Board Meeting Schedule & Materials
Meetings of the California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors are held in Sacramento, CA and begin at 10:00 a.m. unless the agenda reflects otherwise. Meeting dates, times and locations are subject to change; check this website before making final plans to attend a specific meeting. Click the following link for agendas and materials for the Finance & Audit Committee Meetings.
2024 Board Meeting Schedule
- Thursday, Jan 18
- Tuesday, February 13 Special Closed Session
- Thursday, Feb 29
- Thursday, April 11
- Thursday, May 16
- Thursday, June 26-27
- Thursday, August 8
- Thursday, September 26
- Thursday, November 7
- Thursday, December 12
2024 Board Meeting Materials
August 8, 2024
July 29, 2024 (CANCELED)
July 25, 2024 (CANCELED)
July 22, 2024 (CANCELED)
July 17, 2024 (CANCELED)
July 1, 2024 (CANCELED)
June 26-27, 2024
- June 26-27, 2024, Board of Directors Agenda
- June 26, 2024, Board Meeting Video
- June 27, 2024, Board Meeting Video
June 26, 2024
Agenda Item #1 Consider Approving the May 16, 2024, Board Meeting Minutes
Agenda Item #2 Staff Presentation on the Palmdale to Burbank Project Section Final EIR/EIS and Proposed Selection of the Preferred Alternative (Alternative SR14A including a Central Subsection and the Burbank Subsection) from Spruce Court in Palmdale to Winona Avenue in Burbank and Related Decisions
- Board Memo: Agenda Items #2, #8, #9, #10, and #11 – Palmdale to Burbank Project Section Final EIR/EIS and Related Decisions to Approve the Preferred Alternative (SR14A Alternative including the Central Subsection and the Burbank Subsection) for the project section
- Attachment A, Map of the Portion of the Preferred Alternative Under Consideration for Approval
- Attachment B, Standard Responses to Most Frequently Raised Questions
- Attachment C, Summary of the Palmdale to Burbank Project Section Final EIR/EIS
* Refer to Agenda Item #9 for Attachment D, Agenda Item #10 for Attachment E, and Agenda Item #11 for Attachment F.
Agenda Item #3 Consider Approving the Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Internal Audit Plan and acknowledging the Internal Quality Assurance Self-Assessment for Fiscal Year 2023/2024
- Board Memo: Consider Approving the Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Internal Audit Plan and acknowledging the Internal Quality Assurance Self-Assessment for Fiscal Year 2023/2024
- PPT: Consider Approving the Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Internal Audit Plan and acknowledging the Internal Quality Assurance Self-Assessment for Fiscal Year 2023/2024
- Final Resolution #HSRA 24-07 Approval of the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Audit Plan and Acknowledgement of the Internal Quality Assurance Self-Assessment, February 2023 – May 2024
- Draft Resolution #HSRA 24-07 Approval of the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Audit Plan and Acknowledgement of the Internal Quality Assurance Self-Assessment, February 2023 – May 2024
- Audit Memo Internal Quality Assurance 2023-2024
- Fiscal Year 2024-25 Audit Plan
Agenda Item #4 Consider Accepting the 2024/2025 Fiscal Year Budget
- Board Memo: Consider Accepting the 2024/2025 Fiscal Year Budget
- PPT: Consider Accepting the 2024/2025 Fiscal Year Budget
- Final Resolution #HSRA 24-08 Consider Accepting the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget
- Draft Resolution #HSRA 24-08 Consider Accepting the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget
Agenda Item #5 Consider Providing Approval to Award the Agreement Resulting from the Design Services for Track and Overhead Contact Systems Procurement
- Board Memo: Consider Providing Approval to Award the Agreement Resulting from the Design Services for Track and Overhead Contact Systems Procurement
- PPT: Consider Providing Approval to Award the Agreement Resulting from the Design Services for Track and Overhead Contact Systems Procurement
- Final Resolution #HSRA 24-09 Approval to Award Contract for Design Services for Track and Overhead Contract Systems
- Draft Resolution #HSRA 24-09 Approval to Award Contract for Design Services for Track and Overhead Contract Systems
Agenda Item #6 June 2024 CEO Report
June 27, 2024
Agenda Item #8 Staff Response to Public Comment Received Following Item #2, Staff Presentation on the Palmdale to Burbank Project Section Final EIR/EIS and Proposed Decisions
Agenda Item #9 Consider certifying the Palmdale to Burbank Project Section Final EIR/EIS under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
