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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/18/2013 7D AGENDA BILL CITY OF BREMERTON CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT. Institutional Controls Plan and PW Committee Date 9/10/13 Environmental Covenant for Former COUNCIL MEETING Date 9/18/13 Chevron Property Department PW&U Presenter Knuckey Phone 473 -2376 SUMMARY The 14 Acre waterfront property was purchased from Chevron in 2005 Subsequent to the purchase, the City entered into an Agreed Order with the Department of Ecology to coordinate clean -up of the site, and to be eligible to receive grant funding for the implementation Remediation (clean -up) activities completed in 2009 and 2010 removed the majority of the site contamination, however, residual contamination above threshold levels established by the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) remains deep at the site This residual contamination was anticipated both by Ecology, and the City One requirement resulting from the Agreed Order is development of an Institutional Controls Plan (ICP) to establish restrictions on the use of the site The purpose of the ICP is to protect human health and the environment, the restrictions may be revised as contamination levels reduce at the site The Environmental Covenant is the document to be recorded against the property documenting the use restrictions ATTACHMENTS Institutional Controls Plan & Environmental Covenant FISCAL IMPACTS (Include Budgeted Amount) None for this specific action To date the City has expended approximately $1 9M remediating the property, with costs grant funded at 90% Ongoing monitoring expenses are expected to be $37,500 per year, beginning in 2014 This expense has been included in the preliminary 2014 Engineering budget PW COMMITTEE AGENDA ❑ No Presentation © Full Presentation PW COMMITTEE ACTION ® Consent Agenda ❑ General Business ❑ Public Hearing RECOMMENDED MOTION - Move to approve the Institutional Controls Plan and Environmental Covenant, and authorize the Mayor to finalize and execute the Environmental Covenant with substantially the same terms and conditions as presented COUNCIL ACTION. �pprove ❑ Deny ❑ Table ❑ Continue ❑ No Action Form Updated 01/25/13