Agenda packet — Concord City Council, April 22, 2025 (part 1 of 4)

1 COUNCILMEMBERS
Carlyn S. Obringer, Mayor
Laura M. Nakamura, Vice Mayor
Dominic D. Aliano
Pablo Benavente
Laura M. Hoffmeister
Civic Center
1950 Parkside Drive
Concord, CA 94519
www.cityofconcord.org
Regular Meeting of the
Concord City Council/City
Council Sitting as the
Local Reuse Authority
Tuesday
April 22, 2025
6:30 p.m. - Open Session Council Chamber
1950 Parkside Drive
and/or various
telephonic/electronic
locations
*IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MEETING PARTICIPATION* Members of the public are invited to attend and participate at: Council Chamber, 1950 Parkside Drive, Concord, CA.

Unless a Councilmember is participating in the meeting remotely pursuant to AB 2449, remote public comment will not be accepted. Public comment may be provided in- person or via email, as set forth below. Members of the public desiring to provide comments as a part of the meeting are encouraged to either submit written comments by 3:00 p.m. prior to the meeting or to attend the meeting in person.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The public is invited to participate in the City Council meeting using any of the following methods:

1. IN PERSON:
a.Members of the public can provide in-person comments in the Council Chamber.

Members of the public are encouraged, but not required, to fill out a speaker card. The Council Chamber will have seating available for members of the public to attend in person up to full seating capacity.

2 2. REMOTE: Remote public comment will not be accepted, except when a Councilmember participates remotely pursuant to AB 2449. At the time of the posting of this agenda, none of the Councilmembers have notified the City Clerk’s Office that they intend to participate remotely pursuant to AB 2449, and therefore no remote public comment will be accepted at the meeting. If, after publication of this agenda and before the meeting begins, any councilmember determines that they will need to participate remotely due to just cause or emergency circumstances under AB 2449, their remote participation will be announced at the outset of the meeting in connection with the Roll Call item. If a Councilmember participates in the meeting remotely pursuant to AB 2449, the public may participate and provide public comment remotely, as follows:
a. Zoom:
https://cityofconcord.zoom.us/j/81367312481?pwd=MAgxWtLbTwrbg7pB8H58FJgbdXsu TQ.nHqM9RHnsDaKbehs or Zoom Webinar ID: 813 6731 2481 and Passcode: 820732 b.Zoom Phone Numbers. Dial Toll Free: (669) 900-6833 or (346) 348-7799 or (253) 215- 8782.
c.During the meeting, each period for public comment will be announced, and participants may use the “Raise Hand” feature on Zoom to request to speak. If calling in via Zoom use *9 to raise and lower your hand. The meeting host will call on you, by name, and promote you to panelist in the webinar so you can be seen via your camera. Please enable your microphone when it is your turn to speak. In order to ensure the orderly administration of the meeting using this method, providing your name is encouraged, but is not required. (If you need instructions on how to use this feature, please contact the City Clerk by 3:00 p.m. of the meeting date at [email protected]).

3. EMAIL:
a.Public comments can also be submitted via email to [email protected]. Please note that emailed comments will not be read aloud by staff. Any public comments received up until 3:00 p.m. of the meeting date will be:

1. distributed to the Council before the meeting,

2. posted online for public inspection at
https://stream.ci.concord.ca.us/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Meetings/Search, and

3. inserted into the meeting record.
b.As emails containing public meeting comments are part of the official record, note that personal contact information may be published if it is included with your email.

4. TO WATCH OR LISTEN ONLY:
a.Watch on TV on Comcast Channel 28, Astound/Wave Channels 29 and 1026, and AT&T U-verse Channel 99
b.Watch the TV broadcast through the City’s website by following THIS LINK c.Watch Live Streaming of the meeting by following THIS LINK d.Join the Zoom webinar by following THIS LINK
3 5. INTERPRETATION OR WRITTEN TRANSLATION:

OPEN SESSION

1. OPENING
Roll Call – Announcements/Consideration and Approval of Requests by Councilmembers to Participate Remote Pursuant to AB 2449.

Pledge of Allegiance – Councilmember Benavente

2. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
This is a 15-minute Public Comment Period for items within the City Council’s subject matter jurisdiction that are not on this agenda. Each speaker will be limited to approximately three minutes.

State law prohibits the City Council from acting at this meeting on any matter raised during the Public Comment Period. Please see “How to Submit Public Comments” above

3. PRESENTATIONS
a. Presentation – to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano proclaiming April 2025 as "Volunteer Appreciation Month" in the City of Concord.

Presentation by Mayor Obringer.
b. Presentation – to MDUSD CARES Expanded Learning Program proclaiming April 21-25, 2025, as "Afterschool Professionals Week" in the City of Concord. Presentation by Mayor Obringer.
c. Presentation – to Denise Miles, Wells Fargo, proclaiming April 22, 2025, as "Earth Day" in the City of Concord, and to Christine Boschen, Markham

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4 Arboretum, proclaiming April 22, 2025, as "Arbor Day" in the City of Concord.

Presentation by Mayor Obringer.

4. CITY COUNCIL/LOCAL REUSE AUTHORITY (LRA) CONSENT CALENDAR The public is entitled to address the City Council on items appearing on the Consent Calendar before or during the City Council’s consideration of the Consent Calendar. Adoption of the Consent Calendar may be made by one motion of the City Council, provided that any Councilmember, individual or organization may request removal of an item from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration.

If a request for removal of an item from the Consent Calendar has been received, the Mayor may defer action on the particular item and place the same on the regular agenda for consideration in any order s/he deems appropriate. Please see “How to Submit Public Comments” above. a. Considering – adoption of a Resolution revising Policy & Procedure 37.22 –, Military Leave, retroactive to January 1, 2025. Recommended by the Director of Human Resources.

CEQA: Not a project/exempt per Public Resources Code Section 21065, 14 Cal Code Regs. Sections 15060, , 15061, and/or 15378).
b. Considering – adoption of a Resolution accepting and appropriating grant funding from the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) in the amount of $220,750 to support and expand the Senior Transportation Program, Project No. 2792. Recommended by the Director of Recreation Services.

CEQA: Exempt/not a project pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2), 15060 (b)(3), 15273, and/or 15378 including subsection (b)(4).
c. Considering – approval of a License Agreement with Six Flags Concord LLC for a fee of $1,875 per month from May to September and $1,000 per month from October to April, each year, to allow Six Flags staff to utilize a maintenance building on City of Concord's property located on Waterworld Way; and authorizing the City Manager to sign the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. Recommended by the Director of Public Works.

CEQA: Exempt per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 – Existing Facilities,15305 – Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations, and/or 15323 – Normal Operations of Facilities for Public Gatherings.
d. Considering – adoption of four resolutions ordering the preparation of the Engineer’s Report for the levy of Fiscal Year 2025-26 assessments for the City’s four Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Assessment Districts. (Maintenance District Funds) Recommended by the Director of Public Works.

CEQA: Not a project under Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(3), 15273, 15378, and/or 15061(b) 5 e. Considering – the appointment of Martin Steinpress, Jency James, and Carlos Montalvo to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee for four- year terms ending February 28, 2029, as recommended by the Council Committee on Infrastructure and Franchise (Aliano/Hoffmeister).

Recommended by the City Clerk.
f. Considering – appointment of Jill Finn and Darren Kelly as Design Professionals to the Design Review Board for four-year terms ending February 28, 2029, as recommended by the Council Committee on Housing and Economic Development (Hoffmeister/Obringer). Recommended by the City Clerk.
g. Considering – approval of Maintenance Services Agreements to provide on- call tree maintenance with three firms, at annual not-to-exceed amounts, as follows:

1. J.T.S. Tree Experts, Inc. in the not-to-exceed amount of$895,000 per year to complete on-call tree maintenance, tree planting, and tree-related crane services in the Parks, Opens Space, and other City-maintained property;

2. Mountain F Enterprises, Inc. in the not-to-exceed amount of $400,000 per year to complete on-call tree maintenance for City-maintained Street Trees and other trees that may impact sewers; and

3. SavATree LLC in the not-to-exceed amount of $225,000 per year for emergency response to City-maintained and private property trees that impact the rights-of-way.

Each agreement’s term is for up to five (5) years with the option for three (3) one-year extensions; and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreements in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. (Operating Budget and Capital Budget) Recommended by the Director of Public Works.

CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b), 15273, 15301, and/or 15304.
h. Considering – appointment of incumbents Cedric Cheng and Lance LeDrew to the Concord Pavilion Community Outreach Committee for four-year terms ending February 28, 2029, as recommended by the Council Committee on Recreation, Cultural Affairs, and Community Services
(Nakamura/Benavente). Recommended by the City Clerk.
i. Considering – a resolution to accept the Concord Police Department AB 481 2024 Military Equipment Report, 2025 Military Equipment Inventory, and approve the continued use of existing department policy. Recommended by the Chief of Police.
6 CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2), 15061(b)(3), and/or 15378. j. Considering – approval of a Maintenance Service Agreement with Palomas Landscape Inc. for turf management and surface maintenance services for a three-year term, with three one-year extensions, in the amount of $190,000 per fiscal year and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. (Operating Budget) Recommended by the Director of Public Works.

CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(2) and (3), 15273, 15301, 15302, 15304, 15378, and/or Public Resources Code section 21065.

LOCAL REUSE AUTHORITY CONSENT CALENDAR
k. Considering – a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) and the City of Concord Local Reuse Authority (LRA) on the development and operation of the Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV) Program on the former Concord Naval Weapons Station (CNWS). Recommended by the Director of Economic Development and Base Reuse.

CEQA: Not a project/exempt per Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b), 15352, 15273, and/or 15378.

5. CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ITEM
The public is entitled to address the City Council on items appearing on the agenda before or during the City Council’s consideration of that item. Each speaker will be limited to approximately three minutes. Please see “How to Submit Public Comments” above. a. Considering – adoption of Ordinance No. 25-3 amending Concord Municipal Code Chapter 19.40 “Residential Tenant Protection Program” to revise existing provisions thereof, including but not limited to adjusting the Annual Allowable Rent Increase and the applicability of the “just cause for eviction” provisions to rented single-family homes and condominiums. Ordinance No. 25-3 was introduced on March 25, 2025, by reading of the title only and waiving further reading. Recommended by the City Clerk.

CEQA: Not a project/exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(3), and/or 15378.

6. CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence received at the City Council meeting will be listed here on the Annotated Agenda. 7 a. Letter to Hon. Mark DeSaulnier re: Support for East Bay Regional Park District South of Bailey Road - Community Development Project - March 28, 2025
b. Letter to Hon. Scott Wiener re: SB 79 (Wiener) Transit-oriented Development Notice of Opposition - April 7, 2025
c. Letter to Hon. Maria Elena Durzo re: SB 634 (Perez) Homelessness: civil and criminal penalties Notice of OPPOSITION (As Amended 03/26/25) - April 14, 2025
d. Letter to Grant Committee - re: Support for La Concordia Wellness Center - April 14, 2025
e. Letter to Hon. Mark DeSaulnier re: Support for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District's STation LED Lighting Program - April 8, 2025 f. Letter to Assemblymember Annamarie Avila Farias - April 8, 2025

7. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Closed Session Announcements
City Manager or Staff Reports
Council Reports

8. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Regular Meeting
Date: 5/6/2025 6:30 PM

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
There is a 90-day limit for the filing of a challenge in the Superior Court to certain City administrative decisions and orders which require a hearing by law, the receipt of evidence, and the exercise of discretion. The 90-day limit begins on the date the decision is final (Code of Civil Procedure §1094.6). Further, if you challenge an action taken by the City Council in court, you may be limited by California law to raising only those issues you or someone else raised in the hearing or in a written correspondence delivered to the City Council prior to or at the hearing.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and California Law, it is the policy of the City of Concord to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities. If you are disabled and require a copy of a public hearing notice, or an agenda and/or agenda packet in an appropriate alternative format; or if you require other accommodation, please contact the ADA Coordinator Tianjun 8 Cao at (925) 671-3243 or [email protected], at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Advance notification within this guideline will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility.

Staff Report
Date: April 22, 2025
To: City Council
From: Valerie J. Barone, City Manager
Reviewed by: Jasmin Loi, Director of Human Resources
Prepared by: James Peavey, Human Resources Manager
[email protected]
(925) 671-3397
Subject: Considering adoption of a Resolution revising Policy & Procedure 37.22 –, Military Leave, retroactive to January 1, 2025.

CEQA: Not a project/exempt per Public Resources Code
Section 21065, 14 Cal Code Regs. Sections 15060, , 15061, and/or 15378).

Report in Brief
The City of Concord’s (“City”) Policy & Procedure 37.22 – Military Leave (“Policy”) provides the purpose, definitions, eligibility, and the process to be followed when employees are absent from work to perform uniformed service and complies with legal requirements. The policy was last revised in 2009 and requires revising to assist with recruitment and retention.

Recommended Action
Adopt a Resolution revising Policy & Procedure 37.22 – Military Leave retroactive to January 1, 2025. (Attachment 1)
Background
As an employer, the City supports employees who serve as members of the uniformed services. Eligible employees who are absent from work to perform uniformed service are entitled to take a military leave of absence, reemployment rights upon return from

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duty, and various other benefits while on leave. These military leave-related benefits assist the City to recruit and retain members of the uniformed services.

Staff periodically discovers portions of a policy and procedure that should be revised and presents these items to Council so they can be addressed. These revisions are considered housekeeping changes as they allow the City to remain current with the transforming needs of employees, the City and/or to comply with updated mandates— and do not alter the policy and procedure’s intent. A policy and procedure can only be revised via a resolution adopted by Council.

Analysis
To broaden employee eligibility, the Policy will be revised to specifically define the eligibility requirements to include recognized military service prior to service with the City need not be contiguous nor served immediately prior in determining the one year of public service requirement. This is anticipated to help with recruitment and retention Citywide, and particularly with the Police Department.

The Policy will be retroactive to January 1, 2025, to aid with recruitment and retention efforts within the Police Department. Additionally, previous Section 7.4 will be moved to Section 3 in the revised Policy to improve the readability of the document. The remaining substantive provisions of the Policy are unchanged. (A copy of the recommended revised version of the Policy is found as Exhibit A of Attachment 1. A copy of the redline version of the Policy is found as Attachment 2.) The Council Committee on Policy Development and Internal Operations (Obringer/Nakamura) reviewed this proposed change at a public meeting on March 26, 2025, and unanimously recommend the change to the full Council.

Financial Impact
This is a policy update only. There is not a financial impact.

Public Contact
The City Council Agenda was posted.

Attachments

1. Resolution amending Policy & Procedure 37.22 Military Leave with Exhibit A – Policy & Procedure 37.22 Military Leave

2. Policy & Procedure 37.22 Military Leave (redline version)

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Res. No. 25-xx 1

BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CONCORD

COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A Resolution Amending Policy & Procedure 37.22
Military Leave Retroactive to January 1, 2025
Resolution No. 25-XX
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WHEREAS, on February 26, 2002, Council adopted a resolution creating Policy & Procedure

37.22 Military Leave, and on March 2, 2009, Council adopted a resolution revising Policy & Procedure 37.22 Military Leave; and
WHEREAS, City staff discovered that certain sections of Policy & Procedure 37.22 Military Leave should be revised to broaden eligibility, specifically to define the eligibility requirement to include military service prior to service with the City need not be contiguous nor served immediately prior in determining the one year of public service requirement; and WHEREAS, Council, after giving all public notices required by State law and Concord Municipal Code, held a duly noticed public meeting on April 22, 2025, to consider this action; and WHEREAS, at such public meeting, Council considered all oral and written testimony, materials and information received, including oral and written responses from City staff given on or dated April 22, 2025, all attachments thereto, any correspondence presented, and all other pertinent testimony, other materials and information, which are maintained at the offices of the City of Concord, City Clerk, 1950 Parkside Drive, Concord, CA 94519; and WHEREAS, on April 22, 2025, the Council, after consideration thereof, moved to approve the recommendation of staff and adopt Resolution No. 25-XX.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CONCORD DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. None of the activities addressed herein constitute a “project” within the meaning of Public Resources Code Section 21065, 14 Cal Code Regs. Section 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), or 15378 because none of the activities has the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, even if any Attachment 1

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activity was a project under CEQA, each is exempt under 14 Cal. Code Regs. Sections 15061(b)(2), 15061(b)(3), and 15378(b)(5).

Section 2. The City Council amends Policy & Procedure 37.22 – Military Leave to make changes to update City practices, as shown in Exhibit A. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Concord on April 22, 2025, by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers -
NOES: Councilmembers -
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers -
ABSENT: Councilmembers -
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 25-XX was duly and regularly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Concord on April 22, 2025.

Joelle Fockler, MMC
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Susanne Meyer Brown
City Attorney
Attachment: Exhibit A: Policy & Procedure 37.22 – Military Leave

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37.22 Council Motion
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MILITARY LEAVE

1. PURPOSE
It is the policy of the City of Concord to provide appropriate military leaves of absence, benefits and reinstatement privileges for eligible employees who are inducted, enlist, enter or are ordered or called into active military duty pursuant to state and federal law, subject to the procedures and limitations set forth in this Policy & Procedure.

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 Eligible Employee means those employees who have been in the service of the City for a period of not less than one year immediately prior to the date upon which a temporary military leave of absence begins.

Except for Section 8: Supplemental Compensation in determining eligibility for the one-year of City service, all service of an employee in the recognized military service shall be counted as public service (California Military and Veterans Code, Sect. 395.01). Recognized military service prior to service with the City need not be contiguous nor served immedicably prior in determining the one year of public service.

2.2 30 Day Period means the first 30 calendar days of any military leave of absence. Military leave begins on the first day of ordered duty and ends on the last day of ordered duty and include workdays, non- workdays, holidays, and reasonable travel time.

2.3 Salary/Compensation means pay that is equal to the regular hourly wage for the days and hours the employee is normally scheduled. Pay will not exceed 80 hours per pay period.

2.4 Annual Training means engaged in military duty ordered for purposes of military training, where the period of ordered duty is no more than 17 calendar days annually including time involved in going to and returning from such duty.

2.5 Inactive Duty Training (drill/weekend duty) means the recurring requirement, usually two days per month, to perform inactive duty training (drill). Periods of military leave of absence to perform inactive duty training are not eligible for paid military leave.

2.6 Official Orders for Active or Reserve Duty means all written or verbal orders. Official Orders are considered valid when issued by competent military authority.

3. AUTHORITY
The Human Resources Department functions as the City’s military leave administrator and is authorized to make determinations regarding the provisions of paid military leave and whether an employee’s active duty assignment qualifies for supplemental compensation as provided for in this policy.

4. ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for military leave, an employee must be a member of the “uniformed services,” United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard, Reserves or Public Health Service, or any other category of persons designated by the President in time of war or emergency (38 U.S.C. Section 4303 (13 & 16)).

Exhibit A to Attachment 1

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5.1 Temporary military duty ordered for purposes of active military training, encampment, naval cruises, special exercises or like activity for an employee serving as a member of a uniformed service (California Military and Veterans Code, Sect. 395.01).

5.2 Active military duty when an employee (California Military and Veterans Code, Sect. 395.02):

5.21 is ordered into active military duty as a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States.

5.22 is ordered into active federal military duty as a member of the National Guard or Naval Militia.

5.23 is inducted, enlists, enters or is otherwise ordered or called into active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States.

6. AMOUNT OF LEAVE ALLOWABLE

6.1 Military Training. An eligible employee is entitled to a military leave of absence while engaged in temporary military duty training as a member of a reserve unit or a National Guard unit, provided that the period of ordered temporary duty does not exceed 180 calendar days, including time involved in going to and returning from that duty (California Military and Veterans Code, Sect. 395. (a)).

6.2 Maximum limit is five year cumulative total of voluntary active duty military service not in support of war, national emergency, or certain operational missions (USERRA, Sect.4312 (c)).

7. PAID MILITARY LEAVE

7.1 An eligible employee is entitled to receive his or her base salary for the first 30 calendar days of military leave of absence. Pay for this purpose may not exceed 30 calendar days in any one fiscal year (California Military and Veterans Code, Sect. 395.01).

7.2 No more than the pay for a period of 30 calendar days shall be allowed under sections 5.1 and 5.2 for any one military leave of absence or during any one fiscal year. (California Military and Veterans Code, Sect. 395.01).

7.3 Employees on military leave may substitute their accrued vacation and/or compensatory time for unpaid military leave.

8. SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION

8.1 By resolution, City Council of the City of Concord has authorized additional paid military leave for military reservists called to active duty beyond the 30 days of leave as specified in this policy. This resolution is intended to provide for the differential between the employee’s base compensation and active military duty compensation and shall be referred to for purposes of this policy as supplemental compensation.

8.2 Employees with at least one year of City service who are involuntarily ordered to active duty by authority of the President in a time of war or other military conflict who are required to serve related to terrorist attacks or impending or actual armed conflict, the following supplemental compensation will be provided:

8.21 After serving the first 30 days of paid military leave in a fiscal year, employee’s active military duty compensation shall be supplemented by the difference between the employee’s base salary and most current active military duty compensation.

8.22 In calculating supplemental compensation, the City will take into consideration all extra military pay including, but not limited to, dependent allowance, housing allowance, hazardous duty and flight pay.

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3 8.22.2 Pay differential for sworn employees who participate in the Police Professionalization Program shall be included in the employee’s base pay for purposes of calculating military leave supplemental compensation.

8.23 Supplemental compensation will be provided for the duration of the employee’s active military deployment pursuant to the most recent active duty orders once the initial thirty-day paid military leave has been exhausted.

8.3 Employees who may qualify for supplemental compensation will be required to furnish sufficient documentation of the employee’s military orders and documentation of current active military duty compensation. Failure to provide the required documentation will render the employee ineligible for supplemental compensation.

8.31 The employee will be required to submit a copy of their military pay stub on a quarterly basis to ensure that their supplemental compensation is based on the most current active military duty pay.

9. REQUESTING AND SCHEDULING LEAVE
Employees are expected to be sensitive to employer scheduling requirements when providing notification and when submitting application to the unit for orders. When possible, an employee should submit requests for orders during calendar periods outside of peak operational seasons and not during the most popular vacation cycles.

9.1 Advance Notice. Written or oral notification must be given prior to going on duty, unless precluded by military necessity. Employees are highly encouraged to notify the supervisor of any “window” of anticipated military activity, when application for orders is made, or if notified of possible involuntary recall (USERRA, Sect. 4312 (a) (1)).

9.2 Official Orders. Employees shall provide a copy of orders, the annual drill schedule, or other type of documentation as soon as available and, if possible, before commencement of military duty. Official orders are required for periods of military leave of absence exceeding 30 days.

10. RE-EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS

10.1 Any employee whose absence from a position of employment is necessitated by reason of service in the uniformed services shall be entitled to the reemployment rights and benefits and other employment benefits if:

10.11 the employee (or an appropriate officer of the uniformed service in which such service is performed) has given advance written or verbal notice of such service to the City;

10.12 the cumulative length of the absence and of all previous absences from a position of employment with the City by reason of service in the uniformed services does not exceed five years; and

10.13 the employee reports to, or submits an application for reemployment to, such employer in accordance with the provisions of 38 USC §4312, subsection (e).

10.2 After completion of approved military leave of absence an employee shall return to work according to the following: (USERRA, Sect. 4312 (e)).

10.21 Fitness Exams and Service of one to 30 days - on the first full scheduled day of work after a reasonable period for safe transportation home and an eight hour rest period.

10.22 Service of 31 to 180 days - application for reinstatement must be submitted not later than 14 days after completion of military duty.

10.23 Service of 181 or more days - application for reinstatement must be submitted not later than 90 days after completion of military duty.

10.24 The deadline for reinstatement may be extended for up to two years for employees who are convalescing due to a disability incurred or aggravated during military service.

10.3 Documentation upon return (USERRA, Sect. 4312 (f)). An employee on military leave of absence for a

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10.31 The application for reemployment is timely

10.32 The five-year service limitation has not been exceeded

10.33 The separation from service was other than disqualifying under USERRA, Section 4304.

10.4 If employee does not provide satisfactory documentation because it’s not readily available or does not yet exist, the City will honor the right to reemployment contingent on subsequent production of the documentation. If, after reemployment, documentation becomes available that shows one or more of the reemployment requirements were not met, the City may terminate the employee subject to the appeal rights provided in the applicable MOU or Personnel Rules. (USERRA, Sect. 4312 (f) (3) (A)).

10.5 Pension Contributions. Pursuant to section 9.2 of this policy, if a person has been absent for military service for 91 or more days, the City may delay making retroactive pension contributions until the employee submits satisfactory return documentation (USERRA, Sect. (f) (3) (B)).

11. DISQUALIFYING SERVICE

11.1 The City has the right to refuse reemployment or terminate an employee for the following circumstances:
(USERRA, Sect. 4304):

11.11 Separation from the service with a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge.

11.12 Separation from the service under other than honorable conditions.

11.13 Dismissal of a commissioned officer in certain situations involving a court martial or by order of the President in time of war (Section 1161 (a) of Title 10)

11.14 Dropping an individual from the rolls when the individual has been absent without authority for more than three months or who is imprisoned by a civilian court (Section 1161 (b) of Title 10).

12. REINSTATEMENT FROM LEAVE

12.1 An employee returning from military leave of absence is entitled to return to the same or equivalent position with equivalent benefits, pay, and other terms and conditions of employment, and without loss of job seniority or any other status or benefits accrued prior to or during military leave provided the employee would still be employed if military leave had not been taken; with the exception of an uncompleted probationary period (USERRA, Sect. 4313 (a)). In this case, the probationary period must be completed upon reinstatement as described in the applicable MOU or the Staffing Policy.

12.2 If the position has been abolished or otherwise has ceased to exist during the employee’s absence, the employee will have the same rights and privileges as though he or she had occupied the position when it ceased to exist (USERRA, Sect. 4312 ((d) (1) (A)).

12.3 Service credit accrues during military leave of absence for the purposes of retirement, vacation accrual rate, and employee recognition awards.

13. FUNDING OF BENEFITS

13.1 Health Benefits (USERRA, Sect. 4317)

13.11 Group health, dental and vision plan coverage will be continued at City expense for the first 30 days of active military leave as described in paragraph 5.2. Following the first 30 days of active military leave through the duration of the employee’s involuntary active military leave, group health, dental and vision plan coverage will be continued at the City and employee normal contribution rates. Health insurance waiver in lieu of coverage is not available beyond the first 30 calendar days.

13.12 Group health and dental plan coverage will be continued at City expense for up to 180 days of temporary military duty as described in paragraph 5.1 Health insurance waiver in lieu of coverage is not available beyond the first 30 calendar days.

13.13 For military leaves, which extend beyond the limit of City provided health plan coverage;

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5 employees may elect to pay for COBRA coverage for up to 24 months. Upon return to duty, health insurance will be reinstated with no waiting period.

13.14 If an employee’s monthly COBRA payment is more than 30 days late, the City may terminate coverage.

13.2 Pension/Retirement Plans

13.21 The following applies to City and employee contributions to PERS and City paid 401(k) contributions for management employees (USERRA, Sect. 4318):

13.211 a returning employee will be treated as not having incurred a break in service. The City shall maintain employer and appropriate employee contributions to PERS and 401(k), if applicable;

13.212 military service will be considered service with the City for vesting and benefit accrual purposes;

13.213 the City will fund any resulting obligation; and

13.214 the employee is entitled to any accrued benefits from employee contributions only to the extent that the employee repays the employee contributions.

13.22 Upon return from military leave, the employee has a period equal to three times the length of ser- vice (not to exceed five years) within which to make the required contributions to PERS and the City will fund the resulting obligation of the plan within the same time frame (USERRA Sect. 4318 (b) (2)).

13.3 Vacation, Sick Leave, and Holidays

13.31 Eligible employees on paid military leave under sections 5.1 and 5.2 continue to accrue vacation and sick leave while in paid military leave status. Holidays that fall during paid military leave do not accrue and are treated as paid military leave. Employees who continue on a military leave of absence beyond the first 30 days of paid military leave will not accrue any further paid leave. Leave balances for employees on extended military leave of absence will be frozen until the employee returns to City employment and resumes a fully paid status.

13.32 Unpaid military leave will not affect years of service for the purpose of calculating vacation accrual rate (California Military and Veterans Code, Sect. 395.(d)).

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CITY OF CONCORD
Number:

Authority:

Effective:

Revised:

POLICY & PROCEDURE Reviewed:

Initiating Dept.:

37.22 Council Motion
2-26-02
4-22-253-2-09
2009
HR

MILITARY LEAVE

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 Eligible Employee means those employees who have been in the service of the City (or public ser- vice) for a period of not less than one year immediately prior to the date upon which a temporary military leave of absence begins. Except for Section 8: Supplemental Compensation in determining eligibility for the one-year of public agency City service, all service of a n public employee in the recognized military service shall be counted as public agency service (California Military and Veterans Code, Sect. 395.01). Recognized military service prior to service with the City need not be contiguous nor served immedicably prior in determining the one year of public service.

2.3 Salary/Compensation means pay that is equal to the regular hourly wage for the days and hours the employee is normally scheduled. Pay will not exceed 80 hours per pay period.

2.5 Inactive Duty Training (drill/weekend duty) means the recurring requirement, usually 2 two days per month, to perform inactive duty training (drill). Periods of military leave of absence to perform inactive duty training are not eligible for paid military leave.

2.6 Official Orders for Active or Reserve Duty means all written or verbal orders. Official Orders are considered valid when issued by competent military authority.

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2 5. QUALIFYING EVENTS

5.2 Active military duty when an employee (California Military and Veterans Code, Sect. 395.02):

5.21 is ordered into active military duty as a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States.

5.22 is ordered into active federal military duty as a member of the National Guard or Naval Militia.

5.23 is inducted, enlists, enters or is otherwise ordered or called into active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States.

6. AMOUNT OF LEAVE ALLOWABLE

6.2 Maximum limit is 5- five year cumulative total of voluntary active duty military service not in support of war, national emergency, or certain operational missions (USERRA, Sect.4312 (c)).

7. PAID MILITARY LEAVE

7.2 No more than the pay for a period of 30 calendar days shall be allowed under sections 4.1 5.1 and 4.2

5.2 for any one military leave of absence or during any one fiscal year. (California Military and Veterans Code, Sect. 395.01).

