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Page 1 of 2 BRIEFING: APRIL 2010 MEETING AGENDA ITEM #7 TO: Chairman Pringle and Authority Board Members FROM: Carrie Pourvahidi, Interim Executive Director DATE: 3/31/10 RE: Transbay Transit Center Design /Trainbox Background Authority staff and the Federal Railroad Administration directed the Program Management Team

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MONTHLY MEETING AGENDA April 8, 2010 9:00 a.m. Santa Clara County Board Of Supervisors' Chambers 70 West Hedding Street San Jose, CA 95110 and Camp Eggers, Afghanistan (Board Vice-chairman Tom Umberg has been deployed with the U.S. Army reserves and will participate remotely.) PUBLIC COMMENT Responsible Party Status 1.

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Page 1 of 2 BRIEFING: APRIL 2010 MEETING AGENDA ITEM #8 TO: Chairman Pringle and Authority Board Members FROM: Jeffrey M. Barker, Deputy Director DATE: 3/31/10 RE: Business Plan Addendum Introduction Authority staff submitted to the Legislature an updated business plan document on Dec. 14, 2009. Since that time, the pl

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1 DRAFT ADDENDUM to the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s “Report to the Legislature; December 2009” 2 ADDENDUM to the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s “Report to the Legislature; December 2009” Page 7+ UPDATE ON TOWN OF ATHERTON LAWSUIT TEXT BOX On March 4, 2010, the “Bay Area to Central Valley Revised Draf

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Page 1 of 2 BRIEFING: APRIL 8, 2010 BOARD MEETING AGENDA ITEM #9 TO: Chairman Pringle and Authority Board Members FROM: Carrie Pourvahidi, Executive Director DATE: 4/1/10 RE: Bureau of State Audits Report Introduction On February 25, 2009 the Authority was informed, by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC), that

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Page 1 of 3 BRIEFING: APRIL 8, 2010 BOARD MEETING AGENDA ITEM #10 TO: Chairman Pringle and Authority Board Members FROM: Carrie Pourvahidi DATE: March 30, 2010 RE: Alternatives Analysis Process Alternative Analysis Process for HST Environmental Impact Reports The attached outline from the Attorney General’s (AG’s) offi

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State of California M e m o r a n d u m Department of Justice 1300 I Street, Suite 125 P.O. Box 944255 Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 I. BACKGROUND AND LEGAL CONTEXT A. Two MOUs between CHSRA and FRA for preparing joint environmental documents  2001 MOU for Program EIR/EISs; 2007 MOU for HST Project EIR/EISs  To increase

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Alternative Analysis Process CHSRA Board Meeting April 8, 2010 Christine Sproul (DOJ Deputy Attorney General) Dan Leavitt (CHSRA Deputy Director) California High-Speed Train Project CHSRA and FRA • 2001 MOU for Program EIR/EIS documents • 2007 MOU for Project EIR/EIS documents • CEQA and NEPA California High-Speed Trai

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1 Summary of the San Francisco to San Jose Preliminary Alternatives Analysis Report S.1 Results from the Preliminary Alternatives Analysis The Preliminary Alternatives Analysis report and its associated engineering and environmental analysis reconfirms that a four track, grade separated, shared Caltrain and High-Speed

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PRELIMINARY Alternatives Analysis Report Merced to Fresno Section High-Speed Train Project EIR/EIS April 2010 San Diego University City Escondido Murrieta Riverside Industry Ontario Airport Palmdale Anaheim Norwalk Los Angeles Burbank Sylmar Bakersfield Visalia/Tulare/Hanford (Potential Station) Fresno Downtown Merced

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Page 1 of 6 Attachment #1: Executive Summary of the Merced to Fresno Preliminary Alternatives Analysis Report The preliminary Alternatives Analysis and its associated engineering and environmental analysis reconfirms that the alternatives that closely follow existing rail corridors, the Union Pacific Railroad UPRR and