[0:12] And. >> all right.

[0:12] good morning everybody. I'm calling the jpa board of

[0:16] directors meeting of september 10th 2026 to order I am rafael

[0:20] mandel then the vice chair of the board.

[0:22] the board meeting is being held in-person at san francisco city

[0:26] hall. Members of the public may

[0:27] attend the meeting in person watch on s.f. Cable channel

[0:33] 2870 7178 or 99 depending on your provider or you can visit

[0:37] s.f. Gov tv the website to stream the meeting live.

[0:43] thank you s.f. Gov tv. And madam secretary please call

[0:46] the roll. >> all right.

[0:47] thank you. A vice chair, madam.

[0:48] and I'd like to note we're going to go ahead and ask our

[0:51] management assistant albert fierro to guide us through the

[0:52] agenda today. That's okay with you.

[0:55] all right. Thank you, secretary gonzalez.

[0:58] directors before colleen roll, I would like to welcome our

[1:03] newest board members duane nguyen appointed by caltrans on

[1:06] august 13th, 2026 and park and cade appointed by ac

[1:09] transit on september nine, 2026.

[1:13] I also like to note that chair and director tollefson

[1:16] and mariano are absent today and that director suite will be

[1:20] serving as the acting mariana's alternate.

[1:21] I would like to note that director kirschbaum is en route

[1:25] and we will go ahead take presentations first as we await

[1:29] director questions for quorum. >> with that director kinkaid

[1:35] your kincaid present director larry larrabee present director

[1:39] nguyen here me and present director sweet your three

[1:46] present and vice chairman damien present and management

[1:50] present and directors at. >> should I go ahead

[1:58] and communicate more? Yes.

[2:01] >> yes. Should I go ahead and call your

[2:05] next item? Please do.

[2:06] all right. And directors item three is

[2:09] communications and we would like to note the process for

[2:10] members of the public to take public comment.

[2:13] members of the public may comment on the meeting during

[2:16] public comment periods in person or remotely.

[2:17] the call in line is provided as a courtesy and availability may

[2:21] be disrupted due to technical difficulties or otherwise

[2:24] in-person public comment will be taken first.

[2:26] remote public comment will be taken after the public comment

[2:30] and call in line is printed on the agenda and dialing

[2:33] instructions should be scrolling at the bottom of the

[2:36] screen on s.f. Gov tv and moving on to your next item

[2:44] . Item four is board of directors

[2:45] new and old business directors .

[2:48] >> I'm not aware any none. All right I revive is executive

[2:52] directors point three executive director good morning directors

[2:59] and welcome new directors. We're excited to have three

[3:02] members who've worked with and adjacent to this project

[3:03] for many years. Director quinn now running the

[3:07] district for caltrans office and has been engaged with this

[3:10] project in many ways for many, many years.

[3:13] director sweet, who's been on our executive working group

[3:17] and working with us internally for many years.

[3:18] on behalf of mayor laurie's office and director kinkaid who

[3:21] has been with ac transit now for six months to the week I

[3:25] believe and we had worked with in his capacity as an associate

[3:29] administrator at the federal transit administration.

[3:30] so excited to have your expertise and leadership on the

[3:34] board and welcome you to the hottest board meeting of 2026.

[3:40] okay, so happy transit month today.

[3:44] september is transit month and we are joining our bay area

[3:48] colleagues in celebrating all things transit this month we'll

[3:51] have details on the transit center's free activities

[3:52] and events but most notably invite you and members of the

[3:55] public to join us for our second annual pop-up transit

[3:59] art fair on september 23rd. It's a fun event in our grand

[4:05] hall where we have artists in the transit space providing

[4:09] their wares for for purchase in our grand hall and you'll

[4:14] see some of that artwork from last year hanging in our main

[4:17] office because we had a local artist depict the bus bridge as

[4:21] seen from our rooftop park. So ari walsh, our facilities

[4:25] director will provide more information about the upcoming

[4:28] events along with a review of the transbay joint powers eight

[4:31] anniversary celebration rooftop rhythms that just happened a

[4:35] couple of weeks ago in august along with our partners at the

[4:38] transportation security administration we held the

[4:41] first full scale public safety exercise of our facility

[4:42] in late august and had over 400 police public safety fire,

[4:48] transit and volunteer staff working through our public

[4:52] safety communications and it was a great opportunity to

[4:54] train train jointly with our partners and strength test our

[4:58] communications connections and preparations for a wide

[5:01] range of public safety incidents.

[5:02] and you'll hear a little bit more about that from our chief

[5:05] of security rodney here shortly regarding the portal we're

[5:09] continuing to advance technical durable work.

[5:10] you'll hear me say that most meetings because that is our

[5:13] our mission to move this forward and to address the

[5:17] funding gap we've been working on a couple of specific things

[5:21] since our last meeting. First, the state ended their

[5:24] legislative season on august 31st and the last few days as

[5:28] many of you I know are aware because you were engaged

[5:31] in them were in intense negotiations on the future of

[5:35] the cap and invest program which will populate some

[5:36] funding for one of our target resources which is the transit

[5:39] intercity rail capital program or rcp.

