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Home My WebLink AboutRDA Minutes 1994-03-09 Chairman Joseph A. Fernekes M I N U T E S · Boardmembers: Jack Drago Redevelopment Agency John R. Penna ---Roberta Cerri Teglia Municipal Services Building Robert Yee Community Room March 9, 1994 AGENDA _ACI!QN TAKEN CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1) 7:37 p.m. Chairman Fernekes presiding. ROLL CALL: Boardmembers present: Penna, Teglia, Yee and Fernekes. Boardmembers absent: Drago. Clerk Battaya related that Boardmember Drago was on vacation and unable to attend tonight's meeting. AGENDA REVIEW AGENDA REVIEW Executive Director Wohlenberg Requested: So ordered. - Continue Item No. 3 to the 3/23/94 meeting. - Delete Item No. 4 from the Agenda. ONSENT CALENDAR CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Motion to approve Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Approved. 2/23/94. 2. Motion to confirm expense claims of 3/9/94. SOt 0.~ Approved in the amount of $387,500.60. M/S Teglia/Yee - To approve the Consent Calendar. Carried by unanimous voice vote. ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 3. Motion to conceptually approve a $430,000 loan of Continued to the 3/23/94 meeting under Agenda Low to Moderate Housing Funds to the further up- Review by the Executive Director. grading of the single room occupancy units in the Metropolitan Hotel at 220 Linden Avenue (related to Council Item No. 9). ,3"~ 0 3 4. Resolution allocating $100,000 of Low to Moderate Deleted from the Agenda under Agenda Review by __ Housing Funds for acquisition of a six-unit apartment the Executive Director. complex at 1040 Grand Avenue by the Human In- vestment Project to be maintained as affordable hous- ing. .~'.~03 3/9/94 Page 1 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 2,6 7 ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS Resolution - Continued. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCA- TION OF $100,000 OF HOUSING SET-ASIDE FUNDS TO HUMAN INVESTMENT PROJECT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A SlX UNIT APART- MENT COMPLEX 5. Resolution approving funding for agreement with Assistant Executive Director Martel explained that Price Club for soils remediation on City property on the agreement is for the clean up of contaminated 105)~ soils and authorizes a budget amendment for So. Airport Blvd. (related to Council Item No._0 ~3 $50,000 to do the work. A RESOLUTION APPROVING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PRICE CO. AND THE CITY OF She explained in detail: last year non-hazardous, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO AND APPROVING contaminated soil was removed from the site and the BUDGET AMENDMENT 94-1 RELATING TO Regional Water Quality Control Board found it THE CONTAMINATED SOILS CLEAN UP ON contained organics and hydrocarbons; City is the THE PRICE CLUB PROPERTIES LOCATED AT legal owner of the properties and the Price Co. 451 AND 479 SO. AIRPORT BLVD. holds ground leases; rather than pursue litigation as a means to resolve the issue of clean-up responsi- bility, the City and Price Club negotiated this agree- -- ment that provides for sharing responsibility; a consultant was hired, at the Price Company's ex- pense, to determine how the contaminated soil should be remediated; it was determined that on-site bioremediation provided the most efficient and cost- effective means for the clean-up; the proximity of the soil to the WQCP offered the potential for the clean-up to be done close by, rather than the costly option to transport it to a suitable disposal site; in order to perform bioremediation at the WQCP, a treatment area must be constructed to insure that the contaminated material does not cause further conta- mination of the surrounding soil; a treatment pad will be designed and constructed at the Price Company's expense; after the treatment area is constructed and accepted by the City Engineer, the Price Co. shall assume the cost for preparing and transporting the contaminated soil to the remediation site; the Price Co. has agreed to assume the sole expense of developing the remediation plan required by the Regional Water Quality Control Board at a cost of $150,000 -$200,000; City's responsibility is to provide bioremediation monitoring; it is assumed that the the soil can be remediated in a six month period; City's cost to conduct the bioremediation monitoring is approximately $25,000; material han- dling and supply costs are expected to be $25,000; etc. 3/9/94 Page 2 AGENDA _AC_TIQN TAKI~N 268' ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS Resolution - Continued. Boardmember Yee questioned if it was legal to use Agency funds for this kind of project and, if the answer was yes, would it still be yes if it was not City owned property. Counsul O'Toole stated he believed it was and, if it was not City owned, it could be done through a loan program. Boardmember Yee reiterated: we have stored con- taminated soil on the Pyramid side, it is going to be moved to the Sewer Plant site and, as soon as it gets to the new site, the City is going to own the soil. Discussion followed: if the contaminated soil con- mined other than hydrocarbons, the City could go back and argue with the Price Club; there was a dispute as to who was responsible; if there is a concern with the materials, other than hydrocarbons, why wouldn't the City test the soils; how does the City know they are only going to spend $50,000; staff responded - they don't know; the Price Club would not participate more; turning the soil and adding nutrients was a cost that could go up; the City had owned the property less than ten years and had not contaminated the soil; the property was bought "as is" and the City did not know the condi- tion of the soil; Boardmember Teglia did not recall the Council being advised of the condition of the soil when the property was purchased; the Price Club had negotiated purchase of the property; Coun- cilwoman Teglia wanted to know if anyone on staff was aware that soils testing had not taken place; she was concerned that when something like this hap- pens the person responsible is long gone from the City and she wanted to hold someone accountable; the nutrients eat up the hydrocarbons; etc. M/S Yee/Teglia - To adopt the Resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 1-94 Carried by unanimous voice vote. mOOD AND WELFARE GOOD AND WELFARE Chairman Fernekes stated he had met with Supervi- sors Lempert and Barrales on the San Mateo County Economic Development Plan and wanted a discus- 3/9/94 Page 3 AGENDA AC_TION TAKEN ?_69 GOOD AND WELFARE GOOD AND W£LFARE sion of participation in the planning process agendized. CLOSED SESSION CLOSED SESSION 6. Closed Session for the purpose of the discussion of The Agency chose not to hold a Closed Session. personnel matters, labor relations, property negotia- tions and litigation. M/S Teglia/Yee - To adjourn the meeting. Carried by unanimous voice vote. ADJOURNMENT: Time of adjournment was 7:55 p.m. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, APPROVED. ._~Barbara A. Battaya, Clerk (_/ J0~_e. ph .34 Feme.kes, Chairman ~ exlevelopment Agency R~velopment Agency ity of South San Francisco Cit~ of South San Francisco The entries of this Agency meeting show the action taken by the Redevelopment Agency to dispose of an item. Oral communications, arguments and comments are recorded on tape. The tape and documents related to the items are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for inspection, review and copying. 3/9/94 Page 4