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San Bruno City Council Meeting May 22, 2012
10e. Update on Results of the Crestmoor PG&E Pipeline Questionnaire regarding Decommissioning of Line 132
B
Good
evening,
mr.
mayor
and
members
of
the
City
Council,
my
name
is
Harry
burrows
and
I'm.
The
city's
project
manager
for
the
crestmore
reconstruction
project
on
April
24th
staff
gave
a
presentation
to
the
city
council
on
options
for
the
abandonment
of
PG
knees
line
132
through
the
crestmore
neighborhood.
At
the
conclusion
of
that
presentation,
staff
was
directed
to
survey
the
residents
to
garner
their
thoughts
on
the
various
options
for
the
pipeline
through
the
neighborhood,
so
staff
developed
a
simple
questionnaire
that
was
sent
to
all
374
residents
of
the
neighborhood.
B
The
three
options
in
their
impacts
were
described
and
just
to
remind
everyone.
The
options
were
number
one
to
fill
the
pipeline
with
the
cement
slurry.
The
second
was
to
remove
the
pipeline
in
its
entirety
throughout
the
neighborhood,
and
the
third
option
was
what
we
called
a
hybrid
option
and
that
was
to
fill
a
majority
of
the
pipeline
with
cement
slurry,
but
to
remove
certain
sections
that
were
in
areas
that
were
least
disruptive
to
the
neighborhood.
B
So
the
overall
results
of
the
survey
we
received
a
hundred
and
sixty-nine
surveys
as
of
last
week,
some
more
trickled
in
cincin
a
dress
owes
in
a
second
that
represents
about
a
forty-five
percent
return
rate
of
the
surveys,
which
is
pretty
good,
so
neighborhood
wide.
There
was
79
percent
of
the
respondents
that
chose
to
fill
the
pipe
with
ten
percent,
removing
the
pipe
and
eleven
percent
optioning
for
the
hybrid.
B
We
also
took
a
look
at
a
smaller
sample
of
the
folks
just
along
the
pipeline
alignment
and
that's
what
the
chart
on
the
right-hand
side
represents
and
the
results
were
fairly
similar.
Seventy-Two
percent
of
those
respondents
goes
the
filling
of
the
pipe
option
with
the
removing
twelve
percent
and
sixteen
percent
opted
for
the
hybrid.
Since
last
Thursday,
when
we
published
a
staff
report,
we've
received
a
seven
additional
surveys:
five
for
filling
one,
each
for
the
removal
and
one
for
the
hybrid.
So
obviously
there's
a
majority
of
the
respondents
preferred
filling
of
the
pipe
option.
B
B
There
are
also
several
comments
to
do
nothing.
Why
are
we
even
considering
filling
the
pipe
and
again
we've
responded
back
to
several
of
those
respondents
directly,
and
you
know.
Let
them
know
that
the
current
industry
standards
within
the
pipeline
industry
for
abandonment
of
pipes,
particularly
within
urban
areas
and
streets,
are
to
fill
the
pipe
with
something
don't
leave
them
empty.
The
concern
is
that
they'll
corrode
in
the
future,
the
roadway
or
other
material
can
get
into
it,
create
a
sinkhole.
It
becomes
a
public
safety
issue.
B
Some
of
the
additional
concerns
that
you,
the
city
council,
raised
on
the
24th,
included
questions
regarding
the
composition
of
the
pipe,
the
not
only
the
pipe
that's
1956
pipe,
but
also
the
1948
section
of
pipe
that
we
talked
about,
and
we
posed
that
question
back
to
pge
pge
did
give
us
a
chemical
composition
of
the
metallurgy.
There
is
no
lead
in
that
steel
pipe.
It's
pretty
standard,
high-strength
carbon
steel
pipe.
B
Another
concern
that
was
raised
was
related
to
minimizing
the
odors.
When
the
filling
operations
occurred,
pge
did
submit
a
fairly
substantial
procedure
that
went
above
and
beyond
what
they
done
previously
in
the
neighborhood
it
involved
or
will
involve
additional
mitigation
measures,
including
deodorant
tanks,
double
charcoal
filters
in
tenting
of
the
excavations.
B
The
excavations
themselves
will
be
tented
and
there
will
be
filters
on
any
gas
or
air
that
escapes
into
the
excavation
tent
itself.
So
if
the
filling
of
the
pipe
option
is
the
chosen
option,
staff
will
coordinate
with
PG
need
to
proceed
in
this
manner.
I
wanted
to
take
a
quick
second
just
to
talk
about
the
current
activity
that
many
have
seen
up
in
the
neighborhood.
During
this
past
week,
PG&E
and
their
contractors
have
been
doing
potholing
to
locate
the
end
of
the
1948
pipe
section.
B
As
we
discussed
last
time,
pge
believes
that
that
pipe
is
at
least
the
section
of
it
is
filled
with
some
sort
of
liquid
water.
Primarily
they
are
going
to
locate
the
end
of
the
pipe.