[5:43] so legislators from both sides worked to address a reduction

[5:46] and what we call tier three funding which included rcp as

[5:50] well as transit operating and affordable housing funding

[5:53] and that pot is expected to be smaller than as previously

[5:58] planned though we remain cautiously optimistic for our

[6:01] chances in the upcoming award decisions which we should hear

[6:03] in the coming weeks for the tricep application that we

[6:06] submitted in the spring for $750 million that 750 million

[6:11] is is in line with previous awards for things like bart to

[6:14] silicon valley caltrain electrification and there are

[6:16] some comparable requests to do the same program for the high

[6:20] desert corridor in l.a. Metro to our south.

[6:23] the portal is the only named project in all of northern

[6:27] california. So despite that lower capacity

[6:31] we have shared our cash flow with cal star and the

[6:32] governor's office so that we can continue working on those

[6:35] durable technical work products to advance the project and have

[6:39] a long term multiyear commitment so we can start

[6:43] negotiating a full funding grant agreement with pall's

[6:46] former colleagues at the federal transit administration

[6:49] . We also helped shepherd ab 2308

[6:53] with assemblymember haney's office to extend the term of

[6:57] collection of net tax increment from the former state owned

[7:01] parcels that were created by the construction of phase one

[7:04] of the transbay program. This will extend that from its

[7:07] current expiration of 2050 through to 2075.

[7:08] so we can harness some of the land values for the unbuilt

[7:14] projects such as parcel f block four and others in the transbay

[7:18] district and we can bond against that longer time frame

[7:22] as a way of meeting our matching requirements.

[7:23] >> so this is good news to us. It's good news to our partners

[7:27] at fta as we continue to advance that funding gap.

[7:30] the governor has until september 30th to sign that

[7:33] bill and we are now starting the local implementation that

[7:36] is a state authorization that we will then need to run

[7:38] through our successor agency to redevelopment the office of

[7:41] community investment and infrastructure as well as

[7:44] our board of supervisors. So with your help we'll be

[7:48] before some of your bodies in the coming months to

[7:49] effectuate that at the local level we are also working to

[7:55] recruit an ac transit representative on our community

[7:59] advisory committee. We have an open seat and invite

[8:03] all submittals from the public. >> submittals are due at the

[8:04] end of the day today we've been out canvasing on the bus deck

[8:11] in our park and out on social media and talking to our

[8:13] colleagues so if you know of a great representative

[8:16] representing riders on the ac transit system please send them

[8:19] our way. We meet monthly and we do

[8:20] provide them some food as they come and talk about the portal

[8:24] and our future. Finally the quarterly financial

[8:27] reports are in your packets and our chief financial officer

[8:30] she members is available should you have any questions?

[8:34] and that concludes the items under my reports and I'm happy

[8:37] to turn it over to our facilities.

[8:38] director and our security director unless you have any

[8:42] questions on what I've just described.

[8:45] colleagues, congratulations on the haynie bill.

[8:50] thank you for your support. All right, let's keep going

[8:53] right mr. Harris good morning vice chair mandolin and the

[9:00] directors. I'm pleased to present the

[9:04] security quarterly update covering the performance from

[9:07] april through june of 2026. Today's presentation cut will

[9:14] cover two main areas. >> first, the performance

[9:17] review of our contract security operations.

[9:21] and second, a strategic briefing on our recently

[9:24] completed multiagency four scale exercise.

[9:29] we remain firmly committed to maintaining the highest

[9:32] standard of safety. >> we remain firmly committed

[9:40] to maintaining the highest standard of safety public

[9:43] welcome in interagency coordination for all our

[9:45] patrons tenants and regional transit operators to ensure the

[9:52] transition operates safely and smoothly.

[9:55] our security contract management focus on three areas

[9:58] and those three areas are personal turnover post staffing

[10:02] and competency testing. >> turning to these three kpis

[10:10] personnel turnover our contractor sets a threshold

[10:14] requiring high staff retention a us achieved about 93% in this

[10:18] category for post staffing. In terms of actual hours worked

[10:25] versus expected scheduled hours a us achieved about 98% and for

[10:32] post insight competency testing across 24 test administered

[10:36] examination ins in q2 to security officers average about

[10:42] 98% significantly above the mandatory 85% passing overall

[10:49] contract security performance for kitty demonstrates

[10:50] excellence. A contract adherence

[10:53] and operational reliability security excellence is

[11:01] ultimately driven by individuals dedication on the

[11:02] front lines. We would like to take a moment

[11:06] to recognize security professional the quarter four

[11:09] key team shadab azizi. >> his commitment embodies

[11:13] security standards and reflects the high caliber of customer

[11:16] service facing security we strive to maintain at the

[11:20] transit center moving from routine operation to

[11:26] specialized emergency preparedness.

[11:27] I want to brief the board on a major inter interagency

[11:31] milestone recently completed at the facility by the

[11:35] transportation security administration.

[11:36] I still program is for intermodal security training an

[11:40] exercise program is a premier federal initiative that funds

[11:43] and support multi-agency readiness the surface

[11:47] transportation hubs. >> some of the milestones if

[11:51] you recall back in february of 2024 tgp was selected by tsa to

[11:55] conduct a initial tabletop exercise evaluating strategic

[11:59] emergency response workflows. >> subsequently based off that

[12:02] tabletop exercise, tsa re selected the tjp back

[12:07] in october of 2025 to organize and execute a full scale

[12:14] exercise just two weeks ago overnight on august 26th

[12:20] through august 27th. We successfully executed a full

[12:21] scale exercise directly inside the transit center.

