Reso 2007-742RESOLUTION NO. 2007 -742
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT ESTABLISHING A
SEWER LATERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the District is under an order of the State Water Resources Control
Board's Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements for Sanitary Sewer
Systems, Water Quality Order No. 2006 -0003; and
WHEREAS, part of said Order requires that the District prevent Sanitary Sewer
Overflows (SSOs) and enact legal authority to enforce the District's laws regarding the
same; and
WHEREAS, District has enacted regulations requiring private property to
connect to the District's sewer; and
WHEREAS, sewer laterals are the private property owner's responsibility; and
WHEREAS, the Board has therefore determined that a public purpose would be
served by providing such a program; and
WHEREAS, the Board has determined in District Operations Code Section
7.03.040 to set forth the details of the sewer lateral assistance program in a resolution;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District
does hereby RESOLVE to make the following findings:
1. That a sewer lateral assistance program is hereby established.
2. That the total amount available for said program shall be set aside each
year and may be revised during the year based on the District's needs. Said money
shall not be considered to be in a "fund" that cannot be used for other purposes if
necessary but represents the District's attempt to adequately establish money for said
purposes.
3. That based on estimates of CCTV video costs and the cost of installation
of two -way clean outs on the sewer lateral, the District hereby establishes a subsidy of
up to $1,800 per unit for the cost of such work.
4. The District may establish priority areas for said subsidies based on the
District's needs.
5. The District may require competitive bidding or proposals to ensure that
the District provides the greatest amount of benefit to the greatest amount of people.
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6. The District shall require documentation and inspection by District
personnel to ensure that the work occurred.
7. The District Sewer System Committee, District Engineer /Manager and
Assistant Manager may establish working procedures to implement this program.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District at
a regular meeting thereof held on the / day of ,mow 2007.
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President
Sedetar
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, Joan Revak, Clerk of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Resolution No. 2007 -742 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by said Board of Directors at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th day of
August 2007
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, this =8 day of 2007.
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Clerk of th` . :pasta Mesa,,:3anitary District
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