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San Bruno City Council Meeting January 28, 2014
10d. Regulation of Inspection, Repair and Replacement of Private Sewer Laterals
B
Honorable
mayor
councilmembers,
the
purpose
of
the
presentation
tonight
is
to
seek
policy
direction
from
you
for
the
regulation
of
the
private
lateral
at
point
of
sale
in
the
beginning.
I
will
give
you
some
general
background
on
this
issue
and
also
factual
information
regarding
this
matter
and
then
Syria
Tony
McGraw
foreigner
will
share
with
you
will
give
you
an
update
how
they,
how
other
agencies
around
us
regulate
the
private
level
at
point
of
sale.
B
Considering
this
objective,
that
how
important
is
to
keep
the
serene
and
anything
to
flow
to
flow
in
the
system,
the
structural
integrity
of
the
system
is
very
important.
The
system
was
the
hace
hole,
is
made
of
sewer
mains
and
also-
and
you
see,
on
the
board-
basically
representation.
You
already
saw
this
sketch
before,
but
you
see
the
sewer
main
running
in
the
middle
of
the
street
and
also
the
connection
to
each
home,
which
is
called
private,
lateral.
B
The
connection
between
the
home
and
to
the
main,
based
on
the
existing
regulation
and
city
policy,
is
the
responsibility
of
the
property
owner
to
maintain,
operate
and
replace
of
his
necessary.
The
private
lateral
accept
every
standard
clean-out
is
installed
close
to
the
property
line,
then,
will
become
the
city's
responsibility
to
maintain
the
so-called
lower
lateral,
which
is
between
the
clean-out
and
the
main.
B
Considering
the
importance
of
the
integrity
of
the
system
is
very
important
from
what
materia
this
system
is
made
up.
Considering
the
age
of
the
city,
the
majority
of
power
system
is
made
of
clay
and
only
does
in
the
domain
replaced
in
the
last
10
15
years
or
made
of
PVC
or
other
plastic
material
during
during
the
years
between
the
40s
and
the
sixties,
due
to
lack
of
available
material,
a
so-called
orangeburg
pite
was
fab
manufactured
by
the
pipe
supplier,
in
essence,
made
of
pressed
wood,
cheap
wood
chips.
B
You
see
a
very
small
piece
on
the
table.
I
would
not.
That
is
orange
bird
pie
exactly.
How
is
those
private
letter
O
Lord
made
of
I
would
not
recommend
for
you
to
touch
or
to
go
to
close
that
they
they
are
not
quite
at
sanitary.
At
this
time
you
have
also
a
map
of
the
city
showing
the
evolution
of
the
city
and
the
years
of
construction,
and
mainly
because
the
part
of
the
homes
build
between
the
40s
and
60s
or
I.
B
B
Home
stock
in
the
series
about
12,000
residential
homes,
of
which
about
health
of
those
were
built
between
the
forest
and
sixties,
which
basically
is
say,
good
representation.
You
can
see
on
the
map
also
due
to
the
age
of
our
system.
Very
high
high
number
of
us
ourselves
were
experienced
by
the
city
and
in
2011
in
order
for
the
city
to
sell
all
irrigation.
With
my
keepers
entered
in
a
in
agreement
and
signed
a
consent
decree.
B
B
But
you
have
before
you
use
a
summary
of
a
possible
proposed
process
for
your
consideration
that
any
property
owner
with
the
intent
to
transfer
property,
which
was
built
between
the
40s
and
60s,
would
request
a
certification
of
compliance
from
the
city
and
subsequently,
a
visual
inspection
will
be
made
at
the
pipe
is
made
of
Orangeburg
or
not,
if
not,
then,
will
be
issued.
The
certificate
of
compliance
F
is
made
of
what
anja
Berg.
B
Then
a
video
inspection
will
be
necessary
if
the
pipe
is
defective,
then
will
be
required
by
the
property
owner
to
either
repair
or
replace
to
the
satisfaction
of
the
city,
and
then,
after
this
time,
then
the
certificate
of
compliance
will
be
issued
by
the
city.
This
could
add
on
additional
costs,
depending
of
the
special
circumstances
over
the
situation
of
that
specific
home,
on
additional
costs
between
$150
up
to
a
little
bit
over
ten
thousand
dollar
and
also
could
add
additional
one
month
close
up
to
one
month
to
the
process
itself.
C
You
Clara,
just
briefly,
it's
important
to
understand
how
this
ordinance
that's
proposed,
differs
from
the
ordinances
that
your
neighboring
cities
have
adopted,
and
primarily
this
ordinance
reflects
the
precise
language
of
paragraph
61
in
our
beekeeper
consent
decree
and
the
reason
why
that's
important
is
because
that
paragraph
was
narrowly
tailored
to
meet
the
specific
requirements
of
the
city
of
San
Bruno.
