a 20, as opposed to when you look at the other two panelists, over 120 points, it seems like a wide variation in terms of scoring. >> i think that panelist b probably would not have wanted to be one of your high school teachers. there's a bit of a curve there. panelists often do vary widely in the scoring because it is a matter of opinion as to whether or not a proposal met minimum requirements. in this case, the panelists did not feel the proposal met the minimum requirements. other panelists were little more generous. director ford: that is clearly apparent. >> i think it is worth noting, even if that panelist made a mistake, and there was a zero left off, and you made that 200, nancy whelan consulting is ahead

by a significant -- director ford: it has been my experience that you look of those variations in terms of determining the process in terms of its fairness. that is what i am trying to stay here. it is one thing not to be scored in line with kind of the rest of the scores. this is a very wide variation, 20 out of a maximum of 220. >> yes. tim hawkinson -- director ford: you could have scored perfectly and not have a shot. >> that is correct. the panelists did not feel this proposal mentor needs. director ford: ok. it has been moved. it has been properly seconded. members of the public? >> no members of the public have indicated they would wish to speak. director ford: all in favor?

opposed? motion carries. let's go to the next item. >> reitman of and is approving an amendment to a contract number 08-04-cmgc-000, authorizing a joint venture to award a subcontract to m. squared construction incorporated. it would increase authorized direct costs under the contract by $1,842,000. >> good morning, directors. this package is the relocation of sewer and a sludge line over to main.

this is to facilitate future construction of the shoring wall. it comes across the street. all the utilities would be relocated. this is the relocation of the public utilities. as with all of our relocation packages, we have a goal of 100% spe. m. squared would be a subcontractor to webcor/oba yashi. with that, i wonder if you have any questions. director ford: it has been moved and properly seconded. all those in favor? the motion carries. any opposed? ok. >> no opposed and no members of the public wish to address the atom. item 11 is approved.

item 12, approving an amendment to the contract authorizing webcor/obayashi joint venture to execute a subcontract agreement for on-call survey and control services with chaudhary & associates. it is for three years and compensation of $1,250,000. >> thank you, members of the board. like the previous contract, this is the subcontract underneath the cmgc as part of the logistic effort being conducted. there will be doing the layout among subcontractors on the layout of the project elements. it is an on-call professional

services. it has an initial term of three years and $1,250,000, with an option to extend by a two-year term. that total would be $2.5 million. if you have any questions, i would be happy to answer them. >> motion to approve the contract. director ford: moved and properly seconded. any member of the public wish to address the item? >> no members of the public wish to address the item. director ford: all those in favor? opposed? the motion carries. recognize the fact that director cohen stepped out. not present for the vote. next item. >> item 13 is authorizing the executive director to execute an agreement with singer associates for public relations support and community outreach services at a cost not to exceed $900,000 and

for a term of five years. >> tjpa requires the public relations consultant to help us keep the neighbors and transit riders in form. it is important for a project of this scale in downtown san francisco. we use this consultant with our media spokesperson. they're responsible for maintaining a consistent and positive impression of the project at all levels, from local to international. many of you are familiar with singer associates from their reports to the sport -- this board. we put out an rfp. we did only receive one proposal. we did advertise and sent notice out to over 250 firms. we just received the one proposal.

we rank to the proposal and we did go ahead and conduct an interview to make sure that the team understood what our continued needs are moving forward in this area. we need vitiated -- we negotiated a contract on a retainer basis. it keeps the budget even from month to month. singer associates is a certified spe and they also have a dbe subcontractor. i can answer any questions you may have. director ford: any questions from the board? ok. it has been moved. it has been moved and properly seconded. any member of the public wish to address us on this? with that, all those in favor? opposed?

motion carries. next item appeared >> item 13 is approved. item 14, approving the recommended applicant to the transbay joint powers authority citizens' advisory committee. >> good morning, directors. we formed the committee in april of 2007. it was our first meeting. half of the terms are one-year and the other half or two-year terms. we're coming up for the second batch of two-year terms are expiring. we have a number of people we applying for seats. five of those seats are being reappllied for. -- reapplied for. seats open up because people are not continuing. one is the bicycle advocacy and the other is the disabled

advocacy. we have two new appointments for those seats that we are presenting to you today as well. i can answer any questions you have on the process, the outreach, or the applications. >> i have a question. director ortiz: i see among the categories that minority participation is not included. the board makes the point of saying there is a gender equity. are there any racial minorities in that group? >> we have a hispanic male. i am trying to think. the majority of board members are caucasian. we have a hispanic male.