[12:25] >> this exercise brought over 400 participants including

[12:31] operators, operators, actors, role players, local, regional

[12:33] and federal law enforcement agencies as well as regulatory

[12:37] agencies doing non operational hours with no impact to the

[12:40] morning schedules. The exercise was designed to

[12:50] evaluate four core emergency management objectives one

[12:54] multi-agency interoperability we establish a unified command

[12:59] post integrating surfaces local pd, san francisco fire

[13:03] department, san francisco department of emergency

[13:05] management, tsa and some in our regional transit operators as

[13:09] well as law enforcement. We successfully tested

[13:10] and shared radio frequencies and joint tactical decision

[13:14] making. Number two was the real time

[13:17] operational readiness of participating first responders

[13:20] responded on a realistic time pressures and simulated

[13:24] stresses testing perimeter security control, ground

[13:28] dispersal victim triage and emergency access pathways.

[13:32] three was our emergency operations plan validation

[13:36] exercise are designed to uncover friction points before

[13:37] real incidents occur. We validated our physical

[13:41] security emergency operations plan as well as our security

[13:44] systems integration along with our public address system cctv

[13:48] area tracking and etc.. >> and finally it was the last

[13:55] piece was the federal regulatory compliance.

[13:56] this exercise keeps gpa and puts us at the forefront

[14:00] for future grant opportunities from department homeland

[14:03] security as well as the federal transportation administration.

[14:07] >> in conclusion, t2 has demonstrated a strong baseline

[14:11] performance across all security contracts for kpis along

[14:15] industry leading emergency readiness validated through our

[14:18] federal tsa partners. We remain dedicated to

[14:23] protecting assets, supporting our tenants partners,

[14:27] safeguarding the thousands of passengers who pass through the

[14:31] salesforce transit center every day.

[14:32] I want to thank you, the board for your continued leadership

[14:35] and support and I'm happy to answer any questions colleagues

[14:44] . Yeah.

[14:44] was there coordination with csp since?

[14:50] was there coordination with chp ?

[14:54] >> as you know there might be evacuation that yes, there was

[14:56] some coordination with tsa. I mean chp they didn't play but

[15:02] they just was some observers they came in observed

[15:03] activities. Okay.

[15:06] thank you. Yes, director, this was a

[15:10] significant undertaking. As you can tell from director

[15:15] harris's remarks and photos and I believe was the largest

[15:18] full scale exercise of its kind that tsa has conducted

[15:21] nationally since the pandemic. That is correct.

[15:23] this right. Thank you for your work.

[15:26] thanks for the presentation. Thank you.

[15:32] director walsh. >> all right.

[15:36] we have ari wash our facility director presenting the

[15:39] facility operation quarter update.

[15:43] >> thank you. Good morning.

[15:44] vice chairman doleman and directors.

[15:47] I'm ari walsh, jpa facility director.

[15:51] >> happy to be here with you on this beautiful day.

[15:54] let's kick it off with some fun stuff.

[15:55] so statistic x. Aren't those fun?

[16:00] they're fun when they go in the right direction which this

[16:03] graph shows. We're just showing a pretty

[16:04] significant increase last year and then some stabilization

[16:10] this year still moving in the positive direction but of

[16:12] course we always want to keep progressing and improving those

[16:15] numbers. Some highlights from our summer

[16:18] programing. So august was a very big month

[16:22] for both mr. Harris and myself with his full scale exercise

[16:26] and then we also hosted a three day music festival

[16:30] in salesforce park which was the first one we've ever done

[16:34] there. Lot of work, a lot of fun

[16:37] especially when you bring in bands like tune-yards as we

[16:39] can see here we had over a thousand rsvp for that show

[16:44] which took place in the amphitheater here.

[16:48] and then the next day keep it nice mix of music.

[16:52] we had some free techno with lady starlight and adrienne

[16:56] again 1000 hours vp's very successful and a lot of happy

[17:02] people. Sunday we had suds francisco

[17:06] funk and fermentation festival first of its kind where we

[17:09] celebrated some great funk music and things that are

[17:13] fermented like coffee, beer, caboolture hot sauce, sour toe

[17:17] all great things from san francisco.

[17:21] so again just a very great weekend with no incidents

[17:24] and no issues new amenity alert we got to keep the music going

[17:32] and one way to do that is to add a piano which we did in our

[17:34] wetlands garden. So if you're any good or just a

[17:37] beginner, check it out. We'd love to hear.

[17:40] most of us would love to hear those tunes being played at

[17:47] some upcoming programing preview.

[17:50] so we've got the all women's montclair big band jazz coming

[17:55] this saturday. So check that out at the

[18:00] amphitheater and then we have a math quest coming up to help

[18:03] celebrate transit month here at the transit center.

[18:07] and this math quest is transit themed and is focused on a

[18:11] journey across america which is pretty cool for slide eight

[18:18] here. As director van de water had

[18:19] mentioned, we are working with s.f. Transit riders to

[18:26] celebrate the annual bay area transit month at the transit

[18:29] center. And we've got two great events

[18:30] planned. The first is in and be on

[18:34] saturday the 19th which focuses on high speed rail and will be

[18:37] held in our main plaza of the rooftop park from 2 to 5 p.m..

[18:43] >> then on wednesday the 23rd we're bringing back our second

[18:47] annual pop up transit art fair bringing art vendors and our

[18:51] transit partners together for one lovely afternoon.

[18:54] and we invite the public to join us for this great event

[18:58] which will be at our grand hall on the first floor from 3 to 6

[19:03] p.m. Where we are working with muni to bring out one of their

[19:05] beautiful vintage busses and we'll have some raffle

[19:08] prizes to make things extra fun.

