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C.15

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:
Date:	January 24, 2012

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract Amendment - Oakley Generating Station

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/24/2012

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

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

Contact:

(925) 674-7722

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: January 24, 2012
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Conservation and Development Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Contra Costa Generating Station, LLC, to temporarily reduce the the monthly fee charged by the County to $10,000 from $76,282.05 for the period January 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012 due to a reduction in constuction activity and comensurate reduction in building inspection services provided by the County during this period.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The proposed contract amendment will result in a reduction in workload and revenue for the Building Inspection Division during the six month period of the amendment. However, it is anticipated that revenues from this project will increase when full construction activity on this project resumes in the summer of 2012. The overall fees for the project, as a result of this amendment, may increase by up to a total of $60,000.

BACKGROUND:

In March, 2011, the Department of Conservation and Development (DCD) entered into a contact with Contra Costa Generating Station (CCGS), LLC, to provide building inspection services for the Oakley Generating Station. The Oakley Generating Station is new 624-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant being constructed in eastern Contra Costa County under the jurisdiction of the California Energy Commission (CEC). The CEC has delegated authority to the County to enforce building code regulations.

DCD has been informed by CCGS that construction activity on the Oakley Generating Station will substantially decrease during the period from January 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012, and therefore the building inspection services required from DCD will be substantially reduced as well. The proposed contract amendment would adjust the monthly fee DCD charges CCGS to be consistent with the level of services DCD will provide to the project during the period covered by the amendment. The level of service required from DCD, and the fee DCD charges to CCGS, will return to it present level when full constuction activity on the project resumes in the summer of 2012.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the proposed contract amendment is not approved, DCD will not be able to adjust fees for this project consistent with the level of service provided.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

N/A