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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY �S+a
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FROM: Phil BatchelorCounty
County Administrator/Executive Director UMC s
DATE: August 13, 1996
SUBJECT: Hookston Station/Pleasant Hill BART Station Area
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
APPROVE the Settlement Agreement and Release between Contra Costa County and its
Redevelopment Agency, the Hookston Group (Dan Helix, et al), and Haber Oil Products, Inc.,
and AUTHORIZE the Deputy Director- Redevelopment to execute said Agreement on behalf
of the Redevelopment Agency and County Counsel to execute on behalf of the County.
FISCAL IMPACT
The Settlement Agreement and Release provides for Haber Oil Products, Inc. to pay a
settlement amount to the County and the Hookston Group. No General Funds are involved.
'BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
On June 20, 1989 the Board of Supervisors and the Redevelopment Agency approved the
acquisition of the Hookston Station property from John B. Hook, et al, Seller. The property
is located in the area north of the Pleasant Hill BART Station Area, along the former Southern
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RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
RECOMMENDATION OF AGENCY COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF AGENCY ON 0,LL%uA± 1,3 . X99.—APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
J UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Jim Kennedy
335-1255 ATTESTED 13 199
cc: County Administrator PHIL BATCHELO
County Counsel AGENCY SECRETARY
Public Works Real Property
Community Development
via Redevelopment
Helix & Associates BY ,� , DEPUTY
Jaffe Law Firm
Goldfarb & Lipman
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Pacific right-of-way between Mayhew and Hookston Road. The property was purchased
by the County using Redevelopment and State funds to implement the then existing
adopted General Plan Circulation Element policy. The Purchase Agreement provided for
a toxic investigation.to be completed. Site assessments and subsequent investigations
have determined that contaminants exist on the site.
Under federal and state law, the Agency and the Seller may seek relief from prior owners
and tenants of the property whom the Agency and Seller believe may have caused the
toxic materials to be placed on the property. The Settlement Agreement with Haber Oil
indicates the belief that Haber Oil had little if any responsibility for toxic materials on the
property.