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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 06052012 - C.101RECOMMENDATION(S): AUTHORIZE County participation in the 2012 Spare the Air Program, and REQUEST each County department to participate in the program. FISCAL IMPACT: None to the General Fund. Participation involves each department posting Spare the Air notices at the entrances to each County work site. BACKGROUND: The Spare the Air Program is a voluntary program organized by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to encourage the public to take steps to protect air quality on days when ozone (smog) levels are expected to exceed the state and federal air quality standards. In the Bay Area, the summer Spare the Air season generally runs from May and will typically last through mid-October when clear skies, hot temperatures, lighter than usual winds, and strong temperature inversions combine to create smoggy conditions. Spare the Air alerts are declared for days forecast to have ozone concentrations high enough to exceed federal health-based standards. Since 1991, the number of Spare the Air notices during a season has varied from 1 to 25. Last year, 8 Spare the Air notices were issued for the Bay Area. In 2010, 10 notices were issued ( APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 06/05/2012 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 Contact: Jamar Stamps, 925-674-7832 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 5, 2012 David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: June McHuen, Deputy cc: C.101 To:Board of Supervisors From:Catherine Kutsuris Date:June 5, 2012 Contra Costa County Subject:Authorize County Participation in Spare the Air Day Program Friday, July 15th is a SPARE THE AIR DAY Spare the Air Friday The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) has forecasted that tomorrow will be a Spare the Air Day in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mañana es "Spare the Air" día. Por favor, conduce su coche lo menos posible el mañana. Clear skies, hot temperatures, a strong temperature inversion trapping pollutants near the ground, and light winds will combine to produce poor air quality for the Bay Area. What you can do • Drive less, bike or walk to your destination. • Ride transit, visit 511 Bay Area website to plan your trip: http://511.org. • Walk to lunch or bring your lunch to work to avoid mid-day driving. • Put off all nonessential trips and activities that require engines until the air is better. • If you must refuel, do it after dark and don’t top off the tank. To monitor current air quality conditions and see the five day forecast, visit www.sparetheair.org. Thank you for helping to Spare the Air! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jamar I. Stamps Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development Transportation Planning Section Phone: 925-674-7832 Fax: 925-674-7258 jamar.stamps@dcd.cccounty.us Last Updated May 30, 2012 EXHIBIT A CONTRA COSTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT HEAD & ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER LISTING DEPARTMENT/Address (same address as department head unless otherwise noted) Department Head Administrative Services Officer (ASO or comparable position) PHONE (Area code is 925) Email FAX ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY (CAO) 651 Pine Street,10th Floor, Martinez, CA 94553 David Twa, County Administrator Timothy Ewell, Senior Deputy County Administrator 335-1036 timothy.ewell@cao.cccounty.us646-1353 CAO – Financial Services 651 Pine Street, 10th Floor, Martinez Lisa Driscoll, Finance Director 335-1023 ldris@cao.cccounty.us 646-1353 CAO – Clerk of the Board 651 Pine Street, 1st Floor, Martinez Tiffany Lennear, Chief Clerk-Board of Supervisors 335-1900 tlenn@cao.cccounty.us 335-1913 CAO – CCTV 10 Douglas Drive, Suite 210 Martinez, CA 94553 Terry Goolsby, Senior Clerk 313-1180 TGool@contracostatv.org 313-1185 CAO – DOIT 30 Douglas Drive, Martinez, CA 94553 Joanne Buenger, Administrative Services Officer 313-1202 joanne.buenger@doit.cccounty.us313-1459 CAO – LAFCO 