Board Meeting Schedule & Materials

• May 19, 2022 Board Meeting Agenda (CANCELED)

• April 27-28, 2022 Board Meeting Agenda
• April 27-28, 2022 Board Meeting Video

Agenda Item #1 Consider Approving the March 17, 2022, Board Meeting Minutes

• March 17, 2022 Board Meeting Minutes

Agenda Item #2 Staff Presentation on the San Jose to Merced Project Section Final EIR/EIS and Proposed Selection of the Preferred Alternative (Alternative 4 with a San Jose Diridon Station, Gilroy Station, and South Gilroy Maintenance-of-Way Facility) and Related Decisions

• Board Memo: Staff Presentation on the San Jose to Merced Project Section Final EIR/EIS and Proposed Selection of the Preferred Alternative
• PowerPoint: Staff Presentation on the San Jose to Merced Project Section Final EIR/EIS and Proposed Selection of the Preferred Alternative
• Attachment A: Map of the Preferred Alternative
• Attachment B: Standard Responses to the Most Frequently Raised Comments
• Attachment C: Executive Summary of the San Jose to Merced Project Section Final EIR/EIS
• Attachment D: Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-10
• Attachment E: Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-11
  • Exhibit A – Map of the Preferred Alternative
  • Exhibit B – Draft CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations
  • Exhibit C – Draft Mitigation and Monitoring Enforcement Plan
• Attachment F: Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-12
  • Exhibit A – Draft Record of Decision for the San Jose to Merced Project Section
    • Appendix A – General Conformity Determination Memorandum, March 25, 2022
    • Appendix B – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion, December 22, 2021
    • Appendix C – Mitigation Monitoring and Enforcement Plan
    • Appendix D – State Historic Preservation Officer Section 106 Concurrence Letter and Memorandum of Agreement, March 11, 2022
    • Appendix E – National Marine Fisheries Services Biological Opinion, June 24, 2021
    • Appendix F – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative (LEDPA) Concurrence Letter, March 20, 2020, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency LEDPA Concurrence Letter, March 18, 2020
    • Appendix G – Section 4(f) Concurrence Letters
    • Appendix H – Comments Received Between the Publication of the Final EIS and the April 27, 2022, Board Meeting
    • Appendix I – Errata for Final EIS
    • Appendix J – Final Individual Section 4(f) Evaluation of Two Parks in Santa Clara County

Agenda Item #3 Consider Approving the Project Management and Funding Agreement for Los Angeles Union Station

• Board Memo: Consider Approving the Project Management and Funding Agreement for Los Angeles Union Station
• Final Resolution #HSRA 22-07 Approval of the Project Management and Funding Agreement for the Los Angeles Union Station (Link US) Project, a major capital investment for High-Speed Rail
• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-07 Approval of the Project Management and Funding Agreement for the Los Angeles Union Station (Link US) Project, a major capital investment for High-Speed Rail
• PowerPoint: Consider Approving the Project Management and Funding Agreement for Los Angeles Union Station

Agenda Item #4 Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design Services for the Central Valley Stations

• Board Memo: Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design Services for the Central Valley Stations
• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-08 Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design Services for Central Valley Stations
• RFQ: Design Services for the Central Valley Stations
• PowerPoint: Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design Services for the Central Valley Stations

Agenda Item #5 Consider Adopting the 2022 Business Plan 

• Board Memo: Approval of the Final 2022 Business Plan
• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-09 Approval of the Final 2022 Business Plan
• Final Resolution #HSRA 22-09 Approval of the Final 2022 Business Plan
• Revised Draft 2022 Business Plan
• PowerPoint: Revised Draft 2022 Business Plan
• Revised Draft 2022 Business Plan Errata and Updates Table
• Revised Draft 2022 Business Plan Staff Recommended Edits Table
• Revised Draft 2022 Business Plan Staff Recommended Edits, San Jose to Merced Table
• Public Comments on Revised Draft 2022 Business Plan Memo

Agenda Item #6 CEO Report

• PowerPoint: CEO Report

Agenda Item #7 Finance and Audit Committee Report

Agenda Item #8 Staff Response to Public Comment Received Following Item #2 Staff Presentation on the San Jose to Merced Project Section Final EIR/EIS and Proposed Decisions

• PowerPoint: Staff Response to Public Comment Received Following Item #2 Staff Presentation on the San Jose to Merced Project Section Final EIR/EIS and Proposed Decisions

Agenda Item #9 Consider certifying the San Jose to Merced Project Section Final EIR/EIS under the California Environmental Quality Act

• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-10 CEQA Certification of the San Jose to Merced Project Section Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS)