Then
in
another
operation,
come
back
with
the
odor
mitigation
procedures
in
place,
open
that
pipe,
take
a
sample
of
that
liquid,
that's
in
the
pipe
sent
it
to
a
laboratory,
and
if
no
contaminants
are
found
in
that
liquid,
then
they'll
proceed
with
a
filling
operation.
B
A
B
There
will
be
a
pretty
substantial
outreach
that
will
be
done,
including
obviously,
some
direct
mailers,
we'll
post
it
on
our
website.
Our
rebuild
crestmore
website,
as
well
as
we've
been
in
discussion
with
PG&E
and
we'll
need
to
you,
know,
have
more
discussion
to
work
out
the
details,
but
there
will
be
some
neighborhood
meetings
and
other
public
meetings
to
make
sure
that
everyone
is
well
aware
of.
What's
going
on
and.
B
The
filling
based
upon
the
schedule
that
PG&E
has
given
us
previously,
the
duration
of
that
overall
project
is
about
three
weeks,
might
be
a
further
complication
depending
on
what's
encountered
in
the
1948
pipe.
So
if
no
contaminants
are
encountered
in
the
1948
pipe,
that
operation
could
start
probably
within
four
to
six
weeks
would
be
my
best
guess,
and
you
know
it
could
be
wrapped
up
in
three
to
four
weeks.
Okay,
I.
C
B
D
The
whole
section
that
gets
filled
in
obviously
there's
there's
one
end
and
then
there's
another
and
I
know
there
was
a.
There
was
a
question
as
to
how
that
connection
would
be,
would
be
handled
and
just
confirm
that
in
the
entire
length
there
is
no
there's
nothing
else.
That's
intersecting
or
connect
to
that
pipe,
their
transmission
pipe.
That
is
just
a
clean,
straight
transmission,
pipe
from
one
end
to
another.
Yeah.
B
B
E
Like
Rick
Harry,
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
from
what
I
understood
was
in
the
report
that
we
got
back
from
PG&E.
There
was
a
specification
that
was
created
when
the
pipe
was
ordered,
but
not
necessarily
anything
that
would
indicate
that
what
the
composition
of
the
actual
pipe
that
was
put
in,
meaning
that
there
were
some
minimal,
acceptable
levels
of
certain
materials
that
would
be
allowed
in
the
pipe.
But
we
don't
necessarily
know
what
the
full
composition
of
that
pipe
was.
E
E
It
was
very
detailed
and
I
know
that
not
all
the
records
are
available
and
you
did
provide
what
you
had
so
I
do
appreciate
that
when
it
comes
time
to
do
the
testing
of
whatever
material
is
in
the
older
pipe.
I
would
like
to
see
just
a
description
of
what
tests
were
done
and
if
those
tests
were
specific
to
certain
materials
or
if
they
are
general
and
would
uncover
any
potential
chemicals
that
might
be
in
that
water.
Just
that
we
we
can
provide
that
level
of
reassurance
to
the
residence
okay.
Thank
you.
It.
C
Dude
you're,
the
only
other
comment
I
was
going
to
make,
is
I
understand,
there's
a
lot
of
documentation
to
go
through
a
lot
of
analysis.
Again,
we've
always
said
this
is
a
road.
We
haven't
gone
down
a
lot
of
things,
we're
learning
for
the
first
time.
Is
there
anybody
else,
that's
assisting
you,
the
staff
in
reviewing
these
and
trying
to
analyze
and
I'll
use.
My
term,
I
like
the
trust
but
verify.
B
Well,
in
in
terms
of
the
metallurgical
composition,
I
think
one
thing
that
we
could
do
is
the
1948
pipe.
We
know
where
one
end
of
it
is
up
in
glenview.
That
could
certainly,
I
think
we
could
ask
pge
to
you,
know,
cut
off
a
piece
of
that
and
that
could
be
lab
tested
to
verify
its
metallurgy
I.
Think
in
terms
of
the
laboratory,
testing
of
the
liquid
itself,
we've
been
told
by
pge
that
that
will
go
to
a
lab
and
it
will
be
tested
full
spectrum,
for
you
know
every
and
everything
we
can.
B
A
I
think
that's
it.
That's
probably
a
good
idea:
we've
gone
this
far.
God
knows
in
the
last
20
plus
months
with
with
testing
and
reports
and
investigations.
So
I
think
this
is
relatively
small
in
the
bigger
picture
of
things
and
I
think
we
feel
comfortable
knowing
everything
we
possibly
could
yeah
the.
B
D
I
think
Nick's
marîd,
just
just
to
close
this
out
and
I
know.
Pg&Amp;E
representatives
are
here,
but
this
is
still
a
very
sensitive
issue
and
when
this
project
filling
the
pipe
comes
out
and
no
matter
what
mitigation
efforts
you
take
whatever
as
long
as
everyone
knows
that
there
is
still
some
sensitive
people
residents
out
there
and
cannot
take
anything
for
granted.