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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04251989 - 1.53 TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 1-053 14 ... I FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon Director of Community Development (wont ra41 v DATE: April 19, 1989 WLa County SUBJECT: Consultant Contract to Prepare the Environmental Impact Report for the Erickson Hazardous Waste Treatment and Transfer Facility SPECIFIC ,REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECO1414ENDATION Approve and authorize the Director of Community Development to execute on behalf of the County a contract with the firm of Woodward-Clyde Consultants, in the amount of $109,440, for the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Erickson Hazardous Waste Treatment and Transfer Facility. FINANCIAL IMPACT The cost of the Environmental Impact Report is borne by the project sponsor, which is Erickson Enterprises. In addition to the consultant contract, the cost of EIR to the project sponsor includes a 25 percent surcharge ($27 , 360) for staff administrative services for a total of $136,800 . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION An Environmental Impact Report for the proposed project is required by the terms of the California Environmental Quality Act. BACKGROUND The California Environmental Quality Act requires the preparation of an EIR for a proposed project where the project is subject to a discretionary action by a California 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 impacts. The project requires the discretionary approval of the Board of Supervisors .in the forms of a General Plan Amendment and a special Land Use Permit for a waste disposal facility. Several potentially significant impacts were identified by the project' s Initial Study and by responses to the proj;ect.ts 'Notice of Preparation. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT; X YES SIGNATURE RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECO/ EN A ION O BOA D COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS 1S A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ✓�� AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. cc: See 2nd page ATTESTED APR 2 5 1989_ ^_ PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY M382/7-83 -,� _,DEPUTY I f; The EIR consultant was selected by a competitive process established by the County. The Scope of Services for the EIR was developed in consultation with the staffs of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the State of Department of Health Services, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the County' s Health Services Department. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION Failure to execute this contract would delay the preparation of the EIR and, subsequently, the project itself. cc: Community Development (Orig. Dept. ) Bay Area Air Quality Management District San Francisco Regulatory Water Quality Control Board County Hazardous Materials Commission County Administrator County Auditor-Controller County Health Services Department Woodward-Clyde Consultants Erickson Enterprises CAZ: jl13 :eric.brd -2-