HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06162009 - C.73RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner and the Chief, Contra Costa County Fire
Protection District, or designees, to execute and submit an application to the Federal
Emergency Management Agency to obtain, via a public benefit conveyance, real property at
the Concord Naval Weapons Station, Administrative Area for the development of an
Emergency Responder Complex.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The recommendation results in no fiscal impact. The application for a Public Benefit
Conveyance (PBC) is a preliminary but critical step in the overall project but does not
obligate the County or the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (District) in any
way. The total cost of the Emergency Responder Complex project cannot yet be determined.
Costs depend upon further evaluation of rehabilitating existing buildings and infrastructure;
the sharing of agency resources; the sale of existing assets; and funding from bonds, grants,
offsetting use revenue, and special legislation. If a PBC is awarded to the County and
District, staff will evaluate the terms and conditions of such award and, if feasible, return to
the Board with further recommendations.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 06/16/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Eileen Devlin (925)
335-1557
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes
of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: June 16, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Katherine Sinclair, Deputy
cc: Sheriff-Coroner, Contra Costa Fire Protection, County Administrator-Public Protection, County Administrator - Muni Svcs
C.73
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Warren E. Rupf, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:June 16, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Execute a Federal Application for a Public Benefit Conveyance of Real Property at the Concord Naval
Weapons Station
BACKGROUND:
In March 2007, the Navy published the Notice of Surplus for the Concord Naval
Weapons Station (CNWS). The CNWS has been inactive for many years and this Notice
of Surplus is a critical step for conversion of the property to other uses. The Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act governs the disposal of surplus federal real
property and Public Benefit Conveyance (PBC) is one method of disposing of surplus
property. PBC enables surplus federal property to be granted without cost for certain
public purposes. The City of Concord, as the Local Reuse Authority (LRA), is required to
satisfy certain federal requirements related to PBC in connection with planning the reuse
of the inland portion of the CNWS. Within 30 days of the Navy’s issuance of its Notice
of Surplus, the City of Concord, as the LRA, published its own Notice of Surplus
property, announcing the availability of surplus property and soliciting Notices of Interest
(NOI) from state and local government agencies, eligible non-profit entities, homeless
services providers, and other parties interested in obtaining property for public purposes.
In April 2007, the Board authorized the Sheriff to execute a $50,000 contract with
Interact Business Group to conduct a feasibility study and produce a business plan model
for an Emergency Responder Complex, which would comprise a public safety training
center, fire emergency 911 communications center, alternate emergency operations
center, District administration and support services offices, and possibly a Sheriff’s
dispatch center. The resulting study was completed in September 2007 and the Board was
provided a copy of the recommended business plan. The study concluded that the CNWS
is ideally suited to meet the current and long-term first responder training needs of the
County and the District.
After approximately two years of public hearings, workshops, public comment, and
evaluation by city staff, the City of Concord, as the LRA, has endorsed the Emergency
Responder Complex project as proposed by the County and District, for inclusion in its
master plan development of the CNWS. The next step in the process is for the County to
submit a PBC application with our sponsoring federal agency, the Federal Emergency
Management Agency. A copy of the application is attached.
The Public Benefit Conveyance would transfer ownership of approximately 85 available
acres of CNWS property to the County and District (jointly) at up to a 100% discount of
fair market value. Should the County/District be granted land at the CNWS for the
Emergency Responder Complex project, the federal government must mitigate any
environmental hazards that exist on the property from its former use. Such a mitigation
process is estimated to take five to seven years to complete, providing ample time for the
County and District to develop implementation and financing plans, should it be feasible
to proceed. If at the end of the mitigation process, the County and District do not proceed
with the proposed project, the land would revert to the federal government for other uses.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The negative impact of not submitting a PBC application to a sponsoring federal agency
would be the failure of our joint effort to obtain, without cost, approximately 85 acres of
land in central Contra Costa County, and the inability to develop and construct an
Emergency Responder Complex.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
ATTACHMENTS
C73 FEMA
FEMA Application_Attach A
FEMA Application_Attach B
FEMA Application_Attach C
FEMA Application_Attach D
CNWS Map of Emerg Resp Complex