County of Santa Clara
Department of Environmental Health
Hazardous Materials Compliance Division
Solid Waste Programs
1555 Berger Drive, Suite 300
San Jose, CA 95112-2716
(408)918-3400 FAX (408)280-6479
www.sccwaste.org
Board of Supervisors: Mike Wasserman, Cindy Chavez, Otto Lee, Susan Ellenberg, S. Joseph Simitian County Executive: Jeffrey V. Smith
December 7, 2021
Ruth Shikada
City of Santa Clara
Economic Development Officer/Assistant City Manager
1500 Warburton Ave,
Santa Clara, CA 95050
RE: All Purpose Closed Landfill SWIS# 43-AO-0001 and Related Santa Clara Development – Santa Clara County Ordinance Code (SCCOC) Section B11-11 Professional Assistance – Third Party Review
Dear Ms. Shikada:
The County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health would like to continue with the current City of Santa Clara provided Third Party Review agreement.
Per County of Santa Clara Ordinance Code section B11-11, the Director of the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) may require an applicant to retain a suitable independent consultant to review and provide technical guidance regarding the adequacy of a design, monitoring, testing or other technical submittal at an applicant’s expense. As previously stated, we hereby inform you that the DEH Director requires that the City of Santa Clara (City) retain such an expert for the All Purpose Closed Landfill – Related Santa Clara Development.
DEH, acting as the Solid Waste Local Enforcement Agency regarding the post closure land use of the Related Santa Clara Development, has determined, based on recent reviews and evaluations of specific completed projects and current Curriculum Vitae (CV), that the Third Party Review consultants Robert E.
Van Heuit, PE., BCEE and Barry S. Milstone, P.E., G.E., should continue to be retained by the City of Santa Clara to provide continued third party review to DEH. The Third Party consultants ongoing project participation and knowledge has continued through DEH personnel changes. Recent project reviews and evaluations include the temporary access road, cased displacement drilling method, soil stockpile plan, landfill gas membrane testing protocol and draft postclosure maintenance plan reviews.
Review services at the direction or order of DEH may include but are not limited to the following:
x Review of project documents, including plans, specifications, and geotechnical investigation materials;
x Site reconnaissance to observe current site conditions;
x Direct communications, on an as-needed basis, with the project design team to request any materials required for clarification and to convey items to be addressed by the design team; x Participation in required meetings with design team and regulatory personnel; x Coordination of review efforts with appropriate parties; x Telephone consultation with DEH representatives and CalRecycle representatives; and x Preparation of plan review documents for submission to DEH.
Any agreement between the City, Related Santa Clara LLC, and the third party reviewers shall remain in full force unless DEH approves any proposed contract changes. DEH reserves the right to require another third party reviewer, for any reason, with 30 days notice to the City.
Thank you for your cooperation with this project. Please feel to contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Rochelle Gaddi, REHS
Acting Director,
County of Santa Clara,
Department of Environmental Health
(408) 918-3449
[email protected]
Attachments: Curriculum Vitae of Robert Van Heuit, P.E., BCEE & Barry Milstone, P.E., G.E.
CC: Dave Staub, City of Santa Clara
Darius Haghighi, DEH Acting Program Manager
Robert Van Heuit, Consultant
Barry Milstone, Consultant