7.3 Employees on military leave may substitute their accrued vacation and/or compensatory time for unpaid military leave.

8. SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION

8.1 By resolution, City Council of the City of Concord has authorized additional paid military leave for military reservists called to active duty beyond the thirty (30) 30 days of leave as specified in this policy.

This resolution is intended to provide for the differential between the employee’s base compensation and active military duty compensation and shall be referred to for purposes of this policy as supplemental compensation.

8.21 After serving the first 30 days of paid military leave in a fiscal year, employee’s’ active military duty compensation shall be supplemented by the difference between the employee’s base salary and most current active military duty compensation.

8.4 The Human Resources Department functions as the City’s military leave administrator and is authorized to make determinations regarding the provisions of paid military leave and whether an employee‘s active duty assignment qualifies for supplemental compensation as provided for in this policy.

10. RE-EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS

10.11 the employee (or an appropriate officer of the uniformed service in which such service is performed) has given advance written or verbal notice of such service to the City;

10.12 the cumulative length of the absence and of all previous absences from a position of employment with the City by reason of service in the uniformed services does not exceed five years; and

10.13 the employee reports to, or submits an application for reemployment to, such employer in accordance with the provisions of 38 USC §4312, subsection (e).

10.2 After completion of approved military leave of absence an employee shall return to work according to the following: (USERRA, Sect. 4312 (e)).

10.21 Fitness Exams and Service of 1 one to 30 days - on the first full scheduled day of work after a reasonable period for safe transportation home and an eight hour rest period.

10.22 Service of 31 to 180 days - application for reinstatement must be submitted not later than 14 days after completion of military duty.

10.23 Service of 181 or more days - application for reinstatement must be submitted not later than 90 days after completion of military duty.

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4 10.24 The deadline for reinstatement may be extended for up to 2 two years for employees who are convalescing due to a disability incurred or aggravated during military service.

10.3 Documentation upon return (USERRA, Sect. 4312 (f)). An employee on military leave of absence for a period of 31 days or more must provide documentation showing that:

10.31 The application for reemployment is timely

10.32 The five-year service limitation has not been exceeded

10.33 The separation from service was other than disqualifying under USERRA, Section 4304.

10.5 Pension Contributions. Pursuant to section 8.2 9.2 of this policy, if a person has been absent for military service for 91 or more days, the City may delay making retroactive pension contributions until the employee submits satisfactory return documentation (USERRA, Sect. (f) (3) (B)).

11. DISQUALIFYING SERVICE

11.1 The City has the right to refuse reemployment or terminate an employee for the following circumstances:
(USERRA, Sect. 4304):

11.11 Separation from the service with a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge.

11.12 Separation from the service under other than honorable conditions.

11.13 Dismissal of a commissioned officer in certain situations involving a court martial or by order of the President in time of war (Section 1161 (a) of Title 10)

11.14 Dropping an individual from the rolls when the individual has been absent without authority for more than three months or who is imprisoned by a civilian court (Section 1161 (b) of Title 10).

12. REINSTATEMENT FROM LEAVE

12.3 Service credit accrues during military leave of absence for the purposes of retirement, vacation accrual rate, and employee recognition awards.

13. FUNDING OF BENEFITS

13.1 Health Benefits (USERRA, Sect. 4317)

13.11 Group health, dental and vision plan coverage will be continued at City expense for the first thirty (30) 30 days of active military leave as described in paragraph 4.2 5.2. Following the first thirty (30) 30 days of active military leave through the duration of the employee’s involuntary active military leave, group health, dental and vision plan coverage will be continued at the City and employee normal contribution rates. Health insurance waiver in lieu of coverage is not available beyond the first 30 calendar days.

13.12 Group health and dental plan coverage will be continued at City expense for up to 180 days of

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5 temporary military duty as described in paragraph 4.1. 5.1 Health insurance waiver in lieu of coverage is not available beyond the first 30 calendar days.

13.13 For military leaves, which extend beyond the limit of City provided health plan coverage; employees may elect to pay for COBRA coverage for up to 24 months. Upon return to duty, health insurance will be reinstated with no waiting period.

13.14 If an employee’s monthly COBRA payment is more than 30 days late, the City may terminate coverage.

13.2 Pension/Retirement Plans

13.21 The following applies to City and employee contributions to PERS and City paid 401(k) contributions for management employees (USERRA, Sect. 4318):

13.211 a returning employee will be treated as not having incurred a break in service. The City shall maintain employer and appropriate employee contributions to PERS and 401(k), if applicable;

13.212 military service will be considered service with the City for vesting and benefit accrual purposes;

13.213 the City will fund any resulting obligation; and

13.214 the employee is entitled to any accrued benefits from employee contributions only to the extent that the employee repays the employee contributions.

13.22 Upon return from military leave, the employee has a period equal to 3 three times the length of ser- vice (not to exceed 5 five years) within which to make the required contributions to PERS and the City will fund the resulting obligation of the plan within the same time frame (USERRA Sect. 4318 (b) (2)).

13.3 Vacation, Sick Leave, and Holidays

13.31 Eligible employees on paid military leave under sections 4.1 5.1 and 4.2 5.2 continue to accrue vacation and sick leave while in paid military leave status. Holidays that fall during paid military leave do not accrue and are treated as paid military leave. Employees who continue on a military leave of absence beyond the first thirty (30) 30 days of paid military leave will not accrue any further paid leave. Leave balances for employees on extended military leave of absence will be frozen until the employee returns to City employment and resumes a fully paid status.

13.32 Unpaid military leave will not effect affect years of service for the purpose of calculating vacation accrual rate (California Military and Veterans Code, Sect. 395.(d)).

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From: D'Marco Anthony <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2025 8:08 PM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
Cc: Peavey, James <[email protected]>; Loi, Jasmin <[email protected]>; Nakamura, Laura
<[email protected]>; Benavente, Pablo
<[email protected]>; Aliano, Dominic
<[email protected]>; Obringer, Carlyn
<[email protected]>; Hoffmeister, Laura <[email protected]>
Subject: Public comment item 4a (04/22/2025)
Hello Council & Staff. I would like to express opposition to agenda item 4a. We should not be expanding military leave for any city workers whatsoever. We need to demilitarize our Concord City Staff, especially our police force.

The Concord Police Department is not supposed to be a militarized body. Consequently, I believe it is inappropriate and wrong for the City of Concord to try to entice and recruit military members and veterans to join the Police Department.

I believe the City of Concord should not close any loopholes or go beyond what is required by federal and state law with regards to military leave. Incentives and special privileges for military members are problematic because they encourage people to abandon the City of Concord and to go involve themselves with the military industrial complex.

No more affirmative action for active military members and veterans! Veterans are already the most privileged class of people in our society: free healthcare, tuition free college, preferential treatment in the workplace, housing assistance, etc. I am so fed up with all the pro-military warmongers. Enough is enough!
Thank you,
-D'Marco J. Anthony
Benched Correspondence
Agenda Item 4.a.

April 22, 2025

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Staff Report
Date: April 22, 2025
To: City Council
From: Valerie J. Barone, City Manager
Reviewed by: Steve Voorhies, Director of Recreation Services Prepared by: Barbie Gary, Program Manager
[email protected]
(925) 671-3074
Subject: Considering adoption of a Resolution accepting and appropriating grant funding from the Contra Costa
Transportation Authority (CCTA) in the amount of $220,750 to support and expand the Senior Transportation Program,
Project No. 2792.

CEQA: Exempt/not a project pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2), 15060 (b)(3), 15273, and/or 15378 including subsection (b)(4).

Report in Brief
The City of Concord is the recipient of Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) Measure J Program 20a funding in the amount of $220,750 for Fiscal Years 2024-25 and 2025-26. The funding is allocated to continue support of the existing GoGo Concord Transportation Program, including expanding the program to include a fixed route van service.

Recommended Action
Adopt a Resolution accepting and appropriating grant funding from CCTA in the amount of $220,750 to support and expand the Senior Transportation Program.

Background
The Concord Senior Center serves as a vital hub for the senior community, offering a range of services and programs that support the well-being of older adults, including

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exercise classes, social engagement opportunities, physical and mental health resources, and transportation services.

Community surveys conducted in 2022 and 2024 reaffirm the ongoing need for reliable transportation options for Concord residents aged 65 and older. From 2015 to 2020, the Senior Center operated the Get Around Taxi Script Program, which provided on- demand transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities. In 2021, this program was restructured and relaunched as GoGo Concord, a supplemental transportation initiative in partnership with GoGo Grandparent. This program leverages ride-hailing services such as Lyft and Uber to offer 24/7 on-demand transportation for eligible Concord residents within Contra Costa County, at a below market cost to the user.

In Fiscal Year 2023-24, the GoGo Concord program facilitated over 1,300 one-way rides for 97 unique riders, demonstrating its effectiveness in addressing the transportation needs of the senior and disabled communities.

In 2024, City staff applied for the TRANSPAC (Transportation Partnership and Cooperation) FYs 2024-25 and 2025-26 Measure J Line 20a Funds, requesting funding to continue subsidizing rides through the GoGo Concord Transportation Program, and additional funding to develop a new pilot program designed as a fixed route van service utilizing existing City-owned passenger vans. The additional GoGo Concord Fixed Route Van Service will be free for GoGo Concord Senior Transportation members after the initial $15 yearly enrollment fee (scholarships available). The pilot program will provide door-to-door service, Monday-Thursday, from the rider’s home to the Concord Senior Center, so they may participate in daily activities, classes, and the congregate lunch program. Rides would be provided back to the rider’s home per their pre-scheduled appointment. Based on rider feedback and expansion feasibility, staff will explore expanding the program to include more route locations in addition to the Concord Senior Center, which could include a shopping location, one public place/park (e.g., Concord Library), and one medical office location.

Rides through the GoGo Grandparent portion of the program will continue to be reserved by phone, and users can secure rides for the Fixed Route Van Service by using a dedicated phone line.

TRASPAC approved Measure J Program 20a funding on June 13, 2024, allocating $22,750 to maintain the GoGo Concord on demand rides through GoGo Grandparent and $198,000 to initiate the new Fixed Route Van service. The City will complete progress reports throughout the duration of the grant cycle and submit for reimbursement for program costs through June 30, 2026.

Analysis
The Measure J Program 20a funding will be used to continue subsidizing the GoGo Concord Transportation Program, with participants paying 50% towards their on-

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demand rides and the City paying the other 50%, up to $30/month. The grant will allow development and implementation of the new Fixed Route Van Service, providing free rides for Concord residents aged 65 or older and people with disabilities to and from the Concord Senior Center on designated days. Grant funding will be used to fully cover costs associated with the new van service, including limited-service staff (drivers and transportation specialist) and administrative support from full-time staff.

The development and implementation of the program will occur over the next four to six months and will include the following key activities to ensure a structured and efficient launch of the program:
• Development of job descriptions: Defining roles and responsibilities for new positions.
• Recruitment and onboarding: Posting job openings, conducting candidate selection, and facilitating employee onboarding.
• Program training: Providing comprehensive training to ensure staff readiness and service efficiency.
• Establishment of administrative and customer service procedures: Developing operational workflows and customer support protocols to ensure seamless service delivery.

Financial Impact
Measure J Program 20a funds will continue to subsidize the on-demand ride component of the GoGo Concord Transportation Program. Additionally, these funds will support the implementation of a free Fixed Route Van Service for Concord residents aged 65 and older. This funding will cover operational costs, including the employment of staff to serve as drivers and a transportation specialist, ensuring reliable and accessible transportation for the City's senior population.

No matching funds are required to accept and appropriate the grant funds.

Environmental Determination
This item is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as it does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2), and/or 15378 including subsection (b)(4) because there is no potential that it will result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and/or 15273 because it involves government funding/fiscal activities. If this were determined to be a "project" for CEQA analysis, this activity falls within the "Common Sense" CEQA exemption set forth in CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). No unusual circumstances exist and none of the exceptions under CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 apply. This determination reflects the City’s independent judgment and analysis.

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Public Contact
The City Council Agenda was posted.

Attachments

1. Resolution accepting grant funds

2. Master Cooperative Agreement No. 20C.10 between Contra Costa Transportation Authority and City of Concord

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Res. No. 25-XX

BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CONCORD

COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A Resolution Accepting and Appropriating Grant
Funding from the Contra Costa Transportation
Authority (CCTA) in the amount of $220,750 to
Support and Expand the Senior Transportation
Program, Project No. 2792
Resolution No. XX-X
/
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) approved grant funds to the City of Concord in the amount of $220,750 for FY 2024-25 and 2025-26 for the Senior Transportation Program Grant; and
WHEREAS, the funds will be used to maintain the existing GoGo Concord Transportation Program and expand the program to include a fixed route van service; and WHEREAS, the Director of Recreation Services has recommended acceptance of the FY 2024-25 and 2025-26 Senior Transportation Grant in the amount of $220,750 for the Concord Senior Center’s sponsored Senior Transportation Program.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CONCORD DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. This item is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as it does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2), and/or 15378 including subsection (b)(4) because there is no potential that it will result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and/or 15273 because it involves government funding/fiscal activities. If this were determined to be a "project" for CEQA analysis, this activity falls within the "Common Sense" CEQA exemption set forth in CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). This determination reflects the City’s independent judgment and analysis.

Section 2. Accepts these grand funds in the amount of $220,750.

Section 3. Authorizes the appropriation and use of these funds to maintain the existing GoGo Concord Transportation Program and expand the program to include a fixed route van service.

Attachment 1

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Section 4. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Concord on April 22, 2025 , by the following vote:

Joelle Fockler, MMC
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Susanne Meyer Brown
City Attorney

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MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO. 20C.10

BETWEEN

CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
AND

CITY OF CONCORD
THIS MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO. 20C.10 ( “AGREEMENT”) is made and entered into as of this
6th day of March 2024, by and between the CITY OF
CONCORD, CALIFORNIA hereinafter referred to as “SPONSOR,” and the CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, hereinafter referred to as “AUTHORITY.” SPONSOR and AUTHORITY are sometimes individually referred to as “Party” and collectively as “Parties” in this AGREEMENT.

RECITALS
A. Pursuant to the Measure C Sales Tax Renewal Ordinance (#88-01 as amended by #04 -
02), hereinafter referred to as “ Measure J”, the AUTHORITY is auth orized to expend funds for the provision of transportation programs for seniors and people with disabilities.

B. SPONSOR desires to implement one or more
programs, to enhance mobility for
seniors and/or people with disabilities, hereinafter referred to as “PROGRAM,” eligible under the Central Contra Costa Additional Transportation Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities Program (Measure J Expenditure Plan Program 20a, as amended).

C. The SPONSOR seeks a commitment
from the AUTHORITY for Measure J funds for
the purpose of providing services and programs as described in the Measure J expenditure plan programs listed in paragraph B above.

D. The SPONSOR understands that the
AUTHORITY shall only provide such
commitment described in paragraph C above after a request for allocation to SPONSOR is made by the Transportation Partnership and Cooperation (TRANSPAC) though action at a regular meeting of the TRANSPAC Board. Such request shall be made in writing from TRANSPAC to the Authority.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the AUTHORITY and SPONSOR do hereby agree as follows:

SECTION I
SPONSOR AGREES:

1. Application of Funding.

For PROGRAM approved and funded by AUTHORITY, to apply
the funds received
under this AGREEMENT to PROGRAM in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in funding resolutions at the AUTHORITY’s full discretion; and consistent with the information contained in the funding resolution attached to this AGREEMENT as EXHIBIT A and incorporated herein by this reference (“Funding Resolution”). The

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specific PROGRAM to be implemented by the SPONSOR is identified in the Funding Resolution.

2. Invoices.

To provide invoices requesting reimbursement of eligible expenditures incurred in the form and detail
sufficient to show delivery of the program described in the Funding Resolution along with supporting documentation as required by AUTHORITY.

Invoices will be submitted monthly or bi-monthly at the discretion of SPONSOR.

3. Record Keeping and Audit s.
a. To maintain complete, accurate and clearly identifiable records with respect to all costs and expenses incurred under this AGREEMENT.

To allow AUTHORITY or
any independent auditor selected by any of these parties, to audit all expenditures relating to each PROGRAM funded through this AGREEMENT. For the duration of each PROGRAM , and for five (5 ) years following completion of the PROGRAM, or earlier discharge of the AGREEMENT, SPONSOR shall make available all records relating to expenses incurred in perform ance of this AGREEMENT upon request by AUTHORITY.
b. To maintain sufficient records demonstrating SPONSOR’s compliance with the terms of the Measure J
Expenditure Plan, including amendments, and the Measure J Strategic Plan, as periodically updated, and this AGREEMENT for a period of five (5) years from the date of this AGREEMENT and to allow the AUTHORITY and its duly authorized representatives, agents and consultants access to such records and be audited. SPONSOR shall ensure that audit working papers are made available to the AUTHORITY or its designee upon request for a period of three (3) years from the date the audit report is issued, unless extended in writing by the AUTHORITY.

4. Reporting.

To submit to AUTHORITY and/any of its partners a quarterly written report indicating,
as applicable, number of passenger trips provided, trip origin by community, if the trip would have been an ADA trip on the public system if not provided, milestones reached during the quarter, milestones for next quarter, or any other data or measure as deemed appropriate by the AUTHORITY.

5. Management.

To provide overall management of PRO GRAM(s) including responsibility for schedule, budget, and oversight of services performed by others and to be responsible for evaluation, selection, and management of consultants and contractors.

6. Signage.

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If PROGRAM involves construction or capital acquisition, to install a sign approved by the AUTHORITY that identifies Measure J and AUTHORITY as a funding source, if applicable. If PROJECT involves the production of promotional materials, including but not limited to brochures, signage, displays or give-away items used in connection with promotional events, to include AUTHORITY’s logo thereon.

7. Surplus Personal Property.

To comply with AUTHORITY’s Policy on Disposition of Surplus Personal Property Acquired by a Project Sponsor or Recipient of Program Funds and No Longer Required for the Project or Program with respect to the disposal of any surplus property acquired in whole or part with Measure J Funds.

8. Compliance with Local, State and Federal Requirements

If PROGRAM requires SPONSOR to enter into a contract with a contractor and/or consultant, SPONSOR shall ensure that such contract complies with this AGREEMENT and all applicable local, state and federal requirements and shall give all notices required by law . Additionally, any contractor and/or consultant is responsible for ensuring that subcontractors, at as many tiers of PROGRAM as required, perform in accordance with the terms, conditions and specifications of such contract, including local, state and/or federal requirements. Upon request of AUTHORITY and/or SPONSOR, any contractor and/or consultant shall provide evidence of the steps it has taken to ensure its compliance with this AGREEMENT and the local, state and/or federal requirements, as well as the evidence of the subcontractor’s compliance, at all tiers.

9. Insurance

SPONSOR shall maintain the following insurance in force during the entire term of this AGREEMENT, and in the case of Commercial General Liability Insurance and Professional Liability Insurance for at least five years after the conclusion of all services provided by SPONSOR pursuant to this AGREEMENT . SPONSOR’s contractors and consultants shall be subject to the same insurance provisions as stated herein unless specified otherwise:

a. Workers’ Compensation Insurance covering SPONSOR’s employees in accordance with statutory requirements of all jurisdiction(s) in which any and all Services are being performed, and Employer’s Liability Insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence for injuries incurred in providing services under this AGREEMENT . This policy shall include a waiver of subrogation stating that the insurer waives all rights of subrogation against the AUTHORITY, its officials, employees, or successors in interest.

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b. Comprehensive or Commercial General Liability Insurance including contractual liability, premises and operations, personal injury, completed operations, and independent contractors liability, with limits of not less than $1,000,000 each occurrence for bodily injury and not less than $1,000,000 each occurrence for property damage. (Aggregate is $3,000,000 bodily injury and property damage)
A combined single limit policy is acceptable provided the combined single limit is not less than $1,000,000. The policy shall contain an aggregate limit not less than $3,000,000. The required limits may be satisfied by a combination of a primary policy and
an excess or umbrella
policy with terms at least as broad as the primary policy.

The policy shall contain no endorsements or provisions limiting coverage for (1) products and completed operations; (2) contractual liability; (3) third party action over claims; or (4) cross liability exclusion for claims or suits by one insured against another. c. Automobile Liability Insurance covering owned, non
-owned, uninsured
motorists, leased and hired vehicles with limits not less than $1,000,000 each person and $1,000,000 each occurrence for bodily injury, and $1,000,000 each occurrence for property damage. A combined single limit of not less than $1,000,000 will meet this requirement.

AUTHORITY shall be added by SPONSOR as an additional insured on this policy. SPONSOR’S insurance policy shall be primary insurance with respect to the AUTHORITY and its employees, agents, officers and directors and any insurance maintained by AUTHORITY shall be excess of SPONSOR’S insurance.
d. Professional Liability Insurance (covering errors and omissions), with limits not less than $1,000,000 per claim and a deductible not to exceed $2,000,000 Aggregate, and a retroactive date no later than the commencement
date of this AGREEMENT as first shown above.

SPONSOR’s subcontractors and subconsultants providing professional services under this
AGREEMENT shall be added to SPONSOR’s
policy as additional insureds, or shall provide evidence of their own professional liability insurance which is acceptable to AUTHORITY’s Executive Director.

The policy or policies of insurance required by Section 10.b Comprehensive or General Commercial General Liability Insurance and 10.c Automobile Liability Insurance shall conform to or include the following:
1) A provision or endorsement naming AUTHORITY, its officials, employees, and successors in interest as additional insureds with respect to the liability arising out

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of the performance of the Services by SPONSOR under this AGREEMENT, including completed operations coverage.

2) Provisions that the insurance is primary insurance with respect to AUTHORITY, its officials, employees, and successors in interest. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by AUTHORITY, its officials, employees, or successors in interest shall be excess of SPONSOR’s insurance and shall not contribute with it.

3) Provisions or endorsements stating that the coverage contains no special limitations on the scope of protection afforded to AUTHORITY, its officials, employees, or successors in interest.

4) Provisions or endorsements stating that insurance shall apply separately to each insured against whom claim is made or suit is brought, subject to the limits of the insurer’s liability.

5) Provisions or endorsements providing a waiver of subrogation in favor of AUTHORITY, its officials, employees, or successors in interest or shall specifically allow SPONSOR to waive their right of recovery prior to a loss. SPONSOR hereby waives its own right of recovery against AUTHORITY.

All policies shall be issued by insurance companies which are licensed carriers in the State of California and maintain a Secure Best’s rating of “A –” or higher unless otherwise approved by AUTHORITY.

Prior to commencing Services under this AGREEMENT , SPONSOR shall furnish to AUTHORITY a copy of each policy of insurance required by this AGREEMENT. Such policies shall provide that not less than thirty (30) calendar days advance notice in writing will be given to AUTHORITY prior to cancellation, termination, or material alteration of said policies of insurance, except 10 calendar days in the event of non- payment of premium.

The requirements contained herein as to types and limits of insurance to be maintained by SPONSOR are not intended to and shall not in any manner limit or qualify the liabilities and obligations assumed by SPONSOR under this AGREEMENT.

SECTION II

AUTHORITY AGREES:

1. Reimbursement

Consistent with the procedures specified in Section I, paragraph 2 above, to reimburse SPONSOR for eligible expenses incurred in conducting the PROGRAM within 45 days

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of receipt of invoice, up to the amounts stated in SECTION III, Paragraph 14 of this AGREEMENT.

2. Notice of Audit

To provide timely notice if an audit is to be conducted.

SECTION III

IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED:

1. Term and Discharge of AGREEMENT.

a. This AGREEMENT is effective as of the date written above and will remain in effect until discharged as provided below. Under this AGREEMENT no expenditures prior to July 1, 2020 are eligible for reimbursement.

b. This AGREEMENT shall be subject to discharge as follows:

(i) Either party may terminate this AGREEMENT at any time for cause pursuant to a power created by the AGREEMENT, or by law, other than for breach, by giving written notice of termination to the other party which shall specify both the cause and the effect of termination. Notice of termination under this provision shall be given at least ninety (90) days before the effective date of such termination. Except as provided in Section III, paragraph 14 below, on termination all obligations which are still executory on both sides are discharged, but any right based on prior breach or performance survives.

(ii) This AGREEMENT may be canceled or terminated by a party for breach of any obligation, covenant or condition hereof by the other party upon notice to the breaching party. Except as provided in Paragraph 5 below, with respect to any breach which is reasonably capable of being cured, the breaching party shall have thirty (30) days from the date of the notice to initiate steps to cure. If the breaching party diligently pursues cure, such party shall be allowed a reasonable time to cure, not to exceed sixt y (60) days from the date of the initial notice, unless a further extension is granted by the non-breaching party. On cancellation, the non-breaching party retains the same rights as a party exercising its right to terminate under the provisions of (i) above, except that the canceling or terminating party also retains any remedy for breach of the whole contract or any unperformed balance.

(iii) By mutual consent of the parties, this AGREEMENT may be terminated at any time.

(iv) Except as to any rights or obligations which survive discharge, as provided herein, this AGREEMENT shall be discharged, and the parties shall have no further obligation to each other upon the disbursement of the amount set forth in Section II, paragraph 2 above.

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c. In the event that
SPONSOR ceases operation, upon termination of
operation, any unexpended Measure J funding will be promptly reimbursed to the AUTHORITY.

3. Indemnity
It is understood and agreed that neither AUTHORITY, nor any officer, employee, agent or contractor thereof, shall be responsible for, and SPONSOR shall indemnify and hold AUTHORITY and its officers, employees, agents and contractors harmless from, any damage or liability occurring by reason of anything done or omitted to be done by SPONSOR, its officers, employees, consultants or contractors, under or in connection with the services, authority or jurisdiction of SPONSOR or delegated to SPONSOR under this AGREEMENT. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is further specifically understood and agreed that, pursuant to California Government Code Section 895.4, SPONSOR shall fully indemnify and hold AUTHORITY and its officers, employees, agents and contractors harmless from any l iability or damages imposed for injury as defined by California Government Code Section 810.8 occurring by reason of anything done or omitted to be done by SPONSOR, its officers, employees, agents or contractors under this AGREEMENT or in connection with a ny services, authority or jurisdiction of SPONSOR or delegated to SPONSOR under this AGREEMENT.

5. Notices
Any notice which may be required under this AGREEMENT shall be in writing, effective when received, and given by personal service, certified or registered mail (return receipt requested), or courier service to the addresses set forth below, or to such addresses which may be specified in writing by the parties hereto.

Notices to SPONSOR: Notices to AUTHORITY:

Barbie Gary
Recreation Program Manager
City of Concord
1950 Parkside Dr. MS/20, Concord, CA
94519
[email protected] AND
[email protected]
Brian Kelleher
Chief Financial Officer
Contra Costa Transportation
Authority
2999 Oak Road, Suite 100
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
[email protected]
By executing this AGREEMENT, each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that the persons identified above, or any other person designated by either party to AGREEMENT by notice to the other party, is authorized to execute documents and to bind the party with respect to this AGREEMENT.

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6. Additional Acts and Documents

Each party agrees to do all such things and take all such actions and to make, execute, and deliver such other documents and instruments as shall be reasonably requested to carry out the provisions, intent, and purpose of the AGREEMENT.

7. Counterparts

This AGREEMENT may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.

8. Amendment

SPONSOR may, at any time, request an amendment to the work scope or budget of any PROGRAM funded under this AGREEMENT with Measure J by submitting a revised EXHIBIT A, indicating the proposed amendment in redline/strikeout format, together with a signed transmittal letter indicating the reason for the proposed change. Submittal of these documents shall be construed as SPONSOR’s consent to amend this AGREEMENT as specified. AUTHORITY will evaluate SPONSOR’s request on the basis of consistency with applicable policies and, if approved, will convey notice of approval to SPONSOR in writing. Upon approval by AUTHORITY, this AGREEMENT will be considered amended per SPONSOR’s request.

This AGREEMENT may otherwise be amended by written amendment executed by the parties and shall not be changed, modified, or rescinded except as provided herein.

Any attempt at oral modification of this AGREEMENT shall be void and of no effect.

9. Independent Agency

SPONSOR renders its services under this AGREEMENT as an independent agency.

None of the SPONSOR's agents or employees shall be agents or employees of AUTHORITY.

10. Assignment

This AGREEMENT may not be assigned, transferred, hypothecated, or pledged by any party without the express written consent of the other party.

11. Binding on Successors

This AGREEMENT shall be binding upon the successor(s), assignee(s), or transferee(s) of AUTHORITY or SPONSOR(s) as the case may be. This provision shall not be construed as an authorization to assign, transfer, hypothecate, or pledge this AGREEMENT other than as provided above.

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12. Severability

Should any part of this AGREEMENT be determined to be unenforceable, invalid, or beyond the authority of either party to enter into or carry out, such determination shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this AGREEMENT which shall continue in full force and effect, provided that the remainder of this AGREEMENT can, absent the excised portion, be reasonably interpreted to give effect to the intentions of the parties.

13. L imitation

All obligations of AUTHORITY under the terms of this AGREEMENT with respect to Measure J funds are expressly subject to AUTHORITY's continued authorization to collect and expend the sales tax proceeds provided by Measure J . If for any reason AUTHORITY's right to collect or expend such sales tax proceeds is terminated or suspended in whole or part, AUTHORITY shall promptly notify SPONSOR, and the parties shall consult on a course of action. If, after twenty- five (25) working days, a course of action is not agreed upon by the parties, this AGREEMENT shall be deemed terminated by mutual consent, provided that any future obligation to fund from the date of the notice shall be expressly limited by and subject to (i) the lawful ability of AUTHORITY to expend sales tax proceeds for the purposes of this AGREEMENT; and (ii) the availability, taking into consideration all the obligations of AUTHORITY under all outstanding contracts, agreements and other obligations of AUTHORITY, of funds for such purposes.

14. Scope of Work

The Scope of work or description of the PROGRAM is incorporated into the funding resolution attached as Exhibit A. Work performed must be consistent with the program described to be eligible for reimbursement. Any amendments to the PROGRAM as described require written approval from TRANSPAC and the AUTHORITY.

15. Attorney’s Fees

The parties agree to select a mediator to assist in resolving conflict. The parties will share in the cost of the mediator. By participating in mediation, the parties do not waive any judicial remedies that may be available.

