HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07072015 - C.23RECOMMENDATION(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 amendment with S. Groner Associates, Inc., to
increase the payment limit by $97,750 to a new payment limit of $553,750 and to extend the contract termination
date from June 30, 2015 to December 31, 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:
Funded by stormwater utility fee assessments collected from the Cities/Towns and County, proportional to their
respective populations.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa Clean Water Program (CCCWP) consists of Contra Costa County, its nineteen (19) incorporated
cities/towns and the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (hereinafter referred to
collectively as "Permittees"). The CCCWP was established in 1991 through a Program Agreement
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/07/2015 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
ABSENT:Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Deanna Constable
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 7, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Stacey M. Boyd, Deputy
cc:
C. 23
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:July 7, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Approve a Contract Amendment with S. Groner Associates, Inc. for the period of June 30, 2015 to December 31, 2015
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
in response to the 1987 amendments to the federal Clean Water Act (CWA), which established a framework for
regulating municipal stormwater discharges under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
Permit Program. The United States Environmental Protection Agency published final rules implementing the 1987
CWA amendments in November 1990. The rules mandate that Permittees obtain and implement stormwater permits
designed to reduce and eliminate the discharge of pollutants into and from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems
(MS4s) they own and operate. Through the CCCWP, Permittees conduct many of the mandated activities collectively
(referred to as "Group Activities"), such as water quality monitoring, special studies, and public education. 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.
S. Groner Associates, Inc., (SGA) has conducted extensive research to help CCCWP Permittees effectively educate
their communities about reducing the impact of urban pesticides on local waterways, which is a NPDES Permit
requirement. SGA has also developed and implements 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, request approval of this
amended contract for the period of June 30, 2015 to December 31, 2015.
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.