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FROM: ANNE CAIN, COUNTY LIBRARIAN g �; � Is Costa
DATE: JULY 24, 2001 °o �v County
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SUBJECT: ACCEPT DONATION OF $2 MILLION FROM THE MIRANT
CORPORATION FOR USE BY THE COUNTY LIBRARY
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. ACCEPT donation of $2 million ($400,000 annually for five years) to be used to improve library
services in East County.
2. REQUEST the County Librarian to work with the East Region Library Board to develop a plan
of service utilizing this donation to improve library services in East County.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The County Library will receive $400,000 annually for the next five years from the Mirant Corporation.
BACKGROUND:
On February 27, 2001, the Board of Supervisors adopted a number of recommendations relating to
improved funding for the County Library. One of the recommendations was to build partnerships with
businesses to support improved library services. Quality library services are important to companies
doing business in Contra Costa County, both for business and quality of life reasons. Businesses need
a well-prepared workforce and the Library's role in providing lifelong teaming opportunities is vital. Many
employees of companies operating in Contra Costa County and their families live in the County and, like
all residents, need adequate library services to support the educational, informational and literacy needs
of their families.
The Mirant Corporation wishes to enter into this partnership with their host communities to help ensure
that quality library services are available to everyone in the community.
The East Region Library Board will be asked to work with library staff to develop a service to utilize this
donation to improve library service in East County. The Regional Library Board consists of Supervisor
Glover, a City Council member from each of the cities in East County (Antioch, Pittsburg, Brentwood and
Oakley) and a representative from the unincorporated area appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
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Contra Costa County Library C O U N T Y
1750 Oak Park Blvd. LI B R A R Y Anne Cain
Pleasant Hill, CA. 94523 County Librarlan
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For Imrnediate Release
Thursday,July 19,2001
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Anne Cain (925)846-6461 aceintIt000llb.org
County Librarian
(925)646-$423
Contra Conte County Library Receives $2 million
Donation From Mirant
(Pleasant Hill,CA)-Recognizing the Importance of strong public libraries to local communities, Mirant Is
announctng:e$2 million donation to the Contra Costa County Library to be used to improve library service In
East County. The donation will provide$400,000 annually for five years. In making this donation, Went
President Anne Cleary stated."We believe that this type of donation provides the tools necessary to enpure
that the citizens of Contra Costa County have acoess to the vast world of information and is being made in the
spirit of good PublicMrivate Partnerships. The employees of our tacil'fies and our company are proud of our
communities and are pleased to be able to make this donation to such a worthy cause".
What: Press conference to announce Mirents$2 miilian donation to the Contra
Costa Counts Library to be used to improve library servioe In East County.
Whens Monday,duly 23,2001 f f a.m.
Where: Antioch Library
501 W. I ath Street
Antioch, CA
Who: Anne Cleary, President, Mirant
Federal Glover, Supervisor, District 5
Don Freitas, Mayor of Antioch
Frank Queseda, Mayor of Pittsburg
Aiello Gerena-Rios, Pittsburg C'rty Council
Tinker Vanek, Vice-Mayor of Oakley
Annette Beckstnind, Brentwood City Council
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July 24,2001
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
Board Chambers Room 107
651 Pine Street
Martinez, CA 94553-1229
Re: Agenda Item SD.2,Mirant $2 million gift to East County libraries
Dear Chairman Uilkema and Board Members:
The gift from Mirant Corp. is a welcome gesture. Some minor refocusing of part of the
funds could allow an important public health aspect to be addressed.
As you may recall,there are six power plants within a two-mile zone around the Los
Medanos Energy Center(LMEC),recently dedicated by Gov. Davis. This unprecedented
concentration of power plants,while capable of electrifying about 3.5 million households,
also can generate more than 6,000 tons of air pollution a year.
Tiny bits of soot are increasingly recognized as a significant health hazard.
The North City Health Monitoring Project proposes long-term health monitoring within a
two-mile radius ofLMEC, provision of continuous air quality data via the Internet, and
storage of health data on a computer server,as a partnership of several agencies.