If either party commences an action against the other party, either legal, administrative or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with this AGREEMENT, the prevailing party shall be entitled to have and recover from the losing party reasonable attorne y’s fees and all other costs of such action.

16. Waiver

No waiver of any default shall constitute a waiver of any other default or breach, whether of the same or other covenant or condition. No waiver, benefit, privilege, or

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service voluntarily given or performed by a Party shall give the other Party any contractual rights by custom, estoppel or otherwise.

17. Integration
This AGREEMENT represents the entire AGREEMENT of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. No representations, warranties, inducements, or oral agreements have been made by any of the parties except as expressly set forth herein or in other contemporaneous written agreements.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties hereto have executed this AGREEMENT as of the day and year above written.

CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION

AUTHORITY

CITY OF CONCORD
By:_________________________________ By:________________________________ Newell Arnerich
Chair
Valerie Barone
City Manager
Date:
___________________________________
Date:
___________________________________
ATTEST:

By:_________________________________
Tarienne Grover Date
Clerk of the Board
APPROVED as to legal form:

By:_________________________________
Fennemore Wendel Date
General Counsel
6/7/2024
6/7/2024
6/7/2024
6/11/2024

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RESOLUTION 20-15-G
RE: CENTRAL COUNTY ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES PROGRAM (SUB-REGIONAL PROGRAM 20A) ALLOCATIONS OF MEASURE J FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2020-21
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa Transit Coordinating Council (hereafter "Council"), consistent with Measure C Sales Tax Renewal Ordinance (#88-01 as amended by #04-02, #06-01, and #06-02) (hereinafter referred to as “Measure J”), and Measure J Transportation Sales Tax Expenditure Plan (hereinafter referred to as “Measure J TEP”), has recommended allocations for specific services for FY 2020-21 under the Sub-Regional Program 20a (hereinafter "Program"); and WHEREAS, in accordance with the Measure J TEP, the Transportation Partnership and Cooperation Committee (hereinafter “TRANSPAC”) has recommended services for funding under the Program; and
WHEREAS, the funding level of $447,190 programmed for FY 2020-21 is available in the program category, consistent with the allocation methodology specified for the Program in the Measure J TEP; and
WHEREAS, prior to receiving any funds under this resolution, eligible recipients under this Program will enter into cooperative agreements with the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (hereinafter “Authority”) for the purpose of using these funds for eligible services; and
WHEREAS, these cooperative agreements recognize that any cost overruns will be the sole responsibility of the recipient of these funds; and any cost savings shall be returned to the Authority or applied to the recipient's next allocation, unless specified otherwise.

EXHIBIT A

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Authority Board does hereby approve the allocation of $447,190 in Measure J Program 20a funds for FY 2020-21 in the amounts and for the services as specified in Exhibit 1, attached and incorporated herein by reference.

This RESOLUTION was entered into at the regular meeting of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority Board held July 15, 2020 in Walnut Creek, California by the following vote:

AYES: Chair Pierce, Vice Chair Gerringer and Commissioners Arnerich, Butt, Glover, Haskew, Hudson, Kelley, Mitchoff, Romick and Taylor
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None

________________________________
Julie K. Pierce, Chair

Attest: _________________________________
Tarienne Grover, Clerk of the Board
Julie K. Pierce

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Exhibit 1
* Amounts are not-to-exceed and will be payable upon invoice from the respective jurisdictions with appropriate back-up documentation.
2020/2021
Programming -
New 20A
Funds
City of Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek Senior Mini Bus
Program
The Program provides door-to-door transportation for members of the Walnut Creek Seniors Club and participants with developmental disabilities. Rides are given anywhere within the City of Walnut Creek and the Rehabilitation Center in Pleasant Hill. Most common destinations are medical appointments, shopping center and to the Civic Park Community Center, which serves as the senior center for Walnut Creek. The program utilizes volunteer and city drivers. $ 43,500
Lyft / TNC component The Minibus services is augmented by the Lyft component of the program which allows for overflow rides (once the Minibus is full) during regular operating hours and for rides during evenings and on the weekend. $ 40,000
Mobility Matters
Rides for Seniors/
Rides for Veterans
Mobility Matters(MM) is a nonprofit organization that provides mobility management services throughout Contra Costa County by matching riders to transportation providers that meet their individual needs. In addition, MM operates the only countywide volunteer driver program that provides free, one-on-one, door-through-door rides for seniors and disabled veterans, including their service animals, who cannot access other forms of transportation. The primary purposes of the rides we provide are for outpatient medically necessary care, dental care, psychiatric care, same day surgery, and shopping for basic necessities. Age 60 or older or disable veterans are eligible. $ 137,570
City of Pleasant Hill
Senior Van Service
(Vehicle only)
The City of Pleasant Hill Senior Van Service provides affordable, safe, reliable, and accessible door-to-door transportation for Pleasant Hill residents aged 55 and older, including seniors with limited mobility, in and around Pleasant Hill. The Senior Van Service is run by a volunteers.
$ 55,000
City of Concord
Get Around Taxi Scrip The Get Around Taxi Scrip Program is a flexible, curb to curb, same day transportation option that allows Concord seniors to get subsidized taxi service at an affordable rate to neighboring cities, 24-hour access, 7 days a week. This service will allow seniors to continue to be engaged with the community, get to medical and dental appointments, senior center, bank, shopping, church, hair appointments etc. Concord residents that are 65+ are eligible. $ 21,200
Golden Rain Foundation (Rossmoor)
Green Line Service The Rossmoor Green Line bus provides hourly service Monday-Friday between 9:50am - 5:35pm to the greater Walnut Creek area, with a total of eight trips each weekday. The Green Line is a fixed route serving the senior population of Rossmoor. The Bus is equipped with a wheelchair lift allowing for mobility devices to use the route. $ 99,920
Subsidized Ridesharing Program This Rossmoor program provides this transportation option for residents to receive a subsidized TNC trip. The subsidized ride share program utilizes the Uber and Lyft systems. Seniors can access transportation outside the normal operating hours of the Rossmoor transit services and they can reach destinations outside the normal service area of the other Rossmoor service.
$ 10,000
CCCTA / County Connection
Midday Free Ride Program for Bridge
and RES Programs
This program would allow participants of the Mt. Diablo Unified School District’s Bridge Program and RES Success to ride County Connection’s fixed-route transit services for free between 10 AM and 2 PM on weekdays. These two programs provide individuals with the knowledge and skills they need in order to make a successful transition to an independent, adult life through learning to use non paratransit travel options. $ 40,000
TOTALS 447,190$
TRANSPAC 20A Program
2020/2021 Cycle
APPROVED BY TRANSPAC BOARD JUNE 11, 2020

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Line 20A Program
Approved by TRANSPAC 6/11/20
Rollover
Programming
From Prior
Grant
2020/2021
Programming -
New 20A Funds

TOTAL PROPOSED
20a BUDGET

FUNDING FOR
20/21 OPERATIONS
Choice in Aging (CiA)
Mt. Diablo Mobilizer The Mt. Diablo Mobilizer offers door-through-door transportation to frail, low-income adults and adults with disabilities. The service uses CiA's bus (a wheelchair accessible vehicle) to transport participants to and from our adult day health care program in Pleasant Hill. Mid-day, the Mt. Diablo Mobilizer provides a shopping shuttle to low-income seniors at two senior housing facilities in Concord.
40,000$ -$ 40,000$
City of Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek Senior Mini Bus Program The Program provides door-to-door transportation for members of the Walnut Creek Seniors Club and participants with developmental disabilities. Rides are given anywhere within the City of Walnut Creek and the Rehabilitation Center in Pleasant Hill. Most common destinations are medical appointments, shopping center and to the Civic Park Community Center, which serves as the senior center for Walnut Creek. The program utilizes volunteer and city drivers. $ 35,000 $ 43,500 78,500$
Lyft / TNC component The Minibus services is augmented by the Lyft component of the program which allows for overflow rides (once the Minibus is full) during regular operating hours and for rides during evenings and on the weekend.
$ - $ 40,000 40,000$
Mobility Matters
Rides for Seniors/
Rides for Veterans
Mobility Matters(MM) is a nonprofit organization that provides mobility management services throughout Contra Costa County by matching riders to transportation providers that meet their individual needs. In addition, MM operates the only countywide volunteer driver program that provides free, one-on-one, door-through-door rides for seniors and disabled veterans, including their service animals, who cannot access other forms of transportation. The primary purposes of the rides we provide are for outpatient medically necessary care, dental care, psychiatric care, same day surgery, and shopping for basic necessities.

Age 60 or older or disable veterans are eligible.
$ - $ 137,570 137,570$
City of Pleasant Hill
Senior Van Service
(Vehicle only)
The City of Pleasant Hill Senior Van Service provides affordable, safe, reliable, and accessible door-to-door transportation for Pleasant Hill residents aged 55 and older, including seniors with limited mobility, in and around Pleasant Hill. The Senior Van Service is run by a volunteers. $ - $ 55,000 55,000$
City of Concord
Get Around Taxi Scrip The Get Around Taxi Scrip Program is a flexible, curb to curb, same day transportation option that allows Concord seniors to get subsidized taxi service at an affordable rate to neighboring cities, 24-hour access, 7 days a week. This service will allow seniors to continue to be engaged with the community, get to medical and dental appointments, senior center, bank, shopping, church, hair appointments etc. Concord residents that are 65+ are eligible.
$ - $ 21,200 21,200$
Golden Rain Foundation (Rossmoor)
Green Line Service The Rossmoor Green Line bus provides hourly service Monday-Friday between 9:50am - 5:35pm to the greater Walnut Creek area, with a total of eight trips each weekday. The Green Line is a fixed route serving the senior population of Rossmoor. The Bus is equipped with a wheelchair lift allowing for mobility devices to use the route.
$ 15,000 $ 99,920 114,920$
Subsidized Ridesharing Program This Rossmoor program provides this transportation option for residents to receive a subsidized TNC trip. The subsidized ride share program utilizes the Uber and Lyft systems. Seniors can access transportation outside the normal operating hours of the Rossmoor transit services and they can reach destinations outside the normal service area of the other Rossmoor service.
$ - $ 10,000 10,000$
CCCTA / County Connection
Midday Free Ride Program for Bridge and
RES Programs
This program would allow participants of the Mt. Diablo Unified School District’s Bridge Program and RES Success to ride County Connection’s fixed-route transit services for free between 10 AM and 2 PM on weekdays. These two programs provide individuals with the knowledge and skills they need in order to make a successful transition to an independent, adult life through learning to use non paratransit travel options.
$ - $ 40,000 40,000$
TOTALS 90,000$ 447,190$ 537,190$
TRANSPAC 20A Program
2020/2021 Cycle
APPROVED BY TRANSPAC BOARD JUNE 11, 2020

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2020-2021
TRANSPAC Measure J Line 20a Funds
Additional Transportation Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities The Get Around Taxi Scrip Program is a flexible, curb to curb, same day transportation option that allows Concord seniors to get Taxi Service at an affordable rate to neighboring cities, 24- hour access, 7 days a week. This service will allow seniors continue to be engaged with the community, get to medical and dental appointments, senior center, bank, shopping, church, hair appointments etc.

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RESOLUTION 21-27-G
RE: CENTRAL COUNTY ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (SUB-REGIONAL PROGRAM 20A) ALLOCATIONS OF MEASURE J FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2021-22
WHEREAS, the Transportation Partnership and Cooperation Committee (TRANSPAC), consistent with the Measure C Sales Tax Renewal Ordinance (# 88-01 as amended by # 04-02, 06-01, and 06-02), (Measure J), and Measure J Transportation Sales Tax Expenditure Plan, has recommended allocations for specific services for FY 2021-22 under sub-regional Program 20a; and
WHEREAS, the funding level of $525,078 programmed for FY 2021-22 is available in the program category, consistent with the allocation methodology specified for Program 20a in the Measure J Transportation Expenditure Plan (TEP); and WHEREAS, prior to receiving any funds under this resolution, eligible recipients under this program will enter into cooperative agreements with the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (Authority) for the purpose of using these funds for eligible services; and WHEREAS, these cooperative agreements recognize that any cost overruns will be the sole responsibility of the recipient of these funds; and any cost savings shall be returned to the Authority or applied to the recipient's next allocation, unless specified otherwise.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Authority Board does hereby approve the allocation of $525,078 in Measure J sub-regional Program 20a funds for FY 2021-22, in the amounts and for the services as specified in Exhibit 1, attached and incorporated herein by reference.

This resolution was entered into at a meeting of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority Board held July 21, 2021 in Walnut Creek, California by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN: ________________________________
Teresa Gerringer, Chair
Attest: _________________________________
Tarienne Grover, Clerk of the Board
_________________________________
________________________________

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Exhibit 1
TRANSPAC 20A Program
2021-22 Cycle
APPROVED BY TRANSPAC BOARD JUNE 10, 2021
FY 2021-22
Programming -
New 20A Funds
City of Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek Senior
Mini-Bus Program/Lyft
Transportation
Network Company
(TNC) Support Costs
The program provides door-to-door
transportation for members of the Walnut Creek
Seniors Club and participants with developmental
disabilities. Rides are given anywhere within the
City of Walnut Creek and the Rehabilitation
Center in the City of Pleasant Hill. Most common
destinations are medical appointments, shopping
centers and to the Civic Park Community Center,
which serves as the senior center for the City of
Walnut Creek. The program utilizes volunteer and
city drivers.
$78,500
Lyft/TNC Rides The Mini Bus service is augmented by the Lyft component of the program, which allows for
overflow rides (once the Mini Bus is full) during
regular operating hours and for rides during
evenings and on the weekend.
$40,000
Mobility Matters
Rides for Seniors/Rides
for Veterans
Mobility Matters (MM) is a nonprofit organization
that provides mobility management services
throughout Contra Costa County by matching
riders to transportation providers that meet their
individual needs. In addition, MM operates the
only countywide volunteer driver program that
provides free, one-on-one, door-through-door
rides for seniors and disabled veterans, including
their service animals, who cannot access other
$137,570

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forms of transportation. The primary purposes of
the rides provided are for outpatient medically
necessary care, dental care, psychiatric care,
same day surgery, and shopping for basic
necessities. Age 60 or older or disabled veterans
are eligible.

City of Concord
Get Around Taxi Scrip The Get Around Taxi Scrip program is a flexible, curb to curb, same day transportation option that
allows the City of Concord seniors to get
subsidized taxi service at an affordable rate to
neighboring cities/towns, 24-hour access, and 7
days a week. This service will allow seniors to
continue to be engaged with the community, get
to medical and dental appointments, the senior
center, bank, shopping, church, hair
appointments, etc. City of Concord residents that
are 65+ are eligible.
$7,200
Golden Rain Foundation (Rossmoor)
Green Line Service The Rossmoor Green Line bus provides hourly service Monday-Friday between the hours of 9:50
AM - 5:35 PM to the greater City of Walnut Creek
area, with a total of eight trips each weekday. The
Green Line is a fixed route serving the senior
population of Rossmoor. The bus is equipped
with a wheelchair lift allowing for individuals with
mobility devices to use the route.
$116,034

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Subsidized Ridesharing
Program
This Rossmoor Subsidized Ridesharing program
provides this transportation option for residents
to receive a subsidized TNC trip. The subsidized
ride share program utilizes the Uber and Lyft
systems. Seniors can access transportation
outside the normal operating hours of the
Rossmoor transit services and they can reach
destinations outside the normal service area of
the other Rossmoor service.
$10,000
Center for Elder Independence
Transportation
Services for Central
County
The Center for Elders’ Independence (CEI)
operates a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the
Elderly (PACE), a long-term care alternative to
nursing home residence for frail, low-income
adults aged 55 and over. The participants meet
California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal)
income and health status criteria for nursing
home admission but choose to remain at home or
in the community to “age in place”. This program
is to provide wheelchair-accessible/lift-equipped
"through-the-door" paratransit for frail, low-
income senior participants to and from CEI’s City
of Concord PACE Center/Clinic, other needed
medical specialty appointments, and CEI-
sponsored recreational and other outings.
$135,774
TOTALS $525,078
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Line 20A Program
Approved by TRANSPAC 6/11/20
Rollover
Programming
From Prior
Grant
2021/2022
Programming -
New 20A Funds

TOTAL PROPOSED
20a BUDGET

FUNDING FOR
21/22 OPERATIONS
Choice in Aging (CIA)
Mt. Diablo Mobilizer The Mt. Diablo Mobilizer offers door-through-door transportation to frail, low-income adults and adults with disabilities. The service uses CiA's bus (a wheelchair accessible vehicle) to transport participants to and from our adult day health care program in Pleasant Hill. Mid-day, the Mt.

Diablo Mobilizer provides a shopping shuttle to low-income seniors at two senior housing facilities in Concord.
40,000$ -$ 40,000$
City of Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek Senior Mini Bus
Program/Lyft TNC Support Costs
The Program provides door-to-door transportation for members of the Walnut Creek Seniors Club and participants with developmental disabilities. Rides are given anywhere within the City of Walnut Creek and the Rehabilitation Center in Pleasant Hill. Most common destinations are medical appointments, shopping center and to the Civic Park Community Center, which serves as the senior center for Walnut Creek.

The program utilizes volunteer and city drivers.
$ - $ 78,500 78,500$ Lyft / TNC Rides The Minibus services is augmented by the Lyft component of the program which allows for overflow rides (once the Minibus is full) during regular operating hours and for rides during evenings and on the weekend.
$ - $ 40,000 40,000$ Mobility Matters
Rides for Seniors/
Rides for Veterans
Mobility Matters(MM) is a nonprofit organization that provides mobility management services throughout Contra Costa County by matching riders to transportation providers that meet their individual needs. In addition, MM operates the only countywide volunteer driver program that provides free, one-on-one, door-through-door rides for seniors and disabled veterans, including their service animals, who cannot access other forms of transportation. The primary purposes of the rides we provide are for outpatient medically necessary care, dental care, psychiatric care, same day surgery, and shopping for basic necessities.

Age 60 or older or disable veterans are eligible.
$ - $ 137,570 137,570$ City of Concord
Get Around Taxi Scrip The Get Around Taxi Scrip Program is a flexible, curb to curb, same day transportation option that allows Concord seniors to get subsidized taxi service at an affordable rate to neighboring cities, 24-hour access, 7 days a week. This service will allow seniors to continue to be engaged with the community, get to medical and dental appointments, senior center, bank, shopping, church, hair appointments etc. Concord residents that are 65+ are eligible.
$ 15,900 $ 7,200 23,100$
Golden Rain Foundation (Rossmoor)
Green Line Service The Rossmoor Green Line bus provides hourly service Monday-Friday between 9:50am - 5:35pm to the greater Walnut Creek area, with a total of eight trips each weekday. The Green Line is a fixed route serving the senior population of Rossmoor. The Bus is equipped with a wheelchair lift allowing for mobility devices to use the route.
$ 116,034 116,034$
Subsidized Ridesharing Program This Rossmoor program provides this transportation option for residents to receive a subsidized TNC trip. The subsidized ride share program utilizes the Uber and Lyft systems. Seniors can access transportation outside the normal operating hours of the Rossmoor transit services and they can reach destinations outside the normal service area of the other Rossmoor service.
$ - $ 10,000 10,000$ CCCTA / County Connection
Midday Free Ride Program for Bridge and
RES Programs
This program would allow participants of the Mt. Diablo Unified School District’s Bridge Program and RES Success to ride County Connection’s fixed-route transit services for free between 10 AM and 2 PM on weekdays. These two programs provide individuals with the knowledge and skills they need in order to make a successful transition to an independent, adult life through learning to use non paratransit travel options.
$ 40,000 $ - 40,000$ Center for Elder Independence
Transportation Services for Central
County
The Center for Elders’ Independence (CEI) operates PACE, a long-term care alternative to nursing home residence for frail, low-income adults age 55 and over. The participants meet Medi-Cal income and health status criteria for nursing home admission but choose to remain at home or in the community to “age in place”. This program is to proviede wheelchair-accessible/lift-equipped "through-the-door" paratransit for frail, low income senior participants to and from CEI’s Concord PACE Center/clinic, other needed medical specialty appointments, and CEI- sponsored recreational and other outings.
$ - $ 135,774 135,774$ TOTALS 95,900$ 525,078$ 620,978$ TRANSPAC 20A Program
2021/2022 Cycle
APPROVED BY TRANSPAC BOARD JUNE 10, 2021

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Line 20A Program
Approved by TRANSPAC 6/11/20
2021/2022
Programming -
New 20A Funds
City of Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek Senior Mini Bus
Program/Lyft TNC Support
Costs
The Program provides door-to-door transportation for members of the Walnut Creek Seniors Club and participants with developmental disabilities. Rides are given anywhere within the City of Walnut Creek and the Rehabilitation Center in Pleasant Hill. Most common destinations are medical appointments, shopping center and to the Civic Park Community Center, which serves as the senior center for Walnut Creek. The program utilizes volunteer and city drivers.
$ 78,500
Lyft / TNC Rides The Minibus services is augmented by the Lyft component of the program which allows for overflow rides (once the Minibus is full) during regular operating hours and for rides during evenings and on the weekend.
$ 40,000
Mobility Matters
Rides for Seniors/
Rides for Veterans
Mobility Matters(MM) is a nonprofit organization that provides mobility management services throughout Contra Costa County by matching riders to transportation providers that meet their individual needs. In addition, MM operates the only countywide volunteer driver program that provides free, one-on-one, door-through-door rides for seniors and disabled veterans, including their service animals, who cannot access other forms of transportation. The primary purposes of the rides we provide are for outpatient medically necessary care, dental care, psychiatric care, same day surgery, and shopping for basic necessities. Age 60 or older or disable veterans are eligible. $ 137,570
City of Concord
Get Around Taxi Scrip The Get Around Taxi Scrip Program is a flexible, curb to curb, same day transportation option that allows Concord seniors to get subsidized taxi service at an affordable rate to neighboring cities, 24-hour access, 7 days a week. This service will allow seniors to continue to be engaged with the community, get to medical and dental appointments, senior center, bank, shopping, church, hair appointments etc. Concord residents that are 65+ are eligible.
$ 7,200
Golden Rain Foundation (Rossmoor)
Green Line Service The Rossmoor Green Line bus provides hourly service Monday-Friday between 9:50am - 5:35pm to the greater Walnut Creek area, with a total of eight trips each weekday. The Green Line is a fixed route serving the senior population of Rossmoor. The Bus is equipped with a wheelchair lift allowing for mobility devices to use the route.
$ 116,034
Subsidized Ridesharing
Program
This Rossmoor program provides this transportation option for residents to receive a subsidized TNC trip.

The subsidized ride share program utilizes the Uber and Lyft systems. Seniors can access transportation outside the normal operating hours of the Rossmoor transit services and they can reach destinations outside the normal service area of the other Rossmoor service. $ 10,000
Center for Elder Independence
Transportation Services for
Central County
The Center for Elders’ Independence (CEI) operates PACE, a long-term care alternative to nursing home residence for frail, low-income adults age 55 and over. The participants meet Medi-Cal income and health status criteria for nursing home admission but choose to remain at home or in the community to “age in place”. This program is to proviede wheelchair-accessible/lift-equipped "through-the-door" paratransit for frail, low income senior participants to and from CEI’s Concord PACE Center/clinic, other needed medical specialty appointments, and CEI-sponsored recreational and other outings. $ 135,774
TOTALS 525,078$
TRANSPAC 20A Program
2021/2022 Cycle
APPROVED BY TRANSPAC BOARD JUNE 10, 2021

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2021-2022
TRANSPAC Measure J Line 20a Funds
Additional Transportation Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities In July 2021, due to impacts from COVID-19, the program changed partners from a Taxi Service to utilizing GoGo Grandparent. No other element of the program changed, it still provides a flexible, curb to curb, same day transportation option that allows Concord seniors transportation at an affordable rate to neighboring cities, 24-hour access, 7 days a week.

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RESOLUTION 22-17-G
RE: CENTRAL COUNTY ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (SUB-REGIONAL PROGRAM 20A) ALLOCATION OF MEASURE J FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2022-23
WHEREAS, the Transportation Partnership and Cooperation Committee (TRANSPAC), consistent with the Measure C Sales Tax Renewal Ordinance (# 88-01 as amended by # 04-02, 06-01, and 06-02), (Measure J), and Measure J Transportation Sales Tax Expenditure Plan, has recommended allocations for specific services for FY 2022-23 under sub-regional Program 20a; and
WHEREAS, the funding level of $1,210,000 programmed for FY 2022-23 is available in the program category, consistent with the allocation methodology specified for Program 20a in the Measure J Transportation Expenditure Plan (TEP); and
WHEREAS, prior to receiving any funds under this resolution, eligible recipients under this program will enter into cooperative agreements with the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (Authority) for the purpose of using these funds for eligible services; and WHEREAS, these cooperative agreements recognize that any cost overruns will be the sole responsibility of the recipient of these funds; and any cost savings shall be returned to the Authority or applied to the recipient's next allocation, unless specified otherwise.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Authority Board does hereby approve the allocation of $1,210,000 in Measure J sub-regional Program 20a funds for FY 2022-23, in the amounts and for the services as specified in Exhibit 1, attached, and incorporated herein by reference.

Signatures on Next Page

ATTACHMENT A

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Resolution 22-17-G
July 20, 2022

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This resolution was entered into at a meeting of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority Board held July 20, 2022 in Walnut Creek, California by the following vote:

AYES: Chair Kelley, Vice Chair Glover, and Commissioners Arnerich, Butt, Gerringer, Haskew, Mitchoff, and Noack
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioners Hudson, Thorpe, and White
ABSTAIN: None

________________________________
Chris Kelley, Chair

Attest: _________________________________
Tarienne Grover, Clerk of the Board
E-SIGNED by Tarienne Grover
on 2022-07-27 15:44:30 GMT
E-SIGNED by Chris Kelley
on 2022-07-27 10:40:37 GMT

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Resolution 22-17-G
July 20, 2022

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Exhibit 1
TRANSPAC 20A Program
FY 2022-23 Cycle
APPROVED BY TRANSPAC BOARD JUNE 9, 2022

PROJECT NAME SPONSOR
FY 2022-23 -
FY 2023-24 -
NEW 20a

PROGRAMMING
Travel Training Program County Connection $79,127
City of Walnut Creek Social Services Transportation
Program
City of Walnut Creek $237,000
George Miller Center - Concord Transportation
Project
Contra Costa ARC dba
VistAbility
$65,886
GoGo Concord Senior Transportation Program City of Concord $17,187 Rossmoor Green Line / Subsidized Ridesharing
Program
Golden Rain Foundation $231,613
Mt. Diablo Mobilizer Choice In Aging $117,700
Midday Free Rides for MDUSD Bridge Program and
RES Success
County Connection $28,300
Rides for Seniors / Rides for Veterans Mobility Matters $257,250 Transportation Services for Concord Pace Center /
Clinic
Center for Elders'
Independence
$175,937

TOTALS $1,210,000
*Amounts are not-to-exceed and will be payable upon invoice from the respective agencies with appropriate back-up documentation.

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PROJECT NAME SPONSOR

ROLLOVER

PROGRAMMING

FROM PRIOR
GRANT
2022/2023 -
2023/2024 - NEW 20a

PROGRAMMING

TOTAL PROPOSED
20a BUDGET

FUNDING FOR
22/23 & 23/24

OPERATIONS
Travel Training Program County Connection /
Central Constra Costa
Transit Authority (CCCTA)
-$ 79,127$ 79,127$ City of Walnut Creek Social Services Transportation
Program
City of Walnut Creek -$ 237,000$ 237,000$ George Miller Center - Conord Transportation Project Contra Costa ARC dba VistAbility
15,000$ 65,886$ 80,886$ GoGo Concord Senior Transportation Program City of Concord 18,000$ 17,187$ 35,187$ Rossmoor Green Line / Subsidized Ridesharing Program Golden Rain Foundation -$ 231,613$ 231,613$ Mt. Diablo Mobilizer Choice In Aging -$ 117,700$ 117,700$ Midday Free Rides for MDUSD Bridge Program and RES
Success
County Connection /
Central Constra Costa
Transit Authority (CCCTA)
28,000$ 28,300$ 56,300$ Rides for Seniors / Rides for Veterans Mobility Matters -$ 257,250$ 257,250$ Transportation Services for Concord PACE Center/Clinic Center for Elders' Independence (CEI)
-$ 175,937$ 175,937$ TOTALS 61,000$ 1,210,000$ 1,271,000$ Measure J Line 20A Call for Projects FY 22/23 and 23/24 Cycle - TRANSPAC - Measure J Line 20a Program
Approved June 9, 2020 Page 32 of 46
2022-2023 and 2023-2024
TRANSPAC Measure J Line 20a Funds
Additional Transportation Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities The GoGo Concord Senior Transportation Program is a flexible, curb to curb, same day transportation option that allows Concord seniors to get taxi service at an affordable rate to neighboring cities, 24-hour access, 7 days a week. This service will allow seniors continue to be engaged with the community, get to medical and dental appointments, senior center, bank, shopping, church, hair appointments etc.

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RESOLUTION 24-33-G
RE: CENTRAL COUNTY ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (SUB-REGIONAL PROGRAM 20A) ALLOCATION OF MEASURE J FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2024-25
WHEREAS, the Central County Transportation Partnership and Cooperation Committee (TRANSPAC), consistent with the Measure C Sales Tax Renewal Ordinance (# 88-01 as amended by # 04-02, # 06-01, and # 06-02), (Measure J), and Measure J Transportation Sales Tax Expenditure Plan, has recommended allocations for specific services for FY 2024-25 under sub-regional Program 20a; and
WHEREAS, the funding level of $1,477,766, programmed for FY 2024-25 is available in the program category, consistent with the allocation methodology specified for Program 20a in the Measure J Transportation Expenditure Plan; and
WHEREAS, prior to receiving any funds under this resolution, eligible recipients under this program will enter into cooperative agreements with the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (Authority) for the purpose of using these funds for eligible services; and WHEREAS, in December 2022, the Authority Board approved Resolution 22-33-P to adopt a Measure J Reserve Policy (Policy) to establish the mechanism to fund the reserve, eligible uses, and required approval to utilize funds from the reserve; and WHEREAS, this Policy will increase the Measure J Reserve by depositing any surplus funds calculated as the difference between actual Measure J revenues collected and estimated Measure J revenues in the Authority’s adopted mid-year budget; and WHEREAS, prior to receiving any funds under this resolution, eligible recipients under this program will enter into cooperative agreements with the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (Authority) for the purpose of using these funds for eligible services; and WHEREAS, these cooperative agreements recognize that any cost overruns will be the sole responsibility of the recipient of these funds; and any cost savings shall be returned to the Authority or applied to the recipient's next allocation, unless specified otherwise.

