HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07162013 - C.08RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, Flood Control and Water Conservation District, or designee, on
behalf of the Contra Costa Clean Water Program, to execute a contract with S. Groner Associates, Inc., in an amount
not to exceed $228,000, for the period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, for public education and outreach
activities mandated by federal and state stormwater rules contained in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) Permits issued by the San Francisco Bay and Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control
Boards, Countywide. (100% Cities and County Stormwater Utility Fee Assessments) Project No. 7519-6x7617.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost is estimated to be $228,000 and shall be funded by stormwater utility fee assessments collected by the
Cities/Towns and County, proportional to their respective populations.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa Clean Water Program (CCCWP) consists of Contra Costa County, its 19 incorporated cities/towns,
and the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/16/2013 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Tracy Hein, (925)
313-2194
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: July 16, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Stacey M. Boyd, Deputy
cc:
C. 8
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:July 16, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Approve a Contract with S. Groner Associates, Inc. for FY 2013-14
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
District (District), hereinafter referred to as “Permittees.”
In November 1990, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) published final stormwater rules
implementing the 1987 federal Clean Water Act (CWA) amendments, which established, among other things, a
framework for regulating municipal stormwater discharges under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) Permit Program. The rules prohibit the discharge of pollutants in stormwater unless the discharge is
in compliance with a NPDES permit. In response, the Permittees jointly established the CCCWP in 1991 through a
Program Agreement, and jointly applied for, and were subsequently issued, joint Municipal NPDES Permits issued
by the San Francisco Bay and Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Boards (Water Boards). The Municipal
NPDES Permits are reissued approximately every five years.
The permits mandate Permittees to develop and implement stormwater pollution prevention and control programs
designed to reduce or eliminate the discharge of pollutants into and from municipal separate storm sewer systems
(MS4s). Permittees conduct many of these mandated activities collectively (referred to as “Group Activities”). The
roles and responsibilities of the CCCWP and Permittees are outlined in the Program Agreement, which was last
updated and adopted by all Permittees in June 2010. In accordance with the Program Agreement, each
City/Town/County/District manager designates one representative to participate on the Management Committee,
which is the CCCWP’s decision-making body. The Management Committee has directed that certain requirements of
the Municipal NPDES Permits, such as public education and outreach, be coordinated, implemented and funded as a
Group Activity.
S. Groner Associates, Inc., (SGA) has conducted extensive research to help CCCWP Permittees understand how to
most effectively educate their communities during the upcoming pesticide campaign (a NPDES Permit requirement).
SGA has also developed and begun implementation of a youth education and outreach program, also a NPDES
Permit requirement. These and other activities are part of the long-term commitment to increase knowledge of target
audiences, and to modify social behaviors designed to reduce or eliminate pollutant discharges to local creeks and the
San Francisco Bay/Delta Estuary.
In order to help maintain permit compliance, CCCWP staff, on behalf of the Permittees, requests approval of this
contract for FY 2013/14.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Contract Amendment with S. Groner Associates, Inc., is not approved, the CCCWP would not be able to fulfill
the Management Committee-directed permit mandates, and Permittees could be found in non-compliance with the
NPDES permits issued by the San Francisco Bay and Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Boards. Fines
totaling $10,000 per day and $10 per gallon of stormwater discharge could potentially be imposed.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.