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Livermore council approves consent calendar, including contaminated‑soil cleanup and fence replacement funding
Summary
The Livermore City Council unanimously approved its consent calendar Jan. 13, advancing a contamination‑remediation plan for a former railyard site and allocating funds to replace a long‑deferred neighborhood fence.
The Livermore City Council on Jan. 13 unanimously approved its consent calendar, including a staff‑backed plan to remove contaminated soil from a former rail‑yard site and funding to begin replacing a deteriorated entry fence in a residential area.
City officials said the remediation work will remove heavy‑metal and hydrocarbon contamination from subsurface soils and include soil vapor extraction to meet regional air‑quality guidelines. ‘‘The remediation will involve excavation of dirt and removal to an appropriate landfill, and then some vapor extraction, over a period of time as well,’’ said Paul Spence, assistant city manager.
The council’s approval implements elements described in the staff report, which notes that the Regional Water Quality Control Board reviewed and approved the city’s cleanup plan and that planned uses for the site include a park, Eden Housing, and a parking structure. Council member Barrientos pointed council members to the staff report’s statement that the cleanup will reduce contaminants ‘‘below the levels of concern for future planned uses.’’
Spence said the majority of the project will be funded through a grant. The remediation described by staff includes excavation of contaminated soils, off‑site disposal at an appropriate landfill and vapor‑extraction systems to address deeper contamination linked to historic dry‑cleaning and other industrial uses.
The consent calendar also included funding to replace a long‑addressed fence at a neighborhood entryway. Mayor Marchand said the fence replacement was not previously included in the city’s capital improvement program and that the council has now identified a funding stream to begin incremental replacement. Marchand recalled an earlier wall project that took several years to complete and said residents have shown support for the fence work.
Council member Dunbar moved approval of the consent calendar; Council member Wong seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Council members did not discuss additional separate staff actions or create new policy directives on these items during the vote.
Votes at a glance: Consent calendar (including items 5.1 remediation and 5.4 fence replacement) — motion moved by Council member Dunbar, seconded by Council member Wong; outcome: approved unanimously (yes: Barrientos, Dunbar, Wong, Vice Mayor Branning, Mayor Marchand).