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September 18, 2024

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Authority Board does hereby approve the allocation of $1,471,766 to project sponsors and $6,000 in Authority program management for a total of $1,477,766, in Measure J sub-regional Program 20a funds for FY 2024-25, in the amounts and for the services as specified in Exhibit 1, attached, and incorporated herein by reference.

This resolution was entered into at
a meeting of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority Board held September 18, 2024 in Walnut Creek, California by the following vote:

AYES: Chair Arnerich, Vice Chair Hernandez-Thorpe, and Commissioners Carlson, Glover, Fadelli, Haskew, Kelley, Meadows, Perkins and Sos
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Noack
ABSTAIN: None

________________________________
Newell Arnerich, Chair

Attest: ________________________________
Tarienne Grover, Clerk of the Board

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Exhibit 1
Measure J Program 20a FYs 2024-25 and 2025-26 Cycle Program Approved by TRANSPAC on June 13, 2024

Project No.

PROJECT NAME

SPONSOR

MASTER

AGREEMENT

NEW 20a

PROGRAMMING
1 City of Walnut Creek Social
Services Transportation
Program
City of Walnut Creek 20C.14
(NEW)
$ 237,000
2 Go Go Concord Fixed Route
Van Service
City of Concord 20C.10 $ 198,000
3 Go Go Concord Transportation
Network Company (TNC)
City of Concord 20C.10 $ 22,750
4 Central Contra Costa Rural
Lifeline Transportation Program
Central Contra Costa
Transit Authority dba
County Connection

60.00.03 $ 50,000
5 Downtown Walnut Creek
Service
Golden Rain
Foundation
20C.15
(NEW)
$ 230,000
6 Midday Free Rides Program County Connection 60.00.03 $ 79,200 7 Rides for Seniors / Rides for
Veterans
Mobility Matters 20C.16
(NEW)
$ 240,000
8 Central Contra Costa County
Transportation Initiative
Center for Elders'
Independence (CEI)
20C.11 $ 350,000
9 Mt. Diablo Mobilizer Choice in Aging 20C.12 $ 64,816 Total for Projects $1,471,766
10 Authority Program
Management
(FYs 2024-25 and 2025-26)
Authority N/A $ 6,000

TOTAL $ 1,477,766
Note: New master agreements will be required.

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Project Descriptions

PROJECT NAME Project Description
1 City of Walnut Creek Social
Services Transportation
Program
Comprehensive transportation program catering to seniors and individuals with developmental, physical, and/or mental disabilities providing rides to all areas of the TRANSPAC region with specific focus on equity neighborhoods. The service provides both Lyft TNC and a shared minibus, providing a wide variety of options to individuals with varying needs and abilities.
2 Go Go Concord Fixed
Route Van Service
The expanded GoGo Concord Transportation Program with a Fixed Route Van Service will subsidize all ride fares offered through our partnership with GoGo Grandparent. The subsidy provides matching funds of up to $30 monthly ($360/yr). The additional GoGo Concord Fixed Route Van Service will be free for GoGo Concord Senior Transportation members after the initial $15 yearly enrollment fee (Scholarships available). A schedule of locations will be produced and distributed, including the Concord Senior Center, at least one shopping location, one public place/park (e.g., Concord Library), and one medical office location. Rides through the GoGo Grandparent portion of the program will continue to be reserved by phone, and users can secure rides for the Fixed Route Van Service by telephone or using the currently utilized registration software. 3 Go Go Concord TNC (see above)
4 Central Contra Costa Rural
Lifeline Transportation
Program
The Central Contra Costa Rural Lifeline Transporta�on program will provide lifeline accessible transporta�on to disabled residents of the rural/unincorporated por�ons of TRANSPAC’s jurisdic�on, par�cularly including the Morgan Territory por�ons of the City of Clayton and unincorporated Contra Costa County southeast of Mt. Diablo, as well as the Alhambra Valley and Briones areas west of the City of Mar�nez and Reliez Valley, west of the City of Lafayete. Transporta�on will be

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provided to cer�ﬁed Americans with Disabili�es Act of 1990 (ADA) paratransit eligible riders who reside in these areas on a pre-scheduled, shared ride basis, for the same fare as County Connec�on.

LINK riders pay.
5 Downtown Walnut Creek
Service
The service provides rides to and from downtown Walnut
Creek to enable senior adults in the Rossmoor Community to achieve and maintain their independence for commu�ng,
shopping, medical, civil service, and entertainment des�na�on of their choice. The bus service connects residents to the public transit systems, Bay Area Rapid Transit, and County Connec�on bus lines. The Downtown service is operated using 12-18 passenger cut aways that are all equipped with wheelchair li�s. 6 Midday Free Rides
Program
The Midday Free Program (10 am-2 pm) is currently available to Mt. Diablo Unified School District’s Bridge Program and RES Success, a non-profit organization, which allows students and their instructors to ride County Connection buses for free while they are engaging in these programs that provide individuals with the knowledge and skills they need in order to make a successful transition to an independent, adult life. A key part of this is learning how to navigate and use public transit, which also helps to reduce dependency on paratransit services. 7 Rides for Seniors / Rides
for Veterans
Mobility Matters is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization that provides mobility management services throughout Contra Costa County by matching riders to transportation providers that meet their individual needs. In addition, they operate the only countywide volunteer driver programs that provide free, escorted, one-on-one, door-through-door rides for seniors and disabled veterans, including their service dogs, who cannot access other forms of transportation. Home safety, falls/injury prevention, and emergency planning and evacuation are major components of their rides programs.

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8 Central Contra Costa
County Transportation
Initiative
CEI services under the PACE model of care, to provide a fully integrated care program for older adults. Their mission is to ensure their clients remain at home in their communities as long as they are able. They provide transportation to and from Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Centers, to multiple specialist physicians’ visits, dialysis, hospital, emergency room, and nursing home care. CEI provides
professionally operated transportation to participants Monday- Friday, 9 am-5 pm, but may start as early as 6 am (early morning hospital procedure) through 7 pm (after dialysis/late appointment). CEI handles scheduling/coordination, and after- hours taxi vouchers. There are fees for service – transportation is part of their all-inclusive care covered by Medi-Cal/Medicare capitation. Their vehicles or contracted ride service/taxis provide all transportation without any need for transfers enroute.
9 Mt. Diablo Mobilizer Service #1: Mt. Diablo Mobilizer provides door-through-door wheelchair accessible transporta�on to Mt. Diablo Center par�cipants. The trips are to and from the Adult Day Health Care program, Monday through Friday. The bus comes to the center in the morning and takes par�cipants home in the a�ernoon.

Service #2: Mid-day shopping trips are provided for low-income seniors residing in local housing facili�es. This service operates on weekdays as well.

Additional Policies and Deadlines Required by Project Sponsors:

1. Project sponsors will be required to submit a reimbursement request to the Authority at a minimum of every 6 months. For example, all sponsors should at a minimum submit a reimbursement request to the Authority by December 31st and June 30th of each fiscal year.

2. Project sponsors will not be eligible to incur reimbursable expenses after the project end date. TRANSPAC will establish a project end date for each project. Expenses that are incurred after that date will not be eligible for reimbursement.

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• For the FYs 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 Measure J Program 20a cycle, the expenditure deadline is June 30, 2026.

3. Project sponsors are required to execute a
master funding agreement with the
Authority by January 18, 2025.

4. Project sponsors are required to submit final invoices for services rendered during the funding cycle within 120 days of the expenditure deadline. For example, reimbursement requests should be submitted by October 31, 2026, for projects ending June 30, 2026.

5. Project sponsors are required to submit an electronic copy of their Authority master funding agreement and purchase order and copies of all reimbursement requests to TRANSPAC staff.

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Planning Committee STAFF REPORT
Meeting Date: September 05, 2024
Subject Approval of Fiscal Year 2024-25 Measure J Allocation: Sub- Regional Central County Additional Transportation Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities (Program 20a)
Summary of Issues The Measure J Transportation Expenditure Plan (TEP) establishes Program 20a funding at 0.5 percent of sales tax revenues projected to be $120 million in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 budget. As a Central County sub-regional program, funds are allocated by the Authority based on a
recommendation by the Central County Transportation
Partnership and Cooperation Committee (TRANSPAC). The
TRANSPAC Board approved the programming of funds on June 13, 2024. The total allocation for Program 20a is $1,477,766 for the two-year cycle covering FYs 2024-25 and 2025-26.

Recommendations Staff seeks approval of Resolution 24-33-G to allocate Measure J Program 20a funds in the amount of $1,477,766 and authorization for the Chair to enter into cooperative agreements and amendments as necessary with agencies
identified to receive funds listed in Resolution 24-33-G, Exhibit

1. Staff Contact Rashida Kamara
Financial Implications The FY 2024-25 allocation of $1,477,766 is included in the Authority’s FY 2024-25 budget.

Options 1. The Authority Board could choose to not approve the allocation at this time.

2. The Authority Board could direct staff to investigate other

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September 05, 2024

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allocation options.

Attachments (See PC Packet
dated 9/5/24)
A. Resolution 24-33-G
B. Letters from TRANSPAC, dated June 13, 2024 and June 19, 2024
Changes from Committee None
Background
On June 13, 2024, TRANSPAC approved to program sub-regional Program 20a funding to provide support to the following agencies in Central Contra Costa County:

Measure J Program 20a FY 2024-25 and 2025-26 Cycle Program PROJECT NAME SPONSOR 2024-25 – 2025-26 -
New 20a Programming
City of Walnut Creek Social Services
Transportation Program
City of Walnut Creek $ 237,000 Go Go Concord Fixed Route Van Service City of Concord $ 198,000 Go Go Concord Transportation Network
Company (TNC)
City of Concord $ 22,750
Central Contra Costa Rural Lifeline
Transportation Program
Central Contra Costa
Transit Authority,
dba County
Connection
$ 50,000
Downtown Walnut Creek Service Golden Rain
Foundation
$ 230,000
Midday Free Rides Program County Connection $ 79,200 Rides for Seniors / Rides for Veterans Mobility Matters $ 240,000 Central Contra Costa County
Transportation Initiative
Center for Elders'
Independence
$ 350,000
Mt. Diablo Mobilizer Choice in Aging $ 64,816 TOTAL for Projects $ 1,471,766

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September 05, 2024

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TRANSPAC acted following a competitive “call for projects” process that included an opportunity for public and non-profit agencies in the TRANSPAC service area to request funds to support eligible transportation projects. Several of these programs have been funded in previous cycles and continue to provide essential services to clients.

Typically, TRANSPAC issues the “call for projects” and approves the programming of funds in a two-year cycle. TRANSPAC did not allocate funds from this program in the first several years of Measure J allowing a funding “bank” to build up in the program. TRANSPAC staff have worked with Authority staff over the years to manage the “bank” and allocate funds to ensure support for needed services beyond annual projections. The allocation amounts in the recent and current cycles have exceeded the revenues, resulting in the use of the funds accumulated in the “bank”. The “bank” of funds is likely to run out in the next cycle.

Authority staff will continue to monitor the program’s revenue and expenditure and consult with TRANSPAC staff to make any necessary adjustments.

Measure J Reserve
There is no TEP reserve requirement with respect to this sub-regional program. However, in December 2022, the Authority Board approved Resolution 22-33-P, to approve the Measure J Reserve Policy (Policy), which established the mechanism to fund the reserve, eligible uses, and required approval to utilize funds from the reserve. The Policy will increase the Measure J Reserve by depositing any surplus funds calculated as the difference between actual Measure J revenues collected and estimated Measure J revenues in the Authority’s adopted mid-year budget. In the past, the reconciliation was allocated back to the specific program if the actual revenues in that year were higher than projected. As a result of the Policy, the funds going back to the program are likely to be less than previous projected.

Currently, this program has $68,094 in reserve attributable to the Policy.

Program Management Reduction
Program allocations are reduced to account for staff time associated with administration.

Historically, the Program Management costs were adjusted periodically. This year, staff is taking a systemic approach to apply the Program Management costs across all programs. The methodology is one percent of the program totals in the countywide programs, and half percent in subregional programs.

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The Program 20a allocation includes a half percent reduction to support Authority staff time associated with administration, in the amount of $3,000 per year, for a total of $6,000 over the two-year cycle. The amount is budgeted, and adjustments may be made in future allocations based on actual staff costs for managing the program.

To streamline administration of this program Authority staff is requiring the recipients to enter into a master funding agreement with the Authority. Once the agreement is signed, the annual funding resolution will be the only documentation required to establish payment to the recipients. This will save significant time in preparing agreements and amendments in each funding cycle.

The TRANSPAC Board also approved new policies to aid in the timely utilization of funding.

These polices have been incorporated into Resolution 24-33-G as requirements for the fund recipients to comply.

Staff seeks approval of Resolution 24-33-G to allocate Measure J Program 20a funds in the amount of $1,477,766 and authorization for the Chair to enter into cooperative agreements and amendments as necessary with agencies identified to receive funds listed in Resolution 24-33-G, Exhibit 1.

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CCTA BOARD APPROVAL IN / PENDING COOP - no
adjustment in Tyler 12
Program 20a - Central County Additional Para(NEW Co-op every 2 years) 2 year allocation - same as 2023 FY22/24 PO FY24/26 PO Resolution COOP 100% NONE NONE Initial CT Value - Verify NEW CT Total COUNTY CONNECTION - Rural Lifeli 46 SPP20.CountyCon 104.PRG.SPP20.C-6111 24-33-G FY24/26 20a ~ C Co Addtn'l Paratransit None 24-33-G 60.00.03 50,000.00$ 50,000.00$ COUNTY CONNECTION - Midday Fre 46 SPP20.CountyCon 104.PRG.SPP20.C-6111 24-33-G FY24/26 20a ~ C Co Addtn'l Paratransit 2023-009 None 24-33-G 60.00.03 79,200.00$ 79,200.00$ 696,427.00$ 825,627.00$ City of Concord (GoGo Concord Senio 49 SPP20.Concord 104.PRG.SPP20.C-6111 24-33-G FY24/26 20a ~ C Co Addtn'l Paratransit 2024-071 24-33-G 20C.10 220,750.00$ 220,750.00$ 45,587.00$ 266,337.00$ City of Walnut Creek (Social Serv R 59 SPP20.WalCreek 104.PRG.SPP20.C-6111 24-33-G FY24/26 20a ~ C Co Addtn'l Paratransit 2023-034 None 24-33-G 20C.14 237,000.00$ 237,000.00$ 902,144.00$ 1,139,144.00$ Golden Rain/Rossmoor - Green L R 361 SPP20.GoldenRain 104.PRG.SPP20.C-6111 24-33-G FY24/26 20a ~ C Co Addtn'l Paratransit 2023-040 None 24-33-G 20C.15 230,000.00$ 230,000.00$ 1,107,065.00$ 1,337,065.00$ Choice In Aging 360 SPP20.RehabServ 104.PRG.SPP20.C-6111 24-33-G FY24/26 20a ~ C Co Addtn'l Paratransit 2024-034 None 24-33-G 20C.12 64,816.00$ 64,816.00$ 467,940.00$ 532,756.00$ Mobility Matters R 357 SPP20.Mob ility 104.PRG.SPP20.C-6111 24-33-G FY24/26 20a ~ C Co Addtn'l Paratransit 2023-008 None 24-33-G 20C.16 240,000.00$ 240,000.00$ 912,390.00$ 1,152,390.00$ Center for Elder Indpendence R 627 SPP20.ElderIndep 104.PRG.SPP20.C-6111 24-33-G FY24/26 20a ~ C Co Addtn'l Paratransit 2024-011 None 24-33-G 20C.11 350,000.00$ 350,000.00$ 311,711.00$ 661,711.00$ 1,471,766.00$ -$ -$ 1,471,766.00$ PO Line items
(Reimbursement based allocation)

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CEQA: Exempt per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 –
Existing Facilities,15305 – Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations, and/or 15323 – Normal Operations of Facilities for Public Gatherings.

Report in Brief
The City currently leases property located on Waterworld Parkway to Six Flags Concord LLC, where Six Flags Hurricane Harbor (formerly Waterworld) is located. Six Flags entered into a license agreement with the City of Concord on June 25, 2019, to use City property and parking from May thru September each year. The agreement’s fixed term expired in 2024 and is currently on a month-to-month basis. Proposed is a new fixed- term license agreement. The updated agreement provides annual use for the entire year, increases the fee to be consistent with market rates, removes access for parking, and clarifies Six Flags vegetation maintenance responsibility as required by the State Fire Marshal.

Recommended Action

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City Council Agenda Report
Agenda Item No. 4.c
April 22, 2025
Considering approval of a License Agreement with Six Flags Concord LLC for a fee of $1,875 per month from May to September and $1,000 per month from October to April, each year, to allow Six Flags staff to utilize a maintenance building on City of Concord's property located on Waterworld Way; and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney; and make the CEQA determinations as provided.

Background
The City of Concord and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Concord have had a Licensing Agreement in place since June of 2019 to allow Six Flags to utilize the entire area of the pump station that included a small maintenance shed and access to 35 parking stalls.

The City currently receives $875 per month, for 5 months, for a total of $4,567 per year.

In April of 2024, the original licensing agreement term ended and transitioned to a month-to-month agreement. Six Flags is interested in renewing the license and the park no longer needs access to parking spaces and desires access to a larger maintenance shed. Public Works staff negotiated a new agreement that achieves these goals.

Parking spaces are no longer included in the leased area as Public Works needs the land to support a tree nursery. Additionally, language was added to strengthen the City’s ability to enforce Six Flags maintenance responsibility in the area they are leasing. Last, the licensing fee was raised from $4,567 per year to $16,375 per year, to reflect market conditions.

Analysis
The area being leased includes a maintenance building and land located at the City’s sewage pump station. The City is currently utilizing the pump station as a service center for various City services including a staging nursery for trees that the City is planting in conjunction with grants and other Urban Forestry activities. The maintenance building that Six Flags wishes to lease is available.

The agreement benefits the park by allowing them to have access to the maintenance shed. The agreement benefits the City because it supports the park and provides revenue from an underused city asset.

Financial Impact
The license agreement would provide $16,375 per year to the City. This payment would be placed in the Public Works Department, Parks Division, General Fund Operating Budget as that department directly manages this agreement and is responsible for other maintenance activities on this property. Account Code 1005700R999-44690 (Other Rent/Lease Revenue).

Environmental Determination
The license agreement is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 – Existing Facilities,

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City Council Agenda Report
Agenda Item No. 4.c
April 22, 2025
15303 – New Construction or Small Structures, 15305 – Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations, and/or 15323 – Normal Operations of Facilities for Public Gatherings.

Public Contact
The City Council Agenda was posted.

Attachment

1. License Agreement between the City of Concord and Six Flags Concord

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LICENSE AGREEMENT
This License Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into on April 22, 2025 (“Effective Date”) between the City of Concord, a California municipal corporation (“City”) and Six Flags Concord LLC, a California limited liability company, located at 1001 Fairgrounds Drive, Vallejo, CA 94589 (“Licensee”).

Recitals
A. City owns certain real property generally located at 1950 Waterworld Parkway, California, APN 126-310-011 (“Property”), and a portion of the Property is subject to a Ground Lease Agreement dated September 28, 1994 and subsequent amendments thereto (the “Ground Lease”), whereby the City leases a portion of the Property to EPR Parks, LLC in order to operate a waterpark. Licensee, as the waterpark operator, is a Tenant in a permitted Sublease Agreement, dated April 24, 2017, by and between Licensee and EPR Parks, LLC for the portion of the Property subject to the Ground Lease.

B. Licensee would like to obtain a temporary, non-exclusive, and limited right, privilege, and permission to use certain real property that is not subject to the Ground Lease and located adjacent to the Property as shown on Exhibit A (“License Area”) for the purpose of materials/equipment storage (as further defined in Sections 5 and 6 below).

C. City is willing to allow such use pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Terms and Conditions
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, City and Licensee agree as follows:

1. License.

A. Grant of License. City hereby grants to Licensee a non-exclusive and limited right, privilege, and permission to use the License Area (including reasonable access to the License Area) for i) for storing materials and equipment within the 800 square foot metal storage building (40’x20’); and ii) for no other purpose, subject to all leases, subleases, easements, restrictions and reservations now or subsequently pertaining to the License Area, or any portion thereof.

B. City Access. Licensee agrees that the City or its appointed representatives shall have access to the License Area at all times. City shall have the unrestricted right to observe all activities by Licensee and/or any Licensee Party at the License Area. “Licensee Party” means any of Licensee’s partners, officers, officials, volunteers, shareholders, members, employees, agents, invitees, representatives, contractors, subcontractors, sub-licensees, successors, assigns, consultants, experts, and any other person or entity affiliated with Licensee or under Licensee’s direction or control.

C. Condition of Property. Licensee represents and warrants that Licensee has inspected and examined the License Area and accepts the License Area in its present “as is” condition. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that neither City, nor anyone acting for or on behalf of City, has made any Attachment 1

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representations, warranties, or promises to Licensee, or to anyone acting for or on behalf of Licensee, concerning the condition of the License Area, any portion thereof, or any other aspect thereof including any structures or improvements located thereon, the availability of utilities, or the absence or presence of hazardous materials. Licensee shall keep the License Area in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Public Works Director or his/her designee. Licensee agrees to take proper care to maintain and preserve the property of City. Upon expiration or other termination of this Agreement, Licensee shall remove all of its employee vehicles and other installations from and shall repair and restore the License Area, and all portions thereof, and shall peaceably surrender such areas to the City clean and in the same condition as when received, reasonable wear and tear excepted.

D. Risk of Loss. City assumes no responsibility for loss or any damage to the property of the Licensee or Licensee’s employees, including theft, vandalism or other property loss or damage incurred as a result of Licensee’s use of the License Area.

E. Advertising. Licensee shall not at any time display any advertising sign without City’s prior written approval, which City may condition or withhold in its sole discretion.

2. Term. The term of this License Agreement shall be for a period of thirty-six (36) months (i.e. ten 3) years, eight months), commencing on or April 1, 2025, (“Commencement Date”) and expiring on March 31, 2028. The term may be extended by the parties upon mutual written agreement by the parties.

The City Manager is authorized to execute such renewal or extension of the License Agreement.

3. License Fee. The “License Fee” shall be $1,875 per month for the period of May 1 through September 30 for each year of the License term, and $1,000 per month for the period of October 1 through April 30 for each year of the License term, for a total of $16,375per year, commencing on the Commencement Date. Licensee shall pay the License Fee to City without notice, demand, offset or deduction, in advance, on the first day of each month of the Term. If the License Fee is due for a period of less than a full month, it shall be prorated for such partial month on the basis of a 30-day month.

Licensee shall remit the License Fee to the City of Concord Finance Department, 1950 Parkside Drive MS/06, Concord, CA 94519 or at such other address as City may from time to time designate in writing to Licensee for the payment of the License Fee.

4. Possessory Taxes. Licensee acknowledges and agrees to pay when due any taxes of any kind and every nature, including but not limited to possessory interest tax that may be imposed upon the License Area or Licensee’s use thereof pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Section 107.6.

5. Employee Parking. The Licensee shall not park, or permit any vehicles to park, in the licensed area or any portion thereof without the prior written consent of the Licensor. Any unauthorized parking in the licensed area shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement, and the Licensor may take immediate action to remove any vehicles in violation at the Licensee’s expense.

6. Materials/Equipment Storage. “Materials/Equipment Storage” means temporary storage of materials and equipment within the 800 square foot (40’x20’) metal storage building. Absent an amendment or modification of this Agreement, no activities other than those described above are allowed. No other alterations (including temporary or permanent structures, changes and/or additions) shall be made to the License Area, or any portion thereof, and no other work or activities shall be allowed

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without City’s prior written consent, which City may condition or withhold in its sole discretion.

Licensee shall provide City with at least three (3) business days prior written notice before commencing any Work. All Work and all other activities pursuant to this Agreement shall be at the sole cost and expense of Licensee.

7. Utilities. The Licensee shall have access to utilities on-site, including water and electricity. The electrical service is limited to 120 volts, and the Licensee shall not use the power for high usage, charging of battery-powered vehicles or equipment, or any activities beyond light maintenance-related power usage. Any unauthorized use of utilities may result in immediate termination of this Agreement.

8. Facility Grounds and Maintenance. The Licensee shall maintain the licensed premises, including all facilities and surrounding grounds, in a clean, safe, and orderly condition throughout the term of this agreement. This includes regular upkeep, landscaping, waste disposal, and adherence to all applicable health and safety regulations. The Licensee shall promptly address any maintenance issues and shall be responsible for any damages arising from neglect or failure to maintain the premises as required.

9. Non-Performance. In the event of the Licensee fails to fulfill their obligations under this Agreement, such failure shall constitute a breach. The City will notify the Licensee in writing of the Non- Performance and allow 30 days for the Licensee to cure the breach. If Licensee fails to remedy the Non- Performance within this time frame, the City can abate on the Licensee’s behalf and submit the invoice to Licensee to reimburse the City and the Licensee will be subject to a $250 penalty for each day of non- compliance. The City may also pursue additional legal and equitable remedies, including but not limited to: full cost recovery, suspension, or termination of this Agreement. If such failure is incapable of cure by Licensee within such period after Licensee's diligent and continuous efforts to cure the same, it shall not constitute a breach provided Licensee commences the cure or remedy within such reasonable timeframe and diligently thereafter completes the cure of same.

10. Indemnification. The following obligations are in addition to those imposed by applicable provisions of the Concord Municipal Code. Licensee agrees to and shall defend (with independent counsel approved by the City), indemnify and hold harmless the City, its officers, officials, employees, agents, representatives and volunteers (each, a “City Party”) from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, losses, damages, injuries, and liability, including all attorney’s fees, expert fees, consultant fees, and other litigation costs and expenses (“Claims”) arising out of or connected in any way with: (a) the Permitted Use; (b) Licensee’s or any Licensee Party’s activities on or about, operation of, access to, and/or use of, the License Area, or any portion thereof; or (c) Licensee’s or any Licensee Party’s performance, non-performance, breach, or default under this Agreement (individually and collectively, “Activities”), except to the extent caused by City’s sole or active negligence or willful misconduct.

11. Insurance. Licensee shall, at its own expense, procure and maintain in full force at all times during the term of this Agreement the following insurance:

A. Commercial General Liability Coverage. Licensee shall maintain commercial general liability insurance with limits of no less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) combined single limit per occurrence or two million dollars ($2,000,000) aggregate limit for bodily injury, personal injury, and property damage.

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B. Automobile Liability Coverage. Licensee shall maintain automobile liability insurance covering all vehicles used in the performance of this Agreement providing a one million dollar ($1,000,000) combined single limit per occurrence for bodily injury, personal injury, and property damage.

C. Compliance with State Workers’ Compensation Requirements. Licensee covenants that it will insure itself against liability for Workers’ Compensation pursuant to the provisions of California Labor Code §3700, et seq. Licensee shall, at all times, upon demand of the City, furnish proof that Workers’ Compensation Insurance is being maintained by it in force and effect in accordance with the California Labor Code. The insurer shall also agree to waive all rights of subrogation against the City, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers for losses arising from work performed by Licensee for City. This provision shall not apply upon written verification by Licensee that Licensee has no employees.

D. Other Insurance Provisions. The policies are to contain, or be endorsed to contain the following provisions:
(1) Additional Insured. City, its officers, agents, employees, and volunteers are to be covered as an additional insured as respects: Liability arising out of activities performed by or on behalf of Licensee and operations of Licensee, premises owned, occupied, or used by Licensee. The coverage shall contain no special limitations on the scope or protection afforded to City, its officers, officials, employees, or volunteers. Except for worker’s compensation and professional liability insurance, the policies mentioned in this subsection shall name City as an additional insured and provide for notice of cancellation to City. Licensee shall also provide timely and prompt notice to City if Licensee receives any notice of cancellation or nonrenewal from its insurer.
(2) Primary Coverage. Licensee’s insurance coverage shall be primary insurance with respect to City, its officers, officials, employees, and volunteers. Any insurance, risk pooling arrangement, or self-insurance maintained by City, its officers, officials, employees, or volunteers shall be in excess of Licensee’s insurance and shall not contribute with it. (3) Reporting Provisions. Any failure to comply with the reporting provisions of the policy shall not affect the coverage provided to the City, its officers, officials, employees, or volunteers. (4) Verification of Coverage. Licensee shall furnish City with certificates of insurance and the original endorsements effecting coverage required by this Agreement. The certificates and endorsements for each insurance policy are to be signed by a person authorized by that insurer to bind coverage on its behalf. The aforementioned policies shall be issued by an insurance carrier having a rating of Best A-7 or better which is satisfactory to the City Attorney and shall be delivered to City at the time of the execution of this Agreement or before work commences. Such policies and certificates shall be in a form approved by the City Attorney. City reserves the right to require complete certified copies of all required insurance policies at any time.

12. Compliance With Laws. Licensee shall at all times comply with, and shall pay all costs and expenses which may be incurred or required to be paid in order to comply with, any and all laws,

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statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permitting requirements, labor codes, prevailing wage requirements, hazardous materials laws, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq., covenants and restrictions of record, life and fire safety and similar requirements, including those of the State of California, the County of Contra Costa, the City of Concord, or other applicable authority, all as amended from time to time (“Laws”) which apply to any Licensee Activities, including those requiring payment of any fees, charges or assessments arising out of or in any way related to any Activities or any portion thereof as a source of adverse environmental impacts or effects.

Licensee shall not permit or suffer any mechanic’s lien to be filed against the License Area, any portion thereof, or any interest therein, and shall immediately discharge any such lien. Licensee agrees to and shall protect, defend (with independent counsel approved by the City), indemnify and hold harmless the City and each City Party from and against any and all Claims arising out of or connected in any way with any such lien, except to the extent caused by City’s sole or active negligence or willful misconduct.

