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San Bruno City Council Meeting February 14, 2012
10b. Revision of Fats, Oils and Grease Ordinance
B
On
fats,
oils
and
grease
I
do
see
that
our
Boy
Scouts
look
like
they
might
stay
and
if
they
stay
until
the
very
end
will
actually
talk
about
something
that
they
can
do
at
home
to
help
solve
one
of
the
problems
that
we're
going
to
be
talking
about.
So
the
item
on
the
agenda
is
to
recommend
that
our
wastewater
ordinances
and
policies,
especially
those
regulating
fats,
oils
and
grease
fog
for
short,
not
to
be
confused
with
the
weather
conditions,
reflect
our
current
implementation
practices
for
for
those
wastewater
treatment
ordinances.
B
B
So
most
of
those
of
the
fog
comes
from
food
service
establishments
and
in
the
staff
report,
we've
abbreviated
that
as
FS
e,
so
sanitary
Subaru
sewer
overflows
are
bad
for
everybody,
they're
bad
for
residents
and
businesses,
because
there
are
businesses
and
residences
are
damaged,
they're
bad
for
the
city
because
they
result
in
sometimes
expensive
insurance
claims,
and
there
are
certainly
bad
for
the
environment.
So
that's
why
we
want
to
regulate
them.
So
the
second
question
is:
what
have
we
been
doing
so
far
to
regulate
the
discharges
of
fats,
oils
and
grease
into
the
sewer
system?
B
B
That's
already
on
the
books,
so
in
fact
starting
in
2009,
South
San
Francisco
has
been
assist
in
san
bruno
to
inspect
our
food
service
establishments
to
make
sure
they
have
appropriate
permits
and
are
using
either
a
grease
trap
or
a
grease
interceptor,
and
those
are
devices
that
prevent
fog
from
clogging
the
sewer
lines
that
reduces
sanitary
sewer
overflows.
Actually,
last
year,
South
San
Francisco
inspected
over
87
of
our
food
service
establishments
in
a
cooperative
arrangement
with
San
Bruno.
B
The
inspection
program
has
actually
been
very
successful
in
getting
those
establishments
to
pretreat
their
fats,
oils
and
grease.
So
a
big
part
of
the
program
is
educating
businesses,
for
example,
about
the
best
way
to
prevent
fog
from
getting
into
the
sewer
system
in
the
first
place,
so
the
FSCS
have
agreed
to
install
traps
or
interceptors
depending
on
their
particular
circumstances.
B
There
is
a
modest
expense,
as
you
see,
from
the
staff
report
to
install
a
trap
and
more
significant
expense
to
install
a
grease
interceptor.
However,
those
aren't
unusual
requirements
in
restaurants,
in
particular,
are
well
aware
that
they
need
to
factor
this
into
the
cost
of
doing
business
in
virtually
any
city.
Not
just
in
San
Bruno
we've
been
very
pleased
with
overall,
with
the
cooperation
of
the
food
service
establishments
to
these
inspections,
so
that
describes
our
current
practices.
B
So,
let's
move
to
the
third
topic,
why
do
we
need
to
revise
our
ordinance
and
how
is
that
going
to
affect
our
current
businesses?
So
you
might
remember
that
the
bay
keeper
consent
decree
with
both
cities,
san
bruno
and
south
city,
say
that
each
city
has
to
adopt
a
fog,
ordinance
and
program,
and
it
also
says
that
those
ordinances
and
programs
need
to
be
consistent
with
each
other.
So
south
san
francisco
did
theirs.
They
adopted
their
fog,
ordinance
and
program,
and
so
now
we
need
to
do
so
as
well.
B
Our
current
ordinance
dates
from
1995
quite
a
while
ago,
and
the
section
on
fog
is
very
short,
not
nearly
as
detailed
as
the
South
San
Francisco
ordinance
that
we
have
to
emulate
and
also
the
section
on
enforcement
and
implementation
needs
to
be
consistent
among
both
entities.
So
there
is
a
there's,
there's
no
overlap
or
confusion,
and
that's
really
the
reason
why
we're
recommending
revising
the
city's
ordinance
and,
in
addition,
you'll
see
in
the
staff
packet.
B
The
one
change
that
business
owners
might
notice
is
that
they're
going
to
be
inspected
once
a
year,
so
they're
fog
practices
will
be
evaluated
a
little
bit
more
frequently
than
perhaps
they
have
been
in
the
past.
