HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10062015 - C.16RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute, on behalf of the Contra Costa Clean
Water Program (CCCWP), a purchase order with the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) for the San Francisco
Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances (RMP) in an amount not to exceed $149,165.00 for
program participation as required by the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit issued by the San
Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. Countywide. (100% Cities and County Stormwater Utility Fee
Assessments) Project No. 7519-6x7618
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost is not to exceed $149,165.00; 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 (the “CCCWP”) consists of Contra Costa County, its nineteen (19)
incorporated cities/towns and the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (hereinafter
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 10/06/2015 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
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: October 6, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C. 16
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:October 6, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Approve a Purchase Order with the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) for the San Francisco Estuary Regional
Monitoring Program for Trace Substance
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
referred to collectively as "Permittees"). The CCCWP was established in 1991 through a Program Agreement in
response to the 1987 amendments to the federal Clean Water Act (the “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 (the “USEPA”) 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 (the “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.
CCCWP staff, on behalf of the Permittees, respectfully requests approval of this Purchase Order with the San
Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) for the San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances
(RMP) for a cost not to exceed $149,165.00. This ensures compliance with the stormwater permit issued by the San
Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (SFBRWQCB) that mandates Permittees to “participate in
implementing an Estuary receiving water monitoring program, at a minimum equivalent to the San Francisco Estuary
Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances (RMP), by contributing their fair-share financially on an annual
basis.” This Purchase Order would fulfill the Permittees’ required estuary receiving water monitoring for Fiscal Year
2015/16 (July 1, 2015- June 30, 2016)
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Purchase Order with the SFEI for the RMP is not approved, the CCCWP and Permittees would not be able to
fulfill the required San Francisco Estuary monitoring, and Permittees would be found in non-compliance and subject
to fines and penalties issued by the SFBRWQCB, and third party citizen suits allowed under the CWA.