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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on September 22, 1987 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers, Fanden, Schroder, Torlakson, McPeak
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: Request for General Plan Amendment, an amendment to the
County Solid Waste Management Plan, and an application
for LUP 2111-86 of S. and J. Investments (applicant and
owner) to establish a sanitary landfill (East Contra Costa
Sanitary Landfill Project) approximately 1/2 mile south of
the City of Antioch.
The Board on September 8, 1987 continued its hearing on the
above matter to this date and time.
The Chair announced that this time was set for concluding
remarks and the rebuttal statements of the applicant.
Carol Hehmeyer, attorney for the applicant, referred to the
previous oral and written presentations submitted to the Board, and
advised that the applicant had filed another set of reports which she
will be referring to as the speakers appear. She noted that with
each written presentation she had filed a full resume of the expert
making the statements, noting that some of statements made by
detractors have been made by people who have no qualifications to make
the statements they've made. The following persons were introduced by
Ms. Hehmeyer and each made a presentation in the area of their
expertise:
Silvio Garaventa, Jr. , applicant, addressed questions
relating to the buffer zone, the site' s geology, hydrology,
transportation and other environmental considerations.
Dale Adams, attorney, 1738 Grant Street, Concord, addressed
the allegations and remarks attributed to him relating to whether East
Bay Regional Park District had ever endorsed the site.
George Vujnovich, President, Better Homes Realty, Concord,
addressed the resale value of homes in the vicinity, particularly
Gentrytown and Mira Vista Hills, and suggested that neither the value
nor the appreciation of these two subdivisions have been affected by
their proximity to the existing landfill site.
William J. Whalen, the former Director of the National Parks
System, discussed the preservation versus use issue in relation to the
park, and the compatibility and coexistence of parks and landfills.
William Gray, President of Smith, Gray & Company, Walnut
Creek, addressed the questions relating to traffic, odor and noise,
specifically overall traffic impacts, compatibility with existing
traffic, the type and distribution of vehicles accessing the site, the
feasibility of alternate access, and the structural adequacy of the
access roads to accommodate the heavier truck traffic.
C. Michael Hogan, Ph.D. , President of Earth Metrics,
Incorporated, Burlingame, addressed questions raised by Supervisor
Torlakson during the hearing which relate to meteorology, acoustics,
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odor, air quality, traffic, seagulls, aircraft safety, vibration, and
wind.
Richard T. Mandeville, Mandeville & Associates, City of
Industry, California, discussed landfill gas generation (methane) ,
what it is, how it moves and how best to control it. He showed slides
to illustrate the schematics of his presentation.
Jeff Dunn, Senior Engineer at Kleinfelder & Associates,
Walnut Creek, a professor with the University of Colorado in
geotechnical engineering, and a specialist in clay liners and
associated leachate collection systems, discussed the compacted clay
liner proposed for the the East Contra Costa site.
Ms. Hehmeyer referred to the written report filed by Carl
Fricke, Levine-Fricke, Consulting Engineers and Hydrogeologists,
Oakland, on the flow of the ground water in the area of the site.
James Pezzaglia, appeared on behalf of Acme Fill, and
advised that he had offered to make this presentation in rebuttal to
the applicant and they graciously allowed him to do so. He advised
that Acme Fill' s landfill permit expires in the Spring of 1989 and
then the Central County will be out of landfill capacity for the
approximately 500,000 tons of waste that are generated by the Central
County. He suggested that the landfill applications before the Board
at this time could probably be placed in operation by October 1989. He
summarized the efforts of the private sector in attempting to locate
and permit a private landfill site and the money at risk relating to
each application and the Acme Fill Waste Transfer Station, as well as
the time factor involved in the permitting.
Ms. Hehmeyer presented a video tape which she advised was
made by Maurice Grieves to rebut some of the claims that were made by
detractors at the last meeting with respect to mining issues.
Ms. Hehmeyer advised that this concluded the rebuttal, that
the project before the Board is a proposed landfill which is on
bedrock and a dry aquifier, clay soil, permanent buffers, visual
isolation, an enormous capacity, good access, it has not mines under
it or within any kind of proximity to it that could affect it, it
won' t affect the Contra Loma Reservoir in any way, according to the
Water District experts, the applicant' s experts and the staff, and the
applicant urges approval of the site. She advised that the
applicant' s experts were present and available to answer any questions
the Board may have.
Board members discussed with members of staff and the
applicant and his experts their various concerns, including the cost
of disposal at Altamont, hydrogeology of the area of the proposed
landfill, potential for contamination of Contra Loma Reservoir and the
San Joaquin River, the number of borings done south of the northerly
toe of the site to determine the depth of the coal vein, access to the
site and impact to the neighborhood.
IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that this hearing is CLOSED.
Board members discussed the various steps necessary to
conclude these proceedings.
Charles Zahn, Community Development Department, discussed
the report responding to the Board' s questions from prior hearings
specifically addressing the summation of information in the EIR,
particularly with respect to air quality and air movement and the kind
of studies that were done, as well as noise, traffic and transfer
stations.
IT IS BY THE BOARD FURTHER ORDERED THAT deliberation and
decision is DEFERRED to October 13 , 1987 at 4: 00 p.m.
. The Chair requested that the Board' s questions raised today
be addressed and be before the Board members before the October 13th
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4: OO p.m. meeting scheduled for deliberation and decision in this
matter.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT receipt of the September 18, 1987
letter from Berliner, Cohen & Biagini, representing the City of
Antioch, The East Bay Regional Park District, and the Contra Costa
Water District, requesting redrafting and recirculating of the
Environmental Impact Report for this project is ACKNOWLEDGED, and said
request is REFERRED to the Director of Community Development for
response. i hereby certify that this Is a true and correct copy of.
an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Superviscr on the date shown. GG��
ATTESTED: �� L
PHIL BATCH0A, Cierk of the Board
CC• Community Development of Supervisors and County Administrator
County Counsel
County Administrator , Deputy
Board of Supervisors Members
Attorney for Kirker Pass Application
Attorney for East Contra Costa Landfill Application
Attorney for City of Antioch, EBRPD, and CC Water Dist.
Attorney for City of Pittsburg
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