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Chief
08-11-2008, 03:30 PM
VANCOUVER, Wash. – The Port of Vancouver Board of Commissioners meets Tuesday, August 12, in a regularly-scheduled meeting, and will consider three action items.

Among the items Commissioners Brian Wolfe, Nancy Baker and Jerry Oliver will consider are a change order for environmental cleanup action, award of a public works contract for construction of a TCE groundwater pump and treat interim action facility, and authorization of a services agreement for the West Vancouver Freight Access project.

The meeting is set to begin at 9:30 a.m., following an executive session, in the Commission Room at the port’s administration building, located at 3103 NW Lower River Road in Vancouver.

Change order for TCE cleanup

Port staff is asking commissioners to authorize Executive Director Larry Paulson to sign a change order for $2.1 million, including an expiration date of December 31, 2009, to a personal service contract with Parametrix, Inc. for the TCE cleanup project in Fruit Valley.

The necessity of the change order is to support the port’s efforts to meet its obligations to the State Department of Ecology, including air and groundwater monitoring and completion of required project documents; oversee construction of the groundwater pump and treat interim action at the former Swan Manufacturing site; and manage the environmental obligations associated with the Cadet facility including appropriate reporting.

Award public works contract for cleanup project

Staff will also request authorization for Paulson to sign a public works contract with Rotschy, Inc. (Yacolt, Wash.) for the construction of the TCE Groundwater Pump and Treat Interim Action project.

This project was included in the 2008 capital budget as a part of TCE cleanup costs. The fiscal year 2008 budget includes $3.9 million for the cleanup system. The winning bid from Rotschy is for a not-to-exceed amount of $3,089,925.93, including Washington State sales tax. Project completion is expected by April 30, 2009.

The pump-and-treat system will accelerate the remainder of the TCE cleanup in the groundwater under Fruit Valley.

Rail project services agreement amendment

As work continues on the port’s West Vancouver Freight Access project, a need has arisen to purchase property for construction and track relocation in areas not currently owned by the port. In an effort to complete its due diligence and surveying of these properties before any proposed property transactions, staff will ask the commission to authorize Paulson to sign a contract amendment to the On-Call Master Services Agreement with HDR Inc., for engineering and consulting services relating to completion of task order No. 5 relating to the rail project.

The contract amount will not exceed $300,000.

The meeting will be televised live on CVTV, and will be streamed live on www.cvtv.org.


About the Port of Vancouver USA

While working on some of the most important port development on the U.S. West Coast, the Port of Vancouver USA is cooperating with its tenants and customers to schedule and maximize business potential during construction. The end result will show why the port is “On Track to the Future,” as the completed developments will mean expansion of business and resulting new jobs for the community.

The Port of Vancouver USA, created by Clark County taxpayers in 1912, is one of the major ports on the Pacific Coast. Its competitive strengths include available land, versatile cargo handling capabilities, vast transportation networks, a dependable labor force and an exceptional level of service to its customers and community.

– POV –

Port of Possibility

Nelson Holmberg

Communications Manager

Direct: 360.992.1107

Cell: 360.518.2553

nholmberg@portvanusa.com | www.portvanusa.com

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Chief
08-12-2008, 11:24 AM
I will post the link to CVTV later when it is available, and I recommend that you take a moment, and watch the Port's Environmental Director Patty Boyden give her presentation on the cleanup of the TCE plumes over in Fruit Valley.

We are in year 11 of this project, and the cleanup is about to proceed into what will ultimately be the final approved cleanup phase, several years from now. Although the installation of the extraction equipment that the Port is asking to install is considered to be "interim", Ms. Boyden reported today that she expects this process to ultimately be approved as a final cleanup measure by the State Department of Ecology when they finish their processes and reviews.

This project by the Port of Vancouver is one of the best success stories I've seen, and the Port gets far too little attention or credit for the job they have done since 1997 when the problem first came to light. The Port has been nothing but highly responsive and responsible to this community, and they are way overdue for some proper credit.

Links coming, as soon as they are available...

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