HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06242014 - C.14RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, Flood Control and Water Conservation District, or designee, to
execute, on behalf of the Contra Costa Clean Water Program, a contract amendment with S. Groner Associates, Inc.,
to increase the payment limit by $228,000 to a new payment limit of $456,000, and to extend the contract termination
date from June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2015, for continuing public education and outreach activities mandated
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 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
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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 24, 2014
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Stacey M. Boyd, Deputy
cc:
C. 14
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:June 24, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Approve a Contract Amendment with S. Groner Associates, Inc. for FY 2014-15
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
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
amended contract for FY 2014/15.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Contract Amendment with S. Groner Associate, Inc. is not approved, the CCCWP would not be able to fulfill
the permit mandates, and municipalities could be found in non-compliance with the NPDES permits issued by the
Water Boards. Fines totaling $10,000 per day and $10 per gallon of stormwater discharge could potentially be
imposed.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.