California High-Speed Rail Authority

Board Meeting

Bakersfield, May 10, 2016

AGENDA

1. Consider Approving the Board Meeting Minutes from the April 21, 2016 Meeting

2. Central Valley Construction Update

3. Consider Concurring with an Initial Staff Recommended Preferred Alternative Alignment in the Bakersfield Area for Inclusion in the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement for the Fresno to Bakersfield Project Section 4. Consider Approving a Mitigation Agreement with the City of Wasco

4. Consider Extending the Environmental and Engineering Services Contract for the Altamont Corridor for Time Only

5. Consider Extending the Legal Services Contract with Nossaman
   LLP for Time Only

6. Closed Session Pertaining to Litigation
   The Authority will meet in closed session pursuant to Government Code section 11126(e)(2)(A) to confer with counsel with regard to the following litigation:

– Kings County; Kings County Farm Bureau; California
Citizens for High-Speed Rail Accountability; Community
Coalition on High-Speed Rail; California Rail Foundation;
TRANSDEF v. Surface Transportation Board; CHSRA
– County of Kings v. California High-Speed Rail Authority;
(Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2014-80001861)
– County of Kern v. California High-Speed Rail Authority;
(Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2014-80001863)
– First Free Baptist Church of Bakersfield v. California HighSpeed
Rail Authority; (Sacramento Superior Court Case No.
34-2014-80001864)
– Dignity Health v. California High-Speed Rail Authority;
(Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2014-80001865)
– City of Shafter v. California High-Speed Rail Authority;
(Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2014-80001908)
– TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS DEFENSE AND
EDUCATION FUND v. California Air Resources Board and
CHSRA as a real party in interest; (Fresno Superior Court
Case No. 14CECG01788)

The Authority will meet in closed session pursuant to Government
Code section 11126(e)(2)(B)(i);11126 (a)(1).