- Final Resolution #HSRA 24-10 CEQA Certification of the Palmdale to Burbank Project Section
- Attachment D, CEQA Certification Draft Resolution #HSRA 24-10
Agenda Item #10 Consider approving the Preferred Alternative (SR14A including the Central Subsection and the Burbank Subsection) from Spruce Court in Palmdale to Winona Avenue in Burbank, and the related CEQA Findings of Fact, Statement of Overriding considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring and Enforcement Plan for the Palmdale to Burbank Project Section
- Final Resolution #HSRA 24-11 Adoption of CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations
- Attachment E, CEQA Project Approval Draft Resolution #HSRA 24-11
Agenda Item #11 Consider selecting the Preferred Alternative (the SR14A Alternative including the Central Subsection and the Burbank Subsection) from Spruce Court in Palmdale to Winona Avenue in Burbank and Authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to proceed with a Record of Decision for the Palmdale to Burbank Project Section
- Final Resolution #HSRA 24-12 NEPA Record of Decision for the Palmdale to Burbank Project Section
- Attachment F, Draft NEPA ROD Resolution #HSRA 24-12
- Attachment F, Exhibit A – Map of the Portion of the Preferred Alternative Proposed for Approval
- Attachment F, Exhibit B – Draft Record of Decision for the Palmdale to Burbank Project Section
- Record of Decision, Appendix A, Final General Conformity Determination
- Record of Decision, Appendix B, USFWS Draft Biological Opinion
- Record of Decision, Appendix C, Mitigation Monitoring and Enforcement Plan
- Record of Decision, Appendix D, State Historic Preservation Officer Section 106 Concurrence Letter, September 3, 2021, and Memorandum of Agreement, December 14, 2023
- Record of Decision, Appendix E, National Marine Fisheries Service Section 7 Concurrence Letter, May 25, 2022
- Record of Decision, Appendix F, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers LEDPA Concurrence Letter, January 5, 2024, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency LEDPA Concurrence Letter, January 9, 2024
- Record of Decision, Appendix G, Section 4(f) Concurrence Letters
- Record of Decision, Appendix H, Comments Received Between the Publication of the Final EIS and the June 26-27, 2024, Board Meeting
- Record of Decision, Appendix I, Errata for Final EIS
- Record of Decision, Appendix J, Individual Section 4(f) Evaluation for Lang Station Open Space
Agenda Item #12 Finance and Audit Update
May 16, 2024
Agenda Item #1 Consider Approving the April 11, 2024, Board Meeting Minutes
Agenda Item #2 Consider concurring with the Staff Recommended Preferred Alternative, the Shared Passenger Track Alternative A, for the Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section for Identification in the Draft EIR/EIS
- Board Memo: Consider concurring with the Staff Recommended Preferred Alternative, the Shared Passenger Track Alternative A, for the Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section for Identification in the Draft EIR/EIS
- PPT: Consider concurring with the Staff Recommended Preferred Alternative, the Shared Passenger Track Alternative A, for the Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section for Identification in the Draft EIR/EIS
- Report: Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section Preliminary Impacts Assessment Report
- Final Resolution #HSRA 24-06 Consider concurring with the Staff Recommended Preferred Alternative, the Shared Passenger Track Alternative A, for the Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section for Identification in the Draft EIR/EIS
- Draft Resolution #HSRA 24-06 Consider concurring with the Staff Recommended Preferred Alternative, the Shared Passenger Track Alternative A, for the Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section for Identification in the Draft EIR/EIS
Agenda Item #3 California High-Speed Rail Authority Construction Update
- Board Memo: California High-Speed Rail Authority Construction Update
- PPT: California High-Speed Rail Authority Construction Update
Agenda Item #4 California High-Speed Rail Authority Procurement Update
- Board Memo: California High-Speed Rail Authority Procurement Update
- PPT: California High-Speed Rail Authority Procurement Update
Agenda Item #5 May 2024 CEO Report
April 11, 2024
Agenda Item #1 Consider Approving the February 29, 2024, Board Meeting Minutes
