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FROM: Anthony A. Dehaesus Costa
Director of Community Development - la
DATE: May 13, 1985 County
SUBJECT: Consultant contract to prepare the Environmental Impact
Report for the East Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill .
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Ap'rove and authorize the Chairperson of the Board to execute
on behalf of the County a. contract with the firm of Landon, Wheeler, Weinstein,
in the amount of $94,169, for the preparation of an Environmental Impact
Report for the proposed East Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill .
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The cost of the ETR consultant ($94,169) is borne by the project
sponsor, S and'J Investments. An additional County surcharge of 25%
($23,542 in this case) for processing the EIR and printing the EIR documents
is also borne by the project sponsor. Execution of the consultant con-
tract is contingent upon this money being deposited with the County. The
adopted budget anticipates EIR surcharge revenues.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION: An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for. the proposed
project is required by the terms of the California Environmental Quality.
Act. The consulting firm and its EIR preparatirn proposal were selected
through a standard competitive procedure for EIR work.
IV. BACKGROUND: The California Environmental Quality Act requires the preparation of an
EIR for a proposed project where the project is subject to a discre-
tionary action by a unit of government and where there is reason to
believe that the proposed project would result in one or more significant `
(i .e. adverse) environmental _imapcts. The project would require a
General Plan amendment and other discretionary actions by the County.
The Initial Study for the project identified several potential signifi-
cant impacts, and others were identified by citizens and governmental
agencies responding to the project's Notice of Preparation. The Board
of Supervisors anticipated the need for EIR's for landfill applications in
processing procedures adopted on July 10, 1984.
V. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION: Failure. to execute this contract would delay the
processing of the EIR and the project's entitlement applications , •in-
cluding those needed by the sponsor from governments other than the
County. Ultimately, a delay could .postpone the availability of a major
component of information which the Board of Supervisors needs to decide
on new facilities for waste disposal in Contra. Costa County.
CONTI D ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE'
OMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CO ENDATIONt BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON Zg APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED .ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ATE SHO/WqN,
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County Administrator THE D
ATTESTED
Auditor-Controller
Planning PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Contractor via Planning SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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