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Council Meeting: January 12, 1992
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Santa Monica, California
To: Mayor and City Council
From: city staff
Subject: Recommendatlon to Authorlze the city Manager to
Negotiate and Execute a Contract with Llndmark
Englneerlng in the Amount of $105,167 to Conduct
Envlronmental Assessment Activities
Introduction
This report reco~mends that Council authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract with Lindmark Engineerlng in the
amount of $105,167 to conduct envlronmental assessment activities
related to underground fuel storage tanks.
Discussion
For the past two years, Environmental Programs Division staff has
implemented a comprehensive program for the management of
clty-owned sltes wlth underground storage tanks. As a result of
this program, areas at the Alrport and the Beach Maintenance Yard
were identified as sites which require investigation and possible
remediation due to closed or abandoned underground tanks. During
the past year, staff has managed the phased assessment of soil
and groundwater conditions at these sites through the collection
and analysis of a substantial body of data.
Due to the complexity of the conditions at these sites,
assessment activlties conducted thus far have characterized only
portions of each site. Additional assessment work is required to
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complete the characterizations which, when completed, will allow
city staff to propose to the Regional Water Quality Control Board
an appropriate level of remedlation. It is anticipated that the
additional scope of assessment activities will be completed in
approximately four months. At that point, proposals will be
solicited to carry out any necessary remedlatlon.
Lindmark Engineering has conducted prior environmental
assessments at these sites, and has consistently provided high
quality and responslve environmental consultlng services to the
City at costs competitive with or below industry standards.
Staff believes that the complex conditions at these sites
requlres consistency of lnvestigation and data evaluation such as
those which have been provided to date by Lindmark Engineering.
Budget/Fiscal Impacts
No funds are currently appropriated in the Airport Fund to cover
the costs of this new scope of services at the Airport site.
staff recommends, therefore, that funds ln the amount of $53,040
be appropriated from the Airport Fund balance to CIP account
number 33-710-662-20093-8900-99020.
Funds in the amount of $50,000 are budgeted for assessment
activit1es ln the Beach Fund ClP account number
11-710-662-20093-8900-99020. The actual cost of the necessary
scope of services at the Beach Maintenance Yard totals $52,127.
Staff therefore recommends that $2,127 be appropriated from the
Beach Fund balance to cover the increased cost.
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Recommendatlon
staff recommends that Councll appropr1ate $53,040 from the
Airport Fund balance to elP account number
33-710-662-20093-8900-99020 and appropriate $2,127 from the Beach
Fund balance to elP account number 11-710-662-20093-8900-99020
and authorize the eity Manager to negotlate and execute a
contract w1th Llndmark Engineering in the amount of $105,167 to
conduct environmental assessment activities.
Prepared by: Craig Perkins, Environmental Programs Manager
Brlan Johnson, Environmental Coordinator
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