HomeMy WebLinkAbout4695_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 4695
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS, AUTHO-
RIZING ACCEPTANCE AND EXECUTION OF A GRANT
AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE CON-
STRUCTION OF WELLHEAD TREATMENT FACILITIES
AT THE TEXAS STREET WELL FIELD
WHEREAS, the City of Redlands recognizes that portions of the Bunker Hill
Ground Water Basin have been contaminated with organic chemicals including TCE and DBCP,
and
WHEREAS, the City of Redlands has lost eleven (11) domestic water wells due
to TCE and DBCP contamination and will lose another well due to the lowering of the DBCP
standard by the State Department of Health Services, and
WHEREAS, the Regional Water Quality Control Board has determined that the
TCE plume is moving westerly toward other domestic water supply wells of the City and
constitutes a major threat to the aquifer and the water supply to other downstream. Cities
including Loma Linda and Riverside, and
WHEREAS, the State of California Department of Health Services has made a
determination of Imminent and Substantial Endangerment, in accordance with the Health and
Safety Code and,
WHEREAS, the State of California. Department of Health Services has funds
available from the Department of Health Services Hazardous Substance Clean-up Fund for the
clean-up of volatile organic contaminants and had identified this project for funding and,
WHEREAS, the City of Redlands has performed engineering studies to determine
that a granular activated carbon treatment system for $4,100,000 is the most cost-effective,
environmentally safe and reliable groundwater treatment system for the removal of both TCE
and DBCP,
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Redlands does hereby accept a grant from the State of California Department of Health Services
Hazardous Substance Clean-Up Fund, Contract 90-T0042 in the amount of$1,976,900, for the
construction of granular activated carbon treatment facilities for removing TCE and DBCP from
the groundwater at the Texas Street Well Field, which represents 48 percent of the estimated
construction cost of$4,100,000 for the facility, and authorizes the Utilities Director to execute
said Agreement with the State and any amendments, thereto.
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED, this 18th day of September, 1990.
SIGNED:
"Mayor, ity
ATTEST:
MY-
ler
City of gedlands, California
I, Lorrie Poyzer, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 18th day
of September, 1990, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Beswick, Cunningham, Larson, Milson; Mayor DeMirjyn
NOES: None
ABSENT:None
City Clerk
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