[19:11] >> and also participating in the ride contest which is a

[19:16] tour of the train box in s.f. Transit riders grand prize so

[19:22] you got to enter there sweepstakes there and you could

[19:27] check out our beautiful train box.

[19:30] these events are complemented by free activities in our park

[19:34] for the week of september 22nd and we look forward to seeing

[19:37] you all out there. Just some quick neighborhood

[19:42] updates taking care of the neighborhood is really

[19:45] important obviously. >> and the east cut they don't

[19:49] cut any corners and as you can see here, they've actually

[19:52] wrapped a couple electrical boxes and featuring the transit

[19:56] center in park just one of the many ways that they go about

[19:58] beautifying the area. Some quick economic updates for

[20:04] everyone. While office vacancy is down

[20:08] about 3.5%, we are still over 30% but it is going in the

[20:12] right direction getting a lot of leases signed in primarily

[20:19] driven by growth in the air and tech sector but also with

[20:23] the tourism sector as well. So some positive news there.

[20:27] and then just looked at a few metrics, some a bit of a stats

[20:31] nerd if you couldn't figure that out already and just like

[20:35] looking at metrics like bay area or bay bridge traffic

[20:38] which is at 90% of the 2019 levels downtown bart stations

[20:45] are seeing increased offloading.

[20:48] so a lot of folks are getting off at downtown bart which is

[20:52] great in the revitalization of downtown muni ridership is up

[20:56] and rush hour freeway speeds are down 4% which is showing

[21:01] more congestion which should translate in more people taking

[21:05] transit which we all need. Unfortunately rents have gone

[21:09] up by 14%. It's a but it is showing

[21:12] economic growth. >> tenant updates so we've had

[21:18] the beer bottle kiosk in the grand hall and the beer bottle

[21:22] pergola work kind of on here for a while.

[21:24] >> the main reason is due to the build out costs that beer

[21:27] bottle was seeing. >> so to value engineer those

[21:31] projects we switched to more of a furniture model which is

[21:35] significantly less expensive but activates the space almost

[21:39] as well especially when you add shuffleboard tables and pinball

[21:45] tables and things like that. >> so making some good progress

[21:49] there. And then an update on the p one

[21:52] restaurant on the park level that we were looking into

[21:59] creating an event space there. But we do have an active rfp

[22:01] out right now for a real estate broker.

[22:04] so before we build that out to an event space we want to give

[22:08] them a fair shot at trying to find a long term partner to

[22:12] lease the space. >> and then as always, please

[22:16] be sure to check out our tenants.

[22:17] >> and happy to answer any questions.

[22:22] mr. Lavery. >> yep.

[22:27] thanks, ari. On the art fair I mean I think

[22:28] that sounds really exciting is the emphasis on having at

[22:33] vendors or artists show and if it's artists how you know is

[22:38] there a selection process? >> so the artists it's a little

[22:41] bit of both. Artists can sell things but

[22:45] they don't have to so they can sell a little trinkets and lily

[22:49] madison is doing the real work on this one helping with

[22:52] organizing things. >> but did you want to say

[22:53] anything or do you have any other questions?

[22:57] >> yeah, I guess. I mean just just to flesh out

[22:59] the question is, you know, are that people are they paying for

[23:03] space or are there is there an emphasis on artists showing

[23:05] their work? >> hi, good morning directors

[23:08] lily work communications and legislative affairs

[23:11] director thank you for the question.

[23:12] I. >> director library they we

[23:15] invited members vendors that participated last year and we

[23:19] did also a call out we actually did a partnership with art span

[23:25] which was a dual post on social media and they also sent it out

[23:30] through e-newsletter and then we're also recruiting as others

[23:34] are interested as we have space there's no cost to participate.

[23:38] >> we aren't charging them. We are requiring them to

[23:42] provide a license agreement just to be on site with a

[23:43] certificate of insurance as needed.

[23:46] >> and then also we are asking them to sell their merchandise

[23:50] as well as bart and muni will also be selling and then

[23:54] transit partners will be providing information.

[23:57] >> yeah great. And I think it's great that

[23:59] we're reaching out and interacting with different

[24:02] populations in that right and the artist community will

[24:05] yeah and we were keen on the fact that you called out art

[24:09] span last year and wanted to ensure that we have that open

[24:12] line of communication with them so they'll be there.

[24:13] thank you. >> great, thank you.

[24:19] all right. Thank you.

[24:19] thank you. >> it's truly a fun event.

[24:23] you'll see soft goods, painted goods, prints, other things

[24:26] that celebrate the transit network.

[24:30] so there will be probably some ac transit muni bart taipei

[24:34] other representation amongst the art so it's a nice merging

[24:37] of the art and transit worlds. >> all right.

[24:41] let's go on to our next item that will be we'll be checking

[24:46] for a public comment checking public comment in the room

[24:49] don't seen check in for public comment online.

[24:57] I don't see an item that we can move on to the next art

[25:00] directors. Item six is the cac update

[25:04] and the cac chair brian larkin will address you on this item.

[25:11] >> well good morning board members vice chairman adelman

[25:15] board members both new and old .

[25:19] I'm here to report I'm the chair of your citizens lives

[25:20] committee. I'm here to report on our

[25:23] meeting of this past tuesday, september 8th.

