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C.61

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor
Date:	November 15, 2011

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Community Benefits Agreement Entered Between Contra Costa County and Genon Marsh Landing, LLC

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/15/2011

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

See Addendum

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor

Contact:

David Fraser, 925-427-8138

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: November 15, 2011
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE a Community Benefits Agreement entered into by and between Contra Costa County and Genon Marsh Landing, LLC, where Genon Marsh Landing, LLC provides accrued benefits up to $6,500,000 to community based organizations over a ten-year period as specified in said agreement, as recommended by Supervisor Federal D. Glover.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There are no definitive hard costs to be borne by Contra Costa County.

BACKGROUND:

Genon Marsh Landing, LLC, ("Marsh Landing") is constructing and plans to own and operate the Marsh Landing Generating Station, a 760 megawatt natural gas-fired electricity generating facility (the “MLGS”) to be located on a 27-acre parcel of land on Wilbur Avenue in the currently unincorporated area of Contra Costa County near the City of Antioch, California. On August 25, 2010, the California Energy Commission issued a decision approving Marsh Landing’s application for certification for the MLGS and authorizing construction of the MLGS.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The City of Antioch, California has initiated and is pursuing an annexation request before the Local Agency Formation Commission (“LAFCO”) for the unincorporated area along and around Wilbur Avenue known as the Northeast Annexation, which includes the MLGS Property.

The Parties anticipate that construction and operation of the MLGS will provide benefits to the County and the local economy, including through the generation of tax revenue, the provisions of jobs, and associated economic development, and the County accordingly has expressed its support for construction of the MLGS.

Marsh Landing desires to provide additional community benefits to the County and its citizens, and to work with the County to mitigate the potential impacts of this project through local organizations whose work advances and/or promotes health, welfare, economic development, or other important public interests within the local community.

The Parties desire to enter into this Agreement to specify the terms and conditions that will apply to the additional community benefits to be provided by Marsh Landing, and the County’s continued support for the MLGS.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Community benefit funds of up to $6,500,000 will not be available to qualified community based organizations for the provision of need services.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.

CLERK'S ADDENDUM

APPROVED and AUTHORIZED a Community Benefits Agreement entered into by and between Contra Costa County and Genon Marsh Landing, LLC, as amended today to replace the word "mitigation" with "offset"; and Supervisor Glover will bring to the full Board further information on the process by which beneficiaries are selected.