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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on January 17, 1995, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Roger, Smith, DeSaulnier, Torlakson, and Bishop
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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SUBJECT: CORRESPONDENCE
Item No.
1.39 LETTER from Associate Planner, Urban Futures, Inc., transmitting documents relative to
the commencement of redevelopment activities in the Lafayette area.
**REFERRED TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR,COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR AND COUNTY COUNSEL
1.40 LETTER from D. L. Patrick, Martinez, expressing concerns relative to the modification
project at the Shell Refinery.
**REFERRED to Environmental Health Department, County Administrator, and
Community Development Department, the letter from D.L. Patrick, Martinez,
expressing concerns relative to the modification project at the Shell Refinery, for
review, contacting the Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board, and report
to the Board of Supervisors with information for consideration of possible hiring of a
consultant relative to the issues involved.
1.41 LETTER from L. Marracci, Lafayette, commenting on access time on cable television.
**REFERRED TO CABLE FRANCHISE ADMINISTRATOR
1.42 LETTER from Chair, Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity, requesting a
opportunity to meet with the Internal Operations Committee.
**REFERRED TO INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
1.43 LETTER from Trident Environmental and Engineering, Inc., expressing concern that a
possible conflict of interest exists in the award of the contract for solid waste engineering
review for the County.
**REFERRED TO HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board ofSuper isors on the date sho r�` 0�
ATTESTED:
PHIL BA HELOR, CIO-of the Boar I
cc: Correspondents of Supervisors and Coun Administrator
Count%, Aaministrator-
Community Development Director a� I� )�l/in�nnti !✓yu-�' Deputy
County Counsel
Community Development Director
Cable Franchise Administrator
Internal Operations Committee
Health Services Director
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Trident Environmental AND En ineerin , Inc.
110 L Street, Suite#1,Antioch, California 94509 Lic.#A-584149 Phone(510) 706-6931 Fax(510) 778-9067
December 29, 1994 R C€w VV k �,,
Mr. Tom Powers
Chair, Board of Supervisors JAN 6 1995
Contra Costa County CLERK BOARD OF SUPERvi80RS
651 Pine St., Rm 106CO
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Martinez, CA 94553
Re: Award for Solid Waste Engineering Review Consultant Contract for Contra Costa County
Dear Mr. Powers:
Please see attached copy of letter to Mr. Richard Lee regarding the award for the captioned
project. A copy was furnished to Daniel Guerra, Les Littman and Dennis Graves.
Trident Environmental and Engineering would like to express its concern that a conflict of interest
exists. The conflict arises with Golder Associates very actively working as a consultant for BFI,
directly working with Keller Canyon Contractors, and doing the review work for Contra Costa
County.
We sent the attached letter on December 6, and have not been informed about what action was
taken on this issue. We would appreciate hearing from you concerning this matter.
Sincerely,
Mir,hael ueckathorn, ;E.
Principal
Attachments (1)
cc: Dennis C. Graves
County Council
Les Littman, Manager
Purchasing Service, Contra Costa County
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Trident Environmental AND En ineerin , Inca
110 L Street, Suite#1,Antioch, California 94509 Lic.#A-584149 Phone(510)706-6931 Fax(510) 778-9067
December 6, 1994
Mr. Richard Lee
Supervisor, Solid Waste Division
Contra Costa County Health Services Department
Environmental Health Division
1111 Ward St., Third Floor
Martinez, CA 94553-1352
Re: Award for Solid Waste Engineering Review Consultant Contract for Contra Costa County
Dear Mr. Lee:
In regard to the above captioned project, Trident Environment and Engineering, Inc. would like
to thank you for the opportunity to interview for the position.
We have been informed that Golder Associates won the bid. They are a very capable technical
company. However, I would like to point out that a conflict of interest exists with Golder
Associates doing the review work for Contra Costa County. Golder Associates would be
reviewing BFI Keller Canyon reports. However BFI is one of Golder's large clients.
Golder Associates is very actively working as a consultant for BFI in numerous areas around the
United States including:
1. City of Missoula, Montana
(BFI representative Jim Leiter, Landfill Manager)
2. Foot Hills Landfill, Denver
(BFI representative Rick Kinshella, Assistant District Manager)
3. Canadian Valley, Oklahoma
(BFI representative Janet Liner, Compliance Officer)
They also have worked on BFI projects in California and are currently in contact with Mr. Curt
Stovall the BFI Division Landfill Manager in San Jose who supervises Keller Canyon activities.
All BFI landfill operations are connected. Many facets of the Keller Canyon Landfill operations
are run from BFI's Houston headquarters. The same is true for the above referenced BFI landfills
Golder is currently working on. Working for out of state BFI landfills is thus connected to Keller
Canyon since all these sites are run through BFI Houston headquarters. Most importantly,
Golder's bills, as well as Keller Canyon contractor's bills, are both paid by BFI Houston.
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Mr. Powers
December 29, 1994
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Therefore, it would be a blatant conflict of interest for them to review work at the Keller Canyon
Landfill since BFI is a large client of their firm. The RFP stated that firms proposing on the
contract should not be currently working for the owners of the landfills that they are
reviewing. What I would suggest is that Golder Associates choose to either work for BFI or
work for Contra Costa County LEA as this would eliminate the conflict of interest problem.
We would appreciate hearing from you concerning this matter.
Sincerely,
Michael Heckathorn, P.E.
Principal
cc: Daniel M. Guerra,R.E.H.S.
Deputy Director,'Environmental Health
Les Littman, Manager
Purchasing Service, Contra Costa County
Dennis C. Graves
County Council
bcc: Tom Powers
Chair, Board of Supervisors
Trident Environmental and Engineering, 110 L Street, Suite #1, Antioch, California 94509 I