So
some
of
those
businesses
might
ultimately
be
required
to
take
additional
measures
if
they're
out
of
compliance.
B
So
finally,
I
want
to
just
take
a
minute
to
talk
about
what
residents
like
everybody
in
this
audience
can
do
to
help
prevent
sanitary
sewer
overflows.
The
city
has
already
implemented
an
outreach
program,
encouraging
residents
to
dispose
of
fats,
oils
and
grease
from
their
kitchens
in
an
environmentally
appropriate
manner,
and
if
you
turn
on
channel
one,
when
you
go
home,
there's
about
a
5-minute
video
on
there.
That
gives
you
some
tips
about
how
to
do
that.
B
But
basically
the
goal
is
to
treat
fats,
oils
and
grease
as
solid
waste,
in
other
words,
put
it
in
a
container
dispose
of
it
in
the
garbage
not
down
the
drain
and
definitely
knock
down
the
garbage
disposal.
So
everyone
can
remember
to
do
this
when
they're
frying
up
bacon
on
a
weekend
morning,
and
if
everybody
does
their
small
part,
it
will
help
to
reduce
SSOs
all
over
the
city.
B
So
tonight
we
recommend
that
you
continue
the
current
inspection
program,
an
enforcement
program
that
we
have
with
South
San
Francisco
we've
drafted
the
attached,
ordinance
and
program
to
be
consistent
with
that
recommendation
will
plan
to
return
at
the
next
two
meetings
for
introduction
and
adoption
of
the
ordinance
and
plan
if
you
approve.
So
that
concludes
my
report.
If
you
have
any
questions,
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
them
and
we
have
Clara
fabry
and
Robert
Howard
also
available
to
respond.
Thank
you
very
much
good.
D
Clara
I'm
wondering
a
while
back
when
we
were
talking
about
the
renovations
to
the
water
treatment.
Plant
fog
was
one
of
the
things
that
came
up
as
a
potential
field,
source
and
I.
Think
at
the
time
we
decided
that
we
didn't
have
enough
of
a
program
in
place
to
generate
the
fog
that
would
be
necessary
to
implement
that
fog
fuel
type
at
the
plant,
and
so
we
kind
of
let
it
go
it
is.
E
Based
off
of
the
available
information
right
now,
the
goal
would
be
to
reduce
this
fuel
available
to
us
or
the
result
of
this
program.
But
I
will
follow
up
on
your
specific
question
with
our
consultant,
who
made
that
specific
assessment
to
see
if
any
additional
opportunity,
but
wasn't
seen
by
us.
Okay,.
D
E
C
Just
a
little
bit
the
the
part
of
the
design
of
the
upgrade
actually
restructuring
of
the
water
quality
control
plant
as
improvements
the
dodge,
no
sir,
not
be
so
much
because
they
were,
they
are
specially
old
one
1950s,
but
they
they
didn't.
They
didn't
have
enough
strength
to
take
the
velocity
that
the
pumps
need
in
order
to
mix
in
the
grease
completely
into
those
digesters.
So
it's
definitely
part
of
South
San
Francisco
and
therefore
Sam
Bruno's
plan
and
I've
been
on
the
committee's
with
the
decision-making
on
on
those
areas.
C
A
F
Works
director,
how
many,
what
could
the
potential
or
estimated
cost,
or
is
there
one
that
would
increase
to
the
business
owner
for
the
more
frequent
inspections
that
be
the
first
part
of
the
question?
The
second
part
is
with
more
frequent
inspections.
What
might
be
the
cost
to
the
city
as
far
as
personnel.
E
This
level
of
service
is
already
included
in
our
plant
operation.
These
servers,
the
inspection
itself,
is
provided
by
South
San
Francisco.
They
have
the
needed,
expertise,
resources
and
experienced
to
do
a
high
quality
service,
for
us
is
not
our
expectation
to
result
in
increased
costs
for
either
of
us
at
this
time.
So.
F
E
G
Mayor
members
of
the
City
Council,
my
name
is
Allen
lucky
I
live
on
fleetwood,
dr.
My
congratulations
to
the
city
attorney
for
for
explaining
the
combination
of
letters
which
will
be
used
in
the
minutes
and
hopefully
the
the
city
clerk
will
follow
those
letters
with
an
explanation
of
what
they
are
and
not
just
use
the
three
letters.