yeah. we have had an african-american participant in the past, but she is no longer continuing with us. director ortiz: do we make an effort to reach out to minority groups or people to apply for this? >> we do quite a broad outreach. none of it is specific to a particular minority group. it is to a number of stakeholder groups. we announced it through our member agencies, in the case of the disabled advocacy, the disabled access counsel here at city hall, the bicycle coalition, and so forth. all of the agencies that are on our mailing list, as well. we don't have a specific minority outreach component to that. director ortiz: "is the latino male?

>> anthony. he is in the labour representative seat. director ortiz: there are more than eight members? >> we have a total of 15 members on the board. we have seven continuing members and eight new members. >> you're saying out of 15 members, you only have one person of color. your including existing -- i thought you were talking among new applicants. you are saying on board a 15, you have only one person of color. >> i believe that is correct. >> that is troublesome. >> we have put out extensive outreach to the various stakeholders and organizations, asking for people to apply. i think maybe what we can do is advertise in the various ethnic media in the future.

>> i thought that was a given. >> we do that for all our other contracts. had we -- have we advertised for the seat in any of the papers? >> we don't advertise -- >> we don't do that because of the project. we do contact transit. we reach out to all of our operators, to caltrain, and we ask you for your recommendations. this is what we have received. it is a commitment for people to come in once a month in the evenings. that might be one of the issues. director ortiz: i would like to see a more concerted effort for future appointments. director cohen: a question is, if we want that effort to be reflected sooner rather than later, whether weast -- we

continue this item, try to ask staff to do more outreach and bring back something that maybe has a little more -- broader range of diversity. >> we could do that. do you have any suggestions as to where we could do more outreach, on the east bay side? please let us know. >> i am sure we could put it in one of our bulletin. >> caltrain has put it in all of your bulletins. so has mta. we have not received any applications. director ortiz: i think a more concerted effort is desired. >> understood.

>> debra have a comment. director ford: let's continue this item. i think you know the direction we would like you to go in. if you would like to have a discussion with any board member, that is available over the next month or so. there is no question in terms of these individuals and their commitment. we are not not recognizing that. there is a sense that this board would like to see a bit more diversity. >> understood. all right. >> we will continue that item. >> we will move to item 15. it is authorizing the executive director to execute a temporary easement agreement with pg&e,

authorizing pg need to install, maintain, and remove electrical and natural gas facilities through tjpa-owned parcels at no cost to the tjpa. >> this will be at no cost to the tjpa. the determination will occur 12 months after we notify them. any questions? i am happy to answer them. >> second. director ford: it has been moved and seconded. all those in favor? any members of the public? ok. all those in favor? opposed? motion carries. >> item 15 is approved. at this time, your calendar is scheduled to go into closed session. we have not received an

indication that any member of the public wishes to address you on the items listed. they have an opportunity to do so at this time, or we will clear the director ford: we're back in open session. >> the meeting is now back in open session and the council reports. >> as to item 16. one, the purchase of 85 natoma, we authorize the purchase for $815,000. as to the next item, the price in terms of payment for the acquisition of property interests in 90 natoma street,

the tjpa board of directors authorizes the executive director to execute an agreement, providing the business $225,000 total for relocation expenses and compensation of loss of business goodwill. tjpa has already compensated john collins for the expenses. >> that does conclude the report. >> thank you. [gavel]