[25:25] our agenda included a monthly staff report, quarterly updates

[25:29] on security and facility operations and finally on the

[25:33] portal will emerge as well from whom you've just heard they

[25:37] gave the staff report. Martin munoz asked if the

[25:41] governor was likely to sign matt haney's bill ab 2308 which

[25:45] was to extend a period of collection from other tax

[25:49] revenue bonds from 2015 to 2075.

[25:52] rodney harris gave a security update all as well on that

[25:56] front joslyn tom thompson asks the reason for the full scale

[26:01] april exercise oh and the committee wished well should

[26:07] office who was their quarterly employee or officer of the most

[26:13] recent one who is now going to work for as a san francisco

[26:15] police officer out of the frying pan and into the fire,

[26:21] ari walsh gave his update on facility operations.

[26:26] paul met paul bendix asked if there has been more tourism at

[26:30] the portal, henry camilla was asked a question that was much

[26:34] more relevant to the high speed rail project than to the portal

[26:41] but he got an answer just the same.

[26:42] henry also asked if the portal could be used to host more

[26:45] major events alfonso rodriguez and gave the portal update eric

[26:52] shot meyer asked about the completion of the portal they

[26:55] how about the competition part made the competition the portal

[27:00] faces for state funding rokita hartley asked that detailed

[27:03] question on the earn earn value management update that alfonzo

[27:07] had provided. Eric was were more detail on

[27:11] the schedule of the acquisition of right away and finally

[27:14] regarding memorandum of understanding is among the

[27:19] agency partners in the t.j. Pay I asked if there has been a

[27:24] discussion of the cost level which though the approval would

[27:27] be required for change orders for instance both for design

[27:31] contractors and for construction contractors.

[27:35] I work for a board for about a dozen years and our process for

[27:42] addressing our board was staff time intensive often to no

[27:47] positive effect that I could see.

[27:50] so I'm just I would like to see that the level if not low is

[27:54] appropriate for the business that they're trying to conduct

[28:01] . That's it from our september

[28:02] meeting. >> thank you mr. Rector's.

[28:08] all right. I'll see you on october.

[28:11] all right. I'll be checking for public

[28:12] comment in the room. You don't see any.

[28:16] I will be checking public comment online.

[28:20] I don't see any we want to claim effect directors item

[28:26] seven is public comment an opportunity for members of the

[28:27] public? I may address authority on

[28:29] matters that are within the authority's jurisdiction

[28:32] and are not in today's calendar the target for public comment

[28:41] in the room don't see any checking for public online.

[28:45] we do have a caller. >> callers that your name

[28:54] morning good morning directors this is all to bryan some of

[29:00] the apologize for any background noise I'd like to

[29:02] briefly speak to the proposal addressed to the mkc

[29:07] and tactics committee two weeks ago which is a

[29:12] $20,000,000,000.50 concession between euro and emeryville

[29:17] including a new transbay tunnel only have two minutes that will

[29:21] just speak to the business case for a concession model rather

[29:23] than any of the elements between emeryville and gilroy.

[29:27] I would like to start by reiterating that we can't carry

[29:32] on with the current public sector model.

[29:33] we should wait billions of dollars on consultants to drag

[29:39] this project long enough to reach retirement.

[29:43] this is the exact opposite of a private sector concessions on

[29:47] their lowest incentivized to complete construction below

[29:51] budget and ahead of schedule so that they can start operations

[29:56] as soon as possible and revenues and then sorry

[30:03] that the vehicle that was going behind me and then followed by

[30:07] profits that was the extent of snc $38 billion proposal to

[30:11] land a lee to san francisco in two hours and 40 minutes $38

[30:17] billion back in 2000 then might have ever all to go away but

[30:22] also to break it up they did you know what they did?

[30:25] they went to morocco. They delivered morocco high

[30:29] speed rail 200 miles. Those stations got $2 billion.

[30:34] seven years later they're probably going to come back

[30:40] bidding for this concession. Please don't tell them to go

[30:41] away again. >> thank you.

[30:44] thank you. >> okay, that concludes public

[30:55] comment. And next I think I have 13

[30:58] under that item where and I'm I apologize for what tag teaming

[31:03] here director kirschbaum is still slightly delayed so we're

[31:06] going to go ahead and jump to the next presentation item so

[31:09] we can wait for her as we need to for the action items with

[31:11] that will you please call item 13?

[31:13] >> yes, item 13 directors 1813 is the airport update

[31:19] and monthly status reports for july and august 2026.

[31:22] afonso the product director sorry alfonso rodriguez the

[31:26] port project director will present item I have a queued up

[31:30] on the computer. Good morning vice chairman

[31:34] elman directors I have a briefer version of our update

[31:38] for the portal for you this month and two contracts I

[31:41] wanted to note today one is an enabling works contract that

[31:44] will allow us to relocate utilities on townsend street

[31:49] in advance of heavy construction along the

[31:50] alignment. But first we need to hire the

[31:53] designer of record the rfq for the solicitation is expected to

[31:57] be released later this month. Second procurement which is our

[32:01] largest scope element of the entire program which is hiring

[32:05] the designer to complete design and to build the civil

[32:09] and tunnel scope elements of the portal is a procurement

[32:12] under in progress right now and we are using a progressive

[32:16] design build approach. We expect the proposals to come

[32:19] in on that scope of work by the end of this month.

[32:22] other items listed here are in support of our successful

[32:27] delivery of the pre-construction phase and that

[32:28] is we will be turning our attention immediately to

[32:31] procuring the engineer if not the engineer record excuse me

[32:35] an engineering consultant that will help support us with all

[32:38] the design deliverables and design reviews necessary

[32:39] for the progressive design build contract.

