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Home My WebLink About05.a.4) (Handout) General Manager Additional Written AnnouncementsBoard Meeting of October 17, 2013 (f�IQn�I ou f Additional Written Announcement: CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR CONCORD STAFF f) Address of Temporary Concord Offices Have Changed For the duration of the Seismic Improvements for Headquarters Office Building (HOB) Project, staff has been temporarily relocated to various buildings. Some employees have relocated to a leased office building in Concord (formerly 1470 Enea Circle). It was announced at the August 1, 2013 Board Meeting that the address would be changed to 1470 Executive Lane, effective August 3, 2013. Staff was recently notified that the address has changed once again, to 1470 Civic Court, Suite 200, Concord. Attached is a letter from Thomas Properties, explaining the circumstances of the change. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES g) District Supports National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month Provisional Associate Engineer Melody LaBella will be speaking at the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisor's Meeting on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, in support of their proclamation declaring October National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month in Contra Costa County. Melody will be acknowledging the need for safe medicine disposal for the protection of water quality, along with the efforts of the Contra Costa Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Collaborative, which includes the District, several Contra Costa County agencies (Alcohol and Other Drugs Advisory Board, Environmental Health Department, Hazardous Materials Commission, Health Services Department and Public and Environmental Health Advisory Board), Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority, Delta Diablo Sanitation District, West County Integrated Waste Management Board and the National Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Coalition. To support this effort, the District's Communication Services Staff (Graphic Artist Charles Waltmire) created the attached poster that points to the website www.Baywise.org, which will allow residents to find their nearest safe medicine disposal location by entering "medicine" and their zip code on the website. Over 200 posters have been distributed by the other members of the collaborative (using both staff and volunteer efforts) to pharmacies, medical facilities and senior centers throughout Contra Costa County. Melody will also be acknowledging the businesses that have agreed to display the posters. Additional Written Announcements October 17, 2013 Page 2 of 2 TREATMENT PLANT h) Extended Shutdown for Treatment Plant Cogeneration Unit The District's Treatment Plant is considered a large combustion source under California's Greenhouse Gas Regulations. As a large combustion source, the District must report its annual (calendar year) greenhouse gas emissions from the treatment plant once a year to the California Air Resources Board. If the non - biogenic greenhouse gas emissions exceed 25,000 metric tons CO2e for any calendar year, the District will be subject to the Cap and Trade section of California's greenhouse gas regulations. Under Cap and Trade, the District would have to procure greenhouse gas allowances to cover all the emissions in the calendar year for up to four consecutive years. Allowances are currently priced at approximately $15 per metric ton CO2e, so the cost to the District would be at least $375,000 per year for up to four consecutive years. The District has been actively managing its non - biogenic greenhouse gas emissions since 2011 to remain under the 25,000 metric tons CO2e per year Cap and Trade trigger. For calendar year 2013, due to extended outages of PG &E electrical service and landfill gas, non - biogenic greenhouse gas emissions are currently projected to be 26,450 metric tons CO2e unless preventative action is taken. Staff has determined that shutting down the Cogeneration Unit from November 1, 2013, through the end of the calendar year will result in the non - biogenic greenhouse gas emissions for calendar year 2013 coming in below the 25,000 metric tons CO2e per year Cap and Trade threshold. Due to the fact that the Cogeneration Unit will be shut down, all power will be imported from the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG &E) grid. The projected cost increase of using PG &E electricity is $105,000 per month for November and December 2013. A/II�� ERT/ES 1 3100 OAK ROAD. SUITE 140 • WALNUT CREEK. CALIFORNIA 94597 • TEL. 925 945 -6266 • FAX: 925945-8753 October 16, 2013 Central Sanitation District 1470 Civic Ct. Suite 200 Concord, CA 94520 CERTIFIED MAIL RE: Street Name Change After hour and weekend building access, Dear Valued Tenant, it has come to our attention at Thomas Properties that since the street name change went into effect in August, we have had many problems with mail service, directions etc. Yesterday we met with the City of Concord to address these problems and were made aware of a much more serious issue. The Concord Police Department in conjunction with associated emergency services feels that the address change as it stands, creates confusion and will very well affect response times in an emergency situation. The City of Concord has therefore decided to formally change the address to: 1470 Civic Court Concord, CA 94520 effective immediately. We realize this change is hugely inconvenient and costly to all involved however, we do stand behind the City of Concord in this change, as safety must be top priority. Because we understand the magnitude of this inconvenience, we at Thomas Properties would like to cover all reasonable expenses incurred by this change. Please submit to our office your receipts for reimbursement. We sincerely apologize for this untimely issue and are moving forward to get this behind us as quickly as possible. On a more positive note, we have hired full time security. We are excited to announce that we have partnered with CalWest to provide security seven days a week from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM Monday -Friday and day patrolling Saturdays and Sundays. We are thrilled to have many new tenants in our building but, we are realizing that some of the alarm systems are not being used properly, resulting in alarms going off regularly in the evenings and on weekends. Due to high usage we have decided to un -alarm the building on Saturdays from 6:00 AM to 5:OOPM. We feel this is a simple way to cut back on false alarms without compromising the overall safety of the building. The building will continue to be alarmed after the janitor leaves Monday — Friday, Saturday night and on Sundays. Every tenant has been given an entry code for the entry door. Please use your entry code and not the front entry key. The code opens the door but does not deactivate the alarm. When entering the building after -hours or on Sundays use your entry code on the entry door, proceed to the white panel left of the elevator and enter 6266 and follow the instructions to activate and deactivate the building. if you need help with this please don't hesitate to ask and we will be happy to help ,you. Again, our sincere apologies for the inconvenience of the street change. Please feel free to call if you have any questions. Also, you may mail or email me your receipts for reimbursement to the address below. Thank you. Patricia Thomas Thomas Properties 3100 Oak Rd Suite 140 Walnut Creek, CA 94597 rthomas@tiogaconstructioii.com tiogaconstruction.com �Ways Use DEA'gnated a LAC a n a'q- Im- aim 1-' 4 &�;J�40"'- K Leaving unused or expired medication at home can be DANGEROUS 1 I �I But to protect the environment you should NEVER FLUSH THEM And to protect people, wildlife and water quality DON'T TRASH THEM 10 ��nd a free disposal location near yoU o�•o VISIT CALL Sayfflse-arg, T-8884AYWSE This facility encourages the proper and safe disposal of medications.