To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: Hookston Remediation Work Authorizations with ERM
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RATIFY the execution of four work authorizations, dated November 6, 2023, April 10, 2024, September 4, 2024, and October 1, 2024, all of which identify work ERM-West, Inc. (ERM) is performing under an existing Consulting Services Agreement dated as of December 14, 2021 (CSA), between ERM on the one hand, and Mary Lou Helix, Karen Hook, Debbie Hook and Blake Pucell (Hookston Group), Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR), and the County on the other, in accordance with Order No. R2-2023-0015, adopted September 29, 2023, issued by the Regional Water Quality Control Board in connection with the remediation of an approximately 8-acre site located at the intersection of Hookston Road and Bancroft Road in Pleasant Hill (Hookston Site).
AUTHORIZE the Conservation and Development Director, or his designee, to execute future work authorizations that are part of the CSA and consistent with the Order.
CORRECT the Staff Report dated December 14, 2021, which approved and authorized the CSA, to (i) delete the statement that the CSA has a payment limit, and (ii) reflect that the termination date of the CSA is the date the environmental and remediation work to be performed by ERM at the Hookston Site is complete, unless the CSA is terminated sooner.
FISCAL IMPACT:
In accordance with the Settlement Agreement (defined below), the costs incurred under the CSA are borne 50% by UPRR, 25% by the Hookston Group, and 25% by the County. The County portion has been designated as an enforceable obligation of the former redevelopment agency and is paid using Successor Agency funds.
BACKGROUND:
The County, the Hookston Group and UPRR (together, the Hookston Parties) are parties to a settlement agreement that was entered into in 1997 to resolve a civil su...
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