agreed toquitclaim the property back to tjpa. if the property is worth less than the granted a ,the tjpa should use the best efforts to make up the difference and make a cash payment to the ta for the difference of that cash ready.

before any payment is made, e board would have to determine that the tjpa has a source of funds that are often available to afford such a payment. we have worked out the terms of that agreement. the tjpa is looking for these funds to make this purchase of property. no other funds are identified at this time for the property. we think the likelihood of a triggering event occurring is very low. we think the likelihood of the tjpa needed to make an additional payment of funds beyond the contents of the property, a back to theta is also very low. >> [inaudible] >> in this case, a triggering event would be if dtx is not completed by 2040. that would be a triggering event. >> so the price of a unit in

[inaudible] >> that is correct. >> director harper? >> we are creating -- why are we using the quitclaim to do that? >> we would give back whenever interest we have in the property in the event of a triggering event. >> so we are going to file this quitclim deed on title but it does not talk about the conditions, so what will be filed under title? >> we do not file this deed unless a trigger occurred -- an event occurs. and it goes into escrow. so we filed a memorandum of agreement that lets the world now there is a