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6. 1. B. - Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager February 27, 2012 SUBJECT Removal and Disposal of Debris Pile from Pine Street RECOMMENDATION Approve by motion the proposal received from Dirt Market in the amount of $82,892.00 for removal and disposal of the illegally dumped debris located on vacant City property on the 300 block of Pine Street. BACKGROUND Approximately 300 cubic yards, or 600 tons of soil and various other items of trash and debris have been illegally dumped on vacant land owned by the City of Redwood City on the 300 block of Pine Street. The debris pile contains contaminated soil as well as railroad ties and illegally dumped trash and debris. The land is situated between the CalTrain corridor and a Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) spur track that originates at the Port of Redwood City traveling along down Chestnut Street to connect to the UPRR mainline . Working cooperatively with CalTrain, Union Pacific Railroad and the County of San Mateo, the City intends to clean up the area and then fence the property to prevent future illegal dumping. Union Pacific Railroad will pay to supply and install the new fencing and gate. The City will continue to have access to the property, which will be controlled by a locked gate. The department considered two options for removal of the debris from the site. The first option considered was to use City personnel and equipment to load the material into dump trucks, furnished by our current Corp Yard trucking company, Rogers Trucking, for transport to the Ox Mountain landfill. However, this option was eliminated due to limited staff resources to perform the work. Furthermore, the time required would be extremely disruptive to maintenance operations. The second option was to solicit quotes from qualified firms to remove the debris and transport to the appropriate landfill. This proved to be the better option, particularly once soil testing determined the soils to be contaminated and the Ox Mountain landfill in Half Moon Bay indicated that the spoils would not be accepted at their facilities. Staff was able to identify two firms: The Dirt Market (Campbell, CA) and Ferma Corporation (Redwood City, CA). Ferma Corporation did not respond; however the City received a quote from The Dirt Market. The Dirt Market is a broker that specializes in arranging transportation of soils and other materials. They will coordinate the trucking company and provide the labor and equipment to sort the pile, haul away the debris and the contaminated soil.