June 21, 2022
Public Works
DATE: June 21, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Joe Leach, Director of Public Works
Subject: Contract with Ninyo & Moore for Terminal 4 Wharf Removal Project
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There will be no impact to the General Fund for this contract. The cost of this contract will be funded using grant funds awarded for the Terminal Four Wharf
Removal project by the State Coastal Conservancy
account (15436431-400652-23021).
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
March 16, 2021, November 16, 2021, and April 22, 2022
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
In March 2021, the City Council adopted a Final Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and
Reporting Program and accepted and appropriated two
State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) grants totaling
$4,150,000 to fund the Terminal Four Wharf Removal
Project. A hazardous materials inventory is a component of the project and required prior to initiation of demolition activities so that any abatement activities can be
incorporated into the construction bid. City staff is
recommending a contract with Ninyo & Moore to provide
hazardous materials characterization services.
AGENDA
REPORT
June 21, 2022
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE a contract with Ninyo & Moore, in an amount
not to exceed $50,000, to provide hazardous materials
characterization services for the Terminal 4 Wharf
Removal Project, to be funded by various grants awarded to the City for this project, with a contract term through December 31, 2023 – Public Works (Joe Leach 620-
5478).
DISCUSSION:
The City has been planning the removal of the creosote-treated piles and deteriorated wharf decking and structures at the Terminal Four site for a number of years. The State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) has been supporting this project since 2017, primarily through facilitating funding and taking the lead on early design and environmental review. In June 2019, COWI North American (COWI) completed the 60 percent design and specifications for the project under contract with the SCC. The City will be carrying out the final project as the property owner.
In March 2021, the City Council adopted a Final Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and accepted and appropriated two State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) grants totaling $4,150,000 to fund the Terminal Four Wharf Removal Project. A hazardous materials inventory is a component of the project and required prior to initiation of demolition activities so that any abatement activities can be incorporated into the construction bid. City staff is seeking City Council approval of a contract with Ninyo & Moore to provide hazardous materials characterization services.
Terminal Four Wharf Removal Project
The Terminal Four Wharf Removal project consists of completing construction documents, demolishing derelict pilings, decking, and two buildings, and constructing enhanced rock slope protection, and monitoring at Terminal Four located at Point San Pablo, north of Point Molate.
The project is needed because the deteriorating warehouse, piles, decking, and debris of the Terminal Four Wharf currently pose a marine debris problem and a navigation hazard, and also continue to degrade and impair water and habitat quality. The existing debris and pile field inhibit the expansion of nearby eelgrass beds. When Pacific herring and other fish and marine invertebrates spawn on creosote-treated piles, exposure to polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are part of the creosote compound, results in adverse effects. In Pacific herring, these effects include developmental delays, degeneration, changes in movement, alterations to cardiac function in embryos, lower rate of hatching success, and skeletal defects in larvae.
This project will remove toxic creosote pilings from San Francisco Bay. The Terminal Four site is owned by the City of Richmond and is managed by the City’s Port. The site
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is located on the western shore of Richmond, California, about 2.5 miles northwest of the eastern end of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, and just south of the tip of Point San Pablo.
Public Works is seeking City Council approval to execute a contract with Ninyo & Moore to provide hazardous materials characterization services for this project (Attachment 1).
City staff issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) in May and completed a site walk with four consulting firms, Ninyo & Moore, Stantec, PES, and PAS/PCI, a Richmond-based firm. Only one proposal was received from Ninyo & Moore. A group of City staff reviewed the proposal for its responsiveness to the RFP and is recommending approval of this contract for up to $50,000.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Contract