[32:42] that solicitation will begin soon as this ten your rfq is

[32:46] out the door or yes. Next item is our two documents

[32:53] that are pretty key and helping us advance all of our contracts

[32:57] in the program. That's the change management

[32:58] plan and another document that's called the change

[33:01] control board charter. You might recall that in our

[33:05] mou with our five agency partners we said that we would

[33:08] create a change control board. The charter explains their role

[33:12] and responsibilities but that the key to support such a

[33:15] charter is the change management plan.

[33:19] that change management plan will define roles

[33:22] and responsibilities to receive process any requested changes

[33:25] establish the delegations of authority to do so and the

[33:30] process for which that entire workflow occurs.

[33:34] speaking of workflow we're also developing a mapping of the

[33:38] entire workflow which shows the process of all of the

[33:42] deliverable urls not just changes but the list of

[33:46] deliverables that the progressive design build

[33:49] contractor is asked to submit in then explains how we receive

[33:52] them, process some, review them and approve them.

[34:02] it's a complicated process so mapping is important for common

[34:10] understanding between the contractor and this agency

[34:14] and finally something that we call open book estimating when

[34:16] the progressive design build contractor joins us that first

[34:21] phase is to advance design but we want to advance design with

[34:24] visibility of the cost associated with that design not

[34:28] just the cost but the cost of construction.

[34:29] so open book estimating is the process that will ensure

[34:33] visible bility of how design decisions are going to

[34:36] translate into construction cost.

[34:43] I mentioned in past presentations we've begun a

[34:44] right away acquisition program and we've released two offers

[34:48] on two parcels for appraisals are in process.

[34:52] the fta is reviewing a couple of them.

[34:55] we are also advancing the work that will lead us to a request

[34:59] before the board of supervisors to obtain a subsurface easement

[35:02] which will allow us to build the tunnel and occupy the

[35:04] street that begins with a record a survey public works is

[35:07] reviewing it that's almost complete.

[35:11] once that's complete we'll be able to begin the legal

[35:12] description for the subsurface easement.

[35:17] >> risk management is something I've talked about over the

[35:18] years and that is the cornerstone of our project

[35:22] delivery. What I wanted to highlight to

[35:24] the board is that we are taking a more active approach to risk

[35:29] management in preparation for onboarding our progressive

[35:32] design build contractor. That means that a risk

[35:33] management plan is being updated to identify measures

[35:40] that more actively manage, mitigate, report and resolve

[35:44] risks and that a process is ongoing with our agency

[35:45] partners will have an updated management plan for their

[35:49] review. But I want to thank the county

[35:52] transportation authority for their assistance in having us

[35:56] shift gears to a more risk management approach and the fta

[36:00] that is our constant partner in all things risk management.

[36:06] lastly I want to show the months that lie ahead some of

[36:11] the durable work that we are planning to do.

[36:14] these are topics that I normally don't present to the

[36:15] board the first is something that you heard a moment about

[36:21] earlier about is the early earn value management module of our

[36:25] project management information system.

[36:28] what is that? It's a it's a component of our

[36:32] management toolkit that allows us to measure progress on

[36:36] deliverables both professional services and construction

[36:39] contracts to ensure progress is matching our spend and it gives

[36:43] earned value visibility on on our expenditure we are updating

[36:48] both our capital and our operating funding plans at

[36:51] present. That's a task that will

[36:52] continue throughout the balance of this calendar year.

[36:55] and then of course we're getting ready to meet the next

[36:59] stage gate requirement that is will appear before this board

[37:04] concurrent with your we hope requested action to award a

[37:08] contract for the progressive design build contract.

[37:11] there are a couple of things that the blueprint have asked

[37:14] us to complete and it'll be presented to you concurrently

[37:19] with the recommendation to award the contract.

[37:22] that concludes my presentation high level of the portal I'm

[37:25] available to answer any questions you might have.

[37:29] >> colleagues, thank you for the update.

[37:33] thank you. All right.

[37:43] at this time we'll be checking in for public comment and I

[37:47] come in in the room and don't see any public comment online

[37:50] and don't send any. Move on to your next item.

[37:55] please do. Or back to before.

[38:04] yes. Before moving to our next item,

[38:05] I would like to note that the right direction has arrived

[38:09] and we have quorum. All right.

[38:14] >> I think we're on item eight. All right.

[38:16] item eight is consent calendar directors all matters are

[38:21] considered to be routine and will be acted upon a single

[38:25] vote. There will be no separate

[38:26] discussion on these items unless a member of the board or

[38:28] the public so request and which event of the matter shall be

[38:33] removed for the consent calendar and considered as a

[38:34] separate item for public comment in the room see cnn any

[38:42] take for pas coming online? I don't see any directors.

[38:45] I have not received any indication that a member of the

[38:47] board or public wishes to have any items considered separately

[38:51] and confirming there is no public comment.

[38:54] your items are 8.1 approving the minutes of july 9th at 2026

[39:00] meeting 8.2 ratification of the board chair slash advisory ad

[39:06] hoc committee to assess the organization to ensure a

[39:10] success in continuing to do a mission of managing

[39:12] and maintaining the transit center and delivering the

[39:14] portal project 8.3 approving amendment to the board policy

[39:19] number eight travel conference travel conference and business

[39:23] expense policy. That concludes the consent

[39:24] calendar. >> all right colleagues, could

[39:28] I have a motion to approve consent calendar to move to

[39:35] second director library has moved rector kirschbaum has

[39:39] seconded with it first and second motion that there

[39:43] concurred I concur I. Director cushman I kirschbaum I

[39:47] do regulatory I library I go to see I i3i and vice chair

[39:54] amendment I amendment I consent calendar is approved.

