1 Unique Challenges Related to Marina Brownfields Development St. Augustine Case Study Presented to 2005 Florida Brownfields Conference October 11, 2005 Proprietary and Confidential The RETEC Group, Inc. Site Background Site Operations Manufactured gas plant from 1885 into the late 1950s Produced and distributed gas for lighting and heating Ownership Atlanta Gas Light Company & predecessors from 1885 to 1989 City of St Augustine from 1989 until 2005 Currently: San Sebastian Partners Liability Owners Atlanta Gas Light Company holds Majority Share City of St. Augustine holds Minor Share Two Distinct Phases of Work
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Unique Challenges Related toMarina Brownfields Development
City of St. Augustine –In Kind Services and Partner
Initial Cost Share Agreement – cost basis for inkind services
Backfill
Water Treatment – 400K gal/day by POTW
Traffic Control Invaluable logistical support from the City Manager’s
Office
Collaboration of Phase I partners built
momentum for Phase II success
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Stakeholder Challenges for Phase II –The Marina Development
Convert a vacant water front parcel into amixed use residential, retail and marinadevelopment
Fulfill the continuing obligations of the Order
Meet EPA’s expectations from aninvestigation design and implementationperspective
The Team succeeded due to the
collaboration of Stakeholders in a
give and take process with willingness toaccept some risk
to assure successof the deal
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REDEVELOPMENT
Regulat
ors
Propert
y Owner
(City
of St. A
ugustine)
Development Team
Responsible
Parties
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Technical Team—Focal Point forthe Collaborative Process
RETEC ensured that the technical details met the goals of the regulatory, legal anddevelopment teams
Provide a transparent technical vision to manage environmental components in anunderstandable manner
Investigation – Pre-sampling 3-D modeling from investigation boring logs:
Lithological contouring
Chemical contouring that associates impacts with types of soil
Supports a cutline approach based on analytical results
Visual observation during remediation
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Liability Management Processfor Redevelopment
Legal Teams balanced risk for theirindividual clients and created contracts toestablish financial responsibility for majorcost components
Melding of legal and technical inputs intolegal documents Provides a framework for a thorough and
collaborative identification of the risks andliabilities – who is responsible for what
Legal documents are Three PartAgreement and Cost AllocationAgreement
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Three Party Agreement
Identify the party responsible for managing the individual elements of the workfor major components such as: Environmental work plans and design verses marina design and construction
Environmental oversight to assure compliance with the Order
Permits and licenses
Transportation, disposal or reuse of soils
Established a clear enforceable contract: Mutual Release
Indemnification
Insurance
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Cost Allocation Agreement
Identifies who pays for what based on incremental cost of environmental workvs “clean” civil work
RETEC’s Role Develop technical specifications for excavation, material management, segregation of
different classes of soil, and transportation and disposal
Plans with sequenced cut-lines in 3-foot horizons
Define impacts remaining at vertical limits Over excavate 2 feet, or
Install scour resistant cap
Technical graphic representation of the environmental work facilitated an understanding of the incremental cost
of a marina development with environmental impacts
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Cost Negotiations and Economic Balance
RETEC and legal team conceptualized a unit cost approach
Development team used a lump sum bid approach
$500,000 Divergence in expected cost from bids vs. Engineers Estimate Utilized subcontractor interviews and information exchange to narrow the cost
gap to less than $50K from the Engineer’s Estimate
Maximize sequencing to gain benefits from “Clean” Contractor Piggy back cofferdam construction with entrance channel dredging – minimize
mobilization fees and maximize volume of work by a single contractor
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The Collaborative Effort Allowed the Teamto Overcome Various Challenges
Clear regulatory leadership from EPA and other agencies includingNOAA, the Corps of Engineers, and FDEP
Financial backing from AGLC, the City, and the San SebastianPartners
Legal expertise which provided a contractual relationship toperform the work
Technical leadership to satisfy the requirements of the AOC andgain approval from EPA
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Regulators
EPA
NOAA
Corps of Engineers Permit Modification
SJWMD
FDEP
Ensure compliance with the order whileapplying the cleanup criteria to the sitespecific details of the redevelopment
Construction Worker Risk – 2001 RA
Ecological Risk – 2005 Marina Work –Continuing obligation from the Order Ecological receptors at the new base
elevation of the marina
Probable Effects Level and ThresholdEffects Level
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Development Team –San Sebastian Partners
Development Partners
Legal
Architect
Financial Institution Construction Manager/GC
Environmental Consultant
Engineering Marine
Geotech
Surveying
Structural
Remediation Contractor and Subs
Marina and Construction Contractors
Conceptualized the harbor and sitedesign
Establish the parameters for thetechnical team to plan a secondphase of investigation
Design and remediation for the marinadevelopment
Without the developers vision for the site,redevelopment could not occur
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Property Owner (City of St. Augustine)
City Manager
City Council
Public
Legal
Public Works/Engineer/Other
Business Community
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Responsible Parties
AGLC
City of St. Augustine
Legal
Environmental Consultant Driller
Laboratory
Landfill
Manage environmental liability throughout theredevelopment project while doing the rightthing as corporate/municipal stewards
Understand implications of technicaldecisions in the investigation and designprocess and their impact to risk and cost
Work within budget and schedule constraints
The objectivity, knowledge, and trust in the technical approachwas a key towards successful development