REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award a Contract to Prepare a Two-Phase Feasibility Study of Structural Stormwater Best Management Practices for the SMaRT Station(r) and the Concrete Recycling Facility (F14-103) and Approval of Budget Modification No. 14
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Council approval is requested to award a contract in an amount not-to-exceed $166,887 to Geosyntec Consultants of Oakland to prepare a two-phase feasibility study of structural stormwater best management practices for the SMaRT Station(r) and the Concrete Recycling Facility. Approval is also requested for a 10% contract contingency in the amount of $16,688, and for Budget Modification No. 14 to provide additional funding which will be shared among the cities of Mountain View, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale, as more fully explained below.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to California Code of Regulations Section 15262 in that it is a project involving only feasibility or planning studies for possible future actions which have not been approved, adopted, or funded by the City.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
In 2013, San Francisco Baykeeper (Baykeeper) filed a lawsuit claiming that the City had failed to comply with the Industrial Stormwater Permit requirements of the federal Clean Water Act with regard to stormwater runoff at the SMaRT Station and various locations on the closed Sunnyvale Landfill. On December 6, 2013, a negotiated settlement agreement between the City and Baykeeper became effective.
Staff is presently planning and implementing various actions to maintain compliance with the settlement agreement and to reduce stormwater pollution at the SMaRT Station and the Concrete Recycling Facility, which is operated by Stevens Creek Quarry, Inc. (SCQ) on land leased by SCQ on the East Hill of the closed landfill.
One of the required actions is a feasibility study to determine the most effective and c...
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