[39:58] I ready to move to the regular calendar please do affect

[40:04] directors item nine is approving the teacher pays

[40:07] title six program for the training period of october 1st

[40:10] 26 to september 30th 29 for the chance transbay program and you

[40:14] as several procurement and contract compliance manager

[40:17] will be sent in will be presenting item.

[40:26] >> good morning vice chair amendment and directors.

[40:31] my name is ines acevedo and I serve as epa's procurement

[40:34] and contract compliance manager.

[40:35] today I'll be presenting the title six program update.

[40:41] so because tgp receives federal funding it must comply with

[40:45] title six of the civil rights act of 1964 and related federal

[40:48] nondiscrimination requirements. Title six prohibits

[40:53] discrimination based on race, color or national origin

[40:56] in programs or activities that receive federal financial

[40:59] assistance. The epa submits its title six

[41:02] program update to the fta every three years.

[41:06] the update outlines how epa works to ensure

[41:09] nondiscrimination in the in the public I'm sorry in the public

[41:13] services it provides this plan before you covers the period

[41:17] from october 1st, 2026 through september 30th 2029 a title six

[41:23] program must address nine required elements

[41:26] and consistent with the 2023 update elements seven and eight

[41:29] do not apply to t jpa because it has no federal funding

[41:33] subdisciplines and construction of the new facility took place

[41:37] outside of this covered the period covered by this update.

[41:43] >> the public participation plan summarizes outreach

[41:47] conducted since the last title six update.

[41:51] it describes how jpa currently gathers input shares

[41:54] information about its programs and services and identifies

[41:58] future opportunities to engage traditionally underrepresented

[42:02] or under underserved underserved communities.

[42:06] >> the language assistance assistance plan reviewed data

[42:11] from several counties served by transit operators to identify

[42:15] languages that may require support.

[42:17] 19 discrete languages qualify as safe harbor languages with

[42:19] chinese and spanish being the most frequently spoken

[42:23] languages. Safe harbor language is one

[42:26] spoken by either 1000 individuals or 5% of the

[42:29] affected limited english proficient population whichever

[42:33] is less. In the previous update from

[42:36] 2023 we had 20 languages other than chinese and spanish

[42:43] and those included bengali, polish and german which were

[42:46] not listed this time around. So under title six jpa must

[42:51] translate vital written documents into languages most

[42:55] frequently encountered by the lep customers.

[42:59] federal guidance defines vital written documents to include

[43:03] consent and complaint forms intake and application forms

[43:07] with important consequences. Written notices of rights

[43:10] notices of denials, losses or reductions in benefits or

[43:14] services and notices about free language assistance services

[43:17] tgp currently provides chinese and spanish translations of the

[43:22] title six public notices. The title six complaint forms

[43:23] and procedures is notices of free language assistance

[43:27] and public hearing notices including the board and cac

[43:31] meeting notices. >> and with that I'm happy to

[43:35] answer any questions you may have.

[43:37] >> thank you for the presentation.

[43:41] >> colleagues like we don't have any questions at this time

[43:46] or tech for public comment and none in any in the room.

[43:49] check in for about online. I don't see any.

[43:53] no no public comment at this time.

[43:58] >> thank you. Could I have a motion to

[43:59] approve item nine moved by director sweets and second

[44:04] seconded by director kincaid. All right.

[44:09] with a first and second motion. Director kincaid I conclude I.

[44:13] director kirschbaum I respond I do, I do.

[44:17] larry, I larry I do. I do sweet.

[44:18] I sweet I and vice chairman I mean I.

[44:21] amendment I item nine is approved moving on to your next

[44:24] item thank you directors item ten is authorizing the

[44:31] executive director to execute amendment four to the armed

[44:34] unarmed contract security service agreement with allied

[44:38] university security services extending the contract term by

[44:41] three months and adding. Amount not to exceed $1,389,344

[44:47] bringing to the total contract authorization of $28,614,342 to

[44:54] ensure a continuous coverage for the sales for the center

[44:59] while a new procurement process is complete.

[45:02] and then you'll have ronnie harris chief security officer

[45:06] and I need several procurement contract compliance manager

[45:09] we'll be available for questions available for they're

[45:13] available for questions below for questions.

[45:17] >> got it. Any questions?

[45:19] >> yes. Hi.

[45:24] no concern I know this has been an award winning.

[45:28] security approach but I know this is a very short extension.

[45:32] does that really give you the runway that you need to onboard

[45:36] and implement a new contract? >> yes, it does.

[45:40] we have we closed the procurement closes on october

[45:44] 31st which gives us enough time to come to the board

[45:47] in december and to make the transition for january 2027.

[45:51] >> thank you. All right.

[45:59] looks like we're good. Can I have a and we did we take

[46:02] public comment on this? >> all right or at this time we

[46:07] take it for a public comment in the room.

[46:08] I don't see any checking for public online.

[46:10] I don't see any and no public comment at this time.

[46:14] >> I can have a motion to approve.

