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6.3A Page 1 ."".....;~ 'I"::' .P;;"O~"., R'; ~"T"';'.'''- :~ _ ~, m 0'''' . r..' ~-"'-':.:' ". ..' '. "..; ~'.. . ..., .,. - --, . A' .. .," . . . A . . D d" T th Rj'y" '-bMnt M' .' ,j ~.,- . .' - ..0; ...e .'. "~t:~e;~Et~:~~lJ~~~CD1;~~~~r April 14, 2008 SUBJECT Environmental Oversight Agreement for the Bradford parcels with the State Department of Toxic and Substance Control RECOMMENDATION Approve the Resolution to enter into an Environmental Oversight Agreement with the State Department of Toxic and Substance Control Board in an amount not to exceed $18.100 for the Bradford parcels. BACKGROUND The Redevelopment Agency (Agency) is requesting that the California Environmental Protection Agency's Department of Toxic and Substance Control (DTSC) be the oversight organization for the remediation of four Agency and City owned parcels on Bradford Street near Main Street. The Environmental Oversight Agreement (EOA) , available only for redevelopment agencies, will be used to receive a closure letter and obtain liability relief under the Polanco Redevelopment Act.1 The EOA establishes a collaborative clean up process between DTSC and the Agency to facilitate timely and cost-efficient remediation that is beneficial to expediting the clean up process. As shown in the attached EOA, the first section is the form agreement containing the basic business provisions, including a framework for reimbursement of DTSC's oversight costs. The second section is the scope of work, followed by a schedule and standard provisions. The Agency has been continually seeking opportunity sites to increase, improve and preserve the supply of low and moderate income housing in Redwood City. In August 2004, the Agency purchased assessor parcel number (APN) 052-037-020 (707 Bradford Street). In November 2006. the Agency bought the adjacent undeveloped parcel, APN 052-037-017 (777 Bradford Street). These two parcels, combined with two abutting City owned undeveloped parcels - APN 052-372-240 and 052-372-999 would provide a contiguous area of approximately one acre to develop an affordable senior housing with possible childcare project. As part of its due diligence, the Agency prepared a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment in June 2004 to gain a preliminary understanding of potential site contamination by reviewing existing information. The Phase I report warranted a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment consisting of subsurface investigation of soil and water in areas where fill material was suspected to have been used (former Redwood I The Polanco Redevelopment Act (Health and Safety Code Section 33459) assist redevelopment agencies in responding to brownfields properties in their redevelopment areas by: 1) prescribing processes for redevelopment agencies to follow when cleaning up a hazardous substance release in a redevelopment project area, and 2) providing immunity from liability for redevelopment agencies and subsequent property purchasers for sites cleaned up under a cleanup plan approved by DTSC or a Regional Water Board.