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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 04211992 - IO.4 I.O. - 4 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS GOVERNING BOARD OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT FROM: Internal Operations Committee DATE: April 13, 1992 SUBJECT: AUTHORIZE A SOLE SOURCE CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WOODWARD-CLYDE CONSULTANTS, INC. FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT PROGRAM (PART 11) Project No.: 7505-6F8243 SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) &BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION I. Recommended Action: AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer to negotiate a sole source Consulting Services Agreement with Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Inc.to perform services culminating in an application for a NPDES Permit for Stormwater Discharges (Part II) to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board for Contra Costa County, its incorporated cities and the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District. II. Financial Impact: The contract cost is estimated between $400,000 to $600,000. The cost will be funded by the Flood Control District With reimbursement from the Cities and County in proportion to their respective populations. III. Reasons for Recommendations and Background: The United States Environmental Protection Agency issued National Pollutant Discharge Elimination -System (NPDES) Regulations for Stormwater Discharges on November 16, 1990. These regulations require Contra Costa County, its incorporated cities and the Contra Costa Continued on Attachment: x SIGNATURE: _ RECOMMENDATION OFCOUNTY#DVINISTRATOR _ RECOMMENDATION OF fCAMITTEE _APPROVE SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON �� / 9°2 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER _ VOTE OF SUPERVISORS UNANIMOUS (ABSENT 1 AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of DF:kd an action taken and entered on the minutes of the C:BO\BO13.t4 Board of Supervisors on the date shown. Orig. Div: Public Works (FC) ATTESTED. ® 9� cc: County Administrator PHIL BATCHELph,cierk of the Board , County Counsel of Supervisors and County Administrator `II Auditor-Controller Community Development ®y ,Deputy TCC (via PWD) i.o. - 4 Consulting Services Agreement with Woodward-Clyde Consultants April 13, 1992 Page Two County Flood Control and Water Conservation District to apply for a NPDES Permit for their stormwater discharges. The permit seeks to significantly reduce or eliminate all pollutants from entering the waters of the San Francisco Bay - Delta Region. An organization comprising all the aforementioned entities was established as the Contra Costa Cities ♦ County ♦ District Stormwater Pollution Control Program. Efforts by the Program are to submit Part I of the NPDES application on May 18, 1992; and, Part II of the NPDES application on May 17, 1993. Woodward-Clyde Consultant Engineers was hired by the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District on July 23, 1991 for Part I. The recommendation from the Program participants is to ask that Woodward-Clyde Consultants be retained for Part II of the NPDES application. This action would necessitate a sole source contract with Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Inc. The Program is satisfied with the technical services presently being provided by Woodward-Clyde Consultants. The Santa Clara and Alameda Counties' Stormwater Pollution Control Program both retained Woodward-Clyde Consultants for technical support and both entities have been granted Municipal NPDES Permits. IV. Consequences of Negative Action: If the program can not enter into a sole source contract with Woodward-Clyde Consultants,then it would necessitate a selection process that would be both time-consuming and expensive. It could also jeopardize the ability to submit the Part II NPDES application by May 17, 1993. If Contra Costa County does not obtain a NPDES Permit, it will be in noncompliance and subject to regulatory fines totaling approximately$25,000 per day. Development activities could also be curtailed if the County were in noncompliance. CONTRA COSTA CITIES , COUNTY DISTRICT STORMWATER POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM CONTRA COSTA.COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE APRIL 13, 1992 PRESENTATION OUTLINE I. Introductory Remarks Il. . National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (NPDES) A. Municipal 1. Part I - Reconnaissance Level 2. Part II - Development of Plan 3. Permit - Implementation B. Industrial C. Construction III. Participant Responsibilities W. Cost V. Cooperative Efforts with other Programs VI. Questions and Answers cn r �v -nmz a m nno Cl> C> a s a c z mym C'> C7 C-> C-) cOn cOn t� cOi� to cin cis ui via n � � cm) a Z w H sus fir► Z W N j rn ao � 'to O v n r— m n n -� --� :E� o n z 7C7 C7 •v - rT1 coo .. .. p C. 7, C7 n I, .'j r cn to j -� C� c� c-> c> o w O o 0 0 �� s� sr► ' srs r cn N O O Z O O EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Contra Costa County, its eighteen incorporated cities and the Contra Costa County Flood and Water Conservation District joined together in February, 1991 in response to the United States Environmental Protection Agency promulgation of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System(NPDES) Permit Application Regulation for Stormwater Discharges and the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board's Amended San Francisco ° Bay Basin Plan for Urban Runoff Management Programs. The Federal and State's regulations mandated each jurisdiction within Contra Costa County that owns, operates or maintains a storm sewer system to have a Stormwater Management Prevention Program. The intent of these regulations was to radically reduce or eliminate all pollutants from stormwater. Implementation of the NPDES-Program would enhance the water quality of the Bay/Delta Estuary. The City ♦ County ♦ District organization has progressed rapidly in order to comply with the NPDES regulations. All twenty entities are presently applying for an area-wide NPDES Permit which is a three step process. Part I constitutes the reconnaissance level activity; Part II is the development of the Stormwater Management Prevention Plan; and, Part III is the actual granting of the NPDES Permit for a five year period. The State Water Resources Control Board, through its nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards, is responsible for implementing the NPDES Program in California. The San . Francisco Regional Board has been extremely flexible with our efforts. We do not anticipate this to diminish in the foreseeable future. Part I of the application due, by May 18, 1992 is well underway. Planning for Part II is presently being discussed and coordinated which is due by May 17, 1993. The NPDES Permit'should be granted in the fall of 1993. An area-wide NPDES Permit is the preferred alternative to twenty individual NPDES Permits. The area-wide Permit is easier to monitor for the San Francisco Regional Board and implement for the twenty entities. The primary objective of the collective effort is to reduce costs and redundancies. So far, this has been achieved. The greatest challenge facing the City ♦ County District effort is financing Part II and the actual implementation of the NPDES Permit. These efforts are on-going and will hopefully be resolved in the foreseeable future. The attitude of the City ♦ County ♦ District organization is to cooperatively work with the regulators making them aware of Contra Costa County's unique characteristics. We want a Program that .meets the Federal and State regulations, but not create an undue financial hardship for each jurisdiction. So far, the efforts have been successful. °