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FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
FROM: MAURICE SHIU, CHIEF ENGINEER
DATE: April 27,2004
SUBJECT: APPROVE contract with Cressey and Associates for the period April 1,2004 through March
31,2005,Countywide. (Countywide Clean Nater Program Funds)(All Districts) Project No.
0929 6x7038
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECC7IvI=DATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATI N
1. Recommended Action:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, or designee, Flood Control and Water Conservation
District, on behalf of the Contra Costa Clean Water Program, to execute a contract with Cressey and
Associates,in the amount of$65,000 to provide technical consulting services for the Rapid Bioassessment
Study on Las Trampas Creek,Rodeo/Refugio/Edwards Creeks and Lower Marsh Creek,for the period April
1, 2004 through March 31, 2005, Countywide. (Countywide Clean Water Program Funds)(All Districts)
Project No.: 0929-6x7038.
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,ZftECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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ACTION OF BO ON ARIL 27, 2104 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED XX OTHER
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Orig.Div: Public Works Flood Control County Administrator
Contact: (313-2373)Donald P.Freitas
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County Counsel
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SUBJECT: APPROVE contract with Cressey and Associates for the period April 1,2004 through March
31, 2005, Countywide. (Countywide Clean Water Program Funds)(All Districts) Project
No. 0929 6x7038
DATE: April 27, 2004
PAGE: 2
11. Fiscal Impact:
The cost is estimated to be$65,000 and shall be funded by the Countywide Clean Water Program,
apportioned to their respective populations.
111. Reasons for Recommendations and Background:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency issued the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES)Regulation for municipal stormwater discharges on November 16,
1990 requiring Contra Costa County,nineteen(19)of its incorporated cities and the Contra Costa
County Flood Control and Water Conservation District to obtain a Joint Municipal NPDES Permit
from the San Francisco Bay and. Central Valley Regional 'Water Quality Control Boards. The
Permits require municipalities to improve the quality of water discharged from the municipal storm
drain system.
The Contra Costa Clean Water Program is made up of representatives of each of the nineteen(19)
cities,the County,and the Flood Control District. An important requirement ofthe Joint Municipal
NPDES Permit is to develop and implement a monitoring program to characterize storrnwater
discharges, assess the adverse effects of stormwater discharges, and identify potential sources of
pollutants found in stormwater. The Rapid Bioassessment Study undertaken by Cressey and
Associates is an integral component of the Program's monitoring program plan, which will help
reach these objectives and maintain Permit compliance.
1V. Consequences of Negative Action:
If the contract extension with Scott Cressey and Associates is not approved,the study may not be
completed and all municipalities could be found in non-compliance with the Joint Municipal
NPDES permits. Potentially, fines totaling $10,000 per day and $10 per,gallon of stormwater
discharge for all affected entities could be imposed.