[46:17] motion to approve. Motion to approve from

[46:21] kirschbaum is there a second second and by sweet with the

[46:25] first and second motion director kincaid I can get I

[46:29] direct your kirschbaum by push from I dr. Library I.

[46:32] library I dr. Sweet high street I and vice chair amendment I I

[46:37] item ten is approved moving on to your next item authorize

[46:42] directors item 11 is authorizing the executive

[46:47] director to execute a participant addendum to the

[46:50] special master agreement with atlantic insurance services to

[46:53] provide at risk management insurance consulting.

[46:55] on your owner control insurance program administration claim

[46:58] management lost control and related services for phase

[47:03] two of the transbay program for an initial ten year term with a

[47:07] compensation determined in accordance with appendix b

[47:08] calculation of charges of the purchase of it and then them

[47:13] cfo. As I will be presenting the

[47:16] item thank you. >> good morning vice-chairman

[47:20] admin and board directors the item before you is a request to

[47:24] authorize executive director to execute a participating

[47:28] addendum with alliance insurance services under the

[47:31] source of all master agreement to provide risk management,

[47:35] insurance consulting and administration for the

[47:36] owner controlled insurance program.

[47:39] also known as osip for the portal in consultation with the

[47:43] risk management experts recommend aided by the senior

[47:47] risk manager staff evaluated all possible options for risk

[47:51] management for the program and determined that the owner

[47:56] controlled insurance program is an appropriate insurance

[47:57] structure for the construction packages of the portal that

[48:01] also will provide centralized. Insurance coverage

[48:04] and administration along with claim management loss control

[48:08] contractor enrollment and is cost beneficial to procure the

[48:14] services. The staff leveraged a source of

[48:15] all cooperative agreement which was competitively procured

[48:19] and and included the services required by the.

[48:23] through this process the staff selected a client to perform

[48:27] the service required for the portal also have insurance

[48:30] and entered into negotiations a client is also t.j. Is current

[48:34] insurance broker for the transit center and has

[48:38] extensive knowledge of his insurance program and risk

[48:42] profile providing continuity. We as we move into the

[48:46] construction of the phase two through the source of all

[48:51] master agreement a client also provided a discounted rate to

[48:54] the tga that was very beneficial.

[48:57] >> the proposed agreement has an initial term of ten years

[49:01] with an administrative fee of $2.4 million based on estimated

[49:08] construction cost of $4 billion.

[49:09] adjustment to the fee based on the actual cost of the

[49:13] construction is outlined in detail in appendix b of the

[49:16] contract a staff recommends that the board authorize

[49:20] executive director to execute the participating agenda with

[49:25] alliance insurance services. Mike davidson from alliance is

[49:29] here with me to answer any questions you may have.

[49:35] thank you for the presentation. I don't see questions.

[49:39] >> let's go to public comment and write a check in for a

[49:41] public comment in the room. I don't see any check in for

[49:44] public comment online. Don't see any there's no public

[49:48] comment at this time. >> right.

[49:52] could I have a motion to approve so move move by kincaid

[49:55] can I have a second back in sweet with the first

[50:00] and second motion director kincaid I can get I.

[50:03] director kirschbaum I kirschbaum I director library

[50:08] high library I director suite I read I and vice chairman I know

[50:15] when item 11 is approved thank you directors I'm moving on to

[50:19] your next item. Directors item item 12 is

[50:23] authorizing the executive director to exceed a general

[50:26] service services agreement for janitorial services with abm

[50:30] industries group for the salesforce transit center for

[50:34] an amount not to exceed $7,555,900 over a five year

[50:41] term we have already. Walsh, our facility director to

[50:44] present an item hello again vice chair mendelson

[50:48] and directors. I'm mary walsh t jpa facility

[50:50] director. I do not have a presentation

[50:52] but I just want to provide a few highlights from the

[50:54] procurement that we recently performed for janitorial

[50:57] services so. Keeping it to three bullet

[51:00] points number one. Service levels we enjoyed today

[51:04] will remain the same and have not been reduced.

[51:08] number two tj apa is reinforcing its commitment to

[51:11] the city's zero waste program by employing a full time zero

[51:15] waste facilitator and three we were able to secure a five year

[51:20] commitment at prices lower than what we paid today thanks to a

[51:23] highly competitive market which is excellent.

[51:26] specifically regarding the invitation for bids, another

[51:30] term for an rfp we received eight total bids, seven of

[51:35] which were deemed responsive through a competitive bid

[51:36] process. Also I am joined here today by

[51:42] cynthia chavez from abm. If you have any questions for

[51:45] me or our contractor. >> lastly I am requesting

[51:49] authorization for the executive director to execute a

[51:53] professional services contract with abm industry groups for an

[51:54] amount not to exceed $7,555,900.

[52:00] >> over a five year term happy to answer any questions I, I

[52:08] don't think I see questions. >> all right.

[52:12] let's go to public comment. All right.

[52:13] thank you. Take it for public comment

[52:16] in the room I don't see any check in for public comment

[52:20] online. Don't see any no public comment

[52:23] at this time. >> all right.

[52:24] can I have a motion to approve a move to approve move by larry

[52:30] second seconded by kirschbaum. >> all right.

[52:31] with the first and second motion director kincaid by

[52:34] kincaid I'd like to respond. I presume I direct your library

[52:40] . All right, larry, I do.

[52:41] I disagree. I mean I and vice your

[52:45] amendment I. Okay.

[52:45] item 12 is approved and directors if that that

[52:48] concludes your agenda for today we are adjourned

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