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1PG&E Pipeline Pathways ProjectFramework Agreement
PG&E pursuing Pipeline Pathways Project (PPP)What is the issue?PG&E requesting a 20 foot clear zone along their pipeline pathways –safety priority•Tree roots cause potential damage to pipesWhat does this mean for our communities?Initial proposal - potential removal of a significant number of trees Countywide•including highly protected species in public Right of Way and private easement areasInitial reaction = public outcryConflicts with local tree preservation ordinances2
PG&E seeking removal of vegetation and improvements above and adjacent to PG&E’s gas transmission pipelines3
Approached problems on countywide basis (Contra Costa & Tri-Valley)Collaborative work among elected officials, legal counsels and city managers/staffPG&E ‘paused’ PPPSub-committee of Public Managers Association negotiated Framework AgreementPG&E to provide countywide information and potential impacts to our communities4
ProcessSeveral meetings with key PG&E leadersPMA reps met with PG&EàSeeking solutions that can work for the County and citiesProvided Framework Agreement Agreement outlines commitments going forwardboth parties’ committed to maintaining gas pipeline integrity and safety and to the importance of trees and landscaping to community character 5
reevaluating all trees; only proposing tree removal if data supports safety concernsgoal is reduce #of trees removedcomplying with ministerial encroachment permitsidentifying trees protected by local ordinancesmitigating protected tree removals as agreed by County and PG&Epaying County costs associated with our evaluation of workevaluating mitigation measures that could potentially avoid tree removalsproviding detailed data to allow staff to evaluate and understand the project, and conducting field reviews with the County6
Does:develop a framework for limiting the number of trees required for removal, develop information for the County to carefully consider PG&E’s tree removal requestsDoes Notresolve the dispute between the County and PG&E over whether PG&E is subject to local tree removal ordinancesIf tree removal unresolved, County and PG&E can use legal or regulatory remedies 7
Approve Framework Agreementcommitments made by PG&E in the Agreement are appropriateadditional information to be developed by PG&E as it pursues PPP allows County to make tree removal decisions with better informationAgreement does not prevent the County from enforcing its rights at some point in the futurePG&E to work with County staff to review each area of work and communicate with District Supervisors and the public before pursuing workPG&E to provide Countywide information in Spring 2015 before work begins in communities8
Approve and authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute the Framework Agreement with PG&E to establish a framework for evaluating the removal of trees as part of the PG&E Pipeline Pathway Project.9