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California Secretary of State Auditorium

1500 11th Street Sacramento, CA 95814

1. Consider Approving the Board Meeting Minutes from the June 14, 2017 Board Meeting

2. Consider Amending the Project and Construction Management
Contract for Construction Package 1

3. Construction Update

4. Presentation on the Economic Impact of High-Speed Rail

5. Update on Request for Assignment of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Responsibilities

6. Closed Session Pertaining to Employment of an Executive Director (CEO)

The Authority Board will meet in closed session pursuant to
Government Code section 11126(a) to discuss the employment of a new Executive Director (CEO)

7. Closed Session Pertaining to Litigation

The Authority will meet in closed session pursuant to Government
Code section 11126(e)(1)&(2)(A) to confer with counsel with
regard to the following litigation:
– SunnyGem LLC v. California High-Speed Rail Authority;
(Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2017-80002538)
– John Tos; Town of Atherton; County of Kings; Morris
Brown; Patricia Louise Hogan-Giorni; Anthony Wynne,
Community Coalition on High-Speed Rail, TRANSDEF;
California Rail Foundation v. California High-Speed Rail
Authority (Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2016-
00204740)
– 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
Intervenor (United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit Case No. 15-71780)
– County of Kings v. California High-Speed Rail Authority;
(Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2014-80001861)
– First Free Baptist Church of Bakersfield v. California HighSpeed
Rail Authority; (Sacramento Superior Court Case No.
34-2014-80001864)
– City of Shafter v. California High-Speed Rail Authority;
(Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2014-80001908)

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

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