13. Environmental Matters.

A. Definitions. “Hazardous Materials” means hazardous waste (as defined in 42 U.S.C. 16901, et seq.), hazardous substance (as defined in 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq.), and any other hazardous, toxic, radioactive, carcinogenic, or prohibited materials, substances or wastes. “Hazardous Materials Laws” means all Laws concerning the management, use, generation, storage, transportation, presence, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Materials.

B. Generator. City shall not be identified on any documents or otherwise as the generator of any materials or wastes on any manifests or similar documents regarding any Hazardous Materials, or any other materials or wastes resulting from the Work.

C. Compliance with Hazardous Materials Laws. Licensee shall, at its sole cost and expense, comply with all Hazardous Materials Laws. Neither Licensee nor any Licensee Party shall use, handle, store, transport, release or dispose of any Hazardous Materials anywhere in, on, under or about the License Area, or any portion thereof. Licensee shall cause any and all Hazardous Materials brought onto, used, generated, stored or discharged in, on, under or about the License Area, or any portion thereof to be removed from the License Area, and all portions thereof, and transported for disposal in accordance with applicable Hazardous Materials Laws. City shall have the right to conduct tests, inspections and surveys concerning Hazardous Materials and to monitor Licensee’s compliance with its obligations concerning Hazardous Materials and Hazard Materials Laws. Licensee shall immediately notify City in writing of any voluntary clean-up or removal action instituted or proposed by Licensee, any enforcement, clean-up, removal or other governmental or regulatory action instituted or threatened, or any claim made or threatened by any person against Licensee, the License Area, or any portion thereof, relating to Hazardous Materials or Hazardous Materials Laws. Licensee shall also supply to City as promptly as possible, and in any event within five (5) business days after Licensee receives or sends same, copies of all claims, reports, complaints, notices, warnings or asserted violations concerning Hazardous Materials or Hazardous Materials Laws which in any way relate to any of the Activities.

D. Indemnification for Hazardous Materials. In addition to the indemnification provision set forth in Section 6 above, except to the extent caused by City’s sole or active negligence or willful misconduct, Licensee agrees to and shall defend (with independent counsel approved by the City), indemnify and hold harmless the City and each City Party from and against any and all Claims (including investigation, removal, remediation, cleanup and monitoring costs), asserted against or incurred at any

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time and from time-to-time by reason of or arising out or connected in any way with (a) the presence or release of any Hazardous Materials in, on, under or about the License Area, or any portion thereof; (b) any Activities; (c) the use, generation, storage, treatment, handling, transportation, disposal or release of any Hazardous Materials by or for Licensee or any Licensee Party; or (d) the violation of any Hazardous Materials law by Licensee or any Licensee Party. Such indemnity obligation shall include any Claims for tangible or intangible property damage; compensation for lost wages, business income, profits or other economic loss; damage to the natural resource or the environment; nuisance; trespass; and/or contamination, leak, spill, release or other adverse effect on the environment.

14. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California, excluding any choice of law rules which may direct the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. In the event that suit shall be brought by either party hereunder, the parties agree that trial of such action shall be held exclusively in a state court in the County of Contra Costa, California.

15. Non-Waiver. The waiver by either party of any breach of any term, covenant, or condition contained in this Agreement, or any default in their performance of any obligations under this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any other breach or default of the same or any other term, covenant, condition, or obligation, nor shall any waiver of any incident of breach of default constitute a continuing waiver of same.

16. Enforceability; Interpretation. All duties and obligations of Licensee hereunder shall also be deemed to the duties and obligations of each Licensee Party, and Licensee shall be responsible for any breach of any provision of this Agreement by any Licensee Party. In the event that any of the provisions or portions of application of any of the provisions of this Agreement are held to be illegal or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, City and Licensee shall negotiate an equitable adjustment in the provisions of this Agreement with a view toward affecting the purpose of this Agreement. The illegality or invalidity of any of the provisions or portions of application of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions or portions of application of any of the provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be interpreted as though it was a product of a joint drafting effort and no provisions shall be interpreted against a party on the ground that said party was solely or primarily responsible for drafting the language to be interpreted. Each party has received independent legal advice from its attorneys with respect to the advisability of executing this Agreement and the meaning of the provisions hereof. Headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not be used in construing this Agreement. Where the context so requires, the use of the singular shall include the plural and vice versa. The words “include” and “including” shall be interpreted as though followed by the words “without limitation.”

17. Integration. The recitals and any exhibits attached to this Agreement are incorporated by reference as though fully restated herein. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding between the parties as to the subject matter of this Agreement, and merges and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements, commitments, representation, writings, and discussions between Licensee and City, whether oral or written.

18. Successors and Assigns; No Third Party Beneficiaries; No Joint Venture . Licensee binds itself and its successors and assigns to the terms and obligations of this Agreement. Licensee shall not assign or transfer any interest in this Agreement without the City’s prior written consent, which City may

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condition or withhold in its sole discretion. Any attempted assignment or transfer in breach of this provision shall be void. This Agreement is not intended and shall not be construed to create any third party benefit, or any joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship between the parties.

19. Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be in writing and mailed postage prepaid by certified or registered first class United States mail, return receipt requested, or by personal delivery to the City’s address as shown below, or such other places as City or Licensee may, from time to time, respectively, designate in a written notice given to the other. Notices shall be deemed effectively served upon deposit in the United States Mail, or upon personal delivery.

To City: City of Concord
Attn: Parks Division Manager
1425 Gasoline Alley,
Concord, CA 94520
Telephone: (925) 671-3385
Email [email protected]
To Licensee: Six Flags Concord LLC
Attn: Park President
1001 Fairgrounds Drive
Vallejo, CA 94589
Telephone: (707) 644-4000
With a copy to: Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
One Cedar Point Drive
Attn: Legal
Sandusky, OH 44870

20. Non-Liability. Neither City nor any City Party shall be personally liable to Licensee or otherwise in the event of any default or breach of the City, or for any amount which may become due to Licensee or any successor in interest, or for any obligations directly or indirectly incurred under the terms of this Agreement.

21. Execution; Counterparts; Amendment. Each individual or entity executing this Agreement on behalf of Licensee represents and warrants that he or she or it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of Licensee and that such execution is binding upon Licensee. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall constitute one and the same instrument and shall become binding upon the parties when at least one copy hereof shall have been signed by both parties hereto. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a writing duly executed by authorized representatives of both parties, and made and approved in compliance with the City of Concord Municipal Code.

22. No Title; No Recording. Nothing in this Agreement or any activities pursuant to this Agreement shall convey or create in Licensee any right, title or interest in the License Area, or any portion thereof. Licensee may not record this Agreement or a memorandum referring to this Agreement without City’s prior written consent, which City may condition or withhold in its sole discretion.

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23. Survival. The terms and conditions of the following Sections shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement: Section 7 (Indemnification), Section 8 (Insurance), Section 9 (Compliance with Laws), Section 10 (Environmental Matters), Section 11 (Choice of Law), Section 17 (Non-Liability), and Section 20 (Survival).
(Signatures on following page)

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, City and Licensee have respectively entered into this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

SIX FLAGS CONCORD LLC,
a California limited liability company CITY OF CONCORD, a California municipal corporation
By: By:

Name: Brian Witherow Valerie J. Barone, City Manager
Its: Chief Financial Officer
ATTEST:

By:

Joelle Fockler, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

By:

Susanne Meyer Brown, City Attorney
FINANCE DIRECTOR’S CERTIFICATION:

CITY OF CONCORD, CA
Date:________________________

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT FUNDS RECEIVED DURING EACH FISCAL YEAR THIS LEASE IS

IN FORCE WILL USED TO PAY ANY ANTICIPATED EXPENSES TO BE INCURRED PURSUANT TO THIS CONTRACT.

THE SUM OF $16,375 SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE CITY’S PUBLIC WORKS GENERAL

FUND ACCOUNT WHERE EXPENSES RECEIVED ARE OFFSET BY PROGRAM EXPENSES, Account # 1005700R999-44690.
______________________________
Finance Director's Signature

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Exhibit A
License Area

License
Area

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Staff Report
Date: April 22, 2025
To: City Council
From: Valerie J. Barone, City Manager
Reviewed by: William Tarbox, Director of Public Works
Prepared by: Kit P. Jory Sr, Public Works Division Manager [email protected]
(925) 671-3385
Subject: Considering adoption of four resolutions ordering the preparation of the Engineer’s Report for the levy of Fiscal Year 2025-26 assessments for the City’s four Landscape and
Lighting Maintenance Assessment Districts. (Maintenance District Funds)
CEQA: Not a project under Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(3), 15273, 15378, and/or 15061(b)
Report in Brief
By ordering the preparation of the Engineer's Reports, the City Council will initiate the process required by the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Streets and Highways Code) and Proposition 218 to levy assessments for Fiscal Year 2025-26 corresponding to the City of Concord’s Downtown Landscape Maintenance District, Pine Hollow Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District, Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 3, and the Citywide Street Lighting Assessment District (collectively the “Districts”).

Recommended Action
Adoption of four resolutions ordering the preparation of the Engineer’s Report for the levy of Fiscal Year 2025-26 assessments for the City’s four Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Assessment Districts (Maintenance district funds) and make the CEQA determinations as provided in this staff report.

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City Council Agenda Report
Agenda Item No. 4.d
April 22, 2025
Background
The City of Concord administers the Downtown Landscape Maintenance District, Pine Hollow Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District, Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 3, and the Citywide Street Lighting Assessment District.

Property owners pay an annual assessment on their property tax bill for the maintenance of public landscaping and lighting benefiting their property.

Each year, the City Council levies the assessments and reconfirms the Districts by a series of Resolutions and Public Hearing. The process, which is set by the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Streets and Highways Code) and Proposition 218, includes the following steps:

1. Council adopts resolutions ordering the preparation of the Engineer’s Report – April 22, 2025.

2. Council accepts Fiscal Year 2025-26 Preliminary Engineer’s Reports – May 13, 2025.

3. Council adopts resolutions declaring intention to levy assessments, ordering improvements and setting public hearing – May 13, 2025.

4. Council conducts public hearing and then adopts resolutions confirming the Engineer’s Reports and Fiscal Year 2025-26 assessments for the Districts – June 4, 2025.

Upon City Council approval, the Fiscal Year 2025-26 assessments for the Districts will be submitted to the County Auditor’s office for placement on the property roll. The assessments will be paid by property owners at the same time and in the same manner as other general property taxes.

Analysis
Downtown Landscape Maintenance District
The Downtown Landscape Maintenance District was formed in 1983 and includes 798 assessable parcels. Assessments are based on a formula that includes location, square footage, and street frontage. A successful Proposition 218 balloting was conducted in June 2007 to increase the annual assessment in the Downtown Landscape Maintenance District. The adopted increase included an annual assessment adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index not to exceed 5% for each year thereafter to maintain the current level of service. At this time, City staff does not anticipate any new improvements or substantial changes in existing improvements within the boundaries of the District. The City does not anticipate making any changes to the provided landscape maintenance services for Fiscal Year 2025-26.

Pine Hollow Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District The Pine Hollow Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District was formed in 1985 and includes 401 parcels. Assessments are based on the square footage of each dwelling.

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City Council Agenda Report
Agenda Item No. 4.d
April 22, 2025
Landscape maintenance services are currently provided by a professional landscape maintenance company. At this time, City staff does not anticipate any new improvements or substantial changes in existing improvements within the boundaries of the District.

Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 3
The Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 3 is comprised of the following four specific benefit zones. Staff designed landscaping improvements for areas on Kirkwood Drive and are preparing to put the work out to bid. At this time, City staff does not anticipate any other new improvements or substantial changes in existing improvements within the boundaries of the District.

Kirkwood
The Kirkwood zone includes 468 single-family parcels. The total assessment is divided equally among each single-family residential parcel. Landscape maintenance services are currently provided by a professional landscape maintenance company.

Ygnacio Woods
Fiscal Year 1995-96 was the first full year of operation for Ygnacio Woods.

Landscape services for the common areas in this development of 35 parcels are provided by the City of Concord Public Works Department.

A successful Proposition 218 balloting was conducted in June 2005 to increase the annual assessment in the Ygnacio Woods Benefit Zone. The adopted increase included an annual assessment adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index to maintain the current level of service.

Balhan Terrace and Valley Terrace
These two small areas are included in Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 3 for the purpose of street lighting.

These benefit zones, which were formed prior to Proposition 13, continue to receive a share of ad valorem property tax funds from the State. These funds and the accumulated interest are sufficient to maintain the respective improvements for each benefit zone.

Citywide Street Lighting District
The Concord Citywide Street Lighting Assessment District was formed in Fiscal Year 1988-89 for the purpose of funding the installation and maintenance or servicing of public lighting facilities in public places within the District. The District includes all parcels of land within the incorporated limits of the City of Concord that benefit from streetlights on public streets.

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City Council Agenda Report
Agenda Item No. 4.d
April 22, 2025
Financial Impact
The City of Concord Landscape and Lighting Assessment Districts are separate from the City’s General Fund. The impact of any proposed changes to District budgets on the assessments for individual properties will be known at the time the Engineer’s Reports are filed. The Assessment Districts' engineering services will be paid from District funds.

Environmental Determination
Not a “project” under Public Resources Code Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(3), 15273, and/or 15378 because this is not an activity which may cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and that they consist of the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. In the alternative, the activities are exempt under Guidelines Section 15061(b)(1) because it is statutorily exempt and/or 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.

Public Contact
The City Council Agenda was posted. Property owners have been notified of informational landscape district meetings which are scheduled at the end of April.

Attachments

1. Resolution – Downtown Landscape Maintenance District

2. Resolution – Pine Hollow

3. Resolution – Maintenance District No. 3

4. Resolution – Citywide Street Lighting

5. City Council District Map

6. District Map for Landscape and Lighting

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Res No. 25-XX 1

BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CONCORD

COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A Resolution Ordering the Preparation of an
Engineer’s Report for the Downtown Landscape
Maintenance District Resolution No. 25-XX
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WHEREAS, the City Council, by Resolution No. 83-132, established the Downtown Landscape Maintenance District, pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Streets and Highways Code Section 22500, et seq.); and WHEREAS, the improvements within said District may include the installation or planting of landscaping, the installation of parks or recreational improvements, the construction of any facilities which are necessary or convenient for the maintenance or servicing thereof, and the maintenance or servicing of any of the foregoing; and
WHEREAS, in order to levy and collect an annual assessment for the Downtown Landscape Maintenance District, it is necessary for the City to comply with the Streets and Highways Code, Section 22620, et seq; and
WHEREAS, the Streets and Highways Code Section 22622 requires the legislative body to adopt a resolution which generally describes any proposed new improvements or substantial changes in existing improvements and orders the engineer to prepare and file a report pursuant to Section 22565 of this Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, at its meeting on April 22, 2025, received a report from the Public Works Director advising the City Council that City staff does not anticipate any new improvements or substantial changes in existing improvements within the District, thus necessitating only preparation of an Engineer’s Report.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CONCORD DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 22622 et seq. the City Council determines that no new improvements or any substantial changes in existing improvements are Attachment 1

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anticipated within the boundaries of the Downtown Landscape Maintenance District, but that it will be necessary to levy and collect an assessment within said District. Thus, the City Council orders the Public Works Director to contract with an engineer to prepare and file a report in accordance with Streets and Highways Code Section 22565, et seq.

Section 2. Upon completion of the Engineer’s Report, it shall be filed with the City Clerk for submission to the City Council for its acceptance or modification by May 13, 2025.

Section 3. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Concord on April 22, 2025, by the following vote:

Joelle Fockler, MMC
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Susanne Meyer Brown
City Attorney

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Res No. 25-XX 1

BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CONCORD

COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A Resolution Ordering the Preparation of an
Engineers Report for the Pine Hollow Landscape and
Lighting Maintenance District Resolution No. 25-XX
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WHEREAS, the City Council, by Resolution No. 85-15, established the Pine Hollow Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District, pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Streets and Highways Code Section 22500, et seq.); and WHEREAS, the improvements within said District may include the installation or planting of landscaping, the installation of parks or recreational improvements, the construction of any facilities which are necessary or convenient for the maintenance or servicing thereof, and the maintenance or servicing of any of the foregoing; and
WHEREAS, in order to levy and collect an annual assessment for the Pine Hollow Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District, it is necessary for the City to comply with the Streets and Highways Code, Section 22620, et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Streets and Highways Code Section 22622 requires the legislative body to adopt a resolution which generally describes any proposed new improvements or substantial changes in existing improvements and orders the engineer to prepare and file a report pursuant to Section 22565 of this Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, at its meeting on April 22, 2025, received a report from the Public Works Director advising the City Council that City staff does not anticipate any new improvements or substantial changes in existing improvements within the District, thus necessitating only preparation of an Engineer's Report.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CONCORD DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 22622 et seq. the City Council determines that no new improvements or any substantial changes in existing improvements are Attachment 2

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anticipated within the boundaries of the Pine Hollow Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District, but that it will be necessary to levy and collect an assessment within said District. Thus, the City Council orders the Public Works Director to contract with an engineer to prepare and file a report in accordance with Streets and Highways Code Section 22565, et seq.

Section 2. Upon completion of the Engineer’s Report, it shall be filed with the City Clerk for submission to the City Council for its acceptance or modification by May 13, 2025.

Section 3. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Concord on April 22, 2025, by the following vote:

Joelle Fockler, MMC
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Susanne Meyer Brown
City Attorney

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Res No. 25-XX 1

BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CONCORD

COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A Resolution Ordering the Preparation of an
Engineer’s Report for the Landscape and Lighting
Maintenance District No. 3 Resolution No. 25-XX
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WHEREAS, the City Council, by Resolution No. 79-6202, established the Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 3, pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Streets and Highways Code Section 22500, et seq.); and WHEREAS, the improvements within said District may include the installation or planting of landscaping, the installation of parks or recreational improvements, the construction of any facilities which are necessary or convenient for the maintenance or servicing thereof, and the maintenance or servicing of any of the foregoing; and
WHEREAS, in order to levy and collect an annual assessment for the Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 3, it is necessary for the City to comply with the Streets and Highways Code, Section 22620, et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Streets and Highways Code Section 22622 requires the legislative body to adopt a resolution which generally describes any proposed new improvements or substantial changes in existing improvements and orders the engineer to prepare and file a report pursuant to Section 22565 of this Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, at its meeting on April 22, 2025, received a report from the Public Works Director advising the City Council that City staff does not anticipate any new improvements or substantial changes in existing improvements within the District thus necessitating only preparation of an Engineer's Report.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CONCORD DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 22622 et seq. the City Council determines that no new improvements or any substantial changes in existing improvements are Attachment 3

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anticipated within the boundaries of the Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 3, but that it will be necessary to levy and collect an assessment within said District. Thus, the City Council orders the Public Works Director to contract with an engineer to prepare and file a report in accordance with Streets and Highways Code Section 22565, et seq.

Section 2. Upon completion of the Engineer’s Report, it shall be filed with the City Clerk for submission to the City Council for its acceptance or modification by May 13, 2025.

Section 3. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Concord on April 22, 2025, by the following vote:

Joelle Fockler, MMC
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Susanne Meyer Brown
City Attorney

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Res No. 25-XX 1

BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CONCORD

COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A Resolution Ordering the Preparation of an
Engineer's Report for the Citywide Street Lighting
Assessment District Resolution No. 25-XX
/
WHEREAS, the City Council, by Resolution No. 88-46, established the Citywide Street Lighting Assessment District, pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Streets and Highways Code Section 22500, et seq.); and WHEREAS, the improvements within said street lighting assessment district include:
initiation, maintenance or servicing of public lighting facilities in public places, and incidental expenses associated therewith. Public lighting facilities consist exclusively of pole mounted street lights within the public right-of-way of the City of Concord; and WHEREAS, in order to levy and collect an annual assessment for the Citywide Street Lighting Assessment District, it is necessary for the City to comply with the Streets and Highways Code, Section 22620, et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Streets and Highways Code Section 22622 requires the legislative body to adopt a resolution which generally describes any proposed new improvements or substantial changes in existing improvements and orders the engineer to prepare and file a report pursuant to Section 22565 of this Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, at its meeting on April 22, 2025, received a report from the Public Works Director advising the City Council that City staff does not anticipate any new improvements or substantial changes in existing improvements within the District, thus necessitating only preparation of an Engineer's Report.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CONCORD DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 22622 et seq. the City Council determines that no new improvements or any substantial changes in existing improvements are Attachment 4

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anticipated within the boundaries of the Citywide Street Lighting Assessment District, but that it will be necessary to levy and collect an assessment within said District. Thus, the City Council orders the Public Works Director to contract with an engineer to prepare and file a report in accordance with Streets and Highways Code Section 22565, et seq.

Section 2. Upon completion of the Engineer's Report, it shall be filed with the City Clerk for submission to the City Council for its acceptance or modification by May 13, 2025.

Section 3. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Concord on April 22, 2025, by the following vote:

Joelle Fockler, MMC
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Susanne Meyer Brown
City Attorney

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Staff Report
Date: April 22, 2025
To: City Council
From: Valerie J. Barone, City Manager
Reviewed by: Joelle Fockler, MMC, City Clerk
Prepared by: Monique Robinson, Deputy City Clerk
[email protected]
(925) 671-3295
Subject: Considering the appointment of Martin Steinpress, Jency James, and Carlos Montalvo to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee for four-year terms ending February 28, 2029, as recommended by the Council Committee on
Infrastructure and Franchise (Aliano/Hoffmeister).

Report in Brief
Considering the appointment of Martin Steinpress, Jency James, and Carlos Montalvo to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee for four-year terms ending February 28, 2029, as recommended by the Council Committee on Infrastructure and Franchise (Aliano/Hoffmeister).

Recommended Action
Appoint Martin Steinpress, Jency James, and Carlos Montalvo to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee for four-year terms ending February 28, 2029, as recommended by the Council Committee on Infrastructure and Franchise (Aliano/Hoffmeister).

Background
At its December 3, 2024, City Council meeting, three (3) positions on the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee were announced with a deadline of Friday, January 10, 2025, at 5 p.m. for receipt of applications by the City Clerk. The terms of Sarah Allen, Rebekah McMenamin, and Aneta Sperber expired on February 28, 2025, and they did not reapply.

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City Council Agenda Report
Agenda Item No. 4.e
April 22, 2025
The role of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee is to review transportation capital projects including roadway, pedestrian and bicycle improvements and provide input to staff on Complete Streets features and for conformity with the City's Bicycle, Pedestrian and Safe Routes to Transit Plan, adopted in September 2016 (Plan); review related grant applications; annually review the City's progress on Plan implementation; and, review and provide input on programs or policies related to implementation of the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Safe Routes to Transit Plan as requested by staff or the City Council. Members must be Concord residents and be enthusiastic about Complete Streets, cycling and other alternative modes of transportation. The Committee meets quarterly and more frequently as needed.

A total of eight (8) applications were received, and the eight (8) qualified applicants included: Martin Steinpress, Jency James, Dore Stubblefield, Angela Salinas), Carlos Madrigal, Joseph Piasecki, Carlos Montalvo, and Michele Browne. (Applicants listed in interview order; Angela Salinas did not interview.

The Council Committee on Infrastructure and Franchise recommend the appointment of Martin Steinpress, Jency James, and Carlos Montalvo to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee for four-year terms ending February 28, 2029.

Public Contact
The City Council Agenda was posted.

Attachments

1. Applicant Summary

2. Application Packet (Redacted)

3. Resolution No. 17-3 Establishing the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee

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Attachment 1
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Applicant Summary
Applicant
Martin Steinpress
Jency James
Dore Stubblefield
Angela Salinas (did not interview)
Carlos Madrigal
Joseph Piasecki
Carlos Montalvo
Michele Browne

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Application
Attachment 2

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Submit Date: Dec 05, 2024
First Name Last Name
Email Address
Street Address Suite or Apt
City State Postal Code
Primary Phone Alternate Phone
Employer Job Title Occupation
City of Concord
Profile

HOME ADDRESS
Number of years at above address:
9 Number of years in Concord:
10 Number of years in the county:
33 Number of years at employer:

Employer Address
Which Boards would you like to apply for?
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee: Submitted
Martin Steinpress
Retired Client Service Manager
Environmental
Consultant/Hydrogeologist
Martin Steinpress

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Question applies to multiple boards
Are you available for evening meetings?
Yes No
Would you like to be contacted about future Board, Committee, or Commission recruitments?
Yes No
Interests and Experience
Question applies to multiple boards
Please state your reason for applying, including qualifications for this position:

I am very passionate about increasing cycling, pedestrian and other alternative transportation modes. I am an avid cycler and often use the Concord streets and bike paths.

My qualifications include leading many cross-discipline teams on water resources projects, including planning projects such as environmental impact statements and feasibility studies.

I have made many presentations to city councils, county boards, state agencies, joint powers authorities and federal agencies. My work career included providing project management, technical expertise and creating cooperative partnerships among water utilities and other stakeholders to facilitate the development of regional conjunctive water management projects. I have developed consensus-based approaches with state and federal regulatory agency interaction and oversight. I also have extensive experience in applying database, GIS, groundwater modeling and web-based tools to water resources and other environmental challenges.

Question applies to multiple boards
Considering your experience and activities in business, labor, professional, social, or other organizations, indicate the experience, technical training, and/or skills which qualify you for an appointment:

My work experience includes providing project management, technical expertise and creating cooperative partnerships among water utilities and other stakeholders to facilitate the development of regional water management projects. I have developed consensus-based approaches with state and federal regulatory agency interaction and oversight. I also have extensive experience in applying database, GIS, groundwater modeling and web-based tools to water resources and other environmental challenges. I have worked on dozens of planning projects and made dozens of presentations to boards, committees, and city councils. I was also an Adjunct Professor at California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA. from 2006 to 2008 teaching geology and hydrogeology. I also serve on the Crystyl Ranch HOA Board of Directors and am currently President and Open Space Committee Chair.

Martin Steinpress

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Upload a Resume
Question applies to Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Please describe your interest and experience in cycling and other alternative modes of transportation.

I have been an avid cyclist all my life, and biked to the top of Mt. Diablo for many years. I commuted to downtown Walnut Creek for many years on both typical bicycles and on an electric bike. I also do a lot of mountain biking in the local open spaces. I even spent a few years without owning a car, relying on walking, cycling, car pooling and buses to get around.

I walk my dog daily in Concord and often hike the open spaces as well.

Education and Training
High School
Modesto High School, 1972
College
Water Resources Management (post-graduate studies), University of New Mexico, 1990 M.S., Geology, University of New Mexico, 1980 B.A., Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1977
Technicial/Vocational Training
Project Management Training, MWH and Brown and Caldwell Certification or Other
California Professional Geologist # 5090 (expired) California Certified Hydrogeologist # 29 (expired) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Certificate of Training, New Miner, Surface Mines (expired) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 40-Hour Hazardous Waste Operations Certification (expired) American Red Cross First Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Certification City of Walnut Creek/ Contra Costa County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Certification (expired)
TERMS OF ACCEPTANCE and SIGNATURE
Question applies to multiple boards
I, applicant for a City of Concord Board, Commission or Committee, warrant the truthfulness of the information provided in this application. I certify under penalty of perjury that I am a resident of the City of Concord and meet the eligibility requirements.

Martin Steinpress

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Please Agree with the Following Statement
I acknowledge that by submitting this application the information provided will be published as part of the public record, and that the City will make every effort to ensure personal contact information is redacted. I understand that checking this box constitutes a legal signature confirming that I acknowledge and agree to the above Terms and Acceptance.

I Agree *
Electronic Signature - Please type your First and Last Name Martin Steinpress
Martin Steinpress

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Hydrogeologist Martin G. Steinpress
Experience Summary
Mr. Steinpress has 43 years of applied experience in geology and hydrogeology . He worked in the environmental and groundwater industry for 30 years and has managed many large groundwater resources and water supply projects. He is a technical expert in hydrogeology with extensive experience analyzing and solving complex groundwater problems. He has provided project management and technical expertise on groundwater investigations, remedial actions, water supply, and recharge projects. Martin was Brown and Caldwell’s client service manager for Agrium/Nu-West Industries and Monsanto (now Bayer) for several years, providing strategic leadership and managing BC’s services on four major mine permitting projects in southeastern Idaho’s phosphate mining district. His 10 years in minerals exploration early in his career enabled him to bring a unique perspective to mine permitting and reclamation projects. His project work has included the West, Southwest, Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest, Florida, Hawaii and Guam. He has worked in all major aquifer types (alluvial basins and volcanic, carbonate and bedrock terrains). He also has extensive experience in applying database, GIS, modeling and web-based tools to water resources and other environmental challenges. Martin has also served as a lecturer at California State University East Bay teaching the geology department's senior-level hydrogeology lecture and lab course and various other lecture and field geology classes. He has most recently lectured on “Plate T ectonics and the Evolution of California” at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at California State University East Bay and at Mount Diablo Adult Education and leads geologic field trips on Mt. Diablo.

Groundwater Recharge, Aquifer Storage and
Recovery and Habitat Restoration
Farmington Groundwater Recharge/Seasonal Habitat Study, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Sacramento District, and Stockton East Water District (SEWD), California
Project Manager/Hydrogeologist. This project was a joint program among the USACE and local sponsors that included the Stockton East Water District, City of Stockton, San Joaquin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and several other local water districts. The four-phase study investigated the potential for developing multi-purpose groundwater recharge and wetland habitat facilities in eastern San Joaquin County . The first phase consisted of identifying favorable candidate recharge/wetland areas, which included a review and compilation of available information on soils and geology, land use and institutional constraints, water distribution infrastructure, environmental needs, and potential contaminant sources. In the second phase, four pilot test sites were selected based on site drilling to confirm soils and geology to test the full range of geologic environments in the study area. Phase 3 consisted of long-term (up to six months) pilot testing of percolation rates, with monitoring of infiltration rates, piezometric levels near the site, rainfall and evaporation, metering applied water, observation of maintenance requirements and suitability for habitat development. The project’s end result was a Feasibility Study report with 1 Education
Post-Graduate Studies,
Water Resources
Management, University of
New Mexico, 1990
M.S., Geology, University of
New Mexico, 1980
B.A., Geological Sciences,
University of California,
Santa Barbara, 1977
Employment History
Exploration Geologist, Santa
Fe Pacific Mining, 1979-89
Senior Hydrogeologist, MWH,
1990-2002
Chief Hydrogeologist and
Client Service Manager,
Brown and Caldwell, 2002-
2020
Relevant Expertise
· Hydrogeology
· Mine Permitting and
Reclamation
· Construction Dewatering
· Conjunctive Use
· Well design, Installation
and Testing
· Groundwater Recharge
· Aquifer Storage and
Recovery
· Water Quality Monitoring
· Groundwater Modeling
· Aquifer Testing
· Water Supply
Development
· Contaminant
Investigations and

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Martin G. Steinpress
recommendations of the extent and types of suitable recharge and wetland facilities; designs and cost estimates for recharge/wetland projects; groundwater overdraft, salinity intrusion and wetland habitat benefits provided by the project alternatives, and an evaluation of National Environmental Policy Act/California Environmental Quality Act (NEPA/CEQA) issues associated with the long-range alternatives.

