December 5, 2023
Community Development
DATE: December 5, 2023
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Lina Velasco, Director of Community Development
Subject:
Contract Amendment No. 2 with PES Environmental, Inc.
dba NV5
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The proposed expenditure was approved in the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Successor Agency budget ($166,300,
Account String: 61322063-400708-07563).
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
October 5, 2021
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Successor Agency to the Richmond Community
Redevelopment Agency (“RDA)”) completed a clean-up
of the Miraflores site in 2015. As part of on-going
groundwater monitoring, RDA’s consultant has identified chlorinated volatile organic compounds (“CVOCs”) in the groundwater. City staff is requesting City Council
approval of a contract amendment no. 2 with PES
Environmental, Inc. (PES), dba NV5, to provide
environmental consultation services for the Miraflores
Housing Development property. This is a recognized
obligation of the RDA to do additional groundwater and
soil vapor sampling to evaluate potential risks posed by residual contamination of the Miraflores site.
AGENDA
REPORT
December 5, 2023
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE a contract amendment no. 2 with PES
Environmental, Inc. (PES), dba NV5, in an amount of
$166,300, for a new total contract amount not to
exceed $236,300, for environmental consultation
services related to the Miraflores Property, for a term ending December 31, 2025, to be paid for by funding
from the Successor Agency to the Richmond
Community Redevelopment Agency – Community
Development Department (Lina Velasco 510-620-
6706).
DISCUSSION:
PES Environmental, Inc. (PES) has been working on the Miraflores project (Site) on behalf of Successor Agency to the Richmond Community Redevelopment Agency (RDA) for many years. PES has substantial institutional knowledge regarding the site history, site contaminants, cleanup, and impacts to groundwater from offsite properties.
On behalf of the RDA, PES worked with the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to develop and implement a Remedial Action Plan to clean up the site to allow residential development. On June 29, 2015, DTSC issued a Polanco Redevelopment Act Site Certificate, approving completion of remedial activities at the Site and confirming that the Site was appropriate for unrestricted residential use. Certification of the Site included a requirement by DTSC for the RDA to conduct post-remediation groundwater monitoring.
PES prepared a Post Remediation Groundwater Monitoring Work Plan (Work Plan) and the Work Plan was approved by DTSC on May 18, 2015. PES has implemented the Work Plan and is in active discussions with DTSC staff regarding completion of the post-remediation groundwater monitoring. As part of on-going groundwater monitoring, PES identified chlorinated volatile organic compounds (“CVOCs”) in groundwater.
City staff is requesting approval of a second contract amendment to add additional funds to complete additional groundwater and soil vapor sampling to evaluate potential risks posed by residual contaminants.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Contract Amendment No. 2
Attachment 2 – Original Contract and Amendment No. 1