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/ �vcoG� INDIAN RIVER COUNTY _R .'_ k ( I orf SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL DISTRICT to\tloRipi/ BOARD MEMORANDUM ��r= _i-�� Date: May 11, 2015 To: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator From: Vincent Burke, P.E., Director of Utility Services 1 Prepared By: Himanshu H. Mehta, P.E., Managing Director, Solid Waste Disposal District'Wilk• Subject: Amendment No. 1 to Work Order No. 10 to Geosyntec for Continuation of Brownfield Assessment Work for the Former South Gifford Road Landfill Site DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS: On December 3, 2013, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners authorized the submittal of an application for a brownfields site assessment grant from the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC) for the former South Gifford Road landfill site (Gifford Landfill).The entire Gifford Landfill covers approximately 115 acres with the front 55 acres owned by Indian River County and the remaining 60 acres owned by the City of Vero Beach. TCRPC received a United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Brownfields Coalition Assessment Grant and utilized their consultant Geosyntec to perform brownfield assessment activities for the front 30 acres of the County owned portion of the Gifford Landfill. This initial work was completed and a final report titled "Brownfields Site Assessment South Gifford Road Landfill" was issued in June 2014. On August 19, 2014, the Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) Board issued Work Order No. 10 in the amount of$81,079 to Geosyntec to perform brownfield assessment activities for the remaining 25 acres of the County-owned portion of the South Gifford Road Landfill. Overall, the goal of these assessment activities was to focus on site conditions that could potentially impact the health and safety of the community and to support evaluation of this site for public use. The specific scope of work for these assessment activities included identifying chemicals in shallow soil above state regulatory guidance, evaluating the presence of soil cover over landfill waste, and assessing the presence and composition of soil gas beneath ground surface. A primary element of any redevelopment consideration is community input. Therefore, on July 7, 2014 and March 2, 2015, staff and representatives from Geosyntec attended Gifford Progressive Civic League meetings and presented the findings of the redevelopment assessment activities, answered questions and listened to community concerns. An overall summary of the assessment activities that occurred from March 2014 through January 2015 was presented to the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners on March 3, 2015. In addition to providing the update, the purpose of the presentation was to obtain Board direction SWDD Agenda-Geosyntec Amendment 1 to WO No 10 Site Redevelopment for Gifford Road Landfill Page 1 of 2 253