At the conclusion of the project, the USACE and SEWD had a long-range plan to address overdraft and the resulting salinity intrusion in the study area. The project balanced the goal of groundwater recharge with the environmental benefits of the restoration of wetland habitat. The planned recharge/wetlands sites could occupy up to 1000 acres, recharging up to 40,000-acre-feet per year.

Martin made numerous presentations to agency and public groups to help gain stakeholder acceptance of the plan. He also managed the preparation of a $1.34 million application to the DWR Proposition 13 Groundwater Storage Program for the design and construction of the first demonstration groundwater storage facility and spreading basins to recharge Calaveras River and Stanislaus River water for the Stockton East Water District (SEWD). This demonstration project was completed in 2002 and additional recharge facilities have since been developed.

Groundwater Banking Pilot Project, Meyer Farms, Mendota Area, Fresno County, California
Project Hydrogeologist. Martin helped a private landowner near the Mendota Pool design facilities to collect water in wet years to recharge a shallow aquifer. The local water authority takes his supply for nearby farmers during drought periods and gives the landowner credit to irrigate from a canal at his orchard 15 miles away . A local shallow confining layer limited recharge rates, so Martin assessed the effectiveness and feasibility of artificial recharge using spreading basins and recharge shafts. He also designed large diameter infiltration wells to allow the surface water to recharge the underlying aquifer.

Alamosa Well Diagnostic Model, City of Chandler, Arizona T echnical Advisor. Martin served as technical advisor with respect to California guidance on the groundwater recharge of reclaimed water. Martin helped BC staff develop a hydrogeologic framework for the groundwater flow model. Local aquifer units and geologic features affecting the migration of groundwater were isolated, mapped and included in the interpretation of the hydrogeology, which allowed for significantly improved groundwater model accuracy .

Stony Creek Fan Conjunctive Water Management Program, DWR and Orland-Artois Water District (OAWD), Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District (GCID), and Orland Unit Water Users Association, California
Project Hydrogeologist. Martin evaluated the potential for conjunctive water management in the Stony Creek Fan area of Glenn County . The project’s sponsors developed a Phase I agreement to support this effort. Martin helped develop an FI work plan; developed an integrated groundwater and surface water model; installed groundwater monitoring wells for recharge tests; and provided siting, design and implementation of groundwater recharge tests. The activities were funded by a mixture of local funding and in-kind services, DWR Conjunctive Water Management Branch service contracts (technical, modeling and drilling) and by DWR contracts with OAWD and GCID.

New Water Well No. 20 Study, Design and Construction, City of San Bruno, California Project Hydrogeologist. BC completed site determination, test hole engineering, well design, construction management, and well development oversight for a new well (No. 20). Work included constructing two small-diameter, 4-inch monitor wells to obtain site-specific lithologic and geophysical information, and to obtain aquifer water quality data. Martin provided field oversight during construction, development and testing of the new 16-inch- 2Page 10 of 81
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diameter water supply well. The new well was constructed to a depth of 624 feet with a stainless steel wire-wound screen from a depth of 300 to 594 feet, with a production rate of approximately 500 gpm.

BC performed an economic analysis using a BC-prepared calculation tool to ascertain the costs associated with constructing new wells with various production rates. The analysis determined the break-even point with respect to well costs and production rates when compared to purchasing water from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC).

The 30-year economic analysis included initial well construction costs, day-to-day operational costs, projected pump replacement/repair and well rehabilitation expenses, water quality monitoring costs, chemical treatment expenditures, and many other related costs.

Martin helped complete the Drinking Source Water Assessment Protection evaluation for the City’s submittal to the DHS. BC also designed and provided construction management services for the well pump and motor, a filtration system for iron and manganese, and a new pump and treatment building.

The well was part of the City’s participation in the In-Lieu Recharge Demonstration in the South Westside Basin, which indicated that in-lieu recharge of the groundwater basin can successfully be accomplished by reducing pumping by using supplemental water from the SFPUC to replace the groundwater pumping.

Design of the Diamond Creek Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Well, City of Roseville, California
Project Manager and Project Hydrogeologist. Martin managed the design of the City’s first ASR well. The well is a critical element of the City's growing conjunctive use efforts and required zone sampling of the confined Merhten Formation aquifer to allow early quantification of iron-manganese concentrations so that the final design could address this water quality concern. The completed 20-inch, 400-foot- deep well produced 2,700 gpm with only 41 feet of drawdown for a specific capacity of more than 65 gpm/foot of drawdown. This $500,000 project also included preparing an ASR Feasibility Study/Demonstration Project Work Plan to develop an approach for addressing the environmental impacts, water rights issues, hydrogeologic and engineering challenges, and regulatory/public perception concerns associated with a full-scale groundwater banking program.

W Canal Recharge Hydrogeologic Assessment Project, Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR), Gooding County, Idaho
T echnical Advisor. IDWR was looking for economic ways to conduct managed aquifer recharge on the Eastern Snake River Plain (ESRP). BC conducted a hydrogeologic assessment to evaluate the W Canal site’s suitability for recharge. Hollow-stem auger drilling was conducted to evaluate soil characteristics. Field infiltration tests were conducted using a single ring infiltrometer. Laboratory hydraulic conductivity tests were also conducted on undisturbed soil samples. Air rotary drilling was conducted to evaluate bedrock conditions.

In-hole camera surveys document condition of bedrock and sedimentary interbeds. Packer tests were completed to evaluate hydraulic conductivity . Results of the site assessment indicated that direct groundwater injection using a slow sand filter may be the most appropriate method for managed recharged on the ESRP . Martin provided technical review and advice on the project approach, interpreted data and provided recommendations. He attended a meeting with IDWR and other major stakeholders and provided a national perspective on groundwater recharge and water quality issues.

Junipero Serra Aquifer Storage and Recovery Well, City of Daly City, California Project Hydrogeologist. Martin helped provide the City with test hole drilling, supply well design, well construction, development, and testing specifications for a new 650-gpm municipal water well. We also developed well equipping specifications and plans for the 3Page 11 of 81
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groundwater production facility . The new well included a 16-inch-diameter, stainless steel, louvered well screen; a 4-inch-diameter, combination sounding/TV survey pipe; and a 350- foot-deep, cement annular seal. Permanent facility equipment included a 100-hp, submersible pump/motor; a 4-foot by 4-foot concrete pump pedestal; variable frequency control for variable well output; discharge piping, flowmeter and valves; and other miscellaneous pump station equipment. The well was designed and equipped for injection of imported surface water from the SFPUC Regional Water System as part of an aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) study . The well was part of the City’s participation in the In-Lieu Recharge Demonstration in the South Westside Basin, which indicated that in-lieu recharge of the groundwater basin can successfully be accomplished by reducing pumping by using supplemental water from the SFPUC to replace the groundwater pumping.

East Valley Water Reclamation Project, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), California
Contract Manager and Project Hydrogeologist. Martin provided special technical assistance and assisted LADWP in the design, permitting and pilot operation of a unique project to spread reclaimed sewage wastewater from the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in the eastern San Fernando Valley under the California Water Codes Water Reclamation Requirements. As a result of his reputation, the client and the Watermaster of the Upper Los Angeles River Area (ULARA) sought out Martin’s hydrogeologic expertise to help win regulatory approval for the project to spread reclaimed water at the Hansen Spreading Grounds. In a letter report to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, he provided a rapid independent review of the conceptual geologic and hydrogeologic models and the flow and transport modeling for the East Valley Water Reclamation Project, suggesting improvements to the groundwater monitoring program. He also managed a series of percolation tests to assess the infiltration rates of the Hansen spreading grounds and provided reviews of the project annual hydrogeologic assessments and an independent post-audit report. He received the client’s and ULARA Watermaster's commendations for his exemplary role in this innovative demonstration project to recharge the aquifer with a blend of water from the State Water Project and wastewater effluent while carefully managing the basin's water quality .

Water Reuse Strategy Development, City of Rio Rancho, New Mexico T echnical Advisor. Martin was the technical advisor for this innovative project to reuse and recharge 100 percent of the City of Rio Rancho’s wastewater. The limited availability of surface water and increasingly stringent discharge requirements led the City to embark on the development of a sustainable water supply . He was instrumental in evaluating the aquifer recharge options, including surface infiltration (most cost-effective but only 50 percent water rights credit) and injection (greater public concerns regarding water quality but 100 percent water rights credits). In April 2002, he presented the City’s Water Reuse Strategy to the World Bank Groundwater T our, which included World Bank staff and project managers from around the world.

State of California Groundwater Management and Conjunctive Use, Grant Applications (Several Clients)
Project Manager and/or Project Hydrogeologist. Martin managed the preparation of several successful grant applications for municipal clients. Martin was the project hydrogeologist for the successful Regional Water Authority (RWA) 2001 Proposition 13 Conjunctive Use Grant Application to the DWR to fund one-half of $43.3 million in construction projects in the Sacramento region. The project includes ASR wells, pipelines, pump stations and water treatment facilities. He was also the project manager for the preparation of a successful $1.34 million application to the DWR Groundwater Storage Program for the design and construction of a pilot groundwater storage facility and spreading basins to recharge Calaveras River and Stanislaus River water for the Stockton East Water District (SEWD) in February 2001. Martin was the project hydrogeologist for a successful CALFED Conjunctive 4Page 12 of 81
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Use Application for a $529,000 groundwater recharge pilot project for North San Joaquin Water Conservation District (NSJWCD) in March 2000. He has also managed the preparation of AB303 Groundwater Management grant applications for the Sacramento Groundwater Authority (SGA) for Phase 2 of its Groundwater Data Management System (DMS) and to investigate the hydraulic connection between the American River and underlying groundwater basin.

Upper San Pedro River Basin Groundwater Model and Recharge Modeling, City of Sierra Vista, Arizona
T echnical Advisor. Martin provided senior technical oversight and review for the update and recalibration of an existing regional USGS Upper San Pedro Basin Model to address effects of the City of Sierra Vista’s Wastewater Recharge Facility (WRF) and basin-wide pumping on the regional aquifer, local springs, and the San Pedro River, the last free-flowing riparian river in Southern Arizona. BC worked with modelers from the USGS, Reclamation and Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) over the course of the project, and reviewed models of the area previously developed by the State of Arizona as well as the USGS. BC staff provided updated and refined regional and sub-regional modeling tools to all project stakeholders upon the completion of the project.

The WRF is located approximately 3.5 miles from the San Pedro River and is designed to treat up to 4.0 million gallons per day of reclaimed water. The WRF is a Reclamation demonstration project designed to create a mound of groundwater that would 1) slow the eastward advance of a regional scale groundwater “cone of depression” toward the San Pedro River and 2) sustain base flows in the San Pedro River.

BC’s modeling included updating the existing USGS model with new geologic and hydrologic data, current groundwater demands in the Sierra Vista Sub-Watershed, and recharge amounts from the City . The model was also recalibrated to observed spring flows and groundwater level in the vicinity of the WRF .

Key objectives of the projects’ groundwater modeling included an assessment of the effects of the WRF recharge on the regional aquifer system, and an estimate of the interaction and impact of recharge and pumping upon base flows in the San Pedro River. BC also prepared and delivered more than six detailed presentations using interactive 3-D animations and graphics related to the goals of the project, hydrogeology of the area, model development and results of the study to the City, Upper San Pedro Partnership, Reclamation, DWR, BLM, U.S. Forest Service, USDA and the public.

The model and final report was approved by all project stakeholders, including the Bureau of Reclamation. BC also developed a model use agreement for the City to manage future model applications by other entities in the basin. This agreement has already led to one model update funded by a third party . The modeling tool is currently being used by Reclamation staff to assess future water resource management scenarios in this highly sensitive and complex basin.

Hawks Prairie Reclaimed Water Satellite Facilities, Wastewater Resource Management Plan, Cities of Lacey, Olympia, T umwater and Thurston County (LOTT Alliance), Washington
T echnical Advisor. Martin provided senior technical assistance to the BC team that developed groundwater recharge ponds for the storage and infiltration of recycled water at the LOTT satellite facilities. Locations suitable for recharge were controlled by local hydrogeology; Martin assisted with the siting of monitoring wells and the characterization of groundwater conditions and impacts.
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Groundwater System Improvement Study, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, California
T ask Leader and Project Hydrogeologist. As part of a basin-wide investigation of water quality, this project $11 million, six-year project will develop a monitoring well network that will include up to 26 locations within the San Fernando Valley, along with treatment alternatives for extracted groundwater. The work is being performed under the California Department of Public Health Policy Memo 97-005 for impaired water sources and the National Contingency Plan. The monitoring well network will be installed in multiple water- bearing zones and allow for monitoring of water levels and water quality to identify potential sources of contamination to well fields.

Martin’s roles included managing the task to develop design and construction specifications and planning for the installation of up to 26 new monitoring wells in the San Fernando Basin (SFB). LADWP used these specifications to procure services to install the new monitoring wells. The new wells will provide hydrogeologic data for the aquifers and aquitards in the vicinity of LADWP wellfields in the SFB, and provide groundwater monitoring points that will allow for collection of groundwater samples that are representative of groundwater conditions in the vicinity of the wells. Martin led the evaluation of five sampling system technologies, and provided recommendations for the best sampling system alternative for installing the new monitoring wells. His team identified permit requirements and prepared Class 3 level cost estimates for installation. Estimates included approximate costs for exploratory boring and monitoring well drilling, construction, development, aquifer testing, geophysical logging, and dedicated sampling system installation.

Martin also led an independent review and analysis of the U.S.EPA’s 2008 Focused Feasibility Study (FFS) for the North Hollywood Operable Unit (NHOU) in San Fernando Valley Area 1 Superfund Site. The objective of the U.S. EPA’s NHOU FFS is to develop a capture zone to contain the contaminant plumes in the North Hollywood area of the SFB to help ensure that all production wells in LADWP’s Rinaldi-T oluca, North Hollywood West, Erwin, and Whitnall wells are protected from plumes and can be pumped to provide groundwater that meets all current maximum contaminant levels and State notification levels. BC determined that the U.S. EPA’s proposed expanded extraction system for the Second Interim Remedy is not adequate to prevent continued plume migration to the LADWP well fields. Significantly higher extraction capacity and treatment is needed. Exact extraction capacity should be determined after conducting further investigations combined with transient fate and transport modeling.
2010 UWMP, City of San Diego Water Department, California Groundwater Expert. Martin provided groundwater expertise during the development of the City’s 2010 UWMP . The plan includes data collection and analysis, technical write-ups, data presentations, research into the latest water supply issues, and coordination with City staff and outside agencies. Additional focus is on global warming, AB 32 compliance or greenhouse gases, energy efficiency, regional water supply issues and other assembly bills aimed at water conservation and planning. Work on the UWMP included updating the Long Range Water Resources Plan (2002-2030) and related technical areas. Martin summarized the City’s efforts to develop local groundwater storage and estimated the City’s 2030 groundwater supply .

Well Siting Study, City of Ukiah, California
Project Manager and Hydrogeologist. Martin led efforts to increase Ukiah’s available water supply, which is subject to interruption during emergencies and may be insufficient to meet future peak demands in summer and during drought years. The well siting study synthesized available information to recommended locations for two new municipal water supply wells.

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environmental records and site visits. Site selection criteria were developed for use in screening City properties, and two test well sites were recommended. Martin and his team then prepared a work plan and bid specifications for the test wells, which were completed in 2009. T wo of the three recommended sites resulted in new high capacity water supply wells.

Navajo Nation Utah Chapters Regional Water Plans, Utah and Arizona Project Hydrogeologist. Martin provided groundwater resources support to seven chapters of the Navajo Nation in southeast Utah and northeast Arizona. The purpose of the project was to provide a regional assessment of water supplies, existing and future water demand, additional water distribution infrastructure needs and cost efficient water system improvements that would meet the chapter residents’ needs. The study resulted in a planning report that presented existing, mid-term and long-term water system upgrade projects and associated capital expenditure requirements. Martin analyzed available local and regional groundwater and water quality data, and recommended the most cost-effective and feasible improvements to address elevated arsenic concentrations and other water quality issues in existing wells. The recommendations included blending, existing well modifications, replacement wells, treatment and surface water importation.

Water Supply Well No. 34 Design and Construction, Olivehurst Public Utility District, California
QA/QC. Martin provided technical review of work plans and bid specifications for construction, development and testing of a new potable water well for municipal use based upon test hole data obtained previously .

Water Well Services, City of Modesto, California
Project Manager and Hydrogeologist. BC is preparing documents for the design of a water well test hole, water well development and well drilling inspection services. Martin is leading the design for replacement Well 226 in northwest Modesto to address arsenic and nitrate contamination that has shut down the existing well at the site. BC is also employing depth- specific zone sampling in the test hole using the pull-back method to optimize the yield and water quality in the replacement well.

Groundwater and Wastewater Consulting Services for Wastewater Treatment Ponds- Amador and Calaveras Counties, East Bay Municipal Utility District, California Hydrogeologist. Martin was the technical lead for preparing quarterly groundwater monitoring reports and any necessary additional studies. In 2000, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) began updating the permit conditions for the District’s four wastewater systems in Amador and Calaveras counties. The revised permits include requirements for quarterly groundwater monitoring and reporting and potential Best Practical Treatment and Control (BPTC). In 2009, the District hired BC to prepare quarterly reports and provide other services based on the field data and sample collection and laboratory analyses provided by the District to maintain compliance with Regional Board permits.

The project entails five specific areas of technical expertise (1) hydrogeological knowledge for monitoring wells in the foothills, (2) current technologies and scientific studies of discharge of treated wastewater to land, (3) negotiations with Land Discharge permitting unit of the Regional Board, (4) demonstrated thorough understanding of State and Regional Board policies on recycling and groundwater antidegradation, and (5) planning and implementing recycled water projects.

Martin is currently managing preparation of the BPTC for the Camanche North Shore wastewater treatment ponds. The BPTC includes a comprehensive review of historical data, conceptual site model development, and recommendations for monitoring program revisions.
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Sand Provenance Study, City of Davis, California
Project Manager. Following completion of the City of Davis Phase II Deep Aquifer Study, the deep aquifer’s origin, morphology and sustainability remained uncertain. Martin managed development of a new line of evidence for the hydrogeologic conceptual model through the use of a petrographic study of the T ehama Formation sands in the cuttings of the Lewis Well and Well No. 32, two new 2,000-foot-deep water supply wells in central Davis. The results of this study provided conclusive evidence for derivation of the sands from the Coast Ranges west of Davis rather than other previously postulated sources.

The textural and mineralogical immaturity of the sands rules out transport from northernmost California by an ancestral Sacramento River drainage. The paucity of granitic- derived grains precludes a Sierra Nevada plutonic provenance. The mineralogy of the sands, as illustrated in photomicrographs, is consistent with the metamorphic, volcanic and sedimentary terrains currently exposed in the Putah and Cache Creek drainages.

Understanding the dispersal directions of the sand also allowed the team the draw inferences regarding the architecture of subsurface sand bodies of the Deep Aquifer.

A westerly provenance suggests that east-west elongation of the water-bearing sands would be expected, which is consistent with some key previous Deep Aquifer Study findings. This knowledge helped the City in prudent water resource development and management, a technique since applied in the North Sacramento Valley for the California Department of Water Resources.

Water Rights Services, Prairie Center Metro No. 3, Denver, Colorado T echnical Advisor. BC provided water rights engineering services for the Prairie Center property including groundwater interceptor planning, change case engineering, and site- wide augmentation plan development for planned, non-potable irrigation system operations.

Martin was responsible for developing a preliminary estimate of dewatering requirements for the planned development and oversaw groundwater modeling to estimate potential impacts on the City of Brighton’s existing well field.

Owens Lake Groundwater Evaluation Project, City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, California
Hydrogeologist. BC provided an independent, expert and comprehensive evaluation of Owens Lake groundwater basin and helped develop a program that will allocate a portion of the groundwater under Owens Lake for dust control measures. Martin was responsible for analyzing hydrology, geology, existing natural resources that depend on groundwater, possible impacts from groundwater withdrawals on these resources, and proposed methods to minimize and mitigate such impacts. (2009; 137337; sub to MWH) Martin wrote the geologic history, hydrostratigraphy and structural geology sections of the Conceptual Model T echnical Memorandum and helped select a drill site. He also developed a field sampling plan to collect geotechnical samples for a subsequent evaluation of the land surface subsidence potential due to groundwater pumping.

Davis Water Wells No. 32 & 33, City of Davis, California Project Hydrogeologist. BC provided test well hydrogeologic services and engineering design and construction observation for two new 18-inch-diameter by 1,800-foot-deep municipal wells. The project included downhole depth-specific sampling, intermediate seal placement, and extensive test pumping activities. Aquifers with acceptable water quality were included in the wells’ construction, water-bearing formations of unacceptable quality were excluded, and the wells were test-pumped up to 3,500 gpm.

Stockton Water Wells SSS No. 8, SSS No. 9, No. 29, No. 30, No. 32, and No. 10R, City of Stockton, California
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specifications for new wells. T echnical specifications included depth-specific groundwater sampling procedures, a 20-inch-diameter stainless steel wire-wound screen, 4-inch-diameter combination sounding/television survey tubes, two 2-inch chemical injection lines located outside the well casing, and flowmeter (spinner) surveys. The wells were completed to depths of 400 to 450 feet and produced 2,500 to 3,500 gpm. The facility includes a multi- room pump building, variable speed drive controls, pump-to-waste piping, disinfection equipment, and site improvements.

Environmental Impact Report, Confidential Northern California Water Bottling Facility, California
Project Manager. Martin managed preparation of a hydrology technical memorandum on spring and stream flows in support of an EIR for a proposed water bottling facility that uses local water rights. Martin’s team developed hydrographs for local streams and estimated runoff for smaller drainage based on drainage areas and precipitation patterns. The analysis included assessing climate change impacts.

Presidio of Monterey Water Impact Analysis, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, California
Senior T echnical Reviewer. Martin advised the BC team preparing the Presidio of Monterey Real Property Master Plan Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The team also created a Supplemental Water Augmentation Plan (SWAP) to support proposed growth at the Presidio of Monterey (POM). The goal of this SWAP was to provide the U.S. Army with sound, technical expertise to successfully negotiate a water resources transfer between two distinct groundwater basins within Monterey County . It is likely that part of the U.S. Army’s allocation from Marina Coast Water District, purveyor of the Ord Military Community, will be transferred to California-American Water Company, supplier for the POM. The evaluation included analyzing State Water Resources Control Board Order 95-10, which restricts the amount of water that can be drawn from the Carmel River system and the Seaside Area Subbasin Adjudication, which have both significantly restricted the water supply available to the Monterey area.

Contaminant Plume Delineation and Digitizing, Sacramento Groundwater Authority, California
Project Manager. In support of SGA’s AB303 Groundwater Quality Risk Study, Martin managed efforts to obtain and digitize into GIS the maximum known extent of contaminant plumes threatening the water quality of the Sacramento County portion of the North American sub-basin. The mapping included all large regional contaminant plumes, including the Aerojet/Gencorp Corporation, Inactive Rancho Cordova T est Site (IRCTS) and Mather plumes on the southeast side of the basin, and the McClellan AFB plume in the central portion of the basin. Other plumes, including groundwater contamination in Downtown Sacramento, were available in only hard copy from Sacramento County, and points or plume outlines were digitized. The results of the effort will be used to assess short-, medium- and long-term threats to SGA member agencies’ wells.

Water System Master Plan Update, Sacramento Suburban Water District, California Project Hydrogeologist. Martin led the groundwater supply assessment for the water resource management plan component of the Master Plan Update, which also included an infrastructure analysis and developing a capital improvement program. The groundwater assessment included the characterization of the resource and a re-evaluation of the basin yield and district pumping targets for the North and South systems. Martin also evaluated the threat to the District supply from regional contaminant plumes, including VOC plumes from the former McClellan Air Force Base, Mather Air Force Base, Aerojet’s Rancho Cordova Facilities, and the Roseville Union Pacific Railyard. He developed a matrix of potential mitigation measures for each of the major plumes. The plan also included a conjunctive use 9Page 17 of 81
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strategy that recommended water supply alternatives such as dry year exports from the District.

Groundwater Flow Model, Indian Wells Valley Water District, Kern County, California Senior T echnical Advisor. Martin applied his extensive experience in the Indian Wells Valley (IWV) to serve as the senior technical advisor to a consortium of groundwater users in the basin who collaborated on a basin-scale assessment of the effect of current pumping practices on groundwater supplies. Martin’s role in this short- and long-term planning effort included assisting in the evaluation, refinement, updating and maintenance of the original USGS MODFLOW model of the basin. He played a key role in the hydrogeologic data compilation and development of a hydrogeologic conceptual model. A detailed water budget was developed for the basin that includes all major pumping and detailed estimates of precipitation and recharge, including potential leakage from the Rose Valley basin to the north. Martin helped quantify the impacts of new wells, identify future water quality concerns, predict long-term water resource shortfalls and needs, and analyze alternative basin operation scenarios. BC has since used the model to evaluate the benefits of artificial recharge and groundwater banking scenarios on the west side of the basin near Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Owens Valley Aqueduct.

Well System Condition Assessment, City of Woodland, California Project Hydrogeologist. Martin led the development of a T echnical Memorandum (TM) that assessed the condition of the 20 city wells used to meet water demand. The TM included an asset management plan that addressed well rehabilitation and replacement needs, and a well facility inventory report that incorporated well details and the results of several field visits. Information and a schedule were provided to ensure that the wells are rehabilitated and replaced when needed. Well rating factors included the well’s age, casing thickness, screen type, existing damage, specific capacity, system location, cost to pump, water quality and likelihood of failure.

Groundwater Substitution T ransfer Project, San Juan Water District, California Project Hydrogeologist. Martin led the preparation of a well information report and monitoring/mitigation plan on behalf of the San Juan Family of water agencies, who have agreed to water cutbacks through the Water Forum Agreement during dry years. As a result, they will take less water during these years and allow it flow down the American River for ecosystem and recreational uses. However, once the water has achieved its beneficial use, it will be transferred to San Diego County Water Authority through the State Water Project and Central Valley Project. T o accomplish this, BC prepared the documentation as required by the California Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which included establishing the well supply source as a reliable alternative to the surface water they are selling and establishing a monitoring program to assess impacts of the transfer on local and regional groundwater resources.

North Hollywood Replacement Well Field Restoration Project, Phase 1, Proposition 13 Grant Application, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), California Project Manager/Hydrogeologist. Martin provided technical assistance to LADWP in developing a successful 2001 Proposition 13 Groundwater Storage Program Construction Grant Application to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). The planned conjunctive use operation of the new replacement wells was designed to provide an increase of 20 cfs of annual groundwater production and allow DWP to extract its annul SFB groundwater entitlement and reduce its demand on MWD-imported water during summer months and critical dry years. The successful application secured state funding for one-half of the approximately $4 million in project costs. Martin worked closely with DWP staff to develop the application strategy and rationale, consulted with DWR on the grant requirements, prepared supporting documentation (including summaries of SFB groundwater quality and management), and reviewed the draft application prior to submittal. 10Page 18 of 81
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Groundwater Action Plan, Apple Valley Ranchos Water Company (AVRWC) (A Park Water Company), California
Project Manager/Hydrogeologist. Martin led the development of a groundwater action plan (GAP) for AVRWC near Victorville in the Mojave Desert. The GAP developed an optimal strategy to improve AVRWC’s well field pumping capacity to meet current and future potable water demands while improving system reliability and minimizing capital and operational costs. The GAP is expected to save AVRWC hundreds of thousands of dollars in capital and operational costs and provides an objective road map of actions to meet future capacity requirements and manage the aquifer for long-term sustainability .

The GAP prioritized recommended actions, including rehabilitating existing wells (i.e., sleeving; brushing, dry icing and bailing; adding column pipes; and/or upgrading pumping and other above-ground site equipment), well replacement and/or abandonment. Optimal new well sites and recommended design features were also identified to meet pressure zone capacity requirements. BC visited the water agency’s 23 well sites and made recommendations for immediate and urgent improvements, as well as longer-term recommendations. We reviewed historical water quality data to identify current and future water quality problems that may impact the well field’s capacity, and developed recommendations to address water quality issues. AVRWC used the GAP to justify a water rate increase request before the California Public Utilities Commission.

Groundwater Model Review, Apple Valley Ranchos Water Company (AVRWC), San Bernardino County, California
Project Manager/Hydrogeologist. Martin and his team reviewed the recent information associated with the groundwater model under development by the Mojave Water Agency (MWA) in support of the proposed Upper Mojave River Well Field and Water Supply Project, also known as the Regional Recharge and Recovery (R3) Program Project. The R3 Program Project includes surface recharge of 15,000 to 40,000 acre-feet per year (af/yr) of imported State Water Project (SWP) water to the highly conductive sediments of the Mojave River Floodplain Aquifer, and construction of groundwater production and delivery facilities at a down-gradient location. Due to the complexity of the project, a comprehensive numerical groundwater model has been developed for use in optimizing project design and operational parameters. The model has been used to evaluate recharge and recovery Project design and operational alternatives. Because the R3 Program Project is adjacent to the nearby AVRWC well field, BC was retained to evaluate the potential impacts (both positive and negative).

BC’s evaluation indicated that the hydrologic impacts were dominantly positive, but potential local water level and water quality impacts should be tracked closely by AVRWC.

