HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02072012 - C.34RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Department of Conservation & Development Director, or
designee, to execute a contract amendment with Environmental Science Associates to allow
an increase of $28,234 from $605,936 to a total amount not to exceed $635,170, for
providing continued service to complete the environmental impact report for the Tres
Vaqueros Windfarm Repowering Project.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None; 100 percent of consultant costs are covered by permit application fees.
BACKGROUND:
The Department of Conservation & Development contracted with Environmental Science
Associates (ESA) in December 2009 to prepare the environmental impact report (EIR) for
the Tres Vaqueros Windfarm Repowering Project. The contract has been modified twice to
increase the payment limit and extend the term.
The lastest modification was approved in September 2011, while ESA was working to finish
the
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 02/07/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Contact: Will Nelson, (925)
674-7791
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: February 7, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C.34
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Catherine Kutsuris
Date:February 7, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Payment Limit Increase for Contract 45185
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Final EIR. Staff had assumed that ESA would be able to substantially rely on the
approaches used in completing the Vasco Winds Repowering Project Final EIR, which
was certified in April 2011. However, in practice that was not the case. Twice as many
comment letters were received on the Tres Vaqueros Draft EIR than on the Vasco Winds
Draft EIR and a fair number of unique issues (as compared to Vasco Winds) were raised.
These and other factors combined to increase ESA's level of effort beyond what was
expected in the September 2011 budget modification. The Tres Vaqueros Final EIR has
been certified and the project has been approved, so ESA's final cost is now known.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Board of Supervisors does not take the recommended action, then Environmental
Science Associates will not be compensated for work completed on the Final EIR for the
Tres Vaqueros Windfarm Repowering Project.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
No impact.
ATTACHMENTS
Contract Amendment Agreement