If
you
look
at
other
ordinances,
say,
for
example,
mill
brace
you'll
find
that
inspection
and
replacement
of
sewer
laterals
are
required.
C
Well,
let's
see
it
says,
if
you
add
a
plumbing
fixture
to
the
property,
so
the
ordinances
in
those
locations
are
much
in.
Millbrae
is
much
broader
than
the
one
that
is
required
of
us
under
the
bay
keeper
decree
and
that's
the
same
for
South,
San,
Francisco
and
other
neighboring
communities.
They
have
different
standards
about
applying
inspection
and
then
replacement
of
those
of
laterals
in
circumstances
where
the
homes
are
being
remodeled,
not
just
when
they're
being
sold
the
bay
keeper
consent.
C
Decree
that
we're
obligated
to
follow
simply
requires
that
the
homes
had
been
built
between
1940
and
1960
and
that
they
have
orangeburg
pipe.
That's
defective.
It's
only
under
those
circumstances
that
the
property
owner
is
required
to
to
complete
the
repair
either
before
the
close
of
escrow,
or
the
ordinance
also
allows
up
to
a
six-month
extension
upon
application.
So
the
ordinance
that
we're
proposing
is
the
ordinance
that's
required
by
the
settlement
agreement,
and
it
also
contains
all
of
the
features
of
the
other
ordinances
that
were
adopted
by
your
neighboring
cities.
C
For
example,
the
six-month
extension
there's
emption
ziff,
you've
already
replaced
it
in
the
last
five
years
and
other
other
things
that
we've
talked
about
in
the
staff
report.
So
I
think
that
this
ordinance
is
is
staffs
best
effort
to
comply
precisely
with
what
the
beekeeper
consent
decree
required
us
to
do.
D
Future
recently,
last
year,
south
san
francisco
city
council
voted
down
a
point-of-sale
ordinance
sewer
laterals,
and
do
you
have
any
details
on
that
as
far
as
white?
Why
they
did
that,
and
also
I
guess
to
follow
up
is
what
has
been
the.
What
has
been
the
argument
on
point-of-sale
pointed
point-of-sale
ordinances.
Well,.
C
Repairs
of
defective
sewer
laterals
that
would
otherwise
not
be
caught
until
the
pipe
fails.
Catastrophic
alee.
Most
of
these
orangeburg
pipes
are
pipes
that
have
been
in
the
ground
for
many
many
years
and
that
are
leaking
to
some
degree,
and
the
situation
right
now
is
that
if
you're,
a
property
owner
and
you're
selling
your
home
and
you
have
an
Orangeburg
pipe
in
there,
the
chances
are
it's
defective
and
it's
leaking
what's
happening
at
the
at
the
sale.
C
Now
is
that
the
cost
of
a
catastrophic
failure
of
that
pipe
is
being
shifted
to
the
buyer
and
the
the
real
effect
of
these
ordinances
to
make
sure
that,
as
between
the
buyer
and
seller,
at
the
point
of
the
transaction,
they
can
negotiate.
How
that
how
that
repair
is
going
to
be
done
so
that
you
don't
have
leaking
for
perhaps
months
and
years
on
end
and
then,
when
it
fails
catastrophically,
the
buyer
is
stuck
with
a
five
to
seven
thousand
dollar
repair
job
and
the.
B
Just
to
follow
up
on
the
first
part
of
your
question,
it
is
my
understanding
that
South
San
Francisco
had
a
private
lateral
point
of
sale.
Ordinance
was
part
of
the
agreement
with
the
bay
keepers.
South
Siri
met
the
requirement
of
the
agreement
and
they
are
no
longer
under
the
settlement
agreement
and
that's
why
they
went
back
and
basically,
they
modified
and
they
are
not
under
that.
It
wouldn't
do.
A
B
The
city
does
not
report
necessarily
all
of
their,
so
if
they
are
not
the
city's
responsibility
on
on
what
the
city
reports,
the
SSOs
on
lateral
or
mains,
which
are
the
serious
responsibilities
and
only
just
25
prasad
about
twenty-five
percent
of
all
of
the
sewer
lateral
in
the
city
has
clean
outs.
That
means
this
number
include
a.
A
A
B
On
holding
formation
about
health
of
those
in
average,
in
the
last
five
years
in
average,
about
315
transfers
to
place
for
homes
built
during
this
time
period
that
basically
help
of
the
homes
or
building
that
time
period
and
health
of
those
building
that
time
period
were
transferred
in
the
last
five
years.
Right.
A
So
if,
if
truly
the
city
wanted
to
have
some
aggressive
program
to
try
to
take
care
of
these
situations
like
the
city
of
San
Mateo,
does
they
offer
a
program
shared
a
sewer,
lateral
program,
fifty
percent
up
to
five
thousand
dollars
and
they
offer
it?
