California High-Speed Rail Authority Media Advisory for Thursday, November 5, 2009                                                                                

• A Memorandum of Understanding with the Gateway Cities Council of Governments representing cities along the Los Angeles-Anaheim section providing for cooperation and collaboration in development of the high-speed train through their region.
• A Request For Expressions of Interest to solicit input from individuals, private entities, and local governments across the state on potential sites for trainset maintenance facilities along the proposed high-speed train route.
• Issuance of a Request for Expressions of Interest for Procurement/ Prequalifications of private partners who would provide services in connection with the planning, development and operation of the project.
• A statewide public communications and outreach contract.
• A contract for independent project management oversight.

Available for interviews:

• Curt Pringle, Chairman, CHSRA Board of Directors
• Mehdi Morshed, Executive Director, CHSRA

A live Webcast of the meeting will be available at: http://sacramento.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=44

California High-Speed Rail Authority
Kris Deutschman, 916-444-8801