Agenda Item #2 Consider Adopting the 2024 Business Plan and Capitol Cost Estimates Policy for Annual Reports
- Board Memo: Consider Adopting the 2024 Business Plan and Capitol Cost Estimates Policy for Annual Reports
- Revised Draft 2024 Business Plan
- Draft 2024 Business Plan Staff Recommended Edits
- Draft 2024 Business Plan Public Comments
- Summary of Public Comment Draft 2024 Business Plan
- 2024 Business Plan Errata Sheet
- Capital Costs Estimates Policy for Annual Reports
- PPT: Consider Adopting the 2024 Business Plan
- Draft Resolution #HSRA 23-04 Adoption of the Final 2024 Business Plan and Capitol Cost Estimates Policy for Annual Reports
- Final Resolution #HSRA 23-04 Adoption of the Final 2024 Business Plan and Capitol Cost Estimates Policy for Annual Reports
Agenda Item #3 Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Proposals for a Supply-Maintain Contract for High-Speed Trainsets and Related Services
- Board Memo: Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Proposals for a Supply-Maintain Contract for High-Speed Trainsets and Related Services
- PPT: Consider Providing Approval to Release a Request for Proposals for a Supply-Maintain Contract for High-Speed Trainsets and Related Services
- Draft Resolution #HSRA 24-05 Approval to Release a Request for Proposals for High-Speed Trainsets and Related Services
- Final Resolution #HSRA 24-05 Approval to Release a Request for Proposals for High-Speed Trainsets and Related Services
- Term Sheet High-Speed Trainsets and Related Services Agreement No. HSR23-18
Agenda Item #4 April 2024 CEO Report
February 29, 2024
Agenda Item #2 Consider Approving the January 18, 2024, Board Meeting Minutes
Agenda Item #3 Draft 2024 Business Plan
Agenda Item #4 Consider Providing Approval to Issue Notice to Proceed-2 for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative Project Section
- Board Memo: Consider Providing Approval to Issue Notice to Proceed-2 for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative Project Section
- PPT: Consider Providing Approval to Issue Notice to Proceed-2 for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative Project Section
- Draft Resolution #HSRA 24-03 Approval to Issue Notice to Proceed-2 for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative Project Section
- Final Resolution #HSRA 24-03 Approval to Issue Notice to Proceed-2 for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative Project Section
Agenda Item #5 Central Valley Station Concept
Agenda Item #6 Train Interior Design Briefing
Agenda Item #7 CEO Report
Agenda Item #8 Board Member Comments
Agenda Item #9 Tour of Train Interiors Preliminary Designs and Station Concepts at the Board Meeting Location
February 13, 2024
January 18, 2024
- January 18, 2024, Board of Directors Agenda
- January 18, 2024, Board of Directors Video
- January 18, 2024, Board of Directors Transcript
Agenda Item #1 Consider Approving the December 6,2023,Board Meeting Minutes
Agenda Item #2 Consider Approving the Updated Total Expenditure Authorization Request
- Board Memo: Consider Approving the Updated Total Expenditure Authorization Request
- PPT: Consider Approving the Updated Total Expenditure Authorization Request
- Draft Resolution #HSRA 24-01 Consider Approving the Updated Total Expenditure Authorization Request
- Final Resolution #HSRA 24-01 Consider Approving the Updated Total Expenditure Authorization Request
Agenda Item #3 Consider Approving the Issuance of the Second Notice to Proceed (NTP2) for the Merced to Madera Project Section
- Board Memo: Consider Approving the Issuance of the Second Notice to Proceed (NTP2) for the Merced to Madera Project Section
- PPT: Consider Approving the Issuance of the Second Notice to Proceed (NTP2) for the Merced to Madera Project Section
- Draft Resolution #HSRA 24-02 Consider Approving the Issuance of the Second Notice to Proceed (NTP2) for the Merced to Madera Project Section
- Final Resolution #HSRA 24-02 Consider Approving the Issuance of the Second Notice to Proceed (NTP2) for the Merced to Madera Project Section
Agenda Item #4 Economic Impact Analysis from High-Speed Rail Investments
- Board Memo: Economic Impact Analysis from High-Speed Rail Investments
- PPT: Economic Impact Analysis from High-Speed Rail Investments
- Factsheet: Economic Impact Analysis from High-Speed Rail Investments
Agenda Item #5 Business Plan Update
Agenda Item #6 January 2024 CEO Report
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