And
then
residents
obviously
see
that
as
an
opportunity.
And
then
they
go
forward
not
even
in
these
criterias.
A
They
take
the
proactive
approach
in
this
we're
going
to
the
point
of
sale
which
in
essence,
if
we're
only
going
to
hit
the
the
folks,
within
this
period,
1940,
1960
and
at
point
of
sale.
Really
it's
going
to
take
decades
and
decades
to
truly
bring
up
to
the
standard
of
what
we're
trying
to
achieve
or
what
suppose
they
have
everybody's
and
they
put
making
for
some
of
the
side.
But
whatever
he's
trying
to
achieve.
C
So
if
I'm,
a
council
member
I,
think
that's
a
that's
a
good
point.
The
the
fact,
though,
remains
that
this,
this
ordinance,
if
adopted,
would
nevertheless
capture
three
to
four
or
five
hundred
homes
per
per
year.
So
the
other
aspect
of
it
is
that
this
is
certainly
a
first
step
and
it's
a
first
step,
that's
required
by
the
bay
keeper
agreement,
so
the
the
bay
keeper
agreement
doesn't
require
us
to
solve
the
problem
for
every
every
single
home
in
San
Bruno.
D
We
got
a
problem
with
baked
a
pers,
and
so
I
mean
if
it
wasn't
about
Bay,
capers
and
I'd.
Have
this
issue
about
point
of
sale
again
I
mean
I
heard
what
you
said
about
South
San
Francisco.
How
did
they
satisfy
that
now
that
they
don't
because,
obviously
they
they
haven't
gotten
rid
of
all
their
orangeburg,
so
I
mean
is
what
if
we
don't
do
this
ordinance?
How
you
know,
how
are
we
penalize
and
what
other
options
might
we
have
so.
C
There
is
a
an
option
in
paragraph
61
of
the
agreement,
which
is
on
the
first
page
of
your
staff
report,
and
it
says
if
you,
if
you
don't
adopt
such
an
ordinance,
then
you
have
to
come
up
with
a
program,
an
alternative
program
that
is
going
to
be
addressing
at
least
the
same
number
of
homes,
as
would
have
been
addressed
by
the
program.
So
in
fact,
that's
one
of
the
things
we're
now
exploring
with
Bay
keeper
in
discussions
with
them.
C
At
the
moment
we
don't
have
a
final
answer
because,
as
you
may
recall,
the
City
Council
approved
a
program
to
replace
the
sewer
laterals,
the
private
laterals
up
in
the
crest
more
in
the
fire-damaged
neighborhood.
So
we're
seeing
whether
bay
keeper
would
be
willing
to
agree
to
a
delay
in
implementation
of
such
an
ordinance
and
give
the
city
credit
for
all
of
those
homes
whose
private
laterals
are
being
replaced
in
crestmore.
And
what
we've
been
told
about
those
laterals
is
that
they
are
primarily
orangeburg
pipe
and
they
are
primarily
failing.
C
So
we're
hoping
that,
of
course,
most
of
the
residents
in
that
area
would
take
advantage
of
the
program
and
that
we
would
be
able
to
convince
Bay
keeper
to
count
those
homes
as
a
as
a
credit.
Nevertheless,
we
think
it's
important
to
comply
with
the
agreement
to
bring
forward
a
proposed
ordinance,
and
if,
if
you
don't
give
us
any
other
direction
tonight,
we
do
intend
to
bring
it
back
for
you
at
the
next
meeting
for
introduction,
with
whatever
changes
you
may
recommend.
D
B
Would
say
that
the
main
reason
other
agencies
who
has
the
private
lateral
programming
place
all
of
the
agencies.
What
I
discussed
this
issue
with
were
very
successful
with
this
private
lateral
program,
I
think
city
staff
did
not
view
enough
outreach
and
enough
didn't
work
aggressively
enough
reaching
out
to
that
neighborhood
that
this
this
program
was
specifically
crafted
for
a
high
infiltration
area
in
the
short
Park
neighborhood,
and
basically,
targeting
only
does
that
area
and
I
am
personally
convinced
that
this
program
would
be
more
successful.
B
B
D
C
D
Yeah
so
I
mean
if
we
come
back
with
an
ordinance
I
like
the
idea
of
giving
people
not
just
necessarily
an
incentive,
but
you
know
giving
them
a
break
and
if,
if
it
finds
out
that
you
know
the
majority
of
our
city
is,
has
orangeburg
pipe
they're
going
to
I'm
going
to
need
to
video
it,
and
if
we
can,
you
know,
give
them
a
break
on
that
cost.
You
know
and
then
that
guarantees
that
you
know
there's
a
problem
there.