651 Pine, 6th Floor Martinez Lou Ann Texeira, LAFCO Executive Officer 335-1094 LTexe@lafco.cccounty.us 335-1031 CAO – Risk Management 2530 Arnold Dr, STE 140 Martinez, CA 94553 Sharon Hymes-Offord, Risk Manager 335-1442 sharon.hymes-offord@riskm.cccounty.us335-1421 AGRICULTURE 2366 A Stanwell Circle Concord, CA 94520-4807 Vincent L. Guise, Commissioner Agricultural/Weights & Measures Joseph Deviney, Assistant Commissioner Agricultural/Weights & Measures 646-5250 Joseph.Deviney@ag.cccounty.us646-5732 ANIMAL SERVICES 4849 Imhoff Place, Martinez, CA 94553 Glenn E. Howell, Director of Animal Services Al Prince, Office Manager 335-8370 Al.Prince@asd.cccounty.us 335-8371 ASSESSOR 2530 Arnold Dr, STE 100 Martinez, CA 94553 Gus Kramer, Assessor Lori Koch, Assistant County Assessor 313-7503 lkoch@assr.cccounty.us313-7660 EXHIBIT A Page 2 of 4 Last Updated May 30, 2012 DEPARTMENT/Address (same address as department head unless otherwise noted) Department Head Administrative Services Officer (ASO or comparable position) PHONE (Area code is 925) Email FAX AUDITOR-CONTROLLER 625 Court St, Finance Blg, Martinez, CA 94553 Robert R. Campbell, Auditor-Controller Chris Averilla, Executive Secretary 646-2181 caver@ac.cccounty.us 646-2949 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (BOS) BOS DISTRICT 1 11780 San Pablo Avenue, Suite D El Cerrito, CA 94530 John Gioia, Supervisor Cynthia Harvey Patton, Office Manager 510-374-3231 cynthia.harvey@bos.cccounty.us 510-374-3429 DISTRICT 2 651 Pine Street, Room 108A Martinez, CA 94553 Gayle B. Uilkema, Supervisor Lauri Byers, Senior Aide 335-1046 lauri.byers@bos.cccounty.us 335-1076 DISTRICT 3 3361 Walnut Blvd., Suite 140 Brentwood, CA 94513 Mary Piepho , Supervisor Alison Olsen, Scheduler/Office Operations 820-8683 Alison.Olsen@bos.cccounty.us 240-7261 DISTRICT 4 2151 Salvio St., Suite R Concord, CA 94520 Karen Mitchoff, Supervisor Laura Case, Deputy Chief of Staff 521-7100 laura.case@bos.cccounty.us646-5202 DISTRICT 5 315 E. Leland Rd. Pittsburg, CA 94565 Federal D. Glover, Supervisor David Fraser, Chief of Staff 427-8138 david.fraser@bos.cccounty.us 427-8142 CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES 50 Douglas Drive Martinez, CA 94553 Linda M. Dippel, Director of Child Support Services Ombudsman 901-3212 linda.dippel@dcss.cccounty.us335-3636 CLERK-RECORDER 555 Escobar St., Martinez, CA 94553 Stephen L. Weir, Clerk-Recorder Deborah Cooper, Administrative Services Officer 335-7899 debi.cooper@cr.cccounty.us 335-7893 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 30 Muir Rd, Martinez, CA 94553 Catherine Kutsuris, Director of Department of Conservation and Development Jamar Stamps, Planner (Employee TDM Coordinator) 674-7832 jamar.stamps@dcd.cccounty.us674-7258 COOPERATIVE EXTENSION 75 Santa Barbara Road, 2nd Floor Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4215 Shelley Murdock, Director, Cooperative Extension Nikki Merritt, Office Manager 646-6540 ndmerritt@ucdavis.edu 646-6708 EXHIBIT A Page 3 of 4 Last Updated May 30, 2012 DEPARTMENT/Address (same address as department head unless otherwise noted) Department Head Administrative Services Officer (ASO or comparable position) PHONE (Area code is 925) Email FAX COUNTY COUNSEL 651 Pine Street, 9th Floor, Martinez, CA 94553 Sharon L. Anderson, County Counsel Wanda McAdoo, Office Manager 335-1800 wanda.mcadoo@cc.cccounty.us646-1078 DISTRICT ATTORNEY 900 Ward St., Martinez, CA 94553 Mark A. Peterson, District Attorney Doug MacMasters, Senior Deputy District Attorney 957-2200 DMacMaster@contracostada.org 957-2240 EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN SERVICES 40 Douglas Dr., Martinez, 94553 Terry Speiker, Interim Director Mike Roetzer, Director of Administration 313-1500 MRoetzer@ehsd.cccounty.us 313-1575 HEALTH SERVICES 50 Douglas Dr. Suite 310-A, Martinez, CA 94553 William B. Walker, M.D., Director of Health Services Dana Stephens, Assistant to Health Services Director 957-5400 dana.stephens@hsd.cccounty.us 957-5401 1320 Arnold Dr. Suite 261, Martinez, CA 94553 Shelley Pighin, Health Services Personnel Officer 957-5250 shelley.pighin@hsd.co.contra-costa.ca.us 