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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 08251987 - S.6 BOAtD OL; SUPERVISORS w: Supervisor Nancy Fanden Contra 8/18/87 for agenda on Costa rE : 8/25/87 CQunty 3JECT: LETTER FROM RONALD DELLUMS, CHAIRMAN SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS ECIFIC REQUESTS) OR RECOMMENDATIONS ) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION INFORMATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE: Letter from Ronald Dellums stating the Navy' s position regarding the use of part of their land for a county land fill, given their current mission and safety requirements. Their response rules out any possibility of the Concord Naval Weapons Station as an option for solving the land fill needs of the county prior to the closure of the dump at Martinez in June of 1989. 7NTINUED ON ATTAC W ENT. YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER 1 GNATURE I S).' C p CTION OF BOARD ON August 25 , 1907 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X_ OTHER X IT IS-BY, THE BOARD ORDERED that the letter from Congressman Ronald V. Dellums dated August 7 , 1987 on the position of U. S. Navy relative to use of Concord Naval Weapons Station as a landfill site is REFERRED to the Director of Community Development. )TE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT 3 AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED August 25 , 1987 Director of Community Development PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF County Administrator SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR 0 BY mot & DEPUTY 182,743 MELVIN PRICE.ILLINOI:;CHAIRMAN E;:MEAITUS WILLIAM L.DICKINSON.ALABAMA C E-BENNET._fLCMjDA- FLOYD SPENCE.SOUTH CAROLINA SAMUEL S.STRATTON.NEW.YCi K ROBERT E.BADHAM,CALIFORNIA BILL NICHOLS.ALABAMA BOB STUMP,ARIZONA DAN DANIEL.VIRGINIA JIM COURTIER,NEW JERSEY G.V.(SONNY)MONTGOMERY,MISSISSIPPI LARRY J.HOPKINS.KENTUCKY DAVIS,MICHIGAN PANRIC A SCHROEDER,COLORADO ou�e of Repre�entatf bei DUNCANVL HUNTER,CALIFORNIA BEVERLY B.BYRON,MARYLAND DAVID O'S.MARTIN,NEW YORK EARLNICHOLASHUTMAVROULES,MASSACHUSETTS COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES - LYNN MATN`LLINOIS EARL NUTTO,FLORIDA IKE SKELTON.MISSOURI », �Q� 20515 HERBERT H.BATEMAN,VIRGINIA MARVIN LEATH.TEXAS �g�jUtQ'fO1IMAC SWEENEY,TEXAS DAVE MCCURDY,OKLAHOMA BEN SLAZ,GUAM THOMAS M.FOGLIETTA,PENNSYLVANIA ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS AND IRE NO,FLORIDA ROY DYSON.MARYLAND JAMES V.HANSEN,JOHN G.ROWLAND,UTAH MARILYNDENLLOYD.TENIS M.HERTEL, NE - LES ASPIN,WISCONSIN,CHAIRMAN CURT WELLDON.P NNSYLVANIA CONNECTICUT NORMAN SISISKY,VIRGINIA JON KYL ARIZONA RICHARD RAY,GEORGIA ARTHUR RAVENEL,JR.,SOUTH CAROLINA JOHN M.SPRATT,JR.,SOUTH CAROLINA (�p�7 JACK DAVIS,ILLINOIS FRANK MCCLOSKEY,INDIANA August u /�7 1987 SOLOMON P.ORTIZ,TEXAS GEORGE(BUDDY)DARDEN,GEORGIA TOMMY F,ROBINSON.ARKANSAS G.KIM WINCUP,STAFF DIRECTOR ALBERT G.BUSTAMANTE.TEXAS BARBARA BOXER.CALIFORNIA - GEORGE J.HOCHBRUECKNER,NEW YORK JOSEPH E.BRENNAN,MAINE 1 1 t L f L OWEN S.PICKEfT,VIRGINIA Y The Honorable Nancy C. Fanden P.UG ] 1987 Supervisor, Contra Costa County 805 Las Juntas SUPERVISOR FAHDEN Martinez, California 94553 Dear Ms. Fanden: Thank you for your letter expressing your support for a county land fill to be located on a portion of the Concord Naval Weapons Station in Contra Costa County. In discussions with Congressman George Miller and County Supervisors Tom Torlakson and Sunne McPeak, we all agreed that the issue of closing the Port of Chicago Highway and of locating a county land fill site should not be tied together. We are continuing to work closely with the Navy to resolve the mitigation issue associated with the road closure and are hopeful that a solution will be arrived at before the first of the year. The Navy has told me in no uncertain terms that they will not entertain any suggestion to use part of their land for a county land fill, given their current mission and safety requirements, and that no further discussion would be fruitful. Attached is a copy of the letter from the Navy restating that position. This response certainly means that this cannot be considered an option for solving the land fill needs of the county prior to the closure of the dump at Martinez in June of 1989 . Again, thank you for writing. I was pleased to explore the issue with the Navy for you. Sincerely, J-` V Ronald V. Dellums Chairman Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities RVD:mebg Enclosure DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS �\ J WASHINGTON. OC 20350-2000 IN REPLY REFER TO ., 11000 Ser 445C/7U394655 The Honorable Ronald V. Dellums 'k, 17 July 1987 House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Dellums : I am responding to a request from Ms . Marilyn Elrod of your staff for information on the possibility of locating a community landfill on Navy-owned land at the Naval Weapons Station Concord , California. For several years , Contra Costa County has been seeking a site for a new landfill to replace its existing facility. Although sites at the Weapons Station have been informally considered during this process , they have been rejected by the Navy for reasons of safety and security, as addressed in the attached copies of our responses to inquiries from Senator Cranston and Mr. Warren Smith. Recently a member of the County' s landfill site selection task force has suggested linking the County's use of a landfill site partially on Navy property with the mitigation of Navy' s proposed closure of Port Chicago Highway. We remain opposed to the siting of this facility on the Naval Weapons Station. As you know, use of most of the land at this activity, including the proposed landfill site , is severely constrained by specific criteria which govern our storage and handling of explosives and hazardous materials . These criteria would not permit the civilian work force associated with the landfill to be located in such proximity to the Navy's explosives operations . Accordingly, use of this site for the landfill would require at least a portion of the Station' s mission-related facilities to be relocated or eliminated . Similarly, the levels of security needed for these missions necessitate limits on access and control of the surrounding areas , which would require the landfill operator to impose unusual , expensive, and time-consuming safety and security measures on all of their employees and operations . In short, we feel that the proposed landfill is not compatible with the existing mission and operation of the Naval Weapons Station Concord, and we cannot encourage further consideration of this proposal . Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Sincerely, . F. MONTOYA Bear Admiral, CEC,; �8 Director Shore Ac We$ Division