Meeting Minutes - Final

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Hazardous

Materials Commission

4:00 PM

Thursday, June 26, 2025

777 Arnold Dr., Martinez, CA 94553 -

Paramount Room

Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93502466349

Phone: 1 (669) 900-6833

Meeting ID: 935 0246 6349

Chair: Mark Hughes

Vice Chair: Fred Glueck

The meeting was called to order at 4:04 PM.

Agenda Items: Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the

Committee

Roll Call and Introductions

Commissioners Present: Marielle Boortz, Drew Graham, Jim Payne, Lisa Martell, Eduardo Martinez,

Maureen Brennan, Jamin Pursell, Mark Hughes, Ron Chinn

Commissioners Present Online: Fred Glueck, Madeline Kronenberg

Staff Present: Devra Lewis, Nicole Heath, Breanna Lingenfelter

HMC Interns Present: Alexander Gomez, Aimee Benedict

Public Present: George Carter, Derek Phelps, Ashwin Jadhav, Jan Warren, Carol Mascali, Carolyn

Graves, Cheryl Sudduth, Charles Davidson, Shoshanna Wexler, Jenna Mesic

CONSIDER approval of the April 24, 2025 Hazardous Materials Commission meeting

minutes.

The commissioners present voted to approve the April 24, 2025 Hazardous Materials Commission

meeting minutes.

Motion: Jim Payne

Second: Eduardo Martinez

Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda

(speakers may be limited to two minutes).

Charles Davidson made a public comment expressing concerns regarding the proposed transfer of the

hazardous materials division from health services to Con Fire and respectfully urged the Board of

Supervisors to consider several critical questions. He proposed a dual authority framework that

preserves the Health Department's regulatory oversight and community engagement while creating

operational integration with Con Fire for emergencies.

RECEIVE a report from the Operations Committee.

The Committee devoted their meeting time to two main topics: presentation on a proposed design of a

living levee by West County Wastewater District to address possible coastal flooding due to sea level

rise and finalizing the logistics for holding a Hazardous Materials Commission Public Forum on

September 11, 2025.

RECEIVE a report from the Hazardous Materials Programs.

Director of the Hazardous Materials Programs, Nicole Heath, shared a few announcements with the

Commission. There are no new incidents to report, but 72 hour and 30 day reports can be found on their

https://www.cchealth.org/health-and-safety-information/hazmat-programs/hazmat-incident-response/sea

rch-incident-report

Marathon Refining Company: the county has been working with a third party consultant regarding the

November 2023 fire - a safety culture and management systems evaluation is anticipated to be put out

for public notice in July.

Martinez Refining Company (MRC) February 1, 2025 fire: toxicologist has presented out to Martinez

Oversight Committee and Investigation Consultant. Public comment period and public meeting held in

June - toxicologist

report identified that there was no impact to public health.

In their June 24, 2025 meeting, the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve the proposal to

transition the Hazardous Materials division from the Health Department to the Fire Department, but the

effective date has not yet been determined.

NEW BUSINESS

RECEIVE a presentation from Ashwin Jadhav and Derek Phelps of Twelve Co., The

Carbon Transformation Company on decarbonizing aviation.

RECEIVE a presentation from each of the Hazardous Materials Commission student

interns: Aimee Benedict and Alex Gomez.

DISCUSS the June 11th meeting with Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston and topics of interest

for the commission.

The commissioners present during the June 11th meeting with Supervisor Scales-Preston discussed the

Hazardous Materials Commission Priorities for 2025, guest speaker presentations, student interns, and

the public forum scheduled for September 11, 2025. Supervisor Scales-Preston expressed concerns

regarding the proposal to have Keller Canyon accept hazardous waste.

Reports from Commissioners on items of Commission interest.

There were not any reports made by commissioners.