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Environmental Management Department recommending Board authorize the Director of said department to amend Field Change Order # 001 with Sukut Construction in the amount not to exceed $50,000 to Change Order #001 in the amount not to exceed $317,250 for additional work required for the construction of the Cap System, French Drain and Landfill Gas Emission Control System Operable Unit 1 at the Meyer's Landfill and in doing so, find that it is in the public interest to waive competitive bidding for the work described therein.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $317,250
Funding
Budgeted $
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $317,250
Change To Net County Cost $0
Fiscal Impact: There is no change in Net County Cost. Through the pending Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) litigation, the County has obtained funding sources from the County's insurance carriers, Third Party Settlements and the CalRecycle grant (Legislative File 10-0650). These additional costs were not identified in the Final (100%) Remedial Design and associated bid documents and contracts. At this time funding will be secured through settlement revenue sources.
Background: The County of El Dorado is in the process of final closure construction activity of the 11 acre Meyers Landfill disposal site. The Meyers Landfill operated from approximately 1947 through 1971 under a series of Forest Service Special Use Permits that were issued to private parties and the County of El Dorado. Waste disposed at the site included municipal solid waste from residential and commercial sources from within the southern Lake Tahoe Basin area. The site stopped receiving waste in 1971 and in 1973 the County closed the landfill and covered the waste with an interim soil cap.
Since the closing of the site in 1973 several site investigations have been conducted. As a result of t...
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