957-5260 HUMAN RESOURCES Administrative Services Unit 651 Pine Street, 3rd Floor, Martinez, CA 94553 Ted Cwiek, Director of Human Resources Cheri Branson, Executive Secretary (Please use Ted Cwiek as primary contact) 335-1700 Ted.Cwiek@hrd.cccounty.us 335-1797 LIBRARY 1750 Oak Park Blvd, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 Barbara Flynn, County Librarian Corinne Kelly, Executive Secretary 927-3206 ckelly@ccclib.org646-6461 PROBATION 50 Douglas Dr, Ste 201, Martinez, CA 94553 Philip Kader, County Probation Officer Becky Eaton, Administrative Services Officer 313-4000 becky.eaton@prob.cccounty.us 313-1747 PUBLIC DEFENDER 627 Ferry St. Martinez, CA 94553 Robin Lepetzky, Public Defender Donna Broussard, Administrative Services Assistant 335-1740 dbrou@pd.cccounty.us 335-8030 EXHIBIT A Page 4 of 4 Last Updated May 30, 2012 DEPARTMENT/Address (same address as department head unless otherwise noted) Department Head Administrative Services Officer (ASO or comparable position) PHONE (Area code is 925) Email FAX PUBLIC WORKS 255 Glacier Dr., Martinez, CA 94553 Julie Bueren, Director Michele Wara, Executive Secretary 313-2000 mwara@pw.cccounty.us 313-2333 SHERIFF-CORONER 651 Pine St, 7th Floor, Martinez, CA 94553 David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner Eileen Devlin, Chief Of Management Services 335-1500 edevl@so.cccounty.us 335-1691 TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR 625 Court St, Room 100 Martinez Russell V. Watts, Treasurer-Tax Collector Brice Bins, Assistant Treasurer 957-5280 bbins@tax.cccounty.us957-2898 VETERANS' SERVICES 10 Douglas Dr., Suite 100, Martinez, CA94553 Nathan Johnson, County Veterans' Services Officer Susan Ferguson, Officer Manager 510-313-1481 SFerg@vs.cccounty.us 510-313-1490 CCC FIRE PROTECTION DIST 2010 Geary Road Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 Daryl L. Louder, Fire Chief Jackie Lorrekovich, Fire District Chief of Administrative Services 941-3300 jlorr@cccfpd.org941-3309 G:\Transportation\J. Stamps\Admin\Department Head & Administrative Officer Listing_Ex A.doc BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) http://sparetheair.org/Stay-Informed/Ozone/Ozone-Box-Scores.aspx ). When smog conditions are expected to exceed standards, the BAAQMD will issue a Spare the Air alert to the County's Department of Conservation and Development, which in turn will alert all departments using the contact list attached as Exhibit A. DCD staff will update the department contacts as part of our outreach to the various departments once the Board authorizes participation. Each department contact will have the opportunity to notify his/her departmental employees to refrain from unnecessary activities that contribute to air pollution. These activities include driving, refueling vehicles during the day, using gasoline-powered lawn mowers and leaf blowers, using lighter fluid when barbecuing, and using aerosol products and oil-based paints. Exhibit B is an example of a notice that could be posted at the entrances to each County work site during a Spare the Air alert. The BAAQMD advisories are also posted on their website (http://www.sparetheair.org ), recorded on the 1-800-HELP-AIR (1-800-435-7247) forecast phone line, announced in local newspapers, and broad-casted on local TV and radio stations. Information regarding Spare the Air day is also available through social networking internet sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The BAAQMD promotes participation in the Spare the Air Program as part of employers' Transportation Demand Management programs, since many of the Program's actions are also trip-reduction measures. Employees are encouraged to carpool, take public transit, bicycle, or walk to work. If feasible, employees could also telecommute provided that arrangements have been made with their supervisors. CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: The Department of Conservation and Development will not be able to distribute Spare the Air alerts to County departments. CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: None. ATTACHMENTS Exhibit 'A' Exhibit 'B'