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Chamblee DDA OKs $219,120 contract package for underground‑tank removal and environmental work
Summary
The Chamblee DDA unanimously authorized GeoHydro Engineers ($179,200), legal services from Scott Hitch Law ($20,000) and a 10% contingency ($19,920), for a combined estimated cost of $219,120 to remove underground storage tanks and remediate soils at the Pierce site.
The board authorized GeoHydro Engineers to perform tank removal and associated excavation and hauling work and approved Scott Hitch Law to handle environmental compliance matters. The Chair summarized the scope: tanks will be crushed or deconstructed on-site, soils tested, contaminated soil hauled to a suitable landfill, and the tanks removed from the UST registry once Georgia EPD sign-off is complete.
The Chair put the contract amounts on the table: GeoHydro Engineers, $179,200 for construction and tank removal; Scott Hitch Law, $20,000 for environmental legal services; plus a 10% contingency of about $19,920, bringing the total estimate to $219,120 (rounded in discussion to about $220,000). A committee member moved to approve the GeoHydro proposal and associated authorizations; the motion was seconded and passed unanimously. The Chair said the physical removal work should take about a week, with regulatory paperwork and testing adding roughly five to six months to complete the full remediation and registry removal.
The Chair also said the DDA’s agreement with Grey Star Vantage contemplates that the buyer will reimburse 50% of those costs at closing; the Chair noted the DDA’s expenditures are at risk if the transaction does not close by Dec. 15, 2025.
