STATEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO

REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OF SANITATION DISTRICTS

TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1998

Meeting was called to order at 9:08 a.m.

Present: Directors Greg Cox, Chairman; Pam Slater, Vice Chair; Dianne Jacob; and Bill Horn; also Thomas J. Pastuszka, Clerk. Absent: Director Ron Roberts.

Public Communication

(No Speakers)

Public Communication - Opportunity for Members of the Public to Speak to the Board on Any Subject  Matter

Within the Board's Jurisdiction But Not an Item on Today's Agenda.

Sanitation 1. Second Consideration and Adoption of Ordinances

District Continued Noticed Public Hearing:

Public Hearing to Consider Amendment of Ordinances in the Alpine, Lakeside and Spring Valley Sanitation Districts and the Winter Gardens Sewer Maintenance District to Provide for Commercial/Industrial User Sewer Service Charges Based on Biochemical Oxygen Demand

(Relates to Board of Supervisors Agenda No. 21)

(Supv. Dist: All)

OVERVIEW:

On April 28, 1998 (1), your Board introduced Ordinances for further Board consideration on May 5, 1998.

On April 16, 1996 (58), the Board amended the Uniform Sewer Ordinance to provide for commercial/industrial user sewer service charges based on strength and flow of wastewater. At that time, the Uniform Sewer Ordinance was revised to implement only one of two strength factors, the suspended solids (SS) portion of the State mandate.

On May 6, 1997 (San 2), the Board considered the implementation of the second factor, the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) portion of the strength based sewer service charge system. The Board elected to delay implementation of the BOD portion of the sewer service charge for commercial and industrial customers for one year. The delay would allow staff time to develop a sampling and testing program for customers with high-strength wastewater to separate food preparation waste from the wastewater stream and thereby lower the cost of wastewater treatment.

The testing program was developed and implemented. It involved local high-strength customers. The results showed a marked decrease in BOD and SS when food waste was removed and grease interceptors were pumped on a frequent basis. The test program provided data to develop a new Revenue Code (26) that reduces costs to several customer categories that would have had the largest sewer service charge increases. On February 17, 1998 (San 1), the Board authorized use of the new Revenue Code and set a public hearing for today to consider adoption of the BOD factor.

The State Department of Water Resources (Cal EPA) approved the new Revenue Code on February 19, 1998, (Submitted Attachment 7), and recommends adoption and implementation of the BOD strength factor which is the subject of the Ordinances before you today.

Approval of the recommended actions will implement the BOD portion of the State mandate effective July 1, 1998. This change will not affect residential users (single-family, multi-family, condominiums, mobile-homes). This action does increase fees for some commercial and industrial users who have high-strength wastewater and lowers fees for other commercial and industrial users with lower strength.

These actions will not impact the County General Fund.

If the Ordinances are approved, certain commercial/industrial rates will increase beginning July 1, 1998. The BOD charge will not affect the sewer service charge for residential customers.

No significant change will occur in the Districts' Fiscal Year 1998-99 revenue from existing residential or commercial industrial customers. Any minor changes in revenue will be absorbed by fund balances.

BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENT:

The State has mandated that County Districts which discharge wastewater to the City of San Diego's Metropolitan Wastewater System implement a user charge system that charges each user (Or a user group) for the quantity of wastewater flow and wastewater strength. Businesses that generate large flows of wastewater with high concentrations of BOD (i.e., restaurants, food stores, and bakeries) will see an increase in annual sewer service charges.

Those businesses that participate in the pre-consumer food discard separation program will be assigned the new Revenue Code 26 and will have a smaller sewer service charge than those who do not participate (Submitted Attachment 5). Those not participating will be charged based on Average User Strength as set by the State Water Resources Control Board (Submitted Attachment 6).

RECOMMENDATION:

CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER:

Adopt Ordinances entitled:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE ALPINE SANITATION DISTRICT REPEALING ORDINANCE 47 AND SETTING SEWER SERVICE CHARGES IN THE ALPINE SANITATION DISTRICT BASED UPON THE STRENGTH AND FLOW OF WASTEWATER (Submitted Attachment 1)

AN ORDINANCE OF THE LAKESIDE SANITATION DISTRICT REPEALING ORDINANCE 56 AND SETTING SEWER SERVICE CHARGES FOR THE LAKESIDE SANITATION DISTRICT (Submitted Attachment 2)

AN ORDINANCE OF THE SPRING VALLEY SANITATION DISTRICT REPEALING ORDINANCE 68 AND SETTING SEWER SERVICE CHARGES FOR THE SPRING VALLEY SANITATION DISTRICT BASED UPON STRENGTH OF WASTEWATER (Submitted Attachment 3)

(Relates to the Board of Supervisors Agenda No. 21)

ON MOTION of Director Slater, seconded by Director Jacob, the Board of Directors of the Alpine, Lakeside, and Spring Valley Sanitation Districts took action as recommended, on Consent, adopting the following Ordinances:

Alpine Sanitation District No. 49, (New Series), entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE ALPINE SANITATION DISTRICT REPEALING ORDINANCE 47 AND SETTING SEWER SERVICE CHARGES FOR THE ALPINE SANITATION DISTRICT BASED UPON THE STRENGTH OF WASTEWATER (Submitted Attachment 1)

Lakeside Sanitation District No. 58, (New Series), entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE LAKESIDE SANITATION DISTRICT REPEALING ORDINANCE 56 AND SETTING SEWER SERVICE CHARGES FOR THE LAKESIDE SANITATION DISTRICT BASED UPON THE STRENGTH OF WASTEWATER (Submitted Attachment 2)

Spring Valley Sanitation District No. 70, (New Series), entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE SPRING VALLEY SANITATION DISTRICT REPEALING ORDINANCE 68 AND SETTING SEWER SERVICE CHARGES FOR THE SPRING VALLEY SANITATION DISTRICT BASED UPON THE STRENGTH OF WASTEWATER (Submitted Attachment 3)

AYES: Cox, Slater, Horn

NOES: Jacob

ABSENT: Roberts

There being no further business, the Board adjourned at 12:00 p.m.

THOMAS J. PASTUSZKA

Clerk of the Board of Directors

of Sanitation Districts

Notes by: Gomez

NOTE: This Statement of Proceedings sets forth all actions taken by the Board of Directors of Sanitation Districts on the matters stated, but not necessarily the chronological sequence in which the matters were taken up.

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