Rio Linda/Elverta Power Plant Permitting, Florida Power and Light, Sacramento, California
Project Hydrogeologist. Martin provided technical support for FPL’s California Energy Commission application to build a 560-megawatt power plant in the Rio Linda/Elverta community of Sacramento County . He assessed the compliance of the Rio Linda/Elverta Community Water District (RLECWD) Master Plan with the Sacramento Water Forum of the project’s 3,000 AF/yr anticipated demand. He also evaluated potential well sites and estimated the drawdown from the proposed supply wells and the impacts on neighboring private well owners. Due to intense community opposition and declining energy demand, the application was eventually withdrawn.

River Pointe Wells #1 and 2 and Groundwater Treatment Plant, The Grupe Company and City of Waterford, California
Project Hydrogeologist. BC provided a private development company and the City with an array of engineering and hydrological services that included well site selection; pilot hole drilling selection, depth-specific water sampling; the equipping, development and testing of two new 1,000-gpm groundwater wells; and a new groundwater treatment plant for iron and 11Page 19 of 81
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manganese. Depth-specific zone aquifer sampling was performed via the pullback method, wherein an isolated groundwater sample is obtained from each individual aquifer encountered during pilot hole drilling by construction of a temporary well. This process of sampling facilitates the design and construction of municipal wells with optimal water quality . Martin provided field oversight of drilling, testing and sampling activities. He also interpreted water quality analytical results, which included elevated TDS, iron and manganese. The successful project (including iron and manganese treatment) was funded by The Grupe Company, a local land developer, and was deeded over to the City in February 2005.

Preliminary Study of Lower Colorado River Storage and Water Management Alternatives United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Lower Colorado Region Project Hydrogeologist. On behalf of USBR, Martin provided technical assistance on a preliminary study to evaluate storage and water management alternatives on the Lower Colorado River (below Parker Dam). The storage study considered the need for, and benefits of, having regulating storage, including quantifying the storage capacity needed to replace the loss of regulating storage due to a reduced cross-sectional area and canal volume that may result from the relining of the All-American and Coachella Canals. This study also evaluated the feasibility of conveying additional Colorado River water via the All-American Canal for use by Mexico for groundwater recharge operations.

North Sacramento Valley Hydrostratigraphic Study, California Department of Water Resources (DWR)
Project Manager/Hydrogeologist. Martin characterized the subsurface stratigraphy of the North Sacramento Valley geology and aquifer systems using an innovative technique not previously applied in groundwater investigations. Compositions of selected sand samples collected from deep borings throughout the North Valley by DWR were determined petrographically using a transmitted-light microscope. Random point counts of 300 sand grains/thin section were completed over 50 samples. The mineralogy of alluvial sands is primarily the result of the composition of rocks in the drainage area of the streams or rivers that transported the sand to the depositional site. Thus, knowledge of the composition of the sand provides indications regarding the sand’s source, transport directions and aquifer morphology. The same technique has recently been successfully applied by Martin in the South Sacramento Valley to distinguish between Sierran- and Coast Range-derived sediments and correlate hydrostratigraphic units.

The technique was used to help DWR Northern District Groundwater in correlating Tuscan and T ehama formation units from the sediment source areas at the fringes of the basin toward the center of the basin, and in identifying the locations of interfingering of these aquifer units. Martin assisted DWR in integrating the results of the petrographic study into the client’s stratigraphic cross-section of the Sacramento Valley . This knowledge helped DWR and local water agencies assess potential impacts of increased extraction from the Tuscan Aquifer thus facilitating prudent water-resource development and management.

Alpine County Groundwater Management Plan (GWMP), Alpine County, California Senior T echnical Advisor. The goals and objectives of the GWMP were to provide sustainable, high-quality groundwater resources for the current and long-term beneficial uses of the residents of Alpine County . Beneficial uses of Alpine County’s groundwater include its use as the main source of drinking water for Alpine County residents, agricultural irrigation, and municipal supply throughout the County . Like the goal of Alpine County’s current groundwater management program built around Alpine County Ordinance No. 646-03, the goal of the GWMP was to maintain a sustainable groundwater supply . This was accomplished by incorporating plans and programs into the GWMP to prevent and mitigate overdraft from Alpine county’s groundwater basin. Sustainable groundwater resources will also be maintained through the implementation of groundwater-level monitoring networks that will 12Page 20 of 81
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allow for determining when and where overdraft mitigation programs need to be implemented in the County. These plans and programs were developed based on the collection of high-quality data, and incorporate public outreach and education to illustrate to County residents the role they can play as citizens and groundwater users in groundwater conservation. The GWMP improved groundwater management within the county by providing a framework for sound management decisions based on scientific research, public input, and current groundwater data.

City of Davis Groundwater Management Plan (GWMP), City of Davis, California Project Hydrogeologist. Martin helped prepare a GWMP for the City of Davis and UC Davis, who use groundwater for essentially all domestic water supply . Brown and Caldwell and project participants brought together the results of previous studies, developed qualitative and quantitative basin management objectives, and established a Web-based coordinated monitoring program for groundwater pumping, levels and quality . The plan process included substantial coordination and outreach with adjoining water agencies, stakeholders and the public. Plan funding included an AB303 grant administered by the California DWR.

Groundwater Quality Study, Confidential Private Water Company, California Project Hydrogeologist. This client had four wells in its suburban service areas in Sacramento that pumped cloudy water due to air or gas bubbles that caused customer complaints.

Martin was tasked with identifying the source of the bubbles and recommending additional testing and/or mitigation measures. The wells are typically screened in several stratigraphic intervals in the Plio-Pleistocene Laguna Formation. Martin conducted a hydrogeologic investigation that concluded that the air was not originating from a single aquifer zone that could be isolated to mitigate the problem. Martin helped evaluated several hypotheses, including that the bubbles were due to formation gas, gas from depressurization, and cascading water or pump malfunction. BC concluded that the bubbles were most likely due to entrained air and recommended specific additional investigations to determine the source of the air and provided the client with recommendations and a cost estimate for remediation.

Water Supply Assessment, Confidential Private Property Owner, Mariposa County, California
Project Manager and Hydrogeologist. The owner’s 15,000-acre property east of Merced was historically used only for cattle grazing. The project determined the self-sufficiency of the property in terms of water supply for agricultural purposes, including vineyards or orchards.

In the initial phase, Martin managed an evaluation of both groundwater and surface water potential, including an analysis of stream flow, storage options, and appropriated water rights. He helped evaluate existing groundwater data, assess the potential for further groundwater development, and recommend a groundwater exploration program. The second phase included fracture trace analysis of the Mesozoic slate bedrock terrain using air photos, geologic mapping, and geophysical surveying to identify drilling targets. Numerous potential drill targets were identified and prioritized, and eight were tested with electrical resistivity geophysical surveys. T o date, seven drill sites have been selected for test wells, and five encountered sufficient well yields for irrigation purposes. Brown and Caldwell designed and developed bid specifications for the facility equipment, including submersible pump/motors; discharge piping, flowmeter, and valves; a backup diesel generator; and other miscellaneous pump station equipment.

Brown and Caldwell also investigated water rights and prepared an application for unappropriated winter flows on a local creek with the State Water Resources Control Board.

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Uranium and Arsenic Investigation and Mitigation at T wo Water Supply Wells, City of Modesto, California
Project Manager and Project Hydrogeologist. Martin is helping investigate uranium and arsenic in the City’s groundwater wells to determine whether the existing City wells that exceed 20 PCI/L in uranium concentration or the upcoming new arsenic MCL of 10 ug/l can be reconstructed to lower the concentration to an acceptable level This project includes developing work plans/specifications and construction observation activities for two experimental wells where reconstructive efforts will be undertaken. Approximately a dozen City wells currently produce groundwater with uranium concentrations at or near the MCL, and some produce groundwater with elevated levels of nitrates and arsenic. The majority of wells are located in the southwestern part of the City and may impact the City’s ability to meet peak late summer demands.

Modesto Well #3 Modifications, City of Modesto, California Project Hydrogeologist. The City’s Well #3 had a damaged liner that required removal to equip the well with a high producing pump. Brown and Caldwell developed a work plan for cutting the liner with an inside-casing cutting tool and provided oversight during contractor extraction of the liner. The liner was successfully removed, allowing installation of a higher capacity pump, and the well was successfully returned to service.

Kings Basin Hydrogeologic Study, Department of Water Resources (DWR), Fresno County, California
Project Manager/Hydrogeologist. Under subcontract to Water Resources & Information Management Engineering (WRIME), Brown and Caldwell provided technical support to DWR to develop analysis tools in support of the conjunctive use programs of the Upper Kings Basin Water Forum’s Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP). The work included the development of an integrated hydrologic (IGSM) model to assist in understanding the hydrologic and hydrogeologic conditions of parts of Fresno, Tulare, and Kings Counties, and support in the analysis of alternative water management scenarios.

Martin performed a hydrogeologic investigation for use in support of Kings Basin integrated hydrologic model development. The study developed a conceptual hydrogeologic model of the aquifer layering system and aquifer parameters to subdivide the basin hydrostratigraphy for the purpose of hydrologic model development. The project included developing an MS Access database and ArcView GIS, and identification and correlation of up to five model layers throughout the basin from the San Joaquin River in the north to the Kings River in the south.

Davis Deep Aquifer Impact Assessment and Study, City of Davis, California Project Hydrogeologist. Martin prepared a T echnical Memorandum (TM) to assess the impacts of the City’s proposed project to construct four to six new wells and associated pumping facilities to obtain approximately 9,250 gpm groundwater supply from the deep aquifer to replace lost groundwater capacity from intermediate aquifer wells removed from service since 1988. The analysis focused on whether or not the proposed new wells will result in a degradation of water quality or in a depletion of groundwater supplies, or interference with groundwater recharge such that there would be a net deficit in aquifer volume, a lowering of the local groundwater table, or other negative impacts. The key findings of this TM were used to support the project Environmental Impact Report (EIR).

Additional deep aquifer investigation and water quality monitoring was conducted by Brown and Caldwell and Martin for the DWR-funded AB303 Deep Aquifer Study of the City of Davis and the University of California at Davis. The work included deep aquifer pumping tests, a water quality assessment, and development of a groundwater monitoring plan. 14Page 22 of 81
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Hydrogeologic Assessment, Confidential Gravel Mining Company, San Francisco Bay Area, California
Project Manager and Hydrogeologist. Martin completed a hydrogeologic assessment related to the reclamation plan for the potential expansion of a local gravel quarry. The evaluated helped the client develop a strategy for deepening gravel mining operations below a regional aquitard. The scope included collecting and reviewing available hydrogeologic data and developing a conceptual hydrogeologic model. Surpac modeling software was used to analyze the geologic (lithologic) data, hydrographs developed for the water level data, and ion concentration diagrams and time concentration graphs plotted for the water quality (geochemical) data. Information on planned and actual mining depths was also analyzed and incorporated into the conceptual hydrogeologic model. The resulting conceptual hydrogeologic model synthesized all four types of data to provide an understanding of the geology and groundwater system. Brown and Caldwell’s final report recommended an approach for quantifying the potential impacts of deeper mining and a strategy for obtaining necessary approvals. Currently managing a hydrogeologic assessment of dewatering requirements for mine pits, which includes groundwater modeling of infiltration rates and pumping requirements.

Groundwater Resources Study, City of Folsom, California Project Manager and Hydrogeologist. The City of Folsom is currently entirely dependent on surface water from the American River, and will experience shortages during future droughts. In January 2004, Brown and Caldwell prepared a successful grant application to the DWR AB 303 Local Groundwater Assistance Fund. The $250,000 in state funding allowed the City to investigate the potential for the development of usable groundwater resources that would allow conjunctive water management activities such as groundwater banking and/or to forgo surface water diversions in dry years. The Phase 1 study began in November 2004 and began by synthesizing existing data and information previously developed by others. A field investigation included exploratory drilling, aquifer testing and water quality profiling. Phase 1 developed a conceptual hydrogeologic model of the study area that provided an assessment of the City’s groundwater resources potential and the potential for aquifer storage and recovery (ASR). The Phase 1 scope of work included developing a Geographical Information System (GIS) and preparing a final report for the State of California. T wo test wells suitable for conversion to irrigation supply use were completed, and aquifer tests were completed. BC has since helped the City develop irrigation wells to reduce its dependence on surface water.

T echnical Engineering Support Services, Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency, California
Project Manager. Martin helped provide engineering support services to the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA), formerly the Bay Area Water Users Association.

BAWSCA is an emerging regional water authority that includes the 29 suburban water purchasers from the San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System. SFPUC has a $3.6 billion CIP for seismic upgrades of the Hetch Hetchy system, and two-thirds of the funding comes from the BAWSCA agencies. We provided technical oversight support to BAWSCA for this program, which included evaluating the progress of the SFPUC with respect to schedule and budget, and recommendations on how the SFPUC could improve its project management. We also provided technical assistance for BAWSCA’s Local Water Resources Management Program, which includes groundwater conjunctive use, water conservation, and reuse supply augmentation projects. We prepared a technical memorandum that provided an estimate of the frequency and extent of shortfall from the SFPUC Hetch Hetchy water supply that could be augmented with a hypothetical reclamation plant, thus helping BAWSCA assess the feasibility of such projects. We also surveyed potential state grant and loan programs and potential member supply augmentation projects, and developed a screening matrix of grant programs and potential 15Page 23 of 81
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projects to identify funding opportunities for individual member projects. This facilitated BAWSCA members obtaining funding for potential projects.

Urban Water Management Plans (UWMPs), Sonoma County Water Agency, California Water Supply T ask Leader. Martin led the research, writing and preparation of the groundwater sections of the 2005 UWMPs for eight cities and water districts in Sonoma County that receive Russian River surface water from the Sonoma County Water Agency .

This plan is required by California DWR for all water suppliers to forecast the water supply and demand for its area until the year 2030. The plan included descriptions of the groundwater basins, historical and projected groundwater use, water quality assessments, and shortage plans for the Sonoma County Water Agency members in the plan’s service area. The plans were written for the following service areas: Santa Rosa, Petaluma, City of Sonoma, Valley of the Moon, Forestville, Rohnert Park, North Marin, Windsor, and Sonoma County Water Agency . Groundwater sustainability is a contentious issue in Sonoma County, and Martin worked with the County staff and legal counsel to address comments on the Draft UWMP and helped present the Plan to the County Board of Supervisors.

Well Field Improvement Services, T own of Fraser, Colorado Senior T echnical Advisor. BC has been working with the town of Fraser to rehabilitate and upgrade their current groundwater supply system. Source water is pumped from an alluvial aquifer system tributary to the Fraser River with well depths ranging from 50 to 200 feet below ground surface. We have been working with the T own to prioritize rehabilitation efforts by reviewing all available data, and prioritizing tasks based on immediate supply needs. BC designed and installed a new 170-ft municipal well for the town to augment their four-well- system. Our work included designing a test hole program, well design, permitting through the State Engineers Office, determining the optimal pumping rate, peak pumping rate and well-to-well interference through aquifer testing to establish hydraulic parameters. We provided assistance in well equipment sizing and connection to the town’s existing water supply system. The well came on-line in the fall of 2007. The work was completed in support of overall water supply master plan being prepared by BC.

Wagner Well No. 3 Rehabilitation, Montara Water and Sanitary District, California Project Manager and Project Hydrogeologist. BC provided engineering services to develop State of California, DHS Drinking Water Source Assessment and Protection (DWSAP) documents; technical plans and specifications, and construction supervision and observation during well rehabilitation, reconstruction, testing and re-equipping activities; and preparing a final report documenting the well modification work. Martin oversaw the field program and successfully delivered a replacement well to the District.

Feasibility / Well Siting Study and Exploratory T est Well, California Water Service Company (CWSC), San Mateo, California
Project Manager and Hydrogeologist. CWSC contracted with Brown and Caldwell to help develop a new municipal supply well for CWSC's San Mateo Water System. Phase 1 included a feasibility and well siting study that led to selection of a preferred site. The project included the collecting and analyzing hydrogeologic and water quality data, screening potential drill sites, recommending test drilling locations and methods, and developing a work plan and bid specifications. Brown and Caldwell then provided field oversight during the drilling and sampling of the exploratory test boring, which CWSC elected not to complete as a supply well. Martin also helped CWSC evaluate a second potential drill site that was not obtained or drill tested.

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assessment. The objectives of the evaluation were to: 1) evaluate the existing monitoring program and identify deficiencies in either the procedures or methodologies employed; 2) make design recommendations regarding the monitoring network to meet the District’s long- term groundwater management needs and objectives; 3) develop a database management system for managing and displaying the data collected by the program using Microsoft Access TM; and 4) assess current salinity conditions in the groundwater underlying the County . The study included more than 500 wells owned and operated by either the county or other parties contributing data to the monitoring effort, including federal and state agencies, cities, special districts and private entities. Martin reviewed historical groundwater levels using these wells, and used the San Joaquin County Integrated Ground and Surface Water Model (IGSM) to evaluate how effectively the existing monitoring network tracks groundwater level trends. An ArcViewTM Geographic Information System (GIS) and T echbaseTM interface were also developed for data analysis, constructing geologic cross sections, and presentations. He also reviewed well logs and geophysical logs for a number of wells to delineate the location and extent of high salinity in the Stockton area. The groundwater chemistry helped distinguish between eastward migration of connate saline waters from the Delta and upwelling of poor quality waters from older underlying strata. Through these processes, improvements to the County’s existing monitoring network were developed to better track the migration of the salinity front and develop alternatives to manage the salinity problem.

Data Management System, Sacramento Groundwater Authority, California Project Manager/Hydrogeologist. Martin developed a Data Management System (DMS) for the joint powers authority of groundwater agencies in the Sacramento metropolitan area.

The objective of the project was to develop a cost-effective groundwater monitoring program together, store, analyze and present data required to both establish the existing condition and monitor the future condition of the groundwater basin underlying the boundaries of the SGA. Activities included identifying and collecting existing available groundwater level, water quality, and hydrostratigraphic information. The DMS in Microsoft Access TM permitted the evaluation of the quality and reliability of the data, enhanced presentation of the data in a graphical format, and facilitated future analysis of the groundwater basin. The project also evaluated the adequacy of available information and recommendations for improving the procedures and protocols for gathering groundwater data. Finally, the DMS helped determine the baseline condition of the basin against which the impacts of SGA’s pilot groundwater banking and exchange project and other potential programs could be measured. Martin made presentations to the SGA Board of Directors and regulatory agencies and prepared a successful grant application to DWR for $200,000 funding from the AB303 program for enhancements to the DMS.

Construction Dewatering
Groundwater Dewatering Estimate Review for Canal Replacement Project, Contra Costa Water District, California
Senior Hydrogeologist. Martin reviewed a groundwater dewatering pumping test conducted for the Contract Costa Water District’s Canal Replacement Project in Oakley, California. For the pumping test interpretation, available geologic data (primarily shallow boring and cone penetrometer logs) were reviewed to characterize the hydrogeology . Based on this preliminary review and analysis, approximate aquifer parameters and rough well discharge estimates were made in support of BC’s Preliminary Design Report. The review included additional preliminary estimates of potential dewatering requirements, and recommended additional work to more fully predict the project dewatering needs. Martin developed a conceptual hydrogeologic model and recommended shallow wells that would not penetrate a local aquitard, thus reducing disposal volumes and reducing costs and schedule 17Page 25 of 81
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requirements. He also assisted in the evaluation of disposal options for the water generated by construction dewatering activities.

Construction Dewatering Predesign Evaluation for Raw Water Pump Station, T urlock Irrigation District, California
Senior Hydrogeologist. Martin provided senior technical input on the development of the approach and scope of work to evaluate construction dewatering requirements for the Pre- Design Report for a new regional water intake structure on the T uolumne River in Stanislaus County, California. The work included developing a conceptual hydrogeologic model of the local aquifer system and the relationship of the aquifer with the nearby river. A pumping test was designed to determine aquifer parameters, dewatering volumes, and the number and depth of wells necessary to successfully dewater the construction site. Martin also helped review bids from geotechnical subcontractors for the work. Because the pumping station project was eventually completed design-build, BC did not perform the aquifer testing.

Mining Services
North Rasmussen Ridge Mine Model Validation Study, Nu-West Industries dba Agrium Conda Phosphate Operations, Caribou County, Idaho Project Manager. Brown and Caldwell updated and evaluated the assumptions and predicted surface water and groundwater impacts in the 2003 EIS for Agrium’s active North Rasmussen Ridge open pit mine project in southeastern Idaho’s phosphate mining district.

Martin is the project and client service manager for BC’s first party work for Agrium. He has led preparation of the hydrogeologic conceptual site model (HCSM) and the Model Validation Study Work Plan and developed and presented BC’s monitoring well location rationale to the state and federal agencies, including BLM, USFS, and Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ). He has overseen and/or conducted the installation of four new deep monitoring wells, direct push investigations, geologic mapping, and the evaluation of surface water and groundwater impacts. He has led meetings with the agencies and successfully negotiated reductions in the requested scope of work that have saved Agrium more than $1 million by avoiding the need for a long-term aquifer pumping test. Martin has also managed the design of a revised mine reclamation plan and associated stormwater management controls. His team assisted Agrium in negotiating a favorable cover alternative for the mine, saving the client an estimated $40 million over the cost of a geosynthetic liner alternative.

Other BC activities for the mine included several mine plan modifications, a point-of compliance application to IDEQ, and mine closure planning.

Rasmussen Valley Mine Project, Nu-West Industries dba Agrium Conda Phosphate Operations, Caribou County, Idaho
Groundwater T echnical Leader. BC conduct the environmentally sensitive NEPA baseline studies (surface water and groundwater) for Nu-West’s proposed Rasmussen Valley Mine (RVM) open pit mine project in southeastern Idaho’s phosphate mining district. Martin served as the technical lead for BC’s first party groundwater baseline study for the EIS. He has led preparation of the hydrogeologic conceptual site model (HCSM) and the Groundwater Baseline Study Plan and developed and presented BC’s monitoring well location rational to the regulatory agencies, including the BLM, USFS, and Idaho Dept of Environmental Quality .

He ultimately managed all of BC’s first party consulting for Agrium’s permitting projects, including the successful permitting of the RVM, North Rasmussen Ridge Mine and the Lanes Creek Mine projects.

Blackfoot Bridge Mine Cover Alternative Cover Study, Monsanto Corporation (now Bayer), Caribou County, Idaho
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number of alternatives were designed and modeled to test the hypothesis that a less expensive alternative could meet water quality standards.

DeLamar Mine Closure Planning, Kinross Gold, Owyhee County, Idaho Client Service Manager, Project Manager and Hydrogeologist. Martin’s team provided a mine closure assessment that included a hydrogeological and water quality data review for the DeLamar Mine near Silver City, Idaho. The purpose of these tasks was to assess and evaluate regulatory closure timing and options. Kinross intends to pursue bond release and relinquishment of the existing regulatory permits. Martin managed BC’s site visit, reviewed available data, provided well abandonment oversight, conducted stream survey data review and evaluation, and developed a hydrogeologic conceptual site model. Recommendations will be presented to Kinross in 2013 and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality .

Martin also led an injection well pre-feasibility study that evaluated options for disposing of treated effluent from the DeLamar water treatment system to one or more deep injection wells. BC also reviewed and made recommendations to improve and streamline Kinross’ surface water monitoring program and recommended that the groundwater monitoring program could be discontinued, and the monitoring wells abandoned.

Hayden Hill Mine Closure Assessment, Kinross Gold, Lassen County, California Client Service Manager, Project Manager and Hydrogeologist. Martin managed a mine closure assessment, which included a hydrogeological and water quality data review for the Hayden Hill Mine near Susanville, California. The purpose of these tasks was to assess and evaluate regulatory closure timing and options. Martin’s team visited the site and reviewed available data and evaluated the monitoring well network and effectiveness of the site’s leach fields and provided a closure strategy for Kinross.

Dumbarton Quarry Lake Phase II Study, Dumbarton Quarry Associates, Alameda County, California
Project Hydrogeologist. Following completion of quarry activities in 2007, Dumbarton Quarry was converted to a recreational lake and trout fishery . BC evaluated lake operation and management options. Martin developed a conceptual hydrogeologic model based on existing well data, estimated infiltration after the lake is filled, and assessed the potential water sources for filling the quarry and maintaining its water level, including groundwater, surface water runoff, potable water, and salt water (for the hypolimnion zone only). He worked closely with the East Bay Regional Parks District, team members and other stakeholders to develop lake management and operations alternatives and planning level estimates of probable cost. The quarry ultimately became part of Coyote Hills Regional Park.

Orange Grove Road Sand and Gravel Mine Pit Dewatering Hydrologic Study, California Portland Cement Southwest Materials, Inc. (CPC Southwest), near T ucson, Arizona
T echnical Advisor. Martin provided senior guidance and technical review of a hydrologic study to evaluate potential hydrologic impacts on neighboring wells from dewatering the Orange Grove Road Sand and Gravel Mine Pit. The Mine Pit is about 100 to 120 feet in depth and contains about 10 to 20 feet of water. Dewatering of the Mine Pit and sediments beneath it is desired to allow recovery of additional sand and gravel resources for up to five years. T o mine below the water table, the extraction volumes and impacts of dewatering the shallow subsurface below the Mine Pit bottom to a depth of about 30 to 40 feet were evaluated with a MODFLOW groundwater flow model. Stream leakage to the pit and water table also had to be considered and estimated. The preliminary modeling results indicated that production rates required to accomplish and maintain dewatering of the Mine Pit and sediments were in the range of 3,200 to 12,000 gpm to achieve and maintain dewatered conditions. Preliminary modeling results also indicated that neighboring wells up to several miles away could be impacted.
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Litigation Support
Groundwater Flow and T ransport Model Development and Evaluation for a Remedial Action Plan (RAP), Confidential Client, Florida
T echnical Reviewer. Martin provided senior technical review of a Groundwater Flow and Transport Model Development and Evaluation T echnical Memorandum in support of the site RAP . A potential component of the RAP is the use of natural attenuation (NA) processes to reduce potential exposure of site volatile organic compounds (VOC) within the Floridian Aquifer System. In compliance with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Contaminated Site Cleanup Criteria, a fate and transport model was used to evaluate the efficacy of using NA as a remedial component. Martin reviewed and provided comments on BC’s confidential memorandum that provided the model documentation associated with the selected groundwater flow and fate and transport models and their usage, and a summary of results.

Los Angeles Area Municipal Well Field Water Treatment Cost Analysis Litigation Support
Project Hydrogeologist. Martin developed a cost estimate for the abandonment and replacement of a municipal well that lacked surface seals and was contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The cost estimate conformed to AACE Class 3 cost estimates and was attorney/client privileged.

Pacific Islands Water Resources
Preliminary Engineering Report for Mahinahina Surface Water Treatment Plant Expansion, Department of Water Supply, Maui, Hawaii
Sr. T echnical Advisor. The Maui Department of Water Supply (MDWS) wants to establish a more robust, reliable water supply to serve the West Maui District. Martin helped evaluate options for increasing the reliability and capacity of the Mahinahina Water Treatment Facility by converting the existing deep-bed, gravity filtration system to a microfiltration system.

Additionally, BC evaluated the potential need for upstream raw water storage to increase the reliability of the facility to deliver an increased amount of potable water to the West Maui District. Martin also evaluated whether the District’s nine groundwater wells could produce at least 4.4 mgd if the distribution system had the ability to move the water to where it is needed. Many of the wells were inoperable, contaminated or too salty, and Martin also had to compare historical and potential pumping with the sustainable yield of the West Maui aquifer.

Soil Aquifer Treatment Study, Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Oahu, Hawaii Project Hydrogeologist. This three-year study involved assessing the potential impacts of irrigation with recycled water in Central Oahu through a multi-phase project. The initial phase involved the characterization of more than 150 constituents in four local water sources entailing coordination of sampling events, related field activities, interfacing with numerous support laboratories, and statistical data analysis of the water quality . The second phase involved a field study with irrigation of turf plots to monitor how the applied water’s quality is affected while percolating through the soil column. In the third phase of the assessment, Martin managed the groundwater and contaminant transport modeling to assess the potential impact of the recycled water on local water supply wells. A MODFLOW groundwater model of the Pearl Harbor Aquifer was adapted and used to assess three selected representative constituents in the aquifer (nitrates, chlorides and total dissolved solids). The study found that the practice of recycled water irrigation is not a threat to groundwater quality from organic constituents. Conservative salts such as sodium, calcium and chloride, although not posing a health threat, are present at elevated concentrations in the recycled water and percolate, and would eventually impact water supply wells. 20Page 28 of 81
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Kahalu’u Water Development Shaft Water Quality Enhancement Feasibility Study, County of Hawaii, Department of Water Supply, Hawaii
Project Hydrogeologist. Martin led the alternatives study subtask that augmented the Feasibility Study by investigating non-treatment alternatives to desalination to reduce sodium and chlorides in the Kahalu’u Shaft. The Shaft is the primary water supply for the Kailua-Kona area of the Big Island. It includes an inclined shaft to the water table in volcanic basalts, a sump and pump room, and two tunnels that skim potable water from the freshwater lens that floats on underlying seawater. The alternatives study explored concepts such as physical modifications to the shaft system and operational adjustments. Martin obtained available information from the State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR); Hawaii Department of Water Supply (HDWS); U.S. Geological Survey; geological publications; and other relevant sources pertaining to performance, production, water levels, and water quality over time for past and existing monitoring and supply wells and shafts for the Keauhou region. He used the available hydrogeologic data to estimate relative extent, thickness and yields of the aquifer in the vicinity of the Kahalu’u shaft, and develop a conceptual hydrogeologic model of the aquifer. Martin then recommended a phased approach to modifications to reduce salinity that included sealing the sump, modifying intake points, and modifying pumping patterns to reduce seawater upcoming. BC developed specially designed testing equipment to test flow rates and salinity in the tunnels, and Martin managed a field sampling program that quantified flow volumes and salinity in each water development tunnel. The recommended modifications are expected to save the HDWS approximately $10 million in construction costs and $1.5 million in annual operation costs for a desalinization plant.

