To: Board of Supervisors
From: Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Approve a Contract with Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. for the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund BIL grant.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, or designee, to execute, on behalf of the Contra Costa Clean Water Program, a contract with Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $887,947 for Countywide stormwater quality services necessary to comply with federal and state stormwater permit requirements issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, for the period October 23, 2023 through September 30, 2026, Countywide.
FISCAL IMPACT:
All costs associated with this contract will not exceed $887,947 and will be funded 100% by San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund BIL
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa Clean Water Program (the "CCCWP") consists of Contra Costa County, its 19 incorporated cities/towns and the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (hereinafter referred to collectively as "Permittees"). The CCCWP was established in
1991 through a Program Agreement in response to the 1987 amendments to the federal Clean Water Act (the "CWA"), which established a framework for regulating municipal stormwater discharges under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") Permit
Program. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (the "USEPA") published final rules implementing the 1987 CWA amendments in November 1990. The rules mandate that Permittees obtain and implement stormwater permits designed to reduce and eliminate the discharge of pollutants into and from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (the "MS4s") they own and operate. Through the CCCWP, Permittees conduct many of the mandated...
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