Agenda Item #10 Consider Approving the Preferred Alternative (Alternative 4 with a San Jose Diridon Station, Gilroy Station, and South Gilroy Maintenance-of-Way Facility) including associated facilities and refinements, and the related California Environmental Quality Act Findings of Fact, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring and Enforcement Plan for the San Jose to Merced Project Section

• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-11 Approve the Preferred Alternative (Alternative 4, with a San Jose Diridon Station, downtown Gilroy Station, and South Gilroy Maintenance-of-Way Facility) and Related CEQA Decision Materials
  • Exhibit A – Map of the Preferred Alternative
  • Exhibit B – Draft CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations
  • Exhibit C – Draft Mitigation and Monitoring Enforcement Plan

Agenda Item #11 Consider selecting the Preferred Alternative (as defined in Item 10) and Directing the Chief Executive Officer to sign the Draft Record of Decision and to issue it as a Final Record of Decision for the San Jose to Merced Project Section

• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-12 Direct Authority CEO to Issue the Record of Decision for the San Jose to Merced Project Section Selecting Alternative 4 with a San Jose Diridon Station, Downtown Gilroy Station, a South Gilroy Maintenance-of-Way Facility, and associated facilities and refinements, and Complying with Other Federal Laws
  • Exhibit A – Draft Record of Decision for the San Jose to Merced Project Section
    • Appendix A – General Conformity Determination Memorandum, March 25, 2022
    • Appendix B – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion, December 22, 2021
    • Appendix C – Mitigation Monitoring and Enforcement Plan
    • Appendix D – State Historic Preservation Officer Section 106 Concurrence Letter and Memorandum of Agreement, March 11, 2022
    • Appendix E – National Marine Fisheries Services Biological Opinion, June 24, 2021
    • Appendix F – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative (LEDPA) Concurrence Letter, March 20, 2020, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency LEDPA Concurrence Letter, March 18, 2020
    • Appendix G – Section 4(f) Concurrence Letters
    • Appendix H – Comments Received Between the Publication of the Final EIS and the April 27, 2022, Board Meeting
    • Appendix I – Errata for Final EIS
    • Appendix J – Final Individual Section 4(f) Evaluation of Two Parks in Santa Clara County

• March 17, 2022 Board Meeting Agenda
• March 17, 2022 Board Meeting Video
• March 17, 2022 Board Meeting Transcript

Agenda Item #1 Consider Approving the February 17, 2022, Board Meeting Minutes

• February 17, 2022 Board Meeting Minutes

Agenda Item #2 Status of the Draft 2022 Business Plan

• Board Memo: Draft 2022 Business Plan Update
• PowerPoint: Draft 2022 Business Plan Update

Agenda Item #3 Northern California Regional Update

• Board Memo: Northern California Regional Update
• PowerPoint: Northern California Regional Update

Agenda Item #4 CEO Report

• PowerPoint: CEO Report

• February 17, 2022 Board Meeting Agenda
• February 17, 2022 Board Meeting Video
• February 17, 2022 Board Meeting Transcript

Agenda Item #1 Consider Approving the February 1, 2022 Board Meeting Minutes

• February 1, 2022 Board Meeting Minutes

Agenda Item #2 Economic Impact Analysis

• Board Memo: Economic Impact Analysis
• Technical Supporting Document: 2021 Economic Impact Analysis
• PowerPoint: Economic Impact Analysis

Agenda Item #3 Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Program Delivery Support Services

• Board Memo: Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Program Delivery Support Services
• Final Resolution #HSRA 22-04 Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Program Delivery Support Services
• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-04 Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Program Delivery Support Services
• RFQ: Program Delivery Support Services
• PowerPoint: Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Program Delivery Support Services

Agenda Item #4 Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design Services for the Merced to Madera Project

• Board Memo: Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design Services for the Merced to Madera Project
• Final Resolution #HSRA 22-05 Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design Services for the Merced to Madera Project
• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-05 Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design Services for the Merced to Madera Project
• RFQ: Design Services for Merced to Madera Project
• PowerPoint: Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design Services for the Merced to Madera Project

Agenda Item #5 Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design Services for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative Project

• Board Memo: Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design Services for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative Project
• Final Resolution #HSRA 22-06 Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design Services for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative Project
• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-06 Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design Services for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative Project
• RFQ: Design Services for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative Project

Agenda Item #6 2022 Draft Business Plan Summary

• Board Memo: 2022 Draft Business Plan Summary
• PowerPoint: 2022 Draft Business Plan Summary

