Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Hunters Point Environmental Remediation topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
OCII authorizes $1.9 million contract with Langan for Hunters Point environmental technical support
Summary
The commission approved a sole‑source personal services contract with Langan, Treadwell & Rollo for environmental technical consulting at Hunters Point Shipyard, citing 17 years of project‑specific institutional knowledge and the contractor's prior work on radiological issues and license‑exemption requests.
The Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure voted July 19 to authorize a personal services contract with Langan, Treadwell and Rollo for environmental technical consulting to support OCII's oversight of Hunters Point Shipyard remediation and parcel transfers.
Senior project manager Tamsen Drew described the contract as essential to the CERCLA‑governed remedial process. She said the base three‑year term (Aug. 1, 2016–July 31, 2019) carries a $1,220,000 budget and that two one‑year extension options would raise the five‑year maximum to $1,900,000. Staff characterized the procurement as sole‑source and justified it by Langan's multi‑decade institutional knowledge of parcel‑level contamination and past regulatory work for the city.
Drew emphasized technical and community‑engagement tasks: review and evaluation of CERCLA decision documents, advising OCII's environmental team on Navy cleanup activities, preparing public outreach materials and white papers for commissions and the public, and assisting with amendments to Article 31 (the city's post‑transfer oversight code). She noted that some parcels (IR‑718, portions of D1/D2 shoreline and Parcel E2 landfill) include radiological restrictions overseen by the California Department of Public Health’s Radiation Health Branch and that Langan previously prepared a state license‑exemption request.
Speakers at public comment commended Langan's trainee hires but urged continued vigilance on partial E and E2 and insisted on full cleanup of contamination rather than capping. Oscar James, recounting his long association with shipyard cleanup issues, said he wants ``partial E and E2 100% clean, not capped,'' while acknowledging the firm's community hiring record.
Commissioners asked about timelines for lifting residential‑use restrictions and for community capacity building through the contractor's association with AGS Inc. Staff said the residential‑use restriction process for parcel G is underway and may take up to a year; they said the staff recommendation is to enter into an association agreement (35/65 split) with AGS, a San Francisco minority‑owned firm, to meet SBE goals and to expand trainee hires.
A motion to authorize the executive director to execute the contract passed on a 5–0 roll call vote.