>> good morning, volunteers. good morning. can everyone hear me? yes, good, good. this is really exciting for me. this is my very first project connect, and i and the new director, so i look forward to getting to know each of you. just today, we want to thank you for your help. there's no way this project would exist without you guys. you are the lifeblood for this program, and that just want to thank you from the bottom of my

heart. we had a couple of speakers who are here to support the program today, so the first one i'm going to introduce -- i'm not the world's greatest public speaker, so bear with me. first of all, let me start by giving thanks to a few different organizations that have helped out. one is trader joe's. they have given us bags throughout the years. next is san francisco food bank, one of the greatest assets that we have as well, so thanks to them. [applause] walden house and also a big thanks to our event sponsor, who i will be introducing in a second. not only did a financially sponsor the event, they bring many doctors and volunteers here today, which make the event happened. today, warren browner is the ceo of the largest hospital here in san francisco.

he is part of better health. he has lived in san francisco since 1975, so he is still pretty young, right? he has two children who were born and raised here. he is trained in internal medicine. you can find him in his gym clothes moths that is around 1:00, buying produce at the farmers' markets in early rally, which is exactly where i am at the same time, just not-jim close, so welcome, dr. browner. [applause] >> thanks so much for that introduction, which was a little bit too revealing, perhaps. anyway, welcome, everybody. i am delighted that we have the chance to sponsor this event. again, we have been here almost from the inception, and i think we're going to have about 100 of our folks here. in fact, do the wave if you are from cpmc. great.

thanks, everybody, for coming. this is a really important thing that everybody in the city has a chance to do. it is kind of a yucky day, so i'm sure that people waiting outside are in a hurry to get in here and get the services we are providing today. this is a meaningful opportunity to do things we do not often get to do, but to go with those of us working in more administrative or non-clinical roles, so roll up your sleeves, and thanks so much for turning out. thank you. [applause] >> the next person i get to introduce has become one of my favorite people, having just moved to san francisco. she is a visionary who believes in what we are doing and really believes in making services client-based, and that is the director of the department of public health, barbara garcia. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. this is number 38. [applause]

how many of you are first- timers? all right. i want to thank all of you. it is a great honor for me today to present to you our new mayor, ed lee. he is new to some of you, but he has been very much involved since the beginning. mayor lee. [applause] >> good morning. look at all of you. it is wonderful. in 2004, when dad and newsom -- when gavin newsom became mayor, he had a heart to heart talk with all of us about homelessness, and he wanted to something different, something that would touch the lives of people on the street, and -- because there were so many of them, and they were all hopeless. he gathered a lot of us

together and talked very seriously about what really can we do. there has been a lot of things in his life that he appreciated, as well as mine and others that worked with him, and that is, of course, the way we have been able to gather volunteers. volunteers -- for you today to do what you are going to be doing all day today is something that i think is part of the history of this great city. we have always found a different way to do things. back in 2004 when we started project homeless, and now, this is the 38th time -- you are making and continuing a piece of history that over 220 other cities in this country are trying to copy. 220 other cities. we helped out over 31 dallas -- 31,000 homeless people. we had over 20,000 volunteers

like yourself today, and i want you to take a moment and looked at each other, look at yourselves. this is the duty of san francisco and the bay area right here in this room. i love you all for doing this. a large part of my life has really been to work with volunteers. you get the greatest things done when you do it from the heart. not doing it for money. not for fame or politics. today, what you are going to be doing is offering probably one of the few smiles that people on the streets get. a genuine look directly into the eye. an offer of assistance of how i can help you. what do you need? what can we do today to make their life a little easier? and then, hopefully, with all of this great service that we have today sponsored by cpmc, and i think all the volunteers here today, but i also want to note that there will be a moment

today, hopefully, that you will be able to talk to somebody who is on the streets and maybe suggest that there is a way out in the long term. that is what these opportunities have suggested to us. there is always a way out. you do not have to be stopped, and you can get the services here today, but you can also get them every day. a life can be changed. you are part of that great opportunity. you are going to be part of that direct opportunity to talk with someone, to give them resourced, f, hopefully, they will receive that with the amount of care and the amount of compassion that you have. so i want to just say to the bottom of my heart, thank you very much for volunteering to give. thank you for being part of this historic event, and i know that one of these days, our lieutenant governor is going to come back and see us, and he will be very proud of all of you. thank you very much for

volunteering today. [applause] >> today, it is really exciting because together, we have created a solution. we are coming together to make one-stop event where people can come together for holistic services, and that is because of your work. again, thank you, and have a wonderful day. [applause]