Desalinization Feasibility Study, County of Maui, Department of Water Supply (DWS), Hawaii
Project Hydrogeologist. T ogether with its consultant team, BC worked with DWS to evaluate the feasibility of using desalination for the Central and/or South Maui regions. Phase I of the feasibility study evaluated the technical feasibility and cost of desalination, and compared it with current potable water production costs. BC performed an initial assessment of supply demands and raw water quality, and identified potential roadblocks to project implementation, provide initial recommendations for resolving those issues, and provide approximate costs based on historical project experience. Martin evaluated the feasibility of extracting brackish groundwater in Central and South Maui by compiling existing available data on brackish water resources and evaluating the sustainability of brackish water extraction and its potential impact on adjacent potable water aquifers. He developed a water budget for the Central Maui isthmus for current and future conditions in the event that sugar cane irrigation with imported surface water was to cease. In addition to brackish water alternatives, he also evaluated sea water extraction alternatives such as coastal infiltration galleries, open ocean intakes, and deep seawater extraction from volcanic basalts. The project also evaluated brine disposal options, including deep well injection. The feasibility study concluded that the brackish water source in Central Maui was sustainable and was the most cost-effective and technically feasible alternative for the County .

Amfac Shaft 11 Renovation Feasibility Project and Aquifer T est, County of Kauai, Board of Water Supply, Hawaii
Project Hydrogeologist. Brown and Caldwell is assisting the Board in upgrading its water source facilities by assessing the feasibility of incorporating the Amfac Shaft 11 into the in the Kekaha-Waimea Water System. The dilapidated vertical shaft and collector tunnel is a former irrigation supply well for sugar cane irrigation that is now being assessed for conversion into a municipal supply . Martin led the development of the historical data interpretation and project approach to performing an aquifer test to conform to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DNLR) requirements. He developed the pumping test plans and specifications to establish the sustainable yield of the well while 21Page 29 of 81
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preventing upconing of deep brackish groundwater. He supervised the step-drawdown test and a 96-hour constant-rate drawdown test, and interpreted the aquifer test results. Martin then prepared the state- Department of Health required Pumping Capacity and Water Quality Evaluation Report, which recommended a sustainable yield for the well. Additional water quality testing has also been recommended to address coliform detections.

Water Resources Assessment, Confidential Private Developer, Kihei, County of Maui, Hawaii
Project Hydrogeologist. Martin helped a Maui developer with a proposed project in Kihei where there was interest in providing a dual water system onto each parcel – one potable water line for domestic use and one recycled wastewater line for landscape irrigation. Martin assessed the feasibility of converting an existing on-site 100-year-old hand dug irrigation well vs. drilling a new deep well for potable or irrigation water supply . Martin addressed the Department of Health’s (DOH) concerns regarding nearby injection of and irrigation with treated wastewater. Martin’s findings indicated that groundwater was a feasible supply for irrigation. Following numerous discussions with DOH, approval for the dual water system was granted, contingent on employing a set of best-management practices to protect the community .

Olowalu Water and Wastewater Master Plan, Olowalu Elua Associates, Inc., Maui County, Hawaii
Project Hydrogeologist. The Olowalu water system historically served the Pioneer Mill Company sugar cane plantation and the small towns of Olowalu and Mopua in the Lahaina aquifer sector of West Maui. With the development of the Olowalu property, the existing water system (a diversion ditch and two Maui-type shafts with skimmer tunnels) and a new water supply well drilled in 1999 are being considered for expanded use as a domestic supply for two new subdivisions. Martin conducted a preliminary evaluation of the sufficiency of the groundwater and surface water sources and recommended water supply options.

Historical seawater upconing has impacted both water supply shafts, so an extended aquifer test was recommended for the new well to provide definitive information on the long-term sustainable yield of the aquifer. BC continues to provide planning and development engineering services for Alowalu.

Water Resources Master Plan for the Island of Guam, Guam Waterworks Authority Project Hydrogeologist. BC developed an island-wide water resources master plan for the water and wastewater systems to provide a basis for long-range planning and operations.

Martin completed an assessment and description of the island’s groundwater resources, including their occurrence and behavior; a hydrologic budget for the island; an assessment of groundwater quality; and review of existing monitoring programs. He provided an evaluation of the sustainability of the groundwater resource and recommended alternative management strategies. He addressed Guam EPA and other stakeholder comments, and the plan has been adopted.

Collector Well Preliminary Feasibility Study, Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA) Project Hydrogeologist. As a modification to the GWA Water Resources Master Plan, Martin conducted a preliminary review of the Collector Well concept. He initially focused on the cost for the collector room and freight elevator for the collector wells, and identified mine safety issues. The review evaluated the potential benefits of centralized water treatment that could be installed into the core or perimeter of the Collector Wells, thus eliminating raw water transmission mains needed to link 130 individual wells to a water treatment facility . Martin led the geotechnical evaluation of the geology of the six well sites in variably consolidated Miocene to Pliocene fine-grained detrital limestones as much as 500 feet thick. 22Page 30 of 81
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Phase II Collector Wells Feasibility Study, Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA) Project Hydrogeologist. Multiple radial collector wells have recently been studied by GWA as an alternative potable water supply system to allow centralized treatment if parts of the groundwater aquifer are determined by the Guam Environmental Protection Agency (GEPA) to be under the direct influence of surface water. T o evaluate the feasibility and cost of constructing the radial collector wells, GWA retained Brown and Caldwell to conduct a preliminary feasibility study through an amendment to the Water Resources Master Plan Project. Phase I addressed three major issues: 1) constructability of the central vertical shafts (caissons); 2) requirements for the lifting hoists, and 3) identification of mine safety issues. Brown and Caldwell concluded that the construction was feasible from a geotechnical point of view, although the site-specific ground conditions would need to be confirmed by exploration borings at each collector well location prior to detailed design. Based on the findings of the first phase, GWA authorized Brown and Caldwell to proceed with a second phase of the FS. Phase II included research into the geological and hydrological conditions and the preferred approach and costs for the collector well laterals.

Martin performed the characterization of the geological and hydrogeological conditions and recommended a preferred well lateral construction approach and provided estimated costs for the collector well laterals. Several alternative techniques were investigated and conceptual cost estimates developed for the radial collector wells, pumps, and associated appurtenances. BC’s opinion of total costs for the collector wells was approximately $52 million. As a result of the above findings, BC recommended that the use of collector wells be further pursued through site-specific characterization and groundwater flow modeling and monitoring to develop the baseline data necessary for decision-making and ultimate design and construction.

Preparation of Comments on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Siting of a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facility, Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA)
Project Hydrogeologist. As a modification to the GWA Water Resources Master Plan, Martin reviewed the Draft SEIS to site a municipal solid waste landfill facility in the Layon area of Dandan, Inarajan, Guam. Martin helped provide comments with respect to potential impacts to both groundwater and surface water resources, including existing and potential water supply wells and diversion and reservoir sites. The technical review was completed within one week to meet the deadline for submitting comments on the Draft SEIS to the Guam Department of Public Works and Guam Environmental Protection Agency .

Hawaii Stormwater Reclamation and Reuse Study, US Bureau of Reclamation, Hawaii Project Hydrogeologist. Martin helped evaluate stormwater reclamation and reuse potential in Hawaii. The project has three study elements: 1) a statewide framework for stormwater reclamation and reuse in Hawaii; 2) opportunities for direct groundwater recharge throughout the state; and 3) direct groundwater recharge of stormwater and potential integration of stormwater with a recycled water system on the leeward side of Oahu. GIS layers of soils, geology, groundwater salinity, storage and conveyance facilities, and other features were used to screen opportunities and techniques. The study identified specific recharge sites and techniques on Oahu’s Ewa Plain.

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San Joaquin River Restoration Program, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), California
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impacts from the restoration flows as part of the project’s Environmental Impact Statement.

The initial focus is in Reach 2B channel near the Mendota Pool Bypass in Fresno County .

Upper Santa Ana River Wash Land Management and Habitat Conservation Land Management, Mining and Reclamation, and Habitat Conservation Plan, EIR/EIS, San Bernardino Water Conservation District, Redlands, California Project Hydrogeologist. This project is a multi-faceted, multi-agency, and multi-property owner Plan for the Upper Santa Ana River Wash area. The project consists of several components, including the continuation and expansion of existing water conservation facilities, which also provide for flood management and habitat conservation. Existing and planned groundwater recharge facilities are essential to continued conjunctive water management operations in the basin. Martin served as the primary author of the Groundwater Study T echnical Memorandum for the EIR/EIS and of the hydrology and water quality sections of the EIR/EIS, and ensured that the modifications of existing groundwater recharge areas in the plan were sufficient for future basin operations.

South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Plan, California State Coastal Conservancy, Oakland, California
Project Hydrogeologist. Martin helped write the water quality section of the combined Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement/Report for the 50-year restoration program and the phase one restoration projects. He developed the technical document providing an assessment of the potential for salinity intrusion as a result of the restoration efforts, and developed management and monitoring strategies necessary to avoid, minimize and mitigate salinity intrusion. He coordinated with regulatory and resource agencies (USACE, SFRWQCB, Alameda County Water District, and Santa Clara Valley Water District) on strategies and in addressing public comments.

South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study Environmental Setting Report, California State Coastal Conservancy, Oakland, California
Project Manager and Hydrogeologist. Martin led the development of the Environmental Setting Report for the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study (Shoreline Study). The purpose of the report was to present an evaluation of baseline surface water, groundwater, and sediment quality for without-project conditions to support the Shoreline Study Feasibility Study and Environmental Impact Statement/Report (EIS/R). The South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study was planned in close coordination with a related but separate project, the South Bay Salt Pond (SBSP) Restoration Project. The Congressionally-authorized Shoreline Study will identify and recommend for federal funding one or more projects for flood risk management, ecosystem restoration and related purposes such as public access. The Shoreline Study included the Alviso Ponds and portions of both Alameda and Santa Clara Counties, stretching along the South Bay from Palo Alto to Fremont and landward (generally southward) to the 100-year high tide. Martin completed an assessment of the potential for salinity intrusion as a result of the restoration efforts, and coordinated closely with regulatory and Santa Clara Valley Water District and other stakeholders to successfully address regulatory and public concerns.

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Marina del Rey Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan, Caltrans, District 7, Los Angeles County, California
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Expanded Site Investigation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Benicia Arsenal, California
Senior T echnical Leader. Martin led the development of the Conceptual Site Model (CSM) for the former Benicia Arsenal, including the first-ever arsenal wide synthesis of existing hydrogeologic data for the facility . He also serves as Senior T echnical Leader for the expanded site inspection (SI) being conducted at the former Benicia Arsenal, a formerly used defense site.

He also provided senior-level input on the preliminary assessment prepared to determine if past Department of Defense (DoD) activities warrant further environmental investigation.

The PA addressed DoD uses of this facility prior to its closure and decommissioning in 1964.

The expanded SI is focusing primarily on potential groundwater impacts at the former Arsenal, and includes the use of an expedited site investigation similar to the USEPA’s Triad Approach. Martin has worked closely with Corps staff to see that the most cost-effective investigative approaches are employed at the facility, and successfully moved the facility into the Feasibility Study phase of clean-up.

Full Service Remedial Action, Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence at Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, California
Senior T echnical Leader. Martin developed geologic and stratigraphic characterizations of fluvial aquifers contaminated with perchlorate and chlorinated volatile organic compounds.

Aquifer and site characterization included installing and monitoring deep groundwater monitoring wells and multiple-completion groundwater monitoring wells to define the vertical and horizontal extent of volatile organic contaminants. He provided senior review for other geologic and hydrogeologic activities, which included optimizing the aircraft control and warning pump and treat system and groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling in support of the design of pump and treat remediation systems for groundwater contamination plumes.

Main Installation Revised Final Feasibility Study Report and Remedial Action Plan, Presidio of San Francisco, California
Project Manager and Project Hydrogeologist. Martin evaluated remedial alternatives for 31 sites at the Presidio of San Francisco for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The sites included 12 landfills and fill sites, as well as sites contaminated with metals, volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile organic compounds, petroleum hydrocarbons, and metals. He advised and helped the Army during successful negotiations with the Presidio Trust for the first-ever transfer of responsibility for the environmental cleanup of a major military base (from the Army to the Trust). As a result, the feasibility study was not completed because the completion of the environmental program became the responsibility of the Presidio Trust.

Martin worked closely with the client, the Base Realignment and Closure Environmental Coordinator, and regulators, and made monthly presentations at the Remedial Project Managers and Restoration Advisory Board meetings.

Martin also led a study that evaluated the possibility that the weathering of serpentinite is a source of naturally occurring hexavalent chromium, or Cr(VI), in groundwater at the Presidio, which was previously attributed to the Army's activities and, therefore, became a significant risk assessment issue in the Feasibility Study . Martin developed the alternative hypothesis that Cr(VI) in groundwater was naturally occurring, and organized roundtable meetings with Presidio stakeholders (which included the Army, regulatory agencies, Presidio Trust, National Park Service, and Restoration Advisory Board) to form an agreed-upon approach to develop multiple lines of evidence to resolve the issue. Three undisturbed background locations were selected for obtaining groundwater and serpentinite bedrock samples for use in a Cr (VI) study that included a series of laboratory leaching tests. The study results indicated that Cr(VI) is present in trace amounts in the serpentinite bedrock and can be leached from serpentinite. In addition, Cr(VI) concentrations in the new background wells are higher than 25Page 33 of 81
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in existing downgradient wells and the concentration of Cr(VI) in groundwater is a result of various complex and competing reactions. The results led to the conclusion that a source of Cr(VI) in the groundwater is the serpentinite bedrock that underlies upland areas of the Presidio, and that the groundwater geochemistry of the upland areas favors Cr(VI) stability .

Crissy Field conditions favor Cr(VI) immobilization and/or reduction to non-toxic Cr(III). The results of this investigation had implications for future uses of Presidio groundwater, since any evaluation of the potential beneficial uses of groundwater or Cr(VI) mitigation must consider that there is a continual natural source of Cr(VI) from serpentinite bedrock and serpentinite-derived soils or sediments.

Long-term Basewide Groundwater Monitoring Program Plan, Presidio of San Francisco, California
Project Manager and Lead Author. Martin managed the team that synthesized the hydrogeologic and groundwater quality data from more than 20 sites to produce the first comprehensive potentiometric surface maps of the facility . Complex site-specific hydrogeologic issues included tidal influences, bedrock fracture-flow, and evaluating the effects of in-place remediation systems. Martin also served as the project manager and hydrogeologist for the annual summary reports of the ongoing groundwater monitoring program, and worked closely with the client and regulators to reduce the frequency of sampling and analyte list based on a decision tree that he developed for the project. He helped develop a sampling program to monitor for natural attenuation (intrinsic biodegradation) of fuels and chlorinated hydrocarbons, and has written a technical memorandum that assesses natural attenuation at Crissy Field sites.

Feasibility Study and Interim Remedial Action Plans, Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon
Project Hydrogeologist. Martin was the Senior T echnical Reviewer for MWH’s environmental cleanup activities at the Portland Air National Guard facility . He developed a conceptual hydrogeologic model to evaluate whether groundwater contamination was likely to impact nearby municipal water supply wells of the City of Portland. He also assessed the effects of tidal fluctuations in the adjacent Columbia River on water levels in the unconfined and deeper semi-confined aquifers. Martin also evaluated and selected drilling methods to see that site investigations of semi-confined water-bearing zones beneath the solvent- contaminated water table aquifer. This evaluation was necessary to indicate to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality that the drilling and monitoring wells would not provide a conduit for downward migration of contaminants to the water supply aquifer (cross-contamination).

Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study, Comprehensive Long-T erm Environmental Action Navy (CLEAN) program at Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake, California
Project Manager and Hydrogeologist. Martin prepared a facility-wide NAWS China Lake Long- term Groundwater Monitoring Plan and three Environmental Engineering/ Cost Analysis reports for three RI sites with pesticide and petroleum hydrocarbon contamination. For the Phase I RI, Martin managed aerial photograph interpretations, geophysical investigations, Cone Penetrometer T esting, and soil boring and monitoring well installation. He coordinated the development of the database and GIS that links geologic, well construction, well level, and water and soil analytical data with the facility base map. Through GIS, he generated site-specific and regional water level maps and geologic plan view and cross sections that were used to interpret the extent of a regional low-permeability layer. By providing a relative risk ranking of the RI sites, he facilitated the Navy's funding of fast-track clean-up efforts at several sites. He also evaluated options for recovering floating jet fuel (light non-aqueous phase liquid, or LNAPL) associated with underground storage tanks (UST s) and dry wells at the air field's fuel supply area. His responsibilities included assessing the feasibility of rehabilitating an existing hydrocarbon recovery system. He designed, supervised and 26Page 34 of 81
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analyzed pumping and slug tests to determine aquifer parameters and well efficiencies to predict the recovery system's capture zone and product recovery rates. He was also responsible for a Preliminary Assessment that identified additional hazardous waste sites through document searches, interviews and field inspections. He became the local authority on the Indian Wells Valley hydrogeology, provided technical assistance to the client, and made numerous technical presentations to RPM meetings and before the public at RAB meetings.

Penn Mine T echnical Workshop, East Bay Municipal Utility District, California Project Hydrogeologist. Martin provided hydrogeologic expertise to a workshop to identify and recommend rapid improvements to the Mine Run Dam Reservoir in the foothill region of Calaveras County, California. The reservoir was located directly downgradient of a previously mined copper, lead, gold, silver, and zinc mine that periodically released acid mine drainage during storm events. He evaluated the basin hydraulics as part of the effort that identified and evaluated interim measures to minimize the potential for wet season acidic discharges to the District’s Camanche Reservoir drinking water supply . The workshop recommended short-term measures that included diversion, storage capacity, treatment, and operational improvements, and also identified longer-term improvement options.

Walnut Creek Industrial/Hazardous Waste Government Services Program, California Database/Geographic Information Systems Specialty Discipline Group Leader. Martin led the Walnut Creek Office's T echnical Specialty Discipline staff in Database Management and Geographic Information Systems. He supervised a group of six technical staff that provided environmental information management services to industrial and government hazardous waste and municipal clients. The group applied Oracle, Foxpro and dBASE IV database management systems to organize, manage and retrieve environmental information such as analytic, geologic and location data. The group also specialized in applying ARC/INFO, ArcView and Microstation GIS platforms to analyze and display environmental data, and produced maps and cross sections for federal government, municipal and industrial clients.

Martin improved the efficiency and focus of the group through work process mapping to develop a corporate data management standard. He also led the development of the first group mission statement and annual plan, which included a marketing plan to expand the group’s services and client base.

Industrial/Hazardous Waste Government Services Program, Walnut Creek, California Program Quality Manager. Martin designed and implemented quality assurance/quality control activities within the office. He approved project quality control plans and saw that projects received proper senior technical input and review. In addition, he was responsible for promoting continuous quality improvement in the Walnut Creek office through the group's total quality service initiative. He led process mapping workshops to reengineer Montgomery Watson and client processes, teaming with the Industrial Services Program to improve the preparation of SB-14 Waste Minimization plans.

Naval Air Station Moffett Field CLEAN Program, Moffett Federal Airfield, California Project Hydrogeologist. Martin supervised the compilation and analysis of existing drill hole data and used the available published literature to develop a conceptual geologic model for the Quaternary stratigraphy . Innovative insights into the depositional processes of alluvial systems and the morphology of fluvial channels allowed him to overthrow the existing hydrogeologic paradigm. The application of this radically improved model was key to remediating a multitude of sites, most of which involve chlorinated solvents. He wrote a T echnical Memorandum on the area's hydrogeology to support expert witness testimony and provide a conceptual geologic model for the geostatistical and numerical groundwater flow models.
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San Fernando Valley Remedial Investigation, Department of Water and Power and Environmental Protection Agency, San Fernando Valley, California Geologist and Field T eam Leader. Martin prepared detailed geologic and hydrologic cross sections of the four Superfund sites in the eastern San Fernando Valley, California that provided the basis for the conceptual groundwater flow model. He wrote the geology section of the 1992 RI Report that characterized the San Fernando Valley stratigraphy and structural geology . As the Field T eam Leader, he supervised monitoring well drilling, construction, development and sampling as part of the Field Investigation of the nature and extent of TCE/PCE contamination. He managed long-term pumping tests of three LADWP water supply wells and spinner logging tests to identify the relative productivity of multiple water-bearing zones.

Other Relevant Experience
California State University East Bay
Lecturer, Hydrogeology and other Geology courses. Martin has been a lecturer at California State University East Bay, where he taught the Earth and Environmental Science Department’s senior-level hydrogeology lecture and lab course to upper-division geology and environmental science majors. The lecture course covered the hydrologic cycle, principles of groundwater flow and occurrence, well hydraulics, water quality and contamination, and groundwater management. The lab included stream flow measurements, permeameters, aquifer test analysis, and groundwater flow modeling. His hydrogeology course emphasized the practical applications of the science in solving California’s water issues. He has also taught California Geology and the Geology of Western U.S. National Parks and lectured and led field trips for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) and other non-profits.

Santa Fe Pacific Mining, Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico
Senior Geologist. Martin developed and applied geologic models in minerals exploration. He applied his background in sedimentology, stratigraphy and structural geology to the exploration for gold, silver, copper, coal, uranium and industrial minerals. He managed mineral investigations in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Martin’s work included project conception, design, scheduling, budgeting, marketing, management and public relations. His experience includes extensive air photo interpretation, geophysical investigations, geologic mapping, geochemical sampling, and drilling supervision and logging. He often served as the company's liaison to numerous government agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Regional Water Quality Control Boards, and County Planning Commissions.

Martin discovered a disseminated gold deposit on the company's Secret Pass property in western Arizona.

Past Organizations
Association of Groundwater Scientists and Engineers (National Ground Water Association) Geological Society of America (Hydrogeology Division)
Groundwater Resources Association of California (Former Director and Past Vice President) Association of California Water Agencies (Groundwater Committee) American Water Works Association
Southwest Hydrogeology Advisory Board
T oastmasters International (Past President of Pleasant Hill Club) Past T raining
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 40-Hour Hazardous Waste Operations Certification
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American Red Cross First Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Certification
Washington State Approved 8-Hour Radiation T raining
City of Walnut Creek/ Contra Costa County Fire Department Community Emergency Response T eam (CERT) Certification
Project Management T raining, MWH and Brown and Caldwell Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Certificate of T raining, New Miner, Surface Mines Honors, Awards and Volunteer Activities
Competent T oastmaster Award (1995)
Guest Scientist, Girl Scouts of America (1993)
Guest Scientist, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (1990) Sigma Gamma Epsilon Honor Society (UNM, 1978-79)
Gary Flesch Scholarship Award (UNM, 1978)
Geology Department Outstanding Senior Award/ Graduated with High Honors (UCSB, 1977) Publications and Presentations

1. “CRUNCH!! Plate T ectonics and the Evolution of Mt. Diablo,” Steinpress, M. California State University East Bay Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) Lecture and Field Trip, March 23-24, 2023.

2. “Upper San Pedro River Basin Groundwater Modeling and Recharge Study, City of Sierra Vista, Arizona.” Steinpress, M.G., and Cain, R. Brent. Groundwater Resources Association, Re-inventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure & Association of California Water Agencies - Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Urban Environment: T echnical and Policy Challenges, Burlingame, CA, May 22-23, 2013.

3. “Sacramento Valley Sand Petrographic Studies and Hydrostratigraphic Implications.” Steinpress, M.G. California State University, Chico, Association of Geological and Environmental Students.

February 18, 2010.

4. “Sacramento Valley Sand Petrographic Studies and Hydrostratigraphic Implications,” Steinpress, M.G., Presented at Groundwater Resources Association of California, Sacramento Branch Meeting, June 11, 2008.

5. “Quenching Maui’s Thirst – Is Desalination the Answer?” Steinpress, M.G., Matasci, R., Honda, J., and Nakamura, A. T o be presented at the American Water Works Association 2007 Annual Conference and Exposition, T oronto, Ontario, June 24-28, 2007.

6. “Beyond USCS – Sand Petrography as a Hydrostratigraphic T ool for the City of Davis, CA,” Steinpress, M.G., Beggs, R., Ingersoll, R., and DeBra, J. Presented at the National Ground Water Association 2007 Ground Water Summit, Albuquerque, NM, April 29-May 3, 2007.

7. “The Use of Surface Electrical Resistivity Surveys in the Folsom, California Groundwater Resources Study,” Steinpress, M.G., Bauer, T., and Sadler, W. Presented at the National Ground Water Association 2006 Ground Water Summit, San Antonio, T exas, April 22-27, 2006.

8. “Naturally Occurring Hexavalent Chromium in Groundwater,” Steinpress, M.G. Chapter 3.1 of the Hexavalent Chromium Handbook. Edited by Guertin, J., Jacobs, J., and Avakian, C. CRC Press, 2005.

9. “Assessment of Recycled Water Irrigation in Central Oahu,” Steinpress, M.G., Beggs, R., Crites, R., Myers, J., Whittier, R., and Muirhead, W. Presented at the Groundwater Resources Association of California, 13th Annual Meeting, Rohnert Park, California, September, 2004.

10.“Potential Effects of Levee Cutoff Walls on Groundwater Recharge,” Steinpress, M.G., Parker, T.K., and Horner, T.C. Presented at the American Water Works Association 2003 Annual Conference and Exposition, June 15–19, 2003, Anaheim, California.

11.“Levee Cutoff Walls and Groundwater Recharge,” Parker, T., Steinpress, M., Mitchell, R., Horner, T., and Evans, D. Presented at the National Ground Water Association Southwest Focus Conference, February 21, 2003, Phoenix, Arizona.

12.“A Strategy for 100 Percent Reclaimed Effluent Reuse and Recharge for the City of Rio Rancho, New Mexico.” Presented at the Groundwater Resources Association of California Conference and Annual 29Page 37 of 81
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Meeting: Sustaining Groundwater Resources—The Critical Vision, T erands, V., Landin, B., Lacy, S. and Steinpress, M.G. September 18 and 19, 2002, Newport Beach, California.

13.“Water Reuse Strategy for the City of Rio Rancho, New Mexico,” Steinpress, M.G. Presented to the World Bank Groundwater Study T our, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, April 30, 2002.

14.“The Scientific Process and Hollywood: The Case of Hexavalent Chromium,” Steinpress, M. G., and Ward, A.C. Guest Editorial in Ground Water (AGWSE Journal), v. 39, no. 3, p. 321, 2001.

15.“Farmington Groundwater Recharge/ Wetlands Feasibility Study, Eastern San Joaquin County, California,” Steinpress, M. G. and others. Presented at the Groundwater Resources Association of California, Ninth Annual Meeting, San Jose, California. September, 2000.

16.“Hydrostratigraphic Controls on Groundwater Geochemistry and Remediation at the Presidio of San Francisco,” Steinpress, M. G. and others. Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Centennial Meeting, Berkeley, California. June 2-4, 1999.

17.“T ransformation of the Presidio of San Francisco: Hydrogeology and Environmental Restoration” (Chapter 4), Steinpress, M.G., and Jacobs, J. A. and Bertucci, P .F . (editors), Hydrogeology of the Northern San Francisco Bay Area Field T rip Guidebook, Groundwater Resources Association of California, Seventh Annual Meeting. October.

18.“Hexavalent Chromium in Groundwater at the Presidio of San Francisco: Anthropogenic or Naturally Occurring?” Steinpress, M.G. and others. California Groundwater Resources Association, Seventh Annual Meeting, California Groundwater Effective and Efficient Usage for the Year 2000 and Beyond, October 22 and 23, 1998, Walnut Creek, California.

19.“Natural Attenuation of Fuel Hydrocarbons in Anaerobic Estuarine Sediments, Presidio of San Francisco, California,” Steinpress, M.G. and others. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Pacific Section Convention: Geoscience Horizons, April 29 – May 1, 1998, Ventura, California.

20.“Evaluating Natural Attenuation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in an Oxygen Deficient Environment.

Association,” Miller, M., Little, G., Porcella, J., Steinpress, M., Henderson, R., Handel, B., and Wilkins, D. for the Environmental Health of Soils 8th Annual West Coast Conference on Contaminated Soils and Groundwater, Oxnard, California. March, 1998.

21.“Geology and Hydrogeology of the Presidio of San Francisco,” Steinpress, M., Spring Field T rip Guidebook, April, 1997.

22.“The China Lake Barrier: A Hydrogeologic Feature of the Indian Wells Valley,” Steinpress, M.G., R.F .

Couch, and J. McDonald, J. Annual Meeting of the Association of Engineering Geologists and Groundwater Resources Association of California: Conference Abstracts, p. 90, 1995.

23.“Contaminant Migration Pathways in Quarterly Alluvium of the Southern San Francisco Bay Area:

National Association of Geology T eachers,” Steinpress, M.G. Far Western Section, Fall Conference, Sept. 24-26, Abstracts with Program, p. A24, 1994.

24.“The China Lake Barrier: A Structural or Stratigraphic Hydrogeologic Feature?” Steinpress, M.G.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Pacific Section Annual Meeting, v. 26, no. 2, p. 95, 1994.

25.“A Stratigraphic Model to Support Remediation of Groundwater Contamination in the Southern San Francisco Bay Area,” Steinpress, M.G. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Cordilleran and Rocky Mountain Section Annual Meeting, v. 25, no. 5, p. 150, 1993.

26.“Hydrogeology of the San Francisco Bay Region with Special Attention to Implications for Contaminant Migration,” Steinpress, M.G. Groundwater Resources Association of California Conference and Annual Meeting, November 6 and 7, 1992, San Francisco, California.

27.“The Geology of the Secret Pass Gold Deposit, Central Black Mountains, Mojave County, Arizona,” Steinpress, M. G. and Hillemeyer, F . W. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 3, p. 86, 1990.

28.“An Exploration Model for Strata-bound Cu-Ag Deposits in the Revett Formation, Belt Supergroup, Northwest Montana and Northern Idaho,” Steinpress, M.G. Santa Fe Pacific Mining, Inc., Unpublished internal report, pg. 60, 1987.

29.“Neogene Stratigraphy and Structure of the Dixon Area, Espanola Basin, North-Central New Mexico:

Summary,” Steinpress, M.G. Geological Society of America Bulletin, Part I, v. 92, p. 1023-1026.

Complete article in Part II, v. 92, no. 12, p. 2553-2671, 1981.

30.“Neogene Stratigraphy and Structure of the Dixon Area, Espanola Basin, North-Central New Mexico,” Steinpress, M.G. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 12, no. 6, p. 306, 1980.
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