Please refer this concept to the county Health Services Department and the Library Board
to see if the gift from Krant may help achieve the long-term monitoring.
The six local power plants, operators and reported megawatt capacity(MW)are:
LMEC, Calpine, 750 E. 3`d St., 559 MW;Delta Energy Center, Calpine, 1090 Arey Lane,
880 MW(under construction);Dow"peaker"plant, Calpine,foot of Loveridge Road, 67
MW;Pittsburg Power Plant,Mirant,off West I& Street,2,022 MW,and two GWF
plants at 895 E.'3`a St., 19 MW,and 1600-02 Loveridge Road, 17 MW.
Sincerely,
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Mike Lengyel
545 Central Ave.
Pittsburg,CA 94565
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4. ENVMONMENTAL SETrM,IMPACP3 AND MrFI - TION
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Existing Endmions
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The primary some of air pollutant emissions from the Pittsburg power plant is the combustion of
fuel by the boilers. O►her caantribattora to air emissions inchWe storage tanlm for organic liquids,a
gasoline service statiom,sandblasting ape"Aens,solvent cleaning opereXions,maintenance
ooaatmg operations,ail-water severating opera6mm„and misccthmeous sources. Each of these
other sommm(i e.,nom-icehtdmgthe buileca)emitted less thea-a tna par year of any single criteria
potbts O WW lese-tfi rr 50 POUG&per Year ofany Single toxic alt caDniDamt in the year 1993
(Pacific Gas and ElecWcCougMy,1995c).
Table 43-17 shows emluions estimaacs for the boilers at the Pittsburg powea plant for 1995,
1996,and 1947. 7be emissions frnm dw plaai dt=d an the capacity factor of each unit,which
vada fiom year to year,and tine mawnme of cath unit,vehich is itself depcadent upon the
feel d=L is conif—ded andthatype ofcausswrrsamtrvl tecogy that has been installed.
TABLE 4.5-17
PITTSBURG POWER PLANT CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANT EdK1 LONS,
1995,199ti,1997
1997 F,eahmisaas
Fef}rmtes 1 vesrla As Peraalb an
Pollutant On 0% M? Uauety ReWor
Carbon ManoRlde 1,619 11278 1,795 13 0.22
Reace w Oqpnic Gases 162 129 180 0.5 0.10
Nitna�0aitdea 2,019 1,671 1,9" 4-4 1.19
Su%r Chides 19 15 21 0.1 0.06
Pa ticubw Matter 145 115 161 0.6 0.09
_ &niaaie sa a the almae beam m SVRA3YWm rrasW-fos 1994,n*dju%hed to teSoct 8m types ad e�iesians eoeabiB
&Uw m is place dumag dee 194--1997 period pmmd m a ur am schedule for itnpl�otaRtazioa afn ttuR amdrok
U%cWa(ho nod Ete0kk Comp®y.19MaR and to trRecU - faces of etch WA therm d at perio&
b pGMeptMW4=hmd4=eounjaw hmmiarydom far 1995 W60(bdapalwed to 19946at is uroluded in the
SdAQW CBW GWda%a(Alm 1996).
From 1991 dnough 1997,the arcual capacity factor for Units t du atglr 4(Le.,the 170 MW
steat}t tantines)varied from 4 to 36 percent;the annual capacity facau for Unita 5 and 6(the
330 MW steam umbines)varied from 25 to 59 percent;and the annual deity factor for Unit 7
(the 720 MW steam turbine)varied fronn 17 to 71 percent_ Over that sante period,the average
annual Capacity fatbdt was appmdmialisly 19 pereent for Unita-1 tffiough 4,36 percent for Units 5
and 6,and 46 percent for Unit 7. in 1997,the utilization rate was approximately 5 percent for
Units 1 Onvu&4;25 perccat for Units 5 ttnd 6,and 37 pmcent for Unit 7. C v a dy,the boilers
at the Pittebamg power plant basin only tsatural gas,although two of the boilers are permitted to
bum fuel oil. Fuel od c onswuption by*v boilm at ttt:P%Ua%zg plaint has dropped from
1.5 million chi ralent.bav=6 ofencW is(999 tea aero barrels in 1995.
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