RESOLUTION R2026-__
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, (1) authorizing the Utilities Director to approve change orders and charges for project services up to $462,684 for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,020,580; and (2) amending the PROJECT budget as documented in Council Budget Amendment No. 71P4; and (3) determining that the actions authorized by this resolution were adequately analyzed by a previous CEQA action.
WHEREAS, City owns 2.18 acres of land (Napa County Assessor’s Parcel Number 045-411-022-000) within the Hidden Glen Subdivision near the intersection of Pascale Place and Glory Court (“Project Site”); and WHEREAS, the Project Site is part of the “Hidden Glen Dump” listed in the CalRecycle Solid Waste Information System (“SWIS”) database and assigned SWIS No. 28-AA-0028, which is identified as an unpermitted, closed, solid waste disposal site and contains waste associated with a burn dump (melted, glass, bottles, and other small miscellaneous debris); and WHEREAS, in 2001, the Hidden Glen Dump was closed and capped; and WHEREAS, in 2018, Langan (an engineering and environmental consulting firm) conducted subsurface investigations on the City property and neighboring residential properties which identified waste on those properties and lead concentrations in certain locations that exceeded screening levels established by state regulatory agencies; and WHEREAS, the Langan reports were submitted to the Napa County Local Enforcement Agency (“LEA”); and WHEREAS, on August 9, 2019, the LEA issued an advisory and notice to all of the property owners advising them that waste debris and lead had been observed on their properties and that as such all the properties were subject to the LEA’s regulatory jurisdiction over disposal sites; and WHEREAS, on November 26, 2019, the LEA issued a notice to comply to the City requiring a workplan to remediate the Project Site by removing or covering residual waste on the City’s property; and WHEREAS, the City’s obligation under the LEA’s order is to remediate only the City property; but the City has approached the other property owners and has offered to accept waste-impacted soil from their property, reconsolidate it on the Project Site, and cover it with a minimum of 2 feet of clean fill to resolve claims those owners have asserted or might assert against the City; and WHEREAS, on October 16, 2024, the City submitted a Remedial Action Plan (RAP) to the LEA to remediate the City property, accept waste-impacted soil from adjacent properties, reconsolidated it on the existing landfill cap, and then cover it by a minimum of 2 feet of clean fill (“Project”); and WHEREAS, on December 20, 2024, the LEA approved the RAP; and WHEREAS, on October 16, 2024, the City submitted a grant application to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (“CalRecycle”) Legacy Disposal Site Abatement Partial Grant Program that would, if approved, reimburse costs associated with grading and covering waste-impacted soil from the City property and potentially from adjacent properties on the Project Site; and WHEREAS, on March 4, 2025, CalRecycle approved a grant for such reimbursement up to a maximum of $473,415 and on July 28, 2025, approved a modification to the budget and workplan for the grant to allow for reimbursement of trucking and disposal costs incurred by private property owners; and WHEREAS, the City has executed agreements with adjacent property owners related to the potential use of grant funds for eligible remediation activities; and WHEREAS, on September 2, 2025, the City Council adopted the Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Hidden Glen Remediation Project and since that adoption, there have been no changes proposed in the project, no changes with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken, and no new information which would require revisions to the IS/MND consistent with CEQA Guidelines 15162 and 15164; and WHEREAS, on June 16, 2026, City Council authorized the Utilities Director to execute a construction contract with Innovative Construction Solutions in the amount of $557,896 and to approve change orders and charges for project services up to $282,684 for a total construction budget of $840,580 for the Project; and WHEREAS, the $282,684 budget included $199,000 for project services including environmental monitoring, inspection, and geotechnical and engineering services and $83,684 for construction contingency; and WHEREAS, the budget for project services is sufficient to complete the work; and WHEREAS, the construction contingency budget of $83,684 has been used for extra work on the project including tree removal and disposal, bedrock excavation, construction of additional drainage swales, additional waste-soil excavation, paving repairs on Pascal Place, and additional erosion control efforts to winterize the slopes on the site; and WHEREAS, additional project budget of $180,000 is needed to import and grade additional clean fill soil and to install and mitigate trees, and associated irrigation and fencing; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all information related to this matter, as presented at the public meetings of the City Council identified herein, including any supporting reports by City Staff, and any information provided during public meetings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Napa, as follows:
The City Council hereby finds that the facts set forth in the recitals to this Resolution are true and correct and establish the factual basis for the City Council’s adoption of this Resolution.
The City Council hereby determines that the actions authorized by this Resolution were adequately analyzed by the Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the Hidden Glen Remediation Project, adopted September 2, 2025, (Resolution No. R2025-101), pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, Code of California Regulations, Title XIV, Section 15000 et seq. (“CEQA”) and since that adoption, there have been no changes proposed in the project, no changes with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken, and no new information which would require revisions to the IS/MND consistent with CEQA Guidelines 15162 and 15164.
The City Council hereby authorizes the Utilities Director to approve change orders and charges for project services up to $462,684 for a total amount not to exceed $1,020,580.
The City Council hereby amends the Project budget as documented in Council Budget Amendment No. 71P4 (attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference).
This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Napa at a public meeting of said City Council held on the 20th day of October, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST: ________________________
Tiffany Carranza
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
_________________________
Renee Giacomini Brewer
City Attorney
R2026-__ Page 3 of 3 October 20, 2026
R2021-__ Page 1 of 1 July 20, 2021
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