Agenda Item #7 CEO Report

• PowerPoint: February CEO Report

• February 1, 2022 Board Meeting Agenda
• February 1, 2022 Board Meeting Video

Agenda Item #1 Consider Approving the January 19-20, 2022, Board Meeting Minutes

• January 19-20, 2022 Board Meeting Minutes

Agenda Item #2 Explanation of the Authority’s Organizational Conflict of Interest Policy

• Board Memo: Explanation of the Authority’s Organizational Conflict of Interest Policy
• PowerPoint: Explanation of the Authority’s Organizational Conflict of Interest Policy
• California High-Speed Rail Authority Organizational Conflict of Interest Policy

• January 19-20, 2022 Board Meeting Agenda (AMENDED)
• January 19, 2022 Board Meeting Video (Day 1)
• January 20, 2022 Board Meeting Video (Day 2)

Agenda Item #1 Consider Approving the December 16, 2021, Board Meeting Minutes

• December 16, 2021, Meeting Minutes

Agenda Item #2 Staff Presentation on the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section Final EIR/EIS and Proposed Selection of the Preferred Alternative (HSR Build Alternative with an underground Burbank Airport Station, a modified Los Angeles Union Station and two new electrified tracks) and Related Decisions

• Board Memo: Staff Presentation on the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section Final EIR/EIS and Proposed Selection of the Preferred Alternative
• PowerPoint: Staff Presentation on the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section Final EIR/EIS and Proposed Selection of the Preferred Alternative
• Attachment A: Map of the Preferred Alternative
• Attachment B: Executive Summary of the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section Final EIR/EIS
• Attachment C: Printed Copy of Standard Responses to the Most Frequently Raised Comments
• Attachment D: Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-01
• Attachment E: Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-02
  • Exhibit A: Map of the Preferred Alternative
  • Exhibit B: Draft CEQA Findings of Fact
  • Exhibit C: Draft Mitigation Monitoring and Enforcement Plan
• Attachment F: Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-03
  • Exhibit A: Draft Record of Decision for the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section

Agenda Item #3 Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Program Delivery Support Services

• Board Memo: Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Program Delivery Support Services
• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-04 Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Program Delivery Support Services
• RFQ: Program Delivery Support Services
• PowerPoint: Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Program Delivery Support Services

Agenda Item #4 Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design for the Merced to Madera Project

• Board Memo: Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design for the Merced to Madera Project
• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-05 Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design for the Merced to Madera Project
• RFQ: Design Services for Merced to Madera Project
• PowerPoint: Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design for the Merced to Madera Project, and Design for the Fresno to Bakersfield (LGA) Project

Agenda Item #5 Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative Project

• Board Memo: Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design for the Fresno to Bakersfield (LGA) Project
• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-06 Approval to Release a Request for Qualifications for Design for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative Project
• RFQ: Design Services for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative Project

Agenda Item #6 CEO Report

• PowerPoint: CEO Report

Agenda Item #7 Finance and Audit Committee Report

January 20, 2022

Agenda Item #8 Staff Response to Public Comment Received Following Item #2 Staff Presentation on the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section Final EIR/EIS and Proposed Decisions

• PowerPoint: Staff Response to Public Comment Received Following Item #2 Staff Presentation on the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section Final EIR/EIS and Proposed Decisions

Agenda Item #9 Consider Certifying the Burbank to Los Angeles Section Final EIR/EIS under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

• Final Resolution #HSRA 22-01 CEQA Certification of the Burbank to Los Angeles Section Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS)
• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-01 CEQA Certification of the Burbank to Los Angeles Section Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS)

Agenda Item #10 Consider Approving the Preferred Alternative (the HSR Build Alternative with the underground Burbank Airport Station, a modified Los Angeles Union Station, and two new electrified tracks) including associated facilities, and the related California Environmental Quality Act Findings of Fact, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring and Enforcement Plan for the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section

• Final Resolution #HSRA 22-02 Approve the Preferred Alternative and Related CEQA Decision Materials
• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-02 Approve the Preferred Alternative and Related CEQA Decision Materials
• Exhibit A – Map of Preferred Alternative
• Exhibit B – Draft CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations
• Exhibit C – Draft Mitigation and Monitoring and Enforcement Plan (MMEP)

Agenda Item #11 Consider Selecting the Preferred Alternative (as defined in Item #10) and Directing the Chief Executive Officer to sign and issue the Final Record of Decision for the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section

• Final Resolution #HSRA 22-03 Direct Authority CEO to Issue the Record of Decision for the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section Selecting the HSR Build Alternative and Complying with Other Federal Laws
• Draft Resolution #HSRA 22-03 Direct Authority CEO to Issue the Record of Decision for the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section Selecting the HSR Build Alternative and Complying with Other Federal Laws
  • Exhibit A – Draft Record of Decision for the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section