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C. 57

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	March 31, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract with Blankinship & Associates, Incorporated. Project No. 7517-6W7241 Countywide.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/31/2020

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Melinda Harris, (925) 313-2037
cc:	Allison Knapp, Deputy Public Works Director Tim Jensen, Flood Control Michele Mancuso, County Watershed Program Melinda Harris, County Watershed Program Catherine Windham, Flood Control

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: March 31, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Blankinship & Associates, Incorporated, a California Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $540,000, to provide on-call professional stormwater quality services for a variety of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit requirements for the period April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2023, Countywide.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This project is funded 100% by Stormwater Utility Assessment Funds.

BACKGROUND:

The Contra Costa County Watershed Program (CCCWP) currently administers the Municipal NPDES Permits from the San Francisco Bay Region of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board on behalf of the County, including Contra Costa County Public Works and the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District. Both County entities are Member Agencies of a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (JEPA), which was formed to develop and implement a monitoring plan for each discharger’s Aquatic Pesticide NPDES Permit. Additional active JEPA members include the City of Antioch, Alameda County Public Works, and the Zone 7 Water Agency.

The NPDES Permit requires municipalities to reduce pollutants in the stormwater flowing through their drainage systems and waterways and thereby reducing negative impacts to receiving waters from trash, abandoned waste, and other pollutants of concern found in urban runoff.

The CCCWP requires on-call professional service contracts for the provision of expertise in a variety of technical fields in support of meeting stormwater quality requirements of the NPDES Permit and additional County initiatives.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without the approval of this contract by the Board of Supervisors, Contra Costa County will be unable to meet its requirements under the amended Municipal Regional Permit No. CAS612008.