15-2008
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT
MEMORANDUM OF MINUTES
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
AUGUST 8, 2008
The Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (District) met in regular session in the Board Room, Administration Building, Toll Plaza, San Francisco, California, on Friday, August 8, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., President Moylan presiding.
ROLL CALL
Directors Present (13): Directors Brown, Cochran, Dufty, Eddie, Grosboll, McGlashan, Newhouse Segal, Reilly, Sanders and Stroeh; Second Vice President Ammiano; First Vice President Boro; President Moylan
Directors Absent (5): Directors Hernández, Kerns, McGoldrick, Pahre and Sandoval
[On this date, there was one vacancy on the Board of Directors.]
Staff Present: General Manager Celia G. Kupersmith; Auditor-Controller Joseph M. Wire; Secretary of the District Janet S. Tarantino; Attorney David J. Miller; Deputy General Manager/Bridge Division Kary H. Witt; Deputy General Manager/Ferry Division James P. Swindler; Public Affairs Director Mary C. Currie; Deputy District Engineer and Acting District Engineer Ewa Z. Bauer; Executive Assistant to the General Manager Amorette Ko; Assistant Clerk of the Board Karen B. Engbretson
Visitors Present: John and Erika Brooks, Tiburon residents
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Second Vice President Tom Ammiano led the Board of Directors in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
PUBLIC COMMENT
John Brooks urged the Board of Directors to proceed with building a physical suicide deterrent system on the Golden Gate Bridge, and expressed his sorrow that his teenaged daughter, Casey Brooks, had committed suicide off the Golden Gate Bridge. He distributed to the members of the Board of Directors a bound volume of articles, reports and opinion pieces regarding suicides.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Directors STROEH/COCHRAN moved approval of the Consent Calendar. All items were approved by the following vote of the Board of Directors:
AYES (13): Directors Brown, Cochran, Dufty, Eddie, Grosboll, McGlashan, Newhouse Segal, Reilly, Sanders and Stroeh; Second Vice President Ammiano; First Vice President Boro; President Moylan
NOES (0): None
ABSENT (5): Directors Hernández, Kerns, McGoldrick, Pahre and Sandoval
| 1. | Approve the Minutes of the Following Meetings: | |
| a. | Finance-Auditing Committee of July 25, 2008; | |
| b. | Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of July 25, 2008. Carried |
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| 2. | Denial of Claims | |
| a. | Claim of Annette L. Stubbs Carried |
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| b. | Claim of Roger Garety Carried |
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| 3. | Ratify Actions by the Auditor-Controller Resolution No. 2008-072 (Finance-Auditing Committee, July 25, 2008) ratifies actions taken by the Auditor-Controller, as follows: |
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| a. | Ratify commitments and/or expenditures for the period June 1, 2008, through June 30, 2008, totaling $10,000.00; |
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| b. | Ratify investments made by the Auditor-Controller during the period June 17, 2008, through July 14, 2008, as follows; |
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| Security | Purchase Date |
Maturity Date |
Original Cost |
Percent Yield |
| FHLB Tap Bonds | 06/17/08 |
06/17/08 |
4,857,050.00 |
4.42 |
| Toronto Dominion Certificate of Deposit | 06/30/08 |
07/30/08 |
4,640,000.00 |
2.40 |
| Banque National De Paris Certificate of Deposit | 07/07/08 |
07/30/08 |
5,000,000.00 |
2.36 |
| CBA (Delaware) Finance Commercial Paper | 07/07/08 |
08/21/08 |
7,337,000.00 |
2.51 |
| c. | Authorize the Auditor-Controller to re-invest, within the established policy of the Board, investments maturing between July 15, 2008, and August 11, 2008, as well as the investment of all other funds not required to cover expenditures that may become available; and, |
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| d. | Accept the Investment Report for June 2008 prepared by PFM. Adopted |
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| GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT | ||
| 4. | Announcement General Manager Celia Kupersmith announced that the District had issued an Expressive Activity permit to three local pro-Tibet organizations for a Tibetan Peace March across the Golden Gate Bridge on August 8, 2008, to coincide with the opening day of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. She stated that the District has coordinated with the Golden Gate Security Coalition to ensure that law enforcement personnel are present during the march, which is expected to be quiet and orderly. |
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| ATTORNEY’S REPORT | ||
| 5. | Attorney David Miller reported that all items contained in the Attorney’s Report were informational. | |
| ENGINEER’S REPORT | ||
| 6. | A written report is presented to the Board of Directors by the District Engineer at the second Board meeting of the month. |
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REPORT OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING OF AUGUST 8, 2008 |
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| 7. | Authorize Execution of an Agreement Between the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District and the Marin County Transit District for the Provision of Intercounty Paratransit Services Directors BROWN/BORO Adopted AYES (13): Directors Brown, Cochran, Dufty, Eddie, Grosboll, McGlashan, Newhouse Segal, Reilly, Sanders and Stroeh; Second Vice President Ammiano; First Vice President Boro; President Moylan |
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| SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS | ||
| 8. | Approve Amendments to Ordinance No. 2008-02, An Ordinance to Amend Master Ordinance 2008, As Amended, to Revise Bridge Tolls Directors BROWN/STROEH |
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| a. | Change the effective date for the $1.00 increase for both the cash and FasTrak® toll, as well as the toll rate for Persons with Disabilities, from September 1, 2008, to September 2, 2008; and, |
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| b. | Clarify that the new toll rate for persons with disabilities of 50% of the cash toll applies only to two-axle vehicles. Adopted |
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AYES (13): Directors Brown, Cochran, Dufty, Eddie, Grosboll, McGlashan, Newhouse Segal, Reilly, Sanders and Stroeh; Second Vice President Ammiano; First Vice President Boro; President Moylan NOES (0): None ABSENT (5): Directors Hernández, Kerns, McGoldrick, Pahre and Sandoval |
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| 9. | Approve Cancellation of the September 26, 2008, Board of Directors Meeting Directors STROEH/BROWN Adopted AYES (13): Directors Brown, Cochran, Dufty, Eddie, Grosboll, McGlashan, Newhouse Segal, Reilly, Sanders and Stroeh; Second Vice President Ammiano; First Vice President Boro; President Moylan |
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| ADJOURNMENT | ||
| 10. | All business having been concluded, the meeting was adjourned at 10:20 a.m., in the memory of Etheleen M. Driscoll, Joseph Fernekes, Pat Dolan and Tom Carroll. |
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Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Janet S. Tarantino
Secretary of the District