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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - November 7, 2007 E-17AGENDA ITEM &011 ku� CITY OF LODI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION TPA AGENDA TITLE: Adopt Resolution Approving Work Plan and Schedule for the City Cf Lodi's Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP) MEETING DATE: November 7,2007 PREPARED BY: Public Works Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution approving the attached work plan and schedule for the City of Lodi's Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP). BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The State Water Resources Control Board adopted the Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirement Order No. 2006-0003 (Order)) on May 2, 2006. The Order requires that all public collection systems comprised of more than one mile of pipeline be regulated. The purpose of the Order is to protectthe State's water from wastewater discharges associated with periodic system failures. The Order requires that each operator of a publicly -owned collection system develop and implement a system specific SSMP. According to the Order, the purpose of the plan is to facilitate properfunding and management of sanitary sewer systems statewide. Compliance with the Order is also a provision of the City's Proposed Discharge Permitfor the White Slough Water Pollution Control Facility adopted in September 2007. The SSMP work plan and schedule is the first required deliverable to comply with the Order. The SSMP is comprised of eleven elements: Collection System Management Goals; Organization of Personnel; Legal Authority for Permitting Flows to the System; Operations and Maintenance Activities; Design and Performance Provisions; Overflow Emergency Response Plan; Fats, Oils and Grease Program; System Capacity Assurance; System Monitoring and Measurement Plan; Internal SSMP Audits; and SSMP Public Communications Program. The SSMP work plan and schedule is the first task outlined in the State's implementation schedule. The Order requires that this element be completed in November2007. FISCAL IMPACT: No fiscal impactto the City is anticipated for this element of the Order, however, upon completion of the work plan, an estimated cost for complying with the Order will be addressed as part of the budget process FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable. 4i4ji Richard C. Prima, Jr. Public Works Director Prepared by Kevin Gaither, Water Services Technician RCPICESIpmf Attachment APPROVED: Blair Kin City Manager KAW P1C0U NCIL1071SSMP.d0C 1013112007